Port Orchard Church Of The Nazarene

Pastor Jerry opened with the declaration that being in right standing with God gives you boldness. We were created in the image of God, and we need to live the way He intended us to live. He encourages us to be receptive to the incredible inheritance that we have as royalty, to live it out with integrity and boldness and urgently pursue others to share it with us.

Joel shared from scripture, dreams and visions (Rice Crispy Treats and dinosaurs!) regarding how our choices affect how God can move in our lives. As a church we need to be open to God's discipline in our lives and know that he "chastens those he loves". God loves us so much that he doesn't want us to continue in the things that are blocking and hindering us, including a very dangerous spirit of passivity. Joel then led in a prayer of repentance.

Pastor Jerry shared some scriptures and insight regarding the dynamic revival we are currently enjoying. He encourages all of us to "get off the couch, get over yourself and jump into the fun!" We need to pursue the presence of God, see people how God sees them, and gain understanding of the times we are in.

Nels Roinas shared his testimony of conversion, being filled in the Holy Spirit and some of the incredible things he has experienced when he allowed God to use him. "I worked very hard and prepared a lot, for very little to happen." With the Holy Spirit moving around and through us we can have an incredible impact on the world around us. We need to develop a dependence on the Holy Spirit and allow God to move however He wants, and whenever He wants.

Dale O'neal shares about past revivals and how they relate to what God is doing today.

Our God is an incredibly loving Daddy who wants us to keep trying, even when we fail, or nothing happens. Dale shared 5 concepts of how God sees us. We are deeply loved, Christ took our punishment because God loves us. Completely Forgiven, our sin is not superior to Christ's work on the cross. Fully pleasing to Him, we make God happy, period, and He is CRAZY about us! Totally accepted, we don't need to perform religiously to gain what God has already given us. He loves us unconditionally!

Using the dove that Noah released as an example of the Holy Spirit, Pastor Jerry explained that we want to be a great landing place for the Holy Spirit. If we can touch the presence of God, we can have a peace that transcends our circumstances. We need to create a highway of holiness.

Hamilton Filmalter, a healing evangelist and revivalist, finishes the series of messages on the Good News of the Kingdom of Heaven. He encourages us to embrace the culture of the kingdom. At the end of the message, Hamilton leads a group of people in a prayer to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as evidenced by speaking in a language they do not know.

Hamilton Filmalter, a healing evangelist and revivalist, related the temple to our bodies, the Holy Place represents our mind or soul and the Outer Court, our body. Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple to clean it up. He wants the temple of our body to be clean also. Jesus died so we can be set free and made whole. We need to allow the Holy Spirit to clean up our lives and get rid of all the junk, so we can experience Kingdom Freedom.

Hamilton Filmalter, a healing evangelist and revivalist, continued to explore the reality of the Kingdom, and reminded us that it was Jesus who told us that “the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand”. He also pointed out that we need to take the Kingdom into the market place. There are opportunities around us to minister to people and show them the Kingdom of God in action.

Hamilton Filmalter, a healing evangelist and revivalist, shared that as we walk in the supernatural, and we press in for the supernatural of God, we must be a people that is radical in the supernatural of the Holy Spirit, but at the same time, radical in our belief in the word of God and our love for the word of God, and know the word of God. He continued to explain that the Kingdom of God is demonstrated with supernatural power, and that if Jesus walked in the power of the Holy Spirit, we need to also.

Hamilton Filmalter, a healing evangelist and revivalist, explained that the Supernatural realm of Heaven is invading this world. We need a total change of our mind and look at God differently. We need to become a kingdom people that make an impact in our community and schools. We have been called to advance the kingdom of Heaven through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus is the perfect revelation of God the Father. You and I have the responsibility and privilege of knowing God and presenting God accurately. We need to refresh our perspective of who God is, with Jesus Christ. Nothing compares, or even comes close to, experiencing the presence of God and hearing His heart toward us.

In Christ there is no sin. He loves us and we have the privilege of loving Him back. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood. We want a framework that is inviting to the Word of God and hostile to the word of the enemy.

Understand that this isn't about a performance relationship, this is about treasuring Christ above everything in our life.

Today Ryan was talking about healing and shared that often the preaching and teaching get done in the church, but healing gets left out. Jesus said to pray earnestly for laborers to be sent out into the harvest. God has given us the power and authority to relaese the power of God when we pray for the sick anywhere, not just in church. It's not about getting more of the Holy spirit, it's about releasing what is already inside of us. When Jesus prayed for the sick, He commanded the person to be healed, and commanded the sickness and disease to leave. He was motivated by love and compassion.

Ryan Adair shared that if we want to be like Jesus, we need to follow His example and engage the people around us. The power of the Holy Spirit in us can impact the culture around us. Jesus ministerd to the people that no one else even wanted to talk to.

Our guest speaker Dr. Hugh L. Smith, District Superintendent, reminded us that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is with us, for us, but never against us. That which begins in belief is confirmed by the Comforter.

Before the message, Pastor Jerry shared a word of encouragement from our Heavenly Papa. Using the example of a Papa that sees all his grandaughters as perfect, he reiterated the fact that we are perfect in Papa's eyes through Jesus. For the message, Pastor Jerry discussed the presence of God, then shared from Acts 2 and expounded on aspects of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

As saints of the Highest One, we need to live like we are called to the privilege of influencing those around us. It's really about NOW!