Tom Hardiman teaches on the power of corporate prayer. If we are to embrace all that God has for us, we need to perceive resources such as "hedge of protection" , "standing in the gap", "teach my hands to war". We need to know the power of corporate intercession.
Tom Hardiman discusses different circumstances and processes the Lord leads us through to take us into the destiny He has for us.
Ten-Minute Speaker – Tim Flachman: Tim and his wife share encouragement to the audience to serve the Lord in the marketplace. She tells us that we need to operate in faith and wisdom to be successful in business. Finally, they pray blessings over the business people in the audience to be salt and light.
Tom Hardiman – Don’t Limit the Holy One of Israel: During the season when Israel was in the wilderness, they didn’t have the faith to do what God wanted them to do. They limited God, and He wasn’t pleased with that.
Tom tells us if we know what's in Jesus's heart, we can know more about what He's doing. In Matthew 5, when He preaches the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus was changing attitudes from the Old Testament and enlarging some of the principles. He addresses some of the concepts faced during that day. Jesus illustrates a life of stability in times of difficulty by building our house on the rock, not sand. He appeals to people from His care and concern for them, encouraging them to order their lives on the principles He's teaching.
Suzy Yaraei and Elizabeth Walker lead worship with the songs "Praise is Beautiful" "At the River" and "Hope". Tom Hardiman shares the stories of David and Paul to illustrate that God is longing to reveal the mysteries and wisdom of the ages to the church.
Tom teaches from a passage in Matthew where Jesus spoke that He was building a glorious, victorious church and the gates of hell would not overpower it. There are entrenched spiritual forces in the church, but they will not prevail--according to what Jesus taught. We have the capacity to overcome these spirits of darkness.
Ray Dempsey shares that teamwork isn't always easy, but through Christ we can all work together. Our job is to work together to accomplish the vision God has put before us and to see our team winning.
Tom uses the life of Abraham to teach us about walking in faith before God. As God did with Abraham, He uses our circumstances to grow our faith, and He works miracles through the sacrifices He asks of us. We have to surrender everything to God, just as Abraham did.
As today's ten minute speaker, MaryAnne Hardiman shares about women making a stand for God with men.
Tom Hardiman then shares the main message on Jospeh's life and what it would look like by modern standards. He draws attention to what a remarkable journey it was.
After a time of prophetic insight from Bob Jones, MaryAnne Hardiman, and Jorge Parrott, Tom Hardiman shares on a new angle about Esau and Jacob. He says we can move in same sort of courage as the saints of God of old.
