1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:03,940 I want to wish everyone a happy new 2 00:00:03,940 --> 00:00:06,840 year 2022, and I wanted to share a 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,040 quick word that's upon my heart. 4 00:00:09,140 --> 00:00:12,560 I don't know if I can get it 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,540 across exactly how I want to get it 6 00:00:14,540 --> 00:00:15,840 across, but I'm going to try. 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,100 I'm seeing a bunch of young Christians launching 8 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:26,740 ministry prematurely because the availability of social media 9 00:00:26,740 --> 00:00:30,020 like YouTube and TikTok, Facebook, and stuff like 10 00:00:30,020 --> 00:00:33,100 that, they feel like they want to get 11 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:35,720 out there and to share what they got 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,100 from the Lord. 13 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,980 And they're losing the impact that they could 14 00:00:40,980 --> 00:00:43,000 have had if they would have stayed hidden 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,460 away longer with the Lord. 16 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,900 We have had so many historical accounts of 17 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:52,040 men and women of God that hid themselves 18 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,180 away for years until God launched them onto 19 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:56,880 the scene. 20 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,880 And when God launches people onto the scene, 21 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,260 then all of heaven's going to back them. 22 00:01:02,460 --> 00:01:04,260 There's going to be a greater impact, a 23 00:01:04,260 --> 00:01:08,420 greater anointing, a greater deliverance ministry per se. 24 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,080 You know, we need a bunch of deliverer 25 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,580 ministries far greater than we need deliverance ministries. 26 00:01:14,780 --> 00:01:17,840 They're both needed, but the deliverer ministries like 27 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,060 the spirit of Elijah's, the spirit of Ravenhill's, 28 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,540 the spirit of Finney's that come onto the 29 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:23,860 scene, the spirit of Wesley's that come onto 30 00:01:23,860 --> 00:01:26,300 the scene, where God just had these men 31 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:28,820 and women hid away. 32 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:33,320 And then he launched them out the door. 33 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,340 They didn't open the door. 34 00:01:35,820 --> 00:01:37,260 God opened the door. 35 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,080 And the floodgate of heaven followed with them. 36 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,560 And we have a bunch of shallow ministries 37 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:44,200 today. 38 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,160 They're impactful, but they're not making the impact 39 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,420 that they could have had if they would 40 00:01:50,420 --> 00:01:53,620 have waited upon God longer in the secret 41 00:01:53,620 --> 00:01:54,200 place. 42 00:01:54,540 --> 00:01:55,640 You know, I've been a Christian now for 43 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:56,520 25 years. 44 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,320 And the reason I can share this, because 45 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:00,980 I did it myself when I first became 46 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:03,840 a Christian, I was 24 years old and 47 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,040 I was kicking down doors. 48 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:06,460 But you know, it was very spiritual when 49 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:07,740 I was doing it in the name of 50 00:02:07,740 --> 00:02:08,020 Jesus. 51 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:09,580 And I had the right motive. 52 00:02:09,620 --> 00:02:12,360 I wanted to share what I had. 53 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:14,940 And what we're doing is this. 54 00:02:15,180 --> 00:02:17,880 We're decreasing in a secret place. 55 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,640 We're getting alone with God. 56 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,540 And we're getting consecrated. 57 00:02:24,180 --> 00:02:27,260 And as we're decreasing, we begin to sense 58 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:28,120 the anointing. 59 00:02:28,220 --> 00:02:31,580 We begin to sense the glory of God. 60 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:33,540 And we want to share it. 61 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,040 And so what we're doing is as we're 62 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,940 going down, but yet God wanted us down 63 00:02:39,940 --> 00:02:43,020 here, but we launch right here. 64 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:45,860 So we launch public ministry here. 65 00:02:46,180 --> 00:02:48,260 And it's an impact, but like I said, 66 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:49,800 not the impact we could have had if 67 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,660 we would have waited upon God down here. 68 00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:55,580 God would have just totally helped us abandon 69 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:57,740 ourselves entirely to him. 70 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,840 The self would have been crucified, consecrated to 71 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:02,340 the Lord. 72 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,740 And then we launch with a much powerful 73 00:03:05,740 --> 00:03:07,440 anointing onto the scene. 74 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,480 Like I said, we need deliverer ministries more 75 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,840 than anything else today where men and women 76 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,780 are God are just hidden away in a 77 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:16,740 secret place, getting alone with God. 78 00:03:17,020 --> 00:03:18,520 And here's the temptation. 79 00:03:18,660 --> 00:03:19,320 I'm almost done. 80 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:19,800 I'm almost done. 81 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:20,220 Hold on. 82 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,040 What we're doing is this. 83 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,280 So as we're coming down here and we 84 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,140 launch early prematurely out of the closet, we 85 00:03:29,140 --> 00:03:32,760 think to ourselves, well, I can continue to 86 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:33,600 consecrate. 87 00:03:33,860 --> 00:03:36,660 I can continue to get alone with God. 88 00:03:37,020 --> 00:03:37,840 And that's very true. 89 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:38,760 You can continue. 90 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,260 And I assume you're going to continue to 91 00:03:41,260 --> 00:03:42,080 decrease. 92 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,660 But you begin to focus now more on 93 00:03:48,660 --> 00:03:52,560 to the public ministry than your ministry with 94 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,520 him that you could have had if you 95 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:56,160 would have waited. 96 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,720 And then what you do, you slow down, 97 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,880 you go from fifth year to first year. 98 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:05,760 You're still decreasing, but at a much slower 99 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,560 pace now, because now you're focusing on what 100 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,020 you can say, how to launch, how to 101 00:04:11,020 --> 00:04:11,620 do this. 102 00:04:11,660 --> 00:04:14,320 You're focusing more on the public ministry rather 103 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,899 than the secret place ministry with the Lord. 104 00:04:17,339 --> 00:04:19,700 And that is the big difference we're seeing 105 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:20,640 today more than ever. 106 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:22,260 I hope this makes sense. 107 00:04:22,380 --> 00:04:23,960 I hope this helps someone out. 108 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:28,220 We have a bunch of microwave ministries today 109 00:04:28,220 --> 00:04:30,640 springing up all over the place like that 110 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,480 microwave popcorn that gets done within one minute 111 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,040 when God wants to mold us and break 112 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:36,980 us and shape us. 113 00:04:37,420 --> 00:04:39,900 God has not changed brothers and sisters. 114 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:42,160 He has the waiting for him. 115 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:44,360 This waiting upon God has not changed. 116 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,700 He still wants us to wait upon the 117 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:50,020 Lord to renew our strength before we launch 118 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:53,600 an impactful ministry to go out into the 119 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,340 scene into this dark world we live in 120 00:04:55,340 --> 00:04:56,940 for the cause of Christ.