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Loving the Lord Well
Brian Guerin

Brian Guerin (birth year unknown–present). Brian Guerin is an American pastor, author, and founder of Bridal Glory International and Ascend Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Raised in a non-religious home, he became a Christian in college after a profound spiritual experience he described as a divine encounter with a falcon, which ignited his pursuit of intimacy with God. Guerin serves as the senior leader of Ascend Church, where his preaching emphasizes a deep relationship with Jesus, the power of God’s presence, and preparing believers for Christ’s return. He founded Ascend Academy, a ministry school, and travels globally, speaking at conferences and on platforms like TBN and GOD-TV, often highlighting signs, wonders, and prophetic insights. His books, including God of Wonders: Experiencing God’s Voice Through Signs, Wonders, and Miracles, To Know Him: Discovering Experiential Intimacy with God, The Altar: Preparing for the Return of Jesus Christ, and Divine Encounter, focus on spiritual growth and encountering God. Known for sermons like “Mary’s at His Feet” and “The Secret Place,” he encourages distraction-free prayer and devotion, drawing from Scriptures like Luke 10:41–42 and Matthew 6:6. Guerin’s ministry seeks to draw the Church into closeness with Christ, which he calls the “highest prize in life.” He said, “Your heart can burn, and you still not know Him.”
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Brian Guerin emphasizes the importance of deep intimacy with the Lord in his sermon 'Loving the Lord Well.' He highlights the parable of the ten bridesmaids, illustrating that only those with extra oil—representing a strong relationship with God—will be prepared to enter the wedding feast with Christ. Guerin encourages believers to cultivate their secret place with God, stressing that true love for Jesus must be the foundation of their lives. He warns against complacency and urges the congregation to seek a deeper connection with God, especially in these challenging times. The message calls for a passionate pursuit of God's presence and a commitment to maintaining a vibrant spiritual life.
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Jesus. OMG. That's awesome, man. Bro, make the church great again. That's a shirt waiting to happen. Did you make that up just then? The make the church great again? You just made that up? That's awesome, man. Oh my goodness, man. Wow, how are you all doing this morning? Everybody well? Praise God. Everybody have their coffee? Awesome. I'm excited to be back. Such an honor. I love you, Darren, man. Man, I was praying again this morning and got to hang out last night even after Holy Spirit was with us and got to listen to Tony. Man, I could listen to him for hours. Talk about heaven and just encounters. It was like a kid in a candy store. And finally, he's like, look, we gotta go to sleep. We're just like our jaws on the floor. But also, Darren, man, you're just rare, man. I know you know this, but I think it means a lot sometimes to honor publicly. And even in the midst of a house that sometimes I think we can take for granted what is in our midst. And listen, man, I'm really graced to kind of go all over and just see Jesus move, but you're rare, bro. I mean, me and Mikael. Oh, also, Mikael, could you stand my dear friend? Yeah, he's amazing. Get him in. We're trying to balance out that white bread. That was awesome. But no, dear, dear friend, we go back for years. He was an apprentice under my other dear friend, Daniel Kalenda. Just a gunner, man. Yeah, filled with heaven. Hey, I will tell them. So he's married. It's pretty cool. You're kind of a sign, bro. I love it. But his wife is white, Tanya. She's amazing, from Georgia. And they make the most beautiful babies you ever saw on planet Earth. Oh, you've never seen anything more beautiful. Mixed babies. His daughter, I call her caramel glory. She looks like caramel. And they're beautiful. But we're talking about Darren like, bro, and even this morning, it's almost like the Lord is telling me about you. You're so pure. Bro, a man like, was it Nathaniel, with no guile, no pride. Bro, that's rare, man. You don't feel any competition. But so full, you know. And it was funny last night. No dreams or anything, which I'm kind of excited. I just follow the Lord if he leads. And if not, I love to hopefully hammer intimacy this morning. It means a lot to me. I won't keep you guys too long. But I did hear something. It kind of awakened me in the night. And it's making more sense now. But I know you guys get the prophetic. It comes in weird ways at times. And just parables and figurative things. But I heard the phrase, apostle muscle. Yeah, it literally woke me up. Crystal clear, apostle muscle. And I knew right away to a muscle you build. And it's a building term with the apostolic is building. And it showed me a lot about you, man. There's something real. You probably already know this. But this is my first time here. But there's really something apostolic on you, man, to build. And I feel like that apostle muscle is building and getting even stronger. And there's something on you, man. Because I'm serious. I'm like, bro, he's a pastor, bar none. Like one of the top cream of the crop. But I was like, well, no, he's like a prophet. But he's an evangelist. He's off in like Portland in the riots, winning the laws. And that's what it is. You're one of these, you know. I love I saw you post recently Bob Jones' word with the Kansas City Chiefs. And the apostolic chiefs coming forth. And there's really something apostolic. That apostolic muscle, man, on you in this generation. And I think that's why you can't be boxed in and don't need to be. There's just a fullness of heaven on you. But like all rooted in the word. But filled with humility, purity, no guile. That's so refreshing, you know. And he raps. He's a hip-hop artist. That's awesome. But Anthony, bro, I was pleading with them to thank God they blessed me big time. I got my iPhone out. Anthony, he's legit. Y'all are like Holy Ghost filled beastie boys, man. I'm serious. We need an album out or something. But, yeah, you got to follow them, man. I kid you not. When I see Darren and Anthony together on anything, I'm like I'm in, man. They're a trip. You got to follow them. They have this band or group called The Quarantine. Oh, my goodness. Seriously, you got to go look up the videos. We were watching it last night. And it's just epic. I don't even know if God's got a sense of humor. He's full of life and joy and fun. He's free. And it's awesome. So, anyway, let's jump in. I won't keep you all too long. But I just want to touch on something real dear to my heart. And I'm just feeling it consistent from the Lord's end on deep, deep intimacy. Being people that love Jesus well. And it's like I'm becoming even more tunnel visioned than ever before on this. That it's like the foundation to all things. We were just in the seven spirits. And sure enough, I saw that the Lord told Moses from the menorah, the original kind of mascot verse for what the seven spirits would implement. And he says, look, first build that base and that stem. And the foundation, that base that solidifies that stem, which is the Holy Spirit for all six to branch from. But intimacy, that upright vertical. They say even the menorah. You all know the menorah. It's a seven-flamed lamp stand. Did it actually was the original depiction, some believe, for even where Jesus said abide in the vine. That base and stem, all of them abide back into and they're fueled from that base and stem. And I look at that also as intimacy. A deep-rooted, intimate place with the Lord. Loving him really well. And listen, man, we travel all over. All these preachers will tell you the same. That if this isn't solidified in a deep, deep way, especially in this hour, something will get off pretty quick along the way. Look, I love the gifts, the shakalaka. We'll probably do it here in a second. I'm for all of it. The joy, all of it, man. I just want it all. But we really in this hour need a people that are so infatuated with him. I mean, just really lost in him. And whatever it looks like to you, everybody's different. That's what I love about him. You just be you. You don't have to really replicate anything else or kind of cookie-cutter match what anybody else is doing. Listen, a lot of the covenant friends I run with, we're so polar opposite. And I love to say this because I think it will free you up to be who you are. You can even see with Anthony and Darren how different they are, and the Lord wants it that way. A dear friend of mine, Todd White, a lot of you may know him. He's got the dreadlocks and really wild. We're so polar opposite, the way we pursue God, the way we hear from him, the way we relate. You guys tracking with me? It takes the body, some of the hands and the feet. And so be you, but at the end of the day, we just want to authentically, real, in a real deep way, love him really, really well, and then let the chips fall out wherever they want to. Does that make sense to you guys? And, yeah. And so, anyway, I just want to, I won't stay here too long. Oh, yeah, do you know if we have any books here by chance? Maybe if it's wrong, grab it, whatever we have. I want to give some away and then bless some folks with those if we can. And then if anybody wants any signed at the end, I know some people enjoy it. Some people don't. I was in Atlanta signing books at the end, and an attorney came up. He got rocked. I saw him because these meetings were swirly, man. We call them glory meetings where we just kind of get out of the way and let heaven come in. And I don't really know, but we need the word. The Bible says the letter alone kills, but the spirit brings life. And I just love both. We need deep-rooted people in the word, but also we've got to let the spirit move, and that's what I love about Steve and this whole house and Pastor Darren. But I saw him. He stood out like a sore thumb because the Holy Ghost was smashing the building, and he's over in the side just kind of stoic, awesome. I don't love it and get it, but I was like, that's interesting. So I saw him. Last night I'm signing books, and he comes up, and I was like, here's this businessman or whatever. He hands me his card. He didn't want a signed book. He could care less, which I get. And he goes, no, I've got to tell you something, though, man. I've got to tell you. I came all the way to tell you. Hopefully this doesn't weird some of you out, but we see some wild wonders, too. Just heaven's a lot of fun. Oh, thank you so much. Okay. Okay, thank you so much. We'll get these out. So we see some wild wonders. I don't have anything to do with it. That's all I'll say. I just love Jesus really well as best as I can, and he does some wild stuff. And I started learning this. I got out of Bible college in 01, Brownsville Revival, and that was already crazy enough. And after, I really got hungry to encounter God. Ministry wasn't even on the radar. I just was like, man, I'm really infatuated with the Lord. I couldn't figure it out, but I was like, Lord, if you will somehow get me off of just the to-dos of everyday life work and things like this, I'll give you my life. I vowed to him. It was just this hunger that's gripping me, and I prayed, grip. Some of us are frustrated. Hey, listen, we need some people, man, going back into the closet, shutting the door. Well, how long do I wait till he comes? Listen, man, I just pray a hunger out in myself as well. I can feel it in this hour, man, for the word. Deep, man, get possessed with his presence, his voice, the word right now like never before. I'm going to hit on these ten virgins in the oil. We just need excess hoarders of oil right now, people that are just greedy for the presence and voice of God, stiff-arming any other lovers, lesser lovers, whatever. And people are like, well, you're kind of getting legalistic, brother. Well, you can call it what you want. I'm going deeper though. I'm going to get lost. Yeah, and you just get so lost in him. So it was one of these seasons. I look back now and realize it was a supernatural pulling, but I came across a couple of real estate opportunities, made a lump sum of money, and I was like deuces, man. I was out. I fell off the scene. My parents thought I lost my marbles. They were like something really. I wouldn't answer phone calls or anything. It was like I vowed to the Lord no less than like nine hours a day to be with him. I didn't have to work. I was like this is it, man, glory. And I didn't know what was happening. And this is just my journey, but again, to stir hunger however it lands with you. I've seen all kind of different seasons in people's lives, and I said just go for it with what the Lord is doing with you. So it began, and I literally got off into things I didn't know were. They don't teach you these things in Bible college. You understand? They're not there. And it's kind of the school of the spirit, like Paul. He had 14 years. He gets caught up, and he's seen things that like he still can't utter, mysteries he saw, things like this. And so from this place, I realized like all I did was I just wanted Jesus. It's all I still do today. I'm very simple. Like I don't really like to complicate things. I just fell in love with him at the age of 20, and then I just fall more in love. But I found out if you touch and tap into the king, his domain, the kingdom comes with him. And so we started seeing some really wild stuff. The Angelic, that's one of the books. We'll throw them out here in a second. And just the heavenly realm opened up, so wonders, things like this. So this man, you guys thought I forgot, but he was actually an attorney. He owned a company. Gives me his business card as a look. Came to tell you, bro, I read one of your books. I think it was this God of Wonders on the supernatural. How many of you know we serve a supernatural God? Yeah, man. That's what I love about Pastor Darin. Tony, these guys are gunners. Listen, I'm so refreshed by a company that I'm seeing. They're not coming off the supernatural for nothing. I was on the phone with Michael Koulianos recently, and he was talking about some movements that are, you know, and for quite some time kind of taking precedent where you just dial back a little bit. Come off the Holy Ghost so it can land with more people and get quantity. And, bro, me and him were like, you just stirred us the wrong way. Listen, you just want quality of him, not quantity. Quality of him is what matters. Look, if it brings quantity, book of Acts 5,000 added, bring it. But you never come off of quality in him. You understand? I was in Columbia years ago preaching. Angel came, told me of an earthquake about to hit the place. I'm like, this must be a big church to get them all to pray. I learned a big lesson. I was young in the Lord. I was taking a power nap, halfway drooling on the pillow, not being spiritual at all. My spiritual eyes opened. You know, you can see 360 in the spirit, and I saw an angel walk up behind me. He tells me of an earthquake coming to the nation because of national sin. Sorry, but it's just what it was. And so I'm like, great. Here comes the gringo down in Columbia talking about judgment upon a nation. This will go over real well. I'm serious. I'm thinking, wonderful. I like the positive words, and those are easy to deliver. So I came real tactful. But honestly, in my mind, we were preaching all week, two and three meetings a day. I was like, this must be the biggest church in the city. Get the most people to pray. It was the smallest city out in the middle of nowhere, smallest church out in the middle of nowhere in the city. I was like, what is going on? So we step in, and I knew it had to be released that night. I'd be preaching the whole rest of the week, but I know the timing of the Lord. So I come in, and I see the worship leader's keyboard's facing this way, and he just starts going into the glory. Then I see the pastor, and nobody's looking back. They don't care. They're going into the Lord. They don't give a rip. Not that you need to do that. I just thought to ask you, Nick. I'd never seen it before or since. Heaven came in that room so thick you could cut it with a knife. I later found out the pastor raised the dead, fasting. They're just raw. The power blew through the place. And so all that being said, I learned a big lesson, the quality and proximity this house walked with with God. He was like, give me 10 people to pray out of this house, and we can shift things versus, you know what I mean, 1,000 and some mega. Which I love that, too. Don't mishear me. I love it all, man. But I learned quality in him is a big, big deal. And the earthquake still hit. It was the biggest one in eight years, but not one person died. There was a lot of damage, but I believe it really averted a lot. But anyway, guys like this, they're just not coming off the super. Listen, man. Start skipping around the book a little bit, the Bible. It's buck wild. I don't know what book you're reading, but we have the same one. Pick your version, too. It doesn't matter. The Passion, NIV, King James, they're all the same. You got donkeys talking up in there. I'm serious, man. It's crazy. You have six winged figures with four heads. You think Narnia is wild. Just get near the throne. And don't let them open their wings. You got eyes staring at you from all different directions. It gets crazy. I start looking at creation. I'm like, man, God is wild. And sometimes we don't realize it, but in the name of the word and staying in order, brother, we let religion come in and just quench things. And God's like, not into it. And listen, man, don't let them start coming into the earthly dimension. These weasels show up next to them with a spirit that drives it. And they float in any direction. It's really interesting. They turn into human arms when they get in the book of Ezekiel down to the realm and above the throne in Revelation. They have all six wings. It's just wild. So anyway, you know, you see some things happen. So this businessman, he's like, look, bro, I read, I think it was this one. And on the supernatural, what I'm most intrigued by is God's voice in it. I love the supernatural. Don't get me wrong because it's him. Anything that's him, I'm down with. The fear of the Lord, repentance, the word, his love, wonders, the angelic realm, everything that points back to him. But I begin to learn in the manifestations and the supernatural, his voice is embedded within them. He doesn't just do wonders to wow you. He speaks in them. You know, Proverbs is clear. It says it's the glory. It's God's glory to conceal a matter. But it's your and I glory as kings to search it out. And I begin to see he'll manifest wonders, but he'll seal in it his voice for a great purpose and destiny. Deuteronomy 29, 29 says the secret things belong to the Lord. But those secret things revealed belong to you and your children forever. We can unlock these mysteries. So this guy comes up and he's like, y'all, like, get to the story for crying out loud. I'm sorry. I'm just feeling pulled in all kinds of directions. So he comes to the Bible. He's like, no, I don't want a book signed. Which, by the way, there's some books of ours signed on Amazon going for a lot of money. That's not us. We get emails. Don't buy those. Just email us. We'll send you whatever you want. But he goes, man, I read this book. He goes, hear me out first. I'm just going to tell you like it is. I thought, no way. First off, this stuff doesn't happen, number one. Number two, why in the world would God even perform some of these things, these wonders? No way. He went to bed arguing with God after he read this first one. And that's what I'm encouraged about, you know, that we can only be with you in a couple of sessions, but leaving material with you to disciple, train, just pour in, open up, encounter, whatever it may be. And I want to encourage you guys, get, look, if you even want to pick those up or buy them, I want to just sell it back in SRC or whatever. Just get the books, though. And if you need me to sign them, I'd be glad to, but get the material. If you don't, if you want to just grab a book for free, you can. But he says he went to bed arguing with God, and in the middle of the night, about the signs, these supernatural things we see, in his iPad, okay? Business man, super sharp. His iPad's sitting next to him just like this, closed on his bedside table. It turns on supernaturally in the middle of the night, and it's Randy Clark preaching at him. Yeah, this exact passage, and then it shuts off and freaks him out. He wakes up, he's like, I repent, God, I believe, I believe. And, because we see some wild things like this, and Antonio will tell you, just electronics, things get interesting. But I'm intrigued by the supernatural realm of God, all pointing back to Jesus, rooted in Scripture. But how many of you know the Bible's clear? It says the knowledge of God's glory, the experiential knowing of His glory will cover the earth as the water of the sea. Tell me an area of the sea that the water's not touching. Unless you know one, I don't know any. But that's the experiential knowledge. Whether you want to yield to it or not, it's going to come, man. It's going to be profound. Tony stirred me last night with November, a prophetic word, and just heaven is about to break out. And he's here. He's already moving, but, you know, in even an increased exponential way. So, anyway, book on the angelic realm, mentioned over 270 times in Scripture, really opened this up. How many of you know we need the messengers of God in our life? Do you mind just kind of being led? You can hand it out wherever. Or throw it. That's awesome. You know, the Bible says that even Jesus, the flawless Lamb of God, needed the angelic realm in His earthly ministry. You know, I'm kind of concerned sometimes we get too heavy into, well, don't get off Jesus, brother. You're going to be deceived, you know. But Jesus clearly in Scripture over 270 times mentions the angelic realm. Listen, the church of Sardis, Revelation 3, says, I am He who carries the seven spirits of God. That's massive. But also I hold the seven stars in my hand, which are the angelic realm. He highlights this. Every book to every church is right to the angel first of the church. These messengers, they ministered to Jesus. And I think it's Hebrews 114 says, they're ministering spirits sent to assist those who inherit salvation. So how many of you are saved in here? I know everybody. 10 a.m., weekday. Yeah. But they're sent. So there's angels that run with you, you know. And they really can emphasize. They always point back to Jesus. They're messengers. They empower. They come to assist calls. You see Gideon when he was commissioned, an angel came. Often they'll come and assist in your assignment. Another one, go from the supernatural, godly character. Yeah. One guy. You can get that out wherever. How many of you know the character of God is massive? We've got to live pure, be people that are loyal, faithful, integrous, and things like this. And so if you ever see the fruit of the spirit manifested or the gifts, sorry, the gifts of the spirit manifesting without the character of the spirit, just kind of be cautious. That's all. I never condone being some skeptical know-it-all and we just judge everybody like that. But, you know, you just need the character, the fruit of the spirit. Galatians 5.22, purity. You can tap into gifts, but then the character of the spirit starts to diminish and can be a dangerous thing, you know. Matthew 7.22, Jesus says, many will come to me. Not just a few. He emphasized many will come to me on that day and say, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Cast out devils and do many mighty exploits. I've got to tell you, a funny story just came to me. And we'll get back to spiritual. But casting out devils, listen, have you heard this one? I was with my buddy when I first got born again. This is the best story ever. We were street preaching out at LSU campus, Baton Rouge. And we had just got born again. He came out of the rave scene. Do you all know? Is that past thing? Probably I was too old. Like glow sticks and ding, ding, chicka, chicka, ding, you know. He was one of those guys. And so he was wild. This guy was just as wild for the Lord as for the rave scene. And so he thought he was like Elijah reincarnate, man. He would skip people with headaches to look for like missing limbs and stuff. He just wanted the big and wild. So we hadn't seen devils cast out yet. And we're on the streets. And he's like, we've got to cast out devils because the Bible says so. And I love it. I said, go for it. But there wasn't a lot of wisdom then. A little bit of zeal, but not a lot of. And the only passage we really had under our belt was the passage of the legions. Where Jesus says, what is your name? Do you all remember that? So kid you not, this is like what not to do, one-on-one evangelism in the streets. Goes up to a guy, swears he has demons. We were on a four-way split block. It was like an evangelism buffet. You could hop one block going to the hood. That's where I knew guys, like crack dealers. I was really out there. I loved that realm. Other side fraternity boys, you could hop a block, you know, grunge, punk, whatever. And I'll never forget, when I first got born again, I brought a college group down there. And we were going to street witness. They were like college, church, never been in the streets of the world. And I pull up. I'm just born again, right? So Alvin, my middle man for the drug runner, he came out of the hood on his bike. He sees my car. He's like, Brian, what you need? What you need? I'm like, Alvin, no, man, I got born again. He's like, oh, okay, you just want some weed then? I'm not joking. I'm like, Alvin, bro, you don't get it. And he's freaking out at this college. First time street witnessing. I'm like, oh, this isn't going over well. This is not a lot of wisdom, you know. So my buddy, he finds a guy. He can swear this guy has demons. He's like, oh, yeah, watch this, man. Legion passage, let's go. Looks the guy right in the face. He goes, what is your name? Guy's like, Phil? He's like, no, he's really just trying to conjure up these demons, man. No, no, no, what is your name? The guy's like, Phil, bro, you're weirding me out. And it just took off. We lost, like, all street credibility for any kind of, anything kingdom. But anyway, the character of God. You know, but it said, cast out devils, you know, prophesy many mighty exploits. The Lord said, look, depart from me. I never knew you on a deep, intimate level. And that's why intimacy is so key. But still, Paul says, earnestly lust for, burn, or covet for the gifts. We want it all, but root it in character. These last two you can throw out wherever. Divine encounter, God of wonders. If you want your iPads turning on, I'm teasing. Yeah, and I'll be glad to sign any if you want after. So let's jump in. I won't keep you guys too, too long. I want to really hammer intimacy, if that's okay. Pray it lands with us. We'll pray and go from there. Praise God. Meek Al Spirit-led. You got to watch him. Yeah, so awesome. Thank you, Lord. Who all was not here last night? Oh, wow. Okay, I'm going to need you to repent. I'm teasing. We did purity last night. I'm totally teasing. You probably didn't need to be here. So anyway, but yeah, let's jump in. I want to talk to you briefly about just loving the Lord really well. Maybe give some practicals. And most importantly, just that the Lord grip us, myself included, with a deep infatuation for him and how it lands with you. Because everybody's in different seasons. Our callings and assignments look different. But one I've been on lately and really stirred for a while is Matthew 25. You don't need to turn there for the sake of time. But it's my favorite parable Jesus ever mentioned about the ten bridesmaids or the ten virgins. Most of us know this. And one thing I've been digging in deeper and realizing that's quite beautiful is if you see Matthew 24 right before that, which I think is really fitting for the season we're in and ever going into right now. Let's be honest. Things are shaking up, aren't they, in the world? Honestly, I'm kind of excited. I know that sounds weird. But I just like heaven, man. And he's always running everything. And so I really don't care the noise. I see his consistent anchor in it. And his kingdom can never be shaken. This is Haggai 2. So when you see shaking going on, just make sure and assess quick that what you're holding on to is kingdom because it can never be shaken. And what really happens is those that are holding on to the kingdom, they kind of rise to the top. So shaking really plays in our favor always. You don't wish it for anybody, but it really does. Haggai 2 is clear. It says shaking will happen, and actually silver and gold from other nations will come to you. And so shaking is clearly happening, but we just need to assess, adhere to that which is the kingdom, and you'll be fine. So anyway, Matthew 24, real quick, is the parameters for the end times. Jesus goes down. It's the Bible. It's the word. I know a lot of us love the only wow and the happy, but this is just as happy because it's Bible to me. But read it when you have time. Matthew 24 builds for a season and time of pressure. Just in the earth, times of shaking. And there's eight items, basically, if you will, that check off in this list of Matthew 24 that have to take place leading up to the Lord's return. How many of you know we're in the last days? Yeah. I'm traveling all over. I'm in different streams, camps, and, listen, the consistent theme I'm picking up on is everybody knows we're at the end. And we're at the end of the end, just so you know. Do you all know of a prophet that passed away not too long ago, John Paul Jackson? Yeah, amazing man of God, revere him highly. Well, a lot of people don't know this, but he was born in the 11th month as a sign and wonder. He was in his mother's womb 11 months and born as an 11th-hour prophet. He was a sign and a wonder. And so if an 11th-hour prophet has just passed, that should show you the times. We're at the very end. And we were really graced to meet him about a year before he passed in Dallas at his office, my dear friend Michael. This is pretty cool, a fun story I'll tell you. He got invited to go, and he's like, dude, I'm going to see John Paul. Let me know if you want to run. And I said, okay. But I forgot about it. But I was in prayer one morning, and I saw the Dandelion Restaurant. It's this spinning restaurant in Dallas that's downtown. But in the vision, it looked like a dandelion to me. And I saw the breath of God hit it and blow off into the city, the dandelion, the breath of God. And it was a move of God for Dallas. But I thought, wait a minute, that's probably that Dallas invitation to go see John Paul as well. Prayed into it, we went. So we go into his office, and the assistant said, look, he'll be right out, whatever. So they came to get us, and we hit the hallway to go to his office, and there's a huge prophetic painting of a dandelion being blown in the wind. Yeah, and I look it up, and the restaurant, its actual nickname is the Dandelion. I had no clue if you ever look it up. And so it's blown. It's a move of God. I believe Upper Room is on the brink of it, but a lot of stuff. Ruth Ward Heflin had a word for Dallas. But anyway, we sat there. Listen to me. First off, the man pierces you with his eyes. His eyes look like heaven. And the fear of the Lord was on him, the authority. And listen, you know one thing he hammered was hyper grace. Hammered it. Listen, and not to go heavy, but listen, the grace of God we need dearly, but sometimes it can get too imbalanced. Like I touched on last night, behold the kindness and severity of God in that plumb line of heaven and his word in this hour. But intimacy, he was hammering it. And it was beautiful. But he passed recently, 11th hour prophet. All that being said, you can tell just in way more revelations that point that we're in the end. I'm not saying the Lord's coming back tomorrow or anything, but, you know, we're there. Soon in Matthew 24, there's eight kind of parameters that lead up to the end, right? All seven have been, seven of the eight have been pretty much checking off, but there's a last one before going to Matthew 25 that says, and the gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all nations before he returns. Read it when you have a chance. It says specifically the gospel of the kingdom. And I think you're going to see that's one thing that's not consistent just yet. Often I know for years when I hear the gospel, I think salvation alone. It's included, but when you see the gospel of the kingdom as a forefront constant threaded message worldwide, watch because he's near. Does that make sense? And that's not consistent yet. The kingdom of the Lord, him coming and setting up his kingdom again. There's going to be that common theme. It includes salvation, but that kingdom. Anyway, so from this, Jesus goes through the ends, the pressures, the times, things like this, and he jumps straight into from that trying times of pressure in the earth that's going to be our greatest hour. I laid it out last night, the dream that showed the emphasis of darkness coming like we've not yet seen, prefaced with his temple being filled with glory like we've not yet seen. So he goes from this time of pressure and things that increase right into, it's the craziest turn he takes in Scripture, and you all know that there was not a chapter and a divide there. Jesus was still talking. And then he jumps straight into my favorite parable of all, and he says, at that time, read closely. This is the only parable I can find where he says, at that time, the kingdom will be like this. This is big. Listen, I can feel oil all over this. I've been on this, this 10 bridesmaids were in this thing, and Tony was saying the same from a lot of what he's hearing and who they run with, this oil we need in our lamps. Listen, what I love is it's laser-focused within the church. This isn't the sheep and goats, the wheat and the tares parable. This is straight up within this you and I that Jesus is assessing. And I'll go there in a second, but it's beautiful because there's no mixing messages here. It's crystal clear within the body and that alone. And I love the prodigal son. I love all of the parables, but this one is laser-focused within the church, and it goes through the parameter of the end times, and he says, at that time or then, meaning in that window, the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Check all the other ones. He just is in parables, but he says at that time, meaning there's a time to watch. He says there'll be 10 bridesmaids or 10 virgins, depending on what version you're in. All of them have lamps. Listen, this is wild, and I think what the times of pressure are going to start to divide, you'll start to see. I think it's been obscure for quite a while, but those with extra oil are going to start to really differentiate from those that don't. So he says there's 10 bridesmaids. They all have lampstands, and they're all going to find the bridegroom, which is Jesus Christ. That's why it's within the church. How many of you are longing to see the bridegroom one day? The whole book concludes, yeah, the whole book concludes with the spirit and the bride say come. That's another common theme message. You're going to see the bridal realm, deep, deep infatuation and intimacy. He jumps to that bridal realm. It's deep intimacy with Jesus. He says, so look, there's 10 of them. They're all dressed the same in attire, prepped to see the bridegroom. They all have lamps. Everything's checking off. They're all the same. And even at one point it says because it seemed like the bridegroom was delayed in his coming, they all were weary and fell asleep. But right at the start, he says, there was five wise and five foolish. He splits them right down the middle, all 10. He splits them. So you're thinking, man, the foolish had to be in the camp that fell asleep and got weary, but he doesn't rebuke any of them for that. Listen, you're going to have casualties in life, hiccups. You may feel better on certain days. Jesus is okay with all of that. But if you read further, he says the five foolish didn't have enough oil in their lamps, not enough oil. And you're going to see this ties into the secret place. It can only be bought and produced in being with him. Definitely the lamps can be your ministry and your light to the nations, but you've got to realize the backdrop of this parable is going to find him. It's that light that lights the path, that lamp that's burning bright, that first and seasoned love of flame burning bright to find him. And listen, the secret place is where this oil is produced and sustained and maintained and overflows. It's one of the only times in scripture where Jesus condones extra, just have too much. There is no limit here. A dear friend of mine, Corey Russell, he calls it barrels. I call it jugs, but he's like, yeah, we've got to have barrels of oil, man. That's the word of the Lord. I'm like, barrels, bro? You're way past me. But it's this oil, man. Listen to me. Sell all right now and go for it, I'm telling you. And watch the chips fall out where they do. You'll start blowing through destiny doorways like you never knew. The acceleration is on oil and deep in the sea right now. The heaven's breathing on it. Listen, I can see it. People are coming out of the woodworks. You're going to see it too coming up soon. People are going to come out of the woodworks that have been on the back end hoarding oil. And heaven's going to breathe on them. Who is that coming out of the wilderness, face shining like Moses, just raw power and deep revelation. And you won't need to self-promote and connect and network. I'm okay with some of that. But listen, heaven, when he lifts people up, you can't put them down. And it's the oily ones right now. And so he says, they all fall asleep. Everybody's checking off. Everybody's fine. And then Jesus stops. He pumps the brakes. He says, look, the five foolish, the only problem, why they were foolish, they didn't have enough oil. The five wise had too much. They brought extra oil. And if you read further, it said, listen, I was in 2 Chronicles 4. I just want to tie a connection that I thought was beautiful. I was just in it recently reading on the temple. It was interesting that I had that dream two nights ago of the gold and everything in by the Holy of Holies. But if you look at Solomon, he builds the temple according to the blueprint of heaven. And as you get right outside the most holy place, which you'll see in Matthew 25, it's a doorway that takes Jesus pulls the five wise into a wedding feast with him. That's the figurative same template for the temple in Solomon. Right outside, it says Solomon made 10 lampstands, all of gold and split them and put five on one wall, five on the other. 10 even tables for the bread of the presence, capital B, Jesus. And they're right outside of that most holy place. And then I, cause I was always like, why did Jesus just pick 10? 10 is also the number of testing. You see that, um, Daniel said, test us for 10 days in Daniel, chapter one, you see in revelation, uh, Jesus says, look, the devil will come and test you for 10 days. It's a testing period. That's what Matthew 24 is. There's a testing that's coming on the earth. And if you have too much oil, you'll just fly by a plus a plus just flying through destiny doorways. If you don't have enough oil, you know, we can miss doorways. That's all. I don't want this to be heavy, but it's Bible. I just love the Bible. I mean, you want to just blow through doorways right now. Yeah. We'll get too oily. Listen to me. Yeah. Get too, too oily, man. And the secret place is doing that for people. They're, they're falling. And I love it because it's all relational based deep infatuation with him. And man, once you see him, you can't get enough. Anyway, you're just so addicted. You just start to man that the mountains become little bitty mole hills because you're just so up. So high, like Isaiah 40, you're sending you mount up on wings, like eagles, the bridal love. You just infatuated. He's everything. Like, I don't even see those. Those little things were mountains before me. You ascend to this place and hit it. And intimacy, the Mary's at his feet or he's listening. They're blowing through. Have you ever seen those people that just get born again and they're just blowing through destiny and just the guys shoot them off like rockets. Often you'll see a Mary attribute about him. They sit at his feet. The Martha's, which don't get me wrong, he doesn't rebuke her. We're very busy. I'm for being busy and working while the day is at hand. But he just says, Mary chose the better part. See, Martha is not wrong. It's great. He doesn't rebuke her. He just says, Mary chose the better part. So sitting at the feet of Jesus, listen to me, is the highest prize ever, always, every day. And when that's done well, you come out. It's wild. Like the Mary's look like they're just don't, they look like they're bums. Like they don't do anything. You just love Jesus, you know. But they come out in destiny. They take one step according to his voice and they look like this. And it's very effortless, easy, oil. Job 29.6, their feet are bathed in butter. They just slide through stuff. There's favor. Like stuff falls off. The opposition, they don't even notice it because they're so in love. It just kind of water off of a duck's back. Martha, they're so busy in the work over at his feet, they take like 10 steps and go right here and go nowhere. They feel like they're going nowhere. Or like, you ever seen a hamster on a hamster's wheel? Real busy, running, running, running. You get off and you're like, man, I never went anywhere. I never went through any doors. Well, listen, at his feet, that oily place will just have you blowing through things and you won't even know it because you're so in love. So anyway, 10 lamp stands split five and five on each wall, even in the temple right outside that holy place. Well, Jesus says there's 10 bridesmaids, five and five, he splits them. And a cry comes at midnight in Matthew 25, and it says the bridegroom has finally come. He's here. And you'll notice there's a doorway that flings open. This is in Solomon Temple, that doorway into the most holy place. It's a doorway to enter into the wedding feast with him. And I propose there's doorways of destiny that the Lord's trying to pull you through. And listen, midnight is a new day. He came at midnight. Read it close. It says he came at midnight. Midnight always triggers a new day, a new season, a new chapter being turned. And far too often, if we don't have enough oil, that new chapter comes, that doorway to step into, and we miss it because we didn't have enough oil. Does that make sense? And he's loving. He's still there wooing you. He's super long-suffering, full of grace and mercy, kind. But sometimes you have to go around another mountain before the door comes open again. And I don't know about you guys. I love mountains, but I'm not interested in seeing the same side over and over. Listen, a ton of oil, you just blow through doors. You're the first one through. You're like Peter, man, to get through the tomb, I mean, or John. But, like, basically, those doorways, you're so full of oil, you just blow through and don't even know it. And so at midnight, bridegroom comes, and the doorway opens up. And it's the season we're leading into. And I, again, propose there's doorways even right now that the Lord's trying to pull you through that only enough oil can get you through. You're starting to show yourself approved, still networking, whatever, all that's fine. But never at the neglect of intimacy. This is the highest prize, man. Go into your closet, shut the door behind you. I want to encourage you practically, like, make the secret place the most treasured place ever that your whole world revolves around. Your family's going to think you're crazy. That's fine. Let them watch the fruit a little bit down the road. Loving him's got to be the hinge pin upon which all our life swings on. Everything. Like this pulpit's loving him, and everything's around that. Everything. No, no, no, move, move. You're getting in the way. No, he's everything. Nope, no, sorry, love you, but we'll talk tomorrow. He's everything. Busyness, whatever it is that the enemy will try and throw, just natural casualties of life. Everything. This is the prized emerald, Emerald City. It's like a gem. You keep it polished and shined and always look through it. He's everything, man. And I want to encourage you, a secret place. He says, Matthew 6. He says, go into your closet, shut the door behind you. And some of us men, let's be honest, like, man, I don't know about all this bride old stuff, bridegroom, you know, and I get it, man. I'm a man's man. I love to fish, hunt, cut down firewood, whatever. Me and Darren have the same crossbow, pretty much, okay? But Jesus really snuck me with this whole bridal thing. I didn't know anything about it. I just loved him. He's everything, man. What was I doing my whole life at 20? He's everything. I got infatuated with his presence, and he started sneaking me, Jehovah sneaky. He started coming as a bridegroom. I said, oh, man, I had no idea. I got caught up in him, into this ascension type encounter, and it wasn't masculine or feminine at all. It's not like that on that side. How many of you know, sorry, husbands and wives, you want to be married on the other side? Sorry about that. Hopefully you have a house next to each other, but it doesn't translate the same. And just forever messed me up, you know, and so that's obviously our ministry is named that. I was in a, do we have any Kleenex? I'll start sniffling and stuff. No rush. Oh, thanks. Thank you so much. I was in an airport once, and I went to upgrade on a flight, and the lady's like, Bridal Glory International. She goes, wow. Do you watch that show Say Yes to the Dress? I was like, oh, no, ma'am. No, ma'am. Is it good, though? She's like, oh, it's amazing. You've got to watch it. So I didn't want to, like, pop her a balloon. I just said, that's awesome. But the bride, I want to encourage you guys. Listen, Jesus said it, not me. And the Spirit and the bride, whether you men like it or not, you're the bride. And we're sons and daughters of God. But there's something there, man, that he's after. And you can feel it like never before. And he'll just wreck you. That's all. So I want to encourage you, whatever your take is, man, woman, whatever, just go after him. And you'll get pulled into this realm that there's a point of no return. It's just like he's everything, man. I can't wake up to, I can't wait to go to sleep to wake up again, because I want your voice. I need your presence. Manifest you, however you want to come, whatever you want to say, whenever, however, just come. You are the bread of heaven that comes down daily. Every day, Jesus popped up in John 6 from the Old Testament. He says, I am the manna that comes down from heaven. Every day, this fresh manna, way better than the best bread you ever had at a bakery that was fresh and hot. He comes down out of heaven, ready to be partaken of every day, deep out of the word, deep out of his manifest presence. And every time you partake of him, you're transformed forever, forever. You cannot partake of him and be the same. It's impossible. You cannot step in the glory of God and come out the same. I was in a meeting in Pittsburgh, and it was super funny, man. Sometimes you're spirit led and you don't know it. You know, it's like, usually that's how it always is with me, super accidental. And I was like, take, for instance, two squirrels, and you give me one squirrel and put him in the glory, the manifest presence of God, and you take him out, he's going to have the bushiest, most beautiful tail. He's going to know where all the biggest and best acorns are. Just favor. The other one's going to be all scraggly. So I kid you not, right at that moment, they have this on video somewhere, I'm certain, on YouTube, the worship leader, one of the worship leaders, no way, I love squirrels. He runs up to the front, lifts his shirt. He's got a big squirrel tattoo on his ribs. I was like, dude, you've got to be kidding me. Like, only God would know this stuff. Sorry, you guys, just real. We can edit that or something. Yeah, we'll do that. But his manifest presence, I just want to stir hunger and encourage you guys, listen, the highest prize in life, Jesus, man, he only had three earthly years to be here, and he was always pulling away to be with the Father. Always. They're like, where's Jesus? He's just all night in prayer. Being with the Father, Mark 135 says, Jesus got up well before the sun, went to a solitude place to be with the Father in prayer. It took all the way to Luke chapter 11 for them to finally say, Jesus, teach us how to pray. They didn't even know how because they were never around him. He would go to a solitude place. Lock up. Look, go into your closet, shut the door behind you, and seek him till he comes, and he'll come. I want to encourage you, blow out, man. Make it awesome. I just encourage to do this. Every house I go to over the years, I'll make my secret place the most prized room in the house. Like, it's where you meet heaven. My most expensive chair is always in there. I'll put dimmer lights, surround sound, just make it all tricked out for him. And it's where we meet. But anyway, so you see these bridesmaids, and they were awakened at midnight because he had come. The door flings open. I'm here. And so it's a new day, and it's a doorway. A doorway is always a transition point from one place to another. How many of you feel like you've got to turn the page? You've got to go into a new season? Yeah. Well, that's how these doorways come, and oil is the greatest remedy to get you through, which is intimacy. It's a secret place. So they all wake up. I'll land it here in a second. And the foolish, oh my goodness, I don't have enough oil to keep that flame bright to see him to go through that doorway. It's going out. And listen, that severity side of heaven's on this right now. I can tell it. Jesus is like, look, I've told you, I've told you, I've told you, but get oil right now. And you have to get it. You'll see in a second, they have to go by their own. It doesn't just fall in your lap. It's a relational thing. He didn't raise robots here. It's relational. I'll never forget, I was waiting on the Lord one day, and I saw in his eyes, his eyes were beautiful, but then I saw a reflection, and he took me in deeper, and I saw the axe, the reflection. He was looking off at the side, right off past me, and I could see what he was focusing on, and it was the axe at the root of trees that John the Baptist talks about, those that aren't bearing fruit anymore. People don't see the sign of the Lord often, but I'm telling you, I see that side of him coming. Listen, we just finished the Daniel Fest, myself, my family, my 17-year-old boy. He was 16, actually. He didn't even turn 17 years. He goes into a dream. We're going to the gym the next day. Judah is his name, and he goes into a dream, and he sees Jesus as the judge. He's literally crying, telling me this dream. He said, I'd never want to see him like that again. He meant business, and that's in your Bible, yours and I's. Look in Revelation 6, the wrath of the Lamb. Jesus says in John 5, the Father judges no one. All authority has been given to me. He's the judge, but listen, on the right side, it's the greatest day, the great and dreadful day of the Lord. If you're on the right side, and you have a lot of oil, it's a great day, but it was beautiful. I started watching the tone of the Lord, even with my children. He's not mincing words right now. He's so infatuated with you, loving, compassionate, but also, he's like, come on, guys, like playoff time. Like women, the bread's ready. I'm teasing. Remember that cheesy thing last night? But anyway, so they didn't have enough oil. They asked the wise ones, can you please give us some of your oil? The wise ones, I'm sure they would have if they could have, but they're like, I can't. Listen, that's one thing about the secret place, only you can produce it one-on-one with him. It can only be produced in that secret place of shutting the door behind you. The corporate gatherings, we're all in. I'm here now. We do this. Let's continue, but if it's not sustained in secret, that's where the issue gets off, and all these guys will tell you this. And so, they looked at the foolish. They're like, sorry, I can't give you mine. And the foolish hurry up and run quick to buy more, meaning it will cost you. People don't like this talk either, but it's costly sometimes. Sometimes we love delight, but sometimes you need discipline to get to delight. You need to strive to enter rest. Listen, the fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much. He's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. This is also in the word. We need that tenacity back, man. I don't know where. Anyway, you know, Jesus said, buy from me gold refined by fire. There's not always hand-me-outs in heaven. There's costly things sometimes. You guys know what I'm saying? I think it's healthy sometimes. You just need the full word. So, they had to go buy their own, and they came back. Lo and behold, the door had shut, and they got to go around the mountain again. You know what I mean? And Jesus, listen, it's super interesting. This time, Matthew 7.22, he said, I never knew you. Remember that? To the preachers, prophesying many mighty exploits. I'm telling you, I think in this last hour, you're going to think certain resumes acquire, but they don't meet up to the Lord's assessment. We're going to look at the resume and be like, these are gunners, man, for sure. Top-notch in heaven. Many mighty exploits. And the Lord's like, I don't even know you boys. I know it's a hard one, but it's in there. And that same word, know there, Jesus uses the same word Mary used to say, I didn't know Joseph intimately. It's a very deep, intimate knowing. So you get to the bride's maze, and he says, I do not know you. Matthew 7.22, I never knew you, but now he says, I do not, meaning I currently did, but your oil got low, and now I do not know you. Are you guys hearing that? There's not a current, consistent, deep level of intimacy there, and we've got to sustain it in a rich, rich way. So practically, I just want to encourage you guys, however it looks for you, but go deep in the word. Get possessed with this thing again. Listen, pick your version. I've been really seeing this with me. I love that Tony did the Passion Translation. I'm hearing all kinds of versions, and I love them. Go for it. And then when you dig deeper, go into the Greek and Hebrew and really search it out. But sometimes you just practically need a version that sits well with you. Does that make sense? My father is really awesome. I told him, I was like, man, the New Living Translation I enjoy. At times it just hits better in a comprehension way as I'm reading. So I gave him one. He was like, bro, ever since you gave me that, everything unlocked. He was reading like a different version. So even the way we comprehend is different. So I want to encourage you guys, venture out and find what works for you. But listen, the Holy Spirit is the author of this thing. Get this thing every single day. Manna comes down daily. Remember in the Old Testament, when they didn't eat for that day, what would happen? It would rot. Do you guys remember that? Meaning, what is today? Wednesday? Darren said, I have no idea. That's awesome, man. That's awesome. But there's a manna, seriously, set up since before all time for you. You understand? For today. And it's going to come down. It's available. God cannot be mocked. It will come down. Available. The most valuable substance you can ever get your hands on at any given day is Him. The bread of His presence. His voice. And it comes down every single day. And part of it is this way. So what I'll do is simply like, sometimes pray in the Holy Spirit before you read. Have you ever felt like the Word is obscure? It's just not unlocking? Pray in the Holy Ghost. Listen, you feel the anointing. That's another thing. We've got to pray in the Holy Ghost, man. I'm not hearing a lot about that, but get back. Well, my mind doesn't make sense. Who cares? Just trust the mystery of it. Listen, if you heard my tongues, you'd be like, that's not profound at all. It's like ha-ha, ta-ta-ha-ta, like over and over for hours. But His glory comes. And then I don't even know what I'm saying anymore, and I don't care. Smith Wigglesworth said, some read the Bible in Hebrew, some read it in Greek, but I read it in the Holy Ghost. Listen, the Holy Ghost is the author of this. All Scripture is God-breathed. As you tap into Him, Holy Spirit comes. And then you open this thing, it's like a pop-up book. So, listen, pray. Ha-ha-ha-ha. Get her, Lord. Joy grenades. But the Word, dig, dig deep. Listen, get so possessed, all of it, too. Jesus said, the Scriptures speak of me, the Old Covenant. Don't buy into this whole, we're in a new dispensation. No, it's all Jesus. Go for it. Leviticus, whatever. Find the Lord in all of it. Proverbs and Psalms. Go deep in the Word. The Bible's clear. It says, in this last hour, there's going to be people that just start going after that, which tickles their ears. Myths. No, no. Stay solid. This is what's relevant, always. This is the plumb line, always. When Jesus spoke it, He knew it was going to ride through all generations. If you start hearing people, well, that was just relevant for their day. But culture has changed. You won't see Scripture that way anymore. No, this is the plumb line. Don't ever come off of this. Everything shifts to this, period. Does that make sense? But His presence, look, soaking prayer, worship, praying in tongues, all of it. Just go deep for Him. And go for Him until you find Him. Some of you want to lock up for a few days. Look, spouse, hold the fort down for each other. Just go for it. I just want to stir you guys up consistently on a daily basis. Another practical thing I'd like to highlight is picking a time. This is big. Listen, I've seen the people like, well, I'm just led of the Lord. I'm just kind of led by the Spirit. When I feel to be with Him, I'll be with Him. And that's okay, too. But typically, those type can get picked off. It's not legalistic, but there's diligence needed. So I want to encourage you, it's not for the Lord. He's available, always wanting to be with you. But we need the discipline. There's people that are led, and they'll have good seasons, and they don't feel led. And the enemy is like, oh, I know this kind. I'll pick them off down the road. I'll wait for a lull, so to speak. So consistency, again, not legalism, but often discipline leads to delight. This is really helpful for children. Listen, they don't understand, like, being led sometimes. You need to set a parameter of going after heaven. But anyway, go for it. More or less what I'm saying here is just be a people right now. Fall into the company of the five bridesmaids with too much oil. You can't get enough. Olive oil is what it was. I liken it to visualizing us as the olive trees of heaven. You see these two witnesses in Zechariah 4 that pop up again in Revelation 11. Olive tree before the Lord. Where the olives fall off under the kibbutz, the weighty glory, and get crushed in His presence. Oil starts to ooze out of who we are. Fill that bowl. It keeps the seven lamps burning bright before us and Him to govern. But for the secret place, it keeps that lamp burning so bright that when that doorway pops open, you and all your barrels of oil just blow through it. Destiny like never before. And I just want to encourage you guys in that. I'll tell you a funny story, and then we'll land it. I was in Israel recently. A dear friend of mine, Daniel, a CFAN, they run this tour. And me and Todd, you know, Todd White, we were at the Garden of Gethsemane, where they believe Jesus' sweat drops of blood and prayed. And it's full of these ancient olive trees. They believe some maybe from His time. And me and Todd were like, bro, we just need, if we can get a few olives from those trees, we can plant some. I'm in Atlanta. He's in Dallas. We're like, I don't know if they grow there, but we just need these olives. So this really happened. We go by the fence close enough, and a few olives had dropped on the outer perimeter of the Garden of Gethsemane. We kind of looked around. This is where you're shrewd as a serpent but innocent as a dove. That scripture always worked for this type of stuff. You know, you can make the Bible say whatever you want in certain, yeah. So we reached through, got some olives from the Garden of Gethsemane. We're going to try and grow our own, hopefully. It would be awesome. But all that being said, we want to be full and have these olives on a daily basis being crushed. Have that reservoir of being with Him, oily, oily ones. And look, the rest of how He leads you out of that place, go for it. Just obey. Be pliable. Do what He tells you to do. But that we have such a rich place foundationally in knowing Him really well. Does that make sense to you guys? Awesome. So if you want to stand, we'll pray. Thank you, Lord. Yeah. Thank you, Lord. You're amazing. We stopped on 12 on the dot. That's pretty cool. Awesome. Yeah, just look to the Lord. We'll pray real quick. Jesus, thank you so much for you. You're everything. Jesus. Possess us, I pray, Lord. Intimacy. Like mantles of intimacy fall all over this place. All over those watching through livestream or whatever it may be. Be filled with a new stamina, grace, infatuation for Jesus. Make us those five wise virgins, Lord. Pure and full of oil. Just totally revive, yeah, awaken the secret place in our lives. Awaken your word, your voice, your presence, you. You're everything. You're everything. Holy addiction. Complete infatuation. Lord, I pray your manifest glory would take over our homes in that secret place. That that closet would become the most exciting place we ever step into on a daily basis. Manifold. Manifold. Ears to hear what the Spirit would say. Eyes to see. Rich oil. Rich, rich oil. Crush the olives of our world, Lord. Let the oil flow. Let our lamps be full. You're everything.
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Brian Guerin (birth year unknown–present). Brian Guerin is an American pastor, author, and founder of Bridal Glory International and Ascend Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Raised in a non-religious home, he became a Christian in college after a profound spiritual experience he described as a divine encounter with a falcon, which ignited his pursuit of intimacy with God. Guerin serves as the senior leader of Ascend Church, where his preaching emphasizes a deep relationship with Jesus, the power of God’s presence, and preparing believers for Christ’s return. He founded Ascend Academy, a ministry school, and travels globally, speaking at conferences and on platforms like TBN and GOD-TV, often highlighting signs, wonders, and prophetic insights. His books, including God of Wonders: Experiencing God’s Voice Through Signs, Wonders, and Miracles, To Know Him: Discovering Experiential Intimacy with God, The Altar: Preparing for the Return of Jesus Christ, and Divine Encounter, focus on spiritual growth and encountering God. Known for sermons like “Mary’s at His Feet” and “The Secret Place,” he encourages distraction-free prayer and devotion, drawing from Scriptures like Luke 10:41–42 and Matthew 6:6. Guerin’s ministry seeks to draw the Church into closeness with Christ, which he calls the “highest prize in life.” He said, “Your heart can burn, and you still not know Him.”