Latest / LOH Church Archive / 07/26/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:06GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. COME ON, LET ME HEAR A
- 0:09SHOUT OF PRAISE THIS MORNING. OH GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKING GOD.
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- 1:11WOO, HALLELUJAH! GLORY BE TO THE LORD JESUS, HALLELUJAH. COME ON,
- 1:18THROW THOSE HANDS UP. SAY, LORD, IT MIGHT BE HOT OUTSIDE, BUT IT
- 1:25IS GONNA BE HOT IN HERE 'CAUSE THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST IS
- 1:32IN THE ROOM. AREN'T YOU EXCITED TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE TODAY?
- 1:37WELL, I'M FLYING SOLO, BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK AT
- 1:43LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
- 1:47PASTOR AND I HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL VACATION, AND YOU
- 1:51KNOW, WE LIKE TO BE PRETTY CHILL ON VACATION. HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:54LOVE TO TRAVEL ON VACATION? HOW MANY OF YOU RATHER STAY HOME AND
- 1:59PUT YOUR FEET ON AN OTTOMAN AND LOOK AT THE CEILING? WELL, WE'RE
- 2:04KIND OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND OF COURSE, PASTOR LIKES TO WORK ON
- 2:07TRAINS. YOU GUYS KIND OF DID THE SAME THING ON VACATION, DIDN'T
- 2:12YOU? WE DID. SIT AROUND WITH YOUR FEET ON AN OTTOMAN? YEP.
- 2:15YEP. OR WE'VE GRADUATED TO RECLINERS. YEAH. KICK BACK,
- 2:19RELAX. IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD. DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO THAT YOU
- 2:23DON'T GET TO DO WHEN YOU ARE WORKING. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE,
- 2:26THAT'S TRUE. AND IT WAS JUST NICE NOT TO KEEP A SCHEDULE. BUT
- 2:30I'LL JUST SAY, PASTOR SENDS HIS GREETINGS AND HE WILL BE BACK IN
- 2:35THE PULPIT NEXT SUNDAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. BUT HE IS WITH
- 2:40KENT AND CANDY CHRISTMAS. NOW, YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU, AND
- 2:44YOU GUYS KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, PASTOR HANK, IT IS LIKE PULLING
- 2:49A FOSSIL OUT OF THE GROUND TO GET HIM TO LEAVE HIS PULPIT ON A
- 2:51SUNDAY. AND, BUT, WE HAD KENTON CANDY HERE BACK IN APRIL, AND HE
- 2:57COULDN'T VERY WELL TELL THEM TO GIVE UP A SUNDAY AT THEIR CHURCH
- 3:00AND HIM NOT RECIPROCATE THE FAVOR. SO, HE IS DOWN THERE, BUT
- 3:05HE LOVES THEM. HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE KENTON CANDY CHRISTMAS?
- 3:08THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
- 3:11SO NOW I WOULD COME OUT WITH A DAD JOKE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S
- 3:14NOT GONNA HAPPEN. SO WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR PASTOR HANK NEXT WEEK,
- 3:18BUT IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY IN GOD'S HOUSE. COME ON, GUYS. ALL
- 3:24RIGHT, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS. SO I DID SOME READING TODAY. I
- 3:28BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS, PASTOR CHRISTY. THE MEANING OF THE DOG
- 3:31DAYS OF SUMMER. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?
- 3:34ANYBODY KNOW? NOT ONE PERSON. NOW, I THOUGHT IT MEANT THAT THE
- 3:39DOG IS SO HOT HE'S LAYING ON THE PORCH PANTING. BUT, HOW MANY OF
- 3:44YOU THOUGHT THAT? I THOUGHT THAT. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT IT
- 3:46MEANT. BUT REALLYSOUNDS REASONABLE. NO, REALLY WHAT IT
- 3:48IS, IS IT'S THE DAYS AFTER THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, IS THAT HOW YOU
- 3:53SAY THE WORD? YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
- 3:56IT IS. THE EARTH'S TILT A CERTAIN WAY. AND IT'S THE
- 3:59HOTTEST PARTS OF SUMMER WAS BASED ON, IN OLD DAYS, THEY
- 4:03BASED IT ON THE DOG STAR, BUT THEN THAT GOT FORGOTTEN, AND IT
- 4:07REALLY JUST MEANS THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR. THINK ABOUT
- 4:12THAT. SO I AGREE, WE'RE IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR. WELL,
- 4:16I'M READY FOR FALL. I AM TOO. I WANNA GET THE PUMPKINS OUT. COME
- 4:20ON, PEOPLE. SO PASTOR BRENDA AND I, WHEN WE WERE ON VACATION, WE
- 4:23DID DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FALL STUFF IS OUT, AND SO IF
- 4:27YOU DON'T GET IT EARLY, YOU DON'T GET IT. SO MY STOREROOM IS
- 4:33FULL OF ALL OF MY FALL HAUL JUST WAITING TO COME OUT. MINE TOO, I
- 4:38KNOW, TO PASTOR CHAGRIN, AMAZON SET UP CAMP IN OUR FRONT DOOR.
- 4:45BUT IT'S ALL GOOD, IT'S FUN. BUT HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU'RE HAVING A
- 4:48GOOD SUMMER, RIGHT? WE'RE HAVING A GOOD SUMMER, IT'S BEEN
- 4:50WONDERFUL. AND, BUT ANYWAY, BUT THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE
- 4:56DEFINITELY TODAY. AND WHAT'S IT GONNA BE, LIKE 150% HUMIDITY?
- 5:02103, 104, I DON'T KNOW. 103. HEAT INDEX, WELL IN EXCESS OF
- 5:06110, I THINK. OH MY GOODNESS. I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S SOME PLACES
- 5:10IN KANSAS YESTERDAY THAT HAD A HEAT INDEX OF LIKE 125. OOF,
- 5:13EUGH. OOF. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS BAD. IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE
- 5:19PLACES HOTTER THAN THAT HILL, AND WE'RE NOT GOING.
- 5:22AND THEN OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW, THE FIRE OF THE HOLY
- 5:26SPIRIT CAN BEAT THAT OUT. AMEN, ARE YOU GLAD TO BE IN THE HOUSE
- 5:30OF GOD TODAY? I WANNA GREET EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE
- 5:34TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I AM SO
- 5:38GLAD TO BE BACK OFF VACATION, BE HERE IN THE PULPIT, AND I'M
- 5:42EXCITED. I'M GONNA PREACH A WORD TODAY, AND I KINDA CAME UP WITH,
- 5:46IT'S KIND OF A LEGAL TERM, WHEN THEY SAY SOMETHING IS
- 5:49BRIGHT-LINED IN A CONTRACT, IT MEANS IT'S SUPER HIGHLIGHTED, IT
- 5:52SHOULD BE REALLY OBVIOUS. AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, WHAT ARE
- 5:56THE KEY BRIGHT LINES OF THE BIBLE? THINK ABOUT THIS. WHAT
- 5:59ARE THE BRIGHT LINES OF SCRIPTURE THAT EVERY PERSON
- 6:03SHOULD KNOW? AND AS I GET CLOSER TO, I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET,
- 6:07CROSSING THE MILESTONE OF 60. THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S HARD TO
- 6:12SAY. ANYWAY, I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET. YOU THINK, YOU REFLECT A
- 6:18LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU THINK ON LIFE, WHAT REALLY MATTERS? AND I
- 6:22THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS OR BRIGHT LINES
- 6:25THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY BELIEVER OUGHT TO HAVE.
- 6:28AND SO ARE YOU EXCITED TO HEAR THAT TODAY? I'M EXCITED TO SHARE
- 6:31IT, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THROW THOSE HANDS UP. SAY THIS, SAY
- 6:35LORD. I'M EXCITED. MY HEART IS OPEN TO RECEIVE YOUR WORD AND
- 6:43LORD I THANK YOU THAT THE ANOINTING IS IN THIS ROOM TODAY.
- 6:48IT'S GOING TO TOUCH LIVES HERE. IT'S GOING TO TOUCH PEOPLE
- 6:52AROUND THE WORLD AND LORD, I THANK YOU THAT I'M GOING TO
- 6:57RECEIVE A FRESH ANOINTING AND I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU MY PRAISE.
- 7:06HALLELUJAH. COME ON. LET'S SHOUT AS WE PRAISE THE LORD.
- 7:22COME ON.
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- 11:04COME ON, GIVE THE LORD A SHOUT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
- 11:10THAT WHEN WE COME INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WE SHOULD BE COMING
- 11:13IN WITH JOY, WITH GLADNESS, WITH THANKFULNESS? BECAUSE IN THE
- 11:18HOUSE OF THE LORD, ALL OF OUR BURDENS GO AWAY, ALL OF OUR
- 11:24HEAVINESS GOES AWAY. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS
- 11:28JOY IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? THERE IS THE OIL OF GLADNESS IN
- 11:32THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD. SO AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO COME BACK
- 11:37YESTERDAY, I WAS JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH THE LORD. AND I
- 11:42STARTED SINGING. THERE IS FREEDOM. THERE IS JOY. HEALING
- 11:49IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY.
- 11:55HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. COME ON, CAN YOU SING
- 11:59THAT? THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY. HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE
- 12:06LORD. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "I'M FREE." THERE IS
- 12:08FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY. LOOK AT YOUR OTHER NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "BE
- 12:12FOR JOY." HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
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- 16:26COME ON, LIFT UP A SHOUT. THERE IS JOY, THE OIL OF GLADNESS IN
- 16:34YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR
- 16:45PRESENCE, I WANNA BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. I WANNA DWELL IN YOUR
- 16:56HOUSE. IT'S BETTER AS ONE DAY IN YOUR COURTS THAN A THOUSAND
- 17:03ANYWHERE ELSE. IT'S BETTER AS ONE DAY IN YOUR COURTS THAN A
- 17:11THOUSAND ANYWHERE ELSE. WE LAY OUR BURDENS DOWN. WE LAY OUR
- 17:21WORRIES DOWN. AND WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS IN PRAISE. WE LIFT OUR
- 17:30HANDS IN PRAISE. TO THE CREATOR OF IT ALL, THE ONLY ONE WHO'S
- 17:39WORTHY OF IT ALL.
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- 25:32COME ON, SING THAT THIS MORNING. GOD, YOU ARE MY-
- 25:35(MUSIC)
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- 31:40COME ON, STIR THE ANOINTING IN THE HOUSE. COME ON!
- 31:44(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 31:50WE WORSHIP, COME ON, I WANT YOU TO GIVE GOD YOUR BEST PRAISE.
- 31:54(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 32:00OH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE HOLY GHOST.
- 32:03(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 32:17I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO USE YOUR PRAYER LANGUAGE.
- 32:21(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 32:29I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. I DON'T
- 32:32KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FACING, BUT BUILD UP YOURSELF ON YOUR MOST
- 32:36HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST.
- 32:39(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 33:37COME ON, STIR! STIR! STIR!
- 33:46(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 33:58I FEEL PRESSED.
- 34:01(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 34:04I FEEL PRESSED TO PRAY FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE TODAY. I'M
- 34:07NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU COME UP. I WANT THIS TO BE A REAL FAITH
- 34:13CONNECTION MOMENT RIGHT HERE. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN OVERCOME
- 34:23AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A DAY HERE OR A DAY THERE BUT YOU HAVE
- 34:25BEEN OVERCOME BY A DEMON THAT WANTS TO MAKE YOU WEARY. NOW THE
- 34:33BIBLE SAYS IN DANIEL IT'LL BE ONE OF THE DEVIL'S PLOTS AND
- 34:39PLANS IS TO WEAR OUT THE SAINTS AND I FEEL THAT JUST IN MY HEART
- 34:47THAT SOME OF YOU'VE BEEN IN A LONG BATTLE AND IT'S LIKE THE
- 34:51SAME OLD THING. I MAY BE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND
- 34:56YOU'RE LIKE, AND YOU GOT US. NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO
- 35:00DO. AND I, I, I BELIEVING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, THIS ISN'T
- 35:04GOING TO JUST BE A, WE GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS. I PUT HANDS
- 35:06ON YOU AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S POWERFUL. BUT I WANT YOU
- 35:09TO HAVE A REAL COME TO JESUS WITH THE LORD ABOUT THAT BATTLE.
- 35:16YOU'VE HAD THIS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SCRIPTURE. HOW MANY OF YOU GOT
- 35:18YOUR SCRIPTURE THAT YOU STAND ON? COME ON, ONE WORD. IF I JUST
- 35:23HAVE ONE WORD FROM GOD, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE. ANYBODY GOT YOUR
- 35:26VERSE? TERESA, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? BOB, TASHA, YOU GOT YOUR
- 35:31VERSE? COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU? EILEEN, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? HOW
- 35:35MANY OF YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE STANDING FOR
- 35:38THAT AREA. COME ON, IT MIGHT BE FINANCIAL. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING
- 35:42WITH YOUR HEALTH. IT'S A FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW. COME ON INTERNET,
- 35:45YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? I WANT YOU TO THINK IT RIGHT NOW. NOW JUST
- 35:48QUOTE IT TO YOURSELF. QUOTE IT FOR A MOMENT. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN
- 35:53QUOTING AND PROPHESYING THAT SAME VERSE FOR, I DON'T KNOW,
- 36:00MAYBE A YEAR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. THREE YEARS?
- 36:07EIGHT? TEN? BY GOD, I'VE BEEN AT THIS ONE FOR A DECADE. COME ON,
- 36:16ANYBODY BEEN THERE? AM I ALL BY MYSELF IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
- 36:19TODAY? AND I BELIEVE IN JESUS' NAME. WHAT A GOD. WHAT A GOD CAN
- 36:29IMPART A REFRESHING ANOINTING UPON YOU IN THIS ROOM RIGHT
- 36:34HERE, RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. SO I WANT
- 36:39TO PRAY FOR YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT VERSE WHILE I
- 36:43PRAY. HALLELUJAH. ARI, I JUST SAW YOU ON THE FRONT ROW. YOU
- 36:55GOING TO CAMP? YOU EXCITED? I JUST HEARD THE LORD SAY THIS
- 36:59OVER YOU. HE SAID, "I'M GONNA HEAL AND REFRESH YOU IN THE AREA
- 37:05OF YOUR SOUL." YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR SOUL IS? IT'S WHAT GOES ON
- 37:08UP HERE IN OUR MINDS. WE ALL NEED THAT SOMETIMES, ALL OF US.
- 37:13THE LORD SAID, "I'M BRINGING A SPECIAL HEALING TO HEAL YOUR
- 37:16SOUL, AND I'M GONNA STRENGTHEN YOUR SOUL, AND SO THAT YOU'RE
- 37:23GONNA KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
- 37:27EVERYBODY'S OPINION ON IT. YOU'RE JUST GONNA KNOW WHAT GOD
- 37:31HAS PUT IN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT AND WHAT'S TRUE, AND YOU'RE
- 37:35GONNA KNOW WHAT'S NOT. COME ON, WE ALL NEED THAT. I'M GONNA TALK
- 37:38ABOUT IT. I'M GONNA PREACH ON THAT TODAY A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE
- 37:40GONNA KNOW WHAT'S NOT TRUE, BUT THE LORD SAYS I'M GONNA
- 37:43STRENGTHEN AND HEAL YOUR SOUL. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GONNA
- 37:47HAVE NEW THOUGHTS. THINGS ARE GONNA COME TO YOU BY THE WAY OF
- 37:51THE ANOINTING OF FRESH. AND YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS FEEL IT.
- 37:55SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THE
- 37:59ANOINTING COMES, OUR NATURAL MIND, OUR EMOTIONS. BUT THE LORD
- 38:03SAYS, "WATCH WHAT I DO UP HERE IN YOUR SOUL." AND YOU'RE GONNA
- 38:06THINK, "WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?" WELL, THE LORD SAID, "IT
- 38:09COMES FROM ME, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU. I'M GONNA SPEAK TO
- 38:14YOU." AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE AMAZED AT THE WISDOM THAT COMES
- 38:19OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. YOUR PARENTS WILL BE LIKE, "WHERE DID THAT
- 38:21COME FROM?" YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I MEAN, EVERY PARENT SAYS THAT,
- 38:26BUT IT'S GONNA BE SPECIAL. SO FATHER, I STRETCH MY HANDS
- 38:31TOWARD ARI, AND I THANK YOU THAT HER SOUL IS BEING STRENGTHENED
- 38:35NOW, AND YOU'RE GIVING HER STRENGTH IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- 38:40NOW FATHER, I SPEAK OVER ALL OF THESE. COME ON, IF YOU'RE IN
- 38:43THIS ROOM OR YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, AND MAYBE YOU'VE HAD A
- 38:46FIVE, EIGHT, 10, 15 YEAR BATTLE, AND YOU'RE STILL STANDING ON THE
- 38:53SAME WORD, OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP. IT
- 38:57JUST SEEMS LIKE THE DEVIL BRINGS ONE BLOW AFTER ANOTHER. WELL, I
- 39:01JUST PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. I WANT YOU TO QUOTE YOUR VERSE
- 39:04UNDER YOUR BREATH. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR SUPERNATURAL
- 39:08STRENGTH. GOD, YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO
- 39:12BE DISMAYED OR BE FEARFUL, THAT YOU WILL STRENGTHEN US. THAT
- 39:17MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK IT UP ON OUR OWN. YOU GIVE STRENGTH
- 39:21TO THE WEARY. YOU GIVE STRENGTH TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FATIGUED
- 39:26IN THE BATTLE. AND I THANK YOU NOW LORD THAT SUPERNATURAL
- 39:29STRENGTH IS COMING TO EVERY PERSON UNDER THE SOUND OF MY
- 39:32VOICE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE. AND THAT FATHER
- 39:36THEY WILL HAVE A NEW SUPERNATURAL ANOINTING AND VIGOR
- 39:42TO STAND AFRESH AGAIN. AND NOW I SPEAK TO EVERY LONG BATTLE,
- 39:47EVERY SITUATION IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND I DECLARE AND I
- 39:51PROPHESY AND I COMMAND PEACE TO THAT. AND I SAY IT SHIFTS IN THE
- 39:57NAME OF THE LORD JESUS OF NAZARETH. AND I JUST DECLARE YOU
- 40:01RECEIVE THAT RIGHT NOW. NOW, TOUCH YOURSELF. I ALWAYS LIKE TO
- 40:07DO THIS, YOU KNOW, I LAY HANDS ON ME. I FIGURE IT THIS WAY, IF
- 40:12THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY TO LAY HANDS ON ME, AND THERE ISN'T
- 40:14ALWAYS. SO LAY HANDS ON YOU. A BELIEVER LAYS HANDS ON THE SICK,
- 40:19AND YOU'LL RECOVER. SO IF YOU NEED HEALING, LAY HANDS ON
- 40:22YOURSELF. TOUCH YOURSELF, TOUCH WHERE IT HURTS. TOUCH SOMETHING,
- 40:26SPEAK TO IT. AMEN. SAY THESE WORDS, SAY, "I LAY HANDS ON ME."
- 40:33AND I SAY, "SELF, YOU'RE NOT TIRED. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SPIRIT
- 40:38OF GIVE UP. YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF REFRESHING NOW. YOU HAVE THE
- 40:43SPIRIT OF STRENGTH. YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD. YOU HAVE THE HOLY
- 40:49SPIRIT. NOW BE STRONG. BE STRONG. BE STRONG. BE STRONG IN
- 40:57JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG SHOUT.
- 41:02WHOO! HALLELUJAH. WOW. LET'S SEE IF THE LORD HAS ANYTHING ELSE.
- 41:12(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 41:25APRIL, I LOVE YOUR PINK JACKET, IT'S GORGEOUS. I JUST HEARD THE
- 41:31LORD SAY, I'M GONNA RESTORE YEARS THAT THE CANKER WERE TRIED
- 41:36TO COME INTO YOUR FAMILY AND BLOODLINE. I'M RESTORING THE
- 41:39YEARS. AND THE LORD SAID IN THE NEXT, THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES
- 41:45OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. BUT THE LORD SAID, WATCH THE NEXT 10.
- 41:51YOU THINK I, I MEAN, YOU THINK I CAN'T DO WHAT I ALREADY SAID
- 41:56I'LL DO? AND THE LORD SAID, IT WON'T BE BASED ON YOU. IT'S
- 42:00GOING TO BE BASED ON ME NOW. IT'S BASED ON ME. FOR I WILL
- 42:05RESTORE THAT WHICH THE DEVIL CAME TO TRY TO DEVOUR, TRIED TO
- 42:09DEVOUR. AND I WILL BRING A DOUBLING AND A BLESSING AND YOU
- 42:14WILL SEE IT IN THIS TIME. AND THE LORD SAID YOU WILL SEE IT
- 42:17UPON YOUR FAMILY, UPON YOUR BLOODLINE AND UPON THOSE THAT
- 42:20EVEN KNEW YOU BEFORE. AND THEY WILL SAY, MY GOD, MY GOD, AND
- 42:25THEY WILL SAY, SURELY THE LORD IS IN THEE. WATCH WHAT I DO IN
- 42:29THE NEXT 10 YEARS, SAYS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD. HALLELUJAH.
- 42:33(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 42:47ROBERT. HALLELUJAH. IN FACT, YOU AND YOUR WIFE, COME UP HERE.
- 42:54COME UP HERE. ROBERT WORKS AT THE CHURCH. I DON'T KNOW, I FELT
- 43:07LIKE THE LORD SAID TO PUT HANDS ON YOU GUYS. AND THERE'S THINGS
- 43:14THAT YOU'VE PRAYED AND YOU'VE ASKED GOD. AND ONLY GOD KNOWS.
- 43:22AND YOU'VE SAID, "LORD, THIS HAS BEEN A HARD THING. IT'S BEEN A
- 43:25HARD THING. IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING THING." AND YOU'VE
- 43:27ALWAYS KEPT A SMILE. YOU'VE PRESSED INTO ME. BUT THE LORD
- 43:31SAID, "I CALLED YOU OUT TODAY TO SHOW YOU THAT NOTHING IS TOO
- 43:35HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED, I'VE LISTENED, I'VE
- 43:38HEARD YOUR PRAYERS." "OH, LORD, SOMETIMES WE SPOKE THE WRONG
- 43:41THING." YEAH, THE LORD SAID, "I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THAT."
- 43:48AREN'T YOU GLAD WHEN GOD PLUGS HIS EARS SOMETIMES? (LAUGHS) YOU
- 43:53KNOW, GOD WILL DO THAT. SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE, "GOD,
- 43:55THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT." BUT THE LORD SAID,
- 43:57"THERE'S JUST A SIMPLE CROP FAILURE ON THAT. DON'T WORRY
- 43:59ABOUT THAT." THE LORD SAID, "I'VE SEEN YOUR FAITH. FOR EVEN
- 44:05THE FATHER, WHEN HIS SON WAS DEMONIZED, SAID, 'LORD, HELP MY
- 44:12UNBELIEF.' AND HIS SON WAS DELIVERED." SO THE LORD SAYS,
- 44:17"I'M NOT LOOKING AT THAT, BUT I PRAY A FRESH ANOINTING UPON
- 44:22YOU." AND THE LORD SAID, "THE ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS HERE, AND
- 44:26IT IS IN MOTION. AND I CALLED YOU UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU
- 44:29TO QUIT AND THINK IT WASN'T MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO FATHER,
- 44:33I PUT MY HANDS ON THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE. ROBERT'S TOO TALL TO
- 44:37REACH HIS HEAD, LORD, BUT I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR THAT
- 44:41FRESH POWER. AND FATHER, YOU'RE GONNA STRENGTHEN THEM, AND
- 44:46THEY'RE GONNA BE SHOCKED AT THE DELIVERANCE AND THE BLESSING AND
- 44:53THE BREAKTHROUGH THAT WILL AND HAS ARISEN UPON YOU IN THE NAME
- 44:59OF JESUS. BLESS THEM, LORD, ABUNDANTLY. MULTIPLY THEM. SHOW
- 45:05THEM IN EVERY WAY THAT, FATHER, YOU'RE FOR THEM, AND YOU'VE NOT
- 45:09LOST SIGHT OF THE VICTORY. HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD
- 45:14PRAISE. GIVE GOD PRAISE. LAURA, COME HERE.
- 45:19(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 45:21LOOK AT YOU. WOO. YOUR HUSBAND WAS TELLING ME YOU'VE GOTTEN ALL
- 45:25KINDS OF BREAKTHROUGHS. ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULDN'T
- 45:29RECEIVE A MIRACLE, YOU'RE A LIVING TESTAMENT OF A FOOT
- 45:32THAT'S GOING AROUND? THE DOCTOR SAID, WHAT WAS IT, 10%? THAT
- 45:37SHE'D EVEN WALK AGAIN? THINK ABOUT THAT. SEE, DON'T EVER LET
- 45:41THE REPORT FOOL YOU. OKAY? THE DEVIL'S FULL OF BAD REPORTS.
- 45:47HE'S GOT ALL KIND OF THEM. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOVE TO GO
- 45:50AROUND AND HEADLINE FOR HIM. AND HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BRING THOSE
- 45:53ONES UP TO YOU. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT? AND SO THE REPORT IS
- 46:00NOT THE END. I LOVE THAT. WHOSE REPORT SHALL YOU BELIEVE? WILL
- 46:07BELIEVE THE REPORT OF THE LORD. SO I HEARD THE LORD. HE SAID,
- 46:12NOW, HE SAID, HERE'S THE THING. THE TESTIMONY IS NOT DONE. THE
- 46:18LORD SAID, YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS THE VICTORY POINT? THE LORD
- 46:21SAID, NO, IT'S THE LAUNCHING POINT. I'M GOING TO LAUNCH YOU.
- 46:26I'M GOING TO LAUNCH YOU BOTH. WILL YOU STAND WITH HER? THIS IS
- 46:29HER HUSBAND. THEY'RE MARRIED. HE'S THE USHER AND THE HUSBAND.
- 46:36BUT I HEARD THE LORD SAY THIS IS NOT JUST THE STARTING POINT,
- 46:39THIS IS NOT LIKE THE FINISH, THIS IS A LAUNCH NOW. I'M GONNA
- 46:43LAUNCH YOU INTO THINGS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE DOING.
- 46:47I'M GONNA LAUNCH YOU IN WAYS YOU NEVER THOUGHT IT'S GONNA BE
- 46:51FINANCIAL. IT'S GONNA BE IN WAYS OF BLESSING. THE LORD SAID,
- 46:56YOU'RE NO LONGER GONNA TAKE ON THE POSITION OF THOSE WHO ARE
- 47:00JUST ASKING AND BEGGING AND SEEKING. NO, THE LORD SAYS, THIS
- 47:04IS THE LAUNCHING POINT OF A WHOLE NEW PLACE. AND I'M GOING
- 47:08TO GIVE YOU THINGS IN YOUR HANDS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES
- 47:13YOU'VE QUESTIONED YOUR OWN ABILITIES. THE LORD SAID, DON'T
- 47:17DO THAT. I'VE ENABLED YOU. WHO MADE YOUR MOUTH? WHO MADE YOUR
- 47:22SKILL? WHO MADE YOUR BODY? THE LORD SAID, THIS ISN'T JUST THE
- 47:27VICTORY POINT. THIS IS THE LAUNCHING POINT OF WHAT YOU'RE
- 47:30GOING TO COME TO AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. AND THE LORD
- 47:33SAYS, LIKE THE PRETTY LADY OVER IN THE , IT'LL BE THAT GOOD.
- 47:41BLESS THEM, FATHER. IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS' NAME, WE
- 47:44THANK YOU. COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE. GIVE GOD A PRAISE.
- 47:50HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE. WHAT A GOD. WHAT A GOD.
- 47:59GLORY. IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. WELL, AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN.
- 48:06TURN TO SOMEBODY, SAY, "YOUR BLESSING IS ON YOU, TOO." LOOK
- 48:09AT THEM. INTERNET, THE BLESSING'S ON YOU, TOO. COME ON,
- 48:14LOVE ON EACH OTHER IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. GIVE SOMEBODY A GREAT
- 48:16BIG SMILE. TELL THEM THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE TODAY. IN
- 48:21JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, GREET ONE ANOTHER
- 48:23IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
- 48:25(MUSIC)
- 49:07WELL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. OH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF
- 49:10YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THERE YOU ARE. WELL, WE JUST
- 49:14WANNA WELCOME ALL OF OUR FIRST TIME GUESTS THIS MORNING. SO IF
- 49:19YOU ARE A FIRST TIME GUEST, HOPEFULLY YOU RECEIVED A BLUE
- 49:21GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE
- 49:25WAVE YOUR HAND AND USHER, THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
- 49:27INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE
- 49:30TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU WANT TO MAKE
- 49:33SURE YOU GET ONE. AND INSIDE THERE, THERE'S ALSO A GUEST
- 49:37REGISTRY PACKET, HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT.
- 49:39SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME
- 49:42INFORMATION IN THERE THAT I WANT TO SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL
- 49:46AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STATE CONNECTED CARD. IF YOU OPEN IT
- 49:48UP, THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP
- 49:52IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY. IN JUST A FEW
- 49:55MOMENTS, WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US
- 49:57THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING
- 50:00WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY
- 50:03LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE
- 50:06OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL LISTED
- 50:09RIGHT THERE FOR YOU. GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET, 'CAUSE THAT IS
- 50:13THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH SERVICES AND MANY, MANY MORE PROGRAMS
- 50:19WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AND PUT ALL OUT THERE FOR YOU. THERE'S
- 50:22PARTNER PROGRAMS AS WELL AS GET REAL WITH HANK, DAILY DECREE,
- 50:25GAME CHANGERS. THERE'S ALSO FLASHPOINT AND MANY, MANY MORE
- 50:30PROGRAMS. SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, WATCH ALL OF THAT GREAT
- 50:32CONTENT AND BE BLESSED BY IT. WE'VE ALSO GOT THE 24/7 WORSHIP
- 50:36CHANNEL. I'LL PLUG THAT AS WELL. YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND JUST
- 50:40WATCH US ON REPEAT FOR 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IT'S
- 50:45GREAT, UNLESS YOU'RE ME. ANYWAY, DON'T LIKE TO WATCH MYSELF THAT
- 50:51MUCH. SO IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AT ONLINE
- 50:55A HAND. AND YESTERDAY WE HAD A SPECIAL EVENT HERE AT THE
- 51:03CHURCH. IF YOU MISSED IT, WE HAD THE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE. AND SO
- 51:07IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OR DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HERE'S
- 51:11A LITTLE RECAP VIDEO FOR YOU OF EVERYTHING
- 51:14THAT WENT ON YESTERDAY.
- 51:16(MUSIC)
- 52:29ONE VICTORY CHANGED EVERYTHING. HIS ROAR SHAKES THE NATIONS. HIS
- 52:36KINGDOM IS ADVANCING. AND HIS PEOPLE ARE STANDING. THIS
- 52:43SEPTEMBER, IT'S TIME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE. PLANT YOUR FEET AND
- 52:47RAISE YOUR EYES BECAUSE THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE KING AND
- 52:51HEAVEN IS OPENING. WE ARE NOT BOLD ENOUGH WITH THE DEVIL.
- 52:58WE'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH AGAINST THE POWERS OF HELL. TAKE UP YOUR
- 53:02SWORD AND TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THE EVIL SPIRITS. WE REFUSE TO
- 53:08COWER. WE REFUSE TO BOW. WE REFUSE TO BREAK. WE REFUSE TO
- 53:14BEND. WE REFUSE TO COMPROMISE. WE ARE SAYING WHEN THE ENEMY
- 53:18COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD, LORD, YOU WILL GIVE YOUR PEOPLE A
- 53:23BACKBONE. OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE TAKING PLACE
- 53:26SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH. REGISTER TODAY AT
- 53:29OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG.
- 53:34HALLELUJAH. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED FOR
- 53:37OPENING THE HEAVENS 2026?
- 53:39(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 53:40MAN, IT'S GONNA BE POWERFUL. AND I'M ACTUALLY MORE EXCITED
- 53:45BECAUSE IN THIS PLACE, IT'S EVEN GONNA BE MORE ANOINTED THAN
- 53:48EVER. SO HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GET A TICKET FOR
- 53:52OPENING THE HEAVENS? I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. JUST
- 53:57COME. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A TICKET. BUT REGISTER, AND IT'LL
- 54:03BE GREAT. IT'LL BE GREAT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S FREE. BOB
- 54:09PETTIGREW WANTED TO CHARGE $100 A SEAT, AND WE DECIDED, NO,
- 54:14WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FREE. SO I'M JUST JOKING. I'M NOT
- 54:17THROWING YOU UNDER THE BUS, BOB. BUT BOB DID WANT ME TO MENTION,
- 54:22HE MENTIONED IT TODAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS COMING
- 54:27SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT AT WERNER PARK. AND
- 54:34IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THE WEATHER, I THINK, IS SUPPOSED TO
- 54:36BE IN THE 80S. SO THAT WILL BE GREAT. AND PASTOR HANK IS
- 54:42THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH. THAT'LL BE EXCITING. AND THEN WE
- 54:47HAVE THE HAIR FAMILY SINGERS THAT WILL BE SINGING THE
- 54:51NATIONAL ANTHEM. SO THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. AND YOU DON'T WANNA
- 54:56MISS THAT. SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND STILL GET A DISCOUNT ON THE
- 55:01TICKET PRICE IF YOU DO THAT BY TOMORROW, BY TOMORROW, BY
- 55:05MONDAY. OKAY, MONDAY AT MIDNIGHT? OKAY, YOU GOT ALL DAY
- 55:09TOMORROW, THE REST OF TODAY, ALL DAY TOMORROW TO GET THOSE
- 55:12TICKETS. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. AND THEN A QUICK SYNOPSIS
- 55:16ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THE REST OF THIS WEEK. TOMORROW, PASTOR HANK
- 55:19WILL BE ON ELIJAH STREAMS AT ONE O'CLOCK. AND THEN TUESDAY,
- 55:23PASTOR HANK WILL BE ON FLASHPOINT LIVE WITH GENE BAILEY
- 55:27AT 7 P.M. TUESDAY NIGHT. DON'T FORGET THAT. AND THEN BE BACK IN
- 55:33THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE
- 55:36CONCLUDING, WELL, WE'RE ASSUMING PASTOR BRENDA'S NOT GONNA FINISH
- 55:39HER MESSAGE TODAY, SO IF SHE STAYS WITH THE NORMAL ROUTINE,
- 55:46SO SHE'LL BE IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'LL BE
- 55:49GREAT. SO YOU'RE GETTING A TEASER TODAY, SHE'LL FINISH IT
- 55:52WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO THAT'LL BE GREAT. WELL, IT'S OFFERING TIME,
- 55:58AND THAT'S A BIG TIME. WE CAN WORSHIP GOD THROUGH OUR
- 56:02OFFERINGS. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU PROVERBS 11:24, AND 25,
- 56:05AND I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO MENTION TO YOU. BUT OUT OF THE
- 56:08NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, IT SAYS, "GIVE FREELY AND BECOME MORE
- 56:13WEALTHY, BE STINGY AND LOSE EVERYTHING. THE GENEROUS WILL
- 56:18PROSPER. THOSE WHO REFRESH OTHERS WILL THEMSELVES BE
- 56:23REFRESHED." THAT'S HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE REFRESHED? SO AS
- 56:26WE'RE GIVING AND WE'RE GENEROUS WITH OTHERS, THEN THAT GOODNESS
- 56:33THAT WE PLANT, THE KINDNESS THAT WE PLANT, THE GIVING THAT WE
- 56:36PLANT, COMES BACK TO US. AND GOD'S GIVEN US EVERYTHING FOR
- 56:41OUR ENJOYMENT IN THIS LIFE. AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE GIVE TO
- 56:46GOD, WE CAN NEVER OUT-DISTANCE HIS GIVING BACK TO US. THAT'S
- 56:51THE TRUTH. THERE WAS A BAPTIST PASTOR BY THE NAME OF W.A.
- 56:57CRISWELL. HE WAS A PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DALLAS,
- 57:02TEXAS, FOR 50 YEARS. AND HE TOLD THE STORY OF RONALD, SOMEONE IN
- 57:08HIS CONGREGATION. HE WAS AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN THAT MADE A
- 57:12PROMISE TO GOD THAT HE WOULD TITHE ON HIS INCOME. AND PASTOR
- 57:17CRISWELL PRAYED WITH RONALD FOR BLESSING ON HIS LIFE AND
- 57:20BLESSING IN HIS CAREER AND FINANCES. AND REMEMBER, THIS WAS
- 57:24IN THE EARLY '50S. AND AT THAT TIME, RONALD WAS MAKING $160 A
- 57:29MONTH. SO HE WAS TITHING $16 A MONTH. AND A FEW YEARS, HE
- 57:37BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HIS INCOME INCREASED TO $5,000 A
- 57:41MONTH. AND HE STARTED TITHING $500 PER MONTH. WELL, REMEMBER,
- 57:48IN 1950S, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY HAD AN INCOME OF $250 A
- 57:54MONTH. $3,000 A YEAR WAS A GOOD INCOME FOR AN AMERICAN FAMILY
- 57:58BACK THEN. THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, ISN'T IT? BUT ANYWAY,
- 58:03RONALD'S MAKING $5,000 A MONTH DURING THIS TIME NOW. HE'S
- 58:06MAKING A LOT OF MONEY FOR HIS DAY. BUT HE CALLED PASTOR
- 58:10CRISWELL TO ASK IF HE COULD BE RELEASED FROM HIS TITHING
- 58:14PROMISE, AS HE FELT IT WAS TOO COSTLY NOW. HE REALLY FELT THAT
- 58:17GIVING $500 A MONTH WAS TOO MUCH. AND PASTOR CRISWELL
- 58:23REPLIED, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN BE RELEASED FROM YOUR PROMISE,
- 58:27BUT WE CAN ASK GOD TO REDUCE YOUR INCOME BACK TO $160 A
- 58:31MONTH, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE NO PROBLEM TITHING $16. LET THAT
- 58:40SINK IN. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN A PERSON IS SO FINANCIALLY BLESSED
- 58:46LIKE RONALD WAS, YOU'D THINK THAT THEY'D WANT TO JUST GIVE
- 58:49BACK MORE TO GOD. BUT THE STORY REMINDS US OF HOW HUMAN NATURE
- 58:54CAN BRING OUT SELFISHNESS IN OUR LIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
- 58:57INVOLVES OUR FINANCES. SCRIPTURE'S VERY CLEAR, THERE'S
- 59:00A CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND OUR ATTITUDES
- 59:05AND ACTIONS CONCERNING THE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FINANCES. DID
- 59:11YOU KNOW THERE'S ROUGHLY 2,350 VERSES IN THE BIBLE CONCERNING
- 59:16POSSESSIONS AND MONEY? JESUS HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT MONEY. 16 OUT
- 59:24OF THE 38 PARABLES THAT JESUS TAUGHT DEALT WITH THE TOPIC OF
- 59:29MONEY AND POSSESSIONS. THE ONLY SUBJECT THAT JESUS TAUGHT MORE
- 59:34ABOUT THAN MONEY WAS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND I BELIEVE GOD IS
- 59:39TEACHING US THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP TO PUT
- 59:43THAT MUCH EMPHASIS IN THE WORD OF GOD. THERE WAS A MAN BY THE
- 59:46NAME OF JAMES CRAFT. HE WAS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF CRAFT
- 59:49CHEESE CORPORATION, AND HE DIED A MULTIMILLIONAIRE IN 1953.
- 59:56JAMES CRAFT GAVE 25% OF HIS ENORMOUS INCOME TO CHRISTIAN
- 1:00:01CAUSES FOR MANY YEARS. BY THE WAY, INTERESTING THING ABOUT
- 1:00:06JAMES CRAFT TOO, HE'S THE CEO OF THE CRAFT CHEESE COMPANY, WHICH
- 1:00:11IS A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION, A BIG NAME IN THE '50S. THEY DID
- 1:00:17BUSINESS WITH OVER 170 COUNTRIES. HE WAS THE CEO OF
- 1:00:21THIS COMPANY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? FOR 40 YEARS, HE WAS THE SUNDAY
- 1:00:26SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AT HIS BAPTIST CHURCH THAT HE ATTENDED.
- 1:00:31SO DON'T TELL ME YOU CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS AND STILL
- 1:00:36HAVE TIME TO DO SOMETHING IN GOD'S HOUSE.
- 1:00:41NOW THAT WAS FREE, THAT REALLY WASN'T PART OF MY MESSAGE. JUST
- 1:00:44THROWING THAT IN. BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS QUOTE. HE SAID,
- 1:00:48"THE ONLY INVESTMENT I EVER MADE WHICH HAS PAID CONSISTENTLY
- 1:00:51INCREASING DIVIDENDS "IS THE MONEY THAT I'VE GIVEN TO THE
- 1:00:54LORD." THAT MAN SAID THAT. AND HE HAD MILLIONS. AND HE INVESTED
- 1:01:01IN THE STOCK MARKET. I'M SURE HE HAD LOTS OF MONEY IN THE KRAFT
- 1:01:05STOCK. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, "WHEN GOD GIVES ME A
- 1:01:10MILLION DOLLARS, I'LL GIVE HALF OF IT AWAY TO THE GOSPEL." WELL,
- 1:01:15THE REALITY IS, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MILLION DOLLARS
- 1:01:18THAT YOU RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE
- 1:01:21PRESENT $20 THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET TODAY? AMEN.
- 1:01:27WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION, RIGHT NOW IS
- 1:01:31THE KEY TO YOUR FUTURE. WHAT YOU START PLANNING TODAY IS GONNA
- 1:01:35OPEN UP TOMORROW. LET'S READ ONE MORE VERSE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE
- 1:01:39ON HERE. LUKE 16, 10, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. THIS IS PASTOR
- 1:01:42ANTHONY'S FAVORITE TRANSLATION. IT SAYS, "IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL IN
- 1:01:47LITTLE THINGS, "YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL IN THE LARGE ONES. "BUT
- 1:01:51IF YOU'RE DISHONEST IN LITTLE THINGS, "YOU WON'T BE HONEST
- 1:01:55WITH THE GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES." BASICALLY
- 1:01:57WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE TO START WITH WHAT GOD'S
- 1:02:01GIVEN US TODAY. AND AS WE HONOR GOD WITH OUR TITHE, THE 10%, AND
- 1:02:05THE OFFERINGS ABOVE THAT, WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR
- 1:02:07POSSESSION AND WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE
- 1:02:12THE PEOPLE NOW. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE FOR YOUR GIVING, JUST
- 1:02:15RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS WILL BE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU WITH THAT.
- 1:02:18WE WANT TO PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN AT
- 1:02:20THIS TIME. AND YOU CAN USE OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN USE THE MOBILE
- 1:02:25APP. YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE. THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO GIVE.
- 1:02:28AND WE APPRECIATE OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE AND THE WAY THAT YOU
- 1:02:31CONSISTENTLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF THIS MINISTRY AND THE PROPHETIC
- 1:02:35WORD OF GOD GOING FORTH. AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT
- 1:02:39EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART. AND YOU KNOW, PAUL TOLD US IN
- 1:02:43PHILIPPIANS 4:8 THAT OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS ARE
- 1:02:48WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. REPEAT THIS
- 1:02:51AFTER ME. MY TITHES AND MY OFFERINGS.
- 1:02:55ARE WELL PLEASING.
- 1:02:57ARE WELL PLEASING. TO GOD. TO GOD. AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THANK YOU
- 1:03:02FOR YOUR GIVING TODAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP WITH ME AT THIS
- 1:03:04POINT IN TIME. HOLD UP YOUR DEVICE OR YOUR ENVELOPE, HOWEVER
- 1:03:09YOU'RE CHOOSING TO GIVE TODAY. I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU. FATHER, WE
- 1:03:13THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT AS WE
- 1:03:17GIVE, YOU GIVE BACK TO US, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER,
- 1:03:22RUNNING OVER IN ABUNDANCE, YOU GIVE BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE. AND WE
- 1:03:26STAND ON THAT PROMISE TODAY. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR
- 1:03:29BLESSINGS AND THE WAY THAT YOU'VE SUSTAINED US, GIVEN US
- 1:03:32EXCESS AND GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO GIVE, LORD. NOT ONLY THE
- 1:03:36ABILITY TO GIVE, LORD, BUT JUST THE DIVINE SUPERNATURAL TOUCH OF
- 1:03:40WISDOM ON HOW TO HANDLE OUR FINANCES. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT
- 1:03:44TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION. AND I
- 1:03:47BLESS THE PEOPLE TODAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT ARE GIVING
- 1:03:51BACK TO YOU FROM THEIR HARD-EARNED INCOME AND WHATEVER
- 1:03:55THEY'VE RECEIVED. AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY, FATHER, WITH THOSE
- 1:03:59GIFTS. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY. WELL, LET'S
- 1:04:04REPEAT OUR DECLARATION HERE WITH ME. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND
- 1:04:10THE MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,
- 1:04:14EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT
- 1:04:18DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP AND
- 1:04:23FINISHED." WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE
- 1:04:27LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS
- 1:04:31AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE
- 1:04:36CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE
- 1:04:40AND WE RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE
- 1:04:44ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL
- 1:04:47QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE
- 1:04:52DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE
- 1:04:58EXPANDED NOW. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. WELL, STAY STANDING AND
- 1:05:04WELCOME PASTOR BRENDA AS SHE COMES BACK. THANK YOU, THANK
- 1:05:10YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. PRAISE THE LORD.
- 1:05:12WHAT A POWERFUL OFFERING MESSAGE THAT WAS. MY GOODNESS. WELL, YOU
- 1:05:16CAN BE SEATED. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH SOME SCRIPTURES
- 1:05:21TODAY. PRAISE THE LORD. I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THE
- 1:05:26PULPIT. I MEAN, I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK, BUT I'M MORE EXCITED
- 1:05:29FOR PASTOR HANK NEXT WEEK TO BE REAL. OH, I LOVE LISTENING TO
- 1:05:32HIM PREACH. I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, I MAKE NOTES LIKE FIRE DOWN
- 1:05:37THERE ON THE FRONT ROW. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET
- 1:05:41ME GET SET UP AND WE'LL GET INTO IT. I GOT A LOT OF PAGES. LET'S
- 1:05:50SEE HOW MUCH OF IT WE GET THROUGH. YOU KNOW, IF PASTOR AND
- 1:05:52I WERE MAKING KIND OF A FUNNY JOKE ONE TIME, HE SAID, YOU
- 1:05:55KNOW, WE MAKE ALL OF THESE NOTES AND WE PREACH LIKE AN EIGHTH OF
- 1:06:02IT. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S WHY YOU DO 12-WEEK SERIES. YOU
- 1:06:09START A MESSAGE ON THE PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE IN AMERICA IN JULY
- 1:06:15AND YOU FINISH IT IN JANUARY. HE KNOWS IF HE'S WATCHING, I'M
- 1:06:19GIVING HIM A HARD TIME, BUT IT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW, IN FACT, WHEN WE
- 1:06:22USED TO DO TELEVISION, WE FIRST STARTED AND WE'D GET INVITED TO
- 1:06:25BE ON, YOU KNOW, SOME PROGRAM SOMEWHERE, AND WE'D GO WITH
- 1:06:29BIBLES AND NOTES AND THINK, AH, WE GOT ALL THIS STUFF WE'LL
- 1:06:33SHARE. AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT, SO YOU CAN PUT IT, HELLO, MISS
- 1:06:37DIANA, GOD BLESS YOU. I JUST SAW YOU ON THE FRONT ROW. GIVE A BIG
- 1:06:42HAND TO AMANDA'S MAMA. SHE WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT IN PASTOR'S
- 1:06:48EARLY YEARS ON HIM GETTING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU
- 1:06:51KNOW, YOU NEVER FORGET WHAT PEOPLE INVESTED IN YOU, SO THANK
- 1:06:55YOU FOR THAT, YOU'RE A BLESSING. BUT WE USED TO GO TO ALL THESE
- 1:06:58MEETING, THESE TV APPEARANCES, WE'D BRING NOTES AND THINK WE'RE
- 1:07:01GONNA SAY ALL THIS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT ON TV TIME,
- 1:07:05AND THE HOST WOULD SAY SOMETHING, WE'D SAY SOMETHING,
- 1:07:08THEY'D CUT TO A SONG IN A COMMERCIAL, AND BY THE TIME WE
- 1:07:11GOT OVER, ALL WE DID WAS THE FIRST VERSE. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
- 1:07:15I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU JUST PUT THINGS DOWN AND GET IT IN YOUR
- 1:07:18SPIRIT, AND THEN IT'LL COME OUT HOWEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS,
- 1:07:22AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET STARTED TODAY. I WANNA TALK
- 1:07:25ABOUT SOME OF THE BRIGHT LINE ITEMS OF THE BIBLE THAT I
- 1:07:29BELIEVE ARE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT, WOVEN THROUGHOUT
- 1:07:33SCRIPTURE, 'CAUSE AS I'VE, I DON'T KNOW, I'VE JUST LOOKED
- 1:07:37THROUGH LIFE, I'VE LOOKED THROUGH MY LIFE AND THOUGHT, NOW
- 1:07:41GOD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, AS I GET INTO THE SECOND HALF OF MY
- 1:07:45LIFE, I'M CALLING IT THE SECOND HALF, THE SECOND HALF OF MY
- 1:07:50LIFE, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I NEED TO
- 1:07:55BE DOING AND THINKING ABOUT? AND AS I GO THROUGH THE BIBLE, AND I
- 1:07:59BEGAN TO REALIZE THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD HAS HIGHLIGHTED
- 1:08:03THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE, THAT THEY'RE IN THERE. NOW, I'M NOT
- 1:08:06GONNA PROFESS TO SAY THAT WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE HERE IS ALL OF
- 1:08:12'EM, MAYBE NOT. I DON'T KNOW, I CAME UP WITH SEVEN, I GUESS IT'S
- 1:08:16GOD'S NUMBER AND YOU'D ALL BE SCARED IF I CAME UP WITH 24. SO
- 1:08:20I JUST, AND THEN I WOULD BE PREACHING 'TIL JANUARY AND WE'D
- 1:08:24NEVER GET TO THE END. BUT THE POINT IS, IS IF I COULD NAIL IT
- 1:08:27DOWN TO THE MOST IMPORTANT, THE THINGS THAT IF I DID THEM EVERY
- 1:08:37DAY, AND I DO THEM, BUT I'M SAYING IF WE AS CHRISTIANS DID
- 1:08:42THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHERE WOULD WE BE? WHAT WOULD BE THE
- 1:08:46OUTCOME? WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IN OUR LIFE? AND SO, AND
- 1:08:51I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS, AND THE BIBLE DOES SAY
- 1:08:54SO, THAT WILL MAKE US SUCCESSFUL. I THINK EVERY ONE OF
- 1:08:58US, THOSE OF, THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 1:09:01TUNING IN ONLINE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WANTS TO BE
- 1:09:06SUCCESSFUL. SOMETIMES WANTING SOMETHING AND DECIDING YOU WANT
- 1:09:11TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO
- 1:09:15CREATE THAT ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD
- 1:09:18AGREE WITH THAT? SO I WANNA GO THROUGH WHAT I BELIEVE. NOW, YOU
- 1:09:22KNOW, I THINK HONESTLY NONE OF THESE ARE SUPER ROCKET SCIENCE,
- 1:09:26BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REPETITION IN THE BIBLE THAT IF WE WOULD
- 1:09:30JUST DO THE THINGS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY REPEATED, WE WOULD
- 1:09:33SEE ULTIMATELY THE RESULTS. AND HONESTLY, I KNOW THIS ABOUT GOD.
- 1:09:39HE IS NOT A MICROWAVE GOD. OKAY? PEOPLE THINK TITHING IS LIKE YOU
- 1:09:46PUT MONEY IN A SLOT MACHINE AND OUT POPS A BLESSING. NO, TITHING
- 1:09:50IS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. OKAY, PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU IF YOU
- 1:09:55INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE STOCK
- 1:09:58INVESTED. IT'S NOT TOO SPECIAL, BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW. I
- 1:10:03BOUGHT ONE STOCK RECENTLY, AND AS SOON AS I WAS MESSED UP, MY
- 1:10:06PHONE, SEE, I, PHONES, MAN, I TELL YA. MY PHONE MESSED UP, AND
- 1:10:11I COULDN'T GET THE BID IN ON TIME, AND THEN BEFORE I GOT IT
- 1:10:14REPAIRED, I HAD TO CALL THE BROKER BEFORE I GOT IT REPAIRED,
- 1:10:17THE STOCK WENT UP. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BAD.
- 1:10:20BUY IT WHEN IT'S LOW, BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT ONE LINE IS
- 1:10:24STILL IN THE RED, BUT IT'S GONNA COME BACK, COME ON. BUT ANYWAY,
- 1:10:29THEY'LL TELL YOU IF YOU INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET THAT IT'S
- 1:10:32LONG TERM. DON'T PLAN TO HAVE THAT MONEY FOR A LONG TIME.
- 1:10:36DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT MONEY. YOU PUT IT THERE, YOU SET IT,
- 1:10:38YOU FORGET IT. AND THIS IS THE WAY SOMETIMES IT IS WITH GOD.
- 1:10:42IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. TITHING IS A
- 1:10:46COMMITMENT. IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME AND OH, I TRIED THERE.
- 1:10:50EVERYTHING I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS A LIFELONG CHOICE
- 1:10:54AND A COMMITMENT. BUT I PROMISE YOU, IF WE PUT THE THINGS TO
- 1:10:58PRACTICE, IT WILL BRING YOU, COME ON SOMEBODY, GOOD SUCCESS.
- 1:11:03AMEN, AMEN. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM. WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT.
- 1:11:06LOOK AT PSALM 119, THE FIRST, AND I THINK THIS IS THE MOST
- 1:11:13IMPORTANT OF ALL THE BRIGHT-LINED ITEMS IN THE BIBLE,
- 1:11:17IS TO, WATCH THIS, READ AND KEEP GOD'S WORD. READ AND KEEP GOD'S
- 1:11:26WORD. LET ME READ PSALM 119. IT HAPPENS TO BE THE LONGEST
- 1:11:30CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE, HAPPENS TO BE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD. PSALM
- 1:11:34119, VERSE 11, AND VERSE 111, 112, NEW LIVING SAYS, "LORD,
- 1:11:42YOUR LAWS ARE MY TREASURE." CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU? WE'RE LIVING IN
- 1:11:46A GENERATION RIGHT NOW THAT HAS LET OFF OR GIVEN UP ON
- 1:11:51TREASURING GOD'S WORD. YOUR LAWS ARE MY TREASURE. COME ON, IF YOU
- 1:11:56HAVE A TREASURE, YOU SPEND TIME WITH THAT TREASURE. YOU FOCUS ON
- 1:12:01THAT TREASURE. YOUR LAWS ARE MY HEART'S DELIGHT, FOR I'M
- 1:12:06DETERMINED, COME ON, ARE YOU DETERMINED TODAY, TO KEEP YOUR
- 1:12:10DECREES TO THE VERY END, NOT HALFWAY THROUGH, NOT A QUARTER
- 1:12:15OF THE WAY. WE KEEP GOD'S WORD ALL THE WAY TO THE END, EVEN IF
- 1:12:19IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT LOSE OUR LIFE DOING IT. THERE WERE TIMES,
- 1:12:25PASTOR AND I, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT TOGETHER IN THE
- 1:12:28MINISTRY, WE THOUGHT, GOD, WE ARE GONNA DIE IF WE KEEP GOING
- 1:12:31LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT WORKING. AND WE WOULD DETERMINE, I
- 1:12:35REMEMBER MANY A TIMES, AND WE STILL DO THIS TODAY, WE'D BE
- 1:12:38TRAVELING SOMEWHERE AND BE ON A TRIP, MAYBE IT WAS A MINISTRY
- 1:12:42TRIP, AND HERE WE'D BE IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND EVERYTHING WAS
- 1:12:46GOING POOR AND IT LOOKED UPSIDE DOWN, AND WE WOULD GRAB HANDS
- 1:12:50LAYING THERE ON THE BED, LOOKING AT THE DIRTY HOTEL CEILING AND
- 1:12:54SAYING, "GOD, WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE? WE ARE STANDING. WE ARE
- 1:13:00PUTTING YOUR WORD TO PRACTICE." AND WE STILL DO THAT TODAY. I
- 1:13:03MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK UP AT THE CEILING. THE CEILING AT HOME IS
- 1:13:07CLEANER NOW, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE LOOK UP AND WE
- 1:13:11SAY, "LORD," AND WE MADE A COMMITMENT. GOD, I AM COMMITTED,
- 1:13:15I'M DETERMINED TO KEEP YOUR DECREES TO THE VERY END. NOW,
- 1:13:20IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT DAVID, OF ALL THE PSALMS THAT
- 1:13:24ARE WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, ALL THE THINGS THAT HE WROTE, ALL
- 1:13:27THE SONGS, ALL THE THINGS, THE WORDS PUT TO MUSIC, PSALM 119 IS
- 1:13:32ALL ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD AND KEEPING IT AND DOING IT. IN
- 1:13:35FACT, VERSE 11 IS FAMOUS. IT SAYS THESE WORDS. IT SAYS, "YOUR
- 1:13:39WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART THAT I WON'T SIN AGAINST YOU."
- 1:13:41IN OTHER WORDS, I WILL MAKE IT. I WILL MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO
- 1:13:45THE END. JESUS SAID ABOUT THE CHURCHES IN THE BOOK OF
- 1:13:49REVELATION, HE SAID THESE WORDS AND IT JUST, IT MOVES ME EVERY
- 1:13:53TIME. HE SAID, "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, I'LL GIVE A CROWN OF
- 1:13:56LIFE." SO YOUR WORD, LORD. SECOND TIMOTHY SAYS THIS, IT
- 1:14:01SAYS, VERSE, CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 15 SAYS, "STUDY." SO YOU KNOW, I
- 1:14:07ALWAYS SAY IT LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S GOOD. I'M NOT, YOU'VE HEARD
- 1:14:13ME SAY THIS BEFORE, A REAL FAN OF JUST TRYING TO READ THE BIBLE
- 1:14:15THROUGH IN A YEAR. NOW IT'S GOOD 'CAUSE IT HELPS GIVE YOU A GOAL
- 1:14:19AND IT HELPS TO FAMILIARIZE, BUT WHEN I'VE DONE THOSE, I DON'T
- 1:14:23FEEL LIKE I RETAINED IT. I JUST REALIZED, OKAY, I GOT 15
- 1:14:26MINUTES, I GOTTA READ FOUR CHAPTERS. AND SO YOU FIND
- 1:14:29YOURSELF SKIMMING THROUGH. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED THAT? SO
- 1:14:32A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I DO, I'VE STARTED KIND OF JOURNALING THE
- 1:14:35BIBLE. I TAKE A HANDFUL OF VERSES EVERY MORNING, AND I READ
- 1:14:39THOSE, I DIGEST THOSE, I CHEW ON THEM, AND I'VE GOTTEN MYSELF A
- 1:14:43LITTLE JOURNAL. BACK IN THE DAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE, 'CAUSE I DON'T
- 1:14:47KNOW, I THINK WE'VE LOST A LITTLE SOMETHING WITH CUT AND
- 1:14:49PASTE FROM BIBLE GATEWAY, AND CUT AND PASTE IT IN. I THINK
- 1:14:53THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT, I KNOW, ALL YOU YOUNG ONES, WRITING THEM
- 1:14:57DOWN WITH A PEN. I DON'T KNOW, IT DOES SOMETHING TO ME. I USED
- 1:15:05TO TAKE INDEX CARDS. NOW I'VE GOT A LITTLE BOOKLET THAT I USE.
- 1:15:09BUT I WOULD TAKE INDEX CARDS WHEN I WAS WORKING IN BANKING,
- 1:15:12THIS WAS BEFORE PASTOR AND I WERE FULL-TIME IN THE MINISTRY.
- 1:15:15AND I WOULD TAKE LITTLE THREE BY FIVES AND I'D WRITE DOWN VERSES
- 1:15:20AND STICK THEM IN MY PURSE EVERY DAY. AND I WOULD PUT THEM AT MY
- 1:15:23DESK AT THE BANK OR MY TELLER WINDOW WHEN I WAS A TELLER. I'D
- 1:15:27CARRY THEM AROUND, I'D READ THEM AT LUNCH, AND I'D MEMORIZE THOSE
- 1:15:31THINGS. AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR TAKING
- 1:15:34A LITTLE PIECE OF THE WORD EVERY DAY, COME ON, AND READING IT OUT
- 1:15:38LOUD. SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOUR OWN EARS HEAR IT, AND
- 1:15:42SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOU WRITE THOSE WORDS DOWN. YOU'RE LIKE,
- 1:15:47OH, I NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE. IT DOES SOMETHING TO YOU. SOMETIMES
- 1:15:52I THINK WE LOSE A LITTLE BIT ON THE APPS, AND THEY HAVE THEIR
- 1:15:55PLACE, SO DON'T GET ME WRONG. I'M JUST SAYING, STUDY TO SHOW
- 1:15:58YOURSELF. I BELIEVE THE GREATEST THING LACKING IN THE CHURCH
- 1:16:03RIGHT NOW IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR BIBLE. AND WE'RE OPEN,
- 1:16:07WE'RE OPEN GAME FOR THE DEVIL, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH.
- 1:16:11OKAY, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, RIGHT? AND THE TRUTH SHALL? SET YOU
- 1:16:16FREE. IT'LL MAKE YOU FREE. THAT TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU. IT'LL CAUSE
- 1:16:21YOU TO WALK IN LIBERTY. OKAY, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW IT, AMEN.
- 1:16:27SO I WOULD JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT, CHEW ON IT EVERY DAY, AND
- 1:16:31THEN DETERMINE TO BE A DOER OF IT. DETERMINE TO APPLY IT, OKAY?
- 1:16:36DON'T JUST LET THE WORD COME IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER. APPLY
- 1:16:40IT, RIGHT? SEE HOW YOU CAN INCORPORATE IT IN YOUR LIFE.
- 1:16:43IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN TAKE MOMENTS THEN WHERE YOU
- 1:16:46DEEPLY STUDY. I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE TESTIMONY OF MYSELF THAT
- 1:16:50COMES FROM STUDYING THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GO TO BIBLE
- 1:16:53SCHOOL, PASTOR DID, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A BIBLE SCHOOL. I WAS GONNA
- 1:16:57GO TO A BIBLE SCHOOL, AND THEN AT THAT TIME IN MY LIFE, WHERE
- 1:17:00MY LIFE WAS, THIS IS WHEN I WAS STILL SINGLE, I JUST COULDN'T
- 1:17:03AFFORD TO GO. IT WAS EXPENSIVE, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I
- 1:17:08WANTED TO BE IN THE MINISTRY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD
- 1:17:12PEOPLE SAY THIS, I GOT MY LEARNING FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE
- 1:17:15SPIRIT. BUT MY TESTIMONY AND LEARNING TO STUDY THE BIBLE CAME
- 1:17:21FROM DOING IT. AND I REMEMBER I WENT TO, MY PARENTS HAD PUT MY
- 1:17:26SISTER, CHRISTIE AND I, INTO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. AND IT DIDN'T
- 1:17:31TAKE LONG FOR US TO COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THE PEOPLE AT
- 1:17:34THAT SCHOOL DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 1:17:38AND HERE'S THE THING, WE HAD GOTTEN SPIRIT FILLED, AND I
- 1:17:43MEAN, MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER. YOU KNOW, AT AGE 15,
- 1:17:4916, NOBODY HAD TO TELL ME GET RID OF ALL THAT EVIL ROCK MUSIC,
- 1:17:53DON'T HANG AROUND THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE. I GOT FILLED WITH THE
- 1:17:56HOLY SPIRIT, AND MAN, MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER. I WAS ON FIRE
- 1:18:00FOR GOD. I WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO KNOW GOD. I'M LIKE, AND
- 1:18:05YOU KNOW, WE WERE RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, BUT THE KEY IS
- 1:18:08ONCE WE GOT BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, I'M LIKE, MAN, I GOT
- 1:18:11SOMETHING, THIS IS SOMETHING. AND I DIDN'T FULLY KNOW, JANET,
- 1:18:15WHAT IT WAS. I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT. I JUST KNEW
- 1:18:18SOMETHING HAD LIT UP ON THE INSIDE OF ME. WELL, WE GOT TO
- 1:18:20OUR NON-SPIRIT-FILLED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, AND I THOUGHT EVERYBODY
- 1:18:25BELIEVED LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, WHY WOULDN'T THEY ALL
- 1:18:27BE THIS EXCITED? THESE ARE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. I HADN'T BEEN
- 1:18:30AROUND THAT MANY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE BEFORE. I MEAN, WE WERE
- 1:18:32RAISED EPISCOPALIAN. THIS IS THE CHURCH OF THE FROZEN CHOSEN. I
- 1:18:36MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK AROUND, YOU SIT UP. I MEAN, THEY'RE
- 1:18:42STEPS OFF FROM THE CATHOLICS. AND SO I THOUGHT EVERYBODY
- 1:18:46THAT'S BORN AGAIN WOULD BE THIS EXCITED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES. I
- 1:18:50MEAN, THIS WAS LIKE, UGH. AND I GET THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE,
- 1:18:54THAT'S THE DEVIL. I THOUGHT, HOW IN THE WORLD? I SAID, YOU KNOW,
- 1:18:58WHEN I WANTED TO SERVE THE DEVIL, I NEVER SPOKE IN TONGUES.
- 1:19:04OKAY, I NEVER HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE ROCK BAND KISS UP THERE
- 1:19:08SPEAKING IN TONGUES. THEY NEVER DID THAT. SO HOW CAN I BE THIS
- 1:19:13EXCITED FOR GOD AND HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE DEVIL? WELL,
- 1:19:17SO THEY WOULD ATTACK THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MAYBE ME,
- 1:19:20PASTOR CHRISTIAN AND I WERE FIVE YEARS APART. WE WERE IN A SMALL
- 1:19:23CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN
- 1:19:25WHAT, JUNIOR HIGH AT THAT TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO,
- 1:19:29YOU KNOW, THEY ATTACKED ME. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ATTACKED THE
- 1:19:31JUNIOR HIGH, BUT THEY ATTACKED THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WAS GOING
- 1:19:35TO CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WOULD
- 1:19:37CORNER ME AT EVERYTHING. THE TEACHERS WOULD SAY LITTLE THINGS
- 1:19:40FROM THE FRONT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TONGUE TALKERS, KNOWING
- 1:19:42I'M LIKE THE ONLY ONE IN THERE. AND IT WAS FUN. AND ANYWAY, AND
- 1:19:48SO I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER THINKING, LORD, THERE'S
- 1:19:53SOMETHING, I GOTTA FIGURE THIS OUT. AND THEY WOULD, BUT IT WAS
- 1:19:56AMAZING TO ME. THEY NEVER USED THAT MUCH BIBLE. NOW I THOUGHT,
- 1:20:01OKAY, THEY THROW OUT A LITTLE SCRIPTURE HERE OR THERE. AND I
- 1:20:06THOUGHT, WELL, HOW AM I GONNA COUNTER THAT? I DON'T HAVE AN
- 1:20:09ANSWER FOR THESE PEOPLE. AND I MADE A DECISION. I SAID, I'M
- 1:20:15GONNA GO AND I'M GONNA SIT IN MY ROOM. I SPENT HOURS UPON HOURS.
- 1:20:21MY DAD, THANK GOD, HAD TAUGHT US TO USE A CONCORDANCE. WE DIDN'T
- 1:20:25HAVE THE PHONE THEN. YOU HAD TO BRING OUT THE BOOK. THAT BIG OLD
- 1:20:28CONCORDANCE, I LUG IT OUT TO MY PARENTS' TABLE AND FLIPPED ALL
- 1:20:34THE PAGES. I LEARNED HOW TO LOOK UP EVERY WORD IN THE HEBREW AND
- 1:20:37THE GREEK. AND I MEAN, AND I LOVED IT. I LOVED DOING IT.
- 1:20:42THEY'D ATTACK DIVINE HEALING. THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WELL,
- 1:20:45WITH THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY WOULD SAY, "NO,
- 1:20:48THAT PASSED AWAY WITH THE EARLY APOSTLES." AND I THOUGHT, "DID
- 1:20:54IT?" I MEAN, I'M TALKING IN TONGUES. "OH, IT'S JUST MADE
- 1:20:58UP," THEY'D SAY. "YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT UP. IT'S AN EMOTIONAL
- 1:21:02RESPONSE." AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, IT SURE FEELS GOOD IF THAT'S ALL
- 1:21:05IT IS." SO I DECIDED, I MADE THE DECISION MYSELF. STUDY TO SHOW
- 1:21:10YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD. I WENT TO THE BIBLE, AND I WENT
- 1:21:14THROUGH EVERY SCRIPTURE ON THE SPEAKING IN TONGUES, EVERY VERSE
- 1:21:18ON THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I BEGAN TO CHEW ON IT. I
- 1:21:23READ ACTS 2:4 PROBABLY 150 TIMES, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
- 1:21:30AGAIN. I'D SIT IN MY, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BE WITH PEOPLE. I
- 1:21:33WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE
- 1:21:37REALLY HAD TO SAY ON THAT SUBJECT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
- 1:21:41THEN I REMEMBER, SO ONE TEACHER DECIDED TO GO FOR IT IN A CLASS,
- 1:21:47AND THIS TIME I WAS READY. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME I'M LIKE,
- 1:21:49I'M READY. SO THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, MADE A COMMENT
- 1:21:55ABOUT SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND THAT HOW IT HAD ALL PASSED AWAY.
- 1:21:59AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF IT'S ALL PASSED AWAY AND THE BIBLE IS
- 1:22:03SUPPOSED TO BE OUR PATTERN, BUT IT'S ALL ENDED, THEN WHAT BOOK
- 1:22:08ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW? 'CAUSE IT DIDN'T END IN THE
- 1:22:11BOOK. THEY SPOKE IN TONGUES. NOW HERE'S THE THING, AND THEY
- 1:22:16DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THIS. I SAID, "PETER WENT TO THE HOUSE
- 1:22:19OF CORNELIUS." THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW THAT THEY HAD BEEN BAPTIZED
- 1:22:24IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS HE HEARD THEM SPEAK WITH TONGUES AND
- 1:22:27GLORIFY GOD, MAGNIFY GOD SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES. THINK
- 1:22:32ABOUT THAT. OKAY, THIS IS ACTS 10:46. AND THEN HE GOES ON TO
- 1:22:37CHAPTER 11 AND HE SAYS, "WE KNEW THAT THE GENTILES WERE FILLED
- 1:22:40WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT "BECAUSE THE HOLY GHOST FELL ON US THE
- 1:22:43SAME WAY HE DID IN THE BEGINNING." I THOUGHT, "WELL,
- 1:22:45HOW DID HE FALL ON THEM IN THE BEGINNING?" HE FELL ON THEM WITH
- 1:22:48(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:22:50THEY ALL BEGAN TO SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES. THEY COUNTERED ME AND
- 1:22:53USED TO SAY, "WELL, THEY SPOKE IN NATURAL LANGUAGES." 'CAUSE
- 1:22:57THEY HEARD THEM, THE MEDES, THE PERSIAN, IT WAS ALL NATURAL
- 1:23:00LANGUAGES. I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOD, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO
- 1:23:03AND STUDY THAT." AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PHRASE CAME RIGHT
- 1:23:06OFF THE PAGE TO ME AND IT SAYS, AND SOME OF THEM SAID, "WHAT
- 1:23:10MEANETH THIS?" THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND THOUGHT THEY WERE
- 1:23:14JUST DRUNK. I THOUGHT, SO NOT EVERYBODY HEARD THEM SPEAK IN A
- 1:23:17NATURAL LANGUAGE. COME ON, SOMEBODY. AND SO PAUL SAID, "I
- 1:23:20PRAY IN THE SPIRIT." AND WITH SOMETIMES IN MY UNDERSTANDING,
- 1:23:24SOMETIMES I DON'T. NOBODY, IF I'M PRAYING IN A TONGUE, MAY
- 1:23:27UNDERSTAND ME IN THE CHURCH. I MAY PRAY OUT IN THE SPIRIT AND
- 1:23:31THEN IT REQUIRES AN INTERPRETATION. COME ON, IF IT
- 1:23:33WAS JUST A NATURAL LANGUAGE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERPRETED
- 1:23:37THROUGH A SUPERNATURAL GIFT. YOU WOULD HAVE GOOGLE TRANSLATE. THE
- 1:23:45POINT I'M MAKING, I DID THE SAME WITH DIVINE HEALING. THEY WOULD
- 1:23:48TELL ME, I WOULD SAY, WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS CHRIST,
- 1:23:51THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO MY TEACHER ONE TIME, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE
- 1:23:53GOT IN THESE, I WASN'T TRYING TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE, BUT THEY CAME
- 1:23:56AT ME, YOU KNOW. AND I SAID, WELL, I SAID, THE BIBLE SAYS
- 1:24:02THAT JESUS CHRIST, ISAIAH 53, FOUR AND FIVE, THE SCRIPTURE
- 1:24:07SAYS THAT WITH HIS STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED. OH, THAT JUST MEANS
- 1:24:13SPIRITUAL HEALING. I THOUGHT, REALLY? IT NEVER MEAN PHYSICAL
- 1:24:18HEALING, YOU CAN'T TRUST IN THAT. AND I THOUGHT, OKAY. AND
- 1:24:21I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SEE, THIS IS WHY YOU STUDY THE WORD. THIS IS
- 1:24:25WHY WE HAVE TO KNOW THE BIBLE. I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY
- 1:24:28TESTIMONY. AND SO I WENT AND STUDIED, AND I WAS READING
- 1:24:32MATTHEW, THE EIGHTH CHAPTER. AND HERE, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IT
- 1:24:36DOESN'T SAY SPIRITUAL. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LORD SAID, NOW,
- 1:24:40WHAT DID I, I CAME HEALING PEOPLE IN GALILEE. DID I HEAL
- 1:24:45THEM SPIRITUALLY OR PHYSICALLY? I THOUGHT, WELL,
- 1:24:49I THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS, LORD, YOU HEALED THEM SPIRITUALLY,
- 1:24:52OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN, TO ME, THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. BUT NONE OF
- 1:24:56THEM HAD BEEN BORN AGAIN YET. HE CAME HEALING THEM IN THE FLESH.
- 1:25:02PHYSICAL, DIVINE HEALING. OH, WELL, HE ONLY DID THAT TO PROVE
- 1:25:07HE WAS THE SON OF GOD. I'M LIKE, WELL, THEN WHY DID HE PUT THAT
- 1:25:10ON THE DISCIPLES IN MATTHEW THE 10TH CHAPTER, AND THEY CONTINUED
- 1:25:14IT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS? OH, WELL, THEY SAID THAT WAS JUST TO
- 1:25:17LAUNCH THE EARLY CHURCH. I SAID, "WELL, THEN WHAT BIBLE AM I
- 1:25:19SUPPOSED TO EMULATE?" AND THEN, SO, I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, IS
- 1:25:26IT JUST SPIRITUAL HEALING?" AND THE LORD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY
- 1:25:30YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN THE BIBLE, THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON I'M
- 1:25:31TELLING YOU THIS, IS ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M READING ONE DAY,
- 1:25:35MATTHEW, THE EIGHTH CHAPTER, JESUS, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE
- 1:25:39CENTURION, THE LEOPARD THAT GETS HEALED IN VERSE THREE, THE STORY
- 1:25:42OF THE CENTURION, HE SAID, "LORD, SPEAK THE WORD ONLY, COME
- 1:25:44ON, YOU KNOW THE STORY, "MY SERVANT SHALL BE HEALED." AND
- 1:25:46LATER, HE COMES AND THERE IS HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW SICK OF THE FEVER.
- 1:25:50YOU COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VERSE 17, 18, YOU READ IN THERE,
- 1:25:54IT SAYS, "AND HE REBUKED THE FEVER, "AND IT LEFT HER," WATCH
- 1:25:57THIS, "THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED, "WHICH WAS SPOKEN OF
- 1:26:01THE PROPHET ISAIAH. "HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITY AND BARE OUR
- 1:26:06SICKNESS." I THOUGHT, THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE. GOD WANTS US
- 1:26:11PHYSICALLY HEALED.
- 1:26:13NOW HERE'S THE POINT I'M TELLING YOU. THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
- 1:26:16TO SPEND TIME IN YOUR BIBLE. DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT.
- 1:26:20DON'T TAKE SOMEBODY'S WORD FOR IT. DON'T TAKE IT FROM THE MOST
- 1:26:25CHARISMATIC, WELL-SPOKEN PREACHER. DON'T TAKE IT FROM
- 1:26:29SOME STUPID MEME. LISTEN TO THE BIBLE YOURSELF. NOW LET ME READ
- 1:26:34A SCRIPTURE TO YOU. THIS IS IMPORTANT. STUDY TO SHOW
- 1:26:36YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT NEEDS NOT BE
- 1:26:40ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. YOU KNOW, I'VE
- 1:26:44FOUND OUT IN MY LIFE THAT THE MORE TIME I JUST OPEN THE BOOK,
- 1:26:47I READ THE BOOK, I STUDY THE BOOK, I MARK UP THE BOOK. COME
- 1:26:52ON, GET A REAL BIBLE THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR MARKS IN. SO MUCH
- 1:26:58OF IT THAT YOUR COFFEE DRIPS ON IT ON A MORNING COFFEE. AND I
- 1:27:02GOT COFFEE RINGS IN MY BIBLE, PEOPLE. WHERE YOU CAN MARK IT,
- 1:27:08KNOW IT, SPEND TIME WITH IT. THINK I'M GONNA START WORKING ON
- 1:27:13ANOTHER BIBLE. THIS ONE'S PRETTY MARKED. I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT
- 1:27:17ONE. MY TEENAGE BIBLE, I STILL HAVE IT. IT'S COVERED IN NOTES.
- 1:27:21THE POINT IS, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SPEND THAT TIME. THAT NEEDETH
- 1:27:25NOT BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT
- 1:27:28IF I JUST GET IN THE WORD IN GENERAL, OKAY, I DON'T HAVE TO
- 1:27:33SEEK EVERYTHING. WELL, GOD, WHAT ABOUT THIS? IS THERE A BIBLE
- 1:27:35VERSE ABOUT THAT? NO, IF YOU SPEND TIME IN IT, SOMEHOW YOU'RE
- 1:27:39JUST GONNA KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. HEBREWS 4:12, COME ON,
- 1:27:42IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR. IT SAYS THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK,
- 1:27:46ACTIVE, FULL OF LIVING POWER. OKAY, FULL OF LIVING POWER,
- 1:27:50QUICK AND ACTIVE. THAT'S KING JAMES, IT READS DIFFERENT IN THE
- 1:27:53AMPLIFIED AND THE NEW LIVING. IT'S QUICK, IT'S ACTIVE, IT'S
- 1:27:56FULL OF POWER. BUT WATCH THIS, IT SAYS IT SEPARATES ALL THE
- 1:28:01FLESH AND THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. PEOPLE ARE GETTING
- 1:28:07CRAFTY NOW WITH THEIR CASE ON A LOT OF TOPICS. THE DEVIL'S A
- 1:28:13CRAFTY DECEIVER. IN FACT, WEDNESDAY WE'LL TALK A LITTLE
- 1:28:16BIT ABOUT HOW TO BE DELIVERED FROM SOME OF THE IDEOLOGIES THAT
- 1:28:19ARE COMING OUT RIGHT NOW. QUICK, ACTIVE, FULL OF POWER. WATCH
- 1:28:24THIS, DIVIDING AND SEPARATING THAT WHICH IS CARNAL AND THAT
- 1:28:27WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. OKAY. PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY ABOUT PASTOR,
- 1:28:32WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS
- 1:28:34HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS OF PASTORING, PEOPLE
- 1:28:37COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WELL, YOU GUYS JUST
- 1:28:39DON'T LISTEN TO MY POINT OF VIEW. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, COME
- 1:28:44TO ME WITH BIBLE AND I WILL. I'M NOT BEING RUDE. IF YOU'RE NOT
- 1:28:50GOING TO PUT WORD TO IT, THEN IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF HUMAN.
- 1:28:57OKAY. IT'S SHARPER THAN IT'LL SEPARATE THAT WHICH IS FLESH AND
- 1:29:01CARNAL AND THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. OKAY, FLESH INCARNATE
- 1:29:05IS A WHOLE LOT OF HUMAN NOTHING. IT'LL SEPARATE THE JOINT AND THE
- 1:29:11MARROW, IT'LL EXPOSE OUR INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND DESIRES.
- 1:29:16COME ON, YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT YOURSELF READING THE BIBLE. LOOK
- 1:29:20AT JAMES 1:21 THROUGH 27. I'M GONNA GO QUICK, I'M ONLY ON ONE,
- 1:29:25PEOPLE. JANUARY. WHEREFORE, AH, JANUARY.
- 1:29:33WE GOT SMARTIES IN THE ROOM, I'M TELLING YOU.
- 1:29:37I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT PASTOR HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I
- 1:29:40DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY EVERY TIME THERE'S A SUNDAY THAT I
- 1:29:43PREACH, KNOW THAT I'LL BE THERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHERE, VERSE
- 1:29:4821, WHEREFORE, LAY APART OR SET ASIDE ALL FILTHINESS, THAT'S
- 1:29:54IMMORAL WAYS, AND SUPERFLUITY, WE DON'T REALLY USE THAT WORD,
- 1:29:58IT MEANS CONTINUAL WICKEDNESS, AND NAUGHTINESS, AND RECEIVE
- 1:30:02WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED, OR THAT WORD ENGRAFTED MEANS TO BE
- 1:30:05PLANTED IN YOUR HEART, WHICH IS ABLE, COME ON, WHAT DOES IT SAY?
- 1:30:10THE ENGRAFTED WORD, THE PLANTED WORD. SAY, I'M PLANTING IN YOU
- 1:30:15TODAY. THE PLANTED WORD WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOUR SOULS, BUT BE
- 1:30:19YE DOERS OF IT, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY. DECEIVING, AND THIS IS THE
- 1:30:26PART, I MEAN, THIS ONE I EVEN HIGHLIGHT IN PINK. DECEIVING
- 1:30:30YOUR OWN SELVES. NOW, THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT MEANS YOU DON'T
- 1:30:33EVEN NEED THE DEVIL. WE CAN DECEIVE OURSELVES BY NOT
- 1:30:38APPLYING WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN DOING IT. AND I'VE MADE A
- 1:30:42DETERMINATION HERE WHEN I COME HERE ON A SUNDAY, I LISTEN TO
- 1:30:46PASTOR OR SOMEBODY ELSE PREACHING, I MAKE A
- 1:30:48DETERMINATION, GOD, I NEED TO APPLY WHAT I'M HEARING. WE HAVE
- 1:30:53A TENDENCY AS CHURCHGOERS, SOMETIMES THE WORD COMES OUT AND
- 1:30:56IT'S IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER. NOW I GET IT, THERE'S A
- 1:30:58LOT TO RETAIN, ESPECIALLY IF PASTOR BRENDA'S PREACHING, IT'S
- 1:31:01LONG. I GET IT, THERE'S A LOT TO REMEMBER, BUT TAKE THAT WORD,
- 1:31:06START APPLYING IT. OKAY, GET UP TOMORROW, START APPLYING IT.
- 1:31:09SAID, "DON'T DECEIVE YOURSELF "BECAUSE IT'S IN ONE EAR AND OUT
- 1:31:14THE OTHER. "FOR IF ANY, JUST BE A HEARER OF THE WORD AND NOT A
- 1:31:17DOER." NOW, I FIND IT'S HARD TO JUST BE A HEARER, NOT A DOER IF
- 1:31:20YOU DO SPEND TIME IN IT, OKAY? 'CAUSE YOU WILL START TO BE
- 1:31:25DRIVEN BY THE HOLY GHOST TO DO IT. YOU'LL, 'CAUSE HE'LL REMIND
- 1:31:29YOU OF IT, OKAY? YOU STUDY ENOUGH VERSES ON FORGIVENESS,
- 1:31:34THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY MAKES YOU MAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WORD
- 1:31:37WILL COME BACK. IT'LL COME BACK UP IN YOUR HEART. SO, BUT DON'T
- 1:31:41JUST BE A HEARER AND A DOER LIKE THE PERSON THAT LOOKS IN A
- 1:31:44MIRROR AND FORGETS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. FOR BEHOLD, HE
- 1:31:47BEHOLDS HIMSELF AND GOES HIS WAY. UNDERLINE THAT, OKAY? IT'S
- 1:31:53NOT OUR WAY, IT'S GOD'S WAY, RIGHT? AND STRAIGHTWAY FORGETS
- 1:31:59THE PERSON THAT HE WAS, BUT WHOSO LOOKS INTO THE PERFECT LAW
- 1:32:04OF LIBERTY OR INTO THE WORD AND CONTINUES THEREIN, HE BEING NOT
- 1:32:08A FORGETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER OF THE WORK, THIS ONE SHALL BE
- 1:32:11BLESSED IN HIS DEED. AND IF ANY MAN TO YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS,
- 1:32:15OR SPIRITUAL, YOU COULD SAY, AND CANNOT BRIDLE HIS TONGUE, WE'RE
- 1:32:20GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT DECEIVES HIS OWN HEART, THIS IS
- 1:32:24THE THING, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW AND STUDY
- 1:32:29GOD'S WORD. MAY I PROPOSE TO YOU THIS MORNING THAT THIS
- 1:32:32GENERATION NEEDS TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN THE BIBLE,
- 1:32:37PROFICIENT IN THE SCRIPTURE, PROFICIENT IN THE TRUTH. I NEVER
- 1:32:41THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS I WOULD SEE PASTORS MARRYING
- 1:32:43HOMOSEXUALS, PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE
- 1:32:46HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ABOMINATIONS OF A GAY LIFESTYLE.
- 1:32:50THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE ALL OF THE SUDDEN THAT IT'S OKAY
- 1:32:54TO BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN. AND THEY COME UP WITH GOOD
- 1:32:58ARGUMENTS, BUT THEY COUNTER THE TRUTH. WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER
- 1:33:02FOR EVERY ARGUMENT THAT COMES UP. NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
- 1:33:04SUPPOSED TO GET ON FACEBOOK AND ARGUE WITH EVERYBODY, THAT'S NOT
- 1:33:07WHAT I'M SAYING. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE WILL COME MOMENTS WHERE
- 1:33:10YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR THE HOPE THAT'S WITHIN YOU
- 1:33:13AND BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH PROFICIENCY. OKAY, AMEN. AND DO
- 1:33:18IT WELL. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE ON THIS. 1 JOHN 2:3-5, "AND
- 1:33:26HEREBY WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, "THAT IF WE KEEP HIS
- 1:33:31COMMANDMENTS," OKAY, YOU CAN'T KEEP WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, RIGHT
- 1:33:34FOLKS? "IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, HE SAYS, 'I KNOW
- 1:33:38HIM,' "AND KEEPS NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR, AND THE
- 1:33:41TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. BUT WHOSO KEEPS HIS WORD IN HIM VERILY IS
- 1:33:48THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED." AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN
- 1:33:52HIM. OTHER SCRIPTURES, YOU KNOW JOSHUA 1:8, "MEDITATE DAY AND
- 1:33:55NIGHT," RIGHT? THAT'S HOW YOU'LL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS, RIGHT? "MY
- 1:33:58SON, GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS," PROVERBS 4:20. YOU CAN'T
- 1:34:02DO OR CALL JESUS LORD UNLESS YOU DO WHAT HE SAYS, AND WE HAVE TO
- 1:34:06KNOW WHAT HE SAYS. AND I'M TELLING YOU, I BELIEVE WE ARE AT
- 1:34:08A CRITICAL TIME WHEN LESS PEOPLE KNOW THEIR BIBLE THAN THEY USED
- 1:34:11TO IN YEARS GONE BY. I MEAN, IT USED TO BE QUOTED IN THE PUBLIC
- 1:34:14SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE THAT'S COMING BACK. IT USED TO BE. BUT WE
- 1:34:19OUGHT TO KNOW THE SCRIPTURE. AND IF WE DON'T, WE ARE PRAY FOR THE
- 1:34:23DEVIL. CAN I JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT? THE BRIGHT LINE OF THE
- 1:34:26BIBLE FROM BEGINNING TO END WAS KNOW GOD'S WORD AND KEEP IT.
- 1:34:31KNOW IT, AND YOU WON'T KNOW IT IF YOU AREN'T DISCIPLINED TO
- 1:34:34OPEN IT EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THESE WHOLE THINGS OUT
- 1:34:37NOW WHERE WE DO LESS SCREEN TIME, YOU KNOW, SPENDING LESS
- 1:34:41TIME ON THE SCREEN. AND IN FACT, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT A LOT WITH
- 1:34:44SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU THAT WOULD KNOW ME KNOW THAT
- 1:34:46I DON'T POST NEAR AS MUCH. AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA ALWAYS BE
- 1:34:51LOOKING AT THIS, I'M BETTER TO LOOK AT THIS. COME ON, SOMEBODY.
- 1:34:57ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. THE SECOND, THAT'S A BRIGHT LINE
- 1:35:00OF THE BIBLE. KNOW HIS WORD, KNOW HIS COMMANDMENTS, KNOW THE
- 1:35:03SCRIPTURE. QUOTE THEM TO YOURSELF, WRITE THEM DOWN. READ
- 1:35:09THEM OUT LOUD WHERE YOUR EARS CAN HEAR IT. KNOW IT BETTER THAN
- 1:35:14YOUR NEIGHBOR. COME ON, KNOW IT BETTER THAN YOUR CRITIC. KNOW IT
- 1:35:18BETTER THAN THOSE WITH A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. KNOW GOD'S
- 1:35:22WORD. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE BECOME FODDER FOR THE DEVIL. AMEN.
- 1:35:28THAT'S GOOD PREACHING, PASTOR BRENDA. AMEN. AND YOU'LL GET THE
- 1:35:32WHOLE COUNSEL OF IT. YOU'LL KNOW, YOU'LL JUST KNOW. AND I'VE
- 1:35:36BEEN IN PLACES, I'LL JUST SAY THIS LAST PART. I'VE BEEN IN
- 1:35:39PLACES WHERE SOMEBODY WAS PREACHING SOMETHING AND I
- 1:35:42THOUGHT, "EH, THAT DOESN'T MEASURE UP." NOW, I DON'T GO IN
- 1:35:45EVER CRITICAL. ALWAYS GO IN WITH AN OPEN HEART. OKAY, THAT WAS
- 1:35:48THE BEREANS, COME ON, ACTS 17:11. OKAY, THEY WENT IN WITH
- 1:35:53AN OPEN HEART, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WENT LATER AND STUDIED
- 1:35:55WHAT PAUL WAS PREACHING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TRUE. OKAY, SO, YOU
- 1:35:59KNOW, GO IN OPEN-SPIRITED. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SIT THERE LIKE
- 1:36:01SOME PEOPLE I'VE SEEN. LET ME SEE IF I AGREE. DON'T GO IN
- 1:36:08DEFENSIVE. OKAY, GO IN WITH AN OPEN SPIRIT. LISTEN TO THE WORD
- 1:36:13PREACHED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TIMES WHERE I'VE HEARD
- 1:36:15SOMEBODY PREACH SOMETHING. I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
- 1:36:17LOT OF GOOD CHICKEN ON THEM BONES, BUT THE BONES ARE GOING
- 1:36:19TO GO IN THE GARBAGE. IT'S ALL GOOD. WE CAN EAT THE MEAT AND
- 1:36:23SPIT OUT THE BONES, THEY USED TO SAY. BUT I DON'T HAVE A CRITICAL
- 1:36:27SPIRIT, BUT BECAUSE I SPEND TIME IN THE WORD, I KNOW THE TRUTH.
- 1:36:32WHAT IS JUST PEOPLE TALKING? AND AGAIN, NO PREACHER'S PERFECT,
- 1:36:36RIGHT? TOUCH YOURSELF, ASK YOURSELF IF YOU'RE PERFECT.
- 1:36:41NOBODY'S PERFECT. PREACHERS ARE GROWING UP HERE JUST LIKE WE ARE
- 1:36:44IN THE CHAIRS. SO GIVE THEM GRACE. PEOPLE SAY STUFF AND THEN
- 1:36:48LIKE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE PREACHED SOMETHING
- 1:36:51AND THEN GONE HOME AND THOUGHT, MAN, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT
- 1:36:53LIKE THAT. OKAY, SO GIVE GRACE, THAT'S THE KEY. BUT THE KEY IS
- 1:36:57KNOW THE TRUTH. OKAY, THERE'S KEY THINGS THAT ARE TRUTH. SOME
- 1:37:00THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT, SECOND ONE, BRIGHT LINE. FIRST
- 1:37:04BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE IS KEEP AND KNOW GOD'S WORD, KNOW IT
- 1:37:07WELL. NUMBER TWO IS PRAY EVERY DAY. NOW I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A
- 1:37:12LOT OF TIME ON THIS 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GIVEN, THAT'S A
- 1:37:15NO-BRAINER, BUT YOU SHOULD BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH GOD EVERY
- 1:37:19SINGLE DAY ON SOME LEVEL, BECOMING PROFICIENT IN PRAYER.
- 1:37:22THE BIBLE SAYS 1 THESSALONIANS 5 AND 17, IT SAYS TO PRAY WITHOUT
- 1:37:27ANY CEASING. SO A REGULAR HABIT OF PRAYER, TALK TO GOD. TALK,
- 1:37:32YOU KNOW, WE SPENT TIME ON OUR VACATION RELAXING, YOU KNOW, WE
- 1:37:36WENT SWIMMING, WE LAID IN THE CHAIR, WE DID ALL THE THINGS, WE
- 1:37:41GRILLED STUFF, AND I PRAYED IN THE HOLY GHOST.
- 1:37:45(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:37:46I THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT IF NOBODY CAN HEAR ME? SO I'M JUST GONNA
- 1:37:49PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. SPEND TIME, OKAY? PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. THE
- 1:37:53BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT JESUS' PRAYER LIFE WAS DIRECTLY
- 1:37:58CONNECTED TO HIS POWER. HE WAS TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL 40 DAYS AND
- 1:38:0240 NIGHTS, AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN MARK, THE FOURTH CHAPTER, IT
- 1:38:06SAYS THAT HE CAME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS IN THE POWER OF THE
- 1:38:09SPIRIT. SO SPENDING TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS IN PRAYER, JUDE
- 1:38:1420, BUILDING YOURSELF UP ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE
- 1:38:17HOLY GHOST. SPEND TIME WITH GOD, TALK TO GOD, COMMUNICATE WITH
- 1:38:22GOD. DON'T JUST, AND THEN TAKE IT BEYOND THAT AND SAY, NOW GOD,
- 1:38:26THIS IS A CONVERSATION AND A COMMUNICATION, BUT NOW I NEED
- 1:38:29MORE THAN THAT. I NEED TO TAKE UP BIBLICAL PARAMETERS FOR
- 1:38:33PROFICIENT PRAYING. OKAY, THERE'S THINGS THAT'LL MAKE YOU
- 1:38:36PROFICIENT IN PRAYER. I'VE TAUGHT ON THAT A FEW WEDNESDAYS
- 1:38:39AGO, ON HOW TO ASK, HOW TO SEEK, HOW TO KNOW GOD, HOW TO TALK TO
- 1:38:44GOD. OKAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING FROM GOD, GO, "WELL, I
- 1:38:47DID PRAY TO GOD, "AND I TOLD HIM HOW BAD EVERYTHING IS." I GOTTA
- 1:38:53LISTEN TO THAT A LITTLE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'LL GO,
- 1:38:56"WELL, WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?" OKAY, SO LEARN HOW TO PRAY.
- 1:39:00SPEND TIME IN PRAYER EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND BY THE WAY,
- 1:39:04WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW LONG DOES IT HAVE TO BE? I HEARD ONE
- 1:39:06GUY SAY ONE TIME A LONG TIME AGO, AND HE WAS WEIRD, BUT HE
- 1:39:10SAID, A LONG TIME AGO, HE'S, "I PRAY SIX HOURS A DAY." I'M
- 1:39:14THINKING, WELL, YEAH, YOU. MOST OF US WORK JOBS. BUT THE POINT,
- 1:39:22YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE BIBLE'S CLEAR. YOU KNOW, JESUS
- 1:39:24BROUGHT OUT THE COULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ONE HOUR. I THINK IT'S
- 1:39:26GOOD TO HAVE TRAINED YOURSELF TO PUT IN AN HOUR OF PRAYER. IF YOU
- 1:39:31DON'T DO THAT EVERY DAY, IS THAT GONNA MEAN YOUR PRAYER LIFE IS
- 1:39:35TERRIBLE? NO, BUT THERE SHOULD BE PRAYER. PASTOR AND I, WE GRAB
- 1:39:39HANDS, WE PRAY TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE MORNING. EVERY DAY WE
- 1:39:42PRAY. AND WE SIT IN OUR CHAIR AND WE PRAY AND WE COVER YOU, WE
- 1:39:47COVER THE CHURCH. WE DON'T LET A DAY GO BY THAT WE DON'T SIT DOWN
- 1:39:51TOGETHER AND WE PRAY, OKAY? AND SO, ANYWAY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT.
- 1:39:56SPEND THAT TIME IN PRAYER. LEARN HOW TO PRAY. THERE'S A LOT OF
- 1:40:00GOOD BOOKS ON PRAYER, BY THE WAY. GET THOSE AND LEARN HOW TO
- 1:40:03DO IT. ALL RIGHT, THIRD BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE. THIS IS A BIG
- 1:40:06ONE, 'CAUSE I HAVE A FEW MORE I GOT TO GET TO TODAY, IS GUARD
- 1:40:11YOUR MOUTH. THIS IS, OKAY, GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD FORMED
- 1:40:17THE WORLDS THROUGH HIS WORD. HE IS UPHOLDING, HEBREWS, THE FIRST
- 1:40:20CHAPTER SAYS THAT HE IS UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD
- 1:40:22OF HIS POWER. OKAY, HE'S THE ONE THAT HIS WORDS FORMULATED THIS
- 1:40:27WORLD. IT BEGAN WITH WORDS AND HE CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND
- 1:40:31GAVE US THE CREATIVE POWER OF WORDS. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE
- 1:40:35SAYS, DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. WE KNOW
- 1:40:37THAT, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CAN TAKE WORDS IN ALL SORTS OF
- 1:40:42FASHIONS AND PRODUCE EITHER DEATH OR LIFE WITH IT. THAT'S
- 1:40:46WHY I TELL PEOPLE, I HAD SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, SAID,
- 1:40:48"DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE IT SCARED ME TO DEATH." WELL, IT'S JUST A
- 1:40:51PHRASE. WELL, WHY SAY IT? IT'S STUPID. DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE
- 1:40:58THAT. DON'T, EVEN IN JEST, OR IF IT'S JUST A FUNNY, PASTOR AND I,
- 1:41:03WE'RE VERY DISCIPLINED, WE'RE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO SAY THINGS
- 1:41:06IN FOOLISHNESS, OKAY? AND THE OLDER WE'VE GOTTEN, THE MORE
- 1:41:10CAREFUL WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE WITH OUR MOUTH. GUARD YOUR
- 1:41:14MOUTH. THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS THIS THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE, THAT IT
- 1:41:18WAS THE EVIL WORDS OF ISRAEL THAT CAME UP BEFORE GOD AND
- 1:41:21THEY'RE COMPLAINING. COME ON, WORDS ARE A COMPLAINT. AND BY
- 1:41:24THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST SPOKEN WORDS, IT'S ALSO POSTS, OKAY?
- 1:41:31THAT WE'RE TO ALIGN OUR MOUTH WITH THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT THAT
- 1:41:35ALSO MEANS OUR KEYBOARD. RIGHT? COME ON, THIS IS GOD'S POST.
- 1:41:41THERE'S CALLED THE LOGOS, THAT'S YOUR WRITTEN WORD, RIGHT? OKAY,
- 1:41:48YOUR WRITTEN WORD, YOUR LOGOS. AND THEN THERE IS THE RHEMA
- 1:41:52WORD, WHICH YOU ACTUALLY SAY OUT LOUD. THIS IS GOD'S WRITTEN
- 1:41:56POST, OKAY? SO, YOU WOULDN'T FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS IS LESS
- 1:42:02POWERFUL THAN THE SPOKEN WORD. I THINK OUR WRITTEN WORDS ARE
- 1:42:05OFTEN EVEN MORE, MORE EFFECTIVE. SO, THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU GO
- 1:42:11TYPING AND YOU WRITE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE SORRY
- 1:42:15FOR LATER. GUARD YOUR MOUTH, OKAY? GO BACK, IN FACT, PUT UP
- 1:42:20AGAIN JAMES 1, 26. WE JUST READ ABOUT KEEPING THE WORD. LOOK AT
- 1:42:24VERSE 26 AGAIN IF THEY COULD THROW THAT BACK UP. IF ANY MAN,
- 1:42:28REMEMBER I READ THIS? SAID IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE
- 1:42:30SPIRITUAL AND CAN'T CONTROL HIS MOUTH, HE DECEIVES HIS OWN
- 1:42:35HEART. SO OUR MOUTH, THIS IS BRIGHT LINE THROUGHOUT THE
- 1:42:40BIBLE. THINK ABOUT THIS, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME GOOD EXAMPLES. OUR
- 1:42:43MOUTH CONTAINS THE POWER TO PRODUCE DEATH OR LIFE, WE JUST
- 1:42:47SAID THAT. OUR WORDS CAN SET US UP FOR SUCCESS OR FAILURE. OKAY,
- 1:42:52PROVERBS 34:12 SAYS, "WHAT IS THE MAN THAT LOVES LIFE AND
- 1:42:55WANTS TO SEE MANY GOOD DAYS? KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL AND
- 1:42:59YOUR LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE." SO SUCCESS OR FAILURE HAD TO DO
- 1:43:04WITH WHAT? THE MOUTH, THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE. THIS
- 1:43:08IS ANOTHER BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE. OUR WORDS CAN SET US UP
- 1:43:10FOR SUCCESS OR FAILURE. THE UNDISCIPLINED MOUTH IS EQUATED
- 1:43:13WITH THE FOOL. PROVERBS 18 SAID, "A FOOL IS KNOWN BY HIS
- 1:43:18UNDISCIPLINED MUCH SPEAKING." AND HE JUST LETS ANYTHING FLY
- 1:43:22OUT OF HIS MOUTH. PROVERBS 18, SIX THROUGH SEVEN SAYS THAT. YOU
- 1:43:25CAN FIND THAT AGAIN IN ECCLESIASTES 5, THREE. TOO MUCH
- 1:43:28SPEAKING, PROVERBS 13, THREE SAYS, CAN BECOME YOUR RUIN. WOO.
- 1:43:34OKAY. SEW MY LIPS TOGETHER, GOD. WILL BE JUDGED, JESUS SAID,
- 1:43:39ACCORDING TO OUR WORDS. MATTHEW 12:36 THROUGH 37. EVERY IDLE
- 1:43:43WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL BE HELD TO COUNT IN THE
- 1:43:47DAY OF JUDGMENT, JESUS SAID, FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE
- 1:43:51JUSTIFIED AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU'LL BE CONDEMNED. THAT'S IN
- 1:43:53THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. AND I THOUGHT ON THIS, I THOUGHT,
- 1:43:56WELL, GOD, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO ASK
- 1:43:58QUESTIONS LIKE THAT TO GOD. YOU SAID IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
- 1:44:01NOW, IS THAT THE NATURAL DAY OF RECKONING? 'CAUSE THERE CAN BE
- 1:44:06DAYS OF JUDGMENT THAT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, THINGS COME FULL
- 1:44:08CIRCLE, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR LIFE AT TIMES. OR DOES THAT MEAN
- 1:44:11ON THE ULTIMATE DAY OF JUDGMENT, WHEN JESUS COMES BACK TO JUDGE,
- 1:44:16I SAID, "JESUS, DID YOU HAVE A TAPE RECORDER UP THERE?" 'CAUSE
- 1:44:21THE ALMIGHTY DON'T FORGET NOTHING. I SAID, "LORD, DO YOU
- 1:44:25HAVE A TAPE RECORDER UP THERE THAT'S RECORDED ALL OF THE
- 1:44:30THINGS THAT WE HAVE SAID OVER THE COURSE OF OUR LIFE? WILL
- 1:44:34THERE BE A TAPE AND YOU'LL COME BACK?" AND I THOUGHT, I MEAN, I
- 1:44:37GUESS THAT COULD BE, 'CAUSE GOD DOESN'T FORGET ANYTHING LIKE
- 1:44:40THAT, UNLESS HE CHOOSES, IF WE REPENT OF IT, THE BIBLE SAYS
- 1:44:45THAT HE FORGETS OUR INIQUITY. HE CHOOSES TO CAST US AS FAR AS HE.
- 1:44:49SO I THINK THERE'S WORDS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN STUPIDLY THAT IF WE
- 1:44:52REPENT AND WE GET IT RIGHT WITH GOD, HE CHOOSES TO ERASE IT FROM
- 1:44:56THE TAPE. BUT THE ONES WE'RE DETERMINED TO HOLD ON TO, IT
- 1:45:02SAID IT'LL JUSTIFY YOU. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, THAT CAN
- 1:45:04HAPPEN IN THIS LIFE TOO. OKAY, WE CAN SAY THINGS THAT'LL EITHER
- 1:45:09BENEFIT US AND JUSTIFY OUR POSITION OR IT'LL CONDEMN US.
- 1:45:13AND THAT COULD HAPPEN IN JUDGMENT, IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE
- 1:45:17WORLD TO COME, OR IT COULD HAPPEN NOW. OKAY, OUR WORDS HAVE
- 1:45:20THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. OKAY, SO THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A
- 1:45:24SOBERING SCRIPTURE. OUR WORDS CAN SET NATURE IN MOTION AND CAN
- 1:45:30DEFILE OUR VERY OWN BODY. JAMES 3:6 SAYS THAT. IT SAYS, "YOUR
- 1:45:35WORDS CAN DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY." I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT
- 1:45:40MEANS IF IT'S OUR BODY, THEN IT CAN CAUSE SICKNESS IN OUR BODY
- 1:45:43IF WE TALK WRONG. OKAY, IT CAN CAUSE DISEASE. IF YOU CONSTANTLY
- 1:45:47TELL YOURSELF, OH, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET THAT RIGHT, YOU'RE
- 1:45:50NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF DEBT. WELL, YOU WON'T. YOU'LL KEEP
- 1:45:54GOING. IN FACT, YOU KNOW THERE ARE TITHING PEOPLE THAT ARE
- 1:45:57BROKEN IN DEBT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE? THERE ARE
- 1:46:02TITHING CHRISTIANS THAT ARE BROKEN IN DEBT, PASTOR DOUG. AND
- 1:46:05IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE TITHE. SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR
- 1:46:09MOUTH. OKAY, GOD WENT ON IN MALACHI CHAPTER THREE REGARDING
- 1:46:13THE TITHE. THEY SAID, "WELL, LORD," HE SAID, "I'LL OPEN THE
- 1:46:17WINDOWS OF HEAVEN "AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING. "THERE WON'T BE
- 1:46:19ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT WHEN YOU TITHE." AND HE SAID, "BUT
- 1:46:22YOUR WORDS HAVE BEEN STOUT AGAINST ME." SO THINK ABOUT
- 1:46:27THAT, OUR MOUTH DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY. JESUS TAUGHT THAT
- 1:46:31WORDS CAN BE SPOKEN IN FAITH FOR THINGS WE DON'T SEE YET, OKAY?
- 1:46:37AND THEN MANIFESTED LATER IN THE PHYSICAL REALM. HE SHOWED THAT,
- 1:46:40WHEN I JUST QUOTED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT AGO, HE SHOWED THAT
- 1:46:42WITH THE CENTURION AND HIS SERVANT. HE SAID, IN FACT, IT
- 1:46:46WAS THE CENTURION THAT SAID, LORD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO
- 1:46:49MY HOUSE. IF YOU JUST SAY THE WORD ONLY, YOU JUST SPEAK IT OUT
- 1:46:53INTO THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ASK ME, YEAH,
- 1:46:55WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THAT STUPID DECREE STUFF? CAN
- 1:46:58CHRISTIANS DECREE THINGS? I'M LIKE, WELL, JESUS DECREED, OKAY,
- 1:47:05PEACE BE STILL TO A STORM. IN FACT, I'LL PROPOSE TO YOU THAT
- 1:47:13MARK THE FOURTH CHAPTER, WHEN THEY WERE IN THE BOAT AND THE
- 1:47:16STORM IS RAGING AND IT'S BLOWING AND JESUS WAS ASLEEP ON THE
- 1:47:21PILLOW. I MEAN, SO MANY MESSAGES HAVE COME OUT OF THAT. BUT JESUS
- 1:47:24IS ASLEEP AND HE COMES OUT AND THE DISCIPLES ARE SCARED. AND I
- 1:47:27THOUGHT ON IT, I THOUGHT, LORD, RIGHTFULLY SO, IN THE NATURAL,
- 1:47:32IT SAID THERE WAS THE SHIP AND THEN IT SAID THERE WERE OTHER
- 1:47:35LITTLE SHIPS, GO BACK AND READ IT, NEARBY. THERE WERE SEVERAL
- 1:47:38SHIPS, SO CHANCES ARE THESE WERE THEIR COLLEAGUES OUT THERE,
- 1:47:42OTHER FISHER GUYS THEY KNEW. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
- 1:47:45WATCHED DEADLIEST CATCH? YOU KNOW, ALL THE FISHERS KNEW EACH
- 1:47:48OTHER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SID'S BOAT AND THE OTHER GUY'S BOAT
- 1:47:51AND I FORGET ALL THEIR NAMES NOW, IT'S AN OLD SHOW, BUT YOU
- 1:47:54KNOW, THEY ALL KNEW EACH OTHER'S BOAT. I'M SURE PETER KNEW, YOU
- 1:47:56KNOW, BUBBA'S BOAT AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOAT. AND SO THEY WERE IN
- 1:48:01THE SHIP AND THEN THEY HAD SOME LITTLE SHIPS AND THEY ARE
- 1:48:04PROBABLY LOOKING OVER THE BOAT THAT'S ROCKING AND IN FACT THE
- 1:48:10SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH WATER, IT CAME IN THE BOAT
- 1:48:14AND THE BOAT WAS FULL. SO THEY'RE AT THE VERGE OF SINKING
- 1:48:19AND I'M SURE THE SHIPS THAT WERE SMALLER THAN THEIR SHIP WERE
- 1:48:23PROBABLY IN WORSE SHAPE. NOW THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THIS AND
- 1:48:27I WATCH THOSE DEADLIEST CATCH GUYS, I'M LIKE NOPE, GOD, THAT'S
- 1:48:31NOT THE JOB FOR ME. FIRST OF ALL, I'D BE SEASICK. I MEAN, HOW
- 1:48:37DO THEY DO THAT? I MEAN, THE HUMAN BODY, IT JUST PRESSES THE
- 1:48:41HUMAN BODY FOR ALL IT CAN HANDLE. AND THEN FLYING OVER
- 1:48:46THERE, AND WHAT IS THAT, MINUS 100 DEGREE WATER OR WHATEVER IT
- 1:48:49IS, I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT. NOW, AND IT WAS
- 1:48:52STRESSFUL, SO I'M SURE THIS ISN'T TOO FAR DIFFERENT IN THEIR
- 1:48:55DAY. AND THEY'RE TERRIFIED. AND THE NATURAL HUMAN RESPONSE IS
- 1:49:02THEY'RE TERRIFIED. JESUS DARES WALK OUT OF THE BACK OF THE
- 1:49:04SHIP, AND HE SAID, "WHY ARE YOU AFRAID?" AND I'VE READ THAT, I
- 1:49:11LOVE IT, I THOUGHT, "LOH!" IT'D BRING OUT MY ANGRY SIDE. WE'VE
- 1:49:18BEEN OUT HERE TOILING, AND IN FACT, THEY DID SAY IT TO JESUS.
- 1:49:22THEY SAID, "DON'T YOU EVEN CARE?" I THOUGHT, "OKAY, LORD,
- 1:49:27HERE WE GO." THEY ACCUSED JESUS OF NOT CARING THAT THEY'RE ABOUT
- 1:49:31TO DIE. I SAID, "DON'T YOU EVEN CARE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO
- 1:49:37PERISH?" AND HE SAID, "WHERE WAS YOUR FAITH? "WHERE WAS YOUR
- 1:49:44FAITH?" NOW, WHAT JESUS TURNS AND HE DID IS HE CALMS THE
- 1:49:48STORM. HE USED THE DECLARED WORD. HE SAID, "PEACE AND BE
- 1:49:52STILL TO IT." OKAY, THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS, THE FOURTH
- 1:49:56CHAPTER, THAT GOD, THROUGH ABRAHAM, HE SAID, "THROUGH GOD,
- 1:50:02GOD TAUGHT ABRAHAM HOW TO TAKE THINGS "THAT YOU DON'T YET SEE
- 1:50:05IN THE NATURAL "AND CALL IT AS IF IT WERE TRUE." JESUS
- 1:50:09DEMONSTRATED THIS AT THE HOUSE OF JAIRUS. YOU GO TO MARK, THE
- 1:50:13FIFTH CHAPTER, HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE AND HE SPOKE UNTO, HE
- 1:50:17SAID, "THE LITTLE GIRL, SHE NOT DEAD, "SHE'S JUST ONLY TAKING A
- 1:50:20LITTLE NAP." AND THEY THOUGHT, "YOU CRAZY, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A
- 1:50:26HEARTBEAT. "THAT LITTLE GIRL HAD DIED IN THE NATURAL." AND JESUS
- 1:50:30SAID, "NO, NO, SHE'S ONLY JUST SLEEPING." AND WENT UP AND SPOKE
- 1:50:35AND SHE RAISED FROM THE DEAD. HE USED THE DECLARED WORD. YOUR
- 1:50:38WORDS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND DECLARE
- 1:50:41THINGS. YOU MAY NOT SEE YOUR HEALING, YOU MAY NOT SEE YOUR
- 1:50:44PRODIGAL HOME, YOU MAY NOT SEE IT IN THE NATURAL, BUT YOUR
- 1:50:48WORDS CAN GO INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND DECLARE. THAT'S A BRIGHT
- 1:50:54LINE THROUGH THE BIBLE. OKAY, GOD SPOKE TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT
- 1:50:56AS THOUGH THEY ARE. HE MADE, IN FACT, ONE TRANSLATION SAID
- 1:50:59THROUGH HIS WORD, HE MADE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. PAUL
- 1:51:08SAID, PAUL SAID, GOD, ACTUALLY IT WAS GOD WHO CALLS THOSE
- 1:51:12THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY ARE. GO BACK AND READ THAT.
- 1:51:15LOOK AT JAMES 3:2. "FOR IN MANY THINGS WE CAN OFFEND ALL "OR
- 1:51:21MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES. "BUT IF ANY MAN DOES NOT OFFEND IN HIS
- 1:51:25WORD," OR THE WORD THERE, OFFEND, DOESN'T MEAN YOU JUST
- 1:51:28MAKE PEOPLE MAD WITH WHAT YOU SAY. I MEAN, THAT CAN HAPPEN.
- 1:51:30BUT THE POINT IS, IS TO ERR WITH OUR WORDS. "IF ANYONE DOES NOT
- 1:51:35ERR IN WORD, "THE SAME IS A PERFECT OR MATURE PERSON "WHO IS
- 1:51:41ABLE TO BRING ABOUT A BRIDLE "OR A CONTROL TO THEIR ENTIRE BODY."
- 1:51:47THAT'S WHAT JAMES SAYS. YOUR TONGUE, THIS IS BRIGHT LINE
- 1:51:50THROUGH THE BIBLE THAT WHAT WE SAY SETS US UP FOR SUCCESS OR
- 1:51:54CAN SET US OUT FOR FAILURE. AND I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE
- 1:51:58WHO ARE LIKE, OH GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED AND
- 1:52:00THAT HAPPENED, BUT WHAT WAS SPOKEN? I'VE HEARD THIS FOR
- 1:52:03YEARS AS A PASTOR. WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. NOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT
- 1:52:07THINKING OF ANY INDIVIDUAL. WHAT I'M TEACHING AS A PRINCIPAL IS,
- 1:52:12I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PERSON LOST THEIR JOB OR THAT
- 1:52:15PERSON NEVER GOT HEALED OR THIS HAPPENED OR THAT HAPPENED. WELL,
- 1:52:19I WILL TELL YOU, NOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE REASONS IN EACH
- 1:52:23CASE. WHAT I KNOW IS IN THE BIBLE AS A WHOLE, THAT OUR WORDS
- 1:52:28HAVE, 'CAUSE WE CAN ALL COME TO CHURCH, WE CAN DO ALL THE RIGHT
- 1:52:32THINGS, WE CAN DANCE, WE CAN PRAISE, IT'S EASY TO PRAISE WHEN
- 1:52:35PASTOR SHANE AND CHRISSY AND THE TEAM ARE UP HERE, EVERYTHING'S
- 1:52:38LOOKING GOOD. BUT WHAT DO WE SPEAK STARTING ON MONDAY? WHAT
- 1:52:41ARE WE DECLARING OUT OF OUR MOUTH WHEN WE WALK OUT THE DOOR,
- 1:52:44WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T LOOK PROMISING? AND BY THE WAY,
- 1:52:50YOU CAN'T JUST DO IT WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. THIS IS A LIFE,
- 1:52:53AGAIN, THERE'S NO SLOT MACHINES WITH GOD WHERE YOU JUST PLOP
- 1:52:57SOMETHING IN. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO. YOU KNOW,
- 1:52:59THINGS HAPPEN, THINGS GO CRAZY, SOMETHING GOES ON WITH SO AND
- 1:53:03SO, AND WE'RE LIKE, (YELLS) LIKE WE'RE GONNA LIKE MACHINE GUN
- 1:53:07TONGUES THROUGH IT.
- 1:53:13OKAY, AND I'M NOT SAYING GOD CAN'T USE THAT. DON'T HEAR THAT.
- 1:53:17BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY OF IT. THE WAY IS TO REGULARLY DO IT.
- 1:53:21SO YOU'RE READY FOR THE DAY AT HAND. YOU'RE READY FOR THE
- 1:53:24CHALLENGE TO COME, RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING RIGHT, YOU'VE BEEN
- 1:53:28DECLARING. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN 'CAUSE SOMEONE'S IN A BATTLE
- 1:53:31THAT THEY HAVEN'T, OR DON'T JUDGE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. ALL
- 1:53:34I'M SAYING, WE GOTTA JUDGE, I HAVE TO JUDGE ME. I HAVE TO KNOW
- 1:53:38WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I'M DECLARING, WHAT I'M SPEAKING,
- 1:53:41AMEN. SO, OUR WORDS, BRIDLE THE WHOLE BODY, CONTROL WHAT YOU
- 1:53:47SAY, STARTING NOW. GOD, I'M GONNA PUT YOUR WORD IN MY MOUTH.
- 1:53:52I WANT THE WORD TO BE IN THERE. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID THAT TO
- 1:53:54ME ONE TIME. SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT OF THINGS IN PASTOR,
- 1:53:57AND SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, WELL, IT JUST MAKES ME MAD. EVERY TIME
- 1:54:00I TALK TO YOU, JUST ADD THE WORD, THE WORD, THE WORD, THE
- 1:54:02WORD, THE WORD. I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK
- 1:54:05ABOUT? TELL YOU HOW TO GO UPSIDE DOWN AND FAIL? THAT'S WHY PASTOR
- 1:54:11AND I QUIT DOING, WE DON'T DO MARRIAGE COUNSELING ANYMORE. I'M
- 1:54:14LIKE, GRAB HANDS, PRAY, AND DO THE BIBLE. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR
- 1:54:24WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. OKAY, WIVES, SUBMIT TO
- 1:54:28YOUR OWN HUSBANDS AS IN THE LORD. OKAY, PRAY TOGETHER, HONOR
- 1:54:33ONE ANOTHER, LOVE EACH OTHER. OKAY, DO THAT. WELL, I TRIED,
- 1:54:38BUT SHE WON'T. OKAY, WELL THEN PRAY, 'CAUSE THE BIBLE ANSWERS
- 1:54:44THAT ONE TOO. THE BIBLE SAYS TO THE UNBELIEVING SPOUSE, YOU PRAY
- 1:54:49FOR 'EM AND PUT ON CHRIST IN FRONT OF THEM. COME ON,
- 1:54:53SOMEBODY, IF WE WOULD DO THE BIBLE, WE WOULD SPEAK THE WORD.
- 1:54:57COME ON, GOD CAN FIX A LOT OF STUFF. CONDEMN ME FOR QUOTING
- 1:55:04THE SCRIPTURE. AND PEOPLE GET SO MAD. THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE
- 1:55:07WANTED TO SHARE. I'M LIKE, WHAT? THAT YOU'RE SLEEPING IN SEPARATE
- 1:55:14ROOMS? OKAY, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE BAD THAT SOME DEAR
- 1:55:20SPOUSE DID TO YOU? OR DO YOU WANT THIS FIXED? OKAY, SOMEWHERE
- 1:55:26WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE BIBLE AND BE DOERS OF THE WORD.
- 1:55:29WELL, I NEED TO GET IT OUT OF MY THOUGHTS. OKAY, BE CAREFUL,
- 1:55:35HUSBANDS AND WIVES, OKAY? 'CAUSE WHAT YOUR SPOUSE HEARS YOU SAY
- 1:55:39TODAY, YOU MAY BE SORRY YOU SAID IT DOWN THE ROAD. I KNOW, SHE
- 1:55:46PREACHING TODAY. COME ON, SHE LOADED. COME ON, I FOUND OUT THE
- 1:55:54BEST ARGUMENT, OKAY? 'CAUSE WHEN PASTOR AND I FIRST GOT MARRIED,
- 1:55:58WE WERE PROFESSIONALS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I REALIZED? DOING THE
- 1:56:05WORD'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER. OKAY? YOU CAN CALL UP AND COMPLAIN TO
- 1:56:10YOUR PASTOR, YOU CAN GO TO MARRIAGE COUNSELING. MARRIAGE
- 1:56:12COUNSELING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T, IF THEY PUT BIBLE TO
- 1:56:15IT. OKAY? THEY'LL CHARGE YOU A LOT TO PUT BIBLE TO IT. OR YOU
- 1:56:22CAN GET IT WITH YOUR GOD FOR FREE. OKAY, DO YOU THINK THE
- 1:56:26BIBLE IS NOT FILLED WITH A BOATLOAD OF COUNSELING ON WHAT
- 1:56:30TO DO ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE FOR A REASON? I ASKED GOD THAT ONE
- 1:56:33TIME. I SAID, LORD, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE DOESN'T GIVE US A
- 1:56:35WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO, YOU KNOW, FIGHT FAIR WITH. AND, YOU KNOW,
- 1:56:42AND MY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING IN THE
- 1:56:45SCRIPTURE THAT TALKS ABOUT MY FEELINGS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOD IS
- 1:56:49LIKE, BUCK UP, BUTTERCUP. OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU A BIBLE VERSE FOR
- 1:56:53THAT. COME ON, EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX SAYS IT PLAIN. IT SAYS,
- 1:56:58"COME ON, PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD "THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
- 1:57:01STAND IN THE EVIL DAY "WHEN YOUR SPOUSE IS EVIL, THE PEOPLE ARE
- 1:57:05EVIL, "THE GOVERNMENT'S EVIL.”
- 1:57:09COME ON, YOUR TEACHER'S EVIL, YOUR BOSS IS EVIL.
- 1:57:12EVERYONE EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, THAT YOU MIGHT STAND IN
- 1:57:16THE EVIL DAY, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND. THEREFORE, HAVING YOUR
- 1:57:19LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, PUTTING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF
- 1:57:22RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FEET SHARP WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE
- 1:57:24GOSPEL OF PEACE. OKAY, PUT ON THE, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH
- 1:57:29AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. VERSE
- 1:57:3118, PRAYING ALWAYS IN ALL PRAYER AND IN THE HOLY GHOST. COME ON,
- 1:57:35THAT'S HOW YOU WIN THE BATTLE.
- 1:57:37(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 1:57:41SO IF YOU COME INTO MY OFFICE, I'M QUOTING SOME SCRIPTURE.
- 1:57:49WHERE WERE WE? THIS IS THE PRAYER OVER OUR MOUTH. PSALM
- 1:57:54141, VERSE 3. OKAY, I GOTTA GO THROUGH TWO MORE. I'M GOING
- 1:57:58'TIL 10 AFTER, HALLELUJAH. PSALM 141:3, "LORD, SET A WATCH
- 1:58:04OVER MY MOUTH." NOW, ACTUALLY, THIS CONTEXT OF THIS VERSE, I
- 1:58:09SHOULD AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THIS, IS ABOUT PRAYER. OKAY, DAVID IS
- 1:58:13PRAYING, AND HE SAID, "LORD," AND REALLY WHAT HE'S SAYING IS,
- 1:58:16"LORD, MAKE SURE I PRAY IT RIGHT. "PUT A WATCH, LORD,
- 1:58:20BEFORE MY MOUTH "AND KEEP THE DOOR ON MY LIPS." THAT'S
- 1:58:23SOMETHING YOU CAN PRAY EVERY DAY. I PUT THAT IN MY LITTLE
- 1:58:25NOTES DURING MY VACATION. SPEAK RIGHT. SO, HIGHLIGHT OF THE
- 1:58:29BIBLE, NUMBER ONE, KNOW THE BIBLE. NUMBER TWO, PRAY AND
- 1:58:32BECOME PROFICIENT IN PRAYER. OKAY, YOU SHOULD NOT BE SAVED
- 1:58:36EIGHT, 10, 12, 15, 20 YEARS AND NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY IN FAITH.
- 1:58:41WHEN THE BATTLE'S RAGING, BY THE WAY. OKAY, IT'S NOT FAITH WHEN
- 1:58:45IT'S GOING GOOD. OKAY, THE GOOD WINDS OF LIFE ARE BLOWING AND SO
- 1:58:49NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M IN FAITH. NO, FAITH IS WHEN IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.
- 1:58:54AMEN, OKAY. JESUS SAID IN THE STORM, WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?
- 1:59:00WHERE IS IT? LIKE, OH LORD, WHY I OUGHTA. BUBBA'S BOAT'S UPSIDE
- 1:59:07DOWN AND YOU'RE SAYING, WHERE'S YOUR FAITH? ALL RIGHT, FOURTH
- 1:59:13ONE. BRIGHT LINE ITEM OF THE BIBLE. AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A
- 1:59:18LOT OF TIME ON THIS. IT'S ALWAYS TAKE ON THE POSITION OF FAITH.
- 1:59:21THE FAILURE OF ISRAEL WAS THEY COULDN'T TAKE UP FAITH WHEN IT
- 1:59:25DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. THEY RECOILED IN NEGATIVITY. THEY RECOILED IN
- 1:59:31UNBELIEF. THEY RECOILED TO COMPLAINING. THEY RECOILED TO
- 1:59:35TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRONG, NOT WHAT WAS RIGHT. OKAY,
- 1:59:39YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE NO GARLIC AND ONIONS YET, OKAY? BUT YOU'RE
- 1:59:45NOT A SLAVE IN EGYPT ANYMORE. AND REALLY THE WHOLE POINT TO
- 1:59:48ALL OF THAT IS PEOPLE THAT QUIT VALUING THEIR SALVATION. THE
- 1:59:52TYPE OF ISRAEL COMING OUT OF EGYPT WAS A TYPE OF GETTING
- 1:59:56DELIVERED FROM HELL. IT WAS THE PROTOTYPE OF THE SALVATION PLAN,
- 2:00:03OKAY? THAT WE WERE DELIVERED FROM THE CLUTCHES OF DARKNESS.
- 2:00:06WE WERE SET FREE THROUGH THE DELIVERER. MOSES WAS THE TYPE OF
- 2:00:09CHRIST, AND WE WERE SET FREE. AND ALL THEY DID WAS FIND REASON
- 2:00:12TO GRIPE. I'M GONNA TELL YOU, GRIPING WILL DESTROY YOU. IT'S
- 2:00:19HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SCRIPTURE. ALWAYS TAKE THE POSITION OF
- 2:00:21FAITH. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. OKAY, COME ON, LET'S
- 2:00:25BE REAL. 99% OF THE TIME, HOW MANY OF YOU'VE EVER, YOU'VE GONE
- 2:00:30THROUGH SOMETHING AND NOW YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE IN VICTORY AND
- 2:00:34YOU GO, DUH, THAT WASN'T SO HARD TO FIGURE OUT. COME ON, ANYBODY
- 2:00:37EVER BEEN THERE? TAKE, PUT YOUR HAND UP. AND YOU'RE ON THE OTHER
- 2:00:40SIDE OF IT NOW AND NOW YOU'RE LIKE, PRAISE GOD, THAT WASN'T SO
- 2:00:42BAD. I MEAN, IN THE MOMENT, YOU'RE LIKE GOING THROUGH HELL.
- 2:00:47BUT NOW YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND YOU'RE THINKING, OH, WOW.
- 2:00:51NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING, GOD. COME ON, IN THE MOMENT IT
- 2:00:55DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GONNA WORK, OKAY? IN THE MOMENT, BUT
- 2:00:59THAT'S WHEN YOU TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH. YOU STAND AS
- 2:01:03IF IT'S ALREADY FINISHED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, OKAY? AND IT
- 2:01:08MAY FEEL PAINFUL, IT MAY FEEL HARD, OKAY? I WAS TELLING
- 2:01:12SOMEBODY RECENTLY THE OTHER DAY, COME ON, THE WHOLE STORY, I
- 2:01:14PREACHED ON IT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, ONE, TWO SUNDAYS, I FORGET
- 2:01:17NOW, BUT THE WHOLE STORY OF THE BOOK OF JOB. YOU KNOW, JOB WENT
- 2:01:21THROUGH WORSE THINGS THAN ANY OF US COULD PROBABLY SUM UP. I
- 2:01:26MEAN, HIS STORY WAS LIKE, I MEAN, YOU READ AND YOU'RE LIKE,
- 2:01:29GOD, I MEAN, TALK ABOUT A BAD DAY GONE WORSE. AND YET, AT THE
- 2:01:34OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK JOB'S UP IN HEAVEN GOING, YOU
- 2:01:38KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT. I MEAN, I
- 2:01:42JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU, GOD. DO YOU THINK HE'S UP THERE? I
- 2:01:45MEAN, HE'S NOT UP THERE DOING THAT NOW. HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW
- 2:01:47WHAT HE'S DOING NOW? HE'S UP THERE LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE
- 2:01:49DOING, LORD. PRAISE GOD. MAN, THAT WASN'T SO HARD. THAT'S THE
- 2:01:55THING. ALWAYS TAKE UP THE POSTURE OF FAITH. YOU MAY NOT
- 2:01:58UNDERSTAND IT IN THE MOMENT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY YOU'RE FACING
- 2:02:02WHAT YOU'RE FACING. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY THAT PERSON WALKED OUT.
- 2:02:05YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PERSON DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN,
- 2:02:08AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER WHEN YOU PRAY. WE MAY NOT ALWAYS
- 2:02:16KNOW THE ANSWER. WE MAY NOT KNOW EVERY ANSWER THIS SIDE OF
- 2:02:19ETERNITY. BUT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, AND MAYBE EVEN ON THIS
- 2:02:24EARTH, MAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS IT'S LIKE, SEE, GOD WILL REVEAL
- 2:02:26TO YOU. BUT IF YOU TAKE UP THE POSITION OF COMPLAINING, IF YOU
- 2:02:29TAKE UP THE POSITION OF DEFEAT, YOU CAN'T OPEN YOUR BIBLE
- 2:02:33'CAUSE, "OH, IT'S SO BAD AND WOE IS ME." IF YOU TAKE THAT, YOU'LL
- 2:02:39BE LIKE ISRAEL. AND THE BIBLE SAID THEY COULD NOT ENTER IN
- 2:02:42BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT JUST MEANS
- 2:02:45THE MIRACLE OR IF THAT MEANS HEAVEN, BUT IT COULD MEAN BOTH,
- 2:02:49RIGHT? SO TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. I WOULD JUST ADVISE,
- 2:02:53ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A HARD TIME OR YOU'RE EXPERIENCING
- 2:02:56GRIEF OR YOU'RE LOST OR SOMETHING'S HAPPENED, IS JUST
- 2:02:58SAY, "YOU KNOW, LORD, I DON'T GET IT ALL. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I
- 2:03:02THANK YOU, YOU'RE FAITHFUL. I THANK YOU, YOU'RE FAITHFUL."
- 2:03:05NOW, YOUR NATURAL FLESH MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT, BUT IF ISRAEL
- 2:03:09WOULD HAVE DONE THAT, COME ON, WHEN THEY SAID, "SURELY THE LORD
- 2:03:12IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER," THEY WERE ABLE TO COME
- 2:03:15THROUGH. BUT WHEN THEY COMPLAINED, THEY WERE OVERTHROWN
- 2:03:18IN THE WILDERNESS. OKAY, PICK. COMPLAINING GETS US NOWHERE,
- 2:03:25OKAY? IT'LL ONLY GET US SO FAR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAT'S
- 2:03:28THE NEXT STEP, RIGHT? SO TAKE UP THE POSTURE OF FAITH. THIS IS
- 2:03:33ABRAHAM ALL THE WAY TO HEBREWS. THE BIBLE SAYS, "THROUGH FAITH,
- 2:03:38"THEY OVERCAME THE MOUTHS OF LIONS." THEY STOPPED THOSE THAT
- 2:03:42CAME AGAINST THEM. ALL THE WAY THROUGH FAITH. THEY DIDN'T EVEN
- 2:03:46SEE THE PROMISE, AND YET THEY BELIEVED IT. SO PICK UP THE
- 2:03:50POSTURE OF FAITH. JESUS SAID IT REGULARLY TO EVERYBODY HE PRAYED
- 2:03:53FOR. HE SAID, "YOUR FAITH." HE DIDN'T SAY, "MY POWER MADE YOU
- 2:03:56WELL." WE THINK OF IT LIKE THAT, BUT HE SAID, "YOUR FAITH HAS
- 2:04:01MADE YOU WHOLE." OKAY, SO TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. THAT'S
- 2:04:04NUMBER FOUR. I'M GONNA PREACH ONE MORE. AM I HELPING YOU
- 2:04:09TODAY? OKAY, I HAVE TO SAY THIS ONE TODAY BECAUSE WE TEND TO
- 2:04:15HAVE A BIGGER AUDIENCE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ON
- 2:04:18A SUNDAY THAN I DO ON A WEDNESDAY, ALTHOUGH I REPEAT
- 2:04:20SOME OF THIS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS FOR
- 2:04:23EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE, EVERYBODY HERE IS AFTER, IS THE
- 2:04:27FIFTH ONE, IS PURSUE UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. NOW I'M
- 2:04:33TELLING YOU FOLKS, THIS IS BRIGHTLINED THROUGHOUT THE
- 2:04:36BIBLE, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS, PSALM 133, AND PLEASANT
- 2:04:41IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. JESUS, ONE OF
- 2:04:46HIS FINAL PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CROSS, YOU CAN READ IT IN
- 2:04:50JOHN 17, SAID, "LORD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE ONE AS
- 2:04:58YOU ARE ONE." GOD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE ONE AS WE ARE
- 2:05:03ONE. THIS IS WHAT HE PRAYED, JESUS PRAYED. THAT WAS HIS
- 2:05:07HEART'S DESIRE, THAT WAS HIS PRAYER. NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU
- 2:05:11SOME SCRIPTURES, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THIS IS
- 2:05:14ONE OF THE MOST SOBERING THINGS OF EVERYTHING I'VE SAID TODAY.
- 2:05:19PAUL AND THE OTHER APOSTLES THROUGHOUT THEIR TEACHING TAUGHT
- 2:05:21US TO LOVE AND DO GOOD TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
- 2:05:25YOU CAN READ THAT IN GALATIANS 6, DO GOOD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE
- 2:05:28THAT ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. PAUL WENT ON TO SAY, "WE
- 2:05:33ARE ONE BODY MADE OF MANY PARTS." WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER,
- 2:05:37OKAY? WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS A
- 2:05:45ROLE TO PLAY. YOU CAN FIND THAT 1 CORINTHIANS 12, ROMANS 12. WE
- 2:05:49ARE THE BODY MADE UP OF MANY PARTS. HE SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS
- 2:05:531:10, "THERE SHOULD BE NO SCHISMS AND DIVISIONS IN THE
- 2:05:57BODY." NOW, I WILL, FAIR TO SAY THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME A
- 2:06:02DUMPSTER FIRE OF CHRISTIANS ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER. FOLKS,
- 2:06:08THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT BE. OKAY, PEOPLE, I MEAN, WELL, LET
- 2:06:12ME, BEFORE I SAY ALL THAT, LET'S JUST READ THE BIBLE. "WE ARE TO
- 2:06:18HAVE UNITY OF MIND AND BROTHERLY LOVE, TENDER HEARTS," 1 PETER
- 2:06:213:8. "WE ARE TO BE EAGER TO MAINTAIN UNITY "IN THE BOND OF
- 2:06:26PEACE," EPHESIANS 4:3. "WE'RE TO STRIVE TO BE OF ONE ACCORD,"
- 2:06:31PHILIPPIANS 2:2. HERE'S A KEY VERSE IN THE ENGLISH STANDARD
- 2:06:35VERSION, 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11, I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU.
- 2:06:38"FINALLY, BROTHERS, REJOICE, AIM FOR RESTORATION." NOW, I'M GONNA
- 2:06:45SAY A COUPLE THINGS. GIVE ME THE GRACE IF I SAY IT RIGHT OR I SAY
- 2:06:49IT WRONG. SOMETHING IS MASSIVELY WRONG WITH ALL OF THESE WATCHDOG
- 2:06:55GROUPS CALLING OUT ALL THE FALLEN PREACHERS. (GASPS) THERE,
- 2:06:58SHE SAID IT. I'M GONNA SAY IT. I'M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULDN'T
- 2:07:06BE ACCOUNTABILITY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT. DO I KNOW THE
- 2:07:09ANSWER OF HOW TO DO ALL OF THAT? I'M NOT SAYING I DO. BUT I KNOW
- 2:07:13THAT CRUCIFYING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHAT, WHAT? FALLEN
- 2:07:18SO-AND-SO IS NOW A THROWAWAY FOR THE TRASH? SO WE'RE GONNA JUST
- 2:07:25THROW 'EM IN THE TRASH NOW BECAUSE, OKAY, IF THAT'S THE
- 2:07:29CASE, THEN DAVID SHOULD BE THROWN IN THE GARBAGE, KING
- 2:07:31DAVID. OKAY? AND THEY CAN WRITE ME UP FOR IT, I DON'T CARE. I
- 2:07:39HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. OKAY? WE DO IT RIGHT HERE. BUT I'M GONNA
- 2:07:45SAY, DO I KNOW ALL OF THE PATHS OF RESTORATION FOR THE FAILED,
- 2:07:52THE FALLEN, THE BROKEN? NO, I DON'T. I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW ALL
- 2:07:58THE ANSWERS. BUT WHAT I KNOW IS WHAT I'M SEEING IS NOT GOD.
- 2:08:03OKAY? PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY OFF PODCASTS, PRINTED ARTICLES,
- 2:08:12PAGES, YOUTUBE. THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF PEOPLE'S PAIN, ALL IN
- 2:08:20THE NAME OF WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. MAKE SURE YOURSELF
- 2:08:24IS ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD AND HIS WORD. THAT NEEDS TO GET SAID
- 2:08:32FROM EVERY PULPIT. ALL THIS CALLING OUT, AND THIS GUY'S
- 2:08:35WRONG, AND THAT PERSON'S WRONG, AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN OVER
- 2:08:39MORAL THINGS, OKAY? I MEAN, WE HAVE MADE IT AN ABSOLUTE PUTRID,
- 2:08:47NOT HERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT HERE, BUT JUST A PIGTROFF
- 2:08:55OF, I MEAN, COME ON, YOU CAN'T WEAR A CERTAIN JACKET ANYMORE
- 2:09:00WITHOUT CHRISTIANS OUT THERE DESTROYING THAT. YOU CAN'T WEAR
- 2:09:07YOUR HAIR A CERTAIN WAY. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S ALL ABOUT, I'M
- 2:09:10JUST SAYING, WE'VE MADE IT OVER THE PETTY, SILLY THINGS. AND ALL
- 2:09:17I KNOW IS WHAT I SEE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE MY DAY BACK
- 2:09:21SOBER, BUT WE'VE GOT IT, I WANNA SAY IT, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT
- 2:09:24THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS, I HAVEN'T EVEN READ ALL THE VERSES. "BEAR
- 2:09:27ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. "EAGER TO MAINTAIN PEACE," EPHESIANS SAYS.
- 2:09:33"STRIVE TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE FOR THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL." AND
- 2:09:38IT'S AMAZING TO ME, THE MUSLIMS CAN ALL SIT THERE AND UNIFY. AND
- 2:09:45THE BAPTISTS KINDA GET ALONG WITH THE CHARISMATICS. NO, WE
- 2:09:49GOTTA CALL EVERYBODY OUT. WE GOTTA POST, WE GOTTA WRITE.
- 2:09:53WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN ARTICLE, THAT PREACHER AND THIS PERSON
- 2:09:56AND THAT OTHER. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST SINS IN THE
- 2:09:59PULPIT, THERE IS SINS IN THE PEWS. JESUS' LAST PRAYER, GOD,
- 2:10:09LET THEM BE ONE. NOW I'M NOT SAYING, LISTEN, I'VE LEARNED
- 2:10:12THIS ABOUT GOD. GOD HAS A WAY WITH PREACHERS, IF THEY'RE
- 2:10:15SINNING IN THE PULPIT, GOD KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM. OKAY?
- 2:10:21THERE'S DEAD PEOPLE. QUIT WRITING ABOUT THEM. IT'S OVER.
- 2:10:35STRIVE FOR THE THINGS THAT MAKE PEACE AND MUTUAL UPBUILDING,
- 2:10:38ROMANS 14:19 SAYS. GOD GIVES LEADERS TILL WE ALL COME TO THE
- 2:10:42UNITY OF THE FAITH. HE WHO HATES HIS BROTHER WALKS IN DARKNESS
- 2:10:46AND IS BLIND, 1 JOHN 2:9 THROUGH 11. CONSIDER THE TEACHING OF
- 2:10:52PROVERBS. GOD SAYS HE HATES THE PERSON THAT SOWS DISCORD AMONG
- 2:10:56THE BRETHREN. CAN GOD HATE A PERSON? I DON'T KNOW, THE BIBLE
- 2:10:58SAID HE HATED ESAU. IF YOU READ THE SIX THINGS THAT THE LORD
- 2:11:04HATES, HATE THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, ELICIT OUT, IT CHANGES
- 2:11:10THE VERBIAGE A LITTLE BIT ON THE LAST ONE. IT SAYS, "AND HE THAT
- 2:11:13SOWS DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN." GOD FORBID THAT
- 2:11:16THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN. PASTOR, BE
- 2:11:23BACK NEXT WEEK. I'M TRYING TO HELP US. SOMEWHERE GOD GAVE US A
- 2:11:29NATIONAL PLATFORM. I WANNA BE A VOICE.
- 2:11:35I’M GONNA READ THIS LAST ONE. PASTOR DOUG, YOU BETTER HURRY
- 2:11:37UP. COME. I'M ONE MINUTE PAST WHAT I SAID. FIRST CORINTHIANS,
- 2:11:43YOU CAN STAND ON YOUR FEET. I GOTTA READ THIS SCRIPTURE. AM I
- 2:11:45HELPING YOU? FOLKS, DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT INTERNET MESS
- 2:11:48DESTROYING EACH OTHER. I'M NOT FOR IT. DO I KNOW ALL THE
- 2:11:52ANSWERS OF HOW PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? NO, BUT GRACE
- 2:11:57DOESN'T MAKE EVERYBODY A THROWAWAY. AND YOU KNOW ALL THE
- 2:12:01NAMES OF WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. OKAY? THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE
- 2:12:07THAT CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE BODY OF CHRIST TO GET HEALED. BECAUSE
- 2:12:12IT'S THAT BAD. SO, THAT GRIEVES MY SPIRIT. 1 CORINTHIANS 11:27
- 2:12:23THROUGH 30, NEW LIVING. TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNION MEAL. SO
- 2:12:31ANYONE WHO EATS THIS BREAD OR DRINKS THIS CUP OF THE LORD
- 2:12:34UNWORTHILY IS GUILTY OF SINNING AGAINST THE BODY AND BLOOD OF
- 2:12:38THE LORD. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD EXAMINE YOURSELF BEFORE EATING
- 2:12:43THE BREAD AND DRINKING THE CUP. FOR IF YOU EAT THE BREAD OR
- 2:12:53DRINK THE CUP WITHOUT HONORING THE BODY OF CHRIST, COME ON,
- 2:12:59WHEN WE TAKE THAT COMMUNION MEAL, IT'S ALSO ALL OF US. WE
- 2:13:05ARE ONE WITH HIM, THE BIBLE SAYS. THEN YOU'RE EATING AND
- 2:13:13DRINKING GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON YOURSELF. THIS IS WHY I FEAR FOR
- 2:13:18ALL OF THESE THAT ARE SO QUICK TO GO TO THE INTERNET AND
- 2:13:21DESTROY THE CHURCH. AND TO KICK THE FALLEN. HAVE SOME OF THE
- 2:13:28FALLEN DONE EVIL THINGS? YEAH, THEY HAVE. BUT I DON'T KNOW, THE
- 2:13:35BIBLE THAT I READ SAYS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE. I WILL
- 2:13:38NEVER STAND IN THE PULPIT AND SAY THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE AND
- 2:13:43FORGIVENESS AND GRACE AND ONLY MAKE IT APPLY TO SOME. IT'S
- 2:13:50AMAZING HOW WE CAN ADD GRACE FOR OURSELF WHEN WE NEED IT, BUT NOT
- 2:13:56FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE THIS HEAVY,
- 2:14:03BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE LORD WANTS. FOR YOU'RE EATING AND
- 2:14:07DRINKING GOD'S JUDGMENT ON YOURSELF. AND HERE'S THE PART.
- 2:14:15AND THAT IS WHY MANY OF YOU ARE WEAK. IT'S THE REASON WE'RE NOT
- 2:14:22GETTING HEALED? IT'S THE REASON MAYBE WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR
- 2:14:29PRAYERS ANSWERED? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING. AM I
- 2:14:32ASKING FOR REAL? IT'S BECAUSE WE CRITICIZE AND DESTROY OUR
- 2:14:36BROTHER, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OR ONLINE OR TO A FELLOW
- 2:14:41MAN? BECAUSE WE'RE QUICK TO GET OUT AND CRITICIZE THIS PERSON
- 2:14:47AND THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT PAUL SAID. HE SAID,
- 2:14:50"MANY OF YOU ARE WEAK." I DON'T WANT TO BE A WEAK BELIEVER. I
- 2:14:54DON'T. I WANT TO BE A STRONG AND A POWERFUL ONE. AND MANY ARE
- 2:15:00SICK BECAUSE OF THIS REASON RIGHT HERE. AND SOME HAVE EVEN
- 2:15:06DIED. I BELIEVE ONE OF THE BRIGHT LINES OF SCRIPTURE- I
- 2:15:12DIDN'T MEAN THIS TO GO HEAVY. I PROMISE I DIDN'T. BUT I THINK
- 2:15:16THIS IS SOMETHING THE LORD WANTS. I DO. I GRIEVE FOR THE
- 2:15:22CHURCH. I GRIEVE FOR IT. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ALLOWED THE
- 2:15:30ENEMY TO USE THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO SET US ALL IN A
- 2:15:33TRAP. I BELIEVE GOD IS GONNA HAVE A GLORIOUS CHURCH WITHOUT
- 2:15:43SPOT OR WRINKLE. AND I'M BELIEVING THAT THOSE THAT HAVE
- 2:15:48FALLEN, NOT SAYING THEY GET RESTORED TO THEIR PULPITS, I'M
- 2:15:51NOT SAYING THAT. AGAIN, I TOLD YOU I DON'T KNOW ALL THE
- 2:15:54ANSWERS, IS THAT FAIR? BUT THEY DO NEED TO, COME ON, THE MAN
- 2:15:59THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. PAUL SAID, "IF HE
- 2:16:05DOESN'T REPENT, CAST HIM OUT AS A HERETIC." BUT IF HE REPENTS,
- 2:16:12HE NEEDS TO COME BACK FOR HOPE. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS, I
- 2:16:16DON'T. MAYBE I'LL WRITE A BOOK ON IT, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN I
- 2:16:20WON'T EVEN KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS. I WON'T. THE BRIGHT LINES OF THE
- 2:16:25BIBLE, KNOW THE WORD, PRAY EVERY DAY. ALL RIGHT. WATCH THIS
- 2:16:33LITTLE THING. NEEDS TO BE WASHED OUT WITH SOAP SOMETIMES. ALL
- 2:16:37RIGHT. CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY. ALWAYS TAKE THE POSITION OF THE
- 2:16:41FAITH OVER COMPLAINING. UNIFY WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. IF YOU
- 2:16:45DON'T AGREE WITH SOMEBODY, CHANCES ARE IF YOU JUST LEAVE
- 2:16:49IT, THEY'LL PROBABLY GROW PAST IT. OKAY? GIVE THEM A CHANCE,
- 2:16:55JUST LIKE YOU WANT THEM TO GIVE YOU ONE. AMEN? SO WE CAN BE
- 2:16:59STRONG. FATHER, I PRAY FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT CAME, AND EVEN
- 2:17:02THOUGH I WENT LONG, GOD, I ASK YOU BLESS THEM. FATHER, HELP US
- 2:17:07TO BE OBEDIENT, TO FOLLOW YOUR WORD IN THE END TIMES. FATHER,
- 2:17:10THESE ARE TIMES, THEY'RE DANGEROUS TIMES, AND WE NEED TO
- 2:17:14BE ABLE TO RISE ABOVE THE DECEPTION AND THE THINGS THAT
- 2:17:16ARE EVIL IN THE EARTH. I THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TODAY. I DID
- 2:17:20MY BEST. AND I ASK YOU, BLESS THESE PEOPLE AS THEY GO. KEEP
- 2:17:23THEM COOL, LORD. AND I PRAY NOBODY'S AIR CONDITIONER WILL
- 2:17:25BREAK, IN JESUS' NAME. BLESS THEM, LORD. I LOVE YOU. GOD
- 2:17:29BLESS YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. WE'LL SEE YOU WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- 2:17:34LET'S GIVE PASTOR BRENDA ANOTHER HAND. THAT WAS WONDERFUL TODAY.
- 2:17:39HOW MANY OF YOU LEARNED SOME THINGS? AMEN. THAT WAS A GREAT
- 2:17:43MESSAGE. BE BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LET'S FILL THIS PLACE
- 2:17:46WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THAT. WHAT DO YOU
- 2:17:50HAVE TO DO THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN BE BACK AND HEAR THE
- 2:17:52CONCLUSION OF THAT MESSAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT? I DON'T KNOW.
- 2:17:57IT'S LIFE CHANGING. HALLELUJAH. WELL, IF YOU ARE WORKING IN OUR
- 2:18:02CONNECT CAFE OR HAVE A JOB, YOU'RE DISMISSED NOW. OTHERWISE,
- 2:18:06I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO STAY SEATED FOR A MOMENT. IT'S NOT
- 2:18:10THE TIME TO LEAVE YET, BUT I WILL GET YOU OUT OF HERE SO THAT
- 2:18:16YOU CAN BE HOME FOR DINNER TONIGHT. NO, IT WON'T TAKE THAT
- 2:18:21LONG. BUT ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WOULD COME UP HERE AT THIS POINT
- 2:18:25IN TIME, OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE HERE FOR YOU TODAY. AND IF YOU NEED
- 2:18:28PRAYER TODAY, THEY'RE HONORED TO PRAY WITH YOU FOR ANY NEEDS THAT
- 2:18:33YOU MAY HAVE. AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING, I'LL JUST BASICALLY
- 2:18:38CONCLUDE. BUT THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US TODAY.
- 2:18:41WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, PASTOR BRENDA STARTED HER
- 2:18:44MESSAGE TODAY WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD'S WORD AND
- 2:18:47STANDING ON GOD'S WORD AND BELIEVING GOD'S WORD. AND IT
- 2:18:51JUST CAME BACK TO ME. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT WHILE SHE
- 2:18:54WAS- THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD'S WORD AND THE TRUTH OF GOD'S
- 2:18:57WORD. DID YOU KNOW THERE'S 2,500 PROPHETIC WORDS BIBLE SCHOLARS
- 2:19:03TELL US IN THIS BOOK? ABOUT 2,500 PROPHECIES IN THIS BOOK.
- 2:19:112,000 OF THOSE, APPROXIMATELY 2,000, HAVE ALREADY COME TO
- 2:19:16PASS. THAT LEAVES WHAT? ABOUT 500 THAT STILL ARE TO COME TO
- 2:19:24PASS SOMEDAY, EITHER ON THIS EARTH OR IN THE ETERNAL AGES. SO
- 2:19:31MY LIGHTNING FAST MIND TELLS ME IF 2,000 OUT OF THOSE 2,500
- 2:19:37PROPHECIES HAVE COME TO PASS, THE REST OF THEM ARE GONNA COME.
- 2:19:41THEY'RE GONNA REMAIN TRUE. WHAT ABOUT THE ONE THAT SAYS,
- 2:19:45PASS? I THINK IT WILL. I BELIEVE IT WILL. 'CAUSE THIS WORD IS
- 2:19:49THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD"? DO YOU THINK THAT WILL COME TO
- 2:19:52PASS? I THINK IT WILL. I BELIEVE IT WILL. 'CAUSE THIS WORD IS
- 2:19:57ETERNAL TRUTH. IT NEVER FADES AWAY, IT'LL NEVER LEAVE, IT'S
- 2:20:02ETERNAL. AND SO I JUST WANNA MENTION TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE,
- 2:20:07GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU'VE NEVER CONFESSED JESUS
- 2:20:11CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT SO THAT
- 2:20:14YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PLACE WITH GOD IN ETERNITY. NOT IN THE LAKE
- 2:20:20OF FIRE, BUT WITH GOD. YOU HAVE THAT CHOICE. MAN WAS MADE WITH
- 2:20:26FREE WILL, HE WAS MADE WITH A CHOICE, AND YOU CAN DETERMINE
- 2:20:29YOUR OWN DESTINY. YOU DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS. THE
- 2:20:33THING THAT PROBABLY GETS IN MOST PEOPLE'S WAY IN THIS WORLD IS
- 2:20:38PRIDE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION.
- 2:20:44PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I CAN DO IT MY WAY. I'LL WORK OUT MY PLAN
- 2:20:49INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE WORD, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING JESUS. IF
- 2:20:55WE CONFESS JESUS WITH OUR MOUTH, BELIEVE THAT HE WAS RAISED FROM
- 2:21:00THE DEAD, ACCEPT HIM AS OUR SAVIOR, WE HAVE ETERNITY WITH
- 2:21:05HIM. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS. AND WOULD THERE BE
- 2:21:10SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I'M NOT 100% SURE
- 2:21:14THAT I'M ON TRACK WITH THE LORD. I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT I KNOW
- 2:21:19JESUS AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT HIM. YOU
- 2:21:22MAY HAVE BEEN IN CHURCH. YOU MAY HAVE DONE MULTITUDES OF GOOD
- 2:21:27THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU'VE NEVER HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH
- 2:21:30JESUS. AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, I NEED
- 2:21:33TO MAKE SURE TODAY THAT HEAVEN IS MY HOME, THAT I'M ON THE
- 2:21:38RIGHT PATH WITH GOD, THAT I'M WALKING IN GOD'S PLAN AND HIS
- 2:21:43BLESSING, IF THAT'S YOU TODAY AND YOU WANT TO START, IT ALL
- 2:21:46STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER OF FAITH, AND THEN YOU WALK IT OUT
- 2:21:50FROM THERE. IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO
- 2:21:54JUST RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY, RIGHT NOW, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF
- 2:21:58YOU NEED PRAYER, YOU SAY, "I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH
- 2:22:00GOD," OR, "I'VE NEVER MADE THAT DECISION." IS THERE ANYONE HERE?
- 2:22:04YOU NEED JESUS. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND. ANYONE
- 2:22:10IN THIS PLACE? OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER SO
- 2:22:16THAT THE ONLINE AUDIENCE CAN ALSO PRAY WITH US. YOU REPEAT
- 2:22:21AFTER ME. WE'RE GONNA PRAY THIS PRAYER OF FAITH. FATHER, IN THE
- 2:22:25NAME OF JESUS, I COME TO YOU TODAY. I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE THE
- 2:22:32SIN IN MY LIFE. MAKE ME A NEW CREATURE. I CONFESS THAT JESUS
- 2:22:40CHRIST IS LORD. I BELIEVE THAT HE WENT TO THE CROSS, HE DIED
- 2:22:46FOR ME, HE WAS BURIED, AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY,
- 2:22:52ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE. JESUS BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE,
- 2:22:58AND I WILL SERVE YOU MY REMAINING DAYS ON THIS EARTH.
- 2:23:04AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER
- 2:23:08LINE, 855-777-7907. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY WE HAVE PRAYER
- 2:23:14COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU MINISTER AND SEND YOU
- 2:23:18INFORMATION. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. LET US KNOW OF YOUR
- 2:23:21DECISION TO SERVE JESUS. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU
- 2:23:25CAN EVER MAKE. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY BE BACK IN THE
- 2:23:29HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, AND WE'LL
- 2:23:33SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY WHEN PASTOR HANK IS BACK IN THE PULPIT, AND
- 2:23:37THEN OUR ALTAR TEAM AGAIN IS HERE IF YOU NEED PRAYER THIS
- 2:23:40MORNING. FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. GOD BLESS
- 2:23:43YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL, COOL AFTERNOON IN JESUS' NAME.