Say His Name - Dr. Anita Phillips

Summary

Podcast Summary: Say His Name - Dr. Anita Phillips

ONE | A Potter’s House Church
April 4, 2026
Host: Pastors Touré Roberts & Sarah Jakes Roberts
Guest: Pastor Ebenezer (substantial co-teacher)

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Overview

This special Good Friday episode centers on the sacrificial death and last prayer of Jesus Christ as captured in John 17. The message, moving between scriptural teaching and practical spiritual reflection, emphasizes witnessing the suffering of Christ, the meaning and power of his prayer for believers, and calls listeners to live in unity, joy, and sacrificial love. The “Say His Name” theme refers to bearing witness to Jesus’ sacrifice—and ensuring we align our lives to the answered prayer of Christ for the church.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The True Weight of Good Friday ([01:14]–[07:00])

• Refusing to Sanitize Suffering:
  The message opens with a graphic account of crucifixion’s brutality (“Did you know the word excruciating is actually based on the cross?...That’s how horrific it was.” [01:15; Touré Roberts])
• Witnessing the Cross:
  Modern Christians often focus on Jesus’ victory rather than the suffering: “We like the victory part. He ain’t on that cross. Yes, but he was...It is important to bear witness to his death.” [03:53; Touré Roberts]
• Purpose of Gathering:
  The Good Friday gathering is both worshipful and solemn: “The power of witness matters. And we say his name. When people are martyred for us...we pause to bear witness to what happened.” [04:34; Touré Roberts]

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2. Jesus’ Final Corporate Prayer: John 17 (A Deep Dive)

([07:00]–[34:00])

The Structure of the Prayer

• Jesus prays for himself, his disciples, and all future believers.
  • What would you pray if you knew it was your last chance in this world? “What better way to honor him than to say, God, let me be standing in the answer to his prayer.” [08:45; Touré Roberts]

A. Jesus’ Prayer for Himself ([09:00]–[12:00])

• Knowing the “Hour”:
  “It is important for you to know what time it is...Father, the hour has come.” [10:33; Touré Roberts]
• Finishing the Work:
  “He said, I have finished the work you gave me to do. Because...that is God’s work to do. You gotta know when your work is finished.” [11:29; Pastor Ebenezer]
  • Quote:
    “There’s no time and a half pay in the Spirit, when your work is finished.” [11:59; Pastor Ebenezer]
• Desiring Glory Restored:
  “Father, glorify me together with yourself with the glory which I had with you before the world was.” [12:05; Touré Roberts]

B. Jesus’ Prayer for Disciples ([12:00]–[22:00])

• Praying for Their Protection and Oneness:
  “Keep through your name those whom you have given me, that they may be as what? One? As we are.” [14:12; Touré Roberts]
• Navigating Betrayal:
  Judas’ betrayal is not accidental, but scriptural fulfillment: “There is no weapon formed against you that can prosper...It is an impossibility that God’s word can return void.” [15:29; Touré Roberts]
• Harvesting Joy from Suffering:
  “Who would even be praying for someone else? I feel like Jesus had the right to pray for himself all night long...but he’s praying that they would have his joy.” [17:28; Pastor Ebenezer & Touré]
  • “Rejoice in the Lord always. And again I say rejoice...You just have to rejoice. Re it. Re up it.” [18:03; Pastor Ebenezer]
• Understanding Persecution:
  “If you’ve been hated for absolutely no reason...the Bible said if they hated Jesus, they will hate you. And nobody hated him more than the religious folks.” [18:16; Touré Roberts]

C. Jesus’ Prayer for the World & Believers ([22:00]–[34:00])

• Not Praying for Escape, but Purpose:
  “I do not pray that you should take them out of the world...Why are we trying to escape?” [19:31; Touré Roberts]
  • “Why am I trying to rush the end...when I could stay here and maybe be part of seeing one more soul saved?” [21:08; Pastor Ebenezer]
• Lot’s Wife & Looking Back:
  “Keep your eyes in the direction that your feet should be going, because you cannot even handle the full story of what he got you out of.” [25:08; Pastor Ebenezer]
• Sanctification by Truth:
  “Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth...He sent you into the world. And for their sakes, I sanctify myself, that they may be sanctified by the truth.” [25:38; Touré Roberts]
• Jesus Prayed for You:
  “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.” [27:11; Pastor Ebenezer]
  • Quote:
    “Jesus prayed for me already. My prayers for the rest...I come to you, Father, in agreement with the prayer that Jesus prayed for me already, the most powerful prayer ever prayed.” [27:11; Pastor Ebenezer]

D. Unity as a Divine Mark ([28:00]–[32:00])

• Triune Unity:
  “That they all may be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you...That is the banner over this ministry. That’s why Pastor Touré called it ONE.” [28:58; Touré Roberts]
• Oneness as Evangelistic Witness:
  “They will not believe that you sent us...without this oneness. And that’s why Jesus is looking so bad in so many places on the planet right now. Because people who claim his name are not having oneness.” [29:36; Touré Roberts]
• Passing the Glory:
  “And the glory which you gave me, I have given them, that they may be one just as we are one.” [30:56; Touré Roberts]
• Perfection in Unity:
  “That they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me. What a prayer.” [31:08; Touré Roberts]
• Summary of Prayer Themes
  Jesus prayed for: Glory, Protection, Sanctification, Unity, Love/Presence ([33:36])

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3. The Crushing of Gethsemane: Oil and Anointing ([36:00]–[41:00])

• Gethsemane Means “Oil Press”:
  The place represents crushing, preparation, and the release of anointing.
  “He went there to be crushed. The olive trees...was in the Mount of Olives, so there was olive trees everywhere...called oil press.” [37:49; Touré Roberts]
• Crushing vs. Brokenness:
  “You have to allow in the pressing moments of your life to allow your heart to be crushed but not broken. Because it is in the crushing that the oil of the anointing is released.” [39:42; Touré Roberts]
• Practical Challenge:
  “Some of you have allowed yourself to be crushed, but not taking credit for the power that comes with it...Stop crying for the pain to stop and get down to the oil of the anointing and put it on your own head.” [40:03; Pastor Ebenezer]
• Following Jesus into the Press:
  “Where he went, we will go. We must get to the place that even when we say, Father, let this cup pass, we also say, not my will, but yours be done.” [40:43; Touré Roberts]

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4. Symbolic Act: The Seed and the Oil ([41:00]–[47:00])

• Sacrificial Giving Tied to the Message:
  “We have also been believing God, asking him, what sacrifice, what seed do we want to sow?...We’re bringing a sacrificial financial seed tonight because money is life to us.” [41:25; Touré Roberts]
• Anointing with Oil as Spiritual Continuity:
  Attendees receive bottles of oil, hand-filled and prayed over, as “a symbol of Gethsemane, the crushing place, the oil press...the anointing God has for your life will flow freely.” [43:45–46:10; Touré Roberts]
  • “There is hell-breaking power in us and in this...Take it with you and watch what happens when you pray...This is not an exchange for money...This is a connection in the spirit that God prophesied.” [46:15; Touré Roberts]

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5. Closing Prayer of Unity and Blessing ([47:07]–[51:15])

• Bearing Witness As One:
  “Jesus, we say your name. Jesus, thank you for praying for us on the darkest night of your earthly life. You prayed joy and love, unity and protection over us. What kind of God loves like this?” [47:07; Touré Roberts]
• Manifesting Spiritual Power in Community:
  “Let us as a body bear witness...that we move in love, in forgiveness, in power. That we stand together, that we forgive, that we don’t walk in offense, that we don’t gossip, that we don’t backbite...” [47:43; Touré Roberts]
• Faith for the Impossible:
  “Father, I pray over those who are bringing their sacrificial seed tonight. They have big faith, they’ve taken big steps and they are believing for big things...We know that there are some things that only you can do.” [48:14; Touré Roberts]
• Prayer over the Oil:
  “God, let them know when to use it. Some of you will wake up in the middle of the night...Some you will tell to take to work with them...Some will pour it on another person...Be obedient and you will be shocked in this most spiritual year of your life yet.” [49:40; Touré Roberts]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Did you know the word excruciating is actually based on the cross?...That’s how horrific it was.” ([01:15]; Touré Roberts)
• “There’s no time and a half pay in the Spirit, when your work is finished.” ([11:59]; Pastor Ebenezer)
• “Jesus prayed for me already...I come to you, Father, in agreement with the prayer that Jesus prayed for me already.” ([27:11]; Pastor Ebenezer)
• “That level of oneness is the banner over this ministry. That’s why Pastor Touré called it ONE.” ([28:58]; Touré Roberts)
• “If you have been focused on a broken heart, take it to God and say, crush it instead.” ([40:03]; Pastor Ebenezer)
• “This is not an exchange for money...This is a connection in the spirit that God prophesied.” ([46:15]; Touré Roberts)
• “Let us have the privilege of being the reward of your suffering.” ([51:00]; Touré Roberts)

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Important Timestamps & Segments

• [01:15] – Excruciating pain of the cross explained
• [04:34] – Bearing witness to Jesus’ martyrdom
• [10:33] – “It is important to know what time it is” (spiritual discernment)
• [11:59] – “No time and a half in the Spirit” (knowing when to let God take over)
• [14:12] – Jesus praying for his disciples’ oneness
• [17:28] – Jesus praying joy into suffering
• [18:16] – Being hated for righteousness’ sake
• [27:11] – Jesus prays for all future believers (“he prayed for you that night”)
• [28:58] – Unity as a spiritual distinctive
• [39:42] – The crushing of Gethsemane and the oil/anointing
• [41:46] – Sacrificial seed offering and significance of oil
• [47:07] – Closing prayer of unity, witness, and blessing

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Takeaways & Final Thoughts

• Bear Witness: Good Friday is not just celebration but solemn remembrance of Christ’s suffering.
• Live As Answered Prayer: Jesus’ last earthly prayer was for our unity, joy, protection, sanctification, and love—be intentional about living as an answer to that prayer.
• Value Oneness: True Christian witness is inseparable from spiritual unity and love.
• Embrace Crushing: Trials are spiritual “presses” where anointing is released; don’t run from being pressed, but let God use it.
• Be Faithful & Generous: Sacrifices, even financial, are invitations to trust and participate in God’s unfolding plan.

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This episode is a call to deep reflection on Christ’s sacrifice, a challenge to unity and holiness, and an invitation to live powerfully as those for whom Jesus himself prayed.

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Transcript

[Torre Roberts]

Foreign.

[Torre Roberts (Podcast Host)]

Hey, good people, this is Torre Roberts. Blessings to you and welcome to the ONE podcast. I'm excited that you're here. ONE is a community of dynamic and vibrant thought leaders, preachers, teachers and just a community of wonderful people all together. And we're excited to bring you this weekly podcast from our services from ONE in la. If you haven't been the One, I encourage you to check it out. You can go to one the Word one O N E online and find out all about the service times and all about the teachers and all the philanthropic things that we have going. I believe you're going to be blessed to be a part of it. And speaking of being blessed, we're getting ready to get into a teaching right now that I believe is going to bless you. So tune in, enjoy, and I'll be back with you at the end.

[Torre Roberts]

I'm not. I'm going to read a lot of scripture, so I'm going to let you sit down. But my God, he's a good God. Good Friday is always different. We'll be back on Easter Sunday. Some of us will get all dressed up. I will. We going to celebrate the victory and

[Pastor Ebenezer]

even in our effort to celebrate, because

[Torre Roberts]

we don't like pain, we call it Good Friday. There's not a scripture that says on a good Friday he died. But you know, we don't like pain, so we want to call it a Good Friday. And it was good in the end, it turned out good for us. But for those on the cross, it didn't feel like a good day. Jesus literally suffered the worst death that history has managed to find, having been produced by, by humanity and all of the depth of craven evil that can work in us. Did you know the word excruciating is actually based on the cross? C R U X crux Excruciating. That word comes out of the ultimate pain of this form of death. It was so awful that there came a time, by the time Jesus been crucified, there came a time when people didn't even want to say the word out loud. We wear a cross around our neck now. It's like then it would have been like wearing an electric chair on a chain. Let me get this for real. That's what it would have looked like at the time. If we came walking by with a cross on our clothes, a back of our. It would be like somebody wearing an electric chair with an electrocuted person in it. That's how horrific it was. It was excruciating. The beatings that they gave people before they were crucified, including Jesus. The whip had metal balls on, was meant to bruise the flesh in a way that tenderized it to make it more easily ripped apart. You know, you talk about how tender some meat is. It just falls off the bone. They did that so that the flesh would more easily fall off of a person. And then they had hooks on there so that once the flesh was tender enough, it would be easy for the hooks to just drag it off the person's body. The whipping itself was so cruel that some people lost so much blood and went into shock. They died there. They never even got taken to the cross.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

So Jesus survived

[Torre Roberts]

because I definitely

[Pastor Ebenezer]

played dead until I was dead.

[Torre Roberts]

I mean, but he survived the part

[Pastor Ebenezer]

that killed a lot of people before

[Torre Roberts]

they even got on the cross. We can't just skip over it. You see a crucifix, and we don't see a whole lot of them unless we're in certain denominational, Christian, Catholic spaces. In our charismatic Pentecostal world, we didn't have them up because we like the victory part. He ain't on that cross. Yes, but he was. And it was excruciating. And even when you have one. I only own one crucifix I've ever owned in my life. I bought it in Rome because I was taken with how many there were around. And that while we know Jesus is not dead, it is important to be witness, to bear witness to his death. But even then, it's just a dead person looking a little sad with, like, a drop of blood right here. They. They don't create it with bones showing. The Bible says all his bones stared up at him. He was barely recognizable as a human being. For me, for you, for us. And so we come on Good Friday because the power of witness matters. And we say his name. When people are martyred for us, lives taken in ways that shift all of our lives, we don't ever want to stop saying their name. We pause to bear witness to what happened. So this is our witness. That's the reason we come in the room. We're grateful we worship, but it's also a solemn moment to say, let us bear witness to Jesus Sacrifice for us. He did what none of us could survive in a body like ours. We bear witness. And so in honor of his sacrifice, tonight I want to read not his last words on the cross, but his last corporate prayer. On the night that Jesus was crucified or betrayed, several things happened. It started with the Last Supper. That's why I wanted us to take communion first. He sat with his disciples and had the last supper. He is there and they're gathered around the table and Judas is there as well. And Jesus is clear that someone at the table is going to betray him. And Judas dips the bread into the bowl at the same time as Jesus. I'm not going to read that part of the verse, but that's how it's known that that is who's going to betray. And he tells him, go, do what you about to do. Can you imagine three years of walking together and he knew who a Judas was. I think it is the ultimate form of both love and submission. That you could walk with someone for three years knowing that their purpose in your space was to trip the wire that would start the cascade that would end up in you on a cross with your bones hanging, looking up at you. And we have no inclination to understand that he hated Judas, that he played Judas, that he treated him any differently. It is an incredible thing to have witnessed. And Judas goes, and then they continue to have supper. And after that, after Judas is gone, Jesus washes disciples feet. He's serving, he knows what night it is. He washes their feet and he talks to them for three or four chapters, just pouring out these last words, the things you want to say to someone you love when you know you are doing your last words. And this is what Jesus was doing. I love the term loved ones. I preached about this on Easter of last year because so often when someone dies we say praying for their loved ones but not really understanding what that means. We'll say it like praying for the people who loved this person. But we're praying for their loved ones, the people they loved, because now their loved one is without their love. And so we are his loved ones. That's why we are praying for your loved ones, because now they don't have your love. And so he is sitting with his loved ones. The number of times the word love is used between John 12 and 17 is mind blowing. Jesus is giving so many of his last teachings and the word love just keeps coming up. And so in honor of his sacrifice tonight and to bear witness to his heart, I want us to go through the last corporate prayer he prayed to hear what his prayer requests were. If you were praying your last earthly prayer, your last chance to put some words into the earth that could connect to heaven and continually be fulfilled, your last opportunity to pray in your earthly body, what prayer might you offer? And I definitely want to know what Jesus prayed about because I want to be part of the answer. To his prayer. What better way to bear witness? What better way to honor him than to say, God, let me be standing in the answer to his prayer. How awesome is that? And God answers his prayers. But I want to cooperate, you know, I don't want to make it hard. So we're going to read John chapter 17. Jesus prays for himself in this chapter. He prays for his disciples, and then he prays for all believers. Let's begin with his prayer for Himself. John 17:1. Jesus spoke these words, lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, father, the hour has come. Glorify your son, that your son may also glorify you. It is important for you to know what time it is. Mm. A few of you let that hit you. Mm. I felt that in the Spirit. It's important for you to always know what time it is. Father, what hour am I in? What moment? What is my posture to be in this moment? Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son that your son also may glorify you as you have given him authority over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I have glorified you on the earth. I have finished the work which you have given me to do. Stop right there.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

It is finished. He says later. So how did he finish it now? He said, I have finished the work you gave me to do. Because, see, from here to his death moment, that is God's work to do. He couldn't crucify himself. You got to know when your work is finished.

[Torre Roberts]

Some of you working overtime.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

There's no time and a half pay in the Spirit, when your work is finished.

[Torre Roberts]

You have to know when to let go. God carry you the rest of the way. My God. Whoo. Verse. Keep going. I'm gonna keep going. Listen. Jesus prayed. I don't even hardly have to say nothing. Verse 5. And now, O Father, glorify me together with yourself with the glory which I had with you before the world was. Remember, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. And the Word was with God. And by that word was everything made that was made. Without it, nothing that was made was made. Jesus is this word actually personified. And he was gone into this fleshly form. And now he's saying, father, bring me back to the glory which I had with you before the world was. Then he begins to pray for his disciples. I have manifested your name to the men Whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours. You gave them to me and they have kept your word. Now they have known that all things which you have given me are from you. For I have given to them the words which you have given me. And they have received them and have known surely that I came forth from you. And they have believed that you sent me. Do you believe that he sent him? I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me. For they are yours and all mine are yours. And yours are mine. And I am glorified in them. God be glorified in me. God be glorified in me. We will never suffer what you did in the way that you did.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

We have not resisted unto blood against sin. Not one of us have tried so

[Torre Roberts]

hard not to sin that we bled. But God glorify. Be glorified in us. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Now I am. Verse 11. Now I'm no longer in the world. But these are in the world. And I came to you, Holy Father. Keep through your name those whom you have given me, that they may be as what? One? Hey? One. As we are my God. May we be one. As our God is one God. Verse 12. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you gave me, I have kept. And none of them is lost except the Son of perdition. And that the scripture might be fulfilled. The clarity.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Judas just left. This is not a month later.

[Torre Roberts]

The Last Supper has just happened. Judas just left and he's already praying about it. Except for the Son of perdition that the scripture might be for fulfilled. There is no weapon formed against you that can prosper. There is nothing that the enemy can do to you that will stop God's word over you from being fulfilled. It is an impossibility that God's word can return void.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

And so don't get caught up in

[Torre Roberts]

who the enemy used to do what? When. Turn off the forensic file search who, what, when, where, why and how.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

You don't need all of those details. You don't need to figure it out. The scripture will be fulfilled in your life and over you. His glory will be in you and seen by others through you. Do you know how powerful the word of God is? It cannot return void. That means it cannot return without producing life. That word void means lifeless.

[Torre Roberts]

It can't return lifeless. In Genesis 1, the Earth was void. It meant there was no life on it. And the void was fixed by his Word. Life was put in the earth do you understand how powerful that is? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. The Son of perdition. Verse 12. That the Scripture might be fulfilled. Verse 13. But now I come to you God and these things I speak in the world that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Who would be praying about joy?

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Who would even be praying for someone else? I feel like Jesus had the right

[Torre Roberts]

to pray for himself all night long.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

And not only is he praying for

[Torre Roberts]

his disciples, but he's praying that they would have his joy. Which means he had joy even in this moment. Rejoice in the Lord always. And again I say rejoice. See, he gave the original joy. You just have to rejoice. Re it.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Re up it. You can't create nothing, but you can rejoice. Pull on his joy again and again and again. Rejoice in the Lord always. And again I say rejoice.

[Torre Roberts]

Hallelujah. That they may have my joy fulfilled themselves. We are the joy that was set before him, that it made him endure the cross. Hebrews 12 I have given them your Word and the world has hated them because they were not of the world. Just as I'm not of the world. If you've been hated for absolutely no reason, why are you so upset? Why are you so offended when the Bible said if they hated Jesus, they will hate you? And nobody hated him more than the religious folks. Ah saba hey. And hate. For we, we are most likely to provoke the hate of the religious when we are showing the love of Jesus. Oh, the religious folks got mad at Jesus when he healed people. They got mad at Jesus when he fed people on the Sabbath.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

They got mad when he healed a

[Torre Roberts]

man with a withered hand in the temple.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

He, they, he. They were mad that he was breaking the rules to take care of somebody.

[Torre Roberts]

That's why they hated him. So don't get to hate confused. If you are extra, you got an attitude. You're not loving and they don't like you. That's not persecution. Okay, hey Jesus. But when you are loving, when you know that you are giving all that, you have to be conformed to the image of his Son and the weapons fly. You can stand flat footed and say they hated Jesus. They're going to hate me and not hate them back. Ah, my, my, my, my my my. Glory to God. Let me get back in the word. He said, I have given them your word. Verse 14. And the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15. I do not pray that you should take them out of the world? Why are we trying to escape? Why are we trying to figure out how to speed up the end of the world? As if we had the power to do such. As if we could drag Jesus off his throne and hurry the Rapture. Hey, Jesus, he's not trying to take us out. He has us here. And why should I be rushing when I could stay here and maybe be part of seeing one more soul saved? What if there's one more time to

[Pastor Ebenezer]

witness, one more time to tell someone about Jesus? Why am I trying to rush the end of the world so I can get out of pain and trouble when I already know Jesus? Why would I say, father, please wait like Abraham, like Abram said, don't destroy the city. What if I can find 10? Abram was in Sodom and Gomorrah, and God was about to destroy those cities. And he said, wait, please. I'm sorry. Lot was there. He said, wait, please.

[Torre Roberts]

What if I could find 100 people?

[Pastor Ebenezer]

He got all the way down to 10. That's how much Lot's heart he wanted to let. Why are we right? Oh, fire's coming. Let me get up out of here. Thanks.

[Torre Roberts]

Are you Lot or are you his wife? Oh, that wasn't in my notes today. But can I just for a minute See, Lot was surrounded by evil people and he was focused.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

We have.

[Torre Roberts]

There's too much, especially in Western Christianity, focusing on the evil of the world. The evil of the world. The evil of the world and what

[Pastor Ebenezer]

the people are doing and what they're trying to do to us and they

[Torre Roberts]

hate us and all that.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Honey, we, first of all, as Christians

[Torre Roberts]

in this country, we have more freedom.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

We have the most. We are so we in here now. Ain't nobody looking over your shoulder. Nobody waiting for a soldier to march in here and drag us out because we are talking about Jesus. Do you know how blessed we are? There are people in underground churches who are actually dying for being Christians right now. And we go day after day and don't even think about it.

[Torre Roberts]

We are so privileged.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

He didn't want this destruction.

[Torre Roberts]

Wait, If I can find some righteous

[Pastor Ebenezer]

people, why are we saying, God, please.

[Torre Roberts]

Who should I witness to? I want somebody else to. Jesus. I don't want them to say, come on, come and rapture us, Jesus.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Rapture us so we can get out of this evil. What?

[Torre Roberts]

Selfish. Selfish. And we're not even suffering for Jesus by the world. Ah, Jesus. I'm back. I'm back. Lot was trying, and then when he couldn't he didn't succeed. And he said, I can't get out of here. And so an angel got them out. So think about this.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

An angel is like, let's go. That's it. The fire comes. Let's go. The family is leaving. Can you imagine you in a trial, a dangerous situation, and an angel basically

[Torre Roberts]

got you by the hand. An angel go this way. And Lot's wife said.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

And looked over, she was hurt to leave her familiar place, grieving to leave her familiar thing. She was comfortable in a place she wanted to. And she looked over her shoulder, what are you looking at?

[Torre Roberts]

And there she left. The Bible says she turned into a pillar of salt. And I tell you, salt is an active chemical in our body. Sodium. The sodium levels in our brain change to open, close the gates of neurons that communicate with each other. When people are in shock or stressed, the gates can get jammed open and sodium can flow into the system in a way that freezes our thinking. You heard it. It's reflecting a mental state of paralysis

[Pastor Ebenezer]

for looking directly into the problem.

[Torre Roberts]

When the angel said, this way, keep

[Pastor Ebenezer]

your eyes in the direction that your feet should be going.

[Torre Roberts]

That's a word for somebody tonight.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Keep your eyes in the direction that your feet should be going, because you cannot even handle the full story of what he got you out of. Later, later, later, but not now.

[Torre Roberts]

The destruction will overwhelm you and will cause you to question God unnecessarily. Well, that was for somebody. Let's get back to the prayer. Verse 15. I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17. Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have also sent them into the world. He sent you into the world. And for their sakes, I sanctify myself that they may also be sanctified by the truth. Now he prays even more specifically for us. Let's go to verse 20. Is it 20? Yes, to verse 20. I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word. Did you know that on the night that Jesus was betrayed, he prayed for for you specifically. If you are someone who has already believed on Jesus, he prayed for you on this night of his life. I need you to let that stick to you for the rest of the year.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Jesus prayed for me already. My prayers for the rest. Father, I come to you in agreement with the prayer that Jesus pray, prayed for me already. Before you start asking a prayer partner, before you come and say, can you lay hands on me? I come to you, Father, in agreement with the prayer that Jesus prayed for me already, the most powerful prayer ever prayed.

[Torre Roberts]

He prayed for me already. Who didn't know that Jesus prayed for them to admit it, that he actually he prayed for you on this night. I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word. That they all may be one. Hey, One. How are they one? As you, Father, are in me and I in you. That they also may be one in us. Do you know that we cannot comprehend the connection, distinction, linkage of the triune God that we serve?

[Pastor Ebenezer]

How the Father, Word and Holy Ghost are one. How Jesus could be in the body and also still inside God. How God is here with us but on his throne. How the Holy Spirit is in me, but also in you and also moving on the earth. We can't even comprehend it. It's so hard to understand that we have created denominational battles about who described it right? Is he three in one or is he one in three? And folks are screaming blasphemy if you say it wrong and can't nobody explain it right.

[Torre Roberts]

And that kind of deep linkage where me and you as members of the body are so connected it that people should be confused about who is who and who said what. That level of oneness is the banner over this ministry. That's why Pastor Torre called it one. Let us catch this revelation tonight. Jesus prayed for our oneness. I'm going to read that verse again. That they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you. That they may also be one in us. That the world may believe that you sent me. They will not believe that you sent us. God. They won't believe we were sent without this oneness. And that's why Jesus is looking so bad in so many places on the planet right now. Because people who claim his name are not having oneness. God, let us be a part of the Remnant. Clear your name. I know you don't need us, but we want you to use us. We volunteer. Hallelujah. That the world may believe that you sent me. Verse 22. And the glory which you gave me, I have given them. This is him praying for us. The glory which you gave me, I have given them the glory which you gave me. Jesus just prayed, glorify your Son and

[Pastor Ebenezer]

now he's saying, the glory which you gave me, I'm giving those who Will believe on me that is you. Father, I come before you in agreement with the prayer that Jesus already prayed for me, that the glory that was within him is in me. Now

[Torre Roberts]

we're praying too low. And the glory which you gave me I have given them, that they may be one, just as we are one. I in them and you in me.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

That they may be made perfect in one.

[Torre Roberts]

And that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me. What a prayer. On the night that Jesus was betrayed, he prayed that over us. Verse 24. Father, I desire that they also whom you gave me may be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world. How much Jesus is talking about love right now. We went from joy to love. Father, help me. As we come here to witness tonight, let this witness remain with us such that under trials and tribulations and pressures that our prayers will echo Jesus, joy and love will permeate our words. Before we pray against anyone, My God help us. Verse 24 Again, Father, I desire that they also whom you gave me may be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which you have given me. For you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you. And these have known that you sent me. And I have declared to them your name and will declare it that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them. Jesus prayed for five important things. There I want you to take with you. Write it down. Number one, Glory. He said, father, glorify your son. He started his prayer in relationship. Make sure you do the same. Go before God as a witness that Jesus has brought you into relationship with the Father. Glory in all things. Sometimes the glory feels like the winning of the battle. And sometimes we're suffering a trial or a tribulation. But there's glory to be revealed in every place. He came with his finished work. He prayed. Protection, he said. Keep them. You are protected. You are protected. Oh, sometimes I felt so unprotected. Anybody besides me. Some of you have felt that way your whole life and you're looking for someone to protect you have your back, cover you, stand with you, be ten toes down for you. And may God send those people to your life.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

But not until

[Torre Roberts]

you have leaned so hard into God and not allowed yourself to forget that he has already prayed. That I am protected. He said, keep them. You are kept. You Are kept. You have to tell that fear when it comes up in your body. Body. I hear you, but we have been prayed for. We are kept. I am protected. I am covered. He said, keep them from the Evil One. I feel uncomfortable in the place I'm at, like I don't fit anywhere. Well, I'm not made for this world. But he already prayed protection. The third thing he prayed was our sanctification. That means to be set apart. He said, sanctify them by your truth. Jesus prayed for you that you would be set apart according to his truth. Not set apart by rejection. Not set apart by confusion. Not set apart by abuse, isolation, or confusion. You have been set apart by his truth.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

If what is keeping keeping you isolated is contrary to the truth of the

[Torre Roberts]

Word, that is not this. Sanctify us by your truth. Set me apart. Don't let me use my gifts for anything other than what you would have me use them for. Don't let me apply my talent in any other way than you would have me apply it.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Don't let me take this special vessel,

[Torre Roberts]

call anointing and make it common. Sanctify us by your truth. The fourth thing was unity. I spent a little time on that one. Modeled after the Trinity. Let us be one and finally, love and presence. That they may be with me. That they may be with me. We went. Relationship, protection, sanctification, unity, and love. And when Jesus finished that prayer, it says in John 18:1, when Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden which he and his disciples entered. Before Jesus went to Gethsemane, he stopped to pray for you. And we gather tonight to say his name, to bear witness to his sacrifice, but more than anything, to bear witness to his love. Because on his way to be betrayed and crucified, he stopped to pray for us. Hallelujah. Amen. And then that's it for that word. We are gonna have another part of our service tonight recognizing Jesus in Gethsemane. Jesus went there to be prepared. Finally. Finally in his last step. Gethsemane actually means. Oh, my God. Gethsemane actually means oil press. He went there to be crushed. The olive trees. It was in the Mount of Olives, so there was olive trees everywhere. And then he went to a garden in the Mount of Olives called Oil Press. Olive oil is a representation of the anointing of God. He went there to be crushed. So not only did he pray over us, but that his power, his anointing would be left in the earth. He went there for the oil of the anointing to be crushed. And the same thing happens to us. We will find ourselves in positions of crushing. But he set this example for us. He says earlier in Scripture, In John, verse 12. Let me go to that. John, verse 12. John, chapter 12. I'm sorry. John, chapter 12, verse 23. He says, the hour has come that the Son of man should be glorified. Most assuredly I say unto you, unless a grain of wheat flesh falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it. And he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, him my Father will honor. If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there my servant will be also. Back to John 18. He now goes to Gethsemane, where he is follow. Go to the place he went willingly to, the place of pressing so that his heart could be crushed, not broken. You have to allow in the pressing moments of your life to allow your heart to be crushed but not broken. Because it is in the crushing that the oil of the anointing is released. Some of. Oh, yeah, come on. Some of you have been focused on a broken heart. Take it to God and say, crush it instead.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

It's gonna be painful either way. But when I'm being crushed, I know that what flows out of me is going to be powerful. When I'm crushed, I. I know that something useful is coming into the space. Some of you have allowed yourself to be crushed, but not taking credit for the power that comes with it. You need to look at the oil that's pooling around your feet right now. Stop crying for the pain to stop and get down to the oil of the anointing and put it on your own head. Where he went, we will go. We must get to the place that even when we say, father, let this

[Torre Roberts]

cup pass from me, I don't want to do this. That we will also say, not my will, but yours be done.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Where he goes, we will go.

[Torre Roberts]

And so tonight we're going and we're doing it together in the form of a seed. A big seed. For the last 40 days, we've been in prayer. We've been in prayer and man, it ended today. And when I tell you some praying

[Pastor Ebenezer]

has been going on in the upper zoom. 40 days of prayer over big faith and big steps.

[Torre Roberts]

But we have Also been believing God, asking him, what sacrifice, what seed do we want to sow? Does he want us to sow because he sold his life? He's not asking us for that. But we're bringing a sacrificial financial seed tonight because money is life to us.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Did I stutter? It's a universal currency.

[Torre Roberts]

We don't trade chickens no more.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

We don't trade cows and eggs and milk for stuff. There's no more barter system.

[Torre Roberts]

And we're living in a time when

[Pastor Ebenezer]

financial pressures are stiff. And so for us to lay down

[Torre Roberts]

a sacrifice is a way of saying, I absolutely trust you, and that I'm triggering something in the kingdom to do what only can happen by God's hand. And so we came tonight as witnesses to also sow a seed. If this is your first time here or you aren't familiar with what I'm talking about, it's okay. You can stay. If you'd like to sow into this offering with us, you're welcome to. But some of us have come prepared with a seed. There's a card in the back of your chair that says big Seed. Would you get it out? Because I want to be able to pray over what you're believing God for. On the back of the card, there's room for you to write, what are you believing for God to do that only God can do. You have stood in big faith in this Big Moves moment. Thank you. Thank you. And you have prayed every day with us and believe God. You've taken some big steps. Anybody take some big steps? I've taken some big steps. You might want to watch my social media next week. You may see something posted about a faith and mental health conference that's coming in October. Because I made a big move.

[Pastor Ebenezer]

Anybody else make a big move? This is our moment. But there are some things that I cannot do.

[Torre Roberts]

I'm trusting God to do what only he can do. So I want you to write down, what are you trusting God to do that only he could do? And then as we bring our Big Seed tonight, many of you are going to give digitally, but I want you to leave that card on this altar so that we can pray over them. Me and Pastor EB Are here. And then as you bring it, let me give you all the instructions. When you leave your seed and your card here, Pastor EB Will be standing over here. Eventually. I'll be standing at this corner. We brought some anointed oil for you tonight, and we're going to hand one of these to every single one of you laid this on my heart about two weeks ago, maybe a little longer. That because I can't always be with you, I can't lay hands on everyone all the time. But want you to know that you have power by the crushing of Jesus and your own to anoint your head with oil and pray. There are 800 of these bottles and I know because I filled every one by hand and prayed over everyone for you. I don't make it special. God's anointing makes it special. But tonight God put it on my heart to give you this as a symbol of Gethsemane, the crushing place, the oil press. That the anointing that God has for your life will flow freely. I prayed healing power. I prayed financial breakthrough. I prayed relationship, health and wholeness. I prayed love. I prayed opportunity. I prayed destiny and dreams fulfilled. I prayed salvation for family members breaking of grief. I prayed and prayed. And then I prayed in the spirit. Spirit too. Shouldn't surprise me the way all hell broke loose in the last 24 hours. But there is hell breaking power in us and in this. It's not magic and I'm not selling it. Let me say that if you don't have a dime with you tonight, walk by here and get it. This is not an exchange for money. This is a connection in the spirit that God prophesied. Take it with you and watch what happens when you pray. Stand to your feet, worship team. Come on back. Oh, my God. My God, My God, my God. Jesus. We came to stand witness. Jesus. We say your name. Jesus. Thank you for praying for us

[Pastor Ebenezer]

on

[Torre Roberts]

the darkest night of your earthly life. You pray joy and love, unity and protection over us. What kind of God loves like this? Thank you for bringing us back to your Father that we may be one in you as you're in him and he's in you. That we would be in you. That we would be in us, with you. Bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. Just as Judas had to leave before you washed their feet and prayed this prayer. We believe that those who are with us are with us. And that you have ordained us to be one under the banner of this house. Let us as a body bear witness that they will know you by what they see in us. That we move in love, in forgiveness, in power. That we stand together, that we forgive, that we don't walk in offense, that we don't gossip, that we don't backbite, that we're not slothful. That we volunteer, that we pray for each other. We hold one Another up and have each other's back. That it's not always about us, but we make it about one another. Let us be a manifestation of the Acts church who moved in unity and power and the world was shifted on its axis because they did. Father, I pray over those who are bringing their sacrificial seed tonight. They have big faith, they've taken big steps and they are believing for big things. And we're sowing this seed because we know that there are some things that only you can do. I thank you that as they give that you will give it back to them. Pressed down, shaken together and running over not in the amount of the number, but the measure. Father, you know, the measure of sacrifice that it is. There are some who are giving less than the person next to them, but it is more because it's all they have. And you measure back to us out of our heart's measure. I thank you for manifesting it. I thank you that we are standing in abundant flow, that abundance is the word over us this year and it is flowing out. And then as they take this oil, God let them know when to use it. Some of you will wake up in the middle of the night and they won't be able to hardly get their self together, grabbing it, praying in the spirit. Some you will tell to take to work with them. Some are gonna in their cars. Ah, there are some who you are gonna send to pour it on another person. God just spoke to you and said it's not even for you. And you're like, but God no, pour it out on that person and watch what God does to you and for you and through you. Be obedient and you will be shocked in this most spiritual year of your life yet. Be obedient with that oil. We thank you, Father, for dying for us. No greater gift than someone who lays down their life. We could never repay you, but let us have the privilege of being the reward of your suffering. In Jesus name, amen. Here's what's going to happen. Service support is going to bring you down one row at a time. You're going to walk past the altar, lay down your seed. Pastor E.B. you're going to go post up right here to my right because the center's gonna go first. So you're gonna walk across here, you're gonna lay your seat in the middle. And when you pass Pastor Ebenezer, he's gonna put a boil bottle in your hand that he's gonna do that because I know it's gonna be hard for you to not try to grab two or three. Don't slow this line and try and tell him why you must have to. My thumb is a little bit numb from the squeezing and the. And I'm so happy. Every time I feel the tingle, I'm like, I'm not complaining. I'm just saying be obedient. He's going to hand it to you, and then the outer sections are going to go and I'm going to come down on this side and he will. And I will hand them to you, and we're going to worship that whole way through. And when everyone has their oil, I'm going to pray corporately over what you have brought. And then I will dismiss you. You in the glory of God. Amen. Amen.

[Torre Roberts (Podcast Host)]

Hey, family. Well, I pray that you were just as blessed by this teaching as I was. I'm just so grateful again to be a part of a dynamic community full of love, full of revelation and wisdom. One has been a movement that's been blessing people for over two decades, and I'm so glad that you got an opportunity to experience it. I also have a podcast called the called it's right here on wherever you're listening to this Spotify or Apple or wherever you're listening to this podcast, you can just look up the call T H E C A L L E D with myself, Terre Roberts. This is designed for entrepreneurs, leaders and business people. It's a weekly podcast and it will bless you. But hey, I enjoyed having you here. Meet us here next week. Check out the called. Much blessings to you. We'll catch you next time.