(MUSIC)
(ROARING)
(MUSIC)
- COME ON, CHURCH. GET UP ON YOUR FEET, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME
PRAISE THIS MORNING. WHOA OH OH OH.
- HALLELUJAH.
- PRAISE YOU. HALLELUJAH, LORD WE WORSHIP YOU. WE BLESS YOU.
COME ON. LET'S LIFT UP OUR VOICES AND JUST WORSHIP GOD. WE
WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU.
- THANK YOU JESUS.
- YOU ARE OUR GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU.
- OH YES LORD.
- AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE, YOUR MERCY. WE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR HELP. AND WE BLESS YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU TODAY.
- YES, LORD JESUS. - AND MOST OF ALL, WE TRUST YOU.
- IF YOU TRUST THE LORD, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOU TRUST THE LORD. THAT'S GOOD. I'M
GOING TO LOOK OVER AT EVERYBODY NOW. THIS WAS THE SECTION LAST
WEEK, REMEMBER? ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ALIVE AND WELL?
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- HEY, THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I MUST HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM
HERE GO OVER THERE. NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M ONLY, I'M ONLY KIDDING.
NO I'M KIDDING. SO HOW'S THIS SECTION?
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- HERE, HOW ABOUT HERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- UP THERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- ALL RIGHT, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS. WE NEVER DID THE WAVE.
DUDE, START IT. READY? RIGHT HERE. LET'S GO. HERE WE GO. ALL
RIGHT. WHY NOT? - THAT WAS FUN!
- EXCEPT IT DIED OUT UP THERE. WHAT IS WITH THAT? SO, HEY, IT'S
A GOOD WAY TO GET YOU TO LIFT YOUR HANDS, RIGHT, BEFORE THE
LORD. SO THERE YOU GO. BUT ANYWAY...
- THAT'S FUN.
- ARE YOU ALL ENJOYING THE HEAT? HOW ABOUT YOU, BRENDA?
- NO, NO.
- NO, NO. I WAS GOING TO GO TO
THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TODAY...
- ... THAN LIKE THE WHITE BLIZZARD OR SOMETHING.
- I HEAR YOU.
- I THINK SO. - BUT THERE'S, LISTEN, I WAS
GOING TO GO TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
TODAY, AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GOING. THERE'S
NO BETTER PLACE THAN YOUR SOFA, RIGHT?
- WE ALL HAVE THE BIG OLD FLAT SCREEN TVS, WHY GO
ANYWHERE? YOU CAN JUST WATCH THE WHOLE WORLD.
- BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE AT MY HOUSE? MY OWN CONCESSION PERSON
THAT COMES, AND... NOTHING I'M ONLY MESSING...
- I KNOW HOW TO FLING A BAG OF POTATO CHIPS.
- NO, THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, THROWS IT TO ME ACROSS THE ROOM, AND I
HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE CHAIR AND PICK IT UP. THAT'S OKAY.
- I'M GOOD, NO, I'M A BETTER TARGET THAN THAT.
- I'M ONLY TEASING YOU. ALL RIGHT. OH, WHERE DO I GO FROM
HERE? I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. WE'RE SO HONORED THAT
YOU JOINED US TODAY. AND I KNOW, I CAN HEAR YOU,
YOU'RE ALREADY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP WITH
WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WITH CERTAIN...
- HAMMERS.
- HAMMERS. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, TERRY WAS TELLING
ME, FROM "THE PROPHETIC PULSE", HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ABLE TO
WATCH THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PLEASE GO
BACK AND WATCH "THE PROPHETIC PULSE." WE ACTUALLY WENT A
LITTLE BIT LONGER ON WEDNESDAY WHERE WE DO TALK ABOUT ISRAEL,
IRAN, WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2008, 11. BUT THERE WAS ONE
PROPHETIC WORD WHERE THE LORD SAID HE WAS GOING TO STRIKE AT
IRAN. HE WAS GOING TO HAMMER IT. AND THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE
OPERATION LAST NIGHT, IT WAS "OPERATION HAMMER". SO I THOUGHT
THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR JUST A
FEW MINUTES IS I'M GOING TO DO KIND OF A MINI PULSE LIKE WE DID
LAST WEEK. I'LL SHARE, JUST A REMINDER, MAYBE SOME OF YOU
DIDN'T SEE IT. MAYBE SOME OF YOU FORGOT. BUT I WILL MENTION
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER ON WHERE YOU CAN GO
OUT AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE PROPHETIC WORDS TO
ENCOURAGE YOU AND, AND JUST WORSHIP GOD AND THANK
HIM THAT HE IS SPEAKING TO US. ALL RIGHT. LISTEN...
- BUT I WILL SAY, BEFORE WE GET TO THE MESSAGE, I THINK SOME OF
THE PROPHETIC WORDS THAT YOU WERE READING THIS MORNING TO ME,
THEY MAKE EVEN MORE SENSE NOW BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST
NIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TIME TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THAT AND RECAP IT. AND IT IS JUST JAW DROPPING WHAT
GOD WAS SAYING. THAT GOD TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE WITH US WHAT
HE WAS GOING TO DO. AND I JUST THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE.
- AMEN. ESPECIALLY IN TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF
GOING, "OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON?" BUT AGAIN, IT'S WHERE YOU GET
YOUR NEWS FROM. WE GOT TO GET IT FROM THE THRONE.
BEST OF ALL, ISN'T IT? - ABSOLUTELY.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, MAMA, REAL QUICK. YOU'RE GOING TO
PREACH, I GUESS IT'S PART TWO. - PART TWO.
- AND YOU WERE TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE PREACHING
ON, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A BOOK.
- YEAH, WELL. WELL, MAYBE, LET'S JUST
SEE HOW IT ALL COMES OUT FIRST.
- ALRIGHT, SO TELL US WHAT IT IS.
- YEAH, SO WE'RE CONTINUING A THREE PART SERIES ON THE TRUTH
ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DOES
ADVERSITY HAPPEN? YOU COULD SAY, WHY DO BAD THINGS SOMETIMES
HAPPEN WITH SEEMINGLY GOOD PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THESE. WE WENT THROUGH THE BOOK OF JOB LAST WEEK. WE'LL RECAP A
LITTLE OF THAT. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME
REASONS THAT ADVERSITY COMES. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE THIS
WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AND JUST KIND OF PICK OUR WAY THROUGH IT. I
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD AND VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I THINK
IT'S GOING TO HELP ALL OF US NAVIGATE NOT ONLY THINGS
WE GO THROUGH, BUT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE
GO THROUGH IT CORRECTLY AND BE A SUPPORTER.
- I'M EXCITED. DO YOU KNOW WHO MY FAVORITE PREACHER IS?
- I CAN'T GUESS. - YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I'M EXCITED. OKAY, WELL, LET'S WORSHIP THE LORD.
- ALL RIGHT. LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, SAY
THESE WORDS. SAY "LORD JESUS. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY IN
THE HOUSE OF GOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE.
I'M GOING TO BE RECEPTIVE. AND I ASK YOU, LORD, MOVE ON OUR LIVES
AND UPON EVERYONE WATCHING IN THIS SERVICE TODAY." NOW, IF YOU
BELIEVE IT, THEN LET'S RAISE THOSE HANDS AND SHOUT AND
WORSHIP THE LORD TOGETHER IN JESUS NAME.
- COME ON CHURCH! NO MATTER THE SITUATION, WE PRAISE HIS NAME.
AMEN? HERE WE GO. LET EVERYTHING...
- I CAN HEAR...
- OH OH OH. YEAH.
- OHHH, WE WILL PRAISE, WE WILL PRAISE. YEAHHH!
- WE WATCH THE HEAVINESS RUN AWAY.
- PUT ON THE GARMENT OF PRAISE. WATCH THE HEAVINESS...
- OH, WE LOVE TO LIFT YOU UP, LORD. WE LOVE TO GIVE YOU GLORY.
LOVE TO LIFT UP YOUR NAME. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.
YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.
THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD.
YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER
WORKING GOD. THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. BECAUSE
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN DEFEATED. YOU'VE NEVER BEEN
DEFEATED. YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD.
(MUSIC)
- YOU ARE. YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU
ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. HOLY AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. HOLY
AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. YOU ARE. EL SHADDAI, YOU ARE.
YAHWEH, YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD. YOU ARE THE LORD
OUR GOD. SO MAGNIFICENT, YOU ARE. SO BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE. I
STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE. STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE.
STAND IN AWE. AND I STAND ON THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION. YOU HIDE
ME IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. YOU
HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. AND ONLY WITH MY EYES
WILL I SEE THE REWARD OF THOSE WHO DON'T SEEK YOU. ONLY WITH MY
EYES WILL I SEE. CAUSE YOU HIDE ME. YOU HIDE ME. YOU SURROUND
ME. YOU SURROUND ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME.
YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME.
YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME. MY GOD, YOU'RE AROUND ME.
I'M HIDING IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME.
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME.
- WELL LET'S LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND WORSHIP HIM. OH, JESUS, WE
WORSHIP YOU, LORD OF HOSTS. CAPTAIN OF THE HOSTS, WE HONOR
YOU. YOU SURROUND US WITH THE SHIELD. YOU BRING PRESERVATION
UPON US. WE ARE PRESERVED BY THE POWER OF YOUR HAND. WE'RE
PRESERVED, COMING IN AND GOING OUT, AND IN BETWEEN. WE'RE
PRESERVED FROM ALL EVIL. OH, SPIRIT OF GOD! LET THERE BE A
RESTRAINT UPON OUR ENEMIES. THAT THOSE THAT SEEK TO RISE AGAINST
US, AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE, AGAINST THIS NATION, AGAINST ISRAEL. YOU
GO BEFORE US. YOU GO BEHIND US. YOU ARE THE RESTRAINING FORCE.
YOU ARE THE GOD OF PRESERVATION. PROTECT OUR CITIES. PROTECT OUR
HOMES. PROTECT OUR NATION. PROTECT JERUSALEM. ISRAEL, WE
SPEAK FOR YOUR PEACE. PRINCE OF PEACE. GO BEFORE US. GO BEHIND
US. RELEASE YOUR HOSTS. THANK YOU GOD. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US.
YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US. COME ON, KEEP PLAYING THAT AND I HEAR IT.
COME ON. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRIT REALM RIGHT NOW.
COME ON. THINGS MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW OF. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS
MOVING. THERE'S A RESTRAINING AGAINST THAT WHICH COMES TO
STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. AND I DO NOT JUST SPEAK OF THE
NATIONS, I SPEAK OF YOUR HOMES, YOUR LIFE. COME ON. COME ON,
KEEP PLAYING IT ON THE DRUMS. LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND,
LET THE SOUND. LET THE SOUND.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
LET IT GO OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S DELIVERANCE. LET IT GO
OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S RESTRAINT. LET IT GO OUT, THE
ARROW OF THE LORD'S SCATTERING. SCATTERING AND SHATTERING HIS
ENEMIES. LET THE ARROWS. LET IT GO OUT, MIGHTY GOD.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
LET IT GO OUT. LET IT GO OUT.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "THAT YOU ARE
STANDING IN THE NEW? SOME OF YOU, YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TO THE
PLOW AND YOU LOOK BACK. BUT I SAY YOU ARE STANDING IN THE NEW.
THIS IS THE NEW SEASON OF MY EVENTS. OF MY PROCLAMATIONS, MY
DECREE, MY AGENDAS THAT GO FORTH IN THE EARTH. AND I AM BRINGING
A NEW UNITED STATES BEFORE YOU. AND THIS THAT I'M DOING IN YOUR
NATION, IT IS A GREAT WORK. IT'S WHY THEY SAY AMONG YOUR LAND,
'MAKING AMERICA GREAT'. THIS IS MY PLAN. MY ENDEAVOR. THIS IS MY
WILL. AND THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. AS ENEMIES OF DARKNESS
ARE BEING CONSTRAINED. ANNIHILATED. DISMANTLED.
DETHRONED. AND THEY ARE BEING DISPLACED. YOU WILL SEE IN THE
SEASON OF THE NEW, I STAND UPON THE MIDDLE EAST. AND I STAND
THERE TO TEAR DOWN A WALL. I DID IT IN THE DAYS OF RONALD REAGAN.
I AM TEARING ISLAM AND ITS VEIL AND STRONGHOLD. YESHUA, HE
ARISES IN THE LAND, IN THE EARTH, IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE
STANDS UPON THE VERY SOIL OF IRAN. IN THIS SEASON OF THE NEW,
YOU WATCH WHAT SHALL ARISE. THERE IS A LIBERTY, AND THERE IS
A FREEDOM THAT IS COMING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND IT IS COMING TO
THE NATION OF IRAN," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "AND THIS LIBERTY
THAT YOU SEE AND YOU SHALL SEE WITH YOUR EYES SHALL LIBERATE
THE WOMEN, THE VEILS REMOVED, AND THEY SHALL BE GIVEN PLACES
TO SPEAK, TO HAVE INFLUENCE, EVEN AUTHORITY THAT SHALL SHOCK
THE EARTH. BUT THIS IS MY SEASON OF THE NEW, AND THERE SHALL BE A
LIBERTY THAT SHALL ARISE IN IRAN, THAT SHALL BRING NEW FACES
OF THOSE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING IN SECRET. THAT WERE
CLOTHED WITH UNIFORMS OF THE IRANIAN REGIME. BUT THEY WERE
NOT SATISFIED. AND THEY INVITED AND ALLOWED OTHERS TO COME IN TO
CREATE A SCENARIO, A PLAN THAT YOU ARE SEEING WITH YOUR EYES.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE NEWS, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WHAT HAS BEEN
THE WORK OF MY HANDS, COOPERATING AND WORKING AMONG
THOSE IN MILITARY UNIFORM, HIGH PLACES, SCIENTISTS, TO CREATE A
PLAN THAT WILL CAUSE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM TO NOT JUST ARISE IN
IRAN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. AND THERE SHALL BE
GATHERINGS AND CELEBRATION THAT YOU WILL SEE WITH YOUR EYES,
THAT BY THE MASSES THEY WILL GATHER ALL ACROSS THE IRAN, AND
THEY WILL CRY, AND THEY WILL WEEP, AND THEY WILL LAUGH AND
THEY WILL SING. BUT THERE WILL BE A SOUND THAT YOU WILL HEAR.
BECAUSE I HAVE SAID, WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS
LIBERTY. THIS IS MY SPIRIT MOVING. THEREFORE PAY ATTENTION.
YESHUA! YESHUA! AND THAT WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGROUND AND HIDDEN
AWAY AND PERSECUTED IN IRAN AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SHALL COME
IN THE LIBERTY OF THE SPIRIT THAT SHALL ARISE. AND FOR A
SEASON, FOR A SEASON, MY PEOPLE SHALL HAVE A LIBERTY AND FREEDOM
TO WORSHIP YESHUA OPENLY, PUBLICLY, AND TO BUILD AND TO
PLANT. BECAUSE THE VEIL AND THE SHACKLES ARE BEING BROKEN. AND
THIS OF THE NEW THAT I SPEAK OF WILL CAUSE A NEW CANAL TO BE
FORMED, AGREED UPON, AND THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL JOIN TOGETHER
AND SAY, 'THIS BRINGS GREATER TRADE ROUTES.' 'WHAT IS THIS
THAT ARISES IN THE EARTH AT THIS TIME?' IT IS TO SHOW THE EARTH.
THIS IS MY TIME, OF MY RESET, MY GLORY AND MY WAY. AND THIS NEWS
SHALL SPILL OVER AMONG THE NATIONS. CANADA, I'M COMING FOR
YOU", SAYS THE LORD. "UKRAINE, YOUR FOOL SHALL BE DISPLACED AND
REMOVED. THE NEWS SHALL ARISE AMONG RUSSIA AND ITS LEADER, AND
THERE SHALL BE A GREATER EXPRESSION IN FREEDOM OF CHRIST
AND IT'S SOUNDS. AND THEN PAY ATTENTION. NORTH KOREA, YOUR
DAYS ARE NUMBERED. I WILL SHAKE YOU AS I HAVE SHAKEN IRAN, AND I
WILL LOOSE YOU FROM YOUR PIG, AND I WILL CAUSE HIM TO SQUEAL.
BUT HE HAS MY FINGERS IN HIS NOSTRIL, AND HE WILL BOW. AND A
UNITY WILL ARISE AS A VEIL AND A WALL THAT I'M COMING FOR. IT
SHALL BE TORN DOWN OVER ASIA, OVER NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA,"
SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND? DO NOT TALK WAR
UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MY WAR. THIS IS THE CAPTAIN
OF THE HOST THAT STANDS IN THE EARTH TO RESET IT AND BRING THE
NEW SEASON AGAIN," SAYS THE LORD. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR
VOICE AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM.
- ...YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF
JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE.
YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH,
YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA...
- COME ON. JUST SAY HIS NAME. YESHUA. YESHUA. COME ON. THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE
AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP YESHUA. YESHUA. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE
WORSHIP YOU. YESHUA. THANK YOU GOD. I WANT YOU TO SAY, "LORD,
BLESS ME. KEEP ME. LET YOUR FACE SHINE DOWN UPON ME AND GIVE ME
PEACE. I RECEIVE YOUR TOUCH OVER MY LIFE TODAY. I RECEIVE
PRESERVATION, PROTECTION OVER MY LIFE, MY LOVED
ONES, MY CITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NATION."
NOW GIVE HIM ONE MORE SHOUT OF PRAISE.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS, WE'RE
GOING TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY. I WANT YOU TO BE SEATED. I'M NOT
GOING TO SHARE ALL THE PROPHECIES, BUT I AM GOING TO, I
JUST FEEL... I FEEL IN MY HEART I NEED TO JUST SHARE A COUPLE.
MAY I HAVE MY, THANK YOU, SON. MAN, THE ANOINTING IS SO HEAVY.
I'M KIND OF, A LITTLE RATTLED, SORRY. I AM TRYING. OKAY. I
DON'T WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION. THANK YOU LORD. ALL RIGHT. ALL
RIGHT, LET'S UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME ENCOURAGEMENT REAL
QUICK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAMA HAS ENOUGH TIME. PLUS, WE
HAVE VBS, THEY'RE GOING TO SING A SONG, AND WE LOVE OUR
CHILDREN. SO, ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? OKAY, I WANT TO GO TO
SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. IS MY GLASSES AROUND HERE? YEAH, THEY
ARE. OKAY. I WANT TO GO TO SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. I WANT TO READ YOU
THIS ONE. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE THAT KIND
OF SAYS IT WITHOUT HAVING TO READ ALL THE OTHER ONES. "DO NOT
BE MOVED." THIS IS JANUARY 21ST OF 2024. "DO NOT BE MOVED. FOR
AS MUCH AS THE TENSIONS SHALL ARISE BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF
FEAR OF YOUR ENEMIES, LOOK BEYOND IT." HOW MANY KNOW, GOD'S
SAYING, "LOOK BEYOND IT. GREATER SHALL BE THE CELEBRATION, THE
VINDICATION, THE JUSTICE THAT SHALL ARISE IN THE EARTH, THAT
SHALL BRING SWIFT REGIME CHANGES TO THE TYRANTS OF THE EARTH, AND
SHALL CALM WAR IN AREAS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT FOR JUST A
SEASON. BUT IT SHALL BE MY SEASON TO RESET THE EARTH, AND
TO BRING REVERSALS THAT I'LL SHOW THE EARTH WHO IS IN CHARGE.
AND I'LL CAUSE THERE TO BE A GREAT, GREAT REWARD TO THOSE WHO
STOOD WOUNDED IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE. YOU SHALL RECEIVE
YOUR SPOIL AND YOUR CHILDREN AND GENERATIONS TO COME, SAYS THE
LIVING GOD." THEN I WANT US TO GO TO, IF WE COULD, I WANT US TO
GO TO, LET'S SEE, LET'S GO TO SLIDE 24. I THINK THAT'S A,
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO SHOW VERY QUICKLY. SLIDE 24.
DO THEY HAVE IT UP? OKAY, I'LL JUST READ IT HERE. IT SAYS "DO
NOT BE AFRAID OF IRAN. MAY 26TH, 2019. FOR THEY WILL SEEK AND
THEY WILL BE A CONFRONTATION..." THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
"UNITED STATES - ISRAEL." NOTICE THOSE TWO NATIONS ARE THERE,
OBVIOUSLY. "THEY SAY THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST OF WARS. IRAN,
YOU SPEAK WITH SUCH PRIDE, YET IRAN, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE
GREAT I AM AND SO THERE'LL BE A SHAKING OF YOUR SOIL..." HOW
MANY OF YOU JUST HEARD THEY HAD A FIVE POINT SOMETHING
EARTHQUAKE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. "AND THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO
THE EARTH OF WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE. WHO CAN BREAK THE POWER
OF MEN'S LEGS," THAT'S THEIR ARMY, "THEIR WEAPONRY," COME ON,
"THEIR ARMORY." THEIR NUCLEAR, RIGHT? "DO I FEAR THOSE? I AM
THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST, SAYS THE LORD, AND I'LL STAND BETWEEN
THE ENDEAVORS OF IRAN TO STRIKE YOU, UNITED STATES, WITH TERROR
AND TO BRING YOU INTO GREAT CONFLICT." SO GOD IS SAYING THAT
HE'S GOING TO STAND. LET'S LOOK AT SLIDE 33. AND THIS ONE IS
VERY POWERFUL AS WELL. DO THEY HAVE IT UP THERE, TELL ME IF
YOU... OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO READ THE RED, "AND
GOD SAYS, I SAY TO YOU, I RAN. YOU WILL TRY AND THERE WILL BE
THAT WHICH WILL BE SEEN IN THE AIR. BUT I'LL STRIKE DOWN THE
ATTEMPTS THAT WILL BE PUT IN YOUR PLACE, THAT YOU'LL BE PUT
IN YOUR PLACE." SO WHO'S DOING THE STRIKING? OKAY. AND GOD DOES
MANIFEST THINGS THROUGH THE NATURAL. "AND YOU WILL BE
EMBARRASSED AND THIS WILL LEAD TO A GREAT UPRISING WITHIN YOUR
NATION, IRAN. THAT WILL CAUSE A REGIME CHANGE THAT THE EARTH
WILL SEE AND BEHOLD THAT GOD IS THE GOD OF THE KINGS OF THE
EARTH. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?" SO HOW
MANY KNOW GOD IS TRYING TO SET SOME THINGS IN ORDER? NOW I WANT
TO SHOW YOU THIS, SLIDE 34. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THESE
WERE FROM 2011. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO
BE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE THIS WAS 2011. WE HAVE TO REMIND
OURSELVES, THE PODCASTERS, THAT IN DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE OUT
THERE, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE HELPING YOU, BUT THERE ARE SOME
THAT AREN'T. YOU NEED TO BE VERY WISE IN WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING
TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S NOT THEIR
JOB, BUT... THIS IS SLIDE 34. MAY 4TH, 2011, "GOD SAYS THE
PRINCE OF PERSIA IS SHAKING AND TREMBLING, BUT KNOW THAT THE
SAME ANGEL THAT HAS DEALT IN THE DAYS OF DANIEL HAS DEALT WITH
THE PRINCE OF PERSIA, AND HAS BROUGHT A VICTORY FOR AMERICA.
BUT GOD SAYS, THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA," YOU COULD READ THIS IN
DANIEL 10, "IS NOW RAISING HIS HEAD AND INFLICTING PUNISHMENT
UPON MY PEOPLE, EVEN IN THE LAND OF THE EAST. WATCH THE
SURROUNDING AREAS OF ISRAEL AND WATCH THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF
THE EAST." NOW WATCH WHAT HE SAYS. "WATCH LIBYA, WATCH IRAN
AND WATCH SYRIA FOR GRECIA," THIS IS THE DEMON "HAS SAID WE
OWN THESE TERRITORIES, BARAN." I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT IS
ANCIENT TERRITORIES OF THE EMPIRE OF GRECIA. "BUT THE
SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS, EVEN AS THE ANGEL HAS COME IN THE DAYS OF
DANIEL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF A MAN, TONIGHT HIS VOICE, THE
VOICE OF A MAN, THE VOICE OF A TRUMPET GOES FORTH. AND ONCE
AGAIN, MY ANGELS, MY HOSTS, LISTEN FOR THE WORDS TO DEAL NOW
WITH THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA, EVEN AS PERSIA HAS BEEN DEALT WITH.
SO IT IS THAT THESE NATIONS SHALL BEGIN TO ERUPT, AND THERE
WILL QUICKLY BE REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, WITH
ONE WHOSE HEAD WAS TOPPLED, GOD SAYS IT SHALL TAKE PLACE..."
NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS FIRST LIBYA, "I WILL CUT HIM OFF AT HIS FEET.
I'LL BREAK HIS POWER. I'LL TAKE HIM FROM HIS NOSTRILS AND HE'LL
BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LIBYA." THIS ACTUALLY
HAPPENED. YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. ALMOST
SIX MONTHS LATER, MUAMMAR GADDAFI, THE LEADER OF LIBYA,
WAS DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS. OKAY, SO THAT PROPHECY WAS
FULFILLED SIX, ALMOST SIX MONTHS LATER. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE.
SAME PROPHECY. "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAYS, WATCH SYRIA, FOR
HE SHALL FLEE." THAT HAPPENED 13 YEARS LATER WHEN ASSAD, 40 YEAR
REGIME, SUDDENLY FLED. NOW GOD'S SAYING "PAY ATTENTION." NOTICE
THE NEXT ONE. "IRAN THEY SHALL MARCH QUICKLY UPON THE PARK AND
QUICKLY UPON THE STREETS..." WE SHOW THAT ON "THE PROPHETIC
PULSE" THERE WAS THIS UPRISING IN THE PARKS AND UPON THE
STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. "THEY'LL SHAKE THEIR FISTS AND THEY'LL
SAY 'WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER NATIONS WE MUST NOW HAVE IN
IRAN'." HOW MANY OF YOU JUST SAW THESE, THESE UPRISINGS? THEY'RE
SAYING, "WE WANT LIBERTY!" "GOD SAYS, WATCH, I'M GOING TO GIVE
YOU A SIGN. THERE WILL BE CAPTURES, ASSASSINATIONS,
REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AND THERE'LL BE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WANTED BY
THE GOVERNMENT WHO WILL SUDDENLY, AS YOU HAVE SEEN,
SURRENDER. OTHERS WILL BE TAKEN OUT. LEADERS AND NATIONS SHALL
BE TOPPLED. AND THIS IS A SIGN. AS PERSIA HAS BEEN SHAKEN, SO
SHALL THE PRINCE OF GRECIA. FOR THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN HAVE COME
FOR YOUR WORDS, LIKE ARROWS THAT THEY WILL INFLICT DAMAGE UPON
THE FORCES OF DARKNESS." LASTLY, "GOD SAYS, I NEED MY ARMY."
THAT'S YOU AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, "MY WATCHMEN TO
GIVE COMMANDS AT MY COMMAND. I NEED THOSE WHO ARE UTTER THE
VOICE IN THE SPIRIT MYSTERIES THAT I MOVE AND CAUSE A GRACE
AND A PROTECTION TO COME OVER YOU, AMERICA. YOU WILL LIFT UP
YOUR EYES. BEHOLD, AMERICA, I'M BRINGING REDEMPTION. I'M
REDEEMING YOU, AND I'LL PAY BACK WHAT THE ENEMY HAS DONE AND WHAT
THE ENEMY AFFLICTED. AND I PROMISED I WOULD AVENGE THE
BLOOD OF THOSE IN NEW YORK CITY..." THAT'S 9/11. NOW WATCH
THIS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TROUBLE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
RIGHT NOW AND WHAT HE'S DOING, GOD SAID THIS 14 YEARS AGO. "GOD
SAYS, I'LL RAISE UP A VOICE FROM NEW YORK CITY", OKAY, "THAT
SHALL SHAKE THE ECONOMY." SO HE'LL BE PART OF ALL OF THIS.
WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. "AND BRING IT BACK
INTO ORDER THAT WILL CAUSE THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT TO SAY, 'WHAT
IS THIS? WHO IS THIS MAN?'" THEY STILL CAN'T FIGURE HIM OUT. "AND
THEN I'LL RAISE UP A WOMAN TO STAND ALONGSIDE..." SOME PEOPLE,
WHEN THAT WAS PROPHESIED, THOUGHT IT WAS A WOMAN VICE
PRESIDENT, AND OF COURSE THEY WROTE IT WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND THEY CALL YOU FALSE. BUT I THINK THAT WAS MELANIA, WHO IS
HATED. SHE'S BEEN HATED. AND I THINK GOD IS SAYING HE'S, YOU
KNOW, SHE'S STANDING BY, BEING PART OF LIBERTY. HER PARENTS
EVEN IMMIGRATED IN THROUGH NEW YORK. SO RIGHT BY LADY LIBERTY.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY I WANT
TO DO THIS. BRENDA, DO I HAVE ENOUGH TIME? ARE WE GOOD FOR A
MINUTE? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU. WHERE ARE WE
HEADING? WHAT'S NEXT? I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
YOU'RE SEEING WHAT GOD PROPHESIED AHEAD OF TIME. LOOK
AT SLIDE 35A. JUNE 8TH, THIS IS PENTECOST SUNDAY. "STRANGELY,
THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL GATHER, JOIN THE HANDS OF ISRAEL, AND
EVEN IRAN SHALL ACT STRANGE." THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE, FIVE DAYS
BEFORE, THE CONFLICT. AND THEY'LL SAY, "HOW IS IT THAT
THEY COME TO A TABLE AND IT SHALL NOT BE THE TABLE OF
DIPLOMACY THAT IS THE WORK OF MAN'S HANDS, BUT IT IS THE MIGHT
AND THE POWER OF MY SPIRIT, WHO HAS COME AT THIS TIME TO
POSITION THE EARTH, TO SHAKE ISLAM, AND TO SHAKE THAT WHICH
THINKS THAT THEY CAN STAND AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE NO
WALLS LIKE THE WALLS OF JERICHO," WOW, I FORGOT ABOUT
THIS PROPHECY. HE SAID AGAIN TODAY, "FOR THIS IS MY
OUTPOURING AND WHAT I'M DOING AT THIS TIME." MAY 18TH, 2025. "I
SPEAK OF IRAN. I'LL BRING THEM TO THE TABLE." NOTICE THAT'S
WHAT'S IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW. "AND THEY SHALL BE HUMBLED AND
RESTRAINED BEFORE THE EARTH, BUT THEY WILL COMPLY." DID YOU HEAR
WHAT GOD SAID? IN SECRET HE HAD PEOPLE DRESSED IN MILITARY
UNIFORM THAT WERE PART OF PLANNING ALL OF THIS INSIDE
IRAN. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT, OR GOD WOULD HAVE NEVER SAID IT.
"AND THAT WHICH WILL HAPPEN SHALL SPILL OVER AND AN UNUSUAL
ALIGNMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE AMONG THE ARAB NATIONS WHERE THERE HAS
BEEN BATTLES, WARS, UPRISINGS AND UNREST. AND SUDDENLY THEY'LL
JOIN HANDS AND MEN WILL SAY, THIS MUST BE THE PEACE THAT THE
SCRIPTURE SPEAKS OF THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMES. GOD SAYS, WHY
DO YOU LOOK AT MY WORD THROUGH FEAR? CAN THERE BE A PEACE THAT
COMES THAT RESTRAINS FOR A SEASON, THAT THE RESULT IS NOT
DESTRUCTION, BUT RATHER UNIFYING THAT SHALL BRING SOMETHING VERY
UNUSUAL TO THE EARTH MY GLORY." FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART. WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND
WE HONOR YOU, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS GOD. I WANT YOU TO DO
THIS REAL QUICK. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY AROUND YOU.
I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND
SAY, "I BET I KNOW, I BET I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE FOR LUNCH TODAY." ALL RIGHT.
(MUSIC)
- WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING
WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME THIS MORNING. I
ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN
YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND
AT THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE
BLUE GIFT BAG THERE'S A LOT OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE
FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. HAS A PICTURE
OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS
TIME. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE'S SOME
INFORMATION WE WANT TO SEND HOME WITH YOU JUST TO READ OVER IN
YOUR OWN TIME. AND I ALSO WANT TO HAVE YOU FILL OUT THAT BRIGHT
ORANGE "STAY CONNECTED" CARD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND
TEAR IT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN
IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANTED TO SEND
YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING. ALSO, FOR
THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE VIA RUMBLE, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK OR ANY
OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL
LISTED RIGHT THERE. I WANT TO GET YOU TO ONEVOICETV.NET. CLICK
ON THAT. GET CONNECTED WITH US ON ONE VOICE TV BECAUSE THAT IS
OUR STREAMING PLATFORM. YOU CAN GET OUR SERVICES LIVE AND
ARCHIVED, AS WELL AS GET ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT,
ALL LISTED RIGHT THERE. FLASHPOINT'S OUT THERE, GET REAL
WITH HANK, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OF THAT GREAT
CONTENT, SO PLEASE GET OUT TO ONE VOICE TV. WELL, IF
YOU WOULD JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE
AND ONLINE HAND AS PASTOR HANK COMES.
- ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DO WANT TO MENTION WE GOT VBS KIDS GOING TO
SING, AND I WANT TO GIVE PASTOR BRENDA PLENTY OF TIME, BUT IF
YOU DO WANT TO GO OUT TO THOSE PROPHECIES, WE DO HAVE WHAT'S
CALLED "PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVES" THAT I BELIEVE ARE ON
HANKANDBRENDA.ORG. IS THAT CORRECT? AND MATTHEW WAS TALKING
WITH SOMEONE LAST NIGHT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TYPE IN IRAN,
CORRECT? AND IT WOULD COME UP. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD
HAVE THE PROPHECIES. AND THEN I INSTRUCTED TERRY AND PASTOR
ANTHONY, THEY CAN PUT THOSE PROPHECIES OUT SO THAT YOU CAN
READ THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE'LL BE AT FLASHPOINT TOMORROW
AND TUESDAY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WEDNESDAY WE HAVE
DINNER. IS THAT RIGHT, HERE? AND "OUR HEART TO YOUR HOME". IT'S
GOING TO, IT'S WHAT? IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. WE ARE, WE FOUND SOME
FROM 2008, JUST LIKE THE PROPHECIES. AND SO, WE'RE GOING
TO PROPHESY TO IT AND CAST OUT THE FOUL SPIRIT. AND IT'LL BE,
IT'LL BE AWESOME. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU TO
REGISTER FOR OTH. OUR NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO CLIMB AGAIN, AND
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY HEART. I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO BE UNIFIED. IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN
I HAD MENTIONED THAT THE NUMBERS WERE DOWN. OF COURSE, THE
LIBERAL MEDIA TOOK THAT AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE FAILING EACH
OTHER IN GOD AND THEY MOCKED US, BUT LET'S STAND STRONG. WE DON'T
REALLY CARE WHAT THEY THINK AND SAY. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS,
THEY LIE. WE'RE PEOPLE OF TRUTH. LET'S GATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF
TRUTH. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO PRAY ABOUT. GOD SAID THERE'S
A LOT OF WEIGHTY MATTERS THAT ARE BEFORE US, AND WE HAVE TO
PRAY. SO, I'M ASKING YOU, REGISTER TODAY. LET'S GET THERE
TO OTH. THE INFORMATION IS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S ALL THE THE
SPEAKERS AND SUCH. AND THEN LASTLY WE ALSO HAVE A MEDIA
SEMINAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON FRIDAY. IT IS FREE.
IT'S ONLY IN PERSON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN COME TO
THAT. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU REALLY HOW TO DO MEDIA RIGHT. IF
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PODCAST, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, ALL OF THAT. SO
THE INFORMATION IS THERE. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT
INTO OFFERING. ALL RIGHT? SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN
OFFERING SCRIPTURE, IT'S MARK 12... WELL THEY'LL PUT IT UP I
THINK IT'S VERSE 30. IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO PREPARE
YOUR OFFERING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND I WANT TO JUST SHOW
YOU A SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS, "THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH
ALL THY HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. AND THIS IS THE FIRST
COMMANDMENT." NOW NOTICE THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS YOU ARE TO
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU DO YOURSELF. NOW YOU SAY, "WELL,
PASTOR HANK, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH AN OFFERING?" WELL,
IF WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THAT COMMANDMENT TO LOVE GOD AND TO
LOVE PEOPLE, THEN THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS THAT WE
WANT TO GIVE AS AN ACT OF OUR WORSHIP TO GOD. AND THAT'S WHAT
YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE. WHENEVER MEN GAVE AN OFFERING, THEY
ALWAYS BROUGHT WORSHIP. THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT AN OFFERING AND
PRESENTED IT TO GOD. AND WHEN I TITHE, I DON'T JUST THROW IT
INTO THE OFFERING BASKET OR I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I SAY,
"GOD, IT IS MY HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. IT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO
TO GIVE YOU 10% OF MY INCOME. BUT GOD, I AM TRYING VERY HARD
TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE. I WANT TO HONOR YOU WITH MY LIFE
AND GOD, YOU KEEP BLESSING ME SO MUCH AND I WANT TO HONOR YOU
WITH WHAT YOU GIVE ME." BUT THEN MY PRAYER ALWAYS IS, "LORD, I
WANT TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS." AGAIN, THAT'S THE
SECOND COMMANDMENT, TO LOVE OTHERS AS YOU DO YOURSELF. AND
REALLY, THAT IS THE HEART OF A GIVER. BECAUSE JESUS SAID IN
MATTHEW 6:21 REGARDING LOVE, AND WE'RE TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR
HEART. HE SAID, "WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE'S WHERE YOUR
HEART'S GOING TO BE." WELL, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE PEOPLE REALLY,
WHERE THEIR HEART IS, WHERE THEIR PASSION IS. IT'S REFLECTED
A LOT OF TIMES IN WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO SPEND MONEY ON. AND
I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO GOD, "GOD, I DON'T EVER WANT TO BE A MAN..."
BECAUSE I LOVE TRAINS. AND BOY, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I
DON'T LET BRENDA KNOW VERY OFTEN HOW MUCH I SPEND ON THEM, BUT,
BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT'S
RIDICULOUS FOR A TRAIN, RIGHT? BUT I ALWAYS SAY TO GOD, "GOD, I
NEVER WANT ANYTHING IN THE EARTH THAT I GIVE MORE MONEY TO THAN
YOU." I WANT GOD TO BE MY GREATEST GIFT OF SUBSTANCE THAT
I GIVE TO HIM IN MY HONOR AND MY LOVE TO HIM. WELL, HOW DO I DO
THAT? THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS I GIVE SO I CAN BE A BLESSING TO
OTHERS, RIGHT? HELP BUILD THIS CHURCH. HELP EXPAND THE KINGDOM,
RIGHT? WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE OTHERS. BUT
ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS IS WE CAN SHOW GOD WHEN WE'RE WILLING
TO RELEASE OUR TREASURE, OUR STUFF, AS AN ACT OF LOVE AND
HONOR. AMEN? ALRIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT UP. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING.
THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE, ENVELOPE, WEBSITE,
MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, MAILING. THERE'S A QR CODE.
THANK YOU ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
PROJECTS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING. A
COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE COMING THAT WE'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT. I
JUST CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF JUST, YOU
KNOW, PRAYING THINGS THROUGH MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED. GOD IS CONTINUING TO
EXPAND. AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT. SO WHEN WE COME WITH INFORMATION AND A COUPLE
SURPRISES, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE AGAIN, AREN'T WE?
UH OH, THAT WAS VERY ALL RIGHT, OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND TO
YOUR FEET IF WE COULD. I WANT YOU TO HOLD YOUR OFFERING, YOUR
PHONE OR WHATEVER. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. ALL
RIGHT, PUT YOUR FORK DOWN AND LET THAT SYRUP SOAK SOME MORE IN
YOUR WAFFLE. YOU KNOW I'M MESSING WITH YOU. YOU KNOW I
LOVE YOU. BY THE WAY, I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. ALSO YOU THAT ARE
IN THIS ROOM, BRENDA AND I, WE PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. AND I
PRAY THAT YOU'RE FEELING THOSE PRAYERS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO
LOVE YOU. AND IT'S OUR HONOR. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THIS. THE
GREATEST THING IS TO LOVE GOD, BUT THE GREATEST THING IS TO
LOVE PEOPLE. AND THERE'S NO GREATER PURPOSE OF MINISTRY THAN
TO LOVE GOD, AND TO MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO BE A
BLESSING TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO YOU ARE THAT TO US AND WE JUST
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, CONGREGATION, YOU'RE FAITHFUL TO
COME. YOU COULD CHOOSE TO WATCH ONLINE, BUT YOU GET HERE IN
PERSON AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. WELL, FATHER, I DO PRAY FOR EVERY
PERSON THAT IS GIVING THEIR TREASURE, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE
DOING, LORD, IS THEY'RE CONNECTING THEIR HEART. AND I
ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM. I ASK THAT THOSE THAT ARE BEING
OBEDIENT, LORD, TO BE FAITHFUL IN THEIR TITHES AND THEIR
OFFERINGS, WE CLAIM TITHER'S RIGHTS. YOU SAID YOU WOULD
REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR THEIR SAKE. YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD
OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT BLESSINGS THEY NOT HAVE
ROOM TO RECEIVE. YOU SAID, LORD GOD, THAT WE WOULD HAVE, IF WE
GIVE, YOU YOURSELF, IN THE BOOK OF LUKE DECLARED THAT YOU WILL
GIVE BACK TO US, AND IT WILL BE WITH GOOD MEASURE AND PRESSED
DOWN, AND, LORD, IT'LL BE SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND EVEN TO THE POINT
OF RUNNING OVER. SO YOU, GOD, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, SHALL GIVE
TO US THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN, SO THAT WE CAN BE BLESSED. BUT
MOST OF ALL, WE CAN HONOR YOU WITH OUR SUBSTANCE. WE CAN HONOR
YOU AND BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
YOU'VE GIVEN TO US, AND WE REMIND YOU IN ALL THAT YOU'VE
LAVISHED US WITH, WITH YOUR LOVE AND BLESSING, THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH YOU. I COULDN'T IMAGINE
LIFE WITHOUT YOU, GOD. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
TODAY. I LOVE YOU DEEPLY. I LOVE YOUR HEART AND I HONOR YOU. AND
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, IN JESUS NAME. AND
EVERYBODY SAID? AMEN. ALRIGHT, PASTOR MATT, YOU'RE GOING TO DO
THE DECREE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LITTLE GUYS SING.
ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOUR JACKET.
- I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. LET'S DECREE THIS TOGETHER. "WE
DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE
INCREASED, EXPANDED AND DEBT-FREE!! WE DECREE IT SHALL
HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE
BUILT UP AND FINISHED! WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES
NEEDED, FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN
ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW! LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO
THE SOWER. AND WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH
HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL
GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL
QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE
DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW! WE DECREE, MINISTRY AND CAMPUS, BE
EXPANDED NOW!" NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
LOOK AT SOMEBODY SAY, "GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS
AMERICA." AMEN? AND AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE
GONNA WELCOME THE KIDS IN, AND TURN YOUR ATTENTION
TO THE SCREENS FOR A SPECIAL VIDEO AS WELL.
(MUSIC)
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- AT VBS, WE LEARN FROM OUR MAP, THE BIBLE, THAT WHEN WE OBEY
GOD, HE HELPS US DO GREAT THINGS. ARGH!
- YEAH. YEAH, LIKE OUR MEMORY VERSE SAYS, "COMMIT
TO THE LORD IN WHATEVER YOU DO AND HE WILL
ESTABLISH YOUR PLANS. PROVERBS 16:3. ARGH!
- EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD OR NOT, WE EXPECT OBEY
GOD'S CALL. EVEN WHEN IT'S THE BEST TREASURE. ARGH!
- NOW, CREW, RAISE YOUR SHIELD AND LET'S PERFORM
OUR VBS SONG TO HELP US REMEMBER WHEN YOU OBEY
GOD, YOUR ADVENTURE WILL NEVER BE DULL.
(MUSIC)
- OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD.
OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE
CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL
HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S
HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY! OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH.
OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY,
OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY
GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY!
OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY,
OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD.
(CONGREGATION CLAPPING)
- ARE THEY DONE? I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO SING
AGAIN. GOOD JOB GUYS, LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A HAND. WAY TO GO! WAY
TO GO! WAY TO GO! OKAY, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. YEAH, I'LL BE
NICER THAN PASTOR HANK. SO YOU GUYS THINK OBEYING YOUR MOM AND
DAD'S... YEAH, OOOO. DO Y'ALL THINK OBEYING MOM AND DAD IS
IMPORTANT? IS THAT IMPORTANT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BY THE WAY, YOU
GUYS ARE WEARING GREAT NAME TAGS ON YOUR BACKS. I LOVE THOSE.
GOOD JOB. BY THE WAY, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE A GREAT BIG SHOUT
TO ALL OF OUR... GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY OUT. GIVE
ME A FIVE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO, LET'S GO. I WANT TO GIVE A GREAT
BIG SHOUT TO ALL OF OUR VBS WORKERS. BY THE WAY, THE
CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES PUT OUT A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE SMALL
ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED SO HARD WITH OUR KIDS. AND I AM SO,
AND I KNOW PASTOR IS AS WELL, SO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF
YOU THAT INVEST. THIS ISN'T JUST A CHURCH ABOUT PROPHETIC AND
PREACHING, WE'RE ABOUT THE WHOLE FAMILY, OUR YOUTH, AND IN FACT,
YOUTH ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO CAMP SOON. WE'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK. BUT, JUST SO MANY AMAZING THINGS. SO THANK
YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES, FOR AN
AMAZING JOB THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO GROW UP OBEYING GOD AS A
RESULT. AMEN? WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GET YOUR BIBLES READY, JUST
BEFORE WE GET COMPLETELY STARTED HERE. I WANT TO, PASTOR HANK,
THIS WAS SITTING UP THERE ON THE SIDE, HAS A BRAND NEW BOOK OUT
CALLED "BREAKING OPEN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP", AND YOU
NEED TO GO OUT THERE, GET A HOLD OF THAT, I THINK THIS IS ALREADY
ON THE WEBSITE. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? SO YOU CAN GO OUT TO
HANKANDBRENDA.ORG AND YOU CAN GO OUT TO WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.
BUT IF YOU COME TO US, IT HELPS THE MINISTRY AND "BREAKING UP
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP" DISCOVERING THE PROPHETIC
PATTERN OF LIVING LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. SO THE SPIRIT FILLED
LIFE IS SO IMPORTANT. LET ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY I'M GOING
TO GIVE IT. ALL RIGHT, COME UP, PASTOR MATT, GRAB THAT AND GIVE
IT TO GRANDMA. HE SAID, "GIVE IT TO GRANDMA." SO THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER
A LITTLE MINI BOOK. NOW TELL ME, RACHEL, WHERE ARE THESE
AVAILABLE AT? CAN WE GET THEM? ARE THESE ON THE WEBSITE, OR
WHERE ARE THESE AT? SO THESE ARE LITTLE MINI BOOKS THAT PASTOR
AND I PUT TOGETHER. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH 242
DISCIPLESHIP, YOU'VE DONE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS IN THERE? THIS
IS STRAIGHT FROM THE DISCIPLESHIP BOOK, "LIFE IN THE
SPIRIT, THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT". SO IF YOU WANT A
GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, LET
ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY. RIGHT THERE I SAW A HAND GO UP IN THE
MIDDLE. ALL RIGHT, DUDE, THAT'S YOURS. PRAISE THE LORD. BUT
WE'LL BE GIVING, AND WE'LL BE GIVING MANY OF THOSE AWAY, SO I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS TO BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE TO HELP YOU
GROW IN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. AND JUST THAT'S WHAT
IT'S ABOUT. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET INTO THE WORD TODAY. I
WANT TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I'M GOING TO GET
THINGS SET UP UP HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR TEACHING
ON THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND I WANT TO DO...
IF YOU DID NOT, YOU WERE NOT HERE LAST WEEK, AND YOU DID NOT
SEE OR HEAR THE MESSAGE FROM LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
BOOK OF JOB AND KIND OF JUST DID A REAL BREAKDOWN ABOUT THAT. AND
I THINK IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL. I THINK
IT WAS NEEDED. AND IT'S NOT A BOOK THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN
CHURCH, MAYBE ALL THAT MUCH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S
OVER 40 CHAPTERS DEDICATED TO A BOOK, WELL, WE SHOULD PAY
ATTENTION THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. AND SO I WANT TO RECAP A
FEW THINGS. IF YOU WERE HERE, THIS WILL JUST BE KIND OF A HIGH
LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE LESSONS THAT WE KIND OF LEARN FROM THE
BOOK OF JOB. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIVE
DIFFERENT REASONS FOR CHRISTIAN ADVERSITY, OR SUFFERING, YOU
MIGHT CALL IT, OR THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. WE'LL GET
THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE TODAY AND THEN THE REST WE'LL FINISH UP
NEXT WEEK. HOW DOES THAT SOUND? BUT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE
THE RECAP. AND THESE ARE SOME, JUST SOME THINGS I WROTE DOWN.
IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, YOU CAN WRITE THEM DOWN. BUT I DO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO STILL GO BACK AND WATCH. NUMBER ONE, THESE ARE
JUST TEN THINGS, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FROM THE BOOK OF JOB,
THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS. THAT,
NUMBER ONE, THE BOOK OF JOB, WATCH THIS, WAS NOT AN
ILLUSTRATION OF GOD PURPOSEFULLY CAUSING PEOPLE TO SUFFER IN
ORDER TO TEACH THEM A LESSON. NOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE PREACHED
IT THAT WAY. THEY'VE USED IT THAT WAY. BUT I PERSONALLY DO
NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK WAS ABOUT. AND THE REASON I
DON'T, AND THAT I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I DO, IS BECAUSE
THIS IS NOT HOW GOD DID THINGS IN THE REST OF THE BIBLE. OKAY?
AND THE BOOK OF JOB IS A VERY ANCIENT BOOK. IT WAS WRITTEN IN
A TIME WHEN THERE WAS THIS REAL WAR BETWEEN GOD AND THE DEVIL
AND MAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE WAS A PROVING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
SATAN WAS CHALLENGING GOD OVER HUMANITY. AND THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT IT WAS. THE BOOK, IT SETS THE PREMISE IN CHAPTER ONE. THE
BOOK WAS A RESPONSE TO SATAN'S CHALLENGE ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
RIGHT? IT WAS MEANT, THE WHOLE BOOK WAS TO REVEAL WHAT IS HUMAN
NATURE GOING TO DO IN A TIME OF CRISIS? WHAT WILL MANKIND DO?
AND THE PROOF WAS, THE CHALLENGE SPECIFICALLY THAT THE DEVIL GAVE
TO GOD, WAS "GOD, UNLESS YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR JOB, UNLESS
YOU KEEP HIM COVERED, HE'LL BLESS YOU IF YOU DO THAT. BUT
THE MINUTE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THAT HE HAS FROM YOUR
HANDOUT, THEN HE'LL CURSE YOU TO THE FACE." AND HOW MANY OF YOU
KNOW THE DEVIL WAS PROVEN COMPLETELY WRONG IN THAT? AND
THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT, IS THAT MAN CAN LOVE GOD AND JUDGE
HIM FAITHFUL DESPITE THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THIS
WAS AN EXAMPLE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT GOD DIDN'T
GIVE JOB ALL THE ANSWERS. BUT I'M SURE JOB, NOW THAT HE'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE IN GLORY, IS LOOKING DOWN AND GOING. WHAT A
BLESSING IT WAS THAT I COULD BE THE EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF HUMANITY
TO KNOW WHAT TO DO DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, AND WHAT NOT TO DO,
RIGHT? THE SECOND THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB,
IT WAS SATAN THAT WAS THE ATTACKER, NOT GOD. AND REMEMBER
THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVIL AS WE
GET INTO SOME OF THIS TOPIC. SO IT WAS SATAN THAT DID THE
ATTACK, NOT GOD. GOD ALLOWED IT. AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. IN FACT,
WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THAT TODAY. THE THIRD ONE IS JOB
SHOWS US THE PATTERN OF HUMAN EMOTIONS DURING HARDSHIP. HOW
MANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE YOU GET ALL KINDS OF RESPONSES WHEN YOU
GO THROUGH THINGS. REMEMBER WE TALKED LAST WEEK. JOB WENT
EVERYWHERE FROM, HE WAS, HE WANTED TO DIE, RIGHT? I MEAN,
SOME OF THE WAY IT WAS WORDED, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS ALMOST
DOWNRIGHT SUICIDAL. THERE WERE PLACES WHERE HE WAS EXHAUSTED.
SOMETIMES HE COMPLAINED. HE ASKED GOD, "WHY? GOD, AREN'T YOU
LISTENING TO ME?" ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TODAY. IT'S A LOT
OF THE SAME EXAMPLES. AND GOD PUT THAT THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE
SO WE COULD SEE ALL OF THOSE. AND I LISTED THOSE IN DETAIL
LAST WEEK. THE FOURTH ONE IS, JOB REVEALS OUR TENDENCY TO
JUDGE, WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING, WE TEND TO JUDGE AND
DRAW MISGUIDED CONCLUSIONS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, AND ABOUT GOD,
DURING TIMES OF SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE WE KNOW
EXPERIENCES ADVERSITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT JOB'S FRIENDS DID.
THEY DREW ALL SORTS OF CONCLUSIONS. NOW THEY HAD A LOT
OF BIBLICAL IDEAS. THAT'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING
HOW MUCH GOOD ADVICE WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE NOT THE ONE
GOING THROUGH IT. YOU'RE NOT THE ONE FACING IT, SURE, IT'S EASY
TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF "WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO..." IT'S THE ONE
THAT'S GOING THROUGH IT. SO WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT, JOB'S
FRIENDS, IT WASN'T THAT THEY WEREN'T BIBLICAL. THEY HAD A LOT
OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS. YOU CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN A LOT
OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS FROM THE BOOK ITSELF. BUT THEY MISAPPLIED IT.
THEY APPLIED IT INCORRECTLY. THEY APPLIED IT WITH HARSHNESS
BECAUSE AT ONE POINT JOB SAYS, "YOU GUYS ARE MEAN. YOU'RE MEAN
SPIRITED. YOU HAVE DRAWN, YOU JUDGED ME UNFAIRLY." AND SO IT
REVEALS, JOB REVEALS, HUMAN TENDENCY TO DRAW MISGUIDED
CONCLUSIONS WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING. THE FIFTH
ONE, JOB WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO AND ALSO HOW NOT TO RESPOND
DURING HARD TIMES. FROM IT WE LEARN THESE THINGS. WE LEARN
THAT WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND OBEY
GOD'S WORD, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. OKAY, YOU
DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT OFF YOUR MOUTHS, CUSS LIKE A
SAILOR, RIGHT? TELL PEOPLE YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF. WE DON'T
HAVE THE RIGHT TO BURST OUT IN ANGER. WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
TO NOW GO SIN BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED. YOU KNOW THAT PERSON
SINNED AND NOW I HAVE A RIGHT. NO YOU DON'T. OKAY, WE'RE STILL
OBEDIENT. WE STILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE RIGHT
THING DESPITE WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US. WE LEARN THAT FROM
THE BOOK OF JOB, BECAUSE GOD DEMANDED THAT OF HIM. WE ALSO
LEARNED FROM JOB THAT OUR MOUTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OFFENDERS
WHEN WE SUFFER ADVERSITY. OKAY, JOB, REMEMBER WHAT HE DID AT THE
END? WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. HE HAD TO PUT HIS HAND ON
HIS MOUTH. AND SO THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC HE HAD. HE SAID, "LORD,
I'VE SPOKEN WRONG." WE ALSO LEARNED FROM JOB THAT DURING A
TRIAL, WE CAN'T SAY WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND ACCUSE GOD
OF BEING UNFAIR. THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC IN THE BOOK, REMEMBER. AND
THAT'S WHAT WE TEND TO DO SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK, "WELL,
GOD, I DID THIS AND I PRAYED AND I GAVE TITHE AND I FASTED AND I
SOUGHT YOU AND GOD, I DID ALL THE THINGS." OR WE SAY THAT
ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. "WELL, GOD, THAT PERSON DID EVERYTHING
RIGHT." WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU DON'T
KNOW THAT. OKAY? WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE BARELY KNOW WHAT WE'D
DO ALL DAY, MUCH LESS OTHER PEOPLE. SO. RIGHT? OKAY, YOU
KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY THINGS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SAID
SOMETHING, LET SOMETHING POP OFF IN YOUR MOUTH. AND SOMEBODY CAME
TO YOU LATER AND SAID, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THAT? AND
THEN YOU SAY, OH, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, YEAH, YOU DID SAY
IT. AND THEY'LL HOLD IT UP AND SAID... YOU KNOW, THOSE
COMMERCIALS WHERE THEY'RE DOING NOW, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE A
DISAGREEMENT AND THEY THROW THE FLAG TO DO THE REPLAY. YOU HAVE
TO WATCH SPORTS TO SEE THAT. AND THE MAN ALWAYS LOSES, PASTOR
SAYS. SEE, I THINK I HAD TO CALL A REPLAY ON THAT. NO, I'M JUST
KIDDING. BUT IT'S TRUE. BUT YOU KNOW, SO BUT HONESTLY, SOMETIMES
WE WANT TO CALL GOD UNFAIR. WELL, THEY DID EVERYTHING
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW. WE HARDLY KNOW
OURSELVES. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO JUDGE
GOD FAITHFUL, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. WE LEARN
ALL THAT FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. THE SIXTH THING FROM JOB, WE
LEARN THAT WE MUST FORGIVE AND PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE DURING
ADVERSE TIMES. BECAUSE WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, ARE YOU
LISTENING TO ME? WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WE CAN EASILY MISTREAT
PEOPLE. OKAY, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THAT'S WHEN
YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO MISHANDLE THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU OR
YOUR CHURCH FAMILY, RIGHT? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT CHURCHES
AND QUIT GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED IN THEIR
LIFE? AND SO THEY GOT UPSET AND YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. SO, NUMBER
SEVEN, AND THIS IS A BIG ONE, WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM JOB THAT GOD
WILL NOT ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE REASON WHY CERTAIN THINGS
HAPPEN. AND YOU KNOW, GOD DOES THAT BECAUSE HE LOVES US. WE
THINK WE WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER SOMETIMES. BUT CAN I BE HONEST
WITH YOU? A LOVING GOD SOMETIMES SAYS, IF I TOLD YOU, YOU WOULD
MELT. YOU WOULDN'T BE PREPARED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. YOU REALLY
THINK JOB WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT WELL IF GOD SAID, "WELL SEE WHAT
HAD HAPPENED WAS I LET THE DEVIL COME AND ATTACK YOU AND KILL ALL
YOUR CHILDREN. I ALLOWED THE DEVIL TO COME AND PUT THOSE
BOILS ON YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO BECOME SICK, BECAUSE I NEEDED TO
SHOW THE DEVIL AND HUMANITY THAT MAN CAN TRUST ME IN HARD TIMES."
HOW WOULD JOB HAVE RECEIVED THAT? HE THOUGHT HE WANTED TO
KNOW THE ANSWER. NOW I'M SURE HE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, HE'S ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF GLORY NOW, AND HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, "MAN,
GOD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE, LETTING ME BE THE EXAMPLE TO
OTHER PEOPLE ON WHAT TO DO IN HARD TIMES, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO
THROUGH IT, THEY CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN WHAT TO DO
AND NOT TO DO." OH, DON'T SHOUT ME DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO
LOOK IN A MIRROR. YOU MIGHT AS WELL, LADIES, PULL OUT YOUR
POCKET MIRROR AND SHINE IT AROUND ON YOUR ROW, BECAUSE
WE'RE ALL GROWING IN THIS TODAY. AMEN. SO GOD WON'T ALWAYS GIVE
YOU A REASON. SOMETIMES HE WILL, SOMETIMES HE MAY DELAY IT.
SOMETIMES HE'LL GIVE YOU A REASON, HE'LL GIVE YOU A PARTIAL
REASON, OR MAYBE NO REASON AT ALL. BUT WE HAVE TO TRUST GOD
THAT IF THE ANSWERS DON'T COME, THAT HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.
AND JOB HAD TO LEARN THAT. NUMBER EIGHT, TO LIKE JOB DID,
WE LEARN THAT EVEN IN HARD TIMES WILL AT TIMES HAVE TO REPENT. OH
BOY. THAT'S THE TIME YOU DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO. "THIS
HAPPENED TO ME, GOD. AND WHAT DO I HAVE TO REPENT OF?" BUT JOB
HAD TO LEARN TO REPENT AND BE TEACHABLE. AND WE MUST ALSO
HUMBLE OURSELVES. AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT JOB'S FRIENDS GOT IN
SO MUCH TROUBLE. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE STANDING THERE AT THE SAME
WHIRLWIND THAT JOB WAS STANDING AT. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND JOB
HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD AND HUMBLED HIMSELF, AND NOT ONE
TIME DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS CHANGING THEIR
POSITION. THEY HARDEN THEMSELVES. AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T
DO THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THE MOST DANGEROUS
THING WE CAN DO IS HARDEN OURSELF TO GOD. I HEARD ONE
PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, "WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING, DON'T RUN
FROM GOD. YOU RUN STRAIGHT TO HIM." HALLELUJAH. AMEN. NUMBER
NINE, WE WILL LEARN THAT GOD WILL SHOW HIMSELF TO YOU
SUPERNATURALLY, JUST LIKE HE DID JOB IN THE WHIRLWIND. THAT IF
YOU'LL STICK WITH GOD AND YOU'LL PURSUE HIM, YOU WILL SEE GOD'S
HAND MOVE IN YOUR SITUATION. IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU WILL
SEE AND HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH A REAL AND A SUPERNATURAL, COME
ON. HE'S STILL THE GOD OF MIRACLES. HE'S STILL THE GOD
THAT PARTS THE RED SEA. COME ON, HE'S STILL THE GOD... IT'S LIKE
SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
GOT PRAYED FOR AND THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A MIRACLE?" WELL, I
WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE ONES THAT DID? I'VE LEARNED
A LONG TIME AGO, I FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT GET THE MIRACLE. I
FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT DO HAPPEN BECAUSE IF YOU FOCUS ON
WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU'LL SEE NOTHING HAPPEN. THE BIBLE SAYS,
JAMES SAYS, THAT "A DOUBLE MINDED PERSON IS UNSTABLE." LET
NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD. SO
IF YOU HAVE A TIME WHERE MAYBE YOU OR SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH
SOMETHING, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY PRAYED OR
SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN, PICK YOURSELF BACK UP AND KEEP ON
GOING. PRESS FOR A MIRACLE THE NEXT TIME. DON'T GIVE UP
BELIEVING THE WORD OF GOD. DON'T THROW THE PROMISES OUT JUST
BECAUSE IT LOOKS A CERTAIN WAY IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE. HOLD ON TO
THE WORD OF GOD AND JUDGE IT TRUE AND JUDGE IT FAITHFUL
REGARDLESS. THE TENTH THAT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, AND THEN I'M
GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE REASONS. THE TENTH THING WE
LEARNED FROM JOB IS GOD, I LOVE THIS ONE, HE ALWAYS RESTORES.
THERE'S ALWAYS A SEASON. TOUCH YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY "YOU KNOW
WHAT, THERE'S A RESTORATION SEASON COMING TO YOU." IT'S
COMING TO YOU. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET INTO
THESE. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE LEARN FROM THE BOOK OF
JOB. AND WE DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT WE CANNOT RATIONALLY ASSESS
THE REASON THAT SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH SOME FORM OF ADVERSITY
OR SUFFERING, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN
LOOK AT SOME REASONS IN SCRIPTURE. THE BIBLE GIVES
GENERAL REASONS WHY SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY HAPPEN. WE'RE
GOING TO DISCUSS FIVE OF THESE. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU CAN POINT AT SOMEBODY AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS YOUR
REASON. I WOULDN'T LABEL IT ON PEOPLE. BUT WHAT I DO IS I LEARN
THE REASON SO A) I CAN AVOID PITFALLS OF THE DEVIL. ALL
RIGHT? AND THEN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN I DO FACE THINGS. OKAY.
JOHN 16 SAYS, JESUS SAID IT, HE SAID, "IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL
SUFFER TRIBULATION." OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK NEXT WEEK ABOUT
THE TRIBULATION OF A FALLEN WORLD. AND I WON'T GET INTO THAT
TODAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BREAK THAT DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHURCH AND SOME DIFFERENT
THINGS. BUT LET'S GET INTO THIS NOW AND TALK ABOUT HOW AND
AGAIN, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT WE ARE CALLED BY GOD IN ALL OF
THESE REASONS THAT SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY COMES. WE ARE CALLED
BY GOD, COMMANDED BY GOD, TAUGHT BY GOD TO APPLY THE BIBLICAL
PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE IN EVERY SITUATION. THE BIBLE IS FILLED
WITH HIS PROMISES OF TRUTH, AND NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WE
ARE STILL CALLED BY GOD TO HOLD ON TO HIS WORD. IF THERE IS
TURMOIL GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, THEN WE'RE COMMANDED TO PULL OUT
THOSE SCRIPTURES ON PEACE AND HOLD ON TO THOSE SCRIPTURES. IF
THERE'S FEAR IN YOUR LIFE, WE PULL OUT THOSE SCRIPTURES ON
FAITH AND WE HOLD ON TO THOSE. IF THERE'S DISAPPOINTMENT IN
YOUR LIFE, THEN WE PULL OUT, COME ON SOMEBODY, THOSE
SCRIPTURES THAT TEACH US HOW TO BE CONTENT IN GOD AND TRUST HIM
FOR BREAKTHROUGH AND MIRACLES. SO WE ARE IN ALL OF THESE
SITUATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THIS WEEK AND NEXT, THAT WE
CAN DEFINITELY APPLY THE PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE TO ALL OF
THESE. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER ONE, LET'S TALK ABOUT REASONS WHY
PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE
WITH YOU. GO TO DEUTERONOMY 8, WE'LL BREAK THIS DOWN. AND THE
FIRST ONE IS, THE REASON IS, GOD ALLOWS THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH.
OH, WE DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. I DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. WE DON'T
LIKE TO HEAR IT, BUT IT'S IN THE BIBLE, RIGHT? LET'S LOOK AT
DEUTERONOMY 8, AND I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS VERSE 1, AND THIS IS TALKING TO ISRAEL AS THEY WERE
COMING OUT OF THEIR WILDERNESS. AND GOD SAYS, "ALL THE
COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY YOU SHALL OBSERVE AND
YOU'LL DO THEM. THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE..." HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW
THERE'S A BLESSING WHEN YOU OBEY GOD? YOU SET YOURSELF FOR
BLESSING WHEN YOU SERVE HIM AND OBEY HIM AND FOLLOW HIS WORD. HE
SAID "IT'LL CAUSE YOU TO LIVE AND TO MULTIPLY AND GO IN AND
POSSESS THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO YOUR FATHERS. AND
THEN YOU SHALL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", WATCH THIS CAREFULLY NOW.
"YOU'LL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", THE WHOLE PROCESS "WHICH THE
LORD YOUR GOD LED YOU THESE 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS. HE LED
YOU TO HUMBLE YOU, TO PROVE YOU, AND TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN YOUR
HEART, WHETHER YOU WOULD KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS OR NOT." RIGHT?
OKAY, THIS IS IN SCRIPTURE, "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND ALLOWED
YOU..." NOW HERE'S HOW GOD, I WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN TO THE
BEST OF MY ABILITY, BUT HERE'S HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO SUFFER
ADVERSITY, IF YOU WILL. "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND SUFFERED YOU TO
HUNGER, AND HE FED YOU WITH MANNA, WHICH YOU DID NOT KNOW",
OR THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS, "AND NEITHER DID YOUR
FATHERS KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THAT HE MIGHT MAKE YOU TO KNOW THAT
MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ONLY", OR IN OTHER WORDS,
NATURAL RESOURCES, RIGHT? HE CAN'T DEPEND ON HIMSELF. "BUT BY
EVERY WORD..." SOMEBODY SAY EVERY WORD. "EVERY WORD THAT
PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD." GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF
OUR FAITH, SO WE HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. OKAY, IF THERE WAS NO
TESTING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. BUT HERE, HE SAID,
HE WANTED THEM TO APPLY FAITH. NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
SOMETHING OF HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO TEST IT. LET'S READ THIS
SCRIPTURE AGAIN. "HE ALLOWED YOU," VERSE 3, "TO SUFFER
HUNGER." YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED ABOUT, WITH GOD, THAT HE WILL,
AND SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY IN OUR LIFE, THERE WERE
TIMES HE HELD BACK JUST ENOUGH PROVISION. YOU DON'T SEE THE
THING, GOD KNOWS WHAT'S COMING. HE KNOWS THE BLESSING THAT'S
COMING TO YOU. BUT SOMETIMES HE'LL ALLOW YOU TO GO THROUGH A
PLACE, I REMEMBER SO MANY TIMES LOOKING IN OUR CUPBOARD WHEN WE
WERE FIRST STARTING THIS, BEFORE WE HAD CHILDREN, AND I THOUGHT,
LORD, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GROCERIES AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN
I'M GETTING SOME. I JUST DON'T. I MEAN, WE WERE ALWAYS HAPPY
WHEN PEOPLE, HOW MANY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WE WERE
THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE HAPPY WHEN SOMEBODY BROUGHT SOME FOOD
BY. IT WAS JUST ALWAYS GOOD. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT FOOD WAS
COMING FROM. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT STARVING. WE'RE STILL
ALIVE. PRAISE GOD, WE'RE STILL HERE. NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO
HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, WE'RE STILL AROUND. IN FACT, THERE'S
SOME FOOD I WISH I DIDN'T EAT AND I WOULD GO TO THE... COME
ON, SOMEBODY. BUT SOMETIMES GOD, HE'LL HOLD BACK JUST ENOUGH FROM
YOU TO MAKE YOU TRUST HIM. AND IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A
PLAN TO BLESS, IT'S JUST THAT HE WANTS YOU TO PRESS AND LEAN INTO
HIS PROMISES SO THAT THEY'RE SURE IN YOUR HEART. SO WHENEVER
YOU FACE SOMETHING, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT GOD DOES AND THAT HE WILL
BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. AMEN. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU
HAVE A LITTLE SON OR YOU KNOW, WHO LOVES CARS AND TRUCKS AND
THEY GET THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOD HAS
TO LET US GROW INTO THE BLESSING. I LOOKED AT THIS
TABERNACLE AND THIS CAMPUS AND BUILDING AND ALL THAT WE'RE
DOING, AND THE INTERNET AND THE PROPHECY IS GOING AROUND THE
WORLD AND BOOKS, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T READY FOR THAT AT 35
YEARS OLD. WE THOUGHT WE WERE, BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED IT.
WE THOUGHT WE KNEW EVERYTHING AT 35. IT'S LIKE MY DAD SAID ONE
TIME, BEFORE HE WENT TO HEAVEN. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD. HE SAID, "I
KNOW LESS AT 77 THAN I DID AT 17." AND THE REALITY IS, IS
BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY DO KNOW MORE, BUT YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH
YOU DON'T KNOW. AND WE THOUGHT WHEN WE STARTED LORD OF HOSTS
CHURCH, WE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MINISTRY, UNTIL PEOPLE LEFT.
AND THEN IT TAKES A MINUTE AND YOU SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND YOU
GO, YOU KNOW, GOD, MAYBE I GOT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. OR MAYBE
YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GROW ME. MAYBE I HAVE TO PUT MY FAITH IN
YOUR PROMISES. I HAVE TO LEARN TO TRUST YOU. SOMETIMES GOD WILL
HOLD BACK THINGS JUST ENOUGH SO THAT YOU'LL SUFFER JUST A LITTLE
BIT OF HUNGER, SO THAT YOU CAN PRESS IN TO WHAT HE HAS IN THE
HARVEST FIELD OF BLESSING. BUT, NOW NOTICE WHAT HE DID NOT DO.
HE DID NOT PUT SICKNESS ON THEM. IN FACT, IN VERSE 4, SICKNESS
WAS NEVER A PART OF IT. HE DIDN'T PUT SICKNESS, BECAUSE
SOME PREACHERS WILL PREACH THAT. THEY'LL SAY, WELL, GOD WILL
ALLOW YOU TO BE SICK LIKE JOB. BUT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, THAT
WAS A SPECIAL EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THE DEVIL DID IT. IT WAS A
SPECIAL EXAMPLE. BUT GOD TO ISRAEL, HE SAID IN VERSE 4,
"NEITHER DID YOUR FOOT SWELL," THERE WAS NO SICKNESS, RIGHT? IN
FACT, IF YOU SKIP DOWN TO VERSE 15, IT SAID "HE LED YOU THROUGH
ALL THAT GREAT WILDERNESS, THERE WERE SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS AND
DROUGHT. THERE WAS NO WATER. BUT HE BROUGHT YOU FORTH WATER OUT
OF THE FLINT. HE TOOK YOU IN THE WILDERNESS SO," AND THEN VERSE
16 SAYS, "SO THAT HE COULD PROVE THEE AND DO THEE GOOD IN YOUR
LATTER END." AMEN. SO SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS THE TRYING OF OUR
FAITH. NOW LET ME READ THIS OTHER SCRIPTURE TO YOU. WATCH
THIS. GO BACK UP TO VERSE 5, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS PART
BECAUSE LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LORD'S DISCIPLINE. VERSE 5 SAID
THAT "YOU SHALL ALSO CONSIDER IN YOUR HEART THAT AS A MAN
CHASTENS HIS SON, SO THE LORD WILL CHASTEN YOU. THEREFORE YOU
SHALL KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD AND WALK IN HIS WAYS."
SO NOW FLIP OVER TO HEBREWS, BECAUSE HEBREWS TALKS ABOUT
THAT. HEBREWS 12. AND I WANT TO READ THIS BRIEFLY TO YOU, AND
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PICKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. HEBREWS 12,
THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT, "FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CHASTENS..."
NOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID FOR YEARS, THAT MEANS GOD MAY GIVE YOU A
GOOD SPANKING, AND THAT'S WHY YOU GOT PNEUMONIA AND ALL THESE
THINGS HAPPENED TO YOU. NO. NO. WHAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD
DISCIPLINED HIS CHILDREN IN DEUTERONOMY? HE HELD BACK JUST
ENOUGH SO THEY WOULD TRUST HIM, BUT HE NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON
THEM. HE NEVER DID EVIL TO THEM. WE FIND LATER, THE ONLY REASON
THAT PLAGUES CAME UPON THEM IS BECAUSE THEY DID WICKED THINGS.
BUT GOD NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE TO TEACH
THEM A LESSON ON HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON. HE DIDN'T EVER
TEACH, HE NEVER DID THAT. SO JUST REMEMBER THAT AS YOU READ
THIS. BUT THE LORD WILL ALLOW TESTING OF OUR FAITH, "WHOM THE
LORD LOVES, HE WILL DISCIPLINE AND SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE
RECEIVES. IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS WITH YOU
AS SONS. FOR WHAT SON IS HE WHO HIS FATHER DOES NOT DISCIPLINE?"
OR CHASTEN, RIGHT? THE WAY IT WAS IN DEUTERONOMY. "BUT IF YOU
BE WITHOUT CHASTISEMENT, WHEREOF YOU ARE ALL PARTAKERS, THEN
YOU'RE BASTARDS AND NOT SONS." THAT MEANS YOU ARE FATHERLESS.
"FURTHERMORE, WE HAD FATHERS IN OUR FLESH WHICH CORRECTED US,
AND WE GAVE THEM REVERENCE. SHALL WE NOT MUCH RATHER BE IN
SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS, AND LIVE? FOR TRULY, I
SAY, FOR A FEW CHASTENED US AFTER THEIR OWN PLEASURE," IN
THE KING JAMES OR THE NEW LIVING IT SAYS, "THEY DID THE BEST THEY
KNEW HOW IN THEIR NATURAL FLESH. BUT GOD DOES IT FOR OUR PROPHET,
OR HE DOES IT IN A PERFECT WAY, SO THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF
HIS HOLINESS. NOW NO CHASTENING, FOR THE PRESENT SEEMS JOYOUS."
AND THEN JAMES GOES ON AND SAYS, "BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY."
I'M LIKE LORD, LORD, LORD, LORD. NO, IT DOESN'T SEEM JOYOUS AT
THE TIME, IT SEEMS GRIEVOUS. "NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT
YIELDS PEACEABLE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS." I'M HERE TO TELL
YOU IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT HANK AND BRENDA DIDN'T GO
THROUGH BACK ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE
STANDING IN THIS ROOM TODAY. I DON'T THINK WE'D BE STANDING
HERE HEARING POWERFUL PROPHETIC WORDS ABOUT IRAQ. THAT GOD HAD
TO BRING SOME CHASTENING. THERE HAD TO BE SOME DISCIPLINE. THERE
HAD TO BE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH, AND COME ON,
TRUST GOD AND BELIEVE GOD FOR, SO THAT IT COULD YIELD PEACEABLE
FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO TRUST GOD DURING THOSE TIMES
WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED. JAMES SAID IT LIKE THIS, HE SAID,
"BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY." SOMEBODY SHOUT JOY! "COUNT IT
ALL JOY WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED." COME ON. VARIOUS
TEMPTATIONS. VARIOUS TRIALS. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THINGS,
COUNT IT JOY. AND THEN IT SAYS "BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE HER
PERFECT WORK IN THOSE TIMES." OH, GOD, THOSE ARE THE TIMES,
COME ON, WE WANT IT OVER IN FIVE MINUTES. I TELL THIS STORY, I
REMEMBER ONE TIME, WE WERE FIRST STARTING OUT IN THE MINISTRY,
HANK AND BRENDA THE KNOW IT ALL'S. AND, THAT'S WHY, BE
CAREFUL, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT COME ONLINE, THEY KNOW
EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. IN FACT, THERE WAS THAT ONE YOUNG
MAN IN THE BOOK OF JOB WHO ACTED LIKE A KNOW IT ALL, AND GOD
KICKED HIM IN THE BACKSIDE TOO. HE SAID, "WELL, JOB, I'M YOUNG
AND YOU'RE OLD." YOU KNOW, YOUNG, WET BEHIND THE EARS, GAVE
BIG SPEECHES, AND GOD REBUKED HIM TOO. SO BE CAREFUL. BE
CAREFUL. BUT I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND SO ONE TIME WE WENT TO
OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME, AND WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH ONE
TORNADO AFTER ANOTHER. EITHER WE WERE BROKE OR WE WERE, GOT THE
LEFT FOOT OUT OF ONE OF THE DENOMINATIONS WE WERE PART OF.
BECAUSE WE PREACH FAITH, WE PREACH THE PROMISES. AND THAT
GROUP DIDN'T CARE FOR IT SO MUCH. AND SO WE GOT OUT OF THAT
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND WE GOT INVITED TO THIS
MINISTER'S RETREAT, AND WE DROVE ALL THE WAY OUT IN OUR CAR. IT
WAS ALL WE COULD DO TO AFFORD THE GAS, AND WE GOT OUT TO THAT
RETREAT AND NOBODY TOLD US YOU HAD TO BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING.
WE WALKED IN AND THERE WAS A BARE MATTRESS IN OUR ROOM. I'M
LIKE, "LORD JESUS, WE HAVE GONE TO THE PIT OF HELL." WE WENT TO
WALMART AND BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST BLANKET THEY HAD. THEY HAD A
WALMART DOWN THE STREET. THEY HAD A $2 PILLOWS AND THEY HAD $4
BLANKETS. AND WE WALKED IN AND GOT $2 PILLOWS, NO PILLOWCASES,
WE COULDN'T AFFORD THAT. IT WAS THE BARE PILLOW AND THE BLANKET,
AND THEN THANK GOD THE FOOD WAS PAID FOR IN THAT WHOLE EVENT.
BUT I REMEMBER, SO WE WENT THROUGH SO MANY THINGS,
CHALLENGES AFTER CHALLENGE. AND OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME SAID,
HE'S NOT IN THE MINISTRY NOW RETIRED, BUT HE SAID, NOW PASTOR
HANK CAME AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, PASTOR, I'M
JUST IN THIS HURRICANE. I AM IN A TORNADO. AND EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE I GET A LITTLE RELIEF. MY ARM WILL STICK OUT AND IT GETS
YANKED BACK IN THE STORM, AND THEN I'LL STICK MY LEG OUT AND
IT'LL GET YANKED BACK IN THE STORM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT..."
AND HE GOES, "WELL, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A LOT OF STORMS AND A
LOT OF ATTACKS, BUT REMEMBER, IT'S ONLY ONE DEVIL." DON'T EVER
FORGET THAT. YOU FOCUS ON THE FACT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE ENEMY IN A MINUTE, BUT REMEMBER, AT THAT TIME THE BIBLE
SAYS "PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK." IN OTHER WORDS, LET, THAT
WORD PATIENCE IS THE WORD ENDURANCE. LET ENDURANCE HAVE
HER PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE COMPLETE AND YOU MIGHT BECOME
MATURE. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING TO HAVE SOME MATURE CHRISTIANS
IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, THAT THEY DON'T GET ALL UP IN ARMS AND
HAVE A DRAMA ATTACK EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS. COME ON
SOMEBODY. SO YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, ENTIRE, LACKING IN
NOTHING. BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT MOMENT, JAMES 1 SAYS, AND YOU
LACK SOME WISDOM. COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LIKE, "WELL, GOD,
SHOULD I DO THAT? THE DOCTOR SAYS, I NEED THAT MEDICINE.
SHOULD I DO THIS OR THAT OR WHAT? GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
DO. OR I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT MY FINANCES. OR SHOULD I
GO HERE OR TAKE THAT JOB? GOD, WHICH ONE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
GOD SAID, "IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ANYONE THAT DOES LET HIM ASK OF
GOD WHO WILL GIVE TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND HE'LL NOT DO IT
WITH ANY KIND OF REBUKE." BUT IT SAYS, "LET HIM ASK IN FAITH
WITHOUT WAVERING, FOR HE THAT WAVERS IS LIKE THE MAN WHO'S IN
A BOAT, AND HE'S BOUNCING UP AND DOWN." ALL YOU DO IF YOU WAIVER
IS GET YOURSELF SEASICK. DON'T DO THAT. HOLD ON TO THE WORD OF
GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU BOUNCE AROUND AND YOU'RE UP AND
DOWN DURING THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO TRUST GOD, IF
YOU DO THAT, LET NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING
OF THE LORD. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD HOLDS OUT ON US. BUT
THAT'S WHAT ISRAEL DID. THEY BOUNCED AROUND AND GOD COULDN'T
BLESS THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. AMEN. SO GOD WILL
ALLOW THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. JAMES 1 IT'LL TELL US, GOD
DOESN'T TEMPT US TO DO EVIL. WE DON'T HAVE TO READ THAT
SCRIPTURE TODAY, BUT YOU CAN STUDY IT. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
"LET NO MAN SAY, 'WHEN I'M TESTED, I'M TESTED OF GOD,"
REALLY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT WORD FOR TEST. IT MEANS TEMPTATION TO
DO WICKED THINGS. GOD WILL NEVER HARM US, RIGHT? BUT HE WILL GIVE
US SEASONS WHERE HE REQUIRES FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1
TIMOTHY 6:12, "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH." AMEN. SO ONE OF
THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY IS GOD DOES ALLOW US
TO BE TESTED. AND MAN, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO DURING THOSE
PEOPLE'S TIMES IS BE THE BODY OF CHRIST, UPLIFT THEM AND SUPPORT
THEM. AMEN. YOU DON'T KNOW THE REASON THEY'RE THERE, BUT JUST
BE A FRIEND TO THEM. THE SECOND REASON THAT WE SUFFER ADVERSITY
IN THIS LIFE IS BECAUSE, WATCH THIS, THIS IS DEEP NOW, BECAUSE
OF THE DEVIL. OLD SLEW FOOT IS ALWAYS WALKING AROUND. REMEMBER,
IT WAS WHO THAT ATTACKED JOB? IT WAS THE DEVIL THAT ATTACKED JOB.
"THE THIEF", THE BIBLE SAYS, "COMES TO STEAL, TO KILL AND TO
DESTROY." JOHN 10:10. NOW, PASTOR, I LOVE WHAT HE SAID
YEARS AGO, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "WELL, PASTOR, WHAT DOOR DID I
OPEN THAT THE DEVIL CAME IN WITH SUCH A FURY? DID I OPEN A DOOR?"
NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT REALLY THINK
ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A THIEF IN THE WORLD THAT WALKS
IN AND RINGS YOUR DOORBELL, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE ARE, I DON'T
KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND SAY, "MAY
I HAVE PERMISSION TO COME IN AND STEAL YOUR TELEVISION? IF YOU
WOULD BE SO KIND. I'D BE OBLIGED TO WALK IN AND RIP YOUR TV OFF
THE WALL AND WALK OUT." YOU KNOW, THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THIEVES COME IN ILLEGALLY. OKAY, WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THE
DEVIL IS AN ILLEGAL OPPONENT. OKAY, HE HAS BEEN DEFEATED
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. SO REMEMBER, WHEN YOU
ARE FACING SOMETHING, IT IS, THE DEVIL IS INVOLVED. AND YOU'VE
HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AND I LOVE TO SAY IT A LOT, BECAUSE IT
JUST REMINDS ME THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS SNEAKING AROUND,
TRYING TO INSERT HIMSELF IN WHATEVER YOU GO THROUGH. YOU
KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, A PREACHER, HE SAID, WELL, DON'T
PUT SO MUCH, SOMEBODY TOLD THIS PREACHER SAID, "DON'T PUT SO
MUCH FOCUS ON THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEVIL
TOO MUCH." I'M LIKE, WELL, JESUS TAUGHT US TO CAST HIM OUT. HE
TAUGHT CASTING OUT OF DEVILS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF A
BELIEVER WAS THAT WE ARE TO SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES AND CAST
OUT DEMONS. WE'RE CALLED OF GOD TO RESIST THE ENEMY, RESIST THE
DEVIL, ADDRESS THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A PRIVILEGE THEY
DIDN'T HAVE IN THE OLD COVENANT. BUT UNDER THE NEW COVENANT IN
CHRIST, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BEADY EYED DEVIL AND SAY, "YOU
GET OUT OF HERE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. GET OFF, MY CHILDREN! I
BIND YOU FROM THIS HOUSEHOLD. YOU GET OUT OF MY MIND. YOU GET
OUT OF MY LIFE. IN JESUS NAME." AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA
REMEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PREACHER SAID, THEY SAID, "WELL,
YOU KNOW, YOU FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME." HE
SAID, "YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ACT LIKE THERE'S A DEVIL BEHIND
EVERY BUSH." AND HE GOES, "I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S A DEVIL
BEHIND EVERY BUSH. I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S SEVEN DEVILS BEHIND
EVERY BUSH." SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DEVIL GETS OFF SCOT
FREE. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED AND ALL OF
THAT TRAGEDY AND CHAOS WAS GOING ON AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING ON
AND GOING, "GOD JUDGED AMERICA." AND ALL OF THE PONTIFICATING
THAT WENT ON AROUND THAT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, NOBODY'S PUTTING
ANY BLAME ON SATAN. COME ON, BLAME THE DEVIL MORE. ASSUME
HE'S THERE BUZZING AROUND. ASSUME THAT HE IS PUTTING THOSE
THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST YOU. OKAY, WELL,
SOMEBODY THEN ASKED THIS QUESTION, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY
THIS FOR YEARS, "WELL, WHY COULDN'T GOD JUST REMOVE THE
DEVIL ALTOGETHER? JUST GET RID OF THAT OLD NASTY BUG." WELL,
BUT HERE'S THE THING, SEE, THIS IS THE VALUE OF HOW MUCH VALUE
IS UPON YOU THAT GOD CREATED YOU IN HIS IMAGE. OKAY, GOD HAD TO
CHOOSE, WATCH THIS, TO CAST SATAN OUT OF HEAVEN. WE'RE
CREATED AND WE'RE NOT ROBOTS. WE HAVE THE, WE'RE IN THE GOD CLASS
WITH THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH, BLESSING OR CURSING.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE GOD OR THE DEVIL, AND WE HAVE
TO, LIKE GOD, IN HIS IMAGE CHOOSE RIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD CHOSE
RIGHTEOUSNESS WHEN SIN WAS FOUND IN SATAN'S HEART AND SAID,
"YOU'RE GETTING ON UP OUT OF HERE. I DON'T TOLERATE THAT IN
HEAVEN." AND WE NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE, COME ON SOMEBODY, TO
DO THE EXACT SAME THING. WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO CAST OUT THE
DEVIL! AND GOD DOESN'T MAKE US LOVE HIM. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO
AND BE WITH THE DEVIL IN HELL, THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. THAT'S
STUPID, BUT THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. OKAY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT
WILL JUST SHAKE THEIR FIST AT GOD ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE
PIT, UNFORTUNATELY, AND REJECT WHAT JESUS DID. IT'S TRUE. BUT
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
AND SO, BUT THERE WILL COME A DAY THE DEVIL'S GOING TO GET THE
"WHAT FOR." AND HE'LL, THAT THE BIBLE SAYS, THERE'S GOING TO BE
REJOICING IN HEAVEN, THAT THEY'LL SAY, "WOW, THE LOUD
VOICE SAYS, THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN, THAT OLD SERPENT, THE
DEVIL HAS BEEN CAST OUT." HALLELUJAH! WHEW! SO ALWAYS
TAKE, WHEN YOU'RE IN A FIGHT, YOU'RE IN A TRIAL, JUST TAKE
AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL. "WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW DO I KNOW
THAT A DEVIL'S THERE?" ASSUME THERE IS. JUST SAY, "DEVIL, I
BIND YOU. WHATEVER DEMON YOU ARE, GET OUT." IF THERE'S
SICKNESS, WE KNOW THERE'S SICKNESS DEVILS, OKAY, WE LEARN
THAT FROM THE BIBLE. SO THEN STAND UP TO IT. SAY "NO, IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, I BREAK THE POWER OF THAT SICKNESS ON MY LIFE."
"WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT IF NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER I REBUKE?"
DO IT AGAIN! OKAY, YOU DON'T JUST WIELD YOUR SWORD ONE TIME,
PUT IT BACK AND GO "WELL, I GUESS I MISSED." DO IT AGAIN!
STAND UP AGAIN! IF YOU HAVE TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND GO,
"DEVIL, I'M JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE IN THE
PERIMETER. I'M GOING TO BIND YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS." "WELL,
SHOULD YOU JUST DO THAT TO DO THAT?" YES! CAST THE DEVIL OUT.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 4:27, "GIVE NO PLACE TO THE
DEVIL." ASSUME IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. "WELL, YEAH,
BUT, PASTOR BRENDA, IF GOD ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH IT,
THEN CAN I CAST THE DEVIL OUT?" LISTEN, IF GOD ALLOWED YOU TO GO
THROUGH IT, HE WANTS YOU TO CAST THE DEVIL OUT! HE'S LETTING YOU
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, TO PICK UP YOUR SWORD.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 6 "THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND
IN THE EVIL DAY." "TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU
MAY BE ABLE TO STAND IN THE EVIL DAY, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND,
STAND THEREFORE WITH YOUR LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, HAVING ON
THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FEET SHOD
WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. TAKING UNTO YOU
THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WHEREBY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE
FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. YOU TAKE UNTO YOU THE SWORD OF THE
SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD." IT DOESN'T STOP THERE, IT
SAYS, "AND THEN PRAY ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN
THE SPIRIT." WHEW! ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. COME ON,
ALL OF THEM! NOT SOME OF THEM, ALL OF THE FIERY DARTS! SO THE
DEVIL, NUMBER TWO REASON PEOPLE SUFFER ATTACK, BECAUSE HE'S
ALWAYS LURKING AND TRYING AND WORKING AND GOING. GO AFTER HIM.
COME ON, YOU PUT THE NOOSE OF GOD'S SCRIPTURES. "DEVIL, I'M
GOING TO STAND HERE AND QUOTE THE WORD TILL MY MOUTH RUNS DRY.
THEN I'M GOING TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND I'M GOING TO DO IT
AGAIN. I'M GOING TO STAND HERE AND HOLD ON TO THAT." "WELL,
PASTOR BRENDA, I TRIED THAT." WELL, TRY IT AGAIN. DON'T JUST
GIVE UP. PRESS INTO THE PROMISES OF GOD. LEAN IN TO WHAT GOD HAS
ALREADY TOLD YOU. HOLD ON TO THE PROPHETIC WORD. HOLD ON TO THE
TRUTH OF THE BIBLE. JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. I HEARD
SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, "WELL, WELL, BUT BUT, YEAH, YOU KNOW
THAT PERSON, THEY PRAYED AND THIS HAPPENED AND THAT
HAPPENED." SO YOU KNOW WHAT MY ANSWER TO THAT NOW WHEN PEOPLE
SAY THAT? "THEY DID ALL THE STUFF, PASTOR BRENDA." YOU KNOW
WHAT I SAY NOW, I SAY, "OKAY, WELL, I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU FEEL THAT IS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE. BUT WHAT I AM GOING
TO SAY IS, THEN ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING GOD
WROTE IN HERE IS INACCURATE?" BECAUSE IF HE SAID HE'D "GIVE
HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS,
THEY'LL BEAR YOU UP IN YOUR HANDS, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT
AGAINST THE STONE." ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT GOD
WASN'T TRUE TO WHAT HE SAID IN THE SCRIPTURE? COME ON, I'M
ASKING A HARD QUESTION NOW. EVERY TIME WE SAY, "WELL, THAT
DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THAT PERSON, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER THERE.
THAT PERSON PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE AND THEY DIED, PASTOR BRENDA! SO
WHAT ABOUT THAT?" WELL, I DON'T KNOW, ANY MORE THAN GOD DIDN'T
TELL JOB. I DON'T KNOW THEIR SITUATION. I DON'T FOLLOW THEM
AROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR HEART. MAYBE THEY DID LIKE
JOB, EVERYTHING RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS WHAT
HAS BEEN PENNED IN 66 BOOKS CALLED THE CANNON OF SCRIPTURE.
AND IF GOD SAID THAT HE'S THE HEALER, THEN I'M GOING TO JUDGE
HIM THE HEALER. IF HE SAID HE'S A DELIVERER, I'LL JUDGE GOD A
DELIVER. IF HE SAID THAT BY HIS STRIPES YOU'RE HEALED, THEN I
BELIEVE EVERY WORD WRITTEN IN THE WORD.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- I WILL NEVER BRING AN ACCUSATION THAT THE WORD OF GOD
IS NOT TRUE. ALL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY. WHEW. THAT'S THE STUFF
THAT GETS ME RILED. DON'T TELL ME THE WORD NOT TRUE. DON'T TELL
ME IT DOESN'T COME TO PASS. AND BY THE WAY, IN ALL THE TIMES
THAT MAYBE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAPPENED A CERTAIN WAY. AND I
PRAYED ONE WAY, AND THE OPPOSITE SEEMED TO BE THE TRUTH, ALL I
KNOW IS I HAVE TO GO ON HOW MANY TIMES IT DID HAPPEN, HOW MANY
TIMES I SAW IT WORK, HOW MANY TIMES I SAW A MIRACLE. COME ON.
EVERY TIME, COME ON, DON'T TELL ME ALL THE ONES THAT DIDN'T GET
HEALED OF CANCER. I KNOW LOTS OF THEM THAT DID. AND THEY LIVE 20,
30, 40 YEARS AFTER THE CANCER, WHOLE IN THE POWER OF GOD.
(CONGREGATION CLAPPING).
- WORK MYSELF UP, UP IN HERE. OH, WE GOTTA GROW. DON'T LOOK AT
THE KNOW ALL THE TIME. DON'T LOOK AT WHAT ISN'T ALL THE TIME.
DON'T LOOK AT THE WHY ALL THE TIME. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD
OF WHY, IT'LL BE "WHY NOT?" YOU WON'T GET ANYTHING. YOU LIVE IN
THE WORLD OF WONDERING, YOU'LL GO NOWHERE. COME ON, THE BIBLE
IS FULL, A WHOLE CHAPTER, HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, "FAITH IS
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE THING THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR." COME ON, "IT
IS THE PROOF", THE BIBLE SAID, "OF THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT
SEE." IT LISTS OUT THE PATRIARCHS OF THE FAITH WHO,
THOUGH THEIR CHILDREN WERE SAWN ASUNDER, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAW
THAT FACE, THE MOUTHS OF LIONS, THEY DIDN'T SEE THE PROMISE, YET
THEY BELIEVED IN THE POWER AND THE PROMISES OF GOD.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING).
- NUMBER THREE. I HATE THE DEVIL. I HATE THE DEVIL, AND I
HATE THE LIES OF RELIGIOUS TEACHING THAT TELL YOU "WELL,
GOD HAD A SOVEREIGN PURPOSE AND YOU DYING YOUNG? WELL, HOW
OPPOSITE WHAT HE PROMISED WHEN HE SAID, WITH LONG LIFE I WILL
SATISFY THEM AND SHOW THEM MY SALVATION" COME ON, DON'T
BELIEVE THE RELIGIOUS THINKING. PROVERBS 4 SAYS, "MY SON, GIVE
ATTENTION TO MY WORDS. INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS. LET THEM
NOT DEPART FROM YOUR EYES. KEEP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
HEART, FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE THAT FIND THEM, AND HEALTH
TO ALL THEIR FLESH." COME ON THE WORD, KEEP YOUR HEART WITH ALL
DILIGENCE, FOR OUT OF IT ARE THE ISSUES OF LIFE. THE WORD WILL
HEAL. THE WORD WILL DELIVER. THE WORD WILL SAVE. COME ON. THE
WORD WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST WORK IT
SOMETIMES. IF YOU DO IT INTERMITTENT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY
EVER TRIED INTERMITTENT FASTING? IT'S SO INTERMITTENT, I WANT A
DONUT BY 9:00 IN THE MORNING. I'M LIKE, "LORD, I FASTED ALL
NIGHT. I FASTED FROM 9 P.M. AFTER FLASHPOINT UNTIL 7 A.M. IN
THE MORNING. GOD, THAT'S A TEN HOUR RUN. IT'S DONUT TIME." BUT
THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH THE WORD. SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST
INCONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE WE BELIEVE THE PROPHETIC
WORDS OVER IRAN, THE NEXT MINUTE, "OH, WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO DO? EVERYBODY BUY SOME DRY PASTA, WE'RE GOING WITHOUT. THE
STARS ARE GOING TO BE EMPTY." NO, NO, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
PRUDENCE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT IT DOES NOT CONDONE
FEAR. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. I GOT TO GET ON TO THE REST SO I CAN GET
YOU OUT OF HERE. I MEAN, IF IT'S HOT, IT CAN BE, LET'S JUST MAKE
IT HOT IN HERE. WE'LL MAKE IT HOTTER IN HERE THAN IT IS
OUTSIDE, YOU'LL WANT TO STAY. WHY DO YOU WANT TO RUN OUT
THERE? LET'S STAY IN CHURCH. HAHAHA! I DO SEE ALL OF YOU THAT
BRING BLANKETS TO THE TABERNACLE. WE GOT YOU, WE KNOW.
WE'RE ALL SWEATING UP HERE, AND PEOPLE ARE BOUND IN SWEATERS.
OH, BOY. NUMBER THREE, REASONS THAT, I NEED A FEW MINUTES TO
BREAK THIS DOWN, CAN I DO THAT? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO FOUR AND
FIVE NEXT WEEK, REASONS THAT CHRISTIANS SUFFER. SUFFERING BY
OUR OWN HAND AND OUR OWN CHOICES. THE BIBLE SAYS "SIN AND
REBELLION CAN CAUSE UNNECESSARY ADVERSITY." PROVERBS 13:15, "A
GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVES FAVOR, BUT THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS
HARD." PROVERBS 28:13 "HE THAT COVERS HIS SIN SHALL NOT
PROSPER, BUT WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY."
SO SIN CAN BE A REASON THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. NOW,
YOU KNOW, DON'T GO UP TO YOUR CHURCH PEOPLE, YOU SEE THEM
GOING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT JOE'S FRIEND
SAID. WHAT DID YOU DO?" DON'T TRY THAT, OKAY? GOD MIGHT SHOW
UP IN A WHIRLWIND. YOU'LL HAVE TO REPENT OF THAT. SO BE
CAREFUL, RIGHT? WHAT WE SOW WE ALSO REAP. GALATIANS 6. IN FACT,
PUT THAT SCRIPTURE, OH YOU DO, YOU ALREADY GOT IT. YOU GUYS ARE
QUICK. PUT THAT UP THERE, GALATIANS, I WAS JUST GOING TO
QUOTE IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE IT. "BE NOT DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT
MOCKED: FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT HE SHALL REAP." NOW
WE PREACH THAT IN THE POSITIVE, BUT THIS SCRIPTURE SHOWS IT FROM
TWO SIDES. "FOR HE THAT SOWS TO HIS OWN FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH
REAP CORRUPTION." SO IF YOU DO CARNAL THINGS ALL THE TIME,
THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR RESULT. ALL RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO GET
THE RESULT OF THAT. SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING IN THE
CHURCH MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY PUT TOO MUCH TIME INTO FLESH
THINGS AND NOT SPIRITUAL THINGS. "BUT HE THAT SOWS TO THE SPIRIT
SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING." SO WE REAP WHAT WE
SOW. I HEARD BISHOP HARRY JACKSON, HOW MANY OF YOU
REMEMBER HIM, HE WENT ON TO HEAVEN, AND HE SAID, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD, AND GOD, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD. AND HE
SAID, "YOU KNOW, IN MANY CASES, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD COMES AT
PEOPLE'S OWN DOING." BECAUSE THEY DON'T JUDGE THEMSELVES,
THEY RECEIVE JUDGMENT. OKAY? AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU
KNOW, REMEMBER THAT ADVERSITY COMES MANY TIMES BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, WE DO THINGS THAT GOD IS LETTING US DO, BUT WE'RE HURTING
OURSELVES. AND EVENTUALLY THOSE BAD CHOICES CATCH UP TO US,
DON'T THEY? HARVEST DAY ALWAYS COMES, WHETHER IT BE IN THE
POSITIVE OR BE IN THE NEGATIVE. HARVEST DAY ALWAYS HAPPENS,
RIGHT? HERE'S ANOTHER REASON THAT, HOW WE CAUSE OUR OWN SELF
TO SUFFER, BY OUR WORDS, WHAT WE SAY. THINGS WE DO, WE LEARNED
FROM JOB, OUR MOUTH IS OUR WORST OFFENDER IN HARD TIMES. JOB HAD
TO PUT HIS HAND ON HIS MOUTH. OKAY? WE HAVE TO LEARN TO
DISCIPLINE OUR TONGUE. THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 3 THAT "THE TONGUE
SETS ON FIRE THE VERY COURSE OF NATURE." OKAY, THINK ABOUT THAT.
ONE TRANSLATION SAYS THAT "IT SETS NATURE IN ITS MOTION." SO
IF IT CAN SET NATURE IN MOTION, IN FACT, AND THEN IT SAYS, "IF
YOU CAN'T DISCIPLINE YOUR TONGUE, THE TONGUE HAS THE
ABILITY," WATCH THIS, "TO DEFILE," THIS IS JAMES 3, YOU
CAN GO READ IT LATER, "TO DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY." OKAY, IF IT CAN
DEFILE YOUR BODY, CAN THE TONGUE CAUSE YOURSELF TO BE OPEN TO
SICKNESS AND PAIN AND DISEASE? IT SAID DEFILE, DIDN'T SAY
DEFILE YOUR SPIRIT OR YOUR MIND. IT SAID IT DEFILES THE WHOLE
BODY. SO WHAT WE SAY ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCE
IN OUR LIFE, DO YOU NOT THINK IT AFFECTS THE CELLS OF OUR BODY?
IT AFFECTS THE THE VERY FIBER OF OUR BEING, IF YOU SAY ALL THE
TIME, I JUST FEEL TIRED. WELL GUESS WHAT? EVERY MONDAY YOU'RE
GOING TO FEEL AWFUL. IT'LL CATCH UP TO YOU. IT WILL. I'M JUST
TIRED. I CAN'T GET UP AND GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY. OH, BELIEVE
ME, THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES ON SUNDAY, WE GOT UP AT 5:00 AND I
THOUGHT "LORD JESUS." AND GUESS WHAT? BUT WE PRAY. I DO DRINK A
LITTLE COFFEE. AND THEN WE SAY, "THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS
MADE. GOD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SERVICE TODAY." "WELL, I
ONLY SLEPT THREE HOURS LAST NIGHT." WELL, THAT DOESN'T
MATTER. "BODY, YOU COME IN SUBJECTION." WHAT WE SAY
MATTERS. DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF OUR MOUTH. SO DON'T
SAY DUMB THINGS, RIGHT? DON'T SAY STUPID THINGS. AND REMEMBER,
YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THINGS THAT PEOPLE USE AS CLICHES, "WELL,
THAT'S JUST KILLING ME. HAHA, IT'S KILLING ME." DON'T SAY
THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR DOES FRED
SANFORD A LOT, HE LIKES TO DO THOSE OLD 70S SITCOMS. WE LOVE
FRED. REMEMBER HE USED TO SAY, "ELIZABETH, I'M COMING TO JOIN
YOU, HONEY. HERE'S THE BIG ONE." REMEMBER HE DID THAT? YOU KNOW,
AND HE DID THAT ALL THE TIME ON THE SHOW. IT WAS JUST A JOKE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAN REALLY DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. DO YOU
KNOW THAT? ANYWAY, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT THERE. ANOTHER ONE,
STRIFE AND ANGER CAN ADD TO OUR OWN SUFFERING. I BELIEVE IT'S
ONE OF THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS TO PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. YOU
KNOW, IT CAN STRESS YOU. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH,
MARRIED COUPLES SMILE AT ME. DON'T YOU LOVE THE DAYS THAT YOU
GET ALONG BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU DON'T? NOW YOU CAN ADD TO
THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY, YOU CAN ESCALATE
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ESCALATE. YOU CAN BUILD UP WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO BUILD UP. AND YOU COULD GO THERE IF YOU WANT TO GO
THERE. THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED A LONG TIME, YOU NOT
ONLY KNOW YOUR SPOUSE'S BUTTONS, YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED
AND WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT THEY SHUT
OFF AT NIGHT AND WHAT TIME THEY COME ON IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW
EXACTLY, EXACTLY WHAT YOUR SPOUSE IS GOING TO DO. OKAY?
PASTOR HANK KNOWS, HE KNOWS MY BUTTONS. OR DON'T SPEAK UNTIL
THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE HAS GONE DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS. I WILL NOT
PROCESS. I SAY I HAVE A DISCLAIMER. I WILL NOT PROCESS
ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. I DON'T CARE HOW POWERFUL,
PROPHETIC. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. I NEED A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
OKAY? I NEED A MINUTE. I NEED A MOMENT TO MOURN THAT I HAD A
GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. I NEED A MINUTE. AND AFTER MY MOMENT, HE
KNOWS THE BUTTONS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THE BUTTONS. I KNOW THE
BUTTONS. STRIFE, WHETHER IT BE IN THE HOME, THE BODY OF CHRIST,
WILL ADD STRESS TO YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT
LOOK LIKE THEY LIVED A REALLY HARD LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT? THEY LIVED A HARD LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY
HARD ON THE LIQUOR AND THE DRUGS AND, YOU KNOW, AND SMOKING ALL
THE THINGS. AND YOU JUST KNOW, MAN, THEY'RE ROUGH. BUT, YOU
KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT DID IT. SOME OF IT'S
TRAUMA. STRESS. THREE MARRIAGES. BEING MARRIED TO THE WICKED
WITCH OF THE WEST. OKAY. COME ON, ANGER, STRIFE, ABUSE AGE A
PERSON. THAT'S WHY I GET THE STRIFE OUT. THE BIBLE TALKS
ABOUT THAT. LOOK AT PROVERBS, 18:22, "THE DESIRE OF A MAN OR A
WOMAN IS HIS KINDNESS. A POOR MAN IS BETTER THAN A LIAR."
OKAY, LIES STRESS PEOPLE, RUIN PEOPLE. "THE FEAR OF THE LORD
TENDS TO LIFE, AND HE THAT HAS IT SHALL ABIDE SATISFIED, AND HE
WILL NOT BE VISITED WITH EVIL." NOW THINK ABOUT THE STRESS AND
THE STRIFE OF THE TIMES. YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH THESE LA RIOTS
AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THAT AND I'M LIKE,
PEOPLE JUST GO HOME. DEAR GOD, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO WORK THIS
OUT, OKAY? YOU MIGHT BE STRESSING THE GUY'S BUSINESS
OUT, YOU BURNED DOWN HIS STORE, BUT YOU'RE STRESSING YOU OUT.
THEY HAD THAT ONE WHERE AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER GETS SHOT
BECAUSE THESE THINGS CREATE CHAOS. THERE IS NO GOOD END TO
STRIFE. THE BIBLE TEACHES IT. PROVERBS IS FILLED WITH
SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE ABOUT ANGER, OUTBURSTS, ALL OF THE
RIOTING. PAUL SAID, "DON'T BE A RIOTER." SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,
JUST GO HOME, SIT ON YOUR COUCH AND PRAY SOMETHING. IT'LL GET
WORKED OUT. AMEN. BUT YOU THINK ABOUT 2 TIMOTHY, YOU KNOW, THE
BIBLE SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY 3, REMEMBER THAT WHOLE LIST THERE,
"THIS KNOW ALSO IN THE LAST DAYS, DANGEROUS TIMES ARE GOING
TO COME." IT'LL BE FULL OF LOVE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY'LL LOVE
THEMSELVES SO MUCH THEY'LL KILL OTHER PEOPLE AND THINK NOTHING
ABOUT IT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER ON
HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE. ANGER. "LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, BOASTFUL,
PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS," YOU THINK THIS
"UNTHANKFUL," CAN I TELL YOU THERE'S A LOAD OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE, THEY ARE UNTHANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY. UNGRATEFUL THAT
THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST, PROBABLY, ACTUALLY, THE MOST
PROSPEROUS NATION ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET. I SAW SOME GUY ON A
REEL THE OTHER DAY, I MEAN, HE DIDN'T FINISH. I HATE THOSE
REELS. THEY DON'T COMPLETE IT. I'M LIKE, WHAT WAS YOUR POINT?
IT'S LIKE A HALF REEL. THEY GET YOU STARTED AND YOU'RE LOOKING
LIKE, "OH, YEAH, WHAT'S HE SAYING?" AND THEN HE QUITS. AND
THEN AD COMES UP AND IT DOESN'T GO BACK AND IT GOES TO THE NEXT
REEL. AND I WANT TO THROW MY PHONE. THOSE ARE THE STUPIDEST
THING. BUT THIS GUY GETS ON AND TALKS ABOUT "THE SIDE OF THE
BAHAMAS THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE." I'M LIKE, WHAT? DON'T ACT
LIKE YOU NEVER BEEN THERE. I'M LIKE, AND THEN EVERYTHING IN ME
SAYS, "DON'T PUSH IT, DON'T TOUCH IT, DON'T TOUCH THE REEL."
AND THEN, WHAT DO I DO? SEE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO TO PEOPLE.
I PUSH IT, I'M LIKE. AND HE DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING. BUT HIS
POINT WAS, IS THERE'S THESE PEOPLE WITH THESE BIG YACHTS AND
MANSIONS AND HOUSES, AND THEN THERE'S SOME LITTLE PERSON
THAT'S LIKE LIVING OFF SCRAPS ON THE STREET WITH A GARBAGE BAG,
AND YOU GO FROM EXTREME WEALTH TO THIS EXTREME POVERTY. AND I
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. BUT HE MADE A
GOOD POINT, HE SAID, "AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD STAMPS,
THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, THERE'S NO PROGRAM,
THERE'S NO SHELTER." AND I THOUGHT, SEE, WE HAVE ALL THESE
THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE
THANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALL THAT IT PROVIDES. FROM ALL
WALKS, THERE WAS NO HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION DOWN THERE. THEY
HAD TO JUST GET BY. AND SO WE "UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY" PUT UP THE
NEXT ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY. VERSE 3.
THERE YOU GO, "WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION," THAT MEANS THEY'RE
HARD HEARTED "TRUCE BREAKERS," PEOPLE DON'T KEEP THEIR
PROMISES, "FALSE ACCUSERS, INCONTINENT." THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THEY HAVE TO WEAR AN ADULT DIAPER. YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS,
IT'S WHAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING ON THE STREETS OF LA. IT
MEANS THEY HAVE NO MEASURE OF SELF-CONTROL. THAT'S WHAT THAT
MEANS. THAT'S WHAT THE KING JAMES WORD FOR THAT IS. THEY
HAVE NO MEASURE. THEY HAVE OUTBURSTS, THEY THROW BOTTLE
ROCKETS. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BEATING UP POLICE OFFICERS. THIS
IS, THAT'S INCONTINENT. THEY'RE "FIERCE, DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT
ARE GOOD." COME ON, THINK ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST
TRYING TO BE LAW ABIDING, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE KILLING PEOPLE.
AND ALL THE REST, AND GOES DOWN THE LIST. BUT THE STRESS AND
STRIFE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11, PAUL TALKING
ABOUT THE LORD'S SUPPER, HE SAID, "THE REASON MANY ARE SICK
AND DIE, AND MANY GO TO HEAVEN EARLY IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
DISCERN THE LORD'S BODY." THEY LEFT STRIFE AND BITTERNESS AND
UNFORGIVENESS AND ANGER AND OUTBURSTS. ANGER IS A TERRIBLE
THING, OKAY? IT'LL MAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE GO WRONG, AND ALL
KINDS OF HEALTH PROBLEMS CAN COME JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL
GOT TO CALM DOWN, RIGHT? THERE'S A RIGHTEOUS ANGER, BUT ANGER
THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL, THAT IS BUILT OUT OF STRIFE IN THE FLESH
IS NOT GOD. IN FACT, GOD LISTS THAT AS ONE OF THE WORKS OF THE
FLESH THAT WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN. SO ANGER, STRIFE, THESE
ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TO THEMSELVES TO CAUSE THEMSELVES
TO SUFFER. HERE'S A COUPLE MORE. THEY CAN COME TO THE PIANO,
WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THIS AND WE'LL GO INTO SOME DEEPER ONES
NEXT WEEK. FOOLISH CHOICES CAN CREATE OUR OWN ADVERSITY. HOW
MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I PREACHED "DON'T DIE DUMB"?
PEOPLE DO STUPID, FOOLISH, I MEAN, PROVERBS IS PACKED WITH
SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE CHOICES OF A FOOL. THEY DO DUMB THINGS, YOU
KNOW, STUPID STUNTS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN TELL PEOPLE ALL DAY
LONG, DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE. AND YOU, EVERY DAY, SEE PEOPLE GOING
DOWN. EVERY STOPLIGHT, THEY PRACTICALLY ROLL THROUGH THE
STOPLIGHT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OFF THE DUMB PHONE LONG ENOUGH
TO SEE IT'S GREEN. AND THEN THEY SHOW YOU THE BIRD WHEN YOU HONK
THE HORN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GREEN AND YOU NOW ABOUT TO MISS THE
LIGHT. BUT PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS. COME ON, IT'S NOT GOD'S
FAULT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T QUIT TEXTING AND DRIVING, AND NOW YOU
RUN INTO A LIGHT POLE AND DIE. OR, GOD FORBID, KILL SOMEBODY
ELSE. IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT. WE CAN'T, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
WILL SAY, "OH, HE WAS SUCH A GOOD GOD. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
HE WAS SO NICE AND SO..." NO, HE DID SOMETHING DUMB. AND WE WENT
TO THE GRAND CANYON, HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY? WE
WENT TO GRAND CANYON, IT WAS MY FAVORITE. AND YOU KNOW, THESE
PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY GET INTO IT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR, WALKED
LIKE 4 MILES FROM THE LEDGE. HE WAS LIKE, OH, HE WAS GOING TO
GET ICE CREAM. YEAH, NICE STORY. I'M LIKE, HONEY, YOU CAN'T EVEN
SEE THE THING. YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY, YOU'RE PRACTICALLY IN
NEBRASKA. WE GOT TO LOOK. SO WE WALKED ALONG THE GRAND CANYON.
YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE, I FOUND OUT, THESE PEOPLE JUST GET RIGHT
UP THERE. I MEAN, SOME STUPID LADY STANDING THERE LIKE A
FLAMINGO PLAYING THE FLUTE. OVER ON THE LEDGE ON NOT TWO LEGS,
BUT ONE. I MEAN, I FIGURED YOU AT LEAST NEED TWO IF YOU'RE
GOING TO GET OUT THERE. ANYWAY, PEOPLE DO STUPID THINGS. I FOUND
OUT STATISTICALLY, THREE PEOPLE A YEAR DIE BECAUSE THEY FELL IN
THE HOLE. I'M LIKE, WHAT? WHAT? I MEAN, IT'S FILLED WITH SIGNS.
OKAY. THE STONE WALL IS LIKE, FROM HERE TO THAT
SOUND BOOTH FROM THE EDGE. AND PEOPLE STILL HOP OVER
THERE AND DANCE ON THE EDGE LIKE, YOU KNOW, "I AIN'T
GONNA FALL." YOU KNOW THE NEXT THING BUBBA IS MISSING.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING).
- A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT GUY WAS IN CHURCH.
PEOPLE SAYING, "OH, OH, GOD, HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN? I DON'T
UNDERSTAND." OH, PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS, OKAY? THEY DO STUPID
STUNTS. OKAY? IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT THAT YOU DECIDED TO DRIVE
YOUR MOTORCYCLE ON THE 6 LANE FREEWAY, WHIZZING THROUGH
TRAFFIC AT 95 MILES AN HOUR, OKAY? AND IF YOU RUN OFF THE
GUARDRAIL, IT IS NOT GOD'S FAULT. OKAY, SPEED LIMIT SIGNS
ARE THERE FOR A REASON. OKAY, GOD FORBID WE DRIVE STUPID AND
WE KILL A MOTHER OF 4 CHILDREN. DON'T DIE DUMB. DON'T DO DUMB
THINGS. PEOPLE DO DUMB STUFF. CARELESS THINGS, POOR HABITS,
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, LADIES, DON'T LEAVE YOUR CANDLES BURNING ALL
NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, MY HUSBAND BLOWS
THEM OUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER I PUT THEM ON. I JUST, I JUST, WE
CALL HIM THE FIRE CHIEF. I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN WE WERE
BUILDING THIS BUILDING, HE WOULD WALK THROUGH WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, PASTOR MARK, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE WENT, BUT HE WOULD WALK THROUGH THIS BUILDING. HE GOES,
"OH, THERE'S A CRACK OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE SPOT
ON THE FLOOR." I MEAN, THE CONTRACTORS WOULD BE LIKE... I'M
LIKE, HONEY, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT STUFF? "I DON'T KNOW." AND HE'S
GOT A LIST AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN. IT'S UP THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ALL GOES, BUT IT'S UP THERE. HE THINKS OF
EVERYTHING. AND I'M LIKE, HONEY, I'M JUST GOING TO GET LED
CANDLES, HOW'S THAT WORK FOR YOU? THEY'LL COME ON. AND, YOU
KNOW, I THINK HE STARTED TRYING TO BLOW THOSE OUT AT NIGHT. I
KNOW YOU DID IT, I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DID IT. I SAID I GOT YOU,
IT'S A BATTERY. HA HA! HEY! THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW
THAT THOSE EXISTED, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF DELIVERANCE FROM
FIRE AND DANGER IN YOUR HOUSE. LAST ONE, I'LL END WITH THIS.
SOME OF THE REASONS PEOPLE CAUSE THEIR OWN SUFFERINGS, THEIR OWN
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. THEY'RE STIFF NECKED. THEY REFUSE TO
BELIEVE. OKAY, MARK 6, JESUS COULD DO NO MIGHTY MIRACLE IN
NAZARETH. COULD NOT. DIDN'T SAY. WOULD NOT. COULDN'T. BECAUSE
PEOPLE REFUSED TO BEND. THIS IS WHY GOD WAS ANGRY WITH THE
FRIENDS OF JOB. THEY COULDN'T ADMIT ANYTHING. THEY COULDN'T
SEE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GROW AND CHANGE AND SEE SOMETHING
ELSE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT "JESUS COULDN'T EVEN PERFORM A
MIRACLE BECAUSE OF THEIR STIFF NECK." THE WORD THERE FOR
UNBELIEF IS STIFF NECKED, REFUSAL TO RECEIVE. MY ATTITUDE
IS, IS WHEN I'M RECEIVING SOMETHING OR THE WORD IS BEING
PREACHED, I'M LIKE GOD, I RECEIVE IT. UNLESS IT'S JUST
EGREGIOUSLY WRONG. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I
MEAN, NO PASTOR IS GOING TO GET UP IN THE PULPIT AND SAY
EVERYTHING RIGHT EVERY MINUTE. OKAY, DON'T THROW OUT 99% OF A
SERMON BECAUSE OF ONE THING THAT MAYBE WAS MISGUIDED. OKAY, I
LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY STAND UP HERE AND SAY IT ALL RIGHT EVERY
TIME. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, ONLY JESUS COULD DO
THAT. OKAY? IN FACT, SOMEBODY HAD ANOTHER ONE OF MY BOOKS THE
OTHER DAY, WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT
IT WAS. AND I'M LIKE, DON'T PUT THAT OUT, I GOT TO MAKE SURE I
STILL BELIEVE IT. I WROTE IT, OKAY? YOU KNOW, BEEN TEN YEARS.
I HOPE WE GROW. OKAY, JUST BECAUSE I WROTE IT TEN YEARS
AGO, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ ONE OF MY BOOKS AND THERE'S
SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S NOT QUITE BIBLICAL, JUST CROSS THAT
OFF AND READ THE REST. I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE IT
ANYMORE EITHER. IT'S ALRIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT I WROTE IN
2007, I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE NOW. WELL, MAYBE SOME OF IT. THE
BASICS ARE GOOD, BUT IF, YOU GET IT. RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, STAND
TO YOUR FEET. MARK 7. OH, I GOTTA END. MARK 7, "AND THEY
MADE THE WORD OF GOD OF NO EFFECT." WHAT DOES NO EFFECT
MEAN TO YOU? IT HAS NO POWER. IT ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. AMEN? SO
STIFF NECKED, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, BIASES. COME ON, WE
ALL GROW UP WITH BIASES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS AND THINGS THAT
YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY PROBABLY GOT TO GROW AND CHANGE. YOU GOT TO
LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MASSAGE THOSE THINGS. SO, REASONS THAT
PEOPLE SUFFER, AMEN, GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH,
THE DEVIL ATTACKS, AND SOMETIMES WE CAUSE OUR OWN PROBLEMS. THOSE
ARE THE ONES WE LEARNED TODAY. NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THE FALLEN WORLD. OKAY? THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE OUT
OF OUR CONTROL. RIGHT? AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PERSECUTION
AND THE SUFFERING OF THE CHURCH, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO
FROM THERE. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? DID
I HELP YOU? FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD EVERY PERSON IN THE
ROOM AND ONLINE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. AND I'M ASKING THAT
YOU TOUCH THEIR LIFE. MINISTER TO THEM, FATHER. HELP THEM WALK
THROUGH THE SEASONS OF LIFE THAT CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE,
CHALLENGING, AND EVEN PAINFUL AT TIMES. I PRAY, LORD,
THAT YOU WOULD USE THIS MESSAGE TO GROW US, TEACH US
AND HELP EACH PERSON TO NAVIGATE THIS LIFE AND
THAT THEY WILL COME OUT IN VICTORY IN JESUS NAME,
AMEN. I LOVE YOU. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR DOUG.
- AMEN. WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE TODAY. ARE YOU ENCOURAGED? AMEN.
I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE JUST TO REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS, IF YOU
WOULD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET
TO YOUR SPOTS, BUT JUST REMAIN FOR A MOMENT HERE UNTIL WE
DISMISS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU
COULD COME AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR ALTAR TEAM WILL BE UP
HERE. IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY FOR ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, OUR
ALTAR TEAM IS AVAILABLE, THEY'RE WILLING, THEY'RE PREPARED,
THEY'RE MIGHTY IN PRAYER, AND THEY'RE POWERFUL. THEY'LL PRAY
WITH YOU FOR AN AGREEMENT TO WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED. IF YOU
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE, A HEALING ISSUE IN YOUR LIFE,
FINANCIAL ISSUE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, OUR ALTAR TEAM IS UP
HERE AND THEY'RE PREPARED AND READY TO PRAY WITH YOU. AND IF
YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY AND YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, WE'LL PUT UP A
NUMBER IN A MOMENT. YOU CAN CALL THAT 24 HOURS A DAY, AND OUR
PRAYER TEAM IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT. BEFORE WE DISMISS YOU,
THOUGH, TODAY, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TALK ABOUT A
COUPLE THINGS THAT PASTOR BRENDA SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO TRUST GOD AND HIS WORD IN EVERY
AREA, IT'S REALLY TRUE. AND IT KIND OF MADE ME THINK BACK, I
READ A 242 HOME GROUP REPORT TODAY. EVERY TIME OUR HOME
GROUPS MEET, THE LEADERS SEND US A REPORT JUST TO SAY WHAT WHAT
THEY'VE DISCUSSED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE GROUPS
WAS DISCUSSING WAS THAT THERE ARE CHURCHES OUT THERE TODAY
THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD. IN OTHER WORDS,
THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. AND ONE LADY WAS
TALKING ABOUT, IN FACT, SEVERAL OF THEM TALKED ABOUT CHURCHES IN
THEIR CITY THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE DOCTRINE OF HELL. THAT
THERE'S THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT FOR THE WICKED. THERE'S NO HELL.
AND THEY MAY THINK THEY'RE GAINING PEOPLE BY JUST GIVING
THEM THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
REASON FOR THAT IS, BUT HERE'S MY OPINION ON THAT. IF YOU CAN'T
SAY THAT THE WHOLE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE, THEN LET'S JUST THROW
IT OUT. WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE. THE
BIBLE SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY LIVE IN THIS EARTH,
I'M PARAPHRASING THIS IS NOT, I'M NOT GIVING YOU A SCRIPTURE,
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS IS A TRUTH FROM THE WORD OF GOD, THE
ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE IS WHEN YOU ACCEPT
JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE
ASSURED TO HAVE AN ETERNAL PLACE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN IS WHEN YOU
MAKE JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. THEN YOU CAN HAVE ALL
THE ABUNDANCE, YOU CAN HAVE THE POWER OVER SATAN THAT PASTOR
BRENDA WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN HAVE THAT POWER, BUT IF
YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE NOT ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE
NOT BECOME PART OF GOD'S ARMY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO
OVERCOME THE DEVIL. YOU'RE ON HIS TEAM AND YOU'RE SUBJECT TO
HIS COMMANDS. WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ACCEPT JESUS,
THEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME. PLUS, YOU HAVE THE
ADVANTAGE OF BEING WITH HIM IN ETERNITY. NONE OF US WANT TO GO
TO HELL. NONE OF YOU WANT TO BE IN HELL FOR ETERNITY. ETERNITY
IS A LONG, LONG TIME. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG ETERNITY IS. WHEN
YOU GO TO HELL, YOU'RE THERE FOREVER. THERE'S NO ESCAPE.
THERE'S NO PAROLE BOARD IN HELL. IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE DECISION,
AS PASTOR BRENDA SAID, IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE GOD WHILE YOU'RE ON
THIS EARTH, IT'S TOO LATE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TODAY.
THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS THE WAY. JESUS SAYS, "I AM THE WAY, THE
TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS. WE'RE
GOING TO CLOSE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. AND I WANT TO ASK THIS
QUESTION, IS THERE SOMEONE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, OR IS
THERE SOMEONE EVEN IN THIS ROOM TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR
DOUG, I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I'VE NEVER
MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY."
YOU DO THAT, YOU START THAT PROCESS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN BY
MAKING A DECISION TO SERVE HIM. AND IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE
PRAYER. BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT, OR YOU'VE BEEN IN A
CATEGORY OF YOU'VE WALKED AWAY FROM GOD, YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF
TRACK. I WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THAT TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
OR BEFORE YOU TURN OFF THIS BROADCAST, I WANT YOU
TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A
SIMPLE PRAYER. SO I'M GOING TO ASK WHEN I COUNT TO
THREE, NOW, IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND YOU SAY,
"I WANT PRAYER", "I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I
NEED TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF MY LIFE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
HAVE HIM ON MY SIDE. I WANT TO BE PART OF GOD'S ARMY. I WANT TO
END UP IN HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY." THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION
YOU'LL EVER MAKE. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHO YOU MARRY.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT IN YOUR CAREER. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE. IT IS RIGHT NOW
MAKING A DECISION FOR CHRIST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU
FOR ETERNITY. THIS LIFE GOES VERY QUICKLY. YOU WANT TO BE
WITH GOD FOR ETERNITY. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK
YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT PRAYER TODAY. WE DON'T WANT
TO EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THIS. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE
JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO THREE.
ONE, TWO, THREE. IF YOU NEED JESUS, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU
NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH HIM, RAISE YOUR HAND. MAYBE
YOU'VE GOTTEN INTO THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE
HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. USHERS, HELP ME,
IS THERE ANYONE HERE? OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. OR MAYBE SOMEONE
WATCHING ONLINE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WRITE IN OR CALL US VERY OFTEN
THAT SAYS THEY'VE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST. LET'S PRAY THIS PRAYER
TOGETHER. YOU REPEAT AFTER ME AND YOU CAN MAKE JESUS THE LORD
OF YOUR LIFE RIGHT TODAY, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT. "FATHER IN
HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE HE WENT TO THE
CROSS OF CALVARY. HE DIED AND WAS BURIED FOR ME. I BELIEVE HE
ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I ACCEPT JESUS
CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE.
COME INTO MY HEART. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION, AND I WILL SERVE
YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE." AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
TODAY, THAT'S YOUR INITIAL START WITH GOD. I WANT TO HELP TO
DISCIPLE YOU, YOU CAN CALL THE PRAYER LINE 855-777-7907, AND
OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS WILL SEND YOU INFORMATION AND HELP YOU ON
YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT TODAY. GOD
BLESS YOU. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU AND SERVE YOU IN ANY WAY WE
CAN. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, DON'T
FORGET, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, YOU HAVE TO DO IT TODAY OR
BY, LIKE 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING. YOU'VE GOT LIKE 24 HOURS OR
LESS. THE CHICKEN FRIED, I'M SORRY, THE FRIED CHICKEN. GET IT
RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY CHICKEN FRIED STEAK, BUT IT'S
IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. IS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE OUR
HEART TO YOUR YOUR HOME SERVICE. SO IT STARTS AT 5:45. YOU CAN
SIGN UP, GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER IF YOU NEED INFORMATION.
AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THAT. IT'S $5. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE
FRIED CHICKEN AND FELLOWSHIP. SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR
COMING. JOIN US WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND BE
BACK IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY. PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE CONTINUING
THIS MESSAGE. GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.