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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 encourages believers to recognize that God is not surprised by current events and is actively moving in power. He shares testimonies of healing and deliverance, emphasizing the importance of coming to Jesus for rest and rejuvenation amidst life's pressures. Guerin highlights that true rest is found in the presence of God, not in external circumstances, and calls for a deeper relationship with Jesus to navigate the challenges ahead. He reassures the congregation that the Holy Spirit brings liberty and that believers can experience supernatural encounters that transform their lives.
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Come on Jesus, and I just want to encourage you. I know we've been in interesting times, but how many of you know the Lord's not taken back by surprise at all? Yeah, he runs this show. Yeah, he, and he's moving really powerfully. I saw we had a dog over here. Is the guy with the dog still here? What's up man? What's the name of the dog? Bell. So it's a girl. So cool man. We, I got a little pet in. I hope you don't mind all the way the rest of them. This is beautiful, but yeah, we were just in a meeting in Maine, and there was a precious man there with a dog, the kind that he had come out of war and a lot of postpartum stuff, and he had this precious dog with him, kind of like a Husky or something, beautiful dog, and heaven set him free. He couldn't sleep. He was hearing voices and stuff, and the anointing came in. He's sleeping like a baby ever since. Yeah. Oh, no way. Same thing? No way, dude. Hold on. Military? Can't sleep? Bro, you watch. It's over. It is over. That's awesome, man. Wow. Thank you for your service. Oh, already? Oh, I'm sorry. Wow, when? Oh, come on. He's like, no, I'm sleeping like a baby. Come on, Jesus. Wow. I don't even know, the Bible says wherever the Holy Spirit is, there's complete liberty. Yeah, and he is slammed full in these four walls. I can tell you that, and media too, if it's going, but but wow, that's awesome. Another fun one. I was on a plane recently, I kid you not, and the lady had a chicken next to us on the plane. I've seen it all now. I was like, I've seen cats and dogs, but I was like, bro. She, me and Judah were flying somewhere, and she had like a little dog case. I'm like, oh, it's probably a pretty little shih tzu or something, who knows, and so we're sitting there. I'm in prayer, and I came out for a second. She pulls her dog out of the bag. It's a chicken, and she just, she acted like it was any other day. We're like on a plane, Delta, flying. 50,000 feet in the air, and she's sitting there just petting her chicken on her lap. I'm like, wow, I have seen it all, man. So definitely more for the dogs, but I had to ask her. Normally I don't do that. I was like, ma'am, sir, please, I gotta know, is that a rooster or a chicken? Like, and she goes, oh no, she's a hen. She lays eggs. Had her for eight years. She's the sweetest thing. I was like, wow, that's awesome. So anyway, but yeah, let's jump in, but I do want to encourage you guys. Heaven's moving powerfully. Look, God's not taken back by surprise at all. Holy Spirit, I really sense actually an extra level of potency by the Spirit of God. You know, Jesus Christ, the Bible says, is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He's never come off the throne. He goes around doing good, healing all that are oppressed of the devil, and he's moving in power. You can feel it. There's this potency and this amped up level. You know, listen, wherever you see the enemy in the world amping things up, he's always playing catch-up. You need to know that. That's the biblical precedent, always. It's never like, hold on, God, where is he? I know the psalmist will feel that way at times. We've all been in those seasons, but if you look clearly from the beginning, Moses starts with the staff down on the snake in the wonders of heaven, and then the mediums and the darkness come back trying to mimic and catch up and try and work their wonders, and they couldn't even work all the ones Moses did, the wonders, but heaven's on the move. You know, and it's powerful. By no means do I, you know, condone that the Lord's ordaining what's happening at all. We know there's clear darkness, but he's dominating it all. Does that make sense? Yeah, he's not taking back it, and I just want to encourage you guys, too, that, like, we're gonna pray at some point. I don't know how we can maybe let Pastor John orchestrate, because it just could be bodies. Last time it was dangerous. That was really, in a good way, there was a melee. Just bombs went off, and how many of you love the power of God? Okay, me too, and if you don't, you do. Trust me, you just don't know you do yet. Listen, man, they tried to confine Jesus right at the end, right before we went to the cross, and they said, we're looking for Jesus of Nazareth. Judas had just ratted him out, literally, three words come out of Jesus's mouth. He goes, I am he. Power, man, these dudes flew to the ground. Read it. It's in the Gospels. They were trying to confine him to take him to the cross. Where's Jesus? He goes, oh, you're looking at him, boys. Power hits, and then they came back, too, and they're like, they, they almost, it's like they didn't know what happened. Read it. It's crazy. It's like, and they say, we're looking for Jesus Christ. He goes, yeah, I'm here. Like, he let him take him that time. We're just kind of letting them know, like, look, I dominate this thing. And he, that's awesome. And so, anyway, I have a feel, at some point today, maybe all three meetings, he's gonna say, I am he. And, and man, I'm gonna be right in the middle with you. I might be one of the legs coming out from under bodies or something like that. And it's gonna be awesome. And when he comes, listen, he heals bodies. He delivers relational miracles instantly. I'm telling you, we've seen it. Like, I've seen it, where couples are like, my husband's different. Something happened. Something, something, he's so much more kind now. It's the fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5, 22. Love, joy, peace, kindness. There's gentleness, self-control. These things, that's why you want them. Hey, beautiful. How old are you? Juliet. How old? Five. Wow. What's your name? Juliet. No wonders. You're beautiful. Romeo, Juliet. You, you sure are beautiful. But he's just moving powerfully, you know, like never before. And I want to encourage you guys, you know, and just want to build your faith too, because I get it. We're in interesting times. There's a lot of voices and things going on around, out there. But the Bible stands firm and true and never shakes or shifts. Right? And we serve the God of this word. And I just want to encourage you guys, man. Now, now more than ever before. Oh yeah, Kenny and Susan, what is up? Get to see them on the way in from New Jersey. Did y'all come down from Jersey? I was just up there. Kinda. Well, we're in New York, but you know, right next door. Flew into Jersey. And I love them dearly. But this word, listen to me. Now more than ever, I want to encourage you guys. How many of you are born again believers in here? You believe in Jesus Christ. Okay. How many of you don't know the Lord? Really? All right. Just checking. But if you, if you feel like you don't, or at the end of this, you don't, and you don't want to raise your hand, come get us really. I had a dream last night. I was trying to talk to my end of winning them into the Lord. And if you brought somebody in here that doesn't know the Lord, you want Jesus. Listen, today is the day of salvation. You say, well, what is that? Destiny stepping into what God's called me into the greatest fulfillment you ever stepped into in life is to walk with Jesus. And, uh, anyway, this thing stands firm. I'm just going to go forward. Is that okay. And, uh, and love you all. But like, I just, one thing I'm not a big fan of, I've been seeing the, the enemy trying to embed in the earth. And this isn't where we're going from the prophetic, but partly what I want to share, um, is fear and listen to me fears and nowhere in the kingdom of heaven. It's not there. That substance makes no sense to the Holy spirit because it's not in him. It's not there. And, but I get it also. Okay. This is totally out of love and kindness, but I don't like it because it, it freezes and short circuits people from their destiny. And so they start seeing voices and circumstances and it'll veer a greater leaning to something else other than this. And that's not what we want to do. That's all I'm speaking for both of us. Is that okay? And, um, this, this thing stands true and you say, well, you know, I know, but what about this, this and this? And I get it. I'll be right there with you and talk it through with you. And I get it. So just please hear from that. But also I'm really desiring for myself, my family, the church that we come up to the standard of this, him, his presence, the covenant and price he paid to have, and we yield to it more and more. And it's a walk. I get it. So, you know, everybody's at different places, but you say, well, man, my faith in certain areas of this, it's strong to, to grab a hold of versus these other realities I'm seeing. Right. I get it. But the Bible says also you can have measures of faith, meaning what do they call these talls or grand days or something like that? Tall. I'm always horrible about that, man. And, uh, I never know. I just say the middle one or they're like grande genius. You can tell they're all in their eyes. Like, and, uh, so there's a tall. Yeah. So say you have a tall, but Hey, it's potent. Like the Holy ghost, there's expresso in here anyway. So you have a tall level of faith. Praise God is more than most. Okay. So we're all in family here, but what's beautiful about this bad boy and his presence is you can go so deep into it that you bump up to a grand day. I'm checking off with my, my leadership over here. And then I know Venti and whatever. And so we want like the triple, the most massive, whatever in this, right. And you can grow in it. Does that make sense to you guys? So go deep in this. The Bible says, faith comes by hearing and hearing of the word of God. You should have seen me yesterday. We were driving here, which is awesome. Did I live in Atlanta last time we came here? I can't remember. Maybe I flew for some reason from somewhere there, but bro, we're close. Like I just drove down yesterday. We're going to make this like an annual, yeah. Holy ghost, destined explosion. And then also this happens to be like the most beautiful place on planet earth anyway. Um, but I'm driving down looking so cheesy, but I don't care. Cause I need him, man. You know, unless I'm in more meetings that most people, sometimes I'm speaking to other people. I don't care, but I'm more hungry. I would need him. So my kids, we had on one of the cartoon movies on the, what you call them headrests. I can't see it anyway. So throw on my soundproof beats in a car. People are thinking, dude, what is your problem in traffic? You know, like I'm literally my headphones. I'm listening to the word, man, just preaching the word of God over and over getting it within me. I just need him. And, um, they're probably like your radio doesn't work or like, you know what I'm saying? Um, but you can get so deep into this that your faith can increase and want to encourage you guys that, um, just don't forget man, that the blood of Jesus Christ is, and was, and will always will be the most powerful substance ever shed in the globe ever by his stripes. We are healed. We walk in it in his power. And I'll encourage you guys just to faith power, the safest places in his glory and in his presence. Um, I mean, I'll be, I'm just gonna be real with y'all. Is that okay? I got into a security guard the other day. Help me, Lord, in the airport. I did good though. I kept it. I kept it biblical, but I was frustrated and Zoe was with me. She, and uh, cause I could tell I was in again, you got to rise with people. I don't care where you're at. I love you dearly. And I want to hook arms with you and go into heaven, but the principles of the world and what you're trying to do to people. I don't like that. So that's what I have a problem with. I love it. They said Smith Wigglesworth used to jack people in the prayer lines. You remember this David? There's one story. He hit a lady with a tumor in her stomach or something. Tumor came flying out of her throat. She was healed. Cancerous tumor. I wouldn't recommend that. I don't know. Are you teaching that in the school of revivalism? Maybe. But, uh, I mean, if you're led actually either way, but so anyway, they're like, what in the world Smith? And he's like, uh, he's like, I'm not punching them. I'm punching the devil in them. And, uh, but the principle still stands true. It's just that that's what I don't do well with. And so anyway, uh, I'm, I'm on a, uh, a flight. I'm just, I'm just hungry again for the word, man. We've got to remember like this same book we read and adhere to is the same one where Paul is, they shipwrecked all of Malta. He told them already. He's like, look bad days ahead. If we keep going, they ignored him. And they sure enough, they shipwrecked. He's like, cool. We're good. I love Malta. And, uh, they go to get some firewood. They're going to make some s'mores. My version, listen to how powerful the kingdom of heaven is within you. I just really want us to come into myself. I'm with you going into this journey. We got to remember this because I'm also going to be real. The days that, that seem to be shaking in the pressures, they're going to increase. I wish I could tell you, no, it's all going to be roses and skipping through daisies. Um, if the Bible said that I'd preach that, but it doesn't say that. And that's okay too. Cause to me in him is all daisies anyway, whatever we're at, you know? And so I don't really care the seasons, but I do want to encourage you guys. I think you're going to see the pressures. We'll just call them that you're going to see ebbs and flows. And right now we're kind of been at a peak and I think you'll see it dial down a little bit after the turn of this year, but some normalcy, but then pressures, normalcy, pressures, normalcy you're getting me, but the, the, the standard and the bar is going to keep subtly increasing, which is, will be our most beautiful hour. The church in those pressures is you're going to start seeing the wheat and the clearly separate. You're going to start seeing the five fullest versions I talked about last time with you guys versus those with oil really separate. You're going to see glory on the house of God, major, major glory. Um, while darkness will increase, there's going to be a clear divide and, um, but anyway, so they're, they're just going to make a fire. Paul grabs the firewood. We all know the passage of deadly Viper. This wasn't a grass snake. Okay. I don't like any of them. I kill them all. I'm not a big snake fan. Man. I'll tell you, I can tell my kids know this now, but our house before in Baton Rouge, I went into, uh, sometimes a prophetics, not always fun. Cause you live out real stuff. David will tell you, man, that that mystical realm it's like, and pastor John and Sula, but like you live it like the prophets live things. Sometimes it's kind of interesting. You hear stories of Bob Jones and, and, uh, Ezekiel flipping on his side and all this stuff. And so I went into a dream during the season where there was some great opposition that had to do with snake and all this stuff. And I was like, that's not cool. I'll rebuke it. And, uh, but I go down one morning for, for prayer, our old house, uh, we lived there for years and I'm going to get coffee, early morning, watch, whatever. Kid you not. I go downstairs as a snake in my living room, a real one. I wish it was a vision. I wish it was. And so I'm like, this is not cool. He's trying to interrupt my secret place. This is totally not cool. I'm teasing, but he was so took his head off, um, get coffees being made. We get back in prayer. Those things still try and bite when their heads off. I'm just be careful. But anyway, he was, you know, did away with them. Never told my kids wisdom to the parents, never told them until we moved. So now, now they know they were up there sleeping like a baby anywhere or whatever. But, um, but he tries to interrupt these things. And so, but in this passage, he goes deadly Viper latches on to Paul, deadly Viper shakes it off and goes back to get the Hershey's and marshmallows and graham crackers. Paul, he wasn't like, you know, the, the, the boldness, the power, man, uh, John G Lake, I'm served by these old stores of deadly plague was sweeping through where they do Zoe's middle name is after him. Zoe Lake after John G Lake. I love these generals. And plus it just sounds cool. But, um, the story goes that the records of John G Lake in the, in the old times, he was a, uh, apostle South Africa, the power of God would come so strong in the press of the people to be healed. How many of you know, we serve a supernatural God. He's full of power. He's moving. Yeah. That's what I love about you guys, man. Uh, you know, listen, Pastor John is who don't play around, but they're very practical and care about family and the word and doing life and community. I love that, man. I love, I'll follow, uh, you got to follow both of them, but I'll follow pastor John. He's, he's on the beach, just practical states, exercise, stay healthy. I do the same thing. Um, baptizing out in the beach waters. They do it all. They do it all, but make no bones about it. They don't come off the supernatural either. And it's just, they're amazing hybrid. And I so appreciate that in a deep, in the word and a worship leader. That's insane. I wish I could sing like him. But John G Lake looks in the press of the people would get so strong. He would do the acts 1911, lay hands on like a rock or a tree stump. That's acts 1911. It says handkerchiefs that tucked pole, the anointing would come upon him. And then they would hand them out. Devils would shriek and people would be healing their bodies. John G Lake knew this. They said he would look at the mirror in the morning and say, God lives in that man. They said he was really, they said from his generation, he tapped into the powers of the age to come that the Bible mentions more than anybody else. They think many people believe that John G Lake surpassed our time by the knowledge intimately in the power of God. He like, listen, he got so hungry. One time, this stuff stirs me up. You'll remember this. He got, he said he finally, he was so hungry for God and begin to pursue him on such a level that he finally ran into this baptism of God. The best way he could describe it was like liquid love consumed his body. You'll see these encounters, Wigglesworth, all of them encounter a conference, right? That's the name of it. How many of you want a fresh encounter from heaven? Yeah. These things will shift all of your destiny. One run in with him, burning bush of Moses. Everything changes angel of the Lord of hosts to Joshua. Everything changes. I feel authority on that man. Paul, blinding light, everything changes. And there's these encounters, these junctures in destiny that you run into him, everything changes and, uh, baptized liquid love, but he would lay hands on a rock or a tree in the press of the people. Cause he just couldn't always be there. They would just lay hands on the rock of the tree, be healed instantly. Went over to, I want to say Spokane, Washington, and it was recorded that his city was the healthiest city documented. The mayor honored it, the government locally, the healthiest city in the end, back in the nation of America in that day because of their ministry. Listen, there's going to be hubs of glory like this house, whereas the pressures increase the light and potency of God's glory is going to stand out like never before. Like what's different about them? Why are you never sick? Why do your shoes never wear out? Why is there always supernatural abundance that just surrounds your world? You know what I mean? Because light's always the more powerful source, but healthy. You see that there's one story, man. One time I love John's preaching. Such a heavy glory came in the meeting, a person on his front row, literally floating out of the seat, read it. Sorry, but so where's that in the Bible? Acts one, nine, Jesus ascended. Literally got caught up in the clouds. There's two witnesses in revelation 11, same thing happens. They die, rise again, float up into the cloud of glory. Peter walked on water, but they said Catherine Kuhlman one time got so lost in the glory. She literally walked off the platform in thin air and turned back and walked back and never knew what happened. You're going to start seeing some crazy stuff. There was a young boy back in a lot of rain movement. Sorry if I'm weirding some of y'all, but read this thing. If you think I'm out there, read this man for living creatures, just wild glory around heaven. Um, but the little boy back in the hit, a lot of rain were moving. He ascended like three feet off the ground, started preaching from the levitated realm. It's a sign and wonder of the ascension and getting caught up with Jesus as the bride. And, uh, but anyway, John G Lake, somebody came to him and somebody told him to go to his meetings, his healing rooms, because they would be healed. And he comes to John's like, he said, look, I'm going to be honest with you guys. Uh, I don't believe any of this. Totally doubt. I have no faith. I don't believe in God or none of that. I can't, there's no, I'm going to be healed. I did just told me to come here. The story goes that John G like kicked his head back and laughed in his face. He says, he says, look, I got enough faith for both of us be healed in Jesus name. And he was healed on the spot. And sometimes there's a company, man, that's just going to have this tenacious edge. Very considerate, very humble, filled with love oozing out of the presence of God, but also this tenacity with this word and the Holy spirit and power that you're not moving them pressures, persecution, bring it. I'm so in love with Jesus and his word. So real to me, it usurps everything else. You know what I'm saying? And I can feel it, man, in this hour. And, uh, so I can, and I could feel it late. So I'm in the airport. You guys thought I forgot, I'll just bring you to my world. It's not spiritual. It's just a fun window the other day. And, um, Zoe's on the plane with me. We were flying back from somewhere, which has been all over the place. And, uh, I forgot, I try to be mindful. Okay. I'm not one of those guys. Like I'm a big time into authority being submissive, not the government over the word. So sorry, I don't mean to go here, but I'm just saying also though, I'm big into not being some Maverick. You guys know what I mean? Submit to authority, especially within the church and leadership. And, and, uh, and so, and also I'm not trying to just cause trouble to cause trouble ever very considerate of people. Um, if I can't win you to the Lord and explain to you my faith, then, you know, no worries. If something makes you feel more comfortable, I'm okay with all that. But anyway, I forgot I was on the plane where it's mandatory mask. And I forgot I didn't have my own. I'm in prayer. I was in great presence, man. It was always next to me. And, uh, I'm like, she can, uh, but I stopped the plane ladies become an amazing secret places. He's been running so hard. All of a sudden this lady, she won't know, or even see this. So I can say it and you don't know who she is, but bro, the fear on this precious thing, poor thing. And again, the mass too, or I'm down for it. If you like it, I don't care. I really don't. They got some really cool looking ones. Really? It doesn't matter to me. I'm just, I'm just also love the word and want to call us all to go into him. That's all. Um, but to each his own on that, but her poor thing, fear was really the issue she had on the, not only the face mask, but like the face shield, all of it, like that, like Darth Vader walking around, you know, and as she looks, she was rocking it. Great. I don't care. I thought it looked great. I'm just not a big fan. And, um, but anyway, so sure enough, I'm in prairie and all of a sudden she taps me. She's like, sir, mask up, mask up. I was like, oh yes, ma'am. So sorry. I totally forgot. But I'll be honest. I was like, man, you just mess with my secret place. We got, we got issues teasing, but so I was like, yes, ma'am. She's in the worries. I forgot. And so then I went to the restroom quick, came back. Apparently they had cornered Zoe. We got a glitch though. We got, we got to figure it out. You either keep some snacks in your lap and keep eating one almond every five minutes. And they come by and they're like mask. I'm like, sorry, I'm not finished with my almonds just yet. Don't rush me. You gotta digest. We'll kind of look at them, check the salt. No, I'm teasing. But, um, so it was like that. It wasn't, that was, that was kind of it, you know, cause I've been on a bunch of planes, no issues. And I usually don't mess with you, but for whatever reason, this lady was, she didn't like it. So she apparently notified security. I was like, yeah, yeah. I was like, whoa. So we would normally, cause Zoe, you know, be doing the gentlemen thing. I'll let her, you go first. I mean, only some gentlemen, let the women go first and all this stuff. And so normally I'll do that, but I saw security come on and talk to her quick. And I said something, I said, Zoe, get behind me. Let me go first. I don't want them intimidating her. And I've been feeling it lately. Like I've told, they'll tell you, I've told him, I said, look, I need help, man. I need the Holy Spirit to help me. Cause I love the people, but I can tell some people are being so real ruled by fear right now that they're trying to force you into submission to their fear. And that's where I have the problem. Love you. I get it. You know, I don't mind it actually. I get it. How can I help your world? Or if I can be more considerate, no worries. I'll stay back here. I don't mind that. But now when you're trying to make your world, my reality, that's where I'm like, I'm good. So, uh, and I told the kids I could feel it cause I'm around so many different, you know, situations now at airports and flying and whatever. And, uh, and we'd seen enough where I could feel a stir up in me again in love. But I'm like, I need help. Cause I want to be kind, you know, considerate, but also like, sometimes you see that side of Jesus with the truth. He can be a bit sharp too. And then I just want to balance. So yeah, I still don't know that I did well, but I tried. So security car, I'm like, dude, nah, bro. First off, this lady's going to interrupt my secret places. Now you got security coming for me? Nah. I was just, I kind of snapped and I'm like, so we're in the Atlanta airport and, uh, and I don't, I don't like propose doing this, but this is just funny. And it happened recently. So, um, but I'm thinking, man, no, you got me. Now you hemmed me up. You're going to hear my platform. You, you want to try and enforce yours on me and she gets to dictate the narrative, no worries. So I was just giving it to him, man, in a good way. But I said, listen, man, I was just like, he's like, sorry, we were all cool. Uh, I said, listen to me. I just want to share something with you real quick. I said, and I can feel it in the church. We need this, you know, we need to stay on what we are in consideration, in love, compassion, understanding, mercy, humility, you know, all that's important, but also we serve Jesus Christ and you answered him one day. And one thing I'm noticing the Lord's wanting to emphasize and he is, is the fear of the Lord, the reverential, all of him. And so anytime you see something, a strong card being played by the enemy in the earth, the, the Lord's already trying to emphasize it from his realm. Are you guys tracking with me? And the enemy is trying to throw a distraction. If you look in the last times, there's an angel that flies through the sky in the book of revelation, declaring the good news. Okay. And the first words out of his mouth is fear. The Lord Hebrews. Uh, I want to say 10 says it's a, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. The fear of the Lord for us is beautiful. It's all together. Lovely. It's the plumb line, but the fear of the Lord on the other side, that's why it's the great and dreadful day of the Lord. The awesome and terrible, you know, if you're on the wrong side, I'm just being honest with you guys is the Bible. And, but the fee, that reverential organ, that fear of God in a beautiful way is the Lord's bringing it back. And the enemy's trying to overemphasize this other fear to other things that are, that don't line up with this. That's all. So I'm like, look, homie, you know what I'm saying? I'm just, you know, you stopped me, no worries. And I said, look, man, I get it your world and hers and what's real to you. But let me tell you what I know, what I believe and what I know and what I know to believe. And I just said, I'm a preacher of the gospel because I'm like, you got me now. You shouldn't know. You know what I mean? Because if we're passing and we're good, everybody's happy, but now you're trying to hem me up. I'll get your narrative. Don't mind it. I'll do my best to comply. But now you've got to hear mine. So sit right there. You're saying that. And, uh, Zoe's right there going, oh, and, uh, and I said, uh, I said, look, man, look, I know what you all think and what's real to you and don't mind it. But let me tell you what I know and what I believe. And, uh, it is, I'm a preacher of the gospel and I have seen deaf ears open up by the power of the Holy ghost in the name of Jesus Christ. I'm looking square in the eyes. We're like people walking by Atlanta airport. I said, I've seen the legs shorter than the other grow out in the name of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy spirit. I said, you're going to tell me about some COVID thing. I'm not trying to remind it, but also you need to know I'm letting them know like you want me on this plane. If anybody has COVID it's leaving this plane because I carry the kingdom of heaven. You see what I'm saying? And it's not an arrogance thing at all. You need to know in me, I am useless, but we have heaven within us. Like for real, this is a real, real thing. Like deadly plagues, uh, scorpions, serpents, read the Bible, poisonous things they try and give you. And I've been in some sketchy sit. I'm like, again, I'm not trying to earn a mind things. I know pastors very closely. They've lost people to, to all this and other people. So I get it. I'm not trying to undermine anything. I'm trying to overmind the Bible, the word I've been in sketchy situations, AIDS, wards, cancer, wards, like prisons with the sick and open wounds lay hand, all of it. Listen, a lot of you just see us up here around a pulpit, but we do the gospel back backwards and nowhere, India huts, um, disease, whatever. And we are the powerful kingdom of heaven in a body, Jesus Christ, everywhere we go. And I just want to bring that reality to you, sir, because if you're not careful, that what you fear you by default become subject to. And you start leaning too heavily in revering a fear over this. You can open yourself up. It's a dangerous place too. Right. And I'm not trying to, I'm just, I love the word in faith. And so I'm kind of preaching. I'm like, man, bro, like I don't want to hear it. I've seen full out miracles in the name of Jesus Christ. He goes, amen. Amen. The security guy, amen. And, uh, and I'm like, look, love you, man. You know, uh, bless you. We'll do our best. But, um, but I just think it's good too, for some of them to sometimes see if they want to so dictate the narrative and, and over emphasize this fear. I'm okay with it rocket, but don't get upset when you run into some Bible believing, Holy ghost filled vessels that, that know what they know. And, but, and it's only because I know him, not, not in ourselves. And, uh, I think it's healthy that we walk in boldness and power and we, we crushed darkness. Jesus went about destroying the works of the devil. Are you guys tracking with me? And so we need that back, back in the church. So, um, anyway, wow. I've kind of eaten up a lot of time. So let me share a few prophetic things real quick. Won't be here long. And then maybe just follow the spirit, see where we end up. And then, uh, we're back here at two o'clock or, okay. So yeah, the pastor John is still there too. I'm again at six, which I'm stoked. I'm going to be here for the two o'clock. We're just going to get rocked. That's going to be insane. And so I'm here all day with you guys, but real quick, I saw, um, a few things in prayer last night. Um, and one was a vision and this is just insights and prophetic stuff. I just want to be obedient to share what he may have shared to help us. But I saw that, um, the, it was either the last three months of this year, but it also felt like the next three months. So just take that for what it is because I was trying to think about it. It may be came this way because it may be part of September overlapping in the part of December, but I knew it was a three month window where there was going to be an increased time of pressure and testing specifically towards the church. And it tied into revelation two 10. When you have time, you can read it, but basically Jesus has looked, the devil's coming to test you and he'll test you for 10 days and you'll, you'll be fine, overcome it, withstand to the end. But just so you know, there's a, and I think it's more of a corporate body word, to be honest with you, but I'm sure this will get out by media, but there's a three month window of something to do with pressure and testing, increasing specifically at and against the church. And, um, I think it's just God's goodness. Just like you saw Jesus in revelation one, the church, I think it was the church of Smyrna, revelation two. And, uh, and so now more than ever too, we need to really hunker down, be full of oil, living pure. You guys know what I mean? Because when the devil comes to test or sift, if nothing's there, he can't sift you. Does that make sense? That's why I would always come at the Lord and the Lord's like, good to see you again, but you know, did like, were you bored today or, you know, because, and he would just correct him back with the word and he would lose every time, but the enemy becomes knocking and we have any, uh, crack doors and, and, you know, and the Lord can help us in that, uh, purity or you're lacking in oil. Um, he can try and get a foothold in. So just watch those next few months. Um, I then saw this clear as day, uh, a little girl's dress. I know it sounds funny, but you guys know the prophetic, it was on kind of over imposed over, uh, I had to look up what they're called a griddle that you would make pancakes and things on those morning, you know, they're, they're not a skillet, but like a griddle type thing, but I knew she needed a miracle. Um, is there anybody with a daughter, like our little girl that needs a touch from God or a healing or a miracle or somebody, you know, you can raise your hand. Uh, how old is she? How old is she? Oh, 17. Uh, okay. Yeah, no, that's okay. I'll still pay for it, but this was a little, uh, girl's address. Um, and I think it would be here. Oh no, that's what it was. Why on the griddle? It looked like little things coming out. That's what it is. And okay. I just talked to you and that's how the dress was. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. But we'll pray for her for sure. To my son, 17. Wow. Beautiful Juliet. No wonders. We were talking earlier. Do you like pancakes? She goes thumbs up. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah. I think partly for the, uh, this morning's meeting, you know, it's just how the prophetic works. And I'll know with the timing of things and you actually had pancakes this morning. I didn't know about that. I'd saw this last night. So that was cool. Zoe listened to me. She won't care. She eats pancakes with no syrup. It's amazing. I don't know how she does it. Oh, you too. That's awesome. Yeah. She'll do butter, but she likes them just plain. And what is it? Apollodins. I already know that. Yeah. That's so cool. You know, butter or some whipped cream or something. Judah boy, you know, and I, when I can't eat them, but we'll baptize them. And they're like a pool of syrup. You got to go through the syrup to get down into the, I think pancakes down there. Yeah. So, wow. That's awesome. That makes sense then because yeah, it was almost like it was being cooked on the grill and I could see little spots and things coming through. Wow. Come on, Jesus. He's going to touch you. Miracle healing. Then I saw too, there was deliverance going to happen. And it really tied into the, I joke often because a buddy of mine from the Legion story, but I could see it literally how they were fleeing from the pig situation of the Legion's demons. And it's I know it's verse 29. There's a lot of 29s today because of the day he was doing using verses that tied into today's date, but there'll be deliverance, which is awesome. Listen, man, I don't care. We were just in a meeting once, uh, recently, and, um, there was suicide. The spirit of suicide was tormenting this precious lady. I'd seen it in prayer and we prayed for up in the front, right? And it was a demon. She comes shrieking coming out and she was totally liberated, which is awesome. And so it's beautiful. Just, um, sometimes people don't realize that this oppression and these thoughts and this constant, it keeps coming back is the demonic realm. And it's not your voice at all. It's not your thoughts. It's not God for sure. And sometimes it's the demonic realm. And when a deliverance happens, you're forever free and not awesome that those constant lies and the rejection or the fears or the oppression. And it's like, it keeps coming back and it just hovers over. Um, it's not, it's not from this world. It's the dark world trying to paralyze and short circuit your destiny. So the Holy Spirit will come in and deliverance, which is awesome. And then this, um, I saw, I just want to talk on briefly and see how it will land, but I went into a vision last night, um, where I came up to a gate that I knew was the Matthew 11, 29 gate, 29 again, uh, where Jesus has come to me, all you who are weary and I'll give you a rest. And it was awesome because my background is, um, custom homes for like over a decade. And I enjoy things like this. And sure enough, the gate had a very easy latch to open, but I knew from the customized, uh, lever, it had to be pushed a certain way, very easily. And I knew in the vision I walked up to and I had to open it for people because they didn't know how to get through it. And so something to do with opening that gate of arrest, um, on you guys. So I want to read a few verses and I believe a supernatural rest is going to hit this house to, um, omit so much more. So, so let me read, um, which, um, Judah, I just found out this morning, we went to the gym together and, uh, and, um, but I saw this last night, but he's telling me this dream you had before coming here, that it was the same thing. I won't bog down with the details of the dream, but basically it was totally here. It was like a boat ocean water. It was like, I was like, bro, we're at the ocean. He's like, oh yeah, because he had had it right before we came here and it had to do with someone was super weary and they've been just toiling and grinding and working. There's been no payoff, so to speak. It's been very non-rewarding. And then the spirit of God came in and set them free and they were in these deep waters, just struggling. He didn't know. I saw this last night about needing rest and the spirit of God came in and took them and they started soaring like an eagle to the high places. And I was like, dude, he didn't even know. And I saw this until we just, but I took his, um, his dream. I said, that's God, bro. We're running on the treadmill, social distancing. Cause I just tried most set apart, but no, it was good. Um, so what's this man. Cause there's something to do. I've never even really taught on this before. I love this verse. I hammered a lot, but actually taught in the context of rest. There's something to do with supernatural rest in him. That's going to hit many of you. And I just want to read it to you. It starts in verse 28. You don't need to turn there, but Matthew 11, 28 and 29. Then Jesus said, come to me, all of you who are weary and, uh, carry heavy burdens come to me. Uh, I will give you rest. Then you go into a verse 29, take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you because I'm humble, gentle, lowly in heart. And again, you'll find rest for your souls. So there's something to do last night. I go into this vision. I'm praying in the hotel room with opening this gate for many to enter into rest. And listen, we all know it, but sometimes we need to hear it. And then the substance of the spirit backs it by just releasing it. But he is the rest. He is the gate. I want to re emphasize that. Um, look, he says, come to me. I know it sounds elementary, but he is the gate. If you want often, if, if we're not careful, I know we've all been guilty of this. We think we need another vacation or take this time off or this, that, and the other. And I love all that. I say do all of it, but I'm telling you right now, the most authentic rest in its fullest capacity you'll ever find is in coming to him. He says, come to me. He didn't say, look, slow down a little bit or look, kick your feet up, which still do listen. That's biblical too. We do that, but there's, there's something to do that supersedes all of it in the context of rest. When you come to him, he's saying, come to me and I'm just trying to open this latch on this gate. It was super easy. And then he puts this yoke on you. That's super light. That's a burden. That's not heavy at all. And it's like, Oh my goodness. And, and it may, your schedule may not slow down at all. Listen in ministry. I know pastor John and so we'll tell you the same, David and Alicia, things can get busy. You can be, and I'm going to show you some more breakdowns here with a couple other verses and then we'll land it. So it doesn't always correlate to what your schedule looks like. Rest correlates to coming to him. You guys tracking with me again, not to negate taking time off, but we should do all that. The Sabbath day rest, I'm down for all of it. But the, you, how many of you ever been on vacation? You came home more stressed than you ever were. That's what I'm talking about. You can go to a vacation. Oh my God. You know, I can't wait to get home. Oh my gosh. Or whatever. And I get that. I can't remember last time we had a vacation, you just, which we're down for him, but sometimes we're busy and the schedule runs and that's okay too. We tried to trick one into this one, but if you have him, listen, you can walk in the most fullest rest ever. Schedule slow, schedule slammed, but him coming to him. And I want to remind us of that. And you'd think now more than ever in this time when everything locked down and stopped, that we would have found a rest, but a lot of people have not. They've become stressed and weary and voices and momentums and movements and chaos you see in the world. And it's like, man, things became slower than ever and got locked down, but it's because of lack of coming to him. He's the gateway of rest. And I just want to encourage you guys in that. Listen, Exodus 33, 14. You don't need to turn there. Exodus 33, 14. God says to Moses, he says, and God said, my presence will go with you and I will give you rest. Listen, the quality of his presence is what brings rest and recovery and rejuvenation. It's him. I was just taking my personal world lately. We've been running and my kids will tell you, but I feel more rested and full and I just need him. He's everything. I kind of don't care. It's been like this for a while. Wherever you have me, whenever, just have him. You know, the Bible says once you put your hand to the plow, if you look back, you're not worthy of it. Sometimes the kingdom's busy, but these pastors and David, they'll tell you, man, the kingdom will run. And how you run with it is come to him. You can say full and rest that burnouts. I'm convinced that happened in ministry because this is what gets dialed back from coming to him. Just over the last few days, I was over in, I forget where I was right before Seattle, but then I flew up to Seattle, had a night meeting on a plane all day because I'm in Atlanta. So I went east coast all the way to the top west coast, a long flight, preach that night. I'm up to three o'clock in the morning. What would have been my time preach the next morning, fly back all day. Don't get to bed till midnight. And I have one day off in between before that. I only had one day to wherever I was, but, but I'm trying to let you know, you know, a lot of people like, well, I'm busy. Well, aren't we all, but you can walk in rest and fullness. And so, let me read this passage first, watch this. And then I'll continue to let you know, just practical examples of how we can do our best to lean into him and come to him, come through that gateway constantly, make a lifestyle of coming to him and entering into rest. Look, Jesus, prior to this, we're in Mark six. You don't need to turn there, but he had just sent out the apostles, busy preaching, casting out that was the center. They come back to Jesus, excited. The apostles gathered around Jesus, reported him all they had done and taught then because so many people were coming and going, uh, that they did not even have a chance to eat. There's there's kingdom instances like this, where they're so busy. Jesus and the disciples didn't even time to eat a meal, running, gunning kingdom. And it was all the Lord. You know, Jesus didn't rebuke Martha. He just says, Mary chose the better part. And so we need to be Mary's that are down with Martha type fruit, too, and busy and kingdom. But, you know, Martha is always first. So anyway, Jesus noticed this, this busyness, and he says, come away with me by yourselves and let's go to a solitude place and get some rest. Right. You think, oh, sweet. We're going to kick back, you know, drink some lemonade, which Jesus is all for, too. And I love that. But there's just one verse. It's very unique. Actually, Jesus noticed the busyness, the the possible chance for no rest. And he says, come away with me to a solitude place and I'll give you rest. So they take a boat ride to go to this solitude place. I'll just tell it for you so you don't have to read through. And so they're basically watch this. I'll give you the picture there. Can a microphone be fine? They're here. The disciples came back super stoked. We've been casting out devils, did all that you told us to do. But there's so much busyness, the strain of the day and the thoughts and the da-da-da-da-da that he knew they needed rest. So Jesus says, look, come away with me by yourselves to a solitude place. So they had to get into a boat to go to the next place. Right. And it's over. You want it to be here? No, we'll do here a little bit further because the boat ride is where I'm emphasizing. Listen, we need these boat rides. So they were like, sweet, wherever you go, Jesus, you have the words of eternal life. He hops in the boat. He said, let's go to us. He tricks them basically. So let's go to a solitude place. And that's what they know. That's what a lot of us know. Let's be honest. When you say I need rest, you think instantly schedule Daubeck practical, cut some stuff out of our schedule and do that again. I'm not trying to, you know, we need to do that. But the greatest rest you'll ever find is in him. Listen, he'll rejuvenate the you know what out of you. You'll be so charged and you can be one of the busiest people ever, but so full of him. And if your schedule is slower too, that's fine. But him, that's all I'm trying to say. So he says, get in the boat. They say, fine. They get in the boat. And the Bible says the people saw where they were going. So they ran ahead of them to the land and they're riding the boat. Now they're not rowing. Let's say they had like jet skis, something fun. And but they're with Jesus is the whole point. And then they get to the land. The swarms of the people came again, which how many, you know, Jesus wasn't surprised. He knew he knew what was happening. Jesus began to minister to them. He says he felt like they were sheep without a shepherd because the point of them. We all know that passage. Basically, all he had to do is get them away with him. And this boat ride was the rejuvenation. And they jumped straight back into busy ministry to be with him, coming to him. You know, he told Moses, my presence will go with you and I will give you rest. It's him. It's his substance. He's the gate in the Gospels. He also calls himself the gate. It was interesting because I've never seen that verse like that. But the Matthew 11 in a visionless, I was a gate and he also is the gate or the door. He's the good shepherd. And he says, look, if you come into me, the gate, I'll I'll save you. And that word again means restore or refresh. Psalm 23 is the good shepherd makes me lie down by green pastures. You all know that, right? So so anymore, I just want to encourage you guys, whatever you're in, a lot of us have control over your schedule. Take advantage of that. But if you don't, you still just come to him. Are you guys tracking with me? And but basically that boat ride with Jesus is what you want. And so like I was telling you guys, I was in Seattle three in the morning, morning flight. And so the time difference just was cutting into my schedule. So I get back. Midnight had one day off in between, which is really just literally I'll bring you into my world. The kids know when it's like that tight. It's been that way for a while. Luggage hits the floor. Do my laundry because I got to repack it. We're leaving out again in the morning. Bullseye, he's our little English bulldog we have now. He's caught on, man. We see that luggage. He's like he don't like me leaving. And he'll hear the little zippers going down. If you heard him, he's whimpering at my door. He's like because he heard me zipping up my thing again. And but when you get back, he's always excited, like doing donuts and flipping around and stuff. But that's why, too, it's like, man, I don't care. I don't. They'll tell you the same no matter where you just need him. So flights, I'm like, sweet secret place. And it's been even better lately because with the covid thing, they've got you all spaced apart. I've got like instant secret place, long flights, headphones. It doesn't matter. Give me heaven. I need him. And you're just more hungry ever than ever before. You look at the schedule and be like, man, you know, you should be burnt out. But I'm just so hungry for him. So yesterday we drive down. Oh, but my day off was I didn't get to talk to them to like dinner. It was Zoom calling and conference calls and people that you don't see this stuff behind doors. The ministry still has still fine. I love you, Jesus. Got to be up prayer with him in the morning. Then last night was my boat ride again. I was like I was so excited to get to the hotel room. This is the things I just want to convey, man. You can feel it in the atmosphere to that worship was insane, the intimacy. But eight, we had dinner or whatever, go back to the hotel room. I had a good three hour slot before I went straight to bed. But that boat ride with him to be with him, those are sort of seeing these visions, but rejuvenated, filled with heaven. You know, I want to encourage you guys again. Don't look at the outward mechanics. Do that. That's OK. But that Kayla back there. Sorry, there's so many dark faces, but they're coming to him and he'll give you rest. Isaiah 40, I want to say that quick and then I'll land it. We all know this one as well. Thirty one. He says, those who wait upon the Lord will mount up on wings like eagles. It's in him. Are you guys hearing that? You'll regain your strength. You'll run and not grow weary. And so this there's this new access of going through the gate of him. And I want to encourage you guys, you know, if your schedule allows awesome, but if it doesn't, you just come to him, whatever you find, boat rides. I'll never forget. We were in Israel a couple of go with Daniel, their sea fan tour. And and that thing's rigorous. It can be the first year, especially last year. It wasn't as bad, but it's you're running. I mean, you're running. I'll never forget Eric. You know, Eric Gilmore is a different. We got like literally 20 minutes back in the hotel for to go jump on the bus again. He comes out of his hotel room on the same floor. He's like, oh, it was amazing. I got 15 minutes to look into the face of Jesus. And it's like, but we know like he is the rest. And it's not because you need rest. You need him. But he gives that because he gets it. He says, come to me. I'll give you rest. I'll give you a light yoke, easy burden. And so I want to encourage you this morning. And as they continues that we again, be a people that like, oh, yeah, like, look, if schedules crazy, if I don't know what's going on, the voices are a lot of lost my job, job increase, whatever. You come to him. He's the gateway. Super busy, not busy. You come to him. He's the rest. He's the last you step through always, whether it's, you know, whatever it is. I remember I was in India years ago and they were on man. I've not yet met an ethnicity group that runs harder than they run to three. You'll preach one hut and then you stop it houses in between to the next house. It's just gun and gospel book of Acts times 10, just run it. And I'll never forget. We were preaching in one village under this apostle Moses or whatever, his dad and then Pastor Moses. And we're going to the next village. And he's like, oh, brother, Brian, he would call me brother. And there's a lady. She needs prayer in this one house. And we stopped fast in there and I'm going up the porch. I'm like, man, I'm no rocket scientist, but there's like six armed God idols all over the house. I'm like, this doesn't feel like, like the Holy spirit here. I don't know. I don't know. You know? And I was like, man, I didn't believe it. He says, oh no, no. He goes, her husband's hardcore Hindu. He hates Christians. We need to hurry up before he gets home. I'm like, oh, thanks, Pastor Moses. This is perfect, man. This feels real glory. And so we jump in there quick. And I told her, listen, we're going to pray in the name of Jesus Christ, the only one and true God, because they believe there's like a gazillion guys, the God of the sun and Jesus Christ, one guy is going to heal your back. And so we prayed for, she's instantly healed in Jesus name and in the name of Jesus. I don't know if we let her to the Lord or what, but we bolted next meeting is this that and the other, but there I found my sweet spot. I found my boat ride and it was up on the flat roof of the pastor's house. His wife would bring me a little tea, whatever they drank, bats, mountains, whatever, horrible area stunk from the streets, but it was glory, man. Heaven would meet me up there. And, and any more, I don't care. The hotel room just, they always are over the top of hospitality, just glorious. You'd see it. It's so rearranged. Uh, hospitality hates me at hotel rooms because I always configure the furniture and make a little secret place, chairs, flipping around, prop my legs up. And, uh, but it was all together. Lovely. I just want to encourage you guys, whatever your season looks like, wherever you're at, how busy and slow you are, come to me. Come to him, man. Get just check off whole blocks of time, whatever it may be with him and step through that gateway. And you'd be like, Oh my goodness. Like, I'm not weary at all. My, my schedule should say something different, but that's the people you look at them. You're like, how are they? How they're so filled with him and they don't care. And they'll look, they'll, you know, walk the gospel out to such a level where you may miss meals. But also as soon as you give them that boat ride with Jesus from one spot to the other, it's rejuvenation. It's time in him. Um, I'll share one more, but I remember when the Lord was teaching me, I'm waiting on him. There's a literal, like a physical recharging that happens physically, spiritually, your soul, Jesus touches everything. Um, another one, I was in, uh, Montana preaching and sorry for the supernatural, but things just get interesting at times of the presence came in real strong glory. And I was fine. I was normal like myself, but a ball of light manifested. This happens a lot when the angelic come in and grapefruit size ball for grapefruit, sorry. Uh, size ball of light flew by me right into the crowd over here. And I thought, what are literally go what in the world? And, and I said, did y'all see that? Cause I wanted to see, was it open to their eyes as well or just mine? And they go, yeah, that light, a ball of light, it flew right by me in something triggered just from the heavenly realm, just an angel that comes from the presence of God. Listen, my presence, my glory will go with you and I'll give you rest. Something triggered instantly. I was so vibrant and full of life and power and vibrating, trying to pray for people one in the morning, like heaven. I was getting, getting, getting like, who's next? And we had already played for, I couldn't go to sleep that night. Seriously. Uh, another time I remember I was at deep into a fast. The Lord had called me into these ones where I'll do where, um, it'll start off Daniel fast, 21 days, vegetables, and I'll jump off into 19 liquid. It'll be 40 days. Well, I'd finished the Daniel. I'm into the liquids. I'm skinny as a rail, no energy. I'm deep into the liquids now, like almost done by 30 days or so. And I'm waiting on the Lord, complete silence. Listen, last night I was waiting on the Lord in silence. Then I was soaking in his presence. Then the word look, pray in tongues, get saturated in him. That's, that's the highlight of all of your life. Like the most valuable thing I did all day yesterday was that that three hour slot for went to bed and I was able to be with him in the morning too, but we had to leave out early. And I had my headphones, I was getting the word anytime I can get it, man. Just, you know, I want to encourage you guys, shut things off and put him in, be greedy for him. Uh, my kids are this way. Zoe's getting ready in the morning. She's listening to preaching. It don't matter. Judah always just, we were hoarders of him. There is nothing more valuable. Find things that, that don't have him. Now family time will do and have fun. And you know what I mean? But just also there's, I think you, you realize there's a lot more slots in your day where you can be just eating upon him, his word, his presence leaning in towards him. And uh, so this one I'm waiting on him deep into a fast, no energy, skin and bones. And I kid you not, none of this sounds crazy, but it happened. I'm sitting there and all of a sudden I go into a vision of waiting in silence where I see myself, what I knew to be Jesus and the Holy Spirit in a pantry full of food. I'm like, yes, Lord. I'm teasing. But, uh, it was the strangest thing and food speaks of nutrition and substance and, you know, what would give you energy? We group hug. I don't share this enough. And we literally go group hug. And right when we did, I saw the letters on Jesus. E I was a letter a and the Holy Spirit was S EAS and bam, I come out of the vision. I'm still about the side of my bed waiting in silence. That was so strange. And I knew from supplements, David, you remember EAS, it was a big one. It means it stands for energy, athletics, and strength. And so I was like, that's weird. Like, okay, I'm deep into this fast, something with a pantry and energy, athletic and strength. And it was this group hug by the, by the Lord and the spirit in a pantry. And I come out and I'm sitting there and within minutes I'm sitting there, you know, sort of vibrating with strength and energy, supernatural. You see where Elijah out runs horses and stuff in the Bible. When the Holy Spirit comes, there's no sleep or slumber in him. And again, on rest, I literally couldn't sit still. I had to call up a friend and go get with a friend and go down the street to the park and play tennis. I literally couldn't sit still. It was just vibrant with the life of God. I'm running all over and I'm horrible at tennis. It was just something down the, down the street to do. And we're running around deep into a fast. Mind you, we finally do that. I'm still at home. I couldn't get to bed till like close to midnight that night, which is way past my bedtime when I have my choice. I'm like a grandpa. I go to bed like eight or nine or whatever, 10 sometimes, but I was just vibrating under the presence power. We've got another quick one I'll show you. These are just supernatural. I was waiting the Lord one morning. My voice recorder for dreams, visions, wonders, things like this next to me. And it was the batteries were dead. They were rechargeable batteries in this. And it would show the bars up at the top of this voice recorder. So I could know they were totally dead. They were dying. I remember I had to change them out and I'd waiting. I was waiting upon the Lord and he showed me about Isaiah 40 in this window. You'll mount up on wings like eagles. Listen, a lot of people are flying real low because their level of coming to him is low. That your tank is empty because it's not being filled by him. He is the recharge station. He, he will make your tank full. The schedule does not matter. I'm telling you, they had one boat ride with him and they could start all over again. You know, Jesus knew he said, let's go to solitude place. Yeah, this'll be great. But he's like, no, just get in a boat with me, be away with me alone. And then they hit the other land, same thing, ministry running, running, running. And then right after that, he goes on a mountain side in prayer, the mountaintop to be with heaven. And so, um, I go to grab it out of this Isaiah 40 experience of deep waiting in his presence. His glory came. I go to grab it in my hands. Listen, this happened. The battery bars rechargeable, physical hands go up to full bars. It was a total wonder. And I had brand new, like charged batteries by my hand. Um, but all that being said, he was showing me, you literally, you will run and not grow weary. You will walk and not faint. You'll mount up on wings like Eagles. And right now we need people again. I'm going off the vision last night, but there's something being emphasized on hitting that gate of him and rest supernatural rest coming and just reminding us no matter what the life, uh, your schedule and life throws at you, come to him. He's the gate he restores, he rejuvenates. And so thank you, Lord. You want to stand and, uh, and we'll pray. Yeah. Cause see the enemy, he, he just wants you. He just doesn't want you to be a Mary with that Martha, uh, sorry, Martha with that Mary mentality. He just, you know, he's okay with Martha alone. He's just trying to pull out that Mary mentality. Does that make sense to you guys? But if that Mary sitting at his feet, that coming to him is number one, the Martha can, can stay busy and fruitful in his voice. And, um, but we just really need to come to him.
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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.”