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10/07/26 Pastor Marc Loomis · LOH Church Archive

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GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. STAND UP ON YOUR FEET.
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LET'S GET READY TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE HIS NAME. GOOD EVENING,
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ONLINE AUDIENCE. PUSH THE TABLE IN THE LIVING ROOM BACK.
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ROLL UP THE RUG. LETS GIVE HIM PRAISE!
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YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROPHETIC ACT RIGHT NOW.
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WE'RE GOING TO LITERALLY—
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YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR HANDS LIKE THIS, AND WHEN
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WE SAY BREAK, BREAK, AND THEN CHAINS YOU'RE GOING TO GO BREAK
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CHAINS. THINK ABOUT THAT THING THAT'S BEEN NAGGING AT
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YOU.SATAN TRYING TO GET AT YOU.
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WELL,&NBSP;YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO TELL HIM?
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QUIT LOOKING BETWEEN MY TOES AND GET UNDER MY FEET. ARE WE READY
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TO BREAK SOME CHAINS? COME ON, LET'S BREAK! COME ON.
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OKAY I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY IT. COME ON BREAK CHAINS! DO IT!
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I'VE GOT THE VICTORY! I'VE GOT IT! POINT TO YOURSELF, COME ON!
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I'VE GOT THE VICTORY! NOW LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL YOUR
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NEIGHBOR: JANET, YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY! YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY!
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YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY! COME ON! YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY! WEE!
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WEE! WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY! COME ON! WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY. DO
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YOU BELIEVE IT? WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY. WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY.
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DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY? DO YOU BELIEVE IT? OH,
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YOU GOTTA ACT LIKE IT. YOU GOTTA SHOW THE DEVIL, I KNOW, I KNOW,
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I KNOW THAT I'VE GOT THE VICTORY. BUT SEE, I SERVE A
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KING, THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS. HALLELUJAH.
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NEEDS TO SAY HALLELUJAH TO THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF
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LORDS. NOBODY NEEDS TO GIVE HIM GLORY IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT.
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SOMEBODY NEEDS TO JUST LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT I KNOW WHO THE
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KING IS. I KNOW WHO MY SAVIOR IS. I KNOW WHO MY LORD IS. I
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KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW. 'CAUSE DEATH COULD
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NOT HOLD HIM DOWN. NO, DEATH COULD NOT HOLD HIM DOWN. NO
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GRAVE COULD HOLD HIM DOWN. OH, DEATH COULD NOT HOLD HIM DOWN.
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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WE NEED TO BE HAVING OUR HANDS UP IN THE
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AIR, GIVING HIM PRAISE AND GIVING HIM GLORY. HE IS OUR
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KING. HE IS OUR LORD. HE IS OUR SAVIOR. HE REDEEMED US FROM THE
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CURSE. NOW YOU NEED TO LOOK AT ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND SAY,
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I'VE BEEN REDEEMED. YOU'VE BEEN REDEEMED. WE'VE BEEN REDEEMED.
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JUST GIVE HIM PRAISE AND GLORY. THANK YOU, LORD.
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HE'S A GOOD GOD.
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HE'S A GOOD GOD. WELL, THEY GIVE ME 10 MINUTES, SO I'M GOING
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TO TAKE IT ALL. HE'S A GOOD GOD, AND HE'S WORTHY. SO
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WORTHY. YOU CAN PUT UP THE PSALMS THAT I GAVE YOU. PSALMS
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29. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PHRASE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO HEAR THIS
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BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK OF THIS, I'M SURE, AS AN
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OFFERING PSALM. BUT IT SAYS, “GIVE UNTO THE LORD, O YOU
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ONES. GIVE UNTO THE LORD GLORY AND STRENGTH. VERSE 2, GIVE UNTO
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THE LORD THE GLORY DUE HIS NAME. WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY
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OF HOLINESS.” LISTEN, YOUR GIVING IS SACRED WORSHIP BECAUSE
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SAID WHERE YOUR HEART IS THAT'S WHERE YOUR TREASURE'S AT. WHERE
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YOUR TREASURE'S AT IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS. THEY'RE CONNECTED. SO
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YOUR LEVEL OF DEDICATION TO GIVE DECLARES THE LEVEL OF YOUR
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WORSHIP. AND IT DOESN'T START HERE, JUST LIKE YOUR WORSHIP
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CAN'T START HERE. YOUR WORSHIP IS YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. IT'S
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EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE, EVERY PART OF YOUR ACTIONS, EVERY PART
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OF EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOUR WORSHIP IS YOU. IT'S YOUR HEART.
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IT'S YOUR LOVE. IT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR PEACE FROM. IT'S WHERE
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YOU GET YOUR JOY FROM. IT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR SATISFACTION
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FROM. AND YOUR GIVING IS ATTACHED TO THAT. THEY GO HAND
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IN HAND. SO EXAMINE YOURSELF, AND NOT JUST HERE. WHEN YOU GO
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HOME, WHAT'S YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOUR GIVING? WHAT'S YOUR
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ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOUR GIVING? DOES IT ENCOMPASS YOUR WHOLE
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BEING? YOUR WHOLE PURPOSE? AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST
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FINANCIALLY. WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT GIVING? WHEN YOU
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WALK DOWN THE STREET AND SEE SOMEONE, IS THERE A SMILE ON
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YOUR FACE? ARE YOU GIVING? THAT'S A PART OF YOUR WORSHIP.
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NO, NOT REALLY. YES, REALLY. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SUBMITTED TO
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HIM, HIS LOVE IS WORKING IN YOU AND THROUGH YOU. SO GIVE UNTO
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THE LORD. THE GLORY DUE HIS NAME. WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE
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BEAUTY OF HIS HOLINESS. SO YOUR ATTITUDE ISN'T HERE. YOUR
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ATTITUDE IS HERE. HERE, LORD. HERE'S MY HEART. HERE'S MY
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HEART. RECEIVE IT. BECAUSE HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOU IS, I GIVE
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YOU EVERYTHING. I BLESS YOU WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN
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HEAVENLY PLACES. IN CHRIST JESUS, I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING.
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AND YOUR WORSHIP IS YOUR ATTITUDE OF RECEIVING WHAT HE'S
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ALREADY GIVEN. ARE YOU READY TO GIVE? IF YOU HAVE TO NEED AN
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OFFERING ENVELOPE, YOU CAN RECEIVE ONE. IF YOU DON'T, PUT
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UP THE INFORMATION MISSION. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE,
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DON'T FORGET WE PRAY FOR YOU, THAT YOUR WORSHIP IS EXTENDED TO
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YOUR GOD AS YOU GIVE AND AS YOU MANIFEST THAT ATTITUDE TOWARDS
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HIM, AND THAT RAISES THE ALTITUDE OF YOUR GIVING, BECAUSE
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IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE AMOUNT, ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE
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ATTITUDE IN THE GIVING. JESUS SAID THAT ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO
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GAVE TWO MITES. IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE AMOUNT. IT'S ABOUT THE
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ATTITUDE OF THE HEART. SO ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR HEART IS IN YOUR
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GIVING AND YOUR PURPOSE IS HIM. SO IF YOU'RE READY TO GIVE,
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STAND UP WITH ME. FATHER, I DECLARE YOU EXAMINE OUR HEART.
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HOLY SPIRIT, REVEAL TO US ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OUT OF
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LINE, ANY ATTITUDE OF SELFISHNESS OR ANY ATTITUDE OF
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GREEDINESS. BREAK OVER US AND ALLOW US TO SEE YOU AS A SOURCE
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OF ALL THE GOOD THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US. AND SO WE GIVE AND
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RELEASE OUR GIFT IN AN ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP AND YIELDING US TO
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THE BEAUTY OF YOUR HOLINESS AND THE POWER OF YOUR NAME. MAY
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YOU RECEIVE ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE HONOR AND ALL THE PRAISE
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FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN. YOU MAY GIVE AND BLESS HIS NAME AS
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PASTOR MARK COMES.
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THANK YOU, PASTOR KEITH.
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ISN'T HE WONDERFUL? WE WERE HERE THE OTHER NIGHT AND WE
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WERE TALKING TO SOME FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN FRIENDS OF HIS FOR A
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LONG TIME, AND THEY WERE TELLING ME, "WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A
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LONG TIME." AND I SAID, "WELL, OF COURSE. YOU'VE MET PASTOR
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KEITH. YOU'RE GOING TO BE HIS FRIEND FOR A LONG TIME." WELL,
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HALLELUJAH. HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT,
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AWESOME. HEY, I DON'T KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WERE IN HERE MONDAY
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NIGHT WHEN WE HAD OUR VOTE YOUR VALUES EVENT? I THOUGHT THAT WAS
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FANTASTIC. EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T HERE WERE HERE OR WATCHING
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ONLINE, I COMMEND THAT TO YOU. PLEASE GO BACK INTO OVT AND LOOK
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AT THE ARCHIVE. GREAT STUFF, AS ALWAYS, FROM OUR SPECIAL GUEST,
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RICK GREEN, AS WELL AS APPEARANCES BY SEVERAL OF OUR
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LOCAL CANDIDATES, BOTH ON CAMERA AND IN PERSON. AND I LEARNED
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SOMETHING. IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT IT'S NOT ONLY
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IMPORTANT TO VOTE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO VOTE FOR EVERY
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POSITION ON THE BALLOT. AND THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME. AND I JUST
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WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT, PARTICULARLY TERRI
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BLACKBURN. I DON'T THINK SHE'S IN HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT SUCH A
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FANTASTIC JOB GETTING THAT ALL ORGANIZED, MAKING CONTACTS,
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CONNECTIONS, AND SO FORTH. BOB PETTIGREW HELPING WITH THAT,
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PRESENTING ALL THE INFORMATION AND SO FORTH. GREAT. TONIGHT,
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UM, I WANT TO TIE INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANT TO TALK
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A LITTLE ABOUT OUR FAITH LIFE. WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE
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WORLD AROUND US TODAY, WE NEED MORE THAN EVER TO WALK BY FAITH
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AND NOT BY SIGHT. SAYS THAT, RIGHT, IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7. SO
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WE LOOK AROUND, WE'RE DEALING WITH AI, TRANSGENDERISM,
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CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT GENDER WE ARE. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
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MISAPPROPRIATED PRONOUNS, MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS, ETC., ETC.
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AND IT STRUCK ME WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO PASTOR BRENDA ON
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SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY EVENING AT THE EVENT WHEN SHE
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WAS READING THAT POST FROM DAVE RAMSEY, AND I JUST KEPT THINKING
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HOW UPSIDE DOWN THE WORLD WAS AND HE KEPT SAYING, TALKING
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ABOUT HOW GOOD IS NOW EVIL AND EVIL IS NOW GOOD, AND I THOUGHT,
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"HOW DO WE REMAIN STEADY IN SUCH A TOPSY-TURVY WORLD?" AND AS IT
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SAYS AGAIN IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 IN THE AMPLIFIED, IT SAYS, "FOR
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WE WALK BY FAITH, WE REGULATE OUR LIVES AND CONDUCT OURSELVES
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BY OUR CONVICTION OR BELIEF RESPECTING MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO
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GOD AND DIVINE THINGS WITH TRUST AND HOLY FERVOR. THUS WE WALK,
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NOT BY SIGHT OR APPEARANCE. SO WE CAN'T ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE
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INFLUENCED BY APPEARANCES. THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SEEM.
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THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM. NOW, ON MONDAY
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NIGHT, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO PLAY AN
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ACTIVE ROLE IN THE POLITICAL REALM, POLITICS OF WE NEED TO
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COOPERATE WITH PROPHECY, OF COURSE, AND WE NEED TO COOPERATE
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WITH THE WILL OF GOD FOR OUR LIVES AND FOR THE COUNTRY TO GET
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THINGS TO THE RIGHT END. BUT TO DO THAT, THERE'S ANOTHER
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COMPONENT. WE'VE GOT TO REMAIN STEADFAST IN THE FAITH. AND I
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THINK RICK GREEN SAID WE'VE GOT TO BE STABLE, AND WE'VE GOT TO
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CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE FAITH. HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE
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BUILD FAITH? FAITH, AND WHAT WILL BE SOME OF THE BENEFITS IN
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THE NATURAL FOR US DOING SO. I WANT TO TALK FIRST A LITTLE BIT
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ABOUT SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTALS, AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU 4
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STEPS TO BUILDING FAITH. NUMBER 1, STUDY GOD'S WORD. SEEMS
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SIMPLE, RIGHT? 2 TIMOTHY 2:15 IN THE MEV HE SAYS, "STUDY TO SHOW
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YOURSELF APPROVED BY GOD, A WORKMAN WHO NEED NOT BE ASHAMED,
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RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH." AND IN PSALM 119:10, HE
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SAYS, "WITH MY WHOLE HEART I SEEK YOU. LET ME NOT WANDER FROM
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YOUR COMMANDMENTS. I'VE STORED UP YOUR WORD IN MY HEART THAT I
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MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST YOU." NOW THAT LAST POINT IS GOING TO BE
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VERY IMPORTANT, AS WE'LL SEE HERE IN A FEW MOMENTS. WHEN WE
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TALK ABOUT STUDYING THE WORD THOUGH, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE
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VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THAT. I LIKE PASTOR BRENDA'S ADVICE IN HER
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LITTLE BIBLE BASICS MINI-BOOK, "KEEP IT SIMPLE." YOU KNOW, GET
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YOURSELF AN OVERVIEW, LOOK AT YOUR VARIOUS TRANSLATIONS AND SO
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FORTH. BOTH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL IN BOTH PERSONAL
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AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE, THAT'S GOOD ADVICE ANYWAY. AND IT IS IN
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THIS CONTEXT, BUT IT IS IN OTHERS. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO
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IS WE NEED TO EAT OUR DAILY BREAD, IF YOU WILL. WE NEED TO
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DIGEST YOUR SPIRITUAL MEAL IN SMALL BITES. TAKE YOUR
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SCRIPTURAL MEDICINE IN SMALL DOSES, BUT TAKE IT REGULARLY.
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IT'S IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS LITTLE BOOK ALREADY, I
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DO RECOMMEND YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT. I THINK IT'S OUT AT THE
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INFO CENTER, THOSE INFO TABLES OUT THERE. SO THAT'S STEP 1,
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READ THE BIBLE REGULARLY, STUDY GOD'S WORD, BUT WHY?
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IMPORTANTLY, SO YOU WILL BELIEVE IT, AND THAT'S STEP 2, VERY
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IMPORTANT, BELIEVE GOD'S WORD. NOW ABRAHAM IS THE MOST COMMONLY
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MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE AS A MODEL OF THIS. PAUL SAYS IN
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ROMANS 4:20-21, IN REFERENCE TO ABRAHAM, "HE DID NOT WAVER AT
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THE PROMISE OF GOD THROUGH UNBELIEF, BUT WAS STRONG IN
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FAITH, GIVING GLORY TO GOD, AND BEING FULLY PERSUADED WHAT GOD
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HAD PROMISED HE WAS ABLE TO PERFORM." HE DIDN'T WAVER
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THROUGH UNBELIEF, HE SAYS, SO HIS FAITH WAS STRONG. HE
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BELIEVED. THE BATTLE IS AGAINST UNBELIEF THEN. SO HOW DO WE
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FIGHT AGAINST UNBELIEF? WELL, ROMANS 10:17 TELLS US, "SO THEN
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FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD." SO
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WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY. WE NEED TO HEAR IT
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PREACHED, AND WE NEED TO HEAR OURSELVES SPEAK IT OUT, DECLARE
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IT. SO HEARING OURSELVES SPEAK IT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IS
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CLEARLY A FAITH BUILDER. NOW PASTOR BRENDA HAS PUBLISHED A
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WHOLE SERIES OF DAILY DECREE BOOKS FOR THAT PURPOSE AND THAT
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PURPOSE ALONE. THESE ARE FAITH BUILDERS. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
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THESE. READ THEM, SPEAK THEM. REPETITION IS THE KEY. LIKE WE
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SAID IN PSALM 119, WE NEED TO STORE UP THE WORD, TREASURE IT,
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HIDE IT IN OUR HEARTS. THAT WAY, WHEN WE NEED TO SPEAK TO A
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PARTICULAR SITUATION, THAT WORD IS RIGHT THERE. IT'S READY TO
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BUBBLE UP IN US. WE DON'T NEED TO GO LOOKING FOR IT. I DON'T
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NEED TO TURN TO IT. I GOT IT. IT'S IN HERE. WHAT YOU SAY FLOWS
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FROM WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART. IN LUKE 6:45, HE TELLS US THAT OUT
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OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS. AND IN THE
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NLT, IT READS LIKE THIS: A GOOD PERSON PRODUCES GOOD THINGS FROM
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THE TREASURY OF A GOOD HEART. AND AN EVIL PERSON PRODUCES EVIL
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THINGS FROM THE TREASURY OF AN EVIL HEART. WHAT'S IN HERE IS
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WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT WHEN YOU'RE SQUEEZED, RIGHT? AND I
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FIRST GOT A REVELATION OF THIS PRINCIPLE ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO,
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AND I SET ABOUT TO ASSEMBLE SOME SCRIPTURES TO MAKE A DAILY
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DECLARATION FOR MY FAMILY THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE PROMISES OF
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GOD IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE WERE SEEKING: DIVINE DELIVERANCE AND
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PROTECTION, HEALING AND WHOLENESS, PROVISION AND
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PROSPERITY. I KEPT IT SIMPLE AND FAIRLY SHORT. I WILL SAY THAT
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YEARS LATER I ADDED SOME LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY, BUT FOR MANY,
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MANY DAYS MY FAMILY DECLARED IT TOGETHER. AND LET ME JUST SAY,
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THERE'S POWER IN A HUSBAND AND WIFE SPEAKING A
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DECLARATION IN UNISON. THERE'S POWER WHEN YOUR CHILDREN JOIN
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IN. IN FACT, WE WOULD SPEAK THIS AS A FAMILY ON A DAILY BASIS.
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IT'S SOMETHING THAT BUILDS FAITH AND HELPS DEFEAT UNBELIEF. AND I
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READ THIS JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU SHOULD COMPOSE
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YOUR OWN, TAILOR IT TO YOUR OWN SITUATION AND YOUR FAMILY'S OWN
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NEEDS, BUT OURS WENT LIKE THIS. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU
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GIVE YOUR ANGELS CHARGE OVER US TO KEEP US IN ALL OUR WAYS. NO
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EVIL AND NO SICKNESS CAN COME NEAR OUR HOUSEHOLD. BECAUSE WE
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KNOW YOUR NAME AND SET OUR LOVE UPON YOU, YOU WILL DELIVER US
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AND SET US ON HIGH. YOU WILL SATISFY US WITH LONG LIFE AND
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SHOW US OUR SALVATION. JESUS HAS BORNE OUR GRIEFS BEARS OUR
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GRIEFS AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE WERE
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HEALED. WE SHALL NOT BE OPPRESSED OR FEARFUL BECAUSE WE
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ARE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND TERROR CANNOT
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COME NEAR US. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US SHALL PROSPER. YOU
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WILL SURROUND US, LORD, WITH YOUR GLORIOUS SHIELD OF FAVOR.
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YOU'LL SUPPLY ALL OF OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO YOUR RICHES AND
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GLORY. YOU'LL LEAD US THE WAY WE SHOULD GO, AND YOU'LL TEACH US
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TO PROFIT. YOU GIVE US THE POWER TO GET WEALTH. YOU'LL CAUSE US
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TO INHERIT WEALTH, AND YOU WILL FILL OUR TREASURY. WE WILL LEAVE
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AN INHERITANCE TO OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND BENEFIT FROM THE
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WEALTH THAT SINNERS HAVE STORED UP FOR US. WE ARE BLESSED, AND
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OUR CHILDREN ARE MIGHTY ON THIS EARTH. WEALTH AND RICHES WILL BE
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IN OUR HOME. WE WILL BRING FORTH FRUIT, AND WHATEVER WE DO SHALL
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PROSPER. AND WE SHALL SPEND ALL OUR DAYS IN PROSPERITY AND ALL
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OUR YEARS IN PLEASURE, TREASURES IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. SO
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I READ THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
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READING, STUDYING, SPEAKING, REPEATING, YOU STORE UP MORE
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TREASURE, MORE GOOD TREASURE TO USE AS A WEAPON WHEN YOU'RE
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CONFRONTED WITH AN EVIL REPORT. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO COMBAT
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AGAINST. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN APPLY. SO
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THAT BRINGS ME TO STEP NUMBER 3, APPLY GOD'S WORD. SO WE'RE GOING
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TO READ IT, WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE IT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO
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APPLY IT. JAMES 1:22 SAYS, "BE DOERS OF THE WORD AND NOT
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HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES." IN THE NLT, IT
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READS LIKE THIS, "BUT DON'T JUST LISTEN TO GOD'S WORD, YOU MUST
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DO WHAT IT SAYS, OTHERWISE YOU'RE ONLY FOOLING YOURSELF."
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SO DON'T JUST HEAR THE WORD IS WHAT HE'S SAYING. PUT IT TO USE.
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DO IT. SPEAK IT. APPLY IT TO WHATEVER SITUATION, WHATEVER
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CIRCUMSTANCE YOU'RE FACING. THERE'S A PRINCIPLE HERE THAT I
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WANT TO SHARE, AND THAT IS THIS: YOU ARE YOUR OWN CONFIRMING
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WITNESS. THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THE
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LEGAL STANDARD WE'RE TO GO BY IN DEUTERONOMY 19:15, IT SAYS, "BY
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THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES, THE MATTER WILL BE
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ESTABLISHED." SO WHEN YOU'RE FACING A TRIAL, WHEN YOU'RE
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CONFRONTED WITH A SERIOUS SITUATION, REQUIRES YOU TO MAKE
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AN IMPORTANT DECISION, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE SOME UNEXPECTED
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AND UNWELCOME NEWS CONCERNING A PARTICULAR MEDICAL EXAMINATION
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OR A TEST YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD. MAYBE AN EMERGENCY THAT YOU
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COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT YOU'D BE FACING JUST MOMENTS
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EARLIER. ANY SHOCKING NEGATIVE EVENT THAT REQUIRES AN ACTION OR
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A REACTION ON YOUR PART THAT COMES TO YOU WITHOUT WARNING.
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THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE TWO REPORTS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO
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BELIEVE. THERE'S AN EVIL REPORT, THAT ONE'S FROM THE ENEMY,
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ENEMY, A LIE FROM THE DEVIL. THE OTHER IS THE REPORT OF THE LORD,
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THE WORD OF GOD, WHAT IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE. AND YOU HAVE TO
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DETERMINE IN THAT MOMENT WHOSE REPORT WILL YOU BELIEVE. AND
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WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK FIRST, THE EVIL REPORT OR THE
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REPORT OF THE LORD, THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE THE OUTCOME BECOME
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THE RESULT IN THE SITUATION OR THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT YOU'RE
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FACING AT THAT MOMENT. WHEN YOU AGREE WITH ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU
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BECOME THE SECOND OR THE CONFIRMING WITNESS IN THE CASE.
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NOW, WHAT YOU SAY IS GOING TO CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH THE FACTS,
36:47
AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN
36:51
THE POWER OF THE TONGUE, PROVERBS 18:21. YOU'VE GOT A
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CHOICE AND YOU CAN DICTATE YOUR OUTCOME ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU
37:00
SPEAK. JOB 22:28 SAYS, "YOU WILL ALSO DECREE A THING, AND IT WILL
37:07
BE ESTABLISHED FOR YOU, AND LIGHT WILL SHINE ON YOUR WAYS."
37:12
SO YOU DECIDE, AND GOD WILL BACK YOU UP. A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE OF
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PUTTING THIS PRINCIPLE INTO PRACTICE OCCURRED IN MY FAMILY'S
37:22
LIVES ONE DAY WHEN OUR SON WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD. I THINK HE'S
37:26
26 NOW, SO THAT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. BUT HE HAD, AT THE TIME, HE
37:31
HAD RECENTLY BELIEVED FOR AND RECEIVED A NEW BUNK BED, AND HE
37:36
WAS STANDING ON THE TOP BUNK OR BED OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT,
37:40
THE TOP LEVEL, RIGHT IN THE CENTER, PERFECTLY STILL, NOT
37:42
DOING A THING. MY WIFE AND I WERE MAYBE 5, 6 FEET AWAY, AND
37:47
WE'RE STANDING THERE, WE'RE ALL JUST STANDING THERE PRAISING THE
37:49
LORD, RIGHT WHERE WE'RE WORSHIPPING. WE'VE GOT WORSHIP
37:51
MUSIC ON, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, FROM A DEAD STOP,
37:56
TOTALLY STILL, HE COMES HURTLING THROUGH THE AIR JUST AS THOUGH
37:59
HE'D BEEN THROWN. HE WAS PROPELLED. NOW YOU CAN FIGURE
38:06
FOR YOURSELVES WHETHER THAT'S SOME DEMONIC INFLUENCE OR WHAT
38:08
THAT WAS, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND HE LANDED RIGHT IN
38:12
FRONT OF US LIKE THIS, WITH HIS HEAD HITTING THE FLOOR, LIKE THE
38:16
CROWN OF HIS HEAD DOWN. SO WE HAD A CHOICE IN THAT MOMENT,
38:20
WHAT REPORT WERE WE GONNA BELIEVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU
38:24
LOOKED AT THAT IN THE NATURAL, I MEAN, MY EYES AND MY WIFE'S EYES
38:28
MET, BUT WE DIDN'T SAY A WORD. WE KNEW, WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD TO
38:31
DO AT THAT MOMENT, BECAUSE THIS WAS ALL FRESH IN OUR MINDS. AND
38:34
THIS IS ANOTHER THING, YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP THIS AT THE FOREFRONT
38:36
OF YOUR MINDS ALL THE TIME. WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BATTLE, IT'S TOUGH
38:39
TO DO. IT'S THE TOUGHEST THING TO DO, I CAN TELL YOU. BUT AT
38:43
THAT MOMENT, WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE SAID, I SAID,
38:47
"OKAY, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO BELIEVE A, WHAT THE DEVIL IS
38:49
TRYING TO TELL US, HIS NECK'S BROKEN, HE'S GOING TO BE
38:53
PARALYZED, HE'LL NEVER WALK AGAIN, OR HE'S HEALED IN THE
38:58
MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS." SO MY WIFE IMMEDIATELY GOT IN HIS EARS
39:05
AND STARTED PRAYING IN TONGUES, AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT IN FRONT
39:08
OF HIS FACE AND STARTED JUST DECLARING SCRIPTURES. FOR GOD
39:13
HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND LOVE AND
39:15
A SOUND MIND. YOU SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE AND DECLARE THE WORKS
39:19
OF THE LORD. YOU KNOW, BY HIS STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED. I'M THE
39:24
LORD YOUR GOD WHO HEALS ALL AFFLICTIONS, HEALS YOU. NO
39:28
WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER, ON AND ON AND ON. SO IN
39:32
JUST A MATTER OF MOMENTS WITH THOSE TWO THINGS GOING ON IN THE
39:35
EAR GATE AND THE EYE GATE, MY SON'S STUNNED LOOK AND ALL OF
39:41
THE FEAR JUST WENT AWAY. I MEAN, HE TURNED FROM WHITE TO FULL
39:45
COLOR AGAIN AND GOT UP FULLY RESTORED, NO EVIDENCE THAT IT
39:54
HAD EVER HAPPENED. IF I DIDN'T KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, NO ONE
39:57
WOULD EVER KNOW. SO BY DENYING THAT EVIL REPORT, WE
40:06
ALLOWED THE TRUTH TO ESTABLISH THE FACTS IN OUR CASE AND
40:10
DETERMINE THE OUTCOME. NOW, THE OUTCOME WAS DIVINE HEALING. WE
40:16
REALIZED ONE OF THE PROMISES OF GOD IN THAT MOMENT. AND THAT
40:21
THEN BRINGS ME TO STEP 4: REALIZE GOD'S PROMISES FROM HIS
40:26
WORD. NOW, THE BIBLE IS FULL OF THOSE PROMISES. HEALING,
40:32
DELIVERANCE, PROTECTION, PROSPERITY, SO ON AND SO ON. AND
40:38
MOST OF THESE ARE, OF COURSE, CONTINGENT UPON OR DEPENDENT
40:42
UPON US DOING THE WORD, LIKE WE SAID. BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED
40:47
ABOUT THAT. IT IS SAID THAT THERE ARE OVER 7,000 PROMISES
40:53
FROM GOD IN THE BIBLE. AND ROUGHLY 1,500 OF THESE, IT IS
41:00
SAID, RELATE TO HEALING. AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME 2,000 VERSES
41:06
IN THE BIBLE ABOUT MONEY, MANY OF WHICH TALK ABOUT PROSPERITY
41:11
OR DIVINE PROVISION. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH OF
41:16
THESE AS WE KIND OF MOVE ALONG FORWARD HERE TONIGHT, BUT YOU
41:20
REALIZE OR WITNESS THESE PROMISES IN YOUR LIFE BY READING
41:23
READING AND STUDYING THE WORD, BELIEVING THE WORD, SPEAKING IT,
41:30
AND APPLYING IT TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS AND
41:33
CIRCUMSTANCES. AND WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU REALIZE A PROMISE OF
41:36
GOD? WHEN YOU SEE GOD WORK IN YOUR LIFE, YOU TESTIFY.
41:46
REVELATION 12:11 TELLS US THAT WE OVERCOME “BY THE BLOOD OF THE
41:51
LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY.” WELL, OUR TESTIMONY,
41:54
OF COURSE, IS WE'RE SAVED. IT'S THE GOSPEL, RIGHT? BUT IT'S ALSO
41:58
HOW DID GOD WORK IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES? AND THAT'S THE THING THAT
42:02
WE NEED TO SHARE ONE WITH THE OTHER FOR ENCOURAGEMENT,
42:05
EXHORTATION, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, WRITE
42:09
DOWN YOUR TESTIMONIES. WE'VE ALL GOT THEM. I'M SURE NOT THE ONLY
42:13
ONE THAT'S GOT TESTIMONIES. SOMETIMES IT FEELS THAT WAY WHEN
42:15
I'M OUT TALKING TO PEOPLE, THEY SAY, "HEY, YOU DIDN'T GIVE US A
42:18
TESTIMONY WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE LAST TIME." RECORD THEM, CATALOG
42:25
THEM, REVIEW THEM, SHARE THEM. THEY'RE ALL FAITH-BUILDING
42:31
ACTIONS, RIGHT? AND OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW
42:35
MUCH I LIKE TESTIMONIES, AND I GET PRODDED ALL THE TIME WHILE
42:39
I'M SPEAKING, "HEY, SHARE MORE TESTIMONIES." I'M GOING TO DO A
42:44
LITTLE OF THAT ACTUALLY AS I TALK NEXT ABOUT SOME OF THE
42:47
DIFFERENT WAYS THAT GOD CAN SHOW UP IN YOUR LIFE. AND AGAIN, I'M
42:52
GOING TO DEAL WITH 4 OF THESE. FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M STUCK
42:55
ON THAT NUMBER 4 TONIGHT. NUMBER 1— OH, SOMEONE REMEMBERS THE 14.
43:03
OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S MY NUMBER. I SUBTRACTED A LITTLE
43:08
BIT FROM IT. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. NUMBER 1, YOU
43:11
KNOW YOUR AUTHORITY AND HOW TO EXERCISE IT. NOW THERE ARE
43:18
SEVERAL SCRIPTURES THAT RELATE TO AUTHORITY, THE AUTHORITY OF
43:23
THE BELIEVER, DOMINION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN LUKE 10:19, JESUS
43:31
SAYS, "BEHOLD, I GIVE UNTO YOU POWER TO TREAD ON SERPENTS AND
43:36
SCORPIONS, AND OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY, AND NOTHING
43:40
"SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU." NOW SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS HERE,
43:44
I BELIEVE, ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF EVIL SPIRITS. AND IN MATTHEW
43:48
10:1, JESUS CALLS HIS 12 DISCIPLES TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM
43:55
AUTHORITY TO CAST OUT EVIL SPIRITS AND TO HEAL EVERY KIND
44:00
OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S THE VERY
44:03
FAMILIAR MARK 16:17 AND 18, AND THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THOSE
44:09
WHO BELIEVE: IN MY NAME THEY WILL CAST OUT DEMONS; THEY WILL
44:14
SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES; THEY WILL TAKE UP SERPENTS, AND IF
44:18
THEY DRINK ANYTHING DEADLY, IT WILL BY NO MEANS HURT THEM; THEY
44:22
WILL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, AND THEY WILL RECOVER. ALL THE WAY
44:29
BACK IN GENESIS 1:26, GOD SAYS, SAYS, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR
44:35
IMAGE, ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS. LET THEM HAVE DOMINION
44:40
OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, OVER THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER
44:43
THE CATTLE, OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING
44:48
THAT CREEPS ON EARTH." AND GENESIS 1:28 SAYS, "THEN GOD
44:54
BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID TO THEM, 'BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY,
44:58
FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE
45:03
SEA, OVER THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER EVERY LIVING THING THAT
45:06
MOVES ON THE EARTH. NOW, I DISCOVERED THAT ATTACK DOGS ARE
45:13
PART OF THAT CATEGORY, EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVES ON THE
45:16
EARTH. YEARS AGO, I WAS MAKING SOME SALES CALLS FOR A TRADE
45:22
ASSOCIATION I WORKED FOR, AND I HAPPENED ON A HOME BUSINESS. I
45:25
CALLED UP ON EVERYONE. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER THEY WERE
45:27
OPERATING OUT OF THEIR BASEMENT OR WHAT, I WENT TO SEE THEM. AND
45:32
I DISCOVERED A LITTLE LATE AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE CAR IN THIS
45:34
GUY'S DRIVEWAY THAT HIS PLACE WAS PROTECTED BY SEVERAL
45:38
ROTTWEILERS. SO I HAD 3 OF THEM GREET ME ALL AT ONCE. I HAD ONE
45:42
ON THIS HIP, ONE ON THIS HIP, AND ONE STANDING RIGHT HERE IN
45:45
FRONT OF ME FACING OFF WITH ME TRYING TO ESTABLISH HIS
45:49
DOMINANCE. HE WANTED THIS TO BE— HE WANTED TO TELL ME THIS WAS
45:52
HIS DOMINION. SO THEY BEGAN NUDGING ME AND PUSHING AT ME IN
46:00
AN EFFORT TO KIND OF GUIDE ME BACK TO MY AUTOMOBILE, BUT I
46:04
LOOKED THAT ONE DOG RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IN THE EYE. WELL,
46:06
FIRST HE TRIED TO BITE ME IN A PLACE THAT NO ONE SHOULD, AND I
46:11
HAD TO FEED HIM A CORNER OF MY SALES KIT. BUT THEN I BACKED UP
46:17
AND I SAID, "IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS," I HAVE DOMINION AND
46:21
AUTHORITY OVER EVERY LIVING THING ON THIS EARTH. YOU ARE TO
46:28
BACK UP AND STAND DOWN IN JESUS' NAME. THEY STOOD DOWN, AND I WAS
46:35
FREE TO ROAM ABOUT THE CABIN FREELY. I DIDN'T GO BACK TO MY
46:39
CAR. I WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR. THEY SAT AND WATCHED ME. I WENT
46:44
TO THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEN I RETURNED WHEN I GOT NO ANSWER.
46:47
AND I GOT BACK IN MY CAR AND I DROVE AWAY, AND THEY DIDN'T MOVE
46:49
THE WHOLE TIME. LATER ON, I FOUND OUT THAT ANTS BELONG TO
46:57
THE CATEGORY OF EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPS ON THE EARTH.
47:03
I GOT UP ONE MORNING AND WENT TO THE KITCHEN, AND THERE WAS A
47:06
PARADE OF ANTS INVADING MY HOME, AND IT WAS COMING FROM, YOU
47:12
KNOW, UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARD NEAR THE DINING ROOM WINDOW, AND
47:15
THEY WERE COMING STRAIGHT OUT TO THE KITCHEN. IN AND THEY FORMED
47:17
A NICE PATH, I MEAN BY THE HUNDREDS, AND THEY'RE JUST
47:19
MARCHING, RIGHT? AND I CAME OUT AND I SAID, "ANTS, I HAVE
47:29
DOMINION AND AUTHORITY OVER YOU ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.
47:32
YOU ARE A CREEPING THING. YOU'RE CREEPING ON MY EARTH. YOU MUST
47:37
GO. DEPART RIGHT NOW IN THE SAME MANNER AND BY THE SAME PATH THAT
47:41
YOU CAME." TURNED RIGHT AROUND AND WENT RIGHT STRAIGHT BACK
47:46
OUT, NEVER TO RETURN. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GO GET TARO OR ANY
47:51
OTHER THING LIKE THAT TO KILL THEM OFF. THAT'S A GOOD TRICK IF
47:55
THAT AUTHORITY THING DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU THOUGH. ANOTHER
48:00
TIME WE WERE VISITING CAPE HENRY IN VIRGINIA, AND SOME OF YOU
48:05
MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. IT'S LOCATED IN A NATIONAL PARK.
48:09
IT'S GOT ONE OF THE FIRST CROSSES, I GUESS, THAT WAS
48:12
ERECTED. IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
48:14
ANYWAY, WE WERE DOWN THERE AND WE WERE LOOKING AROUND FOR THE
48:18
DAY WHEN WE LIVED IN THAT AREA. WE WERE WALKING BACK THROUGH A
48:21
FIELD FROM ONE OF THE MEMORIALS, AND AS WE PASSED BY THIS SHORT
48:26
LINE OF TREES, A SWARM, A HUGE SWARM OF BEES CAME OUT, AND IT
48:32
WAS MY WIFE, MY SON, AND I. BY THE WAY, I GOT TO SAY, I GOT TO
48:35
GREET MY LOVELY WIFE. SHE'S NOT HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. BRENDA'S
48:38
IN NEW YORK WITH FAMILY. SHE'S DEALING WITH A FAMILY HEALTH
48:42
MATTER, BUT HELLO, BABE, WE MISS YOU. THESE GUYS WERE GETTING,
48:49
THESE BEES WERE LANDING ON US. THEY WERE GETTING ON OUR
48:51
CLOTHES. THEY WERE GETTING IN OUR HAIR. THEY WERE JUST BUZZING
48:54
ALL AROUND US AND EVERYTHING. AND FOR A MINUTE I WAS TAKEN
48:56
ABACK AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, SWATTING THESE THINGS AWAY AND
48:59
ALL THIS. AND THEN I REALIZED, HEY, THESE ARE JUST LIKE THE
49:05
BIRDS THAT FLY IN THE AIR. I'VE GOT DOMINION OVER THESE GUYS. SO
49:09
I SAID, "IN JESUS' NAME, YOU BEES ARE TO BACK OFF AND NOT GET
49:16
WITHIN A 20-FOOT RADIUS OF ME, MY WIFE, OR MY SON." AND THAT'S
49:24
EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED. AND WE JUST CONTINUED OUR WALK
49:27
UNBOTHERED BOTHERED BY ANY MORE INSECTS. HAD TO COMMAND THEM TO
49:33
GO. AS BELIEVERS, WE ALSO— WE HAVE GOT AUTHORITY OVER
49:38
EVERYTHING, RIGHT? BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT AUTHORITY OVER THE
49:40
WEATHER. SO HE SAYS IN MARK 4:39, SPEAKING ABOUT JESUS, "AND
49:46
HE AWOKE AND REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID TO THE SEA, 'PEACE, BE
49:51
STILL!' AND THE WIND CEASED, AND THERE WAS GREAT CALM." AND IN
49:56
MARK 4:41, IT SAYS, "AND THEY WERE FILLED WITH GREAT FEAR AND
50:01
SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, 'WHO THEN IS THIS, THAT EVEN THE WIND AND
50:04
THE SEA OBEY HIM?'" WELL, THAT'S JESUS, AND WE'RE HIS FOLLOWERS.
50:10
SO IF HE CAN SAY, "PEACE, BE STILL," AND THE WIND AND THE
50:12
WAVES WILL STOP, WE CAN SAY, "PEACE, BE STILL," AND THE WIND
50:16
AND THE WAVES WILL STOP. AND HAVING LIVED BOTH IN TEXAS AND
50:21
NEBRASKA AT THIS POINT. MY SON AND I HAVE ACTUALLY STOOD ON
50:25
SEVERAL PORCHES, SEVERAL DECKS, AND HAD TO COMMAND AWAY STORMS
50:30
THAT WERE BEARING RIGHT DOWN ON US BY SAYING, "HEY, WE HAVE
50:34
DOMINION AND AUTHORITY IN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA. YOU CANNOT COME
50:39
NEAR US. PEACE, BE STILL. TURN ABOUT AND GO THE OTHER WAY," AND
50:42
THEY WILL DO IT EVERY TIME, DO IT EVERY TIME. IN MARK 11:23,
50:56
JESUS SAYS, "FOR ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER SAYS TO THIS
51:00
MOUNTAIN, 'BE REMOVED AND BE CAST INTO THE SEA,' AND DOES NOT
51:04
DOUBT IN HIS HEART BUT BELIEVES THAT THOSE THINGS HE SAYS WILL
51:07
BE DONE, HE WILL HAVE WHATEVER HE SAYS." OKAY, SO THE KEY HERE
51:14
IS NOT WHETHER THEY'RE TALKING, HE'S TALKING ABOUT A
51:18
LITERAL MOUNTAIN OR A FIGURATIVE ONE, RIGHT? IT CAN BE EITHER
51:21
ONE. BOTH OF THEM WILL MOVE. THE LESSON HERE IS IF WE KNOW OUR
51:27
AUTHORITY IN CHRIST AND WE DON'T DOUBT IT, WE DON'T ALLOW
51:33
UNBELIEF TO CREEP IN, IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN HAVE WHATEVER WE
51:36
SAY. SO LET ME TALK JUST A SECOND HERE ABOUT USING YOUR
51:41
AUTHORITY TO GET WHAT YOU SAY, TO GET ONE OF THOSE SO-CALLED
51:43
MOUNTAINS TO MOVE, WE HAD A SITUATION, AND I PROBABLY SHARED
51:47
THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS FUN. WE HAD A SITUATION YEARS
51:52
BACK WHEN WE WERE IN SOME FAIRLY DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS, AND AS
51:57
IT TURNED OUT, ONE MORNING I GOT UP TO GO TO WORK, AND I HAD AN
52:01
HOUR'S DRIVE TO WORK AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND GOT UP ONE
52:04
MORNING TO LEAVE, AND I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND MY
52:09
ELECTRICITY WAS BEING SHUT OFF. BY A CONTRACTOR. SO I SAID, HMM.
52:14
SO I CHASED HIM DOWN THE ROAD AND I SAID, HEY, I NEED YOU TO
52:17
TURN THAT POWER BACK ON. I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CASH. I
52:19
GOT A LITTLE CASH. PROBABLY HAD $20. BACK IN THAT DAY, THAT WAS
52:24
PROBABLY MY FULL BANK BALANCE. AND HE SAYS, WELL, NO, YOU HAVE
52:28
TO PAY THE ENTIRE PAST DUE BALANCE. AND YOU HAVE TO PAY
52:32
THAT BACK AT THE OFFICE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY'LL HAVE TO
52:35
SCHEDULE SOMEBODY TO COME BACK OUT. SO THIS GUY'S TALKING LIKE
52:39
DAYS, NOT LIKE MINUTES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A HOT
52:42
SUMMER DAY. I NEED THE HEAT ON. MY WIFE'S THERE WITH, YOU KNOW,
52:46
A YOUNG CHILD AND EVERYTHING. I SAID, HEY, WE CAN'T DO THIS. SO
52:52
I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY I NEEDED. I NEEDED SEVERAL HUNDRED
52:55
DOLLARS BECAUSE THE BALANCE WAS HIGH AND ELECTRICITY DIDN'T EVEN
52:59
COST AS MUCH THEN AS IT DOES NOW. IMAGINE HOW MANY HUNDREDS
53:01
IT WOULD BE NOW. IT'S CRAZY. BUT I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING, SO
53:06
I— AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS BEFORE I GET STARTED NOW, DON'T
53:11
TRY THIS AT HOME. THIS IS MY TESTIMONY. DON'T JUST GO OUT AND
53:16
IMMEDIATELY TRY TO MAKE IT YOURS. ONE LADY DID, AND
53:20
ACTUALLY IT WORKED OUT FOR HER, BUT SHE'S THE ONLY OTHER ONE I
53:22
KNOW THAT EVER COULD DO THIS, SO I DON'T VIEW THIS AS A
53:25
TRANSFERABLE TESTIMONY, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE. BUT I WENT TO— GOD
53:30
DIRECTED ME TO A LOCAL ATM. AND SO I PULLED UP, ROLLED DOWN
53:35
THE WINDOW, PUT MY BANK CARD IN THE SLOT, AND THEN I POINTED AT
53:41
THAT THING. I POINTED AT THAT ATM MACHINE AND I SAID, "IN THE
53:45
NAME OF JESUS, I COMMAND YOU TO GIVE ME X NUMBER OF HUNDRED OF
53:48
DOLLARS," WHATEVER IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS $400 OR SOMETHING.
53:52
AND I DIDN'T HAVE $20 IN THAT ACCOUNT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
53:56
RIGHT NOW. THERE WAS NOT $400 I HAD $100 IN THERE. THAT MACHINE
53:59
GAVE ME 4 CRISP $100 BILLS, AND I DROVE AWAY. OF COURSE, I'M
54:07
PROBABLY GOING TO PAY FOR THIS LATER, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT IS MY
54:09
BANK CARD. BUT AT THAT MOMENT, I NEEDED TO HAVE THAT MONEY, AND I
54:15
NEEDED TO GIVE IT IN THAT OFFICE BECAUSE I NEEDED TO HAVE MY
54:18
POWER TURNED BACK ON. SO THESE WERE THE THINGS THAT I WAS
54:21
DECLARING. THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HAPPEN IN JESUS' MIGHTY
54:25
NAME. AND SO I DROVE TO THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND IT WASN'T
54:32
OPEN YET FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR, BUT THERE WAS THIS ELECTRONIC
54:38
GATE THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH IN THE BACK OF IT WHERE THE
54:41
EMPLOYEES GO, THE TRUCKS GO, AND IT WAS OPEN JUST ENOUGH SO THAT
54:46
I COULD DRIVE THROUGH IT. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S GOT AN
54:51
ELECTRONIC LOCK ON IT. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SECURE, BUT I
54:53
DROVE THROUGH IT. AND I SAID, "OKAY, WELL, HOW DO I GET IN
54:55
THIS BUILDING?" AND THERE'S ONE DOOR IN THE BACK, AND IT'S OPEN
55:00
ABOUT YAY FAR. IT ALSO HAS AN ELECTRONIC LOCK ON IT, AND IT'S
55:04
GOT A CARD READER. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC
55:07
COMPANY BADGE TO WALK IN. I DIDN'T HAVE ONE, BUT I WALKED IN
55:11
ANYWAY. AND I FOUND THE ONE EMPLOYEE, ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE, IN
55:15
THERE. AND IT WAS A WOMAN, I KIND OF STARTLED HER, BUT I
55:21
SAID, "HEY, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU. GOD LED ME HERE AND I NEED
55:25
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TURNING MY POWER BACK ON." SHE'S THINKING,
55:29
"WHAT KIND OF LUNATIC IS THIS GUY?" BUT SHE SAYS TO ME, SHE
55:35
EXPLAINS THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ONLY THE DISPATCHER CAN DO THAT.
55:41
TURN A TRUCK AROUND, SEND THEM BACK TO TURN YOUR POWER BACK ON
55:45
LIKE YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO. AND I SAID, WELL, WHO'S THE
55:47
DISPATCHER? SHE SAYS, WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S ME. BUT THEN OF
55:53
COURSE WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM BECAUSE THE SYSTEM'S NOT UP YET.
55:57
JARED WASN'T IN YET, SO THE IT SYSTEMS WEREN'T WORKING YET. AND
56:02
SO SHE SAYS, "IT'S GOING TO BE AN HOUR BEFORE I CAN DO
56:08
ANYTHING, AND YOU'RE STANDING THERE HOLDING CASH. I CAN'T TAKE
56:12
CASH ANYWAY." I SAID, "WELL, OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. JUST
56:19
BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT I'M IN HERE, I THINK IT'S PRETTY
56:21
CLEAR THAT GOD WANTS THIS DONE BECAUSE HE LED ME IN HERE, AND
56:26
NOW I'M STANDING HERE TALKING TO YOU, AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CAN
56:28
DO THIS. AND SO HOW DO WE FIGURE THIS OUT?" WHAT WE WOUND UP
56:33
DOING IS SHE WROTE A HAND RECEIPT, SHE TOOK THE CASH,
56:38
WROTE ME A HAND RECEIPT, AND EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED
56:42
TO DO THIS, IT WAS AGAINST POLICY, SHE CALLED THAT DRIVER
56:46
ON THE RADIO AND SAID, "YOU NEED TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK THERE
56:48
AND TURN THIS MAN'S POWER ON." AND 10 MINUTES LATER, THE POWER
56:51
WAS BACK ON, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO WORK, AND I STILL GOT
56:56
THERE IN TIME. I WAS AN HOUR AWAY. SO THE POINT OF ALL OF
57:08
THAT IS GOD IS IN THE MIX. HE CARES ABOUT EVERY DETAIL. HE'S
57:13
WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. HE'LL BACK YOU UP IF YOU MAKE THE DECISION,
57:16
IF YOU DECLARE IT AND YOU DON'T QUIT AND YOU GO AFTER IT AND YOU
57:20
SPEAK IT AND YOU SAY IT, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, THAT'S WHAT
57:22
YOU'RE GOING TO GET. ALL RIGHT, ON TO NUMBER 2 FOR TONIGHT.
57:27
HEALING AND MIRACLES ARE MANIFESTED IN YOUR LIFE. WELL, A
57:33
LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO US IN THAT REGARD.
57:36
AND AGAIN, I HOPE NOBODY TAKES THIS AS, HEY, THIS IS ALL ABOUT
57:42
PASTOR MARK, BECAUSE IT'S NOT. THESE ARE JUST THE THINGS THAT I
57:44
HAVE THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN. I SAY THESE THINGS IN
57:47
EXHORTATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT, AND THEY'RE JUST
57:50
EXAMPLES OF HOW THINGS CAN GO. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE YOUR OWN
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TESTIMONIES, AND AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU RECORD THOSE, SHARE
57:58
THEM, KEEP THEM BEFORE YOUR EYES, REPEAT THEM, AND ALL OF
58:03
THAT, BECAUSE IT BUILDS THE FAITH. BUT BACK ABOUT 25 YEARS
58:06
AGO OR SO, I WAS UNDER SOME HEAVY PRESSURE ON AND OFF THE
58:11
JOB THAT I HAD BACK THEN, AND IT WAS AFFECTING MY DIGESTIVE
58:15
SYSTEM LIKE I COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE, I MEAN EXTREME WAYS. I
58:18
HAD ALL KINDS OF REFLUX, OTHER ISSUES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR
58:22
ME TO FUNCTION BOTH ON THE JOB AND AT HOME. AND I WENT IN FOR
58:27
SOME TESTS AND THEY DID AN ENDOSCOPY AND A COLONOSCOPY AT
58:32
THE SAME TIME, SO I GOT ONE OF THE BEST NAPS I'VE EVER HAD IN
58:34
MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ALL
58:40
THESE DIFFERENT GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES, BLEEDING ULCERS, IBS,
58:48
SEVERE ACID REFLUX, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, THE LIST GOES ON. AND SO
58:52
THEY PRESCRIBED ALL SORTS OF VARIOUS MEDICATIONS AND
58:55
EVERYTHING AND SENT ME HOME WITH THAT. SO A COUPLE WEEKS LATER,
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I'M AT CHURCH AND I'M WORSHIPING AT THE ALTAR, AND ONE OF THE
59:05
PASTORAL TEAM COMES. I'M OVER HERE PROBABLY AT THIS ANGLE DOWN
59:10
HERE IN THE IN THE FRONT, ONE OF THE PASTORAL TEAM COMES FROM
59:13
ROUGHLY ABOUT WHERE THE DRUM SET, DRUM KIT IS, AND HE COMES
59:16
WALKING ACROSS THE PLATFORM LIKE THIS, AND HE'S LOOKING MY WAY,
59:20
AND I'M LIKE, IS THAT GUY LOOKING AT ME? AND HE'S JUST
59:22
GOING, HEY, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN HERE THAT'S GOT THIS ISSUE, THAT
59:26
ISSUE, THIS, HE NAMED OFF LITERALLY EVERYTHING THAT THE
59:30
PHYSICIANS HAD TOLD ME WAS WRONG WITH ME, AND HE SAID, AND IT'S
59:33
ALL DUE TO STRESS FROM YOUR JOB, WHO'S THAT? AND I WENT LIKE
59:39
THIS. I STARTED TO RAISE MY HAND AND GO, "THAT'S ME." I COULDN'T
59:41
EVEN GET THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH, AND I HIT THE FLOOR. I
59:44
WAS SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT. I WAS DOWN FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES, BUT
59:47
WHEN I CAME BACK UP, I WAS TOTALLY HEALED OF ALL OF THAT
59:50
AND NEVER HAD ANOTHER SYMPTOM ABOUT ANY OF IT, AND WENT HOME,
59:55
LAID ALL THAT MEDICATION OUT, THREW IT IN THE TRASH, NEVER
59:58
TOOK ANOTHER PILL. AND AROUND THE SAME TIME, AT THAT TIME, MY
1:00:03
WIFE HAD SUFFERED A FREAK ACCIDENT IN OUR HOME AND SHE
1:00:06
BROKE HER FOOT IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT
1:00:09
BONES IN HER FOOT BROKEN. SHE WAS ON CRUTCHES AND SHE WAS
1:00:12
WEARING JUST A PROTECTIVE BOOT AND EVERYTHING. ONE NIGHT WE
1:00:15
WENT TO A WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERVICE, AND SOME OF THE ELDERS
1:00:19
OF THE CHURCH SAW HER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOBBLING IN AND GOING
1:00:22
DOWN TO THE FRONT ROW AND EVERYTHING. SO THEY CAME DOWN,
1:00:24
THEY GATHERED AROUND HER, THEY GOT OUT THE OIL AND THE PRAYER
1:00:27
CLOTHS AND EVERYTHING EVERYBODY JUST PRAYED OVER IT, RIGHT?
1:00:31
WELL, IT WASN'T VERY LONG, WE'RE ABOUT 2 SONGS INTO WORSHIP,
1:00:35
SHE'S TAKEN THE BOOT OFF, THROWING IT AWAY, THE CRUTCHES
1:00:38
ARE GONE. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE SERVICE, WE WALKED OUT OF
1:00:42
THE PLACE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. SHE WOULDN'T LET ME
1:00:45
PULL THE CAR UP. SHE WENT THE WHOLE WAY OUT. WENT BACK TO THE
1:00:47
DOCTOR ON MONDAY MORNING, AND HE SAID, "WELL, THAT ONE FRACTURE
1:00:53
HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT IS."
1:00:56
AND HE GOES, "THE OTHER ONE IS SO MINOR AT THIS POINT, THERE'S
1:00:59
REALLY NOTHING TO DO. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HEAL ON ITS
1:01:01
OWN IN ANOTHER FEW DAYS." SO GLORY TO GOD. I MEAN, JUST, CAN
1:01:07
YOU SAY HALLELUJAH TO SOME OF THIS STUFF? I MEAN, SERIOUSLY,
1:01:10
PRAISE GOD. AND SO NOT LONG AFTER THAT, WE HAD ANOTHER EVIL
1:01:21
REPORT. AND THEY TOLD MY WIFE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THIS
1:01:24
MASS ON YOUR LUNG AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MALIGNANT, AND YOU
1:01:28
KNOW, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, LIKE, VERY QUICKLY."
1:01:33
AND YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING THIS NEWS AS I'M PREPARING TO GO ON A
1:01:37
BUSINESS TRIP. SO I'M LEAVING, I'VE GOT TO GO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
1:01:40
IN VIRGINIA, I'VE GOT TO GO TO MASSACHUSETTS. AND SO SHE SAYS,
1:01:48
SHE SAYS, "WELL, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE NEGATIVE REPORT."
1:01:51
SHE SAYS, "I REJECT CANCER. I REBUKE THIS REPORT IN JESUS'
1:01:55
NAME." AND SHE PROMPTLY JUST CAME HOME AND TOOK A NAP. SO I
1:02:02
HAD TO LEAVE, AND SHE STARTED SLEEPING WITH THIS ANOINTED
1:02:05
PRAYER CLOTH. SO WE HAD A FEW DAYS IN BETWEEN. SO MONDAY
1:02:11
MORNING COMES, AND SHE WOKE UP, SHE GOT UP AND SHE WENT IN THE
1:02:14
BATHROOM AND SHE JUST CHOKED THIS THING UP. SHE CALLS IT
1:02:19
VOMITING. I'M SAYING CHOKING TO BE A LITTLE LESS GRAPHIC, BUT
1:02:23
THIS THING JUST CAME UP OUT OF HER AND WENT IN THE SINK. WE
1:02:26
DIDN'T SAVE IT AS A SOUVENIR, BY THE WAY. BUT SHE WENT BACK THE
1:02:33
FOLLOWING DAY, THAT TUESDAY, AND THEY DID ANOTHER X-RAY AND THE
1:02:37
DOCTOR WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZED. FUDDLED. YOU KNOW, HE
1:02:40
JUST SAID, I CAN'T EXPLAIN THIS FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT, BUT
1:02:46
CLEARLY THERE ARE NO MORE CANCEROUS CELLS VISIBLE ON THIS
1:02:51
X-RAY. IT'S GONE. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED BY A
1:02:56
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, ONLY BY THE GREAT PHYSICIAN, RIGHT? AND
1:03:04
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE REAL QUICK ON HEALING. I'M NOT TRYING
1:03:08
TO PICK ON MY WIFE. SORRY, KATE. BUT A FEW YEARS LATER, I DON'T
1:03:13
KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT 10 OR SO, SHE HAD— I'D GONE OFF TO WORK
1:03:18
ONE MORNING AND SHE STARTED EXPERIENCING INTENSE PAIN TO THE
1:03:22
POINT WHERE IN HER SIDE, TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS JUST DOUBLING
1:03:25
OVER. WELL, I WORKED IN D.C. AT THAT TIME, SO I WAS AN HOUR AND
1:03:28
A HALF FROM HOME, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE COMMUTER TRAIN. I
1:03:31
WASN'T JUST GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK. BACK. AND SO SHE MADE HER
1:03:33
WAY OVER TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR URGENT CARE HOSPITAL OR
1:03:38
WHATEVER IT WAS. I GUESS SHE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND
1:03:44
THEY DID A SCAN OF SOME SORT, I THINK AN ULTRASOUND MAYBE, AND
1:03:49
THEY CAME BACK SAYING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A VERY LARGE KIDNEY
1:03:53
STONE, ONE OF THE MAGNITUDE THAT YOU COULDN'T JUST LASER OUT
1:03:59
OF THERE. THAT WOULDN'T WORK. SO THAT MEANT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE
1:04:04
THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND WAS AN ACTUAL SURGERY TO REMOVE THAT
1:04:08
KIDNEY STONE. AND SO THEY WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY, LIKE THAT
1:04:14
AFTERNOON. SO I'M TRAVELING HOME. SHE GOES BACK HOME. I GOT
1:04:18
ABOUT 90 MINUTES TO GET BACK FROM D.C. AND WHEN I GOT BACK,
1:04:24
SHE'S WAITING, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO OUT THE
1:04:26
DOOR. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HER OVER TO HAVE THE THING REMOVED
1:04:28
SURGICALLY. SHE SAYS, "WELL, WAIT. BEFORE WE GO, LET ME JUST
1:04:31
USE THE BATHROOM ONE MORE TIME." OKAY. SHE GOES IN, AND OF COURSE
1:04:36
THEY GOT THIS LITTLE CUP THAT THEY GIVE YOU JUST IN CASE
1:04:39
ANYTHING COMES OUT, RIGHT? SHE GOES IN THERE, SHE COMES BACK
1:04:42
OUT AND SHOWS ME THE GIFT. SHE PASSED THIS THING THAT WAS
1:04:46
SUPPOSEDLY UNPASSABLE, AND SHE TOOK IT OVER. WE WENT OVER TO
1:04:52
THE OPERATING AND WE PRESENTED IT TO THE SURGICAL TEAM. YOU
1:04:57
KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS, GUYS?" AND WE
1:05:00
EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAPPENED, AND SHE GAVE IT TO THEM IN THE
1:05:05
CUP AND EVERYTHING. I'M SURPRISED SHE DIDN'T PUT A BOW
1:05:06
ON IT. BUT THEY SAID, "YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO AND TEST THIS IN
1:05:12
OUR ON-SITE LAB JUST TO MAKE SURE." SO THEY DID THAT. WE SAT
1:05:16
THERE FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. SHE'S TALKING AND MINISTERING TO
1:05:19
THE TEAM AND EVERYTHING. AND GETTING THESE LADIES SAVED. AND
1:05:24
THEN THE GUY COMES BACK DOWN FROM THE LAB, AND SO THE DOCTOR
1:05:27
COMES OVER AND TALKS TO US, AND HE SAYS, "WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S
1:05:31
CONFIRMED, AND IT'S MIRACULOUS. LIKE, WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY
1:05:38
JUST PASS A STONE OF THAT MAGNITUDE. WE DIDN'T THINK THAT
1:05:41
WAS POSSIBLE. WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED." AND OF COURSE,
1:05:44
THEY ALL LOOKED AT KATE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THEIR AMAZEMENT.
1:05:47
JUST ASKED A QUESTION LIKE, YOU KNOW, "WHAT DO YOU THINK?" AND
1:05:51
SHE JUST SAID, "WELL, THAT'S MY JESUS," AND THEN OFF WE WENT. SO
1:05:55
WE WENT BACK HOME INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE OPERATING ROOM.
1:05:58
PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. AND NOW WITH THAT, I WANT TO MOVE ON
1:06:02
REAL QUICK NOW TO NUMBER 3. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU GUYS HERE
1:06:05
ALL NIGHT. I BROUGHT ENOUGH NOTES SO WE COULD GO TO 11, BUT
1:06:09
THAT WOULD BE MIDNIGHT ON THE EAST COAST WHERE MY WIFE IS, AND
1:06:13
I PROMISED HER I'D GET HER TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DIVINE
1:06:17
PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION, NUMBER 3. THOSE ARE EVIDENCED IN
1:06:21
YOUR LIFE, DIVINE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION. AND I KNOW I
1:06:25
SHARED THIS IN HERE ONCE BEFORE, BUT THIS IS JUST AN AMAZING
1:06:29
STORY TO ME, AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL INDULGE ME ONE MORE TIME.
1:06:32
WHEN WE WERE LIVING IN NEW YORK AND I WAS WORKING OVER THE
1:06:34
BORDER IN PENNSYLVANIA YEARS AGO, I HAD TO DRIVE BACK AND
1:06:38
FORTH IN THE WINTER, AND IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR-LONG COMMUTE, AND
1:06:41
IT WAS THROUGH A MOUNTAINOUS AREA. AREA. AND I WAS, UH, ON MY
1:06:44
WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING IN JANUARY, AND I WAS— THERE WAS A—
1:06:48
THERE'S AN EXIT RAMP THAT GOES FROM ONE HIGHWAY TO ANOTHER
1:06:51
WHERE I CONNECTED, AND IT WAS A TWO-WAY RAMP. THERE'S TRAFFIC
1:06:55
GOING BOTH WAYS. WELL, I'M GOING DOWN THIS THING, I'M GOING
1:06:58
DOWNHILL, RIGHT? AND I HIT BLACK ICE, AND THE CAR TURNS
1:07:03
PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANE. SO I'M LIKE— I'M SKIDDING LIKE THIS
1:07:07
SIDEWAYS. SO I'M LOOKING OUT IN OUT MY FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW
1:07:10
LIKE THIS, AND I SEE THESE TWO LARGE CLUB CABS COMING AT ME AT
1:07:14
A PRETTY GOOD RATE OF SPEED DIRECTLY FOR THAT SIDE OF THE
1:07:18
VEHICLE. AND I COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AUTOMOBILE. I
1:07:22
HAVE SOME PRACTICE IN DOING THIS, BY THE WAY. I USED TO
1:07:24
DRIVE ON WINTER ROADS A LOT, AND I USED TO HAVE TO REGAIN CONTROL
1:07:27
WHEN I GOT INTO SKIDS LIKE THAT. BUT I COULDN'T GET A GRIP ON
1:07:30
THIS ONE. SO I'M GOING RIGHT FOR THESE GUYS. I CAN SEE THEM
1:07:33
COMING. AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN I JUST SAID, "I'VE GOT TO CALL ON
1:07:37
JESUS." YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THOUGHT I HAD. "JESUS!" AND
1:07:42
SUDDENLY, JUST LIKE GOD REACHED DOWN AND PUT HIS HAND ON THAT
1:07:46
VEHICLE, IT WENT STRAIGHT BACK THIS WAY, CLEARED THAT TRAFFIC,
1:07:51
CAME TO REST AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL IN THE BACK. IT TOOK
1:07:55
OUT EVERY BIT OF THAT AUTOMOBILE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BACK OF
1:07:58
THE SEAT THAT I WAS I WAS SITTING IN. THE ENTIRE HALF OF
1:08:02
THE CAR WAS GONE. THE CLUB CLABS WENT BY, AND I JUST OPENED THE
1:08:08
DOOR AND GOT OUT WITHOUT A SCRATCH. THAT'S DIVINE
1:08:12
PROTECTION. THAT'S PRESERVATION OF MY LIFE. PRESERVED MY LIFE
1:08:19
AND PROTECTED ME FROM HARM. THANK YOU, JESUS. I'VE GOT TO
1:08:22
THANK YOU EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M OUT DRIVING. I
1:08:27
USED TO DRIVE ABOUT 60,000 MILES A YEAR WHEN I WAS DOING
1:08:30
OVER-THE-ROAD SALES, AND I'M OUT DRIVING ONE NIGHT IN
1:08:33
PENNSYLVANIA, AND IT'S DARK. IT'S GETTING DARK. IT'S GETTING
1:08:38
BORING. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. I MEAN, I'M DRAINED. YOU KNOW,
1:08:41
I'VE BEEN OUT ALL DAY. IT'S WINTERTIME, AND I FELL ASLEEP AT
1:08:45
THE WHEEL. AND WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS AUDIBLE VOICE SAYS
1:08:52
TO ME, TO ME, "MARK, ARE YOU OKAY?" AND IT SHOOK ME AND
1:08:57
STARTLED ME, AND I WOKE UP, AND I'M LOOKING AT A TRACTOR-TRAILER
1:09:00
COMING RIGHT AT ME. THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE JANET AND PASTOR
1:09:03
KEITH ARE SITTING AT THIS POINT. I GOT JUST ENOUGH TIME, QUICK
1:09:06
REACTION, TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
1:09:08
A HEAD-ON. AGAIN, GOD DOESN'T— BUT GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS— HE
1:09:14
DOESN'T ONLY SAVE US FROM SERIOUS AUTO LIFE-THREATENING
1:09:19
THINGS LIKE THAT. HE ALSO WILL HELP YOU TO PRESERVE YOUR
1:09:22
INCOME, SAVE YOUR JOB FOR YOU IF YOU GET INTO A BIND. I FOUND
1:09:25
THAT OUT. THIS WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, AND I WAS WORKING IN
1:09:31
SALES MANAGEMENT, AND I HAD A LARGE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AT
1:09:35
THAT TIME. I HAD TERRITORY UP AND DOWN THE MID-ATLANTIC. I HAD
1:09:40
ABOUT 25 DIFFERENT TERRITORIES THAT I HAD TO STAFF. AND I WAS
1:09:45
CRUISING ALONG PRETTY WELL IN MY CAREER AT THE TIME, BUT THEN THE
1:09:47
CEO DECIDED TO BRING IN A NEW GUY, AND HE WAS FROM OUTSIDE THE
1:09:54
SALES ORGANIZATION, AND HIS KNOWLEDGE FROM HIS PRIOR
1:09:59
EXPERIENCE DIDN'T EXACTLY TRANSLATE TO THE ARENA WE WERE
1:10:01
PLAYING IN. AND SO HE WAS ESSENTIALLY JUST DRIVING PEOPLE
1:10:08
AWAY. I MEAN, WE JUST STARTED BLEEDING PROFUSELY, THE
1:10:14
PEOPLE WERE JUST GOING. TURNOVER WAS HIGHER THAN HIGH AT THAT
1:10:19
MOMENT. I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD LIKE 10 VACANT TERRITORIES
1:10:23
OUT OF 25. SO THEN HE BRINGS THIS OTHER GUY IN, ALSO FROM
1:10:29
ANOTHER INDUSTRY, NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND HIS JOB WAS
1:10:33
BASICALLY TO COME AND TELL ME THAT I HAD TO HAVE I HAVE EVERY
1:10:37
ONE OF MY TERRITORIES FULL. SO WE'RE 2 WEEKS FROM THANKSGIVING,
1:10:42
AND THEY GIVE ME AN ULTIMATUM AND SAY, YOU WILL HAVE ALL 10 OF
1:10:45
THESE TERRITORIES FILLED BY THANKSGIVING DAY, OR THAT WILL
1:10:49
BE YOUR LAST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU. AND
1:10:54
SO AT THAT TIME, IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT, TO RECRUIT SOMEONE, GET
1:11:00
THEM ON, YOU KNOW, DO THE ONBOARDING, GET THEM OUT IN THE
1:11:02
FIELD, AND ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT THEY CONSIDERED A TERRITORY
1:11:05
FILL, THAT WAS A 4-WEEK PROCESS TO GET ONE PERSON, AND YOU
1:11:08
BASICALLY HAD TO BE TENDING TO IT AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE YOU'RE
1:11:11
CHECKING IN WITH THEM ALL THE TIME, THEY'RE LEARNING THEIR
1:11:14
PRESENTATION, SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT
1:11:17
THAT IN THE NATURAL, THAT LOOKED IMPOSSIBLE, AND IT HAD NEVER
1:11:21
BEEN DONE IN 92 YEARS OF HISTORY IN THAT ORGANIZATION. AND SO I
1:11:26
HAD TO MAKE A DECISION. WAS I GOING TO TRY TO DO SHOULD WE DO
1:11:30
THAT? AND WITH THE LORD'S HELP, HE SAID TO ME, "YEP, STAY THE
1:11:34
COURSE." AND SO WE DID THAT. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT THANKFULLY HAD
1:11:43
LED ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN
1:11:47
TERMS OF RECRUITING BECAUSE THE CORPORATE RECRUITING RESPONSE
1:11:50
WAS NOT REALLY— NOT EXACTLY BRINGING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE AT
1:11:52
THAT TIME. AND SO I POSTED SOME ADS, AND BACK IN THE DAY, I
1:11:56
WROTE SOME ADS AND POSTED LISTED THEM ON THE CAREER SITES. BACK
1:11:59
IN THE DAY, THAT WAS MONSTER AND CAREERBUILDER, LONG BEFORE
1:12:05
INDEED AND ZIPRECRUITER AND LINKEDIN AND ALL THE STUFF WE
1:12:10
WOULD USE TODAY. SO ANYWAY, I SET UP A CAREER FAIR WHERE I
1:12:16
COULD STAND BEFORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND TALK TO HOWEVER MANY OF
1:12:20
THEM I WAS ABLE TO GARNER, AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW THAT CAME
1:12:23
ALONG. IT WAS IN D.C., SO I WAS ABLE TO DRAW FROM CITIES IN LIKE
1:12:28
3 DIFFERENT, 4 DIFFERENT STATES AROUND. AND SO I BROUGHT THEM
1:12:31
ALL IN AND TALKED WITH THEM, AND THROUGH THAT I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE
1:12:35
TO LINE UP 9 OUT OF THE 10 PEOPLE PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING. I
1:12:42
HAD TO TAKE SOME SHORTCUTS TO GET THE HIRING PAPERWORK IN AND
1:12:45
ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT HEY, WHEN YOU'RE AGAINST THE WALL,
1:12:49
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO, RIGHT? YOU LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE
1:12:52
DO HOW DO YOU DO THIS? AND YOU FOLLOW THE LEADING OF THE HOLY
1:12:55
SPIRIT, AND HE'LL HELP YOU GET IT DONE. SO ANYWAY, THE DAY
1:12:59
BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WE'RE ALL LEAVING FROM VIRGINIA. WE'RE
1:13:01
DRIVING TO NEW YORK TO SEE FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING, AND I
1:13:04
STILL GOT TO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON. I'M LIKE, WHY? I'M
1:13:07
RACKING MY BRAIN. I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THESE PAPERS. I'M
1:13:09
LIKE, WELL, THERE WAS THIS ONE GUY THAT WAS SORT OF ON THE
1:13:11
FENCE. SO I CALLED HIM UP, AND I SAID, HEY, JUST IN CASE YOU GET
1:13:16
WITH YOUR FAMILY OVER THANKSGIVING AND CONSIDER THIS A
1:13:23
GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY IT, LET'S
1:13:26
JUST GO AHEAD. I'M COMING BY. I'LL BE IN MARYLAND. I'LL BE
1:13:30
NEAR YOU. WE'RE DRIVING BY. I SAID, LET ME MEET YOU IN THIS
1:13:33
HAMPTON INN AND WE'LL JUST DO THE PAPERWORK AND JUST SO THAT
1:13:36
YOU GOT IT COMPLETED. I'LL GET IT INTO HR. IF YOU DECIDE YOU
1:13:40
DON'T WANT TO DO IT, I'LL JUST TELL THEM ON MONDAY, RIGHT? SO
1:13:43
HE DID IT. AND SO I FAXED FROM THE HOTEL, BEFORE I LEFT THE
1:13:46
HOTEL, I FAXED THE PAPERWORK IN. AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, I GOT A
1:13:48
CALL I GET A CALL FROM MY BOSS WHO REPORTED DIRECTLY TO THIS
1:13:52
OTHER GUY GIVING THE ULTIMATUM, AND HE SAYS, "YOU DID IT." HE
1:13:58
GOES, "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT." I SAID, "I DIDN'T DO IT. ONLY GOD
1:14:01
COULD DO THAT." I SAID, "ALL THE GLORY IS HIS." NOW, THIS GUY
1:14:04
WASN'T SAVED, BUT AFTER WE CHATTED ANOTHER MINUTE, HE'S
1:14:07
LIKE, "WELL, I HAVE TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. GOD BLESS
1:14:13
YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY THIS THANKSGIVING, AND THANK YOU
1:14:15
FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS." SO I'M LIKE, "HEY, THAT'S GOOD. I'LL
1:14:18
TAKE IT." THAT WAS A BETTER HAPPY THANKSGIVING THAN THE
1:14:21
FIRST ONE I HAD. SO ANYWAY, I THANK THE LORD FOR DELIVERANCE,
1:14:27
PROTECTION, AND PRESERVATION IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. AND HE'S
1:14:32
NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. HE'S GOING TO DO THIS FOR YOU TOO,
1:14:34
RIGHT? THESE ARE JUST MY STORIES. NUMBER 4, JUST TO KIND
1:14:41
OF WRAP US UP HERE PRETTY I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU ALL
1:14:44
NIGHT, BUT THE OTHER ONE I HAD WAS GOD'S BLESSING AND FAVOR ARE
1:14:48
EVIDENCED IN YOUR LIFE. AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
1:14:58
ASTOUNDING THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO US IN OUR LIFE IS WE
1:15:03
HAD TO SUDDENLY MOVE FROM VIRGINIA TO NEW YORK. THAT'S A
1:15:15
BROTHER COPELAND MOVE. THAT'S AN ALARM TELLING ME I'VE GOT TO
1:15:18
SHUT UP SOON. BUT ONE MORE REAL QUICK. WE HAD TO SUDDENLY MOVE
1:15:27
FROM VIRGINIA TO NEW YORK AND DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT.
1:15:33
I MEAN, JUST HAD NO RESOURCES. HOUSES, AND MY WIFE AND I LOOKED
1:15:37
AT EACH OTHER AND WE'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO
1:15:38
GET THIS DONE. LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING TO DO? AND IF
1:15:44
WE EVER NEEDED BLESSING, FAVOR, AND PROVISION TO SIMPLY RAIN
1:15:48
DOWN ON US, IT WAS DEFINITELY IN THAT MOMENT. AND BOY, DID GOD
1:15:51
DELIVER. I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY COOL. I WAS LOOKING AT SECURING
1:15:54
A MOVING TRUCK, AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS.
1:15:59
AND I MEAN, WE WERE PINCHING THE PENNIES BACK THEN. I MEAN, WE
1:16:03
JUST DIDN'T HAVE 2 NICKELS TO RUB TOGETHER. AND I THOUGHT,
1:16:07
WELL, I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M GOING TO DO THIS. SO I STAYED ONLINE,
1:16:11
I KEPT LOOKING AT IT, LOOKING AT IT, AND THIS DEAL COMES UP AND
1:16:13
SAYS, BEFORE MIDNIGHT YOU CAN GET IT FOR THIS AMOUNT. WELL, I
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HAD GOTTEN A CHECK UNEXPECTEDLY IN THE MAIL EARLIER THAT DAY,
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AND IT WASN'T A LOT, BUT I THOUGHT, WELL, IF I CAN FIND A
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GOOD ENOUGH DEAL, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO COVER IT WITH THIS
1:16:28
CHECK. SO THIS THING COMES AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, 11 O'CLOCK
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AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING, SAYS DO THIS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AND I
1:16:34
SAID, WELL, OKAY. SO I HAD PROBLEMS PUTTING IT IN. IT KEPT,
1:16:38
YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM KEPT CRASHING ON ME AND EVERYTHING.
1:16:41
AND SO FINALLY AT 11:58 IT GOES DOWN ENTIRELY. AND I'M LIKE, AH.
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SO I SAT THERE STILL. I WAS DETERMINED. I SAT THERE FOR LIKE
1:16:51
2 HOURS, SO ROUGHLY 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THIS THING COMES
1:16:55
BACK UP AND THERE'S A BETTER DEAL, AND IT WORKED. AND SO WE
1:17:00
GOT THE TRUCK, SECURED IT. I DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP THAT
1:17:03
NIGHT. I HAD TO GET UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND GO GET THE
1:17:05
TRUCK. AND SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PACK
1:17:09
EVERYTHING THAT WE OWN IN THIS TRUCK TODAY AND MAKE THIS DRIVE
1:17:14
TODAY. WE'RE ALREADY EXHAUSTED. WE HAVE NOTHING. WELL, ALL THESE
1:17:21
WOMEN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED JUST SHOWING UP AT THE
1:17:24
DOOR, SOME THAT KNEW MY WIFE AND SOME THAT DIDN'T. AND ONE,
1:17:28
THEY'RE BRINGING BREAKFAST, AND, YOU KNOW, LUNCHTIME COMES,
1:17:30
THEY'RE BRINGING LUNCH. THEY'RE PACKING ALL THIS STUFF UP IN
1:17:32
BOXES. NEXT THING I KNOW, THEIR KIDS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE
1:17:36
HELPING TO MOVE STUFF. AND I WALKED OUTSIDE AND THERE'S THIS
1:17:40
GUY THAT I HAD ONLY PROBABLY JUST GREETED ONCE OR TWICE. I
1:17:43
NEVER SAW THIS GUY, HE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
1:17:45
HE WALKS BY AND GOES, "OH, SO YOU'RE MOVING TODAY?" HE SEES
1:17:47
THE TRUCK, RIGHT? HE GOES, "OH, SO YOU'RE MOVING TODAY?" AND I
1:17:49
SAID, "WELL, YEAH, WE HOPE TO." AND HE GOES, "WELL," HE GOES, "I
1:17:53
GOT TO RUN OVER TO THE STORE." HE SAYS, "I'LL BE BACK BY TO SAY
1:17:58
SOMETHING TO YOU IN A LITTLE WHILE." I SAID, "OKAY, WELL,
1:18:01
WHATEVER." THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME AT ALL. SO HE
1:18:04
COMES BACK ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER, AND HE'S GOT ALL THESE
1:18:08
SUPPLIES, ROPE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I LEARNED THEN THAT
1:18:11
HE'S A LOGISTICS EXPERT FOR THE ARMY BASE LOCALLY. SO HE STANDS
1:18:17
IN THE TRUCK AND HE DIRECTS ALL THESE KIDS THAT CAME OVER TO
1:18:21
HELP MOVE BOXES AND EVERYTHING EXACTLY HOW TO PUT THEM IN,
1:18:24
EXACTLY HOW TO TIE EVERYTHING UP, TAPE THIS, TIE THAT,
1:18:28
LA-DEE-DA. THIS THING'S PROFESSIONALLY PACKED, RIGHT? WE
1:18:31
DIDN'T LIFT A FINGER. SO WE GET DOWN IN THE
1:18:39
EVENING TO THE POINT WHERE, OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS
1:18:41
GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE'VE GOT JUST A VACANT HOME NOW TO STAY
1:18:46
IN WITH 2 AIR MATTRESSES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
1:18:49
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING TO LEAVE,
1:18:51
RIGHT? NO, WE'RE NOT, BECAUSE MY LOGISTICS FRIEND COMES BACK TO
1:18:55
THE DOOR AFTER ALL OF THIS, AND HE GOES, "HEY, I'M GOING TO BE
1:18:58
STAYING WITH MY FRIEND TONIGHT OVER TOWN." HE GOES, "WHY DON'T
1:19:01
YOU TAKE MY PLACE?" HE GOES, "DON'T DO THIS. WE'LL THROW
1:19:03
THESE ON THE TRUCK. JUST STAY IN MY PLACE." SO WE'RE SLEEPING
1:19:07
THERE IN NICE, WARM, COMFY, MADE-UP BEDS, AND HE'S GOT
1:19:11
COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE, AND HE BRINGS OVER DONUTS IN THE
1:19:14
MORNING AND EVERY OTHER THING, YOU KNOW. AND SO WE HAVE THIS
1:19:20
GIANT CHESS SET, SO WE'RE PLAYING CHESS AT NIGHT AND
1:19:23
EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW. SO WE GET UP THE NEXT DAY, HE COMES TO
1:19:26
THE DOOR AGAIN, HE'S GOT COFFEE AND DONUTS, AND SENDS US
1:19:30
OFF. AND WE GO DOWN AND SAY GOODBYE TO THE LAST NEIGHBOR
1:19:33
WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE TO. WE'RE STILL THINKING, "OKAY, I'M
1:19:36
STILL NOT SURE HOW WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THIS
1:19:37
DRIVE AHEAD OF US," RIGHT? AND SO THE GUY GIVES ME THE OLD
1:19:42
PENTECOSTAL HANDSHAKE, AND HE GOES, "BOY, I'M GOING TO MISS
1:19:45
YOU." AND SO HE LAYS ALL THIS MONEY IN MY HAND. HE GOES, "I
1:19:48
DID NOT KNOW WHEN I WENT TO THE ATM MACHINE LAST NIGHT WHAT THIS
1:19:52
WAS FOR," HE GOES, "BUT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE MOVING, I
1:19:55
KNOW THIS IS FOR YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOU GUYS, ALL YOUR FOOD
1:19:59
AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED ON THE ROAD. I JUST SAY PRAISE
1:20:02
JESUS. NOW THAT IS GOD'S FAVOR, GOD'S BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. AND
1:20:12
I HAVE MORE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP MY WIFE UP TILL
1:20:16
MIDNIGHT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU HERE TILL 11:00. BUT I
1:20:20
JUST DID WANT TO SAY I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE MORE THINGS JUST
1:20:24
REAL QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, DID ANYBODY GET ANYTHING OUT OF
1:20:27
THIS? I MEAN, DOES THIS MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYBODY? IS IT
1:20:31
ENCOURAGING? IT'S MY HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE INSPIRING, AT
1:20:35
LEAST IN SOME WAY. GOD IS ALWAYS ON THE JOB, AND HE'S NO
1:20:40
RESPECTER OF PERSONS. HE DID THESE THINGS FOR ME AND MY
1:20:44
FAMILY, BUT HE'S GOT MUCH GREATER THINGS EVEN FOR A LOT OF
1:20:47
YOU AND YOU OUT THERE ALSO ONLINE. I BELIEVE THAT AS WE
1:20:55
CONTINUE TO GROW IN OUR FAITH AND WE APPLY WHAT WE'VE LEARNED
1:20:59
AND WE'RE OPEN TO SEEING WHAT GOD IS DOING AND WE'LL SHARE OUR
1:21:06
TESTIMONIES WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE'LL ALL BE STIRRED UP, WE'LL
1:21:13
ALL BE ENCOURAGED. ENCOURAGED. I JUST WANT TO BLESS YOU ALL.
1:21:25
THANK YOU FOR COMING. THIS IS A GOOD GROUP TONIGHT, GREAT GROUP.
1:21:30
I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN, FOR LISTENING, AND
1:21:35
YOU OUT THERE ONLINE FOR TUNING IN. I JUST WANT TO SAY, FATHER,
1:21:39
BLESS THEM ALL. IMMENSELY, ABUNDANTLY, ABOVE ALL THAT THEY
1:21:46
CAN ASK OR THINK. LET THEM HAVE TESTIMONIES, MARVELOUS
1:21:53
TESTIMONIES, GREAT THINGS YOU WILL DO FOR THEM, FATHER GOD.
1:22:00
LET THEM KNOW THEIR AUTHORITY AS BELIEVERS SO THAT THEY CAN
1:22:05
COMMAND THE THINGS TO BE DONE. THAT THEY NEED DONE SO THAT THEY
1:22:09
CAN REALIZE THEIR MISSIONS, THEIR CALLINGS. THEY CAN DO FOR
1:22:16
YOU WHAT YOU NEED THEM TO DO. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT, GOD, IN
1:22:21
JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANKS AGAIN FOR
1:22:29
COMING, AND YOU ARE DISMISSED. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.