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Verse number 8, Hebrews chapter 11, verse number 8.
Having watched the service, and I participate in these services with you, okay? As I participate, I tend to hear from the Lord in terms of how to help you. Amen. You know, I'm not really interested in, you know, I can preach, that's right. You know I can prophesy, that's right. If not, you won't be online right now. You know what I do in terms of delivering people, healing the sick, etc. The largess and capacity of the ministry God has called me to, all of that, you know.
So the purpose of this International Visitor Service is not to really show off but to try and help you. Amen. Thank you. I come with the intention of really helping somebody. Thank you. Okay? Not to score any "Amen" or even looking for your money. That's not the reason. And you are family. If you're joining us for the very first time, buckle your seat belts. If you have any, if you don't, you're about to get on the highway and learn something important.
So I'm here with the intention of helping you. So even those who are here well-dressed, I'm the most well-dressed. You know, I have no idea why I felt like, you know, being colorful. Even last week, I thought, no, I need to dress in color. Even today, I thought, no, I need to dress in the most colorful thing. I don't want to. It's just that you get to a place in your calling where you don't have a choice.
Okay? Because, for example, there could be someone watching me now. They saw me in a dream, and I was wearing the exact thing. That's right. So until I dress like that and come and minister, their dream can't be confirmed. So that's how this thing works. The prophet has very little wiggle room to decide what he wants to do or what he likes to do. Even his dress code is controlled. So if you don't like what I'm wearing, it's okay. Be healed.
So today, here's how I want to help you. I want to help you in your walk with God, and in a particular area, and that is to experience God in little things in everyday life. Okay? In everyday life, you don't have to wait for a service to know that your God is awesome. Amen. You don't have to wait for Sunday, a Thursday, a Saturday, a special class, or an International Visitor Service. No, God is personal. He's a personal God. He's a rational being.
Jesus said something beautiful in John chapter 5, verse 37. Jesus is introducing Jesus, the one who is the fullness of the Godhead in bodily form. These are his words: "And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape." Did you notice Jesus is introducing the Father, and he's saying he has a shape? He has a voice?
So what has a shape and a voice? A personality. So the person whom we call God is a person you can relate with. He has a shape, he has a voice. You don't understand that? So very, very vital. So here's the area I want to help you with in your day-to-day walk with the Lord. If you have the Holy Spirit, you can experience the supernatural.
What I mean by the supernatural is the out of the ordinary, not really the extraordinary. You can go for the extraordinary and miss the out of the ordinary. Okay? God is most often in the out of the ordinary, not in the extraordinary. He's not even in the spectacular; he's in the supernatural. He's not in the obvious; he's in the more not-so-obvious things. Wow.
So in your day-to-day walk, as you are guided and led by the Holy Spirit in your decisions, in your next move, I want to help you encounter the supernatural. Amen. By teaching or by giving you one important key. I'm only going to give you one important key in walking in the supernatural.
So the title of my message tonight to you, or the short teaching, is "How to Walk in the Supernatural." Okay? Now this is my syllabus. I give it to you; you know how I do it. So let me give you some of the keys on how to walk in the supernatural.
So what does it mean when I say how to walk in the supernatural? It means how to encounter the things of God on a daily basis, the out of the ordinary on a daily basis. Locating who he is in little things where you can come back home and say, "You know what? Something happened like this at work; it has to be God." Something happened like this while I was driving; it has to be God.
I was thinking of so-and-so; they called. It has to be God. You know what? I felt like calling someone, and saying ABCD EFG. I called, and I just said ABCD EFG. Literally, you just said the alphabet, and they said, "You know what? God has spoken."
So when you encounter God like that and you know that he's personal, it builds your faith. No longer now are you so dependent on a minister ministering to you. Now you know you can minister to yourself. There is a place for ministry; there's a place where you need ministry like this. But you don't need it in the way most preachers or teachers or ministries have positioned it. No, you don't need it like that. You can walk with God on a daily basis.
Okay? So Hebrews chapter 11, verse number 8. How do I walk in the supernatural? Hebrews chapter 11, verse number 8. Let's read. "By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out, not knowing whether he went." Simple.
This just verse 8. Just verse 8. "By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should afterward receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out, not knowing whither he went." In other words, he went not having all the information. Wow, that's right.
Okay? He went; he obeyed God not having the information. And yet the Bible says he did it by faith. And yet faith is based on information. Wow. Faith is based on information, and yet Abraham didn't have all the information. Wow.
Okay? Now let me go deeper and say this to you. Abraham knew a secret, which I'm going to give you now. Okay? If you're going to encounter the supernatural, you can't wait until you have all the information pertaining to a healing, pertaining to a financial breakthrough, pertaining to some matter. Maybe an overseas trip, maybe a financial partnership, maybe marrying somebody for the first time.
Maybe, you know what? I want to leave this job and get to this job. The secret is: don't overthink it. Wow. This is the secret. There are many secrets to walk in the supernatural. One is stop overthinking. If you overthink a matter, you're going to crash; you're going to collapse.
Now keep that in mind and read Hebrews 11, verse number 8. "By faith, when Abraham was called to go out into a place which he should afterward receive for an inheritance, obeyed and went out without overthinking it." Right? Not knowing where he was going. That's right. That's right.
Now how can a man go somewhere God has called him with limited information? He's going not knowing where he is going. He doesn't have all the information; he has limited information. Today I'm speaking to someone. You have limited information about a business you want to start. You have limited information about a marriage. Limited information about something.
And you're waiting for the rest of the information. God is saying you will never encounter the supernatural that way. God always leaves an element of surprise. It's called the element of surprise. Wow.
Every time I heal the sick, I'm surprised. I'm telling you the truth. Wow. Okay? I don't want to pretend to be the master of this craft. No, there's an element of surprise. If you're going to walk in the supernatural, supernatural means I'm surprised. I never expected this.
That element of surprise, if you want to experience it, it means you're not going to have all the information. That means you have to stop overthinking. Wow. You have to stop overthinking. If you're always overthinking it, you're going to come to a place where spiritual boredom, now nothing is moving in your life.
You're claiming the promises of God; nothing's happening. You have received prophecy; nothing is happening. You're praying 24/7, if that's possible. You're fasting; nothing's happening. You know what your problem is? Your problem is none of the above. Your problem is you're overthinking.
You're not taking the next step because you're still praying about it. No, you're not. Listen, you're not praying about it; you're thinking about it. You are thinking about it. You are overthinking the matter. When I come and prophesy, I don't overthink. When I come and heal the sick, I don't overthink.
That's why I see the power of God the way it is. I don't overthink it. I don't overthink it. Listen, if I overthought it, then a spinal cord that is like that, I wouldn't even pray for it. I'd say, "Lord, it's like this." You know, if something is like this, you know, we will leave it.
No, you don't overthink it. I put my hand behind and I did something like that without thinking. I move on. Following two weeks, they come and say, "Prophet, what was like this is like this." So now when I hear that, here's a confession: I was surprised. Wow. I was surprised. I was surprised.
It's called the element of surprise because I didn't put my hand inside; I didn't physically hold the bones and correct it. That's right. I was operating in the gift of miracles, the working of miracles. I know how it operates, but in that moment, I'm not overthinking it.
Wow. Now anytime I feel my flesh is overthinking something, you know what I do? I manipulate my mouth to say what it needs to say to override the mind. For example, let me give you a secret. I'm giving you too much. I'm giving you too many secrets. I mean, look at the faces on Zoom; they're not even... they're not... listen.
Anytime your mind is overthinking, you can override it with your mouth. Amen. So I'll do things like this: I say, "This sickness of yours is a piece of cake for Jesus." Now my mind is arguing with my mouth. Are you getting it? Anytime I find myself overthinking a matter, I speak over it.
Wow. I speak over it. Read this verse again, family. I'm about to close. "By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go to Australia..." Sorry, "go out into a place." The camera went to Russia. The camera went to Russia, not Russia, Australia.
"By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed and he went out without overthinking it." Without overthinking it. No wonder he became the father of faith. No wonder the man became the father of faith.
Right now, all of you under the influence of my voice, somebody listening to me from some part of the world, you are overthinking a situation you are in. You're overthinking it. You want to have a baby, and like IVS, IP, hey, I, U, I, O, you, all the I's, you are thinking it.
The day you stop overthinking it and just husband and wife go and do it, just do Nike, just do it. When you are not overthinking it, suddenly it happens. Element of surprise. The reason why I'm repeating, but it'll help you. Repetition is learning. Remember that? That's right.
You cannot learn anything without repetition. Repetition is learning. That's why good preachers and teachers like myself will come back and will give it to you and say, "I'm repeating something." This is how you walk in the supernatural. God will leave out some information. Element of surprise.
Because supernatural means element of surprise. You step back and say, "God, you did it again. You did it again." This thing, "Lord, you are crazy good. You're crazy good. You're too good. You made me wonder a little bit, but Lord, I'm so grateful that I didn't overthink this because now you've shown me what you can do."
Now, praise the Lord. Before I go any further, wherever you are watching me, lift up your hands. Thank the Holy Spirit that he's already talking to you during this evening service. [Music]
Thank you, Lord. I pray for those watching me now that this revelation will be one with you. Matthew chapter 14, verse number 25. I'll give you one more example, and thank you. If you behave yourself, maybe one more, and then we close.
Okay? I know this is blessing somebody. You know, that's all you need. You just need a word from God. You really... some of you watching me, you don't need prayer. You don't need even prophecy. Okay? You don't need all of that, although that can help.
Okay? Because you can receive a prophecy that you overthink. Wow. And you kill the prophecy. And you ask after 10 years, "I got a prophetic word you said to me." I heard it in Hindi, but after 10 years, it hasn't come to pass. Prophet, what should I do? You have overthought the thing.
Right now, even in the studio, some of you, you're at a place where God just wants you to take the next step. Don't overthink it. Thank you. There's always going to be information you don't have, which is the reason for the element of surprise. Wow.
Hallelujah. The element of surprise is what we look and say, "That's the signature of God." That's the signature of God. This gentleman here, okay, that they just brought on screen, it's very prophetic that they brought him on screen. I didn't even ask for it, but this one, the angel of God is there with him. He just doesn't even know it.
This man there, before this service is over, I'll speak to you. Okay? I think it's Har Elias or Elas. I will talk to you. Okay? So Matthew 14:25, let's go. "And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them walking on the sea."
Walking on the sea. Okay? And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a spirit," and they cried out for fear. But straight away, Jesus spake unto them, saying, "Be of good cheer; it is I. Be not afraid."
Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water." Uhhuh. And he said, "Come." And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, "Lord, save me." Now let's rewind a little bit. Let's go to verse 28. Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water."
Now, if you were overthinking it, you'd never say a thing like that. That's right. Right? Wow. Yeah, right. Are you hearing? Yes. Jesus is walking on the water, no problem. But, "Lord, if it is you, tell me I want to walk on the water."
If you overthought it, you'd be like, "Jesus, please come. We are waiting for you. We are waiting on the Lord. You come." He doesn't overthink it. "If it is you, you tell me I will walk."
Okay? Now here's the beautiful part to this. And Jesus said, "Come." In fact, it is this "come" that God spoke to me and said, "Start the Circle of Ministerial Engagement." Wow, that's right. Amen. That's right.
That's where I got the word "come." C, Circle of Ministerial Engagement. It is for ministers, those in leadership, those who want to minister, those who want God to use them. I help people on that platform.
Okay? So it's the Minister's classroom. You can go there and register if you think you're cut out for ministry and you have a calling on your life. We start in a few weeks. Go there and register.
Anyway, that's by the by. "Come." When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. You know why the man walked on water? He's experiencing the supernatural.
What's the title of the short teaching? What is it? "Encountering How to Walk in the Supernatural." Some of you forgot about it. How to walk in the supernatural? Stop overthinking it. That's the revelation. That's right.
And I'm just giving you examples to facilitate that teaching. That's it. That's all I'm doing here. Now Peter is walking on the water because he has not calculated it. He has not overthought it. He has not over-calculated it. That's right.
That's right. He has not referred to the textbook from his science class. He has not overthought it. He's just getting out of the boat. But something happens. As he's walking towards Jesus, experiencing and walking in the supernatural, he begins to overthink.
That's right. Because now his mind is moving in a direction; his flesh follows. I just gave you a secret: your flesh will take you in the direction your mind goes. Okay? Not your life. I didn't say your life goes in the direction of your mind. No, your flesh goes in the direction of your mind.
So the moment the man began to get distracted, now his flesh, it's as though the composition of his flesh is altered, and the flesh gets heavier, and the man starts drowning. Because you can only drown if the object on the water is heavier than the water itself. That's right.
You missed what I just said. For some reason, his body had lost its body weight. That's why he's walking on the water. But the moment the mind moves in a different direction, he's overthinking it. The composition of his flesh changes, and he starts to sink.
I'm here to tell you because somebody watching me, you're overthinking it. And by overthinking it, you're drowning. Hey, you're drowning. You are overthinking perhaps the sickness that you are trying to get healed of.
You know what? By the way, are you there, people watching on TV? I know y'all are here. People watching on TV, you there? I have very rarely had an opportunity to meet people one-on-one. But in those rare moments when I do meet them, sometimes I tell them if they are unwell, "Well, I tell them if you overthink this, you're not going to get healed."
I tell them, "If you overthink this thing, you're not going to get healed." I see people struggling so much to receive healing. Then one of the reasons is, I'm not saying that's your situation, okay? And I'm not going to say if the cap fits, fit it on. No, there's no cap here. That's right.
Okay? But it's something for you to consider. You might not be encountering a breakthrough simply because of this one bad habit you have, and that is you are overthinking everything. Wow. Wow.
Everything. Like going from this house to your next neighbor's house, you have to pray about it. Come on now. Come on now. Huh? You have to pray about it from here to there? You have to pray about it?
No, no, no, no, no. Don't overthink it. Walk in the supernatural. Here's what I say as we conclude: let God surprise you. Amen. Let him surprise you with that element of surprise.
I don't have all the information; I'm still going ahead with the information I have. My faith is built to a certain level. I can take the decision based on the information I have. I'm talking to you now.
I remember when I was called to build the Miracle Dome, right? The Lord ministered to me about a number. Did I tell you this? He said, "You'll do it with a billion." He lied. In fact, it was the truth, but to me, it was a lie because the billion was what we spent on the outer casing of the Miracle Dome.
Then I took it before the Lord in prayer. I said, "Lord, you told me I'll finish this whole thing in 1 billion." He said, "Yeah, you finished it in 1 billion." I said, "What do you mean?" I said, "The outer casing." I said, "You didn't tell me it was the outer casing."
He said, "You didn't ask." And he went deeper, and he said, "If I told you it was going to cost you 3.2 billion, you wouldn't have even started it." That's right. That's right. That's right.
So sometimes information is withheld because you won't be able to take it. He knows the step that he wants you to take requires only this much of information. And when you get this much of information, that also you're overthinking it.
You're overthinking it. Walking in the supernatural requires you to stop overthinking it, over-calculating it, over-analyzing it. Stop it today. By faith, whatever information you have pertaining to your next decision, take that step.
The steps of a good man or woman are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in their ways. Psalm 18, I think verse 36 says, "Your feet will not slip when you take the next step." Wow, what promises in the scripture! Your feet will not slip.
How beautiful it is! So I'm encouraging you now to turn your attention to this revelation. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.