Latest / LOH Church Archive / 07/19/26 Dr. Richard Roberts
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:05GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
- 0:09THERE IS A SOUND THAT IS SHIFTING
- 0:13AND BRINGING US INTO THE NEW.
- 0:16ARE YOU READY TO STEP INTO THE FULLNESS OF GOD'S GOODNESS?
- 0:20IF YOU ARE, LET ME HEAR YOU RAISE IT UP THIS MORNING, AMEN.
- 0:26(MUSIC)
- 8:49WE ARE BREAKING FREE FROM THOSE SHACKLES AND THOSE CHAINS.
- 8:54WE ARE NOT SETTLING FOR LESS THAN.
- 8:58WE ARE DONE WITH COMPLACENCY AND PLAYING CHURCH.
- 9:02IT IS TIME TO STEP IN AS THE SONS AND THE DAUGHTERS
- 9:06OF THE KING ETERNAL TO TAKE BACK WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS
- 9:10IN JESUS' NAME.
- 9:12ARE YOU READY? LET'S GO.
- 10:34JUST THE DRUMS AND BASS, COME ON.
- 10:41DO YOU HEAR THAT?
- 10:43HEAVEN IS SCARED.
- 10:46HEAVEN IS AFRAID OF YOU STEPPING INTO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
- 10:50ESTABLISHED FOR YOU THROUGH WHAT WAS DONE ON THE CROSS.
- 10:56BUT IT WASN'T DONE THERE BECAUSE HE IS ALIVE AND
- 10:59YOU ARE SEATED WITH HIM.
- 11:04COME ON, Y'ALL.
- 11:05GOD'S WAITING ON YOU. HE'S WAITING ON YOU.
- 11:09COME ON.
- 20:14HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 20:20WE HONOR YOU, GOD.
- 20:24NOT FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT FOR WHO YOU ARE,
- 20:31YOUR CHARACTER, YOUR NATURE, YOUR HEART,
- 20:36WHICH IS TO ALWAYS BRING US BACK INTO RECONCILIATION
- 20:41AND THE FULLNESS OF RESTORATION WITH YOU.
- 20:44YOU ARE NOT OUR OPPRESSOR.
- 20:47YOU ARE ETERNAL LIFE, OH GOD.
- 20:55WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS MORNING,
- 21:00THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT HE IS FOR YOU.
- 21:07HE IS FOR YOU.
- 21:09HE IS FOR YOU.
- 21:11BUT PASTOR ANTHONY, YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
- 21:17MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
- 21:20COULD IT BE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING?
- 21:28WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE?
- 21:31IF IT'S ROOTED IN THE TEMPORARY, THEN YOU'RE LOST.
- 21:35BUT THANK GOD THAT HE IS THE KING OF ETERNITY.
- 21:41AND HIS WORD REMAINS.
- 21:45SO PERHAPS IT'S ABOUT SHIFTING YOUR PERSPECTIVE
- 21:48FROM THE TEMPORARY TO THE ETERNAL.
- 21:54AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE TO REMIND YOU THIS MORNING
- 21:56OF WHO IT IS THAT YOU ARE.
- 21:58YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE, SO YOU'RE NOT OPPRESSED.
- 22:01IT'S NOT HOPELESS.
- 22:03IT'S NOT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
- 22:05THAT'S THE MINDSET OF A SLAVE. YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE.
- 22:09YOU ARE NOT A SERVANT.
- 22:11A SERVANT SAYS, "WELL, I HOPE THIS WORKS OUT.
- 22:15"I HOPE YOU'LL SEE ENOUGH OF MY GOOD DEEDS
- 22:17THAT MAYBE YOU'LL GIVE ME SOMETHING."
- 22:20GOD SAYS YOU'RE TO HAVE A HEART OF A SERVANT,
- 22:23BUT YOUR POSITIONAL AUTHORITY IS THE SON
- 22:25AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING.
- 22:29(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 22:36GUYS, THIS IS AN OLD SONG.
- 22:38WELL, FOR ME IT IS, I'M YOUNG.
- 22:43BUT IT'S TIME TO STOP LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE EXTERNAL
- 22:50AND ALLOW THE KING ETERNAL TO RELEASE
- 22:53ETERNITY FROM YOUR HEART SO THAT YOU MAY TRULY SEE
- 22:58WHAT IT IS THAT HE'S ALREADY DONE, BUT ALSO YOUR AUTHORITY
- 23:03TO WALK IN THE FULLNESS OF WHAT HE'S CALLED YOU TO.
- 23:07NOT ONE DAY, BUT RIGHT NOW.
- 23:09YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS. IT GOES LIKE THIS. FORGIVE MY VOICE.
- 23:14OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART, LORD.
- 23:19OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART.
- 23:23I WANT TO SEE YOU.
- 23:26(MUSIC)
- 24:44WHAT DO YOU SEE?
- 24:46DO YOU SEE HIM LIFTED UP ABOVE THAT SITUATION?
- 24:51(MUSIC)
- 25:29HEAVENLY FATHER,
- 25:32THANK YOU FOR OPENING OUR EYES
- 25:35AND CAUSING US TO SEE THE WAY THAT YOU SEE,
- 25:40CAUSING US TO SEE YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR MERCY,
- 25:42YOUR LOVE, YOUR PEACE, YOUR FAITHFULNESS, YOUR GOODNESS.
- 25:49RELEASE IT UPON THE PEOPLE, FATHER,
- 25:52IN A FRESH AND UNLIMITED MEASURE.
- 25:56AWAKEN THEM TO THEIR PURPOSE, BUT ALSO THEIR POSITION IN YOU.
- 26:01AND RIGHT NOW, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
- 26:03WE DECLARE THAT EVERY SINGLE STRONGHOLD,
- 26:07EVERY FORM OF BONDAGE, INIQUITY, EVERY CASE THAT THE ENEMY
- 26:11HAS BROUGHT AGAINST YOU, IT CRUMBLES, IT IS DESTROYED,
- 26:15IT IS ANNIHILATED BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF
- 26:20JESUS. AND WE DECLARE LIBERTY, FREEDOM, AND LIFE
- 26:25IN AN IMMEDIATE DIVINE TURNAROUND OVER ALL THAT
- 26:29YOU ARE FACING IN JESUS' MIGHTY, MIGHTY, ETERNAL NAME.
- 26:35AMEN, AMEN.
- 26:39YOU KNOW THE BEST THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT WORD
- 26:42DOESN'T JUST STAY HERE.
- 26:43YOU CAN TAKE THAT OUT THERE WITH YOU.
- 26:47LIVE IT, CLAIM IT, RECEIVE IT, BE IT.
- 26:51AMEN. TURN AROUND AND GREET
- 26:53YOUR NEIGHBOR AS WE CONTINUE ON THE SERVICE, AMEN.
- 26:57(MUSIC)
- 27:27I'M PASSING TO YOU RIGHT.
- 27:51WELL, GOOD MORNING.
- 27:55ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE TODAY?
- 28:01I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT'S BEEN A GREAT SERVICE SO
- 28:02FAR. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE REMAINDER.
- 28:04AMEN. AMEN. WELL, WE WANNA GREET
- 28:07YOU TODAY. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, WANNA
- 28:10MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID RECEIVE OUR GUEST BAG FOR YOU. USHERS
- 28:14ARE IN THE AISLES. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, RAISE YOUR
- 28:17HAND. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ONE, USHERS WILL GIVE
- 28:19YOU ONE INSIDE. YOU'LL FIND GOODIES ABOUT THE CHURCH, ABOUT
- 28:22OUR MINISTRY. I INVITE YOU TO PULL OUT A GUEST PACKET THAT'S
- 28:26INSIDE THE BAG, AND THERE'S A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED
- 28:29CARD THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO TEAR OFF AND DROP IN THE
- 28:32OFFERING BASKET. AND JUST LET US KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF. AND WE JUST
- 28:35WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING. IF YOU'RE JOINING US
- 28:37ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHETHER YOUTUBE OR FACEBOOK OR
- 28:41ROKU, ALL OF OUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE
- 28:44VOICE TV, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TODAY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T
- 28:47CHECKED OUT ONEVOICETV.NET, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO
- 28:52THERE. IT'S OUR STREAMING PLATFORM WHERE WE CANNOT BE
- 28:57CANCELED. AMEN. AND THERE IS JUST A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT,
- 29:02THAT, THAT THE CHURCH HAS CREATED. THAT'S ON THERE FOR
- 29:05YOU. JUST YOUR, YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE, WHETHER IT BE DAILY
- 29:07DECREES OR GET REAL WITH HANK OR GAME CHANGERS OR, YOU KNOW,
- 29:10PROPHETIC PULSE, ALL THE, ALL THE, ALL THE SHOWS ARE GOING TO
- 29:13BUILD YOUR SPIRIT, UM, IN TIMES WHERE OUR SPIRIT NEED BUILDING.
- 29:17AMEN. SO LET'S GO TO ONEVOICETV.NET WHERE WE CAN
- 29:20LEARN MORE AND WE CAN STAY CONNECTED. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
- 29:23LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR FIRST-TIME GUESTS HERE AND ONLINE A HAND AS
- 29:28WE WELCOME PASTOR DOUG.
- 29:30(APPLAUSE)
- 29:32THANK YOU, PASTOR MIKE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB AT GUEST READING.
- 29:37(LAUGHTER)
- 29:40YEAH, I'VE HAD THIS ON MY HEART SINCE I WAS DOWN FRONT HERE. AND
- 29:45SO I'M GOING TO DO- I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO DO THIS. IS THERE
- 29:48SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND YOU GOT IN YOUR CAR TO COME TO CHURCH,
- 29:53YOUR GAS TANK WAS ON EMPTY, AND YOU THOUGHT TO YOURSELF, I'M NOT
- 29:57SURE IF I CAN EVEN MAKE IT TO CHURCH, BUT YOU CAME BY FAITH.
- 30:01IS THAT SOMEONE YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW? THERE'S SOMEONE
- 30:03HERE I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. WHO IS THAT? USHER'S HELPED ME,
- 30:09I CAN'T SEE IF I GOT A HAND HERE. OH, OVER THERE. OVER
- 30:14THERE. IS THERE TWO? OH, OKAY, COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY, COME
- 30:18QUICKLY. I DON'T TAKE LONG FOR THIS.
- 30:21(APPLAUSE)
- 30:26COME DOWN HERE IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND. THE LORD KNOWS OUR
- 30:30NEEDS. HE'S A SUPERNATURAL GOD. AND I BELIEVE, WAS IT JUST,
- 30:37OKAY, I THOUGHT THERE WAS TWO HANDS. SO, SIR, HERE'S WHAT I'M
- 30:40GONNA DO. I'M GONNA DO TWO THINGS TODAY. I'M GONNA PRAY FOR
- 30:42YOU, BELIEVE GOD'S ORDERING YOUR STEPS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A
- 30:45SUPERNATURAL BREAKTHROUGH. AND THEN EILEEN, WHERE ARE YOU AT?
- 30:49SHE LEFT. OH, WOULD YOU WORK WITH LES? I WANNA GET HIM A FUEL
- 30:54CARD BEFORE HE LEAVES SO THAT HE CAN GET HOME OKAY. SO, OKAY.
- 30:57(APPLAUSE)
- 30:59I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT NEED. FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME, I
- 31:03COMMAND THE SUPERNATURAL BLESSING OF GOD ON THIS YOUNG
- 31:05MAN. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU WILL MEET EVERY NEED IN HIS
- 31:09LIFE. YOU'RE ORDERING HIS STEPS. HE HAD THE FAITH TO COME HERE,
- 31:12EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LOW ON FUEL, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE PROVIDING
- 31:16FOR HIM AND YOU'LL CONTINUE. THIS IS JUST A SIGN FROM HEAVEN
- 31:20THAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR HIM AS HE MOVES ON
- 31:23THROUGH HIS LIFE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE CALLED HIM TO
- 31:25ACCOMPLISH ON THIS EARTH. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY,
- 31:29AMEN, AMEN. PRAISE GOD, THANK YOU. BOB, WOULD YOU RUN UP HERE
- 31:34REAL QUICK? BOB IS BETTER AT THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAN I AM
- 31:38BECAUSE HE HAS A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT'S GOING ON. I'M GONNA LET
- 31:41HIM SHARE ABOUT TWO THINGS REAL QUICK HERE WHILE I'M HERE. I'LL
- 31:43JUST STAND WITH YOU.
- 31:45THANKS, PASTOR DOUG. WE HAVE TWO SATURDAYS, UPCOMING SATURDAYS IN
- 31:49A ROW, AND I MENTIONED THEM LAST WEEK. THE FIRST SATURDAY IS
- 31:53SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, PARDON, SEPTEMBER. WOW. I'M LIKE FAST
- 31:58FORWARDING WAY TOO FAST. JULY 25TH, AND THIS IS FOR OUR LOCAL
- 32:03CROWD PRIMARILY, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THESE
- 32:06TWO IF YOU'RE ONLINE. JULY 25TH IS GONNA BE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL
- 32:10SATURDAY. THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR ANY FAMILY TO COME TO TO
- 32:15PICK UP SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR KIDS. AND LIKE I SAID LAST
- 32:18WEEK, IF YOU'LL DONATE $20, $20 WILL GET ONE CHILD A BACKPACK,
- 32:23AND IT'S A BACKPACK THAT'S FULL OF ITEMS THAT THEY'LL NEED FOR
- 32:25THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR, AND IT'S FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. SO IT
- 32:29CARRIES AN ANOINTING WITH IT TO THAT CHILD, NO MATTER WHAT
- 32:32SCHOOL THEY GO TO. IT'S SUPER POWERFUL. IF YOU WANNA DONATE
- 32:36ITEMS, YOU CAN DONATE THEM IN THE CONNECT CENTER, OR IF YOU
- 32:38WANNA GIVE, YOU CAN GIVE ONLINE. THAT'S $20 PER CHILD, AND YOU
- 32:42CAN SELECT OTHER IN THE DROPDOWN. THE SECOND EVENT, AND
- 32:46WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD REACTION TO THIS SO FAR. I THINK WE'VE
- 32:48HAD ABOUT 80 TICKETS SOLD, AND THE STORM CHASERS HELD BACK
- 32:52ABOUT 400 TICKETS FOR US. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE ENTIRE
- 32:56CHURCH BODY OUT TO FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT, WHICH IS GOING TO
- 32:59BE THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST IN THE
- 33:03EVENING. EXCUSE ME, OMAHA STORM CHASERS, GREAT BALL CLUB, LORD
- 33:08OF HOSTS CHURCH, THE PRIMARY SPONSOR, THE ONLY SPONSOR OF
- 33:10FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT. PASTOR MATT AND THE GAME CHANGERS TEAM
- 33:15LINED THIS UP. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR GAME CHANGERS TENT
- 33:18THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP IN FORCE WITH LORD OF HOSTS
- 33:20CHURCH, SHOW EVERYBODY IN THE OMAHA COMMUNITY WHAT AN AMAZING
- 33:23CHURCH WE ARE. AND GUESS WHAT? WE'LL BE PULLING THOSE CURTAINS
- 33:26SOON SO WE CAN HAVE EVEN MORE FOLKS IN HERE FOR FAITH AND
- 33:29FAMILY NIGHT. THANKS, PASTOR DOUG.
- 33:32SO BOB, DO WE HAVE TO DRESS LIKE WE ARE TODAY FOR SUNDAY OR CAN
- 33:35WE COME CASUAL TO THAT EVENT?
- 33:36OH NO, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE IMPRESSIVE LIKE PASTOR DOUG,
- 33:40BUT YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT. ACTUALLY, WE WANT YOU TO
- 33:42WEAR LORD OF HOSTS GEAR IF YOU HAVE LORD OF HOSTS GEAR. AND IF
- 33:45YOU DON'T, CONTACT THE CHURCH. CANDY CAN GET AHOLD OF YOU, OR
- 33:48YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF CANDY. WE HAVE PLENTY OF I AM LOH SHIRTS.
- 33:51WE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU.
- 33:52GREAT, OKAY, THANK YOU, BOB. GIVE BOB A HAND.
- 33:56AND THEN IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE GRAPHIC FOR
- 34:00OPENING THE HEAVENS 2026.
- 34:04(APPLAUSE)
- 34:06BOY, THAT'S COMING SOON. I MEAN, WE GET PAST THE 4TH OF JULY AND
- 34:08THE SUMMER GOES, UNFORTUNATELY. SO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, WE
- 34:13START WITH FLASHPOINT LIVE HERE. DR. GENE BAILEY WILL BE HERE
- 34:16WITH HIS CREW. FLASHPOINT, THAT'LL BE GREAT. AND THEN
- 34:19FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE HAVE KENT CHRISTMAS TIM SHEETS AND
- 34:23OUR OWN PASTOR HANK. AND THEN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH,
- 34:27THAT'LL BE PASTOR BRENDA, OUR PARTNER LUNCHEON RIGHT HERE IN
- 34:31THE TABERNACLE, ROBERT LIARDON AND TONY SUAREZ, AND THAT'LL BE
- 34:37GREAT. AND THEN SUNDAY WE CAP IT OFF WITH PASTOR LORENZO SEWELL.
- 34:42SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME. MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP. WE WANNA
- 34:46FILL EVERY SEAT HERE AND WE'LL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU. SO IT'S GONNA
- 34:50BE A GREAT TIME HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. SO WELL, IT'S
- 34:53OFFERING TIME. LET'S GET EXCITED. IT'S OFFERING TIME.
- 34:59THAT'S A TIME OF WORSHIP. WE'RE EXCITED. SO, YOU KNOW, MANY
- 35:04TIMES WHEN THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT GIVING, IT SPEAKS IN
- 35:08AGRICULTURAL TERMS. AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW GROWING
- 35:13CORN IN NEBRASKA RELATES TO OUR GIVING. DO WE HAVE ANY FARMERS
- 35:18HERE TODAY? OR PREVIOUS FARMERS, MAYBE RETIRED FARMERS? WE GOT A
- 35:21FEW FARMERS HERE, OKAY? GIVE 'EM A HAND, WE LOVE OUR FARMERS. YOU
- 35:25KNOW, WHEN A FARMER PUTS A SEED OF CORN INTO THE GROUND, HIS
- 35:30RETURN IS FAR MORE THAN JUST ONE SEED. THANK GOD, OR HE COULDN'T
- 35:36MAKE IT. WHEN HE PUTS THAT SEED INTO THE EARTH, IT STARTS A
- 35:40DIVINELY ORDERED PROCESS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
- 35:45YOU PUT A SEED IN THE GROUND AND IT GROWS INTO A STALK OF CORN.
- 35:49AND THAT STALK PRODUCES SEVERAL EARS OF CORN. AND EACH EAR
- 35:53PRODUCES MANY, MANY SEEDS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY SEEDS
- 35:57ARE ON A, HOW MANY SEEDS, DOUG, ARE ON A EAR OF CORN? THOUSANDS,
- 36:01OKAY, THAT'S A LOT. AND THAT ALL COMES FROM JUST ONE SEED THAT A
- 36:06FARMER WOULD PLANT. SO THERE'S TWO IMPORTANT POINTS I WANNA
- 36:10MENTION TODAY REGARDING THAT. FIRST OF ALL, THE FARMER HAS TO
- 36:13SOW THE SEED BEFORE HE CAN HAVE A HARVEST. IF HE JUST LAYS IN
- 36:17BED AND SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA BELIEVE THE LORD
- 36:20WILL GROW SOME CORN IN MY LAND THIS YEAR. IT WON'T WORK. HE HAS
- 36:24TO SOW THE SEED. THE MORE SEED THAT HE SOWS, THE LARGER HIS
- 36:28HARVEST. HERE'S A SCRIPTURE. EVEN AN UNSAVED, HEATHEN,
- 36:35NEBRASKA FARMER WOULD BELIEVE THIS SCRIPTURE. I'M GONNA READ
- 36:38IT TO YOU. IT COMES OUT OF 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6. EVERY FARMER
- 36:42ACTUALLY IN THE WORLD WOULD BELIEVE THIS SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS,
- 36:45"REMEMBER THIS, A FARMER WHO PLANTS ONLY A FEW SEEDS "WILL
- 36:51GET A SMALL CROP, "BUT THE ONE WHO PLANTS GENEROUSLY "WILL GET
- 36:55A GENEROUS CROP." EVERY FARMER IN THE WORLD WOULD BELIEVE THAT.
- 37:00THEY WOULD KNOW THAT, WOULDN'T THEY? BUT IT'S TRUE IN OUR
- 37:04GIVING TOO. AND THE NUMBER TWO THING IS THIS, SIMPLY SOWING
- 37:08SEED IS NOT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A HARVEST. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
- 37:12WHERE YOU SOW. IF THAT FARMER JUST GOES OUT AND THROWS THAT
- 37:16SEED ON A CEMENT SLAB NEAR HIS BARN, WHAT'S THAT GONNA DO?
- 37:22NOTHING. IF YOU THROW YOUR SEED ON A CONCRETE SLAB, IT'S NOT
- 37:25GONNA REAP A HARVEST. WELL, AS WE LOOK AT THE PARABLE OF THE
- 37:30SOWER IN MARK CHAPTER FOUR, WE SEE THIS ILLUSTRATED. IT SAYS,
- 37:34"LISTEN, A FARMER WENT OUT TO PLANT SOME SEED. AS HE SCATTERED
- 37:39IT ACROSS HIS FIELD, SOME OF THE SEED FELL ON A FOOTPATH AND THE
- 37:42BIRDS CAME AND ATE IT. OTHER SEED FELL ON SHALLOW SOIL WITH
- 37:47UNDERLYING ROCK. THE SEED SPROUTED QUICKLY BECAUSE THE
- 37:50SOIL WAS SHALLOW, BUT THE PLANT SOON WILTED UNDER THE HOT SUN.
- 37:56AND SINCE IT DIDN'T HAVE DEEP ROOTS, IT DIED. OTHER SEED FELL
- 38:01AMONG THORNS THAT GREW UP AND CHOKED OUT THE TENDER PLANTS SO
- 38:04THEY PRODUCED NO GRAIN. STILL OTHER SEED, LISTEN TO THIS, FELL
- 38:09ON FERTILE SOIL. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WENT INTO GOOD GROUND. AND
- 38:14THEN THE SEED SPROUTED, THEY GREW, AND THEY PRODUCED A CROP
- 38:17THAT WAS 30, 60, AND EVEN A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH AS IT HAD
- 38:23BEEN PLANTED. MM, PUT YOUR SEED INTO GOOD GROUND. A KEY
- 38:28PRINCIPLE IN BIBLICAL ECONOMICS IS THAT WE MUST ALWAYS SOW OUR
- 38:33SEED IN GOOD GROUND. THE BEST AND MOST FERTILE SOIL FOR YOU TO
- 38:38PLANT IS WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FED. MALACHI 3:10 SAYS, "BRING
- 38:43YOUR TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE." THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FED.
- 38:47IF YOU'RE COMING HERE, THIS IS YOUR CHURCH, THIS IS WHERE
- 38:50YOU'RE GETTING FED. OTHERWISE, YOU NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
- 38:54WHERE YOU GET FED. BUT IF YOU'RE GETTING FED HERE, THAT'S WHERE
- 38:57YOU NEED TO PLANT YOUR SEED, AMEN? YOU CAN DO OFFERINGS OTHER
- 39:01PLACES, BUT PUT YOUR TITHE WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FED. AND THEN
- 39:06NUMBER TWO, IT SHOULD BE A MINISTRY THAT'S CONSECRATED AND
- 39:08DEDICATED TO PRODUCING A HARVEST FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IF
- 39:13YOU'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO A DEAD CHURCH THAT DOESN'T EVEN
- 39:15PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A HARVEST. PUT YOUR
- 39:22SEED INTO GOOD GROUND. AND EVEN IF TIMES ARE FINANCIALLY
- 39:26DIFFICULT AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES,
- 39:31YOU'RE GONNA REAP ABUNDANTLY WHEN YOU PLANT YOUR SEED INTO
- 39:34GOOD GROUND. SO AS WE HONOR GOD WITH OUR TITHES TODAY, WE'RE
- 39:38BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR POSSESSIONS THAT GOD'S GIVEN US.
- 39:41USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE TODAY. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE
- 39:44FOR YOUR GIVING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS WILL BE
- 39:48HONORED TO SERVE YOU AN ENVELOPE. ALSO, WE HAVE GIVING
- 39:51INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. IF YOU WANNA USE OUR WEBSITE, YOU
- 39:54CAN GO TO LOHCHURCH.ORG AND CLICK ON THE GIVING DROPDOWN AND
- 40:01YOU CAN PUT IN TITHES, OFFERINGS. WE WILL BE HAVING A
- 40:05SPECIAL OFFERING AT THE END FOR OUR GUESTS TODAY. AND IF YOU'RE
- 40:09USING OUR MOBILE APP, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. OR YOU CAN
- 40:12TEXT TO GIVE, JUST TEXT THE WORD, THE WORDS, LORD OF HOSTS
- 40:17TO 833-309-5698. SO AS YOU GIVE TODAY, REALIZE THAT YOUR GIVING
- 40:26TO LORD OF HOSTS IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP TO GOD. EVEN THOUGH
- 40:30YOU'RE GIVING TO THIS CHURCH, YOU'RE GIVING TO GOD. PAUL TOLD
- 40:34US IN PHILIPPIANS 4:18 THAT OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS ARE
- 40:38WELL PLEASING TO GOD. REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. MY TITHES AND MY
- 40:44OFFERINGS ARE WELL PLEASING TO GOD. AMEN. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR
- 40:51THOSE OF YOU ONLINE THAT PARTNER WITH US AND HELP US GET THE
- 40:56PROPHETIC AND THE WORD OF GOD AROUND THE WORLD AND CONTINUING
- 41:00TO GO FORTH FROM THIS PLACE. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR
- 41:03ONLINE AUDIENCE AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
- 41:07GIVING INTO THIS GROUND. WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP WITH ME AND
- 41:10HOLD YOUR OFFERING. I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU TODAY AND THEN
- 41:13WE'LL DO OUR DECLARATION. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY
- 41:18INDIVIDUAL HERE AND ONLINE THAT'S GIVING INTO THIS GROUND
- 41:22TODAY AND WE BELIEVE IT'S GOOD SOIL THAT THEY'RE GIVING INTO
- 41:25AND WE THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR PROMISES THAT AS WE SOW WE WILL
- 41:29RECEIVE AND WE'LL RECEIVE IT ABUNDANTLY. WE BELIEVE THAT
- 41:32TODAY, WE EXTEND OUR FAITH AS WE GIVE, WE'RE BELIEVING EVERY NEED
- 41:37WILL BE MET TODAY, EVEN IN SURPLUS LORD YOU'LL HELP THOSE
- 41:41TO PROSPER SO THAT THEY CAN FULFILL THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE
- 41:44FOR THEIR LIVES LORD AS THEY GO FORTH AND ARE ABLE TO GIVE TO
- 41:48OTHERS TO MOVE FORWARD SO BEING PROSPEROUS AND BEING A LIGHT TO
- 41:53THE WORLD. WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
- 41:57AMEN. LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION TODAY. REMAIN STANDING FOR A
- 42:03MOMENT. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND THE MINISTRY OF LORD OF
- 42:07HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT FREE. WE
- 42:12DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY
- 42:16ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE
- 42:20ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE
- 42:25HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE
- 42:29PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO
- 42:34BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF
- 42:38PEOPLE THAT CAN GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT
- 42:43WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE'LL QUADRUPLE AGAIN.
- 42:48WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE
- 42:53EXPANDED NOW. AMEN. REMAIN STANDING AND LET'S WELCOME DR.
- 42:59RICHARD ROBERTS TO THE PLATFORM. HE'S NO STRANGER TO THIS PLACE.
- 43:02(APPLAUSE)
- 43:17GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING.
- 43:21YOU TURN THE MICROPHONE OFF.
- 44:10GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WELL, LIFT YOUR
- 44:15HANDS UNDER THE LORD. FATHER, I GIVE YOU PRAISE AND HONOR AND
- 44:18GLORY FOR THIS DAY, FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE.
- 44:23AND WE REJOICE AND WE ARE GLAD. AND THANK YOU FOR LORD OF HOSTS
- 44:26CHURCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY IN OMAHA. THANK
- 44:29YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I PRAISE YOU AND GIVE YOU HONOR
- 44:32AND GLORY. THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I
- 44:35RECEIVE IT NOW, AFRESH AND ANEW IN JESUS' NAME. AND EVERYONE
- 44:39SAID AMEN. GIVE A SHOUT OF PRAISE TO THE LORD, HALLELUJAH.
- 44:44AMEN, GOD BLESS YOU, YOU CAN BE SEATED. I AM SO HAPPY TO BE BACK
- 44:48IN OMAHA, THE HOTTEST PLACE IN AMERICA. WE'RE HAVING A HEAT
- 44:57ADVISORY IN TULSA TODAY, I IMAGINE YOU'RE PRETTY NEAR
- 45:00HAVING ONE HERE IN OMAHA. MY GOODNESS, IF HELL'S HOTTER THAN
- 45:04THIS, I'M NOT GOING. WOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BIBLICAL. HE SAID
- 45:09YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUMMER AND WINTER, HOT AND COLD. SO GOD'S
- 45:13TELLING THE TRUTH. IN THE SUMMER, WE DREAM OF THE WINTER.
- 45:16IN THE WINTER, WE DREAM OF THE SUMMER. WELL, I'M DREAMING OF
- 45:20THE WINTER RIGHT NOW. I AM SO HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO BE HERE
- 45:25AND TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PINCH HIT ON THIS SPECIAL WEEK
- 45:28WHEN PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA ARE ON VACATION. I AM SO JEALOUS.
- 45:34I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THE VACATION FEELS LIKE. 2021 WAS
- 45:39THE LAST VACATION THAT I TOOK AND YEAH, YOU CAN FEEL SORRY FOR
- 45:43ME, I'M SURE. BUT I'M GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS I
- 45:48THINK THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR THAT I HAVE COME UP DURING HIS
- 45:51VACATION TIME, YOU KNOW. I NEVER GET TO SEE HIM, BUT I GET TO SEE
- 45:53YOU. WE HAD A NICE TALK LAST NIGHT. I GOT TO KNOW PASTOR HANK
- 45:58IN 2007. WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR THAT LONG. AND I THANK GOD FOR
- 46:03HIS MINISTRY AND FOR WHAT HE MEANS AND WHAT HIS WIFE BRENDA
- 46:06MEANS TO ME AND TO MY WIFE LINDSAY AND MANY, MANY TIMES
- 46:10THAT HE HAS SPOKEN INTO MY LIFE. AND I HAVE WATCHED THE GROWTH OF
- 46:14THIS CHURCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I REMEMBER WHEN IN THE OTHER
- 46:17BUILDING THERE WERE JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. AND LOOK
- 46:20WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. SO THANK GOD FOR IT. AND I AGREE
- 46:27WITH YOU ON THAT DECLARATION WE JUST MADE. I WAS READING THAT
- 46:30WITH YOU, DOUG. AND THANK YOU, PASTOR, FOR INTRODUCING ME. AND
- 46:34MATTHEW, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. GO JOHN, WHEN ON AUGUST 11TH?
- 46:40JOHN'S FIGHTING ON AUGUST 11TH. I REMEMBER WHEN JOHN WAS
- 46:42STANDING ON A CHAIR IN THE OTHER... THAT'S HOW FAR I GO
- 46:47BACK. BUT I THANK GOD FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M OLDER THAN DIRT,
- 46:50SO... JOHN OSTEEN USED TO SAY HE WAS OLDER THAN JOB'S OLD YELLOW
- 46:54TURKEY. BUT ANYWAY, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. THOSE OF YOU THAT
- 47:00ARE WATCHING ONLINE, LISTEN TO ME. THERE IS NO DISTANCE IN
- 47:04PRAYER. YOU'RE RIGHT HERE. HE'S RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE, AND
- 47:09HE'S RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU ARE. AND THERE'S A SPECIAL WORD FOR
- 47:12YOU TODAY. TWO WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAME AS PASTOR
- 47:15DOUG WAS SPEAKING. FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO HAS AN ULCER
- 47:19AND YOU'RE BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT
- 47:22BURNING SENSATION WILL BE GONE BY THE END OF THIS SERVICE. AND
- 47:25THE SECOND IS SOMEONE HAS HAD A LOSS OF FEELING ON THE LEFT SIDE
- 47:30OF YOUR JAW AND YOU'RE BEING HEALED AS WELL. WHOEVER YOU ARE,
- 47:34THAT FEELING IS COMING BACK NOW. IN JESUS' NAME. THANK GOD FOR
- 47:40THE OPERATION OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. AND THANK GOD FOR A
- 47:43CHURCH WHERE THERE IS FREEDOM. AND THANK GOD FOR THE PROPHETIC
- 47:47MINISTRY THAT HAS GONE OUT FROM HERE AND IS GOING OUT EVERY WEEK
- 47:50AND I THANK GOD. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES TODAY THAT ARE
- 47:52NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THEY HAVE NO PROPHETIC VOICE. BUT
- 48:03THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PLACES. I DO A SATURDAY NIGHT PHONE CALL
- 48:10AND SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE, FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE ON
- 48:13THE CALL EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT. I'VE BEEN DOING IT NOW FOR ABOUT
- 48:1610 YEARS. I DID IT LAST NIGHT. AND I JUST FELT LAST NIGHT, AS
- 48:23IN MY ROOM LAST NIGHT, THAT WHEN I MADE THAT CALL, I SHOULD TALK
- 48:26A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY FATHER, ORAL ROBERTS. HOW MANY HAVE
- 48:29HEARD OF THE NAME ORAL ROBERTS? DID YOU KNOW HE WAS MY DAD? DID
- 48:36YOU KNOW I'M HIS OFFSPRING? WELL, SO I MADE SOME NOTES LAST
- 48:42NIGHT. I WAS SITTING THERE, I WAS WATCHING, FIRST OF ALL, I
- 48:43WATCHED THE SOCCER MATCH. I WATCHED ENGLAND DEFEAT FRANCE.
- 48:49YES. AND I WAS MAKING SOME NOTES LAST NIGHT ABOUT MY DAD, AND SO
- 49:00I TALKED ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT ON MY CALL, AND I DIDN'T REALLY
- 49:03KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO THIS MORNING, BECAUSE I'M AN
- 49:07INSPIRATIONAL MINISTER. I DON'T MAKE PLANS THREE MONTHS IN
- 49:12ADVANCE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AND I DIDN'T COME TO BRING YOU
- 49:15THREE POINTS IN A POEM THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE YOU
- 49:18A HANDSHAKE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LIVE
- 49:20WITH, SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE IN AND DIGEST. AND I THOUGHT LAST
- 49:25NIGHT AS I SHARED ABOUT MY DAD, AND AS I TOOK SOME OF THE NOTES
- 49:28THAT I MADE LAST NIGHT, THAT I WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU. SO I
- 49:32CALLED UP THIS MORNING, WHERE'S AMY? I HAD AMY TO GET THEM TYPED
- 49:37UP FOR ME, AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME THINGS WITH YOU THIS
- 49:40MORNING THAT I SHARED LAST NIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF
- 49:44USE SOME OF THE NOTES, AND I'M GOING TO BE KIND OF
- 49:46EXTEMPORANEOUS, OKAY? JUST TALKING, BY THE WAY, IT'S SO
- 49:48GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY DEAR SISTER. GOD BLESS YOU. THANKS, MAMA.
- 49:54PRAISE GOD. I REMEMBER YOUR DEAR HUSBAND. I REMEMBER WHAT
- 49:58HAPPENED IN HIS LIFE. I HAD TO BE A PART OF THAT. PRAISE GOD.
- 50:02WHAT MY FATHER, ORAL ROBERTS, MEANT TO ME. NOW AS YOU CAN
- 50:08IMAGINE, I'M SURE, WHEREVER I GO, I'M ASKED THE QUESTION,
- 50:12"WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE THE SON OF ORAL ROBERTS?" I GET THAT
- 50:16WHEREVER I GO. PEOPLE TELL ME I LOOK LIKE MY DAD. WELL, JESUS
- 50:20SAID, "IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.”
- 50:26SO, BUT PEOPLE ASK ME, "WHAT WAS IT LIKE?" WELL, IT WAS GOOD AND
- 50:30IT WAS BAD, OKAY? IT WAS BOTH. IT WAS NORMAL, YOU KNOW. MY
- 50:36ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE. BEFORE THE WORLD KNEW HIM AS A HEALING
- 50:40EVANGELIST, BEFORE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HEARD HIM PREACH AND TENS
- 50:44OF THOUSANDS RECEIVED THE LAYING ON OF HANDS, HE WAS JUST DAD TO
- 50:50ME. AND HE WASN'T JUST A GREAT PREACHER. HE WAS A MAN WHO LOVED
- 50:57GOD WITH ALL OF HIS HEART. AND HE TAUGHT ME THAT JESUS IS THE
- 51:02SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. AND THAT WHAT HE DID,
- 51:08HE'S STILL DOING. HE HASN'T CHANGED. HE'S NOT A BYGONE GOD.
- 51:14HE'S A RIGHT NOW GOD. AND HE MEETS YOU AT THE POINT OF YOUR
- 51:18NEED. AND THE POINT OF YOUR NEED IS WHEREVER YOU NEED IT MOST.
- 51:23THAT'S WHERE HE IS. HE'S CLOSER TO YOU THAN THE VERY BREATH IN
- 51:27YOUR LUNGS. AND HE TAUGHT ME THINGS LIKE THAT. HE TAUGHT ME,
- 51:31HE BELIEVED GOD WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING. AND I WATCHED HIM
- 51:35AS HE PREACHED, AND I WATCHED HIM AS HE PRAYED FOR THE SICK.
- 51:39AND I WOULD SIT OVER ON THIS SIDE IN THAT TENT, GREAT TENT
- 51:42CATHEDRAL, AND I WOULD WAIT FOR HIM TO BEGIN TO PRAY FOR THE
- 51:46SICK. AND OFTENTIMES HE WOULD CALL ME AND HAVE ME COME AND
- 51:49STAND BESIDE HIM. I DIDN'T REALIZE IN THOSE DAYS AS A
- 51:51LITTLE BOY THAT GOD WAS PREPARING ME FOR THE HEALING
- 51:54MINISTRY. I DIDN'T KNOW. I JUST LOVED MY DADDY, AND I LOVED TO
- 51:58BE WITH HIM, AND I LOVED TO HEAR HIM PREACH, AND HE PREACHED
- 52:00FOREVER. HE DIDN'T PREACH BY THE CLOCK, HE PREACHED BY THE
- 52:06CALENDAR. HE WOULD PREACH AN HOUR, AN HOUR AND A HALF,
- 52:11SOMETIMES HE WOULD PREACH TWO HOURS, AND I WOULD SAY, "WHY,
- 52:14DADDY, WHY? "WHY DO YOU PREACH SO LONG?" NOW, THIS WAS IN THE
- 52:181950S, AND HE SAID, "WELL, THE REASON I PREACH SO LONG IS
- 52:21BECAUSE TODAY, MANY CHRISTIANS DON'T KNOW THAT GOD IS A GOOD
- 52:27GOD. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT JESUS IS A HEALING JESUS, AND THEY'VE
- 52:32BEEN TAUGHT A GOSPEL OF NO POWER. AND HE SAID, "I'VE GOT TO
- 52:37BUILD FAITH "BECAUSE I'M GONNA PRAY FOR THEM, "AND I'M GONNA
- 52:40PRAY FOR THEIR HEALING." MANY OF THEM, THEY GO TO CHURCH, THEY GO
- 52:44OUT OF GUILT, THEY GO BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE SEEN, THEY WANNA
- 52:47MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION, THEY WANNA MAKE A BUSINESS
- 52:49CONNECTION, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THE LORD. AND I WANT THEM TO GET
- 52:53TO KNOW HIM. AND THEN I WANNA PRAY THE PRAYER OF FAITH BECAUSE
- 52:57THE PRAYER OF FAITH WILL SAVE THE SICK AND THE LORD WILL RAISE
- 52:59HIM UP. AND SO HE EXPLAINED THAT TO ME AND I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
- 53:04WHY HE PREACHED SO LONG, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND
- 53:08I COULDN'T WAIT. I'D SQUIRM IN MY SEAT JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO
- 53:11PRAY FOR THE SICK. AND I THINK THE REASON WHY HE PRAYED WITH
- 53:14SUCH COMPASSION IS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SICK HIMSELF. AND BY
- 53:18THE WAY, SOMEONE WHO'S LOST HEARING IN YOUR LEFT EAR, YOU'RE
- 53:21BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW. HEARING IS COMING INTO A LEFT EAR RIGHT
- 53:26NOW. NOW YOU KNOW, THE LORD CAN INTERRUPT ANY TIME WITH A
- 53:31HEALING MINISTRY. NOW I'VE TOLD GOD WHAT TO DO, I'VE TOLD HIM
- 53:35WHEN TO DO IT, WHO TO DO IT TO. HE'S NEVER DONE IT MY WAY ONCE.
- 53:39HE DOES IT HIS WAY. AND SO SOMEONE'S LEFT EAR IS BEING
- 53:44HEALED RIGHT NOW. AND I'M GONNA GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER
- 53:47ON IN THE SERVICE. HOPE YOU'RE NOT IN A HURRY TODAY. YOU KNOW,
- 53:51I'M LIKE MY FATHER, I'LL BE THROUGH BY TWO OR THREE. BUT HE
- 53:57PRAYED WITH SUCH COMPASSION BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SICK
- 53:59HIMSELF. IN 1935, WHEN HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD, THE PAPERS HAD BEEN
- 54:05SIGNED TO TAKE HIM TO THE TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM, WHICH
- 54:09AT THAT TIME WAS IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF TALLAHANNIE, OKLAHOMA.
- 54:13AND WHEN YOU WENT INTO THE TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM, YOU
- 54:16DIDN'T COME OUT. HE HAD TUBERCULOSIS. IT WAS THE SCOURGE
- 54:21OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE. AND HE HAD CHOCTAW AND
- 54:27CHEROKEE BLOOD IN HIM, AS DO I. THOSE PAPERS HAD BEEN SIGNED. HE
- 54:33HAD BEEN IN THE BED FOR FIVE MONTHS, HEMORRHAGING, SPITTING
- 54:36UP BLOOD SO MUCH THEY HAD TO RE-PAPER THE WALLS. AND BECAUSE
- 54:42GOD HEALED HIM, WHEN A MAN BY THE NAME OF BROTHER GEORGE
- 54:45MUNCIE LAID HIS HANDS ON HIM AND DIDN'T PRAY A PRAYER, LORD, IF
- 54:49IT BE YOUR WILL.
- 54:51INSTEAD, HE PRAYED, YOU FOUL, TORMENTING TUBERCULOSIS. I
- 54:55ADJURE YOU BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE NAME OF JESUS, COME OUT OF
- 54:59THIS BOY. AND THAT DISEASE CAME OUT AND HE WAS HEALED. BECAUSE
- 55:04HE HAD BEEN HEALED AND BECAUSE HE HAD HAD A NEAR-DEATH
- 55:06EXPERIENCE, HE HAD A COMPASSION FOR SICK PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW
- 55:10ANYONE IN MY WHOLE LIFE THAT I HAVE KNOWN THAT HAD THE
- 55:13COMPASSION FOR THE SICK. I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT HE HAD GONE
- 55:19TO A LITTLE INVALID TENT, WE CALLED IT, AN EXTRA TENT THAT WE
- 55:23HAD WHERE PEOPLE WHO WERE TOO SICK TO STAND IN THE PRAYER LINE
- 55:26WOULD COME AND RECEIVE PRAYER AND HE WOULD ALWAYS GO IN THERE
- 55:29FIRST BEFORE HE PRAYED FOR THE BIG CROWD IN THE AUDITORIUM OR
- 55:33IN THE TENT. AND THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD BEEN BROUGHT ON A GURNEY
- 55:37AND HE HAD CANCER. AND HE WAS IN THE FINAL STAGES. AND THE SMELL
- 55:41OF THE CANCER WAS SO FOUL THAT WHEN HE LEANED OVER TO PRAY FOR
- 55:44HIM, HE JUST VOMITED ALL OVER THE FLOOR. AND HE TURNED AND
- 55:48WALKED OUT OF THE LITTLE TENT AND LEFT ME STANDING THERE, AND
- 55:51I'M ABOUT THIS HIGH, LEFT ME STANDING THERE BY MYSELF. AND I
- 55:55DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. A FEW MINUTES LATER, HE CAME RUNNING
- 55:58BACK IN AND HE GOT UP ON THE GURNEY, THE HOSPITAL GURNEY WITH
- 56:02THE MAN, TOOK HIM IN HIS ARMS AND PRAYED FOR HEALING. AND I
- 56:06NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. I NEVER KNEW WHAT THE STORY WAS.
- 56:09BUT WHEN MY MOTHER PASSED, I FLEW OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO BE
- 56:12WITH HIM AFTER THE MEMORIAL SERVICE AND HE WAS LIVING IN
- 56:15CALIFORNIA AT THE TIME. AND WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A TALK OF
- 56:19REMINISCING OVER THE YEARS AND WE REMEMBERED THAT NIGHT AND I
- 56:22SAID TO HIM, "DAD, I NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. "I
- 56:26NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAPPENED, WHY YOU LEFT AND WHY YOU CAME
- 56:29BACK." HE SAID, "WELL, I LEFT BECAUSE THE PRESSURE, THE
- 56:32STRESS, THE MEDIA WAS AFTER ME. IT WAS SO HEAVY ON ME. AND
- 56:37WHEN I SMELLED THAT SMELL AND WHEN I VOMITED, I JUST SAID TO
- 56:40THE LORD, 'I'VE HAD ENOUGH. 'I'M NOT GONNA DO THIS
- 56:43ANYMORE.'" AND HE SAID, "THAT'S WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THE TENT."
- 56:47I SAID, "YEAH, BUT DAD, YOU CAME BACK." HE SAID, "I CAME BACK
- 56:50BECAUSE WHEN I GOT OUTSIDE THE TENT, THE LORD SPOKE TO ME." I
- 56:52SAID, "WELL, WHAT'D HE SAY?" HE SAID, "SON, IF YOU'RE NOT
- 56:55WILLING TO LAY HANDS ON HIM, YOU'RE NOT WORTHY TO BE MY
- 56:58SON." HE SAID, "THAT'S WHEN I CAME BACK "AND I TOOK HIM IN MY
- 57:02ARMS." THAT WAS COMPASSION. COMPASSION IS DIFFERENT THAN
- 57:08SYMPATHY. SYMPATHY IS, I'M SO SORRY. I WISH THERE WAS
- 57:14SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO. THAT'S SYMPATHY, THAT'S NOT
- 57:17COMPASSION. COMPASSION IS AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO REACH IN
- 57:24AND TAKE HOLD OF THE PROBLEM AND PULL IT OUT. THAT'S COMPASSION.
- 57:30HE HAD COMPASSION BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT NEARLY DYING WAS LIKE.
- 57:35AND I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS, I REMEMBER THOSE STORIES, I
- 57:38REMEMBER ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HE POURED INTO ME. HE TAUGHT ME
- 57:41THAT FAITH IS NOT WISHFUL THINKING. HE TAUGHT ME THAT
- 57:47FAITH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO EVERY PERSON. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD HATH
- 57:50GIVEN TO EVERY MAN, EVERY WOMAN, THE MEASURE, NOT A MEASURE, BUT
- 57:56THE MEASURE OF FAITH. TODAY, YOU HAVE ALL THE FAITH THAT YOU
- 58:00NEED. YOU DON'T NEED TO GET MORE FAITH, YOU JUST NEED TO USE THE
- 58:04FAITH THAT YOU'VE GOT. A MAN SAID TO ME, "RICHARD, I'VE GOT
- 58:09ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD." I SAID, "YEAH, THAT'S YOUR
- 58:10PROBLEM. "YOU'VE STILL GOT IT." FAITH WAS NOT INTENDED TO LIE
- 58:15DORMANT IN YOUR HEART. FAITH WAS INTENDED TO BE RELEASED. AND
- 58:20WHEN YOU COME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, YOU DON'T JUST SIT THERE
- 58:23AND GIVE THE PASTOR A GOOD HEARING. YOU LET YOUR FAITH GO.
- 58:26AND YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL MOVE IN YOUR LIFE. THAT'S WHY
- 58:31YOU'RE HERE. THANK GOD FOR THAT. HE TAUGHT ME THAT. HE TAUGHT ME
- 58:34ABOUT FAITH. HE DIDN'T JUST PREACH. HE BELIEVED IT WITH
- 58:38EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING. AND HE OFTEN SAID THAT GOD MOVES WITH
- 58:43CONFIDENCE EVEN WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES MAY SAY SOMETHING
- 58:48DIFFERENT. AND MANY HAVE COME TODAY AND YOU'VE GOT
- 58:50CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR LIFE. EVERYBODY HAS CIRCUMSTANCES.
- 58:55EVERYBODY EITHER HAS A PROBLEM OR THEY ARE A PROBLEM OR THEY
- 59:02LIVE WITH ONE. JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT CATEGORY YOU FIT IN. HE
- 59:10ALSO TAUGHT ME THAT EVERY PERSON MATTERS. THAT'S WHY HE TOOK THEM
- 59:17AS THEY CAME. THERE WERE NO RESERVED SEATS. FIRST COME,
- 59:23FIRST SERVE. WHOEVER CAME AND CAME EARLY ENOUGH GOT TO SIT IN
- 59:28THE FRONT. AND IF YOU CAME LATE, YOU'RE GONNA GET, YOU'LL BE
- 59:30LUCKY IF YOU GOT A SEAT BACK IN THE BACK. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO
- 59:34YOU WERE BECAUSE GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. NOW, THIS
- 59:40WAS THE 1950S AND EARLY 1960S AND WE LIVED IN A DIFFERENT
- 59:43COUNTRY IN THOSE DAYS. IN THOSE DAYS, THERE WAS HEAVY, HEAVY
- 59:47SEGREGATION IN THIS NATION. AND THE PASTORS CAME TO MY FATHER
- 59:53AND SAID, THEY CALL THEM THE COLORED PEOPLE IN THOSE DAYS.
- 59:57THEY CAN'T SIT IN THE FRONT. AND MY DAD SAID, "OH, YES, THEY
- 1:00:00CAN." THEY SIT ANYWHERE THEY WANT. AND THEY SAID, "WE'LL
- 1:00:02BOYCOTT YOUR CRUSADE." HE SAID, "YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND TRY.
- 1:00:06"WE'LL CARRY YOU OUT." I REMEMBER DAYS LIKE THAT. I
- 1:00:14REMEMBER WHEN HE WOULD ALLOW, NO MATTER WHO YOU WERE, NO MATTER
- 1:00:18WHAT YOU'D BEEN THROUGH, TO COME INTO THAT PRAYER LINE. IN THE
- 1:00:23EARLY '70S, WE WERE MAKING OUR TELEVISION PROGRAMS OUT IN
- 1:00:26HOLLYWOOD AT THE NBC STUDIOS. THAT WAS THE DAYS WHEN THE TOP
- 1:00:30PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, THE VARIETY PROGRAMS WERE THE DEAN
- 1:00:34MARTIN SHOW, AND SOME OF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH. SOME OF YOU LOOK
- 1:00:38LIKE YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH. THAT'S WHEN THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW WAS ON
- 1:00:43AND THE LAUGH-IN SHOW WAS ON AND THE JERRY LEWIS SHOW AND THE
- 1:00:47ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW AND THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL WAS ON AND ALL
- 1:00:51THOSE SHOWS WERE BEING VIDEOTAPED RIGHT THERE AT THE
- 1:00:54NBC STUDIOS AND WE WERE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. SO
- 1:00:56YOU NEVER KNEW. THEY HAD A KIND OF A COMBINED MAKEUP ROOM, SO
- 1:01:00YOU NEVER KNEW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING NEXT TO WHEN YOU
- 1:01:03GOT MADE UP FOR TELEVISION, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'D BE SITTING NEXT
- 1:01:07TO THE STARS OF LAUGH-IN OR THE STARS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ON
- 1:01:10THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW OR WHATEVER SHOW WAS ON. SO YOU GOT TO TALK
- 1:01:15TO THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO
- 1:01:17THEM. AND SO WE WERE TAPING ONE DAY OVER IN THE STUDIO AND THE
- 1:01:21NEXT STUDIO NEXT DOOR WAS THE LAUGH-IN SET, ROWAN AND MARTIN'S
- 1:01:23LAUGH-IN. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, GOLDIE HAWN AND ALL THE
- 1:01:26STARS THAT WERE THERE. AND HE SAID TO ME, WE HAD A BREAK, HE
- 1:01:31SAID TO ME, "RICHARD, LET'S GO ACROSS THE HALL "AND SEE WHAT
- 1:01:33THEY'RE DOING IN LAUGH-IN." SO BECAUSE WE KNEW ALL THE NBC
- 1:01:38TECHNICAL CREW, WE COULD GET IN. SO WE CAME IN THE SIDE DOOR AND
- 1:01:42THEY WERE DOING A SKIT AND THE SPECIAL GUEST WAS SAMMY DAVIS
- 1:01:45JR. AND SO WE STOOD THERE AND WATCHED FOR A MINUTE AND ALL OF
- 1:01:49A SUDDEN, SAMMY CAUGHT MY DAD'S EYE. AND HE SAW THAT IT WAS MY
- 1:01:55DAD STANDING THERE. AND SAMMY BROKE OUT OF CHARACTER, WALKED
- 1:02:01OVER TO MY DAD CRYING, GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES, THREW HIS ARMS
- 1:02:06AROUND MY DAD'S LEGS, AND SAID, "ORAL ROBERTS, I'VE WATCHED YOU
- 1:02:11ALL MY LIFE. PLEASE TELL ME, IS GOD REAL?" AND MY DAD PUT HIS
- 1:02:20HAND ON SAMMY'S SHOULDER AND SAID, "SAMMY, HE'S MORE REAL
- 1:02:24THAN THE BREATH IN YOUR LUNGS." NOW YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN
- 1:02:28DROP IN THAT STUDIO. THAT'S THE FATHER THAT I KNEW, HAD GREAT
- 1:02:36COMPASSION. COMPASSION IS AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO REMOVE THE
- 1:02:43PROBLEM, NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT TO REMOVE IT. HE
- 1:02:48TAUGHT ME TO HAVE PERSEVERANCE. HE TAUGHT ME NOT TO QUIT.
- 1:02:52ANYBODY CAN QUIT. IT'S EASY TO QUIT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY
- 1:02:56FAITH TO QUIT. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THROUGH. NOW, HE PUT A
- 1:03:01GOLF CLUB IN MY HAND WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. I PLAYED GOLF
- 1:03:06ALL--I'M 77. I PLAYED GOLF 72 YEARS, AND I'M PRETTY GOOD. I
- 1:03:13WON A LOT OF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WHEN I WAS A KID.
- 1:03:16I PLAYED GOLF IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. AND HE WAS A MERCILESS
- 1:03:22TASKMASTER. HE WOULD NOT LET ME HOLD THE CLUB THE WAY I WANTED
- 1:03:27TO HOLD IT. HE WOULD NOT LET ME STAND THE WAY I WANTED TO STAND.
- 1:03:33HE FORCED ME TO LEARN PROPERLY. HE FORCED ME TO STAY DOWN AND
- 1:03:40FOLLOW THROUGH. HE SAID IT'S JUST LIKE LIFE. IN LIFE, YOU
- 1:03:46STAY DOWN AND YOU FOLLOW THROUGH. YOU PRAY AND YOU DO
- 1:03:51WHAT YOU PRAYED. AND HE POURED THAT INTO ME. AND HE WORE ME
- 1:03:56OUT. AND IF I WOULD HIT A BAD SHOT IN THE ROUND, HE WOULD MAKE
- 1:04:01ME EMPTY MY BAG AND HIT OTHER SHOTS UNTIL I HIT IT RIGHT. EVEN
- 1:04:06THOUGH THE GUYS BEHIND US WERE YELLING AND SWEARING AND
- 1:04:09COMPLAINING AT US. IF I DIDN'T GET THE BALL OUT OF THE SAND
- 1:04:13TRAP ON THE FIRST SHOT, I HAD TO EMPTY MY BAG AND PUT ALL OTHER
- 1:04:17BALLS UNTIL I COULD GET TWO OR THREE IN A ROW OUT. HE FORCED
- 1:04:21ME, HE SAID, "SOMEDAY YOU'LL BE GRATEFUL." AND WHEN I WAS 14, I
- 1:04:28BEAT HIM.
- 1:04:31FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND HE WAS MAD AND GLAD AT THE SAME TIME. I
- 1:04:40LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, "DAD, YOU'LL NEVER BEAT ME AGAIN." AND
- 1:04:45HE DIDN'T. BUT HE TAUGHT ME, YOU STAY DOWN AND YOU FOLLOW
- 1:04:52THROUGH. HE SAID, "BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T STAY DOWN, "YOUR CLUB
- 1:04:55HEAD'S GONNA OPEN UP AND THE BALL'S GONNA GO THAT WAY INSTEAD
- 1:04:58OF GOING THIS WAY. YOU GOTTA STAY DOWN AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
- 1:05:02IT'S JUST LIKE LIFE. THAT'S WHY GOLF IS SO MUCH LIKE LIFE,
- 1:05:09'CAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. HE TAUGHT ME TO PERSEVERE. HE
- 1:05:13TAUGHT ME NOT TO QUIT, BUT TO STAY WITH IT NO MATTER WHAT
- 1:05:18PEOPLE SAID, NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT, NO MATTER WHAT
- 1:05:22PEOPLE WROTE. HE TOLD ME TO LISTEN TO GOD AND NOT WORRY
- 1:05:27ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU. WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE
- 1:05:31OF THAT TODAY, DON'T WE? PRAISE GOD. I WATCHED HIM PRAY.
- 1:05:36PROBABLY THE GREATEST EXAMPLE WAS THE PRAYER, THE PRAYER LIFE.
- 1:05:42AND HE WOULD GET MAD AT GOD. ANYBODY HERE EVER GOT MAD AT
- 1:05:46GOD? PUT YOUR HAND UP. THREE OF YOU, OKAY. REST OF YOU ARE
- 1:05:50LYING. YOU KNOW YOU GO TO HELL FOR LYING. EVERYBODY GETS MAD AT
- 1:05:56GOD. YOU GET MAD AT HIM, I GET MAD AT HIM. YOU SAY THINGS THAT
- 1:05:59YOU WISH YOU HADN'T SAID. NOW DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. YOU
- 1:06:02KNOW I'M TELLING THE TRUTH. I REMEMBER ONCE MY WIFE AND I WENT
- 1:06:06UP TO HIS HOUSE AND MY MOTHER WAS IN THE KITCHEN. I SAID,
- 1:06:09"WHERE'S DAD?" SHE SAID, "HE'S BACK IN THE BEDROOM." SO I
- 1:06:12STARTED BACK THERE. SHE SAID, "I WOULDN'T GO BACK THERE IF I WERE
- 1:06:14YOU." I SAID, "WHY?" SHE SAID, "BECAUSE HE AND GOD AREN'T
- 1:06:18TALKING." AND SHE SAID, "THERE'S ALL KINDS OF SOUNDS "GOING ON
- 1:06:22BACK THERE, "AND I KNOW HE'S SAYING SOME ROUGH THINGS. "I
- 1:06:26WOULDN'T GO BACK THERE IF I WERE YOU." AND LINDSAY SAID, "I THINK
- 1:06:29WE OUGHT TO GO HOME." WHICH WE DID. HE WAS LIKE THAT. GOD WOULD
- 1:06:35TELL HIM TO DO SOMETHING, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO DO IT,
- 1:06:39AND HE'D GET MAD AT GOD, BUT THEN HE'D REPENT AND OBEY GOD.
- 1:06:45HE TAUGHT ME TO OBEY GOD AND STAY LITTLE IN MY OWN EYES.
- 1:06:53DON'T GET THE BIG HEAD, DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE GREATEST THING
- 1:06:56SINCE SLICED BREAD. HE TAUGHT ME TO STAY WITH IT AND STAY LITTLE,
- 1:07:02STAY HUMBLE. TAUGHT ME THAT I'M NOT A STAR. I'M JUST A HUMAN
- 1:07:07BEING. I PUT MY PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT,
- 1:07:13I GOT THE BUCKLE ON MY PANTS ON THE INSIDE BECAUSE I LOST A
- 1:07:16BUTTON THIS MORNING. SO I'VE GOT IT FOLDED INSIDE. YOU CAN'T SEE
- 1:07:21IT, BUT I GOT THIS LITTLE FLAP FOLDED INSIDE BECAUSE I DON'T
- 1:07:24HAVE A BUTTON RIGHT HERE. I'M JUST NORMAL. IF YOU DON'T
- 1:07:29BELIEVE ME, ASK LINDSAY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BACHELOR'S
- 1:07:34DEGREE. I HAVE AN EARNED MASTER'S DEGREE. I HAVE AN
- 1:07:38EARNED DOCTORATE. WHEN I GOT MY MASTER'S DEGREE, I CAME HOME AND
- 1:07:41SAID, "LINDSAY, YOU CAN JUST CALL ME MASTER." AND SHE SAID,
- 1:07:46"WELL, MASTER, TAKE OUT THE TRASH." AND THAT WAS THE END OF
- 1:07:52THAT. BUT I HAVE ANOTHER DEGREE, AND THAT IS SITTING AT THE FEET
- 1:07:58OF A MODERN-DAY APOSTLE, AN EVANGELIST IN THE HEALING
- 1:08:03MINISTRY. MY FATHER AND I HAD A ROCKY RELATIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY
- 1:08:08AS I GOT INTO MY TEEN YEARS. I'D LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR
- 1:08:11BY THE TIME I WAS 14 OR 15, AND I WAS SINGING IN A ROCK BAND.
- 1:08:15AND THAT'S THE LAST THING THEY WANTED ME TO DO BECAUSE I WAS
- 1:08:17INVOLVED IN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WON'T DESCRIBE.
- 1:08:21AND HE WANTED ME TO USE MY TALENT FOR THE LORD. AND I
- 1:08:28WANTED TO GO TO LAS VEGAS. I WANTED TO SING IN THE CLUBS AND
- 1:08:32I WAS SINGING IN A BAND AND I WANTED TO DO ALL THESE THINGS ON
- 1:08:36MY OWN. I WAS TIRED OF THE JOKES. I WAS TIRED OF THE
- 1:08:40CRITICISM. I WAS TIRED OF THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AND
- 1:08:44ALL THAT THEY DID BECAUSE I WAS ROALD ROBERTS' SON. I WAS TIRED
- 1:08:47OF IT. AND I TOLD MY DAD, "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE." AND
- 1:08:53THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, "I'M TRYING TO GET THE HELL OUT OF YOUR
- 1:08:55LIFE." [CONGREGATION LAUGHING] AND WE WERE ESTRANGED, AND FOR
- 1:09:02SEVERAL YEARS, WE DIDN'T SPEAK. BUT THE DAY CAME WHEN THAT ALL
- 1:09:09CHANGED. I HAD COME HOME FROM A TRIP WHERE I'D BEEN SINGING IN
- 1:09:13CHICAGO, AND I WAS FLAT ON MY BACK IN THE BED BECAUSE I'D LOST
- 1:09:17MY VOICE, I WAS RAGING WITH FEVER, AND HE CAME IN TO PRAY
- 1:09:19FOR ME. AND SUDDENLY A WALL WAS TORN DOWN. AND HE LAID, HE
- 1:09:27REACHED OUT TO LAY HIS HAND ON ME. AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
- 1:09:31SOMETHING HAPPENED WHEN ORAL ROBERTS LAID HANDS ON PEOPLE.
- 1:09:35GOD USED HIS RIGHT HAND IN A WAY LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN. BECAUSE
- 1:09:41THE ANOINTING OF GOD WOULD COME DOWN HIS SHOULDER AND FLOW DOWN
- 1:09:44AND SHOOT OUT HIS FINGERS. AND WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND ON
- 1:09:48YOU, YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD PUT YOUR FINGER IN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT
- 1:09:52SOCKET. IN FACT, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A BOY IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, A
- 1:09:57GROUP OF ATHEISTS CAME AND FORCED HIM TO STAND BEFORE A
- 1:09:59DISTRICT JUDGE AND SWEAR UNDER OATH THAT HE DID NOT HAVE SOME
- 1:10:03TYPE OF ELECTRICAL DEVICE UP HIS SLEEVE. AND HE HAD TO SIGN AN
- 1:10:08AFFIDAVIT. I REMEMBER THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WHEN HE GOT HIS
- 1:10:14HAND ON YOU, HE KNEW THINGS ABOUT YOU. IT WAS AMAZING. AND
- 1:10:19HE PUT OUT HIS HAND TO PRAY FOR ME AND I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO
- 1:10:22HAPPEN. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE HEALED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I'D
- 1:10:25BEEN HEALED MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE. HE PUT OUT HIS HAND, BUT
- 1:10:27BEFORE HE TOUCHED ME, HE DREW HIS HAND BACK. AND I DIDN'T KNOW
- 1:10:34WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE SAID, "I HAD NO IDEA." AND I SAID, "DAD,
- 1:10:39WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAD NO IDEA?" HE SAID, "I DIDN'T KNOW
- 1:10:43THAT THE ANOINTING OF GOD FOR HEALING WAS ON YOU LIKE IT'S ON
- 1:10:48ME." I SAID, "I DIDN'T KNOW EITHER." AND HE BEGAN TO
- 1:10:55PROPHESY. HE SAID, "I SEE YOU STANDING BEFORE KINGS AND QUEENS
- 1:11:00AND PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS. I SEE YOU IN CRUSADES ALL OVER
- 1:11:05THE EARTH. I SEE YOU ON TELEVISION. HE SAID, I SEE THE
- 1:11:09SAME POWER FLOWING DOWN YOUR LEFT ARM AND INTO YOUR LEFT
- 1:11:13HAND. I SAID, WHY MY LEFT HAND? HE SAID, BECAUSE YOU'RE
- 1:11:16LEFT-HANDED. HE SAID, YOU USE YOUR LEFT HAND MORE THAN YOUR
- 1:11:20RIGHT. WELL, I WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK. I WAS HEARING THIS, I WAS
- 1:11:2619, I WAS HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT GOT DOWN
- 1:11:30INSIDE ME. I BEGAN TO WEEP AND THEN HE PUT THAT RIGHT HAND ON
- 1:11:32ME AND SUDDENLY THE FEVER WAS GONE. MY VOICE RETURNED. I
- 1:11:35JUMPED OUT OF BED, I GOT ON MY KNEES AND I GAVE MY HEART TO THE
- 1:11:38LORD. THAT NIGHT I WAS BAPTIZED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGAN
- 1:11:47PRAYING IN TONGUES AND MY LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED AND THE REST, AS
- 1:11:51THEY SAY, IS HISTORY. I JOINED HIS MINISTRY, STOOD BY HIS SIDE
- 1:11:57FOR 40 YEARS. WHERE HE WENT, I WENT. WHAT HE SAID, I SAID. WHAT
- 1:12:02HE DID, I DID. LEARNING, GROWING, MATURING, BECOMING THE
- 1:12:08PERSON THAT I AM TODAY. NOT BECAUSE I'M ANYBODY SPECIAL, BUT
- 1:12:13BECAUSE HE IS SPECIAL. I THANK GOD FOR THAT.
- 1:12:17HE TAUGHT ME SO, SO MANY THINGS. HE TAUGHT ME THAT THE SECRET
- 1:12:26WEAPON OF A CHRISTIAN'S LIFE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE TAUGHT ME
- 1:12:31THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID THAT WE CAN PRAY IN TONGUES AND WE
- 1:12:35CAN STOP AND PRAY IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE. AND WHEN WE DO, WHEN
- 1:12:39WE INTERPRET, LIKE PAUL SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS, WE GET GOD'S WORD
- 1:12:43BACK TO US. HE TAUGHT ME THAT GOD IS A TALKING GOD. HE'S NOT
- 1:12:50JUST SOMEONE YOU TALK TO, HE TALKS BACK. THAT HE'LL SPEAK TO
- 1:12:54YOU. NOW HE MAY OR MAY NOT USE AN AUDIBLE VOICE, BUT YOU'LL
- 1:12:57KNOW IT. HE'LL SPEAK IN A WAY THAT YOU'LL KNOW IT. IT MAY BE
- 1:13:02THROUGH A WORD THAT SOMEONE GIVES YOU, IT MAY BE THROUGH A
- 1:13:04SCRIPTURE, IT MAY BE AN IMPRESSION, IT MAY JUST BE
- 1:13:07SOMETHING THAT FILLS YOUR HEAD AND WON'T GO AWAY, BUT YOU'LL
- 1:13:10KNOW IT'S GOD. AND WHEN YOU PRAY IN TONGUES,
- 1:13:13(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:13:15AND YOU STOP AND YOU PRAY IN ENGLISH, YOU GET IDEAS AND YOU
- 1:13:19GET INSIGHTS AND YOU GET NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS OF DOING THINGS
- 1:13:23LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HAD AND KNOWN BEFORE. HE POURED THAT INTO ME.
- 1:13:29HE TAUGHT ME THAT GOD IS MY SOURCE. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT MY
- 1:13:34SOURCE. MY BANK IS NOT MY SOURCE. MY JOB, MY MINISTRY, MY
- 1:13:39WIFE, MY CHILDREN, THEIR INSTRUMENTS, THEY'RE NOT MY
- 1:13:41SOURCE. GOD IS MY SOURCE. WHOEVER'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR
- 1:13:45IN THE GOVERNOR'S CHAIR, THEY'RE NOT MY SOURCE. GOD IS YOUR
- 1:13:49SOURCE. AND HE'S A BETTER SOURCE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL LET YOU
- 1:13:54DOWN. SO DON'T PUT YOUR FAITH IN PEOPLE, PUT YOUR FAITH IN GOD
- 1:13:59AND ALLOW HIM TO CHOOSE WHAT PERSON COMES TO BLESS YOU.
- 1:14:03(APPLAUSE)
- 1:14:06HE TAUGHT ME THAT. HE TAUGHT ME, AND PASTOR DOUG, YOU WERE
- 1:14:10TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING, HE TALKED ABOUT THE SEED THAT YOU
- 1:14:13SOW. HE SAID WHEN YOU SOW SEED, YOU HAVE A BIBLE RIGHT TO EXPECT
- 1:14:18GOD TO USE THAT SEED FOR HIS GLORY AND THEN MULTIPLY IT BACK,
- 1:14:22GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING
- 1:14:24OVER. YOU HAVE A BIBLE RIGHT, AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT BECAUSE
- 1:14:27YOU DON'T EXPECT IT. HE SAID THERE'S CERTAIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- 1:14:33IN AMERICA THAT IF YOU'RE NOT THERE WHEN THEY KNOCK ON YOUR
- 1:14:35DOOR, THEY'LL TAKE IT AWAY. HE SAID YOU GOTTA BE EXPECTING, YOU
- 1:14:38GOTTA BE TRUSTING. SO WHEN YOU PLANT YOUR SEED LIKE YOU DID
- 1:14:43TODAY, YOU NEED TO SAY GOD I HAVE SOWN MY SEED AND I'M
- 1:14:46WAITING FOR YOU TO OPEN ME MY WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR ME
- 1:14:49OUT A BLESSING SO MUCH SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO
- 1:14:51RECEIVE IT AND REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR MY SAKE. AND DON'T
- 1:14:56STOP THERE, TELL THE DEVIL TO GET THE HELL OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
- 1:15:03HE POURED THAT INTO ME TO BE A SEED FAITH PERSON. MY LOVE, MY
- 1:15:08TIME, MY MONEY, MY PRAYERS, MY SMILES, EVERYTHING THAT I DO IS
- 1:15:12A SEED. TODAY, I'M PLANTING A SEED. I COULD BE HOME WITH MY
- 1:15:15FAMILY TODAY, BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M SOWING A SEED INTO
- 1:15:18YOU. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FROM YOU 'CAUSE GOD
- 1:15:21WILL TREAT ME BETTER THAN YOU WILL. YOU'RE NOT MY SOURCE.
- 1:15:27YOU'RE AN INSTRUMENT, BUT YOU'RE NOT THE SOURCE. GOD IS THE
- 1:15:29SOURCE. SO AS I'M MINISTERING TO YOU, I'M DOING IT AS UNTO THE
- 1:15:33LORD. AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF ME. I KNOW IT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW
- 1:15:40HOW HE'LL DO IT, BUT HE'LL DO IT. HE POURED THAT INTO ME. HE
- 1:15:45TAUGHT ME SO MANY, MANY THINGS. HE TAUGHT ME THAT FAITH MUST BE
- 1:15:49RELEASED. AND I'VE TOLD THIS STORY ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IT
- 1:15:54BEARS REPEATING TODAY. WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, I HAD 22 WARTS
- 1:15:59ON MY LEFT HAND. AND AS I TOLD YOU, I'M LEFT-HANDED. AND AS I
- 1:16:03GREW UP, I PLAYED BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL. I PLAYED
- 1:16:06EVERY SPORT THAT A BOY COULD PLAY. AND I WOULD COME HOME FROM
- 1:16:10PRACTICE AT NIGHT AND MY HAND WOULD BE BLEEDING BECAUSE WITH
- 1:16:13THROWING THE BALL OR CATCHING THE BALL, I WOULD RIP THE TOP OF
- 1:16:15THE WARTS OFF. AND MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE ME AND MAKE A BASIN
- 1:16:20OF WARM, SOAPY WATER, PUT MY HAND IN IT TO TRY TO GET THE
- 1:16:23BLEEDING TO STOP AND TO SETTLE DOWN. AND YOU KNOW, THAT DIDN'T
- 1:16:25DO A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD. AND MY DAD CAME HOME AND SHE SAID,
- 1:16:29"ORAL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE RICHARD TO THE DOCTOR AND HAVE THOSE
- 1:16:32WARTS BURNED OFF." 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN THOSE DAYS.
- 1:16:35THEY DON'T DO THAT TODAY, BUT IN THOSE DAYS, THEY BURNED THEM
- 1:16:38OFF. AND THAT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.
- 1:16:44EXCUSE MY FRENCH. I TOLD YOU I'M JUST REGULAR. AND HE CAME IN AND
- 1:16:49SAID, "WELL, THAT'S FINE, BUT LET'S ALSO PRAY." I SAID, "YES,
- 1:16:52YES, LET'S PRAY, LET'S PRAY." SO HE TOOK ME IN THE BEDROOM, SHUT
- 1:16:57THE DOOR, SAT ME DOWN ON THE BED AND SAID, "NOW I'M GONNA PRAY
- 1:17:00FOR YOU, AND WHEN I DO, I WANT YOU TO RELEASE YOUR FAITH." I
- 1:17:04SAID, "DADDY, HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH?" HE SAID, "YOU DO IT
- 1:17:07THROUGH A POINT OF CONTACT." I SAID, "WELL, WHAT'S A POINT OF
- 1:17:11CONTACT?" "A POINT OF CONTACT, RICHARD, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
- 1:17:14DO, AND WHEN YOU DO IT, YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH." AND HE SAW
- 1:17:19THAT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO HE POINTED TO
- 1:17:24THE WALL AND SAID, "DO YOU SEE THAT LIGHT SWITCH?" "YES."
- 1:17:27"RICHARD, THAT LIGHT SWITCH IS A POINT OF CONTACT. "IT HAS NO
- 1:17:31POWER, BUT IT'S HOOKED UP TO THE POWER COMPANY. "SO THAT WHEN YOU
- 1:17:35FLIP THE SWITCH, YOU TOUCH THE POWER COMPANY AND THE LIGHTS
- 1:17:39COME ON." HE SAID, "NOW THE FAITH IN YOUR HEART "IS JUST
- 1:17:43LIKE THAT SWITCH. "IT'S HOOKED UP TO GOD. "AND WHEN YOU FLIP
- 1:17:49THAT SWITCH AND RELEASE IT TO GOD, "THAT'S WHEN THE MIRACLES
- 1:17:53BEGIN TO HAPPEN." OKAY, I UNDERSTOOD. HE SAID, "NOW I'M
- 1:17:58GONNA PRAY, AND WHEN YOU HEAR ME SAY, "'IN JESUS' NAME,' YOU LET
- 1:18:03YOUR FAITH GO." I SAID, "OKAY." I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT I
- 1:18:06SAID, "OKAY." AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY, AND HE CAME TO A POINT IN
- 1:18:11HIS PRAYER WHEN HE SAID, "IN JESUS' NAME," AND I DIDN'T KNOW
- 1:18:14WHAT TO DO. NOW, I'M JUST 10 YEARS OLD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
- 1:18:16DO, SO I JUST SAID THIS, "FAITH, GET UP THERE TO GOD.”
- 1:18:22AND THE OLDER I GET, THE BETTER IT SOUNDS. FAITH IN THE NAME OF
- 1:18:26JESUS, I RELEASE MY FAITH AND I EXPECT A MIRACLE. I LOOKED AT MY
- 1:18:32HAND AND EVERY WART WAS STILL THERE. AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND
- 1:18:39HE SAID SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN. HE SAID, "NOW
- 1:18:41RICHARD, WE PRAYED AND WE BELIEVED, "NOW LET'S EXPECT A
- 1:18:44MIRACLE." HE TAUGHT ME THAT SOME MIRACLES HAPPEN INSTANTANEOUSLY,
- 1:18:48SOME COME OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. HE TOLD ME THAT WE'RE NOT IN
- 1:18:52CHARGE OF THE AGENDA OR THE SCHEDULE. THE NEXT MORNING I
- 1:18:56AWAKENED, THEY WERE STILL THERE. SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH MORNING,
- 1:18:59THEY WERE STILL THERE. FOURTH MORNING, FIFTH MORNING, SIXTH
- 1:19:02MORNING, THEY WERE STILL THERE. SEVENTH MORNING, EIGHTH MORNING,
- 1:19:05NINTH MORNING, THEY WERE STILL THERE. BUT ON THE TENTH MORNING,
- 1:19:10WHEN I WOKE UP, EVERY WART HAD DISAPPEARED. THAT WAS 67 YEARS
- 1:19:22AGO. I'VE NEVER HAD ANOTHER WORD ON THAT HAND. BUT MORE THAN
- 1:19:27THAT, I LEARNED HOW TO GET A POINT OF CONTACT TO RELEASE MY
- 1:19:33FAITH. AND IN A MINUTE, WHEN I BEGIN PRAYING FOR YOU, WHEN I
- 1:19:38BEGIN PRAYING FOR HEALING AS I ALWAYS DO, I WANT YOU TO LET
- 1:19:43YOUR FAITH GO AND BELIEVE GOD. BECAUSE THE SAME GOD WHO HEALED
- 1:19:48ME AND MY HANDS 67 YEARS AGO IS QUITE CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF
- 1:19:53YOU TODAY. HE TAUGHT ME TO EXPECT MIRACLES. HE SAID
- 1:20:00MIRACLES ARE EITHER COMING TOWARDS YOU OR THEY'RE GOING
- 1:20:02PAST YOU EVERY DAY. AND YOU GOT TO REACH OUT AND SAY THAT'S
- 1:20:06MINE. HE USED TO SAY RICHARD THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE. NOW
- 1:20:11THAT'S NOT IN A MILITARISTIC WAY, NO, THAT'S TAKING IT BY
- 1:20:13FAITH, THAT'S MINE. YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT. AND HE SAID RICHARD,
- 1:20:19NO ONE CAN STEAL YOUR ANOINTING UNLESS YOU GIVE IT TO THEM. NO
- 1:20:25ONE CAN TAKE WHAT GOD HAS PUT INSIDE YOU UNLESS YOU GIVE IT TO
- 1:20:30THEM. ESAU LOST HIS BIRTHRIGHT BECAUSE HE GAVE IT TO JACOB. HE
- 1:20:37DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE IT, BUT HE DID. IT MEANT NOTHING TO HIM, SO
- 1:20:41HE GAVE IT TO HIS BROTHER. IT COST HIM A GREAT DEAL BECAUSE HE
- 1:20:45DIDN'T VALUE WHAT GOD PUT IN HIM. AND GOD'S PUT SOMETHING IN
- 1:20:48YOU. DON'T GIVE IT AWAY. IT'S YOURS. OH, ABOUT MAYBE SIX
- 1:20:59MONTHS OR SO BEFORE HE PASSED, HE WANTED TO, I'D GONE OUT FOR A
- 1:21:06FEW DAYS TO BE WITH HIM, AND HE WANTED, HE COULDN'T PLAY GOLF
- 1:21:10ANYMORE, BUT HE WANTED TO GO OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE WITH ME. HE
- 1:21:12WANTED ME TO PLAY, HE WANTED TO DRIVE THE CART, WHICH WAS DANGER
- 1:21:16IN ITSELF. BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD EARLIER REBUKED AND WITHDRAWN
- 1:21:22HIS ABILITY TO DRIVE. BECAUSE MY FATHER NEVER SAW A TREE HE
- 1:21:26COULDN'T HIT. HOW MANY TIMES, I REMEMBER ONCE, HE SAID, "CAN YOU
- 1:21:32TAKE ME TO THE AIRPORT?" I SAID, "SURE." SO I WENT UP TO HIS
- 1:21:35HOUSE AND GOT HIS LUGGAGE AND OPENED THE TRUNK, AND HIS BUMPER
- 1:21:37IS IN THE BACK TRUNK OF THE CAR. I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED?" HE
- 1:21:42SAID, "WELL, I HAD A LITTLE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT "WITH A
- 1:21:44WOMAN OUT HERE." AND I SAID, "WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?" HE SAID,
- 1:21:46"WELL, ALL I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT THE BUMPER IS IN THE
- 1:21:49TRUNK." I SAID, "WHAT ABOUT HER?" SHE SAID, "WELL," HE SAID,
- 1:21:53WELL, SHE SAID SHE WOULDN'T SUE ME IF I'D LAY HANDS ON HER
- 1:21:55AND PRAY.”
- 1:21:58HE WAS DANGEROUS, HE WAS DANGEROUS WHEN IT CAME TO
- 1:22:00DRIVING. HE HIT THE SIDE OF THE, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES
- 1:22:05HE HIT THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE PULLING IN. ANYWAY, I WAS
- 1:22:07TELLING A STORY, I FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS
- 1:22:10IMMORTAL, I'M SURE. OH, THE GOLF CART, THANK YOU. I FORGOT WHAT I
- 1:22:15WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO WE GO OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE. HE LIVED IN
- 1:22:19A CONDOMINIUM ON THE SECOND TEE OF A GOLF COURSE OUT THERE THAT
- 1:22:22HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF AFTER HE RETIRED FROM THE MINISTRY. AND
- 1:22:26HE WANTED TO GO OUT, HE WANTED ME TO PLAY, BUT HE WANTED TO
- 1:22:28DRIVE THE CART. HE WASN'T GONNA PLAY. HE MIGHT PUTT ONCE IN A
- 1:22:30WHILE, BUT HE WASN'T GONNA PLAY. SO WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE
- 1:22:35GETTING READY TO TEE OFF ON THE FIRST HOLE AND THERE'S A COUPLE
- 1:22:37OF GROUPS IN FRONT OF US THAT WERE WAITING. AND HE PUT HIS
- 1:22:41HAND ON MY LEG AND HE SAID, "SON." NOW, WHEN ORAL ROBERTS
- 1:22:48SAID THE WORD "SON," WHICH HE'D SAID MANY TIMES, I KNEW HE WAS
- 1:22:55ABOUT TO GIVE ME A WORD FROM GOD. I GOT REAL QUIET. I FORGOT
- 1:23:00ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE FOR A MINUTE. HE SAID, "SON, I'M GOING
- 1:23:04TO BE GONE SOON. AND YOUR NEXT CRUSADE IS GOING TO BE IN
- 1:23:10KENYA." I SAID, "THAT'S RIGHT." IN JANUARY. HE SAID, "YOU'RE
- 1:23:15GOING TO HAVE TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE AS I HAD WHEN I WAS IN
- 1:23:18KENYA." AND I HAD REMEMBERED THAT IN 1968, HE HAD A CRUSADE
- 1:23:23AND THE LAST DAY HE HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. HE
- 1:23:27SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWICE AS MANY MIRACLES "AND YOU'RE
- 1:23:30GONNA HAVE TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE." AND HE SAID, "YOU'RE
- 1:23:33GONNA HAVE THAT DOUBLE PORTION "ANOINTING THAT YOU PRAYED FOR
- 1:23:36ALL OF YOUR LIFE." AND I FELT THE TEARS BEGIN TO RUN DOWN MY
- 1:23:42FACE. WASN'T THINKING ABOUT GOLF ANYMORE. A MONTH LATER, HE WAS
- 1:23:52GONE. AND I WAS IN THE ROOM, AND I WATCHED THE NEEDLES ON THE
- 1:23:59MACHINES GO DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN. AND I KNEW IT WAS A MATTER
- 1:24:04OF SECONDS BEFORE HE'D BE GONE. AND I WATCHED ALL THE NEEDLES GO
- 1:24:10FLAT. AND THE EARTHLY LIFE WENT OUT OF HIM. HIS EYES WERE OPEN,
- 1:24:18LOOKING AT ME. IT WAS A MOMENT I'LL NEVER FORGET. ABOUT THAT
- 1:24:24TIME, THERE WAS A COMMOTION IN THE ROOM. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
- 1:24:28THE DOCTORS AND NURSES BECAUSE THEY HAD SEEN ON THEIR MACHINES
- 1:24:31THAT THEY NEEDED TO COME IN BECAUSE OF THE NEEDLES GOING
- 1:24:35DOWN. BUT THERE WAS NO DOCTOR, THERE WAS NO NURSE. AND I LOOKED
- 1:24:39UP. I BLINKED MY EYES 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS SEEING THINGS. AND
- 1:24:44I SAW TWO ANGELS. THEY CAME RIGHT THROUGH THE CEILING. ONE
- 1:24:50WAS SO TALL I COULDN'T SEE HIS HEAD. AND I WATCHED THEM REACH
- 1:24:54IN TO HIS BODY AND PICK UP HIS SPIRIT AND BEGIN TO CARRY IT UP.
- 1:25:00I STARTED YELLING, I STARTED WEEPING, I STARTED SCREAMING.
- 1:25:09AND AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE CEILING WITH IT, SUDDENLY I SAW
- 1:25:13WHAT LOOKED LIKE A MANTLE AND IT STARTED FLOATING BACK DOWN IN
- 1:25:18THE ROOM. AND I JUMPED UP OUT OF MY CHAIR AND I GRABBED IT AND
- 1:25:22SAID, "THAT'S MINE. AND NO ONE CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME." A
- 1:25:31MONTH LATER I WAS IN KENYA ON THE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE
- 1:25:36POLICE ESTIMATE, 200,000 PEOPLE. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN
- 1:25:42MY LIFE. OUT OF ONE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, OUT OF ONE WORD OF
- 1:25:48KNOWLEDGE I GAVE, 4,000 PEOPLE CAME FORWARD TO GIVE TESTIMONY
- 1:25:51OF HEALING. AND WHAT A HEALING CRUSADE THAT WAS. MIRACLES AFTER
- 1:25:58MIRACLES AFTER MIRACLES. THANK GOD FOR THE DOUBLE PORTION. I
- 1:26:04HONOR MY HERITAGE TODAY. YOU SHOULD NOT EVER FORGET WHERE YOU
- 1:26:10CAME FROM. BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING UNTIL
- 1:26:15YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU'VE BEEN. I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN. I KNOW
- 1:26:22WHERE I'M GOING. AND I'M NOT LEAVING ANYTHING ON THE TABLE.
- 1:26:29I'M GOING TO SHARE AND CONTINUE TO SHARE WHAT GOD HAS PUT IN ME.
- 1:26:36AND I'M SHARING IT WITH YOU TODAY. I'M SHOWING YOU A BIT OF
- 1:26:40MY HEART AND A BIT OF MY LIFE. AND I'M GRATEFUL. I STILL GET
- 1:26:46ALL THE ORAL ROBERTS JOKES. THEY SAID THAT ORAL ROBERTS AND BILLY
- 1:26:50GRAHAM DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN. AND WHEN THEY GOT TO THE GATE,
- 1:26:54ST. PETER SAID, "I'M SORRY, BOYS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO
- 1:26:56DOWN BELOW "FOR A WHILE, WE'RE FULL UP." AND SO HE SENT THEM
- 1:27:02DOWN TO THE LOWER PARTS. AND AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE DEVIL
- 1:27:07TELEPHONED PETER AND SAID, "YOU GOTTA GET ORAL AND BILLY OUTTA
- 1:27:09HERE." AND PETER SAID, "WHY?" HE SAID, "BECAUSE BILLY GRAHAM'S
- 1:27:14GETTING EVERYBODY SAVED, "AND ORAL ROBERTS IS RAISING MONEY TO
- 1:27:17PUT IN AIR CONDITIONING.”
- 1:27:27WE WERE PLAYING GOLF IN A TOURNAMENT WITH BOB HOPE. AND
- 1:27:30BOB HOPE SAID, "I HATE PLAYING WITH ORAL ROBERTS BECAUSE WHEN
- 1:27:33I PUTT, THE HOLE HEALS UP.”
- 1:27:40THEY SAID THAT ORAL ROBERTS DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN. THEY GOT TO
- 1:27:42THE GATE, ST. PETER SAID, "ARE YOU ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "ARE
- 1:27:45YOU THE ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "WELL, COME WITH ME. JESUS, THE
- 1:27:48SON, WANTS TO SEE YOU." HE TOOK HIM BEFORE JESUS AND JESUS SAID,
- 1:27:52"ARE YOU ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "THE ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES."
- 1:27:55"WELL, COME WITH ME. MY FATHER WANTS TO SEE YOU." SO HE STOOD
- 1:27:58BEFORE GOD ALMIGHTY AND GOD SAID, "ARE YOU ORAL ROBERTS?"
- 1:28:00"YES." "THE ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "ORAL, I GOT THIS PAIN IN
- 1:28:04MY LEFT SHOULDER. I'VE HURT 'EM ALL." AND I THANK GOD FOR IT. I
- 1:28:15THANK GOD FOR THE JOY. I THANK GOD FOR THE TEARS. I THANK GOD
- 1:28:19FOR IT ALL, 'CAUSE ALL OF IT HAS MADE ME WHO I AM. AND I PRAISE
- 1:28:26GOD FOR IT. I LEARNED HOW TO LIVE. AND WHEN I MET LINDSAY AND
- 1:28:35FELL IN LOVE, I'D BEEN THROUGH A REALLY HARD TIME IN MY LIFE. AND
- 1:28:40I'D SAID, "I'M THROUGH WITH WOMEN "FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE."
- 1:28:45AND THEN I MET LINDSAY. AND WE HAD DATED FOR A WHILE. AND I
- 1:28:49BEGAN FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER. AND I WANTED TO TAKE HER OUT TO
- 1:28:53MEET MY PARENTS. THEY WERE OUT IN CALIFORNIA AT THE TIME. AND
- 1:28:57SO WE FLEW OUT AND WE GOT THERE, IT WAS LATE, WE GOT TO THE HOUSE
- 1:29:01WHERE THEY WERE STAYING AND MY MOTHER SAID, "COME ON IN." AND I
- 1:29:05INTRODUCED HER TO LINDSAY AND SHE SAID, "GO ON BACK IN THE
- 1:29:07BEDROOM, ORAL'S SITTING UP IN BED READING." MY DAD WAS A
- 1:29:10VORACIOUS READER. AT ANY GIVEN TIME HE'D READ ALMOST ALL THE
- 1:29:14NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS, BOTH SECULAR AND SPIRITUAL. AND HE
- 1:29:18WAS SITTING UP IN BED WITH HIS READING GLASSES IN HIS PAJAMAS
- 1:29:20AND WE WENT BACK IN THERE AND LINDSAY SAID, "I'M NOT GOING IN
- 1:29:22THERE WITH ORAL ROBERTS. I'M NOT GOING IN ORAL ROBERTS' BEDROOM."
- 1:29:25I SAID, "COME ON, WE'LL GO IN." I SAID, "HE'S JUST A MAN." AND
- 1:29:29SO WE WALKED IN THERE. HE LOOKED UP AND SAID, "SO, THIS IS
- 1:29:32RICHARD'S BRIDE." SHE TURNED AND RAN OUT OF THE ROOM. I PULLED
- 1:29:42HER BACK IN AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION. THE NEXT DAY WE
- 1:29:47REALLY GOT TO KNOW HER. AND THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER, I WAS IN A
- 1:29:52SERVICE WITH BROTHER HAGEN, KENNETH HAGEN, AND HE PROPHESIED
- 1:29:55THAT WE WOULD MARRY, AND HE DID IT IN FRONT OF 4,000 PEOPLE. AND
- 1:30:01I KNEW ALL HELL WOULD BREAK LOOSE IF I REMARRIED, AND IT
- 1:30:05DID, BUT I KNEW I'D BE ALL RIGHT BECAUSE I'D HAD A WORD FROM TWO
- 1:30:11PROPHETS OF GOD. AND THAT MARRIAGE IS NOW 46 YEARS STRONG.
- 1:30:22AND WE HAVE THREE WONDERFUL DAUGHTERS. YOU KNOW, LINDSAY HAD
- 1:30:26ENDOMETRIOSIS. THERE WAS NO WAY SHE COULD EVER HAVE CHILDREN.
- 1:30:29AND WE GOT THREE BECAUSE GOD HEALED HER. SHE HAD AN OVARIAN
- 1:30:36CYST THAT WAS ALMOST AS BIG AS AN ORANGE. AND THEY WERE TAKING
- 1:30:40HER IN FOR A HYSTERECTOMY. BUT ON THE WAY TO THE OPERATION
- 1:30:43ROOM, GOD HEALED HER. AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO JORDAN. AND THEN
- 1:30:47SHE GAVE BIRTH TO OLIVIA. AND THEN SHE GAVE BIRTH TO CHLOE,
- 1:30:50WHO WE CALL ORAL ROBERTS IN A DRESS.
- 1:30:55LITTLE FIREBALL. THANK GOD, THANK GOD FOR MY LIFE. LINDSAY
- 1:30:59MAY BE WATCHING ME LIVE ONLINE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THANK GOD
- 1:31:02FOR HER, WHAT SHE HAS MEANT TO MY LIFE. SHE GAVE ME A GOSPEL OF
- 1:31:05YOU CAN. I'D HAD A GOSPEL OF YOU CAN'T. BUT SHE GAVE ME A GOSPEL
- 1:31:13OF YOU CAN AND I'LL HELP YOU. AND IT'S MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN
- 1:31:17MY LIFE. THANK GOD FOR A STRONG, HEALTHY WIFE. AND I KNOW SHE'S
- 1:31:24PRAYING FOR ME RIGHT NOW.
- 1:31:29I'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME THINGS IN MY LIFE, BUT DAVID SAID, "YEA,
- 1:31:32THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY." HE DIDN'T PARK IN THE
- 1:31:37MIDDLE OF IT. HE DIDN'T QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. HE DIDN'T
- 1:31:41BUILD A MONUMENT. HE JUST WENT ON THROUGH. AND THE BIBLE CALLED
- 1:31:46HIM A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART. EVEN THOUGH HE MADE MISTAKES,
- 1:31:49GREAT MISTAKES, HE UNDERSTOOD FORGIVENESS. AND HE UNDERSTOOD
- 1:31:55HOW TO REPENT. AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO. EVER
- 1:32:00MADE A MISTAKE, PUT YOUR HAND UP. ANYBODY EVER MADE MORE THAN
- 1:32:03ONE MISTAKE, PUT UP BOTH HANDS. MATTHEW, I WON'T ASK YOU TO
- 1:32:06RAISE YOUR FEET. BUT YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS YOU
- 1:32:13CAN REPENT. YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO DO
- 1:32:18THAT. YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO MAKE A MISTAKE. YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO
- 1:32:21FALL. IT'S LIKE THE YOUNG MAN WHO WENT TO THE LAKE TO FISH,
- 1:32:24AND INSTEAD OF FISHING, HE FELL IN THE LAKE. AND A MAN CAME BY
- 1:32:27AND SAID, "SON, HOW'D YOU COME TO FALL IN?" HE SAID, "I DIDN'T
- 1:32:29COME TO FALL IN. "I CAME TO FISH, BUT I JUST FELL IN ALONG
- 1:32:35THE WAY." AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO MANY OF US. WE FELL
- 1:32:37IN, AND WE GOT CAUGHT UP, AND WE MADE MISTAKES. BUT THE BIBLE
- 1:32:41SAYS IF YOU CONFESS THAT SIN UNTO GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL AND
- 1:32:45JUST TO FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SIN AND TO CLEANSE YOU FROM ALL
- 1:32:49UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE GOD CALLED HIM A MAN
- 1:32:52AFTER HIS OWN HEART, BECAUSE DAVID MADE SOME HUMONGOUS,
- 1:32:57HORRENDOUS MISTAKES. WE ALL, WE READ ABOUT IT IN THE BIBLE. AND
- 1:33:02YET GOD CALLED HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART. PRAISE GOD. AND
- 1:33:06JESUS CAME THROUGH THE LINE OF DAVID. PRAISE GOD. THANK GOD FOR
- 1:33:11FORGIVENESS. UNFORGIVENESS IS LIKE DRINKING POISON AND
- 1:33:15EXPECTING THE OTHER PERSON TO DIE. UNFORGIVENESS WON'T DO
- 1:33:20ANYTHING TO THEM, BUT IT'LL KILL YOU. AND IF YOU'RE IN
- 1:33:24UNFORGIVENESS TODAY, YOU NEED TO GET OVER YOURSELF. YOU NEED TO
- 1:33:28LET IT GO. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH IT. FORGIVENESS IS THE ROOT OF
- 1:33:34MUCH SICKNESS AND DISEASE. UNFORGIVENESS, I SHOULD SAY.
- 1:33:38UNFORGIVENESS IS THE ROOT OF MANY SICKNESSES AND DISEASE.
- 1:33:42BECAUSE IT TURNS YOU INSIDE YOURSELF. LET IT GO. I REMEMBER
- 1:33:47ONCE, LINDSEY SAID, "I WANT YOU TO GET A PIECE OF PAPER "AND
- 1:33:51WRITE DOWN ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE OFFENDED YOU "AND DONE
- 1:33:53ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS "THEY'VE DONE AGAINST YOU ALL YOUR LIFE."
- 1:33:56SO I GOT A PENCIL, I HAD TO SHARPEN IT AGAIN 'CAUSE I HAD TO
- 1:33:59WRITE SO MANY NAMES DOWN. AND WHEN I GOT FINISHED, SHE SAID,
- 1:34:03"NOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAPER, WRITE WHAT THEY DID."
- 1:34:06WELL, THAT TOOK EVEN LONGER, SO I WROTE ALL THIS OUT AND WROTE
- 1:34:10IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAPER. THEN SHE SAID, "NOW TAKE
- 1:34:12THE PAPER AND TEAR IT IN HALF THIS WAY." I SAID, "OKAY." NOW,
- 1:34:17THROW AWAY WHAT THEY DID AND FORGIVE THE PERSON. IT CHANGED
- 1:34:28MY LIFE. SO IF YOU GOT UNFORGIVENESS IN YOUR HEART
- 1:34:32TODAY, I'M TELLING YOU, LET IT GO. IT'S NOT WORTH IT 'CAUSE
- 1:34:35JESUS SAID, "IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE, NEITHER AM I GONNA
- 1:34:37FORGIVE YOU." WE ALL WANT FORGIVENESS, WE BETTER GIVE IT.
- 1:34:42AND IF YOU'RE HOLDING SOMETHING AGAINST SOMEBODY TODAY, LET IT
- 1:34:45GO. 'CAUSE IT WON'T HURT THEM, BUT IT'LL KILL YOU. PRAISE GOD.
- 1:34:53ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING TODAY?
- 1:34:56IS THIS WORTH YOUR TIME? WELL, I'M GIVING YOU A BIT OF MYSELF
- 1:35:02TODAY. AND I'M TRYING TO DO THAT MORE AND MORE WHEREVER I GO. I'M
- 1:35:06NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL NOW AS MUCH AS I WAS BEFORE BECAUSE TWO
- 1:35:10YEARS AGO I BEGAN DOING A LIVE, FIVE DAY A WEEK, DAILY HEALING
- 1:35:14TELEVISION PROGRAM. AND SO I'VE GOT TO BE IN TULSA A LOT MORE.
- 1:35:19WE'RE GOING, AS SOON AS THE SERVICE IS OVER, WE'RE GOING
- 1:35:21HOME IMMEDIATELY. 'CAUSE I'VE GOT LIVE TELEVISION. I'M SEEING
- 1:35:26SO MANY HEALING MIRACLES. JUST THIS WEEK, I HAD THREE MEDICALLY
- 1:35:29CONFIRMED HEALINGS OF CANCER.
- 1:35:36AND IT'S NOT A VARIETY PROGRAM, I DON'T HAVE ANY GUESTS, IT'S
- 1:35:39JUST ME, JUST PRAYING FOR THE SICK. AND I HAVE LIVE, I GOT 22
- 1:35:43PRAYER PARTNERS TAKING LIVE PHONE CALLS, TAKING HUNDREDS AND
- 1:35:45HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS EVERY DAY AND PRAYING FOR PEOPLE,
- 1:35:48CALLING OUT THEIR NAMES ON THE AIR. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT, IT'S
- 1:35:51ON THE VICTORY CHANNEL LIVE, OR IT'S ALSO ON OUR HEALING
- 1:35:54NETWORK, AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE AND OUR ROKU
- 1:35:57CHANNEL AND OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU CAN SEE IT. IT'S AT NOON, AT
- 1:36:01NOON, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND I GOTTA GET HOME BECAUSE I GOT
- 1:36:04THINGS TO DO. BUT, SO I'M NOT TRAVELING AS MUCH NOW BECAUSE I
- 1:36:08GOTTA GET THERE AND BEAT A PATH TO GET HOME IN ORDER TO DO WHAT
- 1:36:12I'M CALLED TO DO. AND SO, AS I SAID, I'M, BUT I WAS HONORED
- 1:36:16WHEN PASTOR HANK CALLED AND SAID, "WOULD YOU COME AND WOULD
- 1:36:18YOU PINCH HIT FOR ME?" SO I'M HONORED TO DO THAT TODAY.
- 1:36:28AND I'M GONNA MISS WATCHING
- 1:36:32THE BIG WORLD CUP FINAL BECAUSE OF YOU.
- 1:36:40AND I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT I'M GONNA MISS IT BECAUSE OF
- 1:36:45YOU. BUT I DO HAVE A RADIO. SO, AND AT THE RISK OF OFFENDING
- 1:36:54SOMEBODY, I'M PULLING FOR ARGENTINA. I LIKE MESSI, 'CAUSE
- 1:37:06HE'S A MESS. ALL RIGHT. NOW, WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR BACK?
- 1:37:14STAND UP. WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR SHOULDERS? STAND UP. WHO
- 1:37:27NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR HIPS, YOUR KNEES, YOUR FEET? DOCTORS TELL
- 1:37:38ME THAT 60% OF AMERICANS HAVE SOME STAGE OF ARTHRITIS. THAT'S
- 1:37:48NOT GOOD. AND I'M GONNA PRAY. AND GOD'S GONNA BEGIN HEALING
- 1:37:57PEOPLE. NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT BECAUSE OF HIM. NOW MY FATHER
- 1:38:03USED HIS RIGHT HAND, BUT HE SAID TO ME, "SON, YOU WILL NOT USE
- 1:38:07YOUR HAND "LIKE I HAVE. "GOD'S GONNA MANIFEST THE WORD OF
- 1:38:10KNOWLEDGE THROUGH YOU, "AND YOU'LL SPEAK." HE SAID, "THE
- 1:38:12POWER OF GOD WILL COME DOWN YOUR SHOULDER AND OUT YOUR HANDS,
- 1:38:14AND WHEN YOU STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND AND PRAY, PEOPLE WILL BE
- 1:38:17HEALED." HE SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA BE ON TV A LOT MORE THAN I'VE
- 1:38:19BEEN, AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO LAY HANDS ON PEOPLE
- 1:38:22LIKE I HAVE HAD." SO GOD'S GONNA USE A DIFFERENT METHOD.
- 1:38:26IT'S NOT ANY BETTER, IT'S NOT ANY WORSE, JUST DIFFERENT. HE
- 1:38:29SAID, "GOD USED MY HAND, HE'S GONNA USE YOUR VOICE." AND HE
- 1:38:33SAID, "YOU'LL FEEL THE POWER COME UP "THROUGH YOUR CHEST, AND
- 1:38:35WHEN YOU SPEAK, "THAT WORD WILL COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. "AND
- 1:38:38YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE HEALED WHEREVER THEY'RE STANDING." IT'S
- 1:38:42BEEN HAPPENING LIKE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. IT'S GONNA
- 1:38:45HAPPEN THAT WAY THIS MORNING. SO LAY YOUR HAND ON YOURSELF.
- 1:38:49FATHER, IT'S NOT BY MIGHT, IT'S NOT BY POWER, BUT IT'S BY THE
- 1:38:53HOLY SPIRIT THAT I PRAY THIS PRAYER. AND I THANK YOU THAT
- 1:38:57YOU'RE A HEALING GOD, AND YOU'RE THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND
- 1:39:02FOREVER. AND WHAT YOU DID, YOU ARE STILL DOING. SO IN THE
- 1:39:06AUTHORITY OF THE NAME OF JESUS, I COME AGAINST THIS ARTHRITIC
- 1:39:09PAIN, THE BACK PAIN, THE NECK, THE SHOULDER, THE HIPS, THE
- 1:39:12KNEES, THE FEET. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I SPEAK TO EVERY BONE, I
- 1:39:16SPEAK TO EVERY MUSCLE, I SPEAK TO EVERY JOINT, I SPEAK TO EVERY
- 1:39:20TISSUE, EVERY PAIN, COME OUT! I SEND THAT HEALING WORD TO YOU
- 1:39:25RIGHT NOW, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE, HERE IT COMES, BE HEALED.
- 1:39:33EVERY BACK PAIN, COME OUT. EVERY SHOULDER PAIN, COME OUT. EVERY
- 1:39:38HIP PAIN, EVERY KNEE PAIN, EVERY FOOT PAIN, EVERY ANKLE PAIN,
- 1:39:42COME OUT. EVERY BONE THAT'S OUT OF WHACK, EVERY JOINT, EVERY
- 1:39:47MUSCLE, COME OUT. EVERY CELL, EVERY DISC, EVERY VERTEBRA, BE
- 1:39:52HEALED. IN THE AUTHORITY OF, NOW HERE IT COMES. HERE COMES A WAVE
- 1:39:57OF HEALING RIGHT NOW. NOT IN MY NAME, BUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- 1:40:02NOW JUST BEGIN EXAMINING YOURSELF RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU
- 1:40:04STAND. BEGIN EXAMINING YOURSELF. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. JUST BEGIN
- 1:40:07EXAMINING YOURSELF. PEOPLE ALL OVER LORD OF HOSTS ARE GONNA
- 1:40:10FIND OUT HEALING'S ALREADY HAPPENING. JUST EXAMINE YOURSELF
- 1:40:13RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. JUST EXAMINE YOURSELF. HEALING'S
- 1:40:19HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. NOT 'CAUSE I LAID HANDS ON YOU, BUT BECAUSE
- 1:40:22JESUS IS TOUCHING YOU.
- 1:40:25HAPPENING THROUGH THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT TODAY.
- 1:40:28NOW, HOW MANY CAN TELL RIGHT NOW, HEALING'S ALREADY STARTED?
- 1:40:29PUT YOUR HAND UP.
- 1:40:32I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL IT, YOU CAN TELL IT. LOOK AT THE HANDS.
- 1:40:36NOW, THAT'S HOW GOD USES ME.
- 1:40:39NOW, WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR HEART
- 1:40:40OR YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE? YOU STAND UP.
- 1:40:42OR YOUR BLOOD SUGAR, YOU STAND UP.
- 1:40:44YOUR HEART, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, YOUR BLOOD SUGAR.
- 1:40:48YOUR KIDNEYS, YOUR COLON, YOUR LIVER.
- 1:40:51YOUR DIGESTION TRACKER.
- 1:40:53YOUR GALLBLADDER, WHO NEEDS HEALING IN THAT AREA, YOU
- 1:40:54STAND UP. WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR VISION, YOUR EYES, YOUR
- 1:41:01HEARING? WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR BLOOD? WHO NEEDS HEALING IN
- 1:41:08YOUR KIDNEYS, YOUR LIVER? WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR BLOOD
- 1:41:13SUGAR, BLOOD PRESSURE? YOU STAND UP. "NOW, FATHER, IN THE
- 1:41:18AUTHORITY OF JESUS' NAME, "I COME AGAINST THIS SATANIC
- 1:41:22ATTACK. "SICKNESS AND DISEASE, YOU MUST BOW AT THE FEET OF
- 1:41:27JESUS. "AND I SEND THE HEALING WORD OF GOD TO YOU. "I START
- 1:41:31WITH YOUR HEAD. "I REBUKE THE MIGRAINE, COME OUT. "I REBUKE
- 1:41:36THE CYST, THE TUMOR, THE GROWTH, "THE MASS, THE CANCER, COME OUT.
- 1:41:43"I SPEAK TO THE LOSS OF VISION, THE CATARACT, "THE GLAUCOMA, THE
- 1:41:47BLURRED VISION, "THE PROBLEM WITH THE IRIS, THE PUPIL, "THE
- 1:41:50CORNEA, THE OPTIC NERVE, COME OUT. "THE LOSS OF HEARING, BE
- 1:41:55HEALED. "EARDRUM, EUSTACHIAN TUBE, OPEN UP. "I REBUKE THE
- 1:42:02BALANCE PROBLEM, THE EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEM, "COME OUT. "WHO NEEDS
- 1:42:07HEALING IN YOUR LUNGS? STAND UP IN THIS GROUP. KIDNEY, YOUR
- 1:42:10LUNGS, YOUR ALLERGIES, BREATHING. IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
- 1:42:14I SPEAK TO THE ASTHMA, I SPEAK TO THE EMPHYSEMA, THE COPD, COME
- 1:42:19OUT! AND I SEND THAT HEALING WORD TO YOU TODAY IN THE NAME OF
- 1:42:25JESUS, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. THE STOMACH
- 1:42:30CONDITION, KIDNEY, LIVER, LOWER TRACT, DIGESTION, HERNIA, ULCER,
- 1:42:35GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS, COLON, BE HEALED, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
- 1:42:39FUNCTION NORMALLY. EVERY ORGAN IN YOUR BODY BE HEALED. HEART
- 1:42:45BEAT NORMALLY. I REBUKE AFIB. I REBUKE THE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. I
- 1:42:53SPEAK TO THE PLAQUE, I COMMEND IT TO DISSOLVE. AND FOR THE
- 1:42:57BLOOD TO FLOW THROUGH YOUR BODY UNRESTRICTED IN THE NAME OF
- 1:43:02JESUS. HEART BEAT NORMALLY, NO MORE SKIPPING OF BEATS. HEART
- 1:43:07THAT'S ENLARGED, COME DOWN TO NORMAL SIZE. IN JESUS' MIGHTY
- 1:43:11NAME, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, I SPEAK TO YOU, COME DOWN. LOW
- 1:43:17BLOOD PRESSURE, I SPEAK TO YOU, COME UP. HIGH BLOOD SUGAR, I
- 1:43:21SPEAK TO YOU, COME DOWN. I REBUKE THE DIABETES. I REBUKE
- 1:43:27THE HYPOGLYCEMIA, BLOOD SUGAR, COME UP INTO THE NORMAL LEVEL.
- 1:43:31BLOOD PRESSURE BE NORMAL, BLOOD SUGAR BE NORMAL FROM THIS MOMENT
- 1:43:35FORWARD IN THE NAME OF JESUS. UH-HUH, I'LL DO THAT. SICKLE
- 1:43:40CELL, I TALK TO YOU IN JESUS' NAME. COME OUT. EVERY MASS,
- 1:43:45EVERY TUMOR, EVERY GROWTH, COME OUT. ANY TYPE OF INFLAMMATION,
- 1:43:50ANY TYPE OF INFECTION, COME OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NOW
- 1:43:55EVERYBODY'S STANDING FOR A MINUTE. EVERYONE'S STANDING.
- 1:43:58EVERYONE'S STANDING. RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, LIFT BOTH YOUR HANDS.
- 1:44:02SAY THIS OUT LOUD, FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I RELEASE MY
- 1:44:07FAITH, AND I EXPECT THIS MIRACLE, AND I'M NOT TURNING
- 1:44:11LOOSE UNTIL IT MANIFESTS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NOW SOMEBODY JUST
- 1:44:17REJOICE AND BEGIN TO GIVE HIM PRAISE.
- 1:44:19(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- 1:44:26HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. JUST BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM NOW,
- 1:44:31HALLELUJAH. LIFT YOUR VOICE IN THE SPIRIT.
- 1:44:34(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:44:36COME ON, PRAISE HIM.
- 1:44:37(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:44:41THERE'S A LEG BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT LEG BEING HEALED.
- 1:44:44(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:44:48SHOULDER BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
- 1:44:50(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:44:52LIFT YOUR VOICE IN THE SPIRIT.
- 1:44:54(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:44:57COME ON, PRAISE HIM.
- 1:44:59(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:45:06HALLELUJAH. FATHER, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT OUR OWN. WE WERE
- 1:45:12BOUGHT WITH A PRICE, AND THAT PRICE WAS THE SHED BLOOD OF
- 1:45:16JESUS. BUT HE NOT ONLY TOOK ON OUR SIN AND SHAME. NO, NO, NO,
- 1:45:20HE DID MORE THAN THAT. HE TOOK EVERY SICKNESS AND EVERY
- 1:45:22DISEASE, EVERY FEAR AND EVERY DOUBT. HALLELUJAH. THERE ARE
- 1:45:30SOME HERE WHO'VE NEVER MADE A COMMITMENT OF YOUR LIFE TO THE
- 1:45:32LORD. YOU'VE NEVER SAID, "BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER."
- 1:45:37YOU'VE NEVER REALLY GIVEN YOUR HEART, "OH YES, YOU COME TO
- 1:45:39CHURCH, YOU GOT A BIBLE, YOU GOT CHRISTIANS IN YOUR FAMILY."
- 1:45:42BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW THE LORD, AND YOU'VE BEEN WAITING
- 1:45:45FOR SOMEONE TO INVITE YOU TO RECEIVE HIM AS SAVIOR. IF THAT'S
- 1:45:49YOU, PUT YOUR HAND UP REAL QUICKLY, I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU.
- 1:45:52DON'T BE EMBARRASSED, PUT IT UP, HOLD IT HIGH. HOLD IT HIGH, I
- 1:45:56WANNA SEE YOUR HAND. IF THAT'S YOU, COME DOWN TO THIS ALTAR
- 1:46:00REAL QUICKLY. STEP OUT IN THE AISLE, QUICKLY. COME RIGHT NOW,
- 1:46:02COME ON YOUNG MAN. COME ON, COME RIGHT NOW. COME ON, IF THAT'S
- 1:46:08YOU, IF YOU WANT GOD IN YOUR LIFE. COME ON, RIGHT NOW,
- 1:46:12QUICKLY, QUICKLY, QUICKLY. COME ON, COME RIGHT HERE. COME ON,
- 1:46:19COME ON. COME ON, RIGHT HERE. COME ON. COME ON, COME ON, COME
- 1:46:27ON, COME ON, COME ON. COME ON. THE SAVIOR'S WAITING FOR YOU.
- 1:46:36COME ON, COME ON, ANYBODY ELSE? YOU REALLY NEED GOD IN YOUR LIFE
- 1:46:40AND YOU KNOW IT. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
- 1:46:44STRETCH YOUR HANDS OUT TOWARD HIM. NOW YOU HERE IN THE FRONT,
- 1:46:54YEAH, I'LL WAIT. YEAH, YOU'RE WORTH WAITING ON.
- 1:47:04STRETCH YOUR HANDS OUT TOWARD THEM. NOW YOU HERE IN THE FRONT,
- 1:47:06LOOK UP HERE AT ME. NOW PUT YOUR HAND UP LIKE THIS AND SAY THIS
- 1:47:11OUT LOUD AFTER ME. OH GOD, BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER. I
- 1:47:19DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT I WANT TO. AND SO TODAY, IN FRONT OF THESE
- 1:47:25WITNESSES, I REPENT OF EVERY SIN AND ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME. I AM
- 1:47:31TRULY SORRY. I RENOUNCE THE DEVIL AND ALL OF HIS WORKS AND I
- 1:47:37RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. COME INTO MY HEART,
- 1:47:43SAVE ME, HEAL ME, DELIVER ME, AND SET ME FREE. FROM THIS
- 1:47:50MOMENT, I'LL SERVE GOD FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. HALLELUJAH.
- 1:47:59WHICH WAY ARE WE GONNA SEND HIM? WE'RE GONNA SEND HIM TO A PRAYER
- 1:48:01ROOM? DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT, DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR
- 1:48:06SEAT. LET'S TAKE THEM TO A PLACE OF PRAYER FOR JUST A MOMENT.
- 1:48:09LET'S GO THIS WAY, TURN TO YOUR LEFT, MY RIGHT. FOLLOW THE LADY
- 1:48:13IN THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DRESS. BOWS. COME ON, GIVE PRAISE AS
- 1:48:17THEY GO. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS REJOICING IN THE
- 1:48:28PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS WHEN SOMEONE GETS SAVED. WELL,
- 1:48:33THEY'RE DOING A HOLY GHOST DANCE NOW. HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO GOD.
- 1:48:40AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU COME TO LORD OF HOSTS? FOR THE POWER OF GOD
- 1:48:45IS UNRESTRICTED. HALLELUJAH. THANK GOD FOR A PLACE LIKE THAT
- 1:48:51IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. HALLELUJAH. OKAY, BE SEATED FOR JUST A
- 1:48:57MINUTE. I BROUGHT SOME, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A LOBBY HERE
- 1:49:00SOMEWHERE, ISN'T THERE? I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE BUILDING, BUT I
- 1:49:03DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LOBBY IS. I BROUGHT SOME RESOURCES OUT
- 1:49:08THERE. AND I BROUGHT LINDSEY'S NEW BOOK, DISCOVER YOUR TRUE
- 1:49:14PEACE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN OFFERING ON OUR PROGRAM. THE FIRST BOOK
- 1:49:16WAS DISCOVER YOUR TRUE WORTH, AND THE SECOND BOOK IN THE
- 1:49:19SERIES WAS DISCOVER YOUR TRUE STRENGTH. AND NOW THE THIRD BOOK
- 1:49:23HAS BEEN OUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS. IT'S A BESTSELLER. IT'S CALLED
- 1:49:25DISCOVER YOUR TRUE PEACE. IT'S AVAILABLE. AND THEN I BROUGHT
- 1:49:29ANOTHER BOOK OF MINE CALLED WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. AND I GOT
- 1:49:36A CALL FROM A WOMAN WHO SAID, "I WANT THAT BOOK. WHAT THE HELL DO
- 1:49:38I DO?" WELL, I THINK I KNOW WHAT SHE MEANT. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S ALSO
- 1:49:46AVAILABLE. AND FOR EITHER BOOK THAT YOU BUY, AS MY GIFT, I'M
- 1:49:51GONNA GIVE YOU WHAT I'VE GIVEN TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THE LAST
- 1:49:53COUPLE OF MONTHS, IS A LITTLE BOOK CALLED WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU
- 1:49:56NEED A MIRACLE. 'CAUSE MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO
- 1:49:58SAY. SO THAT'S GONNA BE FREE, YOU GET THE OTHER. SO THOSE ARE
- 1:50:02AVAILABLE OUT THERE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
- 1:50:04ME TO COME AND TO BE A PART OF LORD OF HOSTS TODAY.
- 1:50:08(APPLAUSE)
- 1:50:12WHEN I TALKED..
- 1:50:13(APPLAUSE)
- 1:50:25MIKE, THOSE ARE FOR YOU. THOSE ARE MY GIFT TO YOU. WHEN I
- 1:50:29TALKED TO HANK LAST NIGHT, HE SAID, "IF YOU DON'T DO A GOOD
- 1:50:33JOB, "I'M GONNA COME TO TULSA AND GET YOU IN A HEADLOCK.”
- 1:50:37SO I HOPE I DON'T GET A HEADLOCK, BUT I BLESS YOU. I
- 1:50:44BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND I BLESS PASTOR HANK
- 1:50:48AND BRENDA AND THEIR DEAR CHILDREN, MATTHEW AND JONATHAN.
- 1:50:54JONATHAN GOT A BIG FIGHT ON THE 11TH OF AUGUST, AND I HOPE HE
- 1:50:58JUST KICKS THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THE GUY
- 1:51:04AND I HOPE HE GETS TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. DANA, WHAT'S HIS LAST
- 1:51:07NAME, DANA, DANA WHITE. I SAW THAT THING THEY HAD ON THE WHITE
- 1:51:12HOUSE LAWN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT LEVEL, ISN'T IT? THAT'S
- 1:51:14WHAT I WANT. I'M CALLING THAT THE TRUMP LEVEL. PRAISE GOD,
- 1:51:20OKAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND
- 1:51:23TO BE A PART OF THIS TODAY. GOD BLESS EVERY ONE OF YOU.
- 1:51:27(APPLAUSE)
- 1:51:31THANK YOU, BROTHER. GOD BLESS YOU.
- 1:51:35HOW MANY OF YOU WERE BLESSED TODAY?
- 1:51:36(APPLAUSE)
- 1:51:38AMEN, MAN. WE HAD MULTIPLE HEALINGS, WE HAD SALVATIONS, WE
- 1:51:45HAD CHURCH TODAY. AMEN. BE SEATED FOR A MOMENT IF YOU
- 1:51:49WOULD, PLEASE. AND WE WANNA HONOR OUR SPECIAL GUEST. OH,
- 1:51:54BEFORE I DO THAT, IF YOU'RE ONLINE TODAY AND YOU RECEIVED
- 1:51:58JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, OR YOU RECEIVED A
- 1:52:01SPECIAL SUPERNATURAL HEALING TOUCH, OUR PRAYER LINE NUMBER IS
- 1:52:04ONLINE FOR YOU, 855-777-7907. YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER 24
- 1:52:11HOURS A DAY, EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ARCHIVE IN THE
- 1:52:14MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER AND LET US KNOW
- 1:52:18HOW GOD TOUCHED YOUR LIFE AND THAT YOU WERE SAVED, SET FREE,
- 1:52:23HEALED, WHATEVER IT IS. WE LOVE TO GET THOSE REPORTS. AND WE'LL
- 1:52:28BLESS YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU AGAIN AND BELIEVE THAT GOD CONTINUES
- 1:52:31HIS WORK IN YOUR LIFE. SO THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR DOING
- 1:52:34THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, CONGREGATION. IT WAS A
- 1:52:39BLESSING. THOSE THAT WERE STILL IN BED MISSED SOMETHING TODAY,
- 1:52:43BECAUSE IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO BE IN THE HOUSE. GOD ALWAYS SENDS
- 1:52:47HIS BEST HERE. WE WANT TO HONOR DR. ROBERTS AND HIS MINISTRY.
- 1:52:53WHEN YOU SOW INTO HIS MINISTRY TODAY, YOU'RE SOWING INTO GOOD
- 1:52:56SOIL. HE CONTINUES THE LEGACY OF HIS FATHER.
- 1:53:00IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MINISTRY.
- 1:53:02SO USHERS, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
- 1:53:05NOW IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE. WE WANT TO SEND HIM OUT, SEND DR.
- 1:53:11ROBERTS OUT BLESSED SO THAT HE CAN CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING
- 1:53:15THAT HE'S CALLED TO DO. OUR GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE
- 1:53:18SCREEN. AS YOU DO THE DROP DOWN FROM OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN LOOK
- 1:53:26FOR CONFERENCE/GUEST SPEAKER IF YOU'RE GIVING ON THE APP OR ON
- 1:53:30OUR WEBSITE, CONFERENCE/GUEST SPEAKER. WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN
- 1:53:35WE'LL KNOW THAT IT GOES TO DR. ROBERTS' MINISTRY, AND WE
- 1:53:39APPRECIATE YOUR DOING THAT. THE BIBLE SAYS, "LET THE ELDERS WHO
- 1:53:44RULE BE COUNTED WORTHY OF DOUBLE HONOR," AND THAT HONOR SPEAKING
- 1:53:50OF MONEY DIRECTLY IN THE BIBLE. SO GIVE AS YOU FILL LEAD TODAY,
- 1:53:55AND WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. I'M JUST GIVING THE USHERS A
- 1:53:58LITTLE TIME TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. OKAY, AND WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS?
- 1:54:07STAND WITH ME. WE'LL PRAY A BLESSING OVER THIS OFFERING.
- 1:54:12FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO GIVE OFFERINGS TO
- 1:54:15THOSE THAT COME AS YOUR SERVANTS. WE PRAY A TREMENDOUS
- 1:54:19BLESSING OVER DR. ROBERTS AND LONG LIFE OVER HIM, THAT YOU
- 1:54:22CONTINUE TO USE HIM IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY TO BRING THE
- 1:54:26WORD OF TRUTH, THE WORD OF FAITH TO YOUR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
- 1:54:30AND SO WE BLESS HIS MINISTRY. I BLESS EVERY GIVER TODAY. AND
- 1:54:34THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU WILL SUPERNATURALLY BLESS THEIR LIVES
- 1:54:38FOR SOWING INTO THIS MINISTRY. AND WE COUNT IT AN HONOR, LORD,
- 1:54:43TO GIVE BACK UNTO YOU. OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE DOWN HERE ALREADY IN
- 1:54:46PLACE. IF YOU NEED PRAYER FOR ANYTHING ELSE TODAY, YOU
- 1:54:49PROBABLY HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF DURING THIS SERVICE. BUT
- 1:54:52IF YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE, YOU WANT SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU,
- 1:54:55THE ALDR TEAM'S HERE. AND THEY WON'T EVEN CHARGE YOU FOR COMING
- 1:54:59FORWARD TODAY. YOU CAN COME FREELY AND GET PRAYER. SO GOD
- 1:55:04BLESS YOU. DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR MOST SPECIAL SPEAKERS
- 1:55:08IN THE HOUSE. NEXT SUNDAY, PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE SPEAKING.
- 1:55:11AND SO BE BACK. AND GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUNDAY.
- 1:55:16WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY. THANK YOU.
- 1:55:19(MUSIC)