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River of Destiny Church - Part 2
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 transformative power of God's glory and the importance of being set apart for Him in his sermon 'River of Destiny Church - Part 2.' He encourages the congregation to embrace healing and miracles, reminding them that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Guerin shares personal experiences of divine encounters and the necessity of abiding in Christ to unlock one's purpose and destiny. He highlights the urgency of living a life fully devoted to God, especially in these challenging times, and the significance of intercession and authentic worship in experiencing God's presence.
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Awesome, let's jump in. So what are we, do we have a time frame we're watching or? Okay, she said no. One in the morning, two? What are you guys, I'm teasing. I wouldn't do that to you. I'm totally teasing. Okay, thank you so much. Yeah, and I'm teasing. I won't keep you guys too long but I'm back with you in the morning and we'll just build. How many of you know God loves to move from glory to greater glory? Yeah, and I know I saw the overflow over here behind us. We just say, I don't know where if they can see me, but yeah, glory on the overflow. You guys go ahead. Hey, that's awesome. Can you hear them? That's awesome. Waves of glory hit this place. So we could do laying on of hands and the whole bit. Yeah, I can feel it. I just want to, I just want to honor the house but yeah, so could get a little reckless but it'll be fun. How many need healing in your bodies? Awesome. How many of you know Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever? He works in miracles effortlessly in the glory of God. He heals the sick and I'm kind of convinced lately it seems like he's amped it up a little bit on potency in his anointing and seeing healings everywhere we go. It doesn't matter. Miracles. Acts 10 38 says, Jesus went about doing good, healing all that were oppressed of the devil. The Bible says the stripes he shed healed you already. Isn't that crazy? Our carnal mind sometimes can't wrap around it, but 2000 years ago, your sickness was healed there. It's just a coming into alignment with that. So I want to pray for you guys. And, and, um, I really believe there's going to be some breakthrough. I could feel it, man. Worship was incredible. Wow. You guys were right when I got in here, I was already seeing, and it makes sense that this is a prophetic house is really easy to see in here. Do you guys go here? Then you attend this church or sort of just network. Okay. Got you. Anyway, such a rich, rich flow. And, um, I could tell it was a very revelatory house. I could just see easy in here. I don't remember. It's been a while since it was like that. And, uh, love the cornfields. No, look, I'll go wherever Jesus says go. I'm there. We go, man, it doesn't matter. I just love, I love him. So I'm with you wherever he's at. Give me him over crowds or location any day of the week. But I have to ask, what is the black fields? Did they burn those? The black cornfields? Is it just mud? Okay. We were debating with me and Jason were debating. Send up quickly. I don't want to honor my good friend, Jason Burns. Yeah. What's that? Oh, they plow it under. Okay. To resell it. Huh? So it and reap it. But, um, yeah, you don't have to say it, but my different Jason Burns want to honor him real quick. Yep. You Paula, is that you? What is up? It's hard to see from up here, but, um, yeah, me and Jason go back. So I don't know. Many of you know a guy named Todd White. He's got the dreadlocks and yeah, he's amazing. There's only one of him on the planet. He's something, man. And, um, he's that way to just so you know, that's not a pulpit thing. He doesn't ever, he doesn't have an off switch. He's like that everywhere you go. And, uh, he, he, I don't know how he doesn't, he gets away with it too. It's just the anointing. That's the anointing for sure. I've seen him. He goes into this bubble and his eyes change. And it's like, he just takes over the area. It doesn't matter who you are as far as souls and evangelism. We were, uh, we host this big and I'm all over the place. I don't try and take notes. I just follow the river. We just follow the river. I love this name of this house. And so we do these big cruise events annually and, uh, try to, and this one we were on, he's in the gym, goes right up to this big old muscular dude, Todd White and smacks him right in the chest. He's like, I hope you got Jesus under all them muscles. I'm like, dude, how do you not get knocked out, man? And, uh, he said the guy was angry at first, but then he got into him. He's just, he's got so much love with the anointing and he just takes over. It's amazing. We were in, um, Israel not long ago with a different Daniel Kalinda. It's a tour they run. And we were kind of out in the streets one night somewhere, went into a shoe store and he literally took over the shoe store. He's got like, uh, first the lady, he goes with a word of knowledge and the manager came out bad move and manager should have stayed in the back. He came up and Todd like a heat seeking missile. He's on this manager. He goes, he said something about a word of knowledge on his back. And the guy's like, how did you know that Muslim guy? And he starts telling him just prophesying about his past. And I saw Todd's eyes change. He, and he'll tell you, he goes into the, it's the anointing and he just, he's not there. He's there. But so all of a sudden the Muslim got sucked into this bubble, this presence of anointing the manager. And I kid you not people are coming in the store and they're trying to like get help and buy shoes and nobody's helping them. He just took over the shoe store. The clerks like glued, the manager's sitting there glued. He's praying for him. I think he might've gotten born again on the spot. I forget, but uh, it's just awesome. So anyway, my dear friend Jason Burns ran with a lifestyle Christianity for quite some time and now we run together all over and such an honor. He may want to share something later tomorrow, but powerful man of God. And uh, I'm excited. It just feels free up in here. Yeah. Yeah, man. I'm going to know Jesus is not real shocked by last year or this whole thing. He's not like, Oh no, what are we going to do now? You know, he's a, he runs the planet and uh, he's moving powerfully. And honestly, I kind of like nowadays being on these backwoods type churches cause it kind of anything goes, you know, I'm serious. I like it. I'm not, I'm not big in all the restrictions and stuff. So this is great. Yeah, man. So here in a little bit, um, love to let the Holy Spirit move if that's okay. And uh, I know we're jammed up in here, but I'll get to you if I can get to you and I think we can. And then overflow. Give me a shout. Yeah. Come on. Yeah. We'll we'll mosey on over there. Oh yeah. Yeah. Come on back. Yeah. The microphone got no way. Will you guys see me? Hold on. Yeah. Oh yeah. It's going to get swirly here in a second. This is amazing. I would not switch locations if I was you guys. This is awesome. I don't think we want the 500 Cedar. This is amazing. Yeah. I remember I was preaching in, um, Los Angeles years ago and, and they were like, yes, it's going to be a Korean house of prayer. And so I'm like, okay, I'm thinking more like IHOP, you know, a house of prayer. And I get there, it's a literal house of prayer. And they were packed in there. I mean, jam like sardines and up hallways and over into the dining room and just all over. And, uh, I've never forgot to preach in the living room. I'd look up a hallway and start preaching out of this way. And, uh, it was really powerful, man. I'll never forget this precious. Uh, I had a, uh, a wonder happen in the night that showed me to preach to them, return to their first love out of revelation two, I believe. And I was like, uh, I'm like, man, this is the Koreans. They like invented prayer, you know? Oh, you're Korean. Oh, no way. Yeah. That's amazing. It's the blue, the revelation it's flowing, man. I'm telling you. And, uh, yes, indeed. I know I'm taking the headset. I'm keeping the, I'm keeping the blue Revy mic. But so, uh, and you know what? I kid you not. I picked the blue shirt that night. What'd you hear the story? So anyway, I, uh, revelation came preached to them, returned to their first love. And I'm thinking, man, this is the Koreans. They like invented prayer return to their first love. Like they go for it. Yeah. And, uh, and so, and sure enough, worship went like two, three hours. I mean, they don't play around. They go for it. So I'm thinking this doesn't feel right, but it was a crystal clear, actually angelic, uh, wonder that that happens. I knew that I knew because when angels come, they're messengers. How many of you know, Hebrews one 14 says angels are messengers that they're sent to assist those who inherit salvation. Angels are mentioned over 270 times in scripture minister to Jesus twice in his twice in his earthly ministry. So how do we know we need the angelic realm? We need all of the kingdom, everything Bible. So they came. So I knew I was like, let me just go for it. And, uh, preaching returned to their first love in Jesus Christ. And as I'm speaking, I kid you not, sorry if this, freak some of you out, I feel like it's free here though, but how many other signs and wonders and things that just, yeah. Okay. Yeah. So we see, yeah. Okay. Yeah. And, uh, because if you read this book, listen, man, this thing's wild. There's like nearest God's throne. He picked creatures with four heads, six wings. I mean, if you want to know what God's into, I'm just saying, what, what would you choose to put nearest your company? You know that what you're into. And I'm talking like they look at you this way. It's a lion this way. It's an Eagle six wings. And then they open their wings and there's eyes looking at you. It's just wild Narnia on, you know, times 10. And so, uh, yep. As I'm, as I'm menacing this, this precious young lady, Korean lady here up the front, I see her. She's just starts turning into like a Christmas ornament covered in gold, like a Christmas ball. And I was like, I was like, what's going on at the end that the leader of the house of prayer confirmed the word. She goes, yep. Totally. Um, you know, we've, we've been going after the Lord, but how many, you know, sometimes you can get so assignment focused, you can get off of he, who assigned it to you. And that's where hopefully we'll click back into as well with you guys. And I'll draw from you all. I can just feel it's really deep. Well here. So, uh, I asked her, I said, what happened to you? She goes, all I know is you had no idea this, but about a month ago, I had a dream that a man came in a blue shirt and I had picked a blue shirt that I just, I wouldn't be in spirit. So it was just the one I grabbed out of the luggage. I was in LA and a man came up to me in a blue shirt and started telling me to return to my first love and begin telling me all these details about my life that only God can know. And, and then all of a sudden she's covered and listen, she was sitting down too. In the back of her legs, we have it on video covered in gold. I don't know how God does that. He tucked it up in the, in between the chair and the leg. She was covered sweater, everything. She had never seen it before. It never happened to her. And, um, God will do this sometimes as a, Whoa, my right ear. Does anybody have any, uh, hearing issues? What year is it? Your right ear. Okay. Yep. Come on, Jesus. We just saw this. We've been seeing hearing, uh, hearing pop open. And, um, how many, you know, the, the most repeated phrase Jesus ever used was he that has ears to hear what the spirit would say. And the spirit's always more dominant than the temporal realm. So we're going to pray for your ears to be open. So your right one, is it partial deafness, total deaf or partial? Yep. Jesus name. So good. Yeah. We just prayed for a guy in Seattle. And I think it was his, uh, left ear. And you could tell when it opened, he was, he couldn't believe it. He was like, he was in doubt because I guess he had had it so long. Another precious lady, a few rows, rose back on an Island, Alabama, um, totally healed. I mean, you know, he heals deaf ears. I was just reading the other day, John, the Baptist is in jail and the gospels, and he's kind of in doubt. It was a rough time. He says, ask Jesus if he's really the one Jesus is like, look, man, I get it. You're in a rough time. So you're, you're coming up with a lower dialogue, but let me just tell you this, the deaf here, blind, see dead are raised. He just said, tell him that. And, um, blessed is the one who's not offended in me, but we listen, we need, I can feel it in this house and love. It just feels like home here. I mean, the glory of God makes it's just all family. Yeah. The spirit does that somehow. I don't know. And, uh, but we need the raw power of God in this hour. We need people preaching the raw gospel living set apart, just full out kingdom all in, you know, this is not, I don't know if you guys have noticed, this is not the time to be kind of one foot this way, one foot, the other. It's like in what four you're just eating up time anyway. You know, it's like, let's, we're going to do this thing. Let's go for it. And, um, so that'll be good. So anyway, yeah, she was covered and that was amazing. So Korean house of prayer. Okay. The Korean. So do you cook Korean food then? Oh, it's amazing. That's what it is. She's being humble. She's pulling the humble card. Remember Paul? He's like, I know a man that went to the third heavens. You know, he's like, he's like, I know about a guy. He's like, you know, he was trying to stay humble. That's what that was. But so yeah, come on Jesus. So I saw some things in worship. I want to share, um, after I get going, I'll probably forget and, and would love to just release this for you guys and see where it lands. But again, I could just tell, honestly, in worship while sitting there going, man, I don't remember the last time I was in this similar strand of the Lord and glory. There's something here. It's rare. I'm telling, uh, it's very, very rich. It's a deep well. And, uh, I just love this because I learned years ago, I share the story sometimes, but I learned a big lesson. I'm preaching in Columbia. Uh, many years ago we were in a, um, a smaller church and an angel came before the service. I was trying to take a power nap and, uh, again, not spiritual. Does God ever speak to you mostly when you're just not even doing anything spiritual? I don't know. I wish it wasn't almost like shakalaka and everything was perfectly aligned. And like, I felt like I caused it or something, you know, but it usually it's not with me. He just sneaks up and he just to let me know I had nothing to do with it. So I kid, you know, I'm just laying down. We're preaching that night. We're going to be there all week preaching two and three times a day. And I'm just about to start drooling. I know none of you do that, but I'm just, you know, and all of a sudden I see an, uh, angel walk in the room. Now, mind you, I'm, I learned a lesson here too. I'm face first and, but my spiritual eyes were opened. And how do you know when your spiritual eyes are open, you can see three 60, your natural vision is, has peripheral view. It can only go so far, but your spiritual eyes. So I saw him walking up behind me and he began to tell me prophetically of an earthquake going to come to the region, um, due to the state of the country and all this. And I'm going great. You know, like I got to preach about that or share that word. That's tough coming from the other country. You know, here comes the green go in town. Like, yeah, let me tell you about your nation. You know, that's never fun, man. I love the good prophetic, you know, the upbuilding and comforting and consoling. And that's God too. But sometimes there's correctional stuff. And so, uh, but I thought for sure, cause I knew, I know the specific, you know, you know, the Lord's very calculated. And I knew if I had to release it that night, I'm like, this is probably the most impactful church in this region that we must get to pray. Then we'll be here all week preaching two, three times a day all week. And, uh, some of you've been on crusades with us in here and you, and you know, and so anyway, I thought for sure, there's going to be the mega big church packed out more intercessors is how I thought probably, if not the, one of the smallest churches the whole week. And we pull up, I'm going Lord is out in the middle of nowhere. It wouldn't have been cornfields in Columbia. It would have been something else like, like, I don't know what they have, um, mangoes or I don't know. But, uh, but no, listen to me. There's, there's a potency here. I can sense it. And how many of you know, God's into the quality of him, not the quantity of what it looks like down here. It's the quality of him. I've learned this man is so big. Jesus had three years to get it done. And his earthly ministry picked 12 guys. And then he would get smaller when the profound encounters like the Mount of Transfiguration would come. He'd like, let me just get three of you boys that are even a little tighter in with me. And then the secret of who's going to hang me on the cross. I'll just tell one, John Peters, like ask him because he knew John was closest to him. So it's, listen to me, it's the quality of him. That's what we need. And I'm longing for that in this hour. So I come into this church and I'm like, man, like this is unique. I'm, I'm young. I'm learning this many years ago. And I come in kind of, you know, service is just starting and I'm up here, our team and all this. And I see the worship leaders keyboard was backwards. It's like flip this way. He's facing the wall. I'm like, look, they don't even know how to worship. Right? Like, yeah, this is, this isn't not, you know, angel missed this one. And so he's going and all of a sudden the first note and they go, and I can feel glory tangible comes in. I said, wait a minute, pastor, same thing this way. They don't give a rip who's in the building. It's him. House packs out the glory. You could cut it with a knife. It was so thick in there. Later. I found out the pastors raised the dead. They're just, just powerful. A bomb went off in the house, but that where I'm getting at is, Oh, and we prayed and shared it. Sure enough, a week later, the biggest earthquake in over eight years hit, it took the headlines and all this stuff. And we got out, but not one person died. It was a miracle. And, um, but it was, it hit the Capitol, the deal on all, but I believe we averted what, what could have been worsened. But I learned a big lesson that those that walk with heaven carry a potency and they can get a lot more done. There's a lot of Martha's running around doing a bunch. And there's some, there's, we need a lot of that. Don't get me wrong. But also there's Mary's that sit at his feet in a potent way. And they say one word in heaven and unlocks the people that really carry keys to the, to the kingdom. Isaiah 22, 20, they say something and then unlocks up here and it gets done down here. You ever walk with people that you're like, how does breakthrough always happen when you pray? You know, it's not really that God loves them more. It's like they walk more yielded to him. Um, uh, I remember I was listening recently to a profound experience, a Rick Joyner. You guys heard of Rick Joyner? He's yeah. Yeah. Love all them. And, uh, yes, just stirring myself. I would encourage you guys just right now, you want to be force feeding yourself on all things, Jesus. And that only, I mean, go healthy diet on him, overload on manna, old glory, new, the word just becomes so possessed by him. That's where you say, well, man, destiny is not happening. If you abide in him, that's where fruit is born. And, and I'm telling you, that's where it's at. It's really simple, actually. And, um, if we're not careful, our flesh will get us off that track in its fullest, not fully off, but you know, to get off fully from those tracks. And it's hard to abide in bear fruit. Soon he was sharing this encounter where he saw Enoch and Elisha, Elijah, and he says, uh, both powerful, all this and the other, but he saw Enoch and he said, he was so full of joy. He was blown away at how just ecstatically, you know, overflowing with joy he was. And he said, I then saw Elijah and I could not help, but ask him why I wasn't as happy as Enoch, you know, and Elijah said, I could have been, but as you, as you guys know, from scripture, Enoch and Elijah were in very dark times, pressing times. Enoch was in the days of Noah, you know, right. Just prior his grandson was, they believe lived right up to two weeks before the flood hit Methuselah. And so anyway, um, Elijah, you have a Jezebel, Ahab false, you know, uh, prophets, prophets of Baal, all this. So they're both in very dark times. I would say Enoch even in more so, but what happened was Elijah said Enoch was caught up with him in dark times. Elijah got caught up in the assignment from him, but focused on the dark times. And I, I believe it was a prophetic encounter. Don't get me wrong. I don't think Elijah's up. They're always depressed in heaven or anything. I believe it was just giving him a revelation into what's available when our focus is on him because Enoch walked with God and then was not, he was so caught up in him. He was so Peter on water, the storms there, but he's so caught up in Jesus that it's like you don't sink in, in what was in God's totally was infused within him and joy. And just want to encourage you guys in this hour that we, uh, we flow in this way. So anyway, potency, I learned at this house and I believe it's here. And so in the prophetic, I could tell when I got in here right away, I was like, man, this has been a minute since I've sensed this realm. How do you attend to this church on a regular? Okay. I just want to encourage you guys. Cause I'm sometimes I think it, it helps to hear from the outside. How many of us, sometimes you can become familiar with what you're around and familiarity can breed contempt and it's not a, nobody usually does it out of bad intentions. It can just happen. But I want to honor this house and let you guys know there's a deep well here. Um, so one thing was I saw this sickle, a large sickle, I believe that spoke of the harvest, then a large letter Z. I believe there's something on this house that's going to have a big play in the great harvest in the midst of generation Z. And I don't even know gen Z is what they're calling it. And is that like the, now the youngest generation? Now I'm still trying to catch up with it. My good buddy, Michael Miller and upper room is he's on top of all that. And I get them. I'm like, who's X then? Like, you know, I get it all confused, but listen to me, there's something as far as a, I believe having a great impact with the final harvest and the sickle swinging in, in gen Z. Um, I then saw incense, like I'm burning that this is revelation eight, three. Listen to me. I, it reminded me of an experience I had years ago in whitefish, Montana. I'll read it to you real quick. Revelation eight, three, this is for this house. You may start to experience a wonder of this. You may already probably have actually, but it's incense that goes up before the throne. Watch this. You don't have to turn there. But listen, it has to do with the seventh seal. There's something with like the last hour on this house in the, in, in what you guys carry impacting. Listen to this. When the lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll, there was silence throughout heaven for about half an hour. I saw the seven angels who stand before God and they were given seven trumpets. Then another angel, here it is. Verse three with gold incense burner came and stood at the altar and a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of God's people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne. The smoke of the incense mixed with the prayers of God's holy people, ascended up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out. So it showed me, um, and again, this is my first time here, but there's really something with authentic intercession here and that you guys embody and carry and walk in. I don't know how that looks from what your schedule is, but, um, incense that is mixed and goes up before the throne. I believe even, even in this last hour, it's in the seventh seal chapter revelation eight, but, um, it reminded me I was in whitefish, Montana, uh, the morning I was actually at the pastor's house. And, um, one of these times I'll never forget my buddy. He was staying with me. We're upstairs, pastor's house, and he's on an air mattress next to me. Yeah. I'm just gonna share some encounters that, okay. It serves hunger and it's just, it gets, it's just heaven though. I don't really have nothing to do with it. I just love Jesus and it gets wild. So I'm sleeping three in the morning, like on the spot, an angel walks in the room right past him and to come tell me of a message of something I had to release that night. Well, I, we would then wake up for real after this experience. I knew I journaled it in the early morning hour, had to release it that night. Well, he wakes up for real hours later. He's like, bro, I don't know what happened. I, and I sense that in, in, uh, worship as well. There's just a strong angelic presence here. Just heaven. Just you guys host heaven. And there's a difference sometimes where kingdom's really accessible. You know, Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is at hand. That means right here, out of hand is still not that far. It's like just out of reach, but the kingdom of heaven with Jesus is at hand. It's here. And I'm telling you when you're, when you're there in, in an instance, meetings right now can shift on the dime. Miracles start breaking out heaven, doing whatever. And I say, do it, Lord. I was just seeing some wild stuff. And I just love, how many of you just love Jesus? Yeah. I'm kind of like, he knows this too. I'm like, we're yeah. Overflow. Come on. A wild bunch over there. I can tell it. Uh, but he knows I'm, I'm preaching, teach and the word. But when the author of the word steps in, it's like, that's why we came. I'll get out of the way so fast. So my buddy wakes up. He's like, bro, I was sleeping so fine. I don't know what happened. 3am though. He goes, man, all these lights and numbers and revelations are flying by. And he didn't realize an angel just walked right by him. Listen, just messengers from the presence of God carry such revelation. They walk by him. And I was just needing to get this message to know which way to go that night at the meeting. But he, uh, it calls all these lights and numbers and stuff. And revelation was flashing. He didn't know what happened. I was like, man, an angel walked right by you. And, um, but I was up at a morning time, the same church and at eight Oh three on the dot. And this is where it gets, I love it. The Lord just, I believe the Lord loves it, but sometimes religion can be like, hold on, you know, even the elect can be deceived and they started throwing these verses at you and I get it, but, but I'm telling you this happened. So I'm in there praying eight Oh three in the morning, a feather appears. Have you guys ever seen stuff? Okay. Yeah. And, um, I don't have the control over all that. It just happens sometimes just, it just happens. And, uh, but a feather appears right out of my, right in front of my stomach. It starts floating up in the room. And I'd seen enough of these type wonders we had in Atlanta. They happen all kinds of different times, but we've seen it where people all started losing them. Really. I can tell that people's heads start looking up and they're like, Oh, and they're pointing and not listening to me anymore. And then I know what's going on and, um, different colors. Sometimes we've seen them. Sometimes my son, actually a red feather floated in between us at a time and went to get it and disappeared back into the spirit realm, spirit realms, way more real. And not that that's what we're after. But again, these are things that speak of him. They all direct back to him. Signs and wonders are just that there's messages in them to point you back to him and his voice. And, uh, so that's where I first learned because it, I checked the clock immediately. I knew how specific God was in these things. It appears right out of my stomach. That's where your spirit is. And you pray and rivers can flow and it starts floating up in the room. I checked the clock immediately. God's calling. No, you're totally fine. Is your phone on silent? It is. Oh, she said it is now. No, no, no. You can leave it on. It don't bother me, but no, we've had that happen before too, where people's phones were on silent, but Lord was making a ring anyway. And that's a whole other deal. That's why I asked. But so I checked the clock 803 and, uh, and I began to realize there was the whole incense and prayers going up before God has instances intercession that mixes, you know, with the angelic realm. Well, that night I go to preach and once again, I'm just being me, just doing whatever. And I didn't even, the Lord left me out of the rest of the wonder. But afterwards, all these people started coming up to me, not knowing each other were smelling. I was like, do you smell that incense? It was burning. And they were describing it in the meeting as incense was burning. It was really profound, but I believe there's something with this house. Revelation eight three. Um, I saw chains breaking. So if there's some of you been dealing with things, um, listen to me, the anointing breaks the yoke. I love it. I was just up in, um, I say, just time has been flying. I was up in Maine and, uh, man, it's got really good right there. I was up in Maine and, um, the pastor, I was with him praying and I just got like drunk all of a sudden. And, uh, he, there was a guy there that was struggling with, um, what's the thing from war? The, uh, what is it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he, uh, he, uh, he, uh, yeah, he was having trouble sleeping and a depressive voices, stuff like that. And, uh, we went to pray for him, even had his dog with him, you know, those comfort dogs or wherever they are in the service. And, uh, I love it. The pastor, yeah, man, it's something just, you may want to receive if you're hungry. Yes, indeed. And, uh, so the, the pastor, get them Lord, get them. That's awesome. How many of the Bible says there, there's a river that makes glad the city of God. That's pretty amazing. And it, he said, I'm cheating. And, uh, in the book of revelation, you and I are the city of God. So there's a river, there's a tangible river that makes glad the city of God. Um, Psalm 16, 11 says, uh, it says something really good. I'm a hammer and that's shifted quick. No, no. Yeah. It says, um, yeah, it's, it says, uh, in the presence of God, really at the right hand where, where, uh, Jesus ascended to is the, uh, fullness of joy, fullness, meaning tapped out at full capacity. I don't know what it is. Like these waves come sometimes they come from behind me. And, uh, I'm still trying to figure that out. And, uh, with the vibrations and so fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore Hebrews one, nine, the Bible says, it's about Jesus. Listen to me. Jesus was the most giddy, happy, joy-filled man on the planet. The Bible says so. Holy spirit, Galatians five 22, some of the fruit of the Holy spirit is love. First in line, second one, second place joy. Oh, we're not drunk as you suppose. Peter said, he goes, no, no nine in the morning. This would be the Holy spirit home about Jesus. Hebrews one, nine says that because he loved righteousness and hated wickedness, God has got anointed him meaning smeared him with their word anointed. Listen, I used to paint. I know what it means. It means to be painted with, I was not that good, but, but it paid the bills, but the Jesus was, was painted with the oil of joy painted with it. And when heaven paints you, you can't get that off. It doesn't come off. Yeah. So I don't even want to be painted with joy tonight. Yeah. Come on. How about overflow? Yeah. They're a wild bunch, man. Yes, indeed. And when you get painted with joy, it's over, it's over. Cause it sets you above your companions. That's what happened to Jesus. It's also in Psalm 45, seven, but it set him up in that word there. If you look it up in its origin, it means giddy laughter, like hilarity. He was possessed with it. You know, you ever seen those movies? Jesus is like, and follow me. You know, my sheep will know my voice. No, that was not the Lord at all. Full of joy. So yeah. Why don't you do this? It just lay hands on your person's shoulder. Cause if you don't know him, it could get weird. You just, maybe just a shoulder real quick. Just touching one finger would be good. Yeah. Just receive overflow. Just receive right now. There you go. River, which makes glad the city of God. Yeah. Awesome. Okay. So another, you can keep receiving or do whatever you want. Another thing I saw was, um, uh, Ephesians one 17 and 18 that I believe is going to hit this house is the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. And it unlocks the, his purpose for your life. Yeah. Spirit of wisdom and revelation inside the knowledge of him. That's why that song was so, so good. Uh, it's in knowing him. And then your purpose is illuminated. That's basically what it says. You, you come into knowing him. And all of a sudden you're like, I know my way now. Someone, someone 19, the word of God is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way or my path. So Jesus, he is the light and it just illuminates everything. It illuminated. How many of you would really could help using more insight onto where you're going with destiny? Yeah. Couldn't we all. So come on spirit of wisdom and revelation. The knowledge of him. Yes, indeed. I think he's going to hit really. That's what happens. And so, so, so good. Okay. It feels really good. Sorry. I am super comfortable. I know you guys are probably uncomfortable. Like say something. This feels so good up here. I remember I was, uh, I was preaching in, oh, there's the lion and the Eagle back there. Wow. From the, from the four living creatures. Those are the two heads I mentioned. Yeah. Anyway, I was preaching in Brazil and, uh, I remember I was, uh, I crossed a revelation I had seen and haven't used it as a key to get into the meeting and it broke out. People look like you're getting hit and take with taser guns. It was all this. We were just breaking out. I was in Brazil. Well, my interpreter in Portuguese, I could sense how many of the prophetic is amazing, but sometimes it plays against you because you can pick up on people's thoughts and stuff like that. You can, you know, you know, and you got to learn to navigate that while I was young. And, um, so I was comfortable, man, cause heaven's there. I don't really care. Like I'm not into doing a lot of work when he's there, you know, cause you can work him right out of the room. Listen to me. How many of you are aspiring to go into ministry ministers? Yeah. I just want to encourage you to look. Sometimes the yoke of rest is the best place for him to flow powerfully. You know, it was just in Matthew 11 yesterday about the yoke of the Lord. And, um, he says, he says, learn from me. If I'm lowly, you know, in heart and meek and, and that's how you, you find rest. You got to learn from him. You don't just take his yoke upon you. You take it upon you and learn from him. Meaning you walk like he walked and that's when you hit in arrest. But if you look up those words in their origin, they mean basically no longer be being self-reliant being God reliant. And that's how you enter rest. Sometimes we think a little too highly of ourself that we got this thing figured out. And you wonder why you're always worn worn out, burnt out. Cause you're not walking under the yoke of the Lord, learning from him and walking in true rest. You can be, Jesus was super busy, but he stayed in rest. You guys hear the balance there? He was so busy. Sometimes they'd miss meals and everything. No place to lay his heads. His head, unless you want to say the father, the son, the Holy spirit, but we can keep it biblical. But really I'm just a little hammered. So I said heads that's, that's what really we're doing. I think, but, but he, but he stayed in rest and that's where you want to be. Listen, busy seasons, slow seasons, battle seasons, peace, victory seasons, just rest, just staying in his yoke and doing what he does. So yes, indeed. So, um, where are some of you guys from? I'm just curious. You said 17 States. You can yell it out. Missouri, Iowa. Come on, man. How, where is that from here? Oh, that's not bad. Nice. Where else? Michigan. Welcome. Come on. Texas. What part, man? Frisco. Come on. Hey, how are you doing? So nice to meet you guys. Unofficially, but sorta. So Frisco, I think, uh, I think Upper Room has a branch there, don't they? I thought so. Yeah, they're amazing. So good. Love them dearly. I lived in, um, Conroe, Texas, north of Houston. I don't know if you've ever heard of it. Got good fishing up there. Caught some bass and, uh, actually I was on the phone with David Hogan years ago and that's where I was at at the time. I was gonna go, um, uh, be with them. We, we, anyway, we were, I'm close with their son-in-law and I'll never forget. I was on the phone with him and he goes, where are you at? You know, he's from Louisiana too. I'm from Louisiana. He says, uh, when I told him where I was at, he goes, oh yeah, that's God's country. He knew over there in Texas, but he's wild. So where else? Minnesota. Wow. California. Where, what part? Right. Oh, LA. No way. That's so good. Where are they? That's crazy. I touched on the LA house prayer and the Korean connection here. That's so good. Well, I was just in, uh, San Francisco. So yeah, north of you guys. And that was really powerful. So anybody else or we're just being shy. Yep. India. Indiana. I was like India, man, get the trophy. I was like, wow. I do love Indian food though. So Indiana. What part? South. Okay. I'm not sure, but that's awesome. Welcome. Yes, indeed. Georgia. Meet me as well. So yeah, I live. Yep. Where are you from? Beautiful. Are you just holding up something fun? Uh, you sure are beautiful though. What's your name? Alana. Beautiful name too. How old are you? Seven. Wow. You sure are pretty. Are you from this area? No. Where's she from? Oh, come on. That's awesome. So, but you live in Chicago right now. Okay. That's awesome. One of my best friends in all the worlds from over there. Yes, indeed. Okay. I'm not going to keep you long. It's already nine, but I just want to talk to you real quick and then I'll be back with you in the morning and we just want to leave room for the Holy spirit to move. Is that okay? Yes, indeed. So, um, probably just going to, yeah, not go notes. We may do that tomorrow, but, um, but talk to you from the heart real, real quick. And, uh, again, just make room for the Holy spirit to where you from, man, and the Jesus image shirt back here. Missouri. Nice man. What you doing over there right now? You work in her. Come on, dude. Oh, that's so good. Come on, man. Out of the house. Yeah, bro. That's good. I got some good friends. Grassroots stuff popping up. Heaven's on it, man. Jesus bless you guys. I want to pray for you if that's okay. Pray. It just blows up. Yeah. We need houses on fire. Corporate bodies on fire. Just all of it. Networking in and out. So, uh, yeah, so that's basically just want to, um, talk to you from the heart and what I've been sensing, like in this hour, um, what I've already been kind of alluding to just a people that are listened to me all in, um, you know, for Jesus and, and not the same cliche thing, but like, really, I mean, really like sometimes I think if we're not careful, I think we've all been guilty of this. We, we kind of think we are, we know the verses to say, but like, I really mean it in this hour, this one was in John 15, slowly just digging through and you see this three tier progression of Jesus. He says, abide in me. If you don't abide in me, you can't bear fruit. Apart from me, you can do nothing. Abide in me. And it's in the context of he is the true vine. And if he has to say that, that, that tells you there's false vines out there. There was also this recent revelation on, on Samson, the whole Nazarites. This is a new consecrated breed coming up. Listen, that are detached from this world system right now. I'm telling just really reader, reader's digest version version. I was sensing the Lord's needing people to totally detach from this world, not legalism, but detach and go all into Jesus, the true vine and that company right there. Watch out. You will not be able to stop them. John the Baptist was one of them. They're, they're set apart ones. If you look up the word Nazareth in Nazareth, it just means a set apart one consecrated. Well, that's getting a little legal, brother. We're going to stay relevant. No, I'm telling you the only true relevance in this earth is glory bombs walking around. I'm telling you, well, you're kind of getting to, you know, heavenly minded. You're no earthly good. That's totally backwards. That's not even biblical. We need people so possessed by heaven that, you know what I mean? And you'd see them throughout scripture. They're just a little different. They're a different breed. They walk to a different drum beat. They have a different tone on their voice and they're just possessed by him. And that's what I want to listen to me. Don't like, why not try it? Trust me for a month or two or three and just stay on it. Stay faithful on the course and watch your whole world flip upside down. Well, what my spouse watch, they'll get the current gets too strong. They'll get sucked in. It's impossible. You won't even need to intercede so much anymore. Although listen, I just told it such to you, revelation eight, three, the intercessor in the, in the, the need for prayer, but there'll be such a glory current following you that they just get sucked in. They've got to. And, um, but the set apart ones, there was, there was Samuel was one Samson was another who who's what's beautiful is we know his shortcomings, but Hebrews shows him almost like flawless. I love the new covenant lens. Isn't that awesome? Sarah just talks like, like she's a general is it doesn't say how she laughed and doubted God. It doesn't say how Samson like, you know, thwarted his destiny towards the end, but it just says, I don't even have time to go on about those. Like they were sawed in half and Samson and Gideon, he's right in there with the legends in Hebrews 11, the legends of faith, the whole chapter. And so listen, where, where have you dropped the ball and whatever? Again, I'm not into compromise, but just let's pick back up, look at Jesus and go for it. You know what I mean? This is the God we serve. He looks at us like Hebrews 11 and he's Sarah general. And when he removes sins, it's as far as the East is from the West. They're not on his radar. So for you to keep bringing them up, I was not going to go here, but I just wanted you to hear this for you to keep bringing them up is just playing into the card deck of the enemy. He wants to keep bringing you into the old covenant way. New read Hebrews 11. It's like Samson general, Sarah general. That's how God sees them. And, um, but anyway, in this hour, these set apart ones, they're just John the Baptist. It says he went out really closely in the gospels. He was in the system, but when he had to step into his assignment and I'm telling you all it's taking right now for the people really to shift into this assignment is these things I'm telling you, because we're so near the Lord's return. You could feel things amp up to a greater, um, seriousness that I don't even like that word. Cause it's fun though, too. It's awesome. But just, uh, uh, it matters more now. And you could feel it shift in the Lord's heart as well. And all it's taking is a slightest posture change on people's hearts of this being set apart. And so the Bible says about John, the Baptist says he went out to the wilderness. He was out in the cornfields. That's what I love about that. This is usually the type places. Listen, I was in a revival in Pensacola, Florida, two years with the Bible college. They're full on outpouring of the spirit bananas. And if you go there, you couldn't, it's out in the middle of nowhere, like your prostitute zones. It's out in the like dark areas. It's not in the prime real estate at all. People will tell you Redding, California is so known now, but it's, it's way out in the middle of running, you know, California is way out in the middle of nowhere. The flights in and out. You can't get, God doesn't care about prime real estate. He cares about authentic people. Sometimes he won't purpose pick the one set apart in the cornfields. And so John the Baptist is like, look, I mean, sometimes Jesus really ups the ante just because, and because he can, the, the very voice that's going to forerun the son of God into the earth detaches from all society goes out in the wilderness, hard to find Ben starts preaching, repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. He was so detached from society. The voice is listened. We don't, I don't think we intentionally, you know, rub up close to these things on purpose at times, but when we do, they dull in our senses and they start to just, um, put in delay that the purposes of God and these set apart ones in this hour, they're detached from all these things. They're set apart and then in Jesus fully. So John 15 abide in me. He, he hammers it like five times. Abide in me. Listen, abide in me. And that word abide there in the context of a vine. So he says, I'm the true vine. So that means there's false vines out here in the low and behold the Nazir, the consecrated ones. One of the main, there's only three main stipulations to being a set apart. One, one was touched. Nothing of the vine, grapes, wine, things like this. So this was John the Baptist, Samson, Samuel, many others, but they're the three mascot kind of men of God in scripture. So I was asking the Holy Spirit said, what is the new Testament take on this? And I realized it was a, don't get me wrong. There's many other revelations you can pull from, but one of the main ones I feel is the vines of this world, the false vines. It was a sign of not protecting of any of them. And again, not a legalistic thing. Okay. I have children. I get it. We'll play fun games or whatever. Listen, I'm not saying be just a weird monk off in the back. It wasn't, you know, you can't even conversate with people, but also if we're honest too, I believe we've given ourself over too much to the current of this world system and you don't know it, but it's diluting the potency of the Holy Spirit in and through you. And the Lord loves you. You're still born again, but I'm telling you by default, destiny will get delayed period. It's going to, especially in this hour, he's wanting a bride. If he says five 27 without spot or wrinkle, you know, the purest love has to be reflected by that same love and passion and devotion in alignment and in the weeds out the lesser lovers out. And so I'm kind of, honestly, I'm just like, I'm, I'm simplifying, man. I'm the Holy Spirit's helped me. I'm like, I don't, I'm good. I don't want this. I don't need this in my time anymore. I need Jesus. I'm telling them, uh, we have an Academy. Uh, some of the students are here. They're amazing. I'm teaching our students and just children, whoever they're like in this hour, we've got to be all into Jesus. I was in the narrow gate the other day, all these, and it says, basically, we all know this one, uh, Matthew seven, it says small. No, first Jesus says broad is the gate. Sorry. No wide is the gate. So let's say from here to all over here is the gate. Not only the gate, meaning the entry point is wide. You can get in easy, but broad is the way. So the entire direction is broad that way. 100% of the time, not sometimes it always leads to destruction. Always. Jesus says in many go there. Listen to the difference here in this, in this, this, uh, parable, he says many go there. The, the other gate that leads to life, which is Jesus. He says the gate is not only small. I wish I had something really small, man. I'm going to set this up here and we're going to say here, there's a cross on this. This is my anoint that with oil. That's genius. That's awesome. It's an anointed oil cross on the chair. So anyway, small King James version is really, I enjoy it because it says straight is the gate and it's the S T R a I T not G H T as opposed to crooked, but straight, like meaning, you know, passage through narrow water in a passageway is straight, straight is the gate. So sometimes I think I've thought this before, like, okay, the entry point's tight, but then we open up into life. No, it says also narrow is the way. If you look up that word in its origin, will I mess up the microphone? Now you were down here. Oh, it will. Oh, no. Oh, good. This is amazing. Sound system out in the cornfields, man. Sometimes I get the ones that squeak and those are okay too, but it says straight is the gate and narrow. But if you look up that word in its origin, original texts, it means compressed is the way the entire way is compressed, which leads to life. And that's Zoe, meaning life in its fullness, meaning Jesus. He said, I am the way I am the truth and I am the Zoe. So anything outside of Jesus, it's a knockoff. It's a false vine. The fullest life you were ever created for is all in him. But listen to me, the only way to is through the straight gate. Nobody loves this kind of preaching, but I want it, man. I'm like, give me the compressed way, the compressed way. And our flesh just doesn't like the compressed way. We want our cake and eat it too. And, and look, God loves you the same. His love's unconditional. His promises super conditional. We've got to know that destiny super conditional. I traveled the globe by his grace, but I see plenty of people prophetic words and they'll keep going around mountains over in the Broadway and listen to that word destruction. You know what it means? It means to be severed off from what could have been really, really. I did a word study on it. It means to if, so if you're walking the broad path, you are constantly going to find your life being cut off from what could have been born again, you'll bust. You'll still enter heaven, but your life, it walks the broad path that everybody goes. He didn't say, you know, making heaven or not. Although I believe that definitely applies, but your life by default, believe it or not on the broad path will constantly being, be getting cut off from what could have been the fullness of life. And far too often, I feel like we play the God card. If we're honest, the sovereign, like what God wills it. And he's just, something's going to shift. God's going to do it. And he's like, no, get on the compressed way. Go to the straight gate. Everybody goes this way. Listen, what else? Jesus said, he says, many go that way. Meaning it's just out in the open. Just pick it really any way you want to go. Cause it's so broad. Anyway, you can do it. You can bring your cake and eat it too, and everything else, but you'll be severed off from what I've always intended for you to be the straight gate with the compressed way. He said, few find it. It has to be found the broad gate. He says many inner, some versions say just go there, meaning it's wide out in the open. You don't have to be, you don't have to search for the narrow gate. If you find it in that word, find there again, original text, it means to be found out and searched extensively to searched out extensively, you know? And I know that that touches on toes for some of us like that love the grace of God, which I do. You can't over exaggerate the grace of God. My goodness, I'm a grace. I love it all. I'm Bible, but also it does not negate that parable. We've got to find it. And so in this hour, I'm telling you, Jesus is like, he's got that side to him and you can feel it coming up in immense love and passion. But also he's like, look, he kind of up the ante. Rich man came to him. Jesus knew his heart. He says, what must I do to be born again? And he went right to his heart. He said, go sell all gift to the poor and come follow me. Bible says rich man overflow. We doing good. I know it's heavy preaching, but it's good, man. You can feel life in it though. You know what I mean? And I get stirred because I've just like compressed my way, Jesus. So be it. I don't care. You can't get back yesterday. You can't get back this month, this year. Listen to me, get straight gate. You want it? It is life. And what about my husband's over here? Hey, love him, bless him, pray for him, fix the, you know, do the, do what you need to in the natural, but stay on a straight gate. And they're going to be like, why are you always beaming with glory and joy? The things that used to bother you, they don't bother you anymore. And you're just blinded by he who is life. You're full of he who is life, walking in freedom, healing, anointing, wondering why they're starting to watch these people come around. You just always want to be around you and they're being impacted and influenced. And they just keep bumping up against the wall of being severed and cut off from destiny. And the Lord will let you go around mountains as long as you want. He's going to have it his way. He's not going to say, you know what, it's been so long. I feel sorry for you. Let me just broaden the path a little bit for you. He doesn't do that. The way is compressed period. And that leads to life. And so you'll let people go this way. And, uh, you know, it is what it is, but that destruction, it will sever you. And I just want to encourage you guys. You can feel it in this hour. He's like, come on up higher, be set apart and come into me. And Jesus says, abide in me and let my words abide in you. We've got to go deep in the word in this hour. Love it. The pastor young forever young investor Ray, but the passion translation, I do them all, man. I have not gotten into the passion yet, but I think it's awesome. I need to learn more about it, but I hear it's amazing, but it, you know, pick what works for you, but go deep in the word right now. Listen to move. Got to. I love to look at John 15 as a key with these three kind of notches, if you will. But if you look at the progression there in John 15, Jesus says, abide in me, abide in my word, let my words abide in you and abide in my love and without his presence, manifest presence in word. And that word abide there means to reside, dwell, sustain. Sometimes it can be broken down to mean Mary. It's a deep dwelling. It's not like, yeah, I was abiding in the presence, gave him a high five on the way to work, you know, or something like that. We've got a really, again, it's not legalism. It's just infatuation. I can tell you people's priority in life by looking at their time. That's all you have to do. And this is not a condemning thing at all, but how your time is spent shows where what's really where your heart is and money. Of course, where your money is, your treasures of your heart is the Bible says, but how your time is spent. And that being said, if you abide in something, it takes time, you know, so time in his presence, time in his word and in his love. And that's how your joy is made complete as well. So anyway, so, so good. Just want to release that over us too. And we'll pick back up tomorrow morning. If you want to stand, we'll make room for the Holy Spirit to come.
River of Destiny Church - Part 2
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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.”