Latest / LOH Church Archive / 12/10/25 "A Vision for the Harvest" Part 2
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:06GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
- 0:09IT IS SO AWESOME TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD THIS EVENING.
- 0:14SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LIFT UP A PRAISE, GIVE GLORY TO
- 0:18HIS NAME, BECAUSE HE'S GREAT, HE'S AWESOME,
- 0:22HE'S WONDERFUL, HE'S MAGNIFICENT. HE'S THE KING
- 0:25OF KINGS, HE'S THE LORD OF LORDS, HE'S THE GOD OF GODS.
- 0:29SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GIVE HIM GLORY! WHOO! COME ON!
- 0:40(MUSIC)
- 2:00(MUSIC)
- 3:24COME ON!
- 3:25(MUSIC)
- 5:56(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 7:34(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 8:45COME ON, THROW THOSE HANDS UP AND TELL HIM.
- 13:15HALLELUJAH. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE, FATHER. YOU ARE SO
- 13:19GREAT. YOU'RE AN AWESOME GOD. WE MAGNIFY YOUR HOLY NAME TONIGHT.
- 13:25YOU'RE SO GOOD. YOU NOT ONLY CREATED US, BUT YOU SUSTAIN US.
- 13:33YOU SUSTAIN US, YOU SUSTAIN THIS WORLD. YOU KEEP US MOVING. YOU
- 13:40KEEP US ALIVE FOR YOU. OH, REIGNITE IN US A FIRE FOR YOU
- 13:47THAT WE PRAY. THANK YOU, LORD. WE MAGNIFY YOUR NAME TONIGHT. WE
- 13:53COUNTED AN HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU TO MAGNIFY YOUR NAME AND GIVE
- 13:57YOU GLORY. OH, HALLELUJAH. YOU GIVE US THE ABILITY TO MOVE AND
- 14:02BREATHE. HAVE LIFE YOU GIVE US THE ABILITY TO WORK TO DO THINGS
- 14:10FOR YOU TO REACH OTHERS FOR YOU. WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. AND
- 14:17WE GIVE YOU HONOR TONIGHT IN THIS PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR
- 14:21YOUR DIVINE PRESENCE. THANK YOU, LORD. THE FACT THAT A HOLY GOD
- 14:31WOULD INDWELL US WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS WOULD SACRIFICE HIS LIFE
- 14:36FOR US. WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT,
- 14:40FATHER. WE WORSHIP YOU. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 14:51PRAY IN YOUR HEAVENLY LANGUAGE. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 15:07THANK YOU, JESUS. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU,
- 15:11JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE. HERE'S WHAT
- 15:16I'M FEELING IN MY SPIRIT TONIGHT, THAT THERE'S
- 15:20SOMEONE, YOU MIGHT BE HERE, OR MAYBE WATCHING, BUT
- 15:23YOU LOVE CHRIST, YOU LOVE THE LORD. YOU LOVE CELEBRATING
- 15:28CHRISTMAS AS WE MOVE INTO THIS SEASON. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT,
- 15:34BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU FELT THIS MONTH THAT YOU'RE NOT
- 15:41REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS DAY. AND IT'S NOT
- 15:46BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOVE GOD AT ALL. IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR
- 15:50CURRENT SITUATION, YOU FEEL ISOLATED, LONELY, WITHOUT BEING
- 15:57AROUND THOSE THAT YOU LOVE FOR WHATEVER REASON. MAYBE IT WAS A
- 16:00LOSS. MAYBE IT'S A SEPARATION. WHO KNOWS WHAT IT COULD BE?
- 16:04THERE'S SO MANY REASONS FOR THAT. BUT IF THAT'S YOU AND
- 16:07YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, GOD HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS TO DO FOR YOU
- 16:12TONIGHT TO HELP YOU MOVE THROUGH THAT WITH PEACE, BECAUSE HE'S A
- 16:18GOD OF PEACE. YOU KNOW, JESUS EVEN EXPERIENCED LONELINESS. SO
- 16:22THAT'S NOT A SIN. THINK ABOUT IT WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS AND HE
- 16:28WAS DESERTED. THAT HAD TO BE THE LONELIEST TIME OF ANYONE'S LIFE.
- 16:33THINK ABOUT IT THE NIGHT THAT HE WANTED THE DISCIPLES TO PRAY
- 16:37WITH HIM AND THEY FELL ASLEEP. I'M SURE HE FELT LONELY AND
- 16:41DESERTED AT THAT TIME. SO THERE MAY BE, THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND
- 16:44I WANT YOU TO RUN UP HERE NOW IF THAT'S YOU AND YOU'RE HERE. IS
- 16:46THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU'RE SAYING, "I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED
- 16:50A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET THROUGH THESE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT
- 16:55WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE MISSING." YOU NEED PRAYER.
- 17:04ANYONE ELSE? MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE. GOD WILL
- 17:08MINISTER TO YOU IN THAT WAY TOO. THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH.
- 17:14THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, LORD. EILEEN, I'M GOING TO GIVE
- 17:19YOU THE MIC AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PRAY OVER THESE TWO AND THEN
- 17:24WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE TOO.
- 17:26SO WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
- 17:30(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 17:37FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE AT WORK IN HER
- 17:40LIFE, THAT YOU'RE MAKING HER WHOLE AND THAT ALL IS
- 17:44WELL. FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU SURROUND HER WITH YOUR PRESENCE,
- 17:47WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE HER. ENCOURAGE HER HEART NOW, I PRAY.
- 17:51FATHER, YOUR WORD SAYS THAT YOU'LL STICK CLOSER THAN A
- 17:54BROTHER, AND I THANK YOU AS SHE WALKS THROUGH THIS TIME, YOU ARE
- 17:58STICKING CLOSE TO HER. SHE IS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, BUT EVEN
- 18:02MORE THAN THAT, I THANK YOU THAT YOU SURROUND HER WITH PEOPLE
- 18:04THAT LOVE HER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND NOW THIS ONE, FATHER,
- 18:08I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE AT WORK IN HIS BEHALF AS WELL. IN JESUS'
- 18:12NAME, (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) I COME AGAINST EVERY PLAN
- 18:16OF THE ENEMY TO HARM HIM, TO DISCOURAGE HIM.
- 18:19I SAY NO, THERE IS GREAT JOY IN WALKING WITH YOU
- 18:23AND IN LOVING YOU, AND SO I THANK YOU. NOT ONLY DOES HE
- 18:26HAVE THAT JOY BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU, BUT BECAUSE OTHERS SURROUND
- 18:30HIM THAT LOVE HIM. I THANK YOU FOR IT. I BLESS HIM IN THE NAME
- 18:34OF JESUS. HALLELUJAH. AMEN. AMEN. AND FOR THOSE WATCHING
- 18:40ONLINE THAT THAT MIGHT BE YOU, WE EXTEND OUR FAITHS TOWARDS YOU
- 18:44TONIGHT, AND WE SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE BLESSED, BE
- 18:48ENCOURAGED, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO YOU
- 18:53TONIGHT, THAT THIS WILL BE ONE OF YOUR BETTER HOLIDAYS EVER,
- 18:57BECAUSE THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU, AND WE PRAY FOR OPEN DOORS,
- 19:01FOR FRIENDS, RELATIVES, ACQUAINTANCES, THAT YOU CAN BE
- 19:05WITH TO MINISTER LIFE UNTO YOU, AND THEN THAT YOU ALSO
- 19:10RECIPROCATE BY MINISTERING TO THEM, AND THEN YOU'LL FIND JOY
- 19:15AS YOU SHARE CHRIST WITH OTHERS, AND YOU HAVE A MEANINGFUL
- 19:19CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR CELEBRATING CHRIST. AND WE JUST PRAY IT IN
- 19:23THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU,
- 19:27JESUS. PRAISE GOD. ONE OTHER THING QUICKLY. THERE'S SOMEONE
- 19:33THAT YOU'RE A GIVER TO THIS CHURCH. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A
- 19:40CALLING TO GIVE. YOU HAVE A MINISTRY OF GIVING. AND YOU
- 19:45KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GOD, I BELIEVE, SETS IN THE EARTH THAT
- 19:48HAVE THAT DESIRE THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE MORE THAN JUST AVERAGE.
- 19:54THEY WANT TO DO MORE. AND THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, OR MAYBE
- 19:58WATCHING ONLINE AGAIN, AND YOU'RE IN THAT POSITION WHERE
- 20:02IT'S YOUR HEART THAT, AS YOU LOOK OVER 2025, WE'RE DRAWING TO
- 20:06THE CONCLUSION OF IT, AND YOU SAY, "FATHER, I WANTED TO DO
- 20:10MORE. I WANTED TO GIVE MORE TO THE GOSPEL. I WANTED TO BE A
- 20:15BETTER STEWARD OF WHAT I HAD, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE
- 20:20YEAR'S NOT OVER YET, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU HAVEN'T
- 20:23ACHIEVED WHAT WAS IN YOUR HEART TO DO. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
- 20:28YOU'RE NOT A TITHER. I'M NOT SINGLING YOU OUT. I'M SAYING
- 20:31MAYBE YOU HAD IT A GOAL TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WAS EVEN
- 20:35ABOVE THE TITHE, BUT YOU HAVEN'T ACHIEVED THAT YET, AND YOU'RE
- 20:39FEELING A LITTLE BIT DISCOURAGED ABOUT THAT, AND YOU SAY,
- 20:41"FATHER, HOW AM I GONNA DO THAT? BECAUSE I HAD IT IN MY HEART TO
- 20:43DO THAT FOR GOD." AND SO YOU HAVE A GOOD HEART. YOU JUST
- 20:48HAVEN'T QUITE GOT TO WHERE YOU BELIEVED IN. MAYBE YOUR GOAL WAS
- 20:52HIGHER THAN WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, OR MAYBE THE DEVIL'S TRIED
- 20:55TO HOLD YOU BACK FROM ACCOMPLISHING EVERYTHING AND
- 20:57RECEIVING THE BLESSING. BUT I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO
- 21:01IF THAT'S YOU AND I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE HERE, RUN UP HERE RIGHT
- 21:04NOW. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE,
- 21:09THE SAME THING. WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE GOD FOR A MIRACLE
- 21:13FINANCIAL TURNAROUND IN JESUS' NAME SO THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH
- 21:18EXACTLY WHAT GOD HAS PUT IN YOUR HEART TO DO FOR HIM. FATHER, I
- 21:24PRAY FOR THESE TWO. I PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE.
- 21:26I PRAY FOR THESE THREE TONIGHT THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS
- 21:30CALL. AND I SAY, YOUR HAND OF BLESSING IS UPON THEM FOR GOOD.
- 21:35AND THE SEED THAT THEY HAVE SOWN WOULD MIRACULOUSLY SPROUT, AND
- 21:40THEY WOULD RECEIVE A DIVINE HARVEST ON IT, AND EVEN
- 21:43UNEXPECTED BLESSING DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, SO THAT THEY
- 21:47CAN UPDO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY'VE EVEN DONE SO FAR. SO I
- 21:52THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AS I LAY MY HANDS ON THEM TONIGHT, I'M
- 21:56GONNA ASK FOR A DIVINE IMPARTATION OF GRACE SO THAT
- 22:02THEY CAN RECEIVE, BECAUSE THEIR HEARTS ARE GOOD AND THEY'RE PURE
- 22:06FOR YOU, LORD. AND THEY WANT TO DO MORE, AND YOU WILL PROVIDE IN
- 22:12JESUS' NAME. BE BLESSED. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE BLESSED, BE
- 22:16BLESSED. IN JESUS' NAME, BE BLESSED. THANK YOU, LORD.
- 22:21HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 22:25THANK YOU, LORD. PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 22:31(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) IS THERE SOMEONE HERE, YOU
- 22:36HAVE A RIGHT FOOT, A RIGHT FOOT THAT'S CAUSING...
- 22:43MY WIFE JUST SAID, "HOPEFULLY WE ALL HAVE A
- 22:45RIGHT FOOT." BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS, YOU HAVE A
- 22:48RIGHT FOOT THAT'S CAUSING YOU PAIN. WHEN YOU STEP ON IT, IT'S
- 22:53CAUSING YOU PAIN. MAYBE THAT'S SOMEONE THERE AGAIN ONLINE. IS
- 22:55THAT ANYONE HERE? COME UP HERE, YOUR RIGHT FOOT. THANK YOU,
- 23:02JESUS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I COMMAND THE HEALING POWER OF GOD
- 23:24INTO THAT FOOT. FATHER TOUCH HER IN JESUS' NAME. MOVE UPON HER.
- 23:32IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. MOVE UPON HIM LORD. HEALING IN
- 23:36THAT FOOT. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. MIRACULOUS TOUCH OF GOD.
- 23:41THANK YOU LORD. HALLELUJAH. YOUR HEALING POWER IS JUST FLOWING
- 23:45THROUGH YOUR WHOLE BODY. THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
- 23:48ADJUSTED AND THEY'RE BEING ADJUSTED RIGHT NOW. JESUS MAKES
- 23:52WHOLENESS, WHOLENESS IN YOUR ENTIRE BODY. IN JESUS' NAME WE
- 23:56SAY. HALLELUJAH. OH, HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. THANK
- 24:07YOU JESUS. WELL, GOD IS GOOD. TURN AROUND, SHAKE HANDS WITH
- 24:12SOMEONE AND SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE
- 24:14HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- 24:15(MUSIC)
- 24:55WELL, GLORY TO GOD. GLORY TO GOD. HALLELUJAH. IT IS OFFERING
- 25:00TIME. WHAT A GREAT CROWD WE'VE GOT IN HERE TONIGHT. YOU GUYS
- 25:04ARE EXCITED TO GET AROUND AND SEE EACH OTHER. THAT'S AWESOME.
- 25:07I WANNA GET RIGHT INTO IT TONIGHT SO WE CAN GET PASTOR
- 25:09DOUG BACK UP HERE TO PREACH. I KNOW HE'S GOT A POWERFUL WORD TO
- 25:12SHARE TONIGHT ABOUT THE GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS THAT'S COMING.
- 25:16AND I BELIEVE HE'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO
- 25:18BE BOLD IN WITNESSING TO PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANNA SPEAK FOR A
- 25:22MOMENT ABOUT BEING BOLD ABOUT GIVING. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST
- 25:28ISSUES, AS WE KNOW, THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS OUR GIVING IS
- 25:33FEAR, NEGATIVE FAITH, FEAR. AND PEOPLE OFTENTIMES DON'T QUITE
- 25:41FULLY TRUST GOD TO BE THEIR PROVIDER. HE'S JEHOVAH JIREH,
- 25:48BUT THAT DOESN'T GET DOWN INSIDE OF EVERYONE. AND THEY TRUST MORE
- 25:52IN THEIR MONEY, MORE IN THE WORLD SYSTEM THAN IN THE KINGDOM
- 25:56ECONOMY. AND THE BIBLE INSTRUCTS US NOT TO DO THAT. IN FACT, IF
- 26:03WE LOOK AT TONIGHT'S SCRIPTURE, WHICH IS ALREADY UP, HEBREWS 13,
- 26:075, AND 6 INSTRUCTS US NOT TO DO THAT. IT SAYS, I'LL READ IT
- 26:12FIRST IN THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD, IT SAYS, "MAKE SURE
- 26:15THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY, BEING CONTENT
- 26:20WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. FOR HE HIMSELF HAS SAID, "I WILL NEVER
- 26:26DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU." SO THAT WE CAN
- 26:32CONFIDENTLY SAY, "THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID.
- 26:37"WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?" AND I LIKE THIS A LOT TOO IN THE
- 26:41AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, IF THEY CAN THROW THAT UP. IT SAYS, "MAKE
- 26:47SURE THAT YOUR CHARACTER," WELL, LET'S SEE, MAYBE AMPLIFIED
- 26:50CLASSIC DO WE HAVE? "IF NOT, LET YOUR CHARACTER OR MORAL
- 26:54DISPOSITION BE FREE FROM LOVE OF MONEY, INCLUDING GREED, AVARICE,
- 27:00LUST, AND CRAVING FOR EARTHLY POSSESSIONS. AND BE SATISFIED,"
- 27:06I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN READ THAT ANYWAY, "BE SATISFIED WITH
- 27:09YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. FOR HE, GOD
- 27:14HIMSELF, HAS SAID, 'I WILL NOT IN ANY WAY FAIL YOU, NOR GIVE
- 27:21YOU UP, NOR LEAVE YOU WITHOUT SUPPORT. I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT,
- 27:28I WILL NOT IN ANY DEGREE LEAVE YOU HELPLESS NOR FORSAKE NOR LET
- 27:33YOU DOWN, RELAX MY HOLD ON YOU, ASSUREDLY NOT. SO WE TAKE
- 27:39COMFORT AND ARE ENCOURAGED AND CONFIDENTLY AND BOLDLY SAY, THE
- 27:44LORD IS MY HELPER. I WILL NOT BE SEIZED WITH ALARM. I WILL NOT
- 27:49FEAR OR DREAD OR BE TERRIFIED. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?
- 27:55INTERESTING QUESTION. SOME YEARS AGO, I WORKED MY WAY INTO A
- 28:01PRETTY DECENT REMOTE JOB MANAGING NATIONAL SALES FOR A
- 28:07FAIRLY LARGE CHRISTIAN FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS AND I SOLD
- 28:11THINGS LIKE OUTDOOR DIGITAL SIGNS, WEBSITE DESIGN, WEBINARS
- 28:18ON HOW TO GROW THE CHURCH, THIS KIND OF THING. A LOT OF STUFF
- 28:21THAT WAS NOT IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE WAS GIVEN OVER TO ME. AND WHEN I
- 28:28WENT REMOTE, WE MOVED ACROSS THREE STATES. BUT ABOUT FOUR
- 28:34WEEKS INTO THAT REMOTE ASSIGNMENT, HOW MANY KNOW WHEN
- 28:37YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE KINGDOM, YOU GET THE DEVIL'S
- 28:40ATTENTION AND HE'LL COME FOR YOU. ABOUT FOUR WEEKS INTO THAT
- 28:44ASSIGNMENT, WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN ROAD, PEAK TRAVEL TIME,
- 28:51TOURIST TOWN, AND THE TRANSMISSION QUIT IN THE
- 28:54AUTOMOBILE. WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT WAS KIND OF AN
- 28:57UNTIMELY EVENT. I WASN'T ALL THAT EXCITED ABOUT TAKING ON A
- 29:01NEW CAR PAYMENT JUST THEN, BUT MY ALTERNATIVE WAS NOT A GOOD
- 29:06INVESTMENT EITHER TO POUR A LOT OF MONEY INTO THAT OLDER
- 29:08VEHICLE. SO OFF WE DECIDED TO GO CAR SHOPPING AND DECLARING OUR
- 29:13TRUST IN THE LORD. WE ARE GIVERS, AND SO WE KNEW THAT THE
- 29:18LORD WASN'T GOING TO LEAVE US WITHOUT. SO WE WENT TO TRY OUR
- 29:22HAND. BUT NOW IN THAT TOWN, TO FINANCE A NEW VEHICLE, YOU HAD
- 29:27TO SHOW LOCAL RESIDENCY FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, AND YOU HAD TO BE
- 29:33IN YOUR PRESENT POSITION AT WORK FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. THESE WERE
- 29:38KIND OF SOME PROBLEMATIC CRITERIA AT THAT MOMENT, SINCE
- 29:42OUR ENTIRE LIVES HAD CHANGED JUST FOUR WEEKS PRIOR. NEW
- 29:46LOCATION, NEW RESIDENCE, NEW EMPLOYMENT STATUS. ONE OF THE
- 29:49MAIN ISSUES WAS THAT I BECAME AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND CAME
- 29:53OFF THE COMPANY'S PAYROLL. AND SO I KNEW FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND
- 29:58FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MY INCOME WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY LEVEL.
- 30:03BUT YOU CAN'T SAY THAT AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TO A
- 30:07FINANCE MANAGER IN A AUTO DEALERSHIP TYPICALLY. THEY DON'T
- 30:11REALLY RECEIVE THAT. SO AS PREDICTABLE AS I THOUGHT IT WAS,
- 30:15HE SAID WAY TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY. SO THE ONLY TOOL
- 30:18THAT I HAD LEFT IN MY TOOLKIT, THE POINT OF THIS, WAS MY
- 30:24PERSONAL CREDENTIALS. I HAD MY RESUME AND MY PROMISE OF FUTURE
- 30:29EARNINGS. DIFFICULT OFTENTIMES TO BUY A CAR THAT WAY. WE HAD TO
- 30:36GO A FEW ROUNDS, BUT AFTER SEVERAL NEGATIVE REACTIONS, AND
- 30:40WHEN IT JUST SEEMED LIKE I WAS GONNA HAVE TO PULL BACK AND
- 30:43DEVELOP PLAN B, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FINANCE MANAGER CAME BACK TO
- 30:48THE FLOOR, HE TURNED AROUND COMPLETELY FROM HIS PRIOR
- 30:50STANCE, AND HE SAID, "I'M GONNA DO THIS DEAL." HE SAID, "I DON'T
- 30:54KNOW WHY, BUT I'M GONNA DO THIS DEAL." WELL, WE KNOW WHY, RIGHT?
- 30:58HE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD, WHETHER HE RECOGNIZED IT OR NOT.
- 31:03AND I THINK THAT WHAT HEBREWS IS SAYING HERE IS WHAT CAN MAN DO
- 31:08TO ME? WELL, IF I'M A GIVER AND I'M IN COVENANT WITH THE LORD,
- 31:13IS MAN GONNA STOP ME FROM OBTAINING WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME?
- 31:17IS HE GONNA STOP GOD'S PROVISION? IS HE GONNA TAKE THAT
- 31:21AUTOMOBILE AWAY FROM ME WHEN I NEED IT TO GO EARN A LIVING? NO.
- 31:27AND IN THAT SITUATION, THAT MOMENT, GOD WAS NOT GONNA
- 31:29ABANDON US. HE WAS NOT GONNA FORSAKE US. HE WAS NOT GONNA
- 31:33LEAVE US WITHOUT HIS SUPPORT. HE WAS GONNA INTERVENE IN WHATEVER
- 31:37WAY NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT DEAL OCCUR. AND GUESS WHAT? HE'S NO
- 31:42RESPECTER OF PERSONS. IF HE'LL DO THAT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY,
- 31:47HE'LL BLESS YOUR FAMILY. HE'LL BLESS YOUR SOCKS OFF. AND YOU
- 31:50DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE PLANNING ON IT. THESE THINGS ARE NEVER
- 31:53EXPECTED, BUT GOD ISN'T CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. HE'S GONNA PROVIDE
- 31:58FOR YOU. SO TONIGHT, WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO IS NOT BE
- 32:05TIMID, NOT GO IN FEAR. DON'T DRAW BACK WHEN IT COMES TO
- 32:09GIVING, BUT LET'S HONOR THE LORD TONIGHT WITH OUR VERY BEST AND
- 32:15EXPECT TO RECEIVE UNCOMMON, ASTONISHING, MIRACULOUS
- 32:20BLESSINGS. CAN WE DO THAT? LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION ON
- 32:24THE SCREEN. THERE IT IS. THERE'S MANY WAYS TO GIVE. WE GO OVER
- 32:27THEM ALL THE TIME. I LIKE THE MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, A
- 32:31WEBSITE, SEND YOUR ENVELOPES IN. IF YOU STILL DARE TO DO THAT
- 32:36WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE, MAY WANNA GO TO ANOTHER COURIER, I
- 32:40DON'T KNOW. GOT A QR CODE, I THINK I SAID, MAYBE NOT. AND AS
- 32:48PASTOR BRENDA WAS MENTIONING ON SUNDAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE A
- 32:50QUICK MENTION OF THIS BEFORE I WELCOME PASTOR DOUG BACK. AS SHE
- 32:53WAS MENTIONING ON SUNDAY, WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
- 32:56THAT ARE WAITING IN THE WINGS. WE WANNA BE PREPARED TO DO THAT.
- 32:59WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO REPLENISH THAT CAMPUS AND
- 33:03BUILDING FUND. AND I THINK THEY'VE GOT A SLIDE THAT THEY
- 33:06CAN SHOW UP. SO IT'S IN THE DROP DOWN MENU THERE. IT'S A LINE
- 33:09ITEM. SO IF YOU'RE GIVING TONIGHT AND YOU CHOOSE TO DO
- 33:11THAT, THAT'S FABULOUS. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE
- 33:14CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT OUT THERE, ONLINE
- 33:16AUDIENCE. WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. YOU ARE AMAZING IN
- 33:20YOUR RESPONSE TO US AND WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. NO MATTER WHAT WAY
- 33:24ANYONE HERE ONLINE CHOOSES TO GIVE OR WHAT FUN YOU'RE GONNA
- 33:28GIVE INTO, LET'S JUST SOW BIG TONIGHT. LET'S GIVE BOLDLY.
- 33:32LET'S TRUST IN THE LORD COMPLETELY FOR EVERYTHING THAT
- 33:35WE NEED WHENEVER WE NEED IT AND BELIEVE FOR MIRACLES. AND HOW
- 33:41ARE WE DOING? WE GOT EVERYBODY? IF EVERYBODY'S READY, LET'S HOLD
- 33:45UP OUR OFFERINGS OR OUR DEVICES, OUR ENVELOPES, DEVICES,
- 33:48WHATEVER. AND WE'LL PRAY OVER THIS REAL QUICK. FATHER, IN THE
- 33:50NAME OF JESUS, I SPEAK BLESSING OVER EVERY GIVER AND EVERY GIFT
- 33:55IN HERE AND ONLINE. AS A PEOPLE PLACE THEIR FAITH ABOVE THEIR
- 33:59FEAR, WE KNOW THE LORD WILL NEVER DESERT THEM. HE'LL NEVER
- 34:03ABANDON THEM. HE'LL NEVER LET THEM DOWN. YOU WILL ALWAYS LORD
- 34:07PRESERVE THEM AND HOLD THEM UP WITH YOUR VICTORIOUS RIGHT HAND
- 34:09IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN EVERY TIME OF NEED. AND AS THEY
- 34:13TRUST IN YOU, LORD, AND SO INTO YOUR WORK, YOU WILL BRING THE
- 34:16INCREASE AND BLESS THEM IN ASTONISHING WAYS. AND WE AGREE
- 34:20FOR THIS NOW, AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF
- 34:23JESUS. AND ALL WHO AGREED SAID, "AMEN." LET'S WELCOME PASTOR
- 34:27DOUG. THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. HALLELUJAH.
- 34:34WE'RE ALL MOTIVATED TO GIVE AFTER PASTOR MARK SHARES WHAT HE
- 34:38DOES WITH US, PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. WELL, IT'S WEDNESDAY
- 34:44NIGHT AND I WON'T KEEP YOU PAST MIDNIGHT, I PROMISE YOU, 'CAUSE
- 34:49I KNOW YOU HAVE THINGS TO DO. I DID WANT TO JUST KINDA GO BACK
- 34:54TO SOMETHING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE FIRST PART OF MY
- 34:57MESSAGE WAS IN OCTOBER AND SOME OF YOU WERE HERE, SOME OF YOU
- 35:00MIGHT'VE MISSED IT, BUT I JUST WANNA RECAP A COUPLE THINGS AS
- 35:04WE FLOW INTO WHAT I FELT LIKE THE LORD WANTED ME TO SHARE
- 35:07TONIGHT. LAST TIME WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE HARVEST, WE SHARED THE
- 35:13SCRIPTURE OUT OF ACTS CHAPTER 16 VERSE 9, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO
- 35:16PUT THAT UP TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECAP THIS A LITTLE BIT.
- 35:20IT WAS A STORY ABOUT PAUL HAVING A VISION, AND THIS NIGHT HE HAD
- 35:25A VISION. A MAN FROM MACEDONIA IN NORTHERN GREECE WAS STANDING
- 35:28THERE PLEADING WITH PAUL, "COME OVER TO MACEDONIA AND HELP US."
- 35:34THAT WAS HIS PLEA. SO IT WAS A SUPERNATURAL VISION THAT PAUL
- 35:38HAD DURING THE NIGHT, AND THIS MAN WAS PLEADING FOR PAUL TO
- 35:43COME HELP GET THE GOSPEL TO MACEDONIA. AND THEN ACTS 16:10
- 35:50SAYS, "AFTER PAUL HAD SEEN THE VISION, IMMEDIATELY WE
- 35:54ENDEAVORED TO GO TO MACEDONIA." AND THAT WAS PAUL'S HEARTBEAT,
- 35:58TO BE WORKING AND LABORING TO SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME TO
- 36:02PASS, TO SEE PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST. AND WHEN HE HAD THAT
- 36:07VISION THAT HE KNEW AND DISCERNED WAS FROM GOD, HE
- 36:10IMMEDIATELY MADE PLANS TO GO TO MACEDONIA. AND WE MENTIONED THAT
- 36:16UP TO THAT POINT IN HISTORY, THE GOSPEL MESSAGE HAD BEEN LIMITED
- 36:21TO THE CONTINENT OF ASIA. AND BECAUSE OF PAUL'S OBEDIENCE TO
- 36:25GO TO MACEDONIA, THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE AND THE WESTERN WORLD
- 36:30WERE EXPOSED TO CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE HE WAS OBEDIENT TO THAT.
- 36:35WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT EACH OF US, AS GOD HAS
- 36:40PLANTED US, WHEREVER WE'RE AT, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE
- 36:43OMAHA AREA, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU, BUT THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN
- 36:46OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE NATION OR AROUND THE WORLD, I'M SPEAKING
- 36:49TO YOU. WHEREVER GOD HAS PLANTED YOU, HE'S GIVEN YOU A VINEYARD.
- 36:53HE'S GIVEN YOU A PLACE TO REAP THE HARVEST. HE'S GIVEN US ALL A
- 36:57MISSION FIELD, WHEREVER WE'RE AT. THOSE OF YOU, I SEE SOME
- 37:00LINCOLN PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A MISSION FIELD WHERE
- 37:03YOU'RE AT. WHERE YOU'RE AT. HALLELUJAH. NOW, WE DON'T HAVE
- 37:08THE MACEDONIAN CALL ALONG, PROBABLY, THAT PAUL HAD. NOT ALL
- 37:13OF US ARE CALLED TO GO TO MACEDONIA, BUT WE'RE CALLED TO
- 37:18MINISTER TO SOULS WHERE WE'RE AT. AND IF YOU'RE PART OF THIS
- 37:21CHURCH, YOU HAVE THE LORD OF HOSTS' CALL. AMEN? GOD'S PLANTED
- 37:25US EACH IN A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE WE CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY SPEAK UP
- 37:29AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. YOU'RE NOT IN THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE AT
- 37:32BY ACCIDENT. IF YOU'RE OUT OF GOD'S WILL, THEN START SEEKING
- 37:38HIM TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. BUT IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE
- 37:42TO BE HERE, AND YOU'RE BELIEVED TO BE IN OMAHA OR WHEREVER
- 37:44YOU'RE AT WATCHING ONLINE, THEN BE EFFECTIVE WHERE YOU'RE AT,
- 37:48BECAUSE TIME GOES TOO FAST TO PLAY GAMES. OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE,
- 37:53YOU'RE PLANTED WHERE GOD HAS PLACED YOU TO REACH THE PEOPLE
- 37:56IN YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK JUST
- 37:59BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN THIS AUDITORIUM TONIGHT. WHEREVER
- 38:03YOU'RE AT, YOU CAN INVITE OTHERS TO KNOW CHRIST. MAYBE YOU DO A
- 38:09SIMPLE THING LIKE HAND THEM AN INVITATION TO WATCH ONLINE AND
- 38:15JOIN IN ON A SERVICE, OR GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION OF HOW THEY
- 38:18CAN WATCH AN ARCHIVE OF LORD OF HOSTS. MAYBE YOU FEEL
- 38:22COMFORTABLE ENOUGH WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU CAN INVITE THEM
- 38:24INTO YOUR HOME AND HAVE THEM OVER FOR COFFEE AND WATCH AN
- 38:27ARCHIVE SERVICE, OR HAVE THEM COME AT 9 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY
- 38:29MORNING AND WATCH THE SERVICE WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR
- 38:32SITUATION IS. I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO DO THAT, BUT I'M TELLING
- 38:35YOU TO REACH OUT WHERE YOU'RE AT. BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO DO
- 38:38THAT. WE ALL NEED A LITTLE KICK SOMETIMES TO DO WHAT WE'RE
- 38:43CALLED TO DO. AMEN? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET TONIGHT IS
- 38:48A LITTLE KICK. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE UP FOR A KICK? DID ANY OF
- 38:52YOU WEAR STEEL-TOED SHOES? 'CAUSE I MIGHT STEP ON SOME TOES
- 38:57TONIGHT, SO JUST BE READY. OH, YOU'VE GOT 'EM? OKAY, YOU'RE
- 39:00GOOD. SOME PEOPLE COME PREPARED, YOU KNOW. SO SAY, "IF PASTOR
- 39:03DOUG'S PREACHING, "I'M GONNA WEAR STEEL-TOED SHOES." SO
- 39:06ANYWAY, I DON'T THINK I'D BE ANY HARDER THAN PASTOR HANK WAS LAST
- 39:10SUNDAY. HE WAS PRETTY STRONG LAST SUNDAY. THAT WAS GOOD
- 39:15THOUGH. DON'T YOU LOVE BOLD TEACHING? AMEN. HALLELUJAH. WE
- 39:22WERE AT LUNCH WITH A MAN, EILEEN AND I WENT TO LUNCH WITH A
- 39:25COUPLE TODAY, NOT TODAY, IT WAS YESTERDAY. I GUESS IT WAS
- 39:28ACTUALLY BREAKFAST, BUT THE GUY SAID, "I TOLD PASTOR HANK, "IF
- 39:34YOU EVER STOP PREACHING BOLDLY, I'M OUT OF HERE." BUT ANYWAY,
- 39:41THERE WAS A CHINESE MAN THAT WAS FOLLOWING THE TEACHINGS OF
- 39:46CONFUCIUS AND HE WAS CONVERTED TO CHRIST. AND HE EXPLAINED WHY
- 39:51HE DECIDED TO FOLLOW CHRIST WITH THIS STORY. HE SAID, "A MAN FELL
- 39:56INTO A DARK, DIRTY, SLIMY PIT "AND HE TRIED TO CLIMB OUT, BUT
- 39:59HE COULDN'T GET OUT. AND CONFUCIUS CAME ALONG AND SAW THE
- 40:03MAN IN THE PIT, AND HE SAID TO THE MAN, 'POOR MAN, IF YOU'D
- 40:07HAVE LISTENED TO ME, YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER FALLEN INTO THAT
- 40:09PIT.' NOW BUDDHA CAME ALONG, BUDDHA SAW THE MAN IN THE PIT,
- 40:16AND HE SAID, 'POOR MAN, IF YOU COME UP HERE, I'LL HELP YOU.'
- 40:20THEN JESUS CAME ALONG, HE SAW THE MAN, AND HE SAYS, "POOR
- 40:23MAN." JESUS JUMPED DOWN INTO THE PIT AND LIFTED HIM OUT. THAT'S
- 40:29WHAT JESUS DOES FOR US. HE EXCHANGED HIMSELF ON THE CROSS
- 40:35FOR US, FOR OUR SIN. HE TOOK IT, HE CARRIED IT, DIDN'T HE? AND
- 40:39THAT'S WHY FALSE RELIGIONS CLAIM TO SAVE US BY OUR GOOD WORKS,
- 40:44AND IT CAN'T BE DONE. THE TRUTH IS THAT NO ONE BY THEIR GOOD
- 40:48WORKS. EVERYONE BORN ON THIS EARTH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU
- 40:52BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS A SINNER. ONLY THROUGH JESUS CAN WE BE
- 40:57SAVED. AND HE BORE OUR SINS AND DIED FOR US ON THE CROSS. AND NO
- 41:01OTHER PERSON EVER DID THAT FOR US. SO THERE'S NO ATONEMENT, BUT
- 41:05THROUGH JESUS. IN FACT, JOHN 14:6 SAYS, I REPEAT THIS A LOT
- 41:10WHEN WE DO AN ALTAR CALL, BUT I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE
- 41:14LIFE. NO ONE CAN COME TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. JESUS
- 41:18MADE THAT STATEMENT IN THE BIBLE, SO IT'S TRUE. THERE'S NO
- 41:21OTHER WAY. PEOPLE CAN BE DECEIVED BY FALSE RELIGIONS, BUT
- 41:25THEY WON'T MAKE IT TO HEAVEN. THEY WON'T RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE
- 41:28IN HEAVEN UNLESS THEY DO IT THROUGH JESUS. AND BECAUSE WE
- 41:34HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF THAT TRUTH, IT'S
- 41:36IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US TO SPEAK OUT AND REACH SOULS FOR
- 41:40CHRIST WHILE WE HAVE TIME TO DO IT. IT'S A GREAT TIME OF
- 41:43OPPORTUNITY FOR US. WE HAVE FREEDOM. WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM
- 41:46OUR GOVERNMENT AND AUTHORITIES AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE HAVE
- 41:50COMMUNICATION GREATER THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. WE HAVE SOCIAL
- 41:54MEDIA AND WE HAVE SATELLITES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO WITNESS TO
- 41:59PEOPLE HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, PASTOR TONY
- 42:02SURESH SHARED ON OCTOBER 29TH WHEN WE WERE DOING THE RESCUING
- 42:06A GENERATION EVENING, HOW THE NUMBER OF BIBLE TRANSLATIONS
- 42:11HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL
- 42:15INTELLIGENCE. AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT OF ARTIFICIAL
- 42:18INTELLIGENCE, THE FACT THAT BIBLE TRANSLATIONS COULD BE
- 42:21COMPLETED SO MUCH QUICKER. AND NOW MORE PEOPLE ON EARTH THAN
- 42:26EVER HAVE ACCESS TO THE WORD OF GOD IN THEIR OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE
- 42:30BECAUSE OF THAT. AND IT'S EXPANDING AND GROWING QUICKLY.
- 42:34AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS IS GOING TO RESULT IN MORE PEOPLE
- 42:36BELIEVING, MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THE TRUTHS OF THE
- 42:39GOSPEL, AND MORE PEOPLE BEING SAVED. PASTOR ANTHONY SENT ME A
- 42:46TEXT A MONTH OR TWO AGO, AND IT MADE ME AWARE OF A PEW RESEARCH
- 42:50POLL. AND I BELIEVE THE POLL RAN FROM FEBRUARY TO MAY OF '25, BUT
- 42:56IT WAS COMPLETED IN MAY OF '25. SO IT'S A FAIRLY RECENT POLL
- 43:01THAT WAS DONE BY PEW. AND IN MAY OF '25, THIS SURVEY INDICATED
- 43:06THAT 31% OF U.S. ADULTS SAID THAT RELIGION WAS GAINING
- 43:12INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE. NOW THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE KIND OF A
- 43:18SMALL FIGURE. 31% OF AMERICANS SAID THAT RELIGION WAS GAINING
- 43:21INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE, BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST FIGURE THAT
- 43:25WE'VE SEEN IN 15 YEARS. JUST A YEAR BEFORE, WHEN THE POLL WAS
- 43:30DONE IN 2024, IT SHOWED 18% OF ADULTS SAID THAT RELIGION WAS
- 43:37GAINING INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE. SO IN A ONE-YEAR PERIOD,
- 43:41IT WENT FROM 18 TO 31%. THAT'S A BIG JUMP IN A YEAR. IT'S GOING
- 43:47THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO INCREASE.
- 43:52AND SINCE THEN, SINCE THAT'S HAPPENED, SINCE THAT PEW
- 43:55RESEARCH POLL, CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER HAS HAD A NATIONAL IMPACT
- 44:01ON AMERICA, AND EVEN AROUND THE WORLD IN SOME CASES, TO BRING
- 44:05PEOPLE TO CHRIST AND TO BRING THEM TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF
- 44:08MORAL VALUES. AND I BELIEVE THE HUNGER FOR THE GOSPEL WILL
- 44:13CONTINUE TO INCREASE. TODAY WE WERE VISITING WITH PASTOR BARB
- 44:18DEAN OF LIVING WORD CHURCH IN SPENCER, IOWA. AND SOME OF YOU
- 44:22WILL REMEMBER THAT LORD OF HOSTS DONATED $50,000, AND YOU WERE
- 44:26PART OF HELPING US TO DO THAT SO THAT THEY COULD BUY AN ADJACENT
- 44:30LOT TO THEIR CHURCH THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED TO EXPAND. IF YOU
- 44:34REMEMBER THAT, THAT'S THE CHURCH I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT ANYWAY,
- 44:37THIS WAS REALLY EXCITING. SHE SHARED HOW REVIVAL AND INCREASE
- 44:41HAD HIT THEIR CHURCH OVER THE LAST YEAR. IN FACT, WE HAVE A
- 44:45PICTURE OF LIVING WORD NOW. THEY JUST WENT THROUGH A MAJOR
- 44:49EXPANSION. AND IN, I THINK, JUNE OR JULY, I WAS UP THERE FOR THE
- 44:52DEDICATION OF THAT. THEY BUILT ON IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT SIDE
- 44:55OF THE CHURCH, THAT WAS A NEW FOYER, AN OVERHANG DROP OFF.
- 45:00THEY'VE HAD LIKE 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN SPENCER. IT'S COLDER
- 45:03THAN IT EVEN IS IN OMAHA. AND SO THEY NEEDED A DROP OFF AREA FOR
- 45:07PEOPLE. SO THEY HAVE THAT OVERHANG DROP OFF, A NICE BIG
- 45:10FOYER. AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH BUILDING NOW. BUT ANYWAY,
- 45:14I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. SPENCER, IOWA IS A TOWN OF ABOUT
- 45:1711,000 PEOPLE. IT'S NOT A LARGE TOWN. BUT A YEAR AGO, THEY HAD
- 45:22APPROXIMATELY 110 AVERAGE ATTENDANTS AT THEIR SUNDAY
- 45:26MORNING SERVICES. 110 PEOPLE. NOW, A YEAR LATER, THEY ARE
- 45:32AVERAGING 190 PEOPLE. THAT'S A 70% GROWTH OVER A YEAR. AND I
- 45:43ASKED PASTOR BARBARA, I SAID, WAS IT MAINLY YOU THINK DUE TO
- 45:46YOU DID THE BUILDING AND PEOPLE WANTED TO COME SEE IT AND CHECK
- 45:49YOU OUT. SHE SAYS, I THINK IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE A HOLY GHOST
- 45:52CHURCH. THAT WAS HER ANSWER. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE
- 45:58THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPENING WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING TOUCHED WITH
- 46:02THE GOSPEL. AND THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THAT, AND I HAVE
- 46:06NOTHING AGAINST OLDER PEOPLE WITH WHITE HAIR. YOU KNOW, YOU
- 46:08MIGHT HAVE THAT, FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT THE NICE THING
- 46:13ABOUT, THE EXCITING THING ABOUT WHAT SHE TOLD US WAS THE
- 46:15MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN ARE YOUNG PEOPLE,
- 46:18YOUNGER COUPLES, TEENS. THEIR YOUTH GROUP NOW IS AVERAGING 45,
- 46:25AND I BELIEVE THE YOUTH PASTOR HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR
- 46:27AGO THEY WERE RUNNING IN THE 20S OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO
- 46:30THEY'VE ALMOST DOUBLED IN THEIR YOUTH MINISTRY ALSO. SO SEEING
- 46:35THE YOUNG PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST LIKE THAT, YOUNG FAMILIES, YOUNG
- 46:39ADULTS, YOUNG COUPLES, THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE THAT'S THE
- 46:42FUTURE OF THE MINISTRY. AMEN. WELL, JUST THIS PAST MONDAY, I
- 46:49SAW SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS KIND OF EXCITING TO ME AND I WANTED
- 46:51TO SHARE THIS. I WASN'T EVEN GONNA INCLUDE IT IN THE MESSAGE,
- 46:54BUT I SAW IT IN THE NEWS ON MONDAY AND I THOUGHT, I'VE GOTTA
- 46:56TALK ABOUT THIS. IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS AND I THINK A FEW YEARS
- 47:01BACK, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
- 47:06VOWED TO EXPAND CLUB AMERICA CHAPTERS INTO EVERY TEXAS HIGH
- 47:11SCHOOL. TPUSA, WHICH IS CHARLIE KIRK'S ORGANIZATION THAT HE
- 47:16FOUNDED, CALLS ITS HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTERS CLUB AMERICA. THE CLUB
- 47:21AMERICA CHAPTERS TEACH AND PROMOTE CONSERVATIVE, POLITICAL
- 47:25AND MORAL VALUES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEY SET THESE
- 47:29UP IN HIGH SCHOOLS. BUT ANYWAY, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT VOWED
- 47:33MONDAY TO EXPAND TURNING POINT USA'S HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTERS INTO
- 47:37EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT A
- 47:41GOVERNOR WOULD STAND FOR THAT. NOW THIS WAS JUST REPORTED.
- 47:45(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 47:46I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK I WAS MISLEADING YOU, SO I PUT IT UP
- 47:49THERE. GREG WEHNER FROM FOX NEWS PUBLISHED THIS ON DECEMBER
- 47:528, 2025 AT 3:45 PM. SO IF YOU WANT TO CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT
- 47:58I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, PASTOR MARK,
- 48:01JUST VERIFY THAT I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. BUT ANYWAY, GOVERNOR
- 48:04ABBOTT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK SPOKE OF THE TPUSA
- 48:09CLUB AMERICA CHAPTERS AS AN IMPORTANT VALUES-DRIVEN EFFORT
- 48:13TO SHAPE THE NEXT GENERATION. THE GOVERNOR SAID THE GROWTH OF
- 48:16CLUB AMERICA REFLECTS WHAT HE SEES AS A REVIVAL
- 48:20OF FOUNDATIONAL VALUES ON HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
- 48:24THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING, THAT'S REALLY NEAT.
- 48:26AND THEN HE FOLLOWED THAT MESSAGE WITH A FORCEFUL WARNING
- 48:29THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHO PUSH BACK AGAINST
- 48:32CLUB AMERICA CHAPTERS RISK STATE INTERVENTION.
- 48:36HE SAID ANY SCHOOL THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF A CLUB
- 48:39AMERICA PROGRAM IN THEIR SCHOOL SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY
- 48:43TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. I EXPECT MEANINGFUL DISCIPLINARY
- 48:50ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR ANY STOPPAGE OF TPUSA IN THE GREAT
- 48:54STATE OF TEXAS. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. WE NEED MORE GOVERNORS
- 48:59LIKE THAT. THAT'S A STRONG STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
- 49:03I REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT HE DID SOME THINGS AND I
- 49:06THOUGHT THAT REALLY WASN'T THAT GREAT OF A DECISION. BUT MAN,
- 49:10I'M GAINING MORE RESPECT FOR THAT MAN AS TIME GOES ON. AND WE
- 49:13NEED MORE GOVERNORS LIKE THIS. WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A GOVERNOR
- 49:16ABBOTT OR A TIM WALZ? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, THAT'S WHY LOCAL
- 49:22POLITICS ARE SO IMPORTANT. THAT WE DO NOT NEGLECT. JUST BECAUSE
- 49:26PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PASTOR HANK HAVE SAID THIS, I DON'T WANT TO
- 49:29JUST TAKE A LOT OF TIME ON THAT, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE
- 49:32PRESIDENT TRUMP IN OFFICE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GET
- 49:34THINGS FIXED LOCALLY. WE HAVE TO DO OUR SHARE. AND BY THE WAY, I
- 49:40WILL MENTION THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT FITS. A FEW, I DON'T
- 49:45KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE HAD PEOPLE COME FORWARD THAT
- 49:47WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OUR
- 49:50SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. AND WE HAVE A HAMMER AND SWORD TRAINING
- 49:54MEETING SET UP NOW FOR JANUARY 6TH FOR THE, WE'VE HAD LIKE 20
- 49:59SOME PEOPLE FROM THIS CONGREGATION THAT WANTS TO BE
- 50:01INVOLVED AND LEARN HOW TO DO THAT. HOW TO GO SPEAK AT A CITY
- 50:05COUNCIL MEETING. HOW TO GO SPEAK AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND
- 50:09LOOK PROFESSIONAL, LOOK ARTICULATE, SOUND ARTICULATE, I
- 50:14GUESS IS BETTER THAN LOOK ARTICULATE, BUT WHATEVER. YOU
- 50:17UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. TO DO IT IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY THAT
- 50:22WOULD REPRESENT THE BODY OF CHRIST WELL, BUT ALSO MAKE A
- 50:26STAND FOR MORAL VALUES. IF YOU DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THAT AND
- 50:31YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT TRAINING, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT
- 50:34ARE EXPERIENCED IN GOING OUT AND DOING THIS, YOU CAN GO TO THE
- 50:37INFORMATION CENTER TONIGHT OR EVEN SUNDAY, AND THERE'S A SIGN
- 50:40UP SHEET AT THIS CENTRAL INFORMATION CENTER RIGHT OUTSIDE
- 50:43THE DOORS HERE, AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT. AND THAT DOESN'T
- 50:46MEAN YOU'RE COMMITTED TO GO EVERY MONDAY NIGHT OR EVERY
- 50:49MONTH OR WHATEVER. IT'S GET SOME TRAINING AND LET'S SEE WHERE YOU
- 50:53GO WITH IT. TAKE ONE STEP. AND THE TRAINING WON'T HURT YOU EVEN
- 50:57IF YOU NEVER DO IT. IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU. SO JANUARY 6TH FROM
- 51:016:30 TO 8PM WE'VE GOT THAT TRAINING. AND IT'S PASTOR HANK'S
- 51:05HEART THAT THIS CHURCH GET MORE INVOLVED WITH LOCAL POLITICS. WE
- 51:10NEED TO DO IT, WE NEED TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE, AMEN? OKAY,
- 51:15LET'S GET ON WITH OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT 'CAUSE I WANNA GET YOU
- 51:17OUT OF HERE FAIRLY SOON. IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE LEADERSHIP
- 51:21TAKING A STAND FOR CHRISTIANITY. AND MY WHOLE POINT IN BRINGING
- 51:24THIS UP WAS WE HAVE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES SPEAKING
- 51:28OUT FOR CHRIST, BOLDLY NOW, ACROSS THIS NATION IN SO MANY
- 51:33AREAS, THAT IT JUST OPENS UP THINGS EVEN EASIER FOR THE BODY
- 51:37OF CHRIST TO BE VOCAL. WE CAN FAN THE FLAMES OF REVIVAL. OUR
- 51:44TEXT VERSE FOR TONIGHT COMES FROM MATTHEW CHAPTER 9, VERSES
- 51:4835 THROUGH 38, AND THEN CONTINUES ON WITH MATTHEW
- 51:51CHAPTER 10, VERSE 1. I WANT TO READ THAT TO YOU QUICKLY. JESUS
- 51:54TRAVELED THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF THAT AREA,
- 51:57TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND ANNOUNCING THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT
- 52:01THE KINGDOM. AND HE HEALED EVERY KIND OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS.
- 52:05WHEN HE SAW THE CROWDS, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM BECAUSE THEY
- 52:08WERE CONFUSED AND HELPLESS, LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. HE
- 52:12SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, THE HARVEST IS GREAT, BUT THE
- 52:15WORKERS ARE FEW. SO PRAY TO THE LORD WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE
- 52:19HARVEST, ASK HIM TO SEND MORE WORKERS INTO HIS FIELDS. AND
- 52:25LET'S CONTINUE ON WITH MATTHEW 10:1. JESUS CALLED HIS 12
- 52:29DISCIPLES TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM AUTHORITY TO CAST OUT EVIL
- 52:32SPIRITS AND TO HEAL EVERY KIND OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS. SO WHEN
- 52:37JESUS SAW THE MULTITUDES, HE WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION ON THEM.
- 52:41HE HAD DEEP CONCERN FOR THEM. HE WASN'T INDIFFERENT AND
- 52:45UNCONCERNED FOR THEM. HE HAD GENUINE LOVE, NOT CONDEMNATION.
- 52:51AND JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME COMPASSION
- 52:54FOR THE LOST THAT JESUS SHOWED. I WANNA TALK ABOUT FIVE THINGS
- 52:58THAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THE LOST TONIGHT. NUMBER ONE, I WANNA
- 53:02EXAMINE, THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF THEM. NUMBER TWO, THERE'S AN
- 53:07INFINITE VALUE IN THEM. NUMBER THREE, THEY ARE IN DANGER OF NOT
- 53:14BEING HARVESTED. AND THE MULTITUDES ARE ACCESSIBLE. AND
- 53:18THEN FIFTHLY, WE ARE EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO REACH THE LOST.
- 53:23WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE FIVE POINTS TONIGHT. JESUS MADE
- 53:26A PARALLEL BETWEEN THE LOST AND A GIANT FIELD OF GRAIN AWAITING
- 53:32HARVEST. HE TOLD US THERE WERE MULTITUDES THAT ARE WAITING TO
- 53:36BE SAVED. THERE'S MULTITUDES OF THEM. THE LORD JESUS SEES THE
- 53:40BILLIONS THAT NEED SALVATION AROUND THIS WORLD AS A GREAT
- 53:45FIELD OF GRAIN WAITING TO BE HARVESTED. JUST LIKE THE PICTURE
- 53:48THAT SHOULD BE UP THERE NOW, THERE'S A BILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT
- 53:52THERE, JUST LIKE YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT FIELD OF GRAIN AND
- 53:58YOU THINK HOW MANY PLANTS ARE THERE? HOW MUCH IS TO BE
- 54:02HARVESTED? THAT'S WHAT JESUS WAS DESCRIBING. THEY'RE OUT THERE
- 54:06WAITING. THESE PEOPLE MUST BE REACHED OR THEY WILL PERISH. THE
- 54:12TITANIC WAS A LUXURIOUS BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP THAT SANK IN THE
- 54:19NORTH ATLANTIC ON APRIL 15TH OF 1912. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE ALIVE
- 54:25AND REMEMBER THE TITANIC SINKING? PASTOR MARK, WEREN'T
- 54:29YOU AROUND WHEN... I GOT HERE IN TIME FOR THE MOVIE. OH, THE
- 54:34MOVIE. HE SAW THE MOVIE ABOUT THE TITANIC AND THAT'S ALL HE
- 54:37SAW. OKAY. SO NONE OF YOU WERE AROUND WHEN THE TITANIC WENT
- 54:42DOWN. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF THE TITANIC? OKAY. MOST
- 54:47OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE TITANIC. WELL, IT'S NOT A
- 54:51LAUGHING MATTER BECAUSE 1,500 PEOPLE DROWNED THAT NIGHT. THE
- 54:57GOOD NEWS IS THAT 700 DID SURVIVE. ALTHOUGH 20 LIFEBOATS
- 55:02WERE LAUNCHED FROM THE TITANIC AS IT WAS SINKING, THESE
- 55:06LIFEBOATS TRAGICALLY ENDED UP ONLY PARTIALLY FILLED WITH
- 55:11PASSENGERS. MOST OF THE LIFEBOATS PADDLED AWAY FROM THE
- 55:14SINKING SHIP, TRYING TO GET TO SAFETY, AS PEOPLE WERE IN THE
- 55:20WATER SCREAMING. AND THE PEOPLE IN THE BOATS WERE AFRAID THAT A
- 55:25BUNCH OF SURVIVORS THAT WERE REMAINING IN THE WATER WOULD
- 55:30SWAMP THE LIFEBOATS AND CAPSIZE THEM. SO RATHER THAN TRYING TO
- 55:34SAVE THEM, THEY ESCAPED FURTHER OUT INTO WHAT THEY FELT WAS
- 55:39SAFETY TO SAVE THEMSELVES. ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT
- 55:44THE TITANIC IS THAT EVERY LIFEBOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A
- 55:48WINDPROOF LANTERN. AND INVESTIGATIONS DETERMINED THAT
- 55:52MOST OF THE BOATS EXTINGUISHED THOSE LANTERNS SO THAT THE
- 55:57DESPERATE PEOPLE COULDN'T FIND THESE LIFEBOATS. THEY DIDN'T
- 56:02WANT THEIR BOATS TO BE FOUND. THEY WERE ALIVE, AND THEY DIDN'T
- 56:05CARE IF THE OTHERS DROWNED. THAT'S LIKE CHRISTIANS WHO SAY,
- 56:10I'M IN THE BOAT GOING TO HEAVEN, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I CARE
- 56:13ABOUT. GOD, HELP US TO HAVE COMPASSION THAT JESUS HAS FOR
- 56:21THE LOST. IT'S SELFISH OF US TO HIDE OUR LIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE
- 56:26DROWNING ALL AROUND US. IT'S AN INSULT TO JESUS WHEN HE GAVE HIS
- 56:31LIFE AND SUFFERED SO MUCH FOR THE SALVATION OF MANKIND. NUMBER
- 56:36TWO, THERE'S INFINITE VALUE IN THE LOST. THINK OF THE VALUE OF
- 56:40A SOUL. THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS ETERNAL. IT'S NOT CAPABLE OF
- 56:46EXTINCTION. OUR BODIES ARE GONNA GROW OLD, WE'LL EVENTUALLY GET
- 56:51WHITE HAIR, EVENTUALLY THE BODY DIES. THAT'S JUST A FACT OF
- 56:57LIFE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT. IT'S APPOINTED UNTO MAN ONCE TO
- 57:00DIE, RIGHT? UNLESS WE GO IN THE RAPTURE BEFORE, SOMEDAY THIS
- 57:06PHYSICAL BODY WILL DIE. THAT'S FACT. BUT MAN'S ETERNAL
- 57:11EXISTENCE WILL EITHER BE IN HEAVEN SERVING CHRIST, OR IT
- 57:16WILL BE THE OTHER OPTION, WHICH IS ETERNAL DAMNATION IN HELL.
- 57:21PAUL SPEAKING TO CHRISTIANS, PAUL SPEAKING TO CHRISTIANS
- 57:26AGAIN, HE SAYS, "TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT
- 57:31WITH THE LORD." IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8. SO IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN
- 57:34AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE ACCEPTED JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU'RE
- 57:37SERVING HIM, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH, WHEN THIS BODY DIES, YOU
- 57:42ARE NOW PRESENT WITH THE LORD. IT'S AUTOMATIC. THAT'S WHAT
- 57:45HAPPENS. IT'S A TRANSFERENCE OF YOUR SPIRIT. AND JESUS ALSO SAID
- 57:51IN MARK 8:36, "WHAT WILL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAINS THE
- 57:54WHOLE WORLD AND LOSES HIS OWN SOUL?" WHICH IS ANOTHER TERM FOR
- 57:58SPIRIT. AND HE POINTS OUT THAT OUR ETERNAL HUMAN SPIRITS ARE
- 58:03MORE VALUABLE THAN THE RICHES OF THIS WORLD. THE REAL MEASURE OF
- 58:07OUR WORTH IS MEASURED BY THE HIGH PRICE THAT GOD ALLOWED
- 58:13JESUS TO PAY TO REDEEM US. JESUS WAS TORTURED, BEATEN,
- 58:17HUMILIATED, AND DIED FOR US. GOD THOUGHT WE WERE THAT VALUABLE.
- 58:23AND WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, DO WE LOOK AT PEOPLE AROUND US AS
- 58:26WORTH THAT MUCH? DO WE SEE PEOPLE AS VALUABLE AS GOD SEES
- 58:30THEM? WE NEED TO HAVE THE EYES. IF YOU DON'T, THEN PRAY FOR
- 58:33THAT. GOD, HELP ME TO SEE OTHERS AS VALUABLE. BECAUSE I
- 58:41UNDERSTAND, I DEAL WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, PROBABLY MORE THAN
- 58:44SOME OF YOU DO. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN RUB YOU THE WRONG
- 58:47WAY, SOMETIMES THEY CAN IRRITATE YOU, SOMETIMES THEIR MANNERISMS,
- 58:50THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR APPEARANCE, WHATEVER IT IS, CAN
- 58:54JUST BE A LITTLE BIT OBNOXIOUS OR WHATEVER. BUT GOD SEES
- 59:01THROUGH THAT AND HE SEES SOULS, ETERNAL SOULS THAT NEED HIM. AND
- 59:08THE TRUTH IS PEOPLE CAN CHANGE IF THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
- 59:13RECEIVE CHRIST AND CHRIST WORKS WITHIN THEM. THERE'S A BAPTIST
- 59:20PREACHER, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ADRIAN ROGERS, HE
- 59:24PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS BACK, I BELIEVE, BUT HE SAID SOMETHING
- 59:28VERY POWERFUL. HE SAID, "YOUR SOUL WILL BE IN EXISTENCE
- 59:33SOMEWHERE WHEN THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS HAVE GROWN COLD,
- 59:39EITHER IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL. YOU COULD NEVER CEASE TO EXIST ANY
- 59:45MORE THAN GOD HIMSELF COULD CEASE TO EXIST. "THEREFORE, WE
- 59:49MUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH OUR SOULS. "TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR
- 59:53THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD "WOULD BE A FOOLISH TRANSACTION." THOSE
- 59:59ARE POWERFUL WORDS. PEOPLE EXCHANGE THEIR SOULS FOR A
- 1:00:03LITTLE SPECK OF TIME ON THIS EARTH. COMPARED TO ETERNITY,
- 1:00:08IT'S NOTHING, BUT THEY EXCHANGE THAT FOR SOME MONETARY GAIN OR
- 1:00:14FOR SOME PLEASURE ON THIS EARTH AND SAY, "OH, I DON'T WANNA
- 1:00:16SERVE CHRIST. OR I DON'T WANNA BE RELIGIOUS," OR WHATEVER THEIR
- 1:00:20REASON IS, BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.
- 1:00:23THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY'RE SACRIFICING FOR THAT LITTLE
- 1:00:27SPECK OF TIME ON THE EARTH OF PLEASURE, OR WHAT THEY CONSIDER
- 1:00:30PLEASURE. THEY'VE NEVER ENTERED INTO THE ABUNDANT LIFE ON THIS
- 1:00:34EARTH THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH JESUS, PLUS THE BENEFIT OF
- 1:00:38ETERNITY WITH HIM. THE TRUTH IS THAT AFTER DEATH, WE DON'T GET A
- 1:00:43SECOND CHANCE, AND TO LOSE OUR SOUL IS A TRAGIC, IRREVERSIBLE
- 1:00:48LOSS. NUMBER THREE, THE LOST ARE IN DANGER OF NOT BEING
- 1:00:55HARVESTED, JESUS SAID. IMAGINE THAT NEBRASKA CORN FARMER WITH
- 1:00:591,000 ACRES OF CORN READY TO HARVEST, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
- 1:01:03HE'S READY TO HARVEST AND HIS COMBINE BREAKS. HE'S UNABLE TO
- 1:01:07GET THE PARTS TO REPAIR THE COMBINE. MAYBE IT WAS DURING
- 1:01:10COVID, YOU KNOW, AND HE COULDN'T GET PARTS. BUT HE SEARCHED
- 1:01:15AROUND AND EVERY FARMER IN THE AREA HAD THEIR COMBINES HARD AT
- 1:01:20WORK. THERE WAS NONE AVAILABLE FOR HIM TO BORROW. A THOUSAND
- 1:01:24ACRES OF CORN, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO HARVEST IT. AND DOING IT
- 1:01:29BY HAND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. WHERE ARE YOU GONNA FIND THE
- 1:01:32LABORERS TO HARVEST A THOUSAND ACRES TODAY? THIS FARMER WOULD
- 1:01:36BE IN A DESPERATE SITUATION. THAT'S AN ILLUSTRATION OF SOUL
- 1:01:40WINNERS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE
- 1:01:42IMPORTANCE OF EVANGELISM. THE JESUS FILM PROJECT CONDUCTED A
- 1:01:47SURVEY ON EVANGELISM, AND THEY ASKED OVER 1,600 CHRISTIANS THIS
- 1:01:53PARTICULAR QUESTION. WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM TALKING ABOUT
- 1:01:56SPIRITUAL MATTERS WITH OTHER PEOPLE? 30% OF THE RESPONDENTS
- 1:02:02SAID FEAR OR FEAR OF REJECTION KEPT THEM FROM SHARING THEIR
- 1:02:06FAITH. WHEN IT CAME TO TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THE
- 1:02:10GOSPEL, FEAR WAS BY FAR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DETERRENT. THEY WERE
- 1:02:16AFRAID OF LOSING RELATIONSHIPS AND WANTED TO AVOID THE TENSION
- 1:02:22THAT IT MIGHT BRING IF THEY TALKED ABOUT JESUS OR THE GOSPEL
- 1:02:26OR WHATEVER. MANY PEOPLE RESPONDED, SAID, "I'M AFRAID
- 1:02:30THAT I'LL COME ACROSS AS PUSHY, OR I'M SCARED TO START AN
- 1:02:33ARGUMENT." AND SOMETIMES THESE FEARS EVAPORATE WHEN WE REALIZE
- 1:02:38THAT A PERSON'S SALVATION ISN'T DEPENDENT UPON OUR PERFORMANCE.
- 1:02:43GOD'S AT WORK IN EVERYONE'S LIFE, WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT.
- 1:02:46HE'S LOVING, HE'S REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE, HE'S DRAWING THEM TO
- 1:02:50HIM. AND OUR SMALL CONVERSATIONS ARE PART OF A PROCESS. YOU MIGHT
- 1:02:55INITIATE THE FINAL WORDS THAT GOD USES TO ENCOURAGE A PERSON
- 1:02:59TO TRUST IN JESUS. OR MAYBE YOUR CONVERSATION IS ONE THAT THE
- 1:03:04HOLY SPIRIT USES TO SOFTEN THEIR HEART SO THAT THE NEXT PERSON
- 1:03:08THAT TALKS TO THEM FINDS THAT THEY'RE READY TO MAKE A DECISION
- 1:03:13FOR CHRIST. YOU MIGHT BE WATERING. MAYBE YOU'RE JUST
- 1:03:17PLANTING A SEED. AND MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IS GONNA REAP THE
- 1:03:21HARVEST. THAT'S OKAY, GOD SEES IT ALL, IT'S ALL PART OF HIS
- 1:03:25PLAN. PAUL ADDRESSES THIS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 3, VERSES 6 AND 7.
- 1:03:31I'M NOT GONNA PUT THE SCRIPTURE UP TONIGHT, BUT HE SAID TO THE
- 1:03:34CORINTHIAN CHURCH, "I PLANTED THE SEED, APOLLOS WATERED IT,
- 1:03:38"BUT GOD HAS BEEN MAKING IT GROW. "SO NEITHER THE ONE WHO
- 1:03:42PLANTS NOR THE ONE WHO WATERS "IS ANYTHING BUT ONLY GOD WHO
- 1:03:45MAKES THINGS GROW." AND EXPLAINS THAT WE HAVE A PART. YOU MIGHT
- 1:03:50WATER WITH YOUR ACTION OR YOUR WORDS. YOU MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT
- 1:03:54INVITES THEM TO CHURCH. YOU MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT LEADS THEM
- 1:03:57TO CHRIST AND PRAYS THE SINNER'S PRAYER WITH THEM. EVERY PART OF
- 1:04:02THE PROCESS IS KEY, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. DEALING
- 1:04:06WITH REJECTION IS PART OF THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. WE JUST
- 1:04:09NEED TO ACCEPT THAT AND REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE WE TALK TO IS
- 1:04:13GOING TO JUST SAY, "OH, SURE, "I'LL COME TO CHURCH WITH YOU,"
- 1:04:16OR, "OH, SURE, "LET'S JUST PRAY THE SINNER'S PRAYER TOGETHER
- 1:04:19RIGHT NOW." THEY AREN'T ALL GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S
- 1:04:22OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. YOU ARE DOING YOUR PART BY SHARING. DEALING
- 1:04:28WITH REJECTION IS PART OF THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. SAY THIS
- 1:04:32WITH ME. DEALING WITH REJECTION IS PART OF THE CHRISTIAN
- 1:04:38EXPERIENCE. I WANT YOU TO GET IT IN YOURSELF, IN YOUR SOUL, IN
- 1:04:42YOUR BRAIN, THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE REJECTED. THEY'RE NOT GONNA KILL
- 1:04:48YOU. THEY'RE NOT GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF. NOW MAYBE IN SOME
- 1:04:54COUNTRIES THEY WOULD. BUT RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA, I CAN ALMOST
- 1:04:59GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR HEAD CUT OFF IF YOU SHARE THE
- 1:05:02GOSPEL WITH SOMEONE. SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE? ISAIAH
- 1:05:07PROPHESIED, ISAIAH 53:3, THAT THE COMING MESSIAH WOULD BE
- 1:05:11DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MANKIND, A MAN OF SUFFERING AND
- 1:05:15FAMILIAR WITH PAIN, LIKE ONE FROM WHOM PEOPLE HIDE THEIR
- 1:05:20FACES, HE WAS DESPISED AND WE HELD HIM IN LOW ESTEEM. JESUS
- 1:05:25PROMISED THAT HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD EXPERIENCE REJECTION TOO.
- 1:05:29WE JUST NEED TO REALIZE THAT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS JESUS
- 1:05:34ENCOURAGED US TO FOCUS ON THE REWARDS. MATTHEW 19:29, HE SAID,
- 1:05:38"EVERYONE WHO HAS GIVEN UP HOUSES, OR BROTHERS, "OR
- 1:05:41SISTERS, OR FATHERS, OR MOTHERS, OR CHILDREN, "OR PROPERTY FOR MY
- 1:05:44SAKE, "WILL RECEIVE A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH IN RETURN, "AND
- 1:05:47WILL INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE." MY WIFE LIKES THAT SCRIPTURE.
- 1:05:52EILEEN QUOTES THAT ONCE IN A WHILE, BECAUSE SOME OF HER
- 1:05:55SISTERS DO NOT BELIEVE LIKE SHE DOES, IT'S CAUSED SOME, I DON'T
- 1:06:00KNOW, SHOULD I EVEN SAY THAT? PROBABLY NOT, SHE SAYS. WELL,
- 1:06:03BUT SHE'S GOT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DON'T BELIEVE EXACTLY LIKE
- 1:06:08YOU BELIEVE. THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING, BUT HEY, I'M BOLD. YOU
- 1:06:12KNOW WHAT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA CUT MY HEAD OFF, EILEEN. THEY'VE
- 1:06:16HEARD IT BEFORE. MY POINT IS, YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE MEMBERS OF
- 1:06:22YOUR FAMILY THAT SAY, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, I REJECT YOU,
- 1:06:25THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU, MAYBE THEY'RE WOKE, MAYBE
- 1:06:28THEY'RE LIBERAL, MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY
- 1:06:31CONVERSATION ABOUT CHRIST, I DON'T KNOW. WHATEVER THE CASE,
- 1:06:35YOU STILL HAVE TO SHARE TRUTH WITH THEM. YOU STILL HAVE TO BE
- 1:06:39BOLD FOR THEM. WE DON'T WANT THEIR BLOOD ON OUR HANDS. AND IF
- 1:06:46YOU DO YOUR PART, THEN YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR CHRIST.
- 1:06:51IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO RECEIVE IT, THAT IS THEIR CHOICE. THAT'S
- 1:06:56THEIR CHOICE. SOMETIMES FOLLOWING IN JESUS' FOOTSTEPS
- 1:07:01MEANS TAKING A CHANCE THAT OTHERS COULD TURN AWAY FROM US
- 1:07:04OR REJECT US. JESUS TOLD US IN LUKE 10:16, "WHOEVER LISTENS TO
- 1:07:08YOU LISTENS TO ME. "WHOEVER REJECTS YOU REJECTS ME." SO
- 1:07:14THAT'S ANOTHER COMFORTING SCRIPTURE. IF YOU GIVE OUT THE
- 1:07:17GOSPEL, YOU SHARE SOMETHING WITH PEOPLE AND THEY REJECT IT,
- 1:07:21THEY'RE REALLY REJECTING JESUS, THEY'RE NOT REJECTING YOU. IF
- 1:07:25YOU JUST TOOK THEM A PLATE OF CUPCAKES AND TOLD THEM HOW NICE
- 1:07:29THEY WERE, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T REJECT YOU. THEY'D JUST
- 1:07:33SAY, "OH, THAT'S REALLY NICE "THAT YOU DID THAT FOR ME." BUT
- 1:07:36THEN YOU SPEAK GOSPEL, MAYBE THEY WILL REJECT YOU, BUT
- 1:07:40THEY'RE REALLY REJECTING JESUS. SO REMEMBER THAT AS YOU DO THAT.
- 1:07:46IF YOU PRESENT THE GOSPEL AND THEY REJECT IT, THEY'RE NOT
- 1:07:49REJECTING YOU. WE NEED TO BE REMINDED TO NOT BE PREOCCUPIED
- 1:07:54WITH THE TEMPORARY THINGS OF THIS EARTH. SO WHAT IF THEY
- 1:07:57REJECT YOU FOR THE SHORT TIME THAT WE'RE ON THIS EARTH? WE
- 1:08:02HAVE ETERNITY TO THINK ABOUT. WE ARE DRIVEN BY ETERNITY. ARE WE
- 1:08:08CHOOSING THINGS OVER SOULS? ARE WE CHOOSING THE TEMPORARY OVER
- 1:08:14THE ETERNAL? THE LOST ARE IN DANGER OF NOT BEING HARVESTED.
- 1:08:19THE DEVIL IS THE ENEMY OF THE HARVEST. THE DEVIL WILL DO
- 1:08:22ANYTHING HE CAN TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. HE'S OUR ENEMY, AND
- 1:08:27WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE AN ENEMY FIGHTING AGAINST
- 1:08:31WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO. SATAN IS USING EVERY MEANS TO
- 1:08:35DECEIVE, TO SIDETRACK, TO MISLEAD, AND LIE TO THE IGNORANT
- 1:08:39MASSES. THINK HOW MIXED UP PEOPLE ARE TODAY. HOW MANY
- 1:08:44MENTALLY DISTURBED PEOPLE, CONFUSED PEOPLE, HELPLESS
- 1:08:46PEOPLE, ADDICTED PEOPLE THERE ARE. AND THAT'S SATAN'S PLAN, TO
- 1:08:52GET THEM OFF TRACK AND TAKE THEM TO HELL. THERE'S ONLY ONE HOPE
- 1:08:56FOR THEM AND ONLY ONE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, AND THAT'S JESUS
- 1:09:00CHRIST. THAT'S THEIR ONLY ESCAPE. ONLY HE CAN SET THEIR
- 1:09:03HEARTS AND THEIR MINDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER AND SHOW THEM THEIR
- 1:09:06PURPOSE FOR LIFE. THE MULTITUDES ARE ACCESSIBLE, NUMBER FOUR.
- 1:09:14JESUS SAID IN JOHN 4.35, "YOU KNOW THE SAYING, FOUR MONTHS
- 1:09:19BETWEEN PLANTING AND HARVEST, BUT I SAY, WAKE UP AND LOOK
- 1:09:22AROUND. THE FIELDS ARE READY, ALREADY RIPE FOR HARVEST." WE'RE
- 1:09:27IN THE REDEMPTION BUSINESS. NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
- 1:09:30RESCUING PEOPLE FROM A DESTINY OF HELL. REACHING PEOPLE FOR
- 1:09:34CHRIST IS A VITAL MINISTRY OF EVERY CHRISTIAN. IF WE MISS OUR
- 1:09:37OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETIMES THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR A DO-OVER.
- 1:09:44AND THIS IS OUR FINEST HOUR. THERE'S OPENNESS NOW, LIKE I
- 1:09:47MENTIONED. AMERICA IS READY FOR THE HARVEST. PEOPLE ARE MORE
- 1:09:50OPEN TO THE GOSPEL THAN THEY'VE BEEN IN TWO GENERATIONS. WE HAVE
- 1:09:55TO BE AWARE THAT THE HARVEST IS ALL AROUND US. AND NUMBER FIVE,
- 1:10:01WE ARE EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO REACH THE LOST. AS WE LOOK AT
- 1:10:06VERSE 38 OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 9, AND THEN ALSO VERSE 1 OF CHAPTER
- 1:10:1010 THAT WE READ, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT JESUS MOVES
- 1:10:14DIRECTLY FROM THE DISCUSSION OF WINNING THE LOST INTO MAKING
- 1:10:18SURE THAT THE DISCIPLES WERE EQUIPPED WITH THE AUTHORITY TO
- 1:10:21DO MIRACLES. HE WENT RIGHT FROM THE HARVEST IS RIPE, IT'S TIME
- 1:10:26FOR YOU TO REAP THE HARVEST, IT'S TIME TO MAKE DISCIPLES, HE
- 1:10:30WENT FROM THAT RIGHT INTO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AUTHORITY
- 1:10:34TO DO MIRACLES. MIRACLES ARE A TANGIBLE DEMONSTRATION OF
- 1:10:40SPIRITUAL TRUTH. JESUS USED EARTHLY MIRACLES TO DEMONSTRATE
- 1:10:44SPIRITUAL REALITIES. WHEN JESUS HEALED THE PARALYZED MAN, HE
- 1:10:48FIRST SAID, "YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN." JESUS LINKED THE
- 1:10:53SPIRITUAL FORGIVENESS OF SINS TO PHYSICAL HEALING. JESUS
- 1:10:58DEMONSTRATED THIS AND HIS AUTHORITY AS THE LORD OF THE
- 1:11:02HARVEST. HE DID THIS WITH MIRACLES AND SIGNS AND WONDERS.
- 1:11:07MIRACLES ARE A SIGN OF THE HARVEST. THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
- 1:11:11WERE A GREAT PART OF WHY THE PEOPLE WERE A RIPE HARVEST. YOU
- 1:11:15KNOW, YOU LOOK AT, I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS RIGHT NOW, I
- 1:11:17HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE, BUT LIKE WHEN REINHARD BONNKE
- 1:11:20MINISTERED SO POWERFULLY OVERSEAS, THERE WERE SO MANY
- 1:11:24MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD COME TO CHRIST.
- 1:11:28MIRACLES ARE THE SIGN OF THE HARVEST. THE MIRACLES OF JESUS
- 1:11:31WERE A GREAT PART OF WHY THE PEOPLE WERE A RIPE HARVEST. THEY
- 1:11:34WERE SEEING GOD'S POWER AND ACTION, MAKING THEM MORE OPEN TO
- 1:11:38HIS MESSAGE. AND THAT'S WHY THE DISCIPLES WERE EMPOWERED WITH
- 1:11:42THE AUTHORITY TO HEAL THE SICK AND TO CAST OUT DEVILS
- 1:11:46IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY WERE GIVEN THE COMMISSION TO GO AFTER
- 1:11:51THE HARVEST AND MAKE DISCIPLES. AND LET'S FACE IT, INDIVIDUALS
- 1:11:56ARE MORE OPEN TO RECEIVE THE GOSPEL IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF
- 1:11:59MIRACLES. AS WE SEE, THE CHURCH HAD BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY FROM
- 1:12:06CHRIST TO GET THE SICK HEALED AND THE DEVIL CAST OUT OF
- 1:12:09INDIVIDUALS' LIVES. IT'S ALL PART OF THE HARVEST. JESUS
- 1:12:13EMPOWERS LABORERS FOR THE HARVEST. THE LORD OF THE HARVEST
- 1:12:17EQUIPS US WITH EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE
- 1:12:21MINISTRY. HE EMPOWERS HIS WORKERS WITH THE HOLY GHOST.
- 1:12:24ACTS 1:8 SAYS, "BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY
- 1:12:28SPIRIT COMES UPON YOU, AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES, TELLING
- 1:12:31PEOPLE ABOUT ME EVERYWHERE IN JERUSALEM, THROUGHOUT JUDEA, IN
- 1:12:35SAMARIA, AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH." MIRACLES GO HAND IN HAND
- 1:12:39WITH WITNESSING AND REACHING THE LOST. EVANGELISM WITHOUT THE
- 1:12:43HOLY SPIRIT IS POWERLESS. THE SPIRIT GIVES BOLDNESS,
- 1:12:47CONVICTION, AND SUPERNATURAL RESULTS. AND AS WE SHARE THE
- 1:12:51GOOD NEWS OF JESUS, WE SHOULD EXPECT SIGNS, WONDERS, AND
- 1:12:56MIRACLES TO FOLLOW YOU. YOU ARE EMPOWERED FROM HEAVEN. BELIEVE
- 1:13:00THAT GOD WILL MOVE AS YOU STEP OUT IN FAITH AND PRAY FOR
- 1:13:03OTHERS. SOMETIMES IF YOU JUST OFFER TO PRAY FOR OTHERS AND
- 1:13:08THEY RECEIVE A TOUCH, THAT WILL MAKE THEM OPEN TO ASK, "WHY DID
- 1:13:14YOU PRAY FOR ME LIKE THAT?" "HOW DID YOU PRAY FOR ME LIKE THAT?"
- 1:13:17OR "HOW COULD I GET WHAT YOU HAVE?" OR WHATEVER. IT CAN OPEN
- 1:13:20THE DOOR FOR IT. IT'S A GOOD WAY TO INTRODUCE OTHERS TO CHRIST. I
- 1:13:25REMEMBER PEOPLE SHARING IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN IN A
- 1:13:29LINE AT A GROCERY STORE AND THEY'VE HEARD SOMEONE TALKING
- 1:13:32ABOUT MAYBE A FINANCIAL NEED AS THEY WERE PAYING FOR THEIR
- 1:13:35GROCERIES, OR MAYBE THEY WERE HAVING A PHYSICAL NEED, OR
- 1:13:38SOMEONE STANDING THERE WITH A CANE OR A WALKER, OR WHATEVER.
- 1:13:41YOU JUST OBSERVE AND OFFER TO PRAY FOR THEM. AND IF THEY SAY,
- 1:13:46"NO, I DON'T WANT PRAYER," YOU DIDN'T LOSE YOUR HEAD. IT'S
- 1:13:50OKAY. BUT OFFER TO PRAY WITH THEM. ASK GOD FOR OPPORTUNITIES
- 1:13:55AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY LIFE. DON'T MISS OPPORTUNITIES THAT
- 1:13:58GOD HAS FOR YOU. YOU MIGHT BE IN A RESTAURANT AND YOU HAVE A
- 1:14:02LITTLE DISCUSSION WITH THE WAITRESS AND ASK HER HOW HER
- 1:14:06DAY'S GOING AND THEN SHE STARTS OPENING UP TO YOU, WELL, I'VE
- 1:14:08GOT A PROBLEM WITH MY BOYFRIEND. WELL, THERE'S AN OPENING RIGHT
- 1:14:11THERE, WHATEVER IT IS. JUST MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE HER A TIP IF
- 1:14:16YOU'RE GONNA WITNESS TO HER, BE A GOOD WITNESS. BUT ASK GOD FOR
- 1:14:21OPPORTUNITIES EVERY DAY. JESUS OPENS DOORS FOR MINISTRY AND
- 1:14:27GRANTS HIS SERVICE THE RIGHT WORDS TO SPEAK AT THE RIGHT
- 1:14:29TIME. AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT GONNA TEACH ON THIS TONIGHT, WE
- 1:14:34DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT EVERY TIME THAT I FIND IN SCRIPTURE, OPEN
- 1:14:39DOORS MENTIONED, PEOPLE PRAYING FOR AN OPEN DOOR, IT WAS FOR THE
- 1:14:45PURPOSE OF PRESENTING THE GOSPEL. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING YOU
- 1:14:49CAN'T PRAY FOR AN OPEN DOOR FOR A JOB, OR YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR
- 1:14:52FAVOR, YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR AN OPEN DOOR TO DO SOMETHING THAT
- 1:14:56YOU NEED TO DO OR THAT YOU FEEL GOD'S DIRECTED YOU TO DO. I AM
- 1:14:59JUST SIMPLY STATING, BIBLICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, EVERY TIME I
- 1:15:04FIND A PRAYER FOR AN OPEN DOOR, IT WAS IN REGARDS TO SHARING THE
- 1:15:09GOSPEL MESSAGE. SO TAKE THAT FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH. IT'S JUST A
- 1:15:14LITTLE EXTRA THAT I'M THROWING IN TONIGHT. SO IT DOESN'T MEAN
- 1:15:17YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR AN OPEN DOOR IN YOUR LIFE. I'M NOT SAYING
- 1:15:19THAT. GOD CAN HONOR THAT PRAYER. I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE'RE USING
- 1:15:23THE BIBLE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR US, THAT'S ALL I SEE IN THE BIBLE.
- 1:15:28OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. COLOSSIANS 4:3, AMPLIFIED
- 1:15:34BIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME, PRAY FOR US TOO, THAT GOD WILL OPEN A
- 1:15:39DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US, OR EXCUSE ME, TO US, FOR THE WORD,
- 1:15:45TO PROCLAIM THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST. WELL, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE
- 1:15:48FOR YOU, ISN'T IT? IT WASN'T ASKING FOR AN OPEN DOOR FOR A
- 1:15:52NEW CADILLAC. NOT THAT YOU CAN'T ASK GOD FOR A CADILLAC. DON'T
- 1:15:57SAY, PASTOR DOUG SAID, DON'T ASK FOR A CADILLAC. I'M JUST SAYING
- 1:16:01WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. TO PROCLAIM THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST, FOR WHICH
- 1:16:05I'VE BEEN IMPRISONED. GOD STRENGTHENS US AS WE WALK OUT
- 1:16:09HIS PLAN FOR US TO REACH SOULS. JESUS RENEWS STRENGTH AND KEEPS
- 1:16:13HIS SERVANTS GOING WITH DIVINE ENERGY. LET'S KIND OF CONCLUDE
- 1:16:18HERE TONIGHT. ISAIAH 49:29, EXCUSE ME, 40:29-31. GOD WILL
- 1:16:24GIVE US STRENGTH TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. HE'S NOT LEAVING US
- 1:16:28POWERLESS TO DO WHAT HE'S CALLED TO DO. THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH
- 1:16:3240, HE GIVES POWER TO THE WEAK AND STRENGTH TO THE POWERLESS.
- 1:16:36EVEN YOUTHS WILL BECOME WEAK AND TIRED AND YOUNG MEN WILL FALL IN
- 1:16:41EXHAUSTION, BUT THOSE WHO TRUST IN THE LORD WILL FIND NEW
- 1:16:45STRENGTH. THEY WILL SOAR HIGH ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES. THEY WILL RUN
- 1:16:49AND NOT GO WEARY AND THEY'LL WALK AND NOT FAINT, AMEN? AND
- 1:16:54THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE AND I DECLARE OVER YOU TONIGHT AND YOU
- 1:16:57WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT. BRANDON, YOU CAN COME ON. OH,
- 1:17:01YOU'RE HERE, THANK YOU, BRANDON. BOY, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE, YOU'RE
- 1:17:04EVEN FASTER THAN EDDIE. THAT'S FUN. BUT EDDIE DOES A GREAT JOB.
- 1:17:11I'M GETTING IN TROUBLE TONIGHT. I'M IN TROUBLE WITH MY WIFE, I'M
- 1:17:15IN TROUBLE WITH EDDIE. I DON'T KNOW, I BETTER JUST GO TO THE
- 1:17:18DOGHOUSE. BUT OUR OBEDIENCE DOES MATTER. WALTER KNIGHT WROTE A
- 1:17:23BOOK ENTITLED, "CHANGED BY A DREAM." A MAN HAD A DREAM, AND
- 1:17:28IN THIS DREAM, THE MAN ENTERED HEAVEN. AND THE BRIGHTNESS AND
- 1:17:34THE ANGELS AND THE SINGING AND REJOICING AND THE HAPPINESS THAT
- 1:17:37HE FELT, AND MOST OF ALL, SEEING GOD IN ALL OF HIS GLORY, JUST
- 1:17:42FILLED THIS MAN WITH WONDER AND JOY. AND DURING THIS DREAM THAT
- 1:17:48HE HAD, AN ANGEL CAME UP TO THE MAN AND SAID, "COME, I WANT TO
- 1:17:52SHOW YOU SOMETHING." AND HE LED HIM TO ONE OF THE BALCONIES OF
- 1:17:56HEAVEN. AND HE SAID, "LOOK DOWN THERE." AND THE MAN SAW A DARK
- 1:18:01WORLD. AND HE EXCLAIMED, "THAT'S THE EARTH. THAT'S WHERE I CAME
- 1:18:05FROM." THE ANGEL SAID, "WHAT DO YOU SEE?" AND THE MAN SAID, "I
- 1:18:11SEE MULTITUDES OF BLINDFOLDED PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM GOING OVER
- 1:18:15A CLIFF TO THEIR DESTRUCTION." AND THE ANGEL ASKED, "WILL YOU
- 1:18:20STAY HERE AND ENJOY HEAVEN? OR WILL YOU RETURN TO EARTH FOR A
- 1:18:24LITTLE LONGER AND TELL THEM ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE
- 1:18:28CALLED HEAVEN? AND ON THIS EARTH, THE MAN HAD BEEN A
- 1:18:33DISCOURAGED CHRISTIAN, NOT WANTING TO SHARE HIS FAITH. BUT
- 1:18:37THE MAN AWOKE FROM HIS DREAM, AND HE SAID, "I'VE NEVER WISHED
- 1:18:41THAT I WAS DEAD SINCE." AND HE BECAME AN ARDENT WITNESS TO THE
- 1:18:45LOST. JESUS, THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, CALLS US TO BE INVOLVED
- 1:18:51WITH THE GREATEST ASSIGNMENT ON EARTH, AND THAT'S THE HARVEST OF
- 1:18:54SOULS. THE HARVEST IS VAST, THE NEED IS URGENT, AND THE FIELDS
- 1:18:58ARE RIPE. HE INVITES US TO SEE AS HE SEES, SEE WITH HIS EYES,
- 1:19:04TO FEEL AS HE FEELS, AND TO LABOR AS HE EMPOWERS US TO DO
- 1:19:08IT. AND OUR RESPONSE DETERMINES THE DESTINY OF THE MULTITUDES
- 1:19:12THAT ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION. AS WE
- 1:19:16YIELD OURSELVES TO HIS CALL, HE WILL STRENGTHEN US. HE'LL GIVE
- 1:19:19US DIVINE POWER. HE'LL GIVE US WISDOM AND COMPASSION. AND THIS
- 1:19:24IS THE HOUR TO PRAY AND TO GO AND TO REAP THE HARVEST WITH
- 1:19:27JOY. THE LORD OF THE HARVEST IS CALLING US TO ACTION, AND IT'S
- 1:19:31UP TO US TO RESPOND. AND AS WE CONCLUDE TONIGHT, I WANT TO
- 1:19:36MENTION THAT AS YOU CAME IN, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER
- 1:19:40LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH INVITATION CARD JUST TO HAVE IN YOUR
- 1:19:44POCKET. I THINK THOSE ARE HANDY. WE SHOULD HAVE ONE. I GUESS
- 1:19:48THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED. BUT DID YOU GET ONE AS YOU CAME IN
- 1:19:50THE DOOR TONIGHT? THAT'S THE BACK SIDE. OK. THAT'S THE BACK
- 1:19:54SIDE. ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT SAYS YOU'RE INVITED TO BE OUR SPECIAL
- 1:19:57GUEST. DID YOU GET ONE OF THOSE? IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE, YOU CAN
- 1:20:00GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND GET
- 1:20:03AS MANY AS YOU WANT TO CARRY WITH YOU. THEY'RE GREAT TO HAVE
- 1:20:07AS A WITNESSING TOOL WHEN YOU INVITE SOMEONE TO CHURCH. YOU
- 1:20:11MIGHT JUST SIMPLY INVITE THEM TO CHURCH. CHRISTMAS SUNDAY IS
- 1:20:14COMING UP DECEMBER 21ST. PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES THINK, "MAYBE I
- 1:20:19SHOULD GO TO CHURCH AT EASTER AND CHRISTMAS." THEY'LL HAVE
- 1:20:22THAT MENTALITY. WELL, INVITE THEM TO LORD OF HOSTS. DECEMBER
- 1:20:2721ST, I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE
- 1:20:32CHRIST. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GET THEM HERE. AND IF THE HOLY
- 1:20:36SPIRIT MOVES IN THEIR LIVES, THEY'LL GET SAVED. MAYBE YOUR
- 1:20:41INVITATION WILL ACTUALLY OPEN A DOOR FOR YOU TO WITNESS AND PRAY
- 1:20:44WITH THEM RIGHT ON THE SPOT. BUT IF NOTHING ELSE, MAYBE IT CAN
- 1:20:48GET THEM TO CHURCH. AND TONIGHT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE
- 1:20:52DIFFERENT. WE'RE GOING TO, IT'S 8:20. I'M GOING TO GET YOU OUT
- 1:20:54OF HERE IN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. BUT IF YOU FELT NUDGED
- 1:20:59BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TONIGHT, YOU FELT LIKE, I NEED TO DO MORE. I
- 1:21:05NEED TO BE EMPOWERED BY GOD TO TOUCH SOME LIVES. I NEED TO
- 1:21:09REACH SOME PEOPLE. I NEED TO START THINKING MORE ABOUT MY
- 1:21:13HARVEST FIELD. I NEED TO THINK MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD'S CALLED ME
- 1:21:17TO DO IN THAT AREA. IT'S SO EASY TO GET PREOCCUPIED. EVEN THOSE
- 1:21:23OF US IN THE MINISTRY, THE PASTORS HERE WILL ALL TELL YOU,
- 1:21:26WE GET SO PREOCCUPIED WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CALLED TO
- 1:21:29DO, THAT OUR MINISTRY AND OUR SO GOOD, THAT SOMETIMES WE FORGET
- 1:21:34ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WE RUN INTO THAT NEED CHRIST, THAT WE NEED
- 1:21:38TO BE A STRONGER WITNESS. SO I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. I DON'T DO
- 1:21:42EVERYTHING I SHOULD DO IN REACHING PEOPLE FOR THE LORD IN
- 1:21:45MY SPEAR OF INFLUENCE. SO WE ALL CAN HAVE A NEED FOR THAT. BUT
- 1:21:51WHAT I'M GONNA ASK TONIGHT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'M GONNA
- 1:21:53ASK IF YOU WERE NUDGED, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN AREA, MAYBE
- 1:21:58YOU NEED TO REPENT TO GOD AND SAY, "GOD, FORGIVE ME, I HAVEN'T
- 1:22:01DONE MORE." OR MAYBE YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO MAKE A
- 1:22:04COMMITMENT TO GOD TONIGHT TO SAY, "I'M GONNA DO MORE "DURING
- 1:22:08THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS OR THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER "TO TRY
- 1:22:12AND BE A BETTER WITNESS." DO WHAT YOU CAN. FIRST PLACE WOULD
- 1:22:16BE START BY PRAYING AND ASKING GOD TO OPEN A DOOR FOR YOU TO
- 1:22:20SHARE. THAT'S BIBLICAL. WE ESTABLISHED THAT TONIGHT, DIDN'T
- 1:22:24WE, JANET? IT'S BIBLICAL TO ASK FOR AN OPEN DOOR TO PRESENT THE
- 1:22:28GOSPEL. SO ASK FOR THAT. AND BELIEVE ME, AND I BELIEVE THAT
- 1:22:32GOD WILL GIVE YOU AN OPEN DOOR TO DO THAT. YOU'LL FIND SOMEONE
- 1:22:36IN A GROCERY STORE, YOU'RE OUT SHOPPING AT WALMART, YOU'RE AT
- 1:22:40THE GAS STATION PUMPING GAS, AND THE GUY NEXT TO YOU IS AN
- 1:22:46OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS. YOU'RE AT A RESTAURANT, YOU'RE AT YOUR
- 1:22:50NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME, YOU'RE AT
- 1:22:55CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH YOUR RELATIVES. I COULD GO ON AND ON
- 1:22:58AND ON, BUT THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU PRAY AND
- 1:23:00ASK GOD. SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK TONIGHT, EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT
- 1:23:04FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN NUDGED TO DO THAT, TO MAKE A COMMITMENT,
- 1:23:08TO REPENT FOR NOT DOING MORE, OR TO JUST BE A BETTER WITNESS, I
- 1:23:12WANT YOU TO RUN UP HERE NOW AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRAYER FOR
- 1:23:15THOSE OF YOU THAT COMMIT TO THAT TONIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE'S
- 1:23:18SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF YOUR SEAT, COMING FORWARD AND
- 1:23:21COMMITTING THAT WILL SOLIDIFY IT IN YOUR HEART SO THAT YOU'LL
- 1:23:24REMEMBER IT BETTER AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT ON DECEMBER, WHAT IS
- 1:23:28THIS? THE 10TH, DECEMBER 10TH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, YOU MADE A
- 1:23:32DECISION TO DO MORE FOR CHRIST. AND AS YOU PLAY, BREN, I'M GONNA
- 1:23:36GIVE PEOPLE A COUPLE MINUTES TO COME FORWARD AND THEN WE'RE
- 1:23:38GONNA HAVE A CLOSING PRAYER. IF THAT'S YOU TONIGHT, YOU SAY, "I
- 1:23:41WANNA DO MORE FOR CHRIST. "I WANNA REACH MORE PEOPLE. "I
- 1:23:44WANNA BE A WITNESS FOR YOU, LORD. "AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN
- 1:23:48DOING IT, BUT I WANNA DO MORE. "I WANNA MAKE A COMMITMENT. "I
- 1:23:51WANNA REPENT FOR NOT SHARING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST "WITH MY
- 1:23:58FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND ACQUAINTANCES." WHATEVER IT
- 1:24:00MIGHT BE, IF THAT'S YOU, COME FORWARD. IF YOU FEEL CONFIDENT
- 1:24:04THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WHAT YOU CAN DO, THAT'S FINE, JUST REMAIN
- 1:24:09SEATED. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERYONE HERE. SOME OF YOU ARE
- 1:24:12DOING ALL YOU CAN DO FOR CHRIST RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE REACHING
- 1:24:14PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. BUT
- 1:24:18THERE'S SOME OF US THAT NEED TO JUST REFOCUS. REFOCUS ON IT IN
- 1:24:22JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING THIS WAY. PRAISE GOD.
- 1:24:27DO YOU KNOW A GROUP OF THIS SIZE, IF YOU JUST EACH WERE TO
- 1:24:34REACH ONE PERSON, AND THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO CHURCH HERE,
- 1:24:40WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO OUR NUMBERS? LESS YOU'D HAVE TO ADD
- 1:24:43A COUPLE MORE ROWS OF CHAIRS. IF PEOPLE WANT TO SIT ON THE FLOOR.
- 1:24:47I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE ROOM IN THE STADIUM SEATS, BUT IF YOU
- 1:24:49WANT TO BE ON THE FLOOR, WE'D HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER ROW. IF YOU
- 1:24:52JUST REACHED ONE, WHAT AN IMPACT. AND THEN JUST TO THINK,
- 1:24:59IF YOU WERE TO REACH SOMEONE THAT HAD A DESTINY OF HELL FOR
- 1:25:03ETERNITY, AND YOU TURNED THAT AROUND BECAUSE OF THE WORDS THAT
- 1:25:07YOU SPOKE, DAN, AND DAN'S A WITNESS FOR CHRIST. HE'S OUT
- 1:25:11THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. AND HERE HE IS UP FRONT
- 1:25:15HERE. HE'D BE THE LEAST LIKELY PERSON THAT I'D THINK WOULD BE
- 1:25:18UP FRONT BECAUSE HE'S GOT BOOKS AND TRACKS AND IS TALKING TO
- 1:25:22PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. BUT WE CAN ALL DO A LITTLE MORE. LET'S
- 1:25:31PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT,
- 1:25:35I FORGOT TO MENTION, YOU CAN JOIN US WITH THIS PRAYER, AND I
- 1:25:38PRAY THAT YOU WILL REACH YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE WHEREVER IT
- 1:25:42MAY BE FOR CHRIST, AND THAT YOU HAVE A VINEYARD, AND YOU CAN
- 1:25:47JUST BE INCLUDED IN THIS PRAYER JUST AS I'M PRAYING FOR THESE.
- 1:25:50FATHER, I PRAY FOR THESE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TONIGHT, THAT
- 1:25:53THIS BE A TURNING POINT IN OUR LIVES, THAT THIS IS AN
- 1:25:56OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EVALUATE OURSELVES AND SAY, "FATHER, I
- 1:26:00WANT TO BE A BETTER WITNESS FOR YOU. I WANT TO HAVE THE
- 1:26:02COMPASSION OF JESUS. I WANT TO HAVE THE EYES OF JESUS. I WANT
- 1:26:06TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOVE AND DISCERN PEOPLE THAT NEED YOU.
- 1:26:13LORD, OPEN THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO WITNESS
- 1:26:16FOR YOU." I PRAY FOR OPEN DOORS FOR EVERY PERSON HERE WATCHING
- 1:26:20ONLINE AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S COME FORWARD HERE AND THOSE THAT
- 1:26:23DIDN'T COME FORWARD THAT ARE ALREADY DOING WHAT YOU'VE CALLED
- 1:26:26THEM TO DO. I SAY, LORD, DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY OPEN. THEY CAN BE
- 1:26:30A WITNESS FOR YOU IN STRONG, POWERFUL WAYS TO SEE PEOPLE COME
- 1:26:35TO CHRIST. AND THEY MIGHT PLANT A SEED, THEY MIGHT WATER A SEED,
- 1:26:42THEY MIGHT EVEN REAP THE HARVEST, LORD, BUT THEY'RE DOING
- 1:26:44THEIR PART TO SHARE THE GOODNESS OF GOD, THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD
- 1:26:48WITH OTHERS. SO WE BLESS THEM TONIGHT. I THANK YOU FOR THEM.
- 1:26:53AND WE DECLARE THAT AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, YOU WILL EMPOWER THEM
- 1:26:58WITH SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT YOU'VE
- 1:27:03CALLED US TO DO IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN.
- 1:27:08WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK
- 1:27:10YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR WATCHING TONIGHT AND JOINING US.
- 1:27:13I PRAY YOU WERE BLESSED AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND DON'T
- 1:27:17FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. I KNOW PASTOR HANK HAS A
- 1:27:20MORE POWERFUL MESSAGE SET FOR SUNDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
- 1:27:24SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.
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