Living Hope Fellowship Church...Sermons From the Pastor

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by Pastor Kevin Badgley

When I study the Word of God, or teach, or preach to others concerning what the Lord is bringing forth, I consistently go over some of the same scriptures. I go over scriptures that bring out the same point: going out in the Spirit with the Lord, getting our petitions met there, and then coming back and God doing something here. I can't get away from it. I believe God is going to do something special very, very soon.

Luke 17:5-6, "And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you." Now, the Lord many times equates the mustard seed to the kingdom of God. Jesus said the mustard seed, "Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." I looked it up in the Encyclopedia and some varieties of mustard grow 18 inches tall, some grow 2 or 3 feet tall, and others grow up to 6 feet tall. The fowls of the air can make their nests in the branches, and abide in the shadow of it.

That is the way it is with our faith. I believe faith manifests the kingdom of God. In Matthew 17:20 Jesus said, ". . . If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove. . . ." Wait had nothing to do with it. It was just a command given. All things are subject to the Word of God. How can this scripture be so?

Luke 17:7, "But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?" Who is going to say, Here, sit at my table and partake of it. Luke 17:8, "And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?"

A scripture passage in Isaiah 40:31 concerns them that wait upon the Lord. This servant is waiting upon his Lord. He is out plowing and tending to the cattle, but when he comes in his Lord doesn't say, OK, pull up to the table and eat. He still has other things for him to do. He is doing the things that are his duty to do, but when he comes into his Lord's house, he must provide and minister unto the Lord and wait upon the Lord. Then it says, " . . . gird thyself, and serve me. . . ." Many people today believe that if you just "believe" it will come to pass. There is more than just believing. It is an act of your faith that shows fruit of faith, for ". . . faith without works is dead."

Look at the door of the place where Jesus is calling. I feel the unction of the Lord on me to proclaim this to you:

There is coming a time and it is now nigh the door. If my servants will hear my voice, I will talk with them and I will walk with them. They can be with me where I am. They shall translate to where I will put them. Distance will be no problem. Money will be no problem, for it will soon fail and you'll not be subject to it. The laws of this world will not be upon you. They will be under your feet. I will bruise Satan's head under your feet shortly. The ministers of God will translate and vanish before their congregations in due season. They can go rejoicing while they preach the gospel in foreign countries and return before the message is over. Mark these words. These are the days of the most awesome ministers in the history of the world because they will preach the gospel in the fashion of 100 percent of the Spirit of the Lord. They will possess and walk in 100 percent discernment. No soul will stand before them. They will stand before them completely bare and naked and open by the eyes of the Lord, for God will be in them and they will walk in God. Hallelujah! There is going to be a mighty move of God's ministers and God is going to do it. These are the beginnings of the teaching which will progress them into that place. No one will be limited except for their dedication.

I know what God has said. It doesn't matter what is or isn't going on. God has made a way for his people and there are going to be some that get in. There will be some that press in. A few years ago the Lord dealt with me that there shall come forth Elijah prophets. The prophets of Baal that grieve us so greatly shall be made fools of by the prophets of God. He is going to bring back the power, and the judgments, and the authority in his Word again. It won't be mocked or scoffed at. It will be feared. They may laugh and they may make fun but the time is coming when they will fear the Lord. They may not love the Lord, but they are going to fear him anyway.

In conjunction with these scriptures, the Lord showed me where Jesus was talking to John by his Spirit. He was also talking to us because he said to bring it forth and tell his servants what shortly must come to pass. Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Remember when the servant was preparing to sup in Luke 17?

Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." The overcomers are the ones who can get to the door. What is the reward for diligently seeking and progressing to that place? He will grant to us to sit with him in his throne. That is no trite promise. That is an awesome word from Jesus! This Word can't lie. It is the truth! Can we believe it? We can go forward to the deeper and greater things of God. Do you see how far below the church is from what it should be? This was told to John around 1900 years ago. It is an awesome thing, yet the church has failed. Why? Because the church could not overcome. I'm not telling you they went to hell; they just did not overcome. They were beset with the things that "so easily beset us." Read Hebrews 12:1.

Jesus talks to us in Luke 17. The apostles asked Jesus to increase their faith. How can you have your faith increased through all this information? This servant was plowing and feeding cattle; he was walking a godly walk. Even though he presses on in, he cannot expect God to immediately let him set at his table and go through the door. He said that is not the way it works with the servant and his Master. He has to come in to his Lord and continue to serve his Lord in a deeper and greater way, waiting on the Lord many times without seeing anything other than what he is doing according to the Word of God.

He will be totally saturated by faith because that is all he will have. When he continues therein, the Bible decrees there will come a time that he will hear Jesus knocking on the door. We have searched in vain for the door. We continue to search, believing that it is there. I believe according to these scriptures, the closer we get, we'll start hearing some knocking. When you are looking for somebody in the dark or divers are under water looking for somebody, what is one of the things that will lead you to that person almost every time? That person will go to tapping, won't they?

Jesus is helping us along still yet. He said he would show us the way and give us power to walk in the way. If we will overcome our flesh, he will draw us by his Spirit. As we get close enough to the door so he knows we'll hear, he starts knocking! You can hear a knock even if it is pitch black where you are. Eventually you could find the pulpit in a church in the dark if someone continued to knock on it . . . no light whatsoever, stumbling over a pew along the way, it doesn't matter. Just keep getting up. Why? Because you can hear the knocking. I believe the time is now when we are going to begin to hear some knocking. We will hear some furniture move. I've heard doors open and close and slam in the Spirit years ago. God is beginning this thing again. I believe as you are in prayer your natural ears will be able to hear it. As the Lord confirms his Word with signs following, I believe we will see him. Matthew 5:8 says, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." I believe it means literally, according to the scriptures.

"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." Is that possible? Do we know anybody that did that? Go to Ephesians 1:3, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ." How? In Christ. You have got the who-us, and the how many-all, and the what-spiritual blessings, and the where-in Christ. If you are in Christ you are pressing into the Word Christ Jesus. As you become more according to the Word, the instruction manual tells us we become more like the one who wrote it.

These things are not difficult. Isaiah 28:10 says, "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little." Ephesians 2:6, "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." When did Paul write this? Did this letter come down to the Ephesians from heaven? Did a stork or the local church boys drop it by? Timothy pastored there somewhat. Did it float out of heaven? No. Paul wrote it. He said he has ". . . made us sit together in heavenly places. . . ." Now, did he die and go to heaven and that's what he was talking about? No. He was talking about living the life in this body. The man decreed it and the Word of God recorded it.

God cannot lie. The Word is the truth and is inspired of God. It was the Holy Ghost talking. It is a word to you and me as much as the Ephesians then. His Word can't pass away. He said he has ". . . made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Paul said we sit in heavenly places together with Jesus. How did he do it? He overcame his flesh! He overcame the things that so easily beset him. He began to walk in the Spirit. Not only that, he had a seat in the throne of Christ. It's right there in the Word. Paul could, at will, sit with Jesus. I'm talking about literally. I'm not talking about in his mind. I'm not talking about him taking a bus ride over to the local church and he sat in front of a statue. I'm telling you that when he began to pray, he would translate to glory, sit beside Jesus, get his commission, knowing the sufferings he was coming back to, yet he did. Why? Because his faith was so increased, he was supping with the Master.

He saw God. It was more than just faith. It was manifest glory of God. That is why wherever the man walked, they could tear a piece of his garment off, take it a hundred miles in another direction, lay it on the person that was afflicted, and the person got healed. The devils came out screaming. Hallelujah! There is power in the name of Jesus! When you are sitting together in heavenly places with that power there is going to be an anointing that breaks every yoke. Nothing . . . hell, or heaven, or the world, or the things therein can not touch that power. There is no place for the devil in the high place of God. If a man can pray into the things of God and press into the deep things of Jesus he will ascend to a place by the grace of God. Hear me . . . it is not by his own will. It is God's will and timing. The potential is there to put every devil under your feet and to cast out anything that will stand before you and to heal anything that is before you, if God willed.

I'm telling you what the Word has decreed for this great anointing and great last move upon God's ministers that will be flames of fire. The Bible says, ". . . Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire." It is high time that we awaken out of sleep, "For our God is a consuming fire." If his ministers are around him enough, they will become a flame of fire. I'm not talking about shouting or jumping around, although you might do it. When I get there I'm gonna do it, and when I get back I'm gonna do it. I am not ashamed of God. You can turn on the boob tube any place you want to and the rock musicians are not ashamed of their God, the devil. They are going to hell and burn with him. They are tormented and demented. They'll jump around and tear up their instruments and scream like animals because they are full of Aanimals@ and proud of it.

I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe God. Some day they are going to scream just because you are around them. Every time Jesus walked up to one of that kind of the world that was full of the devil, they would cry out! They would scream and sometimes they would hit the deck. They were lunatic and would foam at the mouth.

This will soon begin here. Hear me. The day will come in our services when you find out those who you thought were fine, are not. You will find out how fine they are when their insides start talking to you, or screaming at the preacher, or screaming at the anointing that just came down from heaven in the altar. A command will be given and the devils will flee like a bolt of lightning. Jesus saw Satan fall as lightning from heaven. The person that is delivered will be saved and can be filled instantly with the Holy Ghost.

God wants his people to walk in the victory. The "long jaw" is no more. You cannot get somebody saved if you are as miserable as they are. Some people have got enough of God to be miserable! You need so much of God that there is nothing left of you to get miserable. You would be totally gone . . . sometimes so much that you won't be here. I'm not talking about going crazy. I'm talking about being in heaven and sitting with God in heavenly places. I'm not talking about becoming a god. I'm not talking about becoming a little Jesus. Don't let the devil twist my words.

I'm talking about what the Bible decrees we are supposed to be doing. How can a minister be a flame of fire if he hasn't ever been close to any heat? How can a candle be lit except it be lit by fire. He's got to come in contact with it. It has got to be something special. I decree to you that God is showing us the way if we will walk in it. Jesus said, ". . . I am the way, the truth, and the life. . . ." He is the Word! The Bible is the Word written down how to get there. This touches me.

I want to show you what can be accomplished by girding yourself, serving, and supping with the Lord, and then going through the door. That is the order. There is no other order. If you get there by any other order, it ain't God.

Make ready and gird yourself and serve God. Then you can overcome. Romans 12:1-2, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

Has God ever given a command that a man could not fulfill by His Spirit? No. Does God tell us to do anything that is not attainable? No. God cannot lie. He says for us not to be conformed to this world. If you are in the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, walking with God, you are not going to be conformed to this world. Neither will you be confined to this world. You won't be in a box. You won't be in limitation. With God there are no limits. Jesus said, ". . . with God all things are possible." If you are with God, sitting in heavenly places because you have overcome through prayer, fasting, and seeking the Word and obeying it, all things are possible. Jesus said also at the end of Matthew 17:20, ". . . and nothing shall be impossible unto you." If we hear the Word and obey it, nothing shall be impossible to us.

Romans 12:2, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." You are transformed by the renewing of your mind. Do you know how close transformed is to transferred? Do you know how close those are to translate? Look them up in your dictionary. Do you know how close they are to transfigure? Let's just go one step. Transform and transfigure are very close. In Luke 9:28-29 three disciples witnessed that as Jesus prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered. In Matthew 17:2 it says he was transfigured before them.

If you will believe, right now your mind is being transformed by faith by the Word of God. You can believe something you never knew existed and that it is something you can obtain by the Spirit of the Lord. That portion of your mind has been transformed into the potential that God can use. If you don't know about it, how can you believe it? ". . . how shall they hear without a preacher?" How can they know without the word being spoken? It is being spoken and preached and brought out to you. I feel the anointing to confirm it. A portion of you has begun to transform by the renewing of your mind and by the ". . . washing of water by the word." You have begun; what you do with it is up to you.

Why do we do all of this? Romans 12:2, ". . . that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." That is the purpose of all of it. Have you had people give you a hassle, or mock you? They laugh at God and God's people, especially when he sends them a blessing. Many times I have prayed, Oh, God, just prove it to them one time! We want God to let them see the devil that is making a fool out of them. The devil mocks God's things. When somebody mocks God, the devil controls them. You would like to have it proven to them that they might be saved, and go to heaven, not hell. Oh, God, prove it to them just one time; shake them over hell.

Let's say I'm standing in front of you preaching to you about something in the Lord and the Lord blesses me. I open my arms wide and the Lord says, COME UP HITHER, SON. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU. Now? SURE, WHY NOT? Forget you all, I'm going! I wouldn't linger about or say, Well, Lord, I think everybody is watching. This day is coming. You could see through me. He ain't all there . . . literally. He has made me to sit together with him in heavenly places. I can have a conversation there and here at the same time. Did you know we can do that? Why? because we are a triune being of body, soul, and spirit. The body could be standing down here doing things and the soul and mind and understanding of the Word keep right on going . . . and probably be praying for the sick at the same time. The spirit would be up there talking to Jesus, getting instructions for later on in the service, day, or later in the ministry, whatever it is. That would prove a few things, wouldn't it?

God has put these things in the Bible. They are there. Why do it? What was the Mount of Transfiguration all about? Why did he do that? to show off or to show you what he could do? I don't think so. Jesus said, ". . . He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."

John 14:21, "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." There is no scripture more plain in the Bible that Jesus will reappear to his saints if they will do this. The Bible decrees to us that Jesus appeared to the disciples on many occasions. John said the world could not contain the books of the things that Jesus did. There were many more times than were recorded. It says he appeared to about 500 brethren at once. That means he can appear in a church service. It wouldn't be limited to 500. If his Spirit can come, why not part of his image?

He said the one that has his commandments and keeps them, ". . . I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." Is he talking about when he was walking on the earth then? Maybe he is talking about when we go to heaven. Let's see. John 14:21-23. "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." How are you not gonna keep them if you are in heaven? No, I believe it means now. Look at verse 23, ". . . If a man love me, he will keep my words. . . ." We have the instruction manual; We must obey it. ". . . and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. As you pray in to the Spirit of God, the glory cloud and the pillar of fire of the Lord will appear as it did in Solomon's temple and as it did in other places in the Bible.

That glory cloud manifested so strong that the priests could not stand and minister. Not only was the Spirit of the Lord there, the express image of the glory of the Lord was there and God was soon to follow. In those days they had no image to look to. God forbade them to even look at them. We don't worship images. We preach against it. Jesus said he would manifest himself to us. This is beyond the manifestation of ascension to heaven and seeing God in the Spirit. This is when he will come down and visit in the services. He will come in your prayer closet and talk with you. The man A. A. Allen years ago prayed into this thing and Jesus appeared in his closet. He knows where your closet is. He knows where your skeletons are in there too! You may say, Oh, I'm all right. God will be the judge of that. Unfortunately, there will come a time when there will be no slack given. You better get it under the blood.

God desires to be so manifest in our lives that he shows up to "prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God" according to Romans 12:2. As Jesus prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered. We see a place we need to get in the Lord. How do we do it? The Bible says to wait upon the Lord. Luke 17 gives an example of waiting on the Lord: to serve him that he may sup, then gird yourself up. All right, you are walking a Christian walk, doing all you can, shunning everything of the world and the devil. That is out in the field and plowing in ministry, as the case is called upon you to do. The Bible says, in girding up yourself: Jude 1:20-21. "But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." We need his manifest presence. Hallelujah!

Luke 9:29 says, "And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering." Matthew 17:2, "And was transfigured before

them. . . ." I'm getting down to the nitty-gritty. I'm not leaving innuendoes. These are the particulars. Who will believe, though? Oh, it is a hard thing, preacher! God desires to be manifest in our life. He will be manifest in him that overcometh. Overcometh what? the flesh. Paul cried out in Romans 7:24, "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" I believe not too long after that, woosh, he was gone and sitting together with Jesus in heavenly places.

Is this too fantastic? Is it possible? Is it twisting scripture? Is there a possibility of it being so? I have been pressed over this and have stayed in this for over a year. I said, Lord, if this is a delusion from the devil, it is a good one. BUT there is scripture after scripture and I can give you plenty more. Psalm 118:20, "This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter." Zechariah 10:12, "And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD." It is talking about these things.

I've heard stories about missionaries who were killed in the mission field. God has blessed them and their place is in heaven, but . . . did they die before their time? What if they were prayed into a special place in God? Some denominations wouldn't even let them consider the power, much less pray into the place of it. What if some did pray into that special place in God and God had yet another mission, another village, or another 100 villages for them to preach in? What if they were in front of a firing squad or the bush men were about to kill them? All they would have to do is translate, sweetheart! There wouldn't be anything for a spear or a bullet to hit! They would not be there.

That is the same way it was with Elijah! Did Elijah have what we have? No. He didn't have the blood of Jesus or the Holy Ghost indwelling. The power of God "mantle" laid upon him. It fell from him when he went to heaven. 1 Kings 17:1, "And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word." He had faith and it put him in so close with God that he became likened unto Enoch who walked with God 300 years.

Jesus passed through the midst of them when they tried to throw him off of the hill. This is Bible. Philip was mentioned in Acts 8. He was sent to preach to ". . . a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship." He was sitting in his chariot and read Esaias the prophet. He was seeking the Lord, but he didn't know how to find him. "Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot."

I believe God is trying to get us to join ourselves to the same chariot that took Elijah! He wants us to come up hither by the power of God! I'm talking about the chariot of fire and the horsemen thereof. I saw two common things in the Word years ago about Elijah. 2 Kings 2:12, "And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more. . . ." In 2 Kings 13:14, King Joash said the same thing as Elisha was passing away, ". . . O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof." Why did Joash say that to Elisha? It doesn't say he went up in the chariot of fire.

Remember, he had the same mantle, and a double portion. 2 Kings 2:9-10, "And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so." He saw him go and he got what he asked for. The disciples saw Jesus go and they got something. We are of that seed of Abraham by faith. When we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, that same spirit that Abraham, Elijah, Elisha, and Jesus walked in lives in us with power. We have power over all the power of the devil, the flesh, and the world because Jesus overcame. Revelation 3:21, "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." We will sup together and he will manifest himself to us.

God is looking for a people who will translate, get their petitions met, and come back here and fight the devil without one ounce of defeat. Not one ounce! Nothing shall be impossible. Nobody will go in self or in their own desire. He will yield himself completely to God. Many people are angry at God right now. They say, Lord, I've been plowing in the field, and I'm ready to eat. He says YOU'RE NOT SERVING ME. YOU'RE NOT GIRDING YOURSELF UP. How do we do that? We do that by Holy Ghost prayer according to Jude 1:20, ". . . building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost."

He hath made us to sit together, where? Up in heavenly places. How? He gave us a command to "Pray without ceasing." As he prayed the fashion of his countenance was altered; it was changed. He was not conformed to this world any more. He left it and went in the Spirit. It is not only desired, it is a move of God on us now. I've never heard people preach this.

They have preached ordinances. Their children now are caught up in long hair, buns on their head, and skirts to the ground. They have preached obedience to worldly ordinances and a holiness that will show. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is the final hour. God says to forget about the gnats. Get the camels out and the gnats will go!!! You won't care because you won't have time to worry about something else. You won't have time to put on the make-up. You won't care what you look like. All you want is the glory of God on you and to be adorned, not with outward appearance, but with the glory of God. Put on the armour of God. Put on the mantle of God.

Don't get mad at God. He gave instructions in Luke 17 how to get there and why we are not yet. Sometimes, after having done all and you are standing, you have to wait. God has dealt with you and you have obeyed him . . . not argued with him . . . you just got to wait! He'll probably do it in 30 minutes, but to you it'll be 30 days. "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength. . . ." You were weak and beggarly; you were without hope and lost in the world. They that wait upon the LORD ". . . shall mount up with wings as eagles. . . ." It is all right there. It is not poetic terminology. It's literal terminology. That doesn't mean you will grow wings; it means you will fly straight up to glory. If you go in a chariot of fire, fine. I don't care. If you do sprout wings, I don't care. Some say the shoulder blades are wing brackets, but I'm telling you that some angels do not have wings and they still get around real well.

Today's modern church is going to hell, but I believe God's last hour remnant church will have to "prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." There is only one way you can do it: ". . . be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed. . . ." You won't go there in your timing or own respect. You will go there when God deals with you.

In November of 1991 I was lying in my bed. For five to ten days I had felt something in the Spirit but before the tenth it became so audible one night. I had been getting this impression, this word. It came forth as a command and it came from up there somewhere: COME UP HITHER. He didn't say come up by faith. He didn't say arise in a new understanding of your mind. He said COME UP HITHER. I looked up everywhere. I looked up hither in the dictionary (it is unbiased, you know). Hither means "to this place."

Jesus said in John 17:24, "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. . . ." In John 14:2 he said, ". . . I go to prepare a place for you." It has been seven months since the Lord dealt with me that night. I have been seven months fighting the devil, the flesh, the world, and the grave. The Spirit of the Lord dealt with me about two weeks ago and said that the Lord was going to deal with me again soon. The Holy Ghost will bring this information to you.

1 Corinthians 2:11 says, "For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." The Spirit quickened to me that the Lord would deal with me real soon on this same order. I got some "inside" information. That is about as "inside" as you can get. The Holy Ghost and fire from God lives in me. Therefore I have some "inside" information. I said, Yes, Lord, I'm waiting. This time, I'm going. By the grace of god, I'm going. I believe God. I believe the remnant church today will be the . . . here you see them and now you don't church.

Remember when the disciples entered into a ship and the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew? They saw Jesus walking on the water after he had been a long time in prayer to the Father. John 6:22 says, "Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went." Immediately the ship and all were translated. This church looks like an ark. If we will get the lead out, it just might float. Lead isn't always on the posterior, it's on the elbows also. That arm just can't go up and praise the Lord.

A missionary called me and one of the difficulties he was having was that the church they were building was costing twice what they originally had planned. They were in the bush with the Indians. I'm going to use that for this point. Some might say, Boy, I with I had a church like this in the Philippines, or in Mexico, or in India, or in Nepal, way up in the North where nobody goes in China. Well, lets just start praising the Lord and start having church here at Grand Chain, and we'll just go there. Boy, Kevin, you are really flipped. Can you have more faith than what God can produce? Hold on to this word; this is from the Lord. God is wanting his people to believe him for any thing and he'll provide everything.

Father, touch this people with this word. "And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith." I pray, God, this will happen now. We have done the best we could. We've shown the scriptures and not twisted them. We read them like they said. God, I feel your Spirit confirming it. I know I feel a zeal and excitement in my soul about it. I know the devil will fight in these coming days to try to stop it. He will try to discourage them where they can't remember this word because cares of this life and the deceitfulness of riches can choke the Word. God, don't let it happen. Satan, I bind you in Jesus' name. You will not steal this word that has been sown in these hearts. The fowls of the air will not steal it, I said. I plead the blood of Jesus over it, Lord. You said when it has been planted, it is the least of all, but when it is grown, it is the greatest of all. Let the Kingdom of God become manifest, Lord, by your Word. We thank you and praise you in Jesus' name.

References: Luke 17:5-8, Matthew 13:31-33, Mark 4:30-32, Isaiah 40:31, James 2:20, Revelation 1:1, Revelation 3:20-21, Hebrews 12:1, Hebrews 1:7, Isaiah 28:9-10, Hebrews 12:29, Luke 10:18, Mark 9:20-27, Matthew 4:24, Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 2:6, John 14:5, Matthew 5:8, Ephesians 1:3, Matthew 19:26, Luke 9:28-29, Matthew 17:2, Ephesians 5:26, Romans 10:14, John 14:12, John 14:21-23, 1 Kings 8:11, Exodus 20:4, Jude 1:20-21, Luke 9:29, Matthew 17:2, Romans 7:24, Psalm 118:20, Zechariah 10:12, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Acts 8:26-40, 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 13:14, all of 2 Kings Chapter 2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Matthew 23:24, Isaiah 40:31, Acts 8, Revelation 3:21, Luke 17, John 14:2, John 17:24.

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