Pastor Ray…
Hallelujah. Good Morning. I have a spiritual hors d’oeuvres so to speak. I recently found this Word from Kenneth Hagin in my drawer. It’s from Pastor Jeff Perry’s church in St. Louis given in 1997. I know Pastor Mac and Lynne were there, the Hankins; all kinds of people that we know in leadership. He had three points on what a Holy Ghost meeting truly is. You know, sister so-and-so ran around the church and then so and so fell over. Well, we may have our own deal on what it should look like.
Number one: The Holy Ghost meeting is where the Word is taught or preached. That’s the foundation.
Number two: A Holy Ghost meeting is where the Holy Ghost is in demonstration and is leading and guiding and manifesting Himself.
Number three: A Holy Ghost meeting is where the needs of the people are met and the joy of the Lord is manifested in the people.
A lot of prayer meetings are Holy Ghost meetings. I believe for that. We have some Word. We don’t leave all down-and-out and frowning and just leave the Chapel. We are lifted up because He’s the One that’s lifting us up. I just thought that was interesting, a three-point deal from 1997.
I want to read Mark chapter 13 this morning.
Scripture focus…
(31) Heaven and earth will perish and pass away, but My words will not perish or pass away. (32) But of that day or that hour not a [single] person knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
(33) Be on your guard, constantly alert and watch and what? Pray. Watch and pray. For you do not know when the time will come.
(35) Therefore watch (give strict attention, be cautious and alert), for you do not know when the Master of the house is coming—in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning—
(36) [Watch, I say] lest He come suddenly and unexpectedly and find you asleep.
(37) And what I say to you I say to everybody: Watch (give strict attention, be cautious, active, and alert)! Mark 13:31-37 (AMPC)
Pastor Ray…
We take that Word. Sometimes we’re not always thinking, well, is this the day? But we won’t know the day or the hour (we just read that). But we can know the times or the season.
So, I read that chapter and then I had time. And sometimes I’ll just go on Facebook to see whose birthday it is and click “Happy Birthday.” Well, I saw Trina Hankins had put this prophesy up from Kenneth Hagin. I think it was last Wednesday. And Sister Billye Brim read it on her Wednesday prayer meeting. It’s a prophesy from 1980 and it’s about the end of the age.
Father, thank You, for the power of Your Word and for the move of Your Holy Spirit in us and through us. Holy Spirit, we welcome Your presence again this morning. So grateful and thankful for the anointing that’s resident in us. And so glad You’re not going to take it away.
We are anointed and we always will be anointed. We believe to walk in it, in a greater degree, in a higher way.
Thank You so much for this time, this sixty minutes that we get to spend together with other parts of the body of Christ. Hallelujah. We know there’s power in unity. And we love to join together in Jesus’ name.
The following prophecy The End of the Age was given by Kenneth E. Hagin in 1980:
The end of the age is coming upon this generation. The powers of darkness, the forces of evil are rampant as never before and they will be increased in intensity and velocity. And even many Christians will see and look upon these things and say “oh, there is no use”; throw up their hands in futility and say “well, I guess it’s all over.”
Lots of things are happening here in 2020. And if Christians are paying attention to the wrong news or to the wrong voices, they could be one of these. They just say, “There’s just no use. I’m just going to go up north,” or whatever. You know for Minnesotans, when all else fails, just go up north! “We’ll just have to hold on and pray for Jesus to come shortly because the Devil is about to take over everything.” And what do we say to that? Absolutely, No! No way! No way, No way!
But thus sayeth the Lord, in this day I am searching the body of Christ to enlist soldiers. I’ll raise up a new band. I’ll raise up a new army who will know how to pray against the powers of darkness. And the light will dispel the darkness and the truth will set men free and prayer will break the bonds that bind men’s minds and spirits and bodies. (Halleluiah, glory to God).
Yea, there are those who will learn to take their place hurriedly. It must be hurriedly, it must be.
Quickly it must be that they learn. That they enter in quickly to stand against the forces of darkness and evil that will try and come against the land, against the church, against the home, that would try and disrupt and destroy all that is good and all that God has endorsed.
Welcome to 2020. It’s just like, Hello!
Yea, there are those who will learn to take their place hurriedly. It must be hurriedly, it must be. Quickly it must be that they learn. That they enter in quickly to stand against the forces of darkness and evil that will try and come against the land, against the church, against the home, that would try and disrupt and destroy all that is good and all that God has endorsed. But the hand of the Lord is upon those who will listen and at the urge of God in the spirit to those who are attentive, they will pray. The Spirit of God will help you to pray. Do not try to do it yourself. Though there must be labor on your part yet at the same time rest in Him. Let the Spirit flow through you like a river. Like a mighty wave let it flow through you. Give vent to those inner most groanings. Let them escape your lips. Take the time to get alone and wait. Sometimes not even saying anything but on the inside of you there is an agonizing. There is a flowing out of your spirit by the Holy Spirit to the Great Spirit, the Father of spirits. And thou shalt be sustained. Thou shalt be kept and thy family and thy home will be sure and stand fast and thy children shall grow up strong and stalwart in the Lord and they shall have no fear.
Pastor Ray…
Amen! I love it! Children, home, families. We could put it all in there. Jobs, finances, all of it. Because He said, We shall be sustained. Thank you, Lord. Oh, thank You. Annie, would you begin to play what you were playing at the beginning there. Please, but you don’t have to sing, yet.
Those words stand out to me, like right off the page here, “thou shall be sustained.” And I felt a sense… I’m just going to say the words come up. The days of despair, the days of fear, days of lack, the days of all kinds of different attacks, the days of the Devil’s ways. All of those days, the ways, situations are over because the Lord has said, “We shall be sustained.”
And so we sign up for that part of this Word knowing that the Lord will sustain us. And so, we’ll gain ground, we’ll gain territory, gain areas, realms, positions, operations. We’ll gain them and we’ll operate in those things before we are out of this earth. Hallelujah.
There’s time. Yes, time is moving and moving quickly. Time. But there’s still time, saith the Lord. There’s still time to operate in the power from Heaven given by the Spirit. There’s still time to operate, to declare, to bring those things to pass that have never ever come before. But at last, they shall come all to pass. Hallelujah! (tongues)
Oh, You’re worthy, Lord. Hallelujah.
Ms. Jeani…
Because that word, sustain, doesn’t mean we just barely get by.
The word sustain means that we’re built on the Rock. We’re built on the Solid Rock. So that when the storms come, we are what’s left standing. And when we are what’s left standing… kingdom culture, kingdom schools, kingdom government, kingdom businesses manifest here on the earth. Taking more ground, taking more ground.
When God sustains us, there’s increase. There’s increase! We take ground and while we keep the ground that we just took, we take more ground. There’s liberty. There’s healing and absolute freedom.
I hear God say, “What if the greatest times are upon us?” And we answer, “Yes they are!” We occupy until He comes. We’re sustained to occupy. Thank you. Thank you.
Pastor Ray…
No walls, no fences can hold us away from being sustained. For the Word of God has said it. We receive it and we know that it’s even greater than what we can see or think. The Word says that greater, more, so good, so great, so over the top, so over into the land of more than enough! More than enough, more than enough, spread it out, take territories, take other regions, based on what this Word has told us to be, to possess, to walk in, to live in.
Finances, money, checks showing up in your bank accounts. Oooohh! In your mailboxes! Hallelujah! As part of the sustaining of God almighty! Part of more than enough, part of divine prosperity! Hallelujah! We see it! We seize it! We take it by faith. We believe it. Therefore, we will receive it!
Hallelujah! Maybe we’ll be in that place. We’ll be in that land. But it’ll be like… payments. It’s payment time. It’ll be like, whoop! Here comes another one! Here comes another load! Here comes another bunch! We receive it all! Heaven’s ways in these supernatural days! Days of great glory! Days of great prosperity!
We’re all in, Lord! We’re in the receptivity mode. We believe to receive it. We believe to receive it in faith, by faith. We receive what was done, is done, and will always be done. Thank you!
Miss Annie led us singing Faithful You Are
Ms. Jeani…
Okay, so speaking of His promises, I’ve been thinking about when another one of those plagues, or whatever, came on the earth and God came to Bob Jones and said, “Why are you tolerating what I would never tolerate.” And so they rebuked that and it left. And then Mario Marillo was talking about how one of the greatest healing revivals came out of another plague.
The answer is not going to come from the medical community. Although we thank God for medical miracles and medical solutions. That could be part of His answer. We’re not taking away from that but we take our authority over these plagues right now.
Because, are they bringing liberty? No. Then they’re not from God. Are they bringing separation? Yes. Then they’re not from God. Are they bringing lack? Then they’re not from God. And if they’re not from God… Are we of God? Does our faith even overcome the world? Do we believe that? Is that what He said?
That was what He said. He already said it. He’s looking for us to co-labor with Him and not permit this plague to cause anymore destruction! To cause any more separation! To kill dreams. In fact, we speak to these plagues and we tell them, “You’re under our feet!” We say No! We stop you in all of your evil devices, in every evil work that would try and take advantage of this.
In fact, we thank God for liberty like we have never seen it before. Doug Sheet said something that I love. He said, “If Jesus was coming back now, the scripture that said He’s coming back for a glorified church would be heresy.”
Church, this is our greatest moment! For us to rise up and be the Church, for us to be the answer in schools. In businesses, in government. In the media, in entertainment. This is our greatest moment! Of course, Jesus is coming back but this is our greatest moment.
Pastor Ray…
I just keep getting this. Miss Annie, this morning, the way I saw it was, the whirling and the swirling and the things that have been happening in the past several weeks and probably beyond that, you already have passed through, saith the Lord. It’s like the three Hebrew children that were cast into the fire. But they came out with no smell of smoke (ha, ha, ha)! Not that you’d be smelling like smoke but there could be some other deals. So, you’ve already passed through and when they were down in that fiery pit, who else showed up?
Ms. Annie…
JESUS!!
Pastor Ray…
He showed up! Three became four! So, you have already come through. We can say it like this, you passed the test! Hallelujah!
So, there is a swirling but it’s not that kind of swirling. There is like a flood but the Spirit of God has come forth and He is lifting you and your family up and bringing all of them up and through into greater ways and greater days and greater, Ooooooh! Really! Greater responsibilities in the realm of the Spirit! And maybe it’s in the natural, too. So, it’ll show up, show out, and people will see it and receive. Hallelujah.
Just like we read where the Holy Spirit said through him Kenneth Hagin. You do not try to do it yourselves. That’s the deal. It’s not us. It’s not how great we are but it’s all Him, His kingdom, His power. Hallelujah.
So, whatever debris, or whatever work of the enemy has tried to stick on us, we shake it off. Just like Paul shook off that viper. Oh, my! Hallelujah! And then set all those other people free! Hallelujah! He shook it off! We shake it off by the blood of the Lamb! We overcome through that blood and we’ll keep on keeping on! Keep on testifying the goodness of God, the glory of God. Hallelujah! Hallelujah.
Ms. Annie led us singing You are Great, You do Miracles So Great
Pastor Ray…
It’s true, there’s no one like you, Lord. Thank You, Lord.
Scripture focus…
(1) He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].
No virus, no re-occurrence of the virus. No. In Jesus’ name. No! You’re out and you’re not coming back. In Jesus’ name.
(2) I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!
We’re protected. We’re in that secret place, we’re protected. It’s a place of refuge. It’s a place of stability. Strength. Stability. Stable, a stable mind. Hallelujah.
(3) For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
(4) [Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.
(5) You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,
Thank You, Father. We’re not afraid of pestilence that stalks and darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday. Even a thousand may fall at our sides, or ten thousand by our right hand. But it shall come near us.
(6) Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.
(7) A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.
Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Father. For the power of the blood, for the protection from heaven. Thank You for the place of safety.
(8) Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.
We’re inaccessible! Can’t get at us. Can’t get on us. Can’t, can’t, can’t come out of us. We’ll not speak those words of defeat. We’ll not speak those words of lack. But in Jesus’ name. We’ll continually be a spectator, inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High as we witness the reward of the wicked. Whoa! Oh, Lord. Whoa! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Ms. Annie, let’s sing something on the blood. Thank You, Lord. And then we’ll go through the rest.
Ms. Annie led us singing Thank You for Your Blood
Pastor Ray…
No accidents are coming near any one of us, no kind of accident in the name of Jesus. We’re protected by the blood of Jesus. That’s how we can say, no weapon formed against us will prosper. Because of the blood and the name that is above every other name.
(9) Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
(10) There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.
(11) For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].
(12) They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
(13) You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.
(14) Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness—trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].
You just know it. You got to know it. We know it.
(15) He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
(16) With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation. Psalm 91 (AMPC)
Hallelujah. Hallelujah! Thank You, Lord.
Therefore, we still can say the best is yet to come. The best is yet to come! There’s steps yet to be taken. There are new plans yet to be walked out, carried out.
The economy is moving up! The economy is going up! We will not listen to all the defeat, all the lies, all the inaccuracies but we know where our help comes from. The economy is going up! Our president knows what to do, when to do it, what to say, and what not to say. He’s at the right place at the right time. This nation is not going backwards. We’re not going down. It’s turning around. Things are changing now and we’re going up state by state by state.
We pray over all of the leaders, all of the positions of authority. We pray over every governor of every state in Jesus’ name! I don’t know how else to pray, but just in the spirit about that. (tongues)
What needs to be cleaned up and cleaned out, it will be cleaned up. Oh, and it will be cleaned out daily, daily, daily. It’s a daily, okay, it’s a daily increase. It’s daily turning, turning. (tongues)
We must keep on expecting. We must keep on declaring. This is the way it is, and this is the way it will be! We’ll hold fast to Your plans, Lord. We’ll not quit. We’ll hold on to what You said in Your Word Knowing that Your Word is true.
America, one nation under God, indivisible and continually, we declare Jesus is Lord over America! The Devil is not Lord over America. Jesus is Lord over America! Hallelujah! Ooooooohh!
Ms. Annie led us singing Because You’re Lord
Ms. Jeani…
It keeps coming up in my spirit that whether or not you believe He’s coming back soon or not, He said to occupy until He comes. If He tells us to occupy until he comes, He never tells us something He hasn’t equipped us to do. So, we speak strength over the body of Christ, comfort and rest and vision to look up. To look up and be equipped, know that you’re already equipped to occupy it and that you already know what it looks like to occupy.
Even if you say, well, what does that mean? He’ll tell you. He’ll tell you. We don’t have to argue. Is He coming now, or like what? The point is we still occupy until He comes. So, so we can agree on that.
Scripture focus…
(1) Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
(2) Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
(3) For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
(4) In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
(5) The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
(6) Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
(7) for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, Psalm 95:1–7 (NIV)
Pastor Ray…
Today! We’ve heard your voice, Lord. You spoke it to us. You’re speaking it over us. You put the plan in us to walk out. We’ll walk it out, lifting up our eyes heavenward, speaking words of praise and worship, thanksgivings unto you our King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
We thank You, give You all of that honor that’s due unto You. Thank You in advance for this is the day that You’ve made. We’ll keep on rejoicing, keep on being glad, and we’ll declare it again, “Every day is getting better!” Hallelujah! Sweeter too. Thank you for coming and joining together with us. We are connected together as parts of the body. Amen. Hallelujah!
