Many of you are familiar with my testimony, but I will testify until the Lord takes me home,

whenever that might be.

In the early days of the birthing of this church, I was running haggard.

I was having early appointments to late appointments, and my time with the Lord got less and less and less until God put me on my back

for two solid weeks. And during that time, the Lord so graciously got my attention and began to

minister to me. The Lord began to teach me that I'm missing out

on the life of victory and triumph. I was preaching. I was studying the scripture.

I was faithful to exposition of the word of God. I was ministering, I was counseling, I was serving, but the Lord

showed me very, very clearly and continues to. I thank God for that, that I cannot minister

effectively for him until I've spent adequate time with him. From that day on until this moment, every morning the moment my feet hit the floor,

I begin my time of praise and worship and adoration of my Lord and Savior. And that's what

ministering to the Lord is all about. I remember the first time

with this double pneumonia on my back, when the Holy Spirit began to say, you can't minister

to people until you minister to me. And I said, Lord, how do I minister to you? And I spent

11 years in seminary. And I was asking the Lord what it means to minister to you. And then graciously,

he began to teach me how to minister to the Lord before I can minister to others. Now, if you think

worship only takes place in the church, if you think worship is only through music, if you think

worship is only a public activities, you

are missing out on the real daily powerful living. And I pray God that He will open our spiritual

ears today. I am praying, in fact, that this series of messages will ignite the power of God in many a life, in many a home,

and in many a communities around ministries in this place. Why do I say this? Because when you

become a praised-filled person, you will experience transformation in life. When you experience the strength of the will.

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