These Stones Tell a Story - Pastor Vlad // Revival Week - Day 5

Michael Brown here with heartfelt congratulations to Pastor Vlad and the Hungry Jen team on this amazing new transition. And here's what I really feel. Everything you've seen God do, everything that's been built, all the lives that have been touched, everyone that you've reached, everything that's happened so far, I I see that like the foundation under the ground, and now you're really going to see a kingdom expansion and grace and influence like you've never seen before.

Keep your eyes focused on Jesus and we will see together the amazing things that he's going to do through Hungry Jen in the days to come. >> Pastor Loud, Hungry Generation Church, congratulations. Wow. Look what the Lord has done in the name of Jesus. believing and I come in agreement.

There's enough faith in the room to believe that you're about to see more people saved, delivered, healed, filled with the Holy Spirit like that region has never ever experienced before. Instead of multigenerational curses, multi-generational blessings. Let's go change the world. >> Hi Vlad and Lana and all at Hungry Jen.

We wanted to just say hi to you all the way from Zambia in Africa. We send you greetings and amazing congratulations on your ministry, your new adventure, and your new building and all that you're doing. We love you. You're some of our most favorite people in the whole wide world.

Love what you're doing. Congratulations >> and your generosity has really opened doors to God's favor on you all. Bless you guys. We love you. >> We love you. We love you. We love you. Pastor Vladen, Hungry Jen Church, congratulations. You guys are home. You've moved your purpose into permanence.

I'm so excited to see all that God is doing. You guys are a mountain moving church and enjoy this building. But I believe that this is the first of many. All those campuses you guys are starting future future campuses, they're going to need buildings, too. So don't get weary and welloing.

You guys are doing great. You guys are leading the way. And South Rich Church is following you guys. God bless. and the best is yet to come. >> Congratulations, Pastor Vlad and the entire Hungry Generation Church family. What a milestone. >> Today I'm celebrating with you and not just me only, but our fellowship of close to 100 churches.

We are celebrating with you and not just a new beautiful building, but years of faithful ministry, transformed lives, and a vibrant church family. This new facility stands as a testament to your dedication, sacrifice, and unwavering faith. As you step into a new season, I desire to speak blessings over you with the word of Apostle Paul to Philippians.

And I am certain that God who began the good work within you will continue his work until it's finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus return. God bless Hungry Generation Church. >> Hey guys, Landon Shot here with Mercy Culture Church. I just wanted to give a special congratulations to your grand opening of Hungry Gen Church.

You guys are absolutely incredible. I want to take a moment and honor Pastor Vlad. Honestly, one of the most humble men behind the scenes I have ever met. He's been a personal friend and has impacted my life and ministry. I pray your impact from Washington to the Pacific Northwest throughout the nation into the nations will ripple for generations.

I pray that your best days are in front of you. I even pray this a new ground zero almost like a starting over with the strength that you have today. A spiritual buyin for this season what God is going to do. I bless you. I celebrate you and all your friends at Mercy Culture are rooting you on. >> Congratulations Pastor Vlad and Hungry Jen.

You have now crossed over into the promised land. God gave you a vision to build a church for him and you did it. We're believing that your church is an endtime church bringing in the final harvest. Every seat that's there, God has a vision of a person, some of your family, your friends, neighbors, they're coming to Jesus.

This is your season. God bless you. We love you all the way from California. The Way World Outreach. Hi, this is Bob Larson. I am so excited to offer my best wishes, prayers, and congratulation on the new worship facility of the Tri City areas of Hungry Jen. Pastor Vlad, I remember a little more than a year ago, you drove me by the walls that were just going up and showed me the property and shared your vision.

And now it's a reality. I'm so excited for you. What God has raised up through Pastor Vlad and all those mighty men and women of God who stand with him is unique in our generation. Nothing quite like this has ever been done before. God's hand is upon it and even greater things are going to be taking place in the future.

And I pray the blessings of the Lord will be upon you this day in the greatest measure that you've ever sensed. Congratulations to everyone who has been a part of this huge step forward for the kingdom of God and hungry genture. Let's rise. Testing. One, two. One, two.

Test. Test. One, two, test. One, two, three. There we go. Let's rise to our feet this morning. Who's ready to praise the Lord in the house? While Jesus is good. He is worthy of all of our praise. Do you think, let me ask a question. Do you think Jesus is worthy of half of our worship or is he is he worthy of 75% of it?

Or is he worthy of 80? Come on. I I don't want this I don't want this to be like an auction. Come on. I got an 80% over here. Who's got a 90? Who's got a 90? I've got a 100% right here. I've got a worshipper here. I've got someone who's ready to give it all for the Lord.

To lay it down. Come on. Lay it down at the altar for Jesus, the Savior. The one who is your defender. The one who gave it all for you so that you could come holy and blameless before the Lord. Come on, let's lift up a worship this morning, a praise this morning that will shake the grounds of the earth.

There's an old song that says it was written in Africa, last name Dubet. He said, "When I think of his goodness and what he's done for me, when I think of his goodness and how he set me free, I will dance dance all night. All right. So when I think of his goodness and what he's done for me, when I think of his goodness and how he set me free, I will dance, dance, dance, dance, dance all night.

Oh, come on. Do I have praisers in the house? When I think of his goodness and what he's done for me, when I think of his goodness and how he set me free, I will praise, praise, praise, praise, praise all night. Hey, all day. All night, all day.

I'm going to pray. All night, all day, all night. All we think of his goodness and what he's done for me. When I think of his goodness and how he SET ME FREE, I will shout, shout, shout, shout, shout all night. Somebody shout all day. All night. All day.

All night. All night. All day. All day. All night. All night, all day. All day. So when I think of his goodness and what he's done for me, when I think of his goodness and how he set me free, I will clap, clap, clap, clap, clap all night.

All day, all night, all day, all day, all night, all day, all day. Am I in the right place? I mean, let's let's be honest. It's a Sunday morning and you all look so fantastic. Buttoned up, got the tie. Some of y'all got the nice belt, the nice shoes on, and you didn't get it at Macy's either.

How many of you know when you when you get dressed up for a date, you want to look your best and you come on your best behavior, but your best behavior or your first your date today is with the Holy Spirit. And your best behavior is to be undignified before the Lord.

Right? I come undified before the Lord. Come on, just say I come. I come undified before the Lord. >> I come and dify before the Lord. Yes, I do. >> I come and dify before the Lord. >> I come and dify before. >> I'm going to shout. >> I'm going to praise. >> I'm going to shout. >> I'm going to praise.

I'm going to shout. I'm going to praise. I'm going to shout. Somebody I'm going to praise. Come on, somebody dance before the Lord. Hey. >> Hallelujah. Oh. Oh. Last time when I think of his goodness. Said when I think of his goodness and what he's done for me.

When I think of his goodness and how he set me free, I will praise praise. Praise. Praise. Somebody praise the Lord. All day. All night. All day. All night. All night. Cuz he is good. Yes, he is worthy. All night. All day. Someone give a shout of praise to the Lord for he is good.

Yes. His mercies endure forever. Amen. Amen. Yes. Yes. I want you to look at your neighbor and say, "Ask me why I worship the way that I do." Woo! You're about to find out. Hallelujah. Hey, come on. Let's get our hands together. Yeah. Hallelujah. Yeah. This is all for you, Jesus.

Oh. And some people think that I'm crazy. Some even call me a fool. But I found a love so amazing. If only if only they all of the times he's providing the mira. So how can I give half of my worship and that should be no surprise. So ask me why I worship the way that I do.

I've got a reason to praise and light. I know I've got nothing to lose. Come on, church. I've got a reason to I've got a reason to Hey, come on. Let's sing it. I've got a peace overwhelming >> a joy. A joy that I can't put in words. for all the blessing all of the blessings he pours out from heaven.

I'll give him what he deserves. So ask me why I worship the way that I got a reason to praise him. I know I've got nothing to lose. I know I got nothing to lose. I' got a reason. Ask me why I worship the way that I do.

I've got a reason to praise and like I know I've got nothing to lose. Come on. I've got a reason to I've got a reason to. >> I know we have a reason to worship. >> I've got a reason. >> Come on, sing. Clap my hands. My feet.

Can I dive? I was lost, now I'm found. Jesus saved my life. I was found, now I'm free. Walking in the light. That's the reason why. That's the reason I clap my hands. Come on. Can I need to see somebody move in this place to save my life?

I was now walking in the light. That's the reason why. That's the reason I come on my Jesus my life. I was down walking in the light. That's the reason why that's the reason I can I was Jesus my life. I was not walking in the light. That's the reason why.

So ask me why I worship the way that I do. I've got a reason to praise him. I know I've got nothing to lose. Come on. I've got a reason to ask me why I worship the way that I do. Come on. I can't see you. I've got a reason to praise life.

I know I've got nothing to lose. I know I got nothing to lose. I've got a reason to I've got a reason to I know we have a reason to worship. I' got a reason. I know we all have a reason to go. Can I take this place?

That's the reason why. That's the reason I got my I was Jesus save my life. I was walking in the light. That's the reason why. That's the reason. Come on, give him your praise. Come on, give him your worship. Hallelujah. Oh, there the reason I praise the Lord.

There reason I praise the Lord. Hallelujah. >> That's the reason I praise him. >> Hallelujah. >> That's the reason I praise. >> So look what the Lord has done. >> Hallelujah. >> Just look what the Lord has done. It's not hard to see. Look what the Lord has done.

Oh, look what the Lord has done. Yes, he has. Look what the Lord has done. It's not hard to see. Look what the Lord has done. >> Come on, Cedric. Testify. Testify. Look what the Lord has done. Oh, look what the Lord has done. >> It's not hard to see.

Look what the Lord has done. Come on, lift your voice and sing it out. Say, "Look what the Lord has done. Look what the Lord has done." It's not hard to see. Look what the Lord has done. Come on, sing it out. Look what the Lord has done.

Look what the Lord has done. Lord has done. >> It's not hard to see. It's not hard to see. Look what the Lord has done. It's not hard to see. It's not hard to see. Look what the Lord. It's not hard to see. It's not hard to see.

Look. I was lost, now I'm Jesus saved my life. I was lost, now I'm walking in the valley. That's the reason. That's the reason I got my Jesus my life. I was down. That's the reason. That's the reason. Oh, that's the reason I praise the Lord. Oh, the praise.

Hallelujah. Yes, you're the reason. You're holy. Oh, you holy, holy, a thousand generations falling down in worship to sing the song of ages to the land. And all have gone before us and all who will believe will sing the song of aes to the name. Your name is the highest.

Your name is the greatest. Your name, yes it does, >> stands above them all. All thrones, all thrones and dominions, all powers and positions. Your name stands above all and the angels cry. >> Come on, cry out. Holy all creation cries. Holy. You are lifted high, holy, holy forever. >> Oh, you're holy.

And if you've been forgiven, and if you've been redeemed, >> Hallelujah. Sing the song forever. >> Come on. We're going to sing the song forever today. Woo! And if you walk in freedom, and if you pay his name, sing the song forever to the Lamb. We'll sing the song forever and amen.

And the angels cry. Hallelujah. Holy all creation cries. Holy, holy. You are lifted high. Holy. Holy forever. Lord. Hear your people. Hear your people sing. Sing holy to the king to the king of kings. Holy you will always be, holy, holy forever. Your name is the highest. Come on, lift him up.

Your name is the highest. Your name is the greatest. Your name is your name. >> Oh, it stands the test of time. Yet again, all the rose interior power. >> Your name stands above. Your name is the highest. Your name is the highest. Your name is the greatest.

Your name and the angels cry. Glory. All creation cries. You are high. You are holy. Holy forever. You hear your people sing. Your people sing. You are holy to the kingom of kings. Holy. You will always be, holy, holy forever. You will, you will always be holy, holy forever.

You will always You will always be holy. Holy forever. I could see your name for all my life and still find more to love each time. Jesus be the name ever on my lips. It's sweeter every time that I call on it. There's just something about your name.

There's just something about your name. There's just something about your name that makes me cry holy. Oh, there is no other name. There is no other name. There is no other name. Jesus, you're worthy. And you have been the friend who never left. And I won't forget your faithfulness.

Oh Jesus, be the name ever on my lips. It's sweeter every time that I call on it. There's just something about your name. There's just something about your name. There's just something about your name that makes me cry. Oh, there is no other name. No, there is no other name.

There is no other name. Jesus, your word. Come on, sing it out. There's just something about your name. There's just something about your name. There's just something about your name that makes me holy. Oh, there is no other name. Oh, there is no other name. There is no other name.

Jesus, you're worthy. Oh, who else is worthy? Who else is worthy? Oh, no. Oh, there's no one know I know. Jesus, your name is like the morning light. The one the darkness can't deny. The resurrection and the life. Jesus. Jesus. Your name can save. Your name can heal.

Your name can make the storm be still. You never fail. You never will. Jesus. Jesus. The bread of life broken for us. The wounded and the worthy one. Heat. Heat. Jesus. Jesus be the name. Jesus be the name. Jesus be the name. Jesus beus. Jesus be the name.

Oh Jesus be the name. Yeah. Jesus be the name that gets all the Jesus. Jesus be the name. Jesus be the name. Oh Jesus. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Jesus. Oh Jesus. Come on. Jesus. Jesus. All the glory. receive all the glory with every hand lifted this morning.

In this place, Jesus, you deserve all the glory. With every hand lifted in this place, we're coming together to praise our God. We're coming together to worship the King of Kings this morning. If you believe that we have come to worship the King of Kings, come on and lift up a shout and lift up a praise from your spirit.

Hallelujah. You a good God. >> Who can open up the scroll? Who can break the silence? Only you and you alone. Heaven bows down at your throne. Heaven bows down at your throne. Heaven bows down at your throne. Who's the lion and l them? Who's the one who is to come?

Only you and you are alone. Heaven bows down at your throne. Oh, heaven bows down at your throne. Who's the lion and the lamb? Who's the one who is to come? Only you when you are alone. Heaven bows down at your throne. Oh heaven bows down at your throne.

Jesus the lamb of God. Every knee will bow his confess Jesus the lamb of God. Every knee will bow in confess. Every tongue will confess the name of Jesus. Every tongue in this place will confess the name of Jesus. Oh, we proclaim the name of Jesus. I heard all creation singing worthy to live worthy forever.

I heard all creation singing glory to the lamb. Glory forever I joy creation singing worthy is the lamb worthy forever creation. Singing glory to the lamb. Glory forever joy creation sing. So can we come on in the delight and sing glory to the lamb. Glory forever. We sing a single we sing it out.

Sing it out. Amen. We sing. Amen. >> Sing. Amen. Sing. Amen. Amen. We sing. Amen. >> We sing. Amen. We sing. Amen. Amen. We sing. Amen. We sing. Amen. Amen. We sing. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. We sing. Amen. Amen. Sing. Amen. Heat. Heat. We see we see we see we see we see we see we see we Sing we sing.

Come on, just join in and sing. We sing a join together. Sing amen. You just sing it out. >> We sing. Oh, we sing amen. We sing amen. We sing. Amen. Let's sing that out. Amen. We sing. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. We sing. Amen. >> We sing. Amen.

Amen. >> Amen. We sing amen. Sing. Amen. We sing. Yeah. Just sing that out. Sing that out. Amen. Amen. We sing. We sing. Amen. We sing. Amen. Amen. We sing. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. We sing. Hor we sing hooray. We sing those hands. Thank you Lord. Thank you Holy Spirit.

We welcome you. We love you Lord. We praise you Lord. We exalt you Lord. Thank you Jesus. as our pastoral team comes on the stage as well as as our pastoral team comes on the stage and as well as our elders and people who have been external covering for our church and our project manager with his wife.

We will take a moment right now to dedicate this building, consecrate this building to God. Church, little bit quieter. That's the base. No base. This is church. Today we are stepping into a moment that the Bible shows us more than once. When Solomon dedicated the house of the Lord, he prayed that people will come to that place, that God will hear from heaven, that God will forgive, and that God will restore.

When Nehemiah finished the work, they gathered to dedicate it through worship and thanksgiving. Because God, what he builds through his people deserves to be returned back to him in honor and thanksgiving. We also remember what Jesus said, "I will build my church." We're not celebrating a building, but we're setting this as a base for his church to do his work in this city, in this region, and in the world.

We're not just opening these doors today. We're believing that the hearts of people in our community will be open to Jesus. They will be open for salvation. they will be open for healing and deliverance and for revival. And so right now we're going to take a moment before we officially open this building is we will have three of our pastors will lead this prayer of consecration that this is the place where God's glory will come.

That this is the place where God's people will come and this is the place where God's people will go. Amen. >> Can I ask you to stretch your hands forward as we begin to consecrate this place in prayer in Jesus name. Lord, we just thank you for this house and all the things that have been done God and just to get into this building.

We praise your holy name. And Lord, we just dedicate this building to be a house of prayer. for this building to be a house of deliverance. Lord, that this will be a place where disciples are raised and will go out to all the nations. Lord, we declare that in this house, Lord, this will be a spiritual gateway into the rest of this ing than we have ever seen happen through Hungry Generation Church.

I pray God that you would expand the influence of this house Lord that as people come from all over the world to be a part of the program of being trained up and raised up. I pray God that they will be filled with power to go and reach the nations.

Lord, we thank you God for the things that this house represents. And we pray God let it all come to fruition in Jesus mighty name. And Lord, we just thank you for all the prayers that have gone into this building. Lord, we stand today on the prayers of yesterday, Lord.

And we pray today for what is to come in this place, Lord. That this will be an embassy, Lord. That this will be a Bethl where angels ascend and descend, Lord, where people will step onto the perimeter into the this property, Lord, and they will instantly experience your presence, Lord.

THAT THIS WILL BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE FREEDOM FROM DEMONIC BONDAGE, LORD. THAT THEY WILL ENCOUNTER YOUR POWER HERE, LORD. THAT THEY WILL EXPERIENCE AND EMBRACE YOUR PURPOSE FOR THEIR LIFE. LORD, that this WILL BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE'S LIVES are transformed, WHERE PEOPLE'S DESTINIES ARE FULFILLED, WHERE THEY WILL STEP INTO THEIR CALLINGS, LORD.

THAT THIS WILL BE A SENDING PAD, A LAUNCHING PAD, LORD, FOR REVIVAL IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. LORD, WE PRAY THAT IT STARTS HERE, LORD, AND IT STARTS NOW, LORD. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WILL COUNT US WORTHY FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS, LORD, THAT WE HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR THIS SEASON, LORD.

AND WE PRAY LORD IF NOT US THEN WHO LORD AND IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN LORD WE PRAY LORD HERE WE ARE LORD LET YOUR WILL BE DONE IN THIS PLACE LORD IN THE NAME OF JESUS. Yes father we thank you for this building Lord your word says in Psalms 127 unless God builds the builder labor in vain.

Father we know your hand is upon this building. We know that your hand is upon this place Lord. You have marked this ground Lord for your presence to flow Lord. Just like your presence and your glory will flow out of the east. It is very strategic that as we worship you today, we are facing the east Lord.

So we declare and decree, Father, that no weapon formed against this place shall prosper. Lord, we declare and decree, Father God, that the gates of hell shall not prevail against hungry gen cities. the Lord. It will NOT INTERFERE WITH THE WORKS of the Lord. In Jesus mighty name, we declare and decree, Father, THAT YOUR PRESENCE WOULD BE UPON THIS PLACE.

YOUR GLORY WOULD BE UPON this place. LIVES WOULD BE TRANSFORMED. MARRIAGES WOULD BE RESTORED. DRUG ADDICTS WOULD BE SET FREE IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME. WE DECLARE THIS in the name of the Lord. In Jesus mighty name. Amen. And amen. And right now before we cut this beautiful ribbon of ours, we just want to say uh thank you for every volunteer that helped us with this project.

But especially we want to say thank you to Paul and Tanya. They were the ones that uh were over this project. Paul and Tanya was so helpful behind the scenes. She basically ran everything. I say we just want to deeply appreciate them and say thank you so much for carrying this load and I I just want to say that it was not just a job to them. >> They treated this as building the kingdom of God. how many how much of the personal time and even their home the they're hosted so many workers that would come and work in this building.

They would host them in their home to cut the cost. So we just want to say from the bottom of our hearts, thank you guys so much. We love you. We appreciate you. We are so honored that you are a part of our team. Thank you >> today.

This ribbon represents something simple and are now going to begin to step in. our city is going to be touched. So with faith, we dedicate this place to the Lord Jesus Christ and we declare that this house will be a house of salvation. And we declare this house will be a house of prayer. open this house in Jesus name. and a count of one, two, three.

In Jesus name, we're going to open this house for the glory of God. Amen. One, two, three. In Jesus name. Come on. Come on. Lift your hands for Jesus in this place. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. Come on. I want you to greet your neighbor on your right, on your left, as you go back to your seats in the presence of God as we're going to watch the video.

We are not done. We are just getting started. Hungry Jen family, I want to show you what God has done because this construction for us, it's not just about building. It's actually part of our testimony. We found that this building was for sale by the time we purchased this building, June 2021.

By August 2022, all of our plans were approved. And right there in August, we started our most difficult work, which was to raise eight beams that weigh 50,000 on each side. And the reason why it was important to raise these beams is that it will allow us not only to have more space, but also to add a second story in the area of our kids zone, doubling our kids zone.

By March 2023, all the beams were raised and the roof was almost finished. In September 2023, demo and roofing happening at the same time. By November 2023, excavation inside the building started and we completed underground utilities and electrical. In January 2024, we finalized underground plumbing and poured the concrete slab.

In May 2024, we cleared trees and prepared the parking lot. In June 2024, we broke ground on the parking lot. By August 2024, asphalt started to pour in while framing was happening and the two stories and the roof war continued. Now, this may seem like just bunch of numbers, but all of these I want you to know it takes a lot of time to do the things that you see today.

August 2024, we purchased the corner lot that is going to be a coffee shop. Now, also in August, we actually added a second floor to the front of our building. 2025, we were pushing hard. HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire sprinklers, paving the parking lot. And let me just take a pause for a second.

I want to give a shout out to every volunteer, every worker, every contractor, every local company, every donor, and those from outside of Tri Cities who came to work on this building. And from the bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you. Without you, we wouldn't be able to be in this place today.

Now we are in 2026 finishing this building and just finalizing everything. While this is going to be happening, we are securing another piece of real estate 1.2 acres adjacent to our property with for our future expansion when we will build a new sanctuary down the road. As you know, our church plants campuses.

Our church reaches to students in public schools, but also we develop and deploy young people, young adults into the harvest field. This is why we are going to build the kitchen and the housing for that internship. The housing will help these students to live there right next to the church while they're going through that training.

We did that before for 7 years and over 400 students passed through it. Some of whom are pastors and leaders and we feel that call to raise an army for the last day harvest through our internship program. the living space which is going to be a very big forplex with 8,000 square ft that will be able to house around 40 to 45 students and the commercial kitchen where we can feed these people altogether is about a million600,000 the great news before 2025 was over one generous donor came and gave $600,000 already toward this vision I believe that the Lord will provide the rest of $1 million I want to ask 1,000 people to give $1,000 to fuel this mission to help us discover, develop, and deploy laborers and ministers for the last day harvest.

If you want to be a part of that, I'm inviting you to sew into that future. Help us finish strong and build even better for what God is going to do. Go to hungrijen.com/building. We are not done. We are just getting started. >> All right, hungry Jen, you are builders and we are so grateful for everything that has taken place here.

You know, I remember the first time that I participated in a building campaign. I must have been in grade school and my parents said, "Hey, Adam, go get the jar." And that meant a lot to me. Go get the jar, Adam. Go get the jar. I went upstairs.

I grabbed the jar and we pulled it down. It was a season of our life when we didn't have anything to our name and they said, "Go get the jar." What was inside the jar were a bunch of silver coins. Silver coins that we were going to dedicate to the Lord for my first building project.

And I was in grade school. My parents handed me the jar and said, "You go take it to the altar, dedicate it to the Lord." And I knew full well that we were barely surviving. The Lord was taking care of all of our basic needs and we were giving away all of the silver that we had in this jar.

And so I am I as I think about building projects and building the kingdom, I remember the example of my own parents who gave sacrificially not only of their time but all of their resources. And it's our opportunity to step in to this kind of warrior mentality to grow the local church and his kingdom.

Will you participate a thousand persons giving a thousand or whatever you can? Now, what you don't know about the story is that these silver coins meant a lot to me because about a year later earlier, I had stolen these silver coins out of the cabinet that they were hidden and I went down to purchase illegal fireworks because I knew in the season of our life, my parents looked at me and said, "We cannot have any legal fireworks."

So, there was a boy in our neighborhood. I went down, I stole all the money, not knowing how precious metals worked. They just look like money to me. But I stole the money and went and purchased my fireworks. This is a whole another story. But I just have to tell you, in the end, God has always found out everything I'm doing and expose it immediately.

And sooner or later, I end up with a harmed backside. But with that said, here's the miracle. The miracle is when my parents said, "Adam, go get the jar." It was something special to me because they had redeemed the money. My parents went out, found the young man who had got the money for the fireworks, redeemed the money, put it back in the jar, and now a year later, they gave it to me.

Redeemed money that I had stolen. And now they told me now you get to give it to the kingdom to build the kingdom. You are working with borrowed money. All of your resources, all of your wealth comes from the Lord. No matter how meager it is, no how no matter how big it is, it is from the Lord.

Would you participate with me? Would you give of God's resources that he's already poured into your life? Would you give of the silver? You're not taking anything from yourself. You're borrowing from the great giver and you're releasing that money for his kingdom. And so we're so grateful. We are so grateful.

We're so full of God's love and we love you and we want you to be able to participate in his glory. So, at this time, I want you to take a look on the backs of your seat is a little tag and every time you come into the church, you can just tag that and it'll lead you.

You just take your phone, you place it right there, and it'll lead you into a space where you can give. And this is a space where you say, "Lord, I want to give back into your kingdom. I want to build your kingdom." And so, you can do that.

If you don't have a phone, raise your hand right now. I want to see hands raised. I want you to grab an envelope. And in that envelope, you can mark, hey, I'm giving my tithe or I'm giving to the building campaign. We want you to be generous givers so that the Holy Spirit can be generously providing for you.

So, would you do that today? Would you touch the back of the of the seat in front of you or grab an envelope? Raise your hand if you need an envelope and we will get this started and we will continue what God has already began. God bless you.

Greetings hungry Jen. My name is George David and uh I have a word from the Lord for you and for Pastor Vlad and all the ministry team. It begins with a story in the Old Testament. David had 30 very strong special forces. Three of them were the most uh valiant and strong of the special forces.

They'll be like our Seal Team Six Delta special operators. One day, David was uh um speaking out loud about Bethlehem. The well that he drank from as a little boy has now been occupied by enemy forces. And so he says, "Oh, for a drink of the clean, fresh water from Bethlehem, but it's under occupation by the Philistines."

Three of these special forces said one to another, "Let's get this for our general." And so, at the risk of their life, they broke through enemy front lines. They took a skin. They filled it with water from the well of Bethlehem. They bring it back to the king to uh the general David.

David, here's the water from the well. And David looks at them. He raises his eyes to heaven. He opens the string. And before them, he pours the water on the ground. David, David, what are you doing? This is water for you to drink. And he said, I can't do this.

This is your blood. This is at the risk of your life. Only God is worthy of this act. And he poured it out to the Lord. Now, we won't understand that unless we know the Old Testament uh rituals that God had required of his people. Now, all of them were fulfilled in Christ and in the New Testament.

But take the altar of sacrifice where blood had to be offered a lamb. Well, Jesus became the lamb of God. Amen. Right? And then think about the altar of incense where they would put uh incense on these burning coals and it would rise up day and night, night and day.

Let incense arise. And this was prayer. It's filled by prayer, the sacrifice of praise. But you know that there was a drink offering. And this drink offering, no one would drink it. They looked up to God and this was something that they pour out to God. And do you know that Apostle Paul, he worked hard, he evangelized, he did two, three missionary trips.

And then the Holy Spirit showed him how his life would end. And he said yes. And then even prophecy they don't go Paul. Don't go to Ro to Rome. You'll be killed in Jerusalem. They try to prevent him. But he said no. And listen to what Paul said.

I am ready to be what? A drink offering. And a drink offering is something that you pour out to the Lord. Now, this is the word of the Lord to Hungry Jen and to Pastor Vlad. I watch him not only on on the internet, but I watch his life.

He's poured his heart out. When God has instructed him to give, he's given it all. And I don't need to say what he gave. You may or may not know, but he's given it all. He poured it out to God. And when we You see, the reason God blesses you is not to keep that blessing.

That blessing is yours to fill you so that you can pour it out. That's what the woman did with the perfume. She broke the alabaster jar and she poured it out on the head of Jesus. And what did other people say? It's a waste. Why are you spending so much money on a building, on a on a beautiful video, on a sound?

What? It's a waste of money. We could give it to the poor. Wow, what a spiritual word. No, no, no. You're Are you saying Jesus is not worthy? By the way, when Jesus on the cross, Psalm 22 said, "I am poured out like water." Philippians chapter 4 says that though he was God equal to God, he emptied himself.

The actual thought is Jesus poured himself out. And congregation at Hungry Jen, it's not enough to sing. It's not enough to clap and be happy and and enjoy and rejoice. That's that has its place. But God will challenge you at one point of your life to pour your life out.

That's the purpose. And one last word, when I was a young man, I had times where I was lazy. I I I wanted to coast spiritually. You ever get those things? I'm tired. I volunteered too much. I want to rest a little. I want to hang out. Let others do it.

And God convicted me. He He gave me a portion of scripture in Jeremiah. Okay. He said, "Cursed is the man who does the work of the Lord with slackness, with laziness." And then he gave me this word, "And Moab has been at ease from his youth. Therefore, his dregs remain in him, and I will pour him out."

Let me explain one last thing, and I'm done. when they made beautiful wine or grape juice that's very concentrated and rich in flavor, they would use incredible um mature grapes. So, they would crush them, they would pour into a container, but then you have the skins. Then you have what's called dregs, uh seeds, pulp, uh the things that are the juice should be clear.

It should be pure. So what they would do is take it from container to container, pour it out, and the dregs would remain behind. When God says he is not poured out, his dregs remain in him. So I will pour him out. If you don't pour your life out, God will pour you out.

I'm I'm going to be 72 in May. And God is pouring me out more now than he did when I was 32. And the reason is the reason is that he is worthy. He is worthy. You cannot outgive God and you cannot pour out half. Isn't that what Ananas and Safh did?

They could have given half but they lied. And well, we poured it all out and God was not pleased. Ladies and gentlemen, Hungry Jen, it's all or nothing for God. Amen. He is worthy. Hallelujah. God bless you all. Love you and thank you for this opportunity. >> Thank you, George.

George has been a great blessing to this house all these years. He's taken a lot of beating for us. Um he's our assemblies of God uh representative and he's been a great great blessing. So would you show your honor to George David Duke Michael W. Smith and the Billy Graham of Ukraine.

He he is the only one that I know who can speak not only really well but sing even better. Depends on the day. Sometimes he speaks better than singing and then other times it's the other way around. but is very very known in in the Slavic circles and I remember when opposition came toward the ministry of deliverance uh because you know even in the assemblies of God it's not necessarily a very highlighted ministry and George you know booked his ticket came for three days to examine us but to also give us correction and and join forces with us to pray for deliverance to support us and then went back and told the other crew and said hey these guys are legit they love Jesus they had.

They hate deliver. They hate demons. They love deliverance. And he took that stand and I I honor you, George. Thank you so much. So, let's give the Lord a clap offering one more time. For those of you who are here for the revival week and you're staying here for the end of it, we welcome you.

We're so glad that you visited our church. We're so glad that you came to celebrate this milestone with us. For those of you that are part of local community and you're checking out our church, you are welcome here. Every Sunday service, we have our services at 9:00 and 11:30.

Tonight is a very special service. It's only for the youth. It's a youth grand opening. Yeah. We don't It's going to be one service, youth and revival grand opening. It took It takes us four days to do what they're going to do in just like two hours. So make sure parents send your kids and then we have a speakers worship team that that's guest and it's going to be powerful.

We love young people. Amen. And so um on the second service for those of you who came for the first service I ask you that you do not stay for the second service unless you had a permission because uh we have brand new people coming in and uh it's going to be the same service.

The only difference is it's just few few little minor things are going to be changed. So I want to start from the beginning. If you have your Bible with you, I want to read the word uh of the Lord today uh from Joshua chapter 4 and uh verse three.

And command them, saying, "Take for yourselves 12 stones from here out of the midst of Jordan, from the place where the priest's food stood firm." And then I'm going to go to verse um six. that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, "What do these stones mean to you?"

And then in verse 7, the the later part of it, it says, "These stones shall be a memorial to the children of Israel forever." And then I'm going to go all the way to the end, and that's verse 22. Then you shall tell your children, you shall let your children know, Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land.

For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. As the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up before us until we had crossed over, that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord that is mighty, that you may fear the Lord your God forever.

I want you to notice just this three simple thoughts from that. Israel crosses into the promised land. And when they come into the promised land, God commands Joshua to let the priests and mighty man, let the mighty man go to the bottom or the middle of Jordan, collect 12 stones and set them up as memorials where the priests were standing.

Now, this was not crossing through the blue bridge or the white bridge, getting on the boat or the ferry. God supernaturally stopped the waters of Jordan when Jordan overflowed. meaning when the banks of the river rose up. So this was a supernatural miracle for them to cross over and then they set up these 12 stones as memorials and the Lord says in here three things I want to highlight.

One is these are signs. Number two is this is for the next generation to have a story from the previous generation. And I want you to notice number three is that these signs were from the middle of Jordan. So, they were from the middle of Jordan. They are signs, not souvenirs, and they are lessons to the next generation.

Bernice, you helping us with the notes? All right. I know I went really, really quick. So, let's let's work together. Um, so one is their signs. Number two is they are a tool to the next generation. And number three is that these things were collected from the middle of Jordan.

Before we talk about this building for just a moment, I want to highlight what happened on the other side of Jordan, excuse me, Columbia River in Pasco. Our church started when our pastor moved here from the former Soviet Union where he was a missionary for many years. He planted churches there.

And in 1999 December, he moved with his family to Tri Cities. Shortly after that, the church started in the uncle's house. And then came a point where pastor, he had a vision that we will reach our community and the world and we will preach the gospel. But he felt like we needed to get a building.

People usually get buildings when you need more space. We didn't need more space. Our pastor had a vision. And so on July 2002, we received a building from the Assemblies of God. And I remember that day, we have a photo of that. Could you show us that? Where Don Strong was there and help us to sign that building to our church.

Now, you have to keep in mind, we only had about three or four families in our church at the time that just got off of welfare. We didn't have the finances. Our church didn't exist in the eyes of IRS. We were not even registered. And our pastor goes to the Assemblies of God to ask for a building.

We don't speak English. We had to use a translator. The Assemblies of God found out that we don't have any papers. We don't have anything. So, they gave us one year to get our documents in order. And they said, "We have a building on Sylvester." And Don Strong was a very helpful man who who said, "Hey, we have one year.

Get your documents in order. Get a bank account. Stop hiding ties in your treasurer's pillow. And you need to raise $25,000 for a down payment of this building. But here are the keys. While you're working on your documents, you can already start having services. And so this was the day we came in and we started to have services.

Now we told everybody that we already owned that building. We did a celebration like this one and we just grant opened it. Now it was a lot less people, few of our cousins and few more relatives they came. We didn't have the money for the down payment but we had 12 months.

Next month one of our people finds a newspaper clipping of a government school looking for a place to rent. And so he reached out to them and said, "We got the building. We didn't we didn't own the building, but they didn't check." So they came and they started to rent the building and pay monthly payment, which was double of what our future payment would be.

Sometimes God provides through your hand. Sometimes he provides through other people's hands. Sometimes he provides through his hand. And sometimes he uses the devil, I mean the government's hand to provide. And that is how the Lord provided that that building was purchased. That building was paid for for over 15 years every single month because we didn't have the money.

We didn't have the resources. But my pastor had a vision. And so today as we are standing in this building, he passed on to us memorial stones from the Red Sea. That Red Sea is was our Sylvester building. It was an act of faith. For some of you, this may seem like, oh, this was just about money.

For us, it wasn't about money. It was about faith. It was about vision. It was about stepping in in a new country and saying God can use these immigrant boys and girls who will learn English and who will be used by God. And today when we crossed over Jordan, we are not only remembering the Red Sea, we are also remembering the Jordan. meaning we're seeing the goodness and the faithfulness of God in this building as our pastor, our parents saw it in the other building.

Would you give give the Lord a clap offering? What are the memorial stones? They are five things. Number one is they are stones of transition. It's when you remember that God brought you through. When the doctor says you had six months, but God came through. When the people said your child is not going to make it, but God came through.

Or when you lost something and you thought you'll drown in the sorrow, but God came through and you're still standing here today. God came through. Somebody say, "God came through." Sometimes the stone is that is the stone of transition. Secondly, sometimes the stone is the stone of testimony.

It's when you look back at your life and you say, "Look at what God has done. He came through. Not only he got me through it, but he did a miracle. He answered a prayer. He got me a breakthrough." The third one is when it's a stone of promise.

A prophetic word was given and God fulfilled that word. when he spoke something and he fulfilled it. You know, some of you know our stories. We could not have children. And about 10 years ago, the Lord, I felt like he gave me an image when I was in a grocery store in Ukraine that we will have a boy and his name will be Samuel.

So, I Googled a European looking three or four year old, screenshot, sent it to my wife and said, um, we're going to have a son and he is going to be named Samuel. And then my second question to her was, are you pregnant? My wife says awesome that you feel we're going to have a son and no I am not pregnant.

I'm like well you will be. And I thought really in the next you know 6 months or seven months my grandma has 16 kids so having children is not a problem in our genes or a family tree it seems like. And so my wife comes from five you know siblings.

I come from five siblings. And so two years passed, four year passed, five years passed and it for 13 years we couldn't have kids. So about five years ago, I go to a local service. We took our insurance there and a prophet was in town in that service and he carried these stones.

He calls me and my wife. He doesn't know me from Adam. Calls me on the stage and pulls this thing from his pocket and he says, "I give these to people who can't have children." He's like, "I want to give that to you and then when God will give you a child, you're going to meet me and return this back to me."

So he gives that to us. You know, a year passes and I have these stone and I was like, man, is is there a charm or something? Like I mean, what do I do with this stuff? And so I just kept it in my drawer and every once in a while I would just kind of pull it up and remember the word God gave me and the word that God gave through a prophet.

And now I'm waiting. I need to find that prophet to return the stone so he can give it to somebody else. So the stones of remembrance could be the stones of prophetic words given to you and you treasure these words like Mary did with the Bible says she stored them in her heart because God's word will come true.

Can somebody say amen? >> The stones memorial ones are the stones of deliverance. It's when God makes a way where there is no way. It could be a prophetic word that's fulfilled. It could be a season God got you through that you didn't think you could make it.

It could be a season where God did something that's supernatural, or it could be a season where God did something that is a breakthrough. There was no way, but God made a way. The last one is when you've had an encounter with God. It becomes a stone in your life where God said something, did something in your heart.

Maybe not in your finances, maybe not in your family, maybe not in your church, but it was in you. He visited you in a way that is so beautiful and so powerful that it changed the trajectory of your life. What I want to encourage you today is this.

Gather stones. Most of us are better at collecting offenses than gathering testimonies. Most of us are better at harboring and nursing offenses and grieviances because in every season of your life where God came through, I can guarantee you if you are careful and you are focused and you look for things to be offended about, you will find them.

Because whatever you seek, you will find. So when Israel went through the promise to through the wilderness, they found a bag of offenses. They found a stones of complaining. They found rocks of offenses. Always angry at God. Angry at Moses. They minimized what God did. Maximize what God didn't do yet.

And always misinterpreted everything that Moses did. Constantly grumbling, constantly complaining. Because it is a human tendency to forget what we should remember and remember what we should forget. It is a human tendency to be like a garbage truck. We love to pick up, nurse, collect, steward, and gather garbage.

Things that people did that should not done. People have said and should have not have said. They mistreated me. They didn't do this. I didn't have water for 3 days after I came out of Egypt. Why were there snakes in the wilderness? But God said, "We will have ma milk and honey.

Why am I eating this worthless mana?" And so Israel constantly gathered stones of offenses. They come to the promised land and God says, "Uh, this has to change. You cannot be in this new season with a stinking attitude. I want you to intentionally go to the bottom of this river and gather stones not of your offenses, complaining, grumbling, whining, this didn't happen, that didn't happen, they did this, they did that."

Gather the stones of what I did, what I said. If you want to be a strong Christian, it is not about the length of your prayer. It's about having no amnesia to what God did. Remembering what he said. Collecting the encounters that he gave you. Whether it was at the summer camp, whether it was at the altar, whether it was in your basement, your attic, or on the front seat of your car when you were waiting to go to work.

Collect, remember, journal, steward everything God has done. Everything he has said, every time he pulled you through, when you worship him, these will become like a memorial that builds your spiritual faith. >> As we were standing yesterday, excuse me, last Sunday, first time here, and I just started as I worship the Lord and I do this regularly.

This is one of the ways I enter into God's presence is through remembering everything he has done. I remember when he touched me at the parking lot of Winko store when I was 16 about to call my uncle and tell him I quit and God came in the room and said if you don't quit you will pastor a church that will change the world and that was some 20 years ago.

I remember that. I remember when I struggled with the father's love and I had an issue with my dad. felt like my father didn't see in myself a a son that he was proud of and the Lord visited me at a morning prayer in a way that a liquid lava broke in my heart of love and it changed my relationship with my dad.

I remember when I struggled with insecurity and I would skip a keyboarding class as a freshman in high school because I didn't speak English and I hated how I looked. I had chronic headaches and I would hide on the bus station so I don't have to face 25 students to do a 60-second presentation and God would encounter me daily and change my self-esteem without changing my eyes and healed my headaches.

I remember that. I remember when God answered the prayers for our team members and God would answer the prayers for our building, for our finances. I want to tell you something that God has done great things for you. You should remember them. Amen. These stones, they're not only lessons that we pass on to the next generation.

Our pastor didn't just pass on the building to us. He passed on the faith that it took to acquire that. These stones are signs. What are they signs of? They are signs. If God did it once, he can do it again. They are signs. If God did it once, he can make the way where there is no way.

Have you noticed what we read today at the end of this Joshua chapter 4 where Joshua says where the writer says here, he says, "God did it for us in Jordan as he did it for us at the Red Sea." Do you remember how David told Saul, he says, "The God who did it with the lion is also did it with the bear, and now he's going to do it with Goliath."

If you remember, Jesus looks at his disciples when they forgot bread and he's talking to them about the leaven of the Pharisees and says, "Hey guys, stay away from the leaven and of the Pharisees." He's talking about the teaching and disciples are murmuring and saying, "We forgot bread."

This is why he's telling us. And Jesus says, "Don't you understand? Don't you perceive?" He says, "Are you that slow?" And then Jesus gives them a history lesson. He said, "Do you remember when 5,000 people were there? How many loaves did you have? You have five loaves and two fish.

How much did you gather, Jesus? We gathered 12 baskets. And then he takes them to another time. See, he didn't just feed the masses once. He says, "Do you remember the other time when we had what, 4,000 people? How many loaves did you have? Did you have seven loaves?

How much did we gather afterwards?" And Jesus tells them, he says, "Don't you understand? When I'm talking to you about the leaven, I don't want you to be worried about the practical physical things. Why? Because I did it once. I did it again. And the bread of life IS SITTING IN THE BOAT WITH YOU.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE A REASON TO BE WORRIED AGAIN. See these stones, they have a lesson. And the lesson is this. God who did it at the Red Sea will do it at the River Jordan. God who helped you to overcome a lion will help you to overcome a bear.

God who helped you when you had no resources for 5,000 men will help you when you have no resources for 4,000 men. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. I know we like to brush off miracles and say, "Well, it happened then. It happened then." No, no, no, no.

It wasn't then. It was God who's the same here today and here tomorrow and is walking with you every step of the way. As I was reflecting on the goodness of God and thinking about the memorial stones that Joshua went through through the Jordan River, a brother of mine comes to me after the service say, "Pastor, God told me to do something today.

I went to Colombia River and gathered 12 stones." I said, "You did what?" And he says, "Not only that, I am going to put him in a nice box and I just want to dedicate it to the church because what Jordan was for Joshua, Colombia River was for Hungry Jan.

He helped us to get over the bridge. He helped us to come to this." And so today, I brought these 12 stones from the Colombia River to remind us that our God is faithful. To remind us that God who helped us with Sylvester building and he filled it, he will fill this building.

He will touch people through our church. He will change the world through our children and our grandchildren. I'm here to remind Can you give me a little bit juice on this? I'm here to remind every parent, this is special to me because when our pastor went to Sylvester, he believed for us to be touched.

When we came to Edison, we're believing for our children to be touched. When our parents made that purchase and volunteered to remodel that building, they believe that their children will not just be seat warmers, but that they will be ministers today. When their children move to this place, we are holding our babies today.

And we're not giving to this building or serving just for us, but for the next generation. We are carrying testimonies. We will tell our children. We have to tell YOU HOW LONG IT TOOK, how much it took, what God did when we went through this process. I have few memorial stones.

If I would take through all of the last three years of what God did from raising the beams, underground sprinklers with the city and all of those things, we will be here till tomorrow morning. But I just want to highlight two things. One of them was three years ago.

It was when we realized that we don't have the money to honestly even finish 10% of the building and when Paul met with our board and said, "Hey, we we need probably like maybe $10 million and we have only $800,000 and if the money keep trickling like they're trickling right now, we will move into that building right around the time the antichrist takes over the world."

And I'm looking at, you know, I've never done a build building thing and I know how to build a sermon. I know how to build a youth group, a cell group, not a building. And they kind of looked at me and said, "Well, Vlad, you figured it out. $10 million."

I'm like, "What do we are we allowed to rob banks? Like, what do we do? We bought this in such a way where we're not allowed to get a construction loan. It's part of the clause. So, we can't get a construction loan for this. So, we have to pay for it cash.

And I remember I drove back home and it was at that time me and my wife, we just flipped few properties and we were sitting and I'll explain this to church three years ago and I'm just going to explain it now because it wasn't giving to the charity.

It was given toward the building project and David did it and actually mentioned the number. It was $100,000 that I was sitting on and it was for my land that well my wife's land. She wanted to buy a land and build a house. We were searching for a land, couldn't find a dream land, and just was sitting on it.

And here is our elders and others are saying, "Uh, we need money." And I was like, "Well, that's God's problem, not mine." I'm driving back home and I get this thought. Well, you need to give toward the building. And I was like, "Well, even if I do, it won't solve the problem.

It's a drop in the bucket. Plus, I'm not a millionaire. I'm not a businessman. That's for other people. Nobody has ever given up to that point a larger gift and it was $60,000 in our church. And I was like, I'm not going to be the first one. I want to give that honor to somebody else.

I told my wife about it. She says, absolutely, we're not doing it. I was like, praise God. How can two walk together unless they agree? My wife doesn't agree. I'm not giving. So I continued to pray and then comes a time few months later my wife says you know about that thing that you were thinking about us just taking our savings and giving it.

I was like I said bab don't don't don't go there we already discussed it's a settled deal. God's problem I'm pretty sure he's taking care of it. And she said money will come money will go. She says this is our season. This is going to be our children's home.

Our grandchildren's home. He said, "We can't find land and it's not even enough for the land that we want. Land spiked in price and this is how you know that what you have is your seed if it's not enough to meet your need." I said, "But that's a big seed.

That's not a seed. That's a that's a harvest." And I remember it was December 3 years ago. We offered that seed that month. A pastor that I've never met at that time just sold his house. And guess how much he had? exactly $100,000 watches my sermon while mowing a lawn and goes into the house and tells his wife, "Why don't we take our earned money from the house sale and give it to Hungry Jen?"

It took me six months to process that. It took him six hours. He flew here and offers that gift. That month somebody else was sitting from a different state who watched YouTube and they just came after the service handed a check said pastor I just want to bless this building was 100,000 in one month four people did exactly the same God broke something in our church just something broke after that from that day $10 million came in in three months in in three years where people just started to give.

So next month when this happened and to me it was a memorial stone. God is faithful. But see when God led me to do that, he wasn't just trying to build the kingdom. He wanted to build my faith and my trust. So next month we're doing a 21-day fast.

And I remember driving to home and I hear this from the Lord. Give back your salary until the building is finished. And I said, Lord, I mean it's one thing to empty the account. is totally another to stand by Walmart with the sign say help a pastor. So I tell my wife and she says are you sure you heard from God?

Are you not like go crazy now? She's like I'm like babe let's try it for 6 months. We'll eat at my parents house or something. And so we started to do that and now it's been 3 years. You know what's interesting? What happened is within a year supernaturally God touched two areas of my life that were not connected to the church employment where God helped me to become completely debtree.

The house, the cars and still give toward the ministry. See, I thought God just wanted to finance his project. What God wanted to also do is connect me to his resources, not just mine. And to me, that's a memorial stone of God's faithfulness. That not only he provided for the church, but all that he wanted is for me to open my hands so he can be involved in my life in a different way.

No, I didn't give so God can help me to BE DEBTREE. I GAVE SO I can stand by Walmart with a sign. I make No, when I come in and God leads me, it's not give to get, it's give because you get a chance to do that. It's a privilege.

And to me, that's a memorial stone. God is faithful. And I want to remind each person here today that everything you go through, see what we went through here, if you're a pastor, a minister, a business leader, this is not just our story. And you're like, "Well, great for you, Vlad."

No, these are signs for others. God told Joshua, he says, "Pull these stones." He didn't say, "So that anytime you get discouraged, you can look at them and say, "Oh, yeah, God's been faithful." He says, "No, no, no. This is for people who were not even walking through Jordan.

If you didn't know the pressure we were under, this stone is for you. God is faithful. If you didn't even know what it COST US AND THE PRICE WE HAD TO PAY, THESE STONES are not just where we celebrate our obedience and God's faithfulness. It's where we also give you ammunition, fuel for your faith.

The God who did it for us can do it for you. He is faithful. He is true. He will fulfill his word. And he will bless your life if you honor him in obedience when what he calls you to do. Can somebody say amen? >> Joshua put these stones to remind the next generation.

David took these stones to bring down a giant. See, your stones of remembrance become the stones of weapon. Revelation 12:11 says, "And they overcame him by the word of their testimony." That means there will be battles in your life. A prophet will not give you a word. There will be battles in your life.

You will open the Bible and nothing will jump out and encourage you. There will be giants you will face where voices will come and tell you, "You're going to die in this. You're gonna drown in this. Your child will never change. Your ministry will never have revival. Your body will never be healed.

Your mental state will never be changed. And you will feel confused and lost. You have a weapon in your bag. That weapon is what God did before. BECAUSE WHAT GOD DID BEFORE is a stone. NOT JUST TO REMIND YOU TO BE GRATEFUL, BUT THAT STONE HAS COORDINATES FOR THE GOLIATH'S HEAD.

THAT STONE HAS A COORDINATES FOR THE HEAD OF THAT GIANT, THE HEAD of that lion and that bear. You remember what he did then. You revisit the previous encounters. You revisit the previous breakthroughs and you remind yourself, my God who helped my pastor to get into the building without papers, who provided the government to help finance it.

The same God is Jehovah Gyra will help the pastor's children as they're walking through THE JORDAN RIVER. HE will split the Jordan River. He will not let us drown in this river. We will see the glory of God. And God is not done with us at Jordan. He will help us conquer Jericho.

He will help us conquer city of I. He will help us to take the next step. He will help us to secure the storage units. He will help us to build a forplex. He will help us TO BUILD AND BUY ALL those forplexes. Our God will help us to build a Bible school.

Our God will help us to launch 10 campuses. OUR GOD WILL HELP US TO RELEASE BOOKS. sound worship songs from this house that will reach the world and our God will raise our children to possess the gates of their enemies. Can somebody say amen? I want you to remain standing.

Our God is faithful. These stones of remembrance remind us when there is no way, God can make a way. These stones of remembrance remind us that if God did it for Pasco, he will do it for Spokane. These stones of remembrance remind us if God did it in Kenwick, he can do it in Reon.

These stones of remembrance remind us if God gave a child to Vlad, he will give a child to you. These stones remind us God is faithful. They remind us that giants they may be bigger than your stones but stones if you collect them will break their head. They may seem what is can this stone do?

J David changed history with that stone. He didn't come to Saul and said I had a visitation from the angel of God that I will slay the giant. He says I've got few stones. Let me tell you about the bear. Let me tell you about the lion. And this foolish Philistine is no different than that.

If God did it with the lion, God did it with the bear. This guy is next. And that's the faith we need to have. God did not do a miracle only to help you survive that problem. God did a miracle to fuel your faith tomorrow, the next day, and the day after.

God doesn't need to speak to you every day. If he did some things, he expects you to remember it and steward it. Stop nursing grieviances. Stop nursing offenses. Start gathering and stewarding memories of the faithfulness of God. And you may say, "I don't have any." Gather from your parents.

Ask your parents for their stories and start there. But church, I got to remind you, while Joshua got the stones of memorial, God gave us the stone. It's called the cornerstone. He is the stone that slew the Goliath of death, sin, curses, demons. He is the stone that came from heaven and will crush the kingdoms of this world and will fill the whole earth and to his kingdom shall be no end.

He is the stone that was rejected by builders. I'm talking about Jesus. I'm not talking about something in Colombia River. He was rejected by the religious institution, but he became the cornerstone. The Bible calls him the precious stone. The Bible calls him a stone that a wise man builds his house on.

He is the stone that you can rest your head like Jacob and he will give you dreams and visions for your life. He is the stone that you can take every day and in the name of Jesus conquer fear, death, and anxiety like David did with Goliath. He is the stone that a righteous man runs into and is saved.

He is the stone that breaks depression out of people. He is the stone that breaks sin. He is the STONE THAT CAN WASH AND FORGIVE A SIN OF ABORTION, A SIN OF HOMOSEXUALITY, a sin of pornography, a break the grip of alcoholism. Jesus Christ is our cornerstone. Jesus Christ is who this church is built on.

Jesus Christ is WHO THIS CHURCH FIGHTS in the name of. We don't wage war in the name of lad. We don't wage war even in the name of our testimony, but in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Demons shook and trembled for hours yesterday. Not because of this concrete, but because of the stone this concrete sits on.

Jesus Christ, the rock of ages. I'm going to give an opportunity for those who don't know Jesus today to accept the Lord. But before we do that, I want to first invite every single person if you have these stones in your life, would you take a moment and tell thank you Lord?

If you have these stones in your life, would you take a moment and pull few of them and throw it at the Goliath? Remind yourself God is with you. How do I know that? This is the sign. God said to Joshua, "This is a sign. You don't need to ask for another sign.

You got a bag full of them. Just pick them up. Open the bag. You got five, 12, 11. And start gathering. Collect what God has done. Remember what he has done. Celebrate him. Worship him. Thank him. And when the battle comes your way and you say, "I don't know what to do."

Pick a stone from your bag and throw right at the Goliath and say, "My God is still with me. I may not feel him, but he is with me. I may not see him, but he has got my back. My God will get me through this. I will see a breakthrough.

And if I don't see a breakthrough, I will not die in this valley. These waters will not drown me. I will overcome by the word of my testimony in Jesus name. Every hand up for the next 60 seconds. Would you just take a moment, close your eyes, and remember every encounter God gave you.

Remember every answered prayer he did. Remember every breakthrough. Remember when you should have died, when you should have odied, when you should have been abandoned, rejected and left out. But today, God restored, saved, redeemed. God has given you another chance. And just worship him. We thank you, Lord.

We praise you, Lord. We honor you, Lord, for the personal breakthroughs that you have given in our life. We honor you, Lord God, for the personal breakthrough that you have given in our families. We honor you, Lord, for the breakthrough you've given to us. We're in the last three years as this building was going on.

You have been so good and so faithful, God. You are good, God. You are faithful. We have baskets left over of your faithfulness and goodness. We choose to gather your stories, your interventions, your breakthroughs, and your breakthroughs, and your perseverance. We honor you today, Jesus. We exalt you today, King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

And I pray right now that the memories of yesterday will become a fuel for our faith today. And we declare to every Goliath of depression, you've been too loud and you're coming down. We declare to every Goliath of sickness, you don't have the final say. Jesus Christ is our healer and Jesus's kingdom is more powerful.

We declare to every Goliath of a backsliding children that me and my house will serve the Lord. Our God is faithful. We declare right now to every Goliath of lack, shortage, poverty, unemployment that my God will supply all of our needs according to his riches and his glory in Jesus name.

And we declare to the Goliaths that are still standing in our promised land that not only that we will be able to finish this building, but we will pay this building off. Not only we will pay this building off, but we will take more territory for the kingdom of God.

That we will have another sanctuary here that is extended. That we will have enough parking space. That we will have not only one forplex but two but three but four but five. And we will have a school that will develop, deploy and release students to plant churches in Jesus mighty name.

Devil, you missed. Devil, you didn't win because you were defeated on the cross. And everything God has done, we will remember it. And every time we hit a hard time, devil, you have to know a rock will leave our hand and hit your head. A rock will leave our bag and it will hit your head.

We will not die like this. We will fulfill God's call. We will fulfill God's word in our life in Jesus mighty name. Every head bowed and every eye closed. You might not have stones of remembrance. But today I want to give you and offer you the greatest stone.

Not the one you put in this beautiful box, but the one that will come and live inside of your soul and become the rock in your shaky, unstable, sinful, broken life. His name is Jesus Christ. This house exists to encounter God daily. Wherever you are standing, if you are here for the first time, or maybe it's been a long time you've been in church, a friend invited you, maybe you came through these revival nights or you came yesterday and you saw demons screaming, yelling, people getting set free and you say, "Oh my god, the spiritual world is real."

Yes, it is. But this also means that if you are without Jesus, the spiritual world of demons and darkness is where eternity is for those demons and for the devil. And that's where you are headed without Jesus. Today, I want to give you that opportunity to change your eternity by saying yes to Jesus Christ.

I want to give you that opportunity to run to God, get your sins forgiven, get your new life, and get your name written in the book of life. Now, some of you are here today and you're like, "Lad, I used to be a Christian. I used to follow Christ and I walked away."

I want to give you that opportunity right now to come back to Jesus. So, when I count to three, if you need to give your life to Jesus or you need to come back to Jesus, I'm going to ask you to slip off your hand. It doesn't matter if you came with your friend, you maybe want to say, "Hey, I want to do it in private."

I want to tell you something. If you can't do it publicly here where people love you and celebrate, you'll never live publicly there where people will mock you and they scorn you. Today is the day of salvation. Now is that time. One, eternity is long. Hell is hot.

Two, Jesus is the only way to salvation. There is no other name given unto men by which men can be saved. Not good works, not church attendance, not tithing. Jesus. Three, slip that hand high. If you're saying, "This is me, Vlad. I need to get right with God.

I need to get saved." Slip that hand high. Doesn't matter who's looking at you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. If you just raised your hand or you wanted to raise your hand, this is the greatest celebration. It's not that we got into this building. It's that you got into the kingdom of God.

This is why we're here today. If you raise that hand or you wanted to raise that hand, I'm going to ask you quickly come out of your seat and stand here right now. Just quickly. I know it's going to be a little bit challenging to get through those aisles, but come.

If you're standing on those stadium seating, just come down. Just come. Just come. church, would you give them a round of applause? People are coming from everywhere. If you brought a friend and you know they're not walking with God and they need to make that public commitment today, I want you to nudge your friend and say, "Hey, is he talking to you?"

Do you need to get right with Jesus? If they say yes, walk with your friend down. Friends, don't let friends go to hell. >> Come on. >> This is the day of salvation. This is the day where the blood of Jesus wants to wash you, cleanse you, and make you new. >> You're not joining religion.

You're joining Jesus who forgives, restores, heals, delivers, and changes lives. Wait for a few more seconds. If that is you, you're nudging. Heart is nudging. Heart is is beating fast and you feel like, man, this is I don't know what's happening. The Lord is drawing you. I do have to warn you.

He doesn't draw all the time. The mistake people make is this. I have more time. you might do but you don't know if there will be another service where the drawing will be there and next time you might be in church you might want want not want to do anything with God so when there is a nudging when there is that that thing you feel sick a bit because conviction is hitting your heart the Bible says when Peter preached people were cut in their heart it hurts a little bit respond because we're not guaranteed that that will happen again tomorrow and if you're the person just quickly come out of your seat and listen this is not an emotional encounter this is a God encounter Thank you, Lord.

Thank you. Okay, if you're watching us live and you need to give your life to the Lord, if you're in the overflow, pray this with me together right now. I want you to stretch your hands like this, like you're receiving a gift. If I can invite our pastors and our leaders to come forward, say this out loud with me.

Say, "Lord Jesus Christ, I believe I believe >> you are the son of God who died on the cross >> for all of my sins. I repent of my sins. >> I am so sorry. >> For everything I've done for everything I've done. >> For how I've lived for how I've lived >> and the mess I've made.

I've made >> Would you wash me with your precious blood? Come and live in me. >> Change me on the inside. >> Give me a new heart. >> A new life. Write my name in your book of life. I welcome your kingdom. I welcome your new life. And I welcome your Holy Spirit.

And from this day forward, I promise to follow you. Be in your church. be with other believers and bring your light to this world and be the salt to my friends in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Give them a round of applause. Would you follow Pastor Rudy right now to this beautiful corner, our salvation corner, and we will see you for just a moment.

Would you follow with our leaders and pastors church? Could you give them a round of applause one more time? Thank you. Thank you. Upcoming life group leaders, feel free to come right now so you can minister to them a little bit longer. As we're closing the service, I do want to remind you that our brother George, he has some books that he wrote.

They're phenomenal. Two books there in the lobby as well as Hungry Jan has a revival merch there. So, let's empty all of those tables. Um there's also some of my books and and we're going to have some fellowship today. Uh our service doesn't start until another about uh 45 or something minutes.

Huh? Oh, we don't have fellowship today. Oh, okay. No fellowship today. Uh the fellowship is only with the father, son, and the holy spirit. Next Sunday, we can fellowship. Parents, pick up your children. Hungry Jen exists to lead people encounter God daily because Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."

God bless you everybody. We will see you next week.