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Before I hear, you know, I'm here again. I'm sorry. And you must accept me like that.
What are you talking about? But you talk to him. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Love includes talking to them. Go to Ephesians. Go to Ephesians. No, don't leave that. I'll deal with that on Wednesday. Colossians 3:13. Colossians 3:13. Let's go.
And some of these people will thank you later for standing to say, you know what? I will oppose this thing you are doing. They'll think you they won't thank you now. It may be five years down the line. They're able to say, "Hen, there was one guy who just said, "No, this thing you are doing is crazy. Somebody needs to tell you. It can be 5 years later, not now." Said, "No, no, no, no. I'm not going to stand with this. I love you, but you acting crazy. You need you need help."
And we need such people in our lives. You need them in your lives. any of them in your life. Be even tempered, content with what? Second place. Quick to what? Forgive an offense. Quick, forgive as quickly and completely as the master what? Forgive you. Next.
So, so watch this. I've taught you love. Now, I'm teaching you forgiveness. So, forgiveness is not forgive that you'll be forgiven. It's forgive because you have been forgiven. So, you don't forgive people to get God to forgive you. No. No. That's Old Testament. In New Testament, you dispense forgiveness because you have received forgiveness.
Look at your neighbor. Say, "It's easy for me to forgive." Oh, louder. Say, "It's easy for me to forgive." Be even tempered, content with second place. Quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the master forgave you. Yeah, forgive. Forgivement doesn't mean restoration. Forgivement, Forgiveness means I owe you love, not access. Forgiveness means I OWE YOU NOW LOVE NOT ACCESS. FORGIVENESS DOESN'T MEAN YOU COME back to become my bestow. You need to end that access with your good behavior. That doesn't MEAN I DON'T LOVE YOU. BUT AS THE BIBLE SAYS I SHOULD WORK circumspectly not as fools but as wise redeeming the time because people of God the days are evil and you have consistently showed me your character time I I must believe it now. I must believe it. You have consistently showed me your character. I must believe it now. I must believe it. I'll be stupid and naive. No, no, no. To not believe that. No, you should believe it. You should believe it. Judas had a bad heart. Peter had a bad day. Judas, you drive. Peter, you restore. Sila, I'll talk to you on Wednesday about life because I need to go to impact and close the service.
Somebody say, "I have life." I have life. Come. We've talked about love. I want to show you life before I go to impact. Look at your neighbor. Say, I have life. Life is the force of God inside of you that responds to any pressure that comes to you. I need to say that again. Life is the force of God inside of you that responds to any pressure that comes to you. Is life. That means you don't move around looking like what you've been through. Shedrach, Meshik, and the Bad Negro. You see, when they came through the fire that the fire didn't burn them, that's not the testimony. is that they came through the fire. Shan did not smell smoke. Yeah, that's the testimony. You stop smelling like what you've been through. Release life. True life is your ability to release that life when life is tight. Because when it tight, what comes out of you will be life. Because if you open cockroach, you will not see blood because it does not have blood. Are you listening to me? You didn't do it because you were under pressure. You did it because something came out of you is within you. And I'm saying what comes out of the believer is life.
Look at your neighbor. Say I have life. I respond to every situation with the life of God. That's a good say. I respond to every situation. Because I have the life of God. Shout. I have the life of God and I have the spirit of God moving inside. Shout to your neighbor. I have life. There's no death here. Say I have life. So if you come in contact with me, you have life because out of my belly now flows rivers of living water. Look at your neighbor. Say, I have the life of God moving inside of me. Shout again. Say, I HAVE THE LIFE OF God moving inside of me. There's no death here. There's no LACK HERE. I HAVE LIFE.
But my text, I need a close impact. The Bible says, "Let your light so shine before men." Stop trying to take your light to heaven. No, your light is not needed in heaven. Your light is needed here. The story this evening, this morning rather, it's the afternoon now is about non. Neon is the chief of staff in Syria. Look at Neon CV. Now non captain of the host of the king of Syria was a great man with his master and honorable because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria. He was also a mighty man in Valor but he was a leper. This guy was a great guy but had a like everyone has a butt and I'm not talking about your physical proclitude. Everyone has a butt.
But before I go to Nan, Isaiah chapter 60 says something. Stay with me. He says, "Arise and shine for the light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon." Hey, don't don't jump out of the ball saying in 10 minutes I'm done. And you don't want to miss this. Behold, the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people, but the Lord shall rise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen. Next verse, and Gentiles, stay with me, shall come to thy light, but kings come to the brightness of your rising. So kings don't come to your light. It is Gentiles that come to your light. But kings come to the brightness. Light don't trip kings anymore. They see light and flash every now and again. What they respond to is the brightness of your rising. The organization, the impact that you are now making. That's what gets the attention of kings. Kings come to the brightness of your rising.
Let's go back to Neon. Keep this thought. Neon had I love it. Go to Neon. It says verse two. Let me show you something. Watch this. And Syria had gone out by companies and had brought away captives out of the land of Israel, a little maid, and she waited. So they had a war. And this lady was part of the captives from the war. But there must be something about her that when they got back to Syria, they said, "This one is meant for the palace. Let's give this one to madame." I don't know what she did. I don't know how she spoke. I don't know how she carried herself. But she must have done something that they said, "Uh-uh. This one slave will not be slave for street now slave for neman's wife palace. This is the story of the female Joseph. Her name easily could have been Josephine. This is the story of the female Joseph. And now she's in the palace waiting on Neon's wife. So she's not a regular slave. She's a slave to the chief of staff's wife. So So she's in Asurok. She's PA SA special assistant to the to the wife of the chief of staff. She's in Asog. She's serving.
One day next verse she saw remove jacket and saw leprosy. The babib said to her mistress would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria for he would recover him of his leprosy. This word the next verse got to Neon. So Neon sir that your house girl said if you can follow her. Now the reason Neon paid attention to her this is not the first time she had said something powerful. Jesus turning water to wine is not necessarily the first miracle of Jesus but it's important to be the first documented miracle of Jesus. Oh God. Jesus's mother said to them, "Whatever he says to you, do it." SO IT MEANS THAT AT home Jesus, there's no food. Mommy, check the pot. Woo! Jesus, we don't have money to go. Woo! Mommy, check your purse. She opens, she sees. That's why the mother said to them, "Anything he says to you, do it." THAT MEANS I KNOW THIS GUY. He's never stranded. This thing don't HAPPEN FOR OUR HOUSE BEFORE. But the reason it is important to be the first documented miracle is that Moses's first miracle was turning water to blood. So Jesus said, "Let me start with that is I will turn water to wine." That Moses depreciated the value of water. I would increase the value of water by turning water to wine. You love that.
Okay, back to the story. So, the fact that she said it that day, it's not the first time she has said something like that. Wait, wait, wait. Chief of staff cannot travel without telling the king of Syria. So king of Syria and Nema had the meeting say well I have one house gate that we captured that we don't play with our words. She said this my issue can be solved in Israel. The king of Syria that's our text now wrote a letter to the king of Israel. Are you understanding? house get conversation a diplomatic problem we see like this
Look at your name say I'm anointed for global impact I don't need a significant position for significant impact no NO NO FACT YOU DON'T need a significant position for significant impact THIS IS A SLAVE GIRL MAKING one king of Syria write a letter to the king of Israel look at the letter and the The king of Syria said, "Go to go and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." And he departed and took with him 10 talents of silver, 6,000 pieces of gold, and 10 changes of remnant. Next verse. And brought the letter to the king of Israel, SAYING, SEE LATER. NOW, WHEN this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therew with sent non my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him. So, the king of Syria is sending a message to the king of Israel. That non is coming. He better come back. What a little girl said is making two kings have conversation. You don't need a significant position for significant impact.
Look at the king's reply. And it came to pass the king of Israel said, "Uh-uh." He rent his clothes and said, "Am I God to kill and make her life that this man just send me to recover a man of his leprosy?" Therefore, consider I pray you and see how is that means if you want to quarrel with me, come direct. Don't go through the corners. All of this conversation, diplomatic conversation, nation to nation, one girl's conversation. I repeat, you don't need a significant position to make significant impact.
Cuz this is not one prime minister. This is a slave girl. Spoke to madame. Madame told king, king, talk to king. So they showed up there. Watch this. And Neon said, "Uh-uh, I thought he would have come out and you know strike something that this leprosy may leave cuz Nema believed in activities." Neman was wrote and went away and said, "Behold, I thought he would surely come out to me cuz the prophet didn't come out." Are you understanding? The prophet did not come out inform room send message tell this man if he's now say ah that was so arrogant of him somebody traveled down they travel down to see you it's only that's narcissistic that's not right you should only come out and be no Elisha sent a messenger unto him saying go and wash in Jordan seven times that thy flesh may come again to thee and thou shalt be clean. So he said next verse but Nema was angry and went away and said behold I thought he will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God and strike his hand over the place and recover a leper. Next verse. And not Abana and Patha, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel. May I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in rage.
This girl is a rock star. See the next verse. And his servant came near and spake unto him and said, "My father." say let me use my relationship now that no because it's the children's healing is the children's bread let me bring relationship to this matter my father that's daddy if the prophet had beat thee to do some great thing wouldest thou not have done it how much rather then when he said wash and be clean so neon went because of that conversation this same lady and went down I can imagine nema dipping he dips looks at the girl cuz the Bible did not tell us that as she was dipping the leprosy was clearing. Nema for deep dip quickly. No, he dipped one. He looked at the girl say he dipped again. Second time he said day with me day with me. The third time he dipped. I'm sure he would have looked at the girl say ah I travel just come down that's how some of you feel I've been in this church I've been hearing the gospel but nothing is happening are you God you are just one deep away oh God some of you it it can be Wednesday some of you will be Sunday some of you maybe it's conference you are just one deep away non goes down Come on. Come on. I like this. For the seventh time and his flesh came again, not like a man's flesh.
Because when God restores you, he doesn't restore you from where you fell from. HE RESTORES YOU TO BIGGER, BETTER, BRIGHTER. He didn't restore us to Adam. He restored US TO CHRIST. FOR IF ANY MAN IS IN CHRIST, HE is new creature. All things have passed away. Behold, all things are new. This is the story of a little girl who made significant impact. I'm not out of message. I'm out of time.
But can you imagine if you will, do you think that that girl came back to Syria as a slave, minister of health? And um if she stayed in Israel, she will not be a regular citizen. If she comes back to Syria with Neon, ambassador of international relations or minister of health, they give they even give her two offices. Minister of health and ambassador. Why? One little girl without any significant position made significant impact. The problem with you, you're waiting for a significant position to make significant impact. And God is saying to you, you don't need a significant position to make significant impact. If the anointing of God is on your life, you are designed to make global impact.
Stand on your feet. I'm done. I hope with these few words of mine, I've been able to convince you and not confuse you that you're made for impact. Now watch, watch this. Watch this. She can't come back as a regular child anymore. I dare say Neon would have married this babe. Even Neon's wife would have agreed that this babe we we can we to keep her in the family however way it would go. She's no longer a slave girl. Why? She's a slave girl who brought solution significant impact. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HER NAME. You just want everybody to know you. Salt is designed to be felt, not seen. We don't even know her name. She's a slave girl from Syria. Even Joseph, at least we knew Joseph's name. This one, we don't know her name, but we call her Josephine. Yeah, but that's who she is. But she's she's brought two kings together. She's brought prophets together. She's brought systems together by just saying, "I know my God." So she had faith in her God.
I want you to pray and your prayers in two minutes. Father, I am today. Lift, say, say after me. In the name of Jesus. No, that thing has no NADA number. Say it twice. Say, in the name of Jesus, I decree and declare I am designed for global impact. I refuse to be silent. I refuse to be quiet. I command that from today my light shines. I will be everything God has called me to be and to do. I will not sit behind. I would make impact. I am an ambassador for Jesus. I decree and declare I am for global impact. I'm not a local champion. I'm making global impact in the name of Jesus. Open up your mouth and pray. You have two minutes. You have two minutes. Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly. Glory. Will you pray that I'm designed for global impact? I'm going to make impact. I'm designed for it. One more minute. Open up your mouth. Make your prayers. I'm going to make impact. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I'm going to make impact. I'm going to make impact. My light will shine. My light will shine. I'm going to make serious impact in the name of Jesus.
Now, clap your hands everywhere. Come on, clap your hands everywhere. Give God praise and then shout it. My life is for impact. Say I'm going to make global impact in the name of Jesus. In Jesus name. Look for four people around you. Say you are designed for global impact. Preach to them. Say you are designed for global impact. Bring it out. So you are designed for global impact. And then tell them you don't need a significant position to make significant impact. So you are anointed for global impact in Jesus name. Shout, "Amen," saints of God. Clap your hands one more time. Give God praise.
Everyone, let's give to the Lord. Let's give to the Lord. Let's give to the Lord. Remain standing. Let's give to the Lord. I'm designed for global impact. I'm going to make global impact. I'm going to make impact. I'm going to shine. I'm going to leave everywhere I go to better. Everywhere I go to better, not worse. I'm going to make impact in Jesus name. And everyone said, "Amen."
Let's make our declaration. Let's make our declar. Let's give to the Lord. Please listen to me. We're conference is in eight days. I want you to give intentionally. Don't give um sparingly. Give in your hundreds. Give in your millions. Trust me, you wouldn't die if you give. And you're giving for a good cause. You're giving to the gospel. You're not you're not just giving for anything that is not going to advance the gospel. So give significantly today. Give for a good cause. Give in your hundreds. Give in your hundreds. Give in your hundreds. Give. Give. Some of you have never given like this before. Make sure today is the day that you're giving significantly and for the conference. Glory to God. And everyone's heard amen. Let's respond to God with our giving. Offering time is not blessing time. Offering time is responding time. When we preach the word, that's blessing time. Glory to God. Can we give to the Lord, everyone? God bless you. Let's let's give.
Father, thank you for everyone who's given today. Bless them with things money can buy. bless them with things money cannot buy and bless them with money itself and exceed their expectations in Jesus matchless name and everybody said amen. Let's make our declaration as we close the service. Put it up there um to close the service. Then we have LFC graduation. Let's make our declaration as we close the service and make have LFC graduation. Are you ready for this? Let's make our declaration. Make it strong. First timers, please don't leave. We have a brief welcome for you. I I'll I'll move through there that please. Amen.
Let's make our declaration at the count of three. 1 2 3 go. I am the righteousness of God in Christ. Louder. I am the redeemed of the Lord. I am the beloved of Abba. All my sins are forgiven. I am passionately loved by God. I am powerfully helped by God. I am kept and protected by God. I enjoy angelic assistance. I am irrevocably blessed. I am eternally forgiving. I am the healed of the Lord and I enjoy divine health. I have the favor and the wisdom of God. I am fruitful. I flourish, excel and prosper in all that I do. I have the multiplier's anointing. Nothing is against me. Nothing dies in my hands. I am never stranded. The supernatural is natural to me. All things are working together for my good. God sure loves me more than the devil hates me. and grace is working for me. What do you shout here? Men in Christ, don't forget.
Let's share the grace and fellowship. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ louder, which is the love of God and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit is with us now and forever more. Point your prophetic index finger at your neighbor and say, "Surely God's goodness and mercies are following you all the long days of your life. And you are the dwelling of the Lord forever and ever and ever." Shout amen. It's your boy Dr. Flourish Peters from the Logic Nation. Never forget God loves you more than the devil hates you to have a flourishing week ahead of you with great grace. much more. Go make impact.