2819 Church - Expectations for ACCESS

Episode Date: October 26, 2025

In this standalone message, Philip Anthony Mitchell provides expectations ahead of ACCESS at State Farm Arena. He calls us to remember the high cost of salvation and the ACCESS it provided to us to the throne room of heaven.Welcome to the official YouTube channel for 2819 Church. This channel features powerful and life-impacting messages from Philip Anthony Mitchell and guest communicators.As you listen to these sound biblical messages you can expect to be challenged, stirred, matured, and inspired in your faith and walk with God. For more information about us visit 2819Church.org.

When I was a young believer, over 20 years ago, I would go through seasons of pain in great difficulty, what we were called valleys, I would cry, I would weep, I would beg God, I would beg God, to get me out. And sometimes I've gone through things so painful that it almost seems unbearable to live. It almost seems that you lose hope wondering, would this change? Will God respond? Will he change my season or my circumstance? Some of us know pain like that. But after two decades of walking with the Lord, I've learned something theologically, two things.

One, seasons like that will come back for me again. And they will come back for you again because pain and suffering and hardship and trial, unfortunately it is a part of the human experience. And the more mature I grew in the Lord, and the more I kept reading these holy scriptures, the more I came to this revelation, that the answer for the sufferings of this life and the pain of my heart, the ultimate answer is not tomorrow, the ultimate, answer is Maronatha. We are so attached to this life that we think our real hope is a better next week or a better next year. Or a better next year. But the more you bury yourself in this book, you realize that your Savior has gone to prepare. A place for you.

And that when we look across the sufferings of humanity, and even the pain I'm experiencing right now in this season, a year of pain. The ultimate answer is what Christ said in the very end of the book. Behold, I come soon. And the spirit and the bride say, come.

This should be the cry of the mature believer. According to the words of Christ, our real cry is Lord, come. The spirit and the bride cry come. Because if we believe what he said, then we know there is a world. A life that is far greater than anything we're going to experience right now. And that the things you're really longing for, Utopia, he went to create that for you and me. And so as we mature, the apex of all your Christian desire should be for him.

Let me just tattoo that to your heart one more time. As you mature. See, this goes beyond a. material item. It goes beyond a physical thing you can touch. It goes beyond a financial status. It goes beyond a marriage, beyond believing for children. It goes beyond believing for seasons where there is no trouble or.

trial as you mature the apex of all Christian desire should be for him and then when I sit in his presence the more of mature the more I've desired more than anything him him I've sat in pain and said, even if you don't fix this, I am content to just have you in the middle of this. And if he is not good enough for you, your heart will always be sick. Lord come soon and Lord. And Lord may I be most satisfied

with you and the bride says and the bride says and the bride says and the bride says and the bride says come Lord Jesus come that is the cry of the mature believer

And to help us this. Go ahead. Go ahead. Grab that communion element right now. And if you slipped in here after we gave these out, wave your hand frantically. No, stay right there. Go back.

Stay in that last key. go back to that key frank stay in that key go back just hold that key right there yeah we're going to stay in that come lord jesus key right there one of the greatest one one of the greatest weaknesses of your humanity is that you have a tendency to forget and because the Lord knew that he instituted this ordinance that every time we do this we will be reminded of the sacrifice he made to give you access to the Father to make you righteous in the side of the Father, and to seal your name in the Lamb's Book of Life.

And that you don't have to wait for us to do this together. You could do this as often as possible in remembrance of him. I want you peel back the plastic and grab the bread. And as we prepare to partake of the Lord's table in Holy Communion, listen to me if you are not a follower of christ this part of our gathering is not for you for the scripture says if anyone eat and drink of the lord's table in an unworthy manner you will eat and drink judgment upon yourself so if you are not saved you are not a follower we're going to ask you to abstain and just watch with the hope by the next time we come back to this

table, something would have transformed in your life. You would have been brought into this spiritual family by the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit. And if you do not belong to him, just put the element down on the floor. Don't partake. For the believer, grab that bread. The Apostle Paul, wrote to the church in the ancient city of Corinth that on the night before Christ was crucified he took bread and he broke it and he looked into his eyes of his disciples and he said this broken bread represents my body that is about to be broken for you and every time we eat

of the bread, you should be reminded of how he was mutilated on a cross for your sin and for mine. Lift up that bread. Lift it high. He's not blind. He can see you. Lord, from your seat in heaven, bless this bread as we recall your sacrifice upon the cross. break it Eden peel back that plastic and the apostle also wrote to the church

in ancient Corinth on the night before Christ was crucified he took a cup full of wine he looked into the eyes of his followers and said this wine represents the blood of the new covenant my blood that is about to be shed for you that what you and I are under is a new covenant a covenant of grace a covenant of mercy a covenant of radical forgiveness, a covenant in which we've been made righteous by the blood. That when the Lord sees you, he sees you through the blood. And that because of that sacrifice, no longer do we have to shed the blood of animals every time we make a mistake.

Just imagine the burden of the old covenant. That every time you made a mistake, you would have to shed the blood of an animal. you would be wary, you would be tired, you would be frustrated, but thank God that one man and one moment in history nailed to the cross the requirements of the law and that by his sacrifice we have been made righteous when no longer we have to shed the blood of animals for his sinless perfect blood was shed for you. and I and for that you should always be thankful and you should never ever take salvation

for granted never ever take your salvation for granted and came at a high cost a high cost Lift up that cup Lift it high Lord from your seat At the right handle of the Father You see us now At prayers we partake up this cup According to Isaiah 53

Symbolically we'll drink in spiritual healing And mental healing and emotional healing And even physical healing I pray we would drink in the reminder of what you have done for us in the shedding of your blood and pour out on us a spirit of gratitude and thanksgiving. Bless this cup now in your mighty name, I pray. Drink. Cans will be passed to you to put the trash in.

Do I have any thankful people in the house this morning? I can't hear you. I said, do I have any thankful people in the house this morning? I said, do I have any thankful people in the house this morning? If you are thankful, put your hands together and give God praise. You could be seated. stay right there frank just soft we're not going to be here alone if you are not going to be here long come here don if you are a guest

to 2019 church we welcome you to this holy gathering and to all of our digital disciples watching live right now across the nation and around the world we welcome you our family our spiritual family our digital family and if you're not a follower of christ we know that you're in the room we're glad that you're here we want you to know that you can belong before you believe and be amongst us before you believe, and we are praying that God will bring you into the spiritual family by the power of the Holy Spirit. That is our prayer for you. Today, I am not going to preach to you a message, but I want to use the time we have together to prepare your heart for what is coming. next week. And before I do that, I want to take a moment to honor one of the most important people in my life after my wife.

I have walked with this brother for over two decades. He is tattooed to my heart and I am tattooed to his. He has been an older brother to me and a mentor of sorts. He's my covenant partner in the affairs of this life outside of my wife. and I'm not sure if I would have made it this far without him, his wisdom, his counsel, his friendship. He is the pastor of one of the greatest churches in Tampa, Florida, called Designers Way Christian Church. And if you live in Tampa, Florida, and you watch this gathering, I want to encourage you to not watch anymore. I want to encourage you to join the body of believers at Designers Way.

Christian Church in Tampa, Florida. There is a set-apart body there of brothers and sisters who love Jesus and who are being taught the Word of God, who love Jesus with their whole heart. And I want to encourage you to join that local body if you are in Tampa, Florida. I would like everybody to help me honor my covenant brother in this life. A great husband, father, and man of God. who slipped into our gathering today, help me honor my brother and friend,

Pastor Ron Simmons. Stand up, Ron. Y'all help me honor him. Help me honor his wife, Yvette Simmons. I love you, man. Ron is slightly older than me and has been a big brother to me. And I just want to tell you to value your covenant relationships. They are among the most precious things you have in this life.

The shoulders that you have in this life. Somebody sent me a picture yesterday. In fact, our executive pastor sent me a picture yesterday of my brother Ron at the building. that we purchased, he was standing there praying over that building and just believe in God and thanking God that for so many years, he's been believing for us to own our own property and that has come to pass. For those of you who don't know that, we did purchase a building about 15 minutes from here. Because of your generosity, we purchased that building $7 million dollars cash.

2019 has no debt at the moment. We are thankful for that. And now was that. And now was that? $20 million climb to renovate that building. And so just continue to be generous. You know, I don't beat you up about money here, but prayer alone is not going to fix that building. We do not own this facility that we're in. That is the first facility we own as a church. And our goal is the faster we Oh, I'm not going to go there. Just pray and be generous. My family, I want to use this time to talk to you about

this historic moment we've come to together as a church. For seven days from now, we will gather for what I believe will be a historic gathering, both in the life of our church and a historic gathering, I believe, in the city of Atlanta and in this nation. Seven days from now, we will gather for access at State Farm Arena. A gathering that started in my parents' home in Rex, Georgia, when they moved here from New York to North Carolina to Georgia. In a house no bigger that 800 square feet, a handful of us would go into that home on Wednesday nights, and we would pray for the space of an hour. We hijacked that from the Book of Acts when the apostles went up to the temple for the hour of prayer. prayer and we would come together in my parents from our home and we would we would pray just a handful of us no more than eight than 12 and we gave it a name I called it access because essentially that's what we have in prayer we have access to the father and we have access to the throne room and I would never imagine that we will be seven days away from bringing that gathering to an arena

And my prayer, not the last arena, that I have a vision as the past of this church, Philip Anthony Mitchell, that we would remind the bride nationally and globally that God has called us to be a house of prayer. And that access at State Farm Arena will not end there, but it will only be a catalyst for us to take that on the road and rally the body of Christ nationally and globally to pray. Now, I want to use this time to prepare your hearts for what's going to happen next week. I'm talking to all of you, our digital disciples, and all of you, our local disciples. So you don't go into next week unprepared and you don't go into next week, confused about what's going to take place. Okay. I want to just love on you and guide you and shepherd you for a few moments.

So that we have clarity around what you're going to be. going to happen next week. Amen, everybody. So first, I want to tell you, hear my heart, that access is not a conference. It's not a show. It's not just a service. So before I tell you what it is, I want to tell you what it is not. And let me repeat this to you so everybody's clear when we show up next week. Access is not a conference.

It is not a show. It is not just a service. We're not showing up next week for entertainment. You're not showing up next week to hear me preach. You're not showing up next week for an artist. That's not what it is. Access is a gathering for prayer. it is a gathering for us to come together and cry out to Christ together

it is a gathering for us to thin the veil and to go into the throne room together and to pound on heaven together it is a moment in time for us to come together as a church family locally nationally, and to cry out to the Lord who hears the cries of his children. We are not coming next week to be entertained. You're not coming next week for a show. You're not coming next week to play around. We are coming next week for something holy, something sacred, something set apart, something that I believe is necessary.

in this hour and in this moment. Access is a gathering of prayer. Access is a gathering of intercession. Access is a gathering of petition. Access is a gathering of repentance. Access is a gathering of worship. Did you hear what I said? Okay.

Let me say this to you one more time. Access is a gathering to pray. It is a gathering to petition God. It is a gathering to intercede. It is a gathering to repent. It is a gathering to worship. Now when we come together next. week at State Farm Arena. There will be a call together. You will know that call by a distinctive

sound you will hear in the room. And then there will be a time where you will pray unguided for yourself and you will cry out to God for yourself and you will petition God for yourself and you will repent for yourself and you will lay down your burdens for yourself. And then there will be a time of guided prayers in which we will come on the microphone and guide us together as a corporate family through prayer in which we will come united and cry out to the Lord for specific things we're going to believe for our church and for our city and for our nation and for the body of Christ and we will cry out to God together in unity. And then there will be a time of worship in which we will not walk out the arena after the hour was done. But there will be a time of worship in which we will saturate our prayers in worship. And we will linger in God's presence. And we will lay on the floor and kneel at our seats and sing unto God.

And we will bathe our prayers in worship. We will massage our prayers in worship. We will give God a doxology of praise, almost as to saying we believe what we have asked for is already done. I feel that in my spirit. We're going to sing as if all of our petition are already done. That is, the worship after access would be, watch this, a doxology of faith. A doxology of believing that everything we have uttered in that room. Lord, we believe that you have heard.

And then there will be a call to a corporate ending. We will bless you with resources on the way out, digital resources. And we will believe God for what will happen after that day. And I want to believe that access is more than just a moment. But it's a catalyst. And we're not only praying for that day, we're praying for what God will do beyond that day. Did you hear what I said to you? We're not only praying for that day, but we're praying for what God will do beyond that day.

Now, family, I want you to hear me. What I am believing for next week is that we would approach access like it's a giant altar. I am believing that we will approach access like it's a giant altar. A massive altar that has been prepared for you and I. and that I want to believe God that next week we will lay down on that altar every burden every worry every concern every desire we're going to lay all those things down on that giant altar and this week I want you to get in your heart all of the troubles of your life all of your family members who are not saved I want you to

Go through social media and turn on the news and look at the brokenness of society. And I want you to be grieved over the state of man and grieved over the state of America. I want you to be grieved over the state of our politics and grieved over the state of our nation. I want you to see what's going on and bring that grief to that giant altar. Did you hear what I said? I actually want you to go on social media this week. I want you to scroll, I want you to turn on the news, I want you to see the foolishness and the depravity of humanity, and I want your heart to be grieved and broken. I want you to see the lies that people are telling in America right now.

I want you to bring all that brokenness to the altar next week. Why? Because God said, if my people. I want you to see the sickness of our nation and the sickness of the world. Why? Because God said, if my people who are called by my name, if they would humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways. Watch the promise, I will hear.

what's the promise I will hear and I'll heal the land i'll move according to your prayers do you understand how powerful it is that God gave human beings on the earth access to him in heaven and that a holy being will hear the cries of sinful men in the earth and move his hand because of those cries? Do you understand your prayers have the power to move the hand of God on your behalf and on behalf of others? How a man prayed to stay off the wrath of God long enough to get his nephew out of a city

before God destroyed it? Do you understand the power? Prayer. And And I want to leave you with something to meditate on this week

from the words of your Savior. the greatest teaching on prayer the world has ever known i just want to read to you what he said and then we're going to close our time in a time of prayer jesus in the sermon on the mount teaching on prayer said in matthew chapter six and beginning in verse five listen to what he said he said and when you pray you must not pray like the hypocrites for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners that they may be seen by others truly i say to you they have received their reward i just want you to notice the words of your saviour when he says and when you pray the presupposition of the text means he expects you to pray he didn't say if you pray he said when you pray

that is the lord expects all of his children to pray so it doesn't matter if you feel like your prayer life is not strong it doesn't matter if you feel like i don't know how to do it it doesn't matter if you're shy so when we come into the room next week he doesn't expect us to He expects us to pray. Because he did not say if we pray. He said, when we pray, means there is a demand on you and I to pray. And he says, don't pray like hypocrites who pray to be seen. That is, we don't want to pray with wrong motives next week.

We don't want to be praying to be seen. We just want to be seen praying. So we want to pray with pure motives so that the reward would not just be the applause of men, the reward would be, he heard us. He says, and when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret, he will reward you. So he teaches us that we need to have places where we go and cry out to him in private. And that's why next week access will not be live stream.

No, the revolution will not be televised. No, access is for everybody who gets in the arena. It's for everyone who takes the initiative to get in the room. It will not be live streamed. It will not be televised. We will make the arena our secret place. Right? We're going to make the arena our secret place.

And behind the closed doors of the arena, We're going to pound on heaven together. There will be no cameras to the world next week. There will be no cameras for people to clip and mock no. We will come behind the closed doors of the arena and pound on heaven together. We will make State Farm our secret place. Woo! That they're going to remember even their place.

that worked there, that this room will not be just for basketball and for concerts. No, but a people came and consecrated this building for a purpose and for a space and for a time. Watch this. We're going to make the arena a portal from earth to heaven. Did you hear what I said? I'm talking to you with the hat on. Did you hear what I said? We're going to make the arena a portal. On behalf of the city and America and the nations of the world, we're going to make the arena a portal.

spiritual tunnel from earth to heaven and in that portal thousands of us will travel in that portal with our prayers into the throne room and we will lay things at the feet of the Savior in that throne room and we will put a demand on him to come down and respond to the cries of your children. Listen to me, State Farm will be 2819's Secret Place. He said in verse 7, And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases like the Gentiles do For the thing that they will be heard for their many words.

That is, we're not going to pray with empty speech. He's not saying don't have long prayers, just don't have empty prayers. Let your prayers be connected to your heart. Do not be like them. For your father knows what you need before you ask him. That is, we are praying to a God who knows what we're coming for. He's waiting for us to get there. And then the last thing he said, he said, when you pray, pray like this.

And although a lot of you have learned this prayer called the Lord's Prayer, you've prayed it like a model. He didn't give it to us to be a script. He gave it to us to be an example on how to pray. That's why he says, pray then like this. how should we pray next week our father who is in heaven hollow be your name

next week when you pray I want you to remember who you're talking to you're talking to your father and I know for some of us that's difficult because a father was not there but you're talking to the one who loves you unconditionally and next week I want you to remember

where he is when we're praying we will be in the arena he is above. He is in a place where he's not limited and his hands are not tied. We're praying to our father as a family, local disciples, digital disciples from across the nation and around the world. We're going to be praying to our father. Where is he? He is in heaven, but he's not limited. There is nothing you will pray next week that he does not have the power to move in.

He said, hollow be your name. So we're praying to our Father who is holy. He's holy. He is set apart. We will come before him with respect and humility and awe and trembling and wonder. And before we start begging him for all of the material things he want, he says, take care of my business first. When we get there next week, we're going to take care of his business first.

He says, pray, your kingdom come. Your will be done. We're on earth. As is in heaven, you want God to take care of your house? You take care of his kingdom first. That's why I told you this week, look across social media. Look across the new. I want you to come there broken next week.

week so that you don't open your mouth and just start trying for houses and cars and husbands and wives. No, we're going to come in there. We're going to pound heaven. Your kingdom come. Lord, save souls. Lord, raise up churches. Lord, raise up ministries. Lord, raise up missionaries.

Lord, let the gospel spread. Lord, let your king. Lord, open blind eyes. Lord, open deaf ears. Lord, reveal yourself to my unsaved loved ones. Lord, take down every church you did not plant. Expose every false prophet. Lord, deliver your people from the lies and the wheels of the devil.

We want God to hear thousands of his children saying, Lord, your kingdom come. Your will be done So you should spend some time in the Word this week Because this is His will, your will be done We will be unified, we will be a people of love We will love your Word, we will love prayer We want to see your church and stuff

Like we want to pray the scriptures We want to pray His will We want to take care of his business first That time you have of unguided people, prayer, take care of his business first. I told you that today. That time you have of unguided prayer next week, take care of his business first. Can you do that?

I'm talking to you. Let me repeat. That time you have of unguided prayer. where's just you and the Lord hear your pastor talking to you take care of his business first then verse 7

then take care of your business give us this day our daily bread you see whose business comes first his then yours pray then like this take care of his business

first then you cry of his business first then you cry out all your business afterwards. Verse 12, and forgive us our debts as we forget our debtors. Next week is the week to wring out your heart from unforgiveness and grudging and sin and all matter of stuff you're carrying and gripe and somebody you hold them from a previous season and jealousy.

Like, we're going to get, you're going to wash your heart of all of that. We're going to leave all of that in the arena. in our secret place and lead us not to temptation we're going to believe god to guide us into the future and to protect us from the wiles of the devil that's how we're going to pray next week amen anybody now i call you to consecrate for the next seven days at any level you feel led by the spirit starting monday morning i call our church to seven days of consecration at any level you feel led for some of us we will abstain completely from food until after access is over for some of you it may be one meal a day for some of you whatever it is just just consecrate at some

level fast and consecrate yourself at some level come into his presence next week fast it up make a sacrifice before you get there pay a price before you get there the Lord will see that and respond because right after this he goes into and when you fast so you don't have to do what the staff and I are doing

but consecrate at some level fast at some level break your flesh at some level and come before the Lord next week fasted Does everybody understand what access is? Does everybody understand what's going to happen next week?

Are we clear family? Is there any questions I can answer for you? Or are you clear? Oh, he gave me a thumbs up. I like that. Are there any questions I can answer for you? Are we clear as a family? Digital disciples.

Are we clear as a family? I just got faith that you are, it's a yes. I see thumbs up over here in the red 2019 sweat. I see thumbs up everywhere. Like, are we clear? We know what access is not. And we know what it is. We know what we come in to do.

We know how we should pray. I told you the script. Say that again? We have one question. What is it? Okay. Because it's a lot of people who's coming to the event. What time should we come to make sure we can get in the meeting?

Okay. You can stay there, Frank. The doors open at three and we begin our hour prayer at five. All of that is on our access website. That's the only question I'm going to answer. It's a good question. The hour of prayer starts at five. Five to six is the hour of prayer.

And then a time of worship and a doxology. The doors were open at three. I advise you to get there early. Okay. Now, this is how I want us to close out our time together. three minutes okay and this is what I want us to do three minutes we have digital disciples coming from across the nation and people are coming from around the world they let us know they're coming from

far distances Africa Australia and I want us to to sow a seed into them. I'm not talking about money. I'm talking about prayer. I want us to do something right now very unselfish. Because we've been in access before here at our location, but they have not. It will be their first access. And I want all of us to sow a seed into them.

I want us to till the ground for them. and for the space of three minutes because I like the number three I want to ask you if you would join me in prayer for three minutes not for you but for all of our digital disciples that are coming from across the country and around the world I want us to sow a seed into them and believe God for them can you do that now listen three minutes if you need to get on the floor you want to get in the aisle you want to kneel down at your chair you want to come to the all to whatever's comfortable for you right now pray three minutes you're praying for our family that's coming from across the country and around the world just pray for them Thank you. Pray. Pray.

Pray Pray Pray Pray Hallelujah, Lord. Pray. Father, we cry out together, God. Pray for our digital disciples, God, and our family coming from across the nation and around the world, God. For access, God, that great gathering of prayer. Lord, we try out, Father, that you would bring them in safely from across the nation and around the world. Father, God, we pray. They will come hungry. We pray.

will come ready we pray they will come expect and we pray they will come and lay down the heavy burdens god pour us your spirit god upon us next week lord in a mighty way in the name of jesus lord father we come to cavacott we come to petition god we come to intercede god we come to repent god we come to pray we come in to pray and to seek your faith lord as a family a national family and global family, God. Oh, Lord, hear our prayers for them, God. Meet them in a special way, Lord. In the name of Jesus, God.

Hook and jaw, Lord. Pull them in their father from the north, from the south, from the east, from the west, God. We pray in the name of Jesus, as we gather as a family. You will come down upon us from heaven, Lord. You will render heavens and come down, God. You will meet us next week with power and power.

might and glory and signs and wonders and miracles and healing and deliverance and answers God and comfort Lord as we come together next week Lord give us grace this week

to consecrate God open our eyes that we'll see the brokenness of humanity and be dreamed in our soul God in the name of Jesus Lord your kingdom come Lord your kingdom come Lord your

will be done Lord on earth as it is in heaven God in the name of Jesus Lord give us your cry give us your burden give us your tears give us your grief God in the name of Jesus Lord hallelujah Lord get our Christ Lord we ask God in the mighty and the majestic and the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Somebody giving praise in this house. Like a bride, waiting for her room. We'll be a church, ready for you. Every heart, longing for a king, wishing.

Say, like your bride, like your bride, waiting for the room. We'll be a church ready for you. We'll head behind, longing for our king. We'll see, even so come, Lord Jesus gone. Even so come. Lord Jesus gone Say even so Even so God

Lord Jesus God Even so gone Lord Jesus God Dance together Give God praise Please don't move

Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Hallelujah.