#23: Living In The Upper Room

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,640 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,120 Now, the Lord is telling us to live in the upper room. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,840 We are not trying to be in the upper room. 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,520 The Lord has already brought us to this upper room. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,200 A lot of the things that we've been believing for, 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:16,880 there's going to be a manifestation of them 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,760 because that's what happens in the upper room. 8 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,800 Welcome everybody to Digital Care Group. 9 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,200 Here we are at GRC Online. 10 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,160 So thankful that you're tuning in right now 11 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,880 wherever you are, however you're joining us. 12 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,720 We have a live audience right here with us. 13 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:29,560 Could you welcome them? 14 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:30,960 It's incredible. 15 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,160 Whoa! 16 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:34,680 This sounds a little different, doesn't it? 17 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,080 And I don't know what type of camera shot you're seeing right now, 18 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:38,360 but it's not just me on this stage. 19 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,200 It's Pastor Darren, it's Deaconess Jessica, and it's Lindsay. 20 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,520 (audience cheering) 21 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:44,800 We're live and in person. 22 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,960 We're live and in person. 23 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:47,800 Here she is. 24 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:48,600 We're here. 25 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,080 And there she is. 26 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,600 We're so thankful that you're tuning in right now 27 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:57,680 and you stayed back for Digital Care Group, 28 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:58,960 however you're watching this. 29 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,920 We want to let you know that you can watch this on-demand, 30 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,640 and you can pause at any point, and you can 31 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,920 consume this at your rate and your own pace. 32 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:07,800 Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, 33 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,760 we want to encourage you that you can do this 34 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,600 at your own pace, you can rewind it, you can say, 35 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:12,880 “Hey, what did he say? I couldn't understand. 36 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,600 That was a New Yorker’s accent, and I couldn't really get 37 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:15,520 what he was saying.” 38 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,360 You can go back, and you can digest it, 39 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,720 and hear everything that the Lord 40 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,080 is speaking to you personally. 41 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,600 You can go to gracerevonline.com 42 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,760 to go and look at every Digital Care Group we've done, 43 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,040 and we've done about 22. 44 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,360 I think this is the 23rd one. 45 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,560 You can go and enjoy all of them on demand. 46 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,640 We pray that you are so blessed 47 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,120 by all the Digital Care Groups that we've done so far. 48 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,840 Yeah, and if you are on the side-lines 49 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,480 and you haven't really jumped in yet, 50 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:42,920 you're watching the Digital Care Groups 51 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:44,880 or watching the services and then signing off, 52 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,640 we have an amazing community here. 53 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,560 We have an online digital Lobby that you can join. 54 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,280 We believe that the Lord's heart 55 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,440 is for you to be planted in a community. 56 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,400 There are many beautiful faces in this room 57 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,080 and it's the first time we're actually seeing everybody. 58 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,640 There might not be people 59 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,040 that you would know face-to-face, 60 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,160 but they all knew each other's names. 61 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,440 They knew each other's stories. 62 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,080 They prayed for each other, 63 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,920 and they carry the same heart of grace, right? 64 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:13,480 So, if you're looking for a community, 65 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,160 if you're looking to get plugged in, 66 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,280 you can join the digital Lobby, which is amazing. 67 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,080 And, you pray for each other, 68 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,280 you share testimonies. 69 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,280 It's such a beautiful, encouraging place to be, right? 70 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,160 And if you're not quite ready to throw your prayers out 71 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,880 into the Lobby, we also have a Digital Prayer Experience. 72 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,040 So, if you don't want to put it out there yet, 73 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,840 and you want to have more of a personal touch, 74 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,600 we have special prayers that have been recorded 75 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,040 by the GRC pastors and leaders, 76 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,960 and they are for specific things. 77 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,760 If you're going through something in your marriage, 78 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,720 believing God for a new job, 79 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,760 or believing God for something with your finances, 80 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,760 this is the perfect place to plug in. 81 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,360 There have been so many good testimonies 82 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,880 that have come out of this Digital Prayer Experience. 83 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,640 If you know somebody 84 00:02:57,640 --> 00:02:58,800 that is going through something, 85 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,240 maybe you're not quite ready to pray with them 86 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,080 right on the spot, but you could send them a link. 87 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,720 If you know someone's going through something, 88 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,400 just send them that link, and it will definitely bless them. 89 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:08,240 Amen. 90 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,040 Amen. 91 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:09,880 Amen. 92 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,480 Thank you, everyone, for joining us online and in person. 93 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,360 (audience cheering) 94 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,280 This is really special. 95 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,720 It is our first time seeing you 96 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,200 and all of you coming all the way out to Texas. 97 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,800 This is really exciting, and maybe we can just call a few cities that are represented here. 98 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,000 Who's here from Virginia? 99 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,880 100 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,680 If you're tuning online, we'd love for you to 101 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,800 put in the city that you're tuning in from. 102 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,000 Because this goes nationwide, and it's our heart to see the gospel of grace 103 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,480 as preached by Pastor Prince, go end to end, coast to coast. 104 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:50,800 And today, even here in Dallas, we have people that are joining us from Alaska, 105 00:03:50,800 --> 00:04:13,520 California, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, Minnesota, Idaho, Denver, Maine, 106 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,120 and North Carolina, that's right. 107 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,720 And what about this little place called Canada? 108 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,280 109 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:23,800 If you're tuning in from Canada, 110 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,680 we love you too. 111 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,400 And, of course, 112 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,240 Mexico. 113 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,960 114 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:30,800 115 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,880 So, we have Mexico, and we have New Mexico. 116 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,240 Wow. 117 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:36,360 Do we have New Hampshire? 118 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:37,920 119 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:38,760 Oh! 120 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:39,600 Yay. 121 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,520 We're just throwing out cities. 122 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,160 We are, and people are putting their hands up, 123 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,640 and I know you're responding online right now 124 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,040 because we have people from all over the place. 125 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,880 Who's from New York? 126 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,840 (audience cheering) 127 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:53,960 Let's go. It's also Izzy's birthday, 128 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,680 Izzy Holohan. 129 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:57,640 And she turns 10 today. 130 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,200 131 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,840 (audience cheering) 132 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:03,240 And we're celebrating GRC 133 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,360 Dallas-Fort Worth's 10th anniversary tomorrow. 134 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:07,200 That's right. 135 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,280 So, Izzy, this is all for you. 136 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:12,080 We gathered everyone in every city, 137 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,360 in every nation to celebrate you today, Izzy. 138 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,960 How cool is that? 139 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:18,560 That's pretty cool. 140 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,440 Thank you all for making the trip 141 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,680 and to those who really desire to be here, 142 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,280 we know you're able to tune in online. 143 00:05:24,280 --> 00:05:25,120 And you know what? 144 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,800 The same anointing that's in here 145 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,560 translates through time and space. 146 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,400 Amen? 147 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:31,920 But it is interesting, I'll tell you. 148 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,360 Like when I saw some of the people here, like Charlie, 149 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,120 she looks a lot taller. 150 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,600 Like Pastor Josh was shrinking beside her. 151 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,440 Well, I was trying to go like this, 152 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,560 trying to keep up with her. 153 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,120 I know, in the Zoom square, 154 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,120 she looks like, wow, you know? 155 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,760 So, Charlie from Alaska is here. 156 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,560 We wish your husband could make it as well, 157 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,720 but we understand. 158 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,640 Cool. I'm so glad everyone's here. 159 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,240 I'm so happy, and it's going to be a special one. 160 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,400 It is, it is, thank you. 161 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,960 So, let's just get into the Digital Care Group. 162 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,280 We have some things to discuss. 163 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:03,760 Yes, this is interesting, right? 164 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,040 That we can come and do care group collectively, 165 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,680 in person, online, and using technology. 166 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,360 What do you think, Deaconess Jessica? 167 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,720 It's just overwhelming. 168 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:21,080 Lacona and I were talking about her desire to come to GRC Dallas-Fort Worth, 169 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,040 and she asked some questions 170 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:28,480 like when should she come, what's a good time, and I said let's just trust the Lord 171 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:33,240 and then, little did we know just a couple of months later, we heard that 172 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:40,440 we're coming to Dallas-Fort Worth to meet with people from GRC Online. 173 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:46,120 I mean, Lacona and I had tears in our eyes when we met just a couple of minutes ago, 174 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,160 and it was just so special. 175 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:57,080 It was like the Lord knew the heart and the desires that the people, His children, have. 176 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:03,400 And He desires for us to be satisfied with whatever desire our 177 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,800 Abba Father first puts in our hearts. 178 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,280 And He's always the one who will complete it. 179 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:12,800 So, I am just so overwhelmed today, 180 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,680 and thank you, Pastor Darren, for even having me here 181 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:20,120 together with Lindsay, Pastor Josh, and the team here. 182 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,080 I think we've all had a lot of fun. 183 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,160 There's been so much shopping done. 184 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:32,440 I think the team's gone to Target three times, Walmart three times, and the food, of course. 185 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:41,320 We were at Babe's yesterday, and it was one of our team member’s—Joey's—birthday, 186 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,400 and she did the chicken dance. 187 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,280 I remember we did that, Lindsay. 188 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:52,000 Yes, Deaconess Jessica did the same thing to me when we first moved to Texas. 189 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,160 I think she knew what they were going to do. 190 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,720 So, don't go to Babe’s on your birthday. 191 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,880 Or with Deaconess Jessica. 192 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:04,760 We want to honor and appreciate the GRC Dallas-Fort Worth team that is here as well. 193 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:06,440 Could you just raise your hands? 194 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,640 Just stand in this place really quickly. 195 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,360 They're all around. 196 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,760 Pastor Sam is here as well. 197 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,240 He's right behind. 198 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,960 Pastor Sam just had a new baby. 199 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,960 Yeah, baby Hope. 200 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,600 So, he's here, and we have our GRC Online team here in Dallas-Fort Worth. 201 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,160 So, this is where GRC Online meets GRC Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW). 202 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,400 Right? 203 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:35,240 And if you visit and you love this place, you can choose to stay. 204 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:40,080 I think Pastor Sam and everyone will be excited to keep all of you here as well. 205 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,280 So lock the doors, John. 206 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,280 Let's go. 207 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,280 Cool. 208 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:45,280 209 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,280 Let's go. 210 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:47,600 Let's get into it. 211 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,720 We’re very thankful for Pastor Prince having in his heart to always set the theme of every year 212 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,640 for our lives personally. 213 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,360 This theme is not for the world. It's for the church. 214 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,360 But even more specifically, it's for Grace Revolution Church. 215 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,800 Grace Revolution Church Online. 216 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,040 I'm just so thankful that we don't have to experience dilution in our lives because 217 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:10,680 we have a Senior Pastor who helps us build a track record with the Lord around specifics. 218 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,960 When I say specifics, I mean we get to figure out what it means to live in the upper room. 219 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,720 We're going to check out this clip because what is the theme of the year? 220 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,080 The Year Of Living in the Upper Room. 221 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:22,840 How many of you are excited about the theme of the year? 222 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,320 223 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,800 Without any further ado, let's check out this clip 224 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,080 from Pastor Prince's latest sermon, and we're going to come back 225 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,520 and have a conversation around it. 226 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:33,960 Check this out. 227 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,160 Now, the Lord is telling us to live in the upper room. 228 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,440 So, I began to study, and there were a lot of things that I discovered, 229 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,360 which I'm sure you have experienced this past week 230 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,720 if you look into the upper room. 231 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,680 There are so many things to talk about in the upper room. 232 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:47,720 Amen? 233 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,520 There are things that I've learned from the Lord. 234 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,040 I know those passages, I know those stories, 235 00:09:54,040 --> 00:10:00,840 but I never saw the nuggets of truth in those stories. 236 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:01,800 Amen. 237 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:07,400 What I saw is something that will steady you, 238 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,480 establish you, strengthen you, and prosper you 239 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,680 in these days that we are going to walk in, 240 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:17,160 in the year 2024. 241 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,040 This year, amen, the truths that we have. 242 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,880 Again, the truths are eternal. 243 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:26,040 It will apply for 2025, and it will apply for the year 2026 as well 244 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:26,760 because it's true. 245 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:32,040 But we must be established in these truths this year. 246 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,120 That's the heart of God for us. 247 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:34,840 Amen. 248 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:36,840 So sit back and watch this. 249 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,320 250 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:48,240 251 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,080 252 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:58,480 253 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:07,040 254 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,760 255 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:24,240 256 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:24,760 257 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:32,680 258 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:33,160 259 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,920 260 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,680 261 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:41,440 262 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,200 263 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,960 264 00:11:46,960 --> 00:12:14,960 265 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:20,160 The Year Of Living in the Upper Room. Amen. 266 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,640 Praise the Lord. 267 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:26,040 You are already in the upper room, but you're going to be established in it. 268 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,440 Amen? Every believer is. 269 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,880 Amen. 270 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:36,000 How many of you are grateful for Pastor Prince's ministry? 271 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,920 And while we come from a different culture, Deaconess Jessica, 272 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,720 to be able to be here in America, 273 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:46,200 with people represented all across this great nation, with people tuning in online, 274 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:52,520 and globally as well. Like, at Decibel Night, GRC DFW's young adult gathering on Thursday, 275 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,360 I had the opportunity to meet with Nell. 276 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,520 Nell flew in from Tampa, Florida, but she's from Brazil. 277 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:06,400 And she was just sharing with me and Phyllis, my wife, how someone had 278 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,800 given her family a copy of Unmerited Favor 279 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:19,040 in Portuguese, and it brought restoration to her family and her parents' marriage. 280 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:28,600 All these from reading a book from Singapore and in Portuguese, living in Tampa, and now she's in Dallas. 281 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:34,680 So, whatever culture or tribe you're from, we're gathered around the gospel of grace. 282 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:38,160 I'm grateful that we have a shepherd 283 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,400 to lead us even in 2024. 284 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:41,920 And that's why 285 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,360 when we're praying about today's Digital Care Group, 286 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,640 I picked this clip because I felt that 287 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:48,080 sometimes, we can get lost in 288 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,360 finding out what it means to live in the upper room. 289 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,720 But I felt in this clip, 290 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,560 Pastor Prince shows us that you may not fully understand it, 291 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:58,560 what it means to be living in the upper room, 292 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:01,280 but he shows you the end from the beginning. 293 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:03,120 That if you focus on, understand, 294 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,400 and study the truths that are in the upper room, 295 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,520 the end result of this year 296 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:11,520 is that the Lord will steady you, He will establish you, 297 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,160 He will strengthen you, and He will prosper you. 298 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,920 So there's something about the truths in the upper room. 299 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,680 It's the glory of God to hide things in Scripture, 300 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:24,080 but the glory of kings to go and seek it out. 301 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,200 The end result that we're looking for this year, 302 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:30,080 is that you'll be stronger and you'll be prosperous in every way, 303 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,240 not just materially, 304 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,480 but you'll experience true prosperity from the inside out. 305 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,320 So I'm so grateful for Pastor Prince's ministry 306 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:42,320 that we can be here, and Pastor Prince can be somewhere in Singapore 307 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,680 studying the Word, right? 308 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:50,040 Because if you were to guess what Pastor Prince would be doing now 309 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,760 he's either—with the time difference—probably sleeping, 310 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,840 with his family, 311 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:57,480 or studying the Word. 312 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,160 Because that's his true love. 313 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,080 That's his, if there's a hobby he has, 314 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,480 Pastor Prince loves to study the Word. 315 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,480 So I'm really grateful for Pastor Prince's ministry 316 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:13,400 because of his commitment to drawing these treasures out from Scripture, shepherding us, and pointing us to 317 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,920 study the upper room this year, we can all be established. 318 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,600 We can all be strengthened by the Lord. 319 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,280 Because this is not a man-centered ministry, this is a Jesus-centered ministry. 320 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,280 Can I have a good "Amen?" 321 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:26,280 Amen? 322 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Amen. 323 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:32,080 When we watched the theme of the year video, 324 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,600 when Pastor Prince was sharing the story of the upper room 325 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:40,680 and that there'd be a man with a pitcher of water, and he would lead you to the upper room. 326 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,400 And I was thinking how blessed we are that we have Pastor Prince to be that man 327 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:48,440 with the pitcher of water that leads us to a room that's furnished and prepared. 328 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:53,680 So, he spends all of his time with the Lord, just bringing out those truths and he's not 329 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:55,320 guiding us to himself. 330 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,880 He's guiding us to the Lord's heart. 331 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:58,880 It's just such a blessing. 332 00:15:58,880 --> 00:15:59,880 Amen? 333 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:00,880 Amen. 334 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,120 I was so excited. 335 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:10,520 I caught the second service when Pastor Prince first preached this message. 336 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,640 And as I was listening 337 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:18,200 to him describing the upper room and that it is prepared and finished, and how it is the 338 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:24,640 third level, the third heaven. And actually, he's already been teaching 339 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:30,360 us even from the Year of Time and Space, with the spiral staircase and 340 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,720 the first, the second, and the third levels. 341 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:38,440 And we felt like by the end of that year, we haven't fully known what 342 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:44,360 that third level with all those jars of gold and silver, all the blessings 343 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,040 and precious things. 344 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:52,840 And today, we really wanted to share how this message, 345 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:59,280 even in the last two weeks, has touched our hearts differently, individually, and 346 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:04,840 how it's spoken to us. I just wanted to share that for me, I was really impacted when 347 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:11,000 I saw the video and the lights. It was like there is light in the dwelling, and it is 348 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:17,440 not natural light. It's supernatural, and in the upper room where we already are in Christ, 349 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:23,240 we actually are in the light. We never have to doubt. And even if the world is in 350 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:29,760 darkness, and around us it's all darkness, the light has already come. Amen? 351 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,880 And you know I'm so excited about that because light means we will have better vision, right? 352 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:40,760 It is always easier to see in the light and the vision that I felt the Lord drop 353 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:49,160 in my heart is that this year, we are going to see more of what it means in 2 Corinthians 5:17, 354 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:56,440 which says old things have passed away and the new has come, and we are a new creation 355 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:03,920 in Christ Jesus. Amen? As it says in Psalm 36:9, 356 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:10,320 that in His light we see light, this is truly going to be what we're going to 357 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:19,040 live out in 2024. We will have the vision, a clear vision of what it is to not just be 358 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:25,800 a child of God, but to be a new creation in Christ and that all things have become new. 359 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:33,160 And I'm expecting that, even for ministry, even for the vision that we have in Joseph Prince Ministries and in GRC 360 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,800 and for every one of you here in your lives. 361 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:43,000 I've spoken with, and I've prayed for several precious sisters, 362 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,440 and there is this craving for newness. 363 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:57,360 I'm at a time in my life when everything seems stale, and I want something new. 364 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:00,280 Well, the Lord is saying that this year, in the upper room, 365 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,280 we're going to experience that. 366 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:03,680 Amen? 367 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,960 That really speaks to me so much. 368 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:12,680 I'm so excited because I truly want to live like what the Apostle Paul says, 369 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:20,680 that we are a new creation in Christ, and that is something that we're going to seek out in the year to come. 370 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:27,680 We're going to continue to hear Pastor Prince, and he's going to bring those truths. And I'm just so excited. Are you? 371 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,680 Yeah, great! 372 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,680 (Applause) 373 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,680 Wow, the energy in this room. 374 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,680 I want to bring this energy from the room to Zoom. 375 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,680 Yeah, do you feel it? 376 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,680 (Applause) 377 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,680 It's incredible. 378 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,680 And thank you, Deaconess Jessica, for sharing that. 379 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,680 There are so many things to talk about and to discuss 380 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,680 when it comes to this theme. 381 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,680 I mean, every year, do you feel like that? 382 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,680 It's like, what do I do with this? This is unreal. 383 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,680 And I think that's unique to Pastor Prince’s Ministry. 384 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:05,880 I'm also so thankful for what Lindsay shared that we have a pastor who has his jar and his pitcher not just full but overflowing. 385 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:11,560 That's how we see the waters. It's splashing all over the place, and that water is? The Word of God. 386 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,520 Yeah, and all of you are seated in the splash zone. 387 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,800 That's right. 388 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,280 And some of you are getting splashed. Online as well, right? Yeah. 389 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,240 Get ready. 390 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,120 They're getting splashed too. 391 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:27,520 392 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,520 393 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,120 394 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:33,880 But that's the truth of the matter, isn't it? 395 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,640 And Jesus, what did He also do with His disciples? 396 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,360 He washed their feet. 397 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,560 He set them apart, right? 398 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:40,680 And it reminds me of 399 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,360 the time that we're living in right now, 400 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,200 and all the things that are going on around us, 401 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,600 we could be tuning into all sorts of news 402 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,200 that we're faced with here on earth, 403 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,200 but we get to tune into the news 404 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,680 that we get to hear in heavenly places 405 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,720 so that we could be of any earthly good 406 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:56,960 for us and our families. 407 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:58,320 I was thinking about that. 408 00:20:58,320 --> 00:20:59,920 I remember working back in New York 409 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,400 and I'd be talking to somebody 410 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,640 and I remember I had a conversation with someone 411 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:04,880 and they said, "Hey man, I just believe 412 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,360 that you can't be too heavenly-minded, 413 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:09,400 then you won't be of any earthly good." 414 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,560 And I'm thinking, wow, he thinks that's in the Bible. 415 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:12,840 It's not, right? 416 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,400 (audience laughing) 417 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,480 It's not in the Bible. The opposite is in the Bible. 418 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,440 And this reminds me of the theme of this year 419 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,440 and in order to be of any earthly good, 420 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,400 you have to be even more heavenly-minded. 421 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,840 Amen, amen. 422 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,600 And when we're talking about living in the upper room, 423 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,880 I know Pastor Prince was mentioning different upper rooms, 424 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,880 and that's a good study to do, 425 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,000 but at the same time, I think what he's really trying 426 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,880 to communicate to us is that the upper room is a heavenly place 427 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,480 you're seated in right now at the right hand of God, 428 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,880 and the best things are shared in those heavenly places 429 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,240 that we're already seated in. 430 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,560 So when I'm personalizing this and thinking about 431 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,640 my marriage, thinking about my ministry, 432 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,280 and thinking about my family. 433 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,720 How do I be most effective 434 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,440 where we are right now on earth? 435 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:59,440 It's by realizing I am already in the upper room 436 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,560 and it's a heavenly place. 437 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,680 And as I'm leaning into that truth, 438 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:05,720 because it's found in Scripture, 439 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,880 I could read it in just a moment, 440 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,600 I'll be of the most earthly good I possibly can 441 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,400 for my wife, for my kids, for my ministry, 442 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,960 and for everybody that I'm called to do life with. 443 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,280 And so, I really feel like for me, 444 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,920 what's sticking out to me is, this year, 445 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,160 in a greater and more intense way, 446 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:25,160 and I feel like Pastor Prince has given us permission 447 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,760 through the release of the theme of the year, 448 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,160 is to catch the things that are closest to God's heart 449 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,920 for us and our families. 450 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:32,760 Amen. 451 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:33,840 Amen, amen. 452 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,320 I think it's such a personal word from Pastor Prince 453 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,120 because when you think about the upper room, 454 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:42,400 there are so many different truths, 455 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,920 so many different promises, 456 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,840 and so many things that you can study, right? 457 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,280 Because it's not just about the upper room in Acts 2. 458 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,840 Pastor Prince also talked about the upper room 459 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,600 where Eutychus fell off, 460 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,280 and that was a different upper room, 461 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,000 and then all the various upper rooms 462 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,560 where we saw the resurrection from the dead, right? 463 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,880 And then, of course, being Pastor Prince, 464 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,080 you thought like, okay, we'll just keep it 465 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,640 to these physical upper rooms. 466 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:09,400 Then, in the second sermon 467 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,600 he takes it to a whole other level. 468 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,080 And now the upper room is in the third heavens. 469 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,160 It's in the heavens, not even a physical upper room. 470 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,760 So think about all the upper rooms you can study. 471 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,160 I believe that God has something personal 472 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,480 for all of us this year. 473 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:28,080 And the things you need strengthening in, 474 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,360 the things that you need freshness in, 475 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,760 the things that you need transformation in, 476 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,680 like we all come in here from different cities, 477 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,720 different states, different circumstances, 478 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,880 and different situations, but you know what? 479 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,240 The Lord knows. 480 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:48,120 God knows where you are, the rhema Word you need for this year. 481 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:50,560 He also knows what area needs building. 482 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,040 What is the area that needs steadying? 483 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,880 What is the area that needs strengthening? 484 00:23:55,880 --> 00:24:01,280 I really want to encourage you as you ingest and meditate on the theme 485 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:07,880 of this year, for you to find the areas where you've just been struggling or stuck, 486 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:12,880 or feeling weak and just begin to think about and study 487 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,040 the Word of God for yourself. 488 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:19,280 Find upper room truths in the Word of God for yourself 489 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,440 and then connect the dots. 490 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:22,720 Like what Deaconess Jessica was doing just now, 491 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,800 she was connecting the dots to the various themes 492 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,240 of the year across the different years. 493 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,880 But take out all the different upper rooms 494 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,520 and think about your unique situation. 495 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,080 Do you need answers about your finances? 496 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,320 Do you need answers about your health? 497 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,120 Are you believing something for your loved ones? 498 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:43,080 There are so many different areas 499 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,600 that we can be seeking the Lord for. 500 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,520 But I promise you if you go into the Word this year, 501 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:53,280 the Lord has a special upper room truth just for you. 502 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,880 And it's going to be uniquely different 503 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:58,280 from the person seated next to you 504 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,320 and the person that's tuning in online right now, 505 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:01,360 but the Lord knows. 506 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:04,960 He is a very personal Savior, a very personal Shepherd, 507 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,640 and a very personal Lord. Amen? 508 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:15,800 Amen, amen. It is true, and I'm so thankful because the other thing that I caught 509 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:22,960 besides seeing light when we are in His light and having newness, is really what Pastor Prince 510 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:30,960 shared that in the upper room, there is kingship. And I loved it because to me, 511 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,600 I saw for the first time that it's about having authority. 512 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:39,840 When the kingship has already been given to us, we have authority. 513 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:47,400 And I refuse to succumb to lying symptoms that so easily plague us, 514 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:53,880 that prevent us from getting out of bed or doing the things that we've been called to do. 515 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,520 516 00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:04,560 I take the authority to continue to partake of the Communion 517 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,400 and receive what has already been done for me. 518 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,360 By Jesus’ stripes, I am already healed. 519 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:10,600 And that's the other thing. 520 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:16,600 I felt for me, Pastor Darren, this year, it's going to be the Lord 521 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:24,080 not just renewing or restoring but resurrecting our family relationships. 522 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,080 Amen? 523 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:31,480 And family relationships are not just our own family that is flesh and blood, 524 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,280 but family in a church like this, 525 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:39,880 that we can expect that there will be such a love that is from the Lord, 526 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,880 that because we are so loved, we can love easily, 527 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:48,400 and there will not be things that are evil, 528 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:53,080 as in what the Lord just does not take delight in. 529 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:59,640 And I am so thankful that this year there's going to be the Lord's resurrection for our relationships. 530 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:05,800 I'm so excited about how, through the Lord's embrace, the Father's embrace, 531 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:10,680 our sons and daughters are going to come home. They're going to return, right? 532 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:17,800 And yeah, that spoke so much to me as well. Amen? Yeah. 533 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaking of that, when we're talking about our own upper room experience, 534 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,440 when I watched the theme of the year video, 535 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,680 the first upper room that came to mind 536 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,520 was the Shunammite woman, 537 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:30,880 that she had her promised son, and he died. 538 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,520 And she brings him, well, she gets the prophet, Elisha, 539 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,840 to come to the upper room that she had prepared for him. 540 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,320 And what happened when he got there? 541 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,720 The prophet put her out, and he went into the room with the son. 542 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:43,920 So I was just thinking, 543 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,760 what can we bring to the Lord? 544 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,040 What can we bring to that upper room 545 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,560 that needs resurrecting? 546 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,760 Think of the different areas in our lives 547 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,320 that need resurrecting, but I don't want to be put out of the room. 548 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,040 Like what Pastor Prince said in the second sermon, 549 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,800 550 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,480 to sit with the Lord, that's where you're seated, 551 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,400 you're at the right hand, so sit down. 552 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:04,720 And I love how he did that 553 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,360 you sit, sit down. 554 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:09,160 So I want to sit with the Lord 555 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:10,640 and I want to watch how He does it. 556 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,440 I want to learn from Him that, 557 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,120 hey, He already took care of all these things, 558 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:17,040 would I sit with Him and watch how He’s going to do it? 559 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,560 Because I know so many of us could be 560 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:19,480 like the Shunammite woman: 561 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,160 she was probably waiting outside the door wondering, 562 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,000 “What are you doing?” 563 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:22,840 “What are you doing in there?” 564 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:23,680 “Can I help?” 565 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:24,480 “Do you need help?” 566 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:25,440 “What are you doing?” 567 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,520 So I just want to be in that posture this year 568 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,360 to know what is mine and to know how He’s going to do it. 569 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:32,200 You know? 570 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:33,040 Amen. 571 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:33,880 572 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:34,960 (audience applauding) 573 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:35,800 Amen. 574 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:36,840 That's so good. 575 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:37,960 Yeah, it resonates with me. 576 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:38,800 I like that. 577 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:39,640 I thought that was pretty good. 578 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,800 (audience laughing) 579 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,520 I feel like there's going to be also, 580 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:45,880 581 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,280 a lot of fellowship to be enjoyed in the upper room. 582 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,320 And I feel like we're going to really be experiencing that. 583 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,440 And also, as Pastor Prince was just releasing the theme of the year, 584 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,440 I was just recognizing that I really 585 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,600 believe that a lot of the things that we've been believing for, 586 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,320 there's going to be a manifestation of it this year, 587 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,320 because that's what happens in the upper room. 588 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,400 And so, I was thinking more and more about, 589 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,880 how can I live a life that's 590 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,800 even more and more accurate here on earth? 591 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,640 Because living in the upper room, 592 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,560 it can sometimes feel like it's not practical. 593 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,520 It can feel like, “Oh, we're 594 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,200 talking about some heavenly places here, right?” 595 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,880 And we are. 596 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,040 But the heavenly places that we're in right now 597 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,480 while we're here on earth, have practical and 598 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,800 personal implications. 599 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,320 And the Bible is very clear, 600 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,000 and I believe that Pastor Prince does such a good job 601 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,600 at continuing to not just go with this good idea, 602 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,960 that good idea or this philosophy. 603 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,640 I don't want to be following someone who has a pitcher 604 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,720 that is full of philosophies 605 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,120 or a pitcher that is full of good ideas, 606 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,520 I want God's idea to be in that pitcher and overflowing 607 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,680 because that's what's best for me and my family. 608 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,720 That's what's best for you and your family. 609 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:55,920 And it reminds me of this verse. 610 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,280 Do you mind if I just share it really quickly? 611 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,560 I feel like it goes in line with this. 612 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,000 It's Colossians 3:1 (AMP), and it says this, 613 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,680 "Therefore if you have been raised with Christ," 614 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,080 which you have, Deaconess Jessica was talking about this, 615 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:11,320 "[to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], 616 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,880 keep seeking the things that are above, 617 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,760 where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 618 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,400 Set your mind and keep focused habitually 619 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,320 on the things above [the heavenly things], 620 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,160 not on things that are on the earth 621 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,480 [which have only temporal value]. 622 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:29,680 For you died [to this world], 623 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:34,680 and your [new, real life] is hidden with Christ in God.” 624 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:35,760 And I feel like this is something 625 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,040 that's speaking to me personally 626 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,680 when we look at the theme of the Year 627 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,240 of Living in the Upper Room 628 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,480 as Pastor Darren just shared, 629 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,960 and as we're talking about it right now, 630 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,240 yes, there are many things, 631 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,600 and we're going to continue to go on an adventure in Scripture. 632 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,520 Because Pastor Prince, I love his mission 633 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,000 because it has given us permission to see the Word of God 634 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,440 as an adventure and a journey to be enjoyed. 635 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:54,480 (audience applauding) 636 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,680 Yeah, we were just talking about 637 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:57,880 the king, right? 638 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,880 He conceals a matter, but it's up to us, right? 639 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,800 God can see it, but it's up to us as kings and priests, 640 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,240 to allow it to be revealed as we study it. 641 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,520 So I'm just so thankful that I get to take a journey 642 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,240 through Scripture to understand what this means 643 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,520 for me to be in a heavenly place 644 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,000 that no one can take us out of. 645 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,080 He says that you're already there, 646 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,440 but a lot of times we're already there, 647 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,920 but we don't yet see the manifestation 648 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,160 of what it means for us to be there. 649 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,480 And it's ours for the taking. 650 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,120 I feel like Pastor Prince's ministry 651 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:28,320 is doing that for all of us, 652 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,760 and all of you guys tuning in online. 653 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,080 I really believe even right now, 654 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:33,640 the permission has been given, 655 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,280 it's yours for the taking, 656 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,040 for us to enjoy all the furnishings of the upper room 657 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,040 and to be able to see it practically fleshed out here 658 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,880 on earth in our personal lives. 659 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,000 I was thinking of what you were saying, 660 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:49,440 how Pastor Prince said our job is to prepare what has been prepared. 661 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,040 Like if you need a job to do, that's your job. 662 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:52,640 Prepare what has been prepared. 663 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,720 And my brain couldn't wrap around it. 664 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:55,600 And I was like, what does that mean, 665 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,320 prepare what's been prepared? 666 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,080 And I was immediately thinking of food preparation. 667 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,440 I don't know if this will help somebody, 668 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,760 but I will usually prepare the food for the week, 669 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,520 with the right portions, proteins, carbohydrates, vegetables, 670 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,000 all that stuff, but if it just sits in the fridge 671 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,040 and Pastor Josh never takes it out and puts it in the microwave, 672 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,760 if he doesn't prepare what has been prepared, 673 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,880 then he's not going to get any benefit from it. 674 00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,360 He might search through the kitchen 675 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,000 to find things for himself, 676 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,560 but it's not going to nourish him the way 677 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:24,600 that it's supposed to. 678 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,240 So that's our job: spend time with the Lord, 679 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,040 spend time in His Word, and prepare 680 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,280 what has already been prepared for you this year. 681 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,560 (audience cheering) 682 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,440 Beautiful, what a great word. 683 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,440 It's incredible to think about it 684 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:43,200 and recognize that we are not trying to be in the upper room. 685 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,920 What Lindsay is talking about is that the Lord has already 686 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,640 brought us to this upper room. 687 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,960 If you look at the video that you watch, 688 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,160 there are three acts, the animation 689 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,760 that Pastor Prince was directing. 690 00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:02,160 The first act is a type of Moses going towards Mount Sinai. 691 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,480 And you enter, you go into Mount Sinai 692 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,440 with a lot of fear and trepidation, 693 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,680 and there's lightning and thunder, 694 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:13,320 and God feels angry, right? 695 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,160 And you're trying to approach a holy God. 696 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,280 697 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,040 So, the first mountain is Mount Sinai, 698 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,720 and then following that, you have Mount Calvary, 699 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,080 at the finished work, 700 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,560 where Jesus gave Himself up at the cross. 701 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,640 702 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,280 This is Pastor Prince's ministry, where 703 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,280 he teaches us to rightly divide the Word. 704 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:39,480 So, because of Mount Calvary and because of what Jesus has accomplished on the cross for us, 705 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,960 the early Church, as seen in the book of Acts, 706 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:49,320 We can now come into the upper room, where we are welcomed with an embrace. 707 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:54,280 It's no longer trying to enter that place with fear and trepidation, 708 00:33:54,280 --> 00:34:00,080 but it's an embrace where we can cry, "Abba, Father." Amen? 709 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,680 And now, when you're in the upper room, what happens? 710 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,000 Not only do you get the embrace from the Father, 711 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,000 you are now empowered by the Father, 712 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,120 by the power of the Holy Spirit 713 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,640 descending upon you. 714 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,240 And then you're given all these great weapons. 715 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:17,320 Right, what are some of the weapons? 716 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,120 Our weapons for our warfare today are not carnal, 717 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:21,720 but they're spiritual, right? 718 00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:23,000 You're given weapons in the upper room, 719 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,200 what were some of the things 720 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:25,800 that happened in the upper room? 721 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,600 The holy Communion. 722 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:28,640 That's a weapon. 723 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,120 So, if you think about the illustration 724 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,840 and the great analogy that Lindsay just talked about, 725 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:39,120 we can keep the holy Communion in our fridge; it has been prepared, but there is 726 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:45,720 no spiritual benefit to us if we're not taking it out from the refrigerator 727 00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:47,480 and consuming it, and partaking of it. 728 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:53,240 The work is already finished at the cross on Mount Calvary, and now we're on Mount Zion. 729 00:34:53,240 --> 00:34:59,600 We can partake of the finished work of Jesus and receive healing, health, restoration, 730 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:01,920 wholeness, and resurrection. 731 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,120 The list goes on and on. 732 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:04,960 Amen? 733 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:06,560 Amen. 734 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,640 It's a powerful truth, right? 735 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,080 Pastor Prince desires for us to be established 736 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,360 in this upper room truth. 737 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:17,120 To be established in what the Lord has established. 738 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:21,760 To possess what the Lord has possessed for us. 739 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,520 To inherit all that the Lord has given us 740 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,360 as an inheritance. 741 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,120 It's already yours, Deaconess Jessica. 742 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,120 It's already ours. 743 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:31,160 Amen? 744 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,560 I'm not going to let it be stolen. 745 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:34,840 No. 746 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,040 I'm going to possess it. 747 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,000 If it has been stolen, the Lord can restore. 748 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,440 Amen, 120%. 749 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,360 Amen? 750 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,200 That's right. 751 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,760 And I love how you talk about resurrection. 752 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,640 Pastor Prince was talking about that 753 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,960 and emphasizing on resurrection as well. 754 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,320 And a resurrection life is not like the other resurrections 755 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,480 that took place in Scripture when it comes to Lazarus 756 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,760 or some of the other ones we've seen. 757 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,080 We're talking about the resurrection life of Christ. 758 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,320 And it's going beyond what was before. 759 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,480 When you're talking about some of the things, 760 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,640 Pastor Darren, about restoration, 761 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,360 we're going to experience a lot of resurrection life 762 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,040 because Pastor Prince's ministry also 763 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,600 has caused us to dive into the Pauline epistles. 764 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,520 Absolutely. 765 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,760 And I think what's really sad sometimes, Pastor Josh, 766 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,720 is while the finished work is finished, 767 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:28,600 while everything has been accomplished at the cross, 768 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,440 and we can partake of this resurrection life, 769 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:36,440 it is sad for us to observe that around the world, 770 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:42,160 we're still seeing people not living out the upper room truths. 771 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,960 It's ours, but we live like we belong in the basement. 772 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:51,000 Resurrection life has been imparted and paid for 773 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,440 by the body and blood of Jesus Christ. 774 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,600 But there are so many believers that are living 775 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:02,240 wthout the fullness of all that the Lord has purchased. 776 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:04,360 That's what's special about this ministry. 777 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,840 And I really believe for everyone who is tuning in 778 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:11,200 online and here in person, that the Lord will use all of you. 779 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:12,600 You saw the video, right? 780 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,760 The anointing of the Holy Spirit will come mightily upon you 781 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,480 and you'll be blessed and anointed, 782 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,320 but the Lord's blessing is not just 783 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,160 for your own consumption. 784 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:26,440 The Lord says to Abraham, 785 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:31,400 "I will bless you exceedingly and you shall be blessed to be 786 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:32,400 a blessing." (See Gen. 12:2) 787 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,720 Amen? 788 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:40,680 So I feel part of the overflow of the upper room is when you lay hold of everything, 789 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:47,320 the truths, power, healing, resurrection, life, the holy Communion, 790 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:53,480 praying in the Spirit, and all these truths, God will anoint you mightily. 791 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,080 Your neighborhood will never be the same again. 792 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,480 Your family will never be the same again. 793 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,680 Your subdivision will never be the same again. 794 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,200 Your city will never be the same again. 795 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,200 Amen? 796 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:10,040 Now we have GRC Online, we have GRC Dallas-Fort Worth, but you can go forth and be the Church. 797 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:11,600 Amen. 798 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:12,600 Amen? 799 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:17,960 That's why we're not having church to keep these truths in the church. 800 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:18,960 Amen? 801 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:19,960 Let's go! 802 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:20,960 803 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,480 We're not spectators; we're participants. 804 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,760 We went to Buc-ee's yesterday. 805 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:27,760 806 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:28,760 Anyone heard of Buc-ee's? 807 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,160 808 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:33,440 809 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:38,280 The Hebrew strong concordance for Buc-ee's means promised land. 810 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,280 Yeah. 811 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:40,280 Right? 812 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,520 The land flowing with brisket and sweet tea. 813 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:44,880 Right? 814 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:45,880 815 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:46,880 Brisket and beaver nuggets. 816 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:47,880 Yeah? 817 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:48,880 Brisket and beaver nuggets. 818 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:49,880 Yes, for sure. 819 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:55,280 It will transform and change your life. It will bring you straight up to the upper room. 820 00:38:55,280 --> 00:39:01,760 If that doesn't do it, then Paul's epistles will. 821 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,760 I think we may have to edit all this out. 822 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,760 We might have to. Sorry guys. 823 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,760 Everything for entertainment only. 824 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,760 That's right. That's right. 825 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,760 I'm encouraged about that because there's an overflow out of the upper room. 826 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:18,760 And I really feel like the Lord's going to do that and release people and give them permission 827 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,320 to take steps of faith. 828 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,080 You don't have to take leaps of faith. 829 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,240 The Bible doesn't say that we leap by faith, 830 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:25,800 it says we walk by faith (2 Cor. 5:7). 831 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,920 And maybe that's why there isn't an elevator 832 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,920 in that video, there are stairs, 833 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:32,960 which gives us permission to take steps. 834 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:34,960 And Pastor Prince's ministry 835 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,400 has encouraged me to take steps of faith 836 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:41,440 because God's grace is freely flowing towards me 837 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,680 and there's no hindrance to it whatsoever. 838 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:44,640 The work has been done. 839 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,600 And when we were going to Buc-ee's yesterday, 840 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,600 I just felt like I wanted to start taking more steps, 841 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:52,360 and I'm not telling everyone to do this, but I just felt inspired to do it. 842 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:56,160 We're walking into Buc-ee's, and a guy was walking into Buc-ee's, an older gentleman, 843 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,280 and he's kind of hobbling into Buc-ee's and having a hard time walking. 844 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,880 And I felt what is preventing me right now from just letting him know that 845 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,080 Jesus healed in His earthly ministry? 846 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:09,160 And He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He heals today through His body. 847 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,440 So I said, "Hey," and he goes, "I'm having a hard time with my legs." 848 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:13,440 I said, "Really?" 849 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:14,440 He goes, "Yeah, I'm 68." 850 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:15,440 He goes, "How old are you?" 851 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:16,440 I said, "Well, I'm 38." 852 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:17,760 He goes, "Oh, well, you don't need to worry about that." 853 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:18,760 854 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:23,200 I understand what he's saying, but Pastor Prince has also taught us we don't 855 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,360 put our confidence in our chronological age. 856 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,160 And so I asked, 857 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:30,320 “Are you in pain right now?” 858 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:31,520 He said, “My knees are hurting.” 859 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:32,840 So I said, “Okay.” 860 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,920 So, he's walking in and about to pass by, and I just put my hand on him. 861 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,840 I said, “Well, I believe Jesus wants to heal you right now, 862 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:40,840 and I'm going to pray for you.” 863 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:41,840 So I started praying for him. 864 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:42,840 I said, “Lord, touch him. 865 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:43,840 I thank You that the work has been finished. 866 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,080 You healed back then, and You heal right now in Jesus' name.” 867 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:49,720 And I realized when I did that he just started crying. 868 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:50,800 And he walked into Buc-ee's. 869 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:52,720 He goes, “I know I still got this going on, 870 00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:54,000 but I feel great right now. 871 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,120 I just want to yell, 'I'm healed!'” 872 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,680 In the middle of Buc-ee's, I was like, “Wow, this is awesome.” 873 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,560 I want to, personally, and with my family, 874 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,960 step into a little bit more of that. 875 00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:06,440 And I believe some of what Pastor Darren was speaking about 876 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,200 and what Pastor Prince is releasing 877 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,800 is going to cause us to take those steps, 878 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,760 however it looks for you here and online. 879 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:13,920 I just feel that. 880 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:14,480 That's great. 881 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,560 If you look at the story in Acts 2, 882 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,160 when the Spirit came upon them in the upper room, 883 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:25,160 they became outrageously bold and courageous. 884 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,560 So maybe you are like, "Oh yeah, you know, 885 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,000 Pastor Josh is that kind of guy from New York 886 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,960 who can go into a gas station and go into Buc-ee's 887 00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:34,760 and be chewing on brisket 888 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,080 and then pray for the sick at the same time." 889 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,040 And maybe you're watching this and thinking, 890 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,320 "But that's not me.” 891 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,400 "I'm not that guy.” 892 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:52,680 But you know what? When the Holy Spirit falls on you, you step up, and you step out, 893 00:41:52,680 --> 00:42:00,000 you launch forth into the deep, and you're no longer self-conscious. 894 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:06,000 You're no longer going, "Yeah, that's not my vibe. That's not my personality. That's not how I would do it." 895 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:11,840 "Lindsay does this great prophetic dance but I can't." 896 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,000 You look at it and be like, "Oh, that's not really me, and that's not my thing." 897 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,440 But you know what? When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, 898 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:23,000 you will do things that are beyond your wildest imagination. 899 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,000 And not just for show, but to really bring forth. 900 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:33,000 You can do it your own way and go, "Can I just pray for you? Can I pay for your meal? 901 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:38,000 Whatever it is, I really believe God will give you boldness and courage. 902 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:44,000 The more you pray in the Holy Spirit, oikodomeo, right, Pastor Prince has preached, it's house-building. 903 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,000 You're edifying yourself from the inside out. 904 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:54,000 Boldness will be imparted to you regardless of your personality, and God can use you in various circumstances to be a blessing. 905 00:42:54,000 --> 00:43:00,000 As you're watching this, I want to encourage you to look out for opportunities. 906 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,000 Do what Pastor Josh just shared. 907 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:07,000 Look out for opportunities where you can be salt and light in the world. 908 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:12,480 And if there is no Buc-ee's in your city, find an equivalent, find something, find a gas station, 909 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,480 go to Walmart, go to Target, or go to a parking lot. 910 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,560 Just be bold and be the light. 911 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,680 Be bold and just shine. 912 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,560 Shine that upper room light that Deaconess Jessica was talking about. 913 00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:26,880 Amen? 914 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:28,440 Amen. 915 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,800 And it's going to be a flow, Pastor Darren, for them. 916 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,840 It's not going to be like what Pastor Prince was talking about, a fleshly thing where we go 917 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,480 to this side of the spectrum or to the other side of the spectrum. 918 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,280 It's going to be you flowing with the Lord. 919 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:39,400 And we're learning to do that. 920 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,480 We have yet to arrive. 921 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,440 I used to be the shyest person you ever 922 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:44,200 met in your life. 923 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:45,560 And I just believe more and more, 924 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,440 like as Pastor Darren was sharing, 925 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,560 that we're going to experience a supernatural boldness 926 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:51,840 to see the Lord really move. 927 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,680 The greater glory of the finished work of Christ 928 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:57,080 and the abundance of God's grace capture us. 929 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:57,560 Amen? 930 00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:58,720 Amen. 931 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:03,200 The Lord was bold to die publicly on the cross for us. 932 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,560 He was bold to resurrect from the grave. 933 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,760 And we get to be bold to be witnesses of His power 934 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:11,920 in life, in this life, and in this world. 935 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:12,760 Amen? 936 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:16,680 Amen, I don't know how to end the time like this, 937 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:17,520 Pastor Darren. 938 00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:18,760 We'll pray for boldness. 939 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,480 We should 940 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:21,880 We should. 941 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,920 Right, Deaconess Jessica, we'll pray for boldness. 942 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,400 Maybe that's exactly what we should do, 943 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:27,880 even for everyone that's watching online right now, 944 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,520 we want to spend some time, 945 00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,360 ministry time, gathered with everybody 946 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,000 who is here in the room. 947 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,000 And we're going to believe that the same anointing, 948 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,760 the same anointing that is here in this room, 949 00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:37,840 950 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:39,360 if everyone could close their eyes 951 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:41,080 for a moment in this room here, 952 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,080 the same anointing that is in this room 953 00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,920 is the same anointing that's in your room right now 954 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:48,680 because the Lord is the Lord of time and space. 955 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:49,720 And we're going to gather together 956 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:51,640 and just take a moment to pray in the Spirit, 957 00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:53,160 because we are living in the upper room. 958 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,040 We're going to pray in the Spirit. 959 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:55,360 We're going to release 960 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,320 whatever the Lord puts on our hearts 961 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,080 that we believe is on His heart 962 00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:00,640 for all of you watching 963 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,400 and everyone in this room. 964 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:03,920 Even around boldness. 965 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,680 Some of you have been wondering and asking, 966 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,040 "Lord, I see other people being used by You, 967 00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:09,880 but Lord, I want to be used by You." 968 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:11,520 But you've disqualified yourself 969 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,400 because something like what Pastor Darren was talking about, 970 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,360 you've been comparing to other people. 971 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:19,560 And that's not a fair thing to do because you're unique, 972 00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:20,600 you're different. 973 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:21,560 So even in this moment, 974 00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,960 let's just take a moment to pray in the Spirit 975 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,200 and I'll ask Lindsay to kick us off 976 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,520 and maybe for us to go around and just speak words 977 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,560 over every one of you right now. 978 00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,000 (soft music) 979 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:44,880 We thank You, Lord. 980 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,520 We thank You that we are seated with You, Lord. 981 00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,320 We thank You that we are seated at Your right hand 982 00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,680 and we thank You that You are bold. 983 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:54,120 You are so bold, Lord. 984 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:57,600 We thank You that we would have that same boldness 985 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:01,320 even to reach out and speak to people about You 986 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:02,680 and Your faithfulness. 987 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,480 And we would even be so bold to believe in Your faithfulness 988 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,320 that whether we have a child that is sick, 989 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,040 whether we have a parent that is going through 990 00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,320 some kind of treatment, 991 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:14,360 that we would have the boldness 992 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:15,640 to believe in Your faithfulness, 993 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,720 that You have resurrection life and power. 994 00:46:18,720 --> 00:46:22,480 We believe that You will do what You say You will do, Lord, 995 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,600 that we will have many beautiful days of heaven 996 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:25,880 here on this earth. 997 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,680 And we thank You that we are called to be the salt 998 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:29,680 and the light. 999 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,840 So we thank You that we could go forth 1000 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:34,640 and just proclaim Your goodness everywhere we go, Lord, 1001 00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,600 that it would be something that is supernaturally natural, 1002 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,200 that as we pray to be used by You, Lord, 1003 00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:41,480 You would put us in the right place 1004 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,560 and at the right time to speak of Your goodness. 1005 00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:45,680 In Jesus' name. 1006 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,080 Thank You, Lord. 1007 00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:50,640 (praying in tongues) 1008 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,040 Why don't you just pray in the Spirit 1009 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:53,800 at home right now. 1010 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:59,040 Oikodomeo, like Pastor Darren said, you're building yourself up, you're keeping yourself in the love of God, 1011 00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:03,200 in the revelation of His love for you, and it's personal, and He loves you right now. 1012 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:13,200 (praying in tongues) 1013 00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:18,760 Thank You, Lord Jesus. Lord, I see people right now in their homes, rising up in the anointing, 1014 00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,360 which is Your ability and not theirs, Lord. 1015 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,680 Lord, I thank You that they are flowing with You 1016 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,240 and learning how to flow with You, Lord, 1017 00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:27,800 to be that salt and to be that light. 1018 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:29,760 Lord, I thank You that it's not going to be a burden 1019 00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:30,600 for them to bear. 1020 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,840 It's not going to be something that's heavy, Lord. 1021 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:37,080 Your yoke is easy, and Your burden is light. 1022 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,480 So right now, I just speak over you, online 1023 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,640 and even in this room here. 1024 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:43,840 Some of you have been just disqualifying yourselves 1025 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:44,960 from being used by the Lord 1026 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,200 because of a life that is filled with comparison. 1027 00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:51,480 And right now, I believe that the Lord is releasing you 1028 00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:53,320 from that life of comparison, 1029 00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,360 comparing yourself to someone else, 1030 00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:56,800 to your right and your left. 1031 00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,320 And He is giving you permission 1032 00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,280 as you see yourself in heavenly places 1033 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:05,240 to compare yourself to the One you're seated next to 1034 00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:06,960 at the right hand of God. 1035 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:08,360 And Lord, I just thank You right now 1036 00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,240 that You're sending people out this year, 1037 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:12,200 this year of living in the upper room, 1038 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,840 for signs, wonders, and miracles to be released, 1039 00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:16,560 ministries that will be released 1040 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,960 that are in alignment with Pastor Prince 1041 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,520 and this ministry that we are also connected to, Lord. 1042 00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:22,360 And I just thank You. 1043 00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:24,760 I see people effortlessly and organically 1044 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,440 laying hands on people, 1045 00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,880 sharing words of encouragement right now, in Jesus' name. 1046 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,240 I thank You, Lord, that You're giving them vision 1047 00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:35,440 and clarity as they dive into the Pauline epistles, Lord, 1048 00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,840 and that they're built up and strengthened 1049 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:41,280 to do way beyond what they could do in their own strength 1050 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,120 and according to their own resources. 1051 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:45,040 So, Lord, I just thank You for this. 1052 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,280 We give You all the glory, and we give You all the praise 1053 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,680 for the many testimonies and praise reports 1054 00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:52,600 that are going to pour into the GRC Online Lobby 1055 00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:55,680 such as, “Hey guys, you won't believe what God did at Walmart.” 1056 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,200 Lord, I thank You that there's going to be many testimonies 1057 00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:00,400 of what You did at Target and 7-Eleven, Lord, 1058 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,880 and in Texas and Buc-ee's and across the nation, Lord. 1059 00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:04,440 We just give You glory. 1060 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,440 And we praise You, Lord, for that prophetic picture 1061 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:11,200 we believe is going to come to pass, Lord, 1062 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,240 because we're living in the upper room. 1063 00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:15,240 In Jesus' name, amen. 1064 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:25,040 I remember Pastor Prince exhorting us that for this year, 1065 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:30,240 let's remember to pray Psalm 92:12-15. 1066 00:49:30,240 --> 00:49:33,440 And it's so apt for this moment. 1067 00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,760 Can I just pray that over everyone here, 1068 00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:40,320 “The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, 1069 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:44,480 He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 1070 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:48,000 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord," 1071 00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:51,760 you are all planted in GRC online, 1072 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:56,760 and praise God, “Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 1073 00:49:56,760 --> 00:50:03,320 They shall still bear fruit in old age.” 1074 00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,640 And it's not us, right? 1075 00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:08,800 It's just a description, 1076 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:12,760 but we are the new creation. 1077 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:14,040 Amen? 1078 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:18,040 “They shall be fresh and flourishing, 1079 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:22,240 to declare that the Lord is upright; 1080 00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:27,240 He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.” 1081 00:50:27,240 --> 00:50:29,840 Amen, in Jesus' name. 1082 00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,080 Amen. 1083 00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:37,120 (praying in tongues) 1084 00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:41,080 Lord, we so love Your presence that is in this place 1085 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:44,680 and it permeates from this room 1086 00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:48,120 to every single room that is tuning in right now. 1087 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:51,440 Lord, You make every room an upper room. 1088 00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,920 Let Your presence and Your anointing 1089 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:59,760 take away every suffering, every sickness, 1090 00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,960 and every disease in Jesus' name. 1091 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:11,720 Lord, I thank You that in the year 2024, everyone that's listening to this and tuning 1092 00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:22,840 in to Pastor Prince's Ministry will find themselves steadied, established, strengthened, and prospering. 1093 00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:31,720 Steadied, established, strengthened, and prospering in every domain. 1094 00:51:31,720 --> 00:51:40,320 I pray like never before that in 2024, You will unleash Your great and mighty blessing upon 1095 00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:46,240 every single person that is represented in this Digital Care Group today, 1096 00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:48,080 upon every family. 1097 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,720 Lord, let the windows of heaven 1098 00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:59,480 be so wide open that You will pour forth so great a blessing 1099 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:08,320 that is beyond our wildest imagination, above everything we can ask, think, or imagine. 1100 00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:12,320 Pour it forth, Lord, like never before. 1101 00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:19,680 Cause every single person and household to experience Your more than enough. 1102 00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:27,680 To experience in every domain, Your more than enough. 1103 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:35,400 And Lord, we pray for this blessing to be upon us all so that we can walk in Your promise 1104 00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:41,280 that we can be blessed to be a blessing. 1105 00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:50,280 That You will fill us so much that we can't help but overflow into every person, 1106 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:56,920 family member, neighbor, and co-worker that comes in contact with us, that our faces 1107 00:52:56,920 --> 00:53:03,760 will shine with such glory, and it will be so tangible and so evident that 1108 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:11,040 people will ask us, "What is it with you? What has changed? Why are you so bright? 1109 00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:16,040 How are you so much younger? How are you so much stronger? 1110 00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:18,920 How are you having so much more?” 1111 00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:24,760 Create those opportunities for us, Lord. That we will be blessed with so much 1112 00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:32,120 that we overflow in blessings and people will seek the glory that You will 1113 00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:38,160 bestow upon us all. As we live in this upper room, let us also be witnesses to 1114 00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:46,280 bring many more into this place that You have purchased for us with Your own body, 1115 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:54,120 with Your own blood, at Mount Calvary, giving up of Yourself so that we can 1116 00:53:54,120 --> 00:54:03,080 inherit everything that the Word of God proclaims and declares. This, we speak by 1117 00:54:03,080 --> 00:54:09,080 Your authority over every single person that's tuning in today. Let it be so. 1118 00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:16,480 Let all Your promises be yes and amen in the Year of Living in the Upper Room. 1119 00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:20,040 And all of God's people say? Amen, amen. 1120 00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:30,960 Let's give the Lord a big shout and praise and let the upper room be an overflow room 1121 00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:35,280 in your life that you'll be blessed with so much that you can't contain it, that you have 1122 00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:37,880 to share it, that you have to be a witness. 1123 00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:40,880 Amen, amen. 1124 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:47,200 Did you guys enjoy being here and being with us online for Digital Care Group? 1125 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:49,360 I'm so thankful that we got to do this. 1126 00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:50,960 What a special time. 1127 00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:54,600 And everyone that's online, I want to shout you out, a special shout out to everyone 1128 00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:55,600 that's online. 1129 00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:56,680 Can we just let them know we love them? 1130 00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:59,560 We love you guys so much. 1131 00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:01,800 We love you. 1132 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,200 Thank you so much for joining us. 1133 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:06,520 I want to encourage you to continue to join us for Digital Care Group. 1134 00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:09,680 If this has been a blessing to you, please don't let it stop with you. 1135 00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:11,000 Share it with a friend. 1136 00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,680 And don't forget this. You can go to the website to take advantage of every Digital Care Group 1137 00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:16,000 we have recorded. 1138 00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:17,000 You can watch them on-demand. 1139 00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:20,960 And we will see you every single Sunday for GRC Online church services. 1140 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:21,960 Amen? 1141 00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:22,960 We'll see you in the Lobby, 1142 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:27,680 and we'll see you for our Digital Prayer Experience because that's where life is had with all 1143 00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:32,080 other believers that are of the same mind, same accord, same spirit, and same heart, 1144 00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:33,720 right here at GRC Online. 1145 00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:34,760 We love you so much. 1146 00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,160 We can't wait to see you again for Digital Care Group. 1147 00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:38,480 God bless you. 1148 00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:39,880 We love you. 1149 00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:40,880 We'll see you soon. 1150 00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:41,480 Thank you. 1151 00:55:41,480 --> 00:59:45,600