"Being Led By The Spirit Made Easy" Part 16 - Pas…
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Praise the Lord. David Hogan chatted with me yesterday, and I've been waiting for 20 years for the Lord to release me. He's never released me before. He's always given me a check. But for the first time in 20 years, him and I discussed for me to come down to see his work in Mexico and for me to come to the jungles with him and all this stuff that. Oh, God. Oh, Jesus. And, you know, nobody is fat in David Hogan's ministry. Nobody. So I have the motivation required. Thank God it's in December. I've got some time. But anyway, so I'm very excited about that because I've been waiting a long time for the Lord to say, go ahead, son. And so he's very sweet, and he's going to show me his work and all that stuff. It's going to be wonderful. Jenny said, I don't think I'll come this time. She said, you go and you check it out, and if you tell me it's safe and sound and everything, then I'll come the next time. So, anyway, praise the Lord. God's opening doors. Hallelujah. And we love David Hogan. He's a unique character, but he has more miracles in his ministry than any other human being on this planet that I know of. If you know of somebody different, then we'll compare notes. But it's good to be around that kind of anointing and just learn he doesn't think everything exactly the same way that we do. But he was on a plane a little while ago and they bumped him from economy. I got to talk to him about that. He needs to be in business class. But they bumped him from economy to business class. And then the guy came and showed up last minute and said, no, I've arrived. And then they kicked him out of his business class seat to sit behind back in economy. For this man, this is fair. He paid the ticket. You know, David was just on an upgrade. And anyway, the man died in the flight. He died in the flight. He died, yeah. This is just not too long ago. And Ms. Debbie was sitting beside him, and she said, david, raise him from the dead. And he said, I'm not doing that. And she said, david, raise him from the dead. He goes, no, he took my seat. I'm not doing that. I'm not doing it. I don't care. I'm not doing it. And she wouldn't quit. If you've ever met Ms. Hogan, she's a sweet lady, but she is like steel. If she sets her mind to something David's going to do it. She just has to wear him down a while. And she kept saying, you're going do it now. Until finally he said, okay, fine, woman. And so he took his seatbelt off, went up to the row in front, put his hands on his face and blew. The Holy Ghost led him to do it that way. And he said, the life of God. And when he blew into his mouth, the man came back to life and the whole plane observed it, witnessed it, and he started to preach to the whole plane. A lot of people got saved, apparently. That's what I heard. I don't know all the details, but a lot of people got saved. And anyway, so praise the Lord. I think I need a little bit of that impartation. So anyway, praise the Lord. That's what happens when you have great boldness and, you know, God. We were talking last week about three areas, were we not, Father? Thank youk for that precious anointing. Thank youk for the hungry hearts. Thank youk for them being receivers. And I thank youk, Lord, for that anointing of revelation to come to help us learn and understand more about this all important subject. Being led by the Spirit made easy in Jesus name. Amen. Hallelujah. Not knowing. We talked about three things. Did anyone remember? Probably not. Greg, do you remember what we talked about last night? Probably not. Probably not. Sandy? No, probably not. Yes. She said we talked about being led by the Spirit. That's a cop out. Arjun, you remember the three things? Probably not. Does anybody on the front row remember the three things? What? Inquiring of the Lord. Inquiring of the Lord. Wow. I noticed, Pastor Happy, you never said anything. I gave you three examples. Three different categories. One was when I didn't know what I was going to get, go to Pastor Nancy's payoff service. That was just last fall. And then he got upset with me because I kept saying, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. And he said, well, he told me. But he said, why didn't you ask me if you don't know? Ask me if you. If you don't. All things ask. Another thing was, I got something, but I never talked to him because I didn't fully know why I got it. Remember that was Dr. Dufresne 13 years ago for that impartation of boldness. And I knew I got it, but I never took the time to say, lord, is it just what I think it is? Or maybe is it more than that? He would have talked to me, but I didn't all that time, all those years, never talked to him until finally the time came where I need to operate in that for my ministry. But because I never inquired, I. I don't know. And then of course, he spoke through Pastor Nancy, but he was annoyed that I should have inquired of him so that he could have told me that up front. So you can get things and not know why you got to talk to him. And you can be about to go places to get things and not know why you're going, because you don't really know what you're going to get or why you're going to get it. And you need to talk to him. Do you understand? Because he's trying to get things to us. And you got to talk to him so you don't miss certain things. And the third one was making a mistake, being an error and not talking to him sufficiently. And that's a big thing for people. A lot of people make mistakes and they never talk to God other than repent. I'm sorry. And then he washes you. But what about talking to him about why it happened and what he felt about it and how you can change it so that this does not happen again? And remember with my preaching first and only and last time, that the pressure of the people and the pulling and me trying to want to preach, but there was no anointing to preach and forcing that out of my soul and how it felt like gravel in my mouth and it was so distasteful to me and to the Lord with only five minutes, I pulled back and then just went back to teaching. But I repented. But I never talked to him about it. And he got upset with me that I didn't talk to him. It was about a month or so later that he said, why didn't you talk to me about that? And then he. And then I gave you that quote last week. He explained to me how that anointing works and how it's so important that I don't try to manufacture it. Do you understand? No matter what people want or think or expect, doesn't matter that anointing has to come. It has to rise up. Sometimes it rises up within me. I can feel it rise up. That's one way to kind of say it, but I can also feel it come on me. You know what I mean? Technically, it's coming on me because the ministry upon is for ministry. The ministry within is for my life, my living. But I can also feel that anointing. It's like it rises up within me when I'm also ministering. So I think there's a duality there. But you can only minister whatever you're called to do. Don't ever force it. Don't ever force it. You've got to just stay in your lane. Let the Holy Ghost dictate. If you don't, you're going to get in the flesh. And if you can't stay in the flesh, demons are going to show up. And that's how Dr. Would say ministers would be in the spirit one night and in demonic power the next night. And it's not because they're bad people. It's because they had done that. You said that doesn't happen the first time. They had done it over and over and over again without being skillful to recognize, hey, I'm forcing this out of my soul. It's a soul quality that I'm forcing. If you're not skillful to recognize it, there'll be a season of mercy. But if you're sensitive, your spirit will be grieved with what you're doing. My spirit was so grieved, I only did it for five minutes and I felt like I wanted to throw up. So how is it that ministers can do that over and over and over and over again? Where is their spirit sensitivity? They obviously are not very sensitive. And the longer you do it in the flesh, the more desensitized you get on the inside. Until finally that season of mercy where God is kind of protecting you, it kind of stops and wanes, I should say. And you keep doing it in the flesh. Now demons start to come. They don't come the first time, but they will show up. Do you understand? And that's why not just. Not every miracle is a miracle of God. Not every word of knowledge is a word of knowledge from the Holy Ghost. There are mimics in the demonic realm. For every one of the nine gifts, every one of them, there's a mimic. And so you got to, especially in today's society, don't just listen. Somebody needs to hear this. There is so much talk and nonsense out there by people claiming that they are this and that and the other. You be very careful what you listen to. Because just because they have some kind of prophecy does not mean that they're a prophet and does not mean that they're safe. You got to be very careful. I would like. I would prefer you all just to not listen to anyone except the ones that we talk about and have in the pulpit. But I can Control you. I know some of you, you really like all that dramatic. No, it's sensationalism. And you like that. And no matter how much I tell you, you're going to do what you want to do anyway. But you're playing with fire. And when you play with fire, you eventually get burned. You do. And there's a lot of nonsense even in camps that we trust. When I say that, I don't mean Pastor Nancy's services, but there are certain ministers, big name ministers that have television things and different things and for whatever reason, I don't know if they don't vet it or if they don't know, but certain people can be on television stations and it seems like the one owning the television station is putting his approval on them. But he may not be or she may not be. But for whatever reason, whoever the silly person is that did the programming, put those people on that are false prophets. And then you think that this is okay now because the big wig, it's on their broadcast. And that's where it gets confusing. So if you're not sure, that's why you need to come and talk to one of our ministers, talk to Greg, talk to Nigel, talk to some of our ministers who know a little bit and just say, what do you think about this? You know, I've been listening to this person. Do you think that's okay? And it's okay to ask. Somebody emailed me last week in the church and said, pastor, I'll just tell you the name. I don't like dropping names, but if I don't, sometimes people don't know. And we're not disparaging anybody, you understand? But they said, you know, I love Andrew Wommack and I watch him all the time. I just felt it in my heart to ask you. Well, you see, that was the Holy Ghost prompting them to ask me because there's safety in my voice. And Andrew Wommack is a wonderful, wonderful man. Got a tremendous ministry, a tremendous revelation on healing, but he is completely in error on the grace message. Completely. I don't mean a mistake. Error, gross error. Which is why a lot of people have distanced that are in our company. Because you can't talk about grace like giving the impression you don't need to repent anymore because all it's under grace. Once you repented, when you got saved, it's done forever because that leads to a freedom to sin. And that's why Paul said, God forbid that you use the grace of God as a license to sin. But I'm telling you there's gross error in the body of Christ and a lot of word of faith people, not a lot, but some are hook, line and sinker in this nonsense. Which is why you need to be careful. Because if you get a hold of that, it's going to mess you up in your doctrine and your theology and deception is going to come. So I said, listen, I don't tell people what to do. I said, my preference, if you're asking me, is that you don't because it's not. The rat poison has mostly good just a little bit and it will cause you confusion. But if you choose to. My preference is you don't. But if you choose to, I can control you do what you want. You're a free agent. But if you choose to listen to people like that, have your antenna very alert and very up. And like dad Hagin said, spit out the six and eat the hay because there will be sticks and you've got to learn to spit them out. But what would be safer is just not to have anything that has sticks, okay? People have to get over the sensationalism of ministry, of prophets of this. Did you hear that? Did you hear this? And it's like. And people send me stuff that aren't part of our church. I don't even open it. Pastor Craig, this prophecy for canon, it's going to change on it. Delete. I don't even listen to the prophecy. I don't want to listen to the prophecy because unless it's from somebody that I trust, it doesn't mean anything to me anyway. Do you know how much people prophesied in the last Trump election? Do you know how many people on this political. I won't say the name, but this Christian political show, bunch of falsity. Everything they said didn't come to pass and none of them got up and repented. You know what they did? They blamed the church for not praying enough. But nobody talked to Randy. And brother Randy was quiet. You don't know what happened, do you? He put in his newsletter that Trump wouldn't get reelected and why. And he got calls from big wigs. They actually yelled at him on the phone. Physically yelled at him. How dare you. He is going to get reelected because such and such a person prophesied it. And Randy said, such and such a person is false. They yelled at him even more. How dare you. And he just said, listen, I humble myself. He said, why don't we just give it a few weeks and see what happens. And if I'm wrong I will publicly write a newsletter and tell all my partners that I failed and I missed it. But I'm not wrong. And exactly what he said came to pass, and no one called to apologize to him. None of the false people on that show who are doing all their nonsense prophecies, which are not authored by the Holy Ghost, none of them stood up and said, you know what? I humbled myself and I missed it. Anyway, just be careful what you listen to. It's dangerous. There's a lot of danger. I need you safe. I don't need you getting confused with a false diet, with another die. And your stomach's not right. It's not absorbing things right, because it's coming from an angle. Do you remember Pastor Nancy said to the Lord one day, she said, lord, that minister is just a wonderful minister. She's listening to somebody on television, and they were preaching a great message. Just a great message. And she said, lord, she said, what about that? She said, I don't have a check, but, you know, I kind of like what they're saying. They're a good teacher, and I'm telling you the truth. Now. Just learn from this. She said, I enjoy their ministry. I enjoy that anointing. And this is good meat. And I don't have a check, but at the same time, I don't have a. I don't have a. Do you know what I'm saying? A bearing of witness. Talking about being led by the Spirit. Even when you listen to preachers, you can be led by the Spirit. And she said, lord, I don't understand why I don't have, like, an unction. Because this is really good. And she said, lord, I'm just paraphrasing, but basically she said, lord, why don't I. Because it's a good ministry. This is very. This is very profound and very wise. And the Lord said, there's nothing wrong with their ministry. Nothing. Because some people, they do have something wrong with their ministry, with their doctrines. Wrong. The Lord said, nothing's wrong with their ministry. But the reason you don't have that lift, you don't have that unction. You don't have that when you. There's nothing. There's no anointing there when you're listening to them, even though it's good and it's sound, is because I never ordained their voice to. For your life. Are you listening to me? I never ordained their voice. What God was saying to her is, you only listen to the ones that I have ordained as a voice. Because if. Listen to me because if you don't, if you start listening to all the voices, you will miss when the right voice and the group of right voices that are ordained, when they start talking, you will miss things. Because your edge will not be sharp, it will be dull. It's dulled with all the other voices. And then you'll miss critical things for your future and for your life because you can't pick it up. Because you're just swamped with all this stuff out there. And it doesn't mean it's bad stuff. It might even be fine stuff. But if God didn't ordain the voice, be very careful. You really shouldn't listen to it. Okay? So don't. I'm not just. There's lots of good people. I listen, but I look to my spirit while I'm listening. And if there is a lift and an unction, then the Holy Ghost is not. Sometimes he'll do that just one time, because there's something in that message for me. But then the next time I go back and listen to another message, it's dead. And then I test it. I go back and listen to a third one. I go back and listen to a fourth one. If on the 10th one, there's still just nothing, there's no unction, there's no lift, even though what they're saying is good. I've learned from my mother, my spiritual mother, I've learned God did not ordain that voice. Therefore, there's not an anointing in that voice to feed and nourish me. Therefore, why waste my time listening? Even though the teaching is solid, I'm not going to listen because it's going to dull my hearing. The more you hear, it will dull the sharpness of your hearing. You need sharp hearing. And that's why if you keep your narrow focus on the voices God ordained, you will hear what you have to hear from those people. I'm giving you wisdom that I didn't plan on telling you or giving you. But I'm telling you, you better pay attention. A lot of people, I don't know why. I don't know why I just can't hear from God. Because you listen to all the wrong preachers. Are you listening to me? One of the biggest reasons people can't be led by the spirit is because they're dull of hearing. One of the biggest reasons they're dull of hearing. If they're living, have a prayer life. If they have a prayer life and a word life, and they're clean. If all those three Things have been met and they're still confused. They're dull of hearing. Why? Because of the voices that are coming into their ears. Too many voices will dull you. It's always better to have a narrow focus. And thank God Dad Hagin has written so many books and has so much. There's so much. You could just live on that until Jesus returns and never even come close to getting all the revelation that he taught. And there are no sticks with him. There's only hay. But you've also got Dr. Dufresne. You've also got Pastor Nancy, and you've got little old me, and you've got others. But, you know, there's others that we talk about, that we have in the pulpit that you can feed on. Why go to other places that we don't ever talk about? Why even think about it? If you don't hear me talking about their name, then it means I don't feed on them. I'm not saying you can't. But I'm saying be smart. Because the more you feed, it will dull your hearing on voices not ordained by God. For you, a lot of good people. That doesn't mean they're good for you. Do you understand? I can't emphasize that strongly enough because this is one way the devil works on people. He'll get you starting to listen to all this other stuff, and then what? You start. You start getting an appetite for other things, and then you say, well, why don't we have that here? And then they'll say something that might be a little bit off if they've got error. And then, well, I don't understand that. And even if they're not off, it just pulls you. It sways you in a certain flow. If you're smart, stay where God planted you. Stay in the flow. God planted you. Do you understand? Listen to the voices that God assigned to you. You'll stay a lot less confused. Your hearing will be sharp, and you'll get all that you need to for your life and for your cause. She helped me so much when she said that to me. Because we are so used to saying, something's wrong with that ministry. Something's wrong with that ministry. Something's wrong with that ministry. And some of them do, but a lot of them, there's nothing wrong with them. But God said to her, I didn't assign them to you. That's why there's no anointing. Stop listening to them. It will dull your hearing. For the one I have assigned to you. Whoa. See, I'm Preaching better than you're saying Amen. Amen. I won't say the name of one of Pastor Nancy's staff. She's so precious. You know how they're. You know, and everything. Amen. Everything. Amen. Come on, Victoria. You're very good at Amen. Amen. And you can get into just an autopilot of amen. And one pastor said something. Remember, she said something that, like, was not to be amened. And this staff member said amen. And she looked at her and goes, no, you're not even listening. Because if you heard what I said, you wouldn't have said Amen. So just listen. Praise God. Anyway, a couple other things about. I've already talked, not in my notes, but I've already talked about being led by the spirit and who you listen to. Okay, so we're on theme. Don't get offended. Now. I didn't say you can't listen to other people. I just said, learn to follow your spirit. The Holy Ghost knows everything. And sometimes the. As Greg and I have talked many times before, sometimes there's a certain thing that God has for you, but that doesn't mean that they're a voice for you. But there's just a moment. You might go to a service or you might download something, and there's something for you that you need to hear. Boom, you got it. Hallelujah. But that doesn't mean that you feed on that person all the time. So the Lord can lead you occasionally, or he may need you lead. You never just follow that leading. Get. So, you know, I don't preach this for my health. I hope you're listening, and I hope you're practicing this every day. Every day. You've got to get sharper with the leading of the spirit. If you get sharper, you won't get tickets. And I know of which I speak because I fall upon the mercy of the Lord every time I get into that very fast electric car. No, you got to obey the law. But I'm telling you, you don't believe me. And I don't care if you believe me. You don't want to believe me, don't believe me. I really don't care. But the Holy Ghost is so kind to me. Sometimes you just say, slow down, fool, just because he just wants me to obey. But other times, at least 12, maybe 15, he has spoken to me, and he said, there's a police officer up around that corner. And I said, thank you, Jesus. I just take my foot up and sure enough, as soon as I hear It. He's out there with a radar gun. You say, well, why would the Lord do that if he's not doing it to you? You're not listening. Listen, Pastor Nancy said something very powerful recently. She said, favor. No. Who wasn't Pastor Nancy? It was Pastor Edwin. Favor is unfair. Not my fault that all those fools out there get tickets. I have favor, the Holy Ghost. It's unfair. Why? He said, if I don't go, I don't send the Holy Ghost. Who gives you an advantage? I have an advantage now. That doesn't justify wrongdoing. Are you understanding me? Don't misunderstand me. I'm just saying, just like the Holy Ghost can warn you if there's danger, there's been times where he said, get out of this lane and go to the other lane. And I said, I don't feel like doing that because I thought, maybe it's just me or whatever. And within three minutes, I get a flat tower and I'm. Lord, what about the blood? What about the angels? You know, I start. I start pleading my case. What about. What about. And he said, what about the leading. The leading trumps all of that. I told you to get out of that lane. So now I have tire protection on my car, just in case I miss it. They have to pay all my flat tires. I pay a fee every month for them to pay any flat tire I get. So I said, lord, I don't need to be led anymore because the. I don't care. I can get 20 of them. They have to replace all those 20 tires for free. So if you're not going to be led, get tire protection. But just be led would be better. Just being led would be better. I'm serious. Praise God. I am serious. When you're doing your insurance, as the lady's chitting, chatting away, they're trying to upsell you. They're always trying to upsell you. Learn to tune them out and look to your spirit, Holy Ghost, because you don't want to pay more. But sometimes you should. You should, because you. You don't know. Well, I just know. I just know nothing's going to go wrong. Well, thank God Pastor Edwin and Angela didn't have that attitude, because sometimes attacks slip through, and both of them have had issues medically over the years. And if they hadn't picked the thing that God told them to pick, it would have. I mean, in the US it's different to Canada. I mean, it could have bankrupted them. The cost of, you know, Pastor Joe Siegel, you know, he Says it publicly. He got cancer a little while ago. But look at the faithfulness. Look at the leading of the spirit. Six months before, there was just this feeling, just a sense. He said, but how do you know that's God? It just kept coming. If it just keeps coming, pay attention. Increase your insurance. I'm not doing that. The next day, Increase your insurance. I'm not doing that. Some of us are daft and others of us are sharper. But eventually they thought, lord, are you trying to speak to us? Increase the insurance. So they called and increased the insurance. Because once you've got the diagnosis, you can't increase the insurance. You don't think the Holy Ghost knows that? See, favor is unfair. Unfair to the devil and his crowd, but very fair to us. And they increase the insurance. And he got cancer. And there's reasons for that. But that's not what we're talking about, because we're all learning. Dr. Devrain got cancer twice. Disobedience opens the door. But when we make that right, that leaves. And so he had to do some stuff. But thank God he got that insurance. Because without it, it would have been mammoth amounts of money that they would have been hurt financially. But the insurance company paid every dime. So don't be too quick to just slash your insurance. Learn to be led by the spirit. Do you understand? To say, I'll never have a problem. That's not being led by the spirit. That's not faith either. That's presumption. That's presumption. Now you can confess. I don't get in accidents. I don't have break. Confess that and believe it. But you say, well, that's a double standard to have insurance. No, because I've learned through bitter experience that some days your faith is not where it needs to be. And the devil's watching you, and he's waiting for that weak moment, and he'll set things up for you. So unless you're going to be perfect all the time, then don't get insurance. But if you're. If you're going to be a human that has days off. We know what I mean. When you're a little bit off, you're a little bit special on that day. And all of us have those days because none of us are batting 100%. So unless you're going to bat 100%, you get insurance. I don't know why I'm saying that, but somebody needs to hear that. Now, you see, the Holy Ghost is helping you because someone needs to hear that. And if you don't listen to what I'm saying by the Spirit, you're going to end up paying more than you should see. It matters that you come and that you listen and that you heed. Now don't do that in fear, but just learn to be led. Just everything has to be learned to be led. Learn to be led in your offerings. Learn to be led here, learn to be led there. Learn to be led where you drive. David Hogan has to learn to be led because they'll kill him. So before he leaves his little driveway every day, Lord, which way do I go? Because there's paramilitary and cartels everywhere and they pull you over and kill you. And the Lord says, they're over here, they're over there, take this road. The next day, they're over here, they're over there, take this road. And when you don't, when he doesn't listen, when other missionaries, he teaches them, you better learn to be led. Your life depends on it. And they get killed if they don't learn. I mean, that's extreme. You're not going to be killed. You might as well just be late for work. You get in the traffic jam. But he lives in hell, where hell lives. And if you not learn to be led, you'll die young. Most of us, it's not that serious, but it could be that serious because you get on the wrong road and there's a drunk driver and he's told you not to go there, but you miss it. The Lord will protect your life in most cases, but you may have problems. You know what I'm saying? You don't always get clean scot free if you violate the inner Witness. But thank God for the blood and the angels. They work with the Inner Witness. They work with obedience. You got to be in obedience for them to work fully. Hallelujah. Now a couple. You're okay, right? A couple little. Just a couple little stories. I told you this. You bring your blankie and your milk and your cookies. This is story time. A couple little stories just about being led by the Spirit. So I had a friend up there in Arthur, Ontario, years ago, he got offended. He's no longer my friend, but. Well, he did. And he's, you know, I love him. I still love him. But we can't have fellowship because when people are offended with you or they're competitive with you or they're judgmental about your ministry or whatever or your message, I don't have fellowship with those people. But this is back in the day where there was none of that Happening. And I still have love in my heart. I'm just saying I'm careful who I hang out with. Do you understand? But this is many years ago and he had a motorcycle. And he said, come and let's go. There's a woods behind and there's trails and you know, I had a motorcycle. I've always had a motorcycle. But his was not very good. It was just like a bang around, baby. You know what I mean? Just a small CC bike, but just a bang around. When you're going over those big trees roots and you're doing jumps and you're hitting it hard, you don't do that on an expensive motorcycle. So this is just like a dirt bike kind of thing. And we get on the bike and I put the helmet on because that's wisdom. Just put the helmet on. Put the helmet on. I cringe at these people in California that are driving 120 miles an hour with no helmet. That's just stupid. That is testing God. Don't do that nonsense. Wear a helmet. Well, I believe God for protection. No, you're an idiot. You're not using practical wisdom. Because what if you do make a mistake? You're gonna crush your melon. That's what you're gonna do anyway. So I put the helmet on and as I'm there and I crank that thing as it starts up and he's beside me and his starts up. I heard the Lord speak to me. Now, that was loud. I mean, it wasn't even an inner witness. It was the voice, the authoritative voice of the spirit. It's different to the leading, to the inner witness. And I heard these words, there's going to be an accident. And I thought, well, Lord, not for me there isn't. I'm assuming he's talking about my carnal friend who goes to a church, said, don't teach no faith. Don't teach about the blood. Don't teach nothing. Actually. No, seriously, they don't. It's dribble, it's fluff, it's cotton candy. They don't have no revelation of what we're talking about. So I just assumed. Now that's pride. I just assumed. Well, obviously he's talking about him. He's the one that don't know nothing. I'm the mighty man of God, the man of power for the hour. So what did I do? But just in case. Because you don't take chances, right? Because you're not sure who. God's wrong. Because he didn't say to you, he said, there's going to be an accident. I'm sure it's him. But I said, lord, just to be careful, just to be safe. And for his benefit. That's what I'm thinking. In my mind, I'm applying the blood, but for his benefit, because he's the one that's going to get in the accident. It's not going to be me. I know what I believe and I know that I'm going to use wisdom. Like I'm not going to go stupid, crazy stuff. I don't do that. I just don't do that kind of stuff. Not on things that can hurt you, wheelies and all this. I just. I never do that. I'm much more conservative when it's something that's dangerous. So I know what I'm like and I know my limitations and I know that I'm been driving motorcycles for years and I'm very comfortable on them. You don't go do that stuff if you've never driven a motorcycle. That's just stupid. Okay, So I applied the blood to him and it's an afterthought to me, although I don't really need it, but I applied it to me because I always applied. So this is a double application. This is a double layer of the bike because I always apply it. It's a double layer, but it's really for him. So we're going over the roots and, you know, I'm getting familiar with this bike now. You got to get familiar with machines so you know your limitations. So, you know, I test it a little bit and then I'm learning, okay, what it can do. So then I start to skid a little bit, and I put that back tower around the corner. I'm like, oh, yeah, that's nice. And I'm just. And I'm having fun. I'm just going. We're going pretty fast and we're doing jumps and everything. But I'm not being stupid, but I'm having fun. Now the ride is coming to the end. We're on a straightaway on the cement road because we've gone through and now we're coming back to his house. And it's a long, straight road, so the dangerous part's over. So I'm thinking, well, Lord, because I prayed nothing happened. Thank God. I prayed. He's lucky he's got a friend like me. That's what I'm thinking. And we're going, we're going, we're going, we're going. And of course, we're picking up speed. Because it's a straightaway. So we're going probably over 100 now, kilometers an hour. It's an 80 zone. 100 is pretty normal in the country. In the country, okay. Because cars are passing us doing 120. Okay? So in the country, that's not considered to be too excessive. And maybe on dairy it would be, but not in the country where nobody's around and we're going. And I see a dark, like, look like water, kind of water on the road. And so, you know, that's fine. You go through water, that's no problem. But as I'm going, I see his brake lights go hard. And I can see the whole. His bike is lunging forward because he's in front of me. So I think maybe there's an animal or something. It's all. This process is almost instantaneously. And I'm thinking, so I start to put my brakes on. What it was, was grease. There had been an accident, and there was oil and grease on the road, but I thought it was water. But he realized as he got closer it wasn't water. And if you're not careful, your tires get slick, and then you'll have an accident. We're going pretty fast. So he was braking to avoid going too fast over that grease. I can't really. I didn't know it was grease. I just saw him break. I thought maybe a little squirrel had come out. I didn't know what it was, but. So I have to brake accordingly. What he didn't tell me is he hadn't maintained the brakes on my bike. Because when we're driving, we're not really using brakes that much. Do you understand? But so I hit those brakes and they didn't. They didn't work well. They worked like 10%. And I'm hitting them and I'm not slowing down. So I swerve to avoid hitting him, and I'm hitting those brakes and they're not slowing down. And I go through that grease and my tires are. You know, they get slick instantly. And what I should have done, Derenzo, is take my hand off the brake and just slow to a stop gently and just keep that bike straight. Now, they train you that when you go get your license. But I was. I panicked because the brakes aren't working. So my mind's not thinking what I know to do. So I hit that brake even harder. But I forgot that my tires are now slick and that bike went right out from underneath me. And I mean, at about 90 kilometers, I hit hard on My shoulder bang on that pavement and I heard my head go bang on the cement. If I hadn't put that helmet on, I would have been killed. See, you don't know that stuff. That's why you wear a helmet. And of course now my body is the brakes, right? So I'm sliding to a stop on my arm. And I mean, it's just. It just ripped the flesh. I had a big blood everywhere. Blood was rushing everywhere. And so, you know, I got. He ran. Oh, you okay? You okay? And I'm not even thinking about the blood. I'm thinking about the blood and I'm thinking about Lord, this fool was the one that I was praying for protection. But I'm the bigger fool. How could you? When you said there's going to be an accident? We know you're talking about him. Now listen to me. The Holy Ghost spoke to me and he said, why didn't you ask me? I don't need to ask you. Because he doesn't know nothing. Of course you're talking about him. No, that's called pride. When I say there's going to be an accident, all you have to say is, Lord, what? Where, How? What do I do? Do I not go? Do we slow down? Is it him? Is it me? What is it now? If you're driving with somebody you don't like very much, then just leave it. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. And so thank God there was nothing major injury. It's just flesh wounds. But we should not be getting in accidents. If we are, we're missing it somewhere. So in that case, listen, I'm trying to teach you something. When the Lord says something to you, inquire. Especially when he talks about something that can cause you harm. Like an accident or something like that. Number two, don't assume it's for somebody else. Because you're a stronger Christian than they are. Always assume. Humility always assumes what he's talking about is for you. Are you listening to me? Because this can save your life. Humility always takes it personal. Not well. He must be talking about Arjun. He couldn't be talking about me. I mean, he must be talking about Arjun or Jodi. He couldn't be. And Arjun don't always think he's talking about her because he could be talking about you. I tell Jennifer all the time, he's probably talking about you, honey, not me. Always take it personal. Don't ever pass it off to somebody else. Even if you're with somebody else. And most importantly, ask him, lord, what's Going on. And listen to me. If he doesn't give a direct answer, don't get on. Whatever it is applies to you. But in this case, if he didn't answer me, what I should have done was, my friend, I'm not comfortable. The Lord just spoke to me something. I don't know what it is. I don't know. He hasn't given me any further, but I just don't feel comfortable. I don't think I'm going to go. Or he might prompt you and say, if you inquire and say it's going to be an accident, but just drive real slow and you'll avoid it. Or, you know what I'm saying? Or check the machine, make sure everything's right, then I would have checked. I didn't check. So a lot can be missed when you hear a part of something, but you don't hear all of something. And all you have to do is ask. And if he doesn't answer, just take the conservative approach and back away completely from that activity because it can cause you. And use common sense. Do you understand? You got to use common sense to protect yourself as well. Hallelujah. Like, don't go out in the boat in a storm where there's lightning. Don't do that. Don't go and stand in the field and say, lord, look at this beautiful weather. And then it strikes you. You know, you shouldn't go in a field when there's lightning. And you shouldn't go under the tree either, because it will strike the tree and get you. You should just get out of the field altogether. But some people, they're just. They don't think. They don't think logically. The Holy Ghost uses common sense with his leading. Not everything is spiritual. There's a lot of common sense involved here. Are you understanding me? And I need to be careful because on the mission field, I pet everything. I touch everything. And I almost got attacked by a warthog the last time I was in South Africa because it had its babies. And they looked so cut. They're only this big. They look like big rats, but so cute. Have you ever seen a baby warthog? All you want to do is smother it and kiss us. The cutest beings on Earth are baby warthogs. But the worst things on the planet is a mother with her baby warthogs. And if it wasn't for that pastor that said, don't move, stay exactly where you are. I'm like, what? Shut up and don't move. Because she Was wagging her tail, and she was getting ready to charge. And he has seen people cut from the thigh to the throat by those warthogs. And they die within three minutes because it severs all the arteries. And she was getting ready to charge me. And I didn't know because I didn't have the knowledge that that action and that sound that they make a certain sound which is not their normal sound, But I don't know because I don't live there. So when he heard that sound and he saw me, like, come here, little buddy. Come here. Come here. And that's what I was doing. I was reaching to try to pet it. Come here, little buddy. Stop, Pastor, stop. What? Don't move. Slowly. Back away slowly. And he came in front of me so that he had a. Like a. Not a club, but like a piece of stick. Just because he grabbed the first thing he saw in case that thing came, he can whack it over the head. That thing was coming for me, but I was trying to pet it. So I've got to be very. You got to protect me. Those yaks could have killed us. No, I'm just kidding. Those monkeys could have had rabies. And you didn't protect me. I'm just saying, you got to lose logic as well as. The Lord didn't say anything to me there, but there was danger. But why did he probably not say anything because he knew the pastor was going to protect me, but I wasn't using common sense. Does that make sense? On the subject of. I got it in my notes. Motorcycle was a voice. That's one way he leads you. But I didn't inquire. That's why it happened. Now, what about Maui? What about the wave that almost broke my neck last year? And of course, Nigel was there, but he didn't protect his pastor. You know, what can I say? Mary Chris was trying to encourage me to get the wave. See, she didn't protect me either. You got to pray for these missionaries. You know, I'm totally joking, but I'm not joking about this. Now, this. There was no warning, Nigel, because there was common sense that was required, and I didn't use common sense. So when we pull up to that beach, it was a nice beach in Maui because we had a few days preaching, then we had a few days rest, and then we came home. And so when we pulled the kids and we pulled up that beach and there was a sign in the parking lot, and it says, beware of death. And I'm looking at the sign and I'm thinking, do you remember that sign? I'm looking at that sign, and it shows this wave, like, just like crushing a person. And I'm thinking, I look at the thing, the waves don't look that big. I mean, maybe that's a seasonal thing. Maybe that's during the hurricane. I don't know. But beware of these deathly waves. I'm like, that's just nothing. That's whatever. I don't even know what they're talking about. The waves seem fine to me. So we're out there, we're having fun. We're having fun, and they start getting a little bit bigger. And we're having fun, and they start getting a little bit bigger with the tide changes. And they were having fun. And then all of a sudden I see this kind of big one, bigger one. You can see they come in cycles. And I can. I've got my little body board, you know, my boogie board. And I'm like, watch this, Luke. You know, because I'm trying to show off for my son, and I'm trying to show him that I'm still 20 and I'm not. And I said, watch this, Luke. And he said, daddy, that's big. And I said, just. Just trust your daddy. And so I start to go out to catch that thing. But what I didn't realize, because I didn't use common sense, is that the reason there was that sign, is because this particular beach, with the way the sandbar works under the water, which you can't see, is the wave will come. But it's not like you're not in the water when the wave. When you catch it, the wave comes out. So there's sand, and it literally comes. There's nothing under you. And that's why it's so dangerous. Because when you catch it, if you miss, if you don't catch it right, and it comes down on top of you, it will push you right into the sand. And so I didn't know that because I didn't look at the sign properly. And I thought, listen, when it comes to beaches and waves, give me a break. Just look at me. I mean, just look at me. I mean, you can't ask for more. You know what I'm saying? Now, that's called pride and stupidity. And stop laughing, because you're the same way about things that apply to you. We grew up on the beach. We would swim all the time. It's not like this is my first time. But anyway, so I see this wave, and as I'm Seeing it build. Listen. Now, there was a check, but I was in a full run to catch the wave, and there was a sense of dread. And I thought, I'm fine. I remember thinking that I'm fine. I know what I'm doing. And my son's watching me. So I run into it, and it picks me up. But because it's got this weird sandbar thing, which I didn't fully understand, it picked me up. But instead of catching the wave, like you're supposed to do it, I mean, bang. I mean, the bodyboard and me hit the sand and that thing. I mean, it was. It was at least 8ft. Boom, right on top of me. I remember when it hit, I heard a crack in my knee, and my leg went, you know, crazy. But more than that, the board came out from underneath me and my body bent backwards like this. And I remember I could hear my back go, like, cracking. You can hear that even under the water. And I felt something with my neck, like my neck swaying really hard. And it hit the sand. And I remember it was the strangest feeling because I don't get the wind knocked out of me very often, but it hit me so hard on that sand, and it's. You know, then it's kind of rolling you, right? But it knocked the wind out of me, like, completely knocked my breath out. Nigel. Nigel. Just standing there drinking coffee, you know what I'm saying? But it knocked the wind out of me. Totally knocked the wind out of me. And I remember while it's rolling, I can't breathe. It's like your chest just clenches. I can't explain it. And even if you could breathe. So, you know, I get my head above the water, and I remember going, I'm trying to breathe, but it's not through. It hit me with such force. It literally knocked everything out of me. And I'm kneeling there going. And Luke's saying, daddy, you okay? And I'm just like, oh, my God. And the lifeguard, he jumped off his tire and ran to me and picked me up and, are you okay? And I could. I'm. I'm just trying to. I'm just trying to breathe. And he said, what are you doing? I said, I'm surfing. He said, that's not surfing. He said, sir, pull me up. He makes sure I calm down. I got my breath back. He said, please. He said, that's why we have a sign. I said, I looked at that sign, but it didn't really apply to me or I didn't think it applied to Me. And he said, listen. He said, you can go down the beach, but this part here, the sandbar, it's very dangerous. And he said, I have personally witnessed people do exactly what you just did because they don't realize. They think when it hits them, the water is going to catch them. But there is no water because it sucks it all out. And. And there's nothing but sand and the ground. And then it smashed. And he said, I've seen people exactly what you do. The board comes out and the pressure of the wave bends and they snap their neck. He said, somebody at this beach died last year doing exactly it. Broke their neck. And he said, that's why we say there is death in these waves. And I said, well, I didn't understand that. Do you understand? There was no voice, There was no bearing of witness not to do this except when I was in full run. What I should have done is put the brakes on. Do you understand? But there was no advance warning. Why? Because of common sense. If there's a sign, read the sign. I know that sounds simple, but I don't always do it. Because if you're like me, things don't apply to you. You need to listen to me because I'm preaching to myself. Things do apply to everybody. And I'm learning. The Lord dealt with me. He said, son, you're being foolish. He said, now listen. The Lord spoke to me. My leg was messed up. I mean, I had excruciating pain in my knee for about three months. And I said, lord, heal my knee. And he says, no, you can wait a little while. No, he did. He told me, you can wait a little while. He said, I protected you. He told me. He said an angel was with you to protect your neck from snapping. So he protected me because I've the blood and because I have angels. But he didn't protect me fully. Why? Because I violated the inner witness. Even though it was the last second, I still violated it. And then. There's a price you pay. Sometimes you know, it's okay that you pay a little price. You know what I'm saying? He did heal my knee, but it took three months. And every day it hurt for three months, and now it's totally healed. But the Lord said, you're not an exception, son. You need to get that out of your thinking. The rules apply to everybody, especially you. Because you're a daredevil. If you're real calm, maybe it doesn't apply to you. But if you're like me, every rule applies to you. So you See, that was a lack of common sense. If I had read the sign, actually read it, and then I saw the lifeguard watching. They don't put lifeguards there if it's an easy beach. I should have gone and said, what does that sign mean? Well, don't do this. Oh, well, I was just about to do that. No, don't do that. It can kill you. You see, these are simple things, what I'm saying. You may not be on a beach, you might be doing something else. But you've got to pay attention to common sense. And if you get a check, I don't care if it's right as you're signing the contract, if there's a dread, pull that pen back. Don't feel well. I'll be embarrassed, or I've made a commitment, or I'm going to hurt somebody's feelings, or I can't stop. Stop what you're doing. If there's a dread. Are you listening? It can make a big difference in your future. I'm saying this because I'm giving you a funny story, but it wasn't funny when it happened. It scared the life out of me. And I thought to myself, lord, I am called. And there's an anointing and there's a mantle, and there's stuff you've poured into me, and there is. I'm not important. But, you know, you've trusted me with something and you've trained me for 33 years. I'm going to throw it all away for a wave. Because if I break my neck and I become a quadriplegic, you're going to be praying for me. I noticed nobody said amen. Not one person, Lorraine. Not one person said, I'll pray for you. No, Sister, that was too late. Nobody said they'd pray. Nobody said they'd use their faith for me to be healed from my broken neck. And that's assuming I survived the accident. What if I died? Would some of you raise me? David died. And Jody raised him from the dead. I don't know if I've got a Jody in this room. Do I have a Jody? Okay, let's just move on. I don't trust any of you. You just come to the funeral smiling. Oh, Jesus. He didn't read the sign. He deserves it. Pastor Jenny. We'll be here for you, honey. Don't worry. No, that's not going to happen. In Jesus name, because I'm not going to be stupid. That scared me. But it also shook some sense into me. You get this Euphoria. Like you're better than or you're smarter because you've done something as a kid or because maybe that was an area you were good at before. And you got to use common sense. The Holy Spirit leads people, but he also wants common sense. Wearing a helmet is common sense. Not buying something you can't afford is common sense. Do you understand? This is common sense. Don't just everything is not spiritual. He will work with the natural. Hallelujah. Now I'll just say one more because 901, we got to go. But just on the Hawaii theme, there was another life threatening situation. The devil's always trying to kill me, telling you and Greg and others as well. No, I'm just kidding, brother. But we were supposed to go a week later and I had the finger over the button to book the tickets and I was preaching and the pastor had agreed that that would be a good time for him. And that's it, buddy. We already had our schedule of what we're doing every day, which day we're preaching, which day we're having family time. We already had mapped out where we were going on the island on which day. Okay, so all that was done. But as I'm hovering over the thing, there's a check. And I thought, but Lord, this doesn't make any sense. Because if I do it the week, I couldn't do it the week after because we were on another trip. I said, but if I do it the week before, there was a two week window. If I do it the week before, I'm coming off another trip and I'll have like less than two days before I have to leave again. And it just didn't make any sense to me. Why would I press myself that way? Give me a week to recuperate and then we'll go on holiday. Just. That's logical. But there's a check. I don't care if it's logical. Follow the check. Follow the inner witness. Do you understand? And so I paused and I said, jenny, I don't know. I've got something's wrong with this. And she says, well, I don't. Do you get anything? No. Well, that don't help. Maybe if she got something that would help me. But God doesn't always show your spouse. Sometimes he'll just show you. She says, follow your spirit, honey. Just follow your spirit. If there's a. Just don't violate that. I said, but we're going to have to change the preaching dates and everything has to change. And I'm tired. It's just easier to do what I've planned. But there was a check. I'm telling you, you've got to learn to listen to that. Well, it's just me. Give it a day. If it keeps coming, it's not just you. Pray a little bit. If you have to make the decision, just delay it a few hours and pray. If it keeps coming up, it's not you, it's the spirit. So I changed it. And we went a week and we went. No, I'm getting this wrong. We were supposed to go. Yes, we were supposed to go that week, but I moved it earlier, which I didn't want to do, but I did. We changed all the preaching dates. You know, Mary, Chris and Nigel came with us as ministers with me, and they were with me in the services, and they agreed and they had to make a lot of effort, but we changed it. So we're there and everything's great and we're doing our thing and we're on the off days, we're having fun. And that's when the wave thing happened. On one of the off days. But on one of the days, we went to Lahaina. Is that what it's called? Lahaina? Right. The one that had the fire. And that was a Tuesday. And we were there and we walked and we saw the big banyan tree. We walked into a shop and I bought a little Maui hat and Jenny bought the kids sandals. And we went. Got a nice. We walked all a little through that little town. We. It was beautiful. And we got in the car, we drove on. Okay, So I don't know why God, he didn't show me. He didn't tell me, he didn't speak to me. Everything's peachy. Everything's cool. There's no reason why we should have moved it until we got home. And two days after we got home, we see on the news, fires on Maui. So I'm watching the news, I call the pastor. Pastor Carol, are you okay? She said, pastor Craig, we've got a couple congregation members that the fire is coming toward them. Please pray. And we're trying to evacuate them. And anyway, you know, it was pretty serious, but nobody knew how serious it was. And on the Tuesday, on the Tuesday, in the early afternoon, we were exactly in Lahaina at Banyan Tree, Tuesday early afternoon. And on that day, exactly one day, one week to the hour that we were there, that was our scheduled day to be there. That fire came through Lahaina. And you can see stuff online. It came with such a Fury like a train. People were jumping out of their cars into the ocean because the fire was raging like a tornado almost. And people were being burned in the ocean, killed. And I've seen aerial shots of it. That store that I bought, that hat is ash. Exactly where we were is completely devastated. It looks like a bomb went off just gone the very hour. Are you listening to me now? If we had been there, I believe our life would have been spared. We would have. I don't know what would have happened. We could have been killed. But I just have to believe that our life would have been spared. But. But I mean, we would have been in an emergency. The island was shut down. Flights were shut down. I don't know what would have happened. We would have had to jump in the water. I've got my little children with me. The rental car would have been destroyed. I'm just saying all of that with a little tiny. Wasn't very large. And there was no words. God didn't speak. He didn't say tragedy is coming. It was just go a week early. But I don't want to go a week early. It wouldn't leave me go a week early. Go a week early. I don't want to go a week early. And I just. I can't bring myself to book it because this thing won't leave me. Pay attention. Because that one decision could have put us all at risk, including possible death. And a lot of people died that day in Lahaina. And it was the exact day and the exact time that we would have been walking. What if we had been walking away from the car, which we were doing? What if we couldn't jump in the car and drive and then jump in the water? That thing was coming so fast. It was like a train. It was catching people as they were running in terror. I've watched stuff online, people, witnesses said. We watched people running and that fire just engulfed them and killed them instantly. You can't outrun something when it's coming that fast. People in their cars were trying to outrun it and had to stop and jump out. Just what if? I don't even want to think about what if. But I've got the Holy Ghost. And he knew what was coming. He could have just said, don't go to Lahaina on that day. But you know why he didn't? Because of all the tragedy and the planes being cancelled. Even if we had not been and he changed our schedule to just being on the island in that tragedy would have delayed us coming home. We would have been caught in all that kerfuffle, and he didn't want me around. Are you listening? He didn't want me around the kerfuffle. He doesn't want you around things that are a kerfuffle. If you're learning to be led by the spirit, you'll never be. People say, well, you know, what if I was like those. Those Jewish people that. In that park, and we went to that park where all those people were massacred by Hamas on October 7th. You know, they. They just raped and shot people in the head, over 200 of them in one setting. We went to that park where all the bloodshed was. And people say, well, what if. My God, you know, Lord Jesus, what if that was me? It can't be you. Well, what if that plane of that plane went down? And Lord, what if that. It can't be you. Don't ever say, what if that was me? What if that could be me? What if that hadn't been me? Oh, fear will walk in. It can't be you. If you're led by the spirit, the spirit will make sure you're nowhere near the park. In fact, you'll probably make sure you're not even in the country. You never have to be afraid of any natural disaster, any terrorist attack, any car accident, any plane going down. Nothing. If you learn to follow the inward witness, he will make sure you're where you need to be. But if you don't, and then it's your own, your own fault, because most churches don't teach this, you have the privilege of hearing it. I expect you, and God expects you to live it because it can save your life. Hallelujah. We could just keep going to 10, but we're not going to. Heavenly Father, bless them. We're just talking about the leading of the spirit. Practical examples, common sense. Dread on the inside, just a nagging on the inside. Even if there's no dread, just a nagging. Lord, we've got to learn to listen. We got to learn to pray more. We got to learn to be more sensitive. You are trying to protect us and you're trying to prosper us. You're trying to make sure that our lives go on. You're trying to give us victory. You're trying to give us favor. Holy Ghost, you've already gone before us. You already know what's going to happen tomorrow. I don't have to worry about tomorrow because you already went into tomorrow before me. And if I just follow you and your spirit, tomorrow will be fine. I don't have to worry about tragedies. I don't have to worry about accidents. I don't have to worry about diseases or germs. I don't have to worry about epidemics or natural disasters or terrorists. I don't have to worry about nothing. Because you already went into my tomorrow. You already know what's going to happen tomorrow. And you're leading me and you're leading me out of the path of danger and you're leading me into the path of peace and safety and prosperity if I will just learn to follow. So I thank you that Jesus, you said, my angel goes before thee, to bring thee into the land. Lord Jesus, you'll go on before us. The angels have gone before us. They've made a path for us. And we never have to fear tomorrow because we're going to be led and we've got the mighty Hun. Being led is easy. It's not hard. He makes it easy. And even if we're not the most spiritual people in the world, because maybe you're a novice at this, he'll talk to you in a way that he knows you'll understand. And he'll keep talking and keep talking and keep talking. Don't violate that. Don't just say, it's me. Say, lord, is that you? Ask him, Lord, is that you? And follow that prompting. Praise God. We don't have to worry about tomorrow. Somebody needs to hear that you've had fear and you've had this thing in your heart and your mind about tomorrow. Stop that nonsense. Jesus already went into your tomorrow. The Holy Ghost has already got a path for you for tomorrow. And there's no disaster and there's no sickness and there's no pain and there's no tragedy and there's no trauma. He bypasses all that nonsense. That's the world's portion. It is not the children of Promise Covenant people bypass disaster because we've got the advantage, because we've got the Holy Ghost. Just learn to listen and don't worry about. In fact, if you worry about tomorrow, you will open a door to tragedy. Just trust him that he's gone ahead of you. And learn to listen and you'll be perfectly fine every day of your life. You'll be perfectly fine. I thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Lots of little nuggets for you. Lots of little statements for you. I don't know who that person is. Just take that right now. If you're watching, if you're here, if you've been fearing tomorrow, stop that. You're going to open a door by your fear. Job said, the thing I greatly feared has come upon me. Stop being afraid of tomorrow. Stop it. The Holy Ghost has gone ahead of you. He's already made a path for you to live the good life, for you to live the prosperous, safe life. There is no trauma in your tomorrow. There's no accidents and there's no tragedy. Your children will be fine because you've got the Holy Ghost. You will be fine because you've got the Holy Ghost. Your pet will even be fine because you've got the Holy Ghost. Your house will be fine because you've got the Holy Ghost. We have nothing to fear. Father, I bless them and I thank you for them. I thank you that, Lord, they receive this today and they come back next week and we'll continue in Jesus mighty name. And everybody said Amen.
Promise of Life Church Podcast
Episode: "Being Led By The Spirit Made Easy, Part 16"
Speaker: Pastor Craig Field
Date: July 17, 2024
In this installment of the "Being Led By The Spirit Made Easy" series, Pastor Craig Field returns with practical wisdom, personal stories, and bold exhortations on how Christians can safely and confidently navigate life by following the Holy Spirit’s leadings. The episode is rich with real-life anecdotes about supernatural protection, the dangers of spiritual presumption, the necessity of maintaining sharp spiritual hearing, and the importance of discerning God's ordained voices in one's life. Pastor Craig’s signature candid, humorous, and pastoral tone runs throughout, making the principles relatable and memorably practical.
David Hogan’s Ministry & Raising the Dead (00:00–06:54)
“Ms. Debbie was sitting beside him, and she said, ‘David, raise him from the dead.’ And he said, ‘I'm not doing that … he took my seat, I'm not doing it!’ … She just kept saying, ‘You're going to do it now.’” — Pastor Craig (03:10–04:10)
Pastor Craig reviews three scenarios regarding being led by the Spirit:
A. When You Don't Know—Ask!
B. When You Receive Something, But Don’t Understand It
C. When We Err—Don’t Just Repent, Inquire
"A lot of people make mistakes and they never talk to God other than repent. ... But what about talking to Him about why it happened and what He felt about it and how you can change it so that this does not happen again?" — Pastor Craig (13:20–14:00)
When ministers force spiritual manifestations from their souls, not by the Spirit, it’s not only unhelpful but can open the door to demonic deception.
Not every miracle or prophecy is genuine—be discerning.
"If you don't, you're going to get in the flesh ... And that's why Dr. [Dufresne] would say some ministers would be in the spirit one night and in demonic power the next." — Pastor Craig (18:20–19:10)
Streamlining Spiritual Intake
“The Lord said, ‘There’s nothing wrong with their ministry … but I never ordained their voice for your life.’” — Pastor Craig relaying Pastor Nancy’s revelation (32:10–33:00)
Modern Deception & Prophetic Error
Speeding Tickets Story (45:30–47:30)
Insurance & Medical Testimonies (47:31–01:00:40)
“To say, ‘I’ll never have a problem,’ that’s not being led by the Spirit. That’s not faith either. That’s presumption.” — Pastor Craig (58:00)
David Hogan in Mexico (01:01:00–01:02:00)
Personal Motorcycle Accident (01:06:00–01:19:00)
“Humility always assumes what He’s talking about is for you. … This can save your life.” — Pastor Craig (01:15:50)
Maui Incident—Lack of Common Sense (01:19:00–01:30:00)
“There was no advance warning. Why? Because of common sense.” — Pastor Craig (01:25:10)
Maui Wildfire—Saved by a Subtle Prompting (01:30:00–01:40:00)
"Pay attention. Because that one decision could have put us all at risk, including possible death." — Pastor Craig (01:38:50)
Being Led Trumps All Fears
“Stop being afraid of tomorrow. The Holy Ghost has gone ahead of you. … There is no trauma in your tomorrow, there’s no accidents and there’s no tragedy. Your children will be fine because you’ve got the Holy Ghost.” — Pastor Craig (01:43:00–01:44:00)
Rooted in practical, relatable examples, Pastor Craig challenges his listeners to:
Takeaway:
Being led by the Spirit is meant to be simple, safe, and effective—if you cultivate sensitivity, humility, and wise discernment in daily life.