Greetings to you all, and God’s blessings to God’s people
on today and forever more!
My God today, I’m still on fire from last nights sermon preached by Bishop T.D. Jakes…
1 Kings:18 – The drought is over…..
Elijah and Obadiah
18 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.” 2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.
Now the famine was severe in Samaria, 3 and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord. 4 While Jezebel was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.) 5 Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.” 6 So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.
7 As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”
8 “Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’”
9 “What have I done wrong,” asked Obadiah, “that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death? 10 As surely as the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you. 11 But now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ 12 I don’t know where the Spirit of the Lord may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Yet I your servant have worshiped the Lord since my youth. 13 Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord? I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water. 14 And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”
15 Elijah said, “As the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”
Elijah on Mount Carmel
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18 “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals. 19 Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”
But the people said nothing.
22 Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the Lord’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. 24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire —he is God.”
Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” 26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.
Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” 28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. 29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.” 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs a of seed. 33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.”
34 “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again.
“Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. 35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”
38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”
40 Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked.
“There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
44 The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.”
So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 46 The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
This “2012 International Pastors and Leadership Conference with Bishop T.D. Jakes is off the chain…” “The Mission is NOT Impossible” The Rainmaker sermon came from: 1 Kings:18 – The drought is over…… The line up for tomorrow is just phenomenal… It will begin at 8 a.m. in the morning.. Pastor Sheryl Brady, Dr. Cynthia James, Pastor Joel Osteen and Bishop Tudor Bismark and more. – It’s going to be EPIC!!! – –http://www.tdjakes.org/echurch/pastorsandleaders/
Inserts from Bishop T.D.Jakes Sermon
”Claim your SEASON! It’s NOW or NEVER!! It will Happen when you Push through Negativity and DOUBT!” Bishop T.D. Jakes.
“Don’t follow no one that don’t hear anything… Until you can hear the invisible and the untangible…”
Take your right hand out and look at it… Your right hand is a symbol of authority… You think you are waiting on God, but God is waiting on you…” Push past your flesh, your weaknesses, your insecurities, and your unbelief… God sent you to those people, that drought… You are a rainmaker.. God has giving you permission to make it rain.. I pray it fall on your ministry, on your staff, on your member… That you will go into all the earth and do what God has called you do… You are not standing under closed heavens.. If this is not your season.. Then when? “It’s now or Never!!!” Behold I give you power… The rain is in your hand.. It will happen when you push through the veil of negativity and sabotage… When God spoke it, he gave you the permission to do it!!! If you would raise your hands, the harvest will come.. That’s whey the enemy keeps attacking.. He keeps attacking you because you are a rainmaker… You are making haste…
What do you see in your Spirit? What do you hear in your Spirit? – “It’s raining at my house in Irvine, California!!!!” Praise him…
“Claim your SEASON! It’s NOW or NEVER!! It will Happen when you Push through Negativity and DOUBT!” Bishop T.D. Jakes.
“I am rainmaker!” Bishop T.D. Jakes – Bishop Jakes is about to make it rain up in here… http://www.tdjakes.org/
Uncut / Unedited Personal Notes taken by me (Min. Ev) , and comments from friends on my FB comments thread…. The quotes and notes came from Bishop T.D. Jakes sermon at the 2012 Pastor’s and Leadership conference…
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas Rainmakers have to move, rainmakers have to make noise!!! That’s why you don’t fit in, that’s why they don’t like you, because you are a RAINMAKER!!!!! Rainmakers make some noise!!!! Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”I am a RAINMAKER!” Before I finish out this life, I am going to make it RAIN!!!” Bishop T.D. Jakes -
Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Stop waiting, wishing, and hoping for the rain…MAKE IT RAIN!!!” Bishop T.D. Jakes..
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”If I am going to run with you, you have got to be a rain maker too!”
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”The prophet didn’t just move things outside of him…he moved things inside of him…. He put his head between his knees…. Meaning that – blocking his ears from hearing what was going on outside of him so he could hear from WITHIN….”
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas It starts in the spirit before it happen in your life. You are a preacher in your belly before you are a preacher in your life… “Anybody will follow you when it rains, but you need someone to follow you when what you hear on the inside, you don’t see on the outside.” Bishop T.D. Jakes.
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas Leaders, you can’t make good decisions with “yes men” around. Tell me the truth! You can’t make decisions based off of a lie!” Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”The church has lost its runners everybody go to get payed we have lost the art of running for nothing” – Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”It does not appear yet what I shall be… but when I get through pushing…”
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Shalonda Renee I AM A RAINMAKER!!! GLORY TO GOD!!!12 hours ago · ·
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas You have underestimated the push it takes to make GREATNESS….This is a “BIG BABY”.. I have been pregnant with it for years… It has been with me for years in my spirit… I have got to push it out off the spirit realm, into the Natural…….Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas Elijah is pushing for a breakthrough… Breakthrough is what you hear in your spirit, but it breaks through in your life. With a baby they call it crowning… When they see the baby crowning they tell you to stop pushing because you have to get a break through… You have to change your strategy… God told me to tell you that you are not going to have to push as hard… God told me to tell you that the struggle is over!!!!”
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Breakthrough” It’s about to rain in your life…..
Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas “Shake your neighbor and say ‘”Don’t push”… I see a hand coming through in your natural world unto your spirit world… I feel a breakthrough!!!!
Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Come on and give God a breakthrough praise!!!!” After years of struggle and living through turmoil… I feel a breakthrough… I’m gone give God some praise!!!” Praise him!!!
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas This aint no shout of praise… This is a RAIN DANCE!!!!!
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Everybody that is on the verge of a breakthrough need to give God a Rain Dance right now!!!!”12 hours ago · · 1
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Shalonda Renee I’m starting to see the breakthrough, the Lord said, the struggle is over, no more pushing. It’s here. BREAKTHROUGH! BREAKTHROUGH! BREAKTHROUGH!12 hours ago · · 1
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas Glory…. I hear you over there Shalonda…… Receive it!!!! I receive mine!!! Yes Lord… “I’m getting ready to get on my chariot and ride… I feel rain!!!!”12 hours ago · · 1
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Get ready, get ready… Get ready, Get ready, Get ready!!!!!” – Get ready for the rain!!! – Lift your hands in it, open your mouth in it, clap your hands in it!!! The lightening is flashing and the thunder is rolling…. You are about to get your breakthrough… “
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas I’ve seen the lightning flashing, And heard the thunder roll;
I’ve felt sin’s breakers dashing, Trying to conquer my soul;
I’ve heard the voice of Jesus, Telling me still to fight on;
He promised never to leave me, Never to leave me alone.
I’m going to push my way through from the spirit realm unto the physical realm.. .It’s going to breakthrough in my life… It’s going to start in the hand, and don’t let the little hand fool you.. Out of this little hand shall come an abundance of rain…Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas Stop preaching to the people you see, preach to the people in your spirit. Get ready for the people that are coming. Bishop T.D. Jakes
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Shalonda Renee Amen!!! (My beautiful cousin who is with her first child)
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Stop preaching to the people who have called you… Preach to the people who have not called you… You are called to be a major player…” Your whole system is going to have to change… These systems were built around your drout, not around your destiny… You have to prep for what has not happened yet… Quickly…
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”These were the days of Elijah…. These are the days of Rain makers if you hear it in your spirit, you have permission to push it into your life…” But it’s a breakthrough.. Out of a little thing shall come an abundance of rain!!!
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Stop overlooking what you have because it looks small… God will always use small things to meet big needs… 2 fish, 5 loaves of bread… a stubborn prophet stuck his hand from the supernatural and brought it into the natural!”
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”These are the days of Elijah!!”
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Dont wait for the Rain be a Rainmaker (Be a Leader) and not a runner.” Praise God!!! _ “Bishop T.D. Jakes is off the chain yawl!!”
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas There’s nobody like Jehovah!!!! – Nobody like my Jesus!!!12 hours ago · · 1
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas Take your right hand out and look at it… Your right hand is a symbol of authority… You think you are waiting on God, but God is waiting on you…” Push past your flesh, your weaknesses, your insecurities, and your unbelief’s.. God sent you to those people, to that drought… You are a rainmaker.. God has giving you permission to make it rain.. I pray it fall on your ministry, on your staff, on your members… That you will go into all the earth and do what God has called you do… You are not standing under closed heavens.. If this is not your season.. Then when? “It’s now or Never!!!” Behold I give you power… The rain is in your hand.. It will happen when you push through the veil of negativity and sabotage… When God spoke it, he gave you the permission to do it!!! If you would raise your hands, the harvest will come.. That’s whey the enemy keeps attacking.. He keeps attacking you because you are a rainmaker… You are making haste… Every Pastor needs people that can make it rain!!!! –
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas You got to have people in your camp that can make it rain, leaders that when the devil is against you – they can DELIVER!… You have to have people with you that can deliver when people… You cannot produce glory in confusion… The rain is coming to you!!! The flood gates of heaven are about to open up!!!! Open up your mouth and give God some Praise!!!!” -Open the flood gates of heaven and let it rain!!!” – Bishop T.D. Jakes..
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Look at your hand again… behold I give the you the keys of heaven… whatsoever you bind on earth it is bound in heaven… it’s in YOUR hand! You have the authority!” Bishop T.D. Jakes…11 hours ago · · 1
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas What do you see in your Spirit? What do you hear in your Spirit? – “It’s raining at my house in Irvine, California!!!!” Praise him…
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas ”Claim your SEASON! It’s NOW or NEVER!! It will Happen when you Push through Negativity and DOUBT!” Bishop T.D. Jakes.
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