Latest / LOH Church Archive / 6/22/25 9AM - The Truth About Christian Suffering Part 2
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:04(ROARING)
- 0:07(MUSIC)
- 0:08- COME ON, CHURCH. GET UP ON YOUR FEET, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME
- 0:12PRAISE THIS MORNING. WHOA OH OH OH.
- 1:32- HALLELUJAH.
- 1:34- PRAISE YOU. HALLELUJAH, LORD WE WORSHIP YOU. WE BLESS YOU.
- 1:39COME ON. LET'S LIFT UP OUR VOICES AND JUST WORSHIP GOD. WE
- 1:42WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 1:46- THANK YOU JESUS.
- 1:47- YOU ARE OUR GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU.
- 1:51- OH YES LORD.
- 1:53- AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE, YOUR MERCY. WE THANK
- 1:57YOU FOR YOUR HELP. AND WE BLESS YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU TODAY.
- 2:01- YES, LORD JESUS. - AND MOST OF ALL, WE TRUST YOU.
- 2:05- IF YOU TRUST THE LORD, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.
- 2:07(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 2:09- WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOU TRUST THE LORD. THAT'S GOOD. I'M
- 2:12GOING TO LOOK OVER AT EVERYBODY NOW. THIS WAS THE SECTION LAST
- 2:15WEEK, REMEMBER? ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ALIVE AND WELL?
- 2:19(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 2:21- HEY, THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I MUST HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM
- 2:23HERE GO OVER THERE. NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M ONLY, I'M ONLY KIDDING.
- 2:27NO I'M KIDDING. SO HOW'S THIS SECTION?
- 2:29(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 2:32- HERE, HOW ABOUT HERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 2:36- UP THERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 2:40- ALL RIGHT, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS. WE NEVER DID THE WAVE.
- 2:44DUDE, START IT. READY? RIGHT HERE. LET'S GO. HERE WE GO. ALL
- 2:47RIGHT. WHY NOT? - THAT WAS FUN!
- 2:52- EXCEPT IT DIED OUT UP THERE. WHAT IS WITH THAT? SO, HEY, IT'S
- 2:57A GOOD WAY TO GET YOU TO LIFT YOUR HANDS, RIGHT, BEFORE THE
- 2:59LORD. SO THERE YOU GO. BUT ANYWAY...
- 3:01- THAT'S FUN.
- 3:02- ARE YOU ALL ENJOYING THE HEAT? HOW ABOUT YOU, BRENDA?
- 3:04- NO, NO.
- 3:05- NO, NO. I WAS GOING TO GO TO
- 3:08THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TODAY...
- 3:10- ... THAN LIKE THE WHITE BLIZZARD OR SOMETHING.
- 3:12- I HEAR YOU.
- 3:13- I THINK SO. - BUT THERE'S, LISTEN, I WAS
- 3:15GOING TO GO TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
- 3:17TODAY, AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GOING. THERE'S
- 3:19NO BETTER PLACE THAN YOUR SOFA, RIGHT?
- 3:24- WE ALL HAVE THE BIG OLD FLAT SCREEN TVS, WHY GO
- 3:27ANYWHERE? YOU CAN JUST WATCH THE WHOLE WORLD.
- 3:29- BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE AT MY HOUSE? MY OWN CONCESSION PERSON
- 3:34THAT COMES, AND... NOTHING I'M ONLY MESSING...
- 3:38- I KNOW HOW TO FLING A BAG OF POTATO CHIPS.
- 3:41- NO, THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, THROWS IT TO ME ACROSS THE ROOM, AND I
- 3:46HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE CHAIR AND PICK IT UP. THAT'S OKAY.
- 3:48- I'M GOOD, NO, I'M A BETTER TARGET THAN THAT.
- 3:51- I'M ONLY TEASING YOU. ALL RIGHT. OH, WHERE DO I GO FROM
- 3:54HERE? I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
- 3:57ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. WE'RE SO HONORED THAT
- 3:59YOU JOINED US TODAY. AND I KNOW, I CAN HEAR YOU,
- 4:02YOU'RE ALREADY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP WITH
- 4:04WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WITH CERTAIN...
- 4:08- HAMMERS.
- 4:09- HAMMERS. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, TERRY WAS TELLING
- 4:14ME, FROM "THE PROPHETIC PULSE", HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ABLE TO
- 4:16WATCH THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PLEASE GO
- 4:19BACK AND WATCH "THE PROPHETIC PULSE." WE ACTUALLY WENT A
- 4:22LITTLE BIT LONGER ON WEDNESDAY WHERE WE DO TALK ABOUT ISRAEL,
- 4:26IRAN, WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2008, 11. BUT THERE WAS ONE
- 4:31PROPHETIC WORD WHERE THE LORD SAID HE WAS GOING TO STRIKE AT
- 4:34IRAN. HE WAS GOING TO HAMMER IT. AND THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE
- 4:37OPERATION LAST NIGHT, IT WAS "OPERATION HAMMER". SO I THOUGHT
- 4:39THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR JUST A
- 4:44FEW MINUTES IS I'M GOING TO DO KIND OF A MINI PULSE LIKE WE DID
- 4:47LAST WEEK. I'LL SHARE, JUST A REMINDER, MAYBE SOME OF YOU
- 4:51DIDN'T SEE IT. MAYBE SOME OF YOU FORGOT. BUT I WILL MENTION
- 4:55AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER ON WHERE YOU CAN GO
- 4:58OUT AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE PROPHETIC WORDS TO
- 5:00ENCOURAGE YOU AND, AND JUST WORSHIP GOD AND THANK
- 5:03HIM THAT HE IS SPEAKING TO US. ALL RIGHT. LISTEN...
- 5:05- BUT I WILL SAY, BEFORE WE GET TO THE MESSAGE, I THINK SOME OF
- 5:09THE PROPHETIC WORDS THAT YOU WERE READING THIS MORNING TO ME,
- 5:13THEY MAKE EVEN MORE SENSE NOW BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST
- 5:16NIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TIME TO TALK
- 5:20ABOUT SOME OF THAT AND RECAP IT. AND IT IS JUST JAW DROPPING WHAT
- 5:25GOD WAS SAYING. THAT GOD TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE WITH US WHAT
- 5:30HE WAS GOING TO DO. AND I JUST THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE.
- 5:33- AMEN. ESPECIALLY IN TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF
- 5:38GOING, "OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON?" BUT AGAIN, IT'S WHERE YOU GET
- 5:41YOUR NEWS FROM. WE GOT TO GET IT FROM THE THRONE.
- 5:43BEST OF ALL, ISN'T IT? - ABSOLUTELY.
- 5:45- ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, MAMA, REAL QUICK. YOU'RE GOING TO
- 5:48PREACH, I GUESS IT'S PART TWO. - PART TWO.
- 5:50- AND YOU WERE TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE PREACHING
- 5:52ON, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A BOOK.
- 5:54- YEAH, WELL. WELL, MAYBE, LET'S JUST
- 5:57SEE HOW IT ALL COMES OUT FIRST.
- 5:58- ALRIGHT, SO TELL US WHAT IT IS.
- 5:59- YEAH, SO WE'RE CONTINUING A THREE PART SERIES ON THE TRUTH
- 6:03ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DOES
- 6:08ADVERSITY HAPPEN? YOU COULD SAY, WHY DO BAD THINGS SOMETIMES
- 6:11HAPPEN WITH SEEMINGLY GOOD PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF
- 6:14THESE. WE WENT THROUGH THE BOOK OF JOB LAST WEEK. WE'LL RECAP A
- 6:17LITTLE OF THAT. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME
- 6:20REASONS THAT ADVERSITY COMES. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE THIS
- 6:24WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AND JUST KIND OF PICK OUR WAY THROUGH IT. I
- 6:27THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD AND VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I THINK
- 6:30IT'S GOING TO HELP ALL OF US NAVIGATE NOT ONLY THINGS
- 6:33WE GO THROUGH, BUT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE
- 6:36GO THROUGH IT CORRECTLY AND BE A SUPPORTER.
- 6:38- I'M EXCITED. DO YOU KNOW WHO MY FAVORITE PREACHER IS?
- 6:41- I CAN'T GUESS. - YOU.
- 6:43- ALL RIGHT.
- 6:43- I'M EXCITED. OKAY, WELL, LET'S WORSHIP THE LORD.
- 6:46- ALL RIGHT. LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, SAY
- 6:51THESE WORDS. SAY "LORD JESUS. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY IN
- 6:55THE HOUSE OF GOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE.
- 7:01I'M GOING TO BE RECEPTIVE. AND I ASK YOU, LORD, MOVE ON OUR LIVES
- 7:07AND UPON EVERYONE WATCHING IN THIS SERVICE TODAY." NOW, IF YOU
- 7:12BELIEVE IT, THEN LET'S RAISE THOSE HANDS AND SHOUT AND
- 7:16WORSHIP THE LORD TOGETHER IN JESUS NAME.
- 7:25- COME ON CHURCH! NO MATTER THE SITUATION, WE PRAISE HIS NAME.
- 7:29AMEN? HERE WE GO. LET EVERYTHING...
- 12:25- I CAN HEAR...
- 12:37- OH OH OH. YEAH.
- 14:16- OHHH, WE WILL PRAISE, WE WILL PRAISE. YEAHHH!
- 16:13- WE WATCH THE HEAVINESS RUN AWAY.
- 16:16- PUT ON THE GARMENT OF PRAISE. WATCH THE HEAVINESS...
- 16:51- OH, WE LOVE TO LIFT YOU UP, LORD. WE LOVE TO GIVE YOU GLORY.
- 17:00LOVE TO LIFT UP YOUR NAME. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.
- 17:11YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.
- 17:20THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.
- 17:28YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER
- 17:33WORKING GOD. THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. BECAUSE
- 17:45YOU'VE NEVER BEEN DEFEATED. YOU'VE NEVER BEEN
- 17:50DEFEATED. YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD.
- 17:58(MUSIC)
- 24:52- YOU ARE. YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU
- 25:10ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. HOLY AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. HOLY
- 25:28AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. YOU ARE. EL SHADDAI, YOU ARE.
- 25:43YAHWEH, YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD. YOU ARE THE LORD
- 25:55OUR GOD. SO MAGNIFICENT, YOU ARE. SO BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE. I
- 26:12STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE. STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE.
- 26:24STAND IN AWE. AND I STAND ON THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION. YOU HIDE
- 26:33ME IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. YOU
- 26:51HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. AND ONLY WITH MY EYES
- 26:57WILL I SEE THE REWARD OF THOSE WHO DON'T SEEK YOU. ONLY WITH MY
- 27:05EYES WILL I SEE. CAUSE YOU HIDE ME. YOU HIDE ME. YOU SURROUND
- 27:18ME. YOU SURROUND ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME.
- 27:35YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME.
- 27:43YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME. MY GOD, YOU'RE AROUND ME.
- 27:53I'M HIDING IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME.
- 28:00YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME.
- 31:05- WELL LET'S LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND WORSHIP HIM. OH, JESUS, WE
- 31:09WORSHIP YOU, LORD OF HOSTS. CAPTAIN OF THE HOSTS, WE HONOR
- 31:13YOU. YOU SURROUND US WITH THE SHIELD. YOU BRING PRESERVATION
- 31:21UPON US. WE ARE PRESERVED BY THE POWER OF YOUR HAND. WE'RE
- 31:26PRESERVED, COMING IN AND GOING OUT, AND IN BETWEEN. WE'RE
- 31:30PRESERVED FROM ALL EVIL. OH, SPIRIT OF GOD! LET THERE BE A
- 31:39RESTRAINT UPON OUR ENEMIES. THAT THOSE THAT SEEK TO RISE AGAINST
- 31:45US, AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE, AGAINST THIS NATION, AGAINST ISRAEL. YOU
- 31:51GO BEFORE US. YOU GO BEHIND US. YOU ARE THE RESTRAINING FORCE.
- 31:56YOU ARE THE GOD OF PRESERVATION. PROTECT OUR CITIES. PROTECT OUR
- 32:02HOMES. PROTECT OUR NATION. PROTECT JERUSALEM. ISRAEL, WE
- 32:09SPEAK FOR YOUR PEACE. PRINCE OF PEACE. GO BEFORE US. GO BEHIND
- 32:18US. RELEASE YOUR HOSTS. THANK YOU GOD. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US.
- 32:33YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US. COME ON, KEEP PLAYING THAT AND I HEAR IT.
- 32:36COME ON. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRIT REALM RIGHT NOW.
- 32:40COME ON. THINGS MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW OF. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS
- 32:43MOVING. THERE'S A RESTRAINING AGAINST THAT WHICH COMES TO
- 32:48STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. AND I DO NOT JUST SPEAK OF THE
- 32:53NATIONS, I SPEAK OF YOUR HOMES, YOUR LIFE. COME ON. COME ON,
- 32:58KEEP PLAYING IT ON THE DRUMS. LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND,
- 33:01LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND. LET THE SOUND.
- 33:05(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 33:11LET IT GO OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S DELIVERANCE. LET IT GO
- 33:18OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S RESTRAINT. LET IT GO OUT, THE
- 33:24ARROW OF THE LORD'S SCATTERING. SCATTERING AND SHATTERING HIS
- 33:29ENEMIES. LET THE ARROWS. LET IT GO OUT, MIGHTY GOD.
- 33:41(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 33:46LET IT GO OUT. LET IT GO OUT.
- 33:54(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 34:08"DO YOU UNDERSTAND," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "THAT YOU ARE
- 34:12STANDING IN THE NEW? SOME OF YOU, YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TO THE
- 34:19PLOW AND YOU LOOK BACK. BUT I SAY YOU ARE STANDING IN THE NEW.
- 34:26THIS IS THE NEW SEASON OF MY EVENTS. OF MY PROCLAMATIONS, MY
- 34:34DECREE, MY AGENDAS THAT GO FORTH IN THE EARTH. AND I AM BRINGING
- 34:41A NEW UNITED STATES BEFORE YOU. AND THIS THAT I'M DOING IN YOUR
- 34:52NATION, IT IS A GREAT WORK. IT'S WHY THEY SAY AMONG YOUR LAND,
- 35:00'MAKING AMERICA GREAT'. THIS IS MY PLAN. MY ENDEAVOR. THIS IS MY
- 35:08WILL. AND THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. AS ENEMIES OF DARKNESS
- 35:15ARE BEING CONSTRAINED. ANNIHILATED. DISMANTLED.
- 35:20DETHRONED. AND THEY ARE BEING DISPLACED. YOU WILL SEE IN THE
- 35:29SEASON OF THE NEW, I STAND UPON THE MIDDLE EAST. AND I STAND
- 35:34THERE TO TEAR DOWN A WALL. I DID IT IN THE DAYS OF RONALD REAGAN.
- 35:43I AM TEARING ISLAM AND ITS VEIL AND STRONGHOLD. YESHUA, HE
- 35:52ARISES IN THE LAND, IN THE EARTH, IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE
- 36:01STANDS UPON THE VERY SOIL OF IRAN. IN THIS SEASON OF THE NEW,
- 36:10YOU WATCH WHAT SHALL ARISE. THERE IS A LIBERTY, AND THERE IS
- 36:17A FREEDOM THAT IS COMING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND IT IS COMING TO
- 36:22THE NATION OF IRAN," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "AND THIS LIBERTY
- 36:27THAT YOU SEE AND YOU SHALL SEE WITH YOUR EYES SHALL LIBERATE
- 36:31THE WOMEN, THE VEILS REMOVED, AND THEY SHALL BE GIVEN PLACES
- 36:38TO SPEAK, TO HAVE INFLUENCE, EVEN AUTHORITY THAT SHALL SHOCK
- 36:44THE EARTH. BUT THIS IS MY SEASON OF THE NEW, AND THERE SHALL BE A
- 36:49LIBERTY THAT SHALL ARISE IN IRAN, THAT SHALL BRING NEW FACES
- 36:56OF THOSE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING IN SECRET. THAT WERE
- 37:02CLOTHED WITH UNIFORMS OF THE IRANIAN REGIME. BUT THEY WERE
- 37:12NOT SATISFIED. AND THEY INVITED AND ALLOWED OTHERS TO COME IN TO
- 37:21CREATE A SCENARIO, A PLAN THAT YOU ARE SEEING WITH YOUR EYES.
- 37:28DO NOT LISTEN TO THE NEWS, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WHAT HAS BEEN
- 37:32THE WORK OF MY HANDS, COOPERATING AND WORKING AMONG
- 37:36THOSE IN MILITARY UNIFORM, HIGH PLACES, SCIENTISTS, TO CREATE A
- 37:45PLAN THAT WILL CAUSE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM TO NOT JUST ARISE IN
- 37:51IRAN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. AND THERE SHALL BE
- 37:55GATHERINGS AND CELEBRATION THAT YOU WILL SEE WITH YOUR EYES,
- 38:00THAT BY THE MASSES THEY WILL GATHER ALL ACROSS THE IRAN, AND
- 38:07THEY WILL CRY, AND THEY WILL WEEP, AND THEY WILL LAUGH AND
- 38:10THEY WILL SING. BUT THERE WILL BE A SOUND THAT YOU WILL HEAR.
- 38:14BECAUSE I HAVE SAID, WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS
- 38:17LIBERTY. THIS IS MY SPIRIT MOVING. THEREFORE PAY ATTENTION.
- 38:22YESHUA! YESHUA! AND THAT WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGROUND AND HIDDEN
- 38:29AWAY AND PERSECUTED IN IRAN AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SHALL COME
- 38:33IN THE LIBERTY OF THE SPIRIT THAT SHALL ARISE. AND FOR A
- 38:40SEASON, FOR A SEASON, MY PEOPLE SHALL HAVE A LIBERTY AND FREEDOM
- 38:53TO WORSHIP YESHUA OPENLY, PUBLICLY, AND TO BUILD AND TO
- 38:58PLANT. BECAUSE THE VEIL AND THE SHACKLES ARE BEING BROKEN. AND
- 39:09THIS OF THE NEW THAT I SPEAK OF WILL CAUSE A NEW CANAL TO BE
- 39:16FORMED, AGREED UPON, AND THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL JOIN TOGETHER
- 39:22AND SAY, 'THIS BRINGS GREATER TRADE ROUTES.' 'WHAT IS THIS
- 39:26THAT ARISES IN THE EARTH AT THIS TIME?' IT IS TO SHOW THE EARTH.
- 39:32THIS IS MY TIME, OF MY RESET, MY GLORY AND MY WAY. AND THIS NEWS
- 39:39SHALL SPILL OVER AMONG THE NATIONS. CANADA, I'M COMING FOR
- 39:42YOU", SAYS THE LORD. "UKRAINE, YOUR FOOL SHALL BE DISPLACED AND
- 39:48REMOVED. THE NEWS SHALL ARISE AMONG RUSSIA AND ITS LEADER, AND
- 39:53THERE SHALL BE A GREATER EXPRESSION IN FREEDOM OF CHRIST
- 39:57AND IT'S SOUNDS. AND THEN PAY ATTENTION. NORTH KOREA, YOUR
- 40:07DAYS ARE NUMBERED. I WILL SHAKE YOU AS I HAVE SHAKEN IRAN, AND I
- 40:16WILL LOOSE YOU FROM YOUR PIG, AND I WILL CAUSE HIM TO SQUEAL.
- 40:23BUT HE HAS MY FINGERS IN HIS NOSTRIL, AND HE WILL BOW. AND A
- 40:34UNITY WILL ARISE AS A VEIL AND A WALL THAT I'M COMING FOR. IT
- 40:39SHALL BE TORN DOWN OVER ASIA, OVER NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA,"
- 40:45SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND? DO NOT TALK WAR
- 40:50UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MY WAR. THIS IS THE CAPTAIN
- 40:55OF THE HOST THAT STANDS IN THE EARTH TO RESET IT AND BRING THE
- 40:59NEW SEASON AGAIN," SAYS THE LORD. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR
- 41:03VOICE AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM.
- 41:10- ...YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF
- 41:21JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE.
- 41:34YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH,
- 41:45YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA...
- 41:57- COME ON. JUST SAY HIS NAME. YESHUA. YESHUA. COME ON. THOSE
- 42:01OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE
- 42:03AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP YESHUA. YESHUA. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE
- 42:10WORSHIP YOU. YESHUA. THANK YOU GOD. I WANT YOU TO SAY, "LORD,
- 42:21BLESS ME. KEEP ME. LET YOUR FACE SHINE DOWN UPON ME AND GIVE ME
- 42:28PEACE. I RECEIVE YOUR TOUCH OVER MY LIFE TODAY. I RECEIVE
- 42:35PRESERVATION, PROTECTION OVER MY LIFE, MY LOVED
- 42:40ONES, MY CITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NATION."
- 42:46NOW GIVE HIM ONE MORE SHOUT OF PRAISE.
- 42:48(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 42:51- PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS, WE'RE
- 42:53GOING TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY. I WANT YOU TO BE SEATED. I'M NOT
- 42:57GOING TO SHARE ALL THE PROPHECIES, BUT I AM GOING TO, I
- 43:00JUST FEEL... I FEEL IN MY HEART I NEED TO JUST SHARE A COUPLE.
- 43:06MAY I HAVE MY, THANK YOU, SON. MAN, THE ANOINTING IS SO HEAVY.
- 43:10I'M KIND OF, A LITTLE RATTLED, SORRY. I AM TRYING. OKAY. I
- 43:16DON'T WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION. THANK YOU LORD. ALL RIGHT. ALL
- 43:22RIGHT, LET'S UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME ENCOURAGEMENT REAL
- 43:26QUICK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAMA HAS ENOUGH TIME. PLUS, WE
- 43:28HAVE VBS, THEY'RE GOING TO SING A SONG, AND WE LOVE OUR
- 43:32CHILDREN. SO, ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? OKAY, I WANT TO GO TO
- 43:35SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. IS MY GLASSES AROUND HERE? YEAH, THEY
- 43:38ARE. OKAY. I WANT TO GO TO SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. I WANT TO READ YOU
- 43:42THIS ONE. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE THAT KIND
- 43:45OF SAYS IT WITHOUT HAVING TO READ ALL THE OTHER ONES. "DO NOT
- 43:48BE MOVED." THIS IS JANUARY 21ST OF 2024. "DO NOT BE MOVED. FOR
- 43:54AS MUCH AS THE TENSIONS SHALL ARISE BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF
- 43:57FEAR OF YOUR ENEMIES, LOOK BEYOND IT." HOW MANY KNOW, GOD'S
- 44:00SAYING, "LOOK BEYOND IT. GREATER SHALL BE THE CELEBRATION, THE
- 44:02VINDICATION, THE JUSTICE THAT SHALL ARISE IN THE EARTH, THAT
- 44:06SHALL BRING SWIFT REGIME CHANGES TO THE TYRANTS OF THE EARTH, AND
- 44:11SHALL CALM WAR IN AREAS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT FOR JUST A
- 44:14SEASON. BUT IT SHALL BE MY SEASON TO RESET THE EARTH, AND
- 44:17TO BRING REVERSALS THAT I'LL SHOW THE EARTH WHO IS IN CHARGE.
- 44:20AND I'LL CAUSE THERE TO BE A GREAT, GREAT REWARD TO THOSE WHO
- 44:24STOOD WOUNDED IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE. YOU SHALL RECEIVE
- 44:28YOUR SPOIL AND YOUR CHILDREN AND GENERATIONS TO COME, SAYS THE
- 44:31LIVING GOD." THEN I WANT US TO GO TO, IF WE COULD, I WANT US TO
- 44:37GO TO, LET'S SEE, LET'S GO TO SLIDE 24. I THINK THAT'S A,
- 44:42THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO SHOW VERY QUICKLY. SLIDE 24.
- 44:47DO THEY HAVE IT UP? OKAY, I'LL JUST READ IT HERE. IT SAYS "DO
- 44:52NOT BE AFRAID OF IRAN. MAY 26TH, 2019. FOR THEY WILL SEEK AND
- 44:57THEY WILL BE A CONFRONTATION..." THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
- 45:00"UNITED STATES - ISRAEL." NOTICE THOSE TWO NATIONS ARE THERE,
- 45:04OBVIOUSLY. "THEY SAY THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST OF WARS. IRAN,
- 45:08YOU SPEAK WITH SUCH PRIDE, YET IRAN, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE
- 45:11GREAT I AM AND SO THERE'LL BE A SHAKING OF YOUR SOIL..." HOW
- 45:15MANY OF YOU JUST HEARD THEY HAD A FIVE POINT SOMETHING
- 45:17EARTHQUAKE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. "AND THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO
- 45:22THE EARTH OF WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE. WHO CAN BREAK THE POWER
- 45:26OF MEN'S LEGS," THAT'S THEIR ARMY, "THEIR WEAPONRY," COME ON,
- 45:30"THEIR ARMORY." THEIR NUCLEAR, RIGHT? "DO I FEAR THOSE? I AM
- 45:34THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST, SAYS THE LORD, AND I'LL STAND BETWEEN
- 45:37THE ENDEAVORS OF IRAN TO STRIKE YOU, UNITED STATES, WITH TERROR
- 45:40AND TO BRING YOU INTO GREAT CONFLICT." SO GOD IS SAYING THAT
- 45:44HE'S GOING TO STAND. LET'S LOOK AT SLIDE 33. AND THIS ONE IS
- 45:49VERY POWERFUL AS WELL. DO THEY HAVE IT UP THERE, TELL ME IF
- 45:54YOU... OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO READ THE RED, "AND
- 45:58GOD SAYS, I SAY TO YOU, I RAN. YOU WILL TRY AND THERE WILL BE
- 46:03THAT WHICH WILL BE SEEN IN THE AIR. BUT I'LL STRIKE DOWN THE
- 46:06ATTEMPTS THAT WILL BE PUT IN YOUR PLACE, THAT YOU'LL BE PUT
- 46:09IN YOUR PLACE." SO WHO'S DOING THE STRIKING? OKAY. AND GOD DOES
- 46:14MANIFEST THINGS THROUGH THE NATURAL. "AND YOU WILL BE
- 46:17EMBARRASSED AND THIS WILL LEAD TO A GREAT UPRISING WITHIN YOUR
- 46:21NATION, IRAN. THAT WILL CAUSE A REGIME CHANGE THAT THE EARTH
- 46:26WILL SEE AND BEHOLD THAT GOD IS THE GOD OF THE KINGS OF THE
- 46:29EARTH. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?" SO HOW
- 46:35MANY KNOW GOD IS TRYING TO SET SOME THINGS IN ORDER? NOW I WANT
- 46:38TO SHOW YOU THIS, SLIDE 34. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THESE
- 46:44WERE FROM 2011. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO
- 46:48BE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE THIS WAS 2011. WE HAVE TO REMIND
- 46:52OURSELVES, THE PODCASTERS, THAT IN DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE OUT
- 46:55THERE, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE HELPING YOU, BUT THERE ARE SOME
- 46:57THAT AREN'T. YOU NEED TO BE VERY WISE IN WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING
- 47:00TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
- 47:04SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S NOT THEIR
- 47:08JOB, BUT... THIS IS SLIDE 34. MAY 4TH, 2011, "GOD SAYS THE
- 47:14PRINCE OF PERSIA IS SHAKING AND TREMBLING, BUT KNOW THAT THE
- 47:16SAME ANGEL THAT HAS DEALT IN THE DAYS OF DANIEL HAS DEALT WITH
- 47:20THE PRINCE OF PERSIA, AND HAS BROUGHT A VICTORY FOR AMERICA.
- 47:23BUT GOD SAYS, THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA," YOU COULD READ THIS IN
- 47:25DANIEL 10, "IS NOW RAISING HIS HEAD AND INFLICTING PUNISHMENT
- 47:29UPON MY PEOPLE, EVEN IN THE LAND OF THE EAST. WATCH THE
- 47:33SURROUNDING AREAS OF ISRAEL AND WATCH THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF
- 47:37THE EAST." NOW WATCH WHAT HE SAYS. "WATCH LIBYA, WATCH IRAN
- 47:42AND WATCH SYRIA FOR GRECIA," THIS IS THE DEMON "HAS SAID WE
- 47:46OWN THESE TERRITORIES, BARAN." I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT IS
- 47:50ANCIENT TERRITORIES OF THE EMPIRE OF GRECIA. "BUT THE
- 47:56SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS, EVEN AS THE ANGEL HAS COME IN THE DAYS OF
- 47:59DANIEL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF A MAN, TONIGHT HIS VOICE, THE
- 48:01VOICE OF A MAN, THE VOICE OF A TRUMPET GOES FORTH. AND ONCE
- 48:05AGAIN, MY ANGELS, MY HOSTS, LISTEN FOR THE WORDS TO DEAL NOW
- 48:08WITH THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA, EVEN AS PERSIA HAS BEEN DEALT WITH.
- 48:11SO IT IS THAT THESE NATIONS SHALL BEGIN TO ERUPT, AND THERE
- 48:15WILL QUICKLY BE REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, WITH
- 48:18ONE WHOSE HEAD WAS TOPPLED, GOD SAYS IT SHALL TAKE PLACE..."
- 48:22NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS FIRST LIBYA, "I WILL CUT HIM OFF AT HIS FEET.
- 48:26I'LL BREAK HIS POWER. I'LL TAKE HIM FROM HIS NOSTRILS AND HE'LL
- 48:29BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LIBYA." THIS ACTUALLY
- 48:32HAPPENED. YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. ALMOST
- 48:37SIX MONTHS LATER, MUAMMAR GADDAFI, THE LEADER OF LIBYA,
- 48:42WAS DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS. OKAY, SO THAT PROPHECY WAS
- 48:45FULFILLED SIX, ALMOST SIX MONTHS LATER. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE.
- 48:48SAME PROPHECY. "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAYS, WATCH SYRIA, FOR
- 48:51HE SHALL FLEE." THAT HAPPENED 13 YEARS LATER WHEN ASSAD, 40 YEAR
- 48:57REGIME, SUDDENLY FLED. NOW GOD'S SAYING "PAY ATTENTION." NOTICE
- 49:04THE NEXT ONE. "IRAN THEY SHALL MARCH QUICKLY UPON THE PARK AND
- 49:07QUICKLY UPON THE STREETS..." WE SHOW THAT ON "THE PROPHETIC
- 49:09PULSE" THERE WAS THIS UPRISING IN THE PARKS AND UPON THE
- 49:13STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. "THEY'LL SHAKE THEIR FISTS AND THEY'LL
- 49:15SAY 'WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER NATIONS WE MUST NOW HAVE IN
- 49:18IRAN'." HOW MANY OF YOU JUST SAW THESE, THESE UPRISINGS? THEY'RE
- 49:20SAYING, "WE WANT LIBERTY!" "GOD SAYS, WATCH, I'M GOING TO GIVE
- 49:23YOU A SIGN. THERE WILL BE CAPTURES, ASSASSINATIONS,
- 49:26REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AND THERE'LL BE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WANTED BY
- 49:29THE GOVERNMENT WHO WILL SUDDENLY, AS YOU HAVE SEEN,
- 49:31SURRENDER. OTHERS WILL BE TAKEN OUT. LEADERS AND NATIONS SHALL
- 49:34BE TOPPLED. AND THIS IS A SIGN. AS PERSIA HAS BEEN SHAKEN, SO
- 49:37SHALL THE PRINCE OF GRECIA. FOR THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN HAVE COME
- 49:41FOR YOUR WORDS, LIKE ARROWS THAT THEY WILL INFLICT DAMAGE UPON
- 49:45THE FORCES OF DARKNESS." LASTLY, "GOD SAYS, I NEED MY ARMY."
- 49:48THAT'S YOU AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, "MY WATCHMEN TO
- 49:51GIVE COMMANDS AT MY COMMAND. I NEED THOSE WHO ARE UTTER THE
- 49:54VOICE IN THE SPIRIT MYSTERIES THAT I MOVE AND CAUSE A GRACE
- 49:58AND A PROTECTION TO COME OVER YOU, AMERICA. YOU WILL LIFT UP
- 50:01YOUR EYES. BEHOLD, AMERICA, I'M BRINGING REDEMPTION. I'M
- 50:03REDEEMING YOU, AND I'LL PAY BACK WHAT THE ENEMY HAS DONE AND WHAT
- 50:06THE ENEMY AFFLICTED. AND I PROMISED I WOULD AVENGE THE
- 50:09BLOOD OF THOSE IN NEW YORK CITY..." THAT'S 9/11. NOW WATCH
- 50:13THIS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TROUBLE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
- 50:16RIGHT NOW AND WHAT HE'S DOING, GOD SAID THIS 14 YEARS AGO. "GOD
- 50:23SAYS, I'LL RAISE UP A VOICE FROM NEW YORK CITY", OKAY, "THAT
- 50:30SHALL SHAKE THE ECONOMY." SO HE'LL BE PART OF ALL OF THIS.
- 50:33WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. "AND BRING IT BACK
- 50:35INTO ORDER THAT WILL CAUSE THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT TO SAY, 'WHAT
- 50:38IS THIS? WHO IS THIS MAN?'" THEY STILL CAN'T FIGURE HIM OUT. "AND
- 50:43THEN I'LL RAISE UP A WOMAN TO STAND ALONGSIDE..." SOME PEOPLE,
- 50:47WHEN THAT WAS PROPHESIED, THOUGHT IT WAS A WOMAN VICE
- 50:48PRESIDENT, AND OF COURSE THEY WROTE IT WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
- 50:51AND THEY CALL YOU FALSE. BUT I THINK THAT WAS MELANIA, WHO IS
- 50:54HATED. SHE'S BEEN HATED. AND I THINK GOD IS SAYING HE'S, YOU
- 50:58KNOW, SHE'S STANDING BY, BEING PART OF LIBERTY. HER PARENTS
- 51:03EVEN IMMIGRATED IN THROUGH NEW YORK. SO RIGHT BY LADY LIBERTY.
- 51:08SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY I WANT
- 51:11TO DO THIS. BRENDA, DO I HAVE ENOUGH TIME? ARE WE GOOD FOR A
- 51:13MINUTE? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU. WHERE ARE WE
- 51:15HEADING? WHAT'S NEXT? I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
- 51:18YOU'RE SEEING WHAT GOD PROPHESIED AHEAD OF TIME. LOOK
- 51:20AT SLIDE 35A. JUNE 8TH, THIS IS PENTECOST SUNDAY. "STRANGELY,
- 51:26THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL GATHER, JOIN THE HANDS OF ISRAEL, AND
- 51:29EVEN IRAN SHALL ACT STRANGE." THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE, FIVE DAYS
- 51:33BEFORE, THE CONFLICT. AND THEY'LL SAY, "HOW IS IT THAT
- 51:37THEY COME TO A TABLE AND IT SHALL NOT BE THE TABLE OF
- 51:39DIPLOMACY THAT IS THE WORK OF MAN'S HANDS, BUT IT IS THE MIGHT
- 51:43AND THE POWER OF MY SPIRIT, WHO HAS COME AT THIS TIME TO
- 51:46POSITION THE EARTH, TO SHAKE ISLAM, AND TO SHAKE THAT WHICH
- 51:49THINKS THAT THEY CAN STAND AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE NO
- 51:52WALLS LIKE THE WALLS OF JERICHO," WOW, I FORGOT ABOUT
- 51:54THIS PROPHECY. HE SAID AGAIN TODAY, "FOR THIS IS MY
- 51:57OUTPOURING AND WHAT I'M DOING AT THIS TIME." MAY 18TH, 2025. "I
- 52:02SPEAK OF IRAN. I'LL BRING THEM TO THE TABLE." NOTICE THAT'S
- 52:06WHAT'S IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW. "AND THEY SHALL BE HUMBLED AND
- 52:09RESTRAINED BEFORE THE EARTH, BUT THEY WILL COMPLY." DID YOU HEAR
- 52:11WHAT GOD SAID? IN SECRET HE HAD PEOPLE DRESSED IN MILITARY
- 52:14UNIFORM THAT WERE PART OF PLANNING ALL OF THIS INSIDE
- 52:20IRAN. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT, OR GOD WOULD HAVE NEVER SAID IT.
- 52:25"AND THAT WHICH WILL HAPPEN SHALL SPILL OVER AND AN UNUSUAL
- 52:28ALIGNMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE AMONG THE ARAB NATIONS WHERE THERE HAS
- 52:32BEEN BATTLES, WARS, UPRISINGS AND UNREST. AND SUDDENLY THEY'LL
- 52:35JOIN HANDS AND MEN WILL SAY, THIS MUST BE THE PEACE THAT THE
- 52:37SCRIPTURE SPEAKS OF THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMES. GOD SAYS, WHY
- 52:42DO YOU LOOK AT MY WORD THROUGH FEAR? CAN THERE BE A PEACE THAT
- 52:46COMES THAT RESTRAINS FOR A SEASON, THAT THE RESULT IS NOT
- 52:49DESTRUCTION, BUT RATHER UNIFYING THAT SHALL BRING SOMETHING VERY
- 52:52UNUSUAL TO THE EARTH MY GLORY." FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
- 52:56WORD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART. WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND
- 52:59WE HONOR YOU, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS GOD. I WANT YOU TO DO
- 53:03THIS REAL QUICK. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY AROUND YOU.
- 53:06I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND
- 53:08SAY, "I BET I KNOW, I BET I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
- 53:12GOING TO HAVE FOR LUNCH TODAY." ALL RIGHT.
- 53:16(MUSIC)
- 53:56- WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING
- 54:00WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME THIS MORNING. I
- 54:03ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN
- 54:06YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND
- 54:09AT THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE
- 54:12BLUE GIFT BAG THERE'S A LOT OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE
- 54:15FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. HAS A PICTURE
- 54:18OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS
- 54:21TIME. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE'S SOME
- 54:24INFORMATION WE WANT TO SEND HOME WITH YOU JUST TO READ OVER IN
- 54:27YOUR OWN TIME. AND I ALSO WANT TO HAVE YOU FILL OUT THAT BRIGHT
- 54:31ORANGE "STAY CONNECTED" CARD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND
- 54:33TEAR IT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN
- 54:37IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANTED TO SEND
- 54:39YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING. ALSO, FOR
- 54:43THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE VIA RUMBLE, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK OR ANY
- 54:49OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL
- 54:51LISTED RIGHT THERE. I WANT TO GET YOU TO ONEVOICETV.NET. CLICK
- 54:56ON THAT. GET CONNECTED WITH US ON ONE VOICE TV BECAUSE THAT IS
- 54:59OUR STREAMING PLATFORM. YOU CAN GET OUR SERVICES LIVE AND
- 55:02ARCHIVED, AS WELL AS GET ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT,
- 55:07ALL LISTED RIGHT THERE. FLASHPOINT'S OUT THERE, GET REAL
- 55:09WITH HANK, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OF THAT GREAT
- 55:12CONTENT, SO PLEASE GET OUT TO ONE VOICE TV. WELL, IF
- 55:15YOU WOULD JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE
- 55:17AND ONLINE HAND AS PASTOR HANK COMES.
- 55:20- ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DO WANT TO MENTION WE GOT VBS KIDS GOING TO
- 55:24SING, AND I WANT TO GIVE PASTOR BRENDA PLENTY OF TIME, BUT IF
- 55:27YOU DO WANT TO GO OUT TO THOSE PROPHECIES, WE DO HAVE WHAT'S
- 55:30CALLED "PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVES" THAT I BELIEVE ARE ON
- 55:34HANKANDBRENDA.ORG. IS THAT CORRECT? AND MATTHEW WAS TALKING
- 55:38WITH SOMEONE LAST NIGHT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TYPE IN IRAN,
- 55:42CORRECT? AND IT WOULD COME UP. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD
- 55:47HAVE THE PROPHECIES. AND THEN I INSTRUCTED TERRY AND PASTOR
- 55:51ANTHONY, THEY CAN PUT THOSE PROPHECIES OUT SO THAT YOU CAN
- 55:53READ THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA
- 55:57POSTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG AND ALL OF THAT.
- 56:00BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE'LL BE AT FLASHPOINT TOMORROW
- 56:04AND TUESDAY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WEDNESDAY WE HAVE
- 56:08DINNER. IS THAT RIGHT, HERE? AND "OUR HEART TO YOUR HOME". IT'S
- 56:12GOING TO, IT'S WHAT? IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. WE ARE, WE FOUND SOME
- 56:18FROM 2008, JUST LIKE THE PROPHECIES. AND SO, WE'RE GOING
- 56:21TO PROPHESY TO IT AND CAST OUT THE FOUL SPIRIT. AND IT'LL BE,
- 56:25IT'LL BE AWESOME. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU TO
- 56:29REGISTER FOR OTH. OUR NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO CLIMB AGAIN, AND
- 56:33THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY HEART. I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT IS REALLY
- 56:36IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO BE UNIFIED. IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN
- 56:42I HAD MENTIONED THAT THE NUMBERS WERE DOWN. OF COURSE, THE
- 56:44LIBERAL MEDIA TOOK THAT AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE FAILING EACH
- 56:49OTHER IN GOD AND THEY MOCKED US, BUT LET'S STAND STRONG. WE DON'T
- 56:53REALLY CARE WHAT THEY THINK AND SAY. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS,
- 56:57THEY LIE. WE'RE PEOPLE OF TRUTH. LET'S GATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF
- 57:01TRUTH. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO PRAY ABOUT. GOD SAID THERE'S
- 57:04A LOT OF WEIGHTY MATTERS THAT ARE BEFORE US, AND WE HAVE TO
- 57:07PRAY. SO, I'M ASKING YOU, REGISTER TODAY. LET'S GET THERE
- 57:11TO OTH. THE INFORMATION IS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S ALL THE THE
- 57:15SPEAKERS AND SUCH. AND THEN LASTLY WE ALSO HAVE A MEDIA
- 57:21SEMINAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON FRIDAY. IT IS FREE.
- 57:24IT'S ONLY IN PERSON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN COME TO
- 57:27THAT. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU REALLY HOW TO DO MEDIA RIGHT. IF
- 57:31YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PODCAST, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, ALL OF THAT. SO
- 57:34THE INFORMATION IS THERE. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT
- 57:38INTO OFFERING. ALL RIGHT? SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN
- 57:41OFFERING SCRIPTURE, IT'S MARK 12... WELL THEY'LL PUT IT UP I
- 57:46THINK IT'S VERSE 30. IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO PREPARE
- 57:49YOUR OFFERING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND I WANT TO JUST SHOW
- 57:53YOU A SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS, "THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH
- 57:58ALL THY HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. AND THIS IS THE FIRST
- 58:02COMMANDMENT." NOW NOTICE THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS YOU ARE TO
- 58:06LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU DO YOURSELF. NOW YOU SAY, "WELL,
- 58:09PASTOR HANK, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH AN OFFERING?" WELL,
- 58:13IF WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THAT COMMANDMENT TO LOVE GOD AND TO
- 58:18LOVE PEOPLE, THEN THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS THAT WE
- 58:23WANT TO GIVE AS AN ACT OF OUR WORSHIP TO GOD. AND THAT'S WHAT
- 58:29YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE. WHENEVER MEN GAVE AN OFFERING, THEY
- 58:32ALWAYS BROUGHT WORSHIP. THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT AN OFFERING AND
- 58:36PRESENTED IT TO GOD. AND WHEN I TITHE, I DON'T JUST THROW IT
- 58:40INTO THE OFFERING BASKET OR I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I SAY,
- 58:45"GOD, IT IS MY HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. IT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO
- 58:48TO GIVE YOU 10% OF MY INCOME. BUT GOD, I AM TRYING VERY HARD
- 58:53TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE. I WANT TO HONOR YOU WITH MY LIFE
- 58:57AND GOD, YOU KEEP BLESSING ME SO MUCH AND I WANT TO HONOR YOU
- 59:02WITH WHAT YOU GIVE ME." BUT THEN MY PRAYER ALWAYS IS, "LORD, I
- 59:05WANT TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS." AGAIN, THAT'S THE
- 59:07SECOND COMMANDMENT, TO LOVE OTHERS AS YOU DO YOURSELF. AND
- 59:10REALLY, THAT IS THE HEART OF A GIVER. BECAUSE JESUS SAID IN
- 59:13MATTHEW 6:21 REGARDING LOVE, AND WE'RE TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR
- 59:18HEART. HE SAID, "WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE'S WHERE YOUR
- 59:22HEART'S GOING TO BE." WELL, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE PEOPLE REALLY,
- 59:26WHERE THEIR HEART IS, WHERE THEIR PASSION IS. IT'S REFLECTED
- 59:30A LOT OF TIMES IN WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO SPEND MONEY ON. AND
- 59:34I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO GOD, "GOD, I DON'T EVER WANT TO BE A MAN..."
- 59:37BECAUSE I LOVE TRAINS. AND BOY, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I
- 59:40DON'T LET BRENDA KNOW VERY OFTEN HOW MUCH I SPEND ON THEM, BUT,
- 59:45BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT'S
- 59:47RIDICULOUS FOR A TRAIN, RIGHT? BUT I ALWAYS SAY TO GOD, "GOD, I
- 59:50NEVER WANT ANYTHING IN THE EARTH THAT I GIVE MORE MONEY TO THAN
- 59:57YOU." I WANT GOD TO BE MY GREATEST GIFT OF SUBSTANCE THAT
- 1:00:03I GIVE TO HIM IN MY HONOR AND MY LOVE TO HIM. WELL, HOW DO I DO
- 1:00:08THAT? THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS I GIVE SO I CAN BE A BLESSING TO
- 1:00:11OTHERS, RIGHT? HELP BUILD THIS CHURCH. HELP EXPAND THE KINGDOM,
- 1:00:18RIGHT? WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE OTHERS. BUT
- 1:00:23ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS IS WE CAN SHOW GOD WHEN WE'RE WILLING
- 1:00:27TO RELEASE OUR TREASURE, OUR STUFF, AS AN ACT OF LOVE AND
- 1:00:32HONOR. AMEN? ALRIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN.
- 1:00:35THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT UP. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING.
- 1:00:39THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE, ENVELOPE, WEBSITE,
- 1:00:41MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, MAILING. THERE'S A QR CODE.
- 1:00:45THANK YOU ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
- 1:00:49PROJECTS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING. A
- 1:00:52COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE COMING THAT WE'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT. I
- 1:00:54JUST CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF JUST, YOU
- 1:00:59KNOW, PRAYING THINGS THROUGH MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS
- 1:01:02LIKE THAT. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED. GOD IS CONTINUING TO
- 1:01:05EXPAND. AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO
- 1:01:09DO THAT. SO WHEN WE COME WITH INFORMATION AND A COUPLE
- 1:01:12SURPRISES, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE AGAIN, AREN'T WE?
- 1:01:16UH OH, THAT WAS VERY ALL RIGHT, OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND TO
- 1:01:22YOUR FEET IF WE COULD. I WANT YOU TO HOLD YOUR OFFERING, YOUR
- 1:01:25PHONE OR WHATEVER. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. ALL
- 1:01:27RIGHT, PUT YOUR FORK DOWN AND LET THAT SYRUP SOAK SOME MORE IN
- 1:01:30YOUR WAFFLE. YOU KNOW I'M MESSING WITH YOU. YOU KNOW I
- 1:01:34LOVE YOU. BY THE WAY, I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. ALSO YOU THAT ARE
- 1:01:38IN THIS ROOM, BRENDA AND I, WE PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. AND I
- 1:01:40PRAY THAT YOU'RE FEELING THOSE PRAYERS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO
- 1:01:43LOVE YOU. AND IT'S OUR HONOR. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THIS. THE
- 1:01:45GREATEST THING IS TO LOVE GOD, BUT THE GREATEST THING IS TO
- 1:01:49LOVE PEOPLE. AND THERE'S NO GREATER PURPOSE OF MINISTRY THAN
- 1:01:54TO LOVE GOD, AND TO MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO BE A
- 1:01:57BLESSING TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO YOU ARE THAT TO US AND WE JUST
- 1:02:00REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, CONGREGATION, YOU'RE FAITHFUL TO
- 1:02:03COME. YOU COULD CHOOSE TO WATCH ONLINE, BUT YOU GET HERE IN
- 1:02:06PERSON AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. WELL, FATHER, I DO PRAY FOR EVERY
- 1:02:09PERSON THAT IS GIVING THEIR TREASURE, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE
- 1:02:13DOING, LORD, IS THEY'RE CONNECTING THEIR HEART. AND I
- 1:02:16ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM. I ASK THAT THOSE THAT ARE BEING
- 1:02:20OBEDIENT, LORD, TO BE FAITHFUL IN THEIR TITHES AND THEIR
- 1:02:23OFFERINGS, WE CLAIM TITHER'S RIGHTS. YOU SAID YOU WOULD
- 1:02:26REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR THEIR SAKE. YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD
- 1:02:30OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT BLESSINGS THEY NOT HAVE
- 1:02:33ROOM TO RECEIVE. YOU SAID, LORD GOD, THAT WE WOULD HAVE, IF WE
- 1:02:38GIVE, YOU YOURSELF, IN THE BOOK OF LUKE DECLARED THAT YOU WILL
- 1:02:42GIVE BACK TO US, AND IT WILL BE WITH GOOD MEASURE AND PRESSED
- 1:02:46DOWN, AND, LORD, IT'LL BE SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND EVEN TO THE POINT
- 1:02:50OF RUNNING OVER. SO YOU, GOD, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, SHALL GIVE
- 1:02:55TO US THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN, SO THAT WE CAN BE BLESSED. BUT
- 1:02:59MOST OF ALL, WE CAN HONOR YOU WITH OUR SUBSTANCE. WE CAN HONOR
- 1:03:05YOU AND BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
- 1:03:09YOU'VE GIVEN TO US, AND WE REMIND YOU IN ALL THAT YOU'VE
- 1:03:12LAVISHED US WITH, WITH YOUR LOVE AND BLESSING, THE MOST IMPORTANT
- 1:03:16THING IS, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH YOU. I COULDN'T IMAGINE
- 1:03:22LIFE WITHOUT YOU, GOD. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
- 1:03:26TODAY. I LOVE YOU DEEPLY. I LOVE YOUR HEART AND I HONOR YOU. AND
- 1:03:31THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, IN JESUS NAME. AND
- 1:03:35EVERYBODY SAID? AMEN. ALRIGHT, PASTOR MATT, YOU'RE GOING TO DO
- 1:03:39THE DECREE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LITTLE GUYS SING.
- 1:03:41ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOUR JACKET.
- 1:03:43- I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. LET'S DECREE THIS TOGETHER. "WE
- 1:03:46DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE
- 1:03:51INCREASED, EXPANDED AND DEBT-FREE!! WE DECREE IT SHALL
- 1:03:55HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE
- 1:04:00BUILT UP AND FINISHED! WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES
- 1:04:04NEEDED, FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN
- 1:04:08ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW! LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO
- 1:04:12THE SOWER. AND WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH
- 1:04:16HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL
- 1:04:20GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL
- 1:04:24QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE
- 1:04:29DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW! WE DECREE, MINISTRY AND CAMPUS, BE
- 1:04:34EXPANDED NOW!" NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
- 1:04:37LOOK AT SOMEBODY SAY, "GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS
- 1:04:40AMERICA." AMEN? AND AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE
- 1:04:45GONNA WELCOME THE KIDS IN, AND TURN YOUR ATTENTION
- 1:04:49TO THE SCREENS FOR A SPECIAL VIDEO AS WELL.
- 1:04:53(MUSIC)
- 1:06:42(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 1:06:57- AT VBS, WE LEARN FROM OUR MAP, THE BIBLE, THAT WHEN WE OBEY
- 1:07:03GOD, HE HELPS US DO GREAT THINGS. ARGH!
- 1:07:08- YEAH. YEAH, LIKE OUR MEMORY VERSE SAYS, "COMMIT
- 1:07:12TO THE LORD IN WHATEVER YOU DO AND HE WILL
- 1:07:13ESTABLISH YOUR PLANS. PROVERBS 16:3. ARGH!
- 1:07:20- EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD OR NOT, WE EXPECT OBEY
- 1:07:25GOD'S CALL. EVEN WHEN IT'S THE BEST TREASURE. ARGH!
- 1:07:35- NOW, CREW, RAISE YOUR SHIELD AND LET'S PERFORM
- 1:07:39OUR VBS SONG TO HELP US REMEMBER WHEN YOU OBEY
- 1:07:46GOD, YOUR ADVENTURE WILL NEVER BE DULL.
- 1:07:55(MUSIC)
- 1:08:00- OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD.
- 1:08:10OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE
- 1:08:19CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL
- 1:08:25HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S
- 1:08:31HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY! OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH.
- 1:08:41OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY,
- 1:08:52OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY
- 1:08:59GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO
- 1:09:06WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY!
- 1:09:14OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY,
- 1:09:20OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD.
- 1:09:29(CONGREGATION CLAPPING)
- 1:09:46- ARE THEY DONE? I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO SING
- 1:09:52AGAIN. GOOD JOB GUYS, LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A HAND. WAY TO GO! WAY
- 1:09:58TO GO! WAY TO GO! OKAY, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. YEAH, I'LL BE
- 1:10:04NICER THAN PASTOR HANK. SO YOU GUYS THINK OBEYING YOUR MOM AND
- 1:10:09DAD'S... YEAH, OOOO. DO Y'ALL THINK OBEYING MOM AND DAD IS
- 1:10:14IMPORTANT? IS THAT IMPORTANT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BY THE WAY, YOU
- 1:10:19GUYS ARE WEARING GREAT NAME TAGS ON YOUR BACKS. I LOVE THOSE.
- 1:10:23GOOD JOB. BY THE WAY, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE A GREAT BIG SHOUT
- 1:10:26TO ALL OF OUR... GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY OUT. GIVE
- 1:10:31ME A FIVE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO, LET'S GO. I WANT TO GIVE A GREAT
- 1:10:39BIG SHOUT TO ALL OF OUR VBS WORKERS. BY THE WAY, THE
- 1:10:44CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES PUT OUT A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE SMALL
- 1:10:48ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED SO HARD WITH OUR KIDS. AND I AM SO,
- 1:10:55AND I KNOW PASTOR IS AS WELL, SO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF
- 1:10:59YOU THAT INVEST. THIS ISN'T JUST A CHURCH ABOUT PROPHETIC AND
- 1:11:03PREACHING, WE'RE ABOUT THE WHOLE FAMILY, OUR YOUTH, AND IN FACT,
- 1:11:08YOUTH ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO CAMP SOON. WE'LL BE TALKING
- 1:11:10ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK. BUT, JUST SO MANY AMAZING THINGS. SO THANK
- 1:11:15YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES, FOR AN
- 1:11:18AMAZING JOB THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO GROW UP OBEYING GOD AS A
- 1:11:23RESULT. AMEN? WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GET YOUR BIBLES READY, JUST
- 1:11:27BEFORE WE GET COMPLETELY STARTED HERE. I WANT TO, PASTOR HANK,
- 1:11:31THIS WAS SITTING UP THERE ON THE SIDE, HAS A BRAND NEW BOOK OUT
- 1:11:34CALLED "BREAKING OPEN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP", AND YOU
- 1:11:39NEED TO GO OUT THERE, GET A HOLD OF THAT, I THINK THIS IS ALREADY
- 1:11:41ON THE WEBSITE. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? SO YOU CAN GO OUT TO
- 1:11:44HANKANDBRENDA.ORG AND YOU CAN GO OUT TO WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.
- 1:11:47BUT IF YOU COME TO US, IT HELPS THE MINISTRY AND "BREAKING UP
- 1:11:50THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP" DISCOVERING THE PROPHETIC
- 1:11:53PATTERN OF LIVING LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. SO THE SPIRIT FILLED
- 1:11:58LIFE IS SO IMPORTANT. LET ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY I'M GOING
- 1:12:00TO GIVE IT. ALL RIGHT, COME UP, PASTOR MATT, GRAB THAT AND GIVE
- 1:12:05IT TO GRANDMA. HE SAID, "GIVE IT TO GRANDMA." SO THAT'S WHAT
- 1:12:08WE'RE GOING TO DO. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER
- 1:12:14A LITTLE MINI BOOK. NOW TELL ME, RACHEL, WHERE ARE THESE
- 1:12:16AVAILABLE AT? CAN WE GET THEM? ARE THESE ON THE WEBSITE, OR
- 1:12:19WHERE ARE THESE AT? SO THESE ARE LITTLE MINI BOOKS THAT PASTOR
- 1:12:23AND I PUT TOGETHER. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH 242
- 1:12:26DISCIPLESHIP, YOU'VE DONE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS IN THERE? THIS
- 1:12:30IS STRAIGHT FROM THE DISCIPLESHIP BOOK, "LIFE IN THE
- 1:12:33SPIRIT, THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT". SO IF YOU WANT A
- 1:12:37GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, LET
- 1:12:39ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY. RIGHT THERE I SAW A HAND GO UP IN THE
- 1:12:42MIDDLE. ALL RIGHT, DUDE, THAT'S YOURS. PRAISE THE LORD. BUT
- 1:12:47WE'LL BE GIVING, AND WE'LL BE GIVING MANY OF THOSE AWAY, SO I
- 1:12:49WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS TO BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE TO HELP YOU
- 1:12:53GROW IN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. AND JUST THAT'S WHAT
- 1:12:57IT'S ABOUT. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET INTO THE WORD TODAY. I
- 1:12:59WANT TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I'M GOING TO GET
- 1:13:02THINGS SET UP UP HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR TEACHING
- 1:13:09ON THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND I WANT TO DO...
- 1:13:13IF YOU DID NOT, YOU WERE NOT HERE LAST WEEK, AND YOU DID NOT
- 1:13:17SEE OR HEAR THE MESSAGE FROM LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
- 1:13:21BOOK OF JOB AND KIND OF JUST DID A REAL BREAKDOWN ABOUT THAT. AND
- 1:13:26I THINK IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL. I THINK
- 1:13:29IT WAS NEEDED. AND IT'S NOT A BOOK THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN
- 1:13:33CHURCH, MAYBE ALL THAT MUCH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S
- 1:13:37OVER 40 CHAPTERS DEDICATED TO A BOOK, WELL, WE SHOULD PAY
- 1:13:41ATTENTION THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. AND SO I WANT TO RECAP A
- 1:13:46FEW THINGS. IF YOU WERE HERE, THIS WILL JUST BE KIND OF A HIGH
- 1:13:49LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE LESSONS THAT WE KIND OF LEARN FROM THE
- 1:13:52BOOK OF JOB. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIVE
- 1:13:55DIFFERENT REASONS FOR CHRISTIAN ADVERSITY, OR SUFFERING, YOU
- 1:13:59MIGHT CALL IT, OR THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. WE'LL GET
- 1:14:02THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE TODAY AND THEN THE REST WE'LL FINISH UP
- 1:14:04NEXT WEEK. HOW DOES THAT SOUND? BUT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE
- 1:14:08THE RECAP. AND THESE ARE SOME, JUST SOME THINGS I WROTE DOWN.
- 1:14:10IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, YOU CAN WRITE THEM DOWN. BUT I DO
- 1:14:13ENCOURAGE YOU TO STILL GO BACK AND WATCH. NUMBER ONE, THESE ARE
- 1:14:17JUST TEN THINGS, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FROM THE BOOK OF JOB,
- 1:14:20THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS. THAT,
- 1:14:23NUMBER ONE, THE BOOK OF JOB, WATCH THIS, WAS NOT AN
- 1:14:27ILLUSTRATION OF GOD PURPOSEFULLY CAUSING PEOPLE TO SUFFER IN
- 1:14:33ORDER TO TEACH THEM A LESSON. NOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE PREACHED
- 1:14:36IT THAT WAY. THEY'VE USED IT THAT WAY. BUT I PERSONALLY DO
- 1:14:40NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK WAS ABOUT. AND THE REASON I
- 1:14:43DON'T, AND THAT I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I DO, IS BECAUSE
- 1:14:47THIS IS NOT HOW GOD DID THINGS IN THE REST OF THE BIBLE. OKAY?
- 1:14:52AND THE BOOK OF JOB IS A VERY ANCIENT BOOK. IT WAS WRITTEN IN
- 1:14:55A TIME WHEN THERE WAS THIS REAL WAR BETWEEN GOD AND THE DEVIL
- 1:14:59AND MAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE WAS A PROVING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
- 1:15:04SATAN WAS CHALLENGING GOD OVER HUMANITY. AND THIS IS EXACTLY
- 1:15:07WHAT IT WAS. THE BOOK, IT SETS THE PREMISE IN CHAPTER ONE. THE
- 1:15:12BOOK WAS A RESPONSE TO SATAN'S CHALLENGE ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
- 1:15:17RIGHT? IT WAS MEANT, THE WHOLE BOOK WAS TO REVEAL WHAT IS HUMAN
- 1:15:22NATURE GOING TO DO IN A TIME OF CRISIS? WHAT WILL MANKIND DO?
- 1:15:28AND THE PROOF WAS, THE CHALLENGE SPECIFICALLY THAT THE DEVIL GAVE
- 1:15:32TO GOD, WAS "GOD, UNLESS YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR JOB, UNLESS
- 1:15:37YOU KEEP HIM COVERED, HE'LL BLESS YOU IF YOU DO THAT. BUT
- 1:15:41THE MINUTE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THAT HE HAS FROM YOUR
- 1:15:43HANDOUT, THEN HE'LL CURSE YOU TO THE FACE." AND HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:15:48KNOW THE DEVIL WAS PROVEN COMPLETELY WRONG IN THAT? AND
- 1:15:51THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT, IS THAT MAN CAN LOVE GOD AND JUDGE
- 1:15:55HIM FAITHFUL DESPITE THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THIS
- 1:15:58WAS AN EXAMPLE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT GOD DIDN'T
- 1:16:02GIVE JOB ALL THE ANSWERS. BUT I'M SURE JOB, NOW THAT HE'S ON
- 1:16:07THE OTHER SIDE IN GLORY, IS LOOKING DOWN AND GOING. WHAT A
- 1:16:10BLESSING IT WAS THAT I COULD BE THE EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF HUMANITY
- 1:16:14TO KNOW WHAT TO DO DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, AND WHAT NOT TO DO,
- 1:16:18RIGHT? THE SECOND THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB,
- 1:16:21IT WAS SATAN THAT WAS THE ATTACKER, NOT GOD. AND REMEMBER
- 1:16:24THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVIL AS WE
- 1:16:27GET INTO SOME OF THIS TOPIC. SO IT WAS SATAN THAT DID THE
- 1:16:31ATTACK, NOT GOD. GOD ALLOWED IT. AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. IN FACT,
- 1:16:34WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THAT TODAY. THE THIRD ONE IS JOB
- 1:16:37SHOWS US THE PATTERN OF HUMAN EMOTIONS DURING HARDSHIP. HOW
- 1:16:42MANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE YOU GET ALL KINDS OF RESPONSES WHEN YOU
- 1:16:44GO THROUGH THINGS. REMEMBER WE TALKED LAST WEEK. JOB WENT
- 1:16:47EVERYWHERE FROM, HE WAS, HE WANTED TO DIE, RIGHT? I MEAN,
- 1:16:52SOME OF THE WAY IT WAS WORDED, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS ALMOST
- 1:16:54DOWNRIGHT SUICIDAL. THERE WERE PLACES WHERE HE WAS EXHAUSTED.
- 1:16:59SOMETIMES HE COMPLAINED. HE ASKED GOD, "WHY? GOD, AREN'T YOU
- 1:17:02LISTENING TO ME?" ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TODAY. IT'S A LOT
- 1:17:05OF THE SAME EXAMPLES. AND GOD PUT THAT THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE
- 1:17:08SO WE COULD SEE ALL OF THOSE. AND I LISTED THOSE IN DETAIL
- 1:17:11LAST WEEK. THE FOURTH ONE IS, JOB REVEALS OUR TENDENCY TO
- 1:17:15JUDGE, WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING, WE TEND TO JUDGE AND
- 1:17:19DRAW MISGUIDED CONCLUSIONS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, AND ABOUT GOD,
- 1:17:24DURING TIMES OF SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE WE KNOW
- 1:17:28EXPERIENCES ADVERSITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT JOB'S FRIENDS DID.
- 1:17:32THEY DREW ALL SORTS OF CONCLUSIONS. NOW THEY HAD A LOT
- 1:17:35OF BIBLICAL IDEAS. THAT'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING
- 1:17:39HOW MUCH GOOD ADVICE WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE NOT THE ONE
- 1:17:42GOING THROUGH IT. YOU'RE NOT THE ONE FACING IT, SURE, IT'S EASY
- 1:17:49TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF "WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO..." IT'S THE ONE
- 1:17:53THAT'S GOING THROUGH IT. SO WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT, JOB'S
- 1:17:56FRIENDS, IT WASN'T THAT THEY WEREN'T BIBLICAL. THEY HAD A LOT
- 1:17:58OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS. YOU CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN A LOT
- 1:18:01OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS FROM THE BOOK ITSELF. BUT THEY MISAPPLIED IT.
- 1:18:06THEY APPLIED IT INCORRECTLY. THEY APPLIED IT WITH HARSHNESS
- 1:18:08BECAUSE AT ONE POINT JOB SAYS, "YOU GUYS ARE MEAN. YOU'RE MEAN
- 1:18:12SPIRITED. YOU HAVE DRAWN, YOU JUDGED ME UNFAIRLY." AND SO IT
- 1:18:18REVEALS, JOB REVEALS, HUMAN TENDENCY TO DRAW MISGUIDED
- 1:18:21CONCLUSIONS WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING. THE FIFTH
- 1:18:23ONE, JOB WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO AND ALSO HOW NOT TO RESPOND
- 1:18:29DURING HARD TIMES. FROM IT WE LEARN THESE THINGS. WE LEARN
- 1:18:33THAT WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND OBEY
- 1:18:36GOD'S WORD, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. OKAY, YOU
- 1:18:39DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT OFF YOUR MOUTHS, CUSS LIKE A
- 1:18:42SAILOR, RIGHT? TELL PEOPLE YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF. WE DON'T
- 1:18:48HAVE THE RIGHT TO BURST OUT IN ANGER. WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
- 1:18:51TO NOW GO SIN BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED. YOU KNOW THAT PERSON
- 1:18:56SINNED AND NOW I HAVE A RIGHT. NO YOU DON'T. OKAY, WE'RE STILL
- 1:18:59OBEDIENT. WE STILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE RIGHT
- 1:19:03THING DESPITE WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US. WE LEARN THAT FROM
- 1:19:07THE BOOK OF JOB, BECAUSE GOD DEMANDED THAT OF HIM. WE ALSO
- 1:19:11LEARNED FROM JOB THAT OUR MOUTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OFFENDERS
- 1:19:14WHEN WE SUFFER ADVERSITY. OKAY, JOB, REMEMBER WHAT HE DID AT THE
- 1:19:18END? WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. HE HAD TO PUT HIS HAND ON
- 1:19:21HIS MOUTH. AND SO THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC HE HAD. HE SAID, "LORD,
- 1:19:25I'VE SPOKEN WRONG." WE ALSO LEARNED FROM JOB THAT DURING A
- 1:19:28TRIAL, WE CAN'T SAY WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND ACCUSE GOD
- 1:19:32OF BEING UNFAIR. THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC IN THE BOOK, REMEMBER. AND
- 1:19:37THAT'S WHAT WE TEND TO DO SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK, "WELL,
- 1:19:39GOD, I DID THIS AND I PRAYED AND I GAVE TITHE AND I FASTED AND I
- 1:19:44SOUGHT YOU AND GOD, I DID ALL THE THINGS." OR WE SAY THAT
- 1:19:48ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. "WELL, GOD, THAT PERSON DID EVERYTHING
- 1:19:50RIGHT." WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU DON'T
- 1:19:52KNOW THAT. OKAY? WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE BARELY KNOW WHAT WE'D
- 1:19:56DO ALL DAY, MUCH LESS OTHER PEOPLE. SO. RIGHT? OKAY, YOU
- 1:20:02KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY THINGS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SAID
- 1:20:04SOMETHING, LET SOMETHING POP OFF IN YOUR MOUTH. AND SOMEBODY CAME
- 1:20:06TO YOU LATER AND SAID, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THAT? AND
- 1:20:09THEN YOU SAY, OH, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, YEAH, YOU DID SAY
- 1:20:12IT. AND THEY'LL HOLD IT UP AND SAID... YOU KNOW, THOSE
- 1:20:14COMMERCIALS WHERE THEY'RE DOING NOW, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE A
- 1:20:17DISAGREEMENT AND THEY THROW THE FLAG TO DO THE REPLAY. YOU HAVE
- 1:20:20TO WATCH SPORTS TO SEE THAT. AND THE MAN ALWAYS LOSES, PASTOR
- 1:20:24SAYS. SEE, I THINK I HAD TO CALL A REPLAY ON THAT. NO, I'M JUST
- 1:20:27KIDDING. BUT IT'S TRUE. BUT YOU KNOW, SO BUT HONESTLY, SOMETIMES
- 1:20:35WE WANT TO CALL GOD UNFAIR. WELL, THEY DID EVERYTHING
- 1:20:38THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW. WE HARDLY KNOW
- 1:20:42OURSELVES. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO JUDGE
- 1:20:45GOD FAITHFUL, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. WE LEARN
- 1:20:48ALL THAT FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. THE SIXTH THING FROM JOB, WE
- 1:20:51LEARN THAT WE MUST FORGIVE AND PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE DURING
- 1:20:56ADVERSE TIMES. BECAUSE WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, ARE YOU
- 1:20:59LISTENING TO ME? WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WE CAN EASILY MISTREAT
- 1:21:03PEOPLE. OKAY, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THAT'S WHEN
- 1:21:07YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO MISHANDLE THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU OR
- 1:21:12YOUR CHURCH FAMILY, RIGHT? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT CHURCHES
- 1:21:16AND QUIT GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED IN THEIR
- 1:21:18LIFE? AND SO THEY GOT UPSET AND YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. SO, NUMBER
- 1:21:25SEVEN, AND THIS IS A BIG ONE, WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM JOB THAT GOD
- 1:21:28WILL NOT ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE REASON WHY CERTAIN THINGS
- 1:21:31HAPPEN. AND YOU KNOW, GOD DOES THAT BECAUSE HE LOVES US. WE
- 1:21:35THINK WE WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER SOMETIMES. BUT CAN I BE HONEST
- 1:21:38WITH YOU? A LOVING GOD SOMETIMES SAYS, IF I TOLD YOU, YOU WOULD
- 1:21:42MELT. YOU WOULDN'T BE PREPARED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. YOU REALLY
- 1:21:47THINK JOB WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT WELL IF GOD SAID, "WELL SEE WHAT
- 1:21:50HAD HAPPENED WAS I LET THE DEVIL COME AND ATTACK YOU AND KILL ALL
- 1:21:55YOUR CHILDREN. I ALLOWED THE DEVIL TO COME AND PUT THOSE
- 1:21:59BOILS ON YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO BECOME SICK, BECAUSE I NEEDED TO
- 1:22:03SHOW THE DEVIL AND HUMANITY THAT MAN CAN TRUST ME IN HARD TIMES."
- 1:22:09HOW WOULD JOB HAVE RECEIVED THAT? HE THOUGHT HE WANTED TO
- 1:22:13KNOW THE ANSWER. NOW I'M SURE HE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, HE'S ON
- 1:22:16THE OTHER SIDE OF GLORY NOW, AND HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, "MAN,
- 1:22:19GOD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE, LETTING ME BE THE EXAMPLE TO
- 1:22:23OTHER PEOPLE ON WHAT TO DO IN HARD TIMES, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO
- 1:22:27THROUGH IT, THEY CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN WHAT TO DO
- 1:22:31AND NOT TO DO." OH, DON'T SHOUT ME DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO
- 1:22:36LOOK IN A MIRROR. YOU MIGHT AS WELL, LADIES, PULL OUT YOUR
- 1:22:38POCKET MIRROR AND SHINE IT AROUND ON YOUR ROW, BECAUSE
- 1:22:41WE'RE ALL GROWING IN THIS TODAY. AMEN. SO GOD WON'T ALWAYS GIVE
- 1:22:45YOU A REASON. SOMETIMES HE WILL, SOMETIMES HE MAY DELAY IT.
- 1:22:48SOMETIMES HE'LL GIVE YOU A REASON, HE'LL GIVE YOU A PARTIAL
- 1:22:51REASON, OR MAYBE NO REASON AT ALL. BUT WE HAVE TO TRUST GOD
- 1:22:55THAT IF THE ANSWERS DON'T COME, THAT HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.
- 1:22:59AND JOB HAD TO LEARN THAT. NUMBER EIGHT, TO LIKE JOB DID,
- 1:23:02WE LEARN THAT EVEN IN HARD TIMES WILL AT TIMES HAVE TO REPENT. OH
- 1:23:07BOY. THAT'S THE TIME YOU DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO. "THIS
- 1:23:10HAPPENED TO ME, GOD. AND WHAT DO I HAVE TO REPENT OF?" BUT JOB
- 1:23:14HAD TO LEARN TO REPENT AND BE TEACHABLE. AND WE MUST ALSO
- 1:23:18HUMBLE OURSELVES. AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT JOB'S FRIENDS GOT IN
- 1:23:22SO MUCH TROUBLE. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE STANDING THERE AT THE SAME
- 1:23:25WHIRLWIND THAT JOB WAS STANDING AT. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND JOB
- 1:23:30HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD AND HUMBLED HIMSELF, AND NOT ONE
- 1:23:33TIME DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS CHANGING THEIR
- 1:23:35POSITION. THEY HARDEN THEMSELVES. AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T
- 1:23:39DO THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THE MOST DANGEROUS
- 1:23:42THING WE CAN DO IS HARDEN OURSELF TO GOD. I HEARD ONE
- 1:23:45PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, "WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING, DON'T RUN
- 1:23:49FROM GOD. YOU RUN STRAIGHT TO HIM." HALLELUJAH. AMEN. NUMBER
- 1:23:56NINE, WE WILL LEARN THAT GOD WILL SHOW HIMSELF TO YOU
- 1:24:00SUPERNATURALLY, JUST LIKE HE DID JOB IN THE WHIRLWIND. THAT IF
- 1:24:04YOU'LL STICK WITH GOD AND YOU'LL PURSUE HIM, YOU WILL SEE GOD'S
- 1:24:08HAND MOVE IN YOUR SITUATION. IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU WILL
- 1:24:11SEE AND HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH A REAL AND A SUPERNATURAL, COME
- 1:24:15ON. HE'S STILL THE GOD OF MIRACLES. HE'S STILL THE GOD
- 1:24:19THAT PARTS THE RED SEA. COME ON, HE'S STILL THE GOD... IT'S LIKE
- 1:24:22SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
- 1:24:25GOT PRAYED FOR AND THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A MIRACLE?" WELL, I
- 1:24:28WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE ONES THAT DID? I'VE LEARNED
- 1:24:31A LONG TIME AGO, I FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT GET THE MIRACLE. I
- 1:24:35FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT DO HAPPEN BECAUSE IF YOU FOCUS ON
- 1:24:39WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU'LL SEE NOTHING HAPPEN. THE BIBLE SAYS,
- 1:24:42JAMES SAYS, THAT "A DOUBLE MINDED PERSON IS UNSTABLE." LET
- 1:24:47NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD. SO
- 1:24:52IF YOU HAVE A TIME WHERE MAYBE YOU OR SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH
- 1:24:54SOMETHING, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY PRAYED OR
- 1:24:57SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN, PICK YOURSELF BACK UP AND KEEP ON
- 1:25:00GOING. PRESS FOR A MIRACLE THE NEXT TIME. DON'T GIVE UP
- 1:25:03BELIEVING THE WORD OF GOD. DON'T THROW THE PROMISES OUT JUST
- 1:25:06BECAUSE IT LOOKS A CERTAIN WAY IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE. HOLD ON TO
- 1:25:11THE WORD OF GOD AND JUDGE IT TRUE AND JUDGE IT FAITHFUL
- 1:25:14REGARDLESS. THE TENTH THAT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, AND THEN I'M
- 1:25:22GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE REASONS. THE TENTH THING WE
- 1:25:25LEARNED FROM JOB IS GOD, I LOVE THIS ONE, HE ALWAYS RESTORES.
- 1:25:31THERE'S ALWAYS A SEASON. TOUCH YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY "YOU KNOW
- 1:25:33WHAT, THERE'S A RESTORATION SEASON COMING TO YOU." IT'S
- 1:25:37COMING TO YOU. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET INTO
- 1:25:42THESE. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE LEARN FROM THE BOOK OF
- 1:25:44JOB. AND WE DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT WE CANNOT RATIONALLY ASSESS
- 1:25:48THE REASON THAT SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH SOME FORM OF ADVERSITY
- 1:25:52OR SUFFERING, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN
- 1:25:57LOOK AT SOME REASONS IN SCRIPTURE. THE BIBLE GIVES
- 1:25:59GENERAL REASONS WHY SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY HAPPEN. WE'RE
- 1:26:02GOING TO DISCUSS FIVE OF THESE. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T MEAN
- 1:26:06THAT YOU CAN POINT AT SOMEBODY AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS YOUR
- 1:26:09REASON. I WOULDN'T LABEL IT ON PEOPLE. BUT WHAT I DO IS I LEARN
- 1:26:13THE REASON SO A) I CAN AVOID PITFALLS OF THE DEVIL. ALL
- 1:26:17RIGHT? AND THEN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN I DO FACE THINGS. OKAY.
- 1:26:20JOHN 16 SAYS, JESUS SAID IT, HE SAID, "IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL
- 1:26:24SUFFER TRIBULATION." OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK NEXT WEEK ABOUT
- 1:26:28THE TRIBULATION OF A FALLEN WORLD. AND I WON'T GET INTO THAT
- 1:26:32TODAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BREAK THAT DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO
- 1:26:34TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHURCH AND SOME DIFFERENT
- 1:26:36THINGS. BUT LET'S GET INTO THIS NOW AND TALK ABOUT HOW AND
- 1:26:41AGAIN, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT WE ARE CALLED BY GOD IN ALL OF
- 1:26:46THESE REASONS THAT SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY COMES. WE ARE CALLED
- 1:26:51BY GOD, COMMANDED BY GOD, TAUGHT BY GOD TO APPLY THE BIBLICAL
- 1:26:58PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE IN EVERY SITUATION. THE BIBLE IS FILLED
- 1:27:02WITH HIS PROMISES OF TRUTH, AND NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WE
- 1:27:05ARE STILL CALLED BY GOD TO HOLD ON TO HIS WORD. IF THERE IS
- 1:27:10TURMOIL GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, THEN WE'RE COMMANDED TO PULL OUT
- 1:27:14THOSE SCRIPTURES ON PEACE AND HOLD ON TO THOSE SCRIPTURES. IF
- 1:27:18THERE'S FEAR IN YOUR LIFE, WE PULL OUT THOSE SCRIPTURES ON
- 1:27:21FAITH AND WE HOLD ON TO THOSE. IF THERE'S DISAPPOINTMENT IN
- 1:27:24YOUR LIFE, THEN WE PULL OUT, COME ON SOMEBODY, THOSE
- 1:27:27SCRIPTURES THAT TEACH US HOW TO BE CONTENT IN GOD AND TRUST HIM
- 1:27:32FOR BREAKTHROUGH AND MIRACLES. SO WE ARE IN ALL OF THESE
- 1:27:35SITUATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THIS WEEK AND NEXT, THAT WE
- 1:27:39CAN DEFINITELY APPLY THE PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE TO ALL OF
- 1:27:43THESE. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER ONE, LET'S TALK ABOUT REASONS WHY
- 1:27:47PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE
- 1:27:49WITH YOU. GO TO DEUTERONOMY 8, WE'LL BREAK THIS DOWN. AND THE
- 1:27:53FIRST ONE IS, THE REASON IS, GOD ALLOWS THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH.
- 1:28:00OH, WE DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. I DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. WE DON'T
- 1:28:03LIKE TO HEAR IT, BUT IT'S IN THE BIBLE, RIGHT? LET'S LOOK AT
- 1:28:07DEUTERONOMY 8, AND I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH THIS.
- 1:28:11THIS IS VERSE 1, AND THIS IS TALKING TO ISRAEL AS THEY WERE
- 1:28:15COMING OUT OF THEIR WILDERNESS. AND GOD SAYS, "ALL THE
- 1:28:19COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY YOU SHALL OBSERVE AND
- 1:28:25YOU'LL DO THEM. THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE..." HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
- 1:28:28THERE'S A BLESSING WHEN YOU OBEY GOD? YOU SET YOURSELF FOR
- 1:28:32BLESSING WHEN YOU SERVE HIM AND OBEY HIM AND FOLLOW HIS WORD. HE
- 1:28:37SAID "IT'LL CAUSE YOU TO LIVE AND TO MULTIPLY AND GO IN AND
- 1:28:41POSSESS THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO YOUR FATHERS. AND
- 1:28:45THEN YOU SHALL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", WATCH THIS CAREFULLY NOW.
- 1:28:50"YOU'LL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", THE WHOLE PROCESS "WHICH THE
- 1:28:54LORD YOUR GOD LED YOU THESE 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS. HE LED
- 1:29:00YOU TO HUMBLE YOU, TO PROVE YOU, AND TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN YOUR
- 1:29:06HEART, WHETHER YOU WOULD KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS OR NOT." RIGHT?
- 1:29:11OKAY, THIS IS IN SCRIPTURE, "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND ALLOWED
- 1:29:15YOU..." NOW HERE'S HOW GOD, I WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN TO THE
- 1:29:17BEST OF MY ABILITY, BUT HERE'S HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO SUFFER
- 1:29:22ADVERSITY, IF YOU WILL. "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND SUFFERED YOU TO
- 1:29:26HUNGER, AND HE FED YOU WITH MANNA, WHICH YOU DID NOT KNOW",
- 1:29:30OR THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS, "AND NEITHER DID YOUR
- 1:29:33FATHERS KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THAT HE MIGHT MAKE YOU TO KNOW THAT
- 1:29:37MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ONLY", OR IN OTHER WORDS,
- 1:29:41NATURAL RESOURCES, RIGHT? HE CAN'T DEPEND ON HIMSELF. "BUT BY
- 1:29:45EVERY WORD..." SOMEBODY SAY EVERY WORD. "EVERY WORD THAT
- 1:29:49PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD." GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF
- 1:29:54OUR FAITH, SO WE HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. OKAY, IF THERE WAS NO
- 1:29:59TESTING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. BUT HERE, HE SAID,
- 1:30:03HE WANTED THEM TO APPLY FAITH. NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
- 1:30:06SOMETHING OF HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO TEST IT. LET'S READ THIS
- 1:30:10SCRIPTURE AGAIN. "HE ALLOWED YOU," VERSE 3, "TO SUFFER
- 1:30:13HUNGER." YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED ABOUT, WITH GOD, THAT HE WILL,
- 1:30:18AND SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY IN OUR LIFE, THERE WERE
- 1:30:21TIMES HE HELD BACK JUST ENOUGH PROVISION. YOU DON'T SEE THE
- 1:30:24THING, GOD KNOWS WHAT'S COMING. HE KNOWS THE BLESSING THAT'S
- 1:30:27COMING TO YOU. BUT SOMETIMES HE'LL ALLOW YOU TO GO THROUGH A
- 1:30:31PLACE, I REMEMBER SO MANY TIMES LOOKING IN OUR CUPBOARD WHEN WE
- 1:30:35WERE FIRST STARTING THIS, BEFORE WE HAD CHILDREN, AND I THOUGHT,
- 1:30:38LORD, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GROCERIES AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN
- 1:30:40I'M GETTING SOME. I JUST DON'T. I MEAN, WE WERE ALWAYS HAPPY
- 1:30:44WHEN PEOPLE, HOW MANY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WE WERE
- 1:30:46THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE HAPPY WHEN SOMEBODY BROUGHT SOME FOOD
- 1:30:49BY. IT WAS JUST ALWAYS GOOD. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT FOOD WAS
- 1:30:52COMING FROM. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT STARVING. WE'RE STILL
- 1:30:56ALIVE. PRAISE GOD, WE'RE STILL HERE. NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO
- 1:31:01HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, WE'RE STILL AROUND. IN FACT, THERE'S
- 1:31:04SOME FOOD I WISH I DIDN'T EAT AND I WOULD GO TO THE... COME
- 1:31:09ON, SOMEBODY. BUT SOMETIMES GOD, HE'LL HOLD BACK JUST ENOUGH FROM
- 1:31:15YOU TO MAKE YOU TRUST HIM. AND IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A
- 1:31:20PLAN TO BLESS, IT'S JUST THAT HE WANTS YOU TO PRESS AND LEAN INTO
- 1:31:25HIS PROMISES SO THAT THEY'RE SURE IN YOUR HEART. SO WHENEVER
- 1:31:29YOU FACE SOMETHING, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT GOD DOES AND THAT HE WILL
- 1:31:34BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. AMEN. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU
- 1:31:42HAVE A LITTLE SON OR YOU KNOW, WHO LOVES CARS AND TRUCKS AND
- 1:31:45THEY GET THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOD HAS
- 1:31:49TO LET US GROW INTO THE BLESSING. I LOOKED AT THIS
- 1:31:52TABERNACLE AND THIS CAMPUS AND BUILDING AND ALL THAT WE'RE
- 1:31:56DOING, AND THE INTERNET AND THE PROPHECY IS GOING AROUND THE
- 1:32:00WORLD AND BOOKS, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T READY FOR THAT AT 35
- 1:32:03YEARS OLD. WE THOUGHT WE WERE, BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED IT.
- 1:32:08WE THOUGHT WE KNEW EVERYTHING AT 35. IT'S LIKE MY DAD SAID ONE
- 1:32:11TIME, BEFORE HE WENT TO HEAVEN. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD. HE SAID, "I
- 1:32:16KNOW LESS AT 77 THAN I DID AT 17." AND THE REALITY IS, IS
- 1:32:22BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY DO KNOW MORE, BUT YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH
- 1:32:25YOU DON'T KNOW. AND WE THOUGHT WHEN WE STARTED LORD OF HOSTS
- 1:32:29CHURCH, WE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MINISTRY, UNTIL PEOPLE LEFT.
- 1:32:36AND THEN IT TAKES A MINUTE AND YOU SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND YOU
- 1:32:38GO, YOU KNOW, GOD, MAYBE I GOT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. OR MAYBE
- 1:32:41YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GROW ME. MAYBE I HAVE TO PUT MY FAITH IN
- 1:32:45YOUR PROMISES. I HAVE TO LEARN TO TRUST YOU. SOMETIMES GOD WILL
- 1:32:49HOLD BACK THINGS JUST ENOUGH SO THAT YOU'LL SUFFER JUST A LITTLE
- 1:32:52BIT OF HUNGER, SO THAT YOU CAN PRESS IN TO WHAT HE HAS IN THE
- 1:32:57HARVEST FIELD OF BLESSING. BUT, NOW NOTICE WHAT HE DID NOT DO.
- 1:33:04HE DID NOT PUT SICKNESS ON THEM. IN FACT, IN VERSE 4, SICKNESS
- 1:33:08WAS NEVER A PART OF IT. HE DIDN'T PUT SICKNESS, BECAUSE
- 1:33:10SOME PREACHERS WILL PREACH THAT. THEY'LL SAY, WELL, GOD WILL
- 1:33:12ALLOW YOU TO BE SICK LIKE JOB. BUT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, THAT
- 1:33:15WAS A SPECIAL EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THE DEVIL DID IT. IT WAS A
- 1:33:19SPECIAL EXAMPLE. BUT GOD TO ISRAEL, HE SAID IN VERSE 4,
- 1:33:24"NEITHER DID YOUR FOOT SWELL," THERE WAS NO SICKNESS, RIGHT? IN
- 1:33:28FACT, IF YOU SKIP DOWN TO VERSE 15, IT SAID "HE LED YOU THROUGH
- 1:33:32ALL THAT GREAT WILDERNESS, THERE WERE SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS AND
- 1:33:37DROUGHT. THERE WAS NO WATER. BUT HE BROUGHT YOU FORTH WATER OUT
- 1:33:42OF THE FLINT. HE TOOK YOU IN THE WILDERNESS SO," AND THEN VERSE
- 1:33:4616 SAYS, "SO THAT HE COULD PROVE THEE AND DO THEE GOOD IN YOUR
- 1:33:50LATTER END." AMEN. SO SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS THE TRYING OF OUR
- 1:33:54FAITH. NOW LET ME READ THIS OTHER SCRIPTURE TO YOU. WATCH
- 1:33:57THIS. GO BACK UP TO VERSE 5, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS PART
- 1:34:00BECAUSE LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LORD'S DISCIPLINE. VERSE 5 SAID
- 1:34:05THAT "YOU SHALL ALSO CONSIDER IN YOUR HEART THAT AS A MAN
- 1:34:07CHASTENS HIS SON, SO THE LORD WILL CHASTEN YOU. THEREFORE YOU
- 1:34:12SHALL KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD AND WALK IN HIS WAYS."
- 1:34:17SO NOW FLIP OVER TO HEBREWS, BECAUSE HEBREWS TALKS ABOUT
- 1:34:20THAT. HEBREWS 12. AND I WANT TO READ THIS BRIEFLY TO YOU, AND
- 1:34:25WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PICKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. HEBREWS 12,
- 1:34:31THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT, "FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CHASTENS..."
- 1:34:35NOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID FOR YEARS, THAT MEANS GOD MAY GIVE YOU A
- 1:34:38GOOD SPANKING, AND THAT'S WHY YOU GOT PNEUMONIA AND ALL THESE
- 1:34:41THINGS HAPPENED TO YOU. NO. NO. WHAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD
- 1:34:45DISCIPLINED HIS CHILDREN IN DEUTERONOMY? HE HELD BACK JUST
- 1:34:50ENOUGH SO THEY WOULD TRUST HIM, BUT HE NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON
- 1:34:53THEM. HE NEVER DID EVIL TO THEM. WE FIND LATER, THE ONLY REASON
- 1:34:57THAT PLAGUES CAME UPON THEM IS BECAUSE THEY DID WICKED THINGS.
- 1:35:02BUT GOD NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE TO TEACH
- 1:35:06THEM A LESSON ON HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON. HE DIDN'T EVER
- 1:35:11TEACH, HE NEVER DID THAT. SO JUST REMEMBER THAT AS YOU READ
- 1:35:14THIS. BUT THE LORD WILL ALLOW TESTING OF OUR FAITH, "WHOM THE
- 1:35:17LORD LOVES, HE WILL DISCIPLINE AND SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE
- 1:35:22RECEIVES. IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS WITH YOU
- 1:35:25AS SONS. FOR WHAT SON IS HE WHO HIS FATHER DOES NOT DISCIPLINE?"
- 1:35:31OR CHASTEN, RIGHT? THE WAY IT WAS IN DEUTERONOMY. "BUT IF YOU
- 1:35:36BE WITHOUT CHASTISEMENT, WHEREOF YOU ARE ALL PARTAKERS, THEN
- 1:35:40YOU'RE BASTARDS AND NOT SONS." THAT MEANS YOU ARE FATHERLESS.
- 1:35:46"FURTHERMORE, WE HAD FATHERS IN OUR FLESH WHICH CORRECTED US,
- 1:35:50AND WE GAVE THEM REVERENCE. SHALL WE NOT MUCH RATHER BE IN
- 1:35:54SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS, AND LIVE? FOR TRULY, I
- 1:35:58SAY, FOR A FEW CHASTENED US AFTER THEIR OWN PLEASURE," IN
- 1:36:01THE KING JAMES OR THE NEW LIVING IT SAYS, "THEY DID THE BEST THEY
- 1:36:04KNEW HOW IN THEIR NATURAL FLESH. BUT GOD DOES IT FOR OUR PROPHET,
- 1:36:08OR HE DOES IT IN A PERFECT WAY, SO THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF
- 1:36:13HIS HOLINESS. NOW NO CHASTENING, FOR THE PRESENT SEEMS JOYOUS."
- 1:36:18AND THEN JAMES GOES ON AND SAYS, "BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY."
- 1:36:23I'M LIKE LORD, LORD, LORD, LORD. NO, IT DOESN'T SEEM JOYOUS AT
- 1:36:27THE TIME, IT SEEMS GRIEVOUS. "NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT
- 1:36:31YIELDS PEACEABLE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS." I'M HERE TO TELL
- 1:36:35YOU IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT HANK AND BRENDA DIDN'T GO
- 1:36:38THROUGH BACK ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE
- 1:36:41STANDING IN THIS ROOM TODAY. I DON'T THINK WE'D BE STANDING
- 1:36:45HERE HEARING POWERFUL PROPHETIC WORDS ABOUT IRAQ. THAT GOD HAD
- 1:36:49TO BRING SOME CHASTENING. THERE HAD TO BE SOME DISCIPLINE. THERE
- 1:36:53HAD TO BE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH, AND COME ON,
- 1:36:56TRUST GOD AND BELIEVE GOD FOR, SO THAT IT COULD YIELD PEACEABLE
- 1:37:01FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO TRUST GOD DURING THOSE TIMES
- 1:37:06WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED. JAMES SAID IT LIKE THIS, HE SAID,
- 1:37:09"BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY." SOMEBODY SHOUT JOY! "COUNT IT
- 1:37:14ALL JOY WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED." COME ON. VARIOUS
- 1:37:19TEMPTATIONS. VARIOUS TRIALS. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THINGS,
- 1:37:23COUNT IT JOY. AND THEN IT SAYS "BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE HER
- 1:37:28PERFECT WORK IN THOSE TIMES." OH, GOD, THOSE ARE THE TIMES,
- 1:37:33COME ON, WE WANT IT OVER IN FIVE MINUTES. I TELL THIS STORY, I
- 1:37:39REMEMBER ONE TIME, WE WERE FIRST STARTING OUT IN THE MINISTRY,
- 1:37:42HANK AND BRENDA THE KNOW IT ALL'S. AND, THAT'S WHY, BE
- 1:37:47CAREFUL, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT COME ONLINE, THEY KNOW
- 1:37:49EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. IN FACT, THERE WAS THAT ONE YOUNG
- 1:37:52MAN IN THE BOOK OF JOB WHO ACTED LIKE A KNOW IT ALL, AND GOD
- 1:37:55KICKED HIM IN THE BACKSIDE TOO. HE SAID, "WELL, JOB, I'M YOUNG
- 1:37:58AND YOU'RE OLD." YOU KNOW, YOUNG, WET BEHIND THE EARS, GAVE
- 1:38:04BIG SPEECHES, AND GOD REBUKED HIM TOO. SO BE CAREFUL. BE
- 1:38:09CAREFUL. BUT I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND SO ONE TIME WE WENT TO
- 1:38:13OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME, AND WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH ONE
- 1:38:16TORNADO AFTER ANOTHER. EITHER WE WERE BROKE OR WE WERE, GOT THE
- 1:38:20LEFT FOOT OUT OF ONE OF THE DENOMINATIONS WE WERE PART OF.
- 1:38:23BECAUSE WE PREACH FAITH, WE PREACH THE PROMISES. AND THAT
- 1:38:26GROUP DIDN'T CARE FOR IT SO MUCH. AND SO WE GOT OUT OF THAT
- 1:38:30AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND WE GOT INVITED TO THIS
- 1:38:33MINISTER'S RETREAT, AND WE DROVE ALL THE WAY OUT IN OUR CAR. IT
- 1:38:36WAS ALL WE COULD DO TO AFFORD THE GAS, AND WE GOT OUT TO THAT
- 1:38:39RETREAT AND NOBODY TOLD US YOU HAD TO BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING.
- 1:38:44WE WALKED IN AND THERE WAS A BARE MATTRESS IN OUR ROOM. I'M
- 1:38:47LIKE, "LORD JESUS, WE HAVE GONE TO THE PIT OF HELL." WE WENT TO
- 1:38:54WALMART AND BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST BLANKET THEY HAD. THEY HAD A
- 1:38:57WALMART DOWN THE STREET. THEY HAD A $2 PILLOWS AND THEY HAD $4
- 1:39:00BLANKETS. AND WE WALKED IN AND GOT $2 PILLOWS, NO PILLOWCASES,
- 1:39:03WE COULDN'T AFFORD THAT. IT WAS THE BARE PILLOW AND THE BLANKET,
- 1:39:07AND THEN THANK GOD THE FOOD WAS PAID FOR IN THAT WHOLE EVENT.
- 1:39:10BUT I REMEMBER, SO WE WENT THROUGH SO MANY THINGS,
- 1:39:13CHALLENGES AFTER CHALLENGE. AND OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME SAID,
- 1:39:16HE'S NOT IN THE MINISTRY NOW RETIRED, BUT HE SAID, NOW PASTOR
- 1:39:21HANK CAME AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, PASTOR, I'M
- 1:39:23JUST IN THIS HURRICANE. I AM IN A TORNADO. AND EVERY ONCE IN A
- 1:39:26WHILE I GET A LITTLE RELIEF. MY ARM WILL STICK OUT AND IT GETS
- 1:39:29YANKED BACK IN THE STORM, AND THEN I'LL STICK MY LEG OUT AND
- 1:39:32IT'LL GET YANKED BACK IN THE STORM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT..."
- 1:39:35AND HE GOES, "WELL, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A LOT OF STORMS AND A
- 1:39:38LOT OF ATTACKS, BUT REMEMBER, IT'S ONLY ONE DEVIL." DON'T EVER
- 1:39:42FORGET THAT. YOU FOCUS ON THE FACT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
- 1:39:45THE ENEMY IN A MINUTE, BUT REMEMBER, AT THAT TIME THE BIBLE
- 1:39:48SAYS "PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK." IN OTHER WORDS, LET, THAT
- 1:39:52WORD PATIENCE IS THE WORD ENDURANCE. LET ENDURANCE HAVE
- 1:39:55HER PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE COMPLETE AND YOU MIGHT BECOME
- 1:39:59MATURE. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING TO HAVE SOME MATURE CHRISTIANS
- 1:40:03IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, THAT THEY DON'T GET ALL UP IN ARMS AND
- 1:40:06HAVE A DRAMA ATTACK EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS. COME ON
- 1:40:10SOMEBODY. SO YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, ENTIRE, LACKING IN
- 1:40:15NOTHING. BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT MOMENT, JAMES 1 SAYS, AND YOU
- 1:40:20LACK SOME WISDOM. COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LIKE, "WELL, GOD,
- 1:40:23SHOULD I DO THAT? THE DOCTOR SAYS, I NEED THAT MEDICINE.
- 1:40:25SHOULD I DO THIS OR THAT OR WHAT? GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
- 1:40:28DO. OR I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT MY FINANCES. OR SHOULD I
- 1:40:31GO HERE OR TAKE THAT JOB? GOD, WHICH ONE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
- 1:40:35GOD SAID, "IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ANYONE THAT DOES LET HIM ASK OF
- 1:40:38GOD WHO WILL GIVE TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND HE'LL NOT DO IT
- 1:40:42WITH ANY KIND OF REBUKE." BUT IT SAYS, "LET HIM ASK IN FAITH
- 1:40:46WITHOUT WAVERING, FOR HE THAT WAVERS IS LIKE THE MAN WHO'S IN
- 1:40:50A BOAT, AND HE'S BOUNCING UP AND DOWN." ALL YOU DO IF YOU WAIVER
- 1:40:53IS GET YOURSELF SEASICK. DON'T DO THAT. HOLD ON TO THE WORD OF
- 1:40:58GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU BOUNCE AROUND AND YOU'RE UP AND
- 1:41:01DOWN DURING THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO TRUST GOD, IF
- 1:41:05YOU DO THAT, LET NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING
- 1:41:09OF THE LORD. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD HOLDS OUT ON US. BUT
- 1:41:12THAT'S WHAT ISRAEL DID. THEY BOUNCED AROUND AND GOD COULDN'T
- 1:41:15BLESS THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. AMEN. SO GOD WILL
- 1:41:19ALLOW THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. JAMES 1 IT'LL TELL US, GOD
- 1:41:24DOESN'T TEMPT US TO DO EVIL. WE DON'T HAVE TO READ THAT
- 1:41:26SCRIPTURE TODAY, BUT YOU CAN STUDY IT. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
- 1:41:28"LET NO MAN SAY, 'WHEN I'M TESTED, I'M TESTED OF GOD,"
- 1:41:31REALLY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT WORD FOR TEST. IT MEANS TEMPTATION TO
- 1:41:34DO WICKED THINGS. GOD WILL NEVER HARM US, RIGHT? BUT HE WILL GIVE
- 1:41:38US SEASONS WHERE HE REQUIRES FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1
- 1:41:41TIMOTHY 6:12, "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH." AMEN. SO ONE OF
- 1:41:47THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY IS GOD DOES ALLOW US
- 1:41:51TO BE TESTED. AND MAN, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO DURING THOSE
- 1:41:54PEOPLE'S TIMES IS BE THE BODY OF CHRIST, UPLIFT THEM AND SUPPORT
- 1:41:58THEM. AMEN. YOU DON'T KNOW THE REASON THEY'RE THERE, BUT JUST
- 1:42:02BE A FRIEND TO THEM. THE SECOND REASON THAT WE SUFFER ADVERSITY
- 1:42:07IN THIS LIFE IS BECAUSE, WATCH THIS, THIS IS DEEP NOW, BECAUSE
- 1:42:11OF THE DEVIL. OLD SLEW FOOT IS ALWAYS WALKING AROUND. REMEMBER,
- 1:42:17IT WAS WHO THAT ATTACKED JOB? IT WAS THE DEVIL THAT ATTACKED JOB.
- 1:42:23"THE THIEF", THE BIBLE SAYS, "COMES TO STEAL, TO KILL AND TO
- 1:42:27DESTROY." JOHN 10:10. NOW, PASTOR, I LOVE WHAT HE SAID
- 1:42:31YEARS AGO, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "WELL, PASTOR, WHAT DOOR DID I
- 1:42:35OPEN THAT THE DEVIL CAME IN WITH SUCH A FURY? DID I OPEN A DOOR?"
- 1:42:39NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT REALLY THINK
- 1:42:42ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A THIEF IN THE WORLD THAT WALKS
- 1:42:46IN AND RINGS YOUR DOORBELL, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE ARE, I DON'T
- 1:42:48KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND SAY, "MAY
- 1:42:51I HAVE PERMISSION TO COME IN AND STEAL YOUR TELEVISION? IF YOU
- 1:42:55WOULD BE SO KIND. I'D BE OBLIGED TO WALK IN AND RIP YOUR TV OFF
- 1:42:58THE WALL AND WALK OUT." YOU KNOW, THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
- 1:43:03THIEVES COME IN ILLEGALLY. OKAY, WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THE
- 1:43:06DEVIL IS AN ILLEGAL OPPONENT. OKAY, HE HAS BEEN DEFEATED
- 1:43:11THROUGH THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. SO REMEMBER, WHEN YOU
- 1:43:15ARE FACING SOMETHING, IT IS, THE DEVIL IS INVOLVED. AND YOU'VE
- 1:43:19HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AND I LOVE TO SAY IT A LOT, BECAUSE IT
- 1:43:21JUST REMINDS ME THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS SNEAKING AROUND,
- 1:43:24TRYING TO INSERT HIMSELF IN WHATEVER YOU GO THROUGH. YOU
- 1:43:28KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, A PREACHER, HE SAID, WELL, DON'T
- 1:43:31PUT SO MUCH, SOMEBODY TOLD THIS PREACHER SAID, "DON'T PUT SO
- 1:43:33MUCH FOCUS ON THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEVIL
- 1:43:37TOO MUCH." I'M LIKE, WELL, JESUS TAUGHT US TO CAST HIM OUT. HE
- 1:43:40TAUGHT CASTING OUT OF DEVILS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF A
- 1:43:43BELIEVER WAS THAT WE ARE TO SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES AND CAST
- 1:43:49OUT DEMONS. WE'RE CALLED OF GOD TO RESIST THE ENEMY, RESIST THE
- 1:43:55DEVIL, ADDRESS THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A PRIVILEGE THEY
- 1:43:57DIDN'T HAVE IN THE OLD COVENANT. BUT UNDER THE NEW COVENANT IN
- 1:44:00CHRIST, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BEADY EYED DEVIL AND SAY, "YOU
- 1:44:03GET OUT OF HERE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. GET OFF, MY CHILDREN! I
- 1:44:07BIND YOU FROM THIS HOUSEHOLD. YOU GET OUT OF MY MIND. YOU GET
- 1:44:10OUT OF MY LIFE. IN JESUS NAME." AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA
- 1:44:16REMEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PREACHER SAID, THEY SAID, "WELL,
- 1:44:20YOU KNOW, YOU FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME." HE
- 1:44:23SAID, "YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ACT LIKE THERE'S A DEVIL BEHIND
- 1:44:25EVERY BUSH." AND HE GOES, "I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S A DEVIL
- 1:44:29BEHIND EVERY BUSH. I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S SEVEN DEVILS BEHIND
- 1:44:32EVERY BUSH." SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DEVIL GETS OFF SCOT
- 1:44:37FREE. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED AND ALL OF
- 1:44:41THAT TRAGEDY AND CHAOS WAS GOING ON AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING ON
- 1:44:45AND GOING, "GOD JUDGED AMERICA." AND ALL OF THE PONTIFICATING
- 1:44:50THAT WENT ON AROUND THAT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, NOBODY'S PUTTING
- 1:44:52ANY BLAME ON SATAN. COME ON, BLAME THE DEVIL MORE. ASSUME
- 1:44:58HE'S THERE BUZZING AROUND. ASSUME THAT HE IS PUTTING THOSE
- 1:45:03THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST YOU. OKAY, WELL,
- 1:45:08SOMEBODY THEN ASKED THIS QUESTION, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY
- 1:45:10THIS FOR YEARS, "WELL, WHY COULDN'T GOD JUST REMOVE THE
- 1:45:12DEVIL ALTOGETHER? JUST GET RID OF THAT OLD NASTY BUG." WELL,
- 1:45:19BUT HERE'S THE THING, SEE, THIS IS THE VALUE OF HOW MUCH VALUE
- 1:45:24IS UPON YOU THAT GOD CREATED YOU IN HIS IMAGE. OKAY, GOD HAD TO
- 1:45:29CHOOSE, WATCH THIS, TO CAST SATAN OUT OF HEAVEN. WE'RE
- 1:45:35CREATED AND WE'RE NOT ROBOTS. WE HAVE THE, WE'RE IN THE GOD CLASS
- 1:45:40WITH THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH, BLESSING OR CURSING.
- 1:45:46WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE GOD OR THE DEVIL, AND WE HAVE
- 1:45:51TO, LIKE GOD, IN HIS IMAGE CHOOSE RIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD CHOSE
- 1:45:58RIGHTEOUSNESS WHEN SIN WAS FOUND IN SATAN'S HEART AND SAID,
- 1:46:02"YOU'RE GETTING ON UP OUT OF HERE. I DON'T TOLERATE THAT IN
- 1:46:05HEAVEN." AND WE NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE, COME ON SOMEBODY, TO
- 1:46:09DO THE EXACT SAME THING. WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO CAST OUT THE
- 1:46:15DEVIL! AND GOD DOESN'T MAKE US LOVE HIM. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO
- 1:46:24AND BE WITH THE DEVIL IN HELL, THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. THAT'S
- 1:46:28STUPID, BUT THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. OKAY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT
- 1:46:31WILL JUST SHAKE THEIR FIST AT GOD ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE
- 1:46:34PIT, UNFORTUNATELY, AND REJECT WHAT JESUS DID. IT'S TRUE. BUT
- 1:46:40THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
- 1:46:43AND SO, BUT THERE WILL COME A DAY THE DEVIL'S GOING TO GET THE
- 1:46:45"WHAT FOR." AND HE'LL, THAT THE BIBLE SAYS, THERE'S GOING TO BE
- 1:46:49REJOICING IN HEAVEN, THAT THEY'LL SAY, "WOW, THE LOUD
- 1:46:52VOICE SAYS, THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN, THAT OLD SERPENT, THE
- 1:46:57DEVIL HAS BEEN CAST OUT." HALLELUJAH! WHEW! SO ALWAYS
- 1:47:03TAKE, WHEN YOU'RE IN A FIGHT, YOU'RE IN A TRIAL, JUST TAKE
- 1:47:06AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL. "WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW DO I KNOW
- 1:47:08THAT A DEVIL'S THERE?" ASSUME THERE IS. JUST SAY, "DEVIL, I
- 1:47:11BIND YOU. WHATEVER DEMON YOU ARE, GET OUT." IF THERE'S
- 1:47:16SICKNESS, WE KNOW THERE'S SICKNESS DEVILS, OKAY, WE LEARN
- 1:47:20THAT FROM THE BIBLE. SO THEN STAND UP TO IT. SAY "NO, IN THE
- 1:47:23NAME OF JESUS, I BREAK THE POWER OF THAT SICKNESS ON MY LIFE."
- 1:47:27"WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT IF NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER I REBUKE?"
- 1:47:30DO IT AGAIN! OKAY, YOU DON'T JUST WIELD YOUR SWORD ONE TIME,
- 1:47:36PUT IT BACK AND GO "WELL, I GUESS I MISSED." DO IT AGAIN!
- 1:47:42STAND UP AGAIN! IF YOU HAVE TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND GO,
- 1:47:45"DEVIL, I'M JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE IN THE
- 1:47:47PERIMETER. I'M GOING TO BIND YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS." "WELL,
- 1:47:53SHOULD YOU JUST DO THAT TO DO THAT?" YES! CAST THE DEVIL OUT.
- 1:47:59THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 4:27, "GIVE NO PLACE TO THE
- 1:48:04DEVIL." ASSUME IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. "WELL, YEAH,
- 1:48:07BUT, PASTOR BRENDA, IF GOD ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH IT,
- 1:48:10THEN CAN I CAST THE DEVIL OUT?" LISTEN, IF GOD ALLOWED YOU TO GO
- 1:48:14THROUGH IT, HE WANTS YOU TO CAST THE DEVIL OUT! HE'S LETTING YOU
- 1:48:20SO YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, TO PICK UP YOUR SWORD.
- 1:48:25THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 6 "THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND
- 1:48:29IN THE EVIL DAY." "TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU
- 1:48:33MAY BE ABLE TO STAND IN THE EVIL DAY, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND,
- 1:48:38STAND THEREFORE WITH YOUR LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, HAVING ON
- 1:48:42THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FEET SHOD
- 1:48:45WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. TAKING UNTO YOU
- 1:48:49THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WHEREBY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE
- 1:48:54FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. YOU TAKE UNTO YOU THE SWORD OF THE
- 1:48:59SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD." IT DOESN'T STOP THERE, IT
- 1:49:08SAYS, "AND THEN PRAY ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN
- 1:49:12THE SPIRIT." WHEW! ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. COME ON,
- 1:49:18ALL OF THEM! NOT SOME OF THEM, ALL OF THE FIERY DARTS! SO THE
- 1:49:30DEVIL, NUMBER TWO REASON PEOPLE SUFFER ATTACK, BECAUSE HE'S
- 1:49:35ALWAYS LURKING AND TRYING AND WORKING AND GOING. GO AFTER HIM.
- 1:49:41COME ON, YOU PUT THE NOOSE OF GOD'S SCRIPTURES. "DEVIL, I'M
- 1:49:45GOING TO STAND HERE AND QUOTE THE WORD TILL MY MOUTH RUNS DRY.
- 1:49:49THEN I'M GOING TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND I'M GOING TO DO IT
- 1:49:52AGAIN. I'M GOING TO STAND HERE AND HOLD ON TO THAT." "WELL,
- 1:49:55PASTOR BRENDA, I TRIED THAT." WELL, TRY IT AGAIN. DON'T JUST
- 1:49:59GIVE UP. PRESS INTO THE PROMISES OF GOD. LEAN IN TO WHAT GOD HAS
- 1:50:04ALREADY TOLD YOU. HOLD ON TO THE PROPHETIC WORD. HOLD ON TO THE
- 1:50:08TRUTH OF THE BIBLE. JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. I HEARD
- 1:50:21SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, "WELL, WELL, BUT BUT, YEAH, YOU KNOW
- 1:50:26THAT PERSON, THEY PRAYED AND THIS HAPPENED AND THAT
- 1:50:28HAPPENED." SO YOU KNOW WHAT MY ANSWER TO THAT NOW WHEN PEOPLE
- 1:50:31SAY THAT? "THEY DID ALL THE STUFF, PASTOR BRENDA." YOU KNOW
- 1:50:37WHAT I SAY NOW, I SAY, "OKAY, WELL, I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND HOW
- 1:50:40YOU FEEL THAT IS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE. BUT WHAT I AM GOING
- 1:50:44TO SAY IS, THEN ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING GOD
- 1:50:48WROTE IN HERE IS INACCURATE?" BECAUSE IF HE SAID HE'D "GIVE
- 1:50:55HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS,
- 1:51:00THEY'LL BEAR YOU UP IN YOUR HANDS, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT
- 1:51:02AGAINST THE STONE." ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT GOD
- 1:51:07WASN'T TRUE TO WHAT HE SAID IN THE SCRIPTURE? COME ON, I'M
- 1:51:13ASKING A HARD QUESTION NOW. EVERY TIME WE SAY, "WELL, THAT
- 1:51:16DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THAT PERSON, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER THERE.
- 1:51:19THAT PERSON PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE AND THEY DIED, PASTOR BRENDA! SO
- 1:51:26WHAT ABOUT THAT?" WELL, I DON'T KNOW, ANY MORE THAN GOD DIDN'T
- 1:51:30TELL JOB. I DON'T KNOW THEIR SITUATION. I DON'T FOLLOW THEM
- 1:51:34AROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR HEART. MAYBE THEY DID LIKE
- 1:51:37JOB, EVERYTHING RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS WHAT
- 1:51:42HAS BEEN PENNED IN 66 BOOKS CALLED THE CANNON OF SCRIPTURE.
- 1:51:47AND IF GOD SAID THAT HE'S THE HEALER, THEN I'M GOING TO JUDGE
- 1:51:50HIM THE HEALER. IF HE SAID HE'S A DELIVERER, I'LL JUDGE GOD A
- 1:51:53DELIVER. IF HE SAID THAT BY HIS STRIPES YOU'RE HEALED, THEN I
- 1:51:57BELIEVE EVERY WORD WRITTEN IN THE WORD.
- 1:52:00(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 1:52:05- I WILL NEVER BRING AN ACCUSATION THAT THE WORD OF GOD
- 1:52:08IS NOT TRUE. ALL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY. WHEW. THAT'S THE STUFF
- 1:52:17THAT GETS ME RILED. DON'T TELL ME THE WORD NOT TRUE. DON'T TELL
- 1:52:23ME IT DOESN'T COME TO PASS. AND BY THE WAY, IN ALL THE TIMES
- 1:52:26THAT MAYBE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAPPENED A CERTAIN WAY. AND I
- 1:52:30PRAYED ONE WAY, AND THE OPPOSITE SEEMED TO BE THE TRUTH, ALL I
- 1:52:33KNOW IS I HAVE TO GO ON HOW MANY TIMES IT DID HAPPEN, HOW MANY
- 1:52:37TIMES I SAW IT WORK, HOW MANY TIMES I SAW A MIRACLE. COME ON.
- 1:52:41EVERY TIME, COME ON, DON'T TELL ME ALL THE ONES THAT DIDN'T GET
- 1:52:44HEALED OF CANCER. I KNOW LOTS OF THEM THAT DID. AND THEY LIVE 20,
- 1:52:4930, 40 YEARS AFTER THE CANCER, WHOLE IN THE POWER OF GOD.
- 1:52:54(CONGREGATION CLAPPING).
- 1:53:05- WORK MYSELF UP, UP IN HERE. OH, WE GOTTA GROW. DON'T LOOK AT
- 1:53:13THE KNOW ALL THE TIME. DON'T LOOK AT WHAT ISN'T ALL THE TIME.
- 1:53:18DON'T LOOK AT THE WHY ALL THE TIME. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD
- 1:53:20OF WHY, IT'LL BE "WHY NOT?" YOU WON'T GET ANYTHING. YOU LIVE IN
- 1:53:26THE WORLD OF WONDERING, YOU'LL GO NOWHERE. COME ON, THE BIBLE
- 1:53:31IS FULL, A WHOLE CHAPTER, HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, "FAITH IS
- 1:53:36THE SUBSTANCE OF THE THING THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR." COME ON, "IT
- 1:53:40IS THE PROOF", THE BIBLE SAID, "OF THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT
- 1:53:44SEE." IT LISTS OUT THE PATRIARCHS OF THE FAITH WHO,
- 1:53:47THOUGH THEIR CHILDREN WERE SAWN ASUNDER, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAW
- 1:53:50THAT FACE, THE MOUTHS OF LIONS, THEY DIDN'T SEE THE PROMISE, YET
- 1:53:54THEY BELIEVED IN THE POWER AND THE PROMISES OF GOD.
- 1:53:58(CONGREGATION CHEERING).
- 1:54:07- NUMBER THREE. I HATE THE DEVIL. I HATE THE DEVIL, AND I
- 1:54:17HATE THE LIES OF RELIGIOUS TEACHING THAT TELL YOU "WELL,
- 1:54:22GOD HAD A SOVEREIGN PURPOSE AND YOU DYING YOUNG? WELL, HOW
- 1:54:32OPPOSITE WHAT HE PROMISED WHEN HE SAID, WITH LONG LIFE I WILL
- 1:54:39SATISFY THEM AND SHOW THEM MY SALVATION" COME ON, DON'T
- 1:54:43BELIEVE THE RELIGIOUS THINKING. PROVERBS 4 SAYS, "MY SON, GIVE
- 1:54:51ATTENTION TO MY WORDS. INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS. LET THEM
- 1:54:57NOT DEPART FROM YOUR EYES. KEEP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
- 1:55:01HEART, FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE THAT FIND THEM, AND HEALTH
- 1:55:05TO ALL THEIR FLESH." COME ON THE WORD, KEEP YOUR HEART WITH ALL
- 1:55:10DILIGENCE, FOR OUT OF IT ARE THE ISSUES OF LIFE. THE WORD WILL
- 1:55:14HEAL. THE WORD WILL DELIVER. THE WORD WILL SAVE. COME ON. THE
- 1:55:19WORD WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST WORK IT
- 1:55:24SOMETIMES. IF YOU DO IT INTERMITTENT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY
- 1:55:30EVER TRIED INTERMITTENT FASTING? IT'S SO INTERMITTENT, I WANT A
- 1:55:34DONUT BY 9:00 IN THE MORNING. I'M LIKE, "LORD, I FASTED ALL
- 1:55:41NIGHT. I FASTED FROM 9 P.M. AFTER FLASHPOINT UNTIL 7 A.M. IN
- 1:55:48THE MORNING. GOD, THAT'S A TEN HOUR RUN. IT'S DONUT TIME." BUT
- 1:55:54THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH THE WORD. SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST
- 1:55:57INCONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE WE BELIEVE THE PROPHETIC
- 1:56:01WORDS OVER IRAN, THE NEXT MINUTE, "OH, WHAT ARE WE GOING
- 1:56:04TO DO? EVERYBODY BUY SOME DRY PASTA, WE'RE GOING WITHOUT. THE
- 1:56:09STARS ARE GOING TO BE EMPTY." NO, NO, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
- 1:56:13PRUDENCE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT IT DOES NOT CONDONE
- 1:56:16FEAR. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. I GOT TO GET ON TO THE REST SO I CAN GET
- 1:56:20YOU OUT OF HERE. I MEAN, IF IT'S HOT, IT CAN BE, LET'S JUST MAKE
- 1:56:24IT HOT IN HERE. WE'LL MAKE IT HOTTER IN HERE THAN IT IS
- 1:56:26OUTSIDE, YOU'LL WANT TO STAY. WHY DO YOU WANT TO RUN OUT
- 1:56:31THERE? LET'S STAY IN CHURCH. HAHAHA! I DO SEE ALL OF YOU THAT
- 1:56:36BRING BLANKETS TO THE TABERNACLE. WE GOT YOU, WE KNOW.
- 1:56:44WE'RE ALL SWEATING UP HERE, AND PEOPLE ARE BOUND IN SWEATERS.
- 1:56:49OH, BOY. NUMBER THREE, REASONS THAT, I NEED A FEW MINUTES TO
- 1:56:55BREAK THIS DOWN, CAN I DO THAT? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO FOUR AND
- 1:56:57FIVE NEXT WEEK, REASONS THAT CHRISTIANS SUFFER. SUFFERING BY
- 1:57:02OUR OWN HAND AND OUR OWN CHOICES. THE BIBLE SAYS "SIN AND
- 1:57:07REBELLION CAN CAUSE UNNECESSARY ADVERSITY." PROVERBS 13:15, "A
- 1:57:11GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVES FAVOR, BUT THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS
- 1:57:15HARD." PROVERBS 28:13 "HE THAT COVERS HIS SIN SHALL NOT
- 1:57:20PROSPER, BUT WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY."
- 1:57:26SO SIN CAN BE A REASON THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. NOW,
- 1:57:30YOU KNOW, DON'T GO UP TO YOUR CHURCH PEOPLE, YOU SEE THEM
- 1:57:32GOING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT JOE'S FRIEND
- 1:57:34SAID. WHAT DID YOU DO?" DON'T TRY THAT, OKAY? GOD MIGHT SHOW
- 1:57:41UP IN A WHIRLWIND. YOU'LL HAVE TO REPENT OF THAT. SO BE
- 1:57:45CAREFUL, RIGHT? WHAT WE SOW WE ALSO REAP. GALATIANS 6. IN FACT,
- 1:57:52PUT THAT SCRIPTURE, OH YOU DO, YOU ALREADY GOT IT. YOU GUYS ARE
- 1:57:54QUICK. PUT THAT UP THERE, GALATIANS, I WAS JUST GOING TO
- 1:57:57QUOTE IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE IT. "BE NOT DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT
- 1:57:59MOCKED: FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT HE SHALL REAP." NOW
- 1:58:03WE PREACH THAT IN THE POSITIVE, BUT THIS SCRIPTURE SHOWS IT FROM
- 1:58:07TWO SIDES. "FOR HE THAT SOWS TO HIS OWN FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH
- 1:58:11REAP CORRUPTION." SO IF YOU DO CARNAL THINGS ALL THE TIME,
- 1:58:14THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR RESULT. ALL RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO GET
- 1:58:18THE RESULT OF THAT. SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING IN THE
- 1:58:20CHURCH MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY PUT TOO MUCH TIME INTO FLESH
- 1:58:25THINGS AND NOT SPIRITUAL THINGS. "BUT HE THAT SOWS TO THE SPIRIT
- 1:58:29SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING." SO WE REAP WHAT WE
- 1:58:35SOW. I HEARD BISHOP HARRY JACKSON, HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:58:38REMEMBER HIM, HE WENT ON TO HEAVEN, AND HE SAID, WE WERE
- 1:58:40TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD, AND GOD, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD. AND HE
- 1:58:44SAID, "YOU KNOW, IN MANY CASES, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD COMES AT
- 1:58:47PEOPLE'S OWN DOING." BECAUSE THEY DON'T JUDGE THEMSELVES,
- 1:58:51THEY RECEIVE JUDGMENT. OKAY? AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU
- 1:58:56KNOW, REMEMBER THAT ADVERSITY COMES MANY TIMES BECAUSE, YOU
- 1:59:00KNOW, WE DO THINGS THAT GOD IS LETTING US DO, BUT WE'RE HURTING
- 1:59:04OURSELVES. AND EVENTUALLY THOSE BAD CHOICES CATCH UP TO US,
- 1:59:09DON'T THEY? HARVEST DAY ALWAYS COMES, WHETHER IT BE IN THE
- 1:59:13POSITIVE OR BE IN THE NEGATIVE. HARVEST DAY ALWAYS HAPPENS,
- 1:59:16RIGHT? HERE'S ANOTHER REASON THAT, HOW WE CAUSE OUR OWN SELF
- 1:59:20TO SUFFER, BY OUR WORDS, WHAT WE SAY. THINGS WE DO, WE LEARNED
- 1:59:25FROM JOB, OUR MOUTH IS OUR WORST OFFENDER IN HARD TIMES. JOB HAD
- 1:59:29TO PUT HIS HAND ON HIS MOUTH. OKAY? WE HAVE TO LEARN TO
- 1:59:33DISCIPLINE OUR TONGUE. THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 3 THAT "THE TONGUE
- 1:59:36SETS ON FIRE THE VERY COURSE OF NATURE." OKAY, THINK ABOUT THAT.
- 1:59:41ONE TRANSLATION SAYS THAT "IT SETS NATURE IN ITS MOTION." SO
- 1:59:47IF IT CAN SET NATURE IN MOTION, IN FACT, AND THEN IT SAYS, "IF
- 1:59:50YOU CAN'T DISCIPLINE YOUR TONGUE, THE TONGUE HAS THE
- 1:59:52ABILITY," WATCH THIS, "TO DEFILE," THIS IS JAMES 3, YOU
- 1:59:55CAN GO READ IT LATER, "TO DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY." OKAY, IF IT CAN
- 1:59:59DEFILE YOUR BODY, CAN THE TONGUE CAUSE YOURSELF TO BE OPEN TO
- 2:00:02SICKNESS AND PAIN AND DISEASE? IT SAID DEFILE, DIDN'T SAY
- 2:00:06DEFILE YOUR SPIRIT OR YOUR MIND. IT SAID IT DEFILES THE WHOLE
- 2:00:09BODY. SO WHAT WE SAY ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCE
- 2:00:14IN OUR LIFE, DO YOU NOT THINK IT AFFECTS THE CELLS OF OUR BODY?
- 2:00:19IT AFFECTS THE THE VERY FIBER OF OUR BEING, IF YOU SAY ALL THE
- 2:00:23TIME, I JUST FEEL TIRED. WELL GUESS WHAT? EVERY MONDAY YOU'RE
- 2:00:27GOING TO FEEL AWFUL. IT'LL CATCH UP TO YOU. IT WILL. I'M JUST
- 2:00:33TIRED. I CAN'T GET UP AND GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY. OH, BELIEVE
- 2:00:37ME, THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES ON SUNDAY, WE GOT UP AT 5:00 AND I
- 2:00:40THOUGHT "LORD JESUS." AND GUESS WHAT? BUT WE PRAY. I DO DRINK A
- 2:00:48LITTLE COFFEE. AND THEN WE SAY, "THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS
- 2:00:51MADE. GOD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SERVICE TODAY." "WELL, I
- 2:00:54ONLY SLEPT THREE HOURS LAST NIGHT." WELL, THAT DOESN'T
- 2:00:56MATTER. "BODY, YOU COME IN SUBJECTION." WHAT WE SAY
- 2:01:00MATTERS. DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF OUR MOUTH. SO DON'T
- 2:01:05SAY DUMB THINGS, RIGHT? DON'T SAY STUPID THINGS. AND REMEMBER,
- 2:01:11YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THINGS THAT PEOPLE USE AS CLICHES, "WELL,
- 2:01:14THAT'S JUST KILLING ME. HAHA, IT'S KILLING ME." DON'T SAY
- 2:01:17THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR DOES FRED
- 2:01:20SANFORD A LOT, HE LIKES TO DO THOSE OLD 70S SITCOMS. WE LOVE
- 2:01:24FRED. REMEMBER HE USED TO SAY, "ELIZABETH, I'M COMING TO JOIN
- 2:01:30YOU, HONEY. HERE'S THE BIG ONE." REMEMBER HE DID THAT? YOU KNOW,
- 2:01:35AND HE DID THAT ALL THE TIME ON THE SHOW. IT WAS JUST A JOKE.
- 2:01:39BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAN REALLY DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. DO YOU
- 2:01:42KNOW THAT? ANYWAY, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT THERE. ANOTHER ONE,
- 2:01:48STRIFE AND ANGER CAN ADD TO OUR OWN SUFFERING. I BELIEVE IT'S
- 2:01:52ONE OF THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS TO PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. YOU
- 2:01:57KNOW, IT CAN STRESS YOU. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH,
- 2:02:00MARRIED COUPLES SMILE AT ME. DON'T YOU LOVE THE DAYS THAT YOU
- 2:02:05GET ALONG BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU DON'T? NOW YOU CAN ADD TO
- 2:02:08THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY, YOU CAN ESCALATE
- 2:02:13WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ESCALATE. YOU CAN BUILD UP WHATEVER YOU
- 2:02:17WANT TO BUILD UP. AND YOU COULD GO THERE IF YOU WANT TO GO
- 2:02:20THERE. THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED A LONG TIME, YOU NOT
- 2:02:23ONLY KNOW YOUR SPOUSE'S BUTTONS, YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED
- 2:02:26AND WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT THEY SHUT
- 2:02:29OFF AT NIGHT AND WHAT TIME THEY COME ON IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW
- 2:02:32EXACTLY, EXACTLY WHAT YOUR SPOUSE IS GOING TO DO. OKAY?
- 2:02:38PASTOR HANK KNOWS, HE KNOWS MY BUTTONS. OR DON'T SPEAK UNTIL
- 2:02:42THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE HAS GONE DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS. I WILL NOT
- 2:02:46PROCESS. I SAY I HAVE A DISCLAIMER. I WILL NOT PROCESS
- 2:02:50ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. I DON'T CARE HOW POWERFUL,
- 2:02:53PROPHETIC. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. I NEED A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
- 2:03:00OKAY? I NEED A MINUTE. I NEED A MOMENT TO MOURN THAT I HAD A
- 2:03:08GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. I NEED A MINUTE. AND AFTER MY MOMENT, HE
- 2:03:14KNOWS THE BUTTONS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THE BUTTONS. I KNOW THE
- 2:03:19BUTTONS. STRIFE, WHETHER IT BE IN THE HOME, THE BODY OF CHRIST,
- 2:03:26WILL ADD STRESS TO YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT
- 2:03:29LOOK LIKE THEY LIVED A REALLY HARD LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
- 2:03:31TALKING ABOUT? THEY LIVED A HARD LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY
- 2:03:35HARD ON THE LIQUOR AND THE DRUGS AND, YOU KNOW, AND SMOKING ALL
- 2:03:40THE THINGS. AND YOU JUST KNOW, MAN, THEY'RE ROUGH. BUT, YOU
- 2:03:45KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT DID IT. SOME OF IT'S
- 2:03:48TRAUMA. STRESS. THREE MARRIAGES. BEING MARRIED TO THE WICKED
- 2:03:54WITCH OF THE WEST. OKAY. COME ON, ANGER, STRIFE, ABUSE AGE A
- 2:04:02PERSON. THAT'S WHY I GET THE STRIFE OUT. THE BIBLE TALKS
- 2:04:07ABOUT THAT. LOOK AT PROVERBS, 18:22, "THE DESIRE OF A MAN OR A
- 2:04:12WOMAN IS HIS KINDNESS. A POOR MAN IS BETTER THAN A LIAR."
- 2:04:16OKAY, LIES STRESS PEOPLE, RUIN PEOPLE. "THE FEAR OF THE LORD
- 2:04:20TENDS TO LIFE, AND HE THAT HAS IT SHALL ABIDE SATISFIED, AND HE
- 2:04:24WILL NOT BE VISITED WITH EVIL." NOW THINK ABOUT THE STRESS AND
- 2:04:30THE STRIFE OF THE TIMES. YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH THESE LA RIOTS
- 2:04:34AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THAT AND I'M LIKE,
- 2:04:36PEOPLE JUST GO HOME. DEAR GOD, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO WORK THIS
- 2:04:43OUT, OKAY? YOU MIGHT BE STRESSING THE GUY'S BUSINESS
- 2:04:46OUT, YOU BURNED DOWN HIS STORE, BUT YOU'RE STRESSING YOU OUT.
- 2:04:51THEY HAD THAT ONE WHERE AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER GETS SHOT
- 2:04:54BECAUSE THESE THINGS CREATE CHAOS. THERE IS NO GOOD END TO
- 2:04:59STRIFE. THE BIBLE TEACHES IT. PROVERBS IS FILLED WITH
- 2:05:02SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE ABOUT ANGER, OUTBURSTS, ALL OF THE
- 2:05:06RIOTING. PAUL SAID, "DON'T BE A RIOTER." SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,
- 2:05:10JUST GO HOME, SIT ON YOUR COUCH AND PRAY SOMETHING. IT'LL GET
- 2:05:19WORKED OUT. AMEN. BUT YOU THINK ABOUT 2 TIMOTHY, YOU KNOW, THE
- 2:05:25BIBLE SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY 3, REMEMBER THAT WHOLE LIST THERE,
- 2:05:28"THIS KNOW ALSO IN THE LAST DAYS, DANGEROUS TIMES ARE GOING
- 2:05:31TO COME." IT'LL BE FULL OF LOVE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY'LL LOVE
- 2:05:34THEMSELVES SO MUCH THEY'LL KILL OTHER PEOPLE AND THINK NOTHING
- 2:05:38ABOUT IT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER ON
- 2:05:41HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE. ANGER. "LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, BOASTFUL,
- 2:05:47PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS," YOU THINK THIS
- 2:05:51"UNTHANKFUL," CAN I TELL YOU THERE'S A LOAD OF PEOPLE OUT
- 2:05:54THERE, THEY ARE UNTHANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY. UNGRATEFUL THAT
- 2:05:59THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST, PROBABLY, ACTUALLY, THE MOST
- 2:06:03PROSPEROUS NATION ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET. I SAW SOME GUY ON A
- 2:06:12REEL THE OTHER DAY, I MEAN, HE DIDN'T FINISH. I HATE THOSE
- 2:06:14REELS. THEY DON'T COMPLETE IT. I'M LIKE, WHAT WAS YOUR POINT?
- 2:06:16IT'S LIKE A HALF REEL. THEY GET YOU STARTED AND YOU'RE LOOKING
- 2:06:19LIKE, "OH, YEAH, WHAT'S HE SAYING?" AND THEN HE QUITS. AND
- 2:06:23THEN AD COMES UP AND IT DOESN'T GO BACK AND IT GOES TO THE NEXT
- 2:06:26REEL. AND I WANT TO THROW MY PHONE. THOSE ARE THE STUPIDEST
- 2:06:28THING. BUT THIS GUY GETS ON AND TALKS ABOUT "THE SIDE OF THE
- 2:06:34BAHAMAS THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE." I'M LIKE, WHAT? DON'T ACT
- 2:06:42LIKE YOU NEVER BEEN THERE. I'M LIKE, AND THEN EVERYTHING IN ME
- 2:06:46SAYS, "DON'T PUSH IT, DON'T TOUCH IT, DON'T TOUCH THE REEL."
- 2:06:50AND THEN, WHAT DO I DO? SEE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO TO PEOPLE.
- 2:06:53I PUSH IT, I'M LIKE. AND HE DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING. BUT HIS
- 2:06:59POINT WAS, IS THERE'S THESE PEOPLE WITH THESE BIG YACHTS AND
- 2:07:02MANSIONS AND HOUSES, AND THEN THERE'S SOME LITTLE PERSON
- 2:07:05THAT'S LIKE LIVING OFF SCRAPS ON THE STREET WITH A GARBAGE BAG,
- 2:07:09AND YOU GO FROM EXTREME WEALTH TO THIS EXTREME POVERTY. AND I
- 2:07:12THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. BUT HE MADE A
- 2:07:15GOOD POINT, HE SAID, "AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD STAMPS,
- 2:07:18THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, THERE'S NO PROGRAM,
- 2:07:20THERE'S NO SHELTER." AND I THOUGHT, SEE, WE HAVE ALL THESE
- 2:07:23THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE
- 2:07:26THANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALL THAT IT PROVIDES. FROM ALL
- 2:07:31WALKS, THERE WAS NO HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION DOWN THERE. THEY
- 2:07:35HAD TO JUST GET BY. AND SO WE "UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY" PUT UP THE
- 2:07:40NEXT ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY. VERSE 3.
- 2:07:47THERE YOU GO, "WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION," THAT MEANS THEY'RE
- 2:07:50HARD HEARTED "TRUCE BREAKERS," PEOPLE DON'T KEEP THEIR
- 2:07:52PROMISES, "FALSE ACCUSERS, INCONTINENT." THAT DOESN'T MEAN
- 2:07:55THEY HAVE TO WEAR AN ADULT DIAPER. YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS,
- 2:08:06IT'S WHAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING ON THE STREETS OF LA. IT
- 2:08:08MEANS THEY HAVE NO MEASURE OF SELF-CONTROL. THAT'S WHAT THAT
- 2:08:12MEANS. THAT'S WHAT THE KING JAMES WORD FOR THAT IS. THEY
- 2:08:14HAVE NO MEASURE. THEY HAVE OUTBURSTS, THEY THROW BOTTLE
- 2:08:18ROCKETS. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BEATING UP POLICE OFFICERS. THIS
- 2:08:22IS, THAT'S INCONTINENT. THEY'RE "FIERCE, DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT
- 2:08:26ARE GOOD." COME ON, THINK ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST
- 2:08:30TRYING TO BE LAW ABIDING, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE KILLING PEOPLE.
- 2:08:34AND ALL THE REST, AND GOES DOWN THE LIST. BUT THE STRESS AND
- 2:08:36STRIFE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11, PAUL TALKING
- 2:08:41ABOUT THE LORD'S SUPPER, HE SAID, "THE REASON MANY ARE SICK
- 2:08:43AND DIE, AND MANY GO TO HEAVEN EARLY IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
- 2:08:47DISCERN THE LORD'S BODY." THEY LEFT STRIFE AND BITTERNESS AND
- 2:08:50UNFORGIVENESS AND ANGER AND OUTBURSTS. ANGER IS A TERRIBLE
- 2:08:54THING, OKAY? IT'LL MAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE GO WRONG, AND ALL
- 2:08:58KINDS OF HEALTH PROBLEMS CAN COME JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL
- 2:09:03GOT TO CALM DOWN, RIGHT? THERE'S A RIGHTEOUS ANGER, BUT ANGER
- 2:09:08THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL, THAT IS BUILT OUT OF STRIFE IN THE FLESH
- 2:09:11IS NOT GOD. IN FACT, GOD LISTS THAT AS ONE OF THE WORKS OF THE
- 2:09:14FLESH THAT WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN. SO ANGER, STRIFE, THESE
- 2:09:20ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TO THEMSELVES TO CAUSE THEMSELVES
- 2:09:23TO SUFFER. HERE'S A COUPLE MORE. THEY CAN COME TO THE PIANO,
- 2:09:26WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THIS AND WE'LL GO INTO SOME DEEPER ONES
- 2:09:28NEXT WEEK. FOOLISH CHOICES CAN CREATE OUR OWN ADVERSITY. HOW
- 2:09:33MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I PREACHED "DON'T DIE DUMB"?
- 2:09:37PEOPLE DO STUPID, FOOLISH, I MEAN, PROVERBS IS PACKED WITH
- 2:09:42SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE CHOICES OF A FOOL. THEY DO DUMB THINGS, YOU
- 2:09:48KNOW, STUPID STUNTS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN TELL PEOPLE ALL DAY
- 2:09:51LONG, DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE. AND YOU, EVERY DAY, SEE PEOPLE GOING
- 2:09:56DOWN. EVERY STOPLIGHT, THEY PRACTICALLY ROLL THROUGH THE
- 2:10:02STOPLIGHT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OFF THE DUMB PHONE LONG ENOUGH
- 2:10:06TO SEE IT'S GREEN. AND THEN THEY SHOW YOU THE BIRD WHEN YOU HONK
- 2:10:13THE HORN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GREEN AND YOU NOW ABOUT TO MISS THE
- 2:10:16LIGHT. BUT PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS. COME ON, IT'S NOT GOD'S
- 2:10:27FAULT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T QUIT TEXTING AND DRIVING, AND NOW YOU
- 2:10:30RUN INTO A LIGHT POLE AND DIE. OR, GOD FORBID, KILL SOMEBODY
- 2:10:37ELSE. IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT. WE CAN'T, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
- 2:10:41WILL SAY, "OH, HE WAS SUCH A GOOD GOD. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
- 2:10:44HE WAS SO NICE AND SO..." NO, HE DID SOMETHING DUMB. AND WE WENT
- 2:10:50TO THE GRAND CANYON, HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY? WE
- 2:10:52WENT TO GRAND CANYON, IT WAS MY FAVORITE. AND YOU KNOW, THESE
- 2:10:55PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY GET INTO IT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR, WALKED
- 2:10:58LIKE 4 MILES FROM THE LEDGE. HE WAS LIKE, OH, HE WAS GOING TO
- 2:11:02GET ICE CREAM. YEAH, NICE STORY. I'M LIKE, HONEY, YOU CAN'T EVEN
- 2:11:06SEE THE THING. YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY, YOU'RE PRACTICALLY IN
- 2:11:10NEBRASKA. WE GOT TO LOOK. SO WE WALKED ALONG THE GRAND CANYON.
- 2:11:20YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE, I FOUND OUT, THESE PEOPLE JUST GET RIGHT
- 2:11:23UP THERE. I MEAN, SOME STUPID LADY STANDING THERE LIKE A
- 2:11:26FLAMINGO PLAYING THE FLUTE. OVER ON THE LEDGE ON NOT TWO LEGS,
- 2:11:34BUT ONE. I MEAN, I FIGURED YOU AT LEAST NEED TWO IF YOU'RE
- 2:11:38GOING TO GET OUT THERE. ANYWAY, PEOPLE DO STUPID THINGS. I FOUND
- 2:11:42OUT STATISTICALLY, THREE PEOPLE A YEAR DIE BECAUSE THEY FELL IN
- 2:11:46THE HOLE. I'M LIKE, WHAT? WHAT? I MEAN, IT'S FILLED WITH SIGNS.
- 2:11:53OKAY. THE STONE WALL IS LIKE, FROM HERE TO THAT
- 2:11:57SOUND BOOTH FROM THE EDGE. AND PEOPLE STILL HOP OVER
- 2:12:02THERE AND DANCE ON THE EDGE LIKE, YOU KNOW, "I AIN'T
- 2:12:04GONNA FALL." YOU KNOW THE NEXT THING BUBBA IS MISSING.
- 2:12:08(CONGREGATION LAUGHING).
- 2:12:19- A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT GUY WAS IN CHURCH.
- 2:12:22PEOPLE SAYING, "OH, OH, GOD, HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN? I DON'T
- 2:12:27UNDERSTAND." OH, PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS, OKAY? THEY DO STUPID
- 2:12:31STUNTS. OKAY? IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT THAT YOU DECIDED TO DRIVE
- 2:12:37YOUR MOTORCYCLE ON THE 6 LANE FREEWAY, WHIZZING THROUGH
- 2:12:40TRAFFIC AT 95 MILES AN HOUR, OKAY? AND IF YOU RUN OFF THE
- 2:12:45GUARDRAIL, IT IS NOT GOD'S FAULT. OKAY, SPEED LIMIT SIGNS
- 2:12:50ARE THERE FOR A REASON. OKAY, GOD FORBID WE DRIVE STUPID AND
- 2:12:55WE KILL A MOTHER OF 4 CHILDREN. DON'T DIE DUMB. DON'T DO DUMB
- 2:13:03THINGS. PEOPLE DO DUMB STUFF. CARELESS THINGS, POOR HABITS,
- 2:13:10RIGHT? YOU KNOW, LADIES, DON'T LEAVE YOUR CANDLES BURNING ALL
- 2:13:14NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, MY HUSBAND BLOWS
- 2:13:19THEM OUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER I PUT THEM ON. I JUST, I JUST, WE
- 2:13:24CALL HIM THE FIRE CHIEF. I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN WE WERE
- 2:13:27BUILDING THIS BUILDING, HE WOULD WALK THROUGH WITH THE
- 2:13:30CONSTRUCTION. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, PASTOR MARK, I DON'T KNOW
- 2:13:32WHERE HE WENT, BUT HE WOULD WALK THROUGH THIS BUILDING. HE GOES,
- 2:13:35"OH, THERE'S A CRACK OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE SPOT
- 2:13:38ON THE FLOOR." I MEAN, THE CONTRACTORS WOULD BE LIKE... I'M
- 2:13:42LIKE, HONEY, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT STUFF? "I DON'T KNOW." AND HE'S
- 2:13:45GOT A LIST AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN. IT'S UP THERE.
- 2:13:48I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ALL GOES, BUT IT'S UP THERE. HE THINKS OF
- 2:13:52EVERYTHING. AND I'M LIKE, HONEY, I'M JUST GOING TO GET LED
- 2:13:57CANDLES, HOW'S THAT WORK FOR YOU? THEY'LL COME ON. AND, YOU
- 2:14:00KNOW, I THINK HE STARTED TRYING TO BLOW THOSE OUT AT NIGHT. I
- 2:14:09KNOW YOU DID IT, I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DID IT. I SAID I GOT YOU,
- 2:14:14IT'S A BATTERY. HA HA! HEY! THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW
- 2:14:24THAT THOSE EXISTED, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF DELIVERANCE FROM
- 2:14:29FIRE AND DANGER IN YOUR HOUSE. LAST ONE, I'LL END WITH THIS.
- 2:14:37SOME OF THE REASONS PEOPLE CAUSE THEIR OWN SUFFERINGS, THEIR OWN
- 2:14:40RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. THEY'RE STIFF NECKED. THEY REFUSE TO
- 2:14:44BELIEVE. OKAY, MARK 6, JESUS COULD DO NO MIGHTY MIRACLE IN
- 2:14:49NAZARETH. COULD NOT. DIDN'T SAY. WOULD NOT. COULDN'T. BECAUSE
- 2:14:54PEOPLE REFUSED TO BEND. THIS IS WHY GOD WAS ANGRY WITH THE
- 2:14:58FRIENDS OF JOB. THEY COULDN'T ADMIT ANYTHING. THEY COULDN'T
- 2:15:01SEE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GROW AND CHANGE AND SEE SOMETHING
- 2:15:05ELSE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT "JESUS COULDN'T EVEN PERFORM A
- 2:15:09MIRACLE BECAUSE OF THEIR STIFF NECK." THE WORD THERE FOR
- 2:15:13UNBELIEF IS STIFF NECKED, REFUSAL TO RECEIVE. MY ATTITUDE
- 2:15:18IS, IS WHEN I'M RECEIVING SOMETHING OR THE WORD IS BEING
- 2:15:21PREACHED, I'M LIKE GOD, I RECEIVE IT. UNLESS IT'S JUST
- 2:15:24EGREGIOUSLY WRONG. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I
- 2:15:27MEAN, NO PASTOR IS GOING TO GET UP IN THE PULPIT AND SAY
- 2:15:29EVERYTHING RIGHT EVERY MINUTE. OKAY, DON'T THROW OUT 99% OF A
- 2:15:34SERMON BECAUSE OF ONE THING THAT MAYBE WAS MISGUIDED. OKAY, I
- 2:15:39LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY STAND UP HERE AND SAY IT ALL RIGHT EVERY
- 2:15:41TIME. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, ONLY JESUS COULD DO
- 2:15:45THAT. OKAY? IN FACT, SOMEBODY HAD ANOTHER ONE OF MY BOOKS THE
- 2:15:49OTHER DAY, WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT
- 2:15:51IT WAS. AND I'M LIKE, DON'T PUT THAT OUT, I GOT TO MAKE SURE I
- 2:15:53STILL BELIEVE IT. I WROTE IT, OKAY? YOU KNOW, BEEN TEN YEARS.
- 2:15:58I HOPE WE GROW. OKAY, JUST BECAUSE I WROTE IT TEN YEARS
- 2:16:02AGO, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ ONE OF MY BOOKS AND THERE'S
- 2:16:04SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S NOT QUITE BIBLICAL, JUST CROSS THAT
- 2:16:06OFF AND READ THE REST. I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE IT
- 2:16:09ANYMORE EITHER. IT'S ALRIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT I WROTE IN
- 2:16:152007, I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE NOW. WELL, MAYBE SOME OF IT. THE
- 2:16:20BASICS ARE GOOD, BUT IF, YOU GET IT. RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, STAND
- 2:16:24TO YOUR FEET. MARK 7. OH, I GOTTA END. MARK 7, "AND THEY
- 2:16:31MADE THE WORD OF GOD OF NO EFFECT." WHAT DOES NO EFFECT
- 2:16:34MEAN TO YOU? IT HAS NO POWER. IT ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. AMEN? SO
- 2:16:41STIFF NECKED, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, BIASES. COME ON, WE
- 2:16:45ALL GROW UP WITH BIASES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS AND THINGS THAT
- 2:16:49YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY PROBABLY GOT TO GROW AND CHANGE. YOU GOT TO
- 2:16:52LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MASSAGE THOSE THINGS. SO, REASONS THAT
- 2:16:55PEOPLE SUFFER, AMEN, GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH,
- 2:17:01THE DEVIL ATTACKS, AND SOMETIMES WE CAUSE OUR OWN PROBLEMS. THOSE
- 2:17:05ARE THE ONES WE LEARNED TODAY. NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO TALK
- 2:17:07ABOUT THE FALLEN WORLD. OKAY? THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE OUT
- 2:17:12OF OUR CONTROL. RIGHT? AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PERSECUTION
- 2:17:16AND THE SUFFERING OF THE CHURCH, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO
- 2:17:19FROM THERE. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? DID
- 2:17:22I HELP YOU? FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD EVERY PERSON IN THE
- 2:17:26ROOM AND ONLINE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. AND I'M ASKING THAT
- 2:17:29YOU TOUCH THEIR LIFE. MINISTER TO THEM, FATHER. HELP THEM WALK
- 2:17:32THROUGH THE SEASONS OF LIFE THAT CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE,
- 2:17:35CHALLENGING, AND EVEN PAINFUL AT TIMES. I PRAY, LORD,
- 2:17:38THAT YOU WOULD USE THIS MESSAGE TO GROW US, TEACH US
- 2:17:40AND HELP EACH PERSON TO NAVIGATE THIS LIFE AND
- 2:17:43THAT THEY WILL COME OUT IN VICTORY IN JESUS NAME,
- 2:17:47AMEN. I LOVE YOU. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR DOUG.
- 2:17:52- AMEN. WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE TODAY. ARE YOU ENCOURAGED? AMEN.
- 2:17:57I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE JUST TO REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS, IF YOU
- 2:17:59WOULD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET
- 2:18:02TO YOUR SPOTS, BUT JUST REMAIN FOR A MOMENT HERE UNTIL WE
- 2:18:06DISMISS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU
- 2:18:14COULD COME AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR ALTAR TEAM WILL BE UP
- 2:18:16HERE. IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY FOR ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, OUR
- 2:18:20ALTAR TEAM IS AVAILABLE, THEY'RE WILLING, THEY'RE PREPARED,
- 2:18:24THEY'RE MIGHTY IN PRAYER, AND THEY'RE POWERFUL. THEY'LL PRAY
- 2:18:27WITH YOU FOR AN AGREEMENT TO WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED. IF YOU
- 2:18:30HAVE A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE, A HEALING ISSUE IN YOUR LIFE,
- 2:18:33FINANCIAL ISSUE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, OUR ALTAR TEAM IS UP
- 2:18:37HERE AND THEY'RE PREPARED AND READY TO PRAY WITH YOU. AND IF
- 2:18:40YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY AND YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, WE'LL PUT UP A
- 2:18:43NUMBER IN A MOMENT. YOU CAN CALL THAT 24 HOURS A DAY, AND OUR
- 2:18:46PRAYER TEAM IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT. BEFORE WE DISMISS YOU,
- 2:18:49THOUGH, TODAY, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TALK ABOUT A
- 2:18:54COUPLE THINGS THAT PASTOR BRENDA SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE WAS
- 2:18:56TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO TRUST GOD AND HIS WORD IN EVERY
- 2:19:02AREA, IT'S REALLY TRUE. AND IT KIND OF MADE ME THINK BACK, I
- 2:19:06READ A 242 HOME GROUP REPORT TODAY. EVERY TIME OUR HOME
- 2:19:10GROUPS MEET, THE LEADERS SEND US A REPORT JUST TO SAY WHAT WHAT
- 2:19:14THEY'VE DISCUSSED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE GROUPS
- 2:19:16WAS DISCUSSING WAS THAT THERE ARE CHURCHES OUT THERE TODAY
- 2:19:20THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD. IN OTHER WORDS,
- 2:19:24THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. AND ONE LADY WAS
- 2:19:30TALKING ABOUT, IN FACT, SEVERAL OF THEM TALKED ABOUT CHURCHES IN
- 2:19:33THEIR CITY THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE DOCTRINE OF HELL. THAT
- 2:19:37THERE'S THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT FOR THE WICKED. THERE'S NO HELL.
- 2:19:42AND THEY MAY THINK THEY'RE GAINING PEOPLE BY JUST GIVING
- 2:19:46THEM THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
- 2:19:49REASON FOR THAT IS, BUT HERE'S MY OPINION ON THAT. IF YOU CAN'T
- 2:19:53SAY THAT THE WHOLE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE, THEN LET'S JUST THROW
- 2:19:56IT OUT. WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE. THE
- 2:20:02BIBLE SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY LIVE IN THIS EARTH,
- 2:20:06I'M PARAPHRASING THIS IS NOT, I'M NOT GIVING YOU A SCRIPTURE,
- 2:20:09I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS IS A TRUTH FROM THE WORD OF GOD, THE
- 2:20:12ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE IS WHEN YOU ACCEPT
- 2:20:16JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
- 2:20:19TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE
- 2:20:23ASSURED TO HAVE AN ETERNAL PLACE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN IS WHEN YOU
- 2:20:28MAKE JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. THEN YOU CAN HAVE ALL
- 2:20:31THE ABUNDANCE, YOU CAN HAVE THE POWER OVER SATAN THAT PASTOR
- 2:20:35BRENDA WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN HAVE THAT POWER, BUT IF
- 2:20:38YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE NOT ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE
- 2:20:41NOT BECOME PART OF GOD'S ARMY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO
- 2:20:45OVERCOME THE DEVIL. YOU'RE ON HIS TEAM AND YOU'RE SUBJECT TO
- 2:20:49HIS COMMANDS. WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ACCEPT JESUS,
- 2:20:54THEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME. PLUS, YOU HAVE THE
- 2:20:57ADVANTAGE OF BEING WITH HIM IN ETERNITY. NONE OF US WANT TO GO
- 2:21:00TO HELL. NONE OF YOU WANT TO BE IN HELL FOR ETERNITY. ETERNITY
- 2:21:04IS A LONG, LONG TIME. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG ETERNITY IS. WHEN
- 2:21:11YOU GO TO HELL, YOU'RE THERE FOREVER. THERE'S NO ESCAPE.
- 2:21:16THERE'S NO PAROLE BOARD IN HELL. IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE DECISION,
- 2:21:21AS PASTOR BRENDA SAID, IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE GOD WHILE YOU'RE ON
- 2:21:25THIS EARTH, IT'S TOO LATE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TODAY.
- 2:21:31THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS THE WAY. JESUS SAYS, "I AM THE WAY, THE
- 2:21:34TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT
- 2:21:38THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS. WE'RE
- 2:21:40GOING TO CLOSE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. AND I WANT TO ASK THIS
- 2:21:44QUESTION, IS THERE SOMEONE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, OR IS
- 2:21:46THERE SOMEONE EVEN IN THIS ROOM TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR
- 2:21:50DOUG, I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I'VE NEVER
- 2:21:52MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY."
- 2:21:56YOU DO THAT, YOU START THAT PROCESS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN BY
- 2:22:01MAKING A DECISION TO SERVE HIM. AND IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE
- 2:22:05PRAYER. BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT, OR YOU'VE BEEN IN A
- 2:22:09CATEGORY OF YOU'VE WALKED AWAY FROM GOD, YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF
- 2:22:13TRACK. I WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THAT TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
- 2:22:17OR BEFORE YOU TURN OFF THIS BROADCAST, I WANT YOU
- 2:22:19TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A
- 2:22:21SIMPLE PRAYER. SO I'M GOING TO ASK WHEN I COUNT TO
- 2:22:25THREE, NOW, IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND YOU SAY,
- 2:22:27"I WANT PRAYER", "I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I
- 2:22:31NEED TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF MY LIFE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
- 2:22:34HAVE HIM ON MY SIDE. I WANT TO BE PART OF GOD'S ARMY. I WANT TO
- 2:22:38END UP IN HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY." THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION
- 2:22:45YOU'LL EVER MAKE. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHO YOU MARRY.
- 2:22:47IT'S MORE IMPORTANT IN YOUR CAREER. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN
- 2:22:50ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE. IT IS RIGHT NOW
- 2:22:55MAKING A DECISION FOR CHRIST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU
- 2:22:58FOR ETERNITY. THIS LIFE GOES VERY QUICKLY. YOU WANT TO BE
- 2:23:03WITH GOD FOR ETERNITY. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK
- 2:23:06YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT PRAYER TODAY. WE DON'T WANT
- 2:23:10TO EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THIS. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE
- 2:23:13JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO THREE.
- 2:23:15ONE, TWO, THREE. IF YOU NEED JESUS, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU
- 2:23:21NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH HIM, RAISE YOUR HAND. MAYBE
- 2:23:24YOU'VE GOTTEN INTO THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE
- 2:23:28HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. USHERS, HELP ME,
- 2:23:34IS THERE ANYONE HERE? OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. OR MAYBE SOMEONE
- 2:23:38WATCHING ONLINE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WRITE IN OR CALL US VERY OFTEN
- 2:23:42THAT SAYS THEY'VE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST. LET'S PRAY THIS PRAYER
- 2:23:45TOGETHER. YOU REPEAT AFTER ME AND YOU CAN MAKE JESUS THE LORD
- 2:23:50OF YOUR LIFE RIGHT TODAY, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT. "FATHER IN
- 2:23:53HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE HE WENT TO THE
- 2:23:58CROSS OF CALVARY. HE DIED AND WAS BURIED FOR ME. I BELIEVE HE
- 2:24:05ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I ACCEPT JESUS
- 2:24:11CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE.
- 2:24:19COME INTO MY HEART. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION, AND I WILL SERVE
- 2:24:23YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE." AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
- 2:24:28TODAY, THAT'S YOUR INITIAL START WITH GOD. I WANT TO HELP TO
- 2:24:32DISCIPLE YOU, YOU CAN CALL THE PRAYER LINE 855-777-7907, AND
- 2:24:38OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS WILL SEND YOU INFORMATION AND HELP YOU ON
- 2:24:41YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT TODAY. GOD
- 2:24:44BLESS YOU. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU AND SERVE YOU IN ANY WAY WE
- 2:24:47CAN. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, DON'T
- 2:24:51FORGET, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, YOU HAVE TO DO IT TODAY OR
- 2:24:56BY, LIKE 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING. YOU'VE GOT LIKE 24 HOURS OR
- 2:24:59LESS. THE CHICKEN FRIED, I'M SORRY, THE FRIED CHICKEN. GET IT
- 2:25:05RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY CHICKEN FRIED STEAK, BUT IT'S
- 2:25:08IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. IS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE OUR
- 2:25:13HEART TO YOUR YOUR HOME SERVICE. SO IT STARTS AT 5:45. YOU CAN
- 2:25:17SIGN UP, GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER IF YOU NEED INFORMATION.
- 2:25:20AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THAT. IT'S $5. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE
- 2:25:25FRIED CHICKEN AND FELLOWSHIP. SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR
- 2:25:29COMING. JOIN US WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND BE
- 2:25:32BACK IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY. PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE CONTINUING
- 2:25:34THIS MESSAGE. GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.