Peg led group in worship…
Pastor Ray…
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus… I feel that just in this short time, when Ms. Peg is singing that, our faith is just it’s lifted. It’s lifted up because our faith is in that precious holy name. Jesus is not just the end of a prayer. It’s the beginning of prayer. He is everything. You are everything, Lord. You’re the beginning and the end, the alpha and Omega, King of Kings, Lord of Lords. You’re everything. All power, authority… You’re working on situations now. Worldwide events, signs, wonderful things, miracles, supernatural happenings. Thank you for that precious name. Thank you, Jesus.
(tongues) No we’ll not be shaken because we have the name. And we’ve declared that name over this nation. And this nation will not be shaken in that way. No! (tongues) So we lean not on our own understanding, but we lean by faith in that name, the name above all names. (tongues) Miracles, miracles, miracles… Shalom, Shalom… everything whole, everything restored because of the name, the power in that name and the power in the blood… mysteries… things being revealed… insight… revelation… understanding… commanding and declaring things that are not as though they absolutely are… not bowing to the enemy’s ways, but standing up and standing strong, for these are heaven’s days … (worship) beautiful, beautiful is the name… we lift up your name. We give you glory. Savior, healer, provider, waymaker…
Let’s sing in other tongues for a bit… (group sings in the spirit)
Pastor Ray…
While we’re singing in other tongues, I began to see these ministries or churches that started out on fire. Then they became without fire and turned into denominations. And as years went by, the fire went out. But I began to see denominational churches rising up again. There’d be a new… I don’t know how to say that. There’d be a new yielding to the power of that name. And the power of the Holy Spirit. Like it was in years past, a charismatic movement in the Catholic church. It’ll happen again. There are things shaking up and shaping up right now in these days and in this hour because the enemy has come in. But the Spirit of God is coming and pushing back like a mighty flood and the doors and the ways and the plans are opening up again… eyes, ears, and there’s a new… as brother Hagin referred to them… a new breed. There’s a new breed… a new group of people that are beginning to rise up and say, “no more, no longer.” We lift up the name that’s above every other name. We’re going His way. We’re going in God’s ways. The Bible is true. God’s Word is true. Hallelujah. So this morning, we call in every kind of denomination we could think of. The Catholics are rising up. The Methodists are rising up. Hallelujah. The Lutherans are getting stirred up. Oh, because there’s a new breed. There’s a new call… hallelujah. The time is right and it’s part of the Devil’s fall. Holy Ghost… fall fresh, encourage an awakening… so we stir up those embers in Jesus’ name… just like a stove in yesteryear… stir up those embers… speak to those wells… where miracles and signs, supernatural things happened in yesteryears to begin to rise up and come up in realms and ways that have never been experienced before till now… more and more and more moves of the Spirit. Hallelujah… signs, supernatural happenings, words of wisdom… prophecies… in the name
Sing that a little bit more Peggy. Just sing the name a little bit more.
That name will get the Church up, will bring the Church up higher. Will bring more supernatural power… fresh baptisms in the Holy Ghost with fire. Jesus!
Peg led group in singing the name…
Pastor Ray…
We must not just sit back and say, we’ve arrived. We’ve not arrived. We have arrived into some ways and some plans. Thank you, Father for your faithfulness and your goodness toward us, but we must move up too. All of the Church, every church that would call on that name that’s above name… Jesus. There must be fresh fire. There’s got to be a supernatural Holy Ghost given desire. Otherwise we’ll fall right into the same religious ways. We take authority over a spirit of religion today in the name of Jesus. We hold the blood against that kind of operation from the enemy. We will not fall into that trap, but we are looking up and ahead… and we believe to move out into new territories, new rounds, creative ways, creative plans from heaven. open, open, open in the name of Jesus… for a fresh wind and a fresh fire… great new desires for new, for more, for greater, for increase of every kind… Holy Spirit, Come! We need more.
Pastor Ray shared…
I want to read this from Katherine Kuhlman. It goes along with this. It’s a short little article, and it’s entitled “Faith Over Feelings.” Or we could say “faith in the name” or “faith in the name of Jesus over what we feel.” And there’s just a couple of paragraphs I wanted to read. And she said that God knew what He was doing when He created you. He had a purpose for you. He had a plan for your life. And in order for you to carry out that purpose, He gave you the marvelous capacity to develop faith, faith in the name, faith in the blood. You know, so faith is so great and it’s so powerful a force that when taken in the soul and live by, it can see you through anything, whatever it might be. And then she said, I do not speak these words lightly for I’m fully aware of the fact that there are those who this very moment right now are filled with grief or trouble or doubt or conflict. Yet it is to you I speak. You who have feelings of complete defeat and despair. But I want you to know something against these feelings, against your utter defeat or grief, your trouble, your doubt. I offer you the power of God’s tremendous Word. If you have faith, nothing shall be impossible to you. Faith is such a powerful force that when taken into the soul and lived by it can see you through every single thing in your lives. Millions of words have been written about success, but if these millions of words could be squeezed out in just three short, meaningful words, I believe the formula for success would read “faith and gumption.”
She says, the Bible speaks of this just in a little different terms as the Bible says in James 2:26 “for as the body without the spirit is dead. So faith without works is dead.” And then she said, there’s nothing quite as dead as a physical body when the spirit is left. That is so true. Of course, unless it’s faith without works.
So I looked up “gumption.” I mean we have a clue about it. It’s sort of an old school word. But it’s shrewdness in practical matters or common sense. It’s courage and taking initiative, being strong, enterprise, boldness, willingness to undertake new or risky projects, energy initiative, unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence. Complete trust, confidence, and reliance. Faith in Him in every way. Faith in the name. Faith in the blood. Faith in the Word that what the Word has said, it shall come to pass. Because it is true. Hallelujah.
And just one other little paragraph.
She said this gets right down to where we live. Anyone… every one of us can wish for success, but it takes a kind of gumption to make things happen. Faith and wishing are not enough. You can have all the faith in the world, but if all you do is sit there claiming faith and wishing that something would happen, you’ll sit from now to doomsday and nothing will happen. Works without faith is dead, but faith without works will leave you in a state of accomplishing nothing. You must put forth the effort to achieve, and it takes gumption.
So faith without works, faith without gumption is dead, but with God’s power and your strength, the gumption, the opportunities are unlimited. So today, just speaking of all of the different denominations and streams of ministry and where each one may be is in this year, 2021, we speak increase this morning. Increase for what was lost. We declare today it shall be restored seven times greater in Jesus’ name. So the way it was going in the beginning of 2020, now over into 2021, things will increase like never before… Open to the greater… open to more… open to the increase… It is in every realm, spirit, soul, body… numbers, finances, whatever we can think of, there’s increase. There’s more… there’s momentum. We declare it this morning. We pray that momentum for the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you, Father… a sudden turn… a change… an awakening to the things of God, a greater awakening to what the Word has said… where the Bible has been laid aside let it be picked back up… and where faith has slipped or slid, let faith be stirred freshly… Thank you, Lord. Let’s pray in other tongues just for a little bit and stir our own faith up. Just believe to be stirred up in our faith, to believe what He said is true, to believe what the Word told us we could do… we stir ourselves up praying in the Holy Ghost…
Group prays in the spirit…
Pastor Ray…
Supernatural understanding about decisions that must be made… supernatural understanding… supernatural revelation about the decisions that must be made right now in these days…. Oh, it seems critical. It seems like it’s a 911 kind of situation. Now saith the Lord… now is the time… these are the times … these are the days… rise up and stand strong… rise up and declare, “Oh, I’ve overcome by the blood of Jesus. And that blood has given victory for me, for my church, for our families, for our nation, for the nations on this earth.” Thank you, Father. It’s your glory. (tongues) Conditions are turning… minds are being renewed… ears are being opened. Oh, hallelujah…
The blood pressure is normal… hearts are lining up right. Limbs are being made whole. Eyes open to see more clearly. Hallelujah.. Pain is leaving… Pain must leave today in the name of Jesus… internal parts made new, restored. Hallelujah… livers, be right. Be healed in the name of Jesus… Pancreas, we speak to you … work right, work now. Be healed in the name of Jesus … what wasn’t right, be right in Jesus’ name… minds, be strong… minds, be restored… minds, be healed in the name of Jesus… depression, you got to go … leave! Go in the name of Jesus… change, change, turning right ways, turning now… words from heaven… words that change … words that make news and words that rearrange right now… this is the time … these are the days and we’re the people … hallelujah…
I feel like there’s something that needs to be let go. I don’t know if it’s… I don’t know what it is or what it’s been trying to do, except bring defeat in you. Must be let go. Maybe it’s words… words that were spoken to you or over you, let them go. Let those things go. Let it go. Let it go. Let those things go in Jesus’ name… be gone. be free. new days. Hallelujah.
And so we watch as pray-ers… we watch over situations right now… (tongues) that will change. that is changing… even if it looked like it would never change, it’s changing… and the Father knows your name. He knows who you are. He knows where you are. He knows what you’ve been called to do. You’ve been gifted. You are gifted, and those gifts will begin to continually come forth in a greater way. And it looked like a miracle to you, but to the Father, it’ll look just like the way He created for you. (tongues) better days. Better ways …
Can you sing that Peg about every day is just getting better and sweeter. We’re stronger. We’re more healed. God is working. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Father.
You’re right there. You’re right in that. You see that. You’re right in the midst of it…
Peg led group in worship…
Pastor Ray…
Isaiah 59:19 “So [as the result of the Messiah’s intervention] they shall [reverently] fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him and put him to flight [for He will come like a rushing stream which the breath of the Lord drives].” (Amp.)
And then 60:1: “Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!”
He’s in us. His glory is on us. He’s working for us. He’ll lift up a standard. And you know His standard is a high standard, an excellent standard… hallelujah. And sometimes just even in the natural, you know, they refer to it as spring cleaning, sometimes it’s time to clean up just in the natural… So that it it’s connected. It’s connected to how the Holy Spirit wants to move for you and for me. And He lifts up… I take it like that. A high standard of excellence. It’s never old school, or it’s never over. It’s always right to have the high standard of the Lord operating in and through us in every way—spirit, soul, and body.
So today we thank you so much for working on our behalf when we didn’t even know you were there working, you were working. You’re so good. You’re so faithful, so gracious and kind. We love you. We honor you. We magnify your name. We thank you for this day. We just thank you so much for it in Jesus’ name. And everyone said, Amen. Thank you, God. Bless your weekend. Appreciate it. Thank you for coming.
