Keion Henderson - After the Thrill is Gone

There's something about that name. I think it’s prophetic that you just keep doing that. Go to Mark chapter 16, Mark chapter 16, verse 14. Mark chapter 16, verse number 14. So, Jesus died on Friday and rose on Sunday. Now we have about fifty days until we reach Pentecost. Pentecost is when the New Testament church comes together, and we’ll talk about it as the days come. But I want you to know that Jesus didn’t just go silent for fifty days. After he rose, he actually had about 49 days' worth of work that he instituted because God never wakes you up for the sake of waking up. There's always a purpose for getting up. Amen.

Go to Mark 16. The Bible says in verse 14, «After he appeared unto the eleven as they sat and ate, he unbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart because they did not believe what he said regarding being risen .» Can you believe that those guys were with him all that time and saw all of those miracles? By the way, you must understand that not all of the miracles of Jesus were recorded in Scripture. Some blind people he healed were never recorded; some lame legs he fixed were never recorded. They possibly saw hundreds of miracles. They saw Peter walk on water; they saw him turn water into wine, and they didn’t believe that he would rise. See, people will believe what you do for them, but they will not believe who you are. I want you to-don’t-don’t even miss what I just said. If I told you I’m going to pay your bills, you’d believe it because you’re the benefactor of my act. But to have to believe me without knowing the perceived benefit? See, there are people who believe in what you can do for them; they just don’t believe you are who you are. What they don’t understand is the power in what you can do; the power isn’t in who you are. See, how many of y’all got a job? The power isn 't in the check; the power is in you. If you left that job and went to another one, you could get paid somewhere else. The power isn 't in that piece of paper; the power is in the fact that God gave you enough strength to get up and go to work. Does this make sense? They didn’t believe him; they didn’t believe him. And he said unto them, «Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.» Lord, why would you send unbelievers to give a message of belief? You don’t know how to use your enemies, do you?

See, the only people you want to deal with are the ones who believe. He didn’t send believers out; he sent non-believers out. You miss your blessing when you say stuff like this: «I just can’t deal with them.» See, you’re missing it. The ones you can’t deal with are the ones God is going to use. Jesus asked, «How long must I deal with you all?» They went to sleep when he told them to pray. He said, «How long must I deal with you?» Y’all can’t even pray? Those are the ones he sent. I think there’s going to be a heart change; I can tell right now. So, he tells people, «Look, I’m correcting you for not believing. Now get up and go make others believe,» because there is no person who can help them believe in you more than the one who used to not believe. God is about to convert some people in your life. «He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: in my name, they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.» Did you know that you are standing next to somebody? If they use their power, they can heal you right now. This is what you need to do: look at the person beside you and say, «You 'd better hurry up and start believing, 'cause literally you are next to somebody that, if they access their power, they can say, 'I command all of your financial disability to cease!'» Say, «You better get your belief up.»

So, then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up to heaven and sat at the right hand of God. Now, that right hand is something else. The Bible says that at his right hand there are pleasures forevermore. The right hand talks about the authority of God. See, God is about to put you in a position of authority. All your life, people have had authority over you. People have always been your boss; people have always been your supervisors. God says he’s about to shift that season, and he’s about to put you in a position of authority. Touch three people and say, «Get ready to be in charge.» And they went forth. I feel like the Holy Ghost is moving. And they went forth and preached everywhere, working with them and confirming the word with signs following. So he confirms their work with miracles, which means that God actually backed what they said, and God did it. God is waiting. All you have to do is open your mouth and declare it, and if you just stop believing, God’s going to stop backing your message. I want to talk .