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The Threshing Floor: A Place of Transformation 0:14 Welcome to Today with Marilyn and Sarah. I'm Isabelle, and I am so honored and excited that you are joining me today. We're gonna have such an amazing time listening to 1 of my grandmother's classic teachings.0:26 But before we jump into that, I wanna take some time and thank our partners. Partners, thank you so much for all you do. It is with your help, your support, your prayers that we truly can cover the earth with the word0:38 and connect everyone to the heart of God. We couldn't do what we do without you. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I know many of you are watching and you turned on our0:50 program today and maybe you have a prayer in the back of your mind and you maybe you've been praying this for weeks or months or even years and you think, Lord, I'm tired of praying this prayer. Today, we believe that1:00 God is answering your prayers. So call, go on the website. I believe, I know you believe in a God that is much bigger than our circumstance. Your circumstance is very small compared to the great and tremendous1:12 power and goodness that is our God. So go ahead call, go on our website, give us the privilege of praying with and for you. Now in just a second, we're going to jump into a classic1:24 teaching of my grandmothers. This is a teaching that's even older than I am, and I know that it will stand the test of time that it will minister to you as much today as it did all those years ago. Now she is1:35 talking about this idea of a threshing floor. In ancient Israel, the threshing floor was a place where they took the wheat stems and they beat them and it separated the wheat from the chaff1:48 The good from the bad In my grandmother Mimi's sermon The threshing floors are places that God brings us to separate the good from the bad. And I1:59 know maybe while you watch this program today, there's gonna be a reminder that God has for you. This is a place where I wanna separate the good from the bad. So keep your eyes of your heart, keep the ears open,2:11 and let's join this teaching today.2:14 So the first 1 I want to look at, I want you to turn to Judges 6 is Gideon. And when you read Judges, you find out that Gideon, you know, he is on a threshing floor. And I'm2:26 sure he had the questions like we would have. And the angel of the court Lord comes to him in Judges 6 11. And the angel of the Lord came to him as he sat under the2:38 oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezerite where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in the wine press to keep it from the Midianites. Now it was a very difficult time.2:50 Let me tell you, none of us here choose to have a threshing fold floor experience. It comes upon us. We don't choose to have a trial, do you? Do you just say, Oh3:02 I just love trials, Oh God send me a trial, let the devil bring me a trial, let somebody just come and persecute me for a while. No way, it comes as a surprise. And so here he is,3:14 he's threshing out a little grain because the Midianites are very cruel to them. They come down and burn up their harvest, and you know kill their people, rape their women, it's a bad bad time. So he's hidden away with3:26 his own hidden threshing floor grinding out the grain. And an angel comes to him and he says, Gideon the Lord is with you you mighty warrior. But sir Gideon replied, if the Lord is with3:37 me why has all this happened to us? Where are all the wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? But now the Lord has abandoned us and put us3:49 into the hand of the Midianites. Now what is he saying is, well, where is the Lord? And that's exactly what we say. Well, where is the Lord? He's abandoned me out here all by myself. What's gonna happen4:01 to me? Because we're on the threshing floor. It's hardcore. He said, I don't understand. So the threshing floor floor experience many times, we have a feeling of abandonment and we have a questioning.4:13 Maybe you're in a season of questioning. Maybe you're on the threshing floor and you need God's presence to meet you in that place on your threshing floor. Call, go on the website. We wanna pray with you right now that4:25 you would experience God's presence in a special and specific way. You know, Gideon needed God in that moment, and God showed up to meet Gideon in that place. Let's go back and see what God says4:36 to Gideon.4:37 And said, go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you? See God is saying, am I not on the threshing floor with you? Look at4:49 someone, say honey when you're on the threshing floor, he is there with you. He doesn't desert you on the threshing floor. And so he5:01 said, how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh and I am the least in my family. So the next question is, don't you know who I am? God, I can't5:12 handle this. I'm not made to handle this. My emotions won't handle it. My background doesn't handle it. God I can't take this. So not only do you say why5:24 is it happening to me? Where is the Lord? He has abandoned me. The next thing we say is I can't take it. Am I reading your mail this morning? I have a gut feeling I am because it's my mail. And so he said,5:36 you know, I can't take it. And the Lord answered, I'll be with you and you will strike down all the Midianites together. Gideon replied, if now I have found favor in your eyes give me a5:48 sign that it is really you talking to me. Please do not go away until I come back and bring my offering and set it before you. The next thing we say is, God6:00 give me a sign you're here with me on the threshing floor. Let me feel your presence, let me give me a scripture. Did you ever open your bible run through the pages and say, quick give me a scripture I need to hear6:10 something. You say have you done that? Oh yes I have done that. Well I need something! Or we call somebody thinking maybe they will give me a word from the Lord and they don't give you a thing, they just want to give you6:21 a fudge recipe or something, and it wasn't what you had in mind at all. So he said, Give me a sign, I need a quick miracle that will help me know you're here on the thresing floor with me. And you know God in his mercy6:31 because he is there will give you a sign. Because threshing floors are God's opportunities with us. Even though the devil may bring them God will get mileage out of what the devil does. You know God6:43 says he will even make the wrath of man to praise him. Hallelujah. And so here he is there and he offers a sacrifice and the angel of the Lord touches the sacrifice it6:55 tells you in the next few verses and it just goes up in flame. He touches it with his staff and it goes up in flame. Then he says to Gideon, I want you to go pull down the altar to Baal. Now7:07 let me tell you what happens to you on the threshing floor. On the threshing floor you get some altars that you have built pulled down. There are some things you have said I will7:19 never do that you've been doing. There are some things you have said I will never do that God wants you to do, that God is going to say, will you be willing to do it or won't7:31 you? There are some false alters in our lives that need to come down. There are some false pride in our lives. When we were going to Manila and setting up this meeting for Manila, there's a large ministry in7:42 Manila that Wally and I have been to and I've been to a number of times. So when we were gonna have a crusade we asked this pastor if he would like for us to come to his church and have the crusade in his church. And you7:53 know what he said? No. Why could have kicked him? I'm your friend, you've been inviting me in the past, now I wanna come and you say no. You know, what's your problem? Now these are the kind of things that I think many8:05 times are pride levels in our life and we have some pride levels. Well, why wouldn't he invite me? Doesn't he know? I have a big television ministry and he's on doctor Cho's board with me. He ought to really like me.8:16 Well, I'm hot stuff. But you know what we're not hot stuff he's hot stuff. And if he wants us in that church he'll put us there and if he doesn't we don't need to be there. Am I right? And I8:28 had to pull that altar down and say, God where do you want me to go? And so what did God do? He put me in this great great great big Assembly of God church, and it's the fastest growing church, and put me with a bunch of8:39 charismatic Catholics that have 500000 every Saturday and ask if I would come and minister sometime. Oh, but I had a much bigger idea, but God had a bigger 1. How many of you know that there's some altars8:50 that need to fall, and we need to say, God if there's 2 people I'm available. Right? So he said pull down the altars to Baal. And so Gideon pulled the altars down to9:02 Baal. And then what else happened if you remember he went through some other things, some questioning with God, you know put out a fleece, but eventually God used him to be a deliverer. And it only took 3009:14 men with Gideon and his faith in God to deliver them from 72000 Midianites. What was God doing with Gideon on the threshing floor?9:26 He was making him a deliverer. That's number 1. What does God do with you on a threshing floor? He makes you a deliverer. That's where your ministry9:38 is made. Your ministry is not made in casting out demons. Your ministry is not made up here behind the pulpit. Your ministry is not made9:50 praying for somebody and they fall under the power. Your ministry is made on the threshing floor, because that's where God changes you. That's where he gets rid of the chaff, and that's where he checks out your motive.10:02 Are you really in this for me? Are you willing to follow me? Are you willing to do what I tell you to do? Or are you trying to be the big name? Who's the big name here today? You or me? Are you hearing me?10:14 And folks it's real easy to get on an ego trip because people can come and compliment you and tell you how wonderful you are, but you better watch out. There'll be somebody who'll come along tell you how bad you are. And10:24 why does God do that? To keep you balanced. And I heard this man say 1 time, Sister you didn't puff me up and that brother didn't puff me down. Why? Because10:36 folks let me tell you the threshing floor is very important for ministry. And if you say, well I just can't take the criticism, and I can't take all this, and I'm gonna jump out. You will never be the deliverer, you'll10:47 never have the ministry, and all of us have a ministry unless we're willing to go and get rid of the chaff. My, it is quiet here this morning.10:57 She really went there. Oh my goodness. Listen, if you need prayer, we want to pray with you. We wanna pray that God would meet you in that place. Who am I, Lord? God sees11:09 you, and he chose you specifically. So call, go on the website. We believe in the power of prayer, and we know that it works. My grandmother has seen it work her whole life. I've seen it work. We know that11:21 prayer works. Now don't go anywhere. We're gonna be back real soon, and we're gonna dive right back into the teaching on threshing floors. Maybe you're in the middle of a threshing floor. Maybe you need God to show upDavid's Threshing Floor: Repentance and Redemption 11:32 and call you into the season that you are to be living. Call, go on the website. We wanna pray11:39 with you. Are you facing trials that make you question, why me, Lord? Relationship hardships, financial struggles, and personal challenges can sometimes leave11:51 you questioning God's plan for you. For your gift of 25 dollars or more, we will send you, why me Lord? Finding God's design in difficult times. In this powerful and12:03 transformative classic teaching from Marilyn, you'll discover12:17 For your gift of For your gift of 99 dollars or more, we'll include the names of Jesus Afghan. Both beautiful and practical, this Afghan not only lifts up the name of12:29 Jesus, but it will also remind you of his many names and attributes. Call or click today for this empowering offer. If you have a passion to reach the lost12:41 and are ready to release the anointing of God into your life, then join us today by becoming a partner. When you become a 30 dollar a month partner with Marilyn and Sarah, we'll send you our welcome gift package, which12:52 includes the Jehovah Rapha oil vial with oil prayed over by Marilyn and Sarah, our exclusive partner CD set featuring 12 never before released teachings, the majesty coffee table book,13:03 and more. Call or click today and help Marilyn and Sarah cover the earth with the word.13:09 Hi. I'm Isabelle, and I am so excited to get to lead Marilyn and Sarah Ministries' first power and love ministry tour. We are going to Brazil in September of 20 25. God is13:21 moving significantly in Brazil. And when you come on this trip with me, you're going to experience God move in your life as well. Spots are going to go quick. Go to Marilyn and Sarah dot org for more details on how to13:33 sign up. So make sure you get more information and join me in Brazil in September. Thanks so much for joining us. I'm so glad that you're here for our classic teaching. This13:45 teaching that my grandma gave is powerful and it's really about stepping into your identity as God calls you into. There are places in our life where God takes us from 1 place and moves us into another. We13:56 talked about how that happened to Gideon on his threshing floor. But right now, my grandmother, Mimi, is about to go into a brand new segment on a new threshing floor. Make sure you listen and pay attention because I14:08 believe that God will speak to you through her.14:11 First Chronicles 21. If you look at verse 14, David has done something really bad. And he got into a pride levels what it14:23 was and I think he got into a fear level. And what he did was that he numbered the people of Israel to see how big an army he could have to go out and win wars with.14:35 So he was putting his confidence in numbers instead of putting his confidence in God. Now David knew better than this, because as a 17 year old he went out and killed a giant because14:47 he had confidence in God. Am I right? He killed a giant because he had confidence in God. Now let me tell you, as he went on many times he fought battles that14:59 he should have lost, but because his confidence was in God, he won. Now suddenly, he's a big name king. Oh, he's gonna count and see how many who are really15:11 for him. And so after he counts them God is displeased, very displeased that David is putting his confidence in flesh instead of his confidence in God. Now every 1 of15:23 us here have blown it, all of us have, and we've made mistakes. And so what does God do? He allows us to go to the threshing floor of your mistake.15:35 Now what we usually like to do is thresh somebody else. Oh, well, it's my wife. No, it's you. Oh, well, it's my husband.15:47 No, it's you. Well it's these kids that are driving me crazy. It's the boss. If I got fed better at church, shut up and feed yourself. Come on, you got a Bible, can you read? Feed yourself.15:59 I'm tired of hearing that old story, I've heard that from lazy Christians too long who don't perform and get anything. They never lead a soul to Christ, never get anybody baptized in the Holy Ghost, never get anybody16:10 healed but they can tell you everything that's wrong with every other Christian. Folks, you need to get to the threshing floor and get the chaff off you, because until you do you'll never be a producer. What's happening16:22 here? Oh, David has blown it. And it says, so the Lord sent a plague on Israel and 70000 men of Israel fell dead. And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem,16:33 but as the angel was doing so the Lord saw it and was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, enough. Withdraw your hand. And the angel of the Lord was then standing16:45 at the threshing floor of Aruana the Jebusite. Where are we? We're at another threshing floor. Now folks, this is David's own16:57 crisis. He made this crisis by his own sin. And this sometimes can wipe us out too, because we say, see I'm responsible for killing 70000 men. How could God ever use17:09 me? But we have to come to that place and say, God I am guilty, but your blood is enough to cleanse me from killing 70000 people. If he had killed 100000 people,17:21 if he repented was the blood of Jesus enough? Come on, was it? Was it? Was it?17:27 Was it? The blood of Jesus is enough to cover all of our sins, all of our wrongdoings. The blood of Jesus is enough. Maybe you're watching and you feel that burning in your heart. You need17:39 to get right with God. Maybe you need to apologize to God. Maybe you need to, get right back into right standing. We wanna pray with you that that burning in your heart, that desire to get back into right standing with17:51 the Lord would really set you apart. So call, go on the website. We wanna pray with you right now. Maybe you've never given your life to Jesus. We wanna pray and you can give your life to Jesus. The blood of Jesus18:03 brings forgiveness for all sins, sets us free. Let's go back and see what happens on the threshing floor.18:10 First Chronicles 21 to 22. The first verse of 22 says, then David said, the house of the Lord God is to be here and also the altar of the burnt offering in18:21 Israel. What did God use the threshing floor of Araunah for? A temple. Everybody say a temple. What does God do when you18:33 are in the threshing floor and you're building an altar and saying, God have mercy on me. I'm a mess, I'm blowing it, forgive me. He's getting you ready to be a temple. Everybody say it,18:45 a temple. That threshing floor is preparing you to be a temple. Now let me tell you, when we walk around and we work, most of you work in secular jobs and you say, I am a18:57 Christian. Well, hallelujah. But if you hadn't told them, could they tell? Could they tell? Do you smoke?19:09 Do you drink? Do you tell dirty jokes? Do you sleep around? Oh, but I go to church Sunday morning at ORCC. Come on. Come on. A temple19:21 shows. If we say, oh, there's a beautiful temple over here. So we don't walk over and say, well, where is it? There's an old building, there's no building. A temple stands out and says just by itself,19:33 I am a temple. And folks, when we get rid of the chaff, we stand out because we don't smoke, drink, tell dirty jokes, live sexual impure lives. We're for God and God19:45 alone, and we got 1 focus and that's the way we're gonna go. Hallelujah. Someone said to me about some big football19:57 games, I don't even know what they were, coming up in January. Said, well you know, maybe you shouldn't have church on that day. Oh, I said, so the football games are going to lead20:08 us. I said, I'm sorry. They said, well people won't come. I said, then don't let them come. I'm gonna be here. Because I'm gonna tell you, I'm not following the football game, I'm gonna follow Jesus Christ And I'm gonna20:19 have 1 focus, I'm a temple, I'm not a slot bucket, whatever. Come on people. And I wanna be here praying, and I wanna be in the word, and if the20:31 rest of the world wants to go to hell, that's their problem. But I'm gonna follow God. How about you? Come on. Are you gonna be a temple? Do people see that you're different or do you live like the rest of the20:42 world? What was God making out of the threshing floor in David's life? A temple. What's he making out of you and me when we repent? He's making a what? Temple.20:55 I did something in China. It was so naughty. You know? And I know you just love to hear my faults. I lost a necklace,21:06 and, well, he had given it to me. And so I had heard from our team that someone else had had something stolen in their room. So I kind of looked around but didn't find the necklace, so I assumed21:19 my necklace is stolen, but I didn't look through everything. So I went down to the management and I said, you know what's going on in this hotel? I said, you've got people who are stealing things out of our rooms. We've21:29 had this woman. She had something stolen out. We had another woman, and now I'm missing a necklace. Oh, he said, I'll get the manager. So he got the manager. I filled out all this report, then he brought the assistant21:39 manager, and then he brought somebody who was over the floor. I said, that's terrible. You should not do that. And the next day, I found the necklace. I thought, oh, well,21:51 I don't need to go down and tell them. God said, you go down and tell them because someone could lose their job over this. So I went to the manager. I thought, well, I'll just have to22:03 do it with 1. So I said, you know, I am really, really sorry, but I did not lose my necklace. I said I found it. I hadn't looked thoroughly enough, and I did find it. Would you please forgive me? Oh, he22:15 said, yes, lady. Yes, lady. We'll forgive you, but would you tell the assistant manager? I said, well, it isn't telling you enough? No. Not really. I had to go to the assistant manager and I had to go to the man in the22:26 head of the floor and I had to go down the desk. I went to 4 different places and said, please forgive me. I did not lose no 1 stole my necklace. I misplaced it, didn't look well enough and it's my fault. But folks, how22:38 many of you know it's good to get rid of the chaff? You know, and to me if they find out we're Christians that looks like a temple, the other looks like a slot bucket. I don't want to look like a slot22:50 bucket to people, I want people to know she is a Christian. She's an oddball. She won't listen to your dirty jokes, she won't drink with you, and she doesn't want to get involved in it. She's strange,23:02 but she is a temple. Amen? And what is God building? He's building temples. What happened in this temple of Solomon? When Solomon built the temple, he didn't build it on some big23:13 beautiful mountain with gorgeous trees and just elegant place, he built it on the threshing floor. And when he built the temple, the Bible says the day the temple was open that the23:25 priests couldn't minister because of the power of God, they fell backward. And it said, and the fire of God fell and consumed the sacrifice.23:35 Wasn't that so amazing? The word of God really does stand the test of time. I love this teaching and I love the truths that come from, you know, the past. That was before I wasWalking in Freedom and Identity 23:47 even born but the word of God is still true. From then to now, it is yes and amen. If you have a need, a financial need, a healing need in your life, life, if you need to be reminded23:58 of who you are, who God says you are, we wanna pray with you that God would bring healing, would bring provision, would bring identity into your life. Call, go on the website. We wanna pray with you today that God would24:10 set you apart. Now make sure you stay tuned because we're gonna wrap up this teaching and hear what God has to say for you.24:18 Are you tired? Are you broken? Do you feel far from God? God says that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in24:29 your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. I want you to call out to God today. God loves you. He is listening.24:42 He is a God of love and a God of life.24:47 Hey. Hey. We just came out with a brand new book that you totally wanna get called The Road Home.24:53 This book is about the prodigal son, and you wanna get a copy because you know prodigals in your life, maybe you're a prodigal. You want this book. You need to get in contact with your heavenly father, and this book will25:03 teach you how25:04 to do that. Buy it today because all of us need to know our chasing father who loves us dearly.25:11 I think we nailed that.25:12 That was super good, Isabelle. You did fantastic.25:14 Let's just go home.25:18 Are you facing trials that make you question, why me, Lord? Relationship hardships, financial struggles, and personal challenges can sometimes leave you25:30 questioning God's plan for you. For your gift of 25 dollars or more, we will send you, why me, Lord? Finding God's design in difficult times. In this powerful and25:41 transformative classic teaching from Maryland, you'll discover how God can use your struggles to refine, strengthen, and prepare you for a greater purpose. We'll also include rebuild,25:53 restoring your God given identity book, and getting the upper hand booklet. For your gift of 99 dollars or more, we'll include the names of Jesus Afghan. Both beautiful and26:04 practical, this Afghan not only lifts up the name of Jesus, but it will also remind you of his many names and attributes. Call or click today for this empowering offer.26:18 With the blood of Jesus Christ, today I call you Jesus Christ, lord of my life. Baptize me in26:30 the Holy Spirit and use my life for your glory. In Jesus' name, and everyone said, amen.26:40 What a phenomenal teaching. I mean, truly, I was blessed by that, and I know that you were blessed by it as well. Guess what? The entire teaching is available for26:52 you right now. So go ahead, call, go on our website. We want you to get today's offer of the entirety of this teaching. What you saw was just a tiny little glimpse into this incredible teaching and you know my27:04 grandmother, you know, she goes big or goes home. You want this teaching. It will change your life. If you have a need right now, if you have a place in your life where you really need27:15 God's divine intervention. You think something can't happen without you getting involved. Maybe it's a family member. Maybe it's a work situation. Maybe it's your landlord at your home. You need God to intervene. We27:27 wanna pray with and for you. So call, go on our website and give us the privilege of getting to pray for you. And of course, when you call or go on our website, make sure you grab a copy of today's27:39 full length teaching. This is an incredible ministry that will bless your heart, it will bless your mind, and it will help you to walk in the freedom that God has for you today. You27:51 don't have to stay at that place of a threshing floor. You can walk out into the identity accepting the good things that God has for you and walking in his freedom. So call, go on our website. Remember,28:02 we love to pray for you and we know that prayer works. Today is not going to be the day that you continue living in captivity. You will walk in freedom today.In this video 0:00 The Threshing Floor: A Place of Transformation11:28 David's Threshing Floor: Repentance and Redemption23:41 Walking in Freedom and Identity
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