Latest / LOH Church Archive / 8/10/25 9AM - "Shift Change" Part 3
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:07- COME ON CHURCH. WE'RE READY TO REJOICE IN THE LORD. THE DAY THE
- 0:13LORD HAS MADE. COME ON, GET UP ON YOUR FEET.
- 1:28- HALLELUJAH! COME ON, LET'S CONTINUE TO PRAISE GOD.
- 1:31- ALL RIGHT. - HALLELUJAH!
- 1:33- LORD, WE REJOICE IN YOU, THE MIGHTY GOD. WE REJOICE IN YOU,
- 1:38THE LIVING GOD. - YES, LORD.
- 1:40- IT IS OUR HONOR TO STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE.
- 1:45- THANK YOU, JESUS. - WORDS COULD NEVER DESCRIBE THE
- 1:50HONOR OF THY NAME. - YES, LORD.
- 1:53- THE MAJESTY OF YOUR GREATNESS AND YOUR POWER.
- 1:57- THANK YOU, LORD JESUS. - WE WELCOME YOU TO YOUR HOUSE
- 2:00FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR WAY, YOUR SAY.
- 2:03- YES, YES, YES, YES. - GOD THAT MEN WILL KNOW,
- 2:06WHETHER THEY ARE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY OR IN THIS PLACE, THAT GOD
- 2:11IS AMONG US. WE WORSHIP YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE HIM
- 2:16SAID, - AMEN.
- 2:18- AMEN. - ALRIGHT.
- 2:20- MAN, I TELL YOU, AS I STARTED WALKING OUT HERE, I COULD FEEL
- 2:23THE ANOINTING WAS BUILDING. I'M LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO,
- 2:26GOD? - YES.
- 2:27- SO LET'S JUST STAY VERY CLOSE TO HIM. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
- 2:31GOD'S GONNA SPEAK. LISTEN, I WAS IN WALNUT, IOWA, WHAT WAS IT, A
- 2:34COUPLE WEEKS AGO. BY THE WAY, YOU NEED TO GO THERE, GREAT
- 2:37ANTIQUE PLACE. THEY GOT ME ONE OF THOSE LITTLE FARMER WATER
- 2:39POTS. - LOTS OF JUNK.
- 2:40- YEAH. BUT I'M JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
- 2:44- AND PASTOR IS A MAGNET FOR JUNK.
- 2:46- NO, I'M NOT. - YOU LOVE THAT STUFF. I MEAN,
- 2:49OOH. - OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
- 2:53- SO, SHANE AND CHRISTY, YOU WANNA DO THE GREETING, HER AND I
- 2:56NEED TO TALK. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING, NO. NO, I'LL SAY THIS,
- 3:00YOU KNOW, NOT JUNK, BRENDA, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE OF TASTE.
- 3:05- EXPENSIVE JUNK. RIGHT, I MEAN, SHE GOES, NO, SHE GOES INTO AN
- 3:08ICE CREAM SHOP, SHE PICKS OUT ONE FLAVOR, I'M LIKE, I'LL TAKE
- 3:11'EM ALL, TAKE 'EM ALL, TAKE 'EM ALL. SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE
- 3:14OF TASTE. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS IN WALNUT, I THINK I TOLD YOU THIS,
- 3:18BUT I HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR ONE OF THOSE, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
- 3:20SEEN THOSE WATER PUMPS, YOU KNOW? NOT LIKE ON A CAR, BUT YOU
- 3:24KNOW, WHERE YOU GO LIKE THIS WITH IT? AND I ASKED GOD, I
- 3:26SAID, "GOD, I WANT ONE OF THOSE." AND I TOLD HIM HOW HIGH
- 3:29I WANTED IT. AND THE GUY JUST GOT IT IN BEFORE I CAME. IT WAS
- 3:33STANDING RIGHT BEFORE THE, RIGHT OUT FRONT OF THE ANTIQUE SHOP. I
- 3:36SAID, "LORD, THAT'S AMAZING, BUT HERE'S WHAT MY POINT IS." I WAS
- 3:39WALKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LORD SAID, HE SAID, "MAY I SPEAK
- 3:42WITH YOU?" I SAID, "SURE." HE SAID, "I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
- 3:46ABOUT THE MIDTERMS." AND I'M THINKING, MAN, THAT'S KIND OF
- 3:50CRAZY. I MEAN, WALNUT ISLE, WHY DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
- 3:51MIDTERMS? BUT HE DIDN'T TALK TO ME THERE. HE TALKED TO ME LATER.
- 3:55BUT MY POINT IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE PRESENCE
- 4:01OF GOD. 'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN HE'S GONNA SPEAK TO YOU OR
- 4:04BLESS YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR AND IS
- 4:07STARING AT YOU RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES. AND IT ISN'T JUNK.
- 4:13- I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.
- 4:15- NO, I KNOW YOU CAN'T. ALL RIGHT, I WANNA DO THIS. I WANNA
- 4:18WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD
- 4:20AND AGAIN. I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT IN THE COMMENTS, PASTOR HANK
- 4:24DOES NOT, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? I HAVE JUNK OR I LOOK AT JUNK.
- 4:29- YOU'RE A MAGNET FOR JUNK. - I HAVE A BUNCH OF JUNK STUFF.
- 4:31- YOU LOVE THAT STUFF. - NO, I DON'T. NO, I DON'T.
- 4:33- I MEAN, THE WATER PUMP IS CUTE THOUGH.
- 4:35- ALL RIGHT. HERE'S THE POINT. THE POINT IS WHENEVER
- 4:37WE HAVE TO CLEAN THE HOUSE, IT'S ALWAYS MY STUFF THAT SEEMS TO
- 4:40GO, BUT ANYWAY. BUT WE'LL TALK, BRENDA. WE'LL TALK. BUT ANYWAY,
- 4:45I WANT TO DO THIS. I WANT TO WELCOME ALSO THOSE OF YOU THAT
- 4:48MIGHT BE WATCHING IN THE ILLINOIS AREA, ILLINOIS, THAT'S
- 4:51WHAT GOD CALLS IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE IN ROCHELLE,
- 4:54ILLINOIS TONIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE A POWERFUL, POWERFUL MEETING.
- 4:59GOD'S PUT A REALLY STRONG WORD IN MY MOUTH. ALONG THE SAME
- 5:02LINES, WE'RE GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE SHIFT CHANGE. WE'RE
- 5:06GOING TO CONTINUE THAT HERE IN THE CHURCH. AND THEN THERE IN
- 5:11ILLINOIS, GOD'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT, I THINK, THE NATION
- 5:15AND WHAT'S COMING. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU JOIN US. I
- 5:18WILL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU, STAY
- 5:21TUNED, IS I REALLY FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE SHIFTING. HOW MANY OF
- 5:24YOU WERE HERE LAST SUNDAY WHEN WE KIND OF ALL CAME FORWARD? AND
- 5:27THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, MAN, IT WAS POWERFUL. AND THEN I
- 5:30WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT, GUYS. I WATCHED
- 5:34WEDNESDAY NIGHT. - AWESOME.
- 5:38- WHAT I LOVED ABOUT IT IS WHEN I'M LOOKING AND I'M SEEING
- 5:42OUR PASTORS ON THEIR FACE. THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW GOD WILL
- 5:46SHOW UP WHEN THE LEADERS LEAD THE WAY AND THEY WANT GOD. AND
- 5:51SO IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. I EVEN, GREAT JOB GUYS. I EVEN GOT
- 5:56TOUCHED AND JUST THROUGH THE CAMERA. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 5:59WATCHING, I CAN FEEL THAT, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE
- 6:03SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE OF THE CAMERA, IT'S A
- 6:05LITTLE DIFFERENT. - THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.
- 6:07- BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON THAT SIDE OF THE CAMERA, MAN, IT'S AMAZING
- 6:09THAT YOU CAN FEEL GOD AS WELL. SO HOW MANY OF YOU ARE OKAY WITH
- 6:13THE STORM, BY THE WAY? EVERYBODY GOOD? ANYBODY HAVE ANY STORM
- 6:17CLEANUP? - A LITTLE CLEAN UP SATURDAY WE
- 6:18HAD. ANYBODY HAVE TO CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT AROUND THEIR HOUSE?
- 6:22WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, SOME NEEDS AND THINGS.
- 6:24- YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY CRAZY, AS I WAS TELLING BRENDA, I GOT
- 6:27UP AT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, JUST BEFORE FOUR IN THE MORNING TO
- 6:30JUST GO AND PRAY. AND I GOT DONE PRAYING AROUND FIVE, SOMETHING
- 6:35JUST A LITTLE AFTER FIVE, AND I JUST FELT, IT WASN'T GOD, BUT I
- 6:38JUST FELT TO LOOK AT MY PHONE, AND I WAS LIKE, "BRENDA, GET UP
- 6:42OUT OF BED, "LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING." SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE
- 6:46GOTTA STAY ON THIS. THIS IS ABNORMAL. THIS IS, AND SO WE
- 6:50REALLY NEED TO STAY ON IT AND CONTINUE TO PRAY, YOU KNOW, NOT
- 6:53JUST PEACE OVER JERUSALEM, BUT HOW ABOUT PEACE FOR OMAHA,
- 6:55NEBRASKA AND THE WEATHER FATHERS. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. I'M
- 6:57READY TO WORSHIP GOD. ANYTHING ELSE?
- 6:59- I DO SEE A LOT OF YELLOW SHIRTS ALL AROUND THE BUILDING
- 7:04TODAY. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME CORE YOUTH AT CAMP. ARE
- 7:08WE GOING TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS LATER? ALL RIGHT. COME ON.
- 7:12- SO ARE THE YELLOW SHIRTS? WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. OH, SO
- 7:15THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT VOLUNTEERING TO WORK TODAY. I
- 7:19WAS GOING TO FIND SOME STUFF FOR THEM TO DO, YOU KNOW?
- 7:23-BUT COME ON, WAVE AT EVERYBODY. CORE YOUTH, WAVE AT EVERYBODY.
- 7:26LOOK AT ALL THESE GUYS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LITTLE
- 7:30RECAP. DID YOU GUYS LIKE CAMP? WAS IT AWESOME? WELL, WE'RE
- 7:34EXCITED FOR YOU. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING DAY. WE'RE
- 7:37GOING TO CELEBRATE YOU A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GUYS
- 7:39READY? THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, CORE YOUTH. YOU
- 7:43GOT TO LEAD THE WAY. SAY THESE WORDS. SAY, LORD, IT'S GOING TO
- 7:47BE A FABULOUS DAY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE.
- 7:54YOUR PRESENCE IS HERE. AND I'M ASKING YOU, LORD, TO MOVE IN
- 7:58THIS PLACE AND TOUCH MY LIFE IN JESUS' NAME. NOW, COME ON, SHOUT
- 8:04LIKE YOU REALLY WANT TO GET LOUD AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD. ALL
- 8:10RIGHT. NOW, CORE YOUTH, YOU PROMISED WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE,
- 8:15YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO WORSHIP STRONG BECAUSE THEY HAD, I MEAN,
- 8:18I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, THEY HAD A MOVE OF GOD WHEN WE WERE OUT AT
- 8:22CAMP. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT
- 8:25TODAY. CORE YOUTH, I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT. YOU'RE
- 8:28GOING TO SHOW THE PEOPLE HOW YOU GUYS WORSHIPPED AND BROUGHT
- 8:33HEAVEN INTO THE ROOM. COME ON. COME ON. LET THERE BE A SOUND IN
- 8:41THIS PLACE. LET THERE BE A SOUND IN THIS PLACE. LET THERE BE A
- 8:46SOUND. COME ON. CORE YOUTH LEADERS, YOU CAN COME ON WITH
- 8:50THEM. COME ON, LET'S PRAISE HIM. - COME ON, CORE YOUTH. LET'S GET
- 9:10A LITTLE BIT LOUD.
- 11:23(MUSIC)
- 12:18(MUSIC)
- 13:28♪ I'M GONNA PRAISE YOU. I'M GONNA PRAISE YOU. I'M GONNA ♪
- 13:35♪ PRAISE YOU. 'CAUSE WE WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT HEAVEN. WE ♪
- 13:45♪ WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT. ♪
- 13:56♪ HEAVEN WE WANT TO GO WHERE YOU SEND US. WE WANT TO GO WHERE ♪
- 14:08♪ YOU'VE CALLED US. WE WANT TO GO WHERE YOU NEED US. YOU'RE ♪
- 14:17♪ ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE NEED. ♪
- 14:24♪ JESUS, YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE NEED. YOU'RE ALL ♪
- 14:36♪ WE WANT AND ALL WE NEED, JESUS. MY SAVIOR, MY HEALER. ♪
- 14:48♪ OH, YOU ARE ALL I WANT AND ALL I NEED, JESUS. MY DELIVERER, ♪
- 14:58♪ MY SALVATION. YOU'RE ALL I WANT AND ALL I NEED. IT'S YOU, ♪
- 15:05♪ JESUS. IT'S YOU, JESUS. IT'S YOU, JESUS. ♪ COME ON, LIFT YOUR
- 15:22HANDS UP ALL ACROSS THIS PLACE. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
- 15:28WE'RE MAKING A DECISION? PASTOR'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT
- 15:31US SHIFTING AND CHANGING. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S
- 15:35JUST A CHOICE OF US FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF OUR SAVIOR, AMEN.
- 15:40(MUSIC)
- 18:15- ALRIGHT, SO TO FOLLOW JESUS, WE'VE GOT TO DO A
- 18:20FEW THINGS HERE. CORE YOUTH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
- 23:41(SOFT PIANO PLAYING)
- 23:55♪ WHAT A GOD (15X) ♪
- 30:58- OH GOD WE WORSHIP YOU. IN THE BEAUTY OF THY NAME. OH
- 31:09GOD WE COME. AND WE CHERISH THIS MOMENT
- 31:15WITH A GOD THAT IS ALIVE AND IT WAS DECLARED OF YOU THAT YOU ARE
- 31:22EMMANUEL GOD WITH MAN, GOD WITH US.
- 31:28(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 31:36WE STAND IN THIS MOMENT TO DECLARE THAT YOU ARE EMMANUEL,
- 31:43THAT YOU ARE GOD WITH MAN, AND THAT IN ITSELF CAUSES MY HEART
- 31:49TO TREMBLE, THAT A GOD SUCH AS YOU WOULD DESIRE TO BE AMONG
- 31:57MEN. THERE ARE NOT WORDS TO UTTER AT THIS MOMENT TO TELL YOU
- 32:08HOW HUMBLING THAT IS. THAT EVEN THE MERE UNDERSTANDING OF MY
- 32:13MIND, I CANNOT FATHOM. GOD AMONG MEN, WHY? WHEN WE WERE NOT
- 32:22THERE, WHEN YOU FORMED THIS EARTH, THE STARS, AND THE
- 32:31WONDERS THAT BEAR YOUR NAME, THAT YOU WOULD WALK WITH MAN.
- 32:40MOST OF ALL, YOU WOULD OFFER THE GREATEST SACRIFICE EVER GIVEN
- 32:47FOR MEN, FOR MANKIND, AND IT WAS THE OFFERING OF YOUR BLOOD,
- 32:56YESHUA. HOW CAN WE SHOW GRATITUDE TO THE HONOR OF YOU,
- 33:07EMMANUEL, GOD, WHO WALKS AND LOVES MANKIND. THEREFORE, I WILL
- 33:22NOT WITHHOLD MY LOVE TO YOU. I WILL NOT WITHHOLD THE HONOR OF
- 33:30RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE HATING OF INIQUITY. FOR IN RETURN, I WILL
- 33:42GIVE THE HONOR OF MY HEART TO KNOW YOU FACE TO FACE. OH GOD, I
- 33:54NEED YOU, I TRUST YOU, AND I LOVE YOU. JUST WORSHIP HIM.
- 34:07BEAUTIFUL EMMANUEL (2X). BEAUTIFUL GOD AMONG US. WE
- 34:18WORSHIP YOU (5X). (PRAYING IN TONGUES). I WILL HONOR YOU
- 34:45EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL. I WILL WORSHIP YOU IN THE HONOR OF
- 34:55THY NAME. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES). I WORSHIP YOU (3X).
- 35:05I WILL WORSHIP YOU (3X). (PRAYING IN TONGUES).
- 35:19I WILL LIFT MY HANDS AS I LIFT MY HEART TO REACH AS HIGH AS I
- 35:25CAN TO GRAB YOUR HEART. WITH MY HEART (3X), I REACH FOR YOUR
- 35:34HEART, GOD. (PRAYING IN TONGUES). I WILL WORSHIP, I
- 35:52WILL WORSHIP THE POWER OF THY NAME. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 36:07WHO ART THOU, O GOD? THAT THE MOUNTAINS MELT LIKE WAX, THE
- 36:16EARTH SHAKES AS YOU WALK AMONG IT, THE STARS IN THEIR
- 36:24BRIGHTNESS ARE NO MATCH FOR THE GLORY OF THY NAME AND THY
- 36:28PRESENCE. ALL HELL SHAKES AND TREMBLES AT THE POWER AND THE
- 36:36MAJESTY OF THY BLOOD, YESHUA. BUT IN YOUR NAME THE EARTH
- 36:42STANDS TO ATTENTION. THERE IS NO GOD LIKE YESHUA. THERE IS NO
- 36:51ONE LIKE YESHUA. WE STAND IN HONOR OF YOU, YESHUA. WE STAND
- 37:03IN A MOMENT TO DECLARE THE HONOR OF THY NAME, YESHUA. YESHUA.
- 37:10YESHUA. COME ON, JUST WORSHIP HIM. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 37:32COME ON, ALL OVER THE WORLD, PROCLAIM HIS NAME. ♪ THERE'S NO
- 37:36ONE LIKE YESHUA ♪ RIGHT THERE IN YOUR HOME. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE
- 37:40YESHUA ♪ DECLARE YESHUA. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA ♪
- 37:45♪THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA♪ COME ON (SPEAKING IN TONGUES),
- 37:48OVER THIS PLACE, WORSHIP HIM, WORSHIP HIM. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE
- 37:54LIKE YESHUA ♪ OH, YESHUA. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA ♪
- 37:59YESHUA. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR KING ♪ WE FEAR THY NAME.
- 38:04♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR KING. ♪
- 38:09THANK YOU LORD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THY NAME.
- 38:16GOD I PRAY FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE YOUNG ONES THAT THE POWER
- 38:22OF YOUR PRESENCE GRIPS THEIR HEARTS GRIPS THEIR LIFE THEIR
- 38:32LORD THEIR DESTINIES RIGHT NOW I SPEAK DIVINE PROTECTION AND
- 38:36PRESERVATION I SPEAK PROTECTION OVER RELATIONSHIPS I SPEAK
- 38:44PROTECTION OVER THEIR PRESENT MOMENT AND THEIR FUTURE. NOT ONE
- 38:50WILL DIE PREMATURE. NOT ONE WILL BE HARMED BY THE HANDS OF EVIL
- 38:57MEN. I SPEAK GRACE, MERCY, HELP, PROTECTION. NOT ONE WILL EVER BE
- 39:10KNOWN AS A PRODIGAL, FOR THEY WILL RUN FOR GOD. AND THEY WILL
- 39:20NEVER BE INFLUENCED BY THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. AND I PRAY
- 39:28THAT THERE IS A DEPOSIT OF A RIGHTEOUSNESS, A RIGHTEOUS SEED
- 39:34THAT SHALL BEAR FRUIT THROUGHOUT THEIR TEENAGE YEARS, THEIR YOUNG
- 39:38ADULT, BUT ALSO INTO THEIR ADULTHOOD AND OLD AGE. I SPEAK
- 39:49THIS NOW AND IT WILL NOT BE ALTERED. FOR THERE IS A SEAL
- 39:57BECAUSE OF THE WORDS DECLARED UPON THEM AND OVER THEM AND FOR
- 40:01THEM AND EVEN OVER YOUR CHILDREN THAT ARE WATCHING IN YESHUA'S
- 40:07NAME. IN YESHUA'S NAME. I WANT THE YOUTH TO DO SOMETHING. HOW
- 40:15MANY OF YOU RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU'RE AT, YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF
- 40:19SYMPTOM OR SOMETHING IN YOUR BODY THAT YOU NEED A HEALING
- 40:24TOUCH? LIFT UP YOUR HAND FOR A MOMENT. SOME OF THE YOUTH DO.
- 40:29HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, YOUTH, AND
- 40:31I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HAND UP RIGHT NOW. AND I
- 40:35WANT YOU TO RELEASE THAT ANOINTING THAT YOU'VE BEEN UP.
- 40:37SO IF YOU NEED HEALING IN YOUR BODY, I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR
- 40:39HAND UP. ALL RIGHT, NOW GO OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. GO UP INTO THE
- 40:42STANDS. COME ON. COME ON. NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO PRAY JUST FOR
- 40:46ONE ANOTHER. I WANT YOU GUYS. NOW LISTEN TO ME, YOUTH. YOUTH,
- 40:48LISTEN. GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID. GO OUT. I
- 40:52COMMISSION YOU. GO OUT. GO, GO, GO, GO FIND SOMEBODY WITH THEIR
- 40:55HAND UP. RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK. COME ON, GO OUT, GO OUT,
- 40:58GO OUT. LAY HANDS ON THEM AND PRAY FOR MORE THAN ONE. TELL
- 41:03THEM, "BE HEALED." COME ON, KEEP YOUR HAND UP. MAKE SURE. COME
- 41:06ON, YOUTH, GO. GO. SOME OF YOU CAN GO TWO BY TWO, ONE BY ONE.
- 41:11COME ON, TOUCH THEM. FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THE HEALING POWER OF
- 41:14THE LIVING YESHUA. JESUS, TOUCH YOUR PEOPLE. WE REBUKE SICKNESS
- 41:21AND DISEASE. WE REBUKE EVERY SYMPTOM. WE SPEAK TO YOU THAT
- 41:25ARE WATCHING THROUGH THAT CAMERA. WE REBUKE EVERY SYMPTOM
- 41:29AND DISEASE. WE COMMAND INFIRMITY, COME OUT OF YOUR
- 41:34BODY. WE BREAK EVERY GENERATIONAL INIQUITY,
- 41:38GENERATIONAL INFIRMITY. WE SEVER EVERY CURSE OF DARKNESS. BE THOU
- 41:49HEALED. LET THE HEALING POWER OF GOD BE RELEASED NOW. BE RELEASED
- 41:55NOW. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WITH YOUR HAND UP THAT NEEDS
- 41:58SOMEBODY? GO UP THERE QUICKLY. TELL THEM, "BE HEALED." BE
- 42:03HEALED. WE SPEAK THAT OVER YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. BE HEALED. BE
- 42:07HEALED. COME ON, THIS IS THE HOUR AND THE TIME FOR THE
- 42:11CHILDREN TO ARISE. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 42:21PRAISE GOD. PRAISE GOD. PRAISE GOD. ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? HOW
- 42:27MANY OF YOU, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL? ALL RIGHT, WELL, HERE'S WHAT I
- 42:31WANT TO DO. YOUTH, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR SOMEBODY,
- 42:34BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IN THE AUDIENCE. I WANT YOU TO
- 42:37GREET SOMEBODY, AND THEN I WANT YOU TO SAY, "I BET I KNOW. I BET
- 42:42I KNOW WHAT YOUR FAVORITE PUMPKIN PIE IS." ALL RIGHT, WE
- 42:54GREET ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
- 42:58(MUSIC)
- 43:35WELL GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING
- 43:39WITH US. WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO
- 43:42WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE
- 43:44GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE
- 43:47WAVE YOUR HAND AT AN USHER. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR
- 43:49YOU. INSIDE THAT, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANT TO SEND
- 43:53HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. IT HAS A
- 43:57PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO PLEASE PULL THAT
- 43:59OUT AT THIS TIME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME INFORMATION IN
- 44:02THERE, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON
- 44:05THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US
- 44:14THIS MORNING. MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE
- 44:17HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY
- 44:20LIVE STREAM, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE
- 44:23SURE YOU GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET. GO AHEAD AND GET CONNECTED WITH
- 44:27US ON ANY OF THOSE PLATFORMS. GET CONNECTED ON ONE VOICE TV,
- 44:31BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMMING OUT THERE FOR YOU.
- 44:34GET REAL WITH HANK, DAILY DECREE, GAME CHANGERS,
- 44:36FLASHPOINT, ALL OF THAT IS OUT THERE FOR YOU, BOTH LIVE
- 44:39AND ARCHIVED AS WELL AS SERVICES. SO PLEASE GET OUT
- 44:42THERE, BE BLESSED BY ALL THAT GREAT CONTENT WE'VE PUT OUT
- 44:45THERE IN ONE PLACE FOR YOU. WELL, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED,
- 44:50ALL THE YOUTH JUST CAME BACK FROM THEIR CORE CAMP. AND IT WAS
- 44:57AN AMAZING TIME. AND JUST TO KIND OF SUM ALL, I DON'T KNOW,
- 45:02WHAT WAS IT? THREE DAYS, THREE NIGHTS, FOUR DAYS, WHATEVER
- 45:05IT WAS. WE'RE GONNA SUM THAT UP INTO TWO MINUTES. WATCH THIS.
- 45:12- FOR YOUTH RETREAT 2025, CHOSEN IDENTITY.
- 45:17(MUSIC)
- 47:09(YOUTH GROUP SINGING)
- 47:25(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) - WOW. WE ARE SO EXCITED. YOU
- 47:36KNOW, THIS IS OUR THIRD RETREAT THAT WE'VE DONE,
- 47:38AND WE WERE TALKING WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE'RE
- 47:40LIKE, WE KEEP SAYING THAT IT GETS BETTER, BUT IT GOT BETTER.
- 47:46NOT ONLY DID IT GET BETTER, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, GOD MOVED
- 47:49FREELY, BUT WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THAT IT HAPPENED
- 47:52BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUTH THAT WERE SO HUNGRY, YOU KNOW? AND
- 47:57IT'S LIKE, IT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FORCE
- 47:59ON THEM, AND WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE
- 48:01TO HAVE SUCH A UNIQUE, INTIMATE TIME WITH GOD THAT
- 48:04I KNOW, AS PASTOR WAS JUST PRAYING, DESTINIES WERE SET
- 48:07IN PLACE AND CALLINGS WERE PUT IN PLACE.
- 48:09- YEAH, WE HAD A SCHEDULE, BUT GOD KINDA RIPPED IT UP, WHICH
- 48:13WAS FINE, AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE TOTALLY
- 48:16OKAY WITH THAT. THEY WERE FINE JUST GOING WITH THE FLOW, AND
- 48:20THERE WAS TIMES WHERE WE WERE WORSHIPING, AND WE JUST WERE
- 48:22WORSHIPING EVEN IN THE DARK FOR HOURS, AND NOBODY WANTED TO
- 48:25LEAVE. AND SO IT WAS REALLY COOL SEEING HOW HUNGRY THE KIDS WERE.
- 48:30AND THEN, I MEAN, THANK YOU, PARENTS, FOR TRUSTING US WITH
- 48:33YOUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US. WE EVEN HAD ONE
- 48:37JOIN US FROM AFRICA. SO WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. THANK YOU SO
- 48:40MUCH. - YEAH. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU
- 48:43TO EDDIE AND PASTOR SHANE AND PASTOR CHRISTY FOR COMING OUT
- 48:47AND LEADING WORSHIP THAT JUST TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED. BUT MOST
- 48:49IMPORTANT, THANK YOU, PASTOR HANK, AND THANK YOU, PASTOR
- 48:51BRENDA - THANK YOU.
- 48:52-FOR YOUR HEARTS FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION AND FOR IMPARTING
- 48:54INTO OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- 48:57AND REAL QUICK, IF YOU SEE ANYONE WITH A GREEN SHIRT, ASK
- 48:59THEM TO TEACH YOU THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN ORDER. THERE'S A
- 49:02VERY QUICK WAY, YOU'LL NEVER FORGET IT, BUT PUT SOMEONE ON
- 49:04THE TEST, A HOMEWORK CORE YOUTH. ANYWAY, PASTOR BRENDA.
- 49:08- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
- 49:11(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 49:15WELL, SPEAKING OF EXCITING THINGS, WE GOT QUITE A BIT STILL
- 49:18TO DO TODAY. PASTOR'S GOT TO PREACH, BUT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE
- 49:21NEW MEMBERS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT,
- 49:24SPEAKING OF IT, CAN EVERY YEAR GET ANY BETTER? WE SAY THAT ALSO
- 49:28ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE.
- 49:32AND IT IS NOW, WE'RE LIKE RIGHT UP ON 30 DAYS AWAY. AND THIS IS
- 49:37THE YEAR OF THE LORD'S FIGHT. AND IF YOU WERE HERE LAST
- 49:40SUNDAY, OR IF YOU MISSED IT, GO BACK AND WATCH, PASTOR PLAYED
- 49:44THAT LONG CLIP WHEN HE BREAKS OUT INTO SMOKE ON THE WATER. BUT
- 49:50IT WAS POWERFUL. I MEAN, I REWATCHED THAT AND THINK, OH MY.
- 49:55I MEAN, I REALLY AM CONVINCED. IN FACT, YOU CANNOT TELL ME
- 49:59OTHERWISE. I AM 100% CONVINCED. THAT NIGHT, WE SHIFTED SOMETHING
- 50:06IN AMERICA. I AM CONVINCED. WERE WE THE ONLY ONES? NO, BUT WE
- 50:11PLAYED A GREAT ROLE IN DOING SOMETHING IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD
- 50:15THROUGH PRAYER THAT NIGHT. AND IF THE YOUTH ARE SAYING, CAN IT
- 50:18EVER GET ANY BETTER EACH YEAR? I'M SAYING THAT ABOUT OPENING
- 50:22THE HEAVENS 2025. IS IT GOING TO GET BETTER? PROBABLY. YOU NEED
- 50:26TO BE THERE. IT'S COMPLETELY FREE TO REGISTER. SO IF YOU LIVE
- 50:30HERE IN TOWN, YOU HAVE NO REASON NOT TO REGISTER. I HEARD A
- 50:33PREACHER SAY ONE TIME MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THERE'S AN
- 50:37OPPORTUNITY FOR A COOL CONFERENCE, ESPECIALLY THIS IS A
- 50:40SUPER COOL CONFERENCE. WE NEVER KNOW WHAT PASTOR HANK MIGHT
- 50:44BREAK OUT AND DO, BUT THE POINT IS, IT'S AN AWESOME EVENT, AND
- 50:49WHY MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN A PLACE AND JUST FOR THREE
- 50:54DAYS BE SPOON-FED THE WORD OF GOD? I HEARD A PREACHER SAY THAT
- 50:59ONE TIME. DON'T MISS THOSE MOMENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THINGS
- 51:03THAT GOD USES TO CHANGE YOU AND RECHARGE YOU. SO IT'S COMPLETELY
- 51:06FREE, INVITE SOMEBODY, GREAT LINEUP OF SPEAKERS, LOOK AT ALL
- 51:09THOSE GUYS, PREACHING HOUSES, PREACHING MACHINES. DR. GENE
- 51:12BAILEY IS GOING TO HELP US THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT
- 51:15ALONG WITH TONY SUAREZ. TIM SHEETS WILL BE BACK, KENT
- 51:18CHRISTMAS, ISAAC PETRIE, NEW TO THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR,
- 51:21LORENZO SEWELL IS NEW AS WELL, AND OF COURSE, PASTOR HANK AND I
- 51:25WILL BE THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE FIRE! THOSE OF YOU ONLINE,
- 51:31HOTELS ARE FILLING UP QUICKLY, AND SO GET OUT THERE TOO. HERE'S
- 51:35THE SITELET, OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG. GO OUT,
- 51:38GET REGISTERED, BOOK YOUR HOTEL. A COUPLE OF THEM ARE SOLD OUT,
- 51:42SO MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT THERE AND GET REGISTERED QUICKLY, AND
- 51:46LET'S PACK THAT ARENA OUT AND DO SOMETHING EVEN MORE EPIC THIS
- 51:50YEAR FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WANT TO
- 51:53PUT OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT I
- 51:56READ LAST WEEK, AND THEN I HAVE A LITTLE UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY.
- 51:59REMEMBER WE WERE RAISING MONEY FOR PASTOR BARB'S, THE LOT
- 52:04THERE, THREE AND A HALF ACRES BY THEIR CHURCH. AND WE LEARNED AS
- 52:06A CHURCH IN 2023, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OWN THE SPACE AROUND
- 52:12THE MINISTRY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED THE WRONG ENTITY SETTING UP
- 52:17SHOP BESIDE YOU. AND WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT.
- 52:21AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE AT THAT TIME TO BUY THE WHAT WE
- 52:24CALL THE PIZZA BUILDING. AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU BUY A BUILDING
- 52:28LIKE THAT, YOU DO INHERIT THE TENANTS, WHATEVER THEIR LEASE
- 52:31TERMS ARE. PEOPLE SAY, ARE YOU THE FIRST CHURCH THAT OWNS A
- 52:35BAR? NO, WE'RE REALLY NOT. THE POINT IS, IS THERE IS A BAR
- 52:39THERE THAT HAS BEEN THERE 50 YEARS OR SO, AND THEIR LEASE HAS
- 52:43TO REMAIN IN FORCE UPON PURCHASE. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN
- 52:46THAT THINGS DON'T GET NEGOTIATED, DIFFERENT THINGS
- 52:49DOWN THE ROAD. WE'VE HAD A FEW TENANTS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,
- 52:52THAT'S A BIG OLD CHURCH OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT AFFECT
- 52:55OUR BUSINESS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF THOSE
- 52:58TENANTS, IT'S PAYING FOR ITSELF. AND, BUT THE KEY THING IS WE
- 53:02FOUND OUT THAT IF ANOTHER INVESTOR WERE TO COME IN AND BUY
- 53:07THAT BUILDING, THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT THAT
- 53:10WOULD IMPEDE OUR OPERATIONS HERE, THAT WE'VE HAD A BEAUTIFUL
- 53:13MINISTRY HERE FOR 28 YEARS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THAT
- 53:16BUILDING. AND THEN IN THE PROCESS, I DON'T KNOW, EVERY
- 53:20BUILDING CAME UP AT ONCE. HOW GOD DID THAT, I AM STILL
- 53:24SCRATCHING MY HEAD. BUT ISN'T THAT THE WAY GOD IS? WHEN HE
- 53:27DOES AMAZING THINGS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS BE THE ONE TO
- 53:30FIGURE IT OUT. HE JUST DOES IT. IN THE PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO
- 53:34BUY THE BUILDING JUST TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS WHERE CENTRAL
- 53:37MAINTENANCE IS LOCATED. AND PASTOR MARK HAS TURNED A
- 53:40MAINTENANCE BUILDING TO LOOK LIKE A HIGH END FACILITY. IT'S
- 53:43INCREDIBLE OVER THERE. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN INTO THAT, PASTOR
- 53:47MARK, YOU HAVE DONE, I MEAN, PASTOR MARK HAS DONE JUST A
- 53:50REMARKABLE JOB. AND THEN OF COURSE, BACK HERE BEHIND US, WE
- 53:52CALL IT THE LORD OF HOSTS HEADQUARTERS. THAT'S WHERE MOST
- 53:55OF THE STAFF IS. AND REALLY WE OCCUPY MOST ALL THAT BUILDING.
- 54:01WE STILL HAVE THE BANK, EDWARD JONES GOT A LITTLE SPECK UP
- 54:03THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAVE JUST, THAT'S BEEN A GOD SEND.
- 54:09ONE POINT PASTOR CRUZ WAS LIKE, "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH
- 54:11OUR GROWING STAFF? THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE IN THE MAIN
- 54:14BUILDING." AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS EMPTY SPACE OVER THERE
- 54:17AND GOD SAID, "I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN YOUR LAP." SO THERE'S
- 54:19ALWAYS MORE THINGS TO COME. AND BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN TELLING
- 54:22YOU, THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE WORKS AND YOU WILL BE
- 54:26EXCITED ABOUT, BUT LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS, SO WE CAN'T TELL YOU
- 54:30EVERYTHING THAT'S UP AND COMING. DO YOU TRUST US BY NOW? DO YOU
- 54:34TRUST US? AND I WILL JUST SAY, IF I WERE PASTOR HANK AND I
- 54:39COULD IMITATE TRUMP, I WOULD SAY, "YOU'LL BE SO EXCITED.
- 54:42YOU'LL BE SO EXCITED." SO IN THE TRUMP WORDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE
- 54:46WOULD SAY IT, BUT IT'S VERY EXCITING. I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY,
- 54:51FORGET IT. I CAN'T IMITATE HIM, BUT THE KEY IS, IS I'LL HAVE AN
- 54:55UPDATE FOR YOU ON WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE'RE PAYING
- 54:58OFF THE REST OF THE AVL LINE OF CREDIT FOR THIS BIG BUILD, THIS
- 55:03MASSIVE, MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART EVERYTHING
- 55:08IN HERE. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT LET ME GIVE THE
- 55:10SCRIPTURE TO YOU. CAN I DO IT VERY QUICKLY? THIS IS 2
- 55:14CORINTHIANS 8:7-12. YOU KNOW THESE PASSAGES, BUT THIS IS FROM
- 55:17THE NEW LIVING. AND IT SAYS THIS, "SINCE YOU EXCEL IN SO
- 55:21MANY WAYS." I'LL SAY THIS, LORD OF HOSTS, YOU EXCEL. INTERNET
- 55:24CAMPUS, YOU EXCEL IN SO MANY WAYS. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO LIST
- 55:30ALL THE WAYS YOU EXCEL. BUT HERE HE LISTS OUT THE WAYS THAT THE
- 55:34CHURCH AT CORINTH WAS EXCELLING. HE SAID, "IN YOUR FAITH, IN YOUR
- 55:38GIFTED SPEAKERS, IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR ENTHUSIASM, AND
- 55:43IN YOUR LOVE FOR US, FROM US. AND I WANT YOU TO ALSO EXCEL IN
- 55:48THIS GRACIOUS ACT OF GIVING." SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXCEL IN
- 55:53HOW WE GIVE INTO THE WORK OF THE LORD. "FOR I AM NOT, I AM NOT
- 55:57COMMANDING THAT YOU DO THIS, BUT I AM TESTING HOW GENUINE YOUR
- 56:01LOVE IS BY COMPARING IT WITH THE EAGERNESS OF OTHER CHURCHES." IN
- 56:06OTHER WORDS, HE'S SAYING, "I'M GOING TO PUT YOUR TRUE LOVE TO
- 56:09THE TEST BY HOW YOU GIVE." NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS
- 56:13WAS A PRINCIPLE JESUS TAUGHT, DIDN'T HE? HE SAID, "YOU CAN'T
- 56:16LOVE GOD AND MONEY. EITHER YOU'LL HATE ONE AND LOVE THE
- 56:19OTHER, OR YOU'LL LOVE ONE AND HATE THE OTHER. SO HE SAID, "THE
- 56:23TREASURE OF A MAN'S HEART IS FOUND IN THEIR GIVING." WE CAN'T
- 56:27SAY WE LOVE GOD AND THEN NEVER GIVE TO HIM OR WE AREN'T
- 56:30FAITHFUL IN OUR GIVING. SO HE SAID, "JESUS, THE GRACE OF OUR
- 56:35LORD JESUS, THOUGH HE WAS RICH, YET FOR YOUR SAKES HE BECAME
- 56:37POOR, SO THAT BY HIS POVERTY HE COULD MAKE YOU RICH." AND YES,
- 56:42BY THE WAY, THAT INCLUDES NATURAL RICHES. I DON'T HAVE
- 56:45TIME TO BREAK THAT DOWN NOW, BUT NOTICE, REMEMBER, WE TEACH
- 56:48CONTEXT WHEN WE TEACH THE WORD, RIGHT? THE CONTEXT IS FINANCES.
- 56:53SO PEOPLE HAVE READ THAT VERSE TO SAY, "OH, IT JUST MEANS
- 56:55SPIRITUAL RICHES. IT CAN'T MEAN MONEY." NO, IT'S IN A MONEY
- 56:59CHAPTER. REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT? IT'S TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL
- 57:04RICHES. BUT HERE'S MY ADVICE, PAUL SAYS, HE SAID, "IT WOULD BE
- 57:08GOOD FOR YOU TO FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED A YEAR AGO." RIGHT? LAST
- 57:13YEAR, WE WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN OUR BUILDING GIVING BECAUSE WE
- 57:17HAD A TABERNACLE TO FINISH, RIGHT? THAT WAS THIS TIME LAST
- 57:20YEAR. HE SAID, "YOU WERE THE FIRST TO WANT TO GIVE AND YOU
- 57:23WERE THE FIRST TO BEGIN DOING IT." YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE
- 57:26YOUR MOTTO IN YOUR LIFE, ALL OF OUR LIVES. I WANT TO BE THE
- 57:29FIRST ONE WHEN THERE'S A NEED, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE THE ONE
- 57:33THAT'S STILL DOING IT UNTIL THE PROJECT'S FINISHED. "NOW YOU
- 57:37SHOULD FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED," HE SAID. "LET THE EAGERNESS YOU
- 57:40SHOWED IN THE BEGINNING BE MATCHED NOW BY YOUR GIVING. GIVE
- 57:45IN PROPORTION TO WHAT YOU HAVE." IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, THIS
- 57:50IS VERY IMPORTANT. EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT PART. SOME PEOPLE
- 57:54HAVE MORE WEALTH. SOME PEOPLE HAVE LOTS OF RESERVES. OTHERS
- 57:59ARE MAYBE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK OR YOU'RE ON ASSISTANCE. BUT YOU
- 58:03KNOW, NO AMOUNT OF WEALTH SEEMING NATURAL WEALTH OR LACK
- 58:07THEREOF SHOULD EXEMPT ANY OF US FROM GIVING. YOU KNOW WHAT THE
- 58:10BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU GIVE, GOD WILL MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND
- 58:14TOWARD YOU AND THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE ALL SUFFICIENCY IN
- 58:17ALL THINGS. IF WE BELIEVE THAT VERSE, THEN EVEN IF WE HAVE A
- 58:21LITTLE, COME ON, THE WIDOW TAUGHT US THAT. THAT EVEN IF YOU
- 58:25HAVE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT LITTLE WIDOW
- 58:28AND GO, OH NO, YOU POOR LITTLE THING, PUT THAT BACK IN YOUR
- 58:30POCKET. THAT'S ALL YOU'VE GOT. JUST PUT IT BACK. HE DIDN'T SAY
- 58:34THAT. NO, BECAUSE JESUS KNOWS THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT EVEN IF
- 58:39YOU HAVE A LITTLE, THAT'S A PLACE TO START. IF YOU'RE EAGER
- 58:42WITH THAT LITTLE BIT AND YOU STEWARD OVER IT AND YOU COMMIT
- 58:46YOUR PART, LIKE PAUL SAID, TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, GOD WILL
- 58:50EXPAND YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL. MAKE IT YOUR MISSION. I ALWAYS
- 58:55MADE IT OUR MISSION. I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN PASTOR AND I, YOU
- 58:58KNOW, OUR STORY OF HOW WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING STARTING OUT
- 59:01IN MINISTRY, BUT I MADE IT MY MISSION. I SAID, I AM NOT GOING
- 59:06TO LIVE FOREVER IN THE 20 BUCK A MONTH CLUB. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER
- 59:12EARLY AS A YOUNG WOMAN, WHEN I WAS FIRST, WHICH WAS BEFORE WE
- 59:16EVEN GOT MARRIED, I WOULD GIVE THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH THAT WE
- 59:19WERE IN AT THAT TIME HAD A BUILDING PROJECT. AND I GAVE $20
- 59:23WHEN I, EVERY ONCE A MONTH. AND LIKE I COULD AFFORD AND YOU
- 59:28KNOW, $20 FOR A SINGLE YOUNG WOMAN BACK THEN IN 1987 IS, YOU
- 59:35KNOW, THAT WAS A SACRIFICIAL, AT LEAST I FELT IT WASN'T A LOT,
- 59:38BUT IT WAS ENOUGH. BUT I DECIDED I DON'T WANT TO BE FOREVER IN
- 59:42THE $20 A MONTH CLUB. SEE, MAKE IT YOUR MISSION TO BE EAGER,
- 59:45LIKE PAUL SAID, BECAUSE YOU ARE THEN OPENING YOURSELF FOR THE
- 59:49NEXT LAYER. COME ON, SOMEBODY. A BLESSING THAT GOD WANTS TO BRING
- 59:54YOU INTO. SO DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH WHERE YOU ARE. SO THIS WAS
- 59:59PAUL, AND THEN HE SAID THIS LAST PART, AND I'LL FINISH THIS. GIVE
- 1:00:03A PROPORTION TO WHAT YOU HAVE. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF
- 1:00:05THAT. AND WHATEVER YOU GIVE IS ACCEPTABLE IF YOU DO IT EAGERLY.
- 1:00:12IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE EXCITED AND YOU DO IT AND GIVE ACCORDING
- 1:00:15TO WHAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? NOT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE. LISTEN, IF
- 1:00:20WE ALL LOOKED AT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE, LISTEN, I WOULDN'T HAVE
- 1:00:23BUILT A BUILDING IF WE WERE BASING IT ON WHAT WE DON'T HAVE,
- 1:00:26YOU KNOW? AND PASTOR KEPT ADDING THINGS. QUICK BACKSTORY AND THEN
- 1:00:32WE'RE GONNA GIVE. WHEN WE DID THIS, THE SOUTH HALF OF THE
- 1:00:36BUILDING, SOME OF YOU WERE HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT
- 1:00:38BEFORE WE ADDRESSED THIS AREA DOWN THERE, WE WERE, HOW MANY OF
- 1:00:43YOU GO BACK FAR ENOUGH BEFORE ANY REMODEL HAPPENED ON THE
- 1:00:46OUTSIDE? AND IT LOOKED AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE PIZZA BUILDING
- 1:00:50BACK THEN. THAT WAS A JOKE. AND WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE ARCHITECT
- 1:00:58REPHASE A LITTLE SPACE ON THE FRONT. IT MIGHT'VE JUST BEEN AS
- 1:01:01WIDE AS THESE FRONT ROW CHAIRS HERE, JUST TO SPECIFY SO PEOPLE
- 1:01:07AT LEAST KNEW WHAT DOOR TO GO IN TO GO TO CHURCH. BECAUSE THESE
- 1:01:10WERE BAYS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DOORS LOOKED THE SAME. WE
- 1:01:13LITERALLY WATCHED PEOPLE GO UP LOCKED, LOCKED, AND THEN ONE
- 1:01:16WOULD FINALLY OPEN. IT WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH. AND SO
- 1:01:21WE HAD THIS LITTLE SPACE ALL MARKED OUT. I THOUGHT, OKAY, WE
- 1:01:23CAN DO THAT. I THOUGHT, I'M GONNA GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
- 1:01:29WHERE THE THEATERS ARE. AND I THOUGHT,
- 1:01:30(IMITATES EXPLOSION)
- 1:01:32CHA-CHING. AND THEN HE GOES, AND I'M GONNA GO ALL THE WAY TO THE
- 1:01:35CORNER DOWN ON THE SOUTH SO AT LEAST THAT WHOLE SECTION WILL BE
- 1:01:39DONE. I THOUGHT, (IMITATES EXPLOSION)
- 1:01:41AND THEN HE GOES, KEEPS GOING IN EVERY MEETING. IT KEPT GROWING.
- 1:01:45AND THEN HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WOULDN'T LOOK RIGHT. WE HAVE
- 1:01:48TO GO AROUND THE CORNER 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T GO AROUND THE
- 1:01:51CORNER, THE FRONT WILL LOOK GREAT AND PEOPLE COMING IN FROM
- 1:01:55THE SIDE WON'T KNOW HOW GOOD IT LOOKS. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND
- 1:01:58THE CORNER. NOW HE'S DOING THE WHOLE SOUTH END. AND THEN HE
- 1:02:02SAID, "NO, WE GOTTA GO AROUND THAT BACK TOO, "BECAUSE IF WE
- 1:02:05DON'T GO AROUND THAT BACK, "THAT BUILDING IS DENTED BACK THERE
- 1:02:08AND IT LOOKS BAD." SO WE'RE GONNA GO AND PRETTY SOON THE
- 1:02:11WHOLE OUTSIDE WAS REDONE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD DID IT.
- 1:02:16BECAUSE YOU DON'T GO BY WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE. SO HERE'S WHAT WE'VE
- 1:02:21RAISED. OUR GOAL IS $400,000. 50 OF THAT IS GOING TO LIVING WORD
- 1:02:26IN SPENCER. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEIR CLOSING IS. IT'S THIS
- 1:02:30FALL. BUT WE WANTED TO PAY FOR THAT, 3 AND 1/2 ACRES, FOR
- 1:02:34$50,000 FOR THEM. AND THEN WE NEEDED $350,000 FOR THIS LINE OF
- 1:02:40CREDIT THAT WE'RE FINISHING OUT FROM THE BUILD HERE. AND SO WE
- 1:02:45RAISED $120,000 LAST WEEK. COME ON, GIVE GOD A HAND. WE ARE OVER
- 1:02:53A QUARTER OF A WAY FROM OUR GOAL. SO WE'RE GONNA GO ANOTHER
- 1:02:59ROUND THIS WEEK. HOW MANY OF YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THERE? I
- 1:03:03ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IT. AND WHAT A BLESSING FOR SPENCER THAT THEY
- 1:03:08CAN PAY CASH FOR THE PROPERTY. I MEAN, AND DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUT
- 1:03:12A LOAN AND DO ALL THE INTEREST AND ALL THE JUNK THAT GOES WITH
- 1:03:15THAT. AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR THINGS. WE'RE GONNA GET THIS
- 1:03:17BUILDING PAID OFF. AND THEN WE'VE GOT OTHER PROJECTS. I TOLD
- 1:03:20YOU, PUT IT IN YOUR BRAIN, PLANT IT IN THERE. SAY, "BRAIN, DON'T
- 1:03:24FORGET." YOU'RE GONNA REMEMBER THERE ARE SOME THINGS YET TO
- 1:03:27COME, AND YOU ARE GONNA BE VERY EXCITED. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT
- 1:03:32THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. EVERYBODY THAT'S GIVING,
- 1:03:36TO HELP WITH THE PROJECT, WE NEED TO GIVE INTO THE BUILDING
- 1:03:39FUND. OUR BUILDING FUND, THAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS LOWER
- 1:03:43AND IT'S WHY WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, FOLKS. OUR
- 1:03:46BUILDING FUND IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU OVER THIS
- 1:03:50LINE OF CREDIT. IF IT WAS AT LAST YEAR'S PACE, THIS WOULD NOT
- 1:03:54EVEN BE AN ISSUE. SO WE JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP. SO SEE
- 1:03:57RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS BUILDING THE TABERNACLE. I'M
- 1:03:59ASKING YOU TODAY TO GIVE A SACRIFICIAL SEED INTO THE
- 1:04:04BUILDING PROJECT. NOW DON'T NEGATE YOUR TITHE. DON'T NEGATE
- 1:04:07YOUR GENERAL GIVING. IT'S NOT GOOD TO SHIFT FROM ONE FUND TO
- 1:04:09ANOTHER. THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ADDITION, BUT A SPECIAL BUILDING
- 1:04:13THE TABERNACLE OFFERING AND LET'S GET ALL OF THIS KNOCKED
- 1:04:16OUT. AND I, I'M BELIEVING WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO OPENING THE
- 1:04:20HEAVENS WITH AN ABSOLUTE SURPLUS IN THE BUILDING FUND. HOW MANY
- 1:04:24OF YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA? I THINK THAT'S A
- 1:04:27GREAT IDEA. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR GIVING READY, THOSE OF
- 1:04:29YOU THAT ALREADY GOT THAT SACRIFICIAL SEED, THOSE OF YOU
- 1:04:32ONLINE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR THUMB ON THE BUTTON. LET'S GET READY,
- 1:04:36LET'S STAND UP ON OUR FEET AND DO IT TOGETHER. WE'RE GONNA ALL
- 1:04:39GIVE US ONE BODY TODAY. THAT'S WHY I LIKE US TO STAND. AND IT'S
- 1:04:44ALSO A SYMBOL OF YOU TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ENEMY, AGAINST
- 1:04:48ANY ATTACK IN YOUR OWN FINANCES. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, HOLD YOUR
- 1:04:54PHONE UP OR YOUR DEVICE, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, AND OF COURSE,
- 1:04:58EVERYONE WITH AN ENVELOPE, HOLD IT UP. THOSE OF YOU WITH MAIL,
- 1:05:01HOLD UP THAT MAIL ENVELOPE AND SAY THESE WORDS, SAY, LORD, I
- 1:05:05THANK YOU. AS I GIVE INTO THIS BUILDING PROJECT TODAY, AS I
- 1:05:10GIVE MY TITHE TODAY, AS I GIVE MY OFFERINGS TODAY, I THANK YOU,
- 1:05:16LORD, THAT YOU ARE INVESTING BACK INTO ME EVERY SCRIPTURE
- 1:05:21THAT THE WORD PROMISES CONCERNING MY GIVING. IT
- 1:05:25COMES TO PASS IN MY LIFE. I WORSHIP YOU AND I THANK YOU
- 1:05:31FOR IT. COME ON, IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. ALL RIGHT,
- 1:05:34PASTOR MATT, LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER.
- 1:05:37- THANK YOU, PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN. LET'S DECREE THIS
- 1:05:40TOGETHER, CHURCH, AND ALSO BELIEVE SHIFT CHANGE COMES IN
- 1:05:43OUR LIVES, AMEN? AMEN, WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY
- 1:05:48OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND
- 1:05:51DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO
- 1:05:56EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY
- 1:06:00THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED, FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING
- 1:06:04THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW.
- 1:06:09LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU,
- 1:06:12LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE
- 1:06:16UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS
- 1:06:21WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE,
- 1:06:24AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS
- 1:06:29NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW.
- 1:06:33NOW LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM, YOU'RE COMING INTO A SHIFT
- 1:06:37CHANGE, AMEN? YOU ARE COMING INTO A SHIFT CHANGE,
- 1:06:40AMEN? AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK.
- 1:06:42- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, PASTOR MATT, AND
- 1:06:47GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING. WOW,
- 1:06:51WE RAISED OVER $100,000. I THINK YOU OUGHTA, AND YOU THAT ARE
- 1:06:55WATCHING, I THINK YOU OUGHTA SAY YAY.
- 1:06:58- YAY. - AND THEN SAY THIS. WE'RE GONNA
- 1:07:02KNOCK THAT AMOUNT OUT. OKAY, LOOK AT
- 1:07:04SOMEBODY AND SAY, WE ARE GONNA GET IT DONE. AND THEN
- 1:07:07KINDA LOWER YOUR VOICE. WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE. NOW, WOMEN,
- 1:07:12IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT, HIGHER YOUR VOICE. AND I'M NOT
- 1:07:14GONNA IMITATE THAT ONE. THERE YOU GO. BUT WE'RE GONNA GET IT
- 1:07:18DONE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, HEY, I WANNA DO THIS BEFORE I PREACH.
- 1:07:22WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE NEW MEMBERS INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP.
- 1:07:29AND SO I'M GONNA GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE. SO WE'LL
- 1:07:32LET THE USHERS CONTINUE TO SERVE. SO LET ME JUST MAKE A
- 1:07:35COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS REAL FAST AND WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE THEM IN.
- 1:07:38IF YOU DIDN'T SEE ME LAST TUESDAY ON FLASHPOINT, I TOLD
- 1:07:42YOU I'D BE THERE, I WAS HERE. BUT THEY HAD TECHNICAL
- 1:07:45DIFFICULTIES. AND I DON'T KNOW, OUR FEED WASN'T FEEDING. SO I
- 1:07:51DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FASTING OR WHAT, BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT. SO
- 1:07:55I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. AND THEN I DO WANNA MENTION, THOSE
- 1:07:58OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WILL NOT BE ON THIS WEEK. AND AS YOU
- 1:08:01SAID, I TALKED TO PASTOR GENE FOR ALMOST A COUPLE HOURS
- 1:08:05YESTERDAY, JUST TELLING HIM, YOU KNOW, HE'S IN AGREEMENT. I JUST
- 1:08:07NEED, I NEED A DAY OFF. I THINK THAT'S WHAT, I THINK HE DOES. I
- 1:08:12MEAN, YOU DO MORE THAN ME, BUT I NEED A DAY OFF. AND I DON'T MEAN
- 1:08:15TO BE LIKE THAT. AND THE SECOND THING IS I HAVE TO GET CAUGHT UP
- 1:08:18ON SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I REALLY NEED TO DO. SO I'M
- 1:08:20NOT GONNA BE DOING MONDAYS. SO I'M GONNA HANG IN THERE WITH
- 1:08:23TUESDAYS, BUT I WON'T BE ON THIS WEEK 'CAUSE I ALREADY HAD SOME
- 1:08:25PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED STUFF. LIKE I SAID, I GOTTA HEAD TO THE
- 1:08:29CHICAGO AREA HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I HAD SOME OTHER
- 1:08:32THINGS SCHEDULED. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO OTH AND THEN INTO
- 1:08:37OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, I MAY MISS A TUESDAY HERE AND THERE, BUT I
- 1:08:40TOLD GENE, "HEY, YOU KNOW, I CAN SHOW UP ON ANOTHER NIGHT IF I
- 1:08:43HAVE TO. WE'LL WORK IT ON." BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO I
- 1:08:46DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT I'M GONNA STAY IN THERE, BUT IT MAY
- 1:08:51NOT BE AS REGULAR AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN JUST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
- 1:08:56I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A SEASON WHERE I WANT TO BUILD SOME
- 1:08:58THINGS HERE. BUT GOD SPOKE TO ME ABOUT THE MIDTERMS. I CAN'T TELL
- 1:09:02YOU WHAT IT IS YET, BUT HE SAID AT THE RIGHT TIME, RELEASE IT.
- 1:09:05AND I TOLD GENE, PROBABLY AROUND THE FIRST YEAR, I'M GONNA HAVE
- 1:09:09TO HIT IT HARD AGAIN. WE GOTTA SHIFT THIS NATION AGAIN. AND WE
- 1:09:13CANNOT LET OUR COUNTRY LOSE ANY GROUND. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO
- 1:09:16KNOW THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT'S AT. ALL RIGHT, THEN
- 1:09:19THE SECOND THING IS, BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE NEW MEMBERS IN, IF
- 1:09:21THEY COULD PUT A PICTURE UP OF MY BOY. I WANNA MAKE AN
- 1:09:24ANNOUNCEMENT. IT WAS LIKE A GUT PUNCH. JONATHAN WAS SCHEDULED TO
- 1:09:28FIGHT. THERE'S ALL OF HIS BELTS THAT HE HOLDS IN DIFFERENT
- 1:09:32CONFERENCES AND ALL OF HIS MEDALS. HE'S A WORLD CHAMP. HE
- 1:09:36WAS GONNA FIGHT ON THE OCTOBER 19TH CONTENDER SERIES WITH DANA
- 1:09:41WHITE AND ALL OF THAT. AND LAST WEEK HE WAS SPARRING, YOU KNOW,
- 1:09:46LIKE PRACTICING AND SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS RIB AND HE GOT
- 1:09:50INJURED. AND THEY SAID, "YOU CANNOT FIGHT." AND IT'S GONNA BE
- 1:09:57LIKE EIGHT WEEKS. I KNOW HE'S WATCHING RIGHT NOW, LIKE EIGHT
- 1:09:59WEEKS RECOVERY. THE UFC REACHED BACK OUT AND SAID, "JOHN, THIS
- 1:10:04IS, MAN, WE ARE GONNA STAND WITH YOU." NOW KEEP IN MIND, HE'S A
- 1:10:09TYPE ONE DIABETIC THAT WAS DIAGNOSED. HE WAS DIAGNOSED, I
- 1:10:12SHOULD SAY, AT THE AGE OF 10 AS A TYPE ONE DIABETIC. AND EVEN
- 1:10:16THE DIABETES ASSOCIATION IS SAYING, "THIS IS REMARKABLE WHAT
- 1:10:20THIS MAN IS DOING." THEY'RE BACKING HIM. SO I WANT YOU TO
- 1:10:24PUT UP THE OTHER GRAPHIC BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN AND THEY'VE
- 1:10:29ASKED HOW THEY CAN HELP JOHN WITH HIS RECOVERY. HE HAS TO
- 1:10:32TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE RECOVERY STUFF. BRENDA AND I DO
- 1:10:35WHAT WE CAN, WE SPONSOR HIM, BUT EVERYBODY HAS THINGS THAT THEY
- 1:10:41WANNA DO. AND IF YOU WANNA JUST ENCOURAGE HIM, IT WAS HARD
- 1:10:45CALLING A KID WHO'S WORKED HIS TAIL OFF AND THEN HAS TO GO TO
- 1:10:50THE RING AND FIGHT WITH BLOOD SUGAR SOMETIMES AT 400. YOU KNOW
- 1:10:55HOW MUCH THAT HURTS IN YOUR BODY? MOST PEOPLE, YOUR BLOOD
- 1:11:00SUGAR, IF IT'S NORMAL, IS 70 TO 100, MAYBE A LITTLE ABOVE. 400,
- 1:11:04YOU START FEELING YOUR KIDNEYS, YOU START FEELING IN YOUR
- 1:11:07JOINTS, YOUR MUSCLES, AND HE FIGHTS THROUGH THAT. SO IF YOU'D
- 1:11:10LIKE TO HELP HIM, HE SAID HE WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. THERE'S
- 1:11:14THE INFORMATION AND ANYTHING WOULD BE OF AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO
- 1:11:17HIM. IF YOU WANNA TUCK IN A LITTLE NOTE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
- 1:11:21CAN DO IT THAT WAY, BUT YOU CAN GO OUT TO HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
- 1:11:24ACCOUNTS. BUT I TOLD JOHN, I ALWAYS KNOW THIS, THAT WHAT
- 1:11:28LOOKS LIKE A SETBACK IS A SETUP. AND WHAT I AM PRAYING FOR IS THE
- 1:11:34CONTENDER SERIES. AND JOHN, I DIDN'T TELL YOU THIS, I KNOW
- 1:11:36YOU'RE WATCHING. MAYBE THIS IS TACKY TO SAY THIS WORLDWIDE, BUT
- 1:11:42I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOU. AND I FEEL LIKE THE CONTENDER SERIES
- 1:11:46WAS, IF YOU WIN RIGHT THEN AND THERE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD,
- 1:11:49THEY SIGN YOU RIGHT THERE TO THE UFC, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE THE
- 1:11:52NFL. IF YOU LOSE, YEAH, IT MAY BE A WHILE. I FEEL LIKE
- 1:11:58SOMETHING WITH HIS RIB WAS ALREADY FRAGILE. AND HAD HE GOT
- 1:12:02IN THE RING, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT TURNOUT. AND I AM
- 1:12:05PRAYING THAT THE UFC BYPASSES ALL OF THAT AND JUST OFFERS HIM
- 1:12:09A CONTRACT AND SAYS, "COME ON, WE GOT AN OPPONENT FOR YOU." SO,
- 1:12:12YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND JOHN, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO
- 1:12:16HONOR YOU. YOU'VE BEEN AN AMAZING MAN. I MEAN, WE ALWAYS
- 1:12:19SEE PASTOR MATT UP HERE AND SO ARE YOU, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A
- 1:12:22MOMENT TO HONOR YOU. YOU WALK WITH GOD, WHO YOU ARE AS A SON,
- 1:12:26BUT ALSO AS A HUMAN BEING. AND WE'RE GONNA STAND WITH YOU. AND
- 1:12:32WE LOVE YOU, GOLDEN TIGER. ALL RIGHT, I'LL TALK WITH YOU SOON.
- 1:12:35OKAY, ALL RIGHT, I THINK THE OFFERING HAS BEEN RECEIVED. IF
- 1:12:40YOU WENT THROUGH THE NEW MEMBER CLASS, IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND
- 1:12:43TO STAND UP, EXCUSE ME, AND COME FORWARD, WE WANNA RECEIVE YOU
- 1:12:47INTO OUR CHURCH FAMILY HERE. COME ON FORWARD AND JUST STAND
- 1:12:52RIGHT HERE. BY THE WAY, I REMEMBER YOU TOO. I
- 1:12:56REMEMBER WHEN YOU GOT SPIRIT-FILLED A FEW,
- 1:12:59WHAT WAS IT, A FEW WEEKS AGO?
- 1:13:01- PENTECOSTAL.
- 1:13:02- GOOD MEMORY. I MEAN, THAT IS LIKE, THAT IS A SPECIAL MOMENT
- 1:13:07WHEN YOU SAY PENTECOST SUNDAY. SO THAT IS REALLY, REALLY
- 1:13:10SPECIAL. AND I'VE JUST SEEN GOD'S TOUCH ON YOU. AND THANK
- 1:13:15YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE FAMILY. ARE YOU GUYS ENJOYING
- 1:13:18IT? I PRAY YOU ARE. GOOD. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU AS WELL. WELL,
- 1:13:22WE ALWAYS LIKE TO PRAY. AND THE REASON I LIKE TO DO THIS IS I
- 1:13:25LIKE TO LAY MY HANDS ON YOU 'CAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE
- 1:13:27SCRIPTURE THAT TALKS ABOUT PSALM 133. I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY HAVE
- 1:13:31HEARD OF IT. HEY, THERE'S OUR FRIEND. GOD SPOKE TO YOU LAST
- 1:13:35WEEK. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW,
- 1:13:39THERE'S A PRINCIPLE WHERE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HOW GOOD AND HOW
- 1:13:42PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. AND IT
- 1:13:45IS LIKE THE ANOINTING, THE POWER OF GOD THAT COMES DOWN UPON THE
- 1:13:50HEAD. WELL, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHO GOD CHOOSES. OBVIOUSLY THAT
- 1:13:53WOULD BE PASTOR BRENNAN AND I AND OUR LEADERSHIP HERE. BUT
- 1:13:56THEN IT COMES DOWN ON THE BEARD, WHICH IS LEADERSHIP, BUT THEN IT
- 1:13:59COMES DOWN ON THE BODY. AND I REALLY ALWAYS LIKE TO PRAY THAT
- 1:14:02WHATEVER GRACE THAT GOD HAS PUT ON THE MINISTRY WILL COME ON
- 1:14:06YOUR LIFE. ISN'T THAT AWESOME? SO THAT YOU CAN THRIVE. NOW WE
- 1:14:13RECEIVE YOU ALSO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT,
- 1:14:18I'M AN E-MEMBER, I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS AS WELL. AND NOW
- 1:14:23HERE'S THE THING THAT I WANT TO DO IS I JUST WANT TO LET YOU
- 1:14:27KNOW THAT WE RECEIVE YOU IN. SO PASTOR BRENDA, DO YOU HAVE A
- 1:14:29MICROPHONE? - I DO.
- 1:14:31- OH, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T SEE IT LIKE THIS. YOU THREW ME
- 1:14:35OUT. COULD YOU PRAY OVER THE PRECIOUS PEOPLE THAT WE'RE
- 1:14:37GOING TO COME DOWN AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO LAY OUR HANDS
- 1:14:38ON YOU AND RECEIVE YOU INTO FELLOWSHIP.
- 1:14:40- THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE JOINING ONLINE AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 1:14:43IN THE ROOM, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS COMMITTING
- 1:14:47THEMSELVES TO THIS MINISTRY THROUGH THEIR ACT OF SERVICE,
- 1:14:51THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR DEDICATION TO JOIN THE CHURCH
- 1:14:54FAMILY. AND FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU. LET THIS BE A NEW
- 1:14:57CHAPTER IN THEIR LIFE. I PRAY, FATHER, THAT THIS WILL BE A
- 1:15:00TURNING OF A PAGE. AN OLD SEASON IS GONE, IT'S PASSED AWAY. AND
- 1:15:04FATHER, WE PRAY AS WE RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP IN
- 1:15:08HERE AND THOSE ONLINE, WE RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS
- 1:15:11FELLOWSHIP. AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU NOW THAT EACH ONE GROWS,
- 1:15:15THEY FLOURISH, THEIR GIFTS, THEIR TALENTS, THEIR ABILITIES
- 1:15:19WILL BE RIGHTED. IT'LL BE, IT'LL LOCK INTO PLACE. AND WE THANK
- 1:15:23YOU, LORD, THAT ALL THAT YOU HAVE CALLED THEM TO DO AND TO
- 1:15:26BECOME, IT SHALL MANIFEST POWERFULLY IN THEIR LIFE IN
- 1:15:31JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. - THANK YOU, LORD.
- 1:15:33- AMEN. AMEN. - AMEN. AMEN.
- 1:15:35- WELL, WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN THERE AND WE'RE GONNA
- 1:15:37RECEIVE YOU INTO FELLOWSHIP. BRENDA, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE
- 1:15:39LEFT. YOU KNOW, SHE IS LEFT-HANDED, SO WE'LL GO TO THE
- 1:15:41RIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU, I JUST GOTTA ASK THIS.
- 1:15:43- THE STAIRS ARE SKINNIER ON THAT SIDE.
- 1:15:45- I GOTTA ASK THIS, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HOW MANY OF
- 1:15:47YOU, YOU ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND ONE OF YOU IS LEFT
- 1:15:49-HANDED, THE OTHER ONE'S RIGHT? AH, ISN'T THAT AMAZING? SO YOU
- 1:15:53HAVE TO, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO EAT, YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE
- 1:15:55OPPOSITE END 'CAUSE YOU HIT EACH OTHER. YOU EVER DO THAT? SEE,
- 1:15:58WE'RE NORMAL PEOPLE. SEE, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- 1:16:01FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE TWO.
- 1:16:02- YES, LORD, THANK YOU, JESUS. - RELEASE THAT ANOINTING, WE
- 1:16:05RELEASE THAT GRACE, AND WE RECEIVE
- 1:16:07THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP. MAN, WHEN I TOUCH YOU,
- 1:16:10I JUST HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST TELL ME TO TELL YOU, BE
- 1:16:12VERY OPEN, WHERE GOD WANTS TO HAVE YOU DO SOMETHING IN
- 1:16:16COMMUNITY EFFORTS, SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS GONNA HAVE
- 1:16:20YOUR EFFORTS, YOUR HANDS, YOUR VOICE, THAT IS GONNA HELP SHIFT
- 1:16:23SOME THINGS, AND WRITE SOME THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. LORD,
- 1:16:28WE RELEASE THAT GRACE, WE RECEIVE THIS ONE INTO THIS
- 1:16:32FELLOWSHIP. AND I THANK YOU, LORD. MAN, KEEP HITTING THE
- 1:16:35STREETS, 'CAUSE THERE'S A GRACE ON YOU TO WIN A LOT OF PEOPLE
- 1:16:38FOR THE LORD. FATHER, WE RELEASE THE ANOINTING, THE GRACE THAT
- 1:16:42YOU HAVE PLACED UPON THIS HOUSE, IT STANDS UPON THIS ONE.
- 1:16:46OVERCOMES. LORD, THERE'S A PURSUING, A RECOVERING OF ALL.
- 1:16:53THINGS LOST, THINGS RETURNED. FATHER, I SEE THAT. AND I EVEN
- 1:16:57SPEAK REGARDING FAMILY. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, WE THANK
- 1:17:02YOU FOR THESE TWO, LEFT AND RIGHT, WORKING TOGETHER. FATHER,
- 1:17:07I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CALLED OF YOU. AND SO WE RELEASE THAT
- 1:17:11ANOINTING. WE RELEASE THE GRACE THAT IS UPON THIS HOUSE. FATHER,
- 1:17:15I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HELP TO BE PART OF A
- 1:17:18STRONG DISCIPLESHIP AND TRAINING AS A COUPLE, AND THEY'RE GONNA
- 1:17:24BE KNOWN FOR GOOD DOCTRINE. AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TEACH AND
- 1:17:28BE UNDER GOOD DISCIPLESHIP OF THIS HOUSE THAT WILL POSITION
- 1:17:33THEM FOR SUCH A THING. LORD, WE RELEASE THAT ANOINTING AND THAT
- 1:17:36GRACE IS UPON THIS HOUSE AND WE THANK YOU. WOW, WOW. I USUALLY
- 1:17:45DON'T MINISTER TO PEOPLE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE
- 1:17:48THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
- 1:17:50THERE'S NO ISSUES REGARDING YOUR BODY. GOD IS JUST ALIGNING
- 1:17:54SOMETHING OVER YOUR HEALTH AND OVER YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU, LORD.
- 1:17:59LORD, I RELEASE THAT ANOINTING, THE GRACE THAT IS UPON THIS
- 1:18:02HOUSE. WE RECEIVE THIS ONE INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP IN YESHUA'S
- 1:18:07NAME. YOU'VE ASKED, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE. YOU'RE IN A
- 1:18:11MOMENT OF RECEIVING. I CAN SEE THAT. LORD, WE RELEASE THAT
- 1:18:14ANOINTING. WE RECEIVE THIS ONE. WE RELEASE THAT GRACE. WE
- 1:18:19RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP IN JESUS' NAME. I SAW
- 1:18:23THE LORD. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. AND I JUST
- 1:18:27SEE PEOPLE TELLING YOU, NO, YOU'VE BEEN TELLING YOURSELF NO,
- 1:18:30BUT GOD SAYS THE ANSWER OVER YOU IS YES AND AMEN. AND SO YOU WILL
- 1:18:34SEE IT. AND SO IT WILL BE. NOW LORD, YOU ALREADY SPOKE. AND WE
- 1:18:38THANK YOU FOR THAT THING BEING SET IN MOTION. WE RELEASE THAT
- 1:18:41ANOINTING. WE RECEIVE THE GRACE. - YES, OH GOD.
- 1:18:43- WE RELEASE THAT GRACE, RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP, INTO
- 1:18:46THIS HOUSE IN YESHUA'S NAME. - YES, LORD.
- 1:18:49- THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE
- 1:18:52LAST THING. I JUST SEE YOU LIKE WITH A MEMORY BOOK AND ALL THE
- 1:18:56THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND STUFF IS ALL GONNA BE A MEMORY BECAUSE
- 1:19:00THERE IS SUCH A NEW SEASON THAT YOU'RE ENTERING INTO AND A NEW
- 1:19:05CHAPTER BEING WRITTEN. LORD, I RELEASE THE ANOINTING. WE
- 1:19:09RELEASE THE GRACE. WE RECEIVE HIM INTO THIS HOUSE IN YESHUA'S
- 1:19:12NAME. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY HERE, THE BALM OF GILEAD IS JUST GOING
- 1:19:15OVER YOUR LIFE AND OVER YOUR BODY AND EVEN ALL TO YOUR FLESH.
- 1:19:20AND EVEN YOUR WORK OF YOUR HANDS ARE GONNA GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF
- 1:19:23INCREASE AND PROSPERITY AS RESOURCES ARE GONNA FIND YOU.
- 1:19:29YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO LOOK FOR IT. THEY'RE GONNA FIND YOU.
- 1:19:31SO GOD SAYS, "GET READY, YOUR HANDS ARE GONNA BE BUSY IN
- 1:19:33YESHUA'S NAME." ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S STAND ON OUR FEET REAL
- 1:19:35QUICK. STRETCH. THANK YOU, GUYS. WE LOVE YOU. WE RECEIVE THEM.
- 1:19:39COME ON, THAT'S YOUR FAMILY. AMEN. AND ALSO, WE RELEASE THAT
- 1:19:45GRACE. YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR SEATS. WE RELEASE THE GRACE UPON
- 1:19:49EVERY E-MEMBER AND THOSE THAT ARE BEING RECEIVED INTO THIS
- 1:19:52HOUSE. MAY IT BE ALSO FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR HOUSE IN YESHUA'S
- 1:19:56NAME. AMEN. PASTOR DOJI, THAT'S A PASTOR FRIEND OF YOURS THERE,
- 1:20:01RIGHT? I JUST SAW AS I WAS WALKING BY, THERE IS A MIRACLE.
- 1:20:06WHEN I'M TELLING YOU A MIRACLE COMING REGARDING A FACILITY,
- 1:20:11DON'T GET COMFORTABLE, DON'T GET COMFORTABLE, 'CAUSE THERE'S
- 1:20:15SOMETHING I SEE OF A BUILDING, A FACILITY THAT IS BIGGER THAN
- 1:20:20WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU'VE KNOWN. THERE IS AN EXPANSION AND
- 1:20:23A GROWTH. YOU'VE BEEN ABOUT A FEW, BUT NOW GOD SAYS YOU'RE
- 1:20:28GONNA BE ABOUT MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY ARE COMING TO YOU. GREAT
- 1:20:32NUMBERS, EXPANSION, MINISTRY, DISCIPLESHIP, TRAINING,
- 1:20:37SCHOOLING, ALL OF THIS IS ABOUT TO COME. AND SO THERE'S
- 1:20:40SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE'S EVEN A FAVOR
- 1:20:43THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE CITY, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE
- 1:20:46GOVERNMENT, WHERE THIS FACILITY IS GONNA COME, AND IT'S GONNA BE
- 1:20:51MIRACULOUS. SO GET READY. THE LORD SAYS, "START THINKING
- 1:20:54BIGGER, "START PRAYING BIGGER, AND GET YOUR EYES AND START
- 1:20:58LOOKING," 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SHOW WHAT I HAVE. IT'S GONNA BE
- 1:21:00REVEALED. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN QUICKLY. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL,
- 1:21:04YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. I WANNA TALK TO YOU TODAY. OPEN
- 1:21:09YOUR BIBLES, PLEASE, TO ISAIAH CHAPTER, WHAT IS THAT, MY
- 1:21:14GLASSES. I WAS TRYING CONTEXT, ISAIAH 42, I WAS TRYING CONTEXT
- 1:21:18TO READ AND THE ONES THAT THEY GAVE ME, I JUST DON'T THINK
- 1:21:21THEY'RE STRONG ENOUGH. SO I'M LIKE, I THINK I'M GONNA, LIKE,
- 1:21:24FOR THE FOURTH TIME, NOT DO IT. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTEXT TO
- 1:21:27READ? YOU EVER NOTICE THAT IT MIGHT BE, BUT THEN IT'S LIKE
- 1:21:31WHEN YOU TRY TO LOOK OUT, IT MIGHT BE BLURRY. HAVE YOU HAD
- 1:21:34THAT YET? I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T LIKE IT. SO I'M
- 1:21:37BELIEVING FOR MY EYES. WOULD YOU BELIEVE FOR MY EYES? LISTEN, YOU
- 1:21:41CAN SEE HOW GOOD MY EYES ARE. LOOK AT MY WIFE, MAN. I MEAN,
- 1:21:44DID YOU SEE WHAT, I WAS ABLE TO FIND THAT FOXY MAMA, AND IT
- 1:21:50TAKES SOME GOOD EYES TO LOCATE THAT GIRL. BRENDA, YOUR NICKNAME
- 1:21:55IS SURE FINE. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT ISAIAH 42. NOW, WE ARE IN A TIME
- 1:22:02OF A, I WANT YOU TO SAY IT, SHIFT, CHANGE. NOW, THIS IS NOT
- 1:22:07PUNISHMENT. THE ONLY WAY IT BECOMES PUNISHMENT IS IF YOU
- 1:22:11DON'T OBEY IT, OKAY? YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE
- 1:22:14BIT ABOUT MINDSETS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTA GET OUT OF
- 1:22:18MINDSETS, BUT REALLY WHAT I CALL MINE-SETS, M-I-N-E, MINE-SET.
- 1:22:23IT'S UP TO ME. I AM GOING TO DETERMINE IT. NOW, IF YOU ARE A
- 1:22:27PERSON THAT IS BOUND BY SOCIAL MEDIA, 'CAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE, A
- 1:22:34LOT OF TIMES, SOCIAL MEDIA IS ALL ABOUT YOU. YOU GOTTA BE
- 1:22:38CAREFUL, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. IF YOU'RE ALL ABOUT YOUR
- 1:22:45CAREER, YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. IF YOU'RE ALL ABOUT YOUR TIME, YOUR
- 1:22:53RECREATION, WHAT YOU WANNA DO, YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. AND SO, IT
- 1:22:59REALLY ISN'T, IT'S NOT THAT GOD'S TORTURING US OR WHIPPING
- 1:23:02US, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY, LOOK, IF YOU WILL
- 1:23:06GIVE ME YOUR WILL, IF YOU WILL OBEY WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE
- 1:23:11LORD'S ASKING YOU, THEN YOU WILL MAKE A SHIFT THAT WILL ACTUALLY
- 1:23:15BRING YOU INTO ADVANCEMENT. OKAY, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS.
- 1:23:19SO, IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 42, GOD MAKES IT VERY CLEAR. HE SAYS,
- 1:23:23BEHOLD, IN OTHER WORDS, PAY ATTENTION. REMEMBER, WE'RE IN
- 1:23:265786. THAT'S THE HEBREW YEAR. IT'S THE CALENDAR YEAR. IT'S THE
- 1:23:31HEBREW HEY, WHICH MEANS PAY ATTENTION. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT
- 1:23:34YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, THAT MEANS ME.
- 1:23:40ANYWAY, BUT PAY ATTENTION. HEY, EVERYBODY SAY HEY.
- 1:23:45- WELL, WHAT IS GOD TRYING TO TELL US TO PAY ATTENTION TO?
- 1:23:48LOOK AT ISAIAH 42:9. "BEHOLD, FORMER THINGS ARE COMING TO
- 1:23:51PASS." IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A SHIFT CHANGE, JUST LIKE AT A
- 1:23:54JOB. THERE'S A TIME WHEN MAYBE THE FIRST SHIFT WORK, THAT TIME
- 1:23:59FRAME IS ALREADY OVER, IT'S COMPLETE. NOW A NEW SHIFT COMES.
- 1:24:04HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN PART IN THE WORKFORCE OF A SHIFT
- 1:24:07CHANGE, RIGHT? OR YOU WERE PART OF THAT? IT'S AN END OF ONE
- 1:24:10TIME, ONE SEASON, TO NOW SOMETHING NEW, A NEW SEASON. SO
- 1:24:15OLD THINGS COME TO PASS, AND THE MORE YOU HOLD ON TO YOUR PAST,
- 1:24:19OR EVEN YOUR PRESENT MOMENT, YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. YOU GOTTA BE
- 1:24:23WILLING TO SAY, GOD, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT FOR ME TO GIVE
- 1:24:26UP, I'LL DO IT. SO THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS. THERE
- 1:24:30IS AN END TO IT. AND A NEW THING I DECLARE. NOW THAT'S THE SHIFT.
- 1:24:35NOW GOD'S TRYING TO TELL US, BECAUSE SEPTEMBER 22ND OF THIS
- 1:24:39YEAR, WE ENTER INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH NEW
- 1:24:43YEAR. THAT'S HOW GOD LOOKS AT THINGS THROUGH EVENTS, BUT HE
- 1:24:45DOES HONOR CERTAIN THINGS ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT HE CAN TAKE
- 1:24:49THESE EVENTS AND GIVE US A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT HE WANTS TO
- 1:24:53DO. WELL, 5786, THIS NEW YEAR, 2026, IS ABOUT A LINE IN THE
- 1:25:01SAND. THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE HEBREW MEANS, WHERE GOD'S
- 1:25:04DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND, BUT SO DO YOU, SO THAT YOU CAN COME
- 1:25:07INTO THE GREATEST THINGS THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, WHEN
- 1:25:12I WAS TALKING WITH JOHN ON THE PHONE, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO
- 1:25:16GIVE HIM A LITTLE SPACE. I SAID TO HIM, I SAID, JOHN, THERE'S
- 1:25:18TWO PRINCIPLES THAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY LIFE. AND THIS IS
- 1:25:21EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE ELECTION TO SAY
- 1:25:25THAT THINGS HAS BEEN EASY FOR THIS VESSEL, OH MY GOSH, YOU
- 1:25:28KNOW, I'VE HAD TO, WHEW, WE'VE HAD TO GET THE PRAYER TEAM
- 1:25:30FASTING AND PRAYING, IT'S JUST BEEN, THERE'S BEEN AN INTENSITY
- 1:25:34OF THINGS. AND IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING, TWO
- 1:25:37PRINCIPLES, NUMBER ONE, THE CHARACTER OF GOD. IF GOD SAYS
- 1:25:42ABOUT HIMSELF THAT HE IS A GOD THAT DOESN'T LIE, HE SAID, "LET
- 1:25:46GOD BE TRUE AND EVERY MAN A LIAR," THAT MEANS WHATEVER GOD
- 1:25:50SAYS IN HIS WORD, YOU CAN BANK ON IT. WHAT GOD HAS SAID ABOUT
- 1:25:55HIS CHARACTER, YOU CAN BANK ON IT. SO I TOLD JOHN, I SAID,
- 1:25:58"JOHN, THE KEY IS "IS THE CHARACTER OF GOD." HE SAYS, "I'M
- 1:26:01THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER." SO IMAGINE THIS FOR A
- 1:26:05MOMENT. CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING MOSES? AND HERE YOU ARE, THIS
- 1:26:08GUY THAT IS GIVING EVERY KIND OF EXCUSE UNDER THE SUN. I CAN'T, I
- 1:26:13WON'T, I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH, I'M NOT QUALIFIED, I DON'T SPEAK
- 1:26:17RIGHT, I DON'T DO THIS RIGHT, I CAN'T. REMEMBER MOSES? AND THEN
- 1:26:22GOD FINALLY GETS HIM AND TELLS HIM, TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, COME
- 1:26:25ON, THAT'S AN OLD SEASON. TAKE OFF THOSE SHOES. IT'S NOT ABOUT
- 1:26:29YOU, MOSES, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR WALK, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR FLESH,
- 1:26:32IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR WAYS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR TIMING, MOSES,
- 1:26:35IT'S ABOUT ME. NOW TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF, AND I'M GONNA SHIFT
- 1:26:40YOU. AND THEN HE TELLS HIM, HE SAYS, HEY, TAKE THAT STICK AND
- 1:26:44THROW IT DOWN, BECAUSE THE SHIFT THAT I'M ASKING YOU DOESN'T COME
- 1:26:48WITHOUT THIS PRINCIPLE, SUPERNATURAL ENABLEMENT. WHEN
- 1:26:54GOD SHIFTS YOU, GET READY, THE SUPERNATURAL IS GOING TO EXCEL
- 1:27:00YOUR NATURAL. AND GOD SAID TO HIM, HE SAID, "AND HERE'S WHAT
- 1:27:06I'M GONNA DO. "WHEN YOU GO, YOU TELL THEM I AM SENT YOU." AND I
- 1:27:14SAID TO GOD THE OTHER DAY, I WAS OUTSIDE, I WENT OUTSIDE TO PRAY,
- 1:27:16THE STARS WERE BEAUTIFUL. I SAID, "GOD, LISTEN TO ME." I
- 1:27:21SAID, "I STAND IN THIS MOMENT OF THE AWE AND THE WONDER "OF WHAT
- 1:27:26MY EYES SEE AS I LOOK AT YOUR PLANETS, "YOUR STARS, GOD, OF
- 1:27:32ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD SAY TO MAN. "WHEN YOU CAME AND YOU
- 1:27:35INTRODUCED YOURSELF, "YOU SAID, 'I AM.' "I SAID, 'GOD, I TREMBLE
- 1:27:40IN THE HONOR OF THAT.' "THAT MEANS I AM GONNA HELP YOU. "I AM
- 1:27:45GONNA HEAL YOU IF YOU NEED HEALING. "I AM GONNA PROVIDE FOR
- 1:27:49YOU IF YOU NEED PROVISION. "I AM GONNA LEAD YOU IN THE WAY AND I
- 1:27:53WON'T LET YOU DROWN. "I AM GONNA STAND WITH YOU AND I'M GONNA
- 1:27:58HELP YOU." I SAID, "WHAT A NAME." COME ON, JUST TELL HIM
- 1:28:02THAT. I AM. OH, GOD, WE WORSHIP AND HONOR YOU. I SAID, "THAT IS
- 1:28:08SO AMAZING TO ME." I SAID, "I KINDA LIKE THAT NAME." BUT I
- 1:28:12SAID, "BUT GOD, WHEN YOU CAME "AND YOU WALKED PAST MOSES, YOU
- 1:28:18INTRODUCED YOURSELF," AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS SHARING WITH JOHN.
- 1:28:22"YOU SAID, 'I AM THE LORD GOD. "'I AM,' THAT'S HIS NAME AGAIN,
- 1:28:26"'I AM THE LORD GOD. "'AND I AM FULL OF SUCH GOODNESS, ABSOLUTE
- 1:28:31GOODNESS. "'YOU CAN'T FIND ANY BAD IN ME. "'AND I'M FULL OF
- 1:28:35MERCY, LOVING KINDNESS, AND TRUTH.'" SO NO MATTER WHAT
- 1:28:40YOU'RE FACING OR YOU THINK IS SO DIFFICULT IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU
- 1:28:43THAT ARE WATCHING, FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE I AM. I AM WHAT?
- 1:28:48EVERYTHING YOU NEED. I AM ABLE TO DO IT. I'M CAPABLE OF DOING
- 1:28:53IT. AND I AM WITH YOU. BUT HERE'S WHAT'S EVEN MORE POWERFUL
- 1:28:58ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER GOD, YOU CAN REST.
- 1:29:03YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN FEAR. BUT THEN THE SECOND PRINCIPLE I
- 1:29:06TOLD THEM IS THIS, EPHESIANS 3:20. WHENEVER GOD DOES
- 1:29:10SOMETHING WITH YOU, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP
- 1:29:13SOMETHING OR SOMETHING HAPPENED OR SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING OUT
- 1:29:16OR HOW MUCH LONGER, COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER PRAYED THOSE
- 1:29:19PRAYERS? GOD, HOW MUCH LONGER? MAN, I USED TO DO THAT OVER THIS
- 1:29:22BUILDING. HOW MUCH LONGER? I'M TIRED OF AN UGLY BUILDING. AND
- 1:29:27THEN ONE TIME GOD TOLD ME ABOUT THE MANGER AND HOW THAT WAS
- 1:29:29UGLY. AND ONE TIME I TOLD HIM, I TOLD YOU THIS LAST WEEK, I SAID,
- 1:29:32"LORD, I DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT STORY AGAIN." I TOLD HIM, I
- 1:29:36SAID, "YOU KNOW, LORD, SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE GET OLD, THEY START
- 1:29:39REPEATING STORIES." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:29:44HE SAID, NO, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HE SAID TO ME, HE SAID,
- 1:29:46NO, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO ME, HE GOES, "NOW, THAT IS FUNNY,
- 1:29:49BUT IT'S NOT TRUE." I SAID, "OKAY, THEN I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON
- 1:29:53IT. IT'S NOT TRUE ABOUT YOU, BUT IT'S TRUE ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE
- 1:29:55EARTH." ANYWAY, SO HE DID LIKE IT. HE THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF
- 1:29:58FUNNY. BUT YOU KNOW, AND I WAS BEING HONEST WITH HIM, AND I
- 1:30:01SAID, YOU KNOW, DON'T TELL ME THAT STORY, I DON'T WANNA HEAR
- 1:30:03IT. IT'S NOT RELEVANT FOR MY PRESENT NEED. BUT EPHESIANS 3:20
- 1:30:08IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE LEARNED IS THIS. GOD DOES EXCEEDINGLY,
- 1:30:14ABUNDANTLY, BEYOND WHAT YOU COULD ASK OR THINK IF HE'S GOING
- 1:30:20TO SHIFT YOU. RIGHT, AND I TOLD YOU THE PRINCIPLE OF HEBREWS 10,
- 1:30:25THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE COVENANTS, GOD TAKES AWAY THE
- 1:30:28OLD, NOT TO TORTURE YOU, BUT TO BLESS YOU. AND IF HE'S GONNA
- 1:30:35BLESS YOU IN THE SHIFT CHANGE, IT'S GONNA BE ACCORDING TO
- 1:30:38EPHESIANS 3:20, IT'S GONNA BE EXCEEDINGLY, IT'S GONNA BE
- 1:30:44ABUNDANT, AND IT'S GONNA BE ON WHAT YOU COULD ASK OR THINK.
- 1:30:47IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS
- 1:30:52PLACE. THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE. I MEAN, IF I COULD HAVE SEEN, SAW
- 1:30:55THIS, SEEN THIS, WHATEVER THE CORRECT ENGLISH IS, DON'T
- 1:30:58CORRECT ME. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS, SO YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
- 1:31:02IF THIS WAS REVEALED TO ME, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT
- 1:31:06MORE, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW, BRENDA, YOU WERE WITH ME
- 1:31:09IN THE JOURNEY. I THINK I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A
- 1:31:11LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT. YOU UNDERSTAND?
- 1:31:15SO GOD IS TRYING TO GET US PREPARED FOR SOMETHING THAT IS
- 1:31:18REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GREAT IN THIS SHIFT CHANGE. I WANT YOU TO
- 1:31:21GO TO ROMANS 12 AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA PICK BACK UP AND I WANNA
- 1:31:24KINDA HIT SOME THINGS HERE. I GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME
- 1:31:28SENSITIVE TODAY 'CAUSE I HAVE A FLIGHT. BUT ROMANS 12, I DIDN'T
- 1:31:32WANNA MISS THE SERVICE, SO I WANTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU, SO I
- 1:31:35WORKED SOME THINGS OUT. SO ROMANS 12, LOOK HERE, IT SAYS,
- 1:31:39"I BESEECH YOU, THEREFORE, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD." SO IF YOU,
- 1:31:44HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA COME INTO THE ALIGNMENT THAT YOU FULFILL
- 1:31:48THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE? HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER FIELD
- 1:31:55DAY OR TRACK AND FIELD DAY? RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OF YOU
- 1:31:57THAT ARE WATCHING. AND THE MEDAL OR THE RIBBON THAT I HATED WAS
- 1:32:04THE HONORABLE MENTION OR PARTICIPATE. NOW, YOU'RE
- 1:32:09SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD SPORT, RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU
- 1:32:12SUCK, YOU KNOW YOU SUCKED AT IT, IT'S LIKE, WHY DEGRADE THE KID?
- 1:32:20YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE SLOWEST TURTLE ON THE TRACK TEAM, RIGHT?
- 1:32:24YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE ONE THAT THEY HAD TO PUT AT THE END OF
- 1:32:27THE RELAY, THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU, BUT THEY GOTTA FULFILL THE FACT
- 1:32:30THAT, RIGHT? IT'S FIELD DAY, IT'S SIXTH GRADE, RIGHT? BRING
- 1:32:33THE TURTLE. GIVE YOU AN HONORABLE MENTION. I DON'T KNOW
- 1:32:40WHAT MY POINT IS. WHAT'S MY POINT? I WAS MAKING SUCH A GREAT
- 1:32:46POINT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POINT WAS. HUH? I WAS ON ROMANS
- 1:32:5212, SO LET'S ROAM BACK THERE. MAYBE THEY'LL COME BACK TO ME.
- 1:32:57LORD, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE POINT WAS. HMM, ANYWAY, JUST
- 1:33:03RECEIVE THAT, WHATEVER THAT WAS. YOU'RE WORTH MORE THAN HONORABLE
- 1:33:07MENTION. NOW, IT SAYS PRESENT YOUR, OH, THE GOOD, OKAY, THAT'S
- 1:33:11RIGHT. I KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S A GREAT POINT. SO HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:33:15WOULD RATHER HAVE THE GOLD, THE SILVER, OR THE BRONZE? NOT THE
- 1:33:22HONORABLE MENTION CERTIFICATE, RIGHT? WELL, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE
- 1:33:29TO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE WILL OF GOD, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF
- 1:33:32THE WILL OF GOD. YOU DON'T WANT THE LOW LEVEL. YOU WANT THE
- 1:33:35HIGHEST METAL POSSIBLE, RIGHT? YOU WANT THE PERFECT WILL OF
- 1:33:39GOD. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. YOU'VE GOT TO SHIFT IN
- 1:33:42YOUR MIND, BUT YOUR MIND. NOW NOTICE HOW TO DO IT. THEREFORE,
- 1:33:46BY THE MERCIES OF GOD, I PRESENT YOUR BODIES AS A LIVING
- 1:33:49SACRIFICE. SO THE FIRST THING IS, IS A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT
- 1:33:53ENERGY AND TIME INTO THEIR BODIES, SUPPLEMENTS, VITAMINS,
- 1:33:56EXERCISE. KEEP DOING IT, KEEP DOING IT. DO A LITTLE EXTRA FOR
- 1:34:00ME. AND HOPEFULLY GOD WILL GIVE ME CREDIT, YOU KNOW, WORK ON ME.
- 1:34:04BUT HERE'S THE POINT, DON'T BE A PERSON THAT YOU PUT ALL YOUR
- 1:34:08TIME AND ENERGY IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU EAT YOUR
- 1:34:11SUPPLEMENTS, BUT YOU'RE NOT EATING THE WORD OF GOD. YOU CAN
- 1:34:14GET TO THE GYM EARLY IN THE MORNING AT SIX, BUT YOU CAN'T
- 1:34:17GET OUT OF BED TO PRAY. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:34:20'CAUSE YOU'RE TOO TIRED. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER MORNING I GOT UP
- 1:34:25AT LIKE 2.45 IN THE MORNING TO PRAY 'CAUSE I FELT GOD AND I
- 1:34:28FELT LIKE I WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM. AND I WAS YAWNING
- 1:34:31A LITTLE BIT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I, SO I PUT, SOMETIMES I'LL PUT
- 1:34:33MY HAND ON MY HEAD LIKE THIS AND I'LL PUT PRESSURE ON IT SO THAT
- 1:34:36MY MIND, YOU KNOW, WILL SHUT OFF AND I DON'T LET IT WANDER AND I
- 1:34:42LET MY BODY BE REMINDED, MY BODY'S NOT IN CONTROL, NEITHER
- 1:34:45IS MY MIND. MY SPIRIT PRAYS. AND I'LL DO THIS SO I CAN FOCUS. AND
- 1:34:51I SAID, LORD, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT I'M
- 1:34:54TIRED 'CAUSE I STARTED TO SAY IT TO HIM, MAN, GOD, I'M REALLY
- 1:34:56TIRED. MAYBE I SHOULD'VE STAYED IN BED. AND THEN I REMEMBERED
- 1:34:57HOW MANY TIMES JESUS GOT UP TO PRAY AT THAT HOUR. I THOUGHT I'D
- 1:35:00BETTER NOT EVEN GO THERE WITH THE FATHER. IT'S NOT EVEN AN
- 1:35:03ARGUMENT. BUT JUST WE HAVE TO ADJUST IN PUTTING ALL OF OUR
- 1:35:08ENERGY AND TIME INTO OUR BODY, OUR PHYSICAL ENERGY, THAT WE'RE
- 1:35:14TOO TIRED OR NOT INTERESTED IN SPIRITUAL THINGS. IF YOU'RE LIKE
- 1:35:19THAT, YOU WON'T SHIFT. YOU WON'T SHIFT IN THE WILL OF GOD. NOW
- 1:35:23THE SECOND ONE IS THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. WELL HOW DO YOU
- 1:35:26RENEW YOUR MIND? IT TELLS YOU, START LOOKING AT HOW THIS
- 1:35:31CULTURE, THIS WORLD IS TRYING TO SPEAK TO YOUR HEAD, SHAPE YOUR
- 1:35:38BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW, TALK YOU INTO THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY
- 1:35:43DON'T NEED TO BE DOING. THE MORE YOU WANNA BE LIKE THE WORLD, BE
- 1:35:48AROUND THE WORLD, TALK LIKE THE WORLD, FRIENDS WITH THE WORLD,
- 1:35:53ACT LIKE THE WORLD, THE MORE IT WILL NOT ALIGN WITH THE PERFECT
- 1:35:58WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE. IN FACT, YOU MIGHT MISS IT. SO LOOK
- 1:36:02HERE, BECAUSE I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. WE HAVE TO SHIFT IN OUR
- 1:36:06PHYSICAL ENERGY. WE HAVE TO SHIFT WHERE WE DON'T LET OUR
- 1:36:09HEAD TALK US OUT OF THINGS OR CONTROL US OR PULL US TO
- 1:36:13WORLDLINESS, BUT BE TRANSFORMED. YOU GOTTA RENEW YOUR MIND BY THE
- 1:36:17WORD OF GOD. BUT WATCH THIS, THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THE
- 1:36:20GOOD, ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD. SO I'M AIMING FOR
- 1:36:26THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD. SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T EXERCISE,
- 1:36:29IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T USE YOUR BRAIN, IT JUST YOU HAVE TO BE
- 1:36:33FIRST ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS. YOU KNOW WHY A LOT OF MARRIAGES
- 1:36:38AREN'T SUCCESSFUL? BECAUSE EITHER THEY BASE IT OFF OF THEIR
- 1:36:41PHYSICAL INTIMACY, WHETHER IT'S ENOUGH, NOT ENOUGH, OR GOOD
- 1:36:44ENOUGH, RIGHT? OR THEY'RE EMOTIONAL, WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH,
- 1:36:50WE DON'T CONNECT, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. YOU KNOW WHAT, IF
- 1:36:53THAT'S THE CASE, THEN BRENDA AND I WOULD HAVE A TERRIBLE
- 1:36:55MARRIAGE. WE DON'T, WE'RE THE MOST, TWO BORINGEST PEOPLE IN
- 1:36:58THE WORLD. BUT WHAT MAKES OUR MARRIAGE GREAT, SPIRIT, SOUL,
- 1:37:02AND BODY, IS WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD, EVEN WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW,
- 1:37:06BEFORE I WAS DATING HER, AND THEN WHEN I STARTED COURTING HER
- 1:37:10IS WE WERE PRAYER PARTNERS FIRST. WE WERE IN THE BIBLE
- 1:37:14ALMOST EVERY DAY TOGETHER. WE WERE TALKING SCRIPTURES. BOB,
- 1:37:17YOU KNEW US. WHERE'S BOB PETTIGREW? OH, HE'S GONE, HE
- 1:37:20CAN'T EVEN ATTEST TO THIS. I MEAN, WHERE DID HE GO? THANKS,
- 1:37:23TASHA, YOU WERE THERE, YOU'RE MARRIED TO HIM. YEAH, IT'S TRUE,
- 1:37:25OKAY, THANKS. BUT THE POINT IS WE WERE PRAYER PARTNERS, MAN.
- 1:37:29AND THEN WHEN I STARTED COURTING HER, THAT DIDN'T CHANGE. BRENT
- 1:37:33AND I HAVE THIS SPIRITUAL CONNECTION BECAUSE THAT'S THE
- 1:37:37PRINCIPLE OF HOW YOU MAKE A SHIFT CHANGE IS YOU HAVE TO BE
- 1:37:41STRONG IN YOUR SPIRIT. YOU HAVE TO ALIGN YOUR SPIRIT WITH WHAT
- 1:37:46GOD IS TELLING YOU. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS SPIRIT AND LIFE.
- 1:37:49YOU'VE GOTTA ALIGN YOURSELF SO THAT YOUR BODY DOESN'T TALK YOU
- 1:37:53OUT OF A SHIFT CHANGE. YOUR MIND DOESN'T TALK YOU OUT OF A SHIFT
- 1:37:57CHANGE. WHEN YOU DO AND PRIORITIZE THE SPIRIT, IT ISN'T
- 1:38:02HARD WHEN GOD ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING. YOU'LL JUST SHIFT.
- 1:38:06AMEN? LISTEN, GOD'S ASKED ME TO DO A COUPLE THINGS. WE'LL LET
- 1:38:09YOU KNOW COMING UP. AND I'VE BEEN INCREASING MY PRAYER TIME
- 1:38:13BECAUSE I'M LIKE, WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET MY FAITH
- 1:38:15ALIGNED A LITTLE BIT. I'M GONNA HAVE TO SHUT MY MIND OFF 'CAUSE
- 1:38:18I WASN'T PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. SO LOOK AT
- 1:38:22NUMBERS 13. I WANNA SHOW YOU THIS AGAIN. SOMETIMES PEOPLE LET
- 1:38:25WRONG MINDSETS KEEP THEM FROM THEIR DESTINY. AND THIS IS
- 1:38:29EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH A WHOLE NATION, EXCEPT TWO PEOPLE,
- 1:38:32JOSHUA AND CALEB. AND I WANNA SHOW YOU THIS. SO LOOK AT
- 1:38:35NUMBERS 13:26-29. AND SO THE SPIES BROUGHT BACK WORD UNTO
- 1:38:40THEM AND SHOWED THEM THE FRUIT OF THE LAND. NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT
- 1:38:45THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHO AND WHAT IS SPEAKING INTO YOU,
- 1:38:51RIGHT? DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL PERSON, COULD BE
- 1:38:53SOMEBODY ON TV, RIGHT? COULD BE THE BOOKS YOU'RE READING, COULD
- 1:38:59BE THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU DO. SOMETHING IS SPEAKING TO YOU
- 1:39:02CONSTANTLY. WHAT'S THE LOUDEST VOICE? IS IT GOD? I CAN'T HEAR
- 1:39:07HIS VOICE. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY. WELL, I CAN'T HEAR GOD LIKE YOU.
- 1:39:13WELL, DON'T COMPARE BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR GOD LIKE JESUS. I TRY
- 1:39:22BECAUSE WHAT I DO IS I PRIORITIZE THE SPIRITUAL THINGS.
- 1:39:25I PRAY IN TONGUES A LOT BECAUSE THAT'S THE SPIRIT AND SPIRIT
- 1:39:28CONNECTION. I STAY IN MY BIBLE. I TALK TO GOD. LISTEN, IF JESUS
- 1:39:32COULD GO UP TO THE TOMB OF LAZARUS AND BEFORE HE GETS
- 1:39:34THERE, HE LIFTS UP HIS EYES. THAT'S ALL HE DID, HE LIFTED UP
- 1:39:38HIS EYES, SAID, "FATHER, YOU'RE WITH ME." SEE, WHAT THAT IS IS
- 1:39:42JESUS DEVELOPED SOMETHING. NOW, THEY WROTE A BOOK YEARS AGO
- 1:39:44CALLED PRACTICING THE PRESENCE OF GOD. PRACTICING THE PRESENCE
- 1:39:47OF GOD, IS THAT? I READ IT ONCE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS
- 1:39:50ABOUT. PRACTICING THE PRESENCE OF GOD, I'M SURE, BUT ANYWAY.
- 1:39:53BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. HOW MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY, YOU KNOW,
- 1:39:56I LOOK UP TO GOD, I WINK AT HIM, I BLOW HIM A KISS. SOMETIMES I'M
- 1:40:00LIKE, HEY GOD, COME WITH ME, MAN. YOU KNOW, AND I WALK LIKE,
- 1:40:03'CAUSE HE IS WITH ME. YOU KNOW, I'LL WORSHIP HIM, I'LL LIFT UP
- 1:40:07MY HANDS, I'LL ASK HIM QUESTIONS, HEY GOD, YOU KNOW, I
- 1:40:10GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. AND THEN I JUST, I WALK AS IF HE'S
- 1:40:14GONNA TALK TO ME, HE'S GONNA GIVE ME THE ANSWER. IF I SEE
- 1:40:19SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, I SAY, WHOA, GOD, THAT CLOUD IS
- 1:40:23AMAZING. YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES? IT BRINGS GOD AS IMMANUEL TO
- 1:40:30YOU. SO THAT WHEN HE ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, YOU'RE NOT SITTING
- 1:40:32THERE GOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LEAVE IT TO BE, OR HUH, CHEEK
- 1:40:35GOD, YEAH, I DON'T THINK I GET IT. NEVERMIND YOUNG MILLENIALS
- 1:40:40ARE GOING, HUH, WHO, WHAT, WHEN? NOW WATCH. BE WISE WHAT'S
- 1:40:47SPEAKING. WHAT'S THE LOUDEST VOICE THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO
- 1:40:49RIGHT NOW? VERSE 27, THEY TOLD HIM, SAID, "WE'VE COME INTO THE
- 1:40:53LAND AND SURELY," IN OTHER WORDS, YEAH, GOD DIDN'T LIE. IT
- 1:40:57IS REALLY AN AWESOME SHIFT CHANGE. "IT FLOWS WITH MILK AND
- 1:41:02HONEY." NOW, HERE'S WHAT GOD HAD ME WRITE IN MY NOTES. HERE'S MY
- 1:41:06NOTES RIGHT HERE. I WROTE THIS LAST NIGHT. GOD IS TRYING TO
- 1:41:13BETTER YOU, NOT BITTER YOU. SOME PEOPLE THINK, WELL, IT'S JUST
- 1:41:19TOO HARD. I CAN'T DO IT, GOD. DON'T YOU KNOW WHEN I GOTTA GIVE
- 1:41:23UP? LET ME SHARE A STORY WITH YOU 'CAUSE GOD WAS TRYING TO
- 1:41:27CHANGE THEIR LOCATION. SOME PEOPLE, THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK,
- 1:41:30THEY MOVED HERE FROM TEXAS. SOME PEOPLE WON'T CHANGE JOBS. AND
- 1:41:35YET THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR JOB ALL THE TIME AND GOD'S
- 1:41:37TRYING TO SAY SHIFT. QUIT HOLDING ON TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
- 1:41:41SOME PEOPLE WON'T SHIFT, YOU KNOW. WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING
- 1:41:45TO WORK ON MY CHRISTIAN WALK. YEAH, BUT YOU WON'T SHIFT, YOU
- 1:41:48WON'T RELOCATE YOUR FRIENDSHIPS. YOU WON'T INVEST IN PEOPLE IN
- 1:41:51THE CHURCH OR THE KINGDOM. SOME PEOPLE WON'T SHIFT IN THE
- 1:41:56LOCATION OF THEIR BRAIN. YOU DWELL ON THINGS THAT TALK YOU
- 1:42:00OUT OF YOUR FUTURE, YOUR PRESENT MOMENT. AND THIS IS WHAT
- 1:42:05HAPPENED WITH ISRAEL. GOD'S NOT TRYING TO BITTER YOU. SO I
- 1:42:09REMEMBER WE WERE LIVING NORTH OF HERE, 100 MILES OR SO UP NORTH
- 1:42:14IN IOWA. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY I WAS DRIVING, WE HAD A GREEN
- 1:42:21DODGE CARAVAN THAT WE BOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY HAD GIVEN US A
- 1:42:24CAR. YOU HEARD THE STORY AND I WAS DRIVING IT AND I HEARD WHAT
- 1:42:27SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD. NOW, WHETHER IT
- 1:42:29WAS AUDIBLE, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANNA OVER-EXAGGERATE. I
- 1:42:32JUST SIMPLY WANNA TELL YOU, IT SOUNDED LIKE GOD WAS IN THE CAR
- 1:42:35WITH ME. AND HE SAID TO ME, "WILL YOU PASTOR?" AND I PULLED
- 1:42:40OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I SAID, "GOD, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT,
- 1:42:42WAIT A MINUTE. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" HE SAID, "WILL YOU
- 1:42:47PASTOR?" I SAID, "WELL, I DON'T THINK I'M A PASTOR, "BUT IF
- 1:42:50YOU'RE ASKING ME, I WILL DO IT." HE SAID, "THEN GO AND LAY ON
- 1:42:55YOUR BED, "AND I'LL GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS." AND I DID, AND HE
- 1:42:59BEGAN TO TELL ME THE EXACT DAY, THE EXACT WEEKEND, AND IT WAS
- 1:43:03THE EXACT WEEKEND THAT THE HOUSE THAT WE WERE RENTING AT THE TIME
- 1:43:05BECAME AVAILABLE, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT UP. HE SHOWED ME THE LITTLE
- 1:43:08STOREFRONT DOOR WITH THE SIGN, AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS
- 1:43:14SUPPOSED TO GO. I SAW THE WATER TOWER, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA COME
- 1:43:17HERE. I SAID, I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. I DON'T WANNA, GOD,
- 1:43:21ALL THAT'S GREAT. I DON'T WANT TO. I'LL PASTOR, BUT CAN I HAVE
- 1:43:24ANOTHER CITY? WELL, RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME, SOMEBODY OFFERED US A
- 1:43:29CHURCH OF 2,500 PEOPLE, BIBLE SCHOOL, CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, TV
- 1:43:36SHOW. WHAT ELSE, BRENDA? IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING NOW.
- 1:43:40I'M LIKE, THAT IS GOD. I WASN'T READY FOR THAT. I WOULD HAVE
- 1:43:49FAILED. AND I SAID, "GOD, IT'S MINE, MINE SET. "I'M GONNA, I
- 1:43:56DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. "SO I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, "BUT
- 1:44:00I'M NOT COMING TO OMAHA. "I WON'T RELOCATE." AND SO I SAID,
- 1:44:07"PLUS, YOU GOTTA TELL BRENDA." SO I TOLD BRENDA, SHE SAYS, "I'M
- 1:44:11NOT GOING TO OMAHA." I SAID, "SEE, THAT'S WHY I TOLD GOD TOO,
- 1:44:13BRENDA. "I'M NOT COMING." THANKSGIVING OF 1996. SO I HEARD
- 1:44:20THIS IN LIKE OCTOBER, THANKSGIVING OF 1996. I GET A
- 1:44:23CALL, IT WAS THE PASTOR. HE SAID, "HEY, CAN YOU COME TO THE
- 1:44:26CHURCH? "I WANNA PRAY, I WANT YOU TO PRAY." REMEMBER THE
- 1:44:28TADLOCKS THAT WERE HERE LAST WEEK? ONE OF THEM, HE'S IN
- 1:44:30HEAVEN, JEFF TADLOCK. HE WAS THERE. I'VE ASKED JEFF TO COME.
- 1:44:34YOU NEED TO MEET US. WE NEED TO PRAY. 'CAUSE I SAID, "GOD, I'M
- 1:44:39NOT GOING "UNLESS I HAVE PROPHETIC CONFIRMATION." THEY
- 1:44:43HAD PROPHETIC CONFIRMATION HERE, BUT THEY LET THE WRONG VOICES
- 1:44:47TALK THEM OUT OF IT. GOD KEPT TELLING THEM HE HAD A LAND
- 1:44:49FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. SO I GET TO THE CHURCH AND I'M
- 1:44:53THINKING, I HAD AN ATTITUDE. HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN ATTITUDE? I
- 1:44:56KNOW YOU GUYS LOOK AT ME, THINK, MAN, PASTOR HANK, YOU HAVE AN
- 1:44:58ATTITUDE. WELL, PROBABLY I DO. BUT I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE
- 1:45:02ON, OKAY, I'M JUST DRIVING. I CAN'T BELIEVE ON THANKSGIVING
- 1:45:06I'M GONNA GET PULLED ON PROPHETICALLY. DOES ANYBODY CARE
- 1:45:09ABOUT ME? I GOT THIS GOD WHO WANTS ME TO GO TO OMAHA AND I
- 1:45:13DON'T WANNA GO. I DON'T WANNA SHIFT, I DON'T WANNA CHANGE. I
- 1:45:16DON'T WANNA ADVANCE. SO I'M COMPLAINING ON THE WAY THERE. I
- 1:45:19DON'T REALLY, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THANKSGIVING, GOD. AND SO I GET
- 1:45:23THERE, WE GET IN THE SANCTUARY AND THE PASTOR GOES, "WOULD YOU
- 1:45:26PRAY FOR ME, HANK?" I SAID, "NO, NO." BUT I WAS LIKE, "YES," AND
- 1:45:31I'M DOING ONE OF THESE, IF THERE WAS A STONE, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN
- 1:45:33IT, YOU KNOW, KICK, KICK. AND I'M HAVING AN ATTITUDE. AND ALL
- 1:45:37OF A SUDDEN HE GOES, "WAIT, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT, "STOP
- 1:45:39PRAYING." HE GOES, "HANK, HANK." AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TEARS ARE
- 1:45:44COMING. HE SAID, "GOD JUST TOLD ME YOU'RE A PASTOR." HE GOES,
- 1:45:48"YEAH, YOU STAND IN THAT OFFICE PROPHETICALLY, "BUT YOU'RE GONNA
- 1:45:51PASTOR." I'M LIKE, "YEAH, 2,500 PEOPLE, TV STATION, ALL THAT,
- 1:45:57YEAH." HE GOES, "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO OMAHA."
- 1:46:02I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA! I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. I DON'T
- 1:46:05WANNA GO TO OMAHA. I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. THANKS FOR RUINING
- 1:46:12MY THANKSGIVING, GOD. YOU CAN KEEP THE TURKEY LEG. AND THEN
- 1:46:17JEFF, HE'S OVER THERE. "HALLELUJAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT
- 1:46:22GOD'S SAYING. YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A BIG ONE." I DON'T CARE HOW BIG
- 1:46:27IT IS. I DON'T WANNA GO. "YOU'RE GONNA TOUCH THE WORLD,
- 1:46:32HALLELUJAH. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TV." LIKE YEAH, 2,500 OVER HERE.
- 1:46:37SO I COME BACK, I DIDN'T TELL BRENDA. FEW DAYS LATER SHE SAYS,
- 1:46:44"GOD GAVE ME A DREAM, HANK. "WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO OMAHA."
- 1:46:46(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:46:52SO, THAT'S BAD, THEY HAD A GUEST SPEAKER THE FOLLOWING WEEK. HE
- 1:46:57SAYS, "YOU TWO, COME UP HERE." YOU GET UP THERE. 'CAUSE
- 1:47:03REMEMBER, I DIDN'T WANNA COME TO OMAHA, SO I PROBABLY WALKED UP
- 1:47:05THERE LIKE THIS, WITH MY ATTITUDE.
- 1:47:08PROPHESY TO ME! 2,500 MEMBER CHURCH, RIGHT? BIBLE SCHOOL,
- 1:47:16CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, CONFIRM IT. HE GOES, "LISTEN, GOD IS PUTTING
- 1:47:26ARMY BOOTS ON YOU." WELL, ISN'T IT INTERESTING? WE'RE CALLED
- 1:47:29LORD OF HOSTS. IN FACT, THAT'S WHEN THE NAME CAME. I'LL TELL
- 1:47:33YOU, HE GOES, "GOD IS PUTTING ARMY BOOTS ON YOU "AND HE'S
- 1:47:37CALLING YOU TO A CITY "THAT YOU DON'T WANNA GO TO." GOD, I DON'T
- 1:47:45WANNA GO. SO HE LAYS HANDS ON ME, I FALL UNDER THE POWER, I'M
- 1:47:50ON THE FLOOR, IMMEDIATELY GET CAUGHT UP IN A VISION. THAT'S
- 1:47:53WHEN I SAW THE WATER TOWER ACTUALLY, AND THE SIGN. THANK
- 1:47:56YOU LORD FOR CORRECTING THAT. AND THE LORD SAYS, AND HE KICKED
- 1:47:59ME AND HE GOES, "AND GOD TELLS ME YOU BETTER GO TO THAT CITY
- 1:48:02"AND OBEY HIM." AND BAM, SHUT UP ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHEN I WENT
- 1:48:08INTO THE VISION AND SAW THE WATER TOWER AND THE LOCATION OF
- 1:48:11WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START THE CHURCH AND THE REST IS
- 1:48:13HISTORY. AND THEN I HEARD THE HOLY ONE SAY, "AND THE NAME OF
- 1:48:16THE WORK SHALL BE CALLED LORD OF HOSTS. "AND IT IS AND SHALL BE A
- 1:48:22WORLD OUTREACH." I DOCUMENT ALL THIS, YEAH, SO THAT'S ALL. BUT
- 1:48:25IF I WOULDN'T HAVE SHIFTED MY MIND AND MY HEAD BECAUSE I HAD
- 1:48:28MY WILL INVOLVED, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. I PROBABLY WOULD
- 1:48:34HAVE BEEN FIRED FROM THE 2,500 MEMBER CHURCH THAT I PROBABLY
- 1:48:36COULDN'T HAVE PASTORED. I MEAN, IF EVERYBODY CAME TO THIS
- 1:48:40CHURCH, YOU KNOW HOW MANY MEMBERS WE HAVE? 2,000. IF
- 1:48:43EVERYBODY CAME HERE, WE'D HAVE 2,000 PEOPLE IN HERE. THAT'S HOW
- 1:48:46MANY MEMBERS WE HAVE. NOT COUNTING THE TENS OF THOUSANDS,
- 1:48:51HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THAT WATCH ONLINE. THANK GOD I OBEYED,
- 1:48:55RIGHT? SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU. NOW LOOK AT
- 1:48:58JEREMIAH 6. NOW LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING OUT OF AN NIV. I DON'T
- 1:49:00KNOW IF THEY CAN PUT THE NIV OF JEREMIAH 6:16. I WANNA SHOW YOU
- 1:49:04THIS PRINCIPLE. AM I JUST, ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF
- 1:49:06THIS? I HOPE YOU'RE LEARNING. OKAY. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES GOD WILL
- 1:49:11TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANNA DO. HE'S TRYING
- 1:49:13TO BETTER YOU, NOT BITTER YOU. I THOUGHT GOD WAS TRYING TO BITTER
- 1:49:16ME. AND I HAD AN ATTITUDE ABOUT IT. AND THIS IS WHAT, LOOK AT
- 1:49:21VERSE 16. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS, "STAND AT THE CROSSROADS."
- 1:49:24NOW STOP RIGHT THERE. SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU IN
- 1:49:26THIS ROOM, YOU'RE AT A CROSSROADS, YOU'RE AT A
- 1:49:28DECISION. YOU'RE AT, SHOULD I GO THIS WAY OR SHOULD I GO THAT
- 1:49:32WAY? THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT DISCO. 'CAUSE WHENEVER YOU
- 1:49:35DISCO, AT LEAST WITH ME, DISCO IS THIS WAY, DISCO IS THAT WAY.
- 1:49:40AND ANYWAY, THAT'S A DISCO MOVE TIP FOR SOME OF YOU. OH, STOP
- 1:49:46THE WOO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT'S THE TRUTH. BUT NOW WATCH
- 1:49:49THIS. WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT NUMBERS 13, THEIR BIG THING WAS,
- 1:49:55WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. NOW YOU COME TO
- 1:49:59JEREMIAH SIX AND WATCH THIS. YOU'RE STANDING AT A CROSSROADS.
- 1:50:03ASK WHERE THE GOOD WAY IS AND THEN OBEY. PUT ACTION BEHIND IT.
- 1:50:08AND I KEPT DOING THAT WHEN IT CAME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
- 1:50:11LORD, WHERE DO YOU WANT ME? AND HE WAS TRYING TO TELL ME, THAT I
- 1:50:14WAS DIGGING IN MY HILLS. I DIDN'T WANT TO. RIGHT? YOU EVER
- 1:50:21HAD THAT? HOW MANY OF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, HAVE YOU EVER HAD
- 1:50:22THAT? AND SO HE SAYS, "WALK IN IT AND YOU WILL FIND REST." YOU
- 1:50:30WILL FIND THAT GOD IS TRYING TO ACTUALLY BLESS YOU. BUT NOTICE,
- 1:50:34YOU SAID, "WE WILL NOT WALK IN IT." NOW, LOOK AT VERSE 17, HE
- 1:50:43SAID, "IT'S SO BAD "THAT I'VE EVEN APPOINTED WATCHMEN OVER
- 1:50:47YOU. "LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET." YOU KNOW WHAT A
- 1:50:51TRUMPET SPEAKS OF IN THE BIBLE? HEAVEN'S WORD TO YOU, OR
- 1:50:57PROPHETS. A PROPHETIC WORD, A PROPHETIC SOUND. SO GOD'S
- 1:51:01SAYING, "I EVEN WENT AS FAR AS GETTING PEOPLE "TO WATCH OVER
- 1:51:05YOU SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE "AT THE CROSSROADS. "I
- 1:51:09EVEN SET PROPHETIC CONFIRMATION OF TRUMPET BLASTS "THAT WERE SO
- 1:51:13LOUD, SO OBVIOUS, "BUT YOU DUG YOUR HEELS IN WITH THE WRONG
- 1:51:17MINDSET "AND YOU DIDN'T SHIFT." COME ON, HOW LONG HAVE PEOPLE
- 1:51:20BEEN TELLING YOU, GET OUT OF THAT JOB. YOU'RE BETTER THAN
- 1:51:25THAT. I REMEMBER WHEN I WORKED AT A GAS STATION, AMACO, AND I
- 1:51:30WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE MINISTRY. AND I WENT OUT TO THE
- 1:51:32FULL SERVICE ISLAND. NOW THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, OR YOU
- 1:51:35IN THIS ROOM, HOW MANY REMEMBER THE OLD FULL SERVICE WHERE YOU
- 1:51:37WOULD PULL YOUR CAR UP, AND MY DAD HAD A RULE. THERE WAS A
- 1:51:40LITTLE HOSE THAT WENT ACROSS, AND IT WOULD GO DING DING. YOU
- 1:51:44REMEMBER THAT? AND YOU HAD TO BE OUT THERE WHEN THAT DING DING
- 1:51:47HAPPENED. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE 100 YARDS AWAY, YOU HAD
- 1:51:51TO SPRINT LIKE TOM CRUISE, AND YOU HAD TO GET OUT TO THAT CAR
- 1:51:55WINDOW BY THE TIME THAT THE WHEEL STOPPED. AND MY MOM WHO'S
- 1:51:59SITTING THERE COULD TELL YOU THAT I WAS THE WORST ONE OF 'EM
- 1:52:01ALL. 'CAUSE I WOULD BE BUSY EATING MY M&MS OR SOMETHING. HAD
- 1:52:06TO FINISH THE LAST PACK, RIGHT? BUT MY DAD, HE WOULD GET MAD.
- 1:52:10HE'D BE LIKE, "GET OUT THERE!" SO I'D GET OUT THERE. WELL, ONE
- 1:52:13DAY I WENT OUT THERE AND I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT IN THE
- 1:52:16MINISTRY, LIKE PROBABLY 1989, 1990. AND RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA,
- 1:52:22THIS CARLOAD OF NUNS PULLED UP. AND THEY LOOKED AT ME ON A FULL
- 1:52:30SERVICE ISLAND, AND THEY'RE GOING LIKE THIS.
- 1:52:33(IMITATING CAR NOISES)
- 1:52:36AND THEY'RE DOING THE, YOU KNOW, LORD, PLEASE HELP THIS GUY, OR
- 1:52:40WHATEVER THE SIGNAL IS. AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HE
- 1:52:44SAID, "LORD, CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU?" I'M LIKE, YEAH, YEAH,
- 1:52:50YEAH, PRAY THAT JESUS GETS ME OUT OF HERE, I FEEL LIKE I'M
- 1:52:52BEING TORTURED. THEY SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I SAID,
- 1:52:57"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? "YOU'RE BETTER THAN
- 1:53:00THIS." NOT THAT ANYBODY WORKS AT A GAS STATION IS BAD, BUT THEY
- 1:53:04SAID, "YOU ARE CALLED TO PREACH," AND I'M NOT TRYING TO
- 1:53:09MAKE IT, "TO THE MASSES. "YOU HAVE A WORLDWIDE CALLING ON YOUR
- 1:53:14LIFE. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? "YOU ARE MISSING YOUR DESTINY."
- 1:53:22WELL, WHAT DO I DO? THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. THEY SAID, "LET US
- 1:53:24PRAY FOR YOU," AND THEY STARTED SPEAKING IN TONGUES. I'M LIKE,
- 1:53:26"OH, OKAY," 'CAUSE I WAS SPIRITUAL. THEY'RE PRAYING AND
- 1:53:28THEY'RE SAYING, "YES, LORD, "AND IT'S GOING TO COME QUICKLY." AND
- 1:53:33THEY START PRAYING. I KID YOU NOT, A FEW MONTHS LATER, I WAS
- 1:53:38PULLED FROM THAT JOB AND ON THE ROAD TO MINISTRY. SOMETIMES YOU
- 1:53:45HOLD ONTO THINGS AND YOU DO IT 'CAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT TO.
- 1:53:50AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS REALIZE, START PRAYING 'CAUSE
- 1:53:53YOU'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. DON'T GIVE UP. DON'T
- 1:53:59BE HARD ON YOURSELF. DON'T SETTLE FOR WHAT YOU'RE NOT
- 1:54:03SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. START STRIVING AND MOVING TOWARDS WHAT
- 1:54:08YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
- 1:54:11CALL. DON'T PLAY. IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A CALL OF GOD ON YOUR
- 1:54:14LIFE, DON'T PLAY WITH IT. IT COULD END YOUR LIFE EARLY
- 1:54:20BECAUSE IT'S A VERY HOLY THING. AND THEN ONCE YOU ARE CALLED,
- 1:54:23YOU GOTTA STAND IN THE HOLINESS OF A LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD. YOU
- 1:54:27GOTTA STAND IN THE HOLINESS AND THE HONOR OF BEING CALLED OF
- 1:54:30GOD. WE HAVE TO REPRESENT YOUR GARMENTS, YOUR MANTLE CORRECTLY.
- 1:54:36IT'S VERY HOLY. NOW WATCH THIS, LET'S GO. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT
- 1:54:39NUMBERS 13:31. GO DOWN JUST A FEW MORE VERSES, AND THEN I
- 1:54:43WANNA SHIFT AND CHANGE KIND OF WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT ON THE SAME
- 1:54:46CONTEXT. BUT THE MEN THAT WENT UP WITH HIM, SO THE 10 SPIES,
- 1:54:51WRONG VOICES SAID, WE BE NOT ABLE. NOW, WHO TOLD THEM THAT?
- 1:54:57THEY MADE THAT UP. SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T WANNA DO
- 1:55:00SOMETHING, WE MAKE UP ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES, ALL KINDS OF
- 1:55:03REASONS. I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME THEY WERE GONNA DO
- 1:55:07SOMETHING, AND I RUN INTO THEM YEARS LATER, AND GUESS THE FIRST
- 1:55:11THING THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR MOUTH WHEN I SEE THEM IN THE
- 1:55:12STORE. "OH, HEY, PASTOR, I KNOW THAT YOU ONCE SAID THIS, "YOU
- 1:55:17KNOW, AND THEN, AND I AM," AND THEY GIVE ME THE LIST OF REASONS
- 1:55:21WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. HAVE YOU EVER RAN INTO SOMEBODY LIKE
- 1:55:26THAT? I KNOW PEOPLE THAT AREN'T MARRIED THAT MISS THEIR
- 1:55:33OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY GIVE A BUNCH OF EXCUSES. I KNOW PEOPLE
- 1:55:39THAT ARE WORKING THEIR BUTT OFF FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEY HAVE
- 1:55:45THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STEP OF FAITH AND BEGIN SLOWLY TO
- 1:55:49START THEIR OWN BUSINESS, BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN
- 1:55:51THEMSELVES. THEY LET FEAR TALK THEM OUT OF IT, AND THEN YOU RUN
- 1:55:55INTO THOSE PEOPLE 10 YEARS LATER, THEY'RE TIRED, THEY'RE
- 1:55:58BROKE, THEY'RE FRUSTRATED, AND THEY GIVE YOU ALL THE EXCUSES.
- 1:56:02WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
- 1:56:04LISTENED, BUT I DIDN'T. WELL, AIN'T TOO LATE TO START. AIN'T
- 1:56:08TOO LATE TO SHIFT. NOW YOU HEAR, WE'RE NOT ABLE. WHO SAID THAT?
- 1:56:15THEY LET FEAR DO THE TALKING. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GO UP AGAINST
- 1:56:20THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE STRONGER THAN US. GOD NEVER SAID THAT.
- 1:56:23NOW HERE'S THE DANGER. GOD TOOK ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT. THE PROBLEM
- 1:56:28WAS ISRAEL WOULD NEVER GET EGYPT OUT OF THEM. WHEN THEY DIDN'T
- 1:56:33LIKE SOMETHING, "OH, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WORLD. "I JUST
- 1:56:36WANT TO GO EAT GARLIC AND ONIONS. "OH, WE REMEMBER THOSE
- 1:56:39DAYS." OH, REALLY? DID YOU FORGET ABOUT THE TIMES OF HARSH
- 1:56:42LABOR AND GETTING WHIPPED AND ABUSED AND BEING IN THE WRONG
- 1:56:46PLACE UNDER A TASKMASTER? DID YOU FORGET THAT? I MEAN, WHEN I
- 1:56:54CAME HERE TO OMAHA AND THE CHURCH WOULDN'T GROW, AND THEN
- 1:56:57PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, PASTOR, WHEN DID YOU, "YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON
- 1:56:59NATIONAL SHOWS. "WHEN DID YOU START PREACHING THE WAY THAT YOU
- 1:57:03PREACH "AND PROPHESY?" I'M LIKE, "EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T JUST MAKE
- 1:57:07THIS UP. "THIS IS THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS BEEN." AND YET WHEN I
- 1:57:13FIRST PREACHED, AND I WOULD PROPHESY IN THIS CHURCH 28 YEARS
- 1:57:18AGO, PEOPLE WOULD GET UP AND WALK OUT, OR THEY WOULD STAND
- 1:57:20THERE LIKE, "YOU ARE A CULT LEADER, YOU'RE CRAZY." AND IT
- 1:57:23MESSED WITH MY HEAD. AND I WOULD GO TO GOD AND SAY, "I'M SORRY,
- 1:57:29YOU ASKED ME TO COME HERE AND I HATE IT. I'M FAITHFUL, I'M
- 1:57:36HONORABLE, I'M DOING WHAT'S RIGHT BUT NOTHING IS WORKING.
- 1:57:41WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG? DO I NEED TO TEAR MY GARMENTS?
- 1:57:47'CAUSE IT'S TEARING MY HEART. I HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH
- 1:57:54GOD. BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE WHAT GOD HAD FOR ME. AND I WAS,
- 1:58:03AND WHEN GOD WANTED TO SHIFT ME, I STARTED WANTING TO GO BACK TO
- 1:58:09THE MINDSET OF WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS GOOD AT. WELL, I'LL JUST BE
- 1:58:13A CARTOONIST. I'M GOOD AT THAT. I'LL GO BACK TO TRAVELING,
- 1:58:22REALLY? AND HAVE THE PASTORS GIVE YOU A BAG, YOU'RE OFFERING
- 1:58:28FOR FIVE NIGHTS WITH COINS. YOU REALLY WANNA GO BACK TO THAT,
- 1:58:32HANK? OR ARE YOU GONNA PRESS THROUGH WHEN THE CHAIRS ARE
- 1:58:36EMPTY? PASTORS IN THIS CITY HATE YOUR GUTS AND ARE TALKING ABOUT
- 1:58:41YOU 'CAUSE THEY SAID IT. I WENT AND WAS INVITED ONE TIME TO A
- 1:58:47PASTOR'S CONFERENCE IN TOWN WITH A GUEST SPEAKER AND ONE PASTOR
- 1:58:52TALKED ME INTO IT, SAID, "NO, YOU REALLY NEED TO GO." SO I
- 1:58:54CAME, I SAT IN THE BACK, AND THE GUEST SPEAKER, NEVER MET HIM IN
- 1:59:00MY LIFE, HE GOES, OH, HE CALLS, HE GOES, "I WANNA PRAY FOR THE
- 1:59:03PASTORS HERE." I DIDN'T GO UP. PASTORS COME UP, HE STARTS
- 1:59:06LAYING HANDS ON 'EM. HE STOPS, HE SAYS, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
- 1:59:11WHOA, WHOA, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
- 1:59:14WHOA. "GOD SAYS THE FATHER OF THE CITY IS HERE." I'M NOT
- 1:59:20KIDDING, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS UP. I AM NOT SAYING THAT
- 1:59:23I'M THAT. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT 'CAUSE NOW PEOPLE
- 1:59:26ARE GONNA WRITE. I DIDN'T SAY THIS. HE STOPS, HE GOES, "YOUNG
- 1:59:32MAN, ARE YOU A PASTOR?" I'M THINKING, "HECK NO.
- 1:59:36(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:59:38"NOTHING AIN'T WORKING OUT. "MY CHURCH AIN'T GROWING, IT'S THE
- 1:59:43UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. "HAVE YOU DRIVEN BY IT? "PEOPLE HATE
- 1:59:48ME. "DON'T YOU DARE MOCK ME PROPHETICALLY." HE GOES, "GET UP
- 1:59:53HERE." HE GOES, "MAYBE I SHOULD CLARIFY, "YOU'RE ONE OF THE
- 1:59:57FATHERS UP HERE." AND ALL THESE PASTORS ARE LOOKING AT ME, AND
- 2:00:00THEY'RE STANDING THERE LIKE THIS, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE
- 2:00:03IT. AND HE GOES, THERE'S PASTORS IN THE CITY THAT ARE TALKING
- 2:00:08ABOUT YOU, MOCKING YOU, LAUGHING AT YOU, TALKING BEHIND YOUR
- 2:00:13BACK. BUT HE SAID, THERE'S COMING A DAY WHERE THEY WON'T BE
- 2:00:16DOING THAT. IT TOOK 20 YEARS FROM THAT TIME, WELL, MAYBE 15,
- 2:00:25BECAUSE IF YOU ADD THE LAST FIVE, TO GET WHERE A LOT OF THE
- 2:00:30PASTORS HAVE COME UP TO ME IN THE SEAT AND SAID, "MAN, LOOK AT
- 2:00:32WHAT GOD'S DONE WITH YOU." AND I'VE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I
- 2:00:34DID. "I JUST TRIED TO OBEY. "I DON'T WANNA MAKE MYSELF OUT TO
- 2:00:37BE ANYTHING." 'CAUSE YOU DO THAT, AND THEN YOU STEAL HONOR
- 2:00:41FROM GOD. I DON'T WANNA DO THAT. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, I'M NOT
- 2:00:46BETTER THAN THEM. I JUST THINK I OBEYED WHEN IT WASN'T EASY. YOU
- 2:00:52CAN DO IT TOO. AND CAN I TELL YOU, I DIDN'T PASS EVERY TEST.
- 2:00:57SO DON'T THINK LIKE, WELL GOLLY, MAN, HE REALLY ACED THE TEST.
- 2:01:00ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHEN TEST DAYS WOULD SHOW UP IN SCHOOL, I
- 2:01:04WOULD SHOW UP AND I WOULD TAKE THE TEST. I'D NEVER STUDIED. I
- 2:01:07DIDN'T WANNA STUDY. I MADE UP ANSWERS. AND SOMEHOW, MOM, I GOT
- 2:01:14THROUGH SCHOOL. NOW WATCH THIS. LOOK AT VERSE 30. SOMETIMES WHEN
- 2:01:21GOD TELLS YOU TO SHIFT, QUIT PUTTING YOUR TIMELINE ON IT.
- 2:01:26QUIT PUTTING YOUR TERMS ON IT. OKAY, YOU KNOW, NOW, I TOLD YOU
- 2:01:31LAST WEEK WHEN GOD TOLD ME TO BUY THIS BUILDING, THE THIRD
- 2:01:34TIME IT WAS LOUDER WHEN HE FINALLY SAID, "BUY THIS
- 2:01:36BUILDING." AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I COULD TELL GOD WASN'T HAPPY
- 2:01:40WITH ME. AND I TOLD HIM, "COME HERE, "I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE
- 2:01:43SUPPOSED TO DO THAT." AND I SAID, "WELL, LORD, PROVIDE, MAKE
- 2:01:46THE PLACE BEAUTIFUL." BUT ONE THING I DIDN'T TRY TO DO IS PUT
- 2:01:50A BUNCH OF CONDITIONS ON IT. MY TERMS, BE REBELLIOUS, BE
- 2:01:54STUBBORN. IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, WELL, HERE GOD, THIS IS WHAT I
- 2:01:57WANT. YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO THIS, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. AND
- 2:01:59IT'S OKAY TO PUT YOUR EXPECTATIONS OUT OR SAY, YOU
- 2:02:03KNOW WHAT, LORD, LISTEN, AS I OBEY YOU, THESE ARE THE THINGS
- 2:02:06THAT I'M GOING TO STAND FOR THAT YOU WILL DO 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IT.
- 2:02:11BUT IT'S ONE THING TO DIG YOUR HEELS IN AND SAY, WELL, I'M ONLY
- 2:02:14GONNA DO THIS. IT'S GOTTA BE MY WAY. MY TERMS, RIGHT? I DID THAT
- 2:02:22WITH GOD WHEN HE WANTED ME TO COME TO OMAHA. IT WAS MY TERMS.
- 2:02:26AND I HAD TO CHANGE AND REALIZE IT'S NOT ABOUT MY TERMS. I
- 2:02:30CAN'T, I HAVE TO OBEY. EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW ALWAYS WHAT IT IS
- 2:02:35THAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT I AM TELLING YOU THIS, BE PATIENT. BE
- 2:02:39PATIENT, BE PATIENT. BUT HERE'S A PRINCIPLE. NOW WATCH THIS, AND
- 2:02:44I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING RECKLESS. NOW WATCH THIS, VERSE
- 2:02:4630. AND CALEB STILLED THE PEOPLE BEFORE MOSES, AND HE SAID,
- 2:02:50"LET'S GO UP," WHEN? AT ONCE. SOMETIMES THINGS AREN'T MEANT TO
- 2:02:56BE DELAYED, OVERTHOUGHT, DO OVERTHINKING, OVERDISCUSSING IT.
- 2:03:04OKAY, ONCE I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT GOD WAS SAYING, GET TO
- 2:03:08OMAHA, IT WAS A MATTER OF DO IT NOW, WASN'T IT, BRENDA? WE HAD
- 2:03:13TO, I MEAN, LIKE THREE MONTHS, WE PACKED UP EVERYTHING, LOADED
- 2:03:18UP THE TRUCK. I DIDN'T HAVE A REAL SOURCE OF INCOME. THE
- 2:03:23PASTOR WHO PROPHESIED THAT SAID, I'LL GIVE YOU $200 A MONTH. I
- 2:03:26WENT, OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. AND I HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT
- 2:03:31SAID, HEY, WHEN YOU GET THERE, WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MONEY.
- 2:03:34WE HAD TO BELIEVE GOD. WHEN WE CAME HERE, I TOLD YOU, YOU KNOW,
- 2:03:38THE LORD TOLD ME TO COME HERE MARCH 22ND, SATURDAY, MARCH
- 2:03:4222ND, SUNDAY, MARCH 23RD. THAT WAS THE DAY THAT WHEN WE SAID TO
- 2:03:47THE RENTERS, THE LUNDT COMPANY AT THE TIME, THEY SAID THE DAY
- 2:03:51THAT YOU CAN MOVE IN IS SUNDAY, MARCH 23RD. YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT
- 2:03:54UP. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT HOUSES, NOTHING WAS WORKING OUT
- 2:03:58HERE. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. BACK IN THOSE DAYS, YOU LOOKED
- 2:04:00AT THE NEWSPAPER. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY I GRABBED THE NEWSPAPER
- 2:04:04AND I WAS SO FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE ALL THE HOUSES WE LOOKED AT, WE
- 2:04:07COULDN'T AFFORD IT OR THEY SAID NO TO US. SO FINALLY I WAS MAD
- 2:04:11AND I GRABBED THE NEWSPAPER AND I WENT LIKE THIS AND I ROLLED IT
- 2:04:15UP IN A BALL, LIKE THIS AND I SAID, BRENDA, I SAID, AND I KEPT
- 2:04:20GETTING MAD AT BEING IN OMAHA. I SAID, I TELL YOU, I'M TRYING TO
- 2:04:23COME TO OMAHA. GOD TOLD ME TO COME TO OMAHA. WE CAN'T EVEN
- 2:04:25FIND A PLACE TO LIVE AND I THREW IT INTO THE TRASH BAG OR TRASH
- 2:04:29CAN. IT WENT PING AND IT OPENED. AND I WENT TO REACH FOR IT AND
- 2:04:36GOD IS MY WITNESS. LORD, THANK YOU, YOU HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF
- 2:04:39HUMOR. RIGHT LOOKING DOWN AT THE NEWSPAPER, IT POPPED OFF THE
- 2:04:45PAGE. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ YOUR BIBLE AND IT POPS OFF THE
- 2:04:47PAGE? IT'S KIND OF LIKE BRENDA'S PHONE NUMBER. WHEN I FIRST
- 2:04:51CALLED IT JUST LIKE POPPED OFF THE PAGE, MAN. DIDN'T HAVE CELL
- 2:04:55PHONES THEN, BUT IT POPPED OFF THE PAGE. AND I SAW THIS HOUSE
- 2:05:01FOR RENT. WHAT? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE. I CALLED IT. GUY GETS
- 2:05:09ON THE PHONE AND SAYS, WHY ARE YOU COMING TO OMAHA? I SAID,
- 2:05:12WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A TRANSITION. HE SAID,
- 2:05:16WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED YOU. WHY ARE YOU COMING TO
- 2:05:18OMAHA? I'M LIKE, SHOULD I TELL HIM THAT I'M STARTING A CHURCH
- 2:05:22AND NOW HE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER NEGATIVE ANSWER. THIS IS A
- 2:05:25STUPID SIGN. I SAID, WELL, I BELIEVE GOD CALLED ME TO COME
- 2:05:29HERE AND START A CHURCH. PRAISE GOD, JUST A MOMENT. HEY, HONEY,
- 2:05:33THE GUY THAT I TOLD YOU WOULD BE CALLING IS ON THE PHONE.
- 2:05:36(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 2:05:38I'M LIKE, HUH? YOU REMEMBER A DIFFERENT CHURCH? WHAT ARE YOU
- 2:05:44TALKING ABOUT, WILLIS? (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 2:05:49HE GOES, YEAH, COME ON, COME ON OVER. SO WE GET THERE, HE GOES,
- 2:05:53WELL, HEY, MAN, I NEED, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH HE SAID.
- 2:05:58ANYWAY, I SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT. HE GOES, WELL, WHAT
- 2:06:00CAN YOU AFFORD? SO WE TOLD HIM, HE GOES, OKAY, I'LL RENT IT TO
- 2:06:02YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, ALL BECAUSE I SAID YES, AND I DID IT AT
- 2:06:09ONCE. I NOTICED WHEN I DELAY THINGS, WHEN GOD TOLD ME TO BUY
- 2:06:13THAT PIZZA BUILDING, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE BROKER
- 2:06:15'CAUSE I HAD A DREAM THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT APARTMENTS OUT HERE.
- 2:06:18AND WE LOSE ALL OUR PARKING. BROOKS SAID, "NO, THAT'S NOT
- 2:06:21TRUE." I SAID, "NO, CALL THEM. "I SEE PAPERS GETTING READY TO
- 2:06:25BE SIGNED." HE CALLED BACK AND SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT. "THEY WERE
- 2:06:28GOING TO PUT APARTMENTS IN HERE "AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO
- 2:06:30SIGN THE PAPERS." IF I WOULD'VE JUST DELAYED, OH, IT'S JUST ME.
- 2:06:36SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA ACT ON WHAT YOU FEEL FROM GOD. PEOPLE SAY,
- 2:06:39"WELL, PASTOR HANK, HOW DO YOU HEAR GOD?" 'CAUSE I OBEY! IF I
- 2:06:43FEEL IT'S THE LORD, I ACT ON IT WITH WISDOM. AND I ALSO SEEK
- 2:06:47COUNSEL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S DIRECTIVE. AND I ALSO KNOW HOW
- 2:06:53TO WAIT ON THE LORD. I'M WAITING ON SHILOH. TOLD ME TO DO THIS
- 2:06:57AND HE TOLD ME TO WAIT. I'M LIKE, "I HATE THAT WORD, GOD.
- 2:07:02"OF ALL THE WORDS THAT YOU INVENTED, "WAIT IS THE WORST
- 2:07:05ONE." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 2:07:08I DON'T LIKE WAITING. BUT WHAT MY POINT IS, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA
- 2:07:11QUIT THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO OBEY. AND DO YOU KNOW
- 2:07:14WHAT? I COULDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. BRENDA AND I, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
- 2:07:17MONEY, EVEN THOUGH HE ACCEPTED IT FOR THE RENT. WE DIDN'T HAVE
- 2:07:20IT! I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO RENT OUR FIRST CHURCH BAY!
- 2:07:26DIDN'T EVEN HAVE MONEY FOR FOOD. AND I HAD A HOLD, WERE YOU,
- 2:07:31MATT? I DON'T REMEMBER, HOLD, WAS HE, BRENDA? ABOUT THREE,
- 2:07:35DIDN'T HAVE IT. BUT I OBEYED. AND WHEN YOU OBEY, YOU'LL EAT
- 2:07:42THE GOOD OF THE LAND. NOW LET ME SHOW YOU ANOTHER PRINCIPLE. ALL
- 2:07:46RIGHT, LET'S GO ON. SOMETIMES WE GOTTA GET AWAY FROM IT'S TOO
- 2:07:50HARD. LOOK AT LUKE 5:1. GET RID OF IT'S TOO HARD. I'VE HAD
- 2:07:59PEOPLE SAY THAT TO ME. IT'S TOO HARD. NOW, SOMETIMES IF PEOPLE
- 2:08:06DID REALIZE SOME THINGS ARE HARD, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT
- 2:08:08THINK THEY'RE CALLED OF GOD, IT DOES REQUIRE A PRICE THAT YOU
- 2:08:13HAVE TO PAY. BUT SOMETIMES WE PERCEIVE SOMETHING AS BEING SO
- 2:08:19HARD THAT REALLY IT'S EASY. RIGHT? HAVE YOU EVER PUT
- 2:08:26SOMETHING TOGETHER? BRENDA DOES IT ALL THE TIME. I HAVE A, I
- 2:08:29DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, I HAVE A PART-TIME
- 2:08:31JOB. DID I EVER TELL YOU THAT? THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 2:08:34WATCHING. IT'S CALLED UNPACK UPS, FEDEX, AMAZON BOXES. TAKE
- 2:08:45OUT THE CONTACTS, TENTS, SET 'EM ASIDE, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE
- 2:08:50DONE, BREAK 'EM DOWN, AND YOU PUT 'EM INTO EITHER THE
- 2:08:51RECYCLABLE BIN OR IN THE TRASH. AND I PROBABLY PUT IN 40 HOURS A
- 2:08:58WEEK ON THAT JOB, BRENDA, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S A PART-TIME
- 2:09:01JOB. NO, NO, SHE KNOWS IT'S TRUE. HERE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE
- 2:09:10A GREAT POINT, WHAT'S THE POINT? (AUDIENCE CHATTERING)
- 2:09:16TOO HARD. TOO HARD, THANK YOU, YOU GUYS ARE LISTENING. ALL
- 2:09:23RIGHT, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT. ALL RIGHT, AMAZON BOXES, TOO
- 2:09:27HARD. HUH?
- 2:09:31- PUTTING STUFF TOGETHER.
- 2:09:32- PUTTING, OH, PUTTING STUFF TOGETHER, THANK YOU. SO BRENDA
- 2:09:35GETS ALL THESE BOXES OF PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT STUFF
- 2:09:37TOGETHER, RIGHT? AND THERE'S A REASON THAT IT'S BETTER TO BE
- 2:09:41MADE IN THE USA, 'CAUSE THESE OTHER PLACES, THEY DON'T KNOW
- 2:09:44HOW TO PUT STUFF TOGETHER. AND SO YOU TRY TO READ THE
- 2:09:48DIRECTIONS, THEY NEVER MAKE SENSE, SO I NEVER READ THE
- 2:09:50DIRECTIONS. I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE PICTURES, AND THEN THE PICTURES
- 2:09:53DON'T MAKE SENSE, AND THEN I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT, BRENDA, WHY
- 2:09:55IS THAT SHELF CROOKED? WHY IS THAT BOOKSHELF LOOK LIKE THE
- 2:10:02LEANING TOWER OF BOOKSHELVES? HEY, BRENDA, LOOK AT ALL THESE
- 2:10:06LEFTOVER PARTS, MAN. WE COULD PUT 'EM INTO THE GARAGE. BUT
- 2:10:10YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LOT OF LEFTOVER PARTS, RIGHT? I
- 2:10:13REMEMBER WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER MATTHEW'S BABY CRIB. I CALLED
- 2:10:18HER IN, I WAS THE PROUD HUSBAND. I WAS PROBABLY LIKE 25, 26,
- 2:10:22RIGHT? CALL, I CALL BRENDA, COME ON IN, BRENDA. SHE GOES, DOESN'T
- 2:10:27LOOK RIGHT, IT'S KINDA CROOKED. I SAID, WELL, IT'S OPTICAL
- 2:10:31DELUSION. THAT'S WHAT IT IS, OPTICAL DELUSION. I SAID, WOULD
- 2:10:35YOU HELP ME, I GOTTA PUT THE MATTRESS IN. HANK, IT LOOKS
- 2:10:39CROOKED. BRENDA, IT DOESN'T LOOK CROOKED, I'M AN ARTISTE. I HAVE
- 2:10:45AN ARTISTIC EYE, AND I KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS CROOKED AND THEN
- 2:10:49SHE SAYS, WELL, I'M AN ARTIST TOO. YEAH, BUT YOU HAVEN'T COME
- 2:10:51TO THE LEVEL OF CARTOONING ABILITY WHERE YOU UNDERSTAND
- 2:10:53PERSPECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE GETTING DEEPER, I KNOW,
- 2:10:57YOU'RE GETTING DEEPER, YOU'RE GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO
- 2:11:01WHATEVER. AND SHE GOES, "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PUT THAT?"
- 2:11:05SHE'S RAISING HER HAND IN THE FRONT ROW. SHE SAID, "YOU SURE
- 2:11:09YOU WANT TO PUT THE MATTRESS ON?" I SAID, "YEAH." "IT'S
- 2:11:12CROOKED." "NO, IT'S NOT." WE PUT THE MATTRESS ON AND THE SIDES
- 2:11:16FALL DOWN. AND THE THING CAVES IN. "MATTHEW, THANK GOD YOU
- 2:11:22WEREN'T IN THERE." CAN YOU IMAGINE PUTTING MATTHEW, "OH,
- 2:11:25LET'S JUST PUT THE BABY TO SLEEP."
- 2:11:28SHE GOES, "THERE'S A REASON "THERE'S ALL THESE PARTS LEFT
- 2:11:30OVER." BUT THEN WHEN YOU REALIZE, IF YOU COULD QUIT
- 2:11:34LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND YOU JUST READ AND FOLLOW ALONG, YOU
- 2:11:40REALIZE IT AIN'T AS HARD AS WHAT YOU MAKE IT. IT'S BECAUSE YOU
- 2:11:46DON'T WANNA FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. AND THEN I STARTED REALIZING,
- 2:11:49MAYBE THAT IS A CHARACTER FLAW IN ME, WHERE I DON'T LIKE TO
- 2:11:54TAKE ORDERS AND DIRECTION. NO, I HAD TO SEARCH MY HEART. WHY IS
- 2:12:00IT THAT I DON'T LIKE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS? 'CAUSE MAYBE AS A
- 2:12:04PERSON, 'CAUSE I'M SUCH A LEADER, I DON'T LIKE TO FOLLOW
- 2:12:08INSTRUCTIONS. AND I HAD TO HUMBLE MYSELF. I BETTER WATCH
- 2:12:14THAT AREA OF MY LIFE, 'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE
- 2:12:17SPEAKING TO ME AND I AIN'T LISTENING. MADE ME DO A HEART
- 2:12:22CHECK, LIKE, "HANK, DON'T GET SO THINKING YOU'RE LEADER "THAT YOU
- 2:12:25DON'T NEED TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS SOMEWHERE." "QUIT
- 2:12:29LAUGHING, DOUG, I LISTEN TO ALL KINDS OF THINGS "THAT YOU SAY TO
- 2:12:32ME," AS ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PASTORS. HE'S OVER THERE PATTING
- 2:12:35HIS WIFE'S SHOULDER, LIKE, "SEE, I TOLD YOU, STOP IT, DOUG."
- 2:12:38(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 2:12:42ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA GET DONE, SO YOU CAN START HEADING THIS WAY,
- 2:12:44'CAUSE I GOTTA GET A FLIGHT CHECK. OR I GOTTA GET READY.
- 2:12:48OKAY, AND IT CAME TO PASS AS THE PEOPLE PRESSED JESUS TO HEAR THE
- 2:12:52WORD OF GOD, HE STOOD BY THE LAKE OF, CAN YOU PRONOUNCE IT
- 2:12:56FOR ME? OKAY, JUST LIKE YOU CAN HEAR, GENNESARET. OKAY, LAKE G.
- 2:13:05AND SO AS HE WENT TO LAKE G, THEY SAW TWO SHIPS STANDING BY
- 2:13:09THE LAKE, BUT THE FISHERMEN WERE GONE OUT AND THEY WERE WASHING
- 2:13:11THEIR NETS. AND HE ENTERED INTO ONE OF THE SHIPS, WHICH WAS
- 2:13:14SIMON. HE PRAYED THAT HE WOULD THRUST OUT IN THE LAND. HE SAT
- 2:13:16DOWN, TAUGHT THE PEOPLE. NOW WHEN HE LEFT SPEAKING, HE SAID
- 2:13:19TO SIMON, "HEY, SIMON, LAUNCH OUT IN THE DEEP, PUT YOUR NETS
- 2:13:22DOWN AGAIN FOR A CATCH." AND SIMON ANSWERED, SAID, "OH,
- 2:13:25MASTER, WE WORKED ALL NIGHT, IT'S TOO HARD. WE'VE TAKEN
- 2:13:30NOTHING, IT'S TOO HARD, IT WON'T WORK. COME ON." JESUS WAS TRYING
- 2:13:34TO SHIFT CHANGE HIM. LAUNCH OUT IN THE DEEP, RIGHT? AND THEN HE
- 2:13:42GOES, "NEVERTHELESS," AND HE PROBABLY ROLLED HIS EYES, "AT
- 2:13:45YOUR WORD, I GUESS I'LL DO IT," KICKING THE STONES LIKE I DID
- 2:13:48WHEN I WAS TOLD TO COME TO OMAHA. AND WHEN THEY HAD DONE
- 2:13:51THIS, THEY ENCLOSED A BREAKTHROUGH, A GREAT MULTITUDE
- 2:13:55OF FISH, EXCEEDINGLY, AGAIN, GOD DOES EXCEEDINGLY, IF HE'S ASKING
- 2:13:59YOU TO SHIFT AND CHANGE FOR ADVANCEMENT, IT WILL ALWAYS BE
- 2:14:04EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY. THAT'S HIS CHARACTER, THAT'S HIS
- 2:14:08NATURE, THAT'S THE WAY THE BLESSINGS COME. AND THERE'S
- 2:14:11ALWAYS BREAKTHROUGH. SO NOTICE WHAT HE HAD TO DO. LORD, AT THY
- 2:14:14WORD, I'LL LET DOWN THY NETS. NOW GO TO JOHN SIX, LOOK AT
- 2:14:18VERSE 60, WE'RE GONNA END WITH THIS. AND THEN NEXT WEEK I'LL
- 2:14:20PICK UP ABOUT, I'LL TALK ABOUT ELISHA, AND THEN WE'LL SHIFT
- 2:14:25INTO SOME OTHER AREAS I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU. THIS IS REALLY
- 2:14:30IMPORTANT. SO JESUS IS SHARING NOW IN JOHN 6, HE SAYS, "HEY, HE
- 2:14:33THAT EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD "HAS MY LIFE IN THEM." YOU
- 2:14:37KNOW, HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOLY COMMUNION, RIGHT? AND HE HAD 82
- 2:14:41APOSTLES, BECAUSE REMEMBER, HE HAD 12, THE 12, BUT THEN HE ALSO
- 2:14:46HAD 70 OTHERS. SO HE HAD A TOTAL OF 82 AT LEAST. AND 70 OF THEM
- 2:14:52ARE LISTENING TO THIS, EAT MY FLESH, DRINK MY BLOOD, AND
- 2:14:54THEY'RE THINKING JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT CANNIBALISM.
- 2:14:58SOMETIMES WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS PUT OUR
- 2:15:01INTERPRETATION ON THINGS, THAT WE MISINTERPRET IT. RIGHT, HOW
- 2:15:07MANY OF YOU EVER PLAY THE GAME TELEPHONE? HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
- 2:15:10BEEN ON THE TELEPHONE? AND WHAT YOU SAY IS NOT WHAT THEY HEAR.
- 2:15:16RIGHT, MATT AND JOHN? OH, I'M SORRY, NO, I'M JUST MESSING WITH
- 2:15:19HIM. BUT IT'S TRUE, YOU EVER HAD THAT? YOU TELL SOMEBODY
- 2:15:22SOMETHING AND THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, I DIDN'T
- 2:15:25SAY THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE JESUS IS SPEAKING AND THEY'RE
- 2:15:34NOT GETTING IT. THEY'RE PERCEIVING IT'S TOO HARD. NOW
- 2:15:36WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES, VERSE 60, WHEN THEY
- 2:15:42HEARD THESE THINGS, SOMETIMES WHAT YOU HEAR, BE CAREFUL THAT
- 2:15:46YOU DON'T PUT YOUR RULES, YOUR TERMS, YOUR MINDSETS ON IT, OR
- 2:15:53YOU MIGHT LEAVE YOUR DESTINY AND NEVER ENTER INTO IT. HOW MANY OF
- 2:15:57THESE THAT LEFT? MAYBE WE WOULD BE READING ABOUT THEIR EPISTLE.
- 2:16:06YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? BUT THEY SAID THIS, "THESE ARE HARD
- 2:16:10SAYINGS. "WHO CAN HEAR IT?" VERSE 66, "AND THEY DIDN'T WALK
- 2:16:14WITH HIM ANY LONGER." LET ME SAY THIS LAST THING AS YOU STAND
- 2:16:18YOUR FEET. I REMEMBER ONE DAY WE HAD SOME FOLK WHO DECIDED TO
- 2:16:28LEAVE THIS PLACE. AND IN THOSE DAYS, MAN, IT'S LIKE IF ONE
- 2:16:31PERSON LEFT, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
- 2:16:35THAT BIG OF A CHURCH. AND SO THIS WAS YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
- 2:16:39AND AGAIN, WE WISH EVERYBODY WELL. SO IF YOU THINK I'M
- 2:16:42THINKING OF SOMEBODY, WE WISH THEM WELL, WE'VE FORGIVEN A LONG
- 2:16:45TIME AGO. WHY GET BITTER ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BUT IT MADE
- 2:16:50ME A BETTER PASTOR. SO THEY HAD SAID, A FEW OF THESE PEOPLE
- 2:16:55DECIDED TO GO ON FROM THIS WORK. THEY SAID SOMETHING, REALLY,
- 2:17:01REALLY. AGAIN, WE FORGIVE THEM. I'M JUST USING THIS AS AN
- 2:17:03EXAMPLE. IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE AND YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, WE
- 2:17:07DON'T HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST YOU. IT JUST MAKES FOR A GREAT SERMON
- 2:17:10BECAUSE IT REALLY DID BETTER ME, AND I PRAY IT BETTERED YOU. BUT
- 2:17:14THEY SAID SOME THINGS THAT WERE REALLY, REALLY JUST, I MEAN,
- 2:17:18BELOW THE BELT GUT PUNCHES. AND IT WAS, IN THOSE DAYS, WE'RE
- 2:17:24LIKE, "OH MY GOD, IS THIS REALLY WHO WE ARE?" SO FOR ABOUT THREE
- 2:17:28WEEKS, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CHURCH THAT WAS ALREADY SMALL,
- 2:17:35BE LIKE EVEN MORE SMALLER, IS THAT A WORD, SMALLER? DWINDLING.
- 2:17:41I DIDN'T WANNA BE IN OMAHA, IT JUST MADE IT WORSE. NOW I LOVE
- 2:17:45BEING HERE, BY THE WAY. I WOULDN'T WANNA BE ANYWHERE ELSE,
- 2:17:47AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. FOR THREE WEEKS, BRENDA AND I WOULD
- 2:17:52GET UP, AND WE WOULD PRAY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HOUSE,
- 2:17:54AND I WOULD COME DOWN TO THE LIVING ROOM, OR SOMETIMES WE
- 2:17:56WOULD TRADE, AND SHE'D GO TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE HOUSE, AND
- 2:17:58WE'D PRAY. AND WE WOULD JUST SAY, "GOD, IF WE'RE THESE
- 2:18:01PEOPLE, "IF WE'RE THESE PASTORS, IF THIS IS REALLY WHO WE ARE,
- 2:18:03"AND WE'RE NOT PERFECT." NEVER SAID WE ARE, NEVER SAID THAT.
- 2:18:08BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AREAS THAT YOU CAN GROW IN? YEAH,
- 2:18:10BIBLE SAYS EXAMINE YOURSELF, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
- 2:18:12DO IN THE HONOR OF GOD, AND TO BE BETTER LEADERS. AND SO WE
- 2:18:17WOULD PRAY, AND WE WOULD PRAY, AND WE WOULD PRAY. AND ONE
- 2:18:20PARTICULAR DAY OR MORNING, I WAS PRAYING IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND
- 2:18:26I WAS JUST LIKE, GOD, I'M DONE. I JUST DON'T EVEN WANNA TALK
- 2:18:29ABOUT THIS. I'M FRUSTRATED. AND I WENT LIKE THIS. HOW MANY EVER
- 2:18:35SAW THE SUPERMAN THING? AND I'M NOT SAYING I'M SUPERMAN, BUT I'M
- 2:18:38GONNA GIVE YOU AN ANALOGY. I WENT LIKE THIS TO GOD. I SAID,
- 2:18:41GOD, I PEEL MY CHEST OPEN. THIS IS MY HEART. IF I AM EVEN A
- 2:18:50LITTLE BIT, WHAT IS BEING SAID OF ME AND ABOUT ME AND HOW I
- 2:18:55LEAD AND HOW I PASTOR AND WHO I AM AS A PERSON. AND MY WIFE, I
- 2:19:00PEEL MY HEART OPEN AND I BEAR IT BEFORE YOU. I'VE COME NOW THREE
- 2:19:04WEEKS TO YOU. CHANGE ME, TAKE IT OUT OF ME. I GIVE YOU EVERY
- 2:19:09RIGHT TO TAKE IT OUT OF MY LIFE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD GOD.
- 2:19:14I HADN'T HEARD IN THREE WEEKS PRIOR. HE SAID, "STAND OVER
- 2:19:20HERE, OR THERE, STAND OVER THERE." AND I'M STANDING THERE,
- 2:19:25AND I AM OVERCOME WITH THE FEAR OF GOD. I DON'T WANNA MOVE. AND
- 2:19:29I DON'T KNOW WHERE THERE IS, SO I KINDA MADE IT UP. AND I WENT
- 2:19:34OVER BY THE COFFEE TABLE, AND I STOOD THERE, AND IT WAS THE
- 2:19:38RIGHT ONE. AND I WAS LIKE, "CHING, CHING!" HE SAID, "TURN
- 2:19:41AROUND!" AND I WAS SCARED. I WAS GONNA DROP TO MY KNEES, AND THEN
- 2:19:52HIS VOICE CAME TENDER. HE SAID, "STAND UP." AND HE SAID, "I HAVE
- 2:19:59YOUR BACK." AND THEN HE SAID TO ME, HE SAID, "I WANNA SHARE
- 2:20:07SOMETHING TO YOU. "NEVER FORGET THIS AS YOU STAND BEFORE ME." I
- 2:20:14SAID, "SPEAK." "I WANT TO BE BETTER." HE SAID, "MANY OF THE
- 2:20:2070 THAT YOU READ ABOUT THAT LEFT," HE SAID, "DO NOT BUILD A
- 2:20:27DOCTRINE OFF OF THIS, "BUT I WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTED." OKAY,
- 2:20:33HE SAID, "DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN PONTIUS PILATE WAS THERE?" AND
- 2:20:36HE SAID, "WHO DO YOU WANT ME TO RELEASE FOR YOU? JESUS WHO IS
- 2:20:41CALLED THE CHRIST OR BARABBAS?" AND THE CROWD YELLED, "RELEASE
- 2:20:51BARABBAS! CRUCIFY JESUS!" HE SAID, "HANK, "I LOOKED OUT IN
- 2:20:58THE AUDIENCE, "AND MANY OF THE 70 WERE SCREAMING, 'CRUCIFY
- 2:21:03HIM!'" BECAUSE THOSE IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR MINISTRY, SOME MAY
- 2:21:10SAY, "YOU ARE GREAT, WE LOVE YOU." MAY ONE DAY BE THE VERY
- 2:21:16ONES THAT WILL GATHER THE CROWD, AND THEY WILL CRUCIFY YOU IN
- 2:21:22YOUR CHARACTER. BE COMFORTED. DON'T PREACH TO THOSE PEOPLE.
- 2:21:32AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST SHIFT AND CHANGE THAT GOD HAD, IS
- 2:21:36THERE I WOULD GO OUT AND PREACH TO THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE
- 2:21:38HERE. I WAS A TERRIBLE PASTOR. AND IT ALMOST MADE THEM BELIEVE
- 2:21:46THAT THEY WERE THE PROBLEM. AND THAT EXPERIENCE SHIFTED ME AS A
- 2:21:52PASTOR. I'M NOT PERFECT, BUT I GOT BETTER. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU
- 2:22:01KNOW YOU NEED TO DO? ALL OVER THIS PLACE. MAYBE SOME OF YOU,
- 2:22:07IT'S TO COME OUT OF SIN, YOU NEED TO SHIFT. MAYBE SOME OF
- 2:22:11YOU, YOU NEED TO BREAK UP WITH THAT PERSON YOU'RE SEEING,
- 2:22:13'CAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT RIGHT FOR YOU. YOU NEED TO STOP
- 2:22:17DATING WORLDLY PEOPLE. SOME OF YOU NEED TO START HAVING
- 2:22:22DEVOTIONS AND SHIFTS. SOME OF YOU, YOU'RE LABORING AT THE
- 2:22:25WRONG THINGS. SOME OF YOU ARE WASTING TIME ON THINGS IN LIFE
- 2:22:30THAT DOESN'T MATTER. COME ON, IF I COULD STAND BEFORE GOD AND
- 2:22:34PEEL MY HEART OPEN, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT
- 2:22:38HAPPENED TO ME AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IT WOULD
- 2:22:41RELATE TO THIS PRESENT MOMENT. BUT IF I CAN DO IT, AND IT
- 2:22:44WASN'T EASY, AND SOMETHING SHIFTED IN MY LIFE AND THE WAY I
- 2:22:48PASTOR THAT'S EVOLVED, WHAT CAN GOD DO WITH YOU AND YOU THAT ARE
- 2:22:52WATCHING? I WANT YOU TO DO THIS. I WANT EVERYBODY TO JUST TAKE
- 2:22:55THEIR HEART AND PEEL IT OPEN. I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS, SEARCH MY
- 2:23:00HEART, GOD. IS THERE ANYTHING IN MY HEART THAT YOU DON'T LIKE? IF
- 2:23:08THERE IS, REVEAL IT TO ME IN YOUR COMFORT AND IN YOUR LOVE
- 2:23:15AND I WILL CHANGE. I'LL STOP DOING IT. I WILL MAKE A SHIFT
- 2:23:21CHANGE. GOD, AS MY HEART IS OPEN BEFORE YOU, IS THERE ANYONE I'M
- 2:23:26ALIGNED TO THAT I NEED TO CUT OFF? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'M
- 2:23:31DOING THAT I NEED TO STOP DOING? IS THERE A PLACE THAT I'M
- 2:23:36SUPPOSED TO BE THAT I'M NOT? THEN I ASK YOU TO SHIFT ME
- 2:23:41THERE. IS THERE, GOD, ANYTHING IN MY LIFE THAT I'M OUTSIDE OF
- 2:23:46YOUR WILL? I ASK YOU TO ALIGN ME TO YOUR PERFECT WILL. I WANT TO
- 2:23:55SHIFT. I WILL SHIFT. I WILL CHANGE AND I WILL ADVANCE. IN
- 2:24:04JESUS NAME. PASTOR DOUG, WOULD YOU COME? I HOPE YOU GOT
- 2:24:07SOMETHING OUT OF THIS. NOW, I'M TRYING TO SHARE, PASTOR DOUG,
- 2:24:14COME ON OVER. I'M TRYING TO SHARE SOME PERSONAL EXAMPLES.
- 2:24:19NOT TO ACT LIKE I GOT IT TOGETHER OR I'M BETTER, I JUST
- 2:24:21THINK THAT MAYBE IT MIGHT HELP SPEAK TO SOME PEOPLE, AMEN?
- 2:24:24ALRIGHT, PASTOR DOUG, GO AHEAD. - GIVE PASTOR A HAND.
- 2:24:26- THANK YOU, PASTOR, I LOVE YOU. I'LL SEE YOU ON THE LIVE STREAM.
- 2:24:32- IF YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER WORKER, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GO TO YOUR
- 2:24:34POST NOW. OTHERWISE, PLEASE STAY IN YOUR SEAT FOR JUST A COUPLE
- 2:24:37MOMENTS AS WE WIND UP TODAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I
- 2:24:43APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE OUR GUESTS THAT ARE
- 2:24:44HERE TODAY. YOU CAN BE SEATED FOR A MOMENT. OUR ALTAR TEAM CAN
- 2:24:51COME UP HERE QUICKLY IF YOU NEED PRAYER THIS MORNING. THE ALTAR
- 2:24:55TEAM WILL BE HERE FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, AND THEY'LL BE HONORED
- 2:24:57TO PRAY WITH YOU TODAY. AND WE SEE MIRACLES EVERY WEEK AT THE
- 2:25:01FRONT OF THIS AUDITORIUM AS YOU COME UP FOR PRAYER. AND SO
- 2:25:05YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. I DO WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO
- 2:25:08YOU. PASTOR KIND OF SET IT UP TODAY. AND THE QUESTION I WANT
- 2:25:13TO ASK IS, ARE YOU SOLD OUT IN SERVING GOD? ARE YOU SOLD OUT?
- 2:25:19ARE YOU OBEYING HIM 100% IN YOUR LIFE? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHOICE
- 2:25:24IN THIS LIFE. WE CAN EITHER SIT ON THE FENCE AND TRY AND SERVE
- 2:25:30GOD, OR WE CAN MOVE ALL THE WAY IN TO EVERYTHING THAT HE WANTS
- 2:25:35FOR US AND HAVE HIS PERFECT PLAN LINED UP FOR US. HE CREATED US.
- 2:25:41HE KNOWS THE BEST. HE KNOWS THE ANSWERS. AND WE TRY AND DO IT ON
- 2:25:46OURSELF IN OUR OWN WAY. IT USUALLY DOESN'T WORK. BUT HERE'S
- 2:25:52THE IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS JESUS SAID,
- 2:25:57IF YOU'RE LUKEWARM, YOU CAN READ IT IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
- 2:26:01IF YOU'RE LUKEWARM, HE'LL SPIT YOU OUT OF HIS MOUTH. I'M
- 2:26:07PARAPHRASING A LITTLE BIT. HE'LL SPEW YOU OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, OUT
- 2:26:11OF HIS MOUTH. HE DOESN'T WANT US LUKEWARM. HE'D RATHER WE BE HOT
- 2:26:14OR COLD. IF YOU'RE COLD, YOU'RE SERVING THE DEVIL, AND THAT'S
- 2:26:17NOT GOOD. BUT DON'T BE RIDING THE FENCE. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. HE
- 2:26:24HAS A WONDERFUL PLAN. PASTOR QUOTED EPHESIANS 3:20. HE'S GOT
- 2:26:29AN ABUNDANT AND EXCEEDINGLY GREAT PLAN FOR EACH OF US. BUT
- 2:26:34FOR SOME REASON, AS HUMANS, WE TRY AND DO IT ON OUR OWN WAY,
- 2:26:38AND WE GET INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T. I WANT YOU TO
- 2:26:40BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU'RE WATCHING
- 2:26:44ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING RIGHT THERE. IS THERE
- 2:26:46ANYONE HERE, FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU, IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND
- 2:26:49YOU SAY, "I NEED JESUS IN MY LIFE. I NEED TO MAKE JESUS THE
- 2:26:53LORD OF MY LIFE. I'M TIRED OF TRYING TO DO IT MY OWN WAY. I
- 2:26:56DON'T WANT TO END UP IN HELL FOR ETERNITY, FIRST OF ALL, BUT MOST
- 2:27:00IMPORTANT, I WANT TO SERVE HIM WHILE I'M ON THIS EARTH." IS
- 2:27:03THERE ANYONE HERE, I'M GOING TO COUNT TO THREE, IF THAT'S YOU,
- 2:27:06I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND BOLDLY SO WE CAN PRAY FOR
- 2:27:08YOU THIS MORNING. IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU SAY, "I NEED
- 2:27:11JESUS IN MY LIFE." ONE, TWO, THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S
- 2:27:15YOU. YOU SAY, "I WANT TO PRAY. I WANT JESUS IN MY LIFE." I SEE A
- 2:27:19HAND OVER HERE. IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE
- 2:27:22ELSE HERE AND YOU NEED, ARE YOU A YOUNG MAN RAISING YOUR HAND?
- 2:27:25RAISE IT REALLY HIGH IF THAT'S YOU. OKAY, YOU NEED JESUS IN
- 2:27:29YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I SEE ANOTHER HAND UP
- 2:27:34HERE. YOU NEED JESUS IN YOUR LIFE. HE'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND
- 2:27:38MAKE YOUR LIFE NEW AND GIVE YOU NEW DIRECTION. PLUS, YOU'LL HAVE
- 2:27:45ETERNITY WITH HIM. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. MY SECOND QUESTION TO
- 2:27:49YOU, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RESPOND THAT RAISED YOUR HAND IN
- 2:27:53A MOMENT. BUT MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE, AND
- 2:27:58YOU NEED TO REPENT FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. YOU
- 2:28:01NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK, AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I'M
- 2:28:03WILLING TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY TO FOLLOW JESUS 100% WITH ALL MY
- 2:28:08HEART. I WANNA GET BACK ON TRACK WITH HIM. I WANNA DO IT RIGHT.
- 2:28:13HERE'S THE THING, YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN TO HIM. REPENT, HE'LL
- 2:28:17FORGIVE YOU, AND YOU CAN START OVER AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE. IF
- 2:28:22YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE TAKEN OUT, IT'S TOO LATE. THERE WERE TWO
- 2:28:26YOUNG TEENAGERS, I CAME UPON IT THIS WEEK ON PACIFIC AND 680, A
- 2:28:32TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. TWO YOUNG TEENAGERS KILLED IN THEIR YOUNG
- 2:28:37TEENS. THEIR LIVES WERE TAKEN FROM THEM. I HOPE THEY KNEW
- 2:28:43JESUS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU SAY, "I NEED TO REPENT. I
- 2:28:49WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I WANT TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD."
- 2:28:51RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. ANOTHER HAND THERE. OKAY, I'M GOING TO
- 2:28:57ASK EVERYONE THAT RAISED YOUR HAND TODAY TO DO SOMETHING VERY
- 2:29:00BOLD. EVERY TIME JESUS CALLED SOMEONE, HE CALLED THEM
- 2:29:03PUBLICLY. YOU SAY, "WHY DO YOU DO THAT, PASTOR DOUG?" I WANT
- 2:29:07YOU TO COME UP HERE AND MAKE A COMMITMENT BECAUSE YOU'LL
- 2:29:09REMEMBER IT. IT'LL MAKE AN IMPACT THAT AUGUST 10TH, YOU
- 2:29:13MADE A DECISION. GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT IF YOU WOULD RIGHT NOW AND
- 2:29:15COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. EDDIE, LET'S RAISE THAT UP A LITTLE
- 2:29:18BIT. I WANT YOU TO COME. THIS IS GONNA BE A NEW DAY IN YOUR LIFE,
- 2:29:24A NEW COMMITMENT. COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND STAND IN FRONT OF
- 2:29:27ME, YOUNG LADY. GIVE HER A HAND AS SHE COMES. THANK YOU FOR
- 2:29:30COMING, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR COMING, LITTLE BOY. APPRECIATE
- 2:29:35IT. THERE'S A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE COMING. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
- 2:29:38THEM A MOMENT TO COME. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, YOU CAN
- 2:29:42PRAY WITH US RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. YOU CAN RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST
- 2:29:46IN YOUR HEART. YOU CAN TURN BACK TO HIM IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING IN
- 2:29:50YOUR WALK AND GET THINGS RIGHT. HERE'S THE DEAL. THE BIBLE SAYS
- 2:29:58WE START WITH GOD THROUGH BELIEF IN OUR HEART, ACCORDING TO
- 2:30:02ROMANS 10:10, AND THEN CONFESSION IN OUR MOUTH. SO IT
- 2:30:05STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER
- 2:30:10YOU'RE OFF TRACK, YOU'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE TRYING TO
- 2:30:15FOLLOW GOD, BUT YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK. YOU STILL HAVE TO
- 2:30:18REPENT AND START OVER. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING UP. OR IF
- 2:30:22YOU'VE NEVER RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR,
- 2:30:26YOU STILL START WITH REPENTANCE BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS WE'VE ALL
- 2:30:29SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. THAT MEANS NOTHING
- 2:30:33THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR OWN CAN SAVE US. WE HAVE TO DO IT
- 2:30:37THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR
- 2:30:39US, GAVE HIS LIFE. AND WHEN WE RECEIVE WHAT HE DID FOR US, WE
- 2:30:44BECOME NEW CREATURES. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WHEN YOU
- 2:30:49REPENT AND YOU START WITH HIM. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
- 2:30:52DO TODAY IS JUST REPEAT AFTER ME AS I PRAY A SIMPLE PRAYER. YOU
- 2:30:56MAY NOT EVEN FEEL ANYTHING, BUT IT'S FAITH IN YOUR HEART. YOU
- 2:31:00BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY. YOU CONFESS IT WITH YOUR MOUTH. AND
- 2:31:04YOUNG MAN, CAN YOU JUST FOLLOW WITH WHAT I SAY TODAY? I
- 2:31:07APPRECIATE IT. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, BY THE WAY? ERIC? BARRETT.
- 2:31:12BARRETT, THAT'S A GOOD NAME. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO BOLD FOR
- 2:31:16JESUS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN A, WHAT ARE
- 2:31:19YOU, ABOUT FIVE? YOU'RE SEVEN, OH, YOU'RE BIG. SEVEN YEARS OLD,
- 2:31:25THAT'S PRECIOUS. COME TO THE LORD. GOD'S GOT A GREAT PLAN FOR
- 2:31:29YOU. SO WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS TODAY, AND IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING
- 2:31:31ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING. JUST REPEAT AFTER ME AS I
- 2:31:35PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN. THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE
- 2:31:41HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY. HE WAS PUNISHED FOR ME. HE WAS
- 2:31:49BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. I ASK JESUS, COME
- 2:31:58INTO MY HEART, BE MY SAVIOR. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE.
- 2:32:05MAKE ME A NEW PERSON. I BELIEVE YOU WILL SAVE ME AND GIVE ME A
- 2:32:14HOME IN HEAVEN. BUT I WANT TO SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY
- 2:32:20LIFE. AND I COMMIT ON AUGUST 10TH TO BE YOUR SERVANT. YOU
- 2:32:28HAVE A GREAT PLAN FOR ME, AND I WANT TO FOLLOW IT. IN JESUS'
- 2:32:34NAME, AMEN, AMEN. NOW I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO ONE MORE THING. IF
- 2:32:39YOU JUST SPREAD OUT, WE'LL HELP YOU. FIND SOMEONE UP HERE,
- 2:32:42THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SOME LITERATURE, THEY'RE GONNA HELP
- 2:32:45YOU ON YOUR WALK, AND GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO MOVE
- 2:32:49FORWARD IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO IN YOUR LIFE. SO, JANET,
- 2:32:53IF YOU'LL JUST HELP THEM FIND THE RIGHT PLACE TO GO, I
- 2:32:55APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY,
- 2:32:58AND YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH ME, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE
- 2:33:0124 HOURS A DAY, EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ARCHIVE,
- 2:33:05855-777-7907. WE HAVE LICENSED PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO
- 2:33:12HELP YOU, TO SEND YOUR LITERATURE, AND HELP YOU WITH
- 2:33:15YOUR WALK. AND SO WE'RE HONORED TO DO THAT. AND MAKE SURE YOU
- 2:33:18MAKE A PHONE CALL AND TELL THEM THAT YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
- 2:33:21TODAY SO THAT WE HAVE RECORD OF IT. WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.
- 2:33:25WELL, LET ME JUST MENTION, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT TODAY.
- 2:33:28WOULD YOU JUST GIVE THEM ANOTHER HAND FOR BEING SO BOLD?
- 2:33:30(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 2:33:34PRAISE GOD, THAT'S IMPORTANT. MILLARD DAYS IS COMING UP. IT'S
- 2:33:39AN AREA THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE
- 2:33:43WANT TO BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT
- 2:33:46PLANS ON HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PARADE AND HAVE A TENT AND A
- 2:33:50BOOTH AVAILABLE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME. AND IF YOU
- 2:33:54WANT INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN HELP SERVE AT MILLER DAYS, IT
- 2:33:58GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO TESTIFY AND HELP IN MANY WAYS, BUT IT'S
- 2:34:03AUGUST 19TH THROUGH THE 24TH. YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE PARADE,
- 2:34:07THE FLOAT, THE GAMES, EVANGELISM. GO TO THE CONNECT
- 2:34:10CENTER RIGHT OUT HERE, THE CENTER CONNECT CENTER, AND LET
- 2:34:14THEM KNOW YOU WANT TO BE A PART AND THEY'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT.
- 2:34:16AND THEN DON'T FORGET WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MIDWEEK RECHARGE. THAT'S
- 2:34:20SO IMPORTANT TO BE HERE. IT'LL GIVE YOU A RECHARGE, AND PASTOR
- 2:34:24BRENDA WILL BE PREACHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DON'T MISS IT.
- 2:34:27IT'LL BE AN ENCOURAGING AND POWERFUL MESSAGE. YOU CAN ALSO
- 2:34:31WATCH ONLINE, 7 P.M. CENTRAL. SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU
- 2:34:35FOR COMING TODAY. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, AND
- 2:34:37WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- 2:34:39(MUSIC)