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Gods Vision for the Last Day Church
David Wilkerson

David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.
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David Wilkerson emphasizes God's vision for the last-day church, which is to be a powerful, Spirit-filled body that fully preaches the gospel with signs and wonders following. He critiques the current state of many churches, which he believes have become complacent and devoid of the Holy Spirit, focusing instead on worldly matters. Wilkerson calls for a remnant of believers who will turn away from the deadness of modern religion and embrace a life of holiness and supernatural power. He envisions a church that not only preaches the gospel but also demonstrates its truth through miraculous works, urging believers to prepare their hearts for God's greater purpose. Ultimately, he believes that God is raising up a humble yet powerful army of believers who will impact their communities and the world.
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...for the last day's church. Now, I want to share with you what I believe is God's vision for the last day church. It's a vision based on this revealed word of God, and it's outlining what Jesus Christ must, what the church of Jesus Christ must be like. It must be like just prior to the coming of the Lord. Certainly, the church that we see in America today is not what God envisioned it to be. For what we see now in the church is mostly an abomination. Now, there are some remnant churches scattered throughout the United States and around the world that are living for God. They live holy lives. They're preaching a message of righteousness. They believe in supernatural works. They have real standards of righteousness. Their churches, these churches are alive. They're full of the Spirit of God, and they are impacting lives and many other impacting their communities, but they're far and few between. For the most part, entire denominations today are operating without the Holy Ghost. They're totally void of the presence of Jesus. They're practicing forms of religion with no power, with no conviction. There's no saving message. They're bankrupt of all spiritual gifts. They're full of sin and compromise. They're cozy with the world. They're more political than they are spiritual. They appease sin. They coddle homosexuals. They wink at divorce. They ridicule the supernatural. They're doing away with the teachings of heaven and hell and repentance and judgment. They've done away with it completely. No wonder this church is mocked at and laughed and scoffed by the world. No wonder it's so cold, weak, and so timid. You know that the modern church today has nothing to say to this society. The society doesn't listen. The government doesn't listen. Nobody listens, not even the devil, to many of our denominational churches today. But the New Testament church, as I see it in this Bible, tells me that they made devils to tremble. They drove legions of demons into the dark abyss. They made rulers to cringe with fear. They prayed their prisons open. They had such power that cripples rose up leaping. Beggars became evangelists. Liars and cheats dropped dead when they tried to lie to the Holy Ghost in their presence. No weapon formed against them could prosper. It was a church that believed in the supernatural. They believed in opening blind eyes, unstopping deaf ears, healing all manner of diseases, and raising the dead. That was the New Testament church. Now, I'm not saying that the last-day church is to be a repeat or a copy of the New Testament church. In fact, I'm saying it's greater than that, far beyond that, and that's what God envisions for the last day. It's going to be a church with unction much greater than ever seen on planet Earth, and unction greater than on the day of Pentecost, because He always saves the best wine for the last. Hallelujah. God is an ever-increasing vision. The Holy Spirit is an ever-increasing force. The revelation of Jesus Christ, the Bible says, is ever-increasing. Daniel said that much was locked up for the last days and would be revealed only in these last days, for the words are closed up and they're sealed until the end of the times. He said none of the wicked shall understand these things, but the wise shall understand them. We're going to begin to understand things that are in this Word, not new things outside this Word, but things already here, but yet not revealed in fullness, is coming to the church of Jesus Christ. Even Daniel said there were things that he saw, but he couldn't understand. He said, I heard these things, but I understood them not. But God said He is revealing them to us. The Scripture says, but as it is written, I have not seen, you have not heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for them that love Him. But God has revealed them unto us. He's revealed them unto us, not to Daniel, not to Ezekiel, not to Isaiah, not to any of the prophets, major or minor, but He has revealed them to us in these last days. For the Spirit searches all these things, yea, the deep things of God. The Spirit's been outpoured, He abides in us, and He abides to reveal the hidden things of God. Now, let me share with you now what I believe God envisions for His church in these critical last days. I believe that even right now as I'm speaking, God is preparing a humble, yet powerful, young, small army of true shepherds that are after His own heart. I believe that He's preparing a remnant people, a remnant congregation that are going to turn away from the deadness and sinfulness of the modern church establishment. Please wait till I'm finished. And the scene is being set for the raising up of that church against which the gates of hell shall not prevail. It's going to be a church that's so hot, and it's not lukewarm, a church that will rock the foundations of hell, a church that no power on earth can ignore. We have been ignored to this time, but there's a power, there's a power being released that will not be denied. Now, let me share with you what I believe is the vision of God for these last days, and what I believe is truly coming to the church of Jesus Christ. First of all, once again, the gospel of Jesus Christ is going to be fully preached. I'll say it again. Now, folks, you can say amen when you get the message. When you get the message, say amen all you want. You can say hallelujah. If you want to wave your handkerchief, that's all right. Sister Katherine Coleman used to give them little American flags, and they'd wave them when they got happy. Once again, the gospel is going to be fully preached to the multitudes. Now, you may not want to accept this statement, but I say the gospel has not yet been fully preached in this generation. And except for a few men of God, the gospel that's being preached right now is not what Paul said is fully preached. Paul can say to his generation, I have fully preached Christ. Now, I read that from Romans, the 15th chapter. You don't have to turn there, but listen. Beginning, read the 18th verse. I will not dare, Paul said, to speak of any of those things which Christ has not wrought by me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed and through mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about from I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. Now, I want you to listen to what he's saying. He said the Gentiles did not obey the Lord just on my preaching. He said by word and deed. If all Paul did was go and preach and teach without the signs and wonders following, he would not have had the impact, he would not have been preaching the full gospel. It would not have been fully preached. I want you to follow me very carefully because God's been burning this into my heart. To the Corinthians, Paul said, truly the signs of an apostle were performed among you in all patience and signs and wonders and mighty deeds. Through mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about I have fully preached the gospel. Not just in word, but in deed. Listen to again, signs, wonders, miracles, mighty deeds. Now, beloved, we don't like to hear those words much anymore in many of our churches because they have been tampered with. There has been an abomination cast upon the very words themselves. Let me tell you why. And because of the perversion of the message of healing, the truly intelligent Christ-loving Christian has been shocked and chagrined by the mockery and by the misuse and the perversion by men who have acclaimed themselves, set themselves up to be men of power and faith. And you see them blasted in television, you see them in newspapers with big pictures and you hear them say, come and see and hear God's man, full of faith and full of power. And then you watch and you see the manipulation, you see the hucksterism, you see the fundraising that is abominable in the face of God, in the sight of God. And it has been so abominated, it has been so misused, it has been so perverted. Unsubstantiated claims, healings that were faked. Men who were faking, calling out people's diseases because they had little monitors on their ears and their wife was picking up, their wives were picking up the information and shooting it back to wireless little things in the ear and long hair to cover the ears so they couldn't see it. And all of these tricks, all of this filthy, all of this filthy stuff that's been going on has shocked our sensitivity. But you know what it's done? It's caused us to turn all the way the other way, just turn completely away so that we want nothing to do with hearing of signs and wonders, miracles and mighty deeds. Because as if the perversions were not enough, along came the gospel prosperity added to these perversions and now Jesus appeared on television the way some events were talking as though he were a wine guzzler, a sports fan and he loved to do nothing but dote on his kids. Now folks, that's the picture of what it's like today in many churches, even in charismatic circles today. I have literally walked out of healing meetings because I saw manipulation and I saw people being totally moved upon only by their emotions. 90% of it was truth but the 10% of the air was so bad, so embarrassing, I had to walk out and most God-fearing people who are shut in with Jesus will not put up with that kind of filthiness. And you know it's been going on all across America and around the world. And because of these perversions, many pastors and many evangelists and many believers have turned away from a fully preached gospel and now they simply preach and teach the gospel with no signs following. Now healing, signs, wonders, mighty miracles and deeds were present in the New Testament church without any perversion, without any advertising, without any man claiming the power and authority to themselves. Remember for example, when Paul was preaching at Troas, he preached a long sermon, very long sermon, and there was a young man sitting on a window sill on the third floor, his name was Eudaicus. He fell asleep during Paul's preaching and he fell out the window and he fell three flights of stairs and the Bible says they took him up dead. Now when the Bible said a man's dead, I believe he's dead. By the time Paul gets down, I don't think Paul was excited. I don't think Paul was mourning. Everybody down there's making a big fuss. In fact, Paul said, don't make such a do. It means don't fuss, don't mourn, quit your crying. This young man's laying dead on the street. Paul did as Elijah did. He stretched himself out on the boy and his life came back to him. He was raised from the dead. That's a mighty deed. It's a mighty miracle. It's a great sign. Paul didn't send the crowd out all through the town, said go wake everybody up and tell them come to see a man been raised from the dead. He didn't print pamphlets and say, and he didn't ask Eudaicus to join his evangelistic team and go around the world advertising, come see the man who fell 150 feet and cracked his skull and died. Come see the great man of power and faith that healed him. You know what they did? They went back up and had communion. Paul kept on preaching. Eudaicus isn't even named because they expected these things to happen. They preached the full gospel. It was fully preached with signs, following, wonders, and they didn't take them for granted, but they praised the Lord and went on because they expected something else to happen. How different it is today. These mighty deeds happen daily among the saints in those days. They were not publicized. They were called special miracles and God brought special miracles by the hands of Paul so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons and the diseases be part of them. You know, how does a handkerchief or an apron get any glory? He sent them out and they just said the saints have prayed over this and if you believe God we'll lay this on you and God's going to heal you and people were healed with aprons and handkerchiefs that were just laid on their foreheads and on their body and they got up out of bed and they were healed. Special miracles. Paul, the Bible says God brought special miracles by the hands of Paul and the scripture says that the diseases departed from them and the evil spirits went out of them. You see these special miracles became an expected part of worship. They didn't go to some great meeting to see them. They had them every day. They're part of their everyday worship. Now let me show you what happened at Ephesus after three months of bold preaching. You see, if preaching alone could do it, New York City would have been one long ago. Paul preached for three months boldly, the scripture says. He said certain then were hardened and believed not that they spake evil of that way before the multitude. That's Acts 19, 8 and 9. Now here's not a godless, idolatrous city given over to the occult. The population was obsessed with occult books, occult practices, magic, black magic, witches and after three months of bold preaching they only grew harder but suddenly God began to perform special miracles through the hands of Paul. In fact they were they were so anointed they were casting out demons on the left and the right and seven sons of Sceva said we're going to do the same thing so they go into a man's home that is possessed of a legion of demons and they said in the name of the Jesus of Paul we command you to leave. Those demons jumped all over those seven sons of the priest and tore their clothes and beat them up and they ran off to the city, wild. Suddenly the word spread these people have power over demon powers and and these handkerchiefs and these aprons and the special miracles that are happening and fear fell on them all in the name of Lord Jesus was magnified and look what happens when the deeds begin to happen the miracles begin to happen after the preaching the bold preaching hardened their hearts they were hardened after three months of bold preaching suddenly now the Bible says these special miracles manifestations of God's power over the power of Satan and now fear falls on the city and Paul holds a bonfire down in the city square and many of them also which use curious arts occultic books in other words brought their books together and burned them before all men they counted the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver how would you like that fifty thousand dollar bonfire out here on broadway of all the magic books and occult books and black magic and charms and witchcraft hallelujah books on exorcism charms witchcraft going up in flames why because they had been confronted with a fully preached gospel fully preached now God envisions a lasting church that does more than just preach and teach the gospel cannot be fully preached or taught if it's not accompanied by the power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost working mighty signs wonders and miracles to prove that the gospel is true Paul said my speech in my preaching was not just with enticing words of men's wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and power and in Greek it means with proof he said I preached the gospel with proof God backing me up the Holy Spirit backing me up with mighty deeds wonders the scripture said the apostles whenever preaching the gospel but is also written of them and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles in fact the new testament church had one prayer that signs and wonders may be done in the name of the holy child Jesus the signs and wonders may be done in the name of the holy child Jesus acts 512 and by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders worked among the people and believers were the more added to the church to the Lord acts 516 there came also a multitude out of the cities round about to Jerusalem bringing sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits and they were healed everyone look at me folks this church at Jerusalem the times for church of Jerusalem mind you folks we're not the only church in this city not at all we thank God for the mighty work of the Holy Spirit being done all over the city by many many godly people who are seeking the face of God but folks what is needed here is what manifested itself here in the church of Jerusalem in fact let me give you one of the most conclusive proofs in all the bible that a fully preached gospel must include signs and wonders I'm reading from acts 14 3 long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the name of the Lord which gave testimony unto the word by of his grace and he granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands now folks there's absolute conclusive proof long time they have both speaking boldly preaching boldly giving testimony to the word of grace they preached grace repentance and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands the church today is weak and ineffective because it no longer believes in the supernatural I want everybody to say amen on that the church no longer believes in the supernatural and its ministers doubt that God's still performing miracles today the church is under great deception because theologians say that God is no longer healing nowadays that God is no longer pouring out his gifts today now they don't know when that happened some say it happened in about 150 years after Christ some say it happened when Paul died but who has the audacity who has the audacity to put a gate on the day that God said well for thousands of years I perform miracles and signs and wonders for those who believe but now that you have a closed Bible now that you have a full book and you're more intelligent no more miracles no sign no healing who's got the audacity to name the gate the week in the hour God said enough who on the face of this earth can tell me when that stopped now here's here's the here's the terror of that here's the the it's not an irony here's the deception of that whole thing because the Bible says that in the last days Satan is going to come forth with all power and signs and lying wonders second Thessalonians 2 9 Jesus himself said for a false Christ and false prophets are going to rise and they will show signs and wonders to seduce it were possible even the elect now you tell me God's going to release the devil on us I mean on this earth who's going to have signs and wonders and miracles and then he's going to send the church forth weak no sign no wonders no healing no gifts and he's going to set us up against the devil with signs and wonders I'd be stupid to believe that you know think of it demons and false Christ and false prophets seeking to confirm their message with all kinds of signs and wonders and a church that says Satan can work your signs and wonders but not God my Bible says that they're going to go forth preaching everywhere and the Lord will be working with them confirming the word with signs following that's what the Bible prophesies that's what God envisions now what about all these lying signs and wonders that the devil's going to be doing in his crowd what you remember when uh Moses serpent he threw his rod down became a serpent and their false prophets threw their rods down and became serpents you don't have Moses serpent swallowed them all up and that's what God's going to do he's going to work in such power he's going to swallow up all the signs and wonders of the devil and they will appear as nothing compared to what God is doing in these last days now listen to me please the signs and wonders and miracles of this church will be genuine and real and undisputed undeniable and the workers of these miracles will never be seen on television they're not going to have their pictures and magazines they're not going to be known these miracles and signs and wonders will be hands of ordinary holy separated saints who know God who've been intimate with Jesus they're going to come out of their prayer closets a small prepared army full of faith with no other desire than to do the will of God and without fanfare they're going to go into hospitals and into the streets and homes and lay hands on the sick and see incredible miracles of healing there will be fearless they will be fearless against demons they're going to cast down principalities and powers they're going to be so powerful prayer they can hold open whole nations for the gospel hallelujah i believe that all right first of all God envisions a church coming forth that is preaching fully the gospel not just preaching and teaching and baptizing but with signs and wonders and miracles and deeds mighty deeds following God confirming his word by mighty signs how many believe that folks i've been sitting here in this chair ever since these doors have been open and i hear at every service i hear the holy spirit say David the day is coming you're going to see and hear things you've never seen or heard in your lifetime you're going to be so overwhelmed you're going to be driven to your knees and fall flat on your face at the wonder of God when he comes to manifest himself and not just in the church but among the body all through the body all right let's go on here's the here's the second part of what i believe God envisions for his church the church will be comprised this last day remnant church will be comprised of christians who refuse to live by bread alone to refuse to live by bread on the folks you've got to follow me on this because this is something that God dealing with me about and i want you to get it i want every housewife here that thinks you're just an ordinary woman unfulfilled God has no plan for you for for singles and for those who are elderly and you say i'm not fulfilled there doesn't seem to be anything for me to do in these last days you talk about what God's going to do in the church folks you're not going to do it through evangelists pastors and teachers alone they're not going to be able to handle the great moving of the holy spirit it's going to be sold beyond all that he's going to need every housewife he's going to need every teenager you're going to need everybody in this building everyone who loves God and suddenly he's going to need them all that there will be people who have been weaned from bread alone now let me explain what i mean in deuteronomy don't turn up but deuteronomy 8 2 and 3 scriptures said moses preaching said man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of the Lord does man live remember Jesus quoted this in Matthew 4 i believe it is when he was being tempted by the devil to turn stone into bread he quoted these very words man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God now bread listen closely bread stands for all things that are natural material things that are necessary for life they include food and shelter and clothes and your job your wages it represents your livelihood things within themselves are not evil and the Lord knows that we have need of all these things but listen now multitudes of Christians live only for the things of this life that's the whole focus is on survival on something to eat paying the bills and they're absolutely focused on things that represent bread we need bread to live there's nothing it is honorable to be to have a job and to work to provide for your family that's honorable that's all a part of of knowing all the words of God but folks there's something that bothers the Holy Ghost and I was walking in my prayer chamber my room when the Holy Ghost spoke very clearly to me David you're walking living on bread when are you going to get beyond the bread you know what that is all your prayers are focused on your needs how to pay your bills how to meet your needs if you're a single woman and you've been praying for a mate for how long have you been praying for a mate by the way how much time has been spent focused on meeting that need of loneliness and emptiness inside of you what about young men who are praying for a mate well that's natural God knows I have needs and God knows I don't want to live alone I'm lonely and I just like to share and give my heart and love somebody yeah that's fine but how many years months and years are you going to just keep on praying about that one thing and you're focused on that and you're just living on bread alone you're living on bread alone you're focused if you're married you're focused year after year month after month year after you're praying about a problem in your home your children you've got that one thing that just consumes your thinking your time now Jesus did say when he taught us to pray pray give us this day our daily bread but if you remember first he said before you pray about your bread your focus has to be on thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven God said focus on the kingdom of God all these things will be added to I'll give you the bread I'll give you the clothes he said the Gentiles are focused on that but you shouldn't be focused on that you just ask it and believe God but first keep your mind focused on the kingdom of God to come and the will of God in my life the will of God when we go to prayer spend our first hour if we or whatever time we spend pray over and over again crying and weeping oh God when do you deliver me oh God when will you do this and we're focused on the bread man shall not live by bread alone in the Holy Ghost I would walk him back before they don't give him what are you going to get me on the bread when are you going to get your eye on my eternal purposes you should be praying for Cuba right now you pray for Cuba pray for the lost pray for the city I'll take care of these things I know what you need I'm a loving father I know even before you ask you focus over here I'll take care of this what have you been praying about the past six months more than anything else that just consumed your time and your focus if your focus is on bread alone and on your personal needs I'm telling you have no life at all you're in a wilderness that's what the children of Israel did for 40 years they got up every day all they wanted they wanted meat they cried for me God gave me they wanted manna bread God gave him bread from heaven they wanted water he turned uh he brought water out of a rock every day for 40 years those mothers all they wanted was food on the table water to drink and make sure their clothes don't wear out for 40 years their clothes never tattered for 40 years their feet never swelled that was fine 40 years that's boredom that's drudgery that's not life God never intended them to spend 40 years on bread in the wilderness God said you should be living by every word that comes out of my mouth I told you I'd give you bread yes but don't stop there I told you to go on move on I told you there's a land flowing with milk and honey where there are rivers and trees and forests and green pastures and I want that for you I want you to move on beyond bread the word of the Lord every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God the word is move on I've got something for you I don't want you to live this boring dreadful life in a desert wilderness all you're thinking about is your food and your job and your clothes and your family you say well brother works and should not no he said my kingdom and my will I tell you I believe in these last days God's going to raise up for people who no longer focused on bread issues not just on survival I'm not suggesting you shouldn't take care of these needs but that's not the focus but I believe God's calling his church to something supernatural what he's going to do is going to require the whole congregation to prepare now I want you to follow me close here's what I want the attention of all you housewives and everybody around me I'm not I'm not saying go into your secret closet and ask God to make you a missionary or preacher no not all of us are going to be preachers and missionaries that's not God's plan for everybody but we're all to be priests unto the Lord and I want to tell you something housewife if all your focus is is on bread issues on survival and your husband your wife your kids and you're not shut in with Jesus and you're not in this word growing you're not preparing your heart as a bride adored for her husband I'm going to tell you something you were bored there's no life you're not living a fulfilled life it is drudgery you may come to church and get a little bit of blessing here but it's not going to be life giving you're not going to your husband's going to come home to a a bored wife your children are going to recognize that you're not fulfilled you're going to go around with this feeling of emptiness not accomplishing anything all I am I'm a housewife all I all I'm doing is dishes and cooking all day there's nothing there's no future for me there's nothing in it I ain't telling you the army that's coming is going to be an army of housewives of young people of ordinary people not that have been trained but those who have been raised by the Holy Ghost in the secret closet of prayer and there has to be a heart preparation John the Baptist went forth to make ready of people prepared for the Lord and that's a preaching of repentance and you've heard the preaching of repentance the scripture says Paul speaks of being prepared unto every good work preparing your heart so that God can do a good work in you Samuel told Israel that God would not do anything new for them until they prepared their hearts unto the Lord and then David comes along and he gives a three-step simple plan on getting to know the will in the mind of God for your life first of all he said you're to pray you're to petition the Lord and secondly you're to prepare your heart thirdly if you pray and prepare your heart you'll learn the mind of God here's what he said Lord you have heard the petition of the humble you will prepare their hearts and will cause thine ear to hear he lays all three steps there right now listen to me I'm not shouting at you but the Holy Ghost has to get this through to you right now how are you going to finish out your days how are you going to face the future now you want to run off to some great meeting and here's some great evangelist give you a word I'm not putting that down I've not named anybody in this message today I'm not touching God's anointed in any way that what I believe God envisions for his church is going to come out of the congregation because out of his glorious cup he is going to pour out the greatest measure of the Holy Spirit this planet earth has ever known and when he does that when the Holy Ghost comes he said he'll convict the world of sin there's going to become conviction upon your neighbors and those on the job they're going to come conviction like this world has never seen he said I'll convict the world of conviction of sin of righteousness and judgment folks is going to be such suffering coming people are going to be hurting and they're going to be looking everywhere they're not going to be able to look to their pastors that are dead and dry they're going to forsake the churches that have misled them and deceived them they're going to turn off their television set and they're going to be a lot of people stick their foot through their TV sets when somebody bands and says send me your money and they're going to get so sick and tired and they're so hurt and so broken and so poor now they'll put their feet through the television set and curse the man for wanting their money no cursing you know what they're going to do they're going to turn to those around them that they know walk with God they're going to turn to those who've been prepared in their hearts and I tell you I have a mind of the Holy Spirit of a word from heaven himself from God himself if you will begin today you say God I want my life to count I'm in a wilderness of despair and I'm living on bread alone but I want to live I want to live folks the very process of preparing your heart brings life just the process even before you arrive but the process of getting along with Jesus the process while your husband is at work when your children are in school if you're single you come home you do it at noontime whenever you can you begin to prepare your heart you so God put a love in my heart for your word you start studying the book of Psalms for example and after I promise you that after two weeks your husband will come home there'll be a peace in your home that's never been there before there'll be a rest on you your husband will confide in you ask you for strength you will have a word for your children you have a word for your husband and it won't take long before God reveals his mind to you he reveals his will to you every word that cometh out of the mouth of God there's a word for you it's not just this it's a word from heaven it's a special word for you and folks you don't even have to leave your house to get this ministry you don't have to go to some seminar I've got I'm so sick of seminars I'm so sick of how to do books and all of that I am fed up with it I want to see people say that's not helping me Jesus I'm going to prepare to be used you start seeking God you start getting into this where every day sister you get along with Jesus you said don't have time put up that Hoover there's time you know why you don't have time you put it around you put it around just putsy around I'm telling you the truth I women I'm so busy just take your puttering time and use it for God I'm not trying to be funny you have time tell you what this church would be so on fire this church would explode got anything you could imagine if every woman in this church every housewife that's listening to me right now would begin to get this in your heart by the Holy Ghost and you would prepare your heart you would daily seek him with everything that's in you one of these days then God will bring that ministry right to your door people be knocking on your door neighbors will be knocking on your door you won't have to go out looking for a ministry the brought to you and if you don't begin to seek him you're going to turn to evil that's what the Bible says and he did evil because he didn't prepare his heart to seek the Lord you'll find that of every evil King in Old Testament and he did evil because the evil was that he did not seek the Lord with all his heart folks we serve a mighty God the scripture says the Lord's going to go forth like a mighty man he's going to stir up jealousy like a man of war he's going to cry he's gonna roar he shall prevail against all his enemies hallelujah glory to God the shame of the church and with this I close the shame of the Church of Jesus Christ these last days it's been an army of men and women they're letting the preacher do it all we've got hundreds of thousands of Christians running everywhere going to every evangelist going to every meeting going to something to get tickled to get thrilled to get knocked over I'll tell you what you get along with Jesus he'll knock you out he'll knock you out hallelujah some of you sisters that are here right now after a month of seeking the face of God and you keep going on and God sees that you prepared your heart and you mean it or you won't even have to ask prayer from anybody you'll have power with God your home will change your children will start you know Friday night we had testimonies from Hannah house and Timothy house we had wonderful service testimony on almost everyone that stood here with exception I think one or two everyone said I had a praying mother or praying grandmother and there was some woman in that house late holy God how many of you had a praying mother praying grandfather somebody there laying hold of God Holy Ghost come right now speak to women in the congregation here right now at Times Square Church and awaken your spirit get out of that wilderness get beyond your bread issues and seek the face of God with everything that's in you and you will be the army you are the army hallelujah we're gonna be calling on you Holy Ghost is gonna be calling on you are you going to be prepared will you stand please now folks I did that in 45 minutes I didn't over preach you is this too much for you to absorb do you believe God wants to bring signs and wonders and miracles to this church absolutely he wants all the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be operating but he doesn't want the pastor or the pastors up here doing it not just by our hands but by your hands I tell you shut in with God get prepared he's going to anoint you you're not going to have to go in advance just be anointed you're gonna go to my advances say I make you a prophet I make you this I make you an apostle I make you that no man can make you that you prepare your heart and Holy Ghost makes you that Holy Spirit I really believe what I preached this morning I believe you put it in my heart you gave it to me we're going to have a gospel fully preached in this church it's going to be fully preached across this land before you come so that nobody can stand before you on the judgment day and say I only got half a gospel I didn't see the signs and wonders that confirm your word you're going to confirm it Lord Jesus you'll confirm it mightily Lord Jesus give us faith to go into hospitals lay hands on the sick and bleed they'll recover Lord that this church shouldn't have to call for a pastor to pray for a neighbor shouldn't have to call for a pastor to pray for somebody in their family Lord we do that we agree with them but there should be power and anointing in every home every Christian home should have that authority God give that authority help us to seek your face and pray and get saturated with your word so that we're a prepared people for a mighty work that's coming hallelujah hallelujah do it Holy Spirit do it this morning blessed be the name of the Lord will you sing a chorus while I talk to the Holy Ghost this is the conclusion of the tape
Gods Vision for the Last Day Church
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David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.