Latest / LOH Church Archive / 04/26/26 Pastor Christy Hair
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:08COME ON CHURCH, GET UP AND PRAISE THE GREAT
- 0:12I AM THIS MORNING, AMEN? COME ON.
- 0:15(MUSIC)
- 1:57OH, HE'S THE GREAT I AM, AMEN? HALLELUJAH. WELL, HOW MANY OF
- 2:06YOU KNOW, PASTORS HANK AND BRENDA HAVE SOME VACATION THIS
- 2:11WEEK. AND, YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK SAID, NOW HOW MANY OF YOU SAW
- 2:16THE, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER LAST
- 2:19NIGHT? AND I WAS CHATTING WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT. HE GOES, NOW,
- 2:22HE GOES, IF I FEEL IT AND GOD TELLS ME, I'LL COME IN AND DO
- 2:24FLASHPOINT, BUT HE GOES, WE JUST NEED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT
- 2:29GOD SAID THERE WAS AN ANOINTING OF PRESERVATION ON PRESIDENT
- 2:32TRUMP AND UPON THIS NATION. SO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, WE DON'T LIVE
- 2:37IN FEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MR. EDDIE ON VACATION. AND SO WE
- 2:43HAVE KING ROBINSON WITH US ON THE DRUMS, ALL THE WAY OVER HERE
- 2:50FROM CALIFORNIA. SO, BUT WE LOVE KING, HE'S A BLESSING. GIVE HIM
- 2:56A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. BUT ANYWAY,
- 3:00HOW MANY OF YOU, I KNOW YOU AND I WERE PLANNING ON DOING SOME
- 3:03WORK OUTSIDE TOMORROW, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA WORK
- 3:08OUT. MIGHT NOT. AS YOU IN THE ROOM KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GETTING
- 3:13SOME STORMS HERE IN NEBRASKA. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE APRIL
- 3:18SHOWERS, BRING MAY FLOWERS. WE'RE STEPPING INTO MAY HERE,
- 3:21BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING GOOD RAIN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
- 3:25YES, WHICH WE NEEDED. WE NEEDED SOME RAIN. WE JUST DON'T WANT
- 3:27ANYTHING SEVERE, NO TORNADOES OR HAIL, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF
- 3:32THING. I DO HAVE, IN THE HONOR OF PASTOR HANK, I DO HAVE A JOKE
- 3:42FOR YOU THIS MORNING. I HAD TO, I HAD TO. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT
- 3:54YODA SAID WHEN HE SAW HIMSELF IN 4K? HDMI. OH MY GOSH, THAT'S
- 4:07TERRIBLE. YES, IT'S A DAD JOKE. PASTOR ANTHONY AND I KNOW YOU
- 4:14GOTTA TELL THE DAD JOKES, RIGHT ARI, YOU GOTTA TELL THE DAD
- 4:16JOKES. YEAH, DAD JOKES ARE PART OF IT. THERE'S YOUR JOKE IN
- 4:20PLACE OF PASTOR HANK'S DAD JOKE ON A SUNDAY MORNING. WELL NOW,
- 4:25IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, TELL US WHAT THE WEATHER'S GONNA BE
- 4:28LIKE WHERE YOU'RE AT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, IT'S 95%
- 4:33CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW, SO OUR PLANS OF WORKING ON OUR PATIO IS
- 4:41PROBABLY NOT HAPPENING. BUT YOU KNOW ONE THING I HAVE DONE, AS
- 4:44I'VE GOTTEN OLDER, HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE WATERING YOUR PLANTS IN
- 4:48THE HEAT OF JULY? LIKE MORNING AND NIGHT. OR AUGUST. OR AUGUST,
- 4:55AND IT GETS REALLY HOT. SO I FOUND THEY HAVE THESE UV
- 4:59RESISTANT FAKE PLANTS NOW. AND I'M PUTTING, MAN, I'M INVESTING
- 5:06IN THOSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE PLACE. I JUST HAD A BIG
- 5:10BOX COME IN FROM AMAZON. MY HUSBAND'S LIKE, "WHAT'S THIS?"
- 5:12I'M LIKE, "TREES FOR OUTSIDE." AND I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE,
- 5:19YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KEEPING UP WITH THE WATERING, AND THEN SOMETIMES
- 5:23WHEN IT GETS REALLY HOT, YOU GOTTA WATER TWICE A DAY, YOU
- 5:25KNOW, IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. I'M STILL GROWING HERBS,
- 5:28THOUGH. I DO HERBS EVERY YEAR. HERBS ARE FINE. YOU KNOW,
- 5:31THEY'RE A SMALLER AMOUNT TO MAINTAIN. YOU HAVE TO DRAG THE
- 5:35HOSE OUT FOR ALL THE OTHER STUFF. BUT WE HAVE TO PLANT THE
- 5:39FAKE PLANTS SO THAT THEY DON'T BLOW OVER, AND SO THEY LOOK
- 5:43REAL. I ACTUALLY PUT ROCKS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POT, FOLLOWED
- 5:48BY DIRT, THEN I STICK THE FAKE PLANT IN THERE, OR PLANTS,
- 5:53'CAUSE THEN I MAKE 'EM, AND THEN I PUT ROCKS ON TOP OF THAT SO
- 5:57THEY LOOK REAL. SO, ALL RIGHT, AND IF ANY OF YOU, SOME OF YOU
- 6:01MIGHT BE, IF YOU'RE DOWN SOUTH, YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE PLANTING.
- 6:04UP HERE IN NEBRASKA, THEY USUALLY SAY MIDDLE OF MAY, BUT
- 6:07THAT'S THE OTHER THING, WITH FAKE PLANTS, I CAN DO IT IN THE
- 6:10MIDDLE OF APRIL. SO MY AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN GROWING
- 6:14FOR MONTHS. YEAH, IT'S AMAZING. IT'S LIKE MIRACLE-GROW ON
- 6:18STEROIDS. SO ANYWAY, WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY TO WORSHIP
- 6:22THIS MORNING? I'M EXCITED, WE'RE GONNA BE, I HAVE A GOOD WORD
- 6:29THAT I AM EXCITED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE
- 6:31WHILE SINCE I'VE PREACHED ON A SUNDAY, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE
- 6:35ABLE TO DO IT. AND SO WE'RE GONNA WORSHIP GOD THOUGH FIRST,
- 6:38SO WHY DON'T WE THROW THOSE HANDS UP IN THE AIR AND LET'S
- 6:41TELL THE LORD, FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP
- 6:45IN YOUR HOUSE AND WE HAVE COME TO GIVE YOU A MIGHTY PRAISE.
- 6:49LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANOINTING THAT IS UPON THIS
- 6:51SERVICE AND UPON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM, AND WE THANK
- 6:55YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF
- 6:58JESUS, AMEN. COME ON, GIVE A SHOUT TO THE LORD.
- 7:01(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 7:06(MUSIC)
- 7:09ANYBODY GOT SOMETHING TO TESTIFY ABOUT THIS MORNING? COME ON.
- 7:15(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 11:16(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 11:48IF YOU'RE A CONQUEROR, GIVE THE LORD A
- 11:52CLAP OFFERING THIS MORNING. COME ON.
- 11:56(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 13:10(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 14:22(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 15:47(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 16:19'CAUSE IF HE'S UNDER YOUR FEET, THEN HE'S UNDER MINE TOO.
- 16:26EVERYTHING BOWS TO THE NAME OF JESUS. EVERYTHING BOWS TO THE
- 16:34NAME OF JESUS. EVERYTHING BOWS TO HIS NAME. EVERYTHING BOWS TO
- 16:44THE NAME ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME. EVERYTHING BOWS TO HIS NAME.
- 16:57LORD, YOU ARE GREAT. YOU ARE GREATLY TO BE PRAISED.
- 17:01(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 18:23YOU'RE A GREAT GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU THIS MORNING.
- 18:31(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 25:47(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 26:49DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, MY GOD WILL SHOW UP.
- 26:56DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT
- 27:02FEELS LIKE. YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE ONLINE RIGHT NOW, I JUST SAW A
- 27:11PICTURE OF SOMEBODY IN A HOSPITAL ROOM AND YOU DON'T FEEL
- 27:19GOOD RIGHT NOW. WE SERVE A GOD THAT'S REAL AND HE CAN TOUCH YOU
- 27:31WHEREVER YOU ARE. SO I DECLARE RIGHT NOW TO YOU IN YOUR
- 27:39HOSPITAL ROOM, IN THAT HOSPITAL BED, THAT GOD'S MIGHTY HAND
- 27:48TOUCHES YOU RIGHT NOW. IN JESUS NAME, THE HEALING POWER OF THE
- 27:56ALMIGHTY GOD GOES THROUGH THAT LENS AND
- 28:00MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE IN JESUS' NAME.
- 28:05(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 30:45IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR GOD ALWAYS SHOWS UP AND YOU HAVE SICKNESS
- 30:51IN YOUR BODY, GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. COME ON. IF YOU HAVE
- 30:58SICKNESS IN YOUR BODY, YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN A BAD DIAGNOSIS, GET
- 31:04DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. ‘CAUSE GOD IS SHOWING UP.
- 31:07(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 31:59MY GOD HEALS, HE DELIVERS, HE SETS FREE. HE SETS FREE. PASTOR
- 32:12DOUG, DAD, WHY DON'T YOU GO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE. THEY'RE GONNA
- 32:20COME DOWN AND GO THROUGH AND PRAY FOR YOU. I WANT THE REST OF
- 32:23YOU TO STAY IN FAITH THIS MORNING. STAY IN FAITH FOR THESE
- 32:31DOWN HERE. THEY HAVE A NEED. THEY NEED TO BE TOUCHED THIS
- 32:38MORNING. AND MAYBE YOU NEED TO BE TOUCHED OUT THERE WHERE
- 32:41YOU'RE SITTING. MAYBE YOU'RE NOT IN A HOSPITAL ROOM ONLINE. MAYBE
- 32:45YOU'RE SITTING AT HOME AND YOU JUST DON'T FEEL GOOD. MY GOD
- 32:52ALWAYS SHOWS UP. HE ALWAYS SHOWS HIMSELF STRONG. HE ALWAYS SHOWS
- 32:58HIMSELF FAITHFUL, NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
- 33:02(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 37:10LORD WE THANK YOU THAT YOU FILLED THE PLACE THIS MORNING.
- 37:15YOUR GLORY IS HERE, YOUR PRESENCE IS HERE. LORD WE THANK
- 37:21YOU. BECAUSE THIS IS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. THIS IS A HOUSE OF
- 37:30PRAISE. AND WE DO BELIEVE IN OUR UNSHAKABLE, UNCHANGEABLE GOD.
- 37:44NEVER FAILS. HE NEVER FAILS. AND HE'S NEVER LOST A BATTLE. NEVER
- 37:57LOST A BATTLE. NEVER NOT ONCE. SO HAVE FAITH IN GOD. AMEN.
- 38:13AMEN. WELL, WE HAD CHURCH THIS MORNING, AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU GO
- 38:23AHEAD AND GREET SOME PEOPLE AROUND YOU. I WON'T GIVE YOU A
- 38:25CORNY MESSAGE TO TELL THEM. JUST GREET SOME
- 38:28PEOPLE AROUND YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES.
- 38:31(MUSIC)
- 39:21OH, GOD IS GOOD, AMEN? HOW ABOUT I SAY, GOD IS GOOD, YOU SAY ALL
- 39:27THE TIME. GOD IS GOOD. ALL THE TIME. ALL THE TIME. GOD IS GOOD.
- 39:32SOME OF YOU KNOW IT. MAYBE SOMEDAY WE'LL DO THAT SONG.
- 39:38ANYBODY KNOW THE PHIL WICKHAM SONG? SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO
- 39:43GOOD TO ME. HAS HE BEEN GOOD TO YOU? AMEN. WELL, IF THIS IS YOUR
- 39:51FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU FEEL WELCOME
- 39:57THIS MORNING. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT
- 40:00BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE
- 40:03WAVE YOUR HAND FOR THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR
- 40:06YOU INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG. THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE
- 40:09TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. HAS
- 40:13A PICTURE ON THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO IF YOU WOULD
- 40:15PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME. SO I WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS
- 40:18INSIDE THERE. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND HOME
- 40:21WITH YOU THAT JUST GIVES YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHURCH
- 40:24MINISTRIES AND HOW YOU CAN GET CONNECTED. AND THEN ON THE
- 40:27LEFTHAND SIDE, THERE'S A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD THAT
- 40:31YOU CAN FILL OUT, TEAR IT OFF, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET
- 40:34WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU
- 40:37A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING AND MAKE SURE YOU
- 40:40STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE
- 40:42CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE,
- 40:45ROKU, YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL
- 40:49PLATFORMS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET CONNECTED TO ONE OF
- 40:51THEM. BUT I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET CONNECTED
- 40:55TO ONEVOICETV.NET OR DOWNLOAD ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES
- 41:01BECAUSE YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO A LOT MORE CONTENT THAN JUST
- 41:04SERVICES AND ARCHIVE SERVICES, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE OUT THERE AS
- 41:07WELL. YOU CAN ALSO GET ACCESS TO DAY OF THE DECREE, NEW LEVEL,
- 41:12GAME CHANGERS, FLASHPOINT, AND MANY OF OUR PARTNER PROGRAMS OUT
- 41:16THERE AS WELL. SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, GET BLESSED BY ALL THAT
- 41:19GREAT CONTENT THAT WE'VE PUT IN ONE PLACE FOR YOU AND WE'RE
- 41:23CONSTANTLY WORKING TO ADD MORE AND MORE TO IT. SO PLEASE BE
- 41:27BLESSED BY ONE VOICE TV. WE BUILT IT FOR YOU TO BE BLESSED
- 41:30BY THE WORD OF THE LORD. AMEN. WE WOULD JUST GIVE ALL OUR
- 41:34GUESTS HERE AND ONLINE A HAND AS PASTOR MIKE AND ALICIA COME UP.
- 41:40(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 41:46WELL, GOOD, GOOD MORNING. HOW'S EVERYONE DOING TODAY? ALL RIGHT.
- 41:51WELL, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU TWO GUESSES
- 41:54AS TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE. NO, I'M KIDDING. NO, WE WANNA
- 41:58TAKE JUST A QUICK SECOND TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF AWESOME
- 42:01MINISTRIES HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE
- 42:03WANNA TALK ABOUT CORE YOUTH, WHICH HAS A BIG SALE TODAY,
- 42:07BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
- 42:08LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR ALL OUR CORE YOUTH.
- 42:10(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 42:13WE'RE COMING UP RIGHT AROUND RETREAT TIME, AND WE JUST, WE'RE
- 42:16SO EXCITED, 'CAUSE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, GOD JUST SHOWED UP AND
- 42:19SHOWED OFF AT RETREAT FOR THE LIVES OF THESE YOUNG,
- 42:22IMPRESSIONABLE, ADOLESCENT PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN A
- 42:26CULTURE THAT WANTS TO TELL THEM ONE THING, BUT WE KNOW ROOTED IN
- 42:30THE WORD OF GOD IS WHAT THE TRUTH IS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
- 42:32SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
- 42:35OUR RETREAT THAT'S COMING UP ON JULY 27TH THROUGH THE 30TH THIS
- 42:39YEAR. AND WE JUST HAVE SO WE HAVE A BAKE SALE TODAY. IF YOU
- 42:44GO DOWN IN THE CHAPEL AREA, WE'RE SET UP INSIDE THE CHAPEL
- 42:47FOR A BAKE SALE. THERE'S A TON OF YUMMY TREATS DOWN THERE.
- 42:51PLEASE GO DOWN THERE AND SUPPORT THE YOUTH. AND THEN ALSO COMING
- 42:55UP IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. A WEEK FROM FRIDAY.
- 43:00SO IT'LL BE FRIDAY, MAY 8TH. WE ARE DOING ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR
- 43:04CORE, AND WE'RE DOING A FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT. SO IT'LL ACTUALLY
- 43:09BE OUT ON THE LAWN SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH, AND WE GOT A HUGE
- 43:1330-FOOT INFLATABLE MOVIE SCREEN. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND
- 43:18THEN THE YOUTH WILL BE SELLING CONCESSIONS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE
- 43:21TICKETS AVAILABLE DOWN BY THE CHAPEL AS WELL. WE'LL BE SITTING
- 43:25DOWN THERE SELLING MOVIE TICKETS. AND WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE
- 43:28MORE BAKE SALES. SO THIS ISN'T YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY. BUT LET'S
- 43:31START THIS OFF GREAT. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN MAY, ANOTHER ONE
- 43:33IN JUNE. WE'LL ANNOUNCE THAT LATER. BUT WE'RE JUST SUPER
- 43:35EXCITED. LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT GOD'S CHOSEN IDENTITY FOR
- 43:38EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US BASED OFF 1 PETER 2:9, HOW WE ARE A
- 43:40CHOSEN GENERATION. OH, SORRY. MOVIE NIGHT. WE'RE GONNA WATCH
- 43:44PRINCE OF EGYPT. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN PRINCE OF EGYPT? THAT
- 43:48IS A GREAT MOVIE. AMAZING MOVIE, GREAT SCORE. IT'S TIMELESS
- 43:53'CAUSE IT'S NOT THE NEWEST, BUT IT IS AMAZING. SO IT'S FOR THE
- 43:56WHOLE FAMILY, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. AND AS WE'RE WRAPPING UP
- 44:00OUR ANNOUNCEMENT, JUST WANNA SHOW YOU OUR THEME FOR THIS
- 44:02YEAR'S RETREAT. LAST YEAR, LIKE I SAID, CHOSEN IDENTITY. THIS
- 44:05YEAR, DRUM ROLL, IT'S ANCHORED. AND IT'S BASED OFF HEBREWS 6:19,
- 44:10HOW WE HAVE THIS HOPE. AND WE'RE GONNA LET THE YOUTH KNOW
- 44:14THAT THEIR HOPE IS FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST AND NOTHING ELSE.
- 44:16YES. AWESOME, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING OUR YOUTH IN
- 44:20OUR FUNDRAISERS AND IN OUR EVENTS. WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE
- 44:22CONNECT CENTER. AND ALSO, JUST REAL QUICK, 10 SECONDS, SORRY,
- 44:24PASTOR CHRISTY. WANNA REMIND YOU THAT REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR
- 44:29ZION ACADEMY. THIS IS NOT A CORE ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS NOW A ZION
- 44:32ANNOUNCEMENT. BUT REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE ’26-’27 SCHOOL
- 44:37YEAR. WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT. BUT PLEASE MAKE
- 44:40SURE TO GO TO ZIONACADEMYOMAHA.ORG. YOU COULD
- 44:44REGISTER THERE, YOU COULD GET ALL INFORMATION, AND IT'S GONNA
- 44:47BE A GREAT, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT YEAR. REGISTRATION COST IS
- 44:50WAIVED. YEAH, WE'RE WAIVING THE REGISTRATION FEE THROUGH THE END
- 44:53OF THE MONTH. SO GO GET YOUR STUDENTS REGISTERED. EVEN IF
- 44:56THEY WERE IN ZION LAST YEAR, PLEASE REGISTER 'EM AGAIN THIS
- 44:59YEAR. AWESOME, ALL RIGHT. AWESOME, THANK YOU.
- 45:01WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. PASTOR DOUG.
- 45:04(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 45:07HALLELUJAH, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THE BAKE SALE
- 45:11TODAY? I TOLD PEOPLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MY WIFE AND I HAVE A WAY
- 45:16TO SUPPORT IT. WE'RE GONNA DONATE BAKED GOODS, THAT'S A
- 45:18BLESSING. THEN WE'RE GONNA BUY SOME BACK, THAT'S ANOTHER
- 45:21BLESSING TO CORE. THEN I'M GONNA GIVE 'EM AWAY BECAUSE WE DON'T
- 45:24NEED THE CALORIES. SO I THINK THERE'S A THREEFOLD BLESSING IN
- 45:28DOING THAT. SO MAYBE THAT'LL GIVE SOME OF YOU AN IDEA. AND
- 45:33EVEN IF YOU'RE ON A STRICT DIET AGAINST SUGAR, GO SUPPORT THEM.
- 45:39GIVE THE CALORIES TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. BUT THEY CAN USE IT,
- 45:48EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT IT. HALLELUJAH. WELL, A COUPLE
- 45:52ANNOUNCEMENTS. OH, NEXT SUNDAY ALREADY, IT'S COMING SO FAST.
- 45:57HOW MANY OF YOU GOT A SPECIAL INVITATION IN THE MAIL FOR MAY
- 46:003RD, PASTOR HANK'S 60TH BIRTHDAY? OKAY, SO WHEN YOU
- 46:08DRIVE IN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE LOT'S GONNA LOOK A LITTLE
- 46:11DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TABLES OUT AND CANOPIES ON
- 46:15THE GREEN LOT. WE HAVE FIVE FOOD TRUCKS COMING. WE HAD NO WAY TO
- 46:20FEED 700 PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING, REALLY, AND MAKE IT
- 46:23WORK. SO WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE A COUPON FOR A FREE MEAL AT ONE OF
- 46:30THE FIVE FOOD TRUCKS. IT'LL BE A TIME OF FELLOWSHIP. THERE'LL BE
- 46:34DESSERT THERE CELEBRATING PASTOR HANK. AND WE NEED TO DO
- 46:38SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIS 60TH. SO YOU DON'T HAVE A 60TH
- 46:42BIRTHDAY EVERY DAY. AND OUR PASTOR DESERVES IT, AND HE DOES
- 46:46SUCH A GREAT JOB. SO BRING YOUR CARDS AND LETTERS. WE HAVE A
- 46:52PLACE, DO WE, THE INBOXES AT EVERY INFORMATION CENTER.
- 46:57THERE'S THREE OF THOSE INFORMATION CENTERS OUT THERE IN
- 46:59THE FOYER. SO YOU CAN DROP YOUR CARDS AND LETTERS OFF, AND
- 47:03THEY'LL ENJOY SEEING THOSE. AND JUST MAKE IT A SPECIAL DAY FOR
- 47:06HIM, AND WE'RE GOING TO REJOICE AROUND HIS BIRTHDAY. SO, PRAISE
- 47:11GOD. LET'S SEE, I THINK I HAD A COUPLE, HE'S NOT ON FLASHPOINT
- 47:14THIS WEEK. MAY 17TH IS REDEDICATION OF
- 47:17THE UNITED STATES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
- 47:20(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 47:22AND DON'T FORGET, BEING HERE ON THE 17TH, IT'LL BE A SPECIAL
- 47:25DAY. AND OH, BY THE WAY, LORD OF HOSTS SENT A SHUTTLE BUS WITH
- 47:30SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THIS MORNING,
- 47:35AND WE BROUGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT JUST CAME IN FROM SOUTH
- 47:40AFRICA. I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO STAND, I SEE YOU UP
- 47:43THERE, SO YOU'RE NOT HIDING FROM ME, BUT WELCOME TODAY, AND WE'RE
- 47:49SO THANKFUL YOU ESCAPED THAT PERSECUTION. YOU'RE HERE, AND
- 47:53YOU'RE ALIVE, AND WE BELIEVE GOD'S HAND OF BLESSING IS ON
- 47:58YOU, AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU TO SETTLE IN AND GET ESTABLISHED
- 48:02HERE, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL YOU'RE HERE. AND SO JUST WANTED
- 48:06TO MENTION THAT. AND LET'S SEE, I THINK I HAD ONE MORE. OH,
- 48:11DON'T MISS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE'RE CONTINUING GOING THROUGH
- 48:14THE BOOK OF REVELATION. HOW MANY HAVE ENJOYED THAT? SO THAT'LL BE
- 48:18THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEEMS LIKE I HAD ONE MORE THING.
- 48:23OH, ONE MORE THING. THE HOPE AND HEALING WORKSHOP IS A ONE-DAY
- 48:28WORKSHOP FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED ENCOURAGEMENT AFTER THE LOSS OF
- 48:31A LOVED ONE. AND IF YOU'VE LOST A LOVED ONE, EVEN IF IT'S A YEAR
- 48:36OR TWO AGO, YOU'RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME THINGS. SOMETIMES THE
- 48:40GRIEF PROCESS TAKES A WHILE TO GET THROUGH. SOMETIMES IT'S
- 48:43REALLY EASY. SOMETIMES IT'S MORE DIFFICULT. BUT EVEN IF IT WAS
- 48:46EASY FOR YOU, YOU CAN ENCOURAGE OTHERS THAT NEED ENCOURAGEMENT.
- 48:50AND IT'S A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT EVEN THE FULL
- 48:53DAY. IT'S SATURDAY, MAY 2ND, FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AND
- 48:57PASTOR KEITH AND PASTOR ANTHONY HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS AND
- 49:01GETTING THIS PUT TOGETHER. AND THERE'S LUNCH PROVIDED. THERE'S
- 49:04NO CHARGE FOR THIS. YOU CAN SIGN UP AT THE INFORMATION CENTER. IF
- 49:08YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S GOING THROUGH THAT TIME OF GRIEF AND
- 49:11THEY NEED HELP OR ENCOURAGEMENT, ENCOURAGE THEM TO CALL THE
- 49:14CHURCH, SIGN UP, AND BE HERE. AND WHERE ARE WE HOLDING THAT,
- 49:19BY THE WAY? SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE CHAPEL
- 49:24PROBABLY. BUT WHEN YOU GET HERE, THERE'LL BE PEOPLE TO SHOW YOU
- 49:29WHERE TO GO. OKAY? AMEN. WELL, IT'S OFFERING TIME. THAT'S AN
- 49:33EXCITING TIME OF GIVING THE OFFERINGS TO GOD BECAUSE THIS IS
- 49:38A TIME THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO GOD FOR ALL THAT HE'S DONE FOR
- 49:41US. AND USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE ENVELOPES NOW. IF YOU NEED AN
- 49:46ENVELOPE FOR YOUR GIVING, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS
- 49:48WILL SERVE YOU, HELP YOU WITH THAT. AND WHILE THEY'RE DOING
- 49:53THAT, AS YOU PREPARE TO GIVE YOUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS, I
- 49:56JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN YOU'RE GIVING, YOU'RE NOT
- 50:01SIMPLY HELPING THE CHURCH MEET THEIR BUDGET, BUT YOU'RE OBEYING
- 50:05GOD'S COMMAND TO GIVE, AND YOU ARE BLESSING GOD WITH THIS AND
- 50:12GIVING AN OFFERING TO JESUS HIMSELF. IT'S A THANK OFFERING.
- 50:16IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO. TEN PERCENT IS A SMALL AMOUNT
- 50:20FOR ALL THAT GOD GIVES US, AND THEN HE PROMISES US A TREMENDOUS
- 50:24BLESSING FOR IT. JESUS REMINDS US THAT OUR GIVING IS ULTIMATELY
- 50:27TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WHO SEES EVERYTHING. AND IT REALLY
- 50:31DOESN'T MATTER IF THOSE THAT ARE SITTING BESIDE YOU SEE WHAT
- 50:34YOU'RE GIVING. LET'S LOOK AT MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSES 3 AND
- 50:384 TODAY. IT SAYS, "BUT WHEN YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE IN NEED, DON'T
- 50:41LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING. GIVE
- 50:47YOUR GIFTS IN PRIVATE, AND YOUR FATHER WHO SEES EVERYTHING WILL
- 50:51REWARD YOU." SO WHAT THAT'S REALLY SAYING IS, IT DOESN'T
- 50:54MATTER IF PEOPLE NEXT TO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE GIVING OR ANYONE
- 50:57KNOWS ABOUT IT, GOD SEES IT. AND HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS PROMISED
- 51:02US A BLESSING TO YOU. HE PROMISED TO REBUKE THE DEVOURER
- 51:06ON YOUR BEHALF WHEN YOU'RE A GIVER. SO IT PUTS YOU INTO A
- 51:10PLACE OF PROTECTION WHEN YOU GIVE TO HIM. LET'S ALSO LOOK AT
- 51:15PHILIPPIANS 4:18. FATHER GOD SEES OUR GIVING AND REWARDS US
- 51:20FOR OUR GIVING. AND WE CAN SEE THAT GOD'S PLEASED IN OUR GIVING
- 51:25WHEN WE LOOK AT PHILIPPIANS 4:18. I'M READING IT OUT OF THE
- 51:28NEW KING JAMES VERSION. IT SAYS, "INDEED, I HAVE ALL AND ABOUND.
- 51:33I AM FULL, HAVING RECEIVED FROM EPHRADITUS THE THINGS SENT FROM
- 51:38YOU, A SWEET-SMELLING AROMA, AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE." AND
- 51:44HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE. IT WAS WELL-PLEASING TO GOD.
- 51:48AMEN? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE GIVING SOMETHING THAT'S
- 51:52WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. SO AS THE PHILIPPIAN CHURCH GAVE TO PAUL
- 51:59AND HIS MINISTRY, IT WAS ACTUALLY GIVING TO GOD. WHEN YOU
- 52:04GIVE TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, YOU'RE PLANTING GOOD SEED.
- 52:07YOU'RE GIVING TO THE CHURCH THROUGH THE CHURCH. WE'RE AN
- 52:10AQUEDUCT, BUT YOU'RE REALLY GIVING TO GOD. YOU'RE GIVING TO
- 52:14GOD THROUGH THAT. YOU'RE OBEYING GOD BY DOING THAT. AND THIS IS
- 52:18GOOD SOIL. GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN TODAY. WE'LL PUT
- 52:22THAT UP. AND AS YOU GIVE, REALIZE THAT THE CREATOR HIMSELF
- 52:29PROCLAIMS TODAY THAT YOUR GIFTS ARE WELL-PLEASING TO HIM. SAY
- 52:35THIS WITH ME. MY TITHES AND MY OFFERINGS ARE WELL-PLEASING TO
- 52:42GOD. AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL WITH THOSE OF YOU ONLINE THAT PARTNER
- 52:46WITH US AROUND THE WORLD TO BRING THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE TO
- 52:50THIS WORLD AND THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. AND
- 52:56WITHOUT YOU, WE COULDN'T DO IT. SO THANK YOU, THOSE OF YOU THAT
- 52:59ARE HOME OR WHEREVER YOU'RE AT TODAY. THE ONLINE AUDIENCE IS SO
- 53:04IMPORTANT TO OUR MINISTRY. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU
- 53:07STAND UP WITH ME RIGHT NOW, HOLD YOUR OFFERING IN THE AIR LIKE
- 53:11YOU ALWAYS DO, AND I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU AS WE DEDICATE
- 53:15THESE GIFTS TO THE LORD. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS
- 53:18OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE TO YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE
- 53:23LORD, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT OUR GIFTS TO YOU ARE
- 53:27WELL-PLEASING TO YOU. THEY HONOR YOU. AND AS WE WALK FORWARD IN
- 53:32OBEDIENCE AND HONOR YOUR WORD AND OBEY YOU AND ALL THE THINGS
- 53:35THAT YOU HAVE COMMANDED US TO DO, IT'S A BLESSING TO DO IT.
- 53:40AND WE THANK YOU FOR DIVINE PROTECTION AND ABUNDANCE IN OUR
- 53:43LIFE BECAUSE WE'RE WILLING TO OBEY YOU. THAT'S AN HONOR, LORD.
- 53:48WE THANK YOU FOR IT. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S GIVING
- 53:51TODAY, THOSE HERE AND THOSE ONLINE. WE ASK FOR A FINANCIAL
- 53:54BLESSING TO COME BACK, THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO THEM, AND
- 53:58THEY WOULD LOOK BACK AT THE END OF 2026 AND SAY, "MY, LOOK WHAT
- 54:03THE LORD HAS DONE IN MY FINANCES. "DEBTS PAID OFF,
- 54:08ASSETS ACCUMULATED, "JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE GOOD STEWARDS
- 54:12FOR YOU." AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT NOW IN JESUS' NAME. WELL,
- 54:16LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION. IF YOU'LL PUT THAT UP, PLEASE.
- 54:21DECLARE WITH ME. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND THE MINISTRY OF LORD
- 54:25OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT
- 54:30FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY
- 54:35HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND BE FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE
- 54:40HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE.
- 54:44WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE
- 54:49PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO
- 54:54BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF
- 54:58PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE
- 55:02PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN
- 55:06WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE
- 55:11DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. AMEN. WELL, LET'S
- 55:18GIVE PASTOR CHRISTY A HAND AS SHE COMES TODAY. I KNOW SHE HAS
- 55:21A POWERFUL MESSAGE FOR US. HALLELUJAH. WELL, I MEAN, I
- 55:29DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT. I FEEL LIKE WE
- 55:33ALREADY HAD SOME CHURCH TODAY, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE
- 55:39IT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT JUST REMEMBER
- 55:42THAT OPENING THE HEAVENS IS MOVING BACK TO THE TABERNACLE
- 55:46THIS YEAR. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME
- 55:49PEOPLE LIKE, "OH MAN, WE'RE GOING TO MISS BEING AT THE
- 55:52ARENA." BUT YOU KNOW, ONE, THE ANOINTING JUST RESTS IN THIS
- 55:57PLACE. BUT TWO, I'M SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE
- 56:00GOING TO HAVE A LOT LESS WORK GOING INTO THIS AND NOW WE CAN
- 56:03JUST REALLY FOCUS ON THE MINISTRY. SO WE'RE EXCITED. AND
- 56:07HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED TO SLEEP IN YOUR OWN BEDS IF YOU
- 56:09LIVE CLOSE TO THE CHURCH? NOW AND IF YOU BOOKED A HOTEL
- 56:13ALREADY DOWN IN COUNCIL PLUS, YOU CAN GET THAT SWITCHED AROUND
- 56:18AND PASTOR ANTHONY, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE
- 56:20FOR THEM. ALL OF IT'S OUT THERE ON OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG. SO YOU
- 56:27CAN GO OUT THERE AND GET THAT CHECKED OUT. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER
- 56:30THING, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY BLESSED TODAY JUST WATCHING, AND
- 56:34OFFICER HERRICK TEXTED ME 'CAUSE HE SAW ME. HE'S LIKE, "YOU'RE
- 56:38JUST PROUD OF YOUR FAMILY "UP THERE WORSHIPING." YOU KNOW,
- 56:40I'VE GOT MY FATHER-IN-LAW UP THERE, MY DAUGHTER, MY HUSBAND,
- 56:46AND I WAS LIKE, "MAN, GOD, IT IS SO GOOD TO BE IN A HOUSE WHERE
- 56:51MY KIDS CAN BE RAISED UNDER THE ANOINTING AND THEY'RE BEING
- 56:56RAISED TO SERVE IN A HOUSE AND THEY HAVE EXAMPLES OF
- 57:00GRANDPARENTS BEFORE THEM THAT LOVE THE LORD. AND SO THAT
- 57:04BRINGS ME TO, I GOTTA BRAG ON OUR GAME CHANGERS. PASTOR MATT,
- 57:07YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO GET A SPACE DOWN FOR GAME
- 57:12CHANGERS AND FOR LORD OF HOSTS TO HAVE A SPOT DOWN THERE TO BE
- 57:18DOWN AND PART OF THE CWS. AND THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING HE HAS
- 57:21BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ON. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TELLING YOU
- 57:26MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD. AND SO WE HAVE SOME
- 57:31EXCITING THINGS COMING AND LORD OF HOSTS GETS TO BE BOOTS ON THE
- 57:34GROUND AT THE CWS THIS YEAR. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AREN'T YOU JUST
- 57:41THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT GOD IS DOING? AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK
- 57:44AROUND AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THEIR KIDS WERE BORN HERE,
- 57:48OR THEY CAME HERE AT A YOUNG AGE, AND THEY'RE HERE SERVING IN
- 57:50THE MINISTRY. AND I'M LIKE, GOD, THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT YOU
- 57:55HAVE DONE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. SO I JUST WANNA SAY,
- 57:58HEY, LISTEN, LET'S GIVE GLORY TO THE LORD, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
- 58:02HE'S DOING SOMETHING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE OLDER
- 58:09GENERATION, I WASN'T CALLING ANYBODY OLD. WE HAVE THE OLDER
- 58:12GENERATION SERVING WITH THE YOUNG GENERATION. AND, YOU KNOW,
- 58:15I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE RECENTLY THAT I KNOW THAT, YOU
- 58:19KNOW, THEY'RE AGING OUT OF THEIR PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM BECAUSE,
- 58:24YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON THE OLDER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY THE
- 58:26YOUNG IN THEIR CHURCH THAT GET TO LEAD THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
- 58:29AND I THOUGHT, WELL, GOD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SAD BECAUSE IF THE
- 58:33ANOINTING IS STILL ON THE VESSEL AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, I
- 58:37MEAN, MOSES WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF A JOB. YOU KNOW, HE WOULD
- 58:40HAVE BEEN TOO OLD, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO BY THAT STANDARD. BUT YOU
- 58:43KNOW, WE NEED BOTH. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD IS GONNA POUR OUT
- 58:48HIS SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH, OUR SONS AND OUR DAUGHTERS ARE GONNA
- 58:52PROPHESY, THE OLD MEN ARE GONNA DREAM DREAMS, AND THAT'S WHEN
- 58:57WE'RE GONNA SEE THE POWER OF GOD HIT THE PLANET, IS WHEN IT'S NOT
- 59:00JUST THE YOUNG PERSON'S ANOINTING, IT'S NOT JUST THE OLD
- 59:03PEOPLE'S ANOINTING, THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY FLOW TOGETHER
- 59:05AS ONE STREAM AND WE HONOR ONE ANOTHER AND WE GET TO SEE GOD
- 59:10MOVE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT GOD IS DOING AT LORD OF HOST
- 59:12CHURCH, SO AMEN FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, WELL OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO
- 59:17EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6. AND AS I WAS PRAYING ABOUT WHAT TO TALK
- 59:24ABOUT, I HEARD THE LORD SAY, JUST TURN OVER TO EPHESIANS
- 59:26CHAPTER 6 AND HE BROUGHT ME TO A SCRIPTURE. AND NOW I DIDN'T GIVE
- 59:34THIS ONE IN MY NOTES, BUT IF YOU START AT VERSE 10, IT SAYS THAT,
- 59:40IT SAYS, "FINALLY, BRETHREN, BE STRONG IN THE LORD "AND IN THE
- 59:42POWER OF HIS MIGHT, "AND TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, "THAT
- 59:45YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST ALL THE SCHEMES," THE MODERN
- 59:49ENGLISH SAYS IT AS SCHEMES, OR THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.
- 59:52AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL IS BUSY SCHEMING TO
- 59:56HAVE PEOPLE BE DECEIVED IN THIS DAY AND AGE. YOU KNOW, AND
- 1:00:01MESSING WITH THEIR MINDS IN THIS DAY AND AGE. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA
- 1:00:06BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS WALKING IN TRUTH IN DAYS OF
- 1:00:09DECEPTION. HAVE YOU GUYS EVER SAT THERE AND SAW SOMETHING IN
- 1:00:12THE NEWS OR SAW SOME OF THE THINGS AND THOUGHT, AM I THE
- 1:00:15ONLY ONE THAT'S NORMAL IN THIS WORLD? I KNOW, JUDY, YOU AND I
- 1:00:19HAVE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS. WE'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT I
- 1:00:25UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE BACK IN
- 1:00:29MY DAY, WE KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE. WASN'T
- 1:00:37HARD. IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW THE
- 1:00:44DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HONOR AND DISHONOR, AND NOW, YOU KNOW,
- 1:00:46TODAY, IT'S LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A MOVING BAR IN THE
- 1:00:52CULTURE. NOW, IT'S NOT A MOVING BAR IN THE KINGDOM, BUT, YOU
- 1:00:55KNOW, BUT IT'S A MOVING BAR IN THE CULTURE. SO LET'S GO TO
- 1:00:58EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6, VERSE 13. AND IT SAYS, "WHEREFORE, TAKE
- 1:01:06UNTO YOU "THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE "TO
- 1:01:09WITHSTAND," IN WHAT, "THE EVIL DAY." WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY EVIL
- 1:01:14DAY? IT'S WHEN EVIL IS SURROUNDING ALL OF US. AND
- 1:01:17HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND, STAND. AND I LOVE THAT WHEN PAUL SAYS
- 1:01:23THAT. HE'S LIKE, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND, LIKE YOU DID
- 1:01:25EVERYTHING TO STAND, WE'LL JUST KEEP STANDING. AND HAVE YOU EVER
- 1:01:29BEEN WITH GOD WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOD, I'VE BEEN
- 1:01:32STANDING AND NOW I'M KIND OF TIRED OF STANDING, SO I REALLY
- 1:01:35NEED YOU TO COME THROUGH. WHAT PAUL WAS SAYING IS EVEN WHEN YOU
- 1:01:38FEEL LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T QUIT. RIGHT. WE DON'T STOP STANDING
- 1:01:42BECAUSE WE THINK, OKAY, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING. DO YOU KNOW
- 1:01:46THAT THAT'S WHY IT STARTS OUT BY SAYING, BE STRONG IN THE LORD
- 1:01:48AND THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT, BECAUSE AFTER WE'VE DONE
- 1:01:51EVERYTHING WE KNOW TO DO, THAT'S WHEN THE POWER OF GOD, THE
- 1:01:54STRENGTH OF GOD KICKS IN. SO THEN IT GOES ON, IT SAYS, STAND
- 1:01:57THEREFORE, HAVING YOUR LOINS, OR SOME TRANSLATIONS WILL SAY YOUR
- 1:02:01WAIST, GIRD ABOUT WITH TRUTH AND HAVING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF
- 1:02:04RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO WHAT IS IT SAYING? IT SAYS AROUND YOUR
- 1:02:07WAIST THAT THERE SHOULD BE A BELT OF TRUTH. NOW, WHY DID HE
- 1:02:11START OFF WITH THE ARMOR OF GOD? MOST OF US, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT
- 1:02:14ON ARMOR, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T PUT A BELT ON FIRST. YOU'D BE
- 1:02:19LIKE, OKAY, WELL, I NEED THE HELMET, I NEED THE LEG PIECES, I
- 1:02:25NEED THE SWORD, I NEED THE BREASTPLATE, I NEED ALL OF THOSE
- 1:02:31THINGS, BUT PAUL SAYS, START HAVING YOUR WAIST, HAVING ON THE
- 1:02:37BELT OF TRUTH. WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHERE OUR CORE STRENGTH COMES
- 1:02:42FROM? IT'S NOT OUR LEGS. IT COMES FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN HERE.
- 1:02:50WHEN THIS BECOMES WEAK, WE BECOME WEAK AS A PERSON. SO CORE
- 1:02:55STRENGTH, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, LISTEN, YOU NEED TO WRAP YOUR
- 1:02:59STRENGTH, YOUR CORE STRENGTH NEEDS TO BE WRAPPED IN TRUTH.
- 1:03:03BECAUSE WHEN WE STAND IN TRUTH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO STAND
- 1:03:10AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL, THE BIBLE SAYS HE
- 1:03:14GOES ABOUT AS A ROARING LION SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. IT'S
- 1:03:19NOT AN AUTOMATIC. THE WORLD WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT WHEN
- 1:03:22THE DEVIL COMES IN, YOU CAN'T STAND AGAINST IT, YOU CAN'T STOP
- 1:03:24IT, GOD'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH, GOD ISN'T HEARING YOU, GOD IS LONG
- 1:03:29SINCE FORGOTTEN AND HE'S JUST SITTING UP THERE IN HEAVEN JUST
- 1:03:32DOING NOTHING. AND, BUT WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS, WE
- 1:03:37REALIZE THAT WHEN THE DEVIL COMES IN, WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE
- 1:03:41DEVOURED BY HIM. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN, TURN OVER IN YOUR BIBLES.
- 1:03:46WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS GONNA GO TO MATTHEW 24:24,
- 1:03:49BUT, YOU KNOW, TURN OVER TO 2 TIMOTHY 3 REAL QUICK. SORRY, IN
- 1:03:54THE BACK, I JUST DECIDED I WAS GONNA SAY THIS. PAUL TOLD
- 1:04:03TIMOTHY IN 2 TIMOTHY 3, VERSE 1, AND I'M GONNA READ THIS OUT OF
- 1:04:08THE MODERN ENGLISH, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT TRANSLATION THIS
- 1:04:10BIBLE IS. IT SAYS, "KNOW THIS, IN THE LAST DAYS, PERILOUS TIMES
- 1:04:14WILL COME." NOW, THAT WOULD GO BACK TO THE EVIL DAY THAT PAUL
- 1:04:20WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT SAYS, "PERILOUS TIMES ARE GONNA COME.
- 1:04:24MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, LOVERS OF MONEY,
- 1:04:27BOASTFUL, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS,
- 1:04:34UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY, WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION." HOW MANY OF
- 1:04:40YOU SEE TODAY THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHOUT NATURAL
- 1:04:43AFFECTION? YOU KNOW, YOU WONDER LIKE, WHERE IS THE LOVE OF GOD
- 1:04:49THAT WAS IN YOUR HEART? AND SOMETIMES I SEE PEOPLE, AND I'M
- 1:04:51LIKE, WHERE WERE YOUR PARENTS WHEN YOU WERE 15 SPANKING SHORT
- 1:04:56SOMEWHERE, AND YOU'RE GROWING UP? AND YOU KNOW, BUT SOME OF IT
- 1:05:01IS, IT'S ALSO THERE'S A SPIRIT OF DECEPTION THAT'S BEEN
- 1:05:04RELEASED INTO THE WORLD THAT ARE DECIEVING OUR KIDS.
- 1:05:09SO HE SAYS, "THERE ARE GONNA BE LOVERS, OR WITHOUT NATURAL
- 1:05:14AFFECTION, TRUCE BREAKERS, "SLANDERERS, UNRESTRAINED
- 1:05:19FEARERS, "DESPISERS OF THOSE WHO ARE GOOD, "TRAITORS, RECKLESS,
- 1:05:22CONCEITED, "LOVERS OF PLEASURES MORE THAN LOVERS OF GOD, "HAVING
- 1:05:26A FORM OF GODLINESS, DENYING THE POWER THEREOF."
- 1:05:29NOW TURN OVER TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 24. AND WE'RE
- 1:05:32LIVING IN A TIME WHERE IF WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUTH IS,
- 1:05:39THEN WE STAND TO BE DECEIVED. SO THIS IS JESUS SAYING, "FOR THERE
- 1:05:45SHALL ARISE FALSE CHRIST, "FALSE PROPHETS, AND SHALL," NOW GET
- 1:05:49THIS, "SHALL SHOW NOT JUST SIGNS AND WONDERS," IT SAYS GREAT
- 1:05:53SIGNS AND WONDERS, "IN SO MUCH THAT IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THEY
- 1:05:57WOULD DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT." AND I WANT YOU TO PAUSE AND
- 1:06:03CONSIDER THAT FOR A MINUTE. IT SAYS, "THEY WOULD SHOW GREAT
- 1:06:06SIGNS AND WONDERS, AND IN SO MUCH THAT IF POSSIBLE." NOW,
- 1:06:11IT'S A POSSIBLE, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT IF POSSIBLE,
- 1:06:15"THEY WOULD DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT." NOW, TURN OVER TO
- 1:06:19MATTHEW CHAPTER 12. YOU'RE GONNA READ A LOT OF SCRIPTURE TODAY.
- 1:06:28BUT JESUS SAID, ALSO IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 12, AND WE'RE GONNA
- 1:06:32START IN VERSE 39. BUT HE ANSWERED UNTO THEM, IT SAYS, "AN
- 1:06:36EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH AFTER A SIGN, "AND THERE
- 1:06:40SHALL BE NO SIGN GIVEN TO IT, "BUT THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET
- 1:06:44JONAS. "FOR AS JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS "IN THE
- 1:06:50WHALE'S BELLY, SO SHALL THE SON OF MAN "BE THREE DAYS AND THREE
- 1:06:53NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH. "FOR THE MEN OF NINEVEH
- 1:06:56SHALL ARISE IN JUDGMENT "WITH THIS GENERATION AND SHALL
- 1:06:59CONDEMN IT "BECAUSE THEY REPENTED AT THE PREACHING OF
- 1:07:02JONAS "AND BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN JONAS IS HERE." I GO TO
- 1:07:05VERSE 42 AND IT SAYS, "THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN
- 1:07:09JUDGMENT "WITH THIS GENERATION AND SHALL CONDEMN IT, FOR SHE
- 1:07:12CAME FROM THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH TO HEAR THE WISDOM OF
- 1:07:15SOLOMON, BUT BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE." NOW LET'S
- 1:07:22TAKE THAT IN FOR A MINUTE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN THE QUEEN OF
- 1:07:25SHEBA CAME TO TEST SOLOMON, SHE DIDN'T SEE SIGNS AND WONDERS,
- 1:07:28SHE HEARD WORDS OF WISDOM. WHEN JONAH WENT AND PREACHED TO
- 1:07:34NINEVEH, THEY DIDN'T SEE A SIGN AND A WONDER, THEY HEARD THE
- 1:07:38PREACHING OF THE WORD THAT JONAH WAS GIVEN BY GOD TO SAY. AND
- 1:07:43THEY REPENTED AT THE WORD, THEY REPENTED AT THE TRUTH. AND SO WE
- 1:07:49GET SO SOMETIMES CAUGHT UP IN WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA SEE A
- 1:07:53SIGN AND A WONDER AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANNA CHASE AFTER
- 1:07:56MIRACLES RATHER THAN CHASING AFTER THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE.
- 1:08:00I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GO TO, FLOCKING TO MEETINGS WHERE THEY'RE LIKE,
- 1:08:04THESE ARE GREAT SIGNS AND THERE'S GOLD DUST AND THERE'S
- 1:08:07THESE THINGS AND THERE'S SUPERNATURAL WEIGHT LOSS AND
- 1:08:10THINGS THAT I DON'T SEE IN THE BIBLE. BUT FRANKLY, I QUITE
- 1:08:14FRANKLY DON'T SEE IT IN THE BIBLE. AND SO, BUT PEOPLE GO
- 1:08:19SEEKING AFTER SIGNS AND WONDERS INSTEAD OF COMPARING SOMETHING
- 1:08:23TO WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS AND PEOPLE GET, OOP, I BUMPED THAT.
- 1:08:28YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN THEIR FEELING AND THEIR
- 1:08:34SEEING INSTEAD OF GETTING CAUGHT UP IN WHAT DOES MY BIBLE SAY TO
- 1:08:40THAT? AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU KEEP YOUR NOSE IN THE WORD OF GOD, A
- 1:08:43LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE GONNA SAY, SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL QUITE
- 1:08:46RIGHT ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL QUITE
- 1:08:49RIGHT. AND I KNOW THERE WAS ONE THING, A PLACE THAT ALL THESE
- 1:08:55PEOPLE WERE FLOCKING TO, AND I'M NOT HERE TO CALL OUT NAMES, BUT
- 1:09:01I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, GOD, I JUST, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO TO
- 1:09:04THAT. AND I KNOW THERE'S GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. AND BY THE
- 1:09:08WAY, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE JUST ONE FALSE CHRIST AND ONE FALSE
- 1:09:11PROPHET. YES, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RISE OF THE
- 1:09:13ANTICHRIST. OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S GONNA BE, THE
- 1:09:17BIBLE SAYS, JESUS SAID MANY, NOT ONE, MANY. SO, I'M LIKE, I DON'T
- 1:09:26KNOW, IT DOESN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT. AND THEN OF COURSE YOU
- 1:09:29COME TO FIND OUT THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T
- 1:09:33FULL OF INTEGRITY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T
- 1:09:37QUITE, YOU KNOW, QUITE ON THE UP AND UP, WHY? BECAUSE SIGNS AND
- 1:09:42WONDERS WITHOUT TRUTH ARE NOT OF GOD. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MOSES
- 1:09:46WENT AND STOOD BEFORE PHARAOH AND HE THROWS DOWN HIS ROD AND
- 1:09:49IT TURNS INTO A STAKE? JANICE AND JAMBRES STAND UP AND THEY DO
- 1:09:53THE EXACT SAME THING. SO THEY WERE SAYING, LOOK, OUR GODS ARE
- 1:09:56JUST AS POWERFUL AS YOUR GOD. SO IN THE MIND OF THE EGYPTIANS,
- 1:10:04WHAT WAS MOSES' GOD THEN? BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE, UNTIL WE
- 1:10:09GOT TO A CERTAIN, A FEW OF THEM, THAT THE EGYPTIANS COULD MATCH
- 1:10:14EVERY, JANICE AND JEROBOAM COULD MATCH EVERY SIGN AND WONDER THAT
- 1:10:18MOSES DID. BECAUSE THE DEVIL WILL, HE'LL GET US SEEKING AFTER
- 1:10:22A SIGN, HE'LL GET US SEEKING AFTER A MIRACLE, INSTEAD OF
- 1:10:26SEEKING AFTER THE WORD OF THE LORD. INSTEAD OF SEEKING AFTER
- 1:10:31GOD, WE FIND THAT PEOPLE, THEY SO WANT THE SUPERNATURAL, THEY
- 1:10:35GO RUNNING AFTER A SIGN AND A WONDER. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S WHY
- 1:10:39THE BIBLE SAYS WE'VE GOTTA TEST THE SPIRIT. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE
- 1:10:46SEEING SOMETHING, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND PASTOR HANK'S TALKED
- 1:10:48ABOUT IT. WE HAVE THE RISE OF THE PODCASTING GENERATION.
- 1:10:52EVERYBODY'S GOT A WORD TO SAY, EVERYBODY'S GOT A CORNER. YOU
- 1:10:56KNOW, WE'VE GOT, EVERYTHING IS SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVEN NOW, AND SO
- 1:10:59EVERYBODY'S GOT THE INFLUENCER RIGHT, EVERYBODY'S GOT THE I'M
- 1:11:03GONNA HAVE MY OWN PODCAST, AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALL FEEL
- 1:11:07LIKE WE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A LOT OF
- 1:11:11PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO NOBODY, AND THEY'RE SPEWING
- 1:11:14OPINIONS, AND IF THEY WEREN'T FATHERED CORRECTLY, IF THEY'RE
- 1:11:20NOT PREACHING OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD, THEN I PROMISE YOU THEY
- 1:11:23HAVE A DECEPTIVE WORD. BECAUSE OUR FAITH IS NOT BUILT OFF OF
- 1:11:35WHAT WE SEE. ROMANS 10:17 SAYS FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND
- 1:11:38HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU GO BACK
- 1:11:46TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD SAID THAT HE WAS SEEKING FOR PEOPLE
- 1:11:50WHO WOULD HAVE THE LAW OF GOD WRITTEN UPON THEIR HEART.
- 1:11:54BECAUSE WHEN THE LAW OF GOD IS WRITTEN UPON OUR HEART, THEN
- 1:11:57IT'S HARD FOR US TO BE DECEIVED. WHAT DID DAVID SAY? IN PSALM
- 1:12:01119, HE SAYS, "THY WORD, O GOD, "IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND A
- 1:12:06LIGHT UNTO MY PATH." BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT KEEPS US OUT OF THE
- 1:12:11SPIRIT OF DECEPTION. SO WE CAN'T BE A GENERATION THAT JUST SEEKS
- 1:12:15AFTER A SIGN AND A WONDER. YOU KNOW, AND A MATTER OF FACT, IF
- 1:12:19YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR HEALING, DON'T LOOK AT SOMEBODY
- 1:12:21ELSE'S EXPERIENCE WHERE IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. YOU CAN'T LOOK
- 1:12:25AT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO CHRISTI? WHAT IS
- 1:12:32GOD SAYING TO EILEEN? WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO JANET? MATT
- 1:12:37DEVRIES, WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO YOU ABOUT YOUR SITUATION? IF
- 1:12:41WE'RE NOT SEEKING THE WORD FROM GOD FOR OURSELVES, GOING AFTER
- 1:12:45SOMEBODY'S FORMULA IS NOT GONNA WORK FOR YOU. BECAUSE GOD IS A
- 1:12:51RELATIONAL GOD. NOW HERE'S THE THING. HEBREWS 1:1, WE SHOULD
- 1:12:58KNOW THIS ONE BY HEART. IT SAYS, "NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF
- 1:13:03THINGS HOPED FOR." HOW MANY OF YOU GOT SOME THINGS THAT YOU
- 1:13:06HOPE FOR? OKAY, AND IT'S THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. SO
- 1:13:13IT'S, THE EVIDENCE IS NOT THE SIGN OF THE WONDER. FAITH IS THE
- 1:13:21EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. AND I'VE TOLD THIS STORY MANY, MANY
- 1:13:25TIMES, BUT WHEN WE WERE BELIEVING GOD FOR A BABY AND
- 1:13:29NOTHING WAS CHANGING, NOTHING WAS HAPPENING, AND WE WENT
- 1:13:32THROUGH CYCLES AFTER CYCLES AND THINGS AFTER THINGS. THE DOCTOR
- 1:13:36SAID, "IT'S ALL WE CAN DO." AND I REMEMBER SOMETIMES, AND THERE
- 1:13:41WERE SOME THINGS THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU COULD TRY THIS." AND
- 1:13:45YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I MADE IT A POINT TO PRAY BEFORE WE
- 1:13:51WENT THROUGH ANY STEPS WITH THE DOCTORS. HERE'S THE THING, I'M
- 1:13:53NOT DISCOURAGING ANYONE TO GO FORWARD WITH MEDICAL HELP. GOD
- 1:13:58CAN BE IN IT. BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS SEEK THE WISDOM OF THE
- 1:14:03LORD. SO THEN WE WERE PRAYING, AND I REMEMBER, I HAD THIS
- 1:14:09LITTLE, WE DIDN'T HAVE KIDS YET. WE DID SET UP A NURSERY BY
- 1:14:12FAITH, BY THE WAY. BUT I HAD THIS LITTLE OFFICE IN OUR FIRST
- 1:14:18HOUSE, AND I WOULD GO IN THERE AND I WOULD PRAY IN THE HOLY
- 1:14:22GHOST. AND I MEAN, I DIDN'T PRAY, (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:14:25PLEASE GOD. I WAS LIKE, (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:14:31AND I WOULD PRAY AND I SAID, GOD, YOU FILL MY
- 1:14:34WOMB. EVEN AS ABRAHAM CONSIDERED NOT HIS OWN BODY,
- 1:14:38NEITHER THE DEADNESS OF SARAH'S WOMB. GOD, I KNOW THAT WE WILL
- 1:14:42HAVE CHILDREN. WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE CALLED TO THE LORD. YOU
- 1:14:46GAVE US A WORD. WE STAND UPON THE WORD OF THE LORD. AND SO WE
- 1:14:50BELIEVE. NOTHING CHANGED, IMMEDIATELY. OBVIOUSLY IT DID
- 1:14:57CHANGE, AS YOU CAN SEE. I REMEMBER WE WERE GETTING READY
- 1:15:02FOR, IT WAS A EARLY, EARLY, EARLY OTH. 2009. AND AS WE WERE,
- 1:15:13WE HAD A SPLIT ENTRY HOUSE AT THAT TIME. MY HUSBAND WOULD
- 1:15:16SPEND HIS PRAYER TIMES DOWN IN THE BASEMENT. I WOULD SPEND MY
- 1:15:18PRAYER TIMES IN THE OFFICE. AND HE CAME UP AND HE SAYS, "GOD
- 1:15:22GAVE ME A WORD THAT AROUND THE TIME OF THIS CONFERENCE, WE'RE
- 1:15:26GOING TO GET A POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST." I'M LIKE,
- 1:15:30"WELL, GLORY TO JESUS." YOU KNOW? CONFERENCE CAME,
- 1:15:36CONFERENCE WENT. WE HAD NEVER HAD A POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST.
- 1:15:43IT WAS NOVEMBER 11TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS. HE AND I WERE SCHEDULED
- 1:15:48TO GO GET CHRISTMAS PICTURES. AND BY NOW, I HAD BEEN LATE,
- 1:15:54LATE, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SO PULLED OUT THIS, I HAD
- 1:15:59CHEAPO-DEPO PREGNANCY TESTS, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE ENOUGH
- 1:16:01OF 'EM, YOU'RE LIKE, I'M NOT SPENDING THE MONEY FOR IT TO SAY
- 1:16:04NOT PREGNANT. AND SO WE TAKE IT, AND THAT THING WAS DEFECTIVE.
- 1:16:14I'M LIKE, HE GOES, IS IT POSITIVE? I'M LIKE, I DON'T
- 1:16:17KNOW. LIKE, THE INSTRUCTIONS SAY THIS, BUT THIS DID THIS, SO I'M
- 1:16:20LIKE, SO WE LIVE CLOSE TO A WALMART. I SAID, HONEY, GO TO
- 1:16:24THE WALMART, GET THE PREGNANCY TEST FOR DUMMIES. THE ONES THAT
- 1:16:29SAYS YES OR NO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO OFF OF. 'CAUSE
- 1:16:35THE FIRST ONE WE WERE LIKE, HMM. SO WE GO, WE GET THE ONE THAT
- 1:16:39SAYS YES OR NO, AND THAT'S WHEN MISS CADENCE ENTERED INTO THE
- 1:16:44WORLD. AND WE WENT MANY YEARS WITHOUT HAVING A BABY, BUT WE
- 1:16:54DIDN'T QUIT IN OUR FAITH. BECAUSE THE SIGN OF THE WONDER
- 1:16:59IS NOT WHAT IS GONNA BUILD YOUR FAITH. HERE'S THE THING, IF YOU
- 1:17:03BELIEVE THAT SIGNS AND WONDERS BUILD YOUR FAITH, THEN THE
- 1:17:07CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BY RIGHT, SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULL OF FAITH.
- 1:17:11I MEAN, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU ARE STANDING AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE
- 1:17:15CHASING YOU AND YOU SEE THIS MASSIVE RED SEA OPEN UP AND YOU
- 1:17:19WALK ON ON DRY GROUND WHERE YOUR SHOES DON'T EVEN GET WET, YOU'D
- 1:17:22THINK, OKAY, YEAH, GOD, NOW I'M ALL IN. THEY WENT FROM, HERE'S
- 1:17:28THE THING, THE PROBLEM WITH SEEKING A SIGN OF THE WONDER,
- 1:17:32IT'S LIKE THE GAMBLER OR THE ADDICTED PERSON, THEY'RE ALWAYS
- 1:17:37SEEKING THE NEXT HIGH AND THEY NEED THAT TO KEEP THEM GOING.
- 1:17:43OKAY, SIGNS AND WONDERS ARE THERE TO BE A SIGN. THEY'RE NOT
- 1:17:50WHAT OUR FAITH IS BUILT ON, OKAY? SO IF YOU WANNA KEEP FROM
- 1:17:55BEING DECEIVED, DON'T JUST GO AFTER SOMETHING BECAUSE IT SEEMS
- 1:17:57LIKE THEY SAY SOME GOOD THINGS OR THEY PROPHESY SOME GOOD
- 1:18:00THINGS. PASTOR HANK SAID IT THE BEST, IS WHERE'S THE LONGTERM
- 1:18:05FRUIT? AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE LONGTERM FRUIT, THEN TAKE
- 1:18:09SOMETHING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, WE'VE
- 1:18:12GOT TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROVING IT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN
- 1:18:14THAT WE GO AROUND AND WE RECEIVE NOTHING. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T
- 1:18:18HAVE TO BE THE GUY SITTING IN CHURCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I
- 1:18:21BELIEVE THAT, SO I'M NOT GONNA RECEIVE ANYTHING. LISTEN, THE
- 1:18:24BIBLE SAYS THE BEREANS RECEIVED THE WORD WITH GLADNESS, THEN
- 1:18:27THEY WENT BACK INTO STUDY TO SEE IF THOSE THINGS WERE SO. I'VE
- 1:18:30BEEN IN SOME MESSAGES WHERE IT, BOY, IT WAS ALL FIRE AND GO, AND
- 1:18:33YOU'RE LIKE, OH YEAH, AND THEN YOU WENT OUT LATER AND, WELL,
- 1:18:36MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH HYPE. BUT THAT DOESN'T, I
- 1:18:41DON'T GO INTO ANY SERVICE WITH MY ARMS CROSSED AND I'M NOT
- 1:18:44GONNA RECEIVE 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BE DECEIVED. I'M
- 1:18:49NOT GONNA BE DECEIVED BECAUSE I'M GONNA GO BACK AND TEST IT
- 1:18:51ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, AMEN? ALL RIGHT. NOW HERE'S THE
- 1:18:57THING. TURN OVER TO MARK CHAPTER 16, VERSE 20. AND THIS IS HOW IT
- 1:19:03HAPPENED FOR THE DISCIPLES WHO THEN BECAME THE APOSTLES. AND IT
- 1:19:07SAYS, "AND THEY WENT OUT AND PREACHED EVERYWHERE." WHAT DID
- 1:19:10THEY PREACH? THE WORD OF THE LORD. THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL
- 1:19:14OF THE KINGDOM. THE LORD WORKING WITH THEM, CONFIRMING WHAT? THE
- 1:19:19WORD. THROUGH THE ACCOMPANYING SIGNS. DID IT SAY THAT HE
- 1:19:25CONFIRMED THE SIGN? NO, HE CONFIRMED THE WORD. THE BIBLE
- 1:19:30SAYS THAT WHEN THE WORD OF THE LORD GOES FORTH, IT'S NOT GONNA
- 1:19:33RETURN VOID, BUT IT'S GONNA GO FORTH AND IT'S GONNA PROSPER IN
- 1:19:37THE THING THAT GOD SENT IT TO DO. SO HERE'S THE THING. IF
- 1:19:40WE'RE GONNA BE PEOPLE OF TRUTH, DON'T GO SEEKING AFTER, YOU
- 1:19:44KNOW, WHAT WE SOMETIMES DEEM AS POWERFUL ANOINTINGS. NOW, SOME
- 1:19:49PEOPLE, I MEAN, YES, WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A POWERFUL
- 1:19:51ANOINTING. WE WANNA FEEL THAT IN THE ROOM. BUT DON'T JUST BASE
- 1:19:55EVERYTHING OFF OF YOUR FEELINGS BECAUSE YOUR FEELINGS WILL
- 1:19:58DECEIVE YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER GOTTEN IN A FIGHT WITH
- 1:20:04YOUR SPOUSE AND YOU GOT ALL UP IN YOUR FEELINGS AND THEN PRETTY
- 1:20:07SOON THAT BEAUTIFUL SPOUSE THAT YOU MARRIED, THAT WONDERFUL
- 1:20:11PERSON THAT YOU WALKED DOWN THE AISLE WITH, YOU'RE LIKE, MAN,
- 1:20:15GOD, I'M SURE I MARRIED A DEMON. I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING THIS,
- 1:20:20THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND HUSBANDS AND WIVES, YOU GET IN FIGHTS AND
- 1:20:24THEN YOU'RE BRINGING UP WHAT HAPPENED SIX WEEKS AGO, SIX
- 1:20:28YEARS AGO, AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WELL, IF YOU
- 1:20:32WENT BASED ON YOUR FEELINGS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PERSON. OKAY?
- 1:20:38YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR HUSBAND OR FOR YOUR WIFE IS NOT BASED ON
- 1:20:43BECAUSE YOU FEEL OOEY GOOEY. IT'S BECAUSE YOU MADE A COVENANT
- 1:20:48AND YOU CHOOSE TO SEE THE GOOD THAT IS IN THEM. OKAY, LISTEN.
- 1:20:55YOU CAN GO AFTER SINGLE PEOPLE, YOU CAN GO AFTER SEARCH AND
- 1:20:58AFTER VAIN THINGS. AND I PROMISE YOU THAT THE FIRST PART OF
- 1:21:04DATING, ROMANCE, ENGAGEMENT, IT'S AMAZING. I MEAN, YOU'RE
- 1:21:10LIKE, OH, MAN, I'M SO IN LOVE, THIS IS GREAT. FEW YEARS IN, YOU
- 1:21:19DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT ANYMORE. PRETTY SOON IT'S LIKE, DID YOU
- 1:21:21PAY THE BILLS? DID YOU TAKE THE, WE GOTTA MAKE DENTIST
- 1:21:23APPOINTMENTS, WE GOTTA DO, WE GOTTA BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
- 1:21:26BLAH, SHOULD WE BUY A HOUSE? BUT HERE'S THE THING, I PROMISE YOU
- 1:21:29THAT IT DOES GROW DEEPER IF YOU JUST STAY IN THE SPIRIT. AND
- 1:21:37DON'T POST ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE AND HOW BAD THEY ARE ONLINE. OR
- 1:21:46DON'T GO TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS, BY THE WAY, OKAY, MAYBE
- 1:21:49YOU DON'T POST ONLINE, BUT YOU GO, MY HUSBAND'S ALWAYS DOING
- 1:21:54BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, AND I'M DOING, YOU KNOW, AND WOMEN, WE'RE THE
- 1:21:57WORST AT THIS. I'M DOING ALL THE... WELL, HE'S NOT WRONG. YOU
- 1:22:11KNOW, THERE'S NOT EQUALITY, I MEAN, THERE'S EQUALITY WITH GOD,
- 1:22:14BUT THERE'S NOT EQUALITY WITH MEN AND WOMEN, AND I'LL TELL YOU
- 1:22:17WHY. 'CAUSE WOMEN, WE'RE NOT MEN. WE'RE CALLED TO BE
- 1:22:21DIFFERENT. MEN AREN'T CALLED TO BE WOMEN. WE'RE CALLED TO BE
- 1:22:25DIFFERENT. WE GET TO GIVE BIRTH TO BABIES. THEY GET TO BE THE
- 1:22:29STRENGTH OF THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S ALL GOOD. PART OF IT
- 1:22:36IS WE, AGAIN, WE GET DECEIVED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
- 1:22:38BIBLE SAYS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO BE. YEAH, WOMEN, YOU
- 1:22:42CAN BE DOCTORS, YOU CAN BE PREACHERS, YOU CAN BE LAWYERS,
- 1:22:45YOU CAN BE ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A WIFE,
- 1:22:49YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE. AND THAT'S A ROLE OF SUBMISSION.
- 1:22:53YES, IT IS SUBMITTING ONE TO ANOTHER, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
- 1:22:59THING. SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR LOVE GROWS DEEPER OVER TIME. AND
- 1:23:08DON'T BE GOING TO YOUR FRIEND'S HOUSE GOING, I HAVE THIS, MY
- 1:23:11HUSBAND'S ALWAYS THIS, AND HE DOESN'T DO WHAT PASTOR HANK DOES
- 1:23:16IN TAKING CARE OF PASTOR BRENDA. WELL, IT'S NOT YOUR MARRIAGE,
- 1:23:22BABY GIRL. SO DON'T GO COMPARING YOUR SPOUSE. PRAY FOR THEM. BUT
- 1:23:32THEN ALSO DON'T HAVE STUPID EXPECTATIONS. MARRIAGE IS NOT A
- 1:23:45HALLMARK CHANNEL MOVIE. THAT'S THE SAME STORY TOLD OVER AND
- 1:23:49OVER AGAIN. AND IF YOU LIKE, THAT'S FINE. I LIKE THEIR MURDER
- 1:23:53MYSTERIES, 'CAUSE NOBODY EVER REALLY GETS BLOODY. AND HERE'S
- 1:24:04THE THING, ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIGHTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS FOR
- 1:24:07TRUTH. 'CAUSE WE HAVE MEDIA THAT PAINTS NARRATIVES, WE HAVE
- 1:24:13SCHOOLS THAT ARE DEFYING SCIENCE, AND THEN THEY'RE
- 1:24:16TELLING THE OTHER ONES YOU'RE NOT THE PARTY OF SCIENCE. WELL,
- 1:24:19YEAH WE ARE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SCIENCE. I SAW AN
- 1:24:24ARTICLE ABOUT, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THIS ONE OFF
- 1:24:27OF YOUTUBE. I SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS MAN WHO THOUGHT HE
- 1:24:34WAS A WOMAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE UK, WAS SUING THE OBGYN
- 1:24:42BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO SEE HIM. I'M LIKE, SEE WHAT? YOU DON'T
- 1:24:59HAVE THE PARTS TO BE SEEN, I'M SORRY. AND LISTEN, WE CAN DO
- 1:25:04LIVER TRANSPLANTS, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN'T TRANSPLANT.
- 1:25:11AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE STILL GONNA NEED TO GO
- 1:25:14GET THE PART THAT THE MAN GETS CHECKED LATER IN LIFE, 'CAUSE
- 1:25:18YOU STILL HAVE IT. AND YOU KNOW, LISTEN, YOU CAN PUT KETCHUP IN
- 1:25:29YOUR UNDERWEAR. I PROMISE YOU IT IS NOT THE SAME THING. IT AIN'T
- 1:25:44THE SAME. 'CAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU PRETTY MUCH EVERY WOMAN IN THIS
- 1:25:50ROOM IS GOING, "GOD, WHY DID WE HAVE TO GO ABOUT IT THAT WAY?"
- 1:25:56'CAUSE NOBODY GOES, "OH, YAY, IT IS THAT TIME." I DON'T THINK
- 1:26:04THERE'S A WOMAN IN HERE THAT HAS EVER DONE THAT EVER. SO, ANYWAY,
- 1:26:12THAT WAS FOR FREE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE
- 1:26:18CONSPIRACY THEORIES ALL OVER THE PLACE. SOME ARE TRUE, BUT YOU
- 1:26:22KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS JUST A WASTE OF OUR TIME. BECAUSE IT'S
- 1:26:26DISTRACTING US FROM WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. NOW TURN OVER IN
- 1:26:30YOUR BIBLES TO 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1, VERSE 3 AND 4. I WANNA READ
- 1:26:34THIS OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED. AND AGAIN, YOU SHOULD GO READ THE
- 1:26:38BOOKS OF TIMOTHY BECAUSE THE WISDOM THAT PAUL WAS GIVING TO
- 1:26:41TIMOTHY WHO WAS IN THE IDOLATROUS PLACE OF EPHESUS IS
- 1:26:50ASTOUNDING. BUT HE SAYS, "AS I URGED YOU WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY
- 1:26:54TO MACEDONIA, STAY ON WHERE YOU ARE AT EPHESUS IN ORDER THAT YOU
- 1:27:01MAY WARN AND ADMONISH AND CHARGE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS NOT TO TEACH
- 1:27:06ANY DIFFERENT DOCTRINE." AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TEACHING
- 1:27:11SOME DIFFERENT DOCTRINES. "NOR GIVE IMPORTANCE TO OR OCCUPY
- 1:27:20THEMSELVES WITH LEGENDS, FABLES, AND MYTHS, AND ENDLESS
- 1:27:22GENEALOGIES, WHICH FOSTER AND PROMOTE USELESS SPECULATIONS AND
- 1:27:27QUESTIONINGS, RATHER THAN ACCEPTANCE IN THE FAITH OF GOD'S
- 1:27:31ADMINISTRATION AND THE DIVINE TRAINING THAT IS IN FAITH IN
- 1:27:35THAT LEANING OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN PERSONALITY OF GOD IN THE
- 1:27:38ABSOLUTE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE." SO WHAT IS HE SAYING? HE SAID,
- 1:27:42"YOU'RE SPENDING ALL OF THESE TIMES GOING OVER HERE ARGUING
- 1:27:45ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES, ARGUING ABOUT GENEALOGIES,
- 1:27:49'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA ALL NOW GO GET OUR DNA TESTS. AND
- 1:27:51YOU KNOW, REALLY, AS KINGDOM PEOPLE, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED
- 1:27:55ABOUT OUR KINGDOM DNA, NOT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WENT ON
- 1:27:58BEFORE US, BECAUSE MY DNA CHANGED WHEN I WALKED INTO THE
- 1:28:01KINGDOM OF GOD AND I BECAME SAVED. THE OLD MAN IN ME DIED,
- 1:28:06AND SO NOW WHAT WAS MY PAST IS MY PAST, WHAT IS MY FUTURE IS
- 1:28:10THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THE GOSPEL OF THIS KINGDOM IS WHAT I AM
- 1:28:14RESPONSIBLE FOR. AMEN. AND NOTICE IT SAYS ENDLESS. BECAUSE
- 1:28:25PEOPLE, LISTEN, THAT'S WHY PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA
- 1:28:28TELL YOU, DON'T GET ON THERE AND ARGUE WITH PEOPLE, 'CAUSE HERE'S
- 1:28:31THE THING, YOU'RE ARGUING WITH A DEMON. I'M NOT CALLING THE
- 1:28:33PEOPLE A DEMON, BUT THEY ARE BEING DECEIVED BY DEMONS, AND
- 1:28:37DEMONS ARE NOT GONNA QUIT. OKAY? BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S THE SCHEME
- 1:28:46OF THE DEVIL. AND EVEN IF YOU GET ON THERE AND YOU WIN THE
- 1:28:50BATTLE, YOU DIDN'T REALLY WIN THE WAR. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
- 1:28:56WE'RE SO BUSY ABOUT WANTING TO GO AND BE THESE VIGILANTES OF
- 1:29:01TRUTH, WHEN WHAT WE NEED TO BE IS ANOINTED MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD
- 1:29:06SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS, WE CAN GO
- 1:29:08OUT INTO OUR WORKPLACES AND WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE AT WHAT WE'RE
- 1:29:11DOING. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE KEYBOARD WARRIORS. YOU KNOW? AND
- 1:29:17HERE'S THE THING. SOCIAL MEDIA IS A CRUEL PLACE. IT'S JUST
- 1:29:24MEAN. IT'S MEAN-SPIRITED. AND I BELIEVE IT'S PART OF WHAT IS
- 1:29:31RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE JUST READ IN 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3,
- 1:29:36WHERE IT SAYS THEY'RE HAVING NO NATURAL AFFECTION. BECAUSE WHEN
- 1:29:42YOU'RE HIDING BEHIND SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S EASY TO SAY ALL
- 1:29:46KINDS OF EVIL. THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY TO
- 1:29:49SOMEBODY'S FACE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN NOW WE GOT EVERYBODY
- 1:29:53THAT HAS TO DO EVERYTHING BY AI. CHATGPT, WRITE MY PAPER,
- 1:29:57CHATGPT. I NEED, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE ME AN IDEA. AND I'M NOT
- 1:30:04SAYING EVERYTHING IS ALL WRONG. SO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, IF YOU'RE
- 1:30:07USING CHATGPT AND YOU'RE USING IT GODLY-LIKE, THAT'S FINE. I
- 1:30:11DON'T PERSONALLY FEEL CALLED TO USE IT. I DON'T WANT CHATGPT
- 1:30:14BEING MY CREATIVITY. IF I DON'T HAVE IT, THEN I WANT, I REALLY
- 1:30:18DO WANT IT BY THE HOLY GHOST. I'VE NEVER ONCE PULLED UP CHAT
- 1:30:21GPT, AND I DON'T THINK I EVER WILL. AND THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT
- 1:30:25YOU CAN'T OR YOU SHOULDN'T. THAT'S MY REVELATION. OKAY? I
- 1:30:34DON'T WANT IT WRITING FOR ME. MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE WROTE, I
- 1:30:39WENT BACK AND REREAD THE BOOK THAT PASTOR SHANE AND I DID, AND
- 1:30:42I WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, WE WERE UNDER A TIME CRUNCH TO GET IT
- 1:30:44OUT. I WAS LIKE, MAN, WE SHOULD HAVE EXPOUNDED MORE ON THIS AND
- 1:30:48BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. BUT WE WROTE THAT. CHATGPT
- 1:30:51DIDN'T DO IT FOR US. YOU KNOW, NOW YOU CAN GET AI TO WRITE YOU
- 1:30:58A SONG. SOME PEOPLE, AND THEY'VE WRITTEN SOME CHRISTIAN ONES, BY
- 1:31:03THE WAY. SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, SO ANOINTED. LIKE IT DIDN'T
- 1:31:07COME FROM AN ANOINTED VESSEL. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING IS
- 1:31:12BIRTHED OUT OF THE SPIRIT THAT GOD GAVE YOU? YOU KNOW, ALEXIS,
- 1:31:17I'M GONNA TELL ON YOU. SHE, THIS IS WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT HER.
- 1:31:22SHE'S A GRAPHIC ARTIST, VERY TALENTED. AND PASTOR SHANE HAD
- 1:31:27AN IDEA FOR WHAT HE WANTED FOR THE OTH GRAPHIC THIS YEAR. SO HE
- 1:31:31GAVE IT TO HER, AND IT DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK IT IMMEDIATELY
- 1:31:34LANDED. I DON'T THINK SHE WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW
- 1:31:36I'M GONNA DO THIS. SO SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, PASTOR CHRISTY, WHAT I
- 1:31:39DID? SO I WAS IN MY OFFICE AND I PRAYED IN THE HOLY GHOST FOR
- 1:31:43ABOUT AN HOUR. GOT ON MY FACE, LIKE GOD GIVE ME THE CREATIVITY.
- 1:31:50SEE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE JUST RELY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT OF
- 1:31:54TRUTH? AMEN. NOW, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES WE
- 1:32:02HAVE HERE, FOUR WAYS THAT WE CAN MEASURE TRUTH OR HOW WE'RE GONNA
- 1:32:05KNOW TRUTH. BY NOW I'M SURE YOU'VE GUESSED WHAT NUMBER ONE
- 1:32:11IS. TURN IN YOUR BIBLES OVER TO 2 TIMOTHY 3, VERSE 16. THE
- 1:32:17NUMBER ONE WAY IS THE WORD OF GOD. IF IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH
- 1:32:22THE WORD OF GOD, IT'S NOT ACCURATE. PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY
- 1:32:26AGAIN, OR 2 TIMOTHY, DID I SAY 1 TIMOTHY? SAYS ALL SCRIPTURE,
- 1:32:30ALL, NOT THE PARTS. OKAY, NOW I SAW THIS LADY ON INSTAGRAM, I
- 1:32:36MEAN IT WAS PROBABLY ALL OVER, AND SHE GOT ON THERE, AND SHE
- 1:32:41HAD SHAVED HAIR AND GLASSES. SOME OF YOU, TERRY, YOU'RE
- 1:32:45LAUGHING, YOU PROBABLY SAW THIS, DIDN'T YOU? SHE GOES, "PARTS OF
- 1:32:48THE BIBLE ARE PROBLEMATIC. WE NEED TO RIP THOSE PAGES OUT."
- 1:32:54LIKE, NO, YOU'RE PROBLEMATIC. SEE, WHEN WE GET TO, LISTEN, WE
- 1:33:00HAVE TO READ THE PARTS OF THE BIBLE THAT WE DON'T LIKE EITHER.
- 1:33:04THE ONES THAT SAY, "DON'T GOSSIP." OOH. OH, WE HAVE A LOT
- 1:33:09OF TAIL BEARING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BODY OF CHRIST RIGHT NOW.
- 1:33:12EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO GO ANNOUNCE THE JUICY. DID
- 1:33:17YOU HEAR THIS? DID YOU HEAR? I SAW SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO A
- 1:33:20PREACHER, AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHO IT IS, AND I'M GONNA BE VERY
- 1:33:22VAGUE, 'CAUSE LISTEN, I'M NOT HERE FOR ANYBODY'S DOWNFALL. I'M
- 1:33:25HERE FOR THE RESTORATION. DO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PREACHERS THAT,
- 1:33:29YEAH, SOME OF THEM HAVE DONE SOME WRONG THINGS. BUT IF WE
- 1:33:34WERE TO GO BY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SAYING, THERE WOULD BE
- 1:33:38NO RESTORATION. KING DAVID WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED A LONG TIME AGO
- 1:33:42BY TODAY'S STANDARD. FOR THAT MATTER, JESUS WOULD HAVE, AND
- 1:33:45THEY DID ULTIMATELY KILL HIM. THEY JUST COULDN'T KEEP HIM
- 1:33:48KILLED. BUT I SAW THIS PRIEST, AND THIS IS WHY IT SAYS THEY
- 1:33:58HAVE A FORM OF GODLINESS, 'CAUSE NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
- 1:34:01RISING UP AND THEY'RE NOT PREACHING THE WHOLE WORD OR THE
- 1:34:04WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD. SO THIS PRIEST, OBVIOUSLY HAVING
- 1:34:14PERVERSION ISSUES, SAID, "OKAY, MAGA CHRISTIANS, HOW ARE YOU
- 1:34:24GONNA TAKE THIS VERSE?" THIS IS WHY ABORTION IS LEGAL ACCORDING
- 1:34:28TO THE BIBLE, BECAUSE GOD BREATHED THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO
- 1:34:31ADAM. THE BABY HASN'T TAKEN A BREATH. NOW SEE PEOPLE, BUT SEE
- 1:34:37RIGHT THERE, PEOPLE GO, OH WOW, THAT'S EPIC, LIKE I NEVER
- 1:34:42THOUGHT OF THAT. WELL EXCEPT, YOU GOTTA PREACH THE WHOLE
- 1:34:46COUNSEL OF THE WORD. WHAT HAPPENED WITH JEREMIAH? BEFORE
- 1:34:50YOU WERE BORN IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB, I KNEW YOU. WHAT HAPPENED
- 1:34:59WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST LEAPED IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB BECAUSE THE
- 1:35:03MESSIAH WAS COMING INTO HIS PRESENCE AND HE WAS JUST A FETUS
- 1:35:08TOO. YOU GOTTA TAKE THE WHOLE COUNSEL, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T,
- 1:35:13DON'T JUST TAKE SOMETHING AND GO, OH MAN, THAT SOUNDS GOOD,
- 1:35:16THAT'S MY LATEST REVELATION. YOU'VE GOT TO GO AND TAKE THESE
- 1:35:20THINGS AND STUDY THEM OUT AS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. WE NEED TO
- 1:35:24BE STUDENTS OF THE WORD OF GOD. AND IF YOU HAVE AN OOMPH ABOUT
- 1:35:29IT, HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. EITHER GOD IS GONNA CHANGE YOUR
- 1:35:32OOMPH INTO A, OH MAN, I DIDN'T SEE THAT, OR HE'S GONNA CHANGE
- 1:35:36YOUR OOMPH INTO A, THERE'S A REASON I DIDN'T GO FOR THAT. AND
- 1:35:39LISTEN, I'VE HAD PLENTY OF OOMPHS WHEN PEOPLE PREACH
- 1:35:41THINGS. LIKE, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T, UH-UH-UH. I DON'T LIKE
- 1:35:45WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST TIME ROBERTS
- 1:35:47LIARDON CAME ON THE SCENE, AND HE'S, 'CAUSE I GREW UP WORD OF
- 1:35:50FAITH. MY SISTER AND I WOULD GO BUY ALL THE LITTLE KENNETH HAGIN
- 1:35:55BOOKS AND THINGS. SO THE FIRST TIME I HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT
- 1:35:59WARFARE PRAYER, I WAS LIKE, EH, NOT LIKE THAT. IT MESSED WITH MY
- 1:36:05DOCTRINE. AND THEN, GO BACK TO THE BIBLE, I'M LIKE, IT TALKS
- 1:36:15ABOUT ALL MANNER OF PRAYING IN TONGUES. IT DOES TALK ABOUT
- 1:36:18SPIRITUAL WARFARE. IT DOES TALK ABOUT NOT QUITTING IN OUR
- 1:36:24PRAYERS. NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T NAME AND
- 1:36:27CLAIM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WORD FROM GOD. IF
- 1:36:29GOD SAID, LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO SPEAK THIS AND NOTHING ELSE AND
- 1:36:32WALK AWAY AND FORGET ABOUT IT, THEN THAT'S HOW YOU GO. IF IT'S
- 1:36:35JUST THAT, LISTEN, PAUL SAID, I HAD A THORN IN MY FLESH, AND I
- 1:36:42WENT TO THE LORD THREE TIMES. IN OTHER WORDS, HE KEPT GOING BACK
- 1:36:44TO GOD ABOUT THE THORN THAT'S IN HIS FLESH. AND THERE'S A LOT OF
- 1:36:49SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT IT WAS. THE BIBLE DOESN'T TRULY SAY. BUT
- 1:36:53THEN LATER HE GOES, I SOUGHT THE LORD THREE TIMES AND HE SAID,
- 1:36:57AND MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. AND THEN LATER HE SAYS, THE
- 1:37:03THORN THAT WAS IN MY FLESH, IT WENT FROM BEING IN TO WAS. SO
- 1:37:10SOMEWHERE PAUL GOT DELIVERED FROM THAT. BUT HE HAD TO WALK
- 1:37:13THAT OUT WITH THE LORD. LISTEN, YOUR MIRACLE IS NOT A FORMULA.
- 1:37:17YOUR MIRACLE'S GOTTA BE BASED ON FAITH AND WHAT YOU ARE HEARING
- 1:37:20FROM THE LORD. AMEN. AND LISTEN, SATAN'S TACTICS HAVEN'T CHANGED
- 1:37:27SINCE THE GARDEN OF EDEN. HE SAID TO EVE, "DID GOD SAY?" AND
- 1:37:34BECAUSE THE WORD WASN'T SETTLED IN THEM, THEY'RE LIKE, "OH,
- 1:37:38WELL, OH, THAT'S SURELY GOD DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY."
- 1:37:44INSTEAD OF SAYING, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK GOD SAID
- 1:37:47THIS, I GOTTA GO, LET ME GO BACK AND CHECK WITH THE LORD REAL
- 1:37:50QUICK BEFORE I DO ANYTHING." THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'LL
- 1:37:53HELP YOU. AND LISTEN, JESUS, WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED OF THE
- 1:37:58DEVIL, HE DIDN'T TEMPT, HE DIDN'T OVERCOME SATAN BY TRYING
- 1:38:04TO PROVE HIM WRONG. HE SAID, "IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT LIVE
- 1:38:09BY BREAD ALONE." IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN. SEE, WHEN WE
- 1:38:12BECOME PEOPLE OF WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE WORD OF GOD, THEN
- 1:38:16WE HAVE A TRUE NORTH ON WHAT IS TRUTH, AMEN?
- 1:38:20(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:38:22ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT THING IS REPROOF AND CORRECTION. NOW, WE
- 1:38:25DON'T LIKE THIS ONE, 'CAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T
- 1:38:29LOVE TO BE CORRECTED, BUT PROVERBS... I GAVE THEM
- 1:38:34THE WRONG ONE, BUT I FORGET WHICH ONE IT IS, 'CAUSE I
- 1:38:39WAS TYPING A LOT OF THIS WITHOUT MY GLASSES, SO I HAD A FEW WRONG
- 1:38:43ONES IN THERE, BUT IT SAYS, "A WISE SON HEARS HIS FATHER'S
- 1:38:47INSTRUCTION." A WISE SON HEARS HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. NOW,
- 1:38:54TURN OVER TO HEBREWS CHAPTER 12, 'CAUSE THIS'LL GET YA. I MEAN,
- 1:38:58YOU PROBABLY, YOU KNOW IT, BUT. IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1,
- 1:39:04IT SAYS, "AND HAVE YOU NOT FORGOTTEN THE EXHORTATION "WHICH
- 1:39:07SPEAKS TO YOU AS TO SONS? "MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE THE
- 1:39:15CHASTENING OF THE LORD." NOW, SEE, WE'RE BEING TAUGHT THAT ANY
- 1:39:19FORM OF DISCIPLINE IS ABUSE. THE NEW PARENTING WAY. BUT SEE,
- 1:39:28DISCIPLINE IS WHAT GIVES US, WELL, IN MY DAY, A GOOD SPANKING
- 1:39:36WAS VERY THOUGHT-PROVOKING. I'LL SAY IT THAT WAY. IT WAS VERY
- 1:39:41THOUGHT-PROVOKING. YOU'RE LIKE, OH, DON'T DO THAT AGAIN. AND
- 1:39:48THEN IT SAYS, "MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE "THE CHASING OF THE
- 1:39:50LORD, NOR BE DISCOURAGED "WHEN YOU ARE REBUKED BY HIM." YOU
- 1:39:56KNOW, WE GET DISCOURAGED SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET, AND
- 1:39:59AGAIN, OUR FLESH DOESN'T LIKE CORRECTION, RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW,
- 1:40:03IT'S CORRECTION THAT KEEPS US IN TRUTH. YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY WHEN
- 1:40:13YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE
- 1:40:17STILL A BIG THING NOW, BUT THEY PROBABLY ARE. A FEW YEARS AGO,
- 1:40:20EVERYBODY WANTED TO GO TO THE LITTLE HOME CHURCH. AND THE HOME
- 1:40:24CHURCH PASTOR, THE PROBLEM IS, IS HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OVERSEEING
- 1:40:26PASTOR. SO A LOT OF TIMES, IT WAS THE DOCTRINE THAT JUST FELT
- 1:40:29GOOD TO EVERYBODY. AND THEN SEE, THERE'S NO CORRECTION. BUT SEE,
- 1:40:35WHEN WE'RE, LISTEN, IF YOU PUT A YOUNG TREE IN THE GROUND, YOU'RE
- 1:40:41GONNA PUT A POST IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TREE DOESN'T
- 1:40:45JUST GET TO LEAN ANY WAY IT WANTS TO LEAN. THAT'S WHAT
- 1:40:47CORRECTION DOES FOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT DISCIPLINE DOES FOR YOU. SO
- 1:40:52LET'S GO TO THE NEXT VERSE. "FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES, HE," WHAT?
- 1:40:58"HE CHASTENS," OR HE DISCIPLINES, "AND SCOURGES EVERY
- 1:41:01SON WHOM HE RECEIVES." WHY, WHY, WHY? I MEAN, THAT JUST SOUNDS SO
- 1:41:07NOT LIKE A LOVING GOD. SO NOT LIKE HE GETS US. WELL, THAT'S
- 1:41:16THE PROBLEM. SEE, HE DOES GET US, AND HE SAYS THAT MAN IS BORN
- 1:41:20LIKE A WILD DONKEY. AND SO HE DOES GET US. AND HE WAS TEMPTED
- 1:41:26IN ALL POINTS LIKE AS WE ARE. THAT'S THE REASON THAT HE
- 1:41:29CORRECTS US SO THAT WE DON'T GET DECEIVED BY EVERY WINDY DOCTRINE
- 1:41:34THAT'S ALL AROUND. AND THERE'S A LOT OF WINDY DOCTRINE. YOU KNOW,
- 1:41:40WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, "WELL, THE CHURCH NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF
- 1:41:42POLITICS." IT'S NOT IN THE BOOK. STAYING OUT OF POLITICS WAS
- 1:41:46NEVER IN THE BIBLE. I PROMISE YOU, ALL THROUGHOUT THE OLD
- 1:41:51TESTAMENT AND EVEN IN THE NEW, PAUL WAS CONFRONTING FESTUS,
- 1:41:56PAUL WAS CONFRONTING NERO, JESUS WAS CONFRONTING THE RULERS OF
- 1:42:01HIS DAY. WHY DID HE GO AND CALL HEROD THAT OLD FOX? AND BY THE
- 1:42:05WAY, IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT HE WAS A FOXY GUY. HE WAS CALLING HIM
- 1:42:10SOMETHING PERVERSE, BECAUSE THE MAN WAS OPENLY BY WHATEVER HE
- 1:42:16COULD DO. HE WAS VERY PERVERSE. SO, THERE IS NO PART IN THE
- 1:42:25BIBLE THAT DOESN'T SAY WE SHOULD STAY OUT OF POLITICS. MATTER OF
- 1:42:29FACT, WE SHOULD BE VERY, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, "BLESSED IS THE
- 1:42:32NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD." AMEN. AMEN. YOU KNOW, AND THEY
- 1:42:37SAY THAT ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD.
- 1:42:41WELL, THAT'S A BLACK EYE ON THE CHURCH. 'CAUSE WE'RE SOMETIMES,
- 1:42:47WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY, I'M ALL, WE DON'T WANNA OFFEND ANYBODY, WE
- 1:42:50DON'T WANNA SAY THE WRONG THING, I DON'T WANNA BE PERSECUTED, I
- 1:42:54DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO BE MAD AT ME, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO NOT
- 1:42:56LIKE ME, AND I'M SORRY, BABY, THAT'S PART OF IT. THAT DOESN'T
- 1:43:01MEAN WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND AND WE HAVE TO BE MEAN AND ICKY. BUT
- 1:43:05IF I TRULY LOVE SOMEBODY, I'M GONNA TELL 'EM THE TRUTH. RIGHT?
- 1:43:11(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:43:14WE'RE GONNA TELL 'EM THE TRUTH. BECAUSE WE CARE ENOUGH TO TELL
- 1:43:19OUR KIDS WHEN THEY'RE NOT ACTING RIGHT, NOT BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE
- 1:43:22KNOW THAT SOMEDAY THEY GOTTA GO OUT, THEY GOTTA GET A JOB, THEY
- 1:43:25GOTTA INTERACT WITH SOCIETY, AND THEY CAN'T JUST THROW A TANTRUM
- 1:43:29EVERY TIME SOMETHING DOESN'T GO THEIR WAY. AND THEY'VE GOTTA
- 1:43:31LEARN THAT FROM A YOUNG AGE. WE LET OUR KIDS CRY, BUT THE MINUTE
- 1:43:37YOU THREW TANTRUMS, OH, IT'S ON, BABY. MY KIDS, THEY WERE
- 1:43:46LAUGHING AT ME, AND 'CAUSE THERE WAS THIS MEME THAT SHOWED THIS
- 1:43:52EAGLE EYE AND SAYS, "MY MOM WHEN I'M MISBEHAVING." AND I'M LIKE,
- 1:43:56I SAID, THEY'RE LIKE, "OH YEAH, THAT'S YOU ALL DAY LONG, MOM." I
- 1:44:03WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE. THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
- 1:44:05THOUGH OF GOD, THAT HE GUIDES US WITH HIS EYE. SO, YOU KNOW,
- 1:44:14DISCIPLINE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF LOVE. ACTUALLY, IT'S PROOF OF
- 1:44:18LOVE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU CARE ENOUGH, LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T
- 1:44:22CARE ABOUT SOMEBODY, YOU'RE LIKE, YOU JUST GO DO YOU. BUT
- 1:44:26WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN OR YOU CARE ABOUT
- 1:44:28PEOPLE AROUND YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, LISTEN, THERE'S A MORE
- 1:44:31EXCELLENT WAY. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOUR FELLOW BELIEVERS
- 1:44:36NEED A BOOST OF FAITH. THEY NEED A BOOST OF YOUR FAITH WHEN
- 1:44:40THEY'RE SPEAKING WRONG. AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER SOMEBODY IN MY
- 1:44:47LIFE, THEY GOT A CANCER DIAGNOSIS, AND THEY GOT A HOLD
- 1:44:52OF ME. THAT'S NOT THE ONE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF.
- 1:44:57AND UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY WERE AFRAID. BUT I SAID, "NO, LET'S
- 1:45:06HOLD FAST TO THE WORD OF GOD." AND YOU KNOW, IT PRESERVED THEIR
- 1:45:09LIFE FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE THEY GOT BACK OVER INTO FAITH. AND
- 1:45:15ULTIMATELY, NOW, THEY DID GO ON AND BE IN HEAVEN, BUT SOMETIMES
- 1:45:18GOD IS JUST LOOKING TO PRESERVE YOUR LIFE. AND AGAIN, DON'T
- 1:45:23JUDGE SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU DON'T THINK THEY GOT THEIR HEALING.
- 1:45:26YOU DON'T, YOU AREN'T GOD. AND SO THE TRUTH OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE
- 1:45:32ABOUT SOMEBODY'S LIFE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE HEART OF THE
- 1:45:35PERSON. YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT PRESERVED DAVID'S KINGDOM WASN'T
- 1:45:39'CAUSE HE DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS A
- 1:45:42MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART. AND THAT'S WHY GOD PRESERVED HIM.
- 1:45:44GOD'LL PRESERVE YOU JUST THE SAME. ALL RIGHT, SO GO TO 2
- 1:45:51TIMOTHY 4, VERSES 1 THROUGH 4. I'M GONNA TRY, I'M HOPING I'LL
- 1:45:56GET YOU OUT OF HERE A LITTLE EARLY. BUT HE SAYS, "TIMOTHY, I
- 1:46:00CHARGE YOU THEREFORE BEFORE GOD "AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, "WHO
- 1:46:04WILL JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD "AT HIS APPEARING AND HIS
- 1:46:08KINGDOM." NEXT VERSE, PREACH THE WORD. NOT PREACH A GOOD, DON'T
- 1:46:15PREACH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
- 1:46:17GOOD. PREACH THE WORD, BE READY, IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON. SO
- 1:46:21WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE HAVE TO HAVE THE WORD IN US, IN SEASON
- 1:46:23AND OUT OF SEASON. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, WE GO THROUGH
- 1:46:26SEASONS IN LIFE, BY THE WAY. AND SOME SEASONS ARE GONNA BE
- 1:46:30FLOURISHING SEASONS, AND SOME SEASONS ARE GONNA BE DRIER
- 1:46:32SEASONS. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DRIER SEASONS, BECAUSE AGAIN,
- 1:46:37SOMETIMES THAT'S GOD BUILDING MORE STRENGTH IN YOU. IT'S NOT
- 1:46:40'CAUSE HE'S MAD, THAT'S THE, IT'S THE HONING OF THE LORD. SO
- 1:46:45HE SAYS, "CONVINCE, REBUKE," THERE'S THAT WORD REBUKE AGAIN,
- 1:46:50"EXHORT WITH ALL LONG-SUFFERING AND TEACHING," LET'S GO TO VERSE
- 1:46:533, "FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE "SOUND
- 1:46:57DOCTRINE, BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DESIRES, "BECAUSE THEY HAVE
- 1:47:00ITCHING EARS, "THEY ARE GONNA HEAP UP FOR THEMSELVES
- 1:47:05TEACHERS." BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T
- 1:47:09LIKE, WE'RE GONNA RIP THAT PAGE OUT OF THE BIBLE 'CAUSE I DON'T
- 1:47:12LIKE IT. WELL, THAT'S THE SUREST WAY TO GET DECEIVED. BECAUSE THE
- 1:47:22BIBLE WILL CORRECT YOU. IF YOU HAVE FATHERS AND MOTHERS IN YOUR
- 1:47:27LIFE THAT ARE GODLY, THEY WILL CORRECT YOU. AND YOU NEED TO BE
- 1:47:34CORRECTABLE. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE GONNA GO, "WOW, I GOT
- 1:47:37CORRECTED TODAY, I'M SO HAPPY." YOU'RE A DIFFERENT KIND OF
- 1:47:46PERSON IF YOU KNOW YOU, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO BE WITH
- 1:47:50JESUS 'CAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE ARRIVED. BUT MOST
- 1:47:55OF US DON'T LOVE GOING, "HEY, I GOT CORRECTED TODAY, THAT'S MY
- 1:48:00FACEBOOK POST, "MAN, I GOT CORRECTED." GOD SURE LOVES ME, I
- 1:48:06GUARANTEE YOU DON'T SEE THAT AS A FACEBOOK POST. BUT IT SAYS THE
- 1:48:13TIME IS GONNA COME WHEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE.
- 1:48:17SO NUMBER TWO, NUMBER ONE IS THE WORD OF GOD, NUMBER TWO IS
- 1:48:20REPROOF AND CORRECTION THAT WILL KEEP US FROM BEING DECEIVED.
- 1:48:24NUMBER THREE IS A HEART OF HONOR. NOW, OVER IN EPHESIANS
- 1:48:28CHAPTER 6, I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE, BUT IT'S INTERESTING HOW
- 1:48:33EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 GETS TO, OR STARTS BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO
- 1:48:39PUTTING ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD. SAYS, "CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR
- 1:48:43PARENTS "AND THE LORD FOR THIS IS RIGHT. "HONOR YOUR FATHER AND
- 1:48:46MOTHER." THEN IT SAYS, "SERVANTS, BE OBEDIENT TO YOUR
- 1:48:52MASTERS, "NOT WITH EYE SERVICE." BUT REALLY, SO IT'S TALKING, THE
- 1:49:02WHOLE FIRST CHAPTER, OR FIRST PART OF EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 IS
- 1:49:05TALKING ABOUT HONOR. AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE HONOR IN OUR
- 1:49:10HEARTS. 'CAUSE WHEN WE LEARN HONOR, HONOR WILL KEEP US FROM
- 1:49:14VEERING FROM THE TRUTH. IT'S DISHONOR, WHEN WE BECOME
- 1:49:19DISHONORABLE, THEN REALLY, SOMETIMES WE BECOME
- 1:49:22SELF-FOCUSED. DO YOU KNOW SELF-FOCUS AND DISHONOR GO HAND
- 1:49:25IN HAND? 'CAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BUT ME AND MINE. AND WE
- 1:49:32LIVE IN A DAY WHERE IT'S LIKE, I'VE GOTTA DO MY SELF-HELP AND I
- 1:49:35HAVE TO DO MY SELF-CARE. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T DO THINGS
- 1:49:38TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, BUT WHEN YOURSELF BECOMES YOUR IDOL
- 1:49:41AND IT'S ALL ABOUT NUMBER ONE BEFORE IT'S ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE,
- 1:49:45THEN HONEY, YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT, TURN OVER TO
- 1:49:48MALACHI CHAPTER 1. WE'RE GONNA GO TO VERSE 6. AND IT SAYS, "A
- 1:49:53SON HONORS HIS FATHER "AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER. "IF THEN I
- 1:50:00AM THE FATHER, WHERE IS MY HONOR?" THIS IS GOD TALKING TO
- 1:50:03THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. "AND IF I AM A MASTER, WHERE IS MY
- 1:50:07REVERENCE?" SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. "TO YOU PRIESTS WHO
- 1:50:11DESPISE MY NAME." I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PRIESTS THAT ARE
- 1:50:14DESPISING THE NAME OF THE LORD IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE. "YET YOU
- 1:50:18SAY, IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE DESPISED YOUR NAME?" LET'S GO TO
- 1:50:21VERSE 7. "SAYS YOU'VE OFFERED DEFILED FOOD ON MY
- 1:50:24ALTAR, "BUT SAY, IN WHAT HAVE WE DEFILED? "BY SAYING THAT THE
- 1:50:28TABLE OF THE LORD IS CONTEMPTIBLE." IN OTHER WORDS,
- 1:50:30THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO BRING AN OFFERING INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD
- 1:50:34IS CONTEMPTIBLE. LET'S GO TO VERSE EIGHT. AND WHEN YOU OFFER
- 1:50:41THE BLIND AS A SACRIFICE, IS IT NOT EVIL? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE
- 1:50:44GIVING ME YOUR WORST. AND WHEN YOU OFFER THE LAME AND THE SICK,
- 1:50:49IS IT NOT EVIL? OFFER IT THEN TO YOUR GOVERNOR. WOULD HE BE
- 1:50:53PLEASED WITH YOU? WOULD HE ACCEPT YOU FAVORABLY, SAYS THE
- 1:50:58LORD. SO WHAT HE'S SAYING, LISTEN, YOU WANNA BRING ME ALL
- 1:51:00OF YOUR CASTOFFS, BUT YOU WANNA GO BEFORE MEN AND OFFER THEM THE
- 1:51:04VERY BEST. THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP IN MALACHI CHAPTER THREE,
- 1:51:09WHERE IT SAYS, "BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE "THAT
- 1:51:12THERE MAY BE MEAT IN MY HOUSE," SAYS THE LORD, "AND PROVE ME NOW
- 1:51:15HEREWITH, "IF I WILL NOT OPEN UP A WINDOW OF HEAVEN BLESSING."
- 1:51:18WHY? BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE'S
- 1:51:21YOUR HEART GONNA BE ALSO. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE HONOR IN YOUR
- 1:51:24HEART, THEN YOUR TREASURE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE THAN THE KINGDOM
- 1:51:29OF GOD. AND OUR MONEY IS PROOF OF THAT. AND YEAH, IT'S A HARD
- 1:51:36WORD. AND LISTEN, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH THE TITHE,
- 1:51:39FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE. AND ASK OF THE LORD. HE'S NOT A HARD
- 1:51:44TASKMASTER. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO OVER TO PROVERBS 9, VERSE 10.
- 1:51:53AND IT SAYS, "THE FEAR OF THE LORD "IS THE BEGINNING OF
- 1:51:56WISDOM." WHAT IS THE FEAR OF THE LORD? IT'S THE HONOR AND THE
- 1:51:58REVERENCE OF WHO GOD IS. IN OTHER WORDS, I FEAR GOD, NOT
- 1:52:03BECAUSE WE SIT THERE AND GO, "OH MY GOSH, IF I DO WRONG, GOD'S
- 1:52:06GONNA STRIKE ME DOWN." NO, I DON'T WANNA HURT GOD'S HEART.
- 1:52:11THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE HONOR AND THE REVERENCE, AND I
- 1:52:14CAN'T DEFILE, I DON'T WANNA DEFILE MY GOD. SO, AND THAT'S
- 1:52:21THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. WELL, WHAT HAVE WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT?
- 1:52:24PRESERVING OUR TRUTH. SO IF THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE
- 1:52:28BEGINNING OF WISDOM, HONOR AND TRUTH GO TOGETHER. IF WE DON'T
- 1:52:32HAVE HONOR IN OUR HEARTS, LISTEN, IF YOU HAVE A BOSS
- 1:52:37THAT'S NOT HEARING YOUR GRAND IDEA AND YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S FROM
- 1:52:40THE LORD, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, PRAY ABOUT IT. BUT
- 1:52:44TREAT THEM HONORABLY. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW
- 1:52:47THAT YOU DON'T. CONSIDER THAT. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW
- 1:52:51THAT THEY DON'T, BUT HERE'S THE THING, BY BEING DISHONORABLE,
- 1:52:56YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIX IT. HONOR WILL FIX IT. NOW, I'M GONNA
- 1:53:05REFERENCE THIS, I'M NOT GONNA READ IT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
- 1:53:09BUT OVER IN REVELATION CHAPTER SIX, IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE
- 1:53:13LAMB, WHEN THE SKY RECEDES, WELL, WE'LL JUST READ IT, THEY
- 1:53:17HAVE IT UP, I'LL READ IT. IT SAYS, "THEN THE SKY RECEDED AS A
- 1:53:21SCROLL "WHEN IT WAS ROLLED UP AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND
- 1:53:23"WAS MOVED OUT OF ITS PLACE." I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
- 1:53:26COMING OF JESUS. HE'S NOT COMING ALL QUIET LIKE. ALL RIGHT, GO TO
- 1:53:30THE NEXT ONE. IT SAYS, "AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH," GET THIS,
- 1:53:33"AND GREAT MEN, THE RICH MEN, "AND THE COMMANDERS AND THE
- 1:53:36MIGHTY MEN, "EVERY SLAVE AND EVERY FREE MAN," DID WHAT? "THEY
- 1:53:39HID THEMSELVES IN CAVES "AND IN THE ROCKS OF THE MOUNTAINS. "AND
- 1:53:44SAID TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ROCKS, "FALL ON US AND HIDE US
- 1:53:47FROM THE FACE OF HIM "WHO SITS ON THE THRONE FROM THE WRATH OF
- 1:53:50THE LAMB. "FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH HAS COME "AND WHO IS
- 1:53:57ABLE TO STAND IT." WHY DID THEY RUN AWAY? BECAUSE THEY
- 1:53:59DISHONORED GOD AND THEY KNEW WHEN HE CAME, THEY WEREN'T GONNA
- 1:54:03REPENT. THEY STILL WANTED TO DO EVIL. WHY WERE THEY THAT
- 1:54:08DECEIVED? I MEAN, YOU'D THINK THAT WAS A NO-BRAINER. JESUS
- 1:54:11JUST CAME BACK, OH GOD, FORGIVE ME, I WAS WRONG. NO, BECAUSE THE
- 1:54:16BIBLE SAYS, WHEN SIN IS CONCEIVED, IT BRINGS FORTH
- 1:54:19DEATH. SO THEN, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, SOME PEOPLE ARE LIVING
- 1:54:29IN A HELL ON EARTH. THEY CAN'T EVER BE HAPPY 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T
- 1:54:33EVER GET FREE OF THE DECEPTION. SO, YOU KNOW, AND DON'T GO
- 1:54:40AROUND AND THINK, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, THEY'RE
- 1:54:43JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOT A PLAN FOR EVERYBODY. SOME
- 1:54:47PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED GOD AND THEY INTEND TO REJECT GOD AND
- 1:54:50THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF REPENTING. AND THAT'S WHERE THE
- 1:54:53BIBLE DOES SAY THAT YOU LEAVE THEM OVER TO THEIR EVIL DESIRES.
- 1:54:57IT'S NOT THAT WE GO AROUND, YOU KNOW, WISHING HELL AND DEATH ON
- 1:55:00SOMEBODY. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT HAVE CHOSEN
- 1:55:06ON PURPOSE TO DEFY GOD. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE DECEIVED.
- 1:55:11ALL RIGHT, NUMBER FOUR. TURN OVER TO EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6,
- 1:55:15VERSE 18. I'M SORRY TO THE BOOTH, I DIDN'T GIVE YOU GUYS
- 1:55:18THIS ONE. BUT EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6, IT'S VERSE 18. WE'LL GIVE
- 1:55:25THEM A MINUTE TO CATCH UP. NUMBER FOUR IS PRAYER. SO I'LL
- 1:55:30RE-LIST THEM FOR YOU. NUMBER ONE, IF YOU WANNA STAND TRUTH,
- 1:55:35BE BOUND TO THE WORD OF GOD. NUMBER TWO, RECEIVE REPROOF AND
- 1:55:37CORRECTION. NUMBER THREE, HAVE A HEART OF HONOR. NUMBER FOUR, BE
- 1:55:41A PERSON OF PRAYER. PAUL SAID TO THE EPHESIANS, "PRAYING ALWAYS
- 1:55:45WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION "IN THE SPIRIT, BEING," WHAT?
- 1:55:50"WATCHFUL TO THIS END." WHAT WAS HE REFERRING TO? "TO THE EVIL
- 1:55:55DAY, WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE "AND SUPPLICATION FOR ALL SAINTS."
- 1:56:00HERE'S THE THING, WE HAVE GOT TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE PEOPLE OF
- 1:56:03PRAYER. HERE'S THE THING, IF WE AREN'T PEOPLE OF PRAYER, IF
- 1:56:05YOU'RE A PERSON OF HONOR, YOU'RE A PERSON OF WORSHIP. HONOR AND
- 1:56:09WORSHIP GO HAND IN HAND. PEOPLE OF PRAYER, PRAYER KEEPS US FROM
- 1:56:18GETTING ALL RELIGIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE READ IN THE BIBLE. THAT'S
- 1:56:23WHAT KEEPS THE PHARISAICAL SPIRIT OFF OF US. SOMETIMES
- 1:56:29CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE WORST AT SHOOTING DOWN THE
- 1:56:33WOUNDED. AND THAT'S A SAD DAY. AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO.
- 1:56:42I'M SO CONFIDENT THAT JESUS IS THE LORD OF HIS CHURCH THAT IF
- 1:56:45SOME PREACHER, SOME PERSON GETS IT WRONG, GOD IS GONNA DEAL WITH
- 1:56:49IT. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO HAVE TO BE THAT PERSON. HE DIDN'T ASK ME
- 1:56:53TO DO THAT. HE ASKED US TO PREACH THE WORD. HE ASKED US TO
- 1:56:57BE MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL. HE ASKED US TO GO INTO THE HIGHWAYS
- 1:57:01AND THE BYWAYS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF SOME SAINT GOT OFF AND
- 1:57:05THEY GOT IT WRONG, WELL, YOU PRAY FOR THEIR RESTORATION AND
- 1:57:08YOU MOVE ON ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. AMEN. YOU KNOW, LISTEN. SINCE I
- 1:57:16DID THAT, I SKIPPED A VERSE. TURN OVER TO PROVERBS CHAPTER 6.
- 1:57:19OKAY, YOU GOT THE FOUR, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A
- 1:57:22MINUTE. LET'S GO TO PROVERBS CHAPTER 6. VERSE 16. AND SEE,
- 1:57:31THIS IS THE THING. TO ALL THESE WATCHDOG GROUPS AND ALL THE
- 1:57:34PEOPLE THAT ARE JUMPING ALL OVER THE GOSSIP, YOU KNOW, THE GOSSIP
- 1:57:37TRAIN, AND WHO DID WHAT, AND WHO BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
- 1:57:40BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. IT SAYS THESE SIX THINGS DOES THE LORD HATE.
- 1:57:46HATE, NOT, IT KIND OF IRRITATES HIM. HE SAID HE HATES IT. AND IF
- 1:57:50GOD HATES SOMETHING, I WOULD BE A LITTLE AFRAID OF TOUCHING IT.
- 1:57:54JUST SAYING. THAT'S THE VERSION ACCORDING TO CHRISTY. IT SAYS,
- 1:57:59YES, SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION. SO HE HATES SIX OF THEM, BUT THE
- 1:58:03SEVENTH ONE IS AN ABOMINATION. LET'S READ THEM. A PROUD LOOK, A
- 1:58:09LYING TONGUE. WE GOT A LOT OF LYING TONGUES. HANDS THAT SHED
- 1:58:13INNOCENT BLOOD. HELLO, ABORTION. YOU FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE,
- 1:58:15RIGHT? A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS. FEET THAT ARE
- 1:58:21SWIFT TO RUNNING TO EVIL. A FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES.
- 1:58:26AND THE LAST ONE, AND ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN.
- 1:58:33WHEN YOU COME AND YOU SEEK TO DIVIDE THE CHURCH, YOU'RE NOT
- 1:58:38FIGHTING FOR THE KINGDOM, YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST THE KING. AND
- 1:58:42THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING
- 1:58:45THAT WE GET TO LIVE UNHOLY. WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T GET TO LIVE
- 1:58:49UNHOLY. WE HAVE TO WALK HOLY ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, BUT WE
- 1:58:57DON'T GET TO GO AND TELL ALL OVER THE INTERNET EVERYONE'S
- 1:59:00SINS. AND IF IT GETS EXPOSED, THAT'S ON THE PERSON BEFORE THEM
- 1:59:05AND GOD. BUT IT'S NOT MY JOB TO GO PUBLISH IT AND SHARE IT ALL
- 1:59:09OVER FACEBOOK. OH, DID YOU HEAR? I SAW SOMEBODY. SAYS, "NOW, I
- 1:59:14DON'T BELIEVE THIS, "BUT THIS IS WHAT'S BEING PUBLISHED "ABOUT
- 1:59:16SOME PREACHER THAT HAD A." I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT DID YOU SHARE
- 1:59:20IT FOR? TO BE HONEST, I WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN ABOUT IT IF YOU
- 1:59:25HADN'T SHARED IT, SISTER. YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT, STAND TO YOUR
- 1:59:35FEET. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN BEGIN TO COME. THEY CAN COME TO THE
- 1:59:39PIANO. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I'M JUST DETERMINED, THE OLDER I GET
- 1:59:43IN MY LIFE, THE LESS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TIME TO SIT AROUND AND DO
- 1:59:47CHILDISH THINGS. AND I WANNA BE A PERSON OF TRUTH, I WANNA BE A
- 1:59:52PERSON OF WISDOM, AND I DON'T WANNA BE A PERSON THAT TAKES
- 2:00:02WHAT I WANT OVER THE HEART OF MY FATHER. BECAUSE AS PASTOR HANK
- 2:00:09ALWAYS SAYS SO MANY TIMES, GOD'S HEART DOES MATTER, AMEN. ALL
- 2:00:14RIGHT, THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR FOR A MINUTE, LET ME
- 2:00:15JUST PRAY A BLESSING OVER YOU. FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU RIGHT
- 2:00:18NOW THAT THIS WORD THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY GOES DEEP IN OUR
- 2:00:24HEARTS, THAT FATHER, WE ARE A PEOPLE THAT ARE A PEOPLE OF
- 2:00:28HONOR. WE ARE A PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GLORIFY YOUR NAME. AND I
- 2:00:35THANK YOU THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS BLESSED. AND HERE'S THE
- 2:00:44WORD OF THE LORD, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, LORD GOD. AND
- 2:00:48FATHER, I PRAY THAT WE WOULD, IN THESE EVIL DAYS, FATHER, BE A
- 2:00:52LIGHT IN THE DARK PLACE. THAT, FATHER, WE WOULD BE JOY WHERE
- 2:00:56THERE IS SORROW. THAT WE WOULD BE THE ARM OUTSTRETCHED TO THOSE
- 2:01:02IN NEED. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING THAT IS UPON US, LORD
- 2:01:05GOD ALMIGHTY, IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN? AMEN, WELL, WHY
- 2:01:09DON'T YOU GIVE A SHOUT TO THE LORD AS PASTOR DOUG COMES. AMEN,
- 2:01:14YES, GIVE PASTOR CHRISTY A HAND. THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE. I WANT
- 2:01:18TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THAT, BUT BEFORE I DO, IF YOU'RE
- 2:01:22WORKING IN THE CONNECT CAFE TODAY OR THE BAKE SALE, YOU'RE
- 2:01:25DISMISSED AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO ASK IF
- 2:01:28YOU'LL JUST STAY SEATED FOR A MOMENT AND THAT WE WON'T KEEP
- 2:01:31YOU LONG TODAY. BUT IT'S ONLY 11:01, SO IT'S EARLY. YOU CAN
- 2:01:35BEAT THE BAPTIST TO LUNCH TODAY. IF OUR ALTAR TEAM WOULD COME AT
- 2:01:42THIS POINT IN TIME, I WANT TO MENTION OUR ALTAR TEAM IS UP
- 2:01:45HERE EVERY SUNDAY, AND THEY'RE HERE FOR YOU. SO IF YOU NEED
- 2:01:48PRAYER FOR ANYTHING, PERSONAL PRAYER, OUR PRAYER TEAM IS HERE,
- 2:01:55AND THEY WILL CONFIDENTIALLY PRAY WITH YOU AND AGREE WITH
- 2:01:59GOD. AND THERE IS POWER IN THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT. SO IF YOU
- 2:02:03NEED PRAYER TODAY, THEY'RE UP HERE AND READY AND WAITING. WHEN
- 2:02:06WE CONCLUDE AND DISMISS, YOU CAN JUST WORK YOUR WAY UP HERE AND
- 2:02:10WE'LL FIND A PRAYER TEAM FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, PASTOR CHRISTY
- 2:02:15SAID, SHE MENTIONED 2 TIMOTHY 4:3, "THE TIME WILL COME WHEN
- 2:02:18PEOPLE "WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE." AND IT MADE ME THINK,
- 2:02:24THERE WAS A TIME WHEN CHURCH SERVICES, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A
- 2:02:28REGULAR THING FOR A PASTOR TO TALK ABOUT HELL AND ETERNITY AND
- 2:02:36WHAT WE MIGHT CALL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. AND PEOPLE COMPLAINED
- 2:02:40ABOUT TOO MUCH OF THAT TYPE OF PREACHING. THEY GOT UPSET WITH
- 2:02:46IT. AND THE CHURCH BECAME LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE AND NO
- 2:02:51LONGER WANTED TO HEAR THOSE THINGS. IT'S JUST LIKE PASTOR
- 2:02:54CHRISTY SAID, THEY WANTED TO TEAR THOSE PAGES OUT. AND THEN
- 2:02:56THE PASTORS BECAME MOTIVATED BY THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
- 2:03:05WANT TO LOSE THE CONGREGATION AND THEY NEEDED THE TIES TO KEEP
- 2:03:09THE CHURCH GOING. AND SO THEY ACQUIESCED TO THE PEOPLE'S
- 2:03:14DEMANDS AND STOPPED PREACHING THE FULL GOSPEL. YOU KNOW, IN
- 2:03:181741, JONATHAN EDWARDS PREACHED A SERMON AND IT WAS TITLED,
- 2:03:26"SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD." HE WOULD NOT BE
- 2:03:31ALLOWED TO PREACH THAT IN MOST CHURCHES TODAY, EVEN THOUGH
- 2:03:36THERE'S MUCH TRUTH IN IT. AND HIS SERMON WAS TRUE. YOU KNOW,
- 2:03:41AND GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE. I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT. HE IS A GOD OF
- 2:03:46LOVE. HE LOVES EVERY PERSON. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOOK OF
- 2:03:50REVELATION, WE SEE WE'RE ALL LEARNING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
- 2:03:53THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BOOK OF REVELATION, GOD IS USING
- 2:03:58DIFFERENT METHODS TO REACH PEOPLE. EVEN DURING THAT TIME
- 2:04:02WHEN HIS WRATH IS POURED OUT, HE'S THERE REACHING THEM THROUGH
- 2:04:07SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. 144,000 JEWISH EVANGELISTS COME ON THE
- 2:04:12SCENE. AN ANGEL ENCOMPASSES THE WORLD AND PROCLAIMS THE GOSPEL.
- 2:04:17THERE ARE TWO WITNESSES RAISED FROM THE DEAD THAT PROCLAIM THE
- 2:04:21GOSPEL AND EVERYONE WILL SEE THEM. GOD'S FULL OF LOVE AND
- 2:04:25MERCY, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST SHAKE THEIR FIST AND
- 2:04:30ARE NOT WILLING. BUT GOD'S NOT WILLING THAT ANYONE WOULD
- 2:04:35PERISH. HIS DESIRE IS THAT EVERYONE MAKE IT TO HEAVEN. AND
- 2:04:40I SAY THIS OVER AND OVER. YOU'VE HEARD IT SO MUCH, YOU'RE
- 2:04:42PROBABLY TIRED OF ME SAYING IT, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO BE
- 2:04:45SUCCESSFUL ON THIS LIFE ON EARTH OR DURING THIS LIFE ON EARTH AND
- 2:04:51HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ETERNITY, WHICH IS IN HEAVEN WITH GOD, IS
- 2:04:56WHEN YOU SERVE JESUS CHRIST AND WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION TO MAKE
- 2:04:59HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. SO MY POINT TODAY IS, IF YOU HAVE NOT
- 2:05:04MADE A DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST, THAT'S THE INITIAL
- 2:05:07STARTING PLACE. IT'S CALLED THE NEW BIRTH IN THE BIBLE. WHEN WE
- 2:05:11CALL ON THE LORD AND CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS GRACIOUS AND HE'S
- 2:05:16ABLE TO FORGIVE THAT SIN BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US ON
- 2:05:20THE CROSS OF CALVARY. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY
- 2:05:23TODAY. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE OR IF YOU'RE HERE IN THIS PLACE,
- 2:05:27AND YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES, MAYBE THIS IS
- 2:05:30YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. MAYBE YOU'RE EIGHT YEARS
- 2:05:33OLD OR MAYBE YOU'RE 90 YEARS OLD, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU HAVE
- 2:05:37GRACE AND MERCY BECAUSE YOU CAN TURN TO GOD RIGHT NOW. IF YOU
- 2:05:42WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
- 2:05:47WE ONLY HAVE A SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH, AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE
- 2:05:49A DECISION BEFORE YOU LEAVE. THE GOOD NEWS IS GOD DID NOT CREATE
- 2:05:53US AS ROBOTS. HE GIVES US FREEDOM OF CHOICE. WE CAN CHOOSE
- 2:05:57TO SERVE HIM BECAUSE WE ARE WILLING. BUT IF WE SAY NO, THEN
- 2:06:04HE'S DONE ALL HE CAN DO. GOD NEVER SENDS ANYONE TO HELL. WE
- 2:06:07SEND OURSELVES TO HELL. SO IF YOU END UP IN HELL, AND I PRAY
- 2:06:13YOU DON'T, BUT IF YOU END UP THERE, IT'S YOUR FAULT, BECAUSE
- 2:06:16TODAY YOU'RE HEARING THE MESSAGE THAT CAN TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND,
- 2:06:19SAVE YOU FROM ETERNAL DESTRUCTION, AND PUT YOU ON A
- 2:06:23LIFE OF ABUNDANCE WITH GOD. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO
- 2:06:26SOMETHING TODAY. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME.
- 2:06:29AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I NEED TO
- 2:06:33MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY." DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK.
- 2:06:37IT'S ONLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHAT GOD THINKS. AND I'M GONNA
- 2:06:44ASK YOU IN A MOMENT JUST TO RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO
- 2:06:47THREE, IF THAT'S YOU, AND YOU SAY, "I NEED JESUS. "I NEED TO
- 2:06:50MAKE A DECISION. "I WANNA GET MY LIFE RIGHT. "I WANNA LIVE
- 2:06:54RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY. "I WANT THAT ABUNDANT LIFE "THAT PASTOR
- 2:06:57CHRISTY TALKED ABOUT, "BUT I NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION
- 2:07:00TODAY." DO IT TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS THE DAY OF SALVATION, THE
- 2:07:05BIBLE SAYS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER WE WILL HAVE ON THIS
- 2:07:08EARTH. WE BELIEVE IN LONG LIFE, BUT PEOPLE GET TAKEN OUT EARLY
- 2:07:13ALL THE TIME. IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M
- 2:07:17GONNA ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY BOLD. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO
- 2:07:19RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'M GONNA LOOK FOR IT. HEADS ARE BOWED,
- 2:07:22EYES ARE CLOSED. I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT SEE IT, BUT I WANT
- 2:07:26YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR JESUS TODAY. IF YOU'RE IN YOUR
- 2:07:29HOME, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, JUST
- 2:07:32RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY. ONE, TWO, THREE. RAISE YOUR HAND IF
- 2:07:37YOU NEED JESUS. YOU SAY, "I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION FOR JESUS
- 2:07:41TODAY." DON'T LET THE DEVIL TALK YOU OUT OF IT. RAISE YOUR HAND
- 2:07:45IF YOU NEED JESUS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THIS PLACE? YOU
- 2:07:49SAY, I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST. DO I SEE A HAND? OK,
- 2:07:56I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. EVERY TIME JESUS
- 2:07:59CALLED PEOPLE, HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. AND I THINK IT'S
- 2:08:02IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE A PUBLIC DECISION IN CONFESSION. AND I'M
- 2:08:05GOING TO PRAY WITH YOU RIGHT HERE. I WANT TO MEET YOU, SHAKE
- 2:08:08YOUR HAND, AND PRAY WITH YOU. IF YOU'D GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT
- 2:08:10RIGHT NOW AND COME DOWN HERE, I WANT TO MEET WITH YOU. JUST GET
- 2:08:14UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT, THOSE THAT RAISED THEIR HANDS. COME RIGHT
- 2:08:19DOWN HERE NOW. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU. EVERYONE HERE WILL WAIT.
- 2:08:24WE'RE NOT IN A HURRY. THIS IS AN INTERNAL DECISION THAT YOU NEED
- 2:08:27TO MAKE FOR GOD. IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND TODAY, JUST COME RIGHT
- 2:08:30DOWN HERE NOW. OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE RESPONDING. LET'S DO
- 2:08:39THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT. YOU PRAY WITH ME AND
- 2:08:42REPEAT AFTER ME AS I SPEAK THESE WORDS. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK
- 2:08:47YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS.
- 2:08:54HE DIED FOR ME. HE WAS BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD
- 2:08:59DAY. AND JESUS, I'M ASKING YOU, BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. FORGIVE
- 2:09:07ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE. PUT ME ON YOUR PATH FOR MY LIFE. AND I
- 2:09:15WILL LIVE FOR YOU UNTIL SOMEDAY I REJOICE IN HEAVEN WITH YOU.
- 2:09:23AMEN. AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, THAT'S YOUR
- 2:09:26INITIAL START. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, IF YOU PRAYED THAT
- 2:09:30PRAYER TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU DIDN'T COME FORWARD, YOU
- 2:09:32STILL WANT INFORMATION, THIS ELDER TEAM WILL GIVE YOU THE
- 2:09:35INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO HELP YOU IN YOUR NEXT STEPS WITH
- 2:09:38CHRIST. IF YOU'VE DONE THAT IN YOUR HOME LIKE WE HAVE EVERY
- 2:09:42WEEK, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907. 24 HOURS A
- 2:09:49DAY, OUR PRAYER LINE WORKERS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY'LL SEND YOU
- 2:09:52INFORMATION TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD.
- 2:09:55HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, PASTOR MATT WANTED ME TO
- 2:10:01BRING UP ONE MORE THING. HE WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE NCAA IN
- 2:10:07OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE. AND THIS YEAR, GAME CHANGERS SECURED A
- 2:10:12CONTRACT TO HAVE A TENT THAT THEY'LL BE SELLING MERCHANDISE
- 2:10:16AND MINISTERING TO PEOPLE DOWN THERE. DURING THIS POINT OF
- 2:10:20TIME, IT'S DURING AN 11-DAY NCAA TOURNAMENT. IT GOES YES, AMEN.
- 2:10:28IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. IT GOES FROM JUNE 11 THROUGH THE
- 2:10:3122ND. IT'S A BIG EVENT WITH EIGHT MAJOR UNIVERSITIES COMING
- 2:10:37INTO OMAHA. THEIR FANS WILL BE HERE AND EXPECTING GAME CHANGERS
- 2:10:42TO BE THERE. AND SO WE NEED SOME LOH PEOPLE TO HELP US WITH THAT
- 2:10:49AND THE TIME IN THE TENTS. YOU'LL BE GETTING MORE
- 2:10:53INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. PASTOR KEITH AND PASTOR ANTHONY AND BOB
- 2:10:58AND MYSELF WILL ALL BE HELPING TO COORDINATE SOME VOLUNTEERS TO
- 2:11:03BE DOWN THERE. AND WE'LL WORK WITH 242, WE'LL WORK WITH ASK
- 2:11:07PRAYER. WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN AND MAKE AN IMPACT ON
- 2:11:10PEOPLE'S LIVES, OKAY? SO IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WELL,
- 2:11:14THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU. WE JUST PRAY FOR A
- 2:11:19WONDERFUL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE
- 2:11:21HOUSE OF THE LORD THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GO AND
- 2:11:23ENJOY YOURSELF. AND BE BACK AGAIN. AMEN.
- 2:11:27(MUSIC)