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IN HERE AND NOT GIVE HIM THE PRAISE THAT HE'S WORTHY OF
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AND THEN EXPECT HEAVEN TO JUST COME DOWN TO THE EARTH.
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I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE
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MINUTES TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE THE
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MIRACULOUS CAN DWELL. CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE THE HOLY
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SPIRIT CAN INHABIT. I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE NEXT TWO
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MINUTES, WOULD YOU GIVE GOD A PRAISE REPRESENTATIVE OF
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THE MIRACLE THAT YOU'RE BELIEVING HIM FOR? GIVE HIM
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A PRAISE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WORD THAT YOU CAME
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SEEKING. GIVE HIM A PRAISE ACCORDING TO HIS EXCELLENT
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GREATNESS. COME ON, SOMEBODY LIFT UP THE KING OF KINGS
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AND THE LORD OF LORDS IN THIS ARENA. HALLELUJAH! COME ON,
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CROWN HIM KING OF KINGS WITH YOUR SONG AND WITH YOUR
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PRAISE. OH, MAGNIFY AND EXALT HIS NAME TOGETHER. THE KING OF
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GLORY HAS COME TO THIS ARENA. HALLELUJAH. OH.
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(MUSIC)
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WOULD YOU GIVE GOD A HAND CLAP OF PRAISE THIS
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AFTERNOON? HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH.
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BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD. HALLELUJAH. YOU CAN BE
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SEATED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. THANK YOU FOR
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WORSHIPPING OUR KING THE WAY HE'S WORTHY TO BE PRAISED.
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HALLELUJAH. YOU KNOW, I WAS GETTING READY TO PREACH A
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SERMON ABOUT A MAN NAMED GIDEON. BY THE WAY, I AM
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ABOUT TO RECEIVE THE OFFERING. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S
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WHY I WORE MY SHINY SUIT COAT. HALLELUJAH. I WAS
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GETTING READY TO PREACH A SERMON ABOUT A MAN NAMED
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GIDEON, AND I WAS GOING THROUGH THE STORY AND
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PREPARING THE VERSES THAT I WAS PUTTING IN MY NOTES, AND
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I GOT TO THIS PLACE IN THE STORY, BROTHER LEON, WHERE
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WE'RE GETTING GOT INTO SOMETHING I CONSIDER A
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LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL. HE WAS FLEECING THE LORD. NOW, HE
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IS THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS DOCTRINE OF FLEECE IN THE
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LORD AND LET ME TELL YOU WHERE I STAND ON THE ISSUE
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I'M FOR IT WHEN IT WORKS. I'M AGAINST IT WHEN IT
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DOESN'T AMEN HE HAD A WORD OVER HIS LIFE HE HAD
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DIRECTION OVER HIS LIFE. HE IS VISITED BY THE ANGEL OF
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THE LORD YET AFTER ANGELIC VISITATION AFTER PERSONAL
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PROPHECY AND DIRECTION HE HAS A HARD TIME BELIEVING
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WHAT THE SAYETH THE LORD AND HE DEMANDS A SIGN FROM GOD I
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NEED YOU TO GIVE ME A SIGN AND I NEED YOU TO DO THIS
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AND I NEED YOU TO DO THAT I MEAN HE GIVES CLEAR-CUT
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INSTRUCTIONS I NEED THE FLEECE TO BE WET AND THE
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GROUND TO BE DRY AND THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS HE GOES
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LET ME LET ME SWITCH IT UP JUST IN CASE THE DEVIL WERE
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YOU BLESSED I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT JUST MADE ME THINK
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ABOUT THIS MORNING SERMON WERE YOU BLESSED BY THE
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MINISTRY OF EVANGELIST ISAAC PETRIE WAS THAT NOT A WORD?
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WHO I SHOULD HAVE WORN MY SHINY SPORT COAT TO THAT
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SERVICE. AMEN. I CAME IN A SWEATER. MAN, WHAT A WORD.
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BUT GIDEON COMES BACK ONCE AND TWICE AND HE KEEPS, IT'S
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ALMOST AS IF HE'S MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT JUST
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TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE LORD. AND SO I'M PREPARING THESE
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SERMON NOTES AND YOU KNOW TALKING ABOUT COMING BEFORE
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THE LORD AND THE SIGNS THAT WE WANT. AND I READ
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SOMETHING THAT I, I'M SURE I READ IT BEFORE BUT I NEVER
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PAID ATTENTION TO THAT. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT BEFORE? I
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KNOW YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE AND BOUGHT SOMETHING
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AND THEN TRIED TO RETURN IT AND THEY SAID "WELL YOU
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SIGNED, YOU NEVER READ WHAT YOU SIGNED." I READ
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SOMETHING IN JUDGES 6 AND 18 IN THE NEW LIVING
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TRANSLATION I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE. WELL ACTUALLY IT
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STARTS IN 17. GIDEON SAID "IF YOU'RE TRULY GOING TO
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HELP ME, SHOW ME A SIGN TO PROVE THAT IT'S REALLY THE
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LORD SPEAKING." NOW I'VE READ THAT ONE BEFORE, BUT
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I'D NEVER SEEN VERSE 18. IT SAYS "BUT DON'T GO AWAY
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UNTIL I COME BACK AND BRING YOU AN OFFERING." I'D NEVER
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READ THAT PART BEFORE. SO GIDEON HAS DEMANDS OF THE
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LORD, BUT GIDEON KNOWS TOO MUCH TO MAKE DEMANDS OF THE
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LORD AND COME TO THE LORD EMPTY-HANDED. I HAVE DEMANDS
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BEFORE THE LORD TODAY. CAN I BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOU?
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NOW, I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A DISRESPECTFUL WAY. THERE ARE
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SOME THINGS I NEED ANSWERS FOR. THERE ARE SOME THERE
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ARE SOME PRAYER REQUESTS THAT I HAVE BEFORE THE LORD,
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BUT I KNOW BETTER THAN TO COME TO THE LORD
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EMPTY-HANDED. AND HERE'S WHY. BECAUSE I'VE NEVER LEFT
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HIS PRESENCE EMPTY-HANDED. SO I DON'T THIS SERVICE WILL
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BE A LANDMARK SERVICE FOR SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM. I
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STOOD OVER THERE TWO YEARS AGO, BUILDING LESS IN OUR
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MINISTRY. I WAS BELIEVING THE LORD FOR PROPERTY, FOR
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THE MINISTRY, BUT NO ONE KNEW THAT. AND STANDING
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RIGHT OVER THERE, THE MAN THAT IS ABOUT TO PREACH
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AFTER THIS LONG-WINDED OFFERING, HALLELUJAH. I'M
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TAKING TIME 'CAUSE PASTOR BRENDA DIDN'T TAKE ANY TIME
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THIS MORNING WITH THE OFFERING. (CONGREGATION
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LAUGHING) WAIT, DON'T TELL, WELL, DON'T TELL HER I SAID
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ANYTHING. HOLD UP, I'M GETTING A TEXT MESSAGE RIGHT
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NOW. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) I WAS STANDING RIGHT OVER
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THERE AND I'M BELIEVING THE LORD FOR A BUILDING. I
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HAVEN'T TOLD ANYBODY I'M BELIEVING THE LORD FOR A
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BUILDING AND THE MAN THAT'S ABOUT TO PREACH CALLED ME
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OUT RIGHT OVER THERE AND HE SAID TONY THE LORD HAS A
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BUILDING FOR YOU AND HE STARTED GIVING ME THE
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PROPHETIC WORD THAT WHAT THE LORD WAS GOING TO DO IN THE
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NEXT YEAR DO YOU THINK I LEFT THAT SERVICE
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EMPTY-HANDED? ABSOLUTELY NOT. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME,
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WE HAD A CONTRACT ON A BUILDING. I'M TALKING ABOUT
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24 HOURS AFTER THAT WORD, WE HAD A CONTRACT ON A
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BUILDING. I DIDN'T LEAVE EMPTY-HANDED, BUT I'M GOING
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TO TELL YOU I DIDN'T COME HERE EMPTY-HANDED.
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HALLELUJAH. ARE THERE ANY GIVERS IN THE ROOM THAT CAN
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BEAR WITNESS TO WHAT I'M SAYING? I DON'T COME INTO
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THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD EMPTY-HANDED BECAUSE I NEVER
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LEAVE EMPTY-HANDED. AND SO I WANT YOU TO GET YOUR VERY
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BEST OFFERING READY RIGHT NOW. THE WAYS TO GIVE ARE
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ABOUT TO APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AND I HAVE THEM ON
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THIS CHEAT SHEET AS WELL. THEY GAVE ME A CHEAT SHEET
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BECAUSE THEY SAW WHERE I WAS AT ANOTHER CHURCH RAISING
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THE OFFERING AND I GAVE THE WRONG INFORMATION FOR THE
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WRONG CHURCH. I WAS PREACHING AT WORD OF LIFE
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AND I DIRECTED EVERYONE TO GO TO WORDOFFAITH.COM. WORD
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OF FAITH GOT UP THAT NEXT WEEK AND TESTIFIED ABOUT ALL
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THIS MIRACLE MONEY THEY'VE BEEN POURING INTO THEIR
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MINISTRY. THEY SAID IT'S COMING FROM THE RIGHT, THE
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LEFT, THE SOUTH, THE NORTH, PENTECOSTALS AND
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PRESBYTERIANS. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
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AND WORD OF LIFE WAS PUTTING OUT PETITIONS, "PLEASE
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SOMEBODY FIND THE MONEY." SO THEY MADE SURE, THEY COLOR
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CODED IT FOR ME Y'ALL. THERE'S A NOTE HERE FROM
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PASTOR HANK, "TONY, DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR CASH APP."
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HALLELUJAH, ALRIGHT. HERE'S THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE,
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AMEN. THERE'S ENVELOPES THAT I BELIEVE ARE AT YOUR SEATS,
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AND IF NOT YOU CAN ASK ONE OF THOSE USHERS AND THEY'LL
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GIVE YOU ONE. YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE. OH, EXCUSE ME.
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I'M THANKFUL FOR THE THOUSANDS THAT ARE HERE, BUT
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FOR THE MILLIONS THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME. YOU ARE
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INCLUDED IN TODAY'S OFFERING. HOW ABOUT THAT?
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AH, YOU THOUGHT I DIDN'T SEE YOU. YOU'RE SITTING THERE
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WITH YOUR POP-TART AND YOUR COFFEE AND YOU'RE JUST
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CHILLING IN THAT RECLINER JUST, YOU SAID, I'M JUST
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GOING TO TASTE AND SEE. THE LORD SAYS, I JUST FOUND YOU
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RIGHT THERE IN THE RECLINER. YOU CAN GIVE AS WELL TO THIS
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OFFERING TODAY. YOU CAN GIVE ON THE MOBILE APP. WHO HAS
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THE LORD TO HOST MOBILE APP? AMEN. YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE
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TO 833-309-5698. YOU CAN CALL TO GIVE. YOU CAN, WELL,
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YOU CAN'T GIVE THERE. YOU CAN, I THINK THERE'S A QR
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CODE THAT YOU CAN SCAN. YOU CAN GIVE THAT WAY AS WELL.
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THE POINT IS THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO GIVE. THERE'S NO
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EXCUSE NOT TO GIVE. AMEN. ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR OFFERING
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READY, WOULD YOU STAND WITH ME SO I CAN PRAY OVER YOU?
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AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT YOU SEE
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SOMEONE STANDING, QUICKLY START NEGOTIATING AND SAY,
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CAN YOU HOOK A BROTHER UP? CAN I GET IN ON WHAT YOU
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HAVE? BROTHER LEON, CAN I GET IN ON WHAT YOU HAVE?
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HALLELUJAH, I SEE YOU STAND. I KNOW WHO TO GO TO. AMEN.
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AMEN. I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU. I WANT TO PRAY OVER
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THIS OFFERING AND I BELIEVE THE LORD'S GOING TO BLESS
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YOU. I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR
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YOU TO WALK OUT OF THIS SERVICE EMPTY-HANDED TODAY.
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THEREFORE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BEFORE THE LORD
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EMPTY-HANDED. AMEN. AMEN. I'M WAITING ON A FEW MORE
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THAT ARE ABOUT TO STAND. I SEE YOU. I KNOW IT'S A
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STRUGGLE, THOSE COMFORTABLE NON-PADDED CHAIRS. I KNOW
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YOU'VE ALREADY KIND OF FOUND YOUR GROOVE AND YOU DON'T
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WANT TO HAVE TO GIVE IT UP, BUT I SEE YOU, ALL RIGHT.
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LET ME PRAY OVER YOU AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE
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THIS OFFERING. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER
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THAT'S IN THIS ROOM. LORD, I THANK YOU THAT I HAVE YET TO
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EVER COME INTO YOUR PRESENCE AND LEAVE EMPTY-HANDED.
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THEREFORE, I REFUSE TO COME INTO YOUR PRESENCE
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EMPTY-HANDED. I ASK YOU TO RECEIVE THE GIFTS OF YOUR
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PEOPLE NOW. RECEIVE THE OFFERINGS OF YOUR PEOPLE.
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BLESS IT, MULTIPLY IT, AND MAY IT COME BACK TO THEM IN
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SUCH A GREAT MEASURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM ENOUGH
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TO CONTAIN THE HARVEST THAT'S COMING TO THEM, BOTH
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IN THIS ARENA AND THOSE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD
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TODAY. BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS
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CHRIST, WE SPEAK THE BLESSING OF PROSPERITY OVER
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YOU NOW, AND WE SAY IT'S DONE. IN JESUS' NAME, AND
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ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SAID, "AMEN." ALL RIGHT, NOW
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REMAIN STANDING WHILE THE USHERS ARE SERVING YOU.
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THERE'S A MAN OF GOD THAT'S ABOUT TO COME TO THIS
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PODIUM. HE'S THE PASTOR OF ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
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REVIVAL CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
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THERE ARE SOME NASHVILLEITES IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. YOU
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CAN CATCH HIM AT REGENERATION CHURCH, HIS
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PODCAST. HE'S AN AUTHOR, HE'S A PASTOR, HE'S A
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PROPHET, AND FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS, HE'S BEEN A BLESSING TO
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MY LIFE. HIS MINISTRY IS ANOINTED, AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO
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GOD THAT I GET TO CALL HIM MY FRIEND AND MY ELDER. AND I THANK
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GOD FOR THE MINISTRY OF PASTOR KENT CHRISTMAS. WOULD YOU DIRECT
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YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN, AND THE NEXT VOICE YOU'RE GOING
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TO HEAR IS THE PROPHETIC VOICE OF THE LORD.
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- THIS SEASON OF THE OPEN HEAVEN THAT THE ENEMY CAN
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COME IN AND PROSPER AGAIN AND SHUT MY CHURCH DOWN. YOU
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MAY HAVE HID ME IN THE UPPER ROOM FOR TEN DAYS, SAITH THE
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LORD, BUT I CAME OUT OF THAT UPPER ROOM AND I SPILLED
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INTO THE NATIONS. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED THIS TIME, SAITH
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THE LORD. YOU WILL NOT PUT A MASK ON MY MOUTH, FOR I HAVE
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ALREADY SAID, GOD, I WILL NOT RECALL THE PROPHETIC. I
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WILL NOT RECALL THE SOUND OF PRAISE. I WILL NOT ALLOW THE
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ENEMY TO SHUT ME UP. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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AMEN. AMEN, THAT SOUNDED LIKE A WILD GUY RIGHT THERE.
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[LAUGHTER] JUST FOR A MOMENT, REMAIN STANDING.
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THANK YOU FOR HONORING THE PRESENCE OF GOD TODAY TO
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COME TO CHURCH 2 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON A SATURDAY.
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THANK YOU THAT- AMEN. I DON'T HAVE TO PREACH TO 200 PEOPLE.
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AMEN. IT'S AN HONOR TODAY TO BE ABLE TO PREACH TO GOD'S
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PRECIOUS PEOPLE. I KNOW WITH ALL THE BURDENS THAT YOU
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CARRY AND ALL THE FIGHTS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THAT
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YOU ARE VALUABLE TO THE LORD AND I PRAY TODAY THAT I
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WOULD BE A BLESSING TO YOU AND SPEAK TO YOU LIFE. I'VE
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ONLY WRITTEN ONE BOOK IN MY LIFE AND THIS IS TURNING
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SORROW INTO JOY THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE UP THERE
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BETWEEN 210 AND 211 SO AFTER I GET DONE PREACHING I AM
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GONNA BE UP THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE I CATCH
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A PLANE IT TOOK ME ABOUT TWO YEARS TO POUR MY SOUL INTO
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THIS BOOK IF YOU'RE STILL WONDERING WHY GOD IS NOT
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USING YOU, IF YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL TO GOD OVER A
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LIFETIME AND YOU'VE NOT YET SEEN WHY GOD IS NOT GIVING
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YOU A HARVEST, THIS BOOK'S FOR YOU. IT TOOK ME, I'VE
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BEEN PREACHING 54 YEARS AND IT WASN'T UNTIL MY 49TH YEAR
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OF PREACHING THAT GOD OPENED THE HEAVENS. AND SO I'VE
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LIVED WHERE MOST OF YOU HAVE LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE. SO I
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UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GO THROUGH, BUT I WANNA
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ENCOURAGE YOU THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL. AND IF YOU WILL
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STAY FAITHFUL TO THE LORD, GOD WILL NOT DESERT YOU.
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AMEN. YOU CAN BE SEATED TODAY. I'M GOING TO MINISTER
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A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY. I HAVE TRANSCRIBED TO
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SOME DEGREE WHAT I WANT TO PREACH TO YOU. I TRUST THAT
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WHEN WE GET DONE TODAY, GOD WILL ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS
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IN YOUR LIFE, THOSE OF YOU THAT FEEL LIKE, "GOD, I'M
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PRESSED OUT OF MEASURE. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT
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LEFT." I THINK GOD WILL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY.
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WHEN JACOB, THE GREAT PATRIARCH OF ISRAEL, HAD THE
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PEACE OF HIS LIFE DISRUPTED BY THE VISITATION OF HIS
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SONS, WHO HANDED HIM A BLOODY COAT THAT HE KNEW
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BELONGED TO HIS FAVORITE SON JOSEPH, WHOM THE ONLY WOMAN
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THAT HE HAD EVER LOVED HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO, AND WAS TOLD
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THAT JOSEPH HAS DIED A BLOODY, VIOLENT DEATH. THE
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BOOK OF GENESIS RECORDS THAT JACOB IN GREAT GRIEF RENT
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HIS CLOTHES, PUT ON SACKCLOTH, AND HE MOURNED.
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AND IT SAYS THAT JACOB COULD NOT BE COMFORTED, BUT GOD
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SAID, "THAT'S OKAY." WHEN MESSENGERS ONE BY ONE HAD
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BROKEN THE STILLNESS OF JOB'S LIFE, WHOM GOD CALLED
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A GREAT MAN TO DECLARE THE LOSS OF HIS SHEEP, OF HIS
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OXEN, AND OF HIS CAMELS. AND WHILE THAT SERVANT IS THERE
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BEARING THAT NEWS, ANOTHER SERVANT COMES IN TO TELL
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HIM, "THIS GODLY MAN THAT ATE STRONG WIND HAS HIT THE
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HOUSE OF HIS ELDEST SON AND COLLAPSED IT ON THE HEAD OF
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HIS TEN CHILDREN. AND IN ONE DAY, ALL TEN OF HIS CHILDREN
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DIED." THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JOB TORE HIS MANTLE, SHAVED
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HIS HEAD, FELL DOWN ON THE GROUND, BUT GOD SAID THAT
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WAS OKAY. WHEN JOSHUA AND CALEB RETURNED, EXCITED FROM
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CANAAN LAND, TO TELL THE ISRAELITES, "WE'VE SEEN OUR
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INHERITANCE. WE'VE HELD THE GRAPES OF ESHCOL. WE'VE SEEN
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THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY." BUT ISRAEL, OUT OF UNBELIEF,
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REFUSED TO GO IN. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT JOSHUA
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AND CALEB, IN DISAPPOINTMENT, IN
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FRUSTRATION, FELL DOWN, TORE THEIR GARMENTS BECAUSE THEY
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KNEW IT WOULD BE DECADES BEFORE ISRAEL WOULD EVER
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POSSESS THE LAND, BUT THAT WAS OKAY WITH GOD. WHEN
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JOAB, A BLOODY MURDERER, DECEIVED AND ENTICED ABNER
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TO COME OUT OF THE CITY OF REFUGE, AND JOAB EXTENDED
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THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP, YET IN THE OTHER
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HAND THERE WAS A KNIFE THAT HE DROVE INTO THE STOMACH OF
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ABNER AND ABNER LAY DEAD IN A POOL OF BLOOD. KING DAVID
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IN GREAT GRIEF TORE HIS GARMENTS AND MOURNED THIS
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GREAT SOLDIER OF ISRAEL, BUT THAT WAS OKAY. KINGS,
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LAWYERS, PROPHETS, THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WRONG,
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GOD'S VERY OWN PEOPLE, THEY WERE ALL ALLOWED TO
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PARTICIPATE IN THIS UNIQUE ACTION OF EXASPERATION BY
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TEARING ONE'S GARMENTS. IT SIGNALED THIS. IT SIGNALED
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GRIEF. IT DECLARED SORROW. IT DECLARED DESPERATION AND
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DESPAIR. IT WAS AN OUTWARD SIGN THAT SOMETHING MORE
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THAN THE MAN HAD OVERTAKEN THEM. IT WAS A PROBLEM FOR
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WHICH THERE WAS NO SOLUTION. IT WAS A DILEMMA THAT
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DEFINED THE TRAGEDY, A TRIAL THAT WENT BEYOND THE WORDS
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THAT A MAN CAN EXPRESS. YET IT WAS AN ACCEPTED ISRAELI
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EXPRESSION THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED. IT
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WAS PRACTICED WITHOUT RESPECT TO CULTURE, WHETHER
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ONE WAS GOOD OR ONE WAS EVIL, WHETHER ONE,
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HALLELUJAH, HAD WEALTH OR THEY WERE POOR. YOU WILL
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FIND IT FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS TO THE BOOK OF
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REVELATION THAT THIS ACT OF TEARING ONE'S GARMENT, THE
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BIBLE IS FULL OF MEN TEARING THEIR GARMENTS IN GRIEF AND
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SORROW, DEVASTATION AND DESPAIR. SO, IT IS
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SIGNIFICANT THAT IN LEVITICUS CHAPTER 1, WE READ
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THAT THE HIGH PRIEST, UPON WHOSE HEAD THE ANOINTING OIL
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WAS POURED, WAS FORBIDDEN TO UNCOVER HIS HEAD OR REND HIS
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CLOTHES. FOR THE HIGH PRIEST AND HIS SONS, FOR WHOM THE
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HOLY GARMENTS WERE MADE, THAT THEY MIGHT MINISTER IN
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THE OFFICE OF THE PRIEST. GOD SAID THEY COULD NOT
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RENDER THEIR GARMENTS, THEY COULD NOT TEAR THEIR
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CLOTHING. IT IS IN THE SAME STORY OR THE SAME SETTING WE
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FIND THAT GOD WAS SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. HE SAID, "YOU
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CANNOT PROFANE MY SANCTUARY. YOU CANNOT GO INTO ANY DEAD
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BODY." YET IN CHAPTER 10 OF LEVITICUS, IT TELLS US A
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STORY OF AARON'S TWO ROGUE SONS WHO WERE PRIESTS. WHEN
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THEY OFFERED STRANGE FIRE ON THE ALTAR, GOD INSTANTLY
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KILLED THEM. AND WHEN AARON WALKED INTO THE TEMPLE, HIS
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TWO SONS LAY DEAD ON THE GROUND. EVERYTHING IN HIM
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SAID, "TEAR YOUR GARMENTS." BUT GOD, MOSES TOLD AARON,
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HE SAID, "THEY MAY BE YOUR SONS, BUT YOU WILL NOT REND
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YOUR GARMENTS LEST YOU DIE." HE SAID, "YOUR BRETHREN CAN
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MOURN. THE WHOLE HOUSE OF ISRAEL CAN MOURN. EVERYBODY
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ELSE CAN GO TO PIECES AND WAIL OVER THE DEATH OF YOUR
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SONS." BUT HE SAID, "YOU CANNOT REND YOUR GARMENTS
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BECAUSE THE ANOINTING OIL OF THE LORD IS UPON YOU." SO
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AARON THAT DAY MARCHED IN SILENT PROCESSION BEHIND HIS
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COUSINS WHOM MOSES DESIGNATED TO CARRY THE
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ASHES OF HIS BOYS IN THE FOLDS OF THEIR GARMENTS.
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AARON WALKED BEHIND SILENT BECAUSE HE HAD ANOINTING OIL
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ON HIM AND HE WAS A PRIEST WHO WORE THE PRIESTLY ROBES.
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UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS AN ACCEPTED EXPRESSION. IT WAS
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A COMMON FORM OF DECLARING, IF NOT A VERBAL WAY OF
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SAYING SOMETHING CLEARLY. PROPHETS HAVE DONE IT. KINGS
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HAVE DONE IT. THEY WOULD DO IT AGAIN. ALL MANNER OF MEN,
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GOOD AND GODLY, WOULD TEAR THEIR GARMENTS, BUT NOT THE
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HIGH PRIEST OR HIS SONS. AND THERE WAS AND THERE IS A
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REASON WHY RENDERING ONE'S GARMENTS AND TEARING YOUR
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MANTLE AS A PRIEST WAS FORBIDDEN. IT WAS AN
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ADMISSION. I AM COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED. I AM
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DEVASTATED. I AM DESPAIRING OF LIFE. SOME GRIEF, SOME
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SORROW, SOME CIRCUMSTANCE HAS OVERTAKEN ME FOR WHICH
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THERE IS NO ANSWER, THERE IS NO REMEDY, THERE IS NO
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SOLUTION. IT MAY BE OKAY FOR PROPHETS AND KINGS AND
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CONQUERORS TO MAKE THIS DECLARATION, BUT IT WAS NOT
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OKAY FOR THE PRIESTS BECAUSE LIKE ALL THESE OTHER MEN,
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THESE MEN HAD TO ONCE A YEAR PUT ON THE GARMENT AND TO
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WALK INTO THE HOLIEST OF HOLIES AND STAND IN A PURE
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AND UNDEFILED PRESENCE OF AN ALMIGHTY JEHOVAH LIVING GOD.
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AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INSULT OR AN AFFRONT TO GOD
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FOR ANYBODY WHO WALKED INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD TO
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DECLARE TO GOD THAT HE HAD BEEN OVERWHELMED, THAT THERE
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WAS ANY GRIEF, ANY SORROW, ANY SUFFERING, ANY TRIAL OR
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TRAGEDY, TEMPTATION, DISEASE, DEATH, OR
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DEVASTATION THAT WAS GREATER THAN THEIR GOD. EVERYBODY
40:44
ELSE COULD REND THEIR GARMENTS. EVERYBODY ELSE
40:47
COULD GO TO PIECES, BUT NOT YOU AARON, BECAUSE YOU STAND
40:52
BEFORE THE ALMIGHTY GOD AND TO COME BEFORE GOD WITH A
40:56
RIP IN YOUR GARMENT, INDICATED THAT SOMEWHERE,
41:00
SOME PARTICULAR DAY, SOME CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU DECIDED
41:06
THAT SOMETHING WAS BIGGER THAN YOUR GOD. IT IS NOT
41:10
ACCEPTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD TO IMPLY THAT
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THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE TODAY THAT SAYS
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THERE IS A CIRCUMSTANCE, THERE IS A SICKNESS, THERE
41:22
IS A PROBLEM THAT GOD DOES NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR. TO
41:27
SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A NEED IN YOUR LIFE FOR WHICH GOD
41:33
IS NOT SUFFICIENT, IS UNSPEAKABLE. SO THE PRIEST
41:37
WHO WALKED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD COULD NOT,
41:42
HALLELUJAH, RUIN HIS GARMENT. HE HAD ACCESS, HE
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HAD ANOINTING. AND TO DWELL IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
41:51
MEANS THAT FOR YOU AND I, THERE IS NEVER ANY MOMENT
41:55
THAT WE NEED TO DESPAIR. TODAY I WANT TO TELL YOU
41:59
THAT WE LIVE IN THE HOLY PRESENCE OF GOD. AND THE
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SAME PRESENCE THAT DWELLS, HALLELUJAH, IN US IS THE
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SAME PRESENCE THAT DWELT IN SOLOMON'S TEMPLE, THAT
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DWELT, HALLELUJAH, IN THE TABERNACLE, THAT DWELT IN
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THE RUINS OF ZERUBBABEL'S TEMPLE. AND I DECLARE TODAY,
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HALLELUJAH, THAT THE GOD OF GLORY LIVES IN US. MAKE NO
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MISTAKE, YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE PAIN, GRIEF,
42:39
FRUSTRATION, FEAR, FAILURE, AND THERE WILL BE SEASONS OF
42:48
SICKNESS AND SORROW AND DISAPPOINTMENT. WE WILL
42:53
SUFFER. AND WE HAVE BEEN DECEIVED BY MEN WHO HAVE
42:59
TOLD US THAT WHEN YOU ARE SAVED AND YOU'RE A
43:03
CHRISTIAN, ALL THAT GOES AWAY. BUT CAN I TELL YOU
43:09
THAT THE GREATEST LOVE IS DEFINED BY WHAT KIND OF
43:13
PRAISE COMES OUT OF YOUR PAIN. THE GREATEST WORSHIP
43:19
IS WHAT COMES OUT WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE GOD VIOLATED HIS
43:23
WORD AND LET YOU DOWN. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
43:27
DECLARE, "I AM PERSUADED THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO
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SEPARATE ME FROM THE LOVE OF GOD." WE GOT TO GET OVER
43:37
BEING DRUNK ON PROSPERITY. WE GOT TO GET OVER BEING
43:40
DRUNK. IT'S ALL ABOUT ME. IT WAS NEVER ABOUT YOU, AND
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IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT IS TO GOD BE THE GLORY. AND GOD
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SAID, "DO I HAVE SOMEBODY IN THIS BUILDING THAT DOESN'T
43:54
LIVE ON THE MOUNTAINTOP, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN THE VALLEY,
43:58
BUT KNOW HOW TO REACH DOWN INTO THE DEPTH OF THE SOUL
44:02
AND SAY, 'YEAH, I KNOW I'M WALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY
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AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH. I WILL FEAR NO EVIL.'
44:09
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GONNA HAVE MAYBE REVERSAL OF FORTUNE.
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YOU WILL BE BETRAYED BY PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE AND
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THAT YOU LAID YOUR LIFE DOWN FOR. BUT WE KNOW THIS, THE
44:39
RAIN FALLS ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST. IF YOU'RE
44:46
LOOKING FOR A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN OR A LIFE WITHOUT
44:55
PRESSURE, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
44:59
DISAPPOINTED. BECAUSE GOD NEVER PROMISED YOU AN EASY
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ROAD. HE JUST PROMISED YOU THAT WHEN YOU WALK ON IT,
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I'LL BE BY YOUR SIDE AND I'LL HOLD YOUR HAND. AND
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WHEN YOU STAND AT THE COFFIN OF YOUR LOVED ONE, THE LORD
45:20
SAID, I WILL BE YOUR COMFORT IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. AND
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WHEN YOU'RE BETRAYED BY YOUR LOVED ONES, YOU GOT A FRIEND
45:28
THAT STICK IT CLOSER THAN A BROTHER. AND WHEN YOU STAND
45:31
IN DIVORCE COURT OF NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN, GOD SAID, I'M
45:35
STILL YOUR HUSBAND AND I'M STILL YOUR WIFE. AND I WILL
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SUPPLY ALL OF YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO MY RICHES AND
45:42
GLORY. GOD IS LOOKING FOR SOME MEN AND WOMEN THAT WILL
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GIVE HIM THEIR BEST BECAUSE GOD HAS YET SAID THE LORD TO
45:50
RELEASE SOME UNKNOWN RICHES THAT ARE IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF
45:54
GOD. AND THE LORD SAID, I'VE SAVED MY BEST FOR LAST, BUT
45:58
I CAN'T GIVE IT TO THE LUKEWARM. I CAN'T GIVE IT TO
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MEN AND WOMEN. I PUT A PRICE ON MY RELATIONSHIP. AND THE
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LORD SAID, IF I NEVER BLESS YOU AGAIN, IF IT LOOKS LIKE
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I'VE FORSAKEN YOU, CAN YOU STILL WALK WITH ME IN THE
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MIDNIGHT HOUR? CAN YOU STILL HOLD ON TO THE WORD OF GOD?
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WILL YOU STILL BELIEVE ME THAT I NEVER, NO NEVER, NO
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MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU AND I'LL
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NEVER LET YOU DOWN. I CAN TELL YOU ON THE AUTHORITY OF
46:38
GOD'S WORD, THOUGH WE HAVE TRIBULATION IN THIS LIFE,
46:46
THERE IS NO NEED TO REND YOUR GARMENTS OR OUR
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GARMENTS IN DESPAIR. GOD, AND I SAY THIS FROM PERSONAL
47:01
EXPERIENCE, GOD IS MORE THAN A MATCH FOR WHATEVER IS
47:09
COMING AFTER YOU. CHAOS MAY ENDURE FOR A SEASON IN YOUR
47:15
LIFE. MAY COME AND THE RAIN MAY FALL. BUT DON'T DECIDE
47:23
THAT THE STORM THAT YOU'RE IN IS BIGGER THAN GOD OR THE
47:28
PROBLEM IS TOO MUCH FOR GOD TO HANDLE. IF YOU'RE GOING
47:32
TO BE A PRIEST IN MY PRESENCE, GOD SAID YOU CAN'T
47:36
COME IN WITH YOUR GARMENT TORN. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE
47:40
SAYS ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING AND INTO
47:44
HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE. WHAT IS THAT? THE LORD SAID I'M
47:48
GONNA TAKE OFF OF YOU THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS AND GOD
47:52
SAID I'M GONNA DRESS YOU BACK UP IN THE GARMENTS OF
47:56
PRAISE. PRAISE DON'T MEAN A LOT ON THE MOUNTAIN, BUT
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PRAISE MEANS A WHOLE MUCH WHEN YOU'RE IN THE VALLEY
48:04
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE WORD IS WORKING AND YOU
48:08
CAN'T MAKE IT MAKE SENSE THAT GOD, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU
48:12
DIDN'T TELL THE TRUTH. BUT THE LORD SAID, WHEN YOU
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DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT'S WHEN YOU STEP OVER INTO THE
48:19
DIMENSION CALLED FAITH AND YOU TELL HIM I DON'T KNOW, I
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DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT I BELIEVE THAT I GOT A GOD
48:27
THAT CANNOT LIE AND NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE LORD.
48:40
APOSTLE PAUL WAS HONEST ABOUT HIS PERILS. HE OWNED
48:47
UP TO BEING TROUBLED AND PERPLEXED AND PERSECUTED AND
48:56
CAST DOWN. HE DESCRIBED HIS LABORERS, HIS STRIPES, HIS
49:04
PRISON, HIS DEATH, HIS BEATINGS, HIS STONINGS, HIS
49:13
SHIPWRECKS, HE COULD RECOUNT IN BITTER DETAIL HIS
49:21
JOURNEYS, HIS WEARINESS, HIS PAINFULNESS, HIS WATCHINGS,
49:30
HIS HUNGER, HIS THIRST, HIS FASTINGS, THE COLD, THE
49:38
NAKEDNESS, AND EIGHT OTHER PERILS THAT I'VE NOT NAMED.
49:46
BUT UNLESS YOU ARE MISLED BY HIS WRITINGS, YOU MUST
49:53
REMEMBER, HE SAID, "YES, I WAS TROUBLE ON EVERY SIGN,
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BUT I WAS NOT DISTRESSED. I WAS PERPLEXED, BUT I WAS NOT
50:13
IN DESPAIR. I WAS PERSECUTED, BUT MY GOD DID
50:19
NOT FORSAKE ME. AND I WAS CAST DOWN, BUT I WAS NOT
50:25
DESTROYED BY THE DEVIL. I'VE GOT MY GARMENT INTACT. IT
50:31
DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
50:36
YOU'RE ABOUNDING OR YOU'VE BEEN ABASED. IT DOESN'T
50:39
MATTER IF YOU GOT A LUMP OR THE DOCTOR SAYS YOU'RE GOING
50:42
TO DIE OF CANCER. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'VE LOST YOUR
50:46
LOVED ONE. IT DOESN'T LOOKS LIKE IT'S OVER. IF YOU ARE
50:51
STILL IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, YOU WILL COME OUT
50:56
ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE. GOD IN
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THIS HOUR IS NOT LOOKING FOR THE WEALTHY OR THE
51:03
INTELLECT. HE'S NOT LOOKING JUST FOR THE EDUCATOR. BUT
51:07
HE SAID, CAN I GET ME SOME MEN AND WOMEN THAT LOVE ME
51:11
FOR ME AND NOT FOR WHAT I GIVE WILL LOVE ME IN THE
51:16
MIDST, HALLELUJAH, WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AND STILL
51:21
STANDING ON THE ROCK OF AGES AND DECLARING, "I WILL NOT
51:26
THROW IN THE TOWEL." HALLELUJAH. HE SAID, "I GOT
51:41
MY GARMENT. IT'S WHOLE AND IT'S NOT TORN." NOW THANKS
51:49
BE UNTO GOD WHO ALWAYS, NOT MAYBE, NOT SOMETIMES, BUT
52:00
ALWAYS. HALLELUJAH. WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OVER, WHEN
52:05
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP AT
52:08
NIGHT, AND YOU'RE ALL ALONE, WHO CAUSES ME TO TRIUMPH?
52:12
HALLELUJAH. IN JESUS CHRIST, OUR DEAR SAVIOR, GOD IS SO
52:18
SERIOUS ABOUT THAT GARMENT NOT BEING TORN THAT HE WROTE
52:23
IN EXODUS 32. HE SAID THIS, "DON'T," HE SAID, "REINFORCE
52:30
THE HOLE AROUND THE OPENING SO THAT GARMENT CANNOT BE
52:34
TORN." GOD IS SAYING TO SOME MEN AND WOMEN, "LISTEN, I
52:39
KNOW YOU'RE IN A DARK PLACE. I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
52:42
UNDERSTANDING. I KNOW THAT BUT THE LORD SAID, "WILL YOU
52:47
TRUST ME? WILL YOU HOLD ON TO ME? WILL YOU BELIEVE ME
52:51
THAT I WILL COME THROUGH?" HALLELUJAH. I CAN SHOW UP IN
52:55
THE FIERY FURNACE AND I CAN SHOW UP IN THE LION'S DEN. I
53:00
CAN SHOW UP WHEN THE BOAT'S GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST
53:03
TIME. MAYBE GOD WANTS TO SHOW YOU A SIDE OF HIM THAT
53:07
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. YOU CAN'T FIND HIM ON THE MOUNTAINTOP
53:11
LIKE THAT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, WHEN YOU'VE MADE
53:14
YOUR BED IN HELL, YOU LOOK OVER AND GOD SAID, "I BEAT
53:17
YOU HERE. HALLELUJAH. THEN I'M GONNA BRING YOU BACK
53:21
OUT." I BELIEVE THAT GOD'S GOT SOME MEN AND WOMEN IN
53:24
THIS HOUSE WHO WANT TO TELL THE LORD, "I GOT MY GARMENT
53:28
INTACT AND I GOT SOME PRAISE IN MY SPIRIT." WE USED TO
53:40
SING A SONG IN OUR CHURCH, "WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL,
53:43
WELL, WELL, I WISH SOMEBODY'S SOUL WOULD CATCH
53:47
ON FIRE. HALLELUJAH. I BELIEVE GOD WANTS TO STRIKE
53:51
A MATCH ON SOME OF YOU AND TURN YOU ON LIKE A FIRE IN
53:56
YOUR BELLY AND WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO GET AROUND YOU,
53:59
THEY BEGIN TO FEEL THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY GHOST.
54:12
IT MAY HAVE BEEN CULTURALLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT CAN I TELL
54:19
YOU WHAT CULTURE ACCEPTS DOESN'T MEAN THAT GOD DOES.
54:25
WELL THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY DOES NOW. NOT IN GOD'S
54:31
HOUSE. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT IF IT
54:37
VIOLATES THE WORD OF THE LORD. AND LISTEN, WHENEVER
54:42
IN ORDER TO HAVE UNITY, YOU GOT TO COMPROMISE THE WORD
54:46
OF GOD. YOU DON'T HAVE UNITY. YOU JUST SOLD OUT.
54:49
SOMEWHERE YOU GOT TO DRAW A LINE. I WON'T STEP OVER
54:54
THIS. AND THE DEVIL'S SAYING, COME ON, I'LL TAKE
54:57
YOU WITH A RENT IN YOUR GARMENT. BUT I WANT TO STEP
55:00
BACK AND SAY I CAN'T COME OUT. I'M IN THE PRESENCE OF
55:03
THE LORD. THIS IS WHY GOD SAID, "I HAVE MADE YOU KINGS
55:08
AND PRIESTS UNTO THE LORD." YOU AIN'T LIKE EVERYBODY
55:11
ELSE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF INDICTING GOD. YOU
55:16
CAN'T COME INTO GOD'S PRESENCE AND MOAN AND GROAN.
55:19
BUT YOU GOTTA COME IN AND BEGIN TO PROPHESY. MY GOD
55:24
WILL COME THROUGH FOR ME AND I WILL PRAISE HIM. JUST
55:38
BECAUSE THE GENERAL POPULATION CAN REND THEIR
55:43
GARMENTS IN DIFFICULT MOMENTS, DOESN'T MEAN GOD'S
55:49
MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE PRIESTS CAN. BECAUSE WE
55:57
MINISTER IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. THOUGH THE
56:02
TEMPTATION IS GREAT, YOU CAN'T TEAR YOUR GARMENT AND
56:08
COME INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND SAY, "GOD, WILL YOU
56:12
HELP ME?" AND HIM SAY, "WELL, BY THE LOOKS OF YOUR
56:16
GARMENT, YOU'VE ALREADY DECIDED I CAN'T." GOD, I
56:23
BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GONNA COME THROUGH. AND THE LORD
56:25
SAID, "NO, YOU DON'T. LOOK AT YOUR GARMENT. IT'S GOT A
56:28
BIG RIP IN IT. BEFORE YOU EVER CAME IN MY PRESENCE,
56:31
YOU TORE YOUR GARMENT. AND YOU TORE IT AND YOU SAID, 'I
56:34
AM COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED. I AM DEVASTATED. SOME SORROW,
56:39
SOME DIAGNOSIS, SOME BETRAYAL OVERWHELM ME, AND
56:43
IT'S TOO BIG FOR GOD. THEN WE WANT TO COME IN THE
56:45
PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND SAY, "OKAY, GOD, DO YOUR
56:48
THING." HE SAID, "I CAN'T BECAUSE I NEED SOMEBODY TO
56:52
COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH ME." OUT OF THE MOUTH OF TWO
56:55
OR THREE WITNESSES, LET EVERY WORD BE ESTABLISHED.
56:58
AND WHEN YOU TELL YOUR GARMENT, YOU'VE ALREADY COME
57:01
INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE LIAR, WHO IS THE DEVIL, WHO
57:04
SAID, "I'VE GOT YOU." BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, JESUS
57:08
SAID, "I AM THE WAY, I AM THE TRUTH, I AM THE LIFE,
57:11
AND NO MAN COMETH UNTO ME BUT BY THE WORD OF THE
57:15
LORD." YOU AND I ARE DEALING OR HAVE DEALT WITH
57:26
PRODIGALS, BETRAYAL BY FRIENDS, AGING PARENTS,
57:36
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. BUT THE BIBLE DECLARES, "HAST
57:44
THOU NOT KNOWN, HAST THOU NOT HEARD THAT THE
57:50
EVERLASTING GOD, THE LORD, THE CREATOR OF THE END OF
57:56
THE EARTH, IS NEITHER WEARY, AND THERE IS NO SEARCHING,
58:02
HIS UNDERSTANDING, HE GIVETH POWER TO THE FAINT, AND TO
58:07
THEM THAT HAVE NO MIGHT, HE INCREASES THEIR STRENGTH.
58:11
OH, THE YOUTH SHALL FAINT AND BE WEARY, THE YOUNG MEN
58:16
SHALL UTTERLY FALL. BUT OH, THEY, HALLELUJAH, NOW WE
58:21
SHIFT, BUT THEY, BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD
58:26
SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH. THEY'RE GONNA MOUNT UP WITH
58:30
WINGS AS EAGLES, AND THEIR FRIENDS AND THEY'RE GONNA
58:34
SAY, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NOTHING'S GOING ON." AND YOU
58:38
SAY, "I'M IN A WAITING MODE." HALLELUJAH. I DON'T
58:42
KNOW WHEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE, BUT I
58:46
WANT TO TELL YOU, I GOT A GOD THAT I'M WAITING ON. AND
58:50
FINALLY GOD GETS UP OFF OF HIS THRONE ROOM AND SAYS, "I
58:54
CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. I GOTTA GO DOWN." THEY THAT
58:58
WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
59:03
THEY'RE GONNA MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES. WE'RE GONNA
59:07
RUN AND NOT BE AFRAID. CAN I TELL YOU, YOU NEED TO GET
59:10
READY. PUT ON YOUR TRACK SHOES. NO WONDER GOD TOLD
59:14
ISRAEL, GET READY. PUT ON YOUR SHOES BECAUSE YOU'RE
59:18
GETTING READY TO COME OUT OF SLAVERY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
59:22
SOMEBODY NEED TO GET THEIR SHOES ON BECAUSE THE LORD
59:26
SAID, YOU'RE GETTING READY TO COME OUT OF WHERE YOU'VE
59:30
BEEN AND YOU'RE GETTING READY TO GO BACK WHERE GOD
59:34
WANTS YOU TO GO. IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT CAN GIVE A
59:38
SHOUT OUT TO THE LORD AND DECLARE, THERE IS NOBODY
59:42
LIKE OUR GOD. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT YOU
59:55
AND I WILL EVER ENCOUNTER ON THE EARTH AND TIME IN THE
1:00:04
WHOLE OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE THAT JESUS HAS
1:00:11
NOT ALREADY FACED. HALLELUJAH! HAS NOT ALREADY
1:00:17
FOUGHT AND ALREADY DEFEATED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY
1:00:23
GHOST. DAVID SAID IT WELL IN PSALM 61, "WHEN MY HEART IS
1:00:34
OVERWHELMED, SOMEBODY, WON'T YOU LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT
1:00:42
IS HIGHER THAN I?" PAUL PUT IT THIS WAY IN CORINTHIANS,
1:00:47
"NOW THERE HAS NO TEMPTATION TAKEN YOU, BUT SUCH IS
1:00:53
COMMON TO MEN. BUT GOD WHO IS FAITHFUL," HEAR ME, "BUT
1:00:58
GOD WHO IS FAITHFUL," NOT FINICKY, "BUT GOD WHO IS
1:01:03
FAITHFUL WILL NOT SUFFER YOU TO BE TEMPTED OR TESTED
1:01:10
ABOVE," HALLELUJAH, "WHAT YOU ARE ABLE. BUT WITH EVERY
1:01:14
TEMPTATION HE WILL ALSO MAKE A WAY TO ESCAPE THAT YOU MAY
1:01:20
BE ABLE TO BEAR IT." SAYING TO GOD, "I WANT TO TELL YOU,
1:01:24
DON'T TEAR YOUR ROBE TODAY. DON'T RAISE A WHITE FLAG,
1:01:29
BUT UNDERSTAND GOD IS IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR MESS. GOD IS
1:01:34
IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. GOD KNOWS
1:01:37
WHERE YOU'RE AT. IF HE MADE YOU, HE CAN SUSTAIN YOU. IF
1:01:40
HE MADE YOU, HE CAN HEAL YOU. AND IF HE WANTS TO, HE
1:01:45
IS NOT ANY LESS. WHEN WE ARE IN BONDAGE, HE IS NOT ANY
1:01:52
GREATER. AND WHEN WE ARE WALKING THROUGH THE RED SEA
1:01:56
ON DRY GROUND, YOU MAY HAVE SURVEYED YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
1:02:03
THAT'S WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK, TO ENCOURAGE YOU THAT
1:02:10
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. YEARS AGO, I HAD JUST
1:02:17
COME OUT OF A DIFFICULT DIVORCE WITH AN UNFAITHFUL
1:02:22
WIFE. I GAVE UP MY CHURCH. I FOUND MYSELF 2,500 MILES
1:02:31
AWAY WITH AN OLD, BROKE-DOWN HOMELESS. I DIDN'T HAVE MY SON.
1:02:38
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. AND IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, I WAS
1:02:44
TRYING TO MAKE MY WAY TO ANOTHER STATE BECAUSE MY
1:02:49
UNCLE SAID I COULD SLEEP ON THE COUCH IN HIS LIVING
1:02:53
ROOM. MY HEADLIGHTS DIDN'T WORK ON MY CAR, SO THAT COLD
1:02:59
NIGHT I PULLED INTO A REST STOP, A TRUCK STOP, WITH
1:03:04
TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO, AND PULLED EVERYTHING THAT I
1:03:09
OWNED IN THAT CAR OVER ME TO TRY TO STAY WARM. THERE EVER
1:03:15
WAS A TEMPTATION. SOMETIME BEFORE THAT, I REMEMBER
1:03:25
HEARING THE NEWS OF WHAT MY MARRIAGE HAD DETERIORATED
1:03:28
TO. AND I WALKED IN A DAZE FOR SEVERAL MILES DOWN A
1:03:34
ROAD. AS THE EVENING CAME, I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING AT A
1:03:37
NIGHTCLUB CALLED STARLIGHT THEATER. I HAD ABOUT $200 IN
1:03:43
MY POCKET STILL. AND THE DEVIL TOLD ME, "WHY DON'T
1:03:48
YOU JUST GO IN AND THROW IN THE TOWEL AND GET DRUNK."
1:03:51
THAT NIGHT I LOOKED UP INTO THE SKY AND I TOLD GOD, "YOU
1:04:00
DIDN'T DO THIS TO ME AND I WILL NOT DO THIS TO YOU."
1:04:05
AND I DID NOT REND MY GARMENT. I STAND HERE TODAY.
1:04:15
YOU MAY THINK I'M BLESSED. YOU MAY THINK I DON'T KNOW
1:04:19
WHAT IT IS TO SUFFER, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT THE
1:04:23
ANOINTING THAT GOD GAVE ME TODAY DIDN'T COME OUT OF A
1:04:26
BOOK AND IT DIDN'T COME OUT OF A SCHOOL, BUT IT CAME OUT
1:04:31
OF A SECRET PLACE WHERE I WAS, MY ENTRANCE WAS WHEN I
1:04:36
GOT TO THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. THE GATEKEEPER SAID,
1:04:40
"I GOTTA LOOK AT YOUR GARMENT." AND WHEN HE LOOKED
1:04:44
AT MY GARMENT, HE LOOKED INSIDE AND SAID, "NO TEARS."
1:04:51
HALLELUJAH! NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW, NO MATTER
1:04:56
WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, DON'T LET THE ENEMY MAKE YOU
1:05:01
TEAR YOUR GARMENT. BETTER TO DIE WITH CANCER AND TO WAKE
1:05:07
UP ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH A GLORIFIED BODY THAN TO SHAKE
1:05:12
YOUR FINGER AT GOD AND SAY YOU LIED. YOU SAID YOU WILL
1:05:17
HEAL ALL MY DISEASE. CAN I TELL YOU THERE ARE SOME
1:05:21
THINGS YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT GOD. HE
1:05:25
WON'T EXPLAIN IT. HE WON'T GIVE YOU A REASON. HE'S JUST
1:05:30
GOING TO SAY, WILL YOU TRUST ME? I'VE GOT BETTER THINGS
1:05:34
FOR MY THOUGHTS TOWARDS YOU ARE GOOD AND NOT EVIL.
1:05:39
BEFORE YOU WERE FORMED IN THE WOMB OF YOUR MAMA'S
1:05:43
BELLY, I ORDAINED YOU FOR VICTORY. I ORDAINED YOU FOR
1:05:49
GLORY. I ORDAINED YOU TO WALK IN A REALM OF ABSOLUTE
1:05:53
VICTORY. PEOPLE WITH TORN GARMENTS ARE NOT GONNA TOUCH
1:06:03
GENERATION Z. IT'S A CHURCH THAT'S GOT THE SMELL OF
1:06:13
SMOKE ON THEM. THAT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE PRESENCE OF
1:06:19
THE LORD, THE ENEMY, THE ANGELS OF THE LORD WILL LOOK
1:06:24
AT YOU AND GO, I CAN SMELL THE SMOKE OF HELL ON YOU,
1:06:30
BUT I CAN'T FIND ANY TERROR IN YOUR GARMENT. IT'S ALL
1:06:35
RIGHT TO SMELL LIKE THE VALLEY, BUT JUST MAKE SURE
1:06:40
THAT YOUR GARMENT IS INTACT. PSALM 73 AND 17, DAVID
1:06:58
DECLARED THIS, "MY STEPS ALMOST SLIPPED." THE KEY
1:07:09
WORD IS "ALMOST." HOW MANY BEEN ON THE EDGE OF THAT
1:07:16
CLIFF? HOW MANY BEEN ON THE EDGE, OR YOU'RE WALKING WITH
1:07:23
GOD, YOU'RE WALKING WITH THE LORD AND YOUR KNEES START
1:07:30
BUCKLING. YOU'RE NOT IN THE MIDST OF LISTENING TO PASTOR
1:07:35
KENT PREACH ABOUT DON'T TEAR YOUR GARMENTS. YOU'RE ALL BY
1:07:38
YOURSELF, AND YOUR STEPS SLIP, AND YOU BEGIN TO
1:07:43
STUMBLE. DAVID SAID, "MY STEPS ALMOST SLIPPED. I
1:07:50
ALMOST LOST MY FOOTING. I ALMOST GAVE UP. I ALMOST
1:07:56
RAISED THE WHITE FLAG. I ALMOST TORE MY GARMENT
1:08:02
BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT MY CIRCUMSTANCES WERE TOO
1:08:06
GREAT, EVEN FOR GOD WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH. HE
1:08:11
SAID, "BUT WHEN I GOT IN THE SANCTUARY, I GOT A DIFFERENT
1:08:19
VIEW OF HOW GREAT GOD IS." I'M TALKING TO SOMEBODY
1:08:25
TODAY UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE WHO MAY BE ABOUT TO
1:08:30
RING YOUR PRIESTLY GARMENT AND RAISE THE WHITE FLAG. I
1:08:35
WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU. DON'T DO IT. DON'T DO IT. DON'T DO
1:08:39
IT. IT DON'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. GOD IS GREATER THAN
1:08:45
YOUR PROBLEM. YOU SAY, "BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY ELSE
1:08:48
COME OUT OF THIS." MAYBE GOD WANTS TO MAKE YOU THE
1:08:51
TEMPLATE TO YOUR FAMILY. IF YOU CAN COME OUT OF THIS
1:08:55
WITH PRAISE IN YOUR MOUTH. IF YOU CAN COME OUT OF THIS
1:08:59
WITH A JOY IN YOUR SPIRIT. IF YOU CAN COME OUT WITH ALL
1:09:03
THE PAIN, BUT YOU'RE SKIPPING LIKE HIND FEET IN
1:09:07
HOT PLACES. AND THEY SAY, "DON'T YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
1:09:11
BE DEPRESSED? YOU WANT TO BE DISCOURAGED? YOU WANT TO BE
1:09:15
BURIED?" BUT I WANT TO SAY, "I'VE GOT A PRAISE,
1:09:19
HALLELUJAH, IN MY SPIRIT, AND I WANT TO GET IT OUT.
1:09:24
I'VE GOT A PRAISE IN MY SPIRIT, AND I WANT TO GET IT
1:09:28
OUT." GOD IS LOOKING FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO
1:09:32
PRAISE HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF PAIN, IN THE MIDDLE OF
1:09:35
SORROW. GIVE GOD A CHANCE. I THINK HE DESERVES IT. HE'LL
1:09:50
NEVER LEAVE YOU. HE PROMISED YOU THAT. I FOUND GOD IN A
1:09:59
MUCH GREATER DIMENSION WHEN I WAS HOMELESS THAN WHEN I
1:10:04
EVER PASTORED OR STOOD IN A PULPIT. I FOUND GOD WHEN I
1:10:10
WAS BETRAYED IN A MUCH GREATER SCOPE THAN I WAS
1:10:15
SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS. I LIVED BROKE MOST OF MY LIFE.
1:10:20
I EVANGELIZED IN VEHICLES. I DROVE COMING HOME ONE NIGHT
1:10:26
FROM OUTSIDE OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, IN THE MIDDLE OF
1:10:30
WINTER IN AN OLD DODGE CONVERSION VAN WITH MY THREE
1:10:38
YEAR OLD DAUGHTER INSIDE AND MY WIFE SO BROKE THAT THE
1:10:44
HEATER CORE WAS OUT AND WE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO
1:10:47
FIX IT, AND I HAD JUST STOOD IN THE PULPIT AND PREACHED
1:10:51
HOW GREAT GOD WAS, AND YET I HAD A SIXTEENTH OF AN INCH
1:10:55
OF ICE ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDOWS IN MY VAN, AND THE
1:10:59
DEVIL'S SAYING WHAT KIND OF GOD WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO
1:11:02
THAT, AND WHAT KIND OF FATHER ARE YOU THAT WOULD
1:11:05
PUT YOUR BABY IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION? BUT CAN I TELL
1:11:08
YOU, HALLELUJAH, THOSE ARE THE TIMES THAT YOUR PRAISE
1:11:12
IS THE GREATEST. IT'S NOT TODAY WHEN WE JUST STAND AND
1:11:15
SAY, "OH GOD, YOU'RE GREAT," BUT IT'S IN THE DARK PLACES.
1:11:19
HALLELUJAH. IT'S IN THE PLACES WHERE THE WORD
1:11:23
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO YOU, THAT PEOPLE CAN QUOTE YOU
1:11:26
VERSES AND YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM, "THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR
1:11:29
ME. I ALREADY TRIED THAT." BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
1:11:33
WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, YOU JUST HAVE TO
1:11:36
DECIDE, "I WOULD RATHER GO TO HEAVEN SICK AND BROKE
1:11:40
THAN TO GO TO HELL WITH AN INDICTMENT IN MY SPIRIT AND
1:11:44
A ROBE THAT'S BEEN TORN." ALL I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS
1:11:48
THAT WHEN YOU AND I GET TO THE GATES OF PEARL AND THEY
1:11:52
CHECK US OUT, THEY SAY, "ROBE'S INTACT." HALLELUJAH.
1:11:57
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SAY? THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD
1:12:00
SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. MY PRODIGAL, MY
1:12:04
BETRAYAL, MY FINANCIAL REVERSAL, MY SICKNESS, MY
1:12:09
DISAPPOINTMENT, MY FAILURE. NOTHING GOT ME TO TEAR MY
1:12:13
ROBE, BUT I'VE GOT A ROBE INTACT. IS THERE SOME PEOPLE
1:12:17
TODAY THAT CAN DECLARE, I'VE GOT MY ROBE INTACT. I STILL
1:12:21
GOT PRAISE COMING OUT OF MY BELLY. (CONGREGATION
1:12:26
APPLAUDING) YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS, HELL ONLY
1:12:29
GOES AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT HE'S AFRAID OF. NO WONDER SO
1:12:35
MANY WICKED PEOPLE PROSPER. THE GREATEST BILLBOARDS THAT
1:12:40
HELL CAN HAVE. SLEEP AROUND, DENY GOD, BE AN ATHEIST, BE
1:12:46
WOKE, B-D-E-I, DO ALL KINDS OF MESS. AND THE DEVIL SAY,
1:12:50
"I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, YOUR
1:12:52
BUSINESS WILL PROSPER. EVERYTHING WILL BE GREAT."
1:12:54
BUT YOU ANNOUNCE YOUR INTENTION. I JUST ENROLLED
1:13:01
IN THE ARMY OF GOD. I'M A VOLUNTEER FOR THE LORD JESUS
1:13:06
CHRIST. JESUS SAID, "WELL, GET READY. THEY HATED ME AND
1:13:10
THEY'RE GONNA HATE YOU." HALLELUJAH. BUT I WILL BE
1:13:14
WITH YOU IN THE MIDNIGHT HOURS. I CLOSE TODAY. JESUS,
1:13:28
WHO IS OUR GREAT EXAMPLE, THAT'S WHY THE SCRIPTURE
1:13:35
SAYS, "THERE IS NO TEMPTATION TO OVERCOME YOU
1:13:39
THAT GOD HAS NOT ALREADY ENDURED." HE IS OVERWHELMED
1:13:47
WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT ISAIAH HAS ALREADY FORETOLD
1:13:52
HIS DEATH, AND ISAIAH SAID, "HE'S GOING TO BE SO
1:13:59
TORMENTED AND SO TORTURED THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM,
1:14:03
HE'S UNRECOGNIZABLE." HE SAID, "HE'LL BE MORE THAN
1:14:07
ANY MAN." JESUS FINDS HIMSELF IN THE GARDEN OF
1:14:12
GETHSEMANE, AND HE IS WARRING WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE
1:14:21
OF WHAT'S GETTING READY TO HAPPEN TO ME. AND IT IS OF
1:14:27
SUCH MAGNITUDE, HE IS UNDER SUCH EMOTIONAL STRAIN THAT
1:14:34
THE CAPILLARIES IN HIS FOREHEAD BEGIN TO BREAK AND
1:14:39
SWEAT MIXED WITH THEM AND IT BEGAN TO DROP OFF LIKE BLOOD
1:14:43
DROPLETS. AND HE IS PRAYING, "GOD, FATHER, DON'T DO THIS
1:14:52
TO ME. PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS." IF GOD IN FLESH AS
1:15:01
A MAN HAD TO GO TO THAT DEPTH TO WIN THE BATTLE, WHY
1:15:09
WOULD YOU THINK IT'S STRANGE THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH
1:15:13
WHAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH? BUT DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE
1:15:17
FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH IS BUILT ON THE BLOOD OF
1:15:20
MARTYRS? THE FREEDOM THAT YOU AND I HAVE TODAY IS
1:15:26
BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T REND THEIR GARMENTS AND THEY TIED
1:15:30
HIM TO A STAKE OR THEY ASSASSINATED THEM OR THEY
1:15:32
SHOT THEM OR THEY CUT THEIR HEADS OFF. AND AFTER THE
1:15:39
THIRD TIME, JESUS, HALLELUJAH, SAID, "FATHER,
1:15:45
NOT MY WILL, BUT THY WILL BE DONE." AND HE STOOD UP. THE
1:15:51
BIBLE SAYS HE WAS A HIGH PRIEST. HE SAID, "I GOT MY
1:15:55
GARMENT INTACT." NOW, HOURS LATER, THEY COME AND ARREST
1:16:06
JESUS, AND PROPHECY BEGINS TO UNFOLD. HE HAS NOW BEEN
1:16:16
STRIPPED OF HIS PRIESTLY ROBE. THAT ONE PRIEST LIKE
1:16:26
UNTO GOD WHO HAS AN ENDLESS LIFE. AND HE'S HANGING ON
1:16:34
THE CROSS. BUT HELL KNOWS THAT HE CAN'T COME TO THE
1:16:45
PRESENCE OF GOD IF HIS ROBE IS TORN. AND AS HE'S HANGING
1:16:52
ON THE CROSS, THE SOLDIERS TOOK HIS CLOTHES AND THE
1:16:58
OUTER GARMENTS THEY BEGAN TO TEAR INTO PIECES, AND THEY
1:17:03
GAVE EACH ONE A PIECE, FOUR PIECES. BUT WHEN THEY GOT TO
1:17:10
HIS PRIESTLY ROBE AND THEY PUT THEIR HANDS ON IT TO
1:17:16
TEAR IT, THE FATHER SAID, "YOU AIN'T TEARING THE
1:17:23
PRIEST'S GARMENT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T TEAR IT." AND WHEN
1:17:29
THE DEVIL IS SCREAMING, "TEAR THE GARMENT, TEAR THE
1:17:32
GARMENT," BECAUSE HE KNEW IF THEY WOULD TEAR IT, JESUS,
1:17:35
HALLELUJAH, COULDN'T COME INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE
1:17:38
LORD WITH A ROBE THAT HAD BEEN TORN. GOD SAID NO, AND
1:17:42
WHEN THEY LOOKED AT IT, THE BIBLE SAID THEY DECIDED NOT
1:17:47
TO TEAR THE GARMENT. WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD,
1:17:53
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS, HE PUT BACK ON HIS PRIESTLY
1:17:59
ROBE THAT WAS NOT TORN. HE TOLD MARY IN THE MORNING,
1:18:04
"DON'T TOUCH ME. I'M NOT YET A SINNER TO MY FATHER." BUT
1:18:08
THAT NIGHT HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, "TOUCH ME." SO IN
1:18:11
BETWEEN THE MORNING AND THE EVENING, THE GREAT HIGH
1:18:15
PRIEST, WITH A ROBE THAT WAS NOT RENT, BEGAN TO MARCH UP
1:18:21
THE STAIRWAYS OF HEAVEN INTO THE HOLIEST OF HOLIES, STUCK
1:18:27
HIS FINGER IN THE DROP OF HIS OWN BLOOD, DRIPPED IT ON
1:18:31
THE MERCY SEAT, AND HEAVEN SAID, "IT IS ENOUGH."
1:18:38
HALLELUJAH! I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME OF YOU THAT
1:18:48
ARE GETTING READY TO COME INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE
1:18:51
LORD, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BRING YOUR LOVED ONE WITH
1:18:55
YOU, AND IN TYPE, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING, HALLELUJAH,
1:18:59
THEM INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AND WITH YOUR ROBE NOT
1:19:03
TORN, GOD'S GOING TO SAY, "IT IS ENOUGH." THAT'S WHEN
1:19:07
THE PRODIGALS ARE COMING HOME. THAT'S WHEN OUR
1:19:09
NATION'S GOING TO CHANGE. THAT'S WHEN THE APATHY'S
1:19:12
GOING TO BE GONE. THAT'S WHEN THE SEEKER-FRIENDLY'S
1:19:15
GOING TO SHUT UP. AND THAT'S WHEN THE CHURCH OF THE MOST
1:19:18
HIGH, THIS IS WHAT GOD'S BEEN WAITING FOR. IT'S GOD
1:19:22
THAT'S SAYING, "I NEED ME A PRIESTHOOD THAT DIDN'T
1:19:26
DECIDE SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME, THERE WAS SOME CIRCUMSTANCE,
1:19:31
SOME EVIL, SOME DISEASE THAT WAS TOO GREAT FOR MY GOD.
1:19:36
BUT CAN I TELL YOU, THE GOD IS GREATER IN YOU THAN HE
1:19:41
THAT IS IN THE WORLD. AND WITH GOD NOTHING IS
1:19:45
IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU'RE BREATHING, YOU ARE STANDING
1:19:49
ON THE EDGE OF A MIRACLE. IF YOU'RE STILL ALIVE, YOU YOU
1:19:53
STILL GOT POSSIBILITIES THAT THE KING OF KINGS AND THE
1:19:57
LORD OF LORDS IS GETTING READY TO BREAK THROUGH INTO
1:20:02
YOUR WORLD OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND DILEMMA AND SAY, PEACE.
1:20:08
BE STILL. I CHALLENGE YOU TODAY, ALL OF THIS BUILDING
1:20:12
TO RUN AS AS FAST AS YOU CAN TO THIS FRONT AND BEGIN TO
1:20:16
DECLARE GOD. I'M COMING WITH MY ROBE INTACT. GIVE ME
1:20:21
SOMETHING. GIVE ME A SONG TO PLAY. HALLELUJAH. I WANT TO
1:20:25
CHALLENGE YOU TODAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A
1:20:28
DECLARATION TO THE LORD. HALLELUJAH. COME ON JUST FOR
1:20:36
A LITTLE BIT. DON'T TELL GOD HOW BAD IT IS TODAY. I WANT
1:20:42
YOU TO TELL GOD, LORD YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE I'M AT.
1:20:46
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, I BELIEVE THAT YOU GOT A
1:20:49
SOLUTION. YOU GOT AN ANSWER FOR EVERY PROBLEM, EVERY
1:20:53
SITUATION, EVERY VALLEY, EVERY DISEASE, EVERY
1:20:57
FINANCIAL SETBACK. MY GOD IS GONNA COME THROUGH. MY GOD,
1:21:02
I FEEL THE ANOINTING. SOMEWHERE, THE WORD OF THE
1:21:05
LORD IS BREAKING SOME YOKES. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
1:21:14
OH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. COME ON, THERE'S
1:21:18
A SHOUT. THERE'S A SHOUT BUILDING UP IN THIS BUILDING
1:21:21
TODAY. THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S TELLING GOD, I'M COMING OUT
1:21:26
DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I CAME IN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
1:21:38
- HALLELUJAH TO THE LAMB. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
1:21:43
HALLELUJAH, (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) HALLELUJAH,
1:21:50
HALLELUJAH (X6). THERE'S MORE THAT IS STILL COMING TO THIS
1:22:00
ALTAR. HALLELUJAH, WE'RE MAKING ROOM FOR YOU. THERE'S MORE
1:22:05
THAT ARE COMING. THERE'S ROOM IN THIS ALTAR. THERE'S
1:22:10
ROOM AT THE CROSS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE HEARD
1:22:13
THE WORD OF THE LORD AND WE MUST RESPOND. THERE'S
1:22:19
MINISTERS, PRAYER PARTNERS THAT ARE DOWN AND THEY'RE
1:22:24
GOING TO BE MOVING AMONGST YOU AND PRAYING FOR YOU.
1:22:27
HALLELUJAH. IT'S TIME TO TAKE THAT WORD AND PUT IT
1:22:31
INTO ACTION RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE POWER OF PRAISE.
1:22:35
HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. THOSE WATCHING AT HOME RIGHT
1:22:39
NOW, THOSE IN THIS ARENA, IT MIGHT BE A PAINFUL PRAISE,
1:22:46
BUT THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL PRAISE. WE'VE HEARD WHAT TO
1:22:50
DO. NOW FOR THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS, WITHOUT ANY MORE
1:22:53
PROMPTING, WITHOUT ANYONE ELSE ENCOURAGING, JUST LET
1:22:56
THE SOUND OF PRAISE FLOW FROM THIS ROOM. NOT THE
1:23:00
SOUND OF PETITION, BUT THE SOUND OF PRAISE. HALLELUJAH.
1:23:05
HALLELUJAH. COME ON, LET THE SOUND OF PRAISE FLOW FROM
1:23:09
THE ROOM. AND AS YOU PRAISE THE LORD, MAY THE GIFT OF
1:23:14
HEALING AND THE WORKING OF MIRACLES BE RELEASED IN THIS
1:23:18
PLACE. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. MAY
1:23:25
GOD'S SUPERNATURAL PROVISION AND PROTECTION BE RELEASED
1:23:28
UPON YOU AS YOU GIVE GOD THIS PRAISE. HALLELUJAH TO
1:23:33
THE LAMB OF GOD. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) HALLELUJAH (X7). COME
1:23:49
ON, GIVE HIM THAT PRAISE. HALLELUJAH (X4). COME ON, WE'RE
1:24:01
GOING TO GIVE HIM PRAISE THIS AFTERNOON. HEY, THE ENEMY'S BEEN
1:24:08
- (SINGING) DEFEATED. DEATH COULDN'T HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE
1:24:13
(SINGING) GOING TO LIFT OUR VOICE IN VICTORY. WE'RE GOING TO
1:24:16
(SINGING) MAKE YOUR PRAISES LOUD. THE ENEMY'S BEEN DEFEATED.
1:24:22
(SINGING) DEATH COULDN'T HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE GONNA LIFT OUR
1:24:28
(SINGING) VOICE IN VICTORY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOUR PRAISE END
1:24:33
(SINGING) NOW. THE ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED. DEATH COULDN'T
1:24:38
(SINGING) HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE GONNA RAISE OUR VOICE IN
1:24:42
(SINGING) VICTORY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOUR PRAISE END NOW. THE
1:24:47
ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED. DEATH COULDN'T HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE
1:24:53
(SINGING) GONNA RAISE OUR VOICE IN VICTORY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE
1:24:57
(SINGING) YOUR PRAISES NOW. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF
1:25:03
(SINGING) TRIUMPH. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF PRAISE.
1:25:07
(SINGING) SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH. WE LIFT YOUR
1:25:11
(SINGING) NAME UP. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A
1:25:15
(SINGING) VOICE OF TRIUMPH. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF
1:25:20
(SINGING) PRAISE. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH. WE LIFT
1:25:25
(SINGING) YOUR NAME UP. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP. SHOUT UNTO GOD
1:25:29
(SINGING) WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A
1:25:33
(SINGING) VOICE OF PRAISE. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF
1:25:37
(SINGING) TRIUMPH. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP.
1:25:41
(SINGING) SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH. SHOUT UNTO GOD
1:25:46
(SINGING) WITH A VOICE OF PRAISE. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A
1:25:49
(SINGING) VOICE OF TRIUMPH. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP. WE LIFT YOUR
1:25:54
(SINGING) NAME UP. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH.
1:25:58
(SINGING) SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH A VOICE OF PRAISE. SHOUT UNTO GOD
1:26:02
(SINGING) WITH A VOICE OF TRIUMPH. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP,
1:26:06
(SINGING) WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP. THE ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED.
1:26:25
(SINGING) DEATH COULDN'T HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE GONNA RAISE OUR
1:26:29
(SINGING) VOICE IN VICTORY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOUR PRAISES
1:26:33
(SINGING) LOUD. THE ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED. DEATH COULDN'T
1:26:39
(SINGING) HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE GONNA LIFT OUR VOICE IN VICTORY.
1:26:44
(SINGING) WE'RE GONNA MAKE HIS PRAISES LOUD.
1:26:47
- COME ON, HALLELUJAH. - (SINGING) THE ENEMY HAS BEEN
1:26:50
(SINGING) DEFEATED. DEATH COULDN'T HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE
1:26:55
(SINGING) GONNA LIFT OUR VOICE IN VICTORY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE OUR
1:26:59
(SINGING) PRAISES LOUD. THE ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED. DEATH
1:27:05
(SINGING) COULDN'T HOLD YOU DOWN. WE'RE GONNA LIFT OUR VOICE
1:27:10
(SINGING) IN VICTORY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOUR PRAISES LOUD.
1:27:14
(SINGING) HEAR THEM SAY YOU'RE DEFEATED. DEATH COULDN'T HOLD
1:27:20
(SINGING) YOU DOWN. WE'RE GONNA LIFT OUR VOICE IN VICTORY. WE'RE
1:27:25
(SINGING) GONNA MAKE YOUR PRAISES LOUD. SHOUT UNTO GOD
1:27:30
(SINGING) WITH THE VOICE OF TRIUMPH. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH
1:27:33
(SINGING) THE VOICE OF PRAISE. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH THE VOICE OF
1:27:38
(SINGING) TRIUMPH. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP.
1:27:42
(SINGING) SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH THE VOICE OF TRIUMPH. SHOUT UNTO
1:27:46
(SINGING) GOD WITH THE VOICE OF PRAISE. SHOUT UNTO GOD WITH THE
1:27:50
(SINGING) VOICE OF TRIUMPH. WE LIFT YOUR NAME UP. WE LIFT YOUR
1:27:55
(SINGING) NAME UP. - COME ON, LIFT HIS NAME UP ON
1:27:57
HIGH. LIFT HIS NAME ON HIGH. I THANK GOD FOR A PROPHET NAMED
1:28:19
KENT CHRISTMAS WHO HAS DELIVERED WHAT THUS SAITH THE LORD. I
1:28:30
THINK SOMETIMES THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION IN THE SPIRIT-FILLED
1:28:34
FAITH, CHARISMATIC PENTECOSTAL, APOSTOLIC, WHATEVER YOU WANT
1:28:38
TO CALL IT MOVEMENT, THAT IT JUST ALWAYS GOES GOOD FOR US.
1:28:44
AND AN ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYONE KNOWS OUR TESTIMONY AND OUR
1:28:47
AND OUR STORIES AND OUR PAIN. EVERYONE THAT HAS COME TO
1:28:52
MINISTER HAS LIVED THROUGH HELL ON EARTH AT TIMES, AND THE
1:28:56
VALLEY THE SHADOW OF DEATH. IT WAS NINE YEARS AGO, RIGHT NOW
1:29:03
THAT I THOUGHT MY FIRST WIFE WAS HEALED OF CANCER. AND WE
1:29:08
WERE IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE GETTING HER RELEASE DATE.
1:29:13
AND WHILE I WAS PARKING THE CAR, SHE FAINTED AND FELL.
1:29:18
AND THREE WEEKS LATER PASSED AWAY FROM INTERNAL BLEEDING.
1:29:23
I HAD THREE KIDS THAT WERE 10, 8 AND 5. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT
1:29:28
TO A KID? WE PRAYED ONE SIMPLE PRAYER EVERY DAY IN THAT SEASON
1:29:36
OF HELL. EVERY DAY, I TOOK MY LITTLE BABIES BECAUSE I
1:29:40
DIDN'T... HOW DO YOU GIVE A THEOLOGICAL DISSERTATION TO
1:29:42
LITTLE KIDS ABOUT THAT? WE'D SEEN THE SICK HEALED, THAT WE
1:29:49
WERE AFFLICTED IN OUR HOME. AND EVERY DAY I GOT MY BABIES
1:29:53
TOGETHER, AND I HAD COMMUNION WITH THEM, AND WE PRAYED. WE
1:29:58
SAID, "GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU, BUT I TRUST YOU." EVERY
1:30:04
DAY, WE PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH OUR CHILDREN. THOSE THREE
1:30:11
CHILDREN MADE THEIR OWN DECISION TO HONOR THEIR
1:30:15
MOTHER BY BEING WATER BAPTIZED AT HER FUNERAL. MY
1:30:20
YOUNGEST WAS SIX YEARS OLD. HE DID NOT COME OUT OF THE
1:30:24
WATER SPEAKING IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH. HE CAME OUT OF THE
1:30:29
WATER SPEAKING IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE AS THE HOLY SPIRIT
1:30:33
BAPTIZED HIM AT HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL. DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU
1:30:38
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THAT MEANS THAT THE COMFORTER
1:30:41
SHOWED UP WHEN WE NEEDED HIM THE MOST. AND I'M HERE A
1:30:44
LIVING WITNESS, A LIVING TESTIMONY TO TELL YOU THAT
1:30:47
WHEN YOU'RE LIVING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF
1:30:50
DEATH AND IT FEELS LIKE ALL HOPE IS GONE. THE COMFORTER
1:30:55
WILL STAY WITH YOU. THE COMFORTER WILL BE WITH YOU.
1:30:58
(SILENCE)
1:31:07
THAT MAN THAT JUST PREACHED TO YOU BURIED A LOVED ONE
1:31:12
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. THESE ARE NOT REHEARSED SERMONS
1:31:21
CREATED IN A BOARDROOM BY PEOPLE THAT SAY, "OH, THIS
1:31:25
POINT WILL MOVE THE CROWD. THIS WILL SOUND GOOD." THESE
1:31:30
ARE WORDS BIRTHED IN THE PAINS OF THIS LIFE. BUT GOD
1:31:36
HAS BEEN FAITHFUL. IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS IN MY TESTIMONY,
1:31:42
AND NINE YEARS LATER, MY CHILDREN SERVE THE LORD. MY
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CHILDREN KNOW THE GOD THAT THEIR MOTHER ABOUT. OH,
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WE'VE LIVED THROUGH THROUGH SOME STUFF. NO ONE TOLD
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ABOUT THOSE TEENAGE YEARS, THE WAY THEY WERE GOING TO
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COME. I NEVER PRAYED FOR THE RAPTURE MORE THAN I'VE EVER
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PRAYED THE LAST NINE YEARS. BUT HE'S BEEN FAITHFUL. AND
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FAITH. OUR GREAT MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE LIVED THAT
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SERMON THAT YOU JUST HEARD AND MADE IT THEIR OWN. AND
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I'M SO THANKFUL TODAY THAT I WAS A WITNESS TO THE WORD OF
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THE LORD PREACHED THROUGH PASTOR KENT CHRISTMAS. CAN
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YOU THANK GOD FOR HIS GIFT TODAY? WE'VE ALREADY HAD AN
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INCREDIBLE TIME IN GOD'S HOUSE. TO OUR VIEWING
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AUDIENCE, PASTOR HANK WILL BE IN THIS PULPIT PREACHING
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TONIGHT. WE BEGIN AT 7 P.M. TUNE IN. MAKE SURE TO SHARE
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IT. MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS TO TUNE IN AROUND THE WORLD.
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THERE WILL BE A WORD FROM THE LORD THAT YOU DON'T WANT
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TO MISS. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM, I'D COME EARLY.
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I'D FIGHT FOR THE FRONT SEATS. MAYBE DON'T FIGHT,
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BUT JUST, WELL, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT. IT'S OKAY. BUT
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I'D COME READY. AND THIS IS HOW YOU COME TONIGHT. DON'T
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COME WITH YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. COME WITH YOUR
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HANDS WIDE OPEN, EXPECTING THAT WHEN YOU COME IN THE
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PRESENCE OF GOD, GOD IS GOING TO POUR OUT MIRACLES.
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I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU. AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME
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MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS WORD. I
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DON'T LEAVE THIS WORD IN THIS ARENA. I TAKE IT HOME
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WITH ME IN MY HEART. IT'S COME THROUGH THE GATEWAY OF
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MY EARS, BUT IT'S NOW A SEED THAT'S BEEN PLANTED IN MY
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HEART. AND I THANK YOU, LORD. AND I MAKE COVENANT WITH YOU
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TODAY, LORD. I'LL PRAISE YOU NOT ONLY ON MY BEST DAYS, BUT YEAH,
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EVEN ON MY WORST DAYS, AND YOU WON'T FIND MY GARMENTS TORN.
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HALLELUJAH. BECAUSE YOU'RE FAITHFUL IN THE MIGHTY NAME THAT
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IS ABOVE EVERY NAME, THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND ALL
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GOD'S PEOPLE SAID, "WOULD YOU PRAISE HIM ONE MORE TIME?"