Keion Henderson - Don't Swallow The Coin

Here 's what the Lord gave me. He said to tell the people that in this narrative, they are the fish, and tell them I said whatever you do, don’t swallow the coin. Come on, you may be seated in the presence of the Lord. Don 't swallow the coin. How many of y’all already feel the Holy Spirit in this room? So, at least, as far as we can tell — remember, the Bible is recorded history, but it is not total history-which means there are some things that happened in the biblical days that did not make the Bible. It would be like saying everything that happened in Houston yesterday made the news-it’s impossible. Okay, but at least 37 times that we know of, Jesus performed a miracle in the scripture, and at least seven of those 37 times, those miracles were for Peter. Imagine being so important to God’s plan that 20% of the times He decided to ignore the laws of nature and the laws of the religious. Imagine being so important to God that 20% of the time He decided to make a difference you were the recipient of it. Did you hear what I just said? Imagine that every time God decided to do a miracle, one out of five of them was going to belong to you. He may give one to a person over there, one up there, one over there, one online, but by the time He gets back to the fifth miracle, He comes back to your house. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting ready to prepare you for the place where miracles are consistent occurrences in your life. You ever heard that old song that says, «I’ve got peace that makes no sense; I’ve got joy in chaos»? You just get to a place in favor with God where every time you turn around, He keeps on blessing you. Now, for whoever that makes sleepy, I ain’t got nothing else for you, but if anybody can think about your whole life and all that you have gone without for all these years, you are finally getting ready to walk into a season where God consistently is going to perform a miracle in your life. Not only does God perform miracles in Peter’s life, but at least seven times, He either performs these miracles for Peter directly or indirectly. Alright, directly when Peter was sinking in the water, Jesus lifts him up, and he begins to walk on the water. Yes, indirectly, God heals Peter’s mother-in-law from fever. Directly or indirectly, God heals a man based on Peter’s decision. You remember when he was in the Garden of Gethsemane? They came to take Jesus to the cross. What did Peter do? He took his knife out. I just finished telling you; he cut the man’s ear off, and Jesus picked the man’s ear up, put it back on, and said, «When I changed his name, I just couldn’t change his nature. He was Simon when I met him. You know I named him Peter, but he hasn 't been in church that long. Please forgive him.» How many of y’all can sit next to somebody and tell them, «Listen, I haven 't been here that long. Don 't try me. I ain’t been here that long .» One of my favorite times that Jesus performs a miracle — if I shout right now, just hold me back-remember when Peter was in prison? The Bible says that the angel of the Lord came to Peter when he was in prison the night before he was set to be executed. The Bible says that the angel came to him the night before and said, «Walk out of prison.» Then the Lord told me to tell you, «I don’t know if you know it, but you’re about to get out a day early.» I mean, tomorrow the devil has the sentencing set, but what he doesn’t know is God’s going to send the angel today. Tell somebody, «I’m getting out a day early.» As a matter of fact, you need to tell the devil, " I’m getting out early. I know you have this sentence for my children and my children’s children, but we’re getting out of this thing early. I know this thing was supposed to follow me for the next ten years, but I put the devil on notice tonight-I’m getting out early.» Somebody say, «I’m getting out early!» The design over your life was that you would stay depressed, suppressed, despondent, frustrated for the next three, four, five months, three, four, five years, but the word of the Lord is-the angel is in the house, and he’s saying, «It’s over today.» Somebody say, «I’m getting out early.» And then finally, we find the two miracles that involve Peter with the fish. Well, this is different because the first time Jesus has a miracle with Peter regarding fish, He tells Peter to drop his net. Peter said-now you have to understand at this time, can I teach this message to you today? Is that alright? You have to understand that at this time Peter is not yet a disciple; his name is Simon. He hasn 't been converted yet. He’s an entrepreneur; he’s making money; he fishes for a living. Jesus comes into his business. Imagine a carpenter telling a fisherman how to fish. They don’t know He’s Jesus, so Peter has been bringing in fish his whole life, and then here comes a guy who makes furniture trying to tell him what to do at fishing time, and he says, «Listen, it’s the daytime, I want you to drop your net.»