Latest / LOH Church Archive / 06/10/26 Pastor Christy Hair
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:06COME ON, CHURCH. WE'RE HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MY LOVELY WIFE
- 0:14IS GOING TO PREACH TONIGHT, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ARE YOU
- 0:17EXCITED? WELL, LET'S LIFT HIS NAME UP TONIGHT, AMEN?
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- 2:072:08 -COME ON, CHURCH. LET'S ENTER IN TONIGHT. YOU READY?
- 2:11COME ON.
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- 17:37IF YOU'RE IN HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, MAYBE
- 17:41YOU HAVE A SITUATION THAT JUST CAME TO MY HEART. YOU NEED TO
- 17:46TRUST GOD. SOMETIMES WE RELY ON OURSELVES FOR THE ANSWERS. AND
- 17:56I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE SECRET. WE DON'T HAVE THEM, NOT THE
- 18:00RIGHT ONES ANYWAY. WE THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT WE DON'T.
- 18:06THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO TURN OUR EYES TO THE ONE WHO SAVES US,
- 18:15WHO DELIVERS US, WHO SETS US FREE, WHO GIVES US GOOD THINGS.
- 18:23AND WE'VE GOT TO TRUST HIM. SO I WANT TO RE-SING THAT. BUT ON
- 18:28THAT SECOND LINE, I WANT TO SAY, I WILL PRAY, I WILL TRUST YOU
- 18:33FOR ALL OF MY DAYS. I WILL TRUST YOU FOR ALL OF MY DAYS.
- 18:42YOU NEED TO TRUST ON THE LORD TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO
- 18:47DECLARE THAT TONIGHT.
- 18:49(MUSIC)
- 20:50PRAISE ISN'T WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT. PRAISE IS
- 21:01WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WANT TO UNITE WITH VICTORY. A WHILE
- 21:14BACK, THE LORD GAVE ME THAT PHRASE, "WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES,
- 21:22WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES, WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES,
- 21:29PRAISE ON EARTH.”
- 21:36THAT MEANS IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE POWER OF THE HEAVENLIES
- 21:42CONTINUE TO TURN FOR YOUR FAVOR, PRAISE IS YOUR PART ON THE
- 21:49EARTH. PRAISE IS A CHOICE. IT'S A DETERMINATION. IT'S A
- 21:59DECISION. IT'S A DECISION YOU MAKE IN YOUR FLESH, IN YOUR
- 22:08SOUL, AND IT CONNECTS WITH YOUR SPIRIT, WITH YOUR FLESH AND YOUR
- 22:18SOUL, SO THAT THE DEVIL KNOWS HE'S LOSING CONTROL. SO GRAB
- 22:26HOLD OF PRAISE WITH BOTH HANDS. AND WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT,
- 22:35DO IT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? JUMP UP AND DOWN? IF THAT'S WHAT YOU
- 22:41CAN DO, DO IT. DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PUT YOURSELF IN A PLACE
- 22:49WHERE YOU'RE ENTERING INTO A PLACE WHERE HIS PRESENCE CAN
- 22:54WORK ON YOUR BEHALF. WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES. WAR IN THE
- 23:02HEAVENLIES. WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES, BUT PRAISE ON EARTH.
- 23:10SING IT AGAIN.
- 23:34(MUSIC)
- 25:20YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
- 25:44NOW I WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU BECAUSE THIS IS A CHALLENGE.
- 25:54AND IT'LL PROBABLY COME QUICKLY BECAUSE WHEN THE WORD OF TRUTH
- 25:57COMES TO YOU, SATAN COMES IMMEDIATELY. BECAUSE THE NEXT
- 26:05CHALLENGE IS YOU WON'T FEEL LIKE IT. YOU WON'T WANT TO. IT MIGHT
- 26:16BE TOMORROW MORNING. IT MIGHT BE BEFORE YOU GO TO BED. IT MIGHT
- 26:20BE NEXT WEEK, BUT WHENEVER IT IS, YOU LOOK UP, AND YOU THINK,
- 26:30THERE'S WAR GOING ON IN THE HEAVENLIES. THERE'S WAR FOR ME
- 26:38GOING ON IN THE HEAVENLIES. THERE'S WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES.
- 26:48SO I'M GOING TO PRAISE ON THIS EARTH. AND YOU PRAISE WITH ALL
- 26:58THAT'S IN YOU. YOU TURN TO SOMEONE AND TELL THEM,
- 27:03"DON'T STOP PRAISING.”
- 27:07(MUSIC)
- 27:34GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
- 27:40YEAH, WOW, WOW. I DON'T NEED TO TAKE VERY LONG 'CAUSE I
- 27:45FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY HAD CHURCH. PASTOR CHRISTY HAS A POWERFUL
- 27:49WORD, SO I'M GONNA GET RIGHT TO THE POINT. THIS IS OFFERING
- 27:53TIME. AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A C. THIS IS OFFERING TIME.
- 28:02(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- 28:06HERE'S WHY YOU NEED TO GET EXCITED. IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF
- 28:10SHOULD YOU OR SHOULD YOU NOT. THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU OR
- 28:17WON'T YOU ALLOW GOD TO BE GOD THROUGH YOU? PSALM 40, VERSE 6.
- 28:25IT'S NOT SACRIFICES THAT REALLY MOVE YOUR HEART. BURNT
- 28:29OFFERINGS, SIN OFFERINGS, THAT'S NOT WHAT BRINGS YOU JOY. BUT
- 28:33WHEN YOU OPEN MY EARS AND SPEAK DEEPLY TO ME, I BECOME YOUR
- 28:38WILLING SERVANT. WHAT WAS THAT? YOU BECOME HIS? YOU'RE A
- 28:46PRISONER OF LOVE FOR LIFE. SO I SAID, HERE I AM. I'M COMING TO
- 28:54YOU AS A SACRIFICE. FOLKS, PASTOR HANK HAS BEEN HITTING IT
- 29:00HARD ABOUT ENTERING IN. WE'VE GOT TO STOP GOING THROUGH THE
- 29:04MOTIONS. IT'S TIME TO SAY, HERE I AM AND MEAN IT. PASTOR KEITH
- 29:15JUST TALKED ABOUT WAR IN THE HEAVENLIES AND PRAISE ON EARTH.
- 29:18DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU GIVE PRAISE ON EARTH? WHEN YOU ALLOW GOD TO
- 29:22BE GOD THROUGH YOU, IN THIS CASE, THROUGH YOUR TITHES AND
- 29:26OFFERINGS. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE THAT. OH, REALLY? GO
- 29:30BACK TO GENESIS WHEN GOD SAID THAT HE WAS GONNA MAKE US, AND
- 29:33HE DID, IN HIS IMAGE, IN HIS LIKENESS. IF YOU LOOK UP THE
- 29:39WORD IMAGE IN HEBREW, IT ACTUALLY MEANS SHADOW. NOW, HAVE
- 29:46YOU EVER HAD YOUR SHADOW DO WHAT IT WANTS? IF YOU GO LIKE THIS
- 29:52AND THE SUN IS SET, RIGHT, WHAT DOES YOUR SHADOW DO? OKAY, SO
- 29:59WE'VE GOTTA STOP IMITATING AND START BEING. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT
- 30:06IS IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- 30:14ARE YOU ALLOWING GOD TO BE GOD THROUGH YOU? ARE YOU OPERATING
- 30:19AS GOD'S SHADOW? ARE YOU MOVING THE WAY HE MOVES? ARE YOU
- 30:24SPEAKING THE WAY HE SPEAKS? ARE YOU THINKING THE WAY HE THINKS?
- 30:27ARE YOU GIVING THE WAY HE GIVES? GOD IS LOVE. THAT HEBREW WORD
- 30:32LOVE MEANS TO GIVE. GOD IS THE EMBODIMENT OF GIVING. SO IF WE
- 30:38ARE TO BE HIS SHADOW, HIS IMAGE, THEN WHAT ARE WE TO BE? OH, THAT
- 30:43WAS REALLY QUIET. PASTOR CHRISTY, HOW QUIET WAS THAT?
- 30:49DON'T BE MAD AT ME. I'M JUST THE MESSENGER. IT'S EASY TO GET
- 30:55EXCITED ABOUT THE PROPHECIES AND SEE THAT ALL THAT GOD IS DOING
- 30:58AND HEAR ABOUT IT. BUT THERE'S THIS PART WHERE WE GOTTA WALK
- 31:07IT. THIS IS FOR OUR BENEFIT, FOLKS. GOD DOESN'T NEED YOUR
- 31:10MONEY. HE NEEDS YOUR HEART. HE NEEDS YOUR AGREEMENT. HOW MANY
- 31:15ARE WILLING TO AGREE TONIGHT? SEE, THAT WAS QUICK, I'M DONE.
- 31:19IT'S THE QUICK INCISION, I'LL LET YOU DEAL WITH THAT. PUT THE
- 31:22OFFERING, GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. FOR YOU THAT ARE
- 31:28WATCHING ONLINE, I HOPE THAT YOU TOOK THAT TO HEART. WE ARE IN
- 31:32THE SEASON OF ENTERING IN. AND I PRAY THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST
- 31:36SETTLING FOR THE 30, THE 60 FOLD, BUT YOU'RE SETTLING AND
- 31:40STRIVING FOR THE 100 FOLD. HOW DO YOU GET THE 100 FOLD? IT'S
- 31:46TIME TO ALLOW GOD TO BE GOD THROUGH YOU FULLY AND WHOLLY
- 31:51WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTION OR SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATION. PASTOR,
- 31:56I GOT BILLS. I GOT THINGS TO DO, THINGS TO PAY. WE ALL DO. BUT
- 32:04ARE YOU GONNA ALLOW GOD TO BE GOD? AMEN. GO AHEAD AND SERVE
- 32:10THE PEOPLE. AS THE USHERS ARE DOING THAT, I JUST WANNA GIVE
- 32:15YOU GUYS A QUICK UPDATE. THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL AT THE OMAHA
- 32:18BASEBALL VILLAGE. WE'RE ALMOST SET UP AND READY TO ROCK. WE'VE
- 32:21GOT SOME OF THE MERCH HERE, SO YOU GUYS SHOULD GO CHECK US OUT.
- 32:25WE'LL BE THERE STARTING TOMORROW FROM 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M., SO WAY
- 32:31PAST SOME OF OUR BEDTIMES. BUT PLEASE COME, SHOW YOUR PRESENCE.
- 32:37PEOPLE NEED TO SEE WHAT GOD LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S YOU. WE HAVE
- 32:45A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER TO SOME PEOPLE IN A VERY UNIQUE
- 32:48WAY. SO AGAIN, I WANNA SHOUT OUT PASTOR MATT, HE'S DOWN THERE, AS
- 32:52WELL AS OTHERS, BOB, A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE. SO PLEASE
- 32:56COME CHECK US OUT. WE'LL BE THERE FOR THE NEXT 12 DAYS.
- 33:00PLEASE PRAY FOR US.
- 33:01(LAUGHING)
- 33:05ALL RIGHT, AND THE WEATHER. YES, THANK YOU, JANET. AND THANK YOU
- 33:07FOR PRAYING FOR US AND THOSE THAT PRAYED FOR US ON MONDAY.
- 33:10ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE'S DONE SERVING. EVERYONE WROTE OUT
- 33:13THEIR MILLION DOLLAR CHECKS. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND. JUST
- 33:17PRAY A QUICK BLESSING AND THEN PASTOR CHRISTY IS GONNA COME TO
- 33:19THE STAGE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS SEASON AND
- 33:22TIME WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THE FULLNESS OF
- 33:26WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE CROSS
- 33:29AND YOUR RESURRECTION. AND SO WE SAY, GOD, WE ALLOW YOU TO BE GOD
- 33:34THROUGH US IN ALL THAT YOU SET OUT TO DO. LET YOUR KINGDOM COME
- 33:40AND LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, AMEN.
- 33:45PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO PASTOR CHRISTY.
- 33:48(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 33:50AMEN. WELL, YOU KNOW, I WANNA GIVE SOME HONOR TO OUR GAME
- 33:55CHANGERS FOR THEIR, I GOTTA PUT THIS PULPIT WAY DOWN. THEY PUT
- 34:00IT FOR A MUCH TALLER PERSON. OH, I JUST STUCK SOME WATERS UNDER
- 34:06THERE TOO. OH, THERE WENT ONE. OKAY, WELL, GIVE ME A MINUTE TO
- 34:11CLEAN UP AFTER MYSELF. ALL RIGHT, YEAH, NO, I DON'T DO THE
- 34:19TALL PULPIT 'CAUSE I'M NOT VERY TALL. BUT YEAH, I WANNA GIVE IT
- 34:22UP FOR OUR GAME CHANGERS. OH, YOU GUYS CAN BE SEATED.
- 34:26YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOWN THERE JUST SHOWING THE LOVE OF CHRIST.
- 34:32YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN, AND I KNOW WE'RE
- 34:35GONNA HAVE SOME OTHER TEAMS THAT AREN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE
- 34:38SEPARATE FROM OUR GAME CHANGERS. THEY'RE GONNA BE DOWN WALKING
- 34:40THE STREETS AND DOING SOME EVANGELISM AND WITNESSING TO
- 34:44PEOPLE. THAT ARE DOWN THERE JUST SHOWING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO
- 34:48HAVE PEACE AND WHOLENESS IN YOUR LIFE. AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE
- 34:53GET THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SHOW THE LOVE OF JESUS. SOMETIMES NOT
- 34:57EVERYTHING HAS TO BE TURN OR BURN IN OUR APPROACH TO
- 35:05EVANGELISM. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SHOWING THE PEOPLE THAT WE CARRY
- 35:10THE LOVE OF CHRIST AND MAN, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT YOU? AND WE
- 35:14GET TO SHARE THAT WITH PEOPLE, AMEN. SO THAT'S EXCITING. AND SO
- 35:17WE'RE SO THRILLED THAT WE'RE DOING THAT. AND YOU KNOW,
- 35:19THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS TOO, AND WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING A
- 35:21LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS ON SUNDAY, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU WERE
- 35:25HERE WHEN WE USED TO DO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE MANY YEARS AGO?
- 35:33AND THEN WE HAD TO KIND OF STOP BECAUSE WE HAD CONSTRUCTION AND
- 35:36WE HAD NOWHERE TO PUT IT. AND NOW, THOUGH, AND EVEN THOUGH WE
- 35:41HAD THE CONNECT CENTER, THEN THIS WAS A MESS, AND SO IT
- 35:43WASN'T REALLY VERY SAFE TO COME TO. BUT NOW, LIKE THE BUILDING
- 35:46IS DONE, SO WE'RE BRINGING BACK THE BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO
- 35:50SCHOOL DRIVE. CHRIS WHIPPS, WAVE YOUR HAND AT EVERYBODY. HE HAS
- 35:56BEEN, HE'S A LITTLE SHY. HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US
- 36:00GET THIS EVENT PLANNED, AND HE'S GOT SOME AMAZING THINGS COMING,
- 36:03SO WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT, HOW YOU CAN DONATE IF
- 36:06YOU WANNA DONATE SOME SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO SOME PEOPLE.
- 36:10BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, ONE OF OUR GREATEST JOYS IS BEING
- 36:13ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO MINISTER TO
- 36:18PEOPLE AND GIVE TO PEOPLE, SO AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE
- 36:21GONNA TALK TONIGHT ABOUT, I HAVE FIVE KEYS TO ANSWERED PRAYER.
- 36:27YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE HAVE A
- 36:33LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WHIPPING PRAYERS INTO THE
- 36:37HEAVENS, AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT ALWAYS SEEING THE
- 36:41RETURN AND THE ANSWER THAT WE WANT. AND THERE'S SOME KEYS THAT
- 36:47WE HAVE TO HOLD ONTO IN ORDER TO HAVE THOSE PRAYERS ANSWERED. YOU
- 36:53KNOW, ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT GOD BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS IS
- 36:56THAT WHEN WE CALL, HE ANSWERS. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN
- 37:01WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE ANSWERS, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN
- 37:05DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE FOOT ON THE GAS WITH
- 37:08OUR PRAYERS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE GOD TURN SOME, SEE OUR GOD
- 37:14TURN SOME THINGS AROUND FOR US, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, TURN IN
- 37:18YOUR BIBLES OVER TO EXODUS CHAPTER THREE, VERSE 13. AND YOU
- 37:32KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD, YOU KNOW, MOSES
- 37:39GOES UP ONTO THE MOUNTAIN TO SEE THE BURNING BUSH AND GOD REVEALS
- 37:42HIMSELF TO MOSES AND HE SAYS, "AND MOSES SAID UNTO GOD,
- 37:45"BEHOLD, WHEN I AM COME UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL "AND SHALL
- 37:49SAY UNTO THEM, "THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS HAS SENT ME UNTO YOU
- 37:53"AND THEY SHALL SAY TO ME, WHAT IS HIS NAME? "WHAT SHALL I SAY
- 37:57TO THEM?" SO THEN IN VERSE 14, AND IT SAYS, "GOD SAID UNTO
- 38:02MOSES, I AM THAT I AM. "AND HE SAID, SHALT THOU SAY UNTO THE
- 38:07CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, "I AM HAS SENT ME UNTO YOU." NOW WHAT DOES
- 38:11THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT GOD WAS SAYING, "LISTEN, I AM THE GOD
- 38:14THAT EXISTS. "YOU MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN ME, BUT I AM. "I AM
- 38:20LIVING, I AM ALIVE, I AM THAT I AM." BUT SEE, ONE OF THE THINGS
- 38:27THAT WE SAW IS THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ONLY SAW HIM AS THE
- 38:32GOD THAT EXISTS. SO THE FIRST KEY IN ANSWERED PRAYER IS TO
- 38:39REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LORD. BECAUSE IF YOU GO THROUGH AND
- 38:44YOU READ THE ACCOUNT OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THEY NEVER
- 38:51EVER SAW GOD OTHER THAN THE POWERFUL ALMIGHTY GOD. THEY
- 38:56NEVER SAW HIM AS A RELATIONAL FATHER. THEY NEVER, THEY ALL, AT
- 39:01EVERY TURN, THEY WERE DOUBTING HIM. AT EVERY TURN, THEY WERE
- 39:05MURMURING AGAINST HIM. AND THEN MOSES, NOW SEE, NOW MOSES HAD A
- 39:09DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP. NOW TURN OVER TO EXODUS 33, VERSE 18. AND
- 39:15THIS IS MOSES. HE GOES INTO THE TENT OF MEETING 'CAUSE HE
- 39:20CONSTRUCTED A TENT TO GO AND MEET WITH GOD. AND THAT'S ONE
- 39:25THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IN OUR PRAYER LIFE IS THAT WE HAVE A
- 39:29PLACE OF MEETING WITH GOD. NOW THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE KEYS,
- 39:31THAT'S JUST A BONUS. BUT HE GOES AND HE SAYS, AND HE SAID, I
- 39:37BESEECH THEE, SHOW ME THY GLORY. AND HE SAID, AND I WILL MAKE ALL
- 39:42MY GOODNESS PASS BEFORE THEE, AND I WILL PROCLAIM THE NAME OF
- 39:47THE LORD BEFORE THEE, AND I WILL BE GRACIOUS TO WHO I AM
- 39:49GRACIOUS, AND I WILL SHOW MERCY UPON WHO I WILL SHOW MERCY. NOW,
- 39:54GOD RESPONDS, HE SAYS, I'M GONNA MAKE MY GOODNESS PASS BEFORE
- 39:59YOU, AND I'M GONNA PROCLAIM THE NAME OF THE LORD BEFORE YOU.
- 40:05NOW, SEE, IN PSALM 25, VERSE EIGHT, IT SAYS THAT GOD IS GOOD
- 40:10AND HE'S THE UPRIGHT JEHOVAH. IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S JEHOVAH THE
- 40:14GOOD. SEE, GOD, IF WE KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF GOD IS, IT'S NOT
- 40:19THAT GOD HAS ONE NAME. IT'S ONE GOD WITH MANY NAMES. BECAUSE HE
- 40:25IS I AM, HE IS JEHOVAH, HE IS EL SHADDAI, HE IS EL ELYON, HE IS
- 40:31THE LORD SABIOTH, HE IS ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND ANYTIME WE GO
- 40:36IN TO PRAY, WHEN WE'RE CALLING THE NAME OF THE LORD, WE'RE
- 40:40CALLING ON ALL OF WHO GOD IS. SEE, I GUARANTEE YOU THERE IS
- 40:45NOT ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD NAME. IF YOU GO IN TO ASK THE
- 40:50LORD TO MEET YOUR NEEDS, IF YOU GO IN TO ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING,
- 40:55THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS NOT IN THE CHARACTER OF GOD THAT CANNOT
- 41:00ANSWER WHAT YOUR NEED IS. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF
- 41:05PROVISION, HE IS EL SHADDAI. IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF HEALING, HE IS
- 41:10JEHOVAH RAPHA. IF YOU ARE IN NEED, AGAIN, OF PROVISION, IT
- 41:15ALSO CALLS HIM JEHOVAH JIREH, THE LORD, OUR PROVIDER. IF
- 41:18YOU'RE IN NEED OF DEFENSE, HE IS THE BANNER OVER US. IF YOU'RE IN
- 41:26NEED OF FORGIVENESS, HE IS JEHOVAH TO SIDKENU, WHICH IS THE
- 41:29LORD, OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS TO HAVING
- 41:35OUR PRAYERS ANSWERED IS JUST CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
- 41:42OUR GOD. BECAUSE WHEN WE CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR
- 41:45GOD, WE'RE CALLING UPON ALL OF WHO GOD IS. NOW, AND YOU KNOW,
- 41:53TURN YOUR BIBLES OVER TO PSALM 20 VERSE 1 AND SEE WHAT WOULD
- 41:58HAVE HAPPENED IF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WOULD HAVE SEEN GOD AS
- 42:00JEHOVAH THE GOOD. EVERY TIME THEY CAME FROM THING TO THING TO
- 42:05THING, AND FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WOULD GO FROM ONE PLACE OF
- 42:11HARDSHIP AND THEY WOULD ENTER INTO ANOTHER PLACE OF HARDSHIP,
- 42:15IF THEY WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE GOODNESS AND THE CHARACTER
- 42:17OF GOD, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN QUICK TO NOT BELIEVE IN HIM. BUT
- 42:23BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO, THEY ONLY WANTED TO SEE HIM AS I AM.
- 42:29NOW PSALM 20 VERSE ONE SAYS, THE LORD HEARS YOU IN THE DAY OF
- 42:33TROUBLE AND THE NAME OF THE GOD OF JACOB WILL DEFEND YOU. IN
- 42:37OTHER WORDS, GOD HEARS US WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. GOD HEARS US
- 42:45AND THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR DEFENSE. SO THE SAME, WHAT IS
- 42:48THAT SAYING? THE SAME GOD THAT DEFENDED JACOB IS THE SAME GOD
- 42:52THAT'S GONNA DEFEND US WHEN WE CALL ON HIM. IT'S NOT THAT HE IS
- 42:56ONLY JACOB'S GOD. IT SAYS THAT THE NAME OF THE GOD OF JACOB,
- 43:02BECAUSE THE VERY SAME GOD THAT WAS THE GOD OF JACOB IS THE GOD
- 43:07THAT WE CALL UPON. AND HERE'S THE THING, DO YOU KNOW JOSHUA,
- 43:15YOU KNOW, YOU REMEMBER THE STORY HOW THE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
- 43:18THEY GO UP, THEY HAVE THE LAND OF PROMISE AND SEE THAT'S, YOU
- 43:22KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE THE LAND OF PROMISE, THAT GOD HAS PROMISED
- 43:25TO THEM AND ALL THEY COULD SEE WERE THE OBSTACLES. BUT SEE,
- 43:30JOSHUA HAD A DIFFERENT REVELATION OF WHO GOD WAS. WHY?
- 43:35BECAUSE WHEN MOSES WOULD GO INTO THE TENT OF MEETING, JOSHUA
- 43:38WOULD GO INTO THE TENT OF MEETING. AND THEN WHEN MOSES
- 43:41WOULD LEAVE THE TENT OF MEETING, JOSHUA WOULD STAY IN THE TENT OF
- 43:44MEETING. BECAUSE WHAT WAS JOSHUA DOING? GETTING HIS OWN
- 43:45REVELATION OF THE LORD. SO WHEN THE TIME CAME AND MOSES DIES AND
- 43:54GOD SHOWS UP TO JOSHUA AND SAYS, "LISTEN, MOSES, MY SERVANT IS
- 44:00DEAD. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN AND YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE
- 44:02LAND OF PROMISE." AND HE REVEALS TO JOSHUA THAT HE IS THE LORD OF
- 44:07HOSTS. HE IS THE LORD OF ARMIES. GOD COULDN'T REVEAL HIMSELF TO
- 44:12THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO SEE HIM
- 44:15AS ANYTHING ELSE BUT THE GOD THAT EXISTS. AND IF IN OUR
- 44:21PRAYER LIFE ALL WE SEE IS THAT HE'S THE GOD THAT EXISTS, THEN
- 44:25WE'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE OR HAVE FAITH THAT HE'S GONNA
- 44:27ANSWER OUR CALL, OUR CRY, OR OUR PRAYER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE
- 44:32CHARACTER OF WHO HE IS. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT, THAT'S WHY WE
- 44:35NEED TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LORD. AMEN? SO, I MEAN, YOU
- 44:44KNOW, I WANNA HAVE MY OWN REVELATION OF GOD. I DON'T WANT
- 44:48WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID ABOUT HIM. BECAUSE IF I ONLY KNOW WHAT
- 44:53SOMEBODY ELSE SAID ABOUT HIM, THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO CALL
- 44:58ON HIM, I'M NOT GONNA KNOW THAT HE IS GOING TO ANSWER ME. THE
- 45:05REASON OUR KIDS KNOW THAT WHEN THEY ASK US FOR SOMETHING THAT
- 45:11THEY HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY'RE GONNA RECEIVE IS BECAUSE THEY
- 45:13KNOW THE CHARACTER OF WHO THEIR PARENTS ARE. AND IF YOU DON'T
- 45:18HAVE A REVELATION OF WHO GOD IS, THEN IT'S HARD TO GET YOUR
- 45:23PRAYERS ANSWERED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TRULY BELIEVING IN THE NAME
- 45:27OF THE LORD. 'CAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THE RIGHT HAND OF THE LORD
- 45:30DOES VALIANTLY. THE RIGHT HAND OF THE LORD IS EXALTED. WHEN THE
- 45:35ENEMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD, THE LORD WILL RAISE UP A STANDARD
- 45:39AGAINST HIM. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO CALL, WE'VE GOTTA
- 45:44REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR
- 45:49US TO COME INTO A PLACE OF PRAYER. AND YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN,
- 45:54EVEN REMEMBER WHEN JESUS, NOW YES, THIS IS, AND HERE'S THE
- 45:57THING, THE NAME OF THE LORD IN WORSHIP GO HAND IN HAND. SO IF
- 46:00YOU GO BACK OVER TO MATTHEW CHAPTER SIX WHERE JESUS TEACHES
- 46:03THEM TO PRAY, HE SAYS, "OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN,"
- 46:06WHAT IS THAT? AGAIN, IT'S A NAME FOR GOD, OUR FATHER, ABBA. "OUR
- 46:10ABBA WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HOLY IS YOUR NAME." HE COMES IN
- 46:14BECAUSE HE'S, WHAT ARE WE DOING? GETTING A REVELATION, WE'RE
- 46:17REMINDING OURSELVES WHO IS THE GOD THAT WE SERVE. AND THEN HE
- 46:23GOES INTO SAYING, "THY KINGDOM COME," AND HE TEACHES THEM THE
- 46:26REST OF THE WAY TO PRAY. SO THE NUMBER ONE KEY TO ANSWER PRAYER
- 46:32IS REMEMBERING THE NAME OF THE LORD, OR REMEMBER THE NAME OF
- 46:35THE LORD. NUMBER TWO, NOW THIS ONE'S FUN BECAUSE THE CULTURE
- 46:41THAT WE LIVE IN SOMETIMES REALLY DRIVES US TO BEND THIS WAY. BUT
- 46:48NUMBER TWO, ONE OF THE KEYS TO ANSWERED PRAYER IS DON'T BE A
- 46:51VICTIM OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE. PRESENT OR PAST. PRESENT OR
- 46:57PAST. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW THAT THEY USE THE,
- 47:02WELL, I'M TRIGGERED BY THAT. I'M SORRY, THAT'S A VICTIM
- 47:08MENTALITY. IF YOU'RE TRIGGERED BY SOMETHING, THEN THAT MEANS
- 47:12YOU'RE NOT WHOLE. IF SOMETHING IS TRIGGERING YOU, THEN
- 47:17SOMEWHERE YOU'VE GOT SOME VICTIMHOOD THAT YOU'VE GOT TO
- 47:19DEAL WITH. WAS THAT HARSH? I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE HARSH. BUT
- 47:26HERE'S THE THING, A VICTIM, A VICTIM SEES LIFE THROUGH THE
- 47:33LENS OF THEIR HURT, THEIR DEFEAT, THEIR ABUSE. THEY
- 47:39STRUGGLE TO SEE FREEDOM AND VICTORY, AND USUALLY THEY'RE NOT
- 47:44WILLING TO WORK FOR IT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE HAVE
- 47:49BEEN INGRAINED AS A VICTIM, THEY STRUGGLE TO COME INTO A PLACE OF
- 47:54PRAYER AND BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GONNA MOVE ON THEIR BEHALF, OR
- 47:58THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAND UP AND TRULY ASK GOD IN A PLACE OF
- 48:03FAITH. BECAUSE AGAIN, AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL LOVES, HE LOVES
- 48:09VICTIMS BECAUSE VICTIMS DON'T WIN. IF YOU START WINNING,
- 48:15YOU'RE NO LONGER A VICTIM. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND IT'S FUNNY
- 48:21BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS WHOLE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMIC RACISM,
- 48:26SLAVERY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. DO YOU KNOW WE DON'T, THAT SLAVERY
- 48:32IS NOW ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES? I MEAN, IS THAT A SHOCK
- 48:36TO ANYBODY? YOU CANNOT OWN A SLAVE. LIKE, IT'S ILLEGAL. AND
- 48:44IT WAS WIPED OUT A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. LIKE, CENTURY. PLUS,
- 48:53IT WAS WIPED OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I SAW A THING, YOU KNOW,
- 48:59AND I CAN'T HELP BUT PREACH WITHOUT SOME OF THE CULTURAL
- 49:03STUFF SEEPING IN, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHO I AM. BUT I SAW SOMEBODY
- 49:06THAT SAID, WELL, THIS SYSTEMIC SLAVERY GOT US HERE. I'M LIKE,
- 49:11IT'S NOT SYSTEMIC ANYMORE, WE DON'T ALLOW IT. SO, YOU KNOW,
- 49:16WAKE UP IN THIS CENTURY AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOMEWHERE.
- 49:19OKAY, ANYWAY, SORRY, YOU KNOW, SEE, I CAN'T HELP IT. AND HERE'S
- 49:26THE THING, WE'VE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WE DON'T FALL VICTIM TO
- 49:29THE VICTIM CULTURE. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A VICTIM CULTURE WHERE WE
- 49:33COME IN, OR NOT WE 'CAUSE I DON'T, BUT SOME PEOPLE COME IN
- 49:39AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE OWED A CERTAIN THING. DO YOU
- 49:42KNOW, WE DON'T GO TO GOD AND SAY, "LISTEN, I'M OWED." BECAUSE
- 49:46HE ALREADY PAID THE PRICE. AND WE'RE WALKING IN GRACE. BUT
- 49:51HERE'S THE THING, IF YOU'RE COMING IN IN VICTIMHOOD AND YOU
- 49:55CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR PAST, THEN IT'S HARD TO COME IN AND PRAY TO
- 50:01A GOD THAT IS LIVING IN YOUR PRESENT. A GOD THAT CALLED YOU
- 50:08FROM YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB, THAT DIDN'T JUST, THAT JUST WASN'T
- 50:10JEREMIAH. IF YOU WERE CONCEIVED AND A SPIRIT WAS CREATED, GOD
- 50:16KNEW OF YOUR EXISTENCE AND HE HAD A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. SO WE
- 50:19CAN'T LIVE IN VICTIMHOOD. NOW TURN OVER TO, AND PASTOR HANK
- 50:24HIT ON THIS, ISAIAH CHAPTER 43, AND IF YOU WERE HERE ON SUNDAY,
- 50:28THIS SHOULD BE A FAMILIAR SCRIPTURE TO YOU 'CAUSE HE JUST
- 50:30TALKED ABOUT THIS. HE SAYS, "REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER THINGS,
- 50:35"NEITHER CONSIDER THE THINGS OF OLD. "BEHOLD, I WILL DO A NEW
- 50:41THING, "AND NOW IT SHALL SPRING FORTH, SHALL YOU NOT KNOW IT. "I
- 50:44WILL EVEN MAKE A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS "AND RIVERS IN THE
- 50:47DESERT." DO YOU KNOW THAT MAKING A ROAD IN THE WILDERNESS IS NOT
- 50:50AN EASY TASK AND RIVERS IN THE DESERT IS NOT, HAVE YOU BEEN TO
- 50:54THE DESERT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT KNOWN FOR BEING FULL OF
- 50:57WATER. THEY'RE NOT KNOWN FOR BEING A FRUITFUL PLACE. BUT GOD
- 51:04SAID, LISTEN, I, I'M GONNA MAKE RIVERS IN THE DESERT, I'M DOING
- 51:08SOMETHING NEW. AND SO IN OTHER WORDS, GET YOUR MIND OFF THE
- 51:11THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THE THINGS OF THE PAST. BECAUSE VICTIMS
- 51:15LIVE IN THE PAST. VICTIMS LIVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS HAVING
- 51:20TO TALK ABOUT THEIR SCARS AND THEIR HURT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
- 51:23ENCOUNTERING THE ONE THAT SAID I CAME TO BIND UP THE
- 51:26BROKENHEARTED. AMEN? I KNOW, IT'S NOT A FUN MESSAGE. BUT YOU
- 51:33KNOW, GOD, AND HERE'S THE THING, GOD DOES HEAR US IN OUR
- 51:41STRUGGLE. PSALM 34:6, SAYS, THIS POOR MAN CRIED UNTO THE
- 51:44LORD AND HE SAVED THEM OUT OF ALL OF HIS TROUBLE. SO IT'S NOT
- 51:48THAT GOD DOESN'T HEAR US IN THE MOMENT OF OUR WEAKNESS OR IN OUR
- 51:53BROKENNESS, BUT GOD WASN'T GONNA LEAVE US IN OUR BROKENNESS
- 51:58BECAUSE GOD IS A GOD THAT'S ONGOING. TURN OVER TO EZEKIEL
- 52:02CHAPTER 36, VERSE FOUR. AND IT SAYS, THEREFORE, YOU MOUNTAINS
- 52:07OF ISRAEL, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD, OR HEAR THE WORD OF THE
- 52:11LORD GOD, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD TO THE MOUNTAINS, AND TO THE
- 52:15HILLS, AND TO THE RIVERS, AND TO THE VALLEYS, TO THE DESOLATE
- 52:18WASTE, AND TO THE CITIES THAT ARE FORSAKEN, WHICH BECAME A
- 52:20PREY, AND DERISION, AND THE RESIDUE OF THE HEATHEN THAT ARE
- 52:23ROUND ABOUT HIM. I DON'T THINK I GAVE YOU THE RIGHT SCRIPTURE FOR
- 52:28THAT. SO LET'S MOVE ON FROM THAT, 'CAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW
- 52:35WHAT I WROTE. LET'S GO TO PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER THREE. BUT
- 52:39HERE'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A PLACE
- 52:45WHERE I'M ALWAYS REHEARSING PAST HURTS. I WANNA BE A PERSON
- 52:49THAT'S REHEARSING VICTORIES. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS, THERE IS
- 52:55OPPORTUNITY IN OUR LIFE TO GET HURT. THERE'S GONNA BE
- 52:58OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR LIFE FOR US TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE
- 53:02US. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WOULDN'T LIKE ME. I'M
- 53:05SUCH A SWEET PERSON. WELL, NO, I'M KINDA SALTY AND VINEGARY,
- 53:10BUT YOU KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE WHO WE ARE. YOU KNOW, BUT
- 53:19YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET HURT. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
- 53:22OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, NOT LIKE YOU. YOU'RE
- 53:28GONNA HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE DEVIL IS GOING TO TRY TO
- 53:32SABOTAGE YOUR CONFIDENCE. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS,
- 53:38WE'VE GOT TO KEEP PRESSING FORWARD BECAUSE GOD'S NOT A GOD
- 53:41THAT LIVES IN THE PAST. IF HE LIVED IN THE PAST, WE WOULDN'T
- 53:46HAVE THE NEXT GENERATION. WHY DOES HE SAY FROM GENERATION TO
- 53:49GENERATION, OR YOUR SEED IS GONNA BE BLESSED? 'CAUSE GOD'S
- 53:51ALWAYS LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. NOW, PHILIPPIANS 3:13 SAYS,
- 53:56BRETHREN, I COUNT NOT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED, BUT THIS ONE
- 53:59THING I DO, FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND AND
- 54:03REACHING FORTH UNTO THE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE. SO WHAT IS
- 54:07THAT? THE THINGS THAT ARE AHEAD. AND IT SAYS, I PRESS TOWARD THE
- 54:12MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS.
- 54:16NOW, LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T WANNA BE A VICTIM, DON'T ADOPT THE
- 54:21LANGUAGE OF VICTIMS. DON'T SAY TO SOMEBODY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, I
- 54:27WAS MAKING A JOKE ABOUT THE TRIGGER THING, BUT DON'T USE
- 54:29THAT LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE LANGUAGE OF THE CULTURE. IF
- 54:34SOMETHING BOTHERS ME, IT'S NOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S RESPONSIBILITY
- 54:39TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD. IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GET INTO MY
- 54:42PRAYER CLOSET AND SAY, GOD, YOU NEED TO FIX WHAT IS GOING ON
- 54:46WITH ME. IT'S NOT SOMEBODY, IT IS NOT JANET'S JOB TO MAKE ME
- 54:50FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF. IT IS NOT PASTOR ANTHONY'S JOB TO GIVE
- 54:54ME A COMPLIMENT SO I STAY CONFIDENT IN WHAT GOD CALLED ME
- 54:57TO DO. IT'S NOT THEIR JOB. DAVID SAID HE ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN
- 55:04THE LORD. IF HE WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO WHAT HIS MEN WERE
- 55:08SAYING, THEY TALKED OF STONING HIM, HE COULD HAVE SAID, "OH,
- 55:11YOU'RE TRIGGERING ME.”
- 55:12(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 55:16WELL, THAT'S NOT THE LANGUAGE OF SOMEBODY THAT WALKS IN VICTORY,
- 55:20THAT'S THE VICTIM. SEE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
- 55:26KEEPS US FROM HAVING ANSWERED PRAYER, IS SOMETIMES WE COME IN
- 55:29AND WE CAN'T, WE SO CAN'T GET PAST OUR OWN HURT AND OUR OWN
- 55:32THING THAT WE CAN'T EVEN HEAR, BECAUSE OUR EARS ARE DULL, WE
- 55:36CAN'T EVEN HEAR THE VOICE OF THE LORD WHEN HE'S TRYING TO ANSWER
- 55:39BECAUSE WE ONLY WANT THINGS THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR OWN
- 55:42HURT. AND HERE'S THE THING, I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T ASK GOD WHY
- 55:49SOMETHING HAPPENED. YOU CAN, BUT IF HE DIDN'T ANSWER, DON'T STAY
- 55:55THERE. AND SOMETIMES GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS GIVE US A WHY. AND
- 56:00SOMETIMES THE WHY IS, IS BECAUSE THE ENEMY COMES IN AND IS TRYING
- 56:04TO DISRUPT YOUR LIFE. YOU KNOW, AND VICTIMS THINK NOBODY
- 56:12UNDERSTANDS THEIR STRUGGLES. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? NOBODY
- 56:17UNDERSTANDS WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH. I MEAN, I HAVE. AND,
- 56:26BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY CAN NEVER SEE SOMETHING NEW. THEY'VE
- 56:30BEEN SO BUSY LOOKING AT THEIR PAST TRAUMA. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S
- 56:35FUNNY, EVERYBODY'S GOT TRAUMA NOWADAYS. IT USED TO BE THAT,
- 56:41YOU KNOW, IT WAS, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S NOT REAL
- 56:43TRAUMAS. THERE ARE REAL TRAUMAS THAT HAPPEN TO PEOPLE. BUT NOW,
- 56:48LIKE PEOPLE ARE TRAUMATIZED BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS DIDN'T LET
- 56:51'EM HAVE SOMETHING, OR PEOPLE ARE TRAUMATIZED BECAUSE THEY
- 56:54DIDN'T GET A PROMOTION AT WORK THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T EARN. OR,
- 56:57ANYWAY. BUT SEE, THAT'S VICTIM. AND SOMETIMES, GOD CAN'T DO
- 57:09SOMETHING NEW IN YOUR LIFE, AND IT'S HARD FOR HIM TO ANSWER YOUR
- 57:13PRAYERS IF YOU'RE ONLY GONNA SEE YOURSELF THROUGH THE LENS OF
- 57:15YOUR HURT AND ABUSE. NOW, YOU KNOW, LOT'S WIFE HAD SALVATION
- 57:21FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, BUT SHE COULDN'T
- 57:25GET PAST LOSING HER HOME. SO SHE LOOKED BACK AND NEVER ENTERED
- 57:29INTO THE PROMISE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE PAST, GOD CAN'T
- 57:34TAKE YOU INTO YOUR FUTURE. SO YOU CAN BE PRAYING FOR THINGS
- 57:39THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING TO BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING PAST
- 57:43WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. YOU KNOW, AND HIS DAUGHTERS, LIKE THEY HAD
- 57:52TO HEAR, EVEN IF THEY COULDN'T LOOK AT IT, THEY HAD TO HEAR
- 57:55WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN SODOM AND GOMORRAH. AND INSTEAD OF SAYING,
- 58:00OH MY LORD, YOU SAVED US, THEY WENT AND COMMITTED SIN BECAUSE
- 58:05THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT GOD COULD BRING THEM HUSBANDS AND
- 58:08CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY LET THE PAST INFLUENCE THEIR DECISION
- 58:16FOR THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T, ONE OF THE KEYS TO
- 58:22ANSWERED PRAYER IS THAT WE HAVE TO SEE OURSELVES NOT AS A
- 58:26VICTIM, BUT WE NEED TO SEE OURSELVES AS THE REDEEMED OF THE
- 58:29LORD. TURN OVER TO HEBREWS CHAPTER FOUR, VERSE 15 AND 16.
- 58:37AND IT SAYS, "FOR WE DON'T HAVE," AND SEE, THAT'S THE OTHER
- 58:39THING. REMEMBER, WE JUST SAID THAT VICTIMS THINK NOBODY ELSE
- 58:43UNDERSTANDS THEIR PLIGHT AND THEIR STRUGGLE. WELL, YOU KNOW
- 58:47WHAT, I MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT. MAYBE I DIDN'T GO THROUGH IT.
- 58:50MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T GO THROUGH IT. BUT THE, AND SEE,
- 58:53THAT'S THE THING. WE'VE GOTTA STAY WITH WHAT THE WORD OF GOD
- 58:55SAYS. FOR WE DON'T HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHICH CANNOT BE TOUCHED
- 59:00WITH THE FEELINGS OF OUR INFIRMITIES. AND IT'S NOT JUST
- 59:04MEANING INFIRMITIES, IT'S MEANING WHAT OUR TRIALS AND OUR
- 59:06STRUGGLES WERE. BUT WAS IN ALL POINTS TEMPTED JUST LIKE WE
- 59:11WERE, YET HE DID IT WITHOUT SIN. NOW GO TO VERSE 16. AND WHAT
- 59:15DOES IT SAY? LET US THEREFORE COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF
- 59:18GRACE THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN THE
- 59:21TIME OF NEED. SO GOD'S SAYING, "DON'T COME AND SAY, 'WOE IS ME,
- 59:25"'I AM LONELY,' AND GOD, IF YOU COULD JUST HEAR," HE SAID, "NO,
- 59:28COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE, "BECAUSE THE PRICE FOR US
- 59:32TO GET TO THE THRONE ROOM "WAS ALREADY COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF
- 59:34JESUS, "AND BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
- 59:37"WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN VICTIMHOOD ANYMORE. "WE GET TO
- 59:41LIVE IN THE VICTORY "THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US THROUGH CHRIST,
- 59:44"AND COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE SO THAT WE CAN OBTAIN
- 59:48MERCY." AMEN? SO HERE'S THE THING. LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT TO
- 59:55REHEARSE WHAT OUR VICTORIES ARE. AND I SAW THIS THING ON SOCIAL
- 1:00:00MEDIA ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN A DIAGNOSIS. AND I
- 1:00:04MEAN, I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE
- 1:00:08TOO QUICK IN THE BODY OF CHRIST OR ANYWHERE REALLY. BUT AGAIN,
- 1:00:12SOMETIMES IT'S, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL NOT TO LET THAT CULTURE
- 1:00:15COME IN AND RAISE ITS HEAD IN OUR LIFE. BECAUSE IT TRIES. AND
- 1:00:21IT TRIES ALL AROUND US. SO THEY HAD GOTTEN A PARTICULARLY POOR
- 1:00:27DIAGNOSIS AND OUR RESPONSE A LOT OF TIMES TO THAT IS WHY ME? WHY
- 1:00:34ME? SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS AND IT'S WHY ME? AND, YOU KNOW, BUT
- 1:00:42THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, I DECIDED INSTEAD OF SAYING WHY ME, WHY
- 1:00:45NOT ME? WHY AM I DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE? WHICH, THAT'S
- 1:00:48FINE. I MEAN, THAT'S BETTER THAN JUST CRYING AND SORROW OVER IT.
- 1:00:54HOWEVER, I WANNA SAY WHY NOT ME RECEIVING A HEALING? WHY NOT ME
- 1:01:01RECEIVING THE VICTORY? WHY NOT ME? WHY IS IT SOMEBODY ELSE?
- 1:01:06AGAIN, WHAT DID PAUL SAY? I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK OF THE
- 1:01:08HIGH CALL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. WELL, I'M NOT GONNA
- 1:01:11FULFILL THE HIGH CALL OF GOD IF I'M SICK AND BROKEN, DEPRESSED.
- 1:01:14SO WHY NOT ME? WHY AM I NOT A CANDIDATE FOR GOD TO BLESS ME? I
- 1:01:17AM A CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. I AM A CANDIDATE
- 1:01:20BECAUSE OF THE PROMISES OF GOD.
- 1:01:23(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:01:26SO ANOTHER KEY TO ANSWERED PRAYER. SEE, THIS ISN'T JUST ALL
- 1:01:29JUST FAITH AND PRAYING. I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA GET TO SOME OF THAT
- 1:01:32TOO. BUT IT'S DON'T BE A VICTIM. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE
- 1:01:37THROUGH VICTIMHOOD, THEN YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET INTO WHAT GOD
- 1:01:43CALLED YOU. BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
- 1:01:46CALLED TO BE AN OVERCOMER. YOU'RE CALLED TO BE AN
- 1:01:48OVERCOMER. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY YOU'RE CALLED TO
- 1:01:50OVERCOME. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER THREE. DON'T BE A GRIPER. THE
- 1:02:02QUICKEST WAY TO TURN OFF THE EAR OF THE FATHER IS TO BE A GRIPER
- 1:02:10AND A COMPLAINER. TURN OVER TO PSALM 100, VERSE 4. IT SAYS,
- 1:02:18"ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH," WHAT? THANKSGIVING. HE DIDN'T
- 1:02:23SAY ENTER INTO HIS COURTS WITH THE, OH GOD, HERE I AM AGAIN AND
- 1:02:29EVERYTHING'S GOING WRONG IN MY LIFE AND MY HUSBAND WAS MEAN TO
- 1:02:34ME, MY KIDS DISRESPECTED ME, MY BOSS WASN'T NICE TO ME, MY
- 1:02:41FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE EXCOMMUNICATED ME. AND
- 1:02:46WE, YOU KNOW, COME AND WE'RE GRIPING AT THE THRONE. WELL, I'M
- 1:02:52GONNA ASK PARENTS, HOW MANY OF YOU PARENTS GET SUPER EXCITED TO
- 1:02:56BLESS YOUR KIDS WHEN THEY'RE GRIPING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT
- 1:02:58EVERYTHING IN THEIR LIFE? THAT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T PARTICULARLY
- 1:03:03WORK THAT WELL FOR MY HUSBAND AND I. IF THEY'RE JUST GRIPING
- 1:03:07AND COMPLAINING, THEN WE'RE NOT LIKE, HEY, LET ME BLESS YOU. I'M
- 1:03:10LIKE, STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR ATTITUDE RIGHT NOW. DON'T YOU
- 1:03:14SEE YOU HAVE THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS, AND THIS, AND THIS?
- 1:03:19AND SO WE NEED TO COME IN WITH THANKSGIVING. AND YOU KNOW, THE
- 1:03:26BIBLE RECORDS THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MURMURED AGAINST THE
- 1:03:29LORD 15 TIMES. WHERE WAS THEIR GRATEFULNESS FOR THE CONTINUAL
- 1:03:37MERCIES OF GOD? SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR US TO REMEMBER TO BE
- 1:03:44THANKFUL WHEN WE'RE SO BUSY COMPLAINING. WE WERE LIVING IN A
- 1:03:51HOUSE THAT, IT WAS A NICE HOUSE. I MEAN, I DIDN'T HATE THE HOUSE,
- 1:03:55BUT I WANTED SOME THINGS IN ANOTHER HOUSE THAT I HAD JUST
- 1:04:00BEEN PRAYING FOR. LIKE THEY WERE A BIG DESIRE OF MY HEART. AND
- 1:04:03I'M LIKE, GOD, I REALLY, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH NO, YOU
- 1:04:06DON'T WANT THAT. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND I WAS LIKE, NO
- 1:04:08GOD, I REALLY WANT THIS. THIS IS WHAT I WANT. AND IT HAD BEEN A
- 1:04:13BIG DESIRE OF MY HEART. BUT YOU KNOW, IN ALL OF THAT, I DIDN'T
- 1:04:16CURSE THE RESIDENCE THAT I HAD. I FIXED IT UP, I MADE IT NICE. I
- 1:04:22DECORATED IT FOR CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR. I, YOU KNOW, I DECORATE
- 1:04:25FOR ALL THE SEASONS. I MADE IT NICE, WE TOOK CARE OF THAT
- 1:04:28HOUSE. AND I WOULD SIT DOWN THERE IN MY LIVING ROOM AND I
- 1:04:32WOULD PRAY AND SAY, "GOD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU BLESSED ME
- 1:04:36WITH THIS." I WASN'T JUST SO FOCUSED ON THE THING THAT I
- 1:04:41WANTED. AND WHEN I WOULD TALK TO THE LORD ABOUT THE OTHER THING,
- 1:04:47I WOULD SAY, "NOW GOD, YOU KNOW THAT'S A DESIRE OF MY HEART, BUT
- 1:04:49YOU KNOW, IN THE MEANTIME, MAN, YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING NICE." AND
- 1:04:55I DIDN'T SPEND TIME COMPLAINING OVER WHAT I DIDN'T HAVE. I WAS
- 1:05:01THANKING GOD FOR WHAT HE HAD BLESSED ME WITH. SO WHAT DOES
- 1:05:04THAT DO? THAT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO GIVE US
- 1:05:08MORE. AND YOU KNOW, AND WHEN GOD, AND THEN SUDDENLY GOD MADE
- 1:05:15IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET A DIFFERENT HOUSE THAT HAD MORE
- 1:05:18THAN EVEN WHAT I HAD ASKED HIM FOR. AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY. AND
- 1:05:24YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS THE THING, WE PRAYED ABOUT IT A LOT
- 1:05:27BECAUSE, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WENT TO GO MOVE, I WAS LOOKING
- 1:05:31AT ALL THESE THINGS AND GOD KEPT GOING TO THIS ONE THING OVER
- 1:05:34HERE AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS OVER HERE? AND GOD'S
- 1:05:36LIKE, NO. ACTUALLY, THAT WAS THROUGH THE VOICE OF MY HUSBAND.
- 1:05:41LADIES, LISTEN TO YOUR HUSBANDS. THEY HEAR FROM THE LORD. AND I
- 1:05:47WAS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, I WANT THIS. AND WE WERE LOOKING
- 1:05:50IN THIS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COVENANT SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO
- 1:05:53HAVE ALL THESE WROUGHT IRON FENCES. WELL, I HAVE FOUR DOGS.
- 1:05:57THREE OF THEM ARE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
- 1:06:00ABOUT DOGS, AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERDS ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE SUPER QUIET
- 1:06:04DOGS. THEY LIKE TO BARK AT THINGS AND THEY WANT TO PROTECT
- 1:06:07THEIR HOME. SO THEY'RE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW IF THEY THINK THAT
- 1:06:11ANYBODY IS GONNA COME NEAR THEIR HOUSE AT ALL, A LOT. AND WE WERE
- 1:06:19LOOKING IN THIS ONE AREA AND I WAS LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS
- 1:06:24LAYING IN BED AND IT DAWNED ON ME, I'M LIKE, WITH A WROUGHT
- 1:06:27IRON FENCE, I SAID, "HONEY, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LANDSCAPING
- 1:06:31IN ALL THE WORLD TO KEEP THOSE DOGS FROM SEEING THROUGH THAT
- 1:06:34FENCE." I'M LIKE, "I DON'T WANNA LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD." AND
- 1:06:39HE'S LIKE, "I'M TELLING YOU, "WE NEED TO GO LOOK AT THIS HOUSE
- 1:06:41OVER HERE." AND THE HOUSE THAT HE PICKED, NOT ONLY DID IT CHECK
- 1:06:47ALL THE BOXES, IT HAD A PRIVACY FENCE. THE DOGS COULDN'T SEE
- 1:06:51THROUGH IT, AND THEY COULDN'T SEE ANY NEIGHBORS ON THE
- 1:06:54BACKSIDE 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LINE OF TREES. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 1:06:58GOD ANSWERED THE DESIRE OF MY HEART. BUT I WASN'T SPENDING
- 1:07:04TIME JUST GRIPING ABOUT WHAT I DID NOT HAVE. I SPENT TIME
- 1:07:08BLESSING THE LORD AND THANKING HIM. EVEN IN OUR FIRST HOUSE,
- 1:07:10WHEN IT GOT REAL SMALL AND REAL TINY, AND OUR KIDS HAD STARTED
- 1:07:16TO ENTER INTO THEIR PRETEEN YEARS, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT
- 1:07:20A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE JUST SPENT TIME BLESSING THE LORD FOR
- 1:07:24WHAT HE HAD GIVEN US AND MAKING IT AS NICE AS WE COULD. WE
- 1:07:29DIDN'T GO, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, AND THOSE PEOPLE OVER
- 1:07:32THERE HAVE A NICER HOUSE THAN ME, AND THEY GET THIS, AND THEY
- 1:07:35GET THAT. DON'T DO THAT. THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE'S BLESSED YOU
- 1:07:38WITH, AND IF YOU THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE'S BLESSED YOU WITH, HE
- 1:07:41MIGHT BE ABLE TO BLESS YOU WITH MORE, BUT IF YOU'RE SO BUSY
- 1:07:43COVETING WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS, THEN HE'S NOT GONNA ANSWER THAT
- 1:07:48PRAYER. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN LET'S GO TO 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-19.
- 1:07:58AND IT SAYS, "REJOICE EVERMORE." SO THAT MEANS ALL THE TIME.
- 1:08:02"PRAY WITHOUT CEASING." THEN IT SAYS, "IN EVERYTHING,"
- 1:08:06EVERYTHING, NOT JUST THE THINGS WE WANT TO GIVE THANKS IN. IT
- 1:08:11SAYS, "IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS, FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF
- 1:08:14GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU." AND THEN IT SAYS, "QUENCH
- 1:08:19NOT THE SPIRIT," BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE QUENCHING THE SPIRIT, IT'S
- 1:08:25BECAUSE WE HAVE AN UNGRATEFUL HEART. I MEAN, YEAH, WE CAN
- 1:08:30QUENCH THE SPIRIT IN OTHER WAYS 'CAUSE WE GET RELIGIOUS, BUT IF
- 1:08:34YOU WANNA QUENCH THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, JUST TRY BEING
- 1:08:37UNGRATEFUL. THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS NOT BECAUSE HE
- 1:08:44WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM.
- 1:08:51SO, I MEAN, IF JESUS CAN DO THAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? ALL RIGHT,
- 1:08:55LET'S GO TO PHILIPPIANS 4, VERSE 6. I ALWAYS HAVE LOTS OF
- 1:09:00SCRIPTURES WHEN I PREACH. BUT IT SAYS, "BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING
- 1:09:11BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION," WITH WHAT? "WITH
- 1:09:15THANKSGIVING, LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD." LET'S
- 1:09:18READ THAT ONE MORE TIME. IT SAYS, "BE," LET'S GO BACK ONE,
- 1:09:20"BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING BUT IN EVERYTHING," BY WHAT? PRAYER AND
- 1:09:26SUPPLICATION. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE ASKING GOD, "WITH
- 1:09:29THANKSGIVING, LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD." LET'S
- 1:09:32GO TO VERSE SEVEN. "AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSES ALL
- 1:09:37UNDERSTANDING, SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST
- 1:09:39JESUS." BECAUSE WHEN WE ENTER INTO THE COURTS OF OUR GOD WITH
- 1:09:43THANKSGIVING ON OUR LIPS, AND WE ENTER INTO HIS COURTS WITH
- 1:09:48PRAISE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE TAKING OUR EYES OFF OF OUR
- 1:09:50CIRCUMSTANCE. WE'RE PUTTING OUR EYES ON GOD. AND THEN WE'RE NOT
- 1:09:55SITTING THERE JUST GRIPING AND COMPLAINING BECAUSE SOMETHING IS
- 1:09:57GOING WRONG IN OUR LIFE. YOU KNOW, IS THIS HELPING ANYBODY?
- 1:10:04BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANNA BE SOMEBODY THAT JUST
- 1:10:07COMPLAINS AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, WELL, I'VE DONE THIS, THIS, AND
- 1:10:11THIS, AND SEE, HERE'S THE THING. I WANNA BE SOWING SEED INTO THE
- 1:10:15KINGDOM OF GOD, AND IF I STRUGGLE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS
- 1:10:18THAT I HAVE TO STRUGGLE FOR, THEN I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE JUST
- 1:10:23TILLING THE GROUND FOR A HARVEST. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF
- 1:10:26YOU START LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR STRUGGLES AS PLOWING
- 1:10:29GROUND, THEN YOU MIGHT START BEING MORE HARVEST-FOCUSED
- 1:10:33EVENTUALLY. SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST TILLING UP THE GROUND SO THAT WE
- 1:10:37CAN GET THE SEED. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, THE FOURTH ONE. ASK IN
- 1:10:47FAITH. NOW, THIS ONE'S A NO-BRAINER. BUT IT'S ASK IN
- 1:10:51FAITH. IF WE GO TO GOD AND WE'RE NOT ASKING IN FAITH, THEN HE
- 1:10:57CAN'T ANSWER. GOD ANSWERS THE CRY OF FAITH. YES, HE'LL ANSWER
- 1:11:03DESPERATION, BUT YOUR DESPERATION NEEDS TO TURN INTO
- 1:11:06FAITH. HOW WE TURN OUR DESPERATION INTO FAITH IS BY
- 1:11:09REMEMBERING THE NAME OF THE LORD, OUR GOD. TURN OVER TO
- 1:11:13JAMES CHAPTER ONE, VERSE FIVE. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I
- 1:11:17LOVE ABOUT THE LORD. IT SAYS, "IF ANY OF YOU LACK," WHAT?
- 1:11:19“WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD." HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STUCK ON A
- 1:11:22SITUATION BEFORE WHERE YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE
- 1:11:24SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE QUICK TO GO TO GOOGLE AND
- 1:11:33AI AND GET ALL OF THE ANSWERS INSTEAD OF GOING, "MAN, HOLY
- 1:11:37SPIRIT, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO?" OR IF YOU'RE READING YOUR
- 1:11:44BIBLE, SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST ENLIGHTEN THIS TO ME. AND IT
- 1:11:49SAYS, SO IF YOU LACK WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, THAT GIVES TO
- 1:11:54ALL MEN, WHAT, LIBERALLY. THAT MEANS THAT HE'S NOT GIVING LIKE
- 1:11:57WITH STINGINESS, HE'S GIVING IT OUT OF ABUNDANCE. AND HE
- 1:12:02DOESN'T, AND IT SAYS HE ABRADES NOT. IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S NOT
- 1:12:06SITTING THERE IN A PLACE OF CONDEMNATION, SAYING, WELL, YOU
- 1:12:10SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. GOD'S SITTING THERE SAYING, LISTEN, I'M GONNA
- 1:12:13GIVE IT TO YOU, I GIVE IT TO YOU LIBERALLY, AND I'M NOT FINDING
- 1:12:16FAULT WITH YOU. HERE'S THE ANSWER. AND IT SAYS, IT SHALL BE
- 1:12:19GIVEN TO HIM. NOW GO TO THE NEXT VERSE. BUT LET HIM ASK IN WHAT?
- 1:12:25FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. SEE, NOW THAT'S THE HARD PART.
- 1:12:29SOMETIMES WE GO IN, WE GET IN THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP, AND
- 1:12:33PASTOR SHANE'S SAYING, GREAT IS OUR GOD. WE'RE LIKE, YES, GREAT
- 1:12:37IS OUR GOD. GREAT IS OUR GOD. AND THEN WE GO BACK OUT TO OUR
- 1:12:44HOME ON MONDAY AND WE SEE THE BILLS. WE'RE LIKE, OH, GREAT IS
- 1:12:55OUR GOD. MAN, GOD, THAT BILL'S REALLY BIG. BUT THAT'S NOT, BUT
- 1:13:00THEN WE WAVERED. SOMETIMES THAT'S WHERE WE COME BACK IN TO
- 1:13:06NOT WAVER. AND THEN WE IN OUR OWN HOMES ARE GOING, GREAT IS
- 1:13:11OUR GOD 'CAUSE IT SAYS, "FOR HE THAT WAVERS IS LIKE THE WAVE OF
- 1:13:16THE SEA, DRIVEN WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED." AND IT SAYS, "FOR
- 1:13:22LET NOT," NOW I DIDN'T, I'M NOT SAYING THIS. I KNOW I SAID THE
- 1:13:25TRIGGERED THING AND I'M SORRY. I'M NOT SORRY. BUT I MEAN, I
- 1:13:33WASN'T SAYING THAT TO HURT SOMEBODY. BUT IT SAYS, "FOR LET
- 1:13:36NOT THAT MAN THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD." I
- 1:13:42MEAN, THAT KIND OF HURTS A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE HOW
- 1:13:46MANY OF YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BRINGING YOURSELF INTO FAITH IS
- 1:13:48NOT ALWAYS, DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE EASIEST THING TO DO.
- 1:13:52BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO TRAIN OURSELVES. AND THAT'S
- 1:13:59WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN COLOSSIANS 3, VERSE 2, IT SAYS, "SET YOUR
- 1:14:03AFFECTIONS ON THE THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE, NOT ON THE THINGS
- 1:14:06THAT ARE BELOW." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT WE SET A
- 1:14:09PATH, WE SET A COURSE. AND IF I SET A COURSE, I'M NOT GOING
- 1:14:12HERE, I'M NOT GOING THERE, I'M STAYING STRAIGHT ON THE COURSE
- 1:14:15BECAUSE I AM SET. YOU EVER HEARD OF A PERSON, WELL, THEY'RE JUST
- 1:14:18SETTING THEIR WAYS. WELL, IF WE'RE GONNA ASK IN FAITH, WE
- 1:14:22HAVE TO BE SET. YOU KNOW? AND YOU KNOW, YOU GET MORE AND MORE
- 1:14:30SET BY THE MORE TIMES THAT YOU SPEAK TO YOURSELF, THE MORE
- 1:14:35TIMES THAT YOU PROPHESY TO YOURSELF, AND AGAIN, GOING BACK
- 1:14:42TO NUMBER ONE, WE'RE REMEMBERING THE NAME OF THE LORD. BECAUSE
- 1:14:48THEN WE'RE JUST PUTTING OUR EYES, WHY DID PETER SINK WHEN
- 1:14:53JESUS CALLED HIM OUT ONTO THE WATER? BECAUSE HE TOOK HIS EYES
- 1:14:56OFF THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF HIS FAITH AND THEN HE WENT
- 1:14:59DOWN, THEN HE HAD TO BE RESCUED. YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S THE OTHER
- 1:15:03THING, JESUS WILL STILL RESCUE US EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR
- 1:15:08MESS UPS. THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY. BUT I WAS REMINDED AS I
- 1:15:16WAS STUDYING, JUST WHEN CECE WINANS IS SINGING, YOU SAID IT,
- 1:15:22I BELIEVE IT SO WHEN THE FEAR STARTS HITTING US, INSTEAD OF
- 1:15:30WAVERING, JUST START SAYING, YOU SAID IT, I BELIEVE IT KEEP
- 1:15:40PROPHESYING TO YOURSELF. LIKE PASTOR KEITH SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU
- 1:15:45DON'T PRAISE GOD WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT. YOU KNOW, PRAISE IS
- 1:15:52SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO. PRAISE GETS OUR EYES ON GOD. AND WHAT
- 1:15:57DOES IT SAY IN ROMANS? IT SAYS THAT FAITH COMES BY WHAT?
- 1:16:00HEARING, HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. IT ALSO SAYS PROPHESY TO
- 1:16:04YOURSELF IN PSALMS, HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. WHAT IS THAT?
- 1:16:07IT'S SINGING THE WORD OF THE LORD OVER YOURSELF, BUT IT'S
- 1:16:09KEEPING YOURSELF IN THAT PLACE OF FAITH. AND I'M GONNA, THIS
- 1:16:16ONE KINDA BLEW MY MIND. LET'S GO OVER TO JAMES CHAPTER FOUR REAL
- 1:16:19QUICK. IN VERSE TWO, AND IT SAYS, "YOU LUST AND HAVE NOT,
- 1:16:33YOU KILL AND DESIRE TO HAVE," SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THIS CULTURE,
- 1:16:37AND CANNOT OBTAIN, YOU FIGHT MORE, AND YET YOU HAVE NOT
- 1:16:40BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT." GO TO THE NEXT VERSE. AND IT SAYS, "YOU
- 1:16:45ASK AND RECEIVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK AMISS THAT YOU MAY CONSUME
- 1:16:48IT UPON YOUR LUST." DO YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE ASKING OUT OF A
- 1:16:52WRONG MOTIVE, YOU CAN'T ATTACH FAITH TO THAT? I'M GONNA SAY
- 1:16:58THAT ONE MORE TIME. YOU CAN'T ATTACH FAITH TO A WRONG MOTIVE.
- 1:17:03IF YOUR MOTIVE FOR ASKING IS SO THAT YOU CAN STICK IT TO
- 1:17:07SOMEBODY OR GET REVENGE, OR YOUR MOTIVE FOR ASKING IS JUST
- 1:17:14BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LUSTFUL SPIRIT, A GIFT OF FAITH DOESN'T
- 1:17:18COME THROUGH FOR THAT. BECAUSE FAITH IS SOMETHING, AND HERE'S
- 1:17:25THE OTHER THING, FAITH COMES BY HEARING, HEARING BY THE WORD OF
- 1:17:28GOD. WELL, THE MORE THAT YOU'RE IN THE WORD OF GOD, THE MORE
- 1:17:31THAT IT, IN HEBREWS 4:12, IT SAYS THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS
- 1:17:35QUICK AND IT'S POWERFUL, IT'S SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED
- 1:17:37SWORD, IT DIVIDES US UNDER THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT, THE JOINTS
- 1:17:40AND THE MARROW. SO THE MORE THAT YOU'RE IN THE WORD OF GOD, THE
- 1:17:43MORE THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE AWAY SOME OF THOSE THINGS WHERE MAYBE
- 1:17:46YOUR FLESH WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF. YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOMETIMES
- 1:17:50TOO, IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE ASK FOR THE WRONG THINGS. SOMETIMES
- 1:17:55CERTAIN THINGS COME IN THE SEASON OF GOD'S TIMING. I
- 1:17:59REMEMBER WHEN I WAS STILL SINGLE, I LIVED IN THIS
- 1:18:02APARTMENT COMPLEX. RACHEL, YOU REMEMBER, YOU LIVED IN THE SAME
- 1:18:05ONE BEFORE I DID. AND I JUST GOT, I'M LIKE, GOD, I WANT A
- 1:18:11HOUSE. AND I WAS THERE AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, GOD, I JUST REALLY
- 1:18:16WANT A HOUSE. AND I HEARD THE LORD SAY, WELL, DAUGHTER, IT'S
- 1:18:21NOT THAT SEASON YOU'RE GONNA GET MARRIED SOON. I'M LIKE, I AM TO
- 1:18:23WHO? 'CAUSE WE WEREN'T DATING YET. AND SO, BUT BECAUSE I JUST
- 1:18:31LISTENED AND I WAITED AND I WAITED PATIENTLY, GOD BROUGHT ME
- 1:18:36INTO THAT SEASON. AND THEN WE HAD AN APARTMENT FOR WHAT? WE
- 1:18:41WERE THERE SIX MONTHS AND THEN WE BOUGHT A HOUSE AND WE MOVED.
- 1:18:46AND, YOU KNOW, BUT GOD ANSWERED THE PRAYER. SOMETIMES CERTAIN
- 1:18:50THINGS DO COME IN SEASON, SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE JUST
- 1:18:53QUIT AND FORGET IT. THAT JUST MEANS SOMETIMES WE'RE SOWING
- 1:18:57SEEDS TOWARDS IT. BUT DON'T LOSE YOUR FAITH 'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T
- 1:19:00HIT THE SEASON YET. SO AGAIN, NUMBER FOUR, ASK IN FAITH. AND
- 1:19:05LISTEN, WHEN WE ASK IN FAITH, WE DON'T WAVER. THAT MEANS WE KEEP
- 1:19:09PROPHESYING, WE KEEP WALKING IT OUT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE
- 1:19:12BELIEVING FOR CHILDREN, WE DIDN'T QUIT EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
- 1:19:15AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING. DON'T GET
- 1:19:18YOURSELF, THIS GOES BACK TO THE VICTIMHOOD, YOU KNOW, AND I GET
- 1:19:22IT, 'CAUSE I LIVED IT. WHEN YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR KIDS
- 1:19:28AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE GETTING PREGNANT AND YOU'RE STILL
- 1:19:31SITTING THERE WAITING ON YOUR MOMENT, YOU CAN EITHER GET
- 1:19:34BITTER OR YOU CAN HAVE THANKSGIVING FOR WHAT GOD HAS
- 1:19:38GIVEN THEM AND SEE YOURSELF COMING INTO YOUR PROMISE. YOU
- 1:19:42KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN, WE SIT IN THE
- 1:19:46SEAT OF THE JEALOUS INSTEAD OF SITTING IN THE SEAT OF
- 1:19:51THANKFULNESS AND THANKING GOD AND SAY, NOPE, YOU KNOW, ABRAHAM
- 1:19:58BELIEVED NOT HIS OWN BODY. WE DID IT, ABRAHAM BELIEVED NOT HIS
- 1:20:00OWN BODY, NEITHER THE DEADNESS OF SARAH'S WOMB. WE DID IT, WE
- 1:20:03DID IT EVERY OTHER DAY OR HOWEVER OFTEN THAT THAT CAME UP
- 1:20:08AND WE KEPT PRAYING AND WE KEPT PRAYING AND YOU KNOW THE OTHER
- 1:20:10THING IS, WE PRAYED IN THE HOLY GHOST AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE
- 1:20:14WERE GONNA PRAY. WE JUST GOT IN THERE AND WE WORE IT IN THE HOLY
- 1:20:17SPIRIT AND YOU KNOW IN ROMANS CHAPTER 8 IT SAYS, "WHEN YOU
- 1:20:20DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY, PRAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT." I REMEMBER ONE
- 1:20:25TIME MY HUSBAND, HE WORKED FOR A COMPANY HERE IN TOWN THAT IT
- 1:20:30WAS, AND THEY WERE A CALL CENTER. HE MANAGED A CALL CENTER
- 1:20:34FOR THIS LARGE COMPANY. AND THE LADY THAT WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE
- 1:20:42FOR THE COMPANY, SHE JUST DIDN'T LIKE HIM. HE COULDN'T DO
- 1:20:47ANYTHING RIGHT IN HER SIGHT. AND IF YOU KNOW HIM, MY HUSBAND'S A
- 1:20:51NICE GUY, HE'S A HARD WORKER. BUT SHE JUST, SHE WANTED EVERY
- 1:20:57WAY TO GET HIM FIRED. THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HE HAD A GUY
- 1:21:00UNDERNEATH HIM THAT WAS GUNNING FOR HIS JOB AND WAS GOING AND
- 1:21:02TELLING LIES ABOUT HIM TO HIS SUPERVISOR. AND WE'RE LIKE, MAN,
- 1:21:06GOD. AND AGAIN, WE DIDN'T GET BITTER. WE GOT IN THAT, AND WE
- 1:21:10STILL LIVED IN THAT FIRST APARTMENT, REMEMBER? SO WE
- 1:21:12HADN'T EVEN BEEN MARRIED THAT LONG. WE GOT INTO THE LIVING
- 1:21:15ROOM OF OUR APARTMENT AND WE PACED AND PRAYED IN THE HOLY
- 1:21:17SPIRIT. WE JUST PRAYED. WE PRAYED AND WE KEPT PRAYING. AND
- 1:21:23THEN, I DON'T KNOW, WITHIN WHAT, TWO OR THREE WEEKS OF THAT TIME,
- 1:21:27THE ONE GUY GOT MOVED OUT AND I THINK HE EVENTUALLY GOT FIRED. I
- 1:21:30DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, BUT GOD JUST BLEW HIM OUT
- 1:21:33OF THE WAY. AND THEN THE LADY FOR THE COMPANY THAT DIDN'T LIKE
- 1:21:39HIM, SHE GOT TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AT THAT
- 1:21:42COMPANY. SO THEN EVERYTHING WAS SMOOTH SAILING. ABOUT THE TIME
- 1:21:48SHE GOT TRANSFERRED BACK, WE'RE LIKE, OH GOD, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
- 1:21:53THE CHURCH HIRED HIM. AND HE GOT A HAND IN HIS TWO WEEKS NOTICE.
- 1:21:58LOOK AT GOD. BUT AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN BITTER AND SAID,
- 1:22:04WELL GOD, IT'S NOT FAIR. OR WE COULD HAVE GOT OUT OF FAITH.
- 1:22:08'CAUSE BACK THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF ANYTHING. AND
- 1:22:14WE'RE LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IF WE HAVE ONE INCOME? WE JUST
- 1:22:18REFUSED TO LOOK AT THAT. WE STAYED IN FAITH. WE'RE LIKE, NO
- 1:22:21GOD, YOU'RE GONNA ANSWER OUR PRAYERS. WE'RE TITHING, WE
- 1:22:24BELIEVE YOU, WE TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD AND WE'RE NOT GONNA QUIT.
- 1:22:28ALL RIGHT, LET ME GIVE YOU THE LAST ONE. AND I JUST KIND OF
- 1:22:34GAVE YOU A HINT ON THAT ONE. IT'S NUMBER FIVE, DON'T QUIT
- 1:22:37PRAYING. WE READ IN PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER FOUR WHERE IT SAYS PRAY
- 1:22:42WITHOUT CEASING. WELL, WHAT DOES IT SAY WHEN YOU'RE TAKING ON THE
- 1:22:46WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, IT SAYS PRAYING ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER
- 1:22:51AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT. DON'T QUIT. YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
- 1:22:56SOMETIMES IF IT'S TAKING YOU A MINUTE TO GET INTO YOUR SEASON
- 1:23:00OR WHERE YOU'RE GOING, DON'T QUIT BELIEVING GOD. JUST KEEP
- 1:23:03PROPHESYING TO IT. SO LET'S TURN OVER TO LUKE CHAPTER 18, VERSE
- 1:23:09ONE. AND IT SAYS, "AND HE SPOKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM," TO THIS
- 1:23:13END, "THAT MEN OUGHT ALWAYS TO," WHAT? PRAY. AND NOT, WHAT?
- 1:23:21FAINT, SO AGAIN, THERE'S THAT NOTHING WAVERING. BUT HE SAYS,
- 1:23:25"MEN ARE ALWAYS TO PRAY AND NOT FAINT." AND HE SAYS, "SAYING,
- 1:23:28THERE WAS IN A CITY A JUDGE WHICH FEARED NOT GOD, NEITHER
- 1:23:33REGARDED MAN. AND THERE WAS A WIDOW IN THAT CITY, AND SHE CAME
- 1:23:38UNTO HIM SAYING, 'AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY.'" NOW BY THE
- 1:23:43WAY, YOU KNOW WE HAVE AN ADVERSARY, RIGHT? FIRST PETER
- 1:23:465:8 SAYS THAT OUR ADVERSARY, THE DEVIL WALKS AROUND AS A ROARING
- 1:23:50LION SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX SAYS THAT
- 1:23:55WE DON'T WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST
- 1:23:57PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, RULERS OF DARKNESS, AND SPIRITUAL
- 1:24:01WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES. AND IT SAYS, AND HE WOULD NOT FOR A
- 1:24:07WHILE, BUT AFTERWARD HE SAID WITHIN HIMSELF, THOUGH I FEAR
- 1:24:09NOT GOD, NOR REGARD MAN, YET BECAUSE THIS WIDOW TROUBLES ME,
- 1:24:15I WILL AVENGE HER, LEST BY HER CONTINUALLY COMING, SHE WEARIES
- 1:24:20ME. NOW GO TO VERSE SIX. AND THE LORD SAID, HEAR WHAT THE UNJUST
- 1:24:27JUDGE SAID. SO IN OTHER WORDS, BY HER CONTINUALLY COMING, SHE'S
- 1:24:31GONNA WEARY ME, SO I'M GONNA ANSWER HER REQUEST BECAUSE I
- 1:24:35DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH THIS LADY. ALL RIGHT, GO TO VERSE SEVEN.
- 1:24:39AND SHALL NOT GOD AVENGE HIS OWN ELECT, WHICH CRY UNTO HIM, NOT
- 1:24:46ONCE, NOT JUST, I SAID THE PRAYER, AND LISTEN, YES, WE CAN
- 1:24:52CONFESS SOME THINGS, BUT GOD WANTS US TO CONTINUE TO CRY OUT
- 1:24:58TO HIM. WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO CRY OUT? NOT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST
- 1:25:01IN A PLACE OF DESPERATION, LORD GOD, I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOUR
- 1:25:04REMEMBRANCE. I'M REMINDING YOU WHAT I AM ASKING YOU FOR, THAT
- 1:25:08I'M CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD, THAT YOU ARE THE GOD THAT
- 1:25:11ANSWERS. AND BECAUSE YOU'RE REMINDING YOURSELF OF WHAT GOD
- 1:25:15DID. SOMETIMES, LISTEN, CONFESSION IS NOT ENOUGH,
- 1:25:19ESPECIALLY IF THE ACTIONS OF YOUR HEART DON'T GO WITH IT.
- 1:25:24IT'S EMPTY WORDS. IT CAN SOUND GREAT. BUT IF YOUR HEART IS NOT
- 1:25:29ATTACHED TO IT, THEN IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. YOU CAN SAY, OH,
- 1:25:33I'M BELIEVING. WELL, AS LONG AS YOU ARE. BUT I'VE SAID THINGS
- 1:25:40LIKE THAT BEFORE. OH, I'M BELIEVING, AND I WASN'T
- 1:25:42BELIEVING ONE LITTLE WIT. ACTUALLY, I WAS MORE DOUBTING
- 1:25:47THAN BELIEVING. AND IT SAYS, "SHALL NOT GOD ELECT OR AVENGE
- 1:25:52HIS OWN ELECT, WHICH CRY UNTO HIM DAY AND NIGHT, THOUGH HE
- 1:25:58BEAR LONG WITH THEM." SO HOW MUCH GREATER OR HOW GOOD IS OUR
- 1:26:03FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN, SO IF WE CALL ON HIM DAY AND NIGHT,
- 1:26:07WHAT WAS HE TEACHING US? IT'S LIKE, DON'T JUST QUIT PRAYING,
- 1:26:11KEEP PRAYING ABOUT IT. KEEP IT BEFORE YOURSELF. DON'T JUST PUT
- 1:26:14SOMETHING ON THE SHELF. IF YOU HAVE A DREAM, IF YOU HAVE A CALL
- 1:26:17FROM GOD, DON'T JUST PUT IT ON THE SHELF AND JUST HOPE IT'S
- 1:26:20GONNA HAPPEN. LISTEN, FAITH IS NOT HOPING SOMETHING'S GONNA
- 1:26:23HAPPEN AND JUST SAYING SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN
- 1:26:27YOUR HEART OF HEARTS. YOU KNOW? YOU CAN SAY, OH MAN, YES, THE
- 1:26:36RAIN IS GONNA HELP MY HARVEST, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE SEED IN
- 1:26:40THE GROUND, ALL IT'S GONNA MAKE IS MUD. YOU GOTTA KEEP PUTTING
- 1:26:48SEED TOWARDS WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING. YOU PUT SEED IN BY
- 1:26:51YOUR PRAYERS. YOU PUT SEED IN BY REMEMBERING WHO GOD IS. YOU PUT
- 1:26:55SEED BY SOWING YOUR FINANCES. YOU PUT SEED BY CONTINUING TO
- 1:27:00BELIEVE GOD AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT BECAUSE GOD SAID. AMEN,
- 1:27:04ALL RIGHT, STAND TO YOUR FEET. IS THAT HELPING ANYBODY TONIGHT?
- 1:27:08AMEN. AMEN. BUT I WANNA ENTER INTO A
- 1:27:12PLACE WHERE WE SEE GOD ANSWERING SOME PRAYERS, AND I DON'T WANNA
- 1:27:16STAND IN A PLACE WHERE I'M HINDERING WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO,
- 1:27:20BECAUSE EITHER I'VE NOT BEEN CONTINUAL IN IT, YOU KNOW, AND
- 1:27:24THAT'S THE OTHER THING, DON'T BE LAZY WITH YOUR PRAYERS. IF
- 1:27:26YOU'RE NOT PRAYING, START. IF YOU'RE NOT READING YOUR BIBLE,
- 1:27:28START. WHEN BOB ROGERS WAS HERE, HE SAID, "LISTEN, YOU START
- 1:27:33READING YOUR BIBLE, AND IT STARTS CHANGING YOUR THINKING."
- 1:27:37YOU KNOW, AND WHY DIDN'T THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL GET TO LIVE
- 1:27:42OFF OF THE OLD MANNA? BECAUSE YESTERDAY'S BREAD IS NOT THE
- 1:27:45BREAD THAT SUSTAINS US FOR TODAY. YESTERDAY'S REVELATION IS
- 1:27:50NOT WHAT PUSHES US FORWARD INTO WHAT GOD IS CALLING US TO DO
- 1:27:53NOW. AMEN? SO I WANNA CHALLENGE YOU IN YOUR PRAYERS, LISTEN,
- 1:28:00REMEMBER WHO HE IS. PEOPLE ARE GONNA HURT YOU, SOMETIMES WE'RE
- 1:28:06GONNA HAVE TO FORGIVE. THAT'S WHY, ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHY IN
- 1:28:10MATTHEW CHAPTER SIX, WHEN HE SAYS, "OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN
- 1:28:12HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE
- 1:28:15DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN." THEN HE SAYS, "GIVE US
- 1:28:17THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD." I MEAN, YES, THAT'S OUR PROVISION,
- 1:28:20BUT THAT'S ALSO DAILY REVELATION. AND THEN HE SAYS,
- 1:28:25"FORGIVE US OUR SINS AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS
- 1:28:28AGAINST US." 'CAUSE WHAT ARE WE DOING? I REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM.
- 1:28:32I REFUSE TO LIVE SUBJECT TO WHAT ANYBODY ELSE SAYS ABOUT ME, DOES
- 1:28:39TO ME. 'CAUSE IF I DON'T WALK IN FORGIVENESS, I CAN BE TRIGGERED.
- 1:28:46I MEAN, IT'S FUNNY, BUT IT'S KINDA NOT FUNNY. BECAUSE WHEN
- 1:28:49PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? THAT THE DEVIL GETS
- 1:28:52TO WIN EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GET TRIGGERED BY SOMETHING. BECAUSE
- 1:28:58WE'RE NOT CHANGING WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE OF US. WE'RE NOT LIVING
- 1:29:04IN A PLACE OF FORGIVENESS. SEE, WHY COULD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S
- 1:29:09WHY, SEE, WE'RE TOO BUSY SOMETIMES BOWING DOWN TO THE
- 1:29:14LOUDNESS OF THIS CULTURE. AND YOU KNOW, THIS PAST SUNDAY, WE
- 1:29:18SANG THIS PHRASE, AND I HAD JUST STARTED SINGING IT WHEN I WAS
- 1:29:22GETTING READY IN THE MORNING. AND IT WAS, "THE VOICE OF THIS
- 1:29:27CULTURE MIGHT BE LOUD, BUT THE VOICE OF OUR GOD IS LOUDER,"
- 1:29:32HOWEVER THAT WENT. AND WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER, LISTEN, I
- 1:29:39DON'T CARE HOW THIS CULTURE WANTS TO GO. I KNOW THE ONE IN
- 1:29:46WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED AND THAT HE IS ABLE TO DELIVER ME. WHEN I
- 1:29:48CALL UPON HIM, HE WILL ANSWER ME AND HE'LL DELIVER ME OUT OF ALL
- 1:29:51OF MY TRIALS. PSALM 91 SAYS THAT WHEN YOU CALL UPON ME, I WILL
- 1:29:56ANSWER YOU. THAT I WILL DELIVER YOU. YOU KNOW, AND WITH LONG
- 1:30:00LIFE, HE'S GONNA SATISFY ME AND SHOW ME. LISTEN, IF YOU'RE
- 1:30:03BELIEVING GOD FOR HEALING, WITH LONG LIFE, HE'S GONNA SATISFY
- 1:30:06YOU AND SHOW YOU HIS SALVATION. AND LISTEN, READ THAT OVER AND
- 1:30:13OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL THAT, AND YOU KNOW, MICHAEL CLARK WAS
- 1:30:20TELLING ME, HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE WAS TELLING ME
- 1:30:22HE WAS LISTENING TO AN OLD KENNETH HAGIN PREACHING. AND
- 1:30:29KENNETH HAGIN SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED 10 SCRIPTURES, YOU NEED ONE
- 1:30:32WORD FROM GOD." WE NEED ONE WORD FROM GOD. AND WE KEEP WATERING
- 1:30:37AND PLANTING THAT SEED ON THE INSIDE OF US, IT'S GONNA GROW
- 1:30:39FAITH. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN'T STAY IN THE WORD OF GOD. AND YOU
- 1:30:44KNOW, IT'S FUNNY. I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY ICKY THINGS ABOUT ME.
- 1:30:47YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD THE SAME. SHOOT, I'VE HAD 'EM TYPE IT ON
- 1:30:55SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW? AND YOU COULD WALK AROUND AND YOU COULD
- 1:31:01BE LIKE, WELL, OH MAN, YOU KNOW, THAT HURT. WELL, THE PROBLEM IS
- 1:31:06IF I DON'T WALK IN FORGIVENESS, I'M HINDERING MY OWN PRAYER. SO
- 1:31:09YOU BE WARMED, YOU BE FILLED. I FORGIVE YOU. I'VE GOT TO MOVE ON
- 1:31:13WITH MY DESTINY. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU
- 1:31:15TO HOLD ME BACK, BABY.
- 1:31:16(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:31:20AMEN? AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LIFT YOUR HANDS TO HEAVEN.
- 1:31:24FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AND
- 1:31:27FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE. WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT
- 1:31:30YOU'VE DONE. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE JEHOVAH THE GOOD. YOU
- 1:31:35ARE GOOD TO US. YOU'VE NUMBERED THE VERY HAIRS OF OUR HEAD,
- 1:31:41WHICH MEANS YOU NUMBER 'EM DAILY, GOD, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE
- 1:31:44LOSE SOME. AMEN, BRUSH YOUR HAIR, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW. SO GOD,
- 1:31:50WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
- 1:31:53NEED OF, BUT YOU TOLD US TO COME AND ASK ANYWAY, SO THAT YOU
- 1:31:58COULD REVEAL TO US YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR FAITHFULNESS,
- 1:32:01YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR EVERLASTING MERCY, THE MERCY THAT'S NEW
- 1:32:05EVERY MORNING. SO WE BLESS YOU. WE BLESS YOU, LORD GOD. 'CAUSE
- 1:32:13THERE'S NOBODY LIKE YOU.
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- 1:33:14WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. JEHOVAH THE GOOD.
- 1:33:24JEHOVAH THE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD. HALLELUJAH. WE
- 1:33:35WORSHIP YOU, LORD. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. ALL RIGHT.
- 1:33:40WELL, LISTEN, COLLEGE WORLD SERIES COMING THIS WEEK. IF
- 1:33:44YOU'RE GONNA BE DOWN THERE, WE JUST BLESS YOU. WE DECLARE THE
- 1:33:46HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND YOU, THE ANGELS OF THE LORD ENCAMP
- 1:33:51AROUND ALL OF OUR PEOPLE AS THEY WALK DOWN AND THEY'RE BEING
- 1:33:53MINISTERING SERVANTS OF THE LORD. AND GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT
- 1:33:57YOU WALK WITH THEM AND YOU GUIDE THEM. AND WE THANK YOU FOR A
- 1:33:59MIGHTY HARVEST IN JESUS' NAME. WALK OUT OF HERE AND TELL
- 1:34:02SOMEBODY, GOD IS GOOD TO ME. AMEN!
- 1:34:05(MUSIC)