Apostolic Lighthouse
No Sand Bagging - Bro Rodney Gray
raise the Lord. I mean, you may be seated for a moment if you like. Amen. Thank you, Brother Sampson. Thank you, Neo-Shah Apostolic Lighthouse. Amen, for allowing us to come and just feel the presence of the Lord with you so many times. Man, someone asked me this morning, I think it was Lorenda, she said, "Are you ready for this? That's gonna be quite an act to follow." And I said, "I'm not even going to try to follow." Man, I'm not even going to try to compete with that. I mean, that's way more wisdom than what I'll ever have. Amen. So, but I am going to endeavor to follow the Lord tonight. Amen. And be obedient to him. Amen. Allow him to lead us and guide us and direct us. Amen. I want to give a special thanks to my family here. Amen. But it's just a Galington. Amen. And all the rest right on down into the grandchildren. I sent them some of them a message last night. I mean, how thankful that I am that all they did for the wedding to prepare for it. Allow Sister Gray to be able to be in Texas with me and help me. I mean, otherwise, I would have had to give her up. And because she definitely was going to make sure that Kala got married off properly. But I want to publicly thank them and let them know how much I appreciate it and how much I appreciate the heritage and the lineage that they have. Amen. I'm not here to try to take the Galington's place and their lives. Amen. We've heard the stories. We've heard the greatness of how that he helped bring this to pass. And we give honor to him today. Amen. In their presence. Thank you for carrying on. You know, there's so many families that when things like this happens, they begin to blame God and they fault God and they just fall apart. They fall away from God. But then there are those that says, God, we still trust you. God, we still trust you. In our darkest hour, we still trust you. And I'm thankful for this family that has said, God, we're going to trust you. God, we don't understand it. God, we'll never understand it all this side of glory. But we're going to trust you. And in church, we've got to trust God, no matter what. We've got to believe in him, no matter what. And then he is here for us tonight. Man, I'm going to try not to be too long winded tonight. Sister Gray asked me, she said, are you going to go long? And I said, well, they are having a fundraising afterwards. And it's going to depend on how hungry everybody is as to how much money they make. So if I go long enough, they'll probably be really hungry. And we'll do really good on the fundraiser. No. My clock says it's about 630. So about 705. If you're ready and you feel like you got the message, if you're just stand up and begin to worship the Lord with us, we'll know you got the message. Otherwise, I might just keep preaching. Sister Gray is going to help me tonight. You've heard of tag preaching before, right? Well, one person preaches a little while and another one, they come along and they kind of help out. And they tag each other and they preach. Well, Sister Gray is not exactly going to tag preach with me, but she is going to tag sing with me. Amen. So we're going to preach a little bit. We're going to sing a little bit. We're going to worship the Lord a little bit. It may be a little different. Remember, we're just going to have a good time tonight. Is that okay? I mean, I believe it's all right to have a good time in the Lord. Somebody said, you can't be apostolic and have fun. Well, I'm back to different with you. I mean, I have fun every day of my life. Before she starts to sing, I've got to make sure that I clarify myself about something. She does make me smile. Amen. When she enhances my ministry, it makes me smile. When I go through Walmart and those men tap me on the shoulder, they say, we've just got to tell your wife how beautiful she is in that dress. I mean, it brings a smile to my face. I mean, it doesn't bring jealousy to me. I mean, I'm like, well, man, that's my wife. She is beautiful. Thank you. So she does, but it is God that brings me complete joy. Amen. And so, I mean, I'm so glad to know him. I'm so thankful for my wife tonight. Amen. That has brought a lot of happiness to me and a lot of joy to my life. Amen. Thank you, sister Gray. Amen. The title of my message tonight is no sandbagging. And if I'd had time, I probably would have printed out a whole lot of sheets of paper with a big red circle on it, a little line through it, with sandbags in it. I mean, because I'm going to do my best to preach on this thought, no sandbagging. Amen. I believe we've got to let God have his way. I mean, we've got to let God move. Amen. I'm not going to ask you tonight, amen. If you'll take off running, I mean, I know some does and that's okay. I mean, but if you feel like running, then just go ahead and run. I mean, if you get to feeling like shouting, just go ahead and shout a little bit. I mean, I'll sit down and I'll let God take over. Hey, man, because God can do more than what we could ever do. I think maybe even before I read my text, it would be good if you just kind of kick it off. Amen. She's going to sing and play occasionally, wait out a little bit deeper. ♪ It's time we the people ♪ ♪ And up for what is right ♪ ♪ And it's time we the when I go to attack ♪ ♪ Great I go to die ♪ ♪ To hell the Bible is my weapon ♪ ♪ And the spirit of my skill ♪ ♪ Turn these words deeper ♪ ♪ People that did not see you ♪ ♪ Oh, that means to the water ♪ ♪ Wait out a little bit deeper ♪ ♪ Let your feet in the water ♪ ♪ Of its love ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Step into the water ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa, step into the water tonight? ♪ ♪ Step into the water ♪ ♪ When you step into the water ♪ ♪ When you step into the water ♪ ♪ He's like the Holy Ghost heaven's water ♪ ♪ Step into the water ♪ ♪ Wait out a little bit deeper ♪ ♪ I wanna be for what? ♪ ♪ Let your feet in the water ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I wanna get closer to hell ♪ ♪ When you step into the water ♪ ♪ Wait out a little bit deeper ♪ ♪ I want a dangerous thing ♪ ♪ And it's easy to do ♪ ♪ It's fun to fly ♪ ♪ Step into the water ♪ ♪ Let out a little bit deeper ♪ ♪ Let your feet in the water ♪ ♪ Love you tonight ♪ ♪ Oh, step into the water ♪ ♪ Wait out a little bit deeper ♪ ♪ Oh, we gonna feel this ♪ ♪ I'm gonna be a dangerous thing ♪ ♪ And it's easy to do ♪ ♪ And it's fun to fly ♪ ♪ I just come on in ♪ ♪ My, my, my, my, my ♪ ♪ I mean, I wanna wait out a little bit deeper ♪ ♪ Into the waters of the Holy Ghost tonight ♪ ♪ I mean, we're living in a world ♪ ♪ That they want to get further away from truth ♪ ♪ They want to know just what can I get by with ♪ ♪ Just how little bit can I do ♪ ♪ And still get to heaven now ♪ ♪ I mean, but I'm telling you ♪ ♪ I wanna wait out a little bit deeper tonight ♪ ♪ I mean, I want a little more Holy Ghost ♪ ♪ I mean, I wanna know just how much can I do ♪ ♪ To please God ♪ ♪ I mean, can I get a little bit closer to him ♪ ♪ I mean, I wanna wait out into those waters ♪ ♪ I mean, I wanna get my feet wet ♪ ♪ I mean, I wanna get my ankles wet ♪ ♪ I mean, I wanna get wet in the waters of the Holy Ghost tonight ♪ (audience cheering) ♪ My, my, my, why don't we just lift our hands to watch heaven now ♪ ♪ I mean, I feel the Holy Ghost in this house tonight ♪ ♪ I mean, God reached out and moved amongst us ♪ ♪ God, touch every need that's in this house ♪ ♪ Lord, you see those that are tired ♪ ♪ Give them rest ♪ ♪ But those are weak, give them strength ♪ ♪ But those in these healing ♪ ♪ I pray for healing tonight ♪ ♪ But those in these are renewing in the Holy Ghost ♪ ♪ Lord, renew them in the spirit of yours tonight ♪ ♪ Lord, let us get wet all over ♪ ♪ From the spirit of yours this evening ♪ ♪ Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ (audience cheering) Praise God, why you remain standing? I mean, I'd like to turn your attention to Ezekiel chapter 47. I mean, I'd like to read from verse one, just a moment there and then we'll let you be seated before I read the rest. But Ezekiel chapter 47 verse one. Now, bear with me. I'm trying to get used to using these iPads and stuff. Oh, and if you, if you wasn't here Wednesday night and you have an iPad or you have a phone, I mean, let me encourage you. Make sure you go back and listen to Brother Kaler's message. My, what a wonderful word of the Lord, amen. I think that we all needed the church, not just in the ocean, but all over the world. I wish they could hear that message, Sister Samson. My, my, my. Afterwards, he brought me again unto the door of the house. And behold, water's issued out from under. Notice from under the threshold of the house, eastward. And then Brother Samson, would you pray to not, would you pray? Oh God, here I am Lord. Here I am, not in the name of Jesus. But he's going, you may be seated for a moment. I mean, if you feel like you want to get up and shout or sing in a little bit with such prayer, then you just go right ahead. And then just let, let the Holy Ghost be your direction. Amen. Hear this past week one day. I don't remember what day it was, but I mean, I'd read where that there between Beaumont and Houston, that the freeway was shut down because the interstate was flooded. Now what had happened was they had came in and they had put up some concrete barriers because they were doing construction work. And the water could not flow off of the freeway because there was barriers there and it flooded the freeway. Now we've been kind of in a drought. We needed rain. Amen. Our rice fields needed rain. Amen. Our crawfish needed rain. Amen. But here was all this water that was gathered into a place where it should not be. All because someone put a barrier up and it prevented the water from flowing to where it was needed. And so there it was. Traffic was stopped. People couldn't get off because the barriers was there. You know, sometimes we put up barriers to the Spirit of God. Amen. Sometimes we don't let the Holy Ghost flow like it wants to flow. Because we stand in the way. God hit me to never get in the way of the Spirit. Hit me to never get in the way of the Holy Ghost. I said not too long ago with a lady that attended a church where I was at. She told me, she said, "I just don't understand what happened to Kimberly." And I looked at her and I said, "Mr. Anna, you are what happened to Kimberly." She said, "Polegari, what do you mean?" I said, "You remember that night the Holy Ghost was moving?" And Kimberly had stammering lips and you said, "Come on, we've got to go home. You've got school in the morning." And never again did you ever see Kimberly in that position. I said, "It was you that got in the way." Amen. My God hit me to never get in the way. Hit me to never hinder the Holy Ghost. I mean, because it might be their only time. It might be their only opportunity. I mean, time may never come again for someone. I mean, God hit me not to sandbag the Holy Ghost. Every now and then they will where that flood will come and people will get sandbags and they will pile them around their doors to prevent water from flowing in. But it also prevents things from flowing out. Amen. You can sandbag to keep things in or you can sandbag to keep things out. Now, here we are Ezekiel saying that there was waters issued out from under the threshold. I mean, just a little piece at the entrance of the house. Amen. And it was not water that was flowing over the threshold. I mean, but it was just a little trickle. Amen, that just kind of came out from under the threshold. Just a little bit of water. It wouldn't have took much for the Samson to stop it. I mean, just a little sandbag there at the threshold would have stopped the water from flowing. Amen. Sometimes it don't take much. I mean, just a little spirit, just a little attitude. Amen. Just a little disobedience, just a little bit of sin. Amen. Maybe just a little bit of, can I cross that line? Just a little small sandbag. Sometimes it's all it would take. Not much. But the water issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward. For the forefront of the house stood toward the east and the waters came down from under the right side of the house at the south side of the altar. Oh, I need an altar in my life. Amen. I need the spirit to flow. Amen. Not for man's understanding, but from the spirit of God. Amen. I need something that comes from the altar tonight. Amen. I don't need more of running great tonight. I need more of Jesus. I mean, I don't need to be myself tonight. I need to be a little more like Jesus tonight. I mean, we need to let go of social media's way of saying be who you are. I mean, let's be more Jesus. Let's be more Jesus minded. Let's be more like Jesus in our walk, in our talk, in the places we go. Then brought He out of the way of the gate northward and led me about the way without until the utter gate of the way that look at eastward and behold, there ran out water on the right side. Oh, they're beginning to flow a little water now. I mean, it was more than just a little stream of water ushering out from under the threshold, but now there was running water. Amen. Oh, God, help me to get into the running water. Amen. Oh, I think somebody not ought to step out a little bit deeper. I mean, somebody ought to get their feet wet tonight. I mean, somebody ought to realize. I mean, today it starts in the altar. I mean, does it start the counseling of this world? I mean, it doesn't start from the understanding of man's knowledge, but it starts at the altar. I mean, oh, the man of God spoke to us this morning about getting hold of the horns of the altar. And it's something that we can grab a hold of and then we'll hold us to truth, something that will hold us to the word of God, something that will hold us when the storms rages. And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubics and he brought me through the waters. The waters were to the ankles. The waters were to the ankles. I mean, hold, let's get into some ankle deep water tonight. I mean, let the water flow. Would you step into the water tonight? I'll tell you this is going from the altar soon. The Holy Ghost is in the house tonight. There's healing here tonight. But you got to get into the water soon. You got to wait a little bit deeper. Don't send back hard tonight. Don't send back his presence tonight. Don't send back the Holy Ghost tonight. And we're all just back looser. I mean, I know you made me tired. And I know I spent a long week there. But I was paddling the Holy Ghost and this word. I'm joining you singing. Praise His truth and I'm out of heart. Death be to the waters. But I'm a little bit deeper. Let your feet in the waters. I've been happy for testing to the waters. But I'm a little bit deeper. I'm joining you singing. Praise His truth and I'm out of heart. Praise His truth and I'm out of heart. Praise His truth and I'm out of heart. I tell you what, if you get water flowing that's ankle deep, it's going to take a little more than just a little send bag. Man, it's going to take a little more than just a little life from the devil to stop you from living for God. I mean, if you let those waters run out from the altar, I mean, you spend time at the altar and you'll get a hold of the horns of that altar. It's going to take more than just a little send bag for the devil to defeat your family. I mean, it's going to take more than just a little send bag for the devil to cause divorce. To enter into your life. I mean, I'm telling you, if we're way down a little bit deeper, I mean, if we'll get a little more of the Holy Ghost than us. I mean, I'm telling you, I mean, the world cannot stop us. I mean, for we are a church that's built upon a rock. I mean, it's going to stand throughout the eons of time. I mean, God's world will never pass away. But it's forever and ever and ever. [MUSIC] Let me tell you, don't take long till it takes you out past the ankle deep and then to your knee deep water. I mean, it doesn't take long once you're in knee deep water. I mean, because now the water's starting to gush. The waters are starting to flow. I mean, it's not long till you're in waist deep water. I mean, you're in water that you can swim in. [MUSIC] Bye, I wonder if anybody here tonight wants to swim in the waters of the Holy Ghost. I mean, is anybody here tonight? I mean, it's been too long of a drought. I mean, it's been too long. I mean, since she felt the spirit of God. Oh, I'm telling you. I mean, the water's just flowing in this house tonight. I mean, oh, my, my, my way down a little bit deeper. Go ahead, subscribe. Let's just follow the Holy Ghost. Oh, why don't you step into the water? Way down a little bit deeper. Let your feet in the water have been found. Step into the water. Way down a little bit deeper. I'm going to go sing it everyday through the memory of God. Oh, it's time we did before. Step up for what is right. It's time we squared our shoulders back. Right side toward the back. Oh, the Bible is our weapon. And the spirit is our fear. Just keep moving fast. To be with God and God. Step into the water, let the dawning flow. Oh, I'm not going to be much longer. I'm going to cut myself short because I tell you what, I believe the Holy Ghost is in this house. And then, but verse 5, it said, the waters were too great to swim in. I mean, he could not cross over them because the waters were so great. I mean, you jump over to Revelation chapter 22. You're going to find that the throne of God sat in the midst of a river. I mean, that water that flowed from the throne of God, there was healing in that water. Anywhere that water went, there was healing. And then there was great fish. There was a multitude of fish. I mean, it brought life all the way into the ocean. I mean, oh, my friend, I'm telling you tonight. I mean, if you've been in a dry spell, don't leave this house tonight. I mean, without feeling the Holy Ghost. And if you've been tired and weary, don't go home tonight without feeling the Holy Ghost. And then, it's just a sense of not fixing to get done. You may want to come help, Sister Gray. I don't know. And then, but oh, I want to wait out a little bit deeper. And then, let's go. And I'm going to finish up. Oh, step into the water. Oh, wait, I'm a little bit deeper. Let your feet in the heart of his blood. Let me get back tonight. Don't stand by Carter. Don't stand above the house. Let it flow. I'm going to throw it in your eyes. Let it flow, there you've been tonight. Let it flow, your children's behind. Oh, let it flow, there you've been tonight. And then, you'll be just in your cousin's eyes. Let it flow, let it flow in the water. Let it flow, let it flow. Let it flow, it ain't me, no. If I never go with you, I'll be with you. To the end of the world. I'll never leave you. I'll never protect you. Let it flow, I'll be with you. To the end of the world. I'll never leave you. I'll never protect you. We'll have a little bit deeper, let your feet in the water of his love. Our steps into the water, we'll have a little bit deeper. I'm going to go sing it, raise it to you. [BLANK_AUDIO]