The moment you kindle the flame you will wake up something that was always there.
Don't blame church, don't blame the altar call, don't blame the encounter, don't blame
oh when I wasn't praying I was doing fine when I wasn't fasting my kids were doing fine.
When I wasn't giving, my business was doing fine.
The viper was always there, the snake was always there, the snake was sleeping and when
you start building a fire you woke up a snake.
You woke up a viper, you woke up a generational cycle, you woke up and now the enemy is throwing
his last fit and now he's throwing his last battle because now it's too hot in your flame.
It's too uncomfortable in your flame, as long as you were smoking, hanging out, and living
a complacent lukewarm life, he was comfortable with you, but now that your life became radical,
now that your life became consecrated, now your life became devoted, now you stop playing
games with God that viper you always had, that snake you always had, it's uncomfortable
in your flame.
right now and it's gonna make a fuss it's going to resist you it's gonna fight you and
I'm here to bring somebody a word from the Lord the viper is not a sign that what you're
doing is wrong.
The viper is the sign that what you're doing is working.
The viper is the sign, some of you may be say but ever since then, I have nightmares,
I have sleep paralysis, something is attacking me and it was fine until I got too close to
God.
My friend, the viper was always there.
God didn't put the viper inside but God is about to expel it.
He can't expel what he doesn't expose, he can't kill what he doesn't bring up to the
surface and if the viper surface, that means God is preparing something right now God is
about to do something right now.
The bible says the viper fastened on his hand, let me, I think I love the downstairs too
much...
The viper fastened on his hand, this viper is not something that bites you and leaves.
It's something that doesn't let you go.
It's a persistent demon, it's the one that's consistent, it's the one
that says I won't let you go, it's the one that your mama had, it's the one that your
grandma had, it's the one they had to take pills from it got passed on from one generation
to another, it's the chain that became a cycle, and this thing got fastened on his hand and
the bible says the moment he got fastened on his hand, the voices start saying "he's
a murderer" in fact they were correct he did murder people, in fact it was correct, it
was punishing.
It seemed like it was a punishment from God, what they were saying is right the voices
started to come and this viper is sucking his blood, and I want you to see what Paul
does.
He does not throw that snake into someone's flame see the problem with many of us have
is this, is when a snake comes we have no fire to throw the snake into.
so you keep bringing it on sunday morning to the pastor's fire, hoping that you can
shake your viper in someone's flame, hoping you can shake your depression in someone's
devotion, hoping we can shake our paralysis into somebody's fasting life.
But paul build the flame and now this flame became the fire pit for that viper, he had
a place to throw that snake into.
Do you have a place to throw your snake into!
Every person in this room right now who has a snake fastened to you.
I came here on assignment today because God will deliver you through shaking it off.
Paul did not ask someone to pray for him.
Paul did not phone peter because see, when you have fire, you don't need to believe for
deliverance, you can exercise dominion.
When you have fire, you don't need to call somebody to pray for you, when you have a
fire, you can shake it off!
You can tell that devil to go, you can tell the depressing to go, if a demon moves chairs
in your house, you can tell that devil "I paid the bills in this house.
Get out!
When your kid is tormented at night, when you have fire you can lay hands upon your
child and tell that devil you gotta go, that is my kid that is not your kid jesus paid
with his blood for this kid! let my kid go!
People with flame can exercise dominion, when you don't have fire but only religion and
sunday morning church, you always have to bring your vipers to the altar, nothing wrong
with that but our God is building an army! not a baby club, Our God is building an army
not a nursery, he wants to take the pacifier out of your mouth and put a double left sword
into your mouth and say rise up a warrior! rise up a soldier, rise up a mighty man of
God!
raise up a mighty woman of God!
shake that thing off, take off the depression those of you watching us on livestream, shake
off that covid, take off that flu, shake off that nightmare, shake off that demonic intrusive
thought, shake off that pornography shake off those homosexual tendencies, shake off
alcoholism, shake off drugs, shake off vidioe games addiction, shake it off!
Holy Ghost is about to break loose in this room!
Vipers are about to die! vipers are about to die, demons are about to have a headache
and a nightmare because the Holy Ghost fire, the Holy Ghost fire the Holy Ghost fire!
He brings torment to the demons he brings torment to the devil!
I want you to say this, I want you to say this out loud with me, I want you to say "every
chain, every viper fast into my hand, in the name of Jesus I shake you all I commend you,
you gotta go, you gotta go, leave my mind, leave my body, leave my sleep, leave my emotions,
in the name of Jesus.
Come on, take the next 30 seconds begin to shake it off! take off the depression! shake
off the guilt! take off that contamination! take off that curse of poverty! shake off
that offense! shake up death and forgiveness they get to shake it off right now, begin
to shake it off, right now they get to shake it off throw that into the fire, throw that
into the fire!
throw that into the fire!
God is setting somebody free from anxiety, God is setting somebody free from intrusive
thoughts, God is studying somebody's free from suicidal tendencies, God is setting somebody
free from loneliness, God is setting somebody free from a spirit of fear, in the name of
Jesus, this spirit of heaviness you gotta go!
You fight for them heaviness you gotta go!
You fight for depression you gotta
go!
The bible says when he shook off the snake, when he shook off the snake, in verse 8 (be
standing) in verses says and it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever, Paul
went in to him and prayed for him (watch this) He laid his hand.
Why was the viper attacking the hand?
Because God was planning to use it.
devil only attacks those God intends to use, the only reason the devil attacks you is because
God has a plan for your life.
The only reason he tried to mess with you Moses is because there was a destiny of God
upon your life, that's why you're destined to be free!
That's why you're destined to be victorious.
That's why you're destined to walk in dominion!
One because your hands will heal the sick your eyes will heal the sick!
God will use you!
The Bible says that he laid hands upon the sick, but the people that I want to pray for
tonight are the people, the bible says this thing about paul, even though
God used him mightily on the island (I want you to see this) God never set him free from
his physical chains.
This story does not have a Hollywood ending.
Paul did not get his chains removed, he did not stop being a prisoner, he ministered while
miserable.
He fulfilled his purpose while in pain, he never got freedom physically yet he shook
the island.
Abraham prayed for women who had their wombs open, his own wife was barren.
Joseph translated dreams for other men, his own dream was on hold
A slave girl told her master Namen, oh if my master would go to Jerusalem.
In Israel, the prophet will remove his leprosy but she was a slave.
Joe prayed for his friends when his own life was still in shambles.
Jesus, being arrested saw a guy's ear cut off who was arresting him and said pause with
the arrest let me find the ear, healing flowed when he was being arrested.
Hanging on the cross a guy next to him decided to get saved, this would be a good moment
to say I don't save people right now.
He arranged housing for his mama right in front of him.
My message to you is when you are in the process of God getting certain things out, don't stop
serving.
Stop using the excuse of your pain why you cannot tell other people about Christ, I need
to quit ministry.
Why?
Because of what i've been through, I need to stop praying for the sick.
Why?
Because my own kid is on drugs.
I cannot do this I cannot lay hands on the sick because they are in chains right now.
I have to tell you something, your ministry can be done even in your misery!
Even in the valley of the shadow of death the anointing of God will flow through you,
maybe you're a pastor, maybe you're an evangelist, maybe you're a life group leader, maybe your
life is falling apart but that is the calling of God upon your life and your calling does
not get a pause, you don't get a break.
I believe in the rest but God wants you to minister, not out of your overflow but out
of your obedience.
Sometimes you minister out of overflow and sometimes you minister out of obedience.
Sometimes you got changed shackles on your feet and you're laying hands on the sick and
God heals them.
Sometimes you, like Abraham, laying hands and touching the women and God is doing miracles
but your own wife is sick why?
Because we minister out of obedience, when we can administer our overflow.
If you are in the overflow, minister out of the overflow but if there are things in your
life right now things are difficult and you took a break from ministry, you discontinued
from ministering to other people.
Life is like tennis those who serve well, seldomly lose.
Get back into serving, get back into ministry, get back into serving God.
You only have one life and this life has to be lived for God.
In Jesus name!