Session 8 with Daniel Goulet | MLMP 2023

He's going to do some really cool stuff this morning. And I'm kind of excited about that. And

I

don't really have a message. I may more have an encouragement. I have some thoughts written down. But

you

know when you hear

a

kind of story, like a prophetic story, like

a

story that you know, okay, this event just happened and it was like God ordained, like the wind of the Spirit was on it.

And

this happened to Julie Yoder

when

she went to Israel just this past year.

And I

don't know how much our, you know, what we're going to say going to relate. But

you

know how like in the Corinthian church, one person gives a prophecy, one shares a word, one worships. You know, we're going to do it that way. And I think they will dovetail. But

Julie,

would you just come up here? And I think I just want to start this way because,

you

know, most are, many of us are vineyard churches in here, right? Yeah? Can you raise your hand if you're a vineyard church? Okay, that's a lot of us that are part of a vineyard church.

And

so,

this

has specifically to do with the vineyard movement.

And yeah,

even our national director was like, yeah, that's a good word. So,

you

can share this. Go ahead.

Okay,

so, a year ago, Mike and I became regional leaders for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. And, you know, I kind of said yes to that role because I really sensed God was inviting Mike and I to that. But the truth is, I

kind

of immediately felt overwhelmed because then I began to hear

many

different people's stories in the vineyard.

And,

you know, what I love about the vineyard is we're this big family,

but

we're also individual churches.

And

I only had really the context of our church at this time. And I kind of knew some of the struggles that our church was going through post

-pandemic. And I

was really feeling this, like,

if

I'm really honest, it's like, God, are you big enough

to

solve all the problems

that

not only, like, our church is facing, but all these churches are facing?

And

then you're just hearing that, like, pastors are quitting and people, you know, you can't, people would be reaching out to us, like, we're really trying to hire a youth pastor.

We're

really trying to hire a worship pastor. And, like,

we

can't even find people to hire.

And

so, I think part of my heart was just really concerned about, like,

why

am I a pastor right now in this season? Like, I want it to be easier

or

I want a different life. Like, this is

not

what I thought it was going to be type of thing. And yet I had just said more responsibility. So, mom had gotten invited to go to Israel. And so, she said, hey, you should come with me. And the truth is I really didn't want to go to Israel.

And

I know that sounds crazy. And now it really sounds crazy because I absolutely loved my time there. But

it

was a two-week trip. I have four kids. We have this church. We're regional leaders. It was, like, didn't feel like good timing. So,

we

go to Israel and we go to some amazing places. We're on the Sea of Galilee on a boat.

And

you better believe we listen to oceans, okay?

I

mean, it was incredible. We were in Capernaum and, like, we were ministering to one another under, like, an olive grove tree. And it was, like, this is where Jesus did, like, most of his miracles. I mean, we were in some amazing places. But one of the places we went,

we

had, like, a whole itinerary,

was

this 600-acre

preserve

that a family had this dream that they would replant native plants to Israel

in

this 600-acre preserve right outside of Jerusalem. And one of the things you do when you go to Jerusalem,

or

Israel in general, is you do a tree-planting ceremony. It's very –

one

of the conquerors who'd come through that land, they'd cut down every tree. This was, like, thousands of years ago. I think it was, like, over 1,500 years ago. But now you plant trees as kind of a symbolic act.

And

so we were supposed to do this tree-planting ceremony. And I was kind of like,

I

mean,

we've

seen some amazing places. And now we're going to go to this preserve and plant a tree. Okay, fine. So

we

go to this place, and we are assigned a guide. And her name is Mikkel. Dramatic pause. And immediately I'm really, really drawn to her. She's, like, very spiritual. And she loved – we were a group of vineyard women, vineyard pastors. There was 20 of us.

And

so she begins to tell us about the land. And while we're there, my mom, Di, is going to give a talk on legacy

and

leaving a legacy.

And

so I was kind of like – I was like – oh, first of all, it was 95 degrees, so I was sweating. But I was starting to kind of feel the spirit move. And as

we

walked through this preserve, they took us to an ancient vineyard.

And

on this vineyard, there was a plaque

that

said Isaiah 5, that my friend has a vineyard.

And

I said, oh, that's so funny. Because we're vineyards. And we were actually named from Isaiah. And so Mikkel's like, oh, that's amazing. We're in Isaiah.

And

then I felt like the worst vineyard pastor ever because I was like, I don't know.

But

my good friend Danelle –

I

didn't even – my cell phone wasn't even turned on. I, like, was only doing, like, the Wi-Fi thing.

So

we're out – and my friend Danelle, who's actually here, she's on her phone. And she's, like, Googling it. And she's, like, trying to figure out – she's like, okay, I think it's – I think it's Isaiah 27. And I was like, okay, so

we

go to the top of this little watchtower where the people used to look to make sure that foxes weren't coming into the vineyard area. And Mikkel, in this very –

you

know, she speaks Hebrew. And so, you know, she's got a very, like, amazing accent. And

she's

like, oh, well, would you read out loud what Isaiah 27, 2, and 3 says? And

this

is what that says. This is actually where our movement was named from.

In

that day,

a

pleasant vineyard, sing of it, I,

the

Lord, am its keeper.

Every

moment

I

water it, lest anyone punish it,

I

keep it night

and

day.

So

I read this scripture to her, and when I look up, she looks me straight into the eyes,

but

more into my heart.

And

she just very calmly says to me, ah,

so

the Lord is the vineyard's keeper.

It

will thrive again.

And

in this moment, I mean,

I'm

sweating, so there were some sweat tears, too. But,

I

mean, I just begin to weep almost uncontrollably.

Because

in that moment, I knew that I knew that I knew

that

the Spirit was speaking to me.

And

he was speaking to me way more just about – than just about our church. He was talking about the vineyard

movement.

And

I

was shook, and I'm, like, looking around, and everyone else is kind of, like, kind of looking normal. And that's no diss against them. I just knew that this was the word that I needed to hear

in

that moment, that

the

Lord is the vineyard's keeper.

He

is the keeper of our movement. He is the keeper of our churches.

He

waters our churches night and day, lest anyone punish it. And the word to each of us is, the vineyard will thrive again.

As

we come out of COVID, as we discover what this new church life looks like

and

what God's doing in this season. And so,

it's

radically given me hope and perspective, and

I

share it anytime someone asks me to share. So,

it

was an amazing experience.

Thank

you, Julie.

I

don't know what that does to you, but it does something in my heart.

It,

like, stirs something. Because I know, like, you know, the Lord is the vineyard. He's the keeper. He's the one that's pruning. He's the one that's cultivating. He's the one

doing

something in your heart.

And

we're talking about

our

hearts, or the eyes, the eyes of our heart.

And

so, I just think

what

I want to talk about is, how do we steward that?

How

do we let him

steward

our vineyard?

How

do we let him steward the soil of our heart? How do we let him steward what he deposited here? But

how

do we let him steward what's

going

to happen when you go back home?

So,

that's what I want to talk about today.

You

know, the verse that, you know, there's a bunch of verses that came with this theme, for they shall see.

The

most direct one

was,

blessed are the pure in heart,

for

they shall see God. Matthew 5, 8.

It's

the Sermon on the Mount.

And,

you know, when I read that verse, I'm like, well, I'll put it on the list. But,

man, there's

something I don't like about that verse. Because it just, you know, I just didn't want it to be one of the main verses. Because, like, when I think about it,

it

just makes me think of works and legalism. Like, oh,

if

my heart's not pure enough, I'm not going to see God. So, I've

got

to keep working it, you know, cleaning up my heart. Working, working, working, right?

So,

I can see God. And if I don't see God enough, that means my heart is not pure. And so, I have to look and dig and dig. And it stressed me out. So, I'm just like, well, I'll put it on the list. But, you know, we're going to talk about other things. Dramatic pause. Reset.

Until

I realized

that

God's the one doing the work of purification. He's the one that tends the vineyard.

We

just have to be willing. He's the purifier. He's already given us a new heart.

You

know, there's a prophecy about what Jesus accomplished.

He

said, I will give them a new heart. I'll put a new spirit in them. I'm going to remove that stony, stubborn heart. I'm going to put a heart of flesh. That's what he says. That's a promise. That's what he accomplished

on

the cross.

But,

see, I think what's,

so

where's the disconnect? Because sometimes our heart doesn't feel very pure. Our motives don't feel pure. All of this.

See, I

don't think we know how to

walk

in the new heart.

We

don't know exactly how to walk having a new heart. You know, when you get heart surgery,

you

have to learn to walk

with

a new heart. Maybe some of you have had heart surgery, right? Has anybody had heart surgery in this room?

Okay,

a couple people. So,

you

know there's a new way. Maybe it was harder before. Now it's a little easier. But you have to learn to walk

with

a new heart.

Now

I love words.

And

so I love to look at the meaning of words.

And

when I look at the word blessed,

you

know, blessed are the pure in heart. Blessed, I don't know if it's blessed or blessed, but whatever.

It

means favored. Favored is the one.

Favored

is,

favored

are the pure in heart.

Well,

I looked up that word pure, and it means

purified

by fire.

I

think that's what's been happening this week.

God

has been purifying our hearts with fire. I love what a couple people mentioned this, like the stay in hubble, wait, hay and stubble, not

hay

and stubble,

stay

in hubble. No, not that.

Any

hay and stubble burns away.

But

the word actually means, I looked this up, the Greek word

actually

means pruning.

How

about that vineyard? I knew there would be a tie-in.

He

wants to prune our hearts, right?

He

wants to, you know that verse in John, right, where Jesus is talking and he says, you know, I prune even the ones that bear fruit so that you can bear even more fruit. Sometimes I'm like, ouch, Jesus.

Do

you have to do that one too? I thought that was doing pretty good. He goes, yeah, I want great.

So

I'm just going to pull this back a little bit so you can do more.

You

know, that's pure.

Free

from sin or guilt, right? That's also what

the

word pure means.

Man,

that's what Jesus accomplished, right?

For

they.

This

happens in community. See, I don't think there's one idle word in the Bible.

I

don't think there's one idle word.

It's

not for you shall see God, for they shall see God. This is communal.

And

everything the enemy wants is to isolate you.

He

wants to pull you out of community. He wants to get you offended. He wants to, you know, would you, I use this analogy a lot. You know, offense is kind of like someone with a tray of offenses. And it comes at you all the time. Would you like to take an offense?

And

you're like, well, yes, I would. Thank you very much.

And

we love to take that offense. But you have to take it.

And you

could just be like, no, thank you.

I'm

just going to love him instead.

Bless

those who curse you. Pray for your enemies.

You

don't have to take it. Sometimes it's really easy to, but you don't have to.

For

they, it's community, right? Shall see.

I

was surprised when I looked up

what

seeing meant.

Now,

it's physical I see. And I think that's often what we think, right?

But

we've also been talking in this conference in a beautiful way. It's perceive, right?

It's

not just see with our physical eyes. It's perceiving. It's knowing God.

But

this third one

actually really

spoke to me.

To

be acquainted with him by experience.

You

see, seeing is actually experiencing God.

It's

not just seeing him. It's not just seeing him. It's

seeing

him.

It's

like experiencing God.

For

they shall see. They shall experience God. Wow. I was like, wow. Jesus, there's so much meaning here. You see, I think many of us want to see God. So we're trying to go. We're just asking, Lord, let me see you. Where are you? Show me where you are. Let me see you. Open my eyes. I can't see you in this situation, right?

Why

aren't you showing up? Why is all this bad stuff happening? Where are you, Lord? But see, what Jesus is trying to tell us is don't go after your physical sight. Don't try to see. Steward your heart.

And

then you will see.

See,

it's an automatic outcome of the health of your heart.

See,

this is why that song.

That's

a prophetic word.

Open

the eyes of my heart.

It's

not

these.

It's these. Open the eyes of my heart. Open the eyes of my heart. Close your eyes. Open the eyes of my heart. Open not only our perception and knowing, but you open our experience of

you.

Open our experience of you.

So

if it's about the heart,

how

do we steward that?

Well,

I felt like God gave me just like three short things. And so I just want to share that.

How

do we steward the heart

that

sees God?

And

the first thing, and this has kind of been a theme this week, it's kind of been a theme over the month.

We

see with humility.

Now,

there are tons of verses about humility.

Many

of you could quote him, be gentle, be humble, make allowance for each other's faults. There's a famous quote I love by C.S. Lewis. He says, humility is not thinking less of yourself,

but

thinking of yourself less.

You

kind of got to think about that one, right? Humility is not thinking less of yourself,

but

thinking of yourself less.

I

really like that. It makes you think. C.S. Lewis, brilliant.

But

when you think humility,

you

also think about

pride,

and then the darkness comes.

I

think

Christians

kind of get beat up about humility,

and

it's because maybe we misunderstand it a little bit. Because maybe you've thought of humility as, well, I need to think appropriately lower of myself, right?

And

then pride is I'm thinking too highly of myself. But the problem is, where's the line? Who defines it, right?

Because

you're like, well, I can't go that low, because, I mean, Jesus did some great stuff. He lifted me up, but I want to get too high. And so you're always kind of, and this is the enemy, what he does. He wants to beat you down. Lower, lower, lower, lower. Well, Jesus died for you to be higher, higher, higher.

Right?

So what do you do with that?

Well,

let me suggest a different definition.

How

about pride

is

when we try to define ourselves.

How

about pride

is

not thinking too highly of ourselves. Pride is when we actually try to define who we are.

And

humility is actually God defines who you are.

Right? He

gets to say who you are. He gets to define the line.

Right? Pride

and humility.

Now,

all these verses

about

humility in the Bible, but this one really stuck out to me. 2 Chronicles

7

.14, going back to the OT.

That's

the Old Testament, for those that don't know what that was.

It

says, Now, I know this is in the Old Testament, and some of this has been fulfilled, but I firmly believe that it's also still being fulfilled.

I

think we're in a 2 Chronicles 7.14 moment.

I

believe God is getting ready to heal our land, and boy, does it need healing.

Di,

I loved your message.

Di, I loved your message.

Di,

I loved your message. Because

you, it wasn't that good.

Someone

told me it was the best message they've heard like all year.

Like, our

land needs healing. But you know what's happening right now?

The

preparation.

The

preparation for what God wants to do. Humble ourselves, pray, and seek his face.

So

I have a confession.

I

went to Asbury.

I

went to the Asbury Revival, Outpouring, Renewal, whatever it's called.

Who

knows?

And

you know, I believe Jesus. I believe the Holy Spirit is everywhere.

I

believe

wherever

two or three are gathered, he's with us. I believe that. I don't need to go somewhere to get the presence. He's everywhere.

But

I also believed he was doing something unique over there.

And

so I grabbed my two older boys and I said, you know what? This doesn't happen every day.

This

kind of outpouring.

So

I want them to experience it. So we went.

And

you know, I thought I understood humility.

And

then I go into this environment.

And

we're just worshiping. And you guys have probably read stuff about it, right? It's simple. There's no lights. There's no, you know, I mean, obviously, maybe God's trying to say something about these lights. I don't

know.

Maybe not. I mean, they look really awesome. So I love them. But there's the simplicity about it. You can't even tell who's leading, right? So there's like waves of worship. It would rise up. But

pretty

about the first couple hours in there, I kept going,

man,

the Spirit is doing something right now. Why is no one saying anything about it?

You

know, and I realized, wow, I think if you're kind of a charismatic Christian,

you

might get offended in this environment.

Because

we've spent many years trying to learn how to discern what the Spirit is doing, and God is doing things. Like there was all these things happening in the room, but no one was saying anything about it. People were getting delivered from demonic presences, all this kind of, people were getting healed. And they were doing a few things about it, but no one was like stewarding it. And I was like, come on, someone needs to do something. And I wanted to go down there, and God started to speak to me.

Oh,

joy.

Yo,

do you want to see what I'm doing?

Then

just receive.

Just

bless what I'm doing.

And

I was just like, okay, Lord.

I

want to see you.

I

don't want to see what I think it should look like.

I

want to see you. Dramatic pause.

So

turn out the lights.

I

want to see you.

And

you know, the whole experience changed when I did that.

And

I realized, like,

there's

this critical spirit when this kind of stuff happens. You know, if you read, I mean, poor Facebook, man. There's some good things about it, but everybody just kind of rants, and there's all this critical stuff about it.

And

I was just like, and something rose up in me even before I went. I was like, we need to bless what God is doing, even if it doesn't look like we think it should, right? And when I was in that environment, I'm like, Lord, I want to see you. I want to see what you're doing. I want to bless what you're doing. So I bless it, Lord. I bless it.

And

I started to enjoy it a lot more once I did that. But then something happened to me,

and

only God,

only

God could

go

deep into my heart like this.

Because

some of you that know me, and maybe you can imagine if I,

you

know, a conference director, I love creating environments for encounter and people to

be

set free and delivered and called out and anointed and go out. And

I

love all that.

And

I'm sitting there,

and

I'm just worshiping, and the usher comes up to me.

And

she goes, hey, do you lead worship?

And

I was like, you're like, I'm like, how did you know that? She goes, I don't know. The leaders just told me to come ask you if you lead worship and if you would mind helping out with worship.

This

is at Asbury University in Hughes Hall.

And

I was like, who? Who? What?

How

do you know? She's like, I don't know, but you just go down there at 715, and then they'll give you instructions.

I

was like, what is happening?

So

I just sit down, and I'm like,

I

tried to hold back the tears because I'm like, Lord, you know me.

No

one knows who I am here.

Then

I'm trying to think, does someone know? Do they say, hey, he's a worship leader. Go, you know, I just couldn't figure it out.

I

was like, okay, Lord.

And

what that person know, and I don't say this much, but you could probably infer it.

I

long to be part of revival.

I

long to be in it. I long to steward it.

I

long to say, Jesus, come and pour out your spirit, Lord. Move, right?

And

I'm in this strange place,

and

God's like,

I

want you to be part of it. And I was like, wow, Lord.

So

I go down, and, you know, it's kind of chaos down there. They were just trying to figure it out. This was seven days into it, okay? That's

how

long it had been going when I got there. So I talked to the person, and she's like, okay, this is how it works. You know, the team will go up, and then you can just wait on the sidelines, and then we'll call you up when it's time. And, you

know,

we're going to pray together and all that kind of stuff. And it's very free-flowing. We don't know what's going to happen.

Okay.

And I'm like, okay. So I'm just at the side, and I'm just worshiping Jesus just at the side. You can pull up that first picture.

You

know, and people are just going after Jesus. I mean, it was beautiful. There's beautiful moments, beautiful moments. And I was encountering, and so about two and a half hours go by.

Still

down there.

And

then they

come

down

from

the stage, and

they're

basically like, well,

you

know, it didn't go exactly as we'd planned. You know, some of the testimonies went long. Whoever was speaking, he went longer. All this kind of stuff.

And

so we're just kind of making some arrangements,

and

we're wondering

if

you would lead worship

at

the 2 to 4 slot, 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.

I'm

just like, oh, I'm really tired right now.

Yeah. And she's

like,

and

the other thing is,

you

know, our staff has been going 24-7 for seven days.

And

so we're actually going to clear the auditorium,

and

so it'll just be you. But we really want to steward what God is doing here, so we want the prayer and the worship to still happen. So there'll be a few people, you know, but at times it'll be just you.

You

know, I don't know if you can be excited and disappointed at the same time, but they were both there.

And

I had this moment.

I

just heard

God

start speaking to me right in this moment as I was processing all of this.

And

then the darkness came,

and

then the Lord said, let there be light,

and

there was light.

It's

not the end of the story, but

I

heard

this conversation, and

I heard these three words.

I'll

be there.

Oh,

man.

And

it's like this question just resonating. Would you do it

if

it was just me?

Would

you do it if there was just an audience of one?

And

I'm like

wrestling,

wrestling, wrestling, but I was like, I would, Lord. Yes.

I

will do it.

And

so I said, yeah, I'm going to do it.

So

at 2 a

.m., I

walked in that place. A team prayed over me.

It's

kind of that, they call it the consecration.

And

then there

is

where I worship

from

two to four,

me

and the audience of one. Jesus is there. I think he's on the fourth row.

You

can see him if

you

look really hard.

Would

you do it just for one?

Would

you worship him just for one?

Would

you pray

just

if he was listening?

Would

you lead if it was just him?

Would

you do the things of the kingdom if it was just for the audience of one, if no one else saw it?

I

thought I was, I learned to be humble, you know?

And

then God takes me, ooh, another level. Wow.

And

you know what? I'm like so glad I said yes.

I

would be kicking myself if I said no, even if no one knew I was up there.

I'm

so glad.

Yes,

God does.

So

if we want to see God, we have to have humility.

We

have to have humility. The second thing I felt like God told me

is

we see with honor.

You

could say love,

but

I think honor feels a little more active. Romans 12, 10. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing

honor.

I love that. It's the only thing you're allowed to be competitive about for real, you know? Especially in a spiritual sense.

Like

athletic competition, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about in the spiritual sense.

Outdo

one another

in

showing honor.

Honor

means giving preference to others, treating them like royalty, deferring to one another, thinking of others better than yourselves. Those are all scriptures. Some of you recognize those.

But

see, I think the thing that messes us with us in ministry,

in

spirituality,

it

messes with the purity of our hearts,

is

comparison, competition,

jealousy.

It's looking to the left, to the right. Why do they get to do all that? Why are they, you know, and you're looking, why don't I get to do, and your heart's veered off in the wrong place.

You

see, I don't, I don't actually believe, and I've heard this phrase, and just, you know, don't stone me yet. Hold on.

I

don't believe this next revival is actually going to be nameless or faceless.

A

lot of people are saying that. They even said that about Asbury. They're actually going to be people leading, facilitating,

preaching

the word, praying for healing,

but

you're not going to be able to point to just one person.

See,

Asbury, Asbury University, they had leaders. They had leadership. You just couldn't tell who they were.

You

had no idea. He was like, who's leading this thing? And everyone's like, Jesus.

But

it was true. It's weird. It was like, it was all about Jesus.

It

was all about Jesus. It was amazing.

I

went into a hallway. Oh, look at that. That's nice and bright.

You

guys are smart. Look at them. They're tricking the lights.

They're

like, we got a bright slide, and those LED screens are amazing.

That

was really smart.

Wow. I

don't remember what I was saying. Okay, I do.

Went

out to the hallway,

and

this guy's on all fours, heaving. People are praying for him. That's called a deliverance, folks.

It

just wasn't front and center. Signs and wonders were everywhere. People were being healed. The person behind me,

I

was like, can I bless what God's doing? And all of a sudden, this joy just released at her. She's like, ah! Some people were like, yeah, and other people were like, whoa, you know.

So

all that was happening, but that wasn't the focus. Jesus is the focus.

And

I think that's what God's doing.

See,

there's going to be leaders

in

this revival, in this outpouring. Whatever God's doing right now, he's stirring, he's preparing.

But

Jesus won't be able to tell who they are. I stumbled upon this behind the scenes of some of what happened to me.

You

know, because they actually just, they're called worship stewards. No one knows who the team is. There's these five people. And they scan

the

auditorium,

and

they go, that one.

They

go, that one's going to lead worship. They're going to be part of the team. That's how they did it. Profound.

But

this one person

was

describing the behind the scenes because he was part of the team. He says, you know, our first morning, we were invited to join the team. We arrived there early morning, meeting, and experienced what seemed to be a military operation.

Everyone

is physically exhausted, but spiritually on absolute fire.

They

asked Jesus for Jesus's wisdom in every decision. No decision for worship is human strategy or planning. They pray, ask Jesus, and then discern together. They speak in turn by raising hands and submitting to one another as they make decisions. It is like nothing I have ever seen before. All five of them were united

when

a decision was made.

See,

I think that's a picture

of

what this is going to look like.

It's

a picture. They're leaders. They're always going to be leaders.

But

you're not always going to be able to point to them.

You're

not going to be able to figure out who they are.

So

the encouragement here,

how

do we steward revival? How do we steward the deposit? How do we go back home?

We

learn to honor. We need to outdo each other in showing honor. We learn to bless what the Lord is doing through people. We learn to call out the gold. And even if they're gifted in the same way you are, right, you look at them and you go, I bless that in Jesus's name. I'm excited for what you're going to do. And you watch what happens. Just do it even if you don't feel it. It's not all about feelings. Sometimes I do the right thing and then the feelings come later.

Okay.

Lead your heart.

He

gave us a will. Our will has to be engaged. Now, thank God for the Holy Spirit. Okay.

He

enabled me to say yes to the 2 to 4 a.m. slot.

Thank

God for the Holy Spirit

to

go, oh, I'm a little jealous of that person.

And

then he starts giving me words about that person.

Oh,

I'm going to go prophesy. And when you prophesy over someone, you start to see

the

way God sees them.

And

you look at them different.

And

then all of a sudden this competition comparison goes.

So

honor.

And

the third one,

how

we see, you know, these are just,

there's

so many others that could be.

But

this one, I felt like he just said,

we

see

as

we are holy. Now, we've talked a little bit about holiness

as

we've been here. Blessed are the pure in heart.

You

know, holiness does mean purity. I love what

Jordan

was talking about, consecration.

You

know, with sacrifice,

we'll

see more power.

There

is a consecration happening right now

in

the world. All over these universities. It's happening in churches. Have you seen what's happening in Texas A&M?

Yeah.

Like hundreds of people giving their lives to Jesus. There's a consecration. And

Jesus

is drawing people to himself. It is amazing. Bless it.

Say

more, Lord.

Yeah. See,

in this move, we are called to holiness. And as Bob said it right now, like,

you

know, whatever is

hay

and stubble, gosh, I want to say stay in Hubble.

But

it's hay and stubble. But whatever is hay and stubble will be burned up.

But

I want to give you,

as

I'm landing this plane,

you

know, I'm going to do something that's,

I

just got to blow my nose. I know. I feel like Clay Harrington right now.

Wow. The

Lord has a sense of humor. Oh, they don't want to see that.

Oh,

no.

Oh,

my gosh.

I

want to look at holiness in a different angle. Because

it

does mean purity. It does mean these things, this consecration. It does mean that. And God is doing that right now.

But

if you look a little deeper at the meaning of holy,

it

actually means set apart

for

a specific purpose.

God

says, be holy as I am holy.

Peter

says,

we're

a holy nation,

a

royal priesthood.

There's

so many verses about this.

But

did you know that Jesus has set you apart

for

a specific purpose?

You

see, you're not only made in his image and likeness.

When

Jesus came, now you're the hands and feet

and

the mouthpieces.

Like

you've been set apart.

We're

no longer citizens of heaven. Sorry. We're no longer citizens of earth.

We

are citizens of heaven.

The

Bible calls us a peculiar people.

I

think we need to embrace that.

We

need to be peculiar.

There's

something a little different about you. Yeah, there is actually.

Isn't

it exciting?

And

then you can tell them more.

I

think one of the ways to steward holiness

so

that we see God is to continually say,

set

me apart, Lord.

Set

me apart for your specific purposes.

In

everything I do and everywhere I go, set me apart.

He

has set us apart,

but

we have a choice

in

everywhere we go,

in

everything we do.

You

know, I've been in lots of

ministry

trips.

And

I would come back from those ministry trips and something definitely changed. Like,

and

for a while,

I

was real excited. Like, I remember one plane trip. I came back from Brazil. I had three different legs of the flight. Every single person next to me had some kind of physical issue. I prayed for them. They were instantly healed.

I

was like, Jesus, this is amazing. I was just like, I saw all these miracles. And about three weeks after, I was like into it. And then it kind of slowly, little decision after little decision,

going

about my life.

And

then it just would happen every once in a while, but not like a regular lifestyle.

And

some reason,

this

last year when I went to South Africa

with

Brian Blount. You guys know who Brian Blount is?

It

was a

holy

moment for me.

A

set apart moment for me.

Where

I actually

made

a choice.

Lord,

I'm going to be set apart for you.

I'm

not going to do one foot in,

one

foot out. Now, no one would ever think that about me, I know.

But

you know,

there's

a radical, there's a radical way to follow Jesus. There's a radical way to put both feet in and say, have your way, Lord.

Set

me apart. I want to live. So when people look at me, they go, you're not from around here, are you?

I

don't always act that way, but that's what I want.

And

since then, I started experimenting.

I

saw amazing things in South Africa. But then the bus driver driving me back to Champaign, he got healed of like tooth pain and leg pain and all this. And I just kept asking at coffee shops. And all of a sudden, I'm going through Starbucks. I'm like, Lord, can you do this in 30 seconds?

And

I'm like, do you have any pain in your body? She's like, yeah. And I'm like, give me your hand. And I smile at her.

And

then she's like, what did you just do? And I'm like, where's your pain? She goes, I don't know. It's gone. I'm like, well, what just happened? She goes, I don't know. And I'm like, well, that was Jesus. He loves you so much.

And

they're like, beep, beep, beep. I'm like, okay, bye. You know, it's like,

can

you do it in 30 seconds? Yes, he can. Walmart checkouts.

And

I'm just saying yes a lot more than I'm saying no. I still say no sometimes. I'm sorry, Jesus.

But I'm

saying yes way more. It's becoming a lifestyle. I was on the plane home from South Africa.

You

know, you have these choices all the time.

You

know, and you're on a trip. I'm like, I am tired. I just want to put my headphones on, put the mask on.

Yeah,

you should see happy in trips, man. He has a system. These big headphones, this, like, mask. And he's like, ow. Anyway,

happy

layman, folks.

I'm

on the plane, and this woman next to me,

you know,

we have a long eight-hour flight.

And

she's talking to the flight attendant about her medication that has to be refrigerated. And then she needs it halfway through so she can take her shot. And

I'm

just having this, like, oh, boy, maybe I should ask.

You

just wrestle all the time, right?

I

don't know if you ever do that. I'm doing it way less now.

Now

I'm just kind of like,

hey,

what is that for? You know,

it

just kind of flies out of your mouth. You're like, oh, you know.

I

actually like that better.

I'd

rather be that than always wrestling, you know, that obedience thing.

So

I

asked,

hey, what's going on? Oh, she goes, I have diabetes, and I have to take a shot. And then we just had this whole conversation.

And

you could tell the spirit was there.

And

then the lights went dark.

Oh, look

at that. You guys are amazing.

And

kind of at the flight was getting an end. I'm like, can I just pray for you?

And

so I prayed

and prayed

over her business. She had an awesome business. She was an entrepreneur, all this kind of stuff. And then I just prayed.

I

said, Lord, I pray that her sugar levels would level out and that she would not have to take her medicine anymore. Amen.

So

I connected over Instagram afterwards. And I'm like, oh, it was great to meet you because I found her business. And she's like, this was such, I felt like God sent you, all this kind of stuff. And like we had this good interaction.

So

now it's four months later, and I just reached out. I just randomly am like, hey,

how

are you doing? How are you feeling?

You

know, she kind of updated me on her kids and stuff like that.

And

then she goes, you know what?

My

sugar levels have completely leveled out,

and

I'm going off my medicine.

And

I was like, Jesus!

I

mean,

I

mean,

really,

diabetes? You just healed that?

In

that little conversation, I prayed my best prayer. You rarely get to see that stuff.

What

did it cost me? A little bit of initial embarrassment?

Like,

you see,

let

him set you apart.

Let

him set you apart. We are a holy people, a holy nation, a royal priesthood.

If

we want to see the move of God, right? If we want to see the move of God,

humble

yourself, honor each other,

and

let him set you apart. Be holy because he is holy. He has made you holy. He has set apart, and he has set you apart to be his hands and feet, to show the world that he's real, he's alive, and he wants to do something to the problems in their life. Every single one. Do you know he is the solution to every single problem? Every single problem.

Let

him set you apart.