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  • Vision 2020 Pt. 2 God’s Vision for Ignite

    20/20 God's Vision for Ignite Pt.1

    Sunday, February 16, 2020

    Habakkuk 2:2 …“Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”

    Proverbs 29:18 KJV 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

    NKJV Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.

    Last week we talked about the power of vision. What vision is, how it comes, the purpose of vision, etc… Today I want to talk about the vision God has given us as a body of believers, IGNITE CHURCH. What are WE called to do. What are WE called to look like. Every body of believer or church is a unique expression of the Kingdom. Our goal is not to emulate or pattern ourselves after what we see as “successful” churches. Our goal is to take the vision of God for Ignite Church and continue to move toward fulfilling that vision, or RUN with it to the best of HIS ability! 

    • “A man without vision is a man without a future. A man without a future will always return to his past.”
    • “A church without a vision is a church without a future. A church without a future will always try to recreate the past.”
    • Natural definition of Vision; the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom, (a mental image of what the future will or could be like). 
    • My definition of Vision; An ongoing revelation of God’s will. Vision is never static. It is dynamic, fluid, and ever evolving. (It is the ability to connect with the designer and receive His blueprint for your life.) 
    • Proverbs 29:18 NKJV Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.
    • TPT When there is no clear prophetic vision, people quickly wander astray.
      • Vision = ongoing, progressive, prophetic revelation. Restraint= Guidance. Structure. Path to follow. Law = instruction, direction. Body of prophetic teaching.
      • Where there is no ongoing, progressive, prophetic revelation, the people cast off restraint…. Where there is no VISION, the people lack Direction.

        • Characteristics of true vision.

        1. Vision is introduced by the spirit of God.
        2. Vision is birthed from a burden (not ambition).
        3. Vision will always includes the presence of God!
        4. Vision will always be lead by the presence of God!
        5. Vision always requires faith to accomplish.
        6. Vision always inspires and requires commitment from God’s people.
          • When talking about The Vision of Ignite, there is something I need to make extremely clear; It is one vision with multiple aspects. We are a local church with a global vision. 

            • The Beginning and History. (Vision is introduced by the spirit of God)

              • 2005 or 2006 driving to Tulsa to visit family. At the point where 412 loops around and turns into Hwy 44, The Holy Spirit spoke something to me. 
                • “You will pastor a multicultural church.”
                • God speaks to us in terminology we understand, on the level we are on according to the revelation that we have. At that point I did not know anything about Kingdom, how it works, the culture, etc… 
                • Later on (years later) as He was progressing me through Kingdom revelation, He showed that its not “multicultural”, but “multiethnic”. Why? Because there is only one culture that we are to pursue, develop, and be a part of and that is KINGDOM CULTURE!
                • In early 2015 God gave me the name Ignite. (story)
                • August 2016 we had our first “service” as Ignite Church. (1.5 years later)

                  • Mission statement: Igniting passion, position and purpose!

                  (igniting passion, illuminating position, initiating purpose) P3

                    • When I encounter the presence of God it Ignites a Passion for Him, which in turn produces a desire to seek after him and develop a true relationship.
                    • As I begin to seek the Lord, a true relationship is developed and out of that relationship, God starts to illuminate my Position in Christ. He starts to teach me who I truly am. 
                    • It's only when I know who I am in Christ that I can begin to live out my Purpose.
                    • Our mandate is to Ignite Passion (for Him), Illuminate Position (in Him), and Initiate Purpose (that can only be fulfilled through Him) in the hearts of every person we can! 
                      • The vision is how we are going to accomplish the mandate God has given us. Point


                        • The local body, the region, etc… P3

                        Igniting a passion for Jesus and his presence. (Vision will always include and be led by the presence of God & Vision is birthed from a burden, not ambition)

                          • We determined from the beginning that God was calling us to be a place of His presence. 
                          • We are a presence led church, not a program driven church. 
                          • His presence is priority number 1. 
                          • An encounter with The presence of God can do in a moment what years of preaching, striving, programs, etc.. can not! 
                          • Go after there people no one wants and those hurt by church (both legitimate hurts and perceived hurts). Hs presence will move us to healing! 
                          • The presence of God is the mark of a God given vision!

                            • Illuminating Position in Jesus.

                              • One of the greatest hindrances for people being all that God designed them to be and fulfilling the plan of God for their life is not knowing who they are in Jesus! 
                              • Our position is by birth, not by works! You are a son or daughter by birth! 
                              • We are righteous because of what He has done. 
                              • We spend our entire life becoming what we already are! 
                              • You were became righteous when you were born again! You were as righteous as you will ever be the moment you received Jesus!  2 Corinthians 5:17-21
                              • Condemnation is a confidence killer! Romans 8:1
                              • Romans 7:19-25 The Passion Translation (TPT)19 My lofty desires to do what is good are dashed when I do the things I want to avoid. 20 So if my behavior contradicts my desires to do good, I must conclude that it’s not my true identity doing it, but the unwelcome intruder of sin hindering me from being who I really am.

                                • 21 Through my experience of this principle, I discover that even when I want to do good, evil is ready to sabotage me. 22 Truly, deep within my true identity, I love to do what pleases God. 23 But I discern another power operating in my humanity, waging a war against the moral principles of my conscience[a] and bringing me into captivity as a prisoner to the “law” of sin—this unwelcome intruder in my humanity. 24 What an agonizing situation I am in! So who has the power to rescue this miserable man from the unwelcome intruder of sin and death?[b] 25 I give all my thanks to God, for his mighty power has finally provided a way out through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One! So if left to myself, the flesh is aligned with the law of sin, but now my renewed mind is fixed on and submitted to God’s righteous principles.

                                  • Romans 8:1 NKJV and TPT
                                  • If we don’t know our position in Jesus, we will NEVER be able to fulfill all Jesus has called us too. 

                                    • initiating Purpose in Jesus.

                                    A Spirit filled, Spirit empowered body of believers who accurately reflect and represent Jesus. (Vision is birthed from a burden (not ambition))

                                      • One of the things I noticed as I started growing in the things of God and was introduced to the move of the Spirit, is that many believe that God can only move through those who are “in ministry”. 
                                      • I felt a burden to raise up believers who are confident in who they are in Christ and understand that God wants to flow thorough them as much as anyone else. 
                                      • Its His ability working through our availability!
                                      • Paul said “Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.” 1 Corinthians 14:1
                                      • We want to be an equipping center that God uses to bring believers into the fullness of the Spirit.
                                      • We want to demystify the move of the Spirit and “Gifts of The Spirit”. Demystify DOES NOT mean naturalize! 
                                      • Take the flaky out of moving in the Spirit. 
                                      • “you shouldn’t focus so much on the Holy Spirit and moving of the Spirit on Sundays…”  WRONG! My job isn’t to “protect” people from The Holy Spirit, it is to INTRODUCE them to The Holy Spirit and show them how He moves! 

                                        • Short and Long term future of Ignite. (Vision always requires faith to accomplish)

                                          • Permeant campus/Building. 
                                          • Develop leadership. (Monthly leadership meetings.) (Open to anyone who is or feels called to leadership) (I consider anyone who serves as a leader)
                                          • Mentorship program for those who filled called to 5 fold ministry. 
                                          • Continue to cultivate a culture of His presence and power. (Quarterly worship and healing services.)
                                          • Holy Spirit Forums. 
                                          • Wednesday night prayer is a safe place to grow in the Gifts of The Spirit. 
                                          • Multiple location through out NWA. 
                                          • Not once campus of 5K people, but 5 campuses of 1K.  Easier to cultivate family. 
                                          • Reproduce Spirit filled, Spirit empowered churches where ether presence of God is ever present and the power of God is ever demonstrated! 


                                            • Question we all must ask ourselves as part of Ignite. 

                                            1. Am I truly connected or committed to the vision? How do I know?
                                            2. Do I give sacrificially to fulfill the mission and or vision?
                                            3. Do I serve sacrificially to fulfill the vision?
                                            4. Do I pray and believe for the vision to be fulfilled?
                                            5. Does the vision energize me? 
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                                            6. Vision 2020 Pt.1 The Power of Vision

                                              20/20: The Power of Vision! 

                                              Sunday, February 9, 2020

                                              Joshua 1:1-3 NKJV After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.

                                              Habakkuk 2:1-2 NKJV I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. 2 “Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it."


                                              • “A man without vision is a man without a future. A man without a future will always return to his past.”
                                              • “A church without a vision is a church without a future. A church without a future will always try to recreate the past.”
                                              • Helen Keller was asked “What would be worse than being born blind?” She replied, “The only thing worse than being blind is to have sight without vision.”
                                              • Vision; the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom, (a mental image of what the future will or could be like). 
                                              • Vision comes from the latin Videre, to see. Visio… Verdero, Transliterated video. 
                                              • Vision is an ongoing revelation of God’s will. Vision is never static. It is dynamic, fluid, ever evolving!
                                              • Proverbs 29:18 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
                                              • NKJV Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.
                                                • Where there is not ongoing, progressive, prophetic revelation, the people cast off restraint….
                                                • Vision = ongoing, progressive, prophetic revelation. 
                                                • Restraint= Guidance. Structure. Path to follow. 
                                                • Law = instruction, direction. body of prophetic teaching.

                                                  • Vision is introduced by the spirit of god. 

                                                  Habakkuk 2:2 2 Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.

                                                  Joshua 1:2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel.”

                                                    • A vision that is not introduced by The Lord is not a vision from The Lord. Anything you begin on your own, you will have to sustain on your own. 

                                                      • Receiving vision;

                                                      Habakkuk 1:1-3 I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. The Just Live by Faith

                                                      1. Meet with The Lord. “I will stand my watch, set myself on a rampart.
                                                      2. Look for God to speak. “And watch to see what He will say to me”
                                                        • Oral Roberts “If you can see the invisible, you can do the impossible!”
                                                          1. Wait! 
                                                          2. Believe! “The Just live by faith!”

                                                            3. 2 Then the Lord answered me and said:“Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.

                                                            3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

                                                            Vision is birthed from a burden (not ambition).

                                                            Habakkuk 2:2 was preceded by Habakkuk 1:1 (NKJV) 1 The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.

                                                              • A burden leads to a mandate or an assignment. A mandate, when accepted, will give place for God to release the vision. 
                                                              • A burden will produce a vision. A burden is the seed that produces vision. The vision is the seed maturing and the manifestation of the vision is the seed being birthed.
                                                              • The vision is how you accomplish the mandate God has given you!
                                                              • Mandate; an official order or commission to do something. Give (someone) authority to act in a certain way. To assign (territory).
                                                                • 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
                                                                • Tread is a military term. It means to march upon.

                                                                  • Vision will always includes the presence of god!

                                                                  Joshua 1:5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.

                                                                    • Immanuel. God with us. Immanuel is not so much a name of God to be expresses as it is to be a name of God to be experienced! 
                                                                    • Leave; to stay behind. Forsake; to go ahead of. 
                                                                    • God would never call you to do anything and then stand back and make you do it on your own. God would never call you to do something and then get so far out in front that you have to catch up on your own. 
                                                                    • This is God’s promise to us, but I believe it should be our promise to Him as well. 

                                                                      • Vision will always be lead by the presence of god!

                                                                      Joshua 3:1 Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Acacia Grove and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over. 2 So it was, after three days, that the officers went through the camp; 3 and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.”

                                                                        • The presence of God is the mark of a God given vision! 
                                                                        • Exodus 33:1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’ 2 And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
                                                                        • Ex 33:15 15 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.

                                                                          • Vision always requires faith to accomplish.

                                                                          Joshua 1:6 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

                                                                            • In Joshua chapter 1 “Be strong and of good courage” occurs 4 times! 
                                                                            • Joshua 3:4 …that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

                                                                              • Vision always inspires and requires commitment from God’s people.

                                                                              Joshua 3: 5 And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

                                                                                • A God given vision requires both God and man to fulfill! 
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                                                                                • Preparing for Fast 20/20 Pt.2

                                                                                  Preparing for Fast 20/20 Pt.2 

                                                                                  Sunday, December 29, 2019

                                                                                  Schedule of the fast and important dates;

                                                                                  • Fast begins Sunday, Jan 5th and ends Jan 26th. 
                                                                                  • Jan 26th we will have our fellowship lunch. Soups. 
                                                                                  • Jan 8th, 15th, 22nd (Wednesday’s) Prayer and live worship. 
                                                                                  • Jan 10th and 17th the church will be open for prayer from 6-8. We will use a playlist for this time. Come and go whenever. 
                                                                                  • Friday, Jan 25th; prophetic worship service (full worship team). We will open this to people outside of our church family like before. No kids ministry, so that teachers can attend. People can bring their kids if they would like or they will have plenty of time to find a sitter.

                                                                                    • Review: 

                                                                                    What fasting is and is not?

                                                                                      • Fasting is a physical response to a spiritual prompting for a spiritual purpose. Biblical fasting is restraining from food for a spiritual purpose. 
                                                                                      • Fasting is a spiritual exercise, a voluntary restraint from food for the purpose of SEEKING GOD!
                                                                                      • Physical obedience releases spiritual blessing!
                                                                                      • Fasting social media and distractions should be coupled with fasting food! 
                                                                                      • Fasting is not a way to force God to hear you. Fasting is a way to get you to hear God. 
                                                                                      • Fasting is not a way to force God to do something. Fasting is how we position ourselves to receive what He has already done. 
                                                                                      • Fasting is not a way to prove how “spiritual” you are. Fasting is a way we grow spiritually. 
                                                                                      • Fasting is how we humble ourselves before The Lord. 
                                                                                      • Fasting is how we crucify our flesh.
                                                                                      • Your perspective will determine your response and what you can receive. 
                                                                                      • God is supernatural! Expect supernatural things to happen! 

                                                                                        • What to expect during and from the fast. 

                                                                                          • Expect greater intimacy with The Father! 
                                                                                            • God is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of pursuit. Intimacy comes with pursuit! 
                                                                                            • There can be no consistent intimacy without consistent pursuit. James said draw near to God and he will draw near to you.
                                                                                            • Expect faith and power to increase! 
                                                                                              • Matthew 17:14-21
                                                                                              • Romans 12:1-2
                                                                                              • Expect Clarity of vision! 
                                                                                                • Acts 9:1-
                                                                                                • Saul found himself caught in the confusion of temporary blindness!
                                                                                                • The light of his past was extinguished and the light of his future not yet revealed. 
                                                                                                • He was stuck between the certainty of what he THOUGHT he was called to do and the uncertainty of what his life was about to become.
                                                                                                • He knew he could no longer do what he had always done, but he did not know what he should do next. His darkness was disorienting. He needed direction. He needed clarity. He need vision! 
                                                                                                • THIS IS WHERE MANY OF US FIND OURSELVES! 
                                                                                                • Paul was religious but he had not true revelation! We live religiously but not revelationally!
                                                                                                • Fasting and prayer prepares our hearts to receive the grace of God’s revelation and direction for our life. 
                                                                                                • When we fast, our spiritual eyes see clearer than usual. Because we have denied our flesh, our spiritual sensitivity increases and we are more receptive to the vision of God. 
                                                                                                • Judah or Judas = "he shall be praised"
                                                                                                • Ananias = "whom Jehovah has graciously given"
                                                                                                • Acts 13:1-3
                                                                                                • 9:18 TPT All at once, the crusty substance that was over Saul’s eyes disappeared and he could see perfectly. 
                                                                                                • 2020 vision! 
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                                                                                                • Preparing for Fast 20/20 Pt.3

                                                                                                  Preparing for Fast 20/20 Pt.3 "Lets Do This"

                                                                                                  Sunday, January 5, 2020

                                                                                                  Today is going to be more informational than revelational. That doesn’t mean that Holy Spirit isn't going to reveal or teach of anything, it just means the focus today is to finish laying the groundwork, structure, etc… for the 21 day corporate fast. Some of this will be review, some clarification and new information. 

                                                                                                  Preparation time is never wasted time!

                                                                                                    • “The fast is going to be a building on last year’s fast. Last year was preparation and plowing, this year is freedom and expression. The two will compliment each other.”

                                                                                                      • Make prayer and worship a priority. Both private and corporate! 

                                                                                                      1. Praying/Worshiping in the Spirit.
                                                                                                      2. Prayer app. 
                                                                                                      3. Corporate prayer and worship. (Wed, Fri and Sunday’s).
                                                                                                          • Jan 8th, 15th, 22nd (Wednesday’s) Prayer and live worship. (Tony, Amanda, Gretchen)
                                                                                                            • These are important times together. I believe The Holy Spirit will use individuals to minister to others. I believe some of your greatest revelations, encounters and breakthroughs will come during these times. 
                                                                                                            • Jan 10th and 17th the church will be open for prayer from 6-8. We will use a playlist for this time. Come and go whenever.
                                                                                                            • Friday, Jan 24th; prophetic worship service (full worship team). We will open this to people outside of our church family like before. )No kids ministry, so that teachers can attend. People can bring their kids if they would like or they will have plenty of time to find a sitter.)
                                                                                                              • This is going to be a POWERFUL time!
                                                                                                                1. Ignite devotional & Jentezen Franklin 21 day devotional, “Open My Eyes”.
                                                                                                                2. Prayer focus; 
                                                                                                                    • Breakthrough. 
                                                                                                                    • Revival.
                                                                                                                    • Building/Expansion.
                                                                                                                    • Guatemala.
                                                                                                                      1. Fasting resources; jentezenfranklin.org

                                                                                                                        2. Perspective, expectation, and Attitude. 

                                                                                                                        Matthew 6:16-18 TPT 16 “When you fast, don’t look like those who pretend to be spiritual. They want everyone to know they’re fasting, so they appear in public looking miserable, gloomy, and disheveled. Believe me, they’ve already received their reward in full. 17–18 When you fast, don’t let it be obvious, but instead, wash your face and groom yourself and realize that your Father in the secret place is the one who is watching all that you do in secret and will continue to reward you openly.”

                                                                                                                        Perspective

                                                                                                                          • “Perspective is everything!” Jentezen Franklin.
                                                                                                                          • Your perspective will determine your response and what you can receive.
                                                                                                                          • What is your perspective going into this fast? Are you seeing it was a physical thing or a spiritual thing? 
                                                                                                                          • Although this is a physical act, it is much, much more a spiritual process! 
                                                                                                                          • Remember, we are not trying to force God to do something, we are fasting to align our perspective with what He has already done! 

                                                                                                                            • Expectation 

                                                                                                                              • EXPECT REWARD.
                                                                                                                              • Expect to hear God’s voice in the Word, dreams, visions, and revelations!
                                                                                                                              • Expect greater intimacy with The Father!
                                                                                                                              • Expect Breakthrough!
                                                                                                                              • Expect a release of the supernatural!
                                                                                                                              • Expect faith and power to increase!
                                                                                                                              • Expect Clarity! 

                                                                                                                                • Attitude

                                                                                                                                  • Attitude is something Holy Spirit has really been speaking to me about concerning my personal approach to this fast. 
                                                                                                                                  • I can not control how my body reacts naturally to the fast, but I am 100% responsible and in control of my attitude during the fast! 
                                                                                                                                  • My attitude toward the fast, toward myself and toward people around me. 
                                                                                                                                  • Do not allow what you are experiencing physically to dictate your attitude. 
                                                                                                                                  • Let your faith determine your attitude! 
                                                                                                                                  • Stay positive! Choose your words carefully! Not just the words you speak externally, but the words you speak internally. 
                                                                                                                                  • Focus on speaking and praying the Word. Declaring the Word. 

                                                                                                                                    • THERE IS A GRACE TO FAST! CHOOSE TO WALK IN AN RELY ON IT!


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                                                                                                                                  • Preparing for Fast 20/20 Pt.1

                                                                                                                                    Preparing for Fast 20/20 Pt.1 

                                                                                                                                    Sunday, December 15, 2019

                                                                                                                                    Review (from unlocking the mystery of praying in the spirit pt.2)

                                                                                                                                      • “Preparation time is never wasted time.” “The fast is going to be a building on last year’s fast. Last year was preparation and plowing, this year is freedom and expression. The two will compliment each other.”
                                                                                                                                      • We started preparing for this fast in what most would call an unusual way… By looking at the biblical evidence and necessity of the baptism of The Holy Spirit and specifically the importance of praying in the Spirit. 
                                                                                                                                        • Every believer can and should be filled with the Spirit and pray in the Spirit. 
                                                                                                                                        • We looked at the difference between and the purpose of public and private tongues. Focused specifically on personal… 
                                                                                                                                        • We looked at the benefits of praying in tongues. (Refer to the podcast.. Notes are posted on Apple podcast and on website.)
                                                                                                                                        • The enemy will try everything he can to stop you from praying in the spirit regularly. 


                                                                                                                                          • What fasting is and is not?

                                                                                                                                            • Fasting is a physical response to a spiritual prompting for a spiritual purpose. 
                                                                                                                                            • Biblical fasting is restraining from food for a spiritual purpose. 
                                                                                                                                            • Physical obedience releases spiritual blessing!
                                                                                                                                            • Types of fast: Total fast, Partial fast (Daniel fast), short term and extended fast. 
                                                                                                                                            • Fasting social media and distractions should be couple with fasting food! 
                                                                                                                                            • Fasting is not a way to force God to hear you. Fasting is a way to get you to hear God. 
                                                                                                                                            • Fasting is not a way to force God to do something. Fasting is how we position ourselves to receive what He has already done. 
                                                                                                                                            • Fasting is not a way to prove how “spiritual” you are. Fasting is a way we grow spiritually. 
                                                                                                                                            • Fasting is how we humble ourselves before The Lord. 
                                                                                                                                            • Fasting is how we crucify our flesh. It is a way we dethrone the flesh and put The King in His rightful place. 

                                                                                                                                              • Your perspective will determine your response and what you can receive. 

                                                                                                                                                • Prepare yourself before you start. 
                                                                                                                                                • What will your attitude be during the fast? 
                                                                                                                                                • What is your plan? 
                                                                                                                                                • What is the length? 
                                                                                                                                                • Fasting is how we realign our focus on the things of God! 
                                                                                                                                                • PLAN AND COMMIT! Do not give yourself an out. 
                                                                                                                                                • If you fail, pick yourself up and begin again. 
                                                                                                                                                • God is supernatural! Expect supernatural things to happen! 

                                                                                                                                                  • What to expect during and from the fast. 

                                                                                                                                                    • It will be difficult, there will be opposition, THERE WILL BE GRACE! 
                                                                                                                                                    • Do not separate yourself from other believers. This is a corporate fast. We need to lean on one another, worship together, etc… 
                                                                                                                                                    • Expect to hear God’s voice in the Word, dreams, visions, and revelations!
                                                                                                                                                      • Daniel prepared himself to receive revelation through fasting (Daniel 10:1-3). Scripture also speaks of a fasting reward (Matthew 6:18). Expect God too fellowship and communicate with you. 
                                                                                                                                                      • Daniels revelation was released but he didn’t receive until 22 days into his fast.
                                                                                                                                                      • Fasting brings revelation. Fasting positions us to hear from God. Maybe the revelation isn’t coming became your not positioned to hear it.
                                                                                                                                                      • Expect greater intimacy with The Father! 
                                                                                                                                                        • God is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of pursuit. Intimacy comes with pursuit! 
                                                                                                                                                        • There can be no consistent intimacy without consistent pursuit. James said draw near to God and he will draw near to you.
                                                                                                                                                        • Expect Breakthrough!
                                                                                                                                                          • Often breakthroughs come after the fast!
                                                                                                                                                          • Do not listen to the lie that nothing is happening. I believe every fast done in faith will be rewarded!
                                                                                                                                                          • Expect a release of the supernatural! 
                                                                                                                                                            • Fasting prepares us to move in the supernatural. 
                                                                                                                                                            • Mark 2:18-22 18 The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?” 19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the [a]friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”
                                                                                                                                                            • A fast says I’m more  hungry for the unseen than I am for the seen.  
                                                                                                                                                            • I believe we are not moving or seeing the power of God manifest as we desire because we are hungrier for the seen than we are for the unseen. 
                                                                                                                                                            • Fasting is a place of surrender where our appetite for the unseen increases more than what we see!
                                                                                                                                                            • Until we hunger for the unseen more than we hunger for we can see we will limit God from manifesting fully! 
                                                                                                                                                            • Expect faith and power to increase! 
                                                                                                                                                              • Matthew 17:14-21
                                                                                                                                                              • Expect Clarity of vision! 
                                                                                                                                                                • 2020 vision! 
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                                                                                                                                                                • Unlocking the mystery of praying in The Spirit Pt.2

                                                                                                                                                                  Unlocking the mystery of praying in The Spirit Pt.2 

                                                                                                                                                                  Sunday, December 8, 2019

                                                                                                                                                                  Acts 19:1-7 TPT While Apollos was ministering in Corinth, Paul traveled on through the regions of Turkey until he arrived in Ephesus, where he found a group of twelve followers of Jesus. 2 The first thing he asked them was “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?”

                                                                                                                                                                  “No,” they replied. “We’ve not even heard of a holy spirit.” 3 Paul asked, “Then what was the meaning of your baptism?” They responded, “It meant that we would follow John’s teaching.” 4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was for those who were turning from their sins, and he taught you to believe in and follow the one who was coming after him: Jesus the Anointed One.” 5 When they understood this, they were baptized into the authority of Jesus, the Anointed One. 6–7 And when Paul laid his hands on each of the twelve, the Holy Spirit manifested and they immediately spoke in tongues and prophesied.


                                                                                                                                                                  I believe that God is preparing us to step into another level of the promised land He has for us, which in part, is the Word He gave us concerning His Glory. He is teaching us to be comfortable with the unpredictability of following His Spirit as He leads us in areas we have not gone before. We are about to experience a flow of the Spirit of God that we have never experienced before and it will not be a temporary thing, but a permanent and perpetual building of the manifest presence of God with corresponding signs, wonders and miracles that bring Glory to Him demonstrate His love for people! 

                                                                                                                                                                  Review. 
                                                                                                                                                                  • “Preparation time is never wasted time.” “The fast is going to be a building on last year’s fast. Last year was preparation and plowing, this year is freedom and expression. The two will compliment each other.”
                                                                                                                                                                  • It is important that we prepare from a correct perspective. Why is perspective important? Your perspective will determine your response. What is our should our perspective be approaching this subject and the coming fast? God is supernatural!
                                                                                                                                                                  • Demystify does not mean naturalize. Don’t criticize or dismiss what you do not understand. Remember; What you honor will move toward you. What you dishonor (criticize) will move away from you! Instead, humble yourself and ask The Lord for the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation to function in your life. 
                                                                                                                                                                  • God is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of pursuit.
                                                                                                                                                                  • For the sake of time I can not review everything from last week, but I want to encourage you to go back and listen to the podcast and review the notes I sent out. 
                                                                                                                                                                  • One of the things we touched on was the difference between the Salvation experience and the Baptism in The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit In and UPON. I gave you scripture references for 5 incidents in the NT, but I want to take a few min and look at one of those. 


                                                                                                                                                                    • The Ephesians Disciples. 
                                                                                                                                                                      • Acts 19:1-7 TPT While Apollos was ministering in Corinth, Paul traveled on through the regions of Turkey until he arrived in Ephesus, where he found a group of twelve followers of Jesus. 
                                                                                                                                                                        • Where these men born again?
                                                                                                                                                                        • NKJV says, “…And finding some disciples…”. What makes a disciple? 
                                                                                                                                                                        • Jesus said in John 8 “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” TPT “When you continue to embrace all that I teach, you prove that you are my true followers. 32 For if you embrace the truth, it will release more freedom into your lives.”
                                                                                                                                                                        • 2 The first thing he asked them was “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” 
                                                                                                                                                                          • What was the first thing Paul said? “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believer? 
                                                                                                                                                                          • This is important for 2 reasons;
                                                                                                                                                                            1. He placing a priority on the baptism in the Holy Spirit and 
                                                                                                                                                                            2. He was making a distention between the two events!
                                                                                                                                                                            3. “No,” they replied. “We’ve not even heard of a holy spirit.” 
                                                                                                                                                                              • The revelation they had not received up to that point was keeping them from moving to another level in the things of God. 
                                                                                                                                                                              • What you don’t know will hinder you from walking in the fullness of what God has for your life! 
                                                                                                                                                                              • 3 Paul asked, “Then what was the meaning of your baptism?” They responded, “It meant that we would follow John’s teaching.”4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was for those who were turning from their sins, and he taught you to believe in and follow the one who was coming after him: Jesus the Anointed One.” 
                                                                                                                                                                              • 5 When they understood this, they were baptized into the authority of Jesus, the Anointed One. 6–7 And when Paul laid his hands on each of the twelve, the Holy Spirit manifested and they immediately spoke in tongues and prophesied.
                                                                                                                                                                                • Once they received and believed a fresh revelation, they were baptized in The Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues!  


                                                                                                                                                                                  • Definition of tongues or praying in the spirit. 
                                                                                                                                                                                    • What do we mean by “speaking with tongues” or “praying in the Spirit”? 
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tongues is NOT a natural language known by the speaker. 
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tongues is a supernatural utterance in a language unknown to the speaker.
                                                                                                                                                                                    • “...a supernatural utterance, which comes from God through the Person of the Holy Spirit. This remarkable gift is directed through man’s spirit and manifests     as a spirit language, a divine and supernatural communication that is different from his native tongue.”  - Lester Sumrall
                                                                                                                                                                                    • “...supernatural utterance by the Holy Spirit in languages never learned by the     speaker, not understood by the mind of the speaker, nor necessarily always understood by the hearer. Speaking with tongues has nothing whatsoever to do with linguistic ability; it has nothing to do with the mind or the intellect of man.  It is a vocal miracle.”  - Kenneth Hagin


                                                                                                                                                                                      • Have tongues passes away? Cessation of the gifts. 
                                                                                                                                                                                        • 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Cannon of scripture. 
                                                                                                                                                                                        • No one argues that knowledge had vanished and few argue that prophesy has ceased so its either all or nothing. 
                                                                                                                                                                                        • “that with is perfect has come, ….”. I believe that which is perfect is the return of the one who is perfect, Jesus. 


                                                                                                                                                                                          • Types of tongues.  Public vs private.
                                                                                                                                                                                          • 1 Corinthians 12:1, 4-11
                                                                                                                                                                                          • There is a difference in purpose between speaking in tongues in our private time or our personal prayer language and ministering in tongues in a public setting, But the essence of tongues is the same and the source is the same. It is a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit. 
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Although the essence is the same and they function from the same place, we have to distinguish between the two because I believe this is where a lot of confusion comes in. 
                                                                                                                                                                                          • This is not an in-depth look at public manifestation of tongues. We will look at this in more detail as well as all the “gifts” or manifestations of The Spirit in coming weeks.
                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Public. 
                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Sign Tongue. Acts 2. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Those who heard these people speaking in tongues understood in their own language. It was a supernatural sign. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                • A sign points to something! This was pointing to God! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                • What happened? 
                                                                                                                                                                                                • This still happens today! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Ministry or Ministerial Tongue. 1 Corinthians 12:1, 4-11, 1 Corinthians 12:28-31
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Tongues and interpretation. Equivalent to prophecy. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 28-30 is talking about ministry anointing or callings. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • People who function in the MINISTRY gift of tongues and interoperation on a regular basis for ministry purposes. Do every one walk in that anointing or gifting? No. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Example; Dr. Jeff Thompson and his wife Linda. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Not everyone will manifest the gift of tongues in public worship to minister to the people gathered, but Paul goes on in the next capture and encourages everyone to express themselves through their spiritual language. 1 For 14:5-8
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Private
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • You received your own personal, devotional “prayer language” when you received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • “The purpose of speaking with other tongues is, firstly, to commune with God...     speaking with other tongues is the only manifestation of the Spirit that has a direct aspect of worship.”  - Howard Carter
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • “Tongues is primarily a devotional gift...to be used in [one’s] prayer life in the     praise and worship of God.”  - Kenneth Hagin
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • The importance and benefits of praying in tongues. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                      When we pray in tongues we are cultivating intimacy with The Father.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 1 Corinthians 14:2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God…
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • TPT 2 When someone speaks in tongues, no one understands a word he says, because he’s not speaking to people, but to God—he is speaking intimate mysteries in the Spirit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • When we pray in tongues only God can understand what we are praying. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • 1 Corinthians 14:2 2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • If only God can understand it, that means the enemy can’t! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • When we pray in tongues we build ourselves up. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 1 Corinthians 14:4 (NKJV) 4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself…
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • TPT 4 The one who speaks in tongues advances his own spiritual progress…
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • When we pray in tongues we build our faith. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Jude 1:20 (NKJV) 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • TPT 20 But you, my delightfully loved friends, constantly and progressively build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith by praying every moment in the Spirit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 2 Timothy 1: 4-6 4 greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, 5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • TPT I’m filled with joy 5 as I think of your strong faith that was passed down through your family line. It began with your grandmother Lois, who passed it on to your dear mother, Eunice. And it’s clear that you too are following in the footsteps of their godly example. 6 I’m writing to encourage you to fan into a flame and rekindle[a] the fire of the spiritual gift God imparted to you when I laid my hands upon you.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • When we pray in tongues we are praise and worshiping on a deeper level. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • 1 Corinthians 14:16-17 16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say?   17 For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • When we pray in tongues we are praying the perfect will of God.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Romans 8:26-27 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.   27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • 1 John 5:14-15 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • This is HUGE! We pray His will and not our own. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Who can and how to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and common misconceptions. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • It is God’s desire for all believers to speak in tongues. Paul said, “I would that you all spoke with tongues” (1 Corinthians 14:5). It is clearly God’s will to give this gift to His people.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Do we have to tarry for the baptism in The Holy Spirit like in the book of Acts? NO!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • It is something you do (Acts 2:4). 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • On the Day of Pentecost “they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and (they) began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Holy Spirit didn’t speak through them, He merely gave them the utterance or prompted their speech, but they were the ones who spoke.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • It is a supernatural utterance not a possession! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Paul said I WILL pray in the spirit…. I WILL sing in the spirit… 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • It is received by faith. Everything we get from God is received by faith. Every thing in the Kingdom is appropriated BY FAITH! 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Faith is expressed in actions (Mark 2:5, James 2:17, Hebrews 4:2).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Mark 11: 22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • TPT 22 Jesus replied, “Let the faith of God be in you! 23 Listen to the truth I speak to you: If someone says to this mountain with great faith and having no doubt, ‘Mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the midst of the sea,’and believes that what he says will happen, it will be done. 24 This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—believe that you have received it and it will be yours. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        •     My personal experience. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • My intellect and analytical processing hindered me from receiving. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • I believed that the baptism in The Holy Spirit was for every believer and that every believer could receive a prayer language, but I was confused on how it would take place. I thought the Holy Spirit would take over and do everything. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Once I received the revelation that He would do His part, but I would have to do my part, I was able to receive what I was desiring. 
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