Latest / LOH Church Archive / 06/21/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman
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- 0:06GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. COME ON, LET'S GIVE THE
- 0:09LORD PRAISE. AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF OUR DADS OUT
- 0:13THERE. BUT MOST OF ALL, FATHER GOD,
- 0:16WE HONOR YOU THIS MORNING. HALLELUJAH.
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- 1:44HALLELUJAH! LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. YES, LORD. AND WE
- 1:49STAND IN THE HONOR OF YOU, THE GREAT I AM. YES, LORD. AND IT IS
- 1:55OUR PRIVILEGE TO DECLARE THAT YOU ARE GOD, OUR GOD. AND SO WE
- 2:01WELCOME YOU TODAY. AS ALWAYS, YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT. AS I
- 2:06WALKED OUT TODAY, ONCE AGAIN, YOUR PRESENCE MET ME. NOW MAY IT
- 2:10TOUCH THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN A WAY, GOD, TODAY THAT'LL BRING A
- 2:16DIVINE LIFT AND BLESSING UPON THEM AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT
- 2:22THEY'RE PRAYING FOR, I PRAY. YOU ARE THE GREAT I AM AND EVERYBODY
- 2:26THAT BELIEVES THAT SAID, AMEN. AMEN. WOW, IT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR
- 2:30A RAINY MORNING. YEAH. I THINK SO. IT IS A NICE RAINY MORNING.
- 2:34DID YOU LIKE WANT TO SLEEP IN OR WHAT? HOW MANY WANTED TO SLEEP
- 2:39IN? NO, I'M SORRY, I WAS EXCITED TO COME TO CHURCH, BUT YEAH. I
- 2:44MEAN, RAIN DOES MAKE YOU WANT TO SNUGGLE UP. HOW MANY IS THAT THE
- 2:47CASE? SO IS IT GOING TO RAIN FOR NAP TIME FOR ANYBODY? MAYBE,
- 2:52MAYBE. THEY'RE SAYING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THREE INCHES OF
- 2:55RAIN. DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? IT'S BEEN PRETTY DRIPPY
- 2:57OUT THERE. YEAH, YEAH. SO, WELL, I'M SO HONORED THAT YOU CAME.
- 3:01AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE
- 3:04TIME AND COME TO CHURCH AND GATHER TOGETHER. AND SO WE NEVER
- 3:09TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE MEETING PEOPLE OUT IN THE
- 3:12HALL AND THE COFFEE CENTER AND ALL OF THAT. AND TELLING SOME OF
- 3:16THE DADS A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE
- 3:19MEN OUT THERE. HOW MANY DADS IN THE HOUSE, GRANDPAS,
- 3:24GREAT-GRANDPAS, LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. AWESOME. FANTASTIC.
- 3:27EXCITING. SO EXCITING, THAT'S WONDERFUL. ANYBODY GOING OUT TO
- 3:31LUNCH IN THE RAIN TODAY? A FEW OF YOU, THAT'S GOOD. NICE, NICE,
- 3:37NICE. HOW MANY ARE GONNA SPOIL YOUR HUSBAND OR FATHER TODAY?
- 3:41(LAUGHING)
- 3:45I GOT AN IDEA. NO, NO. I'LL FLUFF YOUR PILLOW FOR THE NAP.
- 3:50HOW DOES THAT SOUND? THE EPIC SUNDAY NAP. AND SCRATCH THE
- 3:54BACK. AND GIVE YOU A BACK SCRATCH. THERE YOU GO. OFFICIAL
- 3:55ONE. SHE'S KIND OF RETIRED FROM THAT. SHE GOT ME ONE OF THOSE
- 3:58BACK SCRATCHER THINGS THAT ARE LIKE THAT. SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO
- 4:01DO THIS. I WANT TO GREET ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE
- 4:04WORLD AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THE DADS AND GRANDPAS AND
- 4:08GREAT-GRANDPAS AND MAYBE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPAS. LISTEN,
- 4:10IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO HONOR FATHERS AND EVEN GOD HAS
- 4:15DECLARED HIS FATHER. SO WE HONOR YOU TODAY AND WE SPEAK A
- 4:19BLESSING NOT ONLY OVER THESE THAT ARE HERE, BUT ALSO OVER
- 4:21YOU. AND TELL US WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING FROM. IT'S GONNA BE A
- 4:25GREAT DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE RAINING IN YOUR WORLD OR
- 4:28SUNNY, BUT THIS LITTLE GIRL, YOU GOT A PART TWO COMING. I DO,
- 4:34WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AMEN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERRUPTIONS TO
- 4:38ANSWERED PRAYER. AND SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF JUST NAVIGATE OUR
- 4:42WAY THROUGH IT TODAY. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TEACHING
- 4:44TOPIC, BIBLICAL. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED,
- 4:47RIGHT? VERY IMPORTANT. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT THE BIBLE HAS
- 4:50TO SAY ABOUT THESE THINGS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M EXCITED. WELL,
- 4:53HEY, TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE WERE MENTIONING RAIN. THOSE OF YOU
- 4:56THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, I SAW THE RAIN, BRENDA, COMING
- 4:59DOWN SO FAST LAST NIGHT. AND I THOUGHT, THAT WATER IS MOVING SO
- 5:05FAST. HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WATER MOVING? AND
- 5:09I REALIZED THAT WATER IS NOT THE FASTEST LIQUID ON EARTH. I DON'T
- 5:15KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. NO, WE HAVE NOT. NO,
- 5:18MILK IS BECAUSE IT'S PASTEURIZED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, SO.
- 5:26(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 5:29I NEED SOME HELP FROM THE BAND. I MEAN, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I
- 5:33MILKED THAT FOR EVERYTHING I COULD, SO.
- 5:35(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 5:36ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU WAIT EVERY SUNDAY FOR PASTOR'S WEEKLY
- 5:41PUNS? OKAY, WAIT, I GOTTA SAY THIS. SO THIS LADY, MAYBE YOU'RE
- 5:47WATCHING, DOWN AT FLASHPOINT LAST WEEK, LIVE, AND SHE COMES
- 5:51UP TO ME, "PASTOR HANK, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
- 5:54SERVICES." AND THERE'S ONE PART OF THE SERVICE THAT I REALLY
- 5:57LOOK FORWARD TO, I THINK SHE'S GONNA SAY, "WORSHIP," YOU KNOW,
- 6:00THE MESSAGE, THE TRANSITION. SHE GOES, "YOUR DUMB JOKES AT THE
- 6:08BEGINNING." I SAID, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT DURING THE MESSAGE?" SHE
- 6:11GOES, "NO, THOSE ARE NEVER FUNNY." I'M LIKE, "OKAY, OKAY,
- 6:14SO HERE YOU GO." SO, I DON'T KNOW.
- 6:17(LAUGHING)
- 6:19PEOPLE ARE TRUTHFUL. I THINK WE BETTER, SHE'S TRUTHFUL. ALL
- 6:23RIGHT, WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED TO PRAISE THE LORD TODAY?
- 6:26(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 6:27IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD. AND WHEN IT'S POURING RAIN OUTSIDE, THIS
- 6:31IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS IN, LEAN INTO GOD, WHATEVER YOU
- 6:35WENT THROUGH DURING THE WEEK. COME ON, JUST CAST THAT OFF.
- 6:37MAYBE JUST DO THIS AS A PROPHETIC ACT. THROW IT OVER
- 6:39YOUR SHOULDER, PUT IT BEHIND YOU, PUT IT OUT OF YOUR MIND, TO
- 6:45MAKE IT ABOUT YOU AND JESUS, RIGHT? COME ON, LIKE THERE'S
- 6:48NOBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM, BUT YOU AND GOD. COME ON, PUT THOSE
- 6:51HANDS UP TO HEAVEN, SAY, "LORD, IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO TAKE
- 6:56THIS MOMENT TO PRAISE YOU, TO WORSHIP YOU, TO LOVE ON YOU. I
- 7:03ASK YOU TO IMPART UNTO ME TODAY, EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE ROOM AND
- 7:08ONLINE, MAY THEY RECEIVE A TOUCH FROM HEAVEN. AND LORD, TODAY,
- 7:13EVEN THOUGH IT'S RAINING, COME ON, SAY IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S
- 7:15RAINING, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU. TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST PRAISE.
- 7:22COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT. LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.
- 7:25(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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- 7:33COME ON, CHURCH. I WANT YOU TO BE LOUD THIS MORNING.
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- 33:59HALLELUJAH.
- 34:03OUR HONOR IS TO YOU. OUR GRACIOUS, BEAUTIFUL,
- 34:13FORGIVING, FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS, GOODNESS, MERCY, AND
- 34:19TRUTH. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU CAME TO MOSES
- 34:26AND INTRODUCED YOURSELF. AND LORD, TODAY WE SAY NICE TO MEET
- 34:32YOU. WE ARE HONORED TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND TO
- 34:39CONNECT HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE, AND TO LOVE ON YOU.
- 34:50BECAUSE THERE WAS NO GREATER LOVE EVER DEMONSTRATED THAN THE
- 34:57LOVE, FATHER, THAT WAS DEMONSTRATED IN JESUS AND YOUR
- 35:05LOVE FOR THIS WORLD THAT YOU GAVE HIM. AND WITH THAT, WE
- 35:12HONOR YOU THAT WHEN YOU SAW THAT MAN HAD SINNED AND FELL SHORT OF
- 35:20YOUR GLORY AND THAT THERE WAS NO ONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE, YOU
- 35:28DIDN'T JUST LEAVE US IN A LOST STATE, BUT LIKE WITH THE
- 35:35PRODIGAL SON, YOU RAN TO US AND SAID, I HAVE A PLAN, AND I WILL
- 35:45BRING IT THROUGH THE SEED OF THE WOMAN. AND THIS ONE THAT WILL
- 35:53ARISE WILL CRUSH THE HEAD OF SATAN. THAT IS LOVE. AND BECAUSE
- 36:03OF THAT, MY HEART CRIES, ABBA, DADDY, PAPA, GOD, HOW WE LOVE
- 36:21YOU. TEACH US TO HOLLOW THY NAME. TEACH US HOW TO FEAR YOU.
- 36:29NOT TO BE AFRAID OF YOU, BUT TO REVERENCE YOU. TO LOVE WHAT YOU
- 36:39LOVE AND TO DESPISE WHAT YOU DESPISE. THIS FATHER'S DAY, WE
- 36:51HONOR YOU. WE LOVE YOU. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU, AND WE ARE
- 37:00THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US AND HAVE DONE FOR US.
- 37:12AND THE LEAST THAT WE COULD DO IS OPEN OUR MOUTHS, OUR HEARTS,
- 37:18AND HONOR YOU. I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL THE FATHERS THAT ARE HERE
- 37:34TODAY, GRANDPAS OR WHATEVER, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST COME
- 37:38FORWARD FOR A MINUTE. I WANNA DECLARE THE FATHER'S BLESSING ON
- 37:41YOU. WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN UP FRONT. I JUST FEEL REALLY STRONG
- 37:48LIKE WE JUST NEED TO PRONOUNCE A BLESSING ON YOU. AND THEN I'M
- 37:56GONNA PREPARE YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT I WANT YOU TO DO IN RETURN,
- 38:05THAT I FEEL INSTRUCTED BY GOD. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 38:11WATCHING THAT ARE FATHERS AND STUFF, WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THIS.
- 38:15WHAT I LOVE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IS JESUS ALREADY KNEW THAT THIS DAY
- 38:20WOULD BE UPON US. BUT WE COULD SPEAK RIGHT THERE INTO YOUR HOME
- 38:26AND INTO YOUR HEART BY THE ANOINTING WITH TECHNOLOGY. AND
- 38:36THE CENTURION SAID, "SPEAK THY WORD," AND MY SERVANT WILL BE
- 38:41HEALED." YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME TO MY HOUSE. AND THEN
- 38:45ISAIAH CHAPTER 2, VERSE 2, SAYS THAT THERE'LL COME A DAY WHERE
- 38:50THEY'LL SAY, LET US GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. AND THE
- 38:53MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE SHOULD BE ABOVE ALL OTHER
- 38:58MOUNTAINS. AND THIS IS WHAT ONE TRANSLATION SAYS. AND THEY WILL
- 39:05SAY, ALL NATIONS SHALL STREAM INTO IT. SO YOU'RE PART OF THAT,
- 39:14YOU'RE PART OF THAT FULFILLMENT OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. AND SO WE
- 39:18WELCOME YOU AS FATHERS AND GRANDPAS AND DADS. AND I WANNA
- 39:23PRAY THE BLESSING OVER YOU AS WELL. NOW, HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA
- 39:25ASK YOU MEN TO DO. IN JUST A MOMENT, I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU,
- 39:29BUT THEN I'M GOING TO EXTEND SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY,
- 39:33VERY IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU'RE IN THIS BUILDING AND YOU CAN HEAR
- 39:36MY VOICE AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY APPLIES TO YOU, BUT MAYBE
- 39:39YOU'RE IN THIS BUILDING IN JUST A MOMENT WHERE YOU'RE MARRIED,
- 39:43OR MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING, AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S
- 39:47JUST MY HEART. 'CAUSE I'M A DAD, I'M A PROUD DAD OF TWO GREAT
- 39:54BOYS. THERE ARE SOME FATHERS, OR MEN OUT THERE WHO ARE MARRIED,
- 39:59THEY'RE SAYING, I WANNA BE A DAD. AND MAYBE THERE'S A
- 40:06INFERTILITY OR BARRENNESS OR SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING. AND
- 40:11YOU GUYS ARE UNABLE TO CONCEIVE. WELL, IN JUST A MOMENT, I'M
- 40:13GONNA HAVE YOU GUYS COME, WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND WE'RE
- 40:16GONNA HAVE THE MEN PRAY FOR YOU. THAT WHERE THEY STAND TODAY, YOU
- 40:23WILL BE ABLE TO STAND, AND I'M GONNA BELIEVE ONE YEAR FROM NOW.
- 40:28THAT WE'RE GONNA CALL YOU UP HERE ON FATHER'S DAY, AND YOU'RE
- 40:33GONNA SAY, YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT DADDY IN HEAVEN DID THIS FOR
- 40:39YOU. NOW, MEN, HERE'S THE GREATEST PRAYER THAT I WANT TO
- 40:44PRAY OVER YOU. SOMETIMES AS MEN, WE ARE TOO INTELLECTUAL. THE
- 40:50BIBLE SAYS THAT A CARNAL-MINDED MAN IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD, AND
- 40:54IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE AS MEN HAVE GOT TO STOP BEING IS
- 40:58MEN WHO GET IN OUR HEADS THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO TOUCH GOD. WE
- 41:04DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS HEART TO HEART WITH GOD BECAUSE WE'RE
- 41:07TRYING TO FIGURE HIM OUT. YET WE HAVE NO PROBLEM FIGURING OUT
- 41:11SPORTS AND THINGS THAT WE ENJOY WITH EXUBERATION, EXCITEMENT,
- 41:15EXPRESSION. BUT SOMEHOW WITH GOD WE BECOME LOCKED. AND IT'S NO
- 41:21COINCIDENCE THAT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE FIRST RECORDED MIRACLE
- 41:26WAS A LAME MAN WALKING. BECAUSE IF THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE A
- 41:30RECAPTURING OF A GENERATION, IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO PUSH BACK
- 41:35THE EVIL OF TRANSGENDER MOVEMENTS AND HOMOSEXUALITY AND
- 41:43MORAL DECLINE, WE GOTTA HAVE MEN WHO AREN'T LAME.
- 41:46(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 41:52AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, A LOT OF THE PROBLEM WITH US AS
- 41:55MEN IS WE DEAL WITH REJECTION AND WE DEAL WITH PRIDE. I'M TOO
- 42:00GOOD TO LIFT MY HANDS TO GOD. IT'S NOT MY WAY. WELL, IF YOU'RE
- 42:06GONNA SERVE GOD, IT CAN'T BE YOUR WAY, IT'S GOTTA BE YAHWEH.
- 42:09GOD TELLS YOU TO LIFT YOUR HANDS, THEN DO IT. GOD TELLS YOU
- 42:13TO ENTER INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE, THEN DO IT. BUT HERE'S
- 42:18THE THING THAT THE ENEMY ALWAYS DOES, IS HE WANTS TO REDUCE YOU
- 42:23TO WHERE HE HAS BEEN REDUCED. THE SERPENT WAS REDUCED TO HIS
- 42:29BELLY. DON'T EVER BE A CHRISTIAN MAN, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 42:33WATCHING, WHO YOU'RE LAME IN YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK, YOU DON'T
- 42:37KNOW HOW TO LEAP AND DANCE AND PRAISE AND ENTER INTO THE
- 42:40PRESENCE OF GOD OR IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT? BUT YOU ALSO
- 42:44DON'T WANNA BE A SERPENT, YOU DON'T WANNA BE A SNAKE, WHERE
- 42:47YOU ALLOW THE ENEMY BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF TO
- 42:53MAKE YOURSELF THINK THAT YOU'RE JUST A LOW BELLY, NO GOOD,
- 42:57WHATEVER. COME ON, I HAD PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MEN THAT TOLD ME I
- 43:01WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. I HAD A LOT OF MEN SPEAK INTO MY LIFE
- 43:05SAYING, WELL, YOU'RE NOT THIS AND YOU'RE NOT THAT, AND YOU'LL
- 43:07NEVER DO THIS, YOU'LL NEVER DO THAT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, MY
- 43:11FATHER DID? BECAUSE I OPENED MY HEART TO HIM, HE DEFIED EVERY
- 43:14ONE OF THEIR WORDS. SO I WANT TO TELL YOU, I LOVE YOU, AND I'M
- 43:20HERE AS A PASTOR, AS A MAN OF GOD, A MAN WHO IS DEEPLY
- 43:25PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING A STRONG MAN OF GOD, AS A REPRESENTATIVE
- 43:31OF GOD, BUT ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF YOU. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO
- 43:34KNOW, AS TO SOME, I MAY BE A SPIRITUAL FATHER OR MENTOR TO
- 43:38SOME OF YOU, OR YOUR PASTOR, OR JUST A GOOD GUY, BUT I'M PROUD
- 43:42OF YOU. BECAUSE I DO LOOK OUT THERE, AND I SEE YOUR FACES
- 43:46WORSHIPING GOD, AND TEARS STREAMING DOWN YOUR FACE, AND
- 43:50YOUR EYES CLOSE, AND I WATCH HOW YOU LOVE YOUR WIVES, AND HOW YOU
- 43:53LOVE YOUR KIDS, AND I LOVE HOW YOU SERVE GOD, AND YOU STAND FOR
- 43:58THE THINGS THAT ARE TRUTHFUL AND RIGHT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY AS A
- 44:01MAN OF GOD, I AM PROUD OF YOU. I'M PROUD TO SERVE BEFORE YOU AS
- 44:05MEN TO MEN, MAN TO MAN. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
- 44:11OUR FAITHFUL MEN, YOU'RE VERY FAITHFUL TO THIS MINISTRY, AND I
- 44:13WANNA HONOR THAT AS WELL. AND SO WITH THAT, IT IS MY HONOR AND
- 44:17PRIVILEGE TO GO TO GOD ON YOUR BEHALF, ALL RIGHT? ARE YOU
- 44:20READY? HEAVENLY FATHER, THESE MEN, THEY STAND IN THIS MOMENT
- 44:25WITH YOU ON FATHER'S DAY, AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, AND I
- 44:30PRAY THIS DAY FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART THAT YOU WOULD EXTEND
- 44:35YOUR HAND, O GOD, OUR FATHER, TO THEM AND REST UPON THEM, GOD,
- 44:42SOMETHING THAT WILL LIFT THEM OUT OF ANYTHING, MAYBE ABUSE,
- 44:48MAYBE THERE WERE WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN EVEN AT THE TIME OF THEIR
- 44:51YOUTH THAT TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD NEVER ARISE, THAT THEY
- 44:55WOULD NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING, THAT THEY'RE NO GOOD, AND LORD
- 44:59IT IS, IT IS SHAPED SOMETIMES THE WAY THEY THINK AND DO THINGS
- 45:02IN LIFE. AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD BREAK THE
- 45:06STRONGHOLD OF THAT, THAT THESE MEN SHALL ARISE TO A PLACE OF
- 45:11STRENGTH AND HONOR AND SPIRITUAL MIGHT AND POWER THAT SHALL HELP
- 45:18TO RECAPTURE A GENERATION. FOR YOU HAVE DECLARED IN THE BOOK OF
- 45:22MALACHI THAT IN THE LAST DAYS YOU WOULD RESTORE THE HEARTS OF
- 45:26THE FATHER TO THE CHILDREN LEST THE EARTH BE SMITTEN WITH THE
- 45:31CURSE. AND I SAY NOT IN THIS DAY. FATHER LET THESE MEN AND
- 45:36THE MEN THAT ARE WATCHING THEM WILL WATCH. LET THEM ARISE AND
- 45:39LET THERE BE A RESTORATION OF SPIRITUAL MEN WHO STAND STRONG
- 45:45IN HONOR TO GOD, HONOR TO THEIR WIVES, HONOR TO THEIR CHILDREN,
- 45:50HONOR TO THEIR CULTURE. AND LORD, MAY THERE BE A RESTORATION
- 45:58BETWEEN THE HEARTS OF THESE MEN TO THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR
- 46:02CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS. AND I PRAY OVER THEM AND THESE THAT
- 46:08STAND HERE THAT THERE WILL BE A HUNGER AND A THIRST THAT WILL
- 46:13ARISE. THAT THEY WILL SAY, "OH GOD, I CANNOT LIVE A MOMENT
- 46:18WITHOUT YOUR PRESENCE." AND MAY THEY GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL NOW.
- 46:22NOT JUST ANKLE DEEP WATER OF SERVING YOU, LOVING YOU,
- 46:26PURSUING YOU, BUT MU'LOMAHANE KISE FRAI. MAY THEY SWIM IN THE
- 46:32PLACES OF INTIMACY WITH YOU, THAT THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERS WITH
- 46:36YOU, THAT GOD WE HAVE MEN IN THIS HOUSE WHO CRY BEFORE THE
- 46:40LORD. WE HAVE MEN IN THIS HOUSE AND THOSE THAT WATCH THAT WILL
- 46:44LIFT UP THEIR HANDS IN THE SANCTUARY UNTO GOD, THAT THEY
- 46:49WILL BE MEN IN THIS HOUSE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING THAT
- 46:52SHALL NOT ALLOW THE ENEMY TO MAKE THEM SPIRITUALLY LAME OR
- 46:55NATURALLY LAME BUT GOD THEY WILL RISE TO A NEW PLACE OF SPIRITUAL
- 47:03PURSUIT AND STRENGTH. NOW I PRONOUNCE HEALTH OVER THEM,
- 47:09EVERY ONE OF THEM, HEALING TO ALL THEIR FLESH. FATHER, NONE OF
- 47:15THESE MEN OR ANY MAN IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE WILL HAVE ANY
- 47:18PROSTATE ISSUES. IT'S NOT PART OF GROWING OLDER. NO, IT'S NOT.
- 47:24THAT'S UNDER THE CURSE. THEY'RE BLESSED. I SPEAK WHOLENESS. I
- 47:30SPEAK HEALTH TO ALL THEIR FLESH, A QUICKENING OF THEIR MORTAL
- 47:35BODY, AND I SPEAK LONG LIFE AND LONGEVITY OVER THEM, AND AN
- 47:41ACCELERATED GRACE THAT COMES TO ALL OF THESE. NOW, I WANT YOU TO
- 47:47LOOK AT ME, MAN. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. IS THERE ANYBODY
- 47:51HERE THAT YOU'RE MARRIED AND YOU WANNA STAND HERE A YEAR FROM NOW
- 48:00WITH YOUR CHILD AND YOU'VE BEEN UNABLE TO CONCEIVE, I WANT YOU
- 48:03TO COME. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? I THINK, IS THAT YOU? IS THAT
- 48:10YOU? ELDER STATESMAN? DOUG, I'M MISSING. PASTOR DOUG, SO THOSE
- 48:17OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PASTOR DOUG'S BEING A WISE GUY. HE'S
- 48:19TRYING TO TAKE A MAN LIKE ABRAHAM AND MAKE HIM A FATHER OF
- 48:26MANY SONS. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET HIM IN A HEADLOCK.
- 48:32SO I'M PROUD OF YOU, MAN. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRAY FOR YOU.
- 48:35HI GUYS. ALL RIGHT, ALL THREE OF YOU, ANYBODY ELSE? THERE'S ONE
- 48:41MORE COMING. HEY BUDDY, COME ON DOWN. COME ON DOWN. ALL RIGHT,
- 48:48MAN, I WANT YOU TO TOUCH THE SHOULDERS OF THESE. ARE YOU
- 48:52READY? NOW I'M GONNA ASK GOD TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT
- 48:56WAS IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE PROPHETS THAT WOULD PROPHESIED
- 48:58LIKE WITHIN ONE YEAR THAT THEY WOULD CONCEIVE. SO THIS ISN'T A
- 49:02PROPHECY, THIS IS A PROPHETIC DECLARATION AND THOSE OF YOU
- 49:05THAT ARE WATCHING, MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING AS WELL AND YOU'RE
- 49:07LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR IF I WAS THERE I WOULD COME FORTH.
- 49:11WELL YOU JUST, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, JUST TAKE LIKE A
- 49:14PROPHETIC STEP IF YOU'RE WATCHING AND MAYBE JUST EITHER
- 49:18GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR IF YOU CAN AND JUST STEP FORWARD AS IF YOU
- 49:21WERE TO COMING FORTH JUST LIKE THESE OR IF YOU CAN'T THEN JUST
- 49:24MAYBE DO THIS, MOVE YOUR HAND FORTH AND STRETCH IT TOWARDS THE
- 49:28CAMERA AS LIKE A PROPHETIC ACT SO THAT WHAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR
- 49:33HERE INCLUDES YOU AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA WRITE ME. YOU SAY,
- 49:37NOW LOOK AT ME FOR A MINUTE. I WAS IN A CHURCH, OFFICER HERRICK
- 49:40IS HERE. YOU REMEMBER THIS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. I CALLED A
- 49:45COUPLE OUT AND I SAID, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD'S TELLING ME
- 49:49THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONCEIVE. IS THAT CORRECT?
- 49:52AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH. AND I SAID, WELL, THE LORD'S TELLING
- 49:54ME YOU'RE GONNA CONCEIVE. THEY SAID, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
- 49:55REMEMBER THEY TRIED TO STOP ME AND I SAID, NO, NO, NO. DON'T,
- 49:57DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. THEY TOLD,
- 49:59DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. I'M TELLING YOU WITHIN ONE YEAR, YOU
- 50:02WILL HAVE A SON. THAT'S WHAT GOD IS SAYING. AND THEY WERE TRYING
- 50:05TO TALK ME OUT OF IT. AND I SAID, NO, I AM HEARING GOD.
- 50:09DON'T, NO, NO, YOU, AND THEN THEY TOLD ME AFTERWARDS, AND I'M
- 50:13GLAD THEY DIDN'T SAY IT. THEY SAID IT WAS MEDICALLY
- 50:14IMPOSSIBLE. AND LIKE, OH, AND THE DEVIL BEAT UP ON ME AND BEAT
- 50:20UP ON ME AND BEAT UP ON ME AND BEAT UP ON ME. AND THEN
- 50:22SOMETIMES WHEN I WOULD PRAY, THE ENEMY WOULD BEAT UP ON ME,
- 50:25CALLING ME FALSE, CALLING ME THIS AND CALLING ME THAT. AND
- 50:27THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF THE BLUE, YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING, I
- 50:30GET THIS CARD IN THE MAIL, AND THERE'S THIS LITTLE BABY BOY.
- 50:35AND HE SAID, I SHOWED IT IN CHURCH ONCE. Y'ALL REMEMBER
- 50:39THAT? I SHOWED IT ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I SAID, DON'T TELL ME IT'S
- 50:43NOT POSSIBLE. DON'T TELL ME IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. YOU THAT ARE
- 50:46WATCHING, DON'T TELL ME, DON'T TELL ME. OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
- 50:52FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, WE PRAY FOR THESE AND THOSE THAT
- 50:56ARE WATCHING WHO WANT TO STAND HERE ONE YEAR FROM NOW. I COME
- 51:00AGAINST ANY INFERTILITY. I COME AGAINST EVEN A BARREN WOMB IN
- 51:04THE WIFE OR WHATEVER IS OF THE CURSE. I BREAK THAT CURSE! AND
- 51:13IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT OF HEAVEN, YESHUA, YOUR BLOOD IS ON
- 51:19THE MERCY SEAT THAT HAS GIVEN THEM THE RIGHT TO HAVE A CHILD
- 51:25FOR THEIR WIVES TO CONCEIVE. THEREFORE, I CALL IT INTO THE
- 51:30EARTH. I CALL IT FORTH THAT CHILD ONE YEAR FROM NOW INTO THE
- 51:36WOMB OF THEIR WIFE. AND I BREAK EVERY AND ALL CURSES OF DARKNESS
- 51:41AND THE CURSE, ANY ASSIGNMENT. AND I RELEASE LIFE, LIFE. NOW, I
- 51:57LAY MY HANDS UPON YOU AND I RELEASE THAT ANOINTING. LIFE, TO
- 52:04CONCEIVE LIFE. LIFE, TO CONCEIVE LIFE. LIFE, TO CONCEIVE LIFE.
- 52:18LIFE, TO CONCEIVE LIFE. AND I MOVE FORWARD HERE SO I DON'T
- 52:24HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT MY OWN LIFE. I RELEASE LIFE, TO
- 52:33CONCEIVE LIFE. THANK YOU, LORD. I RELEASE LIFE, TO CONCEIVE
- 52:43LIFE. I'M TELLING YOU, I FELT
- 52:47UP HERE SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TWINS.
- 52:49(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 52:51THANK YOU, LORD. AND I RELEASE THAT ANOINTING, FOR YOU THAT ARE
- 52:55WATCHING AS WELL, IN YESHUA'S NAME. NOW, MAN, I WANT YOU TO DO
- 53:01THIS. GRAB HANDS WITH SOMEBODY. I'M NOT GONNA CALL THESE PEOPLE
- 53:05FORWARD, BUT MAYBE THERE ARE MEN IN THIS HOUSE THAT YOU'RE LIKE,
- 53:10YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANNA BE A DAD SOMEDAY, BUT I'M NOT MARRIED. I
- 53:16CAN'T FIND A WIFE. THERE ISN'T ANY GOOD GIRLS OUT THERE.
- 53:20SOMETIMES WOMEN, I LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'M LIKE,
- 53:23THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GOOD GIRLS OUT THERE ANYMORE, 'CAUSE THEY
- 53:27CAN'T KEEP THEIR CLOTHES ON. THEY CAN'T STOP MAKING
- 53:31EVERYTHING, I WOULD NEVER WANNA BE MARRIED TO THE GIRLS ON
- 53:34SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE EITHER THEY'RE NOT DRESSED CORRECTLY,
- 53:37AND EVERY MAN GETS TO LUST AFTER THEM BEFORE I GET TO SEE THEM ON
- 53:40THE HONEYMOON, OR THEY'RE SO INTO THEMSELVES, HOW ARE THEY
- 53:45GONNA LOVE ME? THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. SO MEN, I WANT YOU TO
- 53:55PRAY, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME MEN IN THIS HOUSE, AND THERE'S SOME MEN
- 53:59THAT ARE WATCHING THAT WANT TO BE MARRIED. I'VE PRAYED FOR YOU
- 54:02NOW, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS, AND I WANT THE MEN OF
- 54:05THIS HOUSE AND THE MEN AROUND THE WORLD TO HEAR YOU THAT ARE
- 54:07SINGLE, THAT ONE DAY THEY'RE GONNA MARRY A GODLY WIFE SOON,
- 54:11AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A CHILD TOO, AND RAISE THEM IN THE FEAR
- 54:15AND THE ADMONITION OF GOD. ALL RIGHT, MAN, LET ME HEAR YOUR
- 54:17VOICE. PRAY FOR THEM, PRAY, PRAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 54:19WATCHING, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, I'M NOT GONNA PRAY FOR YOU,
- 54:25I WANNA HEAR YOU PRAY. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD.
- 54:30THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK
- 54:35YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME INTO
- 54:40AGREEMENT WITH THESE MEN AS THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY. FATHER, AND
- 54:43THERE ARE MEN, GODLY MEN, THAT ARE IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND
- 54:47WILL WATCH LATER BY ARCHIVE, OR MAYBE THEY'RE PRESENT IN THIS
- 54:50ROOM THAT ARE SAYING, "GOD, I WANT A GODLY WIFE." FATHER, WE
- 54:54SPEAK NOW AND WE SAY, "MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH. RELEASE FROM
- 54:59YOUR THRONE." YOU SENT ANGELS TO FIND, LORD GOD, A WIFE. I
- 55:03BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER ISAAC OR JACOB. I CAN'T REMEMBER. I
- 55:06BELIEVE IT WAS ISAAC, LORD, THAT YOU SENT AN ANGEL TO GO AND TO
- 55:10PREPARE AND TO BRING FORTH A WIFE. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD
- 55:16DO THE SAME. THAT NOT ONLY SHALL THESE GREAT MEN OF GOD, WHO ARE
- 55:22GODLY, WANT A GODLY WIFE, LORD, THEY WILL, AND I PRAY, SUDDENLY,
- 55:27ACCELERATE THEIR PURPOSE, ACCELERATE THEIR PATHS, AND MEET
- 55:31THE DESIRES OF THEIR HEART, THAT THEY TOO, EVEN A YEAR FROM NOW,
- 55:36LET THEM REJOICE AND SAY, "WELL, I'M MARRIED, AND NOW I'M IN
- 55:39POSITION," OR, "I'M ABOUT TO BE MARRIED," OR, "I FOUND THE ONE
- 55:42WHO I'M GOING TO MARRY. NOW I'M IN POSITION WHERE I CAN BE SOON
- 55:47A FATHER." AND LORD, WE COMMIT THIS INTO YOUR HANDS NOW IN
- 55:51YESHUA'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I LOVE YOU. THANK
- 55:57YOU FOR COMING FORTH, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME LOVE ON YOU
- 56:01AS WELL. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT MEN, SO GIVE ONE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW
- 56:04WHAT, WE DON'T, MEN DON'T, WE DON'T HUG, WE BEAR HUG. GIVE A
- 56:08MAN A BEAR HUG, YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM A KNUCKLE TOUCH, RIGHT?
- 56:12RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, WE LOVE YOU. WE LOVE YOU, YOU CAN GO BACK TO
- 56:15YOUR SEATS. ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU, LADIES, AND DIFFERENT ONES
- 56:18OUT HERE, WHY DON'T YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH ONE ANOTHER, GREET
- 56:21ONE ANOTHER IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD, AND SEE IF SOMEBODY KNOWS
- 56:26HOW MUCH LONGER 'TIL CHRISTMAS.
- 56:31(MUSIC)
- 57:12WELL, GOOD MORNING. I WILL WISH MY DAD A HAPPY
- 57:18FATHER'S DAY. HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, HE'S ON VACATION THIS
- 57:20WEEK, BUT HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAD. SO I WILL DO THAT REAL
- 57:25FAST. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING, WE WANNA MAKE
- 57:29YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE
- 57:33GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE
- 57:36WAVE YOUR HAND IN A NUTSHELL. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR
- 57:38YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES YOU'VE
- 57:41TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, SO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GOT ONE.
- 57:44THERE'S ALSO A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET IN THERE, AND I'D LIKE
- 57:48YOU TO TAKE IT OUT AT THIS TIME IF YOU CAN, 'CAUSE THERE'S A
- 57:52PICTURE ON THE STAGE, OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, JUST
- 57:55SO YOU KNOW WHICH PACKET IT IS IN THERE. GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT
- 57:58OUT, FLIP IT OPEN, AND THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND
- 58:01HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED
- 58:04CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF. FILL IT
- 58:07OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST
- 58:10A FEW MOMENTS. JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO
- 58:12SEE US THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH
- 58:15EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE
- 58:18WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, ONE
- 58:22VOICE TV, WE WANNA WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. I WANT
- 58:25YOU TO GET TO ONEVOICETV, ONEVOICETV.NET, OR GO TO YOUR
- 58:33APP STORE, DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES.
- 58:37WE'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN GET ACCESS
- 58:40TO A GREAT CHAT AREA WHERE LOTS OF OTHER VIEWERS ARE WATCHING AS
- 58:43WELL. AND IT'S OUR PLATFORM, SO WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT CONTENT
- 58:47OUT THERE FOR YOU AS WELL, LIKE NEW LEVEL, DAILY DECREE, GAME
- 58:51CHANGERS, GET REAL WITH HANK, AND MANY, MANY MORE. SO PLEASE
- 58:55GO WATCH ALL OF THAT GREAT CONTENT AND BE BLESSED BY IT.
- 58:59WELL, WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT COMING UP HERE. VBS, WE HAVE A
- 59:07ONE DAY VBS THAT IS COMING UP HERE IN JUST, WHAT, A WEEK OR
- 59:12TWO HERE? NEXT SATURDAY, NEXT SATURDAY. SO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE
- 59:18YOU GET ALL YOUR KIDS TO VBS. SO, TO GET YOU EXCITED, TO BRING
- 59:24YOUR KIDS, WATCH THIS.
- 59:27(MUSIC)
- 59:32AH, MAN, HOMEWORK, CHORES, JOBS, LIFE IS HEAVY.
- 59:36LUCA, THAT'S NOT A REAL BACKPACK.
- 59:38IT FEELS REAL.
- 59:40HI, LUCA. IF I TRIED TO CARRY MY WORRIES LIKE THAT, I'D BE
- 59:43SHORTER THAN A ZUCCHINI.
- 59:45WAIT, I DON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT ALL?
- 59:47NOPE, YOU CAN LEAN ON JESUS. HE HELPS CARRY WHAT'S TOO HEAVY.
- 59:51THAT'S WHAT OUR ONE DAY VBS IS ALL ABOUT.
- 59:54BIBLE LESSONS.
- 59:55WORSHIP.
- 59:56CRAFTS.
- 59:57GAMES.
- 59:57LUNCH.
- 59:58AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.
- 59:59FOR KIDS AGES 4-11, DROP OFF STARTS AT 8:45 A.M. AND VBS GOES
- 1:00:04FROM 9:00 TO 2:30.
- 1:00:06BIBLE STORIES, MUSIC, FRIENDS, AND LEARNING TO LEAN ON JESUS.
- 1:00:11AH, I FEEL LIGHTER ALREADY.
- 1:00:13COME JOIN US FOR
- 1:00:15LEAN ON JESUS VBS. SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH. SEE YOU THERE.
- 1:00:21(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 1:00:23I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. HOW MANY OF
- 1:00:25YOU EXCITED FOR THAT? AND IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. NEXT YEAR, WE'RE
- 1:00:30GONNA EVEN CHANGE IT EVEN MORE. WE'RE GONNA CALL IT VCBS. YEAH,
- 1:00:37Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS? I JUST THOUGHT OF IT. VACATION CELL
- 1:00:43PHONE BIBLE SCHOOL. VBS VACATION BIBLE, MOST PEOPLE'S BIBLES THEY
- 1:00:48USE ON THEIR CELL PHONE. NOBODY. THAT WAS REALLY DUMB, WASN'T IT?
- 1:00:53ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY STUPID, BUT
- 1:00:56ANYWAY. WELL, BEFORE WE RECEIVE TODAY'S OFFERING, AND THOSE OF
- 1:01:01YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANNA DO TWO THINGS. I WANNA GIVE YOU
- 1:01:03JUST A COUPLE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THEN I WANNA
- 1:01:05GIVE YOU A SHALLOW UPDATE. THAT'S OUR LAND PROJECT. AND
- 1:01:09THEN WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT INTO THE OFFERING AND GIVE MAMA
- 1:01:11PLENTY OF TIME TO PREACH. BUT DON'T FORGET, THIS NEXT SUNDAY,
- 1:01:14WE'RE GONNA HAVE JESSE DUPLANTIS, THE RAGING CAJUN. AND
- 1:01:20IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL TIME. HE'S HILARIOUS. I'M GONNA SEE IF
- 1:01:23I CAN GET HIM TO PLAY THE BASS, JAKE. HAVE YOU SEEN HIM DO IT
- 1:01:26YET? YEAH, HE USED TO PLAY FOR SANTANA, I THINK IT WAS, THE
- 1:01:32BAND. SO I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET HIM TO PLAY AND I MIGHT SING
- 1:01:35WITH HIM, YOU KNOW. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE TO SING
- 1:01:39WITH JESSE DUPLANTIS. WE'LL SEE, YEAH, I SANG WITH PHIL DRISCOLL
- 1:01:42ONCE, SO WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A ONE. BRENDA, I MIGHT
- 1:01:46SING. BUT ANYWAY, HE'S GONNA BE HERE NEXT SUNDAY AND IT'S GONNA
- 1:01:48BE A GREAT TIME. ALSO TUESDAY, DON'T FORGET, I'M GONNA BE ON
- 1:01:52ELIJAH STREAMS AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED. I FEEL LIKE
- 1:01:55GOD'S BEEN USING THAT DOOR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR
- 1:01:59OTHER WAYS TO JUST GET OUT WITH A LOT OF THE PROPHETIC CONFUSION
- 1:02:03AND DIFFERENT THINGS. STEVE IS SUCH A GOOD MAN, AND HE'S GIVEN
- 1:02:06ME AMPLE TIME TO REALLY GO OVER PROPHECIES AND TO KIND OF TEACH
- 1:02:10AND MENTOR. AND SO BE LOOKING IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND EVEN IN
- 1:02:14JULY, I'M GONNA DO SOME PROPHETIC MENTORING ON THE SHOW
- 1:02:17WHERE WE'RE GONNA KIND OF START MOVING TOWARDS WHAT MY NEXT
- 1:02:22ANNOUNCEMENT IS. AND THAT IS I
- 1:02:24WANNA RAISE UP A MINISTRY SCHOOL.
- 1:02:26ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
- 1:02:29YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
- 1:02:30BUT, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT
- 1:02:33ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
- 1:02:34HOW MANY WERE HERE, OR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
- 1:02:37WHERE YOU WERE PART OF WHAT WE CALLED A SHILOH PROJECT?
- 1:02:40SHILOH IS THE NAME OF LAND.
- 1:02:42AND FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS,
- 1:02:45WE HAD PROPHECIES THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACRES UPON ACRES
- 1:02:48UPON ACRES OF LAND.
- 1:02:50AND I LOOKED FOR YEARS AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, COULDN'T
- 1:02:53NOTHING EVER WORKED OUT.
- 1:02:54WELL, THEN FOUR YEARS AGO, WE ALMOST WERE ABLE TO BUY
- 1:02:57THIS LAND, BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAD A SELLER AT THAT
- 1:03:02TIME THAT REALLY DID NOT, LET ME JUST SAY THIS, BUSINESS
- 1:03:08PRACTICES WERE NOT SOMETHING THAT I, AS A PASTOR THAT
- 1:03:11REPRESENTED GOD OR YOU, FELT COMFORTABLE WITH. AND SO
- 1:03:15OBVIOUSLY THE DEAL WENT THROUGH, THEY WANTED ME TO PUT UP AN
- 1:03:18EGREGIOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY, NON-REFUNDABLE, UPWARDS OVER A
- 1:03:22MILLION DOLLARS, AND I SAID, "I WILL NOT DO THAT WITH GOD. "I
- 1:03:25WILL NOT DO THAT TO THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. "YOU, SIR, CAN GO POUND
- 1:03:28SAND." WELL, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. AND I DON'T MIND. AND IF
- 1:03:35HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ROOM, I MIGHT HAVE POUNDED SOMETHING
- 1:03:37ELSE BESIDES SAND, BUT I DECIDED IT WAS BEST THAT I DIDN'T DO
- 1:03:40THAT. SO THE DEAL FELL THROUGH. SOMEBODY ELSE HAD BOUGHT IT AT
- 1:03:44THE TIME. THEY HAD INTENTIONS TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. AND
- 1:03:48ANYWAY, I FELT REAL STRONG THAT GOD WAS GONNA RECIRCULATE THIS.
- 1:03:53THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS JUST WAIT. IN THE MEANTIME, WE GOT
- 1:03:56BACK IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, PROBABLY WHAT, SIX MONTHS AGO,
- 1:03:59IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? FOUR MONTHS AGO? YEAH, A HANDFUL OF MONTHS
- 1:04:03AGO. IN THE MEANTIME, THE PERSON GOT SAVED. THEY ARE ON FIRE.
- 1:04:06THEY BECAME MY FRIEND. AND WE MET ON FRIDAY JUST WITH THE
- 1:04:10STAFF, WITH THESE OWNERS, TO PULL THIS THING TOGETHER, TO
- 1:04:15STRUCTURE IT RIGHT TO WHERE THE BOARD WILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
- 1:04:19AND HERE'S THE THING. I THINK THE WISDOM AND PRUDENCE IS, THIS
- 1:04:26LAND IS, IT'S NOT REALLY FOR SALE. THEY'RE SELLING IT TO US.
- 1:04:30SO I THINK THAT'S, SO YOU CAN'T FIND IT OUT ON THE MARKET, SO
- 1:04:33DON'T GO SEARCHING, YOU WON'T FIND IT. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT FOR
- 1:04:36SALE, THEY'RE SELLING IT TO US BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU'RE
- 1:04:38SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT. AND ONLY
- 1:04:42GOD COULD DO THAT. NOW, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT WOULD BE IN
- 1:04:46WISDOM THAT WE PAY CASH FOR IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, IF NOT ALL OF
- 1:04:50IT, AND THAT'S WHAT MY GOAL IS. I SAY, GOD, THIS IS YOUR IDEA, I
- 1:04:53WANNA PAY FOR THIS THING. AND THEN I WANNA BE ABLE TO PUT A
- 1:04:57RETREAT CENTER THERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO DO SO. THERE'S
- 1:05:00A LOT OF GREAT STUFF THAT WE CAN DO, AND WE CAN DO IT QUICKLY,
- 1:05:04CHURCH PICNICS, SOFT, WE CAN RAISE UP SOFTBALL. I COULD BEAT
- 1:05:09CRAIG IN SOFTBALL. HE COULD BE ON THE OPPOSITE TEAM. HE COULD
- 1:05:12BE ON THE WOMEN'S TEAM, I COULD BE ON THE MEN'S. AND WE COULD
- 1:05:16HELP MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS. I MEAN, WHY NOT, RIGHT? I MEAN,
- 1:05:19THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING NOW, MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS. I MEAN,
- 1:05:22WHY NOT? NO, CRAIG, WE KNOW YOU'RE A PATRIOT. YOU'D NEVER GO
- 1:05:25FOR THAT. SO THE UPDATE IS THIS. EXPECT AT THE, SOMEWHERE IN THE
- 1:05:32MONTH OF JULY, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A
- 1:05:34LETTER. THEN IN AUGUST, HUH? WE'RE GETTING FOOTAGE. WE'RE
- 1:05:40GETTING DRONE FOOTAGE, FOOTAGE, AND WE'RE GONNA START ROLLING IT
- 1:05:43OUT. I DO TAKE VACATION IN JULY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALMOST 30
- 1:05:46YEARS, SO AS YOU KNOW, I DO TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS OR SO IN JULY.
- 1:05:50AND THEN ONCE, I'M NOT GONNA FOOL WITH THIS ON JULY, I WANNA
- 1:05:54BE ON VACATION. AND THEN WHEN WE GET BACK, WE'LL HAVE SOME
- 1:05:58FOOTAGE AND WE'RE EVEN INVITED THEM TO THE SERVICE AND THEY'RE
- 1:06:03GONNA TELL THEIR STORY AND YOU'RE GONNA BE BLESSED AND
- 1:06:06SHOCKED AND AMAZED AS YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AND THEN WE'RE
- 1:06:09GONNA ROLL. WE'RE GONNA GET THIS THING PAID FOR AND WE'RE GONNA
- 1:06:11GET MOVING FORWARD. SO I JUST WANNA PREPARE YOU, BE LOOKING
- 1:06:13FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS WE ROLL THIS THING OUT AND ALL OF
- 1:06:17THAT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANNA JUST SHARE
- 1:06:21ONE SCRIPTURE, IT'S OFFERING TIME. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 1:06:23WATCHING, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU MATTHEW CHAPTER 2, VERSE 11. AND
- 1:06:27THIS HAS BEEN IN MY HEART FOR A LONG TIME, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU
- 1:06:30REMEMBER MAY 17TH, WE JUST GOT DONE DEDICATING THE NATION WITH
- 1:06:34OUR PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND WE REDEDICATED
- 1:06:37IT TO GOD. AND I REALLY FELT LIKE ONE OF THE PROPHETIC
- 1:06:41EXAMPLES THE LORD GAVE OUT OF SCRIPTURE WAS THE STORY ABOUT
- 1:06:44THE PRODIGAL SON, HOW THE SON DIDN'T DESERVE, JUST LIKE
- 1:06:48AMERICA, A SECOND CHANCE. BUT GOD GAVE THE PRODIGAL A SECOND
- 1:06:52CHANCE. HE'S GIVEN AMERICA A SECOND CHANCE, AND THE FATHER IN
- 1:06:55THE STORY RAN AND KISSED HIS SON WHO DIDN'T DESERVE IT. AND I
- 1:06:59FEEL LIKE GOD HAS KISSED OUR NATION. THIS IS WHY THE MIDTERMS
- 1:07:02ARE COMING. YOU NEED TO GET OUT AND VOTE. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN,
- 1:07:08AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, YOU GET A DEMOCRATIC, LIBERAL HOUSE
- 1:07:12AND SENATE, AND THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO IS GO AFTER THE
- 1:07:15PRESIDENT THAT YOU LOVE AND APPRECIATE, AND THEY'RE GONNA
- 1:07:18SEEK TO IMPEACH HIM. SO THE ONLY THING THAT CAN GIVE THEM ANY
- 1:07:22KIND OF SUCCESS IS A LACK OF CONSERVATIVE VOTER TURNOUT. WE
- 1:07:26HAVE ENOUGH CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO DON'T WANT THE
- 1:07:29FOOLISHNESS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH. THE PROBLEM IS
- 1:07:32CHRISTIANS ARE THE WORST ONES. THEY DON'T VOTE, THEY DON'T
- 1:07:35STAND FOR ANYTHING. AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, GOD
- 1:07:40HAS KISSED US, WE NEED TO RECIPROCATE. AND ONE OF THE WAYS
- 1:07:43THAT YOU DO THIS IS MATTHEW 2, VERSE 11, "WHEN THE WISE MEN
- 1:07:46CAME," NOTICE THE THING IT SAYS IN THE SCRIPTURE IS THEY FELL
- 1:07:50DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM. AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID IN JOHN
- 1:07:534, IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF WORSHIP IS WHEN YOU LITERALLY
- 1:07:57KISS OR YOU BOW DOWN TO A PLACE OF INCREDIBLE HUMILITY AND
- 1:08:03REVERENCE AS IF TO KISS THE FEET OF THE ONE YOU'RE WORSHIPING.
- 1:08:06AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. NOW NOTICE THE EXPRESSION OF THEIR
- 1:08:09WORSHIP BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, THE BIBLE SAYS GOD
- 1:08:12LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I THINK
- 1:08:15GRIEVES THE HEART OF GOD AND IT'S GRIEVED ME AS A PASTOR
- 1:08:17THROUGH THE YEARS IS WHEN OFFERING TIME COMES, PEOPLE LOCK
- 1:08:20UP. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SOME BAD, I HATE TO SAY IT,
- 1:08:24MINISTERS THAT REPRESENT THE OFFERING THAT HAVE MANIPULATED
- 1:08:28PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS. AND I'M NOT HERE, DON'T WRITE NAMES
- 1:08:31THAT YOU THINK, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. BUT THERE ARE
- 1:08:33PEOPLE THAT MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS OF MINISTRY AND
- 1:08:36MANIPULATED YOU, THE GOOD PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE
- 1:08:38TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN HONOR TO GOD. YOU HAVE
- 1:08:42AN HONOR WITH YOUR TITHES AND YOUR OFFERINGS TO KISS YOUR GOD.
- 1:08:46AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU DO IT IS KEEP READING. THEY OPENED
- 1:08:50THEIR TREASURES. WELL, YOU CAN'T OPEN YOUR TREASURES UNLESS YOU
- 1:08:54FIRST OPEN YOUR HEART. THAT'S WHAT THE BOWING DOWN AND THE
- 1:08:57WORSHIPING AND THE KISSING WAS. AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TODAY IS
- 1:09:01TO OPEN YOUR HEART AND YOUR TREASURE AND KISS YOUR GOD IN
- 1:09:05WORSHIP. I SHOWED YOU LAST WEEK, 1 KINGS 19:18, ONE OF THE
- 1:09:09THINGS THAT GOD SAID IS THERE ARE 7,000 THAT I'VE HID THAT
- 1:09:12HAVEN'T KISSED AND WORSHIPED BAAL. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING
- 1:09:18THAT I THINK HAS GRIEVED GOD IS WE PUT OUR MONEY TOWARDS ALL THE
- 1:09:21OTHER THINGS THAT SUPPORT WHAT HAS MADE OUR CULTURE AS CORRUPT
- 1:09:26AS IT IS, AND IT'S BEEN FINANCED A LOT BY CHRISTIANS AROUND THE
- 1:09:29WORLD. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING TO GOD, THEY HAVEN'T
- 1:09:33KISSED HIM. AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE US TO STEP UP, NOT
- 1:09:37THAT WE AREN'T, I'M JUST ENCOURAGING. STEP UP, SHOW MORE
- 1:09:41LOVE TO GOD BY KISSING HIM, BY GIVING YOUR FINANCES, BUT ALSO
- 1:09:45YOUR TIME, YOUR LOVE, YOUR ATTENTION, ALL OF THAT. ALL
- 1:09:51RIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN GO AHEAD
- 1:09:53AND BEGIN TO FILL OUT YOUR OFFERING INFORMATION. I LOVE
- 1:09:58THIS, I GUESS THEY'RE STILL SNAIL MAIL, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S
- 1:10:01PRETTY SLOW. THERE'S THE WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT2GIVE,
- 1:10:06OR YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE. ISN'T THAT AMAZING THAT YOU CAN
- 1:10:09DO OFFERINGS LIKE THAT TODAY AND YOU CAN KISS GOD AND BE A
- 1:10:13CHEERFUL GIVER? AND SO, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS, THOSE OF YOU
- 1:10:17THAT ARE WATCHING AS WELL, I DO APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 1:10:23WATCHING AND ALSO IN THIS ROOM, HOW YOU HAVE UNDERGIRDED THIS
- 1:10:26MINISTRY. AND I JUST, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS VERY
- 1:10:29HONORABLE TO GOD. IT'S BEEN VERY HONORABLE. LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE
- 1:10:32DONE WITH THE LORD. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS BUILDING AND
- 1:10:35CAMPUS. AND I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE GOD A HAND CLAP. OKAY,
- 1:10:39STAND TO YOUR FEET. I'M GONNA PRAY A PRAYER OVER YOU. AND THEN
- 1:10:41BRENDA'S GONNA COME AND DO THE DECREE BECAUSE SHE NORMALLY
- 1:10:44DOES. AND I THINK SHE DOES IT BETTER THAN ME. SO LET'S GIVE IT
- 1:10:47UP FOR PASTOR BRENDA AS SHE COMES. AND SHE'S GONNA DO THE
- 1:10:49DECREE AND I'LL PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE
- 1:10:52PEOPLE TODAY. WE THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL TIME
- 1:10:56TOGETHER. I PRAY THAT AS YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD, WHEN THEY
- 1:10:58TITHE, YOU WOULD REBUKE THE DEVOURER, SO WE EXPECT THAT. YOU
- 1:11:02SAID YOU WOULD OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT BLESSINGS
- 1:11:05THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE WHEN THEY TITHE, WE EXPECT THAT
- 1:11:08IN HONOR. AND LASTLY, YOU ALSO SAID WHEN WE GIVE, THAT YOU, YOU
- 1:11:13WILL GIVE BACK TO US, GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN
- 1:11:17TOGETHER, EVEN RUNNING OVER, SO YOU OUR GOD GIVE BACK TO US
- 1:11:21THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN. OCUS.ORG. YOU WILL PROVIDE EVERY
- 1:11:23NEED AND THAT'S WHAT WE ASK AND EXPECT IN HONOR AND
- 1:11:26THANKSGIVING. BLESS THE PEOPLE'S OFFERING. BLESS THEIR GIVING AND
- 1:11:31WE THANK YOU FOR THAT IN JESUS' NAME. AND EVERYBODY SAID AMEN. -
- 1:11:35AMEN. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY TO DO OUR DECLARATION? YOU'RE GOING TO
- 1:11:39MEAN IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART? ALL RIGHT. LET'S SAY IT TOGETHER. WE
- 1:11:42DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE
- 1:11:46INCREASED, EXPANDED AND DEBT FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN
- 1:11:51WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT BE BUILT UP
- 1:11:56AND FINISH. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE
- 1:12:00LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS
- 1:12:05AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE
- 1:12:09CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE
- 1:12:13AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE
- 1:12:17ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL
- 1:12:21QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE
- 1:12:25DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE.
- 1:12:31AMEN. ALL RIGHT. GIVE SOMEBODY A HIGH FIVE AS YOU FIND YOUR WAY
- 1:12:38TO YOUR SEAT. PRAISE THE LORD. I'M GOING TO BE EXCITED NEXT
- 1:12:42WEEK FOR THE RAGING CAJUN TO BE HERE. JESSE, IT'S GOING TO BE A
- 1:12:48GOOD TIME. SO MANY GOOD THINGS WILL BE HAPPENING. SO A LOT OF
- 1:12:52THINGS GOING ON AT LORD OF HOSTS. OF COURSE, WHILE WE'RE
- 1:12:54VACATING ON THE 12TH OF JULY, WE'LL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT
- 1:12:59COUPLE SUNDAYS. AND THEN ON THE 12TH OF JULY, GENE BAILEY WILL
- 1:13:02BE IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE
- 1:13:05HERE. SO BE HERE FOR ALL THOSE THINGS. I THINK IT'LL BE
- 1:13:09WONDERFUL. AND SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND OF COURSE,
- 1:13:12OPENING THE HEAVENS IS AROUND THE CORNER. IF YOU'VE NOT
- 1:13:15REGISTERED, GET REGISTERED. WE HAVE WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE
- 1:13:18ALREADY. AND WE'RE DOING IT HERE AT THE CAMPUS. WELL, PASTOR
- 1:13:22BRENDA, I WANT TO GIVE A HAND CLAP TO GOD FOR THE CONFERENCE.
- 1:13:26(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:13:28YOU MIGHT SAY, IS THERE GONNA BE ROOM FOR US IN THE CAMPUS HERE
- 1:13:32AT LORD OF HOSTS? WE ARE GONNA MAKE IT WORK. AND I THINK IT'S
- 1:13:36GONNA BE A GOOD TIME. AND I MEAN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
- 1:13:40LOVING ABOUT THAT IS JUST BEING ABLE TO GET IN HERE WHERE THE
- 1:13:42ANOINTING HAS BEEN JUST SATURATED IN THIS ROOM. I DON'T
- 1:13:46HAVE TO DRIVE OUT THE DEVILS FROM THE CONCERT THE WEEK
- 1:13:49BEFORE. RIGHT, AMEN, ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S GET INTO THE WORD
- 1:13:54TODAY. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY, FIRST OF ALL,
- 1:13:58LET ME JUST ASK EVERYBODY TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU BELIEVE
- 1:14:00THIS, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED? RAISE
- 1:14:04YOUR HAND. YOU WANT YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED, YES OR NO? ALL RIGHT.
- 1:14:08SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SPRINGBOARD
- 1:14:12OFF OF WHAT A PASTOR HAS BEEN SHARING ABOUT THE MEDITATION OF
- 1:14:16OUR HEART, ALLOWING OUR MOUTH AND THAT TO ALIGN TOGETHER,
- 1:14:21PSALM 19:14, WHAT'S THAT? WEDNESDAY, I'LL CONTINUE. OH,
- 1:14:24YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. OH, THAT'S GOOD,
- 1:14:26PASTOR'S GONNA PLAN TO BE IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
- 1:14:29GIVE HIM A HAND FOR THAT.
- 1:14:30(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:14:31SO HE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS WAS JUST A
- 1:14:35SPRINGBOARD, THEN PASTOR CHRISTY KIND OF PICKED IT UP A WEDNESDAY
- 1:14:38AGO, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO, THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT I HAD PUT
- 1:14:42TOGETHER YEARS AND YEARS AGO CALLED 12 INTERRUPTIONS TO
- 1:14:46ANSWERED PRAYER. I'M NOT NECESSARILY TRYING TO DETAIL
- 1:14:49EACH ONE OF THEM, BUT, AND I'M HOPING TO KIND OF PUT A BOOK
- 1:14:52TOGETHER. I ACTUALLY DID START A LITTLE MANUSCRIPT, BUT I KEEP
- 1:14:55GETTING SIDETRACKED WITH OTHER THINGS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL
- 1:14:59ONE DAY COME TOGETHER AS A BOOK WRITING. AND SO SOME OF THESE
- 1:15:03THINGS, ALL 12 OF THEM, I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK WE ONLY COVERED
- 1:15:06ONE, AND SO SOME OF THESE WILL BE A QUICK MENTION, SOME I'LL
- 1:15:11DETAIL A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO JUST WRITE THEM
- 1:15:15DOWN. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN, WHERE WHAT WE
- 1:15:17DON'T GET TO, YOU CAN GO AND DO YOUR OWN STUDY. BUT
- 1:15:20INTERRUPTIONS TO ANSWER PRAYER, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NEVER MEANT
- 1:15:23TO NECESSARILY BE AN ALL-COMPREHENSIVE LIST. THERE
- 1:15:29COULD BE MORE THINGS, OR YOU COULD COMBINE A FEW TOGETHER, OR
- 1:15:32SOMETHING COULD SPRING OFF OF THAT, SO I'M CERTAINLY NOT
- 1:15:34PRETENDING TO KNOW ALL THE REASONS. AND THE OTHER THING I
- 1:15:37ALWAYS SAY WHEN YOU TEACH MESSAGES LIKE THIS IS TO
- 1:15:41ENCOURAGE YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS WHY
- 1:15:44SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE WE'VE LOVED AND KNOWN, DIDN'T GET A PRAYER
- 1:15:47ANSWERED. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW. CERTAINLY NOT FOR US TO USE A
- 1:15:50WAY TO JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE, RIGHT, IT'S FOR US TO LOOK IN
- 1:15:54OUR OWN LIFE. AND EVEN IN OUR OWN LIFE, WE MAY NOT ALWAYS KNOW
- 1:15:57THE REASONS OUR PRAYERS DIDN'T GET ANSWERED. NOT EVERYTHING IS
- 1:16:00GOD OBLIGATED TO SHARE WITH US. I'VE LEARNED THAT. THAT WAS THE
- 1:16:03BIG LESSON OF THE BOOK OF JOB, THAT JOB HAD TO LEARN TO TRUST
- 1:16:07GOD EVEN WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW EVERYTHING. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
- 1:16:11EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOD, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE NEVER
- 1:16:15GONNA KNOW EVERY SINGLE THING THAT GOES ON IN THE HEART OF THE
- 1:16:18MIND OF THE DIVINE. AND TO ACT AS IF GOD SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO
- 1:16:23TELL US EVERY SINGLE THING IS TO SET OURSELVES UP TO BE SMARTER
- 1:16:26THAN GOD. AND WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. AND GOD FINALLY HAD TO
- 1:16:29COME TO JOB, IF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY. I DID A WHOLE TEACHING ON
- 1:16:32THAT. CAME TO JOB AND FINALLY SAID, WERE YOU THERE WHEN I PUT
- 1:16:36THE STARS INTO THE SKY? NO, GOD, I WASN'T. SO WE'VE GOTTA KNOW
- 1:16:41THAT GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND WE'VE GOTTA TRUST HIM, AMEN?
- 1:16:44ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET INTO IT. LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT
- 1:16:47ONE OF THE KEY AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT,
- 1:16:50THE FIRST COUPLE OF THESE, WHEN IT COMES TO INTERRUPTED PRAYER,
- 1:16:55LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF. AND THIS WAS
- 1:16:59OFF OF MATTHEW 17:20, WHEN THE DISCIPLES COULD NOT CAST A DEMON
- 1:17:03OUT OF A YOUNG DEMON-POSSESSED BOY. NOW WE KNOW FOR A FACT,
- 1:17:08THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAST THE DEMON OUT. JESUS HAD
- 1:17:11SENT THEM OUT IN MATTHEW THE 10TH CHAPTER WITH THE ABILITY
- 1:17:14AND WITH POWER, WITH HIS POWER AND HIS AUTHORITY AND HIS
- 1:17:17ANOINTING TO CAST OUT DEMONS. THEY SHOULD HAVE WELL BEEN ABLE
- 1:17:21TO DO IT. AND ALSO WE KNOW THEY DID DO IT. THEY CAME BACK WITH
- 1:17:25TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE BEING HEALED AND DELIVERED. AND IF
- 1:17:29THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY COULD HAVE CAST THE DEMON OUT,
- 1:17:32THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TRIED. THIS YOUNG FATHER WHO CAME WITH A
- 1:17:35DEMON POSSESSED SON OR THE SON IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE MIGHT
- 1:17:39CALL IT SOME SORT OF MENTAL ILLNESS. BUT BACK IN THAT DAY,
- 1:17:43IT WAS LUNATIC. THAT WORD LUNATIC IN THE GREEK IS A WORD
- 1:17:45THAT SPEAKS ABOUT MENTAL DISORDERS, AS WE MIGHT CALL THEM
- 1:17:50IN MORE MODERN TERMS. BUT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL
- 1:17:54HIMSELF. AND IF THE FATHER DIDN'T THINK THAT THE DISCIPLES
- 1:17:58COULD HAVE CAST THE DEVIL OUT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO THE
- 1:18:01DISCIPLES. SO OBVIOUSLY IT HAD GOTTEN AROUND THAT THEY HAD BEEN
- 1:18:05ABLE TO PERFORM MIRACLES UNDER JESUS' POWER AND AUTHORITY. SO
- 1:18:09WHEN THEY COULDN'T CAST THE DEMON OUT, IF YOU GO BACK AND
- 1:18:12READ THE STORY, WE DETAILED IT LAST WEEK, WHEN THEY COULDN'T
- 1:18:14CAST THE DEMON OUT, THEY DID WHAT A LOT OF US DO, RIGHT?
- 1:18:19LORD, WHY? WHY THEY PULLED JESUS APART AND SAID, COULD WE NOT
- 1:18:26CAST OUT THIS DEVIL? AND JESUS, AND HERE'S THE HIGHLIGHT, THIS
- 1:18:31IS VERSE 20, THEY'LL PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN. HE SAID, LOOK
- 1:18:35WHAT HE SAYS THERE, BECAUSE OF WHAT? BECAUSE OF WHAT? SO THERE
- 1:18:41IS THE ANSWER UNDERLINED. WE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT A
- 1:18:45SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF. THERE'S TWO KINDS OF UNBELIEF IN THE BIBLE.
- 1:18:49ONE OF THEM, IT USUALLY IT STARTS OUT AS A FEARFUL
- 1:18:52UNBELIEF, AN UNBELIEF, WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT SOMETHING, MAYBE
- 1:18:56I'M APPREHENSIVE, NOT SURE IF I BELIEVE THAT. AND THAT ISN'T,
- 1:19:01THERE ISN'T ANYTHING SO MUCH WRONG WITH THAT INITIALLY, BUT
- 1:19:06IT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH, OKAY? FEAR AND UNBELIEF, WHEN THEY ARE
- 1:19:10MIXED TOGETHER, WILL CAUSE A PERSON NOT TO TRUST GOD, THEY'LL
- 1:19:14NEVER LAUNCH OUT IN FAITH. BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS, UNBELIEF,
- 1:19:19IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH IT YOU MIGHT BE FEARFUL, SUCH AND SUCH
- 1:19:22WILL NEVER HAPPEN. YOU MIGHT BE AFRAID YOUR PRAYERS AREN'T GONNA
- 1:19:25GET ANSWERED. COME ON, WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE, HAVEN'T WE? WE
- 1:19:29HAVE SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE, WE'VE ALL BEEN, WELL, GOD, IS
- 1:19:32THIS GONNA WORK OUT THE WAY THAT I PRAYED? EVERY PERSON HAS HAD
- 1:19:36TO DEAL WITH THAT AT SOME LEVEL. BUT JESUS, NOW, HE WAS VERY BOLD
- 1:19:41IN HOW HE WANTED THEM TO DEAL WITH THAT SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF.
- 1:19:44BUT UNBELIEF, FEARFUL UNBELIEF, I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK,
- 1:19:47IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH IT, EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES
- 1:19:50STIFF-NECKED UNBELIEF. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN
- 1:19:53OF ISRAEL. THEY STARTED OUT FEARFUL WHEN THEY WERE BEING
- 1:19:57PURSUED BY PHARAOH'S ARMY. THEY WERE FEARFUL AT THE SIDE OF THE
- 1:20:02RED SEA. THEY WERE FEARFUL WHEN THEY GOT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND
- 1:20:06THERE WAS NO WATER. AND THEY WERE OUT THERE WITH A BUNCH OF
- 1:20:09BROWN ROCKS AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WAS COMING
- 1:20:12FROM. THEY WERE FEARFUL FOR THEIR LIVES. BUT THEN
- 1:20:15EVENTUALLY, GOD FINALLY SAID TO ISRAEL, HE SAID, "YOU HAVE
- 1:20:20PROVOKED ME NOW." COME ON, IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE ON THE SIDE OF
- 1:20:24PROVOKING GOD. "YOU HAVE PROVOKED ME NOW, THESE," AND GOD
- 1:20:29COUNTED IT, BY THE WAY, "THESE 10 TIMES." 10 TIMES, "YOU HAVE
- 1:20:33PROVOKED ME." BECAUSE NOW, THEN WHEN YOU GET LATER, THE BIBLE
- 1:20:38DESCRIBES ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS AS STIFF-NECKED. AND
- 1:20:44IF YOU GO BACK AND READ HEBREWS CHAPTER THREE AND FOUR, IT SAID
- 1:20:47THEY COULD NOT ENTER IN. IN FACT, CHAPTER FOUR, IT CHANGES
- 1:20:51THE WORD UNBELIEF. IT STARTS WITH THE FEARFUL, APPREHENSIVE,
- 1:20:55UNSURE UNBELIEF, AND THEN IT SHIFTS SOMEWHERE. AND IN HEBREWS
- 1:21:00CHAPTER FOUR, IT'S A DIFFERENT WORD FOR UNBELIEF, AND IT MEANS
- 1:21:03TO BE STIFF-NECKED AND REBELLIOUS, REFUSALS, I REFUSE
- 1:21:10TO BELIEVE IN GOD. AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH
- 1:21:13THIS WITH HEALING. THEY DIDN'T SEE SOMEONE GET HEALED, AND SO
- 1:21:16RATHER SAY, WELL, GOD, TEACH ME. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
- 1:21:20HAPPENED IN THAT SITUATION, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO REVEAL AND
- 1:21:23SHOW ME, AND KEEP THEIR HEART TENDER. NO, THEY PUT THEIR FIST
- 1:21:27UP AND SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT ANYMORE. THAT'S CALLED
- 1:21:30STIFF-NECKED UNBELIEF. JESUS SAID THE REASON YOU COULDN'T SEE
- 1:21:33THE MIRACLE WAS BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF. IS THAT NOT WHAT HE
- 1:21:37SAID? NOW LATER HE SAYS THIS KIND GOES OUT BY PRAYER AND
- 1:21:42FASTING, BUT IT'S NOT THAT THAT WAS NOT THE REASON THEY COULDN'T
- 1:21:46CAST THE DEMON OUT. PRAYER AND FASTING SOMETIMES IS JUST
- 1:21:50REQUIRED TO MOVE CERTAIN OBSTACLES. AND SO WE HAVE TO
- 1:21:53UNDERSTAND THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK AND HOW THE WAY
- 1:21:57WE DEAL WITH UNBELIEF IS TO GROW OUR FAITH. JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'D
- 1:22:00HAVE FAITH "LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, "YOU WOULD TAKE
- 1:22:03THE SEEDS LIKE WHAT I'M PREACHING TODAY, "AND YOU WOULD
- 1:22:07GO DO SOMETHING WITH IT." COME ON, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CHURCH
- 1:22:11SERVICE OR EVERY TIME THERE'S A SERMON PREACHED ANYWHERE, THERE
- 1:22:15WILL ALWAYS BE THREE HEARERS. THERE WILL BE THOSE THAT WILL
- 1:22:18JUST CAST IT DOWN AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT SURE I AGREE
- 1:22:21WITH THAT." THERE'LL BE THOSE THAT'LL INVESTIGATE AND THINK,
- 1:22:24"OH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD, I CAN RECEIVE THAT." AND YEAH,
- 1:22:29MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'LL DO SOMETHING WITH IT. THEN THERE'S
- 1:22:32THOSE THAT DO SOMETHING WITH IT. BE THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE WORD
- 1:22:36THAT WE PREACH THAT MIGHT JUST BE A SEED TODAY AND GO DO
- 1:22:39SOMETHING WITH IT. HALLELUJAH.
- 1:22:42(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:22:43SO JESUS SAID, "THE SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF." SO WE TALKED ABOUT
- 1:22:47THAT. IF YOU WANNA GO BACK TO LAST WEEK'S AND LISTEN, THIS IS
- 1:22:50ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASON PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR PRAYERS
- 1:22:53ANSWERED. SO LET'S GO TO THE SECOND ONE. I DON'T WANNA CAMP
- 1:22:56ON THAT TOO LONG, BUT I DO WANNA DETAIL THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT. BY
- 1:23:00THE WAY, TOUCH YOURSELF. SAY, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A SPIRIT OF
- 1:23:04UNBELIEF. I REBUKE UNBELIEF FROM MY MIND. COME ON, IN JESUS'
- 1:23:10NAME. NOW, THE SECOND REASON THAT PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T GET
- 1:23:14ANSWERS TO PRAYER IS EITHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T PRAY ABOUT
- 1:23:18THINGS. I KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER HAD
- 1:23:21SOMETHING YOU THOUGHT, MAN, I SHOULD HAVE PRAYED ABOUT THAT?
- 1:23:23RATHER THAN DELVE HEADLONG, HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT A CAR THAT WAS A
- 1:23:26LEMON, AND YOU REALIZE I SHOULD HAVE PRAYED, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED
- 1:23:30THE LORD, AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT'S TOO LATE, YOU ALREADY
- 1:23:34BOUGHT THE CAR. AND SO, AND THERE'S TIMES IN RETROSPECT, YOU
- 1:23:38THINK, WELL, I SHOULD HAVE PRAYED. BUT THEN EVEN WHEN WE DO
- 1:23:40PRAY, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
- 1:23:46PRAY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO PRAY.
- 1:23:49SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T RECEIVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER BECAUSE THEY
- 1:23:54DON'T ASK IN CONFIDENCE. IT'S LIKE, WELL, I SURE HOPE SO. YOU
- 1:23:59KNOW, I RUN INTO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, PASTOR AND I DO, IN ALL OF
- 1:24:02OUR YEARS OF MINISTRY, AND YOU'LL PRAY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I
- 1:24:05BELIEVE GOD'S GONNA BLESS YOU WITH THAT NEW JOB. WELL, I SURE
- 1:24:08HOPE SO. THAT'S NOT A CONFIDENCE, OKAY? THAT'S NOT A
- 1:24:12CONFIDENCE. YOU KNOW, I LOVE, IN FACT, TODAY, PASTOR WAS PRAYING
- 1:24:16OVER THE MEN AND I JUST, I LOVED THE BOLD CONFIDENCE FOR THOSE
- 1:24:20THAT WERE BELIEVING TO CONCEIVE CHILDREN. COME ON, THAT'S THE
- 1:24:24KIND OF PASTOR YOU WANT AROUND YOUR LIFE THAT'S GONNA PRESS FOR
- 1:24:27THE MIRACLE, OKAY? PASTOR BRENDA, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS?
- 1:24:31OR WHAT IF THAT? WELL, WE DON'T GO WITH THAT. IT'S LIKE
- 1:24:34BORROWING TROUBLE BEFORE, THAT'S THE WAY A LOT OF BELIEVERS LIVE.
- 1:24:37WE JUST BELIEVE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND SO NOT ASKING. SO
- 1:24:43LET ME TALK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT ABOUT HOW JESUS SAID WE ARE TO
- 1:24:46ASK. AND THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE PASTOR DEMONSTRATED A FEW
- 1:24:49MOMENTS AGO. JOHN 14:14, LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE. JESUS SAID THESE
- 1:24:54WORDS, "IF YOU ASK," OKAY, SOMEBODY SAY, "ASK." SO YOU'RE
- 1:25:01GONNA HAVE TO GO TO GOD ABOUT IT, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
- 1:25:04GO TO THE LORD AND ASK HIM. BUT IT'S NOT JUST, "WELL, GOD, WILL
- 1:25:09YOU PLEASE DO THIS?" NOW, THERE ARE TYPES OF PRAYER WHERE WE DO
- 1:25:13PRAY THAT WAY TO GOD. GOD, I AM ASKING YOU TO SHOW ME MY NEXT
- 1:25:18STEPS. I'M ASKING YOU TO SHOW ME THE NEXT JOB I'M SUPPOSED TO
- 1:25:22TAKE. THOSE ARE PRAYERS OF CONSECRATION. THERE'S DIFFERENT
- 1:25:25TYPES OF PRAYER. BUT THIS TYPE OF ASK IS NOT FORMULATED IN A
- 1:25:30QUESTION. THIS TYPE OF ASK, IN THE GREEK, LITERALLY, YOU CAN GO
- 1:25:34LOOK IT UP, IS TO PLACE A DEMAND ON SOMETHING ALREADY DUE. SO IN
- 1:25:42OTHER WORDS, JESUS SAID, IF YOU WOULD COME PLACE A DEMAND ON
- 1:25:45SOMETHING ALREADY OWED TO YOU, THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING UP
- 1:25:49TO GOD AND YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, GOD, YOU OWE ME." NO, GOD HAS
- 1:25:52ALREADY LAID OUT NUMEROUS PROMISES THAT HE HAS PUT BEFORE
- 1:25:58US, THAT HE WANTS US TO PLACE A DEMAND ON THOSE THINGS AS IF
- 1:26:04THEY ARE ALREADY SO. IN OTHER WORDS, GOD HAS DECLARED THOSE
- 1:26:08THINGS SO. IF THE BIBLE SAYS THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR
- 1:26:13STRENGTH, AND YOU NEED STRENGTH TODAY, THEN YOU TRUST THAT
- 1:26:18PROMISE AS IF SOMEBODY WALKED UP TO YOU AND THEY SAID, "I'M GONNA
- 1:26:22GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS." MOST PEOPLE, IF SOMEBODY WALKED
- 1:26:26UP TO YOU TODAY AND SAID, "I'M GONNA HAND YOU A MILLION
- 1:26:28DOLLARS," YOU'D RUN UP AND DOWN MILLARD AVENUE, YOU'D SCREAM,
- 1:26:32YOU'D YELL, YOU'D MAKE A SCENE. I MEAN, IF THEY TOLD YOU THAT
- 1:26:36THEY'D GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS, IF YOU'D WEAR A CLOWN
- 1:26:38NOSE INTO MCDONALD'S, YOU GO IN WITH A CLOWN NOSE AND A RUFFLED
- 1:26:42COLLAR, YOU WOULD DO, YOU WOULD REACT ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT
- 1:26:48YOU BELIEVE WHAT WAS TOLD YOU. COME ON, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN,
- 1:26:51SOMEBODY, IF WE WOULD TAKE GOD'S WORD THE SAME WAY AND EXHIBIT
- 1:26:56THAT KIND OF ASKING IN FAITH AND EXCITEMENT THAT BELIEVES, COME
- 1:27:01ON, THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE YES AND AMEN.
- 1:27:05(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:27:06AND WHAT HE HAS SPOKEN, HE WILL FAITHFULLY DO. WELL, I HAVEN'T
- 1:27:10SEEN IT YET, PASTOR BRENDA. WE'LL CHANGE YOUR ASKING. AND
- 1:27:15THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS GET UP AND GO AGAIN. ASK AGAIN. ONE
- 1:27:19SCRIPTURE, THEY SAID, WELL, I HEARD ONE PREACHER SAY ONE TIME,
- 1:27:22IT SAYS, "IF YOU ASK, ASK." THAT WORD ASK MEANS GET UP AND ASK
- 1:27:25AND KEEP ON ASKING. DON'T, COME ON. JESUS TAUGHT THE PRINCIPLE
- 1:27:29WITH THE WOMAN WHO WAS A WIDOW THAT WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE AND
- 1:27:33SHE WOULDN'T QUIT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. THE FRIEND WITH THE
- 1:27:36THREE LOAVES WOULDN'T QUIT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. HE KEPT ON
- 1:27:39ASKING AND JESUS SAID, "IF YOU ASK, YOU WILL RECEIVE." NOW, IF
- 1:27:44YOU ASK KIND OF GUESSING, "I'VE ALREADY ASKED BEFORE." WELL,
- 1:27:50STAY EMPTY THEN. THAT'S UNBELIEF COMING OUT. SO, JESUS SAID, "IF
- 1:27:55YOU ASK," PLACING A DEMAND ON SOMETHING THAT'S DUE, HE SAID,
- 1:27:59"I WILL DO IT." CAN I TELL YOU, JOHN 14:14 IS NOT A HARD VERSE
- 1:28:06TO MEMORIZE. YOU CAN TEACH IT TO A KINDERGARTNER. IF YOU ASK
- 1:28:11ANYTHING IN MY NAME, I'LL DO IT. SO YOU JUST MEMORIZED IT TODAY.
- 1:28:15PUT A DEMAND, MARK 11:23, THIS IS FROM THE MEV. WE'VE HEARD
- 1:28:20THIS SCRIPTURE PASSAGE MANY TIMES. JESUS ANSWERED THEM AND
- 1:28:23SAID, "HAVE FAITH IN GOD." SO I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK, IF YOU'RE
- 1:28:27GONNA GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED, YOU MUST ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS
- 1:28:32TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO
- 1:28:37DO. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE POSITION OF FAITH
- 1:28:40WHEN YOU HAD FAILURE. OR WHEN YOU DIDN'T SEE IT COME TO PASS.
- 1:28:46BUT IN THE NEXT CASE, TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH. ALWAYS
- 1:28:49HAVE FAITH IN GOD, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. DOESN'T
- 1:28:55MATTER WHAT HAPPENED TO SO AND SO. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SOMEBODY
- 1:28:59ELSE'S TESTIMONY OR STORY WAS. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. JESUS SAID,
- 1:29:03"FOR AS OF A TRUTH I SAY TO YOU, "WHOEVER SPEAKS OR SAYS TO THIS
- 1:29:08MOUNTAIN," ANYBODY GOT A MOUNTAIN, AN OBSTACLE THAT
- 1:29:10YOU'RE SPEAKING AGAINST RIGHT NOW? THAT YOU'RE TAKING ON,
- 1:29:13RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S YOU. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED
- 1:29:16TO OVERCOME IN YOUR LIFE. JESUS SAID, "IF YOU SAY IT TO THE
- 1:29:19MOUNTAIN, BE REMOVED." NOW, IN MATTHEW 17, JESUS USED THE SAME
- 1:29:24PRINCIPLE. IF YOU GET RID OF THAT UNBELIEF AND YOU REPLACE IT
- 1:29:28WITH THE SPIRIT OF FAITH, YOU WILL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, "BE
- 1:29:32REMOVED AND BE CAST INTO THE SEA." AND IF YOU REFUSE TO DOUBT
- 1:29:35IN YOUR HEART, LISTEN, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBT IN
- 1:29:39YOUR HEART. THERE'S ALWAYS A NAYSAYER. THERE'S ALWAYS A
- 1:29:42CIRCUMSTANCE THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA COME TO PASS.
- 1:29:45THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT'LL TELL YOU, "OH, GIVE IT UP.
- 1:29:48"YOU'VE TRIED THAT, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. "YOU'VE BELIEVED."
- 1:29:52DON'T YOU KNOW NOBODY CAN GET HEALED OF THAT? IF YOU DON'T
- 1:29:58DOUBT IN YOUR HEART, COME ON, HOW DO YOU NOT DOUBT IN YOUR
- 1:30:01HEART? MAN, YOU HAVE TO RESIST THAT. BUT BELIEVE, HERE'S HOW
- 1:30:06YOU OVERCOME DOUBT IN YOUR HEART, JESUS SAYS IT, "BUT
- 1:30:09BELIEVES THOSE THINGS WHICH HE SAYS." WE'LL TALK ABOUT WORDS IN
- 1:30:13A MOMENT. "WHATSOEVER THING YOU ASK," OR THAT'S THE SAME WORD,
- 1:30:17"PLACE A DEMAND ON WHEN YOU PRAY, "WHATEVER YOU TAKE AS YOUR
- 1:30:23OWN, "THOSE PROMISES THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN, YOU ALREADY TAKE
- 1:30:27THEM. "IF YOU, WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK WHEN YOU PRAY, "BELIEVE
- 1:30:31YOU WILL RECEIVE THEM AND YOU'LL HAVE THEM." NOW, PASTOR BRENDA,
- 1:30:34THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY MEAN ANYTHING. I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED
- 1:30:37THAT. BECAUSE THE BIBLE GOES ON TO TEACH US, 1 JOHN, LOOK AT
- 1:30:42THIS, 1 JOHN 5:14. WELL, DOES IT REALLY MEAN ANYTHING WE ASK,
- 1:30:46PASTOR BRENDA? WELL, LET'S EXPLAIN IT. THIS IS ALSO FROM
- 1:30:51THE MODERN ENGLISH VERSION, VERSE 14. THIS IS THE
- 1:30:54CONFIDENCE, HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA HAVE CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU
- 1:30:57PRAY, THAT WE HAVE IN HIM THAT IF WE ASK, SOMEBODY SAY ASK
- 1:31:02AGAIN. IF WE ASK ANYTHING, SAY ANYTHING. SO WE'RE ASKING
- 1:31:07ANYTHING, BUT OH, HERE WE GO. THERE'S A LITTLE PHRASE IN
- 1:31:11THERE. ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. WELL, SEE, THAT'S JUST IT,
- 1:31:15PASTOR BRENDA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS WILL IS. SAYS IF WE ASK
- 1:31:20ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US. NOW, LET ME JUST
- 1:31:24SAY IT. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CLEARLY HIS WILL IN THIS
- 1:31:27BOOK. OKAY, THERE ARE CLEARLY THINGS. IF YOU DON'T, ARE
- 1:31:32CONFIDENT THAT DIVINE HEALING BELONGS TO THE CHURCH, IN FACT,
- 1:31:37I'D ENCOURAGE YOU, GO GET MY DAILY DECREES ON HEALING. I DID
- 1:31:40A TEACHING IN THERE ABOUT THERE'S ALWAYS A CASE THAT GOD
- 1:31:44HAS ALWAYS MADE A PROVISION FOR DIVINE HEALTH. ALL THE WAY BACK
- 1:31:47FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND THE REASON THAT JESUS HIMSELF
- 1:31:53HEALED PEOPLE IN GALILEE WAS NOT TO JUST PROVE HE WAS THE SON OF
- 1:31:57GOD. OTHERWISE, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN THAT SAME POWER TO THE
- 1:32:01DISCIPLES AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CARRIED IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE
- 1:32:04EARLY CHURCH. JESUS DIDN'T DO IT TO PROVE, HE CAME, WATCH THIS,
- 1:32:08JESUS SAYS, "I DO MY FATHER'S WILL." OKAY, AS YOU'VE SEEN ME,
- 1:32:13YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER. IN OTHER WORDS, THE WAY THAT I'M HEALING
- 1:32:17PEOPLE IS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S HEART FOR PEOPLE TO BE WELL. AND
- 1:32:25SO IF WE JUST CAN UNDERSTAND THAT ALONE, JESUS, HE CAME TO
- 1:32:30DEMONSTRATE GOD'S HEART. GOD'S ALWAYS HAD A HEART FOR PEOPLE TO
- 1:32:33BE WELL. AND I DON'T WANNA CAMP DOWN IN THE WEEDS ON THAT, BUT
- 1:32:35GO GET THE BOOK, DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING, AND YOU CAN
- 1:32:38SEE THERE'S A TEACHING IN THERE TO TALK ABOUT DIVINE HEALTH. BUT
- 1:32:41IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, WELL, IF HIS WILL IS
- 1:32:44HEALING, IF HIS WILL IS FINANCIAL PROVISION, COME ON, DO
- 1:32:49YOU REALLY THINK GOD IS UP IN HEAVEN HOPING YOUR BUSINESS WILL
- 1:32:52FAIL? GOD IS NOT UP THERE JUST WAITING. NOW, I MEAN, IF IT'S
- 1:32:58ANTI HIS WORD AND OUT OF LINE WITH GOD TYPE OF BUSINESS, I'M
- 1:33:02LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU HAVE A GOOD
- 1:33:05QUALITY BUSINESS, YOU'RE A PAINTER, YOU'RE A PLUMBER,
- 1:33:08WHATEVER IT IS, MAYBE YOU'RE AN ELECTRICIAN, IS GOD REALLY
- 1:33:10WANTING YOUR BUSINESS TO GO UNDER? NO, GOD WANTS YOU TO
- 1:33:14PROSPER. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT PROVISION. AND SO IF HIS WORD, I
- 1:33:19MEAN, COME ON, WHAT'S THE WAY, GOD WILL PROVIDE ALL MY NEEDS,
- 1:33:23PHILIPPIANS FOUR. WELL, IF HE'LL PROVIDE ALL MY NEEDS, THEN I CAN
- 1:33:26TAKE THAT AND I CAN ASK GOD TO BLESS MY BUSINESS. THAT IS
- 1:33:30ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. AND IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING, COME ON
- 1:33:35SOMEBODY, ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US. WOO! I
- 1:33:41LOVE THAT. THAT MEANS GOD'S EARS ARE OPEN TO WHATEVER YOU'RE
- 1:33:44PRAYING. SO IF WE ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, WE KNOW THAT HE
- 1:33:47HEARS US AND IT GETS BETTER, VERSE 15. AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE
- 1:33:51HEARS WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THEN THAT WE HAVE, IF HE HEARS
- 1:33:57WHATEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE WHATEVER WE ASKED OF
- 1:34:02HIM. WOO! AMEN. YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF BELIEVERS, THEY
- 1:34:06DON'T MAKE THE LIFELONG HABIT OF SEEKING OR ASKING GOD FOR
- 1:34:10THINGS, SOMETIMES UNTIL THEY'RE IN A CRISIS. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA
- 1:34:14TRY TO GET ANSWERS TO PRAYER ONLY AT TIMES THAT YOU'RE
- 1:34:16FRUSTRATED OR IN A CRISIS, YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME
- 1:34:21UNBELIEF AND COME TO FAITH. 1 JOHN 3:22, "AND WHATSOEVER WE
- 1:34:25ASK," OKAY, HERE'S THE OTHER CATCH TRUTH IN IT, WHATEVER WE
- 1:34:31ASK WE RECEIVE FROM HIM BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. NOW IF
- 1:34:36YOU'RE NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN PLEASING GOD AND YOU'RE JUST
- 1:34:40GONNA LIVE YOUR LIFE TO YOURSELF AND DO THINGS WILLY NILLY, THEN
- 1:34:44YOU MIGHT NOT GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED. GOD SAID IF YOU DO
- 1:34:47THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING TO GOD, NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN
- 1:34:50THAT WE'RE PERFECT, BUT WHAT IT SIMPLY MEANS IS THAT WE LIVE A
- 1:34:53LIFE THAT IS DRIVEN TO PLEASE THE LORD. THAT I WANT MY CHOICES
- 1:34:57AND MY DECISIONS TO PLEASE GOD. I WANT GOD TO BE SMILING WHEN I
- 1:35:02MAKE MY CHOICES AND I MAKE DECISIONS. THE THINGS THAT I DO,
- 1:35:06MY LIFESTYLE, MY HABITS. IF WHATEVER WE ASK, WE RECEIVE FROM
- 1:35:11HIM BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENT AND DO THOSE THINGS
- 1:35:14THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT. AMEN, SO WE LIVE OUR LIVES TO DO
- 1:35:18THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT BEFORE GOD. SO ONE OF THE REASONS
- 1:35:21PEOPLE DON'T RECEIVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY
- 1:35:24DON'T ASK IN BOLD, CONFIDENT FAITH. THEY'RE FILLED WITH
- 1:35:27UNBELIEF, AND THEY DON'T SHIFT THAT OVER INTO CONFIDENCE IN
- 1:35:30GOD'S PROMISES. JESUS SAID IT, AND I'LL GIVE THIS LAST
- 1:35:33SCRIPTURE ON THIS POINT. ON THAT DAY, HE SAID, "YOU'LL ASK ME
- 1:35:36NOTHING. "TRULY I SAY TO YOU, WHATSOEVER YOU ASK THE FATHER
- 1:35:40"IN MY NAME, HE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU." AMEN. "AND NOW YOU HAVE
- 1:35:45ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME, BUT ASK." COME ON, HE IS ENCOURAGING
- 1:35:49US TO ASK IN A BOLD, CONFIDENT WAY. HEBREWS 4 SAYS, "COME
- 1:35:53BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE," VERSE 16, "THAT YOU MAY OBTAIN
- 1:35:57MERCY AND HELP "IN THE TIME OF NEED." SO ASK, AND HE SAID THAT
- 1:36:01YOUR JOY WOULD BE MADE FULL. AND BY THE WAY, I'LL JUST SAY IT
- 1:36:05LIKE THIS, GOD LOVES TO ANSWER PRAYER. SO JUST GET THAT RIGHT
- 1:36:09DOWN IN YOUR HEART. DON'T LET THE DEVIL TELL YOU OTHERWISE.
- 1:36:11DON'T LET SOME NEGATIVE, NILLY PREACHER TELL YOU THAT GOD
- 1:36:15DOESN'T LOVE TO ANSWER PRAYER. GOD LOVES TO SAY YES, YES, YES,
- 1:36:19AND YES. GOD LOVES TO BLESS. HE IS DISPOSED TO SHOW FAVORS. COME
- 1:36:23ON, WE CANNOT SING ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND THEN
- 1:36:27EVERYTHING GOD GIVES US IS NEGATIVE. AND I HONESTLY, YES,
- 1:36:33THERE ARE TRIALS IN THIS LIFE. THIS LIFE HAS HARDSHIPS AND
- 1:36:37CHALLENGES. BUT JESUS SAID IT LIKE THIS, YEAH, THE WORLD IS
- 1:36:40FULL OF TRIBULATION, BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER. I HAVE OVERCOME THE
- 1:36:46WORLD. I'VE GIVEN YOU A WAY TO BE DELIVERED. HALLELUJAH, I'VE
- 1:36:49GIVEN YOU A WAY TO OVERCOME IT. I'VE GIVEN YOU A WAY TO RISE UP.
- 1:36:53I'VE GIVEN YOU A WAY TO HAVE VICTORY OVER THE DEVIL IN THE
- 1:36:57NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN THE THIRD AREA OF
- 1:37:03INTERRUPTIONS TO ANSWERED PRAYER, AND WE'LL JUST BE BRIEF
- 1:37:06ON THIS 'CAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, IS OUR MOUTH.
- 1:37:10PASTOR'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT THE THINGS WE SAY
- 1:37:14WILLY NILLY, DEATH AND LIFE, PROVERBS 18:21, IT BEARS
- 1:37:17REPEATING. IT'S GOOD FROM THE MODERN ENGLISH. IT SAYS IN THE
- 1:37:21MODERN ENGLISH, DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF OUR MOUTH.
- 1:37:27AND THOSE WHO LOVE IT OR LOVE SPEAKING WILL EAT ITS FRUIT.
- 1:37:31AMEN. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS EVEN A FOOL IS CONSIDERED WISE
- 1:37:36IF HE CAN CLOSE HIS TONGUE UP. IN FACT, A FOOL IS KNOWN BY THE
- 1:37:40UNDISCIPLINED WAYS OF THEIR LIPS, YOU KNOW THAT. THEY JUST
- 1:37:44SAY WHATEVER COMES TO MIND. THAT'S WHY SOCIAL MEDIA IS SUCH
- 1:37:47A DISASTER. AND WE SHOULDN'T GET CAUGHT UP IN JUST SAYING
- 1:37:51WHATEVER COMES TO MIND, YOU KNOW. WE'VE ALL HAD THINGS WE
- 1:37:55THOUGHT, WELL, I WISH I POSTED THAT, AND THEN, OR WROTE
- 1:37:58SOMEBODY THAT NOTE, OR TEXT, OR SENT, AND HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
- 1:38:02SAID YOU REGRET IT LATER? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE CAN'T DISCIPLINE
- 1:38:06OUR MOUTH. LET ME READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU TO PROVE THAT
- 1:38:09POINT. JAMES 3, YOU KNOW THIS. IN FACT, THE BIBLE SAYS IN THAT
- 1:38:13CHAPTER, WE WON'T READ IT, VERSES ONE, TWO, RIGHT THERE AT
- 1:38:17THE BEGINNING, IN JAMES IT SAYS THAT IF A PERSON CAN CONTROL
- 1:38:23THEIR WORDS, OKAY, THIS IS HARD TO DO, PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN A
- 1:38:28TALKY TALK GENERATION. EVERYBODY'S GOT AN OPINION IN A
- 1:38:31SOAPBOX. IF A PERSON CAN CONTROL AND PUT A BRIDLE ON THEIR MOUTH,
- 1:38:40THE SAME AS A MATURE PERSON, IN FACT, THE KING JAMES CALLS IT A
- 1:38:44PERFECT MAN. AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PERFECT, IT MEANS A PERSON
- 1:38:48THAT'S PERFECT. HE SAID, AND THAT PERSON IS ABLE TO BRING
- 1:38:50UNDER CONTROL THEIR WHOLE LIFE. IT ALL STARTS WITH WHAT WE'RE
- 1:38:54BLABBING OUT. OKAY? IF YOUR HABIT IS TO SPEAK NEGATIVE, WHEN
- 1:38:59THE BILL COMES IN THE MAIL, "OH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M PAYING IT."
- 1:39:04WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW HOW TO PAY IT. AND YOU'LL BELIEVE
- 1:39:07THAT. YOU'LL ULTIMATELY BELIEVE THAT. WE BELIEVE WHAT WE HEAR
- 1:39:12OURSELVES SAY. VERSE 6 OF JAMES 3 SAID, "THE TONGUE IS
- 1:39:16A FIRE, A WORLD OF EVIL. IT'S AMONG THE PARTS OF THE BODY THAT
- 1:39:21IT DEFILES OUR WHOLE BODY." YOU KNOW, THAT HIT ME ONE DAY. I WAS
- 1:39:25MEDITATING ON THIS VERSE AND I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE, NOW IT
- 1:39:28SAYS IT DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF WE
- 1:39:32SPEAK NEGATIVE WORDS, WE CAN INVITE SICKNESS INTO THE BODY?
- 1:39:38'CAUSE WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOUR BODY'S DEFILED? IT'S NOT JUST
- 1:39:41LIKE IT'S MORALLY, SEXUALLY DEFILED. COULD IT BE THAT WE
- 1:39:45DEFILE OURSELVES WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD BOB ROGERS TALK ABOUT
- 1:39:49THE MIRACLE OF WATER. THE THINGS THAT WE SAY, CAN IT DEFILE OUR
- 1:39:54BODY TO WHERE IT TAKES ON A PLACE OF ILLNESS? I THINK SO. I
- 1:40:00THINK WE CAN, IT SAYS THE TONGUE WILL DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY, AND
- 1:40:05THEN THIS IS THE SECOND PART THAT GOT ME. IT SAID, AND IT
- 1:40:08SETS, IT SETS THE COURSE OF NATURE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, I
- 1:40:16GUESS I WOULD PHRASE IT THIS WAY, IT WOULD SET NATURE IN
- 1:40:20MOTION. THINK ABOUT FOR A MOMENT, HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE
- 1:40:24YOU'RE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD? BIBLE SAYS THAT, THAT'S
- 1:40:29TRUE. WE ARE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE. THE FIRST THING THAT GOD
- 1:40:33DEMONSTRATED OUT OF HIS CREATIVE POWER WAS HIS WORDS. WE HAVE
- 1:40:37BEEN GIVEN IN GOD'S IMAGE, CREATIVE POWER WITH OUR MOUTH.
- 1:40:41THAT'S WHY DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. THE
- 1:40:44TONGUE CAN CAUSE DEATH TO FRIENDSHIPS. IT CAN CAUSE DEATH
- 1:40:47TO FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, OR IT CAN CAUSE LIFE TO THOSE THINGS.
- 1:40:51IT CAN CAUSE LIFE TO YOUR BODY. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I LOVED ABOUT
- 1:40:55PASTOR NATE. HE'S SPEAKING LIFE OVER PEOPLE. AREN'T YOU GLAD
- 1:40:58THAT YOU COME TO A CHURCH WHERE A PASTOR'S NOT GONNA TELL YOU
- 1:41:02ALL SERVICE HOW YOU WON'T GET AN ANSWER, BUT HOW YOU GET AN
- 1:41:06ANSWER. COME ON, IN ALL THESE 40 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN IN THE
- 1:41:10MINISTRY, PASTOR AND MYSELF, I ALWAYS SAY, ERR ON THE SIDE OF A
- 1:41:14MIRACLE, ERR ON THE SIDE OF LIFE, ALWAYS SPEAK LIFE. COME
- 1:41:18ON, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE DEATH. IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IT CAN'T HAPPEN.
- 1:41:21IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THAT PRODIGAL'S NEVER COMING BACK,
- 1:41:24BUT SPEAK LIFE!
- 1:41:27(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:41:33YOU KNOW, HUSBANDS AND WIVES SPEAK LIFE OVER EACH OTHER. IF
- 1:41:36YOUR SPOUSE DOES SOMETHING GOOFY, WELL, THERE YOU GO AGAIN.
- 1:41:43WELL, IF YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE DOING THAT AGAIN, THEY'LL DO IT
- 1:41:45NEXT MONDAY TOO. RIGHT? AND NEXT TUESDAY. AND IF YOU SAY, "THERE
- 1:41:52YOU GO AGAIN," THEY'LL DO IT NEXT WEDNESDAY TOO. COME ON, WE
- 1:41:56GET WHAT WE SAY. MATTHEW CHAPTER 12, JESUS SAID IT, VERSE 35,
- 1:42:02"GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YOU BEING EVIL SPEAK GOOD
- 1:42:05THINGS? FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS."
- 1:42:08PASTOR SPOKE THAT. NOW I LOVE HOW HE EXPLAINED IT. IT'S NOT
- 1:42:11JUST THAT WE OCCASIONALLY LET SOMETHING WRONG OUT IN A MOMENT,
- 1:42:15ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD DISCIPLINE AGAINST THAT
- 1:42:17BY THE WAY. BE VERY CAREFUL, OKAY?
- 1:42:20BECAUSE THE WORDS ARE STILL THE WORDS. SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU
- 1:42:24JUST FLIPPANTLY LET COME OUT. BECAUSE JESUS GOES ON TO SAY
- 1:42:27THAT, HE SAID, "A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE GOOD TREASURE OF HIS
- 1:42:30HEART BRINGS FORTH GOOD THINGS, AND AN EVIL MAN OUT OF THE EVIL
- 1:42:33TREASURE BRINGS FORTH EVIL." IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAID, "WHAT YOU
- 1:42:36KEEP PACKING IN YOUR HEART IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO FORMULATE
- 1:42:38THROUGH WORDS." OKAY? PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT YOU'RE
- 1:42:43PUTTING IN YOUR HEART BY THE THINGS YOU SAY. THAT'S JUST,
- 1:42:46THAT'S A FACT. OKAY, YOU THINK JESUS IS LYING? OKAY. AND I
- 1:42:53DON'T WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE, EVERYTHING THAT I SAY, WELL, I
- 1:42:55DIDN'T MEAN THAT. I WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAY BEFORE
- 1:42:58IT'S SAID. BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT ELSE JESUS SAID, "BUT I SAY TO
- 1:43:03YOU THAT EVERY IDLE WORD," THAT WORD IDLE, "IS USELESS." IN
- 1:43:09OTHER WORDS, NO WORD IS USELESS. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S POINTLESS.
- 1:43:14'CAUSE EVERY WORD HAS A VALUE TO IT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT TALKING
- 1:43:18ABOUT THAT. JESUS ISN'T SAYING THAT. HE'S NOT SAYING, WELL,
- 1:43:20SOME WORDS DON'T MATTER. NO, HE IS SAYING EVERY IDLE WORD THAT
- 1:43:26YOU SPEAK, IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN FLIPPANTLY,
- 1:43:32RIGHT? THAT YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION OR GIVE THOUGHT TO,
- 1:43:36OKAY? YOU GOTTA CUSS THE GUY IN TRAFFIC. I MEAN, WHAT GOOD DOES
- 1:43:39IT DO TO CURSE THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU GOING TOO SLOW? SO
- 1:43:44YOUR EARS HEARD YOU CURSE, AND THAT LITTLE OLD MAN OR WOMAN WHO
- 1:43:49CAN BARELY KEEP THEIR HEAD ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL HAS NO CLUE.
- 1:43:55OKAY, WHAT A WASTE OF WORDS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE NO IDEA YOU
- 1:44:00MAD. THEY'RE STILL GONNA GO 25 IN A 45. THEY'RE GONNA KEEP ON
- 1:44:06DOING IT, AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA EXASPERATE YOURSELF AND RAISE UP
- 1:44:10YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE FOR NO REASON, WHILE THAT PERSON IS
- 1:44:13JUST SITTING THERE, AND THEY'RE CLIPPING ALONG, AND JUST HAVING
- 1:44:17THE TIME OF THEIR LIFE. THEY'RE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, AND SHE'S JUST
- 1:44:22SITTING THERE, DRIVING THE CAR, AND YOU ALL UPSET, PUTTING OUT
- 1:44:28WRONG WORDS, AND THE ONLY PERSON IN EFFECT IS YOURSELF. BUT WATCH
- 1:44:35WHAT JESUS, SO FLIPPANT WORDS, THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY'LL
- 1:44:38GIVE AN ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. WELL, WHY IS THAT,
- 1:44:41PASTOR BRENDA? WHY IS THAT? FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU'LL BE
- 1:44:45JUSTIFIED, AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU'RE CONDEMNED. IN OTHER
- 1:44:48WORDS, HERE'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT THAT IF YOU SPEAK SOMETHING,
- 1:44:51YOU CAN'T REPENT, AND GOD'S LIKE, AH, THAT'S GOING ON THE
- 1:44:53LIST. OKAY, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE NOW. I MEAN, IF THAT'S, YOU
- 1:44:59KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S SAYING. JESUS IS SAYING, HERE'S
- 1:45:03THE THING, THE REASON OUR WORDS JUSTIFY OR CONDEMN US, BECAUSE
- 1:45:07YOU WILL ULTIMATELY LIVE WHAT YOU SAY. AND THAT IS WHO YOU'LL
- 1:45:12BECOME. YOU'LL LIVE OUT THE THINGS YOU SPEAK. AND THAT IS
- 1:45:18WHAT JUSTIFIES OR CONDEMNS YOU. IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY SPEAKING
- 1:45:22WORDS OF FAITH, YOU'LL BEGIN TO REACT IN FAITH. IF YOU SPEAK
- 1:45:25WORDS OF LOVE, YOU'LL BEGIN TO REACT IN LOVE. IF YOU SPEAK
- 1:45:29NEGATIVE WORDS, HATEFUL, HURTFUL, ANGRY WORDS, YOU'LL
- 1:45:32LIVE OUT AND BECOME THAT PERSON. AND ULTIMATELY, THAT WE WILL BE
- 1:45:36JUDGED FOR IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. SO WORDS CAN PREVENT
- 1:45:40US FROM RECEIVING ANSWERED PRAYER. JESUS, OR DAVID SAID IT
- 1:45:45LIKE THIS, HE SAID, PSALM 141, SAY, "PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT AM I
- 1:45:48GONNA DO? I GOT SOME UGLY WORDS OUT THERE." WELL, THERE IS HOPE.
- 1:45:54ALWAYS REMEMBER, BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS, THERE IS HOPE.
- 1:45:58PSALM 141, VERSE 3. WE CAN PRAY THIS PRAYER. IN FACT, LET'S
- 1:46:03SAY IT TOGETHER. CAN WE DO THAT? PUT THE VERSE UP, PSALM 141:3
- 1:46:07EVERYBODY LOOK AT THE SCREEN OR AT YOUR BIBLE AND SAY
- 1:46:10THIS, LET'S SAY IT. YOU REPEAT IT AFTER ME. SAY, "SET A WATCH,
- 1:46:14O LORD, "BEFORE MY MOUTH. "KEEP THE DOOR OF MY LIPS." NOW LET'S
- 1:46:22DO IT ONE MORE TIME. PUT YOUR HANDS NEAR YOUR MOUTH. SAY,
- 1:46:26"LORD, SET A WATCH BEFORE MY MOUTH. "LORD, KEEP THE DOOR OF
- 1:46:32MY LIPS." I HEARD A PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, "IF YOU'LL PRAY THAT
- 1:46:36ON A REGULAR BASIS, "YOU WON'T BE SO QUICK TO JUST LET STUFF
- 1:46:39FLY OUT." AMEN. PRAY IT REGULAR. THAT'S HOW WE TAKE CONTROL OF
- 1:46:44OUR TONGUE. ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT. SO MANY
- 1:46:47DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD BRING IN ON THAT, BUT LET ME
- 1:46:49JUST PACK IN A FEW MORE HERE. ANOTHER REASON PEOPLE DON'T
- 1:46:54RECEIVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER, AND I DON'T THINK I REALLY HAVE TO
- 1:46:56CAMP ON THIS ONE AS MUCH, IS BECAUSE OF SIN AREAS. NOW, WE
- 1:47:02OBVIOUSLY KNOW SIN CAN BLOCK GOD'S POWER FROM OPERATING, BUT
- 1:47:09I DON'T WANNA JUST SAY JUST SIN. I REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT
- 1:47:13PURPOSEFUL SIN BECAUSE OUR CULTURE NOW, WE'RE IN WHAT
- 1:47:18THEY'VE TRIED TO CALL PRIDE MONTH. WE'RE TAKING THAT BACK
- 1:47:20AND CALLING IT LIFE MONTH. WE'RE CALLING IT GOD MONTH. BUT
- 1:47:26SOMEBODY ASKED, I SAW A THING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS WAS A COUPLE
- 1:47:29WEEKS AGO, SOMEBODY WROTE A THING AND SAID, WELL, HOW'S THE
- 1:47:31SIN OF HOMOSEXUALITY ANY DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER
- 1:47:34SINS PEOPLE DEAL WITH ON THE FRONT ROW? AND I SAID, WELL,
- 1:47:38IT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS. WELL, TWO THINGS I'LL SAY. NUMBER ONE,
- 1:47:42THE AVERAGE SIN OF A PERSON SITTING IN THE PEW, THEY'RE NOT
- 1:47:47TRYING TO LEGALIZE IT. OKAY, NOBODY'S OUT THERE TRYING TO
- 1:47:51HAVE CASE FOR ADULTERY. OKAY, A MONTH TO PROMOTE FORNICATION. A
- 1:47:59MONTH TO PROMOTE THIEVERY, RIGHT? A MONTH TO PROMOTE AND
- 1:48:04LEGALIZE LYING. A MONTH TO PROMOTE GOSSIP AND CHEATING. BUT
- 1:48:11WITH THIS ONE, THIS AND ABORTION IS ANOTHER ONE, THEY WANT TO
- 1:48:16LEGALIZE SIN. THIS HAS BECOME A THING IN THE CULTURE NOW WHERE
- 1:48:21SIN IS CONSIDERED IN VOGUE. WHERE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS
- 1:48:28WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN INTERRUPTION TO ANSWER PRAYER IS WORLDLINESS.
- 1:48:31I'LL HIT ON THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT HERE'S WHAT GOD SAID, PSALM
- 1:48:3566:18. THIS IS ALSO FROM THE MEV. IF I REGARD INIQUITY OR I
- 1:48:40REFUSE ANY CHANGE, OKAY. PASTOR BRENDA, COULD A HOMOSEXUAL
- 1:48:45COUPLE COME INTO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH? YEAH, YOU CAN COME IN,
- 1:48:50BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA PARADE THAT IN HERE. YOU'RE GONNA REPENT.
- 1:48:56YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT THE LAW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE FOR
- 1:48:59GAY MARRIAGE GOES AGAINST THE BIBLE. IF YOU CAN'T TAKE UP THE
- 1:49:04POSITION OF THE TENANTS OF FAITH OF THE CHURCH, THEN YOU NEED TO
- 1:49:07FIND ANOTHER CHURCH THAT'LL PUT UP WITH THAT.
- 1:49:09(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
- 1:49:11AMEN. OH, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO CLAP LOUDER THAN THAT.
- 1:49:15(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:49:18WE'VE GOT TO GET BOLD. SO, SIN, IF I REGARD INIQUITY IN MY
- 1:49:26HEART, THE PSALMIST SAID, THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR ME. AND SO,
- 1:49:33PROVERBS 28:13, "HE WHO COVERS HIS SIN WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT
- 1:49:39WHOSOEVER WILL CONFESS AND FORSAKE THEM." COME ON, THIS IS
- 1:49:43WHAT GOD IS ASKING PEOPLE TO DO. IF THEY WALK IN THE CHURCH AND
- 1:49:46THEY'RE IN SIN, AND IT'S AN OPEN, EGREGIOUS SIN, GOD SAID
- 1:49:51THAT THEY ARE COMMANDED TO CONFESS AND FORSAKE THOSE
- 1:49:55THINGS, OKAY? FORSAKE SIN. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
- 1:50:00SAVED. IT MEANS I FORSAKE THE THINGS THAT GOD CALLS WRONG.
- 1:50:06AMEN, AND BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN SIN AREAS OF THE
- 1:50:12BIBLE WAS SEXUAL SIN, SEXUAL SIN. GOD SAID, HONEY, HELP ME
- 1:50:20WITH THIS, GOD SAID TO ISRAEL THAT HE WOULD VISIT THE SINS OF
- 1:50:25THE CHILDREN FROM THE FATHERS DOWN TO FOUR GENERATIONS, BUT
- 1:50:30SEXUAL SIN WAS DOWN TO 10 GENERATIONS. THAT IF THEY DID
- 1:50:34NOT REPENT OF IT, OKAY, GOD TALKED ABOUT THE WHOREDOMS. BY
- 1:50:38THE WAY, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF ON THIS, BUT MORE SCRIPTURES
- 1:50:41COME TO MIND. IT'S LIKE POPCORN UP HERE. REVELATION 21, TALKS
- 1:50:46ABOUT EIGHT TYPES OF SINNERS THAT WILL MAKE THEIR WAY INTO
- 1:50:49THE LAKE OF FIRE. ONE OF THOSE IS THE WHOREMONGER. THE WORD
- 1:50:51WHOREMONGER IN THE NEW TESTAMENT COMES FROM A GREEK WORD PORNOS.
- 1:50:55IT MEANS TO SELL AND BUY SEX. AND SPECIFICALLY, AND IF YOU
- 1:51:01LOOK IN THE CONCORDANCE, IN THE VINES, IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY A
- 1:51:06MALE PROSTITUTE. AND SO GOD CALLED THOSE THINGS. GOD ALSO
- 1:51:13SAID THAT IN COLOSSIANS THAT NO EFFEMINATE PERSON WILL MAKE
- 1:51:17THEIR WAY INTO HEAVEN. OKAY, NOW EIGHT TYPES OF PEOPLE, YOU CAN
- 1:51:21GO LOOK IT UP. IT SAYS THE FEARFUL, NON-BELIEVING, WON'T
- 1:51:24FIND THEIR WAY INTO HEAVEN. OKAY, THE LIARS, LIARS WILL
- 1:51:28HAVE, YOU'VE HEARD THIS PHRASE COINED, LIARS WILL HAVE THEIR
- 1:51:30PART IN THE LAKE OF THE BURNS WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. SO SIN
- 1:51:33WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD. AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET PRAYERS
- 1:51:38ANSWERED IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT GOD IN A, YOU'RE GONNA LOCK HIM OUT
- 1:51:42BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT HE CALLS WRONG THAT
- 1:51:45YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MADE A
- 1:51:49COMMITMENT OUT OF THIS PULPIT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW
- 1:51:53THE CIVIC LAWS OF THIS LAND TO ENCROACH ON THE CHURCH AND MAKE
- 1:51:58THE CHURCH NOW HAVE TO ACCEPT THINGS THAT THE BIBLE CALLS
- 1:52:02EVIL. OKAY? WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. SO SIN WILL OBVIOUSLY
- 1:52:09SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD. ANOTHER ONE, VERY QUICKLY, I'M NOT GONNA
- 1:52:12CAMP ON THIS. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN FACT, HOW DO WE
- 1:52:14OVERCOME THAT? LET ME PUT UP VERY QUICKLY PSALM 139:23 AND
- 1:52:1824. CAN I HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES? I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT
- 1:52:21LUNCH PLANS FOR FATHER'S DAY. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS, IT'S
- 1:52:24VERY IMPORTANT. PSALM 139, HOW DO YOU GET, BECAUSE THIS
- 1:52:29GENERATION, A LOT OF PASTORS, LEADERS ARE BECOMING DECEIVED ON
- 1:52:33WHAT'S SINFUL AND WHAT ISN'T, RIGHT? HAVE YOU NOTICED IT?
- 1:52:36OKAY, AND THE WATERS JUST GET MUDDY. THIS IS WHAT DAVID
- 1:52:40PRAYED. HE SAID, "SEARCH ME, GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART. TRY ME
- 1:52:43AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS," VERSE 24, "AND SEE, LORD, IF THERE BE ANY
- 1:52:47WICKED WAY IN ME." YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A REGULAR PRAYER
- 1:52:50FOR EVERY PERSON. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S EASY. PEOPLE
- 1:52:52TAKE UP THE IDEOLOGIES OF THIS WORLD AND THINK THAT THEY'RE
- 1:52:56DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN THEY'RE LISTENING TO AN ANGEL OF
- 1:52:59LIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL. ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH SAID
- 1:53:02ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE GOT THAT PART. ANOTHER INTERRUPTION
- 1:53:05ANSWER PRAYER IS DOING DUMB THINGS. YOU'VE HEARD ME TEACH ON
- 1:53:08THIS. FOOLISH CHOICES, PROVERBS 15:21. FOLLY BRINGS JOY TO THE
- 1:53:14ONE WHO HAS NO GOOD SENSE. BUT WHOEVER HAS UNDERSTANDING WILL
- 1:53:18KEEP A STRAIGHT COURSE. AND IT DOESN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING, YOU
- 1:53:22CAN'T EXPECT TO HAVE YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED IF YOU LIVE
- 1:53:24LIKE AN IDIOT. WE WERE JUST TALKING AGAIN, AND I'VE SAID
- 1:53:31THIS FOR YEARS, THAT EVERY YEAR, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIE
- 1:53:37ON THE GRAND CANYON BECAUSE THEY GET TOO CLOSE TO THE END AND
- 1:53:40THEY FALL IN. NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE GRAND
- 1:53:42CANYON? IF YOU GO THERE, THERE'S A NICE WALL THAT TELLS YOU,
- 1:53:47"DON'T GO PAST HERE." OKAY? I MEAN, IT JUST, "DON'T CLIMB
- 1:53:52OVER." AND THEY PUT THAT WALL THERE FOR A REASON. AND
- 1:53:57INVARIABLY, IF YOU GO TO THE GRAND CANYON, THERE'LL BE SOME
- 1:54:00DINGALING OUT THERE PLAYING A FLUTE ON THE EDGE, TRYING TO GET
- 1:54:06THEIR PICTURE. AND SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. DON'T DIE
- 1:54:12DUMB. YOU WON'T GET ANSWERS TO PRAYER. OKAY, THERE'S A REASON.
- 1:54:18THE SPEED LIMIT SAYS A CERTAIN AMOUNT. IF IT SAYS 45, DON'T
- 1:54:24WHIP THROUGH THERE AT 75. NOT ONLY WILL YOU PROBABLY GET A
- 1:54:27$350 TICKET THAT YOU DON'T WANT. HEY, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IF
- 1:54:31YOU ALREADY CAN'T PAY YOUR BILLS? NOW HOW UNBRIGHT IS THAT?
- 1:54:35OKAY, I CAN'T PAY MY ELECTRIC BILL, BUT LET ME GO GET A
- 1:54:40SPEEDING TICKET FOR 400 BUCKS. LET'S JUST... AND BY THE WAY,
- 1:54:48THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS NICE AS THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. THEY WILL MAKE
- 1:54:51YOU PAY. YOU'LL GO TO COURT OR YOU WILL PAY. AND YOU WILL SIT
- 1:54:55DOWN AT A DRIVING CLASS WITH OTHER PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU THAT
- 1:54:59DID DUMB THINGS. OKAY? NOW, I MEAN, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET,
- 1:55:08LISTEN IN TO GOOD WORSHIP MUSIC AND GO OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. IN
- 1:55:10FACT, THAT HAPPENED TO PASTOR CHRISTY AND I ONE DAY. I DON'T
- 1:55:13KNOW WHERE PASTOR WAS, BUT HER AND I WERE, I DROVE, WE DROVE
- 1:55:17TOGETHER HOME FROM CHURCH. THIS WAS YEARS AGO, THIS, BACK WHEN
- 1:55:20WE STILL USED TO DO SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE. AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY
- 1:55:23WHIPPING DOWN THE STREET. WE HAD PRAISE, WE HAD A GREAT SERVICE
- 1:55:26GOING. MAN, THE WORSHIP IS BLARING AND GOING. I THINK THAT
- 1:55:30WAS BACK IN THE DAY WE HAD TAPES. I DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT
- 1:55:33ANYWAY, WE WERE, BUT THE CHURCH WAS REAL NEW AT THAT TIME, AND
- 1:55:36WE WERE JUST PRAISING ALONG, AND SURE ENOUGH, WHOOP, AND I GET
- 1:55:41PULLED OVER, AND THE POLICE OFFICER GOES, "YOU'RE GOING A
- 1:55:44LITTLE FAST IN HERE. "WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM?" I'M LIKE,
- 1:55:49"WELL, CHURCH."
- 1:55:50(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:55:54AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SERVICE, AND OFFICER, I THINK I
- 1:55:57WAS GOING JUST A LITTLE TOO FAST. HE SAYS, "WELL, IF YOU
- 1:55:59WERE COMING FROM CHURCH, GO ON AND GET OUT OF
- 1:56:01HERE. JUST SLOW DOWN." SO DON'T DO STUPID THINGS. I THINK THAT'S
- 1:56:11GOOD. TEXT AND DRIVE. COME ON, WE KNOW ALL THE STUFF THAT'S
- 1:56:14DUMB. DON'T DO DUMB THINGS. THAT WILL KEEP YOU. YOU CAN PRAY ALL
- 1:56:17DAY FOR SOMETHING TO COME TO PASS AND YOU GO OUT AND ACT THE
- 1:56:19FOOL. COME ON, THINK. TEXT AND DRIVE. POOR HABITS, BAD TIME
- 1:56:26MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THAT CAN UNDO YOU. OKAY, ANOTHER INTERRUPTION
- 1:56:30TO ANSWERED PRAYER IS WORLDLINESS. I'LL JUST SAY THAT.
- 1:56:34WORLDLY CHRISTIANITY HAS BECOME AS STYLISH NOWADAYS. BUT LOOK
- 1:56:38WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID. HE SAID 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17. HE
- 1:56:42DIDN'T SAY BLEND AND TRY TO LOOK LIKE THEM. OKAY, THERE'S PASTORS
- 1:56:46THAT ARE PREACHING THAT EVERY SUNDAY. IT'S CALLED THE
- 1:56:47SEEKER-FRIENDLY MOVEMENT. AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T BE
- 1:56:51FRIENDLY. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING. I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T
- 1:56:54HAVE SOME COFFEE. WE LOVE COFFEE. BUT IT CAN'T REPLACE THE
- 1:57:00ANOINTING. IT CAN'T BE THE ADVERTISEMENT. AMEN. MAN, I LOVE
- 1:57:07THE OLD DAYS OF THE RWS SHAMBOX. MAN, HE WAS BOLD. I HEARD
- 1:57:11STORIES ABOUT THAT MAN WOULD SEE HIS CHURCH MEMBERS IN LINE AT A
- 1:57:14MOVIE THAT HE SAID WAS BAD, AND HE'D GO AND KICK THEM RIGHT OUT
- 1:57:19OF THE MOVIE LINE.
- 1:57:20(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:57:23OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT
- 1:57:27DIDN'T GO TO HELL BECAUSE THEY HAD A BOLD, STRONG PASTOR THAT
- 1:57:29SAID, "STOP DOING THAT.”
- 1:57:30(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:57:322 CORINTHIANS 6:17 AND 18, THIS IS THE APOSTLE PAUL. HE SAID,
- 1:57:36"THEREFORE, COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM,
- 1:57:41AND BE YE SEPARATE, SAYS THE LORD. "DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS
- 1:57:46UNCLEAN, AND THEN I WILL RECEIVE YOU." IN OTHER WORDS, I'LL
- 1:57:51ANSWER YOU, AND I'LL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU'LL BE MY SONS
- 1:57:54AND MY DAUGHTERS, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY. JAMES 4:3, NOW THIS IS
- 1:57:59AN IMPORTANT SCRIPTURE ABOUT WORLDLINESS. JAMES 4, THREE
- 1:58:03THROUGH FOUR, OR JAMES SAYS, "YOU ASK, BUT YOU DO NOT
- 1:58:08RECEIVE." BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO ASK, YOU DO IT TO CONSUME IT ON
- 1:58:12YOURSELF. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE AN ALIGNMENT OR AN ALLIANCE
- 1:58:18WITH THE WORLD. SO WORLDLINESS, NUMBER SEVEN, I'M GONNA GO
- 1:58:21THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. DISOBEDIENCE WILL INTERRUPT YOUR
- 1:58:24PRAYERS, OKAY? ISAIAH 119, IF YOU'D BE WILLING AND OBEDIENT,
- 1:58:29YOU WHAT? EAT THE GOOD, OKAY? SO DISOBEDIENCE, REMEMBER WE READ
- 1:58:34THE SCRIPTURE, 1 JOHN 3:22, "WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE RECEIVE,
- 1:58:38BECAUSE WE DO THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING TO GOD."
- 1:58:40DISOBEDIENCE WILL UNDO YOUR PRAYERS. NOW HERE'S THE LAST
- 1:58:43ONE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT I'M GONNA REALLY GET TO TODAY. THIS
- 1:58:46IS VERY IMPORTANT, FOLKS. IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME ON ANYTHING ELSE
- 1:58:51THAT WILL UNDO ANSWERED PRAYER, THIS ONE IS PROBABLY AT THE TOP.
- 1:58:56IT'S CALLED STRIFE AND UNFORGIVENESS. STRIFE, THIS IS
- 1:59:01PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE. IN FACT, JESUS SAID IT, MARK 11:24,
- 1:59:053 AND 4, WE READ IT, "WHATEVER YOU ASK, YOU RECEIVE. IF YOU
- 1:59:10BELIEVE, YOU RECEIVE." BUT THEN HE GOES ON IN VERSE 25, "BUT
- 1:59:12WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING, FORGIVE. IF YOU HAVE OUGHT AGAINST
- 1:59:14ANYONE, THAT YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHICH IS IN HEAVEN MAY
- 1:59:18FORGIVE YOU. BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING,
- 1:59:21NEITHER WILL YOUR FATHER," VERSE 26, "IN HEAVEN FORGIVE YOU."
- 1:59:26THAT'S THE WORDS OF JESUS. WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY WHERE STRIFE
- 1:59:30IS LIKE A CANCER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. THESE WATCHDOG GROUPS
- 1:59:37OUT TRYING TO EXPOSE EVERYBODY, AND BY THE WAY, THE VERY
- 1:59:41PREACHERS, AND I'M GOING TO GET BOLD NOW, THE VERY PREACHERS
- 1:59:45THAT THEY GET UP AND CRITICIZE FOR HAVING A HOUSE OR A CAR OR
- 1:59:49WHATEVER THEY CRITICIZE, AND THEY STAND THERE AND HOLD
- 1:59:52CHURCHES AND PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHILE THEY RAPE PEOPLE OF MONEY.
- 1:59:57THEY THEMSELVES ARE MAKING MILLIONS OFF OF GOSSIP AND SMUT
- 2:00:02AND TRASH TO TRY TO RUIN SOMEBODY'S NAME. AND I'M TELLING
- 2:00:08YOU, I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART. OKAY, THE BIBLE SAYS IN
- 2:00:11PROVERBS 6 AND 19, "SIX THINGS DOES THE LORD HATE. "HE THAT
- 2:00:17SOWS DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN." COME ON, HE THAT SOWS
- 2:00:23IT. STRIFE, SQUABBLING. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 PETER 3,
- 2:00:29HUSBANDS AND WIVES, IF YOU'RE FUSSING, IF YOU'RE ARGUING WITH
- 2:00:34EACH OTHER, IT'LL HINDER YOUR PRAYERS. WELL, DO YOU THINK THAT
- 2:00:40STRIFE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST ISN'T HINDERING THE SUPERNATURAL
- 2:00:43FROM OPERATING IN THE CHURCH? ALL OF THE FUSSING ONLINE, YOU
- 2:00:48KNOW, AND THE VERY PEOPLE THAT SIT THERE, HOW EVERYBODY NEEDS
- 2:00:50TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. THEY THEMSELVES AREN'T ACCOUNTABLE.
- 2:00:54HEY, YOU BE ACCOUNTABLE. WHO'S YOUR PASTOR? BE ACCOUNTABLE.
- 2:01:00STRIFE, FUSSING, YOU KNOW, ANYMORE PEOPLE CAN'T SAY
- 2:01:04ANYTHING. AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT PREACHERS, I'M
- 2:01:07TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANS ONLINE. YOU PUT OUT SOMETHING LIKE, OH,
- 2:01:11GOD BLESSED US AT THE BEACH. OH, YOU SHOULDN'T GO TO THE BEACH.
- 2:01:18THERE'S SHARKS DOWN THERE. DIDN'T YOU PRAY BEFORE YOU WENT
- 2:01:22TO THE BEACH? I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. I'M LIKE SITTING
- 2:01:25THERE THINKING, REALLY? STRIFE, UNFORGIVENESS, HOLDING OUGHT,
- 2:01:34PUTTING SOMEONE DOWN, DISCREDITING PEOPLE. MY FEELING
- 2:01:38IS IF I, AND THIS IS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH, I'M
- 2:01:42NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD. HE THAT SOWS DISCORD AMONG
- 2:01:45BRETHREN. OKAY, THAT'S OUR HOMES. COME ON, WITH OUR
- 2:01:49FAMILIES, WITH OUR CHILDREN, HUSBANDS, WIVES TOGETHER,
- 2:01:55SIBLINGS, COME ON, BROTHERS, SISTERS, HE THAT CONTINUES WITH
- 2:01:59STRIFE, IT'LL UNDO YOUR PRAYERS. IN FACT, LET'S TAKE IT ONE MORE.
- 2:02:04WHEN YOU TAKE THE COMMUNION MEAL, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11,
- 2:02:08HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE SCRIPTURE? AND PAUL TAUGHT IT.
- 2:02:11AND HE SAID THAT WHEN YOU GET READY TO RECEIVE THE COMMUNION
- 2:02:15MEAL, DON'T DO IT UNWORTHILY. AND IT SAYS, AND FOR THIS
- 2:02:20REASON, MANY THAT ARE AMONG YOU DIE PREMATURE. SOME ARE SICKLY.
- 2:02:27SOME OF YOU ARE WEAKENED. WHY? BECAUSE YOU DON'T DISCERN THE
- 2:02:30LORD'S BODY. AND I HEARD A PASTOR TEACH THIS ONE TIME.
- 2:02:33PASTOR DOUG WOULD REMEMBER THIS. HE'S A PASTOR WE KNEW VERY WELL.
- 2:02:36AND HE SAID, EVERY TIME HE TOOK COMMUNION, HE SAID, FOLKS, DON'T
- 2:02:39JUST SEE THE BODY AND THE BLOOD IN THE ELEMENTS, THAT IS THAT,
- 2:02:44BUT HE'S SAYING YOU ALSO NEED TO SEE THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST IS
- 2:02:48THE CHURCH. AND IF YOU DON'T DISCERN IT, AND OUR ATTITUDE IS
- 2:02:54I CAN JUST SAY AND BE IN UNFORGIVENESS, YOU KNOW, LISTEN,
- 2:02:57IF YOU CAME TO LORD OF HOSTS AND YOU WERE FROM ANOTHER CHURCH AND
- 2:03:00THAT PASTOR YOU FELT LIKE MISHANDLED YOU, FORGIVE HIM, LET
- 2:03:03IT GO, AMEN. AND BY THE WAY, FORGIVENESS IS NOT NECESSARILY
- 2:03:08REALIGNING WITH PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS. WHAT IT
- 2:03:11MEANS IS GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD. GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEART.
- 2:03:15IF YOU STILL HAVE TO CALL THREE MORE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT
- 2:03:18PASTOR, THEN YOU HAVE NOT FORGIVEN THAT PASTOR. AMEN. AND
- 2:03:26SHE'S SHOOTING THEM TODAY. BUT I MEAN, MY SPIRIT'S ALARMED AT THE
- 2:03:33LEVEL OF STRIFE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. STRIFE AND
- 2:03:36UNFORGIVENESS. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HEALED, START A
- 2:03:39GOSSIP COLUMN. THAT'S THE WAY I KNOW HOW TO SAY IT. START A
- 2:03:48PODCAST. TALK ABOUT ALL THE CHRISTIANS THAT ARE OUT OF LINE.
- 2:03:54BY THE WAY, I HAVE A FEELING HALF THE PEOPLE THAT PROMOTE ALL
- 2:03:57THAT, WHETHER THEY BE CHRISTIANS, PODCASTERS,
- 2:04:01COLUMNISTS, MEDIA, WHOEVER, PASTORS, PREACHERS, TEACHERS,
- 2:04:06BELIEVERS, GRANDMAS, I HAVE A FEELING PROBABLY NOT THE
- 2:04:11GRANDMAS AS MUCH. BECAUSE USUALLY BY THE TIME PEOPLE CROSS
- 2:04:14THAT 60-YEAR-OLD LINE, YOU START TO SIT BACK AND GO, I WISH I
- 2:04:19WOULD HAVE DID IT DIFFERENT. MOST PEOPLE AREN'T SITTING THERE
- 2:04:23AT 85 YEARS OLD GOING, I'M GOING TO TAKE DOWN BROTHER SO-AND-SO.
- 2:04:30NO, YOU'RE REFLECTING ON YOURSELF AND HOW YOU COULD HAVE
- 2:04:34MADE BETTER CHOICES. WE'VE WATCHED WHOLE FAMILIES RECENTLY
- 2:04:38GET STRIPPED APART IN CHRISTIAN MEDIA. AND I'LL JUST SAY IT,
- 2:04:45NOBODY WINS IN THE END. AND WHEN WE CROSS OVER THE THRESHOLD OF
- 2:04:52DEATH INTO ETERNITY, ALL OF THAT, I WAS RIGHT, PROBABLY NOT
- 2:05:01GONNA MATTER. SO THINK, THINK BEFORE YOU TAKE UP THE SWORD
- 2:05:08AGAINST SOMEBODY.
- 2:05:10(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 2:05:15AMEN. OH YEAH, PASTOR DOUG'S COMING, THAT'S MY CUE TO FINISH.
- 2:05:21VERY QUICK, YOU CAN ALL STAND, I THINK I'M ABOUT DONE. A COUPLE
- 2:05:27OTHER ONES VERY QUICKLY, KEEP YOUR PRAYERS FROM BEING
- 2:05:30ANSWERED, NOT CONNECTING YOUR FINANCES TO THE KINGDOM. OKAY,
- 2:05:34YOU CAN GO READ THIS AS YOUR FATHER'S DAY HOMEWORK. HAGGAI
- 2:05:381:6-10 SAYS, GOD SAID THE REASON THAT PEOPLE SO MUCH, NOT TALKING
- 2:05:44ABOUT OFFERINGS, IT'S TALKING ABOUT WORK HARD IN LIFE, BUT
- 2:05:48THEY NEVER CAN SEEM TO GET AHEAD. THEY ALWAYS FEEL LIKE
- 2:05:51THEY HAVE POCKETS WITH HOLES. IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T
- 2:05:53PRIORITIZE GOD'S HOUSE. AND GOD SAID, "YOU BUILD YOUR OWN STUFF,
- 2:05:58BUT YOU'RE NOT BUILDING MY HOUSE." SO CONNECTING, THERE'S
- 2:06:02SO MUCH, I COULD PREACH A WHOLE SERMON ON CONNECTING OUR
- 2:06:04FINANCES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND FORGET WHAT PEOPLE SAY, "I
- 2:06:08GOT SO INTO A CHURCH." THAT'S THE DEVIL TALKING, OKAY? THEY
- 2:06:13DON'T GO TO CHURCH, SO WHY DO THEY CARE? MAKE THE CHURCH A
- 2:06:18SUCCESS, RIGHT? RATHER THAN SO-AND-SO THAT CURSES GOD AND
- 2:06:24SHAKES A FIST AND PUTS BRICKS OUT FOR THE RIOTERS TO USE.
- 2:06:29ANOTHER, LAST COUPLE QUICK ONES. DISORDER AND LAZINESS. CAN I SAY
- 2:06:33IT? I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT, RIGHT? THAT'LL INTERRUPT
- 2:06:35ANSWERED PRAYER, 'CAUSE MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE LAZY, THE BIBLE
- 2:06:38SAYS THAT THEY WON'T HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO STAY WITH IT IN
- 2:06:42FAITH. THEY WON'T WAIT TO SEE THE SEED PRODUCE AND MANIFEST.
- 2:06:46SO I ALWAYS SAY, IF YOU NEED TO WORK ON AREAS OF DISORDER IN
- 2:06:50YOUR LIFE, START IN THE GARAGE. GET OUT THERE, OPEN IT UP, PUT
- 2:06:57ALL THE STUFF IN THE DRIVEWAY, RIGHT? COME ON, PASTOR, I'VE
- 2:07:01DONE THAT. MAN, WE DO IT IN A BIG WAY. WE HAD NEIGHBORS GO BY
- 2:07:04AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU CLEANING THE GARAGE? LIKE WHAT DOES IT
- 2:07:06LOOK LIKE? EVERYTHING'S IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND PASTOR'S
- 2:07:11DETERMINED, HE GOES, WE WILL GET THIS DONE AND THE CARS WILL GO
- 2:07:14BACK IN BY THE TIME WE GO TO BED. AND BOY, I'M TELLING YOU,
- 2:07:19IT'S ALL MY STUFF. IT'S FATHER'S DAY, I'M GOING TO LET THAT ONE
- 2:07:28GO. NUMBER 11, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN
- 2:07:35WHAT THEY BELIEVE, AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU LAY OUT IN THE WORD,
- 2:07:39THEY DON'T WANT IT. THEY'RE GOING TO STICK WITH WHAT THEY
- 2:07:41KNOW AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT GRANDMA SAID OR WHATEVER.
- 2:07:44RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS WILL KEEP YOU. LAST ONE, AND THIS IS, I'LL
- 2:07:48CLOSE IT WITH THIS, I DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME, IS
- 2:07:51PEOPLE DON'T WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY DON'T WANT
- 2:07:53TO STICK IT IN WITH A PASTOR. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, AND
- 2:07:58ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT CONTROL. STOP THAT. IT MEANS THAT, YOU
- 2:08:02KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN HERE, A PASTOR AND I ARE UNABLE
- 2:08:05TO INTERACT INDIVIDUALLY WITH ALL OF YOU. WE DON'T KNOW
- 2:08:07EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE. BUT BY BEING HERE,
- 2:08:11SEE KATHLEEN'S SITTING WITH JANET, YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR
- 2:08:13STUFF, RIGHT? YOU GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. THERE'S AN
- 2:08:16ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE CHURCH,
- 2:08:19OKAY? A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT RUN OUT OF A CHURCH DO IT, CLAIMING
- 2:08:24THAT THE CHURCH MISHANDLED THEM, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY JUST
- 2:08:26WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE ANOINTING. SO BE ACCOUNTABLE. IF
- 2:08:29YOU WANT YOUR CHURCH, OR YOU WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO BE
- 2:08:32ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT, THEN BE ACCOUNTABLE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU
- 2:08:36CAN HAVE PEOPLE YOU CAN BE WITH THAT AREN'T GOING TO JUST STROKE
- 2:08:40YOU, BUT ARE GOING TO TEACH YOU TO GO BACK TO GOD. AMEN? ALL
- 2:08:44RIGHT, YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? BE HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
- 2:08:47FOR PASTOR HANK. I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. WELCOME, PASTOR DOUG.
- 2:08:51GIVE PASTOR BRENDA A GREAT HAND FOR THAT. THAT WAS EXCELLENT.
- 2:08:55THAT'S ONE OF THOSE MESSAGES THAT WOULD BE WORTH REVIEWING
- 2:08:58AND REVIEWING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT'S GOOD, BASIC STUFF.
- 2:09:02SO I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU SIT DOWN TODAY, BECAUSE THIS WAY
- 2:09:06I'LL GO A LITTLE SHORTER. AND SOMETIMES MY WIFE SAYS I GO TOO
- 2:09:11LONG. SO I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU FROM YOUR FATHER'S DAY MEAL.
- 2:09:14BUT LET ME JUST CONCLUDE OUR SERVICE TODAY WITH THIS. YOU
- 2:09:18KNOW, THIS IS FATHER'S DAY, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. THE
- 2:09:21MOST IMPORTANT DECISION A PERSON COULD EVER MAKE IS TO CHOOSE TO
- 2:09:27HAVE THE LORD GOD AS YOUR FATHER. THAT'S THE BEST DECISION
- 2:09:31YOU CAN EVER MAKE, BECAUSE THAT NOT ONLY GIVES YOU AN ABUNDANT
- 2:09:34LIFE THAT'S PROMISED IN THE WORD OF GOD, BUT IT GIVES YOU A
- 2:09:38FUTURE ETERNITY WITH GOD. WHEN YOU CHOOSE HIM, YOU'RE MAKING
- 2:09:44THE BEST CHOICE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY, AND THAT'S
- 2:09:48WHAT I'M CLOSING WITH TODAY. YOU KNOW THE BOOK OF JOHN 10:10, WE
- 2:09:52KNOW THAT SCRIPTURE SO WELL. THE DEVIL, OR SATAN, OR THE THIEF,
- 2:09:56COMES TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. HE WANTS TO TAKE
- 2:10:00EVERYONE TO HELL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT WHEN YOU CHOOSE
- 2:10:04JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU'RE AVERTING THAT PLAN OR
- 2:10:10YOU'RE GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. YOU'RE GOING WITH GOD
- 2:10:13INSTEAD OF WITH THE THIEF, AND THEN YOU CAN WALK ABUNDANTLY
- 2:10:17THROUGH THIS LIFE AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM. YESTERDAY
- 2:10:21I OFFICIATED AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PATRICIA LENTON, AND
- 2:10:27SHE WAS THE BEAUTIFUL MOTHER OF KEN LONG AND DONNA SANDERS, WHO
- 2:10:33ARE MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH. AND SO IF YOU KNOW THOSE FAMILIES,
- 2:10:37YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THEM AND OFFER YOUR SUPPORT TO THEM. THEY'RE
- 2:10:41WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE PART OF THIS CHURCH, AND WE
- 2:10:44SUPPORT THEM. BUT THE EXCITING THING, THE WONDERFUL THING, WHEN
- 2:10:47YOU DO A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE FOR SOMEONE THAT YOU
- 2:10:49KNOW IS FAITHFUL TO GOD. PATRICIA WAS FAITHFUL. SHE'S IN
- 2:10:53HEAVEN NOW REJOICING BECAUSE SHE WALKED WITH GOD. THOSE ARE EASY
- 2:10:58TO DO. AND THERE'S NO FUNERAL THAT'S EASY BECAUSE IT'S A LOSS,
- 2:11:04AND WE EXPERIENCE LOSS IN THIS LIFE. BUT IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO
- 2:11:08DO A FUNERAL MESSAGE OR SERVICE IF I KNOW THAT PERSON HAS SERVED
- 2:11:12GOD AND IS IN HEAVEN. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOOD
- 2:11:17NEWS. IT'S NOT EASY, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
- 2:11:21TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD, THAT THERE'S JUDGMENT, AND THERE'S A
- 2:11:24HELL WAITING FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT CHOOSE GOD. SO I'M GONNA ASK
- 2:11:29YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME TODAY ON THE OPPORTUNITY THAT
- 2:11:32THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE WATCHING TODAY OR MAYBE YOU'RE EVEN HERE
- 2:11:35TODAY, AND YOU WOULD SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I NEED JESUS. I
- 2:11:38NEED TO MAKE 100% SURE THAT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST
- 2:11:43IS SECURE." PASTOR BRENDA TALKED ABOUT THE VICTORY THAT WE CAN
- 2:11:47HAVE WHEN WE CHOOSE LIFE, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. YOU
- 2:11:53CAN'T DO IT THROUGH RELIGION OR WORKS. YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON YOUR
- 2:11:56OWN. ONLY THROUGH JESUS. ONLY JESUS CAN SATISFY YOUR SOUL. THE
- 2:12:01WORD TELLS US THAT. SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO EXAMINE YOUR HEARTS
- 2:12:06TODAY. IF YOU'RE HERE IN THIS PLACE AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG,
- 2:12:09I WANT PRAYER TODAY, I NEED TO KNOW 100% THAT I'M ON MY WAY TO
- 2:12:13HEAVEN, I'M TALKING TO YOU. DON'T LEAVE THIS PLACE WITHOUT
- 2:12:18MAKING THAT DECISION. LIFE CAN BE SHORT. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE
- 2:12:22YOU'RE GOING IN YOUR FUTURE AND YOU NEED TO HAVE GOD'S GUIDANCE
- 2:12:25AND WISDOM AND DIRECTION WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH. SO
- 2:12:29IMPORTANT. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE TODAY, IF THAT'S YOU OR YOU'RE
- 2:12:33WATCHING AND WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, YOU CAN DO THIS RIGHT IN YOUR
- 2:12:35HOME, I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW
- 2:12:39AND I'LL PRAY FOR YOU TODAY. THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. THEN YOU
- 2:12:42CAN HAVE THAT NEW LIFE WITH JESUS CHRIST. WHEN I COUNT TO
- 2:12:46THREE, IF THAT'S YOU, YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY. ONE,
- 2:12:50TWO, THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY HANDS? IN THIS AUDITORIUM, YOU
- 2:12:54SAY, I NEED JESUS, I WANT PRAYER TODAY. IS THERE A HAND OVER
- 2:12:58HERE? ONE OVER HERE? I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO KEEP YOUR HAND
- 2:13:02UP FOR A MOMENT. ANYONE ELSE? I WANNA SECURE MY FUTURE. I WANNA
- 2:13:06MAKE SURE. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE. DOESN'T MATTER IF
- 2:13:09THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE OR YOUR 50TH TIME HERE. YOU'VE BEEN
- 2:13:12HERE FOR 10 YEARS. KEEP YOUR HANDS UP FOR A MOMENT. HERE'S
- 2:13:17WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO. THOSE WITH YOUR HANDS UP, JUST
- 2:13:20GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT AND COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. WE'RE GONNA
- 2:13:22PRAY AND MAKE THIS DECISION TODAY TO MAKE LIFE RIGHT WITH
- 2:13:26GOD. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THAT DECISION. THANK YOU FOR COMING,
- 2:13:30GIVE HER YOUR HAND. THERE'S ONE UP HERE, COME ON DOWN. COME ON
- 2:13:34DOWN, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO BOLD. COME ON DOWN HERE
- 2:13:39QUICKLY. I'M WAITING FOR YOU, WE'LL WAIT. WE DON'T CARE IF
- 2:13:43IT'S FATHER'S DAY AND THE ROAST MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT
- 2:13:45DARK. THAT'S OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR YOU. BECAUSE IT'S MORE
- 2:13:49IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE HEAVEN THAN WHAT WE HAVE FOR LUNCH. I
- 2:13:55KNOW THERE WAS A HAND UP HERE, JUST COME ON DOWN. COME ON DOWN
- 2:13:59QUICKLY. MA'AM, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU JUST COME RIGHT UP HERE.
- 2:14:01THANK YOU, LONNIE. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
- 2:14:06ISIS? THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAME. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. YOU
- 2:14:10HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SMILE. IS THERE ANOTHER THAT I'M WAITING FOR?
- 2:14:14THERE WAS A HAND OVER HERE SOMEWHERE. OH, SHE'S COMING.
- 2:14:17OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU TIME, MA'AM. JUST TAKE YOUR TIME TO
- 2:14:19COME RIGHT ON DOWN HERE TO ME. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME JESUS
- 2:14:23CALLED SOMEONE, HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY, AND I DON'T DO IT TO
- 2:14:28EMBARRASS ANYONE. COME ON UP, MA'AM. I DON'T DO IT TO
- 2:14:31EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE A DAY THAT YOU WILL
- 2:14:34REMEMBER BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO JESUS CHRIST THAT
- 2:14:38WILL LAST ALL WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH, AND THEN SOMEDAY
- 2:14:42YOU'LL BE IN HEAVEN WITH HIM. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM? MARLA.
- 2:14:45MARLA? THANK YOU FOR BEING SO BOLD, MARLA, TO COME FORWARD
- 2:14:49TODAY. WE HONOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO DO THAT. AND AS YOU TWO
- 2:14:56REPEAT AFTER ME THIS PRAYER, THIS IS GOING TO BE--OH, WE HAVE
- 2:14:59ANOTHER ONE HERE. OKAY, COME ON UP, MA'AM. MARLA ISIS, AND WHAT
- 2:15:05WAS YOUR NAME, MA'AM? HALEY. HALEY? YEAH. OKAY, HALEY, THANK
- 2:15:09YOU FOR COMING. GOD BLESS YOU. SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO,
- 2:15:12YEAH, YOU CAN HOLD HANDS, THAT'S GREAT. YOU'RE SOON GONNA BE
- 2:15:16SISTERS IN CHRIST BECAUSE ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION TO SERVE
- 2:15:20HIM, IT STARTS WITH A PRAYER. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, AND
- 2:15:26AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU TO WALK WITH GOD. IN
- 2:15:30FACT, WE HAVE A CLASS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FOR NEW
- 2:15:32BELIEVERS, JUST LIKE YOURSELF, THAT HAVE COME FORWARD JUST TO
- 2:15:34HELP YOU TO START. WHERE DO I START? I'M GONNA START WITH GOD
- 2:15:38AND WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT. AND OUR ELDER TEAM, I'M JUST
- 2:15:41GONNA HAVE YOU COME ON UP TOO NOW AND STAND BEHIND THESE
- 2:15:43BECAUSE I FORGOT TO CALL YOU. I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT FATHER'S
- 2:15:46DAY. SO WE'RE GONNA PRAY THOUGH. AND FATHER GOD'S GONNA HEAR YOUR
- 2:15:50VOICE TODAY AND GONNA HEAR YOUR PRAYER TODAY. YOU JUST REPEAT
- 2:15:53AFTER ME AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME
- 2:15:55THING WHEREVER YOU'RE AT. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR SENDING
- 2:16:00JESUS. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS OF
- 2:16:06CALVARY. HE SUFFERED AND DIED ON THAT CROSS. HE WAS BURIED, AND
- 2:16:14THE BIBLE SAYS HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. I BELIEVE THAT.
- 2:16:20AND TODAY, JESUS, I ASK YOU, FORGIVE ME FOR ANY SIN IN MY
- 2:16:27LIFE. COME INTO MY HEART AND MAKE ME A NEW CREATURE. MAKE ME
- 2:16:32NEW FOR YOU, AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
- 2:16:38AMEN. AND BECAUSE YOU PRAYED THAT TODAY, YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE ON
- 2:16:43YOUR WAY TO A WONDERFUL LIFE WITH GOD. OUR ALTAR TEAM IS
- 2:16:46GONNA HELP YOU TODAY AND GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION. AND THANK
- 2:16:50YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THAT, AND WE'LL GET YOU INFORMATION AND
- 2:16:52LET YOU GO FORWARD. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, YOU CAN
- 2:16:54CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER. WE'LL PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN. OUR
- 2:16:58PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE THERE 24 HOURS A DAY TO HELP YOU, TO PRAY
- 2:17:02WITH YOU, AND GUIDE YOU, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE SAME
- 2:17:05INFORMATION WE GAVE THESE THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY. WELL GOD
- 2:17:08BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK
- 2:17:11IN THE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE A WONDERFUL FATHER'S DAY
- 2:17:14CELEBRATION AND A GREAT SUNDAY, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN
- 2:17:17WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE.