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How The Kingdom Operates By: Dr. Pete Norris

Harvest Fellowship Church

Mar 29, 2026 · 29 min4K

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“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”” Romans 1:16-17 NKJV

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” I Timothy 6:12 NKJV

We are fighting to believe. Resisting the thinking and circumstances that try to tell you different. We are not fighting the devil.

“Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”” Acts 12:5-11 NKJV

“A wise man is strong, Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;” Proverbs 24:5 NKJV

“If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small.” Proverbs 24:10 NKJV

“Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.” Isaiah 5:13 NKJV

More revelation brings restoration. Your inheritance will remain a daydream until you can get revelation of what it is.

“And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are— northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.” Genesis 13:14-15 NKJV

“Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.” Joshua 6:1-2 NKJV

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith” I John 5:4 NKJV

Faith sees the future and seizes it.

“And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” II Kings 6:15-17 NKJV

Faith in any believer is the same faith.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. Romans 12:1-3 NKJV

I work my faith.

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:23 NKJV

Faith releases the power of God. You don’t have to do the work. God called us to receive not achieve. Nobody can pay you the salary that will give the kind of income God wants you to have.

“Then Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;” Genesis 26:12-13 NKJV

“Isaac planted crops in that land and took in a huge harvest. GOD blessed him. The man got richer and richer by the day until he was very wealthy. He accumulated flocks and herds and many, many servants, so much so that the Philistines began to envy him. They got back at him by throwing dirt and debris into all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham, clogging up all the wells.” Genesis 26:12-15 MSG

“Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.” Acts 10:34 NKJV

“The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.”

Proverbs 10:22 NKJV

“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” III John 1:2 NKJV

“So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” Acts 20:32 NKJV

Don’t conform to this world.

“I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.” John 17:15-19 NKJV

More you get sanctified from the world, more truth you will see.

“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” I Corinthians 10:13 NKJV

“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves]. Genesis 12:2-3 AMPC

“Therefore, know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.” Galatians 3:7-9 NKJV

“Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” John 14:10 NKJV

““Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” John 14:12 NKJV

“and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.” John 5:27 NKJV

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Today on power in the word Because the Bible said in Galatians that the creation is crying out for the revealing of the sons of God That's me and you those ones that know that they're alive and got power and got authority. It's time to be happy man It's time to look up and see the goodness of God and the favor of God and the blessings of God Listen, we're not I'm not discouraged or frustrated But what I see in the world This is the perfect time for me to be born because I have a word for this season this time and for this generation that we're Gonna rise up and see the goodness of the Lord. Don't you be discouraged and frustrated and disappointed? Well, I don't know how it's gonna turn. I know exactly how it's gonna turn out. We're gonna win Welcome to power in the word Unfortunately, there is much in our world to be discouraged about but today. Dr. Norris reminds us that Having faith in Jesus Christ brings victory peace and contentment in this life You stay tuned and be encouraged And everything in this book is Mine and all I got to do is receive it. I Ain't got to achieve it. I Just got to receive it I want you to take your Bibles and turn with me to Romans chapter 1 verse 16 and 17 and we're going to talk about how The kingdom operates turn to some I say the kingdom operates in me How many of you know that Jesus got the keys to death hell and the grave so that to death hell in the grave has no power over me and you Because we got the keys we got authority turn to some I sound full of authority Turn to some I sound full of authority you ain't saying it like you mean it Romans chapter 1 verse 16 and 17 For I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, what's the gospel of Christ now if you'll notice there It doesn't say the gospel of Jesus. It says the gospel of Christ. We know that Jesus died Christ resurrected Right and because of him being the Son of God is because he resurrected out of death That's what made him the Son of God Romans 1 and 4 so he's declared the Son of God Because of what the resurrection you and I are sons of God because of what the resurrection So he's not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it's the power of God to salvation for how many people?

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for everyone who Believes not achieves not works for not makes it happen, but everyone who believes turn to some I say believe If you believe that according to the gospel of if John if we believe that he's the Christ in belief Then we're born again, right? How many of you believe he's the Christ. What does that mean? That means you believe he resurrected Listen, if he did just went to the cross that have been a wonderful thing, but he didn't just go to the cross He resurrected out of death to give you and I life after the cross So stop living at the cross stop going to the cross every day and live in the resurrection Amen, see we got to understand that the fullness of Christ is the resurrection not in the cross I hear people say well, we need to go to the cross every day No, we don't need to go to the cross every day. You've been to the cross He went to the cross, but he's not there at the cross. He's resurrected me and you're resurrected in Christ So for the Jew first and also for the Greek 17 For it for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith as it's written The just shall live by faith. Now. What does it mean to live by faith faith comes by what? Hearing here comes by what the Word of God so without the Word of God I'm not going to grow in my faith now You've got all the measure of faith that you need according to Romans chapter 12 verse 3 He said he's given you the measure of faith. But what are we going to do with the faith we got? How many of you looked at that chair and you check that chair before you said it today make sure it holds you up Not a one of you every one of you had faith that that chair was there It's gonna hold you up. You were trusting me that that chair was gonna hold you up That I wouldn't let a chair be in here to go let you fall So you trusted me you didn't even look not a one of you even looked at that chair How many I'll be ever get in your car and you wonder if it's gonna crank you turn the key just like it's gonna Crank every time now if you got an old car, then you're probably gonna worry about if it's gonna crank or not So what happens we live by what faith? So, how do I operate in that level of faith go to first Timothy chapter 6 verse 12 So, how do we operate the kingdom and how does the kingdom operate fight the good fight of faith? Now this is Timothy saying I'm fighting the good fight of faith lay hold of eternal life How many of you know eternal life's not when you leave here eternal life's who you are right now

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Our eternal life is according to John 17 3 is the ability to know God So you and I have the ability to know God not when we get to heaven. That's not eternal life We're in eternal life right now. Turn to some I say I'm living eternal life right now We need to get away from this thing about trying to just get to heaven Jesus is more than just getting us to heaven guys He's more than just getting us to heaven. We're living a life of abundance He said I come in John 10 10. I come at you might have life and have it more Abundantly turn to some I say up abundant life Does that? Does that mean you're going to have everything in the world you want? Absolutely not. But what it's going to do, what it is going to mean is you can have everything you can believe for. He's not going to just hand it out to you. The church is waiting for God to hand it out. He's not going to hand it out. I told you the story last week about when I was a little boy and this guy was going to give out a baseball glove. He said anybody can have this glove. I climbed up the guy's side, climbed up his arm, I was getting the glove. Everybody else was standing there watching it. He said, well you can have it son, you wanted it that bad. Think about it a minute. What are you climbing up Jesus to find? What do you know about him that nobody else don't know? When you're going through the most difficult times of your life, that's when we turn to God. Look at the world. If you listen to the news, everything's critical. Everything's destruction. Everything's going to fall apart. I'm telling you right now that everything ain't going to fall apart. That Jesus and his word is going to stand the test of time. When everything else has fallen away, Jesus is going to stand in the middle of this and we're going to rise up and we're going to be victorious because greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. So we see. He said lay hold of eternal life to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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So Timothy's saying we're fighting. What's your fight today church? The only fight you have is the fight to believe. Turn to somebody and say believe. The only struggle you have in your life is to believe. We say, well pastor, what if all these people don't believe? Well, you know, here's the bottom line with that. Everybody, Jesus died that everybody would live and have life and have it more abundantly. In Jesus' eyes, everybody's born again. But it takes the faith that he's given you for you to believe that what he's done is a finished work. And because of that, me and you can have victory and walk in life. So the fight is the fight to believe. Turn to somebody and say I'm believing. And it's not based on works, it's based on his promises. Resisting the thinking and the circumstances that try to tell you different. We are not fighting the devil. Ninety percent of the fights are right here in your mind. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through pulling down of strongholds. A stronghold is a house of thoughts. You and I are battling issues right here in our minds. If you can't overcome this, you're not going to overcome this world. Because Jesus prepared for us to overcome this world and to walk in victory. You and I have victory. Turn to somebody and say I have victory. It doesn't matter what you're going through, it doesn't matter what you're dealing with, you got victory. Because if you can find it in here, you can have it. This is the last will and testament of Jesus on the earth. And because of this, you and I have victory. Turn to somebody and say I got victory. It doesn't matter what it looks like, it doesn't matter what the situation arises, it doesn't matter what kind of circumstances you're going through, you got the victory. Because you're in Christ.

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Now, go to Acts chapter 12 verse 5 through 11. I want to show you something here. When he was in prison, when Peter was being kept in prison. Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him. Now watch this, was offered to God for him by the church, verse 6. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping bound with two chains between two soldiers. Isn't that a picture of the cross? Guys, come on, read your book. Isn't that a picture of the cross? He was bound between two chains between how many? Two soldiers. Isn't that a picture of the cross? And the guards before the door were keeping the prison. Look at verse 7. But behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in prison. And he struck Peter on the side, and he said this, and raised him up, saying, Arise quickly, and his chains fell off. Guys, are you with me? An angel of the Lord appeared to him in the middle of a scene of the cross. He was between two soldiers, and all of a sudden, isn't that amazing, Jesus was between two soldiers. And all of a sudden, a voice spoke to him out of somewhere. Out of somewhere, say somewhere. The angel of the Lord spoke to him, and then he tapped him on the side, and he said, Arise quickly. I believe the Lord's trying to say to the church, Arise quickly. Come out of those bondages, and those things that's kept you bound up, and all those chains of religion that's kept you tied up, and you're trying to be good enough to measure up to God.

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You're trying to be good enough to do the right thing all the time. You're trying to pray enough. You're trying to fast enough. You're trying to read enough. You're trying to give enough. Just rest that Jesus has done all the work, and you just have to rest in the finished work. Saying, Arise quickly, and his chains fell off. Verse 8. Watch this. And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, tie on your sandals, and so he did. And he said to him, Put on your garment, and follow me. Put on your garment. Now, if you're running out, why you got to take time to put on the garment? Go to verse 9. So he went out, and he followed him, and he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but he thought he was seeing a vision. He wasn't sure it was real guys. He thought he was in a vision. Look at verse 10. When they were past the first and the second guard post they came to the iron gate which leads to the city. Now watch this. How many gates did he go through? Two post and one iron gate which is three. Jesus said I'm the way and the truth and the life. He was bringing him out of his religion. He was bringing him out of his bondage. The Bible said that the tabernacle that I taught Wednesday night. There's an outer court and there's the inner court And there's a holy of holies which is the way the truth and the life that you was talking about in John 14 and 6 you and I are seeing an Example of the cross being delivered here and him being set free from the powers of darkness. Let me tell you something It doesn't matter what you're going through in your life. It doesn't what kind of mental battle you in I'm telling you God's about to lead you out God has made a way for you to come out and have victory over every situation in your life Because the kingdom of God has brought freedom to us turn to somebody say I have freedom and

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Immediately the angel departed from him. Now what look at verse 11 and When Peter had come to himself he said now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectations of the Jewish people now who wanted to destroy Jesus to Guys come on. This is a perfect picture of Jesus Christ in his life and death and burial resurrection What he was trying to reveal to us is he's bringing us out of where we are Go to Proverbs chapter 24 verse 5 and you say well pastor. Why do you use so many scriptures? Because that's all I know If I give you my opinion that don't really work too good. There's too much opinion already I'm not here. I'm not here to make you feel better I'm here to tell you what's already been done for you What's already been done for you so that you don't have to feel better you can accept it and be better Turn to somebody sound I'm not I'm not going by my feelings. I'm walking by faith The Bible says in Proverbs 24 or 5 a wise man is strong. Yes a man of knowledge increases in strength So what's he trying to tell us? How big how we're gonna get more deeper revelation of Jesus when we study his word put our heart in his word Listen to his word read his word hear him over and over spending time with him spending world over and over and over and over Listen guys, you can't fix you You can't fix you look at Proverbs 24 10 This is a great chapter if you faint in the day of diversity your strength is small. What's he saying? He said when you're going through the battles It's not a matter if you're gonna go to the batters You're gonna go through some battles in your life, but victories inside of you guys You're praying for God to do something that he's already done. He's done everything All he wants you to do is receive what's been done for you. Listen, sometimes God doesn't take your circumstances away He makes you bigger on the inside than your circumstances on the outside and because you're bigger than your circumstance on the outside Your inside is who you're living through That's what he's all about you know, we're waiting for God to do this miraculous thing and just deliver us from all of our troubles and Take our mindset and make it different. He's not gonna change your mindset. That's what the word repent means as you change your mindset It's not doing 180 and go a different direction

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Everybody talks about looking at it in the Greek and the Hebrew and Arabic and and the Latin word It says to change your way of thinking You need to change your way of thinking if you want to change your life change the way you're thinking Proverbs 23 7 says what's ever man thinketh in his heart? That's what he is What do you think about yourself? How do you see yourself? That's the way you're gonna be good Isaiah chapter 5 verse 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity Because they have no knowledge their honorable men are famished and their multitude dried up with thirst What's he saying to us in Isaiah Isaiah the prophet that prophesied Jesus was coming He said my many people have gone into captivity because what because they don't have any knowledge What does Hosea 4 and 6 say my people being destroyed for what a lack of knowledge? the church is preaching stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff and Jesus came to share grace with us and To tell us how much he loves us and how crazy he is over us And all we doing is sitting around getting consumed in our issues getting consumed in our problems because it's all listen Look at Job's life Job's life never changed until Job got his mind off him Your mind shouldn't be about you. It should be about him. It should be about him. Put your mind on him Be you not conformed to this world be you transformed by the renewing of your what? Mind we got to change the way we think guys You got to change the way you think some of you are sitting here today and your minds going in 13 different places And then some of you are just discouraged and frustrated and you're saying God. I don't know what I don't know what's going on I've done my best. It ain't about you doing your best. It's about he's done his best and he's faithful when you're not Just enjoy the goodness of the Lord and say this is the day the Lord has made and I know this is going to be Okay More revelation brings restoration. You got to spend time with him guys. You got to get to know him You got to hang around him. You got to huddle up with him your inheritance will remain a daydream until you get a revelation of what it is. Did you hear what I just said? You need to understand that. Your inheritance will remain a daydream. There's a whole lot of people dreaming for things to happen in their life.

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That one day, you know, the light's going to shine on me. One day I'm going to go to the mailbox and it's going to be a glorious day. One day this is going to happen. And one day it's going to remain a daydream until you get a revelation of what it is. Until you get a revelation of what it is. What's your inheritance? What God wants you to do? Think about it a minute. You always know, regardless of what your mom and daddy does, they're your mom and daddy. Regardless of what John Thomas Norris does in the world, he's still got my blood flowing through his veins. I've got the DNA of Jesus in my life. And because of that, I can have all the inheritance of everything that's in that book, but I've got to see myself with it. I've got to expect those things to show up in my life. I've got to expect good things to happen in my life. I've got to talk right in my death and life are in the power of my tongue. Proverbs 18, 21. I've got to speak life into me. I've got to speak life into me. I've got to speak life into me. I've got to speak life into me. Because you're always going to hear all kinds of voices. There's a bunch of things talking to you right now in the world. Wake up. God's got a good plan for you. Go to Genesis chapter 13. And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, lift up your eyes now and look.

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Some of you need to open your eyes and look. God's got a good plan for you. God's got a great revelation for you. God's got something good for you in your life. God wants to prosper you. God wants you to walk in health. He wants you to walk in favor. He wants the goodness. He said, look. Open your eyes now and look, brother. Open your eyes and look. Open your eyes now and look. Lift up your eyes now and look. Look. Turn to somebody and say, look. Look. He said, look from the place where you are. That's a revelation right there. Look from the place you are. Because if you can't look from the place you are, you can't leave it. If you can't see something that draws you away from where you are, then where you are is going to always consume you. You need to get a hold of that. That's revelation, where you are. He said, look from the place you're at and look to where you need to go. Because if you can see something, it'll pull you to it. He said, so look from the place where you are, northward, southward, eastward, and westward. Look at the next verse. For all the land which you see, not which I see.

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God didn't say which I see. He said, all the land which you can see, I'll give it to you and your descendants. And I ain't just going to give it to you for a little while. I'm going to give it to you forever. I'm going to give it to you forever. Turn to somebody and say forever. Turn to somebody and say forever. He said, look from the place that you're at. What place are you in in your life? Look from that place and see something bigger. See something greater. See something more powerful. Look, there's something calling you in the future and you got to walk toward it. It ain't just going to come to you. You got to go to it. Remember when Elijah was at the brook? And the brook dried up and the ravens fed him. And the water was at the brook and everything just fell in his lap. And all of a sudden the brook dried up. And he said, I want you to go to Zarephath. When you get to Zarephath, you're going to meet a woman. She's going to look after you. He didn't realize that sometimes you got to leave a place in your life to have a place that you know exists. Because if you're not willing to walk away from where you're at and look from the place and see it, it'll draw you to where you need to be. So here's Elijah. He leaves and goes to Zarephath. He said, there's something calling me up there. There's something calling me to a different place. What's calling you?

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What's talking to you? So we get so content in our religious little mindset. We're going to sit in the same seat every Sunday. We're going to do the same thing. We're going to act the same way. We're going to walk the same walk. We're going to do the same thing. We're going to talk about the same thing. Listen, you ought to be growing and moving and rising. It's time to start soaring, man. Turn to somebody and say, start soaring. How many of you know anything about an eagle? I mean, he's got a lens that comes over his eyes so he can fly straight to the sun. How many of you fly straight into the sun because you got a little lens, a protective lens that comes right down over his eye, lets him fly right into the sun? You and I need to be soaring into the sun, into the S-U, not the S-U-N, but the S-O-N. You and I need to be flying. It's time to get up out of the pity party and say, you know what? I'm moving forward, man. I'm pressing in. I see something. There's something calling me. My future looks better than my past does. He said, the things of the future look greater and have more glory than what the past has had for you. The reason something left your life is because you had a victory on the other side of life. Turn to somebody and say, I got the victory. Let's go to Joshua chapter 6, verse 1 and 2. And now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel. None went out.

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None came in, verse 2. And the Lord said to Joshua, see. Now, why is he saying most scriptures see? You got to see it, guys. If you can't see it, you can't have it. If you can't see it, you can't have it. If you can't see it, you can't have it. If you can't see it, you can't have it. But if you can see it, you can obtain it. Because it's already yours or you wouldn't be able to see it. When God spoke that to me several years ago, he said, Pete, if it wasn't yours, I wouldn't let you see it. What did he tell the guy? He said, what did he tell Abram? He said, everything you can see. See, I'll give you. I know what I got planned for you, but what can you see? Because you can only have what you see. And he said to Joshua, See, I've given Jericho into your hand. It's king and the mighty men of valor. See? You got to see it though, brother. I have given. You ain't got to work for it, Joshua. I have given. Turn to somebody and say, The Holy Spirit's revealed to me all the things that have been freely given to me by the Holy Spirit. See, God has given you some stuff in your life, but you got to be able to see it. You say, Pastor, you just talking about mindset? No, I'm not talking about a mindset. You know most people that think the church is weak-minded? Really? Because we don't understand that we're living the life

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and we can't be questioned by everything that happens in our lives. See, when you can't tell a joy and a peace and a happiness in a believer than you can in the world, there's something wrong with the believer. Because we got hope, man, in Christ. Well, Pastor, I don't understand. See, when everybody else ought to be tore up, you're rejoicing. When everybody else is struggling, you got the same struggle, but you keep on praising. You kept on pressing. You kept on moving. You kept on seeing. You kept on speaking. You kept on believing. You kept on. You just kept on. He says, So whatever you can see, you can have it. I've given it to you, but you got to see it. Turn to somebody and say, What can you see? Now, go to 1 John 5 verse 4. And whatever is born of God overcomes this world. Whatever is born of God. Are you born again? Then you've overcome this world. Well, Pastor, we're in the world. Yeah, you're in it, but you're not of it. Why? Because you've overcome this world. You've overcome. This world has no...

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Listen, the only power this world has against you is the power you give it. If you don't give it the power, it don't have any power. Because greater is He that's in you as He is. And as He was in the world, so are you and me. 1 John 4 verse 17. Listen, as He is in the world, so are me and you. Turn to somebody and say, I'm walking in the blessings and favor of God. It's following me around all the days of my life. Running me down. Running me down. Turn to somebody and say, It's running me down. The blessings of God is running me down. I'm highly favored and deeply loved. It's running me down. You say, Well, Pastor, you don't know what I'm dealing with. You don't know what I've been through. Amen? Amen. David learned to encourage himself in the Lord. You've got to talk to yourself when you look in the mirror. You've got to look in the mirror and say, I like me. And this is the victory that has overcome the world. What is it? It's our faith. It's our faith. Our faith has overcome the world. Turn to somebody and say, I'm full of faith. You've got the same faith as Jesus had. Romans 12 and 3, you've got the measure of faith. Amen?

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Not a measure, you've got the measure of faith. So you're full of faith. How did you get faith? By believing in Christ. And everything that's in Christ, you got. So faith, listen to me, faith sees it. Faith sees the future and seizes it. Faith sees the future and seizes it. You've got to see yourself walking in a place. You've got to see yourself having it. You've got to see yourself in that prosperous place. You've got to see yourself with the goodness of God. You've got to see your children prospering. You've got to see your children having good success. You can't tell me it doesn't work. You can see it, you can have it. But if you can't see it, you can't have it. Turn to somebody and say, quick, don't stop looking. Remember what the prophet told them? He said, look again. Remember what he told them? He had his head between his legs, he said, look again. He said, look again. He said, look again. And he looked, and what happened? He saw the form of a man's hand. 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, which means grace, which means the fivefold ministry, which means it was about to come. He said, let's go to 1 Kings, 2 Kings, chapter 6.

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So if you can see your future, you can seize it. But if you can't see it, you can't have it. And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army surrounding the city and the horses and the chariots. And the servant said to him, at last, my master, what shall we do? How many of you have ever been there? I just don't know what I'm going to do, man. Things are tough. I've looked at the checking account, and it ain't good. I've looked at my wife, and it ain't good. She's looked at me, and it ain't good. I looked at my neighbors, and it ain't good. It just ain't good. What shall we do? Have you ever told the Lord, I don't know what to do, man? There's the best place you can ever get to. Look at verse 16. So he answered, don't fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. And Elijah prayed and said, Lord, I pray, open. See, Elijah already seen it. If you notice, he didn't pray to get it. He prayed that their eyes would be open because he already saw it. He said, Elijah prayed and said, Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he might see. Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountains was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elijah. He said, Lord, open their eyes that they can see it. Every time he's wanting you to see it, guys. If you can't see your place of peace, if you can't see yourself well, if you can't see yourself prospering, if you can't see yourself in a good marriage,

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If you can't see yourself happy, you ain't never gonna have it. You ain't never gonna have it if you can't see it. He said, the Lord, Elijah prayed and said, Lord, open his eyes, because there's more of us than there are of them. And all of a sudden, his eyes were open and you knew what happened. Turn to somebody and say, how did their eyes get open? The prophet and the man of God said, open your eyes and look. Open his eyes, Lord, let him see. Let him see what? Let him see there's more of us than there are of them. I want you to understand whatever situation you got going on in your life, there's more of Jesus's around you than what's against you. You can't lose, man, with these ingredients. You can't lose with the team we're playing with. Turn to somebody and say, we're winners. Why? Because the one that lives inside of us. Now, I want you to go and understand something. Faith in any believer is the same faith that we saw operating in Jesus. Go to me to Romans chapter 12, verse 1 to 3. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Verse 2. And do not be conformed to this world's way of thinking. Most of your devils in your life is in your minds. See, the devil has gotten really big by the preaching in the church. He's got escalated and become bigger than God. You hear more devil preaching than do you God preaching. More preaching about what you don't have than what Jesus done. But I tell you, Jesus is victorious. When he was on the cross and he said it was finished, it was finished, baby.

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I'm telling you, it was finished and we have victory and we're not losers and we're not defeated and we're not discouraged and we're not going to get down and we're not going to stay down. It doesn't matter what the economy does. It doesn't matter what the world does. Greater is he that's in us than he that's in the world because he gave us a promise that all things are going to come to good to those who love the Lord, who are called according to my purpose. Good things are coming to the church when the church can see it and the church can believe it and the church can walk in it. That's what the end time is really about, seeing the manifestation. Because the Bible said in Galatians that the creation is crying out for the revealing of the sons of God. That's me and you. Those ones that know that they're alive and got power and got authority. It's time to be happy, man. It's time to look up and see the goodness of God and the favor of God and the blessings of God. Listen, I'm not discouraged or frustrated by what I see in the world. This is the perfect time for me to be born because I have a word for this season, this time and for this generation that we're going to rise up and see the goodness of the Lord. Don't you be discouraged and frustrated and disappointed. Well, I don't know how it's going to turn out. I know exactly how it's going to turn out. We're going to win. Look at verse 3. I say through the grace given unto me that everyone who is among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly as God hath dealt to each one the measure of faith.

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Turn to somebody and say the measure. So he's given all of us, every one of you today in this place are full of faith. But I got a word for you. God loves you and he's got his hand on you and he loves you more than you ever know and he's passionate about you. But he's done everything and all he wants you to do is receive him. It's a finished work of grace. Turn to someone and say I'm full of faith. Thank you for joining us today at Power in the Word. All of us here at Harvest Fellowship Church want you to know that God is not mad with you, but he loves you so very much and he has a plan for your life. Please feel free to contact us here at Harvest Fellowship Church at our website harvestfellowshipchurch.net. So until next week, please remember, there's power in the word.

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