Prayer Works Bible Study: January 14, 2024

The Mysteries of Iniquity

The mystery of iniquity is already at work and holiness matters. “Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.” (Leviticus 19:2 KJV) What is holiness? The quickest way to holiness is through temptation. Holiness is not going to church or reading scriptures. Holiness is the power to resist temptation when temptation comes our way.

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You know this week I've been looking at the mysteries of the Kingdom of God and then the Scriptures also talk about the mystery of iniquity.

And you then realize that this world we are part of has always had an agenda since the fall of man. And that agenda has never changed, in fact, it is now actually being pushed at a very fast rate.

Because the closer we are to the returning of Christ, the busier the devil is becoming in order to persuade a whole lot of people to go down with him. And I think as believers, you know we have put our guard down for years now. And honestly, as a pastor, I can say this.

The men of God of our generation have really let down the world. We have, we have really let down the Lord and the world because holiness is no longer a thing.

And we seem to be caught up in things that we shouldn't be caught up in. And we are mentioned in circles that we shouldn't be mentioned in.

And we are taking part in things that we shouldn't be taking part in. And we are desiring things that are beyond the call of what God has called us to be and to do. And slowly but surely, that has swayed people away from closeness to God. And there's a reason for it because the mystery of iniquity does not demand a full blown scale of sinning.

All it needs is just a drop to contaminate the whole bunch. And what the write of Hebrews was saying in Hebrews 10 is very true. And you can see it slowly but surely because every person who seems to really have a passion and desire for God is doing something somewhere.

To make sure you, If you the other day listening to Cortina and Cortina is over here with the with the podcast trying to grab hold of people. You hear somebody over here doing.

Say it's not because everybody has a desire to have a podcast or a desire to speak, it's because there is something that is bugging them and they are realizing this is no longer a principle that is governed in the church and hence people are pushing for it.

So you know I'm starting this Bible study guys. It's going to run throughout the year. And my prayer has nothing to do with growing anything. My prayer has everything to do with every single one of us in our own right to be extremely close to God as we can.

And I want to show you why that has to be the case. Because the scripture is very clear that no longer will anyone come and tell you here is Christ just because each person will know him for himself because you are part of a brick of a larger church.

Christ is the head and he is building his church so that he can return to a full church, not to half church or a church missing the roof or missing a brick.

No, he wants to return to a full church. And its the responsibility of each and every single one of us to really grasp the call of God in our own personal lives and to adhere, to adhere to it as close as we can.

Yesterday I just happened to switch on the TV and I saw this commercial by Apple. They are releasing these kind of like goggle things that you put on.

I don't know whether you see them or they just look at. I think you put them on to look at the TV, right or something like that to look at the screen.

And it enhances it enhances your view. Whatever it's supposed to do. But there's one thing that actually it does more than enhancing your views, it isolates you from reality. It literally isolates you from reality.

And in Peter 1, we all know this scripture. It says the devil is like what a roaring lion. He goes back and forth looking at for someone he can devour.

So, the scripture then warns us in the same path, he says be sober-minded because the devil your adversary is like a roaring lion who is going back and forth looking for someone he can devour.

In order to fully understand that scripture, you realize that actually living in isolation is in direct violation and contradiction of what it means to be a believer.

Because once you are isolated roaring lions always go for animals that are injured, wounded, sick, isolated. That's who they hunt.

And if you're a believer and you're part of these categories you are in danger of being attacked by the devil. And especially nowadays, you don't have to do anything for him to attack you. You just need to be somewhere where you are accessible. And the mystery of iniquity will literally come on you.

Now to really kind of just explain this guys. If you think about it, I'm sure some of you you're poured milk in a cup, in a glass of water, right? Yeah, milk just milk in a glass of water. If you drop, if you put one drop of milk in a glass of water, the whole entire thing fogs.

And to clear that water, you have to put how many gallons of water? A lot. That's what the mystery of iniquity is. That you do one violation, you have to spend hours and hours of cleansing thyself in order to feel at least pure or right with God.

The reason why brothers and sisters, we have to be close to the word of God, especially this year, I'm telling you this year is going to be rough. The reason we should be close to the word of God is because there's a time that's coming when the Holy Spirit is going to be lifted out of the earth.

Thessalonians 2, because that's what's holding the Antichrist at bay, the Holy Spirit. But the scripture shows as in Thessalonian 2 that He is at one point He will be removed.

Why will he be removed so that he can give the devil all the access he needs to do what he needs to do. So that the Lord Jesus Christ can come and destroy him in return.

I'm going to read a few scriptures here. Let's go to Matthew 24:37 and this is a reason we're trying to get to the reason why this year we have to be close to God in prayer, in study, in scriptures, in fellowship, in encouraging one another in worship.

Matthew 24:37 says but as the days of Noah were so shall also the coming of the son of man be. For as in the days of Noah that were before the flood.

What were they doing? They were eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered the Ark.

The account of Noah starts approximately 1600 years from Adam and Eve. Genesis 1:26-27, as the earth's population exploded so sin came with that.

To an extent where God said, I regret making human beings. That's how sinful the days of Noah were. That God himself says you know what, I regret doing this.

And now the scripture is telling us that before the return of Christ its going to be as that where God literally regrets creating humanity.

We might ask, what were they doing in the days of Noah? They told us they were eating, they were drinking, giving each other in marriage and just carrying on with their lives like there was no care of spiritual things.

In other words, they ignored the voice of the Prophet who was telling them, hey, get your act together get your act together, they literally push that aside.

People were lovers of themselves. Love of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedience, disobeying their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous pleasurer, pleasure seekers.

And by the way guys, let me say this while we are here, Holiness matters. It's not a myth, it's important because the scripture says, be holy as I am holy.

How are we going to stand before God if we are not holy? And you might ask, what is holiness? Holiness is not going to church, holiness is not reading your scriptures, holiness is not worshiping God.

Holiness is the power to resist temptation. In fact, the quickest way to holiness is through temptation.

When you get tempted and you resist, you immediately become holy. So, the greater the level of temptation, if you can stand the tests, the greater the level of Your Holiness. Not the amount of time you go to church.

Now going to church and worshipping God and praying and all those things actually gives you the strength and ability to resist temptation when temptation comes your way.

So in the days of Noah, they were not resisting temptation. Now when you look at our life now and you see what's going on around us. I mean, it's all there before us to realize that man surely the Lord is near.

I mean, you know, let me go on a tangent here, guys, and I'm sure we are all watching the news and hearing stuff.

There's a pastor who played nightclub songs on New Year's Eve in church, big pastor. After that, he catches hell from people, he comes back to defend it. He’s like I was right.

Two months ago two Bishops, two bishops, men, bishops got married and they were given a whole entire interview and a segment of a magazine to occupy maybe 3, 4 pages about their life story.

How great that was. They both have churches they were preaching in and in fact, I guess this is the first gay church in America.

They read scripts and everything. They have worship and everything, everything that we do, they do.

I know pastors right now, a few years ago would agree him and his wife decided let's get divorced, but let's just remain pastors of this church.

So they live separately, she still called first lady and they still call him first whatever bishop. They all come to church after church finishes, they both go their separate ways.

Go to his house, go to your house. And now here's my question guys ok, this church is full of people who are going there every Sunday.

Every Sunday they go in there, oh, he wrote their tithes and offering prayers oh my God that was a move of God, what move? The devil's primary job is to deceive.

And the problem of a deception is that even the person who is being deceived doesn't even know that they are being deceived.

That's why it's called deception, so it's getting worse. A week ago they saw creatures in Miami. They shut down the airport for five hours, shut down electricity in homes three quarters of home in Miami.

They didn't report about it, they didn't put it in the news because they can't explain what they saw. It's the mystery of iniquity, that's why it's called the mystery of iniquity it's mysterious. We can never really figure it out, but it's there.

So the only way we can guard ourselves to remain closely knitted to Christ, has to do with our devotion to his word, his statutes, his commands. God is still holy and he's still demanding us to be holy He didn't change it.

Because our generation has become smarter but still it is prerequisite. For us to be holy, I mean, we all been in churches for the past 10 years. Please, please just think of the day you last heard the message on holiness.

God is going to bless you, you're going to get married, you're going to do this, you're gonna do this. It's all happening to us as it was in the days of Noah.

Noah was preaching holiness, Noah preaching being diligent, staying in faith because in order to build an ark and for all those years. That Ark Noah was building was a representation of the Ark of the Covenant that was being built later on.

In other words, if I am to dwell amongst you, you must build me a place to stay. And then when Christ comes, He says if I must dwell in you, then you must build inside of you a place for me to stay.

And we all know, according to the Book of Exodus, in order to build the Ark, there were specifications on design, on material that had to be adhered to.

The same principle applies when it comes to you in building a space for God in your heart. There are specifications, there are things that has to be done and things that have to be adhered to. You can't be frivolous with the measurements of the Ark.

Otherwise I ain’t coming to stay over there. Now we can’t be frivolous with the things that we carry in our hearts for Christ.

We need Christ now, in our hearts, before we leave our homes, before our children leave their house, before we send anybody anywhere, we need Christ now.

Because the devil is not playing around. And this is not a message so that we get scared but this is a message to realize that there is power that has been given to us and to carry that power and that force. We have to be in right standing with Christ.

Because Jesus is not returning to a weak church. So as the days of Noah, so shall it be, Isaiah 40:6. Here's why these scriptures matter. And This is why you need to stay in your word daily. Every moment you have an opportunity, go to the word of God.

Here's why, Chapter 6, Isaiah 40:6. says this: A voice says cry and I said, what shall I cry? All flesh, your flesh, my body, your body is grass and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. Which is incredible when you think about it. Flowers are beautiful thing but they do not last.

The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers the flower fades, but the word of God will stand forever. Forever it will stand.

Then in Psalms 119:10, David now says to the Lord, the Lord says that I have hidden, This is David speaking, I have hidden your words where?

In my heart that I may not sin against you which means that if you do not have the word of God in your heart the mystery of iniquity is at the door and if you do not have the word of God in your heart you are susceptible to sin.

This is not about conviction this is not about systematic authority, this has nothing to do with how disciplined you are.

This has everything to do with the fact that the word of God by itself has raised the standard in how we need to live in that word. If it resides in our heart, not in the book.

If it resides in your heart, how does something reside in your heart? If you love it. So I'm trying to help us this year.

To not just read this scripture, but to love it, to literally love the word of God because it is him, it's Christ. The more we love it the greater it is hidden in our hearts.

The greater the word of God in our hearts the less the mystery of sin, the mystery of iniquity.

Now let's ask this question. How are we going to survive when the Holy Spirit has been removed from the earth and the great tribulation comes, how are we going to survive?

Because right now, the spirit of God is everywhere. The difference is that people who refuse to acknowledge him, some acknowledge him.

But what's going to happen when we become devoid of that. We only ask this, ask the 14th church century, what do you do?

When God goes silence for 400 years from Malachi to Matthew. There is no anything coming in heaven, nothing comes out. The heavens were totally and completely shut.

And all of humanity had no direct connection to God. And when you look at that chapter, when it ends, the book of Malachi it, ends with the curse.

So, 400 years of silence. This is why now, even when Jesus comes to the Earth, they couldn't identify with him.

Because if the Lord was in the earth prior to Jesus coming to the earth, guess what they would have known that that's the Messiah.

We shall not kill him but the fact that they would kill the Messiah is because they did not have the right spirit in them to recognize, to connect the word of God they heard and what was right before them.

So now forward when Christ comes, when the Holy Spirit has been lifted off the earth. How will you know? How will you know?

Unless you have knowledge of the word of God in your heart. And you recognize what it says and you can see the signs of time and interpret them, based on Scripture.

How?, because there's no one to tell you oh, that's truth. And now we are all wondering hey, how come these people don't see that this crazy is crazy.

How are people still supporting these men? How are people? We ask these questions? And somehow, we think they are crazy, but they are not.

Reads Thessalonians 2, God says because they refuse the truth, what is truth? The word of God says therefore I will send them a delusion for them to believe. And guess what? This delusion is everywhere it's not just for a specific group of people.

And now look at God's response. Look at what he says. He says if my people, who? my people, are called by who? My name. Who is he talking about?

Is he talking about the world? Is he talking about the people that rightfully know him? If my people who are called by my name could do what humble themselves.

Every time you see these statements in the scripture, you have to understand these brothers and sisters. It's not just being written because it sounds cute. You don't write a letter to somebody who doesn't need it.

The reason Paul wrote Corinthians 2 letters is because they needed two letters to get their act together. So when you see that if my people God is actually reminding and telling us that my people, my people, there's a time we've got to my people, my people who need to humble themselves.

And just to show you guys look at the arrogance of some of these pastors in these past few months, they do something crazy. Somebody comes and say yo, what do they do? They buckle down, they buckle down because there's no more humility.

That's why the nation can't get healed because the prayer. Because when you, when you really read that Scripture, it implies to the prayers that will heal the nation. If my people were caught by men, would humble themselves turn from their wicked ways and seek my face.

So there's three things that you have to humble yourself, then you have to turn. What's this turning mean? To go back. Why do you need to go back? Because you've gone the wrong way and pray then in return, I'll hear from heaven and I’ll heal their land.

So the goal guys, the goal. I want you to hear me and hear me well. This year you gotta devote time to the word of God. Not have knowledge but you have to love it fall in love with it.

Because there are things that your mind number one cannot conceive, then number two cannot comprehend. Then the third one you can't solve because it's a mystery.

It's the mystery of iniquity it's called a mystery. Nobody knows why the sun comes out from the east every day it's a mystery. Nobody knows how people sin it's a mystery. And the scripture says this mystery of iniquity is already at work.

We're not talking about stuff that's coming, we're talking about stuff that's already happening it's already at work.

You know, there are times I get information that I'm like Lord why, why is this person telling me this? Why do I know this stuff? Like why? These things I've heard in these past few weeks that a down right scary, scary.

And you're like, hold on. Who shall ascend to the hill of the Lord? Who? that question was asked to everybody. Who shall ascend to the hill of the Lord? He that is clean hand. We haven't even raised any thought to an idol.

Just a simple ascend and this is just ascension. We're not talking about what you get and get revealed up there. But we shall ascend to the hill of the Lord. That’s the call it's a call. We have to desire to see the Lord. Every single one of us, God is not exclusive.

Each time that every single one of us in your quiet times, you start having encounters with the Lord. I mean real encounters, not goosebumps. Real encounters that will really scare you. Where the Lord has to tell you, don't be afraid it's just me.

I know some of us are raising children here. And some of us are dealing with stuff that we're like, wait, wait a minute I can't understand that.

And unbeknown to you, that you are fighting generations and generations of iniquities that you have no idea that happened 500 years before you even get here.

And apparently the devil has all this information and records of your ancestors, what they did and you are out here just fighting in the dark and you wonder why all the aunts are always crazy.

You wonder why people look at how smart the devil is. Think about how much money we have to spend to go pay counsellors. And after you've told them, there's no answer. And then yet, yet but yet we don't go and pray.

I was talking to this lady the other day playing tennis? You know how much money pastor Zee I have spent going to counselors for the past 10 years.

I'm telling you I'm probably over $70,000. Since if I played tennis you with you for one hour and you give me a solution to your problem, since it took me 5 years for my counselor to tell me what you just told me.

And by the way she didn't tell me her story. I just happened to look at the way she was acting and dealing with missing the ball and I was like, why do you hate yourself? In the middle of the tennis court breaks down on the knees and starts weeping.

That's the God we serve. That's not me that's the God we serve. And we are all dealing with stuff like this. And the only antidote, guys, because it's a mystery. How do you deal with the mystery? With another mystery power right?

Then Jesus comes and says to you, unto you are given the mysteries of this Kingdom. But with everybody else we have to speak to them in parables. So how do we get to mystery when we know this halfway. The least we can do is know his word.

To understand that to even know that there's mysteries you have to read to read the word to know that there is mysteries in this Kingdom. So this year, my prayer is that God does something remarkable in you in terms of your passion towards him.

You know I know problems, life problems happens, ok, I know that. I've spoken to most of you here I know that. But look at us with all the stuff that is transpired in our lives, we are all sitting here in our right minds, healthy, loving the Lord, and you think about the days you were broke.

You think about the days you didn't have money. You think about the days you thought my God, what am I going to do? I lost my job. All this stuff think about it we are still here. Somehow we can't even explain how it all happened, but we are here.

And if that's not prof that literally, if we just focus on the Lord what he says, in his word, that man, if I can take care of birds. What about you that I love? But you know why we have struggles with these scriptures, its because we read them halfway.

These scriptures loved us before we loved them. They really do, they were written thousands and thousands of years ago for us to enjoy in 2024.

This book has stood the test of time. There's people would try to change some stuff in there. There's people would try to throw it away. There's all kinds of stuff they try to do to this book.

It is still here because this is the only book that has breath in it, it lives, it breathes. It's a living Organism. This is not pages, it's a living organism.

You can't define how between 1600 years of manuscript, that color rate and explain the same thing. On your best days we can’t do it.

We are not even that organized. It is this book? This one that's the only remaining thing this book. We read the scripture says my word will stand forever.

So if his words stand forever. Now, if that word is in your heart, that means you will do what? That you will stand forever.

That you will stand forever, because if this were stands forever and it's in your heart, then that means you will stand forever.

2025 when you cannot study these spiritual calendars it's kind of like the year of Jubilee 2025. But before God does anything He has to clean up house first.

That's why he talks about you cannot put new wine on old white skin. If any of us are to receive another greater level of revelation from the Lord. We can't receive it living the same way. Doing things the same way, and by that I mean I don't mean we are sinning, but I mean, even at this stage that we are.

One of the biggest problems with the church is that we plateau. We get to this place and then we get comfortable and then we just cruise now we are not seeking new revelation.

We are not seeking to pray the way we used to pray. We are not seeking to go deep in worship and every single one of us here, if we are to really talk about the times when we started.

We will talk about prayer walks we'll talk about the times we spent with the Lord, the weekend that we shut ourselves, the weekend we went our way.

We will talk about all those things. And somehow they're now all history but yet we are still living. It's time to revive those encounters.

They are needed. And we are needed. We are needed now, not tomorrow not next year we are needed now. I told you guys last year all this stuff that you are seeing my body, my choice, man can marry a man, and all of these things.

They are pushing society to the brink. But I'm telling you, in 10 years time when the cows come back to roost, the same people are going to walk in your church doors.

They're going to walk in your house and tell you that all, by the way, I’m in a relationship with six women but I'm coming back to Christ.

The problem with that, even though that's glorious, to celebrate. Is that if you really have to deal with this person, that means you have to wrestle with all the demons they are carrying.

Not only wrestle with them, but you have to make sure you give them something to sustain them for the rest of their life.

Because the Bible Is very clear that if you push a demon out is going to go settle some where, and if it comes back and that house is clean, it will go and get more reinforcement and that person is going to be worse off than when they came to you in the first place. And that's what church is.

That's what church is. Can you help people and give them the full food so they can stay sustained and push this demonic spirit away.

It's not us but it's us providing an environment for the worldly spirit to manifest himself and do what he needs to do, and we can get our way off the way.

I'm currently writing a chapter in a book that says preach, die and be forgotten. Because it's all about Christ. It has nothing to do with you it is all about Christ.

So I'm saying to all of us guys we now have to be reservoirs of his word and his spirit because there are people that are going to have to come and drink from us.

And if your well is not deep enough. Then somebody's just going to come and scoop once and you and them will be empty. And woe unto us, if there's nothing in our reservoir. So there is reading Scripture then there is reading scripture, then there is reading scripture.

Let me give you an example to show you what I'm trying to get to. Who has passed through the airport in Atlanta. Would have flown through the airport in Atlanta or checked in through the airport in Atlanta.

That's a massive airport in fact, it is the largest airport in the world that handles a lot of traffic. They estimate about 2.4 million planes come through Atlanta every year it is probably more than that now.

Now, we all go through Atlanta, right? It is really busy. But we don't really understand how that airport functions. Even though it is said to be the biggest, it's the largest.

Oh, my God. we don't really know. Now do you know why they ask you in Atlanta to arrive 3 hours early? In Birmingham you can just go.

But you know in Atlanta where you can't go, you can't go to your flight late. Even with two hours, that's late. Here's why that happens. When you check your bags in Atlanta.

When you check your bags in Atlanta from the check-in counters to the plane. Your bag travels approximately 62 miles. 62 miles underground railway. Because below that airport is 3 stories of railway line that moves luggage from one place to the next.

And that railway system cannot breakdown because if it breaks down for more than 5 minutes. It can cause delays in all of the major airports in the world. All of them not one every single major airport in the world will be running late because of that sequence of events, 62 miles.

So when you're coming there two hours later and you're flying international like, no, sorry you missed your plane. Like I'm here 2 hours.

It's because we don't understand the mysteries behind that airport. Do you know in that airport in Atlanta, there's a man who has a job as a rodent watcher.

You know, rodents, rats. Apparently that man in that office actually gets paid more money than the person who ran the airport in Alabama because his job is to watch for rodents.

It sounds like it's no job, but until you realize that if a rat gets on a 777 Airbus only Airbus A380 and chew wires, while people are on the plane. The challenges that comes with just that act will affect the whole world.

In fact that position the airport cannot operate if that position is not filled. The Kingdom of God is like that.

This book is like that because it's these mysteries and chords that until you actually sit down and examine and break down the airport in Atlanta, you will never know how it operates.

You will know it's big, you know its effect, you know Oh, my God, it's wonderful it's nice, Oh, my God it's busy. You know, all those things.

But until you realize that actually that airport every single year, because of the power of the airport, it hosts all of the major airports in the world. They fly down to Atlanta to sit down and have a meeting to discuss how hubs should be run.

We don't know that because it's a mystery. Until you decide to invest what time, effort. You don't study that stuff if you're not passionate about it. It's the same thing with these scriptures. Oh, Jesus died for you.

Until you really dive deep into what salvation is it will remain a mystery, and then God is saying unto you, I've given mysteries of this Kingdom. You know, during the course of this year we're going to have one of these weekends we're going to talk about salvation. Because you know what the problem is, what the church is guilty of and the Lord has been really talking to me about this.

We have made salvation so easy. Ah, you just confess with your words and you come, you are saved. It's not that it's not that easy. Because when you read the scripture, it says the old has passed away that's a funeral and if there’s no funeral that's easy.

And then it says the new, what's new, new baby? How easy it is to raise a baby? How much money do you have to spend raising your child? To be a grown human being, we can function in this world.

So salvation is not easy. We have made it easy because we have just become lazy. We have become lazy. Church is actually full of lazy leaders, it is. Don't want to pray? Don't want to devote seasons of prayer worship to the Lord? Don't wanna do it.

Na whatever, we'll find every excuse. There's nothing easy about salvation, nothing. How easy is salvation if the Lord has to tell Noah to build an ark? For hundreds of years, how easy is that, having to convince people that, hey, there's a flood coming when is it coming? I don't know, how easy is that?

How easy is it to raise a man for 30 years and for him to just die like that? Just to raise him, grow him, raise him, feed him, teach him, starts walking on this earth. Now, when he is really becoming a man to do all these incredible, phenomenal things now you have to die. How easy is that?

And yet we just let people walk in church and say, hey, raise your hand, or now you've made the decision you are now saved. We don't follow up, we don't teach them the right things. And you know why we don't teach them the right things, it's not because we can't or we don't want.

It is because we are raised leaders who don't understand the mysteries of his Kingdom. So how can you teach something that is mysterious when it's actually still a mystery to you?

This is why I'm saying brothers and sisters, if you are a believer and most of you have been in this Bible study for a while now and I'm saying to you, and I'm kindly asking you because my life depends on it, right.

Because one day the Lord will say, yeah, I said all these people that were coming to Pastor Zee’s Bible study how come they never became what they were supposed to become? So, this year, if you're going to be part of this, we're going to hold each other accountable.

Because we have a role to play and it's massive. Because there's a cleanup that's coming 2023. So we have a lot of cleaning up all the stuff that's hidden is going to come up.

And it's already coming out and some are denying it, some are saying whatever, but hey do not get caught up.

Don't get tricked, eyes wide open. Make sure God is your friend, the prayer is part of your daily routine. Study of Scripture is at the center of who you are. There is no such things a free time.

There's no watching TV until the TV gets hot. There's no watching crazy stuff on YouTube because all those things are distractions to get you, and I disconnected from the power of the Holy Spirit.

And when the devil can do that and I'm telling you this, God has people waiting to be sent to you so that you can minister to them.

But woe unto you what do you do if a priest who sexually abused people shows up at your house? You're going to push them away.

Or they're like, I'm desperately need for the Lord I need you to pray for me. If you don't have the spirit of God in you, you are going to run.

What do you do with all these people now that are coming out of Freemasonry, they're like I need help, somebody help me.

What are you going to do? What do you do and I'm talking about I'm not talking about hearsay I'm talking about stuff that's happening, guys.

I was in a steam room at the gym after working out trying to get all my breathing right. This man gets up, gets up starts asking me questions in the stream room.

People like, yeah, I'm just gonna get out, I gotta get out, I was going to be like, you know, what if the Holy Spirit comes here in our towels, I'm going to have to lead you to Christ right here.

Who cares who's gonna walk in and say what the heck but it is a mystery unto you are given the mysteries of this Kingdom. What Kingdom, God's Kingdom.

They are hidden mysteries it will be a sad day for us to leave this earth one day to get to heaven and God says come here look at all these I gave you.

But you never venture to enter in you stayed in out. Brothers and sisters hear me. Ok, from Moses, from Moses to Jesus. You can count how many people have lived there, all those generations.

None of them on any day could get up and say, you know what, I'm going into the Holy of Holies even if they wanted to they couldn't it was forbidden.

And then you and I, we become so privileged that Jesus comes and died and slit open the veil and says anyone now can enter in.

And somehow with that free gift, we're still choosing not to enter in. We're holding our churches to run for them, don't want to enter in. Everybody all across this country worried about time.

Oh, my God there's people watching you. Oh, my God and we don't want to enter in losing this privilege, it's a mystery given to us, and we don't want and we still want it, but we don't want so I'm giving you a yearly homework.

I'm telling you, these brothers and sisters, this year 2023. It's your responsibility and I'm going to be checking guys.

You better create a space in your house something, figure it out where you can enter in. And obtain mysteries for you, your family, your grandkids, and all the stuff that you're trying to do.

I don't want to hear all my grandkids are causing me problems. I don't want to hear none of that.

We have been given authority, it has been given to us. So we're going to enter in this year. You're going to enter in and trust me, I'm going to be checking like, hey, what's going on here.

We're not just going to be Christians. We'll go to church and enjoy ourselves and be cute and be Hallelujah Oh, my God nice, pastor Zee no I ain’t doing that.

Because I will be held responsible for the words that are coming out of my mouth. So yes, you're going to have to enter in. And if I have to push you so be it.

You can get mad at me, but you will love me later and it's ok. So, brothers and sisters you've got work to do, we have work to do, don't give it to somebody else to do.

Every single person here knows what God has put inside of you. Don't give it to somebody else to do. It's your gift, it's your talent and you know who you are.

And you know what God has brought you from and you know what God has put inside of you. It's time to expand that gift.

It's time Tamisha, thank you for being an incredible phenomenal prayer warrior. Now we want you to go even further and start demolishing strong walls that are binding this whole entire city.

Kay thank you for being an officer. The police office is full of crazy stuff over there we're gonna need you.

You not just to be a police officer and drive your cruiser around the highway, but we're gonna need you now to say, you know what God, we're gonna raise the standard of spiritualness in this place.

Cotina, same thing. The sergeants I know you're meeting all the people who are affected with gun violence and all the kids that are dealing with all this stuff and all the challenges that you see in that world. You can still go higher spiritually in fact, guys, it actually gets easy.

In other words, do your work early so that when you go deal with people, it's easy ask Peter. Wouldn't it be amazing when you can walk into your place?

And you don't have to lay hands on thousands of people because your shadow is just healing people. Wouldn't that be great? Then you don't have to say I prayed for people for five hours, wouldn’t it be great.

But that can only happen though if you do your work early in the way you're going to work. It's either now or the day that you would make a choice.

But I'm saying the choice that we have, the better choice is to put our work in early. Loving the Lord praying, interceding, taking time off, fasting and prayer, reading your scriptures.

Fellowship with one another, checking on one another, whatever it is, so that when that work is done early and is settled in our hearts. You don't have to struggle, you can just walk and say in the name of Jesus.

Silver and gold I don't have but you know what I can give you today I give you Christ. Last story, I flew to Zimbabwe on my on my way back. I came with my mother, the guy who picked us at the airport to take us to my car at Marrott.

I parked my car at the hotel, Marriott, So on my way back, you know this guy was so generous. Nice with his time, you know and I get over there and I want to give him something, tip him. And I realize I have pounds British pounds on me no U.S. dollars. So, I say to him, listen I don't have would you care if I give you pounds he is like no, like what do I use them for?

I was like, well, give me your Venmo or Cash App or any of these things and later on I can just Venmo you something. He looked at me and was like brother the best thing you can give me right now is prayer.

That was great, but it convicted me that in all my discussions with this guy, not a point I thought, man let me pray for this brother.

I took my hat off because I recognized what moment it was, and right there in that bus, he stood up and I was like, well, we're gonna have to go to bethel right here. By Marriott right outside, they're waiting and everybody's trying to get in the bus.

Jesus is gonna have to come to town because this man definitely needs prayer. So, let me tell you what I'm planning on doing so every Sunday 6:00 PM Central, we're going to do Bible study.

During the week I realized it's kind of you know, and in all these weeks, I'm going to make sure that there is home work, things to do.

And the second thing I'm going to encourage all of us please among these groups find someone you can fellowship with. Intently, deeply upon the things of God.

That's how we grow. Thirdly, I'm going to be praying a lot this year, Monday to Friday, there's gonna be a lot of prayer going on, six to seven I'm going to do that.

And I'm opening you to anyone who so desires to wanna join online on the thing and is just prayer. Really looking at God's way and just praying through.

It's going to be at 6, I'm probably going to be doing earlier than that. I'm going to probably start at 5,6,7 so if you want to join with the Lord, bless you, you can jump on it. There's something that's driving me. Yes, Mama.

Are you saying we'll use the same ID and passcode? No, I'll send you,I'll send you something. I'm think I'm gonna probably starting next week I'll send, I'll send. Oh, by the way, you know, in case in case nobody didn't know um I'm no longer at the Worship Center.

Yeah, I knew that ok, in case anybody didn’t know yeah, and nothing happened. It's just the Lord is calling me to do what I need to do and we are in good terms. They are loving the Lord and I'm loving the Lord and we're just doing what the Lord is calling all of us to do. And I recognize where my call is and the things that God is pushing me to do. And I'm trying to do those diligence diligently as I can.

I don't want to stray away from it. And that's what's driving me. And on this journey, and I know most of you have been, we've been together for a while hanging out and I'm still here.

I'm not moving. I ain't going nowhere. I'm just going to be here in the same city loving the Lord. And if you want to hang out, we will hang out I'm available for anybody.

And I'm pushing for no agenda except loving God. With all my heart, I am devoted to see God's Kingdom come to pass, period. Yes, ma'am. Is your hand up? My hand is up.

I didn't used to think down there, but yeah, you said something about having prayer time 5:00 is a good time for me. You know it doesn't conflict with my other schedules at 6:30 in the evening.

So uh, I'll been looking for that information you're going to have prayer time at 5 in the evening. Is that what you just said? No, morning. 5:00 in the morning. Ok I'm good, I'll be up. I'll be up at 5.

Yeah, that is what I'm saying that, you know, I have a tendency of sometimes when I'm in these praying season, my day usually starts like 3 in the morning, so I'll probably do 3,4,5,6. So, I'm saying that I know that a lot of people might not have the strength to do it.

So that's why I was saying that, hey, if you want to join like at six, which is a reasonable time, then you can. And if you choose to if you're here because I'm a 4:00 AM person too.

Hey, listen, guys I do not mind praying with anyone doing anything with anyone, as long as we are pushing for Christ. Yes, Cotina.

I have a question. Are you going to create a GroupMe chat so you can put all of us in it for, you know, in the morning time and start putting our zoom links in there as well.

And if we need prayer during the daytime, can we reach out in that group chat and send to all of us and just, you know, request prayer or?

You know what I'm good at one thing that the Lord has blessed me with is sometimes to just connect people that I feel I can hear those sometimes because you know what, if I think of one person, the person I know I'm going to pray for you.

If you do call if there's something going on, even if you just text me and you say hey, even if I think of someone I never think of another person and never pray for them, even if I'm driving.

So if you say there's something going on and I know you need help. And I feel like man, I always let's say it's Lord here. Who is the best person to help this person, and the Lord has never failed me in that.

So, so again, right the one thing that I'm trying us to get to is to recognize that we can't wait to get to heaven to do the things that we should have done here.

So no, so I'm going to be sending I'm getting organized you know, that's one hard part about pastors we don't know how to be organized.

So Veronica has been incredibly awesome and Calvin, so he's gonna help me to get organized and some things, and then, you know, get all the stuff where it needs to be then.

And all these recordings I'm we've got the recording, most of our Bible study group to put them in a place where if you want to go back to listen to it or send to a family member feel free to do it.

And the other thing I'm going to be asking all of us to do during the course of this year. You have to at least Minister to five people and bring them to Christ.

Please, you know why I believe Christians are holding or we are the ones who's really delaying the coming of Christ back because we are not doing our part.

This gospel has to be preached to the whole entire world, so as long as it's not preached, but who's going to preach? Somebody.

And now we are watching what's happening in the churches. Pastors don't want to preach, Pastors want to do stuff that they should be doing, you know.

So now the idea of somebody preaching to another person I mean, you attend churches all over this country now you don't hear any message on salvation anymore. It is just blessing after blessing after blessing after blessing.

So the onus now is on us. That's why I'm saying that if you are a believer, you strongly believe in this Kingdom. Find 5 people this year that you say, Lord, I'm committing give me the opportunity.

The prayer of Acts. One day we will go through all the prayers and the book of Acts give me the opportunity to Minister to somebody walk with them, shepherd them.

That's how we're going to build treasure for ourselves in heaven. You know, we go into a place that we have to build for and prepare for. And we better start putting in real estate now.

Right, and part of that we it's not our giving its souls, its souls. Because it will be a great thing one day when you get up there and you realize you look there and goes let me show you the people you brought to Christ.

That's wonderful. I'll take that. So we, there has to be something in us. And I'm telling you, sometimes the best people to reach to ask Dorothy will tell you people who are in their last end.

Not people sitting in your office and having a good lunch. They don’t want to hear about Christ. But people who are on the street, you see them people walking in Birmingham they listen, just go buy.

I'm telling me I've done this before go buy lunch for two people. And go sit next to a homeless person and you say you know what I just want to enjoy this lunch with you.

And watch what the Lord does. Ah, last story concerning this Oh my God. I was talking to Calvin yesterday and Veronica, there's a family I know from here.

Their daughter became friends with this little girl in their class. If you wanted to come over and hang out, they hang out.

Good relationship, everything's great, the girl says, hey granny, can I ask her to come to church because we have something for kids going on and they'll be baptism next week.

So they're teaching and I and the grandma was like, yeah, I'll ask your mother. She calls her mother and her mother says let me just be clear with you. I hate church, my kids don't even know anything called the Bible.

Never been in no church, I don't like church, and I don't want to hear about it and my daughter is not going with you anywhere.

Her response was well, it's ok. That doesn't stop your daughter to be my granddaughters friend. She can still come over and can still hang out, and she doesn't have to go to church with us, but hey we all need friends, she hangs up.

Tomorrow the following day she gets a call and she says in all my years as a 50 year old woman I have never heard anybody talk to me like that.

The moment I told them I don't like church they are like I hate you. She says yeah so my daughter yeah she can go to church with you guys. She went to church once on Tuesday Sunday, she was getting baptized.

She was like, yeah, I'm getting baptized. Sorry, this is what I've been looking for. Now today, a friend today Cody texted me and he says this coming weekend the whole family is going to come to church with them.

So, I'm saying it's time for all of us to become ministers. Not on paper, paper is easy because you just go to school and recite a few stuff and they give you your paper you put it on the wall and say yay.

But that's not the work, once that is put aside the field looks huge and massive. That's when you put all you have worked for to use. So everybody, let me pray for you before you hop off I know this, lets pray then we can leave.

Heavenly Father, we are grateful for your goodness and your mercy towards us. We stand at the door. And we are knocking so we can enter in. We are desiring and we are hungering for a much deeper connection with you.

We have heard so many stories about how you moved and worked with others in the past. We now want that to be our experience so that we can touch others for Christ.

Our desire is to just see other people believe their faith in enhanced, their walk broadened and made deeper. I'm praying for each and every single person here that God.

May you give us good health, wisdom, wisdom from high so that this work what we desire to do is made easy, not because it's easy, but because it's you Christ in us.

The hope of Glory, bless every family represented here, bless our children, grandchildren, protect them from harm and danger in this treacherous world.

But above all else, I'm praying Lord, that this year speaks so loud and clearly in dreams, in visions so that we can hear you without mistaking your voice because our desire is to ascend to the hill of the Lord.

Bless our hands. Give us hands to build. Give us legs to walk and give us minds like Christ. I pray for good health. All your children, bless them and bless their families. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray Amen and Amen.