So, good day everyone, I'm very honored to share with you a case study that I've been working on is assessing the impact of managed aquifer recharge on the groundwater system in Yongding River catchment by numerical modeling. As you may know, Beijing is the capital of China, it's under rapid urban development and the total population is around 22 million at the end of the year 2020. However, the average annual precipitation is only 585 millimeter per year and this very uneven temporal distribution amount of year. 60% of the water supply relies on the groundwater resources, however, because of a 10-year drought from 1999 until 2009, the city's water resources has been overdrafted, the rivers was cut off, groundwater was heavily overexploited which also arouses other kinds of environmental problems in the city and the city was seeking for a solution to this water scarcity problem. One of the opportunities are the large-scale water transport projects and one of them is transferring the yellow river water from the neighboring provinces to the Yongding River catchment in China, in Beijing and the water diverted from the yellow river will be released from the upstream reservoir to the river channel and on the one hand these water release helps to maintain the environmental flow and at the same time the infiltration from the riverbed is augmenting the groundwater recharge and the water will first go through the mountain area before it arrives in the plain area of the city and then the discharge is controlled by a sluice which could regulate the water release rate and the duration to the downstream mar site which is the main research area of this study. And this mar site at the urban area along the Yongding River channel has been constructed into several lakes and the wetland parks which functions as the recreational spaces for the citizens and at the same time also largely improved the river ride ecosystem and during the release from the upstream sluice the released water will be recharged to the aquifer and the total infiltration area is around 10.4 kilometer square. So since 2019 the water release from these sluice has been tested before and after the flood season with different release rate and duration and in 2019 in the springtime 132 million cubic meters were released during 93 days and 151 million cubic meter has been released in 2020 spring during 32 days and the other 15 million cubic meters were released during 22 days in 2020 autumn. So in order to assess the impact of this mar project on the groundwater system we would like to use groundwater modeling to do a simulation and we expect that by this construction of a 3D groundwater model we could compute the spatial distribution of the groundwater level changes time quantifying the recovery of the groundwater storage and the infiltration rate and the maximum infiltration capacity of the riverbed and also identify the potential hazards related to this mar project and in the end to optimize the future mar management in the area and this model construction is was based on a regional groundwater flow model of the urban city area of Beijing which simulates the monthly groundwater flow dynamic from 1995 until 2008 and in this case we locally refined the grid in the area of interest to simulate the response of groundwater system on the managed aquifer recharge and extend this model simulation period until 2020 with steady stress period and the model calibration was done by adjusting the hydraulic parameters to match the computed groundwater level with the observations and as can be seen most of the groundwater level changes with time at the observation wells can be well captured which verifies the accuracy of this model simulation and here is the the groundwater level contour map during the three water release event and the groundwater level under the riverbed and the surrounding areas has been increased significantly and the maximum groundwater level increase can be more than 20 meters and from the water balance results we could clearly see that during the groundwater storage has been restored after the implementation of the managed aquifer recharge and compared to the beginning of 2018 the groundwater recharge has been increased in total 85 million cubic meters and the infiltration rate for a different part of the marsh side has also been calculated because of the different hydrogeological conditions from the north part to the south part of the marsh side the infiltration rate for different lakes and wetlands also varies from 0.7 meters per day up to 0.05 meters per day so the surface water and the groundwater actually are hydraulic disconnected at the upstream so the infiltration rate can always maintain the maximum all the time however at the downstream part after the groundwater level increased during the water release events groundwater and surface water body becomes hydraulic connected so the high infiltration rate can no longer be maintained therefore it is predicted that in the future the infiltration capacity of the downstream lakes and wetlands will get lower and another aspect we concern is the efficiency of this water release on recharging the groundwater storage so compared to the total water released from the upstream smooth the groundwater recharge efficiency of 2019 screen is around 15 percent or 15 percent higher than the other two events in 2020 because it has a relatively longer recharge period and moderate water release rate but overall the majority part of the released water have been infiltrated through the river channel and restored the groundwater storage and besides all the potential all the positive impact of this the MAR project some potential hazards should also be addressed like here we mapped the area with more than three meters groundwater level increased and the area with less than 10 meters groundwater depth after the MAR operation at in November 2020 and then the increase of the water level might result in the groundwater pollution since there are several old waste disposal sites in the study area and these shallow groundwater depths might do damage to some underground infrastructures such as the metro stations or the basement of the buildings which also needs to be monitored frequently in the future and so from the results above some recommendations for the future MAR management of the Union River catchment can be draw for the MAR operation scheme that we could see longer release water release duration and lower release rate could improve the groundwater recharge efficiency and for the risk control aspects like the high groundwater level needs to be aware during the MAR implementation and overall this groundwater model reconstructed can be a very effective tool to support the decision makers to test a different future groundwater recharge scenarios and assess the impact of the MAR operation in this highly urbanized groundwater environment and I think that's all I would like to share until now and welcome all kinds of questions thank you thank you Siva thank you very much if you can stop sharing your screen they can all see us a bit better again and indeed I would ask all the people attending or attendance to add your questions also to their question and answer box meanwhile we have received a few already and we have some time to address them so as to that Mooneep is asking how many groundwater monitoring wells where there are were used to quantify the groundwater in your case study and what was the overall time scale or the time the period of observations which you based your results thank you thank you Siva and thanks for the questions Mooneep in total when we construct this regional groundwater model there were 202 observation wells through the Beijing Plain area which is the counts for 6,500 kilometer square from the shallow aquifer until the deep aquifer but most of the observation wells were in the shallow aquifer and it's the kind of combined pumping wells also functions as the monitoring wells and in this Yongding River catchment the MAR site we studied in this research they were in total 77 groundwater monitoring wells specifically just around the MAR site which some of them just located exactly near the riverbed and some are a little bit further which that we could use them to see the impact area of this MAR site and also at the same time calibrate to this model yeah that's quite an impressive number of monitoring wells I would say and before I go on to the next question I had one link to that you mentioned the rising water level could cause challenges and I'm wondering how much of the recharge to ground waters being recovered by wells by pumping wells do you have an idea so is or is it purely recharge without really looking into let's say recovery of the of the recharge water to avoid also that rise to that would be excessive in this part of the MAR site we don't really have an intensive groundwater obstruction the most of the recharge water will just stay in the aquifer as a storage and gradually spread during the in the unconfined aquifer and which we believe that with the long-term operation it can it will spread further which will actually benefit for the drinking water production and also worse to mention we have another MAR pilot study in another catchment in this area which is exactly located next to well field groundwater well field so in for that one the most of the recharged water will be directly abstracted as the groundwater pumping which it's a kind of a sustainable way of using this recharged water this actually links to abraham's question from the audience which is also a challenging one I think the question is what is the comparative advantage of using these targeted localized recharge methods along the river as compared to improving infiltration over the entire aquifer or the entire hydrological unit what do you think I would like to say firstly this is actually a very highly urbanized area we don't really have so many space for the large-scale infiltration to to replenish the whole hydrological unit and with this specific site recharge on the one hand it's actually it recharges the groundwater that is our main concern here but at the same time it also has some side benefit like the constructed wetlands parks that we the people just could just have a walk there to enjoy a natural sense in a very urbanized area like my parents would just go there for during the weekend for a walk which they really enjoying and at the same time this riverbed also actually was implement some liner at the bottom so the recharged water will be stayed in the river as an environmental flow which also benefits the riverized ecosystem that is also a side benefit so that's what I would say the benefit of this interesting yeah


Well praise God I'm here because of All the staff here really prayed and believed him for me and challenged me there was one time when Kelly left a prayer for me on my voicemail I must have played that thing 15 20 times There's power when people come together and I Looked at things in the natural Now I looked at the house of healing. I said well, man, I respect brother Mike, but man having a ministry like that In my mind I said I got a little bit bigger ex expectations from my future Not understanding that this was it. I had a chance to meet with Michael.  They would have been confused They'd give you like a 10 they give you like a 10 day to 10 week window to fix yourself Then they got to move on See the power of Jesus is real, but most people don't know how to press in and really get it They don't know how to walk in it to walk in it. Oh to walk in it. You got to purify yourself come on You got to purify yourself if you won't that stuff that's in you it's gonna rise up And it's gonna fight you and it's gonna fight you from within and therefore it's got the edge on you and It's goal is to bring you back to where you came from And they ain't comfortable with taking you just there they'll they'll try to take you all the way out And so We're trying to help somebody And that's where your money is going for To help somebody Sometimes you need to calculate.  We don't have a ten pastor staff. That's all on all on salary We walk by faith When I got to take your money spit it in my gas tank not going to Chipotle on your dime So I want to talk about coming out of the world Physically and emotionally We're gonna look at some scriptures and see what happens see you gotta look at the devil You got to be able to see and move But if you look back to your past life, it's hard to see and move you just see these these big screw ups You see these big divorces and bankruptcies and job losses and mental breakdowns and affairs You see these big things, but you got to be able to see clearly how he set each one of those things up if you ever watched somebody play the Ouija board, it's real subtle and You put your hands on there and each person goes hey are you moving this not man Are you moving this and there's a there's an element of doubt devil's a masterful deceiver. He doesn't want you to know He didn't want you to know he's moving you around. He's controlling you.   Oh, you want to be loved. Oh, you need a woman you need a man now And you're not looking with biblical eyes and hell comes to breakfast See men are trained. Look everybody got a porno magazine when he was a teen Everybody but two people that I knew personally.  This is what's required You better learn at least two or three moves because this is how we're serenading women into premarital sex here at the nightclub with this demonic beat this little frenzy of alcohol this emotion and So you get in these relationships with people that aren't transformed They're not they haven't renewed their mind.   Oh, it's gonna be different this time He really wants to change That devil is he's smart. You better learn what it's like to be alone You better learn what it's like to know God and have God give you a gift You better know how it is to see a window opening and a window closing You better learn how to run It's a it's it's sad sometimes to sit in that office And you listen to people how the devil just beat them down beat them down beat them down and it gets to be a point Where truth is given to you and you're so beaten down you can't even reach out for The simplicity of Christ seems as foolishness. Oh, it's too easy. I Got to do this. I got to do that No, you need to learn how to come as you are and To receive the mercy of God deliverance is the mercy of God It's not done by might it's not done by strength. It's done by the spirit of Almighty God And he'll set you free But he's not gonna set you free from anything you don't want to be set free from Because it would be foolish You'd be set free by brother friend Francis on Thursday and you'd be coming back here on Friday looking for me to help you out You got to learn how to shut the doors to the devil you can't shut the doors on the devil. He's coming Hey, don't stop. I finally just sold this business. This thing has been a Thorn in my shoe Every time I get a letter every time I get an email. It's like a sharp rock, too. Oh, man Just here it is again. We finally sold the business. Imagine this It's a six-month closing. I mean you got to show Documents upon documents and records upon records and maintenance on the vehicles and our biggest most expensive truck It's a big Rick diesel the day we sign blows up I mean, this is like a four-hour window into the next day and it's off the books We gave you a good deal. We've given you hundreds of thousands of dollars with the stuff for half the price It comes on our dime the day We close I just looked at it. I said, hey, I Got a trust in God's word. I said, hey, you got all my needs. I'm putting you first I would like to add a little extra money. I could do some things with that money I could do some good things with that money, but Lord you're in control You got to take some things and you got to learn how to take it Yeah, these curses we talked about curses last week curses get their place by you Someone speaks them into existence the minute you become a Christian and you see the pattern It's up to you to break that curse by the authority. You've been given in Luke 10 19 And the only way it doesn't get broken is because you keep listening to it because it's ingrained into your mind I Knew this was gonna happen. I used to say that so I knew what would happen. I don't say that anymore I do not say that anymore.   There's a window of opportunity to change. But when you keep doing the same thing It's common. We live in the middle of this We will tell you testimony upon testimony of people who don't change at one point. He can take your mind At one point he can take your mind We've seen it The good news is you're here today. You got in your own car. No one drug you here today You're in a position to receive a blessing You're in there you're in a position to be delivered When you're operating on free will we know you got a chance we talked about in the Seminar Mike did on Saturday people want to get in the deliverance ministry There's a little opportunity to come and pray for people here And it's one thing to cast out demons in the house of prayer House of sacrifice a house of labor something Mike started over a decade ago Then you get your opportunity to deliver somebody that just it's just you and them and your faith And so I got that opportunity And I was so happy To have demons coming out. I was so happy It was great because I was going to the jail. I came in there bold as a lion I'm ripping these devils up come out now. I was doing everything I was taught here It's out like this Yeah, there's any doubles here. They should come out. I try to call Mike. I said Mike I know they kicked you out of the jail for kicking out demons.  He told me said man I I met this guy in jail and I met him at the new church. I began to go to He said, yeah, I know Omar. I've had to get him out of drug houses. I've had to do this I've had to go find him here. I've had to keep his bills afloat. I kept his car on the road. I said, well Just sit back and watch a little bit. I've introduced him to deliverance. I see how this goes This is gonna speed up the process quite rapidly I found myself in hospitals Praying him through found myself in dope houses found myself pleading with him What makes deliverance easy is a willing participant But most people don't want to let go they like them them they like this world Like you love your 401k you've had dreams. They've been instilled with you since you were a little child You watch TV the television. It's been telling you your vision for years Now you compare your television with the word of God and you want to keep some of that television You want this money you want the one people to respect you how dare someone come against me I've been working at this job for 17 years They are now spirit and gossip behind my back and stirring up enemies against me. I'm a child of Come on now You got to turn off the television preachers. They've been telling you a vision. That's not real In this world, you're gonna have tribulations. He said be a good chair. I've overcome the world. I have a place for you And you can be a doorkeeper in heaven You can get in barely escaping the flames of hell or you can have a mansion But in order to have a mansion you're gonna have to be a servant He says now I say that an heir in glaciers for one through seven He says as long as he is a child he does not differ from a slave Though he's the master of all But it's under guardians and stewards until the appointed by the father time of the father even so we When we were children we were in bondage under the elements of the world But when the fullness of the time had come God sent forth his son born of a woman born under the law to redeem those Who are under the law that we might receive an adoption as sons And because you were sons God has sent forth the spirit of his sons into our heart crying out Abba father Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son and if a son then an heir of God through Christ If you're gonna go into this yeah, I'm an heir, but my kingdom's not on this earth You learn that from the television preacher you learn that from your pastor because he's got a 401k With your ties and offerings. He's got himself a nice house. It's nicer than yours He's got a nicer cars nicer than yours How do I know cuz we looked at 15 churches before we bought this one and when we would go look at the churches We could figure out the most prominent spot in the nicest car was always the pastors Almost so bad this guy had a hundred thousand dollar car and I swore they must have had cat Bible studies It was cat hair Accumulated on the seats in dust. I said what how in the world do you accumulate this kind of filth on seats?  You are a slave to serve God, but I know I'm an heir And in my father's house so many mansions. I plan on getting at least like a nice duplex I might not get the mansion I'm gonna get something with you know a little bit of amenities I gotta serve him here. I gotta serve him here So do you you got to overcome these lies in your mind?  I've seen him take whole Congregations in the jails of men who were loving God getting delivered moving of the spirit Then someone comes with another doctrine just like what Paul dealt with. Oh No, you can't have no Christian or no Christian can have no demon. Oh, no This is the way they start rattling the Bible bubba bubba bubba bubba and next thing you know What's everybody else? Oh, man, they're with brother Harold. They bought into that doctrine, but you know that doctrine doesn't last long Doctrine doesn't last long.  You're gonna need to bind these devils and cast them out Saw one guy for example. I'll just use one example This guy had all kinds of money rich guy Got caught up in a case. I read the case. I mean he told me about I normally try not to get in their cases But he was a smart guy. I find him interesting. Let him tell his stories and You know multiple properties and nice neighborhoods had a great job was to a point of retirement catches a case I looked at the case. I said, yeah, that's that's wrong. You need to go to jail for a little while You know, but you're not an outright, you know dangerous person And he's getting some moving of the spirit God's touching him But he always wants to hear something That makes him feel good. Hey, what do you think about my sentence? Do you think I'm gonna have favor in my sentence? Do you think I'm gonna be blessed? Do you think I'm gonna be released from here early and I wouldn't tell him? Yes So he kept going to these other preachers that would tell him I believe I see God blessing you would let you out of here So he walks away from deliverance He had a 10-year plea bargain rejects it comes back said I'll take the 10. They said it's 20 now He said I can't do that.   Because he wanted the gospel to conform to what he wanted He didn't want to walk by faith He wanted someone to give him a sign to give him a word that he would know he was secure. I Need to know it look you need to know the word of God. God will never leave you never forsake you He promises to finish the good work that he began in you He's gonna finish it. He's not gonna leave you have delivered But there are some things that you got to be want to be delivered from God was delivering me. I didn't go to church. My church didn't believe in deliverance I'm going through deliverance, but I didn't tell people in church stuff because the first book I ever read in my life I got a hundred and thirty two college credits That's enough for degree in something And I had never read one book in my life Not one book I Wasn't reading stuff on the computer either. There was no computers Just no internet And I start reading the Bible and I'm amazed by it and I go to church And I go wow, this is not like the Bible I said this is kind of a trip and I was a hustler. I was a ticket scalper So you got to be a come on man. You got to fight each other in that world and a strong survive in that world and And I would look at it.  This is really confusing and then I thought well, you know, I guess we're just all sinners and we're just doing the best We can I guess is the best they can come up with and tell one day they were they had the Jesus videos I don't know if anybody remembers that they had these eight track tapes And you would go around and you knock on your neighbor's door and say hey I'd like to share this video with you I'd like to give it to you and I'd like to follow up with you and see what you thought about this video after you Get a chance to to view it. That was a national thing going on our church was a part of it I showed up to do that and It was a big church medium mega church and sure enough the pastor's sitting right next to me And I'm preparing the whole time. I'm all excited like why I finally get to meet this guy This is gonna be exciting and I'm thinking why what am I gonna say and how am I gonna say it and the guy never even looks At me in an hour and a half and says one word. I Said well, man, I don't know about this So now I don't know about this. I think this thing might just be bad from the top to the bottom. I Was unaware that the the devil had power over the Christians until I saw that church and So I would go to church and by the grace of God I Heard of some moving of the spirit my wife showed up at this church by this by little strip mall Not far from my house and I wasn't in town. She goes I don't know if you'd like it Everybody wants to shake your hand and wants to know you they stand up. They really praise God And I said, well, man, hey, I wanted to shake somebody's hand. I wanted to know somebody I'm new in this world I got saved by another ticket scalper. He's gonna be here a little bit later His name Steve We didn't have a lot of biblical fellowship. That was the only Christian I knew And So I went to that church sure enough there was some movement of the spirit. I said, well, I felt God there I felt that But as I'm going through deliverance, I learned real fast. You don't need to be telling church people too much I saw that visually I Whatever I sit down a restaurant I'm always sitting like at a certain place people always accuse me of being a cop. You a cop, sir But I always have this thing. I got to kind of see what's going on I kind of just watch people and things I find it entertaining better than people on TV. That's a false reality I like the real reality And I'm going through this deliverance But one of the last things to go was we and I was here in truth and Brother Steve wasn't quite as anointed preacher back then he'd come pretty hard. What are you doing, man?  I'm just gonna pick them up. Yeah, what does this mean pick up demons? He said matter of fact, you got a demon on your bomb. I looked at it Said man sure enough that is a demon. I Walked right out. I Threw my bong in the trash But I kept my weed in my back pocket.   They didn't they didn't trust in the holy spirit gifts to be poured out in the Man, I believe that's how the church was started. But as it was growing They took it into the hands of themselves The majority of those preachers don't preach anymore They faded out they went back to the world They went back to building houses one of my see them on Facebook another guy took early retirement They've had thrown some kind of heart attack Into into him and he was suffering with all kinds of problems. The other one catches Fibromyalgia He believes that it's a thorn in his flesh sent from God This was the other that guy was a real deal preacher. It was the real deal. He loved God He had set up three or four churches. He was a good man of God But didn't understand the devil So I'm watching all this. I don't want to tell him my problems, you know, they can already see I got some problems I'm walking by faith. I'm a hot dog vendor I came out from hustling all my friends became millionaires hustling tickets right at the point was so easy if I described it You wouldn't believe the money you could make back in the day now. It's hard. It's tough You got to get out there and grind but this was before the internet the whole market was out on the street No one knew how to buy these tickets how you could buy them by the dozens by the hundreds group sales You want to fight in line with everyone? I'm trying to get for the bulls. You could just call up group sales I'll take a hundred. You had to do it three months earlier and pay cash, but It was easy now. I'm walking by faith. I don't know what to do. I got no education I wanted to take it in my hands. I wanted to be rich I brought I was broke two times. I lost some big money in businesses And I said well these I'd hung out at hot dog carts at ball games. I said they can make some money. Hey bank one ballpark starting Hey, I'll go down there. So water and hot dogs. I was the first guy to go down there with water peanuts and hot dogs Everybody else had hot dogs and sodas. I knew you got to have some coolers of water You got to have you got to have boxes of peanuts and And In the reality was they looked down at that they were always trying to help me oh Rick We think we got something better for you Lord is a real estate broker. We think with your skills. We could you could be a real estate broker I would try to buy into their visions. Oh, I can see how that's good But God had put me into a position to love the unlovable To love the unlovable and to watch the spirit of God move on somebody and some so many people have this hard casing Oh, you're gonna run into their lies.  You're confused. You're lonely You're mad at people. You're frustrated These are spirits working against you.  They don't want you growing in the knowledge of God Understanding of the moving of the spirit. So they attack your emotions.  You're going to reap a reward. I've seen People saved that I had literally thought man this guy's crossed the line He's to the point of no return in my mind. I was basically just going through the emotions You know going through the motions rather because I had emotionally given up on the guy because it took so long to see him say But at the end he said look man. I've been watching you. I've been watching you when he finally gets saved He said I know that's God in your life. I see what he's given you and I see the joy you have That's what I want See they want a Jesus they can see They got it. They want a Jesus that they can that they can experience People are always running from religion religion has scarred everybody a religion You just got to tell me about a religion that you just got to tell me what to do to make him happy People aren't interested in that but they're interested in a comforter a savior a deliverer a healer They're interested That's what drew me. That's what drew me as men who had the anointing of God They had this peace and I looked at him. I said man. How are you so happy your house is Media medium house. You got an American car How are you happy? You got a you got a little church. You don't have a great big church You got a little church and these evangelists would come into town. I said wow you I know you're not getting paid here This has got to be a low paying gig Airfare sleeping at the past in the pastor's house Eating the pastor's wife's food. You're not even going out to dinner until the last night. I know how this works My wife is This is her father's church. I've seen him coming though But they always had this peace And I looked at him I said wow man all my friends we don't have peace unless we're making money We don't have peace and joy unless we're bragging about something sinful Unless we're taking glory in the things we have Because we never wanted to be average. Oh, I can't be average I gotta be above average when I drop down the street. I can't have just stock rims. I gotta have some nice rims Matter of fact the guy about my first rims He's got a reality TV show now. He's on the real housewives of Orange County He's wrote rose into the top of garbage the pinnacle things And so these things the devil's gonna test where you really if you really love God because some of these things are gonna be taken from you Some of these things you're not gonna be able to afford sometimes when you're walking through stuff To see if you really love God if you really want the anointing of God, it's gonna cost you something Reach God says in 2nd Corinthians 617 he says therefore come out from among them and be separate Says the Lord and do not touch what is unclean and I will receive you Man that the church isn't much different from the world You find a good person that's not going to jail has one wife Doesn't do drugs. He's not much different from Christians You know according to I don't know if it's a Zogby poll a Gallup poll 90% of the church doesn't even do any work In America 90% don't serve in the church in any capacity Or tie that's in there too. I wasn't gonna hit him with the double whammy. Thank you, sir And they don't give any money number 2 90% So when he says you got to come out from among them why because if you don't It says the tears they look the same. They just don't produce their non-producers There's times you got to leave non-producers.  He's 17 He gets caught up in the social media. I don't do social media. I'm gonna I'm gonna use it as a weapon one day But right now I'm staying away from because it's a weapon always trying to get me so I just stay away from it but my son is on there and on Wednesday he goes and he wrestles And they they face their in-town rivals to high school rivals and He ends up getting this kid and man It's a great pin takes him right from the top right onto his back And you know you got to roll around on the guy a little while to pin him and it's not real pretty They're heavyweights. There's a lot of fat moving around and Not the most appealing thing to the eye And he puts it on someone puts it on a video and some kid chirps in there.  It's your family Maybe a couple of friends will come see you once a year I mean you put in a whole lot of work for a little bit of glory and you worked hard for that That devil didn't like you celebrating and enjoying what your hard work is has paid off And I said now you're in this battle fighting this guy online for everybody to see I Said you got to have eyes to see what's going on That devil doesn't like you to have any success He'll come and try to steal anything he can get his little hands in there He's working He don't stop. He don't sleep This this is a war. That's why the Bible says the war a good warfare If you're on one-on-one combat now, I've seen some guys take some some time off your football you get tired I did it.  Try that in wrestling Try that and in foot in boxing You're gonna get knocked out And then the Bible says he compares it to wrestling. We're not wrestling against people here wrestling against this demonic hours principalities powers rulers of the darkness Spiritual host of wickedness You're wrestling them But when they get a advantage of you Don't let the devil take advantage of us be not unwise to the devices of the devil. He sends the demons Doesn't say we're wrestling against demons the demons got sent by this highly orchestrated plan of attack of human beings and let's look at the success I mean everybody will they look at the Chicago Bulls six championships and whatever years and two three Pete's and man This was an unstoppable dynasty. Look at this devil.  Do you think 90% of that church doesn't want to do anything? No, I don't I believe that Majority of those people do want to do something. I know there's people that just go there I know people that go to church to find good women And they corrupt them. I know a guy that's been doing it for years 25 years. I know there's some people that come there just to do business dealing and Have a network To profit off of but I believe that the majority of that 90% want to do something but there's the devil and His plan of attack against you So that you don't bear fruit for the kingdom of God And he sent them demons those demons most of the time they came into you from your family Sins of the fathers are passed down to the children of the third and fourth generation You've got mom's demons. You've got dad's demons.    This comes right down the line Then them demons will come into you when you're a kid and most of its rejection Because we're all born into sin. It says death came into the world through one man Adam Therefore death reigned in all men. I only knew a few guys and that's who I tried to emulate It seemed to me like they had no insecurities and no fears the world was in their hand They got the best women. They were the best athletes.  You weren't the funniest guy. You weren't the best-looking guy Hey, it was kind of a rule man. You don't go dogging the best-looking guy. You got to give respect to him He's got the pretty girls. He's hands off. Everybody else fair game. It's kind of a weird thing. I Didn't always obey by those rules, but for the most part I did and this rejection is real Pick it up at home if your dad was abusive was a cursor was a yellow you picked it up quick You didn't have a father.  I Always saw everyone's birthday party The things I remember was always someone else's dad playing ball with them. I Always saw someone else's house who had a mom and a dad and yet the things we didn't have I correlated because I didn't have a dad Oh that devil smart Most of stuff you're dealing with came in when you were little You're just now trying to get deliverance from the manifestation. What's deep down inside you? Most people they got lost so bad. Let's just in it just completely Covers them all second lust porn things chicks body parts They never can even get to the point. Hey, you felt rejected. That's how you picked up that lust demon Mental illness man.   You'll be hacking and coughing for years You can be set free We know a guy that used to preach on this very pulper right here for years and he's jail He's the jail minister. He's traveling to churches. He had full-blown schizophrenia. He went to the insane asylum He was in there preaching one day and he said he said yeah when I was when they took me in I thought they were going to sit Me on my throne is God And I said bro, you can't tell these inmates that story I said, I know that's your testimony But we got to ease back a little bit and they got to see some moving of the spirit before you drop that one on them How's the healing? Hey, you're coming with some credibility. They don't Kelly. They know Mike They get they see the rest of the staff do your thing there, but not here. We're gonna have to slow play that one So you can be delivered from what you want to be delivered from Do most people want to be delivered from themselves?  He brings a lot some people you can't bring with you Lot was a carnal person Lot cost him a whole lot of trouble the nation of Israel had to face those demons that came in through lot For years and even going through the promised land. They're hindered By these people these demons He was carnal. He was always operating by his site Lot was lot was always wanting to be by the city. I know the city's safe. Hey, I want to be up in these mountains Someone could kill me up there And he's prospering with with Abraham. He's prospering And he's got all his flocks are multiplying because the favor of God is on him gets to the point where there's beef now between Abraham's Herdsmen and lots herdsmen He says I'll tell you what you choose you go left. I'll go right you go right I'll go left and he looks down By Sodom and Gomorrah, and he sees the water and he goes I'll go that way Operating by a site what happens? Oh man This is terrible Genesis 19 God's about to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, but he's going to save lot and his family says now the angels Came to Sodom and Gomorrah in the evening and lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom When lot saw them he rose to meet them and he bowed himself and his face towards the ground and he said here now my Lord's please Turn into your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet Then you may rise early and go on your way, but they said no we must spend the night in the square so he insists He brings them to his house and before they lay down Men of the city and the men of Sodom both young and old Oh Young and old sinners man old sinners look bad They look bad when your health your vitality is taken away. I go over to this Grocery store over here. What's it called Whole Foods?    What's wrong with you? Don't you know we're supposed to give this up when you get older. I was under the delusion I was gonna quit how come you didn't quit this looks bad gray hair You want to use my bomb? What's wrong with you? Both old and young show up all the people from every quarter they surround the house They call a lot to them where those men that came to you tonight bring them out that we may know of them Carnally, can you imagine the lust demons? People say oh, how could God destroy the world? How could he do that?  I can't believe this the Bible says that every thought that they had was only evil They were overrun with demons. They were so loaded with demons everything. They spoke was demonic everything They thought was demonic everything they wanted was demonic and God had to wipe them out and start over these men are So lustful They want to know these men they want to rape these men Hala goes out of the doorway Shut the door behind him and said please my brethren do not do so wickedly Now I have these two daughters and they have not known a man. That was a lie. They had husbands. He was lying Please Let me bring them out to you. You may do what you wish and do nothing to these men That's how lot is so corrupted He has no faith in God God sends messengers God's about the burn the city of Sodom and Gomorrah And he can't save these men. He can't save you. He has zero faith Then the angels come out and said stand back And they said This one came in to stay here and he keeps acting as a judge. Okay, here's the here's the angels But when they reached out their hands, they pulled lot into the house They shut the door and they struck them in we're in the doorway with blindness both small and great and so they became Weary trying to find the door They're blind and still trying to find the door Can you imagine how demonic these people were? Man the minute I get cast with blindness at any stage of my sinfulness. I'm stopping whatever I'm doing I mean, I'm done at this point. I'm throwing up the hands I'm taking a little account of what went wrong Gonna make some adjustments see how I might be able to get my sight back not these men They're clawing at the door Tell they grew weary they couldn't find the door now they're in confusion there They're feel it grabbing over each other. They go home this blindness This is what the devil does That's what he's doing to people. So lot goes in and He says hey take your whole family tries to get his his daughters his son-in-laws and It says they seem as though lot was joking They thought it was a joke How many people are you preaching to and sharing the word of God talking about deliverance and they think it's a joke They think it's a joke. Oh Christians can't have demons Well, if you can't eat off the table of the Lord, which is Deliverance is the children's bread You've been massively deceived If a Christian can't have demons, how does a demon come out of a man and be sent to dry places? If a demon comes back and he find a place swept clean and on the order Then there might be something to those Anthony Robbins self-help tapes He got the Anthony Robbins $10,000 Supreme CD cassette and he was in or No That was done by the broken body of Jesus Christ the son of God.   I'll tell you right now, but give it a shot see how it goes Head on down to that was Memorial Coliseum. We got psychic readers once a year and fortune-telling Tart talking about in the name of Jesus.  They pay their bills They ain't coming out Now until they repent and come through the broken body of Jesus Christ I'll be honest. There's some people that don't have a lot of demons They they're not as chucked This is a lot of people like I was and those tend to be the people that rise up into these Christian churches and become pastors Because they don't have drug addictions. They don't have porn addiction. They would get them later You can read charisma magazine They get them later, but they don't have them when they get into the ministry they can conduct themselves pretty good They're not my pastor at the church. I was telling you about the associate. He had never seen porn he had never seen it and He had never put liquor to his mouth. He had never seen a drug with his eyes And so he was able to rise up in that system fast And then he taught his son and he rose up to took it over when the other guy got sick with fibromyalgia And so they can't help jail guys They they can't have people from the highways and the byways coming to the church Because it threatens the infrastructure of what they've what they've made there. They're keepers of the fish They're not too much fishers of men. They got to just get other Christians to be added into that church It's tough to add people because they don't know about deliverance. They don't believe in deliverance And so you can be saved if you're You know pretty well to do in society. You got your stuff together. Hey, you can plug in fairly pretty good there You can even rise up to be another pastor, but you come in there with some troubles You've been into some alcohol. You ain't making it. You've been into some witchcraft.  Try to get everyone delivered make them kick you out for doing the right thing But eventually You're gonna be making some moves Some people think Like lots sons. It's a joke It's no joke. If you look at that church, there's many other children were heroin addicts When that epidemic came along they got swept up by heroin Many of them had dozens of lovers now permit premarital sex. Many of them don't believe in God whatsoever. I Grew up in this church for 15 years. I know what I'm talking about. I'm not a guy who didn't was in and out for a few years I was there for 15 years. I know what I'm talking about. I've seen it I still see some of those kids still addicted to heroin and it's sad and their dads were real men of God They didn't take them through deliverance so Physically we got to come out There's some things you got to stop doing You're in a bowling league with a bunch of guys who drink beer Listen to that music at the bowling alley You're gonna have to learn to play a little bit of bowling on your on your day off by yourself with some headphones There's some things you got to do. Oh, I want to see him save.  Some things you got to get away from there's some jobs you got to get away from God was wanting to get some deliverance. He goes. Well, I got delivered from smoking the other day. I'd like some more deliverance Some just said well, what do you do? Well, I'm in a telemarketing. I don't really like it because it's always ripping people off Well, my dad gave me the business is very lucrative. Well, let's just say he didn't finish his deliverance a guy comes here a couple weeks ago and I can't get no demons out of them Well, I passed him over to Steve.  That's not your wife.  You can you can get healed, but I bet that the healings on a tick tock Taking down until the devil steals that healing from you He'll steal that healing right from you fast Got the Mormon guy I was talking about the last time I was here. He got delivered. It was a huge Miracle, it was one of those ones where I said lord, I got nothing This can go real good if you do your thing But I got nothing so I'm gonna sit back and watch it lord and I took him on down to this come on in There was no shame in my game. I really don't like I didn't bring brother Michael in the we did go to the prayer room We left the lights on this time. I put this guy down. I dim the lights I got myself one of those roll-away chairs. I just said lord, it's in your hand. This guy gets delivered He gets healed. He's all these wonderful things. He called. He emails me the other day Well, I think they're gonna kick me out of the Mormon church He goes they're not into these doctrines and I've been exposing all these things that they're doing that are not biblical And they don't like it And then he said hey, I was watching the doctors and I got all this nervousness shooting through my veins But I saw on the doctors that there's a There's a surgery that can open up the ends of something my spine and shut these nerve endings. Then I said no Let's stop that. We're gonna be getting kicked out of the Mormon church here real soon. Come on down here And let's finish this deliverance And he'll heal your nerves You can only take somebody so far the one guy didn't want to change I'm in the hospital God healed him from chest compressions from od and they brought him back to life on an opioid addiction od He's in it. He's in a drug den Had this little I couldn't tell it was a man or a girl. I'm not trying to be insulted had a hood It was kind of watching us. I was like, well, this is really weird in a dope house Casting out the devils. He's spitting in this bucket God gives him An incredible had a beautiful wife his wife was so beautiful part of her story is well I normally didn't date men like like Omar, but uh, he was so kind and love god I just ended up falling for beautiful wife.  You wouldn't think for one minute I don't know if you've been down a skid row down there where they they give where the free food It is a scary sight These people Are the walking dead.  They're wearing tore up clothes. There's free clothes. They just don't want to change their clothes They're showers and they don't shower. They don't want to shower. They just the demons just drugs drugs drugs What you not one of you would allow that person. Hey, come on. I'd like to have you uh Be a guest in my home.   You got this doubt this unbelief this emotional attachment to all these things And to who you wanted to be into your career. Well, that's my career 32 years at this company My blood sweat and tears to build this thing to help this place and I'm gonna retire in four years I can't have someone coming against this. I'm in due for a full retirement and you got every excuse in the world Look what happened God warns a lot in his family. Don't look back. We're about to destroy this place And his wife looked back and she became a pillar of self Looking back everything you work for Oh, I gotta have it I gotta have it. Hey, God'll take care of you God'll take care of you. He'll give you strategies. He'll give you a mindset He's giving you an intellect and intelligence. He's giving you free will He'll give you ingenuity creativity He's got all of these things. So you're not going to be sitting there bro busted. He is your provider.  It takes about an hour of talking. See the more you talk It's kind of like uh first 48 hours You get the guy in the in the room and first I don't know nothing about that I've never even been down to that. I don't even know that neighborhood you're talking about They just would you like some soda? Would you like some would you like candy bar? They just sitting down there. They know after a while. He's just gonna open up and really tell what's going on And so that's what we try to do. We just try to listen to everything. Oh, it's going pretty good preacher You know, it's going pretty good. It's just it's just this one thing my wife She don't if I could get her on board and really see what I'm trying to do for the glory of God You just keep letting them talk And you find out. Oh, we got them. There they are.  He did it to me At first I got I got an incredible deliverance I had a back slit. I hadn't done weed for seven years. I'm back smoking weed I thought I was able to beat that after about a year going back and forth here and there and And uh I pick up these demons from this guy And I couldn't get rid of the lust demons. They were so powerful.  They're taking the opportunity that's given to him And I got loaded up with these spirits And I'm doing everything. I'm I'm not some kind of just I had a ministry the first time I I smoked weed I thought I was going to try to go into the jails.  I went in there Preachin went fine. I was confused. I didn't understand the anointing God's still going to get to use what you give him He's still going to use what you give him and he wanted those people save He knew I knew the word of god He showed up and some people got saved so you get confused because you can do some good things for god That you're not infected That it's not the devil and I wanted this lust demon out. I said, okay. I'm going to fast for a day Then came back. I'm a fast for two days. Then came back. I went all the way up to eight days with no food Trying to get rid of these demons Now it says some demons don't come out except by fast and praying fasting and praying We give you a closer relationship with god faith In god and so you can cast out demons, but I was trying to fast out demons Because that's what the church had taught me. Hey just fast more just read your bible more just pray more And I'm not about to tell these church people anything about me Now I'm already in the inner circle of some of these preachers and I see how they talk about people amongst themselves They get really frustrated with people that don't buy into what they're preaching There's something wrong with those people that aren't receiving the word of which they're sharing I was trying all these things It wouldn't work. So finally I go through deliverance and incredible deliverance at the house of healing and I'm going great Until the lord wants to deliver me from some more And that's where some of you are Ooh, that that that some more part is tough Oh, I had some hopes and dreams. I wanted to serve god no problem serving god But I got to have some nice stuff doing it too Hey, I believe what them tv preachers were talking about and I had sold my seed man I'm ready to reap my harvest. I I'm ready to have some money and god I was looking back just like Lot's wife and what was in front of me was the house of healing those places were not a lot nicer We would have this place if I wouldn't have to go through so much struggling pain But we were in this tiny little place of about nine hundred and fifty foot And it had house of healing in stickers that Mike had bought at home depot And we got this great sign here Some guy made that out of a plasma cutting machine or steel cutting. That's nice, but man house of healing with stickers That's good. I looked at that. I said lord. I don't know I thank you for the deliverance and I'll help brother Mike out. I love brother Mike To the day I die. I'll come down there. I'll help, you know Can't commit to every week now But I want to show up a lot.  Where are we going? We had a home there. We had commerce there We had friends there. She had some girlfriends down there. They had some good times They spent they were probably pretty affluent with all their herds and flocks that were running up in the fields They probably were having some nice spa days It was some nice things going on in Sodom and Gomorrah And now you're leading us out. Where are you leaving? Were you leading us too? Are you sure this thing's going to burn because I really like that just gone Gone And really the deception it wasn't that the things I had were sinful It was the place that I gave them I worked real hard for my money I Don't work real hard in the ministry Sometimes It's tough It's tough to counsel people Just the other day I had to rely on Kelly's prayers I was going home. It was five o'clock She came out. I was like, oh nice. Kelly's going to say goodbye and she says no, you have one more coming I guess I got time to eat. I'll be back It's it's sometimes it's hard Going into jails and these guys turn on you I show up on christmas day I show up on new year's day.  I just I just look at us. Oh, man I just gotta say, hey, thank you that half you came out today. You get the blessing. I guess today You get a double portion today. Let's just go for it Sometimes when you're looking in the natural You can't see what god's doing I'm not god and you're not god you haven't fixed nobody in your life and you're not going to start fixing people You got to trust god with those people. We play a role with people Our job is to love them. Hey, I got to be real with people. There's times I got to tell people the hard truth Hey, man, that's not right. Hey, that's not going to go well for you. I got to tell people the truth, but I can't fix anybody I can only help those people that want to be helped and I got to say, you know what? I'm a servant of god. I'm a bond servant of the lord. I'm not serving myself. I'm not building my ministry It's not called rickcott ministries. It's called the the ministry of jesus christ My name's on it and my if my name's on it then it has to be big It has to have a lot of people and it has to have a lot of money my name ain't on it It's god's ministry And so i'm just going to be a role player as a slave somebody that's already surrendered my life To do his wheel and you know what he gives me some incredible opportunities I get some incredible opportunities down the road. Sometimes there's tough ones and you got to know how to persevere through these times of labor You got to keep on keeping on doing the right thing knowing that certain doors are opened up when you show yourself to be faithful Some people quit ministries because you don't see the fruit right away Sometimes there's some adjustments that you have to make with your own attitude and get a little bit more love So you can get a little bit more productivity, but ultimately you got to keep sowing that seed And you got to keep watering that seed and you're gonna see a harvest. I've seen some incredible harvest That's why I wasn't worried. Well, it was a nice crowd that came out, but I wasn't worried. I said, hey if 15 people come today I said, well, I know how revivals start Sometimes I only get five or six people.   You can't instill the word of god You I've been telling them where you've been telling them. You haven't been showing them You haven't been spending time with them. You haven't been loving them You haven't been taking interest in who they are individually as a human being and nursing that You've been nursing what you think is right and how you think it's fit everybody where it's different And you got to be able to You got to be able to humble yourself That time will come and those doors will open up, but we got to take care of yourself You got to deliver yourself take the plank out of your own eye Then you'll see clearly how you can get specs out of other people's eyes Then you got to take care of your family and now you're in a position for this ministry to open up So I wasn't moving forward I wasn't moving forward. God I was trying to advance and I was doing good The business was coming back. We were coming out of the recession. I was making money. These things were happening and I started spending less and less time at certain ministries Especially the counseling the hard ones Especially coming in the house of healing and the prayer team at the altar and I was letting those things go and I was putting things first And I knew God was calling me and I was trying to run from it Because I knew it was a bunch of work says be diligent To show yourself approved a workman Not needing to be ashamed right for the divided in the word of truth. You need to be a workman And then what happened The devil got his little access and shut the whole thing down and we went A long time without making any money And then a lot of money started going out A lot of money was going out and then these things that were in there that I didn't want to go deep and find these Things in there.  Hey, it's all right I sleep like a baby Everything's good. The money's in order bills are paid. We got access We got years and years of provision. We're good Lord says that's not faith It's not wrong to have those things But you're having these things Try to fulfill what I want to instill you in you true faith That I'm not going to leave you. I'm not going to leave you broke. I'm not going to leave you without things that you need I'm not going to leave you without having Abundant life. Abundant life is an air conditioner. That's an abundant life You think abundant life is camelback mountain. How about an air conditioner? How about a how about a car with an air conditioner? Come on. We're a rich people But we're looking at these things. Why are you looking at those things?  It's telling you the vision Lord said I want you to trust in me I don't want you to trust in what you can see. I want you to trust me where I'm leading you these people These demon spirits that get into lots daughters They commit incest That's how far all these spirits are and they give birth to these two nations the ammonites and the moabites They were a thorn in israel's flesh for years so much. They're going to the promised land They said hey, we're not gonna we're not gonna graze your fields. We're not gonna be drinking out of your wells Like you cannot pass through here.  Yeah, he's called plan parenthood. Yeah, we know all these Demonic spirits are moving or they didn't go anywhere These these demonic spirits aren't going anywhere until they're thrown into the lake of fire They're here on this earth The devil's saying are these preachers saying oh, yeah, I put the devil under my feet and that's where I keep him I said the devil puts some money in your pocket.  It's six hundred dollars per hour in maintenance That the f a a requirements to keep those Those things in the air you got to do all this maintenance the storage fee on these things. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?      I was like, man, that's kind of a handsome guy. What he the face was all contorted start moving your face Do getting totally transformed by the word of god and he wouldn't stop Most people start with deliverance. They don't want to go any further. They want their life back Some people are here today. You want your life back. You want it the way it used to be Well, because you're not supposed to live the way it used to be you got into the mess that you're in right now So you need to let god have his full way with you and this guy in particular would say Hey, I'm still getting demons out and people would look at him like man. This is the 15th time you've been barfing and Howling and all that what's wrong with you And they would ostracize him They wouldn't let him lead the bible study and when he went there they all kind of sat away from like what's wrong with you We all got fixed in two or three sessions of deliverance No, they only wanted delivered from them repetitive thoughts that they had that evil in the heart that they knew that was Manifesting and taking them over. He said I want the fullness of god I was gone and now he's doing something in me. I want it all This guy preached the message before he went to prison And it was incredible and I asked him I said man, that was a powerhouse message It was literally As I take these men in stages and he had been there for about a year and a half to two years He preached stage by stage I remember each time I was teaching on those sections of things and he put it all into this one message I said, how long did that take you to? Put that thing together.  There's no problem with god. He's been talking to you. You don't have here's the here You don't have eyes to see why you didn't want to hear what he was telling you. Stop doing that Stop looking for somebody. Stop looking for a spouse. Stop looking for a boyfriend. You're wondering. I gotta have somebody This is what makes me feel good. I need to laugh.  Look, we're fallible people We're not perfect people Every person makes mistakes That's why you got to learn to forgive In everything you do.  Oh, it's it's if they're really going to get to you They really got to do something to you. It wouldn't mean anything That devil he's smart. He puts a wound on your soul has someone stomp all over your heart You give your heart to somebody I tried it when I was a teenager I was pretty lonely man. I came from Nebraska to Arizona. I was living right over there on on thomas That place was we had a swamp cool. I didn't know what a swamp cooler was. I learned real quick swamp coolers aren't air conditioners And it was high and we didn't have much money And I didn't feel like confiding in my boys that would be a sign of weakness So I started doing with my girlfriend the one that I never knew she only knew the fake me Well, she got to know the real me And decided to get rid of me I said wow that that that's really that's really uncalled for After everything I gave you you love me when I gave you nothing Then I give you everything and you still told me there's the door Oh Hey, it happens to all of us Happened to most of you and uh You got to forgive them When I looked at her husband on facebook it was easy for me to forgive See he had it obviously made the wrong choice He didn't look happy it was a family photo and he had a grimace That devil's smart most your wounds as a christian Are from people he gave everything to your family Your spouses your church friends Your business partners Now you got this wound And the devil knows right where to pick it And he knows the right time he don't want to pick it all the time because you do something about it So he only needs to pick it To bring it back down He loves the yo-yo see to be a masterful deceiver He only hammers and hammers and hammers when you're close to the end when he knows he can just pulverize you under the dust But as you're seeking god and you're growing in godliness He knows he can tear that stuff out of you by reminding you of that stuff So he loves to drive you away from god And he loves to put a barrier He knows that when jesus died on the cross of calvary jesus dies and it says there was an earthquake and the veil was torn See only the high priest could go into the holy of holies now. He's saying you're the holy of holies Yes You now enter into the presence of god and the devil has to put some kind of false barrier there A false veil. He don't want you going to the presence of god. You go into the presence of god You're going to find help in your time of need You're going to find power in the holy spirit to overcome the schemes of the devil You're going to bear fruit that fruit will last for eternity. He doesn't want you in the presence of god So he puts this false veil here and what's he working with he's working with the rejection He's working with those wounds on your soul that he put on you through the portrayal of people that you love and trusted Hey sinners always used to turn on me, man. I chalked it up. I don't even know their names, man I chalked it up as those dudes from that school those people from that neighborhood that meant nothing to me That's just how that world worked But in order to put a wound on your soul. It has to be somebody that you care about And these wounds man, they get faster than enough now.  Well, hey, I don't really like the guy that used to live right down the street I live three blocks down when I first moved here. That was my second house I moved from seventh that right down the block that I don't like that guy, but I learned from that guy I learned what not to do And I learned from those mistakes and I don't let those mistakes come back again in my life now And so I forgave myself of those failures all those things that I lost every opportunity that I blew I forgive myself of those things. I know according to the word of God He makes all things new he I knew he was making all things new because the first thing that happened when I got saved I started caring about people And that's a really confusing thing for a ticket scalper Caring about people I said This voice would speak to me and says, uh, hey, did you treat him like you want to be treated? I was like absolutely not but why do we care? I'm talking to myself now This thing kept happening so much. I'm going to the minibar wherever I can I'm working the Super Bowl Down in Atlanta, Georgia, and I'm going I'm like, where's the minibar show? There it is. I'm going over to next day I'm ordered in doubles and Man, okay. I'm feeling normal again. Let's go back to work.  I'm like, man, this is really weird So when the bible says that he makes all things new it clicked I'm being made new If we're being shaped and molded in the image of Jesus I had a moment. Oh I'm supposed to be a kind person In order to protect my rejection I was just mean to everybody Now if you could overlook my meanness and come in I might let you in but you know this could come out at any time So don't get your hopes up that you're going to get something I ain't willing to give up This was the defense mechanism of the rejection And so I needed all these things money the way I treated people the way that people reacted towards me I needed those to protect this rejection. I didn't want to deal with rejection rejection was so far gone That I couldn't even hear truth. I went to a psychologist one time recommendation of the principal of my junior high They they recommended some some real help and uh I went down there. I'm pretty sure I had some demons manifesting too Because it was it was a student psychologist Or psychiatrist, whichever it was and I knew behind that glass mirror There was some somebody watching because I had watched enough television and I saw that on cops and robbers show So I began to spin a couple times on my chair I was like wait, he's not saying nothing I started to spin a little bit more. How much can we get away with next? You know, he's talking to me while I'm spinning Sure enough.  You were sure the doctor said he had that script He kept pointing right to But those were the spirits that were in my dad. He was already on psych meds from the va hospital So those spirits were trying to get me those things straight lobotomized me Yeah, I wasn't a big mouth kid All the thoughts just were in my head. I went to a camp. I didn't say one word for a week not one word to one person Them things are dangerous dangerous Trying to fix your manifestations of spirits With drugs I tried it with weed It didn't work. I just didn't care about things now. They're messing with the way your brain processes information and Oh, man Let god help you with that Now god help you with that you seek god for that my dad got born again And the next thing you know, I looked and those bottles were full No one told him to get off those things No one ever said those things were evil. The holy ghost just said you're done And so with me I don't know how I got up by the grace of god. I just at one point I just quit taking them They quit buying them for me. I just quit taking them But the world has got a way of trying to fix you and if you think the world is going to fix you It's not going to work It's only by the power of the holy spirit The power of the holy spirit when you get delivered, you'll see the word of god so clear And you'll be able to preach it in love These disciples have so much holy ghost in them. Why they gave up everything God said he's not a respective person's what he did for one that you'll do for all such an anointing That they were laying sick people in the streets Hey, you might not be able to get into the synagogue for the prayer time into the house But man, you lay down on the street you get close to these guys and boom they were getting healed I believe that it was this zone that was around them This zone that was around them. I was in the gym last night.   These guys were in trouble The holy ghost wasn't gonna allow these men to glorify darkness When the good news of jesus christ was available. I want to save you. I want to help you He said, well, I don't I don't believe in pot and I said god saves pot smokers god saves sinners He never told you to quit no sin. He says you've got to come to him as you are and then the power of god transforms you And they just keep transforming you into the image of jesus christ Himself that's what he's doing this incredible work.   I remember when I first started getting sorry for my sin.  I didn't have any answers for it There was no excuses for that. I'm sorry for what I've done. That's all you got to do I'm sorry. He's not asking you to know how to fix it.  You don't mess with kids You don't do that man.  Hey, we know that someone worked all their life He took all their money. They're down in cast I remember one time I was preaching downtown. I used to do it with some mcdoubles with my kids It was during the heart of the recession. I gave one guy a A hamburger and then another and next to you there's all these people down there Where's the help? Where's the hope? We were walking the streets. I thought there were people that worked downtown They were homeless. They were they were broken. They had nothing. It was walking around homeless There's a lost and dying and hurting world But in order for you to help those people that you want to help You got to see some sin in you that isn't as offensive to you as those certain sins. I just mentioned Grumbling and complaining is a very serious sin to god That's the opposite of faith That's walking by side. I don't like what happened.   Yeah, they did your wrong They should have done what they did they didn't help you when you needed help Yeah, they should have came through you tied there all your life And now you couldn't get five hundred dollars to keep your your electric on I know that was wrong, but you got to see the spirits that are behind what was in operation Forgive these people from your heart and pray for them There's some people they look at me man. I guarantee you they've seen me and they run They don't like me But I every week now a week goes by when I don't see somebody especially with my my son Lord's always stirring up faith in my son someone will come up And and they look And they look completely normal to hey man. I really appreciate you man. You really helped me I spent some time with you in in jail and And my son's always there He always gets excited like hey, what what dad is doing? I'm seeing the fruits of it I'm seeing the fruits of it There's going to be some fruit in your ministry There's going to be some people that are going to love you for what you've done for them And there's going to be some people that just don't care They just don't care. They're not interested in you. They're not interested in what you're doing That's fine. Hey, it doesn't make me feel good Yeah, I was brothers and with a lot of these guys 15 years. I was brothers with these guys in this worry the new world order Illuminati the cam trails You got bitcoin the new world or currency You got genetically modified fish mutating inside you Hey, there's some things you cannot do there's some things you can be aware of but you're not supposed to have fear This stuff causing fear in you How am I going to fear the whole atmosphere is playing from spraying chem trails? What am I going to walk around with a gas mask?  I'm waiting for the day. I just ripped like vivian. That's normally how I preach To all the guards go. Hey is the guy who's always yelling But we're not yelling man. We're just going for it man. We're just we're just going for it and god's moving And we're excited about god, but Man every time it's just like hey what comes on me is hey, let's just lay this foundation Let's walk through these things that are available right now with god Let's get this healing in your body.  You'll heal your body All those man. Are you kidding me football back in the day?  I used to ram people with my head when I got tired So it's easier to hit them with my head than my hands God healed me from all those neck pain. My neck used to cry My neck was bad. My knees were bad. My back was bad. My shoulder hurt I was doing craziest injections in my shoulders injections in my knees god healed my body Used to have restless nights tossing and turning going to the bathroom two or three times Getting up at four in the morning not being able to go to sleep Starting the day that me and tired having to take a nap. I've been through all that stuff There's no need for you to be through that you could be healed Healed in your mind healed in your soul healed in your body physically But you got to receive it by faith. You got to know that god wants to heal you God's not mad at you. You already judged you at the cross of calvary and pronounced his son guilty and poured out his cup of Wrath and anger on him and he became sin not figured of the literally sin And he died for the sins of the world and descended into hell. So you never have to go to hell And now since he's risen and he's at the right hand of the father. He's sending the holy ghost Who's getting the holy ghost those who want the holy spirit Those who want the holy spirit, you got to have your breakthrough in your in your mind Some of you've been looking for god, but you're trying to reach god in a way that you can see Uh attainable. It's only by faith Coming completely as you are lord. I got nothing. It's like the israelites Hey, we're free. Is this real now?  I know some of you have to go Keep doing what you're doing keep walking through deliverance I'd say every part of your day at one point.    I want you to come to the front. Well, heavenly father. I thank you for all These brothers and sisters that came out for your word lord I know that some are departing going home. They're in the middle of this fight And I thank you that you've given them the victory I pray that your anointing would be upon them lord as they walk through this deliverance and they walk in the newness lord Of christ jesus the lord. I thank you lord that ministry opportunities are opening up blessings Blessings lord on those people that are departing and lord. I thank you for everyone that's coming to this altar And I thank you that every one of them tonight gets healed That wants to get healed and thank you for the deliverance Everyone who wants to be delivered is going to be delivered and let it be all for your glory in jesus name Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Thank you jesus. Hallelujah. Praise the lord Great messes rick We love you brother. Amen. Amen. You tore the house down Amen If that's you come on up to the front, we're going to just bind these devils. We're going to help you out We're going to bind these devils all we got to do first is repent And uh, we're going to walk through this deliverance. If that's you come on down to the front steve's going to walk us through this thing Now when the the the lord says when you stand praying Make sure You forgive. Amen. Okay if you don't forgive yourself Or others God will not forgive you and those demons are not coming out They're going to stay so strong stiff in in position and strong holds in your in your mind your heart is so You're going to be wondering what's going on So we're going i'm a walking everybody through this prayer right now in the mighty name of jesus before we get before we get started Okay, and this is from your heart right now. It's not live service. It's from your heart. Okay God looks at your heart The bible says he he goes to and throughout the whole earth to show himself strong On the behalf of those whose hearts Are perfect for him. You ain't got to be a perfect person But your heart has to be humble your heart has to be strong for the lord and want to repent So let's pray this prayer right now in the name of jesus Everybody pray with me heavenly father In the name of jesus We come before you now With a broken heart We are sincere lord We know We must forgive ourselves And every person Who's wronged us?  Let's go. Let's get them All right now Now whatever problems you have You speak to that spirit It's a spirit. We're not wrestling against flesh and blood You're wrestling against principality spiritual wickedness rulers of darkness and high places soul wounds Unforgiveness fear doubt Drugs of lust you speak to that spirit in the name of jesus you tell that devil devil It's over. I have authority over you I am a child.  You got to kick them out You have authority. We're gonna help you.  We bind you diabetes.   I don't mean disorder come out. I don't mean this order To be destroyed in the name of Jesus be destroyed. I don't mean this order come out I don't mean to sort of come out.  We curse you confusion.     He bore sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions Brows for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and by his stripes There's healing available for us.   I have authority. I have authority. I have authority Be destroyed in the name of Jesus come out


Hey y'all, what's up? My name is Sonali and today I'm joined by Alyssa and David of the Ramirez team. Since I moved here to Austin, Texas last June of 2019, I've been getting so many DMs asking where is the best place to live in Austin and I feel like I'm not experienced enough to answer that question, so I brought in the experts and hopefully by the end of this video, you guys will get a better idea of what area is perfect for you. You guys want to introduce yourselves? Definitely. Oh, fantastic. So I'm Alyssa Ramirez. I'm David Ramirez. And we together have the Ramirez team at Realty Austin. We're local real estate experts. We're both from Austin, Texas, went to Austin high schools and ended up going to Texas State University, which is in San Marcos just south of Austin, Texas. And shortly after we both graduated, we both got into real estate and we've been building our real estate team for the past six years and super excited for the opportunity to help people relocate and move within Austin, Texas. Yeah, we love sharing our city with everybody. Without further ado, I'm going to let David and Alyssa kind of take over this video since they know all the knowledge of Austin. So let's get into it. So when I think of Austin, what I think about is everybody enjoying the outdoors, all the parks and recreation we have around here. The lakes are beautiful in the fall. We have the Texas football hookup and all the awesome restaurants and bars we have. There's definitely not a lack of things to do in Austin. So I can definitely see why people are attracted to living here. So when it comes to deciding if Austin, Texas is for you, Alyssa and I think that one of the first things you should look into and understand are the different areas that Austin does have to offer. Let's talk about some of those areas. Let's start with the center of Austin downtown and downtown Austin in the city center, mostly our condos and apartments. As far as price above the average price point in Austin, Texas. Super convenient to a variety of trails, restaurants and different amenities. Some places downtown include the Seaholm District, which is my personal favorite. They have a Trader Joe's there and it's just a really cool kind of atmosphere. There's a lot of active people there. There's also the town like trail right by it. There's also nightlife like 6th Street and Rainey Street. And lastly, you have the University of Texas Football Stadium and other major employers like Facebook and Google so you can see how convenient it is to live near downtown. Just south of downtown would be what we call the O4. You have Barton Springs, Zilcher Park, lots of other parks and then you also have the awesome restaurants and bars that are just off of South Lamar and South 1st Street. And really cute charming little bungalow type houses in this area and definitely still on the pricier side but obviously you get a little bit more space than you would in downtown. If you still wanted to live close to downtown but not quite be in the hustle and bustle you might also consider East Austin. In the middle of East Austin, just next to downtown you can find charming bungalow style homes and also in general the areas continue to improve and grow in a variety of different ways. There's also cute brunch spots around this area such as hillside pharmacy has the best fried egg sandwich. Mueller is an area of East Austin. What you can typically find here are condos and townhomes that sometimes would share a wall and would remind you a little bit of pricing of downtown but you have more space in this area. Mueller also has a few different amenities like ponds and walking trails and across the street they even have a driving range. Some of my favorites are the Alamo draft house right in the neighborhood and if you're not from Texas you might not know this yet but an HEB in the neighborhood is a huge plus. And they have a farmers market that happens every week in the Lake Mueller area which is super cute. Another area in East Austin is the Mentopolis and Riverside area. A major employer who just developed a very beautiful and humongous campus is Oracle. And as you guys know Ryan works there. You're also not far from the International Airport and there's no lack of taco trucks in this area. Super important to people in Austin, tacos. In areas in South and Southwest Austin where I personally grew up there are very community friendly neighborhoods that offer great schools trails and awesome very established communities. You can find older very characteristic homes in this area. This overall vicinity has continued to grow in a variety of different ways. There's also a lot of breweries and wineries in the St. Elmo area that a lot of people like to enjoy. If you're not needing to be so close in a town you might also consider the surrounding areas of Austin like Buda and Kyle which offer newer homes with lots of community amenities like pools, lazy rivers and more. If you've been considering moving to Austin you're probably really familiar with the popular area called Domain. The domain offers apartment living that are typically a little bit more affordable than downtown Austin yet still similar. You can be super active still with enjoying all of the restaurants, the bars and a lot of shopping. I've noticed that they have so many stores that I would see in Los Angeles and for some reason I keep comparing Austin more to Los Angeles than to Georgia. Yeah, definitely. If you wanted to be near the domain but wanted to buy a home you might also consider these Northwest Austin neighborhoods like the Millwood area which is actually just near and across the street from the new mega Apple campus. You have areas that are like Barrington Oaks and Anderson Mill. If you wanted to go just outside of those areas and you didn't need to be so close to the domain or to downtown you might also consider the newer areas where you can find newer homes like Round Rock, Cedar Park, Flugerville and Georgetown. If you were looking to live a more lavish lifestyle you might look into places like Westlake, Lake Travis and Terrytown. In Westlake you can get real hill country and you can get high price points very quickly. Terrytown is also an expensive area which is located in 7803 just west of downtown. Terrytown is close to Mozart's which has an amazing Christmas show and you get your little hot cocoa. It's awesome. And then Westlake is where me and Ryan just drive around and look at these dream homes that hopefully one day we can afford. Yes, these areas are super close to both major lakes in Austin too. Lake Austin is a very popular lake that's closer into downtown and then further out is Lake Travis. So that wraps up this video. I hope you guys have a better understanding of where to live in Austin, Texas. Our information will be located below and we are more than happy to help anyone who has more questions about Austin or who might be looking for a more tailored custom area tour of Austin that fits their needs. We consider ourselves Austin advisors and we're here to be a overall resource however we can. Thanks for coming on my channel y'all and I will see you guys in my next video. Bye. That's my forte, babe. Love you. Love you. It's not good. Okay. So now it's making me hungry.