“Next Level” - The Series S5, E1

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Feeling stretched thin but somehow called higher anyway? This conversation meets you right at that tension point—where elevation collides with resistance—and offers a grounded path forward. We speak directly to the person carrying more than usual, managing strain from multiple angles, and wondering if the weight signals failure. It doesn’t. The pressure is a signpost, not a stop sign, and the energy you need can be renewed.

We unpack how elevation changes your vantage point and why that matters for decisions, relationships, and daily focus. Instead of fixating on what broke out this week, we look for the open door that’s already swung wide. You’ll hear a clear charge toward sustainable strength—stamina that doesn’t rely on hype—and learn how wise choices protect your capacity for the long run. We explore redeemed time and restored hope, reframing delays as ingredients for discernment and courage. Along the way, we get practical about pruning commitments, setting boundaries, and moving with poise: calm, consistent, and ready.

If you’ve felt unsteady, we speak balance over your steps and clarity over your next move. Expect language that lifts your vision: higher heights, clearer sightlines, and an unobstructed path to what’s been promised. By the end, you’ll have a renewed sense of drive and a reminder that you’re not abandoned in the pressure—you’re being strengthened for the next level. If this resonates, share it with someone who needs fresh strength, subscribe for more midweek fire, and leave a review to tell us how this message met you today.

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SPEAKER_01 (00:02):
Are you in need of strength?
Are you in need of strength?
Are you in need of a life-givingforce?
An energy that will sustain you,a sustainable energy as you move
forward, as you take the nextstep, as you go to the next
level that's been prepared foryou.

(00:24):
Are you ready?
Is the question that I'm hearingnow.
Are you ready for that next stepfor that next level?
And do you need the energy thatit's going to take uh to be
sustained as God moves youfurther, as he moves you higher?
I am your host, Dr.
Lydia Michelle Young, here withmy co-host, uh, uh none other

(00:45):
than Intercessor Janine Nicole.
This is Wednesday, middle of theweek.
Wednesday, uh refreshing fire.
Thank you for tuning in to SweetFire the Podcast.
And uh, we're just so glad thatyou're here, and we pray and
believe that this session isgoing to be a true blessing to
your life.
Intercessor Watch and love.

SPEAKER_00 (01:08):
Good evening, everyone.
Thank you for tuning in.
Um, are you in need of energy?
Are you in need of energy?
And you know, this is for thosewho have really tapped in to
this season, to this, to this,you know, move of God that's

(01:30):
been taking place, that istaking place.
Um, those who have tapped in,you know, God has elevated and
sending higher.
He's he's elevated them, takingthem to the next level, taking
us to the next level, taking usto the next level spiritually,
taking us to the next level, youknow, uh increase uh of wisdom,

(01:51):
increase of uh greater spiritualdiscernment, right?
The next level is a higherlevel.
And with that being said, youknow, things happen.
Things happen as we are beingelevated, as we are being taken
higher by God.
When God is moving in our lives,you know, stuff breaks out,
stuff breaks out, you know, uhkids start acting up, spouses

(02:15):
start acting up, you know,things start transpiring on the
jobs.
There is always something thattakes place to try to distract,
you know, uh uh the people ofGod, if you will, from you know,
from uh being excited about themove of God that's taking place
in our lives.
I like to say, you we know thatwe're close to our breakthrough.

(02:38):
We know that we're close to ourmiracle.
How?
Because the devil always throwsa cat from he always exposes
himself that we are at the brinkof a breakthrough, that we are
at the brink of a miracle.
We're at the brink of God doingwhat he has promised us that he
will do.

(02:59):
And with that being said,because there is the next level
in your life, you may be at apoint on this evening as you're
tuned into this podcast that youneed a little bit more energy.
You need just a little bit morestrength because of the things
that have been taking place inyour life.
And I know for me, each timethat I've gone from uh uh from

(03:21):
one level to a next, it's alwaysbeen something so, you know, so
devastating, something that hasreally, you know, got my
attention that really tried todistract me and keep me from
being encouraged about what Godwas getting ready to do in my
life.
And I needed to really tune inand look within and just draw

(03:45):
that strength, that strengththat was already on the inside
of me because God graced me forwhat it was that I was enduring,
but the devil wanted me to be sodistracted and so consumed
behind it, to where you know Godhad to just get me by myself and
get my attention.
Like, you know what?
I know that you're going throughthis, but you're going through

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this because of where I'm takingyou.
It is necessary, and that may beyou on this evening where you
just need that strength, youneed that strength for where God
is taking you because of what istaking place in your life right
now.
Well, let us encourage you onthis evening.
There is definitely a word thatis for you that God is going to

(04:31):
grace you with the energy neededfor your next level.
There's a word that none otherthan Dr.
Lydia Michelle Young God usedher this past Sunday to bring
forth for the Sunday morningflame service, and it is
speaking about the energy forthe next level.

SPEAKER_02 (04:50):
I've been feeling and sensing a pressure that many
are experiencing.
Pressures, the pressures oflife.
Some of you are under a lot ofstrain.
You have a lot on your plate,you are at your limit, uh
experiencing trouble frommultiple directions.

(05:10):
According to 2 Corinthians 4.8,the pressure that you're
experiencing will not break you.
It will not destroy you.
You will not be crushed.
Uh, God will not abandon you.
I want to say that, encourageyou.
I want to encourage you.
I need to repeat this wordaccording to 2 Corinthians 4.8.

(05:33):
The pressure that you'refeeling, it won't break you.
Uh, it will not destroy you.
You will not be crushed.
God will not abandon you.
Uh, in this Sunday morning flamesession, I have a revelatorial
word, a prophetic utterance uhto speak to your energy, that

(05:53):
you would move uh withresilience and perseverance,
that you would have drive anddetermination to keep going
despite difficulties.
Keep going.
I speak strength to you,stamina, steadfastness, and a
staying power, divine energy.
Uh, this energy, this energy ispertinent to your next move,

(06:16):
it's necessary for your nextstep, it's essential to the next
phase, the next level in yourlife.
Levels, unlimited, levels,immeasurable, my God.
And I heard this word for you.
I heard this word for you.
The sky is the limit, it's notout of your reach, it's not that

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far off.
You can have it, you can do it,you can get it.
Uh, take it, get it, do it.
You owe it to yourself, my God,to pursue what God has for you.
You may feel, my lord, and I Ihear this, you may feel tired,
but I speak divine energy.
Some of you, many of you arefeeling tired, exhausted, but I

(07:00):
speak divine energy, energy tomake progress, energy to
proceed, energy uh to go forth,to gain ground with vigor and
vitality.
I speak that in your life, andyou've got to know this.
Uh, Deuteronomy 28, 6.
Deuteronomy 28, uh 6.
You're going out and you'recoming in is blessed.

(07:23):
Oh my god, you're going out andyou're coming in is blessed.
God's favor and protection arewith you all the days of your
life.
Constant care, uninterrupted,24-7.
And God is enabling you to stepout and step in.
I see you stepping out of a deadsituation.

(07:45):
I see you stepping out of olddilemmas, stepping out of an
undesired and unwantedcircumstance, and stepping into
something new, somethingdifferent, something fresh,
something great, somethingamazing.
Because what God has for you istruly, truly amazing.
I see a new phase, a new, a newlevel of the climate in your

(08:09):
life is shifting.
The climate, oh my God, in yourlife is shifting.
New heights, new measures.
Somebody ought to open up yourmouth and declare new.
New, new, new.
Say it again, new.
Hallelujah.
The higher you go, the betteryou will see.
God is taking you higher.
He's lifting you, he's elevatingyou.
There's an elevation on yourlife.

(08:31):
The higher you climb, the betterthe view.
The higher you get, the furtheryou can see.
Higher heights.
Say that with me.
Higher heights, higher levels ofinsight, higher levels of
understanding.
Oh my God, more opportunity.
I see it's opening up for you.
And many have been waiting for adoor, waiting for a door to

(08:51):
open, but be encouraged.
The door is already open.
Move forward.
Step in, my God, to that doorthat God has opened for you.
My God, you will see that God isdoing a new thing.
Unobstructed view is what God isdoing for you.
Clear vision is what God isdoing in your life.
Every barrier, oh my God, willbe unblocked and unlocked.

(09:15):
Every barrier, my God, that thatseems insurmountable will be
unblocked and unlocked.
A fresh start.
A fresh start.
A fresh start.
A new beginning.
A new beginning.
And I hear this.
I hear this.
Rebirth, revive, restore,recover, rebuild, redeem.

(09:37):
My lord, he's redeeming the timeand restoring shattered hope.
Oh my God.
He's redeeming the time.
You're not out of time.
He's redeeming the time and he'srestoring shattered hope.
My God, those things you hopefor, those things that you
believe for, those things thatyou pray for, those things that
you fasted for, trusted God for.

(09:57):
My God, he's redeeming the time.
And he's restoring shatteredhope.
He's restoring shattered hope.
And so understand also that whatyou do next, even in the face of
adversity, what you do next willhave a direct impact on your
business, on your ministry, yourchildren, your life goals.

(10:18):
God is helping you in the areaof decision making.
God is helping, oh my God, youin the area of decision making.
I hear this wise choices.
Wise choices that will encompassyour overall well-being.
Wise choices that will encompassyour overall well-being.
My God.

(10:50):
To lose his hold.
Come on, take back what's yours.
Reclaim what's yours.
Reclaim it.
It's yours.
My God.
My Lord.
It's it's a it's of a detriment.
It's of a detriment that some ofus make some major life changes.
I've been hearing this the lastfew days.

(11:11):
It's of a detriment that some ofus make some major life changes.
And I see where many havehesitated.
You have been uncertain, unsure.
My God, the ground has seemedunsteady.
But I hear this.
Rest assured.
Rest assured.
You can move forward now.
You are clear to proceed.

(11:32):
Press on.
Don't take your foot off thegas.
Keep it pushing.
Don't let go.
Don't uh give in.
My God, don't go.
Don't, don't, don't let go,don't give in, don't give up.
And I have a responsibility thismorning to ensure we become
alert, aware, awakened to whatthe Spirit is saying.

(11:54):
My God, to empower us, toencourage us, to lift us.
My Lord.
The Lord says, I know it's beendifficult.
And some of you have felt uhunsteady.
The ground has been shaky.
But I'm restoring a sense ofbalance in your life, a sense of
balance and stability in yourlife.
I'm stabilizing you.
Uh stay poised.

(12:15):
I hear this.
Stay poised, stay poised, staycalm, stay ready, remain uh
consistent, be diligent.
For God is a rewarder of thosewho diligently seek him.
My God.
Oh, that's the word.
That's the word.
God is a rewarder of those whodiligently, my God, seek him.

(12:38):
I speak strength to you.
I see I speak the strength ofGod over your life, in your
life, in your ear gates, to yourheart.
Be strengthened.
Oh my God.
I hear this.
Lift up your head, oh ye gates,and be ye lifted up, ye
everlasting doors.
And the king, oh my God ofglory, shall come in.

(13:01):
Who is this king of glory?
He's the Lord strong and mighty.
He's the Lord mighty in battle.
He is the king.
Oh my God of glory.
God bless you.
Peace be to you.
Peace be to your house.
And peace be to all that youhave.