How to Have More Power in Your Life

It was recorded in the sanctuary of Times Square Church in Manhattan, New York City. Other tapes are available by writing to None of these messages are copyrighted, and you are welcome to make copies for free distribution to your friends. Kings chapter 2, I want to talk to you tonight about how to have more power in your life.

How to have more power in your life. Open to 2 Kings, we'll get to it in a few minutes. 5 minutes, 10 minutes.

Soon. Praise the Lord. Amen, just keep your Bibles open.

Let's look to the Lord and Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Lord, we do sing, we do serve you.

We do praise you tonight because we're free. And Lord, we thank you for your personal care for our lives. You never, never, never leave us nor forsake us.

Lord, thank you that you see us tonight. You know us, you know our needs. And you know we have greater need for you, Lord.

Our heart cries out yet for you tonight. That we might know you in a greater, greater dimension. Lord, we need more power in our lives, but teach us what it means to have that power.

And to walk in that power. And to have access to that power. Lord, show us from the word tonight what that means.

In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.

How many of you would like to have more of God's power in your life? Well, you know, there are many people who are looking for power encounters with God. And often what they're looking for is an encounter or an experience that will finally and completely finish off the devil. And he'll hold over them.

A fellow said to me one time, he came forward, he said, Would you pray for me that the Holy Spirit would zap me? And I wasn't familiar with that, that was not a Bible term to me. But I knew where he was coming from. He was looking for a dynamite blast of the Holy Spirit to fall on him, to zap him.

And then he felt that he would live happily ever after. Many Christians are constantly looking for a cure-all to their problems. A spiritual wonder drug that will in one gulp, in one power encounter, bring an end to their struggle against the world, the flesh, and the devil.

There are some people also along this line who become what I call charismatic groupies. They go from conference to conference and meeting to meeting and preacher to preacher looking for or following after power or what they perceive is power. And they can't wait to get into a prayer line so some big-name preacher will lay hands upon them and they can receive the power.

And get the victory that they want over sin or whatever it is they're looking for in their life. My wife asked a certain minister one time why he was flying off, a young minister was flying off across the country to attend a certain seminar. And she said, why are you going? And he paused and he smiled and he said, I'm going to go and get me some power.

Well, not only do we want and need personal power, but we do need ministry power. Power to heal the sick, power to deliver captives, to have power over demons. And who of us when we've been asked to pray for someone with a desperate need have not felt at times the lack of power and the need for more of God's power? I know that I have.

Have you ever prayed for someone and it did not produce the desired results and then you felt personally responsible and guilty? And you thought, if I just had more power, that sickness might have been healed or that death might have been prevented or that soul might have been saved. Years ago I preached in England, Birmingham, England. And they brought in a young, a brother brought in a whole street group of kids, gang kids, sat them there in the first three rows and they were as rowdy as could be and disrupted the meeting.

But God gave us, enabled us to carry on the meeting and I preached, I preached my heart out. And they didn't respond, none of them, I don't recall any of them responding. And after the meeting I was in, the man approached me and he said, he was very indignant, he was very disturbed.

He said, you didn't reach those fellows tonight. And I was a younger preacher then and when he said that it kind of cut like a knife in me. And he made it sound like it was my fault that they were not all miraculously saved.

And I felt like he was saying to me, where was the power? You didn't have the power to reach them. Well, there is some truth to this because we do, we all need more of God's power in our life, in our personal lives as well as in ministry. G. Campbell Morgan said this, he said, no man can do the work of God until we have the Holy Spirit and are endued with power.

It is impossible to preach the gospel saved in the power of the Spirit. Now if we ask the question, where is the church today? We must first ask, where is the Holy Spirit recognizably present with power in the church? Samuel Chadwick stated this, he said, dominion is impossible without authority and authority is useless without power. Now I don't know about you, but I desire to have more dominion and authority in my life and my ministry.

Therefore I need more power. It's not that I feel powerless, not at all. But I want to move into a greater dimension and realm and place and position of power in Christ.

In which his power is in constant operation and flow through my life. But the question is, how do we get more power? It's scriptural to ask for it. Paul prayed for the believers.

In Ephesians he prayed that he said that he may grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man. He also said, I want that you may know what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us were to believe according to the working of his mighty power. Now I want to talk to you tonight about three men in the Bible who experienced mighty power.

They were just ordinary persons like you and me. But they found out how to have extraordinary power encounters with God. And as we look at these men, I hope that we'll discover some important but simple things about power and how to get it.

You see there are things that are rarely taught by those who seek power or by those who preach that you can have power. And much of what is taught on how to receive power is in some cases unscriptural and in other cases it lacks accompanying biblical truth. And a half-truth is just as bad as a non-truth.

And many are taught to seek for power and they have no idea how to use that power, let alone how to get it according to sound teaching. And you know when that happens, you know what it is when you tell people that they can have power with God and you don't preach the whole counsel of God. What happens it's like taking a five-year-old and putting them behind the wheel of an automobile.

And that's why there's so many accidents in the body of Christ. There are five-year-olds who have power in their hands but they don't know what it's all about. Or teaching or giving power to spiritual infants.

It's like putting a kid in charge of Baskin and Robbins. And I see people running all around the body of Christ. They have spiritual chocolate smeared all over them.

Because they're taught that you can have power. They're taught that you can have faith. Or they're taught that you can heal the sick.

They're taught other things about God's mighty power but they're infants. And they've not been taught how to use that power. And there's no accompanying maturity or character in their life and so they misuse that power.

You see the Holy Spirit is God resident on earth. All divine power resides in Him. But He is looking for those who are honest enough to be trusted with the power that He can give them.

They alone will use it for God's glory and not for themselves. You see God does not invest a man with power for any other work than that of the kingdom of God. And you've seen how many have built their own kingdoms and have built empires and so forth.

And it's not that they have not had the power of God. It's not that they've not had the Holy Spirit. But they've misused it and they invested it in that which was not godly.

In that which was carnal. And therefore God had to take it from them. And He's waiting to give it to His remnant church that knows how to use it.

And walk in holiness. Walk in righteousness. But at the same time have the power of God.

Hallelujah. Now consider how three men experienced God's power. Now the first example is here in 2 Kings of a man who found the secret of power.

It says in 2 Kings referring to Elisha. Look at verse 13 and 14. This is a familiar story to some of you.

2 Kings chapter 2. I thought you'd know. Caught you on that one. 2 Kings chapter 2. Where's your discernment? No, I'm only kidding.

2 Kings chapter 2 verses 13 and 14. It says, He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and went back and stood by the bank of Jordan. And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and he smote the waters and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? And when he had smitten the waters they parted hither and thither and Elisha went over.

Now that's some power. Wouldn't you like to be able to turn back every opposing force so that it goes hither and thither? I like that, hither and thither. I like to see the enemy go hither and thither so that you can march right on to victory.

Now Elisha receiving a double portion of Elijah's spirit and power is used as an example of what God can do for every believer. Elijah is a type of Christ and the church was promised a double portion. Didn't Jesus say, greater works than these shall you do in my name.

That's equivalent to Elijah's double portion. But how did Elisha qualify to receive Elijah's mantle? You see there are prerequisites and conditions for power. God does not promiscuously or willy-nilly or foolishly hand out power.

There are preconditions and preparations that must take place before we are candidates for his power. The Bible says, lay hands on no man suddenly. And I've seen churches and organizations put people in positions of power they were not ready for.

They didn't have the character, they didn't have the holiness to know how to use the power given to them. In like manner I've seen evangelists, I've seen churches invite people and say, come get God's power. But they give no instructions on how to invest that power to God's glory.

You see Jesus did not send out his disciples until they were ready. They had to spend time with him before they could go out for him. Do you recall following the feeding of the 5,000 what Jesus had to do with his disciples? You know the story.

Listen to it, don't turn to it. Mark 6, 44 says, and they did eat. They that ate of the loaves were about 5,000 men.

And the very next verse is interesting. It says, and straightway, or immediately, Jesus constrained his disciples to get into the ship and go to the other side while he sent the people away. And Jesus, you see, immediately after this miracle, he sends the crowd in one direction, and he sends the disciples in another direction, out on the sea, where that night they ran into a perilous storm.

Now there's a reason why that he did this. The word constrained is a word of urgency. And there is a good reason why Jesus had to get the disciples out of there right away.

And John tells us the reason, listen. John 6, 15, it tells us, When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force to make him king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. You see, they wanted to make Jesus king because a king represents power.

They saw the power, they felt the power, they were blessed by the power, and so they wanted to install Jesus as king so that they could enjoy more of the power. But Jesus refused. And he got his disciples away from that atmosphere and that excitement that was generated by all of his power.

And the reason he did it is because Jesus will not be king before and until he also is Lord. I say that again, Jesus will not be king. He will not reign in power in your life until he comes and is Lord of your life.

They wanted a king to serve them before they made him a king to rule over them. They wanted the power that fed them before they knew the power that reigned inside of them. But you see, Elisha was prepared for power, for service.

He met the preconditions and conditions to receive power. Go to the, I hope you're still open to the 2nd chapter, 2nd Kings. In verse 3 it says, And Elisha said unto Elisha, Terry here, I pray thee, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.

And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went to Bethel. Now you see the reason that Elijah was going to Bethel is that he was going to go down and visit EBI.

That's Elijah Bible Institute. There were a group of sons of the prophets there. And Elijah knew that he was about to go and so he was making a last visit there.

And he told Elisha, he said, I'm going to Bethel, you stay here in Gilgal. He said, oh no, he said, I'm going with you. So he did, they went down to Bethel and Elijah accomplished his business.

And now he said, now I'm going to Jericho. You stay here in Bethel. And Elisha says, oh no, I'm going to go with you.

As your soul liveth, as the Lord liveth, as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went to Jericho. And after they were in Jericho, Elijah said, I'm going down to the Jordan, you stay here.

And he says, oh no, he said, I'll not leave you. And so he sticks right by his side. He said, I've gone with you thus far, I'm going with you all the way.

And he said, verse 6, as the Lord liveth, and as long as you liveth, I will not leave thee. And verse 6, look at it at the end, it says, and the two went on. And the two went on.

I like that. Now at the Jordan, Elijah takes his coat or his mantle. He smote the waters.

They opened up in the same manner as the Red Sea parted for Moses. And they crossed over the Jordan. And about this time, with Elisha following Elijah like a shadow, he finally recognizes that something is up here.

And he says, okay, I know you want something. He said, what do you want? In 2 Kings, let's see, what verse is it? I'm sorry, I missed the verse. Verse 9, it came to pass, when they were gone over, then Elisha said to Elisha, ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee.

And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit to be upon me. In other words, I want what you have inside you. Now go with me to John chapter 15.

Go to John chapter 15. Because what Elisha was given the privilege of asking is also available to you and me tonight. John 15, 7. Jesus gives his disciples and his church this incredible promise.

John 15, 7. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you. Luke 11, 9 is similar. Don't turn there.

Ask and it shall be given. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened to you.

Now, what is important regarding these incredible promises. I mean, it's like going into a Baskin and Robbins. I mean, this is tremendous.

You're like ice cream. What's important to understand regarding this privilege, which some people take as a carte blanche privilege. What is important to understand is who it was spoken to and when it was spoken to them.

Follow me. Who it was spoken to and when it was spoken to them. This promise, which has not only to do with prayer, but with access to power.

That promise was given to an Elisha company. Follow me. Look at verse 15.

Look at verse 15 of John 15. Jesus says something interesting that struck me one day. In the midst of this great chapter.

He says, henceforth I call you not servants. For a servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth. But I have called you friends.

Now, that's a tremendous statement. Remember, Abraham was called a friend of God. And listen to me.

Only a few people are called a friend of God or a friend of Christ. And when Jesus said this to his disciples, he is denoting a transition in their relationship with him. For three and a half years, almost three and a half years, they had followed him.

And during that period, Jesus had made known unto them all things that the Father had spoken to him. He shared it with his disciples. They received it.

And they were no longer servants who didn't know what their Lord was doing. They were now men who understood. He shared his heart with them.

And they received it. And he now calls them friends. Because now they know the heart of Jesus.

His word is abiding in them. And based upon that relationship, Jesus could now say to them, as he only says to his friends. He only says to Elisha company.

He said, it's for you. You can ask what you will. And you, it can be done unto you.

Because you abide in me. And you know my words. And you know how to use my power.

Not misuse it, hallelujah. You see, this was exactly the same reason that Elijah, as a type of Christ, says to Elisha. Ask what you will.

Elisha's exact words is, ask what I will do for thee. And both with the disciples and with Elisha. Asking and receiving was on a basis and a condition of a proven relationship.

They had a track record of abiding in Christ. And everywhere Elijah went, Elisha was right behind him. He had no other interest but Elijah.

He had no other desire but to be with him. And you see my friend, the privilege of prayer. And our access to power is based on whether we're a friend of Jesus.

A friend who knows what his Lord doeth. And he does the same and he follows that friend as Elisha followed Elijah. And so herein is the first secret of power.

2 Kings 2.10, look at it. Elijah says to Elisha, you want a double portion? You want power? Here's the secret of it. Thou hast asked a hard thing.

Nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee. But if not, it shall not be so. The principle of power is very, very simple.

Where Christ is, there is power. And if you will be a shadow like Elisha was to Elijah. If you will follow your Elijah.

We quote the scripture from Proverbs. There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Referring to Jesus.

But you know it works the other way around. Elisha stuck closer than a brother to Elijah. Because the secret of receiving Elijah's spirit and power was contained in meeting this condition.

If thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee. You see there's only one way to get power. And that's to stick close to Jesus.

And his spirit will be reproduced in you. Hallelujah. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in me.

No more can you except ye abide in me. Elijah said the same thing. He said.

If you're with me when I'm taken up, it'll be so. My spirit will be poured upon you. But if not, if you don't keep your eyes on me, it shall not be so.

And if we're to have our prayers answered for ourselves or others. If we're to have anything with Christ. If we're to have his power.

It's found in this simple truth. Without me ye can do nothing. Be connected to me where Christ is.

There is power. Hallelujah. This takes me to the next man.

Stephen. Stephen was a man who was in heaven before he went to heaven. A man who was in heaven.

Oh I tell you if there's anything I want. Stephen when I read this. I said Lord make me a Stephen because I want to be in heaven before I go to heaven.

Act 7. Act 7. I thought you'd be there already. Act 7. I didn't tell you where it is. Act 7. Stephen full of faith and power.

Full of faith in the Holy Ghost. Preached before the Jewish court. Didn't get a very good reception.

He spoke the truth. The whole truth. Nothing but the truth.

Here's what happened. Act 7 51. Here is a capsule of his message.

Ye stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears. You do always resist the Holy Ghost. As the fathers did so do ye.

That'll get you in trouble. It did for Stephen. Verse 54 is a reaction.

When they heard these things they were cut to the heart and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But as you know that's the least of what they did to him. Verse 57.

Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears. And ran upon him with one accord and cast him out of the city and stoned him. Now what was Stephen's reaction? And here is where we see the power of God in operation in Stephen's life.

As he was being stoned Stephen did two things. First of all he said receive my spirit. And secondly or maybe firstly he said Lord lay not this sin to their charge.

And when he had said this he fell asleep. Now how was it that Stephen was able to have such strength and such power to face that hour, to face that martyrdom? Well I believe that Stephen was in a sense already in heaven before he was finally and officially received into heaven. Verse 55 of chapter 7 characterized his life.

Listen to me. You do not, you cannot face persecution. You cannot face gnashing of teeth.

You cannot face the stoning that we have to have faced in our own lives unless you have prepared yourself for it. The scripture says at the moment of the stoning Stephen being full of the Holy Ghost looked up steadfastly into heaven. And he saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

But listen to me this was not a man who was a stranger to looking steadfastly up into heaven. This was his normal everyday posture and position in life. Stephen looked up where he was accustomed to looking.

He was already, he was already sitting in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. He was already there. His heart, his focus, his attention, his interest, his mind, his eyes were already wrapped up in Jesus.

And that is what gave him power, power to face what he faced. Now do you want power like Stephen had? To face the gnashing of Satan's teeth or the running of attack at you? The only way to be prepared for such an attack is to be in heaven before you go to heaven. Then the key to power is this, he steadfastly looked up into heaven, into the face of Jesus.

The Bible says where your treasure is there will your heart be also. And where your heart is focused that's where the power will be. The closer and higher I go the more immense and powerful I see the one that I have to do with.

That's the secret. I'm looking to him, I'm beholding him. The very first blessing in my life came from him and the very last one will come from him, hallelujah.

Stephen had an open heaven. He saw Jesus not because he uttered a deathbed prayer but when he looked up that was a familiar sight, hallelujah. And all it did was just open a little bit more for him.

Now you know, you say well that all sounds very simple. Having power sounds so simple. Especially when you put it in these terms.

Jesus said seek those things that are above. But you know in a practical sense it's not easy because there are many distractions. You know before we often get out the door of the church there may be two or three distractions.

When you get home there are more distractions. You and I live in distraction city. And you know isn't it amazing? You and I, we can be like Apostle Paul.

Sometimes I feel in this service like tonight. Like tonight I felt like I was being lifted right out of my seat. Sometimes you're like Apostle Paul.

You know you feel like you've reached the third heaven. And you get caught up in the worship. You get caught up in the message.

The Holy Spirit moves at the altar. He moves at the close of the meeting. And you just feel that Holy Ghost joy.

That Holy Ghost high. If you please. But how many of you know that you can be walking out the door.

You can be walking out the church. And somebody will say something to you that's insensitive. Or somebody will disagree with you.

And you'll say something in response to that. And no sooner do you get out of your mouth. Then you know that it was a mistake.

And you wish you could just suck it right back in. And you say to yourself my goodness what happened. Five minutes ago I was lifted into the heavenlies.

And all of a sudden I'm right back down here on earth. I was looking steadfastly up into heaven. I saw the glory of God.

But you see what you did is that you reacted to some gnashing of the teeth. Or somebody tried to stone you. But let me tell you Elijah refused to be distracted.

Remember I said that Elijah went and visited the Bible school students. The sons of the prophets. And he went to two places.

There were two branches of the school. And when he went to the first place. You know what all the students said to Elijah.

He said do you know something. He said do you know that your master is going to be taken from you. And they tried to discourage him.

They tried to get him down. And he went to the other students. And they said the same thing.

They tried to distract him and said. Hey do you know that your master is leaving. In other words what are you going to do now.

What are you going to do now. And both times when they said that. He said be quiet.

He said be quiet. Keep your peace. And he refused to be distracted.

He turned away from that. And he was a shadow. He kept following Elijah.

Remember the disciples in a storm in a boat. The disciples looked at the storm and they panicked. And they did everything that a boatsman could do to save the boat.

They thought they were going to be capsized. And do you remember what Jesus was doing. He was asleep right.

You see if they had been looking at him where he was. And following his example. They would have done the same thing.

They were looking around. They were being distracted by the storm. All they had to do is do what Jesus did.

He fell asleep. You see never never lose your connection with Jesus. The secret to power is this.

You must see Jesus where he is. And do what he does. And his power will be reproduced in you.

Hallelujah. Finally there's one more. One last example.

A man who got his eyes on the power. And he lost the power. Go with me to Matthew the 14th chapter.

Matthew chapter 14. And I'm going to close. Not before I'm finished.

Matthew 14. Jesus came walking on the water towards his disciples. You recall that Peter started walking also.

Until something happened. He began to sink. And the reason he sank is because he took his eyes off Jesus.

And he had them on the power. Look at verse 30. This is something that perplexed me and perplexed me.

Every time I read this story. It says in verse 30. But when he, Peter, saw the wind boisterous he was afraid.

And beginning to sink he cried out, Lord save me. It says he saw the wind. Now you don't see wind.

You don't see wind. But it says he saw the wind. When he saw the wind boisterous he was afraid.

What was that all about? Now of course he did not see the wind. He saw the effects of it. A supernatural wind enabled Jesus and then Peter to walk on the water.

And Peter was seeing the effects of the wind. He was seeing a miracle. He was a witness to power.

And the mistake that Peter made was to get his eyes off Jesus. And look at the power. Perhaps he got excited and he said oh my goodness isn't this wonderful.

He may have started to feel a little proud or puffed up. Can you imagine the incredible experience, the indescribable experience of walking on water. What power Peter was experiencing.

But as soon as he got his attention on the power he lost the power. And oh what a lesson this is. Never get your eyes on the power.

And away from the source of that power which is Jesus. Because if the devil can't get you to get his eyes on your power. He'll get you enamored with God's power.

And he'll get you looking at the effects of his power. And you still take your eyes off of Jesus. Power can be a dangerous thing.

Many Christians have been excited, drawn to the power of God for power's sake. And listen you announce a great big crusade in New York City. And you advertise signs and wonders.

And we believe in signs and wonders. But there are people that are drawn to the effects of his power. Not to Jesus.

I've seen young converts or young ministers speak, testify, they preach with the anointing. And I want to tell you the anointing is a wonderful thing. It's a marvelous thing to have God take your words and anoint them and give power to them.

But I've seen the pride and the puff and the flesh that often results. And soon the eyes are on the power. The eyes are on the person and they're off of Jesus.

In many so called Holy Ghost meetings the preacher draws more attention to the power. I'd love to just go to one healing evangelist before I die. Just one of them before I die.

Who says this is nothing. Yes this is God's power. But that's not where you're to look.

Look at Jesus. The miracles are wonderful. But it's Jesus that we want your attention to be turned to.

Look at verse 28 when Peter. Here's how it happened. When Peter saw Jesus walking on the water what did he request? He didn't ask for power.

Remember when Elijah said to Elisha. Or excuse me, Elisha took the mantle and he smote the water. And it parted hither and thither.

You know what Elisha didn't do? He didn't say now. Will you do that again? Do you take it from your right shoulder and go like that? Or you take it from your left shoulder and go like that? In other words, I'd just like to know what's the technique? What's the technique? And people are running all over looking for seminars. Can I get the technique? And what did he say? He said no.

He didn't even ask for the mantle. He asked for the double portion. He said I want what's in you.

Hallelujah. And about that time. Elijah was translated and the mantle fell down.

And he picked it up. But before he picked it up, you know what he did? He took his own coat off. He rent his clothes.

He took it off again, a sign. A sign that he was not going to trust in the flesh whatsoever. But only in the power of God.

But I got away from Peter. Where was I? I'm going to close with this. When it all began, another interesting thing.

And I will close with this. I have three closings. This is the third one.

When Peter saw Jesus walking on the water, what did he request? And I want you to know that he did not ask for power. He did not first ask first to walk on the water. And Peter answering.

And Peter said, Lord, is that you? And Peter answering him. And he said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee. Bid me come to thee.

Bid me come to thee on the water. He didn't say, show me how to do that. What's the trick to that? How do you do that? The secret to Peter walking on the water of having power was in this.

Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee. And Jesus, oh Jesus said, come. Because he saw Peter had his heart in the right place.

And Peter stepped out in faith and he walked on the water to go to Jesus. And he discovered power. And while he was walking on the crest of the wave to go to Jesus, where was his eye? Where his eye was is where the power came from.

The same way that Elisha received power. Peter saw the king who rides upon the flood and the waves. He saw the Lord far above principalities and power.

He saw the exalted Jesus. And you say, my friend, our eyes must be there. Because where your eye is.

That's, he'll say, come. And when your eye is on him. Then the rest of it's easy.

The rest of it's easy. And you know something? God's been calling some of you to walk on water and you don't know how to do it. I want to tell you, it's not as hard as you think it is.

Just respond to Jesus. He says, come. If your eye is upon him.

We are equal to anything and everything. Even to walk on water. When people leave Times Square Church.

We hope, we don't want them to talk about the preachers. We don't want them to talk about the choir. We don't want them to talk about anything else.

We don't even want to talk about the fact that people walk on water. When people leave Times Square Church. We want them to say.

Jesus bid me come. He bid me come. People are responding to Jesus.

And Jesus says, come. And people are finding his power. Because they're finding Jesus.

Hallelujah. Let's stand together. Glory to God.

Glory to God. Hallelujah. What I think is beautiful.

Almost beyond description. 2 Samuel 9.11. It says, as for Mephibosheth. Said the king.

He shall eat at my table. As one.