UNEXPERIENCED // PROPHET Lovy Elias

Summary

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Prophet Lovy Podcast Episode Summary

Episode: UNEXPERIENCED // PROPHET Lovy Elias
Host: Dr. Lovy L. Elias
Date: December 11, 2024

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Overview

In this thought-provoking episode, Prophet Lovy Elias dives deep into the concept of being "unexperienced" as it relates to spiritual growth and divine calling. Using biblical examples, he explores why God intentionally chooses the unqualified, unexperienced, and often the most unlikely individuals to fulfill His purposes. The teaching challenges listeners to let go of their dependence on personal and inherited experiences, embrace spiritual childlikeness, and trust completely in God's ability rather than one's own capacity.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. God’s Way Versus Human Experience

• God selects people based not on their qualifications but on their willingness to trust Him (02:32–03:47).
• Quote: “Whenever God wants to do something special with an individual, God does not require or demand any accolades that you can bring to him. In fact, every time you qualify yourself is the very reason why God will spit you out.” — Prophet Lovy [02:32]
• God hates lukewarmness because it reflects self-reliance (03:14–03:31).

2. The Value of Being Unexperienced

• God prefers to work with those who have no prior experience because they rely solely on Him, not their own formulas (03:48–04:56).
• Human systems focus on experience for efficiency, but God values raw dependence (06:22–08:11).
• Our spiritual journey begins not in perfection but in error and brokenness: “Our love for God begins because we fail. He who is forgiven much loves much.” [07:10]

3. Distinction: Lessons vs. Experiences

• Experiences can restrict vision, while divine lessons open new possibilities (06:22–09:39).
• Imposing our own hardships on others can limit their divine potential. God does not mandate suffering as a means to blessing (08:42–10:25).
• Quote: “I feel like the church… Some of you have embraced suffering to be the path of blessing. And yet that is not true. I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children beg for bread.” — Prophet Lovy [08:42]

4. Understanding "Carrying Your Cross"

• Jesus' call to carry your cross is about dying to self—not about self-imposed suffering (10:27–12:08).
• Dying to self means abandoning our own perspectives and living through Christ by faith: “Dying to self means stop looking at life through your lens.” [11:11]

5. Jeremiah’s Call: Childlikeness in Spirit

• God called Jeremiah as a child, preferring malleability to experience (12:16–14:08).
• God’s desire is for childlike trust, not adult expertise: “The Bible doesn’t call us adults of God. It only calls us children.” [12:57]

6. Reliance on God’s Word Over Experience

• Prophet Lovy emphasizes letting go of previous experiences to see what God has in store (14:08–15:18).
• Faith means not knowing how but believing God can (15:03–15:18).

7. Personal Testimony: God’s Glory Revealed in Our Weakness

• God works in and through our brokenness so His power is undeniable (17:33–18:09).
• Our changed lives and testimonies convince others it is truly God at work.

8. David and Saul: Don’t Wear Another’s Armor

• Saul tries to fit David with his own armor, symbolizing the imposition of experiences (32:25–35:39).
• Each person’s path is unique; what worked for one is not God’s prescription for another:
  “Stop taking on people’s experience. Stop taking on people’s salvation. Allow God to…” [34:18]

9. Misplaced Expectation Delays Manifestation

• Often, we wait for God to answer prayers the way He did for someone else, missing our own blessing (36:14–36:32).
• God's blessing comes in unique, sometimes unexpected ways.

10. God’s War Strategy: The Unexpected Weapon

• God uses the “unexperienced” or unconventional to confuse and defeat the enemy.
  • David’s use of a slingshot against Goliath is highlighted as an example (38:06–41:06).
  • The shepherd’s staff—emblematic of Christ—is mightier than worldly armor.
  • Quote: “The devil is afraid of a shepherd. He’s not afraid of a warrior.” [39:12]

11. Faith Means Letting God Lead

• Faith isn’t about self-effort but allowing God to lead us into uncharted territory (42:54–43:17).
• Quote: “Your word is a lamp unto my feet, not my experience. We walk by faith, not by sight.” [42:54]

12. Prayer of Dependence

• The episode closes with a heartfelt communal prayer, renouncing reliance on past experiences and affirming dependence on God for fulfillment and destiny (48:23–51:04).

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Memorable Quotes

• “Whenever God wants to do something special with an individual, God does not require or demand any accolades that you can bring to him.” — Prophet Lovy [02:32]
• “God would rather have you as a failure that depends on him than a success in the sight of men, but a failure in his eyes because you can depend on Him.” [03:31]
• “Dying to self means stop looking at life through your lens.” [11:11]
• “The Bible doesn’t call us adults of God. It only calls us children...” [12:57]
• "Stop taking on people's experience... Allow God to..." [34:18]
• “The devil is afraid of a shepherd. He’s not afraid of a warrior.” [39:12]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Introduction & Jeremiah 1 Reading: 00:16–02:14
• God Chooses the Unexperienced: 02:32–04:56
• Lessons vs. Experiences: 06:22–09:39
• Suffering and Blessing Clarified: 08:42–10:25
• Meaning of “Carry Your Cross”: 10:27–12:08
• God Prefers Childlike Trust: 12:16–14:08
• Release Experience, Embrace God’s Process: 14:08–15:18
• Saul vs. David: Uniqueness of Calling: 32:25–35:39
• God’s War Strategy: 38:06–41:06
• Walking by Faith, Not by Sight: 42:54–43:17
• Prayer of Surrender: 48:23–51:04

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Takeaways & Action Points

• Relinquish the urge to qualify for God’s calling; He chooses based on His purpose, not your resume.
• Let go of others’ experiences and seek your own genuine encounter with God.
• Embrace spiritual childlikeness—malleable, teachable, and open to God’s guidance.
• Trust that God’s blessing and strategy are unique to you, and His grace is sufficient for every situation.

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This episode offers deep encouragement for those feeling unqualified or stuck, assuring that dependence on God—not personal experience—is the true gateway to divine manifestation and purpose.

Transcript

[A]

Welcome revelation nation. It's 2024, the year of the wind. Please enjoy this deep teaching and prepare your heart to receive your blessing. Rate and share this podcast so more can hear the good news. Here's prophet Lovie Elias.

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Jeremiah, chapter one and verse number five. Let's read it together. One, two, three.

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Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee. And before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Keep reading.

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Then said I, I, Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, say not I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee.

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And.

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And whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

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Then.

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Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, behold, I have put my words in thy.

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Mouth one more time from verse five to nine again. Amen.

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Amen.

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Are you ready?

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Yes.

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One, two, three.

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Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee. And before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, ah, Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, say not I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee. And whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah.

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You may sit in heavenly places. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah.

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There's a. There's a beautiful thing that God always does, and it always blows my mind the way that God deals with us and the way that God walks with us. I came to discover that whenever God wants to do something special with an individual, God does not require or demand any accolades that you can bring to him. In fact, every time you qualify yourself or you, you. You find a way to justify why God should use you is the very reason why God will spit you out.

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Amen.

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I came to discover that God hates lukewarmness because a lukewarm person is still somebody who can depend on themselves. Because God does not reject you when you're cold, he does not reject you when you're hot. He only rejects you when you're lukewarm.

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Amen.

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Because when you're lukewarm, it is still about you. God would rather have you as a failure that depends on him than a success in the sight of men, but a failure in his eyes because you can depend on Him.

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Amen.

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So whenever God is calling you towards a career or a calling or a path, God will always put you in a situation whereby you. You will have no experience. God will use you as an unexperienced person. Because only somebody without an experience will do what God says and they will.

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Not think out how it should be.

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Amen.

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Because the moment you begin to formulate formulas, you hinder God's ability to do the impossible, the incredible, the undeniable.

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Amen. That's good.

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I feel like I'm talking to myself.

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You're talking to us.

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So whenever God comes to a man.

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God will always look for the most broken person, for the most unqualified person. He will always look for somebody with the most mistakes because he knows that person will rely on him. Then somebody who has built themselves up that they will count the that God used them because of what they did.

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Amen.

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So when God approaches you, he's looking for you to be unexperienced. So it is the unexperienced part of you that will allow you to see that God is the God that can do all things. Because it makes you rely on God's power and not on your own mind.

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Amen.

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Most of the time, what is hindering.

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Us from having the greatest miracle, the greatest open door, the greatest transformation is simply the fact that we rationalize things that are spiritual. When Jesus said, I paid the price, he did not say, I need you to take care of the tip. He took care of everything.

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Amen.

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Because God cannot share his glory, so he cannot part. He cannot allow you to participate in his work to ensure that your destiny comes to pass.

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Amen.

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So we find that whenever God is.

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Calling you, there are some of you, you're in different industries. It may be in entertainment or ready to go into business. You're ready to go into different things. And you look at yourself and you hear everybody's testimony. They say, it took me 10 years, it took me 15 years. Man, this path is really hard. You have to go up and down, sideways. Things are going to be complicated. You just have to stay the course. You don't understand that you pulling from people's experiences and not lessons.

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Come on.

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There is a difference between a lesson and an experience.

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Right?

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I want you to hear Me carefully. When you go to school, teachers are just teaching you lessons. Most teachers have no world experience. They can only grade you on what the books say and what they studied, not necessarily because they went out there to do it. So when we are applying for work, they always ask us, how many years experience do you have? But the one was teaching you, was just teaching you practicality. But you still have to go and apply it right in the human world. We want you to be experienced because we want you to be familiar with what you're doing. Because we have no time to waste. I am not paying you to learn. I am paying you to do. I am not paying you to learn. But when it comes to God, God brings you in to learn who he is. And the way we learn who God is begins with our error. You don't begin. You see, most of us think our obedience to God begins with our perfection. It actually begins with our error. Our love for God begins because we fail. He who is forgiven much loves much. So if God is going to ensure that you love him much, he wants you to be an experienced. Because if you are an experienced, you won't pretend.

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So now.

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An experience is what I went through. I project on you, making you prophetically see yourself suffer the way I suffered as a result of success. So we find people saying, when you're going through a tough time, it means your miracle is coming. No, that's not true for everybody. It may have been for you, but I don't want to suffer to be blessed. Why should I?

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Amen.

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I feel like the church is maybe this way. Some of you have embraced suffering to be the path of blessing. And yet that is not true. I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children beg for bread.

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So if you suffered, your children are.

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Not supposed to, what, Suffer.

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But we have adapted this so much.

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That if God has blessed you and you have children, your first car was a Toyota from a junkyard. You have a child, you're like, no, you're gonna drive the same kind of Toyota, yet your Toyota was from 1999. He's in 2024. And now it won't be the same thing, but you just want them to feel suffering. Why? You don't understand that the moment you apply your experience to somebody else, you are actually distorting the ability to see a vision outside of you.

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Amen.

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That is why Jesus going on the cross was not for us to go on the cross.

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Jesus suffered one time for us so that we may receive grace, so that we may receive a New life. He didn't suffer so that we also suffer. You know, when people read this, carry your cross every day, they don't understand what it means. They think, suffer every day. That's not what carrying your cross. When Jesus said, carry your cross and follow me, remember, Jesus said, my yoke is lighter. Take my yoke upon yourself, for it is light. Cast all your burdens unto me. So why would the same person telling you, cast your burdens unto me, send you to carry a burden?

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Teach us.

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I feel like, you know. You know, one thing that I realized when. When people are reading scripture, they are not philosophical. And we don't think because God doesn't contradict himself. God says, cast your Jesus. Cast your burdens unto me. You know, your anxieties, everything. Give it to me. But the same Jesus comes and says, carry your cross and follow me. You have to ask yourself, what cross is it and what does he mean? Because Jesus is not asking you to die. He died for you.

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Yeah.

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All he's telling you is die to self. Carrying your cross is dying to self. And what is dying to self? Dying to self is not fasting. Dying to self doesn't mean don't like good things.

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Teach.

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Dying to self means stop looking at life through your lens.

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Amen.

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I am crucified with Christ.

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Yes.

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Yet I live.

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Amen.

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But it is no longer I who.

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Lives, but Christ that lives through me.

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Yeah.

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And the life that I live in the flesh, I live through the faith of the Son of God. Meaning you're not even supposed to use your faith. You struggle with faith because you're trying.

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Come on. Teaching. Good.

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This is good.

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You didn't hear.

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You're trying to use your faith, yet.

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It is no longer you who lives.

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Right.

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Because the cross is a symbol of death. The cross is not a symbol of victory. It's actually a symbol of death. So when Jesus says, carry your cross, he's saying, die every day. But the dying is allow me to live decrease so that I may increase.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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The way you are clapping for God, you might as well not clap.

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Now.

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When you look at God approaching Jeremiah, he looks at Jeremiah and calls him as a child and tells him, I have ordained you before you are born. I have anointed you. I am going to use you to do A, B, C, D. And you are going to stand and speak. And Jeremiah said, what? I am a child? He said, don't say I am a child. You will say what I'm telling you to say. God feels like he has no Control of us if we are experienced.

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Wow, that's good.

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Because only a child can be molded. The Bible doesn't call us adults of God. It only calls us children. Because a child can still be instructed. Because a child doesn't know. So God tells him, Jeremiah, don't say you are a child and don't fear them, don't look at them, just say what I'm saying to you. I have put my word on your tongue. Whenever you are about to go into a new level in your life or a new direction that God has ordained for you, if you belong to Him, God will take your eyes. He will make you not see beyond what he said. And he's only ordaining it that whatever you say through him is what you will see.

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Amen.

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That is why many of you are planning for things and you're not seeing it happen. Because all God wants you to do is what I told you. Just go after it and see. So the battle that we have when it comes to limitation is number one. Experiences that we have experienced that we don't want to let go of. Because our experience should not be in what we are incapable of doing. Our experience should not be in what it took people, how long it took them and how difficult it was. Our experience should be in how God can do the impossible.

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Amen.

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I don't know how tomorrow will look like, but I know God that is with me. I know God is able. I know God can open doors.

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I don't know how he's going to.

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Do it, but I know he can do it.

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Amen.

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That is the experience of a child of God. I don't have all the answers, but he has all the answers.

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Amen.

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I may be down right now, but.

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I know I won't be down for too long. He has allowed me to be down because he's working on me. He's preparing me. I don't know, but I know it is working for my good.

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Hallelujah.

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So we rob ourselves of the manifestation.

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Of God because we want to give an answer to everything. I remember years ago I was. I've only been to two churches since. I was a member of two churches since I came to la. One was Bishop Donko's church that he planted that others took over. I was at that church and then after that I went to harvest celebration which is Apostle Leslie Peters who his son was my only friend when I moved here and he showed me around and until after that. That's when I asked the man of God to release me because of what God called me to do, and he prayed for me and he told me I already knew what God has given you to do. He knew everything about what I could do. But whenever he allowed me to say one or two things to people, people would always come to me and say, lovi, you hear God, because he can trust you. I said, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. God doesn't trust anybody. He doesn't. He says, don't put your trust in man. So why would he trust you? He doesn't. He's telling you, don't depend on man. Depend on me. Don't trust any man. Put your trust in me. So how can the same God trust man? He's advising you not to. That's your Bible. So people say, like, oh, God has. God is punishing me because I did this. I didn't know. God doesn't need to punish anybody. You just reap what you saw. There are things that God doesn't need to do. It's just something that happens to us if we step a certain way. But it's all in love, because God uses it all to mature as it's to grow. I'm growing, you're growing, and it's never ending. But here's the reality. Here's the reality. The more raw you are, the better God can use you.

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Amen.

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Because the only way people can believe it is God is when people look at you and look at what God has done through you.

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Like.

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Isn'T this the son of Joseph we know. Isn't this that we know that used to be like this.

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How can. This has to be God.

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It can't be anybody else but God today. Take all your experience, flush it down the bathroom.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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First Samuel, chapter 7:17, verse 33 to 40. Look at this. And. And Saul said to David, thou art not able to go against the Philistine to fight him, for thou art but a youth. And he of war from his youth. So it sounds like it's good advice that Saul is giving by his experience. But in actuality, it is terrible advice for somebody God has called. Saul loves David. And like David, I heard you are trying. You challenged Goliath. But he. You are a child. This guy has been fighting since he was a child. He's been of war since he was a youth. Now, why did Saul use this example? Because Saul himself was not a soldier from his youth. He just looked after his father's cattle like David did. So he looked at David and said, david, me and you are the same. You Know you are looking at your father after your father's sheep and donkeys. I was, too. We are not soldiers from our youth. That's why I'm not fighting this ninja. Have you seen how big he is? Do you know how much experience he has to fight? More than you. So notice he's using his experience and he can relate to David. Because David is a shepherd boy and Saul was the only son of his father, and he looked after his father's flock. Verse 34. And David said unto Saul, thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear. And I took a lamb out and took a lamb out of the flock. Verse 35. And I went out after him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and I smote him and I slew him. Now, you have to understand. David is saying, I killed. Now, you have to understand something interesting here. Samson killed a young lion. Everybody saw and everybody said, samson is extremely strong because he killed a young lion. David killed a mature lion. Nobody talks about him killing a lion. Yet he experienced the same strength that came upon Samson, that came upon him. But it was not in the public eye. It was in private.

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Amen.

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Because God was preparing him with an experience that I can give you strength to do anything.

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Amen.

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In a place where people will disqualify you. In a place where people will look down on you. In a place where people will will say, you don't deserve to be in this place, but I am giving you an experience of who I am.

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Amen.

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Because when I raise you up before people.

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Yes.

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People will know that I am the one that sent you.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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So now when Saul speaks to him.

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About how he's incapable, David is going.

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Back to what God did.

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Saying, I have never fought a soldier, but I will tell you what I have fought.

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In my experience, I am not a soldier.

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I am just a shepherd. But a lion came and I beat.

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Him, took the lamb out of his mouth. When he came after him, I grabbed him by his beard and I killed him. So to me, the same God that helped me. Come on.

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Hallelujah.

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Yes.

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May strength come upon everybody that is clapping. To do the impossible and to do the incredible.

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Thank you, Lord.

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This is why the book of Revelation says it like this. They overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony, not of his testimony. Why does he say the blood of the lamb? Because Jesus has paid the price. Jesus has paid the price for you to have an encounter with God. So notice he didn't just say the blood of Jesus. You need your own testimony. Because the purpose of the blood is to give us a testimony. God paid the price so that I can see him.

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Yes.

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That's the purpose of the blood, is so that you can have a personal testimony with God. You know, I used to wonder, especially my early days of ministry, I'll see God. I wanted people to heal people, deliver people, so that people can be convicted of God's power. I remember I was praying and meditating, and the Lord came to me and he was telling me a lot of things. And he says, by the way, the more you do, the more you'll be doubted. I said, what? He said, you don't understand. I don't heal people for people to believe. I heal the individual so that nobody will ever rob them of their experience.

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Amen.

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If others believe, it is credited to them.

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But I don't do it for other.

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People to be convicted. I do it for the individual so that they know that I visited them.

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Amen.

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That is why you find people can say anything from outside. I'm not perfect by any means. Not perfect by any means, but people can say anything from the outside. But you can't deny what God did to you.

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That's right.

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Amen.

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Through an individual.

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That's right.

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It's easy to say if you didn't experience it, you can say, oh, you. But the moment you have an experience, you'll be like, listen, listen. Whether the man is a sinner or a saint, I don't know. All I know is once I was blind, once I was sick, I was lost, I didn't know where to turn.

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I didn't know where to go.

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But one thing I know for a.

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Fact is God touched me.

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Amen.

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Sit for two seconds. I'm about to finish. So David is not saying this to Saul. He's saying this to himself. Because everybody he met, his brothers, were like, look at how much trouble you create. Everybody else is talking down, how will you do this? How can you do that? So I was like, man, these people don't know where I came from. Let me encourage myself, because remember, they were not there. They're already saying, you are youth. So everybody. Nobody believes David can win. So if David says, I killed a lion, they'll be like, yeah, sure.

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Mm.

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They were confused about his boldness and his certainty. They're like, all right, let's see. Maybe something could happen. But, ah, this kid is about to be Chopped tonight. That was their thinking. But his boldness convicted them because there was God that sent him. You see, when God sends you, even if people say no, the door will still open.

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Amen.

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I'll say it one more time.

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Your boldness to move forward. It doesn't matter.

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Even if somebody tries to shut the.

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Door, it will still open because nobody can.

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They may not be able to put their finger on what is happening, but they'll be like, wait, something unusual is going on. Verse 36. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear. Is like, ah, bro, you're. You're making this story a little too. You're spicing it up too much. You said you grabbed a lion and killed it, and now you fought a bear. David.

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Just you.

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You just said you killed a lion. Now you're saying both, but you're not telling me about how you did the bear. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. You see, your problem is when people insult you. You want to prove yourself when God has sent you, make it God's problem. He will fight for you.

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Amen. Amen.

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You insulted a vessel of.

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Yeah.

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Are you insulting God?

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Notice he made it God's issue because he knew that's the only way God will intervene. I don't know if you can hear me.

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Yes.

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Says like it didn't say. This uncircumcised philistine will be no different because he insulted me. You don't know who I am. Said this uncircumcised philistine will be like one of them because he has defied the armies of the living God. Do you know that you're an army by yourself?

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Amen.

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You are surrounded by innumerable number of angels.

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Amen.

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You are surrounded by the.

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The.

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I. I feel like I'm talking to myself.

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So when somebody comes after you, they are not coming after you. They are coming after the agenda of God.

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Yes.

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That caused God to purpose your life on earth.

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Uhhuh.

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Touch your neighbor, say, it's not about you.

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It's not about you.

[B]

I don't know among you who chose to be born, but I'm sure that you just think you are. Whoops. I happened. Nobody looked at the pan saying, conceive me, you just happen. Whoops. Oh, what am I doing here? You know, when I had sale, I look at baby pictures and it's so funny because now they show up. On my timeline, all the memes show up. And you saw some children born, like. And you know, like, what am I doing? Is this the person that was feeding me Cheetos? It's just funny memes. But the reality is, nobody asked God to be here. He chose it to be so. So everything is on purpose. But you think it's about you because you got caught up with you. You see, Satan lost his place because it became about him. When he becomes about you, you lose it. When you understand you are just one of the many pieces that God has put on Earth to show his glory, to show his mercy, to show his majesty. You continue to rise like a stock that will never go down because you can't go down. You are here for a greater purpose than just you.

[D]

Amen.

[B]

So David tells him, this guy will be no different than the bears and the armies. Not because I am strong, not because I am experienced, not because I am good or anything. Because he insulted God who delivered me. That same God will smash him. Verse 37. David said, Moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of the Philistine. Notice David's reliance. Notice David's reliance. Sometimes you may feel like you are under a curse, yet you pray, you do everything right, and you're like, why is this season? Doesn't make any kind of sense. What kind of dryness is this? What kind of Lord? You make a way where there is no way. But, golly, where is the way? Where is it? But God does that so that we can have an experience with him that will shift our trajectory so that we can understand and see God in a much more profound way. And to see God making a way where there is no way. Because the reason why you're expecting a way is because you think the way God made yesterday, he will make it tomorrow.

[D]

That's good.

[B]

But God may have made a way through this way tomorrow, he'll make a way through that way. So the way he makes is not the same. So he will allow you to understand that. No, you are used to this way. Today I'm gonna take you that way. And Saul said, go, and the Lord be with thee. So he's saying, okay, my guy, you're convinced. Go, and the Lord be with thee. Verse 38 gets very funny. Says, go, the Lord be with thee. 38. Look at this.

[F]

And Saul armed him.

[B]

You said, go, and the Lord be with you. He's still not convinced. Remember, he's a small guy. Saul being a grown man. Saul armed David with his armor and put an helmet of brass on his head. And he also armed him with a coat of mail. Now, you have to remember when the Bible says, put the full armor of God, the breastplate of what? The belt of truth. The helmet of salvation. So what Saul was putting on him was his experience.

[D]

Come on.

[E]

Good.

[B]

Ah, you are missing it.

[D]

You're teaching. Good.

[B]

Saul said, this breastplate saved me. Put my on, but yours doesn't fit me.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

There is custom that God made for me.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

I. I feel like I'm talking to myself.

[F]

Stop taking on people's experience. Stop taking on people's salvation.

[D]

Amen.

[F]

Allow God to.

[E]

That's good.

[B]

Verse 39. Verse 39. And David Girded his sword upon his armor and. And his. Whatever that is, for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with this, for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. You see, sometimes it's good to understand what fits you and what doesn't.

[D]

Amen.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

Many of you have fit yourself into people's stories, into people's experience, and you don't understand. We are not the same. If God did this for you, and somebody says, God will do the same for you, no, he will do greater and better.

[D]

Amen.

[B]

We are not the Amen. Look at your neighbor. Say, the Lord will do greater and better for me.

[C]

The Lord will do greater and better for me.

[B]

Not the same.

[C]

Not the same.

[B]

So many times we have this idea of, he did it for me, he will do it for you. Your situation is not my situation. Your experience is not my experience. We can share in the fact that God will do something. Yes, but not in the same way. Yeah, many of you, you are delayed because you are waiting for an answer to prayer in the same location. Your sister or your brother received it, yet God is sending you somewhere else. Or God is positioning you differently.

[F]

But because we are so used to.

[B]

Seeing people do something, so we want to do the same thing. Then we wonder why God is sending mail and we are not getting it. It's going to the wrong address.

[E]

So good.

[B]

The blessing of God is always geographical. The blessing doesn't go where you are. God's blessing goes where your manifestation will be. So many of us are running from the place of our manifestation because the place of our manifestation is the place of battle. So we want to receive the manifestation and then go to battle. God won't allow it, because how will he be glorified? He can't. Many of us don't know that. We are walking advertisement we are billboards. That when somebody looks at you and they say, look at God. Verse 40. And he took his staff in his hand and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook and put them in a shepherd's bag, which he had even in a script. And his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine. Do you know why God allows you to be an experienced? It's also to confuse your enemy.

[E]

Amen. Amen.

[F]

It is a. It is a war strategy.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

Because Goliath knows how to fight you.

[B]

If you have a sword. Goliath knows how to fight if you have an arrow because he has a shield.

[F]

But if you show up with a shepherd staff.

[E]

Yes.

[F]

And a slingshot, he is so lost, he doesn't know what kind of fight.

[E]

Amen. Teaching. Good.

[F]

So you see Goliath removing his helmet because he's fighting in an unfamiliar.

[B]

In an unfamiliar territory.

[E]

Yes.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

When the devil thinks he got you to his arena and you show up differently, he's confused because he knows if I challenge somebody, this is how they surely will show up. And I know how to disappoint.

[B]

Dismantle them.

[F]

But if you show up differently.

[D]

Come on.

[F]

Satan doesn't know what to do.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

And let me tell you something. The devil is afraid of a shepherd. He's not afraid of a warrior.

[E]

Come on. Come on.

[D]

Come on.

[B]

You didn't hear what I said.

[F]

The devil is afraid of a shepherd.

[B]

He's not afraid of a warrior.

[F]

The reason why he's afraid of a shepherd, because the armor of a shepherd.

[B]

Is the dressing of Christ.

[E]

Amen.

[F]

So when he sees a shepherd, he has seen God.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

Come on.

[E]

Hallelujah.

[F]

That is why you find most prayer.

[B]

Warriors don't succeed in prayer, because they are not shepherds. The devil is not afraid of a warrior. He's afraid of a shepherd. That is why the Lord says, I am the good shepherd.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

He doesn't say, I am the good warrior. He's the God, mighty in battle. But he identifies himself more of a shepherd than he does a warrior. Do you realize the greatest deliverance that has ever happened on planet Earth was by a shepherd? Moses became a shepherd.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

God calls him up the mountain, he meets God. God tells him, you're going to Egypt and you're going to deliver my people. He said, with what weapon? Says, what do you have in your hand? I say, he says, I have a staff. He says, that's all I need.

[F]

That stuff could part the Red Sea.

[D]

Yes.

[F]

That stuff could.

[D]

Yes.

[F]

Come.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

Understand this. Our staff gives you comfort. Our staff gives you strength. And a staff guarantees you go far. You can't wear armor every day, but you can use her staff every day.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

So when Satan sees a stuff, he's afraid. Extremely afraid. So when David takes out a slingshot, Goliath is like, I have seen arrows, Bro. You're bringing rocks. Come on, dog. He found it funny that he actually removed his helmet. He removed his helmet. He said, all right, let's see what you're going to do. But remember the five rocks. Number five is the number of grace and rocks. Or a rock represents the word of God. All you need to destroy your giant is the word God said to you.

[E]

Hallelujah.

[D]

Amen.

[E]

Hallelujah.

[B]

Look at how you're clapping because you don't remember what God said to you. All you need to remember is what God said to you.

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Your word is a lamp unto my feet, not my experience. Do you know why we walk by faith and not by sight? It's because if you use your eyes, it's an experience that you have. If you close your eyes, then God can lead you.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

Faith is God holding your hand and pulling you to territories you have never been in.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

I feel like I'm talking to myself. I want you to rise up. For too long, you have undermined what God gave you. For too long, you have undermined what God gave you. For too long, you have looked down on what God gave you. You have looked at your life. And you have formulated all reasons to believe that you need something else to take you to the place that God has called you. So you have continually undermined. You have always looked at yourself and thought, you are not enough. And the truth is, none of us are enough. It is God that is in us that makes us sufficient. The Bible says, your grace is sufficient for me. So what makes us enough is not our attitude. It's not our best behavior. It is God's grace. When Paul was at his weakest, God didn't give him power. God reminded him of the grace that he has already bestowed on him. Grace is all you need to amplify the seed of the blessing that God has planted in you. If God is going to lift you to places you have never been, if God is going to carry you to heights you have never been, our dependence on him is the key. Our dependence on him is our elevation. It's all that we need what is your experience with God? There's a time you are worried about tomorrow. Tomorrow came and you are okay. You're like, where would this money come from? And God still gave it to you. But now you're still worried about tomorrow. You are still not getting gaining the spiritual experience that he can provide for you. So you keep asking for provision and you have not rested because when he gave you provision, you didn't take it in to say, wow, the Lord is a good shepherd indeed. He provided for me. So every time it looks like there is no bread, God is allowing you to upgrade yourself, to enter into the place of rest.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

But most of us don't. We go back to the same prayer to say, father, you provided for me last week, Father, do it again now, as if God doesn't know you are in need. Says, look at the birds, they eat and they don't sow. Look at the flowers, the lilies of the valleys. I take care of them. But aren't you better than these things? If birds don't pray for food and they are fed, what about you who are actually my children? So when we go to God and we say, father, I need bread, we are calling him a bad father that doesn't know that you are hungry. What you don't understand is many of you have matured from the place of being given a bottle because you couldn't make food for yourself. Now that God has elevated you, he has given you the refrigerator. You're old enough to cook for yourself. I don't need to feed you anymore. Go whatever you want. I was feeding you what you need. Now you can have what you want.

[E]

Amen. Amen.

[B]

You want to cook pepper soup?

[E]

Do it.

[B]

You want to eat this? Double it. It's available now. You, you're mature enough. You know how to work the stove. I'm here to make the provision. But you see, we don't understand. We want God to do everything the same way. You say, father, it doesn't work. You switch to Daddy, it doesn't work. You switch to Abba. You take your Jewish talith, You cover yourself. Prayer is still not working because you don't understand. It's not what you say, it's what your heart says.

[E]

Amen.

[B]

God does not listen to the mouth or the lips of many, listens to the heart of man. God is always searching your heart. When you say something, God weighs it to your heart to see if it's the same. Lifting your hands to the Lord, say, father, I thank you.

[C]

Father, I thank you.

[B]

Because you have made me sufficient because you have made me sufficient through your son, Jesus.

[C]

Through your son, Jesus.

[B]

Father, my failures are many.

[C]

Father, my failures are many.

[B]

My errors are many.

[C]

My errors are many.

[B]

But it pleased you for for it to be so.

[C]

But it pleased you for it to be so.

[B]

So that you may express yourself through me.

[C]

So that you may express yourself through me.

[B]

Father, today I go back to your.

[C]

Deliverance, Father, today I go back to your deliverance.

[B]

The many deliverances you have given me in my life.

[C]

The many deliverances you have given me in my life.

[B]

When I look at myself, Lord, When I look at myself, Lord, I should not be here.

[C]

I should not be here.

[B]

There are many that should be in this place, but you gave me this place.

[C]

There are many that should be in this place. But you have given me this place.

[B]

There are more people that are deserving than me, but you saw it fit for me to be here.

[C]

There are more people that are deserving.

[D]

Than me, but you saw fit for me to be here.

[B]

So, Father, I rely on you.

[C]

So, Father, I rely on you for.

[B]

The perfection of my destiny.

[C]

For the perfection of my destiny.

[B]

Father, I rely on you.

[C]

Father, I rely on you for the.

[B]

Purpose, the perfection of my future.

[C]

For the perfection of my future.

[B]

Of myself, I can do nothing.

[C]

Of myself, I can do nothing.

[B]

But through you, I can do all things.

[C]

But through you, I can do all things.

[B]

And you are in my life.

[C]

And you are in my life.

[B]

Because I have seen your hand manifest in my life.

[C]

Because I have seen your hand manifest in my life.

[B]

When I lost everything.

[C]

When I lost everything.

[B]

You stood by my side.

[C]

You you stood by my side.

[B]

When I lost what I loved the most.

[C]

When I lost what I loved the most.

[B]

You comforted my heart.

[C]

You comforted my heart.

[F]

When I got to a place of.

[C]

No return, When I got to a.

[B]

Place of no return, you still rescued me.

[C]

You still rescued me.

[B]

When I found myself at the gates of hell.

[C]

When I found myself at the gates.

[B]

Of hell, you still redeemed me.

[C]

You still redeemed me.

[B]

Father, I returned to your manifestations in my life.

[C]

Father, I return to your manifestations in my life.

[F]

Father, I reject every experience I picked up.

[C]

Father, I reject every experience I picked up.

[F]

Every carnal experience, every kernel experience, every fleshly experience.

[C]

Every fleshly experience.

[F]

Father, today, in the name of Jesus.

[C]

Father, today, in the name of Jesus, I reject it. I reject it.

[B]

Remove it from my subject, subconscious.

[C]

Remove it from my subconscious.

[B]

May I become a child once more.

[C]

May I become a child once more.

[B]

May I become a child once more.

[C]

May I become a child once more.

[B]

Lift your voice and pray to the Lord.

[A]

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[B]

Sa.