>> Hello, my name is Joshua Giles,
and I'm with Firebrand Global,
and I want to share with you today a powerful revelation,
a supernatural story that has happened in my life
that's really going to help you understand
the dynamic of God's protection over your life.
And to know that we're not just Christians
walking around wondering, will God protect me?
Will this happen?
No, there is a God that is on the throne.
And no matter what you're going through in life,
when we put our complete trust in him,
he will move in all our situations in the name of Jesus.
So I just want to pray for you right now
and just declare the word of the Lord.
Father, I pray in the name of Jesus
that your people will begin to open their hearts
to your supernatural protection,
that they'll understand that you are a God
that protects, you are a God
that is present in times of trouble in the name of Jesus.
So I'm reminded of a story many years ago
that when I was first walking out my, my path
in the Lord, walking out,
you know, as God is raising you up
to learn the dynamics of, of the spirit,
walking out the life of the spirit,
getting in The Word and just seeing things
begin to take, take place. I was in South Florida.
We were you know, I was volunteering for ministry
and we were seeing amazing things happen
in the services and God was moving.
And, and I just had such a compassion and love
for what the Lord was doing in the people's lives.
We were in the midst of the Haitian gang member territory
down in South Florida.
And I remember the Lord giving me many inspirations and ideas
on how to reach them,
how to, how to really help them come out of their bondage.
I did not know that a lot of the things
that were going to happen
were going to be demonstrations of God's power,
of God's love and really the supernatural at work.
And I remember one time we were at a service
and, you know, there's, there's a lot of people around
there's close to five hundred people coming to the service.
You know, the whole city had heard about it
and, and a lot of people were coming in.
But in that city, there was a lot of strongholds of voodoo.
And you had the voodoo priest
and you had the people that have cultivated an atmosphere
there that were keeping the people bound
in that demonic agenda and that demonic assignment
that Satan was wanting to keep over that city.
So I remember when God launched us into that area,
it was a different time period
of understanding spiritual warfare,
what was happening in the spirit,
but also seeing and navigating in the natural
how to overcome these things.
Now, I remember this one service particularly was very amazing
because to this very day,
I use this as a remembrance of God showing up
and showing out in my life. And he can do the same for you.
We just have to come to an understanding within our heart
that God is the same yesterday, today and forever,
and that he's not a God that, doesn't forget,
but he is one that will show up.
He is very present in time of trouble.
And so this service is happening,
and I remember I was running around volunteering
and just doing whatever my hands could do.
I was putting my hands to the plow.
I was running around ushering, you know,
praying for people, whatever it may be.
And I remember a group of gang members
coming to the service
wanting to shut the service down there like,
you know, they were standing outside, you know,
a lot of the people who did not want to come into the service
because the power of God was moving
would love to stand on the outskirts
and just try to test it and see what's going on.
Like, is this real?
Is this you know, what is this happening in our city?
A lot of the times God would use me out in those scenarios
to reach people
who would not really want to come into the service,
but I would end up praying for them
and the power of God would touch them.
And so I remember this gang
saying "we're shutting this service down."
And I felt such a boldness come upon me
because this is not normal to respond to people
who are truly gang members and killers and just, just craziness.
And I remember saying "you're not gonna shut the service down."
And they're like, "no, we're coming in to do this."
And I remember having a flash, a flash before me.
I saw an angel standing beside me and a line drawn
right at the steps entering into the facility.
And I immediately had the revelation,
knowing that if they step past that line,
something was going to happen.
Now, I couldn't tell you what that something was,
but I knew that whatever God intended to happen,
if they passed that line was up to him all I
needed to do was let the word be known,
because I remember seeing that and I stepped back
and next thing you know,
they started walking toward and I said, there's an angel here.
There's a line drawn.
And I said, "if you step past this line,
I'm not responsible for your life."
That's exactly what I said. They thought I was crazy.
But the moment they passed the line,
that's when people, that's when some of them started to fall.
They started to shake.
I clearly remember one of the guys grabbing the guardrails
because his legs were shaking like like
he had just been in the gym working out.
He couldn't, he could barely walk.
Other ones fell on their face. Some began to really shake,
almost like terror, and terrifying,
wondering what was happening to their body.
And I was in shock myself
because I've never seen nothing like this.
And I was like, my goodness God, what are you doing?
So I had to remove myself from that moment
of just being a spectator and saying,
wow, this is amazing, to actually letting God
in that moment use me to win their souls to Christ.
And so I begin to tell them, I said,
"I told you if you passed that line,
I was not responsible for what God does."
And I said "God is real."
And I remember them saying, "what can we do?"
I said, "I'm going to bring you to the altar.
You're going to give your life to Christ,
you're going to repent and all will be well."
And so I begin to bring the whole group of gang members
into the service
while the service is going on live right there.
And I remember the minister was asking, "who are these people?"
And I told him, I said "they're going to just lay at the altar
and give their life to Christ." Well,
the moment they did, the weight of God was so strong upon them
that I remember they were all laid out in the front altar
for hours, just hours, laid out under the power of God.
And I remember when the service was over
and I'm just smiling and the joy the Lord's upon me.
And I remember getting each one of them up
and, and they were like, what in the world happened?
I don't understand. I feel different
A, B and C and I, and I had them in a circle
and I was able to really tell them,
like, this is what God is doing
and and begin to really break down the gospel
to them that they needed to get into The Word,
that they needed to do these things, renounce voodoo,
renounce the demonic strongholds that they had allowed
into their life through different variables.
And when they did that, the very next day,
they became the security of the ministry
and God began to work in their life.
So I began to see the hand of the Lord move in such dimensions
that when you understand the power of God,
you understand
that God will enforce his word in people that believe,
then your confidence will be through the roof.
And so I just want to pray that you are encouraged
that you know that God is going to move in your life,
that you know that God is a protector.
And if you will boldly proclaim the word of the Lord,
it doesn't matter what demonic forces are operating
in anyone or in a region.
God will give your voice authority
to pull down those strongholds.
So, Father, I pray right now in the name of Jesus
and I declare over your people that their mindset of reality
shall be changed by this word in the name of Jesus,
and they'll begin to see you for who you are.
And that boldness will arise within them
like a lion in the name of Jesus,
and that they'll have strength to go forth
and proclaim the word of the Lord in their region,
in their territories, over their family,
over their loved ones, over highways and byways.
Whatever it is I declare in the name of Jesus,
that God will begin to move in your life
and you will come out of this moment with an,
with a different type of boldness,
a righteousness within you in the mighty name
of Jesus, and father
I pray that each person hearing the sound of my voice,
there shall be a transformation within their heart
to have a holiness burn within them,
a pursuit of righteousness within them,
to do the works of God and no longer sitting on the side,
no longer saying it's just for the preacher on stage,
but know that they will step out
and they'll perform your assignment here on Earth
in the name of Jesus.