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"Being Led By The Spirit Made Easy" Part 15 - Pastor Craig Field - May 8. 2024
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Well, I'd like to continue our series here on what's it called again? Being Led by the Spirit made easy part 76. No, part 15. But we had a whole bunch of parts before. I don't know how many on the first time. And the Lord said, do it again. They haven't learned enough yet. But I'll be honest with you, I'm kind of glad that you're a little bit slow. I'm kind of happy that you are, because it has blessed me abundantly. And I'm learning more just teaching it myself, because you know what? When you meditate on something, whether you're teaching it or receiving it or whatever, if you meditate on it, you're going to get more from it. And so there's so much to learn in this subject. It's such a vast subject. I think I ended off by telling you some stories. We were talking about the Oasis, Airbnb. Do you remember that? Do you remember what the principle was? I'm sure you don't. Do you remember what the principle was? Okay, go with your desire. If I don't check you not with the cost, in other words, it's very easy to stumble over the cost. But if there's a desire or a bubbling about that and there's no check, go with that, because that was being cheap and it was a bad experience. But then, do you remember the Kibritz Hotel in Dominica? I told you that story, and I didn't want us to have the same outcome as the Airbnb, even so it was more expensive. So I said, no, no, I'm not going to go cheap this time. I'm going to go because God wants me to have the best. So I'm going to go that. But there was a check. But I thought the check meant I was stumbling over the money. Do you understand? But that wasn't the check. In that case. He was checking me because he knew it was going to be rotten, right? And it was rotten. So there was a sense of a leaning, just like a leaning toward the other. But I dismissed that. Do you understand? And I dismissed what really was a little bit of an uneasiness or a check, because I thought, oh, that's just my soul checking me because I'm stumbling over money again. So that's where you got to learn the difference between your soul and the spirit, right? And sometimes if you just take a little bit longer and pray, you'll be able to get the distinction. Do you understand? And so in that case, God was not wanting me to spend the money. But. But he was happy that I was willing to spend the money, but he was trying to have me have a good experience. So you still got to learn to listen and don't base things on money all the time because money doesn't always buy happiness. Do you understand? Okay, often it does, but not all the time. So you know what I'm saying? Okay, so then we also talked about the grand luxury Olympia hotel. I mean they really juiced it up with the title. To lie to you, to fake you. And remember that one was the same kind of mistake, thinking I need to make up the money that I lost in the other hotel experience. And so now I have a chance to save money. But you don't need to save God money. You need to follow the Holy Ghost. You don't need to be foolish either and spend things that you can't afford, but you do need to have the balance and listen to the Holy Ghost. Remember, the Lord dealt with me while he was having a much deserved nap after trying to find an exchange retailer for an hour and a half while he was napping. And the Lord said to me, said, what are you doing? I'm paraphrasing, I can look it up, but I don't want to. But he said, what are you doing? And I said, well Lord, I feel pretty good. Like you know, this is a disgusting room, but I feel good like I've saved the ministry some money. And he rebuked me and he said that thinking will stop the money. It will. That's the thing. It's such a big thing. You thinking wrong about the supply is going to actually hinder the supply from coming. So stop thinking wrong and don't waste. But I want you to be led. You with me. And then he said, which I've never heard anybody say before, he said this type of thing. He meant this type of room. Now you say God's not like that. Well, maybe you don't know God. He said this is beneath your anointing and your office. I never ever, ever thought that God cared about that. But he cares about his anointing because it's precious. Now listen, he knows I'm willing to sleep in the dirt and I have slept in the dirt. So the heart motive can't be Mr. Fancy Pants. Do you understand? So everything is about motives too. He knows that I'm happy to stay in the $26 Hotel, very happy and thrilled that I'm saving money and I'm happy to sleep in the dirt because I've done That I've slept when I'd have a cement slab, not even a pillow. So he knows that I am not Mr. Fancy Pants. But at the same time, I had to pass some tests when I was younger. And so he allowed me, even with that anointing, to sleep on the cement slab because he's testing the reins of my heart. Is this boy in it for the right reason? And he'll let you actually experience hardship. Are you listening to me? Because not everybody likes his preaching. But it's the doggone truth you can tell. I've been around. Randy. It's the doggone truth that he will let you experience hardship often to test you. It's not being mean. He won't let you experience suffering or sickness or oppression. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm just talking about some things that are a little harder on your flesh because he wants to see often where you're at. And he also wants you to learn to use your faith. So there's two things happening there. He knows I've passed those tests a long time ago, so that's not something I have to pass. Because, listen, when you pass a test with God, you. You move on. Remember that he's not wanting you to retake test after test because he's some sicko that enjoys watching you go through the pain. When you pass grade one, you don't stay back. You go to grade two. I passed tests when I was younger about heart motives and about willing to have nothing. And about. And I actually mean truly willing to have nothing, actually fully expecting to have nothing and being shocked that I even got something. That's how much I believed I'd have nothing because I didn't have the teaching. If you don't have the teaching, you'll stay poor. But then Dr. Dufresne started teaching me. So I started realizing God wants more from me. But my motive was tested and passed the test. God does not test me again today on something I passed when I was 20. So he doesn't need to test me if my motive is pure. Are you willing to stay at the grand luxury Olympia Hotel? He doesn't need to test that because I've already passed that test. So that's why he was angry with me, because he was saying this, your anointing and office. This is not worthy of that anointing that you stand in today. And also anointings increase. So where I am today is completely different than when I was at 20. So the things have increased and there's been Promotion. And as the anointing gets stronger and as another office is stepped into where, which I have, which is actually one of the highest, if not the highest of offices. You always see that listed first. Some people argue that and I don't really care. You can believe what you want, but I'm just saying it's one of the high offices. There's two, the prophet and the apostle. And because I've stepped into that, I'm only in the very, very ankle deep waters. I'm just toe deep really, because this is just new and it's going to take time to get skillful and to explore these rooms in this mansion. Do you understand? And get the water up, up, up, up and go in depth. That's going to take time. But technically I'm in it. And I believe that is one of the reasons he was insulted. He was upset because that office is worth more than garbage. And you say so don't talk about my motive because I've passed that test. If I hadn't passed that test, well then that would be an argument. So God doesn't retest you because you've already passed it. Now if you get a rotten heart from the time you pass the test and then you start becoming Mr. Fancy Pants, then he will take you back to re pass the test because you're failing. So you got to maintain the right attitude. Once you pass the test, are you with me? And that could apply in a lot of areas of your life. So maybe some of you need to listen, okay? When I, when I, when your pastor teaches, listen with a heart that is always doing this. Lord, is this me? Is this me? Because I've noticed some people, they come up after it and they say, my God, thank God you were preaching because this person needed to hear it. No, that actually happens. And I'm thinking to myself while I'm preaching of the person, that person thinking, well, Lord, you're really calling out their mail today. And then that same person has come up to me and said, thank God you preached it for that person. And I'm thinking they completely missed it. You know why? That's not humility, that's not teaching. They're thinking about other people's faults instead of internalizing and saying, how does this apply to me? So if you do that, you'll get more and God will speak to you more and you'll get more revelation, you'll get more help. Praise God. So he was upset not because of my motives, he was upset because the office and the anointing at this stage was worth more than $26. And God does take that personal. Hallelujah. Praise God. I love the Holy Ghost because he's not cheap yet he's not wasteful. Yet sometimes the cup does run over and it's running down the table, down the floor, and you're trying to mop it up and you say, wow, you wasted. But God said, I caused the overflow. And God calls that overflow. He doesn't call that waste. So sometimes we've even got to renew our mind to what we think is waste, because it's not always waste. And then other times the Holy Ghost will say, that's wasteful. And you don't want that either, because God does not want you wasting his funds. Do you understand? But there are some things where there is opulence and where there is an abundant flow that an unreal renewed mind will say waste. But God says, no, that's the cup overflowing. And you got to be led by the Spirit into that. Praise God, so that you don't make mistakes. And of course, we're putting all this on the radio. And if you're listening today by radio and you hate me, well, join the club. Because anytime you talk about money, we have people that hate us. That's okay. You want to be broke, Enjoy your brokeness. I'm never going to do it again because I've learned something about God and he is diametrically opposed to that. So I know we'll get some emails whenever this broadcast airs. But anyway, praise God. I also think that we'll get people happy to say thank you for teaching us because we always thought the religious way about money, and now we're seeing that God doesn't have a problem with it as long as your heart's right and you use your faith. Right? Okay, so then we talked about the X rays and the dog. Remember he said you could have saved all that money if you just asked me instead of panicking and running to the vet. See, because we panic. That's what we normally do, right? And so, well, we're learning, right? I'm talking about being led by the spirit. There's a lot of different ways that you're led by the spirit and a lot of different scenarios. In fact, if I may say so, I would be shocked if you are a spiritual person that you are not led at least once every single day of your life. Do you understand? I can't even think or count. I can't count. I can't even think that far back to a day where I haven't been led at least one time in a given day. Today I was led about seven times, yesterday, about six times, and I marked them. So do you understand with every single day the Spirit of God is leading you? Some tiny, some medium, some fairly large. If that's happening on average half a dozen times a day for me, times 365 days, that's thousands of leadings a year. Do you understand? And I've been preaching for 33 years. And now, back then it was a lot less than it is now because I'm learning more today. But what I'm saying is, I can't tell you every time, every example, I can't think of them all. I've forgotten far more than I've remembered. But what I'm saying is there is a daily flow of being led by the spirit that you can enjoy the adventure and the refreshing of. If you'll learn to have a prayer life, it doesn't work if you don't have a prayer life. If you have a prayer life, the leading will go up. If you don't have a prayer life, the leading will go down. It's very, very simple. The more you pray, the more you meditate on the Word, the more he'll lead you. So can I tell you just a couple more? Because I got a few more stories that I'd like to share with you to bring out some points. And I want to this next three stories, but it's all about the same thing. But there are three different issues and situations I want to tell you. I tell you stories so that the principle is easier to remember, because you will remember a story far more than you will a principle, okay? And this is the principle of inquiring of the Lord. And this is a way that it's very important that a lot of people don't do it. And I'm sad to say, Jennifer, that I know I'm still way behind in this particular area. And that is inquiring of the Lord. See, we're talking about being led by the Spirit. So the assumption is often, well, he's going to lead us. He's going to show us. And in most cases he does. He'll just lead you. But a lot of times you do have to talk to him, okay? Now, if I talked to him about the Kibritz Hotel a little bit more than I did, he would have led me more. But we're in a rush all the time, so you know what I'm saying? And so we got to slow down and inquire. Those are little things, but these stories are more significant issues that he was actually upset with me. Was he upset with me for not inquiring about the Kibritz? No, but it was a learning experience, and he wasn't going to let me put the blame on him because he showed me where I missed it, because it's always on our side. It's never on his side. But was he upset? No. Was he upset about the other ones? Was he upset about the dog? No. Was he upset that I spent all that money on the X rays? No, he's not upset. He's just trying to get me to learn so that I can have a better life. But some things he does get upset about. So not everything he gets upset, but some things he does. And these three examples, he got upset with me. Thank God. It isn't very often he does that, but occasionally they stick out in my mind. Do you understand? And one of them was recently. It was back in September of last year. And Pastor Nancy was here at the Miracle Crusade at the end of August. And during that crusade, she was very. I don't know. She said, pastor, I don't know. I don't know why I'm really not worthy. I don't feel like I am of this. But she's very gracious, and I guess for some reason she trusts me. I don't know. But she said, can I want to talk to you about some things about our ministry. I want your opinion. And she had asked a couple other ministers as well, and she had called Jesse Duplantis and asked him and a couple other fof people. So I certainly wasn't the only one. But she said, you know, I want to run this by you. And I'm thinking, why are you running it by me, like. But anyway, it's a privilege to be included in a decision with Pastor Nancy, because I don't really feel like I'm worthy of that. But she said, I'm thinking of buying our building, and I want you to tell me what you think. So I said, well, you know, how much money do you have? I mean, I just asked practical things that I would ask if somebody under me said the same thing. So I asked her some personal questions, and she was willing to tell me the answers. And I said, well. And I looked to my spirit, and I just said, well, Pastor, I think it came up in my spirit. So I said, well, you're asking me. I could tell you mentally what I think, but I have a bearing of witness. You take that for whatever it's worth, because you're my elder, okay? But to have a bearing of witness, I think you should do this. And then she says, yes, well, that's what Jesse Duplantis said as well. And then she said, that's what she said. Everyone I've talked to has said the same thing, but I just wanted your opinion on that. And so that week, while she's with us in the Miracle Crusade, they're starting to pull all the money from all the accounts, and she's talking to Francine every day almost. And they're just amassing all this money to find out and going to the bank and finding out, what if we pay the building off today? How much do we owe? And all that kind of stuff and all that was happening in that week. So she decided by the Friday that she left, she had decided, I'm doing it. And she told me, I'm going to announce it next weekend. And the Holy Spirit said, go. So I said, well, I don't invite myself, but, you know, can I come? And she said, I'd love you to come. You've been a part of this decision making thing and this come. And I said, okay, I'm going to come. But as I'm saying it, I'm thinking to myself, why are you saying that? Because I don't really, in the natural, want to get on another plane with another hotel. I just don't really want to do that. I was really looking forward to staying home that week, and it was a really busy week. You know what it's like with all those services. So I didn't want to be away from the congregation, which would require me missing a Sunday. I just didn't really want to do it. But it rose up on the inside. And he didn't tell me why. He just said, go. So I said, can I go? Because you need to be invited. You can't just invite yourself. And she graciously said, yes. So then I said to Jenny, you know, now listen, I'm trying to help you, so listen closely, because this is so easy to make a mistake on. I said to Jenny, well, I don't know why we're doing this, but we need to go. And she says, well, why? I said, I don't know why, but we need to go. I just know we need to go. She goes, okay, honey, let's go. So we arranged babysitters and everything. And then I'm announcing to the congregation before. And I said, I don't know why we're going, but God Told me to go. And then I'm doing a video to the congregation for that Sunday morning that I'm gone. And I said, I don't know why I'm away today, but God told me. And as soon as I said those words, God yelled at me. And he doesn't do that very often. But I must have said that about half a dozen times that week, personally, privately, and publicly. I don't know why we're doing this. And it wasn't a reverential. I don't know why it was that kind of, like, attitude. I don't know why we're doing this because I don't want to do it in the natural. I want to be with Pastor Nancy always, but I don't want the inconvenience. I just don't want that this time. And I don't even know what I want so that I can see her pay off her building. What does that got to do with me? Like, it's got nothing to do with me. So. And I. When I said that on the video, I'm standing here and I'm looking at the camera and I'm making the video for the Sunday morning service that I'm going to be away. And I said, I don't know why I'm doing this, but God told me to go. And I heard the Holy Ghost. I mean, he yelled at me and he said, I'll tell you why you're doing this. And he was upset. I'm like, what's your problem? Like, what did I do? Because that's what our reaction usually is. We're so innocent. If he's yelling at you, you're not innocent. And he said, I'll tell you why you're going. And he said, you're going to get an importation for the payoff of your building. But he yelled at me. He was not happy. And I remember, like, I paused for a second looking at the camera. I even think I had to stop and do a retake because it so shocked me. Like, I was speechless for a moment. And I went back driving home, and I said, lord, why did you yell at me? Like, I don't. Like, I don't understand. Like, I thank you for showing me that I'm going for an impartation. But, you know, that was pretty harsh. I know when he yells and I know when he speaks. I don't know when he whispers. And this was a full throat yell and doesn't happen very often, thank God. And he said to me, he didn't yell this but he said it very intensely. He said, I am tired of you saying all the time that you don't know. Listen to me, I'm trying to help you. I'm tired. He's not tired. God does not get tired. But you understand that is my colloquial usage because I often say that I used to say sick and tired. And then Jerry told me one day, pastor Craig, we don't talk like that. So I said, can I remove the sick but keep the tired? I did. I asked him, and he said, for a season you can do that, but you will be physically tired if you keep saying that. But stop saying the sick because that's worse than being tired. So I'm going to come up with something else because I know Jerry would be upset. Brother Jerry, now that he's gone home, that I'm still saying I'm tired. But God knows that I say that a lot. So sometimes he'll talk to you the way you talk. And he said, I'm tired of you saying so I knew what he meant, because I say that when I'm annoyed. That's why he's saying that. It's not because God gets tired, okay? That's a personalized approach for me. And he'll use your. He won't cuss if you cuss. He won't cuss. But he will use a personalized approach for you, okay? And he said, I am tired of you saying. And he said it just like that. I am tired of you saying all the time that you don't know. He said, if you don't know, ask me. And it dawned on me all week long I've been frustrated, accepting. See, this is called being obedient and not willing because the willing is the attitude. So I won't eat the good of that. Listen, I'm trying to help you. These are. I'm splitting the atom here. But these are nuggets you need to catch. Why did God do that then? I asked him that later. I said, why didn't you yell at me later after the trip? And he said, because if I didn't get your attention before you went and adjust your attitude when you went, the whole purpose of you going would have been forfeited. You would not have received the impartation because that's eating the good of the land. And you can't eat the good of the land unless you're willing and obedient. Now you are obedient, but very unwilling. So out of mercy to you, I'm correcting so that all of that trip was not a complete waste. Isn't he kind? So he said, I'm tired of you saying all the time you don't know. You don't know. You don't know. If you don't know, ask me. In other words, he was upset that I didn't inquire. I'm talking about being led by the spirit. So he had. By the inner witness, it had risen up. No words, just a knowing, a supernatural knowing go. But you don't always need to know why. But in a situation like that, especially when it's inconvenient, especially when you don't really want to do it. The worst thing you can do in terms of annoying him is by keep repeating what you don't know and how much of a hardship it is. And Lord, don't you know I'm so great because this is inconvenient. He does not like that. What he wants you to do is say, father, what is the purpose? I'm happy to go, but I would like to know if you're willing to share with me what is the purpose of this trip so I can get behind that. Then he would have said, you're going to get an impartation for the payoff of your building. And I could have said, great. And then the attitude adjustment would have been made and there would have been joy, and then it would have been willing and obedient. And I go there and I get. I get the good of the land, which is the impartation. But because I'm griping, I'm just being frank with you because I'm a real person. I'm griping inside, I'm bucking inside. I'm pushing inside. I'm thinking, I don't want to do this. I'll do it, but I don't want to do this. That will rob me of the whole purpose of it. And if you have that attitude, you'll be robbed of what God is trying to accomplish for you if you do ministry of helps with that attitude. The whole point of the blessing to come on you because of that service will not happen. Are you listening to me? You've got to. When God prompts you, you've got to get the attitude right. Otherwise you can't get the benefit of whatever he was trying to get you to sow, you won't then reap. And a big way is to inquire. If you're not sure, ask him. Now, he doesn't always tell you, but if he doesn't tell you, it means that you don't need to know at that time. So if he knew my attitude was good, he might not have told me because I maybe don't need to know at that moment. But then in the service, when she called me out and she said, pastor Craig, here is the anointing. I'm paraphrasing for your paid off flow. Boom. Then I would have known. Oh, that was the point. He didn't even have to show me that. And he probably wouldn't have shown me if my attitude was right, because he knew I was in a reception mode with willing and obedient, and I would have figured it out in real time. But because my attitude was wrong, it was important that I inquired of him and I didn't. So he has no obligation to talk to me. But out of pure mercy, because he needed that impartation to get to me and I was going to miss the boat. He told me, but in no uncertain terms, stop doing this. I'm telling you why you're going, but next time ask me. He wants you to ask him. Are you listening? Some of you look at me like I've got three horns and six heads, like the beast in Revelation. I don't know if that has six horns or not, but anyway. Was it seven horns, Jenny, or is it ten horns and three crowns? That's. Anyway, I can't remember. It doesn't matter. So that is an example of you're prompted to do something. You should ask. If he doesn't want to tell you, he won't tell you. But it doesn't hurt to ask. And especially if you've got a bad attitude about it, then absolutely ask and say, lord, I'm needing your help. I'm needing your counsel. Show me what's going on here, because I'm trying to adjust and become willing. My mother had me would say a phrase early in my life, maybe because I was so stubborn. She said it so often, I don't know, but she would say to me, mom, you remember this? She would say, craig, let's pray together. And I'd say, oh, brother. Okay? And she would say, lord. And I'd have to repeat it. Lord, make us willing to become willing. Oh, what a deep prayer. I'm telling you, the anointing was never present, but it was actually a good prayer, right? Lord, make us willing to become willing. That doesn't sound very spiritual. But it is actually. It is actually spiritual. It just sounds like a cat poster. Doesn't sounds like a cat poster, but it's actually true. Because sometimes you're not willing. And sometimes you can just say, lord, I'm willing to change and to become what you want. But I need you to help me because I really don't want this. Hallelujah. Remember Philippians, chapter two, I believe it is. It says that he'll do a work in you. He'll work in you to will and to do of his good pleasure. That means he works on your will so that you want to do his pleasure and that you actually do will and do. That means your attitude wants to do what pleases him and then you actually execute what pleases him. Do you understand? If you've got any kind of addiction, that's the scripture. You need to pray. Are you listening to me? If you've got any kind of addiction. Keith Moore taught me this. He was a chain smoker. I mean, cigars, everything. He could not quit. He was a Southern boy and he smoked like a chimney. Keith Moore. Did you know that about Keith Moore? And he went to Rhema and the rule was, you can't smoke. And he said, I'm going to get kicked out because I can't quit. And the Lord said, quote that scripture. So every day he said, lord, I thank you that you work in me to will. That means make me willing, change my will. Help me want to choose. Help me want to do this inside. Lord, you do a work in me. You work in me to will and to do, to execute with action your good pleasure or what pleases you. And he said it wasn't a couple weeks after saying that that he started to do his regular thing and it started to taste bad to him. God actually physically changed his taste buds because he was saying, I want to be willing to change and I want to act change, but I need you to help me because I love this product. And so God to help him, made him hate the product. Isn't that amazing? That's divine help. But it all came just by quoting that verse about 50 times a day. Thank you. That you work in me to will and do of your good pleasure. That's what he said he'd do. Thank you, Father. That you work in me to will and do of your good pleasure. You can keep drinking or smoking or whatever it is, but just keep letting your heart agree with that confession. And he will work in you so that you want to change and so that you actually do change. And if it requires a change of taste, but let it do that. And if it doesn't, that's fine, whoever that's for. So we need to Inquire of the Lord. That's part of being led by the Spirit, is inquiring. You still with me, Jennifer? Are you okay? It's not boring. You'll tell me if it is, right? All these. They'll all just tell me. You're doing great, Pastor. But they're liars, all of them. Jennifer, you're the only one that tells me the doggone truth. Is it okay? Okay. Good. All right. Another time, he was annoyed with me and he yelled at me or kind of yell. This was not as bad, but still it was bad. And that was. Pastor Nancy prayed for me during Holy Ghost meetings, and she said, lay hands on all the pastors, remember, about boldness. Then she said, come here. And she laid hands on me, took my hands, and then she said, I'm paraphrasing. I have it written out. But the gist of it is, this is an assignment for you that came. That anointing came from my husband and Dr. Sumrall. And now everywhere you go, especially internationally, lay hands on pastors, and God will cause that impartation of boldness to come. So that's a pretty big word. Like, you understand, like, that's what I consider a major word. That's not just a word. So that's something that I have to remember. Meditate, pray out, lay hold of, and actually do. And I immediately started it in India. So, you know, God knows that I'm obeying him. But listen to me. I came home. I came home from that conference, and it was a week after I'm coming. I was home, and the Lord spoke to me in my prayer time, and he said, I am displeased with you that you did not come and talk to me about what you were assigned to impart, that you did not come and talk to me about the impartation of boldness that you got years ago from Dr. Dufresne. You should have talked to me about that, son. But even though you didn't, I revealed it to you through Pastor Nancy. So now you know what your primary impartation is, which is the spirit of boldness to ministers and especially on foreign soil. But he didn't yell this time, but he was stern. There's a difference. God has moods, too. He has tones just like you do. He's on a robot. He has moods and tones. He made moods and tones, okay? So don't just think that every mood you have is all evil or all fleshly, because God has moods that are pleasing. He has moods that are frustrated. And that's Just the way we're like God, we're made in his image and likeness. So he's similar to us and that he just doesn't sin in it. Do you understand? Jesus was angry and whipped people. Randy, I didn't even know this. Randy was preaching at the conference and he said, and he read the scripture Jesus methodically. If you read it in the Greek, Jesus sat in the temple and methodically wove a whip. It says Greg methodically. That means he, every strand that he was weaving, he was thinking I'm going to beat them. I'm going to beat them to death. I'm going to. He's not thinking that. But you know what I'm saying. The Bible says what do you think he's thinking of primroses and poppies? No, he's thinking about I'm going to whip some folks. And he methodically wove a whip, meditating on what he was about to do. And when he finished the whip, the Bible says he took it and he started to beat people physically. This is your Jesus holding the lamb at £78 with the tear running down his gray skinned face, looking like he's got some disease. That's not Jesus. Now Jesus wept when John with intercession with John and he was moved with compassion for the widow at NAOM and touched the, touch the coffin. And he had a lot of compassion. But he also sat down and methodically wove a whip. Imagining what he's going to put welts on people in a few minutes. I'm going to, I'm just, just, just turn me loose, Holy Ghost. And then he physically beat people. You need to renew your mind and turn tables. Because the violation of the house of God was so great that the Holy Ghost said it's okay to beat somebody today. There is a time I'm telling you to beat people, but technically that is under old covenant. And when he died. Now we're in the news so we're not sure if we can do that today. But we do know that what I'm saying is God has aside to him Jesus was perfect. He was 100%. He never missed it once ever. Not even close. So the Holy Ghost was angry enough without sin. Because that's what it says. Be angry, but sin not to actually physically put welts on people in anger. Righteous indignation. So God has that side. That's all I'm trying to show you. He has that side and you don't want him showing you that side. But I'm giving you examples of showing Me, that side. Why? All because I didn't seek him, because he wants to lead me. So we're talking about being led by the spirit. But sometimes you actually have to approach him and say, lord, would you show me? I'm inquiring of you. Lead me, teach me, speak to me. Help me. And if you don't do that, you can actually make him angry. Now listen to this. This is an amazing thing because that happened with Dr. Dufresne back in, what, 2010 or 11, maybe 12. I think it was about two years before he died. So it was probably 2011. It was at Jay Eberly's church. When he ran up to me, I was in the line, just like a nice, sweet choir boy. And everybody's lined up and I've got my hands out, you know, like you're holding a pizza. You just, you know, you do this right, because you don't know if he's going to grab your hands or hit your head with. Dr. Usually hit your head. Pastor usually grabs your hands. So I just had my hands out. I'm praying softly in the spirit. And I guess he took off running, went behind the group because the anointing hit him. And he ran up to me and hit me with both hands in the flat of my back. And I fell forward on my face. And I thought for a second, because I didn't know he was coming. It was a complete shock. And I thought something had fallen on me. I actually thought something from the ceiling had fallen on me. It was because it felt like a wall hit me. It felt like a truck. Didn't feel like hands. It felt like a massive object smashed me on the ground. And I remember lying there and I'm thinking, oh, my God, I've broken my back. That's the first thing I thought. I've broken my back because I couldn't move. See, sometimes you're having a spiritual experience, but you don't know that it's spiritual. You say, how is that possible? I don't know, but it happened to me. And other people have told me the same thing. But then I heard the Holy Ghost say, that's the anointing on you. That's why you can't move. You haven't broken your back. And I said, but what? In my mind, I said, what fell on me? He said, nothing fell on you. Dr. Dufresne hit you. But honestly, I know that sounds stupid and crazy, but it was such a. I was so, like, blindsided. I actually thought something had fallen from the roof. And Smacked me down and that I had broken my back. It was that severe. And then when I finally got up and they told me what happened because I didn't hear what he said, I was like blinded by pain. And they said, you got an impartation of boldness when he hit you on your back. He screamed at the top of his voice, boldness. And he slapped me hard. Now that's how prophets sometimes operate. So don't get sensitive about that. And believe me, if you're going to get offended, it'll never happen to you. But God knows my heart. I've said, lord, you can smack me, you can shoot me, you can do anything you want to me. I just want what you. I want to get everything that I need to get. And so sometimes when you give him permission, he'll do some dramatic things for you. Are you just listening to me? Because some of you get offended at that kind of stuff. Well, why would Dr. Dufresne do that? Why would God do that? You've automatically disqualified yourself. It'll never happen to you. Don't think that way. Just think, Lord, I don't understand it all. But I don't need to understand it all. Who cares if I don't understand it all? I just want what you want. And if that's how the Holy Ghost wants to do it, then so be it. Now why did God do it that way? God did it that way because he wanted me to have an indelible memory. He wanted branded on my memory so I would never forget that experience. Now listen, why was he angry with me from, let's just say 2011? Because I'm pretty sure it was two years before he died. So let's just say 2011. I'm going to find the exact date, but I'm Almost positive was 2011. It was in the July camp meeting that Brother Eberlee has said was in July because he always has a camp meeting with doctor in July. So let's just say it was 11. Right? So 10 years would be 21. Right. And now we're 22, 23, 24. So 13 years. 13 years. I never asked God what happened. I knew that boldness had come, but I never once asked him why. I never asked him what it's for. I just assumed. Well, it's to make me bold. Isn't that obvious? But it's far more than that. I just want you to look at the mercy of God. For 13 years he waited for me to ask him until finally 2024 comes. And now the apostolic is starting to take off and the International starting to take off. And he knows for 13 years that that impartation is for now. And I haven't asked him. So in his mercy, he says to Pastor Nancy, lay hands on him. And when she does, the word of the Lord comes. But he wasn't going to let me get away with that because I'm basking in the glory of that word. But when I got to the hotel a week later, at my home, he said, I am displeased with you. All these years I've waited for you to ask me why that dramatic event happened, and you've never once asked me. You know what? When you don't ask God things like that, it makes him feel like you think it's cheap. It's not important. It's not reverenced enough to say, I'll take the time and I'll ask you. Listen. Anointings are so precious. Impartations are so precious. And if they're precious, you should look at them as, I don't care if it's inconvenient, if I have to fast, if I have to wait on God, I'm going to. It's worth it. This anointing is worthy of an explanation. Father, why did you do this? What is this for? Instead of assuming, oh, it's just to make me bold. A lot of things people assume, and God wants you to go talk to them. I'm telling not every Wednesday night the anointing is like this. But almost every statement I'm saying, I'm hearing the Holy Ghost say, that's for somebody. That's for somebody. That's for somebody. That almost every statement I've made, he said that that's for somebody. I don't know if they're watching or if they're present, but you better open your ears and listen. Because the Holy Ghost is giving answers through my feeble tongue under the anointing. And you better listen because God's trying to help you. Some of you, if you don't get this this time, there may not be another time. This is important. Anointings and impartations are so precious that they are worthy to be inquired of to the Lord. And I did not do that for 13 long years. But in his mercy, because he knew you're about. Notice how long he waited, Victoria, right to the last virtual moment, because the trip was less than a month later to India, which was the beginning of this apostolic flow. And he knows that back then was for that trip to start. But I don't know it because I've never asked. So he comes upon Pastor Nancy for her to tell me, but I'm basking in it. But he says, you're so happy that you know, but I'm displeased with you because you should have known this 13 years ago and you didn't talk to me about it. See, this is. I'm talking about being led by the Spirit. Sometimes in order to have the Spirit's leading on things or answers on things, you've got to talk to him, and I can't. I'm so disappointed that I've displeased him that many times and far more than I'm even sharing with you. But I'm trying to learn, get in the habit of talking to him. Not just lord, I love you, Lord, I bless you. And not just that kind of talking, but actually real conversations. Father, what happened here and why did that happen? I don't understand. Now, I'm going to wait on you, and if you don't want to tell me, you don't have to. But I'm just going to take some time to wait on you. Because I don't know why that happened with, for example, the Kibritz thing or why that happened with the dog thing, you know, but if you don't talk to him, he's not always going to tell you the answers. Especially when it comes to precious things like impartations. You've got to take the time to talk to him so that he can lead you. So when we talk about the leading of the Spirit, all of us assume it means the leading is always God, initiative. God is leading, and we're just receiving. What I'm simply telling you today. I'm twisting the diamond a little bit to a different facet is that you need to often inquire of the Lord so that he can lead you. It doesn't always just come with his initiation, although it usually does. But there are times when you must initiate. Are you listening, dad? Hagin said if you don't talk to God about certain things, he'll never talk to you. Thank God, Greg, that he talked to me even though I didn't talk to him. Do you know why? Because he knew the impartation about paying off the building was more important than him staying silent. Even though I deserve not to get it. But he knows for the sake of the people, it's more important that he gets it over to me. But he's going to rebuke me in the process. Are you listening? The importance of Understanding the boldness for all these pastors, that is more important than I get it. It's more important that I get it than it is for God to just sit back legalistically and saying, I don't have to tell him because he didn't ask me. So you know what? I'm not telling him. Because it's not just me that suffers, it's hundreds of people that suffer and all the people that they're going to minister to that therefore suffer by extension. So God in his mercy to the people talks to me as the minister, even though I don't deserve it, but he's trying to teach me how to change this so that I don't repeat this behavior. Are you with me? I know it's a bit heavier tonight, but that's okay. Not everything is cotton candy, right? The last one here and there's many others. But I'm only going to tell you three. The last one here was. I was at Pastor Edwin's Church in August 2023, which was a great honor because he's a very particular minister and he's, you know, he's got a very high standard and he's been pastoring over 40 years and he doesn't just have fly by nights in. So he looked at me and he said, I've never ever had a pastor come into my church in 40 years. He said, because I'm the pastor and I don't need no pastor coming in to teach when I'm the pastor because it's going to confuse the sheep because some pastors pastor differently. He said, so I only have the other four offices in. That's been my rule. And he said, that is still my rule. He said, but when I heard you preach, remember I preached on the blood? And he said, when I heard you preach, God spoke to me and said, there's a higher office in him. Invite him to your church. So he picked up there was a higher office beyond the pastor's office. And that's why, you know, you can't fake Edwin. So that's why it took. He still waited a little while. He didn't do it right away, but then he finally agreed with God and he said, would you come and speak to my church? And you know, you know people, and I don't like it, but I guess it's just the. I guess it's just people. But people say, oh, I can't wait for you to preach because I just love that preaching, anointing and oh, make sure when you preach that you actually preach. Please don't teach. Now, they don't say that, not the pastors like Edwin and Angela, but people sometimes say that to me, and I really have to just ignore what they say. But I remember I went there in the morning. I was teaching on the blood, and the anointing to preach didn't come on me, and I was teaching, but I felt these are spiritual things that it's hard to explain, but I felt in the congregation a pull. So I don't know if they. Because they all watch Pastor Nancy, because the. The Anderson support Pastor Nancy. So they probably have watched me on her services, and that anointing has come on me on those services. So they. I don't know how they know if they watched or whatever, but I could sense distinctly a kind of like there was a. Like a pulling on me to preach, and I could feel and it was strong. So I'm fighting against that to teach, because I can't force that preaching thing. So I. But I said to the people, I remember after the end of the morning session, I said, listen, I know some of you want. You're waiting for me to, you know, start the chainsaw kind of thing and don't worry, come back tonight. Because preachers are always trying to convince people to come back, right? So I said, come back tonight. And I'm going to. That preaching anointing is going to come on me tonight, and, you know, I'm going to not be so mild as I was this morning. That's fine. It's a stupid thing to say, but, you know, God didn't rebuke me, so whatever. So I came back that night and the anointing to teach was there. And I'm going, and I'm going. And I can feel that pull now. I've given voice to the pull. So the pull is even harder from the people. And so I thought to myself, I can't let them down. I can't let him down. So I started to. And I've never done this in my life. It's the first and only time I've ever done this. I started to try and preach. I've never done that before, but I started to. Do you hear me? Try and preach. And so I remember there was a good part coming up about the blood. There was something exciting. There's some parts that are very exciting. And so I started. And I started. I started. Like, in my mind, I'm thinking now, stir yourself up, Craig. Stir yourself up. And so I started. And I started just naturally starting to, you know what I'M saying because I don't want to disappoint them. And I remember I started raising my voice, I started pumping my fists, and I started going. It's the only time that's ever happened to me, Greg, that I consciously tried to put it on because of the pull and because I don't want to disappoint people. And for lack of a better way of saying, felt in my spirit like nails on a chalkboard. It felt like I had gone from the smooth highway speed onto dirt gravel road. In my spirit. It felt wrong. It felt almost sickening. It felt betrayal. It's like I was betraying God or something. I can't explain that. And as I'm going, I'm starting to become mortified with myself. And I only did it for about five minutes. And after that five minutes, I was so disgusted with myself because this was a fake. This is fake. This is what showmanship is. Now I know what these preachers do and all these denominations when they whip the crowd up, because all that is is soul. It's flesh. It's not the Holy Ghost. And it grieves the Holy Ghost. And I'm telling you, it was just the Holy Ghost inside me was so grieved. I felt the grieving like a bitter taste in my mouth. And I was so angry with myself and disgusted with myself. About five minutes in, I just started to pull back because you don't just want to and then just stop because. And then everybody knows you're faking it. So you have to kind of ease out of that. So I eased out of it a little bit until I kind of got back to that normal flow. And I finished that flow. All right, now listen to me. I went back to the hotel room and I said, lord, I repented. And I said, lord, I repent of that. I know I was wrong, but I didn't say anything else. I said, I know I was wrong, Lord. I was disgusted, and I'm sorry. I repented that I will not do that again. And I left it. I figured that was enough. I made a mistake. I repented. Okay, well, about a month later, God spoke to me in my prayer time, and he said these words. And I'm telling you how he said it, not just what he said, why didn't you talk to me about that preaching fiasco? And I said, he called it a fiasco because that's what it was. And I said, I didn't think I needed to talk to you because I repented. And he said, son, you need to Talk to me. I'm telling you, there's an element of God we have not understood. He said, I wanted you to talk to me so I could reveal to you, so I could basically lead you and help you understand what happened, why it happened, and so that you'll never do that again. A quick little I repent is not sufficient. It's not worthy of the magnitude of the crime. Do you understand? When you mess up that big that you feel like you want to vomit because the Holy Ghost is so displeased with you, a little I'm sorry, Lord, is not enough. Because the crime is worthy of your time. You pay the crime, you do the crime. You pay the time, but not time in prison. Time on your knees, time to wait before him. Lord, I really messed up. I'm not just sorry. Is there anything you want to talk to me about? Is there anything you need to explain to me? Because I am sorry and I want to give you time to correct me if it's necessary. And if you don't have answer me, then I'll move on. I didn't do that. I just said, lord, I repent and moved on my merry way. I'm giving you instruction because some of you, you've made big mistakes and you've never gone to the Lord and talked to him about it. And you've done a quick sorry and a quick I repent. But he has not had the chance to really explain to you what has happened, why it's happened and how it happened again. And I'm talking to somebody right now, and he's just showed me who I'm talking to. But I'm not going to go lay hands on that person because I'm not here to embarrass people. But some of you better pay attention to what the Holy Ghost is saying to you through me tonight, because these are not just. I'm not just telling you my story so that I can. I'm telling you to help you, not just so that I can spread my manure. Are you with me? And he said this to me. He said, why didn't you talk to me about that? And I said, lord, I didn't know I needed to. And he said, when you mess up that big, son, I expect you to come and sit with me. You know, if your son goes and wrecks the car, you don't want them to just come and say, I'm sorry and then run off. Get back here. Let's sit down. I want to know what you were thinking. I want to know if you were drinking, I want to know if the kid in your car was trying to pump you up to say, let's see how fast this baby can go. What were you thinking? Why did you do that? Now, let me explain to you. The consequence because of this accident. The car's in my name, the insurance is in my name. Now my rates go up. So guess what? You're getting an extra shift at your job to pay the difference. It's not just, I'm sorry, Daddy, it's you're going to sit because the crime is worthy of a chat. Are you with me? Why do you think God's any different to your natural parent? And if you never had a natural parent that treated you right because that's treating you right, well, then you need your pastor to tell you that's how God thinks. Because that's how a good parent would do it. You make a spoiled brat. You just let them run off after a big crime. They have to know the severity of this. And that's what God was trying to get over to me. You don't get away with, I repent. You're gonna sit there, boy, and I'm gonna talk to you. See, I'm still talking about being led by the Spirit. And he said this to me, and I wrote it down. In fact, when it's like that, I don't dare ask him. Talk slowly so I can write because I'm just afraid of him at that point. Brother, there's a reverential fear like he's weaving a whip. He gonna beat me. So you don't talk back to the beater. You just. So I just press record. Beep. Lord, I'm ready. And as he speaks, I speak it out loud. And then my recording gets it. And then I type it out later. Because in those cases, he talks to me word for word. It's not a general feeling, it's a word for word spoken thing. And he said this to me, which I transcribe later. He said, son, I'm so grateful to the Holy Ghost. He said, son, unless there's an anointing to preach, just teach. He said that preaching doesn't originate from you, it's from me. And if I don't author it, don't you ever force it from your soul. You just yield to whatever the Spirit is authoring in that service. And at that moment, if he comes on you to. If I come on you to preach, then that's an anointing. There's an anointing for it. And it's from me. And so you preach. But if I'm not on you, then you teach. If you ever force it, like you did at his church, you are preaching from the soul. And it grieves my spirit. And he talked to me about other stuff which I don't need to share with you because it's private. But remember we had to go behind the woodshed meeting. And he talked to me about my insecurity and he talked to me about people drawing on me and that I have to learn to stop that nonsense. Because if you respond to people drawing on you, you can get into demons. Forget about the flesh. That's why Dr. Would say he'd watch a minister preach one night under the anointing and the next night by familiar spirits. A lot of it was because the people were pulling so badly on. They want the gifts, they want God to operate. But the Holy Ghost is not authoring that flow that night. And because the people, or because the pride and the ambition of the minister, it could be a combination of both. They want that so badly because maybe God did it last night, so they want to repeat it this night. And so they're pressing and they're pushing for that. But by doing that, you get out from the way, from the anointing and you get into your soul. Now listen closely because I'll give you a little nugget if you keep doing. Won't happen the first time, but if you keep playing that game and you willfully are in your soul and you know it, demons will start to come. That's what Dr. Meant. The Holy Ghost was authoring something. One night the minister was operating, he wanted a different flow, but the minister wanted the same flow from last night. And so he's tried to push it in the soul realm. But because he had done that as a regular thing in his ministry, it wasn't a one time thing where he was innocent. Like he had got into the bad habit of forcing out of the soul. Demons would come, familiar spirits would come and begin to speak to him and say, that person is this. And he'd start reading out what everybody thought were words of knowledge, but they're actually by demons. Just like a psychic would. Ted Shuttlesworth told me personally, sitting in the room with him one day, I said to him, brother Shuttlesworth, why did you stop tonight? Because he's an amazing gift. You know him, Greg. And he would just call out words of knowledge like, you have a Chesterfield that's kind of a cherry red, is that right? It's got three drawers on the Left and three drawers on the right. You went to the bottom left hand drawer, is that right? And in there you saw three books. And underneath the book you found a check, Is that right? And that check was for $24,958, is that right? Uh huh. Yep. That's what God showed me. And he'd walk off. I'm talking about crazy word of knowledge specific. So I'm sitting in the service and all of a sudden he just stops. I don't know if you were there that night, but he's doing this flow. And then he just stopped and he started walking back to the pulpit and he said, let's all lift our hands and worship God. So the people did that. And then he just basically opened the word and went a completely different flow. No more gifts operated that night. And I said to him in the back, why did you do that? Because that was a wonderful flow that we were enjoying and it's almost like you put the kibosh on it. I said, teach me. He said, because the people were drawing so much, but they're in the flesh. They're trying to force me to operate in the word of knowledge. The pressure is so great. And he says, as a minister, I've got to operate out of my spirit. Not because people are pressuring, because that gets me into the soul. And he said, in my place, because of the height that I am in this, if I let myself get to the soul, demons are right their way. And he said, I will not permit them to muddy the pure gifts of the Holy Ghost. So when they pull that hard because people want a word, they're hoping he'll turn to them and say, hey, this is going to happen in your life. And people are so hungry, you know, but if you don't know how to be led by the Spirit, you're not that hungry for that stuff. That shows me an unhealthy congregation that is so starving for words. Are you listening to me? It is not a sign of spiritual maturity to starve for a prophetic word. It's actually a sign of immaturity because a truly mature person know God and they get the answers from God. And if you get a word, great. But if you don't get a word, fine. But if you're so she calls me, oh, I hope you go, you've got to watch it because you're going to put a demand on that minister that's in the flesh and you're going to help that minister get out of the anointing. But I thought it was fascinating that he recognized that Greg, that spiritual maturity man, and that he stopped and that he walked to the pulpit and basically said, holy Ghost, I'm not doing this anymore because I'm not going to let the devil into the service. I'm not going to open the door through my flesh because these people are pulling on me so hard, because they so desperately want a word. I'm just going to go back to teaching the Bible, and if you want this to operate, let it come on me again. And it never did. You know why the people grieved the Spirit in that service? He didn't grieve the Spirit. You can hunger so much for something that you grieve the Spirit. Are you listening to your pastor? You can hunger for something out of order where you grieve the Spirit. Not all hunger pleases him. You've got to learn these things of the Spirit. Praise God. Hallelujah. We're going to have Brother Ted in. God told me to have him in. And so I'm just waiting for him to find some holes in his schedule. And the first nations pastor that we're hooking up with, Pastor Murray, I spoke to him today, and he said, Ted Shuttlesworth is doing his first service with us tonight. We're having a Holy Ghost service. And I said, tell that rascal that Craig from Promise of Life is still waiting for his answer because we're waiting for him to come. You know, six days before Dr. Dufresne died, him and Ted hooked up again. Had been years since they talked, and they came right back into sweet fellowship. And his son, Ted Jr. Who's a real preacher, has come to Pastor Nancy's meetings a number of times. And he's very sweet. And I met him, and he now helps his dad. He basically helps run the whole ministry. But Ted is. I'm telling you, Ted knows something about the Holy Ghost. That few ministers. He's a true evangelist. Do you know that? The one who trained him. You ain't got no problems. All you need is Schambach, R.W. schambach. And you know who trained Schambach? A.A. allen. If you don't know who A.A. allen is, you just need to leave my church and don't come back or get a book. He was one of the greatest healing evangelists of the 50s. They brought a baby in with 26 diseases. Blind, deaf, no eyes, no ears, no nose. And God performed creative miracles in 1 ser. And 26. Things got fixed in front of people's eyes. A bus of people. 16. I think it was 16 blind people came off a bus. And as they stepped off the bus into his service, their eyes were opened. As they stepped off the bus, he didn't even pray for them. Greg, I mean, A.A. allen was something else. And Schambach personally was his personal assistant and was trained by him. And Schambach personally trained Ted, which is why these ministers, we need to honor them and we need to be around them because they've got an impartation from something of heaven, and we need to get around that. Praise God. I don't even know. Yes, I was talking about the pressure people put and how you can get into the soul. And our doctors said that's how people get into familiar spirits because they force it out of their soul. So you see how dangerous that is for a preacher. And I touched it for five minutes, I touched it. But I'm so grateful that it disgusted me because what if it didn't discuss me? What if I thought, oh, this is exciting. Oh, this is rah, rah. But you see, my spirit knows that it's wrong. And God thought I was a fool to not talk to him. Some infractions require a talk. I hope you're learning something. I have other stories, but I keep. I just. I don't know why, but this is just. It's a bit of a heavy thing, but it's important you hear it. And so the Lord dealt with me about that anointing, and he said other things to me, and he said, part of you. Your problem is you're insecure. And he's used pastor Debbie twice now to correct me sternly about apologizing for that preaching anointing, and then about trying to say that I'd rather have the teaching anointing. And I've made so many mistakes, I've lost count. But God, in his mercy, if he doesn't correct me, he'll have another minister correct me and say, you got a wrong thinking about that. So part of that chat was God said, you're too insecure. I can't use you if you're insecure. Because if you're insecure, you care what people think about you. And if you care what people think about you, you're going to yield to their pressure. And if you yield to their pressure, you're going to get in the flesh. And if you get in the flesh long enough, you're going to get into demonic power. So I need you to just be happy with who you are, be satisfied with who you are. And if they pull on you, who cares? Don't just ignore them. You go with what is happening inside your spirit, not on what the people in the seats are doing. But you see, that was a very important talk that he needed to teach me as a pastor, as a minister, as a traveling minister, because that can save my life. My ministry can derail over something like that other ministries have. So when I mess up, I don't just say, I'm sorry, Lord. I go and sit with him and say, you deserve to sit with me. Correct me, whip me, do whatever you need to do, but help me. I don't ever want to make a mistake like that again. So he said, I'm disappointed that you didn't come talk to me. Praise God. Oral Roberts said this quote, the anointing separates you from yourself. I love that quote. Jerry would say that quote all the time. The anointing separates you from yourself. That's why it's all about the anointing. It's not about my charisma. It's not about my education. It's not about my rah rah. Because the anointing separates you, God paints himself on you to remove you and your soul out of the equation. But he will still operate through. Because your soul, things are funneling through you. So we have a filter. He'll use your personality, and he'll use your soul to a measure. But it didn't originate in your soul. It filtered through your soul. It originates in the anointing. And the anointing will separate you from yourself. So he was teaching me, but he was upset with me that I didn't take the time to say, father, would you please lead me? Would you please show me? Because I messed up on this. So, three examples. One, he waited 13 years. One he waited. That one with Edwin was a month. Sorry, that one with Edwin was, I think, a year. Was it a month? A month after. And then the one with Pastor Nancy was a week after about complaining, why are we going? I don't even know why I'm going. And he yelled at me, I'll tell you why you're going. Why don't you ask me why you're going? So God wants us to ask him. I'm giving you examples from my life because I don't want you to repeat the same mistakes. And it's always better to bug God than it is to be silent. It's always better to have the attitude. Father, Daddy, Papa, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, could you talk to me, please? I need to talk to you about this. If he wants to say no, it's better that he just says no. It's. Then you just go in quiet and then him having to come and say, why are you not seeking me? Pull on him. Daddy talked to me. He is your Abba. Hallelujah. Praise God. Heavenly Father, I know it was a bit of a different flow tonight, but I know, Lord, I know. I know when I've hit it. I know when I've hit the nail on the head, and I know when I've missed it, or I know when I've tried to hit the nail, but the hammerhead kind of swung to the right and I hit it a little bit, but I missed most of it. Lord, I know tonight, even though it wasn't a rah rah message, I know that I hit that nail square on the head. And I know that you're pleased with what I've said. And I know because you, in an unusually high, voluminous way, have prompted me a number of times throughout this message and said, that's for that person. That's for that person. That's for somebody. And, Lord, you've shown me a number of people specifically, but also in general, that's for somebody. That's for somebody. That's for somebody. So, Lord, it doesn't always happen that way. But I know in this environment and this anointing, tonight there was a corrective anointing. You are teaching us like a parent has, to discipline the child. And, Lord, I know that you've helped us. And even in talking about it again, you've reminded me and helped me all over again to remember to come to you and inquire of you. You are worthy of my inquiring. You are worthy of me waiting until you answer. You are a king and you are worthy of me waiting outside your throne room until you call me me. So, Lord, let us inquire of you more. Let us seek you more. Let us talk to you when we miss it. Let us talk to you when we don't understand. One of the stories was me not understanding, and you wanted me to talk to you. One of the stories was when I missed it and you wanted me to talk to you. Lord, let us talk to you when there's things that we don't fully understand. Because that Dr. Dufresne story with the boldness, impartation, I didn't necessarily really do anything wrong, like the preaching thing at Edwin's. And it wasn't really that. I just didn't know why I was going somewhere. Like the thing with Pastor Nancy's building payoff. Lord, that was a totally different kind of scenario. But you wanted me to go and ask you so that you could reveal to me and lead me into the fullness of what that impartation was all about. So, Father, there's a lot of reasons why I've given three examples in different categories why you want us to approach you. It's very important that we talk to you, Lord. Let these congregation members and the ones listening, let them pay attention to the leadings of the Spirit, but let them also remember that they need to initiate. It's not all you coming up within them and leading. It is them asking you to lead them. And you will always honor that request. So we give you praise and glory for it. In the mighty name of Jesus. And everybody said amen.