COMMUNION: REDISCOVERING IT'S POWER AND PURPOSE
COMMUNION: REDISCOVERING IT'S POWER AND PURPOSE
In this Study, we delve into the profound significance of Holy Communion, exploring its origin, purpose, and transformative impact on our faith. We will reawaken a deeper understanding and appreciation of Communion, supported by biblical evidence and quotes from esteemed Christian figures. By revisiting the Last Supper and recognizing the spiritual, physical, and soul benefits of this sacred practice, we aim to revive our faith and fellowship with Christ. Elijah will guide us through a practical experience of partaking in Communion, culminating in a heartfelt prayer...
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I CORINTHIANS 11:23-26 NKJV For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. Shalom & Amen! #thetruth #WordOfGod #God #Jesus #HolySpirit #theboost #life #love #joy #peace #freedom #faith #lionsroar3eight #revival #success #Amen
In this Study, we delve into the profound significance of Holy Communion, exploring its origin, purpose, and transformative impact on our faith. We will reawaken a deeper understanding and appreciation of Communion, supported by biblical evidence and quotes from esteemed Christian figures. By revisiting the Last Supper and recognizing the spiritual, physical, and soul benefits of this sacred practice, we aim to revive our faith and fellowship with Christ. Elijah will guide us through a practical experience of partaking in Communion, culminating in a heartfelt prayer...
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I CORINTHIANS 11:23-26 NKJV For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. Shalom & Amen! #thetruth #WordOfGod #God #Jesus #HolySpirit #theboost #life #love #joy #peace #freedom #faith #lionsroar3eight #revival #success #Amen
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00:00Hi, communion, rediscovering its power and purpose.
00:131 Corinthians 11, 23-26 tells us,
00:16For I have received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you,
00:22that the Lord Jesus, on the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
00:26and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said,
00:29Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you.
00:34Do this in remembrance of me.
00:37In the same manner he also took the cup after supper, saying,
00:41This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
00:44This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
00:49For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
00:52you proclaim the Lord's death till he comes.
00:57In the true confronting words of Charles Spurgeon,
01:00We cannot have communion with Christ till we are in union with him.
01:06And we cannot have communion with a church till we are in vital union with it.
01:12Communion, rediscovering its power and purpose.
01:16Want to know more?
01:18Hang around.
01:22Hello, hello, welcome to Lions Roar 3.8 Ministries.
01:26Amos 3.8 tells us,
01:28A lion has roared who will not fear or hear.
01:31The Lord God has spoken who can but prophesy.
01:35My name is George Magalhães and we are an apostolic ministry
01:39with a prophetic teaching edge.
01:41It is our passion, our mission, to reignite, equip,
01:45and release Christ-like disciples, both locally and globally.
01:49We do that through our itinerant ministry,
01:51but as well as providing with resources just like this one,
01:55to help you, to aid you in your God-given calling.
01:59Today, we're going to do something we haven't done before, at all, ever.
02:03And that is communion.
02:05We're going to be doing a study on communion,
02:08bringing us to our main verse today.
02:10And this time, you will see it on the screen.
02:15So, this time, we'll read it as the voice translation.
02:20So, 1 Corinthians 11, 23 to 26, in the voice translation.
02:28I passed on to you the tradition the Lord gave to me.
02:33On the same night, the Lord Jesus was betrayed.
02:35He took the bread in his hands, and after giving thanks to God,
02:39he broke it and said,
02:44This is my body broken for you.
02:46Keep doing this so that you and all who come after
02:52will have a vivid reminder of me.
02:56After they had finished dinner, he took the cup,
02:59and in the same way said,
03:01This cup is the new covenant executed in my blood.
03:05Keep doing this, and whenever you drink it,
03:08you and all who come after will have a vivid reminder of me.
03:15Every time you taste this bread,
03:17and every time you place the cup to your mouths and drink,
03:20you are declaring the Lord's death,
03:23which is the ultimate expression of his faithfulness and love
03:27until he comes again.
03:31Amen and amen.
03:33We did have a little pause there
03:35because I was trying to get our guest today, Elijah Magalhães,
03:40to be the Jesus part,
03:42but he didn't catch on to it, but it's okay.
03:45It's all good.
03:46So today, as I said, we're going to be doing a short study on communion,
03:51rediscovering its power and purpose.
03:57Amen? Rediscovering its power and purpose.
04:02All right, so many of you know how valuable communion is.
04:06Many of you participate in communion,
04:10probably on a weekly basis in your churches,
04:13and many times we've ministered successfully,
04:17at least us, I'm talking about Lions World 3M Ministries,
04:20Sabrina and I,
04:22we've ministered actually many times through communion successfully
04:27because this is a gift of God,
04:29and many of you can actually testify to the power of communion
04:33through healing, deliverance, and so on.
04:35In today's study, we will delve into the profound significance of holy communion,
04:43exploring its origin, purpose, and transformative impact on our faith.
04:49We will reawaken a deeper understanding and appreciation of communion
04:55supported by biblical evidence and quotes from esteemed Christian figures.
05:01This section will be delivered in our context, which I will cover.
05:07Before venturing onto our study, which Elijah will then lead,
05:12by revisiting the Last Supper and recognizing the spiritual,
05:17physical, and soul benefits of this sacred practice,
05:21we aim to revive our faith and fellowship with Christ.
05:26Elijah will finally, so if you can start doing it now,
05:30if you haven't already done, get your cups ready,
05:36get your bread ready or biscuit or whatever you have there
05:40as we are speaking right now,
05:41because we are going to do a practical.
05:44So Elijah will finally guide us through a practical experience
05:49of partaking in communion, culminating in a heartfelt prayer
05:54and practical application.
05:55Of course, just before that, he will do a small teaching as well on communion.
06:02All right?
06:03So let's pray first.
06:05If you haven't, again, I say, if you haven't got your juice, wine,
06:10whatever it is with you, go and get it right now as we pray and get ready to start.
06:15Amen?
06:16All right, Lord, we thank you for this wonderful night.
06:18We thank you for this time as we venture,
06:21as we delve into the amazing gift of communion that you have blessed us.
06:26Lord, we thank you that you're already moving in this place.
06:29You're already moving through this program.
06:31You're already moving in our hearts and in our lives.
06:33And we thank you for the amazing testimonies at the end of this night as well,
06:37or this day or morning, wherever you are in the world.
06:40We thank you, Lord, for an amazing time of communion.
06:44And as we commune with you, we thank you for a greater level of experience,
06:50of relationship with you, that you will take us deeper in our understanding,
06:57in our experience, and in revealing what you have ahead for us, Lord,
07:03and what you want us to do.
07:07We thank you in the mighty name of Jesus.
07:10Amen.
07:11All right.
07:12So, like I said, we're going to start with the context first,
07:16and then Elijah will take over.
07:18All right.
07:19So, what is communion?
07:22What is communion?
07:23Because communion is not just a Christian word.
07:27Many people now use, in fact, if you look at the way that a lot of the world speaks,
07:33whether they are believers or not, a lot of them actually use Christian words
07:36in their vocabulary, and many of them don't even know that it comes
07:40from Christian context.
07:42Nevertheless, let's look into it.
07:44What is communion?
07:45The power thesaurus reveals communion as sacrament, Eucharist, kinship,
07:54fellowship, intimacy, community, connection, team spirit, a community of interests.
08:06And let me give you some biblical examples of what communion is in terms
08:11of characters in the Bible.
08:13So, if you look at, for example, Enoch, Enoch in the Bible,
08:17and I encourage you to look up Genesis 5.22, speaks about this communion
08:24that we've just defined, Genesis 5.22, Genesis 5.24.
08:31We've also got Noah, Noah in Genesis 6, verse 9, and Noah in Genesis 8, 15 to 17.
08:43You can also see in Abraham's life.
08:46So, if you look at Abraham in Genesis 12, verses 1 to 3, and Genesis 17, verse 1.
08:57You've also got Isaac, Isaac in Genesis 28, verse 13, Isaac in Genesis 35, verse 1.
09:07You've got Moses in Exodus 3, verses 1 to 22, Moses in Numbers 12, verse 8.
09:18You've got Joshua, Joshua in chapter 1, verses 1 to 19, and Joshua in Joshua 8, verse 1.
09:30You've also got Solomon, Solomon in 1 Kings 3, 5 to 14, and Solomon in 2 Chronicles 1, 7 to 12.
09:42And these are just some characters in the Old Testament that you can see in practical, in their lives,
09:55them communing with God.
09:58Now, in the New Testament, we find there's many, but I'll give you two verses in the New Testament,
10:04amongst others, which reveal communion in this context.
10:08So, 1 Corinthians 1, verse 9, in the New King James Version, says,
10:13God is faithful by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
10:231 John 1, verse 3, in the New King James Version,
10:28That which we have seen and heard, we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us.
10:37And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
10:44So, for the simple purpose of having a basic comprehension of what communion is, this is fine.
10:51This is okay, in a simple and basic comprehension.
10:56However, from a godly point of view, there is a deeper spiritual, physical, and soul impact.
11:02There is a much more wholesome understanding and purpose that God established in the gift of communion,
11:10that believers must fully understand the value and practice.
11:15Mother Teresa described communion as,
11:18Jesus has made Himself the bread of life to give us life.
11:23Night and day, He is there.
11:26If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist.
11:32Come back to that adoration.
11:36Cyril of Alexandria stated,
11:38As two pieces of wax fused together make one,
11:43so he who receives holy communion is so united with Christ,
11:49that Christ is in him, and he is in Christ.
11:54St. Augustine put it all together when he said,
11:59Recognizing this bread, what hung on the cross,
12:04and in this chalice what flowed from his side,
12:08whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament,
12:15pertains to this one sacrifice, which is revealed in the New Testament.
12:23You see, our main verse today depicts a perfect picture exemplified in the Last Supper,
12:31revealing what communion fully represents, its origin, purpose, and benefits.
12:38No wonder the enemy is so hell-bent on mocking it.
12:451 Corinthians 23-26.
12:50Again, reading from the voice translation.
12:53I passed on to you the tradition the Lord gave to me.
12:58On the same night the Lord Jesus was betrayed.
13:02He took the bread in his hands, and after giving thanks to God,
13:06he broke it and said, This is my body broken for you.
13:10Keep doing this so that you and all who come after will have a vivid reminder of me.
13:18After they had finished dinner, he took the cup and in the same way said,
13:22This cup is the new covenant executed in my blood.
13:27Keep doing this, and whenever you drink it,
13:30you and all who come after will have a vivid reminder of me.
13:36Every time you taste this bread and every time you place the cup to your mouth and drink,
13:41you are declaring the Lord's death,
13:43which is the ultimate expression of his faithfulness and love until he comes again.
13:51All right, I'm going to hand over to Elijah.
13:57For our communion study today, I would like to set forth a function of communion
14:01that sadly many are unfamiliar with.
14:04Communion reinvigorates, revives, rejuvenates, and awakens your original faith.
14:10An explicit purpose of communion is laid out in our main verse today,
14:151 Corinthians 11, 23-26, reading from the New King James Version, saying,
14:22For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you,
14:25that the Lord Jesus, on the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
14:30and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,
14:33Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you.
14:38Do this in remembrance of me.
14:40In the same manner, he also took the cup after supper, saying,
14:45This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
14:48Do this do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.
14:52For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
14:56you proclaim the Lord's death till he comes.
14:59So brothers and sisters, when we are proclaiming our Lord's death,
15:03we are doing as we did when you were first saved.
15:06Hence the term reinvigoration instead of strengthening or increasing.
15:11Romans 10, verse 9, and Isaiah 53, verse 5,
15:14together confidently confirms this truth.
15:18Romans 10, verse 9, reading from the Amplified Classic Version, says,
15:22Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips
15:25that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe,
15:28adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth,
15:31that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
15:36Isaiah 53, verse 5, reading from the New King James Version this time, says,
15:41But he was wounded for our transgressions.
15:44He was bruised for our iniquities.
15:46The chastisement for our peace was upon him,
15:49and by his stripes we are healed.
15:53As mentioned in Romans 10, verse 9, we must believe upon Christ,
15:58and not just believe but proclaim our belief so as to be saved.
16:02Hence, faith.
16:04When we are believing upon Christ as our Lord,
16:06we are believing he has done what he said he has done.
16:09That is, he has taken the chastisement, penalty, punishment, judgment
16:14for our peace upon him, as mentioned in Isaiah 53, verse 5,
16:19and so has vindicated, acquitted, justified, pardoned us,
16:24and granted us salvation.
16:27This parallel, the parallel this exhibits is paramount,
16:32as this, in essence, is doing exactly as Paul outlines.
16:35You are proclaiming Christ's death till he comes,
16:39and so reinvigorating the faith you exercised when you were saved.
16:44As for the practical applications of this principle,
16:47both from testimonies, familial or otherwise, as well as from scripture,
16:53the best practical advice I could give you
16:55would be to proclaim the Lord's death in your heart and actions
16:58as you take communion,
17:00and therefore not to take the Lord's supper unworthily,
17:03as Paul would say,
17:05that you may take communion and benefit from it
17:09as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, as our Lord said.
17:13All right, just for a second there.
17:15What you've just said is so important.
17:17I want people to understand this.
17:19Can you, I'm putting you on the spot here,
17:21can you explain that paragraph that you just said?
17:24Can you explain that in your own words so that people get it?
17:28Because it's so vital, this is so important, what you just said.
17:32Well, what I'm saying here when I say this,
17:37about not taking it unworthily,
17:39and proclaiming the Lord's death till he comes,
17:43is somewhat of a theme that you hear throughout the old hymns
17:49and old poems, very, very related to the Psalms,
17:53and even in some of the Psalms.
17:54It is a declaration of faith.
17:57Some of you might be familiar with the Apostolic or Nicene Creed.
18:02It is very much like that in this respect,
18:06in so as much as you are proclaiming exactly what you proclaimed when you were saved.
18:11For the Lord said to be saved, as mentioned earlier,
18:13you have to proclaim Christ as Lord.
18:16And here you are proclaiming Christ as Lord,
18:19you're proclaiming him until he comes back as Lord,
18:21and you're proclaiming that he will come back
18:24and take everything for what he has for us.
18:29And so when you're proclaiming this,
18:32you're reinvigorating, as the Lord told us to do many times,
18:35and you are hopefully, as I said earlier,
18:38not doing unworthily your original faith.
18:43When you mean, sorry to interrupt you there,
18:45when you mean unworthily, what are you saying?
18:48Are you saying like, don't take it lightly,
18:51don't muck around with it, don't mock it?
18:54Is that what you're saying?
18:55And when you do proclaim the Lord's death,
18:58are you saying you have to be very serious about it?
19:01No, holy, very holy.
19:03Or are you doing it from a gratitude heart,
19:07from a joyous heart because of what God has done?
19:11I think the answer to your first question about not taking it unworthily
19:15would be to not to take it without the explicit purpose,
19:23without the specific thing that Paul says to take it with in mind,
19:27without in mind your proclamation of Christ's death,
19:30and your understanding of that you are drinking his blood
19:34and eating his bread, his body,
19:36and the reverence that automatically, that naturally comes from that,
19:41from drinking the blood of God and eating his body.
19:45As for the answer to the second question,
19:47I think the best answer is given by Spurgeon when he says,
19:51for here is the main business.
19:54Show his death to your own heart till your heart bleeds for sin.
19:57Show it to your own faith till your faith feels at all sufficient.
20:01Show it to others.
20:02You'll be sure to show it to others if you show it to yourself.
20:06For as others look on and mark your reverent behavior,
20:09if they cannot enter into your joy,
20:11they will be reminded of what they have so long forgotten.
20:15So as we take our communion, wine and bread,
20:18let's do it in the spirit of Ecclesiastes 9, verse 7,
20:22reading from the AMPC.
20:25Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart.
20:30If you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God,
20:34for God has already accepted your works.
20:37Amen.
20:39And as we said, we're going to do this practical,
20:43partaking communion.
20:44Here you are.
20:45That's yours.
20:46This one is mine.
20:48So grab your cups, juice, whatever you have,
20:52wine, whatever it is, and your bread.
20:55And that can be, I've got some Lebanese bread here.
20:59It's kosher enough.
21:02I've got some for me as well.
21:04Grab your bread.
21:05We're going to do communion together.
21:06Amen.
21:07So Elijah is going to pray for our communion.
21:10And then in your own time, after he's prayed,
21:13then in your own time, you just practice what you just heard
21:17and partake in the communion.
21:18Amen.
21:19Go for it.
21:21Okay.
21:22Thank you, Lord, for this bread that represents your body,
21:27that you broke on the cross for us.
21:30Thank you for what it means, in essence,
21:33that you gave up your form that we may have,
21:39a truer form, that we may have the original form
21:42you have made for us.
21:44Thank you that by thine stripes we are healed,
21:47as Isaiah says, and that now you have risen
21:52to the right hand of the Most High.
21:55And we take this in faith of that,
21:57in remembrance, until he comes.
21:59In Jesus' name, amen.
22:01Amen.
22:09Now, thank you, Lord, for this wine or juice,
22:31as it may be in your case, that represents your blood
22:37that you shed on the cross for us.
22:40Thank you, Lord, for the purifying liquid
22:46that you shed willingly and painfully on that cross for us,
22:50and thank you that through drinking this,
22:53through being saved, we are purified
22:55and made white as snow by your blood,
22:57by what this represents.
23:01Thank you that we remember this as we drink it,
23:05we remember the, as Dad said earlier,
23:08the blood that filled this chalice.
23:12And we take this in remembrance of you
23:15until you come again.
23:18In Jesus' name, amen.
23:20Amen.
23:28Thank you, Lord, hallelujah.
23:31All right.
23:34Like I said, it's a mini study.
23:36It's a small study.
23:37I wanted to give you just a small introduction.
23:41I encourage you to go back whenever you can
23:44and re-listen to it, re-learn,
23:46because sometimes revelation needs to be heard
23:49over and over again until it actually becomes
23:52and manifests as understanding in us.
23:58So listen to it over and over again.
24:00What that does, it renews your mind,
24:03and then the revelation turns into understanding,
24:06as God wants us to have.
24:08Amen?
24:09Amen.
24:10Now I want to give a chance,
24:12anybody who's new here,
24:14if you're new here,
24:15if you've never given your life to Jesus,
24:17the word of God is very clear.
24:18What we've done right now is a sacred thing.
24:20We just communed with God of the universe himself,
24:24and he loves that.
24:26He established this wonderful gift
24:29because he loves us that much.
24:31And in 1 John 5, verses 4 to 5,
24:36it tells us, can you read that for me?
24:38Yes.
24:39For whatever is born of God overcomes the world,
24:42and this is a victory that has overcome the world,
24:45our faith.
24:46Who is he who overcomes the world
24:48but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
24:51Amen.
24:52And then John 3, 16 to 17 goes on to say,
24:55because many people don't have the right understanding
24:58and have a misunderstanding of what Christianity is
25:00and who the Christian God really is,
25:02but the word of God is very clear.
25:04And he says in his word,
25:06For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son
25:11that whoever believes in him should not perish
25:14but have everlasting life.
25:16For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
25:20but that the world through him might be saved.
25:24Amen.
25:25And 1 John 1, verse 9 is very clear
25:28and tells us very clearly what you have to do.
25:32Now, before you listen to that,
25:34I just want to mention something because we hear this word sin,
25:38and every time we hear about sin,
25:40most of the world just cringes and has this misunderstanding,
25:44and you tend to then go on the attack towards Christianity
25:48or the Christian God because sin is portrayed in the world
25:51in such a deceitful manner
25:53that you don't quite understand what it is.
25:55Now, is sin something that God hates?
25:58Absolutely.
26:00Absolutely.
26:01He wouldn't send his Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to die
26:05in our behalf if he didn't take it that serious.
26:08In fact, the word of God tells us that the wages of sin,
26:11in other words, the consequences of sin, the results of sin,
26:14is death.
26:16Death.
26:17And Jesus Christ went in our place, in everyone's place.
26:22He took it upon himself all the sins of the world,
26:24from the past, present, and future,
26:27and he hung on that cross a perfect man,
26:30and he died for our sins.
26:32Now, sins, in the most simplistic definition,
26:36is when we try to live our lives without God.
26:39That is sinful.
26:40Anything we do that does not include God is a sin.
26:45God's created us in his image.
26:47It's very clear in the word of God.
26:48We are the only beings created in God's image.
26:51Everything else in the universe, none of it was created in his image
26:55but humanity.
26:57We are the only ones, and God is spirit.
26:59And if God is spirit, then we are spirit beings with a soul
27:02and a body.
27:05However, sin disconnected us from God.
27:08When Jesus came back, and he hung on that cross,
27:11and his blood was shed, and he took those stripes,
27:15and he died on that cross,
27:17and then three days later he was resurrected,
27:20came back to life,
27:21he conquered the curse of sin, sickness, disease, poverty, and death.
27:26He conquered it all on our behalf.
27:29It's as if, as the word of God says,
27:31we were crucified with Christ and then resurrected
27:34or born again in a new nature, the nature of Christ Jesus.
27:39So what do I have to do, George?
27:41Well, 1 John 1 verse 9 tells us,
27:52Furthermore, if you look at the screen right now,
27:55you can see in Romans 10 verses 9 to 10,
27:59it is very clear and tells us that if you confess with your mouth
28:03the Lord Jesus, so you speak out loud,
28:08and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
28:11you will be saved.
28:13Don't try and go somewhere and try to get yourself right
28:16and try to make things right before you come to God.
28:18Come as you are, the word of God tells you.
28:20Declare with your mouth the Lord Jesus,
28:23believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
28:25and you will be saved.
28:26For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness,
28:29and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
28:33But then it doesn't end there,
28:35you can do that right now as you are listening to me.
28:38You can do that right now.
28:40All it takes is the matter of the heart.
28:43I mean, the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart.
28:45All it takes is intention.
28:47You have to mean it.
28:49You have to want, desperately want God.
28:52And you just cry out to God in whatever words comes to you.
28:55You cry out to him, and you say,
28:57Lord, or you say, Jesus, if what this guy is saying,
29:02what his father and son is saying is true,
29:05I want you right now.
29:06I want you to come into my life.
29:07I don't want to live like this anymore.
29:09Come into my life.
29:10Be my Lord and Saviour.
29:11And I choose to believe, yes, because belief or faith,
29:15trust comes first with a choice.
29:18It requires a choice.
29:19It doesn't just fall there, and bam, you've got faith and trust.
29:23It's a choice.
29:24You take your first step, and then trust, faith grows.
29:28So as you put your faith, and you say, Lord, and I believe,
29:32I choose to believe that, God, that you rose Jesus from the dead in my place.
29:36Now use my life for your glory, Lord.
29:39But it doesn't stop there.
29:41Now I'm going to bring that verses up again.
29:43Why it doesn't stop there?
29:44Because God's got an amazing gift, which we Christians call the gift
29:49of the baptism of Holy Spirit and fire.
29:52And as you can see, the second verse is there on Titus 3, verse 5,
29:57Ephesians 2, verse 8, Acts 1, verse 8, and there's many more.
30:01It goes on to say, then he saves us.
30:03So you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,
30:05believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
30:08and you're saved.
30:09And then, because we are saved by grace through faith,
30:14the gift of God washing away our sins and giving us the new joy
30:19of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
30:21That is the baptism of Holy Spirit, and you will receive power.
30:25That is what will happen.
30:27So you will invite Holy Spirit to come and live inside of you,
30:30and you will come, and you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
30:33comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses telling people
30:36about me everywhere.
30:39So there is a purpose, a bigger purpose to life here on earth.
30:43Remember, as I said before, we are spirit beings.
30:46We have a mission, a commission, as the word of God tells us,
30:49here on earth, to conquer and go on conquering for the kingdom of God.
30:55It is not God's will that anyone should perish.
30:58Hell was not created for any created being in terms of humanity.
31:03It was not created for humanity.
31:05It was created for the devil and his demons.
31:07And God does not want anyone that should perish.
31:10This is your time.
31:11We're going to pray together.
31:12We're going to invite Holy Spirit to come to baptize us with fire,
31:17with his presence and with fire.
31:18When he comes, he doesn't just come upon you and you have a great,
31:22powerful experience.
31:23He will remain in you.
31:24You become the synagogue, the church, the body of Christ where he resides,
31:29the indwelling place where he will reside.
31:31And he will be with you at all times.
31:33He will comfort you.
31:34He will correct you.
31:35He will guide you.
31:36He will love you.
31:37He will do all those things through this wonderful adventure of life on earth.
31:42Amen?
31:43Are you ready?
31:44Let's do it.
31:46Lord, I thank you for this privilege to pray for my brother
31:48and sister that are watching.
31:49I thank you for their hunger and their thirst for the baptism of Holy Spirit.
31:54Lord, we are hungry.
31:55We are thirsty.
31:56We want you more and more.
31:58So right now, in union with my brother and my sister,
32:02we say come Holy Spirit, fill us from head to toe.
32:06Baptize us with fire.
32:08And fire represents authority, power, glory.
32:12Let your fire fall, Lord,
32:14a fire that cannot be quenched.
32:15For your word says that our God is a consuming fire.
32:18We say send fire, revival fire, Lord.
32:23Baptize us, Lord.
32:26And thank you, Holy Spirit, from this day forward that we walk after the spirit,
32:32not after the flesh.
32:34We live by faith, not by sight.
32:37In the mighty name of Jesus, amen and amen.
32:43Glory to God.
32:44Hallelujah.
32:45Welcome back to the kingdom family.
32:47Please, I encourage you, get connected with a Bible-teaching,
32:51Holy Spirit-filled church.
32:53If you don't have one or if you don't know where to look,
32:56send us a message, lionsroad38 at gmail.com.
33:02And I do have another one, and I need to remember it.
33:04It's on our website, www.lionsroad38.com.
33:09You can check out our website as well.
33:10There's plenty of resources there that you can access for free,
33:14which will help you in your walk, in your faith,
33:17in your relationship with God.
33:19Amen.
33:21Or you can send us, as I just said, you can send us an email,
33:23and we can help you find a church for you.
33:27And it's so vital that you get connected with the body of Christ because it
33:31will give you the opportunity to serve and be served, to learn, to grow,
33:36to be encouraged, and to encourage others as well in our walk.
33:40Amen.
33:42If you haven't already, as you can see right up there,
33:44is all the social platforms we are in.
33:46Again, there's plenty, hundreds of resources there,
33:49free resources you can access that will help you in your Bible study,
33:54in your church, or just for your personal use,
33:58in your calling that God has on your life.
34:02And don't forget to re-listen to this message because it's so vital that we
34:06truly understand this.
34:08And he done a great job.
34:09Amen.
34:10Amen.
34:11All right.
34:12This brings us to our second part of the program,
34:14which is called The Collective, where we spend time praying,
34:17prophesying, whatever Holy Spirit leads us to do.
34:20With those that are watching, those that are listening,
34:23if you have specific prayer requests,
34:25I encourage you to please write them down already on the Facebook chat,
34:29live commentary section, so that we can access and get onto it.
34:33If you're new here, if it's the first time you're watching,
34:35send us a message.
34:37Let us know where you're from.
34:38Amen.
34:39Because it's always encouraging.
34:40It's always fun to know that there's other brothers and sisters around the
34:43world.
34:44Or maybe you just gave your life to God today.
34:47Please send us a message because we like to rejoice.
34:50We like to celebrate with you.
34:52Amen.
34:53Amen.
34:54All right.
34:56This brings us to The Collective.
35:26The Collective.
35:56The Collective.