MorningStar Fellowship Church | Sunday Service 11:00am

sing up my good morning everybody Welcome to Morning Star 11 o'clock service Jeff Woods my wife Sandy yeah we're so happy that you uh that the online community is joining us for this service I know what's coming up so before what's coming up I promis the the folks at at 9 o' why I love Sunday morning so much so when I was a kid I'm going to tell you this real quick when I was a kid I used to beg my parents to sleep over my grandparents house and they after church it had nothing to do with church they would take me to the bakery and I could buy donuts and drink coffee which we've got here we're in our new studio surroundings and so Sunday mornings to me are so special for that reason to begin with as a kid that's what brings back memories for me are you wishing there were Donuts on the table no no I'm staying away from the donuts so 11 o' service who do we have Tom Hardman will be speaking this morning and Tom is such a fabulous speaker so much wisdom and insight and his teachings are really in depth so I'm looking forward to to hearing what he has to say yeah Tom's got an interesting background a lot of you folks know that a former Olympian Champion handball Tom's a great athlete you're right he always does bring those wisdom nuggets type things you're like I I never saw that before and Tom does so it's going to be great I know that we've got a couple conferences coming up absolutely we have the the MK conference coming up this Friday and Saturday Jean straight is one of the speakers and of course Mar Yao yeah Mar Yao maroo's got an interesting background also um third generation family huge business people great Insight To The Kingdom Business building I heard him speak for five minutes with Shanny and Chris on the show they were doing a television show I was blown away because I didn't know those things about Mark so if you get a chance you want to come to this one for sure and then of of course one of morning Stars Flagship conferences the the Harvest Festival and that is September 26 through the 28th yeah U mark your calendars come get here this one is always Lively um full of great speakers of course Chris Reed will be speaking then nice nice yeah um so Tom's speaking this morning at 11 he's got his new book out called restor have you read have you read this one yet I have not read that one yet that is on love to read so this is out now in the bookstores I'm sure you can get it online I'll follow the prompts there Etc that'll be great um it'll be on your list she's the reader she's the principal of the school not me um so y'all just uh going to encourage you grab a notebook grab a pen get ready for what Tom's going to bring today at 11 o'clock yeah thanks so much for joining us we're looking forward to it again that's why I love Sundays yeah amen e [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] e [Music] [Music] sec those who fear his [Music] to ra [Music] bir [Music] M kba conference is going to be more more than just teaching you how to run your business or coaching you on how to do a better business no this is about bringing the prophetic into the business realm and not just surviving in this time of economic upheaval and turmoil but showing you how to thrive and this really is going to be a revolutionary year reorienting the vision and focus of Morning Star kba we really want you to be there we here at mkb a believe that the father is in your business that the father cares about your business and that the business is the gos that he will set up in times of transition for you to help many people so come be about your father's business and please bring your kingdom into your business Jesus said occupy till I come I think we should preach the gospel and Advance the kingdom through missionary efforts and all different Avenues news to proclaim the good news as if we are going to take the world for Christ whatever we don't finish he will when he comes but that's the reason why even though we can bring the kingdom of God we can do all the work Greater Works that Jesus said that we can do there is another Harvest yet to come there's barley harvest in this room they're the Overcomers coming into maturity early can survive drought heat and cold there's we eat harvest in this room but listen to me the grape Harvest is out in the world waiting to hear your testimony waiting to hear your story waiting to hear you give them a word of knowledge or pray for them and demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit waiting for you to cast the demons off of them the Morning Star raffle is underway you could win Rick jer's 2014 Harley-Davidson soft tail classic the founder of Morning Star Ministries Rick Joiner donated his personal bike to support Morning Star missions receive one chance to win by purchasing a raffle ticket for just $10 increase your chances by buying more tickets there's no limit and every donation goes to support the important work that morning star missions is doing to strengthen churches and spread the 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Morningstar ministries.org welcome home welcome to morning stor the house that God is building [Music] good morning welcome everybody how are you doing this morning good to see you welcome everyone online we're glad that you can join us we're glad for everyone here in the atrium we have an awesome service this morning this Mo earlier we had Rick Joiner if you missed this morning's message at 9:00 I encourage you to get it online and watch it uh it's an incredible message from Rick and we have another incredible message coming up for Tom Hardman uh right now and then uh we also have uh Heaven Sent we have Martin Powell and and Julie joiners with us this morning so we're going to have an awesome time how many of you know that we are to always offer up sacrifices of praise to the father so things are you know this is going to be a little different this morning worship is going to feel a little different but that's okay we're just going to bask in God's presence and we're going to worship God no matter what Hebrews 13:15 says that we should continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name and how many of you know sometimes it's more of a sacrifice than at other times I remember when I was pastoring in Florida there was a lady who came to me this was on a uh Saturday and she said I don't know what to do and I said what do you mean she said my baby died last night there's there's nothing worse than I can imagine in this life than to have to bury one of our children you know every parent feels that way that when when a CH child dies they want to be the one I want to die in their place I don't want them they should not have to die before I do and I didn't you know at first I didn't know what to say to her she says I don't know what to do and she was crying of course and I finally said to her do what David did do what David did when David learned that his child his son had died the Bible says that he changed his clothes and he went to the house of the Lord and worshiped the Lord and then when David came back he ate and nobody could understand why are you eating when you just learned that your son died he said I fasted when he was sick but now that he's he's dead I just am ready to eat again he got changed being in the presence of the Lord and that's what we want you to do this morning be changed in the presence of the Lord as you hear the music Let it change you let let God change you let that worship change you and this woman that I prayed for when um I saw her at the funeral and I said did you do what I asked you to do she said yes both of us we went to church the next day after her baby died the next day we went to church and we worshiped God and you were right we're okay now we and there was no explaining it but that's what happens when we're in the presence of God so father we ask right now that you would bless each person bless each band member bless each uh singer and we ask for your presence to come into this room and change every person as we worship you in Jesus name and everybody said am wanted to share with y'all this morning we have the tempany it's back here behind us and uh we found this when we were clearing out here when we came in 2005 we just found this in a back room it was original to the P property and we don't have many things that are original so we're very grateful and thankful that the Lord preserved that and that we've been worshiping for many years to the tempany which is also called the K Kettle drum but Martin's informed me that is not very Posh so so anyway I just wanted to add that little bit of trivia to make it a little richer for us today [Music] amen I will worship I will praise you I will see your face in my darkness you were shining you have seen my face you came from Heaven to set this free releasing tra the sent of Heaven's tree follow you and find my [Music] cross I will praise him I will love him I will seek his praise in the darkness he was shining he [Applause] [Music] I Came To Worship to bring my to him to say I love my heart up from he Hasen my love for is hanging from Thee I want to worship that's why I'm here to sing your [Music] beauty I want to be like Jesus to love so pure to give my life my body to serve his for follow you my cross to Die s for you I will worship I will praise you I will sing your in my darkness you are shin you have seen my PR you came from Heaven to set this CTIC free releasing fragrance the of Heaven follow you and find my cross to die to S and live for you I want to touch you to reach [Music] inside for with you [Music] my I came from Heaven to set my people free to say I love the plan eternity follow me and find your home to live with me follow me and find your home to live with me [Music] eternally praise Lord and now for the tempy you are everything everything to me you came to set me free [Music] Cal you are my God I love you you re in me forever you are my everything [Music] everywhere I go you there with me you said never leave let me go you are my love you I'll r with you forever you are my [Music] everything I love [Music] you I love you jus [Music] you came to me and set me free you took my hand and lifted me set me on high above the [Music] [Applause] clouds you sent for me child washed in your blood to be your to worship you and praise [Music] your you are everything everything to me you came to set me free I Cal you are my I love you you in me forever you are my [Music] everything I love you [Music] Jesus I love you Jesus [Music] you came to me and set me free you took my hand and lifted me set me on high above the clouds [Music] IMU you sent for me oh child washed in your blood to be worship you and praise your name [Music] you sent for [Music] me washed in your blood to be your to worship you and praise your name [Music] you are everything Praise You Jesus we love you Lord this is the second PSAL I ever wrote and I wanted to be grateful to God and I and I wrote a whole series of songs saying thank you but this song's called thank you for saving me we're not going to hell we're going to heaven thank goodness thank you for saing me forgiving me eternal my spirit set free for et thank you for [Music] me remember when I took your lead you to my promis [Applause] land for gave you replenish you set you up remember my guiding hand thank you my Lord thank you for saing me my spirit set free for et [Music] thank you for me foring me etal my spirit set free for ET thank you [Music] for you thank you for me my Spirit set free for [Music] etern thank you [Music] for thank you Jesus thank you Lord there next piece is a bit unusual it has a number of different different styles of music in the same piece so it's it's quite interesting uh at the end towards the end there's going to be a very loud low note uh we haven't finished it's about to get very quiet okay living washing on me living from the tree living water in me gave me living water from the river Crystal Clear flowing from the Holy Spirit watching on me Holy Spirit sent from the Lord Holy Spirit Joy the world he broke his body releasing the father to [Applause] [Music] living he gave me water on the river crystal clear and from [Music] the holy holy Jesus for his people holy holy sent by Jesus for his people [Music] [Applause] [Music] Holy Holy by Jesus for his holy holy holy holy holy Jesus [Music] is ah [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for [Music] [Music] [Music] I came to set you free that you may live our Spirits joined in unity etern the words that I love you you came to set me free that I may live our spirit joined in [Music] ET come Spirit Holy spir Holy Spirit I'm going to worship you forever you me free I may Spirit join ET I you my heart jus [Music] [Laughter] I came to set you free that you may live our spirit join in [Music] eternally words that I love you you came to set me free [Music] [Applause] [Music] ET Holy Spirit Holy Spirit Holy Spirit Holy Spirit to worship you forever you [Music] Jo you [Music] my for Jesus you love [Music] [Music] for Jesus [Music] you Jesus praise you Lord we love you Jesus [Music] love you you are everything you are everything you are so beautiful it makes me want to cry you love me so pure I want to go and die follow you and find my cross to die to and live for you you you you are everything [Applause] [Music] you are everything you are so good to me it makes me want to love for me say I want to go and sleep and follow you and find my cross to die to and live for [Music] you I live no longer but Christ lives I crucified with him [Music] you are [Music] everything you are everything you you you are everything you you are everything you are so beautiful it makes me want to cry for me pure I want to go and die follow you find my to die to and [Music] I live noer Christ [Music] for been crucified with [Music] you are [Music] everything you are everything to me my Lord I give you my own you are the master of my soul [Music] Jesus [Music] I want to see your [Music] beauty in St by your flesh your body display for me [Music] I want to make you happy to CL the to give [Music] myed for you you are here upon the tree you have been crucified for me you [Music] are on the [Music] tree you have come to set me free the story of the birth of the Kingdom unless a grain of wheat falls into into the ground and dies it remains alone but if it dies it bears much fruit you have heard it said You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy but I say to you love your enemies bless those who curse you do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you this is his Beauty his love I want to see your [Music] beauty streng of your your [Music] body [Music] my I want to make you happy to CL give my life my journeyed for you you [Music] are upon the [Applause] tree you have been [Music] crui you Jesus [Music] Lord I to Worship You [Music] foreveri Lord I Want To Worship You Forever Jesus Christ I want to make you happy take away the pain you suffered for me let me touch your hidden the friend you want me to be I want to worship you forever [Music] I Want To Worship You Forever holy [Music] GH want to make you Happ take away the pain you suffered for me let me touch your hidden being the friend that you want me to be to Worship You Lord I give my I toship my life I give to you I to you Lord I give my all to you Lord I Want To Worship You my life I give to you Lord I Want To Worship You Forever [Music] Lord I want toship you forever Jesus [Music] [Applause] Christ I want to you take away the pain you suffer me let me touch your in you me [Music] [Applause] to you I [Music] my my [Music] Lord I to worship you forever [Music] we love you Jesus and we we've already started eternity so uh we're going to worship you forever if you guys could hold tight for just a minute Sharon could you come back please Martin just how many of you appreciate Heaven Sent thank you um they do have a CD in the back here at the uh so if you want to Avail yourself they do have a music CD back there um while while you guys were playing I was sitting over there and I just heard the word deliverance and I saw Sharon playing the violin and Martin playing the keyboard and I apologize I didn't ask you ahead of time um but could you just play for just a few minutes for us and I'm while you're playing um what I saw was um uh just as David played the harp um to Saul and Saul was delivered um from the evil spirit I believe that there are people in here right now who are experiencing oppression and God wants to set the captives free Jesus wants to set the captive free right now you know who you are you just you're carrying this oppression around with you and I know it's easy when there's Wars and and all kinds of stuff going on in the world and in our country you go to the grocery store you feel the oppression um how many of you have experienced that just feel that oppression in the grocery stores just with the prices no matter where you go and that so that um but I believe that God's going to deliver some of you right now while they play so I just want you to just hold tight for just a few minutes if you can you guys do that um just play a part of a song or whatever but while they're playing I believe that God is going to deliver and set the captives free while they're playing so just bask in the presence of God for just a few more moments right now [Music] a [Music] love you Jesus [Music] wor that's it just receive it right now [Music] [Music] set him free Lord set everyone [Music] free thank you so much wasn't that wonderful how many of you felt that how many of you experienced that look at that awesome awesome God hallelujah hallelujah glory to God father we just love it when you come we love it when your Holy Spirit Reigns on us such a peace such a joy Rick was sharing about that at the 9:00 you know how you know all the world and all the stuff that's going on around us and we're just we have joy and peace and the the world thinks we're crazy they think we're because because we we're just at peace in the midst of the storm can you say Amen how many uh first time visitors do we have with us this morning firsttime visitors yes if you did not already receive a packet please raise your hand and they will bring a visitors packet to you we also ask that you fill out the visitors card um and place it in the offering bucket and if you consider Morning Star your home Church um then we would also encourage you to join one of our connect groups we have another table out here in the lobby for connect groups to help get you better connected to Morning Star and um it is now time we're going to receive the offering that is another yes amen uh that is another way that we um uh offer sacrifices to God how many of you know sometimes it's a sacrifice to give I know uh for me there's many times when I have given and the Holy Spirit says I want you to give to this person or I want you to do this and I'm like but Lord I just gave you know like no go ahead and do it but how many of you know that you cannot outgive God he always gives back and we don't ever have to worry if God says give then give so if uh you um you can use the envelopes um on the seat on your uh the uh back of your chair there's um some envelopes there you can give by cash check credit or debit and you can also give by smartphone um uh to the number on the screen 3525 800800 or you can scan and the QR code um but what we're going to do right now is we're going to ask the Lord to speak to our hearts and uh see how much he would have us to give so father we ask you in jesus' name to speak to every heart that is here right now thank you Father for coming thank you for your holy presence here with us we're just basking in your presence Lord and we now offer our sacrifice of praise and of giving to you in Jesus name we just ask that you speak to each heart amen amen ushers you may go ahead and serve the people uh I've got a few announcements while they're doing that um Kingdom Arts train training how many artists do we have in here we should have a lot of creative this is Morning Star um you see our artists over here all the time and uh we're so thankful and grateful for our artists but Kingdom arts training if you would like to be a part of that and it's not just painting it's all different types of art but uh onboarding artists begins September the 7th for those interested in joining the art team if you would like to register go to kingdomarts at mstar and m.org tonight uh we have shine is meeting the shine ladies Ministry Missy Reed who is here with us uh she is going to be uh sharing tonight and this will be I know it says in the bulletin the uh the grand CA but it's actually going to be in the MSU seminar room and that's at 5:00 pm. starting tonight they're going to have a potluck last names a through L are going to bring an appetizer or entree and last names M through Z is going to bring a dessert I think I want to go cuz that sounds like a lot of desserts so that'll be for the ladies tonight sorry guys we we we'll get get it next time maybe but MK conferences this week August the 23rd and 24th what is that Friday and Saturday we got Mark Yao with us he is our new MK leader and we are so excited to have Mark with us yes and um we're going to be talking about being about our father's business that is going to be and this is an opportunity for you to connect with other like-minded business people and to get equipped to take the kingdom into the marketplace how many of you feel called to the marketplace Mountain amen all right yes you want to be a part of that and then finally dream interpretation next Sunday in the missions Cafe um that'll be after the second service so bring your journal or notes and if you have a dream that you want to inter have interpreted then please come then so um it is my pleasure I have to introduce to you a gentleman by the name of Tom Hardman how many of you um are familiar with Caleb in the Bible everybody familiar with C Caleb so he was a young man and he went out you know he was one of the 10 spot that Moses sent out and uh he and Joshua said let us go up at once and possess the land and then the rest of them they were outvoted and they ended up not going in and possessing the land and they wandered in the wilderness for another 40 years and then um 40 years later interestingly Joshua was the one who led them into the promised land and when they did Caleb came to Joshua and he said I give me this mountain I want that mountain and why he said because I am just as strong today and I recently heard Tom Hardeman say this exact same words I'm just as strong today as I was back then when Moses sent me as my strength was then even so is my strength now for war both to go out and to come in and so yes and so uh Caleb went in he took that mountain and he was just as strong and Tom is just as strong today as he was back then so I'm so excited to welcome our vice president of spiritual Services Tom Hardman wow well for any of us that are growing older I do believe that that spirit is available to all of us honestly God uh renews our strength day by day and the vision continues to burn as a matter of fact I'm of the persuasion that all the things that we have been through is preparing us for today and tomorrow and so all the things that God's done to get you to this place I believe that we're now prepared to go into this next phase before I get started I I want to introduce a couple special guests both to Maryann and I and this is Manford and Andrea RoR would you guys please stand these guys thank you for welcoming them these guys are the primary persons that have been responsible for this last conference that we did in Germany they're part of move Church there they orchestrated and administrated almost all of the aspect effects of that conference which was a tremendous success uh we had lunch with them yesterday and one of the things that they were conveying to us about what happened was that there was a real change in the spirit of what was being released and they really have felt this and so we're thankful that we were able to go we're thankful that a lot of our people went and accompanied us on that trip we're looking forward to more of that we do believe that God's doing something not only in Germany but throughout Europe and we're going to enter into another phase of what God wants to do I do believe that we're supposed to be part of what's unfolding all that being said I'm going to ask you to pray with me father I ask you to open our ears Lord we want a level of sensitivity to what's unfolding not only in this Nation but the nations of the earth and God you have called this place to be like the men of isachar that would have understanding of the times and we'd know what to do and so Lord there has been a great release of prophetic information that has spread all throughout the body of Christ not only in our nation but the nations of the earth and so Lord as we are processing what's happening and preparing for what is on the horizon we're asking that we would continue to hear messages that would not only inform us but we would know what to do and so Lord I pray throughout this time that I'm speaking that you would speak to each individual's heart that we would prepare ourselves and position ourselves for what's unfolding God we're not only asking for personal direction we're asking for direction that would help the the things that are unfolding in the world for this place and this group of people to be a soft Landing for the crisis and difficulty that's going to unfold and so Lord we ask you for ears to hear and God I want to say this we're asking for words of wisdom we're asking for words of wisdom God I I'm asking that you would would release from Heaven throughout this time that I'm speaking and even in the preceding days words of wisdom for persons individuals Ministries that are contemplating the next step in Jesus name and everybody said I'm going to ask you something at the outset of this message give this message a chance the first 10 or 15 minutes of this message I do believe can be difficult information for us to hear I'm going to talk some out of the Book of Revelation and I'm going to read portions of scripture and usually my style is to kind of quote portions of scripture but one of the reasons I want to read certain portions of scripture is to really add up an authentication to what I'm going to be saying I'm going to be reading out of Revelation chapter 18 and I want to try and put this in context out of Revelation chapter 18 it's going to be talking about judgments that God is releasing on the earth and some of these judgments are quite profound and so I I need some time to develop this message let me give you a little bit of background on how I'm come I I've come to speak on this topic throughout the last several months most all of us that have an ear toward toward the prophetic have heard certain things that are going to be unfolding and these things not only have been spoken from this Pulpit by Chris and by Rick and just just as as recent as the 9:00 a.m. service Rick was talking about things that are going to be unfolding in the fall and how there's going to be traumatic shaking that's going to be coming to the Earth and to this nation but Rick and Chris are not the only individuals that are talking about this and this place is I I do believe in my experience it is a place where God uses the pulpit and many of you many of you that have been trained in the prophetic to give us alerts as to what is about ready to come God has said this and somewhat confined himself to the Fulfillment of the scriptures is God's not going to do anything on the earth unless he first tells the prophets and so he he wants wants his people prepared he doesn't want us to be caught off guard he doesn't want us to be saying we didn't see that coming and so that that which has been released has been not only reinforced from this pulpit and this ministry the people that we're associated with and some that we're just getting to know are speaking very similar things about traumatic events even consequential events that are going to impact not only this nation but Financial circumstances and financial bank accounts and I want to talk about some of that but I'm going to ask you to give me a little time to develop this now I I I want to also say this is the Book of Revelation in my understanding is a record of what's God is going to be doing much of which in my estimation and there's a there are many areas of ministry where people would agree with what I'm about ready to say much of the Book of Revelation there are things that have unfolded already historically that have come to pass but the ultimate fulfillment of many of the things in the Book of Revelation is yet in the future and so I want to say that again many of the things historically that have been predicted you can say this was that thing coming to pass but if I could also say this is that when there's Prophecy in the Bible it often has multiple fulfillments and let me explain for a minute when Joel is writing the Book of Joel there was fulfillment in his time about what was being said but when Peter gets up on the day of Pentecost he is saying what Joel wrote was also being fulfilled in his time multiple fulfillments and yet there is another more expansive worldwide fulfillment of what Joel said and so if we confine The Book of Revelation to one fulfillment of the past I don't believe that we're we have our hand on the pulse of what God is doing prophetically through the scriptures are you following me and so some of the most significant things that are going to be or that are written in the scriptures concerning the Book of Revelation are yet to unfold and so this is why I open this message and ask you to give me some time to turn the corner on this message there's a statement that is often thrown around and sometimes I'm not sure that we all understand some of the language that is being used for instance there's an expression that the Babylonian system which is connected with Finance which is connected with trade which is connected with Commerce the language that is used concerning the fa the failure of the Babylonian system is talking about these Financial things or financial disasters that are going to come apart and and in the Book of Revelation I do believe what we're talking about in Revelation 8 18 is the Fulfillment of something that is yet in the future something that God wants to alert us to he wants us to be prepared for it and he wants us to not be frighten en by these things but actually in the Book of Revelation in chapter 18 there's direction for me and you when he is saying that there's consequential things that are going to happen and there's judgments that are going to happen he's also in that language giving us Direction okay so that's important for us to understand but when we're talking about the failure of the Babylonian system of Commerce and finance we not subject solely to that system because we're citizens of another kingdom please track with me because this is where this message is going to take a turn but I I I want to read to you on the uh overhead here some of the portions of of what I'm saying now in context and this is Tom hardiman's interpretation of this from Revelation CH 10 to Revelation CH 18 it's describing the period of time right before Jesus comes back to the Earth and it actually identifies that period of time it says it's 42 months it says it's times time and a half a time it says it's 1260 days all describing that period of time I personally do not believe that we're in that season at this time and it's my personal conviction that some of the shaking some of which will be Financial is not talking about the Fulfillment of this portion of scripture but I want to also rehearse to you some language that uh surrounds prophetic things that have been released concerning the fall and things that are coming up and it talked about the Lang some of the language that was used is that there are some significant potholes in the road that's ahead there are things that could be ditches for people but the but when this language is being spoken it seems like after that season and it and Chris described it in the dream that he had somewhere in July of 2025 there would be a birth of a new America and so but we're nevertheless talking about a season of time the purpose through which I'm released relasing this has come out of the sabatical that I had and in the sabatical me and in the sabatical time of course I was probably a lot like you I was considering all these things that were spoken I can remember at the MFM Retreat which is June 5th through the 7th where Chris was very direct about an attempted assassination attempt that would happen with President Trump and obviously we saw all that but coupled with that and surrounding all of that there were other events that were going to occur some of which we could describe as fairly unpleasant or un or destabilizing and so throughout July I probably am like you I'm trying to process all these different things and so I want to read Revelation 18 and this is a lengthy portion of scripture but let me kind of preface what I'm about ready to read to you in that this is not good news this is actually the judgments that are occurring on the earth because of the conduct of individuals that has been longstanding and unrelenting and I do believe that one of the reasons is that God has these kinds of things is that the conduct of the nations of the earth and the influential people that are making those kinds of decisions it has come to a place where they're refusing to repent or do what's right in the sight of God thus attracting and demanding the Judgment of God have I said that adequately I I if I could just interject this when I watched the Olympic ceremony that was opening it was sacrilegious to me and um my first response was I I was actually calling on the mercy of God but I also as I'm doing that I'm very conscious of the portion of scripture where it says God is Not mocked and the the things that we're being done um it caused a reaction in all of us so let's let's read this God is not going to sit back passively as a matter of fact this is a record that he's left for us to understand interpret and take direction from after these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven having great Authority and the Earth was illuminated with his glory and he cried mightily with a loud voice Babylon the great is Fallen and I Babylon starts in the Book of Genesis and it ends in the Book of Revelation it starts with confusion and it ends with Calamity and more and more confusion it's like a spirit of insanity has been released throughout the Nations and for fair thinking and right-minded people the things that are being proposed and permitted are our horr to us it's how can this these things be so Babylon the greatest Fallen is fallen and has become a Dwelling Place of demons a prisoner for every foul Spirit the CL the cage of every unclean and hated bird for all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of our fornication the kings of the Earth have committed fornication with her these are the decision makers individuals that are in high places that seek to make decisions that will impact the people that are under their care and under their Authority the kings of the Earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the Earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury and I I heard another voice saying and this is the direction for you and I come out of her my people and so the Babylonian system or the way things are unfolding if I could parenthetically say this in the Book of Revelation you find this Beast that has two horns on it one horn is financial and commerce and the other horn is religion and when you watch the degreg of things that are happening in religious organizations and in the financial things that are unfolding there's certainly a common thing that a lot of what's unfolding is unrighteous it's not God it has the sense of foulness to it and so when when this declaration is being made I do believe it's being made to God's people you got to get out of that we can't participate in these religious organizations that permit things that are absolutely contrary to the scriptures we can't participate in that and there's a time for us to stand up and say that is wrong that is sinful and I've I've heard it said many times in this Pulpit we don't hate people but there's conduct in the scriptures that we cannot endorse and it would be a compromise of our Christian integrity and a compromise of what is written in scriptures for us to endorse those things and we don't want to come off high-handed or angry people but at the same time the direction of God from this Angel is you got to get out and avoid your participation in these kinds of systems lest you share in her with her sins lest you receive her plagues now I skipped a few verses but it's still all in context the kings of the earth who have commed who have committed fornication and live Lu luxuriously and her and with her will weep and lament for her when they see the smoke of her burning stand standing at a distance for fear of her torment alas alas the great City and this is talking about that system alas that great City Babylon that Mighty City for in one hour your judgment has come and then it identifies the individuals that are Weeping and mourning the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her for No One buys their merchandise anymore and it identifies all these different merchandise of gold and silver precious stones and pearls and then it goes on to further identify all these various Commodities all these various things that are used in trade the merchants of these things who became Rich by her will stand at a distance for fear of her torment weeping and wailing and it goes on and it goes on to identify every ship master all who travel by sea or all all who travel by ship Sailors and as many as trade on the Seas who stood in a distance and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning will say what is like this great City and so this is yet in the the future and my estimation the way we interpret this or the way Tom Hardman interprets this it's a failure of the monetary system worldwide but as I've already said what the direction of God in all of this is that we operate or to come out of that system and our dependence and our Reliance on this and I'm not going to set up a private bank here by the way but I am going to say that we operate in a different Kingdom and there are laws in our kingdom that are contrary to the laws of logic for instance the Bible says humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and he'll lift you up give and it will be given unto you good measure pressed down shaken together and by the way I'm not going to get ready to take an offering here but I I do believe one of the things that God is endeavoring to do please listen to this part is the one question that I have heard from prophetic people many of which we've talked to through Zoom meetings and calls and friends is what do we do for what for what's about ready to unfold and so here's what happened to me in July as I'm trying to to process all of this I'm turning the Page by the way in this message God started talking to me about prosperity and it it wasn't something that was um lightly delivered to me day after day day after day I began to feel like I was to study prosperity in the scriptures it was uplifting but it was also connected with the fact that my people who are called by my name those individuals live under a different set of circumstances because they live under the kingdom of God and we live under the kingdom of heaven and so when I began to study all this in the scriptures individuals began to pop up in my mind that were in circumstances that were certainly adverse but God caused them in the midst of adversity to stand out above others do you think this is good news I'll give you illustrations of this Abraham is certainly prosperous Beyond any of the people that surr surrounded him now of course there were Kings in place but there was this a distinction and the hand of God I don't know if I messed this up so let me go backwards I don't even know where I am so if we could just not pay attention to this I'll find my place in a minute there are individuals in the that are written in the scriptures for our admonition and for our learning and there's a record left of these individuals and what they did and how God blessed them in their circumstances we know Isaac he prospered but one of the areas of his life and of the three Patriarchs there's less written about Isaac than the other two but what Isa what it said about Isaac this is this is amazing it picks out a point in his life where the systems or the economic climate around him has failed they're in a time of famine and he begins to communicate with God in this time of famine he's in a place called guar which is experiencing probably the most significant impact of that time of famine this is what God says to him stay right there this is what I want you to do and so I do believe that we can have need jerk reactions to circumstances that we find ourself in but if God is telling you to stay put and do what I want you to do in that moment of time God will cause you get this regardless of what's going on surrounding you God can cause you to stand out how about this we got a whole nation of people oh let me finish this about Isaac so he SED in the time of famine and God gave him a h hundredfold I will tell you this I don't know what that was like while people are viewing his Harvest field and viewing their own but the hand of God and the blessing of God was commanded upon him and that caused him to stand out how about this one when God called the nation out of Egypt and we we got other people in the in the book of The Book of Genesis like Joseph God's hand was upon him he had had been through all sorts of things but even in the midst of being a prisoner in being in circumstances that were Beyond his control and we're living in circumstances that were Beyond most all of our control there are people that are making decisions at the Pinnacle of Nations and the decisions that they're making will have consequences particularly if these decisions are contrary to the things of God and while God may be merciful god also runs out of patience and he runs out of longsuffering and God is longsuffering but there comes a point in time and it's recorded in this book where God somewhat says it's [Music] irredeemable God forbid but God nevertheless gives Direction so so when he calls the nation of Egypt and Moses takes it into the Wilderness and we know how all of that unfolds God gives instruction in Deuteronomy 28 he says this I want you guys as a nation as a group of people to stand out above everybody else and I'm going to bless you in the field and I'm going to bless B you in the country and I'm going to bless your children and I'm going to make you the head and not the tale I'm going to make you stand out and the word blessed means happy and to be envied you will be distinguishing and that nation was to be distinguished above the surrounding Nations because they follow the things of God you have heard that there is in these last days God's going to raise up places like Goan and God's going to have his people to stand out and so while there are calamities and difficulties coming the hand of God that's upon his people in the midst of all of these things that are going to be unfolding God has not forsaken some of the things or the things that he has spoken for the reason he created a nation and we're the citizens of that nation that the citizens of that Nation would stand out to be a blessing and to be prosperous when other people other systems and other nations are not prosperous to me this is really good news it doesn't it doesn't end there it continues with all of this and so let me see if we can find our place here here's what the word prosperous means it means several different things in the Scriptures it talks about taking a journey and in your journey you get to the place where you were journeying to and to me what it represents is God has goals for your life and if we follow the direction of God the goals that he has for us will be achieved but this word prosperous achieving in your journey just doesn't mean I got to the place get this there's a certain level of prosperity that is connected with solish satisfaction that you achieved what God directed for you to accomplish have any of you felt that well when you have done the will of God and you've operated in the way God wants you to operate after you have done that you feel the smile of God in your life and so that's what this thing prosperous that's one condition or one element of this meaning for this word prosperous it means to be successful in your labor it means to be in peace and safety and happiness it means to enjoy your family benefits as well as achieving certain material possessions or certain material or financial satisfaction let's not simply like prosperity to financial success I want to tell you this one of my um I don't know how to term this man he's maryanne's oldest sister's husband I don't think he would be turned my brother-in-law let me get to the place where I'm going my wife is giving me the exide here I told you we have signs and wonder Ministry she makes signs I wonder what she's talking [Applause] about so this this man uh when I sit with him he was a syndicated columnist throughout all of Canada for a number of years he's written a whole number of books and um he coaches CEOs of major corporations and you have to stand in line to get into his Network and so he's a Believer and has had miraculous things happen in his life and we've had some pretty Frank discussions about how to do things and this is what he told me he said Tom my business has changed dramatically over the last decade or so I said well how has it changed he said this he said these guys that I coach are multi-millionaires sometimes multi- multi-millionaires and he said it used to be that I would coach them in business techniques or how to better align their circumstances within their company but it's it's changed like this he said well they talk to me now they're talking about family issues or how to resolve personal problems and he said that has dominated the interaction that I have with them and as a Believer he can speak into those things and so the reason I'm making this point is that there's a level of app of things that these people that are have great wealth there's an absence of satisfaction in their life they don't have that thing that is inside of them where they have walked and done the right things with their families and often there's a Brokenness about them and they're looking to fix those things so Prosperity has many different expressions in it and I will say this lots of individuals they realize that the fruit of the of giving their time energy only to the acquisition of things is empty the book of the book of First Timothy talk talks about this individuals have who have been pursued of this they have pierced themselves through with many Sorrows having wealth is not evil and I do believe that God wants to shift wealth and transfer wealth into the hands of the Believers and if I ever get to it at the end of this message I'm going to talk about how you position yourself in the things that are unfolding to position yourself in a favorable way before God so that the things that are coming on the on the face of the Earth do not have the impact that it will have on others so I I've already spoken about this I'm going to skip to this next this next uh portion of scripture this is 2 Chronicles 20:20 this is talking about Prosperity this is uh when um I believe it's Jo it's I forget who it is Jehoshaphat thank you thank you we'll preach this message together from here on in okay the bottom line in this portion of scripture is they're about ready to go into a battle and there's a prophetic word that is given to Jehoshaphat and jehos fat is about ready to send his singers out in front of his army because he's already been promised success and this is the strategy he's that he's given but one of the words that was so impactful to me about this portion of scripture if you believe the prophets of God so shall you be established Believe In His prophets and you're going to prosper and I I there has been a wealth of things that have been spoken the the prophetic word is being released and if we position ourselves correctly part of the accompanying fulfillment of the fruit of all of that is blessing prosperity and a place if I could say it like this some level of security that nobody else is experiencing true Prosperity was linked to the blessing of the covenantal O obedience and this has to do with uh something I've already quoted in Deuteronomy chapter 28 and I will tell you it's the Envy of lots of people to have that portion of scripture fulfilled in their own lives and I do believe what the condition is is if we obey and follow after and are in Pursuit Of God conscious of his principles and conscious conscious of the direction that he has avoiding areas of conduct avoiding things that are sinful God says this will be your portion all of us stumble in many ways you don't have to be perfect in all of this but we do need to be in pursuit of following these covenantal principles of God and if it was true of the Old Testament Covenant how much more of the New Testament Covenant how about this portion of scripture blessed is the man happy and to be envied this is this is the Believers this is part of our heritage this is the the direction that David left uh th a thousand years before Jesus blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel the and godly nor stands in the way of Sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful scornful but his Delight is in the the law of the Lord and in his law does he meditate day and night he shall be we shall be you shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bring forth your fruit in your season his Leaf also shall not wither and I want to pray that right now over every person that's listening to this our leaves are not going to wither our leaves are not going to faint out we're walk walking in the counsel of of God himself and whatsoever he shall do will prosper I do believe that there's conditions on the earth that are out of our control but this is a portion of scripture that is underneath the Covenant of God and underneath the principles of God and underneath a kingdom that cannot be shaken can you say Amen to that there's a kingdom that can't be shaken and everything that can be shaken is going to be shaken but the Kingdom of Heaven is not going to be shaken and God has his eye just like he had on his people in the Old Testament and those individuals God has an eye on his people God has an eye on you and I and whatever we do as long as we walk in these kinds of direction that God has for us I do believe what whatever we're going to do will prosper This is Jeremiah 17 blessed is the man that trusts in the Lord now it's let me let me read it from the beginning cursed is the man that trusts in man that makes flesh's arm whose heart departs in the Lord for he shall be like the heat in the desert he shall not see when good comes but he shall inhabit the parts places in the wilderness in the salt land and not be inhabited but blessed is the man that trust in the Lord whose hope is the Lord for he shall be like a tree planted By the Waters that spreads out her Roots by the river he shall not see when he comes but her Leaf shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought amen neither shall he cease from yielding fruit and I want to pray that everybody everybody in this room father we believe that this is your word of God this is the Eternal inspired word of God this is our portion this is the principles that are operating in the kingdom of God and God while we want to prepare and we want to be ready for what's unfolding in the earth we're also conscious of the covenantal promises you have given to your people in the day for in the days to come now how about this portion of scripture I know the plans that I have for you plans of good not of evil you know when this is written this is written by Jeremiah to a group of people that are in captivity this is and it's important to understand the context of all of this they're in captivity because of the sinfulness of their nation and because of sinfulness of other people that perhaps their descendants who had resisted God and it comes to a place in God where he needs to make make judgments about their departure from the principles of the Living God and so they're carried away into captivity but God has not forgotten them God still has a plan for them and he tells them in early portions of the scripture you're there you're in the place of consequence and some things you may or may not have done but here's the situation if you find yourself in the in the place where it's unfavorable he says to them through Jeremiah plant houses or plant Vineyards build houses pray for the Peace of the circumstances that you find yourself in because the plans that I have for you are plans of good and they're not of evil plans for a future and for a hope and so if we find ourselves in circumstances where we're reaping the consequences of bad decisions that we've made God's principle for us is you can prosper even if you are experiencing the consequences of your own sin or someone else's sin because God's plans for you are still plans of good and they're not plans of evil plans to give you a future and a hope praise God hallelujah [Applause] Jesus I pray that this would permeate the spirit of the church I pray God that we would not look at the days are coming as days of dread or days of fear I pray God that we would look at what's coming on the earth as a time for people even those that are walking in a distance with God that know God to gather them back into the fold of God to help them reather and regroup and come into a place where they're greater they have greater levels of protection and greater levels of fruitfulness in their life I do believe one of the reasons why God's permitting all of this stuff to impact his church is to help us get a message and to help us be for you that are faithful a hand extended to individuals who have drifted away from the things of God okay I call this last section preparing and prospering I'm [Music] [Applause] exhausted oh thank [Applause] you I told Mar ya I said there's a part two to this message I'm going to speak part two with the um kba thing so I I think the Friday night's session's opened if you want to hear part two come to the Friday night session Joseph was made aware of what was coming and he prepared I don't believe that there's some sort of uh map that we can prepare to give to everybody as a matter of fact I believe that the preparation that we need to have is personal and I do believe that this is one of the reasons why it's so important for everybody to hear from God so we're not looking to direct your money into a certain bank account but what we are looking for is a heightened level of what this Spirit of issachar is we have we have an understanding of the times and we're going to know what to do Joseph had an understanding of the times and he knew what to do and so I don't believe there's any blanket answer but I do believe this is a prophetic company of people and we need to discern and understand but I will tell you this let's not build our future based upon fears let's build our future based upon Faith let's build our future based upon God speaking to you we need to and when I read this portion of scripture uh con concerning difficulty that's ahead it talks about trusting in God let me give you this illustration there's one thing there's a difference between faith and trust I believe that Jesus if there was a tight ROP uh across Niagara Falls I believe Jesus could walk that tight RPP with a wheelbarrow in front of him and get from one side to the other trust is me getting in the wheelbarrow I believe you could do it work that out yourself here obeying the principles of God living right under the umbrella of God's grace and his principles understanding this is this is somewhat me winding up this message understanding the principles of powerful and potent seed remember The Widow's might if I could say this it's just by way of testimony over the last number of years the the Lord has been speaking to me about generous giving and as I have responded to that the favorable financial position that I have been in has been enlarged and some of it has to do with understanding the potent seed that we sow when we give if I could say it like this and please I'm not taking an offering but it's it we do in the Kingdom of Heaven the kingdoms of this world live live are erected on buying and selling the kingdoms of God are based upon giving and receiving it's a whole different realm concerning finance and so this this idea of poent seed when the Lord started speaking to me about Prosperity he also accompanied that with this phrase called fi sacrificial giving and I was trying to process all of that and here's what accompanied that word that he was giving me some of my expenses as God began to speak to us about this and MaryAnn and I speak to us about that some of my expenses increased extraordinarily and so the things that I routinely gave I began to understand if I give this routine amount that I normally give I'm thinking about the impact of that giving on what I'm about ready to give in terms of My overall Financial picture does this make sense and so as I began to contemplate this I began to understand this aspect of sacrificial giving is what God's trying to have me understand and so there are circumstances where we have an opportunity in times of financial stress to contribute when we would like to withhold but that seed like I mentioned in the life of Isaac that seed in the life of Isaac when he sowed that seed because of the surrounding Financial circumstances that were not favorable that seed had great potency to it in other words if under normal circumstances it would only uh cause 10% of prosperity under that circumstance because of his expression of Faith to God in that circumstance it had a way of being much much much more powerful I want to I want to ask you to consider meditating on what I'm saying concerning your contributions and I will say this this is Tom Hardman and MaryAnn's hardman's approach this for the last number of years I recognize when we're in circumstances where the seed that we have in our bank account can be very powerful and I've watched God respond even if God did not respond I believe it's like the Widow's might where she has very little resources and it catches the attention of Heaven because of how sacrificial it is in her own life I do believe that it's prudent in the circumstances where we're looking at some some sort of financial instability to make it known to God by the things that we do that we're trusting him with our finance and how all of this is going to work out and so I'm going to close by praying father I thank you for this group of people I thank you God that you have released clear prophetic Direction God you've been releasing prophetic direction for a number of decades here but it's even being enhanced right now and so Lord we recognize to whom much is given much is required but the same spirit that we have identified as being the spirit of issachar has been in this place and I'm praying for every person could I ask you to stand up I'm just feeling that [Applause] I feel like I have something to impart honestly this is this could seem presumptuous I I for anybody I I just want to touch you for anybody wants to come by I feel like I have something to impart to in in the way of financial stability if you just want to just walk quickly by me I just want to touch you father in Jesus name let's go from this side over to that way okay in Jesus name I'm not going to pray for everybody I'm just going to touch you in Jesus name Jesus name Jesus name Financial Futures blessings secured in Jesus name in jesus' name thank you Lord thank you Jesus wisdom wisdom for the days ahead more than enough resource for the days ahead thank you Lord thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you thank you Jesus thank you Jesus if we just want to pause for a moment I want to say for you that are watching online you don't have to stay tuned in for all of this but I I I just feel I felt at the end of this message this is what I should do father in Jesus so thank you for tuning in we we bless you we we send a blessing out to the people of God we pray for all the fruitfulness of prosperity to be found in your household in the days to come amen blessings blessings blessings in Jesus name blessings blessings blessings blessings what a great sermon by Tom Harman right unbelievable super powerful and you know instead of living in fear how to prosper in a time of when everything else is chaotic there's a seriousness to these times which Tom was speaking about there's been a lot of prophetic voices how to prepare the biggest thing I got out of it was just hearing the voice of the Lord for you and your family in knowing what to do how to prepare for these times and not to be fearful right exactly yeah and I love that the worship that preceded Tom was led by Martin Powell who wrote a book on hearing the voice of the Lord oh he did that's right and it's just excellent so Morning Star has resources books by different authors for how to hear the voice of the Lord yeah yeah Tom's got a book out called restored guys can check that out in the bookstore um I'm sure they'll put it up on the screen but you know when he preaches to me it's always like I said prior to there's always that those nuggets that I get every single time just a truly powerful message yes and so um that book I believe you can also go online to the St book store and purchase it correct and we've got some other events coming up uh helping you to hear the voice of the Lord um there is the school of the prophets um sop which Begins the second uh weekend in September you can still register for that and um there's developing your prophetic filter I actually have something on that here I kind of tucked it away with me um it is several week Friday nights I believe several days with Chris Reed over the next quarter to um develop your prophetic filter so if you're interested in that um go online uh you can learn more at Morningstar university.com filter yeah this weekend we've got MK with Mark Yao that's uh the 23rd and 4th that should be really powerful I've said this before Mark has a amazing incredible family heritage in business and I got to hear him speak about that about five minutes I got to hear about it like three generations with the family wealth how they gained wealth how they lost wealth how they started again show up if you're a business person if you want to know about business anything about business especially with these times coming up it's going to be powerful Mark's a great guy great guy absolutely and these are times where you want to be connected with people um you want to have people that will pray with you so I want to uh emphasize the Morning Star connect groups we've got online connect groups and also another um conference coming up called Harvest Fest that is September 26th I love Harvest Fest 27th and 28th yeah Flagship conference so there'll be lots of people here here for that um lots of time to connect with people to get a prophetic word yeah to hear from the Lord I think in these times we should pray for the folks out there for what's coming okay again not to be fearful but to hear the voice of the Lord like Tom said very clearly um in what to do to be prepared for what's to come so go ahead all right father we just thank you we thank you for Tom's message we thank you Lord we pray that all of us would hear your voice clearly that we would know what to do in these times and above all that we would not be fearful Lord Jesus that we would hear clearly I pray this over everyone watching everyone who's listening everyone who will listen and I pray for our nation Lord yes the country I love so so much thank you Lord Jesus you want to add anything yeah and um just be blessed to walk in peace and be that person of Peace So that wherever you set your feet peace abounds yeah good word good word great job Tom if you guys um didn't hear the message go back and listen to it it's powerful there's more in it for sure absolutely amen have a blessed day have a blessed week I love Sundays you already know that you know the reason why thanks for joining all right thanks for joining us