Latest / LOH Church Archive / 06/14/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:08LET’S BLESS HIS NAME THIS MORNING.
- 0:15HOSANNA, HOSANNA
- 1:44COME ON, LET'S GIVE GOD HONOR AND PRAISE. WE WORSHIP
- 1:47YOU. HOSANNA, HOSANNA TO YOU, THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THE LORD
- 1:53SAVES. AND WE THANK YOU THIS DAY FOR OUR SALVATION THAT HAS BEEN
- 1:59PROVIDED BY YOU, OUR GOD, OUR KING, OUR LORD, YESHUA. AND SO
- 2:06WE DEDICATE NOT ONLY OUR HEARTS TO YOU, BUT WE DEDICATE THIS
- 2:10SERVICE TO YOUR MAJESTY, TO YOUR GLORY, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
- 2:16REALLY LOVE GOD SAID, AMEN! WOW! ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
- 2:23I ACTUALLY HEARD FROM WAY UP YONDERVILLE. IT WAS SO LOUD, I
- 2:27HEARD FROM THE INTERNET. HEY, THAT'S REALLY GOOD. BRENDA, THAT
- 2:31WAS A REALLY, I THINK SHE DESERVES A HAND CLAP. THAT WAS A
- 2:34REALLY GOOD ONE. AND OUR USUAL QUIET SECTION WAS NOT QUIET
- 2:39TODAY. NO, YOU KNOW I'M ONLY PICKING ON YOU, RIGHT? IN FACT,
- 2:42AS I LOOK OVER THIS WAY LOOK AT TAMMY OVER THERE. SHE'S LIKE
- 2:44MAKING A BIG DEAL. YEAH, THEY DID GOOD. SO PAUL, KAMALA, HOW
- 2:48DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN MARRIED OFF?
- 2:53THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL. AWESOME, SO EXCITING. THAT'S EXCITING. SO
- 2:58WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY DOING GOOD? YOU
- 3:01ENJOYING THE COOLER TEMPERATURES? YES, HALLELUJAH,
- 3:05IT'S LOVELY. COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, ANYBODY GONE DOWN TO THE
- 3:08COLLEGE WORLD SERIES? LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. WE'RE GOING TONIGHT.
- 3:10WE'RE GOING TONIGHT. SO WE'D LOVE TO IN FACT, WE'LL HEAR FROM
- 3:13THE GAME CHANGERS A LITTLE BIT LATER. THEY'VE BEEN DOWN THERE.
- 3:16WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN AND HAVE ICE CREAM AND GREET YOU. UH-HUH. SO
- 3:21HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE ICE CREAM? OH MAN, I CAN'T WAIT. HESTER
- 3:24ALWAYS SHOWS UP FOR THE ICE CREAM. YEAH, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT
- 3:26TO WHERE THE TENT IS, SO. SO DON’T I WONDER HOW DID THAT WORK
- 3:31OUT? I DON'T KNOW, BRENDA. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I
- 3:35DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A SWEET DEAL. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I KNOW I
- 3:39WILL SAY THIS. SO WHEN YOU DO COME, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SAY WHEN,
- 3:43'CAUSE I REALLY DO WANNA SAY HELLO TO YOU AT THE TENT, DON'T
- 3:47JUDGE ME AS I EAT ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM
- 3:51AFTER ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM. THE 42 SCOOP
- 3:53OPTION. IT'LL BE LIKE THIS, MAN. IT'LL BE LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT.
- 3:58WELL, LISTEN, I WANNA WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
- 4:01TODAY AROUND THE WORLD. TELL US WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING IT. IF YOU
- 4:05LIKE ICE CREAM, PUT ONE OF THOSE LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO
- 4:08THEY CALL THOSE LITTLE EMOJI. EMOJO, OR WHATEVER THEY ARE. YOU
- 4:13PUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THERE WITH THE ICE CREAM AND THEN I'LL
- 4:17KNOW THAT YOU'RE WITH US EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT THERE AT THE
- 4:21TENT, YOU'RE KIND OF THERE WITH US IN HEART AND EVERYTHING. BUT
- 4:24LISTEN, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SERVICE TODAY BECAUSE MY LITTLE
- 4:28LADY, YOU ARE GONNA PREACH TODAY. I AM, WE DID IT.
- 4:31(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 4:34SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SWITCH UP. YEAH. SO I'M EXCITED. IT'S
- 4:37BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE ON A SUNDAY. YEAH, AND
- 4:40YOU'RE GONNA TAKE TWO WEEKS. SO ACTUALLY SHE'S GONNA PREACH ON
- 4:42FATHER'S DAY. SHE'S GONNA GIVE ME A BREAK 'CAUSE SHE KNOWS I'M
- 4:44WORKING HARD WITH ALL THE HONEYDEW STUFF, AND EVERY GUY
- 4:49WELCOMES FATHER'S DAY TO FINALLY GET A BREAK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
- 4:52OH, IS THAT A VIOLIN? OKAY, THERE YOU GO. SO ANYWAY, ALL
- 4:56RIGHT, WELL LISTEN, SO WHAT ARE YOU PREACHING ON AGAIN? TELL US
- 4:59FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, REAL QUICK. WE'VE KINDA, HOW MANY OF
- 5:02YOU HEARD PASTOR CHRISTY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT? SHE TALKED,
- 5:06WE'RE JUST PIGGYBACKING A LITTLE BIT OFF OF, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING
- 5:09ABOUT PSALM 1914, THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH, THE MEDITATION OF OUR
- 5:14HEART, AND HOW IT RELATES TO GETTING BREAKTHROUGH ANSWERS TO
- 5:19PRAYER. SO TODAY I THOUGHT I WOULD KIND OF PULL BACK OUT AN
- 5:23ANCIENT MESSAGE, I CALL IT ANCIENT, THAT I PREACHED YEARS
- 5:26AGO ON, BUT I'VE REFORMULATED A LITTLE BIT, TALKING ABOUT
- 5:29INTERRUPTIONS TO ANSWERED PRAYER. THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO
- 5:33MITIGATE, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED. AND SO I
- 5:37THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD TODAY. WE'RE GONNA JUST KIND OF GO
- 5:39THROUGH IT, NAVIGATE THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT. ALL
- 5:42RIGHT, WELL, BEFORE WE WORSHIP THE LORD, I ALSO WANNA DO THIS
- 5:45FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AS WELL. I PUT MY FLAG
- 5:48ON BECAUSE TODAY IS FLAG DAY WHERE WE CELEBRATE OUR GOD. WE
- 5:55REDEDICATED THIS COUNTRY TO HIS HONOR, BUT WE ALSO CELEBRATE OUR
- 5:58COUNTRY. AND YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO TELL YOU NOT TO DO THAT,
- 6:01RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 6:04NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE LOVE GOD AND WE LOVE THE COUNTRY THAT HE
- 6:07GAVE US. YES, WE DO. AND WE KNOW WHO OUR GOD IS, JESUS CHRIST
- 6:10OVER THE LAND OF THE UNITED STATES. AND WE LIVE IN THE
- 6:13GREATEST NATION THERE IS. SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO, WOULD
- 6:16YOU LEAD US AND THE PEOPLE IN THE I WILL, AND BY THE WAY,
- 6:21PASTOR MATT, I KNOW PASTOR MATT AND ANTHONY ARE DOWN. BY THE
- 6:23WAY, BAILEY ROCKING THE GAME CHANGERS JERSEY OUT THERE. SHE
- 6:28SINGS ON THE WORSHIP TEAM, BUT I'M ACTUALLY GONNA WEAR ONE
- 6:30TONIGHT, BRENDA. HE SENT US, YEAH, WE WILL. HE SENT US A
- 6:34WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT? PASTOR, WHAT'S THAT? WHAT WAS SO
- 6:39FUNNY? OH, SHE'S, AND THERE SHE IS OVER ON THE SIDE THERE.
- 6:42THERE SHE IS.
- 6:43(APPLAUDING)
- 6:45SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS. PASTOR MATT HAD SENT US A VIDEO THAT
- 6:50OVER THE STADIUM THE OTHER NIGHT, THEY PUT UP AND PLAYED
- 6:54GOD BLESS AMERICA OVER IN THE SKY. DID ANYBODY SEE THAT? AND
- 6:57IT JUST WAS A REMINDER TO ME THAT PEOPLE IN THIS NATION WANT
- 7:02GOD. YES, THEY DO. THEY WANT GOD, OKAY? AND EVEN IN A VERY
- 7:06SECULAR ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE STILL WANT GOD'S NAME EXALTED IN
- 7:11THIS NATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY THE PLEDGE. SO LET'S JUST
- 7:15PUT OUR HAND ON OUR HEART. THEY GOT THE FLAG UP THERE. AND LET'S
- 7:19JUST SAY IT TOGETHER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
- 7:23UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
- 7:28STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
- 7:34JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE GOD A PRAISE FOR THE
- 7:38UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO WORSHIP?
- 7:42LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, WAVE THEM A
- 7:46LITTLE BIT. SHOW SOME EXCITEMENT. SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD
- 7:49JESUS, IT'S GOING TO BE FIRE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. I'M GOING TO
- 7:54BE BLESSED TODAY. I'M GOING TO BE CHANGED TODAY. YOU'RE GOING
- 7:59TO TOUCH MY LIFE TODAY. AND LORD, I THANK YOU THAT THE
- 8:04ANOINTING IS DESTROYING YOKES AND UNDOING HEAVY BURDENS. AND
- 8:10NOW LORD, I PROMISE, ARE YOU READY? TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST.
- 8:17PRAISE. COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT.
- 8:19LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.
- 8:32COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
- 9:00(MUSIC)
- 13:32(MUSIC)
- 15:29NOW IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE'VE DONE
- 15:31THIS ONE TIME. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE ON A WEDNESDAY
- 15:36NIGHT, YOU'RE MISSING OUT. WE'RE GETTING READY TO RAISE UP THE
- 15:39KING OF GLORY, AMEN.
- 15:43(MUSIC)
- 33:39WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, CONTINUE TO WORSHIP HIM. EVERY
- 33:41HEART OPEN. ALL OF YOU AROUND THE WORLD, LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS.
- 33:45YOUR HAND, YOUR VOICE TO GOD. YAHWEH. ELOHIM.
- 33:54(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 34:03IN THE HONOR OF YOUR MAJESTY, WE SING TO OUR KING, EXALTED GOD,
- 34:12WE WORSHIP YOU. YAHWEH.
- 34:15(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 34:34WE WORSHIP YOU, MANIFEST YOURSELF IN YOUR PRESENCE, O
- 34:38GOD, AS WE STAND IN WORSHIP, ADORATION. COME ON, IN YOUR
- 34:53HEAVENLY LANGUAGE, JUST BEGIN TO WORSHIP HIM.
- 34:56(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 35:37OF THE WHOLE WORLD. HONOR AND GLORY, WISDOM AND STRENGTH,
- 35:45BELONG TO GOD. THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU. KING ETERNAL, JUST
- 35:56BEGIN TO PLAY ON THE INSTRUMENTS AS WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 36:04WE’VE COME HERE TO PRIORITIZE THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR
- 36:12KING. THE ROYAL GOD, FULL OF AWESOME MAJESTY. TO YOU WE EXTOL
- 36:33THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR GOD. BEAUTY. OH, SO BEAUTIFUL IS OUR
- 36:51GOD. AND HOW BEAUTIFUL YOUR PRESENCE AMONG MEN. HOW WE HONOR
- 37:04YOU AND LOVE YOU AND WELCOME YOU AND NEED YOU AND TRUST YOU. OUR
- 37:19GOD. YOU ARE THE LOVE OF OUR LIFE. THE GREATEST LOVE OF THE
- 37:27VERY BREATH OF OUR BODY, THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR VERY BEING IS
- 37:38TO LOVE YOU, O GOD, ETERNAL, FOREVER WE WILL DWELL IN YOUR
- 37:51SIGHT, IN YOUR ARMS, THAT WE COULD BE KISSED WITH THE KISSES
- 37:59OF YOUR LIPS. AND WELCOME, AND MEET YOU IN LOVE. O GOD, WE'RE
- 38:25O GOD, O GOD.
- 39:00THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS,
- 39:05THE KING ETERNAL WAS NOT RAISED IN DEFEAT, BUT IN
- 39:15CONQUEST AND IN VICTORY. SO KNOW THIS DAY AND BE REMINDED, HE HAS
- 39:25NEVER NOR WILL HE SUFFER DEFEAT. AND SO FROM THE THRONE THE WORD
- 39:33TO YOU AND TO THOSE WHO WOULD HEAR, IS THERE HAS BEEN GREAT
- 39:40DAMAGE DONE TO THE FORCES OF DARKNESS. AND EVEN AT THIS TIME.
- 39:52FOR YOU WILL SEE IT, BECAUSE GREAT CONQUEST HAS HAPPENED IN
- 39:59THE SPIRIT REALM. IN THE HIGH PLACES WHERE PRINCIPALITIES AND
- 40:06SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS, WHERE THEY SEEK TO DWELL. THEREFORE WATCH
- 40:15WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND IS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRIT SHALL
- 40:22NOW BE MADE KNOWN AND MANIFESTED IN THE EARTH IN GREAT VICTORIES
- 40:28AND CONQUESTS AS THERE WILL BE AS SOME WILL GET INTO THEIR OWN
- 40:35ANALYTICAL IDEAS OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS ABOUT
- 40:40TO TRANSPIRE. BUT THERE WILL BE WARS THAT YOU SEE TODAY THAT
- 40:46WILL QUICKLY END. AND THERE WILL COME AN UNUSUAL PEACE AND
- 40:52HANDSHAKES, AGREEMENTS, TREATIES THAT SHALL ARISE IN THE MIDDLE
- 40:57EAST AND IN UKRAINE AND IN OTHER HOSTILE PLACES. FOR NIGERIA, I
- 41:10AM COMING FOR THOSE WITH TEETH WHO HAVE SUNK THEIR SWORD INTO
- 41:20MY PEOPLE UNJUSTLY. THERE SHALL COME A DEVOURING OF MY HAND AND
- 41:29A LIBERATING OF THE PEOPLE. AND THIS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE
- 41:35EARTH AS LAWS CRUMBLE, MEN CRUMBLE, LEADERS CRUMBLE,
- 41:50KINGDOMS AND REGIMES CRUMBLE. AND THERE WILL BE A GREAT RESET.
- 42:00THE MEN WILL SAY, WHAT IS THIS? IT IS THE LORD WHO HAS
- 42:06CONQUERED, WHO HAS COME AT THIS TIME, SO THAT THE HONOR SHALL BE
- 42:14RIGHTLY GIVEN TO THE KING OF ALL KINGS AND THE LORD OF ALL LORDS.
- 42:23THEREFORE WATCH, THERE WILL COME A STRANGE AND UNUSUAL THING AS
- 42:35FORMER LEADERS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE EARTH AND THERE WILL BE
- 42:41A FORMER PRESIDENT IN THIS NATION THAT SHALL REPRESENT A
- 42:50SEASON WHERE THE ENEMY RULED THROUGH THEM, WITH THEM, FOR
- 42:57THEM, TO ENSNARE THIS COUNTRY FOR A GENERATION AND
- 43:07GENERATIONS. BUT THIS SHALL COME TO AN END. AND WHEN THIS
- 43:13HAPPENS, LOOK TO THE NEWS, FOR THERE WILL COME A GREAT RULING,
- 43:23BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF DEATH IS BEING BROKEN OFF OF THIS NATION,
- 43:28AS IT WAS DEDICATED TO ME. THAT THERE WILL BE A REPORT OF A
- 43:35GREAT VICTORY IN REGARDS TO THE PROTECTION AND THE LIFE OF THE
- 43:43UNBORN. AND THEN ON RECORD IN THE EARTH, THEY WILL SAY, THE
- 43:53YOUNGEST ONE BORN PREMATURELY LIVES AND HAS LIVED. AND IT WILL
- 44:02BREAK RECORDS, SHATTER RECORDS, AND CAUSE MEN TO SCRATCH THEIR
- 44:07HEAD AND SAY, IS THIS POSSIBLE THAT ONE COULD LIVE OUTSIDE THE
- 44:15WOMB? AND I WILL SHOW THE EARTH, I CONQUERED DEATH, HELL AND THE
- 44:23GRAVE. AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE BLOOD SPEAKS THROUGH YOUR
- 44:29REDEMPTION OF NOT A CULTURE OF DEATH, NOT A GENERATION OF
- 44:35DEATH, BUT LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY. AND YOU WILL SEE IT
- 44:42AS OIL IN THE NATURAL WILL BE RELEASED FOR A SPOIL. BUT THIS
- 44:47SHALL MARK THE SIGN THAT THE OIL OF GLADNESS OF MY SPIRIT IS
- 44:53BEING POURED OUT EVEN GREATER UPON THE EARTH, SAYS THE LIVING
- 44:57GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU AND HONOR YOU. COME ON, GIVE HIM PRAISE.
- 45:02YOU ALL OVER THE WORLD, GIVE HIM PRAISE. GIVE HIM PRAISE,
- 45:06ADORATION, AND HONOR TO YOUR KING, TO YOUR GOD. COME ON, LIFT
- 45:10UP YOUR VOICE UNTO GOD.
- 45:12(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 45:21WE HONOR HIM. I THINK WE'RE ALL OUT TO BLOW HIM A KISS AND TELL
- 45:26HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM. TO YOUR HONOR, OUR GOD. NOW PUT
- 45:36YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART YOURSELF. FATHER, AS A
- 45:40REPRESENTATIVE, I'LL SAY THIS FOR YOU, I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT
- 45:44TO BLESS YOU. I WANT GOD TO BLESS YOU. I'VE LEARNED WHEN
- 45:47YOU'RE IN HIS PRESENCE LIKE THIS, HE ALWAYS WANTS TO RETURN
- 45:53A BLESSING. AND SO AS A REPRESENTATIVE, I WANT TO DO
- 45:56THAT FOR YOU, OKAY? FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, FATHER, I PRAY FOR
- 46:00THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE. NOW YOU WOULD REACH YOUR HAND TO THEM,
- 46:06FOR THEM, AND REMEMBER THEM. WHATEVER NEED THAT THEY HAVE,
- 46:14WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, THEY'RE GOING
- 46:16THROUGH AND THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT. THE GOD WHO BRINGS US OUT
- 46:22TO BRING US IN, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING THEM INTO BLESSING
- 46:26NOW, INTO HEALTH, TOTAL HEALTH, RESTORED HEALTH, A MORE QUALITY
- 46:31OF LIFE, BLESSINGS, FAVOR, PEACE, ALL THAT HAS BEEN
- 46:42ENTRUSTED INTO THEIR HANDS, I CALL IT BLESSED. AND I PRAY THAT
- 46:50THE PEOPLE WILL EMBRACE THE NEW SEASON. NO MORE SORROW, NO MORE
- 46:57PAIN, FEAR, FRUSTRATION. BUT LIKE WAVES OF GLORY, TOUCH HIM,
- 47:05I PRAY. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, SAY AMEN. ISN'T GOD MORE THAN
- 47:14AMAZING? ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. THE BIBLE SAYS
- 47:21THAT THE WORLD WILL KNOW THAT WE ARE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE.
- 47:27HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO GREET SOMEBODY, SAY,
- 47:32"HEY, I WILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME CHANGERS TENT THIS AFTERNOON."
- 47:35IF THEY SAY, "WELL, I'M NOT GOING." IF THEY SAY, "WHY NOT?"
- 47:40THEN FIND OUT. GET NOSY WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT. WE LOVE YOU. WE
- 47:43CALL YOU BLESSED.
- 47:44(MUSIC)
- 48:27WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST
- 48:31TIME WITH US, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG
- 48:35WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR
- 48:39HAND. I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE
- 48:43THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE
- 48:45FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST PACKET. SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE
- 48:50THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE
- 48:52FRONT OF IT. INSIDE THERE, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE
- 48:55WANNA SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY
- 48:58CONNECTED CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR IT OFF,
- 49:01FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES
- 49:03BY. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU
- 49:06FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY
- 49:09CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE
- 49:11CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE,
- 49:14ROKU, YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL
- 49:18PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, WE WANNA WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE
- 49:21AS WELL. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET. I
- 49:25KNOW I SAY IT EVERY WEEK, BUT THAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH
- 49:29US, BOTH FOR SERVICES AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT,
- 49:34NEW LEVEL, DAILY DECREE, GAME CHANGERS. AS THEY'RE DOWN AT
- 49:39CWS, YOU WANNA BE CONNECTED 'CAUSE THEY ARE DOING SOME LIVES
- 49:43DOWN THERE, SOMETIMES A COUPLE TIMES A DAY. SO PLEASE GET
- 49:47CONNECTED TO ONE VOICE TV, DOWNLOAD THE APP TO YOUR
- 49:50DEVICES. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL ON THERE. WELL, IF YOU WOULD
- 49:55JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AND JOINING US ONLINE A HAND AS
- 49:59PASTOR MIKE COMES TO TALK ABOUT ZION.
- 50:04THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR SHANE. PASTOR CHRISTY, LET'S GIVE
- 50:08IT UP FOR PASTOR CHRISTY. WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK
- 50:14MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, ZION ACADEMY
- 50:18REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GONNA SAY
- 50:21THIS, 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH, WOW. SO YEAH, WOW, TIME'S
- 50:29FLYING BY. BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR WANNA KNOW MORE
- 50:32ABOUT ZION ACADEMY, PLEASE VISIT US ONLINE AT
- 50:34ZIONACADEMYOMAHA.ORG. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE A
- 50:39HOMESCHOOL HYBRID WHERE WE ENJOY PARTNERING WITH PARENTS FOR A
- 50:44WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION, NOT A ONE-SIDED INDOCTRINATION. DID
- 50:49YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID? VERY WELL SAID. BUT WE LOVE
- 50:52PARTNERING WITH YOU TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE PRECIOUS
- 50:56TREASURE. I MEAN, LEARN FROM THE WORD OF GOD, KNOW WHAT THEIR
- 51:01CALLING IS, AND HOW TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE IN BEING WHO GOD HAS
- 51:06CALLED THEM TO BE. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU, AGAIN, IF YOU
- 51:09HAVEN'T CHECKED OUT THE WEBSITE, CHECK IT OUT. IF YOU HAVE MORE
- 51:11QUESTIONS OR INTERESTED IN REGISTERING YOUR STUDENTS,
- 51:14PLEASE GO TO THAT WEBSITE, ZIONACADEMYOMAHA.ORG, GET AHOLD
- 51:16OF US. YOU CAN EMAIL US AT ADMIN@ZIONACADEMYOMAHA.ORG. WE
- 51:20CAN SET UP TOURS AND ANYWAY, WE'D LOVE TO. AND IF YOU DON'T
- 51:23HAVE CHILDREN, YOU CAN ALSO, UH, YOU CAN SPONSOR SOMEBODY, UH, TO
- 51:27BE ABLE TO COME AND BE A PART. SO WE HAVE SPONSORSHIPS OUT
- 51:30THERE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY DONATE TO ZION ACADEMY. THERE IS A
- 51:33DROPDOWN ON THE DONATION PAGE. BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT
- 51:37WE'RE DOING AT ZION ACADEMY AND WE'VE BEEN GROWING AND GOD'S
- 51:41BEEN ADDING TOO. AND SO WE DO A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS. ONE OF MY
- 51:44FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE DO IS PERSONAL FINANCE CLASS. YOU
- 51:47DON'T HAVE THAT IN HIGH SCHOOLS ANYMORE. AND WE EVEN DO A LITTLE
- 51:51HOME ECONOMICS. I THINK WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME COOKING THINGS
- 51:55NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING, AMEN?
- 51:59AMEN, WELL, THE OTHER REASON THAT I CAME UP IS, NOT ONLY DO
- 52:04WE HAVE ZION ACADEMY, BUT WE LIKE TO REACH OUT TO OUR
- 52:09COMMUNITY, PASTOR MIKE, AND WE ARE DOING, WE'RE BRINGING BACK
- 52:15OUR BACK TO SCHOOL SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS
- 52:20GONNA BE ON JULY 25TH. WE HAD TO CANCEL DOING IT FOR A WHILE
- 52:25BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO IT WASN'T EVEN
- 52:27SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BE HERE. BUT WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK AND, YOU
- 52:31KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIRE TRUCK HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE
- 52:35POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, NOT TO GET ANYBODY IN TROUBLE, BUT JUST
- 52:40SO THE KIDS CAN SEE THE POLICE CAR. BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU
- 52:44THE OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
- 52:49WE'LL HAVE A SPOT FOR YOU TO BRING THOSE AND YOU CAN DONATE
- 52:52SCHOOL SUPPLIES. YOU CAN ALSO JUST DONATE FUNDS TO THAT AND
- 52:58WE'LL BUY ALL OF THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR YOU AND ALL OF THE
- 53:01PACKETS. BUT WE HAVE THAT COMING BACK AND WE WANTED EVERYBODY TO
- 53:04MARK THEIR CALENDARS SO THAT IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER AND BE A
- 53:07PART OF THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE CHURCH OFFICE BECAUSE
- 53:10WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE REACHING OUT AGAIN TO OUR
- 53:13COMMUNITY. THAT'S BEEN A VERY SPECIAL PART OF WHAT WE DO. YOU
- 53:18CAN FIND MORE ABOUT THAT OUT ONLINE ON THE WEBSITE, AND YOU
- 53:22SHOULD HAVE FLYERS. DID THEY HAVE THEM IN THEIR SEATS, PASTOR
- 53:26DOUG? THEY HAVE THEM TODAY, SO YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION OUT
- 53:30THERE FOR THAT. AND THE FINAL THING I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY,
- 53:33NEXT WEEK IS OUR ONE DAY ONLY VBS. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED
- 53:38YOUR KIDS, THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
- 53:41FUN STUFF, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY JUST
- 53:44REMEMBERS THAT WE HAVE OUR VBS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK, SO GET OUT
- 53:48THERE AND GET YOUR KIDS REGISTERED TODAY.
- 53:52AMEN. THANKS, PASTOR CHRISTY.
- 53:54SOUNDS EXCITING. ONE DAY OF VBS, MAN, THAT IS AMAZING. I REMEMBER
- 53:59VBS AS A KID. HOW MANY OF YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT? YOU THAT ARE
- 54:03WATCHING VBS. AND I USED TO LIKE THE CANDY THAT YOU GET AFTER
- 54:07VBS. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HAD THOSE, WHAT ARE THOSE
- 54:10LITTLE SUGAR THINGS THAT WERE IN IT? CHUCKLES? REMEMBER THOSE? IS
- 54:14THAT WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, CHUCKLES? YEAH, THEY WERE, MOM,
- 54:18THEY WERE AMAZING. I MEAN, I WENT FOR THE CHUCKLES. SO, ALL
- 54:21RIGHT, WELL, HEY, BEFORE WE RECEIVE TODAY'S OFFERING, I DO
- 54:26HAVE A LITTLE MESSAGE I WANNA SHARE ABOUT THAT. BUT I HEARD
- 54:31THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY'S ON THE PHONE. SO WE
- 54:37CAN GO FOR IT. LET'S SEE WHO'S ON. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT MIGHT
- 54:39BE THE PRESIDENT SOMETIMES. LISTEN, THOSE GUYS ARE FANTASTIC
- 54:47GUYS. WELL, WELCOME. YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR FAVORITE PASTOR. HEY,
- 54:55GUYS, HOW ARE YOU DOING? YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE YOU'RE BUMMING
- 54:58DOWN THERE. LOOK AT YOU GUYS. ARE THOSE BUM CHAIRS OR WHAT ARE
- 55:02THOSE? IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT BY OUR SET RIGHT HERE. THERE'S
- 55:07PEOPLE WALKING BY. IT'S KIND OF QUIET RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE THAT
- 55:11FIRST GAME IS UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK AND THEN THE NIGHT GAME IS AT
- 55:14SIX. SO PEOPLE ARE KIND OF STARTING TO TRICKLE IN A LITTLE
- 55:17BIT. BUT YEAH. OKAY. EDDIE IS OVER HERE PLAYING MUSIC FOR YOU.
- 55:21YEAH. I TOLD HIM TO DO THAT.
- 55:23(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 55:24I TOLD HIM, WE DISCUSSED THAT A COUPLE DAYS AGO JUST TO SURPRISE
- 55:28YOU ALL. THAT WAS A PLANNED THING RIGHT THERE. YEAH, ALL
- 55:30RIGHT. SO LET ME DO THIS BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE HERE
- 55:33OR WATCHING ONLINE ARE LIKE, WHO ARE THOSE TWO GOOD LOOKING GUYS?
- 55:36WELL, THAT IS PASTOR MATT, OUR SON. HOW DO I DESCRIBE IN THE
- 55:42GOLDEN SUNGLASSES? HERE, THIS IS ME. THERE YOU GO, MATT. THERE
- 55:46YOU GO, NOW YOU CAN TAKE THEM OFF. I'M NOT HIDING ANYMORE.
- 55:48THAT'S OUR SON, MATT. HI, MATT. AND THEN NEXT TO HIM IS ANOTHER
- 55:51GOOD LOOKING GUY, PASTOR ANTHONY WITH, WHAT DOES THAT SAY? GLORY
- 55:56ON HIS HAT. SO HOW'S IT BEEN GOING DOWN THERE? CAN YOU GIVE
- 55:59US AN UPDATE? IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. I MEAN, ANTHONY, I THINK
- 56:04WE'VE HAD A GOOD TIME JUST MEETING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, YOU
- 56:07KNOW, A LOT OF FANS DOWN HERE, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY LIKE WEST
- 56:11VIRGINIA, IT'S THEIR FIRST YEAR HERE. SO I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY
- 56:14INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF MOUNTAINEER FANS, AND THEY HAVE
- 56:16A HUGE GAME TONIGHT AGAINST OUR TAR HEELS. SO, YEAH. I WATCHED
- 56:19THAT TEXAS GAME, GUYS. WHO WON LAST NIGHT? I KIND OF FELL
- 56:23ASLEEP. GEORGIA. I KNEW GEORGIA WAS GONNA SMOKE TEXAS LAST
- 56:26NIGHT. YEAH, IT WAS LIKE SEVEN TO ONE. ALL RIGHT, SO I YEAH,
- 56:29ATLANTA PLAYED REALLY WELL. WELL, YOU WERE GONNA SAY
- 56:31SOMETHING, I INTERRUPTED YOU, GO AHEAD, WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY?
- 56:33OH, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY REFRESHING TO SEE SO MANY
- 56:37FAITH-BASED VENDORS HERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S BEEN A
- 56:39LOT OF VENDORS HERE IN THE BASEBALL VILLAGE JUST SHARING
- 56:42THE MESSAGE AND THE GOSPEL THROUGH THEIR CLOTHING,
- 56:45BRANDING, THROUGH SOME OF THEIR ARTISTRY, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY
- 56:49COOL TO SEE THE TAKEOVER OF JESUS HERE. WELL, I'M PUTTING A
- 56:52JERSEY ON TONIGHT. I'M PUTTING A JERSEY ON TONIGHT, GUYS. I DON'T
- 56:56WEAR HATS. WE DON'T WEAR HATS. I'M GONNA WEAR A HAT. YOU'RE
- 56:59GONNA WEAR A HAT. SHE LOOKS GOOD LOOKING WITH A HAT. ARE YOU
- 57:02GOING WITH THE BLACK OR THE TAN JERSEY TONIGHT? I'M GONNA WEAR A
- 57:05TAN JERSEY. OKAY. YEAH. BREAKING THAT ONE OUT. OKAY, I LIKE IT.
- 57:11JUST DON'T SPILL THAT ICE CREAM ALL OVER IT. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD
- 57:15EARLIER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 42 SCOOPS. SO NOW THAT YOU'RE ON A
- 57:16HOLY SUBJECT, WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT ICE CREAM COMING? THIS IS
- 57:19CRAZY, Y'ALL. POINT, POINT TO THE DIRECTION OF THE, HOW FAR
- 57:23AWAY IS IT? LIKE RIGHT, LIKE NEXT DOOR, BASICALLY. OH, BUT
- 57:26THERE'S A RUN DOWN LIKE-- NEXT DOOR, YOU KNOW ANY TRIPS I'M
- 57:29GOING OVER THERE? OKAY, SO HERE'S THE THING I WANNA ASK.
- 57:32YOU'RE GONNA SELL OUT RIGHT THERE AND THERE. WHY, WHY, GOOD
- 57:36TO SEE YA. MAKE SURE, SO LAST NIGHT, SO LAST NIGHT-- THAT'S A
- 57:40TAR HEEL FAN TOO, I LOVE IT. HEY MATT, WHILE WE'RE ON THAT, I
- 57:44WATCHED THE LIVE AND SOMEBODY CAME BY AND SAID A WORD THAT WE
- 57:48PROBABLY SHOULD NOT USE, AND YOU GUYS REALLY HANDLED THAT WELL.
- 57:51HOW REAL WAS THAT THOUGH? I MEAN, WASN'T THAT JUST LIKE AS
- 57:54REAL AS IT CAN GET? I MEAN, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE AN EPIC,
- 57:56REMINDED ME OF LIKE A CHARLIE KIRK SHOW. WE CALL IT BEING OUT
- 58:00IN THE WILD. YEAH, YEAH. OH, OKAY. SO WHY SHOULD WE COME DOWN
- 58:04THERE? GIVE US A REASON. WHY SHOULD THE PEOPLE COME DOWN AND
- 58:08SEE EVERYBODY? I THINK IT'S AMAZING. LIKE, THIS IS LITERALLY
- 58:11LIKE BASEBALL HEAVEN IN JUNE. I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT'S AMAZING
- 58:15WHAT THIS CITY PULLS OFF. THERE'S A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
- 58:18THAT COME THROUGH HERE, AND MOST OF IT IS ON OPENING WEEKEND. I
- 58:20MEAN, TODAY AT ONE O'CLOCK IS THE FIRST ELIMINATION GAME, SO,
- 58:25YOU KNOW, EIGHT TEAMS COME HERE. WE'LL HAVE SEVEN BY THIS
- 58:28EVENING. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRULY AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF
- 58:32PEOPLE THAT COME AND JUST FLOCK TO OMAHA. AND YOU KNOW, THIS WAS
- 58:36STARTED, I MEAN, REALLY, THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN IN
- 58:40OMAHA SINCE 1950. IT'S BEEN LIKE 60, 70 YEARS. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN
- 58:45A LONG TIME. I'M NOT GOOD AT MATH, Y'ALL. BUT I MEAN, BY THE
- 58:48WAY, THERE'S SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU IN BUNNY RABBIT EARS. NO. OH,
- 58:52YEAH, IT WAS THERE. SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU. IT'S BY ONE OF NO,
- 58:55I'M TEASING. SO WE SO LEGITIMATELY OMAHA GOT THIS
- 58:59WHOLE PLAN AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN TAKE THIS OVER IN
- 59:01WICHITA. IT WAS FAILING IN WICHITA, KANSAS, FOR A COUPLE
- 59:05YEARS THAT IT WAS THERE. AND OMAHA JUST TOOK OVER AND JOHNNY
- 59:08ROSENBLATT HAD THIS GREAT IDEA, LIKE, LET'S BRING THIS TO OMAHA.
- 59:11AND THAT'S WHEN ROSENBLATT STADIUM WAS GOING. BUT THEN THIS
- 59:15HAS BEEN HERE AT THIS STADIUM NOW FOR 16 YEARS. AND I THINK
- 59:18WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT DOWNTOWN OMAHA IS THERE'S A LOT OF
- 59:20AMENITIES AROUND. WHEREAS ROSENBLATT, IT WAS JUST ABOUT
- 59:23YOU WENT TO BASEBALL GAMES, BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF OTHER
- 59:26STUFF AROUND. AND NOW IT'S LIKE, YEAH, LOOK AT THE CHANGE OF GAME
- 59:30IN OMAHA. YEAH, YOU GOT TO BUY OUR MERCH. SO GUYS, YOU NEED TO
- 59:32GO GET ONE OF THOSE SHIRTS. LIKE, PLEASE. THAT'LL BE
- 59:36AWESOME. THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THE FANS. LIKE, WE WANT AS WELL,
- 59:39LOH TO COME DOWN AND SAY, "HEY, LIKE, I WANT TO REPRESENT. I
- 59:42WANT TO BUY SOMETHING." LIKE, WE GOT STUFF FOR KIDS. WE GOT STUFF
- 59:45FOR LADIES. WE GOT STUFF FOR THE MEN. WE HAVE AN ICE CREAM TRUCK
- 59:49NEXT TO US. SO, DAD, YOU KNOW, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THAT. BUT WE
- 59:53EVEN PARTNERED WITH ONE OF THE ICE CREAM TRUCKS AND GAVE HIM
- 59:56SOME OF OUR MINI BASEBALL HATS TO SERVE SOME ICE CREAM IN. SO,
- 59:58MAYBE YOU CAN ASK HIM TO GET THAT SERVED. ALL RIGHT. SO, MOM
- 1:00:00HAS A QUESTION. REAL QUICK. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, WHAT, YOU
- 1:00:03KNOW, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE GOSPEL IN A FRESH WAY. WHAT HAS
- 1:00:07BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING THAT THE TWO OF YOU HAVE FELT IN
- 1:00:12JUST BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A NEW VERSION OF KIND OF AN
- 1:00:16EVANGELISM IN A DIFFERENT WAY? WHAT HAS BEEN, I WANT TO JUST
- 1:00:21VERY QUICKLY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, THAT'S A
- 1:00:24GREAT QUESTION, PASTOR BRENDA. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. IT
- 1:00:27WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THIS. SO ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES, ONE OF
- 1:00:30THE FIRST DAYS THAT WE WERE HERE, THERE WAS A GROUP OF
- 1:00:33PEOPLE, PROBABLY GEN ZERS THAT WALKED BY, NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE,
- 1:00:37BUT THREE TIMES, AND FINALLY THEY STOPPED AND SAID, "OKAY,
- 1:00:39WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU GUYS? "THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
- 1:00:42TENT." AND WE SAID NOTHING. SO IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT
- 1:00:48WE CARRY THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS. AND WE
- 1:00:54SAID NOTHING. AND SO WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT
- 1:00:57WITH THEM AND FOUND OUT THEY WERE FROM TENNESSEE AND THEY
- 1:00:59WERE PART OF ALSO A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION. BUT IT'S JUST YOUR
- 1:01:03PRESENCE BEING SOMEWHERE THAT MAYBE NEEDS THE LIGHT. AND SO
- 1:01:10WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU CARRY THAT LIGHT AND IT CAUSES PEOPLE TO
- 1:01:13STOP AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU? AND YOU CAN SHARE
- 1:01:15YOUR TESTIMONY. SO THAT'S BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING. I
- 1:01:18THINK FOR ME, IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO WHAT MOM'S
- 1:01:21QUESTION WAS, IS WHY SHOULD PEOPLE COME DOWN? AND I THINK
- 1:01:24IT'S EXACTLY THAT. IT'S GETTING OUT OF THE FOUR WALLS OF NOT
- 1:01:27JUST THE CHURCH, BUT COMFORTABILITY. I THINK WE'RE SO
- 1:01:31TAUGHT IN SOCIETY TO, OH, STAY IN THE FOUR WALLS OF OUR HOUSE,
- 1:01:34STAY IN THE FOUR WALLS OF OUR SCHOOL, OUR CLASSROOMS, OUR
- 1:01:39OFFICES, OUR CHURCHES. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU GOTTA BRANCH OUT AND
- 1:01:42SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M WILLING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE, OR
- 1:01:46COMFORTABLE AND BEING IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. AND I
- 1:01:50THINK THAT'S HONESTLY THE MESSAGE IS, WHAT BETTER WAY THAN
- 1:01:54COMING DOWN HERE? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE BASEBALL, YOU KNOW,
- 1:01:56PEOPLE LOVE SPORTS. SPORTS, WE TALK ABOUT IT ON OUR SHOW ALL
- 1:01:59THE TIME, REALLY UNIFIES THIS COUNTRY. I MEAN, LOOK AT NEW
- 1:02:02YORK LAST NIGHT, THEY JUST CELEBRATED A 53 YEAR DROUGHT
- 1:02:05WITH THE KNICKS WINNING THE NBA FINALS. I MEAN, THEY HAVEN'T WON
- 1:02:08IT SINCE 1973 AND THAT CITY WENT CRAZY LAST NIGHT IN NEW YORK AND
- 1:02:12NOTICE WHERE OUR PRESIDENT IS ALSO FROM. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. I
- 1:02:15JUST FIND IT VERY INTERESTING. WE ARE, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.
- 1:02:18LASTLY, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, I THOUGHT I SAW CAPTAIN STUCK DOWN
- 1:02:22THERE. HE IS OVER HERE. HE HAD LIKE FOUR HAMBURGERS IN HIS
- 1:02:26HAND. CAPTAIN STUCK, COME HERE, CAPTAIN. CAN YOU SAY HI TO
- 1:02:30EVERYBODY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE? I SAW YOU WITH FOOD. WHY
- 1:02:36DID YOU PUT IT DOWN? HE SAID, WHY DO YOU HAVE FOOD? WE GOT AN
- 1:02:40EARPIECE. ALL RIGHT. FOUR? THAT'S JUST TO START OFF. THAT'S
- 1:02:47AN APPETIZER. SO, CAPTAIN, ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE TONIGHT
- 1:02:51WHEN I COME? YES, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE. OKAY,
- 1:02:53CAPTAIN, FIND ME A HAMBURGER GRILL. I'M TESTING OUT ALL THE
- 1:02:57ICE CREAM FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT, REMEMBER, YOU'RE ONE OF MY
- 1:03:00MOTHERS.
- 1:03:03(LAUGHING)
- 1:03:06ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU THERE. THE HATS, THOSE SMALL HATS. SO
- 1:03:08PASTOR HANK, WE'RE GONNA PUT YOUR SCOOP OF ICE CREAM IN THE
- 1:03:11FOOTBALL HELMET. SO THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA BE. HEY, I LIKE THAT.
- 1:03:15ALL RIGHT, CAPTAIN, I WON'T MAKE FUN OF YOU ANYMORE. ALL RIGHT,
- 1:03:17SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT, DON'T YOU LOVE THOSE GUYS? THAT WAS
- 1:03:20FUN. ALL RIGHT, WELL LISTEN, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE QUICK
- 1:03:24ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WANNA HONOR ANGIE FROM ELIJAH STREAMS. THANK
- 1:03:27YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR IN-LAWS AND KIDS COMING
- 1:03:31HERE. AND THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT. YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE ON
- 1:03:35TUESDAY AS WELL. SO CAN YOU STAND AND WAVE AT EVERYBODY REAL
- 1:03:38QUICK? SO WE JUST HONOR YOU. IF THEY COULD ALSO SHOW ELIJAH
- 1:03:42STREAMS, I'LL BE ON ON TUESDAY. I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING IT. STEVE,
- 1:03:48THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR OF ALLOWING THE HEART OF GOD IN
- 1:03:52THIS VESSEL TO HAVE A MOMENT TO REALLY GO OVER DIFFERENT
- 1:03:55PROPHETIC WORDS AND TEACH AND MENTOR. AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME
- 1:03:59MORE MENTORING. AND YOU KNOW, THE LORD KEPT DEALING WITH MY
- 1:04:02HEART. HE SAID, "I WANT MY VOICE TO BE HEARD." AND I SAID, "WELL,
- 1:04:04LORD, I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN." AND I KEPT FEELING ELIJAH'S
- 1:04:08SCREAMS KEPT COMING UP IN MY HEART. AND THEN STEVE WAS
- 1:04:12GRACIOUS TO OPEN THE DOOR. I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING IT AND I LOVE
- 1:04:16IT. SO THANK YOU, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND LET'S GIVE A
- 1:04:20HAND CLAP FOR THAT AS WELL. SO, WELL, LET'S GET RIGHT INTO MY
- 1:04:24OFFERING. THIS IS, I WANNA GIVE MAMA PLENTY OF TIME. THERE'S
- 1:04:26OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU COULD FIND OUT ON THE WEBSITE
- 1:04:29AND STUFF. BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT MATTHEW 2, VERSE 11. YOU
- 1:04:33KNOW, WHAT WAS REALLY ON MY HEART TODAY IN CONTEXT OF
- 1:04:37OFFERING IS WHAT HAPPENED ON MAY 17TH OF 2026. WE REDEDICATED
- 1:04:44WITH OUR LEADER, OUR PRESIDENT, THIS NATION BACK TO GOD. AND I
- 1:04:51SOUGHT THE LORD AND I KEPT ASKING HIM AND HE DIDN'T TAKE A
- 1:04:56LONG TIME, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE HEART OF
- 1:05:00GOD AND WHAT HE'S THINKING RIGHT NOW. AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID,
- 1:05:04"GOD, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS? "I GOT TO KNOW TO TELL THE
- 1:05:07PEOPLE." AND HE GAVE ME THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON THAT
- 1:05:11CAME TO AN END OF HIMSELF FINALLY, RIGHT? REPENTED AND
- 1:05:15REDEDICATED HIMSELF BACK. THE FATHER RUNS, WHICH REPRESENTS
- 1:05:18FATHER GOD. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, IT SAYS THE
- 1:05:21FATHER KISSED HIM. AND THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART, "I'VE KISSED
- 1:05:25THIS NATION." WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? IT MEANS EVEN
- 1:05:28THOUGH WE DESERVE JUDGMENT, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF BAD THINGS
- 1:05:32BEFORE GOD AS A PEOPLE. GOD HAS KISSED US, WHICH MEANS NOW HE'S
- 1:05:37MINISTERING IN HIS COMPASSION. THERE'S JUDGMENT OBVIOUSLY
- 1:05:42COMING TO THOSE WHO HAVE SET THEMSELVES AS ENEMIES OF GOD,
- 1:05:46BUT FOR US, THE PEOPLE, WE'RE IN A TIME OF REWARD. AND SO I WANT
- 1:05:50YOU TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. I WANT YOU
- 1:05:55TO LOOK AT PSALM 2. LET ME GO THERE FIRST AND I'LL GO VERY
- 1:05:57QUICKLY. WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE IF GOD HAS KISSED OUR NATION? WELL,
- 1:06:01I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO KISS GOD BACK. LOOK AT THIS VERSE, PSALM
- 1:06:042, VERSE 12. KISS THE SON LEST HE BE ANGRY AND YOU PERISH FROM
- 1:06:09THE WAY. IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T RECIPROCATE BACK TO GOD
- 1:06:12AND STAY CONSISTENT, YOU CAN LOSE A LOT OF GROUND THAT YOU
- 1:06:17GAINED. AND SO I'VE BEEN ASKING GOD, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT I CAN
- 1:06:22KISS YOU MORE? AND THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART, ENTER IN,
- 1:06:24ENTER IN. AND ENTERING IT ISN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, WORSHIPING.
- 1:06:28ENTERING IN IS ALSO BY THE WAY OF YOUR GIVING. IT'S A GREAT WAY
- 1:06:31TO GIVE ENTRANCE TO GOD'S BLESSING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT
- 1:06:34ARE WATCHING IN YOUR LIFE. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ALLOW GOD'S
- 1:06:39BLESSING TO ENTER INTO A COUNTRY BECAUSE PSALM 33, 12 SAYS,
- 1:06:42BLESSED IS, SO THAT MEANS THERE IS A BLESSING WHOSE NATION THE
- 1:06:47LORD IS THEIR GOD. SO WHEN WE ENTER IN, WHETHER IT BE BY OUR
- 1:06:52WORSHIP, OUR DEDICATION TO GOD, OUR GIVING, OUR TITHING, WHAT
- 1:06:56WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE LITERALLY KISSING GOD BACK. NOW LOOK AT
- 1:07:02MATTHEW CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 11. NOTICE WHAT THE WISE MEN DID.
- 1:07:07WHEN THEY CAME IN AND THEY SAW JESUS, IT SAYS THEY FELL DOWN
- 1:07:11AND THEY WORSHIPED HIM. WHY DOES IT SAY FELL DOWN AND WORSHIP?
- 1:07:14BECAUSE JESUS TAUGHT IN JOHN FOUR THAT NOW IS THE TIME THAT
- 1:07:17TRUE WORSHIPERS ARE CALLED TO WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND
- 1:07:21IN TRUTH. AND WHAT THAT LITERALLY MEANS, SPIRIT AND
- 1:07:23TRUTH, IS TO LITERALLY BOW DOWN AS IF TO KISS THE FEET OR KISS
- 1:07:27THE EARTH. THAT'S HOW MUCH HONOR YOU HAVE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT
- 1:07:32THEY DID. THEY BROUGHT THEIR OFFERINGS AND NOTICE WHAT THEY
- 1:07:35DID. THEY BROUGHT A KISS. THEY BROUGHT THEIR OFFERINGS AND THEY
- 1:07:39BROUGHT A KISS. DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU TITHE AND YOU GIVE TO YOUR
- 1:07:45KING A 10% THAT REPRESENTS YOUR HEART AND YOUR EARNINGS, YOU'RE
- 1:07:51DOING EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WISE MEN DID. YOU'RE KISSING GOD,
- 1:07:57YOU'RE POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR HIM TO BLESS YOU AND FOR YOU TO
- 1:08:00BE BLESSED. SAME WAY WHEN YOU GIVE AN OFFERINGS, IT'S AN ACT
- 1:08:03OF WORSHIP. IN FACT, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE THAT IT WAS
- 1:08:06OF ANCIENT TRADITION. PEOPLE KNEW THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT
- 1:08:11YOU SHOWED YOUR HONOR AND YOUR WORSHIP TO YOUR GOD WAS THROUGH
- 1:08:17AN OFFERING AND A KISS. THEY WOULD OFFER BLOOD OF ABORTED
- 1:08:24BABIES OR BABIES THAT HAD BEEN MURDERED, AND THEY WOULD KISS
- 1:08:26THE STATUE AS THEY WOULD CAST THE BABIES IN THE FIRE. CAN YOU
- 1:08:30IMAGINE THAT? SO IN LUKE CHAPTER SEVEN, I'LL JUST REFERENCE IT.
- 1:08:37IT'S THE STORY ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO COMES IN TO THE PLACE WHERE
- 1:08:41JESUS WAS MEETING WITH THE PHARISEES. AND SHE BRINGS THIS
- 1:08:45COSTLY OIL. AND SHE COMES IN AND IMMEDIATELY SHE GOES DOWN BY HIS
- 1:08:53FEET. AGAIN, IT'S A PLACE OF WORSHIP. AND SHE OFFERS HER
- 1:08:57OFFERING WITH A KISS. SHE KISSES FEET, SHE ANOINTS WITH HER HAIR
- 1:09:03WITH OIL, AND SHE BEGINS TO WASH HIS FEET. AND THERE IS A
- 1:09:07PHARISEE THERE, WHICH ALWAYS REPRESENTS THOSE WHO HATE WHEN
- 1:09:09PASTORS OR GOOD PASTORS, GOOD CHURCHES, TALK ABOUT TITHES AND
- 1:09:13OFFERINGS. OH, I DON'T NEED TO HEAR THAT. IT'S THE SAME THING
- 1:09:15THAT THE PHARISAICAL SPIRIT DOES IN CHURCHES TODAY, DID IT IN
- 1:09:19LUKE 7. BEGAN TO REBUKE THE WOMAN AND TOLD HER NOT TO DO
- 1:09:25THAT. AND JESUS SAID, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, UH-UH-UH. "SHE
- 1:09:29UNDERSTANDS THE PRINCIPLE OF WHEN YOU BRING AN OFFERING,
- 1:09:32"IT'S A KISS TO YOUR GOD. "SHE OFFERED ME A KISS, SHE PRESENTED
- 1:09:38OIL, "AND SHE WASHED MY FEET." AND THEN HE POINTS, JESUS POINTS
- 1:09:43TO THE PHARISEE, 'CAUSE GOD WATCHES
- 1:09:45OUR OFFERING, WHETHER WE OFFER OR WE
- 1:09:48DON'T, OR THE SPIRIT BEHIND.
- 1:09:51THAT'S WHY IT SAYS, "DON'T GIVE GRUDGINGLY."
- 1:09:53GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER, 'CAUSE THERE'S A KISS
- 1:09:55CONNECTED TO YOUR OFFERING, TO YOUR TITHING.
- 1:09:59AND HE SAID TO THE PHARISEE, "YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME A KISS.
- 1:10:02"YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME ANY OIL.
- 1:10:05"YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY WATER."
- 1:10:06I THINK IT'S TIME WE GOT A KISS TO THE FACE OF THE SON. I THINK
- 1:10:10ESPECIALLY, HOW MANY YEARS DID WE PRAY OVER THE LAST FEW FOR
- 1:10:14GOD TO BLESS OUR NATION WITH OUR PRESIDENT? TO BRING AMERICA BACK
- 1:10:21TO GREATNESS. HE'S DOING IT. WE NEED TO SUPPORT CHURCHES LIKE
- 1:10:27THIS, WHO ARE KISSING THE FACE OF GOD, THROUGH THE OIL AND THE
- 1:10:33ANOINTING OF HIS POWER, JUST LIKE THAT WOMAN, AND THE WASHING
- 1:10:37OF FEET, WE ARE SERVING GOD. WE NEED TO KEEP GIVING SO THAT WE
- 1:10:41CAN CONTINUE TO SHOW HONOR TO GOD. I WANNA SHOW YOU ONE LAST
- 1:10:45SCRIPTURE AS YOU ARE PREPARING YOUR OFFERING. LOOK AT 1 KINGS
- 1:10:4919, VERSE 18, JUST TO PROVE TO YOU. SO NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS TO
- 1:10:57ELIJAH, WHO THOUGHT HE WAS ALL ALONE. HE SAYS, "I'VE LEFT 7,000
- 1:11:00IN ALL ISRAEL, ALL THE KNEES WHICH HAVE NOT BOWED UNTO BAAL."
- 1:11:06SO BAAL WAS THE FALSE GOD. "AND EVERY MOUTH WHICH HAS NOT KISSED
- 1:11:09HIM." SO THEY WOULD GO UP AND LITERALLY KISS AND OFFER
- 1:11:14SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS TO BAAL. AND THEY'D FOLLOW IT UP
- 1:11:17WITH A KISS. WILL YOU KISS THE LORD TODAY WITH YOUR TITHE? YOU
- 1:11:22THAT ARE WATCHING, WILL YOU KISS THE LORD WITH YOUR CONSISTENT
- 1:11:24GIVING? I DO EVERY WEEK. AND I WANT TO KISS THE FACE OF THE SON
- 1:11:32TODAY. YOU SAY, WELL, HOW DO YOU DO IT? WELL, LET ME SHOW YOU THE
- 1:11:34DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE TODAY. THEY'LL PUT THAT UP ON
- 1:11:37THE SCREEN. THERE'S THE ENVELOPE, THE WEBSITE, MOBILE
- 1:11:42APP. YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE, YOU CAN SCAN. AND I WANNA THANK YOU
- 1:11:46FOR YOUR GIVING TODAY. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO GOD, YOU'RE KISSING
- 1:11:49THE LORD. AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET KISSED BY GOD. ON
- 1:11:54FRIDAY, WE ARE MEETING WITH THE OWNER, CURRENT OWNER, ABOUT TO
- 1:11:58BE THE FORMER OWNER OF OUR LAND, SHILOH. AND TERRIFIC GUY. IN
- 1:12:04FACT, IT WAS SO FUNNY, I HAD TEXTED HIM 'CAUSE WE WERE TRYING
- 1:12:09TO SET UP A MEETING TIME AND I GOT DISTRACTED SO I WASN'T ABLE
- 1:12:12TO TEXT HIM BACK TO SET UP A TIME THAT DAY. SO HE CALLS ME
- 1:12:16BACK, LEAVES A MESSAGE WITH THE DONALD TRUMP VOICE. I STARTED
- 1:12:22LAUGHING SO HARD. AND BRENDA GOES, "OH MY GOSH, "THAT SOUNDS
- 1:12:25JUST LIKE DONALD TRUMP." I SAID, "BRENDA, IT DOES." SO THEN WHEN
- 1:12:28I TALKED TO HIM, I SAID, "I'M NOT IMITATING DONALD TRUMP
- 1:12:30ANYMORE." AND HE GOES, "YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR HANK, "YOU DO, YOU
- 1:12:33CAN GO AHEAD AND STAND AT YOUR FEET." HE GOES, "YOU DO THE
- 1:12:35INTERVIEW TRUMP." HE GOES, "I KINDA DO THE RALLY GUY. "YOU
- 1:12:38KNOW, I KINDA DO THE REAL, YOU KNOW, "IT'S, LISTEN, THERE'S
- 1:12:41SOME HORRIBLE PEOPLE, JUST SO HORRIBLE, BUT NOT YOU, YOU'RE
- 1:12:47FANTASTIC." BUT HE DOES THE OTHER RASPY KIND OF ONE. BUT
- 1:12:49ANYWAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH HIM ON FRIDAY AND WE'RE
- 1:12:52GONNA START GOING OVER CERTAIN THINGS TO, TO, HOW DO WE SAY IT,
- 1:12:59DOUG? LIKE CONTRACT IT RIGHT, TO, YEAH, SHOW UP DETAILS. AND
- 1:13:04THEN HERE'S WHAT I'VE ASKED GOD. I WANT GOD TO KISS US SO MUCH,
- 1:13:07BUT I WANT TO KISS HIM IN RETURN. CAN I BE HONEST WITH
- 1:13:10YOU? I WANT TO PAY CASH FOR THIS. I DON'T WANT ANY DEBT ON
- 1:13:16IT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME, AWESOME TESTIMONY. IT'D
- 1:13:19BE LIKE SPOILS OF WAR FOR HOW HARD WE'VE STOOD AND FOUGHT. SO
- 1:13:24CONSIDER THAT, PRAY ABOUT THAT AS WE GET READY. ALL RIGHT,
- 1:13:27WELL, YOU GOT YOUR OFFERING IN YOUR HAND, YOUR CELL PHONE,
- 1:13:30WHATEVER, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO JOIN ME.
- 1:13:32ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY? I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. HEAVENLY
- 1:13:35FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN. WE
- 1:13:39COMMAND THE BLESSING UPON THEM. ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD THAT SAYS
- 1:13:44WHEN WE TITHE, YOU OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, YOU COMMAND
- 1:13:46THE BLESSING. YOU REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR THEIR SAKE. THAT'S
- 1:13:50EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO. AND TO THOSE THAT ARE GIVING TODAY, YOU
- 1:13:53HAVE PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD RETURN BACK TO THEM GOOD
- 1:13:56MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, EVEN RUNNING OVER. YOU
- 1:14:00ARE GOD. GIVE BACK TO US THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN. WE BLESS YOU
- 1:14:05TODAY. BLESS THE OFFERING. BLESS THIS MINISTRY. KEEP GIVING US
- 1:14:09FAITHFUL PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN KISS YOU IN RETURN. AND ALL THE
- 1:14:14PEOPLE SAID, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, USHERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND
- 1:14:17BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO HAVE PASTOR BRENDA COME
- 1:14:19AT THIS TIME. OH, WE HAVE TO DO THE DECREE. OH, BRENDA, YOU CAN
- 1:14:23DO THE DECREE. SHE DOES IT EVERY WEEK. I'M AFRAID THAT I'LL NOT
- 1:14:26DO IT QUITE LIKE SHE DOES. DOES SHE DO A GREAT JOB?
- 1:14:28DO IT WITH ME. ARE YOU GUYS READY? ALL RIGHT, LET'S SAY IT
- 1:14:31TOGETHER. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS
- 1:14:35CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE
- 1:14:39DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY THAT EVERY
- 1:14:43HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE
- 1:14:48HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE.
- 1:14:53WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE
- 1:14:57PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO
- 1:15:02BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF
- 1:15:06PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE
- 1:15:10PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN
- 1:15:14WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE
- 1:15:18DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. GIVE PASTOR HANK A
- 1:15:24GREAT BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU, PASTOR CHELSEA, WHO
- 1:15:29IS VERY RICH WITH CHILD. SHE SAID, "I'LL BRING YOUR BIBLE
- 1:15:36UP." AND PASTOR MATT WOULD USUALLY HANDLE THIS THERE
- 1:15:38DOWNTOWN. AND I THOUGHT I ALMOST FELT BAD, A PREGNANT WOMAN
- 1:15:43COMING UP AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS EFFORT. BUT
- 1:15:47ANYWAY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR, DAVID, ARE YOU EXCITED TO HAVE A
- 1:15:51BROTHER? YEAH, ANOTHER BROTHER? OKAY, ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GONNA
- 1:15:56TREAT HIM RIGHT, RIGHT? GOOD, ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE JUST VERY
- 1:16:00EXCITED FOR THE SALAFOU FAMILY AND THANKFUL. SO, WELL, LET'S
- 1:16:04GET RIGHT INTO IT TODAY. I WANNA MAKE THE MOST USE OF A LOT OF
- 1:16:07TIME THAT WE HAVE. ACTUALLY, GRAB YOUR BIBLES. WE'LL GET INTO
- 1:16:12THAT TODAY, AND I'M GONNA GO TO MATTHEW, THE 17TH CHAPTER. SO
- 1:16:18LET ME PREFACE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY WHEN WE TALK
- 1:16:22ABOUT THINGS THAT INTERRUPT ANSWERED PRAYER. WHAT I WANNA
- 1:16:27MAKE CLEAR IS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A, HEY,
- 1:16:34WHY? I'M LOOKING AT A SITUATION THAT MAYBE ALREADY HAPPENED, A
- 1:16:39PRAYER THAT DIDN'T GET ANSWERED, SOMETHING THAT I PRAYED FOR, IT
- 1:16:42DIDN'T GO THE RIGHT WAY. MAYBE IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T GET
- 1:16:46HEALED OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A JOB THAT WAS LOST, A BUSINESS
- 1:16:50THAT CLOSED, SOMETHING WITH A FAMILY MEMBER, AND YOU PRAYED A
- 1:16:53CERTAIN WAY AND, LET'S BE REAL, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. YOU JUST
- 1:16:58THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD, WHAT HAPPENED? AND WHAT
- 1:17:02INTERRUPTED THAT? WHAT KEPT IT FROM COMING TO PASS? NOW, WHAT I
- 1:17:05WANT TO LOOK AT TODAY ARE THINGS THAT CAN DISRUPT PRAYER, BUT
- 1:17:10IT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE MORE PREEMPTIVE, NOT AN AFTER THE
- 1:17:13FACT, OKAY, WHY DID SOMETHING HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE
- 1:17:16DO LEARN FROM SCRIPTURE IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD
- 1:17:20DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL US, OKAY? AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO PREFACE
- 1:17:24THAT, THAT THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES, SITUATIONS THAT
- 1:17:29TAKE PLACE THAT IN THE WISDOM AND THE MIND OF GOD, WE MAY NOT
- 1:17:32KNOW THE ANSWER TILL WE GET TO HEAVEN SOMEDAY. THIS LIST OF
- 1:17:36ITEMS IS REALLY MEANT TO BE MORE OF A, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A
- 1:17:41LIFESTYLE, RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO AS A WAY OF LIVING ON A DAILY,
- 1:17:47ONGOING BASIS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT GETS OUR
- 1:17:51PRAYERS ANSWERED? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MEANT TO BE,
- 1:17:53ESPECIALLY WHEN IT APPLIES TO OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S NOT MEANT TO
- 1:17:57BE SORT OF A LAUNDRY LIST OF, WELL, THIS OR THIS OR THIS OR
- 1:18:00THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT. AND THEN
- 1:18:04THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD WON'T EVEN TELL US ABOUT OUR
- 1:18:06LIFE WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, FACE AN UNANSWERED PRAYER THAT, OR IT
- 1:18:11SEEMED LIKE IT WAS INTERRUPTED AND IT DIDN'T GO THE WAY THAT WE
- 1:18:13HAD PRAYED OR SPOKE OR DECLARED OR PROPHESIED. AND SO THERE ARE
- 1:18:19THINGS GOD WILL NOT ALWAYS SHARE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, TO BE
- 1:18:22REAL, HE'S NOT OBLIGATED TO. GOD IS GOD. AND HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
- 1:18:27HE'S GOD? AND IN HIS WISDOM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD MAY
- 1:18:32NOT TELL US. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, I THOUGHT OF ACTS THE
- 1:18:37FIRST CHAPTER WHEN HERE JESUS IS GETTING READY TO ASCEND BACK UP
- 1:18:42INTO HEAVEN, ACTS THE FIRST CHAPTER. AND THEY SAID, WELL,
- 1:18:44LORD, IS THIS THE TIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA RESTORE THE KINGDOM
- 1:18:49OF GOD TO ISRAEL? AND LOOK AT JESUS' ANSWER. HE SAID, YOU
- 1:18:53KNOW, IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS. NOW,
- 1:18:57WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD, THE BIBLE
- 1:18:59SAYS CLEARLY WE'RE TO KNOW THE TIMES AND SEASONS AND TO HAVE A
- 1:19:02READINESS FOR IT, THAT WE KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS IN
- 1:19:07THE SIGNS AND KNOW THAT THE TIME IS NEAR. BUT JESUS THEN ALSO
- 1:19:11TURNS AND SAYS, "IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES AND
- 1:19:15SEASONS," WATCH THIS PART, "THAT GOD HAS PUT IN HIS OWN POWER."
- 1:19:20THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD PUTS IN HIS OWN POWER. HOWEVER,
- 1:19:24AT THE SAME POINT, THE BIBLE TEACHES US THERE ARE THINGS WE
- 1:19:27CAN AVOID THAT KEEP OUR PRAYERS FROM GETTING ANSWERED. AND
- 1:19:31THAT'S MY GOAL TODAY. I'M GONNA GO OVER THESE FOR THE NEXT
- 1:19:34COUPLE SUNDAYS. I'LL PROBABLY CAMP OUT TODAY, I THINK, ON THE
- 1:19:39FIRST COUPLE OF THEM, 'CAUSE I WANNA REALLY DO AN EXHAUSTIVE
- 1:19:43OUTLINE OF SOME OF THESE TOPICS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST GET
- 1:19:47THROUGH 'EM. I HAVE 12 ALTOGETHER. SOME OF 'EM I JUST
- 1:19:50GET A QUICK MENTION. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT I REALLY WANT
- 1:19:54TO LAY OUT SOME TRUTH THIS MORNING. AND THE SECOND THING IS
- 1:19:58I'LL JUST SAY, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN ALL EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
- 1:20:03YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PRETENDING TO BE UP HERE AND KNOW EVERYTHING.
- 1:20:06CERTAINLY, THAT'S GOD'S BUSINESS, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE
- 1:20:09AS MANY THINGS OUT OF SCRIPTURE AS WE CAN. SO LET'S GET INTO IT
- 1:20:13AND JUST BASICALLY TALK ABOUT THE VERY FIRST, AND I THINK IT'S
- 1:20:17THE MOST PROMINENT, OR ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT, BECAUSE ALL
- 1:20:21OTHER THINGS SEEM TO FEED THIS ONE AREA, OF THE REASON THAT
- 1:20:25PEOPLE DO NOT GET THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED. SO IF YOU ARE TAKING
- 1:20:29NOTES, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, OR AT LEAST GO BACK
- 1:20:31AND LISTEN TO IT IF YOU DIDN'T BRING A NOTEBOOK, IS THE SPIRIT
- 1:20:35OF UNBELIEF. NOW LET'S BREAK THIS DOWN. I'M GONNA GO TO
- 1:20:39MATTHEW THE SEVENTH CHAPTER, OR 17TH CHAPTER, AND I WANT TO READ
- 1:20:44A LITTLE BIT HERE. IT SAYS IN VERSE 14, "AND WHEN THEY WERE
- 1:20:49COME TO THE MULTITUDE, "THERE CAME TO HIM A CERTAIN MAN,
- 1:20:52"KNEELING DOWN TO HIM AND SAYING, 'LORD, HAVE MERCY ON MY
- 1:20:56SON, FOR HE'S A LUNATIC.'" WHICH MEANS HE HAD SOME FORM OF A
- 1:21:00MENTAL DISORDER AND HE'S VEXED AND OFTEN FALLS INTO THE FIRE
- 1:21:06AND INTO THE WATER. IN OTHER WORDS, HE COULDN'T CONTROL
- 1:21:08HIMSELF. "AND I BROUGHT HIM TO YOUR DISCIPLES AND THEY COULD
- 1:21:14NOT CURE HIM." SO THAT SAYS TO ME IMMEDIATELY THAT THEY MUST
- 1:21:18HAVE ATTEMPTED TO. THEY MUST HAVE TRIED TO LAY HANDS. NOW WE
- 1:21:23KNOW THAT THE DISCIPLES, MATTHEW THE 10TH CHAPTER, WE KNOW THAT
- 1:21:28THE DISCIPLES WENT OUT IN POWER HEALING THE SICK AND CASTING OUT
- 1:21:33DEVILS. JESUS GAVE THEM POWER TO DO THOSE THINGS, MATTHEW THE
- 1:21:3710TH CHAPTER. THEY HAD SUCCESS. IN FACT, MANY OF THEM CAME BACK
- 1:21:41AND SAID, LORD, WE SAW SATAN FALL, OR WE SAW ALL OF THOSE
- 1:21:46THAT WERE HEALED AND DELIVERED. AND JESUS SAID, YEAH, I SAW
- 1:21:50SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING. THEY SAW RESULTS, RIGHT? BUT ON THIS
- 1:21:55OCCASION, THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE WOULD CALL IT A BIG
- 1:21:59SITUATION, THEY WERE UNABLE. SO THEY MUST HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CAST
- 1:22:04THE DEVIL OUT, AND THEY COULD NOT DO IT. AND SO JESUS TURNS,
- 1:22:08NOW, HIS RESPONSE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF TRACK IN
- 1:22:12SAYING THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, CULTURE NOW HAS PAINTED, A LOT
- 1:22:15OF THE CHURCH HAS PAINTED A PICTURE OF JESUS AS THIS, HE
- 1:22:18ADAPTS TO EVERYTHING THAT WE WANNA BELIEVE AND DO, AND IF WE
- 1:22:24MESS UP OR MAKE A MISTAKE, THAT HE'LL NEVER BE MAD AT YOU. NOW,
- 1:22:29I'M NOT SAYING JESUS IS WALKING AROUND WITH A STICK READY TO
- 1:22:32WHIP YOUR BACKSIDE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE JESUS WE READ ABOUT
- 1:22:38IN SCRIPTURE WAS VERY BOLD, OKAY? AND HE WAS NOT TOLERANT OF
- 1:22:45BEHAVIORS THAT HE TAUGHT OTHERWISE. HE TURNS TO THE
- 1:22:50DISCIPLES AND DOESN'T GO, "OKAY, GUYS, MAN, YOU TRIED, YOU TRIED.
- 1:22:55"LET ME HELP YOU AGAIN." NO, BY THIS POINT, HE EXPECTED THEM TO
- 1:23:00HAVE RESULTS, EVEN IN A SITUATION THAT FELT TO THEM
- 1:23:04BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. AND HE TURNS TO THEM AND HE SAYS, "OH,
- 1:23:09FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION." NOW THAT WORD
- 1:23:14PERVERSE THERE MEANS THAT THEY TOOK ANOTHER PATH. IT MEANS THEY
- 1:23:19WENT OFF THE PATH THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON. "HOW LONG DO
- 1:23:23I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH YOU?" HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
- 1:23:25THE LORD TO SAY THAT TO YOU?
- 1:23:28I THOUGHT, LORD, AND HE SAID IT IN A GROUP. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET
- 1:23:31UPSET IF A PASTOR, YOU KNOW, TELLS HIS CONGREGATION ON
- 1:23:34OCCASION TO BUCK UP. BUT JESUS ON A REGULAR BASIS REBUKED HIS
- 1:23:40DISCIPLES. AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW RIGHT THERE, IT WAS IN FRONT OF
- 1:23:44PEOPLE. 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE CROWD THERE. IF YOU READ,
- 1:23:48WE'LL READ HERE, MAYBE HOPEFULLY WE'LL GO TO MARK'S ACCOUNT IN
- 1:23:51MARK 9, BUT THERE WAS A GROUP COMING TOGETHER THERE. AND HE
- 1:23:55SAID, "HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS? "HOW LONG DO I
- 1:23:59HAVE TO SUFFER WITH YOU? BRING HIM HERE." YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T
- 1:24:04SAY IT IN KING JAMES. HE'S LIKE, "BRING HIM OVER HERE. BRING HIM
- 1:24:08TO ME." AND JESUS REBUKED THE DEVIL, VERSE 18, AND HE DEPARTED
- 1:24:12OUT OF HIM, AND THE CHILD WAS CURED FROM THAT HOUR. AND THEN
- 1:24:16CAME THE DISCIPLES LATER. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE BAFFLED BY THIS.
- 1:24:20NOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN JESUS, THEY ARE IN THE
- 1:24:27STORM IN THE BOAT IN MARK 4, AND JESUS SAYS, "HOW IS IT THAT YOU
- 1:24:31HAD NO FAITH?" THERE CAME A POINT WHERE JESUS' EXPECTATION
- 1:24:35OF US IS TO BE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOLD, STRONG, UNRELENTING FAITH.
- 1:24:42AND I'LL SAY THAT ABOUT AMERICA. IF THE PROPHETS HAVE BEEN
- 1:24:46PROPHESYING, IF GOD IS SHOWING THE SIGNS THAT WE NEED TO NOT BE
- 1:24:50ROLLING UP OUR, WRINGING OUR HANDS, THROWING IN THE TOWEL,
- 1:24:54OH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. NO, WE
- 1:24:55NEED TO BE PEOPLE OF BOLD, STRONG FAITH THAT BELIEVE GOD
- 1:25:03CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. SO THEY CAME TO JESUS AND THEY SAID, YOU
- 1:25:09KNOW, LORD, WE'RE A LITTLE SHOCKED. YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT
- 1:25:11DID WE DO WRONG? WHAT WAS THEY DO WITH A LOT OF CHRISTIANS? HOW
- 1:25:14COME THIS WAS INTERRUPTED? HOW COME OUR PRAYER DIDN'T GET
- 1:25:18ANSWERED? WHY DIDN'T IT WORK OUT THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS
- 1:25:21SUPPOSED TO? NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT HERE IN DETAIL WHAT JESUS
- 1:25:26SAID. HE TEACHES A WHOLE LESSON ON PRAYER IN ONE VERSE. AND
- 1:25:31JESUS SAID TO THEM, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF. NOW, I JUST WANT
- 1:25:37TO SAY THIS, THAT THE DISCIPLES AT THAT MOMENT WERE NOT TRYING
- 1:25:42TO EXHIBIT UNBELIEF OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PRAY
- 1:25:44FOR THAT YOUNG MAN. THEY WERE TRYING TO LAUNCH OUT IN THE
- 1:25:49FAITH THAT THEY HAD BEEN TAUGHT. BUT UNDERNEATH SOMEWHERE, OKAY,
- 1:25:55BECAUSE THEIR ACTIONS, THINK ABOUT US IN CHURCH ON A SUNDAY,
- 1:25:59WE HAVE A PRAYER LINE, PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER, WE'RE
- 1:26:02BELIEVING GOD, WE GET TOGETHER, WE PRAY, WE DO ALL THE THINGS
- 1:26:07THE DISCIPLES DID, RIGHT? WE ACT OUT IN FAITH, WE STEP OUT IN
- 1:26:13ATTEMPT TO BELIEVE GOD AND SEE AN ANSWER COME TO PASS. BUT
- 1:26:18JESUS RECOGNIZES THAT SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH, HE SAID THERE WAS
- 1:26:24UNBELIEF AT WORK. SO WE GOTTA BREAK IT DOWN. NOW LET ME JUST
- 1:26:28SAY A COUPLE THINGS. THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF UNBELIEF IN THE
- 1:26:31BIBLE. MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE IS AN UNBELIEF OF A FEARFUL TYPE OF
- 1:26:37UNBELIEF. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR UNBELIEF DEAL WITH FEAR.
- 1:26:42THE OTHER TYPE OF UNBELIEF, WELL, THE TYPE OF UNBELIEF THAT
- 1:26:45COMES UNDER THAT GREEK WORD FOR UNBELIEF THAT YOU SEE IN THE NEW
- 1:26:49TESTAMENT, MOST, ALMOST ALL ACCOUNTS ARE THIS TYPE, ARE
- 1:26:53PEOPLE THAT ARE APPREHENSIVE, RIGHT? THEY DEAL WITH FEAR, COME
- 1:26:58ON, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER FELT THAT? YOU KNOW, THE DOCTOR GIVES
- 1:27:00A REPORT, YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO PRAY ABOUT SOMETHING AND THERE'S
- 1:27:03FEAR THAT TRIES TO HIT YOUR HEART, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THEY
- 1:27:07TELL YOU, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA CUT BACK WAGES AT WORK." AND SO
- 1:27:10THERE'S A FEAR, YOU'RE TRYING TO STAND AND BELIEVE GOD, BUT
- 1:27:12THERE'S A FEAR THAT COMES. OFTEN WITH THIS TYPE OF UNBELIEF IS AN
- 1:27:16APPREHENSION THAT PEOPLE HAVE. WELL, I HOPE IT WORKS OUT. YOU
- 1:27:21KNOW, WE DON'T SAY THAT NECESSARILY, BUT DEEP IN THE
- 1:27:24BACK OF OUR MIND, WE'RE JUST THINKING, WELL, BUT PASTOR, I'VE
- 1:27:28BEEN IN THAT PRAYER LINE FOUR TIMES AND THE SYMPTOM HASN'T
- 1:27:31CHANGED. SO IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD, THERE'S THIS LITTLE
- 1:27:36SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, RIGHT?
- 1:27:39COME ON, HAVE WE ALL BEEN THERE? THAT'S TELLING THEM THAT THIS IS
- 1:27:43NOT GONNA SHIFT. IT'S GONNA STAY THE SAME WAY. AND THIS IS THAT
- 1:27:48TYPE OF FEARFUL UNBELIEF. IT'S AN APPREHENSION. IT WAS THE SAME
- 1:27:52TYPE OF UNBELIEF THAT THEY HAD AT NAZARETH WHEN THEY WERE LIKE,
- 1:27:55WELL, JESUS COMES TO NAZARETH IN MARK 6, AND THEY WERE LIKE,
- 1:28:01WELL, IS THIS NOT JUST MARY AND JOSEPH'S SON? WE'VE KNOWN HIM
- 1:28:06SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY. HOW CAN HE DO THESE KIND OF
- 1:28:08MIRACLES? AND BY THE WAY, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE SAW JESUS DO
- 1:28:13MIRACLES, THEY STILL STRUGGLED TO BELIEVE IT. THINK ABOUT THAT.
- 1:28:18SO SEEING SOMEONE GET OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR DOES NOT FIX A
- 1:28:22PERSON'S UNBELIEF. JUST SEEING SOMEONE ELSE GET A MIRACLE,
- 1:28:27LISTEN, WE KNOW OF PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH ALONE, PEOPLE THAT
- 1:28:30WRITE IN ONLINE, WHO GET MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE, WHO HAVE
- 1:28:34BREAKTHROUGHS AND ANSWERED PRAYER, AND I COULD SIT UP HERE
- 1:28:38ON A SUNDAY MORNING AND READ THEM OUT, AND SOMEBODY WOULD SIT
- 1:28:41THERE AND GO, "WELL, I WISH IT HAPPENED FOR ME."
- 1:28:43(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:28:46NO AMOUNT OF SEEING FIXED THE PHARISEES. SO THIS, SO THERE'S A
- 1:28:54TYPE OF UNBELIEF IN THE BIBLE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS MOSTLY WHAT
- 1:28:56THE CHURCH DEALS WITH, WHERE THERE'S AN APPREHENSION. AS MUCH
- 1:28:59AS WE'RE TRYING TO, "OH GOD, I BELIEVE YOU, I BELIEVE YOU, "I
- 1:29:04BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA DO IT," IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD, THERE'S
- 1:29:07LIKE, "BOY, I SURE HOPE IT WORKS OUT." AND THIS IS THE KIND OF
- 1:29:11UNBELIEF WE FIND. THEN THERE'S A SECOND KIND OF UNBELIEF IN THE
- 1:29:13BIBLE, WHICH IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH THE FIRST ONE, CAN
- 1:29:17ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE SECOND ONE. THE SECOND ONE IS A TYPE OF
- 1:29:20UNBELIEF IN THE GREEK WORD THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
- 1:29:23PRONOUNCE GREEK. YOU KNOW, PASTORS STAND UP AND SAY ALL
- 1:29:25THESE GREEK WORDS AND PRONOUNCE IT ALL, YOU KNOW, PHONETICALLY
- 1:29:30PERFECT. I LOOK AT IT AND GO, I TALK IN TONGUES. SO YOU GO LOOK
- 1:29:34IT UP IN YOUR VINES OR YOUR STRONGS YOURSELF. BUT THE SECOND
- 1:29:38ONE IS A TYPE OF UNBELIEF THAT WHEN IT RELATED TO THE CHILDREN
- 1:29:42OF ISRAEL, IT WAS AN OBSTINATE REFUSAL TO BELIEVE. NOW IF YOU
- 1:29:49DON'T DEAL WITH THE FIRST ONE, COME ON SOMEBODY, THAT FEARFUL
- 1:29:53ONE, THAT'S WHAT ISRAEL HAD WHEN THEY FIRST LEFT EGYPT. THEY WERE
- 1:29:57AFRAID OF THE WILDERNESS. THEY WERE AFRAID THERE WAS NO WATER.
- 1:29:59THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE PURSUING ARMY OF THE EGYPTIANS. BUT THEN
- 1:30:04ULTIMATELY, GOD KILLED OFF A WHOLE GENERATION BECAUSE THEIR
- 1:30:08FEARFUL UNBELIEF UNCHECKED MADE THEM EVENTUALLY STOP BELIEVING.
- 1:30:13AND I HAVE BUMPED INTO COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
- 1:30:16I USED TO BELIEVE IN HEALING, BUT NOW I DON'T." YOU KNOW, I
- 1:30:20RECENTLY HEARD OF SOME PEOPLE THAT SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, WELL,
- 1:30:24YOU KNOW, WE LIKE ALL THE CHARISMATIC GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
- 1:30:27STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER BEING AROUND IT A LITTLE WHILE, WE'RE
- 1:30:29NOT SURE ABOUT IT." YOU KNOW, AND THEN I KNOW PEOPLE THAT NO
- 1:30:35MATTER WHAT A PERSON SAYS, YOU CAN LAY OUT THE BIBLE, YOU CAN
- 1:30:39PRESENT SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE. SOME PEOPLE WILL
- 1:30:41ABSOLUTELY SAY, "I CATEGORICALLY WILL NOT BELIEVE THAT." I SAW A
- 1:30:45RECENT ARTICLE OF A MAJOR DENOMINATION THAT JUST VOTED IN
- 1:30:50A NEW PRESIDENT OVER THE WHOLE NATIONAL DENOMINATION. AND THEY
- 1:30:54SAID, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE IDEA "THAT WOMEN CANNOT
- 1:30:57BE PASTORS." I KNOW SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT. WOMEN CANNOT
- 1:31:02BE PASTORS. AND THEY HAVE DUG THEIR HEELS IN ON SOME SCRIPTURE
- 1:31:07THAT, HERE'S THE THING, EVEN IF SOMEBODY SAT DOWN AND SAID, "YOU
- 1:31:11KNOW WHAT, CAN WE HAVE A GOOD DIALOGUE? CAN WE TALK THROUGH
- 1:31:13THESE SCRIPTURES ON WOMEN IN MINISTRY? CAN WE GO THROUGH SOME
- 1:31:17TOPICS HERE AND YOU SHARE YOUR POINT AND WE'LL SHARE OUR
- 1:31:20POINT?" BUT NO, THERE HAS COME A POINT WHERE THERE'S A REFUSAL TO
- 1:31:24BELIEVE. I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU TELL THEM,
- 1:31:28FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPEAKING IN
- 1:31:32TONGUES, THEY CATEGORICALLY REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT. AND THEY
- 1:31:38WON'T LISTEN TO ANY REASONABLE DIALOGUE ABOUT IT. OKAY, SAME
- 1:31:42WAY WITH DIVINE HEALING. THEY JUST REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT. SO
- 1:31:46THERE'S TWO KINDS OF UNBELIEF. ONE IS THAT FEARFUL ONE, THAT
- 1:31:51HMM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S OKAY TO HAVE
- 1:31:54QUESTIONS. LISTEN, IF YOU, THE PASTOR OR I ARE PREACHING
- 1:32:00SOMETHING OR ANYONE IS PREACHING SOMETHING, IT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE
- 1:32:03TO TAKE IT TO THE BIBLE AND EXAMINE IT. BUT DON'T JUST GET
- 1:32:08OBSTINATE AND GO, WELL, I REFUSE IT. THAT'S REALLY WHAT A LOT OF
- 1:32:10PEOPLE DO. WELL, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT, AND THEY NEVER GO
- 1:32:12LOOK UP A SCRIPTURE. THEY NEVER TRY TO STUDY IT. I REMEMBER WHEN
- 1:32:16I WAS JUST YOUNG, EARLY FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND I
- 1:32:20BEGAN BELIEVING IN DIVINE HEALING. I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN
- 1:32:23HIGH SCHOOL AT THAT TIME THAT DID NOT BELIEVE IN DIVINE
- 1:32:27HEALING, AND THEY WERE ADAMANT ABOUT IT, AND THEY KNEW THAT I
- 1:32:29WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL THAT DID. AND SO THEY
- 1:32:32WENT FOR IT. I MEAN, WE HAD BIBLE CLASSES AND THEY SAT THERE
- 1:32:36AND TALKED UP ONE SIDE AND DOWN THE OTHER. YOU KNOW, AND OF
- 1:32:39COURSE I'M 16, I'M LIKE DOODLING ON MY NOTEBOOK THINKING, HOW IN
- 1:32:42THE WORLD DOES, CAN GOD JUST TRANSPORT ME? AND, BUT WHAT IT
- 1:32:47DID FOR ME, IT DROVE ME TO THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT,
- 1:32:52WELL, I'M NOT GONNA JUST TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT. I'M NOT GONNA
- 1:32:55TAKE BROTHER HAGIN'S WORD FOR IT. I'M NOT GONNA JUST TAKE
- 1:32:57BROTHER COPE. I'M GONNA READ THE SCRIPTURE FOR ME. BECAUSE I
- 1:33:02DON'T WANNA BE TEETERING BETWEEN FAITH AND UNBELIEF. AND SO IF WE
- 1:33:08DON'T DEAL WITH THE APPREHENSION SIDE OF UNBELIEF, THE FEARFUL
- 1:33:11SIDE, THE I'M NOT SURE SIDE, THE HMM SIDE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DID
- 1:33:15AT NAZARETH. AND WHEN THEY DIDN'T DEAL WITH IT, THE BIBLE
- 1:33:18SAYS IN MARK THE SIXTH CHAPTER, THEY BECAME OFFENDED AT JESUS.
- 1:33:23YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL. SO, THIS IS
- 1:33:27WHAT JESUS IS TELLING THEM. SO BACK TO MATTHEW 17. AM I HELPING
- 1:33:30YOU THIS MORNING ALREADY? JESUS SAID TO THEM, "IT WAS THE
- 1:33:33REASON." THIS WAS THE REASON. EVERYBODY SAY, "IT WAS THE
- 1:33:37REASON." THE REASON YOU COULD NOT CAST THE
- 1:33:42DEVIL OUT WAS BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF. ANALYTICAL, FEARFUL,
- 1:33:48WHATEVER IT WAS. FOR TRULY I SAY TO YOU, IF YOU HAVE FAITH, AS A
- 1:33:54GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED. SO IF YOU HAVE WHAT? FAITH. SO IF YOU HAVE
- 1:34:02FAITH, IF YOU HAVE FAITH, THERE'S THE BIG QUESTION, IF YOU
- 1:34:06HAVE FAITH. NOW, IN THE SAME STORY, WHAT THIS ACTUAL ACCOUNT
- 1:34:12LEAVES OUT, IN FACT, LET'S GO OVER TO MARK 9. I WANNA SHOW
- 1:34:17THIS TO YOU. I JUST WANNA TEACH THIS TODAY. MARK 9, THIS IS THE
- 1:34:22SAME STORY. VERSE, WELL, LET'S START AT VERSE 19 BECAUSE THE
- 1:34:33DISCIPLES CAN'T CAST HIM OUT. MARK 9:19, HE SAYS, "O
- 1:34:37FAITHLESS GENERATION, "HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH YOU?"
- 1:34:40SAME THING, BRING HIM HERE. THAT PART MUST HAVE STOOD OUT 'CAUSE
- 1:34:42IT MADE BOTH STORIES.
- 1:34:47AND THEY BROUGHT HIM UNTO HIM, AND WHEN THEY SAW HIM
- 1:34:49STRAIGHTWAY, THE DEMON TORE HIM AND HE FELL ON THE GROUND AND
- 1:34:52WALLOWED AND FOAMED AND HE ASKED THE FATHER, OKAY, MATTHEW DIDN'T
- 1:34:56TELL THIS PART, HOW LONG HAS HE HAD THIS? AND OFTENTIMES, AND
- 1:35:02THE FATHER SAYS, WELL, SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, AND OFTEN THE
- 1:35:05SPIRIT HAS CAST HIM INTO THE FIRE AND INTO THE WATER TO
- 1:35:08DESTROY HIM, BUT WATCH. LORD, THIS IS HOW A LOT OF US PRAY. IF
- 1:35:13YOU COULD DO ANYTHING, HAVE COMPASSION ON US AND HELP US.
- 1:35:20AND LOOK AT JESUS' RESPONSE. AND THIS WAS HAPPENING IN MATTHEW
- 1:35:2517, IN BETWEEN THE DISCIPLES TALKING TO JESUS. HE SAID, BUT
- 1:35:30IF HE, NO, NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT IF I CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU.
- 1:35:35THIS IS A LOT OF THE TIMES WHERE WE LIVE IN OUR FAITH. GOD, STEP
- 1:35:39IN, HURRY UP, DO SOMETHING. I'M SUFFERING, I'VE GOT PAIN. MY
- 1:35:45CHILDREN. GOD, DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH? JESUS SAID,
- 1:35:51NO, NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT IF I CAN DO ANYTHING. HIS WORDS ARE IN
- 1:35:56VERSE 23, IF YOU, SO WHERE DID THE RESPONSIBILITY COME? IT CAME
- 1:36:02BACK ON US. IT CAME BACK TO THE MAN. NOW, THIS CHILD'S FATHER, A
- 1:36:09LOT LIKE THE DISCIPLES, WAS ALSO DEALING WITH SOME UNBELIEF.
- 1:36:14OKAY? SO THE DISCIPLES HAD SOME UNBELIEF THAT JESUS HAD TAUGHT
- 1:36:18THEM NOT TO HAVE. AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO MATTHEW 17. BUT
- 1:36:23THIS FATHER ALSO WAS DEALING WITH SOME UNBELIEF. AND JESUS
- 1:36:27SAYS, COME ON, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, OKAY, THIS IS THE REAL
- 1:36:31KEY THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET TO TODAY. IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, IF
- 1:36:34YOU CAN DEVELOP YOUR FAITH IN SUCH A WAY TO GET RID OF
- 1:36:39UNBELIEF. NOW, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME HOW-TO'S ON
- 1:36:42THAT. THAT'S WHY I WANNA CAMP ON THIS TOPIC THIS MORNING. IF YOU
- 1:36:46CAN BELIEVE, HE SAYS TO THE FATHER, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
- 1:36:53NOW I LOOKED AT THAT AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, LORD, 'CAUSE A LOT OF
- 1:36:58US DEAL WITH SITUATIONS THAT LOOK CATEGORICALLY IMPOSSIBLE,
- 1:37:03CATEGORICALLY. WHETHER IT'S HEALTH OR FINANCES, BY THE WAY,
- 1:37:07I DON'T APOLOGIZE, PEOPLE SAY, OH, THAT HEALTH AND WEALTH
- 1:37:10GOSPEL, WELL, THAT'S THE THING MOST PEOPLE DEAL WITH. WE MIGHT
- 1:37:12AS WELL TALK ABOUT IT REGULAR. IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, ALL THINGS
- 1:37:19ARE POSSIBLE. NOW PEOPLE WILL CUT THAT AROUND AND TRY TO SAY,
- 1:37:24WELL THAT'S REALLY NOT IT, BUT JESUS SAID IT. ALL THINGS ARE
- 1:37:28POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT HAS SOMEWHERE THE ABILITY TO
- 1:37:33OVERCOME THIS HURDLE OF UNBELIEF AND CROSS OVER INTO DIVINE
- 1:37:38FAITH. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVES. NOW LOOK
- 1:37:43AT WHAT THE FATHER SAYS. HE SAYS, "OH LORD, I BELIEVE." NOW
- 1:37:47CAN I TELL YOU, FAITH STARTS RIGHT THERE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN
- 1:37:50OPEN HEART. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OPEN HEART TO BELIEVE. I LOVE
- 1:37:55WHAT PASTOR'S BEEN SAYING. HE'S BEEN SAYING, "ENTER IN." DON'T
- 1:37:58BE OBSTINATE. "OH, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. "I TRIED THAT." CAN
- 1:38:02I TELL YOU, THAT IS ONE OF THE WORST WORDS YOU CAN SAY TO GOD.
- 1:38:05TALK TO PETER AND THE FISHERMEN WHEN JESUS SAID, "THEY TOILED
- 1:38:09ALL NIGHT." WELL, WE ALREADY TRIED. DON'T GO THAT ROUTE.
- 1:38:13THAT'S UNBELIEF AT WORK. AMEN. BUT HE SAID, "LORD, I BELIEVE."
- 1:38:19HAVE THE ATTITUDE. TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. IT MAY NOT
- 1:38:24LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. IT MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA
- 1:38:28HAPPEN. IT MAY NOT FEEL LIKE A PRESIDENT CAN COME BACK FOR A
- 1:38:32SECOND TERM AFTER THE ONE WAS STOLEN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE
- 1:38:36COMES BACK. YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HEARD PEOPLE TELL PASTOR
- 1:38:38HANK, "OH, PASTOR HANK, JUST GIVE IT UP." JUST GIVE IT UP.
- 1:38:43TRUMP'S NEVER COMING BACK. HE'S NEVER GONNA BE BACK. JUST QUIT.
- 1:38:50YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD. EVERY TIME YOU GET
- 1:38:52UP AND KEEP SAYING THAT EVERY SUNDAY, YOU'RE DIGGING THE HOLE
- 1:38:55DEEPER. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR HISTORY LIKE THIS. WELL, WHO
- 1:39:00SAYS THERE'S NOT A FIRST? OKAY? WHO SAYS THERE'S NOT A FIRST
- 1:39:05TIME. AND YOU KNOW, HE DID NOT RELENT. THANK GOD FOR THAT.
- 1:39:09THANK GOD FOR THAT. BUT IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT. BUT ALWAYS
- 1:39:14TAKE, AT LEAST IF YOU WANNA OVERCOME UNBELIEF, TAKE THE
- 1:39:17POSITION OF FAITH. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE FACING ADVERSITY AND IT
- 1:39:23LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE, BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T THROW OUT THOSE
- 1:39:28WORDS, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I HEARD A PREACHER SAY
- 1:39:30ONE TIME, QUIT SAYING THE WORD, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU
- 1:39:34HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND IN YOU IS THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT TO
- 1:39:39DO. YEAH, IT MAY TAKE SOME WORK TO TAP INTO THAT, BUT DON'T SAY,
- 1:39:44I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THE
- 1:39:48GREATER ONE LIVES IN US. SO LORD, HE SAYS, "I BELIEVE." SO
- 1:39:55START WITH THAT. "PLEASE HELP MY UNBELIEF." NOW, I THOUGHT THAT
- 1:40:00WAS AN INTERESTING PRAYER. HELP ME, LORD, TO OVERCOME MY
- 1:40:04UNBELIEF. AND YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T REBUKE HIM FOR SAYING
- 1:40:07THAT. SO MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE A PRAYER. LORD, I BELIEVE, HELP ME
- 1:40:10OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF. AND I DON'T SEE ANY PLACE IN THE
- 1:40:15SCRIPTURE WHERE JESUS REBUKED THIS FATHER. NOW, HE WAS A
- 1:40:17LITTLE HARDER ON THE DISCIPLES 'CAUSE I THINK THEY KNEW BETTER.
- 1:40:20AND SOME OF US ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE SERVE GOD FOR A LONG
- 1:40:23TIME, SO I THINK WE KNOW BETTER. AND THERE COMES A POINT WHERE IN
- 1:40:26OUR MATURITY AND THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM OR THE SPIRITUAL
- 1:40:29THINGS, THAT GOD DOES EXPECT US TO KNOW BETTER. THAT'S WHY I
- 1:40:33JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT UP. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW,
- 1:40:36PASTOR TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT ENTERING INTO WORSHIP. AND I
- 1:40:41UNDERSTAND FOR PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NEW. IT'S THE
- 1:40:45FIRST TIME THEY EVER CAME IN A CHURCH. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S
- 1:40:48MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND AT LIGHTS
- 1:40:51AND PROPHESYING AND, YOU KNOW, SINGING AND DECLARING AND PEOPLE
- 1:40:56MARCHING AROUND WITH FLAGS AND ALL OF THIS, DIFFERENT, YOU
- 1:40:59KNOW. BUT WE DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR DIFFERENT. HEY, THE HOLY SPIRIT,
- 1:41:03HOLY SPIRIT DIDN'T APOLOGIZE ON PENTECOST THAT IT WAS DIFFERENT
- 1:41:06TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LISTENING. THAT'S WHERE
- 1:41:08USER-FRIENDLY GETS IT WRONG. AMEN. BUT, BUT, SO I UNDERSTAND.
- 1:41:15BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHERE FOR THOSE OF US THAT KNOW
- 1:41:18BETTER, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CHURCH 30 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN IN
- 1:41:21THE KINGDOM 40 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE KINGDOM 10 YEARS, 5
- 1:41:24YEARS, THAT AFTER BEING MENTORED INTO SOMETHING FOR A PERIOD OF
- 1:41:28TIME, THAT LIKE JESUS EXPECTED WITH THE DISCIPLES, WE GOT TO
- 1:41:32STEP INTO IT. OKAY? DON'T JUST BE THE WORSHIPER THE SAME OLD
- 1:41:35WAY. STEP INTO IT. PRESS IN A LITTLE DEEPER. WELL, PASTOR
- 1:41:39BRENDA, IT'S NOT MY PERSONALITY. WELL, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE
- 1:41:42SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS IT'S OUR PERSONALITY. AND I LEARNED A
- 1:41:46LONG TIME AGO, IT'S GOD'S WAY OR THE HIGHWAY.
- 1:41:49(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:41:52OKAY, WE DON'T, HE DOESN'T ADAPT TO US. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT THE
- 1:41:56CULTURE TEACHES. GOD DOESN'T ADAPT TO US, WE ADAPT TO HIM. WE
- 1:42:01ADAPT TO HIS WAY. AMEN, WE ADAPT TO HIS WORD. NOT HIM COME DOWN
- 1:42:07AND, YOU KNOW, ADAPT TO OUR WILL AND OUR PURPOSES. SO, THAT HE
- 1:42:12EXPECTED MORE OF THE DISCIPLES THAN HE DID THIS FATHER, THAT'S
- 1:42:15HOW I READ THAT. SO, WHAT DID HE DO? HE REBUKES THE DEVIL. WHEN
- 1:42:21ALL THE PEOPLE WERE GATHERED AND HE WAS, HE WAS, THE LITTLE BOY
- 1:42:25WAS HEALED, EVEN THOUGH THE FATHER HAD AN ELEMENT OF
- 1:42:28UNBELIEF IN HIM. BUT THE DISCIPLES, HE DIDN'T GIVE SUCH A
- 1:42:32MEASURE TO. NOW LET'S GO BACK TO THE DISCIPLES. JESUS IS TEACHING
- 1:42:36THEM. AM I, ARE YOU STILL TRACKING WITH ME? JESUS IS STILL
- 1:42:40TEACHING THEM ABOUT DEALING WITH THIS SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF. AND I
- 1:42:43BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE REASONS WE DON'T GET
- 1:42:46ANSWERS TO PRAYER. HE SAID, "IF YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN," AND
- 1:42:52WATCH THIS VERY CLOSELY. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT EVERY LITTLE WORD.
- 1:42:56THIS IS LIKE THE TEACHING UP HERE. EVERY LITTLE WORD, BECAUSE
- 1:43:01OF YOUR UNBELIEF. SO WHAT WAS THE REASON THEY DIDN'T GET AN
- 1:43:04ANSWER? UNBELIEF, OKAY, MARK THAT DOWN, UNBELIEF. THEN HE
- 1:43:11GOES ON TO TEACH THEM HOW TO OVERCOME IT. HE SAYS, "IF YOU
- 1:43:15HAD FAITH," EVERYBODY SAY FAITH. NOW WHAT IS FAITH, DO WE KNOW
- 1:43:19IT? COME ON, HEBREWS 11, ONE, FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE
- 1:43:24THINGS WE HOPE FOR, RIGHT? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SOMETHING
- 1:43:28YOU'RE HOPING FOR TODAY? OKAY, YOUR HOPE IS THAT YOUR PRODIGAL
- 1:43:32CHILD WILL TURN AROUND. YOUR HOPE IS THAT YOUR BUSINESS WILL
- 1:43:35FLOURISH. YOUR HOPE IS FOR HEALING. YOUR HOPE IS FOR
- 1:43:40FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH. YOUR HOPE IS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM
- 1:43:43FEAR, OPPRESSION. THIS IS THE THINGS WE HOPE FOR. FAITH PUTS
- 1:43:47EVIDENCE TO IT. IT SAYS FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE OF THE THINGS WE
- 1:43:51HOPE FOR. RIGHT? IT IS THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS WE CANNOT SEE
- 1:43:56YET. SO FAITH, ACTUALLY ONE TRANSLATION SAYS FAITH IS YOUR
- 1:44:00PROOF. NOT THAT THE DOCTOR ACTUALLY WROTE OUT A NEW REPORT.
- 1:44:04FAITH IS THE PROOF OF THE THINGS WE HOPE. JESUS SAID IF YOU HAD
- 1:44:08FAITH, LIKE JUST A LITTLE GRAIN. NOW, I HEARD PEOPLE PREACH FOR
- 1:44:14MANY YEARS. THEY PREACHED IT THIS WAY, ALL IT TAKES IS A
- 1:44:18LITTLE BIT OF FAITH. ALL YOU NEED IS A TINY BIT OF FAITH AND
- 1:44:23YOU WILL GET A BREAKTHROUGH. THERE WERE WHOLE SONGS WRITTEN
- 1:44:26ABOUT IT. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH AND YOU WILL GET A
- 1:44:29BREAKTHROUGH. IT IS NOT A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH, OKAY? JESUS
- 1:44:33REBUKED PEOPLE SAYING, OH, YOU HAVE LITTLE FAITH. JUST LET THAT
- 1:44:40SINK FOR A MOMENT. IT'S NOT A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH THAT GETS IT
- 1:44:44DONE. JESUS SAID, IF YOU HAVE FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD
- 1:44:47SEED, YEAH, IT'S LITTLE, IT STARTS OUT. RIGHT NOW TODAY, I'M
- 1:44:50GIVING YOU A LITTLE MUSTARD SEED. AND HE SAID, IF YOU HAVE
- 1:44:53FAITH LIKE A GRAIN, WHAT DOES A GRAIN DO? A GRAIN WILL GROW,
- 1:44:59OKAY? AND IT GOES FROM SEED TO PLANTS. COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:45:03PLANTED? PASTOR AND I, WE DROVE ON OUR WAY HERE, PASTOR
- 1:45:06KORNFIELD, AND HE SAYS, "ISN'T KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY?"
- 1:45:09REMEMBER THAT? THAT'S A SAYING IN NEBRASKA. AND I DON'T KNOW, I
- 1:45:13ALWAYS THINK IT'S LIKE NOSE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY, BUT YOU
- 1:45:16KNOW. I MEAN, THE REALITY IS IF YOU PLANTED ANY PLANTS THIS
- 1:45:19YEAR, YOU BABYED THOSE SEEDS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I ALWAYS JUST
- 1:45:23GO TO LOWE'S AND GET THEM HALFWAY DONE. I THINK IT'S
- 1:45:26EASIER, YOU KNOW. WELL, HERE I COME. I'M THE PERSON, I WANT THE
- 1:45:29FLOWERS ALREADY BLOOMING BY THE TIME THEY MAKE IT TO MY HOUSE.
- 1:45:34BUT SOME OF YOU ARE ADVENTUROUS, AND YOU START OUT WITH THE SEED
- 1:45:38PACKETS, AND YOU PUT IT IN THE LITTLE POTS, AND YOU START OUT,
- 1:45:44AND YOU, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SEED PACKET PEOPLE? I JUST GOTTA
- 1:45:47KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO IN THE ROOM. BY THE WAY, I READ AN
- 1:45:50INTERESTING SCRIPTURE YESTERDAY. THIS IS POWERFUL, SIDE NOTE.
- 1:45:53PASTOR RABBIT TRAILS ALL THE TIME, SO I CAN DO IT. YESTERDAY,
- 1:45:59I READ A SCRIPTURE, BY THE WAY, IT'S IN EPHESIANS 3, AND YOU
- 1:46:02KNOW THAT, IN FACT, YOU'VE HEARD PASTORS SAY THIS, WHEN WE PREACH
- 1:46:06TO YOU, WE PREACH TO YOU, BUT WE DON'T JUST PREACH TO YOU, WE
- 1:46:09PREACH TO THE HEAVENLY HOSTS, AND WE PREACH TO THE DEMONS OF
- 1:46:14HELL. WE PREACH TO THREE REALMS. I ALWAYS SAID, LORD, I NEED A
- 1:46:17SCRIPTURE FOR THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE
- 1:46:21YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT I FOUND IT. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
- 1:46:24THE CHURCH IS TO MAKE KNOWN THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD TO THE
- 1:46:31UNSEEN REALM AND THE PRINCIPALITIES AND THE POWERS.
- 1:46:34SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE SPEAK, WE PREACH, WE PROPHESY. SO IF
- 1:46:40YOU SEE PASTOR GETS STIRRED UP IN THE PULPIT, HE MAY NOT BE
- 1:46:43TALKING TO YOU. HE MAY BE TALKING TO A DEVIL THAT IS
- 1:46:47SITTING OVER A REGION, THAT'S SITTING OVER A NATION. JUST GET
- 1:46:51IN AGREEMENT WITH IT, HALLELUJAH.
- 1:46:53(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:46:57SO THESE LITTLE SEEDS, IF YOU HAD FAITH JUST AS A GRAIN, AND
- 1:47:01YOU COULD CULTIVATE IT, AND YOU COULD WORK IT, AND YOU COULD
- 1:47:05DEVELOP THAT SEED, AND YOU COULD WATER THAT SEED. YOU'VE HEARD
- 1:47:10PEOPLE COIN THAT PHRASE BEFORE. IF YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN.
- 1:47:13NOW, JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, THAT THE
- 1:47:17SON OF MAN, MARK 4, IS THE ONE WHO DOES WHAT? COMES TO SOW THE
- 1:47:21WORD. LISTEN, THE LORD IS ALWAYS TRYING TO SOW A SEED IN OUR
- 1:47:28HEART WITH SOMETHING. THAT'S WHY WHEN PASTORS UP HERE PREACH, YOU
- 1:47:33KNOW, I FURIOUSLY TAKE NOTES. I WANT TO GO BACK AND I WANT TO
- 1:47:38RE-EXAMINE WHAT I'M LEARNING. I CERTAINLY WANT TO APPLY IT. WHAT
- 1:47:42WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL CHURCH
- 1:47:45GOERS. SO WE HAVE THE HABIT, WE GO TO CHURCH, WE LIFT OUR HANDS,
- 1:47:49WE SIT DOWN, WE GIVE OUR OFFERING, WE HEAR THE PREACHING,
- 1:47:51AND THEN WE GO HOME AND GET A HOT DOG. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S
- 1:47:56CHURCH HABIT. AND I GET THAT, WE ALL HAVE IT. AND PASTOR IN MY
- 1:47:59CASE, IT'S GO HOME, GET A HOT DOG, TAKE A NAP, SUNDAY NAP, YOU
- 1:48:02HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE THE HABITS. AND WHAT WE HAVE TO BE
- 1:48:06CAREFUL IS WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT'S TRYING TO PUT THE SEED
- 1:48:09IN US THROUGH THE PREACHING OR THE MINISTRY THAT'S TAKING
- 1:48:14PLACE, THAT IT'S NOT LIKE IN ONE EAR, OUT THE OTHER, AND THEN
- 1:48:17NEXT WEEK WE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT PASTOR PREACHED. SO JESUS SAID
- 1:48:21IF YOU HAVE FAITH LIKE A GRAIN AND YOU WORK IT, YOU CULTIVATE
- 1:48:25THAT, YOU FOCUS ON THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M NOT ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF,
- 1:48:30YOU KNOW, READ THE BIBLE IN A YEAR. AND I'M NOT SAYING DON'T
- 1:48:32DO IT. IN FACT, THE BACK OF MY BIBLE HAS A WHOLE PLAN ON HOW TO
- 1:48:35READ THE BIBLE IN A YEAR. I'M A FAN OF TAKE TWO OR THREE VERSES
- 1:48:40EACH DAY AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS AND THINK ABOUT HOW TO
- 1:48:45APPLY IT SO THAT THAT SEED HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. WE'RE
- 1:48:50NOT JUST SKIMMING LEVITICUS, SKIMMING THROUGH EPHESIANS AND
- 1:48:55DON'T HALF KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. PASTOR AND I USED TO PLAY A
- 1:48:57GAME, WHICH WE NEED TO GET BACK TO. WE USED TO PLAY THIS LITTLE
- 1:49:00GAME, BIBLE GAME, AND HUH? I ALWAYS WON AND I KNOW WHAT
- 1:49:05YOU'RE GONNA SAY. I KNOW YOU DO, BUT WE WOULD SAY, LIKE, TAKE A
- 1:49:08BOOK OF THE BIBLE, MAYBE THE BOOK OF MATTHEW OR GENESIS, AND
- 1:49:12WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, TELL ME WHAT IS IN GENESIS 1. TELL ME THE
- 1:49:16WHOLE GIST OF GENESIS 2. AND WE WOULD GIVE AN OVERVIEW. WHAT IS
- 1:49:21IN MATTHEW 1? WHAT'S IN MATTHEW 2? WHAT'S IN EPHESIANS 1? WHAT
- 1:49:26DOES EPHESIANS 2 TALK ABOUT? AND TRAIN YOURSELF TO CULTIVATE THE
- 1:49:31SEEDS OF GOD'S WORD IN YOUR HEART. AND SO WE DO THAT, BUT
- 1:49:36WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN, THAT
- 1:49:38WOULD BE SO GOOD. I'M GONNA WIN, YOU KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW THAT.
- 1:49:44ALTHOUGH MY HUSBAND ANYMORE PULLS OUT REVELATION FROM
- 1:49:47SCRIPTURE THAT JUST DROPS MY JAW ON THE FRONT ROW ANYMORE. I'M
- 1:49:50TELLING YOU, HOW DID YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH
- 1:49:53THAT? IT'S INCREDIBLE. BUT I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE
- 1:49:58NEED TO DO IS JUST CULTIVATE. TAKE A FEW VERSES AND JUST SAY,
- 1:50:02YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA READ THAT, I'M GONNA APPLY THAT, I'M
- 1:50:06GONNA TRY TO LIVE THAT, I'LL MEMORIZE THAT. AND IF YOU WOULD
- 1:50:09TAKE THE SEED OF THAT, JUST THAT, AND CULTIVATE IT TILL IT
- 1:50:14HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH A LITTLE BIT AND SPROUT SOME
- 1:50:17LEAVES, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE DOING WHAT JESUS SAID. IF
- 1:50:22YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, YOU WOULD SAY TO
- 1:50:28THIS MOUNTAIN, NOW WE KNOW MOUNTAINS REPRESENT, I ACTUALLY
- 1:50:31DID A TEACHING ONE TIME THAT THE MOUNTAINS IN THE BIBLE, REALLY
- 1:50:35IF YOU GO BACK TO JEREMIAH, IT CALLED BABYLON A DESTROYING
- 1:50:38MOUNTAIN. JESUS POINTED TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE CURSE, AND HE
- 1:50:42SAID, "YOU WILL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, "'BE THOU REMOVED.'"
- 1:50:45NOW, WE LOOK AT MOUNTAINS IN THE BIBLE ALLEGORICALLY AS OBSTACLES
- 1:50:50THAT WE FACE IN PRAYER, RIGHT? THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE COME UP
- 1:50:54AGAINST IN PRAYER. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T WANNA SHIFT. JESUS
- 1:50:57SAID, "IF YOU CAN DEVELOP AND SPROUT THAT FAITH "LIKE A GRAIN
- 1:51:02DOES." COME ON, GRAINS ARE MEANT TO GROW. YOU DON'T EAT THE SEED
- 1:51:06AND IT DIES. BRAINS GROW AND EVENTUALLY BEAR FRUITS. FAITH IS
- 1:51:12NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. PEOPLE TRY TO
- 1:51:15GROW, COME ON, HUGE SIZE FAITH BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S NOW IN THE
- 1:51:21HOSPITAL. AND YET THE REST OF OUR LIFE, COME ON, AM I
- 1:51:27PREACHING TO ANYBODY IN THE ROOM? COME ON, FAITH CAN'T BE
- 1:51:30GROWN WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE. THIS IS A
- 1:51:36HABIT. WE HAVE TO MITIGATE UNBELIEF ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE
- 1:51:42WON'T MITIGATE IT BEING STUCK HERE. COME ON, I'M PREACHING TO
- 1:51:48SOMEBODY. THIS IS THE REAL CULTURE, THE REAL WORLD WE LIVE
- 1:51:51IN, WHERE THESE PHONES TALK TO US EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOUR BANK
- 1:51:55ACCOUNT TALKS TO YOU, YOUR SOCIAL, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, I'M
- 1:51:59PREACHING TO MYSELF. I OPENED MY PHONE THIS MORNING, THIS MORNING
- 1:52:04GETTING READY TO COME PREACH TO YOU. I OPENED MY PHONE AND IN
- 1:52:09LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS, I THOUGHT, SAW THREE NEGATIVE
- 1:52:13HEADLINES. I THOUGHT, YOU DUMB DEVIL, I TAKE AUTHORITY OVER
- 1:52:17YOU. IN FACT, I'M SO INTO IT, MY FLASHLIGHT TURNED ON. I'M
- 1:52:21TELLING YOU, YOU DONE DEVIL, I SAW THE LIGHT.
- 1:52:25HALLELUJAH, I'M TRAPPED.
- 1:52:27(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- 1:52:33I FEEL THAT, BROTHER. IN LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS, THE DEVIL
- 1:52:41TRIED TO COME IN. OKAY, IT'LL FORMULATE UNBELIEF IN YOU. IT'LL
- 1:52:46FORMULATE A NEGATIVE IN YOU. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'LL SEE THAT
- 1:52:50STUPID MEME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE IF YOU DO THESE FOUR
- 1:52:55THINGS. I MEAN, THESE THINGS OUGHT TO BE BANNED FROM THE
- 1:52:59INTERNET. AND ALL OF IT'S MEANT TO SELL A STUPID PRODUCT. OKAY,
- 1:53:05I BOUGHT NINE BOTTLES OF FRANKINCENSE OFF OF AN AD. I
- 1:53:12MEAN, AND AGAIN, STUPID PHONE, SCROLL, SCROLL, SCROLL. OH, AND
- 1:53:16IT SAYS, AND YOU KNOW, YOUR PHONE KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED. YOU
- 1:53:21NEED A LITTLE HELP WITH YOUR JOINTS? OH, HALLELUJAH, YES.
- 1:53:24LET'S, FLASHLIGHTS ON AGAIN. HOLY SPIRIT'S CONFIRMING,
- 1:53:28CONFIRMING THE WORD WITH SIGNS FOLLOWING.
- 1:53:31(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:53:36I LOOKED AT THAT STUPID THING, AND I'M LIKE, AND I DIDN'T SEE
- 1:53:39ALL THE BOXES THAT WERE CHECKED. I THOUGHT I WAS ORDERING ONE
- 1:53:43BOTTLE, BUT WAIT, YOU GET TWO FOR, AND I ENDED UP WITH NINE
- 1:53:48BOTTLES OF FRANK, I DON'T KNOW HOW I ORDERED NINE. I DON'T EVEN
- 1:53:53REMEMBER WHAT I PAID FOR IT. I WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN IT CAME IN.
- 1:53:56PASTOR'S LIKE, "WELL, WHAT ARE THESE?" I'M LIKE, "WELL, IT'S
- 1:53:58SOME FRANKINCENSE."
- 1:53:59(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:54:01"WHAT'S IT FOR?" I DON'T REMEMBER, TO BE HONEST. I HAD TO
- 1:54:04GO TO GOOGLE AND LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT YOU USE FRANKINCENSE OIL
- 1:54:11FOR. I'M LIKE, "WELL, YOU APPLY IT ON YOUR ELBOW "AND PUT IT ON
- 1:54:15YOUR KNEES AND YOUR ANKLE "AND IT'LL DO ALL THIS AND THAT." AND
- 1:54:18I MEAN, I HAD TO GO LOOK IT UP. THIS IS HOW WE ARE SUCKERED IN
- 1:54:23TO A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF SOMETIMES. WE DON'T CULTIVATE
- 1:54:27FAITH. WE CULTIVATE, NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING YOU
- 1:54:30DON'T SPEND YOUR TIME IN YOUR BIBLE, BUT COME ON, LET'S DO THE
- 1:54:33RATIO OF THE MATH HERE OF HOW MUCH WE TAKE IN EVERY SINGLE DAY
- 1:54:38THAT IS FILLED WITH A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF COMPARED TO WHAT WE DO
- 1:54:43TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF FAITH. AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN
- 1:54:47JUST BECAUSE NOW WE'RE IN A CRISIS AND A LOT OF TIMES, AND
- 1:54:51HERE'S HOW YOU KNOW PEOPLE HAVE UNBELIEF. PEOPLE WILL GO TO
- 1:54:54HEALING MEETINGS. THEY'LL COME UP IN EVERY PRAYER LINE. NOW,
- 1:54:57I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH COMING UP IN A PRAYER
- 1:54:59LINE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, AND WE FIND THIS WITH JESUS. HE
- 1:55:03DIDN'T PUT THE PRESSURE OF FAITH ON HIMSELF. HE SAID TO THAT
- 1:55:09YOUNG BOY'S FATHER, "IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT." OKAY, HOW MANY
- 1:55:13TIMES DID JESUS GO TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME TO HIM FOR A
- 1:55:17MIRACLE, AND HE WOULD SAY, "IF YOU CAN BELIEVE ACCORDING TO
- 1:55:23YOUR FAITH, SO BE IT UNTO YOU." "SEE, BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM,
- 1:55:26PASTOR BRENDA. IF IT'S LEFT UP TO MY FAITH, I'M IN TROUBLE."
- 1:55:30THAT'S IT, THOUGH. SEE, THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT. PEOPLE WILL
- 1:55:35BELIEVE IN THE HEALING EVANGELISTS, BUT THEY CAN'T HAVE
- 1:55:38FAITH IN THEIR FAITH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVEN'T DEVELOPED
- 1:55:42THAT FAITH. OKAY, I'M TELLING YOU ONE THING THAT WON'T DEVELOP
- 1:55:46YOUR FAITH. OH, SEE, I HAVE THIS ELBOW CONDITION. AND THE DOCTOR
- 1:55:52SAID IT'S THE WORST I'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S THE WORST. I'VE
- 1:55:59NEVER, NOBODY I'VE EVER TREATED HAS BEEN THIS BAD. AND IF YOU
- 1:56:04GLORIFY UNBELIEF, YOU WILL LIVE IN THE REALM OF IT. BUT IF YOU
- 1:56:10CULTIVATE FAITH, COME ON, PASTOR AND I, WE HOLD EACH OTHER
- 1:56:15ACCOUNTABLE. AND WE WORK VERY HARD AT HOLDING EACH OTHER
- 1:56:20ACCOUNTABLE NOT TO SPEAK NEGATIVE WORDS OVER THINGS AND
- 1:56:22PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING.
- 1:56:27COME ON, DON'T LOOK AT YOUR PRODIGAL CHILD AND BE LIKE,
- 1:56:30"WELL, SHE'S JUST BEEN LIKE THIS FOREVER. IF SHE WOULD JUST
- 1:56:34CHANGE WHAT SHE DOES, I GET SO FRUSTRATED AS HER MOTHER THAT
- 1:56:39SHE'S STILL LIKE THIS AND LIKE THAT AND DOES THAT. AND YOU
- 1:56:43KNOW, COME ON, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT THAT OUT THERE, YOU'RE NOT
- 1:56:47CULTIVATING ANY FAITH FOR THEM. WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHAT
- 1:56:51THEY'RE DOING, PASTOR BRENDA. THEY'VE BEEN IN JAIL FOUR TIMES.
- 1:56:56WELL, BAIL THEM OUT AND QUIT SPEAKING UNBELIEF. SOMEWHERE WE
- 1:57:01HAVE GOT TO PUT THE POSTURE OF FAITH IN FRONT OF WHAT DOESN'T
- 1:57:05LOOK LIKE IT'S HAPPENING. IF YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN, LET'S
- 1:57:10GET BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE. I TOLD PASTOR ON THE WAY HERE, I'M
- 1:57:13ONLY GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST ONE. HE PRAYED FOR ME THIS
- 1:57:18MORNING. HE SAID, "LORD, HELP HER NOT GET STUCK UP ON ONE
- 1:57:21POINT." I THOUGHT, I'M GETTING STUCK UP ON ONE POINT. I KNOW
- 1:57:24IT. I CONFESSED MYSELF IN THE CAR ON THE WAY. IF YOU HAVE
- 1:57:28FAITH, THERE'S A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED. YOU'LL SAY TO THIS
- 1:57:31MOUNTAIN, NOW, WHAT DID JESUS, MARK 11, WE KNOW THIS. WE KNOW
- 1:57:36IT. COME ON, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. BUT LET'S
- 1:57:42JUST START WITH THAT, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. THE DOCTOR MIGHT HAVE
- 1:57:46SAID THAT. SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU. YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT
- 1:57:51MIGHT HAVE SAID, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. TAKE UP THE POSITION THAT
- 1:57:58YOU BELIEVE, NOT THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE. THANK GOD FOR THE
- 1:58:03LITTLE BOY'S FATHER. OH LORD, I BELIEVE. I MEAN, HE'S SHAKING IN
- 1:58:06HIS LITTLE, YOU KNOW, JEWISH SHOES. BUT HE TOOK UP THE
- 1:58:11POSITION THAT I BELIEVE. NOW DEAL WITH MY UNBELIEF. JESUS
- 1:58:17SAID, "HAVE FAITH IN GOD. "IF YOU'LL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, 'BE
- 1:58:20REMOVED,' "BE CAST INTO THE SEA AND NOT DOUBT IN YOUR HEART,
- 1:58:26"BUT BELIEVE THOSE THINGS WHICH YOU SAY." NOW I WILL TELL YOU,
- 1:58:29WE'LL TALK ABOUT WORDS ON ANOTHER ONE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU
- 1:58:33OUR WORDS FORMULATE, PASTOR'S BEEN SAYING IT, FORMULATE SO
- 1:58:36MUCH OF WHAT WE BELIEVE AND HOLD TO. AND WHEN YOU HEAR YOURSELF
- 1:58:42SAY SOMETHING, THIS IS WHY OUR WORDS, WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL.
- 1:58:46THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT KEEPS PRAYERS FROM BEING
- 1:58:48ANSWERED, IT'S A BIG ONE. OUR WORDS SET ON FIRE, JAMES 3 SAYS,
- 1:58:53THE COURSE OR SET NATURE IN MOTION. WHEN YOUR EARS HEAR YOU
- 1:58:58SAY A THING, OKAY, IT GOES IN YOUR HEART, AND YOU'LL BEGIN TO
- 1:59:03FORMULATE AN OPINION ON IT, YOU'LL BEGIN TO BELIEVE IT,
- 1:59:07YOU'LL ACT OUT ACCORDING TO IT, OKAY, AND WHAT YOU HEAR YOURSELF
- 1:59:11SAY. THAT'S WHY I WILL TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME UP TO THE
- 1:59:13FRONT TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, I'LL TELL PEOPLE, PRAY
- 1:59:16IN TONGUES LOUD ENOUGH THAT YOUR OWN EARS HEAR YOU. OKAY, AND IT
- 1:59:21TAKES A LOT TO DO IT ABOVE THE BAND. AMEN. BUT DO IT WHERE YOUR
- 1:59:27EARS CAN HEAR YOU, 'CAUSE THE MOMENT YOUR EARS HEAR YOU SAY
- 1:59:30SOMETHING, YOU ARE FORMULATING A PLACE OF FAITH. SO JESUS SAID IF
- 1:59:35YOU WOULD HAVE FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF A MUSTARD SEED, YOU
- 1:59:37WOULD SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, BE REMOVED, CAST INTO THE SEA, AND
- 1:59:42IT WILL HAVE TO OBEY YOU. AND WATCH THIS, HE SAYS IT, AND
- 1:59:47NOTHING, EVERYBODY SAY THE WORD NOTHING. COME ON, DO WE BELIEVE
- 1:59:51THE BIBLE? DO WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE? HE SAID IT, NOTHING,
- 1:59:58NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING, SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
- 2:00:04YOU. COME ON, THAT IS WRITTEN IN RED. IT'S THE WORDS OF JESUS. HE
- 2:00:11SPOKE THAT WORD. COME ON, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE A CHURCH,
- 2:00:15WOO, WITH A PEOPLE FULL OF FAITH, WITH THE ATTITUDE EVERY
- 2:00:21SINGLE WEEK, EVERY SUNDAY, EVERY MORNING, EVERY NIGHT. COME ON,
- 2:00:28NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME.
- 2:00:33NOTHING IS, COME ON, JUST SAY IT, TOUCH YOURSELF. SAY NOTHING.
- 2:00:38NOTHING. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME. SAY IT AGAIN, NOTHING IS
- 2:00:45IMPOSSIBLE TO ME. NOW GIVE GOD A SHOUT AND
- 2:00:49SHOW HIM YOU BELIEVE IT.
- 2:00:50(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 2:00:52WOO HOO! NOTHING. I MEAN, THAT IS A STRONG WORD, BUT IF JESUS
- 2:00:59SAID IT, COME ON, WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE IT. NOTHING SHALL BE
- 2:01:02IMPOSSIBLE TO YOU. WELL, YEAH, BUT PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT ABOUT
- 2:01:10VERSE 21? HOW BE IT THIS KIND GOES NOT OUT, BUT BY PRAYER OR
- 2:01:18FASTING. NOW, THAT WASN'T THE REASON THEY DIDN'T GET THE
- 2:01:24ANSWER. OKAY, THAT WASN'T IT. 'CAUSE JESUS SAID THE REASON YOU
- 2:01:29DIDN'T GET IT WAS THERE WAS UNBELIEF THERE. SO WHAT DOES THE
- 2:01:33PRAYER AND FASTING HAVE TO DO? THERE ARE SOME ISSUES. I HEARD
- 2:01:37MY DEAR FRIEND, I'LL GIVE HIM CREDIT, HE'S IN HEAVEN NOW,
- 2:01:40HARRY JACKSON, TEACH IT LIKE THIS. HE SAID THERE ARE SOME
- 2:01:44THINGS, SOME AREAS, THAT IF IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NOT MOVING,
- 2:01:48THAT IT WILL REQUIRE A SEASON OF SOME DEDICATED, HEIGHTENED,
- 2:01:55INCREASED PRAYER AND FASTING. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE SOME
- 2:01:59AREAS YOU CAN SAY, WELL, FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS, THIS,
- 2:02:01THIS, AND THIS. IT COMES TO PASS, AND I BELIEVE IT, AND ALL
- 2:02:04OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD THOSE? YOU JUST
- 2:02:06HAD, IT WAS LIKE AN INSTANT MIRACLE. YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET
- 2:02:09AMEN OUT, AND IT HAPPENED. BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS, HE
- 2:02:13SAID IT THIS WAY, THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING,
- 2:02:16ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN MOTION FOR A LONG TIME, OKAY,
- 2:02:20THAT'S WHY THIS, NOTICE JESUS SAID THIS LITTLE BOY HAD THIS
- 2:02:23SINCE HE WAS A CHILD. IT HAD BEEN IN MOTION FOR A REALLY LONG
- 2:02:27TIME. AND HE SAID THIS KIND, IN OTHER WORDS, THINGS WERE LIKE
- 2:02:32THAT, WILL REQUIRE SOMETIMES A DEDICATED SEASON OF FASTING AND
- 2:02:38PRAYER FOR YOU TO DEAL A, WITH THE UNBELIEF THAT IS PRESENT OR
- 2:02:44LIKES TO ALWAYS RAISE ITS HEAD, AND BUILD THE KIND OF FAITH WITH
- 2:02:50FRUIT, COME ON, WITH FRUIT, THAT'S THE KEY. MARK THE FOURTH
- 2:02:54CHAPTER, THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, REMEMBER? OKAY? IF YOU GO
- 2:02:59ALL THE WAY, DON'T JUST STOP AT THOSE FOUR THINGS, READ THE
- 2:03:01WHOLE CHAPTER. JESUS SAID EVENTUALLY WHEN YOU SOW, SOW,
- 2:03:04SOW, SOW, SOW SOMETHING, YOU WORK SOMETHING, TAKE HEED WHAT
- 2:03:09YOU HEAR, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU HEAR. IT WILL ULTIMATELY
- 2:03:12FORMULATE HOW YOU BELIEVE, HOW YOU ACT, AND WHAT YOU RECEIVE.
- 2:03:17AND HE SAID IF YOU'LL CULTIVATE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MUSTARD SEED
- 2:03:21GROWS, RIGHT, INTO A FULL FRUIT BEARING TREE. IT WILL GROW UNTIL
- 2:03:28IT NOW HAS FRUIT. THIS IS THE KEY. SO WE WORK THAT, AND
- 2:03:34SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES FOR US TO BUILD THAT TREE, IT REQUIRES US
- 2:03:38TO TAKE A SET ASIDE TIME TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA PRAY
- 2:03:42ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY, I'M GONNA FAST MY BREAKFAST, I'M GONNA
- 2:03:45SEEK GOD ON THIS ONE ISSUE. NOT ALWAYS IS IT A LONG PRAYER LIST,
- 2:03:50FOLKS. SOMETIMES, CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE ARE ONE
- 2:03:54OR TWO THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT IF YOU COULD GET JUST THAT TO
- 2:03:57MOVE, IT CHANGES THE PLAYING FIELD COMPLETELY. CAN I BE
- 2:04:01HONEST WITH YOU? AND SO SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA HONE IN ON
- 2:04:04THE ONE ITEM, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, AND BUILD THE FAITH
- 2:04:08NECESSARY IN THAT ONE AREA. IF YOU'RE A PERSON THAT HAS A LOT
- 2:04:11OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, THERE MAY BE OTHER STUFF TIED TO YOUR
- 2:04:14FINANCES, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT SOMETHING, IT'S
- 2:04:18EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY. YOU CAN GO AND GET A BOX OF
- 2:04:25PROCESSED MAC AND CHEESE, SORRY HONEY. FOR, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT
- 2:04:32DO THEY COST NOW? I BOUGHT THE, HE BOUGHT THE LAST ONES ON
- 2:04:34AMAZON, IT WAS A FOUR PACK. THEY'RE LIKE A BUCK OR
- 2:04:36SOMETHING. OKAY, YOU GO GET LETTUCE. YOU GO GET LETTUCE IN
- 2:04:42THE PACK. IT'S FOUR, FIVE, SIX BUCKS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY TELL
- 2:04:46YOU GET THE ORGANIC. I'M LIKE, AND IT THE ORGANIC IS TWICE THE
- 2:04:50PRICE. AND THEN YOU GO GET IT AND IT DIES IN TWO DAYS. I'M
- 2:04:55LIKE, LORD, I BUY SPRING SALAD MIX SO IT CAN COME TO THE FRIDGE
- 2:05:00AND DIE. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS. I READ
- 2:05:04A THING ONLINE THAT SAYS, OH, EAT BLUEBERRIES, THEY WILL HELP
- 2:05:07WITH INFLAMMATION. SO I BOUGHT A BIG THING OF BLUEBERRIES AND I
- 2:05:11WENT OUT A FEW DAYS, I ATE A FEW THE FIRST DAY, RIGHT? AND THEN I
- 2:05:13FORGET EVERY DAY. I'M LIKE, EVERY DAY I FORGET. I FORGOT MY
- 2:05:17HANDFUL OF BLUEBERRIES AND THEN BY NOON I ATE POTATO CHIPS.
- 2:05:20(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 2:05:26GOD, WE'RE TRYING. IT'S EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY. ALL
- 2:05:31THE STUFF THEY TELL YOU TO EAT DOESN'T LIVE LONG. I LIKE STUFF
- 2:05:37THAT LASTS AT LEAST TO NEXT WEEK. I DON'T KNOW, WHAT'S MY
- 2:05:42POINT ON THAT? HELP ME, LORD. I DON'T KNOW. FRANKINCENSE. OH,
- 2:05:46LORD. ANYWAY, BUT THEN I GO OUT AND I FIND THE BLUEBERRIES ARE
- 2:05:51MOLDY NOW BECAUSE I FORGOT TO EAT THEM. YOU KNOW, HUH? THERE'S
- 2:05:55NO PRESERVATIVES IN IT. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. OH, THAT WAS THE
- 2:05:58WHOLE POINT. SO IT'S EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY, RIGHT? AND SO,
- 2:06:03YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS. I KNOW, I'M GONNA GO BUY
- 2:06:09BLUEBERRIES ON MONDAY. I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO. AND I'M
- 2:06:12EATING THEM THIS WEEK, JESUS, I REALLY AM. BUT THE POINT OF IT
- 2:06:17IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL FACE THAT THAT AREA
- 2:06:22YOU GOTTA HONE IN ON IT. YOU HAVE TO HONE IN ON IT WITH
- 2:06:25PRAYER, HONE IN ON IT WITH FASTING, SEEK GOD, AND IF, OH
- 2:06:30THAT WAS MY WHOLE POINT ON THAT, IS MAYBE YOU'RE A PERSON THAT
- 2:06:33DEALS WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES. SO THEN YOU THINK, WELL GOD, YOU
- 2:06:36KNOW I'M NEVER GONNA DIG OUT OF THIS DEBT, I'M NEVER GONNA
- 2:06:38OVERCOME THIS, I'M NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF THAT, I'M JUST ALWAYS
- 2:06:41DEALING WITH THIS, SO LORD I HAVE TO EAT BOX MAC AND CHEESE
- 2:06:45BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'D LOVE TO GET HEALTHY BUT MY BUDGET IS NOT
- 2:06:48ALLOWING ME TO GO GET THE ORGANIC SECTION AND BUY OUT
- 2:06:51STUFF. THE REALITY IS, IS IF THERE'S ONE AREA THAT'S HOLDING
- 2:06:56YOU, THAT'S AN AREA TO GO AND SAY, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THIS
- 2:07:00AREA. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME UNBELIEF AT WORK. I HEARD A
- 2:07:03PREACHER, PASTOR DOUG, YOU BETTER START COMING. PASTOR
- 2:07:07ALWAYS SAYS THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST CLOSING. IT'S WHEN PASTOR
- 2:07:11DOUG COMES, IT'S CLOSING NUMBER ONE. GIVE, YEAH, SEE YOU IN 30
- 2:07:18MINUTES. I HEARD THAT, I HEARD THAT. I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT'S,
- 2:07:23UH-HUH, WHOOP, GO AHEAD, GIVE IT TO 'EM. AND SO, IF THERE'S THIS
- 2:07:31ONE AREA THAT YOU GOTTA HONE INTO, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH, YOU
- 2:07:35GOTTA FACE, YOU GOTTA GO AFTER IT, IS TAKE THAT TIME TO SAY,
- 2:07:40YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA BREAK THE BACK OF THIS. I HEARD THIS
- 2:07:42PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, THEY SAID, WHEN SOMETHING ISN'T
- 2:07:46MOVING, SOMETHING ISN'T SHIFTING, SOMETHING SEEMS STUCK,
- 2:07:54QUIT POINTING YOUR FINGER UP AT GOD AND START PUTTING IT ON
- 2:07:57YOURSELF. NOW THAT IS NOT SELF-CONDEMNATION. YOU KNOW,
- 2:08:01THESE STUPID PHRASES PEOPLE COME UP WITH NOW, SELF-SHAMING. OH,
- 2:08:05STOP IT. NO, SELF-EXAMINING. COME ON, IMAGINE WHERE WE'D BE
- 2:08:12IN CULTURE IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST LOOK AT THEIR SELF FOR A CHANGE
- 2:08:16AND SAY, "HOW CAN I BE BETTER?" NOT WHAT EVERYBODY CAN DO FOR
- 2:08:21ME. AND SO THIS PREACHER SAID, YOU KNOW, "QUIT. YOU CAN STAND.
- 2:08:24I BETTER STOP." THAT'S CLOSING NUMBER TWO, ONCE YOU STAND.
- 2:08:27(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) HE SAID, "DON'T EVER PUT IT OFF ON GOD
- 2:08:33THAT SOMEHOW IT WAS HIS FAULT." TO LOOK AT GOD AND SAY, "GOD,
- 2:08:38WHY DIDN'T YOU?" PUTS US ABOVE THE DIVINE. MEANS THAT WE KNOW
- 2:08:43MORE THAN GOD, APPARENTLY. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US MEANS TO
- 2:08:47DO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE GO AND SAY, OKAY GOD, THIS DIDN'T
- 2:08:50HAPPEN. WHAT AREA OF UNBELIEF DO I NEED TO DEAL WITH? WHAT AREA
- 2:08:56CAN I ADDRESS? NOW NEXT WEEK, OH LORDY, I GOT THROUGH ONE OF 12,
- 2:09:02BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE. THE NEXT WEEK WE'RE
- 2:09:08GONNA TALK ABOUT THE REASON THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET ANSWERS TO
- 2:09:12PRAYER IS THE, WE DON'T PRAY AND WE DON'T ASK CORRECTLY. SO
- 2:09:18HOPEFULLY WE'LL HIT THAT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMEWHERE, MAYBE
- 2:09:21I'LL JUST KEEP THIS SERIES GOING ON AND OFF FOR THE REST OF MY
- 2:09:25OPPORTUNITIES TO PREACH. I'LL PICK UP A WEDNESDAY MAYBE. YOU
- 2:09:28CAN COME TO THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT CULTURE, GETTING IN AND
- 2:09:32FORMULATING HOW WE THINK. I LOVE WHAT BOB ROGERS SAID A FEW
- 2:09:35SUNDAYS AGO WHEN HE WAS HERE. HE SAID, "IF YOU READ THE BIBLE
- 2:09:38EVERY DAY, YOU'LL THINK HOW GOD THINKS." THAT WAS GOOD. AND I
- 2:09:42THOUGHT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. A LOT OF US DON'T THINK HOW GOD
- 2:09:45THINKS. WE THINK LIKE THE NEWS SAYS. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO SHIFT
- 2:09:49THAT, BUT DEAL WITH THIS AREA OF UNBELIEF. AND I BELIEVE THAT
- 2:09:54PASTOR SAID IT SO WELL, THE CHURCH, MORE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE
- 2:09:58HEALED THAN ARE SICK. MORE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE FINANCIALLY
- 2:10:02PROSPEROUS AND BLESSED THAN BROKE. WE ARE THE BLESSING. WE
- 2:10:08ARE THE ONES THAT LIVE IN THE ABUNDANT LIFE THAT JESUS
- 2:10:10PROMISED. SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU THIS WEEK, GOD, IF THERE'S
- 2:10:13ANY UNBELIEF IN ME, LIKE THE FATHER, SHOW ME HOW TO ADDRESS
- 2:10:16IT, BE HONEST WITH MYSELF, AND GO TO DEVELOPING SOME FAITH OVER
- 2:10:22THAT THING. AND IT MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE THING, BUT I WOULD JUST
- 2:10:25FOCUS ON ONE OR TWO AND DEAL WITH THAT. AND I BELIEVE IF WE
- 2:10:28COULD DEAL WITH UNBELIEF, WE'LL SEE IT. BUT NEXT FEW WEEKS,
- 2:10:31WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT
- 2:10:33ASKING, AND THEN I WANNA DEAL A LITTLE BIT WITH THINKING LIKE
- 2:10:37CULTURE. BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'LL KEEP YOU FROM
- 2:10:41DEALING IN AN AREA OF UNBELIEF IS SIN. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, AND
- 2:10:48I'M NOT TALKING JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A
- 2:10:50MISTAKE, I'M TALKING ABOUT PURPOSEFUL REFUSAL TO CHANGE
- 2:10:54THINGS. I SAW AN ARTICLE, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS, THIS IS THE
- 2:10:58FINAL CLOSING FOR REAL.
- 2:10:59(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 2:11:02I SAW AN ARTICLE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S OUT CELEBRATING
- 2:11:05PRIDE RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SAY
- 2:11:08IT. AND SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A GAY MAN WHO
- 2:11:16WAS OUT ADVOCATING FOR HIS CHURCH TO ACCEPT HE AND HIS
- 2:11:19PARTNER AS A GAY COUPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATED FOR THAT.
- 2:11:26AND, OF COURSE, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE READ THE
- 2:11:27COMMENTS, BUT I DID. AND ONE PERSON WROTE IN THE COMMENT,
- 2:11:32THEY SAID, "WELL, HOW IS BEING GAY "ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY
- 2:11:36OTHER SIN? "GREED, ANGER, YOU KNOW, OTHER AREAS,
- 2:11:40UNFORGIVENESS?" AND I THOUGHT, HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE. THE
- 2:11:44DIFFERENCE IS WHEN A SIN IS PURPOSEFUL. WE'RE NOT ADVOCATING
- 2:11:48FOR PEOPLE TO BE GREEDY IN THE CHURCH. PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING US
- 2:11:53TO ACCEPT THIEVES IN THE CHURCH. PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING US TO
- 2:11:57RECEIVE ADULTERERS AND TELL THEM THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR
- 2:12:00ADULTERY. PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING US TO RECEIVE MURDERERS AND TELL
- 2:12:05THEM THEY CAN KEEP KILLING PEOPLE. BUT THIS ONE AREA,
- 2:12:11THEY'RE ASKING THE CHURCH TO CHANGE ITS BIBLICAL POSITION,
- 2:12:16WHICH GOD HASN'T, BY THE WAY. THEY'RE ASKING THE CHURCH TO
- 2:12:19CHANGE. YEAH, IF YOU COME IN AND YOU'RE A HOMOSEXUAL, THAT'S
- 2:12:24FINE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE EXPECTED TO REPENT LIKE ALL
- 2:12:27OTHER SINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REPENTED FROM.
- 2:12:29(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 2:12:32AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T COME IN WITH ANOTHER PARTNER OF
- 2:12:36THE SAME SEX AND CALL YOURSELF MARRIED. 'CAUSE THEN I WOULD BE
- 2:12:41SAYING IT'S OKAY TO HAVE SIN IN THE CHURCH. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL
- 2:12:44LEAVE IT AT THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. AMEN. WHAT? COLLEGE
- 2:12:49WORLD SERIES TONIGHT. PASTOR I'LL BE DOWN THERE. GUYS, GO BUY
- 2:12:52SOME OF THE GAME CHANGERS MERCH. YOU'RE HELPING THEM AS THEY
- 2:12:55RAISE THOSE FUNDS TO GO OUT AND DO OTHER THINGS ON CAMPUSES AND
- 2:12:58WHATNOT. SO, GO BUY UP THEIR STUFF, WIPE OUT THEIR TENT, TELL
- 2:13:02THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE IN FORCE AND COME EAT ICE CREAM
- 2:13:05WITH PASTOR AND I. WE'LL SEE YOU DOWN THERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT,
- 2:13:07GOD BLESS. PASTOR DOUG.
- 2:13:09LET'S GIVE PASTOR BRENDA A HAND. THAT WAS GREAT TODAY. IF YOU ARE
- 2:13:14WORKING IN A CERTAIN AREA IN THE CHURCH LIKE THE CONNECT CAFE OR
- 2:13:18AN INFORMATION CENTER, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED AT THIS TIME.
- 2:13:21OTHERWISE, IF YOU'LL JUST HANG ON WITH ME FOR A COUPLE MINUTES.
- 2:13:24AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, IF YOU'D HANG
- 2:13:26ON WITH ME FOR A COUPLE MINUTES AND NOT TUNE ME OFF YET, I WOULD
- 2:13:29APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT
- 2:13:33TODAY. AS WE CLOSE TODAY, YOU CAN BE SEATED FOR JUST A MOMENT
- 2:13:38IF YOU WANT TO. YOU CAN STAND IN FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I'M
- 2:13:42JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAY WITH ME FOR A COUPLE OF MOMENTS.
- 2:13:44FEEL LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTED ME TO GO A LITTLE
- 2:13:47DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IF YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS CHRIST TODAY AS
- 2:13:50YOUR SAVIOR AND YOU'VE NEVER MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO SERVE
- 2:13:54HIM, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO BECAUSE THAT'S
- 2:13:57A STARTING POINT. THAT'S WHERE YOU DETERMINE THAT YOU'RE GOING
- 2:14:00TO USE YOUR FREE WILL TO CHOOSE JESUS. AND IF YOU REACH OUT TO
- 2:14:04HIM, THOSE THAT CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. AND
- 2:14:08IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, ALTAR TEAM, YOU JUST RUN UP HERE
- 2:14:11RIGHT NOW. STAND UP HERE IF YOU WOULD AND BE READY. BUT IF YOU
- 2:14:16HAVE NOT MADE THAT DECISION FOR CHRIST YET, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
- 2:14:19TO COME IN A MOMENT AND JUST MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. IF YOU
- 2:14:25ARE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU'VE NEVER MADE CHRIST YOUR LORD, YOU
- 2:14:28WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING HIM. YOU WANT TO MAKE
- 2:14:31SURE YOU HAVE A PLACE IN ETERNITY IN HEAVEN WITH HIM.
- 2:14:33IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU CAN MAKE. WE'LL PUT THE
- 2:14:36NUMBER ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IF YOU WOULD, FOLKS, AND LET'S
- 2:14:40USE THAT NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL THAT 24 HOURS A DAY. THERE'S
- 2:14:44PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY. IF YOU CALL IN, YOU
- 2:14:49CAN GET HELP. THEY'LL PRAY WITH YOU AND THEY'LL SEND YOU THE
- 2:14:52SAME INFORMATION THAT IF YOU WERE HERE, YOU WOULD RECEIVE
- 2:14:55WHEN YOU RECEIVE JESUS. BUT WITH WHAT PASTOR BRENDA WAS PREACHING
- 2:14:58TODAY, I WAS THINKING A LITTLE BIT, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THE
- 2:15:01HOLY SPIRIT PROMPTED ME, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF
- 2:15:05SIN MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. THERE ARE SINS OF COMMISSION. WE
- 2:15:10KNOW THAT. THOSE OF US THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ROBBING BANKS OR
- 2:15:16STEALING OR SEXUAL IMPURITY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. MAYBE IT'S
- 2:15:24A LACK OF FORGIVING SOMEONE THAT'S HURT YOU. ALL THOSE
- 2:15:27THINGS THAT GOD SAYS ARE EVIL AND NEED TO BE FORGIVEN, THAT'S
- 2:15:32ONE THING. AND IF YOU NEED REPENTANCE TODAY FOR THAT, GOD
- 2:15:36SAYS THAT WHEN YOU ASK HIM FOR FORGIVENESS, HE WILL FORGIVE
- 2:15:42YOU. BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT SIN OF OMISSION. IT TALKS ABOUT IT
- 2:15:47IN JAMES 4:17. IT SAYS, "IF ANYONE KNOWS THE GOOD THAT THEY
- 2:15:51OUGHT TO DO "AND THEY DON'T DO IT, IT'S SIN." THAT MIGHT BE
- 2:15:58JUST NOT WALKING IN THE FAITH THAT PASTOR BRENDA WAS TALKING
- 2:16:01ABOUT TODAY. YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO BE STRENGTHENING YOUR FAITH.
- 2:16:04YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO BE READING YOUR WORD EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW
- 2:16:06YOU NEED TO PRAY EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO DO THINGS TO
- 2:16:09STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH. MAYBE YOU NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN
- 2:16:12SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS SHOWN YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN. I'M GONNA ASK
- 2:16:17YOU TODAY, IF THAT'S YOU, AND YOU SAY, I NEED TO GET INVOLVED,
- 2:16:22I NEED TO CHANGE MY LIFE, MAYBE YOU NEED TO FORGIVE SOMEONE,
- 2:16:25WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WE'RE GONNA JUST PRAY A PRAYER OF
- 2:16:27GENERAL REPENTANCE TODAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT I'M SPEAKING TO
- 2:16:31SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, I NEED TO MAKE IT RIGHT, I NEED
- 2:16:35TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT THING THAT GOD'S GOT FOR ME,
- 2:16:37BECAUSE IF YOU JUST REMAIN WHERE YOU'RE AT AND DON'T CHANGE,
- 2:16:41YOU'RE NOT PLEASING GOD. WE HAVE TO MOVE CONTINUALLY TOWARDS HIM,
- 2:16:45AMEN? IT ISN'T JUST THAT INITIAL STEP OF SAYING, JESUS, SAVE ME
- 2:16:50FROM HELL, BUT IT'S MOVING FORWARD IN WHAT GOD'S DIRECTING
- 2:16:54YOU TO DO FOR YOUR LIFE. BECAUSE SOMEDAY IN ETERNITY, WE'RE GONNA
- 2:16:59BE JUDGED. CHRISTIANS WILL BE JUDGED BASED ON WHAT WE DO ON
- 2:17:03THIS EARTH. HOW FAITHFUL WERE YOU ON THIS EARTH? AND I'M GONNA
- 2:17:08ASK YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST STAND UP, GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT IF YOU
- 2:17:11NEED TO PRAY WITH ME TODAY, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
- 2:17:15YOU NEED TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU OF. A SIN OF COMMISSION OR A
- 2:17:20SIN OF OMISSION. COME FORWARD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND
- 2:17:23GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S GONNA BE A NEW START. WE'RE
- 2:17:25GONNA FINE TUNE OUR ARMY TODAY. WE ALL NEED FINE TUNING AT
- 2:17:29TIMES, AMEN? PASTOR BRENDA'S MESSAGE WAS SO STRONG. IF YOU
- 2:17:33NEED TO BE FINE TUNED TODAY, YOU NEED TO START OVER WITH GOD AND
- 2:17:35SAY, "GOD, FORGIVE ME, I WANNA START FRESH." COME UP HERE RIGHT
- 2:17:39NOW. COME UP HERE RIGHT NOW. JUST STAND UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT,
- 2:17:43COME UP HERE RIGHT NOW. YOU SAY, "THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMEONE HERE
- 2:17:45"WHO'S GONNA BREAK THE ICE AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S ME.
- 2:17:48"HE'S TALKING TO ME TODAY. I'M GIVING YOU A MINUTE HERE. IF YOU
- 2:17:54NEED TO JUST ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU AND GIVE YOU A FRESH START
- 2:17:57IN SOMETHING, GIVE HER A HAND, SHE'S COMING. I KNOW THERE'S
- 2:18:02MORE OF YOU. I'M WAITING FOR A MOMENT. HOLY SPIRIT WORK.
- 2:18:06CHRISTIANS PRAY. MICHELLE, JUST COME RIGHT ON UP HERE. WE'RE
- 2:18:09GONNA PRAY TODAY. YOU'VE GRIEVED THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE'S
- 2:18:16SOMETHING HE'S SPOKEN TO YOU IN YOUR HEART TO DO AND YOU HAVEN'T
- 2:18:18DONE IT. COME UP HERE. LET'S FINE TUNE OUR LIVES AND GET IT
- 2:18:23RIGHT WITH HIM. I'M SPEAKING TO MYSELF. THERE'S THINGS THAT I'VE
- 2:18:27DONE THAT HAVEN'T PLEASED GOD OR THAT I NEED TO STEP INTO LINE.
- 2:18:31THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THERE'S MORE. I'M
- 2:18:35WAITING FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE. AND IF YOU'RE
- 2:18:37WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, YOU CAN PRAY ALONG WITH ME. THERE'S MORE
- 2:18:41HERE. I'M WAITING FOR A MOMENT. THERE'S ANOTHER YOUNG PERSON
- 2:18:44HERE. YOU NEED TO BE UP HERE. DON'T BE EMBARRASSED, BECAUSE
- 2:18:49IT'S MORE IMPORTANT WHAT GOD THINKS THAN WHAT ANYONE ELSE IN
- 2:18:53HERE THINKS. I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK. IT'S ONLY WE'RE
- 2:18:57HERE TO PLEASE HIM. THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE. YOU NEED TO STEP
- 2:19:02OUT OF YOUR SEAT. DON'T BE ASHAMED. I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER
- 2:19:06TIME. HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE.
- 2:19:07(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 2:19:12BE EAGER TO PLEASE GOD. BE EAGER. SHOULD BE THE MOST
- 2:19:16IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR MIND, I WANNA PLEASE GOD. AND IF YOU
- 2:19:20REPENT AND YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO, THAT'S OKAY. I'D RATHER BE
- 2:19:24ON THAT SIDE OF IT. ANYONE ELSE? WE GOT THREE BRAVE PEOPLE UP
- 2:19:29HERE THAT SAY, HEY, I'VE MADE SOME MISTAKES, I NEED TO GET IT
- 2:19:32RIGHT. AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME AND REPEAT AFTER ME. AND
- 2:19:38THEN THOSE ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WHEREVER YOU'RE
- 2:19:41AT. JUST REPEAT AFTER ME TODAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN.
- 2:19:46I THANK YOU. THAT WHEN JESUS CAME.
- 2:19:51HE CAME. TO FORGIVE ME.
- 2:19:54AND GET ME BACK ON TRACK. AND
- 2:19:57WHETHER THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
- 2:20:01OR THIS IS MY HUNDREDTH TIME. IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHEN I
- 2:20:06CONFESS MY SIN, THE BIBLE SAYS, HE WILL FORGIVE ME AND REMEMBER
- 2:20:12IT NO MORE. AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, HE WILL FORGET
- 2:20:17IT AND FORGIVE ME. SO TODAY I RECEIVE THAT FORGIVENESS.
- 2:20:22FATHER, FORGIVE ME. PUT ME ON TRACK AGAIN. HELP ME TO SERVE
- 2:20:28YOU WITH ALL OF MY ABILITY. BRING TO REMEMBRANCE THE THINGS
- 2:20:34THAT I NEED TO DO TO FOLLOW YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FAITH
- 2:20:43WITHOUT ACTION DOES NOT PLEASE YOU. SO I'M DETERMINED TODAY TO
- 2:20:49STEP INTO MY PLACE AND WALK FORWARD PLEASING YOU IN THE TIME
- 2:20:56THAT I HAVE REMAINING ON THIS EARTH. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY,
- 2:21:01AMEN. AND GIVE THESE A HAND THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY. NOW IF YOU
- 2:21:04GUYS WANT MORE PRAYER FOR ANYTHING, THE ELDER TEAM'S HERE.
- 2:21:08OTHERWISE YOU CAN RETURN BACK TO YOUR SEATS AND I'M GONNA DISMISS
- 2:21:12EVERYONE HERE. WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH ME IF YOU WOULD. ONE
- 2:21:16MORE THING I WANTED TO MENTION, YOU GOT A FLYER TODAY FOR THE
- 2:21:21BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE. DON'T FORGET THAT. GET INVOLVED
- 2:21:24IN THAT IF YOU CAN. IF YOU CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO GOOD IN
- 2:21:27THAT AND HELP WITH THAT, MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. DON'T FORGET
- 2:21:30THAT THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS ONLINE ONLY. DON'T SHOW UP
- 2:21:35AND TUG AT THE DOOR BECAUSE YOU WON'T GET IN. SO TUNE IN. IT
- 2:21:39WILL BE A GREAT ONLINE BROADCAST TONIGHT AS WE'RE INVOLVED WITH
- 2:21:42THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO
- 2:21:46APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY?
- 2:21:49FORGET ANYTHING, JANET? WELL, GO AND BE BLESSED. IF YOU NEED
- 2:21:53PRAYER, THE ALTER TEAM'S HERE TO PRAY WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR
- 2:21:57COMING AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK NEXT SUNDAY AND
- 2:21:59WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ANOTHER POWERFUL WORD FROM PASTOR
- 2:22:01BRENDA. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.
- 2:22:03THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TODAY.