If those words are ever going through your heart, what is better for me? They can actually keep you from experiencing the intimacy that you want from God and the blessings that you desire from God. Hey, everybody, welcome to lesson three of «Drawing [...]

You will never find God's presence in an atmosphere where He is not held with the utmost respect. In Leviticus chapter 10, verse 1, God says, "By those who come near Me, I must be regarded as holy, and before all the people, I must be [...]

Let me tell you, when I first learned this back in January of 1997, I was asked to go to the nation of Brazil to speak at a national conference. I was so excited because it was my first trip to Brazil. I remember flying down there; it was in the [...]

One of the most startling and sobering things for me to realize is that Jesus lived with limitations. Even though he is God, he has eternally the capacity to do anything, but he actually chose to live with restrictions or limitations. We know this [...]

Why don’t you bless the worship team? Thank you. Now, why don’t you bless the Lord? Come on, come on! We bless you, God! We bless you, Lord! God, we bless you, Lord! We bless you, Lord! We bless you, Lord! That was the tithe. Now let’s give Him an [...]

In Psalms 27, it says, «One thing I have desired, and that will I seek: that I may dwell in the presence of the Lord, that I may dwell in the house, the temple of God, and behold His beauty.» So think about this one thing I’ve desired. We have a [...]

Thank you! Wow, that’s a whole bunch of stuff going on; no wonder I’m tired. Um, I caught this little picture before the first service here at College View this morning. It’s kind of a strange picture, but I’m going to go with it. Again, anyone who [...]

If I could take the three most important portions of scripture in the Bible for me over the last 50 years, this would be one of the top three. For me, it’s like a refrigerator—I go to it when I’m hungry; there’s always something in this refrigerator [...]

I haven’t read this for years; it’s one of the first funny stories I found maybe 20 years ago. Goodness! After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back a hundred years. They came to the [...]

A funny story I heard a while back is about a highway patrol officer who pulls over three little old ladies in their car. They were going 35 miles per hour on the freeway, and he said, «Hey, you can’t go this slow!» The driver replied, «I was going [...]

Open your Bibles, if you would, to the Gospel of John, chapter 12. It’ll take me a few minutes to get there, but I’ll read something to you first. A wife asked her husband to go to the supermarket and said, «Get a carton of milk, and if they have [...]

I’ve had an interesting couple of weeks personally and experientially with the Lord. So, let me just get to it. I really don’t have a teaching; I have an exhortation, an invitation—something I don’t even know what to call it. About ten days ago, I [...]

If you feel qualified, you don’t see it clearly because the only possible response to seeing what God expects from our lives is the overwhelming sense that I could never pull this off. That’s the position that the Lord puts every one of us in so [...]

The God who is everywhere wants to be somewhere. Theologically, we know He is everywhere, but there are levels and measures of His presence. Many people stop short of a divine encounter because they are satisfied with good theology; they are willing [...]

Not since the Garden of Eden had any human being experienced what Adam experienced until Jesus chose the twelve. The atmosphere of Heaven itself permeated their beings; they lost the appetite for every other form of life. If you can imagine living [...]

Whenever something comes up, I run; I don’t walk, I run to the promises of the Lord. I run to what God has spoken to me—what has He said to me last? What is it that He has deposited in my heart about this season? Most people would do well if they [...]

I’m a person of principle. I study principles; I love the principles of the Kingdom. It’s what I give myself to. I love to learn about the power of generosity, looking for the gold in people’s lives, and calling those things to the surface—all those [...]

Solomon became a man of extraordinary principles. David, his father, was a man of the presence. Solomon was supposed to become the man of principled presence, but he became the man of principle. What I want to do today is start with an interesting [...]

I’ve had certain things happen to me through the years when I became unusually aware of Him, who is both terrifying and wonderful at the same time, and I don’t want to live any other way. Heightened awareness is not imaginary; it’s like Jacob said [...]

You learn to see, to feel, and to perceive. I don’t consider myself a very good seer at all; I hear better than I see, but I’m learning. Just do whatever you need to do to help me see. That’s the journey we’re on, and I want to invite you into [...]

What would it be like if, when you got up tomorrow morning, you became actually aware of the manifest presence of God right in front of you? I have set my heart on the Lord in such a way that I live with the awareness of the manifest presence of God [...]

So the people who turn their affection toward the ongoing manifestation of the abiding presence of the Spirit of God dwell in a habitation where, even when it’s dark, it’s only a testimony of His nearness. All right, verse 1 of Psalms 91: «He who [...]

Where are you from? Canada? All right, where else? The Czech Republic, Taiwan, Sweden, England, Wales, China, China, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark. Welcome! Australia! Come on! Albe, Romania. Romania is beautiful! Israel! Israel! Come [...]

Good morning! Eric says hi and sends his love. He’s on his way back from Portugal. We have been organizing events in the UK for quite a while. It’s called the European Leaders Alliance, and I have one that I’ll be doing in a couple of weeks in the [...]

How is it possible to host the presence of a person so profoundly that they can take articles of clothing away from you, lay them on a diseased or tormented person, and see them well? It’s not hocus-pocus; it's not some conjuring up of a belief [...]

Man, what an amazing selection of songs! I was about to get lost in that «Blessing» song. That song was just written, by the way; if you don’t know it, it’s by Steve Verdick and Carrie Joven, and the husband and the funk, Cody and a bunch of [...]

In Exodus 33, God says to Moses that He is up on the mountain alone. God tells him, "Hey, leave this place, you and the people you brought out of Egypt, and go to the land of promise that I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and to [...]

Are you getting this? In other words, there's a behavioral change—that's what we pursue. How can Lisa pursue being my wife more effectively today? She can't. That's not written to unbelievers; "chase after with the intent to [...]

Is there anything better than the presence of God? There’s nothing, you know. When you think about those angels that have been crying out «Holy,» right, the seraphim? Has anybody ever thought—let’s just be honest—couldn’t they look at God and say, [...]

Have you noticed in the text that when Jesus talks about fatherhood, he doesn’t mention Joseph? Joseph is his earthly father and appears at the beginning of the story of Jesus, but he disappears early on. We don’t see Joseph after Jesus turns 12. [...]

Have you ever been visited by him? Have you ever had him stop by your house while you were running your sweeper, and he just came in the house with you? You start looking kind of crazy to the kids because the next thing you know, you’re rocking your [...]

Praise the Lord. Let’s all just stand to our feet once again, amen. Let’s worship the Lord one more time. You know, as I was praying for the service last night, the Lord gave me this word again and again, and it’s always important that, even while [...]

To finish well, live in God’s presence. What does it mean to live in God’s presence? This is both a command and a promise. A command. In John 15, Jesus commands us. Everybody read this together. (v.4) «Abide in Me…» is a command. Abide by Jesus. [...]

This is the most interesting time to be alive because all of us are moving quickly to this moment and this place where everything happens on our terms. "I'm good, I'm fine, I'm great just the way I am, and I wanna do everything [...]

In verse one of Exodus 33, the Lord said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and all the people with you who have come out of Egypt, and go up to the land that I promised". I wanna stop right there. What God was trying to tell Joshua here. [...]

Rabbi Schneider : Father we open up our hearts to You. Fill us with Your precious Holy Spirit. Cynthia Schneider : I'm always amazed at how when Rabbi gets up to minister and he begins to minister the Word and all of a sudden seeing demonic [...]

Would you be finding the book of Exodus chapter 33, as we continue our study on worship? If you were to give a definition of worship, what would it be? Is worship enjoying God? I believe it is. I think that worship is enjoying the presence of God. [...]

Well, thank you very much for that and good morning to everybody. Always a joy to be here in the arena. I first started coming to this congress back in 1997. I'm becoming a very old man. And it's always a joy to come back. It's one of [...]

In 1931, America was in the depths of the Great Depression. A businessman by the name of Conrad Hilton was staring foreclosure in the face because people weren't traveling and his hotels were struggling. Hilton was actually borrowing money from [...]

Sid Roth : Welcome, Holy Spirit. You know something? Every guest that I have has a different feel, presence of God, on them because I'm a feeler, and I just felt a presence of God on my guest, Chris, and its power, its miraculous power, it [...]

Everybody here would like to have the power of God at your disposal, in your repertoire. We need the power of God to help us in our business, helps us in our vocation, health challenges we might have. In any area of our life, all of us would love to [...]

The moment we take our eyes off Jesus, there's going to be all kinds of problems, all kinds of offenses. The man who discipled me when I was 17 and 1/2, 18 years old, and he taught me some things that I still remember, more than some [...]

GOD is here! Those three words are so amazing and powerful to me. In fact, they're so amazing I wrote a book about them, called "3 Words That Will Change Your Life". If you want to check out the book, you can run over to [...]

Take your Bibles. Find Genesis chapter 50. Genesis, as you know, is the first book; chapter 50 is the last chapter in the first book. And we're coming to the closing verses in the book of Genesis and the life of Joseph, and in a moment, [...]

Turn, if you will, with me please to the book of Genesis chapter 37. Again, I want to talk to you about "Practicing the Presence of God". Now, what is the greatest tragedy of all? I suppose the greatest tragedy of all would be to come to [...]

I read a book many years ago about a monk. His name was Brother Lawrence. It so captivated me, I couldn't put it down. The monk's job was dishwasher. That's his full-time job, but in this lowly job he developed such intimacy with God [...]

Sleepwalking or somnambulism is a troubling condition where people arise in a state of low consciousness and perform activities normally perform while awake. These can be as harmless as walk into the bathroom or cleaning, or as hazardous as [...]

One of the keys to answered prayer is to align our prayers with the things that the Lord desires for us. And one of the ways that we do this is by focusing on the prayers that the apostles and the prophets prayed. Because when we pray for the types [...]

When was the last time you felt the presence of God in your life? I don't mean some intellectual idea that, well, God is certainly present because God is omniscient, He's everywhere. But I'm talking about a very personal, warm sense [...]

During this season of Shavuot, or we say in English, Pentecost, it's the same holiday. Pentecost just means 50 from the Greek and Shavuot means weeks because in the Torah, the Lord said that this day was to be celebrated seven weeks and a day [...]