October 4, 2026

 Sunday AM Recap

October 4, 2026 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/7rf1MywqPg4?si=2PmRA_wgS4ldPhSF 

Apostle Susan Powers opened service with a Mindful Moment. 

Apostle shared a prophetic dream she had in 2007 and had shared at the time - the Words and prophetic moves that have happened in our past are part of our DNA.  It’s recorded in the stone walls of the building.  It’s important to call our ears to attention to what is being said in the Spirit realm, both in the past and now.  

**It’s important to RECORD prophetic dreams IN DETAIL RIGHT AWAY…because we leak.  We forget. 

Are we following the mandate of the Lord, the way He wants us to do it? 

Saturday morning, June 9th, 2007:

I was captured by “the enemy” which was a group of rough-looking people: men, women, and children, who clearly would use any means to take and keep those they captured.  I knew that we were going on a trip by foot to a far distant place, and was desperate to find help before the journey began - in other words, I was being trafficked. I was loaded into a van, being shoved and manhandled.  I was afraid of going with them, and I resisted, but I was overpowered.  We stopped at a warehouse-type grocery store to get provisions, and the leader told me that I would be watched, and instantly I was intimidated, which is not my usual. As we went in, he followed me wherever I went with the cart I was supposed to be pushing. He stopped to put some stuff in his cart, and I continued walking on. And in the next aisle, I saw people I knew.  There were four or five women standing around these pallets with the big boxes of paper goods, and thye were talking.  I recognized Dodie Rhuems, and Donna Bartelli, and another that I cannot recall.  I pressed in close to them trying to get them to make eye contact with me.  They wouldn’t acknowledge that I was there.  I was frightened by their avoidance and tried to make them know that I was needing help, that they could hide me in the stack of boxes, etc., and the bad guys would leave without me and I would be safe, or they could go the management and get help.  But they just continued to talk to each other.  I was whispering to them, begging them to help me, and I look up and I see the bad guy turning down the aisle, and I knew my time was short.  So I reached out, as if to  get a package of paper towels, and let my hand brush one of the hands of one of the women, and she quickly moved it away.  I was watching him, the bad guy, and trying to enter into their conversation, but they wouldn’t stop talking.  So the bad guy reaches me, and I’m grabbed by the back of my hair, and they SEE - and I capitalized that - they SAW what was happening.  But he smiles at them, and he says “this is my wife and we play this way.”  He’s got me by the back of the hair.  I know that they know that isn’t true, They know who my true husband is.  But they just look at him and they do nothing.  No intervention at all.  Then he starts shoving me down the aisle.  My heart is breaking as I wake up, and I hear the Lord speak to me:  “All loyalties will be tested.”  

When I shared that word on the next day, George had an interpretation to the dream that I wrote down and he was sharing it.  I already knew what was in my heart, and I’m not a fearful person, and I could taste the fear.  That’s when you know it’s supernatural - when that’s not your go-to, and you can literally taste the fear.  George said to this congregation, “This is a warning,  There can be no appeasement with the enemy. There can be no avoidance of the enemy.”  That we are to give help to those who ask.  That we are forerunners, not sidesteppers. That we are to ask the Lord what to do, and He will show us.  We are to pray for those who are willingly going with the enemy.  And then he makes this pronouncement: “this is not a dying church”.  That was something that was spoken a couple of years before if you remember, that we were a dying church because we were shrinking in numbers, and that was a season when God was teaching us about the value of having a count, a headcount, no noses, no nickels, those numbers are not your significance in the Kingdom, with supporting Scriptures.  But he said “this is not a dying church,” thus says the Lord.  It has died to itself.  That we are a Gideon’s army.  Those of you who are mature believers understand the account of Gideon, and how they started out with lots of people and they got pared down and pared down and pared down until there was no way that number of people was going to take that enemy.  But God said through Apostle/Pastor George that we were a Gideon army.  And He said we can’t avoid this conflict.  Think about 2007 and all that’s happened between now and then.  That we must get HIS courage.  Let those who have ears to hear, hear what the Lord is saying to this church in this day.   

We can’t be ready for this on our own, with our own agendas.  We HAVE to surrender it all to the Lord. 

Andrea Colyer led worship. 

During worship, Cathy Spangler was led to read Psalm 27 corporately. 

NO EARLY CHILDHOOD WORSHIP

Message: Pastor Jeff Spangler

“That’s Deep” 

We’ve had a Word released from Apostle Lisa about outburst, and it’s important to not let that go by, but to keep searching it out.  This is the time of outburst, of rushing waters, and heavy rains - and with it, acceleration. 

That was three weeks ago - and then two weeks ago, God led us through a process of how to study out such a Word. 

Then last week, Tami Hernandez came with a Word about stability.  So as we were asking the question “what does this mean?” the Lord sent an answer: “stability.”

Consider the Texas and Kansas Senate races - over $250 million spent on TV ads, a communication of the past.  Influencers will impact you far more than these ads will.  Why do they do this? Why spend that much for an $87,000 job?   Power.  Money.  Influence.  

So ask - what does this mean and what must I do?  We see chaos all around - are you asking the Lord or allowing the $250 million to dictate what you think?    It’s important to be just and truthful…the definition of faith.  Being a trustee of faith is being a trustee of what is just and true.  

Hebrews 12:25-27

25 See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”[a] 27 The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Do not refuse the One who speaks!  You may think you know the voice of the Lord, but do you? 

We have talked about warnings and promises, which is what this Scripture refers to.  This is a warning - “do not refuse the One who speaks.”  Warnings have consequences.  And then, these are also the promises.  God loves it when we stand before Him and repeat the promises! 

We want to stand on the promises while heeding the warnings!   So much of the Church wants to live in the warnings…but He wants us standing on the promises!!  

So PAY ATTENTION, when someone from the outside comes with a message we have heard before!  

*Am I practicing the promises more than the warnings?*

WE are called to be the stabilizers in unstable times.  Think of a body - all different parts of the body do different jobs.  Each one of us has a job that we need to do well because that is what brings stability to what otherwise would be chaos. Toes don’t cut up apples…but they bring stability so hands and mouth can eat apples.  Lord, whatever my function, let me do my function well! 

So let’s not get upset and judge what other churches are called to do, let’s excel at what WE are called to in chaotic times.  

Today’s title: “That’s Deep.”  

Any time you listen to a speaker, you should be able to walk away with a “whoa,” a “what,” and a “wow.”  

Whoa - fresh revelation 

Wow - affirming what you know

What - I have no idea what you are talking about 

Use this to practice the promises in the upcoming months!  And in all of those, we can say “that’s deep.” 

Don’t refuse Him who speaks!  Bring stability to the chaos in your life by grabbing hold of things of God and studying them out!  He is speaking all around you, and right now is an ACCELERATED time!  He is releasing strategies!!  (Example of the 4-part strategy that Apostle Lisa gave us.) 

So let’s dig this out - God is saying “I want you to come to the deep.”  Which tells us we’ve been in the shallows, so God wants us to come to the deep. 

“Remember the deep, Jeff!”  

Luke 5:1-11 

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”

5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”

6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

 We are all after the truth - and these people were hungry for the Word of God, whether they realized it or not.  Much like today! 

Some background on the fishing nets: These nets had lead sinkers on them, and they would be attached to the side of the boats.  The fishermen would drop the nets, and as they maneuvered a boat in a u-shape, the nets would scoop up the fish.  In the night, the fish would come to the shallows, and in the dawn, the fishermen would come through and fish…however, these men were not having any luck, so they were cleaning their nets and wrapping up for the night when Jesus said to throw the nets on the other side.  Which was not easy; it involved un-attaching the nets and moving to the other side of the boat.

But Simon Peter trusted this Rabbi and went ahead and complied.  Jesus had said “put out into the DEEP water.”

Outburst. 

Heavy rains. 

Which produces what?  Floods.  Which take shallow ponds and make deep ponds.  

God must be getting ready to pour out such abundance that there will be some depth to this water.  There are things coming…but we often like to stay in the shallows.

DON’T LIVE IN THE SHALLOWS. 

There is something about to be released on the Earth, and those who are staying in the shallows are going to have a rough time. In the shallows, when the waters recede, it comes back even more forcefully. 

Rachael (Gilmore) had a dream years ago of being on a beach and a wave was coming, and she was trying to warn people, and she looked up and saw Pastor Jeff, and he was in charge of some things…that was a prophetic promise and warning.  So what does this mean and what do we do?  There is going to be a sudden outpouring so let’s be ready.

Here’s the command: “put out to the deep.” 

Question to you today: Where do you dwell?  In the shallows or the deep?  

In your daily time with the Lord, are you dwelling in the shallow or the deep?

In your worship, are you dwelling in the shallow or the deep?

Simon Peter had spent all night in the shallows…and the Lord was telling him His blessing was not in the shallows, but in the deep!  

God is telling you today: “PUT OUT TO THE DEEP.”  

You may be hearing this today because this is a path you’ve never walked!  

Peter responded “because you say so.”  

Was he blessed because he was a good fisherman or because he was obedient?  God has the blessing of stability in your life - but it may not be the way you think it is. What is this outburst, what does it mean?  It means stability.  There is something coming that needs stability…and today, He tells us that stability can be found in the deep. 

There was nothing in the shallows.  But when he dropped nets into the deep, IMMEDIATELY, the blessing was there. There may be something that you are looking for right now, and God says right now in the chaos - “put out in the deep!  I want YOU to come deep!” 

Add to your prayers: “but because you say so, I will.”  This is what Jesus modeled!  “Lord not my will but your will be done.”  

Standing on the promises of God, we KNOW when we go out to the deep, there is more available to us.  

1. Where do you dwell, the shallow or the deep? And in the deep, it won’t be comfortable.  

There was an aircraft carrier recently that saw a hurricane coming, and they turned and steered right into it as fast as they could.  It’s crazy, why would you do that?  STABILITY.  Going into the storm brings more stability - and if the ship is in the shallows, it will be destroyed.  The waves are deeper in the deep, but it’s better for the big ship.  

Maybe those in your sphere of influence are feeling the pressure of being in the shallow…He created us to handle the deep!  We were CREATED FOR THE DEEP. 

God wouldn’t tell us to go to the deep unless He designed you to go to the deep!  So we shouldn’t fear the deep!  If He says go to the deep…it must mean we can handle it. 

2. We must be designed for the deep if he tells us to go there. 

3. It’s all hinged on obedience.  Don’t refuse He who speaks. 

Part 2 for next week: who did this catch of fish bless?  Peter.  The one who was tired and beat up and was obedient anyway.  “Because You say so, Rabbi, I will do so.” 

So don’t go to the deep because someone else said to - go to the deep because God says so.   

Example of duck dive surfer: they go right through the wave.  What is destruction for others isn’t destruction for you if that’s what God is calling you to. 

Who did this blessing bless?  Simon Peter and his partners…there was influence on some close friends.  When you are obedient, it’s not for you!  That stability is not just for you!   Those families were all blessed through this catch of fish.  Who else did it bless?  People who were  looking for fish in the market!  The catch of fish just continued to bless and bless…it could be that this community is waiting for you to be obedient so they can be blessed!  So get past yourself and be obedient!   Stop blaming someone else for your calling!  Bring stability in the way you are called!  Do the work you need to do! 

***Interjection from Apostle Susan:  we are blessed because of Peter’s obedience, because it’s what led to him being fishers of men, and even today people are coming to Christ because of Peter’s obedience! 

Sometimes we stop at “go out to the deep” for ourselves…the blessing is out there waiting to be caught.  God has got it in the deep for you right now, but you are standing in the shallows.  

Example of Aisley being unable to steal second base while keeping your foot on first.  You can’t get to the deep with your foot in the shallows!  It’s a FULL COMMITMENT to go!  It means you’re going to be challenged, to give up some of your own ways, but be encouraged that you were DESIGNED for the deep, and He has blessings for you in the deep!  So we can stand up and say “yes Lord I will go because you said so!” 

Don’t let anything restrict you.  Seek: what does this mean, God?  What does this mean, with the heavy rain coming?  With latter rains?  It’s going to more than we can handle in the shallows and He’s looking for a people willing to come to the deep. 

Jesus sees you and knows you’ve been working hard, He knows everything about you.  And He says - “put out to the deep.  I have something for you there.” 

Deep of His Word. 

Deep of worship. 

Deep of His joy. 

Why would you refuse that? 

We need to make a response: because you say so.  Not a leader,  not a church - but before God, make a response: “I will go to the deep because You say so.”   It’s a dangerous prayer, but He is more committed to your change than you are.  Stand on the promise that He has not called you to something that He hasn’t designed you for.  You have a capacity that He wants to fill.  Only Him.  

Invitation: can you risk enough to say I will not refuse the One who speaks?  So therefore speak into the atmosphere: “I will put out into the deep.”  

September 27, 2026

 Sunday AM Recap

September 27, 2026

Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/BE7U-S_cDk0?si=346VjHvQX7mPHxt9 

Apostle Susan Powers opened the service with a Mindful Moment:

This morning when Apostle woke up, she could still smell the fires from Friday night’s celebration of the Feast Tabernacles in her hair.  She had a conversation with Rachael asking - “is this the fragrance God loves on us?”  This led around to a conversation Apostle had with the Lord a while back about how we are different from other churches.  God has identified us differently than the other tribes in this town.  No competition, no comparison, just different.   In this conversation, Apostle asked the Lord, “How are we different, Lord?  How are we identified by You?”   The first thing He said was: “I identify My people by their smell.  I identify My children by the essence of My Son on them.  The fragrance of Christ is evident.”  He reminded Apostle of the story of Esau and Jacob, when Jacob used scent to trick his father out of his brother’s inheritance. 

The Lord went on to say: “The essence of My Son, the fragrance of Christ is evident, as is the stench of death.” He also said: “I identify you by the color you are as viewed through the blood of My Son.”  Remember - Apostle had a vision one time that, as He looks on us, He looks through the screen of His Son’s blood.  We are viewed by the blood of Christ, and we are all white.  Why?  Though your sins are red as scarlet, He has washed us white as snow.  It’s not skin color - it’s heart color.  He went on to say: “I also identify you by your hearing.  You know My voice.  And you may choose wrongly, but I always give the right instruction.  You must listen with your spirit ears and with your heart because others refuse and have deaf ears, refusing to hear what the Spirit is saying.”  

So in this Feast of Tabernacles, be reminded that the residual smell of the campfire is a pleasing smell to the Lord because it’s a sign of our obedience.  It’s a sign that we listen and follow the instructions. It’s a sign that we trust that the Lord would not call us to do something and then not help us to do those things. 

We are carrying His scent, the scent of Christ, and we are recognized because of that. 

Rachael Gilmore led worship. 

During worship, Apostle Susan Powers had the following Word from the Lord:

I hear the Lord say, “I did not come to bring peace as you suppose.  Peace as you would have it, where there is no conflict.  Beloved, there will always be conflict while you’re in this world but not of this world.  The peace I bring is the power of My Presence in the midst of the chaos.  You are My weapons of choice!  You are my weapons of choice!  When you lift your voices, you are My weapon of choice to overcome the world!” 

Later in the week, Kandy Spangler shared she had the following experience during worship:

During worship I saw in the spirit a huge outburst of water blasting from the whole wall the fountain is on behind the worship team. BLASTING water from the altar into the sanctuary and then flooding out the front door. Some of us were dancing and worshiping and others were on their knees with their hands lifted to catch all of the Holy Spirit flood.

There wasn’t anyone who wasn’t getting soaked.

This blast of water could have scared some people, floods are scary! His peace is with us because we are confident in His strength. We are strong in the outpouring of His presence. While you stay in His flood let Him drench you in His security and safety.

Early Childhood Worship

Link: https://youtu.be/AWKg2KZdnyo?si=uX3yW58ZS0xqZkwz 

Big Idea: When I have big feelings, I can obey God. 

Story: Jonah

Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16

Message: Tami Herdandez 

“Stability”

Hebrews 12:26-27

26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.

He’s going to shake the things that CAN be shaken so the things that CAN’T be shaken will remain.  Anyone feeling things being shaken?  Chaos being unleashed? 

In talking a friend who was sharing about the chaos of her life, Tami said “stop talking for a sec… what I am hearing you say the only stable thing is instability.” 

Sometimes the only stable thing in our lives is that everything is unstable.  How do we handle that? 

Instability = chaos.  When you are unstable and walking, that is chaos.  You’re constantly falling down. Chaos in the Bible often rises from consequences of sinful behavior, neglect of divine directives, or as a part of natural phenomenon. 

Sometimes it’s not YOUR sinful behavior, but people you are connected to are living that way and it unleashes chaos in YOUR life.   Sometimes you don’t do what God says, and when you step out of His will, chaos happens…and sometimes it’s just that we live in a fallen world. 

A lot, if not all, of what we deal with boils down to a lack of identity.  We don't really know who  we are, so we don’t know what we are supposed to do.  And chaos ensues. 

We have Jesus…which means we are a son or a daughter of the most high king!  That means we are ROYALTY! Therefore there are rights and privileges that we walk in, but also responsibilities and duties.  

What are the duties of royalty? 

First duty: produce an heir.  Number one priority.  How do we do that in THIS kind of royalty?  DISCIPLESHIP. 

That’s how we produce heirs - MULTIPLE heirs!  That’s what Jesus did!  He showed them by example! 

Second duty: serve, uphold, and support the Crown in all things and in all ways. 

We get a look at the royalty in Britain…it’s in the news a lot…but sometimes they don’t always act the way they are supposed to -  live by the Crown’s rules and commandments.  Example of the show “The Crown” - there are rules and things in place to make the Crown look good. 

So these two duties: produce and heir, support the Crown

What it comes down to: are you part of this family or not?  Some of the royal family members have abdicated their roles and walked away - and people do that in the Kingdom of God as well.  All the time.  And it’s devastating to watch people walk away from their identity in the Highest kingdom. 

Line from a TV show: “Abandonment was the defining moment of your life.  You have let that define you.”  

There was a time once in the Warring Doves’ old building during intense worship when Tami saw a vision.  She saw herself wrapped up in stuff, like bandages.  She cried out “God what is going on?” There was wind swirling and it was very loud, and God said: “That is all the wounding and grief from your past, wound all around you.”  Tami cried out again, “God, get rid of that, I don’t want that!”  God replied: “I can do that, but it’s going to hurt,”  And she looked, and all of those bandages all around her had been there so long that the skin had begun to grow around them. She responded: “God that’s gross!”  God said, “I can take it, but it's going to hurt.”  She screamed, “Just do it!”  As He unraveled it, He said: “Your past has marked you, but it cannot identify you anymore.  Your past has marked you, but it no longer defines you. You are free from that.  It has developed who you are, and the scars will be a testimony for you, but it can never define you again.”  

What is the defining moment of your life up to this point?  What is holding you back, holding you captive?  

Chaos, trauma, grief - those moment tend to define our lives.  But the Bible defines us in 1 Peter 2:9:

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; (KJV)

We are chosen but we don’t feel chosen. 

We were CHOSEN, like the branch snatches from the fire in Zechariah 3.  We are called to be kings and priests.  Holy and peculiar - special to God.  And called.  

That is our identity. 

Psalms 31:15 

My times are in your hand;

    rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!  

**Commit this to memory! 

My times are in YOUR hand God - so when we are in times of chaos, we can cry out to God, because the enemy doesn’t get to choose what my life looks like!!!  He doesn’t get to choose how I think, how I feel, or what happens to me!  MY times are in YOUR hands, God! 

Isaiah 33:6  (ESV; NIV)

and he will be the stability of your times,

    abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge;

    the fear of the Lord is Zion's[a] treasure. (ESV)

He will be the sure foundation for your times,

    a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;

    the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.[a] (NIV)

**Commit this to memory as well!!

Even if you are shaking…He is the stability of your times.  Like a gimbal for a camera that makes the picture look completely still.   You might be shaking - but He has you, and He is the stability of your times.  He won’t let you completely fall apart.  He’s got you!!!

This is what Tami intended to talk to us about this morning. BUT God wants to take it further…

If you don’t know who you are, you don’t know what you are supposed to do, who you are, who you are supposed to be. Like in The Lion King: “Simba, you have forgotten who you are, so you’ve forgotten me.” . He had forgotten the face of his father. 

Have you forgotten who you are? 

Part of the reason is that we are so busy looking at God’s hands.  “God, what can you do for me?  Gimme this!  Gimme that!”   Why don’t we look at his face?  Or His heart?  God, what is on your heart today?  What do YOU want to do today God?  Sometimes we are so busy looking at His hands, we forget to look at His face or His heart. 

John 21:1-14

21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.[c] 9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.

10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. 14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

This is after the resurrections, the boys are hanging out, not sure what to do next.  Peter finally says - “that’s it, I’m going fishing.”  

There’s a problem with that - Jesus called Peter to no longer be a fisherman but a fisher of MEN. 

Then, we are told there are exactly 153 fish. Why is that important? This number means “I am God.”  

Peter doesn’t know what to do with himself.  It’s what Tami calls “Ricky Bobby hands” - a Will Ferrell character from a movie when he’s being interviewed and doesn’t know what to do with his hands during the interview. 

Peter says, “Well, I know what I used to do, so let’s do that.”  He went back to an old identity.  But Jesus came and changed His life and gave him his true identity.  

So when they went fishing, it doesn’t work.  Here’s the other problem: Peter spent around three and a half years with the Lord.  He KNEW who he was supposed to be - but his grief and confusion over what had happened caused him to revert to an old identity and to disobedience.  And now he has led the people in his sphere of influence to disobedience. 

What are you doing that is leading OTHERS into disobedience, not just you?  When you don’t obey God, people follow after you.   People are watching, and you don't even know you are teaching others to walk in disobedience. 

Jesus came and 153 fish appeared: “I am God.” 

Jesus has some fish and bread already…and this is the third time He revealed Himself to them.  3 days, 3rd time. 

Reading n, John 21:15-19

15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”

16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”

17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) 21 When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” 23 Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”

There’s another group of three here - and in another version, it refers to him as “Simon, son of Jonah.” Jonah - 3 days in the belly of the whale. 

The Lord doesn’t refer to him as Peter, he refers to him as Simon here. Peter was his true identity - but he had stepped back into his old identity as Simon, the fisherman. 

Then, Jesus spoke to him three times - the number of times Peter had denied Him - in order to restore Peter to his new identity.  

What is your true identity?  

We’ve been called many things.  Tami shared she had a bully growing up - her brother, who was physically and verbally abusive.  People are cruel sometimes, and some of us have been told a lot of cruel things about ourselves.  But we have a Heavenly Father who created you ON PURPOSE.  No one was created by accident.  You were created by God for a purpose, on purpose, chosen and called to be HIS. 

Some of us have walked in these identities. 

Some of us have diagnoses that have become our identities…or is it a physical manifestation of a spiritual issue?  Talk to Him!  Ask Him! 

THAT IS NOT YOUR IDENTITY!  THIS DOES NOT DEFINE YOU!  The scars of your past do not define you, but they help you tell your story. 

Maui example, from Moana - tattoos that tell his story.  They mark where he comes from, but they cannot define him.  He gets to choose. And so do we. 

Your past has marked you, but it can no longer define you. 

That’s not your identity.

That’s not who you are. 

That might be a season, but it doesn't define you.  It sucks sometimes, but it’s not the definition of who you are. 

You are a CHOSEN GENERATION. 

A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD.

A HOLY NATION 

A PECULIAR PEOPLE…who have shone forth the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness and into the marvelous light.  

And we need to start living that way.

At this point, Tami had Angelica Oakley come play a song while the congregation was given a chance to respond. 

All of us take a moment and ask what are those things that don’t define you.  Let’s DEAL with these things.  How do I start being Peter, not Simon?  How do I walk in my true identity? 

Tami ended with this Word from the Lord:

I feel like I hear the Lord say:  There are some in here, you identify yourself sometimes even by the service you do for the Lord. Instead of being his child you identify only as his servant.  And yeah, we’re supposed to serve.  But He doesn’t call you Servant.  He calls you Child.  He calls you Friend.  So even sometimes when you define yourself by the things you think are so holy - and they can be - that’s still not your identity.  And I think there are some people in this room that need to deal with that in their hearts. 

Tami closed in prayer.