Latest / LOH Church Archive / 7/20/25 9AM - Dr. Gene Bailey
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:04(LION ROARING)
- 0:08- GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH!
- 0:12IT IS TIME TO RAISE IT UP, GIVE HIM PRAISE, GIVE HIM GLORY. WE
- 0:17SERVE A KING THAT HAS NEVER LOST A BATTLE.
- 0:20WE SERVE THE VICTORIOUS KING! COME ON!
- 0:23(MUSIC)
- 1:33(MUSIC)
- 1:36- HALLELUJAH, COME ON, GIVE HIM A PRAISE, LIFT IT UP, COME ON.
- 1:40AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY
- 1:44PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND ONLINE, LORD. WE GIVE YOU A PRAISE THIS
- 1:48SUNDAY MORNING FOR YOU ARE GOOD AND YOUR MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
- 1:53AMEN, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TODAY? AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. WELL,
- 1:58GREETINGS THIS AMAZING SUNDAY. PASTORS ARE ON VACATION STILL.
- 2:04THEY'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. SO AGAIN, I AM NOT PASTOR HANK.
- 2:08HE'S NOT PASTOR BRENDA, BUT WE ARE UP HERE SAYING GREETINGS
- 2:12FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU COULD
- 2:16JOIN US THIS MORNING HERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. WE GOT A SPECIAL,
- 2:19SPECIAL GUEST. PASTOR GENE IS IN THE HOUSE TODAY. WE LOVE YOU,
- 2:25AMEN. AND AREN'T YOU HAPPY FOR WHAT PASTOR GENE AND FLASHPOINT
- 2:31IS DOING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW? COME ON, AMEN, WE HONOR YOU. BUT
- 2:37PASTOR ANTHONY, WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THE MINISTRY
- 2:42AND THINGS LATELY, AND I'M JUST EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING.
- 2:47PASTORS SEND THEIR GREETINGS. BY THE WAY, THEIR ANNIVERSARY IS
- 2:51THIS TUESDAY AS WELL. SO YES, SO THEY'RE CELEBRATING, DOING SOME
- 2:56FUN THINGS. MOM SAID TO LET Y'ALL KNOW SHE GOT A NEW PATIO
- 3:00SET TO ENJOY FOR THE SUMMER HERE IN THE LAST REMAINING MONTH.
- 3:06- IN HONOR OF THEIR UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY, I HAVE A LITTLE
- 3:08STORY TO TELL FOR PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA. SO, PASTOR
- 3:12MATT, MY WIFE SHANA DECIDED THAT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO FOR A
- 3:17LITTLE BIT OF A BIKE RIDE. SO I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S COOL, BABE,
- 3:19NO PROBLEM. LET'S GO FOR SOME EXERCISE. SO I WENT TO THE
- 3:23STORAGE SHED TO GET THE BIKES AND I JUST COULDN'T GET 'EM OFF
- 3:26THE GROUND. I WAS TRYING, I WAS TRYING, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T
- 3:30UNDERSTAND WHY THESE BIKES WON'T GET OFF THE GROUND. YOU KNOW
- 3:33WHAT I FOUND OUT? THE BIKES WERE TOO TIRED.
- 3:36(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 3:42WHAT, ARE YOU GUYS BE-WHEEL-DERED?
- 3:43ARE YOU BEWILDERED?
- 3:44- I THINK THAT ONE WAS BETTER THAN LAST WEEK. WOULD YOU GUYS
- 3:47SAY? I THINK HE TOOK IT UP A NOTCH THIS WEEK.
- 3:49- ARLIE, MY FATHER-IN-LAW LOVES THAT ONE. HE LOVED IT.
- 3:52- THAT WAS GOOD. - ARLIE, I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT.
- 3:53- I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THAT WAS GOOD. PASTOR HANK, THAT WAS
- 3:56GOOD. IT'S BETTER THAN YOUR DAD JOKES.
- 3:58- PASTOR GENE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- 3:59THAT WAS A GREAT JOKE, RIGHT?
- 4:00- THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, I'M NOT GONNA LIE. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD,
- 4:03MAN. ALSO, I WANNA GREET CADENCE, MY COUSIN, WHO
- 4:07CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.
- 4:10WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR ANOINTING, AMEN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. BUT
- 4:16YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE JUST SEEING WHAT
- 4:20GOD'S BEEN DOING. I KNOW YOU AND I, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING READY
- 4:23TO TRAVEL HERE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. YOU AND I WILL BE
- 4:26SPEAKING OVER AT JOAN HUNTER'S LEGACY CONFERENCE JUST OUTSIDE
- 4:30OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. SO THAT'LL BE ON FRIDAY
- 4:34NIGHT, AUGUST 1ST, AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2ND. SO
- 4:37CHECK THOSE OUT. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND I KNOW YOU
- 4:41AND I ARE RELEASING A BOOK TOGETHER AT OTH THIS COMING
- 4:45SEPTEMBER. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT'LL BE OUT
- 4:49FOR YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE PRETTY DEEP IN THE WORDS NOW, MAN, WITH
- 4:54ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA SHARE ANYTHING YET. WE'VE
- 4:56KIND OF KEPT IT UNDER WRAPS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA ALLOW THE
- 5:01PEOPLE IN HOUSTON TO TAKE PRE-ORDERS ON THAT WHILE WE'RE
- 5:05OUT THERE. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT TITLE RELEASED AS
- 5:07WE GET CLOSER TO MY BIRTHDAY, AUGUST 23RD.
- 5:10- AND WE'LL HAVE THE PRE-ORDERS ONLINE AS WELL.
- 5:11- YES, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT GUYS, I AM SO EXCITED
- 5:16FOR TODAY. I REALLY BELIEVE PASTOR GENE HAS A WORD FOR YOU,
- 5:20WHICH IF YOU'RE IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA NEXT
- 5:23WEEK, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO FLASHPOINT LIVE AT KENNETH
- 5:28COPELAND'S CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK ON SUNDAY. DAD AND I WILL BE
- 5:32HERE FOR SERVICE ON SUNDAY. HE'S GONNA PREACH, AND THEN WE'RE
- 5:36IMMEDIATELY GETTING ON A FLIGHT RIGHT TO DALLAS AND COMING OUT
- 5:39TO JOIN YOU GUYS. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. NEXT SUNDAY, IT'S
- 5:42GONNA BE A POWERFUL, POWERFUL TIME. AND GUYS, I JUST LOVE WHAT
- 5:46FLASHPOINT IS DOING. AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT IN
- 5:50THIS NATION. COMPLACENCY'S GONE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE
- 5:54BIT LATER, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING WITH OTH IN REGARDS TO
- 5:57THAT. BUT GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, GOD IS DOING
- 6:00SOMETHING, AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD, AMEN,
- 6:03IN THIS TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AROUND AND PLAY PATTY
- 6:07CAKE ANYMORE, OKAY? SO I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A
- 6:10STAND, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THIS NATION, AMEN. AND
- 6:15GOD IS DOING SOME VERY BIG THINGS IN THIS
- 6:17COUNTRY, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, PASTOR ANTHONY?
- 6:18- ABSOLUTELY, AMEN.
- 6:20- AMEN, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR US AND
- 6:22LET'S GET THIS SERVICE UNDERWAY, AMEN.
- 6:24- WELL, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANNA HONOR YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
- 6:28WE LOVE YOU, GOD, WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER AND WE KNOW THAT
- 6:32YOU ARE GOOD. WE INVITE YOU INTO THIS PLACE, FATHER, TO RELEASE
- 6:37MIRACLE SIGNS AND WONDERS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS WE RAISE UP A
- 6:41PRAISE TO YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN.
- 6:45(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 6:48(MUSIC)
- 6:52- COME ON, LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER.
- 6:54LET'S GIVE GOD GLORY NOW.
- 6:55(MUSIC)
- 7:04WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH
- 7:07WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH
- 7:11WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH
- 7:16WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH
- 8:15OH COME ON SOMEBODY, HE'S GOOD! ALL THE TIME!
- 8:19COME ON! LORD YOU ARE GOOD.
- 10:01(MUSIC)
- 10:07IF YOU KNOW HE'S GOOD, SOMEBODY SAY "JESUS".
- 10:12OH YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT, SAY "JESUS"!
- 10:16LORD, YOU'RE GOOD.
- 11:42(MUSIC)
- 11:44- COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
- 11:46- Y'ALL READY TO DECLARE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD
- 11:48THIS MORNING? COME ON. IT'S CHASING YOU DOWN.
- 11:53(MUSIC)
- 12:27IT'S CHASING ME DOWN. COME ON, CHURCH!
- 12:30YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.
- 12:34AS THE LIGHT OF YOUR GLORY BREAKS OUT.
- 12:38YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.
- 12:41CHASING ME DOWN, IT'S CHASING ME DOWN.
- 12:46YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.
- 15:31(MUSIC)
- 15:36YOUR GOODNESS. YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THIS NATION DOWN.
- 15:42YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN.
- 15:46YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE SCHOOLS DOWN.
- 15:49HIS GOODNESS IS CHASING YOUR FAMILIES DOWN.
- 15:53(MUSIC)
- 16:01GOD, YOU ARE SO, SO GOOD.
- 16:03(MUSIC)
- 16:06WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER, GOD. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS
- 16:10LIKE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
- 16:16BECAUSE GOD SPOKE IT, IT IS AND WILL BE DONE. IN JESUS' NAME.
- 16:24I FEEL THAT IN THE MORNING, IN
- 16:25THE ROOM THIS MORNING. GUYS, COME
- 16:27ON. YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHO IT IS THAT YOU SERVE.
- 16:30(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 16:34STOP GLORIFYING YOUR HUMANITY AND
- 16:38START HONORING THE DIVINITY OF GOD.
- 16:40(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 16:45YOUR GOODNESS. OH, YOU'RE SO GOOD.
- 16:50YOU'RE SO GOOD. SO GOOD.
- 16:55(MUSIC)
- 18:25(MUSIC)
- 20:15YOU KNOW, OUR GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL.
- 20:19I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. TEN YEARS
- 20:22AGO, JULY 8TH, MIKE BARTHOLOMEW WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS, I DON'T
- 20:31KNOW IF HE'S HERE TODAY, BUT HE WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS HE WASN'T
- 20:36GONNA MAKE IT. HE WAS ON THE ROAD. HE FELL OFF A BIKE AND WAS
- 20:42ON THE ROAD, AND HE LITERALLY DIED. BUT GOD. BUT GOD. YOU SEE
- 20:50HIM SERVING TODAY. HE'S STILL HERE. HALLELUJAH.
- 20:57(MUSIC)
- 26:21- HALLELUJAH. HE CAN DO IT. HE'S THE ONE. HALLELUJAH.
- 26:28HALLELUJAH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY LORD. HALLELUJAH,
- 26:33WE MAGNIFY YOUR NAME IN THIS PLACE.
- 26:36WE GIVE YOU GLORY. OH, HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO GOD.
- 26:41HERE WE HAVE THE MAN RIGHT IN FRONT
- 26:43OF US, THAT 10 YEARS AGO, HA HA HA, RECEIVED
- 26:48NEW LIFE, NOT JUST BY THE SPIRIT, BUT IN HIS
- 26:52PHYSICAL BODY. HE WAS DECLARED DEAD, AND BECAUSE THE PRAYERS OF
- 26:58THE SAINTS AND THE FAITHFUL, HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. AND
- 27:02THEN HE FOUND CHRIST AND HIS SPIRIT BECAME ALIVE. HALLELUJAH.
- 27:06THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. YOU DO MIRACLES, FATHER.
- 27:12YOU DO MIRACLES IN OUR MIDST. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD.
- 27:16YOU USE EACH ONE OF US TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU'VE CALLED US
- 27:21TO DO. IT HAPPENED TO BE JUDY ARMSTRONG THAT WAS DRIVING BY AT
- 27:25THE TIME AND FOUND HIM IN THE DITCH ON THE BICYCLE AND LAID
- 27:30HER HANDS ON HIM AND PRAYED. YOU KNOW WHAT, EACH ONE OF US ARE
- 27:34CALLED TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO BE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR HIM
- 27:39CONTINUOUSLY, ON ASSIGNMENT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE
- 27:44HAVE A SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT
- 27:48GOD HAS FOR US, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORTH AND LISTEN TO THE
- 27:53HOLY SPIRIT AND THEN OBEY TO MOVE INTO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO
- 27:59DO. DON'T GET SO CONSUMED WITH THE DAILY PRESSURES OF LIFE.
- 28:06THINK OUTSIDE OF THAT. WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO? HEAR HIS
- 28:10VOICE, HALLELUJAH. LET'S GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE TODAY.
- 28:15HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, JESUS,
- 28:18WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD.
- 28:20(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 28:24THANK YOU, JESUS. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THIS PLACE TODAY.
- 28:28LORD, WE GIVE THIS SERVICE TO YOU. HALLELUJAH, YOU MOVE BY
- 28:31YOUR POWER, YOUR SPIRIT. YOU DIRECT US, LORD, AND GUIDE US.
- 28:35THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. HERE'S WHAT
- 28:38I'M SEEING TODAY IN MY HEART. I BELIEVE, AND I WANNA EXPLAIN IT
- 28:44RIGHT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE ONLINE, IT COULD BE
- 28:47SOMEONE HERE. BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS A SITUATION WHERE
- 28:53THERE'S A FAMILY THAT'S EMBROILED IN SOME KIND OF A
- 28:56LEGAL CHALLENGE, LEGAL BATTLE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH CHILDREN
- 29:01AND CUSTODY. MIGHT BE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, SOMEONE THAT'S
- 29:06HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR THE RIGHT OUTCOME IN THIS.
- 29:12AND HERE'S KIND OF WHAT I'M SEEING IS, THIS IS WHAT THE LORD
- 29:15SHOWED ME. IT'S LIKE A TUG OF WAR. LIKE YOU HAVE ONE ENTITY ON
- 29:19THIS END PULLING, THE OTHER ENTITY'S PULLING THE OTHER WAY,
- 29:23AND THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE MIDDLE. AND WE NEED TO BELIEVE
- 29:26FOR THOSE CHILDREN. WHO IS, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND
- 29:30THAT FITS YOU, YOU'D SAY, I'M IN THAT SITUATION, OR MY FAMILY. IS
- 29:35THERE SOMEONE HERE? COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. THE LORD HAS A
- 29:37WORD FOR YOU TODAY. THE LORD HAS A WORD FOR YOU.
- 29:41(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 29:43THANK YOU, JESUS. AND THAT COULD BE SOMEONE ONLINE TODAY. AND IF
- 29:48THAT'S YOU, YOU CAN COMMENT OR EMAIL US OR LET US KNOW WHAT THE
- 29:55LORD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. I
- 30:01WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS WORD TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS
- 30:09GONNA BE A TURNING POINT IN THE SITUATION WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
- 30:13GOD LOVES CHILDREN AND HE WANTS THEM TAKEN CARE OF AND
- 30:17PROTECTED. IN LUKE 3:5, LUKE, THE EVANGELIST, QUOTES A
- 30:26SCRIPTURE, IS THAT YOU TOO, MA'AM? OKAY, OKAY, TWO OF YOU.
- 30:31AND WHOEVER'S ONLINE, YOU LISTEN TO ME ALSO. LUKE THE EVANGELIST
- 30:35QUOTES A SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH 40:4, AND HE'S SAYING, "THE
- 30:41CROOKED PLACES SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH PLACES
- 30:46SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH." AND IF YOU GO TO THAT WORD CROOKED IN
- 30:50THE VINES GREEK DICTIONARY, THAT WORD CROOKED MEANS "UNJUST,
- 30:56PERVERSE, OR CURVED." AND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, THE
- 31:02LORD SAYS, HAS BEEN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. IT'S BEEN CROOKED,
- 31:06IT'S BEEN PERVERSE, AND IT HAS BEEN UNFAIR OR UNJUST, NOT ONLY
- 31:12FOR YOU, BUT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND I BELIEVE TODAY, GOD'S
- 31:17SAYING, HE'S STEPPING IN TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. AND
- 31:21WHATEVER IT IS THAT SATAN HAS THROWN UP, THOSE OBSTACLES,
- 31:26THOSE PLANS OF DIVISION, THAT THE ENEMY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE
- 31:32PLACE, THEY'RE GONNA BE REVERSED IN JESUS' NAME. GOD'S GONNA DO A
- 31:38MIGHTY WORK IN THIS SITUATION TODAY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A
- 31:44CROOKED GARDEN HOSE. IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN HOSE AND IT'S ALL IN A
- 31:48KNOT AND A CROOKED, THE WATER DOESN'T FLOW, DOES IT? IT WON'T
- 31:51FLOW THROUGH. GOD'S UNSTRAIGHTENING THAT TODAY. HE'S
- 31:56MAKING IT A STRAIGHT PATH SO IT CAN FLOW IN HIS DIRECTION AND
- 32:00TOWARDS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M
- 32:05BELIEVING TODAY. AND WHAT I WANNA DO IS JUST COME DOWN AND
- 32:08QUICKLY LAY MY HANDS ON YOU. AUDIENCE, CONGREGATION, STRETCH
- 32:11YOUR HAND FORTH TOWARDS THESE. AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR THEM IN
- 32:14JESUS' NAME. FATHER, WE'RE PRAYING FOR WISDOM, DIRECTION,
- 32:18AND THAT YOU COMFORT THESE TWO, GIVE THEM DIRECTION. AND WE'RE
- 32:23SAYING BE BLESSED, AND THIS SITUATION IS RECTIFIED, THE CASE
- 32:28IS DISMISSED, AND IT IS RESOLVED IN JESUS' NAME, IN THE NAME OF
- 32:33JESUS. BE RESOLVED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THANK YOU, LORD,
- 32:37HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,
- 32:41JESUS, WE BELIEVE THAT NOW. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, LORD. YOU
- 32:47CAN BE SEATED WHENEVER YOU CAN. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 32:52(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 32:54DO I HAVE A SALLY HERE TODAY? IS THERE ANYONE BY THE NAME OF
- 32:57SALLY? IS THERE A SALLY IN THE AUDIENCE IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
- 33:04THERE IS A SALLY HERE? SALLY, COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. IF YOU
- 33:11CAN COME QUICKLY, COME QUICKLY. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 33:16(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 33:23THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU,
- 33:29JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,
- 33:33LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 33:38SALLY, THE LORD CALLED YOU OUT TODAY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
- 33:44DEALING WITH SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVY ON YOUR HEART.
- 33:49YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT SOME THINGS AND YOU'VE SAID, "LORD,
- 33:53HOW COME IT HASN'T COME TO PASS YET? WHY ISN'T IT COMING AS
- 33:57QUICK AS I WOULD DESIRE? I NEED THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN." AND THE
- 34:03LORD IS SAYING TO YOU, I CALLED YOU OUT TODAY, SALLY, AS AN
- 34:06ENCOURAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. KEEP
- 34:10YOUR FAITH STRONG, CONTINUE TO PULL, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A
- 34:14DIVINE TURNAROUND IN THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO,
- 34:19IN THE THINGS YOU'RE PRAYING FOR, AND FOR THOSE THAT YOU'RE
- 34:21PRAYING FOR IN YOUR FAMILY. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME FAMILY
- 34:24SITUATIONS YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND GOD'S SAYING, I'M
- 34:27GONNA TURN THOSE AROUND, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A CHANGE. YOU
- 34:32NEED TO DO WHAT GOD'S SAYING IS, REACH OUT TO THE ONES THAT
- 34:35YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE LOVE OF GOD. DON'T NEED TO
- 34:39PREACH TO 'EM. YOU JUST REACH OUT TO 'EM WITH GOD'S LOVE. AND
- 34:44THE BIBLE SAYS A GIFT WILL OPEN THE DOOR. AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR
- 34:50SITUATION, WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, THAT'S ON
- 34:52YOUR HEART, YOU PLANT A GIFT IN THEIR LIFE JUST TO SHOW THEM
- 34:57LOVE. IT WILL DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP, IT'LL BRING THAT
- 35:01COMMUNICATION BACK, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE AN OPEN DOOR TO
- 35:05COMMUNICATE YOUR LOVE, FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN GOD'S LOVE WILL
- 35:10MOVE IN ON TOP OF THAT. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A MIRACLE IN
- 35:13JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU,
- 35:17PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 35:22PRAISE THE LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, LET'S DO
- 35:28THIS TODAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND AND GREET YOUR NEIGHBOR TODAY
- 35:32AND TELL HIM IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A
- 35:34SUNDAY, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY GOOD TO HAVE DR. GENE BAILEY
- 35:37AND HIS WIFE, TERI, HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE
- 35:39GONNA RECEIVE TODAY, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
- 35:42(MUSIC)
- 36:25- WELL, GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. HOW
- 36:29MANY LOVE TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD?
- 36:32(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 36:35GUYS, DON'T EVER TAKE FOR GRANTED COMING INTO THE ROOM OR
- 36:39FOR THOSE OF YOU TUNING ONLINE AND COMING TOGETHER AS THE BODY
- 36:41OF CHRIST AND COMING TO WORSHIP THE LORD. YOU ARE CHANGING
- 36:44DESTINIES, YOU ARE RESHAPING THE NATIONS, AND YOU ARE BRINGING
- 36:50THE POWER OF GOD TO DO MIRACULOUS THINGS EVERY TIME YOU
- 36:53COME IN HERE, AMEN? WELL, WE WANNA WELCOME OUR
- 36:55FIRST-TIME VISITORS. IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR, PLEASE RAISE
- 36:58YOUR HAND. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A GREETING AND SAY HELLO AND
- 37:01THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN. THANK YOU
- 37:03SO MUCH. I SEE A COUPLE HANDS OVER THERE.
- 37:04(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 37:06IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR AND YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN TO GET ONE
- 37:09OF THE BLUE GIFT BAGS IN YOUR HANDS, BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR
- 37:12HANDS UP. THERE'LL BE AN USHER IN THE AISLE THAT'LL HAND YOU
- 37:15ONE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT
- 37:18LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND THE OTHER MINISTRIES HERE AND WAYS
- 37:21TO GET CONNECTED. ALSO, THERE'S AN INFORMATION GUEST CARD. IF
- 37:25YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT AND DROP IT IN
- 37:27THE OFFERING BUCKET WHEN THE USHERS COME BY. IT'S JUST A WAY
- 37:31FOR US TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOU. YOU CAN SEND US
- 37:33INFORMATION, YOU CAN SEND US TESTIMONIES OF ALL THE AMAZING
- 37:36THINGS GOD'S DOING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
- 37:38PASTORS LOVE HEARING FROM YOU AND THEY WANNA CONNECT WITH YOU,
- 37:41AMEN. FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE, WE WANNA SEND YOU A
- 37:45GREETING AS WELL AND SAY THAT WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU. BIG SHOUT
- 37:48OUT TO ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN
- 37:51PERSON AT OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE.
- 37:53(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 37:55IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING, MAKE
- 37:58SURE TO CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK, WE'RE ON
- 38:00INSTAGRAM, WE'RE ON YOUTUBE. WE ARE ALSO ON
- 38:03ONEVOICETV.NET, WHERE WE CANNOT BE CANCELED.
- 38:07(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 38:08MAKE SURE TO CHECK US OUT, ALL OF THE PREVIOUS SERVICES AND
- 38:13ALSO DIFFERENT SHOWS LIKE GET REAL WITH HANK, GAME CHANGERS,
- 38:16DAILY DECREE, THEY'RE ALL ON ONEVOICETV.NET, SO YOU CAN GO
- 38:20BACK AND GET YOUR PRAISE ON AT ANY TIME. AMEN. WELL, WITHOUT
- 38:25FURTHER ADO, I WANNA WELCOME MY GOOD BUDDY, MY BROTHER FROM
- 38:28ANOTHER, PASTOR MATT, AS HE GIVES A SPECIAL MESSAGE.
- 38:31- AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY. LISTEN, HE JUST
- 38:35MENTIONED OPENING THE HEAVENS, AND I MENTIONED ON WEDNESDAY,
- 38:40IT'S TIME TO GET REGISTERED IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY. WHO
- 38:44IN THIS ROOM IS REGISTERED FOR OTH? COME ON, OH, COME ON NOW.
- 38:49WE GOTTA, I SAID WHO'S REGISTERED FOR OTH?
- 38:52(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 38:54THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. AND SOME OF YOU
- 38:57STILL DON'T HAVE YOUR HANDS UP, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA
- 38:59ADDRESS RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOUR HAND WAS NOT RAISED AND YOU'RE
- 39:04NOT REGISTERED, I WANNA ASK WHY. I WANNA ASK, I'M SURE YOU STILL
- 39:09HAVE PRAYER REQUESTS, THINGS YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR BACK IN
- 39:132019, BACK IN 2020, THINGS THAT ARE UNADDRESSED CLIFFHANGERS IN
- 39:18YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS STILL NOT
- 39:21BROKE THROUGH YET IN MY LIFE. MAYBE IT WAS THAT STANCE YOU
- 39:26TOOK WHEN YOU SAID, I'M NOT GETTING A VACCINE AND YOU LOST
- 39:29YOUR JOB. AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH AND YOU'RE LIKE,
- 39:32GOD, IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX YEARS NOW, WHERE'S MY BREAKTHROUGH?
- 39:37CAN WE REMEMBER WHAT THE PROPHET SAID? THAT THE DECADE WOULD
- 39:41START OFF HARSH, BUT THAT WE'RE COMING
- 39:44INTO A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE, AMEN?
- 39:47(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 39:51IF YOU'RE ONLINE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, COMMENT IF YOU ARE
- 39:54REGISTERED. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, I WANT YOU
- 39:58AT THE END OF THIS BROADCAST TO GO REGISTER. THOSE MONITORING
- 40:03COMMENTS, PUT THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION OR IN THE COMMENTS,
- 40:06PIN IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. AND I'M TELLING YOU, PASTORS
- 40:10WANTED ME TO SAY THIS TO YOU GUYS. WE'RE GONNA BE MINISTERING
- 40:13AND HEALING, NOT JUST FOR YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, OVER THIS NATION,
- 40:19WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR. AND I AM GONNA STAND IN THE GAP
- 40:22AND BELIEVE THAT THESE PRAYER REQUESTS IN YOUR PERSONAL LIVES
- 40:25ARE GONNA START MANIFESTING AND COMING TO PASS. THE SPIRIT OF
- 40:29DELAY IS OVER. AMEN. BUT MY QUESTION TO EACH AND EVERY
- 40:36PERSON IN HERE WATCHING ONLINE AND IN THIS ROOM, AND I SAID
- 40:41THIS ON WEDNESDAY, IS HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT
- 40:47A MANIFESTATION OF GOD? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT
- 40:51LEVEL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU? HOW BAD ARE YOU READY TO SEE THE
- 40:56SHIFT IN YOUR LIFE, THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE IN GOD FOR,
- 40:59PRODIGALS TO RETURN, THIS NATION TO BE HEALED? I'M NOT SITTING ON
- 41:05THE SEAT OF COMPLACENCY ANYMORE. AND BY GOD, PASTOR HANK AND
- 41:10PASTOR BRENDA AND THOSE STANDING WITH THEM AREN'T EITHER. AND SO
- 41:13I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT GONNA SIT ON THE SEAT OF
- 41:17COMPLACENCY, WATCH THIS VIDEO, GET YOURSELF
- 41:21REGISTERED, AND LET'S GET IN THE ARENA, AMEN?
- 41:23- OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 11TH
- 41:25THROUGH 14TH AT THE MID-AMERICA CENTER, HOSTED BY PASTORS HANK
- 41:29AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER LORENZO SEWELL.
- 41:33- WHEN YOU ARE A TRUE BELIEVER, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
- 41:36LIKE YOU BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING ON YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU
- 41:39ARE ANOINTED, IT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU,
- 41:42IT'S THE DEVIL THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU. WHEN YOU ARE ANOINTED,
- 41:45PLEASE HEAR ME, YOU WILL ALWAYS INTIMIDATE THE DEVIL. WHEN YOU
- 41:50ARE ANOINTED, WHEN YOU ARE CALLED BY GOD, YOU WILL ALWAYS
- 41:54INTIMIDATE THE ENEMY. IT'S OKAY IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE YOU BECAUSE
- 41:59YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT LOVES YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY
- 42:02FATHER THAT DIED FOR YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT SENT
- 42:06HIS SON TO BE BRUISED AND BROKEN FOR YOU. AND AS LONG AS YOU'VE
- 42:10GOT KING JESUS, YOU DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE.
- 42:13- REGISTER TODAY AT OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG.
- 42:16(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 42:26- I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT. IT'S COMING SOON TO A
- 42:29THEATER NEAR YOU, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAC,
- 42:33MID-AMERICA CENTER. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME, CAN'T WAIT FOR IT.
- 42:36WELL, FOLKS, IT IS OFFERING TIME.
- 42:39(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- 42:41AND I WANNA GIVE OUR ESTEEMED GUEST, DR. GENE, PLENTY OF TIME,
- 42:46SO I'M GONNA BE QUITE BRIEF. I HAVE ONE SCRIPTURE THAT I WANNA
- 42:51READ IN THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS, BUT IT IS BRIEF. IT'S
- 42:55PROVERBS 3:9, OUT OF THE EASY READING VERSION. IT SAYS, "HONOR
- 43:02THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND THE FIRST PART OF YOUR HARVEST.
- 43:08THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FULL OF GRAIN AND YOUR BARRELS WILL BE
- 43:11OVERFLOWING WITH WINE." NEXT, I WANT TO READ IT OUT OF THE NLT,
- 43:19AND THAT GOES LIKE THIS, "HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND
- 43:23WITH THE BEST PART OF YOUR PRODUCE. THEN HE WILL FILL YOUR
- 43:28BARNS WITH GRAIN AND YOUR VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH GOOD WINE."
- 43:33AND FINALLY, I LIKE THIS IN THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, IT SAYS,
- 43:37"HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR CAPITAL AND SUFFICIENCY FROM
- 43:41RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCOME.
- 43:46SO SHALL YOUR STORAGE PLACES BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOUR VATS
- 43:51SHALL BE OVERFLOWING WITH NEW WINE." NOW, WHY DID I READ THAT
- 43:54THREE TIMES? BECAUSE I LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE
- 43:58AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN PULL OUT OF
- 44:01THIS BRIEF SCRIPTURE, BUT WHAT I WANNA START WITH IS HONOR. AND
- 44:07IT'S INTERESTING THAT IF WE HONOR THE LORD, IT SAYS IN ONE
- 44:11VERSION, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE FIRST PART OF OUR
- 44:15HARVEST, AND IN ANOTHER, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE BEST
- 44:21PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE PRODUCE. AND FINALLY, WITH OUR
- 44:26CAPITAL AND OUR SUFFICIENCY FROM RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE
- 44:31FIRST FRUITS OF ALL OF OUR INCOME. WELL, THE KEY TO ME
- 44:38HERE, I COULD GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT THE KEY TO ME
- 44:40HERE IS THAT IT ALL BEGINS WITH HONOR. SO ALL OF THAT BLESSING,
- 44:44ALL OF THAT OVERFLOW, ALL OF THAT ABUNDANCE FOLLOWS YOU
- 44:48HONORING THE LORD. AND HONORING THE LORD HERE MEANS USING YOUR
- 44:55WEALTH FOR RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES AS WE SAW, BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT
- 44:59OUT THAT GIVING YOUR HARVEST OR YOUR INCREASE FROM YOUR, OR
- 45:07GIVING OUT OF YOUR INCREASE RATHER, IS A RECOGNITION I
- 45:10THINK, OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IS
- 45:17ALL FROM GOD. IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT REALLY IT'S
- 45:23ALL HIS. AND PSALM 24:1 SAYS THIS, "THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S
- 45:29AND EVERYTHING IN IT." AND JAMES 1:17 SAYS, "EVERY GOOD
- 45:37GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE AND COMES DOWN FROM
- 45:41THE FATHER OF LIGHTS WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW
- 45:45OF TURNING." SO TWO POINTS, GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY,
- 45:50AND FOREVER. HE'S UNCHANGING AND HE IS A GENEROUS GOD. AND SO IF
- 45:57WE HONOR THAT CHARACTER, THAT IF WE HONOR THAT GENEROSITY, WE
- 46:02EMULATE THAT, AND WE OBSERVE HIS COMMANDMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO
- 46:07LIVE IN THE BLESSING, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE
- 46:10PROSPERITY THAT'S DESCRIBED IN DEUTERONOMY 28:8. AND IT SAYS,
- 46:18"THE LORD WILL COMMAND THE BLESSING ON YOU IN YOUR BARNS
- 46:23AND IN ALL THAT YOU SET YOUR HAND TO DO, AND HE WILL BLESS
- 46:26YOU IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU." AND
- 46:30FOLKS, WE CAN SEE THE MANIFESTATION OF THIS RIGHT HERE
- 46:34IN THIS CHURCH. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MODELS THERE IS. PASTOR
- 46:38HANK, PASTOR BRENDA ARE GENEROUS PEOPLE, AMAZINGLY SO. LORD OF
- 46:44HOSTS CHURCH IS A GENEROUS GIVER. WE ALWAYS REAP A HARVEST.
- 46:51WE'RE CONTINUALLY INCREASING. WE RECEIVE THE COVENANT BLESSING
- 46:56BECAUSE WE GIVE OF OUR INCREASE. AND THIS CHURCH IS GOOD GROUND
- 47:00BECAUSE WE SOW INTO GOOD GROUND. AND WE'RE GENEROUS GIVERS
- 47:05WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY NEEDS THAT WE ALL CAN AND PROBABLY SHOULD
- 47:11HELP WITH. AND JUST AS A CURRENT EXAMPLE, I KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY
- 47:14ALL BEEN FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC DESTRUCTION AND DEATH INVOLVED
- 47:20WITH THE FLOODING IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS, KERR COUNTY
- 47:24AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND WE'VE BEEN PRAYING HERE INDIVIDUALLY
- 47:29AND CORPORATELY FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED. BUT
- 47:34IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS MINISTRY'S GOOD FRIEND, RICK
- 47:37GREEN, WHO RUNS PATRIOT ACADEMY, SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF ALL
- 47:42OF THAT. AND HE'S BEEN OUT DOING ALL THAT HE CAN, BEING THE HANDS
- 47:48AND FEET OF JESUS TO HELP ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING.
- 47:51NOW, LORD OF HOSTS, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS IN
- 47:58GIVING INTO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND, WAS ABLE TO HELP IN A
- 48:03SIGNIFICANT WAY. AND WE JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE
- 48:07A BRIEF VIDEO FROM RICK, AND HE'LL TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT
- 48:11MORE ABOUT IT. SO IF WE CAN ROLL THAT VIDEO, PLEASE.
- 48:14- HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, LORD OF HOSTS
- 48:16CHURCH, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
- 48:19THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, PATRIOT ACADEMY, WE SIT RIGHT
- 48:21HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HILL COUNTRY, THE FLOODING
- 48:23AND THE DAMAGE WAS ALL AROUND OUR CAMPUS. THANKFULLY, GOD
- 48:26PROTECTED OUR CAMPUS AND WE TOOK SOME WATER DAMAGE, BUT NOTHING
- 48:30LIKE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS TOOK. I MEAN, WE'RE 10 MINUTES FROM THE
- 48:32RIVER WHERE A LOT OF THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION HAPPENED, AND SO
- 48:35WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP SOME. WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE
- 48:37ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP MORE BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT. YOU
- 48:40KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS COMING ALONGSIDE US AT PATRIOT ACADEMY
- 48:43WHEN WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND IN THIS REALLY DIFFICULT TIME, YOU
- 48:47CAME ALONGSIDE US IN A BIG WAY. THANK YOU.
- 48:49THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
- 48:51PRAYERS. AND THANK YOU FOR JUST CONTINUING TO STAND WITH US AT
- 48:54PATRIOT ACADEMY AS WE STAND WITH YOU. WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO
- 48:57COME ALONGSIDE YOU WHEN WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND
- 49:00WE'RE REALLY BLESSED WHEN YOU COME ALONGSIDE US. SO GOD BLESS
- 49:02Y'ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING US IN TEXAS AND
- 49:06ESPECIALLY THOSE VICTIMS HERE IN THE HILL COUNTRY. WE'RE ABLE TO
- 49:08SHOW THEM GOD'S LOVE AND RESTORATION BY LITERALLY
- 49:11GOING AND BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF
- 49:13CHRIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT.
- 49:17- WELL, PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU, RICK, FOR EVERYTHING
- 49:20THAT YOU DO THERE AT PATRIOT ACADEMY AND BEYOND, AND OF
- 49:23COURSE FOR BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS AND GOING OUT AND
- 49:25HELPING ALL THOSE FOLKS IN YOUR REGION. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE
- 49:29SALUTE YOUR EFFORTS, SIR. WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH
- 49:33YOU. GIVING INFORMATION, THEY CAN PUT UP ON THE SCREENS.
- 49:37MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT ENVELOPES
- 49:42IN THE TABERNACLE. THE USHERS CAN HELP YOU WITH THOSE. IF
- 49:46THAT'S NOT YOUR PREFERENCE AND IT'S NOT MINE, YOU CAN TEXT TO
- 49:48GIVE. THAT'S MY FAVORITE METHOD. YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP. YOU
- 49:53CAN ALSO GO TO THE WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE. USE OUR,
- 50:02SCAN THE QR CODE THERE AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
- 50:04AND YOU CAN STILL ALSO SEND YOUR GIFTS BY MAIL. AND THE ADDRESS
- 50:08IS THERE ON THE SCREEN. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY MAKE MENTION
- 50:11HERE, THOUGH, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, PASTOR MATT WAS
- 50:16TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT TO OTH AND ALL OF THAT. AND I JUST WANT
- 50:21YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR YOU TO SOW
- 50:25INTO THE CONFERENCE. AND IT'S GONE LIVE NOW ON THE DROP-DOWN
- 50:30MENU ON THE GIVING PAGE, AND THAT IS OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25.
- 50:35OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN REFERENCED
- 50:39HERE RECENTLY, SO JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD
- 50:44A SMALL DEFICIT AFTER THE CONFERENCE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE
- 50:48SURE THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE THAT AGAIN. WE WANT TO SOW BIG
- 50:52INTO THAT. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET IS MET BEFORE WE
- 50:56EVEN GO DOWN THERE, AND WE EVEN EXCEED IT THIS YEAR. AND NOW I
- 51:01KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO PREVIOUS OTHS. YOU UNDERSTAND
- 51:05COMPLETELY WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, WHAT A GREAT
- 51:08CONFERENCE IT IS, HOW CRITICAL IT IS RIGHT NOW IN OUR NATION.
- 51:13SO THERE MAY BE REASONS STILL THAT YOU CAN'T MAYBE JOIN US
- 51:19THIS SEPTEMBER, WHATEVER THOSE REASONS MIGHT BE, BUT STILL
- 51:22CONSIDER, IF YOU WOULD, SOWING A SEED INTO THE CONFERENCE TO
- 51:26BLESS OTHERS, KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE THAT THERE IS THERE.
- 51:29AND JUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER ANY OF YOU CAN DO WILL CERTAINLY BE
- 51:34GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE PASTORS, PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA,
- 51:37TO PUT THIS BUDGET OVER FOR THIS CONFERENCE, AND WE'LL SAIL INTO
- 51:43IT WITHOUT A CONCERN. SO WE THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO ASK
- 51:52THAT WE GIVE GREAT HONOR TO GOD TODAY, THAT WE GIVE VERY
- 51:58GENEROUSLY, THAT WE SOW BIG INTO THE GOOD GROUND THAT WE HAVE
- 52:03HERE AT THIS CHURCH AND THAT WE'RE ALL A PART OF. YOU ONLINE
- 52:07AS WELL. AND AS WE DO THAT, AS WE CONNECT OURSELVES TO THE
- 52:11BLESSING THAT IS ON THIS HOUSE, WE CAN EXPECT AN ABUNDANT
- 52:15HARVEST. YES, PASTOR DOUG'S REMINDING ME THAT THERE WILL BE
- 52:24A SEPARATE OFFERING FOR OUR GUESTS AT THE END OF THE
- 52:27SERVICE, AND HE'LL CONDUCT THAT. SO IF EVERYONE HERE AND ONLINE
- 52:31IS READY, WE CAN HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES OR OUR DEVICES, AND
- 52:36WE'LL PRAY OVER THOSE. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK
- 52:39YOU FOR THE BLESSING. WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE POWER TO
- 52:43GET WEALTH AND FOR TEACHING US TO PROFIT. WE KNOW THAT YOU TAKE
- 52:49PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF YOUR SERVANTS, SO WE HONOR YOU
- 52:53TODAY. WE GIVE YOU OUR FIRST AND WE GIVE YOU OUR BEST. WE GIVE
- 52:59GENEROUSLY FROM THE PRODUCE OF WHAT WE'VE SET OUR HANDS TO DO
- 53:03BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN GENEROUSLY TO US AND WE KNOW
- 53:06THAT WE CAN'T OUT GIVE YOU, GOD. WE DECLARE AN ABUNDANT HARVEST
- 53:10FROM THE PRECIOUS SEEDS THAT WE ARE SOWING HERE TODAY AND WE
- 53:13THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS. AND ALL
- 53:18WHO AGREED SAID AMEN. AND NOW LET'S WELCOME PASTOR MATT AS HE
- 53:22COMES TO LEAD US IN THE DECLARATION.
- 53:24- THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK, APPRECIATE THAT, AMEN, AMEN.
- 53:28WELL, CHURCH, LET'S DECREE TOGETHER. AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU
- 53:32DECREE THIS, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO RELATE THIS TO YOUR PERSONAL
- 53:36LIFE AND THE BREAKTHROUGHS AND MANIFESTATIONS YOU'RE BELIEVING
- 53:39FOR, AMEN? WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS
- 53:44CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE
- 53:48DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY
- 53:52ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED." WE SAY THAT WE HAVE
- 53:56ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE
- 54:01HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE
- 54:05PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO
- 54:09BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF
- 54:13PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE
- 54:16PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN
- 54:20WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE
- 54:24DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. NOW LOOK AT
- 54:29SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM GOD'S GONNA DO IT, AMEN? GOD IS GONNA
- 54:33DO IT, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, AS YOU'RE BEING SEATED, TURN YOUR
- 54:39ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS HERE AS WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE FROM
- 54:43MY PARENTS, PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN.
- 54:47- GOOD MORNING, CHURCH FAMILY. HEY, WE'RE STILL ON VACATION.
- 54:50PASTORS HANK AND BRENDA HERE, AND WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE HAVING
- 54:53A GREAT TIME. SHE IS SPOILING ME, LIKE SHE
- 54:57ALWAYS DOES, BUT WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
- 55:00- WE'RE COOKING, WE'RE GOING ON PICNICS,
- 55:02WE'RE DOING A LOT OF FUN THINGS.
- 55:03- WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN THINGS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU
- 55:05THIS, IF YOU ARE OUR GUEST TODAY, AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST
- 55:08TIME, WELCOME TO GOD'S HOUSE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND WE CAN'T
- 55:11WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. BUT I WANT YOU TO GET READY, BECAUSE
- 55:14WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT, GREAT FRIENDS. WE HAVE GENE AND TERI
- 55:18BAILEY THAT IS HERE, AND GENE IS GOING TO PREACH, LIKE HE DOES ON
- 55:21FLASHPOINT WITH ME. HANK, YOU GOT 10 SECONDS. HE'S GONNA
- 55:24PREACH A 10-SECOND MESSAGE. I CAN'T WAIT TO
- 55:26HEAR WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY IN 10 SECONDS, BRENDA.
- 55:28- I DON'T KNOW, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THIS IS AN ANOINTED MAN OF
- 55:31GOD, AND HE HAS A WORD IN HIS MOUTH, AND HE IS GONNA BLESS
- 55:35YOUR LIFE. ALONG WITH OUR SWEET TERI, WE LOVE YOU GUYS, BOTH
- 55:39GENE AND TERI, BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. LET'S
- 55:43MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM A GREAT WARM WELCOME AND WELCOME THEM TO
- 55:46OMAHA, NEBRASKA. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY.
- 55:49- AMEN, AMEN. HI, MOM AND DAD, WE LOVE YA. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON,
- 55:54AMEN, AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU. BUT GUYS, I WANNA INTRODUCE
- 55:59OUR GUEST HERE, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS. HOW MANY OF YOU
- 56:02BELIEVE AMERICA SHALL BE SAVED? AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THIS MAN OF
- 56:08GOD MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, TO MOM AND DAD. POWERFUL MAN OF GOD
- 56:15WHO'S TAKING A STAND FOR THIS NATION THAT SAID, "I WANNA SEE
- 56:18SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR MY COUNTRY." COME ON. IS IT
- 56:23"SMOKE ON THE WATER"? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE PLAYING?
- 56:26LET'S WELCOME PASTOR GENE TO "SMOKE ON THE WATER".
- 56:28COME ON. COME ON, UNCLE PASTOR GENE, AMEN.
- 56:33(MUSIC)
- 57:24WHOO! COME ON. COME ON, GIVE HIM A HAND, WOULD YOU? ALL RIGHT,
- 57:32THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. DANNY, I NEED A
- 57:35SOLO. COME ON. COME ON, LET IT RIP.
- 57:40(MUSIC)
- 58:36- I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! COME ON, GIVE IT UP!
- 58:40(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- 58:45THAT'S AWESOME. AWESOME, I TOLD THEM LAST TIME,
- 58:48IF THEY DIDN'T PLAY "SMOKE ON THE WATER," IT'S
- 58:50NOT RIGHT. WOULD YOU WELCOME MY WIFE, TERI?
- 58:53(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- 58:56- DANNY, I'M SO GLAD YOU DID THAT, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK
- 59:00HIM TO DO IT IF HE WASN'T GONNA DO IT.
- 59:01(LAUGHING)
- 59:04- GO AHEAD, GET THAT MESSAGE YOU HAD PREPARED.
- 59:07- HE TOLD ME, HE SAID IN THE SEAT, "OH, BY THE WAY, HERE,
- 59:10YOU'RE GONNA GO UP THERE." I SAID, "OH, OKAY."
- 59:13- AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE?
- 59:14- WELL, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, A LOT OF TIMES...
- 59:17- BE SEATED.
- 59:18- MOST OF THE TIME, LET'S FACE IT, THE
- 59:21DEVIL'S WORKING OVERTIME TO TAKE AWAY YOUR
- 59:23FAITH AND YOUR BELIEF IN GOD, AND SOMETIMES, THAT'S
- 59:26WHY WE DON'T SEE THOSE MIGHTY MIRACLES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
- 59:30AND KELLIE COPELAND SAID AT A BREAKFAST WE WERE JUST AT, "THE
- 59:34LAST 10 YEARS," I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN YOUR LIFE, BUT
- 59:38IT'S LIKE THE DEVIL HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME BEATING US UP.
- 59:41WHY WOULD THAT BE? MAYBE HE KNOWS HIS TIME'S SHORT, AND
- 59:45MAYBE, MAYBE HE ATTACKS THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE
- 59:50SOMETHING TO DO FOR CHRIST, BECAUSE YOU'RE A THREAT IF YOU
- 59:53COME TO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO SOMETIMES IN YOUR LIFE
- 59:57TOO, YOU NEED TO REPENT SO YOU CAN BE RESTORED, BECAUSE GOD'S
- 1:00:01TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO HEAVEN, NOT KEEP THEM OUT. BUT
- 1:00:04SOMETIMES YOU THINK, "YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR MY KIDS, YOU
- 1:00:12KNOW, I'M SO EMBARRASSED." OKAY? "THEY DID THAT," OR MAYBE "I DID
- 1:00:16SUCH A HORRIBLE THING. GOD COULD NEVER USE ME IF
- 1:00:20PEOPLE JUST FOUND OUT WHAT I DID", OKAY? IF YOU
- 1:00:23FOUND OUT WHAT SO AND SO DID IN YOUR FAMILY,
- 1:00:27YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY? GOD USES US. AND WE
- 1:00:32HAVE VERY, VERY IMPERFECT LIVES. AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH VERY MANY
- 1:00:37STORMS AND BATTLES. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TOO. SO THE MESSAGE
- 1:00:42THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER IS REPENT SO YOU CAN BE
- 1:00:46RESTORED. AND NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER GIVE UP. ALSO, TWO, INSTEAD
- 1:00:58OF THINKING AND MEDITATING ON WHAT THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME
- 1:01:04COULD BE, SOMETIMES YOU NEED NOT JUST TO BE HERE IN CHURCH, BUT
- 1:01:09HAVE A DAILY ENCOUNTER WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR EVERY DAY IN
- 1:01:12YOUR BED. I MEAN, JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND START IMAGINING
- 1:01:17THE MIRACLE THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING FOR. AND YOU KNOW
- 1:01:21WHAT? YOU ARE AN AUTOPILOT. WITH THE LORD, WE CAN DO ALL THINGS
- 1:01:26THROUGH CHRIST. AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH HELL AND
- 1:01:30THERE'S PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT HAVE FREE WILL THAT HAVE CAUSED
- 1:01:34YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAINS, GOD CAN REMOVE THAT FROM YOU, HE
- 1:01:39HAS BEEN THERE WITH YOU OR YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TODAY.
- 1:01:43AND SO HE WANTS TO USE YOUR LIFE, DO NOT LET ANYTHING
- 1:01:48OR ANYONE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
- 1:01:51WITH THE LORD AND BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE FOR
- 1:01:54HIM RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE HE NEEDS US ALL.
- 1:01:57(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:01:59- GIVE HER A HAND. THANK YOU, HONEY.
- 1:02:01(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:02:04UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER TODAY,
- 1:02:07BUT I HEARD THAT I HAVE TO LIKE, WHAT WAS IT, ONE
- 1:02:10OR TWO O'CLOCK? JUST KIDDING. PEOPLE ARE GETTING UP TO LEAVE
- 1:02:15ALREADY. YEAH, LIKE, "I'M OUT. PEACE. I'M OUT." LISTEN, YOU
- 1:02:19KNOW, TODAY IS JULY 20TH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU
- 1:02:23PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA. BUT I KNOW THE REAL REASON, AND IF YOU
- 1:02:27WERE WATCHING MY SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU FOUND OUT WHY TODAY IS SO
- 1:02:31IMPORTANT, BECAUSE TODAY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY. SO
- 1:02:37PASTOR HANK, YOU NEED TO GET SOME ICE CREAM TODAY. GO GET
- 1:02:40SOME ICE CREAM. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. YOU
- 1:02:43PROBABLY ALREADY HAD ICE CREAM. SO WE CELEBRATE ICE CREAM DAY.
- 1:02:49BUT LISTEN, I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING BECAUSE OF ALL THE
- 1:02:51ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY
- 1:02:53WE DID "SMOKE ON THE WATER", STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT OPENING
- 1:03:02THE HEAVENS. AND IT JUST KIND OF KEEPS GOING, YOU KNOW. SO I WANT
- 1:03:09TO RECOMMEND, LIKE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS OPEN.
- 1:03:11YOU OUGHT TO COME JUST FOR LORENZO SEWELL, YOU KNOW,
- 1:03:15BECAUSE LORENZO IS A GOOD FRIEND AND, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO DO MY,
- 1:03:21HE WAS LATE ON A FLIGHT, WE WERE DOING FLASHPOINT COLORADO AND HE
- 1:03:24WAS LATE, HIS FLIGHT GOT DELAYED, SO I TRIED TO DO MY
- 1:03:27LORENZO IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW, "FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF
- 1:03:33COLORADO." IT DIDN'T WORK, IT DIDN'T WORK, THEN HE CAME IN AND
- 1:03:38HE DID IT, SO IT WAS GOOD. BUT HE'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MAN.
- 1:03:43AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE, FLASHPOINT'S GOING TO BE THERE
- 1:03:46ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 9/11, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY
- 1:03:54FOR US TO CELEBRATE TERI'S BIRTHDAY, IS ON 9/11, SO WE'LL
- 1:03:58BE CELEBRATING FLASHPOINT. PASTOR HANK WILL BE SPEAKING,
- 1:04:03RICK GREEN, LANCE WALLNAU, AND OUR GOOD FRIEND PASTOR JOHN
- 1:04:10AMANCHUKWU. YEAH, HE'S GONNA BE WITH US. SO YOU WANT TO, THAT'S
- 1:04:14JUST A ONE NIGHT ONLY FLASHPOINT, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE
- 1:04:16SURE YOU GUYS COME, MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE
- 1:04:19GET THINGS KICKED OFF AND THEY FIGURE IT CAN ONLY GO UP FROM
- 1:04:23THERE. COME ON GUYS, IT'S YOU'RE AWAKE NOW, OKAY? YOU'RE AWAKE,
- 1:04:30YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND. I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL
- 1:04:33WELCOME TODAY. WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON ONE VOICE
- 1:04:38TV, BUT A SPECIAL WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON THE
- 1:04:40FLASHPOINT NETWORK. ALL OF US, WE'VE COMBINED THIS SUNDAY, SO
- 1:04:44WE ARE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU, FLASHPOINT NETWORK,
- 1:04:50FOR JOINING US. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FLASHPOINT
- 1:04:52NETWORK, WE ANNOUNCED THAT JULY 3RD WHEN WE WERE IN LOUISVILLE,
- 1:04:56KENTUCKY, ABOUT HOW WE COMBINED WITH INTEGRITY TELEVISION, AND
- 1:05:02WE DO MORE TOGETHER. FLASHPOINT IS GOING TO EXPAND AND DO MORE.
- 1:05:07ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A DAY IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. THERE'S
- 1:05:12PROGRAMMING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE, AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE
- 1:05:15WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, AND WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE
- 1:05:18PURCHASED TO BE ABLE TO GO STREAM LIVE EVENTS LIKE THIS TO
- 1:05:23OUR FORMAT. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS, AND THIS HAS BEEN MY HEART'S
- 1:05:31THING WHEN FLASHPOINT HAS REALLY BEEN A PART OF THAT, IS THAT WE
- 1:05:35IN THE CHURCH WORLD HAVE BEEN SO SEGREGATED, AND I DON'T MEAN
- 1:05:41BLACK AND WHITE, I MEAN YOU GET THAT TOO I GUESS IN SOME
- 1:05:43CHURCHES, BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE CAMPS THAT
- 1:05:47WE GO INTO, YOU KNOW, THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CAMP, THE CHURCH
- 1:05:50OF GOD CAMP, THE WORD OF FAITH CAMP, THE WHATEVER CAMP, THE
- 1:05:55NON-DENOMINATIONAL CAMP, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE YOUR OWN
- 1:05:57CAMP AND NOT BE NON-DENOMINATIONAL, BUT IT
- 1:05:59HAPPENS. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT I JUST
- 1:06:07THINK IS, I HAD NOT SEEN IT THIS WAY BEFORE, AND I WANNA READ IT,
- 1:06:12IT'S IN JOHN CHAPTER 10. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THERE, YEAH,
- 1:06:16JOHN 10:16. AND THIS IS IN THE AMPLIFIED, SO I'M JUST GONNA
- 1:06:23READ IT REAL QUICK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN IF
- 1:06:25YOU DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S JUST JESUS SAYING, LET ME BACK UP A
- 1:06:32LITTLE BIT HERE. “EVEN AS,” 15, “EVEN AS MY FATHER KNOWS ME, AND
- 1:06:36I KNOW THE FATHER, AND I LAY DOWN MY VERY OWN LIFE,
- 1:06:38SACRIFICING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SHEEP, I HAVE OTHER SHEEP
- 1:06:42BESIDES THESE THAT ARE NOT IN THIS FOLD. I MUST BRING THOSE
- 1:06:47ALSO, AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO MY VOICE, AND PAY ATTENTION TO MY
- 1:06:51CALL, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLOCK WITH ONE SHEPHERD.” THAT'S
- 1:06:57WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHAT FLASHPOINT NETWORK IS
- 1:07:00DOING, IS WE'RE BEING ABLE TO EXPAND AND BRING US ALL
- 1:07:03TOGETHER. WE'VE CARRIED ALREADY SEVERAL CONFERENCES, SERVICES
- 1:07:07LIVE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY IN OUR SOFT ROLLOUT. SO MAKE SURE
- 1:07:11YOU SUBSCRIBE TO ONE VOICE TV AND THE FLASHPOINT NETWORK. YOU
- 1:07:15CAN FIND US RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSITION TIME.
- 1:07:19BUT ON ROKU IS, IT'S INTEGRITY TELEVISION. JUST SEARCH FOR THE
- 1:07:23INTEGRITY TELEVISION APP. THAT WILL SOON BE CHANGING. THE
- 1:07:27PROGRAMMING WILL BE CHANGING, BUT IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE. AND
- 1:07:30YOU CAN BE A PART OF WHAT, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT
- 1:07:32PROGRAMMING, SOME OLD MOVIES AND OLD STUFF THAT YOU COULD LET
- 1:07:36YOUR GRANDMOTHER WATCH WITH YOU. AND YOU'D NOT BE EMBARRASSED,
- 1:07:41YOU KNOW. SO IT'S GOOD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT. OKAY, SO TODAY I
- 1:07:46WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND SO GOOD TO HAVE THE BAND HERE AND THE
- 1:07:51SINGERS, BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE
- 1:07:54JACOB ON THE BASS AND DEE ON THE KEYS, MAN, THAT JUST, WE GO BACK
- 1:07:58A LONG WAY, SO WHEREVER YOU GUYS ARE, IF YOU'RE OUT, YOU KNOW,
- 1:08:01HAVING COFFEE SOMEWHERE, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THEY
- 1:08:07WENT FOR ICE CREAM, THAT'S WHERE THEY WENT. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.
- 1:08:15I HEARD THAT, I HEARD THAT. I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, DEE. ALL
- 1:08:21RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING, AND I SAW THIS LAST
- 1:08:25NIGHT AS I WAS GETTING READY FOR THIS MORNING, KIND OF GOING OVER
- 1:08:30SOME NOTES, AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT PASTOR
- 1:08:34HANK ISN'T HERE SO I CAN JUST SAY WHAT I WANT, AND THEN HE HAS
- 1:08:39TO FIX IT NEXT WEEK. YEAH, SO YOU KNOW, YEAH, OKAY, WHATEVER.
- 1:08:48OKAY. I'M HERE TO, AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, I'M LOOKING FOR
- 1:08:56SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS. IS THERE A SMALL GROUPS PASTOR? IS THERE
- 1:09:00LIKE A PASTOR THAT DOES THAT? JUST THAT WE ALL DO IT. WE, YOU
- 1:09:05DO IT. YEAH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT JESUS WAS THE WORST
- 1:09:09SMALL GROUPS PASTOR. HE WAS THE ABSOLUTE WORST ONE. YOU GO,
- 1:09:14"WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S SAYING THAT. HE'S SACRILEGIOUS.
- 1:09:16HE'S HERESY ALREADY." WELL, LISTEN. THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS
- 1:09:20SAID. JESUS NEVER GAVE US A LOT OF BACKGROUND. HE ACTUALLY
- 1:09:27EXPECTED US TO THINK AND DIVE INTO IT. HE SAID, "WHAT IS THE
- 1:09:31KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?" ONE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A
- 1:09:33FIELD." SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, "WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?"
- 1:09:43JESUS SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A SMALL CHILD." YOU CAN'T COME INTO THE
- 1:09:45KINGDOM LIKE A SMALL CHILD. OKAY, SO IT'S A FIELD, IT'S A
- 1:09:53SMALL CHILD. I MEAN, JESUS NEVER GAVE US THE WHOLE, WE WANT THE
- 1:09:56WHOLE THING. THIS IS THE WAY I AM. I'M LIKE, GIVE ME YOUR
- 1:09:59SERMON NOTES. I WILL SOMEWHAT FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOU. AND SO I
- 1:10:06CAN KIND OF GET THE GET THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE
- 1:10:09WANT IT REALLY NICE AND CONDENSED, BUT JESUS NEVER DOES
- 1:10:11IT THAT WAY. AND IMAGINE IF THIS WAS THE SMALL GROUPS PASTOR, AND
- 1:10:16THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON TELEVISION, THE INTERNET,
- 1:10:18EVERYWHERE, IMAGINE IF JESUS WAS YOUR SMALL GROUPS PASTOR AND IT
- 1:10:23WAS HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE TOGETHER. I MEAN, JESUS HAD A
- 1:10:25SMALL GROUP OF 12, AND THEY DIDN'T STAY TOGETHER. MAYBE THEY
- 1:10:36ASKED HIM, "JESUS, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS?" AND HE SAYS,
- 1:10:39"DEATH." I'M THINKING, I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SMALL GROUP
- 1:10:45AT THIS POINT. OF COURSE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE
- 1:10:51RESURRECTION, AND WE THANK GOD FOR ALL OF THAT. WHAT HAPPENED
- 1:10:54IS ALL THE DISCIPLES CAME BACK IN, THE SMALL GROUP CAME BACK
- 1:10:57TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE HE'S GONE TO HEAVEN, HE'S GONE UP TO
- 1:11:01PREPARE A PLACE FOR US, I HAVE TO LEAVE, AND THEN YOU'RE
- 1:11:03LIKE GOING, OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. STILL
- 1:11:07CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT FIELD THING, BUT OKAY.
- 1:11:09(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:11:14YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BECOME SO LOCKED INTO, AND I TALK ABOUT
- 1:11:17WE, I'M REFERRING TO US AS THE CHURCH, THOSE OF US IN CHURCH,
- 1:11:22THOSE OF US THAT PROCLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN, THAT WE HAVE COME
- 1:11:26TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THIS TENDENCY, AND THIS USED TO BE,
- 1:11:32USED TO SEE THIS IN THE 70S AND 80S, MORE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION,
- 1:11:36WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SLYER NOW ABOUT DOING THIS, BUT WE WANT A
- 1:11:41FORMULA. GIVE ME THE SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESS, GIVE ME THE EIGHT
- 1:11:46WAYS, GIVE ME THE TEN THINGS, GIVE ME THE THREE POINTS, AND,
- 1:11:50OH, I'M PREACHING GOOD. Y'ALL GOT REAL QUIET NOW.
- 1:11:52(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:11:54BUT WE WANT THAT TYPE OF ANSWER BECAUSE WE LIVE SUCH FAST LIVES.
- 1:12:01AND I REMEMBER MY PARENTS, MY DAD, GOD BLESS HIM, HE CAN'T DO
- 1:12:10ANYTHING TO ME NOW EITHER. WHEN THE MICROWAVES CAME OUT, I DON'T
- 1:12:20NEED A MICROWAVE, DON'T NEED ANYTHING THAT FAST. SO DID THE
- 1:12:26GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT THE TRAIN THAT GOES A NEEDLESS
- 1:12:31SPEED OF 17 AND A HALF MILES AN HOUR IS WAY TOO FAST. WE HAVE A
- 1:12:36TENDENCY TO THINK OF THINGS IN QUICKER WAYS AND WE DON'T
- 1:12:40EMBRACE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE
- 1:12:43A LOT OF GROUND TO OVERCOME. BUT HERE'S THE POINT THAT I WANT TO
- 1:12:49MAKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT WHILE JESUS SPOKE IN PARABLES AND
- 1:12:55STORIES, HE EXPECTS US TO WORK OUT OUR OWN SALVATION. SO I KNOW
- 1:13:04TODAY'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT LET ME
- 1:13:07TELL YOU, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M DEALING WITH, SO
- 1:13:09THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH.
- 1:13:10(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:13:13IT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT GOES. THE USHERS LOCKED THE DOORS, YOU
- 1:13:18CAN'T GET OUT. NO, I'M KIDDING. THEY DID NOT LOCK THE DOORS IN
- 1:13:21CASE THEIR RIGHT WING WATCH IS WATCHING, THEY DIDN'T LOCK THE
- 1:13:24DOORS. THE TRUTH IS WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOOK FOR, LIKE I
- 1:13:32SAID, THE THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE
- 1:13:38WE LIKE TO STRIVE FOR SOMETHING. WE LIKE TO PUSH MANY OF US, HOW
- 1:13:44MANY OF YOU ARE TYPE A? AND HUSBANDS DON'T ELBOW YOUR WIFE.
- 1:13:49BUT IF YOU'RE TYPE A AND YOU LIKE TO TAKE A GOAL, TAKE THE
- 1:13:52MOUNTAIN, IT'S OKAY, IT'S NOT LIKE A SIN OR ANYTHING. YOU'RE
- 1:13:56TYPE A, YOU WANT TO GO, YOU'RE LIKE LET'S DO IT, LET'S GET IT
- 1:13:59DONE, LET'S GET OVER, THAT'S GREAT. Y'ALL ARE LIKE SCARED.
- 1:14:09AND WHAT'S FUNNY IS I SEE SOME GUYS, I'M NOT GONNA LOOK AT ANY
- 1:14:11OF THEM, THEY'RE GOING... "ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND?" WE WANT
- 1:14:28TO STRIVE BECAUSE WE WANT, WE HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND THE GRACE
- 1:14:32OF GOD, THE MERCY OF GOD. AND WE WANT TO, AND I SEE THIS BECAUSE
- 1:14:38I SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE FAITH CAMP, AND WORD OF FAITH CAMP,
- 1:14:42AND THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HURDLE, I THINK, WITH
- 1:14:47THAT PARTICULAR VEIN, AND I'M NOT AGAINST ANYBODY, OKAY, SO
- 1:14:51DON'T TAKE THAT WRONG. FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS
- 1:14:58ABOUT SURRENDER. SO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. IF FAITH IS
- 1:15:02REALLY ABOUT SURRENDER, THAT MEANS I CAN'T DO IT. YOU KNOW, I
- 1:15:12DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO MAKE IT, ALL I AM DOING. AND THE
- 1:15:16MORE YOU READ SCRIPTURE, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT
- 1:15:19GOD IS ASKING FOR US TO DO, IS TO SURRENDER, RIGHT? THE MORE WE
- 1:15:26SURRENDER, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO SEE GOD MOVE. SO LET'S TALK
- 1:15:31ABOUT MINISTRY. WHEN YOU GO INTO MINISTRY, IT'S VERY EASY TO GET
- 1:15:34INTO THIS VEIN OF HEALING MINISTRY. I'VE GOT TO DO THINGS
- 1:15:43A CERTAIN WAY. I'VE GOT TO BE A CERTAIN THING. I GOT TO DO THIS,
- 1:15:46THIS SONG'S GOT TO PLAY, THAT THING'S GOT TO HAPPEN, AND IF I
- 1:15:49DON'T GET A TINGLE IN MY HAND, IT'S NOT WORKING. AND THERE'S
- 1:15:54NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THAT. WHAT'S WRONG IS IF WE DON'T
- 1:15:59PRAY, WE DON'T LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING
- 1:16:01BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS. SO WHAT WE MUST
- 1:16:06UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE SURRENDER, OUR SURRENDER OPENS THE
- 1:16:11DOOR FOR GOD TO MOVE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE
- 1:16:16DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT, LIKE AMERICA. LIKE AMERICA.
- 1:16:25(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:16:26THANK YOU. JACK, IS THIS ON? ONE, TWO, THREE.
- 1:16:28(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:16:30WE DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT THAT, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
- 1:16:33I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO LET GOD USE YOU.
- 1:16:36WE MUST EMBRACE THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US.
- 1:16:39(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:16:42AND I KNOW, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S EASY TO SAY "YES, AMEN." IT'S
- 1:16:48VERY HARD TO WORK TO WALK THAT OUT. IT'S VERY HARD TO
- 1:16:53REALIZE, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS HOW BAD YOU
- 1:16:56ARE OR WHAT A LOSER, I'M SORRY, MAYBE.
- 1:17:00(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:17:02NO ONE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS LIKE YOU DO, RIGHT? I DIDN'T MEAN THE
- 1:17:08LOSER COMMENT, I'M SORRY. BUT NOBODY KNOWS THAT. SO IF
- 1:17:13WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER TO GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM WANT
- 1:17:16TO BE USED BY GOD IN SOME WAY? OKAY, GREAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY
- 1:17:22THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND ARE HERE.
- 1:17:24(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:17:33FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS ABOUT SURRENDER. THE
- 1:17:39HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SOMETHING WE STRUGGLE TO OBTAIN, IT'S SOMEONE
- 1:17:42WE SURRENDER TO. SO WHEN WE SURRENDER THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT
- 1:17:48WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THAT SIDE OF OUR BRAIN THAT SAYS
- 1:17:52I NEED TO DO THIS AND WE'RE RELEASING THAT AND SAYING I
- 1:17:59DON'T HAVE ANY POWER TO HEAL ANYONE. I DON'T HAVE THE
- 1:18:05WHEREWITHAL TO UNDERSTAND THIS ENTIRE BOOK OF THE BIBLE, THIS
- 1:18:08ENTIRE SCRIPTURE. WHAT I DO HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO SURRENDER. SO
- 1:18:15WHEN WE SURRENDER, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, GOD, I UNDERSTAND MY
- 1:18:20PLACE IN THIS AND MY ROLE IN THIS IS TO SURRENDER. NOW, IF
- 1:18:28YOU NOTICE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
- 1:18:32WHAT I'VE SAID IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU
- 1:18:36CAN BREATHE. LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
- 1:18:44I'M NOT THAT HOLY. I CAN'T GET TO BE THAT HOLY. I CANNOT ATTAIN
- 1:18:48THAT LEVEL OF HOLINESS. NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY
- 1:18:51THIS SO OURSELVES APPROVED, YOU KNOW, A WORKMAN AT NEED IS NOT.
- 1:18:55SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT SAYING YOU'VE GOT A FREE
- 1:18:59PASS. BUT WHEN, WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT IN THE CHURCH AND IN
- 1:19:04CHRISTIANITY TODAY, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT
- 1:19:10IS REFORMATION. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS TO GET REFORMATION
- 1:19:16REVIVAL IS THAT YOU SKIP THE SUFFERING. OF COURSE, NONE OF US
- 1:19:21WANT TO SUFFER TO GET TO THE PLACE OF REFORMATION. SO, WHAT I
- 1:19:27MEAN BY THAT, THAT'S A NICE FANCY WORD FOR THINGS REALLY
- 1:19:30CHANGING IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY. BUT THERE HAS TO BE A
- 1:19:34DEATH ON THE CROSS. THERE HAS TO BE A RESURRECTION FOR THERE TO
- 1:19:38BE A REFORMATION. SO REVIVAL IS MESSY. REVIVAL IS NEVER
- 1:19:43SOMETHING THAT WORKS OUT THE WAY YOU THINK IT WILL. YOU KNOW, I
- 1:19:47WAS GOING BACK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LOOKING AT OLD
- 1:19:50VIDEOS AGAIN BECAUSE I ENJOY WATCHING THE OLD GUYS DO IT. I
- 1:19:55REMEMBER, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING, I WAS SITTING
- 1:19:57THERE, OR I WAS STANDING THERE DURING THE MUSIC THINKING ABOUT,
- 1:20:02"OH, ROBERT, HE SAID, A MIRACLE IS EITHER MOVING TOWARDS YOU OR
- 1:20:06IT'S MOVING PAST YOU." AND I THOUGHT, "WOW, THAT'S TRUE."
- 1:20:13IT'S NOT GOD'S PROBLEM IF THERE'S NOT A MIRACLE. MATTHEW
- 1:20:2219:26. MATTHEW 19:26. LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT, IF YOU
- 1:20:27CAN GRASP THIS, IT WAS WORTH THE PRICE HE PAID TO GET IN TODAY.
- 1:20:34MATTHEW 19:26, AND THE KING JAMES SAYS, "BUT JESUS BEHELD
- 1:20:37THEM AND SAID UNTO THEM, ‘WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH
- 1:20:40GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.’" SO IMAGINE UP HERE, THIS IS
- 1:20:50A RIVER RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT GOING OVER THERE
- 1:20:52BECAUSE I'VE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES OVER THERE.
- 1:20:54(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:20:57THIS IS A RIVER RIGHT HERE. NOW, THE FLOODS IN TEXAS THAT WE
- 1:21:04RECENTLY WENT THROUGH, THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE LAND
- 1:21:09IS, AND THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE BASEMENTS A LOT IN HOMES THERE
- 1:21:13IN TEXAS IS BECAUSE OF THE BEDROCK. IT'S ROCK, IT'S HARD TO
- 1:21:18GET, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET A BASEMENT IN
- 1:21:22THERE SO PEOPLE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THEM AS MUCH AS THEY DO
- 1:21:25HERE. SO WHEN THERE'S A BIG RAINSTORM, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT
- 1:21:32THIS MUCH, IN A LOT OF PLACES, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT THAT MUCH
- 1:21:34SOIL. SO IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE SOIL TO GET SATURATED.
- 1:21:41AND SO AGAIN, WHERE IS THE WATER GONNA GO? SO IT JUST STARTS
- 1:21:45BECOMING A WASHBOARD AND IT JUST FLIES, CREATES FLOODS. IF YOU
- 1:21:54SAW SOME OF THE VIDEOS OF THE FLOODS, THE PERSON HOLDING THE
- 1:21:59CAMERA WOULD ALWAYS GET AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD TO THE FLOOD AND
- 1:22:05THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND GOING, "BACK UP, BACK
- 1:22:08UP." AND YOU'D SEE THIS TORRENTIAL, YOU KNOW, WATER
- 1:22:13MOVING HOUSES AND CARS AND TREES AND BUILDINGS AND TRASH AND
- 1:22:18LIMBS AND ALL THAT. BUT THEY WERE NOT IN THAT FLOOD, THEY
- 1:22:22WERE SHOWING YOU THE FLOOD. SO BACK TO MY DESCRIPTION OF A
- 1:22:27RIVER RIGHT HERE. WE KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVES. WE KNOW THAT
- 1:22:32WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT OTHER THAN PROVIDING AN
- 1:22:35ATMOSPHERE FOR HIM TO MOVE IN. BUT I CAN STAND RIGHT, IF THE
- 1:22:40RIVER'S RIGHT HERE, I CAN STAND RIGHT HERE ALL DAY LONG. I CAN
- 1:22:44EVEN PULL OUT MY CAMERA AND SHOW WHAT GOD'S DOING AT THE ALTAR.
- 1:22:50LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT PERSON GET HEALED. WHOO, WHOOP,
- 1:22:54SHE WENT DOWN. IT'S EASY TO STAY IN CHURCH.
- 1:23:02IT'S EASY TO BE IN CHURCH WITH YOUR CELL PHONE AND
- 1:23:06BE ABLE TO TAKE VIDEOS OF STUFF. MAYBE YOU'RE AT A CONFERENCE,
- 1:23:10MAYBE YOU'RE AT OPENING THE HEAVENS AND THEY'RE PLAYING
- 1:23:11"SMOKE ON THE WATER" AND YOU'RE... IT'S EASY TO
- 1:23:15GET WRAPPED UP IN WATCHING. I'M COMING BACK TO THE
- 1:23:26RIVER. I USED TO LIVE IN FLORIDA, AND IN FLORIDA WHERE I
- 1:23:30LIVED, EVERY DAY ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK IT WOULD RAIN. ONE OF MY
- 1:23:33FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, OTHER THAN STAYING AWAY FROM
- 1:23:37ALLIGATORS, WAS TO WATCH IT RAIN. BECAUSE FLORIDA
- 1:23:43HAS THESE TORRENTIAL RAINSTORMS. I MEAN IT JUST LIKE... BLAH.
- 1:23:48THEN IT WOULD BE DONE, THE SUN WOULD COME OUT. AND YOU'D HAVE
- 1:23:51HUMIDITY OF LIKE A THOUSAND PERCENT. BUT THE, UM... UM...
- 1:23:57BUT I WOULD PUT THE GARAGE DOOR UP AND I WOULD GET RIGHT TO THE
- 1:24:00EDGE OF THAT GARAGE DOOR AND WATCH IT RAIN. IT WAS JUST SO
- 1:24:04COOL. I'M DRY AND I'M WATCHING IT RAIN. AND
- 1:24:06YOU'D WATCH THE PALM TREES BEND AND, YOU KNOW,
- 1:24:10EVERYTHING AND THE WIND BLOW AND YOU'D FEEL, EVERY
- 1:24:12ONCE IN A WHILE YOU'D FEEL A BREEZE. BUT I WASN'T WET. SO
- 1:24:20THIS RIVER, THIS RIVER, HOLY SPIRIT RIVER, THE ONLY WAY TO
- 1:24:25GET WET IS TO GET IN THE WATER. NOW, JUST LIKE I COULD STEP OUT
- 1:24:36OF MY GARAGE INTO THE RAIN AND FEEL THE RAIN, IN THE RIVER YOU
- 1:24:42HAVE A CHOICE. I CAN STAND HERE IF IT'S MOVING, IF IT'S NOT
- 1:24:48MOVING TOO FAST, IF IT'S ANKLE DEEP I CAN STAND HERE AND WATCH
- 1:24:52THE WATER GO BY AND THINGS CAN HAPPEN. MAN, THIS IS GREAT. LOOK
- 1:24:56AT THIS. I CAN WALK DOWN HERE. BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. I
- 1:25:05CAN EVEN GET ON MY KNEES AND TALK ABOUT THE WATER, TALK ABOUT
- 1:25:09HOW THE FLOW IS HAPPENING, BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. TOTAL
- 1:25:16SURRENDER MEANS I'VE GOT TO LAY DOWN AND SURRENDER ALL MY
- 1:25:19FACULTIES TO WHAT? OR LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. I HAVE TO LOSE
- 1:25:26CONTROL. SO OFTEN WE FEEL POWERLESS. WE FEEL POWERLESS. 2
- 1:25:37CORINTHIANS 12:9 SAYS THIS, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE.
- 1:25:44MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. THEREFORE I WILL BOAST
- 1:25:48THE MORE GLADLY OF MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST'S
- 1:25:50POWER MAY REST ON ME." SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO GET. THIS IS
- 1:25:54THE WHOLE, THIS IS THE EXEGESIS, THE HERMENEUTICAL PROCESS OF
- 1:25:59TODAY, IS TO STOP STRIVING. MANY OF US, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN, I
- 1:26:07HAVE TO ALWAYS CLARIFY THIS, IT DOES NOT MEAN I STOP PRAYING, I
- 1:26:12GOT LOVED ONES THAT NEED HEALED, I DON'T, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT.
- 1:26:16BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SURRENDERING. IT'S IN THE
- 1:26:21SURRENDER THAT THE STRIVE LEAVES. IF I'M TO LAY DOWN IN
- 1:26:27THIS RIVER THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, NOT ONLY AM I WET, I'M
- 1:26:31SATURATED. I GOT NO CONTROL. AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS I GO WHERE
- 1:26:38THE RIVER GOES. I'M NOT FIGHTING THE RIVER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT
- 1:26:43MY CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF MY CHURCH DENOMINATION. I'M GOING
- 1:26:51WHERE THE HOLY GHOST GOES. SO WE LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE GET HEALED
- 1:26:56AND THE PEOPLE GET HEALED. SO WHY DO PEOPLE NOT, WHY DOES NOT
- 1:27:00EVERYBODY GET HEALED? WHY IS THIS NOT ALWAYS WORKING? AND
- 1:27:05THERE'S A WHOLE, WE COULD PREACH ON THAT FOR HOURS. BUT HERE'S,
- 1:27:08LET ME GIVE YOU ONE ASPECT OF IT. OKAY, THIS IS, YOU MIGHT
- 1:27:12WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW THIS. WHEN
- 1:27:27I'M IN THAT WATER, AND I'M IN THE, I'M GOING WHERE THE HOLY
- 1:27:31GHOST IS GOING, AND I HAVE NO CONTROL, IT'S WHEN I FEEL THE
- 1:27:36BEST. IT'S WHEN I KNOW THAT MY LIFE OR MY WHATEVER IS, WHATEVER
- 1:27:43I'M DEALING WITH, WHETHER IT'S SICKNESS OR SOMETHING AT HOME,
- 1:27:47THAT'S WHERE I FEEL THE BEST. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT
- 1:27:50ANYMORE. WHY? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOT IT.
- 1:27:54HE'S GOT IT. ALL I GOT TO DO IS SURRENDER
- 1:27:57IT. AND I'VE HEARD THESE TYPE OF MESSAGES BEFORE
- 1:28:01AND I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THAT ONE YOU GO, "I DON'T
- 1:28:03KNOW, HE JUST SAID SURRENDER A LOT." BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE
- 1:28:09THINGS CHANGE, THE GRASPING THE ACT OF SURRENDER IN THE CHURCH
- 1:28:16HAS BEEN LOST, I BELIEVE. THE LEVEL OF WHAT WE NEED, WE TRY TO
- 1:28:21MAKE IT VERY, SOME PEOPLE IN MINISTRIES HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT
- 1:28:26VERY HARD FOR YOU, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO ATTAIN A LEVEL OF FAITH,
- 1:28:33YOU MUST ATTAIN A LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY, I MUST DO THESE
- 1:28:37THINGS RIGHT IN ORDER TO BE GOOD ENOUGH. NOW THEY WILL NEVER SAY
- 1:28:41THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT'S WRONG, BUT THAT'S HUMAN NATURE,
- 1:28:45HUMAN NATURE WANTS TO WORK TO BE GOOD. REMEMBER THE MOM THAT
- 1:28:50SAID, "HEY, SO WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN, CAN MY SON SIT ON YOUR
- 1:28:53RIGHT AND YOUR LEFT?" WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? AND JESUS SAYS,
- 1:29:00"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING." WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND,
- 1:29:09I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW POWERFUL LETTING GO CAN BE. LET
- 1:29:14ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, A VERY REAL FINANCIAL EXAMPLE. THE LAST
- 1:29:22TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, FLASHPOINT WAS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE
- 1:29:28WERE WORKING WITH OTHERS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND STANDING UP
- 1:29:31FOR WHAT'S BIBLICAL VALUES AND WHAT'S RIGHT, AND WE'RE STILL
- 1:29:34DOING THAT. BUT I WAS UNDER DIRECTION THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERY
- 1:29:41EVENT HAD TO PAY FOR ITSELF, BECAUSE I WAS WORKING FOR A
- 1:29:43MINISTRY AND I HAD A BOSS AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO
- 1:29:47PAY FOR ITSELF OR YOU'RE GOING TO STOP DOING THEM. NOTHING
- 1:29:50WRONG WITH THAT. I UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND THEY USUALLY COST
- 1:29:54ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM $250,000 TO $400,000 TO PUT ON. JUST CRAZY.
- 1:30:01A CRAZY AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO I WOULD START STRESSING ABOUT IT.
- 1:30:07HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT? YOU
- 1:30:09KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE. MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT.
- 1:30:11MAYBE WE SHOULD GET THIS DONE. AND PRETTY SOON I'M SPENDING
- 1:30:14MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT'S FINANCES THAN I AM
- 1:30:18THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT. RIGHT. THIS IS REAL. THIS IS GROUND
- 1:30:28ZERO MINISTRY RIGHT HERE. SO I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT THE EVENT,
- 1:30:33I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET, WHAT
- 1:30:36HAVE, IS THIS WHAT I SAID? WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET THE
- 1:30:39FINANCES IN? AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM THAT'S AROUND ME, CURT
- 1:30:44WORKS WITH ME AND DALE AND REID AND TERI, EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW,
- 1:30:49BEING KIND TO ME, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT'S CARRYING THE LOAD OF
- 1:30:52THIS. AGAIN, DID YOU HEAR HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAID I? I'M
- 1:30:58CARRYING THE LOAD OF THIS, YOU PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M
- 1:31:01DOING. SACRIFICING FOR JESUS. AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT EVENT
- 1:31:07IT WAS, BUT IT WAS ONE THAT WE WERE, OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS
- 1:31:13WERE SO LOW, OH I KNOW WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN
- 1:31:17TEXAS. WAS IT LUBBOCK WE WENT TO? LUBBOCK. AND WE DID NOT
- 1:31:23REALIZE WHEN WE BOOKED THE VENUE FOR THAT FLASHPOINT LIVE, IT
- 1:31:30HAPPENED TO BE GRADUATION WEEKEND FOR TEXAS TECH. NOW I
- 1:31:36DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO LUBBOCK. THERE'S TEXAS TECH,
- 1:31:42A FEW HOTELS, A FEW CHURCHES, AND A GAS STATION OR TWO, AND
- 1:31:47THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO WE HAD A MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL, MUCH
- 1:31:57LOWER THAN NORMAL ATTENDANCE. AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, I'M IN
- 1:32:01BACKSTAGE, I'M LOOKING OUT, LOOKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW,
- 1:32:06WATCHING A PERSON WALK IN. HEY, HELLO. AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
- 1:32:13AND I FELT I HEARD GOD SAY, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS
- 1:32:19OR AM I GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS? DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?
- 1:32:23BASICALLY, MAYBE THAT WAS IT. DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS OR DO YOU
- 1:32:26WANT ME TO DO IT? AND INSTANTLY I'M LIKE,
- 1:32:29"OH, UM, YOU." AND I LOOKED AT THE FINANCES
- 1:32:41THAT CAME IN FROM THAT, TO MAKE THE LONG STORY
- 1:32:43SHORT. WE BLEW WAY PAST THE BUDGET NUMBERS. AND I LEARNED MY
- 1:32:50LESSON. THAT TO LAY THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MONEY CAME
- 1:32:55IN, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. I DO MY PART, PLAN THE
- 1:33:01EVENT, DO MY PART, LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND
- 1:33:05WHERE WE GO AND WHAT WE DO, AND THEN I TAKE MY HANDS OFF. IN
- 1:33:08OTHER WORDS, SURRENDER. AND THE MORE, THE MORE, YEAH, I MEAN,
- 1:33:18THE MORE I HAVE LEARNED TO SURRENDER, THE MORE LIFE HAS
- 1:33:21GOTTEN EASIER. NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE CHALLENGES,
- 1:33:24OF COURSE WE DO, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE FINANCIAL THING THAT HAS
- 1:33:28HAPPENED. IT HELPED ME BACK WHEN WE DID LUBBOCK BECAUSE AT THE
- 1:33:36END OF APRIL, MY LAST DAY WORKING FOR KCM WITH KENNETH
- 1:33:41COPELAND WAS THE 29TH AND ON THE 30TH WE WERE ON OUR OWN. AND
- 1:33:46WHEN I MEAN ON OUR OWN, I MEAN NO INSURANCE, NO NOTHING, AND
- 1:33:50I'M LOOKING AT A BILL OF $130,000 FOR THE EVENT THAT WE
- 1:33:54WALKED INTO, BECAUSE IT WAS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR IT.
- 1:34:00BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING AND THANK GOD FOR MY
- 1:34:03WIFE, TERI, BECAUSE SHE COULD HAVE MADE LIFE A LOT HARDER. SHE
- 1:34:07WAS LIKE, "OKAY." ARE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE
- 1:34:13ANY MONEY, RIGHT? "YEAH." SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT
- 1:34:22GONNA BE A CHECK. THAT AUTO DEPOSIT THING EVERY TWO WEEKS.
- 1:34:27"YEAH, NO, I'M GOOD." GREAT. IT'S ALL ON ME NOW. AH, WAIT A
- 1:34:36MINUTE. NO, NO, IT'S NOT ON ME. BUT IT HELPED ME PREPARE FOR
- 1:34:41WHEN WE STEPPED OFF. AND LISTEN, WE STEPPED, IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T,
- 1:34:45THERE CAME A POINT WHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN LOOK AT THE
- 1:34:47BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT MINE. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE
- 1:34:52FRUGAL WHERE WE NEED TO BE FRUGAL, BUT IT'S NOT MINE TO
- 1:34:56TAKE CARE OF. NOW, AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT
- 1:35:00ME AND MY FINANCES AT HOME?" YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
- 1:35:05DO. MAKE SURE YOU'RE TITHING. MAKE SURE YOU'RE INVESTING IN
- 1:35:09GOD'S KINGDOM FIRST. AND THAT'S NOT TO GET... PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A
- 1:35:14MISTAKE ABOUT THIS TITHING THING. THEY GET SO WOUND UP, AND
- 1:35:18THIS THING COMES THROUGH EVERY FEW YEARS ABOUT, "IS TITHING
- 1:35:21BIBLICAL?" AND YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON ASKED ME THIS SEVERAL
- 1:35:26YEARS BACK, AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T
- 1:35:28REALLY CARE BECAUSE IT'S WORKING FOR ME."
- 1:35:33(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:35:37BUT OF COURSE IT'S BIBLICAL. IT'S BIBLICAL. BUT YOU SEE THERE
- 1:35:41AGAIN, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR OWN FINANCES AND MAKE IT
- 1:35:44WORK FOR YOU. ANOTHER PLACE OF SURRENDER. NOW, GETTING
- 1:35:53IN THAT RIVER AND RELAXING, THERE IS ACTUALLY A
- 1:35:59WAY TO RELAX IN THE ANOINTING. DO YOU KNOW THAT?
- 1:36:05WHEN YOU'RE NOT STRIVING, YOU'VE SURRENDERED, YOU CAN LET
- 1:36:10THE HOLY SPIRIT GO. NOW THIS, AND I'M NOT, LET ME CLARIFY
- 1:36:13THIS. I'M NOT JUST REFERRING ABOUT YOU HAVING A HEALING
- 1:36:16MEETING SOMEWHERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR
- 1:36:19JOB AND THERE'S PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE A CHALLENGE. YOU CAN
- 1:36:29EITHER PICK UP THE CARE OF THAT OR YOU CAN GIVE IT TO GOD AND
- 1:36:34LET HIM WORK IT OUT. IT'S EASY TO SAY BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU
- 1:36:41DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON'S GOING
- 1:36:47TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO
- 1:36:52COME BACK WITH. YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO RESPOND, BUT YET YOU'VE
- 1:36:57MADE THIS COMMITMENT. I'M TELLING YOU, THE SURRENDERED
- 1:37:02LIFE IS THE LIFE, THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE. AND I SAY THIS FROM A
- 1:37:09DEEP PLACE OF IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE FOR ME TO SURRENDER. YOU
- 1:37:19KNOW, GOD HAS BLESSED TERI AND I IN THE MINISTRY AND WE'RE DOING
- 1:37:22GREAT. FLASHPOINT'S DOING GREAT. EVERYTHING'S, EVERYTHING'S
- 1:37:25CLICKING ALONG. BUT IF I START TO THINK ABOUT IT, I START
- 1:37:30PICKING UP THE PIECES OF IT AND WE DO THIS AND DO THAT, I WILL
- 1:37:33MISS WHAT GOD HAS. IN FACT, TERI HAD A WORD, GOD SAID, AND MAKE
- 1:37:39SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, YOU CAN GO RIDICULOUSLY FAST IF YOU
- 1:37:42DON'T PANIC. BECAUSE WHAT IS PANIC? PANIC IS YET ANOTHER
- 1:37:49DOORWAY FOR CONTROL. SURRENDER, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A
- 1:38:00DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT SURRENDER IS REALLY, WHEN I SAY SURRENDER,
- 1:38:07I'M ACTUALLY SAYING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS INTIMACY WITH
- 1:38:11GOD. AND AN INTIMACY WITH GOD DOESN'T COME FROM, A LOT OF
- 1:38:21MINISTERS MAKE THIS MISTAKE. THEY SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR A
- 1:38:27SERMON. NOT A BAD PLACE TO LOOK. BUT IF THAT'S YOUR ONLY REASON
- 1:38:36FOR READING, YOU'RE MISSING IT. TERI, I, SHE'S DOWN THERE. SHE
- 1:38:56MAKES ME TALK. I DON'T WANT TO TALK. A LOT OF TIMES I JUST
- 1:39:05DON'T WANT TO TALK. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT
- 1:39:08ARE YOU DOING? AND YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS OFTEN, TERI
- 1:39:11WAKES UP TALKING, I WAKE UP LOOKING FOR THE COFFEE. TERI'S
- 1:39:19ALREADY BEEN UP. SHE GETS UP EARLIER THAN ME. SHE'S HAD A FEW
- 1:39:21HOURS WITH THE LORD. SHE'S HAD COFFEE, DONE THREE THINGS,
- 1:39:24WALKED THE DOGS, FED THE DUCKS AT THE PARK. SHE'S READY,
- 1:39:28BALANCED THE CHECKBOOK, AND NOW THEN I'M AWAKE. AND YOU KNOW THE
- 1:39:34THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND? I'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING THIS
- 1:39:36DIRECTION. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, NO MATTER HOW MANY
- 1:39:45TIMES I SAY, EVERY MORNING I'M JUST WAKING UP, I HAVE TO SAY IT
- 1:39:49AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. BUT I THANK GOD FOR MY WIFE, SEE
- 1:39:59THERE, WHOO-HOO, GOT SOME ALTITUDE RIGHT THERE. I GOT SOME
- 1:40:04ALTITUDE. SO UNDERSTANDING WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT. THAT GOES
- 1:40:09BACK TO THAT SCRIPTURE, JOHN 10:16. I HAVE SHEEP THAT ARE NOT
- 1:40:12IN THIS FOLD, THEY'RE IN THIS FOLD OVER HERE. IF
- 1:40:17EVERYBODY WAS LIKE ME, IT WOULD JUST BE A
- 1:40:20WHOLE LOT OF GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE.
- 1:40:22(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:40:25SOMETHING ABOUT...
- 1:40:26(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 1:40:30IT'S THE PASTOR HANK THING IS UP HERE.
- 1:40:31(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:40:33SOUND LIKE THAT WAS A HANK COMMENT RIGHT THERE. IT'S IN OUR
- 1:40:38DIFFERENCES THAT WHAT WE DO BECOME STRONG. SO WHAT IS THE
- 1:40:45WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF? AND HERE'S WHY, AND I THINK I
- 1:40:52HEARD, I THINK IT WAS BILL JOHNSON THAT SAID, "YOU WILL
- 1:40:56ALWAYS REFLECT THE WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF." IF YOU'RE
- 1:41:01AWARE OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT THAT. IF
- 1:41:06YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT
- 1:41:08THAT. IF YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO
- 1:41:10REFLECT THAT. SO UNDERSTANDING AND LIVING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE
- 1:41:16MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT A GRACIOUS LIFESTYLE. NOW THIS IS,
- 1:41:23I KNOW THIS IS JUST LIKE REAL PRACTICAL. IS THIS OKAY THAT WE
- 1:41:26TALK LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WE'VE GOT TO
- 1:41:31LEARN TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. AND UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE, IF
- 1:41:38WE DON'T GET THIS RIGHT, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HANDLE A WILD
- 1:41:44REVIVAL THAT HAPPENS. BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME IN HERE THAT
- 1:41:50ARE GOING TO BE DRAG QUEENS AND TRANSVESTITES AND ALL THE
- 1:41:57HOOCHIE MAMAS AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OH, STOP
- 1:42:09IT. AND I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO. YOU'RE GOING TO GO,
- 1:42:17"I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM." SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW.
- 1:42:28WE'RE GOING TO, WE GOT TO DO THIS. WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THIS
- 1:42:33IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. AND
- 1:42:40IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, IF WE DON'T
- 1:42:44UNDERSTAND THAT, I DON'T LIKE, AS A KID, I DIDN'T LIKE THE
- 1:42:51CHURCH WE WENT TO. IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE EVENTUALLY GOT KICKED
- 1:42:55OUT. I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. SIDEBAR, THEY SAID, "BAPTISM IN
- 1:43:07THE HOLY SPIRIT WASN'T FOR TODAY." MY MOM SAID NO AND
- 1:43:10PROCEEDED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES AND WE WERE GONE. BUT I JUST
- 1:43:16FELT LIKE IT WAS A SOCIAL CLUB. AND AS A KID, I DIDN'T KNOW
- 1:43:22THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT I'M LIKE, THIS IS BORING. I
- 1:43:24WOULD LAY BACK IN THE PEW AND COUNT THE BOARDS IN THE CEILING.
- 1:43:31AND BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD BE FIDGETY AND I'D GET... MY DAD
- 1:43:38HAD REALLY STRONG KNUCKLES. AND ONE QUICK POP, YOU KNOW, AND YOU
- 1:43:48HAVE A WHELP FOR... HE DIDN'T BEAT ME. DAD WAS A GOOD DAD. I
- 1:43:53HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY. WE HAVE TO HEAR HIM. SO THE
- 1:44:03INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER IS WHERE, HAVE YOU
- 1:44:07NOTICED IN YOUR SPIRITUAL WALK, AS A CHRISTIAN, THE CLOSER YOU
- 1:44:13FEEL TO GOD, THE MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE. THE
- 1:44:17MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE, THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY
- 1:44:20SPIRIT. THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE YOU ARE
- 1:44:23ABLE TO HELP OTHERS AND EVEN MINISTER OUT. SO YOU'RE SITTING
- 1:44:30IN YOUR SEAT OR YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME AND YOU'RE GOING, "WELL,
- 1:44:33I HAVEN'T FELT THAT IN A LONG TIME." THAT'S OKAY. IT'S TIME
- 1:44:37YOU CAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT, YOU CAN JUST GO BACK TO THAT
- 1:44:40PLACE. YES, READ YOUR BIBLE. YES, PUT ON SOME GREAT WORSHIP
- 1:44:45MUSIC. WHATEVER SPEAKS TO YOU IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE, IS WHERE
- 1:44:49YOU NEED TO BE. SMOKE ON THE WATER MAY NOT MINISTER TO YOU.
- 1:44:56IT DOES TO ME. I WANT TO SEE THE CHURCH TO BE SO, THERE ARE
- 1:45:06PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN
- 1:45:10MY LIFE NOW, BUT THAT WERE SO CLOSE TO GOD. HAVE YOU EVER
- 1:45:14KNOWN SOMEBODY JUST SO CLOSE TO GOD, YOU JUST KIND OF, JUST KIND
- 1:45:18OF WANTED TO BE THERE, WANTED TO BE NEXT TO THEM? NOT BECAUSE
- 1:45:22THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING, YOU JUST KIND
- 1:45:24OF, THEY WERE, THERE WAS THIS MAGNETISM THAT WOULD PULL YOU
- 1:45:28IN, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED, THAT'S WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE.
- 1:45:35WHEN YOU WERE THAT, WHEN YOU WERE THAT, AT THAT PLACE OF A
- 1:45:40LEVEL OF INTIMACY WHERE YOU'RE LISTENING TO HOLY SPIRIT TELL
- 1:45:43YOU THE NEXT WORD TO SPEAK, NOW YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE OF A
- 1:45:49CHRISTIAN. AND I KNOW WE ALL FAIL AT THIS AREA, OR MAYBE IT'S
- 1:45:55JUST ME. BUT WE HAVE A STRONG... THIS IS WHERE YOU GO. MAYBE WE
- 1:46:00ALL FAIL IN THIS AREA OR MAYBE IT'S JUST ME. OKAY, THANK YOU.
- 1:46:10WHAT'D SHE SAY? JUST ME, THANK YOU. SOME OF OUR STAFF HERE. MY
- 1:46:23GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HEALING LINES.
- 1:46:31THERE'S, SEGUE. THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS IN HEALING SERVICES
- 1:46:42WHERE THERE WERE GREAT THINGS HAPPENED. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT
- 1:46:48ONES THAT I WAS IN. AND SO YOU'RE PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AND
- 1:46:52MAN, THEY'RE JUST LIKE PEOPLE GETTING UP AND DOING STUFF AND
- 1:46:54GOING, MAN, THIS IS GREAT. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT'S HEAVY. AND
- 1:46:58THEN THERE'S TIMES WHERE YOU GO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE SOMETIMES
- 1:47:02THIS MORNING. HELLO, IS ANYBODY THERE? YOU KNOW? HELLO? HELLO.
- 1:47:12I'M KIDDING. BUT, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU
- 1:47:15DON'T, YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL THE ANOINTING. YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL
- 1:47:21LIKE YOU'RE SPIRITUAL ENOUGH. SOME OF US DON'T EVER FEEL THAT
- 1:47:24WAY. BUT WHAT'S COOL ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS IS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.
- 1:47:34WAS IT MARK 16:18 TELLS US TO LAY, "YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON THE
- 1:47:38SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER." IT DOESN'T SAY YOU WILL STRIVE TO
- 1:47:46BE SUCH A GREAT BELIEVER AND IF YOU'RE HEALTHY ENOUGH AND HOLY
- 1:47:49ENOUGH AND YOU GO TO THE RIGHT CHURCH, YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON
- 1:47:52THE SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER. IT NEVER SAYS ANY OF THAT. IT JUST
- 1:47:57SAYS "YOU WILL." IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT IN EVERY
- 1:48:02WAY. YOU SEE, WHEN WE AS A CHURCH UNDERSTAND THE WAY TO
- 1:48:08CHANGE OUR NATION IS NOT JUST TO VOTE THE RIGHT WAY. THE WAY TO
- 1:48:14CHANGE OUR NATION IS AT EVERY OFFICE, EVERY WORKPLACE, EVERY
- 1:48:19CONSTRUCTION SITE. WHEN YOU PULL IN PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHO
- 1:48:24JESUS REALLY IS AND THAT HE LOVES YOU JUST WHERE YOU ARE
- 1:48:31RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF YOUR SCARS, WITH EVERYTHING BAD
- 1:48:36THAT'S EVER HAPPENED, HE STILL LOVES YOU AND HE'S THERE. AND
- 1:48:41HE'S SAYING, "COME ON. COME TO ME. COME TO ME." IF WE CAN EVER
- 1:48:51REALLY GRASP THAT, I THINK, I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE. I
- 1:48:56DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT I HAVE BEEN. AND
- 1:49:02IT SEEMS LIKE THE OLDER I GET THE LESS I KNOW, BUT THE SIMPLER
- 1:49:07IT BECOMES. IT'S JUST, JUST HANG OUT WITH JESUS FOR A WHILE. YOU
- 1:49:16SEE, OUR HEARTS WILL TAKE US PLACES THAT OUR HEADS CAN'T FIT.
- 1:49:31WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL, WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
- 1:49:36EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW IT GOT THERE AND WHAT THEY DID,
- 1:49:40THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MISS WHAT GOD'S DOING. WHAT IS IT, BROTHER
- 1:49:43HAGIN SAID "WE MISS THE MIRACLE LOOKING FOR THE SPECTACULAR." WE
- 1:49:50MISS THE MIRACLE IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
- 1:49:53OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. WE DON'T NEED
- 1:49:58TO STRIVE. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY BY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE FAITH.
- 1:50:08IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. ROMANS 10.10 SAYS WITH THE HEART ONE
- 1:50:13BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO, LET'S REVIEW. SMOKE ON THE
- 1:50:23WATER. LAY IN THE WATER, SURRENDER, NO CONTROL, INTIMATE
- 1:50:34WITH GOD. SEE THINGS HAPPEN. WHEN WE SEE THINGS HAPPEN, WE
- 1:50:42SEE OUR PLACES OF WORK HAVE CHANGED, OUR FAMILIES CHANGE,
- 1:50:47OUR COMMUNITIES CHANGE, AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE VOTING BOOTH
- 1:50:51CHANGES. WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN AN
- 1:50:58ACCELERATED EDUCATION COURSE IN HOW BAD THE STATE OF AMERICA IS.
- 1:51:05AND IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN GET OVER INTO THE NEGATIVE PLACE
- 1:51:09OF THAT AND FORGET THE WHOLE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
- 1:51:12AND THAT IS THAT WE CAN OPERATE AT A LEVEL, WE HAVE A SECRET
- 1:51:19WEAPON. IF YOU PLAY BASKETBALL, I USED TO PLAY IN SOME
- 1:51:24INTRAMURAL LEAGUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I PLAYED
- 1:51:27IN HIGH SCHOOL AND DECIDED, THESE GUYS ARE
- 1:51:28WAY TOO SERIOUS, THEY'RE TALLER THAN ME.
- 1:51:30(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 1:51:33YOU KNOW THERE'S NO RACISM ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. I'M FROM
- 1:51:37GEORGIA, I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT IN BASKETBALL THERE'S
- 1:51:41NO RACISM, THAT'S EXTRA. I DIDN'T PLAN TO TELL YOU THAT.
- 1:51:46BUT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WAS THINKING
- 1:51:53ABOUT PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL. NOW I UNDERSTAND I'M OLD
- 1:51:57ENOUGH THAT RACISM WAS A BIG DEAL IN GEORGIA AND TO BE A
- 1:52:02WHITE BOY ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S KIND
- 1:52:06OF LIKE IN THE NBA, WE GOT LARRY BIRD. Y'ALL ARE GETTING WORRIED
- 1:52:15NOW. AND PEOPLE GOING, OKAY. SO I LOVED PLAYING BASKETBALL, BUT
- 1:52:25I LOVED HAVING HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS. AND THEY WOULD CALL
- 1:52:29ME NAMES AND I'D CALL THEM NAMES. WE DIDN'T HANG OUT
- 1:52:31TOGETHER AFTER BASKETBALL, BUT IN BASKETBALL WE WOULD HANG OUT
- 1:52:35TOGETHER. WE'D GO PLAY OUR GAMES TOGETHER. WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING
- 1:52:39TOGETHER. I MEAN, WE WERE A TEAM. AND IF YOU PICKED ON ME, I
- 1:52:43HAD SOME BIGGER BLACK GUYS THAT WOULD PICK ON YOU.
- 1:52:45(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:52:48YOU KNOW, COME TO THINK OF IT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS SMALLER
- 1:52:50THAN ME. I MEAN, I THOUGHT I WAS BIG AT 6'2" AT THE TIME, BUT
- 1:52:54ANYWAY, THERE WAS A TEAM, THERE WAS A COHESIVE UNIT. DID WE ALL
- 1:52:59GO TO THE SAME CHURCH? NO. DID WE ALL BELIEVE THE SAME WAY? NO.
- 1:53:05DID WE HAVE THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE AMERICA
- 1:53:08WAS IN THE '60S AND THE '70S? NO. IT WAS BAD. THERE WAS A LOT
- 1:53:13OF BAD GOING ON. BUT FOR A BRIEF TIME, WE WERE WHOLE. WE WERE IN
- 1:53:23UNITY AND WE GOT STUFF DONE. AND WE PLAYED THE GAME AND HAD A
- 1:53:29GOOD TIME. SO, AS BELIEVERS, WE CAN PLAY THE GAME WITH EACH
- 1:53:36OTHER, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK YOUR CHURCH IS CRAZY. EVEN IF WE
- 1:53:43DON'T SPEAK IN TONGUES AND YOU DO, EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE THE
- 1:53:46WAY YOUR PASTOR TALKS, AND YOU'RE AT THAT CHURCH WITH THE
- 1:53:49GUY, THE PROPHET GUY, WITH THE HIGH COLLAR. OKAY, I GOT THAT
- 1:53:58ONE, ALL RIGHT, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. I LOVE YOU, PASTOR HANK.
- 1:54:05IF THAT APPLIED TO YOU, IF, JUST IF. WELL, IT'S GREAT, I THINK
- 1:54:13GOD'S UP THERE LAUGHING AT ALL OF US 'CAUSE HE'S GOING, "LOOK
- 1:54:16AT THEM, "THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING." BUT WHEN WE COME
- 1:54:20TOGETHER, IRON SHARPENS IRON, AND WE CAN GET SO MUCH MORE
- 1:54:24DONE. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO REFLECT THE WORLD WE'RE MOST
- 1:54:36AWARE OF, THEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR
- 1:54:39WORLD. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO
- 1:54:44THAT NOW. SO I'M GONNA ASK THE BAND, IF THEY'RE BACK FROM
- 1:54:47GETTING COFFEE AND DONUTS, ICE CREAM WITH NUTS AND WHIPPED
- 1:54:56CREAM. SUP? WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES. WHAT TIME? OH,
- 1:55:06OKAY, I GOT IT, JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT I WANT US TO SPEND
- 1:55:10SOME TIME IN WORSHIP. YOU'VE HEARD WHAT I SPOKE THIS MORNING,
- 1:55:15AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, VERY SIMPLE, BUT I
- 1:55:17WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS FROM US THAT WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER.
- 1:55:21AND SOMETIMES THE HARDEST TIME TO SURRENDER IS ON A SUNDAY
- 1:55:24MORNING, BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU
- 1:55:27SHOULD HAVE DONE, OR ALL THE THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID,
- 1:55:32OR THE MISTAKES YOU MADE, AND YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE A
- 1:55:34HEATHEN STANDING HERE WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND WITH WHAT YOU DID
- 1:55:38LAST WEEK AND NOT LOOKING FOR A SHOW OF HANDS. SO WITH THE
- 1:55:45UNDERSTANDING OF SURRENDER, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE
- 1:55:49WAY WE CHANGE AMERICA. THIS IS THE WAY WE CHANGE OUR FAMILIES.
- 1:55:55NOW I GOT TO TELL YOU, I GOT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I DON'T EVEN
- 1:56:01KNOW HOW TO TALK TO. BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE, ON DIFFERENT PATHS.
- 1:56:10BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. I
- 1:56:17KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY MADE A COMMITMENT. AND I HAVE TO
- 1:56:20SURRENDER THEM TO HIM. AND SAY, GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
- 1:56:27YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT I CAN'T TALK TO THIS PERSON. I
- 1:56:31CAN'T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING MISUNDERSTOOD OR THOUGHT I'M
- 1:56:34COMING DOWN OR WHATEVER. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRUST YOU IN
- 1:56:38THIS. I'M GOING TO KEEP PRAYING FOR THEM. OR MAYBE YOU'RE LIVING
- 1:56:44WITH SOMEONE OR MAYBE IT'S YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE HAVING A
- 1:56:47HARD TIME PHYSICALLY WITH SOME HEALING YOU NEED. AND YOU DON'T
- 1:56:52UNDERSTAND WHY, AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY. IN SURRENDER, WE
- 1:57:01ACCESS A LEVEL OF INTIMACY WITH GOD THAT ALLOWS US TO DISENGAGE.
- 1:57:07IT'S LIKE PUTTING THAT GEAR SHIFT IN NEUTRAL AND SAYING,
- 1:57:10OKAY, IT'S UP TO YOU, GOD, TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO LET'S ALL
- 1:57:16STAND. GUYS, COME ON OUT HERE IF THERE'S SINGERS. I DON'T KNOW IF
- 1:57:21THE WORSHIP... I DIDN'T TELL THEM TO DO THIS. WE'RE
- 1:57:25GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN WORSHIP AND SEE WHAT GOD'S GOT
- 1:57:30TO DO. SO WHATEVER THAT SITUATION THAT YOU'RE DEALING
- 1:57:34WITH AT HOME OR AT YOUR WORK, MAYBE IT'S YOUR FINANCES, MAYBE
- 1:57:40IT'S A LOST LOVED ONE OR A SICKNESS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER
- 1:57:44IT IS, THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER IT AND LAY IT
- 1:57:48AT THE ALTAR. DO YOU AGREE WITH ME? AGREE WITH THAT?
- 1:57:55OKAY, GUYS, COME ON OUT. SING, LEAD US IN
- 1:57:59SOMETHING, GUYS. I LIKE THE WORSHIP.
- 1:58:01(MUSIC)
- 1:58:35- TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU
- 1:58:41I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU.
- 1:58:46(MUSIC)
- 1:58:52TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU
- 1:58:58I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU
- 1:59:04TO WORSHIP YOU. TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE.
- 2:02:21- ALL RIGHT, LET'S, IN THESE LAST FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING,
- 2:02:24THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING, BUT I DO NOT WANT AN
- 2:02:27OPPORTUNITY TO PASS YOU BY. IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF A HEALING OR
- 2:02:31SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU IN PRAYER, COME DOWN TO THIS ALTAR
- 2:02:35RIGHT NOW. I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO PASTOR DOUG, BUT IN THE
- 2:02:39TIME, IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO PRAY WITH YOU,
- 2:02:43TERI, I NEED YOU TO COME UP HERE, WE'RE GONNA HELP PRAY. I
- 2:02:47NEED SOME OF THE PASTORS AND THE STAFF HERE. WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR
- 2:02:50YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY NEED WHATSOEVER. THIS IS THE TIME, WE
- 2:02:54JUST TALKED ABOUT SURRENDER. COME ON AHEAD, IT'S ALL RIGHT,
- 2:02:56COME ON NOW. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE WALK IN SURRENDER, NOT
- 2:03:02A SURRENDER OF OUR FAITH, BUT IN A SURRENDER OF OURSELVES.
- 2:03:07UNDERSTAND WHO THE MINISTER, TRULY, THAT JESUS IS THE ONE
- 2:03:14THAT DOES IT ALL, AMEN. OKAY, LET'S SING IT AGAIN WHILE THEY
- 2:03:19PRAY FOR PEOPLE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PASTOR DOUG.
- 2:03:23- TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU
- 2:03:28I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU.
- 2:03:33(MUSIC)
- 2:05:10(MUSIC)
- 2:06:28I'VE SEEN CANCER DISAPPEAR. I'VE SEEN METAL PLATES DISSOLVE.
- 2:06:36YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT. YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT.
- 2:09:00- GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD. THANK YOU JESUS.
- 2:09:07THANK YOU JESUS.
- 2:09:23- THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH. AS THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY UP HERE
- 2:09:27WITH THOSE THAT ARE UP FRONT, IF YOU STILL NEED PRAYER AND YOU
- 2:09:31DIDN'T GET UP HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP. WE STILL
- 2:09:34HAVE ALTAR TEAM AND GROUPS UP HERE TO PRAY FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE
- 2:09:37WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU NEED SPECIFIC PRAYER FOR SOMETHING IN
- 2:09:40YOUR LIFE, I WANT THEM TO DISPLAY RIGHT NOW OUR 24-HOUR
- 2:09:45PRAYER NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL 24 HOURS A DAY. EVEN IF YOU'RE
- 2:09:50WATCHING THIS ON THE ARCHIVES, YOU CAN CALL 855-777-7907. WE
- 2:09:57HAVE COUNSELORS, LICENSED PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO
- 2:10:02PRAY AND AGREE WITH YOU 24 HOURS A DAY. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING
- 2:10:07IN CONTINUOUSLY FOR PRAYER, PEOPLE GETTING SAVED, HEALED,
- 2:10:11AND DELIVERED, AND GOD HAS THAT FOR YOU. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF
- 2:10:15JESUS, WE JUST PUT OUR FAITH TOWARDS THOSE WATCHING ONLINE
- 2:10:18TODAY, AND WE SAY THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS
- 2:10:22PLACE IS AT WORK TODAY IN YOUR HOME, YOUR HOTEL ROOM, YOUR
- 2:10:27PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, AND I THANK YOU,
- 2:10:30LORD, FOR TOUCHING THOSE THAT NEED A TOUCH, THAT ARE TUNED IN
- 2:10:34AND FAITHFUL TO BE PART OF THIS SERVICE, AND WE COMMAND THE
- 2:10:38HEALING POWER OF GOD TO GO TO WORK IN THAT SITUATION TO
- 2:10:43RESTORE RELATIONSHIPS, HEAL BODIES, AND COVER THE NEEDS OF
- 2:10:47THE INDIVIDUALS, FINANCIAL, SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, WHATEVER
- 2:10:50THEY MAY BE, WE COVER THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND WE THANK
- 2:10:54YOU FOR ANSWERED PRAYER IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN,
- 2:10:58AMEN. IF OUR VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO, THANK YOU, IF OUR
- 2:11:02VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO A PLACE NOW TO ATTEND TO THE
- 2:11:07COFFEE SHOP OR A CHILDREN'S MINISTRY OR WHEREVER, YOU CAN BE
- 2:11:10DISMISSED. FOR THE REST OF YOU, I WANTED TO HOLD YOU JUST FOR A
- 2:11:12MOMENT AT THIS POINT. GIVE OUR VOLUNTEERS A HAND AS THEY LEAVE.
- 2:11:16(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 2:11:19BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE HERE, MAYBE YOU'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST
- 2:11:24TIME, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES, BUT YOU'VE NEVER
- 2:11:28MAYBE BEEN IN A SERVICE LIKE THIS EVEN, WHERE YOU'VE HEARD
- 2:11:32THE LORD SPEAK, YOU'VE SAW DIFFERENT ASPECTS, MAYBE
- 2:11:36DIFFERENT THAN WHATEVER IT WAS YOU WERE BROUGHT UP IN, OR MAYBE
- 2:11:39YOU WERE BROUGHT UP NOT BEING INVOLVED IN A CHURCH OR MINISTRY
- 2:11:44AT ALL. WHATEVER YOUR CASE, HERE'S THE DEAL. GOD HAS A PLAN
- 2:11:50FOR EACH OF US TO SURRENDER OUR LIVES, JUST LIKE PASTOR GENE
- 2:11:54SAID, SURRENDER'S THE KEY. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE
- 2:11:57DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'RE AN UNSAVED PERSON, YOU
- 2:12:00HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR
- 2:12:03SAVIOR, WE HAVE TO SURRENDER. AND THEN IT'S A CONTINUAL
- 2:12:07PROCESS, EVEN AS CHRISTIANS, WE SURRENDER TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO
- 2:12:11DO IN OUR LIVES. SO LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE CLOSE
- 2:12:14AND ASK THE QUESTION, IS THERE POSSIBLY SOMEONE HERE OR
- 2:12:17WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU'VE NEVER SURRENDERED COMPLETELY TO
- 2:12:21JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE NEVER MADE HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE,
- 2:12:25THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
- 2:12:28YOU CAN DO. THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU CAN MAKE IS
- 2:12:31NOT WHO YOU MARRY, WHAT JOB YOU TAKE, WHAT YOUR CAREER IS, WHAT
- 2:12:35SCHOOL YOU GO TO, ANY OF THOSE THINGS. YES, THEY'RE IMPORTANT,
- 2:12:40VERY IMPORTANT IN MANY WAYS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
- 2:12:44YOU CAN EVER DECIDE IN YOUR LIFE IS WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE. IS
- 2:12:49IT GOING TO BE GOD OR IS IT GOING TO BE SATAN? BECAUSE
- 2:12:52REALLY, THAT'S THE CHOICE WE HAVE. THERE'S TWO WORLDS.
- 2:12:56THERE'S A SATANIC WORLD AND THERE'S THE WORLD OF JESUS.
- 2:13:00THERE'S A WORLD OF GOD, AND WE HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. ARE WE
- 2:13:03GOING TO SERVE GOD OR ARE WE GOING TO SERVE THE WORLD? AND
- 2:13:07HERE'S THE THING. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN THIS
- 2:13:10LIFE, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ETERNALLY. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY,
- 2:13:16EVERY ONE OF OUR BODIES WILL PERISH AND DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE
- 2:13:21TO BE OLD TO DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SICK TO DIE. BUT YOU DO
- 2:13:25HAVE TO BE READY TO DIE. WE BELIEVE FOR LONG LIFE AND
- 2:13:30HEALING AND HEALTH IN THIS HOUSE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND
- 2:13:33PREPAREDNESS, AND THE FIRST STEP TO BEING PREPARED FOR YOUR LIFE
- 2:13:38AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LIFE IN DOING
- 2:13:42WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO AND THEN BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY,
- 2:13:46WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GONNA BE WITH GOD FOREVER, IS WHEN YOU MAKE
- 2:13:49JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE HE SAYS, "I AM THE
- 2:13:52WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. "NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER. NO
- 2:13:55ONE CAN COME TO GOD UNLESS THEY COME THROUGH JESUS." MUHAMMAD
- 2:14:01WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. ALI WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. BUDDHA
- 2:14:05WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. HARNEY KERSTNER WON'T GET YOU TO
- 2:14:09HEAVEN. THERE'S NONE OF THE OTHER WAY. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
- 2:14:12TO GET TO HEAVEN. SO LET ME DO THIS TODAY AS WE CLOSE. IF YOU
- 2:14:17WOULD JUST BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. IS THERE ANYONE
- 2:14:21HERE IN THIS ROOM BY CHANCE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR
- 2:14:23DOUG, I'VE NEVER SURRENDERED MY LIFE. "I'VE NEVER FULLY GIVEN
- 2:14:26MYSELF TO GOD. "I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY. "I NEED TO MAKE A
- 2:14:29DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST. "I NEED TO FIND PEACE WITH GOD. "I
- 2:14:37NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN, "AND I WANT GOD
- 2:14:40TO GUIDE ME AND DIRECT ME THROUGH THIS LIFE. "I DON'T
- 2:14:43WANNA DO IT ON MY OWN ANYMORE. "I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO GOD.
- 2:14:46"HE'S THE ONE THAT CREATED ME, SO I WANT TO MAKE HIM THE LORD
- 2:14:48OF MY LIFE." IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND.
- 2:14:52I CAN'T SEE FROM THE LIGHTS, BUT IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU
- 2:14:54SAY, "I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR
- 2:14:57CHRIST TODAY. I WANT TO DO IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY
- 2:15:01WAY TO HEAVEN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HEAVEN IS MY HOME WHEN I
- 2:15:04LEAVE." RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW. ONE, TWO, THREE, RIGHT NOW,
- 2:15:08ON THE COUNT OF THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S YOU. IS
- 2:15:10THERE ANYONE HERE? USHERS, HELP ME. DO I SEE ANYONE HERE? IS
- 2:15:14THERE A HAND RAISED HERE? SOMEONE DOWN HERE? OH, OKAY.
- 2:15:23SANDY, YOU'RE SAVED, YOU'RE IN. I KNOW YOUR HEART. YOU CAN,
- 2:15:29YOU'RE FINE. LET'S GIVE SANDY A HAND. SHE HAS A TENDER HEART.
- 2:15:32(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 2:15:35SHE'D GET SAVED EVERY SUNDAY BECAUSE SHE LOVES GOD, AND
- 2:15:38THAT'S OKAY. I'D RATHER HAVE PEOPLE WITH TENDER HEARTS TO
- 2:15:42MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I'VE BEEN LIVING
- 2:15:47IN SIN." I'VE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, HEY, IT HAPPENS. WE ALL
- 2:15:51HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I NEED TO REPENT, GET
- 2:15:54RIGHT WITH GOD. I'M NOT LIVING RIGHT. I'VE MADE DECISIONS THAT
- 2:15:57ARE WRONG." IF THAT'S YOU, I WANT YOU TO COME UP TO THESE
- 2:16:00PEOPLE IN THE ALTAR TEAM RIGHT NOW. THEY'LL PRAY WITH YOU.
- 2:16:03THEY'LL HELP YOU TO GET THROUGH THIS. TURN YOUR LIFE. THE GOOD
- 2:16:05NEWS IS, IF YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, YOU CAN DO A
- 2:16:08180, YOU CAN TURN THE OPPOSITE WAY. GOD WILL ACCEPT YOU BACK AS
- 2:16:13IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT. HE SAYS YOUR SINS ARE FORGOTTEN AS FAR
- 2:16:16AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST. AND YOU CAN START FRESH WITH
- 2:16:21HIM. SO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. IF YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED
- 2:16:25JESUS CHRIST, YOU NEED TO DO IT. CALL OUR ONLINE NUMBER THAT YOU
- 2:16:28HAVE UP THERE. THEY'LL PUT IT UP AGAIN, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT
- 2:16:31YOU GET THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TO PEOPLE
- 2:16:34HERE. WELL, A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS I NEED TO MAKE.
- 2:16:41DON'T FORGET THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE MIDWEEK RECHARGE AGAIN.
- 2:16:44IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF THE GOD. IF YOU CAN DO
- 2:16:48WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAYS, THAT'S A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR
- 2:16:51YOU. SO PULL OUT, PULL AWAY, GET RECHARGED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
- 2:16:55WEEK. IN THIS PARTICULAR WEDNESDAY, I'M FINISHING THE
- 2:16:58THIRD INSTALLMENT OF MY MESSAGE SERIES ON THE POWER OF THE
- 2:17:02DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
- 2:17:06HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR GOD MORE ACCURATELY. WE'VE BEEN KIND
- 2:17:09OF MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT
- 2:17:11WAY. YOU KNOW, GOD DOES NOT CREATE US TO JUST STUMBLE AROUND
- 2:17:15AIMLESSLY, AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY HIT A WALL, TRY AND CALL
- 2:17:19ON HIM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. NO, HE WANTS US TO BE LED BY
- 2:17:22HIM CONTINUOUSLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT
- 2:17:26WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO DON'T MISS THAT. THAT'LL BE ONLINE ALSO
- 2:17:29RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN THIS FRIDAY, GAME CHANGERS
- 2:17:33HAS A FELLOWSHIP EVENT, FREE FOOD, GAMES, FELLOWSHIP, 6:30
- 2:17:38P.M. DO THEY MEET, DOES ANYONE KNOW, DO THEY MEET INSIDE FIRST
- 2:17:43AND THEN THERE'S OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES? OKAY, SO IT'LL BE IN
- 2:17:46THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM? IN THE CONNECT CENTER. COME RIGHT TO
- 2:17:50THE CONNECT CENTER, 6:30 FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'LL BE THE GAME
- 2:17:54CHANGERS EVENT, A TIME OF GREAT FELLOWSHIP. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T
- 2:17:58CONNECTED WITH GAME CHANGERS YET, IT'S OPEN TO ALL AGE
- 2:18:01GROUPS, BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME TO GET INVOLVED AND HAVE ANOTHER
- 2:18:05OPPORTUNITY FOR FELLOWSHIP. AND THEN PASTOR MIKE WANTED ME TO
- 2:18:09MENTION THAT TODAY IS THE LAST SUNDAY TO SIGN UP FOR CORE YOUTH
- 2:18:13CAMP. IT STARTS AUGUST 3RD, AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN THE
- 2:18:19CHAPEL TODAY TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR REGISTRATIONS. AND IF
- 2:18:23PARENTS HAVE NOT TURNED IN THEIR FORMS YET FOR CORE YOUTH CAMP,
- 2:18:25YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE CHAPEL TODAY AT FOLLOWING SERVICE HERE.
- 2:18:29OH, AND THEN I WANTED TO REMEMBER OR REMIND YOU THAT
- 2:18:32PASTOR GENE AND TERI WILL BE OUT AT THE BOOK TABLE TODAY. I DON'T
- 2:18:36KNOW, DID THEY EVEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY BROUGHT FOR BOOKS
- 2:18:38TODAY, OR DID I MISS THAT? BUT THEY HAVE BOOKS, AND I DON'T
- 2:18:43KNOW WHAT ALL THEY HAVE. WHAT DO THEY HAVE? HATS AND T-SHIRTS AND
- 2:18:46ALL KINDS OF GOODIES. SO DON'T FORGET TO GO OUT TO THE BOOK
- 2:18:49TABLE, SUPPORT THEM, AND THEY'LL BE THERE TO SIGN THEIR BOOKS AND
- 2:18:54GREET YOU TODAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THE
- 2:18:57ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
- 2:19:01SUNDAY. PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA WILL BE HERE. AND THEN WHAT WAS
- 2:19:04THE OTHER? OH, OUR OFFERING, OUR GUEST OFFERING. THANK YOU. I
- 2:19:08ALMOST FORGOT. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT TO SEND PASTOR GENE
- 2:19:11WITH $1. I NEED YOUR HELP TODAY. SO THANK YOU, TEAM. TOO MANY
- 2:19:17THINGS TODAY. SO ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN OR GO BE
- 2:19:23SEATED, I THINK WE'VE HAD EVERYONE UP HERE, THAT'S FINE.
- 2:19:25BUT USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE. AND WE WANT TO HONOR OUR GUEST. YOU
- 2:19:29KNOW, GOD SENDS US HIS CHOICE VESSELS, AND WE WANT TO HONOR
- 2:19:33THEM TODAY, HONOR PASTOR GENE AND TERI. AND HE'S OFF SALARY.
- 2:19:41SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO SUPPORT HIM AND WHAT HE'S DOING,
- 2:19:45BECAUSE HE STILL HAS TO BUY GROCERIES AND RUN FLASHPOINT.
- 2:19:49AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
- 2:19:52BLESS HIM WITH AN OFFERING TODAY. GIVING INFORMATION IS ON
- 2:19:57THE SCREEN. YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO IT. USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE
- 2:19:59WITH ENVELOPES. IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK OR GIVE CASH,
- 2:20:02RAISE YOUR HAND. THEY'LL GIVE YOU AN ENVELOPE. IF YOU'RE
- 2:20:05ONLINE TODAY AND YOU CAN HELP, JUST MARK SPECIAL GUEST ON THAT
- 2:20:09DESIGNATION AND THAT WILL GO TO PASTOR GENE AND TERI TODAY
- 2:20:14BECAUSE WE WANT TO BLESS ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING. THAT MAN HAS
- 2:20:17A GIFT AND AN ANOINTING TO DO WHAT HE DOES WITH FLASHPOINT AND
- 2:20:22ALL THE AREAS THAT HE MINISTERS IN, SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT HIM IN
- 2:20:25ANY WAY WE CAN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M JUST GIVING THE USHERS
- 2:20:31A MOMENT HERE TO GATHER THOSE. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER AND
- 2:20:35THEN GIVEN SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS SO THAT I COULD, BUT NOW I HAVE TO
- 2:20:38RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT JUST TO, CAROL, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP
- 2:20:42AND RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT FOR ME SO THAT I COULD JUST HAVE A
- 2:20:47LITTLE BIT OF TIME? WE DO HAVE EDDIE HERE, THOUGH. HE CAN KIND
- 2:20:50OF KEEP ME GOING A LITTLE BIT. COME UP WITH THAT MUSIC LEVEL A
- 2:20:54LITTLE BIT, EDDIE. I GOT TO HAVE SOME TIME HERE. WHY DON'T YOU
- 2:20:59STAND WITH ME? THANK YOU, LORD. WHILE YOU'RE PREPARING YOUR
- 2:21:04OFFERING AND WHILE THE USHERS ARE ASSISTING YOU, JUST GIVE HIM
- 2:21:09ONE LAST TIME OF PRAISE. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME TO BE WITH
- 2:21:13GOD. WE'VE LEARNED, WE'VE GROWN. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL THAT
- 2:21:16YOU'VE DONE IN THIS PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANOINTING. WE
- 2:21:20THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR GIFTS THAT YOU SEND TO THIS PLACE. AND
- 2:21:24WE JUST WORSHIP YOU TODAY. IT ALL COMES FROM YOU. WE GIVE YOU
- 2:21:27GLORY FOR IT ALL. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. AS SOON AS
- 2:21:32THE USHERS HAVE SERVED YOU, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED. GOD BLESS
- 2:21:37YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU
- 2:21:39FOR COMING. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE.
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