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Knowing The Holy Spirit | Pat Harrison | Murrieta, CA | Wednesday PM | Ladies Conference 2022
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Hi, I'm Nancy Dufresne. Welcome to our podcast channel. We know you'll be blessed by today's message.
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Glory to God. Well, you feel like you've been to church?
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Yeah.
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Aren't you glad you came?
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Yes.
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All you ladies been having fun?
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Yes.
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Oh, we have. Hallelujah. It's been awesome. I'm so glad I got to be here. Aren't you? God is good, isn't He? Yes, he is. Hallelujah. Well, you know, Pastor Nancy was talking to me at lunch, and I used to say this a lot. It seems like. I guess I haven't said it a whole lot lately. Cause someone said it something to me about it the other day, not very long ago. But I love the Holy Ghost. Amen. And the reason I love the Holy Ghost is he's everything to me that Jesus said he would be. Amen. Hallelujah. And if he's not everything to you that Jesus said he would be, it's because you're not allowing him to be. And that's the only reason. The only reason you're not allowing him to be. And that is the only reason. Hallelujah. So I love the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. Praise God. Now, those of you that heard me before know that I just say it like it is just very practical. You know, God's word is not something that you can't understand. He said to me one day, he said, I made it very simple. He said, it's you guys. He said, it looks like this man, he talks to me the way I talk. Okay? He said, you guys make it hard because of your mind. That's what he said. And that's true. So true. Because we try to reason things out. You know, we hear something, we try to figure it out in our mind. Well, you're not going to, because it's spiritual. It's coming from the Father God, by the Holy Spirit. How many of you know that the Holy Spirit is the action behind the Father's will? So whatever the Father wills, Father wills, the Holy Spirit is going to do. So whatever he wills in your life, if you yield to the Holy Spirit, then the Holy Spirit's gonna bring you along those lines, lead you along those lines, instruct you, give you revelation so that you're walking in the will of God. And if you know the word of God and know the Holy Spirit, you don't have to question it. You just know, yeah, this is from God. This is what I need to do. Amen. Praise God. Well, that was all free. Glory to God. You know, the Lord has always talked to me about talking about the Holy Spirit, and I guess it's because I have yielded myself and lived a life in the spirit. But as Pastor Nancy was speaking last night, it made me think about when my husband went to heaven. Buddy, you know, I was. I knew that he was going to heaven because the Lord had already told me, but. And I was prepared, and I was very peaceful. But, you know, when he left, which I knew he was, there was a supernatural peace that came up on me, and I've never let it go. And that's the key. It's like Nancy said, it's a choice. But I made the choice. I like this. It helps me. I'm not letting it go. So I don't go anywhere without the peace of God, in the presence of God. So how do you do that? Well, you keep. You make the choice first of all, and then you keep yourself in the place of the presence of God. And you can do that. You can do that. You've got the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit on the inside of you. Just begin to recognize them. You know, in the morning when I get up, the first thing I say is, father God, I thank you for this day that you are with me, and you will be with me all day. Hallelujah. And he is all day. Hallelujah. And at night when I lay my head down, I say, I thank you, Father. You are with me all day, and you're with me all night. Hallelujah. Why? Because he never leaves us. He never leaves us, so. Oh, we just need that relationship with him and with the Holy Spirit. Praise God. And, you know, the more you build your relationship with him, the more you want to study the Word and know the Word and have understanding of things, especially things that pertain to you, you know, and we all, every day, have things that pertain to us that we have to have understanding of. Amen. And by the Holy Spirit, because we know him and we listen to Him. He will give us that understanding from the Father God. Hallelujah. So I love teaching about the Holy Spirit. And I know one of the last things that my father said before he went to heaven. He said, if we don't continue to teach about the Holy Spirit and allow him to flow, it's going to be lost to the next generation. Well, I want to tell you, it's almost lost to the next generation, but praise God, there's a remnant that's rising.
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Up.
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That is speaking the truth of the Word of God and allowing the flow of the Holy Spirit. Amen. And that's what it's all about. That's how, you know, we learn through study, but we also learn and take hold of things by association. So one of the things that I. The reason I really enjoy just teaching the practicalities and foundational truths of the Holy Spirit is because I want the now generation to get ahold of it. Because they need to understand it is not just, well, I receive the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. There's more to it than that. It's a. Just like faith is a way of life, being in fellowship with the Holy Spirit is a way of life because he's everything to us that Jesus said he would be. That's why Jesus left him here on the earth for us. And he said he will be everything to you. So we. I just want, I want this now generation to have understanding. And someone was saying today that. I believe it was Debbie that was saying today that. How did you say that, Debbie? The now generation is their attention is. Or they want to go on to something else real fast. How did you say that? Right. They keep going to the next thing. Yeah, they keep going to the next thing. The next thing, the next thing before they get set or settled in the first thing. So we have to teach the fundamental truths. It's one thing to talk about the Holy Spirit and allow him to move. It's another thing to teach about the Holy Spirit and the foundational truths concerning the Holy Spirit, who he is. Amen. He's not somebody walking down the street with a red hat on. He is part of the Trinity. It's God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. So I want and so I may be prepared. Preaching to the choir tonight. But that's okay because I want the now generation to have understanding and the fundamental truths of the word of God about the Holy Spirit. Yes, Amen. And you know, I realize, cause I teach all the time in different churches that in a lot of places they've received the Holy Spirit, but that was it. They've never been taught anything else about the Holy Spirit. So they just think it's like a one time experience. So they don't continue to grow in it. They don't continue to speak in tongues and allow their prayer language to enlarge. And some of them have been in church so long because that's the thing to do. They've forgotten what they knew. And then there's others again that have just given up sound doctrine, unfortunately. So understand that God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit are equal in the Trinity, but separate members of the Trinity. Hallelujah. So we know, because we are Spirit filled. Amen. How important tongues is and that it has not passed away. You know, when somebody tells me, tries to tell me that, I say, too late, too late. I've experienced it and I live in it. Hallelujah. And when we. Let's just. Well, you can turn there if you desire. I have it written out here. First Corinthians 12, one says, now, concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. And one translation writes, I do not wish you to be ignorant. And so what he's saying to us is, there's knowledge available. There's knowledge available. And knowing that knowledge is important. And you know, as a minister, those of you that are ministers, and I understand we're all ministers, but those of you that are in the five fold ministry, you have a responsibility to not only educate yourself. Amen. But educate your congregants and those you minister to in the word of God about the Holy Spirit and then respond accordingly, allowing the flow of the Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit, when you talk about him, he likes to demonstrate himself. Why? Because you're talking about God and God likes to demonstrate himself in action for you. And the now generation, they want to see something happening, you know, they call it reality, you know, in other words, they want to know that it's real. Even though most of them live in a fantasy land, You know, that's real interesting, isn't it? They live in a fantasy land, but they want to know that things are real. What things are real? Why? Because it's placed within them at birth. There is within them a desire to know the real. They just don't know the real is God. But we know that, so we have a responsibility. And you know, when Paul was writing here to the Corinthians, one of the problems was they misunderstood the manner in which the Holy Spirit worked because they had. Paul was talking to them because they had abused the gifts, especially tongues. So they just misunderstood the power of the Spirit and what they were doing. They were treating the manifestations of the Holy Spirit presence as they treated the supernatural manifestations of their pagan worship. Because that's what they had come out of. They had come out of pagan worship. And so they were treating the Holy Spirit like some of those supernatural manifestations that they experienced in that worship. And Paul was saying to them, you are no longer a pagan worshiper, you are a worshiper of God. And the Holy Spirit is here to help you not to overwhelm you. Because in the pagan worship, those devils, those spirits would take hold of them and control them. Well, the Holy Spirit does not control you. As far as you not being able to say yes or no and make you do something, he does not. If he did that, then there would be no reason for Acts 2, 4, because it gives explanation of what happens when, when you receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues. He says you will speak in tongues. In other words, you're going to use your voice. You're going to articulate and allow the voice to come from you and articulate it, just like you articulate talking English or whatever language you speak.
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Amen.
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So there would be no need for that instruction if the Holy Spirit just came on you, controlled you and made you talk in tongues or made you do this or made you do that. He does not do that. God made us a free will individual. We are not robots. So we have the choice to receive everything that God has for us through the Holy Spirit or not to. So he was saying to the Corinthians, you do not have understanding of this, but this is not the same as pagan worship. The Holy Spirit will not make you do anything unless you ask him to or yield to him, so to speak. You have a choice. You have a choice. So Paul then began to establish principles to help guide them so they had understanding and distinguishing the ways of the Holy Spirit. So we're going to talk about some of those principles because those principles still hold true today. They are foundational truths for us to understand the person and the work of the Holy Spirit. Because what happens when we fail to understand the foundational truths by which God operates? We open ourselves to deception. And that's why a lot of the churches in deception is because they have not understood the foundational truth by which God operates. So we need to see that, because when we get in that deception, then we don't know if it's God or not. And we say, why is this happening to me? Why God? How come? Or whatever you know, how did I get to this place? Well, most of the time it's because you have not studied to have the understanding of those foundational truths of how God works. And you've opened the door to deception and in many cases, destruction. Because when you open yourself to that, you become real casual about the things of God, especially his principles. You know, when I was in England several years ago, I've been there several times, but the last time I was there, I hadn't Been there in a while. And I had forgotten how interesting it was that they drove on the left side of the road, you know. Well, I didn't drive while I was there. But, you know, if I had decided to drive and I drove like I do here in the United States, I would have been in big trouble. But if I was gonna drive, I had to understand the foundational truths or principles of how that operated in driving. Because they drive on the left side of the road, you know, the driver's side is over here and the passenger side is over here. It's right the opposite. And it's interesting. And I don't know how many times I went to the wrong side of the car to get in. Cause you don't think, you know, you just automatically go get in. And I'd say, my friend would say, are you gonna drive? And I say, no, no, I'm not gonna drive. I would be, in your opinion, on the wrong side of the road. But that's the way it is with God. You know, he gives you principles. And you have to have understanding of those principles in order to use it and allow it to work in your life. Just like driving a car, there are principles or rules, whatever you want to call them. I call them principles about learning to drive that car and driving that car. And if you don't follow through with that, you're gonna be in trouble. And it's the same way with the things of God. If you don't follow through with the principles of God, then you're gonna be in trouble. You walk yourself right into deception. So Paul said, I don't want you to be ignorant.
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He.
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He didn't say they were stupid. He said they were ignorant. There's a difference between being ignorant and being stupid, you know, Ignorance is because you don't have the knowledge. Stupid is trying to do something because you don't want to try to figure it out. You're just going to do it. That's being stupid. I could step on little toes. Just like men sometimes, you know, Excuse me, men, putting things together. You know, the instructions are laying right there. But, no, I can do this. I can do this. I know how to do it. I know how to do it. I can do it. And then they work and they work and they work. And you go, as the spouse, you go up and say, well, here's the Richard and I know how to do this. You know, and what should take 30 minutes takes three hours because they know how to do it. And then they got three boats left over. They don't know what to do with. They must be extras. Oh, yeah, right. If you'd have read the instructions, those boats would have been in there somewhere where they're supposed to be, right?
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I'm just talking from experience. So we have to apply. Read the instructions, get a hold of the understanding of those principles and inquire about them. You know, who do I inquire with? I inquire with the Lord. Oh, wow. So we have to see that. How important it is if we're going to mature in understanding the Holy Spirit and flowing with Him. We have to understand the foundational truths and those principles. And a lot of people think that because you yield to the Holy Spirit and you are using the gifts, that it's evidence of spiritual maturity. And it is not. It is not. It is not the fruit of the Spirit or God's character manifesting and maturing in you is. Is. That's what makes you mature spiritually.
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Not because you yielded to the Spirit of God and was used in some way, but what makes you spiritual and what causes you to mature is learning God's character and allowing it to be manifested in you in all those ways. First of all, love. I told them Sunday morning, You know, the Lord had me studying on love for two years. And the first thing he said to me when I started, began to study, he said, I want you to understand something. He said, first and foremost, I am love and I operate in faith. He said, that's how I am. That's who I am. And everything I do is out of who I am. In other words, out of love. And I exercise it by faith. And so. And he took me, of course, to Ephesians 1, where it says, be imitators of him. Well, if we don't know him and understand that first and foremost he is love, we will never be able to imitate God as we should, because we don't understand love. So it's the same way with the Holy Spirit. If you don't know the Holy Spirit, you don't know those principles. You'll never mature in the things of God, in the flow of the Holy Spirit, because first and foremost, you're not operating like God. There are many times the Spirit of God is moving and he doesn't tell me to do something, but the love of God wells up within me. And I just go to someone because that love is drawing me. And sometimes I don't even know what I'm gonna do or say or if I'm gonna say anything or what till I Get there to that person. So you have to learn the flow and the move of the Holy Spirit. And you do that by understanding some of these principles. Hallelujah. Let's see again. Gotta find my place. And it's true, you know, there can be, I would say confusion maybe or disruption sometimes in services because of people without understanding. And sometimes it's that way because people want to be seen and to be. They think by doing that they're gonna be known as spiritual. But what it's doing is showing their carnality and they don't even understand that because that's a self centered thinking. I want people to know that I know the Spirit of God and I know the word of God and I can say this and I can do that. What do you hear? I, I, I, I, I not God, God, God, God. So they're showing their carnality, not spirituality. So we need to see that and recognize that. And the Holy Spirit will not frighten people away. Why? Because it is action behind the Father and the Father first and foremost is love. And love always draws fear, pushes away, love draws hallelujah. And you know, I've heard pastors say, well, we don't want to frighten the people. It's not going to frighten the people. The people want to know. And we need to mature as the church so that we are in services where the flow of the Spirit is moving and things are happening because we understand God and who he is and the Holy Spirit and you know, and so that there isn't a room for confusion, chaos and doubt and all the kind, other things that come along with that. Really as ministers we need to learn to know the Holy Spirit, understand the truths and preach them and teach them. And when the manifestations happen, allow time to explain what happened. I know we used to refer to us because I know more about us than anybody else, but when we pastored in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because our first and foremost ministry was about the Holy Spirit and teaching about the Holy Spirit, we had microphones set on either side of the platform. Now understand this. As a pastor, you have to be secure in who you are and know and have the understanding of the foundational truths of the Holy Spirit to do this. But God instructed us to do so. We did it so that the people that he had given to us would have understanding and know how to flow. So in services, a lot of times when the Spirit of God would begin to move and we of course train the ushers, but people would want to come to the, to the microphones, but Understand this, this is how they grew. This is how they began to see, have understanding and have confidence that they were hearing the spirit of God. So they would come and sometimes they would just give a testimony, but they felt the moving of God and they felt that testimony was necessary. And after each one, whoever did this, Buddy, then or myself would explain what had just happened. You know, perhaps it was an awesome testimony. I know one time there was a really, really neat. It was a miracle, actually testimony. And Buddy explained that that person, because they had received a miracle, they had the need to testify and tell about that miracle and what God had done in their life. And there was people out there that needed to hear that testimony. And God said, now is the time. So they gave the testimony. There were times when people would come up and, you know, and they would pray in tongues or whatever and nothing ever happened, you know. And Buddy would explain, okay, this person, they sense the spirit of God wanting to move and they wanted to be used. And so they felt got up and they just talked out of their own spirit. And because we had presented a place and developed a place of love, and because they knew that instruction would come that would help them to continue to mature in the things of God, then they felt it was a safe place. And so they would come and they learned. I can remember we had one man that he came up every time. Bless his heart. As my dad used to say. Bless his. How do you say that? Bless his sweetheart. Pumpkin head. Stupid head. That's what he would say. Yeah, he would come up every time and he would say the same words in tongues every time. And Buddy would have to explain every time that he was speaking out of his own spirit because he wanted to.
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Be used.
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But he didn't know how to wait for the flow of the spirit. Can you see that? And it's interesting sometimes the people that you encounter. But he finally learned. He finally learned. After about a year and a half, he finally learned. Thank God. But what do you do? You keep teaching the principles of the word. You keep explaining, you know, somebody would always, you know, love on them afterwards. And they always felt safe because Buddy gave explanation. Not well, he shoulda or whatever, but explanation of what happened and not come against the person. When a person is trying to learn and they're wanting to mature in the things of God, you don't come against them, you don't talk down to them, but by the love of God, of who you are, because you belong to God, you share with them and you give explanation to help them grow and Mature in the things of God. As a result, we had some really wonderful, mature people in our church. Because they were hungry for the things of God. Because they wanted to flow with the Holy Spirit. But they wanted to do it properly and have understanding. And they had that knowledge then that they could. And there was confidence in it. Does that make sense? The Holy Spirit empowers. He does not overpower. Know that. The Holy Spirit empowers. He does not overpower. So he's not going to drive you into some compulsive, uncontrollable act. I can remember one time we were in Detroit, Michigan, with my dad in a tent meeting. And so Buddy had to go in before us and train the ushers and do all that stuff. And then I came in with my parents afterwards. And then we would help with other things that needed to be done. So we were at the. I was at the back of the tent because that's where all the product and everything was.
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And so I would stay back there close to that. And Buddy had came up to me to tell me something. And my dad had started ministering the word. And all of a sudden, this lady stood up. And she was just shaking and carrying on and speaking in tongues at the top of her voice. So when Usher stepped up and Betty said, go quieten her. So the usher went over. There was two of them that went over. And they said to her. I don't know all they said to her. But they told her that she needed to quieten down, that she was interrupting the service, that the speaker was already speaking. I can't help it. I can't help it. It's the Holy Spirit. I can't help it. I can't help it. And the usher said, yes, you can. Yes, you can. Just quieten down. And she'd start and he'd say, quieten down. If you don't quieten down, I'm gonna have to take you out. You know, you're gonna have to leave the service. And she'd start up again. Well, it was a funny thing. Then when they took hold of her to take her out of the service, she just went limp. She was no longer controlled by the Holy Spirit and couldn't help hollering out dungs. So what is that? Well, they had to drag her out because she just went limp. I mean, it was crazy. But it could have been much more disruptive than it was, you know? But that shows you that that's not the Holy Spirit. Cause the Holy Spirit doesn't interrupt himself. My dad was up There speaking the word of God that was to come forth for that evening by the Spirit of God. And back here, this woman's wanting to holler out and carry on. That's not God, because he does not overpower. He empowers. Hallelujah. So when you hear somebody say, well, I couldn't control it. I couldn't control myself. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Because the Holy Spirit first and foremost is a gentleman. And he's not going to make you do anything. And he's certainly not going to interrupt or insult or injure somebody's spirit, soul or body. That's not him. The Holy Spirit will never, ever bring attention to himself or an individual. What does he do? He always exalts the Lord Jesus, always, you know, the Holy Spirit, just like that woman. The Holy Spirit's not going to have somebody jump up in the middle of a service and start doing something or something or hollering out in tongues and interrupt himself. So it's just the human spirit out of control is what it amounts to. It's the human spirit out of control because you don't make scenes out in public and say, it's the Holy Spirit. First of all, he doesn't draw attention to himself or to an individual. As I've already said, Let me see where I am. I get carried away and start listening to what the Spirit of God is saying and speaking that forth. And I don't know where I am in my notes. That's okay, isn't it? We'd rather hear what the Spirit of God has to say than my notes, right? And because people have seen this and also because people don't understand, they are concerned that if they are spirit filled, that the Holy Spirit's just gonna come on them anywhere, anytime, and they're just gonna start shouting out of control or in public and all this stuff. And no, no, that's not the way it is. The Holy Spirit asks us to yield to him, so we can choose to yield or not to yield. And even when you yield to him, you don't have to be obnoxious. You double, you know, praying in tongues. People say, well, I can't pray in tongues all the time. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. You know, I find myself praying in tongues in the market, driving my car, in the beauty salon, you know, shopping, whatever, but I'm not going. Look at me. It's under my breath where nobody knows that I'm praying in tongues. It's not. It is not. And the Holy Spirit is not going to do that. To you. He does not. Again, you have to yield to him. He's not going to make you. This lady, one day, she said, well, I want the Holy Spirit. I want the fullness of the Holy Spirit. I want to speak in tongues so bad, but I'm just so concerned, I'll be in the supermarket and just start shouting out words. I said, no, not unless you decide to do it. No, the Holy Spirit doesn't operate like that. He does not. Oh, let me go over here. So the first principle that we want to look at, and I want to say to you after saying those things, is there is conscious control. Unlike the pagan worship and rituals that the Corinthians had gone through, the power of the Holy Spirit will not drive you into wild, compulsive and uncontrollable acts. I don't know why I'm getting my tongue tangled about my eye tooth. I can't understand what I'm saying. I'll get my words out in a minute. Because there is conscious control. Again, when you hear somebody say, I couldn't control myself. Yes, you can. Yes, you can. First of all, God has given us through Jesus a sound mind. And a sound mind is a controlled mind. A sound mind is a mind that thinks like God. A sound mind is a mind that's full of love and not fear. So we need to recognize this, so understand that there is conscious control. Hallelujah. The next thing is, the Holy Spirit always glorifies the Lord Jesus. Always. The Holy Spirit never grandstands or draws attention away from Jesus, to himself or to individuals. No manifestation will ever glorify anyone or anything but the Lord Jesus. We need to have these principles and understandings down. Why is that? Because the purpose of the manifestations is to glorify God, to draw people to Christ and to draw people into a deeper relationship with Christ. That's the whole purpose of the manifestations. And Jesus said about the Holy Spirit, when the helper comes, whom I shall send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me. That's John 15. He will testify of me. So the Holy Spirit is only going to testify or glorify Jesus. And in John 16, Jesus told the disciples about the Holy Spirit. He said, when he, the Spirit of truth has come, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak. And he will tell you things to come. So what is he doing? He's hearing what the Father is saying. And that is what he's speaking not under his own authority, but under the authority of the Father God. Because he is the Holy Spirit, Spirit, the Spirit of truth. That's all he can give to you because that's who he is. Amen. So he doesn't do anything in his own authority. He does it under the authority of the Father God. And he does not contradict the Father God. He only speaks the truth because he is the Spirit. So the Spirit of truth is going to do what, and I've said this earlier, he's going to draw people to Christ. He's gonna draw people toward Christ and he's gonna draw people up into Christ. Hallelujah. We don't draw people to us. We don't make followers of ourselves. We dwelt people to Christ and then we make disciples of them in Christ. And then as they grow and mature, they are brought up into who Christ is in them and who they are in Christ. Hallelujah. I like that. So the Holy Spirit will only involve himself with that which leads people into a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ or to a deeper relationship or communion with Him. In other words, he's gonna says the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, you can't even say Jesus is Lord. So, so he's going to draw people to Christ. And then as you move in the things of Christ, then he is going to mature you so that you have complete understanding of who you are in Christ. Because you become a disciple of his and you have that fullness, you have that understanding. And the more you have that fullness, the more you're going to be drawing up into Christ. In other words, the more, the more you're going to be like him, act like him, do like him, say like him. Amen. Hallelujah. So when we hear some somebody say, well, this is the Holy Ghost and it doesn't match up to the Word. It's not the Holy Ghost. You know, there's times. That I've heard someone say, well, that was the Holy Ghost. But all the actions did was draw attention, make that person look good or foolish, depending on your viewpoint. Did you get that? Yeah, I got it. Good. Any manifestation of the Holy Spirit is going to glorify Christ. It always expounds truth about the Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Let me get over here. Then the third thing, this principle is that of creedal C R E E D A L creed, creedal faith. And creedal faith speaks of a system or doctrine. So in computer language there are mathematical and scientific principles that control that machine. And those rules or those principles enable the system to work. So you have to work within the creedal doctrine if you want your computer to function properly. In other words, you have to put your information in there properly. And if there's no information in there, it's not going to work, just like the phone. In other words, you can Google email, you can expect Google email all day, but if you do not have a Google email account, you're not gonna receive email from Google and you're not gonna be able to send email through Google. Why? Because you don't. You have not set it up in that machine for you to be able to do that. So creedal faith consists of core beliefs, foundational truths, and things that are not negotiable. They're not open for discussion. And without creedal faith, you will get into heresy, you will get into error, and then deception follows. And then what? Whatever follows that, that follows deception, if you don't recognize it, leads to destruction. So we must be careful and know that the Holy Spirit only is the spirit of truth, and he only speaks the truth of the word of God. And so if somebody is saying something and it does not line up with the word, or, or you have this, I call it an icky feeling in your spirit, you better watch out. And if you're not sure, just real quickly say, okay, God, what's going on here? And he'll tell you. He'll tell you. God is not schizophrenic, you know, he doesn't say one thing in his word and then talk another way to you by the Holy Spirit. Psalm says, forever, O Lord, your word is settled in heaven. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. That means what? It is unchanging. It is unchanging. Heaven and earth will pass away, he said, but not my word. Hallelujah. So when the Holy Spirit moves, he's going to confirm the Word, and he doesn't move apart from that. Why? Because he is the Spirit of truth. An unction. Let me just say this. An unction in the name of the Holy Spirit that is apart from God's Word is not by the unction of the Holy Spirit. It's not. But when we don't know these just simple foundation truths, we get ourselves in trouble. The Holy Spirit is here on the earth as an agent of the Father, God. And Jesus said that the Holy Spirit is a comforter and a guide into all truth. Hallelujah. And I have found that to be true. I have found that to be true. Because when things happen in your Life and you know the Holy Spirit and you understand these foundational truths, then you listen. And it works every time. It works several times. There are many times in my life if I had not been praying in tongues and seeking God on situations, I would have missed it. I would have totally missed it. Because my mind was thinking totally different than what the Spirit of God said to me. So we must have that relationship with them. I understand these principles so that we allow the Holy Spirit to mature us in the things of God. It's not about wanting a word from God. It's about knowing God and His Word. And if you know God and His Word and you're listening to the Holy Spirit, you don't have to have a personal word from God, in other words, called out, whatever. Now God, out of love and the goodness and mercy of his heart, will speak to people. Praise God. First of all, for them to know that he loves them. Second of all, for them to know that he is there hearing what they're saying, and he is giving them the answer. Hallelujah. Glory to God. And you don't accept the word that somebody gives you just because you had a good feeling. We walk by faith, not by feelings. And a lot of people say, well, how do you handle something like that? Well, you handle it like God would handle it. First of all, he's love. First of all, he's kind and he's merciful. So you just kind of thank you and walk away. You don't have to open your mouth and say, you're not of God. You, you know. Cause at that time, you doing that, you're not of God either. Because, you know, a lot of times it's. People are. You know, they're very sincere in what they're doing, but they're sincerely wrong. And we have to learn how to answer them according to God and not according to what we think or how we feel or what our head's saying, you know?
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Right.
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I had one time at campmeeting, I heard a lady hollering, but I wasn't paying any attention. And this lady coming this way, facing me, she said, I think that lady's calling you. And I said, me? And she said, yes. And so I turned around, she was saying, sister Buddy. Sister Buddy. Well, no wonder I didn't pay attention to her. I'm not Sister Buddy, first of all. And she came up to me and she said, sister Betty. And I said, honey, I'm not Sister Buddy. I did it real kind, very, very loving. I said, honey, I'm not Sister Buddy, I have a name. My name is Pat. Oh, I'm so sorry. I knew that. I don't know why I was doing that. She said, I just feel like the Lord wants me to lay hands on you and pray for you. And I said, no, ma'. Am. No, ma'.
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Am.
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No, ma', am, you don't want me to pray for you? And I said, no, ma'.
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Am.
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She said, well, I feel like I'm supposed to. And I said, I understand that, but I have a choice and I don't want you to. You have to talk that way to some people if they're insistent. I wasn't ugly. I was kind about it. But I said, no, ma', am, I don't want you to. Well, why don't you want me to? And I said, first of all, because I don't have a clue who you are. I've never seen you before. And I don't want somebody I don't know laying hands on me. I don't to want what spirit necessarily they're from. And I don't want somebody laying hands on me and praying some prayer that don't make sense, doesn't pertain to me. But it's what they thought up in their own mind that God was saying, because they get so excited that I can talk to them and I want to do. I want them to think I'm spiritual. But you don't make people think you're spiritual by doing silly things. You let people know that you're spiritual by your actions and how you speak and what you do. Have you ever seen somebody that's trying to figure out the hidden message in what God's saying. When it's very explicit of what he is saying and they think there's some kind of cryptic meaning, oh, my Lord, help us all. The Holy Spirit is concise and clear. You don't have to second guess it, don't have to try to figure it out. If you listen, you know exactly what's been said and what he's saying to you. There's never a hidden message. Never. God does not hide things from you. He gives them to you by the Holy Spirit with understanding. So there's nothing hidden there. Like I say, he's very concise and very clear. So what am I saying? The Holy Spirit does not control us, but we work with him and allow him to work with us, to follow forth and mature in the things of God. And the Holy Spirit will never, never speak apart from the Lord Jesus Christ and glorifying the Lord Jesus and The Holy Spirit will always agree with the word of God because God and his word are one. And the Holy Spirit is the action behind the Father's will. So he is not going to do anything but speak forth that which agrees with the word. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
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Ha ha.
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On the devil. Why we got his number? Why? Because God gives us understanding by the Holy Spirit. And one of these days I just. I'm looking for it all the time. We're all gonna have the understanding that the devil is a liar. He is the Father of lies and there's no truth in him.
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So.
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So why listen? Why even take hold of a thought? Why even take hold of a thought? It's a lie. No matter how good it sounds, it's a lie because it's coming from the enemy and he is a liar and the Father of lies. We're gonna get that one of these days. We're gonna get a hold of it. Hallelujah. And we're gonna say, ah. Don't talk to me. I don't hear anything. You have to say nothing. It doesn't interest me. I don't live that life. I don't live the life you live. I live the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. As Ms. Nancy said, in him I live. Have I been in him, I move and live and have my being. Hallelujah. That's who I am. I am in Christ, and He is in me. I am a believing believer. Hallelujah. There's a difference between a believer and a believing believer. There's a lot of people that call them believers, but they're not believing believers. Your spirit is. I think I said this Sunday morning. But your spirit has. Has no problem agreeing with what God says. Why? Because you are a brand new creature. Alive unto God, alive unto God. So your spirit has no problem believing what God says. So I am a believing believer, and what God said is truth. And I believe it, I receive it, I speak it. It's mine. Hallelujah. But our mind. That's why there's so much in this precious word about renewing the mind. Your mind is not renewed. Your mind wants to go down the same old rabbit path. It's always gone down. And you have to do something with your mind. Everything in life is a choice. And if you're still living in the past, it's been your choice to do so. You don't have to live in the past, and the past does not have to control you. Why? Because you are a new creation in Christ Jesus. Old things are passed away. Behold, all things are new. That's why it's called the past. It's the past. There's not anything you can do about the past, but there's something you can do about the now. And going forward, if you're going to be in the past, you're never going to be going forward. And God is a forward God. He's always moving forward. And we. He expects us to always move forward. So let go of those things. Well, that's easier said than done because. Because what? Because you're not renewing your mind to the word of God, that's why. Well, I just don't have time. Ah, don't give me that excuse. You've got time to do anything you want to do. You can always find the time to do anything you want to do. And I don't want an excuse anyway. Has God ever given you an excuse? No. And he don't receive them either. Understand that? He doesn't give them and he doesn't receive them. When you say, but God, he says, my word says he doesn't give you an excuse back. Do you hear me? It's important that we get ahold of these things. These are what causes us to be able to stand in any situation. The truth is the truth. It is a foundational truth. And the Spirit of God is here on the earth to keep us on those foundations. And as we allow him, he continually matures us into who God is. Now, that's hard for some people to accept, but it's the truth. He is continually maturing us into who God is. And he is first and foremost love. And he operates in faith. Hallelujah. Why do I have the faith of God? Because he gave it to me. It was a gift. He gave it to me. What do you do? How do you get a gift? You take hold of it. You know, I received a gift yesterday that was just wonderful. I was so blessed. I was just almost speechless. And what did I. Oh, that's so beautiful. I just love that. Isn't that wonderful? Wonderful. Thank you so much. But I never pick it up and receive it. It's not going to do me any good. And it's the same way with the things of God. If you don't pick them up. And God has given us faith. He said, when we receive Jesus, we receive righteousness. And he gave us a measure of faith. And it's up to us to move in that measure. He has given us a lot of People think, okay, Lord, a lot of people think that when you receive your faith, you've got to grow it. No, you don't. You have to mature in it. God gave you the measure of faith. For you, that is enough for you. God never gives you anything that's not enough. But it's up to you to do what he says with it. And as you do what he says with it, then you grow in that faith. Your faith doesn't grow. You grow in the faith. Do you see that? So how do I keep my faith alive and well within me, hearing the word of God? Because people think, because they gotta grow their faith. Then they get into works and they try to make it work. Well, it's not gonna make it work. No, you get in the Word of God. And as you get in the Word of God, then your faith is strong, you have understanding, and you understand that. I release my faith. But what I have received, what I believe, and I believe the truth of the word of God. And it comes forth in my mouth. So the first thing when something happens, just like I told them Sunday morning when I was diagnosed with cancer on my tongue, the first thing I said was, not me. Not me. I belong to God, and he belongs to me, and he will not fail me. And then I did what I need to do. I asked the Lord, I said, lord, what scripture do you want me to stand on? Because we don't need 1500 scriptures. And he told me what scripture to stand on. I said, okay. And the doctor explained to me that the only way that we could get rid of that was by operation. Blah, blah, blah, blah, all that stuff. I said, okay, but I'm getting ready to go on vacation, and I'm going on vacation. He said, well, okay. But he said, don't wait too long. And I said, well, I'll be fine. So before I left his office, we set up a time for the surgery, for when I got back. But what did I do while I was gone? Yes, I had a wonderful vacation. But when I was in my room, when I was by myself or every time I thought of it, sometimes it was out loud. If it was in my room. If it was with other people, it was under my breath. But I quoted the scripture. I quoted the scripture that he gave me. And the scripture he gave me is one we all know. Isaiah 53, 4, 5. Jesus carried our pains and our sicknesses. Hallelujah. He did it. I don't have to. He did it. And then he was wounded for my transgressions. And he was Bruised for my iniquities and the chastisement for my peace was upon him. And with his stripes, I am healed. Well, if I am, I am. And I would just say, I thank you, Father God, for the miracle. I receive it. By the stripes of Jesus, I'm healed, and I receive it. So the time came for the surgery, and when we finished, it was not a. I didn't stay in the hospital. I went home that day. He said, I will have my assistant call you when we get the results back from the lab and let you know if there's cancer, more cancer or not. And I said, let me tell you something, Doctor. There is no cancer in my body anywhere. He just looked at me. He said, yes, ma'.
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Am.
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I said, you understand there is no cancer in my body anywhere. He said, yes, ma'.
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Am.
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So it was about. Oh, I think it was about a week and a half later, I got a phone call. And on my phone, it showed it was Dr. Gaut. I said, hmm. So I answered it. And it wasn't his assistant. It was him, the doctor. And he said, Ms. Harrison, I just had to call you. And I could hear the smile in his voice. He said, I just have to call you because I had to tell you there is no cancer in your body. I said, that's right. That's exactly right. It's exactly right. And that's how you use your faith. That's how you release what you believe and have received because you have a firm foundation of truth under you. And I know my God, and he does not do anything other than what he said he would do. And if he said, I'm healed, then I'm healed. It's that simple. It is that simple, folks. But what do you have to do? You have to be consistent. You have to make the choice, just like Nancy said about the peace. And you make the choice. I made the choice. I'm having this. This is mine. God said so. And there was a couple of times that, you know, I had some kind of symptom and through my mind, from the enemy. Well, it's coming back. I said, uh, nope, it's not. God gave me a miracle. I received the miracle. He doesn't take it back. And I don't let go of it. Hallelujah. You gotta be that consistent and that firm and determined, and that keeps your faith motivated. That keeps your faith moving. That keeps you flowing in the faith that God gave you. Don't ever say that nobody, somebody doesn't have enough faith because you're saying God didn't give them enough to motivate and do what he said. That's. They may not have done all that they needed to do to exercise the faith that God gave them, but they had faith. And we don't know what's going on inside of people. It's just like my husband. I knew that he was believing God for his healing. I knew that. And he had received it at one point. But there came a point that he decided that he wanted to go to heaven. He would rather go to heaven than to continue fighting. That was his choice. That was his choice, not God's. That was his choice. And he made that choice and he went, that's okay. There's not one thing wrong with that because he's more alive today than he's ever been. Glory to God. And he's certainly pain free. But was that hard on me? Oh, yeah. I wrestled with it for a couple of months because I knew God told me it was coming to that. You know, God even told me basically when. He didn't tell me exactly, but when. And I made sure, because I knew the closeness of time, that all the family was there. They got to talk to him, you know, express their love to him and be with him. And it was easy. Thank God for us. Cause we were all together at my house on Thanksgiving, and every one of the family went in one by one during the day and was with Buddy and. And then the Saturday after Thanksgiving, he went to heaven. Well, that morning I knew he was going, but I didn't want to receive it. I didn't want to accept it. But I know when he went, I was. I had been sitting on the side of the bed by him, and we had been conversing. I could understand him. Most people couldn't because he could not talk clearly, but I could understand him. And we were talking. And so he said, well, come lay beside me. And so I went and laid beside him. And we were holding hands, and we were just laying there and I was just praying in the spirit. And all of a sudden, he moved a little bit and let go of my hand. I knew he was gone. I knew he had gone to heaven. Was that easy? No, no, not on your soul, your flesh, no. But at the same time, there was a peace. And thank God. You know, we want to discount doctors, but thank God for doctors. My doctor, his doctor told me. He said, Now, Ms. Harrison, I want to tell you something, he said, because I had told him. I said, I know it's close because I know what God has said to Me, this doctor was a Christian. I said, I know what God has said to me. And he said, well, understand this. When he decides to go, he said, there will be a relief that comes on you. And he said, don't get in condemnation about that. He said, that is an automatic mechanism within your system for you to release him, and so don't be in condemnation about that. It's an automatic. He said, I don't know how else to put it, he said, but it's an automatic situation or instrument within you, I think is the word he used that causes you when you know that he is no longer in pain, that it's just like, oh, wow, I'm glad that's over. He said, don't be in condemnation about that. He said, that's good for you. So I was laying there and he let go of my hand, and I turned and looked at him, and I knew that he had gone. And that came over me. I went, oh, wow. Whew. And then when I did, I thought, what am I doing? And then I heard the doctor's words, and then I was fine, and I stood up and that peace, that precious peace came all over me. And I've never let go of it. Hallelujah. Why? Because God gave it to me and I already had it, and I was already walking in it, but I had a different measure of it than I had had before, or a deeper measure of it than I had had before. And you know, it's hard for people to accept things like that. And you talk calmly about it, but you have to. Because if you're going to be like God, there's nothing in this life that's going to sway you away from the truth of the Word, the love of God, and the peace of God in his presence. Nothing. Nothing. But you have to have that relationship with him. I can't express that enough. Building your relationship with him. You young people that are in here, build your relationship with him. And if you hear something about the Holy Spirit 1500 times, you take heed and you listen because it is just the keep going over and keep going over and keep saying it and keep saying it until you finally get a hold of it and it's operable in your life and you can retain it. Amen. Hallelujah. And, you know, some people come up to me and say, oh, you know, you're just such a wonderful woman of God. And I said, thank you, because I know what's coming next. I just don't know if I could be where you are and stand as strong as you stood with all the things that's happened in your family. Well, they don't know everything's happened in my family, first of all. Second of all, they're trying to be comforting to me. And there's not anything comforting about that. Nothing. And what do you do? Like I said earlier, you say thank you and you turn and walk away. Just leave them standing there, honey, but be kind about it. Amen. I am where I am in God, because I believe him, because I know His Word and because his word is alive in me. And I know the Holy Spirit. And I practice allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and guide me on a daily basis. In other words, I live a life full of the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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And if I ask him in a moment's notice, he gives me the wisdom, or what I need to say or what I need to do, I don't have to think about it. I don't have to say, is that you, God, I know Him. And if I know him, then I know his voice. I mean, Buddy and I have been married for 40 years. I knew his voice. I knew his voice. I mean, he can call me from anywhere in the world. I knew it was Him. Why? Because I knew him. I lived with him. I knew Him. And it's the same way with God. You have to know him. You have to have that relationship with him, that nothing moves you from who he is and who you are in Him. That nothing takes your peace, your joy or your righteousness from you, because you have it in the Holy Ghost. God gave it to you through Jesus Christ. I don't know why I'm saying all this, but we need to hear these things. These are practical things that have happened in my life and probably a lot of you, but you have to have those foundational truths solid within you.
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Yes.
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Amen. So that you know the Father God. So that you know the Holy Spirit and the Lord Jesus, and you mature in Him. Have I arrived? No, no, you never arrive totally, as long as you're here on this earth. But hallelujah. One day. Woo. One day. Glory to God. You know, I can remember when Buddy died. Well, he didn't really die. He just changed his dresses. He just left his body. His old body died. But I can remember because the Lord told me, he said, the vision has not changed. Talking about FCF that we had found him responsible for. So I knew that I was to carry that on. And I had several men in my leadership that. I mean, they were so helpful and they Were so kind, but this one man. And he was kind. But it didn't matter what we were doing, what meeting we were in, what we were, you know, strategic planning, whatever. He'd say, well, I know what Buddy would do. Well, I know what Buddy would say. Oh, Inside me, I thought, sure you do.
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Sure.
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But see, he thought because he had been around him all those years that he knew everything. Well, no, he didn't. Finally, one day I called him aside. I didn't do it in front of everybody. And I said, I want to tell you something. I said, every time we get to a certain place in meetings and working on different things, you always say, well, I know what Buddy would say. I know what Buddy would do. And I said, you don't. And he looked at me, I said, you may think you do, but you don't. I said, I lived with the man for 40 years. I knew him inside out. I knew what he would say about this. I knew what he'd say about that. I know what he would do about that. And I would know what he would do about that. But that's not what we're here for. We're not here for what Buddy would do or what Buddy would say. We are here for what God would do or what God would say. And he looked at me and he said, you are so correct. He said, I am so sorry. He said, I never thought about it. I just thought I was being good and kind. I said, well, it's not that you aren't kind, But I said, it's just that we don't need to hear that because we're not here in these meetings to do what Buddy would say, what we think Buddy would say, say or do. We are here to do what God would have us do and say. And that's what you have to recognize in any situation. Any situation. It's not what man would do, but what would God do? It's not what man would say, but what would God say? And you have to have that relationship, the kind of relationship with him so that you know what and what he would say. And by the Holy Spirit, it keeps you refreshed in that where that he immediately brings up within you what God would say. He immediately brings up within you what God would do. And you do it. You do it. Oh, my. Hallelujah. Don't you love the Holy Ghost? Oh, my. There's just so many things I could say because God been so many years through so many things. But, you know, the main thing is, do you know who the Holy Spirit Is. Are you allowing him to be what God intended him to be here on the earth for you? Are you keeping that relationship with him? Because he is the voice of the Father, and when he speaks, it's God speaking, and we must understand that. And I don't know about you, but I want to live my everyday life with the Holy Spirit. My everyday life with the Holy Spirit. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Let's just yield to the Holy Spirit and talk in tongues. Yes, lord. Yes, lord. I think you have something, sister nancy.
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Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Let's just lift up our hands and worship the holy. Let's worship the Father. And so many have entered into a place of struggle when all you had to do was enter into a place of fellowship.
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Yes.
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And many have struggled and said, I'm trying this and I'm trying that. And I'm waiting and I'm running here and I'm going over here, waiting for someone to call me out when all he's doing is waiting for you to take time to enter in and to have that time and that enjoyment of fellowship. Fellowship. So that you come to a place of knowing him. So you don't have to run around to find what he's saying, but you hear what he's saying firsthand from that place of fellowship. So break the pattern of what you thought was spiritual and enter into the place of fellowship. And that spiritual life will grow and it will develop because of who you're in fellowship with and not what you're running around trying to lay hold of and obtain through someone else.
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Yes.
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His. His longing and desire is for time with you, fellowship with you. And in that place is a hearing. In that place is a seeing and a settling.
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Yes.
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And in that place that is an easy flow. For his yoke is easy and his burden is light. And you enter into the ease and the lightness of his yoke and burden through that place of fellowship with Him.
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Yeah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I love for the different gifts to flow. Hallelujah. So beautiful. So beautiful. Flow in your gift, sir.
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And he walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own and the joy we. We share as we tear. He talks with me and it tells me I am his own and the joy we share as we tarry them. None other has ever no.
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None other has ever known none other has ever known oh, until you move into that flow until you move into the that flow of that fellowship with him. You will not know how wonderful it is to walk and to talk with him. For he is the one that is always a delight and he is the one that brings the pleasures in our life. And he is the one that will always, always, always be with you. So put yourself in the place that you know him and you love walking and talking with him on a daily basis. For he is your life. So precious are you. So precious, so precious are you. Praise Jesus. Wonderful follower of your presence, Kushi. Oh, may we want to walk and talk with you. Oh, let the desire rise up to want to know him and to walk with him like no other. There's no one like Jesus. Precious Jesus. Precious Jesus. Precious. Lord, I love you, Lord, I love you, Lord. I glorify you and magnify your holy name. Oh, there is none like you. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Praise you, jesus. Praise you, jesus. Thank you, jesus. Thank you, jesus. Thank you, jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Praise you, Jesus. And when you come to him just in the that humble manner, telling him how much you love him and how wonderful he is, you will begin to be aware. Of how you need that fellowship and that relationship where that you're always walking with him and always talking with him. Make the time the father God is saying, make the time. Make the time to know me and continually experience this atmosphere of love, kindness, mercy, peace and anointing. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I Hallelujah. Precious are you, oh Lord. Precious, are you? Oh Lord. Precious are you. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Oh my. Thank you, jesus. Praise you, jesus. Thank you, jesus. Thank you, jesus. Thank you, jesus. Praise the father. Praise you, Father. Thank you, jesus. So wonderful are you, o lord.
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In reverence. Fill us now. Fresh from heaven. Flow with your power. As we stand in reverence. Fill us now. With peace.
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Peace.
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Wonderful. Peace flowing down from the father of love. Sweep over my spirit forever. I pray in the fathomless belongs of the Lord Just one more time. Peace. Peace. Wonderful. It's come, Regina, from the father alone. Sweep over my spirit forever. I pray.
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One more time.
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C
And he walks as he walks with me and he talk with me.
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As we.
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The joy we share and the joy we share as we j.
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B
Thank you, jesus. What have we been talking about? We've been talking about the holy spirit all through these meetings. The word of God and the peace and the joy that he brings. We experienced joy last night. We experienced peace tonight. So what are we gonna experience? Tomorrow night. Hallelujah. And in the morning, I just feel a little bonus. Hallelujah. Glory. Don't you love the presence of the Lord? Praise God. Praise God. I. I can't express to you how much I love my father, God, the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit. He is my life. They are my life. And they need to be your life all the days of your life. Excuse me. To walk in him and to walk in all that he has promised to us. It all comes from that first loving. Loving. Because that's who God is. And because he created us and we have received Him. That's who he are, who we are. And we have faith, and we operate in that faith just as he does. But first is love, because faith worketh by love. Hallelujah. And it's easy to exercise your faith when you have a close fellowship and relationship with the Father God, who is the love of your life. Praise God. Hallelujah. Glory. Well, this has been different, hasn't it? But I like it. I like it because I like him. I love Him. He never leads me astray. Hallelujah. He keeps me safe. He keeps me on the right path. He keeps me saying the right things and doing the right things because I know Him. Praise God. I'm done.
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I'm reminded of something that was said by someone who was close to Kathryn Kuhlman and said her fellowship with God made it easy for others to receive their miracle. Well, I would say tonight, just getting to sit in the living room with a fellowship of Pat Harrison's fellowship with God, sitting in the living room with that, it made it easy for us.
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To.
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See, receive, and reach for. And if I could say this, move out of a place that really doesn't matter into the place that really matters. Amen. Wonderful. Tonight I don't, as I said early on in introducing her, does feel like we're sitting in the living room of her life. Right. And just getting to hear that place of fellowship and what she. What was demonstrated tonight and what was taught was so that you could have.
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More.
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Greater fellowship with Him. Further fellowship. Amen. So let's leave this place saying we're going to respond to the flow we saw demonstrated and that we heard taught about. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Precious.
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B
Precious.
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A
Precious. Precious. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint. Hallelujah. That place of fellowship directs the way we live every day. Hallelujah. So now you see better why the Holy Spirit said to me last night, starting with a verse, in him we live and move and have our being. Any other way of doing it cheats us, but in Him Amen. Hallelujah. We trust you've enjoyed this message. Visit us at dufresneministries.org to learn of our upcoming meetings, share your testimony, become a partner or visit our online store. This program has been made possible by the friends and partners of Dufresne Ministries.