A (3:26)

We are raising up a family in this church. We're raising up a family in Pittsburgh. We're raising up a family in Texas that don't just know about God. They know God. They've handled his power. They've seen his power flow through them. You're coming out of here today carrying fresh fire, fresh anointing never to take another backward step. I pray everybody watching on tv, everybody watching online, everybody here. I pray that the same concern you have about gender dysphoria for yourself would become the concern that you have for early death and cancer. When you see signs like 1 out of every 6 men get prostate cancer, whatever, there would be something in your spirit that's not my portion. I have a blood covenant with God through the righteous holy blood of Jesus Christ, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bring into captivity, bringing into captivity every thought into the obedience of Christ. You know, if the thought came to my mind this morning or when I was going to bed this night, maybe just missed the service, I can't that thought. Thoughts are not allowed to have free reign. Say this with me. My mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master. Brother Jonathan, could you pray for me? I just battle fear. Let's hold on a second now. If there's a spirit, I'll cast it out. But that spirit will come back if you don't learn how to cat. The devil can't override your mind. The devil can't override your body. The Bible says, resist the devil, and usually he'll flee. Resist the devil and he flee from you. Submit yourselves unto God. Therefore, brethren, the book of James. Resist the devil and he will flee. Brother Hagin used to say, if he's not fleeing, you're not resisting. Let's stop trying to disguise everything and blaming the devil. Devil's really better. Hold on a second. If the devil's under my feet, I refuse to blame the devil for anything that's happening in my life. I'm going to take God's word. I'm going to hide it in my heart until it overflows. And out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. My dad didn't have a confession card when he was laying on his deathbed. And they told him, you're going to need 24 hour care. You have a 5% chance of making it through the surgery. What was in him got squeezed and it came out. Oranges don't try to produce orange juice. What's in them when it's squeezed comes out. When they pressed my father, he whispered out of his dying. And you saw him preaching yesterday in Arizona. He was up out of that bed that was supposed to be for 52 weeks. He was out of it in six weeks. Because faith carries power. Life and death is in the power of your tongue, casting down imaginations, telling thoughts that are against God to get out of your head. So now that we've dealt with the negative, what are four Bible facts? Every successful believer, Everybody say, I'm a successful believer. Must know, believe and confess. Ephesians dealt with. I'm going to Skip it. Ephesians 4:22 through 24. That ye put off concerning the former conversation, the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Meaning the believer a has a command to put off the old man. I'm an addict. Quit being one. That's the old man. Put him off. So then if the Bible tells you to put off the old man, anything the Bible tells you to do, God gives you the capacity to do. I had one of the craziest experiences of my life. Two or three nights ago. I was preaching in Kentucky and I brought my Xbox down and hooked it up to the TV down at that house because there's nothing to do there. And I like to unwind that way. Some people like to smoke, some people like to drink, some people like drive by shootings. I like doing all those things on Xbox. Way less legal trouble. When the cops come, you can just turn it off. So I was playing NHL 26 with my cousin Preston. And then you need three guys to play. It's three on three. And they gave us a random guy. So I asked, I Was like, where are you? Where are you, Canada or the U.S. most of the people that play are from Canada. He said, I'm in North Carolina. I said, I'm in Pennsylvania. My cousin's in Virginia. What are you doing in North Carolina? He said, I go to NC State. What do you study in? Marketing. Awesome. You know, I'm not going to tell anybody what I do because that can go squirrely if they don't like Christianity. Guy goes, what do you guys do for a living? I said, we're both pastors. He went, seriously? Now, this guy, when he first got on, said right off the bat, if my reflexes seem a little slow, forgive me. I've been drinking since 9pm well, it was midnight my time and 1am his time. That's a lot of booze. And his reflexes were slow. He was hurting the team. But I forgave him because I'm a Christian. Missed a wide open one timer. And so he goes. So then when he had already said that, I thought, when he hears more pastors, then it's just going to go. You can see that they mute their mic sometimes. It'd just be done. He said, you are? I said, yes. He went, wow. I don't mean for this to get heavy, but my dad just died, and I've been thinking a lot about heaven and wanting to get closer to Jesus and know what's in the Bible. Can you help me? I was like, what land am I living in? Am I on planet Earth? Did I go to Precious Moments Land at Zondervan Bookstores? I said, what do you want to know? And he started asking questions out of the Bible. And I told him about Jesus and told him how to receive Jesus and we. And then he said, okay, I don't mean to get even heavier. This is over the headset. He goes, you know, it's like the devil got him just enough alcohol that he wasn't too drunk to get saved, but he was. It was like truth serum. So, I mean, we don't know each other. We've been talking for eight minutes. Hey, I battle lust. How can I stop doing that? I said, God doesn't ask you to beat those things in your power. John 1:12, I don't like preaching. I just quit preaching. I should have took my suit off. Maybe it was in the suit. Now I got a headset on, playing and having to preach. I said, John 1:12 says, as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the sons and daughters of God. I said, God's not Asking you as a sinner to try to stop sinning. He makes you a new creature. That the same desire that you have for your dog's food. Does anybody battle the temptation when you're hungry to kneel down and eat your dog's kibbles and bits? No. It's there. You could eat it, you wouldn't die. It would fill you up. But you don't eat it because you don't have a desire for that. God gives you power like that over sin. It's there. I'm not driving by cheerleaders strip club in Pittsburgh when I go to the Penguins game and praying in tongues so I don't turn in and go to the strip club. I don't belong there. I don't feel like going. I feel like going to the Penguin game. I feel like going to church. God doesn't ask you in your old nature to live like a new creature. He makes you a new creature by his power and gives you power to become the sons and daughters of God. Receive that power today in Jesus name. Can you say amen? And then man, that was great. And we led him to the Lord. It's the easiest leading. So I mean, he led himself to the Lord. I just kept him on the. On the road. He was already there. God hooked that up. Can you say amen? God's doing that all over the nation right now. People are coming to Christ in their numbers this church this year. You know, when you watch the 2025 year in review, there's like a few people in January and then as it goes, it's just huge to grew what it is now you watch this year. This year is going to be an explosion at revival today. Church at all four campuses. Can you say amen? So what is there to know? What is there? What are the four things? Number 1/2 Corinthians 5:17. If any man be in Christ, you can put it up in the nlt. He is a new creature. The old life is gone. A new life has begun. Number one, who you are in Christ. Everyone say I'm a new creature. Number two. Corinthians 5:21. This is under number one. For our sake. He made Christ to become sin. Who knew no sin that in and through him we might become endued with, viewed as being in and examples of the righteousness of God. Now that's powerful. Endued with that means you have it viewed as being in, which means people can see it and examples of which means your life will prove it out. The righteousness of God. What we ought to be approved. What we ought to be approved and acceptable and in right relationship with him by his goodness. You stand before God without guilt, fear or inferiority. You're not a forgiven sinner. You're a brand new being with God's nature inside of you. So who you are in Christ, you're a new creation and you are the righteousness of God. How many of you, before you started coming to this church, went to a church where they said, we're all sinners saved by grace? You're lying. How many went to a church where they told you you're all sinners saved by grace? Wakey, wakey. I'm going to give you some pre workout to snort if you don't wake up. Now you can see why that's unscriptural. We're all sinners saved by grace. I'm not a sinner. I was a sinner. The sinner is dead. And the Bible says the you that now lives is Christ in the flesh. The Bible says he is the head. We are the what? What's your name? Michael. This is Michael. His head's Michael. Hold your thumb up. That thumb is as much Michael. I can't cut it off. And then Michael's suing you for cutting his thumb off. I didn't cut Michael off, I cut his thumb. His thumb is him. So even if you're the lowest member of the body of Christ, you are connected to Christ and you are the body of Christ. You want to know a powerful scripture? When Saul got knocked on the ground by Jesus, he was going to persecute the church. Jesus didn't say, saul, Saul, why are you persecuting my church? He said, saul, Saul, why do you persecute? Who? Me? Think of this. The Bible says that Jesus said, all authority has been given to me in heaven. And where. When's the last time he was on earth? How many years ago? Roughly about 2,000. So how does he still have authority on earth? He's in heaven with authority there. He took authority on earth and he delegated that authority to the church, which is his body. If you receive that and you're thankful for it, can you say Amen? What else? What else are you who you are? Romans 8, 16, 17. The Spirit himself testifies, together with our own spirit, that we are children of God. And if we are his children, then we are his heirs. Heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ sharing his inheritance with Him. Only we must share his suffering if we're to share his glory. You carry the family name and inheritance. You are a son. The men here, you're a son of God. The women here, you're a daughter of God. You're sons and daughters of God. You're not outsiders trying to get inside. You're born into the family. Number four, Galatians 3. 29. And if you belong to Christ, you are in him who is Abraham's seed. Then you are Abraham's offspring and spiritual heirs according to the promise. Number four. You are the seed of Abraham and heirs according to the promise. Everything that God promised Abraham belongs to you. Let me see. NLT Galatians 3. 29. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. Everybody, I belong to Christ.

D (16:12)

I'm Kylie and two months ago I was in a really bad car accident where quite literally almost died. I had a brain bleed, liver laceration fractured my shoulder and I broke my neck in three spots. And I had to have a spinal fusion from C5 to C7. And so they put like metal plates and stuff in my neck to like keep it, I guess, in place. And so I haven't been able to like look down or touch my toes, cheek to my shoulder on either side or like I haven't had full range of motion at all really. And the doctors told me that was something that I may never get back just because of like what they had to do. And they also told me that in the future I would be really, really prone to having to have like another surgery. I have like arthritis and stuff in my neck. I've just been believing that that's not the case because who wants that? But. And then when we came to the conference on Sunday, Pastor Jonathan was like, I'm gonna lay hands on everybody. And so when he did and he laid hands on me, I like have never experienced anything like that. I like gasped really loud and then just like fell. And when I fell, I started moving my head around because like, obviously that's what I was believing for, like so hard. And so I started moving my head around and I heard it pop and I was like, that's new. And then I like tried to do everything that I couldn't do before and I could, and I did not know what to do. So praise God. Cuz that was. Yeah, yeah. But I can like do this and this and look down and I've not been able to do that in two months or like jump or anything. Like my ankle is sprained and my shoulder is all messed up and I can do anything now.

A (17:53)

So yeah, so that's going to Stop all God, if you could just. I know I've done a lot wrong. Everybody say I'm forgiven. I'm cleansed, I'm holy and without fault. That's what the Bible says. How many know we all have faults? No. Mine have been eradicated by the blood of Jesus. Let me see. You kind of. You want to believe me, but there's so many things ringing in your head from your old life, you're having trouble. Let me see. Hebrews 10:13. Hebrews 10:13. NLT. There he waits. 10:14. For by that one offering, the blood of Jesus, he forever made perfect those who are being made holy. Let me see King James. For by that one offering he hath perfected forever those who are sanctified. It would say perfect. Sanctified means holy. Everybody say holy. How many? Only he's holy. Nonsense. How many know no one's perfect. That's not what the Bible says. And if you'll start, you don't go around bragging, telling your boss you're perfect, your wife you're perfect. But on the inside, that should ring true. All of my imperfections have been swallowed up. Say this out loud. All of my imperfections have been swallowed up by Christ's perfection. Where I am weak, now I am strong. Does that make sense? You are a son or daughter of God. You are the seed of Abraham and an heir according to the promise. The covenant blessings promised to Abraham now. Galatians 3:29 NLT. The covenant blessings promised to Abraham now belong to you through Christ. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs. And God's promise to Abraham belongs to you now. Since you won't tell the truth, I'm not going to ask you anymore anyway. But the old churches that you went to, if you don't understand that you're the seed of Abraham, then you read this like it's somebody else's book. This is what God wrote to the Jewish people. This is what God wrote to me. I've been grafted in. I'm not reading a letter written to other people. This is God's word to me. I am what it says I am. I can do what it says I can do. I have what it says I have. Can you say amen? Went to Bible schools, like every book. What are we even doing reading this? What do we have, stolen mail? This is God's letter to the church in Galatia. Okay, then have them read it. Then give me God's letter to the church in Washington, Pennsylvania. Or Moon Township. What did he say to me? That's God's word to us. Can you say Amen? Number two, you must know where you're positioned in Christ. Number one, under that, you are seated with Christ in heavenly places. When you print this out for me in the second service, change the ones, twos and threes under the big two to A's, B's and C's, so it doesn't get confusing. You are seated with Christ in heavenly places. Ephesians 2:6. And he raised us up together with him and made us sit down together, giving us joint seating with him in the heavenly sphere. By virtue of our being in Christ Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One, you operate from a seat of rest and authority, not of struggle. Number two, you are far above principalities and powers. Ephesians 1:21. Far above all rule and authority. Everybody say far above. See, you can always tell when someone's praying, whether they know this or not, because if they don't, they pray like they're in a fight. Come against you, devil. Right now, I'm not fighting him. I'm not going into the ring to become the champion. I'm going into the ring as the champion to knock his rear end out again if he tries to get near me. Can you? And even that's not a good analogy because you'll never have to hit him. If he steps in the ring, God will blow his surrey rear end back out the other side. Because greater is he that's in you than he that's in the world. If you believe that, give God a mighty hand clap one more time. Say I'm far above. Say far above all rule, authority, power and dominion. And every name that is named above every title that can be conferred not only in this age and in this world, but also in the ancient world which are to come. Every demon and disease is already beneath your feet. Number three. You must know what you possess in Christ. So number one is what? Who I am in Christ. Number two is what? Where I'm positioned in Christ. Number three, what you possess in Christ. Romans 5:17. I possess salvation and righteousness. Number two. First Peter 2:24. I possess divine health and healing. He personally bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds, not you will be healed. I mean, there's heavens waiting. One day this old sick body will meet it. No, by his stripes I am healed. Healing is your present tense possession. Say that with me. Healing is my present tense Possession. Thanks for pausing to allow me to stutter. John 15:11. I've told you these things, that my joy and delight might be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing. Number three, you possess supernatural joy. In peace you have joy the world can't give and the world can't take away. Number four. Second Corinthians eight, nine. This is put amplified classic up. For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus, his kindness, his gracious generosity, his undeserved favor and spiritual blessing. And that though he was so very rich, yet for your sakes he became so very poor. Now, that can't mean spiritual poverty. Jesus didn't become spiritually poor. But I would say you can't get much poorer than getting born in a cow's feeding trough. No room in the inn. He became very poor. You leave heaven to go laying a cow trough. That's about as low as it gets. That's what a manger is. Yet for your sakes he became so very poor in order that by his poverty you might become enriched and abundantly supplied. This is one error that the church made when Azusa street hit is they treated God's provision like some outside thing you could ask for, but he could deny or accept. But it's actually a blood doctrine. Paul brought it into a blood doctrine in Second Corinthians 8, 9. That part of what Christ did on the cross is his blood broke poverty and loosed riches. What Adam and Eve lost was gained back through Christ. Number four, you possess riches, financial prosperity. Can you say amen? Do you know we have about $900,000 more to spend on that church? And we've already spent $3 million. Has anybody felt it here? There's no loan. It's not, we spent 3 million. We're going to pay it back. It's gone. We spent it. Did you know it should have cost 7 million at this point? And that builder has knocked everybody's price down. I think we're at $70 a square footage. That's like 1993 cost by the blessing. You'd be amazed what happens if you start confessing abundance instead of confessing need. You've never heard one time while we're building this building, we need help. We need your help. I don't have any needs. My God has supplied all my needs according to his riches and glory through Christ Jesus. And I've got good news this morning. He's done the Same for you and your family. Abundance is a covenant reality, not a wish. Say that. Abundance is a covenant reality, not a wish. You know, and then. And then basically ease, ease. You know, it's hard to get across to some people, not you. But there's people watching online and tv. He says it's easy. Yeah, because Jesus said, my yoke is so. Have you ever heard me confess? I'm going, you know where I'm going to preach. They don't like preachers in this country and the world's going to hate me. Yeah, there's going to be people who hate you, but anybody. Was anybody not a Christian 10 years ago? Did you also have people hate you when you were not a Christian? Okay, so why pawn that off? Like people being mean to you and stuff. People give you the middle finger. When you're driving on 376, regardless of your religion, you go through the fort pit tunnels on this city. It's the most beautiful sight you've ever seen. Then you realize I have 50ft to change six lanes. So you're going to get a couple middle fingers. But because this place was built by pollocks like me, how much room do you think people need to merge nine lanes? Forty feet will do. If you don't believe in God, you've never driven on 376. It's a miracle there's not two to 300 deaths every hour. Not only are you merging with people coming from the right. If you've got arthritis, you just gotta guess. You gotta turn your head around like the girl on the Exorcist. And it's like the speed limit's like 55. It's insane. So I don't confess that I don't. You know, I'm a Christian. It's gonna be a hard life. Yeah, there is. In this world, you will have trouble, but be of good cheer. John 16:33. For I have overcome the. And have stripped it from having any power. I'm not looking for problems. I'm looking for blessing. So then when you talk like that, I got the weirdest stuff happen to me. Like someone give me a plane. Because I don't care if I go hard. I got to be on the road and away from my family. I don't know. I was always believing God was going to make a way that I could be with my family and be on the road. And he did. And then I go to Kentucky. I heard the weirdest. This is weirder than the jet. They brought a bunch of food and they said the local Public high school found out there was an evangelist in town. There's only 9,000 people in Crittenden county and 2,200 in the town, so I'm guessing they don't get a lot of guests. But, you know, think of it. They could not want guests. We don't want you. We don't want some outsider from Pennsylvania here. No, I don't talk like that. The public school found out that there's a preacher here from out of state. And so the home EC class for their cooking class took the whole day to make food for you for after the service. That's a public school that cooked food for me. And it was all in my bel that night. And I. I'm looking forward to it. I'm taking. I'm taking 10,000 of my own money. I told him I'm going to send it to that high school. And so things are just going to get flipped around in 2026. You're going to have every kind of wall getting torn down. Can you say amen? Hallelujah. Everybody say. Everybody say, I don't confess hardship. I confess an easy yoke. I confess a light burden. Yeah, because you're going to get problems anyway. But the difference is now you have power to overcome those problems, and those problems don't have power to overcome you. I'm telling you, whatever you're facing today, I'm not denying the reality of what you're facing, but I'm telling you on the efficacy of the word of God. 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