Walk It Out Wednesday: Showdown Etiquette | Pastoral Panel

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Walk It Out Wednesday: Showdown Etiquette | Pastoral Panel

Date: October 16, 2025
Host: The Potter’s House | Pastor T.D. Jakes and team

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Episode Overview

This episode, "Showdown Etiquette," is a dynamic, prophetic, and deeply practical teaching on being equipped for decisive spiritual confrontations—termed "showdowns"—that believers face in life. Utilizing the biblical accounts of Elijah, Gideon, and Jeremiah, the pastoral panel, led primarily by Pastor T.D. Jakes and Bishop Jakes, teaches on how God calls, prepares, and positions his people for breakthrough. The central message: becoming showdown-ready through radical consecration, radical obedience, and radical boldness—with Elijah’s journey serving as the masterclass in "showdown etiquette."
Listeners are challenged to understand God’s timing, to prepare themselves beyond surface-level faith, and to respond to both spiritual nudges and prophetic instructions.

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Key Themes & Insights

1. Understanding Spiritual Showdowns

[02:40–16:11]

• A showdown is a decisive confrontation between opposing forces, divinely arranged when tension has built up, requiring action.
• Not just about conflict, but about confrontation leading to transformation—the moment when avoidance is no longer possible.
• Example: Elijah’s confrontation with Ahab on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 17–18).

Notable Quote:

“A showdown is a divinely arranged encounter where we have to stare something in the face. I can’t sweep it under the rug anymore... This conflict is conflicting with my call. Enough is too much.”
— Bishop Jakes [15:05]

• Showdowns include:
  • Circumstance vs. God’s sovereignty (God shows He is God over every circumstance)
  • Your will vs. God’s will (as with Jacob wrestling for his identity)
  • “You vs. You”—facing your own inner giants in prayer and obedience

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2. God’s Perspective vs. Our Readiness

[07:10–11:28]

• God calls people before they feel ready (Jeremiah, Gideon, Elijah).
• There is always a showdown between who God knows you are and who you think you are.
• The challenge: align your self-perception with God’s calling.

Notable Quote:

“There’s always going to be, watch this, a showdown between who God knows you are and who you think you are.”
— Bishop Jakes [11:05]

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3. Practicing Showdown Etiquette: The Elijah Model

[26:33–66:11]

A. Radical Consecration

[31:25–54:45]

• Elijah’s qualification: “as the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand.” (1 Kings 17:1)
  • Mastered practicing the presence—standing before God, not just people.
• Daily discipline: rededication and repentance
• Constantly reestablish your identity, values, and goals in God.
• Keep prophetic words before you; fight the “war of identity.”

Notable Quote:

“You can’t get ready for the showdown at the showdown. Too late. Before the showdown comes, you will have needed to have been practicing the Presence.”
— Bishop Jakes [46:22]

• The world is radical; God’s people must be radically consecrated.

B. Radical Obedience

[59:31–67:29]

• Elijah moved at God’s word; provision was found only in obedience.
• Prophetic words are not optional; your provision is in your obedience.
• Don’t treat prophecy as a bonus—it is provision.
• Many miss out not due to God’s lack but their own incomplete obedience.

Notable Quote:

“Stop treating prophetic words as optional. It is time for you to get radically obedient. When God gives you a word… your provision is in it.”
— Bishop Jakes [64:15]

C. Radical Boldness

[31:40–41:58]; [67:39–71:28]

• Radical boldness results from consecration and obedience.
• Setting God always before you creates confidence in the face of threats.
  • David: “The Lord is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” (Psalm 16; Psalm 27; Psalm 121)
• The showdown is ultimately about believing God IS, and boldly moving forward without wavering.

Notable Quote:

“You have to come to a place where either God is or He ain’t. How long will your life halt between two opinions? ...Either He is, or He’s not.”
— Bishop Jakes [69:40]

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4. Responding to the Holy Spirit & Prophetic Instruction

[76:27–88:05]

• The panel teaches on recognizing and responding to the Holy Spirit’s unction (nudges, pushes).
• Receiving and acting on prophetic words is emphasized as essential to unlocking provision and future destiny.
• Practical encouragement to “attach your seed” (faith/action/obedience) to the word, as elders and seasoned saints model immediate, faith-filled responses.

Notable Quote:

“When a word comes that makes your baby leap, your dream comes to life... When God gives you a rhema, you gotta act on that word.”
— Associate Pastor [77:30]

• The importance of learning to discern the Spirit’s movement, not just relying on church tradition.

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5. Revival, Realignment, and Restoration

[73:08–76:27]

• When believers show up to the showdown in obedience and consecration, revival is released—bringing realignment and restoration.
• Prophecies aren’t dead, but waiting for you to realign.
• Restoration is not just making things right but as if you never lost them.
• Encouragement to reclaim old prophetic words, recognizing their connection to your provision.

Notable Quote:

“Where there is realignment, there will be restoration.”
— Bishop Jakes [73:40]

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6. Altar Call & Activation

[91:34–End]

• Call for salvation and total surrender to Christ.
• Emphasis on multigenerational collaboration and fresh outpouring (“movement”).
• Exhortation to carry the fire, revive old prophecies, and see this as a new spiritual “floor” for the community.

Notable Quote:

“This is holy. It’s holy. And thank you, Bishop, for teaching us how to respond... Revival is about alignment.”
— Bishop Jakes [91:34]

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Key Timestamps

• Warfare before the Word & Introduction to Showdown Theme: [00:33–02:36]
• Defining Showdowns & Examples (Elijah, Jeremiah, Gideon): [02:40–11:28]
• Types of Showdowns: [16:11–21:45]
• Generational Impact of Obedience: [21:46–26:33]
• Elijah as Showdown Model; His Backstory and Consecration: [26:33–36:37]
• Practicing the Presence; Practical Tips: [36:37–46:22]
• Radical Consecration—Daily Rededication and Repentance: [50:51–54:45]
• War Over Identity; “I am” Statements: [55:51–59:31]
• Radical Obedience & Provision in Prophecy: [59:31–67:29]
• Boldness: Is God God or Not?: [67:39–71:28]
• Revival, Realignment, and Restoration: [73:08–76:27]
• Responding to the Spirit (Unction, Acting on Prophecy): [76:27–88:05]
• Altar Call, Salvation, Fresh Movement: [91:34–End]

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Memorable Quotes

• “A showdown is a divinely arranged encounter where we have to stare something in the face. I can’t sweep it under the rug anymore... This conflict is conflicting with my call. Enough is too much.” — Bishop Jakes [15:05]
• “There’s always going to be... a showdown between who God knows you are and who you think you are.” — Bishop Jakes [11:05]
• “Radical consecration plus radical obedience equals radical boldness.” — Bishop Jakes [31:41]
• “You can’t get ready for the showdown at the showdown. Too late. Before the showdown comes, you will have needed to have been practicing the Presence.” — Bishop Jakes [46:22]
• “Stop treating prophetic words as optional. It is time for you to get radically obedient. When God gives you a word… your provision is in it.” — Bishop Jakes [64:15]
• “Where there is realignment, there will be restoration.” — Bishop Jakes [73:40]
• “When a word comes that makes your baby leap, your dream comes to life... When God gives you a rhema, you gotta act on that word.” — Associate Pastor [77:30]

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Action Points for Listeners

• Practice radical consecration: Daily rededicate yourself, repent, and keep your prophetic identity before you.
• Embrace radical obedience: Respond swiftly to God’s voice and prophetic instruction; your provision and future are tied to obedience.
• Cultivate radical boldness: Make God your ever-present focus, so you are emboldened in every confrontation.
• Respond to the Spirit: Learn the language of the Holy Spirit’s nudges and don’t delay in acting on divine direction.
• Revisit Old Prophecies: Dust off former promises; realignment brings restoration.

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Summary for First-Time Listeners

This episode is a stirring call to spiritual readiness for the decisive moments in life where faith and obedience are tested. Using Elijah as an example, the pastors unpack how proximity to God (“practicing the Presence”), radical obedience to the prophetic word, and a daily renewal of identity are key to victory in life's showdowns. The session crescendos with a call for genuine response to God’s Spirit and the importance of actively attaching faith to prophetic words—a timely message for a community seeking revival, restoration, and generational impact.

Transcript

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

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[Bishop Jakes]

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[Bishop Jakes]

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[Bishop Jakes]

I I want to be a little transparent with you. The level of warfare that I've experienced over this word. It's been very, very, very unusual. Last week, coming into last week, warfare was crazy. Then warfare broke out while I was preaching it. And then as I'm coming into this week, we couldn't finish it. And God holds times and seasons and God is brilliant. So he. He. He knew that there was going to be a part two. Come on somebody. The devil can't delay God. He wanted us to meditate on that first part a little bit. But the level of warfare has been crazy. Now let me tell you something. I'm not saying that to make you feel sorry for me. I almost debated about whether or not I would even tell you. Most of the time I don't even talk about warfare. But the only reason why I felt the release to share it is because I want you to understand what is normal when you're on the cusp of something. When the enemy throws everything at you to the point where you wonder if you're even going to make it through. That's when you know you are on the precipice. You are on the cusp of something so radically transformational to your life, to the lives of those around you, to the world. Watch this. That it is worthy of such demonic attention. You, you haven't even begin to move in the spirit until your life is worthy to attract the attention of high level spirits. Congratulations.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Let's get into it.

[Bishop Jakes]

I want to draw your attention really quickly. I know you've been standing for a while. To First Kings chapter 17. We're going to go back last week. We're in First Kings 18. We're talking about showdowns because we are in a season of showdowns. I'm telling you. And I'll recap a little and we'll get into where we're going. Today. We looked at Elijah on Mount Carmel and that powerful showdown that God set up. But we're going back in order to go forward. First Kings 17 we'll read the first 11 verses. It says. And Elijah the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead said to Ahab, the Lord God of Israel lives before whom I stand. There shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word. Then the word of the Lord came to him, came to him, Elijah, saying, get away from here and turn eastward and hide by the brook Cherith, which flow flows into the Jordan, and it will be that you shall drink from the brook. And I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. For he went and stayed by the brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening. And he drank from the book, from the brook. And it happened after a while that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there, for I have commanded a widow there to provide for you. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, please bring me a little water in a cup that I may drink. And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. Father, I thank you for the privilege and the honor of carrying your word to your beloved, to your sons and daughters that you love so deeply and passionately that you sent your son Jesus to die to redeem them into fellowship and communion with you. Now, God, may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be accepted, acceptable in your sight. I thank you, God, for the spirit of wisdom and revelation and clarity. God, I pray that the words that proceed out of my mouth would be for the edifying of your sons and daughters, both present those watching via live stream. I thank you for the spirit of wisdom, revelation, insight, knowledge, prophecy, full access to the holiest of holies to bring bread, God that will feed us to the full, that we would be transformed and equipped and aligned for the times that we're living in. I love you, God. Get the glory in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Please, as you take your seat, greet someone with a blessing. Greet somebody with a blessing. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Last week we began our conversation by speaking to the fact that we're in a season of showdowns. And we talked about what that meant and we aligned it with Daniel and one of the things that he said in Daniel chapter 11 and 32, which speaks to what will happen in the. The end times. And it talks about how those who know their God are going to be strong and they're going to carry out, they're going to do great exploits. So one of the marks and the signs of people who truly know their God in these end times is that they're going to be strong and they're going to accomplish very, very powerful things that will ultimately bring glory God. And so we're moving into that time where the exploits that are assigned to your life are now due. They are now due. And one of the things that I've learned about, about God is oftentimes God is ready for us before we are ready for us. Because God, he's a God that. That determines the end from the beginning. So. So he's not waiting on us to. To show up or to be awakened. He has already determined the moments when we are supposed to be. Watch this. Ripe for the plucking. Are you hearing me? And so even when we look at this particular showdown that we talked about last weekend, we with. With Elijah, Elijah did not initiate that showdown. We learned last week that God initiated the showdown between Elijah and Ahab and ultimately over 850 false prophets, which I can tell you right now. You know, Elijah, you know, he looks all courageous and brave and bold and all that kind of stuff. But that was scary because at that time they were killing the prophets. The true prophets were being killed and slaughtered. And Elijah was a true prophet. But God said, now I need you to go and present yourself to Ahab. Because the time was ripe for God to reveal himself. Re. Reveal himself to the children of Israel. That he was Yahweh. He was the true God. So God set. Sets up showdowns because there are moments where people, where the world needs to understand that God is God so that it will produce a revival in the land. Revival does not happen on our terms. God knows when. There needs to be a sweeping movement to keep things on schedule. Can I talk to you like this today? So we're talking about showdowns. And there comes a moment and there comes a time where you must be you. There are so many. Almost every encounter that the Lord had with someone who was going to do something great. There was always a conflict between their readiness and God's awareness of their readiness. I need to say that better. Let me just give you an example. Jeremiah 1. We love Jeremiah 1 where God tells Jeremiah, before I formed you in the belly, I knew you and I ordained you, and I sanctified you and I set you apart. And we Think that Jeremiah hears that word, Dr. Jill, and then automatically says, yes, and he moves, no, no, no, no, no. Jeremiah immediately follows up with saying, behold, I cannot speak. Stand. Study it when you get a chance. He says, behold, I cannot speak. I am a child. This lets us know that God's timing versus our timings are oftentimes very different. And Jeremiah was not the only one with that issue. Gideon had the same issue. It was time. It was time for the children of God to begin to conquer and dominate their enemies and take back what the enemy had stolen. So he raises up Gideon. He says, get.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Now, let me tell you something, Gideon. You are a mighty man of valor.

[Bishop Jakes]

This is who you are.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

This is how I see you. I made you. I formed you before I put you in your mother's womb. I know you better than you know.

[Bishop Jakes]

You, Gideon, you mighty man of valor, is what God says. And Gideon says, hold up. You got the wrong fella. I am of all.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

I'm the least of all.

[Bishop Jakes]

I'm the least of all the tribes, and I'm the least in the tribe. So there's always going to be. Watch this. A showdown between who God knows you are and who you think you are. And that's the moment that we're standing in now. And so God will often times force it so we don't miss it. So we defined a showdown. Is it okay if I take my. Just a little bit of recap? So we defined the showdown, and I'm going to read it again and you can screenshot it if they still have it. But a showdown is described as a decisive confrontation between two opposing forces. Often. Watch this. When tension has been building and both of those opposing forces, opposing opinions, are compelled to face each other directly. I feel this so strongly. So this is not just conflict, because oftentimes there is conflict but no confrontation. I almost want to take my time and work that for a minute. There is oftentimes a conflict shod out. Not just conflict. It's about a confrontation because of the conflict. Because we oftentimes live with conflict. Let me make it practical just for a second. We will often say, well, I don't want to be. I don't want there to be any conflict.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

Conflict.

[Bishop Jakes]

The reason why you're saying that you don't want there to be any conflict. Abdicating your responsibility to confront is because of conflict. Well, I don't. I don't want to start.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

It's already started.

[Bishop Jakes]

So you're basically saying because of. Watch this. My personality or. Or my. My fear of Confrontation or my. My avoidance spirit, then I'm going to tolerate a conflict. Come on, somebody. Because I have a peaceful personality. There ain't no peace. You're just taking the conflict and bringing it within yourself.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

So.

[Bishop Jakes]

So a showdown, when you move to a moment or God moves you to a moment to where enough is enough. Because there does come a time where. Watch this. Enough is too much and as a result of it, there has to be a conflict. Let me give you another definition. Well, I'll finish that. It's not just conflict. It's the climactic moment where talk shucking and jiving. I'll put that. I'm going to add shucking and jiving in there. Maneuvering or posturing ends. So we're for that. And the outcome must be determined through action. I feel this so strongly. Can't wait to unpack it. A showdown is a divinely arranged encounter where we have to stare something in the face. I can't sweep it under the rug anymore. I can't allow the grace of God to. To cover it up. I feel it so strongly. I. I can't play with this anymore. I can't make excuses for them or myself anymore. This conflict is conflicting with my call. Enough is too much. When whatever this controversy or conflict is is beginning to shorten my steps to hinder me or to keep me from what I'm called to.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

That's too far.

[Bishop Jakes]

Can I take my time and walk it out? So it's when God arranges us and now we have to stare something in the face. And not only that, but we have to bring all of ourselves to the moment and watch God prove his sovereignty on our behalf. I want to talk about a few different types of showdowns and then we're going to move on. There's going to be in this season showdowns, one between the circumstance and God's sovereignty. So in other words, God is going to cause some of us to be placed in circumstances that are not comfortable so that he can show you that he's God even over that circumstance. How will I know that God is a God in and over my circumstance unless there's a showdown? I am explaining to some of you why you are in the middle of a battle unlike anything that you've ever seen or faced or experienced before. God wants to show you that even in that he is God. Why are there so many names for God? There are so many names for God because God shows himself that he's God over that too. I can heal your body. I can provide for You, I can give you peace that passes all understanding. Are you hearing the words that are coming out of my mouth? And then he just flat out says.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Listen, I am that I am. I will be whatever I need to.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

Be.

[Bishop Jakes]

In order to prove and to manifest my sovereignty. And so there are showdowns between circumstance and God's sovereignty. Two, there are showdowns between. Here is a tough one. Your will and what God wants. Hey, that was that Jacob wrestling with the Lord moment. That was a showdown between God's will, which ultimately was his identity and what he wanted. I don't have time to unpack that thing. But this was. Watch this. Initially, he was wrestling to stay the same. And God said, no, no, no, it is time for you to move from being Jacob to Israel. I know that your mama and your daddy named you Jacob, but let me tell you something, you didn't start with your mama and your daddy. You started with me before I put you in your mother's womb.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

And I knew you.

[Bishop Jakes]

And I'm telling you, when you show up right in the showdown, when you.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Get your showdown etiquette together, I'mma change.

[Bishop Jakes]

Your name and change your life. And if you notice, he stopped fighting to stay the same after God. Come on, somebody. After God touched his hip and removed his ability to.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

To stand on his own, to talk.

[Bishop Jakes]

His way out of it, to slick his way out of it, to maneuver and manipulate his way out of it.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

When God touched him and he could no longer do that, he stopped fighting.

[Bishop Jakes]

To stay the same.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

And he says, oh, wait a minute, I'm holding on to you for dear life and I'm not going to let you go until you bless me, God, I need you. Showdown.

[Bishop Jakes]

Was a showdown. And some of you are in a moment where you have been wrestling between what you want and what God wills. God may be touching your hip to show you that you can't stand during this time on your own too. You're not even standing. You look, you think you're standing on your own two, but you're not. You're standing on my goodness and my mercy and my grace. But the time is ripe. I need you to be who I created you to be. And I can't hold off any longer because there are a lot of things connected to you being you. You being you oftentimes ain't even about you. You being you sometimes is about your.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Children and your children's children.

[Bishop Jakes]

Sons and daughters that haven't even been born yet are connected to you being you. Because God is a multi generational God. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and. And Jacob. I'm thinking generationally so you think it's about you and you're allowing your personality or your desires or what you want or what you feel like you deserve to keep you from leaning into God. And listen, I'm not only trying to bless you, I'm trying to bless through you.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Get it together. There's more to you than you think. There's a whole lineage.

[Bishop Jakes]

Coming up behind you. You gotta be thinking about your great, great, great, great grandchildren. They haven't even been born yet.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

And they're counting on you to get what it takes to show up to.

[Bishop Jakes]

The showdown so that God can show off on your behalf. And so there's not only a showdown between circumstance and God's sovereignty. There's not only a showdown between what you want and what God's will, but there's also. And this is one of the greatest showdowns. There's also a showdown between you and you. I call it finally facing your giants. Oh, I feel the Holy Ghost so strong. Let me just have some liberty in this house today. This is one of the greatest showdowns ever. Because this is. This is one of those showdowns that don't nobody see. This is a wrestling match that happens in your prayer closet. This is a wrestling match where God's voice about a certain thing in your life gets louder and louder and louder and louder. And he's saying, this can't go. This can't go. This can't go. This is bigger than you. And there's some people under the sound of my voice. And because the time is ripe, God is saying, I need you. We got to talk about this. You're going to have to face it. I know that you have been heavily dependent and relying upon the grace of God. And to a certain degree. And I'm going to say this, and I pray this doesn't cut you too deep, but just enough. Sometimes grace is on assignment. I gotta say this better. Sometimes grace, sometimes we misuse grace where we think that grace is the black American Express. Or I can do what I want to do, flow how I want to flow. Think how I want to think, act the way I want to act, and I'll just pull out this. But even the black has a limit. I don't care how big. Every credit card has a limit. And what we don't recognize about grace is, yes, we thank God for his grace. But grace is in grace watches is until you grow. Oh, I wish I could say this better. Grace is there while you are ignorant Grace. Mighty sh. I feel. God, I need to say this right. Grace. Maybe if I get a little closer to you, I can say it better. Grace.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Grace.

[Bishop Jakes]

Grace is amazing and it's wonderful. But grace, there's one interpretation of grace, and that one interpretation of grace is. Grace is divine enablement.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

So.

[Bishop Jakes]

So it is divine ability. But what happens when I'm using grace for something that I can do in my own ability? When I have heard enough, When. When enough hands have been laid, When. When I've been filled with the spirit of God? When I've tasted and seen that the Lord is good, When I've tasted of the powers of the age to come? And I still keep sneaking the candy. It's only candy. It's only a little sugar. Yeah, but God's highlighting it. He's highlighting it because what you can't see is a little leaving leavens, the whole lump. And so it's a little thing. And you think that it's no thing, but it's a big thing because it's keeping you from everything. And so now I have to have a showdown. Whatever the Holy Spirit is highlighting is exactly what I'm talking about. So there are different types of showdowns. And I started this conversation by saying that we are in a holy moment. It's holy, and it's a moment for God's holy people. We are a royal priesthood, a holy nation.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

So. So.

[Bishop Jakes]

So, so. So. So what I want to talk about today is showdown etiquette. So we are undeniably, Jalen. We are undeniably in a showdown.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Undeniably.

[Bishop Jakes]

And since we are in a showdown, we have to be showdown ready. And we have to understand what is the appropriate etiquette for a showdown. And we must look at Elijah because I believe that Elijah, as we look at his life, we see a model for proper showdown etiquette. Can I teach today? I prophesied last week. Let me be a teacher today. So we begin to talk about Elijah last week. Elijah is extremely fascinating. He shows up on the scene literally out of nowhere. We have no backstory whatsoever as it relates to Elijah. We only have a clue about him. And that is we know that he was a Tishbite from Gilead, Right? And so we have to kind of look at Gilead and try to get some idea of what shaped him to know him.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Because he pops up on the scene.

[Bishop Jakes]

And he is fully mature, he is.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Fully ripe, and he is full of authority. He runs up on King Ahab.

[Bishop Jakes]

And.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Says, as the Lord God liveth, this.

[Bishop Jakes]

Is what's going down.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Straight out.

[Bishop Jakes]

We don't see his mentor. We don't see his journey. We don't see his discipleship.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

We can't trace him.

[Bishop Jakes]

And yet we can't deny him. Might I insert a thought for consideration? Be careful to quickly disqualify someone who has no resume. Because sometimes, sometimes heaven will certify somebody.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

That you didn't see coming. He shows up on the scene out of nowhere.

[Bishop Jakes]

Moving differently, talking differently, with a powerful testimony. We can't trace his genealogy.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Who, your daddy?

[Bishop Jakes]

We don't know. We just know that God's hand was on him in a unique way. I feel this prophetically. God is getting ready to take somebody from absolute obscurity.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Because I hear the Lord saying, I.

[Bishop Jakes]

Saw you on the backside of the desert, praying.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

I saw you not concerned about who.

[Bishop Jakes]

Liked you or who didn't like you. I saw you prioritizing the things of God, seeking first the kingdom and his righteousness and all other things.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

I saw you serious about God when everybody else was kind of half serious.

[Bishop Jakes]

You were fasting and praying.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

I see you. God says, I saw you when they.

[Bishop Jakes]

Laughed at you, when they told you.

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That you were too spiritual to be effective. God says, I saw you. And I am getting ready to release you into the whole world to show that even though they might not have chosen you, I chose you. If that's you give God worship in this house. You weren't trained. Nobody's backing you up. You don't have a big name, you don't have a big following, but you have got a big God. You don't even have the pedigree.

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But you have mastered presence. Let me talk about it. So when I think of Elijah, who is our model.

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When I think about.

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His mantle, I'm looking at him. Because I'll be honest with you. If we are in a showdown time, then we have to allow Elijah to mentor us and his life. If you pay close attention, it mentors us. His life. When we look at his mantle, his mantle, in my estimation, was marked by three things. And those three things are actually an equation. Here are the 3. Radical consecration. We're going there. Radical consecration 1, radical obedience 2. And radical boldness. Radical consecration. Radical obedience, Radical boldness. Here's the equation. Radical consecration plus radical obedience equals radical boldness. Now let's talk about it. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about radical consecration. We see radical consecration not only in how he lived out his life, but he gives us a clue right there in the first verse, chapter 17 let's look at it. He says, and Elijah, the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead said to Ahab, as the Lord God of Israel lives, these next four words, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years except at my word. Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Who said he was standing before the Lord? I thought he was standing before Ahab. I thought he was standing before Ahab. He goes. He's standing in front of the king. King Ahab, who was looking for him to. He's standing before him. And then he goes and he says, yeah, I'm standing before you. He says, but what is more important and what is of more consequence is I'm standing in front of the Lord. Wait, wait, wait, wait. That is messing with my perspective. Either you're standing in front of Ahab or you're standing in front of the Lord. How can you be standing in front of Ahab and standing in front of the Lord at the same time?

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How?

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It's because he had mastered the presence of God. I understand what people are saying when they say, oh, that worship was amazing. It brought us into the presence of God.

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No, it didn't.

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Worship doesn't bring you into the presence of God. It brings you into the awareness. Because the presence God, Come on.

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We know he's omnipresent.

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That means he's everywhere at the same time. So worship doesn't bring you into the presence of worship. Watch. This heightens your senses, and it brings you into an awareness. That's why in the great theophany in Isaiah, chapter six, when Isaiah says, in the year the King of Zion died, I saw the Lord high and lifted up and his train filled the temple. And he sees all these beings, and what are they saying? They're saying, holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. Then he says, the whole earth is full of his glory. One of the prophets talks about the glory of the Lord. Oh, I'm sorry. The knowledge of the glory of the Lord covering the whole earth as the waters cover the sea. The knowledge, the awareness. So that means that right now, right now, in this moment, the Lord is present.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Before we sang, before we shouted, before we pulled up, before we did anything, it had nothing to do with us. The Lord just is.

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So what we must do is get better at practicing the presence. Oh, God, help me. Can I take my time, walk this thing out a little bit?

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I don't know about you, but I want to get to a place to.

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Where, yes, I'm standing In front of my enemies.

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Yes, I'm standing in front of my trouble. Yes, I'm standing in front of the doctor's report. Yes, I'm standing in front of the bill. Yes. I'm standing in front of the judge. Yes. I'm standing in front of the difficulty. Yes, I'm standing in front of whatever I'm standing in front of. But what I'm standing in front of more than anything is the Lord.

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Because my awareness.

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Of the presence of God recolors everything. Why.

[Bishop Jakes]

Did he have the boldness to go and stand in front of someone?

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Watch this. Who had the desires and the natural means to kill him? Ahab, I'm not standing in front of you. The Lord who sent me to you is right here with me. And if God is for me.

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Who.

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Can be against me?

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We fear too often because we do.

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Not have an awareness like Elijah had in the reality that when you show up, God was already there. When you show up to the meeting, when you show up to the trial, when you show up to the doctor, when you show up to the surgery, when you show up to the arbitration, whenever you show up, God is already there. Are you hearing me? You got to pray.

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The prayer that Elisha prayed to God for his servants.

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He said, will you please open his eyes? You know the story. Read it when you get a chance. Read your whole Bible and is in there. Elijah's servant was all afraid because he saw the natural enemy surrounding him. And Elisha said, oh, God, please open his eyes. Please help him to see that there are more with us than with him. Open his eyes, please. And the Lord opened his eyes and he realized that he wasn't surrounded. His enemies were surrounded.

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He lived his life standing before God. Jesus had the same spirit. The reason why Jesus was so bold is because he was standing in the presence of his Father the whole time. How do you know? PT because the Bible tells me in John, chapter 5, and I believe it's verse 18. Read your whole Bible, you'll find it. But he says, I only do what I see my father do.

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In other words, I'm standing in front.

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Of you, but I'm looking at my daddy.

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I'm in the earth realm, but I'm also in the heavenly realm. And I see my father on the throne, high and lifted up. I'm not afraid of you.

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I only do what I see my father do.

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I got a different set of eyes. You're looking at what's in front of you, looking at what's above me.

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It changes.

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It changes the Odds.

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It changes the landscape. It changes the whole thing. David said in one place in the scripture. I believe it's Psalm 16. Read your whole Bible and you'll find it. He says, I set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand.

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I shall not be moved.

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He always saw God at his right hand. David says in another place. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

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Whom shall I fear?

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The Lord is the strength of my life.

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Of whom shall I be afraid? Even the wicked, my enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh. They stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart will not fear. The war should break out against me. In this I will be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord. That will I seek after.

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Look at it.

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That I might dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. In other words, if I keep focused on his presence, if I keep focused on the throne room, I will have boldness. He says this one thing I do. Yes, the weapons will be formed. Yes, the enemy will gather. Yes, the bad news will come upon me. But this one thing, thing I do, I'm going to pursue the presence of God. I'm going to inquire in his temple. Because in his temple I've got weapons. In his temple I've got deliverance. In his temple, I've got healing. In his temple, I've got whatever I need to fight the battle that I'm in. If that's your testimony, give God a big oh, roar.

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Huh?

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Just let me see it. I just need to see you. I don't know what to do, but my eyes are on you.

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Huh? Huh?

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I'm tired of looking at my problems. I'm tired of looking at what I'm afraid of. I'm tired of looking at that. It's tired time for me to lift up my eyes unto the hills from which cometh my help. My help coming from the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth. Behold, he will not suffer your foot to be moved. He that keepeth Israel will not slumber nor sleep. The Lord is my keeper. The Lord is the shade upon my right hand. The sun shall not smite me by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall keep me from all evil. He shall preserve my soul. The Lord shall preserve my going out and my coming in from this time forward and even forevermore. That's Psalm 121. Showdown season. Showdown season.

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And you're Ready.

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You're ready. You've been equipped all of your life. What's preparing you for this moment? You got what it takes. Greater is he who is in you.

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He that is in the world.

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I just need to see you.

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God.

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I just need to see you. Sometimes.

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You got to close your eyes to see God. Oh, let me give you some practical. We give you some practical. The more. The more time you spend with God, the easier it becomes to stand before God in vital moments. You got to cultivate this. See, I think that when we didn't have Elijah's story, we didn't have his backstory. I think what he was doing was he was perfecting the Presence. He was perfecting the Presence so that when his time came. See, you can't get ready for the showdown at the showdown. Too late. Before the showdown comes, you will have needed to have been practicing the Presence. And the more. The more we're almost there, the more. The more that you spend time with them, the easier it becomes. Setting the Lord before you is the ability, the cultivated ability to have a keen awareness of God. See, God changes not. The throne room never changes. It is what it is. The throne room is not adjusted by your trouble. God is not debunked nor dethroned by circumstances that shake you. Are you hearing me? So you have to win when your life shakes and our life does shake. But what cannot shake is your vision. No, I got. Even when I get hit, I gotta keep seeing. Even when I get spun around, I gotta keep looking. Even when being drug away by trials. You're not going to draw away my sight. Because as long as I can see him, I'm free. We're almost there. Almost there. This awareness of God and the throne and ultimately the temperature of heaven, it's fostered by your relationship with God, your relationship not with church. And, oh, I am grateful for church and the atmosphere and the community and the gathering place and the connection and the opportunity to come together and do great, great things together. Things that are greater than we can do as individuals. I am so thankful for that. But that is not what I'm talking about. I am talking about your relationship with God. Because it was Elijah's relationship with God that qualified him for massive impact. Can you imagine all of the prophets and the people he bypassed, all the muckety mucks, all the spiritual muckety mucks that God shot him right by. And his only qualification was that he got the presence of God right. Fostered by relationship with God, cultivated through worship. Through worship. That's Literally. What qualified him. I got a little bit more ground to cover because I'm finishing this week.

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This.

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This. This. This necessitates. Check this out. It's going to sound crazy, but it's true. Necessitates rededicating your life to God every day. If, according to Lamentations, chapter three, if he gives us new mercies every day, then we ought to give him new rededication every day. Somehow the Lord sees each day as a reset. His mercies are new day by day. Model prayer. Give us this day our daily bread. One of the ways that we practice the presence of God is to literally rededicate your life to God every single day. Every day. And I'm going to take it a step further just in case you have a pinch of self righteousness. Repent every day. Even if you can't access sin, you know it's there.

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Just because you can't access it.

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Don'T.

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Mean it ain't there. And if for nothing else, just repent for it being in you.

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I'm talking about radical consecration. Radical consecration.

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David, create within me a clean heart.

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Renewal.

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Right? He would say stuff like, God, search me, Test my mind and my heart, and if you find anything in me. He recognizes that man's ways are clean in his own eyes.

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We have an unlimited capacity to justify ourselves and our actions.

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Oh, we can justify them with the best of them.

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And what we also must do, that daily rededication process, is to also reestablish. Hear me clearly. I'm teaching now. Reestablish. Watch this. Your identity, your values, your goals, and your objectives in God daily. Look at the work it takes to have radical consecration. You're like, radical. That's too strong a t. I like radical. Look around.

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Everything in the world right now is radical.

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Everything is radical.

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And now you don't want to be radical. Everything is heightened. Everything is to the extreme. Everything. So you think that we just get to be just that? No. I've got to catch up.

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Watch this.

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To the current of the world and the current of the times is radical.

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And the reason why and this is important, and I want to take a minute with this. The reason why it is also going to be important to reestablish your identity is because when you're a kingdom person, there is always going to be a war of identity. Oh, you got to get this. There's always going to be a war over who you are.

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Why?

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Because as a man thinks, so is he. Which means that I cannot be or show up beyond who I think I am. You hear me? So. So some of you may have to take all of the prophetic words that you have heard. Just give me a little bit more time and I promise I'll button this up real good. You'll be blessed. You need to take all of the prophetic words that you have received about who you are, and you need to put them in a document and read them every single day. Because there will be an assault. Who you are, that is the enemy's number one job is to make you think you. You're not who you're not, you're not who you are. It's to make you think you ain't. Let me use a little broken English. You ain't who you are. He is an ain't devil. And God is a. And am God. He's an ain't devil. You ain't this, you ain't that, you ain't called, you ain't chosen, you ain't. You ain't anointed. You ain't.

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That's the enemy.

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So I have what I call an I am statement. You have to have an I am.

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Statement and you have to look at it every single day. It is your mirror so you can show up.

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As yourself each and every single day. There will always be, you will always be in a war of identity. And, and, and the reason why this is important is because how you see yourself or how you identify yourself is the difference between faith to move forward or fear. That debilitates. Gotta catch it. If you see yourself right, it gives you faith to move forward. If you Buy into the enemy's lie. It will put you in this place of debilitating fear. Makes you stuck. Fear is unprofitable. Oh, I feel it. If fear could help you in some way, I would encourage you to fear. There is literally zero advantage to debilitating fear. I'm not talking about caution and wisdom. It's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about straight out fear that makes you question yourself, that makes you doubt and it keeps you from moving. That is of the enemy. That's why it is arguably some argue that it is said either fear not or be not discouraged. Or somewhere in that. 365 times in the Bible. A lot of scholars believe 365 times in the Scripture, we are encouraged not to fear. That means that there is not a day in your life that fear will help you in any way whatsoever.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Fight against it every day of your.

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Life because fear will never help you. I'm almost there. Radical consecration number two is radical obedience. Now I'm going to say this, and I've just got to. I can't even do it the way I wrote it. So let me just say this. If you look at his life, because he perfected the presence of God, set the Lord before him, this means that he was always in the current or the flow of God's word. Stay with me. Stay with me. That. That means that the word of the Lord was always accessible to him.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Bishop Jakes]

There are benefits to this thing. There are benefits.

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That means that if I set the Lord in front of me, then his word. That man can't live without his word, which is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. His word, which was in the beginning with God. His word.

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Watch this. Is always present. Watch this. That means that I am never without his word. Now with his word comes responsibility. Because his word. Watch this will not profit you. I'm in Hebrews. Will not profit you if it's not mixed with faith.

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So I've got the profitable word, the.

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Engrafted word which is able to.

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To save my soul, to bless me, to move me from place to place, but it will not profit me unless I obey it.

[Bishop Jakes]

Now this is important. This is a word. If you don't get nothing else. Get this. The Lord began to speak to me about prophecy and prophetic words and obeying God when he gives you a word. And sometimes we look at prophecy and we look at prophetic words. Watch this as optional.

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We look at them as if we do them.

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If we Sow into them. If we embrace them, then these are. Watch this. I'll call them bonus blessings.

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Optional.

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I got my life, you know, and I get this prophetic word. And you know, I can do it or not do it because I am being sustained.

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But the Lord taught me.

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He says, no, no, no, no. You're missing it.

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If I give you a word and you don't do the word, you may end up in lack, because there's provision in my word. Just turn to somebody and tell them prophecy is provision. This is important. How do you know? Because right there in the text, there is a word from God, from God to Elijah to tell Ahab that there's getting ready to be a drought. But Elijah wasn't worried about it because he had a connection to the Word. And so the Word told Elijah to go down to the brook. If Elijah thought that the prophetic word was optional and didn't go and do it, he would have starved to death. Are you hearing me? He said, go and do this. This was not optional. This was provisional. And some of you might be in a place of lack. Not because God hasn't did it, but you haven't done what he called you to. I feel the Lord. You haven't done what he called you to do. You haven't gone where he told you to go. You say, well, P.T. that's a coincidence.

[Bishop Jakes]

You know, that was just a coincidence.

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Really. Well, then, right after that, the brook dried up. It was never about the brook. It was about the word. The brook dries up. God says, no problemo. I've got provision for you. And that provision is in my word. Go to Zarephath. There is a widow who is there who is going to feed you. So the Lord wanted me to tell you that you've got to obey the prophecy. The Bible says in 2nd Chronicles 20:20, believe in the Lord and you shall be established. But believe in the prophet and you will prosper. Stop treating prophetic words as optional. It is time for you to get radically obedient. When God gives you a word, when he gives you an instruction, when he tells you to do something, get to doing it, because your provision is in it. If he tells you to move to Dallas, Texas, because there's an anointing in this place, there's a word in this place, in this environment. You think you're safe where you are. But you are not safe, baby. Oh, I feel the Holy Ghost. If he tells you to move to Ghana, if he tells you to move to Australia, if he tells you to Move to Tokyo. Wherever the prophetic leads you, God will feed you. It's not optional. It's not optional. Radical bonus.

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Radical consecration.

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Radical obedience. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. In every step, there is provision. Every time you obey, provision shows up. And we are in a time right now.

[Bishop Jakes]

We are in a time where you.

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Better covet that prophetic word. When the prophetic word comes out and it says this week, something crazy is going to happen. If you feel it in your shundo, if there's a witness in your shuto, you better get ready. Get ready. Get ready. Put some seed in the ground, put some feet to that and move. Hallelujah. That. That is the blessing of prophecy. And hear me clearly. We're getting ready to come into a season and a moment where there's going to be a drought in prophecy.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

Why?

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Because God is unfair? No, he's got too many unfulfilled prophetic words out there. Go back to the word. Radical obedience. Radical obedience. Elijah moved.

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In.

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Radical, radical obedience.

[Bishop Jakes]

Radical consecration put him in the position to receive word, stay connected to the Word. And he developed this life rhythm, setting the Lord before him and the consecrated lifestyle that kept the word flowing. In his life, he couldn't wait for a word because he knew that all he had to do was obey that word and he would find provision. Even when there was a famine in the land. Watch this. He never experienced the harmful effects of the famine. Even when the brook dried up, God had a prepared place for him. But if he didn't live a consecrated life and he wasn't committed to radical obedience, he would have starved. He would have died of thirst and starved. And that produced radical boldness. Let me say this as I begin to land. You have to come to a place where either God is or he ain't. How long? The showdown, the showdown between God is or he's not. How long, Imara? How long will your life halt between two opinions? Your life, because your life speaks. How you move speaks. And your lack of movement speaks even more loudly. How long? You have to get to a point. Family, hear me clearly. And I beseech you. By the mercies of God, to win this showdown today, you. We all must make up our minds. Either he is. Oh, he's not. I'm thinking about Hebrews, chapter 11 and 6. It's interesting. It talks about. It starts off by talking about Enoch. Hebrews. It starts in five. Watch this. And it's interesting. It talks about Enoch. Because he, Enoch and Elijah had the same exit. They had A very similar exit. They didn't die. They were taken. And it's interesting that in the context of believing that God is Enoch is mentioned. Hebrews 11:5. By faith, Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death. Same thing with Elijah. Remember the chariot Spoo. And was not found because God had taken him. But before he was taken, he had this testimony that he please God. How did he please God? But without faith, it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

That he is. And not only that, that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

[Bishop Jakes]

We got to settle this today. Radical consecration, radical obedience and radical boldness. The radical boldness will come as a result of your radical consecration, the Word coming to you and your radical obedience. And you will boldly. He who comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder to those who deal it. I'm not wishing God will reward me. I'm faking him. Last thing I want to say last thing. As I was studying this out and I was praying, God said that us showing up to the showdown appropriately.

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[Bishop Jakes]

Is going to create revival. We saw it last week when Elijah showed up to the showdown. Hallelujah. When he showed up to the showdown, did his part, had his showdown etiquette together. God revealed his power and his might by the fire coming down and consuming the altar. The people around him said, the Lord, he is God. The Lord he is God. And there was revival. In that moment, I thought about this. The Lord started talking to me about what happens when revival happens. And revival is about alignment. It's about, watch this realignment. And what God told me to tell you was where there is realignment, there will be restoration. There are some who there is a conviction by the Holy Spirit to go back to those words that God spoke that you thought were dead. They're not dead. They were waiting on you. And he brought Joel 2 into my spirit. And Joel 2, beginning around verse 25 or 23, he talks about, you've seen it. He Talks about how he's going to restore the years that the locusts have eaten. And he names up all these different types of insects that attacked you, you, in various seasons, a variety of things that have been eating away at the words that God has spoken to you. But now that you are in alignment, the Lord told me that restoration is coming back to you. Not just making things right, but making.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

It as if you had it the entire time. I feel it so strongly for somebody. You thought you missed it. You thought the window had passed. But I hear God saying, I'm going to do the former and the latter.

[Bishop Jakes]

In one month at one time.

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Because.

[Bishop Jakes]

You'Ve come into alignment. And we are alive right now. We are alive right now for revival and for restoration. I want to pray for some people today. I'd like everybody to stand if you could. If you don't have to leave, don't leave. Now I know why the enemy's been fighting me so hard. I literally see future is unlocked. I get it now. I'm telling you, I'll be. I'll be straight up with you, Bishop. It's been hell. It's been hell.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

Before he prays, I just want to deliver this word. Some of you are Christians, young Christians, you don't understand, understand how the Spirit moves. He's preaching about a drought while we're in a drought. And the word of the Lord comes saying that I will give you direction to show you the place to go, that the drought won't affect you. This is real important. You see, all of these people, especially these saints, has been around a long time, coming to the altar and sowing a seed. It's not about us having a need. They're attaching their faith to the word of God. When, when, when somebody does something like this and it's uncoerced and people start moving like that, and you get a unction and a fix and two and a might oughta. And that word is for me. You need to move on that word right there. You. You need to move on that word right there. You need to move. And I'm trying to teach you how to be led by the Spirit. You have the Spirit, but until somebody teaches you how to be led by it, it's nudging you, but you don't know what to do with it. And before he prays for people, if you got a nudge, nudge, while he was preaching that word, God said, I'm going to direct you around the dry places and I'm going to set you in a place where your provisions are going to met, and they're going to be met sometimes by people who don't even look like they got it. But because you are my child, I'm going to make it happen for you. Now, if the Holy Ghost touch you, if it pushed you, if. If it tugged at your soul and you didn't know what it was and you thought it was just a jump or just to shout, you need to attach your seed to that word. Attach your seat to the word. And what I'm trying to do is teach you how to. How to receive the word of God. I don't care if you give that on your phone. You just tap your phone down. I'm trying to show you how to receive a divine word from God. When God gives you a rhema, you got to act on that word. You got it? That's what he's preaching about. The word was not mixed with faith in them that heard it. Now I'm trying to show you, because it's not that you're rebellious, it's that you didn't come from a background that was spirit led. If the spirit was pushing you for direction, if you've been living with threats, if you've been dealing with enemies, if you've been dealing with worry, if you've been dealing with stress, and God just gave you a word like that, I want you to attach your seed to that word right now. I want you to take it. What you doing? You. You're giving the seed, but what you saying? That word is mine. I'm swapping seeds. You gave me your seed, I'll give you mine. I'm swapping with you right now. I'm swapping with you because I know one word from you is better than the cattle on a thousand hill. Show me whose house to go to. Show me what brook to stand in. Show me what I'm gonna do next. Show me how to make a way, and I'm gonna give you a minute. He's calling for prayer, but I didn't want you to miss this opportunity. If the Holy Ghost. I don't care if you're in the balcony. I don't care if you're in the back. I don't care if you're on a walker. If the Holy Ghost nudge you come through the crowd like the woman with the issue of blood and attach yourself to that seat, that. That anointed seat from God. When you see people moving on that seed who are seasoned and been in the way for 50 years, we don't move Easily. When you see your elders move, move, you get in that flow. You respond to that. When you see women of God like Dr. James responding to the Word and coming out, you know that's a word from God. And you, you're getting ready to inherit the kingdom. And I want to make sure that you know how to move in the spirit. Move in the spirit. No, we're not selling T shirts. No, we don't have no sweatshirts outside. You're going to do this through the spirit. Spirit. The spirit of God draws you. The spirit. The Bible is you. Yes, Lord. The Lord said, the spirit of the Lord compels you. If the spirit of the Lord is compelling you. Can I take just a minute? If the spirit of the Lord is compelling you, that means you need to come. That's why you got the Holy Ghost. That's why you're led by the Holy Ghost. That's why you're filled with the Holy Ghost. Glory to God. If you're watching online. And the spirit of the spirit holy. The Lord compel you. I don't care who's writing what. I don't care who's making fun. I don't care what they say. You respond to that word. We're swapping seeds. My seed for your seed. Deep Calling on the deep. Sowing and reaping seed. Time and harvest. I receive that seed. If I'm talking to you, you move. I don't care if you're in Tuscaloosa. I don't care. Care if you're in Detroit. I don't care if you're in Birmingham. I don't care if you're in Africa. I don't care if you speak Swahili. I don't care if you're watching from Brazil. If you heard that word and something in your belly started moving, you obey that word. Right now, I gotta get out of the way, because I'll never get in nobody's way. But I want to give you a second to begin to understand how the spirit provokes you. The Bible said, when Mary came to Elizabeth House and they greeted each other her baby lead. When a word comes that makes your baby leave, your dream comes to life. Your dream comes to life. And God said, I'm gonna direct you. I'm gonna direct you. I'm gonna direct. And it's gonna be like, it ain't a family. Holly, I'm gonna take you into a realm that defies the forecast. Other times, I'm gonna cause you to win. Where other people are failing. This shall be A sign unto you, saith the Lord God. And I want you to begin to know what the Spirit of God is saying. I want a thousand people to lift your hand and just start talking in tongues. Just start praying in the Spirit. Just start yielding to the Holy Ghost. We must be a Holy Ghost church. We gotta have a Holy Ghost Church. We can't just have a baptism Methodistic, Catholic, a Presbyterian apostle. We must have a Holy Ghost church. When the Holy Ghost moves. When the Holy Ghost moves, I move. If he's not moving, I'm not moving. I'm moving with the Holy Ghost. For as many as are led by the Spirit, they are the sons of God. Come on, talk to your daddy. Talk to your daddy. Talk to your daddy. Daddy's gonna give me direction. Daddy's gonna tell me when to move. Daddy's gonna tell me where to go. Go. I'm getting out the way. I'm getting out the way. But I couldn't miss that opportunity to give you a quick class on how to know when the Spirit is moving in a place he has manifest in your belly. And he expects you to respond. He expects you to move. He expects you to change. He expects you to walk. He expects you to run. He expects you to respond with God's speaks. God's people move. Somebody give it 30 seconds of crazy praise. 30 seconds of crazy prayer. Crazy praise, delirious praise, spontaneous praise. Praise like you know that God's going to take care of you and your children and your grandchildren and your seed from this day forward. Give him a praise right now. A praise, a praise right now. Now. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, Hurry up if you're coming. Because he getting ready to pray for these souls. Hurry up if you're coming. Hurry up if you're coming. Hurry up if you're coming. You ain't got time to go fleece the Lord and ask him to rain on the sidewalk. When God nudges you, you move you online. If he nudges you, you move, you respond. This is how you build a Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost Church. And if we build this church like a Holy Ghost Church, and you're getting worried like that, and you're responding like that, God said, I'll give it to you. Press down, shaken together, running over. I'll cause men to give to your bosom. I'll cause people who don't like you to give to your booker. He didn't even have a relationship with the widow, but God caused her to be a source of blessing. God will show you who to call. He'll show you where to go. He'll show you what job to take. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming. It's come. One of you brothers up that elderly woman down the step. One of you brothers up there in the wife, help that lady down and see. Yeah, Help her down the step. Come on, come on, come on, come on. It's important. If it's important enough for her to come staggering down these steps. Steps to get in this world. When you see old folks move, we know something. You don't get to be old being stupid. When you see old folks move, don't sit back and look, Boo, boo, boo. You the one got the future. You the one got destiny. You the one got 50 more years. You the one that gotta hear what God is saying. That was a word from God. It was prophetic. It was a anointed. It was timely. And you don't just get that and just walk out the door and eat and belch and walk away. The devil is a lie. He said, the day you hear my voice, harden not your heart. I break every hard spirit. I break every stubborn spirit. I break every carnal spirit. I break every nightclub spirit. I break every gossiping spirit. Spirit, that hardness of your heart is stopping you from it raining. God said it's gonna rain. He's gonna let it rain in here. Let it rain on your children. Let it rain. I'm sorry, I don't ever do this, but I'm trying to teach you how to know when God is talking. You gotta know when God is talking to you. You got to know when God is talking to you. That message fits some stuff you were going through right now. If that message was for you, raise your hands and thank God for His word. Thank God for His word. Thank God for His word. Thank God for His word. He did his job. Make sure you do yours. Thank God for His word. Thank God for His word. Thank God for your obedience to the Word. Thank God that you will move when God says move. If the woman with issue of blood hadn't moved, she'd have bled to death. If blind Bartimaeus hadn't cried, he'd have lived the rest of his life blind. If the lame man hadn't reached out, he'd have been lame the rest of his life. You gotta do something. You gotta take action. You gotta move. You gotta move. I feel a stirrup, Pastor Tuber. I feel a stir in the Holy Ghost. Somebody who knows how to praise God. I mean, old school praise God. Somebody who knows how to give God glory. Just give God glory. I don't care what you got on. I don't care what you look like. I don't care whether you on beat or offbeat. Somebody who recognize the anointing is in this place. React to the Holy Ghost. React to the Holy Ghost.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

React to the Holy Ghost.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

I know you got a degree, but react to the Holy Ghost. I know you a doctor, but react to the Holy Ghost. I know you're important, but react to the Holy Ghost. For the just shall live by faith. You just got a minute. You just got a minute. You got a minute. You got a minute. You got a minute. I'm gonna turn the mic over. You got a minute. You got a minute. You better go run. You better run. Obedience is better than sacrifice. Obedience is better than sacrifice. If you felt a tug, you gotta run. You gotta run. You gotta run. It's getting late in the evening. And the sun is going down. Time is winding up. Pollution is all in the water. It's all in the air. Chaos is everywhere. It's getting late in the evening. There's no time for. For us to wander around and just have church. We need to have an encounter with the Holy Ghost. And I gotta teach you, when the Holy Ghost speaks to you, it's not going to be words. It's going to be an auction. Just an auction. Just a quickening, just a push, just a nudge. You know how you meet people and God will give you a nudge. That's the Holy Ghost down inside of you. And I'm trying to teach you how to know when to move in the Holy Ghost. Hallelujah. Anybody else? Anybody else? I'm through. I'm through. What is more important than the seeds you sow? It's the education I'm trying to give you. How to receive a word like that require. A word like that requires a response. The Bible said. He said, let there be light. And there was life. And it was good. Every time God speaks, something happens. Something happened to you. Something happened to you. Something happened to you. You. If you know something happened to you, praise God right now. Praise him.

[Pastor T.D. Jakes]

Praise God.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

Sa.

[Bishop Jakes]

Hallelujah.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

Jesus. Jesus.

[Bishop Jakes]

This is revival. It's what it feels like. Bishop talked about an unction.

[Assistant or Associate Pastor]

Thank you, Jesus.

[Bishop Jakes]

If you're here and you are ready to enter into a relationship with Jesus, who is undeniably present and who is touching you, whether you're Here or watching. It's time to get in the boat. This. This is an ark. It's interesting that the vessel that Noah was called to build for the purpose of saving humanity is the same word that's used to describe that which would carry the presence of God. So there's a connection between the presence of God, which we are all feeling, and the ark of salvation. And so if you're here and you have never opened up your heart to Jesus, but you feel the presence of God perhaps in a way that is more resonant than you ever had in your life, this is not normal. Although I believe it is our new floor, I do believe it's our new floor. But this is an unusual grace for unusual times. So if you are here and you have never opened up your heart, you just need to surrender to Jesus and welcome him into your life. I want you to come and meet me here at this altar. And if you're watching via livestream, I want you to put it right there in the feed. I receive Jesus. Just. Just do that. If that's you. I want you to come. I want you to come. This. This is holy. It's holy. And thank you. Thank you, Bishop, for. For teaching us how to respond. How to respond. And he gave some to be apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers. But the equipping of the saints, we need it all to be the body, and we need you all. I'm going to pray in a moment. There have been revivals in history. Be honest with you. There's always the wrestling between dismissing and just sitting here all day in his presence. And we will probably do something along the lines of 24 hours at some point. I sense it's coming. Prayer and fasting, I sense that's coming. But there's always the. The wrestling between just letting us sit. There have been movements that started with a service and you looked up. And four months passed by seriously marked by salvations, healing signs, all that. So we have to be open to whatever, literally. But I do want you to go back to your spheres of impact and your spheres of influence. And you take this fire and you take this clarity, and you go do business in the name of the Lord. Dust off the old prophecies, dust off the words. Watch this. That maybe hope deferred made your heart sick or whatever. Maybe it took so long you forgot about it and you have espoused new words and forgot about those words. There is a connection between your provision and your prophecy. So you don't get to pick and choose. Are you tracking with me? Restoration is here. This is going to be a crazy week. We heard this is going to be a crazy week because I feel like. Like we got adjusted today. I know how good it feels. I want you to repeat after me. In honor of those who I believe gave their hearts to the Lord for the first time. Let's all say together, Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love. We feel it. Thank you for speaking to us. We receive it. Thank you for Jesus. Thank you for making him who knew no sin, all of mine, all of my mistakes, all of my brokenness, all of my hurt, all of my pain, all of my rebellion you placed in his body, nailed it to the cross and put it to death. And just as he was raised up on the third day, free and victorious because I am in him. I'm free too. Holy Spirit, fill me to the overflow that I might have the mind of Christ, that I might perceive your instructions and walk in obedience. Lord, today I commit to a new level of consecration, to a new level of obedience. If you speak it, I'll move in it. I thank you for boldness to be who you've called me to be. Lord, bring to my remembrance things you have spoken to me, instructions you have given to me, promises that you've made that I might be realigned, that I might experience restoration. God, use me as a sign to who you are now. God, I thank you for your presence in every showdown I face. I love you, Lord. In Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Quickly. This is a movement. We are more than a church. We truly are a movement. Movement. And when you see the generations coming together the way you've seen that Malachi prophesied about that Malachi 4 said, before the Lord comes back, well, first of all, he talked about the spirit of Elijah and some says John the Baptist, and that all works and everything, but we're talking about Elijah. But he also says that the hearts of the fathers will turn to the hearts of the children. And the hearts of the children. In other words, there's going to be this collaboration between generations. We're seeing it. And a fresh outpouring. We're seeing it. This is a movement. If you say, you know what, I want the potter's house to be my house, first of all, it already is. But you want to draw near to this movement and even get involved and serve. There are pastors to my left. You can see them after service. If you have to leave, you don't have time to do that. There's a QR code on the screen. We want to connect, connect with you. We want to draw you in. We are one family. Love you so much. We're going to have walk it out Wednesday night. This Wednesday, as a man thinks, is Thursday. If you have not registered or if you have some male, some man in your life that you believe needs to be there, take care of his registration. Tell him about it. We're going to have a powerful time together. May the Lord bless and keep you. May make his face to shine upon you and be gracious towards you. May he lift up his countenance over you and grant you shalom. Shalom in Jesus name. God bless you. I love you too, brother. God bless you.