Step Into The Presence of God | Jentezen Franklin

And if you focus only on what and where you are right now you'll get discouraged. But there is another world. It's the spirit world. It's a realm where God's presence brings peace, where His power breaks every chain, where miracles can really happen. We still believe in miracles at this ministry. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He can transform your life, your family, and your situation. If you need a touch from God while you're viewing this program, there will be a prayer line that is up and we want to pray with you. We want to believe with you. You need His strength, His peace, His direction. It's all in His presence. And today I want to teach you a very vital, important message on how you can step into the presence of God. He said, "In my presence, there is joy beyond all measure. There's fullness of joy," the scripture says. And I believe even in sorrow, even in suffering, even in times of testing, you can step into the presence of God. Together, we're inspiring people to live for Jesus. If you're looking for more in life, to live with purpose and peace, to make a difference for your family and those in need around the world, Jesus is the answer. And our mission is to simply point you to Him. You're watching Kingdom Connection with Judson Franklin. I want you to go to Psalms 42, Psalms 42, as the dear pants for the water brooks. So my soul pants for you. My soul thirst for God. I didn't know a soul had, and it doesn't. A soul is not physical, but He's talking about another world of Himself. There is the physical body where body, spirit, and soul. And He said, "My soul, even though it doesn't have taste buds like my body and a mouth and thirst, yet His soul thirsts for God, the living God." Verse 4, when I remembered these things, I pour out another reference to water. Water in the Bible is a type of the Holy Spirit. And so He's thirsty for it. He's longing for it. It's hard as pounding for it.

Verse 4, I pour out my soul. And then verse 7, "deep calls unto deep at the noise of your water spouts." And I like that because I think there's something significant about it. Water spouts. The water spout is a tornado over water. That's what it is. And He said, "My soul thirst, O God, for you." Jesus described the Holy Spirit as living water. And the water of life. He said, "My spirit is poured out before you." The wording is significant, poured out. It's in coordination with Joel 2. In the last day, sayeth God, "I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy upon you." Oh, men will dream dreams. Young men will see visions, handmade servants. I'm going to pour out my spirit. And the apostle Peter on the day of Pentecost said, "This is that which he was talking about." What happened in this upper room is the wind and the fire filled this room and they all began to pray in the spirit and drink of that living water spiritually. Simon Peter said, "This is that." That was spoken by the prophet Joel. And then he goes to this analogy and he says, "Deep calls unto deep at the noise of the water spout." Notice that noise is connected to the wind and the water tornado called a water spout. Noise. Noise represents praise. You will never have a mighty move of the Holy Spirit without a church that praises the Lord. The Holy Spirit makes noise. The dead praise, not the Lord. We are a church that is filled with the Spirit and we're not ashamed to praise the Lord. This is not a dead thing. This is a living thing. I came to make some Holy Ghost noise this morning. I came to let Heaven know that I'm knocking on Heaven's door again and I

would love to step into another world while I preach. And it is in order to praise Him on the symbols and praise Him on the saxophone and the trumpet and praise Him on the string instrument Psalms 150 and praise Him in the sanctuary and praise Him for His mighty acts. Let everything that hath breath praise ye the Lord. Make some noise and He says it will begin to form a vortex. Praise is the atmosphere of the miraculous. Now here's what I'm preaching on is how you get to the other world. I want to slip in to the other world. You can't live there. Some people act like they're so spiritual but you can just follow them home. They're not that spiritual. But there are moments where when people get in one mind and in one accord like they did in that upper room and they forget about everybody and everything that you can slip into another world and you may need surgery in this world but when you slip into that world and you come back into the natural the doctor says I don't know what happened but you've been healed. You may be an addict in this world but you get in God's presence and walk into that throne room and suddenly the power of hell breaks. The yoke is pop. The anointing destroys that grip, that death grip on your life of alcohol and drugs and you can walk out and say I'm free in this service this morning. God has set me free. We need to know how to enter the other world and it has to do with worship and it has to do with praise. The noise of praise. Every generation he said praise him from generation to generation. Every generation is supposed to generate something. Is this generation generating praise like our forefathers did? I want to get into that world. I want to have a foot in both worlds, hallelujah, that I can be normal and natural but I also want to foot over the sea that spiritually speaking if he's the living water, if the Holy Spirit is the water of life, I want to foot into the sea and I want to foot on the natural world and I want to be able to slip in and back and forth as the anointing needs it. We're not just called to be people who get saved and just come to church. We are to be spiritually led, to be led by the Holy Spirit. He may need you to be so sensitive that you can slip into that world at any moment. That happens to me and I'm nothing special. I will not have God on my mind thinking about nothing and some little thing may trigger me. It's what happened to Elisha. The Bible said that they had an emergency and everybody was thirst into death and they came to the prophet and they said our animals are dying, our children are dying, we need water, please pray to God that he'll give us water and he didn't just,

he was overwhelmed with their situation. Matter of fact, he had just watched 42 children get eaten by bears. If you read the previous chapter before, she bears, two of them came out and killed children because they were making fun of him and he was messed up. He didn't feel, he did not want to do a miracle, but he said call for a minstrel. What's a minstrel? It's a singer, a musician, a psalmist. And when the Bible said when the minstrel started playing in the heart, the spirit of the Lord came on Elisha and he stepped into another world. [BLANK_AUDIO] Ditches yes because your demand is too small for God's supply You need to make room for what God's about to do And as soon as they dug the ditches God sent so much rain that it filled ditches in the desert You can step into another world I'm gonna preach this this morning because this is the truth You don't have to stay carnal you don't have to stay defeated You don't have to stay afraid there is another realm and when you get in his presence It will feel you with courage and strength At the noise of the water spouts God's in the business of opening up the door to the supernatural To his church and to his people It doesn't happen every time it doesn't happen all the time But when there's a group of people who are making holy noise From their hearts. They're praising. They're hungry. They're like David. They're saying my soul thirst for something different this morning I don't just need another preacher and another sermon and another service and another song something in me It's so thirsty old deep calls to deep and when you start yearning for a deep move of God God says I'll match that I'll put a portal over that place He inhabits the praises of his people turn to somebody and say you can slip into another World where you're not full of anxiety and worry and stress Jesus walked up to the woman at the whale I want you to see what I'm preaching about he walked up to the woman at the whale in John chapter four And he said would you give me some water and and I love how Jesus just starts out conversational He's he's just got one foot in the natural world. He's not he it is I

You know he didn't do any of that. He just walks up and there's this Samaritan woman And he says what could I get a cup of glass of water from you please and and she said well who are you? I am I'm a Samaritan and I'm we you're kind don't talk to me. Well, I'm not I'm not in your league Why would you and Jesus Jesus is just talking? He's just conversing with her and he says uh, you know I need some water and just thirsty if you don't mind give me some and and and she said she said well I I don't have you don't have anything to you don't have anything to dip with what are you gonna dip with and he said I don't have anything But if you knew watching that if you knew who you were talking to He's talking and he said he said and she said I don't have I don't have any man to help me and Watch him watch him now He said you said right You've been married five times and The one you're living with is not your husband right now at that moment something shifted in that woman She stepped from the natural and suddenly she had he had her full attention Because she recognized I have stepped from one world and this is a holy man of God Standing before me and then what did he talk about he said your father's worship in this mountain? But the hour cometh when the spirits seeketh him that them that will worship him For God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth goes back to what I was saying The hinge to the ancient door of the mighty presence and supernatural power and signs and wonders the hinge is prayed that that door hangs on and That's why he's teaching her about worship and In that moment she stepped into another world and when she did her heart melded her sin Suddenly was cleansed and she runs to the city and she says come see the man who told me all things whichever I ever have done come see We'll tell you something If you start slipping into that other world when you're praying for your lost loved ones God knows how to reach him God knows how to touch him God knows how to change him Now close the sermon with this

The day of Pentecost The Bible said the Holy Spirit filled that room and they stepped from a natural To a spiritual that birthed the church with supernatural power and they spoke with tongues as the spirit gave the utterance I want to read something to you out of This is the Apostle Paul speaking about specifically, when you're feeling with the Holy Ghost, praying in tongues, what happens? Because I want you to hear me, I want you to hear me. I don't want what a denomination says. This is the 1st century church. This was written about 30 years after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He says in verse two, for he who speaks in an unknown tongue does not speak to men but to God. Okay, so first of all, let's stop minimizing speaking in tongues as though it's some weirdo thing. He said, if you speak in tongues, under the unction of the Holy Spirit, you are not speaking to men. You have a direct line to God for no man understands him. Listen, how be it in the spirit. That's what I'm talking about into another world. He speaketh mysteries. Can I give you one more? Acts 19. And he said unto them, have you received the Holy Ghost since you believe? Now these were disciples of John. And he said, they had been serving the Lord

for many, many years, by the way. And he said unto them, have you received the Holy Ghost since you believe? And they said unto him that we're born again, but we have never so much heard. That's why they were already baptized. Yeah, we have not so much heard that there be a Holy Ghost next verse. And he said unto them, unto what were you baptized? And they said, we're unto John's baptism, we're Baptist. And the next verse, then said Paul, John verily baptized you with the baptism of repentance. That's great. Been baptized in water, been born again. You have the spirit that you can't get saved without the Holy Spirit, but you've never been baptized in the Holy Ghost, saying unto the people that they believe in him, which should come after him, that is on Christ Jesus, next verse. And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, next verse. And when Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. (congregation applauding) You're being robbed. You're being robbed of one of the greatest blessings. You're going to heaven by the blood of the Lamb, but you need a foot to stand in the natural world

and fight demons and devils and have power that overcomes the power of the enemy. You need one foot over the water and one foot on the land. And God says, I want to give you the Holy Spirit, stand to your feet all over this room. No fanfare, no hype. But this morning, I want every person in this room, every young person, every mom, every dad, every husband, every wife. I want every person in this room who wants to be filled or refilled with the power of the Holy Ghost, just like it was in the Bible, in the New Testament, in the Book of Acts. I want you to get out of your seat and I want you to come down to this altar and stand. And I'm going to give you a quick word. They're coming, they're coming. Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry. The king's business takes place. This is powerful. This is powerful. This is important. This is Bible. This is what the scripture teaches. This is what the Bible says. Now I need every one of you who believe what I said, the noise of the water spout, which is praise. The noise is praise. I need you to enter in to creating the atmosphere of worship.

So would you lift up your hands toward heaven? ♪ You spare it ♪ ♪ You are what we're coming ♪ ♪ This place ♪ ♪ Oh, you spare it ♪ Tell him that, tell him that. ♪ Oh, you spare it ♪ ♪ Sing that to me ♪ ♪ He will feel you this morning's house ♪ ♪ Oh, you spare it ♪ ♪ A nipitous moment of mercy and grace ♪ ♪ And mercy and grace ♪ Now art, welcome. ♪ Now art, love ♪ ♪ In this place ♪ Lift your hands and sing it now, Holy Spirit. ♪ Holy Spirit ♪ ♪ Worship him, forget about yourself ♪ ♪ Forget about everything and worship him ♪ ♪ Nipotent father ♪ ♪ He's given you so much mercy ♪ ♪ He's given you all the grace that you need ♪ ♪ To receive this gift ♪ ♪ Thou art a realm upon him ♪ ♪ Sing it again, holy spirit ♪ ♪ Holy Spirit's ♪ ♪ Our prayer come on ♪ ♪ In this grace ♪ ♪ Holy Spirit's ♪ ♪ Thou art a realm upon him ♪

♪ In this grace ♪ ♪ Nipotent father ♪ ♪ He's given you so much mercy ♪ ♪ He's given you so much mercy ♪ ♪ He's given you so much mercy ♪ ♪ Thou art a realm upon him ♪ ♪ I want you all in this room ♪ ♪ To reach over and touch the shoulder ♪ ♪ Someone standing beside you ♪ ♪ Sing it again, now sing it ♪ ♪ Holy Spirit's ♪ ♪ Thou art a realm upon him ♪ ♪ In this grace ♪ ♪ Holy Spirit's ♪ ♪ Thou art a realm upon him ♪ ♪ He's in this place ♪ ♪ Of me ♪ ♪ If you need a refilling right where you are ♪ ♪ He'll refilling you ♪ ♪ You can worship in a heavenly language ♪ ♪ He's a realm upon him ♪ ♪ He's in this place ♪ [MUSIC PLAYING]