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Angels On Assignment Pt. 1 | Pastor Craig Field | Sun. Jun. 8, 2025
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First Samuel, would you turn with me, please? 17, verse 45. First Samuel, 1745. I want to talk to you this morning about angels and angels on assignment. This is directly from the Holy Ghost. This is not just me not knowing what to preach. So I picked a subject. I got lots of things to preach, but God said to me, actually, Pastor Nancy, she rarely calls me. I often call her because I've always got questions or something I need to talk to her about, but she rarely calls me. She called me and I missed her call. And then. You don't miss her calls. Then I said, call me anytime I'm available. Then I decided to go for a swim. She called while I was under the water. I can't be expected. I don't have X ray hearing. So then I said, oh, my goodness, I missed it again. I thought, she's not going to call back. She called back again and she wanted to talk to me about something about in her life, in her ministry, which was an honor that she even included me on that and in the talking. We started talking about angels, and she was talking to me about how angels are assisting her in certain areas. And as I was talking to her, the Lord spoke to me on the phone very clearly. And he said, preach on angels this Sunday. I said, okay, Lord. Well, I knew then I had another sermon, but that goes away. And I said, okay, if that's what you want, I'll preach on it. So I started to meditate and. And then later in the week, she called me a second time to talk to me again. Two calls in one week. That's never happened before in terms of her initiating. And as we were talking on that second thing, I told her something, because after the first conversation, there was a couple days before doing the second conversation, and I was meditating on what she said in the first conversation about angels. And then the Lord said something to me. He prompted me, and he said, do you remember what she preached in Paducah, which was very recently, on the last night she preached, and she told the story about Dr. Dufresne getting the building, the Taco Bell building. I said, lord, I remember that. He said, do you remember as she was sharing that story, I prompted you. Which he did. And he said, write out the details while she preaches. Now, that's a lot of details, and you have to be able to type fast. So my finger wasn't moving, but I was typing out the details that. That she said as she said them. And it was quite a lot. But I remember I wrote it all Out. And it's a little tiring to do that because I'm typing really fast while she's writing, while she's talking. But anyway, I did that. He said, do you remember I prompted you to write those details out? I said, yes, Lord. He said, do you know why I prompted you to do that? In my heart? I said, well, I guess you just want me to know the story. You want me to get specifics. He said, you've told that story, but you haven't always told it right. He said, sometimes you miss a detail here. The general gist is right, but you miss a detail here, you miss a detail there. He said, you remember I told you to preach about Norville Hayes? You're the head of your house in Africa. People are still saying today you're the head of your house. Because they tell me when they send it to me. Anyway, I said, yes. He said, you remember you listened to, like, seven different sermons where he taught that story. And every sermon he gave a little bit of different details. And you compiled it into a master file so that. Remember, I told you to be very specific because when you're telling a story, you need to be exactly accurate. Don't add, don't delete. I want you to be exactly accurate. And because I told you to preach that you need to know that story inside and out. I said, I remember that. He said, well, I want you to preach more often that story that she shared, not just in Canada, but overseas. And he said, I want you to be exact on the details. Don't get anything wrong. Listen very carefully and write out everything she says. He said, do you want to know why I prompted you? I said, yes, Lord. And he said, because I want you. You need to preach that more often, not just in Canada, but overseas, when you minister to people overseas. And he said, I want you to be exact on the details. And then he said something to me that he's never said to me before. And he said, now, even though that is her story, if you'll talk about her story, it will work for your story. Now, we think we can only talk about our own stories, our own. Our own experiences with God. But the Lord said to me, and it makes sense because I thought about it afterward, and he's right. Many people have had experiences with God that we talk about. Dad Hagin, for example. And even though they were his story, they can apply to us, really. He gave him those experiences for the body of Christ, not just for him. And any story that comes like my most. I think I'm not in any way well known or whatever, but past Pastor Nancy lets me preach once in a while and I guess other people watch that I don't know are watching. So sometimes people come up to me and go, oh, you know, I heard you preach or whatever, and I said, oh, thank you. It's very nice. But the one out of any message, the one that I get the most talking about is, and some pastors have even said that they played it on a Sunday morning for their congregations is you danced. I spun like a top on that India platform. And God delivered you from those people that were going to decapitate you. That story of praise and rejoicing, Betty, that's what got you your job. Praise and rejoicing. If you just get over into rejoicing, you'll get on the other side of that wall. But that seems to have had one of the greatest impacts of anyone. But I don't even know why did I even say that, Jenny? I've lost my train of thought. But anyway, I was. Anyway, that wasn't what I was thinking, but thank you. That was good effort. A for effort. What? Right. Thank you, Brother Happy. I'll go over there. Thank you. Thank you, Brother Happy. That was my experience. You weren't there on the. Believe me, if you were there, I would have hid behind you. But you weren't there on the Indian platform when I was 19, 20 years old. 20 years old. You weren't there, but I was there. That experience has helped many, many, many, many, many people. And one pastor said, my daughter's been in depression. We didn't know what to do. And I played her your sermon and now she's dancing in a room every day and that depression has left her and she is completely normal. And he said, I don't know how to thank you. I said, send an offering. That's how you thank me. No, no, no, no. I didn't say that. I didn't say that. I thought it, but I didn't say it. Pastor Nancy says, don't talk to me. Give me something. No, I'm just kidding. I don't want. I don't want their money. I'm just so happy that that was a blessing to them. My testimony blessed them even though it didn't happen to them. Dad Hagin's experiences, bless us even though it didn't happen to us. So that makes sense, right? So that why the Lord said to me, if you talk about her stories, they'll work for you. But I never saw it in terms of angels, Jenny. It's one thing for praise, it's one thing for faith. But I didn't connect the dots that that applies to angels. He said, if you'll talk about her, her experiences, doctors experiences with angels, as you discuss that, as you talk about that, faith will build and it will actually assist you in believing, because really it's about believing in believing as you release your angels to work in whatever situation you're facing. And I never really saw that before. So when she called a couple days later, I said, you know what God said to me? He said that if I would not only talk because I have some angel stories, but if I won't only talk about my experiences, but I'll talk about what you experience and what doctor experienced. Just talking about testifying about what God did through angels in your life will build my faith and it will help me as I dispatch my own angels. I said, does that make sense, Pastor? She goes, of course that makes sense. That's the whole point of talking about it. She says, I talk about it because it's my story, but you can talk about my story. And other people may talk about your stories, but you've got. The point is, doesn't matter who owned the story. The point is God did something in the life of a human being. And the more we talk about it, the more it builds our faith so that that same thing can work in our life. So turn with me. Are you there? First Samuel, chapter 17, verse 45, verse 44, verse 41, verse 40. And he took the staff in his hand, this is David. And chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag, which he had, even in a script. A script means a bag. And the sling was in his hand, and. And he drew near to the Philistine. I used to think a script was a sermon, that he had a sermon written down on a piece of paper. But then I looked it up. Script means shepherd's bag, so it shows how much I know. So he put it in his bag. And when the Philistine looked about, he saw David. He disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy, and a fair countenance. And the Philistine said unto David, am I a dog that you come to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistines said to David, come to me, and I will give thy flesh into the fowls of the air and to the feasts of the field. And David said unto thee, answer it. You got to Answer it, buddy. Not just demons, people withstand. You answer them. If it's your boss, answer them carefully. You don't lose your job, but sometimes you don't answer, but most times you do. And David said to the Philistine, you come to me with a sword and a spear and with a shield. He's recognizing the natural realm. But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into my hand, and I will smite thee and take thy head from thee. And I will give the carcass of the host of the Philistines unto thee, unto the fowls of the air and of the beasts of the earth. And all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Now you know the rest of the story, but I was reading this and something jumped off the page. I mean, I've read this hundreds of times in my life. It's one of my favorite stories, as it is many people's. But I never saw this part. See, the Holy Ghost always got something new to show you. And it says, you come to me, verse 45, with a sword and a spear and a shield. But I come to you in the name of the Lord. I didn't know why I'd never seen the word host before. I've come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts. The word hosts is saboath. We even see that in the book of James. In James, even though it was written in Greek, it actually gives a Hebrew word in James. They've written the Hebrew word in the Greek, the Greek. But then there's one word that's Hebrew and it goes on with Greek, and that is saboth. When it says that the. The cries of the ones that have been ripped off goes into the ears of the God of the armies or the God of Saboa. It means hosts, means a massive gathering, but it always refers to angel armies. If you ever see Lord of hosts, there is a. There's a youth port. Should put a little notation in your Bible. Says, say angels. If it says lord of hosts in any context, angels are involved in that context. So bring your tithes and offerings. And then it says there, it says, and he will open up the windows of heaven and cause there be. Thus saith the Lord of hosts. That shows us that even regarding our tithing and the increase that comes from our tithing, angels are involved. Anytime you see hosts, put a little notation and say angels. It's an angel verse. Because hosts means Lord of hosts means Jehovah, who is the captain of the armies of angels. So if it's saying host, it means angels are involved. We should pay attention to that because so many times we overlook that and we think. We're thinking, he's talking about hosts of stars or host of heaven or host of this. It's talking about angels. If you look at it in the original language. So he says, now what? Let every word be established by two or three witnesses in the same verse. Watch now. I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts. Angels. That's all he had to say. And we'd know he's talking about angels. But watch the next thing. The God of the armies of Israel. That jumped off the page because there was only one army. Israel had gathered as a nation in unity. They're tribes, but they gathered as a nation in unity to fight the Philistines. They had an army. But he did not say. He did not say the God of the army of Israel. If he did, he would be talking about people. He said, I come to you in the name of the Lord of the angel armies, the God of the armies of Israel. Meaning there's more than one army. Goliath, you nasty fool, you. Only I pity the fool. He's the one that started that, not Mr. T. You only see one army. There's a whole other army you don't see. David was keenly aware of angelic assistance because he said it twice in the same verse. And when Elisha said, lord, open the young man's eyes. Because there was an army, they saw more, bigger army horses and chariots of fire. Oh, my God. I never saw that before. But one of the quintessential battles of history. Angels. Angels assisted. I often have said that stone had to have the velocity of a bullet to sink into the skull plate. I mean, that's solid bone. The Bible says it sunk into the skull. I don't care how good of a slinger you are, you need a velocity of a bullet to go into the brain, into the skull. And I always said the anointing did that. Well, the anointing did do that. But now that I see this, an angel who can fly really fast. That's why God assigns fast angels to me for various reasons. But an angel that flies really fast picked up that stone and took it to its target and sped it up like a bullet, and it went into the skull plate of Goliath. My God. So angels assisted David on that great day. And if you look at how many times it says lord of Hosts, you would be shocked at how many references there are to angelic assistance in the Bible. And a whole variety of situations. Finances, protection, even healing. Angels can't heal you, but they assist with healing power. And in the Old Testament, which is recorded in the New, but it's technically under the Old, that angel would put healing virtue in the water. See, angels, you'll never see them imparting healing to an individual, but they could put it in water. Isn't that interesting? And it was just enough for one person. And whoever dived in first, I mean, I'd just be sitting there on the edge every day, all day long, but they would never know. Only one time a year, never know when he'd come. But he put enough healing power in the water that whoever dived in, whoever jumped in instantly healed. See, they cooperate with healing. They don't heal, but they cooperate with healing. They can bring body parts, they can bring assistance. So angels can help in a variety of areas. Are you with me? I'm just giving you one scripture. There's others, but I'm just giving you one to start. There is angelic assistance far more than we realize, and we need it far more than we realize, especially in today, especially with the danger that's out there, the persecution type of danger that's out there, as well as raccoons and drunk drivers and everything else like that. But there's situations at your work that you cannot change. But angels know how to change them. Girls that need a husband, boys that need a wife. The angel already knows who that wife is. You don't know. You've got some dumb list. I want them to look like this. I want them to smell like that. I want their hair to be like this because you took it off a TV show and you said, that's what I want. You don't know what you want. You don't know what you need either. But that angel knows that angel can cause paths to cross. I didn't get many amens, but so the Lord said, preach on, angels. And I said, pastor, it seems that your stories would apply to me, even though they're your stories. If I talk about your stories, more things will work more for me. She goes, that's what I've been trying to tell you, Craig. I said, but I know, but it's your story. I'm only allowed to talk about my story. She goes, well, it was dad Hagin's story, but we talk about it. Talk about my stories. If God prompts you to, because it will help your faith. So God said to her some years ago, if you'll talk about those angels that paid off your building, they'll do more of it. Now, I have a sense, and I could be wrong, but I have a sense that the reason why God's having me do this is because we're believing for a miracle in an area that. That I just sowed a big seed toward. Well, actually, you kind of sowed it with me. Some of you, maybe not all of you, but some of you, you sowed it with me. Amen. You have a part in it. But I have a feeling God is having me talk about this because I've released angels. But sometimes just talking about it, it builds my faith, and it just does something. I don't quite understand it, but it just does something by talking about it. Talking in your living room, talking in the car, but also talking under the anointing behind the pulpit is like giving honor and reverence for that subject. And I need angels to assist me this week. There's something big happening this week that I need those angels because the devil has got on the scene here. And I talked with Pastor Dan. She goes, oh, that's a demon, all right. Now, you take authority, but you make sure your angels get to work. And your angels can fix things for you that you cannot. It's impossible. You cannot fix it. No matter how much money you have, no matter how much pull, sway, no matter how nice you are, no matter how vivacious your personality is, no matter what a great auditor you are, there are things that you just can't do. The only one that can do it is an angel. That's why we have them. God would not have given you your own angel. You know, you all have one, and they're not your pet, but they are your servant. And I'll prove it to you if I have time today. If not, then maybe next time. But I'll prove to you that they're your servant and you all have at least one, if not more than one. Do you understand? Scripturally, you all have at least one. God would not have given that angel to you if he didn't expect you to use that angel. If you don't know how to use that angel, that angel is unable to perform his tasks, and you end up suffering because of matters that we know. This, I don't think you know everything about angels, because believe me, on a subject this vast, you don't. And you might have heard this before, but I'm going to Tell you again, because it's good to rehearse what God has done, because it builds my faith and it will build your faith. And the more we talk about them, what did God say to her? He said, if you'll talk about those angels that paid off your building, talk more about them, they'll do more of it for you. In other words, they'll get involved. I need help. You need help. Some of you need houses, some of you need cars, some of you need jobs. Some of you need your businesses to grow. Angels can assist, but you gotta release them. Part of that is building your faith. Part of that building your faith is talking about it. So in the 70s, Dr. Defray had a building. Back in the 70s, the Taco Bell used to be in that building, okay? Then he, the owner, they moved out, they renovated it, and the owner wanted to sell the building for $500,000. Back in the 70s, okay? And so Dr. Dufresne took that building and said, listen, I'll do a deal with you. Because he didn't have any money. Most things Dr. Did, he never had any money because he did it by faith and he had a growing congregation. And he said, I'll take the building on a lease to own deal. Let me lease it from you per month, but tell me your terms. I'll get the money to you to buy it. After some time, the man said to him, you need to give me $126,000. I don't know why it was that number, but 126 in one year from today, from the day he took the lease of the building. And if you want to own the building, 126has to come in within 12 months. Then you've locked yourself in, and I will sell you. Then 374 is going to be remaining, but we'll talk about later when that's going to come in. But. But you have to do that in one year. Now, 126 is still money today, but back in the 70s, back in the 70s, it's hundreds. It's like $500,000. If you look at a scale, it is a lot of money, because back then it was a lot different to today. So that was like an insurmountable obstacle to him. Okay? And so he said, okay, so he's going ahead and he's believing God, and he's doing what he now knows to do, which is just release his faith. And the months are passing, and the months are passing, and the months are passing. In the course of that time, that Year. It was actually 10 months had passed. There was two months left. The coastal states of America, especially California real estate values, have a very high swing rate. Means they can go up and then they can go down very quickly. There's a large swing rate. And property values, especially back then and especially in California, so. So in less than a year, the property doubled in value. Now it's a million dollars. Now, the owner knows I'm going to sell it for 500, but it's worth a million. I don't want him to come up with 126, because if he defaults on that, I get the building back, I kick him out, and I sell it for double. So the owner is praying. He doesn't. He defaults, he doesn't make it. Dr. DeFres knows this, knows that now he's got a. He's doubled value by actually doing nothing. That's divine economics. So two months now to go, and he only has $10,000. All they've raised in 10 months is $10,000. They need one 26. It's worth a million. So two months before the deadline, he's traveling. He's at a camp meeting. And he. There's other preachers. He's just one of the preachers. And he has a morning service that he's scheduled to preach. And when he wakes up, as he's getting ready for that service, God speaks to him. Actually, I think it was the night before God spoke to him and said, I don't want you going to service tomorrow morning. Get such and such a minister to cover the pulpit for you. I want to talk to you. So he did that, and he's sitting in his room instead of preaching, praying. Now, first of all, most preachers wouldn't do that. Well, I gave my word. Well, that's important. But something is more important. That's God's word. I need the money. If I don't preach, I don't get the offering. I mean, there's a lot of. So the fact that he even obeyed, most people would have missed it just there. So you got to obey. You got to pray when he tells you to pray. So he's sitting in his room and his backs to the door. And this is in the time when they didn't have little tap keys like we have today. They had metal keys that. That went into an actual lock. And you opened the door, okay. And he hears a key going into the door and unlocking the door. And he thinks to himself, somebody from management may be a maid, maybe they've accidentally Given my room away. But why is somebody walking in without even knocking? So he turns, he hears the door open, he turns, you know, who is, who are you? What's going on? And he sees two very large men, two very large men, angels standing there in full armor. And they're large. Dr. Was shorter than me. I mean, they're large. And they said to him, and I'm quoting, they said to him, we've been sent from the throne room of heaven to straighten out your finances. We've been sent from the throne room of heaven to straighten out means your finances are messed up. To straighten out your finances. You see, angels can help you with prosperity. And he said, okay. And he waited and they just stared at him. And he said they were dense in their armor like they had been in a vicious hand to hand combat battle. Yes, the angels didn't elaborate on that and he didn't elaborate on that. But I think that's a very interesting statement that tells me, we listen closely to the doctrine. We Jesus defeated the enemy and we reign and rule in this life because we're in Christ. But in the heavenly realm there are battles and warfare that happens. It's just you don't fight those battles. So all these warfare people that it's a bit weird, to be honest with you. And they rent the jet to go around the city to pull down strongholds so they can be higher in the atmosphere. That's a bunch of bunk junk and hogwash. Like dad Hagin would say, I don't fight the devil, I fight the fight of faith. The devil's been defeated. I enforce victory over him. And if it's not working, then you better figure out why it's not working. Because it's not on God's side, it's on your side. It's probably a faith issue because we do fight a fight of faith, but we don't fight the devil. Jesus already stripped him. But just because Jesus stripped him, he stripped them for us. That does not mean they don't exist in the atmosphere. That does not mean they don't try in rebellious action to push things in their direction in the direction that Satan wants to go. And that does not for even a second mean that angels do not engage them in that atmosphere. Angels do engage them. Even though Jesus has defeated the devil for us, the church has dominion. But angels, there's still stuff that doesn't really explain too much of it. So we don't understand it, we don't need to understand it. But there's things that are going on in that upper atmosphere that angels are engaged in hand to hand combat and our words and our dominion and our speaking and our faith aids them in their fight. And in fact, many times they can't even fight unless we say. Because Daniel said, and the angel came to him and said, I've come for your words. Gabriel said, david, if you didn't speak words, I couldn't come. Even in a lesser covenant, they came for words. How much more? Today they come for words. And he said, I've come. And it took 21 days. But don't think that God didn't hear you the very first moment your prayer entered the throne room. Think about that. The first moment you spoke, God dispatched me from the throne room. It took me 21 days to get to you because the Prince of Persia and the Prince of Greece withstood me. That means every nation has a demonic prince over it. A fallen angel that's over it. So there is something going on in that atmosphere to hinder. Angels work. Even with our words, they are hindered. Now in the New Testament, Jesus, the Bible says his blood cleansed the heavens so it is easier for them. We don't fight, but there is still a battle. I don't fully understand it and I don't need to understand it. All I need to know is that I've got to use my faith and my words because they are aided and helped and they are released and commissioned by that. But the fact that they came with dented armor over something, it wasn't his salvation, it wasn't something that you would think would be that important. But it was a building and it was money and that there was a fight that they had to go through in that upper atmosphere just to get to him. Now we don't know when they were dispatched, but they just said, we've come to straighten out your finances. And they had dented armor. That says something to me, that something was going on in that atmosphere. You have no idea what those angels are dealing with on your behalf. And you don't have to fight because Jesus already gave the victory to you. But that doesn't mean they don't have to fight. Interesting, isn't it? We've come to straighten out your finances. He said, okay, they waited. They staring at him and he said, what are you waiting for? And they said, we are waiting for the faith command. We cannot. That's all they said, we're waiting for the faith command. I'm adding to it. They cannot act without the command because we're in Christ. We're seated in heavenly places with him. You'll never see in the Old Testament them giving a faith command. They couldn't because they weren't in Christ. Only God could speak to angels. But in the New Testament, we are in God. We are in Christ. We are the body, he is the head. Do you realize that you are seen in the spiritual realm as part of deity? You are not deity. Don't get weird. Become a cult leader. You are not God, but you are a part of God because the Bible calls you the body of Jesus. And Jesus is the son of God. He is the head, but we are the body. He can't do without us. We can't do it without him. We are divinely connected. That means when the devil sees me, he sees me in Christ. When he sees me, he sees Jesus. When the angels see me, they see Jesus because I am part of Jesus. When I speak, it says, if Jesus speaks. That's why I can talk to them. Because when they hear my voice, they hear Jesus voice. Stop with this worm mentality. I don't really. Shut up. I don't care what mistakes you've made. One moment of repentance, the blood washes you. You are in Christ. You are in Christ. Ephesians 2:6. We have been raised and seated together with him in Christ. In the heavenly places, when the angels see you, they see the Jesus. Because you look like Jesus. Because now don't get upset with me. You are Jesus, but you're not. But you are. You're not the head, but you are the body. That is why I have privileges and rights that Abraham didn't. I can say because he sees Jesus when he sees me. Those angels do. They will obey my voice because it's as if God is talking to them. Because I'm in God. Do you understand? That's why we've got such a privilege of the New Testament that you've got to speak. You've got to speak. They cannot help you if you don't speak. In the Old Testament, God did the speaking because the people couldn't. In the New Testament, God. I'm not saying he never does anything. He obviously dispatched those angels to doctor but they couldn't fulfill their task until the one in Christ spoke. So the New Testament, God is not going to do it all for you. You've got to use your words, lead with your mouth. So he said, we are waiting for the faith command. And doctors said, my God, See, what did the Bible say in Psalm 103, verse 20? They hearken unto the voice of the Word, they don't listen. You can give voice, your own voice, they won't listen to. But when you give voice to the Word with the authority of the in Christ, the name of Jesus, they will obey scripture that you say. Do you understand? I'm not saying that every time, legalistically you have to say scripture, but I'm saying it has to be based on scripture. You can't say, get my dry cleaning, because there's no scripture for that. But you can say, clear this person out of this, change this situation. But you understand, you gotta use common sense. But there's, there's. You understand what I'm saying? So you have to give the command. We are waiting for the faith command. But they hearkened to the voice of the Word. He could have just said, don't get legalistic. Dr. Could have just said, go in the name of Jesus, and they would have gone. But he decided to just be extra perfect accurate by giving voice to the written word. And so he quoted Philippians 4:19. My God shall supply all my needs according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus. Now, God, they shot through the. They came in through the door, but they went out through the window. They shot through. They just, they took off flying. Now that's two months before the deadline's due. They only have ten grand. They're going to lose the building in this hundred. And now 116 is due. Do you understand? So nothing is happening. Those angels are working, but they are being withstood. And they have to influence people. Angels can't make people do stuff, but they can influence, like demons influence them to do bad, angels influence them to do good. Doctor had needed a new engine for his plane at the end of his life, and it took over a year. And he said, lord, what is going on? And he said, the angels are working, but nobody will listen. That's why it took a year, just over a year. One man, a pastor I know, he listened and he bought him the new engines. But God said to him, the angels went to a hundred people, a hundred businessmen, and a hundred businessmen said, no. The hundred and first, which was Pastor Yabera, said, yes, that tells me angels are working. If it's taking time, don't be discouraged. Angels are not. They're not cult leaders. They can't go, look at the pinwheel. You will do this. Say after me, I will do this. I'm going to do this. They influence people. They have a human will. They can say, no, demons influence people. You have a human will. You can Say no. Many times people say no. Why was it taking so long? Because nobody would say yes. Now we're getting into a big problem. Time is running out. They're going to lose the building. It makes Dr. Dufresne look like a bad pastor. He pastored 12 years, by the way. Made him look like a bad pastor if nothing's going to work. And he's a man of faith. Do you understand? And so basically he says, the businessmen come. There's 126 businessmen within the congregation. So they called a private meeting and they all agreed. We'll each give $1,000 to our pastor on the condition that we own the building, not him, and he leases it from us. Now that's an impure heart. Businessmen. And I hope there's none in here. I certainly Hope there's not. 126. But businessmen watch their pastor struggle and could have sowed but didn't and then tried to control him and manipulate him with the money. That is terrible. Your business and you will not be blessed you act that way. So they met with him. Dr. Dufresne, the time is running out. This is our offer. He said, I'll pray about it. He went to pray about it. And God said this to him. And he said. Where did he say? He said, you're having issues with one landlord. How are you going to handle 126 landlords? The Lord said, do not do that deal. Lord, we're running out of time. This is my only option. Do not do that deal. So doctor, when God spoke, man, he held it. A lot of people would cave. He said. He said, thank you, gentlemen. I'm not going to do that. And now, 48 hours, two days before the money's due, he still only has $10,000. He's going to lose the church in 48 hours. They're going to have to move into another building. So he's sitting there with his lawyer. Listen, do everything you can in the natural. Don't just sit there eating Cheetos and quoting scripture. Do everything you can in the natural. Apply for the job. Go to the interview. Don't say, lord, I don't need to go to the interview. I just believe God. The angels are going to get it for me. You're just stupid. Sorry. I'm not supposed to say that word. Jenny said, I say it too much. That's foolish. You go to the interview. You apply for the job. You put nice clothes on. You put deodorant. When you go to the interview, you don't want them knowing you're coming before you're coming and wishing you leave before you leave. You do everything you can in the natural, but there's some things that the natural's not going to fix. So he has the lawyer there saying for find the loophole, there's got to be a loophole. Lawyers are gifted at finding small print loopholes. And they're looking through the contract. And the lawyer says, Dr. Defray, the guy who wrote this is a genius. I'm adding that he said, there is no loophole. There is no opening, there is nothing. This is airtight. If you don't have 126 now, 116 more in 48 hours, you've lost the building. And as his doctors under tremendous stress. Can you understand that? Now I'm sure he's questioning if he should have taken the deal of the 126, but God told him not to. What happened to those angels, by the way? Did they go to Barbados? Are they having a break? What happened? And he hears, there's somebody to see you. I don't want to see nobody. He thought it was the landlord because the landlord had been harassing him. You're not going to get the money and it's going to come back to me and you might as well just give up now, give up early. So, you know, I don't want to talk to anybody. And the lady said, I really think you need to talk to this person. So grudgingly. And if you KNEW Anything about Dr. You knew that he could do sometimes things, you know, he was a very fiery personality and he didn't want to do something. You knew it. And so he grudgingly went into the other room and. And the man was standing there in a purple tracksuit. Doctor doesn't like tracksuits. And I don't think he likes purple either, but I don't know if that's for sure. Dr. Always dressed very appropriately. He didn't like too much casualness. So that is already he's interrupted an important meeting. He doesn't know who the guy is, and he's in a purple tracksuit. Nothing is looking good right now. What do you want? And he says, I don't go to your church and I don't like your teaching. Now, you don't want to start the conversation off with that because doctors are already annoyed. He said, you walk all over the place. And I don't like that because my pastor doesn't do that. He just stands behind the pulpit. You walk everywhere. And that freaks me Out. That scares me. That's how he starts a conversation. Doctor, Just look at him. I know, Doctor. I know exactly what he would have looked like. Those eyes. He just said, I'm going to knock you out. Then he pauses and he says, but. There's always a but. There's been two big fellows in my room, two big fellows in my room telling me to bring you $126,000. And he hands him a bank draft, a Cashier's check for $126,000. Well, at that point, Dr. Wants to put the purple tracksuit on himself. I mean, he wants to go for a jog. He wants to have lunch. I don't know. Pastor Nancy didn't say any of that, but I'm just hypothesizing. I can add my own little bit to it, because I think Dr. Was very excited and very happy, and the congregation wouldn't give it, but they had it. But God is not limited to the congregation. And then on Sunday, Dr. Dufresne had a guest minister. This is in the week, so the money was due in two days. He's paid the money. The building is theirs. Later that week, that next Sunday, right away, just a few days later, he's got a guest minister. That guest minister standing there, and he sees a man standing, not sitting at the back. And the Holy Ghost speaks to him. And he says, you at the back standing up. Come here and do what God told you to do. Dr. Turns and looks and sees the same guy. I don't think he's wearing a tracksuit, but it's the same man. And he whispers to the minister from the front row. He said, he's already done what God told him to do. And he said, no, no, no, no. You come up here and do a. He comes up there, he takes the microphone and he says, those two big fellows are back in my room telling me to bring you $374,000. Give me two weeks to move things around and I'll bring it to you. He's out of the pressure. He's paid the 126. He's got as long as he needs to now to pay the rest. Just a regular mortgage. But God saw fit to just do it all. I think that's amazing. And two weeks later, he brought him a check for $374,000. They paid the building off cash. Dr. Dufresne said to God, God, I didn't even have my faith on the payoff, just the deposit. Why did you do that? And God's answered Him because you wouldn't compromise with those hundred and twenty six men. Some people want to take you hostage. If he had compromised, he would have got the 126. He would have been in bondage to controlling men and he would have still had a 374 to pay off. And the angels would have done nothing. So it's not just the principle is this, it's not just releasing angels, it's obeying the instructions of the spirit. Because if you disobey the instructions of the spirit, your disobedience severs the angels ability to help you. A lot of people just want to do all the talking and you must do talking. You must give the faith command. But then when the Lord prompts you, like I gave the faith command, Tyrone, for this thing that has been going on in our life, I've been given that faith command. I've been dancing. I tried now to do the thing I preached about in my room two weeks ago actually in the hotel. And I started doing spinning like a top. But I guess the God didn't tell me to spin like a top. And I got so dizzy I almost fainted. I did, I spin, spun around maybe 10 seconds. I did that for a minute, 10 seconds and I stopped and the whole room was spinning and I fell on the bed and I started laughing and I said, okay, Lord, I guess you told me then to spin, you didn't tell me now to spin. And I shouldn't try to take yesterday's instruction for today. You just said in the rejoicing, I'm not doing no more spinning for no one. I'll just do a little dance because I'm not passing out, hitting my head on the edge of the thing and having a brain. I was dancing, I was speaking, I was angels. You go, I'm doing everything but listen to me, listen to me. When he said, sow that seed, that was the instruction of the spirit. If I had not done that, all of my talk of the angels would have done nothing. It's not just commanding the angels, it's obeying the Holy Ghost and it's walking in love. Because your faith can only work by love. And it's being patient. Because with faith and patience you obtain the promises. So when you release the angels, make sure your love walks right, make sure your patience walks right. And make sure you say now, Lord, anything you say to me, I will obey. Because if you don't, the angels can't do it. Because God told him. Because you obeyed that instruction of the 126i not only gave you the 126, but I gave you the 374. But if you had not obeyed the instruction, the angels that were dispatched would have been handcuffed by his disobedience. They would not have moved upon the man in the purple tracksuit, and he would have been in bondage to those men and still had the rest of the thing to pay off. I'm trying to say to you, it's not just speaking to the angels. It's obeying the promptings of the spirit that could be served here. Give that. Help that person, forgive that person, whatever, but you. It's not just a vacuum. Angels, I give you the faith command, and then you can do whatever you want. This works in tandem. I'll tell you one more. It's 12 or three, but I know none of you are ready to leave yet. But very soon. I got to tell you one more story. Bless your socks off. It'll bless your socks off. Remember when we were with Pastor Bud Williams? He's my precious, precious first pastor in Canada. And he'd get so excited, he'd kick his leg like this, and his shoe would come right off and go into the balcony, and someone would catch it like a football and throw it back to him, and he'd put it back on and keep on preaching. Once I was there and he was preaching, and some heathen, I guess they weren't Christians or baby Christians, they called out and. And they cussed, but they didn't mean to cuss. They were saying the cuss word, but as an encouragement for him to keep preaching. And they said, yeah, Pastor, whatever they said. And they swore. And I heard it. And everyone. You could feel the holy hush go. The vacuum was sucked out of the room because they're cussing while they're. But this is a good sinner going, yeah. And then he says a cuss word. And Pastor Bud was so gracious, he was so skillful, he didn't bother him at all. He said, amen, brother. And he kept on going. Now, that does not mean you can cuss in church, but if you do, you'll hear an amen. It will bless your socks off. Very short. Five minutes, and then we'll close. Now, Rachel Teifer Tiller, who was a great prayer warrior, prayed for dad Hagin. Pastor Nancy. She ministered to Pastor Nancy, didn't she, honey? She ministered to her one time. I believe she's one of those ladies that just. You're in the same room as her. It's A privilege very short, but this is powerful. This blessed my socks off. Not just my shoes off, my socks off. Her son was planting a church. Her son said, mama, I need your help to plant the church. She said, okay. Going to live there for a couple years to help get the church started. Then she's going to move home. The son drives to pick her and her husband up. Far drive in another place, another state. They're driving back now to the city that the son is about to start the church in. Mom and dad are there. He's driving. It's getting late. They're getting tired. And back in that olden days, they didn't have hotels as much as they had motels, right? You remember the old days, motels. And the motel would have vacancy or no vacancy on the neon sign as you drove by the interstate. And so they're driving, it says, no vacancy. They drive. It says, no vacancy. They drive. It says, no vacancy. He says to the mother, mama, I'm getting tired. I don't think it's past midnight. I don't think I can drive no more. And everything is no vacancy in every town. We're just going to have to pull over and sleep in the car. She said, oh, no. She said, God, this is Rachel. She knows God. She said, God, I didn't come to help my son in order to sleep in the car. Now, listen to that. Listen to the skill. She didn't quote a scripture. That's what I'm saying. You don't have to be legalistic, but you do have to understand the baseline here of the word. She said, angels. Just in the car in front of her husband and her son, angels. Somebody's in my motel room. Clear them out. I don't think the son really believed her. But anyway, just like I didn't believe Jenny about the raccoons. Anyway, so she's driving along, and 30 minutes later, they hit another town, another motel. No vacancy. She says, son, there's our motel. And he says, mama, it says no vacancy. I don't care. Go in there. Our room's waiting. He pulls in, goes to the front desk, says to the lady, ma', am, I know your sign says no vacancy. I know this is kind of stupid, but would you by any chance happen to have vacancy? She goes, it's funny you say that. She says, 30 minutes ago, one of our regular truckers that comes through here all the time, he always gets the best suite in our motel. It's got three beds. He came to the front desk and told me, you know what I've just recalculated my route and I'm shipping cargo and I'm not going to make it. If I leave in the morning, I'm going to be late. I can't be late. I have to leave right now. I miscalculated my route and here's the keys, and I'm not staying. And the lady said, I'm not the maid. I never clean rooms. But I just felt. I just felt. Go and clean that room. So I just went over there. I just put new sheets. Everything's done. I just got back here, and here you are asking for a room. Here are your keys. Best suite in the whole place. So Rachel gets in, has a good night's sleep. They get to the thing. She's staying with her son in his little house. She don't want to stay with her son in his little house. She wants her own house to rent. Because they're only there a couple years. They don't want to buy. So they're looking around for a house, Looking around for a house. Nothing. Nothing in this. They can't find anything. The son says, mom, I don't know, maybe just stay here. But there's no. They can't find you nothing. And she said, oh, no. She said, God, this is Rachel. She knows God. You need to know God. God, I didn't move to help my son and live with him. I live with him when I raise him. I don't live with him. When I don't raise him, he's raised. I want my own house and I want it now. Angels, listen. She didn't ask God. She did, but you understand. She asked God, but then she spoke to angels. You're all asking God, but you're not speaking to angels. You're doing one, but you're not doing the other. She said, lord, this is what I need. That's the prayer of faith. Then she said, angels, someone's in my house. She didn't know which house. She's not looking at that house and saying, like, if you were to come, Pastor Happy, if you were to come and look at my car and say, that's my car, I claim it in Jesus name. Angels, give me that car that's coveting, because that ain't your car. That's my car. And your angels aren't going to violate my will. But if you don't specify, that's not covenant. She didn't specify. She said, angels, someone's in my house. Clear them out. Within a day, somebody knocks on the door of her son's house. She's upstairs. She can hear the conversation downstairs. The person says, I heard from the grapevine that you're looking for a house. Yeah, yeah, we are. We are. Well, you know what? A lady has been living renting my house for over 20 years. She was planning on staying there until she dies. But just recently, just a couple days ago, her son showed up from another place. Said, mama, you're coming to live with me. She's left, I've cleaned it. You want the house? He says, hold on a second. He goes, mama. She go. He tells her, mama, would you like to go see the house? Why do I have to see it? It's my house. The angels cleared them out. Say, yes, but, Mama, you haven't seen it. Say, yes. Some people think too much. But I may not like the drapes. Then change the drapes. The angel picked the house. Sarah will take it without seeing it, thank you very much. And she moves into her house. Almost done now. They've been there a little while. Her husband's a businessman. He's bored. She's doing the praying and helping the son. He don't have nothing to do. He likes to be busy. He says, I want a job. He's looking for a job. He's applying for jobs everywhere. No jobs. No jobs. No jobs. No jobs. No jobs. He says to her, I'm thinking of going back home because I can't just sit here doing nothing all day. She said, oh, no. She said, God. I mean, this is Rachel. God, I didn't come here to my son for my husband to leave me and go home. Angel, listen, this is real. I'm not making this up. Angel, someone's got my husband's job. Clear them out. God speaks to her pastor. Nancy didn't know if he showed her a vision or if she heard a voice. She didn't specify, but somehow communication came to her. And the Lord said, tell your husband to go to the Redhead gas station. There's a job waiting for him. So she says to her son, is there a place called a Redhead gas station? He goes, oh, yeah, it's just down there. She said, honey, job's waiting for you. To Redhead. Go on down. He pulls up. He gets out of his car. The owner is coming out of the little place. You know, where his office is. Meets him outside and says, do you want a job? And he said, how did you know? Why would you ask me that? Yes, I do, but how would you know? He goes, well, I had this young man working for me all summer, but he Just decided he didn't want to work for me. He wants to have fun this summer. He just quit on me this morning. I. I just. Looking for a person. Would you like the job? And he goes, you better believe it. Got a job that day. The problem is we just lay down like a big fat fish, which you've never caught, but a big fat fish. Oh, there's no hotels. Okay, I'll just sleep in the car. Oh, I don't have a house. I'll just sleep on the couch. Oh, I don't have a job. I'll just go back home. Not somebody that knows God. Oh, no. Some of you need to say, oh, no, God, I didn't come to. I didn't obey you in order to do this. Huh? Angel, someone's in my. Fill in the blank. Clear them out. When she said that to me, I heard the Holy Ghost. Because someone has been in my. I won't say the blank. And so I went back to that hotel. That's the night we're almost passed out dancing. And I realized I won't be spinning anymore unless God tells me to. But I stood there after I danced a little bit. Tis in the rejoicing power flows. And I said, angels, someone's in my. And I listed it. And I said, clear them out. But I said it not just I'm parroting. I said it in faith. In four days from the day I said that, that deal fell through and that person's gone. And for a length of time leading up to that, weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks. It looked absolutely impossible. But I sowed a seed because I followed the leading of the spirit. I danced because you got to release that power. And I said, angels, clear them out. And within four days, those people were gone. Now, it's not a done deal yet because there's other moving parts. So I'm not going to tell you anything until it's done. But I'm telling you, even in this journey, I watched an impossible situation turn, turn. And the person helping me do that is in a certain line of business. And they said to me, in over 20 years of being in this business, I have never seen this happen one time. I love it when people tell me that because it shows me this is uncommon and this required angelic assistance. This is not a common thing. She said, this lady said, I've never seen this happen. I said, my angels. She's a Christian. I said, my angels are working. I told them, clear them out. Those angels went and did whatever they do. I don't need to know what they do. I don't understand what they do anyway. All I know is that I called back and said, those people have left. Wouldn't have worked if I didn't sow the seed. Wouldn't have worked if I got into unforgiveness or got impatient. Wouldn't have worked if I kept saying, I don't know if this is going to work. I don't know if this is going to work. It's not just about saying the words of the angels. It's about the other factors of your covenant that has. It wouldn't work if I don't tithe. Well, I think I'll just take a break. Wouldn't work if I didn't show up to Pastor Nancy's meeting. Because in that meeting is when God dealt with me. What if I decided not to go? I was tired. I didn't feel like going. What if I decided not to go? Wouldn't have got it. What if you decided not to come to church? What if you decided not to get your impartation? Everything works together. It's intertwined. Your attendance, your faithfulness, your seed, your obedience, your speaking, your dancing, your commanding angels. Someone's in my. You fill in the blank for your life. Clear them out and say it in faith and believe. Don't get in strife with people. Let the angels get in strife with people. Hallelujah. And in that God gave me Psalm 35. You can read it later. Don't turn it now. But in that it says, let the angel of the Lord be against those that are righteous. Let him persecute them. Let him make their way dark and slippery. So that's what I said in that hotel room. I said, angel, make their way dark and slippery. Persecute them. For I am the righteousness and I am in Christ. And they are withstanding the righteousness of God. And they were. These people were withstanding. Those angels are amazing beings. They can do amazing things. They can make people's way dark and slippery. I didn't say kill them. I wanted to, but I didn't. I just said, make their way dark and slippery. I've got scripture for that. Angels will do amazing things. Father, I went too long. But I had to tell them about. Oh, no, God, someone's in my. Clear them out. Angels. Father, let them take this word and live it. Let them walk it. Let them not take it in a vacuum, but let them understand. It's more than just speaking to the angels. It's obeying the Holy Ghost. It's walking in love. It's following the leading. There's multiple functions all happening together. But if we don't speak to the angels, they are limited in their production because they require the faith command from someone in Christ. I thank you for it, Father. You dispatched them to Dr. But until he spoke, they were unable to perform. And if he hadn't obeyed, they would have also been unable to perform. So we thank you that we're learning today, Father. We thank you that the mighty angelic hosts, the angel armies, the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies, works with us, ever ready to defend us and ever ready to aid us in our individual journeys as well as corporately. For this church, we thank you. The more we talk about them, the more they'll do things for us. I give you praise. Let this strengthen the people's faith today. Let this bring revelation to their hearts today. Let them realize they are not alone as they navigate the waters of life. They have divine assistance and angels will assist them. And it is a scriptural context. It is doctrine in the New Testament. Are they not all Hebrews 1 14. Ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation. They are here to minister for me and for you. Let the people catch it. In Jesus name I give you praise and glory. Hallelujah.