WORKING WITH GOD: THE OPEN DOOR TO THE IMPOSSIBLE

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WORKING WITH GOD: THE OPEN DOOR TO THE IMPOSSIBLE  In this STUDY we discover what it means to WORK WITH GOD; expressing love, surrender, and trust, allowing Him to work in, with, and through us for His divine purposes. By making God the foundation of our work, we open the door for the impossible to become possible, living as His ambassadors. Discover key principles of partnership with God that transform our lives and bring His will to fruition…  AUDIOMACK: https://audiomack.com/lionsroar38/song/working-with-god-the-open-door-to-the-impossible  DAILYMOTION: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x956puu  RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/v5dpe11-working-with-god-the-open-door-to-the-impossible.html  YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/lYNtmvMhSTU  JOHN 5:19 TPT So Jesus said, “I speak to you eternal truth. The Son is unable to do anything from himself or through his own initiative. I only do the works that I see the Father doing, for the Son does the same works as his Father... Shalom & Amen! #thetruth #WordOfGod #God #Jesus #HolySpirit #faith #hope #life #love #joy #peace #freedom #kingdomculture #spiritualgrowth #revival #success #Amen #WorkingwithGod

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00:00working with God. John 5 19 tells us, Jesus said, I speak to you eternal truth. The son

00:19is unable to do anything from himself or through his own initiative. I only do the works that

00:26I see the father doing, for the son does the same works as his father. In the powerful

00:32true words of Andrew Murray, God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life

00:38wholly yielded to him. Working with God, the open door to the impossible. Want to know

00:47more? Hang around. Welcome, welcome to Lions Roar 38 ministries. Amos 38 tells us the lion

00:59has roared who will not fear or hear the Lord God has spoken who can but prophesy. My name

01:06is George Magalhaes and we are an apostolic ministry with a prophetic teaching edge. It

01:12is our passion, our mission to reignite equip and release Christ like disciples both locally

01:18and globally. We do that through our itinerant ministry, but as well as providing you with

01:22resources just like this one to help you, to aid you in your God given calling. Today,

01:30we have a great word, working with God, bringing us to our main verse today, which comes from

01:38the book of John chapter 5, verse 19. As we heard at the beginning, this time we're

01:44going to hear it from the complete Jewish Bible version. Therefore, Yeshua said this

01:53to them. Yes, indeed, I tell you that the son cannot do anything on his own, but only

02:00what he sees the father doing. Whatever the father does, the son does too. Amen? Amen.

02:10Hello, hello. We got beauty today again. And we're going to have her for quite a while

02:19now, since I've taken up a little bit extra work. And we'll tell you a little bit more

02:25as things go on. But yes, Sabrina, Prophet Sabrina, which also happens to be my wife,

02:32cha-ching, she will be joining us for the next few weeks, which is great as we minister,

02:43as we bless you and be blessed by God's word. Amen? Amen. Amen. All right. Today's word,

02:48as I said at the beginning, we'll be working with God, the open door to the impossible.

02:53So as usual, we'll first reveal a very short, very simple, but much needed context before

03:00diving into our study. So in our study, we will discover four key principles that we

03:08need to be aware of when working with God. Because yes, God does want us to work with

03:14Him, not work for Him, work with Him. So number one is God must be the foundation of

03:24our work. Number two, God works in us, with us and for us. Number three, God works with

03:32us for His purpose. And number four, God works through us as a bridge. Amen. So in today's

03:38study, as I said, we will discover what it means to work with God, expressing love, surrender

03:45and trust, allowing Him to work in, with, and through us, as we just heard, for His

03:52divine purposes. By making God the foundation of our work, we open the door for the impossible

03:58to become possible. Living as His ambassadors, discover key principles of partnership with

04:08God that transform our lives and bring His will to fruition. Let's pray.

04:15Pray. You want to pray? Pray. Okay.

04:20Lord, we just want to thank You, Father, in the name of Jesus, hallelujah, for this time

04:25of blessing, Lord God, for this time of fellowship, of releasing Your Word, Lord, let it be a

04:32Word that brings forth fruits, Lord God, a Word that is pleasing unto You, Lord God,

04:37that You put the Word through our mouths, Lord God, not by our might, not by our power,

04:42but through Your Holy Spirit, we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

04:46Amen and amen. All right.

04:52So as we have just heard, when we work with God, we express our love, surrender, service

04:59and trust toward Him. I mean, working with God is awesome. Seriously. Colossians 3, 23-24

05:08from the NKJV reveals, and whatever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not to man,

05:17knowing that from the Lord, you will receive the reward of the inheritance for you serve

05:23the Lord Christ. Working with God also allow us to work in and through us as His children,

05:30ambassadors and priests. This in turn activates the open door for the impossible to be possible.

05:38No matter how difficult it seemed to us for God, nothing is too difficult or unimaginable

05:43for our God. Remember what we taught last week, we have an open book test with an open

05:50book answers that has been proven through generations, through a God who is faithful, right?

05:58So as Luke chapter 1, verse 37 reminds us, for we've got nothing will be impossible.

06:07So here, what we're going to do today is we're going to do our study focusing on four key

06:13principles, as George said earlier. Now, this is of utmost importance for us to be aware of

06:19when working with God. Again, number one would be God must be the foundation of our work.

06:26Number two, God works in us, with us and for us. Number three, God works with us for His purpose.

06:34And number four, God works through us as a bridge. Wonderful. Number one, God must be the foundation

06:43of our work. All right. Now, this study really went out when God said, okay, I want you to do

06:50this teaching. And I was like, Lord, why is the teaching like that? It's because

06:58there's a lot of my children, He said, a lot of my children who are supposed to do more,

07:04but they don't believe they can do more because they see me as being far or they see it as

07:11only a certain elect few can work with me. But that's not how God called us. So these studies

07:17will help you and hopefully will get you also excited to work with God and to be excited

07:25knowing that how God view you as well. Again, let's go to number one. Just a second.

07:31I also want people to understand that when we talk about work and the work that you're talking

07:35about, it's not just talking about ministry work. It's talking about your life, your life itself.

07:42When you wash the dishes, when you cook the meal for your family, when you vacuum the house,

07:50when you do your chores, your clothes, what do you call it? Hanging.

07:58Yes. What's the name for that? When you wash your clothes, dry them,

08:05laundry, when you do your laundry, all those things are works. That's what works we're talking

08:12about. We're not talking about specifically ministry, even though that is involved in it.

08:17But working with God has to do with including God in every area of your life.

08:27So that means if you're like George talk about those who are at home, but that means if you're

08:32at work, working with God while you're at work, if you are a person who's going to school,

08:39I think I've given testimony how God used me in school before when I was going to school,

08:43right? God working with God at your school, working with God at your church, if you're

08:49volunteering or if you're a minister, basically not putting God out of the equation and choosing

08:59and putting this part is God, this part is not God. No, it's basically what we're going to talk

09:04today is how do you include God in everything? And how is God in every part of your life?

09:11Both aspects, right? Just to get you guys encouraged and not just you, all of us to

09:16be encouraged and like, wow, this is our God, right? He's working with us, right? He's working

09:26with us, right? Let's keep going. Okay. Are you doing a commercial, honey?

09:32Number one, God must be the foundation of our work. So for us to even start working with God,

09:38there is one condition we need to meet and that's salvation, right? If you're not a Christian,

09:48please wait till the end. We will go through the salvation prayer. But if you're not a Christian,

09:54how can you even hear God to work with us? You don't even know God. There is no relationship

10:01there. You understand why salvation is a need, is an importance of the foundation of working with

10:10God. It is because it is what we Christians call walking with God. Now, walking with God and

10:17working with God is different. Walking with God is where we develop our relationship with God and

10:25proactively surrender to him through the journey of our life, right? So that's what George was

10:33saying. Walking with God is when you're eating, you're praying, you're cooking, you're praying,

10:38you're at work, you're going to work, you're praying. It's that proactive surrender in

10:43everything you're doing. While doing good works alone can bring results, that's why I said walking

10:50with God is not the same as working with God. It's a slight difference. But just doing good

10:55works alone can bring results, but it's not the same because we should not allow ourselves to be

11:02deceived in terms of that. We should examine our intention. Most of the time when you say,

11:08oh, but I'm doing good work, what are the intentions behind that good work, right? Is it an intention

11:13that is based on relationship with God or is it just an intention of I'm doing something good,

11:19so I'm going to reap something good? So based on what you just said, in other words,

11:24working with God, as you just said, and the intentions matter behind it, means that you're

11:32not just working with God whenever you need something. You're not just working with God

11:37whenever a problem arises and bam, here's the genie. Lord, you can see what's happening. I

11:43need your help. You're working with God as your father first and foremost, and that's why salvation

11:52is the first key point because you can't enter into, what's the word for it? Sonship

12:03without salvation first. Once you enter, and that's the key, is that when you get saved,

12:09I believe that God actually enters you first and foremost through the door of sonship first. You

12:19need to know the father first before you need to know him as your co-worker, as your boss,

12:28as your God, but you need to know him first as your father, as the one who created you.

12:35Yes, because everything is derived from it. And if you're like, oh, I do not know for sure,

12:41we did a series on identities, right? Check it out. Now, let's continue. We'll read from Isaiah

12:4829 verse 13 from the NKJV. It says, therefore the Lord said, inasmuch as these people draw near

12:55with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but have removed their hearts from me. That's

13:03what we were talking about. Doing good work, it's good to do good work, but just doing something,

13:08but having God not being the center of it, it's for nothing. And then the verse continues,

13:16and their fear toward me is taught by the commandment of men. Now, this type of works

13:22takes God out of the equation, right? Having an appearance of godliness, but not glorifying

13:28God in it. That's what it is. Now, our walk with God is very important. Why? It defines our work

13:36with God. I'll say it again. Our walk with God, which is what we talk about the relationship and

13:41all that, defines our work with God. Which, sorry again to interrupt, which is very, that's a very

13:50good key point for couples. Your work with your partner, your work with your wife, your work with

13:57your husband, defines your work together. If you're not having a very good... Your walk. Your

14:04walk, sorry, yeah. So, if you're not having a very good walk with your wife, if you're not having a

14:08very good walk with your husband, what we mean walk is relationship. You're not spending time

14:14together, you're not getting to know each other. When you start doing things together, working

14:19together, there's going to be clashes, there's going to be misunderstandings, there's going to be

14:24fights, because you're going to be pushing this way and I want this and they're pushing that way.

14:28It all starts with the right foundation and walk is like you're saying, your walk with God,

14:34your relationship with God, the time that you spend with God. Time is not about spending 5-10

14:40hours in intercession. It's about quality. It's about focus and attention. Attention. That's right.

14:47It's so crucial. And it's off topic, but I'll just add something. It's about, like you say,

14:53it's about focus and attention. Focus and attention, if you put it together, basically,

14:58it's about having faith. Because when you have faith on God, you will focus on God, right? Because

15:04you know that's where you're holding and your attention and your focus will be there, right?

15:09Then it's like, I was talking to my daughter, right? It's just a quick thing. I was talking

15:13to my daughter and we were talking about prayer. And I was explaining to her, I said, you know what

15:20about prayer, there's been time where even you've been witnessing, you've been a witness to that,

15:25where I've prayed for five minutes, I'll tell you, right? Straight away, I got the answer.

15:29And there's been time where before, you know, I prayed for one hour, two hours, and then I'm

15:35still laying, what happened? Until, you know, mature and God's been teaching me. It's about

15:41faith. Everything is derived from faith, right? Your faith will please God, right? So even if it

15:47is five minutes, it's how you're doing, it's a posture, it's that walk with God. Anyway, let's

15:52continue. So our walk with God defines our work with God. Our relationship with God will manifest

16:00in our work with God, just as Jesus exemplified during his time here on earth. If we read that

16:07from John chapter 5 verse 19 from the NKJV, then Jesus answered and said to them, Most assuredly,

16:15I say to you, the son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the father do. For whatever he

16:24does, the son also does in like manner. So the foundation of our works with God is based on our

16:33walk in God. Jesus made it possible for us to work with our father in heaven. It's in the same

16:42manner, you know, he's exemplified. Now with each of those key principles, there is another,

16:52how do you call it? It's a key point, if you want to put it, that binds it together. The key

16:59principle of God must be the foundation of our work is relationship with God. So the first one

17:07is about having relationship with God, which allow us to work with God. Now we'll go for number two.

17:16God works in us, with us and for us. Yes, right. For us to manifest who God created us to be,

17:26he must work in us, with us and for us. His works and the result of it draw us near to him in our

17:35relationship with him. Now that is where you get this verse which says that you go from glory to

17:41glory. Now there are testimonies of his grace, love and the good plan he has for us, a plan to

17:50prosper us and not to harm us, to give us a hope and a future. So why does he work in us,

17:59for us? It's because, like we said, he's drawing us nearer, closer to him. It's also for our own

18:06sake, because as we are transformed into his liking, we can do what he has done, like that

18:13and much more. We represent him as ambassadors. See, an ambassador, when he goes to other places

18:20to represent the country they are, there needs to be a likeness in their mannerism, in their ways,

18:26in their doing, that reflects the country they come from. So that you know this is an ambassador

18:32from another country and they represent the other country and you will look at them, their mannerism

18:38or even something as simple as, oh wow, people in that country in that manner. Do you understand?

18:44So what does that mean? It means that when God is working in us, it's for us, right, in us,

18:51but also for our relationship with him, so that everything that we do reflects him.

18:58And only when we reflect him, not saying that we need to be perfect, but it's when you reflect him

19:04that you can work with him, because then you know his mindset, then you know what he wants you to do,

19:10then you are with boldness. You know how you say, oh, he has not given us freedom of fear,

19:16but of power, love and power and sound mind. I hope I've said it right, because I read like

19:24three different translations for those ones. Power, love and sound mind.

19:28Yeah, power, love and sound mind. So only then can you walk in that, because of the transformation

19:35that he's done in us, so that we can work with him. Or else what happens is we have our own idea,

19:43God has his own idea, like George was just saying before, and we are either waiting,

19:50well, I'll wait brother, God is going to do it for me. Yeah, you know, when it's not like that,

19:57that is the point is God is not going to do it for you, God is going to do it with you, for you,

20:03with you, for you. So then you can walk together. Or else you have people say,

20:12for example, in the aspect of prophecy, many people say, oh, I've been prophesied so many

20:18things, great work brother, great work, really uplifting sister, but I can't see it come to

20:24pass, because they are waiting for God to, you know, put the puzzle, do everything for them.

20:29Whereas God is saying, work with me, I'll work in you, so you can work with me for that plan

20:37and the future I have for you. So the prophetic word is working in you, because it's birthed hope

20:45for the future. But then it works with you, because there's an action to, what do you say,

20:50a call to action, like they have in marketing, call to action, this is what's happening,

20:56this is what you need to do, now will you do it, that's a call to action, you've been given the

21:01word, the word's birthed hope in you, so God is working in you, now you need to act. When you act,

21:10who backs you up? God backs you up, it's his power, not our power, but you're working with him.

21:19So God works through us, and you're working with him for us, for us, as in you will end up getting

21:26benefit from it, you will benefit from that, as will others around you.

21:31Well, we're going to talk again in another section,

21:34right, so we'll keep on, we're going to finish everything in one go. We'll read from Ephesians

21:41chapter 1 verse 4 to 6 from the AMPC, right, number 4, even as in his love he chose us,

21:50actually picked us out for himself as his own, in Christ before the foundation of the world,

21:56that we should be holy, consecrated, and set apart for him, and blameless in his sight,

22:04even above reproach, before him in love. Number 5, verse 5, for he foreordained, now that's a key,

22:13he foreordained, like George was just explaining, that is what that verse means, he foreordained us,

22:18destined us, planned in love for us to be adopted, revealed as his own children through Jesus Christ,

22:25in accordance with the purpose of his will, because it pleased him and was his kind intent.

22:33Verse 6, so that we might be to the praise and the commendation of his glorious grace,

22:41favour and mercy, which he so freely bestowed on us in the beloved. Now one great example is

22:49in the life of Joseph, for him to achieve all that characteristic that God wanted him to,

22:57so that he meet God's standards, so that he can stand next to Pharaoh. I mean, can you imagine,

23:03you get a dream, you're excited, that's it, I'm going to be next to Pharaoh now. It doesn't work,

23:10because the moment you step next to Pharaoh, because you know you're going to be there,

23:13if you knew you were going to be there, how are you going to manage it? You don't know anything

23:18about accounting, he had to learn those things. You don't know how to manage a household,

23:23so you won't know how to manage bigger things. And sometimes we misunderstood like, oh,

23:29all those big words, all those big prophecies, look at me, I'm in a small church doing little

23:34things. No, that's preparation, God working in you, so he can work with you. Then you have the

23:40foundation, number one, that relationship, so that he can manifest. And in the same thing with that,

23:48so God had to fashion him in a way, to be the man he needed him, God needed him to be,

23:55so he can stand next to Pharaoh. Like Joseph, God worked in us, with us, for us, by pruning,

24:04shaping and healing us. And yes, when you hear the word pruning and shaping,

24:08most people cringe. But the thing is, it's not a pruning, I like that, I always remember that

24:15Bible verse when it say, God will not let you go through things that you cannot bear, or that

24:20will be so much for you. When I think about that, I think about a loving father, because even as

24:25parents, and we got three of them, as parents, you're not gonna, even while disciplining your

24:31kid, you're not gonna incite your kid. Even while disciplining your kid, you're not gonna put them

24:37in a position where they can't bear it, because then it doesn't become discipline anymore.

24:41It doesn't become a teaching anymore, if I can't use the word discipline. It becomes torture,

24:47right? The same thing with God the Father, when we think about it in that way. And then what? And

24:52healing us, so that we can walk in that blessing, that good hope, and the plan he has for us.

24:58See, God allows this process to be gradual, like in Joseph's life. And yes, this generation is

25:06a microwave, popcorn microwave. Popcorn is the same thing, right? What am I saying? In the

25:11microwave generation, right? A microwave generation where we just want to put that popcorn there, and

25:19then get it done. Whereas God is like, I'm going to put it on a stove with a pan. We wait for the

25:26oil to boil first, and then put the popcorn. It takes longer. It's way different, right?

25:35And I bet you, because I like my food, I bet you the crispiness of that popcorn will be very

25:41different from the one in the microwave. That's another thing. So God allows this process to be

25:47gradual, like in Joseph's life, so that we can recognize his work in us. If you do not recognize

25:55his work, you won't recognize the wondrous things he's been doing in us and for us. Now, that's

26:01another Bible verse. Please look for it yourself, or else we will keep staying here. After all that

26:07happened to Joseph, when he was finally with his brothers, he declared to them that it was God's

26:14plan that sent him to be in his current position. What happened here? He actually realized

26:22God's work in him. If you read it, you can read it in Genesis chapter 45 verse 8 from the AMPC.

26:30So now, it was not you who sent me here, he was saying to the brothers, right? But God, and he

26:36has made me a father to Pharaoh and Lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

26:45Now, one of the main reasons we need to work with God for us is because God is for us,

26:52is not against us. He has a good plan for us as mentioned in Jeremiah 29 verse 11.

26:59Now, even when things are made for evil, when you work with God, you are never the loser. You are

27:07the winner. He will turn it all around that was evil against us for good. So you always have hope.

27:15I mean, God is hope. God is not this big man sitting on his throne and saying,

27:22who can I torture today? Or else he wouldn't send his beloved son for us.

27:28Let's continue. Joseph in Genesis chapter 50 verse 20 reassure, which means this is another

27:34assurance he's giving his brothers concerning their actions because they know what they've

27:40done is wrong. So when we read Genesis chapter 50 verse 20, which is again a reassurance from the

27:48AMPC version, he says this, as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good to

27:55bring about that many people should be kept alive as they are this day. Wow. How wonderful God thinks

28:04about all those things. God thinks about you, every little detail of your life. It's not like,

28:11oh, I'm just a nobody. I don't have a very prominent job. I'm not doing all the things.

28:17I'm not good looking like I want it to be because God always sees you good looking. He created you.

28:22He loves you, right? That's for someone out there, right? It's not that. He is aware of

28:29every little thing. See, God wants to work in us, with us, and for us, right? Why? Because he cares

28:39for us. He has a good plan, that good future for us. On the contrary, God is not like, you know,

28:46like some people say, oh, brother, God can't see what you're doing because you got so much problem

28:52with you. No, God is bigger than the veil that you put on top of yourself. What he's saying is,

29:00let me work in you, with you, so that all those things are taken out. He is God Almighty. No

29:07veil, nothing can hide you from his eyes. He sees everything, especially when you're his children.

29:18Number three. Oh wait, before we go there, now the key point of number two is,

29:25the key principle of God works in us, with us, and for us is trust in God. First one was

29:32relationship. Second one is trusting in God. And number three. God works with us for his purpose.

29:40Right. Now God works with us for his purpose. How cool is God, right? He's God Almighty. He

29:46thinks of everything. I mean, he knows everything. Now, although God's purpose is for our good and

29:53has an impact on all of us, in this section, I'm going to speak about the overall purpose of God,

29:59which affects the course of life for everyone. Just like an election will affect the course of

30:05everybody's life, right? So God thinks about it too. He not only thinks, but he orchestrates things

30:12and he judges things and he plays things. Nothing is hidden and nothing is too far-fetched that he

30:21can't grasp it, right? Yes. God can do anything he wants as nothing is hard for him, but he chooses

30:30to work with us. Like we did a preaching about America last time. He chooses to work with us.

30:36He can do it by himself, but he chooses to work with us, even when it requires the impossible to

30:43be possible. How cool is that? God works with us for his purpose. There are a lot of biblical

30:50examples for this, but we shall look at the life of Mary, Jesus' mother, right? As an example,

31:00the story of Mary is one we are all familiar with, right? How God chose her to be the mother of

31:06Jesus and how the angel approached her in this regard. We shall read from the verse where Mary

31:12asks, how is it that she's going to be pregnant? Okay, so if we read from Luke chapter 1,

31:21verse 35 to 37 from the AMPC version, do you want to read it? Then the angel said to her,

31:28the Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you like a

31:32shining cloud. And so the holy, pure, sinless thing offspring, which shall be born of you, will be

31:41called the Son of God. And listen, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived the

31:49Son. And this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God, nothing is ever

31:59impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment. How cool is

32:05that? See, we see that God works with Mary for his purpose of redemption. In the next verse,

32:12now we see that he approached Mary to work. You know what I mean? You know, God is a God

32:17who created. He could have just said, okay, let me create with mud again. And then here you go,

32:22you got Jesus. But now he chose to work with us. So the angel of the Lord approached Mary.

32:31Now let's see what happened next. So the next verse, we see that God works with Mary for his

32:40purpose of redemption. In the next verse, we read that Mary agreed to work with God. She responded

32:46to what seemed impossible to the natural and was blessed to birth the supernatural. Let's read it.

32:53You want to read it? Luke 1 38. Then Mary said, behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be

33:01done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her. Now, did you understand what

33:07it said? Let it be done according to me, to what you have said. And the next verse shows that when

33:14she met from the, I forget which one was Luke, in Luke actually, in the book of Luke, because there's

33:20a record of the same thing in a slight difference in the other books. When she went to see Elizabeth,

33:28right? And the first thing Elizabeth said, you know, blessed are you because of the seed you're

33:33carrying, which means when she agreed, the impossible, right? The thing that was impossible

33:40became possible. The supernatural was birth. And likewise with us, right? When things sounds

33:47very, how do you call it? Impossible. We've got God working for his purpose that he has said.

33:54How do you know the purpose of God, Sabrina? Well, read the word of God. When you read the word of

33:59God for your situation, I am sick. I don't know what to do. Well, look for the verses where God

34:05promised healing and that is his purpose for you, right? Or even if it's not for you, if it's for

34:11other people or whatever, right? You look for those verses and God's purpose, the impossible

34:18will become possible because he's already set it in motion for us. That's why his word is there

34:24alive. I like this quote from St. Augustine. It says like this, God became a man so that

34:32following a man, something we are able to do, we might reach God,

34:40which was formerly impossible to us. Right? What does that mean? Because Jesus also

34:49did many miracles that would be impossible, right? But he being man here on earth, right?

34:55Showed an example, just like the loaves and fishes, show the example on how we can walk

35:07from the impossible to the possible with God. Our second example is Moses and how God worked

35:13with him to release the Israelites. God could have opened the Red Sea himself.

35:18They stand there, he just said, okay, let the Red Sea open. He could have said it,

35:22but he uses Moses. It is simply a matter of being a viable and saying yes, and your will be done,

35:30Lord. See, working with God for his purpose is a sign of surrender and trust. No matter the task

35:37from God, as long as this is his will, we know his will is perfect and he will do it.

35:43It is his will. We know his will is perfect and good. Just like Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane,

35:52who's understood the purpose of the father. He understood. Was it easy? Well, we will read what

35:59he said. He understood. That's why he said, let your will be done. Right? So are we able to do

36:07the same? If we read it from Mark chapter 14, verse 36, it says, and he was saying, that's his

36:15Jesus, Abba, which means father, everything is possible for you. Take away this cup from me,

36:24yet not what I will, but what you will. So he knows God can take away that cup from him and

36:30just, you know, bam, everything is like, you know, restore and everything. But yet he understood the

36:35purpose of God was more important, of his father was more important. And he said, not yet, not my

36:40will, but your will be done. And yes, there is time where, where we were like, oh, I don't want

36:46to do it like that. I don't want that. I wish it was easier for me, but understand the purpose of

36:52God is bigger than what we can think, than what we can understand. But in that purpose, we all benefit

36:58in that purpose. There's all hope for us in that purpose. The purpose is being done from a point of

37:04love, right? So the key principle of God's work with us for his purpose is agreement with God.

37:12That's what Jesus did. He agreed with the purpose of what the father said. That's why he says, you

37:17can, you know, nothing is impossible for you. Take that cup, but yet not my will be done, your will

37:23be done. So we understand that there needs to be relationship with God. There needs to be trust

37:29with God. There needs to be agreement with God to work with God, right? Number four, God works

37:37through us as a bridge. Yes. God will work through us as a bridge to spread the gospel to others

37:45through our testimonies, through miracles, signs, wonders, and even through our conduct in life. You

37:51know, you've heard the saying, oh, wow, that's a very good person. Yeah. Oh, such a nice person

37:56to talk to. Lovely to be around, right? That also matters. I'm sure that other Christians, even us,

38:04we've all had someone who represented Christ to us and even prayed for us so that we may come to

38:09Christ, come to know the Lord, right? Even those who are our brothers or our sisters or those who are

38:16in need or in help and you're praying and suddenly you feel the

38:21unction of God and say, you know, go call this brother and give an encouragement, right? Using us

38:27as a bridge, right? To work for him. Or, you know, like many times it happened to us, we're just

38:35minding our own business and when God said, I want you to go and buy something for this person.

38:41And if you be obedient, if you be in agreement with God, oh, the blessing that you see

38:50flowing just in that person's life and that change, that in itself will bring joy to you.

38:56Here, the point is God works with us as a bridge for others to bring breakthrough, right?

39:04It's wonderful because it's like, you know, our father, he brings, he's our breakthrough,

39:09right? He brings that breakthrough and then he's like saying, my son, my daughter,

39:14you know, there's Christ in you. Walk with that breakthrough and then you will become that bridge,

39:21that usher in that anointing, that breakthrough into other people's life, right?

39:27Let me give you two great examples. First one is Ananias, is that how you say it? Ananias. Ananias

39:33and Saul. Did I say it in slightly French style? Can you read the verse for me? Acts 9, 10 to 19

39:43and I'm reading from the New King James Version. Now, there was a certain disciple at Damascus

39:47named Ananias, and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias, and he said, here I am, Lord.

39:55So the Lord said to him, arise and go to the street called Straight and inquire at the house

40:00of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying. And in a vision he has seen a man

40:09named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him so that he might receive his sight.

40:15There we see God use Ananias as a bridge for Saul, which of course named Paul.

40:25Next one is Philip and the Ethiopian. You want to read it? Yep. Acts 8, 26 to 31 and then

40:32Acts 8, 38. Again, reading from the New King James Version. Now, an angel of the Lord spoke

40:38to Philip saying, arise and go toward the south along the road, which goes down from Jerusalem

40:44to Gaza. This is desert. So he arose and went and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great

40:52authority under Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury and

41:00had come to Jerusalem to worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah

41:06the prophet. Then the spirit said to Philip, go near and overtake this chariot. So Philip ran to

41:13him and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah and said, do you understand what you are reading?

41:20And he said, how can I unless someone guides me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.

41:26Now, verse 38. So he commanded the chariot to stand still and both Philip and the eunuch went

41:34down into the water and he baptized him. Now, when they came up out of the water, the spirit of the

41:40Lord caught Philip away so that the eunuch saw him no more. And he went on his way rejoicing.

41:45So we just read the beginning and the end. But if you read it, you will know that he

41:52talked to him about the book of Isaiah and then he accepted, gave his life to Christ.

41:57And this is what happened. The point of this story here, we see the cooperation of Philip with God

42:02for the salvation of the eunuch. Now, the thing with it is this. We have to come to this understanding

42:09that, like we said, our walk with God, we come back to that foundation point. Our walk with God

42:18is what reflects in our work with God. So all of us, it's not that there is a limit. This one is

42:26more special. The other one is less special. This one has more opening. This one is in front of the

42:31pulpit. The other one is not. As long as we are in agreement with God, we are willing and we are

42:36walking with God, it will reflect in our work with God. What does that mean? It means

42:43signs, wonders and miracles are all a sign of your salvation.

42:50Isn't that what God said in his word? Once you give your life to Christ, you will walk in that

42:58signs, wonders and miracles, healing and deliverance and all that. This is a sign of your salvation.

43:04We are not meant to limit ourselves, not saying that that means you are all pastors or all

43:10all, sorry, what happened? Sorry. Not saying that we are all pastors or anything like that.

43:19We all have an office and a place that God placed us. But that is a sign of our salvation. So do not

43:26limit yourself and say, oh, how can I? You know, if you walk with God, will reflect your work with

43:33God and nothing is impossible for God. So the key principle of God's work through us at the bridge

43:42is obedience. In both cases, you saw that they just got up and killed one eyes. Yes,

43:49ran off to the chariot and someone gave their life to Christ. In today's study, we highlighted

43:54four key principles of the most important for us to be aware when working with God. What are they?

44:00Number one, God must be the foundation of our work. Number two, God works in us with us and for us.

44:09Number three, God works with us for his purpose. And number four, God works through us as a bridge.

44:17So I like to finish with this powerful quote from Hans von Balthasar.

44:22Balthasar. What you are is God's gift to you. What you become is your gift to God.

44:32That's working with God. Amen. Amen. Amen. All right. So if you're new here today and we can't

44:40see that right now because we are focused on preaching God's word. But if you are new here

44:45today and you've never heard of Jesus Christ or you've heard about him, but never in this way,

44:52well, today is your divine appointment. This is not a coincidence. You are here as a divine

44:59setup. And why is it a setup? Not a setup for you to fall, a setup to save you. Amen.

45:07God's word is very clear. If you look at his word, it says in 1 John 5, 4 to 5, for whatever

45:14is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world,

45:21our faith. Where are you putting your faith? Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who

45:28believes that Jesus is the son of God? That's the only, only person, the only God, the only

45:36one that you can put your faith in and you're guaranteed that you will overcome the world.

45:41Nothing else will be able to overcome the world but Jesus Christ. He has overcome the world. John

45:463, 16 to 17 goes on to explain to us, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,

45:52that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send

45:58his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. Might

46:06as in, if you look up that word, it actually means is saved, guaranteed. 1 John 1, 9 tells us very

46:14clearly, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us

46:20from all unrighteousness. Sin in the most simplistic definition means living without God.

46:26When you make a decision to live without God, you are sin, you are sinning, sinning, sinning.

46:33That's what it means in the most simplistic form. So what do I have to do, George? All right, look

46:38at the screen and you will see basically what you need to do. Romans 10, 9 to 10 is very clear. It

46:46says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised

46:50him from the dead, you will be saved. For with a heart man believeth unto righteousness and with a

46:56mouth confession is made unto salvation. But it doesn't stop there. Once you do that, Titus 3,

47:01verse 5, Ephesians 2, verse 8, Acts 1, verse 8, amongst others, goes on to tell us, then he saved

47:07us by grace, through faith, the gift of God, washing away our sins and giving us the new joy

47:14of the indwelling Holy Spirit. That is what we call, Christians call, baptism of Holy Spirit and

47:20fire. And you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses

47:25telling people about me everywhere. All right, if you haven't done that yet, well, you need to do

47:33that right now, wherever you are, whether it's in your room, in your car, stop the car, in your

47:37workplace, in the gym, doesn't matter, go to the locker room and call out to God right now. All you

47:43need to do is call out to him, just like you're listening to my voice right now. You call out to

47:49him and say, you know what, I can't live this life any longer. There's no generic prayer. You just,

47:54the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart. So you need to mean it. You call out to God

47:59and say, I can't live like this any longer. I need you, Jesus. I make you my Lord and Saviour.

48:04And I choose to believe because faith and belief comes with a choice first.

48:08I choose to believe that God raised you from the dead. Now I am saved in Christ Jesus.

48:14Use my life for your glory. Something as simple as that. You mean it. You declare it. God will

48:20hear it. You will be saved from that moment forward. Now, if you do that right now,

48:26we are going to be praying with you together for the baptism of Holy Spirit and fire,

48:30what we heard about in Titus 3, 5 and all the others, which is where we call upon the very

48:37Spirit of God himself to come and live inside of us. That's what Luke 17 talks about, that the

48:44kingdom of God is within us. He comes, Holy Spirit will come and he will live inside of you. You

48:50become the church, you become the temple, the temple of the Holy Spirit. You become the

48:54synagogue, whatever you want to call. His indwelling presence will be with you and he

48:59will comfort you. He will guide you. He will correct you. He will lead you in your life so

49:03that you're never alone. He will guide you in every step you take. You ready? Let's do this

49:10together. You want to pray? All right. Lord, I thank you in Jesus' mighty name. I thank you for

49:15that wonderful gift. And we call upon you right now, together with our brothers and sisters,

49:21we say come Holy Spirit, baptize us afresh with fire. Send fire, Lord. A fire that cannot be

49:31quenched. Yes, Lord. We say yes in Jesus' mighty name. Amen. All right. Some of you may be feeling

49:44some stuff right now. You may be feeling like a heat all over your body. It's normal. It's

49:50Holy Spirit himself. It's the very Spirit of God that is touching you. Some of you felt like a

49:54massive weight just lifted off you. God just healed you, delivered you from whatever you were going

49:58through. Some of you maybe even had a miracle happen right now where you had sinus issues. All

50:04of a sudden, your sinuses just cleared up. Some of you may be feeling like, what is happening?

50:12And you're thinking, what am I talking? It's gibberish. It's a Holy Spirit-filled language.

50:16It's actually a language from God where you can contact, you can speak to God, connect with God

50:25in a spiritual language between you and God. It's very intimate. It's a very powerful language. You

50:31will strengthen your spirit, soul, and body and keep you in tune with God. So, if you're doing

50:38that right now, continue to do it as much as you can because it's very important to do that because

50:42it builds up your spirit. Amen? Amen. All right. So, this part brings us to the second part of our

50:49program, which is called The Collective, where we spend time with those that are watching,

50:54those that are listening, and we pray for you, prophesy, whatever Holy Spirit leads us to do.

50:58If you have specific prayer requests, please write them down on the Facebook live chat section so we

51:03can get onto them. If you're new here today, if you gave your life for the first time, you need

51:07help finding a church or finding a fellowship to connect, send us an email, as you see on the

51:12screen, there's an email there you can contact us on. We can help you find a church that you need

51:18to get connected with. It's important you get connected with the body of Christ. Amen? Amen.

51:22All right. This brings us to The Collective.

51:42So,

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