Michael Koulianos emphasizes the transformative power of touching Jesus with faith and desperation, urging the congregation to break through the ordinary and seek a personal encounter with the Lord. He highlights the importance of worship and the need to forget distractions, focusing solely on Jesus, who brings liberty through His mercy. Koulianos encourages everyone to refuse complacency and to actively engage in worship, as it is in these moments that true healing and freedom occur. He reminds the audience that Jesus is alive and present, ready to heal and restore those who reach out to Him in faith.

You know, sometimes you just gotta get through the crowd to the hem of the Lord's garment. And I don't know what that looks like for you tonight, but it looks different than the norm, I'll just say that. It just takes a couple of you to break through and pull on Jesus. Jesus said, I felt power, virtue come out of me. Not everybody's touch is the same. Not everyone's touch is the same. Some of us touch Jesus for different reasons and in different ways with a different heart, but Lydia, most people think her name was, she touched Jesus in a different way. She touched him in faith, in desperation. She saw something about him that wasn't normal. That's for everybody tonight. Refuse to leave the same. Refuse to be the same way. Just everyone begin singing in the spirit all over the room. Come on, worship team, court, you play your instrument. Emma, want the team to just prophesy with their instrument, sing in the spirit. Come on, lift your voice, church, lift your voice. Come on, lift your voice, sing in the spirit, sing in the spirit. Keep worshiping the Lord. I want everyone in the house tonight to forget about everybody here, to forget about our worship team, forget about me. Let this place become your prayer closet tonight. Just forget about everything, everything. Forget about the person to your right, to your left. Forget about Jesus' image and look to Jesus himself. If you need to get out of the aisle or out of your seat, if you need to get down on your knees, if you need to get on your face, just refuse the ordinary tonight. Refuse the ordinary, be flammable tonight. Brian, get Jones. Keep blessing the Lord, don't stop, don't stop. You'll hit a gear in the spirit, you'll hit a gear and the Lord will just take over. Pick this girl up for me, you and Brian. Gently, gently, yep. Thanks, Lord, for the fresh and fruitful of the Holy Ghost. Bring this girl here, bring her over here. Guys, don't watch me, just look at the Lord. The Lord, send her back with fresh fire. Where are you from? Send her to Texas with fresh fire, fresh anointing. Keep singing in the spirit, the Lord's moving. Be filled with the Holy Spirit. Keep blessing the Lord. Come on, let's have a Holy Ghost meeting tonight. Joy unspeakable, filled with glory. Keep singing, keep singing. All you have to do is close your eyes, lift your hand and begin to love on the Lord, that's all you have to do. It's just you and Jesus in this whole room, there's no one else. Filled, filled. Blessing her, keep blessing her. Filled, filled, filled, filled, filled. The power of the Holy Spirit, never the same. If you just forget about everything, even forget about your needs right now, just worship more than you ever dreamed of. That goes for everyone, everyone in the house, our team, everyone, just worship the Lord. Just worship the Lord. No one can do it for you. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Sing it, everyone. It was on Golgotha Street. His death brought liberty. His death brought liberty. Oh, his death brought liberty on a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Golgotha Street. His death brought liberty. His death brought liberty. Oh, his death brought liberty. Sing it again, Judy. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Sing it, Church. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Golgotha Street. To the uttermost. His death brought liberty. Telling you, if you're hungry tonight, there's joy and speak. Oh, his death brought liberty on a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Golgotha Street. His death brought liberty. His death brought liberty. Oh, his death brought liberty. Sing it again. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Just don't be a spectator. Worship. That's all you gotta do is worship. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Golgotha Street. This is your song, Joey. His death brought liberty. His death brought liberty. Oh, his death brought liberty. Again, again. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Golgotha Street. His death brought liberty. Feel him, Lord. His death brought liberty. Precious Jesus. Feel him. Oh, his death brought liberty. Never the same after tonight. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Uttermost grace. Mercy spoke for me. Flow. Rivers. Rivers. Mercy spoke for me. Rivers of living water. It was on Golgotha Street. Rivers. His death brought liberty. His death brought liberty. Oh, his death brought liberty. Again, again. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Heaven. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Golgotha Street. His death brought liberty. It's a song for you. His death brought liberty. Prophetic song. Oh, his death brought liberty. On a hill in Israel. Heaven. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Golgotha Street. His death brought liberty. His death brought liberty. Tonight, what's not going to happen. I'm just saying. I can tell. But what will not happen is that you'll sit in your seat and watch a man preach. You're going to have to touch him. Because he's so available tonight. You're going to have to connect with Jesus tonight. And if that's not interesting enough for you, you should go now. Because what I'm not going to do tonight is entertain you. We are children of the wind, birthed by the wind, birthed in the wind. That's what Jesus said. The flesh profits nothing. That which is of the flesh is flesh. And that which is of the spirit is spirit. If the wind is foreign to you, God is foreign to you. This is our home. His presence is our home. And if you're lost right now, I'd repent. I'd repent. If you're a pastor in the room and you're lost right now, I would repent. If you don't know his movement and his touch, how to hear him and how to move along with him and how to let him hold your hand and you walk with him step by step for his word is a lamp and a light. If you don't know that, you need to repent tonight and ask the Lord to be your wind, the strength, the cloud that leads you, the cloud that is your rear guard. He is a living, breathing Christ who still walks through the aisles and looks at people still today and says, Will thou be made whole? Like he walked up to that man at the pool of Bethesda. This hospital outside, thousands sick, walks up to a man and says, Do you want to be made whole? Would you like me to heal you? That's who Jesus is. And he's alive among us tonight. I've said he's alive among us. There is no plan. I have no plan for this service. But what he does next. You have a few options. Watch and be bored or dip your toe in the river. I dare you. You say, How do I do that? Just close your eyes and love him. Just shake off, refuse, refuse, refuse repetition, refuse monotony tonight, refuse the figuring God out. And surely be children of the Spirit. Those that are led of the Spirit. These, these, these are the sons of God. He can do a lot with someone who will just hold on. I said he can do a lot with somebody who will just hold on. I'm sure that's why you came. Hopefully. He's not boring and he's not predictable at all. And we all need him more than we think. Mercy spoke for me. Sing it. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. Yep, sing it, sing it. It's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Every voice. On a hill in Israel. Mercy. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. Many of you being set free tonight. From bondage that you've been struggling with for years. Keep singing, Judy, you're prophesying. Sing it. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. It's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Again. On a hill in Israel. It's our story, isn't it? It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. It's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Everyone sing in the spirit right now. Can you play, Emma? Everyone, out loud. I want to hear you sing in the spirit. Mercy spoke for me. You keep singing in the spirit. Mercy spoke for me. It's death brought liberty. Keep singing. It's death brought liberty. You sing in the spirit. Judy, you sing the song. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. Keep singing. God's going to close them tonight. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. On a hill in Israel. Jess, come here. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Sing it. Lift it a little bit. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. See, as you sing that precious anointing of the Holy Spirit, Oh, it's death brought liberty. It thickens. It thickens. On a hill in Israel. Anything's possible. Mercy spoke for me. Keep singing. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Lift the instruments. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. It's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Again. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. It's the only message worth preaching. Mercy spoke for me. Christ is crucified. Mercy spoke for me. Again, lift it. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. About another 30 seconds. It's death brought liberty. Oh, that's it. That's it. Oh, it's death brought liberty. On a hill in Israel. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. Oh, sing it. Come on. It's death brought liberty. Here we go. Oh, it's death brought liberty. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Just pray for him. Mercy spoke for me. The fire of the Holy Ghost. Mercy spoke for me. Come upon you. It was on Calcutta Street. Come upon your mouth. It's death brought liberty. It's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. The only message. It's the only message. It's the only message. On a hill in Israel. The only message. It's your story. He saved you both from the deepest pit. Don't stop. Don't stop. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. It's your story. He saved you from the pit. Oh, it's death brought liberty. And he's going to do the same thing to both of you. Snatching souls out of the grip of the devil. Oh, sing it, sing it, sing it. Mercy spoke for me. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. This is the move of the Holy Ghost tonight. It's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Both of you receive a fresh anointing tonight. On a hill in Israel. Mercy spoke for me. Mercy spoke for me. Fill them tonight. Possess them with the message of Christ crucified. It was on Calcutta Street. It's death brought liberty. It's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Oh, it's death brought liberty. Mercy spoke for me. Liberty. Liberty. Oh, it's death brought for me. Mercy spoke for me. I will not fall. I will not fall. May I not forget what he shed. May I not forget what he shed. It is by his death. I am alive because of Christ because of Christ I am alive sing that again because of Christ I am alive because of Christ I am alive stretch your hands towards this lady Lord you know what she needs and you know the desperation in her soul you know the pain you heal the broken hearted and you bind up all our wounds fill her tonight with the blessed presence of the Holy Spirit make the crooked path straight and make life simple it's just about Jesus it's just about Jesus I'm declaring that over you it is just about Jesus just about Jesus, that's all sing that Judy, because of Christ because of Christ, I am alive again because of Christ, I am alive again because of Christ, I am alive because of Christ, I am alive again because of Christ, I am alive sing it again because of Christ, I am alive isn't it wonderful? you see, the Lord He came and filled the temple with His glory not when the temple was perfectly built with the hands of people but He chose to fill the house with glory when the people worshipped that's what your Bible says when they worshipped in one accord He'd rather fill songs than buildings, guys I said He would rather fill songs than buildings you just gotta let go and get out of the way that's all trust the shepherd tonight yeah, it might be a little different for you but He still leads us to green pastures and still waters it's all about Jesus trust Him tonight you see, worship carries that that anointing carries it just lift your hands, begin to love Him come on, lift your hands, begin to love Him the oil of Heaven Lord, release the oil of the Holy Ghost tonight every seed sown in prayer, release it release it mercy spoke for me if I was in your house right now I'd refuse to just watch this tonight just to worship, guys, that's all mercy spoke for me some of you haven't had an encounter in years that's right mercy spoke for me mercy spoke for me hallelujah mercy spoke for me in the song of Galveston just drink tonight on a hill in Israel it was on Galveston His death brought liberty the Lord's not even close to being done His death brought liberty on a hill in Israel the more you heal, the less you care about those around you what they're thinking they are limited He is not if you want to stand, you can stand right now if you want to sit, you can sit just don't lose your connection to Jesus mercy spoke for me mercy spoke for me it was on Galveston listen to Moses' words, I read this to you a few weeks back Lord, please show me your glory then he said, I'll make all my goodness pass before you and I'll proclaim the name of the Lord before you I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious thank you, Lord and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion but he said, you cannot see my face for no man shall see me and live the Lord said, here is a place by me you shall stand on the rock it's a picture of Jesus so it shall be while my glory passes by that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and I will cover you with my hand and I will pass by then I will take away my hand and you shall see my back but my face shall not be seen mercy spoke oh Jesus mercy spoke for me it was on Galveston and the Lord said in verse 14 my presence will go with you and I will give you rest what an amazing Lord I will give you rest if you're looking for rest tonight it's only found in Jesus in him the actual, literal him not the idea of him in him not a historical figure in the living him in the living Christ some of you are running from things that don't even exist tonight fears that make no sense worries that make no sense and you know they make no sense because you just can't get free from them you need rest a deep rest it's not calm it's beyond the mind it's a deep internal rest that gives you a confidence a confidence that sounds like this though he slay me yea shall I trust him a confidence that reminds you of these words heaven and earth may pass away but my words they remain forever forever it's death or liberty hallelujah oh it's death or liberty just lift your hands, begin to love him come on, just love him you can sit, you can stand, you can get on your knees on your face whatever, whatever, it doesn't matter just love him hallelujah you have to get fed up you gotta get fed up you have to hate some things some of us just go with the flow and go through the motions he doesn't know how to work with that he doesn't understand that because he knows who he is I'm just over over what so much of the church thinks is wonderful what so much of the church thinks it means to have arrived I'm over it I refuse to be a slave to it who cares how many people know you who cares doesn't matter I want to know him and I want him to know me gotta refuse some things that no one else refuses he's not fair he's not fair you have to touch him in a different way you have to refuse the average stuff you gotta push it away to get through the crowd to the hem of this garment oh I want revival sure I don't believe you I'm not sure you know what you're asking for because he'll come in and uh murder every other desire you know most worship teams would yell at me for having them up there that long you see there's a price to it all he'll never remove your ability to desire him or not or not and if you don't look at him you'll never see him you gotta look first that's what happened to Moses he looked to see that bush that was burning but not consumed and then the bible says after he looked he saw we all want to see Jesus but the question is is he worth that second look yeah gracious more gracious than you could ever imagine but he is not cheap he is not cheap and I am growing more and more disgusted with what is normal less and less connected to what 99.9% of pastors burn for who cares how many campuses we have who cares if he's not in the camp see there's a few people God wants to raise them up from this crowd tonight there's few people with the heart cry that Moses had if you don't go with us don't take us up from here few people just a few take the grace God has given them to get more of God typically God gives grace then we take that grace and use it for what we want or what we think he wants and don't take the time to ask him what he really wants John Kilpatrick said before the Lord poured out his spirit in Pensacola he said I don't want a new church I don't want a new ministry I don't want a new sermon I don't want a new bible I want you I want you and I'm just not sure we know what we're asking for when we say that have you ever contemplated him him ever thought of him for so long that your heart burns I mean have you ever thought of him until you can't stop thinking about him see it's in this atmosphere where everything you've been praying for can happen in a second proximity proximity is everything that woman with the issue of blood spent all her money on doctors all her resources on trying to get well and then someone must have said something to her that sounded like this the man from Galilee Jesus the one we've been hearing about the one who's been healing the blind the one who we heard calm the storms that one who took those unlearned fishermen he just sent them out two by two and it seems that they're doing the same thing this one who when he speaks he speaks as one having authority he's coming to our village Lydia you may have emptied your bank account but do you have one more request in your soul do you have the guts to fight through those who've been mocking you calling you unclean in all these years are you willing to walk out your door and press through their shameful looks to get to this one who raises the dead this one whom the weather obeys and there she came weak shameful unclean you know if I had to bet tonight there's people who've been in church all their life sitting next to someone who hasn't been in church very long sometimes it's the people who've been in church the longest who are the most stuck the most bound and she pressed through those scornful looks and she saw a man walking a man of the likes she'd never seen before and the crowds thronged him pulled on him you see you can have an entire building singing the same song but not everyone sings the same way not everyone touches him the same way you know her scenario was life or death and I hate to tell you friends actually I'm happy to tell you so is ours without Jesus we die we die inside without Jesus this worship team is a bunch of performers without Jesus Joel's just playing a song just a bunch of performers without Jesus I'm just a performer myself she touched him differently she knew he could do what no other man could do there's something about Jesus this one who is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit that touch of faith that touch of faith released virtue and that condition she spent everything on was gone in a moment what have you walked in with tonight emptiness sorrow sickness refuse the common and look to Jesus tonight look to Jesus tonight I can't articulate what God is doing in his people perfectly but you gotta refuse what most people settle for you gotta live for another age another day see sin is a satisfaction issue we are in a very special moment right now with the Lord but it's this touch that fills the soul him the mixture is such a trap such a trap church is built on personalities strategy alone copying people you may be able to copy what you see but you can't copy what you can't see you can't copy the presence of God as Bill would say I can't give you my history with God no there is an anointing that tears down and builds back up and I'm telling you this God is doing that in his church pastors if you are listening to me throw your playbook out the window repent repent for being a slave to the opinions of people repent for believing that filled seats means success God filling the house is success repent this day and age of influence it's an idol I want to influence his heart and that's it I've been doing this for a long time now for a long time and I've peaked behind the curtain you see I've been in the green rooms that most of you would love to be in and sin is destroying people do you know why? they don't value moments like this they want to keep it moving my question is keep it moving to what? where do you want to go? what sounds more desirable? friend you may not have an issue of physical blood but if you're bound in sin your heart is bleeding you don't have to be I've peaked behind the curtain as I told you the purity of Jesus is a rarity it's a rarity by numbers alone porn is probably running rampant in this room lust the inability to control your eyes anger selfishness role playing this Christian thing which is really just hypocrisy your heart is bleeding and you've spent everything you know to spend to get free and it just hasn't worked you have issues in your family that you've just come to believe that will never go away because it's just always been that way your parents and grandparents and their parents if you'll touch Jesus tonight that issue of blood will dry up in you you say Michael I'm broken I'm really broken the people around me can't see it but I am I'm broken I'm broken on the inside and I'm unclean I want you to lift your hand tonight just in this well this wonderful river just lift your hand and say Michael I'm broken I need Jesus the healer to heal my soul to heal me if you raised your hand or you wish you did you can't come forward because there's people I want you to get out of your seat in boldness as we are in the tangible presence of the Lord you just get out of the aisle right now get down there on your knees and don't care about anybody it is in moments like this that miracles happen and these are the greatest miracles let that bleeding heart get healed tonight maybe you're tired of being unclean just get right down there in the aisle the bible says though our sins be as scarlet he shall make us whiter than snow