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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 emphasizes the importance of abiding in the presence of God, drawing from Psalm 91 to illustrate how those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High will find refuge and protection. He shares personal anecdotes and insights about the necessity of intimacy with God, encouraging believers to cultivate a deep relationship with Him to experience His peace and safety amidst life's chaos. Guerin highlights that true intimacy with God leads to spiritual fruitfulness and a life free from fear, urging the congregation to prioritize their time with the Lord.
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Yeah, come on Jesus. So I'm excited. Man, a lot, everybody came back. I thought, I thought the crowd would go down a little bit, seeing that we're outdoors, but there's a hungry group. How many of you are hungry for Jesus? Yeah, I see that. They were coming outside and that's awesome. I didn't know we had our books here or which ones were here, but also if you remind me at the end, if you want me to sign any real quick, I do have to go to the airport, but praise the Lord on that. And if we can give a hand again up to the worship team, Daniel and Clay, so good. I had never heard that last song. Oh my goodness. That was amazing. And so, wow. Yeah, let's jump in and see, see where we end up. How many of you felt the presence of God last night? Yeah, it was rich. My buddy, is it Emerson? Yeah, you were with me and heaven was hitting, smashing the line over here. Lightning bugs loved it too. And then just breaking out in here. And man, if we get some lightning bugs this morning, we're going to know it's a wonder. Sonia, come on real quick. Do you mind? You all didn't, I don't mean to put you on the spot, but you don't need to say anything or preach or whatever, but you can. She was wearing last night, this monster shirt of Smith Wigglesworth. Did y'all see that? I was like, what in the world? She's like, I had to show you, but she's amazing from Chicago. And I just want to let you all know too, there's a ton of leaders in here. I totally forgot to honor Bob Lindquist. He's a holy ghost man of God, but she's got a radio station. You want to tell them how to find it quick? Oh, sure. It's called hashtag truth and with Dr. Sonia, cause I'm a doctor actually, but you can go to www.artistfirst.com. So that's A-R-T-I-S-T-F-I-R-S-T.com. And basically we just talk about Jesus cause I love Jesus and I talk with people who love Jesus. And so the Lord just impressed on my heart that there are so many of us out there who have a testimony to encourage others who need that. And so he has just been faithful. I stepped out on faith. You know, if you know anything about airtime, you have to pay for your time. But the producer and owner of the radio station, he's like, oh, you just, you have a voice. I'm like, okay, praise God. And he has, he has, the Lord has just, I'm booked all the way now is every Friday at noon, Eastern time, 11 central time. And I'm booked, I'm booked all the way. Now I'm booking in October and it's just been the, it's just been the favor of God. So if you guys can listen, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, you definitely want to check that out. Live every Friday, just rocking it. You know, I saw we had a butterfly in the tent just a second ago. I'm telling you, man, you got to watch it. This reminds me, I don't know how you all are about the miraculous signs and wonders. Sounds like you are good with it. But this reminds me, you can go back probably on an old YouTube video. Have you ever heard of a minister named Mahesh Shabda? He's an Indian man, I guess, Indian ethnicity. He's awesome, was under Derek Prince for years. Wrote a powerful book on prayer and fasting. Anyway, they were in a tent similar to this. The glory of God came in. You all saw the glory cloud at Bethel years ago, 2010 with the swirls and all this. If you start reading in Ezekiel, it gets super interesting. It's similar to what you start to see in these manifestations. But anyway, they begin to sing and the glory broke out at the top of the tent like this. It was just manifestations and wild. So do it again, the Lord just reminded me of it. But we'll jump in. I'm really excited. And we'll just see where we end up if that's OK. And let heaven move again. Is that cool? Anybody that was not here last night? You follow what? Really? Where are you from, man? Where are you from? No, where are you from? Oh, nice, nice. Welcome. Who else was it? Wow, where'd you come from? Mishawaka Laka, baby. Oh, yeah. Love that joint. I think that's where we're staying. Yeah. You all remember if you weren't here last year, I was like, we stay in some place. Sounds like praying in tongues. Mishawaka Laka. Indiana. That's awesome, man. Yeah, I love that place. We hit it yesterday. Came up from Fort Wayne. I was like, there we are. Me and Jason crossed the Shaka Laka border and we knew. Awesome. Well, welcome, man. Super excited to have you. And yeah, so we'll just jump in. It's awesome. Last night I had this dream that mostly I want to stay on for today because it's obviously the word of the Lord. And we'll just see where we end up if that's cool. And how many of you know the Lord speaks through his word, which I hammered last night will continue today. But also his now voice is very key to stay with it. His now voice. That's why we've got to live in an intimate relationship. The Bible says the letter alone kills, but the spirit brings life. So you need both. You've got to walk on a balance of both. And so I went into this dream last night. How many of you all had your coffee this morning? Nice. Espresso. Regular coffee. Nice. My man back here. Decaf. OK, I'm just checking. We like it all. I'm just trying to feel out the crowd, see where y'all are at. But so but you all know that the Lord speaks through dream. So I'll go into this dream last night and I was sleeping over in Miss you. Waka Laka. And this dream super simple. But it was anyway, I could see this massive shadow. And of all things, we have a dog. My dog's in there. He's never been in a dream yet. We've had him for over a year old. So he'd be proud to finally make it in the prophetic stream. But he's his English Bulldog. He's a trip, man. He's something else. And so anyway, I see this massive shadow in this dream. And then, you know, I'll quote it for you. Oh, where to put my phone at? Did I bring it up here? Oh, it's in Bob's Bible. Nice. I guess the paint's turned on me. So I see this massive shadow. And I want to read this verse out of the New King James and we'll hop over to New Living. But anyway, massive shadow. All of a sudden, my dog, his name is Bullseye. He's his English Bulldog. He'll do this in real life, too. He'll just lay in the grass and then flop over. And like in the mornings, too. I don't know why on our rug in the living room. They just start to flop over and then I just flop. And we're like, what is he doing? So this massive shadow I'm looking in this dream. All of a sudden I see Bullseye flop over into the shadow. And I heard the first verse of Psalm 91. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. So this is key right now. And I was like, why my dog, Lord? Like, man, the first dream you're going to bring him into. Why does he get credit with 91 of Psalm? You know, I'm teasing. But but obviously it was the obvious. I was thinking something deeper. But his name is Bullseye. So it's the spot on Bullseye target market of the word of the Lord right now. We named him that because he's a bulldog. It was real simple with my kids. He's a bulldog. So bull is in the word. And he's got one blue eye. And so we're like Bullseye had just worked. But, you know, the target, the pinpoint accuracy of the word of the Lord, the Bullseye right now is Psalm 91. I'm going to go through it. We'll have fun chopping up this morning. Then we'll make room for the Holy Spirit to hit. And but I think the Bullseye mark of the Lord right now for this morning is that we would abide under the shadow of the almighty. It's Psalm 91. And it's really key. So I'm going to read through the new living, though. I love how it reads better, although that was a new King James. And is that good? Nice, man. That's awesome. But listen to this. You can sit there, just relax and receive. I feel like this tells me a lot, too. Psalm 91. How many of you know Psalm 91? Obviously, this is major. So it obviously is relevant for the hour. But I feel sure. Listen to me. The Lord speaks like this and goes out of his way in a dream. It's very accurate. And usually it comes to pass. It's showing me as well where we're going, which, again, I'm not a doom and gloom guy at all. I'm just a Bible guy. I just love Jesus. So whatever he's saying, I'm into. But watch this. This is new living. Those who live in the shelter of the most, I will find rest or abide under the shadow of the Lord Almighty. OK, under the shadow. The bullseye right now is to fall under the shadow of the Almighty. And this, as I break this down, this is not for just any everyday believer. This is a different company. This is what I was touching on last night. And he's calling us right now in a new way to do this. They think Moses wrote this one and then David repented in the song. But any who verse to this, I declare about the Lord. He alone is my refuge, my place of safety. He is my God, and I trust in him. Watch this, for he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. First off, you got to back up. You'll see three times in this chapter, verse one, verse nine and verse 14. There's one recipe. There's one prerequisite. There's one ingredient to this recipe, and it's hardcore intimacy and infatuation with the Lord. I think this is the company. And just because you're saved and go to go to church on Sunday and maybe Wednesday, if you're really on fire, that doesn't mean you're in this company. There's an outer court. Inner court is a holy of holies. And I'm telling you, the holy of holies, that's where the shadow is. Yeah. And I just want to woo us. I'm telling you, don't sit there and think like, oh, yeah, that applies to me. So I'm not going yet. It may not. And I'm not trying to do fear either. I'm just trying to say those who live abide. You look up that word. I'm gonna start breaking it further down. It means reside, dwell. One version means to marry the presence of God. Continue as abide, reside, dwell. A lot of people, Jesus says, what did he say? Abide in me. He said, I am the vine. Abide in me and you bear much fruit. A lot of people want to attach to Jesus, be around him, talk about him, get near people that love the Lord, but not abide in. And they wonder why there's no fruit. You can get as close as you want, but until you abide in. There will be no fruit. And this is the company. And I'm telling the men and boys are going to separate, so to speak, in this hour. And it's going to be the devil doesn't care how polished you are as a preacher, how many verses you got under your belt, years in school of doctrine, whatever it may be. And I love all that. Study to show yourself approved. But those who dwell abide in are going to flop over into the shadow. And you don't want any part of your life outside of that shadow right now. So reside, dwell, abide, live in. All right, they will find rest. Let me go back to that other one. Watch is he who dwells. That's that word there. Abide to marry the secret place. That's where we get the phrase, the secret place here, the intimacy being with the Lord. He who dwells not comes and goes and goes to the Lord here and there. It's just your devotion. You check off on your list, dwells. Me and Daniel were talking about it last night. He's just been spinning, locking away him in his band in this season. How many of you felt the Lord wooing you more into his presence? That's what he's doing right now. These are the people that are going to catapult, not be affected in this hour. He who dwells, resides, abides, marries the secret place of the most high. They shall abide under the shadow of the almighty. And listen to this is very interesting. This word abide here means to stay overnight in Hebrew, to stay the night. Basically, like you would lodge one of the breakdowns of is to lodge through the night. Very interesting. So you see it. The first one, he who dwells, that word speaks of a living, a daytime abiding dwelling. You live, you seat. It says that too. It says basically one of the definitions of it is to sit or seat, be seated in the presence of God. So if you're sitting, that means you're not walking. You're not high fiving God. You're not in and out. You're there. There's a dwelling. There's a sustaining, a remaining, abiding, a dwelling. It's daytime. You don't sit up through the night you sleep. So it's awesome that David covers this because he hops in the same verse in that that shall abide under means to lodge through the night. So it's a day and night, right? Because you're going to start to see through this chapter that it continues to highlight the day and the night and how to get through this season with what's coming. And these are the ones. Listen to me, cast all your eggs in this basket right here. Psalm 91. Just to not bother some of you OCD folks. I'm teasing. I can be that way too. Man, I used to build custom homes and we dealt with some serious OCD like architects, lawyers, things like this. They looked at him from across the room like that screws off a 16th of an inch. And we're like, I'm like your mustache is off a 16th of an inch and I'm teasing. I'm teasing. You just want to give it to him. You know what I mean? But oh, you know what's funny? So, yeah. So I'm like, man, bullseye. Okay. Made the prophetic stream finally a year old. So I'm preparing this morning because I knew it was Psalm 91. I heard the verse one and I'm just in prayer. My daughter, this you'll have fun with this. Maybe the microphone will pick it up. I'll show Jason and Kendra. So I'm going through this. I'm like, I mean, bullseye, but I knew bullseye, the target, the accurate word of the Lord right now. So Zoe texts me and you know how the, uh, kids are this day and age. I don't know how they do technology, but somehow she was watching us through one of y'all's things. And she was live with us. My kid, she probably is right now, actually. And, uh, so they figure all that out, watching it on the screen at home. And so bullseye is right there watching. And so she's videoing him. And it was at the end when I'm praying in tongues that he didn't like that, man. I think bullseye is Baptist. I think he, I'm just saying, I need y'all to pray for my bulldog. I'm teasing. Y'all know I'm teasing and I love Baptist. I love them all, man. But, uh, but it was weird. Like I'm talking, I'm saying glory. He loved it. I was going glory, glory, the prayer time, right? When I go into her, he was, so we got to pray for him. When you think about it, let's see if the Michael pick it up. So then I was like, isn't that funny? God's humor in it. All that bullseye was in, in with us last night, watching it. Cause he knows me. Uh, I want to say maybe it was last year. Cause he knows I don't play games either. I'm real disciplined. Like we don't do, we do. He's a hundred percent potty trained. I told my kids, look, he goes in the house. He's out the house like permanently. So he knows Zoe, he's pretty smart. Actually. Bulldogs can be a little bit stubborn. And, uh, so Zoe, he's smart that he's knows she's kind of the weak link. She's so sweet, you know? And he's tough, man. He's like a little tree trunk, like 50 pounds, just solid. So if you don't, I'm old school, man, don't spare the rod, you know? So I'll light him up. You got this paddle and I don't play with him. So, uh, but I love him, you know, look, we're good. We love you. Make a good life. You'll eat well, but you listen. So, you know, there's all try me, you know? And so, but it's funny. Zoe is like, uh, bullseye get inside. And he just looks at her. He's like, keep going around the yard. And, uh, unless like somebody, the neighbor's coming or something, I know he's gonna run off. I'll be like, you know, Hey, put his ears back, come running inside. And, uh, so anyway, listen to this. Maybe it'll pick it up. It'd be great. If you will. He's I'm telling you, he's the Holy ghost. Watch it. He's fine. It's Tom's man. I do better read the word. Anyway, glory singing in the spirit. He's good, right? When you pray in tongues, he's like, nope. So anyway, those who live abide, it's, it's a day dang. And then dwelling at night, it's a lodging overnight. And you'll start to see why they had like this in the Psalms. Watch this. He will rescue you. It's verse one, nine and 14. It's the ingredients. Everything's one ingredient. I love that. God keeps it simple. If you want this recipe complete Psalm 91, you need verse one, verse nine and verse 14. And it's those that are completely possessed by intimacy with the Lord. Dwelling, abiding, marrying the presence. I'm telling you, it's a big difference. It's a big difference in this company. You've got outer court folks. They're still going to go to heaven. You've got inner court folks at a little more deep. And then you've got shadow dwellers. Holy of holies in the Shekinah glory deep within they abide in the mind and fruits just going to happen. It can't not he's divine. So anyway, he will rescue you from every trap, protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He'll shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Watch this one. Do not be afraid. This is a command basically in this, in this version, do not be afraid. Fear is not your friend. Listen to me to submit to fear actually makes you vulnerable to submit and yield your life to fear. I get it. It's loud at times. So no worries. This isn't condemnation, but to then apply and yield and walk in the path of fear opens a full out gateway to the dark side. That which you fear by default, you submit to. So you want to stay in reverential fear of the Holy Ghost walk in faith anyway, but what's amazing is, is, is this ingredient is in of dwelling under the shadow. You're not afraid of the terrors. Listen to this of night or the arrow that flies by day. You see why right out of the gate, he says the lodging in the night and under his shadow and the dwelling by day living in his presence because both are guarded night and day. He just keeps hitting night and day in 91. So you won't be able to afraid of the terrors at night, nor the arrow that flies by day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. You hear it there again, darkness and day, day and night, though a thousand fall at your side, 10,000 are dying around you. These evils will not touch you. And so I just want to be real real with y'all real quick. Double real, uh, by me seeing this dream, I'm just telling you again, I'm not trying to prophesy, but also I know God's voice and the word. And I don't, you know, foresee things all of a sudden just vanishing. You know what I mean? That the hour we're in right away. I think the word's clear. I'm not a doom and gloom guy. I'm a Bible guy. Like I keep telling you guys, but just want, I think if we're honest, I've been this way. Like, man, maybe next week it was all just blow away. Have y'all done that at all? And then it escalates and increases. And so by seeing this chapter and the Lord saying it's the bullseye right now, it shows me that these things it's, it's very likely they'll, they'll remain in a, you know, in certain seasons, there'll be ebbs and flows more and less. There's a lot more behind it. I won't go into, but anyway, all that being said, all we need to know is, is this one ingredient we've got to become masters of all of us. How many of you want to be in the Holy of Holies? Well, you know, what's beautiful about the Holy of Holies. It's Holy. So what I was telling you guys about last night, there's, there's realms of this world. You can't take with you into that place. You've got to throw off those sins that so easily entangle and dwell. Marry his presence, dwell in. So a thousand fall at your side, 10,000 down around you. Evils will not touch you. Just open your eyes and see how the wicked are judged or punished. What he's saying here is those, if you dwell in that shadow and in that secret place and marry and love his presence, you're going to walk through all kinds of arrows flying by day disaster by night. And like I told you guys last night, the storm with the Peter saw, but if you're in love with Jesus, you're walking through it. Arrows are just missing you. You don't even care because you're so in love. You're like, that was weird. I heard a noise and, you know, and, um, so it's like, they're going to happen. But he, all he says is you will see and look and notice the wicked be punished. And again, I know it's, we love all people, but if we're honest, the wages of sin are death. And so it's inevitable. If there's sin, Galatians six says, don't be a fool. God cannot be mocked that which a man sows. He will also reap. So if you sow a kernel of corn, you're going to get an ear of corn. So an acorn, you get a, get a righteous Oak. You sow sin. You will reap death. You sow outside of this right here, abiding in the secret place, marrying, dwelling in his presence. You know what I mean? Likewise. But if you do, he says, it doesn't matter. You'll just, all you'll do is look around and see people, the repercussions of what people have sown. If you make the Lord your refuge, here's verse nine. Again, he just like he reiterates it three times. This is all you got to do. Listen to me. There'll be arrows by day disaster by night disease. You hear violence, hate dissension and things like this and disease plague and sickness. These two main things are in Psalm 91 and they're prevalent and real, but it's like you're just in your own sphere and world. When you're, you know, with the Lord in deep intimacy. Verse nine highlights it again. If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the most high your shelter, and then he continues again, no evil will conquer you. No plague will come near your home. Plague. This isn't something light. You know what I mean? And again, I want you to look fresh at Psalm 91. A lot of us like, yeah, I know that where it's cool. You know what I mean? It's like, well, but is our lifestyle on the outer courts? Cause this won't apply. I'm telling you, you're disqualified. Sorry. Nobody likes that, but I'm just being honest. This is a high company that marry the presence of God. And, uh, but it says no plague will come near your home. It doesn't say in your home, not even near your home, meaning it'll stop out at the street or the front of the neighborhood. Isn't that awesome? I'm the world's going to hope they live near one of you. I'm telling you because plagues, it says not even near your dwelling or your home, not inside. Cause then, you know, like, well, it may get in your kitchen, but I'm in the master bedroom. You know what I'm saying? No, not even near your home. So it just comes. This is real. How many know the Bible is way more real than what the news is telling you or what voices and doubts and the noise out there. The Bible is the realest thing in this globe. It's eternal, the eternal, flawless, and they aren't word of God. Holy ghost wrote this through men. This is the mainstay. This is truth. I don't care how real whoever's doctorates are that are saying, whatever, this is the real word of God in this. The Bible says, if you do this, he just says it three times, marry the presence of God, fall madly in love with him. You'll flop over under the shadow in a plague. It literally has to. It's not optional. It's not saying it's good. It's good. High chances. It's possible. 80, 20. No, it's a hundred percent. It cannot get near your home. Plagues. We're talking plagues, not some minor little flu or something that we're anyway, but it'll hit your street and it's got to stop because of the shadow of the Lord almighty over you. Isn't that amazing? Yeah, there is no fear. We walk in faith and intimacy, but I want us to recalibrate about that, that secret place. I was touching on it last night. Watch this one's crazy too. He will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. We all know this and they'll hold you up with their hands. So you won't even hurt your foot on a stone because sometimes it, for honest, I think we think that God is a bit busy, little old me. He may not notice, you know, it may just slip through the cracks, opposition, whatever it But this highlights quite the opposite that angels are here to assist you. I told you guys again last night, the angelic room is going to be very vital in this last hour. They were with the Lord Jesus, but basically what this is saying is like, say there's a rock and I'm walking and I don't really see it. There's arrows flying pestilence by day disasters by night. It's mayhem in this chapter and the angels are so focused on you. They don't want you to stub your pinky toe on a rock. Are y'all understanding this verse right here? It says they'll lift you up on their hands and you'll miss the rock and keep walking. So sometimes we think that the hurrah of what's going on around us is what's to focus on. But even if, if there's, there's a prerequisite, it's not just because you're saved. It's a deep marrying of the presence of God. And again, I'm not condoning works. You guys know what I'm saying? Yeah, I'm just deep, deep intimacy and relationship. But basically they're saying even the angels will help you skip over stones. It was funny. Me and Zoe, actually, we, uh, she'll be hearing this. She won't care. We, uh, I love you, babe. The other day it was actually a bullseye thing again the other way, but we thought about this verse cause he was, he was ignoring her being stubborn. And I normally I'll help around if I know he's not paying attention. I'll just, Hey, you know, ears are full back. I'll come running in. But so she's funny. Like one cool thing about Zoe is she doesn't care what people think about her. She's just got that natural thing. She doesn't give a rip. You know, she loves you. She's super sweet, but she's not the pleasure of man and fear and your approval or disapproval. She just doesn't care. So what's funny about that is though, like he loves, he love hates our vacuum cleaner. It's like this friend, foe relationship. He loves to play with it, but he despises it. And so she's figured out like, if he won't listen to her and come in, she'll just get the vacuum cleaner, go out in the front yard and shake it out and stuff. And he'll come running inside for it. And I'm like, what do our neighbors think we are? You know what I mean? My daughter's out there waving a vacuum cleaner in the front yard. She'll get laundry baskets, whatever works. And, uh, but she don't care. It's like that. She's just like, and she'll wave at the neighbors. Hey, you got his laundry basket. They're like, what? And, uh, so she did that and he came running in after whatever she had. And she was running into the living room because he'll come in wanting to play. And he clipped her, uh, foot. He's like 50 pounds. He's solid. So he hit her foot into the door jammer, a little pinky toe got popped. Boom. And, uh, me, I would have wanted to throw him off the property. She's so sweet. She's like, oh, she didn't even, you know, I would have wanted to snap him. So she handles it better. And, um, but it's funny. We were talking about this verse. Angels were trying to help her, but bullseye jacked it up. Cause he needs the Holy ghost. He needs to pray and talk. And, uh, so I doctored her up. We taped it, did a little buddy splint. You ever seen that where you'll tape a toe next to the toe and she's back, back on track. But anyway, so, but that's what it means there. It's like the Lord is so focused on those that are in that rich place of intimacy. If you are just walking about angels, we'll, we'll prevent you from even stubbing your toe on a stone. Remember the devil used that one against Jesus and he countered him with the word of God. And isn't it awesome that when the enemy came, every time Jesus used the word of God, like I was saying last night, the Bible is so vital in this hour to be filled with the word of God. For he'll orders angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands. So you won't even hurt your foot on a stone. That sounds when arrows are flying around, which would you pick arrows or you're stubbing your toe? Do you hear what's going on here? Basically the Lord's like, look, we've got you. All you're going to do though, in that time is look around and see the wicked being judged. But if you're in the secret place, you're fine. Watch this. You will. This one really got me. That may have been a typo. You will trample upon lions and cobras. King James version. I like a little better. It says young lions. I was like, yeah, that's a little better. Cobras. I get my lions. I just did a study on the, um, we, we did a teaching on the four living creatures and the facets of the nature of God through them around the throne, the lion, the eagle in flight, the ox face of the man, all this stuff. And a lion in its fullest form weighs like half a ton, like 500 pounds. They're beast. King James says young lions. Basically you get it. It says you will trample upon lions. Cobras. What's that? Yeah, it's still two 50. Laura said, um, I'm thinking I'm running up a tree, but anyway, lions and serpents, the Lord says, I'll rescue those who love me. Here it is again. There's the other third ingredient ingredient verse 14. Okay. The Lord says, I will rescue those who love me. Not those that are born again, that believe those that there's a deep abiding he's calling for right now in the dwelling. When they call on me, I will answer. I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I'll reward them with a long life and give them my salvation. Isn't that awesome. So when you get a chance, read, uh, through Psalm 91 slowly. And again, I'm mainly emphasizing verse one. That was the one in the dream. That then reiterates itself again in verse nine and 14, three times those that love. And I'm just telling you guys, I think if the Lord's highlighting it, the whole chapter, as we all know, is filled with, you know, violence, things like this dissension, division, hate, brutality, things like that, arrows, disaster, and sickness and disease. Again, is some of it hype and all twisted. And yeah, I mean, there's a lot going on, but either way, the enemies at play in Psalm 91 and the Lord's main highlight in those three verses one nine and 14 is those who love me deeply are good. And I just want to encourage you guys that we, in this hour, reset, um, our posture before in the Lord to be this company. And, uh, you're going to thrive like never before in this hour, you guys tracking with me deep, just reassess again, not out of legalism, condemnation, none of that, the Lord's love, but reset everything to be those who dwell in by day or night. Another part of the verse I didn't quote. It says, as you walk where you go, nothing will harm you. That's another thing. Meaning you don't just hunker down in fear. There is no fear as you do life. You won't stub your toe. You just go about doing life. And you'll see, though, the wicked being judged and punished. But those who dwell in the secret place will be good. And so I encourage you guys that we take it up a notch and really, um, just devote to him in a, in a fresh new way. Does that make sense? And, uh, 10 38. Awesome. So let me see what you want to do. Thank you, Lord. Let me do this real quick if it's okay. Um, maybe open it up for, for a few questions and answers. I know it can seem a little abnormal, but sometimes this brings life. And if it's around a secret place or prayer or anything like that, you can feel free and raise your hand. Normally we can get good life here. And then I want to begin to land it and, and pray for you guys. How many of you still need healing in your bodies? Okay. Anybody have any prophetic dreams last night? Right here. Okay. A few of you. We want to believe for that as well, but on, um, does anybody have any questions and answers, secret place, prayer, anything like that? You don't need to be shy. Normally it takes the first one to break it open and then we can continue. Oh, I'm sorry. Yep. Houston, Texas. My question is that, um, I've been laying out on the floor in the morning, just like roll over and lay and pray. But sometimes before I even getting up, as I get up, I can feel my mouth start to shake like uncontrollably. And even if I get up and use the bath and three or four in the morning, and it just starts shaking. And I know that it's connected with prayer, but I want to know what, what is going on and how do you always know? Like when you know, it's something supernatural, but you can't really figure out what's going on. But in the morning that tends to happen to me and my master starts shaking. I know I can pray in tongues. I don't really know what that's about. Yeah, so good. Um, so you'll notice often with manifestations that, uh, you know, I've often, you'll see the Lord speak prophetically in them. He's very calculated, super. And you see this in the word, very calculated. Why the cold touched the lips of Isaiah and cleansed him because he's now the mouthpiece and a prophet for the Lord. Who, you know, shall I send whom will go. And so in these wonders, I really think you can pray into it, but obviously intercession prayer, you know, praying in the spirit, but if it's always your mouth manifesting out of the presence of God, you're probably called to be a mouthpiece in the prophetic to and prophesy and release things prophetically. You'll start to see this. Um, even some of the mystics of old, I won't get too heavy into that, but there were shakings that would happen. I've been in encounters where that would happen in their manifestations of the Holy spirit. And sometimes it's a full body thing, but when it's an isolated focal point, it's, it's emphasizing a call that's on your life. You know, you see, I think it's in, um, Ezekiel and revelation, the eating of a scroll. It says it was bitter to the mouth, but, uh, sorry, sweet to the taste, bitter in the stomach and you eat it because it was sweet at first, the words of prophecy and things like this, but then it was bitter in the stomach because it came back out and it had to be prophesied, but you eat what you're beginning to release prophetically. So yeah, that's awesome. I would say, begin to just, you probably already get used in the prophetic some. Yeah. And if, if not, I would begin to let the Lord use you. And a lot of times I can look like, does this make sense to you? In the prophetic, when we teach on it, I don't encourage coming out of the gate, like the say at the Lord, you know, God would say, you know, I'll never forget a buddy of mine. We were, um, some of you've heard this before, but we were street preaching or like some people, they want to get names and get real specific. And I encourage that. But just sometimes you can ask, there's tactical ways you can do it that are practical and you don't lose the people. You know, like if you come up and say, Jesus name, God told me your name is Kathy and he's going to, and they're like, I'm Tina. You know what I'm saying? They're not going to hear another word you have to say. So go for the bold and the accurate, but also there's ways you can do it. One, I learned from this, this, uh, prophet that's brilliant and super fun. And it worked. We were just in Atlanta. We do these outreaches and, uh, and they did it. You'll hear a name. Another way that the prophetic can work is you can look at somebody and they look, they resemble somebody, you know, and then you look back at them and they don't look like them all of a sudden you're like, wait. And so whoever's person, that name is the Lord trying to tell you their name or another, when you may get an interaction in, this is brilliant. You can just write it on your palm. Say it's Nancy. And then you can come up to them and be like, Hey, how are you doing? I just felt drawn to you. Want to pray for you. What's your name? And they're like, you know, Tina, you just keep your palm close. You know what I'm saying? If you're like, can I pray for you for anything? And then if they say Nancy, you're like, the Lord just spoke to me about you. No way. And then they'll get rocked. And then it's, it's a safe way, you know, and, uh, but also in the prophetic, you can just begin to, does this I'm learning to hear from the Lord and I know he loves you. That's all I know. And I sense this, does this make sense to you? You can ask questions and you keep that bridge there, you know, and it's, it's really powerful. So I would encourage you to begin to step out more. He probably wants to use you. The vibrations of the power of the manifestations will happen sometimes. Um, and it could be healing, you know, you got to watch that to healing in certain areas. So, um, that's really good. Anybody else? Yep. Yeah, that's really good. Yeah, this is a good secret place question, which is this really good for right now for Psalm 91 as well. And Laura, Bob, Pastor Bob, or even Pastor Dave, wherever, um, if you guys want to expound to feel free to come grab the mic. But her question was, how do you stay focused in prayer and not veer off in distractions? Has anybody ever done that before? If you didn't put your hand up, you are lying man in the house of God. Oh my goodness. He was like, nope, I'm always dialed in. I'm teasing. Um, yeah, I'll never forget. I love to tell the story because it's, I think it's relatable. I love to keep things to demystify things, keep them, you know, to where you can attain them and grab them, make them real. And I was first learning how to wait upon the Lord in silence and really just wait on him. I learned in 06, someone gave me a DVD compilation of Isaiah 40, those who wait upon the Lord. And I said, man, I'm having that. I came out of assemblies of God, Bible college, and we knew tongues, you know, the word loud worship. And I love all that too. We do it all. But I didn't know waiting in silence. So I was waiting. I will never forget. And it felt like an hour went by. I checked the clock. It was like 10 minutes. And even within then I was just very, and still can, if I don't watch it, I can get veered off real easily. You know, like I remember one time I was waiting and a motorcycle drew by outside. You know, you know, I'm sitting there and I'm like, I'm like, yeah, my brother had a motorcycle. I was pretty sharp that orange one. I'll never forget. And man, he was good. He could ride wheelies and, you know, and for, you know, I'm 10 minutes, like I'm off. I'm seeing him ride through neighborhoods and I'm like, wait, man. And so I'm like, Jesus helped me. So I can totally relate. Also noises. I'm really bad about like clicking fans and stuff. I'll find myself, you know, they drive me nuts. And so I've got to really go overboard. I'll do earplugs and sometimes noise canceling earphones and just mute everything out. Some people do good with that. I'm not, not the best. Have you ever got the rickety grocery baskets? They're like, yeah, those drive me nuts. Anyway, I'll put them back. I can't go through the whole store. So what you do is I liken it often to your soul is like a kite. And if you don't, you know, hold that string and guided, it can start to veer off. And it's natural. Don't beat yourself up about it. But for me, I loved all you'll hear me often quote out of songs where, where David writes, I set the Lord always before me. And he says, I am the way, the truth, the life. Nobody comes to the father, but through me. And obviously all of intimacy is, is bent through him. Anyway, that's the whole goal of what we're doing here to marry the bridegroom. One day spirit of the bride say, come at the end. And so I will personally, just me, a lot of different people have different approaches to, but I honestly will inwardly begin to meditate on the Lord. I'll begin to see him. Thank the Lord. I've had experiences in the past where I actually saw him in certain facets, which even that I wouldn't get too cookie cutter about. Cause he's so full. He's so full. I've seen him in human form resurrected. He's like a diamond that you just put in the light. He's a different hue every day. You know, the living creatures are like, Holy every day. He's so full. So you don't want to get boxed in there, but also it's a good gauging point for inner meditation. I believe. And you set your heart, me towards adoration, like worship. You're everything to me. I need you more than ever in humility. A good whack until when his presence starts to come as humility comes, I get super low quick and I'm very comfortable there. It makes me nervous when you get outside of humility because you can feel it like I'm useless without you. You're everything. Thank you. Your presence is life. Just speak. And you start to get where it's like, he's so altogether lovely. His presence shows up. He's life. He's the fullness of all things, fulfilling, satisfying. And so you turn your attention to him. And man, he, anything you meditate upon will grow. And so you keep pulling your inner thoughts and desires. You turn desire towards him too in meditation. And he grows and grows and grows. Uh, one of the fun ones Smith Wickersworth used to say was, uh, if you have a big devil, you have a little God. If you have a big God, you have a little devil, meaning where's your focus at? That's what I tell you. You won't hear me go too hard into the dark focus. A lot. That was real. Ephesians six says, be fully armored. We know we're in a battle, but Jesus and intimacy and focusing on him is the highest battle. Yeah. And so, um, yeah. And so main thing I would say, be you, you know, another real hard way to access God is when we're not ourselves, which we've all been guilty of. You see somebody else or you mimic ways of approach and try and do things that aren't you. He loves you. He made you just as you are. So be who you are before him. Very real. And I need you, Jesus. And you pull the kite back. Jesus. Oh, sorry. Jesus, you're everything. And in his presence will start to grow. That, that abiding in will start happening. You start going in the vine, then glory comes. Then you can't get out. There's times too. I'll feel this is just me. And I'm not, I love manifestations, but I don't put, you know, a lot of emphasis because they're just different with different people. Some people have no manifestations at all. Good. My good buddy, Todd White. He, he'll tell you, you know, he just, but he's, he's so prophetic and revelatory, but not a lot of the angelic and all that. And, and he's got perfect for what he needs for his call. And then you have the other extreme and I just love it all. But for me too, sometimes these vibrations will come almost liken it to what I would see the spirit brooded over the deep and that abiding happens in his spirit will come. And I can feel like these spiritual vibrations are hard to explain. And I know when he comes, usually I'll take him to a trans vision, something like that. They're similar to when drunkenness breaks out in meetings. I don't talk about this a lot, but I'll feel like these vibrations coming from behind me. Strange. And I'm shaking. Sometimes I'll hold a pulpit and I'll feel it going. You know, I don't have it all figured out. I'm sure the angelic are involved too, but I'll feel these like they're hard to explain. These just currents. But even if you don't, you don't put your emphasis on feeling. If they come awesome, we love it. If they don't, it's Jesus anyway, so you don't get too hung up in that. But yeah, you just keep bringing it back and it's like riding a bike, stay the course every day, five, one day, two day, three day, four day may have felt worthless. Like you got nowhere. Moses was on the mountain six days and then the glory finally came. And then it says he stepped, he went further, deeper into the cloud. And that's what you want your secret place to look like. It says the children of Israel were at the base of the mountain. They looked up and saw it as fire because he's an all consuming fire. He's purging. And so that's another thing to know. You'll see God and how you need to in that season, the very cloud glory that Moses steps intangibly to be relational. They couldn't touch the base because they have sin in their hearts and they see him as fire, which is a purging substance. And so that's awesome too. But yeah, just stay the course, be super easy on yourself. But I encourage diligence to discipline is key. I don't hear it talked about a whole, whole lot. You know, we definitely delight in the Lord, but often you need discipline to get to delight. The Bible says, strive to enter rest. And sometimes if we don't stay that course, you can't break through, you know? And so yeah, keep pulling it back. Bees on yourself and you start to carve out a channel in the glory and his presence that you learn to get into and flow, you know, become easier and easier. So yeah, that's a great, great question. Yep. Sometimes too. I'll pray in the Holy Spirit because if you're heavy in the soul, meaning like you said, got to do laundry and I do all that. I still do my own laundry. I get it. Thank goodness my kids do their own now. But man, I was a Mr. Mom. You should have seen me, boy. I was, you know, they were three and one when I was first divorced many years ago. I'm like packing lunches, doing ponytails. And so I love you moms and respect you. I get it painting fingernails and whatever. And, uh, but you just, um, focused in, in, in that stuff. If your soul is heavy and full to do list emails, plus now with ministry, we've got so much going on. It can, it can get at you. Well, the Bible says praying in the Holy Spirit edifies your spirit, praying in tongues. It strengthens your spirit, man, which is the connect to God. And so we're made up three parts, body, soul, spirit, your soul, your mind, your will and emotions where the devil works, where the to-do lists happen. And so when you begin to pray in the Holy Spirit, your spirit gets so strong, it almost hits the mute button on your soul. It dominates. And now your, your clarity with connecting to God's there. So sometimes I can feel if I'm very, it's hard to break through. I'll pray in tongues for half hour, get the anointing. His presence come. Then you can dial in. I'll do that before I get in the word too. Sometimes if the word is just like a block, have you ever tried to read and it's like you can't get anything? Well, the Holy Spirit is not only the author of the book, but he's the illuminator of it. So you begin to pray in the Holy Spirit and it'll come alive and unlocks it. So, yeah, we just want to encourage you guys. That's why we got to pray for bullseye anyway. You got to pray in tongues. So great question. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's a great question. So often, and again, y'all feel free to jump in any moment, but, um, the, yeah, and I've done that too, just to free you up and not be too hard on it. Plenty of times forgot the dream or didn't do good and record it in the moment. I would say, first off, when you have it right in the moments when you want to record it and be as detailed as you can, because you're free and details matter. Like think about if like, uh, Joseph was like, was it, how many cows was it? Like back in the dream, he's trying to, was it, it was, I think it was actually five cows. He's like, well, good. We'll just save up money for five years. You know what I mean? And then the famine goes for seven and everybody dies. It's like, you know, you need the details matter. And, um, so sometimes I'll get a voice recorder. They have now have them on iPhones really help in the moment. And then you can wake back up later unless you didn't wake up out of it when you normally wake up. But if you're in the awakened in the middle of the night, checking the time really matters because the Lord did that on purpose. He awoke you at a time for on purpose. It's very calculated. Every time he speaks, he's very calculated. You see that in scripture, Ezekiel, Daniel, all the prophets, when God would move or speak, they got real calculated first month, 24th day. I was by the bank of the Nile and God spoke, you know, but when it gets broad and God's just, it's just normal stuff. They get broad, but when God speaks, they get specific. So you want to do the same. First Corinthians four says that we're to be stewards of the mysteries of God. And, uh, but yeah, if, you know, if you forget them, don't be too hard on yourself. You can ask God, please give it to me again. And he'll do that. If not the same way in a different form, please forgive me, help me do better. Plus praying in tongues. Again, the Bible says the holy spirit brings into remembrance. He's a, he's a bring into remembrance. He has that component about him too. Have you ever done that? You've been praying and the holy spirit also bam revelation comes and you thought about that person again, you were supposed to call and just stuff comes back. That's what he does. He would say, remember, I told you the other day, call them because this, that, and the other. So he'll bring things into remembrance as well. And, and just do your best from there. But I will say this, anything you do Stewart well, we'll get increased on it. The Lord sees that if you're faithful with the small, if you Stewart well and begin to, he'll start to breathe and you'll get increased. If you don't Stewart well, it'll, it'll plateau out. So yeah, it's really good. Yep. Yeah, yeah, no, totally. So what are you talking about personally or with the kids or all of it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How many kids you have? Oh, gotcha. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, no, I mean, um, yeah, with whatever you're given, obviously you want to try your best. And even if it's a small closet, I've done this before a small room, because obviously your hours don't grant you a whole lot. Um, but sometimes you do have to get pretty kind of militant about it to protect your time. So I was similar. So I divorced when my kids were three and one, it was an adultery situation. It's all biblical, but it wasn't fun. And nevertheless, here I am fresh out of Bible college. I think I'm going to shake the nations and I'm divorced. Now with a three and one year old, my son's in diapers, my daughter's got pigtails. And I'm like, well, let's just crank up intimacy. I love Jesus. And that's all I know. So I'm going to stay to it. Well, the problem was they got up six, had to get them ready for school nonstop. You know, they would with me in the evenings and all this. So I backed it up and got up at 3 AM and it worked during this window. And you just find what season of grace is on, but I had to really crank it. Mark 1 35 says Jesus got up well before the sun and went to a solitude place to be in prayer. And, uh, but for some people like it looks like Daniel three times a day, if you find installments or whatever it may be, but yeah, your situation, you could just pray about how the Lord would give you that window because isolation is big. You see it. You see it. Jesus constantly three years, people mobbing him 12 disciples. He had to take care of, but being alone. And it's tough for extroverts. Sometimes we've got extroverts in here. Hey, I love it. I love extroverts. It's awesome. And a lot of people are hybrids really honestly, but extroverts is simply put. They, they recharge around people. So they want to be around people. Introverts get drained by a lot of people. Do we have introverts in here? Yeah. It's like, you're like, dude, get out of my house, man. I just want to, I can't think there's this noise and you know, and you get drained. So there's those similarities and they're both awesome and created by God and just perfect for the need. Um, but sometimes extroverts too. It's like they would, if the opportunity is always there to be around people and noise, it's, it's fine. But you do see a consistent theme of going to your closet, shut the door behind you. Jesus said, when you pray, go in first off a closet is because no, there's no traffic. Every ever there, a closet is not a kitchen. It's not a master bedroom. Nobody comes. It's your closet. Nobody goes in there, but you, so not only go in your closet, but shut the door behind you. Meaning isolate a Genesis 32. It says, Jacob put everybody across the Jay Baca river. And it says, when he was there alone, a man came and wrestled with him. Sometimes there's a wrestle name, change, blessing of encounter that God's trying to take you into, but you got to get alone. Is this, that's what triggered it. Jesus isolated. It took all the way to like Luke chapter six for them to finally say, teach us how to, they didn't know how to pray. The disciples had been running with him. And the reason they didn't know how to pray is he was constantly going alone. And so, yeah, I mean, I've been in houses too real tight with my kids, noisy who lived on a Lake at one time with geese. They were always fighting, man. It was nonsense, power tripping over islands. And I'm like, man, just share it. Shut up plenty of room out there. And so what I would do is go to the most inner isolated room and it was a closet. And normally I'll find that. And I would encourage you guys in every house make, and I'm glad it's going here. Cause there's some 91. Listen to me. It's, we've got to be a people that are possessed. You're your family. You're going to think you got a little crazy, went off the deep end a little bit. That's okay. Your friends are like, Ooh, I don't know. You're kind of, you're a little different now, but those that really discern, they're going to see something about you. The glory on you. They're going to wonder why you're just soaring like an Eagle through the world's chaos. And the noise doesn't even bother you can't even hear it's like Charlie Brown's teacher is just flying. Yeah. And it just doesn't land. It doesn't land. It can't. You've got the oil of the Holy spirit and the water of the world. It's like done mix. It just doesn't, you're a different breed, different company. And you will look out. David said, and see the judgments of the wicked, but it's just what they sold you. You're welcome. Come into the Eagle realm. Um, but I would encourage you guys. Ooh, that's nice. The shadow under the shadow of the almighty. So, um, but would encourage you guys really find a place that's so precious between you and the Lord, make your tent of David or your tabernacle, make it the most precious place. Every house I've been to, that's what I'll do. And I'm like, this is it. This is going to be the most, I'll put the most expensive chair to this day. That's in the secret place. Nobody else sees it. Dim the lights around sound. I'll set the ambiance. The Lord doesn't need it, but for me and just him and, and the most important thing I do every day of my life is be with him. We have to get this. The most important thing for all of humanity to ever do any given day of your life is to be with him. There's nothing of greater value. Nothing. If you miss today, being with him, it's okay, but you chose second best. I'm telling you, man, his presence of voice is life and all sustaining. He is the manna. There's fresh manna of Jesus Christ pulled out of the heavenly oven for you every day. And if you don't partake of it, it's okay, but you'll get the next day and so forth and so on. So anyway, find a place. Usually what works for you. I'll travel all over the world. Sometimes I'm a whole week or days in other countries. And I remember I was preaching in India in 2011, had a foot long rat in our room. It was not good. Sorry, but that's just mission field. He knocked a pair of jeans off the shelf. This thing was so big. I'm, I'm cuddled up next to my buddies, a preacher, small power goes out every day. We're bathing out of buckets, preaching, sweating, casting devils out of the huts and all this stuff. I'll never forget this 11 year old girl possessed by demons. She was beautiful, real petite, 11 years old. And Holy Ghost hit man in these huts. And we're going through laying hands. She was so just pretty, just sitting there. Also, we got on our late hands on a Holy Ghost hitter. Eyes click back full out demon so strong. This is where you see in the wild, they could break chains and stuff like this. And I'm like, my mind's not computing this 2011. I work out and I'm fairly strong. I'm thinking this is not happening right now. Took three grown men. We're wrestling with this tiny girl. She's throwing us, man, like ragdolls and, and, uh, me, a full-grown pastor. So I'm, I'm praying in tongues. Didn't work English. Nothing. I'm going through Hindi, their language. Nothing like Telugu and they're interpreting whatever, nothing. Finally, she goes dormant and I know the devil's still there. I'm like, thank God I need a break. And, uh, but this precious old lady felt sorry for the girl. Cause she was sweating her hairs everywhere. And I get it. She starts flicking water in her face to give her some water and spark that demon. And I was like, lady, chill with the water. I need a break. And, uh, so we're wrestling again. Finally, the devil comes out and I'm like, thank the Lord. Next, next day we come back. Oh no. I'll go to the evening. Pastor Moses, who I'm staying with, they had a curry tree in the back. His wife would, uh, cook fresh curry, pluck it off the tree. It was really good. And we had to eat. I may have told you guys about this last time. The chicken that was running around or whatever, uh, all week. We knew he was going to be lunch later that week. So we nicknamed him John the Baptist. Cause he got beheaded for the gospel. We were like, yep. Oh, John, sorry for some of you, but he's going to be lunch coming up. And, uh, it was good. Some like chicken curry or something like that. And so, um, he goes, oh, brother Brian, pastor Moses, you call me brother Brian. He was like, I know this girl in her village. Uh, when her, her demon manifests, sometimes it will take up to 50 people to container. And there's smaller people. So I got the numbers. I'm like, well, now you tell me. Pastor Moses, you know, probably would have avoided her just to, you know, not really, but so we'd go back. She's just lost in love with Jesus, worshiping set free in Jesus name. And it was awesome. Yeah. Uh, uh, but all that being said, even there is tight house. They've got, he's a pastor in a village where they're pumping water. We're way back. Kids are have the old sticking wheel as their toy, knocking it down the streets. And so my secret place that whole week, I've went up on the rooftop. I'm up there out in the hot. His wife would bring me the specialty every morning. Get lost in Jesus. And that was my workout gym too. I brought a jump rope and you just, when something's very, very valuable to you, you make time, you make room. And, uh, and I know you're doing an amazing job at it and going to, um, but you just, when, when it, when it matters to you, you know, if you've ever been in a relationship and you're just madly in love, it don't matter how you're going to connect and make it work. You're just going to make it work. I think was it, uh, was it John Wesley's mom, somebody correct me and Charles Wesley that. Okay. Yeah. And also I heard she'd go into her room and pray. And she basically said, look, unless the house is burning down, do not come get me. And just so y'all know too, I taught my kids this when they were young too, you know, and they're sweethearts, very respectable. I'm so loving. And you always want to go heavy 10, you know, nine times out of 10 love. And there's the 1% meaning I'll correct. We don't play games. We have high standards, but also you, you just, you know, baptize them with love and affirmation and you raise them up. But also they knew like when I'm in prayer, you know, and it's good to model that before them because then they see the significance of it and the importance of a young age. And yes, you just want to block it out and encourage you find, even if it's a small, I remember one of my best friends, he only had early on was a little closet and a beanbag. They'd sit in a beanbag chair and get lost encounters, mystical realm, deep, deep, whatever you have. And so it's funny, I pace, I learned this in Bible college and it just stuck with me. I like it, but I'll pace it's four steps. Exactly. When I'm praying in tongues, you don't need to do this. But it just, it works because waiting in silence, you're still and you're isolated. You want to shut everything. You want to be still and know that I am God. So I'm 46, but praying in tongues is funny. Even now at my house. Now you can see I'll work these tracks in the ground and there's a four step turn, four step turn. I walk miles praying into the hours, just walking. And so I'll go to sell my house like the last one. And then people come in, they're like, you know, it's a closet. Like, like what, what in the world? There's this like trench through your carpet, you know, or either you have to get it changed. But you find out what works for you, you know, houses ago, it was a weird closet with a master man and female split divider in the middle. I'll just cut it out of the middle. You know, sometimes I've even done this where you get a hotel and just, if you've got kids old enough to hold the fort down for a few days and just really go after heaven, lock up and fasting and prayer, whatever, you know, works for you. And, uh, I would advise getting on the high floors. This is just where practical stuff starts kicking in, in a hotel. Cause you're on the bottom, you get the stompers above you. And, uh, you, it's hard to get distracted. So you think of things like this practically, but, but yeah, you begin to just carve that out and it'll become the most precious time. You all know that. And, uh, you just want to cherish the time with him. Like the most prized possession jewel you ever had. You polish it every day. You shine it in the light and you do everything you can to protect that. And when you do that, you're abiding in the vine. Then fruit happens. Then you're like, oh my goodness. My kids love Jesus. Yeah. It's cause they sense glory. Every time you come out, it's just oozing out of you. They just don't want anything else. They see authentic love. Cause it's who you are. Cause you've been in love. And, uh, and it's awesome. And way more Mary's get way more done than Martha's every day of the week. And I just sit at the feet of Jesus. You know, Martha's good. Jesus didn't rebuke her. He just said, Mary chose the better part. So I'm busy. We do a lot. That's good. But the better part is Mary. So you never want to get caught too much off in the Martha over Mary. That's all you want them both. But the better part is Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus and watch bondages break off your family. People get around fish, just jump in boat. That the breakthrough, the acceleration doors that fling open that you could have never got open in the natural, just from being with him. So that's really good. Maybe one more or, uh, or so, or we can land it. What time is it? Oh, 11. Yeah. We'll probably land it unless anybody has any other one. Yep. Oh yeah. Oh, we got it. Yeah. So are the visions happening mostly initially in prayer? And then they come back during the day. Yeah. And that's amazing. It sounds first off, like you just really have a natural inclination in the seer realm, which is awesome. Some people have really hard time. It sounds like it's really easy for you, which is key. Cause that'll show you how God wants to use you powerfully. And often I notice the enemy will attack at areas where your spiritual strength is. So if you ever find the enemy trying to, you know, um, exploit that it's because he knows where you're strong at, but yeah, but the visions in prayer, it's really, you want to do your best, ask the Holy spirit to unlock them. What I love that comforts me is in Acts chapter 10, verse 10, Peter goes into a vision. Peter spokesman on day of Pentecost, right hand man with Jesus. And it says he came out of the vision. She came down three times, unclean animals, all that. And it says he came out of the vision and pondered as to what the vision might have meant. Meaning he didn't know what it meant. He walked with Jesus three years and still didn't even know what the vision meant. And then it says the Holy spirit showed him three men are coming, go with them. He was like, ah, three sheep, three sheep, you know, sheep, sorry. Three times, three Gentiles came, it all tied in. And so continue to ask the Holy spirit, what they mean, journal them, you know, just seeing what they mean. And if they're bringing it back, I mean, obviously he's trying to again, highlight it. I believe, you know, you can be seeing it in more of a, are you just driving and stuff and you'll see it, or Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. So that's probably the Holy spirit. Like I just talked about, he, he brings to remembrance all things concerning God's voice in the Lord. So he'll probably, and especially in times of his glory, the Holy spirit will come and bring it back to your remembrance, but he's obviously trying to re-highlight it, get you to dig into it, wanting to unlock it. It could be that it's now for this season, but you foresaw it. Then I was just with a buddy, not too long ago, Eric Gilmore. Many of you know him. He's a dear friend and we're talking, we're just talking. And all of a sudden we shift his wife's there eating, eating lunch. We were preaching together. No, we were at some engagement in Dallas and all we're doing, he has this ear manifestation that always happens. That's why I was saying, it's awesome. You want to pay attention to different ways the Lord moves. And if he, if you're not manifestor at all, I think that's awesome too. I can relate. But if you do, you watch him. So like with the mouth thing, well, EG often his ear will go totally deaf out. And it's the Holy spirit speaking often his left one will go deaf and it's because he's hearing, right? It's a play on he's hearing correctly. So we're sitting there eating and we turn our attention to talk about the Lord just briefly. And all of a sudden his ear went out. Wham. He goes, dude, my ear went out. And I know that with him by now, when that happens, it's like the Lord's trying to get something across. And instantly it hit him. He goes, dude, that's crazy. I just remember this exact dream I had to had about you. And he starts telling me it in the Holy spirit. He brought it to remembrance in the moment because I needed to talk about it and break it down and all this. And so, yeah, you're going to watch that as the presence of the Holy spirit, really powerful and bringing to remembrance because he's wanting to talk. So that was really good. Monique, the one and only. Yeah. Yeah. No, that's a great question. She was saying how, you know, certain experiences when she'll see visions and things like this, sometimes she'll also get taken up almost like she's going, her spirit's leaving her. And then the fear of it sometimes may set in and she'll go to the ceiling and come back. And sometimes we be kind of almost traveling in the spirit. And yes, a real realm, very biblical. You know, Paul writes, I know a man. Remember where he's super humble. He says, whether in the body or out of the body, I don't know. But he went to a third heavens, meaning you can go in the physical to heaven and be caught up or in your spirit. Ezekiel eight, three. The Bible says the hand of the Lord grabbed Ezekiel by the locks of his hair. That sounds crazy. I had that same experience in a different way. And I literally came out of it. And for me, it was just probably me. I took Tylenol because it was like a rollercoaster ride. And for me, I just, I can't do circles and all that stuff. And I probably didn't need to, I think just for me. But I'm saying sometimes the encounters of the Lord are very like, oh my gosh, you're not very gentle, I guess. Grabbed him by the locks of his hair. So keep a tight fade is all. I'm teasing. And, uh, and suspended Ezekiel three suspended Ezekiel into the heavens to see visions of God. And I think one practical reason often why this will happen is he's separating. Your spirit will leave. And it's easier to see visions. You don't have the clutter of the soul. That's why a trance, I believe, is, is for me a little easier as those have the very biblical Acts chapter 10. The Bible says Peter fell into a trance, then saw a vision. A trance means basically your conscience steps aside. So your mind will and emotions gets pushed aside for a second. I guarantee a lot of you probably had them in prayer and you thought it was just a day dream. And you, you never, never fell asleep, but you're like, well, what was that? It was very real. And you kind of went somewhere and saw it. Well, often this Holy Spirit will push your conscience aside so you can see the vision and it just helps. But, um, in those places, yeah, probably the Lord taking you in a deeper place, definitely the prophetic on your life, but starting to teach you to yield. Cause that's going to be a very needed. It is even now real dynamic by the body of Christ to walk in and hear the voice of God. I will never forget. I had a similar one. I was, I was literally traveling in the spirit, went through like an apartment complex. I'm not kidding. It's still to this day. I don't always figure it out, but a dog saw me. I'm not kidding. I'm going through an apartment person's in bed and a dog saw me and I go through the walls and I was like, what is happening? Which that's biblical. The donkey saw the angels even talked in the Bible. If you want to get real, real technical with it. Um, but yeah, and I, I look back in the early days and I was realizing, uh, I think I was learning certain ways and then ones that get more prophetic and really apply and you foresaw them for your call. But yeah, I will say that when you, you go to get taken up fear, you're going purely into the spirit realm. Spirit attracts the spirit. That's why it says in Zechariah three, that was another body experience because he says the hand of the spirit grabbed the locks of my hair. So his spirit man basically gets taken. But anyway, um, you'll notice there's nothing can mix with the soulless realm of fear, anxiety, those type things. So I've had those two where you're going and just, it's so supernatural unknown. You're kind of the unknown kicks in and you can lose them. And so I've had that before where I don't go up, go all the way into the experience. But then others, as you learn to yield to the Holy spirit and trust, he can take you fully into them. And I remember that Ezekiel eight, three, one, I foresaw this, this thing that sure enough happened and all this stuff matter. I remember a guy named Gary Oates. If you guys ever heard of him, he's amazing. I know him powerful man of God. He was kind of real tight with Randy Clark and a lot in the CRM, but he, one of his first times that happened, he began to get taken out in this meeting that really, uh, began to unlock what he walks in today. His, his meetings can be crazy. Um, but he began to get taken out and fear kicked in and he came back and the Lord said, just trust me. And so he just yielded his spirit to the Holy spirit and got taken into this full encounter. And so that's really good. I would say just, you helped me. Holy spirit. Again, not that you pursue these things, you pursue Jesus, but they're very real and biblical, you know, precedents that come along with our calls. So that's really good. Awesome. Y'all want to stand and, um, we'll, we'll welcome the Lord.
It's All About Jesus - 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.”