Latest / LOH Church Archive / 05/10/26 Pastor Hank Kunneman
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:06GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM
- 0:09PRAISE. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OUR MAMAS OUT THERE. BUT
- 0:13WE'RE GONNA LIFT UP THE NAME OF OUR KING THIS MORNING. AMEN.
- 0:16(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 1:48(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 1:53HALLELUJAH. LORD, WE HONOR YOU. WE STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE. GOD,
- 2:00WE STAND IN AN AMAZEMENT OF YOU, THE LIVING GOD. WE INVITE YOUR
- 2:06PRESENCE TO BE AMONG US TODAY. WE LONG FOR YOU, OUR GOD. AND
- 2:11ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY LOVE HIM SAID, AMEN!
- 2:15WOW. PRETTY GOOD. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON I
- 2:20DIDN'T HEAR. I THINK YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
- 2:24ANYWAY, WELL, I WANT TO SAY THIS TO ALL THE MOTHERS,
- 2:28GRANDMOTHERS, GREAT GRANDMOTHERS, HAPPY MOTHER'S
- 2:31DAY. SO GIVE YOURSELF AN APPLAUSE. HOW MANY MAMAS AND
- 2:36GRANDMAS AND GREAT GRANDMAS ARE HERE? RAISE YOUR HAND. OH, THIS
- 2:41IS AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, ANY GRANDMAS? LET ME SEE GRANDMAS.
- 2:45OKAY. HOW MANY, HOW MANY... MEAN, YOU'RE ALL GREAT GRANDMAS,
- 2:50RIGHT? BUT HOW MANY GREAT, GREAT, WOW, GREAT, GREAT. ALL
- 2:56RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO EVEN HIGHER. HOW MANY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT
- 3:01GRANDMAS? ANY GREAT, GREAT, OKAY. ANY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT,
- 3:06GREAT, GREAT? YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY. WELL, IT'S
- 3:10GONNA BE A SPECIAL DAY, SPECIAL PLANS. ARE YOU GONNA GO OUT TO
- 3:13LUNCH, RIGHT? ARE WE GONNA GO OUT TO LUNCH? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA
- 3:17GO OUT TO LUNCH IN THE BACKYARD. YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? BUT
- 3:21TODAY'S ALSO YOUR OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY. IT IS, AND I
- 3:25APPRECIATE THAT. OFFICIALLY 60 TODAY. I KNOW, AND BY THE WAY,
- 3:29LET ME JUST SAY THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR CARDS,
- 3:32LETTERS, LOVE, AND THEN LAST WEEK COMING OUT FOR THE BIRTHDAY
- 3:38BASH, AND THE FOOD WAS GREAT. IT WAS FUN. AND YOU KNOW, I
- 3:41APPRECIATED IT WHEN PEOPLE WERE COMING UP SAYING, "PASTOR, YOU
- 3:44KNOW, "60 IS KIND OF THE NEW 40." SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
- 3:48MEANS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT.
- 3:52THANK YOU, AND YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN HER GETTING A MOTHER'S DAY
- 3:56MEAL, SHE'S ACTUALLY MAKING ME RIBS TODAY. SO YOU CAN GIVE HER
- 4:01SOME. WELL, I WAS GONNA DO IT YESTERDAY, BUT IT WAS SO WINDY,
- 4:04I WAS LIKE, "THIS IS NO FUN." SO TODAY'S GONNA BE BETTER. I CAN'T
- 4:08WAIT, SO. I'M EXCITED. I WANNA DO THIS, I WANNA ALSO HONOR
- 4:12THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILY,
- 4:16E-MEMBERS. HOW MANY GRANDMAS? YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE COMMENTS.
- 4:19YOU'RE A GRANDMA, YOU'RE A GREAT-GRANDMA, MOTHER. AND
- 4:23AGAIN, I HAD SOMEBODY ONE TIME, GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA. SO MAYBE
- 4:26YOU'RE A GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA. AND LET'S SAY THIS, GRANDMA, IF
- 4:30YOU JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT, YOU
- 4:33COULD PUT THAT IN THE COMMENT TOO. BUT WE JUST WANNA HONOR YOU
- 4:36TODAY. MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL PLANS AND YOU DECIDED TO
- 4:40JOIN US TODAY. WELL, LISTEN, I'VE GOT A SPECIAL MESSAGE. AND
- 4:43I NEVER, I DON'T NEED TO SAY THIS, I USUALLY DON'T TAILOR
- 4:46MAKE A MESSAGE FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT WE WOULD CALL A HOLIDAY OR
- 4:50WHATEVER, BUT I JUST KEPT FEELING STIRRED AFTER MARILYN
- 4:55HICKEY, ONE OF MY SPIRITUAL MAMAS WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE
- 4:58LORD. AND I JUST STARTED REFLECTING ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN
- 5:02IMPACT SHE HAD MADE IN MY LIFE. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I
- 5:04WANNA GO THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE, AND I WANNA LOOK AT HOW MANY
- 5:08MOTHERS OF SCRIPTURE, WHAT THEY REPRESENT, AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN
- 5:12FROM IT. AND THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT JUST MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
- 5:14I'M EVEN GONNA TALK ABOUT YOU TODAY. UH-OH. SO I BETTER DO A
- 5:17GOOD JOB, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MY OWN MOM. MAMA, HONOR YOU
- 5:20TODAY AS WELL, AND WE LOVE YOU. YOU'RE SO PRETTY.
- 5:24(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
- 5:26AND THEN MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, YOU'RE WATCHING, I KNOW YOU'RE
- 5:30PRETTY TOO, I BETTER SAY THAT RIGHT. SHE'S WRANGLING THE
- 5:32GERMAN SHEPHERDS AS WE SPEAK. SO, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE A
- 5:37GREAT DAY IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. YEAH, I'M EXCITED. ALL
- 5:40RIGHT, WELL, HEY, BEFORE WE WORSHIP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
- 5:43GUYS HAVE NOTICED. I TELL YOU, I WAS POWER WASHING. EVERYBODY'S
- 5:48LAUGHING. I'VE BEEN POWER WASHING. GOT A LITTLE BLISTER, I
- 5:51DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE MY BOOBOO AT HOME THERE, YOU CAN
- 5:53IT'S YARD CLEANUP SEASON. YOU CAN PUT BOOBOO CONDOLENCES,
- 5:56CONDOLENCES OVER THERE ON THE INTERNET. BUT ANYWAY, SO
- 6:00EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE NOWADAYS. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?
- 6:04EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE. I MEAN, WHEN IT USED TO BE YOU COULD GO
- 6:08IN AND GET AIR FOR FREE. NOW IT COSTS YOU A DOLLAR TO PUT AIR IN
- 6:15YOUR TIRES OR MORE. THAT'S INFLATION. BUT WHAT'S EVEN...
- 6:28THEY'RE CLAPPING. THEY ARE CLAPPING. BECAUSE IT'S MY
- 6:31BIRTHDAY AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO. BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I
- 6:34REALIZED, I READ AN ARTICLE. READ AN ARTICLE. READ AN ARTICLE
- 6:40THAT FUNERAL PRICES HAVE DOUBLED AND QUADRUPLED. AND THEIR EXCUSE
- 6:46IS, "THAT'S JUST THE COST OF LIVING." OH, YOU DID NOT! YOU
- 6:57DID NOT! EDDIE! DID YOU MAKE THOSE UP? DID YOU MAKE THOSE UP?
- 7:04WE THINK 'EM UP, BRENDA. OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SURE IT'S
- 7:08PROBABLY REPEATED SOMEWHERE. WHY DID YOU DO THAT? WE'RE SINGING
- 7:12BUDDIES. YEAH, BUT HE'S ALSO THE JUDGE OF YOUR JOKES. SO HE SAYS
- 7:22THE MAN AT THE KEYBOARD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO
- 7:24SOMETHING MORE BETTER AND SPIRITUAL. LET'S WORSHIP. LET'S
- 7:27WORSHIP TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT, WELL, ONE GOOD THING
- 7:32IS THE SUN IS SHINING OUTSIDE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN
- 7:36NEBRASKA. AND WE ARE EXCITED. SO ARE YOU, BUT MORE THAN THE
- 7:43NATURAL WEATHER, ARE YOU EXCITED FOR JESUS TODAY? I AM. I BELIEVE
- 7:49THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GONNA BE IN THIS ROOM. SO
- 7:53THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD JESUS, MY
- 7:58HEART IS OPEN. I'M HERE TO RECEIVE FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE
- 8:04HOLY SPIRIT. TEACH ME, GROW ME, HELP ME, AND I
- 8:10PROMISE TO GIVE YOU, COME ON, MY VERY BEST."
- 8:15YOU GOT IT, COME ON, PRAISE THE LORD.
- 8:18(MUSIC)
- 8:27COME ON, CHURCH.
- 8:28(MUSIC)
- 12:18(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 15:20(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 15:24COME ON. OH, WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS!
- 15:32(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 16:38(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 17:52(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 22:29(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 29:36(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 29:37FILL THIS PLACE. COME AND FILL THIS PLACE, WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
- 29:49COME AND FILL THIS PLACE WITH YOUR GLORY. COME AND FILL THIS
- 29:57HOUSE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE WANT.
- 30:06YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE WANT.
- 30:19I SING HOLY, HOLY TO THE LORD ALMIGHTY.
- 30:33(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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- 34:52HE'S LONGING FOR YOUR VOICE. YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE
- 34:57WORLD, YOU THAT ARE IN THIS PLACE, HE'S LONGING FOR YOUR
- 34:59VOICE. OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS.
- 35:08THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID. YOU LOVE HIM IN YOUR HEART, TELL HIM,
- 35:16WITH YOUR LIPS. AND WITH THE FRUIT OF YOUR LIPS, GIVE HIM
- 35:21THANKS. OH, WE GIVE YOU THANKS, SWEET SAVIOR. SWEET LORD GOD,
- 35:35YOU CARRIED YOUR OWN BLOOD THAT YOU SPILLED AND YOU SACRIFICED
- 35:41ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY AND THAT BLOOD SPEAKS TODAY AND IT SPEAKS
- 35:50BECAUSE WE GIVE IT A VOICE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE POWER OF OUR
- 35:58COVENANT WITH YOU. AN ETERNAL COVENANT OF PEACE, NOTHING
- 36:07MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN, OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS
- 36:15OF MIND, BLESSED MEMORY, STRENGTH. OH, YESHUA, JESUS, WE
- 36:25WORSHIP YOU. KING OF MAJESTY AND HONOR, HIGH AND LIFTED
- 36:34UP, AND WE GLORIFY YOU, O GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 36:49WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 36:57(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 37:08COME ON. PAUL SAID, "I SING WITH MY SPIRIT AND I SING WITH MY
- 37:13NATIVE TONGUE." THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT,
- 37:16JUST WORSHIP HIM, MAKING A MELODY IN YOUR HEART BEFORE YOUR
- 37:19GOD. A PERFECT SOUND OF LOVE AND ADORATION TO YOUR KING.
- 37:26(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 37:45I WILL POUR OUT MY HEART TO MY LORD, MY KING.
- 37:52(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 38:04I CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE. I CAN FEEL
- 38:09THE WHISPERING OF HIS BREATH. I CAN FEEL
- 38:13THE LOVE THAT FLOWS FROM HIS HEART TO ME.
- 38:21(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 38:25I LONG FOR YOUR FACE. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 38:34MY SPIRIT LONGS FOR YOU, MY GOD, MY KING, MY LORD. I LONG TO BE
- 38:43IN YOUR PRESENCE. I LONG FOR YOUR LOVE.
- 38:49(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 38:56I SING A LOVE SONG TO MY LORD, MY KING, MY GOD, MY FRIEND.
- 39:03(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 39:14LIVING GOD, LIVING GOD, WITH THE ANGELS I SING, WITH THE
- 39:21CHERUBIMS AND THE SERAPHIMS AND THE ELDERS OF THE LAMB, I
- 39:25WORSHIP YOU, MY KING. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 39:33I STAND BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. I STAND
- 39:36BEFORE YOUR THRONE AND YOU ALONE I ADORE.
- 39:41I GIVE MY HEART, MY LOVE TO YOU, MY KING, MY SOUL.
- 39:49(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 40:05I GOT MORE I'M NOT SAYING. I POUR OUT MY HEART
- 40:10TO YOU, MY KING. I POUR OUT MY HEART TO YOU, MY FRIEND AND MY
- 40:23KING. MY GOD IN WHOM I SING, I WILL EXALT YOU. I WILL EXALT
- 40:30YOU. I WILL EXALT YOU. I WILL EXALT YOU, MY LORD. I STAND IN
- 40:38FEAR AND HONOR IN AWE OF THE LIVING GOD. TO YOU I SING.
- 40:47YOU'RE MY CREATOR. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 40:56COME ON, WE WORSHIP YOU. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 41:12WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. THIS
- 41:19IS FOR YOU, GOD. MAY YOU SMILE AT OUR WORSHIP. MAY WE TOUCH THE
- 41:27VERY INNER CHAMBERS AND PLACES OF YOUR HEART, OH GOD.
- 41:34WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 41:46OH, HOW HOLY IS THE LORD. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 41:55WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. FOR YOUR NAME IS GREAT,
- 42:03AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. WE TOUCHED GOD'S
- 42:14HEART, MAN. I KNOW IT, I COULD FEEL IT. OH MAN, I'M
- 42:22SHAKING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE FEELING, BUT MAN, I FEEL HIM.
- 42:32COME ON GOD, WOW US WITH YOUR PRESENCE. WE'RE WOWED WITH YOU.
- 42:44OH, HOW WE HONOR YOU AND HOW WE LOVE YOU SO, SO MUCH. YOU KNOW,
- 42:59I DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY THIS TO GOD BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY,
- 43:02BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS TO GOD BECAUSE I MEAN IT. AND I WANT
- 43:07YOU TO SAY IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY MAYBE OR
- 43:09MAYBE IT IS OR AMY'S, MY ASSISTANT 30 YEARS, HERS IS
- 43:13TOMORROW. I THINK YOU NEED TO JUST SAY TO GOD, THANK YOU FOR
- 43:17CREATING ME. WE WERE INSIDE OF HIM BEFORE HE GAVE US THE HONOR
- 43:26TO COME TO THE EARTH, TO HAVE BREATH TO WORSHIP HIM. AND THINK
- 43:34ABOUT IT, WHAT HAPPENS THE MOMENT YOU SAY, "JESUS, COME
- 43:38INTO MY HEART." THE BIBLE SAYS AT THAT MOMENT, NOT ONLY YOUR
- 43:42SPIRIT, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU CRIES OUT, AND YOU
- 43:48KNOW WHAT IT SAYS? "ABBA, FATHER." THAT'S DADDY, ABBA.
- 43:58THAT IS OUR GOD. HE LET US COME TO THE EARTH, DESIRING THAT NONE
- 44:09SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT WE WOULD ALL LIVE TOGETHER FOREVER WITH
- 44:13DADDY, WITH OUR ETERNAL KING. WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE ALIVE
- 44:21FOR HIM. MASTER, YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE REMAINING DECADES OF MY
- 44:25LIFE WITH MY BRIDE, I WANT TO RAISE UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF
- 44:30THOSE THAT WILL LOVE YOU AND HONOR YOU AND SERVE YOU.
- 44:33(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 44:39BEFORE WE WERE WORSHIPING GOD, I JUST FELT IN MY HEART THAT
- 44:42THERE'S SOME OF YOU HERE AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE THAT
- 44:47YOU'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HAVING SOME BRAIN FOG. SOME
- 44:53OF YOU, BRAIN FATIGUE, YOU KNOW, MENTAL FATIGUE. SOME OF YOU, YOU
- 44:58FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING MORE FORGETFUL. AND YOU'RE CONCERNED,
- 45:04MAN, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY MIND? YOU DON'T HAVE TO
- 45:10HAVE DEMENTIA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S. YOU DON'T HAVE
- 45:15TO HAVE BIPOLAR DISEASE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
- 45:19SCHIZOPHRENIA, FEAR, PARANOIA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORGET THINGS.
- 45:24WHEN THEY PUT THAT BEAUTIFUL CROWN OF THORNS ON THE MASTER'S
- 45:27HEAD, IT WAS SO THAT YOUR MIND AND YOUR MEMORY, RIGHT? IT'S
- 45:33BEEN REDEEMED. IT'S BEEN PAID FOR. THAT YOU HAVE THE MIND OF
- 45:38GOD NOW AND YOU HAVE A BLESSED MEMORY. AND SO WHETHER THAT
- 45:42APPLIES TO YOU OR NOT, I WANT US TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN
- 45:45PROBABLY IN MY MESSAGE AS I END IT, I'LL MAKE SURE WE PRAY FOR
- 45:49ALL THE MAMAS. AND IF I FORGET, MAMA, YOU REMIND ME, OKAY?
- 45:53BECAUSE I DO WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU AND BUT I JUST FEEL, YOU
- 45:56KNOW, LET'S JUST ALL TOUCH OUR BRAIN OR OUR HEAD, RIGHT? SOME
- 46:01OF YOU ARE LIKE, WHERE'S MY BRAIN? NO, YOU BETTER NOT SAY
- 46:04THAT. I CAN'T FIND MY BRAIN. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA,
- 46:10AS WE'VE COME INTO YOUR GLORIOUS PRESENCE TODAY, WHAT AN HONOR.
- 46:14WE'VE TOUCHED YOU, BUT YOU'VE TOUCHED US. AND SO WHILE WE'RE
- 46:18IN YOUR PRESENCE TODAY, YESHUA PAID WITH THE CROWN OF THORNS ON
- 46:22HIS HEAD, THAT OUR MINDS ARE REDEEMED, OUR BODIES ARE
- 46:26REDEEMED. IT'S BEEN PAID FOR THROUGH AND BY BLOOD, INNOCENT
- 46:30BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF OUR SAVIOR AND LORD JESUS CHRIST. SO I
- 46:34REBUKE DEMENTIA, I REBUKE ALZHEIMER'S, I REBUKE BIPOLAR
- 46:38DISEASE, I REBUKE LUNACY, I REBUKE FORGETFULNESS, BRAIN FOG,
- 46:43I REBUKE ANY MIND-BINDING SPIRIT, CRAZY AGE, WITCHCRAFT,
- 46:49DIVINATION. I BIND ANY AND ALL ASSIGNMENTS OF THE ENEMY THAT
- 46:54WOULD TRY TO ATTACK YOUR MIND, I SAY. AND I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS,
- 46:57EVERYONE. SAY, "MY MIND IS BLESSED. IT'S OFF LIMITS TO
- 47:03FORGETFULNESS AND TO ANY DISEASE. MY MIND IS HEALTHY. IT
- 47:09WILL BE HEALTHY, WHOLE THIS DAY AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF MY
- 47:15ENTIRE LIFE. I HAVE A STRONG MIND, A STRONG MEMORY, A BLESSED
- 47:20MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, AND IT IS WELL. NOW I RELEASE THE
- 47:25ANOINTING AND THE BLESSING OF GOD UPON MY MIND, MY MEMORY. IT
- 47:33IS WELL. THANK YOU, LORD. AMEN. AMEN. SO, WOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I
- 47:44LOVE ABOUT YOU? AND I WISH THAT COULD BE IN SOME OF YOUR HOMES
- 47:48WITH YOU AS WE'RE WORSHIPING GOD, BECAUSE I CAN I KNOW IT'S
- 47:52MY IMAGINATION, MAYBE, BUT I COULD SEE SOME OF YOU THAT ARE
- 47:54WATCHING OR LIKE YOU'RE KNEELING DOWN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN YOUR
- 47:58LIVING ROOM OR YOU'RE IN YOUR RECLINER COUCH AND YOU JUST GOT
- 48:02YOUR HANDS LIFTED AND TEARS ARE JUST COMING DOWN BECAUSE GOD IS
- 48:06TOUCHING YOU THROUGH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE A CAMERA AND A
- 48:11LAPTOP OR A TV. IT'S JUST AMAZING. BUT CAN I TELL YOU
- 48:17SOMETHING IN ALMOST 40 YEARS OF MINISTRY THAT ALWAYS I'VE NEVER
- 48:21LIKED IS PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY LOVE GOD, KNOW GOD, AND THEY
- 48:26DON'T WORSHIP RIGHT. THEY DON'T WORSHIP HIM. THEY DON'T ENTER
- 48:30IN. YOU'RE NOT LIKE THAT. AND I'M GRATEFUL 'CAUSE IT REALLY
- 48:34MAKES IT EASIER TO PASTOR WHEN YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESSED
- 48:39FOR GOD. AND HE LIKES THAT. AND NOT ONLY THAT, LAST TIME
- 48:44RATTLING, SO I'M GONNA QUIT RATTLING. THE MORE WE ENTER INTO
- 48:47HIS PRESENCE, THE MORE THE MIRACULOUS HAPPENS. AND THERE
- 48:52ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT EVERY SUNDAY OF PEOPLE'S
- 48:54NEEDS, YOU KNOW. AND IN THIS KIND OF PRESENCE IS WHEN THINGS
- 48:59JUST HAPPEN. PRAISE GOD. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? I WANT
- 49:04YOU TO, OH, BY THE WAY, DID YOU SEE MY BANDAID HERE? SO MOTHER
- 49:09STUCK. CAPTAIN MOTHER STUCK. GO AHEAD, WOULD YOU? COME HERE
- 49:15FOR A MINUTE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO
- 49:18TRANSITION OUT. SO HE WAS CONCERNED FOR MY BOOBOO. YOU
- 49:23WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I WANT YOU TO GET THROUGH THIS RECOVERY. SO
- 49:27I HAVE A BLACKSMITH SHOP, AND I'M GONNA BRING PASTORS HANK OUT
- 49:30THERE TO DO SOME WORK, BUT I'M GONNA START HIM OFF WHILE HE'S
- 49:32DOING RECOVERY, IS START HIM OFF WITH THIS HAMMER TO JUST GET HIM
- 49:37GOING THE RIGHT WAY. YOU KNOW, THEY CALL ME HAMMER HANK, BUT
- 49:40YOU KNOW, AS I DISCIPLE YOU, MOTHER CAPTAIN STUCK, IN THE
- 49:46THINGS OF GOD, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A TODDLER BIBLE IN RETURN,
- 49:49SO. BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU QUICK, SIR, YOU KNOW WHY I CALL HIM
- 49:52MOTHER STUCK? BECAUSE ONE DAY, HE TRAVELS WITH ME FOR SECURITY
- 49:58DETAILS AND FRIENDSHIP, AND HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE GOOD
- 50:02RESTAURANTS ARE. BUT ONE DAY, I CALLED HIM, I SAID, "CAPTAIN,
- 50:05YOU GOTTA GET HERE QUICK, I GOTTA SPEAK." REMEMBER WHEN I
- 50:07CUT MYSELF? I CUT MYSELF SHAVING, AND IT WAS JUST, IT
- 50:10WOULD NOT STOP. AND I SAID, I DIDN'T BRING ANY OF THAT, UM,
- 50:15QUICK LOCK. COME ON, MOTHER STUCK. THE POWDER STUFF. AND I
- 50:19SAID, QUICK, QUICK, QUICK STOP. SO HE, HE COMES INTO MY ROOM, MY
- 50:24HOTEL ROOM, AND HE'S GOT LIKE THIS TOURNIQUET. I SAID, MAN,
- 50:26YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LOOK LIKE I'M FROM INDIA. YOU KNOW, WHAT I
- 50:29GO, I HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS ALL AROUND MY WHOLE HEAD, YOU
- 50:31KNOW. ANYWAY, I HONOR YOU. THAT'S WHY I CALL HIM MOTHER
- 50:35STUCK. LET'S GIVE IT A HAND FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, HE'S A GOOD GUY.
- 50:39ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S A MAMA. AND IF
- 50:45THERE'S A DUDE THAT'S IDENTIFYING AS ONE, PLEASE LET
- 50:47ME KNOW AND I WILL BE GLAD TO TALK TO THEM. BUT ANYWAY, GREET
- 50:51ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD AND SAY, "I BET I KNOW WHAT
- 50:54YOUR FAVORITE GELATO TASTE IS." SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS.
- 50:58(MUSIC)
- 51:40WELL, GOOD MORNING. AND I WILL SAY AS WELL, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
- 51:45TO ALL THE MOTHERS. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO THE MOTHER OF MY
- 51:49CHILDREN, PASTOR CHRISTY. SHE IS A GREAT MAMA TO OUR GIRLS WHO
- 51:56WERE IN HERE BUT STEPPED OUT. SO, WE CELEBRATE HER TODAY. WE
- 52:02CELEBRATE ALL OF YOU WOMEN OUT THERE, 'CAUSE WITHOUT YOU, OUR
- 52:07LIVES WOULD NOT BE AS GOOD AS THEY ARE, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, IF
- 52:13YOU ARE VISITING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MORNING, WE WANNA MAKE
- 52:17SURE TO GREET YOU. SO, IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT
- 52:21BAG AS YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR THIS MORNING, PLEASE WAVE YOUR
- 52:24HAND AT AN USHER. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU INSIDE
- 52:28THE BLUE GIFT BAG. WE'VE TUCKED IN SOME GOODIES FOR YOU, AS WELL
- 52:31AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION IN
- 52:34THERE, SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME. IT HAS A PICTURE
- 52:38OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. GO AHEAD AND PULL IT OUT. AND
- 52:41INSIDE THERE, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE JUST WANT TO SEND
- 52:43HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STATE CONNECTED
- 52:47CARD. CAN'T SPEAK. ON THE LEFTHAND SIDE, GO AHEAD AND TEAR
- 52:51THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT
- 52:54COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANT TO SEND YOU A THANK
- 52:57YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY
- 53:00LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ONE
- 53:04VOICE TV, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO
- 53:07MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ONE VOICE TV, ONEVOICETV.NET, OR DOWNLOAD
- 53:12THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES BECAUSE YOU CAN GET
- 53:14ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT, NOT JUST SERVICES, BOTH
- 53:20LIVE AND ARCHIVED, BUT ALSO YOU CAN GET TO GET REAL WITH HANK,
- 53:23DAILY DECREE, NEW LEVEL, AND FLASHPOINT, AND MANY, MANY MORE.
- 53:27SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, BE BLESSED BY ALL THE CONTENT WE
- 53:30HAVE ON ONE VOICE TV. WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EVENT
- 53:35COMING UP. GAME CHANGERS WILL BE DOWN AT THE COLLEGE WORLD
- 53:39SERIES. WATCH THIS. HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, EVERYBODY? GAME
- 53:44CHANGERS, I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING AN AWESOME DAY TODAY. WE'RE
- 53:46HAVING ACTUALLY A TOP 10 DAY HERE IN OMAHA. THE WEATHER IS
- 53:50BEAUTIFUL, IT'S PERFECT, AND IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR BASEBALL. AND
- 53:54LET ME JUST TELL YOU, WE HAVE AN EXCITING EVENT THAT'S COMING UP.
- 53:58MORE GOOD NEWS IS ON THE WAY. AND I GOT MY GUY MATT HERE.
- 54:02MATT, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? I KNOW WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA,
- 54:05BUT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY IN A LOCATION THAT IS GONNA BE
- 54:08HOSTING ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS, LITERALLY, OF THE ENTIRE
- 54:11YEAR. HUGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IS GONNA BE HERE LITERALLY LIKE
- 54:14FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY, JUNE 11TH THROUGH THE 22ND. HUGE BASEBALL
- 54:19TOURNAMENT, WE'RE GONNA BE OVER IN THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE.
- 54:22WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG TENT OUT THERE, DOING GIVEAWAYS, TICKETS
- 54:25TO THE EVENT, SELLING SHIRTS, MERCHANDISE, THINGS FOR KIDS.
- 54:29REALLY JUST ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, AND I MEAN, IT'S GONNA
- 54:31BE INCREDIBLE. WE'VE GOT BASEBALL-THEMED MERCH, STUFF
- 54:34WITH OUR BRAND. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE SHIRTS I'M WEARING HERE
- 54:37FOR ONE OF THE UNIVERSITIES THAT WE MADE. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE
- 54:40SHIRTS LIKE THIS FOR THE SPECIFIC UNIVERSITIES TEAM. SO,
- 54:43YOU KNOW, LIKE NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, OMAHA, CHANGE THE GAME
- 54:47IN OMAHA SHIRTS, JUST A LOT OF STUFF. HOPEFULLY THE TAR HEELS.
- 54:50YEAH, TAR HEELS, SO CHAPEL HILL, LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF
- 54:53THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SELLING OVER DOWN IN
- 54:57THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE. SHOUT OUT TO JENNY PETERS, WHO
- 54:59RUNS THAT, DOES AN IMMACULATE JOB. AND GAME CHANGERS REALLY
- 55:03OWES YOU FOR THAT. AND WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT YES,
- 55:05COME DOWN, SEE US, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE OMAHA, LINCOLN
- 55:08SURROUNDING AREAS, OR YOU'RE PLANNING TO COME IN FOR THIS
- 55:11HUGE TOURNAMENT. COME CHECK US OUT. CHECK OUT PRIMETIME GAME
- 55:14CHANGERS ON ALL OUR PLATFORMS. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME.
- 55:17WE'RE GONNA BE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, MORNING TO NIGHT. MORNING
- 55:19TO NIGHT. AND ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP. SO IF YOU'RE
- 55:23WILLING TO COME VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF OUR AMAZING GAME
- 55:26CHANGER TEAM, WE'RE GONNA BE WALKING ALL AROUND THE STADIUM,
- 55:30SELLING MERCH, BUT ALSO JUST INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE. IT IS
- 55:34GONNA BE AN AWESOME TIME, SO IF YOU'RE LIKE, "HEY, I DON'T WANT
- 55:37TO MISS OUT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CASE OF FOMO," THEN COME.
- 55:40COME JOIN US, AND ALSO CHECK US OUT ON THE SOCIAL PLATFORMS.
- 55:44WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BE
- 55:46A PART. YEAH, SO WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET BEHIND US
- 55:49AS WE'RE CHANGING THE GAME RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA, AND WE WANT YOU
- 55:52TO COME BE A PART OF IT. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
- 55:53(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 55:57YEAH, WE GOT EXCITING THINGS COMING. PASTOR ANTHONY, BOB, I
- 56:01JUST WANTED TO BRING THESE GUYS UP HERE REAL QUICK ACTUALLY TO
- 56:04HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MAMA, YOU ARE AMAZING. THERE'S NOT A
- 56:09LOT OF MOTHERS THAT CAN CATCH A NINE ROUTE WITH A FOOTBALL OVER
- 56:12HER SHOULDER WHILE MOVING LIKE YOU DID LAST WEEK. IN SANDALS,
- 56:16SHE WANTED ME TO SAY IN SANDALS, I MEAN, LITERALLY, THERE'S DUDES
- 56:20THAT DROP THAT AND YOU JUST RIDE OVER THE SHOULDER. AND THEN
- 56:23HAPPY 60TH TO THE MAN, PASTOR HANK, WE LOVE YOU. WE HONOR YOU
- 56:28GUYS, BOTH OF YOU. IT'S PRETTY COOL, A MOTHER'S DAY AND A 60TH
- 56:32BIRTHDAY. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T LIKE, IT WASN'T 61, IT WASN'T
- 56:3559, I MEAN, 60, LIKE THAT'S JUST SUPER SPECIAL. SO SHOUT OUT TO
- 56:40THOSE GUYS. BUT YEAH, IF YOU GUYS SAW THAT VIDEO, WE'VE GOT
- 56:43SOME EXCITING STUFF COMING. WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. AND
- 56:48REALLY, THE WHOLE EMPHASIS ON THIS IS JUST GETTING OURSELVES
- 56:53DOWN THERE AMONGST THE BIGGEST EVENT IN OMAHA EVERY SINGLE
- 56:58YEAR. AND WE WANT TO HAVE OUR FEET PLANTED THERE. AND I DON'T
- 57:03KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW COMING IN, WE HAD A BIG TENT OUTSIDE FOR A
- 57:06SIGN UP. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS, CORRECT,
- 57:09BOB, FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ON. YOU WANNA GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE
- 57:12INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. YEAH, IT'S AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EVENT.
- 57:15WE NEED EVERYBODY HERE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR TEAMS. I'LL
- 57:18BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THEM. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TEAM THAT'S GONNA
- 57:20OPERATE THE TENT. SO THEY'RE GONNA SELL THE MERCH THAT WE'RE
- 57:24WEARING AND THE NEW COLLEGE WORLD SERIES MERCH. THAT'S ONE
- 57:28TEAM. THE SECOND TEAM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE WALKING
- 57:30THROUGH THE BASEBALL VILLAGE IN THE STADIUM AREA WITH CARDS THAT
- 57:35ARE DRIVING PEOPLE TO OUR TENT. SO WE'LL DO A DISCOUNT COUPON
- 57:38AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF RAFFLES. THERE'S A THIRD TEAM,
- 57:41THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF US IN LOH WILL BE PART OF. PASTOR BRENDA
- 57:45WANTS TO HAVE AN EVANGELICAL TEAM THAT'S DOWNTOWN FOR
- 57:50MULTIPLE DAYS OF THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, JUST SIMPLY
- 57:52INVITING PEOPLE TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, PRAYING WITH THEM,
- 57:55PRAYING FOR SALVATION. YOU PROBABLY WON'T TALK AT ALL ABOUT
- 57:59GAME CHANGERS AND WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN, THIS WILL BE JUST
- 58:01AN LOH FOCUS. AND THEN THE FOURTH TEAM IS A LITTLE BIT
- 58:04SMALLER. IF YOU'VE GOT A MEDIA SKILL, WE COULD USE YOUR HELP AT
- 58:08THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THAT'S OUR FOURTH TEAM. YEAH, WE'RE
- 58:10GONNA BE DOING LIVE SHOWS. I KNOW PASTORS ARE TALKING ABOUT
- 58:13COMING DOWN THERE, DOING SOME LIVE STUFF AS WELL. SO REALLY
- 58:16IT'S LIKE ALL HANDS ON DECK. AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY TALKED
- 58:20ABOUT AS A STAFF THAT THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT WEEK, I
- 58:23BELIEVE THAT'S THE 17TH, IS AN ONLINE ONLY, 'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA
- 58:27BE LITERALLY DOWN THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR LITERALLY ABOUT A
- 58:30WEEK AND A HALF. SO WE'RE EXCITED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
- 58:33GUYS SAW THE CHANGE THE GAME IN HATTIESBURG SHIRT I WAS WEARING.
- 58:36THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SHIRTS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. SO
- 58:39FOR ALL THE TEAMS THAT MAKE IT HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WHATEVER
- 58:42CITY THEIR UNIVERSITY IS IN, AND IT SAYS CHANGE THE GAME IN
- 58:45WHATEVER CITY. AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER TEAMS MAYBE THAT ARE
- 58:48POPULAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF NEBRASKA DOESN'T MAKE IT, OR IF
- 58:51THEY DO, STILL HAVING A LINCOLN ONE IS HUGE. SHOUT OUT TO OUR
- 58:54STAFF AS WELL. GAME CHANGERS, LEADERSHIP, ALL THOSE FACES. AND
- 59:00ALSO THE GUY NEXT TO ME, THAT'S MY GUY KEVIN. HE'S NOT A PART OF
- 59:04GAME CHANGERS, BUT HE WANTED TO VOLUNTEER HIS TIME. I'VE KNOWN
- 59:06HIM FOR A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS. HE IS FROM MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,
- 59:10BUT WENT TO SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN,
- 59:13DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN SAYING, "I JUST WANNA BE A PART OF
- 59:15THIS." AND SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU. AND SO WE'RE MAKING AN IMPACT,
- 59:19WE REALLY ARE. AND ONE COOL STORY TOO ABOUT THE HATTIESBURG
- 59:22SHIRT. I TALKED TO PEOPLE WITH THE SOUTHERN MISS BASEBALL TEAM
- 59:25AND THIS TEAM IS LIKE MEN OF GOD. LIKE I AM SUPPORTING THEM
- 59:29THROUGH AND THROUGH. THAT'S BRETT FAVRE'S ALMA MATER. AND
- 59:32REALLY WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT IT, THEY'RE LIKE, MAN, WE WANT THOSE
- 59:35SHIRTS FOR OUR WHOLE TEAM. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE
- 59:38LIKE, CAN YOU GET A 4XL SO WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR MASCOT TO WEAR
- 59:41AROUND THE STADIUM? I WAS LIKE, THAT'S AMAZING. SO, AND THEN
- 59:46THEY WANT LIKE A BANNER TO DRAPE IN RIGHT FIELD OVER THE WALL.
- 59:49AND SO I MEAN, WATCH THOSE GAMES AS THEY TRY TO MAKE OMAHA
- 59:52BECAUSE YOU MIGHT SEE THAT GAME CHANGERS LOGO DOWN THERE AT THE
- 59:56PETE TAYLOR PARK. SO, YEAH. RIGHT ON. SO GREAT STUFF GUYS.
- 1:00:00AND LASTLY, AS PASTOR BRENDA COMES, ONE LAST LITTLE MESSAGE I
- 1:00:05JUST HAD TO THROW IN TO THOSE SOUTHERN MISS
- 1:00:07GUYS WATCHING. SOUTHERN MISS TO THE TOP!
- 1:00:10SOUTHERN MISS TO THE TOP! SOUTHERN MISS!
- 1:00:15(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:00:18OH, WHETHER YOU'RE A BASEBALL PERSON OR NOT, IT'LL BE TONS OF
- 1:00:23FUN, SO COME BE PART OF IT. AND YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH SHOULD HAVE
- 1:00:27FUN, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE TO DO, IS JUST BE A
- 1:00:30LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S FUN TO
- 1:00:36SERVE JESUS. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST AMAZING PART. WELL, VERY
- 1:00:39QUICKLY, JUST A COUPLE REMINDERS. NEXT SUNDAY,
- 1:00:41DEDICATION SUNDAY, NATION BEING REDEDICATED BACK TO GOD.
- 1:00:45(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:00:46BE HERE, BE PART OF THAT. WE'RE GONNA BE JOINING WITH THE
- 1:00:50PROCLAMATION FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DEDICATE AMERICA BACK
- 1:00:54TO THE LORD. AND SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT AND
- 1:00:57WE'RE GONNA STAND IN AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT,
- 1:01:01WITH THE NATION, WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. SO BE HERE, BE PART
- 1:01:05OF THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE AN EPIC SERVICE. AND THEN
- 1:01:09RIGHT AFTER THAT, PENTECOST SUNDAY IS AROUND THE CORNER. AND
- 1:01:16I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CELEBRATE
- 1:01:20THE FACT THAT WE DON'T MIND FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE
- 1:01:23PENTECOSTAL BELIEVERS WHO BELIEVE IN THE FULL
- 1:01:25MANIFESTATION OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT AND WHAT HAPPENED ON
- 1:01:29PENTECOST. SO BE PART OF THAT. BOB ROGERS INVITED HIMSELF. HE'S
- 1:01:33COMING AND HE MUST THINK WE HAVE AN AMAZING PENTECOST HERE AT
- 1:01:38LORD OF HOSTS. BUT PASTOR AND I ARE BELIEVING IT'S JUST GONNA BE
- 1:01:41A HOLY GHOST THROW DOWN AND WE WANNA LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVE
- 1:01:46HOWEVER HE WANTS THAT DAY. I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE HEALINGS AND
- 1:01:48PROPHETIC AND DELIVERANCE. WHATEVER THE LORD WANTS TO DO,
- 1:01:52WE JUST WANNA MAKE ROOM FOR THAT ON PENTECOST, AMEN? ALL RIGHT,
- 1:01:56WELL, LET ME JUST READ VERY QUICKLY OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE,
- 1:01:59AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR IN A FEW MOMENTS FROM COLLEEN BRENNAN,
- 1:02:02AND PASTOR DOUG WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN IN JUST A FEW
- 1:02:05MOMENTS, BUT HERE IS THE SCRIPTURE, AND I WANNA BRING OUT
- 1:02:08A COUPLE MORE THINGS THAT I BROUGHT OUT LAST WEEK. FOR AS
- 1:02:11THE RAIN COMES DOWN AND THE SNOW FROM HEAVEN, COME ON, THIS IS
- 1:02:14YOUR NUGGET TODAY AT OFFERING TIME, AND RETURNS NOT, BUT FIRST
- 1:02:20WATERS THE EARTH. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN,
- 1:02:24RIGHT? IF THE RAIN COMES DOWN, IT WATERS THE EARTH. RAIN ALWAYS
- 1:02:28HAPPENS, AMEN. BUT WATERS THE EARTH AND MAKES IT TO BRING
- 1:02:33FORTH BUD. THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS, RIGHT? NO MATTER HOW COLD THE
- 1:02:37WINTER IS, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER IS, IT MAY BE A DREARY
- 1:02:42FEBRUARY, IT MAY BE A CHILLY APRIL, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO COME
- 1:02:46INTO PICNIC AND POOL SEASON. ALL RIGHT? 'CAUSE SUMMER, WHAT?
- 1:02:52ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE SEASON ALWAYS SHIFTS, IT ALWAYS
- 1:02:57HAPPENS. AND YOU MIGHT BE IN THE MIDDLE IN YOUR LIFE, YOUR WALK
- 1:03:01WITH GOD, WHERE MAYBE THERE'S A CHILLY DAY. IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE
- 1:03:04NOTHING'S HAPPENING. MAYBE THE SEEDS THAT YOU'VE SOWN, MAYBE
- 1:03:08SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'VE PROPHESIED,
- 1:03:11YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT, YOU'VE DECLARED, IT SEEMS LIKE,
- 1:03:14WOW, THIS IS NEVER GONNA TURN, EXCEPT IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE
- 1:03:19SEASON ALWAYS SHIFTS. AND THIS IS WHAT GOD SAID. HE SAID, "JUST
- 1:03:24LIKE THE SEASONS ALWAYS HAPPEN, "NEW WEATHER ALWAYS COMES, SO
- 1:03:30SHALL MY WORD BE." IN OTHER WORDS, GOD SAID, AS MUCH AS YOU
- 1:03:36CAN BANK ON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVER HEAR OF A
- 1:03:39FARMER GOING, "YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK HARVEST WON'T COME THIS
- 1:03:41YEAR." HE MIGHT HAVE SOME CHALLENGES IN THE HARVEST. IT
- 1:03:45MAY HAVE BEEN A DRY YEAR, BUT HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. YOU NEVER
- 1:03:49HEAR OF ONE NEBRASKA FARMER SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK I
- 1:03:52JUST WON'T PLANT ANY CROPS NOW, 'CAUSE I'M SURE HARVEST WON'T
- 1:03:56COME. YET SOMETIMES AS BELIEVERS, THAT'S HOW WE THINK.
- 1:03:59WE THINK, WELL, IT JUST MAY NEVER COME, SO I WON'T SOW.
- 1:04:03AMEN. BUT GOD SAID, AS SURE AS THE SEASON IS GONNA SHIFT, AS
- 1:04:10SURE AS HARVEST COMES, SO SHALL MY WORD BE. AND WHEN IT GOES OUT
- 1:04:16OF MY MOUTH, WELL, YOU KNOW THAT BIBLE THAT'S SITTING IN YOUR LAP
- 1:04:19TODAY? THAT IS GOD'S WORD COMING FROM HIS MOUTH. YOU CAN BANK ON
- 1:04:24IT, YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT. HE SAID, IT WILL NEVER RETURN UNTO
- 1:04:28ME VOID, BUT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH I PLEASE. WE TALKED
- 1:04:32ABOUT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHY SOME HARVEST MIGHT BE A 30, SOME
- 1:04:36ARE A 60, SOME ARE A 100. I DON'T KNOW THE REASON THAT SOME
- 1:04:40ARE 30, OTHERS ARE 60, OTHERS ARE A 100. I DON'T KNOW THE
- 1:04:43ANSWER TO THAT. WHAT I KNOW IS HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. AND THAT'S
- 1:04:48WHAT WE HAVE TO TRUST. IT'LL NEVER RETURN TO GOD VOID, BUT IT
- 1:04:53WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH HE PLEASES. THE BIBLE SAYS IN
- 1:04:56GENESIS 8:22, IT SAYS AS LONG AS THE EARTH IS HERE, THERE WILL BE
- 1:05:00SEED TIME AND HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE
- 1:05:07A SOWER. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE A GIVER. BY THE WAY, MOTHERS, IF
- 1:05:11YOU'RE PRAYING FOR A PRODIGAL, YOU KEEP PRAYING, YOUR HARVEST
- 1:05:15DAY IS GONNA COME. AMEN, YOUR DAY OF ANSWER PRAYER WILL COME.
- 1:05:22YOU JUST STAY IN THERE. OUR JOB IS TO WATER THOSE SEEDS. OUR JOB
- 1:05:25IS TO DECLARE. OUR JOB IS TO TRUST GOD. OUR JOB IS TO SPEAK
- 1:05:30HIS WORD, EVEN IN HARD TIMES. YOU KNOW, THE FARMERS DON'T JUST
- 1:05:35WAIT FOR PERFECT WEATHER. THAT'S WHAT ECCLESIASTES SAYS. HE,
- 1:05:38THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, LISTEN, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE RAIN, IF
- 1:05:42YOU LOOK AT THE WEATHER, YOU WON'T DO IT. PROVERBS SAYS THAT.
- 1:05:45IT SAYS, "IF YOU REGARD THE CLOUDS, YOU WON'T SOW." SO WE
- 1:05:48DON'T BASE THINGS ON WHAT THE WEATHER FEELS LIKE. WE DO IT
- 1:05:51BECAUSE WE KNOW HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. SO DON'T EVER FORGET
- 1:05:55THAT. IF YOU'VE GOT SEEDS IN THE GROUND, COME ON MOTHERS, IF
- 1:05:57YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOUR CHILDREN, YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING
- 1:06:00OVER THEM AND YOU'VE BEEN DECLARING, YOU'VE BEEN TRUSTING
- 1:06:03GOD, HARVEST WILL COME. SO JUST TRUST THAT AND STAY IN
- 1:06:07CONNECTION WITH GOD. SAME WAY WITH YOUR FINANCES, YOUR TITHES,
- 1:06:10YOUR OFFERINGS. KEEP SOWING, KEEP GIVING, KEEP TITHING.
- 1:06:14TITHING ISN'T A SLOT MACHINE WHERE YOU DO IT ONCE AND PULL
- 1:06:17THE LEVER AND EXPECT A BUNCH OF CHERRIES TO POP OUT. NO, THAT'S
- 1:06:21NOT IT, THAT'S NOT IT. IT'S A LIFESTYLE OF SOWING BECAUSE WE
- 1:06:26KNOW GOD'S WORD NEVER RETURNS VOID, IT WILL COME. HARVEST DAY
- 1:06:31ALWAYS COMES. COME ON, GIVE GOD A SHOUT IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT.
- 1:06:35LET'S PUT OUR GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. SO MANY
- 1:06:39AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS. WE HAVE SOME
- 1:06:42AWESOME THINGS UPCOMING. SO BE A SOWER, BE FAITHFUL IN YOUR
- 1:06:46TITHES, TEXT TO GIVE, MOBILE APP, WEBSITE, SCAN THE QR CODE.
- 1:06:52DON'T TAKE YOUR TITHE ON VACATION WITH YOU. LEAVE IT AT
- 1:06:56THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT THOUGH. YOU CAN GO ON
- 1:06:58VACATION, YOU CAN STILL TITHE FROM THE BEACH IN FLORIDA. ISN'T
- 1:07:03THAT AMAZING? NEVER BEFORE IN HISTORY HAVE WE HAD THAT. YOU
- 1:07:06KNOW, THEY SAY A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THE INTERNET. WELL, IT'S
- 1:07:08DONE US SOME GOOD TOO. SO PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, PASTOR HANK AND
- 1:07:12BRENDA, YOU'RE QUICK TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS IF THERE'S WEATHER IN
- 1:07:17THE WINTER OR WHATEVER. WELL, IT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO
- 1:07:20RUN A SHIP LIKE THIS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND WE LIKE PEOPLE TO
- 1:07:24BE SAFE AND NOT BE OUT THERE IN AN ICY PARKING LOT TRYING TO
- 1:07:28NAVIGATE AROUND. BUT THE GOOD THING IS WE CAN GO ONLINE AND WE
- 1:07:33CAN HAVE CHURCH LIKE IT WASN'T DIFFERENT, AMEN? EXCEPT WE CAN'T
- 1:07:37SEE EACH OTHER'S SMILING FACES ALL THE TIME. THAT'S WHY WE LIKE
- 1:07:40OUR INTERNET FRIENDS. YOU GUYS PUT THOSE SMILES OUT THERE. YOU
- 1:07:44FILL THE INTERNET WITH GOOD. THERE IS SO MUCH UGLY OUT THERE,
- 1:07:48SO MUCH MEAN-SPIRITED STUFF. I LIKE LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND
- 1:07:52ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS TO BE A LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE. ALL
- 1:07:55RIGHT, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR SEED READY, YOU HAVE YOUR TITHE,
- 1:07:59YOUR OFFERING, LET'S STAND. I'M GONNA GIVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR
- 1:08:02OUR GUESTS. PRAISE GOD. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE, HOLD IT UP HIGH,
- 1:08:07HOLD UP YOUR ENVELOPE. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, DO IT WITH US.
- 1:08:12FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT FOR ALL OF THESE THAT ARE SOWING AND
- 1:08:15GIVING TODAY, HARVEST IS ASSURED. IT ALWAYS COMES. AND SO
- 1:08:20WE TRUST YOU. WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR WORD COMES TO PASS. AND
- 1:08:24WHATEVER WE SOW, WE REAP, AND IT WILL HAPPEN. AND SO, FATHER,
- 1:08:29WHAT WE HAVE NAMED, WHAT WE'VE PRAYED FOR, WHAT WE'RE ASKING,
- 1:08:32WHAT THESE MOTHERS ARE ASKING TODAY, I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT
- 1:08:36EACH ONE OF THEM WILL RECEIVE ANSWERED PRAYER AS WE GIVE
- 1:08:39TODAY. BECAUSE, SAY IT WITH ME, SAY, HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. AMEN.
- 1:08:47ALL RIGHT, YOU WANNA DO OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER? YOU WANNA
- 1:08:49DECLARE IT WITH ME? LET'S DO IT AS ONE. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS
- 1:08:53AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,
- 1:08:56EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT
- 1:09:01DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND
- 1:09:06FINISH. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD
- 1:09:11IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND
- 1:09:15OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE
- 1:09:19CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE
- 1:09:23AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE
- 1:09:27ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE,
- 1:09:32QUADRUPLE, AND THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW
- 1:09:36THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. SAY,
- 1:09:42"HARVEST ALWAYS COMES." AMEN. USHER, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SERVE
- 1:09:46THE PEOPLE. HALLELUJAH. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OFFERING TIME, SUCH
- 1:09:54AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SERVICE. I COULD ALMOST SAY IT'S
- 1:09:57ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE SERVICE BECAUSE IT BRINGS
- 1:10:02BLESSING TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD. HALLELUJAH. OH, PASTOR MATT
- 1:10:06ASKED ME TO MENTION ONE MORE THING THAT HE DID NOT MENTION.
- 1:10:10MAY 24TH AND JUNE 7TH, AFTER THE SERVICES THAT MORNING, WE WILL
- 1:10:16HAVE TRAINING FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE FOUR AREAS. SO YOU
- 1:10:23CAN GO TO THE, HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THE TENT OUT FRONT THAT GAME
- 1:10:26CHANGERS HAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CONNECT CENTER? YOU CAN STOP
- 1:10:29BY THERE TODAY. OR IF YOU FORGET, YOU CAN GO TO ONE OF OUR
- 1:10:32INFORMATION CENTERS LATER AND SIGN UP SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY
- 1:10:36WILL BE THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW, HE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET A
- 1:10:40SANDWICH FOR YOU THAT DAY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON HIM TO SEE IF
- 1:10:44HE CAN COME UP WITH THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW. HE'S CHECKING HIS
- 1:10:49CHECKBOOK THERE TO SEE IF HE'S GOT ROOM TO DO THAT. SO I GUESS
- 1:10:52HE'S GONE. OH, THERE HE IS. I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, YEAH. SO,
- 1:10:57YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE CAN AT LEAST GET TACO JOHNS OR SOMETHING FOR
- 1:11:00YOU, I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY, A TACO SUNDAY TRAINING SEMINAR.
- 1:11:08SO, HEY, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE THE 2026 VOTER GUIDE? IF YOU
- 1:11:15DIDN'T GET ONE YET, YOU'RE A LITTLE BEHIND THE GAME BECAUSE
- 1:11:18THIS TUESDAY IS THE PRIMARY ELECTION. AND HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:11:23KNOW, I CAN ALMOST SAY IN SOME WAYS THE PRIMARIES ARE MORE
- 1:11:28IMPORTANT THAN THE GENERAL ELECTION. BECAUSE IT ONLY TAKES
- 1:11:33A FEW HUNDRED VOTES MANY TIMES TO GET THE CANDIDATE IN PLACE
- 1:11:37DURING A PRIMARY. AND IT'S GOING TO DETERMINE WHO'S RUNNING IN
- 1:11:40THESE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, IF
- 1:11:45EVERYONE THAT'S A PART OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH THAT LIVES IN
- 1:11:49THE STATE OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA, IT DOESN'T MATTER, WHEREVER YOU
- 1:11:52LIVE, ACROSS THE NATION, WOULD SAY, "I'M GOING TO PULL OUT ALL
- 1:11:57STOPS TO DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN DO THIS WEEK, AND
- 1:12:00THAT'S VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION." IT WOULD CHANGE
- 1:12:03AMERICA. IT COULD CHANGE IT. JUST A FEW VOTES. I HEARD DAVID
- 1:12:10BARTON TALKING ON FLASHPOINT ABOUT JUST A FEW VOTES MADE SUCH
- 1:12:14A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. I CAN'T GO INTO ALL THE
- 1:12:16DETAILS OF THAT, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT. IT IS AMAZING.
- 1:12:20SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR AGENDA. GO BY THE
- 1:12:25STAND UP FOR TRUTH TABLE. GET ONE OF THESE VOTER GUIDES. THIS
- 1:12:28COVERS DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SARPY COUNTY. I WISH WE COULD COVER
- 1:12:31OTHER AREAS, BUT TERRY, WHERE IS TERRY? SHE'S NOT IN HERE
- 1:12:35ANYMORE, BUT TERRY PUTS THIS TOGETHER, TERRY BLACKBURN, AND
- 1:12:38SHE DOES A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, GIVING US
- 1:12:41INFORMATION ON PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT WILL HELP YOU. WE CAN'T TELL
- 1:12:45YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU THEIR STANCE ON THINGS
- 1:12:49AND WILL HELP YOU MAKE A DECISION SO YOU GET A GODLY
- 1:12:51CANDIDATE IN THE POSITION. AND THIS MORNING BEFORE COLLEEN
- 1:12:56BRENNAN COMES UP, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT
- 1:12:59HER. SHE'S RUNNING FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF
- 1:13:03COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT 6. AND I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHERE
- 1:13:08DISTRICT 6 COVERS, BUT I KNOW IT'S AROUND THE CHURCH AND KIND
- 1:13:11OF CENTRAL OMAHA, AND I'LL HAVE HER GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON
- 1:13:15KIND OF WHERE THE BORDERS ARE. BECAUSE SOME OF YOU, IF YOU'RE
- 1:13:18LIKE ME, YOU DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE ALL THESE
- 1:13:19DISTRICTS ARE. BUT DISTRICT 6 IS A VERY IMPORTANT, STRATEGIC AREA
- 1:13:26OF DOUGLAS COUNTY TO SUPPORT A GOOD CANDIDATE, AND WE WANTED TO
- 1:13:31BRING COLLEEN UP TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY KIND OF NEAT
- 1:13:34THAT SHE COMES ON MOTHER'S DAY, BECAUSE I LOOKED AT HER PUBLIC
- 1:13:37BIOGRAPHY, AND SHE IS A MOTHER THAT HAS BEEN, CAN I SAY IT?
- 1:13:43SHE'S BEEN TO HELL AND BACK. SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT, AND
- 1:13:48SHE'S A MOTHER OF FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. SHE LOST A CHILD IN
- 1:13:522015 THAT WAS BORN WITH A SEVERE DISABILITY. SHE WENT THROUGH THE
- 1:13:58LOSS OF THAT. HER HUSBAND LEFT HER AFTER THAT HAPPENED. SHE
- 1:14:03WENT THROUGH INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP, ENORMOUS MEDICAL
- 1:14:06BILLS, SHE HAD TO FILE BANKRUPTCY. SHE'S GOT THIS, I'M
- 1:14:09NOT SAYING THINGS THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE OUT THERE. THIS IS
- 1:14:12ON HER WEBSITE. BUT SINCE THEN, SHE'S REBUILT HER LIFE. AND
- 1:14:17AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE THINGS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
- 1:14:19HAVE JUST ENDED UP IN DESPAIR. SHE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE
- 1:14:23CULTURE. SHE WAS ON THE OMAHA CITY COUNCIL. AND NOW SHE'S
- 1:14:30RUNNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AND WE NEED PEOPLE
- 1:14:33LIKE THAT THAT ARE TOUGH AND WILLING TO STAND UP AND SAY,
- 1:14:37I'VE BEEN THROUGH ADVERSITY. I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF
- 1:14:41ME. I'M GONNA STAND OUT HERE AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT. COLLEEN
- 1:14:44BRENNAN, COME ON UP. LET'S GIVE YOU A HAND AS SHE COMES.
- 1:14:46(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:14:49THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY?
- 1:15:00I'M GONNA PUT ON MY GLASSES 'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING
- 1:15:02WITHOUT THEM, SO I'M SORRY. BEFORE I CAME HERE TODAY, AS I
- 1:15:07DO EVERY DAY, I START MY DAY IN PRAYER, AND I ASK GOD FOR HIS
- 1:15:11WORD. AND THESE THREE BIBLE VERSES CAME TO MIND. IF GOD IS
- 1:15:15FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? ROMANS 8:31. PUT ON THE FULL
- 1:15:21ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL'S
- 1:15:24SCHEMES. WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AND FEAR NOT, FOR I AM
- 1:15:29WITH YOU, ISAIAH. I'M PROBABLY THE MOST UNLIKELY CANDIDATE THAT
- 1:15:35YOU'LL EVER MEET IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE PUBLIC
- 1:15:38SPEAKING. THIS IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME, AND I ALSO
- 1:15:41DON'T LIKE MATH, AND I'M RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE THAT TAKES A LOT
- 1:15:45OF BOTH. SO I REALLY DID PUT IT IN GOD'S HANDS BECAUSE I CAN'T
- 1:15:50DO THIS WITHOUT HIM. I GOT INTO POLITICS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF MY
- 1:15:56SON, MY LATE SON MATTHEW. HE HAD PROFOUND AUTISM AND EPILEPSY,
- 1:16:00AND WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF RESOURCES
- 1:16:03AVAILABLE. THE KIND OF THERAPY HE NEEDED IS CALLED APPLIED
- 1:16:08BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS. IT WAS NEW TO NEBRASKA AND IT WAS NOT
- 1:16:13COVERED BY INSURANCE. SO, I FOUGHT THE INSURANCE LOBBY. I
- 1:16:21CREATED A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE LAWS IN
- 1:16:23NEBRASKA SO THAT NOW IT IS COVERED BY INSURANCE. AND THAT,
- 1:16:30THANK YOU, THAT WAS SIX HARD YEARS OF WORK AND DEDICATION,
- 1:16:35BUT IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE. I HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SON IN
- 1:16:38THE WORLD. HIS NAME IS MATTHEW, WHICH MEANS GIFT OF GOD, AND I
- 1:16:43DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT GOD GAVE ME
- 1:16:46MATTHEW AS A GIFT. HE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT STANDING
- 1:16:51UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT, ABOUT BEING STRONG WHEN IT WOULD BE A LOT
- 1:16:59EASIER JUST TO CAVE. AND HE TAUGHT ME TO PUT ONE FOOT IN
- 1:17:04FRONT OF THE OTHER EVERY DAY AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE
- 1:17:07THAT'S WHAT HE DID. THAT'S HOW HE SURVIVED FOR 13 YEARS. HE HAD
- 1:17:12TO WORK REALLY HARD JUST TO GET THROUGH THE DAY AND I LEARNED
- 1:17:14THAT FROM HIM. SO WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO THE COUNTY BOARD IS
- 1:17:18SOME COMMON SENSE. WE CAN'T KEEP DOWN THE PATH WE'RE GOING. IT'S
- 1:17:28NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE HAVE TO LEARN WHAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE
- 1:17:35TO CUT WHERE WE CAN AND SPEND WISELY. AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE
- 1:17:39BEEN DOING THAT. WE HAVE A JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER THAT'S
- 1:17:41SITTING IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA. IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR THREE YEARS. THAT
- 1:17:44WAS NOT WISE. SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE CULTURE. WE HAVE TO
- 1:17:48BRING SOME COMMON SENSE. AND I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL PRAY
- 1:17:51BEFORE EVERY DECISION. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GET
- 1:17:58OUT ON TUESDAY AND VOTE. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU VOTE FOR, THAT'S UP
- 1:18:02TO YOU. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY DISTRICT, IT STARTS WHERE
- 1:18:07I680 AND 80 MEET ABOUT 102ND AND L. IT GOES ALL THE WAY OUT TO
- 1:18:11ELKHORN AND WATERLOO. SO IT'S A LONG SORT OF NARROW L-SHAPED
- 1:18:14DISTRICT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I'VE KNOCKED ON OVER
- 1:18:178,000 DOORS, AND I WILL CONTINUE WORKING HARD FOR ALL OF YOU. SO
- 1:18:22IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HERE AFTERWARDS. WOULD LOVE
- 1:18:25TO CHAT WITH YOU AND MEET WITH ANY OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- 1:18:27(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:18:31THANK YOU, COLLEEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. YOU CAN REMAIN
- 1:18:35STANDING. AND WELCOME PASTOR HANK THIS MORNING. GOD BLESS
- 1:18:40YOU. GIVE HIM A HAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. ALL
- 1:18:46RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU SMILE AT SOMEBODY BACK UP IN
- 1:18:52PARK AND LIKE THEY SAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED. MAN, I TELL YOU, I FELT
- 1:18:59GOD IN HERE TODAY. HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS? BUT I THINK WE ALWAYS FEEL
- 1:19:03GOD. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST REALLY SPECIAL. AND I REALLY
- 1:19:07APPRECIATED HIS PRESENCE LIKE THAT TODAY. I DO WANT TO REMIND
- 1:19:11YOU, I'M GOING TO BE ON ELIJAH STREAMS ON TUESDAY, AND WE'RE
- 1:19:15GOING TO TALK ABOUT, YEAH, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE
- 1:19:18GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
- 1:19:20ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT SUNDAY AS WELL AS OUR
- 1:19:24NATION, AND THAT IS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A REDEDICATION OF
- 1:19:28OUR COUNTRY WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE. AND AS FAR AS I
- 1:19:32KNOW, IT'S STILL ON, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT
- 1:19:35ON TUESDAY. I WILL NOT BE ON FLASHPOINT BECAUSE MY SON IS
- 1:19:39TAKING ME SOMEWHERE FOR MY BIRTHDAY. SO THANK YOU, MATT.
- 1:19:44AND I'M GONNA LEAVE MY WALLET AT THE HOUSE BECAUSE WHENEVER I GO
- 1:19:50OUT WITH HIM, HE'S LIKE, "OH, DAD, I FORGOT MY WALLET." YEAH,
- 1:19:54YEAH, SURE, YEAH. YEAH, ALL THESE GUYS DO THAT, YOU KNOW,
- 1:19:58ALL THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, I TAKE SOME OF THESE STAFF GUYS
- 1:20:01OUT AND THEY ALL FORGET THEIR WALLETS AND LEAVE ME TO PAY FOR
- 1:20:03EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME, YEAH, I
- 1:20:08KNOW. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING BEFORE I GET STARTED,
- 1:20:12YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP NEXT WEEK. I WAS
- 1:20:15THINKING, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP,
- 1:20:19HIS MOM WAS STILL ALIVE? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M THE PRESIDENT. AND
- 1:20:27SO I MADE A, WHAT WAS A PERFECT PHONE CALL? SUCH A PERFECT PHONE
- 1:20:32CALL. LISTEN, I THINK IT WAS THE BEST PHONE CALL. AND SO I SAID,
- 1:20:36CALLED HER AND I SAID, "MOM." SHE ANSWERED, SHE SAID, "SIR."
- 1:20:42AND SO I BEGAN TO TALK TO HER AND I BEGAN TO SAY SOME THINGS
- 1:20:47TO HER. SHE SAID, "SIR, WHAT ABOUT THESE STRANGE SIGHTINGS?"
- 1:20:53"OH, THEY'RE SO STRANGE." I SAID, "YOU MEAN NANCY PELOSI,
- 1:20:58ROSIE O'DONNELL, SOME OF THOSE?" ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO IT
- 1:21:06BETTER WHEN I'M NOT STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU. "WELL, YOU KNOW,
- 1:21:12LISTEN, PEOPLE ARE JUST SO EVIL, YOU KNOW?" AND SO I WAS, I
- 1:21:16TRIED, I TRIED. ALL RIGHT. AND WE PRAY FOR NANCY PELOSI. WE
- 1:21:22PRAY FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO DO THE APOLOGETIC THING
- 1:21:26OR WHATEVER. ALL RIGHT, OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO 2 TIMOTHY 1,
- 1:21:30VERSE 5. I ACTUALLY DID IT BETTER WHEN I PRACTICED, BUT I
- 1:21:34GOT NERVOUS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS. SO COLLEEN, THANK YOU FOR
- 1:21:37BEING HERE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND PUBLIC SPEAKING. I DON'T LIKE IT
- 1:21:41EITHER. YOU DON'T THINK I DO, DO YOU? IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. NO, I
- 1:21:49DO LIKE IT 'CAUSE GOD WANTS ME TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT 2
- 1:21:52TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1. I WANNA TALK TODAY ABOUT BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF
- 1:21:57MAMAS. NOW, IF YOU'RE A DUDE IN HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE LIKE,
- 1:22:00WELL, HEY, THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME, OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A MOM
- 1:22:03YET, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A MOM AT ALL,
- 1:22:07OR A GRANDMA OR WHATEVER, I WANT THIS, THIS MESSAGE WILL APPLY TO
- 1:22:11YOU. BUT I WANNA BRING HOPE TO MOTHERS TODAY, GRANDMOTHERS,
- 1:22:16GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S ERA. IT IS NOT EASY
- 1:22:20TO BE A MAMA. IT'S NOT EASY TO RAISE KIDS, AND I'M A DAD, AND
- 1:22:27IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I USED TO THINK I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT
- 1:22:31RAISING KIDS, TEENAGERS, UNTIL YOU DO IT, AND THEN YOU REALIZE,
- 1:22:35WELL, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN TAPES AND STUFF
- 1:22:40LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RELATIONSHIP. I'VE GOT
- 1:22:43GREAT BOYS AND I'VE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE RAISING THEM, BUT I
- 1:22:47THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING. YOU DON'T. SO I WANNA GIVE SOME
- 1:22:52LITTLE THINGS, NOT ONLY FROM THE BIBLE, BUT I ALSO WANNA TALK
- 1:22:55ABOUT MY OWN EXPERIENCES. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME GOOD MOTHER
- 1:22:59FIGURES AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THEM. WE'RE GONNA TALK
- 1:23:01ABOUT, THE FIRST ONE WAS MY GRANDMA, WHICH IS MY MOM'S MOM,
- 1:23:06HER INFLUENCE ON ME. SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WOULD PUT ME ON HER LAP
- 1:23:10AND SING TO ME, AND SHE HAD A TERRIBLE VOICE, MOM. AND PEOPLE
- 1:23:14IN CHURCH WOULD LAUGH AT HER SINGING, AND I WOULD BE LIKE,
- 1:23:18"GRANDMA, JUST DON'T SING." BUT SHE LOVED GOD, AND I WOULD SIT
- 1:23:23ON HER LAP, AND SHE'D READ ME LITTLE BIBLE STORIES, AND SHE
- 1:23:26KEPT TELLING ME, "HANK, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE A PASTOR. I
- 1:23:29THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THE MINISTRY." AND ALL I COULD
- 1:23:32EQUATE IT TO WAS A DUDE IN A DRESS BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE
- 1:23:35LUTHERAN CHURCH. I WAS LIKE, "I AIN'T ONE OF THOSE GUYS, MAN.
- 1:23:38I'M NOT, MAN. I'M NOT." AND I REMEMBER MY DAD ONE DAY, YOU
- 1:23:43TALK ABOUT AMAZING. I WAS OVER BY A HUNDRED AND... WOULD BE
- 1:23:48120TH AND L BY WHAT USED TO BE THAT BARBECUE PLACE THERE. AND
- 1:23:53MY DAD ASKED ME A QUESTION AND HE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE
- 1:23:56"WHEN YOU GET OLDER?" HE SAID, "YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER THE GAS
- 1:23:58STATION, "SERVICE STATION?" I SAID, "NO." I SAID, HE GOES,
- 1:24:03"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?" I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW." I WAS IN
- 1:24:04EIGHTH GRADE. I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M
- 1:24:06GONNA BE A PREACHER." HE GOES, "WHAT THE?"
- 1:24:08I CAN'T SAY THOSE WORDS IN CHURCH, BUT...
- 1:24:11(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:24:12NOW HE GOT SAVED AND THEN ALL THAT. AND HE GOES, "WHY DO YOU
- 1:24:15WANT TO DO THAT?" SO IT WAS ALREADY STIRRING IN ME BECAUSE
- 1:24:19OF MY GRANDMA. AND THEN I THINK OF MY MOM AND THE INFLUENCE THAT
- 1:24:23SHE HAD ON ME, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT
- 1:24:26SHE INSTILLED IN ME. AND SO IF THERE'S THINGS
- 1:24:28THAT YOU SEE ABOUT ME, IT'S HER FAULT.
- 1:24:30(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:24:31IT'S HER FAULT, RIGHT? AND THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY
- 1:24:36MOTHER-IN-LAW. AND YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, LITTLE THINGS
- 1:24:39THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM HER. I CAN SAY ONE THING, I LEARNED HOW
- 1:24:43TO LOVE MY WIFE, BY WATCHING HER HOW SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND. AND
- 1:24:48HE'S IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW. BUT THEN I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO SAY MY
- 1:24:52WIFE, YOU KNOW, BRENDA IS NOT ONLY AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING, BUT
- 1:24:58SHE IS AN AMAZING LADY AND MAMA. AND I WATCHED HOW SHE'S RAISED
- 1:25:05THESE BOYS, BUT I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I MAY JOKE
- 1:25:08ABOUT MOTHER STUCK OVER THERE, BUT I LET BRENDA MOTHER ME.
- 1:25:12ARE YOU KIDDING ME? GO FOR IT, RIGHT? RIGHT, IF YOU NEED
- 1:25:16TO TAKE CARE OF MY BOOBOOS, THEN TAKE CARE OF MY BOOBOOS,
- 1:25:19RIGHT? SHE'S AMAZING. BUT THEN I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT GERMAINE
- 1:25:22SAUSSURE, WHO WAS MY FIRST SPIRITUAL MOTHER HERE IN OMAHA,
- 1:25:26NEBRASKA. I WAS HER FIRST DISCIPLE. WHEN I GOT SAVED IN
- 1:25:321984, SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME UP TO ME, AND SHE HAD THESE
- 1:25:36PIERCING EYES, AND SHE SAID, "YOUNG MAN, I HAD A VISION OF
- 1:25:42YOU." SHE SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA STAND BEFORE NATIONS. "YOU'RE
- 1:25:48GONNA STAND BEFORE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE." AND SHE SAID, "YOU HAVE
- 1:25:53A CALLING ON YOUR LIFE." AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS
- 1:25:56THAT?" AND SO SHE HAD AN INFLUENCE. AND THEN MARILYN
- 1:26:00HICKEY, WHO HAD GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD, SHE LIVED TO BE 94,
- 1:26:05ALMOST 95. IN FACT, I REMEMBER PROPHESYING TO HER IN HER 80S.
- 1:26:09SHE HAD JUST TURNED 80 AND SHE SAID, "HANK, WHAT DOES GOD WANT
- 1:26:12FROM ME?" I SAID, "WELL, MARILYN, THE LORD IS TELLING ME
- 1:26:14"THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ALIVE IN YOUR 90S "AND I SEE AROUND 93 TO
- 1:26:1895, THAT WINDOW OF YOUR LIFE. "SO YOU NEED TO PREPARE." AND
- 1:26:22GOD BEGAN TO TELL HER THINGS. BUT I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
- 1:26:25THAT I MET MARILYN HICKEY, I SUPPOSE I'VE KNOWN HER FOR,
- 1:26:29GOLLY, HOW MANY DECADES DID WE KNOW HER? A LONG TIME, SO THE
- 1:26:32FIRST TIME SHE CALLED, JONATHAN WAS PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT SEVEN OR
- 1:26:35EIGHT YEARS OLD. SHE CALLED MY HOME LINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE
- 1:26:38GOT MY NUMBER. AND JONATHAN GOES, "HEY, DAD." IT WAS
- 1:26:43JONATHAN, RIGHT? MATT, OR WAS IT YOU? YEAH, IT WAS JONATHAN.
- 1:26:45JONATHAN, YOU'RE WATCHING. AND HE GOES, "HEY, DAD, THERE'S THIS
- 1:26:48LADY ON THE PHONE, "MARYLIN HICKEY, DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT
- 1:26:51IS?" I SAID, "JOHN, QUIT LYING." I PROBABLY SLAPPED HIM, YOU
- 1:26:53KNOW. I SAID, "GET OUT OF HERE, MARYLIN HICKEY, SHE,” 'CAUSE YOU
- 1:26:56KNOW, HE GOES, "NO, IT'S MARYLIN HICKEY." SO I GET ON THE PHONE,
- 1:26:59I'M LIKE, "COME ON, WHOEVER THIS IS, "KNOCK IT OFF." SHE GOES,
- 1:27:02"OH, THIS IS MARYLIN HICKEY." I WENT, "HUH, WHAT? "I'M A GREAT
- 1:27:05DAD, MARYLIN. "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE. "I'M A PERFECT, I'M
- 1:27:08SUCH A PERFECT DAD. "PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST DADS THERE WAS.
- 1:27:13"CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT SHIFTY SHIFT, "BUT I'M A PRETTY GOOD
- 1:27:16DAD, I'M A PERFECT DAD." BUT ANYWAY, LET'S GO TO OUR
- 1:27:19SCRIPTURE. I GOTTA QUIT TALKING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. NO, I GOTTA
- 1:27:22KEEP TALKING, BUT I GOTTA DO THIS. ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN I CALL
- 1:27:25TO REMEMBRANCE IS THE UNFEIGNED FAITH THAT IS IN YOU. SO NOW
- 1:27:29PAUL, THE APOSTLE, WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS SPIRITUAL SON,
- 1:27:33TIMOTHY. NOTICE WHAT HE BROUGHT ATTENTION TO, YOUR UNFEIGNED
- 1:27:37FAITH. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPARTED INTO
- 1:27:40YOU. SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING THAT MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE. COME ON,
- 1:27:45HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE HAD A MOTHER, A
- 1:27:49GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER THAT INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE? COME
- 1:27:53ON, RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN
- 1:27:54PUT THE HAND UP. I HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE
- 1:27:58DIFFERENT MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, AND SPIRITUAL MOTHERS IN MY
- 1:28:02LIFE. I CALL YOU TO REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNFEIGNED FAITH THAT'S IN
- 1:28:05YOU, WHICH FIRST DWELT IN YOUR GRANDMA LOIS. NOW YOU'RE SEEING
- 1:28:09SOMETHING THAT'S GENERATIONAL, AND IN YOUR MOTHER
- 1:28:12EUNICE, OKAY? THAT'S CAROL BURNETT, REMEMBER?
- 1:28:15(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:28:16WASN'T IT, SHE USED TO DO THAT, EUNICE, OKAY. AND I'M PERSUADED
- 1:28:22THAT IT'S IN YOU. SO HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, A
- 1:28:25GRANDMA AND A MAMA INFLUENCED A SON. AND TIMOTHY WOUND UP
- 1:28:29GROWING UP TO BE AN INCREDIBLE MAN OF INTEGRITY. TIMOTHY HAD A
- 1:28:34POWERFUL MINISTRY BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER AND
- 1:28:39MOTHER. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX, LET'S
- 1:28:43LOOK AT VERSES ONE THROUGH THREE. THE BIBLE ABSOLUTELY
- 1:28:48TELLS US AND REMINDS US THAT WE MUST HONOR AND REMEMBER AND
- 1:28:55APPRECIATE, RESPECT NOT ONLY OUR FATHERS, BUT OUR MOTHERS.
- 1:28:59CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS AND THE LORD. NOTICE THIS, FOR THIS
- 1:29:02IS RIGHT. NOW, EVERY CHILD THAT'S IN HERE ARE WATCHING.
- 1:29:05NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS. GOD SAYS IT IS RIGHT, IT IS HONORABLE, IT
- 1:29:11IS SMART TO OBEY YOUR MOM AND DAD. IT'S RIGHT. THIS GENERATION
- 1:29:18WILL TRY TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR PARENTS DON'T HAVE A SAY. AND
- 1:29:23THAT'S WHY A LOT OF KIDS ARE GETTING MESSED UP. IT IS RIGHT
- 1:29:27TO OBEY MOM AND DAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO DO
- 1:29:32WHAT IS RIGHT AND HONORABLE. NOW NOTICE YOUR LIFESPAN IS
- 1:29:36CONNECTED TO WHETHER YOU HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER, AND
- 1:29:39THERE WAS NO AGE PUT ON THERE. IT DIDN'T SAY CHILDREN AS FAR
- 1:29:43AS, YOU KNOW, HEY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ZERO TO 13, OR 13 TO
- 1:29:4721, COME ON, IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, AND
- 1:29:51YOUR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER IS ALIVE, THIS BIBLE VERSE STILL
- 1:29:55APPLIES TO YOU. CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD. LET'S
- 1:29:58READ IT. FOR THIS IS RIGHT, KEEP READING, VERSES TWO THROUGH
- 1:30:01THREE. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER. THIS IS THE FIRST
- 1:30:04COMMANDMENT. IT'S NOT A SUGGESTION. LOOK AT VERSE THREE.
- 1:30:07WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SHOW HONOR? THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU AND
- 1:30:13THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. I AM CONVINCED TODAY,
- 1:30:17WITH SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THIS GENERATION OF YOUTH ARE SO
- 1:30:21MIXED UP, SO CONFUSED, IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY
- 1:30:26TEACHERS, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY SOCIETY, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY
- 1:30:29OUR FAMOUS ACTORS, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY OUR FAMOUS SPORTS
- 1:30:33FIGURES WHO MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, AND THEY'VE
- 1:30:36TAUGHT 'EM HOW TO BE REBELLIOUS. AND IT'S WHY IT'S NOT WELL WITH
- 1:30:41THE YOUNGER GENERATION, BUT HOWEVER, GOD IS VISITING 'EM.
- 1:30:46GENERATION Z MILLENNIALS. AND NOTICE THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON
- 1:30:50THE EARTH, THAT YOU LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. YOUR LIFESPAN IS
- 1:30:54CONNECTED TO HOW YOU HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER. GO TO JOHN
- 1:30:5819, LOOK AT JESUS. IF JESUS, YOU KNOW, THEY RECORDED WHAT HE SAID
- 1:31:04ON THE CROSS. NOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT WAS SEVEN SAYINGS OF
- 1:31:08JESUS, OTHERS SAY NO, IT WAS ACTUALLY EIGHT. BUT EITHER WAY,
- 1:31:12THE HOLY SPIRIT, THROUGH THE WRITINGS OF THE GOSPELS AND
- 1:31:17THOSE THAT WROTE THEM UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF GOD, THEY POINTED
- 1:31:21OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THE SAYINGS
- 1:31:24OF JESUS ON THE CROSS. THINK ABOUT IT. ONE OF THE THINGS HE
- 1:31:28SAID IS, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM. "THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." HE
- 1:31:31SAID, "I THIRST." AT ONE POINT HE SAID, "IT IS FINISHED." BUT
- 1:31:35NOTICE THESE WORDS HE SAID, JOHN 19. HE'S ON THE CROSS AND YOU
- 1:31:40CAN JUST IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, THE BRUTAL BEATING THAT HE WENT
- 1:31:44THROUGH AND HOW HE HAD TO CARRY HIS CROSS AND THE WOUNDS. IN
- 1:31:48FACT, THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, SAID
- 1:31:51THAT JESUS, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT HIM, THE LITERAL HEBREW IS WE
- 1:31:55HAD TO TURN OUR FACES BECAUSE WE WERE ASTONISHED AT HIM. IN OTHER
- 1:31:59WORDS, HE WAS SO BLOODY BEATEN, HE WAS MARRED, IT SAYS, BEYOND
- 1:32:04HUMAN RECOGNITION. THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK OF ISAIAH SAYS. IT SAYS
- 1:32:07THEY WERE ASTONISHED, MEANING THEY THREW UP. THEY COULDN'T
- 1:32:11EVEN LOOK AT HIM, THEY VOMITED. IT WAS SUCH GORE. AND YET JESUS
- 1:32:14WAS ON THE CROSS. AND GUESS WHO HE HAD ON HIS MIND? NOT ONLY
- 1:32:19YOU. HE LOOKED DOWN AND I'M SURE HIS EYES WERE SWOLLEN. THE THORN
- 1:32:25MIGHT HAVE BEEN PIERCING PART OF HIS EYEBALL. AND HE LOOKED DOWN
- 1:32:28AND MAYBE HE HAD TO SHAKE HIS HEAD FOR A MOMENT AND THERE WAS
- 1:32:31SOMETHING THAT CAME INTO HIS FOCUS. IT WAS HIS MOM. AND HE
- 1:32:36WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS
- 1:32:41DEATH, WHEN EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS IN HONOR. NOTHING IN IT WAS
- 1:32:46IN VAIN, AND THAT HE HIMSELF HAD HONORED HIS MOTHER AND FATHER.
- 1:32:50AND HE EVEN SHOWED IT AS HE LOOKED DOWN. THERE STOOD BY THE
- 1:32:53CROSS OF JESUS' MOTHER AND HIS MOTHER'S SISTER MARY, THE WIFE
- 1:32:57OF CLEOPHAS AND MARY MAGDALENE. LOOK AT VERSE 26. WHEN JESUS
- 1:33:01THEREFORE SAW HIS MOTHER, AND I'M THINKING, HOW DID YOU SEE
- 1:33:07HER, JESUS? I CAN'T IMAGINE, YOUR EYES, THEY HAD TO BE BLOODY
- 1:33:12AND BEATEN AND SWOLLEN. AND THE DISCIPLES STANDING BY HIM, HE
- 1:33:16SAW JOHN THE BELOVED. HE SAID UNTO HIS MOTHER, WOMAN, HERE IS
- 1:33:23YOUR SON. AND HE GAVE MARY TO JOHN THE BELOVED. BUT NOTICE
- 1:33:28SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN SKIP OVER, AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
- 1:33:31AN OLDER MOTHER RIGHT NOW? MAMA NOT CALLING YOU OLD, BUT YOU
- 1:33:36HAVE AN OLDER MOTHER. YOUR ROLES CHANGE. YOUR MOMS TAKE CARE OF
- 1:33:44YOU, BUT THEN THE OLDER YOU GET, I'M 60, I REALIZE THAT THERE IS
- 1:33:49AN HONOR THAT I HAVE TO BE VERY WISE ABOUT. AND THAT IS, I GOTTA
- 1:33:53MAKE SURE THAT MOM IS TAKEN CARE OF. ESPECIALLY AFTER BOTH
- 1:33:57FATHERS, FATHER-IN-LAW AND MY DAD DIED. WHAT AM I GONNA DO? I
- 1:34:04DON'T WANNA JUST SHOVE 'EM OFF INTO SOME NURSING HOME
- 1:34:07SOMEWHERE. NOW, THERE ARE GOOD NURSING HOMES, THERE'S GOOD
- 1:34:10ASSISTED LIVING, BUT THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY, AND SOME OF YOU
- 1:34:14NEED TO START THINKING NOW, IF YOUR MOTHER IS ALIVE, WHAT IS MY
- 1:34:18PLAN FOR MAMA? AM I GONNA LET SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE CARE OF 'EM?
- 1:34:23AM I GONNA SHOVE 'EM OFF AND LET THEM BE FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THAT
- 1:34:26DOES HAPPEN? OR AM I GOING TO CARE? LOOK AT WHAT JESUS DID. HE
- 1:34:32SAID, "JOHN, HERE'S YOUR MOM. "MOM, HERE'S YOUR SON." NOW
- 1:34:36WATCH, LOOK AT WHAT JOHN DID. HE UPHELD THIS HONOR. THEN SAY HE
- 1:34:41TO HIS DISCIPLE, BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER. AND FROM THAT HOUR, JOHN
- 1:34:45THE DISCIPLE TOOK HER INTO HIS OWN HOME. I NEVER SAW THAT UNTIL
- 1:34:52I STUDIED THIS WEEK. AND IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. I SAID,
- 1:34:55GOD, IT'S ONE THING I DID WHEN BOTH DADS DIED. I TOOK
- 1:35:01RESPONSIBILITY AND WE DID THINGS WITH MY MOM AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
- 1:35:06TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM. AND I FEEL
- 1:35:14CONVICTED AS I'M SAYING THIS. NOT BECAUSE I'M CONVICTED, I
- 1:35:19FEEL THE CONVICTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU
- 1:35:21NEED TO TAKE, "WELL, I'M NOT VERY CLOSE TO MY MOM." WHERE'S
- 1:35:25YOUR HONOR? YOU NEED TO BRING THAT HONOR. NOW LET'S TALK FOR A
- 1:35:33MOMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE MOTHERS IN SCRIPTURE AND WHAT THEY WENT
- 1:35:37THROUGH. THERE WAS A MOTHER NAMED HANNAH. AND HANNAH IN THE
- 1:35:40BIBLE, SHE COULD NOT CONCEIVE. MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE, YOU'RE A
- 1:35:45SINGLE WOMAN, OR NOT A SINGLE, MAYBE YOU'RE A WOMAN, LET ME
- 1:35:50JUST SAY IT THIS WAY. YOU'RE A MOTHER, OR YOU'RE A WOMAN. LET
- 1:35:54ME SAY THIS, YOU'RE A MARRIED WOMAN. THAT'S BETTER, HANK,
- 1:35:56BETTER, HANK. YOU'RE A MARRIED, YOU'RE A MARRIED GAL. LISTEN,
- 1:36:00YOU'RE SO MARRIED, YOU'RE SO MARRIED, YOU'RE SO MARRIED,
- 1:36:03LISTEN, YOU'RE SO MARRIED. YOU'RE PROBABLY THE BEST AT
- 1:36:07BEING MARRIED, OKAY? SO, ALL RIGHT, HERE IT GOES. I WAS GOING
- 1:36:12AHEAD IN MY HEAD ON SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE A MARRIED
- 1:36:18WOMAN AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHILD AND YOU CAN'T. HANNAH
- 1:36:23LITERALLY WAS BARREN. SHE WANTED A CHILD. LOOK AT 1 SAMUEL 1,
- 1:36:29VERSE 12. SHE SHOULD GIVE INSPIRATION AND HOPE TO EVERY
- 1:36:32ONE OF YOU. AND IT CAME TO PASS AS HANNAH CONTINUED TO PRAY
- 1:36:36BEFORE THE LORD. NOTICE ELI THE PRIEST MARKED HER MOUTH. DON'T
- 1:36:42EVER THINK, DON'T EVER THINK, MARRIED WOMAN, WHO WANTS TO
- 1:36:48CONCEIVE, THAT WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING THAT SOMEHOW YOUR HIGH
- 1:36:51PRIEST IS IGNORING YOU. THAT WOULD BE UNJUST IF GOD LISTENED
- 1:36:57TO ELI, WHO IS A CORRUPT PRIEST, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND MARKED, HE
- 1:37:03MARKED HER MOUTH. HE TOOK NOTICE OF HER PRAYER. AND FOR THE HIGH
- 1:37:09PRIEST, GOD, TO IGNORE YOUR PRAYER, UH-UH, UH-UH, UH-UH,
- 1:37:14UH-UH. HE'S LISTENING. MARKED HER MOUTH. FATHER, I WANT YOU TO
- 1:37:20DO THIS RIGHT NOW. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE A MARRIED WOMAN, AND
- 1:37:23YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, AND YOU ARE BARREN. MAYBE THERE'S, WHAT
- 1:37:27DO THEY CALL, INFERTILITY ISSUES OR WHATEVER. FATHER, WE SPEAK TO
- 1:37:32THAT RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE PRAYED, THEY HAVE ASKED, THEY
- 1:37:37HAVE DESIRED, THEY HAVE WAITED. AND I PRAY AS YOU DID FOR
- 1:37:41HANNAH, THAT YOU, THE ALMIGHTY GOD, WILL MARK THOSE WOMEN'S
- 1:37:49PRAYER, THEIR MOUTH AND THEIR WORDS. AND I PRAY WITHIN ONE
- 1:37:54YEAR FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THAT SOMETHING WILL SHIFT AND CHANGE.
- 1:38:01AND WE CALL THAT CHILD INTO THE EARTH AND INTO THEIR WOMB, AND
- 1:38:05THAT CHILD WILL BE BORN HEALTHY AND WILL LIVE LONG AND STRONG
- 1:38:09UPON THIS EARTH. HOW MANY COME IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT?
- 1:38:11(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:38:14THE NEXT MOTHER EXAMPLE WE HAVE IN SCRIPTURE I WANNA TALK ABOUT
- 1:38:18IS MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS. OBVIOUSLY, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT
- 1:38:21IT MUST BE TO BE TOLD SOMETHING AND THEN TO HAVE TO BE WILLING
- 1:38:25TO BE COURAGEOUS? I'M TELLING YOU, I'M LOOKING AT THE FACES OF
- 1:38:29SOME OF YOU MOTHERS AND THROUGH THE CAMERA, SOME OF YOU THAT ARE
- 1:38:32WATCHING, THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE, RIGHT? TO
- 1:38:37DEDICATE YOUR CHILD, TO BELIEVE IN WHAT GOD SAID ABOUT YOUR
- 1:38:40CHILD. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE RAISING
- 1:38:44YOUR CHILD TO BELIEVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE EVERYTHING
- 1:38:49LOOKS DIFFERENT, BUT YOU GOTTA STAY WITH WHAT YOU BELIEVE. I'M
- 1:38:53SURE THERE WERE TIMES IN MY MOM'S LIFE LOOKING AT ME AND SHE
- 1:38:58KNEW WHAT MY GRANDMA HAD SAID ABOUT ME, THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK
- 1:39:01LIKE I WAS GONNA BE A PREACHER, RIGHT? IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS
- 1:39:05GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BUT MARY GIVES US HOPE IN SOMETHING,
- 1:39:09AND THAT IS IF GOD HAS SPOKEN SOMETHING AND YOU PUT YOUR FAITH
- 1:39:12IN IT, MAMA, IT WILL HAPPEN. WE TALKED ABOUT LOIS AND EUNICE. WE
- 1:39:18TALK ABOUT THE PROVERBS 31 WOMAN. LOOK AT PROVERBS 31,
- 1:39:21VERSES 1 THROUGH 2. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT
- 1:39:24PROVERBS 31 IS WRITTEN ABOUT. IT SAYS, "THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL,
- 1:39:28"THE PROPHECY THAT IS WHAT HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM." AND IF YOU
- 1:39:32CONTINUE TO READ THROUGH PROVERBS 31, YOU CAN SEE THE
- 1:39:36GREAT ATTRIBUTES OF WHAT WAS TAUGHT HIM, OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN,
- 1:39:42A WOMAN WHO WORKED HARD, A WOMAN WHO KNEW HOW TO CREATE A NICE
- 1:39:47AND BEAUTIFUL HOME. THAT'S BRENDA. SO THERE'S GREAT
- 1:39:51EXAMPLES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE. I WANNA SHARE SOME BIBLICAL
- 1:39:54EXAMPLES OF WOMEN, MOTHERS THAT REPRESENT SOME THAT MIGHT BE
- 1:39:57HERE TODAY. HOW ABOUT EVE? HER NAME MEANS THE MOTHER OF THE
- 1:40:03LIVING. THE FIRST MOTHER, EVE, RIGHT? NOT STEVE. IT WAS EVE. IT
- 1:40:10WAS ADAM AND EVE. STEVE WAS A DIFFERENT GUY. HE WAS A
- 1:40:15DIFFERENT GUY. BUT EVE REPRESENTS A MOTHER WHO HAS A
- 1:40:21CHILD WHO GOES AWAY FROM GOD. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, YOU'RE
- 1:40:26GONNA GIVE UP? NO, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO SETH. IF YOU HAVE A
- 1:40:31PRODIGAL CHILD TODAY, YOU NEED TO STAY IN THERE, MOTHER,
- 1:40:35GRANDMAMA. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING WILL BE BIRTHED.
- 1:40:40SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. HOW ABOUT HAGAR? HOW MANY REMEMBER HAGAR?
- 1:40:43LOOK AT GENESIS CHAPTER 21, VERSE 14. HAGAR REPRESENTS THE
- 1:40:49SINGLE MOTHER. THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I WAS JUMPING AHEAD, WHOSE
- 1:40:54CHILD AND HER BECAME AN OUTCAST. MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND
- 1:40:58YOU'RE A SINGLE MAMA. MAYBE YOU WERE PART OF A RELATIONSHIP
- 1:41:01WHERE YOU WERE MARRIED AND THEN YOU'RE LEFT TO RAISE YOUR CHILD
- 1:41:06OR MAYBE YOU HAD A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK AND NOW YOU'RE A SINGLE
- 1:41:11MOM. HAGAR FELT LIKE AN OUTCAST, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD DIDN'T
- 1:41:15FORGET HER. EVEN THOUGH, WATCH THIS, ABRAHAM ROSE UP EARLY IN
- 1:41:20THE MORNING, TOOK BREAD AND A BOTTLE OF WATER, AND HE GAVE IT
- 1:41:22UNTO HAGAR, PUTTING IT ON HER SHOULDER AND THE CHILD, AND HE
- 1:41:29SENT HER AWAY. COME ON, ONE OF THE WORST THINGS SOMETIMES WITH
- 1:41:32A SINGLE MOTHER TODAY IS THE FEELING OF REJECTION FROM A MAN,
- 1:41:37ESPECIALLY THE FATHER OF YOUR CHILD. MAYBE YOU'RE A SINGLE
- 1:41:41MOTHER TODAY BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND DID THE SAME THING LIKE
- 1:41:44ABRAHAM OR WHATEVER. SENT YOU PACKING, DIVORCED YOU, AND
- 1:41:50YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW AM I GONNA TAKE CARE OF MY LIFE,
- 1:41:53LET ALONE MY CHILD? BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD CAME, IF YOU KEEP
- 1:41:57READING THE STORY ABOUT HAGAR, AND HE FOUND HER, AND HE
- 1:42:01REMEMBERED HER, AND HE TOOK CARE OF HER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I
- 1:42:06WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE A DIVORCED WOMAN TODAY,
- 1:42:09AND YOU'RE A SINGLE PARENT NOW, OR MAYBE YOU'RE JUST A SINGLE
- 1:42:12PARENT, NEVER BEEN MARRIED, AND YOU'RE RAISING A CHILD. IF GOD
- 1:42:16WOULD REMEMBER HAGAR, EVEN THOUGH REJECTED OF A MAN, IT
- 1:42:20SHOWS YOU NOT ONLY THE NATURE OF THE GOD THAT WE SERVE, BUT IT
- 1:42:25SHOWS YOU THE PROMISE THAT YOU YOURSELF CAN HAVE AS WELL. SO
- 1:42:31DON'T GET HARD ON YOURSELF, DON'T GET DOWN ON YOURSELF. AND
- 1:42:35DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK GOD TO HELP YOU. ANOTHER EXAMPLE, IN
- 1:42:39THIS ONE, I WANT YOU TO LOOK TO NUMBERS CHAPTER 26, VERSE 59.
- 1:42:43THIS IS THE ONLY VERSE THAT REALLY MENTIONS THE NAME OF
- 1:42:45MOSES' MOM. AND THE NAME OF, I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THESE
- 1:42:50PEOPLE'S NAMES. WHY DON'T THEY SAY PHIL AND STUFF? THE NAME OF
- 1:42:54PHIL'S WIFE WAS, JOKE ABED, PHIL IS THE HANK TRANSLATION VERSION.
- 1:43:00AND THE DAUGHTER OF LEVI. HE, BY THE WAY, WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT
- 1:43:05INVENTED JEANS. SO LEVI, LEVI JEANS, SOMEBODY, SEE THAT'S THE
- 1:43:10HANK TRANSLATION WITH THE JEANS. AND HE HAD THE BIBLICAL BOTTOM,
- 1:43:17YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT WAS WIDE AND THE LEVI JEANS. AND THEY
- 1:43:21LIVED IN EGYPT AND BORE UNTO ABRAM, WHAT IS THAT GUY'S NAME,
- 1:43:25AMRAM? CAN YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE A CAR, I DRIVE THE AMRAM. YOU
- 1:43:30KNOW, BEAR UNTO AMRAM AARON. AND MOSES, SO NOTICE MOSES' MOM WAS
- 1:43:36NAMED, I GUESS YOU'D PRONOUNCE IT JOCHEBED. AND HER NAME MEANS,
- 1:43:39ARE YOU READY? WHAT DID MOSES CRY OUT FOR? GOD, I WANT TO
- 1:43:44WHAT? SEE YOUR GLORY. REMEMBER EXODUS 33:18? HER NAME MEANS THE
- 1:43:49GLORY OF GOD. SO JOCHEBED REPRESENTS THE MOTHER WHO HAD TO
- 1:43:55GIVE HER CHILD UP FOR ADOPTION TO BE TAKEN ON BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
- 1:44:01BUT WHAT WAS BRILLIANT IS I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE,
- 1:44:05HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, WHICH WE CALL THE FAITH CHAPTER, RIGHT?
- 1:44:10THE HALL OF FAME. NOTICE GOD LITERALLY CALLS OUT IN A GOOD
- 1:44:15WAY, MOSES' PARENTS. BUT IN FAITH, MOSES, WHEN HE WAS BORN,
- 1:44:19WAS HID THREE MONTHS BY HIS PARENTS BECAUSE THEY SAW HE WAS
- 1:44:23A PROPER CHILD AND THEY WERE NOT AFRAID OF THE KING'S
- 1:44:26COMMANDMENT. SO HERE, YOU KNOW THIS STORY OF MOSES' MOM, HOW
- 1:44:31SHE PUT THE LITTLE CHILD MOSES IN THE WATER IN THE BASKET TO BE
- 1:44:37SAVED BECAUSE AT THOSE DAYS, PHARAOH WAS KILLING ALL OF THE
- 1:44:40LITTLE KIDS. AND WE KNOW THE STORY THAT PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER
- 1:44:46SAW LITTLE MOSES IN THE BASKET AND RESCUED HIM. THAT'S WHAT
- 1:44:50MOSES' NAME MEANS, TO BE DRAWN FROM THE WATER. AND THEN WHAT
- 1:44:54WAS SO COOL IS, AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I'M RIGHT, IS
- 1:44:58MOSES' MOM GOT TO NURSE HIM. WHICH FOR 12 YEARS, I GUARANTEE
- 1:45:05YOU, SHE PUT SOMETHING IN HIM, NOT ONLY THE LOVE FOR GOD, BUT
- 1:45:09THE LOVE FOR THE HEBREW GOD, RIGHT? BECAUSE NOTICE AT ONE
- 1:45:14POINT WHEN MOSES WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS AN EGYPTIAN, HE HAD SUCH
- 1:45:20AN HONOR TO GOD AND TO THE HEBREWS THAT HE EVEN, YOU KNOW,
- 1:45:26KILLED A MAN OVER IT. HE GOT IT FROM HIS MAMA. I CAN IMAGINE
- 1:45:31SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WHISPERED IN HIS EARS. SHE TOLD
- 1:45:35HIM. POWERFUL. THINK ABOUT RUTH. MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE IN HERE
- 1:45:39TODAY. SHE REPRESENTS THE NON-BELIEVING WOMAN AT FIRST,
- 1:45:44BUT THEN BECOMES A DEVOTED FOLLOWER OF GOD. YOU'VE GOT
- 1:45:50RAHAB, LOOK AT JOSHUA CHAPTER 2. RAHAB, SHE REPRESENTS A SINFUL
- 1:45:55MOTHER. SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE WHO HAD A POWERFUL TRANSFORMATION,
- 1:46:00BUT GAVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING THAT LASTED FOR GENERATIONS. SO MAMA,
- 1:46:05DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR KID. MAYBE YOU FEEL MAMA LIKE YOU, AND MAMA
- 1:46:10THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT YOU'VE MADE SOME REALLY BAD CHOICES,
- 1:46:13AND AS A RESULT, YOUR KIDS HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR IT. I'M TELLING
- 1:46:17YOU, IN THE, DID THEY CALL IT GENEALOGY? IS THAT THE RIGHT,
- 1:46:21DID I SAY IT RIGHT? GENEALOGY OF JESUS. RAHAB IS MENTIONED. SHE
- 1:46:29LATER GAVE BIRTH. THAT LED TO OUR BLESSED SAVIOR. YOU MAY FEEL
- 1:46:39LIKE A FAILURE AS A MOTHER TODAY, BUT HOLD TO THE PROMISE
- 1:46:45OF GOD. LOOK AT WHAT SHE DID. SHE SAID, "NOW, THEREFORE, I
- 1:46:48PRAY," SHE SAID THIS TO THE SPIES THAT HAD COME TO SPY OUT
- 1:46:52THE LAND, THE PROMISED LAND, SWEAR UNTO ME BY THE LORD THAT I
- 1:46:57HAVE SHOWED YOU KINDNESS, THAT YOU ALSO SHOW KINDNESS UNTO MY
- 1:47:00FATHER'S HOUSE AND GIVE ME A TRUE SIGN. SO IN OTHER WORDS,
- 1:47:03SHE'S SAYING, HEY, WHEN THESE WALLS COME DOWN AND ALL THIS
- 1:47:06STUFF, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT MY FAMILY IS SAFE? THAT IS
- 1:47:10PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS THAT PEOPLE CAN BRING, IS
- 1:47:14TO BE CONCERNED OVER THEIR FAMILY. I WANNA TALK ABOUT ONE
- 1:47:18WOMAN, LEAH, REAL QUICK. GENESIS 29, 32. THIS MIGHT BE THE
- 1:47:24MOTHER, AND MAYBE YOU'RE HERE TODAY, DO NOT RAISE YOUR HAND,
- 1:47:28OR YOU THAT ARE ONLINE, DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS YOU.
- 1:47:33BUT THIS WOMAN, LEAH, REPRESENTS A WOMAN WHO WAS IN A
- 1:47:38RELATIONSHIP, A MARRIAGE YOU COULD SAY, WHO DIDN'T FEEL
- 1:47:42LOVED. SHE WAS IN A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP. HER HUSBAND HAD
- 1:47:49EYES FOR ANOTHER WOMAN. AND THAT'S WHERE SOME WOMEN ARE.
- 1:47:55MAYBE IT'S NOT ANOTHER WOMAN THAT'S WALKING, BUT MAYBE IT'S
- 1:47:59THE PERVERSION OF WHAT SEXUAL SIN BRINGS. YOU DON'T FEEL
- 1:48:05PRETTY. YOU DON'T FEEL LOVED. YOU DON'T FEEL VALUED. THIS IS
- 1:48:09LEAH. HANNAH WAS THE ONE THAT, OH, HER SISTER WAS THE ONE THAT
- 1:48:14WAS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? WOMAN, BE CAREFUL IF THAT'S YOU, THAT
- 1:48:19YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS LOOKING AT SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
- 1:48:24IT DOESN'T MATTER IF SOMEBODY TOLD YOU THAT YOU'RE UGLY OR
- 1:48:27YOU'RE NOT, OR MAYBE YOU'VE TOLD YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TO SEE
- 1:48:31SOMETHING WITH A DIFFERENT LENS, HOW GOD SEES YOU, BECAUSE I WANT
- 1:48:35YOU TO SEE, LOOK AT WHAT WAS REVEALED. SO SHE NAMES HER KIDS,
- 1:48:39VERSE 32, "LEAH CONCEIVED AND BORE A SON." NOTICE WHAT SHE
- 1:48:43CALLS HIM. THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW THAT SHE HAD A REALLY BAD
- 1:48:45RELATIONSHIP. SHE NAMES HIM REUBEN AND SAYS, I'M GONNA NAME
- 1:48:49THIS GUY REUBEN BECAUSE MAYBE THE LORD HAS LOOKED UPON MY
- 1:48:54AFFLICTION AND NOW MAYBE MY HUSBAND WILL LOVE ME. MAYBE
- 1:49:00THAT'S SOME OF YOU, I'M SORRY. WHERE YOU DON'T FEEL LOVE IN A
- 1:49:08MARRIAGE, IN A RELATIONSHIP. AND IT'S REFLECTED IN WHAT SHE NAMED
- 1:49:13HER SON. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. SO SHE CONCEIVES AGAIN. SHE HAS
- 1:49:18ANOTHER CHILD AND THE JOURNEY OF HER PAIN CONTINUES, RIGHT? VERSE
- 1:49:2333, SHE HAS ANOTHER SON. "AND BECAUSE THE LORD HEARD THAT I'M
- 1:49:29NOT LOVED, "HE GAVE ME THIS ONE TOO, SO I'LL NAME HIM SIMEON."
- 1:49:35CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? THAT IS A LOT OF HEARTACHE. LOOK AT VERSE
- 1:49:4234, PAIN GETS DEEPER. "NOW AT LAST," IT SAYS IN VERSE 34, "MY
- 1:49:48HUSBAND WILL BECOME ATTACHED TO ME "'CAUSE I'VE BORN HIM THREE
- 1:49:51SONS," AND SHE CALLED HIM LEVI. BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THIS IS
- 1:49:56WHY YOU DON'T GIVE UP IF YOU FEEL LIKE LEAH TODAY. AND YOU'RE
- 1:50:03A MAMA, YOU'RE A WIFE, YOU'RE IN A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP,
- 1:50:06MARRIAGE, RIGHT? LOOK AT VERSE 35. "SHE NAMES HER FOURTH SON.
- 1:50:13"THIS TIME I WILL PRAISE THE LORD." AND SHE CALLS HIS NAME
- 1:50:17JUDAH. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE REALIZED, "HEY, THE RELATIONSHIP
- 1:50:22ISN'T GONNA CHANGE. THINGS PROBABLY AREN'T GONNA GET ANY
- 1:50:25BETTER RELATIONALLY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA PUT MY
- 1:50:27TRUST AND MY HOPE IN GOD. AND AS A RESULT, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO
- 1:50:31PRAISE HIM." AND LOOK AT ALL THE ONES THAT JESUS IDENTIFIED WITH.
- 1:50:37HE'S OF THE TRIBE OF THE LION OF JUDAH. ALL THE PAIN, ALL THE
- 1:50:46HURT, GAVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING BETTER. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT MY
- 1:50:53EXPERIENCES. I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ONE, MY GRANDMA. AS I
- 1:50:57TOLD YOU, MY GRANDMA WAS A, MAMA, SHE WAS A SHORT LITTLE
- 1:51:02THING, BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF HAIR, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF
- 1:51:07HAIR, AND SHE WAS ABOUT THIS TALL, ABOUT FIVE FOOT NOTHING,
- 1:51:11RIGHT? 5'2. AND SHE WAS THE KINDEST, SWEETEST LADY. I NEVER,
- 1:51:18IN THE YEARS THAT I KNEW HER, EVER SAW HER GET MAD. I SAW
- 1:51:23GRANDPA GET MAD AT HER, BUT I NEVER SAW HER RAISE HER VOICE. I
- 1:51:27SAW HER, I SAW SOMETIMES, "MAMA, GRANDPA NOT BE SO NICE." BUT SHE
- 1:51:32WOULD NEVER RETALIATE. NOT ONE TIME, SHE WOULD NEVER RETALIATE,
- 1:51:37NEVER RAISE HER VOICE, NEVER ARGUE, NEVER BE THE CONTROLLING
- 1:51:41WOMAN, NEVER TRY TO JUSTIFY HERSELF. SHE WAS SUCH A WOMAN OF
- 1:51:45CHARACTER. AND SHE WAS A SHORT LITTLE THING WHO COULDN'T SING.
- 1:51:48AND SHE ALWAYS TOLD ME, "HANK, DON'T DRINK COFFEE. "IT WILL
- 1:51:53STUNT YOUR GROWTH." AND I USED TO LOOK AT HER AND GO, "WELL, IT
- 1:51:55WORKED FOR YOU, I'M NEVER." SO IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT MARRIED AT
- 1:52:0123 YEARS OF AGE, 37 YEARS AGO TO MY GIRL, MY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. AND
- 1:52:09BRENDA LOVES COFFEE. AND SHE GOES, "HEY, DO YOU WANT SOME
- 1:52:14COFFEE?" I SAID, "BRENDA, NO, I DON'T WANT ANY COFFEE." SHE
- 1:52:16GOES, "WHY?" "IT STUNTS YOUR GROWTH." SO WHEN I WAS MARRIED,
- 1:52:24I WAS 5'3", NOW I'M 6'0", SO IT DOESN'T STUNT YOUR GROWTH. BUT
- 1:52:29LOOK AT WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY GRANDMA. EPHESIANS 4:32, "BE YE
- 1:52:33KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, "TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVE ONE
- 1:52:38ANOTHER." THAT WAS MY GRANDMA. COME ON, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A
- 1:52:42MOTHER TODAY, BUT YOU'RE A DUDE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
- 1:52:45ABOUT A MAN? DOESN'T SAY IT ABOUT A WOMAN. SAYS WHAT'S
- 1:52:48DESIRABLE IN A MAN IS HIS KINDNESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF
- 1:52:52ANGRY MEN. THERE ARE A LOT OF MEAN SPIRITED MEN. AND THERE ARE
- 1:52:56A LOT OF MEN THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT A WOMAN. AND THE BIBLE
- 1:53:01SAYS THAT WE'RE TO BE KIND. MY GRANDMA WAS A KIND WOMAN. AND AS
- 1:53:05I SAID TO YOU, SHE WOULD PUT ME UP ON HER LAP. SHE WAS THE FIRST
- 1:53:07ONE THAT PUT THE SEED OF GOD IN THIS PERSON'S HEART. WHERE I
- 1:53:12WOULD SIT THERE AND I'D LOOK AT PICTURES AND I'D SAY TO GRANDMA,
- 1:53:15GRANDMA, DO YOU THINK JESUS REALLY LOOKS LIKE THAT? AND THEN
- 1:53:17ONE DAY SHE GAVE ME A PICTURE OF JESUS, ONE OF THOSE PAINTINGS.
- 1:53:20AND I SAID, "DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE,
- 1:53:23GRANDMA?" AND I WAS SO CURIOUS. AND THEN SHE'D SAY, "HANK, GOD'S
- 1:53:28HAND'S ON YOU." AND THEN I WOULD WALK INTO GROCERY STORES WITH MY
- 1:53:32GRANDMA AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "MA'AM, MA'AM, MA'AM, IS THIS
- 1:53:34YOUR SON?" "NO, NO, NO, THIS IS MY GRANDSON." "GOD'S HAND'S ON
- 1:53:37HIM." YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DID? I'M 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 YEARS OF
- 1:53:42AGE, I WOULD LOOK OVER THINKING THAT GOD'S HAND WAS LITERALLY ON
- 1:53:45ME THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BAD. I MEAN, I REMEMBER
- 1:53:50GOING OUT WITH SOME OF THE GUYS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WERE
- 1:53:53DOING DRUGS AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEY SAID,
- 1:53:57"HANK, WHY NOT?" I'D BE LOOKING OVER, MAN, THERE'S HAND TO GOD
- 1:54:00ON ME. YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND GET HIGH. WHOA, HAND OF
- 1:54:05GOD ON YOU, MAN. WHOA, I THINK I CAN SEE IT, DUDE.
- 1:54:08(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:54:11I ALWAYS HAD THIS LIKE FEAR IN ME, MAN, BUT THAT WAS MY
- 1:54:14GRANDMA. EVERYBODY LOOK AT YOUR SHOULDER, YOU GOT THE HAND OF
- 1:54:18GOD ON YOU. BUT I THANK GOD FOR HER. WHAT DID I LEARN FROM HER?
- 1:54:22HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED. I LEARNED TO, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA
- 1:54:25BELIEVE ME, I LEARNED TO BE KIND. I'M WORKING ON IT, OKAY?
- 1:54:30I'M A WORK IN PROGRESS, I'M WORKING ON IT.
- 1:54:32(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:54:36I PAID YOU TO SAY THAT, SHH, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REVEAL
- 1:54:39THAT. BUT HERE'S WHAT I DID LEARN. I LEARNED A LIFE OF
- 1:54:43RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM MY GRANDMA. I NEVER, I NEVER EVEN HEARD A CUSS
- 1:54:48WORD COME OUT OF HER. I ASKED HER ONE DAY, I SAID, "GRANDMA,
- 1:54:52DO YOU CUSS?" "NO." I'M LIKE, "WHY?" SHE NEVER CUSSED. I
- 1:55:01CUSSED, BUT NOT GRANDMA. I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY MOM. MOM, I DON'T
- 1:55:06WANNA EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I THANK GOD FOR MY MOM. AND MY MOM IS A
- 1:55:13LOT LIKE HER MOM, BUT DIFFERENT. MOM, YOU'RE DIFFERENT, AND THIS
- 1:55:18IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY MOM. MY MOM HAS A NO NONSENSE, SHE'S
- 1:55:23STRAIGHTFORWARD. MY MOM WILL TELL YOU LIKE IT IS. AT THE END
- 1:55:29OF THE DAY, SHE COULD CARE LESS IF YOU LIKED IT AND IF SHE SAID
- 1:55:34IT RIGHT. YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAY IT. AND SO TODAY, ALL OF THE
- 1:55:41STUFF THAT I SAY BEHIND THE PULPIT IS BECAUSE
- 1:55:43OF MY MOM. SHE JUST SAYS IT LIKE IT IS.
- 1:55:50(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:55:51AND COULD CARE LESS. MY MOM ALWAYS TAUGHT ME TO DO WHAT'S
- 1:55:57RIGHT. SHE ALWAYS WOULD SAY THAT TO ME AS A KID. HANK, JUST DO
- 1:56:00WHAT'S RIGHT AND YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER LIFE. JUST DO WHAT'S
- 1:56:03RIGHT. DON'T LIE, DON'T STEAL, DON'T, YOU KNOW, KICK CATS.
- 1:56:11(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:56:12RIGHT? BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ALSO FROM MY MOM. AND I WATCHED
- 1:56:18HER 'CAUSE I USED TO WORK WITH HER AND MY DAD AT THEIR SERVICE
- 1:56:21STATION. I WATCHED MY MOM NEVER COMPLAIN. AT LEAST I NEVER HEARD
- 1:56:26IT. AND SHE WORKED SO HARD TO STAND BY MY DAD'S SIDE TO FEED
- 1:56:34SEVEN HUNGRY KIDS, NINE TOTAL IN THE FAMILY. AND MY MOM WOULD
- 1:56:39BRING THIS POT. DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT POT, MOM? IT WAS THIS
- 1:56:43LIKE CAVEMAN POT. AND SHE WOULD PUT IT DOWN, AND YOU NEVER KNEW
- 1:56:48WHAT IT WAS. SHE WOULD STIR IT, AND SOMETIMES STUFF SMELLED
- 1:56:53REALLY BAD. AND THEN SHE WOULD PUT IT OUT, AND YOU GOT ONE
- 1:56:56HELPING OF THE SLOP, AND THE RULE BY MY DAD WAS YOU HAD TO
- 1:57:00EAT WHATEVER'S ON THE PLATE. AND I'D SAY, "MOM, I'M NOT REAL
- 1:57:03HUNGRY TODAY." IT DIDN'T MATTER, SLOP. AND THERE WAS ONE TIME
- 1:57:07THAT I HAD TO EAT THIS STUFF. IT WAS TOMATOES MIXED WITH BREAD.
- 1:57:11WHAT IS THAT STUFF CALLED, VOMIT? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE NASTY.
- 1:57:15IT IS SO BAD. IT SMELLS BAD. HOW MANY EVER HAD TOMATOES WITH
- 1:57:19BREAD? IT IS LIKE VOMIT. AND SO MY MOM WOULD TAKE THIS BIG OLD
- 1:57:24POT AND SHE'D PUT IT DOWN IN THE FRONT AND SHE'D, REMEMBER THAT,
- 1:57:28MOM? HUH? OKAY, JUST A SPOONFUL OF VOMIT, BUT IT WAS ENOUGH
- 1:57:38TO... SO MY MOM MADE A GREAT IMPRESSION ON ME. AND HERE'S
- 1:57:43WHAT IT WAS. NO, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE TRUTH. EVEN THOUGH YOU
- 1:57:48MAY NOT LIKE SOMETHING, LEARN TO JUST FLOW. IF IT AIN'T KILLING
- 1:57:55YA, WE ALMOST THOUGHT IT DID, YOU KNOW? JUST LEARN TO FLOW
- 1:57:59WITH THINGS. MY MOM TAUGHT ME THAT, IS HANK, DON'T GET WORKED
- 1:58:02UP ABOUT THINGS. BE APPRECIATIVE, BE THANKFUL, BE
- 1:58:06GRATEFUL. MOM, I THINK TODAY, BECAUSE I HAVE A GRATEFUL HEART
- 1:58:09AND A THANKFUL, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHAT YOU
- 1:58:11TAUGHT ME. MY HARDWORKING NATURE, WHERE PEOPLE SAY, "HANK,
- 1:58:14YOU WORK TOO HARD." I THINK I GET IT FROM YOU, AND YEAH. SO
- 1:58:19MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO ME NOW. I'M 60, I'M ABOUT READY TO
- 1:58:21RETIRE. ALL RIGHT, NOW I WON'T RETIRE. YOU CAN'T AS A PREACHER,
- 1:58:25YOU CAN'T RETIRE. BUT THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT, AND MOM,
- 1:58:28THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK I'M SEEING YOU TEARING UP
- 1:58:30AND I WANNA MAKE YOU CRY. BUT I DID LEARN HARDWORKING LIFESTYLE,
- 1:58:35OUTSPOKEN. I LEARNED NO NONSENSE, STAND FOR WHAT'S
- 1:58:38RIGHT. I LEARNED BOLDNESS, THOSE THINGS WERE IMPARTED. NOW, MY
- 1:58:41MOTHER-IN-LAW, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, OR IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE
- 1:58:43TO SLEEP, HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED FROM BRENDA'S
- 1:58:48MOM. TO CREATE, IS THIS BORING? OKAY, ALL
- 1:58:52THE LADIES ARE GOING, "OH NO, IT'S SO LOVELY."
- 1:58:54(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:58:56AND THE DUDES ARE LIKE, "COME ON, MAN, "I GOT A HAMBURGER
- 1:59:00WAITING ON ME, YOU KNOW?" MOTHER STUCKS OVER THERE GOING,
- 1:59:04"THIS IS SUCH A GREAT MESSAGE. PLEASE KEEP GOING."
- 1:59:07(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:59:13MR. BOO-BOO BAND-AID BOY OVER THERE IN THE CORNER, ALL RIGHT,
- 1:59:17SO BRENDA'S MOM, WHEN I FIRST MET BRENDA'S MOM, YOU GOTTA
- 1:59:22UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. BRENDA MARRIED A PIG. SHE DID. OKAY,
- 1:59:29CAN I TELL SOMETHING? SO WHEN I MOVED OUT, THE ONLY THING I HAD
- 1:59:35FOR BED LINENS WAS A SLEEPING BAG. AND I SLEPT IN THAT THING
- 1:59:41FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE I GOT
- 1:59:42MARRIED, AND I NEVER REMEMBER WASHING IT.
- 1:59:45(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:59:46AND IT HAD ONE PART OF THE SLEEPING BAG THAT IF I GOT MY
- 1:59:51FOOT STUCK IN IT, 'CAUSE IT HAD A HOLE IN IT, AND I ROLLED OVER,
- 1:59:54YOU COULD TWIST YOUR ANKLE. WE HAD MICE RUNNING OVER MY HOUSE.
- 2:00:03I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GROOM VERY WELL, BUT BRENDA AND HER MOM SAW
- 2:00:09THROUGH ALL OF THAT. AND WHEN I WOULD GO OVER TO BRENDA'S HOUSE,
- 2:00:12I KNEW I PROBABLY STUNK, BUT HER MOM WOULD ALWAYS OPEN THE DOOR
- 2:00:17FOR ME AND SHE WOULD FEED ME A MEAL AND I WATCHED HOW SHE
- 2:00:22SERVED HER HUSBAND. AND I WOULD LOOK AT MY LITTLE GIRL, I CALL
- 2:00:27HER LITTLE GIRL, I KNOW, DON'T WRITE AND SAY, "SHE'S NOT A
- 2:00:29GIRL, SHE'S A WOMAN." SHE'S MY GIRL. I CAN SAY THAT IF I WANT
- 2:00:34TO, SHE LIKES IT. BUT I LOOK OVER AND THEN I'D BE LIKE,
- 2:00:37THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. I WANNA TAKE
- 2:00:42CARE OF BRENDA LIKE THAT. 'CAUSE I WATCHED HOW HAPPY IT MADE
- 2:00:47BRENDA'S DAD. I WATCHED HOW SHE ALWAYS WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO
- 2:00:52PREPARE HER MEAL. BRENDA DOES THE SAME THING TODAY. I WATCHED
- 2:00:56HOW THEY KEPT A CLEAN HOUSE BECAUSE THE HUSBAND, BRENDA'S
- 2:01:00DAD, WOULD COME HOME FROM WORK AFTER A BUSY DAY AT THE AIR
- 2:01:03FORCE AND THE HOME WOULD ALWAYS BE TIDY, THINGS WOULD BE IN
- 2:01:06ORDER. AND I SAID, "THAT'S THE KIND OF HOUSE THAT I WANT "AND
- 2:01:10THAT'S THE KIND OF GIRL THAT I'VE GOT." SO I LEARNED
- 2:01:13HOMEMAKING. I LEARNED HONORING A WOMAN WHO WANTS TO MAKE A NICE
- 2:01:18HOME. GUYS, IF THE WOMAN WANTS TO, CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU? WE
- 2:01:21HAVE A BLANKET AT THE END OF MY BED THAT BRENDA CALLS, WHAT DO
- 2:01:25YOU CALL THAT THING? NO, IT'S NOT THAT, OR A FRILLY THING. IT
- 2:01:29HAS FLOWERS ON IT THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TOUCH, USE, JUMP ON.
- 2:01:33WHAT IS THAT ONE CALLED? YEAH, IT'S A COMFORTER. AND SHE GETS
- 2:01:39BIBLICAL, THE HOLY SPIRIT'S A COMFORTER. I'M LIKE, YEAH, BUT I
- 2:01:41CAN TOUCH HIM, SQUEEZE HIM, HOLD HIM, TALK TO HIM, JUMP ON IT,
- 2:01:45YOU KNOW? BUT IF THE WOMAN WANTS TO MAKE A NICE HOME, YOU KNOW,
- 2:01:49BRENDA, I MEAN, MY SECOND JOB IS TO BREAK DOWN AMAZON BOXES. AND
- 2:01:56THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME MUMBLING, I CAN'T (MUMBLING)
- 2:01:59BUT I NEVER LET HER KNOW THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
- 2:02:02THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO MAKE THE HOUSE BETTER, TO MAKE MY
- 2:02:05LIFE BETTER. AND I WANNA HONOR THAT BECAUSE I LEARNED THAT FROM
- 2:02:08MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. YOU KNOW, BRENDA GETS THESE PICTURES,
- 2:02:12OKAY, ARE THEY THE PICTURES THAT I WOULD WANT? BRENDA EVEN
- 2:02:16CROSSED THE LINE ONE TIME, SHE DECORATED THE GARAGE. YOU DON'T
- 2:02:21LET A WOMAN DECORATE THE GARAGE. I MEAN, IT WAS SO BAD, I'M LIKE,
- 2:02:26BRENDA, YOU ARE FROU-FROUING THIS THING UP. IF YOU DON'T
- 2:02:28STOP, I'M GONNA GET DUCT TAPE, I'M GONNA PUT HIS SIDE, HER
- 2:02:33SIDE. BUT THEN IT DAWNED ON ME. I LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS LIKE,
- 2:02:38HEY, THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY COOL. SO I LEARNED THAT FROM
- 2:02:43BRENDA'S MOM AND FROM BRENDA. BRENDA'S MOM, I LEARNED, CREATE
- 2:02:46A NICE HOME AND WORK WITH THOSE THAT WANNA CREATE A NICE HOME
- 2:02:49AND A NICE ENVIRONMENT. HER MOM, I'D COME OVER, YOU KNOW, AFTER
- 2:02:52MY JOB TO GO PICK UP BRENDA AND HER MOM WOULD HAVE CANDLES LIT.
- 2:02:58NOW, BRENDA AND I AND CANDLES, AFTER 30 SOME YEARS, SHE NOW HAS
- 2:03:02GONE WITH THESE FAKE ONES THAT GO LIKE THIS. THEY FLICKER WITH
- 2:03:05THE BATTERY. THANK YOU GOD FOR SPEAKING TO HER.
- 2:03:09(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 2:03:12ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM BRENDA, AND THEN
- 2:03:13I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO MY OTHER ONES. I'M ALMOST DONE, IS THAT
- 2:03:16ALL RIGHT? THERE IS SOME SCRIPTURES I'M COMING UP WITH
- 2:03:19HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT BRENDA, I'VE LEARNED LOVE. I'VE
- 2:03:25LEARNED LOVE FROM YOU, 'CAUSE I WASN'T LOVABLE. I WAS HARD TO
- 2:03:30LOVE, AND YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE LOVED. I HAD A MAN ONE TIME
- 2:03:34SAY TO ME, HE SAID, "HANK," HE WAS A FORMER MARINE, NAME IS DR.
- 2:03:39MARK BARCLAY, HE SAID, "HANK, YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE A GOOD MAN
- 2:03:43TODAY? "BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WIFED." AND I'M OKAY TO SAY
- 2:03:47THAT, I'VE BEEN WIFED. AND THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, I DON'T
- 2:03:50KNOW HOW OLD IT IS, IT MIGHT STILL BE OLD, THAT BEHIND EVERY
- 2:03:54GOOD MAN IS A GOOD WOMAN, AND IN THAT CASE, IT'S TRUE. I LEARNED
- 2:03:59LOVE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE A WOMAN. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW.
- 2:04:05I JUST KNEW THAT I DIDN'T EVER WANNA MAKE HER MAD AT MY
- 2:04:09EXPENSE, 'CAUSE SHE'S FEISTY, BY THE WAY, TOO. I LEARNED ORDER,
- 2:04:15EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT MARRIED, I'D LEAVE THE
- 2:04:20CAP OF THE TOOTHPASTE OFF, OR MAYBE I DIDN'T DO THE TOILET
- 2:04:23PAPER ROLL RIGHT, OR THE TOILET LID. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE
- 2:04:27SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, LIFT IT UP AND THEN PUT IT DOWN. AND I
- 2:04:31TOLD HER, I SAID, "BRENDA, I LIKE IT UP. "IT'S LESS WORK.
- 2:04:35"THE MAN HAS TO DO MORE WORK. "WE HAVE TO LIFT IT
- 2:04:38UP, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT IT DOWN. "IF IT'S JUST
- 2:04:42UP, IT'S UP. "THERE'S HARDLY ANY EFFORT."
- 2:04:44(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 2:04:49I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE MY STORIES TODAY, BUT ANYWAY. BUT I LEARNED
- 2:04:52EXCELLENCE. BRENDA KEEPS AN IMMACULATE HOUSE. YOU WOULD
- 2:04:56THINK WITH THREE GERMAN SHEPHERDS IN A SHEET SUIT,
- 2:04:59RIGHT, YOU'D HAVE A MESSY, NO, WE'VE GOT A VERY, VERY ORDERLY
- 2:05:04HOUSE BECAUSE BRENDA TAUGHT ME. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THINGS
- 2:05:08IN ORDER. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PARTNER IN FRIENDSHIP TO WHERE
- 2:05:13WE'RE GREAT FRIENDS AND WE ENJOY WORKING ON THINGS TOGETHER. I
- 2:05:16ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE MOTTO AND SHE HELPS ME,
- 2:05:19BUT IS, YOU COOK THE DINNER, LET ME DO THE DISHES. I JUST LEARNED
- 2:05:23WITH MY WIFE HOW, AND SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY HOME. I
- 2:05:28LEARNED STRUCTURE FROM BRENDA. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY STRUCTURE. I
- 2:05:32LEARNED STRUCTURE FROM HER. I WASN'T A DISCIPLINED PERSON,
- 2:05:35STILL NOT REALLY. I'M VERY DISCIPLINED, BUT I'M NOT
- 2:05:37STRUCTURALLY, BUT I'M LEARNING. I LEARNED GOD AND FAMILY AND HOW
- 2:05:42IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE GOD AND FAMILY AND MAKING THAT A
- 2:05:45PRIORITY. I'VE LEARNED WISDOM WITH BRENDA. I'VE LEARNED
- 2:05:48RESTRAINT FROM BRENDA. YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THOSE OF YOU THAT
- 2:05:52ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE WANTED TO FAKE MY NAME AND RESPOND AS
- 2:05:55SOME IDIOTS? AND SHE'S LIKE, "YOU CAN'T DO THAT." I'M LIKE,
- 2:05:59"WELL, IF I JUST MAKE UP A NAME, "IT DOESN'T MATTER." "NO, YOU
- 2:06:01CAN'T DO THAT, GOD'S WATCHING." "OKAY, I CAN'T DO THAT."
- 2:06:04SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE LAST
- 2:06:06TWO. MY FIRST SPIRITUAL MOTHER, GERMAINE, I LEARNED SOMETHING
- 2:06:10FROM HER. SHE WAS ANOTHER LITTLE SHORT LADY. AND I LEARNED FROM
- 2:06:13HER THE BIBLE. LET ME SAY THIS, IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU
- 2:06:19DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE, HERE'S WHAT SHE WOULD TEACH ME TO DO.
- 2:06:21SHE WOULD... LITERALLY, I REMEMBER THE FIRST
- 2:06:24TIME I SHOWED UP AT HER HOUSE, I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, THIS LITTLE
- 2:06:29SPITBALL WOMAN, FIREMAN, SHE WALKED WITH GOD, AND I WAS FIVE
- 2:06:33MINUTES LATE. SHE OPENED THE DOOR, THE LITTLE CHAIN WAS STUCK
- 2:06:35TO HER APARTMENT DOOR. SHE SAID, "YOU'RE FIVE MINUTES LATE.
- 2:06:39"DON'T EVER BE LATE AGAIN, BYE, SEE YOU TOMORROW." AND I LEARNED
- 2:06:42TIMELINESS. AND SHE TAUGHT ME THAT IF YOU'RE A PERSON WHO'S
- 2:06:46ALWAYS LATE, IT'S WHY BLESSINGS DON'T CATCH UP TO YOU. 'CAUSE IF
- 2:06:52YOU'RE LATE IN THE NATURAL, YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE MISSING OUT
- 2:06:56ON YOUR BLESSING IN THE SPIRITUAL. AND THAT'S A
- 2:06:58PRINCIPLE OF THE FIVE WISE VIRGINS AND FIVE FOOLISH, THE
- 2:07:01FIVE WISE WERE ON TIME. THE FOOLISH ONES WERE LATE AND THEY
- 2:07:06MISSED OUT ON THE BLESSING. SO SHE TAUGHT ME TIMELINESS FOR THE
- 2:07:09MOST PART, EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO HAIRCUTS, I'M ON TIME OR I'M
- 2:07:13EARLY. I LEARNED HOW TO DO THE BIBLE. WHAT SHE WOULD DO IS
- 2:07:16SHE'D SAY, "OKAY, HANK, GENESIS CHAPTER ONE. "WHAT'S IN GENESIS
- 2:07:19CHAPTER 1? "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS. "GENESIS CHAPTER 2,
- 2:07:23WHAT HAPPENS IN GENESIS 2?" THEN SHE GOT ON TO THE BOOK OF
- 2:07:26LEVITICUS, AND THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS REALLY, "WHAT'S LEVITICUS
- 2:07:297? "I DON'T CARE, THAT'S A WEIRD BOOK." YOU KNOW, AND SO I
- 2:07:33WOULD HAVE TO TELL HER. AND THEN I'D HAVE TO DO SCRIPTURAL
- 2:07:36MEMORIZATION, WHERE I WOULD LITERALLY, AND MARILYN WAS
- 2:07:40ANOTHER ONE, MARILYN COULD MEMORIZE WHOLE BOOKS OF THE
- 2:07:44BIBLE. AND I LEARNED THE BIBLE. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT MARILYN,
- 2:07:47THE LAST ONE, 'CAUSE I GOTTA GET READY. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN
- 2:07:50START GOING. SO WHEN I MET MARILYN PROBABLY OVER, I MEAN,
- 2:07:55TWO, ALMOST THREE DECADES, SHE WOULD GO OVER TO PAKISTAN,
- 2:08:00AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN. I REMEMBER HER FIRST TIME SHE WENT
- 2:08:06INTO IRAN. AND SHE SAID, "HANK, I'M GETTING READY TO GO INTO
- 2:08:10IRAN. "I'M GONNA MEET WITH ONE OF THE TOP." I CAN'T SAY TOO
- 2:08:14MUCH 'CAUSE THIS IS PUBLIC. BUT SHE SAID, "I'M MEETING WITH THE
- 2:08:18TOP, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, "AND I NEED AN
- 2:08:22ENTRANCE." AND I SAID, "MARYLAND, I JUST HAD A VISION.
- 2:08:25I SAW THIS GUY AND HE'S GOT A WEIRD SCAR AND WOUND AND IT'S
- 2:08:31ON," AND I EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. AND I SAID, "AND
- 2:08:35THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED." AND I SAID, "IF YOU WILL SAY THIS TO
- 2:08:38HIM, NOT ONLY IS HE GONNA OPEN UP IRAN TO YOU, BUT HE'S GONNA
- 2:08:44OPEN UP OTHERS AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PREACH JESUS TO SOME
- 2:08:48OF THE HIGHEST RANKING IMAMS IN IRAN." SO SHE SAID, "ARE YOU
- 2:08:52SURE YOU'RE HEARING GOD?" I SAID, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT I SAW.
- 2:08:54THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE." SO I SAID, "IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST ASK
- 2:08:57A QUESTION. AND IF HE SAYS NO, THEN SAY, 'OKAY, SOMEBODY
- 2:09:01SLIPPED ME A CARD TO ASK.'" BUT IT HAPPENED. AND SHE WENT OVER
- 2:09:06THERE. SHE MET THIS GUY, HAD THE EXACT SCAR, EXACT THING, EXACT
- 2:09:11LOCATION, AND IT OPENED UP EVERYTHING. AND I REMEMBER HER
- 2:09:14TELLING ME SOMETHING. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN. SHE'D SAY TO ME, "AND
- 2:09:19WHETHER YOU'RE A MOTHER OR GRANDMOTHER TODAY," SHE WOULD
- 2:09:21SAY, "HANK, ASK GOD FOR HARD THINGS." I SAID, "WELL, WHERE'S
- 2:09:26THAT BIBLICAL?" SHE SAID, "ELIJAH." REMEMBER WHEN ELISHA
- 2:09:31ASKED FOR A DOUBLE PORTION? SHE SAID, "ASK GOD FOR HARD THINGS."
- 2:09:36SHE GOES, "I ASK GOD, I WANNA GO TO IRAN." AND I SAID, "WELL,
- 2:09:40MARILYN, IT'S NOT SAFE." AND SHE SAID, "WELL, I HAD TO TELL MY
- 2:09:42HUSBAND "THAT I'M MORE SAFE BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD "IN A
- 2:09:47HOSTILE COUNTRY WHERE WOMEN AREN'T SUPPOSED TO PREACH "THAN
- 2:09:52I AM OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD IN MY BATHTUB." AND SO SHE ALWAYS
- 2:09:56TAUGHT ME, AND IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY OR YOU'RE WATCHING, HOW
- 2:09:59IMPORTANT IT IS NOT TO GET IN FEAR. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO
- 2:10:04MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STRIVING TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD. AND WE
- 2:10:09WOULD PRAY. AND ANOTHER THING THAT SHE TAUGHT ME, CAN I TELL
- 2:10:13YOU WHAT SHE TAUGHT ME WHEN SHE'D GET ON THE PHONE WITH ME?
- 2:10:16SHE NEVER WENT INTO WHAT SHE NEEDED. THE FIRST THING SHE
- 2:10:20WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO ME IS, "HANK, HOW ARE YOU DOING?" HER
- 2:10:23CONCERN AND CARE FOR THE WELLBEING OF SOMEBODY ELSE
- 2:10:27BESIDES HERSELF WAS REFRESHING IN A DAY WHERE MOST PEOPLE THINK
- 2:10:32ONLY OF THEMSELVES. SHE'D ALWAYS SAY, "WHAT CAN I PRAY FOR YOU?"
- 2:10:36AND I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WOULD CALL ME UP AND SHE'D SAY, "LET'S
- 2:10:39GET IN THE BIBLE TOGETHER." AND I'D SAY, "MARIYLN, YOU'RE ONE OF
- 2:10:41THE BEST BIBLE TEACHERS "IN THE WORLD. "I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR
- 2:10:45WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TEACH ME." AND SHE'D SAY, "OH NO, I'M NOT
- 2:10:48TEACHING YOU. "YOU'RE GONNA TEACH ME TODAY." AND I WOULD SAY
- 2:10:52TO HER, I'D SAY, "MARIYLN, I AM YOUNG IN THE LORD. "I DON'T KNOW
- 2:10:57ANYTHING. "I DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE THAT WELL. "WHAT CAN I
- 2:11:00TEACH YOU?" AND SHE SAID THIS, SHE SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER
- 2:11:03WHEN YOU SAW JESUS "AFTER, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE FIRST WAS
- 2:11:07TALKING?" I SAID, "WELL, HE WAS IN THE TEMPLE." SHE SAID, "YES,
- 2:11:11AND HE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS." AND SHE SAID, "LET ME TEACH YOU
- 2:11:15SOMETHING. "NEVER QUESTION GOD. "IT'S OKAY TO ASK HIM
- 2:11:19QUESTIONS." BUT SHE SAID, "NEVER PUT HIM IN A PLACE OF
- 2:11:22INDICTMENT. "NEVER PUT HIM IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE QUESTIONING
- 2:11:25HIM. "GOD, YOU SHOULD'VE, WHY DIDN'T YOU?" AND I LEARNED THAT,
- 2:11:30SHE SAID, "ALWAYS BE IN A POSITION "OF BEING TEACHABLE,
- 2:11:35ESPECIALLY WITH GOD, "BECAUSE YOU'LL GO DEEPER." FAST FORWARD,
- 2:11:40SHE PROPHESIED A LOT OF THINGS INTO MY LIFE. BUT I REMEMBER ONE
- 2:11:46OF THE LAST TIMES THAT WE TALKED AND I ASKED HER A QUESTION, I
- 2:11:49SAID, "MARIYLN, YOU KNOW, THE LORD HAS FULFILLED "THE WORD OF
- 2:11:53THE LORD OVER YOUR DAUGHTER, ISABEL, "OR GRANDDAUGHTER,
- 2:11:56ISABEL." THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL WORD AT THE TIME WHEN
- 2:11:58ISABEL WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD. GOD BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
- 2:12:01ISABEL WOULD DO. AND I SAID, "BUT GOD ALSO, MARILYN,
- 2:12:07FULFILLED THE WORD "THAT THE LORD SPOKE THROUGH THIS VESSEL
- 2:12:11"THAT YOU WOULD LIVE INTO YOUR 90S, AROUND '93 TO '95." AND I
- 2:12:16SAID, "I GOTTA ASK YOU A QUESTION. "WHAT IS THE SECRET OF
- 2:12:19LONGEVITY? "WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, IS IT, YOU KNOW,
- 2:12:23"PEOPLE OFTEN SAY IT'S WHISKEY AND CIGARETTE SMOKING." AND SHE
- 2:12:27GOES, "OH, HANK, YOU DON'T THINK I'M DRINKING WHISKEY." AND I
- 2:12:31SAID, "THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. "I'M ASKING YOU, WHAT
- 2:12:32WOULD YOU TEACH ME?" IN FACT, I THINK THIS WAS THE LAST TIME
- 2:12:37THAT I TALKED TO HER. HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID. CAN I GIVE YOU
- 2:12:41QUICK POINTS? IN CLOSING, SINCE I DIDN'T GIVE YOU MUCH BIBLE,
- 2:12:44I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU. NUMBER ONE, SHE SAID, "LIVE RIGHT AND
- 2:12:48TALK RIGHT." LOOK AT PSALM 34 VERY QUICKLY. IT SAYS, "HE THAT
- 2:12:54DESIRES LIFE," AND IF YOU WANNA HAVE GOOD DAYS, PSALM 34:12,
- 2:12:59HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU WANNA SEE GOOD. ARE YOU READY?
- 2:13:03"KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL." SHE SAID, "I NEVER SPEAK BAD
- 2:13:05OVER MY BODY. "I NEVER SAY THAT MY BACK IS KILLING ME. "I NEVER
- 2:13:10SAY LIFE STINKS. I DON'T SPEAK BAD. I DON'T PUT CREATIVE WORDS
- 2:13:15OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE ABOUT MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY
- 2:13:19MARRIAGE. I DON'T SPEAK THOSE THINGS AT ALL. I HAVE TRAINED MY
- 2:13:26MOUTH." SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU NEED TO TRAIN YOUR
- 2:13:30MOUTH. IT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT HAVING GOOD DAYS. AND IF YOU'RE
- 2:13:34NOT CAREFUL, YOU'RE GONNA CUT YOUR LIFE SHORT. IF YOU WANT TO,
- 2:13:36NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU DESIRE LIFE, YOU WANT TO SEE
- 2:13:39GOOD DAYS, LOOK AT VERSE 13. HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS, TALK RIGHT.
- 2:13:43KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM SPEAKING WRONG, FROM SPEAKING EVIL, AND
- 2:13:49YOUR LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE. IT SAYS, DEPART FROM EVIL. SHE
- 2:13:54TAUGHT ME ANOTHER THING. HANK, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE KEY TO
- 2:13:56LONGEVITY IS DEPART FROM EVIL. DO GOOD, ALWAYS IN EVERY
- 2:14:00SITUATION, LOOK TO DO GOOD. TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT, DO RIGHT,
- 2:14:06TALK RIGHT, LIVE AS AN HONORABLE PERSON. I LEARNED THAT FROM HER,
- 2:14:11AND THEN KEEP YOUR TONGUE RIGHT. SECOND, SHE SAID, "CHOOSE YOUR
- 2:14:14SUNSETS AND YOUR SUNRISES." PSALM 91, VERSE 16. I SAID,
- 2:14:18"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" NOTICE THIS VERSE, "WITH LONG LIFE, I WILL
- 2:14:22SATISFY HIM." GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE LONG. "AND I'LL SHOW HIM MY
- 2:14:26SALVATION." NOW THAT WORD SATISFY HAS THE CONNOTATION IN
- 2:14:30THE HEBREW, AS MANY SUNSETS AND SUNRISES AS YOU CHOOSE. THAT'S
- 2:14:35WHY YOU'LL BE SATISFIED. AS YOU CHOOSE ACCORDING TO THE LIFE OF
- 2:14:39SPAN. SHE SAID, "TELL GOD, WHAT AGE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE TO?" SHE
- 2:14:45SAID, "I TOLD THE LORD I WANTED TO LIVE "TO BE AT LEAST 90.
- 2:14:49"I'VE CHOSEN MY SUNSET AND MY SUNRISES." NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT
- 2:14:53THAT. NUMBER THREE, SHE SAID, "WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE," EXODUS
- 2:14:5934, VERSE 6, "IF YOU WANT GOOD DAYS, "IF YOU WANT LONG LIFE,
- 2:15:02YOU HAVE TO NEVER QUESTION GOD, "SETTLE IT IN YOUR HEART, AND
- 2:15:07NEVER FORGET THIS. "WHEN GOD INTRODUCED HIMSELF, HE'S NOT
- 2:15:11SCHIZOPHRENIC. "HE IS CONSISTENT, HE DOESN'T CHANGE.
- 2:15:14"WHEN HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO MOSES, "HERE'S WHAT HE SAID, 'I
- 2:15:18AM THE LORD AND I'M MERCIFUL. "I'M GRACIOUS, I'M
- 2:15:21LONG-SUFFERING, "AND I'M SO ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND
- 2:15:24TRUTH.'" SHE SAID, "ESTABLISH IT IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD IS
- 2:15:29ABSOLUTELY 100% ALWAYS GOOD." SHE GOES, "IF YOU DON'T SETTLE
- 2:15:35THAT "WHEN CHALLENGES RISES IN YOUR LIFE, "YOU MAY OPEN THE
- 2:15:39DOOR TO THE WRONG THINKING, WHICH OPENS THE DOOR TO THE
- 2:15:43WRONG." ESTABLISH THAT GOD IS GOOD. NUMBER FOUR, ARE YOU
- 2:15:47READY? SHE SAID, "AS YOU DECLARE YOUR SUNSETS, DECLARE YOUR
- 2:15:52ABRAHAMIC COVENANT." GENESIS 15, VERSE 15, THAT'S WHAT SHE TAUGHT
- 2:15:55ME. "AND THOU SHALL GO TO YOUR FATHERS." THIS IS THE ABRAHAMIC
- 2:15:58COVENANT. NOTICE HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO IN PEACE. YOU'RE
- 2:16:01SUPPOSED TO DIE IN PEACE. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE BY A
- 2:16:04TRAGEDY, A CALAMITY, A SICKNESS OR DISEASE. DOES THAT HAPPEN IN
- 2:16:08LIFE? YES, BUT THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE HIGH BAR STANDARD OF
- 2:16:13WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN YOUR COVENANT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO
- 2:16:16IN PEACE, NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN. YOU KNOW WHAT
- 2:16:19SHE SAID SHE PRAYED, HER AND HER HUSBAND WALLY? HERE'S WHAT THEY
- 2:16:22PRAYED EVERY SINGLE DAY. FATHER, WE, WHEN WE DEPART THIS EARTH,
- 2:16:25WE'LL DIE IN PEACE. NOT AS A RESULT OF A SICKNESS, DISEASE, A
- 2:16:29TRAGEDY, A CALAMITY, NOT AS A RESULT OF A MENTAL DISORDER,
- 2:16:33DISEASE, OR LOSS. "WE'LL GO IN PEACE AND WE'LL NEVER BE HELD
- 2:16:37"IN THE JAWS OF DEATH, BUT WE'LL BE WELCOMED "INTO THE GATES OF
- 2:16:41GLORY AND IN A GOOD OLD AGE." LOOK AT THAT PROMISE, GENESIS
- 2:16:4415:15. ALL RIGHT, NOTICE THAT'S THE PROMISE. YOU SAY, "WELL,
- 2:16:47THAT WAS ABRAHAM." GO OVER TO GALATIANS 3, STAND TO YOUR FEET.
- 2:16:51VERSES 13 THROUGH 14, "CHRIST HAS REDEEMED US "FROM THE CURSE,
- 2:16:55BEING MADE A CURSE, AND IT'S WRITTEN, "'CURSED IS EVERYONE
- 2:16:58THAT HANGS ON A TREE.'" JESUS HUNG ON A TREE, WHY? LOOK AT THE
- 2:17:02BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM, IT'S NOW OURS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. SO,
- 2:17:06SO, YOU COULD PUT AN SO, SO THAT THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM MIGHT
- 2:17:09COME ON US, THE GENTILES, RIGHT? THE NONJEWS, THROUGH JESUS
- 2:17:13CHRIST. AND WE RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH
- 2:17:16FAITH. YOU RECEIVE THE RIGHTS AND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE
- 2:17:20ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. LOOK AT GENESIS 25, VERSE 8. LOOK AT
- 2:17:24WHAT HAPPENED TO ABRAHAM. HOW DID HE DIE? ABRAHAM GAVE UP THE
- 2:17:29GHOST, HE DIED. HE DIED IN A GOOD WHAT? HE FULFILLED HIS
- 2:17:33COVENANT RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT MARILYN SAID, THAT'S WHAT YOU
- 2:17:37SAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU CLAIM, THAT'S WHAT YOU STAND FOR. AND
- 2:17:40AS AN OLD MAN, FULL OF YEARS, AND WAS GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE,
- 2:17:47HE DIED PEACEFULLY. LASTLY, HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID TO ME. ARE
- 2:17:51YOU READY FOR THIS ONE? SHE SAID, "DO YOUR BEST TO EAT RIGHT
- 2:17:56"AND FIND WAYS TO EXERCISE." RIGHT, BE ACTIVE, STAY ACTIVE.
- 2:18:05HEAVENLY FATHER, AS I DID MY BEST TO SHARE SOME STORIES AND
- 2:18:09GIVE EXAMPLES OUT OF THE BIBLE IN MY OWN LIFE, I PRAY SOMEWHERE
- 2:18:13THAT PEOPLE RECEIVED A LITTLE NUGGET IN THEIR HEARTS THAT WILL
- 2:18:17GROW UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL HARVEST FOR THEIR OWN LIFE. I PRAY TODAY
- 2:18:22IN CLOSING FOR MOTHERS AND FOR GRANDMOTHERS AND GREAT
- 2:18:26GRANDMOTHERS AND MAYBE GREAT GREAT, THAT FATHER, YOU WILL
- 2:18:31BLESS THEM. WE HONOR THEM TODAY. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE
- 2:18:35THEM THE FULFILLMENT OF THEIR ABRAHAMIC COVENANT, THAT YOU
- 2:18:38WOULD EVEN GIVE THEM GREATER LONGEVITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF
- 2:18:41LIFE, OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS, SOUND MIND. AND MAY THEIR
- 2:18:45CHILDREN ALL RISE UP, FATHER, IF THEY'RE STILL ALIVE, AND THEIR
- 2:18:50GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND CALL
- 2:18:53THEM BLESSED. AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD CAUSE, IF
- 2:18:57THERE'S BEEN ANY HURTS OR PAINS THAT HAVE COME INTO THE HEARTS
- 2:19:02OF THE WOMEN, THAT THIS DAY, THAT THEIR REPROACH, AND THEIR
- 2:19:08PAINS, AND THEIR SORROW, LIKE THE STONE BEFORE THE GRAVE OF
- 2:19:13YESHUA, WOULD BE ROLLED AWAY. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SMILE
- 2:19:18DOWN UPON THEM, AND CAUSE THEIR FAMILIES TO BE BLESSED, THEIR
- 2:19:24PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED, AND WE HONOR YOU THIS DAY, OUR GOD. AND
- 2:19:28EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. HEY, THANKS FOR JUST LETTING ME BE
- 2:19:32KIND OF A DAD TODAY, AND JUST SHARE, SO I LOVE YOU. NEXT WEEK
- 2:19:37WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NATION AND ITS
- 2:19:41LEADER DEDICATES ITSELF TO GOD. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT
- 2:19:46TIME, SO I LOVE YOU. PASTOR DOUG, COME. THANK YOU, COLLEEN,
- 2:19:50AS WELL. MAKE SURE YOU GO SEE HER AS WELL... NOW MAYBE I'M ON.
- 2:20:01THERE WE GO, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THOSE SWITCHES CAN GET KIND OF
- 2:20:05CONFUSING SOMETIMES. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE ASSIGNMENTS IN THE
- 2:20:09INFORMATION CENTER OR CONNECT CAFE CAN BE DISMISSED AT THIS
- 2:20:12POINT IN TIME. I'M GONNA ASK THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE
- 2:20:15REMAINING, JUST BE WITH ME FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES IF YOU CAN
- 2:20:18BE SEATED AT THIS TIME. ALTAR TEAM, YOU CAN COME UP HERE, RUN
- 2:20:26UP HERE QUICKLY IF YOU'RE ON THE ALTAR TEAM ASSIGNMENTS TODAY.
- 2:20:29OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE HERE TO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO OFFER
- 2:20:36THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY FOR ANYTHING
- 2:20:39IN YOUR LIFE. THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE. THEY'RE
- 2:20:43APPROVED BY PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA TO BE ON THIS TEAM. IT'S
- 2:20:47AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MINISTRY HERE. THEY ARE PRAYER
- 2:20:51WARRIORS. THEY SEE ANSWERS TO PRAYER EVERY WEEK. MAKE THAT
- 2:20:56AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED TO IN YOUR LIFE TODAY. THEY'RE HERE. AT THE
- 2:21:00END OF THE SERVICE, YOU'RE JUST FREE TO COME ON UP AND WE'LL
- 2:21:02GUIDE YOU TO SOMEONE THAT CAN PRAY FOR YOU. PASTOR HANK JUST
- 2:21:05REMINDED US THAT MARILYN HICKEY SAID, "WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE
- 2:21:09STRIVING TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD." THAT HIT ME BECAUSE THAT'S
- 2:21:17VERY TRUE. EVEN AS CHRISTIANS, WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO DO A
- 2:21:20BETTER JOB BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD AND FOLLOWING HIS DIRECTION.
- 2:21:23BUT THE INITIAL STEP IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT. THE INITIAL
- 2:21:28STEP TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD IS WHEN YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AND
- 2:21:33MAKE HIM YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. BECAUSE UNTIL THEN, YOU CANNOT
- 2:21:37BE IN HIS WILL, UNLESS YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE SENT JESUS TO DO
- 2:21:43FOR US. AND I ASKED THE TEAM TO PUT UP EPHESIANS 2:13 FOR ME
- 2:21:48TODAY, BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
- 2:21:53WITH JESUS, WE CAN'T BE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. IT SAYS
- 2:21:58THIS OUT OF THE NEW LIVING, "BUT NOW YOU HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH
- 2:22:01CHRIST JESUS "ONCE YOU WERE FAR AWAY FROM GOD." THAT'S EVERY ONE
- 2:22:05OF US, WE'RE AT ONE TIME FAR AWAY FROM GOD. "BUT NOW YOU'VE
- 2:22:09BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO HIM "THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST."
- 2:22:14THAT'S HOW WE GET THERE. YOU KNOW, SIN SEPARATES EVERY MAN
- 2:22:17THAT'S BORN IN THE WORLD. EVERY BABY, EVERY CHILD IS SEPARATED
- 2:22:21BY SIN. AS ADORABLE AS THEY ARE, THEY'RE BORN INTO THIS WORLD
- 2:22:25WITH A SIN NATURE. SIN SEPARATES THEM. AND ONCE THEY BECOME
- 2:22:30ACCOUNTABLE AT AN AGE THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE JESUS, THEY HAVE TO
- 2:22:33MAKE THAT DECISION. AND SO I WANT TO ASK YOU TODAY, HAVE YOU
- 2:22:38MADE THAT DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST? THAT'S YOUR FIRST STEP.
- 2:22:43IT'S YOUR ONLY STEP TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE ON THIS EARTH
- 2:22:48AND SUCCESS IN ETERNITY. HELL IS A REAL PLACE. I KNOW IT'S NOT
- 2:22:53POPULAR TO TALK ABOUT HELL. I KNOW THE WOKE CHURCHES AND THE
- 2:22:56WOKE PASTORS WON'T EVEN MENTION IT TODAY. IT'S NOT EVEN A
- 2:22:59SUBJECT THEY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE IT
- 2:23:02COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE. BUT IT'S MY JOB AND IT'S OUR JOB AS
- 2:23:07A MINISTRY TO TELL PEOPLE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH IS, ONCE PEOPLE
- 2:23:13LEAVE THIS EARTH, IF THEY HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION FOR
- 2:23:16JESUS, THEY HAVE AN ETERNITY TO FACE IN AN EVERLASTING PLACE OF
- 2:23:20TORMENT CALLED HELL. AND LET ME GUARANTEE YOU THIS, NONE OF YOU
- 2:23:25WOULD EVER WANT TO BE THERE. IF YOU WERE THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES,
- 2:23:28YOU'D SAY, I NEED ANOTHER CHANCE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE
- 2:23:32PEOPLE MAKE THE DECISION TO GO THERE AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE
- 2:23:34DECISION, YOU CAN'T REVERSE THAT DECISION. THERE'S NO PAROLE
- 2:23:39BOARD IN HELL. YOU'RE THERE FOR ETERNITY. YOU KNOW, TODAY YOU
- 2:23:45MAY GO OUT FOR A NICE MOTHER'S DAY DINNER AND YOU GET A NAP OR
- 2:23:49YOU GO TO BED TONIGHT AND YOU LAY ON A COMFORTABLE BED AND PUT
- 2:23:51YOUR HEAD ON A SOFT PILLOW. THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN IN HELL.
- 2:23:55YOU'RE IN ETERNAL TORMENT. BUT IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS, THERE ARE
- 2:24:00GLORIES FOREVERMORE. IT'LL BE A BEAUTIFUL ETERNITY. AND COMPARED
- 2:24:06TO THIS LITTLE SHORT LIFE, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE
- 2:24:08FOCUSING ON. ETERNITY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE NOW TO
- 2:24:13SERVE JESUS SO THAT SOMEDAY YOU CAN BE WITH HIM AND RULE AND
- 2:24:16REIGN WITH JESUS CHRIST? IT'LL BE WONDERFUL. SO I WANT TO DO
- 2:24:24THIS TODAY. I WANT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO ONE HERE
- 2:24:28THAT WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND YOU WOULD LEAVE
- 2:24:30THIS PLACE NOT KNOWING FOR SURE, 100%, THAT HEAVEN IS YOUR HOME.
- 2:24:37OR MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
- 2:24:41HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD SO THAT
- 2:24:44HEAVEN CAN BE YOUR HOME FOR ETERNITY. I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR
- 2:24:47HEADS WITH ME IF YOU WOULD. DON'T LET ANYTHING HOLD YOU
- 2:24:52BACK. PRIDE HOLDS PEOPLE BACK, UNFORTUNATELY. PRIDE IS THE
- 2:24:56THING THAT HOLDS MOST PEOPLE BACK FROM RECEIVING WHAT GOD HAS
- 2:25:00FOR THEM. PRIDE IS THE VERY THING THAT GOT LUCIFER THROWN
- 2:25:03OUT OF HEAVEN. PRIDE. DO NOT LET PRIDE HOLD YOU BACK. IF YOU NEED
- 2:25:08JESUS, I WANT YOU TO RESPOND TODAY. I'M GOING TO COUNT TO
- 2:25:11THREE IN JUST A MOMENT. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK
- 2:25:15YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY BOLD. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE
- 2:25:17YOUR HAND IF YOU NEED JESUS. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY. THAT'S
- 2:25:20WHERE IT STARTS, JUST A SIMPLE PRAYER. AND YOU CAN ASK JESUS TO
- 2:25:23COME INTO YOUR HEART, AND THEN YOU START FOLLOWING HIM. MAKE
- 2:25:26HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. IT'LL BE THE BEST DECISION YOU'VE EVER
- 2:25:29MADE. SOME OF YOU HAVE MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS THAT ARE IN
- 2:25:32HEAVEN. TODAY, THEY'RE CHEERING YOU ON, SAYING THEY HOPE TO SEE
- 2:25:37YOU SOMEDAY. YOU'LL NEVER SEE THEM UNLESS YOU MAKE JESUS
- 2:25:40CHRIST YOUR LORD. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO
- 2:25:43RAISE YOUR HAND ALL OVER THIS AUDITORIUM IF YOU NEED JESUS.
- 2:25:47ONE, TWO, THREE. HANDS UP IF YOU NEED JESUS TODAY AND YOU WANNA
- 2:25:53MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. RAISE YOUR HAND HIGH. I
- 2:25:57SEE HANDS IN HERE. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. IF
- 2:26:01YOU'LL STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT TODAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO
- 2:26:05BE BOLD. DON'T LET PRIDE HOLD YOU BACK. DON'T LET ANYTHING
- 2:26:08HOLD YOU BACK. RUN DOWN HERE TO SEE ME, AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY
- 2:26:11TOGETHER TODAY. BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT ON
- 2:26:15MOTHER'S DAY 2026, YOU MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR
- 2:26:19LIFE. GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT RIGHT NOW AND COME DOWN HERE,
- 2:26:21AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND GET THIS TAKEN
- 2:26:22CARE OF. GIVE 'EM A HAND AS THEY COME.
- 2:26:24(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 2:26:27THOSE HANDS RAISED. COME ON DOWN HERE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN. WE'RE
- 2:26:34WAITING FOR YOU. DON'T LET ANYTHING HOLD YOU BACK. THE
- 2:26:39USHERS, I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTS, THE USHERS POINTED,
- 2:26:43THERE'S PEOPLE THAT RAISED THEIR HANDS. YOU NEED TO COME DOWN
- 2:26:45HERE NOW. DON'T LET PRIDE HOLD YOU BACK. COME DOWN HERE. GET UP
- 2:26:48OUT OF YOUR SEAT. WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU. JUST ANOTHER MOMENT. LET'S
- 2:26:52MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST. EVERY TIME JESUS CALLED SOMEONE,
- 2:26:57HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. WHO IS IT HERE? YOU NEED JESUS. YOU
- 2:27:02NEED TO COME DOWN AND MAKE THAT DECISION. OR MAYBE YOU'VE FALLEN
- 2:27:05AWAY FROM HIM. YOU NEED TO RECOMMIT YOUR LIFE. DON'T LET
- 2:27:09THIS OPPORTUNITY GO BY. I'M WAITING FOR JUST ANOTHER MOMENT.
- 2:27:17IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN HERE. IF YOU'RE
- 2:27:22WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU NEED JESUS, YOU CAN ACCEPT HIM
- 2:27:26RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. LET'S DO
- 2:27:30THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER AS A GROUP. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK
- 2:27:37YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE HE WENT TO THE CROSS. HE DIED
- 2:27:43FOR ME. HE WAS BURIED, AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY.
- 2:27:50JESUS, I WANT YOU TO BECOME THE LORD OF MY LIFE. I WANT TO SERVE
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