The Miracle Room | Jabin Chavez | City Light Church

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City Light Church Las Vegas | Jabin Chavez
Episode: The Miracle Room
Date: November 24, 2025

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Overview

In this impactful episode, Pastor Jabin Chavez continues City Light’s annual November focus on generosity, inspiring listeners to engage in sacrificial giving through the "miracle offering." He shares the vision and spiritual significance of creating “the miracle room” in their new church facility—a physical and spiritual space devoted to prayer, expectation, and transformative encounters with God. Centering around the biblical story of the Shunammite woman and Elisha (2 Kings 4), Pastor Jabin draws connections between the faith-filled acts of generosity that built the church building and the supernatural miracles God performs in and through His people.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Generosity and the Miracle Offering

• Annual Teaching on Giving: Every November, City Light focuses on giving—not as a transaction, but as an act of obedience that unlocks God’s provision.
  • “We call it the miracle offering. Not because you can buy a miracle, because you can't, but because we believe that as we pray and obey, obedience opens the door to God's miraculous power in our life.” (Jabin Chavez, 00:44)
• Emphasis on Obedience Over Amount: Everyone is encouraged to participate at their own level, from children with a lemonade stand to extraordinary donors.
  • “It's not about the amount. It's about obedience.” (Jabin, 01:31)
• Testimonies of Sacrificial Giving: Stories from previous years, including children’s lemonade stands and life-changing donations, illustrate the culture of joyful, sacrificial generosity.

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2. The Miracle Room: Prayer, Expectation, and Faith

• Symbolic House on Campus: Attendees are invited to write prayer requests for 2026; the pastoral team prays over them regularly.
  • “I want you to know you have a prayer partner in this house. We're praying with you, we're praying for you.” (Jabin, 03:40)
• Biblical Foundation – 2 Kings 4:
  • The Shunammite woman builds a room for Elisha, creating space for God’s move. Despite previous disappointment, she receives an unimaginable miracle—a child.
  • Parallel drawn: What you make room for in faith, God fills with miracles.
  • Memorable line:
    • “What could God do in your life in the next year? Where could your life be in this next year?” (Jabin, 07:51)

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3. The Church’s Journey: Building for the Next Generation

• City Light’s Story of Growth and Faithful Provision:
  • From school cafeterias and small rented buildings to their new five-acre campus, the church’s moves were undergirded by collective faith and giving.
  • “You built this. It was our faith together.” (Jabin, 12:14)
• Vision for Expansion:
  • The dream extends—possibly acquiring nearby property for a school or youth building, emphasizing legacy giving for future generations.
  • “So that when they're ready to say yes to Jesus, we already have an Eden ready for them... We built this place for the next generation.” (Co-Pastor, 14:40)

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4. Biblical Patterns: People, Places, and Purpose

• God Prepares Places for People:

  • “God loves people so much, he creates places to meet with them.” (Jabin, 13:57)
  • Eden was made before Adam; the church creates a spiritual “Eden” for those yet to encounter Christ.

• Partnership (Philippians):

  • Giving and serving = gospel partnership.
  • “You don’t just reap what you sow, you reap where you sow. And that's why a church home is so important.” (Jabin, 15:55)

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5. Mission: “One More Soul”

• Focus on Outreach and Multiplication:
  • “Everybody say, one more soul.” (Jabin, 17:22)
  • Don’t get insulated from the lost; City Light’s mission is always about reaching one more—hence plans for expansion and new ministries.
  • Anecdote: Even those surprised they’re in church are evidence of God’s miraculous reach. (19:09)

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6. Money, Motives, and Ministry

• Why Money Matters:
  • Evil driven by the love of money (trafficking, fentanyl, violence), but money in God’s hands brings healing, food, freedom, and gospel work.
  • “Don't tell me money isn't supernatural. Put money in the hand of the people of God, and we could change the world.” (Jabin, 22:09)
• Money Is a Tool, Not the Goal:
  • The goal is creating a generous spirit for Kingdom impact, not just church needs.

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7. The Miracle Room in Action

a. God Speaks in the Miracle Room

• “God begins to speak. They built this room, this space, and this place where God could speak.” (Jabin, 25:02)
• Attendees should expect divine encounters in corporate worship—testimonies of thousands coming to faith and hundreds being baptized within months of moving in.
  • “In six months we've seen 3,000 people come to Christ in this room since we moved in… 900 people have been water baptized.” (Jabin, 26:48-27:06)

b. God Works Miracles in the Miracle Room

• The Shunammite woman's son’s resurrection:
  • When disappointment strikes, bring it back to God in the space you prepared—He can revive dead dreams.
  • “What do you do with your disappointment? ... You get back in the room.” (Jabin, 33:07)

c. Expectation Breeds Miracles

• Contrasts between passive religious attendance and faith-filled, expectant presence.
  • “Expectation is the breeding ground for miracles. Don't come to church to tick a box.” (Jabin, 39:28)

d. God is Praised in the Miracle Room

• Church isn’t just about creating a comfortable environment for visitors, but cultivating a sanctuary built for the praise of God.
  • “Church actually isn't about them or even you or me. Church is about God.” (Jabin, 41:38)
• Explains deliberate choices (e.g., no free coffee in the auditorium) to foster a sense of awe and purpose in worship.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Generosity and Obedience
  • “It's not about the amount. It's about obedience.” (Jabin, 01:31)
• On the Power of Faithful Community
  • “You don’t just reap what you sow, you reap where you sow.” (Jabin, 15:55)
• On God’s Love for People
  • “God loves people so much, he creates places to meet with them.” (Jabin, 13:57)
• On God Moving in the Miracle Room
  • “She takes that dead thing and she takes it back to the room where God spoke to her… And all of a sudden, life enters that dead thing.” (Jabin, 33:22)
• On Expectation
  • “Expectation is the breeding ground for miracles.” (Jabin, 39:28)
• On the Purpose of Church
  • “Church actually isn't about them or even you or me. Church is about God.” (Jabin, 41:38)
• On the Outcome of Sacrifice
  • “May this be a miracle house. A house of answers, a house of breakthrough. I declared... I'm believing that we're going to see more miracles in the next seven months than we saw in the last seven years.” (Co-Pastor, 36:10)
• Humorous Moment
  • “It’s like we’re basically a Baptist church. Come on, somebody. We baptize in so much.” (Jabin, 27:16)

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Key Timestamps

• [00:44] Defining the miracle offering and its real purpose
• [03:40] Introduction of the "miracle room" for prayer requests
• [07:51] Reflection on what God could do in a year
• [12:14] Moving into the new church and honoring the communal journey
• [15:55] Explaining “gospel partnership” and reaping where you sow
• [17:22, 17:28] Emphasis on reaching “one more soul”
• [19:09] Testimonies of personal transformation and surprise at being in church
• [22:09] The supernatural power of money in gospel hands
• [25:02] God speaks in the miracle room
• [26:48-27:06] Testimonies: 3,000 salvations, 900 baptisms in six months
• [33:07] Faith through disappointment—bring dead things to God
• [39:28] Miracles happen in the context of expectation
• [41:38] Church is ultimately for God, not just seekers
• [47:06] The true purpose behind the miracle offering—souls, honor, God's kingdom

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Final Thoughts

The episode masterfully weaves together biblical lessons, church history, and personal testimony to communicate the sacred purpose of generosity, the power of building spaces of expectation, and the miracles God works through faithful community. Jabin Chavez’s lively, transparent style, peppered with humor and poignant illustrations, urges listeners to both give sacrificially and enter the “miracle room”—the spiritual and physical spaces we build for God’s presence and power.

Action Steps:

• Pray, obey, and give as God leads.
• Write out names and requests for the Miracle Room.
• Cultivate expectancy in worship and gather believing for God to move.

Main Takeaway:
“Give God a year. Give this house a year. And watch what God can do in your life.” (Jabin, 31:16)

Transcript

[Jabin Franklin]

We're in a series entitled the Miracle Room, and I'll give you some context to that house that's out there in just a few moments. If you're new with us, you wouldn't know this, but every November, we take time to teach on generosity. So once a year, we talk about money, specifically giving, and then we give people the opportunity to sow into this house to help us move this vision forward. And it is our request that every person would give something in the miracle offering. We call it the miracle offering. Not because you can buy a miracle, because you can't, but because we believe that as we. I want this little phrase to get in your heart as we pray and obey. Everybody say that out loud. Say, pray and obey. We believe that as we pray and obey, that obedience opens the door to God's miraculous power in our life. And so we're asking everybody to do that. I'm not telling you an amount. You know, my daughter, who's 9, she gave $20 already for the miracle offering. My wife and I, God spoke to us and we shared that. A few weeks ago, the Lord spoke to us to give 50,000 in the miracle offering. Others can't give even dollars. Other people can give way more than 50,000. We've had people give upwards of a million dollars and everywhere in between. It's not about the amount. It's about obedience. Amen, everybody. From the very first miracle offering as a couple of kids, Chris and Amy. What is their last name? They're now in. They moved, but Chris and Amy Stone. Stone. The Stone family, as their kids, opened a lemonade stand so they could give in the miracle offering. You know, so it's. It's. We're all. We're all going to give at different levels. But I believe if we'll all pray, if we'll all obey, if we'll all obey the voice of the Holy Spirit, everything that this ministry needs is going to come in to do everything that God's called us to do specifically to pay for that parking lot. And by the way, that's all moving, and it's getting really close to groundbreaking for the parking lot. Praise to everyone who parked on the dirt. Say amen. It's happening soon. And to everything else that God's called us to do, I don't know if you noticed, Jones and sunset right there. 20 acres just went up for sale. And I just thought to myself, lord, could this be the youth building?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Okay, no faith. Keep it moving. Keep it moving.

[Jabin Franklin]

I just thought to myself, could this be the School. And could that actually be. I don't know what that 20. That 20 acres, probably going to go for 20 million. I mean we do not have that in the natural. But I'm just, I'm just, I'm just jet lagged just dreaming this morning. So, so, so I'm just fired up. We have that house out there, the miracle room. Because what we want you to do today is go out there and write your prayer requests. Write what you're believing God for, for 20, 26. Any name that comes to your heart that you're believing God to save and to come into the kingdom of God. We want you to write that name down. And then our team, every week we're out there praying and believing God with you. I want you to know you have a prayer partner in this house. We're praying with you, we're praying for you. You have a prayer covering in me as your pastor and we're believing God. Whatever you are going to write down on that, on that house, for your business, for your family, for spiritual things, natural things, we're believing God with you. That God is going to answer prayer. How many believe God still answers prayer? Amen. And so we're gonna, we're gonna look at this miracle room. Second Kings, chapter four. She said to her husband, I am sure that this man who stops in from time to time, he is a holy man of God. He is a holy man of God. Let's build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed and a table and a chair and a lamp. And then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by. One day, Elisha returned to Shunam and he went up to this upper room to rest. He said to his servant Gehazi, tell the woman from Shunam I want to talk to her. And when she appeared, Elisha said to Gehazi, tell her, we appreciate the kind concern you've shown us. What can we do for you now? Just, I want you to get this in your spirit. What can we do for you? Can we put in a word to the king or the commander? I want you to hear heaven today. What can we do for you? Look at her response. No, no, she replied, I'm good, I'm good. Because I think what happens sometimes in our spiritual journey is that we can face so much disappointment that we just can't believe God. But Elisha knew, man, there's something going on here. No, no, I can't give up on this yet. So he said, what can we do for her in Gehazi. I said, well, she doesn't have a son and her husband is an old man. So he said, call her back again. Elisha told him. And when the woman returned, Elisha said to her, next year at this time. Wow, isn't that amazing? Next year at this time, you'll be holding a son in your arms. You know, there were three couples believing God for children just last year at this time who are all holding babies today in our church that have found me today going, last year our babies were prayer requests. And today I think we've dedicated or dedicating them all, either last month or this month. Think about that. What could God do in your life in the next year? Where could your life be in this next year? You'll be holding a son in your arms. Look. Look at her response. Look at disappointment. Cry out, no, my Lord. Oh, man of God, don't deceive me. Don't get my hopes up. But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time, the following year, she had a son, just as Elijah Elisha had said. I want to talk about the miracle room. Today. I'm believing God that you're going to hold in your arms the thing you're believing God for. Can I get an amen? Father, I thank you for this miracle room, this building. It is a miracle, Lord. I don't say it enough. Thank you. Thank you for this place that you've given us to gather and to worship. Thank you for all the lives that you've already changed. And thank you for all that you're going to do. Thank you for all you've done in the last seven years. And thank you for all that is to come in our future. Many people in this room today, Lord, need a miracle. I pray you'd give it to them in Jesus name. Amen. Amen, Amen and Amen. I am sure this is a man of God. Let's build him a room. I am sure. Another translation says, I perceive or I feel, I sense. God's hand is on this man's ministry. There is this supernatural thing that is happening. So let's do something in the natural to house the move of God. There is a move of God happening. But every move of God needs a place and a space where the move of God can happen. I want you to notice that this family did something in the natural to partner with the supernatural. There's an anointing on this ministry of Elisha. So in the natural, let's build a room so that ministry can happen. That's what's been happening in our church for the last seven years. People like you and me have said, let's build a room. It started at Fess Middle School seven years ago as we started in that little cafeteria, as we set up more pipe and drape than we thought was humanly possible, as we set up metal folding chairs and portable stages and signs everywhere and transform classrooms into kids church, we built God a room. And then from there, just a few months into our church, a pastor called me and he said, hey, we have this empty church building. Would you like to lease it? It could seat about 200 people. And somehow, by the grace of God, we, by the power of small chairs, we slammed 230chairs into that little room. And we said, yeah, we'll take that little building. And our church was about five months old and we needed to do some improvements to that building. We needed to change out the carpets and paint it and do all those kind of things. And I thought, you know, I don't want to overwhelm our church, but I think our little four month, five month old church could probably raise $30,000. Let's believe God. For $30,000 from our little church. And in August of 2018, we received our first ever miracle offering. 30,000 did not come in that day. $170,000 came in that, that Sunday. No pledges, no commitments, just on the day people gave. We were overwhelmed. We moved into that little building. And from the beginning of our church, for the first two years, our church went from zero to a thousand people. We had that little location and then we started at Silverado High School. The church was growing, great things were happening. And then this little virus took over the planet for a couple of months. And so we closed down shop and then reopened in June of 2020 and again started at zero and began to rebuild. And then over the next two years, we grew again from zero to a thousand in that little storefront, that little plaza right between a Buffalo Wild Wings and a Lee's Liquor. And so if church was good, I would go celebrate at Buffalo Wild Wings. And if church was bad, I'd go to anyway, so jokes, just jokes, jokes. So we grew from, from there and then, and then we moved into Silverado High School at the beginning of 2023. And. And then during those two years, our church grew from 1,000 to 3,000 as God just began to breathe on the ministry. So many of you found us during that season at Silverado High School. People built a room, people gave, people prayed, people sacrificed. We were Able to buy this land, these five acres that we're on right here. We able to buy that cash, $3.2 million by the Grace of God and by the generosity of God's people.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Because people said, we sense God's hand on this ministry.

[Jabin Franklin]

Let's build a room. And then we moved in here in May of 2025. And since May of moving in here, over these last six months, our church has now grown from 3,000 to 5,000. And it has been amazing what God has done. It's a miracle. It's a miracle. A miracle. Why? Because people said, let's build God a room. Exodus 20:5, verse 8 says, Let them make me a sanctuary. Look. Look what God tells the prophet, the pastor, the leader. Moses, Moses, you're not going to build it. The people are going to make me a sanctuary. And watch this, God says, and I will be their reward. I will personally reward them for building me a house. And I will dwell among them. I didn't build this. You built this. It was our faith together. It's not on just Moses to build the sanctuary. It was on the people of God to give and to serve and to believe God together. And we built God a house. And God has been dwelling with us, not alone, not only over these last seven years, but over these last six months. And I just want to say to God, be the glory. I'm so grateful for. For all that the Lord has done in this church. Can we give him the praise and the honor? I want to remind you that he is the God of people and places. People and places. People and places. Because God loves people so much, he creates places to meet with them. Like this building isn't special. You're special to God. But God creates places like this so he can meet with you. From the very beginning, God created Eden and then created Adam. Look at this. The Lord God placed the man in the garden. God prepared a garden. God created a garden. God built a garden. God planted and designed a garden called Eden. Not for Eden, for Adam. Notice that he didn't create Adam first. He created Eden first.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

He created a place in preparation for.

[Jabin Franklin]

The thing he loves most.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

It's not that God loved Eden. It's that God loved Adam. But God loved Adam so much that.

[Jabin Franklin]

He gave him Eden.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

What you talking about, preacher? I'm talking about God loves people so much that he will lead a people to create places for people to gather. He created the garden before he ever created Adam. And that's what we've done. That's what thousands of people did over the last three years, thousands of people sacrificed and gave millions of dollars.

[Jabin Franklin]

Why?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

So that we could have a place for Adam. So we could have a place for our children that weren't even born yet. So we could have a place for your family members that aren't even saved yet. So we could have a place for your co workers that don't even know the Lord yet. But so that when they're ready to say yes to Jesus, come on, somebody. We already have an Eden ready for them. A place where they can worship, get baptized, serve, give, receive from God. We built this place for the next generation.

[Jabin Franklin]

I'll take one. Good. Amen right there.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

So buildings only matter because people matter.

[Jabin Franklin]

Paul said to the Philippian church, you yourselves know that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church. I want you to catch this. Entered into partnership with me. And how did he define partnership? In giving and receiving. Everybody who gives here, you're in partnership with this house. We're gospel partners. We are partners in the gospel. And watch this. In giving and receiving, you don't just give here, you receive here. See, you don't just reap what you sow, you reap where you sow. And that's why a church home is so important. But I want you to notice it's not just the giving you should be receiving from this house. And Paul said, there was one church that partnered with me in the Gospel.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

That's why Paul had such a special.

[Jabin Franklin]

Love for the people of Philippi. He had such a special love for the Philippian Church because they believed in his ministry and they were able to partner together. And I'm so grateful for all of the Gospel partners in this house who have partnered with us in giving and receiving notice. What Paul said, he said the Philippians gave, not the government. Paul wasn't supplied by government aid or by one rich person in the church who made sure all the bills were paid.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

He wasn't even supplied by himself.

[Jabin Franklin]

It was a partnership between the man.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Of God and the people of God. Between the people of God and the church of God. They got together and said, let's build a room, let's build a house, let's build a ministry. And what they did with Paul, you.

[Jabin Franklin]

Are doing with City Light.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And I'm so grateful for that. I'm so grateful for your. Yes. See, when we say a house for the next generation, it means always sacrificing.

[Jabin Franklin]

For those who are still far from God. Everybody say, one more soul.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Come on, say that. Say, one more soul. See don't get so saved that you forget that there's still people who need Jesus. I know you're in church now, and you're in a small group now, and you go to Bible study now, and you're part of a ministry now, and you serve now, and your 20 closest friends are all Christians now. But don't forget, there's still one more soul that needs Jesus. There's still one more family that needs hope. There's still one more addict that needs to get set free. There's still one more hungry person that needs to be fed. There's still one more person who needs the gospel of Jesus. When we say we're a house for the next generation, we're going after one more soul. That's why we have to go to St. George. That's why we have to go to Henderson. That's why we have to go to Summerlin. That's why we have to go to Centennial. That's why we have to go to Pahrump. That's why we have to start a Christian school. That's why we have to start a.

[Jabin Franklin]

School of ministry for one more soul.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Doing all we can so that everyone.

[Jabin Franklin]

In our city will hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

That's why we have to turn this.

[Jabin Franklin]

Building into a youth building and buy those 20 acres. Okay, now I got it.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Stop.

[Jabin Franklin]

I'm fired up about that. Doggone it. There's still one more soul, one more person, one more family. Please don't forget the millions in this region that still need Jesus. I wonder. Today I've been doing this little poll. I wonder if there's anyone who's just kind of shocked you're in church today. Like, you're like, oh, my God, I love God. When did that happen? Like, I got to church early to make sure I got a seat. Like, what in the world? Anybody shot? Like, I don't know, maybe our couple is shocked. You know, they're like, we're on our anniversary. We're in church. Like, what the heck is happening? Like, can I just see?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Like, maybe over the last five to.

[Jabin Franklin]

10 years, you're like, this was not on your bingo card. Can I see your hand? Like. Like, I love the Lord and I love. Come on, wave at me.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

You're like, what in the heck?

[Jabin Franklin]

That's a miracle.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Can we give God praise for that?

[Jabin Franklin]

Like, that's a miracle.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And the same way you're shocked at.

[Jabin Franklin]

What God is doing in your life, God wants to shock you by saving your friends and your family. I want you to Write every name you can think of out on that house. I don't want you to write down one name. I want you to write down 100 names.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Add their middle and last name. Write down their phone numbers. I will call them this week. Say, bill told me to call you.

[Jabin Franklin]

You're lost and going to hell.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

I want to lead you to Jesus right now.

[Jabin Franklin]

I'm a. I'm a call up.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

I'm telling you, that person that you. That you're saying it would take a burning bush for them to come to Christ. I believe God can still do that. Kind of supernatural, miraculous salvation for your friends, for your family, for your parents, for your children, for your grandchildren. Can I get an amen? And everything I've said so far is pretty inspirational.

[Jabin Franklin]

And you're going, okay, What. What the heck does money have to do with the kingdom of God? I mean, like. Come on, Jabin.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Just. Just relax.

[Jabin Franklin]

I mean, why. I mean, why. Why do you gotta raise another offering? Why do we gotta.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Why do we gotta do this? Why?

[Jabin Franklin]

Why. Why do we do this every year? Well, maybe instead of asking that, maybe. Maybe I would ask you, well, what does money have to do with the kingdom? A lot.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Why are there 27 million people right.

[Jabin Franklin]

Now being trafficked in our world?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Why are there more slaves today than in world history combined?

[Jabin Franklin]

Money. Because the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Why was fentanyl trying to get pumped into our nation? Why are there drug cartels that are.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Trying to bring drugs into our country? Why are there. Why are there gangs? And why is there violence? Why are there wars and rumors of wars? It's not about land. It's about money. Money leads to all kinds of evil. When you love money, there's only one fruit that is produced from the love of money, and it's evil. Why is there so much evil in our world? The love of money. Well, if a love for money can bring evil, what could a love for God do? If greed can bring so much evil, what could generosity do? I'll tell you what it could do. It could build churches. It could preach the gospel. It could feed the poor. It could clothe the naked. It could bring clean water to those who need water. It could provide meals for people who need food for Thanksgiving. Come on. Can I preach to somebody? Don't tell me money isn't supernatural. Put money in the hand of the people of God, and we could change the world. So that's why we do this.

[Jabin Franklin]

See, it's actually not about the miracle offering. It's about hopefully breaking something off of you so that you become a generous person.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

So that even if you leave this.

[Jabin Franklin]

Church, it don't matter. You're still generous. Even if you don't like anything I'm saying. And you pack up your things and I'm gonna go to this church. Okay?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Go to that church and be generous over there.

[Jabin Franklin]

Even if I'm just the spark that lights you up, but you don't like my style. Well, go find someone you like. But become a generous soul, because it changes your life. And you will be better on the earth. You will do more for God on the earth when you become generous. All right, I got 15 minutes. I'm in trouble. That's the longest intro in the history of intros. That was supposed to take two minutes, but y' all got me fired up. So they. So they take natural resource, and they build a natural room for supernatural ministry. One more time. They take natural resource, they build a natural room for supernatural ministry. There is nothing that feels supernatural about that parking lot that we have to build. Honestly, it just annoys me. It's just annoying to me that we have to spend $1.2 million on asphalt. It just. It's just annoying. But the number one complaint we get on Yelp and on Google and on Face on all those, you know, reviews we get. By the way, you should do a good one for me. You should do a guy said for me. Hook it up. Hook me up. Man, that preacher is just so good and handsome. Kidding. But the number one complaint we get is we couldn't find parking, so we left. So I don't want to spend a million dollars on parking, but people need to park their car somewhere. It's very natural. But it ain't about the parking lot. It's about people finding a parking spot so they can get in the miracle room so they can get supernatural ministry.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Does that make sense?

[Jabin Franklin]

So.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

So.

[Jabin Franklin]

Okay. So. So. So here's what happens in the miracle room. Number one. God speaks in the miracle room. By this time next year, you have a son in your arms. Something amazing happens when the church gathers and when the church worships and when the church honors the presence of the Lord, God begins to speak. They built this room, this space, and this place where God could speak. Now, I want you to notice where God spoke. He spoke in the room they built for God. God didn't speak in the kitchen. God didn't speak in the living room. God didn't speak in the garage. God didn't speak in the home gym. God spoke in the room they built for God.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

What are you saying, preacher?

[Jabin Franklin]

I'm not saying God can't speak to you in your car or speak to you at your house, or speak to you in your alone time or speak to you on your prayer walk. Of course God can do that.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

But I will say this.

[Jabin Franklin]

You have a Bible right to believe that you have built God a sanctuary.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And you can expect God to dwell with you here, and you can expect.

[Jabin Franklin]

God to speak to you here, and.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

You can expect a prophetic word from.

[Jabin Franklin]

The Lord every time you enter into this house.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And you shall should. You should walk in every Sunday going.

[Jabin Franklin]

I'm about to get a word for.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

I don't care who's preaching. I don't care if Jabin's good today or if he's jet lagged today. I don't care if he's preaching about marriage and I'm single. I don't care if he's preaching about dating and I'm married. I don't care if he's preaching about money and I'm mad. I believe that if I walk into that house, God will speak to me through the worship, through the word, through the prayer, through the conversation. Because I built got a house. Think about what God has done just.

[Jabin Franklin]

Since we moved in here in May.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Just since we moved in here six months. In six months we've seen 3,000 people.

[Jabin Franklin]

Come to Christ in this room since we moved in.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

That's it. No, no, like we don't even know.

[Jabin Franklin]

How to clap for that. We're like, do we?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Because those are.

[Jabin Franklin]

Those numbers don't even make sense. 900 people have been water baptized since. Since we moved in. We don't even know how to like, do we? What?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

No, no, it's okay.

[Jabin Franklin]

It's like we're basically a Baptist church. Come on, somebody.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

We baptize in so much. Now listen, we don't even know how.

[Jabin Franklin]

To like celebrate that because those numbers can't even calculate.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Like, I'll get on Instagram tomorrow and.

[Jabin Franklin]

My friends will post and they'll go, praise God.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Seven people gave their life to Christ today.

[Jabin Franklin]

And they'll be pumped and they should be pumped.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

We see over 100 people come to Christ every weekend.

[Jabin Franklin]

We don't even know how to like celebrate that because it's so weird.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

It's so. It's so wild what God is doing here.

[Jabin Franklin]

We don't even really know how to be grateful for it. And I start with myself.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

So now think about it.

[Jabin Franklin]

Think about what God has done in the last six months. In this room. Could God have done this without this building? I mean, I guess the answer is yes. We don't need a building. Let's just go down to the Strip and preach. Go for it, bro. Like, you're weird, but go for it. Like, go yell at strangers. Go for it. Get up, get a bullhorn and scream at people. Tell me how you do. Trying to lead drunk people to the Lord. They got a. They got a margarita this big. No drunkard will enter the kingdom of God. Okay, good. Good job, buddy. You're doing nothing. We're so religious, huh? We're so religious. God doesn't need a building. You're so. You're so religious when you say that, you don't even know what you're saying. We go down to the Strip with acoustic guitars. We're going to worship God on the Strip and open up heaven over the Strip. What are you talking about? All you're doing is weirding people out. And by the way, that's not even new. I grew up in a church where every year we'd walk up to the highest hill we could find in the community and wave flags over it. You know, bind witches and warlocks and it's.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

It's just. It's just charismatic Pentecostal tradition.

[Jabin Franklin]

It's. It's hocus pocus. It's.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

It's.

[Jabin Franklin]

It. God is not weird. People are weird. God is not weird. People are weird.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Let me tell you how.

[Jabin Franklin]

How the gospel changes a city. By doing this. By the prayers of the saints, by.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

The gathering of the saints, by taking land from the devil, by buying 10.

[Jabin Franklin]

Acres of land and saying, this will never be a brothel.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

This will never be a weed dispensary store. This will never be a liquor store. This will never be a casino. This will never be a strip club. Until Jesus comes back, we are taking land back for the glory of God. I know.

[Jabin Franklin]

You don't even know.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

It's like.

[Jabin Franklin]

I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, maybe.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Think about what God has done, because God will back this up. God has proven that. We've built him a house and he's met us here. Look what the Lord has done. And God says by this time next.

[Jabin Franklin]

Year, you'll hold a baby in your arms. Think about what God is speaking.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

He's speaking life. He's speaking multiplication. He's speaking growth. He's speaking expansion. He's speaking to those things in our.

[Jabin Franklin]

Life that we have been believing God for.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

That seems so impossible. But because we built him a room.

[Jabin Franklin]

He says, you'll hold that thing in your arms now. Where could your life be in a year? What could your life look like in a year? What could your faith look like in a year? What could your prayer life look like in a year? What could your family dynamic look like in a year? What could your grandchildren be doing in a year? Where could your children be in a year? I know right now they're on drugs, but where could they be in a year? I know right now they're lost, but where could they be in a year? Where could your husband be in a year? Where could your family. Where could you be in a year?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Friend, I've come to tell you I.

[Jabin Franklin]

See you in your future and you look better than you do right now. Oh, man.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

See, I feel the. No, don't get my hopes up, preacher. Don't tell me good things are coming. I'm telling you, God can transform your soul. And he doesn't need 100 years. He could do it in a year. Give this book a year. Give God a year. Give this house a year. And watch what God can do in your life.

[Jabin Franklin]

Come on.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

If you believe it, say amen. Give God some praise. Anybody been transformed even in the last year? Can anybody look back even over the last 12 months ago? Look what the Lord has done to God. Be the glory, high five your neighbor. And tell. Tell them, don't judge me. Don't judge me. Tell them, give me a year. Come on, tell them, give me a year.

[Jabin Franklin]

Watch what God will do in my life. Give me a year. Give God a year.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn. Watch this. It's get.

[Jabin Franklin]

As the sun rises, it's getting brighter and brighter and brighter. God speaks in the miracle room number two. God works the miracle room. This is an amazing part of the story. Because after she gives birth to the boy, the Bible says years pass and the boy gets sick. And if you keep reading from that chapter, you'll find out that the boy actually dies. And when the boy dies, she does something amazing. She does not bury the boy. She takes that dead boy. She takes that dead thing and she takes it back to the room where God spoke to her. She went back to the sender. She went back to the source. And on the same bed that the prophetic word was released, she takes that dead boy and she lays the boy in the bed. She doesn't lay him in a coffin. She doesn't lay him in a tomb. She lays him on the bed of the prophet. She takes him back to the miracle. What do you do with your disappointment? What do you do with your frustration? What do you do with that addiction? What do you do with that trial that you're in right now? What do you do with that testing of your faith? What do you do with your valley? You get back in the room. And she gets back to the room, lays the boy on the bed, and then she calls for the prophet and says, this was your idea. Fix it. And Elisha comes back to the house. And then Elisha begins to pray. He gets up, The Bible says, Second Kings 4:35. And he begins to walk. He begins to pray in the room. And then he goes over and he stretches himself over the boy. The Bible says if you keep reading eye to eye and nose to nose and mouth to mouth, heart to heart, he lays on the boy, and all of a sudden, life enters that dead thing. And he sneezes seven times and he wakes up. People ask all the time, jabin, why did he sneeze seven times? I want to tell you why. I want to tell you why. I don't know, but he did. It's dusty in that Middle East. Shunam Village. Amen. He had to wake up. I don't know why he sneezed, but Gehazi's writing this down. He goes, I don't know. He sneezed.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

That was weird.

[Jabin Franklin]

Get him a tissue. See, the prophet represented God. The prophet represented the presence of God. The represented the voice of God. The prophet represented the spirit of God. And I want you to think about the prophet laying over the boy. Just like the Holy spirit in Genesis 1 would hover over the chaos and over the darkness over the earth that was void and was dark. But the Holy Ghost began to brew, begin to cover, begin to hover, begin to begin to breathe on the chaos, begin to breathe on the darkness. And I want you to know today.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

That I sense that so same spirit.

[Jabin Franklin]

Hovering over you today, bringing life to dead things and bringing hope to hopeless situations. And bringing miracles into your life. Hearts mending in the miracle room. Miracles happening in the miracle room. Dead things coming alive in the miracle room.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

I don't know what you need, but I sense. I sense the presence of the Lord coming over you. Eye to eye, mouth to mouth, nose to nose.

[Jabin Franklin]

And I.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And I pray that City Light would.

[Jabin Franklin]

Be a miracle house.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

A house of answers, a house of breakthrough. I declared last night.

[Jabin Franklin]

It just came out of my spirit.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

I said, I'm believing that we're going to see more miracles in the next seven months than we saw in the last seven Years. And if anybody would just attach their faith with me now, I'm about to shout. Shout.

[Jabin Franklin]

I feel the anointing.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Y' all can stare at me if you want, but let me just. Let me just declare real quick and you can shout. No, but I've come to shout. Yes. I'm believing for more miracles, more breakthroughs, more answers, more healings, more sicknesses healed, more deliverances, more salvations. Come on. Can I get about 100 people to say amen with me right there? Praise God. Hallelujah. May this be a miracle house. See, in Mark, chapter two, the Bible says the presence of the Lord was.

[Jabin Franklin]

There to heal the sick. Watch this. And Jesus taught God's power was there to heal. But all Jesus could do was teach because the people didn't want that. The people were there to inspect, the people were there to judge. And the people were there to. People were there to get their Christian TED Talk. And if we're not careful, we will become a house of teaching. Nothing wrong with teaching. I'm a teacher. I'm a Bible teacher. It's what I am. I can't be anything else. I'm a Bible teacher. But Jesus is more than a teacher. See, I'm just a teacher. But Jesus is more than a teacher. And we have to make sure that we don't limit Jesus to just being a teacher, to just being a guru, to just being a self help, to just being a Tony Robbins or a Gary V or whoever you like. No, he's got to be more than Oprah to you. He's got to be more than just someone who just gives you a couple of principles on Sunday. God forbid that City Light just becomes a good church for good people. We walk out of church. We go, how was church?

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Good.

[Jabin Franklin]

No, no, no, no. He's more than a teacher. But. But the faith in the room wouldn't expect.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

They came to inspect, not to expect. So then the Bible says that these four crazy radical dudes dug a hole.

[Jabin Franklin]

In the roof and they dropped their.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Paralyzed friend down in front of Jesus. And when Jesus saw their face, he saw that their faith was beyond just Teaching was beyond just. The music was good. Today was beyond just. Oh, the worship team hit. Today was beyond just. Jabin was funny today. He saw that their faith was to pull everything out of the spirit realm. And Jesus healed the man and he.

[Jabin Franklin]

Saved the man and he did miracles.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And I'm declaring that God still answers prayer. I'm declaring God still heals cancer. I'm declaring God can still move in your life. God can still provide. In famine, God can still supply, no matter what's going on in this world system.

[Jabin Franklin]

I didn't come today for just a mental ascent. I didn't just come today for. As I could hear my pastor, Jensen Franklin say three points in a poem. That's what he would say. That's the old Pentecost. I came for a move of God. Expectation is the breeding ground for miracles. Don't come to church to tick a box. Don't. Don't come to church to pay off Tony Soprano for the week, your mob boss up in heaven. Don't do that. Come to church expecting to receive from a good father who has good gifts for his children.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Can you say amen?

[Jabin Franklin]

Lastly, let me get a team up here or I'll preach all day. I've got the 1145. They're coming. They're already mad. They don't have a parking spot. We're all in the spirit. They're on sunset right now. Like, God is praised in the miracle room. God is praised in the miracle room. The Bible says she bows down. 2nd Kings 4:37. She bows down before him. Of course, we don't bow down to a man. We're not. This is Old Testament, you understand? That's not he again, he represents the presence of the Lord in the Old Testament. She bows down before him, overwhelmed with gratitude. And I'm going to say something, And this wouldn't really be relevant to you in the sense that you don't need to know this, but it's relevant to you because it's affected everybody in this room. About 30 years ago, a movement began in the west. And that movement would maybe be called something like the seeker sensitive movement. It was a movement that began to infiltrate all of the churches in the west that said, hey, there's. There's seekers coming. There's unbelievers coming. There's people who don't know God that are coming to church. Let's build church for them. And a part of that was very good and sincere. And, you know, we man people don't know the Lord and we don't want to be weird. And, you know, we want it to be relevant for them. But what happened in that is that we started building church for them, but God said, build me a sanctuary. Build goddess sanctuary. So church actually isn't about them or even you or me. Church is about God. And so unspoken rules started happening in church, like, don't worship too long and don't preach too long, and don't you dare speak in tongues, Jabin.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Don't you dare.

[Jabin Franklin]

Jabin. Not on a Sunday. You can speak in tongues at team night, Jamie, but don't you dare. Don't you dare. Shondo. On a Sunday.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

You can't do that.

[Jabin Franklin]

If you. And don't. And don't let people praise too much.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And don't let the amen be too loud. And. But.

[Jabin Franklin]

But God said, praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Like, if there's anywhere you should be able to praise, We ought to be able to give God glory in his house. And I'm just.

[Jabin Franklin]

Again. And I've done this a lot, but I'm just. Again. Just pushing back on. Like, come to watch now. If you're a guest, I'm so glad you're here. If you're not a believer, I'm so glad you're here. If you're freaked out right now, I'm so glad you're. Buckle up. It's about to get weirder. And I'm so glad you're here. And I want you to keep coming, but there might be some moments in church where you go, that wasn't for me. And you're right, because that was for the Lord. Or frankly, that was for the Saints. So here's how it works out. Practically every weekend, I'm out in that lobby shaking hands. Shaking hands. Shaking hands. Meet new people. Meet new people. And new people will ask me this every week. Every week. Besides complaining about the parking lot, by the way, people, they yelp about this, too. They go, where's the coffee? Tony Lopez. I came to church. I drove all the way from Henderson. I drove 13 minutes, Pastor. Where's my free coffee? We don't have. We don't have coffee. Let me explain the coffee thing. Number one, we're not anti caffeine. I've already had two coffees today. About to have a third. I'm not a Mormon. Amen. I'm.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

I love my caffeine.

[Jabin Franklin]

I'm not. I'm not anti caffeine. Shout out to the Mormons if you're a Mormon. So glad you're here. I have a Coke just for you after this service. So we're not. We're not anti caffeine. We're not clean freaks. You know, it's not like, we're like.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Oh, you can't get the chairs ready.

[Jabin Franklin]

Building gets dirty every week. We clean it. It's. It's all good. I. I didn't want church to feel like what it feels like when you go to the Raider game or the night game. Or when you go down to the sphere, you go to a movie.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Now, I love all of that.

[Jabin Franklin]

I've been to the sphere. I love night games. I love raider games. I love mo. I love all of that.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

I love going.

[Jabin Franklin]

I get the hot dog. I get my Coke. Z. I get my popcorn. I get my.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Not.

[Jabin Franklin]

I get all the junk food. And I say, entertain me. I paid for this. But.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

But that's. That's there. That's. That's different. What I didn't want is. I didn't want this team up here. Jesus from the mountains worshiping, and you're.

[Jabin Franklin]

There with your latte gone. Not bad.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

Can I get one more? Can I be. Can I get.

[Jabin Franklin]

No, no, no, no.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

This is not the spear, and this is not a Raider game. This ain't even a Golden Knight skate. We've come to celebrate the King of Kings. Come on, somebody. Can I get somebody to stand in honor of the Lord of Lords? His name is Jesus Christ. And I don't want to. I don't want to come with a latte and give God a casual praise. So I just said, let's leave the drinks out there so that we don't. Again, love all of that. Just don't. And. And if you need that, I can give you 10 churches where you can worship God with a coffee, and you should go there. And they're amazing. And we're not against them. We're for them. But I. I had to remind myself that that's. That's not what this house is going to be. Because this.

[Jabin Franklin]

Because in this miracle room, it's going to be a house of worship.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

And that's why you can preach on.

[Jabin Franklin]

Money like I just did. And the. And you feel the presence of the Lord right now. Because it ain't about money.

[Co-Pastor or Worship Leader]

It's about souls. It's not about money. It's about God. It's not about money. It's about honor. It's not about money. It's about the kingdom of God. It's not about money. It's about treating the house of the Lord with a sense of reverence and awe and.

[Jabin Franklin]

Wow. That's why we're giving. That's why I hope you'll join us on December 6 and 7. You'll give. And that's why I hope you'll go write down prayer requests and we can pray for you over the next few weeks. Because. Because nothing's really natural. Everything is really spiritual. Praise God.