(Audio) Restoring The First Love For Jesus — Michael Koulianos

Returning to Jesus as the Church’s Central Message

I was on a friend's podcast the other day, and he asked me what is the Lord speaking to the church and to the world? The Lord is saying the same thing to the church and to the world. He's saying Jesus.

That's all he's ever spoken. Thank you, yeah. I got one guy with me. Thank you, Jesus. Tonight, I felt like the Lord wanted to remind us of our personal beginnings, not just our corporate beginning, which is obviously special to us as a church family, how we started in that little Presbyterian church just singing until he came with no pressure, no clock.

Aren't you glad the clock did not die on the cross? I'll never forget Heidi saying, oil takes time, sweetie, and so does wine. That's just the truth. But I wanna talk about just our personal beginnings, how it all started for you, for me, where it started, how it started.

Andrew Murray said, if you're looking for your end, you'll find it in your beginning. I've never really been into open and closed doors. I believe in them, but I used to hear people say, he opens and closes doors, but it's hell in the hallway.

And I thought, well, why does that have to be hell in the hallway if I'm walking with Jesus? It could be heaven in the hallway. It was actually Jay Valatin who asked me that question last week. What is the Lord saying?

And he's saying Jesus. The Lord, hear me, he is specifying and sharpening the message of the church. He is specifying and sharpening the message of the church. I found it to be interesting that Lauren Cunningham goes to glory, who was a dear friend and the father of something that the world has never really seen.

And then the next day, what happens in Israel takes place. Proof that God doesn't take his generals home by happenstance. And then Israel is this time clock, this time piece for the whole world. And Jesse actually said last night as we talked about it, should we have vision Sunday tomorrow with what's going on in Israel?

Would that sound numb or deaf or tone deaf? I said, absolutely we should. More than ever, Jesus needs to be preached all over the world, and this is proof of it. The only one who will solve what's going on over there is King Jesus.

Every generation, another five-year-old sees something bombed that is ingrained in his soul, and that doesn't just go away, you understand? That doesn't just leave you, regardless of what side you may be born into, you are marked, and this stuff goes on for generations.

And as hard as we try, we need to realize this thing will continue generation after generation after generation until a greater king than David, who is the son of David, comes on the scene. There is no replacing the gospel, and the gospel is quite simply Jesus himself preached by the power of the Holy Spirit, period.

Signs, Wonders, and the Danger of Losing Jesus

As much as I believe in signs and wonders, and we've seen them here by the thousands, there's stuff that's happened here that I didn't even agree with, and then it happened and I agreed with it. It's amazing how that works.

It's heretical until it happens to you, and then you gotta figure it out. I remember some people would pray and their hands would shake, and they used to bother me so bad. And then I went to a meeting in Orlando where Bill and Randy were speaking, and Randy took a step toward me and my hands started shaking, so I tried to hide them in my pocket.

Really, and I didn't know Bill at the time very well. We'd met twice. He was sitting next to me, and my hands were doing this, and I thought, this is worse. I might as well just let him out, and he just kind of looked over and, you know.

I'm in. I have seen stuff that I never thought I'd see, stuff that stretches you, stuff that offends your balanced thinking, which is really oftentimes dead thinking, where many people are more comfortable with a savior who didn't come out of the grave because they can control that version of him, so I'm in.

I've seen tumors fly out of people's mouths on the floor in front of me. I've felt dozens disappear under my hand. I'm in. I believe, but I want to say something. In some supernatural environments, we have forgotten Jesus, and that is not a small issue.

The thousands who came to the pastor's conference, there was no secret sauce. The secret sauce was him, so this is not a small issue to lose our vision of Jesus. There is no faith, called the Christian faith, without Jesus, and so when Jay asked me that question, the answer was quite simple.

Scripture Testifies of Jesus

The Father is speaking Jesus. It's all he's ever spoken, and it's all he's ever spoken prior to the incarnation. Your Bible is about Jesus because Jesus said that. The scriptures testify of me, he said.

They speak of me, but you won't come to me, and that's why I tell our students, don't just come to your Bible. Come to Jesus through your Bible. At the same time, don't create a Jesus that isn't in the Bible.

Prayer, friends, is about Jesus. In fact, you're not really praying until you forget you are, until you forget about it all, until the light that shines from his face dissolves every other thought. If you've ever been in the glory of Jesus, you know what I'm talking about.

It cancels every other awareness, and one of the things I'm concerned about, but I'm hopeful, is that a generation of young people is coming up in the church who's never been in the glory, and once you are, there's no way home from there.

There's no way home. Worship is about Jesus. Are you listening tonight? Worship is about Jesus. Worship is not about music, though he likes it. Aren't you grateful? I don't know why the Lord enjoys a change of key, or a certain melody, or why he has chosen to live in praise that is united.

There's something about the sound of the saints that will, listen, church, listen to me, that will forever carry us further and deeper for longer than the voice of somebody. I could go down that road.

I am jealous over our worship environment, and I don't apologize for it, because worship is about him. It's about him, and we don't know we're really worshiping until we, I should say, we're not really worshiping until we forget we are.

There's this loss of self, this loss of thought that is us-centered. We get lost in his presence, and finally we're worshiping. Prayer, as I said earlier, is simply about the Lord. It's all about Jesus.

The Church Belongs to Jesus

Church should be about Jesus. Is anyone listening? Church should be about Jesus Christ. Here's a newsflash. It's his house. He said, no, it's mine. No, you're adopted, and you got invited in. It's his house.

His name is on the title deed, and he didn't buy it with a mortgage. He bought it with his blood. That's what Peter wrote, that we've been purchased by the blood of the Son of God. Say, the church is his.

So hold on, Michael, you're saying everything is his. Yes, that's what I'm saying. So the message to the world is this, Jesus. The message to the church is this, Jesus. The message to the believer is Jesus.

The message to the unbeliever is Jesus. The message to the backslider is Jesus. The message to the person who's lacking power is Jesus. The message to the person who is lonely is Jesus. There is no other remedy than Jesus himself.

That is all God has to offer and friends when you realize who Jesus is You will realize that he has offered everything in his son. There's nothing left over. Not that you want at least. But the specificity I I just want to get to here.

The Servant King Comes Lowly

In fact, I talked about it today. I hope Smith was running a camera on me. I have to do. I had to do all these videos. After service I Had to talk about or I think I was asked to send a video to some friends.

I have a ministry school and Their third years wanted a video and they asked me to talk about the servant King. I want you to hear these words. Listen to this from Zechariah. You don't need to turn there.

Your King cometh unto you lowly your King cometh unto you lowly. Riding on a donkey. So if you want to know how the Lord comes he comes lowly. Even if he comes with might and power which he does he does not forfeit his lowliness.

Jesus is the perfect definition of the Father. The perfect one. So the Lord Jesus comes to tell us who God is. He is fully God. So here's the question. How does he arrive? Lowly lowly there's a big difference listen between a cross that kills you and A ladder you climb.

I have seen so many people become offended in the church. Because somebody else did not give them what they felt like they deserved and the Bible says the Bible says. That promotion cometh from above and that man cannot receive anything.

That heaven doesn't give. Oh Friends listen, I'm begging you guys our media team our worship team songwriters the house of Bethany group our musicians. The directors all of it listen to me if you've got to climb a ladder to get it.

You have to fight to stay on that ladder and it will contaminate this whole. It's not worth it. It's not worth it. It's not worth it. The King comes lowly. Now friends this has defined greatness and this is why Israel missed Jesus.

Because he was not their version of the Lord version-of-greatness. They wanted a warrior who in the flesh would set them free but Jesus redefined greatness. Greatness is Calvary. According to the Lord.

Is this making sense? That's why there's a lamb on the throne. So Jesus comes this way. Not merely to do something but to reveal who he really is. The humility of Christ Jesus is Greatness and so that's what I sent the third years.

I was actually to BSSM. I had to record it today. That's what I sent them. Tell me about the servant King. This isn't just something the Lord accomplished, but this is who he is. He also redefined kingdom.

Humility, Worship, and Spiritual Hunger

Kingdom is not about volume. In fact, he didn't even quench a smoking flax or bruise a wreath a Humble heart will take us further than the loudest voice. If I'm going. I want my eyes to fill with tears.

Like they used to when I first started. I want to weep when I used the same way I used to weep. I want I don't want to not be Triggered like I used to anyone remember listening to the same worship song.

Over and over and over and over and over and over again. Anybody remember weeping over their Bible. Has anyone ever been on their face in their prayer closet or in a room? And Your actual flesh begins to cry out for the Living God.

So much so that you don't have any words. That's what madam Guillaume said. We are quiet for two reasons in God's presence. One we have too little to say or two because we have too much to say. Have you ever been in in the Lord's presence to such a degree that your being is crying out his holy name.

So Jesus has defined what success looks like and. And we if we're going to make it until the end church if we're gonna make it as a church family. We've got to know what the win is and for those of you who came in from out of town you need to know.

That's why the Lord sent you here tonight. Yes to be in his presence in worship. Yes to get touched. Yes to get healed. Unapologetically, yes to give your life to Jesus, but you must leave tonight knowing That God sent you here to hear his holy word.

The father is showing us who his son is and Before he is a water walker. Listen to me. He is the lamb who comes to die. If we lose that if we lose the tree. Then water walking becomes about us. Does this making any sense.

If you lose Calvary you'll start hosting events on how to walk on water. And that's what we do. That's our default. We do this. I don't know why we do it. But Jesus multiplies bread and fish. Imagine if it's his disciples of the Lord.

We suppose the conference on food multiplication. Pack that thing out, but we've done that. There's power. Listen, there's power in the tree and I've told you this many times. The cross is not a mere accomplishment.

Calvary as the Revelation of God’s Character

It is the greatest definition of who our God is. We serve a God who comes to die for his harlot bride. This is who he is. This is what keeps the soul. This will keep you to the end. And I want to see all of you at the throne.

Maybe not all of you not joking. I was like a few of the Lord. It's been a wonderful journey, but in the age to come maybe but I don't know. No, I'm joking. I Hope you're not near my mansion Carla. You'll be sending spreadsheets.

Carla will give us a to-do list and glory. Go Mo Peter's lawn. She sent her husband to the grocery store with a spreadsheet. For guy color-coded too. So when I say the Lord is speaking Jesus, I Want to be very clear about the Jesus that he's speaking because there's only one.

I've read this to you so many times, but I just don't see it as a waste. First Corinthians 2 verse 1. And I brethren when I came to you did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom. Declaring to you the testimony of God.

How free can I be tonight? All right. It is live though. Like once it gets out there, it's it's out there. Help me say it Lord. That's in a way. That's sneaky. Paul is saying here. I didn't come with excellent speech.

Yet we teach Excellent speech and I'm not saying if you have it, it's wrong. But Paul's like, you know what? I threw it all away and Paul had excellent speech. He memorized Torah. He's trained by Gamaliel.

He's a philosopher spoke multiple languages. We're not talking about an idiot. We're talking about a very smart guy. Who said I didn't show up that way. He didn't show up that way because he was addicted.

Because he saw the God of the Torah. Who redeemed him when he was out murdering this God's bride. So Paul throws all of that away. All right. I'm just gonna say it and I'm saying it in love. We are hosting events teaching people how to come.

Not we but events are held teaching preachers how to communicate right. From the worship perspective we teach we can teach we shouldn't but we can and often do. Teach people who aren't in love how to write too much tonight.

This is our my home church. So I gotta do it somewhere but if you write and you're not in love and You're an employee and you just write a song that you didn't get from glory. Not realizing the only songs that work here are the ones they're singing up there.

That's why they work here. You know, they are worshiping up there. That's why we worship here. There aren't two services going on when you're in the spirit. You just joined the one that's going on around the throne and As I've said before the book of Revelation says they were singing the song of the Lamb.

Listen and Moses is song. That's when you know, you've written something good. Why were they singing it was from heaven. That's why you we wait and worship the way we wait because we're not moving on until we are aware of him if we are not.

We we have missed the only biblical proof that he liked it. Biblically, the only way we know the Lord liked the worship is if he came biblically. That'd be refreshing. Just let's just be biblical. The only way they knew that the Lord liked it was with fire and a cloud.

That was it. You say we're in the New Testament. Well, look at the day of Pentecost. They were anointed by the Spirit in the same room that they celebrated the Last Supper. That's why we sing of the blood because blood always comes before fire.

Blood always comes before oil. You forget Calvary. I'm telling you you will forfeit the presence of God. Calvary is not once again something he did. Calvary is a revelation of who he is. We need people in love who are writing music.

We need people who are in love preaching the gospel. Why would I teach someone to communicate who doesn't communicate Christ. Once you're in love, I'll help you out. I've never preached the three-point sermon in my life.

I don't even know how to do it. And I guess they're all right. I don't see that in the text. I don't see that in Jesus. So Paul says here I have determined to know nothing in other words. I am trying listen to the words of Paul.

I am doing my best to forget everything I ever knew. Is that is that's not natural from a human perspective. What's natural from a human perspective is to try your best to know a bunch more. But Paul is saying I've discovered something about this God Who has manifested himself through death burial and resurrection?

He is not adding to me. He's reducing from me. That's what God is in the business of that's what the cross the beauty of Christ crucified does. Is he whittles you away? So that you can have what him and then you get everything.

This makes sense. So much of us we want more Lord more more. I know I get it. We'll do it tonight. I Get it. But Paul is saying here I have tried my best to forget everything I ever knew. So I literally showed up to you.

Listen empty or like miss Kuhlman used to say I died a thousand deaths before every service. And then she'd take the platform and talk about her dad and how she was too skinny and didn't she didn't think she was pretty and that she had long skinny fingers and used to eat biscuits and Butter and sleep in a barn when she first and I used I would watch that go.

What is she talking about now? I get it. She's just emptying herself out. She's getting Catherine out of the way. That's the work of the cross. Some of you feel like man, I've been hidden. Nobody sees me.

I'm in the shadows. It's a wonderful place to be it's where the trusted loving glorious Scalpel of the Holy Spirit begins to whittle you away. It's wonderful. It's wonderful. Don't press into leadership press into Jesus.

Making His Presence the Ministry

You know, I I'm telling you If we I can just tell you this the songs That came to this house That are the least watched. Have the most glory. I'm telling I'm telling you There's one where God literally stormed the room and I've never heard worship and praise like that in my life.

And it's nowhere near some of the videos with millions and millions of views. It just shows us the church needs a tastebud adjustment. It's got to move beyond videography a Great mix on broadcast a great mix in the house.

It's got to move be on that. That's all very valuable. There is a good anointing for all that and I'm grateful for every every one of you every tech. Every technician everyone who's mixing Zack. I love you.

You know, it's not even about you. Okay, I I get that but it's got to go beyond that and you know the moments I'm talking about. What's that one called? The king is? Welcome the king. A glorious moment.

Listen. People's eyeballs are not the barometer. His coming is his response is. The moment we become addicted to him and his response we let him have his work in us. We need to die to all that. If God raises us up as leaders great, it's wonderful.

But I can tell you this. It'll be one of the hardest things you've ever had to do. There's a death to die and multiple every day. It's a privilege but don't think for a moment that it's easy. Oftentimes.

We press into something not knowing what it cost. And the work of the Spirit is what prepares us just settle in make his presence your ministry. Is this tracking tonight? I'll never forget Jesse's. Jesse's dad.

He said he had me at one of the events in Orlando in 2009 and Jesus image was just a dream in my heart. I didn't we didn't have it. I don't even think we owned a laptop and He announces to a crusade here in the city with 18 ,000 people there, I think Mikey come up here and tell the people about your new ministry.

I was like I Don't I don't have an office and he goes well tell them about your ministry. And I'll never forget what jumped out of my mouth. My ministry is him and then someone said tell them more. I said no, that's all I've got Him him Him.

I used to have a lot more. I used to have a lot to say. I Used to have topics coming out of my ears. Because I was filled with myself and then he takes you off the backside of some desert called I for Takes you to she'll the pit called Orlando traffic.

Dying to Personal Preference and Following God’s Call

I Never wanted to live here. Gosh, this is really a risky sermon. Well, I never did it. I Never did I. I loved the water. I grew up fishing. I Don't love the summers. I hate traffic. I am NOT a city boy and I went all over Florida.

I am a Florida boy, and I went all over Florida. I tried Sarasota West Palm, Tampa Bay You name it went out to the country. We didn't lie everywhere and then finally we stayed here. And to my shock and torture.

I felt the peace of God. I'm not joking. This is not. I would rather mow your lawn Then go to Disney. That's just me. I'm not saying like and it's not this isn't like a political thing. It's just the lines the heat the No deodorant.

All of it. I'm like, oh, what am I doing? And now now why are we doing this again? One time my daughter she loves it there. So of course I if she asked for it, we do it and it was her birthday and It was tortured like an hour and I'm like, I'm not gonna survive it.

I've been to Sudan. I've been all over the Middle East. This is worse Lord. Think you put me in an area where they're militants. I can see that. This is something else and I actually said to the Lord Sophia here tonight.

Okay, I said I said Lord Send the rain. Please rain this thing out and I'll buy her something after this. I'll make it up. Sure enough. It started storming. Storming and she comes up. She's like, it's great.

It's gonna rain. I know I can't believe it, you know. And we left it was awesome. That's great. She's like weeping and I'm walking with her. I'm like, oh, you'll be okay. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord.

Thank you, Lord. But we came here and And that's another thing. I just want to say we don't choose where we live clearly. No, no, this is important listen. You died no, I'm serious you died. We don't choose where we live based on what's most expensive or most convenient or who has the coolest coffee shop or What little streets are Cobblestone and have little vines growing up the wall and make you feel all eclectic and people move places or it has a nice Wet like weather.

That's not what the Saints do. The Saints are the dying ones. I was preaching in Nashville once and Heidi was there. It was always very intimidating when Heidi's watching a preach and I said, I think I'm done traveling for a while.

Because of the church just got planted. She pulled me aside in the back. She goes don't you ever say that again? I said, okay. What did I do? She said you don't have the right to tell the Lord. Well, you're where you'll go and what you'll do.

You're dead. It marked me. I thought I was doing the pastoral balance thing. Because I've been traveling my whole life. She goes. No. No, you you don't get a vote. You don't get a vote. We don't choose where we're gonna go based on anything but the Lord's voice and word.

I think it was Chris Valotin who said to us Jesse and I once you will find your destiny where you find your place and your people. Your place and your people. You put those two together destiny comes forth.

But I can't tell you how many people have have been uprooted From the wind of the Spirit that will carry them further than they could have ever carried themselves. Because they chose locations. I'm speaking this by the Spirit.

I don't even know why I'm saying it because they chose locations that God did not lead them to with the eyes of the flesh. It's not about the mall it's not about the coffee. It's not about the look. It's not about the feel.

It's about his voice. It's at the end of the day he is where his voice is. When I asked a Papa VC When he moved to Iraq, I said you could die, you know that Pop Isis was going through. He's been there ten years now.

I said bro, you could die and if he's my friend, so of course, I didn't want to lose him. And the Lord has protected him. Thank God. But he said bro. I signed that check a long time ago. And then he told me this I never forgot it.

He said I'm not going to Iraq to reach Muslims. I Said what that's exactly what you're doing. He said no, I'm going to Iraq. Because that's where I'm gonna walk with Jesus. I'll walk with him there in a way that I just can't walk with him here because he's called me there to be with him.

One Answer for Every Human Need: Jesus

That's how Paul showed up empty. I Have purpose to know nothing. And what I want for us listen is Regardless of the request. I want this church to have one answer Jesus. I Want us to be the ones who are that crazy?

To believe That Jesus who is all-in-all and has filled all things with himself is Actually enough for every need under the heavens. I Want I want when somebody comes to you with a substance abuse issue.

I want you to turn them to Jesus. If they come to you with a marriage issue I want you to turn them to Jesus. If they come to you with a sickness in their body turn them to Jesus. If their hearts not burning turn them to the baptizer.

If they feel alone turn them to the Shepherd. If they're bound with devils turn them to the warrior. If they're prideful turn them to the Lamb. Turn them to Jesus every single time. I want us to have one answer.

Just one. I want our songs to be about Jesus. I Want us to write songs to him that come from him that are empowered by him and are all about him. Did you hear that. I Want them to be to him about him from him and by him.

I want his glory on them. I want his spirit to empower them. I want him to be the topic of this house until we are in glory with him. I came to you and purpose to know nothing except Listen to the Word of the Lord 1st Corinthians 2 and then I'm gonna close it down First Corinthians 2.

I came to you. I Determined to know nothing or not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified there's one Jesus. There's one Jesus. When the ministry first started I got invited to do a show in California a TV show and This pastor he had like 15 ,000 people in his church.

And I was in my early 30s, and he said now son What are you gonna preach? I? Said Jesus. And I wasn't trying to be like catchy or start a Jesus movement. You know I want one. But that wasn't the agenda.

I was just hooked. You know what I'm talking about just hooked on his beauty because there's no one like him. And so I said pastor, I'm gonna talk about Jesus, and he said okay, and then what. And I said, I don't know I don't think I've got anything else.

And he said well, we got a problem. I'll never forget it. I said what's that he said this show is 26 minutes long. How are you gonna? This we said to me in pastoring 15 ,000 people? How are you gonna fill 26 minutes by just?

Talking about Jesus. Now you have to understand at that time I was Like a rabid animal. I remember actually coming to a meeting y 'all did Kim and Elisa Viejo during that time I Think Benny Perez was there preaching as well and people were getting touched and healed and you were leading him.

I was locked away in that season hungry for God. And I would I'm not joking to go on like three or four 40-day fasts a year a Year I would fast everything except golf. He's still doing a work in me. We're not quite there yet.

And I would go to Jesse's daddy's meetings, and he could like sing Old MacDonald and 300 people would get healed. He didn't sing Old MacDonald. Thank God, but he it felt like he could have and here. I am grinding.

I'm going for it. I'm doing everything I know to do. People are coming in sick and they're leaving sick. They're coming in ready to die many of them. They did die. People were coming in Unsaved and leaving unsaved and yet I had the scriptures in front of me.

And I came to this place in my life where I said either the Lord is either the Lord's fault or mine. It can't be on him and I looked at my life. Can you help me Joel to suffer? I looked at my life, and I said It's not matching up with the life of Jesus and All of us come to that place where we either choose Isaac or Ishmael.

We're gonna choose the son of promise the word of the Lord or we're gonna build something on our own. Now here's the issue if we build something on our own we have to keep it alive, and that's how pastors fry.

That's how worship leaders fry. Are y 'all listening? That's how you fry is the machine starts steering you and You become an employee of an agenda of an initiative of a schedule that is Ishmael. It is a son of the flesh.

It's not the son of promise. And we come to these these forks in the road. Not just one time in life. Multiple times where we choose the word of the Lord or what we will bring to the table and friends listen.

The only thing God receives is what he himself does. So I began locking myself away to be with the Lord. That's the only thing I knew to do. Because that was the common denominator that I saw in everyone.

I looked up to. I Don't know. I don't know what moves you or who moves you. But if they're really anointed by the Lord I guarantee you They're gonna trace you back. The roots will go back to their personal walk with Jesus.

I Fasted. I prayed. I locked myself away. I drove to remote places. I wanted the Lord year after year. I wanted the Lord. I have to find him. And I didn't know he was romancing me the whole time. And oh the discouragement now, I remember I'd drive up to Reading or fly up there.

Whatever I had to do or go be with with other people who had walked with God go sit with pastor Hayford people who knew the Lord oral Robertson and pastor Rex Humbarton. Joy, and I'd sit there and just listen and listen and listen and you know what they told me what to do.

I didn't get a vote. I Remember joy telling me go take a nap right now, and I'm at her house, and I'm. She goes you won't be able to receive what I'm about to tell you unless you go take a nap. And I said so I'm like 35 years old at the time.

She's 80 something she goes now darling boy. Go take a nap in my lilac room, and it was all lilac. I was like Okay, so She treated me like I was six months old. Tucked me in. Not joking cook the muffin for me said eat this so you'll be strong.

I Didn't sleep at all. I pretended. I did I she came back on an in an hour on the dot. Opened her Bible, and then said now wait in silence, and we waited there for an hour. And she said what did you hear.

I said nothing she said do it again? These are the people we need. I'm not joking and all over that time. The Lord was minimizing me. Minimizing me so that I would determine to know nothing. I have a long way to go.

I think we bring too much to the table. I Think we have too many ideas. I think we have too many initiatives. Let's get back to Jesus and only God knows the tipping point. But if you don't give up the dam will break.

Did you hear what I said? No, no, did you really are you really getting it? If you don't give up if you don't stop seeking him. You will have your moment with him. Don't you throw in the towel and don't sell it.

Don't sell your birthright. Don't trade it in don't be for sale. One glimpse of Jesus, and I don't mean just the sense of his presence. That's how it begins, and it's wonderful. Never shortchange the sense of his presence.

Become addicted to the senses become a master at walking with Jesus. Let that be your your ministry is to walk with Jesus, but I'm not talking about. I'm talking about him coming your way. In a way that makes you feel like he stopped everything just to come your way.

Do you know that you finding him? If you seek him with all your heart is as much a promise as John 3 16. Anybody hearing me who came in from all over the world tonight. You did not come here to check off your Jesus image box.

That would crush my heart. You came here to find him to that's who drew you. He knew you'd be in this room before you were ever Born. Don't you quit? Don't you quit he's a whisper away. Years of seeking years of going to places years of sitting under people in one night one night.

Encountering Jesus in Transformative Worship

One night one night he came. He was there the whole time, but he really came and he is beautiful. I said he is beautiful. This is the Christian life. To discover and find the nail-scarred one. This is glory.

This is success to be a friend of God. I Remember one night. I was in Reading we had moved there, and I was already Going to sleep and in my bed, and I turned on. Bill was ministering. I was tired. I feel the Lord stirring some of you tonight.

I Was tired as in my bed. I turned it on and Bill singing. I will give you all my worship acapella. Undeniable undeniable. I felt the Lord come. I couldn't I couldn't deny it and I didn't want to go. And I'm there in my bed and the Lord says Are you hungry.