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Amen!
It is an honor and a privilege to be with you all tonight.
I came with a word.
Amen.
I've known what I would preach to you all tonight for quite a while.
And I'm excited for more of Him in this hour.
Amen.
I'm excited for more of Him for you.
You are the generation that's going to change everything.
Everything.
you are the
ones
that are going to usher in the greatest
revival
the greatest awakening
that the church has encountered
it's an honor and a privilege to stand before you
in this house tonight
as you make your way to your seats
I want you to know
I know that you've heard words
from mighty men of God thus far
Have you enjoyed Winterfest?
Amen.
And I know that they've preached on the Holy Spirit.
And
tonight I believe that
there is a portion of the Father
and a portion of His oil that He intends to release in this house,
that He intends to pour out over you.
And those of you that came hungry,
I want you to know that those who hunger and thirst,
He didn't say he'll give you a little bit. He didn't say he'll give you a dose.
Those that hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled.
And
it is my
belief and it is my
prayer all over
this house tonight that young people, those of you that are hungry tonight, that you are going to leave filled.
That you are going to leave overflowing.
that when you make your way back to your hometown,
your cities and your churches and your schools,
that when you walk back into your colleges and your jobs,
that when you walk back into your homes,
that there will be an overflowing portion
of the oil of the Father,
that there would be an overflowing portion
of the anointing that only comes from heaven
that will rest upon you.
In Jesus' name.
I'll be coming to you tonight from Acts chapter 19.
starting on the first verse. It says, and it came to pass that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul,
having passed through the upper coast, came to Ephesus and finding certain disciples, he said
unto them, have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? And they said unto him, we have not
so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, unto what then were you
baptized. And they said unto John's baptism, then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism
of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him, which should come after him.
That is on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them and they spake with tongues
and prophesied. Amen. That's our prayer. Exactly that happens in the house tonight. I want to give
you a little bit of context on those scriptures. Paul is on his third missionary journey and he
approaches these men and he asked them, have you been baptized in the Holy Ghost? And they say,
what are you talking about? We have not heard of this Holy Spirit that you are referencing.
It's my fear that in our nation today and despite how many churches we have, despite the fact that you can find a church or a pastor on every single corner, you've got people roaming the streets of America today who have never heard of the Holy Spirit.
They have never heard of the Holy Ghost.
You've got children and young adults that are raised up in church houses and they have not heard of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
They have not heard of the infilling and the impartation of the Holy Ghost.
And there's a generation of young people that have risen up that are saying, what is this?
We know.
We know what church looks like.
We know what it's supposed to be like.
But we have not encountered this Holy Spirit for ourselves.
And I want to tell you, young people, you cannot do it without the Holy Ghost.
He is the third part of the Trinity.
But he is no less.
It is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
He is our gift.
And he is our promise from Jesus that after I ascend to heaven, there is going to be one that I will send.
And I'm telling you, he made well on his promise that when Jesus ascended into heaven, my God, the Holy Spirit descended upon this earth.
And it is our promise, my God, that you can inherit, that you can encounter, and that you can know this Holy Spirit.
There is no reason to not walk with him in this day.
There is no reason.
They said, we don't know this Holy Ghost.
And Paul began to lay hands upon them.
He said, look, John baptized in repentance.
How many of you know we still need repentance?
He said, John baptized in repentance.
But as Paul began to lay hands on them,
scripture tells you that immediately they were filled with the Holy Ghost.
They began to speak in tongues and prophesy.
And there are young people in this house tonight.
You might have walked in not filled with the Holy Spirit.
But I believe before you walk out of these doors tonight.
You're going to speak in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.
You're going to begin to work under the anointing of prophecy.
You're going to begin to minister to heaven.
And those that are around you.
You are going to operate in a greater capacity.
Why?
Because you cannot do it in your flesh.
My God you can't do anything in your own spirit or your own power.
But if you get acquainted with the Holy Ghost, if you allow him to rest upon you, you can move mountains.
You can speak to that thing and command it to move and watch it obey.
If you get acquainted with the Holy Ghost, you can lay hands on your sick neighbor and command healing from heaven and watch them be healed.
If you get filled with the Holy Ghost, my God, he will change your destiny and everything about your life.
You're walking out filled tonight in Jesus' name.
but before we get to that I need to take you to Genesis
amen y'all ready I gotta take you to Genesis chapter one starting on verse one it says in
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and the earth was without form and void
and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
Flip over to Genesis 8 verse 8 and it'll tell you this
And he sent forth a dove from him
To see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot
And she returned unto him in the ark
For the waters were on the face of the whole earth
Then he put forth his hand he took her
And he pulled her in unto him into the ark
I want you to understand that the dove is the representation
A divine representation of the holy spirit
And scripture tells us here in genesis
That noah releases the dove to go and to find a place to land to see if the waters have been drawn back from the flood
And as the dove is flying about she can find no place
For the sole of her foot to land because the earth was at that time still occupied by water and chaos
The destruction
amen and so the scripture tells us that she returns unto him Noah stretches out his hand and he brings
the dove into the ark unto himself I want you to hear me tonight I come to you in love but I come
to you in obedience there are many places that the dove of the Holy Spirit is hovering over
scripture tells us that the spirit hovered and there are houses of worship that the spirit of
God is hovering over wanting desperately to find a place to land there are men and women young men
and women that the Holy Spirit is hovering over wanting desperately to find a place to land
There are preachers and pulpits that the Spirit of God is hovering over,
wanting desperately to find a place to land.
And she has found no place for the sole of her foot to rest.
Why? Because I'm telling you, God is going to snatch it into order before he releases his oil over it.
God is going to snatch it into his alignment and into his perfect will
before he releases a portion of his anointing over any certain person.
I am telling you tonight in this house, young people, the Spirit of God is hovering over places,
wanting to rest, and can find no place.
But is there anybody in this house tonight that will say if you need a place to rest,
if you need a place to land, if you want to make your place your dwelling place,
you can trust me with the oil.
You can trust me with your Spirit.
If you want to rest upon a house, come home with me.
If you want to find a church where you can rest your feet, I'm telling you, Holy Ghost, you can rest upon our church.
And we will protect the oil and the anointing.
My God.
The Spirit was moving over the water.
Moving, the Hebrew literally means to hover.
Like a dove that is hovering.
The Spirit of God is hovering.
Wanting to move.
Wanting to release a new element.
wanting to release a new level and a greater capacity of miracles, signs and wonders.
But here is the issue.
Many people proclaim to want his things.
Many people proclaim to want his manifestations.
Many people want the signs and the wonders, but we don't want the Holy Spirit.
Let me tell you, when you have the Holy Spirit, he's going to do more than make you shout.
When you have the Holy Spirit, he's going to do more than make you dance.
Oh, that's great.
But when you really have an encounter with the Holy Ghost, he will clean you up.
He will call things into order.
He will speak to you about you personally.
He will minister to you about you personally.
The Holy Ghost is not a jump or a clap.
The Holy Ghost is not you speaking in tongues and falling out.
The Holy Spirit is the indwelling of the Spirit of the Most High on the inside of you.
Saying there is one that came after me who is greater, my God.
who will empower you to walk through the gates of hell
and to snatch back for the kingdom of God.
The Holy Spirit will equip you to walk into the hospitals,
to lay hands on the sick and to watch them be healed.
The Holy Spirit will anoint you and equip you
to walk into your schoolhouse and to usher in a revival
like they've never experienced.
Hallelujah.
Oh, he's more than just the manifestations of his spirit.
The Bible tells us that the dove could find no resting place.
Just as Noah sent forth the dove, the king of glory has sent forth his spirit.
He's wanting to land on preachers.
He's wanting to land on churches.
He's wanting to land on youth ministers.
He's wanting to land on youth students.
He's wanting to land on the young adult ministries.
But we have become overwhelmed with the things of the world.
And just like the dove with Noah, she could not find a place to land because the waters were still taking up.
The destruction was still covering the earth.
And there were other things that were in the way.
We have things that are in the way of the Spirit of God dwelling and resting upon us.
He's become a priority instead of the only one.
Amen.
He's become a top three.
And if we think we think if he's top three priority, we're good.
No, no, no.
Because when you walk with him, I'm preaching it to you like this because I love you.
Because I came with a burden.
And I came with a heart to tell you that this night could change your life.
Not because I'm here, but because Jesus is.
To tell you that this encounter at Winterfest could change the rest of your life.
Why? Because I've been in your seat.
Not too many years ago.
I know you might not think it.
But not too many years ago, I was sitting in a Winterfest conference.
And the pastor began to give the altar call.
And he began to say, if you want to be baptized in the Holy Ghost.
We were at the Knoxville Winterfest.
So we were way up in the balcony.
And I come from a church where we speak in tongues and we roll on the floor.
You jump on the seats.
That's nothing unusual.
So I'm up in the balcony and I'm like, yes, I want the Holy Ghost.
I'm 13 years old.
Yes, I want you, Holy Ghost, but if you make me do what they do at my church, I am going to die.
Because there's no moving room.
You know in those balcony seats, you got about one inch.
So I'm sitting there like, Holy Spirit, yes, I want you, but just a portion.
You can fill me up on Sunday at church where I got some moving room.
He can't lay hands on me.
I can't make it to the ground.
Just a portion.
And at 13 years old at a Winterfest conference, I sat in my balcony seat and he said, stretch up your hands.
If you want to be filled with the Holy Ghost and everything in my heart wanted to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
And all I know is that I did not roll down those seats.
I did not get hurt.
I was not made an obstacle or a mockery.
I didn't care if I was.
Because all of a sudden, some power that was far greater than anything I had ever encountered.
All of a sudden, the dove of glory began to sit upon me.
And I began to move under the Spirit of God.
And I'm telling you, my life has never been the same again.
He rewrote my entire destiny.
He filled me with His Spirit and His anointing.
And never since the moment I encountered Him have I ever been the same.
So I want you to hear me, young people.
If you're 12, if you're 13, or if you're 5 in here,
there is a portion of heaven that you can encounter tonight
that will change your life.
and everything about you.
If you'll let him rest upon you.
If you'll let him rest upon you.
He's looking for places that he can rest.
But our services,
our services,
I know y'all are young and I said,
Lord, do I need to preach a younger message?
He said they can handle it.
So he knew, right?
He's looking for a place that he can land.
But our services are consumed.
consumed with things that are not of the heart of the father let's be honest amen
we can make room for the announcements in the offering oh we can make room for that offering
but holy ghost we got to get out of here at 12
we can make room hey man to read the bios but holy spirit don't move too much we got to look
like we know what we're doing. We've got to look like we've got it together. Oh, we can make room
for the worship team to entertain us, but Holy Spirit don't take over them because they can't
take over the service. We got to go. We can make room for the pastor to pour out whatever he wants
to pour out and to push his own image and his agenda and his platform, but Holy Ghost, don't
really fill him with your wisdom and your anointing because if you really get a hold of him, he's
gonna get too radical and they're gonna get radical and then their city's gonna
be saved we can make room for our labels and our titles and our agendas but Holy
Spirit we don't need you walking up in here making us look crazy and radical
because we're gonna scare away our biggest tithers Holy Spirit we need you
to act a little dignified Holy Ghost we'll meet you once a year in revival
Holy Spirit, we'll call on you when we need you, but we can't make room this Sunday.
Let me tell you, he hasn't changed.
He hasn't gone anywhere.
If you are not encountering the Holy Spirit, it is not that he has left.
It is not that he is withholding himself.
He's hovering.
He's looking.
He is looking for houses of worship to rest upon.
It should be uncommon for you to gather on a Sunday service and not experience the Holy Ghost.
It should be uncommon for you to gather in a church on a Sunday morning and not see miracles, signs, and wonders.
It should not be this extraordinary blowout when he really ushers in revival.
It should be the norm for the people of God.
Why? Because his word is already promised and declared that miracles, signs, and wonders shall follow after them.
My God, church.
Our services are consumed like the land.
The dove could find no place to rest because the earth was consumed by the water and covered in the debris.
She could find no safe place.
And likewise, the king of glory has released his spirit that is hovering over.
And he can find no place to dwell because we are consumed with everything outside of him.
But, but a generation is rising up that does not care to be entertained.
That is not easily fooled.
A generation that can see through the layers.
And a generation that is hungry for Jesus.
A generation that is desperate to have an encounter with the Spirit of God.
A generation is arising.
You are those people that are saying we're hungry.
We're desperate.
We won't move, Holy Ghost, until we encounter more of your Spirit.
And more of your glory.
And more of your power.
You are the product of decades of prayer.
From mamas and grandmamas and fathers.
You are the product of decades of fasting.
You are the product of everything that God has ever spoken.
And the latter rain that is about to be released.
You are going to glean the harvest that my Lord has prophesied.
You.
See there's a form of rain.
That'll water the seeds that have already been planted.
And then there's a latter rain where before you even plant a seed, oh, you already stepping into the miracle.
There's a latter rain portion where before you even go to pray it, you'll see where his hand is already moved.
There's a latter rain portion.
Young people, yes, you can walk into the hospitals and say, Lord, I declare and I release healing.
And yes, you can watch them be healed.
There is a latter rain portion where young people, you can open up your mouth and you can prophesy the word of God.
There is a latter rain portion.
Young women all over this house.
That out of your belly.
My God I feel the Holy Ghost.
Out of your belly.
Young ladies in this house.
Rivers of living water.
Are going to flow out of you.
You will preach.
This is the generation.
Where asters rise up.
Where Ruth rises up.
Where you declare the word of God.
And watch him move.
Out of your word.
My God.
This is the generation.
Where young men are no longer confused.
Where young men rise up.
Ready to stand guard at the gate.
And say ask for me.
And my future family.
Ask for me.
And my future spouse.
Ask for me.
And my future children.
Ask for me.
For generation to generation to generation.
We will serve the Lord our God.
You're rising up young men.
you're breaking barriers you're breaking statistics you're breaking labels you're
breaking generational curses they've got no power over you you're breaking off everything that they
ever said about you it has no power over you you are who he called you you are redeemed you are
blood-bought you are chosen and you are set apart by the king of glory tonight that's who you are
confusion stands no chance against your generation oh my oh my confusion stands no chance against
your generation religious confusion and chaos stands no chance my god's about to clear that
mess up amen he's about to clear it up sexual confusion is about to bow at the feet of jesus
he's about to come in and radically clean it up you know one good thing about the lgbtq community
community expanding rapidly.
It's that my God, they can have an encounter with the Holy Ghost and a great awakening.
I believe a blood of prodigals are about to return and say I once was lost, but now I'm
found.
Let me tell you about the man who turned it all around.
My God, turn it around.
This is the generation.
Don't you look at the ways of the land and say, oh, it's bad.
Don't you look at evil that seems to be prevailing and say, God, where are you?
He's raised you up for this time.
He's raised you up.
Children, young people, even when it's not your job, he's raised you up for mama and daddy to see the Holy Ghost in some of you.
He's raised you up in your family, for your sisters and your brothers and your grandparents to see the Holy Ghost.
oozing off of you. Baby, you're about to change your family. You're about to change your lineage.
Everything about you will be rerouted when you allow the Holy Spirit to use you.
You're hungry. You want him. You're hungry for the dove to land. And in this house tonight,
I'm crying out, Holy Ghost, tear up everything.
I don't want cute church.
We've had decades of cute church.
We have had decades of our Sunday best and not breaking a sweat and walking out looking like you sat at a social.
My God, where are the people that say when I enter into your gates with Thanksgiving, I will see the lost saved.
I see the bound delivered.
I'm walking out changed.
I'm walking out empowered.
I'm walking out looking like I just spent some time in the throne room with the holies of holies.
Amen.
Amen.
Tear up every one of our agendas.
Rip them to shreds.
My God, it's not going to take better preaching, young people.
You better hear me.
It's not going to take better written sermons.
There are millions of very well-educated, very influential, great speakers who can speak to you and convince you to buy a broken vacuum cleaner.
That are standing behind pulpits and occupying places they've got no business in.
Oh, I'm going to preach it.
I'm sorry.
I love y'all.
Thank you for inviting me.
But you better hear me.
If I came for one moment, I'm going to preach the word of God.
There are people standing behind platforms and pulpits that they have not been called to.
And the Holy Spirit has been held off and blocked off.
But let me tell you, Jesus is upon the scene.
He's taken back his pulpits.
He's taken back his churches.
His word is going to be exalted.
He said it in his word.
I glorified myself once and I shall glorify my name again.
He is about to be exalted and lifted up.
He is in Jesus' name.
Terrible our agendas.
It's not going to take better preaching.
It's not going to take better programs.
We've got amazing programs.
There are churches running 5,000 people.
They can teach you the best master course on programs.
They've got PhDs in programs.
It's not going to take a better program.
It's not going to take a better coffee bar.
It's not going to take a better front desk or a better communications team
or a Better Connect team.
It's going to take the Holy Ghost
being able to move and rest upon His houses.
It's going to take the Holy Ghost
being able to take dominion back in His church
in Jesus' name.
It's going to take young people.
You better hear me.
I don't care if you're young, start now.
I was like 10 years old trying to teach Sunday school.
My dad had to sit in class with me because I had no business being in there, but I had a calling.
Leading praise and worship from a podium and a hymnal.
Amen.
But there was a calling.
We stepped in as lead pastors at 25 years old.
every single person in our congregation was older than us but there was a calling there was a calling
and he knew I didn't want to do it in my flesh he knows to this day I care nothing about my name or
any platform it is about him it is about his glory it is about his anointing it is about his oil
Because when heaven and earth, my God, when everything passes away, I will stand before my Savior.
I will hear it's in.
Well done, good and faithful.
I'm not doing it for anything or anybody.
I'm doing it because the calling of God is without repentance.
And the Spirit of the Most High has encouraged and empowered me today.
You can do it, young people.
It's not going to take better preachers, better programs.
It's going to take you in this room.
Oh, please hear me.
If one can put a thousand to flight too.
It's not a cute quote.
When one of you walk in and two of you walk in in unity, you can take Buffalo for Jesus.
You can take the entire city of New York.
I don't care how radical it seems.
My God is greater.
There's no yoke of bondage that ever stands up to my Jesus.
You can take your city back for a Jesus.
You can take your city back if you will allow him to use you.
I don't care how young you are.
I don't care if you lack connections.
I don't know.
I don't care if you don't know where to start.
If you will say yes to him.
If you will say use me for your glory.
If you will say you are the lover of my soul, I don't want anybody else.
He will use
you for his
glory in Jesus' name.
He desires to use you.
It's going to take you.
It's going to take you.
There are preachers in here.
There are evangelists rising up in this room tonight.
There are worship pastors that aren't in it for entertainment, but you want to usher in heaven.
There are visionaries that carry visions for the church.
And you're not in it for the fame.
You're not in it to build your platform.
But you've got a vision to make this place.
My God, you've got a vision to make this place heaven on earth.
His kingdom upon this earth.
You've got a heart to see the heart of the Father take place upon this earth.
You are in this room.
It's going to take you.
Your generation is rising up.
You're hungry.
And you're ready for him.
You're crying out for a new wine.
A fresh revelation.
A fresh revelation of his spirit.
A fresh revelation of his oil.
You don't want what's been passed down.
You don't want what's been taught.
you don't want what grandmama experienced or papa experienced you want to feel him for yourself
you want to know that when you're in the midnight hour he's right there with you you want to be like
david if i make my bed on the mountain he's there and if i make my bed in the lowest hell the lowest
valley he's there where can i go from his spirit my god you want to encounter that proximity not
for the blessing, but because you really want the blesser. Not because you want the gift,
but you really want him. Not because you want the manifestation, but you want the vine. My God,
there is a generation of young people rising up. You don't care what it looks like. You don't care
what it sounds like. You just want to see Jesus. He's going to answer. He's going to answer.
You're hungry for the dove to land.
I know you're young.
I know this is a youth conference.
But do not despise the fact that you are young.
Don't think for a moment that you are so young that he will not use you.
For the greatest revival and the greatest outpouring of his oil and his spirit.
Don't think that you are so young.
that he can't use you today.
You hear me very clearly, young people.
I know it's easy to sit in your seat
and you've had a great weekend.
It's been fun.
You saw some snow.
If you're like us, it doesn't snow.
So we were watching it.
Everybody else was doing their own thing,
eating, had their back turned to it,
and we're like,
it's been a great weekend.
It's been fun.
Good food, good people.
great messages, great service, powerful services, powerful worship.
You've experienced him moving in.
And it is the easiest thing to sit in your seat and to say, oh, I'll answer that call when I'm 25.
I'll answer that call when I'm 30.
I'll get serious later on.
Look, I was just trying to come to Winterfest.
I wanted to get away from home.
Oh, it really ain't that serious.
There's plenty of preachers and pastors out there.
It's the easiest thing to sit in your seat right now and to hear the whisper of the enemy, not you.
Oh, you've done too much.
Listen, she's talking to everybody but you.
No, I'm talking to you.
Not you.
Not with your family.
Not with what your family has been bound by.
Not you.
Yes, you.
Not you.
You got saved this morning.
She's not talking about you.
I'm talking about you.
not you you can't be a preacher you stutter too bad no I'm talking about you not you anybody else
she's talking directly to your best friend and your partner but not you yes I am hear me
it would be the easiest thing to go away from this conference
and to go back home and to continue to live your life the same way
we make room for everything social media has consumed
and dare I say brainwashed
so many young people even adults
there is such an addiction oh we can hit on homosexuality we don't talk about the people
that are addicted in the church house,
on the praise team,
addicted to that cell phone and social media.
There is an obsession
with keeping up with the Joneses
and looking like you got it all together
and being better and being prettier
and being smarter and being bigger, whatever.
There is an obsession that has consumed us.
And we can make time for social media.
We can make time for relationships, extracurriculars.
We can make time for everything.
Let me tell you, if you don't make time for him, what does it profit a man?
If he gains the whole world, you can gain every dime that is upon this earth.
You can gain every dream that you have set out for yourself.
You can gain the profits of your well-established plans.
you can gain that future man that you got your eyes on or that girl that you got your eyes on
you can gain all of it but what does it profit a man if he gains the world and loses his soul
what does it profit you if it costs you your calling and the anointing that he has placed
on your life. What does it profit you if you get so busy and so consumed with the materialistic
things of this world that it costs you the very thing that he created you for before you ever
walked upon this earth? What does it profit you young people? If you build a platform,
If your name is in light, if your bank account is filled with zeros, what does it profit you?
If you take away Jesus, nothing.
It will profit you nothing.
If you give it up for him, it will be worth everything.
There is nothing that you can give him that he will not release unto you tenfold.
There is nothing that you will lay down for him that will not be worth it.
If you will forsake everything and pick up your cross today, it will be worth it every single time.
Hear my heart.
Walk away from whatever it is.
In this moment, you've got the privilege of sitting in a room with other believers.
In this moment, you've got the privilege of just sitting in a room where they just ushered in the heaven.
And released an outpouring.
In this room tonight, you have the divine privilege.
Where if you'll get serious with him and say, I want you.
I don't know how to do this.
I don't know what it's supposed to look like.
I don't know what it's supposed to sound like.
But I want you, Holy Spirit.
If you're looking for a place to land, you can land here.
If you're looking for a resting place, dove, I want you to land right here.
I want you to rest upon me.
I'll forsake everything else.
I'll consecrate my flesh.
I'll deny it all.
I'll lay it all down for you, but I cannot forfeit the kingdom.
I cannot forfeit his glory.
I cannot forfeit his oil.
I cannot forfeit the Holy Ghost because you were created for more.
You were created to break every generational curse and barrier.
You were created for the Holy Spirit to use you greatly and mightily.
You were created for more.
All over our nation, we have people who want the dove.
Oh, they want the manifestation when it profits them.
But in this house tonight, I don't want the dove to just come.
I want him to stay.
I want him to rest upon you.
The issue is we're good at going through the motions.
Do you know how many professional Christians we have today?
we are very good
we know how to say amen
we know how to shuffle our feet
we can do a wave offering
we are good
we know
how to go through the motions
but when the dove comes
he messes up all of that
he gets in the middle of it all
And all of a sudden you understand there's only one that can be the center in this house and it ain't me.
All of a sudden you understand there's only one that can pour out an abundance of oil in this house.
And it's not me.
All of a sudden you understand there's only one that has the power to break off yokes.
And it's not me.
All of a sudden if you'll let him, he'll get up in the middle of your mess.
And he'll turn it.
He'll get up in the middle of your sorrow.
And he'll release joy.
He'll get up in the middle of your bondage and you will walk away with victory.
He'll get up in the middle of that depression.
You better hear me.
And you'll walk away with joy.
He'll get up in the middle of that confusion and chaos.
And you will walk away with liberty.
If you let him get up in the middle of it, we don't want him to just come in for a moment.
We want him to stay.
Here's the issue.
Yes, we've become professional Christians and we have grown so dignified.
I can't sweat.
I can't shout.
I can't jump.
Don't you jump in some churches.
You're going to make everybody mad.
I can't holler.
I can't release my amen and my hallelujah because we have become so dignified enough when walking into the church house,
acting like you are a professional Christian
that's got it all together.
Where are the people that say I'll snot,
I'll shout, I'll weep,
I'll lay before you
because you've been too good to me
for me to walk up in here
and put on a performance.
I got a praise that's costing me.
I've got a praise that I had to fight for.
I can't let dignity come before me in the cross.
The problem is we've kicked holiness to the curb.
I don't care if it's 2025 or 2050. I don't care how much the times change. I'm 27 years old. I'm not 40.
I'm the same age as some of you in this room right now. I don't care what any influencer says.
I don't care what any influential pastor or preacher says is acceptable or cool.
Holiness is still the standard for God's people.
Holiness is still the standard for God's people.
And until we want to be holy again, you will not encounter the Holy One.
Until we can deny this flesh and live holy again, you will not see the Holy One.
Holiness is still needed in the house of God.
Holiness is still needed.
Young ladies, you can be the most beautiful woman in the room and still be holy.
Holiness is still the standard.
And I don't care how talented you are.
You got to be holy.
I don't care who you came from and who your mama and daddy are.
You got to be holy.
You want to see the holy one?
You're going to have to be holy.
You want
to see the holy one? You're going to have to turn off some
of the things you're listening to. I don' care who listens to what.
I don't care if your youth pastor
is jamming to it with you. I don't care if
mama and daddy play it at home. You want
to Be Holy and encounter the holy one?
You're going to have turn some things off.
You want to be holy and encounter
the holy one? You're going to have to put away the television
sometimes. Young people, I
know it's unpopular for teenagers
but I know there are people in this house
that have a heart after the father.
And I love you too much to stand up here and lie to you.
If you want to see the Holy One, you've got to be holy and walk for the King.
It's worth it.
It's worth it.
We've kicked holiness out the door.
We've got to be trendy.
Let me tell you something.
This ain't a catwalk.
It ain't your fashion show.
You need to be holy.
Oh, it's not a popularity contest.
It's not about you.
It's not about me.
We've got to be holy.
the issue is we want to see the gifts we don't want to see him
the issue is we've looked at church like something on our agenda for far too long
we marked it off i went to youth group i went to winterfest another encounter another moment
and we've just moved him to the side we go to church and then we go back to our life we go to
church and we fulfill the thing on our agenda. We go to church and it's our routine, but I know that
there are young people that are in this house that are crying out, God, I want to see you when I enter
into your house. I'm not going to youth group because it's cool. I'm going because I need you,
Holy Ghost, to get me through the rest of this week. I'm going because I know when I enter in,
you're going to impart something into me that is going to empower me to change my life and change
my family. Hallelujah. The problem is across our nation, throughout our churches, problems
are in the building. Confusion is in the building. Anger is in the building. Lust, sexual immortality,
my God, is in the building. Depression and anxiety. There are more young people today
that are riddled with paralyzing anxiety. It's in the building. Anger, so much anger
from the things that have happened to people. It's in the building. Jealousy, church hurt,
Bitterness, addiction, suicide, perversion.
It's in the building.
And the issue is there's not a thing that any man can do that's going to change it.
There's not a thing that any woman of God can do that's going to break the yoke.
But if we will allow the Holy Ghost to enter in, if we will allow the dove to land,
that confusion will bow at the feet of Jesus.
That anger will have to flee.
The perversion will be purified.
The confusion, the anxiety, the suicide will be bound and cast out in Jesus' name.
That's why we need the dove to land.
Because you've got people walking into the church house and walking out more bound and more confused.
You've got young people that are looking.
Some of you in here, you've been watching how people do church and you're confused.
Because it ain't really adding up.
Fix your eyes upon Jesus.
People are going to let you down.
Fix your eyes upon Jesus.
The issue is we're trying to build up our church houses on our name and on our image and on our platform.
On how well we can speak.
How eloquent it is.
And the issue is we are not equipped to do it without the Holy Spirit.
The issue is it is still not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of the Most High.
The issue is that until we allow the dove to take control and cease the building again,
you're not going to see the change that you so desperately need.
But in this house tonight, if you will say enter in and rest upon me and land here tonight,
he is faithful and more than able to conquer and demolish every yoke and every stroke hold in this building.
He's faithful and he's able to do it.
The answer is still the Holy Ghost.
Oh, the answer is still the Holy Ghost.
It's still the Holy Ghost.
Where are the young people?
I want you to raise your hands who know the Holy Ghost.
Who know?
Amen.
I remember I was about seven years old and I got sat in a quiet table.
I don't know if y'all have quiet tables here.
I was about seven years old and I got in trouble for telling a little girl on the playground about the Holy Ghost.
And she went and cried and told the teacher that I said ghosts were real.
And I remember my teacher looking at me saying, ghosts are not real.
Do not tell her that again.
And I said, the Holy Ghost is real.
He is real.
And you ain't going to tell me otherwise.
And she said, go sit at the quiet table.
I said, that's fine.
I remember her saying, you got five minutes.
And I looked at the girl.
I said, I got five minutes.
But in five more, I'm going to come back and tell you about the Holy Ghost.
She sat me at quiet table the whole time.
I don't care.
The answer was the Holy Ghost when I was a child.
The answer is a Holy Ghost now.
The answer tomorrow is still the Holy Ghost.
The answer in your battle is still the Holy Ghost.
The answer for your generation is still the Holy Ghost.
The answer will always be the Holy Spirit.
Hallelujah.
We cannot replace him.
We cannot duplicate him.
And we've got no power to get rid of him.
The answer has always been and will always be the Holy Spirit.
I want you to hear me.
I'm hurrying.
Acts 2, when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all in one accord in one place.
Suddenly, there came a sound from heaven.
as of a mighty rushing wind,
and it filled all the house.
I don't care if you're in the very back.
I don't think you could have gotten any further back
than I was at Winterfest.
The very back.
It filled all the house where they were sitting.
I want you to hear verse three.
There appeared unto them,
cloven tongues like as of fire,
and it sat.
It sat upon each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
He sat down.
The dove that was looking for a place to rest sat down in that moment upon each and every one of them.
What's the answer to not the dove sitting down on you?
oh but you don't know what I come from you're right I don't but he does
he does and if you will allow him to sit upon you
you will say well I don't really know if it's real I don't know
I've seen people move under the spirit of the of the Holy Spirit I don't really know if it's
I don't really know if I can have that if you let him sit upon you
you won't have to guess.
If you let him sit upon you,
those things that seem like they are going to break you,
all of a sudden you will be empowered and you'll know.
Yea, though I walk through the valley.
Listen, young people, I know you go through stuff.
Your generation is fighting battles that other generations never had to.
I know you're fighting real demons,
but I know that God is faithful and God is able.
And if you will let the Holy Spirit sit upon you tonight,
you will be able to say,
yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of my high school hallways
that are filled and seized with demons.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of religious bondage.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of having parents that do not know you.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of feeling like I'm different and I don't fit in.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of confusion and depression.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.
I will fear no evil.
For thy, my God, your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You will be able to walk through the valley and triumph over every attack of the enemy.
Because your God is there by your side.
If you'll let him sit upon you tonight.
If you let him rest in this room suddenly.
suddenly
everything will change
if you let him rest upon you
I want you to hear me
there are pastors
that are being raised up in this house tonight
there are young people
that are being raised up
And on this altar tonight, I believe that there is going to be an impartation of his spirit.
And just like it changed my life all those years ago.
So you might have thought you were just coming to Winterfest.
It was a divine appointment.
You might have thought that you were just going on a good little weekend trip.
No, no, no.
It was a divine appointment for the king of glory.
Because he loves you too much to let you go.
He loves you too much to release that calling.
And you may feel like you want to run a million miles from him, but you will never go anywhere.
That he will not track you down.
You will not be able to put up any wall.
That he will not tear down to get to you.
You will never be able to do anything that will separate you from the unconditional love of the Father.
You will never be able to do anything that is going to cause him to wipe his hands of you.
He's raising you up in this house.
He's raising up leaders in this house.
I want you to hear me as I close tonight.
My papa was a Pentecostal preacher.
lost his mother at a young age
battled alcohol at a young age
I'm talking young
six years old
had no resources
had no body
had nothing
and a great man would come by on Sundays
and pick him up for church
give him food
and though he had no connections
and no resources
he had a calling upon his life
he encountered the Holy Spirit as a young teenage boy
he was called to preach the word of God
and he said yes to that calling
he forsake everything else
stepped in to pastor his church
that he pastored faithfully for over 30 years
until he went home to glory
and I stand before you today
as a product of his ministry
where my husband and I now pastor the church that he brought up.
We pastor a church that is surrounded by cow pastures and farmland in the middle of nowhere.
And I want to tell you young people, we're not here today because of resources.
We're not here today because we're skilled.
I'm not standing before you today because I'm a good preacher.
I'm not standing before you today because I put in an application or because I deserve it or because my name is big.
I'm standing before you today because as a 13-year-old, I was filled with the Holy Spirit.
As a 7-year-old, I gave my life to Jesus and was baptized.
And I said yes to that calling.
whatever it takes, whatever it costs me, if I have to be different from everybody for the rest of my
life, I just want you. If I never fit into any circle, I was your age serving Jesus. I never
got invited anywhere. If I got to fit in with nobody for the rest of my life, I'll say yes.
If I never get to date, I'll say yes, it's worth it. If I never get to go anywhere,
if I don't get to leave the house. I remember as a 14 year old girl, girl playing William McDowell.
Amen. Any William McDowell fans playing William McDowell in my room. I was sitting on my, I've
never told anybody this story. Don't repeat it. I'm joking. I've never told anybody this except
my husband, but I was sitting on my bed, 14 years old, crisscross applesauce. I remember it was about
two o'clock in the morning. I had my hands raised in the middle of my bed. I was playing William
McDowell I give myself away and I was saying God whatever my dreams are all of my hopes all of my
plans Lord I place them in your hands and I'm telling you young people that 14 year old girl
that was filled with the Holy Ghost at 13 at Winterfest as I was singing that in my bed with
tears streaming down my face I just wanted him to take me to my own church I just wanted him to use
me for his glory. I never thought that I would stand before you today and preach. Why am I telling
you that? Because there's somebody in this room tonight. You're going to be preaching it. You're
going to be leading. You're going to usher in revival. God is going to use you greatly. If you
will say yes to his spirit. If you'll say yes. If I could have the musicians come for the altar.
I'm closing. I want to leave you with this scripture.
Isaiah.
This is what he said.
I heard the voice of the Lord.
Saying, whom shall I send?
I'm telling you, when I prayed about Winterfest, I heard two words.
If you see my shirt, send me.
Hanini Global Mission, send me.
I heard two words, send me for you.
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?
Then said I, here am I.
Send me.
Send me.
The context of that scripture, Isaiah.
King Uzziah has just died.
He was a great king.
He led Israel.
And Isaiah is sitting here.
And in that moment, he has to come to the realization that, oh, King Uzziah was great, but he is not the only king.
There's a king that is far greater.
That's his robe and the train fills the temple.
And Isaiah is standing there, and he sees the seraphim flying around.
Can you imagine the fullness of the splendor of his glory?
He sees it.
He begins to cry out, woe is me.
For I'm unclean, for I've seen.
I've seen the Holy One.
When you know that you know that you know that you've seen him,
nobody has to tell you it was the Holy Spirit.
You're going to know tonight.
He says, woe is me,
for I am
unclean.
For I have seen the Holy One.
And the scripture tells us that one of the seraphs went to the altar.
Young people, oh, it might not be popular for you today.
You can do nothing without the altar.
Oh, I know we've gotten real good at having good church,
but you can't do it without the altar.
We still need our altars to burn again.
We need altars that Elijah,
who prayed fire down from heaven,
that some young people would get a burden in their heart tonight
and say, God, I want fire from heaven
to consume the altars again.
Oh, we're hungry.
We're desperate.
I won't fire from heaven to consume our altars tonight.
I won't fire from heaven to consume the altar at my church on Sunday.
I won't fire on the altar again.
One of the seraphs took a coal from the altar.
Young people, you don't need another resource.
You don't need to know how to speak.
I'm not a public speaker.
I don't give announcements at my own church for one reason.
I'm not a guest speaker.
I'm not a public speaker.
I only preach.
And if he ain't there, I'm not
there.
If he ain't welcome,
I'm not welcome.
If he doesn't show up, I'm a mess.
I'm not gifted in speaking.
I'm not good.
It's Jesus.
You don't need another resource.
You need Jesus.
You need the Holy Spirit.
You don't need greater connections.
You need the Holy Spirit.
You get connected to the true vine.
And he'll open up doors that nobody thinks you're worthy of.
He'll open up doors that nobody can close and nobody can open.
He will take you places.
And wheresoever the soul of your feet shall tread, you will possess that land.
You need the Holy Spirit.
You don't need talent.
I've stood in rooms with ministers that are far more talented.
When they called me for Winterfest, I thought it was a joke.
I said, look, I ain't got any business.
did you mean to call me you want me to volunteer I'll serve
because I've got no business
there are those of you that are in this room tonight and you feel such a great calling but
you feel like you can never get there on your own you can't but if you will say yes to him I promise
you. I promise you I can stand on his word. I promise you he will walk you through it. He will
be the light. Oh my gosh, I can promise you that his faithfulness and his favor will chase you down
and the grace of God will be so
evident in your life.
You don't need another connection. You need the Holy Spirit.
the seraph took a piece of coal from the altar
and touched it to Isaiah's lips
and Isaiah here's the question
whom shall I send
send me
there's a mandate
there's a commission not from me
I don't know who's in here
a commission from
heaven. He's ready to send you.
He's ready
to send you. He's ready
to send you back to your schools, back to your
jobs, back to your families, your cities, your
churches, your hometowns. He's ready
to send you but you have
got to be willing to say I'll do it.
Send me. I'll do it. If it costs me everything
send me. If nobody applauds
me send me. If I never make
a dime send me. Whatever
it takes send me. If I don't
understand and you take me beyond my comfort zone send me I'm saying yes to
your will I'm saying yes to your glory if I have to deny my flesh and lay down
everything send me because there's nothing here that is worth losing you
Jesus as King David said take it all but don't take your spirit I can make it
without everything else don't take your spirit don't take your spirit young
people.
There's a commission in this house.
I want you to stand with me.
He's looking to send you.
He's looking to send you forth.
And it shall come to pass
afterward
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh.
your sons
and your
daughters
shall prophesy
your old men shall dream dreams
and your young men
shall see visions
you're not here tonight by mistake
you're not here tonight
just for winter fest weekend
you're here tonight to meet Jesus
to encounter the Holy Spirit
in such a radical way
that it changes everything about who you are.
I want you to raise your hands up with me
all over this house.
Holy Spirit,
we welcome you into this room.
Holy Spirit, we say have your way.
Holy Spirit we declare
that if you're looking for a place to land
we will not ignore you while you hover
we will not continue to go on with our life
while you hover
if you're looking for a place to land and rest
rest upon us tonight in this room
Holy Spirit enter in
do what only you can do in our lives we invite you in and we say yes to the call
we say yes to more of you we say yes to greater levels and fresh anointing and new wine
we say yes Holy Spirit have your way in this house in Jesus name if you're in this room tonight
and you want to be filled with the Spirit,
if you want Him to radically change your life,
if you're wondering what the answer is,
I want you to join me at this altar.
Because there are young people in this house tonight,
you're walking away
with an even greater encounter than I experienced at your age.
with a greater anointing than any of us carry today.
Oh, Jesus.
Hallelujah.
You're ready for him?
Hallelujah.
Now young people, I need you to do something.
You want new levels of Jesus, you're going to have to step out of that comfort zone.
Many of you have already done so just by stepping out of your chair.
And right where you're at, I want you to lift your hands up and begin to worship him.
Begin to worship him.
For he will withhold no good thing,
my Jesus, from you, Holy Spirit.
I worship you.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
Oh, begin to worship him.
Begin to press in.
Begin to cry out for more of him.
Oh, he's coming to those that are hungry.
He's pouring himself out to those that are desperate for him.
Your desperation for him in this moment will get the attention of the Father.
He will show himself to you in ways that you know is not.
You better cry out to him.
Begin to say, enter in.
Fill me with your spirit.
Come on, worship him.
Press into him.
Fill me with your oil.
I want more of you, Jesus.
I want more of your oil.
I want more of your power, Holy Spirit.
Fill me with your wisdom.
Fill me with your glory.
Use me in ways that I could never be used without you.
Take me further than I ever could go without you.
Oh, take it all, but don't remove your spirit.
Take it all, but don't withhold your spirit.
Use me, Holy Ghost.
Use me, Holy Ghost.
Fill me with your spirit.
In Jesus' name.
Fill us with
your Spirit.
Oh, fill us with your Spirit, my God.
Fill us with your Spirit.
Fill us with your Spirit, Holy Ghost.
Don't withhold yourself from us.
In Jesus'
name, fill us with your spirit
Release yourself to us
In Jesus' name, God, we give you glory and honor
Hallelujah
Aleluia!