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0:02 We wanna honor God because he sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:56 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. We're so happy that you joined us. We just believe God is working things out and he's got a message and a plan for you today. Today, we're gonna be talking about1:07 when Jacob, Jacob who was, you know, this wheeling and dealing living the fast paced life kind of guy, he was sleeping and when he woke up 1 time, he said, surely the Lord is1:19 in this place and I was not aware of it. And I always think about that scripture and I think, oh Lord, don't ever let me miss you. I don't ever wanna know that I1:31 missed your presence, that we that I missed out on what you were trying to do. And, you know, we have to practice the presence of God and create a culture of1:43 of being in the presence and the awareness of God being with us. And that's what that's what we're gonna talk about today, and I really that is so important, isn't it? Like do you want that scripture1:54 to not be aware of it? Right. That gives me pause.1:58 That that does. And and you know, Jacob, once he got in the presence of God Yes. You know, Jacob was named properly Yes. Because he was a lying, tricking2:11 Deceiver. Fellow who deceived his own father into giving him an inheritance that was not rightfully his. Yeah. However, God turned it for2:23 Jacob's good and when Jacob did get in the atmosphere of the Lord and the presence of the Lord, God not only changed2:34 Jacob's life, he changed Jacob's name to Israel. Yeah. Isn't that something? Yeah. So when you get in the presence of God, God changes who you are. You know, you may2:46 be in his presence, but he is changing even your DNA. I mean, he is wrestling. Yes.2:54 That had to happen. There was a wrestling and so, you know, we we don't wanna be in a wrestling match with God because guess who's gonna So it's it's better to3:05 just be aware of who he is and acknowledge him and get in his presence and stop running. Stop. It's not like God if God wants to catch you, he's gonna catch you. If God wants to3:17 wrestle with you and and show you and change your life, you know, he draws all men to himself. God is is is for you. He wants you. He wants you to to hand3:29 off your life to him because honestly, there's no better life than the 1 he has penned for you. And we want to be aware of his presence in our lives. We wanna be3:41 aware that that was you God. You're here. I feel your presence. And I know Michelle and I will pray all the time. We're always praying together. And and sometimes we feel God and sometimes we don't. But3:53 sometimes we'll say, oh, that's God. I really feel God. It doesn't matter about your feelings. He's always there. He will never leave you. He will never forsake you. If you are born4:04 again, he his presence, the holy spirit has come to live inside of you so we can be aware of that that he is always with us. You know, back in the bible days, you know, they they4:16 had to go they had to go search out the lord. They had to go search out Jesus. All that we don't have to do that. We have him with us all the time, but we need to be aware of that. We need to be think about think4:28 about the things you say or the things you do knowing the holy spirit's and you can grieve him. Yeah. Yes.4:36 And you I mean, you know, just thinking about that, you know, we we have to think about God in his proper place and give him the fear and reverential awe Yes. That he4:47 deserves. You know, I think that sometimes we've we've gotten well, we're less formal in church than we used to be even from when I was a child which my parents barely went to4:59 church ever. But whenever we did go, was very formal. I mean, you weren't chewing gum or looking around coffee or a Starbucks or anything, you know. You dressed5:11 up. I mean, was it was pretty formal. But it made you think, you know, God must be here. Right? So you you you need to have that And you know, bible5:22 says that God is in heaven above and on the earth beneath. You know, God is transcendent.5:32 Yes.5:33 He is everywhere and yet wherever you are, whether you're in a car, whether you're in a confined space, whether you're in a big building like we are right now,5:45 God is with us. But you know you can generate, you can stir up the Holy Spirit that is within you and create and shift the5:57 atmosphere by calling out the presence of God, calling it to you. And how do you do that? God inhabits the praises of his So6:09 if you wanna be like Jacob and have that presence of God experience, begin to praise and worship the Lord. It says, we bring the sacrifice6:20 of praise into the house of the Lord. And sometimes it does feel like a sacrifice of praise because often when you begin to praise, you think, you know, you're not feeling it.6:32 Mhmm.6:32 But as you begin to really think about the Lord and think about what he's done in your life and think about who he is, you know, then that generates something and it shifts the6:44 entire atmosphere in your home, in your church, in your spirit. Do you ever feel that way like you're really bummed out and then you begin to praise and worship the Lord and you forget all all about the6:56 reasons why you were upset?6:57 You can feel a peace because there's a perfect peace that comes from God and you know, the the there's so many times where people are like racing because they heard this evangelist is7:09 coming to town, and this person's going to preach, and I really wanna go hear him speak. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with all of that because faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of the Lord.7:19 And they're hungry to get in the of God.7:21 Yes. And we are to hunger and thirst, but the but this that's not where the only place where you find God. You can just go in your room and shut the door, and that's why the Bible7:33 even talks about your, the closet, the secret place. The secret place where you go and meet with the Lord and you just be silent with him because sometimes there's so many distractions and7:45 when you enter into that secret place, maybe it's just a tiny little closet where you're closed off from hearing the the phone and the dog and the kids and all of that, where you can just get in the presence of the Lord7:57 and just be aware of his presence with you. And that's when you can begin to praise and worship. And again, he does inhabit the praises of his people. And so when you know that8:08 you know that he's there, that he has he's he's there with you, you don't have to run out. You don't have to be searching out the next latest and greatest speaker speech. That's great. We all need to hear8:20 that. It's good to be in a body of believers. But God is in you. Jesus has sent the Holy Spirit to be with you. He said, I'm sending someone even greater. So Jesus8:32 is interceding for us. We have the Holy Spirit in us and there's Yeah. Nothing better. And we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. Stay right there. You're watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.8:44 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus8:55 Christ. When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten, and9:07 the overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by9:19 logging on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b f m 14 889:30 road number 22 Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission9:42 today. Give now.9:46 Welcome back to Grace Grace with 9 and Michelle. Today, we're talking about surely the Lord is in this place, and we're talking about the presence of God. And, you know,9:58 wherever you are, listening, watching, whatever you're doing right now, you can summon the presence of God. He's already there, but you can summon the presence of God where you10:09 begin to feel the presence of God. Not and I'm not saying always because there are times it seems that our faith is being stretched and, you know, sometimes it seems like, well, they're feeling God, they're feeling God,10:21 you know, when you're watching people worship and you're not feeling God. But that doesn't mean God's presence isn't there. You know, and there is a difference between saying God is everywhere and God is10:32 here. Mhmm. There is a difference because 1 is having a knowledge of God and knowing that God is omnipresent. Yes, he is everywhere, but is but God is10:44 here. Like right now, the Bible says that if 2 or more of you are gathered together in agreement for the Lord that10:56 his presence shall be there. In your midst. Guess what? He's in your midst. He's in our midst. Yep. Right now. Yeah. Jesus is in the house. He's in the11:08 house. He's right here with us and he is, I believe, ordering what we're saying. We're we we've we prayed that he would because we know that we don't have all the answers11:20 and and we want this to be effective and the only way for that to happen is for Jesus and his presence to be right here where we are right now.11:29 The bible says, when you seek me, you will find me. When you seek me with your whole heart. That is Jeremiah 29 13. So when you seek him, you11:41 will find him. And you know, let me just say, the devil is just the king of the distractions. And you know, there could be times when you are just fully set up, you're just11:52 gonna spend time with the Lord that morning in the bible and then something happens or the call calls come in or, you know, there there there's there's some kind of something going on. The doorbell's ringing, something's12:04 going on. There's so many distractions and he will do anything and everything to get you off of your devotion time, to get you off of your praise and worship time because he12:16 knows. You know, think about it, he used to be in heaven. He knows. He wanted all the worship for himself. He knows how the word works. He distwits it. He lies. And if he can pull you away from the real12:28 word, if he can distract you from being in the presence of God, from seeking the Lord with your whole heart, He knows that he can I promise you, your day will not be the same? He knows he can12:40 trip you up. He can cause some anger in some way. He can do something because that's that's that's what he has in his arsenal is to keep us from always from seeking the12:51 Lord, from being in the presence of the Lord, from reading, worshiping, praising. If he can get you off your game where that is, he can he can wreak havoc in your lives. So that's why13:03 when you seek him, you will find him. We need to practice the presence of God. Be aware of of him in your life. Know that you've spent that time with him. Know that he's got a word for13:15 you. It it when you go into the presence of God, expect a word. I need to hear from you today. Get in your bible. See what seems to be highlighted to you. That's God speaking to you. Say this this13:27 just shows up. Sometimes we'll say that. Oh my gosh. This showed up to me. And you know, we've read that how many times, but it wasn't leaping off the page like it does at a certain point in your life.13:37 Well, and even obscure scriptures sometimes. Yeah. You know, I'll say, hey, I got this in the bible, and and she'll go, me too. Today. Yeah. You know, and it's just because the Holy Spirit speaks to the body of believers13:49 Yes. At the same time. Mhmm. That's why it seems like 1 preacher's copying another preacher. It's not. It's the Holy Spirit giving a message to the church because that preacher got in the presence14:01 of God, and God spoke his holy word to them. Yes. And while we're on that that subject of you know, of of having Satan interfere,14:13 sin interferes with the presence of God. You know, so if we have sin in our lives, then that's gonna also interfere with the presence of God.14:21 Sin will will cause you to want to stay away Mhmm. From the word of God. That sin will take you away from that because you're not gonna want that conviction. Right. You're gonna start14:33 your sin will start leading you away. And, you know, it's interesting what you said because I can't tell you how many times I will be in church and knowing that, you know, we we have the the social media and the blogs14:45 and all the devotions, and the the the pastor will start speaking and I will say to my husband I go, I wrote that on on the devotion this morning or14:55 And there's no way he had time to get up and read that,14:57 you know, because that's the holy spirit. I'll say like, we just were talking about this yesterday. I gave you that scripture yesterday to my husband, you know, like I'll say and it'll be like what his sermon is and so15:08 yeah, the holy spirit bears witness and, you know, he he if he's got a message, it's for the body.15:14 It's for the body.15:15 It's for all of us.15:16 Because the presence of the Lord is in the building. When you go when you go to church, now make sure you're going to a bible believing church. Otherwise, get out. Get out. It's going to15:28 church is not good if you're not going to someone who's actually to a pastor who's actually preaching the word. Mhmm. So we're saying get in the fellowship of believers. That's how you15:40 you fight your battles is in the fellowship of the believer. You do not want to be in a battle all by yourself. God wants to make sure that you15:52 enter into it says, I enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart. I enter his courts with praise.15:58 Yes.15:59 You that's how you get in the presence of God. You get with other believers. You come into agreement. And I'm telling you, there have been times, you know, I I remember 116:11 service years ago, my husband and I were in the background. We I was directing the service from the back television ministry and he was on16:23 camera that night and and well, he he actually what happened was the the the Holy Spirit just you could just all of a sudden feel the16:34 presence of God entered the room. It was tangible. I have never felt the Holy Spirit like that. It felt like if you put your hands in it, that it would be like almost like a a liquid or something.16:46 Yeah. It was it was amazing. And the Holy Spirit began to really move in the building, and I am telling you, the camera guy I I Troy, my16:58 husband, grabbed the cords because we had to take the cameras off of the tripods, and we began to follow the Holy Spirit or or well, the activation of the17:10 Holy Spirit because people were getting healed. They were getting filled with the Holy Spirit. I mean, was a a an old fashioned Pentecostal type revival. Hallelujah. And so it just was like this presence that came in.17:22 And I remember my husband, the the the guy that was on the camera had the camera and Troy was behind him on the court and he was slain in spirit. The spirit of God was so powerful17:34 that our camera guy fell backwards and Troy, my husband caught the camera. And I said, why didn't you catch Glenn? He goes, because the camera cost how many thousand dollars? And he he said, God had17:46 Glenn. It'll be okay. But that's when the presence of God is in the house.17:50 Yes.17:50 We'll come back in just a minute and we'll talk about that.17:54 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus. And that is the mission of Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.18:06 When you donate to Grace Grace Ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the18:17 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungry to hear the real message of Jesus. Give today by logging18:29 on to naina and michelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b f m 14 88 road18:40 number 1 22 Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission18:52 today. Give now.18:55 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. We're talking about being aware of the presence of God. We never want to miss what God is doing. We never wanna miss out19:07 on his presence, his word for us. We never wanna be so busy. We're not human doings, we're human beings and that is another thing the devil wants to do is keep you so busy busy19:19 busy distracted with all these things and I'm telling you, you can even be busy doing ministry thinking that it's of God and and if it's taken you, whatever19:30 it is, if it's taken you away from your personal study time with the Lord, to be with the Lord, to be in the presence with the Lord, even in the name of ministry, it it can it can can19:42 throw you off and it it can like, you know, you can think that you're doing those right things for the Lord. Back up. Because, you know, Noah's a complete sentence And if you're not even in19:54 ministry not doing the exact things that God has called you to do and do that and do it with excellence instead of saying yes to 10 things that maybe you're not supposed to be20:05 doing because there's nothing more important to God than your relationship with him. That is how we get our identity is knowing who we are in Christ. We are God's20:17 children. He has a plan for our lives. He is with us, so who can be against us? He is for us. And he wants us to just sit with him, be with him, be in his presence,20:29 soak in his presence, and just worship him for who he is and what he's done in your life. And if you need something, that's how you get there. You just sit and be with him and you ask20:40 him when you spend time with him, he's working out all the things that you need behind the scenes because that's where the the miracles are manifested. Amen. Amen.20:51 And God's God covenants to bring his presence back to his people. I mean, when you think about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden,21:03 God used to walk with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. They had relationship. And when Adam and Eve sinned, that relationship was severed and and from21:15 that point on things shifted. And and when Jesus died on the cross, that relationship with God was restored and I believe that21:26 you and I can walk in the presence of God like Adam and Eve. Like we can hear from God, I believe that we can feel his presence. I cannot tell you how many21:38 times, you know, I just have just felt the warmth of God. I don't always feel that. Sometimes I feel like, God, where are you? You know, but God himself, I21:50 believe will be part of your life if you will begin to make time. It says, seek first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness and then22:02 all things will come unto you. And so if you want that presence of the Lord every day, seek first God. Get up. Get on your knees. Lay down before the22:14 Lord. Go full blown Pentecostal. Crank crank the the praise music up. Get the word of God out. Speak the word of God out. Declare and22:26 decree the word of God whether you're feeling anything or not after a little while you begin to feel something Yeah. Because you have summoned the presence of the Holy Spirit and22:37 and the Holy Spirit begins to to to come into the room and and you are fanning the flames of the fire of the Holy Spirit. Like the Bible says, stir up the gifts of the Holy Spirit that are within22:49 you. That's you stirring them up. How do you stir them up? Full blown Pentecostal. Yeah. That's how I mean, that is seriously just call on the Lord right there.22:58 And that's how that's how you you you get your prayers answered. You know, honestly sometimes, you know, when I'm, you know, maybe going through something and I just get in the word of the Lord and I I'm23:10 like, show me what is going on. How how do I even know what to do next, and honestly, just being in the presence, it you might not have a word yet, you might not23:22 have your prayers answered, but you can feel a peace and you can walk away from your prayer time knowing that you are now equipped, that you are covered in the armor of23:33 God, the blood of Jesus, you are protected, he's leading you, he's guiding you, he's showing you even if nothing in your circumstance has changed. But I also know that he will give you a scripture like23:45 sometimes you'll just read something and you'll say, what is is that even? And honestly, later that day or later that week, something that was pertaining to that scripture23:56 will pop up and you'll It'll be like Rhema word. You'll know that that's what You'll know that scripture. You'll know that you can speak that over the circumstance of whatever has just popped up24:08 and then you'll know that the Lord has gone before you. He already showed you by giving you that word that didn't really make sense to you at the time that he's there because he knew that was24:20 coming. He knew that you were gonna need that word. He knew. And so many things will pop up and and you'll say, he gave me this word and I don't care how long ago he gave me that word, it stands for24:31 today. It still stands. God still means what he said. He is not a God that should lie and he's still on the throne. And we're gonna pray all about that because we want to always24:43 be aware of his presence. And so let's just pray right now. Lord, we24:48 just thank you that surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.24:52 Yes, Lord.24:53 And we thank you that we have come into agreement, Lord. We we are not in the we we are in unity in agreement with our brothers and sisters in the faith Lord25:05 across the world right now. And so God we come into agreement 2 or more are in agreement and you are in the midst all over the world. Your25:17 presence is falling on people everywhere father. We just thank you for that. Thank you that you're gonna baptize them with a fresh touch of the holy25:28 spirit lord. If they've never been baptized in the holy spirit with evidence of tongues, we ask you for it right now. Fill them with the holy spirit, Lord. And we praise you God that in in your presence is25:40 fullness of joy. In your presence is healing. In your presence all things are possible. Relationships are restored. Deaf ears open. Blind eyes see. And all across25:52 the world people feel the presence of Jesus Christ. In Jesus name. Amen. Hallelujah.26:00 We are so glad you joined us for the broadcast today. You can head over and find us all over social media. We also have a couple of podcasts and you can look up Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle or Naina Keegan26:12 Ministries and we are wherever podcasts, whatever app you are listening to, we're there available. 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