Latest / LOH Church Archive / 8/13/25 - Governing the Soul Realm
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- 0:00(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- 0:08- GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
- 0:14ARE YOU READY TO PRAISE THE HOLIEST NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES,
- 0:20THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE KING OF KINGS, YOUR EVERYTHING?
- 0:25ALL RIGHT Y'ALL, WE GOT TO GET INTO SOME MASSIVE PRAISE
- 0:30AND WORSHIP TONIGHT, OKAY? YOU READY TO RAISE IT UP?
- 0:33COME ON, I'M GONNA NEED Y'ALL TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT.
- 0:36HOW MANY KNOW WE'RE COMING OUT OF AN OLD SEASON AND STEPPING
- 0:42INTO THE NEVER-SO-SEEN? WE ARE SHIFT-CHANGING INTO THE FULLNESS
- 0:49OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD. AMEN? WHO WILL AGREE WITH GOD TONIGHT?
- 0:55COME ON.
- 1:02♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY ♪
- 2:42(MUSIC)
- 3:43(MUSIC)
- 3:45SOME OF Y'ALL AREN'T CONVINCED ENOUGH. DO YOU KNOW WHO IT IS
- 3:49THAT YOU SERVE? COME ON. WE'RE MARCHING INTO OUR PROMISED LAND.
- 3:56COME ON, COME ON. SURRENDER THOSE OLD MINDSETS AND ACCEPT
- 4:03THE PROMISES OF GOD AND WATCH BREAKTHROUGH AFTER BREAKTHROUGH
- 4:07AFTER BREAKTHROUGH COME. COME ON.
- 4:10(MUSIC)
- 4:28(MUSIC)
- 4:42(MUSIC)
- 5:14(MUSIC)
- 5:32(MUSIC)
- 6:16(MUSIC)
- 6:35(MUSIC)
- 6:51WE'RE GONNA DO A PROPHETIC ACT. WE'RE STEPPING, COME ON.
- 6:54STEP! COME ON. ♪OH YEAH. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 7:03♪ HEY, HEY, YEAH. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. A ♪
- 7:11♪DEFTLY FRUITFUL SEASON. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 7:17♪PEOPLE OF GOD RISE. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 7:26♪I TELL ME FRUITFUL SEASON. STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 7:33♪PEOPLE OF GOD RISE. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 7:41♪INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 7:49♪PEOPLE OF GOD ARISE. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 7:56♪INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 8:04♪PEOPLE OF GOD ARISE. YOU TOOK THE KEYS OF DEATH, HELL AND THE♪
- 8:11♪ GRAVE. JESUS, YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO SAVE. YOU'RE ALIVE, ♪
- 8:17(MUSIC)
- 8:55♪STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪
- 9:03♪STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. PEOPLE OF GOD RISE♪
- 9:11♪ STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. ♪
- 9:26♪ OHH, PEOPLE OF GOD ARISE (X2). WE SERVE A GOD WHO'S ♪
- 9:36♪ NEVER LOST A RACE . BECAUSE HE WINS WE WIN. HALLELUJAH. OH ♪
- 9:47♪ HAVE YOUR WAY. (X9). ♪
- 12:19♪ HAVE YOUR WAY (X2). ♪
- 15:17- COME ON, I WANT YOU TO SING THAT ONE MORE TIME. AND HOLY
- 15:20SPIRIT, WELCOME HIM IN YOUR LIFE. COME ON, LET'S WORSHIP
- 15:25HIM. SING IT ONE MORE TIME. LET'S WELCOME THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 16:33NOW THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP SINGING THAT FOR A MOMENT,
- 16:35BUT I WANT YOU TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLES AND PUT YOUR HAND ON
- 16:39SOMEONE'S SHOULDER. MAYBE GRAB THE HAND OF SOMEBODY BESIDE YOU
- 16:43TONIGHT. MAYBE THEY NEED TO FEEL A SPECIAL TOUCH FROM THE HOLY
- 16:48SPIRIT AND THEY NEED TO FEEL THE BOND OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
- 16:53AROUND THEM. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD
- 16:58YOU THAT YOU WILL FEEL THE IMPACT AND THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE
- 17:03HOLY SPIRIT. FILL YOUR ROOM. FILL THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE
- 17:08SEATED. TOUCH YOUR LIFE. TOUCH YOUR HEART. TOUCH YOUR MIND.
- 17:12IN THE NAME OF JESUS. COME ON, SING IT. AS HANDS ARE JOINED,
- 17:15PRAY FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR. PRAY FOR THAT PERSON, LET THEM FEEL THE
- 17:20TOUCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 17:23♪ GOD IS WHAT OUR HEARTS LONG FOR. TO BE OVERCOME BY YOUR ♪
- 17:33♪ PRESENCE, LORD. HOLY SPIRIT, YOU ARE WELCOME. COME FLOOD ♪
- 17:45♪ THIS PLACE AND FILL THE ATMOSPHERE. YOUR GLORY, GOD, ♪
- 17:55♪ IS WHAT OUR HEARTS LONG FOR. TO BE OPENED UP BY YOUR ... ♪
- 18:07- OH, WE WORSHIP YOU, HOLY SPIRIT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT
- 18:13EVEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, MAYBE YOU DON'T SPEAK IN
- 18:15TONGUES. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPEAK IN TONGUES RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE
- 18:18STANDING. RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE STANDING, YOU CAN START SPEAKING
- 18:22IN TONGUES, RIGHT? YOU CAN JUST SAY, "HOLY SPIRIT, FILL ME."
- 18:26IF YOU'RE ONLINE TONIGHT AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN
- 18:29FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, I SENSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE
- 18:31ONLINE AND YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY
- 18:35SPIRIT AND SPEAK IN TONGUES. WELL, IT'S THAT EASY. YOU SAY,
- 18:40"HOLY SPIRIT." COME ON, LET'S ALL SAY IT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
- 18:43BELIEVING FOR THAT. HOLY SPIRIT, FILL ME RIGHT NOW. I FULLY
- 18:49EXPECT WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH, I'M GOING TO SPEAK OUT IN OTHER
- 18:55TONGUES. NOW START SPEAKING IN TONGUES FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND
- 18:59YOU. IF YOU NEED IT, IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE
- 19:01NEVER SPOKEN TONGUES BEFORE, WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE AROUND
- 19:06YOU SPEAKING TONGUES, OPEN YOUR MOUTH WITH BOLDNESS.
- 19:09GET NEAR SOMEBODY, LET IT RIP OFF ON YOU.
- 19:12(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 19:14THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, JUST BEGIN TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH
- 19:17AND MOVE YOUR TONGUE. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 19:23BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.
- 19:29(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) AND BY THE WAY, I FEEL VERY
- 19:36STRONG. THERE IS SOMEONE ONLINE. YOU KNOW NOBODY'S IN THAT ROOM
- 19:40WITH YOU? JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH. YOU THOUGHT, 'CAUSE I JUST HEARD
- 19:43A THOUGHT, AND YOU SAID, "WELL, I MIGHT SOUND KINDA SILLY."
- 19:46WELL, WHO'S GONNA HEAR YOU BUT YOU AND THE HOLY GHOST? AMEN.
- 19:50(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) IT'S SO LOUD IN HERE. IF YOU'RE
- 19:53IN HERE AND YOU'VE NEVER PRAYED IN TONGUES, JUST START TO MOVE
- 19:55YOUR MOUTH. NOBODY'S GONNA THINK ANYTHING. THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU
- 19:58ANYWAY. COME ON, LET'S ALL PRAY IN TONGUES.
- 20:01(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 20:06OH, IN FACT, USE YOUR PRAYING IN TONGUES TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
- 20:11WORSHIP THE HOLY SPIRIT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 20:17WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORSHIP HIM IN ENGLISH, WORSHIP
- 20:21HIM IN OTHER TONGUES, IN THE HOLY GHOST. (SPEAKS IN TONGUES)
- 20:26SOME OF YOU ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
- 20:29AND YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW
- 20:33TO PRAY AS WE OUGHT, THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES
- 20:36GROANINGS WITHIN US THROUGH UTTERANCES THAT WE CAN'T
- 20:40EVEN ARTICULATE IN OUR NATURAL LANGUAGE, ROMANS 8:26.
- 20:44(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 20:46IF YOU'RE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO
- 20:49MAKE TONIGHT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 21:10I JUST, I HAVE TO SPEAK THIS OUT. TERESA, I DON'T KNOW, YOU
- 21:14WERE STANDING THERE WORSHIPING, LOOKING ALL BRIGHT. IT CAME IN
- 21:18MY SPIRIT. I WANT TO BRING A DOUBLING TO YOUR CLIENTS.
- 21:24AND THE LORD SAID, HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN WHAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE
- 21:30WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT? THE LORD SAID, BE
- 21:34PREPARED. LET YOUR FAITH BE THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE COMING INTO.
- 21:38AND THE LORD SAID, MAKE ROOM FOR IT IN YOUR MIND.
- 21:42BELIEVE FOR IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.
- 21:45I WANT TO BRING A DOUBLING TO YOUR CLIENTELE. AND
- 21:48THERE'S SOME CLIENTS THAT I DON'T KNOW, AND WE HAVEN'T
- 21:51TALKED. SHE DOES MY HAIR, AND WE TALK ABOUT HAIRDOS.
- 21:54SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR CLIENTS. YOU HAVEN'T TOLD
- 21:57ME THIS EVER. BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME CLIENTS THAT WENT
- 22:04AWAY. AND THE LORD SAYS, "I'M REPLACING THOSE, BUT I'M GOING
- 22:06TO DOUBLE THE ONES THAT LEFT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE
- 22:10DOUBLE PORTION. AND THE LORD SAYS, THE FINANCIAL STATE OF
- 22:14YOUR BUSINESS, WHAT IT IS NOW IS NOT WHAT IT WILL BE.
- 22:19SO GOD SAYS, GET READY FOR THE DOUBLING AND THE INCREASE. FOR
- 22:22YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL, AND YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL
- 22:24WHEN AT TIMES IT WAS HARD AND YOU WERE STILL SMILING.
- 22:28AND NOBODY AROUND YOU KNEW THE TURMOIL AND THE
- 22:31CHALLENGES AND THE THINGS THAT YOU WALKED THROUGH.
- 22:34AND NOBODY KNEW IT BECAUSE YOU JUST KEPT JOY ON YOUR
- 22:37FACE, BUT INSIDE YOU WERE FIGHTING THROUGH. AND THE LORD
- 22:40SAYS, "WATCH WHAT I DO FOR YOU." BECAUSE YOU WERE FAITHFUL
- 22:44AND YOU GAVE TO OTHERS, BELIEVING THAT I WOULD GIVE TO
- 22:47YOU. AND WHEN YOU HANDED TO OTHERS YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENT,
- 22:50YOUR ENERGY, YOUR LOVE, THE LORD SAYS, "WATCH, THERE IS
- 22:54A REWARD SEASON COMING FOR YOU, AND I'M ABOUT TO DO
- 22:58SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SHOCKING TO YOU.
- 23:00BUT JUST STAY IN THERE," SAYS THE LORD, "FOR EVEN THIS
- 23:02SEASON THAT SEEMS SO LONG, AND IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING,
- 23:06AND THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS YOU PRAYED FOR AND BELIEVED,
- 23:08AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING SHIFTED."
- 23:11BUT GOD SAYS, "I AM THE LORD THAT DOES GOOD FOR MY CHILDREN.
- 23:16AND AM I NOT THE LORD WHO IS GOOD?"
- 23:19SO, THE DOUBLING, THE DOUBLING AND THE DOUBLING
- 23:22OF THAT WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO HOVER OVER,
- 23:25GOD SAYS, "I'M GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU.
- 23:27JUST HANG IN THERE, DAUGHTER OF GOD,
- 23:30FOR IT IS ABOUT TO COME AND BREAK FORTH ON EVERY SIDE."
- 23:33COME ON, HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH.
- 23:37I DIDN'T PLAN THAT, BUT BOB AND TASHA, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD
- 23:41IS SAYING THESE WORDS OVER YOU, FOR THERE'S SOME MOMENTS THAT
- 23:44YOU THOUGHT YOU LOST TIME. YOU TOOK STEPS BACK AND
- 23:47YOU SAID, "LORD, HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN? HOW DID
- 23:50IT SEEM LIKE WE WENT FORWARD AND THEN TWO STEPS FORWARD AND
- 23:54SOME BACK?" AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS LITTLE BELT,
- 23:58I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THEY HAVE THOSE BELTS IN THE AIRPORT
- 24:01AND THEY GO ONE DIRECTION, BUT YOURS FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING BACK
- 24:03AND FORTH. SOMETIMES IT'S FELT LIKE, "GOD, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE
- 24:07WE GOING TO CATAPULT TO THE NEXT PLACE AND THE NEXT LEVEL?"
- 24:11BUT THE LORD SAYS, "YOU'RE DOING FINE. I'M JUST REWORKING SOME
- 24:15THINGS. AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'M UNDOING IN
- 24:18THE BOTH OF YOU. AND IT'S A GOOD THING FOR I'M A GOOD FATHER
- 24:22AND I UNDO THINGS IN ALL OF MY CHILDREN.
- 24:24SO THE LORD SAID, SO THAT YOU CAN STAND IN THE PLACE
- 24:27THAT I'VE CALLED YOU TO STAND INTO, THE LORD SAID,
- 24:30THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'M ROOTING OUT AND I'M PULLING OUT
- 24:33FROM YOU. I'M TAKING OUT OF YOUR LIFE, NOT BAD THINGS,
- 24:38NOT LIKE THEY'RE SINFUL THINGS, BUT JUST THINGS THAT I WANT
- 24:41TO REMOVE SOME MINDSETS AND SOME PARADIGMS AND SOME WAYS
- 24:45OF THINKING STEP INTO THE GREAT ANOINTING THAT I HAVE CALLED YOU
- 24:51TO TOGETHER FROM THE BEGINNING OF YOUR MARRIAGE. AND SO THE
- 24:54LORD SAYS IT'S NOT LOST TIME, IT'S BEEN INVESTED TIME. AND
- 24:58SO GET READY FOR THERE IS A GRADUATION THAT YOU WILL BEGIN
- 25:03TO STEP INTO. BUT THE LORD SAID, BE PATIENT, I WILL DO MY WORK.
- 25:07AND WHEN THE TIME IS THERE FOR YOU TO STEP FORWARD
- 25:10IN THAT NEXT PIECE, THE LORD SAID, YOU'LL KNOW IT AND I'LL
- 25:13KNOW IT AND EVERYBODY AROUND YOU WILL KNOW IT, YOU'LL COME
- 25:16INTO IT. SO THE LORD SAYS, AND IT'LL BE A GOOD THING FOR YOU,
- 25:19SAYS THE LORD, HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD A HAND.
- 25:22(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 25:26OFFICER HARMON, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST SAW YOU STANDING THERE
- 25:29WITH YOUR BIG OLD BRIGHT, I AM L-O-H.
- 25:35THIS MAN AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, WAVE YOUR HAND, WAVE
- 25:39YOUR HAND, BOTH OF YOU, SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU.
- 25:41ARE YOU RETIRED YET? DID YOU RETIRE YET? FULLY, SHE RETIRED.
- 25:45HOW MANY YEARS WERE YOU A POLICE OFFICER?
- 25:47HIS WIFE, THEY'RE BOTH COPS, YOU KNOW.
- 25:4925 YEARS, THAT'S AMAZING. ON THE STREET, KEEPING US SAFE.
- 25:54I TOLD HER WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO LORD OF HOSTS,
- 25:57I SAID, "YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE A COP.
- 25:59"YOUR HUSBAND DOES, BUT YOU DON'T." SO I'M JUST TEASING.
- 26:04SHE'S SO PRETTY AND SHE'S SO CUTE.
- 26:07BUT YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD SAYS
- 26:09THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS YOU HAVE BOTH PRAYED FOR
- 26:12AND YOU'VE ASKED GOD TO DO, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THERE
- 26:15HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS YOU'VE SEEN COME THROUGH,
- 26:18BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT FELT LIKE
- 26:19THEY'RE JUST HELD BACK AND HELD UP,
- 26:22AND THINGS THAT YOU'VE ASKED GOD.
- 26:24YOU EACH KNOW INDIVIDUALLY THAT WHAT YOU'VE ASKED ME FOR,
- 26:27BUT THE LORD SAYS THERE'S THINGS YOU'VE ASKED TOGETHER.
- 26:30AND SO GOD SAYS, DON'T GIVE UP ON THOSE. DON'T
- 26:32GIVE UP ON THOSE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU THOUGHT,
- 26:34"OH NO, THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAN HAPPEN NOW."
- 26:36COME ON, ANYBODY EVER FELT LIKE THAT?
- 26:37YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, THAT SHIP HAS SAILED."
- 26:40BUT THE LORD SAID, "THERE'S SOME SHIPS STILL IN THE DOCK
- 26:44"AND THEY HAVE YET TO MANIFEST "AND COME OUT TO WHERE I WANT
- 26:48THEM TO BE." BUT THE LORD SAID, "I NEED YOUR WORDS
- 26:50TO COME IN A LINE WITH WHAT I WANT TO DO."
- 26:53SO GOD SAID, "DON'T GIVE UP ON THOSE DREAMS,
- 26:55THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE PRAYED FOR."
- 26:57AND I JUST SEE AS IF IT WERE LIKE A LITTLE CLOUD
- 27:00OF DISCOURAGEMENT THAT'S JUST TRYING TO HIT.
- 27:02IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
- 27:04HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD MOMENTS WHEN YOU FELT LIKE
- 27:07JUST THAT LITTLE THING JUST TRYING TO HIT YOU A LITTLE BIT?
- 27:10BUT THE LORD SAYS, "I'M REBUKING THAT TONIGHT.
- 27:12DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, FOR IT'S THE TIME OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO
- 27:15COME UPON YOU." AND THE LORD SAYS, "EVEN IN THIS TIME,
- 27:18FINANCES SHALL BE ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT AND IT'LL
- 27:21BE WELL FOR YOU." BUT THE LORD SAYS, "YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL."
- 27:25AND YOU STUCK IN THERE AND TOOK A STAND, OFFICER HARMON.
- 27:28AND I KNOW THIS BY NATURAL KNOWLEDGE,
- 27:30BUT YOU TOOK A STAND WHEN IT COULD HAVE MEANT A LOT OF
- 27:33THINGS FOR YOU AND IT COULD HAVE GONE THE OTHER WAY.
- 27:35BUT THE LORD SAYS, "THANK YOU," THIS COMES FROM THE
- 27:38HOLY ONE, "FOR TAKING A STAND FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD." AND THE
- 27:41LORD SAYS, "DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T REWARD THOSE THAT STAND
- 27:44FOR ME." FOR JESUS SAID, "IF YOU CONFESS ME BEFORE MEN, I'LL
- 27:47CONFESS YOU BEFORE MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." SO THE
- 27:50LORD SAYS, "GET READY, FOR THE REWARD TIME FOR THAT STAND HAS
- 27:55COME UNTO YOU." HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH.
- 27:58(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 28:01FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD EVERY PERSON.
- 28:04WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AT THE END, BUT
- 28:06I JUST HAD TO DELIVER THOSE SO FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND
- 28:10TOWARD EVERY PERSON HERE AND ONLINE, WHATEVER THEY'RE IN,
- 28:13WHATEVER THEY FACE, FATHER, WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH,
- 28:16WHATEVER THEY'RE BATTLING AGAINST, I'M ASKING YOU, HOLY
- 28:19SPIRIT, TO MOVE IN THEIR LIFE, TO MOVE IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE.
- 28:24AND GOD, I PRAY TONIGHT THAT THERE WOULD JUST BE A BREAKING
- 28:27OF ANYTHING IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR MIND
- 28:29THAT SEES THAT IT JUST, THAT SEASON IS NEVER GONNA SHIFT,
- 28:32THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA CROSS OVER INTO THAT BREAKTHROUGH.
- 28:36I JUST REBUKE THAT. I SAY THAT THEY SHALL SEE IT AND IT WILL
- 28:39COME TO PASS. AND WE THANK YOU, GOD.
- 28:42AND EVERY PERSON ONLINE THAT RECEIVES THAT AS WELL,
- 28:45WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
- 28:47ALRIGHT, WELL, GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH FIVE.
- 28:52TELL THEM IT IS SO GOOD TO BE HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- 28:57BEST PLACE TO BE IN ALL OF TOWN. LOVE ON SOMEBODY.
- 29:01I'M GONNA SWITCH MICROPHONES AND PASTOR MATT'S GONNA BRING
- 29:04ME UP ALL MY STUFF. ALL RIGHT. PASTOR HANK SENDS HIS LOVE.
- 29:22HE'S BEEN GETTING CAUGHT UP. IN MR. GONE MOST NIGHTS,
- 29:27FLASHPOINT, TRAVEL. HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVEN CHILDREN'S
- 29:30BOOKS CONTRACTS. AND I'VE CONCLUDED SOMETHING. I THINK
- 29:36IT'S HARDER TO WRITE CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAN IT IS GROWNUP
- 29:40BOOKS NOW. AFTER LISTENING TO HIM AND NORRIS ON THE PHONE
- 29:44CACKLING ABOUT WHATEVER THEY COME UP WITH, IT'S SUPER FUN.
- 29:47BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO, SO HE SENDS HIS LOVE AND
- 29:50EVERYBODY'S GETTING READY FOR OTH. SO, YOU
- 29:53KNOW, EVERYBODY BUT PASTOR MATT, MY WHOLE FAMILY DESERTED ME. AND
- 29:58I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING. LISTEN, I KNOW WHAT
- 30:02IT'S LIKE. LAST MINUTE, PASTOR HANK, PROPHETIC PULSE,
- 30:05AND I'VE BEEN HOME TRYING TO GET A MANUSCRIPT TURNED IN AND
- 30:08IT'S ALL GOOD. BUT ANYWAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET IN THE WORD
- 30:11IN A FEW MOMENTS AND I'M DOING THE OFFERING, THE
- 30:14PREACHING, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, HERE SHE IS AGAIN. SHE DOES
- 30:18PRAYER AND THEN I KNOW, WHAT IS THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
- 30:21NORMAL HERE. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO KEEP THE OFFERING
- 30:26SIMPLE TONIGHT. USHERS, GO AHEAD AND BE IN THE AISLE. AND THOSE
- 30:28OF YOU ONLINE, THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP
- 30:31ON THE SCREEN. AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU GIVE, ALWAYS CLAIM
- 30:34TITHERS' RIGHTS. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST TITHERS' RIGHTS,
- 30:38IT'S TITHERS' AND OFFERINGS' RIGHTS.
- 30:41OKAY, THAT SCRIPTURE WE QUOTE IN MALACHI
- 30:44IS TITHES AND OFFERINGS. SO IT'S BOTH. SO ALWAYS DO THAT
- 30:49EVERY TIME YOU GIVE AND YOU TITHE OR YOU GIVE AN OFFERING.
- 30:52AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU ONLINE THAT
- 30:55HELPED US RAISE THIS PAST WEEKEND OVER $100,000.
- 31:00WE'RE WELL TOWARD OUR GOAL TOWARDS KNOCKING OUT THAT
- 31:04$400,000. I DON'T HAVE A TOTAL FOR THIS WEEK YET,
- 31:07BUT I WILL ON SUNDAY. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY.
- 31:10AND BY THE WAY, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, I KNOW SOME OF
- 31:13YOU WILL BE HERE AT OPENING THE HEAVENS.
- 31:15HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED FOR THE CONFERENCE? I'M PUMPED,
- 31:19PUMPED. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINING
- 31:23ONLINE, THERE'S JUST NO WAY YOU CAN GET HERE. WE
- 31:25HAVE A WAY FOR YOU TO GIVE INTO THE CONFERENCE IN ADVANCE. BY
- 31:28THE WAY WE PAY FOR THE CONFERENCE AHEAD OF THE
- 31:30CONFERENCE. DID YOU KNOW THAT? EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR MONEY
- 31:33BEFORE. IT'S AMAZING HOW THAT WORKS. SO ALL OF THE VENDORS
- 31:40AND THE VENUE. EVERYTHING, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING INTO IT
- 31:43AHEAD OF TIME. THERE'S A PLACE ONLINE WHERE YOU CAN SOW INTO
- 31:47OPENING THE HEAVENS 2025. AND JUST DO THAT. LET'S GET IT DONE
- 31:51FOR GOD. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING IF BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED WE
- 31:54RAISED ALL THE MONEY? I WOULD LOVE THAT. WE WOULDN'T EVEN
- 31:58WORRY ABOUT THE REST. WE WOULD JUST GET IT DONE AND NOT EVEN
- 32:02THINK ABOUT IT. SO IT'D JUST BE SO GOOD. ALRIGHT, YOU GOT YOUR
- 32:05OFFERING READY? TOLD YA IMMA BE QUICK. I HAVE A LONG PREACHING
- 32:10TONIGHT, YES THE LONG-WINDED PREACHER IS HERE ON A WEDNESDAY.
- 32:15I PROMISE THOUGH, SINCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED, WE'LL BE DONE
- 32:16BEFORE TEN O'CLOCK. ALRIGHT IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR OFFERING READY
- 32:21LET'S STAND. HOLD IT UP HIGH. HOLD IT UP LIKE YOU EXPECT
- 32:30TITHER'S RIGHTS. AMEN. FATHER, I THANK YOU
- 32:34FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S GIVING TONIGHT. FATHER, WE
- 32:37THANK YOU IN ADVANCE THAT FATHER, THE 400,000 WE
- 32:40NEED, WE'VE KNOCKED DOWN 100. WE THANK YOU,
- 32:43WE HAVE THE REST. IT'S ALL HERE AND THE CONFERENCE IS PAID FOR
- 32:48AND IT'S DONE. SAY IT'S DONE. IN JESUS NAME.
- 32:52NOW SAY THESE WORDS OVER YOURSELF.
- 32:54SAY, "AND LORD, IT'S DONE OVER MY LIFE. IN JESUS NAME."
- 33:00GIVE GOD A SHOUT AS YOU GIVE. USHERS, GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
- 33:03THANK YOU ONLINE FOR GIVING AS WELL.
- 33:07I WANT TO GET INTO THE PREACHING TONIGHT
- 33:09BECAUSE MY HOPE IS WE'LL HAVE A FEW MOMENTS TO PRAY
- 33:11FOR SOME PEOPLE AT THE END PERTINENT TO WHAT I'M
- 33:13GONNA PREACH ABOUT. AND I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY GOOD.
- 33:18AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO
- 33:21WHEN WE WERE PLANNING OUT THE SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
- 33:27IN AUGUST. I KNEW I WANTED TO PREACH ONE OF THESE.
- 33:31AND ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT KEPT TURNING AROUND IN MY SPIRIT IS
- 33:35I BELIEVE, WELL, IT'S CALLED THIS,
- 33:38IT'S CALLED GOVERNING THE SOUL REALM. AND
- 33:41I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I REMEMBER, IN
- 33:44FACT, WE WERE JUST IN THE BACK, I WAS WITH KATE,
- 33:47AND WE WERE REMINISCING WHEN WE FIRST MET OR
- 33:50INTERACTED DOWN IN FORT WORTH AT KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES.
- 33:54HOW MANY OF YOU WATCHED OR REMEMBERED THAT EVENT
- 33:56WHERE IT WAS 115 DEGREES AND WE WERE OUT ON THE FLIGHT LINE
- 34:00IN 2020? ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT MOMENT AND PASTOR AND I FLEW
- 34:03DOWN THERE? WAS ANYBODY AT THAT EVENT? ANYBODY GO DOWN?
- 34:07I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF YOU ONLINE MAY HAVE,
- 34:08BUT WE WERE THERE AND I DON'T KNOW,
- 34:10IT WAS LIKE WE WERE STEPS AWAY FROM HADES, IT WAS SO HOT. AND
- 34:15PASTOR HANK WAS LIKE, "I'M JUST GOING IN A
- 34:18SHORT-SLEEVED T-SHIRT. "I CAN'T BE OUT THERE.
- 34:20"I MEAN, I'M LIKE THE WHITE TD JAKES, I CAN'T."
- 34:25AND THEN WE FOUND OUT BROTHER COPELAND'S WEARING A SUIT.
- 34:27AND HE'S LIKE, "WELL, IF HE'S WEARING A SUIT, "HE'S IN
- 34:31HIS 80S." AND HE GOES, "I GUESS I'M WEARING A SUIT.
- 34:35"I CAN'T GO DOWN THERE AND BROTHER COPELAND BE IN A SUIT,
- 34:38"AND I'M IN A T-SHIRT." SO OF COURSE WE WERE OUT THERE, BUT WE
- 34:43WERE JUST REMINISCING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE TIMES.
- 34:45AND I REMEMBER ALL OF THESE PROPHETIC WORDS
- 34:47THAT PASTOR HAD HAD, AND I KINDA JUST NOTICED
- 34:50THIS CONSISTENT THEME, IF YOU WILL, WHEN
- 34:56HE TALKED SO OFTEN ABOUT IF THE PEOPLE WON'T GET IN FEAR. HOW
- 35:01MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT WE CANNOT FEAR.
- 35:04WE CAN'T LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD
- 35:06AND HAVE FEAR OVER THE NEWS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING,
- 35:11AND IF WE GET IN FEAR, WE'LL MISS GOD.
- 35:13AND SO I KEPT HEARING THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
- 35:16AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THE REASON WE GET IN FEAR
- 35:20OR WE HAVE ANXIETY ABOUT THINGS, 'CAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE,
- 35:22LET'S RAISE OUR HANDS. EVERY ONE OF US HAVE HAD MOMENTS WHERE,
- 35:26WHETHER IT'S PERSONAL OR IT'S SOMETHING
- 35:28THAT WE SEE ON THE NEWS OR WHATEVER,
- 35:30IT'S WHY I TRY TO BE SO CAREFUL NOT TO,
- 35:33YOU KNOW, I'M OPENING MY SOCIAL MEDIA LESS AND LESS,
- 35:36BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO FLASH AT ME AND
- 35:38TALK TO ME. HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
- 35:41SO, BUT, AND YOU KNOW, JUST BEING CAREFUL
- 35:45ABOUT WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE LET COME INTO OUR SOUL REALM.
- 35:49BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THE REASON SO MUCH OF US GET
- 35:53INTO THIS PLACE OF FEAR AND ANXIETY AND CONCERN
- 35:57IS WE DON'T GOVERN OUR SOUL. WE DON'T DEAL WITH IT. AND
- 36:01SO THIS HAS BEEN THE CONSISTENT THEME. AND
- 36:04SO I KNEW FROM THE LORD THAT I WANTED TO JUST DELVE
- 36:08INTO THIS TOPIC AFRESH SO THAT WE PUT OUR MINDS IN CHECK.
- 36:13AMEN, WE PUT OUR THOUGHTS, WE ARREST THOSE THOUGHTS.
- 36:16SO LET'S JUST GET INTO A LITTLE BIT. I'M GONNA GO TO
- 36:19LUKE 21:19. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST, WELL, AT LEAST IT'S ONE
- 36:23OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES IN ALL OF THE BIBLE.
- 36:25BUT IT SAYS IN THIS, NOW JESUS IN THE PASSAGE IS PREACHING.
- 36:30HE'S PREACHING ON THE END TIMES, RIGHT?
- 36:34AND HE SAYS THIS, HE SAYS, "IN YOUR PATIENCE,"
- 36:39NOW THAT WORD PATIENCE, IT'S THE WORD COMMITTED ENDURANCE.
- 36:44SO IF YOU CAN'T ENDURE ANY HARDSHIP,
- 36:47LISTEN TO ME EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME.
- 36:50IF YOU CAN'T ENDURE ANY HARDSHIP,
- 36:52YOUR STRENGTH IS SMALL, THE BIBLE SAYS, PROVERBS.
- 36:56SO IN YOUR PATIENCE, IT'S GONNA TAKE ENDURANCE, RIGHT?
- 37:02COMMITTED ENDURANCE IS THE WORD PATIENCE. POSSESS YE YOUR SOUL.
- 37:11IN OTHER WORDS, THAT WORD POSSESS MEANS TO OWN WHAT
- 37:14GOES ON UP HERE. OWN IT, BE IN CONTROL OF IT. DON'T
- 37:19EVER USE A PHRASE LIKE, "WELL, I'M LOSING MY MIND. "I'M SO
- 37:23CRAZY." YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE LITTLE CATCH WORDS
- 37:26AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY. DON'T PICK UP ON THOSE.
- 37:29NO, BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN MIND.
- 37:32THERE IS NOTHING, NOT EVEN THE DEVIL,
- 37:36HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTROL WHAT GOES ON UP HERE.
- 37:40NOT PEOPLE, NOT, LISTEN, NOT PEOPLE, NOT FEAR, NOT NEWS
- 37:48CHANNELS. NOTHING SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT YOU THINK
- 37:52ABOUT. "WELL, I CAN'T HELP IT, PASTOR BRENDA,"
- 37:55BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT. I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
- 37:58'CAUSE WE HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OF OUR OWN MIND,
- 38:02OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK TO WHAT
- 38:08GOES ON UP HERE. WE ARE CONTROLLING OUR OWN THOUGHTS.
- 38:14NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S ALWAYS EASY TO DO,
- 38:17BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO IT TONIGHT.
- 38:19BUT WE HAVE TO BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN MIND.
- 38:22TOUCH YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW AND SAY, MIND, I'M IN CHARGE OF YOU.
- 38:26YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO JUST THINK ANYTHING.
- 38:31YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT I TELL YOU TO THINK
- 38:36AND WHAT GOD TELLS YOU TO THINK. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
- 38:40ALL RIGHT, SO IN YOUR PATIENCE, OWN OR BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR
- 38:47OWN SOUL OR YOUR OWN THOUGHTS, YOUR OWN MIND. WE'RE GONNA BREAK
- 38:51THIS DOWN. NOW THE REASON IS, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW GALATIANS
- 38:54TALKS ABOUT THE WORKS OF THE FLESH
- 38:57AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
- 39:01GO TO GALATIANS 3, I WANNA READ THIS TO YOU.
- 39:04I THINK THIS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU.
- 39:06GALATIANS 5, NOW I WANT YOU, JUST IN LIGHT OF
- 39:12WHAT I JUST SAID ABOUT BEING IN CONTROL
- 39:15OF OUR OWN THOUGHTS AND OUR OWN MIND AND WHAT
- 39:19GOES THROUGH OUR BRAIN, LET'S LOOK AT THESE WORKS OF THE
- 39:22FLESH. NOW, I READ THIS THINKING, MAN, THIS IS THE
- 39:27EXAMPLE OF WHEN SOMEONE CANNOT CONTROL THEIR THINKING. THINK
- 39:31ABOUT IT. LOOK AT THIS, VERSE 13. THIS IS THE KING JAMES.
- 39:35"FOR BRETHREN, YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY,
- 39:40"ONLY TO USE NOT YOUR LIBERTY FOR AN OCCASION
- 39:43"OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACT IN THE FLESH.
- 39:47"BUT BY LOVE, SERVE ONE ANOTHER."
- 39:49NOW, THE REASON WE ACT OUT IN THE FLESH
- 39:51IS 'CAUSE WE DON'T TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR MIND.
- 39:55OKAY, SO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, MOMENTARY FEELING
- 39:59OR FLEETING FEELING PEOPLE HAVE, THEY ACT ON IT.
- 40:02BECAUSE THEY DON'T CONTROL WHAT GOES THROUGH THEIR MIND.
- 40:04I HEARD A PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T COMMIT
- 40:06ADULTERY IN ONE MOMENT, THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT.
- 40:12OKAY, IT HAD TO GO AND PASS THROUGH THAT BRAIN
- 40:14A WHOLE LOT OF TIMES BEFORE THEY FINALLY WENT OUT AND
- 40:18ACTED ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ON. THOUGHTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
- 40:23VERSE 14, "FOR ALL THE LAWS FULFILLED IN ONE WORD,
- 40:26"EVEN IN THIS, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. "BUT
- 40:30IF YOU BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER," SOUNDS LIKE SOCIAL
- 40:37MEDIA, "TAKE HEED THAT YOU BE NOT CONSUMED OF ONE ANOTHER."
- 40:41I'M TELLING YOU, THAT OUGHT TO BE AT THE HEAD
- 40:43OF EVERY FACEBOOK PAGE IN AMERICA.
- 40:47BUT THIS I SAY THEN, COME ON, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
- 40:51WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR MINDS AND OUR THOUGHTS.
- 40:54THIS I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
- 40:57OR I LIKE TO SAY IT LIKE THIS, DO SPIRITUAL THINGS.
- 41:01IF YOU DO SPIRITUAL THINGS, WATCH THIS,
- 41:04YOU WILL NOT, SOMEBODY SAY WILL NOT, YOU WILL
- 41:08NOT FULFILL THE LUSTS OF YOUR FLESH.
- 41:13FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE SPIRIT
- 41:15AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE FLESH,
- 41:17AND THESE ARE CONTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER.
- 41:19SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS BATTLE GOING ON UP IN
- 41:21OUR MIND THAT'S TRYING TO GET OUR FLESH TO BE FLESHY, RIGHT?
- 41:27AND DO EVIL THINGS, AND THEN THERE'S THIS BATTLE
- 41:29ALSO IN OUR MIND TO TRY TO PUSH US TOWARDS SPIRITUAL THINGS.
- 41:36FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE SPIRIT,
- 41:38AND THESE ARE CONTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER,
- 41:40SO THAT YOU CANNOT DO THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD,
- 41:43OR THE THINGS THAT YOU WANNA DO, YOU FIND YOURSELF NOT DOING.
- 41:45PAUL TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
- 41:50BUT IF YOU BE LED OF THE SPIRIT, YOU ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW.
- 41:54NOW, HERE'S THE PART I WANT YOU TO SEE.
- 41:56NOW, SEE THIS IN LIGHT OF LUKE 21:19,
- 42:02"FOR THE WORKS OF THE FLESH ARE MANIFEST" OR THEY'RE OBVIOUS.
- 42:06YOU COULD SAY IT LIKE THAT, THEY'RE OBVIOUS. AND THEY ARE
- 42:10THIS, OKAY? THIS IS, SEE THESE WORKS OF THE FLESH.
- 42:14THESE ARE PEOPLE ACTING OUT WHAT WENT THROUGH THEIR MIND
- 42:18FOR A LONG TIME, WOULD YOU NOT AGREE?
- 42:20ADULTERY, I JUST USED THAT EXAMPLE. FORNICATION, OKAY?
- 42:25PEOPLE THINK ABOUT FORNICATING, SO THEN THEY DO IT, RIGHT?
- 42:29UNCLEANNESS, LASCIVIOUSNESS, IDOLATRY, WITCHCRAFT,
- 42:38WHICH IS ALSO WHERE YOU GET ILLICIT DRUGS FROM.
- 42:41WITCHCRAFT, THE WORD IS PHARMAKIA,
- 42:42AND IT MEANS TO PARTAKE, AND IT'S NOT JUST
- 42:47SPELLS AND THAT, IT MEANS POTIONS, IT
- 42:49MEANS DRUGS, HATRED. YOU KNOW, HATRED IS A BIG DEAL.
- 42:54WE SEE THAT BEING DISPLAYED ALL OVER THE INTERNET.
- 42:56ALL THESE PEOPLE LASHING OUT THAT SAY,
- 42:58"WELL, WE WANT PEACE, WE WANT PEACE."
- 43:01AND I'M LIKE, "AND YOU'RE BURNING DOWN STUFF."
- 43:06BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY LET HATRED GO THROUGH THEIR
- 43:09BRAIN A LOT. YOU KNOW, THEY GET ONLINE AND THEY DON'T LIKE
- 43:11SOMEBODY OF ANOTHER COLOR SO THEY WANNA GO KILL THOSE
- 43:13PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND SO HATRED IS A FRUIT OF AN UNCONTROLLED
- 43:21THOUGHT LIFE. VARIANCE, THAT WORD VARIANCE MEANS TO DEBATE.
- 43:27NOW, LET ME JUST STOP AND SAY THIS.
- 43:31I'M ALL FOR GOOD DIALOGUE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
- 43:34I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SHARE IDEAS
- 43:36WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THE SCRIPTURE TALKS A LOT
- 43:39ABOUT ARGUING OUT POINTS OF VIEW,
- 43:42ESPECIALLY DOCTRINAL ONES, WHERE WE JUST ARGUE
- 43:45AND ARGUE AND ARGUE. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING.
- 43:48PEOPLE WILL COME INTO A CHURCH SERVICE,
- 43:49GOD COULD MOVE, POWER OF GOD'S THERE, IT'S AMAZING,
- 43:53AND THEN ONE LITTLE THING THEY DON'T AGREE WITH,
- 43:55AND THEY'LL THROW THE WHOLE THING OUT
- 43:57AND MISS ALL THE GOOD THAT GOD DID. YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.
- 44:01I REMEMBER I WAS INVITED TO A CONFERENCE MANY YEARS AGO,
- 44:04AND A MINISTER, A LADY MINISTER THAT I KNEW PRETTY WELL
- 44:09INVITED ME, IT WAS UP NEAR ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.
- 44:13AND SO I WENT THERE, AND ACTUALLY, PASTOR
- 44:17LET ME FLY ALL BY MYSELF AND RENT A CAR AND DRIVE THERE. HE
- 44:21WOULD NEVER DO THAT. HONEY, YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT NOW.
- 44:25HE'D BE LIKE, "SHE'LL GET LOST IN THE BATHROOM." SHE'D
- 44:28NOT DO IT. SO I'M NOT THE MOST DIRECTIONALLY GOOD PERSON,
- 44:32BUT I DID IT AND THAT WAS BEFORE I GOT A MAP OUT
- 44:34AND READ IT AND STUDIED MY ROUTES. AND WE DIDN'T
- 44:37HAVE CELL PHONE IN SYRIA AT THAT TIME. AND SO IT WAS A LONG
- 44:40TIME AGO. AND I GOT TO THE MEETING AND IT WAS POWERFUL.
- 44:43I MEAN, THE POWER OF GOD WAS THERE.
- 44:45AND I HEARD THE PREACHER, YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE
- 44:46YOUNGER THEN. I'VE LEARNED TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,
- 44:48CHEW THE CHICKEN AND SPIT OUT THE BONES.
- 44:51AND I REMEMBER THIS LADY SAID SOMETHING
- 44:54AND I THOUGHT THAT IS NOT BIBLICAL.
- 44:56AND I STRUGGLED WITH IT AT THE WHOLE TIME. AND IT REALLY
- 45:00WASN'T BIBLICAL. BUT I WAS JUST READY TO SAY, "WELL, THIS IS
- 45:03A STUPID MEETING, I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE."
- 45:06AND THE REALITY WAS, RATHER THAN BE LIKE THE BEREANS,
- 45:12WHO THEY RECEIVED THE WORD IN THE MOMENT. AND THEY THOUGHT,
- 45:16"YEAH, MAYBE." BUT THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE FOUND OUT
- 45:19THAT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE,
- 45:21AND THEN I FOUND OUT LATER I DID.
- 45:23(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) AMAZING! WE CAN GROW.
- 45:28WE DON'T, I GOT A NEWS FLASH FOR YOU.
- 45:31WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. ISN'T THAT A SHOCK? SO
- 45:35DEBATE, AND WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL
- 45:37WITH THE ARGUING THAT GOES ON IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
- 45:39I THINK IT'S A MOCKERY, IT'S A TRAVESTY THAT
- 45:41THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE LIBERAL LEFT THAT
- 45:43CAN JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE DEVIL'S PURPOSES,
- 45:46AND YET WE JUST HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING.
- 45:49SO THAT'S NOT GOOD, RIGHT? SO VARIANCE, WATCH THAT.
- 45:52THAT'S WHY WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT ARGUING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. GOD,
- 45:56IT JUST DOESN'T PLEASE GOD. OKAY, BUT THESE ARE ALL ACTIONS
- 46:01OF A MIND THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO SUBJECTION.
- 46:04EMULATIONS, WRATH OR ANGER, STRIFE, RIGHT? I JUST CAN'T
- 46:11FORGIVE THAT PERSON. STRIFE, SEDITIONS, HERESIES, ENVYINGS,
- 46:18MURDERS, DRUNKENNESS, REVELINGS, ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND ALL
- 46:22THE THINGS THAT ARE LIKE IT, THE BIBLE SAYS, OF
- 46:25WHICH I TELL YOU BEFORE, AS I HAVE ALSO TOLD
- 46:28YOU IN TIME PAST, THAT THOSE WHO DO SUCH
- 46:31THINGS, CHECK THIS OUT, SHALL NOT INHERIT
- 46:34THE KINGDOM OF GOD. SO NOW THAT'S A SCARY STATEMENT.
- 46:41BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS
- 46:44COULD BE PREVENTED IN THE LIFE OF ANY PERSON
- 46:48IF THEY WOULD BRING THEIR MIND UNDER SUBJECTION,
- 46:50IF THEY WOULD POSSESS AND OWN THEIR SOUL. SO LET'S TALK
- 46:55ABOUT THAT, AMEN? LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE SCRIPTURE HERE.
- 46:59OKAY, SO HOW DO WE TRANSFORM THE WAY WE THINK?
- 47:02'CAUSE I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE ALL DIDN'T LIKE COME
- 47:04FROM HOLIER THAN THOU ENVIRONMENTS, OKAY?
- 47:07SOME OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT, EITHER HERE
- 47:10OR ONLINE, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN A
- 47:12DYSFUNCTIONAL HOUSEHOLD, SO YOU DIDN'T LEARN HOW TO ACT LIKE A
- 47:16CHRISTIAN. IT'S AMAZING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA KNOW HOW TO
- 47:19ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN, READ THE BIBLE.
- 47:24IT'S AMAZING WHAT'S IN THERE THAT TELLS US HOW TO BEHAVE
- 47:26AND HOW TO TALK AND HOW TO BE, RIGHT? IT'S AMAZING.
- 47:30HOW DO WE BEGIN TO TRANSFORM THIS THING WE CALL OUR SOUL?
- 47:33ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT ROMANS 12, AND THEN I'M GONNA BREAK THIS
- 47:36DOWN A LITTLE BIT. ROMANS 12, AND THIS IS GOD'S WORD
- 47:40TRANSLATION. I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THAT.
- 47:42DO YOU HAVE, OH, YOU DO HAVE THAT ONE?
- 47:44I SEE IT UP THERE, OKAY. SO ROMANS 12:1.
- 47:49SO THEN MY FRIENDS, BECAUSE GOD'S GREAT MERCY TO US,
- 47:55BECAUSE OF GOD'S GREAT MERCY TO US, I APPEAL TO YOU.
- 47:59OFFER YOURSELVES AS A LIVING SACRIFICE TO GOD. SO WE ARE
- 48:05A LIVING SACRIFICE. THAT MEANS EVERY CHRISTIAN HERE AND ONLINE,
- 48:10EVERYWHERE WE ARE TO LAY OURSELF ON OUR OWN CROSS OF CRUCIFIXION.
- 48:16IT'S NOT MY WAY. COME ON, SOMEBODY. IT IS GOD'S WAY.
- 48:23AND IF HE SAYS SOMETHING IS EVIL, THEN WE SAY IT'S EVIL.
- 48:28IF HE SAID THAT'S NOT HOW YOU ACT,
- 48:30THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT HOW YOU
- 48:34GO ABOUT, OKAY? YOU DON'T GO ABOUT BEING ON THE INTERNET
- 48:38WITH YOUR CLOTHES HALF OFF. OKAY, NO CHRISTIAN OUGHT TO BE
- 48:43OUT THERE POSTING A BIKINI PHOTO. "WELL, BUT I LOST
- 48:48WEIGHT." WELL, YAY, YOU, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
- 48:56PUT SOME CLOTHES ON AND DO A BEFORE AND AFTER, BUT BE
- 49:01DRESSED, BE DECENT. AND THAT, BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT JUST FOR
- 49:06THE GIRLS, THAT'S FOR THE GUYS TOO, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE EVERY
- 49:08MAN OUT THERE WITH HIS SHIRT OFF.
- 49:12AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND THERE'S SOME PREACHERS
- 49:14THAT GOT TO GROW IN THAT TOO, THERE I SAID THAT. WE'RE A
- 49:20LIVING SACRIFICE TO GOD, DEDICATED TO HIS SERVICE AND
- 49:26PLEASING UNTO HIM, FOR THIS IS THE TRUE WORSHIP THAT YOU
- 49:31SHOULD OFFER. DO NOT CONFORM, HERE WE GO, YOURSELVES TO THE
- 49:36STANDARDS OF THIS WORLD, BUT LET GOD TRANSFORM YOU.
- 49:43SOMEBODY SAY, "TRANSFORM ME, LORD." HOW DOES HE DO IT?
- 49:48HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS, "INWARDLY, BY A COMPLETE CHANGE OF YOUR
- 49:55MIND." SO THAT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF IDEOLOGIES WE ALL TAKE
- 50:00IN. COME ON, EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM
- 50:03AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TONIGHT, WE GROW UP WITH BIASES.
- 50:07OKAY, WE HAVE IDEAS ON EVERYTHING. OKAY, PEOPLE HAVE
- 50:11BIASES. I MEAN, WOMEN HAVE BIASES ABOUT MEN. MEN HAVE
- 50:16BIASES ABOUT WOMEN. THAT'S WHY WE SEE ALL THE JOKES, RIGHT?
- 50:21OH, YOU KNOW, I SAW THIS ONE, PASTOR CHRISTY SENT ME A
- 50:24FUNNY ONE FROM INSTAGRAM, AND IT HAS THIS GUY ON THERE
- 50:28AND GOES, "GUYS, QUIT ACTING LIKE WOMEN ARE ALL GOLD
- 50:32DIGGERS." HE GOES, "THEY'RE ALL EXPENSIVE.
- 50:36(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 50:39"JUST PICK ONE IN YOUR BUDGET AND ROLL WITH IT."
- 50:42(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 50:49OOH, AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, HE GOES,
- 50:50"YEAH, YEAH, AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE SAYING,
- 50:52"OH, MY WIFE'S LOW MAINTENANCE, "SHE DOESN'T WEAR A BUNCH
- 50:55OF MAKEUP AND CREAMS "AND EXPENSIVE PERFUME AND JEWELRY."
- 50:58HE GOES, "YEAH, BUT SHE'S THE ONE
- 50:59"THAT WANTS TO GET THAT LAND ROVER."
- 51:01(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 51:04"BRAND NEW, ALL DECKED OUT, SO NO, "JUST PICK ONE
- 51:06IN YOUR BUDGET AND ROLL WITH IT." THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
- 51:09(LAUGHING) BUT WE HAVE BIASES, RIGHT? WE HAVE THESE IDEAS
- 51:14ABOUT THINGS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT CONFORMED TO CHRIST.
- 51:19THERE IS STUFF, I PROMISE YOU, THAT GOD IN ALL OF US,
- 51:22PASTOR'S BEEN PREACHING ON A SHIFT CHANGE.
- 51:25WE CAN'T LOOK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO MAKE THE SHIFT.
- 51:28WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THE SHIFT AND WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE.
- 51:33WE'VE GOT TO ASK GOD TO GROW US.
- 51:35AND YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TO ME,
- 51:37IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW PEOPLE AROUND US
- 51:40CAN SEE WHAT WE GOT TO GROW IN AND WE'RE THE LAST ONES TO KNOW.
- 51:46COME ON ISN'T THAT WHAT MARITAL ARGUMENTS ARE ABOUT? YOU THINK
- 51:51YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOUR MATE. I'M TELLING YA. "HOW DARE YOU
- 51:54YOU AND I, AND I, BLAH BLAH, I FEEL." NO AND THAT'S NO. GOD,
- 51:58WE HAVE TO GROW OURSELF. WE HAVE TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND
- 52:02SAY "SELF, YOU GOTTA GROW." AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE
- 52:07ANYTHING THAT'S GLARING AT YOU THAT YOU GOT TO FIX AND CHANGE
- 52:11I PROMISE YOU IF YOU ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
- 52:16OH! I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE FIRST STARTING IN THE
- 52:22MINISTRY AND I SAID, "LORD," WE WERE IN A CHURCH SERVICE.
- 52:25THAT'S WHERE GOD WILL ALWAYS GET YOU.
- 52:27THAT'S WHY YOU GOTTA GO TO CHURCH. GOD WILL GET YOU IN
- 52:29CHURCH. AND I'M IN THE SERVICE AND THE WORSHIP IS GOING.
- 52:34PEOPLE ARE PRAYING, THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR CRYING.
- 52:38THERE'S PRAYING IN TONGUES AND PROPHESYING. I MEAN, THE ROOM
- 52:41WAS THICK. AND I REMEMBER I SAID, "OH GOD, "ANYTHING YOU
- 52:47WANNA DO IN MY LIFE, "ANYTHING YOU WANT,
- 52:53"ANYTHING YOU SEE IN ME, LORD JESUS, "CHANGE ME."
- 52:58OOH, I'M TELLING YOU, THAT IS A DANGEROUS PRAYER.
- 53:01(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 53:03GOD WILL RIP THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER YOU
- 53:06AND YOU WILL WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON UP IN
- 53:09HERE. AND I'M TELLING YOU, THAT WAS THE YEARS,
- 53:13PASTOR AND I, WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE HARDEST THINGS,
- 53:16BUT THERE WERE THINGS GOD HAD TO UNDO.
- 53:19SO TRANSFORM, A COMPLETE, UNDERLINE THIS OR WRITE IT,
- 53:23IF YOU'RE READING FROM ANOTHER TRANSLATION,
- 53:27ASK GOD, JUST PUT IN THERE, GOD HELP ME HAVE A COMPLETE
- 53:31CHANGE OF MIND. SHOW ME THE AREAS WHERE I'VE GOT TO SHIFT
- 53:37CHANGE. AND THEN WATCH WHAT IT SAYS HERE. ARE
- 53:39YOU READY FOR THE NEXT PART? AND THEN, SOMEBODY SAY THEN.
- 53:44YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW, I JUST READ THIS TODAY
- 53:46FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M LIKE WHAT?
- 53:50THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD.
- 53:55HOW MANY OF YOU NEED TO KNOW GOD'S WILL ABOUT SOMETHING?
- 53:58OH, ALL OF US, COME ON EVERYONE, ALL OF US IN HERE AND
- 54:02ALL OF YOU WATCHING, WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING.
- 54:04ALL RIGHT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD
- 54:08AND WHAT IS GOOD AND IS PLEASING TO HIM AND IS PERFECT.
- 54:11SO HOW'S IT GONNA HAPPEN? WE GOTTA MAKE A CHANGE OF MIND.
- 54:15ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AREAS OF
- 54:18OUR SOUL. AND THEN I WANNA PRAY OVER OUR MINDS TONIGHT.
- 54:20I FEEL VERY STRONGLY, PASTOR, JUST IN HIS
- 54:23PREACHING ON SHIP CHANGE, I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE AUTHORITY
- 54:27OVER SOME THINGS. SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM, MAYBE YOU'RE IN HERE
- 54:30AND YOU'RE WATCHING AND YOU'RE IN A BATTLE GOING ON UP HERE.
- 54:33MAYBE SOMEBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT AND OTHERS DON'T,
- 54:35BUT LET'S DEAL WITH SOME STUFF TONIGHT. CAN WE DO THAT?
- 54:38ALL RIGHT, THERE'S FIVE AREAS OF THE HUMAN SOUL.
- 54:41AND I WANNA BREAK THESE DOWN SO THAT YOU CAN HONE IN ON THOSE
- 54:45AND SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THESE AREAS.
- 54:47BUT THE FIRST AREA OF THE HUMAN SOUL IS YOUR WILL. OKAY, YOUR
- 54:51WILL. THIS IS THE AREA OF YOUR BRAIN WHERE YOU MAKE ALL THE
- 54:58CHOICES, THE DECISIONS, RIGHT? YOU CHOOSE SOMETHING.
- 55:03IT'S THE MOST DOMINANT FORCE OF THE HUMAN SOUL.
- 55:06IT HAS THE FINAL SAY IN EVERY DECISION.
- 55:09AND MANY PEOPLE, I WROTE THIS IN MY NOTES,
- 55:11DON'T GO ANYWHERE IN LIFE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW
- 55:15TO POSSESS THEIR SOUL IN THE AREA OF THEIR WILL.
- 55:19THEY CAN'T MAKE A CHOICE AND STAY WITH IT. THEY
- 55:21BOUNCE FROM JOB TO JOB, OKAY? THEY DON'T STICK INTO SOMETHING.
- 55:25IF THEY COMMIT, THEY BOUNCE OFF TO THE NEXT THING. THEY'RE
- 55:30UNSTABLE. THEY CAN'T JUST MAKE A DECISION.
- 55:34ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER OVER YOUR WILL.
- 55:38YOU KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT EVEN VIOLATE YOUR WILL?
- 55:41HE WILL LET PEOPLE GO TO HELL. THINK ABOUT THAT.
- 55:45BECAUSE THEY WILL TO DO IT. HE WILL
- 55:48ALLOW THEM TO MAKE STUPID MISTAKES
- 55:51THAT COULD BE LIFE-ALTERING FOREVER BECAUSE THEY WILL TO DO
- 55:55IT. SO, GOD WON'T EVEN VIOLATE OUR WILL.
- 55:59IF WE CHOOSE TO PUT OUR FOOT DOWN,
- 56:01THAT'S WHAT GOD HAD THE PROBLEM WITH ISRAEL. THEY
- 56:04WERE STIFF NECKED. THEY WERE NOT GONNA CHANGE THEIR WAYS
- 56:07NO MATTER WHAT GOD DID FOR THEM. THEY WERE STIFF, THAT'S WHAT
- 56:11THE BIBLE MEANS, STIFF NECKED. IT MEANS THAT THEY WEREN'T
- 56:13GONNA MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. WE ALL HAVE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE. IT
- 56:18DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A TERRIBLE CHRISTIAN IF YOU EXAMINE
- 56:21YOURSELF. THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN EVERY TIME WE TAKE THE COMMUNION
- 56:23MEAL, WE SHOULD LOOK IN OURSELF AND ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
- 56:28REVEAL THINGS TO US. AMEN, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST PRAYERS
- 56:31WE CAN PRAY. THE DEVIL DOESN'T EVEN HAVE POWER OVER YOUR WILL,
- 56:36BUT NOW HERE'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER
- 56:40TO CHANGE YOUR WILL, OKAY, ANY MORE THAN GOD DOES, BUT
- 56:43YOU KNOW, HE'LL TRY TO USE OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF YOUR SOUL TO
- 56:48GET AT YOUR WILL. YOU THINK ABOUT EVE.
- 56:51HOW DID HE GET HER TO EAT THAT FRUIT?
- 56:54OKAY, "OH, IT'S GOOD FOR FOOD." HER EMOTIONS NOW CAME INTO
- 56:57PLAY. RIGHT? HER REASONING CAME INTO PLAY. WE'RE GOING TO
- 57:01TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE, LIKE BE ABLE TO FORCE
- 57:06HER TO DO THAT AND EAT THAT FRUIT. ANYMORE THAN HE CAN DO
- 57:09THAT TO YOU. OKAY? BUT OUR WILL IS OUR DECISION MAKER.
- 57:15WE'LL SAY, "PASTOR BRENDA, HOW DO WE KEEP THAT WILL "IN
- 57:17LINE WITH GOD?" WELL, ONE OF THE BEST PRAYERS YOU CAN EVER PRAY,
- 57:20BROTHER HAGIN TAUGHT THIS MANY YEARS AGO,
- 57:22HE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRAYER,
- 57:24AND HE SAID ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRAYERS,
- 57:26AND EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD PRAY IT,
- 57:28EVERY SINGLE DAY, HE SAID, "PRAY AND ASK GOD AND SAY,
- 57:34"LORD, I SUBMIT MYSELF TO YOU. I SUBMIT MY PLANS. I SUBMIT MY
- 57:41WILL. GOD, I'M NOT GONNA GO AGAINST WHAT YOU SAY. I'M
- 57:45NOT GONNA RESIST YOU. I'M ASKING YOU, LORD, SHOW ME HOW TO BEND
- 57:54MY WILL INTO YOUR HAND." YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T GO INTO
- 57:57THE WRONG CAREER DOING THAT. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I
- 58:01REMEMBER YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE FIRST STARTING THE MINISTRY,
- 58:03I CAN TELL HIM MYSELF, I THOUGHT, "PASTOR HANK, YOU KNOW,
- 58:06"I MEAN, HE'S SOME KIND OF PROPHET." AND HE'S
- 58:10BEEN THIS WAY HIS WHOLE LIFE, BY THE WAY. I JUST WANNA TELL
- 58:13YOU. I MEAN, CRAZY THINGS, HE WOULD GET PROPHETIC WORDS.
- 58:16AND WE WERE JUST DATING, I'D BE LIKE,
- 58:18"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE?"
- 58:20I MEAN, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, DETAILS.
- 58:23WE WERE PREACHING ON THE STREET ONE TIME AT A STREET THING,
- 58:26AND THERE WAS THIS LADY THAT WAS THERE,
- 58:27AND SHE WAS LIKE, "I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT JESUS."
- 58:30AND HE SAID, "WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT JESUS."
- 58:33AND SHE GOT MAD, AND HE GOES, "WELL, I JUST HEARD THE LORD
- 58:37SAY TO ME "THAT YOU JUST HAD AN ABORTION." AND SHE SCREAMS,
- 58:47AND FALLS TO THE GROUND CRYING. SHE GOES, "HOW DID YOU KNOW
- 58:50THAT?" SHE GAVE HER HEART TO GOD AND HAD NO IDEA.
- 58:54AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S ALWAYS HAD THESE UNCANNY KNOWS,
- 59:00PROPHETIC KNOWS, LIKE NOBODY I'VE EVER KNOWN.
- 59:03AND I'VE LIVED WITH HIM ALL MY LIFE. AND SO I WANTED TO
- 59:08BE LIKE THAT. I'M LIKE, "GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PROPHETIC?"
- 59:13I'M LIKE, "I WANNA HAVE WORDS LIKE THAT. "I WANNA PROPHESY
- 59:17LIKE THAT." NOW, I PROPHESY, BUT I'M NOT APT TO PROPHESY LIKE
- 59:21THAT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THERE COMES A POINT.
- 59:24YOU EVER SEE THOSE RACES WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL
- 59:27AND THERE WAS THE FRONT RUNNER THAT WAS ALWAYS WAY OUT AHEAD
- 59:30OF EVERYBODY? I'M LIKE, "HE WAS THE HARE AND I WAS THE TURTLE.
- 59:33"I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW." AND I SAID, "LORD, HOW COME I?"
- 59:37AND SO I WANTED TO BE IN THE PROPHET'S OFFICE. NOW, GOD
- 59:40USED ME PROPHETICALLY. I'M NOT SAYING HE DOESN'T, BUT PRIMARILY
- 59:43I'M A TEACHER. BUT I DIDN'T WANNA BE A TEACHER. IT'S
- 59:46NOT EXCITING. IN FACT, THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHER PREACHERS,
- 59:54THEY'RE BORING. OH MY GOD, YOU GAVE ME THE MOST BORING
- 59:56ANOINTING IN ALL OF THE BIBLE.
- 1:00:04BUT THERE CAME A POINT WHERE I HAD TO SUBMIT MY WILL.
- 1:00:07AND THE LORD SAYS, "YOU CANNOT TRY TO BE SOMETHING YOU AREN'T.
- 1:00:12AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR WILL."
- 1:00:14YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO THIS IN THE CHURCH ALL THE TIME.
- 1:00:16THEY TRY TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT GRACED FOR.
- 1:00:21AND IT COMES OFF SQUIRRELLY. IT'S GOOFY, RIGHT?
- 1:00:25SO, SUBMIT YOUR WILL AND ASK GOD.
- 1:00:28SAY, GOD, IF THERE'S ANY AREA WHERE I'M STIFFENING UP
- 1:00:32MY NECK AND MY BACK, THEN I'M ASKING YOU TO SHOW IT TO ME AND
- 1:00:35REVEAL IT TO ME. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE EASY TO BEND, RIGHT?
- 1:00:39REMEMBER GIVING THOSE BABIES A SPANKING WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE?
- 1:00:42YOU KNOW, AND THEY'D BE LIKE. ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA
- 1:00:47TELL ONE MORE STORY. STORIES COME TO ME WHEN I'M UP HERE.
- 1:00:52BUT ANYWAY, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS REAL LITTLE
- 1:00:55AND MY MOM SAID I HAD A WILL, I HAD A WILL.
- 1:00:59AND SO I WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE DAY
- 1:01:02MY MOM WAS GONNA DISCIPLINE ME ABOUT SOMETHING.
- 1:01:04SHE USED TO STAY HOME WITH PASTOR CHRISTY AND I
- 1:01:06WHEN WE WERE LITTLE AND DAD WAS IN THE MILITARY.
- 1:01:09HE WAS OFF AT THE BASE AND HE'D BE GONE ALL DAY
- 1:01:12AND I DID SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS,
- 1:01:15BUT SHE WAS GONNA SPANK ME. SO SHE TOOK ME IN THE ROOM.
- 1:01:18AND I SAID, "MOTHER, I KNOW IF YOU'RE WATCHING TONIGHT,
- 1:01:20"YOU WOULD REMEMBER THIS VERY WELL."
- 1:01:23AND SHE TOOK ME OFF IN THE BEDROOM.
- 1:01:25AND I WAS KIND OF STRONG FOR MY AGE, YOU KNOW,
- 1:01:28WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD.
- 1:01:31AND I JUST DECIDED I AIN'T GETTING NO SPANKING.
- 1:01:32(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:01:36AND I TURNED AROUND AND FOUGHT MY MOTHER. I WAS SEVEN.
- 1:01:39AND I'M LIKE, "UH-UH, YOU'RE NOT." AND I
- 1:01:42DON'T REMEMBER HOW THAT HAPPENED. AND MY MOM AT THAT
- 1:01:44TIME PROBABLY WEIGHED ALL BUT 105 POUNDS AND SHE COULDN'T HOLD
- 1:01:49ME. AND I DON'T KNOW, I'VE HAD THE DEVIL CAST OUT OF ME SINCE.
- 1:01:52(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:01:54BUT I WAS GONNA NOT GET THAT SPANKING.
- 1:01:58AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, IT WAS ABOUT 4:30.
- 1:02:04AND I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF TIME AT SEVEN AND DAD
- 1:02:08WAS ABOUT TO COME HOME. AND THE DOOR OPENS IN
- 1:02:10THE LITTLE APARTMENT WHERE WE LIVED, THE BASE APARTMENT.
- 1:02:13AND MY MOTHER WAS LIKE, (PANTING)
- 1:02:16HE'S LIKE, "WHAT IS A MATTER WITH YOU?
- 1:02:18"I TRIED TO SPANK HER, AND SHE FOUGHT ME."
- 1:02:23MY DAD'S LIKE, "OH." HE WAS ONLY 6'2", MILITARY FATIGUES,
- 1:02:28COMBAT BOOTS, WALKS IN THAT HOUSE, I MEAN, HE WAS NO ONE
- 1:02:31TO BE TRIFLED WITH, PICKED ME UP BY THE BACK OF MY NECK,
- 1:02:35AND SAID, AND TOOK, HE HAD MADE A PADDLE BACK THEN. YOU
- 1:02:40KNOW, THIS WAS BEFORE WOKE. HE HAD A PADDLE THAT HE CARVED,
- 1:02:46PEOPLE. CARVED A PADDLE. MY DAD WAS A VERY GOOD DAD.
- 1:02:49HE WAS NOT ABUSIVE IN ANY WAY, BUT DON'T MESS UP. AND IF YOU'RE
- 1:02:53GONNA DO WRONG, YOU'RE GONNA GET DISCIPLINED ACCORDING TO
- 1:02:57THE BIBLE. AND HE LISTENED TO TAPES ON HOW TO DISCIPLINE YOUR
- 1:03:01CHILDREN ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD.
- 1:03:03AND HE TOOK THOSE SCRIPTURES LITERALLY, OKAY?
- 1:03:07IF YOU DON'T SPANK YOUR CHILDREN,
- 1:03:09DON'T GIVE UP BECAUSE THEY'RE SCREAMING AND THROWING A FIT.
- 1:03:12THE BIBLE SAYS, "DON'T SPARE 'EM FOR THEIR CRYING."
- 1:03:16SO HE PICKED ME UP BY THE BACK AND HE GRABBED THAT
- 1:03:19PADDLE THAT HE MADE AND ON IT HE WROTE IN BLACK
- 1:03:21MARKER, "MOM'S HELPER." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:03:29HE SPANKED MY BACKSIDE AND I SCREAMED MY, (SCREAMING)
- 1:03:33THERE WAS NO FIGHTING, DAD, OH NO. AND
- 1:03:38MOTHERS, BY THE WAY, LET DAD'S DISCIPLINE.
- 1:03:40IT'S IMPORTANT. MY MOTHER WAS CRYING TOO. "DON'T HURT
- 1:03:45HER." IF DAD WOULD SPANK US, MOM WOULD BE IN THE LIVING
- 1:03:51ROOM CRYING. AND SO, AND HE SPANKED ME THE FIRST THING,
- 1:03:55HE GOES, "THAT IS WHAT, FOR WHAT YOU DID, WRONG."
- 1:03:58WHATEVER IT WAS, HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.
- 1:04:01WHATEVER IT WAS YOUR MOTHER SAID WAS WRONG, THAT'S FOR
- 1:04:04DOING IT. AND I'M LIKE, "AH, I'M SCREAMING."
- 1:04:07AND THE NEXT THING, HE PICKS ME UP AGAIN
- 1:04:08AND GRABS MOM'S HELPER AND SPANKS ME A SECOND TIME,
- 1:04:12THREE, FOUR, FIVE HARD WHACKS, AND HE SAID, "AND THAT'S FOR
- 1:04:15FIGHTING YOUR MOTHER, AND DON'T YOU EVER FIGHT YOUR MOTHER
- 1:04:18AGAIN." I'M TELLING YOU, GOD, THROUGH MY DAD THAT DAY,
- 1:04:22BROKE MY WILL. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:04:27SO, DON'T LET GOD GET TO MOM'S HELPER WITH YOU.
- 1:04:30(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:04:33'CAUSE THE BIBLE DOES SAY HE DISCIPLINES US.
- 1:04:36SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUR WILL? PRAYERS OF SUBMISSION.
- 1:04:38THE SECOND AREA OF OUR WILL IS CALLED, OUR SOUL IS OUR
- 1:04:42EMOTIONS. NOW EMOTIONS KIND OF DO GET A BAD RAP, BUT THEY
- 1:04:46ARE BIBLICAL. THEY HELP US SEE THE COLOR OF LIFE.
- 1:04:50THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING GRIEVED.
- 1:04:54GOD HAS, GOD CREATED COLOR, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY GIVE
- 1:04:59US JOY. EMOTIONS, JOY IS AN EMOTION, RIGHT?
- 1:05:02AND SO HAPPINESS IS AN EMOTION. SADNESS IS AN EMOTION.
- 1:05:06AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, GOD HAD SADNESS WHEN ISRAEL SINNED.
- 1:05:10SO THERE'S SEVERAL PLACES WHERE EMOTIONS
- 1:05:14HAVE EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE, AND THOSE EMOTIONS ARE GIVEN
- 1:05:18BY GOD. NOW HERE'S WHAT EMOTIONS CAN BE.
- 1:05:21THEY CANNOT BE USED TO CONTROL YOU AND LEAD YOU.
- 1:05:26THEY ARE NOT THE GUIDING VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 1:05:29OH, 'CAUSE I FEEL GOOD, IT MUST BE OKAY.
- 1:05:34OKAY? AND SO EMOTIONS, LET ME READ IT,
- 1:05:38PUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT I PUT IN MY NOTES HERE.
- 1:05:40EMOTIONS ARE GOD-GIVEN, THEY ADD COLOR. THEY ADD
- 1:05:44PERSONALITY. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT HOW WE'RE IN THIS ROOM,
- 1:05:46WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, GOD LIKES IT.
- 1:05:49HE GETS GREAT JOY WHEN HE LOOKS AT ALL OF US, SOME MORE THAN
- 1:05:51OTHERS. SOME OF US, HE JUST DOWNRIGHT LAUGHS AT US, BUT
- 1:05:55THAT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT EMOTIONS CAN SHOW, IF THEY'RE LED BY
- 1:05:59THE SPIRIT, THE JOY OF THE LORD. THEY CAN SHOW THE GRIEVANCE
- 1:06:03OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEY CAN SHOW, COME ON, DON'T THINK GOD
- 1:06:06DIDN'T HAVE EMOTION WHEN HE WAS ANGRY AT ISRAEL. OKAY, THE WRATH
- 1:06:11OF GOD, THAT'S AN EMOTION. GOD HAS EMOTIONS. BUT HERE'S
- 1:06:16WHAT EMOTIONS ARE. SO THERE'S A BIBLICAL SIDE OF EMOTIONS.
- 1:06:18WHAT EMOTIONS ARE NOT IS THEY CAN'T BE USED TO FIND GOD'S
- 1:06:22WILL, OKAY? REMEMBER, I REMEMBER YOU WERE HERE WITH SUNDAY,
- 1:06:25PASTOR TALKED ABOUT THE STORY WHERE HE WANTED TO GO TAKE OVER
- 1:06:27THIS BIG CHURCH. YOU KNOW, A MOTION WOULD HAVE SAID,
- 1:06:30"MAN, THAT FRUIT'S GOOD TO EAT." OKAY, BUT WE COULDN'T BE LED
- 1:06:35BY THAT. AND BY THE WAY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I REMEMBER
- 1:06:40THIS. I HOPE, HONEY, I'M NOT SAYING THIS WRONG. I THINK
- 1:06:43THEY NEEDED A PASTOR 'CAUSE THE PASTOR LIKE KILLED HIMSELF
- 1:06:46OR SOMETHING. IF I REMEMBER THAT RIGHT, WE FOUND THAT OUT LATER.
- 1:06:49I'M LIKE, BOY, I'M SO GLAD WE DIDN'T GO TO THAT.
- 1:06:52I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT CHURCH.
- 1:06:54ANYWAY, WOO HOO HOO. DON'T GO BY EMOTIONS, PEOPLE.
- 1:07:01EMOTIONS ARE NOT PROOF OF THE WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 1:07:04JUST 'CAUSE SOMETHING MAKES YOU HAPPY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S
- 1:07:07GOD, RIGHT? EMOTIONS ARE NOT A BASIS FOR TRUE LOVE OR LACK
- 1:07:11THEREOF. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET INTO CRAZY RELATIONSHIPS.
- 1:07:15OKAY, THEY'LL FEEL EMOTIONAL ABOUT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE
- 1:07:18AND THEN THEY GO CONNECT TO THE WRONG THING.
- 1:07:21OKAY, AND THAT'S NOT JUST ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS,
- 1:07:24PEOPLE DO IT WITH FRIENDS ALL THE TIME.
- 1:07:28OKAY, I LIKE THAT PERSON, THEY LIKE THE SAME FOOTBALL TEAM I
- 1:07:31DO. AND THEN WE MAKE ALLIANCES WITH PEOPLE
- 1:07:33WE SHOULD HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING WITH, RIGHT? AT LEAST ON
- 1:07:37THAT LEVEL. OKAY? EMOTIONS ARE NOT A BASIS FOR TRUE LOVE OR
- 1:07:42LACK THEREOF. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE USED TO CONTROL AND
- 1:07:46MANIPULATE OTHERS. THAT'S ANOTHER BIG ONE.
- 1:07:49YOU CAN RECOGNIZE, NOW HERE, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THIS.
- 1:07:52HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE WRONG EMOTIONS?
- 1:07:55THIS IS WHY WE GOTTA BE IN THE WORD.
- 1:07:59WRONG EMOTIONS ALWAYS FEEL OPPOSITE THE WORD OF GOD.
- 1:08:03OKAY? SO, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT 'EM.
- 1:08:06YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER KNOW
- 1:08:07THAT YOU'RE ACTING IN THE FLESH BEFORE? YOU KNEW IT.
- 1:08:10OKAY, IF YOU SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH GOD
- 1:08:12AND YOU ACT OUT IN THE FLESH, GOD WILL TALK TO YOU.
- 1:08:15HE'LL GO, "STOP SAYING THAT. "STOP ACTING LIKE THAT."
- 1:08:20WELL, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH EMOTIONS WHEN THEY'RE OUT
- 1:08:23OF CONTROL? STUDY GOD'S WORD. THE BIBLE SAYS, "STUDY."
- 1:08:29STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF WHAT? APPROVED UNTO GOD, RIGHT?
- 1:08:33A WORKMAN THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ASHAMED,
- 1:08:36WHO CAN RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRUTH.
- 1:08:39AMEN. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE THIRD ONE. THAT'S EMOTIONS.
- 1:08:42I MEAN, WE COULD SPEND A WHOLE NIGHT
- 1:08:43TALKING ABOUT THOSE CRAZY THINGS.
- 1:08:45AMEN. DRINK WATER, IT'LL HELP YOUR EMOTIONS.
- 1:08:52THE THIRD ONE IS THE INTELLECT. GODLY, THIS IS YOUR
- 1:08:56INTELLIGENCE. YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SAY USE YOUR BRAIN,
- 1:08:59GODLY INTELLIGENCE IS DESIGNED TO WORK ALONG
- 1:09:02WITH YOUR SPIRIT TO CAUSE UNDERSTANDING AND HELP YOU USE
- 1:09:05WISDOM, RIGHT? IT HELPS YOU KNOW THAT DRIVING 90 MILES AN HOUR IN
- 1:09:10A 45 IS NOT SMART, RIGHT? IT'LL HELP YOU KNOW HOW TO DO
- 1:09:15THE RIGHT THINGS. NATURAL INTELLIGENCE CAN HELP US.
- 1:09:19NOW, THIS IS OUR INTELLIGENCE THAT GOD GIVES US HELPS US TO
- 1:09:24KNOW GOD. CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MOST
- 1:09:27IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO IN TOUGH TIMES THAT ARE GOING ON
- 1:09:30IN THE WORLD IS KNOW GOD'S CHARACTER. OKAY, GET TO KNOW
- 1:09:34GOD. THAT'S ANOTHER THING I LOVE ABOUT PASTOR HANK.
- 1:09:36HE KNOWS GOD. HE TALKS TO GOD.
- 1:09:40OKAY, HE SITS AND HAS CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD.
- 1:09:42HE SAID BY GETTING TO KNOW GOD, YOU KNOW HIS WAYS.
- 1:09:46YOU KNOW WHAT HE'LL DO AND WHEN YOU HIT A TOUGH SPOT,
- 1:09:49YOU KNOW THAT NOW THIS IS THE WAY GOD DOES THINGS.
- 1:09:51AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE. WELL, THAT'S YOUR
- 1:09:54INTELLECT. IT'S DECIPHERING THROUGH THE WORD.
- 1:09:57CAN I TELL YOU, BE A STUDENT OF THE SCRIPTURES. IT IS
- 1:10:01SO IMPORTANT. I SEE MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE,
- 1:10:04I WOULD SAY MILLENNIALS, MAYBE, AND BACKWARDS.
- 1:10:06I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE NEW ONES ARE NOW,
- 1:10:08Z AND O AND ALL THESE NEW GEN Z, WHATEVER THEY ARE.
- 1:10:14MILLENNIAL AND YOUNGER. LET'S KNOW NOW HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE.
- 1:10:21IN FACT, I WROTE A LITTLE MINI BOOK. DID WE PRINT THAT YET?
- 1:10:24I DON'T KNOW. THE LITTLE MINI BOOK.
- 1:10:25PASTOR MATT ASKED ME TO WRITE IT.
- 1:10:26IT'S A LITTLE MINI BOOK ON HOW TO STUDY GOD'S WORD.
- 1:10:29IS THAT PRINTED OR DONE? IT'S NOT DONE?
- 1:10:33OH, LET'S GET IT DONE. WE GOTTA GET THAT DONE.
- 1:10:34ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THAT IN PRINT.
- 1:10:36LET'S GET IT FINISHED IF WE CAN. SOON, IT'S SMALL.
- 1:10:393,000 WORDS, 4,000, I DON'T KNOW.
- 1:10:42BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW DON'T KNOW HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE.
- 1:10:46THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BASICS FOR READING THE WORD.
- 1:10:48AND SO I WOULD SAY, BECOME A STUDENT OF THE SCRIPTURES.
- 1:10:51IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR INTELLECT STRAIGHTENED OUT,
- 1:10:54YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW
- 1:10:56BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE
- 1:10:58AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT THINGS.
- 1:11:00THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
- 1:11:03THAT'S WHY THERE'S PEOPLE THAT THINK IT'S OKAY FOR A
- 1:11:06MAN TO MARRY A MAN, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE WORD.
- 1:11:11NOW, SOME PEOPLE WANNA JUST CHANGE THE WORD,
- 1:11:13BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THE SCRIPTURES.
- 1:11:16SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD.
- 1:11:20SO YOUR INTELLECT, NATURAL INTELLIGENCE, HOWEVER,
- 1:11:24HAS A RESISTANCE FOR GOD BECAUSE IT EXALTS ITSELF OVER HIM.
- 1:11:28THAT'S WHERE HUMANISM COMES FROM.
- 1:11:30IT BELIEVES ITSELF WISER THAN GOD
- 1:11:32AND CREATES THEORIES AND RULES TO PROVE IT.
- 1:11:35A WRONG INTELLECT USUALLY NEEDS AN INTELLECTUAL ANSWER
- 1:11:37FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE RELIGIOUS SPIRITS COME
- 1:11:42FROM. RELIGIOUS RITUALS COME FROM THAT. IT'S AN INTELLECT
- 1:11:46GONE AWRY. YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR INTELLECT IS UNDER ATTACK
- 1:11:49BECAUSE YOUR LOGIC BEGINS TO OVERRIDE THAT INWARD WITNESS.
- 1:11:54OKAY, YOU'LL SAY, THIS IS WHAT EVE DID.
- 1:11:56SHE SAID, OH NO, THAT FRUIT'S GOOD.
- 1:11:59IT'S GOOD, MAN, IT'S GONNA MAKE, WELL, THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S GONNA
- 1:12:01MAKE US LIKE GOD. I SAW A FUNNY MEME THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,
- 1:12:04WHEN THE SERPENT CAME UP TO EVE AND HE SAID,
- 1:12:08YEAH, THAT FRUIT WILL MAKE YOU LIKE GOD.
- 1:12:12SHE SHOULD HAVE SAID, REALLY, REALLY?
- 1:12:14WELL, IF SO, WHY DON'T YOU EAT IT FIRST?
- 1:12:16EVE, WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO GOOD.
- 1:12:26OH, THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER, 2020, MAN.
- 1:12:28LET ME THINK OF IT AFTER THE FACT. SO LET'S GO BACK HERE.
- 1:12:34RELIGIOUS RITUALS COME FROM AN INTELLECT GONE AWRY.
- 1:12:38YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR INTELLECT'S UNDER ATTACK
- 1:12:39BECAUSE YOUR LOGIC OVERRIDES YOUR INWARD WITNESS.
- 1:12:43YOU KNOW DOWN HERE SOMETHING'S WRONG, BUT YOU REASON WHY IT'S
- 1:12:47OKAY. SOMETHING DOWN, COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD IT?
- 1:12:50YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KNEW, DON'T DO THAT. DON'T GO TO THAT PLACE.
- 1:12:55I KNEW A PREACHER FRIEND OF MINE,
- 1:12:57HE SAID HE WENT TO A CAR LOT AND HE WAS GONNA BUY THIS
- 1:13:00VEHICLE. AND HE THOUGHT, "OH, IT'S A GOOD CAR."
- 1:13:03AND TEST DROVE IT AND WENT IN ALL THESE THINGS
- 1:13:05AND EVERYTHING DOWN IN HIS GUT IS SAYING,
- 1:13:06"DON'T BUY THAT CAR, DON'T BUY THAT CAR."
- 1:13:09AND HE HAD LOGIC, HE REASONED HIMSELF INTO IT.
- 1:13:12AND HE FINALLY TOLD THE GUY, "I'M GONNA BUY THE CAR, I'M
- 1:13:15GONNA BUY THE CAR." AND WELL, BEFORE HE EVEN GOT TO THAT, HE
- 1:13:18SAID, "WELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL WAIT ON IT,
- 1:13:20BUT I'LL COME BACK AND BUY IT TOMORROW."
- 1:13:21THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD HIM. HE SAID, "I'LL BUY IT TOMORROW."
- 1:13:24AND HE SAID, "WELL, BECAUSE I COMMITTED TO THE GUY
- 1:13:26"THAT I'D COME BACK AND BUY IT TOMORROW,
- 1:13:27"ALL NIGHT LONG, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ALL OVER ME,
- 1:13:29"DON'T BUY THAT CAR, DON'T BUY THAT, IT'S NOT A GOOD CAR."
- 1:13:33I SAID, "LORD, IT'S BLUE." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:13:36"IT'S A GOOD CAR." AND HE SAID, "AND BECAUSE AS A CHRISTIAN,
- 1:13:40"I COMMITTED MY WORD, I WENT BACK AND BOUGHT THAT STUPID CAR.
- 1:13:43"THAT THING WAS A LEMON, IT PRACTICALLY FELL APART "BEFORE I
- 1:13:46GOT RID OF IT." AND HE SAID, "HAD I JUST LISTENED DOWN HERE
- 1:13:49"AND NOT JUST USED ALL MY LOGIC."
- 1:13:52COME ON SOMEBODY, OOH, LORD TALK TO US.
- 1:13:56"ALL OF MY LOGIC TO TALK ME INTO STUPID THINGS." WELL, HOW DO
- 1:14:00YOU DEAL? HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUR INTELLECT?
- 1:14:03WELL, AGAIN, YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO THE WORD,
- 1:14:06BUT IT SAYS HERE IN PSALM, PSALM 111, 10 SAYS,
- 1:14:10"FOR THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.
- 1:14:14AND A GOOD UNDERSTANDING HAVE ALL THOSE THAT DO HIS
- 1:14:18COMMANDMENTS." SO THE WAY WE DEAL WITH OUR INTELLECT
- 1:14:21ON A RIDE, WE KNOW THE WORD, WE KNOW THE TRUTH. WE KNOW WHAT'S
- 1:14:26TRUE FROM A LIE. SAME WAY WITH OUR EMOTIONS, YOU DEAL WITH THE
- 1:14:30EMOTIONS AND THE WORD. BY THE WAY, LET ME GET BACK
- 1:14:32TO SOMETHING ON EMOTIONS I JUST THOUGHT OF AGAIN.
- 1:14:34DAVID WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MAN, BY THE WAY. IF YOU LOOK
- 1:14:38AT THE PSALMS, HIS EMOTIONS AT TIMES WERE ALL OVER THE
- 1:14:42PLACE. HE WAS A MAN THAT WENT THROUGH A LOT AND HE
- 1:14:44CRIED IT OUT IN MUSIC. BUT YOU KNOW, HE TURNED THAT AROUND
- 1:14:48AND ALWAYS BROUGHT IT BACK TO HIS MEDITATION BEING ON GOD.
- 1:14:52YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR EMOTIONS ARE GOING CRAZY, QUIT JUST
- 1:14:58LETTING THEM RUN. WOMEN HEAR ME.
- 1:15:00YOU CAN SIT THERE ALL DAY LONG, OH YEAH.
- 1:15:04AND WOMEN ARE WORSE AT THAT THAN MEN, I THINK.
- 1:15:06BUT MEN CAN HAVE OTHER KINDS OF EMOTIONS.
- 1:15:08SO I'M NOT, DON'T BE EXCUSED, GUYS.
- 1:15:10I'M JUST SAYING, WE CAN SIT THERE
- 1:15:12AND LET OUR HEAD CHURN AND GO, AND I'M SO HURT.
- 1:15:18STOP IT. WE GOTTA STOP THAT. YEAH, MAYBE YOU WERE HURT.
- 1:15:24GET UP, PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL BREECHES,
- 1:15:28GO COMB YOUR HAIR, AND GET OVER IT.
- 1:15:32AMEN. BUT PASTOR BRENDA, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT'S BEEN.
- 1:15:37OH, BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING HARD.
- 1:15:41PUT THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS BACK IN THE CABINET, AND LET'S GO.
- 1:15:44(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:15:48HEY, LISTEN, THAT'S HOW GOD DEALS WITH ME.
- 1:15:50SOMETIMES WHEN I AM VERY EMOTIONAL
- 1:15:52AND I JUST WANT TO SIT THERE AND DWELL,
- 1:15:55COME ON, DWELL. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN THERE?
- 1:15:58YOU WANT TO DWELL, I FEEL LIKE THIS.
- 1:16:02THEN THAT'S WHEN GOD SAID, GET UP AND STOP
- 1:16:05FEELING LIKE THIS. WE CAN POSSESS OUR OWN SOUL.
- 1:16:10IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE, OWN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT.
- 1:16:15IF YOU'RE UPSET, GO DO SOME CHORES.
- 1:16:18I PROMISE YOU, YOU GET OVER YOUR HURT EMOTIONS,
- 1:16:19YOU RUN A VACUUM, IT'S NOT HARD. YOU CAN DO IT.
- 1:16:23JUST VACUUM, I'M SUCKING UP ALL THOSE EMOTIONS,
- 1:16:26I'LL BE OKAY. AND IN MY HOUSE, IT'S EASY TO DO,
- 1:16:29'CAUSE THERE'S DOG HAIR ROLLING EVERYWHERE.
- 1:16:31I JUST GET OVER WHERE THERE'S A BIG PILE,
- 1:16:33AND WATCH IT GO, AND I'M LIKE, AH, THAT FELT BETTER.
- 1:16:36IT'S ALL GOOD. INTELLECT, THE NEXT ONE, LET ME GO QUICKLY,
- 1:16:40AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR SOME PEOPLE.
- 1:16:41THE IMAGINATION, NOW THIS IS A BIG ONE.
- 1:16:45GODLY IMAGINATIONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE, RIGHT?
- 1:16:49COME ON, SOMEBODY HAD TO IMAGINE THIS TABERNACLE, RIGHT?
- 1:16:54GOD IMAGINED THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS. GOD IMAGINED
- 1:16:59AND USED SOLOMON TO IMAGINE THE TEMPLE, RIGHT? IMAGINATIONS
- 1:17:04ARE AMAZING. GOD GIVES US THE CREATIVE ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING
- 1:17:07FOR HIM. EVIL IMAGINATIONS CREATED THE TOWER OF BABEL.
- 1:17:13OUR IMAGINATION CAN BUILD VISIONS AND DREAMS,
- 1:17:17BUT IMAGINATIONS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLAN OF GOD.
- 1:17:21THERE'S NO SELF-EXALTATION IN IMAGINATIONS.
- 1:17:26OKAY, WE CAN HAVE ASPIRATIONS THAT EXALT SELF,
- 1:17:28WE CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET IN PRIDE,
- 1:17:31IT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, LUCIFER DID. HE WAS IMAGINING THAT
- 1:17:34HE WAS ON GOD'S THRONE AHEAD OF GOD. WHERE DID THAT GET HIM?
- 1:17:41EVIL IMAGINATIONS GET US TO EXALT AND GRATIFY SELF.
- 1:17:47YOU KNOW, THE FIRST BOOK I EVER PUBLISHED,
- 1:17:50SEE GOD HAD TO HUMBLE US IN OUR PUBLISHING.
- 1:17:52I DON'T KNOW, WE PUBLISHED, I DON'T KNOW HOW
- 1:17:54MANY BOOKS WE HAVE. RACHEL, I NEED A LIST NOW.
- 1:17:57SOMEBODY ASKED ME, HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU PUBLISHED,
- 1:17:59SELF-PRINTED AND PUBLISHED? I THOUGHT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
- 1:18:02PASTOR WRITES A CHILDREN'S BOOK EVERY NIGHT IN HIS SLEEP.
- 1:18:06SO, AND HE LOVES DOING THAT, BY THE WAY. AND SO,
- 1:18:09BUT YOU KNOW, SO MY FIRST BOOK THAT I PUBLISHED, I HANDED TO
- 1:18:13THE PUBLISHER AND I WANTED TO WRITE IT ON SPEAKING IN TONGUES.
- 1:18:17IN FACT, IT'S CALLED "LIVING FROM THE WELL OF YOUR SPIRIT,
- 1:18:20"THE SUPERNATURAL YOU." AND WHEN THEY FIRST SAID IT, THEY SAID,
- 1:18:24"YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME AUTHOR,"
- 1:18:26AND THAT'S NO CRITICISM TO THE PUBLISHER, THEY
- 1:18:28JUST SAID, "WE JUST DON'T THINK "THAT'S GONNA GO OVER VERY WELL.
- 1:18:31"NOBODY KNOWS YOU, AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD WRITE SOMETHING "A
- 1:18:36LITTLE LESS PENTECOSTAL." OKAY, SO I WROTE A BOOK,
- 1:18:42"WHEN YOUR LIFE'S BEEN TAMPERED WITH."
- 1:18:44THAT WAS THE FIRST BOOK THAT CAME OUT,
- 1:18:46AND THEN IT WAS "THE SUPERNATURAL YOU,"
- 1:18:48AND I MEAN, IT WAS A DISMAL SALES, I MEAN DISMAL.
- 1:18:51I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND SO LATER I CAME BACK OUT
- 1:18:56AND I SAID, "CAN WE PUBLISH THE SUPERNATURAL?"
- 1:18:58AND THEY SAID, "YEAH, ALL RIGHT, "BUT YOU GOTTA BUY
- 1:19:00THE FIRST 3,000 COPIES "'CAUSE WE DON'T THINK IT'LL SELL." AND
- 1:19:04YOU KNOW, IT SOLD CIRCLES AROUND THE OTHER ONE THAT DIDN'T SELL
- 1:19:08AT ALL. BUT WHEN I WENT THROUGH THAT, I REMEMBER JUST CRYING
- 1:19:12MY EYES OUT. I SAID, "LORD, I WROTE 140,000 WORDS "AND NOBODY
- 1:19:16BOUGHT IT!" RIGHT? AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
- 1:19:20CAME AND HE SAID, "WHO DID YOU WRITE
- 1:19:23IT FOR, YOURSELF?" "WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
- 1:19:28I WANTED PEOPLE TO LIKE IT." LORD SAID, "WELL, I LIKED IT.
- 1:19:35SO IF THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU."
- 1:19:39AND YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR I THINK, "OH, I'M GONNA GET A
- 1:19:42BESTSELLER. I'M GONNA GET A BESTSELLER. I'M
- 1:19:43GONNA HAVE A BESTSELLING BOOK." AND
- 1:19:46EVERY BOOK, BUT THEY DID ALL RIGHT,
- 1:19:48BUT THEY WEREN'T BESTSELLING BOOK
- 1:19:51'CAUSE THERE WAS STILL SELF IN THERE.
- 1:19:53AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, I JUST, I DON'T CARE.
- 1:19:57I'LL WRITE IT FOR FIVE PEOPLE. NOBODY LIKES IT AND YOU LIKE IT.
- 1:20:02I LIKE IT 'CAUSE I MADE IT. I'LL JUST, I'LL WRITE IT."
- 1:20:06YOU KNOW, WHEN I QUIT CARING, I WROTE,
- 1:20:09I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA WRITE THESE DECREES." 'CAUSE WE HAD
- 1:20:12SOME ONLINE. I USED TO BE THE SOCIAL MEDIA BACK THEN.
- 1:20:15(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
- 1:20:17AND SO I WROTE ALL THESE LITTLE DECREES,
- 1:20:19"WE DECREE, WE DECREE," AND I PUT 'EM ON FACEBOOK.
- 1:20:22AND SO FINALLY THE PUBLISHER SAID,
- 1:20:24"YEAH, I THINK WE OUGHT TO PUT THIS IN A BOOK."
- 1:20:26WE STARTED DOING 'EM ON THE INTERNET.
- 1:20:27I THOUGHT, "WE OUGHT TO PUT THESE IN A BOOK. "LET'S DO SOME
- 1:20:30WE DECREES." AND I WROTE THE DAILY DECREE, AND I DIDN'T CARE
- 1:20:35IF IT SOLD FIVE COPIES. YOU KNOW, THAT BOOK BECAME MY
- 1:20:39FIRST BESTSELLER WHEN I DIDN'T CARE, IT WASN'T ABOUT ME.
- 1:20:43IMAGINATION'S GONE AWRY, YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE WRONG WHEN
- 1:20:47IT'S ABOUT YOU. AND GOD WILL JUST LET YOU SIT THERE AND GO
- 1:20:51IN CIRCLES. HE SAID, "WELL, EIGHT BOOKS LATER IS WHEN IT'S
- 1:20:54NOT ABOUT YOU." COME ON SOMEBODY, I'M PREACHING TO
- 1:20:58SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 1:21:01SO WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THESE THINGS?
- 1:21:04IMAGINATIONS, LET ME READ THIS LAST PART
- 1:21:06AND IF THE BAND COULD COME AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR
- 1:21:08SOME PEOPLE. THE DEVIL ALWAYS TRIES TO USE OUR IMAGINATION
- 1:21:12IN THE AREA OF FANTASY, OKAY, FANTASIZING,
- 1:21:15YOU KNOW, THOSE HALLMARK CHANNELS,
- 1:21:17EVERYBODY HAS A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP.
- 1:21:19BY THE WAY, OKAY, CAN I TELL ONE MORE STORY? I
- 1:21:22PROMISE I WON'T BE LATE. I WAS AT THE NAIL SHOP THE OTHER DAY
- 1:21:24AND THEY WERE PLAYING THE SOAPS AND I DON'T WATCH SOAPS, I
- 1:21:29PROMISE YOU. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW THESE PEOPLE ARGUE.
- 1:21:33HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT I'M SITTING THERE,
- 1:21:34SHE'S DOING MY NAILS, I'M LIKE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE IN YEARS.
- 1:21:39I COULD HARDLY HEAR IT, THEY JUST HAD 'EM
- 1:21:40PLAYING UP ON THE SCREEN. MY HANDS ARE UP THERE.
- 1:21:44AND I THOUGHT, SO THIS LADY GETS MAD AT THIS GUY
- 1:21:46AND THEY'RE ARGUING AND SHE'S LIKE,
- 1:21:48AND YOU JUST, AND HE'S JUST STANDING THERE.
- 1:21:53I'M LIKE, YEAH, PEOPLE IN TV ARGUE
- 1:21:57WITHOUT INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER, YOU EVER NOTICE THAT?
- 1:22:00THEY ACTUALLY LET PEOPLE FINISH THEIR SENTENCE.
- 1:22:03IF I'M GONNA BE IN AN ARGUMENT, I'M LIKE,
- 1:22:05NO, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.
- 1:22:08ALL SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IS GET OUT THE HALF OF A SENTENCE
- 1:22:11AND THEN SOMEBODY'S THERE TO CUT IT OFF.
- 1:22:13I'M LIKE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOVIES.
- 1:22:15THEY'RE NOT REAL. PEOPLE ALWAYS FIGHT FAIR.
- 1:22:19IN REAL LIFE, THEY GET OUT THE FRYING PAN
- 1:22:22AND THE ROLLING PIN. COME ON. OH, LORDY, LORDY.
- 1:22:29FANTASY, THE MOVIES, THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT.
- 1:22:31THE WORLD USES FANTASY AS AN ESCAPE TO THE PRESSURES OF LIFE.
- 1:22:36OKAY, ALL FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT OFFERED ARE FILLED WITH IT.
- 1:22:39OKAY, IT'S NOT REAL. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO TAINT A GODLY
- 1:22:44IMAGINATION. THE DEVIL WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE IT AS A WAY
- 1:22:48OF ESCAPE. YEAH, IT'S OKAY TO HAVE FUN, BUT WE HAVE TO BE
- 1:22:51REAL, RIGHT? 2 TIMOTHY 4, 4 IN THE AMPLIFIED SAYS,
- 1:22:54"AND TURN ASIDE, THEY WILL TURN ASIDE FROM HEARING THE TRUTH
- 1:22:58AND WANDER OFF INTO MYTHS AND MAN-MADE FICTIONS."
- 1:23:02SO WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR IMAGINATIONS IN CHECK
- 1:23:05BY KEEPING OUR HEART RIGHT, RIGHT?
- 1:23:06SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE, PASTOR BRENDA?
- 1:23:08WHAT DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE IMAGINATIONS?
- 1:23:11COME ON, MAYBE FOR YOU, IT'S A WORST CASE SCENARIO.
- 1:23:13YOU THINK, WELL, I'M GONNA LOSE MY HOUSE
- 1:23:15OR I'M GONNA LOSE MY JOB. WHAT DO WE DO?
- 1:23:17WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4, CAST DOWN,
- 1:23:22RIGHT? OK, I HAVE ANOTHER STORY. I CAN'T HELP IT.
- 1:23:30YEARS AGO, BEFORE I MET PASTOR HANK, I WAS WORKING IN A BANK.
- 1:23:33I WAS A TELLER. AND IT WAS MY FIRST BIG JOB.
- 1:23:38I FELT REALLY IMPORTANT. I GOT TO DRESS UP TO GO TO WORK.
- 1:23:42AND I MADE A WHOPPING $4 AN HOUR.
- 1:23:46AND THAT WAS ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE. THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
- 1:23:50AND I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.
- 1:23:52AND SO I WAS AT WORK AND I WAS A PRETTY GOOD TELLER,
- 1:23:55AND I'M PRETTY DETERMINED TO DO A GOOD JOB.
- 1:23:57AND YOU KNOW, THE TELLERS, IF THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN
- 1:23:59IN BANKING WILL KNOW THIS, BALANCE OUR TELLER
- 1:24:01DRAWERS EVERY DAY. NOW THIS WAS BEFORE COMPUTERS.
- 1:24:04ALL WE HAD WAS AN ADDING MACHINE.
- 1:24:06OKAY. AND WE WROTE EVERYTHING BY HAND.
- 1:24:09AND AT THE END OF MY WORK DAY, I GOT OFF AT SIX O'CLOCK,
- 1:24:12THE BANK WAS GETTING READY TO CLOSE. IT WAS
- 1:24:14A FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I CAME UP SHORT IN MY DRAWER $5,000. NOW
- 1:24:20THAT'S TWO STRAPS OF FIVES, I GUESS I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE
- 1:24:23STRAPS ARE NOW. AND I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL,
- 1:24:27IT'S AN EVEN AMOUNT. SURELY I MISWROTE SOMETHING OR WHATEVER.
- 1:24:31AND MADE A MISTAKE AND I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT.
- 1:24:34$5,000, THAT'S LIKE 15,000 A DAY. SO THAT WAS A CHUNK OF
- 1:24:39MONEY. AND THEY WENT DOWN, SO MY SUPERVISOR CAME OVER, WE
- 1:24:44RECOUNTED THE DRAWER TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES, AND STILL
- 1:24:475,000 SHORT. AND THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'LL GET DOWN TO THE
- 1:24:50PROOF DEPARTMENT, "SEE IF THEY CAN RUN ALL THE WORK
- 1:24:52PILE THROUGH PROOF." ANYWAY, BANK TALK. AND STILL CAME UP
- 1:24:565,000 SHORT. AND I'M LIKE, "I'M GONNA GO TO CHURCH NOW."
- 1:24:57BY THEN, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME KIND OF FUNNY. AND I'M
- 1:25:01THINKING, I MEAN, AND MY BRAIN AT THIS POINT, I'M LIKE,
- 1:25:07"THEY'RE GONNA FIRE ME." AND I WAS JUST TERRIFIED.
- 1:25:12AND I'M THINKING, THEY PROBABLY THINK I EITHER STOLE IT,
- 1:25:15BUT THEN I THOUGHT, "WELL, THE CAMERA'S RIGHT
- 1:25:17"ON THE TELLER WINDOWS, SURELY THEY'LL SEE SOMETHING."
- 1:25:19AND THE CAMERAS WERE A LITTLE ROUGH BACK THEN.
- 1:25:22AND I'M JUST LIKE, LORD, WHAT IS GOING ON? AND I HAD A
- 1:25:26LUMP IN MY THROAT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE I TURNED MY
- 1:25:30BACK AND SOMEBODY IN THE WINDOW SWIPED TWO STRAPS.
- 1:25:33EVERYTHING IS RUNNING THROUGH MY BRAIN.
- 1:25:36AND I HAD JUST WATCHED BROTHER HAGIN
- 1:25:40DO A TEACHING ON CASTING ALL YOUR CARE ON THE LORD.
- 1:25:43AND I WENT HOME, DROVE HOME FROM WORK.
- 1:25:48I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I TOLD MY PARENTS.
- 1:25:49I STILL LIVED AT HOME AT THAT TIME, AND I DON'T REMEMBER.
- 1:25:52AND I HEARD THE LORD SAY TO ME ON THE WAY HOME, PUT IT OUT OF
- 1:25:55YOUR HEAD. "LORD, I'M GONNA LOSE MY JOB ON MONDAY."
- 1:25:59I HAD TO LIVE WITH THAT ALL WEEKEND.
- 1:26:00YOU KNOW, COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN TUESDAY?
- 1:26:03AND I WENT HOME, AND I SAID, OKAY.
- 1:26:06AND I OPENED THE SCRIPTURE, 1 PETER 5:7,
- 1:26:10CASTING, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE, WHICH IS WHERE THAT
- 1:26:14IMAGINATION COMES IN. OKAY, I AM PICTURING MONDAY.
- 1:26:19I MEAN, I HAVE KNOTS IN MY STOMACH.
- 1:26:22AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
- 1:26:24IF THEY'LL REPORT ME, IF THEY THINK I STOLE IT,
- 1:26:26I COULD GO TO JAIL. I WAS JUST TERRIFIED.
- 1:26:31AND I WENT AND I KEPT SAYING, NO, OKAY, LORD,
- 1:26:35YOU SAID CAST THE CARE. I KNEW I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG,
- 1:26:38AT LEAST NOT INTENTIONALLY, AND CAST THE CARE,
- 1:26:42CAST THE CARE, CAST THE CARE, CAST THE CARE.
- 1:26:46AND IT WOULD TRY TO COME UP IN MY MIND
- 1:26:49AND I WOULD PICTURE MYSELF WALKING OUT WITH A PINK SLIP.
- 1:26:53AND I'D PICTURE, SEE THIS IS THE IMAGINATION,
- 1:26:55THIS IS HOW THE DEVIL WORKS SOMETIMES. HE GETS
- 1:26:56YOU TO PICTURE A WORST CASE SCENARIO. COME ON, THAT
- 1:27:01DIAGNOSIS. HE'LL BE THROWING PICTURES OF COFFINS UP ON
- 1:27:04THE SCREEN TO SHOW YOU, "AH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT."
- 1:27:11OKAY? PICTURES OF YOUR CHILDREN AND THINGS HAPPENING AND THE
- 1:27:15WORST CASE SCENARIO. COME ON, THE DEVIL'S THE MASTER OF THE
- 1:27:23WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND I SAID, "WELL, NO, I'M NOT GONNA
- 1:27:25THINK ABOUT THIS." ALL WEEKEND, MY PARENTS HAD SOME FUN
- 1:27:28THINGS PLANNED. I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE
- 1:27:30ZOO OR SOMETHING. AND I THOUGHT, "NO, I'M NOT
- 1:27:32GONNA THINK ABOUT IT. I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS."
- 1:27:35CAN I TELL YOU, I HAD TO SAY THAT TO MYSELF LIKE
- 1:27:3740 TIMES ALL WEEKEND. IT WOULD COME UP IN MY SPIRIT. I REMEMBER
- 1:27:41DOING THAT IN THE ICU WHEN MY DAD, THEY SAID HE WAS GONNA
- 1:27:44DIE. AND THEY PAINTED THE WORST EVERYTHING.
- 1:27:49AND I SAID, "NOPE, I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT IT."
- 1:27:50I'D LAY IN THE BED, KNOTS IN MY STOMACH.
- 1:27:52"NOPE, NOPE, THE BIBLE SAYS WHATSOEVER THINGS I DESIRE, WHEN
- 1:27:55I PRAY, BELIEVE I RECEIVE THEM AND I SHALL HAVE THEM."
- 1:27:57I'M TELLING YOU, I DIDN'T FEEL IT.
- 1:28:00I DIDN'T FEEL IT, BUT I WAS SAYING IT.
- 1:28:01I SAID, "MIND, I'M IN CONTROL OF YOU.
- 1:28:04"YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO IMAGINE YOUR FATHER DYING.
- 1:28:08"BRENDA, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO IMAGINE YOURSELF "BEING FIRED
- 1:28:11FROM THE BANK. "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO IMAGINE IT.
- 1:28:14"YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED. "BRAIN, NO."
- 1:28:17AND EVERY TIME THAT THOUGHT WOULD COME UP, "NOPE, GET OUT."
- 1:28:21ALL WEEKEND, THAT THOUGHT WOULD COME, "NOPE, GET OUT."
- 1:28:24THOUGHT WOULD COME UP, "NOPE, GET OUT, OUT, OUT, OUT, OUT."
- 1:28:29AND I WOULD CHANGE WHAT I WAS DOING.
- 1:28:31I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS HOW TO GET VICTORY
- 1:28:33OVER POSSESSING YOUR SOUL. "NOPE, NOPE."
- 1:28:36COME ON, THAT PERSON THAT OFFENDED YOU,
- 1:28:38I'M GONNA IMAGINE, HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS?
- 1:28:40I'M GONNA IMAGINE WHAT I'M GONNA SAY TO THEM.
- 1:28:42AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A HABIT, WE CAN GET INTO IT.
- 1:28:45AND THINK, I'M GONNA SAY, I'M GONNA DO, I'M GONNA PLAN. "NOPE,
- 1:28:50GET OUT." YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT IT. SUNDAY NIGHT,
- 1:28:53I GO TO BED, AND I'M STILL SAYING, "NOPE, GET OUT OF
- 1:28:58MY BRAIN. "GOD'S GOT THIS, CAST ALL YOUR CARE."
- 1:29:02AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT CAME UP IN MY SPIRIT.
- 1:29:05THIS IS BANK TALK, YOU WON'T GET IT.
- 1:29:06YOU SOLD TWO STRAPS OF FIVES TO THE ATM.
- 1:29:09NOW, ATMS WERE NEW BACK THEN, AND THE WAY THEY DID IT,
- 1:29:12IT WAS ON A DIFFERENT BANK DAY, AND I COULDN'T WRITE
- 1:29:18A TICKET FOR IT. I DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT. IT WAS A
- 1:29:20REAL THING. AND I'M LIKE, "OH, THE ATM IS $5,000 OVER." AND
- 1:29:27IT HIT ME. I'M LIKE, "SEE, GOD IS LAST MINUTE, SUNDAY NIGHT."
- 1:29:31I'M LIKE, "GOD, YOU COULD TOLD ME THAT ON FRIDAY. YOU CAN'T
- 1:29:35TOLD ME THAT." HE GOES, "I COULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU IF YOU
- 1:29:39WERE IN FEAR." IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS,
- 1:29:42IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHTS,
- 1:29:45COME ON, IF YOU DID NOT POSSESS YOUR SOUL, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.
- 1:29:54I RAN INTO THE BANK, I'M LIKE, "HI!"
- 1:29:588:30, THE DOOR, I TOOK MY KEY, I WENT IN THERE, I WAS
- 1:30:01STILL LOOKING AT ME, I'M LIKE, "I KNOW WHAT
- 1:30:03IT IS, BALANCE THE ATM, HERE'S $5,000 OVER THERE." I'M LIKE,
- 1:30:06"OKAY." WENT OUT THERE, SURE ENOUGH. IT WAS ALL FINE.
- 1:30:11WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE WENT THE OTHER WAY?
- 1:30:13THERE WAS REALLY NEVER ANYTHING WRONG, PEOPLE.
- 1:30:17THAT WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY BEEN DISCOVERED. I COULD
- 1:30:21HAVE GONE THE OTHER WAY, CAUSED STRESS, ANXIETY,
- 1:30:26HEALTH ISSUES. COME ON, THE DOCTORS WILL TELL YOU
- 1:30:29THAT MANY HEALTH ISSUES ARE THE RESULT OF PEOPLE
- 1:30:33THAT CAN'T GET THEIR HEAD STRAIGHT.
- 1:30:35(CONGREGATION MURMURS)
- 1:30:37OUR IMAGINATION. THE LAST ONE, STAND TO YOUR FEET.
- 1:30:42I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. IS OUR MEMORY. HOO.
- 1:30:49THE MEMORY IS THE ARCHIVES OF THE SOUL. OH, I REMEMBER WHAT
- 1:30:56THEY DID. OR YOU REMEMBER THAT ABUSE OR THAT PERSON THAT HURT
- 1:31:01YOU. OKAY, PASTOR TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS
- 1:31:03WE WENT THROUGH IN THE START OF THE MINISTRY
- 1:31:05AND SOME OF THOSE HARD TIMES AND HAVING TO,
- 1:31:08YOU KNOW, HARD TIMES HAVE COME TO EVERYBODY.
- 1:31:11THAT'S A NEWSFLASH FOR YOU. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? OKAY,
- 1:31:15YOU COULD CHURN IT OVER. THE BIBLE SAYS, "REMEMBER NOT THE
- 1:31:18FORMER THINGS." OKAY, YEAH, IT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
- 1:31:23IT MIGHT BE REAL. YEAH, BUT PASTOR BRENDA, I FEEL IT THOUGH.
- 1:31:27IT'S SO REAL. SO THE LORD TOLD ME ONE TIME, HE GOES,
- 1:31:30YOU KNOW, WE HAD HAD SOMEBODY THAT PRETTY MUCH STABBED US
- 1:31:34IN THE BACK ONCE. I REMEMBER, WELL, PROBABLY A FEW,
- 1:31:36BUT THIS IS ONE PARTICULAR ONE THAT STOOD OUT AND IT WAS
- 1:31:41VERY PAINFUL. AND I THOUGHT, LORD, AND I REMEMBER.
- 1:31:45AND SO FINALLY GOD SAID ONE DAY, HE SAID, THE MORE YOU
- 1:31:49KEEP GOING OVER WHAT HAPPENED, THE MORE I CAN'T HEAL YOU.
- 1:31:54IF YOU KEEP PICKING THAT BANDAID OFF AND THAT SCAB,
- 1:31:57GOD SAID, "I GAVE THE HUMAN BODY SCABS FOR A REASON."
- 1:31:59YOU KNOW I GAVE SCABS TO THE HEART. AND
- 1:32:02I'M TRYING TO SCAB THAT OVER, BUT YOU KEEP PICKING AT IT.
- 1:32:05IF YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
- 1:32:09AND THEN THE SCRIPTURE HIT ME. JESUS SAID IT LIKE THIS.
- 1:32:12HE SAYS, "WHOSOEVER SINS YOU RETAIN, THEY'RE RETAINED."
- 1:32:15NOT TO THEM, THEY'RE RETAINED TO YOU.
- 1:32:19YOU HOLD THEM UNTIL YOU'RE NOT FREE. I MEAN, WHAT GOOD
- 1:32:25IS IT? GO TO YOUR GRAVE BITTER AND ANGRY? SO I
- 1:32:29SAID, "ALL RIGHT, LORD, I PROMISE I WON'T TALK ABOUT IT
- 1:32:32ANYMORE." SOME OF THESE MEMORIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIFE, GOD
- 1:32:36IS SAYING, "GET RID OF THEM. QUIT GOING OVER IT AND PLAYING
- 1:32:40THE TAPE AGAIN AND AGAIN." OKAY, I PROMISE YOU, HAD PASTOR
- 1:32:47AND I NOT RELEASED SOME OF THOSE HURTS IN THE EARLY YEARS, WE
- 1:32:51WOULD NOT BE STANDING IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW. I PROMISE
- 1:32:55YOU, I PROMISE YOU. AND THE LORD TOLD ME, HE SAID, "YOU KNOW
- 1:32:58WHAT? "I CAN TAKE MEMORIES THAT DO CAUSE PAIN,
- 1:33:03"AND YOU'LL REMEMBER THE EVENT, RIGHT?
- 1:33:05"BUT IT WON'T STING ON YOU LIKE, "IT'LL ALMOST BE LIKE IT
- 1:33:08HAPPENED TO SOMEBODY ELSE." AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRUE.
- 1:33:12I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN. SO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH A MEMORY?
- 1:33:15WELL, GOD SAID IT. HESAID, "REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER
- 1:33:17THINGS." QUIT TALKING ABOUT IT, QUIT THINKING ABOUT IT, OKAY?
- 1:33:21IF YOU SEE THAT PERSON'S PICTURE ON FACEBOOK, JUST
- 1:33:23LAUGH AND GO, "HA, HA, HA." FACEBOOK HAS A WAY TO BRING UP
- 1:33:26THE ARCHIVES, LET ME TELL YOU. I'M LIKE, "I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT
- 1:33:29PERSON SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. "WHY IN THE WORLD ARE THEY COMING?
- 1:33:32"HOW DOES FACEBOOK KNOW I EVEN KNEW THEM?
- 1:33:35"I DIDN'T EVEN TELL THEM, "I FORGOT I KNEW THEM
- 1:33:37UNTIL THEY CAME." GET FREE FROM IT.
- 1:33:42THAT MEMORY, QUIT PLAYING THE TAPE.
- 1:33:45QUIT GOING OVER IT. GOD'S TRYING TO HEAL IT.
- 1:33:48HE'S TRYING TO GET RID OF IT IN YOUR LIFE. IN YOUR PATIENCE,
- 1:33:53POSSESS, OWN WHAT GOES THROUGH THIS NOGGIN OF YOURS AND MINE.
- 1:34:01LIFT YOUR HANDS TO HEAVEN, LET ME PRAY FOR YOU.
- 1:34:03IF YOU'RE IN HERE AND YOU NEED YOUR SOUL HEALED,
- 1:34:06JESUS CAME TO HEAL THE BROKEN HEARTED, NOT GOING
- 1:34:08TO CALL YOU OUT. I BELIEVE THE WORD DID ITS WORK TONIGHT.
- 1:34:14HEAVENLY FATHER, I PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON,
- 1:34:16THE BAND, EVERYBODY BEHIND ME, EVERYBODY IN
- 1:34:19HERE, EVERYBODY IN THE BACK, THOSE ONLINE, CHILDREN,
- 1:34:22EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING IN THE AREA OF THEIR
- 1:34:25SOUL. WHETHER IT'S THATWILL, THAT DETERMINATION, AND THEY'RE
- 1:34:29NOT SUBMITTED OR FATHER, THEIR EMOTIONS ARE ALL OUT OF WHACK.
- 1:34:35THEIR INTELLECT IS CONFUSED, NEEDS SOME ADJUSTMENTS, SOME
- 1:34:40TEACHING, SOME TRAINING. FATHER, THAT IMAGINATION THAT JUST
- 1:34:44CAN'T QUIT SEEING THE PICTURES OF THE WORST OR THOSE MEMORIES
- 1:34:48THAT HURT SO MUCH. GOD, WE PRAY NOW THAT THE HEALING OIL OF YOUR
- 1:34:53HANDS TOUCH EVERY MIND UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. FATHER,
- 1:34:59GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH. IN FACT, LAY YOUR HAND ON YOUR MIND
- 1:35:02IF THAT APPLIES TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
- 1:35:04THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STILL WITH US ONLINE, YOU DO THE SAME
- 1:35:08THING. THOSE THOUGHTS THAT JUST KEEP WANTING TO COME UP
- 1:35:12AND UP AGAIN AND AGAIN, I PRAY A HOLY SPIRIT DISTRACTION
- 1:35:16FROM THAT, THAT IT'LL COME AND IT'LL SHIFT YOU,
- 1:35:19IT'LL CHANGE YOU, IT'LL TURN YOU IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
- 1:35:24AND I'M ASKING, FATHER, NOW, GIVE SOME MEMORY,
- 1:35:28FATHER, NOT IN A PHYSICAL SENSE, BUT IN A SPIRITUAL WAY,
- 1:35:32A MEMORY ERASING, A RESETTING OF ALL THAT IS DEMONIC IN EVERY
- 1:35:37PERSON'S MIND. EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T PLEASE YOU, EVERYTHING
- 1:35:40THAT THE ENEMY JUST KEEPS DRIVING AND HAMMERING AND
- 1:35:43PUSHING. FATHER, I'M ASKING YOU TO HEAL MINDS TONIGHT.
- 1:35:47I BREAK THE POWER OF EVERY MIND-BINDING SPIRIT.
- 1:35:52I COMMAND THE CLAMP ON YOUR THOUGHTS,
- 1:35:55THE CLAMP ON YOUR EMOTIONS, THE CLAMP ON YOUR FEELINGS.
- 1:36:00I BREAK THE POWER OF EVERYTHING THAT WOULD RESIST GOD IN YOU
- 1:36:04AND I SAY YOUR MIND IS WIPED CLEAN BY THE POWER OF THE
- 1:36:10LIVING GOD IN JESUS NAME. WE THANK YOU FOR IT LORD
- 1:36:17NOW TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY LORD TEACH ME
- 1:36:20HOW TO POSSESS MY SOUL IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE.
- 1:36:24I SAY THIS NOW SAY THIS LORD. I CAST MY CARE UPON YOU. YOU'RE
- 1:36:29GONNA FIND THE STRAPS OF FIVES. DO IT GOD!
- 1:36:34COME ON, YOU NAME YOUR OWN THING.
- 1:36:36YOU NAME YOUR OWN AREA UNDER YOUR BREATH.
- 1:36:38GOD, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT.
- 1:36:40NOW TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY YOUR NAME.
- 1:36:43YOU CAN SAY IT QUIET, SAY "SO AND SO."
- 1:36:46BRENDA, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK BACK ON THIS ONE DAY. YOU'RE
- 1:36:49GONNA LAUGH. DON'T GET UPSET ABOUT IT NOW.
- 1:36:54OWN YOUR SOUL. GOD'S GOT IT. IN JESUS' NAME.
- 1:36:59GIVE JESUS A GREAT BIG HAND. TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM.
- 1:37:02DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT TONIGHT? GOD BLESS YOU.
- 1:37:05THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US ONLINE.
- 1:37:07WE LOVE YOU. OWN AND POSSESS YOUR SOUL IN JESUS' NAME.
- 1:37:12GOD BLESS YOU EVERYBODY. GOOD NIGHT.
- 1:37:15(PIANO MUSIC)