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09/23/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman · LOH Church Archive

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LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, ARE THERE ANY CONQUERORS IN THE BUILDING
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TONIGHT? I SAID, ARE THERE ANY CONQUERORS IN THE BUILDING
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TONIGHT? WE THANK YOU, JESUS. WE THANK YOU THAT AS YOU ARE, SO WE
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ARE IN THIS WORLD. AND WE THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT WE
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ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS. LET'S GO. COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS
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TOGETHER LIKE THIS. HEY, IF THERE ARE ANY CONQUERORS IN THE
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ROOM TONIGHT, CAN YOU MAKE A SHOUT UNTO GOD? HEY,
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Y'ALL KNOW THIS, SAY!
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DOES ANYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOW
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THAT THE ENEMY IS UNDER YOUR FEET, AMEN?
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EDDIE, DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. LET'S STRETCH OUR
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HANDS, IF YOU WOULD, TOWARD ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. THAT PHRASE
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CAME OUT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. LET'S PRAY OVER ALL THESE PEOPLE
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IN THIS ROOM THAT EVERYTHING THAT THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN FROM
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THEM IS GOING TO BE RECOVERED AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DELAYED
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WOULD YOU PRAY OVER THESE PEOPLE? COME ON.
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I WANT YOU TO GET IN AGREEMENT, THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM AND
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THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, COME ON, EDDIE, SPEAK IT OVER THESE
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FOLKS IN JESUS' NAME.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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COME&NBSP;ON, JUST RECEIVE THIS PRAYER.
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I DECLARE IN THE NAME OF JESUS WHAT WAS A PART OF YOUR COVENANT
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AND IS STILL A PART OF YOUR COVENANT, I DECLARE NOW IT
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RETURNS TO YOUR HANDS. WHAT THE THIEF HAS STOLEN, I DECLARE THAT
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HE SHALL RETURN SEVENFOLD IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. I DECLARE
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NOW THAT WE SHALL THE LAND EVERYWHERE THAT WE PUT OUR FEET
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BELONGS TO US ACCORDING TO DEUTERONOMY. I DECLARE THAT YOU
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ARE BLESSED IN THE CITY, YOU ARE BLESSED IN THE FIELD, YOU ARE
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BLESSED IN YOUR COMING, YOU ARE BLESSED IN YOUR GOING, YOU ARE
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BLESSED IN YOUR WALLETS, YOU ARE BLESSED IN YOUR HOMES. I
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DECLARE IN THE NAME OF JESUS ANY PEACE THAT THE ENEMY HAS TRIED
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TO TAKE FROM YOUR HOMES, I DECLARE NOW PEACE BE STILL IN
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THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. OH, WE WORSHIP WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD,
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AND WE THANK YOU THAT IT IS ALREADY DONE NOW, NOW, NOW IN
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THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. COME ON, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GIVE
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GOD A SHOUT OF AGREEMENT THAT EVERYTHING THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN
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IS BEING RECOVERED. AND EVERYBODY ONLINE THAT HAS JOINED
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TONIGHT, THE SAME GOES FOR YOU. THERE IS NO DISTANCE, NO TIME IN
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THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT, THAT EVERYTHING— COME ON, THAT
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PROPHETIC WORD, YOU TAKE IT AND YOU MAKE THAT YOURS IN JESUS'
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NAME. AMEN, AND AMEN, AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, TURN AROUND AND
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GIVE A COUPLE PEOPLE A HIGH FIVE WHILE I CHANGE MICROPHONES AND
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WE GET INTO THE WORD TONIGHT.
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AMEN. WHOO! ARE YOU GLAD YOU
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CAME TO CHURCH ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT? BECAUSE WHATEVER THE
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DEVIL TRIED TO STEAL FROM YOU, EVEN IF IT WAS THIS WEEK, YOU
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JUST GOT IT BACK. PRAISE THE LORD. AMEN AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT,
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WELL, LET'S PUT UP THE OFFERING INFORMATION TONIGHT. USHERS ARE
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IN THE AISLES. AND I'M NOT PREACHING AN OFFERING MESSAGE.
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YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO. RIGHT? AND BY THE WAY, FOR ANYBODY THAT
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MISSED THE MEMO, WE MADE THE CONFERENCE BUDGET WITH A
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SURPLUS. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND YOU KNOW, WE
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HAVE STUFF TO DO FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. SO WE WANT TO BUILD THE
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WAR CHEST AND HAVE OVERFLOW. AMEN. YOU NEED TO CLAIM THAT FOR
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YOURSELF AND IN YOUR LIFE ON A REGULAR BASIS. OVERFLOW. COME
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ON, LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR. JUST SAY, "YOU GOT OVERFLOW." TELL 2
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OR 3 MORE PEOPLE. REMIND THEM. AMEN. ALL THE WAYS TO GIVE
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THERE, AND OF COURSE, TEXT TO GIVE. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY THAT
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JOINS ONLINE, AND YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO ALL OF US. AND BY
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THE WAY, PASTOR HANK SENDS HIS GREETING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
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HE'S WORKING ON TONIGHT. HE SAID, I GOT TO FINISH
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MORE CHILDREN'S STORIES. SO THAT'S WHAT HE IS DOING. HE IS—
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AREN'T YOU THANKFUL FOR YOUR PASTOR? HE'S LIKE— SO HE'S
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WORKING ON THOSE. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE— HOW MANY OF YOU
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DID LOVE THE ZEPTO VIDEO? YOU KNOW, AND THESE ARE A GREAT
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WITNESSING TOOL. YOU CAN GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, TELL PEOPLE
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ABOUT THEM. EVERYBODY THAT WE MEET, WE GIVE THEM BOOKS AND
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COMICS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF
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THEY'RE NOT SAVED, THEY'RE LIKE, "THESE ARE COOL." WE HAVE ONE
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PARTICULAR PERSON THAT I KNOW WHO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF
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THEY CLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN OR NOT. I'M NOT EVEN SURE. BUT
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THEY'RE LIKE, "MY KIDS ACT OUT CAPTAIN ZEPTO, AND THEY FIGHT
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OVER WHO GETS TO BE ZEPTO, AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE ZORB." SO,
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IT'S GOOD. THEY'RE A GOOD OUTREACH TOOL, AMEN? ALL RIGHT,
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I ASSURED YOU IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY SERVE THE PEOPLE, YOU
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CAN SERVE THEM. WE'RE GONNA GET STRAIGHT UP INTO THE WORD
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TONIGHT. AND AMEN. BY THE WAY, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, VOTE
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YOUR VALUES IS AROUND THE CORNER. SO BE TELLING PEOPLE. BY
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THE WAY, GREAT JOB, PASTOR ANTHONY, ON THAT SITELET THAT
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YOU PUT TOGETHER. THERE IS A SITELET. IS IT
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VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO? OKAY, .INFO. I GOT THAT DOWN.
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VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO. THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION OUT THERE
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JUST TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT AND WAYS THAT WE CAN BE INVOLVED.
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AND WE'VE GOT A SURPRISINGLY— I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR SISTER IS THE
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ONE THAT'S JUST BEEN REALLY WORKING IT, BUT WE GOT A LOT OF
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CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT HERE IN NEBRASKA THAT ARE GOING TO BE
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ATTENDING ALREADY. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. AND LET OTHER
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BELIEVERS FROM OTHER CHURCHES KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THE
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BODY OF CHRIST TO LAY DOWN ALL OF THOSE CHURCH WALLS, THOSE
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DENOMINATIONAL LINES, AND COME TOGETHER. AND LET'S GET THIS FOR
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A GREAT PURPOSE. WE NEED TO HAVE SEATS IN THE CONSERVATIVE
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CORNER. THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS, NOT THE PRO-ABORTION
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PEOPLE. WE NEED PRO-LIFE PEOPLE. WE NEED PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE MEN
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ARE MEN AND WOMEN ARE WOMEN, RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE
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OUT THERE REALLY BELIEVE THAT, AND THAT'S THE THING YOU'VE GOT
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TO REMEMBER. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE ON OUR SIDE FOR THOSE
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THINGS THAN THERE IS PEOPLE ON THE OTHER THAT BELIEVE CRAZY
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STUFF. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, USHERS, DID YOU USHER? THANK
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YOU, INTERNET, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATING AS WELL. BUT WE'RE
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GOING TO GET STRAIGHT INTO THE SCRIPTURE TONIGHT, AND I'M GOING
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TO TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE AT A REALLY GOOD TIME. HOW MANY
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PARENTS OF YOUNG KIDS, YOUR KIDS ARE ACTING TO SCHOOL. AND YEAH,
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THERE'S— THAT'S A THING. THAT'S A REAL THING, RIGHT? I REMEMBER
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THOSE DAYS. LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, WEDNESDAY NIGHT
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CHURCH, I LOVE IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS WOULD GO TO BED LATE
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AND NOBODY WANTED TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND ALL OF THOSE
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THINGS AND GETTING THE LUNCHES READY AND ALL THE STUFF. AND YOU
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KNOW, THE SCHOOL THAT OUR KIDS WENT TO, THEY HAD HOT LUNCH, BUT
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THEY NEVER WANTED HOT LUNCH. THEY SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE A
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LUNCH. AND SO THEN THERE WAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT? AND
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NOW PASTOR HANK MAKES HIS OWN LUNCH FOR LUNCH WITH HANK. THINK
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ABOUT THAT. I HAVE NOT HELPED HIM. I JUST SAY, "HERE'S WHAT'S
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IN THE FRIDGE. YOU COME UP WITH IT." HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
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ENJOYED THOSE? THOSE HAVE BEEN FUN TO WATCH. I'M LIKE, "HONEY,
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ONLY YOU WOULD COME UP WITH—" AND I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS THAT?
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HE DOES THIS THING WHERE HE STICKS HIS WHOLE HEAD DOWN IN
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THE— HAVE Y'ALL SEEN THAT? I'M LIKE, "WHAT IS THAT?" I DON'T
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KNOW, THERE WAS SOME SESAME STREET CHARACTER THAT USED TO
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GET DOWN IN. AND ANYWAY, I'M LIKE, ONLY A CARTOONIST COULD
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COME UP WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO GET IN THE SCRIPTURE?
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SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT I FEEL
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THAT HAS JUST— I DON'T KNOW, THIS HAS STIRRED IN MY SPIRIT A
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LITTLE BIT. I WANT TO JUST KIND OF TEACH SOME PASSAGES FROM THE
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WORD THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT THAT WE GO THROUGH. AND IT
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REALLY RESONATED LAST NIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU CAUGHT FLASHPOINT?
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AND THEY DID THAT LITTLE SEGMENT IN THERE WHERE PASTOR GENE
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TALKED ABOUT OVERCOMING FEAR. NOW, I DON'T SO MUCH WANT TO
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TALK ABOUT FEAR TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT— EVEN THOUGH
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IT'S A PART OF IT, I REALLY WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED
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TO DO TO CAST OUT FEAR. AND I THOUGHT PASTOR HANK AND DUTCH,
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THEY— I MEAN, THEY SAID AWESOME THINGS ABOUT THAT, BUT I FEEL
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LIKE THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO TO DEAL WITH THE THOUGHTS
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THAT GO ON IN OUR HEAD ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND SO, LET ME
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JUST SHOW THIS TO YOU. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY, I GUESS IF I
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WERE TO TITLE THIS, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A TITLE. I JUST
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SCRATCHED OUT A FEW SCRIPTURES JUST BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART
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WHAT I WANT TO COMMUNICATE. IF I WERE TO TITLE IT, I WOULD TALK
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ABOUT EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL. NOW, THIS IS REALLY A BIG DEAL
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BECAUSE EVERYTHING STARTS UP HERE, RIGHT? WHAT GOES ON IN OUR
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HEAD OFTEN DETERMINES HOW WE REACT. AND THEN IF WE ALLOW
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THINGS TO GO ON IN OUR MIND IN AN UNDISCIPLINED WAY LONG
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ENOUGH, THAT'S HOW OUR HABIT WILL BECOME, RIGHT? SO, LET'S
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JUST LOOK AT SOME SCRIPTURES. THIS IS GALATIANS 5, AND I'M
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GONNA GO TO THE NEW LIVING TONIGHT. GALATIANS 5:22, LET'S
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JUST READ A FEW DIFFERENT VERSES ON THIS. GALATIANS, IT SAYS,
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"BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRODUCES THIS KIND OF FRUIT IN OUR LIVES.
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LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS,
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FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND WATCH THIS, AND SELF-CONTROL.
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NOW THINK ABOUT THAT. THE KING JAMES DOESN'T USE THE WORD
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SELF-CONTROL. IT USES THE WORD TEMPERANCE. BUT SELF-CONTROL,
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LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE HERE. PROVERBS 25:28. THIS IS
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ALSO THE NEW LIVING, IF THEY'LL PUT THAT UP. IT SAYS, "A PERSON
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WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL IS LIKE A CITY WITH BROKEN-DOWN WALLS." IN
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OTHER WORDS, ANYTHING CAN COME IN, RIGHT? ANYTHING CAN GO OUT.
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THERE'S NO SECURITY IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. SO, A PERSON
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THAT DOESN'T DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES— NOW, THE FRUIT OF
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THE SPIRIT THE SPIRIT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT THIS WAY, THE
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FRUIT OF THE MATURE CHRISTIAN, THE CHRISTIAN THAT LIVES A
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DISCIPLINED CHRISTIAN LIFE, WILL HAVE THE FRUIT OF SELF-CONTROL
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FLOWING. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, NOW, YOU KNOW, WE THINK
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ABOUT SELF-CONTROL OFTEN JUST BEING SOMETHING THAT IS
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CONNECTED TO, YOU KNOW, THE MOST EVIL OF SINS. PEOPLE WITH NO
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SELF-CONTROL ARE SEXUALLY IMMORAL, THEY'RE ADDICTED,
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THEY'RE ALCOHOLICS, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT
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THEY'RE LIVING IN A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL. BUT, YOU KNOW,
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IT'S SO MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT. SELF-CONTROL STARTS WITH WHAT WE
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DO WITH OUR HEAD. IT STARTS IN OUR EMOTIONS. AND EVERY ACTION
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THAT WE TAKE, WE CONCEIVE OF IT. WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
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TONIGHT. BUT EVERY ACTION THAT WE TAKE, IT STARTS WITH THE
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THOUGHT, RIGHT? SO, IF YOU HAVE AN OUTBURST OF ANGER, YOU HAVE
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TO THINK ABOUT IT FIRST. YOU KNOW, THEY SAY PEOPLE ACT
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WITHOUT THINKING, NO, NOT REALLY. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
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IT. REALLY, PEOPLE THAT ACT WITHOUT THINKING HAVE THOUGHT
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ABOUT THAT TYPE OF THING OR HAD THAT HABIT FOR A WHILE, AND SO
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THEN IT BECOMES A REFLEX, RIGHT? THEY START DOING IT
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AUTOMATICALLY. BUT EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL, I BELIEVE WHEN WE
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TALK ABOUT SELF-CONTROL, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO
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IS CONTROL WHAT GOES ON UP HERE. HAPPEN HERE, WHETHER IT BE
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THOUGHTS OF ANGER, WHETHER IT BE THOUGHTS OF FEAR. THEY TALKED
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ABOUT THAT ON FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT. WHETHER IT BE THOUGHTS OF
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DEPRESSION, THOUGHTS OF FRUSTRATION, THOUGHTS OF
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SELF-REJECTION, ALL OF THE THINGS, THOUGHTS OF SADNESS, ALL
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OF THESE ARE THOUGHTS THAT IF WE DON'T CONTROL— ARE YOU TRACKING
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WITH ME? WHAT WE THINK ABOUT, AND WE JUST LET THOSE THOUGHTS
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GO. NOW, SAY, "OH, PASTOR BRENDA, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HARDER
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SAID THAN DONE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HIT ON TONIGHT.
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ENEMY LOVES TO JUST HIT YOU WITH A
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BARRAGE OF THOUGHTS AND FEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR
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THESE THINGS THAT GO ON THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, REGARDING WHAT'S
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GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY OR IN THE WORLD, WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE
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THESE THOUGHTS THAT CAN HIT YOU. OR IF, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT
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THINGS REGARDING YOUR HEALTH, THOUGHTS THAT CAN HIT YOU. OR
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THE DOCTOR SAID THIS, OR THE DOCTOR SAID THAT. I SAID THAT,
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THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOUR HEAD CAN SAY, "WELL, THIS COULD
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HAPPEN, AND THAT COULD HAPPEN." AND YOUR EMOTIONS WILL TELL YOU,
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OR, YOU KNOW, "WHAT IF?" AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW, WE HAVE NO
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EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND A PERSON
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THAT DOESN'T DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES WITH SELF-CONTROL,
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THAT— AND I BELIEVE A LOT OF BELIEVERS, THIS IS A STRUGGLE
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PLACE THAT CAUSES US TO GET OUT OF FAITH. THAT WE HAVE TO ARREST
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THOSE THOUGHTS AND THOSE FEELINGS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S
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NOTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT TELLS YOU, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL OR
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ACT A CERTAIN WAY. NOW, EMOTIONS ARE REAL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
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THEM. BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT TELLS US TO
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FOLLOW THEM OR JUST GO WITH IT BECAUSE WE FEEL IT. OKAY? DAVID
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WAS A MAN THAT HAD A LOT OF EMOTIONS. IF YOU STUDY THE
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PSALMS, HE HAD FEARFUL EMOTIONS OF FRUSTRATION WHEN HE
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SAID, "LORD, HOW LONG ARE YOU JUST GOING TO LET THE ENEMY RUN
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AROUND LIKE THIS?" BUT HE ALWAYS WOULD COME BACK TO BRINGING
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THOSE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES INTO SUBJECTION. SO, A PERSON WITHOUT
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SELF-CONTROL IS A PERSON THAT OFTEN IS— THEY JUST DO WHATEVER.
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WHATEVER COMES TO MIND, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. AND THE BIBLE
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SAYS— NOW, HERE'S WHY I BELIEVE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS— HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THIS IS
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SOME CRAZY LAST DAYS THAT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW? IT SAYS IN
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2 TIMOTHY 3, YOU KNOW THE PASSAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT IN THE
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LAST DAYS DANGEROUS TIMES WILL COME. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN
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THERE IT SAYS IS PEOPLE— THE KING JAMES USES THE WORD
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INCONTINENCE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE BLADDER PROBLEMS. IT
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DOESN'T. IT ACTUALLY— THAT WORD IS A KING JAMES WORD THAT MEANS
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THAT THEY LACK IN THE LAST DAYS. THEY'LL LACK SELF-CONTROL. OKAY,
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THEY'LL BE RASH, RIGHT? THEY'LL JUST DO WHATEVER COMES TO MIND.
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THAT'S WHY PEOPLE JUST GO OUT ON THE STREET AND THEY CAN BEAT UP
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PEOPLE AND ATTACK POLICE OFFICERS AND DO ALL THESE CRAZY
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THINGS BECAUSE THEY HAVE— THERE'S NO DISCIPLINE TO
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SELF-CONTROL. AND THEY JUST ALLOW WHATEVER TO COME THROUGH
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THEIR HEAD. AND THIS IS WHY I FEEL LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA IS SUCH A
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SUICIDE A SEWAGE DUMP, 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY A LOT OF LACK OF
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EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL JUST BEING PUT OUT THERE ON THE
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INTERNET. AND PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, AND EVEN IF
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YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT OUT OF AN
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EMOTIONAL LACK OF SELF-CONTROL MOMENT, OKAY? WE'VE GOT TO THINK
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ABOUT WHAT WE SAY, AND WHEN TO SAY IT, AND WHEN TO DO IT, OKAY?
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AND THAT IS THE EARMARK OF A MATURE CHRISTIAN. CAN YOU WALK
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IN SELF-CONTROL? YOU COULD FEEL SOMETHING IN THE MOMENT. THIS IS
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WHY A LOT OF MARRIAGES END UP IN DIVORCE COURT BECAUSE
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PEOPLE, THROUGH A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL, CAN'T COMMUNICATE.
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OKAY? THEY CAN'T SHUT UP LONG ENOUGH. THERE'S A FUNNY OLD
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SAYING, "DON'T INTERRUPT YOUR ENEMY WHEN HE'S MAKING A
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MISTAKE." JUST LET THEM TALK ON. SOMETIMES IT'S THE BEST THING.
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BUT THE FACT IS, IT'S A REASON A LOT OF CHRISTIANS LEAVE GOOD
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CHURCHES OR CAN'T GET SETTLED OR CAN'T GET ALONG WITH THEIR
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FELLOW PERSON WORKING IN THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT OR
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WHATEVER IT IS. IT'S BECAUSE BECAUSE PEOPLE LACK A
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DISCIPLINE. THEY CAN'T BE IN A MOMENT OF HARDSHIP WITHOUT A
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REACTION. THINK ABOUT THIS, REALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO THIS
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SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN FAITH. WE TORPEDO OUR FAITH
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BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT GOES THROUGH OUR HEAD. SO, I
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WANNA JUST REALLY BREAK THIS DOWN TONIGHT. SO, THE BIBLE SAYS
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THE WHOLE WORLD IN THE LAST DAYS WILL BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE THAT
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ARE RASH, OKAY? THEY LACK SELF-CONTROL. CONTROL. AND THE
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CULTURE IS JUST SATURATED WITH THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR. AND IF
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WE'RE NOT CAREFUL AS BELIEVERS, RIGHT, WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN
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THAT SORT OF THING AND NOT REALIZE— BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH
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THE INTERNET, I FEEL LIKE I, YOU KNOW, I HARP ON THAT KIND OF A
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LOT. BUT IN FACT, I WROTE A WHOLE SECTION ON COMMANDING
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PEACE. DID ANYBODY READ ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S
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SOMETHING ABOUT JUST NOT BEING ALWAYS ONLINE THAT HELPS YOU.
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THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR A GREAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AMEN. SOMETIMES
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JUST NOT LOOKING, YOU KNOW, NOT CHECKING, NOT SEEING. YOU DON'T
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NEED TO SCROLL. WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING? YOU KNOW,
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THEY'RE GONNA SAY, THEY'RE GONNA DO. AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S
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PEACE. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE
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LATEST AND GREATEST— WHAT'S TRENDING ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
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TWITTER, ON TWITTER ANYMORE. X. I'M LIKE, "SEE, THAT SHOWS YOU.
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THAT'S HOW FAR REMOVED I'VE BECOME." BUT SO, THIS IS VERY
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IMPORTANT. THE WHOLE CULTURE IS SATURATED BY A LACK OF
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SELF-CONTROL. SO, AS CHRISTIANS, WE'RE CALLED TO— BUT WE ARE NOT
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ONLY CALLED, WE'RE COMMANDED OF THE BIBLE TO CARRY IN OUR LIVES
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THE FRUIT— IT'S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT TO HAVE SELF-CONTROL. AND
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SELF-CONTROL IN OUR EMOTIONS, WILL DISCIPLINE OUR
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MOUTH, OKAY? SELF-CONTROL IN OUR EMOTIONS WILL DISCIPLINE US ON
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HOW WE MANAGE OUR BUSINESS. ALL OF THOSE, IT'LL TEACH US HOW TO
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REACT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS ACT
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NICE, OKAY? BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO ACT BAD
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BACK. WE HAVE TO RESPOND A CERTAIN WAY WITH A DISCIPLINE
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AND A SELF-CONTROL. EVERYTHING THE CHRISTIAN DOES, YOU KNOW, WE
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USE THE PHRASE A LOT, WELL, LET ME "LET ME PRAY ABOUT IT. I'M
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GONNA PRAY ABOUT IT." AND SOMETIMES I THINK, "WELL, DO WE
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PRAY ABOUT IT?" OR WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS, DO WE TAKE THE
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SELF-DISCIPLINE TO SAY, "I'M GONNA PAUSE ON RESPONDING TO
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THAT, AND I'M GONNA TAKE THAT UP TO PRAYER, AND GOD, YOU SHOW
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ME." YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF WE LACK WISDOM, ASK OF GOD."
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"YOU SHOW ME, LORD, THEN, HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO REACT, OR
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RESPOND, OR, YOU KNOW, REPLY TO THAT EMAIL, OR REPLY TO THAT
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TEXT." IF AT ALL. YOU SHOW ME. YOU TELL ME. YOU TEACH ME WHAT
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TO DO. THAT IS A DISCIPLINED LIFE OF SELF-CONTROL. AND YOU
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KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS LIKE IT IF YOU WALK IN IT. YOU KNOW,
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THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND. "WELL, WHY AREN'T YOU GETTING UPSET
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ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, WHY AREN'T YOU MAD LIKE EVERYBODY'S MAD?"
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I'M LIKE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED TO HAVE MY OWN DEAL
38:52
HERE." I REMEMBER WHEN— A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS I REMEMBER
38:58
WHEN— HOW MANY REMEMBER WHEN THE GEORGE FLOYD THING CAME OUT?
39:00
OUT, AND THE INTERNET JUST ERUPTED WITH INSANITY. AND
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EVERYBODY WAS JUST TRIPPING OUT ON ALL THAT WENT ON THERE,
39:10
EVERYTHING FROM ALL SIDES. AND PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT, AND
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THEY WERE POSTING THEIR BLACK SQUARES. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I
39:19
UNDERSTAND. A LOT OF THEM HAD THE RIGHT HEART BEHIND IT. THEY
39:22
WANTED TO BE DEFENDING OF BLACK PEOPLE. THAT WAS THEIR HEART.
39:28
GOOD INTENT. BUT I THINK THE THING OF IT IS, PEOPLE DON'T
39:31
SAY, "WELL, GOD, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME TO DO?" AND I TOLD
39:35
PASTOR HANK, I SAID, "WELL, I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL CALLED,
39:38
SOMETHING IN MY SPIRIT, TO JUST JUMP IN THE BANDWAGON BECAUSE
39:42
EVERYBODY'S POSTING IT, TO GO PUT OUT A SQUARE BECAUSE I'M
39:47
SUPPOSED TO." OKAY, THIS IS— AND I'M JUST USING THAT AS ONE OF
39:51
COUNTLESS EXAMPLES THAT WE FEEL THE PRESSURE IN A IN A CULTURE
39:55
THAT HAS LITTLE TO NO SELF-CONTROL TO JUST DO THINGS
39:59
BECAUSE THAT'S THE TREND, OKAY? AND SO, A SELF-CONTROLLED
40:03
CHRISTIAN WOULD SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?" WATCH THIS CLICHÉ PHRASE,
40:06
"I GO PRAY ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT TELLS ME TO DO."
40:10
AND SO, EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A FEW MORE
40:13
THINGS ON THIS, SOME OTHER SCRIPTURES, BECAUSE THIS IS AN
40:16
AREA THAT I FEEL LIKE THE LORD HAS REALLY REMINDED ME IN MY
40:20
LIFE, THAT HAVING EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL IS IMPORTANT, AND
40:25
IT STARTS HERE. LUKE 21:19, LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS, IN
40:33
YOUR PATIENCE— NOW, THAT IN THE KING JAMES, IN YOUR PATIENCE,
40:38
REALLY IT MEANS THROUGH COMMITTED ENDURANCE— POSSESS OR
40:43
OWN YOUR SOUL. NOW, WE KNOW OUR SOUL HERE, HERE BIBLICALLY IN
40:47
THE CONTEXT OF THIS PASSAGE IS TALKING ABOUT THE TALKING ABOUT
40:49
THE END TIMES. IT'S TALKING ABOUT THROUGH COMMITTED
40:52
ENDURANCE, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR SOUL OR YOUR LIFE ON THE
40:56
TRACK TO SALVATION. BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR EMOTIONS, RIGHT? OUR
41:01
MIND, OUR SOUL IS OUR MIND. COME ON, OUR WILL, OUR EMOTIONS. BUT
41:08
THERE'S MORE TO THE MIND. I'D LIKE TO DO A TEACHING AT SOME
41:10
POINT ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND. THIS IS MAYBE A LITTLE
41:14
PRECURSOR TO THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR INTELLECT, RIGHT? IT'S
41:18
OUR SOUL IS OUR IMAGINATION. WHAT DO YOU ALLOW TO GO THROUGH
41:22
THERE? YOU KNOW, DO YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF LIVING LONG AND STRONG
41:27
AND HEALTHY ALL YOUR LIFE? OR DO YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF, YOUR LIFE
41:32
BEING CUT SHORT OR CONTRACTING SOME AGE DISEASE? WHAT DO WE
41:38
PICTURE IN OUR MINDS? WHAT DO WE ALLOW TO GO THROUGH? BECAUSE,
41:43
YOU KNOW, LET'S BE REAL. I MEAN, EDDIE, WOW, POWERFUL TONIGHT.
41:47
OUR WORSHIP TEAM, AMAZING. BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THERE WITH
41:51
YOU MONDAY TO FRIDAY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, PUMPING US UP AND TAKE IT
41:56
BACK. IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WHEN THEY'RE SINGING IT, RIGHT? IT'S
42:01
ANOTHER THING WHEN YOU'RE UNDER PRESSURE AT WORK, OR STUFF'S
42:05
GOING DOWN WITH YOUR KIDS, OR YOU'RE FIGHTING THROUGH
42:08
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY TO SHOUT THOSE WORDS. BECAUSE YOUR HEAD
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WILL TELL YOU TO BE AFRAID. YOUR HEAD WILL TELL YOU TO BE
42:18
FRUSTRATED. YOUR HEAD WILL TELL YOU, "BE ANGRY." YOUR HEAD WILL
42:22
TELL YOU, "OH, BE DEPRESSED." "IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE."
42:30
NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, I USED TO
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LIKE TO RUN TRACK, AND A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW. I WENT TO A SMALL
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CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. DON'T GET BIG IDEAS. WE HAD A GRADUATING CLASS
42:41
OF 10. 10 PEOPLE. AND SO IT WAS A SMALL LITTLE SCHOOL, BUT I
42:45
USED TO LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, RUN SOME TRACK. AND I HATED— I DON'T
42:50
KNOW, I JUST HATED THE LONG-DISTANCE STUFF. I DON'T
42:53
KNOW WHAT WOULD POSSESS ANYONE BUT THE DEVIL TO WANT TO RUN 5
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MILES. I HAVE NO DESIRE. I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER TRIED 5 MILES ON
43:04
THE TREADMILL? THAT IS THE SLOWEST CLOSE DIAL AS YOU ARE
43:11
STANDING THERE DOING THIS FOR HOURS ON END. AND I DON'T KNOW,
43:16
I JUST HATED LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING. I DIDN'T MIND A GOOD
43:19
50-YARD SPRINT, AND THAT WAS ALL GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS OVER IN A
43:22
MINUTE. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF ENDURANCE FOR THESE
43:25
PEOPLE THAT GET OUT THERE AND JUST JOG FOREVER. I'M LIKE,
43:27
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH YOU TO THINK THAT THAT'S FUN?"
43:33
YOU KNOW, I WATCH THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING—
43:35
JUST TONIGHT, DRIVING TO CHURCH, THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE
43:37
SWEATING IT AND GUTTING IT OUT AND I'M LIKE, "JUST GO HOME." I
43:42
DON'T KNOW WHAT— ANYWAY, BUT LET'S GIVE IT A LITTLE CREDIT.
43:50
"IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE." THIS IS ENDURANCE RUNNING. FOR
43:53
THE CHRISTIAN, WE ARE TO BE SELF-DISCIPLINED FOR THE LONG
43:57
HAUL UP HERE. "IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE." OWN, OWN YOUR OWN
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SOUL. OWN YOUR THOUGHTS. THOUGHTS. DON'T JUST LET
44:08
ANYTHING GO ON UP THERE, BECAUSE TRUST ME, THE DEVIL— IF YOU
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ALLOW YOURSELF TO SIT AROUND AND FEEL SAD, THE DEVIL WILL BE
44:17
HAPPY TO DISH UP PLENTY OF SADNESS. AMEN. IF YOU ALLOW
44:24
YOURSELF TO SIT AROUND AND BE UNFORGIVING TO SOMEBODY, YOU
44:29
KNOW, I JUST WISH I COULD I'M GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT I THINK.
44:32
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT? I WAS MAD AT SOMEBODY ONE TIME AND
44:35
I THOUGHT, OKAY, I WAS FIXING MY HAIR TO GO TO CHURCH. CHECK THIS
44:39
OUT. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? THE DEVIL CAN WORK ON YOU WHILE
44:44
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ANOINTED. AND I'M THINKING THIS PERSON HAD
44:48
JUST, I DON'T KNOW, IT GOT UNDER MY SKIN. THIS IS A LOT OF YEARS
44:52
AGO. I'M PICTURING THE BATHROOM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WITH ME
44:56
STANDING IN THERE. AND I REMEMBER THINKING, AND I WOULD
45:00
JUST SAY, AND I'D CALL THEIR NAME, AND I WOULD SAY, "YOU
45:03
KNOW, WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW, AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO,
45:06
AND HAVE YOU EVER—" AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THAT PERSON UP
45:09
HERE. ARE YOU WITH ME NOW? I'M UP HERE TELLING THEM WHAT I
45:14
THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW. AND IT JUST FESTERED MORE OFFENSE, MORE
45:21
FRUSTRATION. YOU KNOW, WE CAN SIT THERE AND PUT OUR HEAD ON
45:26
SOMEBODY AND THINK, "AH, I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT PERSON
45:30
AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW THEY WRONGED. AND ALL IT'S DOING IS
45:34
IT'S AN UNDISCIPLINED MIND THAT'S ALLOWING YOURSELF TO GO
45:38
SOMEPLACE THAT IT SHOULDN'T. IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE— YOU
45:42
KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE THE LAST DAYS? I'M CONVINCED OF
45:45
IT. IT'S WHEN WE LEARN HOW TO WIN THE BATTLEFIELD OF OUR SOUL.
45:49
WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO CONTROL OUR EMOTIONS. YOU KNOW, YOUR
45:53
HOME WOULD BE HAPPIER IF THERE WEREN'T EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS.
45:57
HELPERS, RIGHT? YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. WE'RE BETTER IF WE CAN
46:02
COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND BELIEVE ME, THAT'S TOUGH FOR
46:05
PASTOR BRENDA WHEN SHE'S TIRED. YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND, I LOVE
46:08
HIM. HE WAKES UP TALKING. I'M LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW DO
46:17
YOU DO THAT? I DON'T GET IT. HE GETS UP AND HE'S LIKE A FARMER
46:21
IN THE MORNING. I DON'T GET IT. HE'S LIKE, FED THE DOGS, OPENED
46:25
THE BLINDS, WALKED OVER, WENT OUTSIDE, PICKED UP ALL THE DOG
46:29
POOP. HE'S DONE THE— AND I'M STILL DRAGGING OUT TO THE LIVING
46:33
ROOM, FINDING THE COFFEE POT. AND I DON'T KNOW, EVERYBODY'S
46:38
DIFFERENT. EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE
46:40
THING. BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
46:45
SAYING I'M A GRUMP IN THE MORNING, BUT I JUST DON'T COME
46:47
TOGETHER AS FAST. AND SO, I ALWAYS THINK, IF WE JUST CHILL
46:53
FOR A MINUTE, GET OUR WITS ABOUT US. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU
46:58
KNOW, THAT'S NOT ALL A BAD THING. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING
47:01
BE A GRUMP AND A GROUCH AND A DRAG IN THE MORNING. BUT WHAT I
47:04
AM SAYING IS WE DO NEED TO BE PEOPLE THAT LEARN HOW TO HAVE
47:08
EMOTIONAL CHECK. WE DON'T NEED TO OUTBURST, REACT. JUST CHILL,
47:13
OKAY? NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS AN ANSWER. THAT'S HARD COMING FROM
47:17
A KUNNEMAN, I TELL YOU. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW. OKAY, IN
47:20
MY LIFE, THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. OKAY, THERE'S AN
47:23
ANSWER FOR HOW THE GRAVY GETS MADE ON THANKSGIVING. THERE'S AN
47:26
ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDING MYSELF IN MY
47:30
LIFE, IN A WORLD OF LACK OF SELF-CONTROL, I THINK SOMETIMES
47:33
WE OVER-COMMUNICATE RATHER THAN DISCIPLINE OURSELVES. IT TAKES
47:38
COMMITTED ENDURANCE TO OWN AND POSSESS YOUR THOUGHTS. I'M
47:43
TELLING YOU, IT'S A BIBLICAL. IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A SIGN OF
47:47
BIBLICAL MATURITY. AND IF YOU LEARN TO DO THAT, THEN YOU'LL DO
47:50
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 3, YOU WILL CONTROL YOUR MOUTH. THE
47:54
BIBLE SAYS THAT A PERSON THAT COULD CONTROL THEIR TONGUE CAN
47:57
CONTROL THEIR MOUTH, CAN DISCIPLINE OR BRIDLE THEIR
48:02
ENTIRE BODY. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND SO THAT MEANS MAYBE SPEAK
48:07
LESS, RIGHT? AND JUST HAVE A DISCIPLINE ABOUT US. SO IN YOUR
48:12
PATIENCE, IN COMMITTED ENDURANCE. IT'S A LIFELONG
48:16
THING. IT'S A LONG-DISTANCE RUN. IT'S NOT A SPRINT. IT'S
48:21
SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE LONG HAUL. IN YOUR— THROUGH
48:24
COMMITTED ENDURANCE, WE ARE TAUGHT TO DISCIPLINE OUR
48:28
THOUGHTS. LOOK AT PROVERBS 4:23. IT SAYS, "GUARD YOUR HEART." IN
48:34
OTHER WORDS, THAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS. THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK
48:36
ABOUT. THE KING JAMES SAYS, "KEEP THY HEART." ANOTHER
48:39
TRANSLATION SAYS, "GUARD YOUR HEART." YOUR HEART WITH ALL
48:43
EFFORT. IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY LITTLE THOUGHT THAT COMES UP.
48:46
NOW, HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS. YOU KNOW, I DID THE SMALL
48:49
TEACHING ON DIVINE HEALING IN THE BOOK DAILY DECREES FOR
48:53
HEALING. AND I THINK DIVINE HEALING IS A GREAT ONE TO TALK
48:56
ABOUT OWNING OR CONTROLLING THE THOUGHTS OF OUR MIND. AND I'VE
49:00
SHARED THIS BEFORE IN THIS CHURCH. I REMEMBER WE WENT
49:03
THROUGH A SEASON MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. MY DAD IS IN HEAVEN
49:08
NOW, BUT AT THAT TIME HE WAS YOUNGER AND HE WAS GOING THROUGH
49:11
A SERIOUS HEALTH BATTLE. SOME OF SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT
49:13
STORY. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS YOUNGER THAN I AM NOW. HE WAS
49:18
54-ISH YEARS OLD. AND THE DOC— YOU KNOW, HIS BOWEL HAD EXPLODED
49:25
AND THROUGH DIVERTICULITIS, AND HE WENT INTO RENAL FAILURE, AND
49:29
HIS WHOLE BODY WAS INFECTED, AND EVERYTHING WAS SHUTTING DOWN.
49:33
AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO— JONATHAN, AT THAT TIME, WAS
49:37
JUST A TINY BABY. HE WASN'T EVEN A YEAR OLD. THIS WAS BACK, I
49:40
WANT TO SAY, 1990. 1999. AND I REMEMBER THE DOCTORS SAYING
49:44
EVERY IMAGINABLE EVIL THING. AND YOU KNOW, YOUR HEAD— HOW MANY OF
49:50
YOU EVER BEEN THERE? YOUR HEAD IS SCREAMING, "HE'S GOING TO
49:53
DIE." AND THEN IT'S NOT EVEN YOUR HEAD. MY STOMACH HAD
49:59
FEELINGS OF ANXIETY. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? THEY CALL IT
50:02
BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR STOMACH. I COULD NOT SHUT THOSE OFF. I
50:06
REMEMBER JUST LIKE YOU "STOP THAT. STOP THAT." AND IT JUST
50:10
KEPT COMING, AND IT KEPT COMING. AND SO, THESE THOUGHTS, AND WE'D
50:15
GO ALL NIGHT, AND THE DOCTOR SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, HE'S
50:18
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT." THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. AND WE
50:20
WERE IN THE HOTEL. WE WENT AND STAYED IN THE HOTEL BECAUSE THEY
50:23
HAD TO LIFE FLIGHT HIM OUT OF TOWN. AND WE WERE IN A HOTEL.
50:28
THIS WAS IN IOWA. WE WERE IN A HOTEL ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL.
50:31
THIS WAS IN DES MOINES. AND SITTING THERE WAS MY MOTHER, AND
50:35
PASTOR CHRISTY, AND MYSELF. PASTOR HANK WAS AT HOME WITH THE
50:38
KIDS. HE SAID, "WELL, I'LL STAY HERE AND PRAY." AND WE WOULD
50:42
JUST PRAY. I MEAN, JUST— I MEAN, WE'D PRAY, BUT THOSE FEELINGS—
50:48
COME ON, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? THAT WOULD JUST TRY TO HIT
50:51
MY HEAD, THAT I WOULD WALK INTO THAT HOSPITAL ROOM, AND THEY
50:53
WOULD HAVE A SHEET OVER MY FATHER. AND THIS IS WHAT WOULD
50:57
HAPPEN. AND THE DEVIL— YOU KNOW, SEE, THE DEVIL WILL HE WILL COME
50:59
AT YOU. HE'S MERCILESS. HE WILL HIT YOU, AND HIT YOU, AND HIT
51:03
YOU THAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE A CERTAIN WAY. AND HE'LL TRY
51:06
TO GET YOU TO PICTURE THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO FAITH AND
51:12
CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU PRAY. AND YOU HAVE TO DISCIPLINE YOURSELF.
51:15
COME ON. THERE'S A REASON THEY CALL IN THE BIBLE, IT SAYS IN
51:19
PSALM 91, "THOU SHALT NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT."
51:24
OKAY, THERE'S A THING CALLED A NIGHT TERROR THAT WILL GET YOU
51:27
TO PICTURE A NEGATIVE OUTCOME. COME ON, ANYBODY BEEN THERE? OR
51:30
IS IT JUST ME? AND I REMEMBER OPENING TO SOME SCRIPTURES THAT
51:34
I WAS STANDING ON FOR THAT. AND I'VE DONE THIS MANY OTHER TIMES
51:37
IN MY LIFE. AND STANDING ON THESE VERSES, I TOOK A HANDFUL
51:41
OF VERSES. AND THIS IS WHY IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOUR BIBLE AND BE
51:44
ABLE TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE, OKAY? AND WE CARRIED— I MEAN, I
51:48
CARRIED BIBLES. I CARRIED THE BIBLE AROUND. AND I'LL BE HONEST
51:53
WITH YOU, TWO THINGS I WILL TELL. AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE
51:55
SIDE NOTE, A TIDBIT THAT I'VE USED MANY, MANY TIMES. A, KNOW
51:59
THE SCRIPTURE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW SCRIPTURES THAT COUNTER
52:02
WHAT YOU'RE FACING, YOU CAN USE THOSE TO CONTROL THE THOUGHTS
52:06
THAT GO ON UP HERE. OKAY, YOU CAN USE THOSE. AND I WILL TELL
52:10
YOU, SO KNOW THEM BY HEART SO YOU CAN TURN TO IT. AND I DON'T
52:13
CARE IF IT'S SCRIPTURE YOU'VE READ 100 TIMES. AND THEN THE
52:16
SECOND PART THAT WILL HELP YOU IN THAT IS GO AND OPEN A
52:20
PHYSICAL BIBLE. THIS IS WHY I THINK IT'S SO GOOD THAT PASTOR
52:22
HANK SAID THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE OPENING A PHYSICAL BIBLE,
52:26
YOU DON'T GET THE INTERRUPTIONS OF THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT YOU DO
52:30
ON YOUR PHONE. HAVING A PHYSICAL SCRIPTURE OPEN TO THOSE VERSES
52:34
AND LOOK AT THEM. THERE WAS ONE NIGHT I WAS GOING THROUGH
52:38
SOMETHING REALLY HARD. WE WERE FACING A FEW THINGS, AND I WAS
52:41
LIKE, OH LORD, YOU KNOW, I'M LAYING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF
52:42
THE NIGHT AND THE DEVIL'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHEN THE
52:45
ENEMY ALWAYS LIKES TO COME. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT MIDDLE OF THE
52:48
NIGHT WITCHING HOUR THEY USED TO CALL IT, WHERE THE DEMONS SEEM
52:50
TO BE ACTIVE, AND THAT NIGHT TERROR SEEMS TO TRY TO HIT YOU,
52:55
THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL HAPPEN OR THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I
52:58
WENT TO SCRIPTURE AND I OPENED TO IT, AND I'M LIKE, PUT MY EYES
53:03
ON THE WORD, AND IT BROUGHT THOSE THOUGHTS BACK INTO
53:05
CONTROL. NOW, DID IT ALL GO AWAY INSTANTLY? NO, BUT I WAS ABLE TO
53:10
GO BACK TO BED AND GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. AND SO WHEN WE
53:14
WENT THROUGH THIS THING WITH MY DAD, I LITERALLY WAS QUOTING THE
53:18
WORD OUT LOUD ALMOST NONSTOP. I SAID TO THE LORD, FATHER, YOU
53:24
SAID WHATSOEVER THINGS WE DESIRE WHEN WE PRAY, BELIEVE WE
53:29
RECEIVE. COME ON, WE LEARNED THAT FROM BROTHER HAGIN 45 YEARS
53:33
AGO. WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE, BELIEVE YOU RECEIVE IT AND
53:37
YOU'LL HAVE IT. WELL, I QUOTED THAT SCRIPTURE AND IF I WOULD
53:40
STOP, I WOULD QUOTE IT. I'D LAY IN THE BED, IN MY HEAD ALL
53:43
NIGHT. FATHER, I THANK YOU WHATSOEVER THINGS WE DESIRE WHEN
53:46
WE PRAY, BELIEVE WE RECEIVE THEM, WE'LL HAVE THEM. THAT MY
53:49
FATHER'S GOING TO LIVE AND HE'S NOT GOING TO DIE. AND IF I WOULD
53:53
STOP QUOTING IT, MY HEAD WOULD TRY TO RETURN BACK TO THAT
53:58
ANXIETY AND THAT FEAR. SO I'D GO BACK TO DO IT AGAIN. I ALMOST
54:01
HAD TO DO IT NONSTOP. IT WAS SO— WE WERE SO COMMITTED TO QUOTING
54:07
AND SPEAKING THE WORD, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO PUT
54:11
SOME MAGICAL THING OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT'S PART OF IT.
54:15
WORDS, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO. WE PUT WORDS IN THE
54:18
ATMOSPHERE. THAT'S WHY I WROTE THE BOOKS ON DECREES. THAT'S
54:21
IMPORTANT. BUT WE QUOTE THE WORD TO CONTROL US. COME ON, WHAT IS
54:29
ALLOWED TO GO ON IN OUR MIND. COME ON, YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID
54:32
MANY TIMES THAT YOUR HEAD CAN'T THINK DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOUR
54:37
MOUTH GOD SAYS. RIGHT? YOU REMEMBER THE OLD LITTLE THING
54:40
THAT WE USED TO DO? LET'S JUST DO IT. ALL RIGHT, IT'S WEDNESDAY
54:43
NIGHT. OKAY, SO CLOSE YOUR EYES. LET'S DO A LITTLE DRILL. YOU
54:48
READY? CLOSE YOUR EYES. AND I WANT YOU TO START COUNTING TO 10
54:53
IN YOUR MIND. DON'T LOOK AT ME. JUST— NOW OUT LOUD, SAY YOUR
54:59
NAME. DID YOU HAVE TO STOP COUNTING TO SAY YOUR NAME?
55:05
BECAUSE YOUR MIND CANNOT KEEP THINKING ON SOMETHING WHEN YOUR
55:09
MOUTH IS TALKING SOMETHING ELSE. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
55:14
THING, IS TO DISCIPLINE OUR THOUGHTS. SELF-CONTROL.
55:18
SELF-CONTROL THOSE EMOTIONS. SO, AND I'VE DONE THIS MANY, MANY
55:22
TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE I WILL SAY, OKAY, WHEN— COME ON, WHEN
55:26
WE'RE HEADLONG IN A BATTLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FEET TO THE PEDAL
55:32
AND WE'RE FACING AND DEALING WITH SOMETHING. AND BELIEVE ME,
55:35
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK PASTORS DON'T GO THROUGH ANYTHING.
55:38
THAT'S A JOKE. THEY DO. RIGHT? WE'RE HUMAN JUST LIKE YOU. SO WE
55:43
HAVE TO TAKE THAT SAME WORD AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK FOR US.
55:46
AND I'M DETERMINED THAT I'LL MAKE THAT WORD WORK FOR ME JUST
55:49
LIKE I WOULD PREACH TO YOU UP HERE IS IF I'M FACING A
55:52
DIFFICULT TIME, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOU'RE
55:55
DEALING WITH GRIEF. YOU HAVE A LOSS, OKAY? AND THOSE THOUGHTS
55:58
OF GRIEF COME AND THEY TRY TO FLOOD YOUR LIFE BECAUSE, "WELL,
56:02
WHY DIDN'T IT HAPPEN? WHY THIS WORKED OUT THIS WAY?" AND YOU'RE
56:06
STRUGGLING WITH PAIN, FEELINGS OF REAL PAIN. COME ON, EMOTIONS
56:10
GIVE REAL FEELINGS, OKAY? THEY CAN HAVE FEELINGS OF HURT AND
56:15
FRUSTRATION. WE USE THE WORD TRAUMA. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
56:19
I WROTE THE BOOK COMMANDING PEACE. YOU'VE GOT TO SPEAK PEACE
56:22
TO THOSE STORMS. BUT THAT STORM IS OFTEN HERE, RIGHT? YES, IT'S
56:28
OUT THERE, BUT THE REAL BATTLE— THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID TO THE
56:32
DISCIPLES, "WHY WERE YOU SO FEARFUL?" LIKE, I'VE READ THAT
56:36
STORY. I WROTE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THAT IN THE BOOK,
56:38
COMMANDING PEACE. "WHY WERE YOU SO FEARFUL?" I'M LIKE, "JESUS,
56:41
DID YOU CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN HERE? YOU'RE BACK
56:46
SLEEPING ON A PILLOW, AND WE'RE OUT I'M OUT HERE, LIKE, TRYING
56:49
TO CLEAR THE BOAT, MAN. AND— BUT THE POINT WAS, IS WHAT HE WAS
56:55
TRYING TO TEACH THEM IS THERE HAS TO BE A DISCIPLINE TO WHAT
56:57
GOES ON IN YOUR THOUGHTS. AND SOMETIMES THAT DISCIPLINE WILL
57:01
BE IN THE MIDDLE OF MOMENTS WHERE EVERYTHING HAS TURNED INTO
57:05
PANDEMONIUM AND CHAOS. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHY THE STORY OF THEM IN
57:11
THE BOAT WITH THE STORM IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY WERE TO
57:16
BE DISCIPLINED. SAME WAY, ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE
57:20
MATTHEW CHAPTER 17. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS IN ALL
57:23
THE BIBLE, THAT THEY BRING TO THE DISCIPLES THIS
57:26
DEMON-POSSESSED BOY AND THEY COULDN'T CAST HIM OUT. REMEMBER
57:30
THAT? WELL, PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES. THIS GUY'S ON THE
57:35
GROUND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, RAGING, SCREAMING, SPEAKING WITH
57:40
A DEMON, YOU KNOW, SWEATING, LOOKS LIKE HE'S GONNA DIE. HE'S
57:45
IN A TOTAL SEIZURE AT THIS POINT. AND, YOU KNOW, HUMAN
57:50
NATURE WANTS TO BE LIKE— YOU KNOW, WE REACT IN PANIC MODE.
57:57
AND JESUS, IMMEDIATELY HE COMES, AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY
58:01
COULDN'T WE CAST HIM OUT? HE SAID, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF.
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AND I BELIEVE THAT UNBELIEF, THAT HABIT, STARTS WHEN WE DON'T
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DISCIPLINE THESE THOUGHTS THAT COME INTO OUR MIND IN
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MOMENTS OF TRIAL, MOMENTS OF HARDSHIP, IN OUR PATIENCE. SO,
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"GUARD YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE." UNDERLINE THAT PART,
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"ALL DILIGENCE." I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST
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EFFORTS THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN WORKS ON IS WITH ALL DILIGENCE.
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NO, MIND, STOP THINKING THAT WAY. NOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH
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YOU, IT TAKES SOME EFFORT TO STOP— WHEN YOU'VE HAD A HABIT
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OF THINKING A CERTAIN WAY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH
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SEVERE DEPRESSION, THEY HAVE A HABIT OF LETTING THAT DEPRESSION
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KEEP GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND NEVER PUT A STOP
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TO IT. PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH WORRY, THIS IS A CONSTANT THING.
58:53
THEY'LL JUST CONTINUE TO WRING THEIR HANDS BECAUSE THEY'RE
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NEVER PUTTING— DOUSING THE FIRE OF THOSE THOUGHTS THAT KEEP
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COMING AT THEIR MIND. BUT HERE IT SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT WITH
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WITH ALL DILIGENCE. I'M GOING TO BE REAL. LIKE THAT DAY IN THE
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HOSPITAL, EVERY MOMENT I WAS QUOTING THAT WORD, NOT BECAUSE I
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WAS TRYING TO PROVE ANYTHING TO THE DOCTORS THAT WERE STANDING
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THERE IN THE HALLWAY WITH THEIR TABLETS AND THEIR WHITE COATS. I
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WASN'T TRYING TO PROVE IT TO THEM. I WAS PROVING IT TO
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MYSELF. MY MIND, MY MIND NEEDED TO COME UNDER SUBJECTION. AND I
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WASN'T GOING TO ALLOW JUST ANY CONTINUAL THOUGHT TO COME
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THROUGH THERE. AND I REMEMBER MANY TIMES THE DOCTORS WOULD
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COME RIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM AND THEY WOULD GIVE ALL THESE
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EVIL PROGNOSIS AND SAY ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND HE LOOKED
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TERRIBLE. MY DAD WAS LAYING THERE IN A MEDICAL COMA AND ON
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100% OXYGEN ON A VENTILATOR. IT JUST LOOKED AWFUL. AND, YOU
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KNOW, SO IN THE NATURAL, EVERYTHING WAS TERRIBLE. AND OF
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COURSE, YOU KNOW, MATT AT THAT TIME, HE WAS 6. AND HE SAT
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THERE, AND HE WOULD COLOR. YOU KNOW, FINALLY PASTOR HANK CAME
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AND BROUGHT THE WHOLE FAMILY, AND JONATHAN WAS A LITTLE TINY
1:00:02
THING, AND BROUGHT THE WHOLE FAMILY TO THE HOSPITAL. AND SO,
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WE WOULD PUT MATT DOWN AND MAKE HIM COLOR PICTURES JUST TO KEEP
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HIM BUSY. AND HERE WE ARE IN THE ICU WITH MY DAD LAYING THERE IN
1:00:12
THE TUBES, AND HE WAS COLORING ON THE TABLE. AND I SAID TO HIM
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ONE DAY, I SAID, "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU COLORING?" HE SAID, "WELL,
1:00:19
I'M COLORING THE GUY THAT THEY PUT DOWN THROUGH THE TUBE."
1:00:21
THROUGH THE ROOF WITH JESUS. AND HE WROTE ON THERE, HE COULD
1:00:26
BARELY WRITE, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHERE IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE,
1:00:30
IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE THAT JESUS SAYS TO THE MAN, GET UP AND GO
1:00:35
HOME TO YOUR HOUSE. SO HE GOES, I WANT TO WRITE ON MY PICTURE,
1:00:38
GRANDPA, TAKE UP YOUR BED AND GO HOME TO YOUR HOUSE. NOW, HE HUNG
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THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I USE THAT TO DISCIPLINE MY THOUGHTS.
1:00:46
THOUGHTS AT THAT TIME. AND SO HE COLORED THE LITTLE PICTURE. HE'S
1:00:50
IN FIRST GRADE. HE COLORED THE LITTLE PICTURE, AND THEN WE
1:00:52
STUCK IT UP ON THE LITTLE BULLETIN BOARD THAT WAS IN THE
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ICU ROOM, AND IT SAID, "GRANDPA, TAKE UP YOUR BED AND GO HOME TO
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YOUR HOUSE." AND SO PASTOR CHRISTY AND I AND MY MOTHER, WE
1:01:01
WOULD WALK IN THERE EVERY DAY, SAY, "GRANDPA, PICK UP YOUR BED
1:01:05
AND GO HOME TO YOUR HOUSE." BUT I USED THAT AS A WAY TO GUARD MY
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HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE. ALL DILIGENCE. IN OTHER WORDS,
1:01:13
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MORE OUR EFFORT INTO PUSHING BACK ON
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THOSE WORRISOME THOUGHTS, FEARFUL THOUGHTS. "WELL, PASTOR
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BRENDA, IT LOOKS LIKE I MIGHT LOSE MY HOUSE." LISTEN, OKAY,
1:01:26
LET ME TELL YOU. "I CAN'T PAY MY MORTGAGE. I MIGHT LOSE MY
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HOUSE." WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SAY, IF YOU ENDED UP LOSING IT,
1:01:35
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU, OKAY? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I
1:01:38
SAW AT THE TIME AS A LOSS THAT ENDED UP BEING A SETUP UP FOR A
1:01:42
BLESSING. SO, BUT THE KEY IS, IS FIGHT AGAINST THAT. I WOULDN'T
1:01:48
ALLOW THE THOUGHTS OF SETBACK TO CONTROL MY THOUGHTS. GOD, I'M
1:01:53
NOT GOING TO LOSE MY HOUSE. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS CAN
1:01:57
HAPPEN IS IF YOU ARE UPROOTING ME FOR A REASON. SO I'M NOT
1:02:01
GOING TO SIT AROUND AND WORRY ABOUT IT. HERE'S ANOTHER STORY
1:02:03
I'LL TELL YOU. I REMEMBER WHEN— THIS IS BEFORE I MARRIED PASTOR,
1:02:08
AND I WAS A TELLER AT A BANK. I WORKED IN BANKING, AND THAT'S
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HOW I GOT MY SCHOOL TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR ACCOUNTING. AND I
1:02:15
REMEMBER, SO ONE DAY I WAS— HERE I AM, THE LOWLY TELLER AT THE
1:02:21
BANK. AND YOU KNOW, BACK IN THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE
1:02:24
COMPUTERS. WE HAD AN ADDING MACHINE AND OUR FINGERS TO COUNT
1:02:28
THE MONEY. AND THESE BANKS— I MEAN, AND THIS WAS ON A MONDAY.
1:02:33
NO, IT WAS ON A FRIDAY. SO THE BUSIEST TIMES FOR THE
1:02:35
BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY WAS SWIPING CARDS BACK
1:02:37
THEN, PAYING ONLINE. PEOPLE BOUGHT EVERYTHING IN CASH. YOU
1:02:41
COULDN'T, AT THAT TIME— HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS? YOU COULD
1:02:44
NOT— IF YOU WENT TO BURGER KING, YOU HAD TO PAY CASH. THEY DIDN'T
1:02:50
TAKE CREDIT CARDS AT FAST FOOD. YOU DIDN'T WRITE CHECKS.
1:02:53
EVERYBODY DID EVERYTHING WITH CASH. SO OUR TELLER DRAWERS
1:02:57
WOULD JUST BE PACKED WITH MONEY ON BUSY BUSINESS DAYS, JUST
1:03:01
PACKED WITH STRAPS AND STRAPS, SOMETIMES $100,000 IN CASH IN
1:03:06
OUR TELLER DRAWER. AND ON A BUSY DAY, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME. YOU
1:03:11
BECAME GOOD AT COUNTING, RIGHT? AND GOOD AT A 10-KEY ADDING
1:03:15
MACHINE. AND WE WROTE— ANYBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS BANKING WOULD
1:03:18
KNOW— WE WROTE ALL OF OUR CASH-INS BY HAND AND OUR
1:03:21
CASH-OUTS BY HAND. AND SO— AND THERE WOULD BE LINES WITH THESE
1:03:25
BUSINESS CLIENTS THAT WOULD COME IN TO MAKE THEIR DEPOSITS ON
1:03:28
MONDAY, AND THEN THEY WOULD GET THEM IN ON A FRIDAY. AND SO ONE
1:03:32
FRIDAY, IT WAS A VERY— ONE OF THOSE BUSY DAYS, AND MY DRAWER
1:03:37
WAS STACKED WITH MONEY. AND IF IT GOT TOO FULL, YOU KNOW, WE
1:03:42
COULD SELL IT OUT TO THE VAULT. AND I WAS THERE, AND I CAME UP
1:03:46
AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I WAS— I THINK IT WAS $5,000 OR
1:03:53
$10,000, WHATEVER IT WAS, STRAPS OF— 2 STRAPS OF $5,000. I GUESS
1:03:56
THEY WERE $5,000. I WAS $5,000 SHORT. $1 SHORT IN MY DRAWER,
1:03:59
EVEN. NOW, THAT'S JUST— BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WRITE IT WRONG. AND I
1:04:07
THOUGHT, WELL, OK. SO REBALANCED THE DRAWER. PRETTY SOON I CAN'T
1:04:11
FIND IT. I RAN EVERYTHING AGAIN, COUNTED ALL MY INS, COUNTED MY
1:04:14
OUTS. NOTHING CAME UP. AND AT THIS POINT, IT WAS LIKE 5:00 IN
1:04:19
THE AFTERNOON. THE BANK CLOSED AT 6:00. AND I'M STARTING TO GET
1:04:22
A LITTLE FLUSTERED. THEY WENT DOWN TO THE PROOF DEPARTMENT,
1:04:25
CHECKED EVERYTHING. NOTHING CHECKED. EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT.
1:04:28
I'M LIKE, I AM $5,000 IN CASH SHORT. AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,
1:04:35
AND SO MY MIND IS STARTING TO GET RACED NOW. AND THEN, YOU
1:04:41
KNOW, THE SUPERVISOR— NEXT THING YOU KNOW, MY SUPERVISOR'S OVER
1:04:44
THERE, EVERYBODY'S STANDING IN MY WINDOW, I'M $5,000 SHORT. NOW
1:04:47
THEY'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT ME A LITTLE FUNNY. AND I'M THINKING,
1:04:51
OH GOD, YOU KNOW, AND MY HEAD STARTS GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO
1:04:54
I'M GONNA BE FIRED. MY IMAGINATION IS TELLING ME ALL
1:04:59
KINDS OF THINGS. YOU TURNED YOUR BACK FOR ONE MINUTE AND SOMEBODY
1:05:01
SWIPED TWO STRAPS OF FIVES OFF YOUR COUNTER AND YOU DIDN'T SEE
1:05:05
IT. AND THEN I SAID, WELL, CAN WE LOOK AT THE CAMERAS? CAN WE
1:05:08
DO ANYTHING? AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY, OH, THE CAMERAS
1:05:11
DON'T WORK THAT GOOD. AND THAT'S EXACTLY— I'M LIKE, WHAT WE GOT
1:05:14
THESE THINGS FOR? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THE CAMERAS
1:05:17
ALWAYS NEVER WORK WELL. ANYWAY, SO I HAD TO GO HOME. 6 O'CLOCK
1:05:23
COMES AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK YOU CAN LOOK FOR IT
1:05:25
ON MONDAY. AND I MEAN, I WENT HOME THINKING, "I AM FIRED. I'M
1:05:29
ARRESTED." I'M PICTURING MYSELF BEHIND BARS. I'M LIKE, THEY'RE
1:05:32
GOING— I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M AT THE RIPE OLD
1:05:36
AGE OF 21 YEARS OLD. I'M LIKE, "I AM FINISHED." I'M THINKING,
1:05:42
"WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW? HOW DID I DO THAT?" AND I THOUGHT,
1:05:44
YOU KNOW, MY HEAD WAS TELLING ME, "YOU MADE A TERRIBLE,
1:05:47
TERRIBLE MISTAKE." AND SO, I WENT HOME, AND I WENT TO GOD,
1:05:52
AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW, LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF I DID MAKE A
1:05:55
MISTAKE AT THIS POINT, IF SOMEBODY STOLE THAT MONEY OFF MY
1:05:58
COUNTER." OR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE WERE ALWAYS TAUGHT, "LOCK
1:06:01
YOUR DRAWER, 'CAUSE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD GO BEHIND YOUR
1:06:03
DRAWER, OPEN IT UP, AND TAKE MONEY." SO, I MEAN, I WAS
1:06:06
DISCIPLINED. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, "GOD, WHAT DID I DO?" AND
1:06:09
SO, I REMEMBER MY HEAD JUST THINKING, "YOU'LL NEVER GET A
1:06:15
JOB ANYWHERE AGAIN WHEN SOMEBODY'S TAKEN YOUR MONEY."
1:06:16
AGENCIES THAT YOU'RE FIRED FOR LIKE STEALING OR LOSING 5 GRAND.
1:06:21
YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE— IT'S STILL A LOT NOW. BACK
1:06:24
THEN, THAT WAS LIKE $20,000 IS WHAT IT'D BE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW
1:06:28
IF THAT'S THE RIGHT MATH, BUT PRETTY CLOSE. AND SO, I WENT
1:06:31
HOME, AND I WENT TO GOD, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, LORD, MY HEAD,
1:06:34
IT'S JUST— I'M PICTURING MYSELF FIRED. I'M PICTURING MYSELF IN
1:06:37
PRISON. I'M THINKING ALL OF THESE THINGS COULD HAPPEN. AND I
1:06:41
SAID, BUT LORD, I'M GONNA GO TO YOUR WORD. THIS IS ONE OF
1:06:44
THE SCRIPTURES THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT. TALK ABOUT
1:06:46
KEEPING YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE. I SAID, GOD, I'M
1:06:49
GONNA JUST MAKE MYSELF— BECAUSE I HAD TO GO THROUGH A LONG
1:06:51
WEEKEND. AND BY THE WAY, MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IN TOWN. WE
1:06:54
WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE ZOO AND HAVE FUN. I'M THINKING, THIS
1:06:59
AIN'T FUN. I'M NOT HAVING NO FUN. AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF I
1:07:04
SAID IT TO MY PARENTS AT THAT TIME OR NOT. I DON'T REMEMBER,
1:07:07
BUT I WAS JUST I WAS IN A HEAP OF DEVASTATION. AND, YOU KNOW,
1:07:12
AND BY THE WAY, BY THE TIME I HAD LEFT, THE BANK EXECUTIVES
1:07:16
ARE LOOKING AT ME FUNNY, LIKE— SO I SAID, LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF
1:07:20
I'M REALLY MESSED UP OR WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. AND ALL I KNOW IS
1:07:24
I'M GOING TO KEEP MY MIND ON YOU, OKAY? I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON
1:07:28
YOU, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DEAL WITH THIS AND LET WHATEVER
1:07:34
THE OUTCOME IS OR WHATEVER HAPPENED, EITHER WE FIND I'LL BE
1:07:37
FIRED OR IT'LL BE EXPOSED. I SAID, LORD, IF I LOST THAT
1:07:40
MONEY, I NEED YOUR HELP. I NEED YOUR HELP. AND GOD KNEW I DIDN'T
1:07:44
STEAL IT, BUT I SAID, IF I LOST IT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST AS FIRED
1:07:49
AS IF I STOLE IT. SO I SAID, LORD, I'M JUST ASKING YOU. AND I
1:07:53
WENT TO THE SCRIPTURE, 1 PETER 5:7, AND SAYS, CAST ALL OF YOUR
1:07:57
WORRIES ON HIM. CAST IT. AND I SAID, NOW, LORD, THIS IS THE
1:08:03
HARDEST THING FOR ME TO DO RIGHT NOW IS THINKING ABOUT IT. NOW,
1:08:08
I'M TELLING YOU, SELF-CONTROL OF YOUR MIND MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO
1:08:11
STOP LETTING YOUR HEAD THINK ABOUT IT. IT TAKES DISCIPLINE TO
1:08:17
DO THAT. I'M TELLING YOU. SO THAT WEEKEND I SAID, I'M GOING
1:08:20
TO HAVE FUN. I TOLD MYSELF THAT. I SAID, LORD, THE WORD SAYS,
1:08:26
CAST YOUR CARE, ALL YOUR CARE. SOME TRANSLATIONS READ ANXIETY.
1:08:32
I HAD ANXIETY, RIGHT? AND I FELT BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH. COME
1:08:36
ON, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? MY HEAD IS TELLING ME ALL THE
1:08:38
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO WRONG, OKAY? AND YOU KNOW, THE
1:08:42
DEVIL LOVES TO JUST TORTURE YOU, TO TORTURE YOU, TO TORTURE YOU.
1:08:46
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE OUT ON THE
1:08:48
STREET. I STILL LIVED AT HOME WITH MY PARENTS, BUT I THOUGHT
1:08:50
MY JOB RESUME WAS GOING TO BE DESTROYED. MY FUTURE WOULD JUST
1:08:54
BE RUINED. AND SO, ALL WEEK THAT THOUGHT WOULD TRY TO COME UP,
1:08:58
"YOU'RE GOING TO BE YOU'RE GONNA BE FIRED. THAT'S GONNA BE A
1:09:01
BLACK MARK. YOU CAN NEVER GET A GOOD REVIEW FROM THESE PEOPLE
1:09:06
AGAIN. YOU'LL NEVER WORK IN ANOTHER BANK. AND I WOULD SAY,
1:09:10
NO, FATHER, I CAST THIS CARE. THAT MEANS I AM NOT— WATCH THIS,
1:09:15
FOLKS— I'M NOT ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT IT. TOUCH YOURSELF. SAY,
1:09:21
I'M NOT ALLOWED TO THINK THOSE THOUGHTS. THOSE THOUGHTS. OKAY,
1:09:26
THAT'S WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT WE HAVE TO CAST DOWN EVIL
1:09:31
IMAGINATIONS, 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5. NOW PAUL WAS TEACHING THAT
1:09:35
ABOUT HIS APOSTOLIC MINISTRY, BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME.
1:09:40
WE HAVE TO TELL OURSELF, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO DWELL ON THAT OR
1:09:45
THINK ON THAT. THIS CAN APPLY TO OUR HEALTH. THIS CAN APPLY TO
1:09:49
UNFORGIVENESS. THIS CAN APPLY TO DEPRESSION. OKAY, THAT'S WHY I
1:09:53
LIKE WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT ON FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT. IT CAN
1:09:56
APPLY TO FEAR OVER THE NATION. COME ON, FEAR OVER OUR FUTURE,
1:10:01
FEAR OVER OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. COME ON, FEAR
1:10:05
OVER OUR SPOUSE. COME ON, ANY OF THESE AREAS IN OUR LIFE. COME
1:10:08
ON, ALL THE COMMON THINGS. FEAR OVER OUR MONEY, ALL OF THE AREAS
1:10:13
OF OUR LIFE. AND SO I TOLD MYSELF, 21 YEARS OLD, I'M NOT
1:10:18
ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT. I'M NOT. WE'RE NOT GOING
1:10:22
THERE. PASTOR AND I HAVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES IN OUR LIFE WHEN
1:10:25
WE WENT THROUGH HARD TIMES IN THIS MINISTRY. YOU KNOW, YOU GO
1:10:28
THROUGH SOME THINGS WHEN YOU PASTOR FOR 30 YEARS, AND WE
1:10:31
FACED SOME HARD MOMENTS. I'M TELLING YOU, AT TIMES WE THOUGHT
1:10:35
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT AND STOOD THERE AND DOUBLED DOWN. I
1:10:40
HAVE THIS PICTURE. HOW MANY— ANYBODY GOT A FRAME TV? YOU
1:10:43
KNOW, WE HAVE A TV IN HERE. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE PEOPLE— IT'S A
1:10:46
TV WITH PICTURE ON IT AND IT HAS A FRAME AROUND IT. SAMSUNG MAKES
1:10:49
IT. WE HAVE ONE. AND THEY GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF ARTWORK YOU CAN
1:10:52
BUY AND PUT IT UP. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? COME ON, TECHIE
1:10:55
WORLD, MAN. I'M AS, LIKE, NOT AS TECHIE AS THEY COME. AND I FOUND
1:10:59
THEY HAD THIS PICTURE OF THIS MALE AND FEMALE LION UP THERE.
1:11:02
AND WHEN WE'VE GONE THROUGH A HARD TIME, I PUT THAT UP ON THE
1:11:04
FRAME AND REMIND THEM, "WE ARE MR. AND MRS. APOSTLE, AND BY
1:11:07
GOD, DEVIL, YOU'RE GOING DOWN TODAY." AND WE MADE THAT
1:11:11
AGREEMENT A LONG TIME AGO AS A MARRIED COUPLE THAT WHEN WE'RE
1:11:16
GOING TO DIG DEEP, WE'RE GOING TO DIG DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO
1:11:19
DO AND WE'RE GOING TO CAST OUT THOUGHTS THAT WOULD KEEP US FROM
1:11:23
SEEING THE FULL VICTORY THAT GOD WANTS. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE
1:11:26
REASON THE INABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT IS THE REASON A LOT
1:11:30
OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO SEE RESULTS IN THEIR LIFE BECAUSE WE
1:11:34
ALLOW OUR THOUGHTS TO ALLOW OUR THOUGHTS TO JUST GO ON LIKE THIS
1:11:38
SLOT MACHINE SPINNING AND SPINNING, AND THEN WE SPEAK
1:11:41
ACCORDING TO IT BECAUSE WE FEEL IT. SO THAT WEEKEND, I GOT UP ON
1:11:46
SATURDAY, "MIND," I SAID MY NAME, "BRENDA, YOU'RE NOT
1:11:50
ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT THAT $5,000." AND OF COURSE, MY
1:11:55
STOMACH IS TELLING ME SOMETHING ELSE, OKAY? THE FEAR IS TELLING
1:12:00
ME SOMETHING ELSE. "NOPE." AND EVERY TIME IT WOULD TRY TO COME
1:12:02
BACK, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THINK ON IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THINK
1:12:05
ON IT. I CAST YOU OUT. I WOULD SAY THAT. I CAST OUT THAT
1:12:08
THOUGHT. I CAST IT OUT. COME SUNDAY, WE GO TO CHURCH. I DON'T
1:12:14
KNOW, THE CHURCH WE WENT TO DIDN'T PREACH A LOT OF FAITH AND
1:12:16
VICTORY, SO I DIDN'T GET ANY HELP THERE. AND BUT WE WENT TO
1:12:19
CHURCH. AT LEAST SOMETIMES YOU CAN COME TO LORD OF HOSTS AND
1:12:21
EDDIE CAN SING, I'M TAKING BACK WHAT THE DEVIL STOLE, THE
1:12:24
$5,000, GOD. I'M GETTING BACK MY $5,000. AND SO SUNDAY CAME, WENT
1:12:31
HOME, AND STILL, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOUGHTS. AND I'M LIKE, NOPE, I
1:12:37
CAST IT DOWN, I CAST IT OUT, KNOWING MONDAY IS ON ITS WAY. I
1:12:42
HAVE TO GO BACK, AND I'M GOING TO FACE MY JOB AGAIN. AND I'M
1:12:46
EXPECTING THEM TO STAND IN THERE AND EVERYBODY MEET ME AT THE
1:12:50
DOOR AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HANDCUFFS OR SOMETHING. AND I
1:12:54
DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING. BUT I JUST— AND SO ALL OF A
1:12:57
SUDDEN I'M LAYING IN BED THAT NIGHT. IT MUST HAVE BEEN 5 OR 6
1:13:02
IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW HOW GOD IS JUST LAST MINUTE. AND I THINK
1:13:08
IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS TO TEACH US. IT'S NOT THAT
1:13:11
THE OUTCOME IS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT. IT'S THAT WE HAVE TO BE
1:13:15
DISCIPLINED IN THE PROCESS. I CAN TRULY SAY I DISCIPLINE
1:13:20
MYSELF NOT TO ALLOW THOUGHTS OF FEAR. WHEN THEY TRIED, I WOULD
1:13:24
REJECT IT. I'M LAYING THERE, 5 OR 6 IN THE MORNING, MY ALARM IS
1:13:27
ABOUT TO GO OFF. I'M HAVING TO GET UP FOR WORK. AND I DID SLEEP
1:13:31
THAT WEEKEND, AMAZINGLY. GOD WILL HELP YOU DO THAT. AND ALL
1:13:35
OF A SUDDEN— NOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE TALKING GREEK TO
1:13:38
PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN BANKING, BUT BACK IN THE DAY, I WAS THE
1:13:41
ATM TELLER ALSO. AND THE ATM, THEY WOULD BALANCE AT 2 O'CLOCK
1:13:46
IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CLOSE THE TELLER DRAWERS AT 4, RIGHT?
1:13:50
AND 4 O'CLOCK. SO I WOULD SELL $5,000 TO THE ATM, BUT I
1:13:56
COULDN'T PUT THE OUT IN MY DRAWER. NOW WE KNEW THIS.
1:14:01
EVERYBODY FORGOT, INCLUDING ME. AND THE LORD SAID, YOU SOLD
1:14:06
$5,000 TO THE ATM. TELL THEM TO GO BALANCE THE ATM IN THE
1:14:12
MORNING. IT'LL BE $5,000 OVER. I RAN IN, THE ATM IS $5,000 OVER,
1:14:18
THE ATM IS $5,000 OVER, AND THEY RAN IT. SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS A
1:14:23
TRANSACTION ISSUE. NOW WHAT IF— I'M JUST SAYING NOW, THAT WAS
1:14:28
GOING TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT. OKAY, THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
1:14:32
REGARDLESS. BUT THE LORD TAUGHT ME SOMETHING. THE LORD TAUGHT ME
1:14:36
THIS. HE TAUGHT ME THAT IF YOU DON'T DISCIPLINE YOUR
1:14:40
THOUGHTS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HELP YOUR HEALTH, OKAY? YOU'RE
1:14:44
GOING TO RUIN YOUR WEEKEND. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS OUT
1:14:47
ON YOUR SPOUSE. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS OUT ON YOUR
1:14:50
CHILDREN. YOU WON'T BEHAVE RIGHT, OKAY? YOU'LL TALK WRONG.
1:14:54
AND IF WE CAN'T DO IT IN THE THINGS THAT— LIKE THAT, THAT ARE
1:14:57
BOUND TO WORK OUT, WHAT ABOUT THE VARIABLES THAT DON'T LOOK
1:15:01
LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OUT? LIKE WHEN THEY GIVE YOU A
1:15:04
TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS, OR THEY TELL YOU THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOING
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BE, OR SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH SOMEBODY THAT YOU LOVE, OR
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ANY OF THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE OUTCOMES RIGHT
1:15:17
THERE. IF WE DON'T DISCIPLINE OUR THOUGHTS IN THE SMALL
1:15:20
THINGS— SO GUARD YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE, CASTING DOWN
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IMAGINATIONS. GO BACK TO 1 PETER 5:7, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE ON
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HIM, FOR HE CARES FOR YOU. AND I HAD HE HAD TO LEARN THAT. AND
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I'M TELLING YOU, I BELIEVE WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO
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LEARN THE SELF-DISCIPLINE OF OUR THOUGHTS, THAT THE ENEMY DOESN'T
1:15:42
GET TO CONTROL WHAT WE THINK. SO WHEN A THOUGHT COMES UP THAT'S
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FEARFUL, RIGHT, ABOUT AMERICA, OKAY, ABOUT THE MIDTERMS, ABOUT
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ELECTIONS— OH MAN, YOU THINK I DIDN'T HAVE SOME FEAR TRYING TO
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HIT ME ABOUT 2024? I MEAN, I OH MY GOODNESS, MY HUSBAND, HE, YOU
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KNOW, HE JUST DOUBLES DOWN. I'M LIKE, HONEY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
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WHEN YOU HAVE THE MOMENT TO BACK UP, YOU DOUBLE DOWN. WE CAME
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HOME ON A PLANE IN 2020, AND HE'D BEEN PROPHESYING, TRUMP'S
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GONNA GET A SECOND TERM, TRUMP'S GONNA GET A SECOND TERM. WHEN WE
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COME HOME FROM 2020, THAT ELECTION WENT SIDEWAYS, AND I
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JUST REMEMBER SITTING ON THE PLANE, AND I SAID, SO, WHAT ARE
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YOU GONNA DO? HE GOES, I'M GONNA GO ON FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK LIVE.
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HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT? AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
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HE'S ON FACEBOOK LIVE, AND I THOUGHT, "OKAY, DEVIL, YOU GOT A
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FIGHT ON YOUR HANDS." AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT GOING THERE. I
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KNOW WHAT GOD SAID. I KNOW WHAT THE LORD SPOKE TO ME. I KNOW,"
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HE GOES, "AND I'M GONNA GET HEAT FOR IT. I DO NOT CARE. I'M GONNA
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STAND BECAUSE TRUMP IS GETTING A SECOND TERM." I'M TELLING YOU,
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WE HAD PHONE CALLS FROM BIG MINISTRIES THAT SAID, "PASTOR
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HANK, GIVE IT UP. TRUMP'S NEVER COMING BACK. YOU ARE WASTING
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YOUR TIME. YOU ARE OUT OF LINE. YOU ARE RUINING PEOPLE. YOU ARE
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DECEIVING PEOPLE." I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU.
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AND HE SAID, "NO, THE LORD TOLD ME." SO HE SAID, "MANY NIGHTS I
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GOT UP AND PRAYED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND I SAID, 'NOW
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GOD, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?'" HE SAID, "THE LORD SAID, 'I SAID
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STAY WITH THE STORY. I SAID STICK WITH WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU.'"
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WHAT IF WE DID THAT? THAT'S REGARDING THE PROPHETIC WORD.
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WHAT IF WE DID THAT WITH THE WORD AND SAID, "ALL RIGHT, STICK
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WITH THE STORY. STICK WITH YOUR COVENANT. STICK WITH WHAT I TOLD
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YOU. STAY WITH IT." AND IT TOOK SOME DISCIPLINE OF THE MIND,
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RIGHT? IT TOOK SOME DISCIPLINE OF OUR THOUGHTS. AND NOW, WE'RE
1:17:36
CIRCLING BACK AROUND 2024. HERE WE GO AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW, I
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KNEW ENOUGH TO KNOW AT THAT TIME, I'M NOT GONNA— I'M NOT, I
1:17:44
AM NOT GONNA ALLOW MY MIND TO GO DOWN THE WRONG PATH. AND SO, I
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WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, CAST YOUR CARE. WHEN YOU CAST IT, YOU'RE
1:17:53
NOT HOLDING IT ANYMORE. IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A SPOT IN
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YOUR THINKING. I DON'T CARE WHO OFFENDED YOU. I DON'T CARE WHAT
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THE DOCTOR TOLD YOU. DON'T DWELL ON IT. IF YOU DWELL ON IT, IT'S
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GONNA HAVE A FOOTHOLD TO MANIFEST FRUIT. SO SELF-CONTROL—
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CAN I GIVE YOU ONE MORE SCRIPTURE? ALL RIGHT, AND THEN
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WE'LL GO. LET'S GO TO— WE'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. JAMES 1:14: BUT
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EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED. COME ON, I WAS TEMPTED THAT WEEKEND TO
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THINK ALL KIND OF CRAZY STUFF, RIGHT? SAME WAY WITH MY DAD,
1:18:29
WHICH HE ENDED UP GETTING HEALED, BY THE WAY. AND THE LONG
1:18:33
SHORT OF IT, SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED THROUGH THAT, BUT HE
1:18:35
GOT COMPLETELY HEALED. IN FACT, ONE NURSE HAD
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GONE ON VACATION. WHEN SHE CAME BACK, HE WAS SITTING UP IN A
1:18:42
CHAIR. AND THEY SAID, "IS THAT THE MAN FROM ROOM 10?" THEY
1:18:46
COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE HE WAS STILL ALIVE. THEY SAID, "WELL,
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YOU KNOW." BUT IT TOOK SOME DISCIPLINE TO BELIEVE FOR
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HEALING. I'M TELLING YOU, EVERY MAN IS TESTED. YOU CAN STAND ON
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THIS PART. EVERY MAN IS TESTED WHEN HE'S DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN
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LUST. NOW, WE READ THAT WORD LUST LIKE SEXUAL IMPROPRIETY,
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SEXUAL DESIRE. THAT'S NOT THE FULL OF IT. NOW, IT CAN APPLY,
1:19:11
OKAY? WE'RE DRAWN AWAY INTO THINGS BY OUR OWN DESIRE. BUT
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YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE DESIRES— AND THEN IT SAYS, "AND ENTICE."
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SOME OF THOSE DESIRES ARE THE DESIRE TO WORRY, ARE THE DESIRE
1:19:25
TO TELL OFF SO-AND-SO IN OUR MIND, ARE THE DESIRE TO IMAGINE
1:19:30
HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO GET EVEN, THE DESIRE OF WHAT IT
1:19:34
WOULD FEEL LIKE TO THINK OR ACT A CERTAIN WAY. WE'VE GOT TO
1:19:39
BRING IT BACK OUT OF WHAT WE CALL THE BIG SIN THINGS. EVERY
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MAN IS TEMPTED WHEN HE'S DRAWN AWAY. COME ON, DRAWN AWAY FROM
1:19:46
WHAT? DRAWN AWAY FROM FAITH BY OUR OWN HEAD, THE LUSTS OF OUR
1:19:54
MIND. YOU KNOW, YOUR MIND LUSTS TO THINK ALL ON THE WRONG
1:19:57
THINGS. IT'S TRUE. OUR MIND WILL LUST TO THINK ON FEAR. THAT'S
1:20:02
WHY THE WORLD IS FULL OF FEAR RIGHT NOW. OUR MIND LUSTS TO DO
1:20:06
IT. IT LUSTS TO THINK ON FEARFUL THOUGHTS. DRAWN AWAY OF THEIR
1:20:11
OWN LUST AND ENTICED BY IT. COME ON, I'VE BEEN ENTICED. YOU KNOW,
1:20:14
THE ENEMY WILL ENTICE YOU TO THINK BAD. HE'LL ENTICE YOU TO
1:20:18
THINK FEARFUL. LOOK AT THE NEXT SCRIPTURE. THEN WHEN LUST HAS
1:20:22
CONCEIVED— SEE, THIS LUST IN OUR MIND THAT WANTS TO THINK A
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CERTAIN WAY AND LET THESE UNDESIRABLES— I'M GOING TO
1:20:29
CHALLENGE YOU ALL THIS WEEK, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
1:20:33
IS GO ON A QUEST TO DETERMINE TO WALK IN THE SELF-DISCIPLINE OR
1:20:39
THE SELF-CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR EMOTIONS. I'M
1:20:43
TELLING YOU, IT'LL BE THE GREATEST WAY TO WALK IN VICTORY,
1:20:46
AND YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE BECAUSE OF IT. OKAY, IF YOU HAVE
1:20:52
A HABIT OR THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU HAVEN'T FORGIVEN, QUIT THINKING
1:20:55
ABOUT THAT PERSON. YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO FORGIVE SOMEBODY IS
1:20:58
STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM, RIGHT? MOVE ON. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT
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THINKING ABOUT YOU, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WHEN THAT LUST
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OF THOSE THOUGHTS IS CONCEIVED, IT WILL BRING FORTH SIN. WELL,
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PASTOR BRENDA, AM I SINNING BECAUSE I'M IN FEAR OVER THE
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DOCTOR'S REPORT? WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT A FAITH
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FAITH IS SIN. SO WHEN THAT LUST IS CONCEIVED, IT'LL BRING FORTH
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SIN, AND WHEN SIN IS FINISHED, IT WILL BRING FORTH DEATH. SO IT
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ALL STARTS WHEN WE LEARN HOW TO POSSESS THE THOUGHTS OF OUR
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SOUL. SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU TONIGHT IS TO PRACTICE WITH
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DETERMINATION AND DILIGENCE, LIKE PROVERBS SAYS, WITH
1:21:41
DETERMINATION AND DILIGENCE, PRACTICE THE SELF- DISCIPLINE OF
1:21:45
YOUR MIND AND YOUR EMOTIONS. AND I PROMISE YOU, IT— YEAH, IT
1:21:48
WON'T BE EASY. IT WON'T. IT WON'T. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN
1:21:53
YOUR HEAD'S GOING A CERTAIN WAY, YOUR HEAD'S THINKING A CERTAIN
1:21:56
WAY, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A SAYING, YOU KNOW, PASS THE
1:21:59
POTATOES. WHO CARES? I'M GONNA QUIT THINKING ABOUT IT. OKAY,
1:22:04
TIME TO DO THE DISHES. I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND WRING MY
1:22:07
HANDS AND GO OVER THAT. WHAT IF, PASTOR BRENDA? WHAT IF? I'M NOT
1:22:11
THINKING ABOUT WHAT IF. WHY AM I? IF I'M DISCIPLINING MY MIND,
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I'M NOT THINKING, WHAT IF, PASTOR KEITH? I'M NOT GOING
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THERE. I'M NOT THINKING, WHAT IF? WHAT IF THAT— WHAT IF IS
1:22:19
JUST THE DEVIL'S SMOKESCREEN TO TRY TO GET ME TO BITE THAT LUST
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OF THOSE THOUGHTS. AND IT BRINGS FORTH— JUST QUIT THINKING ABOUT
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IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO PROPHESY OVER YOU TONIGHT.
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YOU'RE GOING TO STOP THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND YOU'RE
1:22:33
GOING TO SET YOUR MIND. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD WILL KEEP YOU,
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HIM, IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON HIM. SO FATHER,
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WE THANK YOU TONIGHT THAT EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE UNDER THE
1:22:43
SOUND OF MY VOICE, I THANK YOU THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE
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SELF-CONTROL OF THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR WILL, THEIR EMOTIONS, ALL
1:22:51
THE THINGS THAT RUN THROUGH OUR MIND. YOU GIVE THEM THE
1:22:54
SELF-DISCIPLINE, LORD, TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS, AND THEY'LL
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REPLACE THOSE THOUGHTS WITH YOU, AND YOU WILL HELP THEM THROUGH
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IT, LORD. YOU WILL HELP THEM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO BE
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DISMAYED, FOR YOU'RE YOU'RE OUR GOD AND YOU'RE WITH US. AND WE
1:23:08
THANK YOU ACCORDING TO THE WORD THAT SAYS YOU CARE FOR US. SO WE
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HONOR YOU AND WE THANK YOU. HELP US TO DO IT WELL, LORD, THE
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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT OF EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL, IN JESUS' NAME.
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HUG SOMEBODY AS YOU GO. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? ALL
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RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU.