Eyes on Jesus - Stephanie Okafor

You can't say that, oh, you know what? I follow Jesus, but there is no trace of denial in your life. There is no place where you can mark that I walked out of how I used to live because you cannot come out of darkness into light and still look like darkness.

Heavenly Father, I thank you. I thank you, Lord Jesus, because all around the world there are many people gathering, but you are not the cause. But Lord, we are in a room like this on this very day, >> [music] >> and we are gathering to behold you.

And so, Holy Spirit, I pray [music] that you would glorify the living savior. That you would glorify Jesus in this moment. And through the [music] lives of each and every woman present.

And I even thank you, Lord God, because when you step into the room, it's not just the people that came to see you. It's the people serving. There are men behind the scenes that just came to serve.

But Lord, you know how to touch each and every one right where they are. And so, Heavenly Father, have your way. I thank you, Lord Jesus, because you've shown me just an activation of identity that will take place in this moment.

And so, Lord God, we come before you. I come before you that let me not be in the way. Let us not be in the way.

Let this not be a moment of distractions, of thinking about things that could wait. But let us behold you, not even a person. Let us behold you.

In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.

You may be seated. It's such a blessing to be here. And I've just, you know, hearing so many amazing things about how this conference came about, and I just believe that the Lord wants to really activate some women in this in this moment and even beyond this moment.

Um I just kept seeing the Lord really casting down shame, removing a garment of shame that we will step into the truth of our identity. You know, the very first two the very first things that we see as a result of when the enemy, you know, crept into pervert humanity is that they were ashamed and they were afraid. And whenever we feel fear and shame, we are we've lost sight of the truth of who we really are and that becomes our covering.

And so there's a reason why even when all the whole time Adam and Eve would have fellowship with the Lord, but the moment they sinned, the Lord was still going towards them. Meaning he was always willing to receive them, but fear and shame became the covenant rather than the glory of God. They were always naked, but when the glory of God is your covering, you don't see that, you see him.

But when the glory lifts, all you see is shame. The very things that when we look at the Lord that we are rejoicing, but when our eyes turn away from him, all we see is our mistakes, all we see is our past, all we see is our flaws and we don't know how to behold him. Adam and Eve were ashamed of showing their faces to the Lord.

And in their own, you know, understanding, they said, "Oh, we are naked." But it's because rather than beholding him, they were beholding themselves. They were beholding their mistakes. So, I am so excited about what the Lord wants to do.

You know, I love the theme of this conference that it is radiant and even the scripture, let's just go to that Psalms 34:5 and it says, "They looked to him and were radiant and their faces were not ashamed. You know, it's beautiful to even know where this verse came from. David King David, before he was king but anointed by the Lord to be king.

The very man who the Lord would say, "He is one who is loyal after me. He has a heart that would be loyal to my work, to my bidding, to my purpose. I have found the one." Can you imagine when God looks at you and says, "Well, I found a daughter whose heart is loyal towards me." And you're anointed.

It sounds so amazing and glorious. But then the anointing attracts many things. Because the anointing is not just an announcing of who you are in the sight of God.

It also announces the threat you are to the kingdom of darkness. And when darkness knows the threats that have been born the threats that are walking the earth, they want to discredit you before you ever fully embrace what God said about you. And so David finds himself in a place where he is just loyal.

Even to the King Saul, the present king who was already dethroned by God but still active in the sight of men. He was still loyal to him. He still loved him.

But then all of a sudden David was on the run. King Saul wanted to kill him. And he was so I I want you to just take a moment and picture this.

This is a man who was anointed by God. Favored by God. He defeated Goliath with a stone.

He learns combat. He's He's winning you know, battles and there's just so much favor attached to him. And then everything flips.

Now he wants the king wants him dead. He's running for his life. And in the moment of desperation, David goes to a certain king, Achish, who was the king over a region called Gath.

Goliath was from Gath. This is how desperate David gets because he knows that Saul is not going to go into enemy territory to look for him. So, he goes over there maybe thinking they're not going to recognize him.

But, once he gets there, the Philistines recognize him. And they said, "Isn't this David? Isn't this the one they sang about?

Oh, Saul killed his thousand 1,000 and David killed 10,000." And the moment David realizes they know who he is, he is terrified. He is crippled with fear, and do you know how we know this? Because the scripture says he starts acting like a madman.

He starts scratching the walls. He allows saliva to run over his face and his beard. And so, the king is looking at him like, "Why would you bring a madman to me?" And then he, you know, literally releases David to go away.

Now, David comes out of that because he's thinking that the moment they recognize him, they will kill him because he killed their giant. He comes out of that and he writes Psalms 34. And can you imagine that the very person whose face should have carried shame because he's letting saliva drool on himself, he's acting like a lunatic, but he says, "And their faces were not ashamed." He says, "Those who looked to him were radiant." What was David teaching us in this moment?

David is still on the run when he wrote this song. But David's eyes were not on his circumstances. David's eyes was not on what should bring shame.

David's eyes were on the Lord. He could see that in the middle of the wilderness, in the middle of the battle, his identity was secured because of who he looked at. Oftentimes the reason that it's so challenging for us to believe the Lord when he gives us a word about ourselves, you're beholding your past.

You're beholding the moments that brought shame into your life. You're beholding the people that hurt you. The people that you you should have been safe with, and instead they they they were the people the hands in which molestation happened.

You're beholding all the issues of life and not the Lord. You're beholding the diagnosis from the doctor. You're beholding everything that the world is trying to use against you.

And the enemy is whispering to you, "This is who you are. This is where your identity is in." But David, in the middle of a crisis, coming out from having to pretend to be mad, still on the run, he says, "Those who look to him are radiant. And their faces will not be ashamed." You see what I love so much about this is that regardless of where you are in life, it's really about what you behold that informs who you become.

If you really want to step into the identity that the Lord has for you, there are times where you have to divorce the story you keep telling yourself over and over again. You have to come out of agreement with the story abuse wants to tell you. You have to come out of agreement of what divorce wanted to tell you.

You have to come out of agreement of what the manipulation wanted to tell you. You have to come out of agreement with the lies and the wounds of the enemy and stop looking at that and beholding the Lord. You see, I want us to look into a scripture.

This is in Matthew 14:22-33 and many of us might be familiar with this, but I want us to just really take a time to see what the Lord is saying to us in this moment. It says, "Immediately, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side while he sent the multitudes away. And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray.

And when evening came, he was there alone. But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went to them walking on the sea.

And when the disciples saw him walking, look at this, they were troubled saying, "It is a ghost." And they cried out in fear. But immediately, Jesus spoke to them saying, "Be of good cheer. It is I.

Do not be afraid." And Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water." And he said, "Come." And Peter had come down out of the boat. He walked on the water to go to Jesus. We're going to come back to that, but I want you to just bookmark this in your heart.

Peter did not even walk on the water to test if he could. The purpose of him walking on water was to go to Jesus. It wasn't about the water.

It was about the person. And then it continues and it says, "But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, so he shifts his gaze from Jesus to the wind. He was afraid and beginning to sink, he cried out saying, 'Lord, save me.'" And immediately, Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

And those who were in the boat, here's another thing, we're going to come back to all of this. Came and worshipped him saying, "Truly, you are the Son of God." Now, there are very key things in this. In the Gospel of Mark, Mark tells this story.

But Mark does not talk about Peter walking on water. If you read the same account in Mark, he's telling about how Jesus was walking on the water. He says, "All the disciples were afraid." Right?

And Jesus comes into the boat with them. He never talks about Peter. And I began to wonder, why didn't Mark talk about Peter?

That's a big thing. That a disciple is walking on water. And something the Holy Spirit just put on my heart and could it be that Mark was so focused on Peter's failure that Peter also I mean he ended up drowning.

And so he categorized Peter as the rest of the disciples who were afraid. What are you beholding? You see, where you put your attention determines if you see life through a lens that is always negative or you can see the positive out of circumstances.

And then we go to Peter. Often times when we talk about this scripture, we focus on the fact that why did you doubt, Peter? Oh, Peter, as long as your eyes were on Jesus, you were walking on water.

But then, why did you doubt? But first of all, why is it that only Peter came out of the boat? Here is the fascinating thing.

What is this What in this moment, why couldn't the other disciples say, the moment Peter says, "Lord, if it is you, bid me to come." Why are the other disciples just waiting? Still in fear. And it's not until they come back into the boat, they say, "Truly, you are the Son of God." Now, a truly you are the Son of God, you would think this is the first miracle Jesus did.

You would think that this was right after Jesus calls all the disciples to follow him, and then boom, he walks on water. They're like, "Wow, now I know you're the Son of God." Jesus had done so many miracles. He had given them authority to go and cast out demons.

And right before this moment, Jesus literally this was the miracle of the 5,000 that was fed. Right before this moment. And the miracle of the 5,000 was not just about food.

It was to bring a perspective to the disciples. For the multitudes, he was bringing them food. For the disciples, he was bringing them into a revelation.

Because Jesus was not the only one responsible for the miracle. Jesus takes what they had. He takes the little boy's lunch.

He takes the the bread and the small fish, and the Bible says he breaks it. And he gives it to the disciples to distribute. Jesus was not the one distributing to the 5,000 plus people.

So, the disciples had baskets. And they had 12 baskets, and we know this because after the miracle, the Bible says that they gathered the remaining into 12 baskets. One basket per disciple.

Could it be? Jesus breaks the bread. And he gives a piece to a disciple to put in their basket.

The disciples know what was in this basket was one broken piece of bread. But every time they put their hand in it, bread began to multiply. So, the Lord partners with them for this miracle.

So, for the multitudes, they're just being fed. But for the disciples, it was to behold Jesus. That who is this man that if he puts something in your hand, that because of the person who gave it to you, that it must multiply.

It was an invitation to have a revelation of him. That is why if we go to Mark 6 from verse 52, Mark chapter 6:52, he says in the accounts of what happened on the water with Jesus walking on the water, he says that for they did not understand. He's talking about the disciples.

They did not understand about the loaves. So, Mark connects You have to study the whole of Mark chapter 6. Mark connects the disciples' inability to perceive Jesus.

He connects the fact that they were all afraid to the fact that they did not understand what Jesus did with the loaves. He says because their heart was hardened. What they were looking at was not Jesus.

They were looking at the miracle. You see, when you're so focused on the miracle, you become a miracle junkie. That is why the Israelites wanted sign after sign after sign after sign.

Because you never looked at the miracle worker. You were only looking at the miracle. It is the reason why the Israelites after the plagues would happen.

I mean the the the move of God in Egypt was just is a wonder till this day. And after all of that just because they got hungry they would complain they would murmur and they would say that it was better for them to be in Egypt. Why?

They never saw the one who performed the signs and wonders. They only saw the sign and the wonder. When you only see the miracle we heard a powerful testimony just moments ago.

If you only hear the testimony you begin to compare where you are right now. You begin to compare but God why did you do it for her but you're still dealing with a diagnosis. Because you're not seeing that it's about the one who did it.

And the one who did it calls you a daughter. The one who did IT HAS MADE HIMSELF available to you as father. You see Peter when your focus is not on what he can give you but on him miracles are the outcome.

Peter was not walking on water because he wanted to just walk on water. Peter was not amazed by wow what would it feel like to just you know take a stroll. It was like human surfing.

Peter the Bible said we just read it that he was walking to Jesus. And because his focus was Jesus, the supernatural followed. When your focus is to be with him, when your focus is to follow him, come what may, you may have a diagnosis, but Jesus, I'm still following you.

You may have lost a loved one, but Jesus, you are still king. The death of a loved one does not change who you are in my life. I know too much to reduce you to your hand.

When the focus is Jesus, miracles happen as a result. That's why the Bible doesn't talk about when when Jesus is sending people out, he's not saying, "Go out there and perform signs and wonders." He says, "This would accompany those who believe." Signs and wonders was not the primary focus. It was the outcome of people that believed in him.

That as you go and preach the gospel, signs and wonders follow you because you believe. The anointing was not just to go and perform signs and wonders. It was because it was what would follow those that believe.

When you follow Jesus, when your eyes are on Jesus, it follows. Now, this is so critical. That's what what what I love so much about the timing of this theme and this conference because we are living in very interesting times in our world today.

We're living in times when, you know, we experienced COVID, and that was new for us, and we adapted, but there are more greater issues coming to the world. We're going to see a shaking in the nations. We're going to see a shaking in the land.

And if all you behold is the hand of Jesus, then there are many that will fall away from the faith. Because we even see this we're not just looking at this in the times of the Israelites. We see this even when Jesus walked the earth.

The scripture we just read talked about how the multitudes that followed him. The multitude is just another name for the crowd. But then look at this.

If we go to Matthew 21:9-11, again we're going to see this whole theme of multitudes. It says, "Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out saying, 'Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.'" This was when this is not too long before the crucifixion. When Jesus is riding on a donkey and they're blessing him and they're celebrating him and they're, you know, screaming his name and calling him Hosanna all to the son of David. Blessed is he.

Look at how beautiful this sounds. It sounds like people who have revelation of him. "Who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest." And it continues. It says, "And when he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved saying, 'Who is this?'" Remember, they're in Jerusalem. All the city.

That's a lot of people. They are moved. Wow, who is this man?

The multitude say, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee." Now, I want you to just put a bookmark in your mind right now. And ask yourself, where were all these people? Where were the people, the city that was moved?

The multitude that surrounded him. The people he fed 5,000 plus cuz the 5,000 only accounted for the men. Not the women or the children.

Where are ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD RUN THAT WHEN THEY HEAR JESUS WAS IN A REGION, THEY WOULD run to him. They would linger. THEY WOULD SAY, "NO, WE DON'T want to leave." There are times that you will see a church service is packed AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT to leave.

And we're so moved like, "Wow." That's what they were doing. Like, "Oh my gosh, revival is here. They are not going anywhere." But not too long after the same PEOPLE THAT WE THOUGHT, "WOW, revival is here." The crowd is celebrating him.

The crowd would rather be hungry than depart from Jesus' side. I'm saying this because you have to The Bible says you have to walk out your salvation with fear and trembling because if you think you're so comfortable like, "Oh, Jesus, I will never leave you." You need to allow the spirit of the Lord to test your heart. Why do you follow him?

Is it for his hand or you actually see him? Few moments later if you guys have seen that SpongeBob >> [laughter] >> Matthew 27:20-22 But the chief priest and elders persuaded the multitudes. And that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

The governor answered and said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" The governor was not trying to make sure that, "Oh, this is just about the Pharisees. He speaks to the crowd. And the scripture says, "They said, Barabbas." Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified." Where was the multitude that he fed?

He healed their sick. He delivered them out of their demonic oppression. Where were those people who screamed Hosanna?

They never saw him. They were only after his hand. And [music] in the moment where it seemed that those hands were tied, when it seemed like the hands that are supposed to perform miracles, the hands that are supposed to feed us, those hands are in chains?

Oh, no, crucify him. We can't get anything from a hand in chains. Because crucify him was the language from what they had always been looking at.

If they were looking at the person and had the revelation of him, they would stand with him. The crowd would persuade the governor to say no. They would go back TO WHAT THEY SAID WHEN they asked the crowd, "Who is this?" They would say, "No, this is Jesus." They would not ask for a criminal over him.

But because all they were looking at were his hands, and in that moment those hands were bound, it could not give them what they thought they wanted. So so quickly the enemy could persuade the multitude. And all they could say is crucify him.

What are you looking at? If a testing of your faith made you to question your faith, if a little shaking in your home, if the memories of your past makes you question the encounters you've had, then you never really looked at him. You only looked at his hand.

Because when it feels like God is silent, it is the imagery of hands that are tied. When you've prayed about something and nothing seems to happen, it gives you the visual imagery that his hands are tied towards you. And if that's all you're looking at, the great falling away happens.

You see, one of the things that marks the last days is that men will become lovers of self. It would be all about what they want, their needs being met. And if that cripples into the church, that is how the great falling away happens.

Because Jesus is not insecure to give you things just to keep you. He gave you the greatest in himself. And if that wouldn't keep you, he's not going to bombard you with miracle after miracle after miracle just so you say he's good.

He gave you himself. But if we fall into the trap of becoming lovers of self, the great falling away happens. And the same people that will stay all night in prayer would walk out and say crucify him.

Because crucify him is what you say when you abuse grace. Crucify him is the language you're you're you're echoing in this realm of the spirit when you're not obedient. You're literally putting the Christ on the cross all over again.

What they said is what we're echoing today every time we delay. What they said is what we're saying today every time we're not in agreement with what God says about us because we think that our shortcomings have disqualified us from the call. We're saying crucify him.

And I just want us to take this moment that we would get back to the place where our eyes are on Jesus. It's not on shame. It's not on the abuse.

It's not on the things that happened to us. But our eyes are on Jesus because any encounter you've had with him the moment of your salvation, any any [music] any experience, when you hear a testimony what you're being invited to is to know that the God of this universe the Lord of it all the one who what everything in this world was made through the king of kings, the Lord of lords, the one that principalities and powers must bow and answer to the one that every knee will bow to. And do you know that every knee is not bowing because [music] they are in relationship with him but just because of his presence.

Because regardless of whether you claim someone to be a king or not a king. If you If you go into a royal family, whether you're from the country or not, you will bow. But, there's something about the presence of Jesus that even the people that rejected [music] him would know they're in the presence of royalty.

That every knee would bow, and his presence brings the revelation, he is the savior. He is the Lord. Every time we have glimpses, it's an invitation to know that that person wants to call you daughter.

That you can know him. That you are known by him. That he is with you.

And that is enough. And it's when we walk with him, because of him, so many things begin to show up in our lives. But, we're not walking with him because we want the miracle.

We're walking with him because of him. And we see how the Lord begins to touch areas that we knew nothing. We We didn't even have language for.

And so, very quickly, we're about to pray. But, three things that I want to leave you with when it comes to keeping your eyes on him is that first of all, you must be born again. [music] Maybe you're in this building, and a friend invited you, you're checking it out, or you come to church, but there are other things you dabble your hand into.

Being saved is not just about recognizing he is Lord, but that he is your Lord. That means he is your owner. It is his spirit that informs how you live.

Because you can't say that, "Oh, you know what? I follow Jesus but there is no trace of denial in your life. There is no place where you can mark that I walked out of how I used to live because you cannot come out of darkness into light and still look like darkness.

There has to be something about YOUR LIFE THAT SHIFTED. THAT is the sign. But if you just came out of it and said, well, you know what, Jesus knows my heart, it is deception.

So you must be born again. That is why Jesus would say in John 3:3, he said, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot perceive the kingdom of God. If you are not born again, you cannot perceive spiritual things and you certainly cannot perceive him properly.

You have to be willing to say yes to the Lord. And not just [music] yes for him to come. It's an exchange.

Salvation is an exchange. It is you're giving him your old wine skin for his. You're giving him your old nature, the fallen nature.

It's an exchange of nature. That is why when the Apostle Paul would say something like the thing that I want to do, I don't know how to do it and the thing that I do, I don't want to do it. If you study that scripture, he was talking about when a life is under the law of sin and death.

That when you still remain in in in the place of darkness, it is that darkness has an influence over you that good intentions cannot do anything to. That as long as you're under the enemy's territory, even on your best day, there are things that you don't desire to do that you will still do. But when you continue reading that scripture, the Apostle Paul now takes us into a journey that who can save him from this if not Christ Jesus?

Because in Christ, there is the law of the spirit of life. It is an exchange. That means there is something about the nature you were given to that when you come to him and your you're sincere in your devotion, the spirit of the Lord begins to help you.

And what you couldn't set yourself free from, you start to experience freedom in. You start to The scripture talks first about denying yourself, taking up your cross, and then following him. It starts where you might feel like you're you're doing it, you know, there are things that you love, but you deny.

And the spirit of the Lord is the one who helps you to deny. It doesn't CHANGE THAT YOU LOVE IT. BUT, BECAUSE OF JESUS, you deny.

And you're empowered to deny because you're in him. So, we have to be born again. Second, to meditate on his word because that's how we become anchored by him.

If you don't meditate on his word, then you will only see him in moments. It will not be the journey of your life. Because the truth of the matter is that you're meditating on something every day.

You are a student to something every day. The problem is that many of us don't know we're students. We're being discipled by the world every day.

And do you know how? When troubles come, when trials and tribulations come, how you respond, your initial response tells you what you're a disciple of. What marinates You cannot come You You give what you don't have.

So, if your heart and your mind is filled with only Netflix, that is what proceeds. And it doesn't matter if you read the word every day because what is 30 minutes a day compared to 12 hours of bingeing on social media? So, although you may be saved, you're a disciple of the world because that is what is informing your behavior.

That is why we're seeing how many people, even though they they love Jesus, but the the way they respond to life always cripples them. Why? Because majority of their time, they spend 20 minutes in the morning to study.

But then when you track the hours you spend on social media, when you track the hours you spend bingeing a show, where did majority of your time go to? So, when the scripture says, "Med on this law, you shall meditate day [music] and night." It wasn't about being religious. It was for transformation.

Because the scripture will tells us in Romans 12:12 that you will be transformed by the renewing of your mind. So, you can be saved. Salvation happens in your spirit, not in the soul.

Your spirit is renewed, but your soul needs to be transformed. And that transformation happens by the word of God. So, you have to meditate on his word.

I want to encourage everyone to go higher in your reading plans. Put more time in how you study the word of God. Take a moment to take an an inventory of your day.

Where does your time go? And see how you can increase the time you spend in being a disciple of Jesus. And lastly, we're going to pray is to surrender.

Because only when you surrender can you reveal him. David was surrendered to the process. He didn't like it.

David was handling sheep when he was sought out. He was called out from being a shepherd over sheep to being anointed to being a shepherd over men. He didn't ask for it, but he agreed with it.

He aligned and he surrendered. David didn't ask to be king, and he certainly didn't ask to be on the run for something that God has called him to be. It's different if you're on the run for your own personal ambition and pursuits.

David is on the run because of the call of God. He is on the run for his life because of the anointing that came from the Lord. But regardless, David was surrendered.

[music] Come what may, it is your posture before the Lord. When it's no longer your ambitions, but his. When it's not about your will, but his.

When it's not about your desires, but his. And why? Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." Your prayer that Lord, help me change the desires of my heart. That's why even the scripture will say that the Lord will give you the desires of your heart. That is not this blank check, but that he would begin to plant in your heart that which you should desire when you surrender to him.

He would begin to put things in your heart that you feel burdened about because you surrendered to him. But it it comes from a place of agreement and alignment. Thank you, Holy Spirit.

Just stand with me. Let us pray. Thank you, Jesus.

Thank you, Lord. If you don't mind just opening your hands before the Lord. If closing your eyes helps you to not be distracted, you could just close your eyes in this moment.

Because I just see the hand of the Lord wanting to tear the garment of shame from many women in this place. Because that's what's been holding you back. You've been beholding shame.

And almost like waiting for this moment that would convince you otherwise. But we have to behold him. David did not write this song when he was king.

He didn't write it when he was crowned. He didn't write it when people came to him and were celebrating him. David wrote this song when he was still on the run.

But in the middle of being on the run, he recognized the Lord with him. He beheld Jesus. And in just a moment, I see the spirit of the Lord wanting to minister to women in this place.

Would you just release yourself to him? There are things that he planted in you from a place of childhood that he will bring back to your memory even now. To tell you he never changed his mind.

Yes, we are in a fallen world. And unfortunately, we we're going to carry the scars, the battle scars from living in a fallen generation, in a fallen world. But it doesn't change the mind of God.

It doesn't change the heart of God. It is the reason the Lord sent you. Because every time a child is born, an answer is delivered.

Thank you, Lord. What have you been running away from from the place of false humility? Because true humility is agreement with God.

No matter what he tells you. Oh, thank you, Holy Spirit. Would you come?

Spirit of the living God, would you touch your daughters? Those that have been carrying this garment of shame while praising, while worshiping, while serving, but carrying a garment of shame. Would you touch them by your love?

As a reminder that it's about the person of the Holy Spirit that has been with you and will continue to abide with you. But we must behold him. The Lord is showing me a young lady and I don't even know how you would remember this, but you have that age in mind because from the age of two that was the age you started to experience molestation.

I just keep seeing the age of two. And the moment the Lord addresses something, there are other people he's speaking to in the room. It was the result of a fallen world.

It didn't mean that the Lord wasn't there to protect you. It didn't mean that the Lord couldn't stop it. Sometimes the trauma is not just what we experienced but that nobody said it was wrong.

That the people we're supposed to find safety and security in nobody said it was wrong. But what I love about the Lord Jesus is that we know him as Alpha and Omega. He is the beginning and the end.

And too often we only focus on the end. That we know he's in our tomorrow. But he's also in your past now.

And the Lord can heal the wounds of your past in the present. He can journey into your past. He can journey to the two-year-old the seven-year-old the five-year-old.

He can journey [music] back to when you were exactly that age and show you that he was always with you. He always loved you. His eyes never left you.

And that is why he is the one that restores our soul. That is why he was not just anointed to preach the gospel, but he was anointed to heal the brokenhearted. Because he knew the reality of the world we lived in and the scars we would carry and that he will come to heal them.

As you open up your heart to him, I see the Lord going back into your past to touch you where life stopped. I see a clock finally moving again. Because for many of you, life stopped in your childhood.

You've been on almost like cruise control. Going with the motion, just showing up, but deep down you felt like lifeless. And I see the clock moving again.

Thank you, Jesus. Holy Spirit, we acknowledge your presence in this room. We thank [music] you for your love.

And I thank you that you're touching many right now. That you're a healing hardened hearts. That you are giving your daughters a heart of flesh.

And I thank you, Lord, that you're restoring dreams and visions and you're bringing back to them if you're bringing them back to a place of identity that would be anchored secured in [music] you regardless of what happens. And I thank you, Lord, for miracles that would just show up because they chose [music] you, not just your hand. I thank you, Lord, for diagnosis [music] that would just change because they chose you.

I thank you, Lord, that some women [music] I see in this room would just end up pregnant and not even know they were pregnant because for so long they've dealt with the diagnosis of barrenness. But as they choose you, as they continue to walk with you, as their eyes are on you, it would just happen to be that they were pregnant. I thank you, Lord Jesus.

I see even body parts that have been removed that it would be a miracle to the doctors that surgeries that were performed and wounds that were removed just showed up because it's about you. There is nothing that you cannot do. So, Lord, we thank you.

Have your way in and through the lives of these women. Have your way in and through the lives of the men hidden behind the scenes because you are just that kind of God. You don't miss anyone.

Thank you, Lord.