LEIF HETLAND: JESUS HIMSELF IN THE FIRST STORM,
HE IS ASLEEP.
HE IS RESTING.
AND JESUS COULD SPEAK TO THE STORM THAT WAS AROUND HIM
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A STORM ON THE INSIDE.
THE WAY YOU HANDLE DISAPPOINTMENTS
IS CONNECTED TO HOW YOU CAN BE ENTRUSTED
WITH THE DIVINE APPOINTMENTS.
REBECCA LAMB WEISS: YOU GET HURT AND YOU WANT TO REACT BACK.
YOU WANT TO STAB BACK. AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
BUT JESUS SAYS, NOT AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK. AND SO HE'S STARTING TO LAY OUT
THE WAY OF THE KINGDOM.
LEIF: REST BECOMES THE WEAPON OF WARFARE.
SO I KNOW THAT I'M NO LONGER IN THE RESTING PLACE
AND FEEL I NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
RESTLESSNESS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SIGNS.
BUT HOW CAN YOU HURT A DEAD PERSON?
HOW CAN YOU HUMILIATE SOMEBODY THAT IS HUMBLE?
IT JUST MEANS
THERE'S STILL SOME WORK WORK TO DO.
REBECCA: WELL, I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK.
LEIF: IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK.
REBECCA: HEY, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT EPISODE
THAT YOU AND I FILMED,
WHICH I'LL LINK IT DOWN BELOW,
IS THAT EPISODE TOTALLY IMPACTED ME AND CHANGED MY LIFE.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I GOT YOUR BOOK.
I READ MOST OF IT.
I'M REALLY BAD ABOUT FINISHING BOOKS.
I'M JUST LIKE COMPLETELY HONEST, BUT IT REALLY TOUCHED ME.
AND I REMEMBER I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER.
SHE'S NOW SIX MONTHS OLD AND I JUST HAVING THE UNDERSTANDING
OF THE FATHER TOTALLY SHIFTED MY LIFE.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT WHOLE THING FOR ME
WAS THAT THE MOMENT
I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND GOD AS A GOOD FATHER,
I BEGAN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE AND TRUST
THAT HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF ME AND HANDLE THINGS IN MY LIFE,
AND I WAS ABLE TO UNBURDEN BURDENS
I HAD PLACED ON MYSELF AND PUT THEM INTO HIS HANDS.
AND SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR,
OH, MORE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THIS MESSAGE NOW MORE THAN EVER.
I HAVE JUST, I THINK A LOT OF CHRISTIANS ARE HURT
AND THEY ARE DOING MORE HURTING OUT OF THAT PLACE.
AND WE NEED TO GET HEALED BY THE FATHER'S LOVE
AND START LOVING PEOPLE MORE INSTEAD OF WOUNDING ONE ANOTHER.
LEIF HETLAND: AND THAT'S BEAUTIFUL,
BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
AND I ALSO TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU
THAT AS I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
AND TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT PLACES, THAT IT'S SO EASY
FOR US TO OPERATE FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL
WHERE YOU CHOOSE WHO IS GOOD AND WHO IS EVIL
INSTEAD OF OPERATING FROM THE TREE OF LIFE,
WHERE HIS LIFE COMES FROM. AND I ACTUALLY JUST MET
WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE EARLIER TODAY
WHERE I SAID, YOU ONLY HAVE AUTHORITY OVER WHAT YOU LOVE
AND WHERE YOU LOVE. SO WHEN YOU'RE COMING FROM A PLACE
OF HURT, HURT PEOPLE HURTS PEOPLE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
HURTING OUT THERE, AND THEY DON'T REALIZE
THEY'RE HURTING THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM
WHEN THEY'RE HURTING, BUT HEALED PEOPLE BRINGS HEALING TO PEOPLE.
SO UNTIL THE FATHER STARTS TO HEAL
THE DEEPEST BROKEN AREAS IN OUR LIFE,
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE HEALING
TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND US.
REBECCA: AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TRULY ENDURE
THROUGH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IS TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM,
I COULDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH.
LEIF: NOW, AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A WAR
AGAINST IDENTITY.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT SHIP YOU HAVE, IF THAT'S A BIGGER PARTNERSHIP
OR LEADERSHIP OR FRIENDSHIP OR WHATEVER SHIPS
THAT ALL OF THOSE SHIPS IN THE STORMS OF LIFE
ARE BEING AFFECTED, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S WATER IN THE BOAT.
THERE'S WIND. SO IT WAS A PHYSICAL STORM,
THERE'S EMOTIONAL STORMS, THERE'S SPIRITUAL STORMS
WHERE YOU AND JESUS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
DON'T YOU CARE WHEN THE STORM HITS. SO THE ENEMY IS
TRYING TO GOING AFTER OUR IDENTITY,
AND IF HE CAN STEAL OUR IDENTITY,
WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY, AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT,
SO THEN WE WOULD BE LIKE THE DISCIPLES.
SO WHEN JESUS SAYS, HEY, LET'S GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF BELIEVERS THAT HAVE A WORD FROM HIM.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE
OR HERE'S WHAT GOD IS GOING TO DO. AND THEN THEY END UP
IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM.
IT SEEMS LIKE THESE PARADOXES, AND SOME PEOPLE
HAVE A THEOLOGY
THAT THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STORM.
THEY JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GOODNESS AND KINDNESS
AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND YOU KIND OF IGNORE IT, IT DOESN'T
MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
THEY'RE STILL ALSO DROWNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SAME STORMS.
SO YOU HAVE CULTURAL STORMS GOING ON
AND WE'VE HAD POLITICAL STORMS,
AND IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF CHAOS THAT'S GOING ON.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO BEING AWARE OF THOSE STORMS,
BUT JESUS HIMSELF IN THE FIRST STORM,
HE IS ASLEEP.
HE IS RESTING.
HOW COULD JESUS BE AT REST
WHEN THE DISCIPLES ARE FEARFUL WE ARE ABOUT TO DROWN?
AND AGAIN,
HE KNEW WHO HIS FATHER WAS, HE WAS RESTING
BECAUSE WHERE HIS FATHER IS,
THERE IS TOTALLY PEACE. SO IT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE
TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM WHERE THERE'S PHYSICAL,
EMOTIONAL, AND EVEN A SPIRITUAL STORM.
AND TO BE AT REST,
AND WHEN YOU ARE AT REST, REST BECOMES YOUR WEAPON OF WARFARE,
AND IT IS AT REST
YOU'RE WEARING THE ENEMY OUT. AND WHEN PEOPLE --
SO THE BIGGEST WAR FOR THE ENEMY
IS IF HE CAN GET US TO BE RESTLESS,
THEN WE FEEL WE NEED TO DO,
THEN WE RESPOND, THEN WE ATTACK, THEN WE PUTTING UP
OUR WALLS AND PUTTING OUR FIG LEAVES.
AND YOU HURT ME, SO I'M GOING TO HURT YOU,
OR BEFORE YOU HURT ME, AND WE'RE GETTING INTO
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT WRONG BATTLES INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH
THE ROOT ISSUE THAT IS TAKING PLACE.
I AM AFRAID.
THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THESE DISCIPLES.
THEY WERE FEELING LIKE THEY WERE DROWNING.
AND THEN FINALLY, THEY WAKE JESUS UP.
DON'T YOU CARE?
DON'T YOU SEE WE'RE DROWNING?
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US AND OUR FAMILIES.
AND YOU CAN JUST MAKE A LIST OF WHATEVER IS GOING ON.
BUT JESUS SAYS,
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID?
AND WE THINK IT OFTEN AS A REBUKE,
BUT NOT ONLY WHY ARE YOU AFRAID?
AND OF COURSE, FOR THEM,
DON'T YOU SEE, JESUS, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
AND AGAIN, BECAUSE WHERE HIS FATHER IS
THERE WAS PEACE, AND JESUS COULD SPEAK TO THE STORM
THAT WAS AROUND HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE
A STORM ON THE INSIDE.
SO I THINK THAT WHEN THE STORM HITS US,
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AWARE AND HAVE A SELF-AWARENESS
OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE INSIDE
SO WHEN PEOPLE ATTACK ME, DO I BECOME BITTER
OR BETTER? WHEN PEOPLE ARE FALSELY ACCUSED ME,
SO I OFTEN SAID THE WAY THAT YOU HANDLE LOSS IS CONNECTED
HOW YOU CAN BE ENTRUSTED WITH GAIN.
THE WAY YOU HANDLE DISAPPOINTMENTS IS CONNECTED
HOW YOU CAN BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE DIVINE APPOINTMENTS.
SO IF I DIDN'T HAVE A JUDAS IN MY LIFE,
I WOULDN'T HAVE A JOHN THAT'S LEANING INTO MY CHEST.
SO THE PARADOX IS SO WHEN I'VE BEEN BETRAYED
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN MY LIFE
IS THE VERY THING THAT HAS INVITED ME IN TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE CERTAIN UPGRADES
I COULDN'T GET IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE STORM.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN CONSIDER TRIALS.
WHEN YOU CAN CONSIDER JOY WHEN THESE TRIALS COME AGAINST YOU,
BECAUSE IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD TO AN UPGRADE.
REBECCA: YEAH, IF YOU ALLOW GOD TO DO THE PROCESS WITHIN YOU
AND YOU DON'T RESIST HIM, AND I THINK THE OTHER THING
THAT WAS COMING TO ME
AS YOU WERE SPEAKING WAS THERE WAS TWO THINGS,
ONE, HOW THE ENEMY WANTS TO GET US TO REACT,
AND HE HITS THIS WORD HURTS, AND HE USES PEOPLE TO --
PEOPLE ARE HIS FAVORITE.
WHAT'S THE WORD? HIS FAVORITE THING TO USE TO HURT US.
AND IF WE GIVE IN. AND IT'S REALLY THE FLESH, RIGHT.
YOU GET HURT AND YOU WANT TO REACT BACK.
YOU WANT TO STAB BACK.
YOU KNOW, AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
BUT JESUS SAYS, NOT AN EYE FOR AN EYE, TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
AND SO HE'S STARTING TO LAY OUT THE WAY OF THE KINGDOM.
AND WE AS CHRISTIANS,
IT SAYS WE HAVE TO WALK WORTHY OF OUR CALLING.
AND SO THERE'S A HIGHER LEVEL THAT HE'S CALLING US TO;
THE WAY OF HEAVEN, THE WAY OF THE KINGDOM.
IT'S NOT DOWN HERE AND GETTING VENGEANCE AND FIGHTING BACK
AND DOING THESE THINGS.
BUT MOST PEOPLE,
I DON'T THINK,
KNOW THE WAY OF THE KINGDOM AND HOW TO WALK LIKE JESUS WALKED.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE WORLD
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE LIKE JESUS.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY ALL THE TIME,
WELL, THIS IS WHAT JESUS WOULD WANT
OR THIS IS WHAT JESUS WOULD WANT ME TO DO.
BUT THEY'RE SAYING,
THIS IS WHAT JESUS WOULD DO,
BUT THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY NOT WHAT JESUS WOULD DO.
AND THEY GET IT TWISTED.
LEIF: THERE'S ALSO SO MUCH CONNECTED TO WHO JESUS IS TO YOU
IS WHO JESUS WOULD BE THROUGH YOU.
SO EVEN THOUGH I KNOW A LOT OF THE PROPHETS
IN THE PREVIOUS SEASON
WHERE THEY ARE LIONS WITHOUT LAMB'S HEART.
SO YOU ROAR AND PEOPLE SCATTER INSTEAD OF GATHER
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE LAMB.
SO JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD, BUT HE'S ALSO
THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. SO IT'S A LAMB AND A LION.
BUT YOU FIRST HAVE TO DEVELOP THE IDENTITY OF THE LAMB
TO GET THE AUTHORITY AS A LION BECAUSE THE IDENTITY.
SO LIKE I TELL PEOPLE,
I DO A LOT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, AND I SAID THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
AFRAID OF MY LION, BUT THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
ABOUT THE LAMB.
REBECCA: BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT USED TO THAT.
LEIF: BUT WHY WOULD JESUS SEND US A LAMB AMONG WOLVES?
THEY'RE GOING TO EAT US UP. IT DIDN'T SAY, SEND US AS LION
AMONG WOLVES OR AS SHEEP.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT THE LAMB'S NATURE OF JESUS
AND THE POWER OF THE LAMB?
SO WHEN EVERYBODY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PALM SUNDAY JESUS
THAT WOULD VOTE IN A CERTAIN WAY,
TAKE OVER CERTAIN CULTURES.
AND IF WE DO THAT, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE PEACE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, PALM SUNDAY JESUS.
BUT HE CHANGED, AND INSTEAD THEY GOT THE LAMB.
THEY WANTED A LION. AND JOHN IS AN EXAMPLE THAT.
I LOVE THIS. A COUPLE OF STORIES IN THE BIBLE
I JUST LOVE HERE THAT HAS MINISTERED TO ME.
JOHN, HE WAS A SON OF THUNDER
AND EVEN LEARNING THE LESSON FROM ELIJAH.
LET'S GET FIRE FROM HEAVEN TO STOP THOSE.
DON'T REALIZE THAT ELIJAH WAS A PROPHET
WITH SOME ANGER ISSUES. AND BUT ANYWAY, SO BUT JOHN
ALSO HAD SOME OF THAT SPIRIT. THE SAMARITANS WOULD TAKE HIM,
AND THAT'S KIND OF A, LET'S HERE'S THESE ENEMY AGAINST US
CHRISTIAN, WE NEED TO GET FIRE FROM HEAVEN.
AND LET'S JUDGE THEM AND NOT REALIZE THAT
WE ARE THE ONE
THAT'S CREATING THE JUDGEMENT.
SO IT'S, BUT THEN JOHN STARTED TO SPEND TIME WITH JESUS.
HE STARTED TO MEET THE LAMB BECAUSE JESUS WAS A LION
IN HEAVEN THAT BECAME A LAMB
SO WE COULD BECOME LAMBS THAT BECOMES LIONS.
SO WHEN WE ROAR, PEOPLE WILL GATHER AND NOT SCATTER
BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THE LAMB'S HEART.
SO HE GAVE UP A LOT OF THE LION NATURE
AND HE CAME DOWN HERE TO LAMB AND SHOWED US THE WAY
OF THE LAMB
BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT IF WE DON'T CAPTURE THE LAMB,
WHICH IS THE LOVE,
IT'S THE LIGHT AND LOVERS.
THAT'S WHAT BARABBAS, I KNOW WHAT BARABBAS DESERVED,
BUT LET ME TAKE HIS PLACE AND HE CAN BECOME FREE.
IT IS CERTAINLY COMING IN WHERE YOU WASHED THE FEET OF THE JUDAS
THAT'S ABOUT TO BETRAY YOU.
AND HE SAYS, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,
YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BELIEVE.
SO JOHN STARTS HIS JOURNEY ON JESUS.
AND THEN HE STARTS TO REALIZE HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES HIM,
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT JOHN CAPTURED
AND NOBODY ELSE YET HAD CAPTURED.
JOHN STARTS TO LOVE JOHN
THE WAY THAT JESUS LOVES JOHN, AND HE'S BECOMING LOVE.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE FROM RECEIVING LOVE TO BECOMING LOVE.
SO JOHN COMES INTO THIS PLACE THAT SIX TIMES
IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
JOHN DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS THE DISCIPLE WHO JESUS LOVED
BECAUSE JOHN LOVED JOHN THE WAY THAT JESUS LOVED JOHN.
HE HAD BECOME A LAMB. SO IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION,
THERE'S ABOUT 28 TIMES THE LAMB IS MENTIONED,
BUT ONLY ONE TIME THE LION.
SO THE FUTURE JESUS
THAT WE ARE MEETING, THAT CONQUERED THE ENEMY,
THE APOSTLESHIP IS BUILT UP ON THE THRONE ON THE LAMB.
THE RIVER FLOWS FROM THE LAMB. ALL OF THAT COMES
FROM THE LAMB'S NATURE.
SO THE ENEMY IS AFRAID OF THE LAMB. HE'S NOT TOO AFRAID
OF A LOT OF US LIONS THAT WE HAVE JUSTICE.
WE'RE GOING TO COME AGAINST THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO ROAR.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT BACK.
HE'S NOT SO AFRAID OF A LION WITHOUT A LAMB'S HEART.
SO LEARNING THE WAY OF THE LAMB,
I THINK THAT PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND JESUS
IF THEY DO NOT SEE THE MAIN THING WAS THE MAIN THING,
AND IT'S ALSO WHAT WE CALL KEY KNOWLEDGE OR KEY NARCISSIST.
AND I TRY TO NOT BE CLEVER,
BUT I GOT A DOCTORATE DEGREE SINCE LAST TIME I SAW YOU.
REBECCA: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
LEIF: YES, I DID.
YES.
REBECCA: THAT'S AWESOME! CONGRATULATIONS.
LEIF: SO I GOT A DEGREE IN THEOLOGY.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING
IS THIS THIS WHOLE JESUS EMPTIED HIMSELF
OF ALL OF THAT.
I HAVE ALL THESE AUTHORITY.
I CAN GET ANGELS FROM HEAVEN.
I COULD DESTROY, I COULD...
BUT I CHOOSE A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND THEN HE SHOWS US AN EXAMPLE FOR US TO FOLLOW
IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.
REBECCA: A BETTER WAY, TOO.
LEIF: A BETTER WAY.
YEAH, AND IT IS THE WAY.
SO THAT'S WHY HE'S CALLING US TO FOLLOWING HIM.
SO JESUS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
JESUS IS NOW AN EXAMPLE.
HERE IS THIS SAMARITAN WOMAN.
FIRST, A JEW CANNOT BE WITH A SAMARITAN.
SECOND OF ALL, A MAN DON'T MEET WITH A WOMAN.
IF YOU ARE A JEW, GO AROUND SAMARIA.
JESUS GOES INTO SAMARIA, THEN THEY GO AND SIT AT THE WELL,
JESUS.
IF I WERE THE CHURCH,
I WOULD SAY THIS WOMAN HAS SOME ISSUE.
SHE'S BEEN MARRIED TO FIVE MEN,
AND NOW SHE'S LIVING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.
JESUS SEES SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
HE SAYS, WOULD YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK?
HE ASKED FOR A FAVOR.
AND SAYS THAT THIS WOMAN
HAS SOMETHING THAT HE NEEDS.
WHAT DOES GOD NEED? I THIRST FOR WHAT YOU HAVE.
WOULD YOU GIVE ME SOME WATER?
AND SO LOVE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO I THINK THAT THIS IS ALSO THE MISSING POINT.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY THAT LEADS TO A CONVERSATION
WHERE JESUS ALSO HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE HER THAT LEADS HER
TO BECOME A WORSHIPPER WORSHIPPING THE FATHER
IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
HE RESTORES HER IDENTITY. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT
I HAD TO REREAD THE WHOLE BIBLE WITH THE LENSES OF LOVE,
BECAUSE IF I HAVE A LOVING FATHER AND BEING LOVED
BY THE SAME FATHER THAT JESUS WAS LOVED BY
AND I HAVE THE LENSES OF LOVE, SCRIPTURES CHANGES
FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION.
I HAD TO REREAD IT THE LENSES.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A VIEW OF HIM,
HERE IS THE LION AND JUSTICE AND YOUR FAVORITE SCRIPTURES
HAS HIM TURNING THE TEMPLE.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
BECAUSE WHO HE IS TO YOU IS WHO HE WILL BE THROUGH YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE A WRONG IMAGE OF HIM,
YOU GET A WRONG IMAGE OF YOURSELF.
REBECA: AND THE WRONG IMAGE OF OTHERS.
LEIF: YES, IT'S HOW I SEE HIM
IS HOW I SEE MYSELF.
SO I REALLY DON'T SEE THE WORLD THE WAY IT IS.
I SEE THE WORLD THE WAY I AM,
BUT I CANNOT SEE WHO I AM UNTIL I'VE SEEN ME
THE WAY THAT HE SEES ME. AND THAT'S CALLED THE TRUTH,
AND ONLY THAT TRUTH SETS ME FREE.
SO JOHN, WHEN HE GOT THAT REVELATION, I'M THE ONE
THAT HE LOVES, THAT WAS NO ARROGANCE,
AND IT IS AS INSPIRED AS JOHN 3:16. NOW IT WAS A REVELATION.
AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS MEEK.
HE WAS HUMBLE. WHEN EVERYBODY'S ASKING QUESTIONS,
HE PUT HIS HEAD AGAINST JESUS' CHEST.
SO PETER IS, WHEN JESUS SAYS, ONE OF YOU ARE ABOUT TO BETRAY
ME, PETER IS LIKE,
WHO IS IT?
REBECCA: YEAH.
PETER WANTS TO HANDLE IT IN HIS OWN FLESH.
IN HIS OWN WAY.
LEIF: AND THIS IS THE WAY
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
LET'S GET THE SWORD,
LET'S CHOP OFF AN EAR HERE AND LET'S SEE WHAT --
WHILE JOHN JUST GOES UP AND PUT HIS HEAD AGAINST JESUS' CHEST
AND HE LEANS INTO THE BELOVED.
SO WHEN EVERYBODY IS ASKING QUESTIONS WITH A CULTURE STORM
AND ATTENTION IS GOING ON,
HE KNOWS HOW TO PUT A HEAD AGAINST JESUS' CHEST
AND LEANING IN AND GET A HEARTBEAT OF JESUS LIKE JOHN,
AND HE USED ALSO TO BE A SON OF THUNDER
UNTIL HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH LOVE.
HE HAD A BAPTISM OF LOVE AND HE HAD A 2.0 VERSION.
HE LEARNED TO LOVE HIMSELF THE WAY THAT JESUS LOVED HIM.
AND LATER ON, ACTUALLY, PETER ALSO GOT IT.
REBECCA: HE DID.
LEIF: HE DID IN THE END, JOHN 21.
BUT UNTIL THEN, PETER WAS UP AND DOWN.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE UP AND DOWN.
PETER WAS IN ONE MOMENT,
I WOULD DO THIS FOR YOU. AND THE NEXT MOMENT --
LET'S CHOP
OFF AN EAR.
AND IT WAS UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN
UNTIL HE HAD THIS LAST LOVE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS.
ASKED DO YOU LOVE ME THREE TIMES,
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE BETRAY? THREE TIMES.
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE FALL ASLEEP?
THREE TIMES.
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE SAY, DO YOU LOVE ME?
THREE TIMES. BECAUSE THE LOVE HAD TO GO INTO
THOSE DEEPEST ROOT AREAS.
AN AREA WHERE YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH LOVE,
YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH GOD, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE LOVE DEFICIENCIES,
YOU HAVE GOD DEFICIENCY,
AND YOU START TO OPERATE FROM A DIFFERENT NATURE.
REBECCA: HOW DOES SOMEONE GET THEIR LOVE DEFICIENCY
TAKEN CARE OF? HOW DO THEY GET FILLED WITH THE LOVE OF GOD?
LEIF: I THINK THAT AS A STARTING POINT IS ALSO
TO GET SOME SELF-AWARENESS TO REALIZING THAT HOW YOU SEE HIM.
AND I THINK IT'S MANY MANY TIMES AS THIS FATHER WOUNDS FATHER
DEFICIENCY, AND THAT BECAUSE
THAT ALWAYS AFFECTS YOUR IDENTITY.
SO WHEN YOUR IDENTITY, THERE'S THREE THINGS
WITH THE ORPHAN SPIRIT
THAT YOU WILL FIND. ONE OF THEM IS THE ORPHAN HEART,
AND THE ORPHAN SPIRIT IS I AM
WHAT I DO. IF YOU'RE GOING,
WELL, I'M THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT.
I AM THE PRESIDENT. OR I'M THE VALUE.
AS YOU START TO HAVE CONVERSATION,
YOU SEE CLEARLY WITH THE ORPHAN, THE VALUE SYSTEM
IS WHAT I DO, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, THEY HAVE, THEY BECOME,
AND THEY GET SUCCESS BASED UPON HOW WELL THEY DO OR DON'T DO.
IF YOU STRIP THAT AWAY,
THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE THEIR VALUE SYSTEM
IN DOING. SECOND OF ALL, I AM WHAT I HAVE.
BUT IF YOU TAKE AWAY WHAT THEY HAVE, THEIR TITLE,
OR THIS AND THAT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE ANY LONGER.
OR THE THIRD ONE IS, I AM WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME
OR WHAT THEY DON'T SAY ABOUT ME FROM THE CRITICS, TOO.
AND SO THEIR VALUE SYSTEM,
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FATHER SAYS ABOUT YOU
AND ALL OF THOSE THREE IS CONNECTED TO THE ORPHAN SPIRIT,
AND THE TEST WHY JESUS IS SO BEAUTIFULLY
IN MATTHEW 3:17 WHERE HE HEARD FROM THE FATHER
THAT THIS IS MY BELOVED SON
WHOM I LOVE AND WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.
BEFORE HE DID ANYTHING, BEFORE HE HEALED ANY SICK,
BEFORE HE PREACHED ANY SERMON.
SO WHEN THE ENEMY COMES IN, IF YOU ARE A SON, DO SOMETHING.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING. HE ALREADY.
IF THEY ACCUSE HIM OF CERTAIN THINGS,
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEFEND HIMSELF WHY? BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAD
AN A-PLUS ON THE REPORT CARD FROM HIS FATHER.
SO HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FATHER DEFICIENCY.
THAT MEANS HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LOVE DEFICIENCY.
AND IT WAS NOT WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING OR NOT SAYING
BECAUSE I AM AND I'M HIS AND I'M HIS BELOVED.
I'M HIS BELOVED SON OR YOU ARE HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER.
HE LOVES YOU AND HE IS WELL PLEASED WITH YOU.
AND THAT'S A ROOT HERE.
SO UNTIL PEOPLE THEN GET THEIR IDENTITY OF BEING A BELOVED
AND BEING A BELOVED SON OR DAUGHTER, YOU CAN BE
AN APOSTLE OR LEADER OR A PASTOR OR CEO OR CAMERA PERSON
OR WHATEVER, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THESE OTHER TITLES,
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU GET YOUR VALUE FROM.
YOU DON'T GET YOUR IDENTITY FROM THAT. AND THEN IF YOU
ATTACK THOSE THINGS, YOU CRUMBLE. AND THEN THERE'S
PAIN IN YOUR LIFE, AND THAT PAIN THEN STARTS TO RESPOND
BECAUSE THERE'S AREAS IN YOUR LIFE THAT IS UNHEALED,
AND WHEN YOU GOT SQUEEZED AND THE PRESSURE THAT COMES IN
JUST REVEALED
WHAT WAS INSIDE THAT STARTED TO BE REVEALED COME OUT.
SO IF I COME OVER AND I SQUEEZED YOU, IF YOU'RE JUST
FULL OF LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF YOU.
BUT IF THERE'S STILL ANGER OR HURT OR REVENGE
OR ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMES,
BUT THE INVITATION IS THEN TO PUT PRESSURE ON
TO GET RID OF THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S BELOVED SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHEN I KNOW
THERE'S STILL FEAR IN MY LIFE,
COULD YOU SQUEEZE ME A LITTLE BIT HARDER,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT ANY LONGER.
REBECCA: WHEN THAT FEAR, THAT ANGER, COMES OUT,
YOU CAN TAKE TIME TO BE WITH THE LORD AND SAY, OKAY,
LET'S DEAL WITH THIS.
HEAL THIS PART OF ME.
FILL ME WITH YOUR LOVE.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN AWAY FROM IT, AND YOU REALLY WON'T KNOW
WHAT'S INSIDE OF YOU UNTIL YOU GET SQUEEZED.
LEIF: THAT'S RIGHT.
REBECCA: THIS IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF STORMS.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT YOU'RE HITTING ON THAT'S SO IMPORTANT
IS THE TOPIC OF SONSHIP
AND KNOWING WHO YOU ARE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I THINK ABOUT IS US. WHEN WE LOOK AT JESUS' LIFE,
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO SPECIAL
THAT'S RECORDED IN THE GOSPELS IS WE KIND OF GET TO,
AND THEN IN JOHN 17, HE PULLS BACK THE VEIL
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS INTIMATE CONVERSATION
HE'S HAVING WITH HIS FATHER
AND WE WHAT HIS DESIRE IS FOR US IS TO BE SONS AND DAUGHTERS
OF GOD, OF HIS FATHER. AND A BIG THING
THAT CHRISTIANS ARE STRUGGLING WITH IS THEIR SOURCE,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHRISTIANS THAT MAKE THEMSELVES
THEIR OWN SOURCE, AND THEY THE MOMENT
YOU MAKE YOURSELF YOUR OWN SOURCE,
YOU CAN BE PRIDEFUL.
YOU'LL TRAIN OTHER PEOPLE
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE GOD AS YOUR SOURCE.
IF GOD IS YOUR SOURCE, YOU STAY HUMBLE
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT IN MY OWN STRENGTH THAT I DO
WHAT I DO.
IT'S IN YOU, IN HIM, THAT WE DO WHAT WE DO.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE THAT I SEE
IS THAT I SEE TWO EXTREMES. YOU SEE CHRISTIANS
THAT ARE REALLY RELIGIOUS AND THEY ARE PRIDEFUL
AND THEY ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
I FOLLOW THE RULES.
I DO THIS. AND THEY MAKE HARSH JUDGEMENTS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE CHRISTIANS ON THE OTHER END
THAT, AND THERE'S NO LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS
AND THEY HAVE CHRISTIANS ON THE OTHER END THAT, YOU KNOW,
LIVE IN SIN AND THEY TWIST THE WORD OF GOD.
BUT WHAT'S CRAZY IS THAT BOTH SIDES OF THAT ARE WRONG,
AND YOU HAVE TO HUMBLE YOURSELF AND RECOGNIZE THAT
I NEED A SAVIOR.
I NEED THE LORD.
I NEED A FATHER.
LEIF: I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN YOU DESCRIBED THAT,
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE READ MY BOOK CALLEDTERRAIN ,
BUT IT'S ABOUT THREE CHAIRS AND IT'S PROBABLY MY FAVORITE
BECAUSE IT'S A VISUAL THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE.
SO WHEN YOU DESCRIBE THE TWO DIFFERENT CHRISTIANS
AS A TYPICAL CHAIR, TWO CHRISTIANS IS WHAT I CALL THEM.
REBECCA: YEAH.
LEIF: AND ONE IS THE PRODIGAL SON TENDENCY.
THAT WAS THE REBELLIOUS.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE PRODIGAL BROTHER TENDENCY.
REBECCA: OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S TRUE!
LEIF: IT IS.
REBECCA: I NEVER PUT THAT TOGETHER
THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SEEING BOTH OF THOSE.
LEIF: BUT IT'S A CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN JESUS TELLS A STORY,
HE'S THE THIRD SON IN THE STORY.
THIS IS NOT A STORY ABOUT TWO SINNERS.
IT'S THE STORY ABOUT TWO SONS.
SO HE TALKED ABOUT, THE WHOLE STORY STARTS WITH
HOW COULD SINNERS AND TAX COLLECTORS
WANT TO BE AROUND YOU, JESUS?
WELL, IF WE ARE LIKE JESUS, SINNERS AND TAX COLLECTORS
LOVE BEING AROUND US,
MAYBE NOT THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
SO THE RELIGIOUS AND JUDICIAL PEOPLE QUESTIONED JESUS,
HOW COULD YOU BE
WHO YOU SAY YOU ARE IF YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE FATHER
WHEN SINNERS AND TAX COLLECTORS? THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT ONE SHEPHERD, ONE HUNDRED SHEEP.
LOST ONE, GOING AFTER HIM.
SO NOW YOU TALK ABOUT LOSS.
THAT WAS A LOST SHEEP.
THEN IT WAS THE LOST COIN.
A WOMAN SWEEPING THROUGH THE HOUSE.
BUT THEN IT COMES THE FATHER HAD TWO SONS.
IT DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AS LOSS.
IT WAS TWO SONS.
HE WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN HIS INHERITANCE
IF THERE WERE NO SONS.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT BELIEVERS.
ONE WAS REBELLIOUS WHO VALUED GOD, WHO VALUED PEOPLE, WILL
VALUE YOUR MOM, WOULD VALUE YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO
FOR THEM BECAUSE SELF IS IN THE CENTER.
GIVE ME, TOUCH ME,
BLESS ME, FILL ME. AND IT IS THE REBELLIOUS ORPHAN SPIRIT,
BUT THAT ORPHAN SPIRIT IS MANIFESTED IN REBELLION.
THERE'S PAIN UNDERNEATH. AND IT TAKES YOU TOWARDS A PIG PEN
SOONER OR LATER
THAT IS GOING TO TAKE YOU. AND A PIG PEN IS JUST
A PICTURE OF A JEWISH BOY BEING SO FAR AWAY FROM LOVE
THAT YOU CAN BE BECAUSE JEWS CANNOT EAT PIGS,
AND HE'S EATING THE FOOD OF PIGS.
IT'S JUST A DESCRIPTION OF A CHRISTIAN, NOT A LOSS.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SEE, THAT THIS BOY HERE WAS A SON.
HE NEVER CHANGED THE TOPIC OF HIM.
THIS IS DEALING WITH A CHRISTIAN
OR A CHRISTIAN THAT IS REBELLIOUS,
THAT HAVE MOVED SO FAR AWAY FROM THE LOVE.
EVEN WHEN HE'S COMING HOME,
HE HADN'T REPENTED.
HE'S ACTUALLY JUST THINKING,
IT'S BETTER TO GET THE BASEMENT IN THE FATHER'S HOUSE
THAN BEING EATING FOOD AMONG PIGS.
AND HE'S COMING HOME TO NEGOTIATE WITH HIS FATHER.
BUT THEN WHILE HE WAS FAR OFF, THE FATHER WAS LOOKING.
THE FATHER WAS FULL OF COMPASSION.
THE FATHER WAS RUNNING.
THE FATHER WAS EMBRACING AND THE FATHER WAS KISSING.
THAT'S BEFORE HE REPENTED. AND THEN HE REPENTED,
BECAUSE IT'S THE GOODNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF GOD
THAT LEADS TO REPENTANCE.
THEN HE SAID, FATHER, I'VE SINNED.
I'VE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEN AND I'VE SINNED AGAINST YOU.
HE TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS
TO BE IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
BUT IT'S ALSO BEING RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU
ONE ANOTHER. SO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS IMPORTANT.
WE OFTEN JUST TALK ABOUT GETTING SAVED AND GET RIGHTEOUS,
IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM,
BUT IT'S ALSO TO BE CONNECTED TO PEOPLE IN A RIGHT WAY.
RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO THAT RESTORED HIM.
BUT A PRODUCT OF BROTHER THAT IS A LOOK WHAT I'M DOING FOR YOU.
I'M BUILDING THIS MINISTRY.
I'M DOING THIS.
I'VE SERVED YOU.
I'VE BEEN SERVING WELL. AND LOOKING NOBODY DOES THIS FOR ME
AND HE DID OR SHE DID. AND HE IS OUT THERE,
THE PRODIGAL BROTHER THAT IS OUT THERE WORKING AND STRIVING
AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THE FATHER, HIS SON, HE CALLED HIM
SON, ALL THAT I HAVE IS YOURS.
EVERY SINGLE DAY,
YOU COULD HAVE INTIMACY. EVERY DAY, YOU COULD BE IN MY LAP.
EVERY DAY,
YOU COULD SEE IN MY FACE. EVERY DAY,
YOU COULD HEAR MY VOICE. AND YOU ARE OUT THERE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE OUT THERE SERVING FROM LOVE.
BUT YOU WERE SERVING FOR LOVE AND YOU'RE GETTING YOUR VALUE
IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING INSTEAD OF WHO YOU ARE.
AND IT IS JUST PART OF THE SAME TREE THAT WAS CURSED.
ONE WAS THE EVIL BRANCH.
THE OTHER ONE WAS THE GOOD BRANCH
THAT WAS CURSED IN THE GARDEN.
ONE WAS THE PRODIGAL SON,
THE OTHER ONE WAS THE BROTHERS. SO THAT'S THE TWO
YOU'RE DESCRIBING THAT ALL WAS PART OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
OF GOOD AND EVIL IN THE GARDEN.
THERE WAS ANOTHER TREE
THAT'S CALLED THE TREE OF LIFE, AND THAT'S JESUS.
AND HE TELLS THE STORY ABOUT HIS TWO BROTHERS.
REBECCA: YEAH.
LEIF: AND HE HAD A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER.
ALL I DO IS WHAT I SEE.
MY FATHER DO, I HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE.
I ALREADY HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE FATHER.
FATHER, FORGIVE THEM.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
REBECCA: HIS LIFE,
REALLY, WAS THE ULTIMATE TEST AND THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
BECAUSE HE WAS THE MOST POWERFUL BEING
AND HE HUMBLED HIMSELF COMING AS A BABY, GREW UP IN OUR WORLD,
YOU KNOW, AND HE LIVED HIS LIFE IN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE WAY,
BECAUSE HE IS SUCH, HE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SONSHIP
BECAUSE HE NEVER LET THE ACCOLADES OF PEOPLE SWAY HIM,
AND HE NEVER LET THE PERSECUTION
AND THE HATEFUL THINGS OF PEOPLE SWAY HIM.
AND HE WASN'T SWAYED EITHER WAY. AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS
CAN SWAY YOU IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND HE, LIKE YOU SAID, HE WAS
THE LAMB. AND IT SAYS IN ROMANS 8,
HE WAS THE SHEEP THAT WAS LED TO THE SLAUGHTER.
HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE WILLINGLY BECAUSE PILATE,
YOU KNOW, QUESTIONING HIM, AND HE SAYS, I GIVE UP MY LIFE,
YOU KNOW,
NO ONE CAN TAKE THIS FROM ME.
I GIVE IT.
HE LAID DOWN AS A SACRIFICE.
AND THAT IS THE LIFE AND THE MODEL THAT HE HAS LAID BEFORE US
AS BELIEVERS, AND WE CAN ONLY DO THAT
BY BEING IN THE SAME KIND OF LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
AND THE FATHER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TAP ON,
AS WELL, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LEARNING
IN THIS SEASON OF MY LIFE IS THAT GOD CALLS US
TO COMMUNION WITH HIM, AND THE NEXT STEP FROM COMMUNION
IS OBEDIENCE, AND THE TRUE MARKER OF A SON AND A DAUGHTER
IS THOSE WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD
ARE SONS OF GOD,
AND GOD HAS CALLED US TO OBEDIENCE, AND I THINK ABOUT
THAT STORY IN THE BIBLE WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO,
DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY, HELP ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WAS DAVID
OR WAS IT SAMUEL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT ME, LEIF,
WHO WAS IN THE BIBLE
WHERE THEY SAID, WAS IT SAMUEL TO SAUL?
HE SAID, OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT GOD'S LOOKING FOR WITH US
IS HE'S LOOKING FOR THOSE OF US
WHO WILL OBEY, THAT WILL FOLLOW HIM. AND WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT
AND WHEN WE WANT TO DEFEND OURSELVES
OR WE WANT TO FIGHT BACK OR WE WANT TO HANDLE THINGS
IN OUR OWN FLESH, AND HE'S SAYING, WILL YOU LAY THAT DOWN
AND WILL YOU PICK UP MY CROSS AND FOLLOW ME
AND LIVE THIS LIFE OF HUMILITY AND LOVE AND SACRIFICE?
YOU KNOW,
I THINK ABOUT PHILIPPIANS 3.
HE SAYS, I WANT TO KNOW CHRIST AND THE POWER
OF HIS RESURRECTION,
BUT ALSO THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS
THAT I MIGHT BECOME LIKE HIM,
YOU KNOW, IN HIS DEATH. AND SO IT'S THAT FULL PICTURE
OF, THERE'S BLESSINGS AND THERE'S LIFE,
BUT THERE'S ALSO SUFFERING, BUT THROUGH IT ALL WE CAN HAVE
INTIMACY WITH HIM, BUT HE'S CALLING US TO OBEY,
AND THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO SACRIFICE.
LEIF: YEAH, AND I THINK IT'S CONNECTED.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COMES TO MY MIND.
ONE IS JUST A PICTURE THAT EVEN WITH A COMMUNION,
THAT WE STARTED OUT WITH A COMMUNION.
BUT HE TOOK THE BREAD.
SO HE TOOK IT
THEN HE BROKE IT
AND THEN HE BLESSED, AND HE BLESSED IT.
BUT THEN HE BROKE IT
AND THEN HE GAVE IT. AND YOU SEE IT AGAIN WITH THE
LOAVES AND FISHES, THAT HE TOOK IT, AGAIN,
BLESSED IT, THEN BROKE IT. AND THEN NOW HE COULD SEND IT.
BUT IT'S ALSO JESUS WAS THE SAME THING.
HE WAS ONE THAT WAS TAKEN OR CHOSEN.
THEN THE NEXT MOMENT, HE WAS BLESSED BY THE FATHER,
BUT THEN HE WENT THROUGH THE BROKENNESS,
AND THEN IT WAS THE SENDING AND GIVING US. AND IT'S THE SAME
FOR US THAT OFTEN I SAY I STRUGGLE TO TRUST PEOPLE
THAT DON'T WALK WITH A LIMP.
I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY STRONG
THAT HAVE A LOT OF GIFTINGS, THAT HAVE A LOT OF THINGS,
BUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THEM, THEY THEY COME ACROSS THAT,
BUT BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOT A PLACE OF WEAKNESS IN US
WHERE I'M SAYING
IT'S ALSO CONNECTED TO THE OBEDIENCE PART. FOR ME,
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I OBEYED HIM JUST OUT OF DUTY.
NOW I'M OBEYING HIM BASED UPON THE LIGHT.
SO IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU OBEYED ME. SO IN ESSENCE,
THE EVIDENCE OF THIS LOVE IS YOU DO WHAT I SAY.
BUT I USED TO DO THAT MORE AS A DUTY.
SO IT WAS A FEAR-BASED INSTEAD OF A LOVE-BASED.
AND NOW IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT LOVE
OPERATING ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL.
THE BEST WAY I CAN SAY IT IS LIKE I GO IN TRAFFIC,
I GOT THE HONOR YESTERDAY OF JUST DRIVING AROUND
A LITTLE BIT IN DALLAS AND THE BEAUTIFUL TRAFFIC AND THE RAIN
AND THE STORM, AND THEN I REALIZED, OOPS,
I'M DRIVING A LITTLE FAST, AND I SEE A POLICE OFFICER UP THERE,
SO I SLOW DOWN AND IT'S CALLED THE LOVE OF LAW,
BECAUSE THE LAW IS THERE,
I DON'T WANT TO BE PUNISHED. AS A RESULT,
I'M GOING TO BE OBEDIENT. AND THERE IS BELIEVERS,
AND IT'S OFTEN CONNECTED TO A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT,
AND IT'S A FEAR-BASED.
SO YOU CAN OBEY, SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE CLEAR.
IF WE WANT OBEDIENCE, WE ARE TALKING FROM THAT THE FATHER,
I MEAN, YOU GO BACK TO THE LAW, AND I CALL IT
THE LOVE OF LAW. SHARIA IS THE LOVE OF LAW FOR THE MUSLIMS,
BUT YOU HAVE LAWS, YOU HAVE TRAFFIC LAWS.
YOU HAVE LAWS IN A FOOTBALL GAME.
IF NOT, IT WOULDN'T BE A FUN GAME, THAT YOU BREAK THIS,
HERE'S THE CONSEQUENCES. AND PEOPLE ARE THERE,
BUT JESUS GAVE US A GREATER LAW TO BE ABLE TO OBEY,
TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIGHT,
AND STRENGTH AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOUR LOVE YOURSELF.
THEN HE UPGRADED THAT TO A 2.0 VERSION.
HE SAID, AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,
YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
SO NOW, IT'S NOT JUST A LOVE ONE ANOTHER,
BUT LOVING ONE ANOTHER HOW HE HAS LOVED US,
HOW HAS HE FORGIVEN US,
HOW HAS HE -- SO THE OBEDIENCE FROM A LOVE UPGRADED VERSION
IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
SO NOW WHEN I GO TO THE MIDDLE EAST,
OR I WAS IN CUBA LAST WEEK,
I'M DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE,
BUT AGAIN, THE OBEDIENCE PART THE FATHER'S INVITING ME,
I DON'T DO THAT OUT OF DUTY ANY LONGER,
I DO IT OUT OF DELIGHT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IT IS MINE.
IT IS THE FATHER'S GOOD PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO
CO-LABOR WITH HIM AND TO WALK WITH HIM, TO TRUST HIM.
BUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRUST SOMEBODY THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW?
OR IF YOU HAVE A WRONG VIEW OF HIM.
SO THE ORPHAN IS MORE THE ORPHAN SPIRIT.
I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE JOHN 4 ABOUT THE SAMARITAN WOMAN,
THAT AFTER SHE HAS THIS ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS,
BUT JESUS SAYS, THIS IS THE KIND OF A WORSHIPER
THAT I WANT THAT WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER.
I USED TO THINK JESUS IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH,
BUT THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY THAT. IT SAYS, WORSHIP THE FATHER
IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, IS WHAT JESUS SAID.
HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH
IF YOU'RE AN ORPHAN OR HAVE AN ORPHAN SPIRIT
OR AN ORPHAN HEART? YOU CAN'T BE A TRUE WORSHIPER.
AND THAT'S THE ULTIMATE THING THAT THE FATHER IS LOOKING FOR,
THE ONES THAT WILL WORSHIP HIM.
YOU'RE GOING TO WORSHIP SOMETHING ELSE.
AND WHAT YOU WORSHIP IS WHAT YOU BECOME LIKE.
WHAT YOU'RE BEHOLDING IS WHAT YOU'RE BECOMING. SO JESUS HAD
A PROPER VIEW OF THE FATHER, AND ALL HE DID IS WHAT HE SAW
THE FATHER DO. SO WHEN HE'S TOUCHING THE LEPERS,
IT'S BECAUSE THE FATHER IS TOUCHING LEPERS.
THAT WAS OBEDIENCE. SO THE OBEDIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
WAS TO OUT OF AN IDENTITY.
AND I KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS, I KNOW WHO I AM,
AND I DO WHAT I SEE MY FATHER DO.
THERE WAS AN INTIMACY THAT ALL OF THAT FLOWED IN. THE INTIMACY
I WOULD HAVE WITH THE FATHER.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME AND TELL HIM ALL THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS. YOU DO THAT WITH IMMATURITY.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE MOVING INTO THE MATURITY OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
YOU'RE NO LONGER A CHILD.
CHILD, I NEED TO TELL YOU --
DO THE DISHES.
DO THAT. DON'T DO THAT. YOU NEED THAT.
SO I'M NOT AGAINST LAW.
I JUST THINK THERE IS A HIGHER LEVEL, AND THAT'S CALLED LOVE
IN REGARD TO OUR OBEDIENCE PROCESS.
SO THAT IS WHEN MY KIDS TAKE OUT THE TRASH
NOT BECAUSE I TELL THEM TO. IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THE HEART OF THE FATHER THAT THIS IS PLEASING TO THE FATHER.
AND THIS IS THE LEVEL THAT HE WANTS US TO DO.
SO LOVE KEEPS NO OFFENSE.
LOVE DOESN'T GET OFFENDED.
IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONG.
SO WHEN YOU HURT ME OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
EXCUSE ME,
WHAT HURT ME?
I DON'T HAVE IT ANY LONGER, BECAUSE LOVE KEEPS,
OH, I FEEL OFFENDED AGAIN.
OKAY, THAT MEANS, I STILL REMEMBER DURING THE COVID TIME,
I HAD, IT SAYS, LEIF, WHY
ARE YOU BEING PREJUDICED AGAINST PEOPLE THAT ARE PREJUDICED?
SO I REALIZED THE SUBTLETY OF THERE IS THAT I REALLY STRUGGLE
WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO PREJUDICED OUT THERE
THAT I BECAME PREJUDICED AGAINST THEM,
AND THEN I STARTED TO JUDGE PEOPLE
I WAS JUDGING, AND I WAS NO BETTER THAN THEM.
BUT INSTEAD OF THEM COMING IN WITH THE SHAME, THAT SHAME
WILL ALWAYS TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE NOT, TO GET BACK
INTO WHAT MY FATHER SAYS ABOUT ME,
WHICH IS THE TRUTH, AND THAT TRUTH SETS ME FREE.
SO THEN I SAID, FORGIVE ME FOR JUDGING THESE PEOPLE
OR JUDGING PEOPLE, FORGIVE ME FOR BEING PREJUDICED AGAINST
PEOPLE OR FORGIVE ME FOR BEING OFFENDED BY PEOPLE
THAT HAVE ALL THESE OFFENSES, AND IT'S VERY SUBTLE
HOW THESE THINGS COMES INTO OUR LIFE, BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES IN,
IT GIVES ME ANOTHER UPGRADE IN LOVE,
AND I GO BACK TO WHAT THE I CORINTHIANS 13:10,
AND I JUST GO IN AND I WASH MYSELF,
AND HERE'S WHAT LOVE IS AND HERE'S WHAT I GOT,
BUT LOOKS LIKE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
AND THERE'S TIMES I DON'T OPERATE FROM THAT,
BUT THEN THAT'S ALWAYS AN INVITATION,
AND THIS IS WHERE I FEEL IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL
WHERE JESUS SAYS, COME TO ME,
YOU WHO ARE WEARY.
THERE'S A LOT OF WEARINESS OUT THERE AND YOU FEEL HEAVY-LADEN.
YOU FEEL HEAVY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
COME TO ME. SO THE QUALIFICATION,
EXCUSE ME,
THE QUALIFICATION TO COME TO JESUS IS THAT YOU'RE WEARY
AND HEAVY-LADEN. IF YOU'RE ALREADY DOING WELL,
THERE'S NO REASON TO COME BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY THERE.
SO IT'S NOT CONDEMNATION.
THERE'S AN INVITATION WHEN YOU'RE WEARY AND HEAVY-LADEN
TO COME TO HIM AND HE WILL GIVE YOU REST.
AND, YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG EVIDENCE OF OBEDIENCE,
SONS AND DAUGHTERS THAT JUST REST.
REST ON THE INSIDE,
BUT ALSO REST ON THE OUTSIDE.
REST BECOMES THE WEAPON OF WARFARE.
SO I KNOW THAT I'M NO LONGER IN THE RESTING PLACE
AND FEEL I NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
RESTLESSNESS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SIGNS
AND YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING, RESPOND TO SOMETHING,
ATTACK.
BUT HOW CAN YOU HURT A DEAD PERSON?
HOW CAN YOU HUMILIATE SOMEBODY THAT IS HUMBLE?
IT JUST MEANS THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE.
REBECCA: IT'S TRUE.
THAT'S SO GOOD.
WELL, I WANT YOU JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BOOK,
THE LOVE OF AWAKENING: LIVING IMMERSED
IN THE SUPERNATURAL LOVE OF GOD .
WHAT A WORD.
CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE DOWNLOAD OF THAT?
LEIF: I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND OF IT,
BECAUSE I HAD, AS I'VE SHARED BEFORE, ABOUT WHAT I CALL
THE BAPTISM OF LOVE EXPERIENCE WHERE I WAS
IMMERSED IN THE FATHER'S LOVE AND KNEW HOW MUCH
MY FATHER LOVES ME, AND I WENT FROM BEING AN ORPHAN
LIVING FOR GOD TO BECOMING A BELOVED SON
THAT ARE LIVING FROM GOD AND FROM LOVE AND A WHOLE PARADIGM
SHIFT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. BUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME,
I WAS SUDDENLY GOT MINISTRY, AND PEOPLE WERE PULLING FROM ME.
YOU GET BETRAYED.
YOU GET HURT, YOU GET REJECTED,
YOU GET ALL OF THE THINGS ALSO THAT FOLLOW BY
TAKING UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOWING HIM.
SO THERE'S ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE SONSHIP THAT NOW FOLLOWED.
BUT THEN IN THE JOURNEY BY 2005,
I WAS JUST, I WAS TIRED AND BEATEN, AND I'D HAD A LOT
OF SURGERY AND CHRONIC PAIN AND BROKEN NECK,
BROKEN BACK, BODY CAST. SO I'D GONE THROUGH A LOT OF ATTACKS
OVER THE YEARS AND I'VE BEEN ON A LOT OF OPIOIDS
AND PAIN MEDICATION AND TO SLEEP AND EVERYTHING,
AND OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS,
I GOT MORE AND MORE BUSY, BECAUSE EVEN THE LOVE MESSAGE,
EVERYBODY WANTED IT. SO ON SUNNI AND PAKISTAN ALL OVER THE WORLD,
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, BUT IT WAS STILL SOMETHING MISSING
IN ME.
I KNEW HOW MUCH MY FATHER LOVES ME, AND I LOVED HIM
AND I LOVED THE WORLD.
BUT IT WAS A MISSING PIECE.
I STILL DID NOT KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME
THE WAY THAT HE LOVES ME.
REBECCA: WOW.
LEIF: AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. SO I ENDED UP IN A CRASH LANDING,
ACTUALLY, IN A TREATMENT CENTER, BURNED OUT,
GOT OFF ALL THE OPIOIDS, PAIN MEDICATION.
I HAD TO DEAL WITH MY PHYSICAL PAIN WITH ALL THE BROKEN BONES
AND MY EMOTIONAL PAIN.
I HAD TO DEAL WITH THE INNER STUFF
THAT WAS GOING ON THERE, AND IT WAS A SCARY.
AND FOR FIVE MONTHS, THE PRESENCE LIFTED ME
AND I WAS IN THIS DARK PLACE.
THERE WAS NO PRESENCE.
I COULDN'T SEE HIS FACE.
I COULDN'T HEAR HIS VOICE.
I COULDN'T FEEL HIS LOVE.
I COULDN'T EXPERIENCING. AND THIS THAT'S STARTED MY RESUMING,
AND THAT LED TO HIM FOR ANOTHER UPGRADE
WHERE HE STARTED HIS LIFE.
YOU HAVE NOT YET LEARNED TO LOVE YOU THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU.
JESUS LOVED JESUS THE WAY THAT A FATHER LOVED JESUS.
SO THERE WAS NO PLACE THE ENEMY COULD GO.
AND THAT'S STARTED WHERE I REALIZED THE LOVE AWAKENING.
I'VE WROTE A BOOK OF BAPTISM OF LOVE,
BUT I'VE REALIZED, AND ONE OF THOSE INCIDENCES THAT KIND OF
WAS AN ILLUSTRATION BEHIND THAT BOOK
THAT I WAS WITH THIS RADICAL MUSLIM
IMAM, HIS SON HAD JUST BECOME QUADRIPLEGIC.
HE FELL DURING RAMADAN IN AN ACCIDENT.
THEY WERE FIXING SOME FIXTURES OF THESE BANNERS,
AND HE FELL DOWN, BROKE HIS NECK. AND I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
AND BELIEVED THAT JESUS WAS GOING TO HEAL HIM.
AND IF JESUS HEALED HIM,
WOW, THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE A TESTIMONY.
KING OF SAUDI ARABIA WILL KNOW BECAUSE HE'S FRIENDS
WITH WHO IS WHO. BUT I DIDN'T REALLY,
AND I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED
WHEN JESUS DIDN'T HEAL HIM.
AND I WAS SITTING THERE IN A HOTEL KIND OF WHINING
INSTEAD OF SHINING AND SAY, GOD, WHY?
I MEAN, HERE'S WHAT, IF THIS HAS HAPPENED,
THIS WOULD HAVE SPREAD A REVIVAL IN THE MUSLIM WORLD.
THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU, JESUS, HAD HEALED HIM.
AND I WAS JUST DISAPPOINTED WITH GOD.
AND FINALLY THE STILL SMALL VOICE,
AND IT SAYS, SON, WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS LOVING WITH A HOOK?
I DON'T LOVE WITH A HOOK.
STOP LOVING WITH AN AGENDA.
SO I WAS ACTUALLY LOVING THERE
SO THAT I COULD GET FAVORED.
AND THIS DOORS OPEN UP, EVEN IF THE BYPRODUCT,
I'M GOING TO BRING GLORY TO YOU.
AND DAH, DAH, DAH, DAH, DAH.
IT WAS STILL ME
NOT JUST BECOMING LOVE SIMPLY BECAUSE I HADN'T YET,
I HAD RECEIVED IT, BUT TO BECOME IT IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
SO THAT YOU TEACH WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT YOU REPRODUCE WHO YOU ARE.
REBECCA: YOU TEACH WHAT YOU KNOW,
BUT YOU REPRODUCE WHO YOU ARE.
LEIF: YEAH. SO IT'S DIFFERENT FROM HAVING A SEED OF LOVE
TO BECOMING A TREE OF LOVE.
AND THEN EVERYBODY GETS A TASTE OF FRUIT.
SO THE PROCESS OF BECOMING THAT. THEN I PRAYED FOR ANOTHER MAN.
WE WERE IN NORWAY.
THEY HAD ABOUT 400 MEN AND THIS MAN'S STRONG,
NORWEGIAN STOIC VIKING.
AND I WAS TEACHING ABOUT THE BAPTISM OF LOVE
AND I WENT DOWN THE LINE.
I WAS GOING TO GIVE THEM THE LOOK OF LOVE
OR KISS ON THE CHEEK OR EMBRACE THEM.
I JUST DID A LUKE 15, HOW THE FATHER WAS,
AND I REPRESENT A PAPA GOD, AND I WENT DOWN THE LINE.
BUT IT WAS SEVEN OF THESE GUYS THAT I HADN'T TOUCHED.
THEY WERE JUST EITHER A LITTLE STOIC AND COLD.
IT WAS MINUS TWENTY OUTSIDE. AND SO SEVEN OF THESE GUYS
STOOD IN, AND THEY SAID,
WELL, COULD YOU PRAY FOR US?
WE ALSO WANT THIS BAPTISM OF LOVE. AND IT WAS KIND OF A RRR.
AND I WAS TIRED.
BUT I ASKED THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND I FELT THE FATHER SAID,
WOULD YOU LIKE A SEED OF LOVE
OR WOULD YOU LIKE A WATERFALL OF LOVE?
AND THEY ALL LOOKED AT ME STRANGE.
YEAH.
IF I PRAY AND YOU JUST GET IMMERSED IN LOVE, ANOTHER WEEK,
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE LOVE.
BUT IF I GIVE YOU A SEED OF LOVE GETTING INTO THE RIGHT SOIL
AND IT GETS ROOTED AND GROUNDED,
THEN ON THE INSIDE, LOVE IS GOING TO START TO CHANGE YOU
FROM THE INSIDE OUT,
AND YOU WILL GO THROUGH A PAINFUL PROCESS.
YOU WILL BECOME LOVE. AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU
GETS TO TASTE THE FRUIT OF LOVE.
SO YOUR WIFE GETS TO TASTE THE JOY, THE PEACE,
AND ALL OF THAT. YOUR FRIENDS,
THE WORKERS, EVERYBODY AROUND YOU IS GOING TO BE
CHANGED BY THIS LOVE.
SO WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT?
AND THEY LOOKED AT ME.
THEY CAN'T. WE JUST WANTED AN ENCOUNTER TO HEAR
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGED BY THIS INSTEAD OF A SEED.
AND THAT STARTED A PROCESS FOR ME THAT LED TO THIS BOOK,
THE LOVE AWAKENING , BECAUSE GOD STARTED TO SAY,
AND BY THE WAY, THIS QUADRIPLEGIC DID GET HEALED.
REBECCA: REALLY?
LEIF: BUT SUPERNATURALLY, I WAS SITTING LIKE THIS IN A HOTEL
FAR AWAY FROM HIM.
AND WHEN I SAT THERE AND SAID, FATHER,
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE THIS WAY,
BECAUSE, BUT HE SAID, WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR SON, LEIF EMMANUEL,
WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR ONLY SON? AND I SAID,
I CAN'T DO THAT AND SACRIFICE HIM.
SO THAT MUSLIM IMAM'S
SON COULD BE HEALED.
WOULD YOU TRADE PLACES WITH HIM?
REBECCA: BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR US.
LEIF: THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR US, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO LOVE THAT WAY.
REBECCA: OH, YEAH.
LEIF: I'M TALKING ABOUT,
WE HAVE THESE CHARISMATIC PHRASES,
OH, GOD, I WOULD BE WILLING.
THIS WAS A HOLY TIME.
I KNEW THAT. WHEN I FELT THIS THING,
I SAID,
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE THIS WAY.
I CANNOT GIVE SOMETHING
I DIDN'T FIRST RECEIVE.
SO I JUST SAT THERE.
AND I JUST GOT BATHED IN THIS NEW WAVE OF LOVE.
I SAT THERE AND I WEPT. I'M IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND WEPT
AS WAVES OF LOVE CAME OVER ME. AND AT THAT MOMENT,
I APPEARED IN ONE CITY
AND THEN IN ANOTHER CITY
AND AT THE HOSPITAL. AND THEY CALLED, THE HOSPITAL,
HE WAS TAKEN OFF A VENTILATOR AND GOT HEALED.
REBECCA: WOW.
LEIF: AND THEN GOD SAID, THIS IS JUST LIKE
A LITTLE GLASS OF WATER
COMPARED TO THE OCEAN OF LOVE THAT I'M ABOUT TO POUR OUT.
SO THAT STARTS, I REALIZED THAT THERE'S A NEW LOVE AWAKENING
COMING, AND THEN I'M SEEING VERY CLEARLY IN SCRIPTURES,
LIKE YOU MENTIONED IN JOHN 17,
I REALIZED THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO KNOW,
COLORADO IS GOING TO KNOW,
TEXAS IS GOING TO KNOW WHO WE ARE, BY THE WAY.
WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER. SO OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
IT'S THREE DIFFERENT TIMES
HE DESCRIBES THIS LOVE SO THAT THEY MAY BELIEVE,
SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THIS LOVING COUNTRY,
THAT'S THE EVIDENCE, IS THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO BELIEVE.
SO WHAT IS THE ENEMY DOING? ALL THE OPPOSITE. FAMILY
FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE CRISES
AND TURNING. WHY IS THE ENEMY TRYING
TO KILL THE BABY BOYS? AH, EMOTIONS. DELIVERANCE IS COMING,
WHY IS THE ENEMY TRYING TO KILL THE BABY BOY.
OH, JESUS THE SAVIOR IS COMING.
SO IF YOU SEE WHAT THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING,
HE GOES AFTER THE IDENTITY.
HE GOES AFTER FAMILY. WHY?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOD IS RESTORING IN THIS SEASON.
AND THEN WE GET SO OVERWHELMED, AND YOUTUBE
AND NEWS MEDIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING.
AND WE ARE FEEDING THAT, AND WE'RE FEEDING THE FEAR
BECAUSE IT SELLS VERY WELL, AND THEN
WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED
AND GET DISTRACTED BY WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING
BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE WHAT GOD IS DOING
INSTEAD OF REALIZING, NOW, THERE'S A REAL ATTACK RIGHT NOW
WHERE THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO STEAL A WHOLE IDENTITY
OF A GENERATION, AND HE'S TRYING TO
COME AGAINST FAMILY AND GENERATION AND GENERATION
OF BLESSINGS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO FLOW.
THEN WHEN WE REALIZE IN THAT YOU'RE BECOMING
A PROPHETIC PEOPLE, SO INSTEAD OF WHERE GOD WANTS TO
EXPOSE THIS AND HE WANTS TO DO THIS AND THAT,
YOU'RE COMING IN WITH A MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION
AND RESTORATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE HEART OF THE FATHER IN THIS.
REBECCA: THAT'S SO GOOD.
LEIF: SO IT'S JUST SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE BACKGROUND
OF THE LOVE AWAKENING.
THERE IS A TSUNAMI WAVE OF LOVE
THAT IS GOING TO SWEEP, AND IT'S GOING TO TOUCH THE NATION.
AND WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A 1-BILLION SOUL HARVEST, THAT PEOPLE LIKE BOB JONES
AND PAUL CAIN, OTHER ONES PROPHESIED,
BUT GOD DOESN'T WANT A BILLION ORPHANS.
HE WANTS A BILLION SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
SO GOD WANTS FAMILIES. SO HE'S HOLDING BACK
THE BIGGEST HARVEST THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
BECAUSE WE CAN GET THE GOOD NEWS OUT THERE EVERYWHERE
AND GET ORPHANS TO JOIN ORPHANAGES
THAT WE CALL CHURCHES.
REBECCA: YEAH.
LEIF: NOW, HE WANTS FAMILY, BECAUSE GOD IS A FAMILY.
HE IS A FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE ONLY WAY
HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE ENTRUSTED ON EARTH IS THROUGH FAMILY.
AND IF GOD WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN A FAMILY,
HE WOULD ASK US TO CALL HIM SOMETHING DIFFERENT
THAN A FATHER.
REBECCA: THAT'S TRUE.
LEIF: SO WHY DIDN'T WE SAY OUR CEO OR OUR BOSS OR,
NO, IT IS OUR FATHER,
BECAUSE REBECCA, IT IS YOUR PAPA.
IT IS MY PAPA.
IT IS OUR FATHER.
WE HONOR HIS NAME.
THEN WE CAN SEE HIS KINGDOM COME
AND HIS WILL BE DONE RIGHT HERE,
RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS,
RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR MARRIAGE, IN YOUR FAMILY,
IN YOUR FINANCES, ON EARTH
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
SO HEAVEN ON EARTH IS A FAMILY BUSINESS.
REBECCA: IT IS.
LEIF, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANT YOU TO CLOSE WITH A PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE WATCHING. JUST BE LED HOWEVER YOU FEEL.
LEIF: FATHER,
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE A GOOD GOOD PAPA.
THAT'S WHO YOU ARE AND LOVED AND LOVED AND LOVED.
THAT'S WHO WE ARE.
I WANT TO FIRST TO REPENT ON BEHALF OF ANY WAYS
WHERE WE HAVE SHOWN THE WORLD A FATHER, A GOD
THAT DID NOT LOOK LIKE JESUS BECAUSE EVERYTHING
THAT JESUS DID WAS TO SHOW US
HOW THE FATHER IS LIKE. THE WAY
HE FORGAVE. THE WAY
HE LOVED. THE WAY
HE SERVED. THE WAY
HE WASHED FEET. THE WAY
HE CONTINUED TO FORGIVE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
EVERYTHING HE DID WAS TO DISPLAY TO US
HOW GOOD YOU ARE, FATHER.
SO FORGIVE US WHEN WE DON'T TOTALLY TRUST YOU,
ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES LOOKS DIFFERENT.
FORGIVE US THAT WHEN WE ARE NOT LIKE JESUS
THAT CAN FIND SLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STORMS
THAT'S GOING ON. AND WE ALL HAVE STORMS
AND DIFFERENT LEVEL OF STORMS,
BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NOT TRUST YOU,
BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NOT KNOW YOU.
SO SHOW US, FATHER, HOW MUCH YOU LOVE US.
AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT AS I WAS HOLDING
MY LITTLE GRANDSON, AND RIGHT BEFORE I WAS COMING HERE,
AND HE TOTALLY TRUSTS ME. AND I'M LOOKING AT HIM
AND HE'S LOOKING AT ME, AND I'M JUST FEELING
HE IS HEALING AND RESTORING THE CHILDLIKENESS
AND THE INNOCENCE BACK IN MY LIFE, AND I FEEL THE SAME.
THE FATHER WANTS TO DO FOR YOU
THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN AT WAR FOR SO LONG,
DISAPPOINTMENTS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SO LONG,
AND I'M FEELING A LOT OF YOU
THAT ARE OUT THERE, HOPE DEFERRED
HAS MADE YOUR HEART SICK.
YOU HAD HOPE. YOU HAD HOPE. YOU HAD HOPE.
THEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
YOU HAD PROPHECIES.
YOU HAD WORDS OVER YOU, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND YOUR HEART HAS BECOME SICK.
BUT I'M HEARING THE FATHER SAYS
IN THIS SEASON, BELOVED,
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DREAM AGAIN AND DESIRE AGAIN,
BECAUSE IT IS THE TREE OF LIFE.
SO FATHER,
I JUST EVEN ASK RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO ENTER INTO
THIS BEAUTIFUL LOVE AWAKENING, AND FIRST OF ALL,
EACH ONE OF US, STARTING WITH ME, TO GET A FRESH NEW ENCOUNTER
WITH A FATHER'S LOVE AND TO BE LOVED BY
THE SAME LOVE
THAT JESUS WAS LOVED BY SO THAT WE CAN LOVE THE WORLD
THE SAME WAY THAT JESUS LOVED THE WORLD,
TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON THE HOLY SPIRIT.
I'M JUST INVITING YOU,
HOLY, HOLY SPIRIT,
THERE'S SO MANY WEARY SONS AND DAUGHTERS
AND THEN THERE'S SO MANY ORPHANS OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST
STRUGGLING WITH THE ORPHAN HEART AND THE ORPHAN SPIRIT.
I THANK YOU FOR THE GLORIOUS HOMECOMING
THAT IS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS
IS GOING TO FIND A PLACE AT THE FAMILY TABLE.
AND I'M HEARING HIM EVEN SAY THAT I PREPARED A TABLE
EVEN BEFORE YOUR ENEMIES.
THAT MEANS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO FEAST FROM, THE ENEMY
OR THE ONE THAT
SAYS, WHATEVER YOU NEED, I HAVE PREPARED A TABLE
RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF YOUR ENEMIES.
AND SO, FATHER,
THE LORD IS STILL MY SHEPHERD, AND I DO NOT LACK.
HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.
AND HE ALSO RESTORES MY SOUL, EVEN WHEN I WALK THROUGH,
I'M NOT GOING TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,
WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH, I FEAR NO EVIL
BECAUSE YOU ARE WITH ME.
SO FATHER,
WE'RE JUST GOING TO FEAST TODAY OF THE DAILY BREAD.
YOU SAY, GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TOMORROW'S BREAD
OR EVEN SOME, EAT OLD BREAD FROM YESTERDAY'S BREAD.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US DAILY BREAD OF YOUR PRESENCE,
DAILY BREAD, DAILY WISDOM, DAILY JOY,
DAILY PEACE, WHATEVER WE NEED FOR TODAY.
SO WE DEPEND ON YOU. AND I FELT ALSO FOR SOME OF YOU
THAT ARE OUT THERE,
IT'S THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT, AND YOU FEEL
YOU'RE GOING ONTO THE FOURTH WATCH, AND I FELT
THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S KIND OF IN THE LAST MINUTE THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED
AND YOU SAY, WHY HAVE YOU LET THIS HAPPEN?
WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOW UP AT THE FIRST WATCH OR THE SECOND WATCH?
I PRAYED AND I WAITED AND I WAITED,
AND IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AND NOW,
IT'S THE FOURTH WATCH,
AND IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, AND I FEEL THAT
YOU'RE JUST THE BATTLE FATIGUE.
BUT I FELT THE FATHER'S JUST SAYING, ONE OTHER REASON
I WAITED TO THE FOURTH WATCH IS THAT
WHEN THERE'S NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN TRUST IN THAT YOU WILL KNOW
THAT YOU CAN TOTALLY TRUST ME. AND I JUST FELT
FOR SOME OF YOU,
HE'S GOING TO HEAL. TRUST IN THIS SEASON WHERE YOU KNOW THAT
YOU KNOW, THAT THE 1,159 ARE SHOWING UP AND THAT THE FATHER,
HE FLIES FASTER THAN YOU CAN FALL.
SO EVEN IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE IN A FREEFALL IN LIFE,
THE FATHER IS UP THERE AND HE'S NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU.
HE'S NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
AND WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO REST IN HIM,
HE STARTS TO WORK IN BEHALF OF YOU. SO FIND THAT RESTING PLACE.
AND I JUST SEE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLIMBING UP ON PAPA'S LAP, INCLUDING A 59-YEAR-OLD
NORWEGIAN AND PUTTING HIS HEAD AGAINST PAPA'S CHEST.
AND I SEE THE FATHER, I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU,
JUST LIKE I'M HOLDING MY LITTLE GRANDSON OR I'M HOLDING THEM.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.
I WOULD DO ANYTHING.
SO THE FATHER IS FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF US,
AND I ASK FORGIVENESS. FOR SO MANY OF US,
WE ARE FIGHTING
ALL THESE STRUGGLES DOWN HERE OURSELF
INSTEAD OF LEARNING TO COME, AND THAT'S THE INVITATION OF JESUS.
COME TO ME,
ALL OF YOU
WHO ARE WEARY AND HEAVY-LADEN.
SO WE'RE COMING HOME. WE'RE RECEIVING THIS LOVE.
BUT NOW IN THIS SEASON,
WE ALSO LEARNING TO BECOME LOVE SO THAT THE WORLD CAN
SEE WHO WE ARE, BECAUSE WE GENUINELY LEARN HOW TO
LOVE ONE ANOTHER,
EVEN DIFFICULT PEOPLE, EVEN OUR ENEMIES.
SO THE FATHER LOVES YOU
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, BUT HE REFUSES FOR YOU TO STAY
THAT WAY, BECAUSE HE WANTS YOU TO BE JUST LIKE JESUS.
AND FATHER,
I WANT TO BLESS, ESPECIALLY REBECCA, TODAY,
YOUR BELOVED DAUGHTER, REBECCA.
I'M JUST SENSING THIS INCREDIBLE JOY OF THE FATHER'S FACE.
WHEN HE'S LOOKING,
HE'S LIKE, THAT'S MY GIRL, AND THAT'S MY GIRL.
AND I KNOW LAST TIME WE WERE HERE ALSO, AND I FEEL IT AGAIN.
IT'S LIKE HER, EVEN HER NATURAL DAD, MARCUS.
BUT YOU SEE IN THERE, IT'S AMONG THE LARGE CLOUD OF WITNESSES
THAT IS WATCHING. THEY'RE JUST WATCHING.
AND THEREFORE, REBECCA, YOU CAN RUN THE RACE THAT IS SET
BEFORE YOU. LET GO OF ANY OF THE THINGS THAT ENTANGLE YOU
AND SO MANY THINGS HERE AND WHATEVER BURDENS
THAT IS IN THERE. BUT BOTH THE LARGE CLOUD OF WITNESSES,
INCLUDING YOUR DAD, IS UP THERE WITH THE FATHER
AND LIKE, THAT'S MY GIRL.
AND NOW, YOU JUST RUN, FIX YOUR EYES ON JESUS,
TAKE YOUR EYES OFF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT DISTRACTS YOU IN THIS,
BUT FIX YOUR EYES ON
JESUS AS THE AUTHOR.
HE WROTE YOUR STORY, BUT HE IS THE FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.
YOU STARTED WELL AND YOU'RE GOING TO END WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW, DO NOT LET ANYTHING STUMBLE YOU
ON THIS RACE.
STAY WITHIN YOUR LANE.
IT'S SAFE BECAUSE YOUR ANOINTING RESTS UPON YOUR ASSIGNMENT,
AND YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS CONNECTED TO YOUR ALIGNMENT.
AND I JUST, SEEING AGAIN THAT LITTLE GIRL
THAT MELTS THE FATHER'S HEART,
WHO THE LITTLE GIRL THAT MELTS THE FATHER'S HEART. SO FATHER,
JUST EVEN IN THIS SEASON THAT YOU JUST EXPERIENCING IT,
AND I'M HEARING THE FATHER SAY, I'M GOING TO BLESS
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
AND THAT IS, AGAIN,
DOUBLE FOR YOUR TROUBLE.
THAT'S THE INTERNAL. THAT IS ALSO FUTURE, THE EXTERNAL,
THE REST, THE REST, THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
SO LET THIS BE A SEASON OF RESTING, RECEIVING, BECOMING,
RELEASING, REST RECEIVED, BECOME RELEASED, RESTING, AND REIGNING.
SO EVEN AS I'M BLESSING REBECCA,
I'M BLESSING YOUR FAMILY AND JUST EVEN FOR THE JOY.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SIX-MONTH-OLD, BUT I'M JUST
FEELING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A STUDENT OF
LEARNING FROM THAT SIX MONTH OLD.
THERE'S ALL THESE LESSONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN THERE
WHOA, AS YOU'RE LOOKING THERE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
FEEL THE FATHER'S HEARTS TOWARDS YOU
AS YOU'RE LOOKING AND REFLECTING.
AND THERE'S SO MANY LIFE LESSONS
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN,
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE THERE,
AND EVEN SOME OF THE HELPLESSNESS
OF A LITTLE SIX-MONTH-OLD
AND DEPENDENCY, AND THERE'S SO MANY OF THESE DIFFERENT LESSONS
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TUTORED
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAUGHT BY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO
BECOME LIKE THEM TO ENTER THE KINGDOM.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME NEW VALUE,
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW LANGUAGE
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE
TO SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE
THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP THE BLIND EYES AND THE DEAF EARS
AND IT'S GOING TO TOUCH PEOPLE'S HEARTS
AND IT'S GOING TO HELP THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO BECOME FREE
BECAUSE WHOM THE SON SET FREE IS FREE INDEED.
AND I JUST RELEASE A NEW JOY OVER YOU IN THIS SEASON
BECAUSE JESUS ENDURED A SUFFERING
BECAUSE THERE WAS A JOY SET BEFORE HIM.
I JUST RELEASE A GIFT OVER YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOPE,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BE ABLE TO ALSO
RELEASE A GIFT OF HOPE OVER YOU TO SEE
WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE HAD
A FRIDAY SEASON AND IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG SATURDAY
THAT YOU WILL SEE SUNDAY AND IT'S GOING TO
GIVE ALL THE SATURDAY,
IT'S GOING TO GIVE THE PAIN PURPOSE,
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE JOY BECAUSE YOU CAN
SEE IT SUNDAY,
THE END RESULT OF WHAT THE FATHER'S GOING TO DO
WHEN HE'S GOING TO USE ALL THESE THINGS OUT FOR GOOD
BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM,
REBECCA, AND YOU ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
SO IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET OVERWHELMED AGAIN.
AND MAKING SURE I JUST FELT THAT MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T PUT ANY INSULATION AROUND YOUR HEART
BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HURT AGAIN
BECAUSE THAT SAME INSULATION
YOU PUT BOUNDARIES ON
AND THE BOUNDARIES JUST CHOOSES WHAT COMES IN AND OUT
OF YOUR HEART, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE A DOOR
WHERE A KEY WITH A LOCK, YOU CHOOSE WHAT COMES IN AND OUT,
BUT DON'T PUT INSULATION BECAUSE IT ALSO
STOPS THE FATHER FROM BEING ABLE TO TOUCH
THE TENDERNESS OF YOUR HEART.
SO KEEP YOUR HEART TENDER.
I JUST SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL TENDER HEART
AND THAT THE FATHER'S JUST LOVING THAT HEART,
THAT TENDER, BEAUTIFUL HEART.
BUT DO NOT ALLOW THE PAIN FOR YOU TO PROTECT THAT.
THOSE BEAUTIFUL SENSITIVE ANTENNAS BECAUSE YOU'RE
PICKING UP A LOT OF THINGS WITH THOSE ANTENNA,
AND IT'S PAINFUL AND IT'S HARD, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,
YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP YOUR LOVE ON, YOU'RE GOING TO STAY FIRM,
AND YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE WELL IN THIS SEASON
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE WHAT SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE
AND YOU CAN BE ABLE TO BRING HOPE, EVEN WHEN PEOPLE
ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE
WHAT THEIR SATURDAY IS GOING TO LEAD TOWARDS,
SUNDAY IS COMING.
SO BLESS THAT, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
AMEN.
REBECCA: AMEN.
WOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING.
I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE
BECAUSE I'LL CRY.
OKAY. LEIF...
LEIF: IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO CRY.
THIS IS GOOD FOR YOU.
GOOD MEDICINE.
REBECCA: I KNOW. I KNOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR PEOPLE TO GET CONNECTED TO YOU,
HOW DO THEY FIND YOU?
LEIF: IF THEY CAN SEE MY NAME.
LEIF HETLAND.
AND THEN THEY CAN FIND ME. OR GLOBALMISSIONAWARENESS.COM
OR ANY BOOKS OR MATERIAL OR FIND A YOUTUBE
OR YOU CAN FIND ME ON EVERYWHERE.
SO YEAH, JUST LOOK UP THAT LEIF,
L-E-I-F.
HETLAND, H-E-T-L-A-N-D.
AND THEY CAN GO AND CHECK IT OUT THERE
AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOME OF THE TOOLS.
I FELT ESPECIALLYTHE LOVE AWAKENING , BUT THE BOOK ON
THE THREE CHAIRS .
EVEN THERE I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, REBECCA,
YOURSELF, CALLED CALL TO REIGN, BUT JUST SO YOU CAN SEE,
CHAIR NUMBER ONE IS THE LIFESTYLE OF JESUS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OPERATING.
BECAUSE DECEPTION IS SO DECEIVING.
SO I WANT US TO GET THE SUPER GLUE TO SHARE ONE.
AND THE CHAIR ONE HAS LEG NUMBER, ONE IS IDENTITY NUMBER,
TWO IS INTIMACY.
THEN INHERITANCE.
THEN DESTINY.
ONE CHAIR TURNS THE OPPOSITE WAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, THAT'S A BOOK CALLEDCALL TO REIGN
THAT IS HELPING SO MANY PEOPLE LEARNING SELF-AWARENESS.
SO THAT HOW DO I RESPOND WHEN I GET SQUEEZED,
GET INTO CHAIR ONE, AND STARTS TO OPERATE LIKE JESUS
IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, AND JUST IT'S JUST A PRACTICAL WAY
OF LIVING AND LOVING LIKE JESUS, TO BE WITH HIM,
TO BECOME LIKE HIM, AND SIMPLY DO WHAT JESUS DOES
IN EVERY SITUATION.
THAT'S THE CALL OF ANY APPRENTICES
OR DISCIPLES OF JESUS
THAT IS BEING LOVED BY THE FATHER THAT JESUS WAS LOVED BY.
REBECCA: I LOVE THAT.
WELL, YOU'RE A BLESSING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
LEIF: I APPRECIATE YOU, TOO.