Change Church Miracle Week | Pastor William McDowell Well, come on. Welcome back to Miracle Week 2025. King of glory fill this place. Just want to be with you, man. Listen. If you are grateful to be, watch this. If you are grateful to be alive, come on. Let's not even take that for granted. Let's not even take that for granted. If you are grateful to be alive, I just want you to drop a mo an emoji in the chat uh right now that just expresses your gratitude for God's goodness in your life. Man, so grateful to be with you for day three of miracle week 2025. This is the advent season on the Christian lurggical calendar. It's a season where we as a church family um reflect on, celebrate, and commemorate the greatest miracle in human history. And that is the birth, the supernatural birth of Jesus Christ. And for us, it is not just a time of expressing appreciation for the miraculous work that God has done in the past and given us Jesus. It is also a time of anticipation for us as we reflect on the miracle God has given us in Jesus. We remind ourselves that he is immutable. He's the same God yesterday, today, and forever more. And he's still working miracles. And uh we build our faith each morning, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time right here on these online platforms leading up to Sunday morning, which is Miracle Sunday for Change Church. Once a year, we come together in the month of December for one Sunday of supernatural miraculous generosity. uh so that God can continue to use our lives and our church family as an instrument um to uh perform miracles in the lives of his people and in the communities that our churches are called to serve. So, we're just incredibly grateful, man, and I'm just excited about our time together. And so, we have each morning conversations. We have conversations for the purpose of elevating our faith. Uh the Bible's clear. Faith comes by hearing God's word. Now actually the um uh the kind of the original it's a letter actually it's it's a we call it a text but it's a letter that's actually written. So actually the letter originally reads like this. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. Faith comes by hearing and hearing. hearing and hearing. Hearing and hearing. So, I've got to keep hearing. When I stop hearing, faith stops coming. I can't live today on yesterday's faith. And come on, let's be honest. Let's be honest. Let's be honest. Is one of our core values at our church. Let's be honest. Let's be honest, guys. Sometimes faith is seasonal. There are times when it's you you hit seasons where stronger than others. Yesterday, we talked about faith fatigue. And so, we need to be hearing and hearing God's word. And so we're having conversations with faith leaders from all across the country for the purpose of ministering to and encouraging stirring our faith. And so this brother that we have today is one of our house favorites. It's one of our one of the trusted voices in our church. Our church does not have a lot of different guest speakers and that's for a number of different reasons. That's not we're not like Christian classists or elitist. We don't feel like we're better than it. Is just the the makeup of our spiritual family is very diverse and complex and the the DNA of our church is very eclectic. We're not this or that. We're this and that. And uh Maverick City and Mississippi Mass Choir like unashamedly. So uh there are a few trusted voices that we just feel like in this season are safe voices for our house and this is one of them. And um I tell you, the last time he was with us was Truth and Fire 2025. And uh listen to me, something shifted in my heart and something shifted in our church as a result of what God did through him. He is with us today all the way from the beautiful city. He's suffering in this be suffering in just brutal weather. Brutal weather in Orlando, Florida. [laughter] Welcome to Miracle Week 2025, everybody. Pastor William McDall. >> It is so good to be with you. Stop bringing Orlando is cracking me up. [laughter] >> Hey, it's cold. It's cold here in Atlanta, but I know you just seeing the sunshine for Jesus in Florida. >> It's [snorts] this is why we move here for for a few months of the year. We're the envy of everybody else. Yeah. [clears throat] Yeah. Well, pastor, I want to thank you for for doing this and taking the time out to do it. You know, one of the things that um I I mentioned before I brought you on was there is this um uh I think it's in Romans 1, this scripture where Paul tells uh believers in Rome, he say, "I long to see you that I might impart unto you a spiritual gift." And there's not a lot of conversation, I think, at least in when I say church spaces, at least the ones I'm in. I don't know what's going on in other spaces, but the ones I'm in, there's not a lot of conversation about impartation. >> Sure. >> You know, there there's not a lot of conversation about that. And um man, we experienced that one. I experienced that >> in my own uh leadership, like my own spiritual leadership when you were there at Truth and Fire because that that's what we experienced. It was an impartation. Wow. and and then but so I understand impartation personally but it's different when you see it happen corporately in the context of a congregation. >> Wow. Yeah. >> You know what I mean? It's one thing for God to give me something. >> Absolutely. >> It's another thing for God to dump something on a house. >> Absolutely. >> Yes. [laughter] >> And that is what happened during Truth and Fire. So I just want to honor you for that, man. And thank you for >> for your poor and uh how it just blessed us. >> What an honor. uh to just be used by God. I mean I I as you know I don't go everywhere now uh because and to that to that idea of impartation you know you find yourself in certain seasons you going everywhere but then people really don't honor anything that's happening. It's just kind of like you're just there and like you weren't there. And so it's very important to me uh to go to places that actually want to receive from the Lord. and and that that's very important obviously because we're not just saying from me or from you when you places but really that are open to receive from the Lord and then when you know that the place is like that you spend time in prayer really asking the Lord to do something significant uh in those moments so that when you leave there's actually you know proof that you were there [laughter] so that's vitally important which is why you know it's important not to go everywhere all the time because not not every place is good soil. That's right, man. What a so profound. You're a gift your gift to us and we're grateful for you. And you know, I know I know this subject that that we're getting ready to have a conversation about miracles is one that is like incredibly important to you. And like one of the things that I want to start off uh with a question I want to start off with is this. I I think pastor there are many people who don't believe that they can see God do certain things because they haven't seen God do certain things. >> Yeah. >> They don't believe they can see him do certain things because they hadn't seen him. So what would you say to encourage the faith of someone that's watching us right now that is believing for what they hadn't seen? [laughter] >> That's so good. I actually um I postulate I have this theory that that's actually uh the root of cessationist uh is >> it is it is >> they haven't seen >> it's not an objective reading scripture. Yeah, I'm with you. >> That's right. It's not just reading the scripture your experience, you know. Uh and so lived experience does have a lot to do with the activation of faith obviously. Um, I I think that, you know, to to that to that end, it's important for us even biblically because you just made you made a statement, you answered the question, you can't read scripture and see this as as the end of what God wants to do. And so, there's a statement that we make that God has never failed anyone ever. [clears throat] So, he's not going to start with you. [laughter] >> Say it again. >> God has never failed anyone ever. So, he's certainly not gonna start with you. He's not >> his entire eternal reputation because he decided not to do something for you. >> Come on. >> Uh and so ultimately it's incumbent upon us to continue to stay in a place where you know whether it's uh what Eugene Peterson says a long faith in the same direction. You know that we we are we thrive so much on the suddenly which is you know if we were to define a suddenly as heaven's already done meeting earth it's not yet. You know there is this idea that because we thrive on suddenly sometimes we don't think that God wants to actually do things in process and and do things you know over the course of time but he does and so it's important for us not to leave that place because what the enemy wants to do uh this this word attrition which is this idea of of making you wait in warfare uh subuse tired and drop out. And so what the enemy wants to do is to to to use attrition to cause people to move. And so we we kind of look at for example Daniel uh where he's praying. The scripture says that the day that he prayed the answer was released but the spirit prince or purge or held it up for 21 days. >> That's right. That's right. >> Let us know that delay is one of the tactics that the enemy uses to try to bring about attrition in faith. >> Yeah. And so for us it's one of those things where we're learning the nature of God is not just so so when I say suddenly the interesting thing is there are no suddenly suddenly >> everything that that God does is a process uh even if we call it a suddenly and so >> Right. Right right that's good. >> It's incumbent upon us to continue to have the the kind of patience and longsuffering uh to know that that God operates in in all of these methods. It's not just the instant, but he also does things over long periods of time. >> That's good. That's good. You know, I think there is this um um how can I um how can I put it? I don't want to get into what I'm talking about Sunday, but Sunday I'm talking a little bit about rationalism. >> Okay. >> And uh the need to detox from that. >> If you're actually going to close a gap between the stuff you see in the Bible and the stuff you actually see in your life. >> Yes. You know, and sometimes we got to admit that that there's a gap there. It's like I'm reading stuff I'm not experiencing. >> Well, we were invited into the tension by Jesus himself when he asked us to pray what what what we call the model prayer. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Well, I mean, I know that you know this, but for for all of those who are watching, for those who may not understand, you know, how that would actually read. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it already is. >> That's right. And so literally that's what we call the already not yet tension. >> That's right. >> So [clears throat] the the whole idea of the already not yet tension is that there are some things that are already done that we have not yet seen on earth. There are >> pastor let's talk about that. Let's talk about that >> because there are these there's like um I feel like there's a and I understand why cuz some people abuse that. >> Yeah. >> They abuse the phrase it's already done. >> Yeah. But there is truth to that phrase. And just because some people are misusing it doesn't mean it's not truth to that phrase. >> That's right. >> It is already what we are believing for. >> That's right. >> What we are expressing faith for, what we're in pursuit of, what we praying about in heaven. >> That's right. >> It's already done. >> That's right. That's right. >> Yeah. It's it's the already the not yet is in earth. >> That's right. Correct. Correct. And so the already not yet tension is being invited to pray. I I think that that the the the the key understanding for that is is esqueological in nature which is that they're already not yet is that all things are already consummated. The kingdom is already existing being revealed. So the kingdom is not being built, it's being revealed. So it's this idea of the fact that that there are certain things that we will not see the full completion of until he returns. >> That's right. And so but but I think that the key for us that is that there's certain things that happen now in the earth to let us know the truth of his return. So the Holy Spirit for example being here is one of the the things that the scripture tells us is the guarantee of the promises to come. And so the fact that the Holy Spirit is here at all gives us an indication of that there are promises yet to come that are already fulfilled in Christ. And this this is the whole idea of of the nature of Christ that when he starts to reveal things on the earth, it's the thing that gives us the confidence to know that for example, it's it's what we call the kingdom. You know, the terminology in Pentecostal circles will be breaking out, right? The kingdom being revealed, >> you know, as the kingdom is being revealed, as people are being healed, we don't know why everyone doesn't get healed, but we do know why some people get healed. And it's not because of their faith or because they have greater faith or anything else. It's so that God can give us hope that the kingdom to come or that the fullness of the full manifestation of what is to come is possible because we have testimony of what he's done here. If he never did anything for anybody here, all of us would question everything he said. >> That's right. That's right. >> But the fact that he does things and people are able to have testimonies of the things he does gives all of us hope. So even if we don't necessarily see it right away, we all have hope in the fact that he will do it because he he's doing it. The kingdom is breaking out. It's this idea of the superimposition kind of the the idea of it, which is this idea that that the reality of the kingdom laying itself or imposing itself on top of the the natural reality of the earth is what gives us confidence. So if we see resurrection or if we see healing, these are the things that give us confidence that healing is is true and forever. That's right. His resurrection is what gives us confidence in our resurrection. And so it it's these things that that he begins to do, you know, in the kingdom that that not yet is is there are certain realities and I I think, you know, the more I grow because, you know, I grew up charismatic, you know, uh but the more you grow, the more you recognize, okay, there are some things we may not necessarily see on earth, but we will see them. But he did invite us into uh your faith. And I think that's, you know, I don't want to go too far to the point where you can't >> No, no, it's powerful. >> I think that that's kind of understanding the nature of the time that we're in. You know, we kind of look at things, you know, you know this this Greek word chyros, you know, that opportune time or set time or due time. We kind of look at those as as moments. But I think that, you know, as you study scripture, God's chyros was Christ. >> And so, because God's chyros was Christ, Chyros is not now a moment, it's also a full day. It's a when I say day, I'm talking about the time that we're in, which means that that that there's this idea that that God has released something in the earth through Christ that gives all of us access to future promises. Uh and so what what prayer does, what faith does, it actually begins to pull on those things. Uh so that it doesn't cancel time, but it allows us on things ahead of time. >> Yes, sir. >> Yep. >> Yes, sir. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. And pastor, I that's that's so profound and it's so important and I want to make sure those of you in the chat, you're hearing what pastor is saying because this is what I think is important for me. I'll just use myself as an example. Sometimes you're looking for something in culture, right, that God's calling you to be. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> So, it's it's like there's some stuff I'm believing for this miracle week. There's some stuff I'm believing for. I've set my faith for I haven't seen. Mhm. >> Like I hadn't seen I can't point >> to anybody in culture and I'm not saying it hasn't been done in the world. I believe it has, but I can't point to anybody saying that's that's been done. But this this principle I teach called the principle of exception says what happens with them does not dictate and determine what happens with me. >> So I can't look at what happened what didn't happen with anybody else to to determine whether or not I'm going to believe whether or not God can do it for me. >> Yes, sir. And I think what some of us, pastor, have to wrap our head around is that what God has called some of us to be is first. [laughter] >> Sure. >> Yeah. Yeah. First, you're going to God's God what is already settled in heaven for you is going to manifest on the earth. And when God does it in you, you're going to be the example for others that you were looking for. >> Yes, sir. >> You didn't have that example, but God's going to make you that example when he works this miracle for you, in you, or through you. He's going to make you the example you wish you had. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. You know, the interesting thing is I'm thinking of an example of this, and it it may seem like a backdoor way of saying it, but God in his wisdom, for example, took Paul, you Saul, of course, at the time, uh took him, who was, you know, basically a sign and a wonder. His own life was a sign and a wonder. Yes. >> He makes him an apostle to the Gentiles. Here he is, a full pure-blooded Jew, has an encounter with Christ. Christ changes his assignment. He could have sent him back to the Jews, but what he did was he made him first. To your [laughter] your to your point, makes him an apostle to the Gentiles. And the fact that he's declaring that this I I the past few weeks I was talking about the whole idea of the blessing of Abraham and really us getting a sense of what that actually is because we've kind of co-opted that uh in certain movements to be you know physical blessings and wealth and riches. But the blessing of Abraham, the seed of Abraham is Christ. The blessing of Abraham is Christ. And so ultimately here you have Paul who is making this declaration. Uh, and the reason why that's very important is because the scripture says, and Paul's also the one that writes that God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places, which is to say that there's nothing that God will not release now that Christ is here. Now that Christ has come, there's no blessing. There's no thing, there's no thing that's still being, you know, held. There's this idea that Christ is the fulfillment or the the yes and the amen of God. So, it's like everything that that God ever wanted to do, there's not another act coming. Everything God ever wanted to do, he fulfilled in Christ. Which mean that makes every promise of Christ available. But what God does with Saul is he takes him, he changes his nature, makes him makes him literally the first one to become the apostle to the Gentiles to begin to declare and he himself becomes a sign and a wonder. And I'm saying that to to your point that there are certain things that God wants to do. When we talk about signs and wonders, you know, a lot of times we we think about, you know, the miraculous and and and healings and different things of that nature, but at times God wants to make you the sign and wonder. [laughter] He makes you the sign and wonder by doing something through you in you that causes other people that becomes the signpost or the sign or the wonder to other people that this is this is God and this is what he's doing. And I think for a number of us, you know, we get a little frustrated because we don't understand that's what God is actually doing in our life. >> Pastor, wait a minute. Let's let's have like I want have seven minutes of church right here. [clears throat] This the traditionalist in me. Seven minutes of church. Somebody put in the chat. I'm a sign. When I tell you I felt that in my soul, he wants to make you a sign. I'm sorry. Go ahead. I just wanted to have seven seconds of church right there. No, I if we would recognize that what God wants to do is, you know, uh John Piper makes this statement at God is doing 10,000 things in your life, but you're probably only aware of three of them. Uh [laughter] and so if we would understand that that some of the things that God does, I mean, for example, if you take Romans 11 for example, you know, God literally takes, you know, it's it's obviously a very very rich passage of scripture, so I don't want to go too deep in it, but it's this whole idea that that God literally breaks off a few branches, grasps the Gentiles in, but the scripture says for the purpose of causing those broken branches to desire it. In other words, there's this what we call righteous envy, which is this whole thing that I want to bless you in such a way that causes those who reject want it. And that's the same reason why God would make you a sign and a wonder. It's not even for you. It's for other people to to cause them to have righteous envy. In other words, for whatever reason, God couldn't get their attention. So, what he'll actually do is he'll set him aside for a second, do something in you that will cause them to want him. And I think a lot of times we get so frustrated because we want certain things to happen for us and God's like, "No, I want to do something for your whole family. I want to do something for everyone around. I want to do something for everyone who sees you is is experiencing your life." And so sometimes that might look like crushing. Sometimes that might look like waiting. Sometimes that might look like delay. Sometimes, and I know this messes with people's theology, but sometimes that might look like sickness because he can trust you with it >> because [laughter] in your faithfulness in that he he's going to show his glory ultimately. So, it's this this idea whether you're Lazarus, you know, Mary and Martha were were literally like, okay, Lazarus is sick. We're good. We'll call Jesus and he'll come heal and that'll be fine. Jesus was like, I don't want to reveal myself to you as a healer in this moment. So, I'm going to wait. I want to reveal myself as one who is the resurrection and the life. And so what you've known me for this entire time is one thing, but in order for me to give you a revelation, I got to make you wait four days [laughter] >> because I want to give you a different revelation of who I am. That's why he said to Martha, "Did I not tell you that if you would have believed, you would see the glory of God, the docel, this is this idea that you'll see the way that I think, you'll see the way that I move. And it's going to be different because your whole idea is if he had been here, he wouldn't have died." I'm trying to tell you that just because he died doesn't mean anything. I am the resurrected and the life. Yeah, >> I want to give you a different revelation alto together. And I say all of that to say that there are times when God will do things in our life to make us a sign and a wonder in order to reveal himself in a way that is greater than what we would have known and what anybody else would have known. And so that's one of the reasons why we wait. That's one of the reasons why we enter into the tension because what God is doing is always bigger than what we are aware of. >> 100%. pastor, that make me a sign is a it it challenges us not just to see miracles as things that God does through us or for us, but as things that God does in us, for others. >> That's right. >> For others. Like, I'm going to do it with you and put you on display to create a holy ambition in other people for me to do it for them. >> Yes, sir. Good God Almighty. >> Yes sir. Yes [laughter] sir. Yes sir. >> Woo. That thing is in my That thing is in my soul. Somebody put in the chat one more time, make me a sign. Make me a sign. God, do it in me and put me on display so that others can see you can do it in them. >> Yes, sir. You said one other thing and I I want I really want to tap into this a bit and then we'll have you pray and we we'll wrap up. But you you talked about this and you it's such it's so rich and so profound. But you you talked about Christ and uh basically um that God the Father is satisfied with what Jesus the Son has done and as a result of that he wants to freely give to us all things that he has prepared and pre-ordained. Here's what I've seen. Here's what I've seen at least in in the context of my spiritual journey personally and I've seen it pastorally that one of the challenges for people [clears throat] believing for the miraculous isn't just unbelief. It's also unworthiness. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> I don't feel >> Yes, sir. >> worthy. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> Speak to that a bit. >> People don't tend to have a faith crisis as to whether or not God can do it. Their faith crisis is whether or not God can do it through them. >> Crisis. I mean, is that not why Jesus was frustrated with the disciples when he came down from the mountain, a man brings his son, the the the epileptic son, and they couldn't cast out. He says, "How long must I be with you?" You're like, "Why? Why would he be frustrated?" It's because he had already given them the authority. We know that earlier. He had already given them the authority to heal the sick, cast out devils. And so, for some reason, their faith had not grown to the point. So they were doing it before, but when they got to that moment, there must have been something in them that felt like, you know, he can't we need him to [clears throat] do it because and I think that's actually, you know, I was uh again, this is not a plug for teaching or anything like that, but I've been looking at recently what what we call the blessing of Abraham. Uh and and the reason why I've been doing that specifically is because Christ is better than anything you want. >> Right. And so it's this this this sense of um it contextually. So if we're looking at Galatians chapter 3, contextually the blessing of Abraham is righteousness. I know the way that we we've >> been taught in some of our the blessing of Abraham entitled us to be rich and all this other kind of stuff, but there's a difference between what God promised to Abraham and what he promised through Abraham, right? Difference. So there are certain things that were given to him as promises. Fame, wealth, that was given to him. what was given through him was a seed Christ that ultimately because of believing like Abraham you receive the blessing of Abraham which is righteousness the reason why I'm saying any of that to your point is is the idea that if we actually understood our position of being right before God if we actually understood our position of being justified uh you know if we actually understood these positions of how God actually sees us because of faith in Christ we would never allow the enemy to convince us of unworthiness. And the idea of being convinced of unworthiness is actually affecting our prayers and affecting our faith more. It's it's it's not to your point, it's not just unbelief in God. It's unbelief in God's ability to do it through us. So, because we feel like a vessel that cannot be used, a vessel that's not worthy. You know, I I I joke with our church all the time. I'm like, "That's one of the reasons why y'all come up for prayer because you think that I have a special thing with God that you don't have." You know, and not to say that we can't agree and stuff like that. I joke with him in that. But but part of it is is that if we actually understood that all of us have the same access, that God sees us all as righteous through faith in Christ, that we were justified, that that this this our our record was expuned and cleared in the courts of heaven the moment that we were that we place faith in Christ, that we are in this progressive process of sanctification, that God is making us more like him, but he sees us as righteous and that his mercy is is new. There would be no thing that we would not be willing to pray for and actually believe that God do it because the idea in first John is that he gave us Christ when we weren't even asking for him. >> So what [laughter] he how much more would he not do if he did not withhold Christ and we weren't even asking. You know Romans tell us why we were yet sinners. >> Yeah. >> You know we weren't even asking for Christ. We didn't even know what to ask for. So if he'll give us Christ when we weren't asking what would he not give us when we are. >> That's a word. That's [clears throat] a word. That is a word. You know, as you were talking, I'm gonna have you pray in just a second, pastor. As you were talking, I started thinking about my own children and, you know, our um my will, our will. They didn't earn what's coming to them. And I think sometimes in spiritual family with our heavenly father, we try to earn what you can only inherit. Inherit. >> Yes, sir. >> Through your identity. >> That's right. My sons didn't >> they didn't earn the right to be placed in my will. >> That's right. >> They were just born. >> That's right. >> And when we become born again. >> That's right. That's right. >> We become sons and daughters of God. >> That's right. That's right. >> And we don't earn, we inherit. >> That's right. >> What has been made available to us because of our elder brother, Jesus, the father. >> That's right. [laughter] That's right. >> Yeah. So, we're we're I I mean, I love it. So, we are we're releasing faith for miracles not because of how good we are, >> but because of how good God is. >> That's right. That's right. >> That's right. >> That that you ministered to me with there. Well, pastor, as we as we wrap up, I ask all of our our guests, could they just pray for there are people on in the chat right now that they're believing for what they hadn't seen. Like they are they're they've been looking for a sign, but they are the sign. >> That's right. That's right. And um man, we just want to pray for and pray over them. And Sunday is we call it miracle Sunday. And that is when we receive each year a miracle offering. It's a time of radical miraculous generosity. >> Yeah. >> From the members of our church. And um you know that takes faith as well. Like it doesn't like I told you I'm dealing with rationalism on Sunday. It's like >> God doesn't want us to be irrational, but he doesn't want us to be governed by rationalism, >> right? >> Cuz you telling me I actually need some resources, but you're telling me to give some like that. [laughter] >> Yeah. Y >> that that doesn't make doesn't make natural sense. And so, man, if you could just, you know, as you're led, just pray over us. We we we want to we want to uh part partner with uh your faith as we uh finish this week strong. I'mma pray, but I want to make one statement here. Go ahead. Yes, sir. >> I think it's important for all of all who are watching right now to know that we don't pre-plan these conversations. Uh >> oh, no, no, >> the reason why I'm saying that specifically is because I had no sense or or prior to getting on this this call uh this this moment that we would be talking about God even making us a ser or something like that. It's not like I said, okay, we we'll talk about this. Me and Dr. Darius did not talk prior to this. And so that means that that's something that the Holy Spirit wanted to be said at this moment. And so the reason why I think that that's important as we pray is because for some of you um it it is is to what Dr. Darius was actually saying there's certain things that you've been waiting on God to do for you that God actually wants to do through you. And so there there are times that that if you would understand that it would increase your patience and it would increase your faith. know, okay, what you're doing is so much bigger than than what I can see right now. So, I'm I'm just going to trust you. And so, I really want to pray uh for those who are walking in that tension because I think all of us uh who walk in faith know what it means to actually be a person who's had to wait long uh for and when we see certain things happen that we just think that everything that they experience, they they experience the miraculous all the time. And there there are things that we have to pray for for a long time. There are certain things that we pray for that we don't actually see uh happen in our lifetime. God is is working something out that's beyond our lifetime. Uh and so, you know, if I had time, I would talk about how the Lord saved uh most of my wife's side of the family through something that he said that that was beyond what we would even know. God wants to do things that are beyond what we would ever know. And so to that end, I will pray and then of course, you know, encourage everyone to to be generous because of the generosity that God has given us. That's right. >> So we'll pray. Father, I thank you so much for brothers and sisters who are uh connected to this both who are live and who will watch in the future. And Father, I thank you that you are doing something that is literally like a IV to the vein of our faith. literally giving us a level of of of stick tuitiveness and and patience and grace that are far beyond what we could even imagine. We do understand the statement that was made that you're doing 10,000 things. We may we may only understand three of them. So, Father, I pray that you would give us the grace, uh, the wisdom, the and watch you do something that is so much bigger than what we could even ask, think, or imagine right now. And so, Father, we in our faith, we trust you. Um, we know that one of the definitions of faith is is trust. And so, Lord, we trust you in this moment. We we trust you with our times. We trust you with our seasons. We trust you with our relationships. We trust you with our circumstances. We trust you in the things that we don't understand. We yield those things to you now. We we we surrender those things to you now. And Lord, we acknowledge that you are God and we are not. But not just that alone, you are also our father. So you are working out things that are are for our good and for your glory. And so father, I pray in the name of Jesus that you would move miraculously in the lives of your people. Some of them will see them quickly. Some won't see them right away, but they will see them. And so, Father, I thank you that in this moment, what you are doing for some is giving even a revelation that what you are doing in this moment is making them a sign and a wonder for all of those who are around them. That Lord, what you do in them and through them and for them will create a level of righteous envy that will cause other people who do not yet have a hunger to become hungry because of what you do. And so, Father, I pray that you would do that. Lord, I pray for Change Church. I pray father for the initiative of generosity that is happening. Father I know that this is an act of worship and it is an act of faith. Lord we are naturally aware of the economy. We are naturally aware of circumstances but Lord we know that you are supernatural and so Lord we place our faith and our trust in you. I pray Lord that you would speak to the hearts of people Lord even those who are fearful and those who are afraid to let go of certain things. Father, I pray in Jesus name that you would give them the confidence of knowing that they can trust you to take care of everything, Lord, as they partner to advance the kingdom through change. I pray, Lord, that they would see even over and above what they're believing for. And Father, I [clears throat] pray for my friend Dr. Darius. I pray, Father, you'd continue to do the work in him that you are doing in his heart as you are continuing to stir him in ways that that he can't fully articulate. But Lord, you know, because it is you that is doing it. And so, Father, I pray that you continue to stir him as a leader, stir him as a pastor, stir him as a voice, let him continue to be a blessing not only to change church, but also to all those who are connected around the world. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Y'all, please drop some fire in the chat for Pastor William McDall. Pastor man, we love you. We're so grateful for your time. We look forward to seeing you in June. >> Yes, sir. [laughter] I'm honored. Honored. Honored. >> It's the Baptist Standing Revival date, Doc. >> [laughter] >> Yes, sir. >> Man, thank you so much for being with us and uh you really start our faith today, brother. We love you. >> Praise God. Love you, too. >> All right. Take care. >> Ladies and gentlemen, God is being gracious to us this week. And uh I don't know about you, but my faith has been so stirred. God's called some of us to be first. what you haven't seen in others, God is going to allow others to see in you. He's going to do it through you. Jesus, so grateful. Well, listen guys, man, we love you. Going to be back tomorrow morning, 8:30 Eastern Standard Time. I want you to finish strong. I think one of the things about weeks like this, um, is that it's not even just about the content. Hopefully God uses the content, but it is also about the character formation that's taking place. The the the discipline of consistency, the discipline of consistency, the discipline of going above and beyond what you normally do as it relates to the formation of your own soul. And I think there's something about just being consistent, finishing, like it's one of the reasons we do Lent every year. It is it's about cultivating consistency when it comes to spiritual practices. And so 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. Can't wait to see you. New Jersey, if you're in the New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey area, 7:30 p.m. Friday night, we got a special change night miracle edition. Going to be live there in New Jersey sharing God's word. And I'm looking forward to being there. And Saturday morning, we've got a morning revival in Atlanta, Georgia. And we are we are telling we are unapologetically saying like hey God is worth inconveniencing ourselves for. Sometimes your your miracle is on the other side of what seems to be inconvenient. The woman with the issue of blood that was it was pressing her way through the crowd. That was inconvenient. The man uh friends who are taking him up on a roof and letting him down through the roof. That's inconvenient. And so, yes, we're like, "Yeah, we're going to come to church. We're going to pray and worship God and receive from the ministry of Pastor John Hannah at 10:00 in the morning and then we're coming back and we're going to have church on Sunday because God is good and it is the it is the Advent season and he is worthy of it and he deserves it." And uh if you're like me, you've gone above and beyond for a whole lot of other people that did not deserve it. I want some of my time and my effort back, but God deserves it. And uh so we look forward to seeing you there. And we're believing for supernatural generosity. God's going to give you seed to sew. And we're just asking every person, obey God because you can give and not obey. Um and so, man, we look forward to that. All right. Have a have a great day. We'll see you tomorrow morning, God willing. Take care.