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02/04/26 "The 7 Blessings in the Book of Revelation" Part 1 Pastor Doug Daniels · LOH Church Archive

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  GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. ARE YOU READY TO LIFT UP
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  A PRAISE TO THE KING OF KINGS? COME ON, Y'ALL, WE'RE COMING IN
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  TONIGHT TO MAKE HIM FAMOUS AND HIS NAME GLORIOUS TO ALL, FOR HE
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  IS HOLY, HE IS MIGHTY, HE IS THE LORD OF THE
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  BREAKTHROUGH. LET'S RAISE IT UP TONIGHT, COME ON.
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  LET'S CELEBRATE, 'CAUSE WE'RE IN
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  A PLACE OF VICTORY TONIGHT, AMEN?
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  (WORSHIP MUSIC)
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  COME ON, JUST THE KICK AND THE DRUMS.
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  COME ON, CHURCH. CAST YOUR CARES UPON THE LORD OF LORDS. HE'S
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  ALREADY GOT WHAT YOU NEED. YOU JUST HAVE TO
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  GET OUT OF THE WAY. REPEAT THAT, COME ON.
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  (MUSIC)
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  WE GIVE YOU PRAISE. WE GIVE YOU PRAISE. OH, THERE'S NO ONE LIKE
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  THE LORD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THE LORD. HE’S UNSHAKABLE. HE'S
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  IMMOVABLE. HE'S UNDISPUTABLE. KING OF KINGS SEATED ON HIGH.
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  HE'S SEATED ON HIGH. HE'S SEATED ON HIGH. OH, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE.
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  WE GIVE OUR HEARTS TO YOU. WE GIVE OUR HEARTS. EVERY PART OF
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  OUR HEART TO YOU. COME AND HAVE YOUR WAY. COME AND HAVE YOUR
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  WAY. COME AND HAVE YOUR WAY. COME AND HAVE YOUR WAY.
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  WE SERVE ALMIGHTY GOD. I WAS TELLING ANTHONY TODAY THAT,
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  PASTOR ANTHONY, I WAS IN THE HOUSE AND I WAS READING OVER I
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  BELIEVE IT WAS 1 CHRONICLES AROUND THE 22ND VERSE, I BELIEVE
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  IT IS. THAT MIGHT BE... BUT DAVID WAS GIVING SOLOMON HIS
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  LAST INSTRUCTIONS AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE TOLD SOLOMON WAS MAKE
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  GOD, NOW THIS IS IN THE AMPLIFIED, HE SAID MAKE GOD YOUR
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  VITAL NECESSITY. SEE I DON'T WANT TO BE, I DON'T WANT NO AIR
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  BETWEEN US. WE JUST HUNGER AND THIRST FOR HIM. EVERYTHING THAT
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  WE DO IS BECAUSE OF HIM. EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE, WE
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  STAND, WE TALK, WE SING, WE PRAISE, WE WALK, WE RUN, WE
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  SING, ALL THE THINGS, IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF HIM. AND WITHOUT HIM,
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  WE ARE NOTHING. AND SO I HEARD THAT AND I KEPT HEARING,
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  (WORSHIP MUSIC)
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  OH, HALLELUJAH, WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE, FATHER. WE WANNA
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  BE WRAPPED UP IN YOU. AND WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY TONIGHT. WE
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  GIVE YOU THE GLORY AND THE HONOR. YOU PROVIDED EVERYTHING
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  WE NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS. YOU GIVE US BREATH. YOU GIVE US
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  THE ABILITY TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING. YOU GIVE US
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  MOVEMENT. YOU GIVE US STRENGTH. YOU EVEN GIVE US HONOR IN THIS
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  WORLD. AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU. THANK YOU, LORD. YOU GIVE
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  US PROTECTION. YOU GIVE US FAVOR. YOU CLOTHE US IN YOUR
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  RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE. YOU TAKE AWAY
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  SIN FROM OUR LIFE. YOU GIVE US POWER OVER THE ENEMY.
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  HALLELUJAH. YOU GIVE US VICTORY. FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY TO
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  VICTORY WE GO BECAUSE WE'RE OVERCOMERS IN YOU AND WE WORSHIP
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  YOU TONIGHT FOR THAT. YOU GIVE US THE ANGELS TO WATCH OVER US
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  AND PROTECT US. YOU GIVE US SUPERNATURAL CONNECTIONS, DIVINE
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  CONNECTIONS. YOU GIVE US RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN BE
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  ENCOURAGED. YOU GIVE US RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN
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  ENCOURAGE OTHERS. OH, HALLELUJAH, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY
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  WE HAVE TO BE WORKERS TOGETHER WITH YOU ON THIS EARTH. AND WE
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  JUST WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT. WE GIVE YOU GLORY AND WE GIVE YOU
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  HONOR. WE EXPRESS OUR THANKFULNESS TO YOU. WE'RE SO
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  THANKFUL. WE'RE SO THANKFUL TONIGHT, LORD. IT'S ONLY YOU.
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  OH, IT'S ONLY YOU. JESUS, JESUS, JESUS. REMARKABLE JESUS.
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  HALLELUJAH. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THANKFUL TONIGHT? HALLELUJAH.
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  GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.
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  THANK YOU, JESUS. THERE'S A HEALING ANOINTING IN THE HOUSE
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  TONIGHT. IF YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME KIND OF SICKNESS, I'M
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  JUST GONNA HAVE YOU RUN UP HERE REALLY QUICK. WE'RE GONNA PRAY
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  FOR YOU TONIGHT. BELIEVE THAT GOD TOUCHES YOUR BODY. HE'S THE
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  HEALER OF ALL OUR DISEASES. HALLELUJAH. PASTOR KEITH, WOULD
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  YOU COME UP HERE QUICKLY? I'M GONNA HAVE YOU PRAY FOR THE
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  ONLINE AUDIENCE. ONLINE AUDIENCE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING
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  TONIGHT, YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING, JUST LIFT YOUR HANDS
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  AND RECEIVE THE HEALING TOUCH OF GOD FROM THROUGH THE AIRWAVES AS
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  PASTOR KEITH PRAYS AN ANOINTED PRAYER TONIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO
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  HAVE HIM PRAY, AND I'M GOING TO COME DOWN AND MINISTER TO THESE
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  THAT ARE IN FRONT. FATHER, AS THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AND
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  THOSE ARE WATCHING, AS THEY EXTEND THEIR FAITH RIGHT NOW, I
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  DECLARE THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS MEETS YOU THERE.
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  AND IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, I DECLARE THE WHOLENESS
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  OF GOD RESTORES YOUR BODY, THAT THE SPIRIT OF LIFE WITHIN YOU IS
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  QUICKENED AND BRINGS WHOLENESS, HEALING, DELIVERANCE,
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  RESTORATION, AND LIFE. THE VERY ESSENCE OF GOD ENTERS INTO THE
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  ROOM WHERE YOU ARE AND INTO YOUR BODY, AND I DECLARE THAT
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  WHOLENESS RESTORES, THAT WHOLENESS BRINGS THE KNOWLEDGE
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  OF THE LOVE OF GOD TO BRING LIFE TO ALL YOUR FLESH, AMEN. AMEN
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  AND AMEN, THANK YOU JESUS. WHILE I WAS SITTING UP HERE TONIGHT,
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  THE LORD JUST REMINDED ME OF A VERSE AND I USUALLY CAN TELL
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  WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS ME TO BRING FORTH. IT
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  COMES OUT OF, I THINK, THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 24, AND
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  IT SAYS, "DON'T MUZZLE THE OX." I MAY NOT BE GETTING THIS RIGHT,
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  BUT IT'S SOMETHING LIKE, "DO NOT MUZZLE THE OX THAT TREADETH THE
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  GRAIN." AND IT GOES BACK TO THE IDEA THAT SOME OF THE
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  TASKMASTERS THAT HAD THE OXEN WORKING FOR THEM WOULD MUZZLE
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  THESE OXEN SO THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO EAT, BUT HE'D WANT THEM
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  TO CONTINUE TO WORK. AND THE IDEA IS THE SERVANT OR THE
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  LABORER IS WORTHY OF THEIR PAY. IN THE OXEN'S CASE, IT WAS
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  WORTHY OF HIM BEING ABLE TO EAT. THAT WAS HIS PAY. AND I JUST
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  FEEL LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE WATCHING ONLINE OR SOMEONE HERE
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  TONIGHT, AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, THAT'S ME. I FEEL LIKE
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  I'VE BEEN MUZZLED IN SOME WAY IN MY LIFE. IN OTHER WORDS, MAYBE
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  IT'S THROUGH YOUR EMPLOYMENT. YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE NOT
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  BEING TREATED FAIRLY. OR MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING ELSE IN YOUR LIFE
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  THAT THERE'S BEEN A MUZZLING EFFECT. AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST
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  DEMAND THAT SATAN TAKES HIS HANDS OFF OF YOU TONIGHT AND
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  RELEASES YOU TO RECEIVE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DUE AND THAT THERE'S
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  SUPERNATURAL INCREASE. SO IF THAT'S YOU, IS THERE ANYONE
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  HERE? JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF IT'S SOMEONE HERE. COME ON UP
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  HERE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IF A COUPLE OF YOU COME ON UP, AND IF
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  YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU
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  AND BELIEVE THAT THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BE FREED
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  FROM ANYTHING THAT SATAN WOULD TRY AND MUZZLE YOU FROM
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  RECEIVING WHAT IS DUE YOU IN JESUS NAME. FATHER FOR EACH ONE
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  OF THESE THAT ARE UP HERE TONIGHT AND FOR ANYONE ELSE
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  THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE I COMMAND DEVIL TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF THEM
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  IN JESUS NAME YOU WILL NO LONGER MUZZLE THEM OR KEEP THEM FROM
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  THE DIVINE SUPERNATURAL FAVOR THAT JESUS HAS FOR THEM. TONIGHT
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  WE JUST RECEIVE IT NOW AND WE SAY ANY INFLUENCE OR POWER OF
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  SATAN OR SOMEONE WORKING ON BEHALF OF SATAN WILL BE BROKEN
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  IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND THESE THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE
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  WATCHING ONLINE, THEY WILL RECEIVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE
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  DUE AND I SAY BECAUSE THEY ARE SOWERS AND GIVERS, THEY HAVE THE
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  ABILITY TO RECEIVE. WE REBUKE THE DEVOURER FROM THEIR BEHALF
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  IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AND WE CLAIM THAT PROMISE. THEY
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  RECEIVE TONIGHT AND IT WILL START RIGHT AWAY, BUT YOU'RE
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  GONNA SEE THE INCREASE THROUGH 2026, I BELIEVE. AND YOU'RE
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  GONNA LOOK BACK AT DECEMBER OF 2026, AND YOU'RE GONNA SAY, LOOK
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  WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE. AMEN, IN JESUS NAME. AND IF YOU'RE
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  WATCHING ONLINE, LET US KNOW, YOU CAN CALL THE TOLL FREE
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  NUMBER, OR YOU CAN EMAIL US, CONTACT US, AND WE WANNA HEAR
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  WHAT GOD'S DOING IN YOUR LIFE AND HEAR THE BLESSING THAT GOD
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  HAS FOR YOU. AND JUST THE TESTIMONY OF IT, AMEN? SAME
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  THING FOR YOU HERE, LET US KNOW WHAT GOD'S DONE, BECAUSE IT'S
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  GONNA CHANGE, IN JESUS' NAME. AND EVERYONE THAT AGREES SAID,
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  AMEN. AMEN, PRAISE GOD, THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, HALLELUJAH,
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  WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU TURN AROUND AND SHAKE HANDS
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  WITH A FEW PEOPLE? FIND SOMEONE YOU DON'T
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  KNOW TONIGHT AND GREET THEM IN JESUS' NAME.
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  (MUSIC)
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  WELL AMEN AND AMEN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. IT'S GOOD TO BE
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  IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, ISN'T IT? I COULD JUST FEEL THE
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  TANGIBLE ANOINTING IN HERE. IT'S JUST, BREAKTHROUGH IS HERE,
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  FOLKS. BREAKTHROUGH IS HERE. WELL, IT'S OFFERING TIME RIGHT
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  NOW. THERE'S A FEW OF YOU. IT'S OKAY, BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE,
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  YOU ALL ARE GONNA BE JUMPING FOR JOY. THE TITLE OF THIS OFFERING
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  MESSAGE IS HEART CHECK. SO WE'RE GONNA READ FROM LUKE 12:29. IT
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  SAYS, "I REPEAT, DON'T LET WORRY ENTER YOUR LIFE." SO THAT MEANS
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  JESUS SAID IT PRIOR TO THIS, SO HE'S REPEATING IT FOR EMPHASIS.
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  UNDERLINE IT, REHEARSE IT, SAVE IT, JESUS SAVES. DON'T LET WORRY
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  ENTER YOUR LIFE. LIVE ABOVE THE ANXIOUS CARE ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL
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  NEEDS. DID YOU HEAR THAT? LIVE ABOVE THE ANXIOUS CARES ABOUT
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  YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS. VERSE 30, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SEEM TO WORRY
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  ABOUT MAKING A LIVING, BUT YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS YOUR, HOW
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  MANY NEEDS, JUST ONE, JUST TWO, A FEW, EVERY NEED AND WILL, HE
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  WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. EACH AND EVERY DAY, HE WILL SUPPLY YOUR
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  NEEDS AS YOU SEEK HIS KINGDOM PASSIONATELY ABOVE ALL ELSE.
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  THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES THAT I'M
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  STANDING ON FOR THIS YEAR. BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
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  SCRIPTURES THAT CUTS AND DIVIDES BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT. HERE'S
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  WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO FAITHFUL IN YOUR
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  GIVING AND IT CLEARLY SHOWS. I MEAN, LOOK AT WHAT YOUR
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  OBEDIENCE HAS DONE. SO THAT'S NOT WHAT'S THE QUESTION TONIGHT.
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  THE QUESTION IN THE HEART CHECK PART IS, DO YOU TRUST HIM? YOU
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  CAN OBEY, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE TRUST PART OF IT. AND I'M SAYING
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  THAT BECAUSE, HOW MANY KNOW THAT DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER
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  OF THE TONGUE? BUT DEATH AND LIFE ARE CONCEIVED IN THE HEART.
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  IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT YOUR EXTERNAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT THE
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  CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU ARE HAVING WITHIN YOURSELF. SO AFTER
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  YOU GIVE YOUR OFFERING, AFTER YOU HIT THAT SUBMIT BUTTON ON
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  YOUR PHONE, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING HOME, WHAT ARE THOSE
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  CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING WITHIN YOUR HEART? BE HONEST
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  WITH YOURSELF. LORD, I'VE BEEN GIVEN FOR 20 YEARS AND NOTHING'S
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  HAPPENED. THAT IS WHAT WE CALL CONFIRMATION BIAS. YOU KNOW WHY?
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  BECAUSE IN YOUR HEART, YOU CAME INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE LAW OF
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  SIN AND DEATH. HEART CHECK. TOLD YOU Y'ALL WEREN'T READY FOR
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  THIS. CAN WE GO BACK TO VERSE 29? DON'T LET WORRY ENTER YOUR
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  LIFE. IN THE PREVIOUS, THERE'S A PREVIOUS VERSE IN LUKE 12, AND
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  JESUS LITERALLY SAYS THAT WORRYING SUBTRACTS FROM YOUR
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  LIFE. SO EVERY TIME, THERE IT IS, SO IF WORRYING ADDS NOTHING,
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  BUT ACTUALLY SUBTRACTS FROM YOUR LIFE, WHY WOULD YOU WORRY ABOUT
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  GOD'S CARE OF YOU? DO YOU TRUST IN WHAT GOD SAYS? BECAUSE IF YOU
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  DON'T, THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR. YOU RENDER YOUR GIVING AND YOUR TIES
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  OBSOLETE BY NOT TRUSTING IN HIM. SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE
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  BELIEVING AND STANDING, FIGHTING TO GET OUT OF CYCLES, IT'S
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  SIMPLE, STOP WORRYING. LIVE CAREFREE IN THE CARE OF GOD AS
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  YOU LIVE ABOVE THE ANXIOUS CARES ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS. "BUT
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  PASTOR ANTHONY, THAT SOUNDS SO HARD. "HOW DO YOU DO THAT?" IT'S
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  SIMPLE. JUST SPEND MORE TIME PURSUING GOD. THINK LESS ABOUT
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  THE NEGATIVE THINGS AND THINK MORE ABOUT ON GOD. IS IT REALLY
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  THAT SIMPLE? YES, IT IS. SO MY CHALLENGE TO YOU TONIGHT AS YOU
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  GIVE IN OBEDIENCE IS NOW IT'S TIME TO ENTER INTO TRUSTING. AND
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  JUST ASK YOURSELF THIS AS YOU'RE GIVING. JUST SAY, "SELF, WHAT IS
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  IT THAT'S KEEPING ME "FROM ALLOWING GOD TO CAPTURE MY
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  HEART?" YOU'LL BE SURPRISED BY WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS
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  BACK TO YOU. GUYS, IT'S TIME TO STOP GETTING IN THE WAY OF
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  OURSELVES. SURRENDER TO GOD SO THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO LIVE ABOVE
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  THE ANXIOUS CARES OF YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS. CAN WE GO BACK
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  TO VERSE 32 REALLY QUICK? SO DON'T EVER BE AFRAID DEAREST
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  FRIENDS YOUR LOVING FATHER JOYOUSLY GIVES YOU HIS KINGDOM
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  REALM WITH HOW MANY PROMISES? ALL LIVE CAREFREE IN THE CARE OF
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  GOD. AMEN GO AHEAD AND PUT UP THE GIVING INFORMATION ON THE
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  SCREEN. YOU CAN GIVE VIA SNAIL MAIL. BY THE WAY, DID THE U.S.
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  POST OFFICE FIX THEMSELVES YET? PROBABLY NOT, THEY HAD A PARTIAL
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  SHUTDOWN, SO OKAY, YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. THAT'S WHY
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  SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET AN AGREEMENT IN THEIR HEARTS WITH
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  GOD. YOU CAN JUST BUY THE POST OFFICE AND YOU CAN BE THE MAIL
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  CARRIER. WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, ALL THE FUN
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  THINGS. AGAIN, WE LOVE AND ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF YOU,
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  ALL OF OUR ONLINE E-CHURCH. WE LOVE YOU. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR
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  YOUR GIVING AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS IN THAT. NOW IT'S
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  TIME FOR THE BLESSINGS AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD TO BE
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  RECIPROCATED IN YOUR LIFE. IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO STOP WORRYING.
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  STOP WORRYING AND TRUST AS YOU PURSUE THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AMEN.
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  LET'S STAND UP REALLY QUICK. I JUST WANNA PRAY A QUICK BLESSING
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  OVER YOU GUYS IF THE GUYS ARE DONE SERVING THE PEOPLE. PASTOR
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  DOUG HAS A GREAT MESSAGE TONIGHT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE
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  GIVE YOU ALL PRAISE AND GLORY FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND FOR THE
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  THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE. FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU
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  WOULD RELEASE A FRESH IMPARTATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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  TO SEARCH THE HEARTS OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON, GOD. CAUSE THEM
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  TO POSITION THEMSELVES, TO ALLOW YOU TO CAPTURE THEIR HEARTS, TO
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  SURRENDER ALL SO THAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE THE FULLNESS OF ALL
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  OF YOUR HEAVENLY BENEFITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND I
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  THANK YOU, GOD, THAT THEY PROSPER AND THEY WALK IN
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  INCREASE AS THEY LIVE ABOVE THE ANXIOUS CARES ABOUT THEIR
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  PERSONAL NEEDS AND LIVE CAREFREE IN YOU, IN YOUR NAME, AMEN. ALL
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  RIGHT, PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME AS PASTOR DOUG
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  COMES TO THE STAGE. THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY.
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  (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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  HALLELUJAH, YOU CAN BE SEATED. PRAISE GOD. JUST KIND OF BASKING
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  IN THE PRESENCE OF THE GOD TONIGHT 'CAUSE IT'S SO GOOD.
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  HALLELUJAH, PRAISE GOD. WELL, I'M GONNA GET RIGHT INTO THIS
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  TONIGHT BECAUSE JANET TELLS ME SHE STILL WANTS ICE CREAM EVEN
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  THOUGH IT'S COLD OUT AND THE ICE CREAM SHOP
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  CLOSES EARLY SO WE GOTTA GET HER OUT OF HERE.
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  (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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  BUT TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES, FOR SOME OF YOU THAT DO
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  THAT YET, MY MESSAGE IS ENTITLED THE SEVEN BLESSINGS FROM
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  REVELATION, PART ONE. IT'S PART ONE BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY I'M
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  GONNA GET THROUGH SEVEN TONIGHT, SO SOMETIME WE'LL GET BACK TO
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  THIS. BUT BEFORE WE SPECIFICALLY DIG INTO THE SEVEN BLESSINGS, I
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  NEED TO LAY A LITTLE FOUNDATION ABOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
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  IT'S A BOOK OF THE FUTURE PROPHECY, BUT IT'S REALLY MUCH
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  MORE THAN THAT. THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE
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  IT UNVEILS TO US THE EXALTED CHRIST. IT OPENS A CURTAIN TO
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  GIVE US A PEEK OR A VIEW OR A PICTURE OF JESUS IN HIS
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  GLORIFIED STATE RATHER THAN WHAT WE SEE IN THE OTHER 65 BOOKS OF
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  THE BIBLE WHERE WE SEE PICTURES OF JESUS AND HIS EARTHLY
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  MINISTRY BASICALLY. THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REVELATION. WE
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  COULD HAVE AN ENTIRE MESSAGE REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT
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  OVERALL THE BOOK OF REVELATION, NOT GETTING INTO DETAIL AND JUST
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  TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S SUCH A KEY BOOK. BUT SOME PEOPLE SAY, WHY
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  DO YOU WANNA STUDY REVELATION? IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO
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  UNDERSTAND, OR IT REALLY DOESN'T AFFECT ME IN MY LIFE TODAY. SO
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  LET ME JUST QUICKLY, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL MESSAGE,
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  JUST THROW OUT THREE REASONS WHY THIS BOOK IS SO IMPORTANT TO
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  COMPREHEND AND STUDY. NUMBER ONE, IT REVEALS THE TRUE NATURE
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  OF CHRIST. IT SHOWCASES JESUS AS THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE
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  BEGINNING AND THE END, THE LIVING ONE WHO HOLDS THE KEYS OF
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  DEATH AND HELL. IT GIVES US A FULLER, MORE AUTHORITATIVE
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  PICTURE OF HIM IN HIS GLORY. NUMBER TWO, IT EMPOWERS US AS
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  BELIEVERS TO BE OVERCOMERS. THE BOOK CALLS US AS CHRISTIANS TO
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  BE OVERCOMERS IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIFE, AND IT URGES US TO
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  HAVE A LIFE OF CONTINUOUS OBEDIENCE AND VICTORY OVER
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  EVERYTHING THAT SATAN WOULD THROW AT US. AND THEN NUMBER
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  THREE, IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND GOD'S PLAN FOR THE AGES. YOU
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  KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I LIKE KNOWING WHAT THE PLAN
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  IS. EVEN IF I'M GOING TO TAKE A TRIP, I WANT TO HAVE IT PLANNED
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  OUT. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, WHERE I'M GOING TO BE AND
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  WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I MEAN, NOT THAT YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING
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  SPONTANEOUS, BUT IT'S AND I THINK YOU GUYS THAT ARE HERE IN
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  A PROPHETIC CHURCH PROBABLY WOULD MOSTLY FIT INTO THAT GROUP
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  TOO, AND THAT YOU LIKE TO KNOW THE PLAN BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
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  HEAR ABOUT THE FUTURE. YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT GOD SAYS IS
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  GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN SEE IT COME TO PASS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT
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  REVELATION REALLY IS. IT'S GOD'S PLAN FOR MAN IN THE FUTURE. AND
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  THE BOOK SERVES AS A ROADMAP TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S ULTIMATE
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  PURPOSE AND PLAN FOR MANKIND AND THE EARTH. AND IT GIVES US
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  INSIGHTS TO THE GLORIOUS FUTURE THAT'S AHEAD FOR US. AND THAT'S
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  GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THAT FUTURE IS. AND WE'LL SEE IT ISN'T JUST
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  ABOUT THE FUTURE, BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN APPLY TO
• 36:45
  OUR LIVES TODAY THAT ARE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. SOME OF YOU
• 36:49
  MIGHT KNOW THIS, BUT REVELATION IS THE ONLY BOOK IN THE BIBLE
• 36:52
  THAT MOTIVATES ITS READERS BY PROMISING A BLESSING TO THOSE
• 36:57
  THAT READ, HEAR, AND OBEY IT. AND ALSO, IT'S THE ONLY BOOK
• 37:04
  THAT HAS A CURSE ATTACHED TO IT FOR THOSE THAT TAMPER WITH IT.
• 37:10
  THE BLESSINGS FOUND IN REVELATION 1:3, AND WE'RE GOING
• 37:12
  TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON REVELATION 1:3 TONIGHT IN A
• 37:14
  MOMENT, BUT LET ME JUST TO START OUT, WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT VERSE
• 37:17
  HERE. IT SAYS, "BLESSED IS HE WHO READS AND THOSE WHO HEAR THE
• 37:21
  WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY AND KEEP THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN
• 37:25
  IN IT, FOR THE TIME IS NEAR." AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE CURSE,
• 37:29
  EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T LIKE READING IT. WE'LL READ THE CURSE
• 37:31
  TONIGHT. REVELATION 22:18-19 SAYS, "FOR I TESTIFY TO EVERYONE
• 37:36
  WHO HEARS THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK. IF ANYONE
• 37:39
  ADDS TO THESE THINGS, GOD WILL ADD TO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE
• 37:42
  WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK. AND IF ANYONE TAKES AWAY FROM THE WORDS
• 37:46
  OF THIS BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART
• 37:50
  FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE, FROM THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS
• 37:53
  WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK." THAT'S A SOBERING THOUGHT. AND
• 37:59
  NATURALLY, WE LIKE ALL THE POSITIVE MOTIVATION
• 38:02
  MUCH BETTER. AND REVELATION HAS SOME POSITIVES,
• 38:06
  AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE TONIGHT, AND WE'RE GONNA
• 38:09
  LOOK AT AT LEAST THREE OF THE SEVEN BLESSINGS. HOW MANY OF YOU
• 38:13
  ACTUALLY KNEW THERE WERE SEVEN BLESSINGS LISTED IN THE BOOK OF
• 38:18
  REVELATION FOR BELIEVERS? ANYONE AWARE OF THAT FACT? MANY OF YOU
• 38:23
  WERE, OKAY. WELL, WE'RE GONNA START ON AN ADVENTURE TONIGHT
• 38:26
  AND BEGIN LOOKING AT THESE. I'M GONNA ATTEMPT, LIKE I SAID, TO
• 38:29
  LOOK AT THE FIRST THREE. AS WE INVESTIGATE THESE PROMISES
• 38:33
  TONIGHT, MY PRAYER IS THAT WE WILL DRAW SOME UNDERSTANDING,
• 38:37
  SOME KNOWLEDGE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE BLESSINGS. NOW, WE'RE
• 38:41
  ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE BEATITUDES OF JESUS FROM THE SERMON ON THE
• 38:45
  MOUNT, MATTHEW CHAPTER FIVE. THE BEATITUDES ARE THE DECLARATIONS
• 38:52
  OF BLESSEDNESS THAT WERE SPOKEN BY JESUS. AND EACH ONE OF THE
• 38:56
  BEATITUDES BEGAN WITH "BLESSED ARE." AN EXAMPLE, MATTHEW 5:8 IS
• 39:03
  AN EXAMPLE, SAYS, "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY
• 39:06
  SHALL SEE GOD." AND EVERY ONE OF THEM STARTED, "BLESSED ARE." SO
• 39:11
  IT'S A BLESSING, THE BEATITUDES. THE SEVEN BLESSINGS OR
• 39:14
  BEATITUDES GIVEN BY JESUS TO THE APOSTLE JOHN AND WRITTEN DOWN IN
• 39:18
  THE BOOK OF REVELATION, WE CAN CALL THEM THE SEVEN BLESSINGS,
• 39:22
  OR YOU COULD CALL THEM THE SEVEN BEATITUDES IN REVELATION. SEVEN
• 39:26
  WONDERFUL BLESSINGS STRAIGHT FROM GOD. THIS GREEK WORD THAT
• 39:29
  IS USED AND TRANSLATED BLESSED IS THE SAME GREEK WORD THAT'S
• 39:34
  USED BY JESUS IN THE BEATITUDES, MATTHEW 5. IT'S THE SAME GREEK
• 39:40
  WORD THAT WE FIND EVERY TIME IN THE BLESSINGS IN REVELATION. AND
• 39:44
  THAT WORD MEANS HAPPY, IT MEANS BLISSFUL, OR LITERALLY TO BE
• 39:49
  ENLARGED. THE WORD BLESSED IS MORE THAN SUPERFICIAL HAPPINESS.
• 39:54
  BEING BLESSED IS MORE THAN JUST HAVING NICE THINGS, HAVING SOME
• 39:57
  MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, SAYING I'M ABLE TO DRIVE A NICE
• 40:01
  CAR, OR I HAVE A GREAT FAMILY. IT'S MORE THAN THAT. BLESSED
• 40:06
  REFERS TO A STATE OF SPIRITUAL WELLBEING AND SPIRITUAL
• 40:10
  PROSPERITY. THE WORD BLESSED THAT WE LOOK AT TONIGHT ACTUALLY
• 40:14
  MEANS SUPREMELY BLESSED OR VERY HAPPILY BLESSED. SO WE'LL
• 40:19
  REMEMBER THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THESE TONIGHT. THE BOOK OF
• 40:21
  REVELATION WAS RECORDED BY THE APOSTLE JOHN, AND AT THE TIME
• 40:24
  THAT JOHN PENNED THE BOOK OF REVELATION, HE WAS THE LAST
• 40:27
  LIVING APOSTLE THAT WAS APPOINTED BY JESUS THAT REMAINED
• 40:31
  ON EARTH. THE OTHERS WERE MARTYRED OR GONE BY THAT TIME.
• 40:36
  AND DURING THIS TIME THERE WAS A VERY WICKED AND EVIL ROMAN
• 40:39
  EMPEROR. HIS NAME WAS EMPEROR DOMITIAN, AND HE WAS ON A
• 40:45
  RAMPAGE TO PERSECUTE AND KILL CHRISTIANS. AND HE ATTEMPTED TO
• 40:50
  POISON THE APOSTLE JOHN IN EPHESUS, BUT JOHN DIDN'T EVEN
• 40:53
  GET ILL FROM IT. AND EARLY CHRISTIAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
• 40:58
  INDICATE THAT THEY ALSO PUT JOHN IN A POT OF BOILING OIL, TRIED
• 41:06
  TO BOIL HIM TO DEATH IN THE TOWN SQUARE AS A WARNING TO THE OTHER
• 41:09
  CHRISTIANS. YOU KNOW WHAT? THE OIL, THE BOILING OIL, JUST THINK
• 41:13
  OF THAT, DIDN'T EVEN HARM JOHN AT ALL. JOHN EVEN PREACHED FROM
• 41:18
  THIS POT OF OIL AND PEOPLE GOT SAVED WHILE HE WAS PREACHING.
• 41:22
  I'D SAY THE HAND OF GOD WAS ON APOSTLE JOHN. SO WE SHOULDN'T
• 41:25
  DOUBT WHAT HE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, RIGHT? I JUST
• 41:30
  THOUGHT OF THAT. GOD KEPT HIM ALIVE AND PRESERVED HIM FOR
• 41:33
  THAT. BECAUSE AFTER THEY TOOK HIM OUT OF THAT POT OF OIL, THEY
• 41:36
  SAID, "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS GUY." THEY THREW HIM
• 41:39
  ON A BOAT AND SHIPPED HIM OVER TO AN ISLAND CALLED PATMOS,
• 41:43
  WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES FROM THE COAST OF MODERN DAY TURKEY. AND
• 41:49
  SO HE'S PUT ON THIS DESERTED ISLAND. JESUS COMES TO HIM THERE
• 41:53
  AND REVEALS HIMSELF TO JOHN. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THE EXPERIENCE
• 41:58
  WAS SO OVERWHELMING TO JOHN THE APOSTLE THAT HE FELL AT JESUS'
• 42:02
  FEET AS IF HE WERE DEAD. AND THEN JOHN STARTS TO PEN THE BOOK
• 42:07
  OF REVELATION. HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS WRITING THE SEVEN
• 42:10
  LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN ASIA. PASTOR BRENDA TAUGHT, I
• 42:16
  THINK, A COUPLE OF MESSAGES LAST NOVEMBER ON THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
• 42:20
  AND IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING. SHE EXPLAINED HOW THOSE SEVEN
• 42:23
  CHURCHES RELATE TO CHURCHES THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE TODAY IN 2026
• 42:28
  AND HOW WE COULD SEE SIMILARITIES AND THE WARNINGS
• 42:32
  THAT WERE IN THE WORD ABOUT THE THINGS THAT SOME OF THESE SEVEN
• 42:36
  CHURCHES WERE DOING THAT WERE OFF. BASICALLY, I'LL SAY THAT.
• 42:42
  BUT WE HAVE SEVEN SUPREMELY BLESSED OR HAPPY STATEMENTS
• 42:46
  SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND WE'RE GOING TO
• 42:49
  SEE THAT THEY ALSO HAVE SOME APPLICATION TO US IN 2026. WE'LL
• 42:55
  PUT UP THE SEVEN HERE QUICKLY. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S TOO SMALL FOR
• 43:00
  YOU TO EVEN READ, BUT LET ME JUST GIVE YOU THE FIRST THREE
• 43:03
  THAT WE'RE GOING OVER TONIGHT AND THEN WE'LL DO SOMETHING
• 43:05
  BETTER NEXT TIME. NUMBER ONE, IT COMES OUT OF REVELATION 1:3. WE
• 43:09
  READ THAT VERSE. IT TALKS ABOUT READING IT, HEARING IT, AND
• 43:13
  TAKING IT TO HEART, OR KEEPING IT. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, THERE'S
• 43:16
  A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR THOSE THAT DIE IN THE LORD THAT COMES
• 43:19
  FROM REVELATION 14:13. AND NUMBER THREE, THE REVELATION
• 43:23
  16:15 EXPLAINS THAT WE NEED TO STAY AWAKE AND REMAIN CLOTHED.
• 43:30
  IT TALKS ABOUT DON'T BE NAKED. WELL, THERE'S SOME MEANING TO
• 43:33
  THAT. NOT JUST TAKING OFF YOUR CLOTHES, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT
• 43:36
  THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF THAT. SO JUST STAY CLOTHED, FOLKS,
• 43:39
  WHILE YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY, SO.
• 43:40
  (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
• 43:42
  OKAY. SO THE FIRST THREE BLESSINGS. NUMBER ONE, THOSE WHO
• 43:47
  READ THE WORD, HEAR THE WORD, AND KEEP THE WORD. NUMBER TWO,
• 43:51
  THOSE WHO DIE IN THE LORD. AND NUMBER THREE, THOSE WHO STAY
• 43:53
  AWAKE AND REMAIN CLOTHED. THOSE ARE WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT
• 43:55
  TONIGHT. SO BLESSING NUMBER ONE. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS
• 43:59
  SCRIPTURE A LITTLE CLOSER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MEANING
• 44:01
  IN THIS. REVELATION 1:3, LET'S LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. BLESSED IS
• 44:05
  HE WHO READS AND THOSE WHO HEAR THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY AND
• 44:10
  KEEP THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN IT FOR THE TIME IS
• 44:12
  NEAR. SO THERE'S A BLESSING, A TRIFLE BLESSING, JUST RIGHT IN
• 44:17
  THIS SCRIPTURE FOR READING, HEARING, AND KEEPING THE WORDS
• 44:20
  OF THE PROPHECY. LET'S SEE HOW THAT APPLIES TO US TODAY. THE
• 44:23
  BLESSING OF READING. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO READS THE WORD OF
• 44:27
  THIS PROPHECY. NOW REMEMBER, IN THE EARLY CHURCH, IT WAS A
• 44:31
  LITTLE DIFFERENT. LITERACY WAS NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS IT IS
• 44:34
  TODAY. THE COPIES OF THE SCRIPTURES WERE NOT WIDELY
• 44:38
  AVAILABLE. EVERYONE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SCRIPTURES. WE'RE A
• 44:43
  BLESSED PEOPLE TODAY IN THAT WE COULD HAVE A BIBLE IN EVERY ROOM
• 44:46
  OF OUR HOUSE IF WE WANTED TO, OR MAYBE EVEN TWO. WE CAN HAVE IT
• 44:50
  IN OUR DEVICES. WE CAN TURN ON OUR COMPUTERS OR TELEVISIONS AND
• 44:56
  FIND THE GOSPEL 24 HOURS A DAY. WE ARE REALLY BLESSED. WE REALLY
• 45:00
  DON'T HAVE A REASON TO BE IGNORANT, DO WE? AND WHEN YOU
• 45:03
  THINK BACK AT THESE PEOPLE, THEIR WAY TO GET IT SOMETIMES,
• 45:06
  THE ONLY WAY WAS JUST TO GO OUT AND HEAR THE PREACHED WORD IF
• 45:09
  THEY DIDN'T HAVE A COPY OF THE SCRIPTURES. THE PUBLIC READING
• 45:12
  OF SCRIPTURE WAS A VITAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. READING ALOUD
• 45:16
  WAS A SACRED ACT THAT INVOLVED PROCLAIMING GOD'S TRUTH. THE
• 45:20
  MOST EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM IN HISTORY ALL REVOLVED AROUND THE
• 45:24
  PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD. PRAISE GOD. AND SOMETIMES WE
• 45:29
  TAKE IT TOO LIGHTLY. WE HEAR PASTOR HANK READ A VERSE TO US,
• 45:36
  AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DISTRACTED. WE DON'T HONOR IT
• 45:40
  THE WAY WE SHOULD, I THINK. WE NEED TO HONOR THE READING OF THE
• 45:43
  WORD. IN FACT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT DURING THE TRIBULATION
• 45:50
  PERIOD, GOD EVEN SENDS AN ANGEL TO LOUDLY PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO
• 45:57
  THE WORLD SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEFT ALIVE DURING THAT
• 46:01
  TIME OF TRIBULATION ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE. AMAZING. WE'LL TALK MORE
• 46:06
  ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE TRIBULATION.
• 46:08
  IT'S AMAZING. BUT PAUL INSTRUCTED TIMOTHY IN 1 TIMOTHY
• 46:13
  4:13. PAUL WAS A MENTOR TO TIMOTHY, A YOUNG PASTOR. HE'S
• 46:18
  GIVING HIM INSTRUCTION, AND HE SAID IN 1 TIMOTHY 4:13, I WANT
• 46:22
  TO READ IT OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED, IT SAYS, "UNTIL I COME, DEVOTE
• 46:25
  YOURSELF TO PUBLIC READING OF SCRIPTURE, TO PREACHING AND
• 46:29
  TEACHING THE SOUND DOCTRINE OF GOD'S WORD." THAT WAS PAUL'S
• 46:32
  INSTRUCTION TO TIMOTHY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE READ. AND THEN
• 46:38
  THE BLESSING OF HEARING IS IN THIS VERSE. "BLESSED ARE THOSE
• 46:41
  WHO HEAR THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY." HEARING, IN A
• 46:44
  BIBLICAL SENSE, GOES BEYOND MERELY PERCEIVING SOUND. IT
• 46:49
  IMPLIES LISTENING WITH ATTENTION AND INTENTION, ALLOWING THE
• 46:55
  WORDS TO PENETRATE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS. HEARING IS A
• 47:00
  FIRST STEP TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING AND THEN ULTIMATELY OBEDIENCE.
• 47:05
  HAVE ANY OF YOU HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE EVER BEEN ACCUSED OF NOT
• 47:10
  HEARING WHAT A PERSON SAYS TO YOU? MOST OF THE HUSBANDS CAN
• 47:14
  SAY, "YES, I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF THAT." SOMETIMES WE AREN'T GOOD,
• 47:19
  THE BEST LISTENERS. BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN TRYING TO
• 47:26
  LISTEN PARTIALLY, OR PARTIALLY LISTENING WHEN SOMEONE'S
• 47:30
  SPEAKING TO YOU. SOMETIMES DISTRACTIONS ARE AROUND YOU AND
• 47:34
  IT'S HARD TO ALWAYS COMPLETELY FOCUS AND LISTEN. SOMETIMES YOU
• 47:39
  ATTEMPT TO FOCUS ON THE CONVERSATION BUT YOUR MIND IS
• 47:41
  ELSEWHERE AS THE PERSON'S TALKING TO YOU. OR MAYBE YOU'RE
• 47:47
  ALREADY FORMULATING A RESPONSE TO THAT PERSON WHILE THEY ARE
• 47:50
  EXPLAINING WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU. HAS THAT EVER
• 47:54
  HAPPENED TO ANYONE HERE? I'M SURE IT HAS. WE THINK WE KNOW
• 47:57
  WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, SO WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO COME UP
• 48:00
  WITH OUR RESPONSE. WELL, MAYBE IF WE'D LISTEN BETTER, WE FIND
• 48:04
  OUT THAT IT ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT WE THINK THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
• 48:07
  TELL US. WE OFTEN LISTEN, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HEAR. AND SOMETIMES
• 48:14
  THAT'S AN ISSUE EVEN IN THE CHURCH. THERE'S A HUGE PROBLEM
• 48:18
  WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT HEAR INSTRUCTION FROM THE WORD OF GOD
• 48:20
  OR THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN FACT, THERE'S AN OLD TESTAMENT
• 48:23
  PROPHECY ABOUT A COMING FAMINE OF HEARING THE WORDS OF THE
• 48:28
  LORD. IT'S FOUND IN AMOS. LET'S READ THAT. IT SAYS, AMOS 8:11
• 48:32
  SAYS, "THE TIME IS SURELY COMING, SAYS THE SOVEREIGN LORD,
• 48:35
  "WHEN I WILL SEND A FAMINE ON THE LAND." IT'S NOT A FAMINE OF
• 48:39
  BREAD OR WATER, BUT OF HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD. ISN'T
• 48:43
  THAT INTERESTING? I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT SCRIPTURE
• 48:46
  UNTIL I STARTED STUDYING THIS. I THOUGHT, MAN, THAT'S
• 48:48
  INTERESTING. IT'S NOT A FAMINE THAT WE'D LIKE FOOD, BUT IT'S
• 48:51
  JUST A FAMINE OF THE WORD OF THE LORD. PEOPLE WILL STAGGER FROM
• 48:57
  SEA TO SEA AND WANDER FROM BORDER TO BORDER, SEARCHING FOR
• 49:01
  THE WORD OF THE LORD, BUT THEY WILL NOT FIND IT. HUMANITY HAS
• 49:06
  PLUGGED ITS SPIRITUAL EARS TO THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD AND TO
• 49:09
  THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN LARGE PART. MAN IS ATTEMPTING TO
• 49:13
  FILL THE SPIRITUAL VOID WITH FLESHLY FOOD. AND I COMPARE THIS
• 49:18
  TO THE SITUATION OF HAVING A GROUP OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
• 49:22
  WITH A TABLE IN FRONT OF THEM. AND ON ONE SIDE OF THE TABLE IS
• 49:27
  GREAT-LOOKING HAMBURGERS AND FRENCH FRIES AND DONUTS AND
• 49:30
  PASTRIES AND SODA POP, WHAT WE COULD CALL COMFORT FOOD. AND THE
• 49:35
  OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE IS THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, HEALTHY
• 49:38
  GRAINS, THE FOOD THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD FOR US. WHICH SIDE OF THE
• 49:42
  TABLE ARE 99 PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN GOING TO RUN TO?
• 49:48
  PROBABLY THE HAMBURGERS AND THE FRIES AND THE POP. BUT WHAT WILL
• 49:52
  THAT DO FOR THEM LONG TERM? A CONTINUAL DIET OF THIS WILL MAKE
• 49:56
  THEM UNHEALTHY. IN THE SAME WAY, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT, FIRST
• 50:00
  OF ALL, WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS. CONTINUALLY FEEDING OUR SPIRITS
• 50:04
  THROUGH HEARING GOD'S WORD WILL HELP US BUILD A STRONG SPIRIT
• 50:07
  AND BUILD A STRONG MAN. IF WE ONLY FEED THE FLESH, THEN WE CAN
• 50:13
  BECOME SPIRITUALLY ANOREXIC. WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS THAT NEED
• 50:19
  SPIRITUAL FOOD. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT. AND AS WE STAY
• 50:22
  CONNECTED TO GOD THROUGH HIS WORD AND THE GUIDANCE OF THE
• 50:25
  HOLY SPIRIT, WE WILL GROW STRONG. SO REVELATION 1:3
• 50:29
  PROMISES A BLESSING FOR READING, A BLESSING FOR HEARING, AND
• 50:33
  FINALLY, IT PROMISES A BLESSING FOR KEEPING THE WORD OF GOD. THE
• 50:39
  BLESSING OF KEEPING, IT SAYS, TO KEEP THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE
• 50:43
  WRITTEN IN THE BOOK. TO KEEP THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY MEANS TO
• 50:47
  OBEY THEM AND TO GUARD THEM. OBEYING AND GUARDING THE WORD OF
• 50:50
  GOD IN OUR LIVES IS THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE CAN BE
• 50:54
  THINKING ABOUT AND REALLY APPLYING TO EVERYTHING IN THE
• 50:56
  BIBLE AS A WHOLE. WHY DO WE GUARD SOMETHING? BECAUSE IT'S
• 51:01
  VALUABLE. WHY DID PASTOR HANK DECIDE TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS
• 51:08
  IN THIS BUILDING WHEN YOU WERE PRESENT? BECAUSE YOU'RE
• 51:11
  VALUABLE. PASTORS TAKE CARE OF THEIR SHEEP. WE'RE NOT GOING TO
• 51:15
  TAKE ANY RISK THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU. SO WE DO
• 51:20
  EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER THAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT. AND THAT'S
• 51:24
  BECAUSE YOU'RE VALUABLE. WHY DOES JESUS WARN US TO KEEP OR
• 51:29
  GUARD THE INFLUENCE OF THE WORD OF GOD IN OUR LIVES? HMM, DO YOU
• 51:34
  SUPPOSE THAT'S VALUABLE? BECAUSE KEEPING OUR SPIRITUAL GUARD UP
• 51:40
  IS SO IMPORTANT. WHEN THE DEVIL ATTACKS OR THE THIEF STEALS FROM
• 51:44
  US, IT'S NORMALLY AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE BECOME CARELESS AND LET
• 51:47
  OUR GUARD DOWN. WE'VE ALLOWED THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE TO
• 51:52
  CREEP IN AND WE GET OFF TRACK. AND WE PULL AWAY FROM GOD'S
• 51:57
  PROMISES. WE PULL AWAY FROM STANDING IN FAITH. AND THAT'S
• 52:03
  DECEPTION THAT THE DEVIL TRIES TO BRING INTO OUR LIFE AND
• 52:06
  GRADUALLY CAUSES US TO BECOME MORE CARELESS IN OUR WALK WITH
• 52:09
  GOD. AFTER A VIOLENT STORM ONE NIGHT, A STATELY LARGE TREE WAS
• 52:15
  FOUND LYING ACROSS A PATHWAY IN A PARK, AND NOTHING BUT A
• 52:19
  SPLINTERED STUMP WAS LEFT OF THIS TREE. AND WHEN A CLOSER
• 52:25
  EXAM WAS DONE OF THIS TREE, THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS ROTTEN AT THE
• 52:28
  CORE BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF TINY INSECTS HAD EATEN AWAY AT ITS
• 52:33
  HEART. THE WEAKNESS OF THE TREE WAS NOT BROUGHT ON BY THE SUDDEN
• 52:37
  STORM. IT BEGAN THE VERY FIRST MOMENT THAT THE FIRST INSECT
• 52:43
  NESTLED WITHIN THE BARK OF THE TREE. HMM. THAT'S A LESSON FOR
• 52:48
  US. WE CAN'T LET THOSE INSECTS HAVE ANY INFLUENCE IN OUR LIFE.
• 52:53
  NOTHING CAN COME IN AND BREAK THE ARMOR. WHY DON'T YOU STAND
• 52:56
  WITH ME FOR A MINUTE? WE'RE GOING TO JUST REPEAT THIS PRAYER
• 52:59
  TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO REPEAT AFTER ME. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF
• 53:02
  JESUS, WE COME AGAINST ANY OPENING OR ANY CRACK IN OUR
• 53:10
  ARMOR. WE SAY WE WILL NOT ALLOW SATAN ANY ENTRANCE INTO OUR
• 53:17
  LIVES. FATHER, WE ASK YOU HELP US TO STAY WATCHFUL, ALERT, AND
• 53:26
  ON GUARD. DEVIL, WE SPEAK TO YOU. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED ANY
• 53:33
  ENTRANCE OR ANY OPENING TO DEVISE OR OPERATE YOUR SCHEMES
• 53:41
  OR YOUR PLANS OF DESTRUCTION IN MY LIFE. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN,
• 53:48
  AMEN. YOU CAN BE SEATED. I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED A STRETCH
• 53:52
  BREAK. I DON'T WANT YOU TO FALL ASLEEP TONIGHT. BUT WE'RE
• 53:56
  GUARDING AND PROTECTING THE TREASURE OF THE WORD OF GOD IN
• 54:00
  OUR LIFE. THE MOST IMPORTANT TREASURE WE'LL EVER HAVE. IT'S
• 54:04
  THE WAY OF SALVATION FOR EVERYONE ON EARTH. NO WONDER THE
• 54:07
  DEVIL TRIES TO DECEIVE US. IT'S THE ANSWER FOR EVERYONE. IT'S
• 54:11
  THE CURE FOR SPIRITUAL CANCER. SO IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE
• 54:15
  REMAINING ON THE EARTH, JESUS TOLD US TO OCCUPY TILL HE COMES.
• 54:19
  REMEMBER THAT SCRIPTURE OUT OF LUKE 19:13? ONE OF THE WAYS WE
• 54:23
  START THAT PROCESS OCCUPYING IS BY READING, HEARING, AND KEEPING
• 54:29
  GOD'S WORD. AND SOMEONE TOLD ME ONCE, THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER THEIR
• 54:35
  SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TAUGHT THEM THAT THE WORD BIBLE IS AN
• 54:40
  ACRONYM MEANING BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING
• 54:44
  EARTH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF NEAT. BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
• 54:47
  BEFORE LEAVING EARTH. YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
• 54:50
  TIME ON THIS EARTH, BUT WE HAVE AN ANSWER IN THE BIBLE. THAT'S
• 54:54
  OUR INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'RE HERE
• 54:57
  SO THAT WE CAN SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM AND DO IT ABUNDANTLY
• 55:01
  WHILE WE'RE HERE, BUT THEN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, BLESSED ETERNITY
• 55:07
  WITH REWARDS, BECAUSE WE'RE PROMISED REWARDS IN ETERNITY IF
• 55:11
  WE'RE FAITHFUL WITH WHAT HE'S GIVEN US TO DO DOWN HERE. WE
• 55:15
  DON'T DO WORKS TO GET SAVED, BUT WE CAN DO WORKS TO RECEIVE
• 55:20
  REWARDS IN HEAVEN. PEOPLE GET THAT MIXED UP SOMETIMES. THE
• 55:24
  AVERAGE MAN IS THINKING THEY HAVE TO DO WORKS TO GET TO
• 55:26
  HEAVEN. IT'S NOT THE WAY THAT IT WORKS. THAT'S RELIGION. WELL,
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  WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. I GOT OFF TRACK. HALLELUJAH. WELL,
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  REVELATION 1:3, "BLESSED IS HE THAT READS AND HEARS AND KEEPS
• 55:41
  THE WORD." BLESSING NUMBER TWO IS FOR THOSE THAT DIE IN THE
• 55:46
  LORD. REVELATION 14:13. LET'S READ THAT TONIGHT. IT SAYS,
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  "THEN I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING TO ME, 'WRITE,
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  BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD FROM NOW ON. YES, SAYS
• 55:58
  THE SPIRIT, THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND THEIR
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  WORKS FOLLOW THEM. THE WHOLE NATURE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION
• 56:05
  IS FORWARD LOOKING. AND THIS VERSE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE
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  FUTURE. JOHN IS DESCRIBING THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIBULATION AT
• 56:13
  THE TIME WHEN THE EARTH IS GETTING READY TO ENTER INTO THE
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  GREAT TRIBULATION, WHICH IS THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEAR
• 56:19
  PERIOD OF THE TOTAL SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION. THE SEALS AND
• 56:23
  TRUMPETS JUDGMENTS ARE OVER AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THE
• 56:26
  ANTICHRIST HAS BEEN REVEALED TO THE EARTH AND HIS RULING.
• 56:31
  SCRIPTURE INDICATES THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE TRIBULATION
• 56:34
  SAINTS ON EARTH AT THIS TIME WILL GO TO HEAVEN THROUGH
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  MARTYRDOM BECAUSE THEY REFUSE THE MARK OF THE BEAST. NOW,
• 56:43
  REMEMBER THIS VERSE, REVELATION 14:13. "THEN I HEARD A VOICE
• 56:46
  FROM HEAVEN SAYING, 'BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD
• 56:50
  FROM NOW ON.'" SO HE'S SPEAKING RIGHT THERE TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT
• 56:56
  WILL DIE ON EARTH BECAUSE OF THE PERSECUTION THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
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  AND THEN THEY'LL BE WELCOMED INTO HEAVEN BY JESUS. AND THE
• 57:04
  APOSTLE JOHN IS ENCOURAGING THESE SAINTS, TO STAY FAITHFUL,
• 57:09
  THAT GOD'S MERCY IS STILL AVAILABLE TO THEM. EVEN DURING
• 57:14
  THAT TERRIBLE TRIBULATION TIME, GOD CONTINUES TO HAVE A PLAN OF
• 57:20
  MERCY AND REDEMPTION FOR THOSE WILLING TO SERVE HIM AND REFUSE
• 57:26
  WHAT THE DEVIL'S TRYING TO DO. JUST THINK OF THAT, THAT'S HOW
• 57:28
  AMAZING GOD IS. THINK OF THOSE ALIVE DURING THAT TRIBULATION
• 57:34
  PERIOD. IT COULD BE THAT THEY'RE EVEN ALIVE TODAY. SOME OF THEM
• 57:40
  CURSING GOD. SOME OF THEM SHAKING THEIR FISTS AT GOD. OR
• 57:46
  JUST ATHEISTS, NONBELIEVERS, DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING. IT'S
• 57:52
  AMAZING THAT GOD STILL HAS A PLAN OF REDEMPTION, A PATH
• 57:56
  FORWARD TO THEM. HE EVEN SENDS THAT ANGEL THAT PROCLAIMS THE
• 57:59
  GOOD NEWS TO THEM WHILE THEY'RE THERE. SO THEY HAVE A CHANCE.
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  GOD GIVES THEM A, YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK SAYS THAT A LOT. GOD
• 58:06
  HAS A REDEMPTIVE PLAN OF MERCY THE MINUTE THE EVIL HAPPENS.
• 58:10
  WELL, ALL THAT EVIL'S GOING ON, AND THE ANTICHRIST IS DOING HIS
• 58:13
  THING, GOD HAS ANOTHER PLAN FOR THOSE PEOPLE. IF THEY'LL JUST
• 58:17
  MAKE THE DECISION AT THAT POINT EVEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'LL
• 58:21
  WAKE UP AT THAT POINT. WE HOPE THEY WAKE UP BEFORE THEY GET TO
• 58:23
  THAT POINT, BUT IF THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE. AND WE
• 58:28
  CAN PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. HE'S SO MERCIFUL, HE'S SO GOOD. HE COULD
• 58:33
  HAVE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I GAVE THEM THEIR CHANCE. THEY'RE
• 58:37
  GOING TO HELL NOW. BUT HE HAS A PLAN OF REDEMPTION, EVEN DURING
• 58:41
  THE TRIBULATION. WELL, HOW DOES THIS A VERSE REALLY APPLY TO US
• 58:49
  TODAY? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE I HAVE AN ANSWER
• 58:52
  FOR YOU. TO DIE IN THE LORD MEANS TO DIE IN A STATE OF FAITH
• 58:57
  AND OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE TRULY
• 59:01
  HAVE FAITH, WE'LL ALWAYS STRIVE TO WALK IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S
• 59:05
  WORD AND THE DIRECTION OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT. NOW, THE SECOND
• 59:09
  PART OF REVELATION 14:13 BRINGS A PROMISE OF REST. IT SAYS,
• 59:14
  "YES, SAYS THE SPIRIT, THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND
• 59:20
  THEIR WORKS FOLLOW THEM." REST FROM LABOR, LET'S TALK ABOUT
• 59:23
  THAT FOR A SECOND. LIFE ON EARTH CAN BE MARKED WITH HARD WORK,
• 59:28
  SOMETIMES STRUGGLE, AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARDSHIP. THE
• 59:32
  TERM LABOR HERE REFERS TO BOTH, THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO
• 59:36
  SURVIVE AND LIVE, AND IT ALSO APPLIES TO THE CHALLENGES THAT
• 59:40
  WE FACE JUST BECAUSE WE LIVE OUT OUR FAITH IN A FALLEN WORLD. YOU
• 59:45
  KNOW, BECAUSE OF WHAT ADAM AND EVE DID, WE HAVE TO WORK. SIN
• 59:52
  BROUGHT US TO A PLACE WHERE GOD SAYS, "OKAY, YOU WILL TOIL.
• 59:56
  YOU'LL HAVE TO WORK FOR WHAT YOU RECEIVE." JUST LIKE THE OX HAS
• 59:59
  TO WORK TO TREAD OUT THE GRAIN, BOB, SOME OF US HAVE TO WORK.
• 1:00:04
  NOW, BOB'S IN A POSITION HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORK IF HE
• 1:00:06
  DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ALL LIKE BOB. SOME OF
• 1:00:11
  US HAVE TO WORK, DON'T WE, PASTOR KEITH? I JUST WANTED TO
• 1:00:16
  MAKE SURE PASTOR KEITH IS STILL AWAKE. HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS A
• 1:00:19
  LITTLE SLEEPY THERE. BUT THIS IS A PROMISE OF REST THAT ASSURES
• 1:00:26
  US THAT EVERYTHING WILL RETURN TO THE WAY THAT IT ORIGINALLY
• 1:00:30
  WAS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT KIND OF REST.
• 1:00:34
  YOU SEE, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE SIN NATURE COMING IN, IT WOULD
• 1:00:38
  HAVE BEEN THAT WAY IN THE WORLD FOR ADAM AND EVE AND THE
• 1:00:42
  FOLLOWERS WITHOUT SIN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS REST THAT WE WILL
• 1:00:47
  ENTER INTO AT THAT POINT IS NOT JUST A TEMPORARY VACATION. WE
• 1:00:51
  ALL LIKE VACATIONS WHERE WE CAN GET OUT OF TOWN OR GO DO
• 1:00:53
  SOMETHING FOR A WEEK, BUT THEN IT'S OVER AND WE'RE BACK TO OUR
• 1:00:56
  WORK. BUT THIS REST IS FOREVER. WE HAVE ETERNAL REST FROM THE
• 1:01:04
  FIGHT WITH EVIL, SIN AND WICKEDNESS. WE'LL HAVE THINGS TO
• 1:01:10
  DO. THE BIBLE ASSURES US THAT WE'LL HAVE ASSIGNMENTS IN
• 1:01:13
  HEAVEN. BUT IT'S GONNA BE FUN. WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANY
• 1:01:16
  SATANIC PRESSURE ANYMORE. WE'RE JUST DOING GOD'S WORK. THAT'S
• 1:01:21
  REST. IT'S CHARACTERIZED BY PEACE, CONTENTMENT, AND THE
• 1:01:26
  ABSENCE OF PAIN AND SORROW. HALLELUJAH. IT'S A REST THAT CAN
• 1:01:31
  ONLY BE FOUND IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS
• 1:01:35
  PICTURE, A MARATHON RUNNER WHO FINALLY CROSSES THE FINISH LINE,
• 1:01:39
  ALL OF THAT TRAINING AND THE HOURS OF RUNNING AND THE HEAT
• 1:01:42
  AND THE COLD AND THE WIND AND THE RAIN ARE OVER. THE RUNNER
• 1:01:45
  EXPERIENCES A PROFOUND SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, THE RELIEF FROM
• 1:01:50
  PHYSICAL STRAIN, AND THE JOY THEY EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY'VE
• 1:01:54
  ACTUALLY COMPLETED THE RACE. THE REST IS EVEN GREATER FOR US AS
• 1:01:59
  BELIEVERS WHO RUN THIS RACE AND CROSS THE FINISH LINE AND THEN
• 1:02:03
  ENTER INTO ETERNAL REST AFTER A LIFE OF FAITHFUL ENDURANCE.
• 1:02:06
  LET'S READ 2 TIMOTHY 4, VERSES 7 AND 8, WHERE IT TELLS US, "I
• 1:02:13
  FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, "I FINISHED THE RACE, AND I'VE KEPT
• 1:02:17
  THE FAITH. "FINALLY, THERE'S LAID UP FOR ME THE CROWN OF
• 1:02:21
  RIGHTEOUSNESS, "WHICH THE LORD, THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, "WILL GIVE
• 1:02:24
  ME ON THAT DAY, AND NOT TO ME ONLY, "BUT TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE
• 1:02:28
  LOVED HIS APPEARING." HALLELUJAH, THAT'S A SPECIAL
• 1:02:32
  BLESSING THAT BELIEVERS IN THIS LIFE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO BECAUSE
• 1:02:38
  WE LOVE HIS APPEARING. WE DON'T FORGET THAT HE'S COMING AGAIN.
• 1:02:44
  AND IT'S NOT JUST A CESSATION FROM WORKING. THE FINAL PART OF
• 1:02:48
  REVELATION 14, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE. IT SAYS, "AND THEIR
• 1:02:51
  WORKS FOLLOW THEM." THAT'S AN AMAZING PROMISE. WHEN WE DIE IN
• 1:02:57
  THE LORD AND WE REST FROM OUR LABOR, OUR WORKS FOLLOW US. THIS
• 1:03:03
  IS ANOTHER ASSURANCE. THERE'S MANY VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT
• 1:03:06
  TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WILL BE GREATLY REWARDED FOR OUR ACTIONS
• 1:03:10
  AND FAITHFULNESS WHILE WE'RE ON THIS EARTH. IT CONFIRMS THAT OUR
• 1:03:14
  LABOR IN THE LORD IS NOT IN VAIN. WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR GOD
• 1:03:18
  RIGHT NOW WILL FOLLOW YOU. ONCE YOU ARE GONE INTO ETERNITY,
• 1:03:24
  YOU'RE LAID TO REST, WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOUR WORKS THAT YOU HAD
• 1:03:30
  DONE WHILE YOU WERE HERE ON EARTH WILL FOLLOW YOU. YOUR
• 1:03:35
  WORKS CONTINUE TO DO GOOD IN THE SAME TRAJECTORY AS WHEN YOU WERE
• 1:03:40
  ON THE EARTH. THAT'S AMAZING. AS YOU WALK OUT GOD'S PLAN ON
• 1:03:44
  EARTH, YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT YOU'RE PLANTING SEEDS FOR THE
• 1:03:48
  FUTURE. AMEN. AND THAT'S NOT JUST YOUR WORKS. THAT INCLUDES
• 1:03:52
  YOUR GIVING. YOU'RE LAYING UP TREASURES IN HEAVEN WHEN YOU'RE
• 1:03:55
  GIVING. THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO YOUR WORK AND THEN
• 1:03:59
  YOU PUT IT INTO GOD'S WORK BECAUSE YOU PUT MAMMON OR OUR
• 1:04:03
  MONEY SYSTEM INTO WORK FOR GOD'S PLAN SO THAT WE CAN SPREAD THE
• 1:04:07
  GOSPEL AND PEOPLE CAN GET SAVED, HEALED, DELIVERED, ENCOURAGED BY
• 1:04:12
  THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT BUILDS UP TREASURE IN HEAVEN FOR
• 1:04:16
  YOU. WHAT A PROMISE. REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. WHEN I LEAVE THIS
• 1:04:21
  EARTH, MY WORKS WILL FOLLOW ME. I WILL BE REWARDED IN ETERNITY.
• 1:04:29
  WHAT I DO HERE ON EARTH FOR CHRIST PLANTS A SEED FOR MY
• 1:04:36
  FUTURE. BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD FROM NOW ON.
• 1:04:42
  YES, SAYS THE SPIRIT, THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND
• 1:04:46
  THEIR WORKS FOLLOW THEM. AMEN. YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS VERSE IS
• 1:04:51
  TRUE FOR THOSE BELIEVERS THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US AND ARE NOW
• 1:04:54
  WITH GOD. SOME OF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, HUSBANDS, WIVES,
• 1:04:58
  WHATEVER THAT ALREADY HAVE GONE HOME. THEIR WORKS HAVE FOLLOWED
• 1:05:02
  THEM. THEIR GOOD WORKS AS BELIEVERS FOLLOW THEM. THEY'RE
• 1:05:05
  GETTING REWARD. THE VERSE IS TRUE FOR EVERY BELIEVER THAT'S
• 1:05:08
  ALIVE TODAY. WHETHER YOU'RE HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE WITH US,
• 1:05:12
  SOMEDAY WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD, YOUR WORKS WILL FOLLOW
• 1:05:15
  YOU. AND IT'S A GREAT PROMISE TO THE TRIBULATION SAINTS IN THE
• 1:05:18
  FUTURE. ISAIAH 26:19 SAYS THIS, "BUT THOSE WHO DIE IN THE LORD
• 1:05:25
  WILL LIVE. "THEIR BODIES WILL RISE AGAIN. "THOSE WHO SLEEP IN
• 1:05:29
  THE EARTH WILL RISE UP AND SING FOR JOY, FOR YOUR LIFE-GIVING
• 1:05:33
  LIGHT WILL FALL LIKE DEW ON YOUR PEOPLE IN THE PLACE OF THE
• 1:05:37
  DEAD." HALLELUJAH. SO NUMBER THREE BLESSING IS FOR THOSE WHO
• 1:05:44
  WATCH AND KEEP THEIR GARMENTS ON. OTHER TRANSLATIONS SAY THOSE
• 1:05:50
  THAT STAY AWAKE AND REMAIN CLOTHED. REVELATION 16:15, I
• 1:05:55
  WANT TO READ OUT OF THE NEW KING JAMES. IT SAYS, "BEHOLD, I AM
• 1:05:57
  COMING AS A THIEF. BLESSED IS HE WHO WATCHES AND KEEPS HIS
• 1:06:03
  GARMENTS, LEST HE WALK NAKED AND THEY SEE HIS SHAME." NOW, OUR
• 1:06:08
  TIMELINE IN REVELATION, WE'RE NOW IN THE FINAL PART OF THE
• 1:06:11
  LAST 3 AND 1/2 YEARS OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION. AND MOST THAT
• 1:06:15
  ARE LEFT ALIVE ON EARTH ARE EXPERIENCING THE BOLD JUDGMENTS
• 1:06:18
  AT THIS TIME THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN REVELATION. THE ANTICHRIST,
• 1:06:21
  THE MAN THAT'S POSSESSED BY SATAN, IS ACTIVELY SEARCHING OUT
• 1:06:25
  ANYONE THAT WOULD FAIL TO WORSHIP HIM. YET IN THE MIDST OF
• 1:06:30
  THIS HELL ON EARTH, JESUS HAS A BLESSING FOR THOSE THAT ARE
• 1:06:34
  STILL ALIVE AND FOLLOWING HIM. THIS BLESSING IS NOT JUST FOR
• 1:06:37
  THESE PEOPLE, BUT IT HAS A DIRECT APPLICATION TO OUR LIVES
• 1:06:41
  TODAY IN THE TIME WE LIVE. I WANT TO READ THIS VERSE FROM THE
• 1:06:45
  NIV. I DON'T NORMALLY USE THE NIV, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS A
• 1:06:50
  REALLY GOOD TRANSLATION THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU
• 1:06:53
  TONIGHT. REVELATION 16:15 SAYS, "LOOK, I COME LIKE A THIEF.
• 1:06:58
  BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO STAYS AWAKE AND REMAINS CLOTHED SO AS
• 1:07:02
  NOT TO GO NAKED AND BE SHAMEFULLY EXPOSED." JESUS
• 1:07:07
  REMINDS US THAT HE'S COMING LIKE A THIEF, AND THEN HE GOES ON TO
• 1:07:10
  SAY, "BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO WATCHES OR STAYS AWAKE." NOW,
• 1:07:16
  THE IDEA OF STAYING AWAKE OR BEING WATCHFUL ISN'T JUST LIKE
• 1:07:19
  BEING SUPER AWARE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE AROUND
• 1:07:22
  YOU. IT INVOLVES UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES THAT YOU'RE LIVING IN
• 1:07:26
  AND THE TACTICS THAT THE ENEMY WOULD ATTEMPT TO USE AGAINST US.
• 1:07:29
  THE DEVIL'S PLAN IS TO DECEIVE US SO THAT WE WILL BE KILLED OR
• 1:07:33
  THAT HE WOULD AT LEAST DESTROY THE PLAN THAT GOD HAS FOR OUR
• 1:07:36
  LIVES. THAT'S HIS GOAL. NOW, DURING THE TIMES OF KING DAVID,
• 1:07:41
  WHEN HE WAS BEING HUNTED DOWN BY SAUL, THERE WAS A KIND OF A
• 1:07:45
  CIVIL WAR GOING ON IN ISRAEL, REALLY. AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
• 1:07:48
  CAME TO DAVID'S SIDE IN THE FIGHT. IN 1 CHRONICLES 12,
• 1:07:52
  THERE'S A LIST OF THOSE THAT JOINED DAVID'S SIDE. AND ONE
• 1:07:56
  PARTICULAR GROUP YOU'VE HEARD OF, IT WAS CALLED THE TRIBE OF
• 1:07:58
  ISSACHAR. AND THEY WERE KNOWN SUPREMELY FOR THEIR WISDOM. BUT
• 1:08:03
  THIS IS WHAT INTRIGUES ME. IT WAS THE NATURE OF THEIR WISDOM.
• 1:08:08
  IN THE BOOK OF CHRONICLES, WE READ THIS, 1ST BOOK OF
• 1:08:11
  CHRONICLES, "FROM THE TRIBE OF ISSACHAR, THERE WERE 200
• 1:08:15
  LEADERS. ALL OF THESE MEN UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNS OF THE
• 1:08:18
  TIMES, AND THEY KNEW THE BEST COURSE FOR ISRAEL TO TAKE." THEY
• 1:08:23
  KNEW THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES AND HOW TO BEST LIVE IN LIGHT OF THE
• 1:08:26
  PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO FIRST, WE DO NEED TO KNOW THE SIGNS OF
• 1:08:31
  THE TIMES. WE NEED TO KNOW THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES MORE THAN
• 1:08:35
  JUST A HEADLINE OR A TWEET OR SOMETHING WE SEE ON MEDIA. IT'S
• 1:08:39
  REALLY KNOWING WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN THE HAPPENINGS OF
• 1:08:42
  OUR WORLD AND UNDERSTANDING GOD'S HEART AND HIS PLAN FOR
• 1:08:46
  MANKIND AND THE EARTH. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE THANKFUL THAT WE ARE
• 1:08:50
  PART OF A PROPHETIC HOUSE? WE HAVE PASTORS THAT HEAR GOD'S
• 1:08:54
  HEART AND THEY GIVE US DIRECTION ON HOW TO LIVE. SOMETIMES I
• 1:08:59
  THINK HOW COULD PEOPLE BE MISSING OUT ON GETTING WORDS
• 1:09:02
  FROM GOD THAT AFFECT THE NATION IN THE WAY THAT WE RECEIVE IT.
• 1:09:06
  SOMETIMES WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, FOLKS. NOT EVERY CHURCH
• 1:09:09
  HAS THAT. WE ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED IN ONE OF THE MOST
• 1:09:15
  IMPORTANT TIMES OF HISTORY. SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WHAT
• 1:09:18
  GOD'S HEART IS. WE'RE LIVING AT A TIME WHEN THE GREATEST REVIVAL
• 1:09:22
  IN HUMAN HISTORY IS HAPPENING BEFORE THE END OF THE CHURCH
• 1:09:26
  AGE. GOD WILL CONCLUDE THE CHURCH AGE WITH A MIGHTY REVIVAL
• 1:09:29
  OF SOULS. I BELIEVE A BILLION SOUL HARVEST IS COMING. AND IT'S
• 1:09:34
  OUR JOB TO OCCUPY UNTIL HE COMES. REMAIN ALERT, EDUCATED,
• 1:09:39
  AND AWARE, AND ALSO INVOLVED. THIS MADE ME THINK OF THE SEVEN
• 1:09:44
  MOUNTAINS OF INFLUENCE THAT LANCE WALLNAU SO ELOQUENTLY
• 1:09:48
  TEACHES, TALKING ABOUT RECLAIMING THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS,
• 1:09:55
  THE MOUNTAINS OF IMPACT IN OUR SOCIETY AND CULTURE, WHETHER
• 1:09:58
  IT'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, FAMILY,
• 1:10:03
  THE CHURCH, MEDIA, EDUCATION, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. THE
• 1:10:08
  AMERICAN CHURCH HAS ALLOWED SATAN TO TAKE CONTROL OF A LARGE
• 1:10:11
  SEGMENT OF MOST ALL OF THESE AREAS. AND IF EVERY
• 1:10:16
  BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIAN WOULD MAKE THEIR LIFE'S FOCUS, AS GOD
• 1:10:20
  DIRECTS YOU, TO JUST GET INVOLVED IN SOME WAY IN ONE OF
• 1:10:24
  THOSE AREAS, AMERICA WOULD SEE A DRAMATIC CHANGE. IT'S TIME TO
• 1:10:29
  TAKE IT BACK. HALLELUJAH. AND IT STARTS WITH US EDUCATING
• 1:10:35
  OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE WE POSSESS A TRUE CHRISTIAN
• 1:10:38
  WORLDVIEW. YOU KNOW, STATISTICS TELL US THAT ONLY 6% OF AMERICAN
• 1:10:43
  CHRISTIANS ACTUALLY POSSESS A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW. MANY ARE ALL
• 1:10:50
  THE WAY OVER INTO THE SOCIALIST AREA, BUT THEY CALL THEMSELVES
• 1:10:53
  CHRISTIANS. BACK TO OUR VERSES WE CONCLUDE TONIGHT. EDDIE, YOU
• 1:11:00
  CAN COME ANYTIME. REVELATION 16:15 AGAIN, NEW KING JAMES
• 1:11:06
  VERSION. BEHOLD, I'M COMING AS A THIEF. BLESSED IS HE WHO WATCHES
• 1:11:10
  AND KEEPS HIS GARMENTS, LEST HE WALK NAKED AND THEY SEE HIS
• 1:11:14
  SHAME. THE LAST PART OF VERSE 15 IS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT
• 1:11:18
  BEING STRONG IN CHARACTER. IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T BE NAKED OR
• 1:11:22
  SHAMEFULLY EXPOSED. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A BLESSING IN
• 1:11:26
  STORE FOR THOSE THAT MAINTAIN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND
• 1:11:31
  THEY'RE NOT EXPOSED AS BEING SHAMEFUL. THE REFERENCE TO
• 1:11:34
  KEEPING ONE'S GARMENT ON SO THAT HE DOESN'T GO ABOUT NAKED AND
• 1:11:39
  EXPOSED COMES FROM THE CUSTOM OF THE DAY WHEN MEN WERE WEARING
• 1:11:42
  LOOSE-FITTING ROBES. WHEN A MAN WALKED QUICKLY OR RAN OR CLIMBED
• 1:11:46
  THE STEPS, THE ROBE COULD BECOME UNTIED AND FALL OPEN. MEN
• 1:11:51
  WEARING ROBES NEEDED TO BE ALERT AND CAREFUL ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOR
• 1:11:55
  SO THEIR ROBES DIDN'T SLIP OPEN. STAYING CLOTHED IN A SPIRITUAL
• 1:11:59
  SENSE MEANS BELIEVERS NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOR. WE
• 1:12:05
  ARE CLOTHED IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST AND WE ABIDE IN
• 1:12:08
  CHRIST AND WE STAY IN THE POSITION OF READINESS AND
• 1:12:13
  RIGHTEOUSNESS. THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAID IN ISAIAH 61 VERSE
• 1:12:17
  10, "I AM OVERWHELMED WITH THE JOY IN THE LORD MY GOD, FOR HE
• 1:12:24
  HAS DRESSED ME WITH THE CLOTHING OF SALVATION AND DRAPED ME IN A
• 1:12:28
  ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. I AM LIKE A BRIDEGROOM DRESSED FOR HIS
• 1:12:33
  WEDDING, OR A BRIDE WITH HER JEWELS. YOU KNOW, MAN'S WAY IS
• 1:12:39
  TO ATTEMPT TO DO AS ADAM AND EVE DID, TRY AND COVER THEIR GUILT,
• 1:12:44
  THE GUILT OF THEIR SINS, WITH THEIR OWN WORKS. THAT'S MAN'S
• 1:12:49
  WAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF RELIGION. MAN
• 1:12:53
  TRYING TO MAKE HIS OWN WAY TO HEAVEN. ONLY OUR DECISION TO
• 1:12:57
  ACCEPT THE GIFT OF SALVATION THAT JESUS PROVIDED WILL SAVE US
• 1:13:04
  FROM ETERNITY IN HELL. HALLELUJAH. CHARLES SPURGEON,
• 1:13:09
  THE FAMOUS BAPTIST PREACHER OF THE LATE 1800S, SAID THIS, "OUR
• 1:13:12
  ROBES WILL BE WHITE BECAUSE HIS ROBES WERE RED." HALLELUJAH.
• 1:13:18
  THANK YOU, JESUS. WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH ME TONIGHT? SO
• 1:13:22
  BLESSING NUMBER ONE IS FOR THOSE THAT READ THE WORD, HEAR THE
• 1:13:26
  WORD, AND KEEP THE WORD. BLESSING NUMBER TWO IS FOR THOSE
• 1:13:30
  THAT DIE IN THE LORD, THAT THEY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND
• 1:13:33
  REMEMBER THEIR WORKS FOLLOW THEM. YOUR WORKS FOLLOW YOU. AND
• 1:13:38
  BLESSING NUMBER THREE IS FOR THOSE THAT WATCH AND KEEP THEIR
• 1:13:41
  GARMENTS. THEY STAY AWAKE AND REMAIN CLOTHED. WE UNDERSTAND
• 1:13:46
  THE TIMES. WE REMAIN STRONG IN CHARACTER AND STAY CLOSE TO GOD.
• 1:13:50
  AMEN. HALLELUJAH. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
• 1:13:54
  TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE YOUR WORD. I ASK, LORD, THAT WE ALL
• 1:13:59
  RECOMMIT TO BE PURPOSELY DRIVEN BY ETERNITY, TO DO WHAT WE CAN
• 1:14:08
  WHILE WE'RE ON THIS EARTH. LORD, I HOPE YOU'VE OPENED OUR EYES AT
• 1:14:11
  THIS POINT IN TIME TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE IS IN SOME WAYS FOR
• 1:14:17
  THE PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH. BUT YOU GIVE US A JOB TO DO TO
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  OCCUPY UNTIL YOU COME. SO LORD, WE RECOMMIT TONIGHT TO DO THAT,
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  TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO BRING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION TO
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  THOSE AROUND US, TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THIS WORLD. AND WE
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  THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU DON'T JUST TELL US TO DO SOMETHING OR
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  COMMAND US TO DO SOMETHING, BUT YOU EMPOWER US BY THE POWER OF
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  THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE ABILITY THAT YOU GIVE US WITH THE GIFTS
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  AND TALENTS AND ANOINTINGS THAT YOU PROVIDE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR
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  IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. WELL, GOD BLESS YOU
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  TONIGHT. DON'T MISS OUT. NEXT SUNDAY, BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE
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  LORD. I KNOW PASTOR HANK'S GOING TO HAVE A WONDERFUL MESSAGE IN
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  JESUS' NAME. GO AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU.
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  AND JANET, GET YOUR ICE CREAM, JANET.