WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.671 (MUSIC) 00:04.671 --> 00:07.206 (ROARING) 00:07.206 --> 00:08.842 (MUSIC) 00:08.842 --> 00:12.012 - COME ON, CHURCH. GET UP ON YOUR FEET, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME 00:12.012 --> 00:20.519 PRAISE THIS MORNING. WHOA OH OH OH. 01:32.091 --> 01:33.159 - HALLELUJAH. 01:34.927 --> 01:39.599 - PRAISE YOU. HALLELUJAH, LORD WE WORSHIP YOU. WE BLESS YOU. 01:39.599 --> 01:42.868 COME ON. LET'S LIFT UP OUR VOICES AND JUST WORSHIP GOD. WE 01:42.868 --> 01:45.938 WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU. 01:46.706 --> 01:47.512 - THANK YOU JESUS. 01:47.519 --> 01:51.719 - YOU ARE OUR GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU. 01:51.719 --> 01:52.778 - OH YES LORD. 01:53.112 --> 01:57.599 - AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE, YOUR MERCY. WE THANK 01:57.599 --> 02:01.590 YOU FOR YOUR HELP. AND WE BLESS YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU TODAY. 02:01.590 --> 02:04.230 - YES, LORD JESUS. - AND MOST OF ALL, WE TRUST YOU. 02:05.670 --> 02:07.680 - IF YOU TRUST THE LORD, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT. 02:07.680 --> 02:09.990 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:09.990 --> 02:12.990 - WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOU TRUST THE LORD. THAT'S GOOD. I'M 02:12.990 --> 02:15.689 GOING TO LOOK OVER AT EVERYBODY NOW. THIS WAS THE SECTION LAST 02:15.689 --> 02:19.379 WEEK, REMEMBER? ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ALIVE AND WELL? 02:19.379 --> 02:21.240 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:21.240 --> 02:23.939 - HEY, THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I MUST HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE FROM 02:23.939 --> 02:27.646 HERE GO OVER THERE. NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M ONLY, I'M ONLY KIDDING. 02:27.646 --> 02:29.729 NO I'M KIDDING. SO HOW'S THIS SECTION? 02:29.729 --> 02:32.217 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:32.217 --> 02:36.960 - HERE, HOW ABOUT HERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:36.960 --> 02:40.659 - UP THERE? (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:40.659 --> 02:44.520 - ALL RIGHT, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS. WE NEVER DID THE WAVE. 02:44.520 --> 02:47.280 DUDE, START IT. READY? RIGHT HERE. LET'S GO. HERE WE GO. ALL 02:47.280 --> 02:52.919 RIGHT. WHY NOT? - THAT WAS FUN! 02:52.919 --> 02:57.180 - EXCEPT IT DIED OUT UP THERE. WHAT IS WITH THAT? SO, HEY, IT'S 02:57.180 --> 02:59.669 A GOOD WAY TO GET YOU TO LIFT YOUR HANDS, RIGHT, BEFORE THE 02:59.669 --> 03:01.814 LORD. SO THERE YOU GO. BUT ANYWAY... 03:01.814 --> 03:02.729 - THAT'S FUN. 03:02.729 --> 03:04.710 - ARE YOU ALL ENJOYING THE HEAT? HOW ABOUT YOU, BRENDA? 03:04.710 --> 03:05.483 - NO, NO. 03:05.483 --> 03:08.759 - NO, NO. I WAS GOING TO GO TO 03:08.759 --> 03:10.439 THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TODAY... 03:10.439 --> 03:12.689 - ... THAN LIKE THE WHITE BLIZZARD OR SOMETHING. 03:12.689 --> 03:13.354 - I HEAR YOU. 03:13.354 --> 03:15.361 - I THINK SO. - BUT THERE'S, LISTEN, I WAS 03:15.361 --> 03:17.030 GOING TO GO TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 03:17.030 --> 03:19.866 TODAY, AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GOING. THERE'S 03:19.866 --> 03:23.536 NO BETTER PLACE THAN YOUR SOFA, RIGHT? 03:24.670 --> 03:27.840 - WE ALL HAVE THE BIG OLD FLAT SCREEN TVS, WHY GO 03:27.840 --> 03:29.909 ANYWHERE? YOU CAN JUST WATCH THE WHOLE WORLD. 03:29.909 --> 03:34.500 - BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE AT MY HOUSE? MY OWN CONCESSION PERSON 03:34.500 --> 03:38.969 THAT COMES, AND... NOTHING I'M ONLY MESSING... 03:38.969 --> 03:41.159 - I KNOW HOW TO FLING A BAG OF POTATO CHIPS. 03:41.159 --> 03:46.050 - NO, THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, THROWS IT TO ME ACROSS THE ROOM, AND I 03:46.050 --> 03:48.960 HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE CHAIR AND PICK IT UP. THAT'S OKAY. 03:48.960 --> 03:51.000 - I'M GOOD, NO, I'M A BETTER TARGET THAN THAT. 03:51.000 --> 03:54.981 - I'M ONLY TEASING YOU. ALL RIGHT. OH, WHERE DO I GO FROM 03:54.981 --> 03:57.120 HERE? I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING 03:57.120 --> 03:59.729 ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. WE'RE SO HONORED THAT 03:59.729 --> 04:02.879 YOU JOINED US TODAY. AND I KNOW, I CAN HEAR YOU, 04:02.879 --> 04:04.770 YOU'RE ALREADY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP WITH 04:04.770 --> 04:08.729 WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WITH CERTAIN... 04:08.729 --> 04:09.300 - HAMMERS. 04:09.300 --> 04:14.159 - HAMMERS. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, TERRY WAS TELLING 04:14.159 --> 04:16.290 ME, FROM "THE PROPHETIC PULSE", HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ABLE TO 04:16.290 --> 04:19.199 WATCH THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PLEASE GO 04:19.199 --> 04:22.620 BACK AND WATCH "THE PROPHETIC PULSE." WE ACTUALLY WENT A 04:22.620 --> 04:26.519 LITTLE BIT LONGER ON WEDNESDAY WHERE WE DO TALK ABOUT ISRAEL, 04:26.519 --> 04:31.110 IRAN, WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2008, 11. BUT THERE WAS ONE 04:31.110 --> 04:34.470 PROPHETIC WORD WHERE THE LORD SAID HE WAS GOING TO STRIKE AT 04:34.470 --> 04:37.259 IRAN. HE WAS GOING TO HAMMER IT. AND THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE 04:37.259 --> 04:39.975 OPERATION LAST NIGHT, IT WAS "OPERATION HAMMER". SO I THOUGHT 04:39.975 --> 04:44.459 THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR JUST A 04:44.459 --> 04:47.250 FEW MINUTES IS I'M GOING TO DO KIND OF A MINI PULSE LIKE WE DID 04:47.250 --> 04:51.180 LAST WEEK. I'LL SHARE, JUST A REMINDER, MAYBE SOME OF YOU 04:51.180 --> 04:55.769 DIDN'T SEE IT. MAYBE SOME OF YOU FORGOT. BUT I WILL MENTION 04:55.769 --> 04:58.139 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER ON WHERE YOU CAN GO 04:58.139 --> 05:00.569 OUT AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT THOSE PROPHETIC WORDS TO 05:00.569 --> 05:03.209 ENCOURAGE YOU AND, AND JUST WORSHIP GOD AND THANK 05:03.209 --> 05:05.790 HIM THAT HE IS SPEAKING TO US. ALL RIGHT. LISTEN... 05:05.790 --> 05:09.750 - BUT I WILL SAY, BEFORE WE GET TO THE MESSAGE, I THINK SOME OF 05:09.750 --> 05:13.319 THE PROPHETIC WORDS THAT YOU WERE READING THIS MORNING TO ME, 05:13.319 --> 05:16.620 THEY MAKE EVEN MORE SENSE NOW BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST 05:16.620 --> 05:20.879 NIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TIME TO TALK 05:20.879 --> 05:25.829 ABOUT SOME OF THAT AND RECAP IT. AND IT IS JUST JAW DROPPING WHAT 05:25.829 --> 05:30.750 GOD WAS SAYING. THAT GOD TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE WITH US WHAT 05:30.750 --> 05:33.209 HE WAS GOING TO DO. AND I JUST THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE. 05:33.209 --> 05:38.250 - AMEN. ESPECIALLY IN TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF 05:38.250 --> 05:41.069 GOING, "OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON?" BUT AGAIN, IT'S WHERE YOU GET 05:41.069 --> 05:43.560 YOUR NEWS FROM. WE GOT TO GET IT FROM THE THRONE. 05:43.560 --> 05:45.660 BEST OF ALL, ISN'T IT? - ABSOLUTELY. 05:45.660 --> 05:48.810 - ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, MAMA, REAL QUICK. YOU'RE GOING TO 05:48.810 --> 05:50.699 PREACH, I GUESS IT'S PART TWO. - PART TWO. 05:50.699 --> 05:52.740 - AND YOU WERE TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE PREACHING 05:52.740 --> 05:54.959 ON, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A BOOK. 05:54.959 --> 05:57.120 - YEAH, WELL. WELL, MAYBE, LET'S JUST 05:57.120 --> 05:58.259 SEE HOW IT ALL COMES OUT FIRST. 05:58.259 --> 05:59.670 - ALRIGHT, SO TELL US WHAT IT IS. 05:59.670 --> 06:03.269 - YEAH, SO WE'RE CONTINUING A THREE PART SERIES ON THE TRUTH 06:03.269 --> 06:08.009 ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DOES 06:08.009 --> 06:11.310 ADVERSITY HAPPEN? YOU COULD SAY, WHY DO BAD THINGS SOMETIMES 06:11.310 --> 06:14.250 HAPPEN WITH SEEMINGLY GOOD PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF 06:14.250 --> 06:17.160 THESE. WE WENT THROUGH THE BOOK OF JOB LAST WEEK. WE'LL RECAP A 06:17.160 --> 06:20.399 LITTLE OF THAT. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME 06:20.399 --> 06:24.060 REASONS THAT ADVERSITY COMES. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE THIS 06:24.060 --> 06:27.120 WEEK AND NEXT WEEK AND JUST KIND OF PICK OUR WAY THROUGH IT. I 06:27.120 --> 06:30.600 THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD AND VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I THINK 06:30.600 --> 06:33.660 IT'S GOING TO HELP ALL OF US NAVIGATE NOT ONLY THINGS 06:33.660 --> 06:36.149 WE GO THROUGH, BUT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE 06:36.149 --> 06:38.778 GO THROUGH IT CORRECTLY AND BE A SUPPORTER. 06:38.778 --> 06:41.250 - I'M EXCITED. DO YOU KNOW WHO MY FAVORITE PREACHER IS? 06:41.250 --> 06:43.139 - I CAN'T GUESS. - YOU. 06:43.139 --> 06:43.569 - ALL RIGHT. 06:43.569 --> 06:46.238 - I'M EXCITED. OKAY, WELL, LET'S WORSHIP THE LORD. 06:46.238 --> 06:51.000 - ALL RIGHT. LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, SAY 06:51.000 --> 06:55.982 THESE WORDS. SAY "LORD JESUS. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY IN 06:55.982 --> 07:01.588 THE HOUSE OF GOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK. YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE. 07:01.588 --> 07:07.694 I'M GOING TO BE RECEPTIVE. AND I ASK YOU, LORD, MOVE ON OUR LIVES 07:07.694 --> 07:12.959 AND UPON EVERYONE WATCHING IN THIS SERVICE TODAY." NOW, IF YOU 07:12.959 --> 07:16.336 BELIEVE IT, THEN LET'S RAISE THOSE HANDS AND SHOUT AND 07:16.336 --> 07:19.939 WORSHIP THE LORD TOGETHER IN JESUS NAME. 07:25.278 --> 07:29.449 - COME ON CHURCH! NO MATTER THE SITUATION, WE PRAISE HIS NAME. 07:29.449 --> 07:38.958 AMEN? HERE WE GO. LET EVERYTHING... 12:25.912 --> 12:27.413 - I CAN HEAR... 12:37.657 --> 12:42.128 - OH OH OH. YEAH. 14:16.418 --> 14:28.033 - OHHH, WE WILL PRAISE, WE WILL PRAISE. YEAHHH! 16:13.539 --> 16:15.741 - WE WATCH THE HEAVINESS RUN AWAY. 16:16.375 --> 16:20.846 - PUT ON THE GARMENT OF PRAISE. WATCH THE HEAVINESS... 16:51.010 --> 16:58.183 - OH, WE LOVE TO LIFT YOU UP, LORD. WE LOVE TO GIVE YOU GLORY. 17:00.953 --> 17:09.028 LOVE TO LIFT UP YOUR NAME. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD. 17:11.096 --> 17:17.737 YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD. 17:20.039 --> 17:27.446 THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU'RE A WONDER WORKING GOD. 17:28.847 --> 17:33.286 YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. YOU'RE A WONDER 17:33.286 --> 17:45.230 WORKING GOD. THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO. BECAUSE 17:45.230 --> 17:50.502 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN DEFEATED. YOU'VE NEVER BEEN 17:50.502 --> 17:58.243 DEFEATED. YOU'RE A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. 17:58.278 --> 18:39.786 (MUSIC) 24:52.192 --> 25:10.676 - YOU ARE. YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. I AM, YOU 25:10.676 --> 25:28.361 ARE. I AM, YOU ARE. HOLY AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. HOLY 25:28.361 --> 25:41.607 AND MIGHTY. AWESOME IN POWER. YOU ARE. EL SHADDAI, YOU ARE. 25:43.209 --> 25:55.721 YAHWEH, YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE LORD OUR GOD. YOU ARE THE LORD 25:55.721 --> 26:12.005 OUR GOD. SO MAGNIFICENT, YOU ARE. SO BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE. I 26:12.005 --> 26:17.943 STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE. STAND IN AWE OF WHO YOU ARE. 26:24.084 --> 26:33.259 STAND IN AWE. AND I STAND ON THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION. YOU HIDE 26:33.259 --> 26:51.111 ME IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. YOU 26:51.111 --> 26:57.317 HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. AND ONLY WITH MY EYES 26:57.317 --> 27:05.791 WILL I SEE THE REWARD OF THOSE WHO DON'T SEEK YOU. ONLY WITH MY 27:05.791 --> 27:18.872 EYES WILL I SEE. CAUSE YOU HIDE ME. YOU HIDE ME. YOU SURROUND 27:18.872 --> 27:33.953 ME. YOU SURROUND ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME. 27:35.362 --> 27:41.361 YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME. 27:43.496 --> 27:52.505 YOU GO BEFORE ME. YOU GO BEHIND ME. MY GOD, YOU'RE AROUND ME. 27:53.573 --> 27:58.345 I'M HIDING IN YOUR SHELTER. YOU'RE ALL AROUND ME. 28:00.579 --> 28:05.184 YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR ME. YOU GO BEFORE ME. 31:05.332 --> 31:09.169 - WELL LET'S LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND WORSHIP HIM. OH, JESUS, WE 31:09.169 --> 31:13.506 WORSHIP YOU, LORD OF HOSTS. CAPTAIN OF THE HOSTS, WE HONOR 31:13.506 --> 31:21.413 YOU. YOU SURROUND US WITH THE SHIELD. YOU BRING PRESERVATION 31:21.413 --> 31:26.885 UPON US. WE ARE PRESERVED BY THE POWER OF YOUR HAND. WE'RE 31:26.885 --> 31:30.056 PRESERVED, COMING IN AND GOING OUT, AND IN BETWEEN. WE'RE 31:30.056 --> 31:39.065 PRESERVED FROM ALL EVIL. OH, SPIRIT OF GOD! LET THERE BE A 31:39.065 --> 31:45.404 RESTRAINT UPON OUR ENEMIES. THAT THOSE THAT SEEK TO RISE AGAINST 31:45.404 --> 31:51.411 US, AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE, AGAINST THIS NATION, AGAINST ISRAEL. YOU 31:51.411 --> 31:56.583 GO BEFORE US. YOU GO BEHIND US. YOU ARE THE RESTRAINING FORCE. 31:56.583 --> 32:02.154 YOU ARE THE GOD OF PRESERVATION. PROTECT OUR CITIES. PROTECT OUR 32:02.154 --> 32:09.695 HOMES. PROTECT OUR NATION. PROTECT JERUSALEM. ISRAEL, WE 32:09.695 --> 32:18.104 SPEAK FOR YOUR PEACE. PRINCE OF PEACE. GO BEFORE US. GO BEHIND 32:18.104 --> 32:29.782 US. RELEASE YOUR HOSTS. THANK YOU GOD. YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US. 32:33.452 --> 32:35.555 YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US. COME ON, KEEP PLAYING THAT AND I HEAR IT. 32:36.455 --> 32:39.759 COME ON. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRIT REALM RIGHT NOW. 32:40.359 --> 32:43.797 COME ON. THINGS MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW OF. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS 32:43.797 --> 32:48.067 MOVING. THERE'S A RESTRAINING AGAINST THAT WHICH COMES TO 32:48.067 --> 32:53.306 STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. AND I DO NOT JUST SPEAK OF THE 32:53.306 --> 32:58.979 NATIONS, I SPEAK OF YOUR HOMES, YOUR LIFE. COME ON. COME ON, 32:58.979 --> 33:01.881 KEEP PLAYING IT ON THE DRUMS. LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND, 33:01.881 --> 33:05.352 LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND, LET THE SOUND. LET THE SOUND. 33:05.719 --> 33:11.758 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 33:11.758 --> 33:18.330 LET IT GO OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S DELIVERANCE. LET IT GO 33:18.330 --> 33:24.037 OUT, THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S RESTRAINT. LET IT GO OUT, THE 33:24.037 --> 33:29.843 ARROW OF THE LORD'S SCATTERING. SCATTERING AND SHATTERING HIS 33:29.843 --> 33:41.186 ENEMIES. LET THE ARROWS. LET IT GO OUT, MIGHTY GOD. 33:41.186 --> 33:44.923 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 33:46.492 --> 33:51.698 LET IT GO OUT. LET IT GO OUT. 33:54.467 --> 34:03.042 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 34:08.380 --> 34:12.318 "DO YOU UNDERSTAND," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "THAT YOU ARE 34:12.318 --> 34:19.893 STANDING IN THE NEW? SOME OF YOU, YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TO THE 34:19.893 --> 34:25.965 PLOW AND YOU LOOK BACK. BUT I SAY YOU ARE STANDING IN THE NEW. 34:26.833 --> 34:34.074 THIS IS THE NEW SEASON OF MY EVENTS. OF MY PROCLAMATIONS, MY 34:34.074 --> 34:41.748 DECREE, MY AGENDAS THAT GO FORTH IN THE EARTH. AND I AM BRINGING 34:41.748 --> 34:52.259 A NEW UNITED STATES BEFORE YOU. AND THIS THAT I'M DOING IN YOUR 34:52.259 --> 35:00.199 NATION, IT IS A GREAT WORK. IT'S WHY THEY SAY AMONG YOUR LAND, 35:00.199 --> 35:08.842 'MAKING AMERICA GREAT'. THIS IS MY PLAN. MY ENDEAVOR. THIS IS MY 35:08.842 --> 35:15.114 WILL. AND THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. AS ENEMIES OF DARKNESS 35:15.114 --> 35:20.619 ARE BEING CONSTRAINED. ANNIHILATED. DISMANTLED. 35:20.954 --> 35:29.128 DETHRONED. AND THEY ARE BEING DISPLACED. YOU WILL SEE IN THE 35:29.128 --> 35:34.634 SEASON OF THE NEW, I STAND UPON THE MIDDLE EAST. AND I STAND 35:34.634 --> 35:42.409 THERE TO TEAR DOWN A WALL. I DID IT IN THE DAYS OF RONALD REAGAN. 35:43.809 --> 35:52.918 I AM TEARING ISLAM AND ITS VEIL AND STRONGHOLD. YESHUA, HE 35:52.918 --> 36:01.311 ARISES IN THE LAND, IN THE EARTH, IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE 36:01.311 --> 36:09.186 STANDS UPON THE VERY SOIL OF IRAN. IN THIS SEASON OF THE NEW, 36:10.971 --> 36:17.871 YOU WATCH WHAT SHALL ARISE. THERE IS A LIBERTY, AND THERE IS 36:17.871 --> 36:22.280 A FREEDOM THAT IS COMING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND IT IS COMING TO 36:22.280 --> 36:27.291 THE NATION OF IRAN," SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, "AND THIS LIBERTY 36:27.291 --> 36:31.251 THAT YOU SEE AND YOU SHALL SEE WITH YOUR EYES SHALL LIBERATE 36:31.251 --> 36:38.990 THE WOMEN, THE VEILS REMOVED, AND THEY SHALL BE GIVEN PLACES 36:38.990 --> 36:44.061 TO SPEAK, TO HAVE INFLUENCE, EVEN AUTHORITY THAT SHALL SHOCK 36:44.061 --> 36:49.668 THE EARTH. BUT THIS IS MY SEASON OF THE NEW, AND THERE SHALL BE A 36:49.668 --> 36:54.608 LIBERTY THAT SHALL ARISE IN IRAN, THAT SHALL BRING NEW FACES 36:56.630 --> 37:02.960 OF THOSE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING IN SECRET. THAT WERE 37:02.960 --> 37:12.050 CLOTHED WITH UNIFORMS OF THE IRANIAN REGIME. BUT THEY WERE 37:12.050 --> 37:21.860 NOT SATISFIED. AND THEY INVITED AND ALLOWED OTHERS TO COME IN TO 37:21.860 --> 37:28.521 CREATE A SCENARIO, A PLAN THAT YOU ARE SEEING WITH YOUR EYES. 37:28.521 --> 37:32.661 DO NOT LISTEN TO THE NEWS, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. WHAT HAS BEEN 37:32.661 --> 37:36.231 THE WORK OF MY HANDS, COOPERATING AND WORKING AMONG 37:36.231 --> 37:45.260 THOSE IN MILITARY UNIFORM, HIGH PLACES, SCIENTISTS, TO CREATE A 37:45.260 --> 37:51.201 PLAN THAT WILL CAUSE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM TO NOT JUST ARISE IN 37:51.201 --> 37:55.311 IRAN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. AND THERE SHALL BE 37:55.311 --> 37:59.030 GATHERINGS AND CELEBRATION THAT YOU WILL SEE WITH YOUR EYES, 38:00.081 --> 38:07.070 THAT BY THE MASSES THEY WILL GATHER ALL ACROSS THE IRAN, AND 38:07.070 --> 38:10.010 THEY WILL CRY, AND THEY WILL WEEP, AND THEY WILL LAUGH AND 38:10.010 --> 38:13.670 THEY WILL SING. BUT THERE WILL BE A SOUND THAT YOU WILL HEAR. 38:14.840 --> 38:17.570 BECAUSE I HAVE SAID, WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS 38:17.570 --> 38:22.851 LIBERTY. THIS IS MY SPIRIT MOVING. THEREFORE PAY ATTENTION. 38:22.851 --> 38:29.900 YESHUA! YESHUA! AND THAT WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGROUND AND HIDDEN 38:29.900 --> 38:33.800 AWAY AND PERSECUTED IN IRAN AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SHALL COME 38:33.800 --> 38:40.431 IN THE LIBERTY OF THE SPIRIT THAT SHALL ARISE. AND FOR A 38:40.431 --> 38:51.666 SEASON, FOR A SEASON, MY PEOPLE SHALL HAVE A LIBERTY AND FREEDOM 38:53.240 --> 38:58.880 TO WORSHIP YESHUA OPENLY, PUBLICLY, AND TO BUILD AND TO 38:58.880 --> 39:09.081 PLANT. BECAUSE THE VEIL AND THE SHACKLES ARE BEING BROKEN. AND 39:09.081 --> 39:16.400 THIS OF THE NEW THAT I SPEAK OF WILL CAUSE A NEW CANAL TO BE 39:16.400 --> 39:22.521 FORMED, AGREED UPON, AND THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL JOIN TOGETHER 39:22.521 --> 39:26.871 AND SAY, 'THIS BRINGS GREATER TRADE ROUTES.' 'WHAT IS THIS 39:26.871 --> 39:32.181 THAT ARISES IN THE EARTH AT THIS TIME?' IT IS TO SHOW THE EARTH. 39:32.181 --> 39:39.260 THIS IS MY TIME, OF MY RESET, MY GLORY AND MY WAY. AND THIS NEWS 39:39.260 --> 39:42.530 SHALL SPILL OVER AMONG THE NATIONS. CANADA, I'M COMING FOR 39:42.530 --> 39:48.231 YOU", SAYS THE LORD. "UKRAINE, YOUR FOOL SHALL BE DISPLACED AND 39:48.231 --> 39:53.931 REMOVED. THE NEWS SHALL ARISE AMONG RUSSIA AND ITS LEADER, AND 39:53.931 --> 39:57.530 THERE SHALL BE A GREATER EXPRESSION IN FREEDOM OF CHRIST 39:57.530 --> 40:07.490 AND IT'S SOUNDS. AND THEN PAY ATTENTION. NORTH KOREA, YOUR 40:07.490 --> 40:16.581 DAYS ARE NUMBERED. I WILL SHAKE YOU AS I HAVE SHAKEN IRAN, AND I 40:16.581 --> 40:22.097 WILL LOOSE YOU FROM YOUR PIG, AND I WILL CAUSE HIM TO SQUEAL. 40:23.536 --> 40:34.367 BUT HE HAS MY FINGERS IN HIS NOSTRIL, AND HE WILL BOW. AND A 40:34.367 --> 40:39.916 UNITY WILL ARISE AS A VEIL AND A WALL THAT I'M COMING FOR. IT 40:39.916 --> 40:45.766 SHALL BE TORN DOWN OVER ASIA, OVER NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA," 40:45.766 --> 40:50.483 SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND? DO NOT TALK WAR 40:50.483 --> 40:55.222 UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MY WAR. THIS IS THE CAPTAIN 40:55.222 --> 40:59.693 OF THE HOST THAT STANDS IN THE EARTH TO RESET IT AND BRING THE 40:59.693 --> 41:03.797 NEW SEASON AGAIN," SAYS THE LORD. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR 41:03.797 --> 41:10.704 VOICE AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM. 41:10.704 --> 41:21.481 - ...YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF 41:21.481 --> 41:33.626 JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. 41:34.161 --> 41:44.838 YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, 41:45.572 --> 41:57.684 YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA OF JUDAH, YOU WILL ARISE. YESHUA... 41:57.684 --> 42:01.186 - COME ON. JUST SAY HIS NAME. YESHUA. YESHUA. COME ON. THOSE 42:01.186 --> 42:03.737 OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE 42:03.737 --> 42:10.637 AND BEGIN TO WORSHIP YESHUA. YESHUA. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE 42:10.637 --> 42:21.077 WORSHIP YOU. YESHUA. THANK YOU GOD. I WANT YOU TO SAY, "LORD, 42:21.077 --> 42:28.547 BLESS ME. KEEP ME. LET YOUR FACE SHINE DOWN UPON ME AND GIVE ME 42:28.547 --> 42:35.086 PEACE. I RECEIVE YOUR TOUCH OVER MY LIFE TODAY. I RECEIVE 42:35.086 --> 42:40.666 PRESERVATION, PROTECTION OVER MY LIFE, MY LOVED 42:40.666 --> 42:46.697 ONES, MY CITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NATION." 42:46.697 --> 42:48.347 NOW GIVE HIM ONE MORE SHOUT OF PRAISE. 42:48.347 --> 42:51.304 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 42:51.304 --> 42:53.567 - PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS, WE'RE 42:53.567 --> 42:57.425 GOING TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY. I WANT YOU TO BE SEATED. I'M NOT 42:57.425 --> 43:00.413 GOING TO SHARE ALL THE PROPHECIES, BUT I AM GOING TO, I 43:00.413 --> 43:06.646 JUST FEEL... I FEEL IN MY HEART I NEED TO JUST SHARE A COUPLE. 43:06.646 --> 43:10.367 MAY I HAVE MY, THANK YOU, SON. MAN, THE ANOINTING IS SO HEAVY. 43:10.367 --> 43:16.262 I'M KIND OF, A LITTLE RATTLED, SORRY. I AM TRYING. OKAY. I 43:16.262 --> 43:22.902 DON'T WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION. THANK YOU LORD. ALL RIGHT. ALL 43:22.902 --> 43:26.086 RIGHT, LET'S UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME ENCOURAGEMENT REAL 43:26.086 --> 43:28.996 QUICK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAMA HAS ENOUGH TIME. PLUS, WE 43:28.996 --> 43:32.536 HAVE VBS, THEY'RE GOING TO SING A SONG, AND WE LOVE OUR 43:32.536 --> 43:35.567 CHILDREN. SO, ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? OKAY, I WANT TO GO TO 43:35.567 --> 43:38.867 SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. IS MY GLASSES AROUND HERE? YEAH, THEY 43:38.867 --> 43:42.081 ARE. OKAY. I WANT TO GO TO SLIDE 8 REAL QUICK. I WANT TO READ YOU 43:42.081 --> 43:45.106 THIS ONE. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE THAT KIND 43:45.106 --> 43:48.257 OF SAYS IT WITHOUT HAVING TO READ ALL THE OTHER ONES. "DO NOT 43:48.257 --> 43:54.496 BE MOVED." THIS IS JANUARY 21ST OF 2024. "DO NOT BE MOVED. FOR 43:54.496 --> 43:57.407 AS MUCH AS THE TENSIONS SHALL ARISE BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF 43:57.407 --> 44:00.646 FEAR OF YOUR ENEMIES, LOOK BEYOND IT." HOW MANY KNOW, GOD'S 44:00.646 --> 44:02.806 SAYING, "LOOK BEYOND IT. GREATER SHALL BE THE CELEBRATION, THE 44:02.806 --> 44:06.317 VINDICATION, THE JUSTICE THAT SHALL ARISE IN THE EARTH, THAT 44:06.317 --> 44:11.027 SHALL BRING SWIFT REGIME CHANGES TO THE TYRANTS OF THE EARTH, AND 44:11.027 --> 44:14.146 SHALL CALM WAR IN AREAS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT FOR JUST A 44:14.146 --> 44:17.416 SEASON. BUT IT SHALL BE MY SEASON TO RESET THE EARTH, AND 44:17.416 --> 44:20.896 TO BRING REVERSALS THAT I'LL SHOW THE EARTH WHO IS IN CHARGE. 44:20.896 --> 44:24.737 AND I'LL CAUSE THERE TO BE A GREAT, GREAT REWARD TO THOSE WHO 44:24.737 --> 44:28.036 STOOD WOUNDED IN THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE. YOU SHALL RECEIVE 44:28.036 --> 44:31.336 YOUR SPOIL AND YOUR CHILDREN AND GENERATIONS TO COME, SAYS THE 44:31.336 --> 44:37.306 LIVING GOD." THEN I WANT US TO GO TO, IF WE COULD, I WANT US TO 44:37.306 --> 44:42.976 GO TO, LET'S SEE, LET'S GO TO SLIDE 24. I THINK THAT'S A, 44:42.976 --> 44:47.056 THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO SHOW VERY QUICKLY. SLIDE 24. 44:47.056 --> 44:52.007 DO THEY HAVE IT UP? OKAY, I'LL JUST READ IT HERE. IT SAYS "DO 44:52.007 --> 44:57.376 NOT BE AFRAID OF IRAN. MAY 26TH, 2019. FOR THEY WILL SEEK AND 44:57.376 --> 45:00.947 THEY WILL BE A CONFRONTATION..." THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. 45:00.947 --> 45:04.246 "UNITED STATES - ISRAEL." NOTICE THOSE TWO NATIONS ARE THERE, 45:04.246 --> 45:08.567 OBVIOUSLY. "THEY SAY THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST OF WARS. IRAN, 45:08.567 --> 45:11.626 YOU SPEAK WITH SUCH PRIDE, YET IRAN, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE 45:11.626 --> 45:15.197 GREAT I AM AND SO THERE'LL BE A SHAKING OF YOUR SOIL..." HOW 45:15.197 --> 45:17.657 MANY OF YOU JUST HEARD THEY HAD A FIVE POINT SOMETHING 45:17.657 --> 45:22.007 EARTHQUAKE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. "AND THIS WILL BE A SIGN TO 45:22.007 --> 45:26.387 THE EARTH OF WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE. WHO CAN BREAK THE POWER 45:26.387 --> 45:30.496 OF MEN'S LEGS," THAT'S THEIR ARMY, "THEIR WEAPONRY," COME ON, 45:30.496 --> 45:34.132 "THEIR ARMORY." THEIR NUCLEAR, RIGHT? "DO I FEAR THOSE? I AM 45:34.132 --> 45:37.126 THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST, SAYS THE LORD, AND I'LL STAND BETWEEN 45:37.126 --> 45:40.847 THE ENDEAVORS OF IRAN TO STRIKE YOU, UNITED STATES, WITH TERROR 45:40.847 --> 45:44.206 AND TO BRING YOU INTO GREAT CONFLICT." SO GOD IS SAYING THAT 45:44.206 --> 45:49.217 HE'S GOING TO STAND. LET'S LOOK AT SLIDE 33. AND THIS ONE IS 45:49.217 --> 45:54.751 VERY POWERFUL AS WELL. DO THEY HAVE IT UP THERE, TELL ME IF 45:54.751 --> 45:58.847 YOU... OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO READ THE RED, "AND 45:58.847 --> 46:03.766 GOD SAYS, I SAY TO YOU, I RAN. YOU WILL TRY AND THERE WILL BE 46:03.766 --> 46:06.887 THAT WHICH WILL BE SEEN IN THE AIR. BUT I'LL STRIKE DOWN THE 46:06.887 --> 46:09.766 ATTEMPTS THAT WILL BE PUT IN YOUR PLACE, THAT YOU'LL BE PUT 46:09.766 --> 46:14.297 IN YOUR PLACE." SO WHO'S DOING THE STRIKING? OKAY. AND GOD DOES 46:14.297 --> 46:17.597 MANIFEST THINGS THROUGH THE NATURAL. "AND YOU WILL BE 46:17.597 --> 46:21.347 EMBARRASSED AND THIS WILL LEAD TO A GREAT UPRISING WITHIN YOUR 46:21.347 --> 46:26.836 NATION, IRAN. THAT WILL CAUSE A REGIME CHANGE THAT THE EARTH 46:26.836 --> 46:29.536 WILL SEE AND BEHOLD THAT GOD IS THE GOD OF THE KINGS OF THE 46:29.536 --> 46:35.597 EARTH. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?" SO HOW 46:35.597 --> 46:38.567 MANY KNOW GOD IS TRYING TO SET SOME THINGS IN ORDER? NOW I WANT 46:38.567 --> 46:44.806 TO SHOW YOU THIS, SLIDE 34. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THESE 46:44.806 --> 46:48.137 WERE FROM 2011. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO 46:48.137 --> 46:52.186 BE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE THIS WAS 2011. WE HAVE TO REMIND 46:52.186 --> 46:55.186 OURSELVES, THE PODCASTERS, THAT IN DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE OUT 46:55.186 --> 46:57.226 THERE, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE HELPING YOU, BUT THERE ARE SOME 46:57.226 --> 47:00.677 THAT AREN'T. YOU NEED TO BE VERY WISE IN WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING 47:00.677 --> 47:04.876 TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 47:04.876 --> 47:08.507 SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S NOT THEIR 47:08.507 --> 47:14.056 JOB, BUT... THIS IS SLIDE 34. MAY 4TH, 2011, "GOD SAYS THE 47:14.056 --> 47:16.996 PRINCE OF PERSIA IS SHAKING AND TREMBLING, BUT KNOW THAT THE 47:16.996 --> 47:20.177 SAME ANGEL THAT HAS DEALT IN THE DAYS OF DANIEL HAS DEALT WITH 47:20.177 --> 47:23.056 THE PRINCE OF PERSIA, AND HAS BROUGHT A VICTORY FOR AMERICA. 47:23.056 --> 47:25.967 BUT GOD SAYS, THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA," YOU COULD READ THIS IN 47:25.967 --> 47:29.836 DANIEL 10, "IS NOW RAISING HIS HEAD AND INFLICTING PUNISHMENT 47:29.836 --> 47:33.525 UPON MY PEOPLE, EVEN IN THE LAND OF THE EAST. WATCH THE 47:33.525 --> 47:37.036 SURROUNDING AREAS OF ISRAEL AND WATCH THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF 47:37.036 --> 47:42.527 THE EAST." NOW WATCH WHAT HE SAYS. "WATCH LIBYA, WATCH IRAN 47:42.527 --> 47:46.726 AND WATCH SYRIA FOR GRECIA," THIS IS THE DEMON "HAS SAID WE 47:46.726 --> 47:50.387 OWN THESE TERRITORIES, BARAN." I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT IS 47:50.387 --> 47:56.266 ANCIENT TERRITORIES OF THE EMPIRE OF GRECIA. "BUT THE 47:56.266 --> 47:59.056 SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS, EVEN AS THE ANGEL HAS COME IN THE DAYS OF 47:59.056 --> 48:01.996 DANIEL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF A MAN, TONIGHT HIS VOICE, THE 48:01.996 --> 48:05.086 VOICE OF A MAN, THE VOICE OF A TRUMPET GOES FORTH. AND ONCE 48:05.086 --> 48:08.416 AGAIN, MY ANGELS, MY HOSTS, LISTEN FOR THE WORDS TO DEAL NOW 48:08.416 --> 48:11.806 WITH THE SPIRIT OF GRECIA, EVEN AS PERSIA HAS BEEN DEALT WITH. 48:11.806 --> 48:15.137 SO IT IS THAT THESE NATIONS SHALL BEGIN TO ERUPT, AND THERE 48:15.137 --> 48:18.797 WILL QUICKLY BE REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, WITH 48:18.797 --> 48:22.516 ONE WHOSE HEAD WAS TOPPLED, GOD SAYS IT SHALL TAKE PLACE..." 48:22.516 --> 48:26.746 NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS FIRST LIBYA, "I WILL CUT HIM OFF AT HIS FEET. 48:26.746 --> 48:29.717 I'LL BREAK HIS POWER. I'LL TAKE HIM FROM HIS NOSTRILS AND HE'LL 48:29.717 --> 48:32.927 BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LIBYA." THIS ACTUALLY 48:32.927 --> 48:37.817 HAPPENED. YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT. ALMOST 48:37.817 --> 48:42.047 SIX MONTHS LATER, MUAMMAR GADDAFI, THE LEADER OF LIBYA, 48:42.047 --> 48:45.827 WAS DRAGGED THROUGH THE STREETS. OKAY, SO THAT PROPHECY WAS 48:45.827 --> 48:48.737 FULFILLED SIX, ALMOST SIX MONTHS LATER. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. 48:48.737 --> 48:51.797 SAME PROPHECY. "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAYS, WATCH SYRIA, FOR 48:51.797 --> 48:57.257 HE SHALL FLEE." THAT HAPPENED 13 YEARS LATER WHEN ASSAD, 40 YEAR 48:57.257 --> 49:04.067 REGIME, SUDDENLY FLED. NOW GOD'S SAYING "PAY ATTENTION." NOTICE 49:04.067 --> 49:07.786 THE NEXT ONE. "IRAN THEY SHALL MARCH QUICKLY UPON THE PARK AND 49:07.786 --> 49:09.947 QUICKLY UPON THE STREETS..." WE SHOW THAT ON "THE PROPHETIC 49:09.947 --> 49:13.336 PULSE" THERE WAS THIS UPRISING IN THE PARKS AND UPON THE 49:13.336 --> 49:15.586 STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. "THEY'LL SHAKE THEIR FISTS AND THEY'LL 49:15.586 --> 49:18.257 SAY 'WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER NATIONS WE MUST NOW HAVE IN 49:18.257 --> 49:20.746 IRAN'." HOW MANY OF YOU JUST SAW THESE, THESE UPRISINGS? THEY'RE 49:20.746 --> 49:23.867 SAYING, "WE WANT LIBERTY!" "GOD SAYS, WATCH, I'M GOING TO GIVE 49:23.867 --> 49:26.177 YOU A SIGN. THERE WILL BE CAPTURES, ASSASSINATIONS, 49:26.177 --> 49:29.416 REMOVAL OF LEADERS, AND THERE'LL BE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WANTED BY 49:29.416 --> 49:31.217 THE GOVERNMENT WHO WILL SUDDENLY, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, 49:31.217 --> 49:34.246 SURRENDER. OTHERS WILL BE TAKEN OUT. LEADERS AND NATIONS SHALL 49:34.246 --> 49:37.876 BE TOPPLED. AND THIS IS A SIGN. AS PERSIA HAS BEEN SHAKEN, SO 49:37.876 --> 49:41.567 SHALL THE PRINCE OF GRECIA. FOR THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN HAVE COME 49:41.567 --> 49:45.077 FOR YOUR WORDS, LIKE ARROWS THAT THEY WILL INFLICT DAMAGE UPON 49:45.077 --> 49:48.347 THE FORCES OF DARKNESS." LASTLY, "GOD SAYS, I NEED MY ARMY." 49:48.347 --> 49:51.467 THAT'S YOU AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, "MY WATCHMEN TO 49:51.467 --> 49:54.586 GIVE COMMANDS AT MY COMMAND. I NEED THOSE WHO ARE UTTER THE 49:54.586 --> 49:58.157 VOICE IN THE SPIRIT MYSTERIES THAT I MOVE AND CAUSE A GRACE 49:58.157 --> 50:01.036 AND A PROTECTION TO COME OVER YOU, AMERICA. YOU WILL LIFT UP 50:01.036 --> 50:03.706 YOUR EYES. BEHOLD, AMERICA, I'M BRINGING REDEMPTION. I'M 50:03.706 --> 50:06.766 REDEEMING YOU, AND I'LL PAY BACK WHAT THE ENEMY HAS DONE AND WHAT 50:06.766 --> 50:09.407 THE ENEMY AFFLICTED. AND I PROMISED I WOULD AVENGE THE 50:09.407 --> 50:13.487 BLOOD OF THOSE IN NEW YORK CITY..." THAT'S 9/11. NOW WATCH 50:13.487 --> 50:16.577 THIS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TROUBLE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP 50:16.577 --> 50:23.956 RIGHT NOW AND WHAT HE'S DOING, GOD SAID THIS 14 YEARS AGO. "GOD 50:23.956 --> 50:30.248 SAYS, I'LL RAISE UP A VOICE FROM NEW YORK CITY", OKAY, "THAT 50:30.248 --> 50:33.157 SHALL SHAKE THE ECONOMY." SO HE'LL BE PART OF ALL OF THIS. 50:33.157 --> 50:35.797 WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. "AND BRING IT BACK 50:35.797 --> 50:38.858 INTO ORDER THAT WILL CAUSE THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT TO SAY, 'WHAT 50:38.858 --> 50:43.507 IS THIS? WHO IS THIS MAN?'" THEY STILL CAN'T FIGURE HIM OUT. "AND 50:43.507 --> 50:47.112 THEN I'LL RAISE UP A WOMAN TO STAND ALONGSIDE..." SOME PEOPLE, 50:47.112 --> 50:48.757 WHEN THAT WAS PROPHESIED, THOUGHT IT WAS A WOMAN VICE 50:48.757 --> 50:51.007 PRESIDENT, AND OF COURSE THEY WROTE IT WHEN IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 50:51.007 --> 50:54.668 AND THEY CALL YOU FALSE. BUT I THINK THAT WAS MELANIA, WHO IS 50:54.668 --> 50:58.418 HATED. SHE'S BEEN HATED. AND I THINK GOD IS SAYING HE'S, YOU 50:58.418 --> 51:03.757 KNOW, SHE'S STANDING BY, BEING PART OF LIBERTY. HER PARENTS 51:03.757 --> 51:08.018 EVEN IMMIGRATED IN THROUGH NEW YORK. SO RIGHT BY LADY LIBERTY. 51:08.018 --> 51:11.407 SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY I WANT 51:11.407 --> 51:13.597 TO DO THIS. BRENDA, DO I HAVE ENOUGH TIME? ARE WE GOOD FOR A 51:13.597 --> 51:15.577 MINUTE? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU. WHERE ARE WE 51:15.577 --> 51:18.367 HEADING? WHAT'S NEXT? I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 51:18.367 --> 51:20.827 YOU'RE SEEING WHAT GOD PROPHESIED AHEAD OF TIME. LOOK 51:20.827 --> 51:26.438 AT SLIDE 35A. JUNE 8TH, THIS IS PENTECOST SUNDAY. "STRANGELY, 51:26.438 --> 51:29.318 THE ARAB NATIONS SHALL GATHER, JOIN THE HANDS OF ISRAEL, AND 51:29.318 --> 51:33.818 EVEN IRAN SHALL ACT STRANGE." THIS IS RIGHT BEFORE, FIVE DAYS 51:33.818 --> 51:37.027 BEFORE, THE CONFLICT. AND THEY'LL SAY, "HOW IS IT THAT 51:37.027 --> 51:39.547 THEY COME TO A TABLE AND IT SHALL NOT BE THE TABLE OF 51:39.547 --> 51:43.297 DIPLOMACY THAT IS THE WORK OF MAN'S HANDS, BUT IT IS THE MIGHT 51:43.297 --> 51:46.027 AND THE POWER OF MY SPIRIT, WHO HAS COME AT THIS TIME TO 51:46.027 --> 51:49.748 POSITION THE EARTH, TO SHAKE ISLAM, AND TO SHAKE THAT WHICH 51:49.748 --> 51:52.568 THINKS THAT THEY CAN STAND AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE NO 51:52.568 --> 51:54.878 WALLS LIKE THE WALLS OF JERICHO," WOW, I FORGOT ABOUT 51:54.878 --> 51:57.398 THIS PROPHECY. HE SAID AGAIN TODAY, "FOR THIS IS MY 51:57.398 --> 52:02.407 OUTPOURING AND WHAT I'M DOING AT THIS TIME." MAY 18TH, 2025. "I 52:02.407 --> 52:06.128 SPEAK OF IRAN. I'LL BRING THEM TO THE TABLE." NOTICE THAT'S 52:06.128 --> 52:09.367 WHAT'S IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW. "AND THEY SHALL BE HUMBLED AND 52:09.367 --> 52:11.858 RESTRAINED BEFORE THE EARTH, BUT THEY WILL COMPLY." DID YOU HEAR 52:11.858 --> 52:14.648 WHAT GOD SAID? IN SECRET HE HAD PEOPLE DRESSED IN MILITARY 52:14.648 --> 52:20.588 UNIFORM THAT WERE PART OF PLANNING ALL OF THIS INSIDE 52:20.588 --> 52:24.547 IRAN. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT, OR GOD WOULD HAVE NEVER SAID IT. 52:25.867 --> 52:28.748 "AND THAT WHICH WILL HAPPEN SHALL SPILL OVER AND AN UNUSUAL 52:28.748 --> 52:32.347 ALIGNMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE AMONG THE ARAB NATIONS WHERE THERE HAS 52:32.347 --> 52:35.527 BEEN BATTLES, WARS, UPRISINGS AND UNREST. AND SUDDENLY THEY'LL 52:35.527 --> 52:37.898 JOIN HANDS AND MEN WILL SAY, THIS MUST BE THE PEACE THAT THE 52:37.898 --> 52:42.547 SCRIPTURE SPEAKS OF THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMES. GOD SAYS, WHY 52:42.547 --> 52:46.088 DO YOU LOOK AT MY WORD THROUGH FEAR? CAN THERE BE A PEACE THAT 52:46.088 --> 52:49.628 COMES THAT RESTRAINS FOR A SEASON, THAT THE RESULT IS NOT 52:49.628 --> 52:52.867 DESTRUCTION, BUT RATHER UNIFYING THAT SHALL BRING SOMETHING VERY 52:52.867 --> 52:56.527 UNUSUAL TO THE EARTH MY GLORY." FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR 52:56.527 --> 52:59.947 WORD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART. WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND 52:59.947 --> 53:03.967 WE HONOR YOU, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS GOD. I WANT YOU TO DO 53:03.967 --> 53:06.248 THIS REAL QUICK. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY AROUND YOU. 53:06.248 --> 53:08.827 I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND 53:08.827 --> 53:12.998 SAY, "I BET I KNOW, I BET I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 53:12.998 --> 53:16.295 GOING TO HAVE FOR LUNCH TODAY." ALL RIGHT. 53:16.362 --> 53:56.235 (MUSIC) 53:56.268 --> 54:00.875 - WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING 54:00.878 --> 54:03.277 WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME THIS MORNING. I 54:03.277 --> 54:06.280 ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN 54:06.280 --> 54:09.367 YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND 54:09.367 --> 54:12.788 AT THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE 54:12.788 --> 54:15.518 BLUE GIFT BAG THERE'S A LOT OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE 54:15.518 --> 54:18.869 FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. HAS A PICTURE 54:18.869 --> 54:21.157 OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS 54:21.157 --> 54:24.547 TIME. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE'S SOME 54:24.547 --> 54:27.967 INFORMATION WE WANT TO SEND HOME WITH YOU JUST TO READ OVER IN 54:27.967 --> 54:31.507 YOUR OWN TIME. AND I ALSO WANT TO HAVE YOU FILL OUT THAT BRIGHT 54:31.507 --> 54:33.907 ORANGE "STAY CONNECTED" CARD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND 54:33.907 --> 54:37.027 TEAR IT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN 54:37.027 --> 54:39.608 IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANTED TO SEND 54:39.608 --> 54:43.177 YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING. ALSO, FOR 54:43.177 --> 54:49.027 THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE VIA RUMBLE, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK OR ANY 54:49.027 --> 54:51.007 OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL 54:51.007 --> 54:56.161 LISTED RIGHT THERE. I WANT TO GET YOU TO ONEVOICETV.NET. CLICK 54:56.168 --> 54:59.318 ON THAT. GET CONNECTED WITH US ON ONE VOICE TV BECAUSE THAT IS 54:59.318 --> 55:02.918 OUR STREAMING PLATFORM. YOU CAN GET OUR SERVICES LIVE AND 55:02.918 --> 55:07.268 ARCHIVED, AS WELL AS GET ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT, 55:07.268 --> 55:09.847 ALL LISTED RIGHT THERE. FLASHPOINT'S OUT THERE, GET REAL 55:09.847 --> 55:12.007 WITH HANK, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OF THAT GREAT 55:12.007 --> 55:15.998 CONTENT, SO PLEASE GET OUT TO ONE VOICE TV. WELL, IF 55:15.998 --> 55:17.288 YOU WOULD JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE 55:17.288 --> 55:20.119 AND ONLINE HAND AS PASTOR HANK COMES. 55:20.487 --> 55:24.998 - ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DO WANT TO MENTION WE GOT VBS KIDS GOING TO 55:24.998 --> 55:27.338 SING, AND I WANT TO GIVE PASTOR BRENDA PLENTY OF TIME, BUT IF 55:27.338 --> 55:30.458 YOU DO WANT TO GO OUT TO THOSE PROPHECIES, WE DO HAVE WHAT'S 55:30.458 --> 55:34.777 CALLED "PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVES" THAT I BELIEVE ARE ON 55:34.777 --> 55:38.827 HANKANDBRENDA.ORG. IS THAT CORRECT? AND MATTHEW WAS TALKING 55:38.827 --> 55:42.487 WITH SOMEONE LAST NIGHT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TYPE IN IRAN, 55:42.487 --> 55:47.768 CORRECT? AND IT WOULD COME UP. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD 55:47.768 --> 55:51.157 HAVE THE PROPHECIES. AND THEN I INSTRUCTED TERRY AND PASTOR 55:51.157 --> 55:53.858 ANTHONY, THEY CAN PUT THOSE PROPHECIES OUT SO THAT YOU CAN 55:53.858 --> 55:57.338 READ THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA 55:57.338 --> 56:00.547 POSTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG AND ALL OF THAT. 56:00.547 --> 56:04.628 BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE'LL BE AT FLASHPOINT TOMORROW 56:04.628 --> 56:08.978 AND TUESDAY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WEDNESDAY WE HAVE 56:08.978 --> 56:12.487 DINNER. IS THAT RIGHT, HERE? AND "OUR HEART TO YOUR HOME". IT'S 56:12.487 --> 56:18.307 GOING TO, IT'S WHAT? IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. WE ARE, WE FOUND SOME 56:18.307 --> 56:21.715 FROM 2008, JUST LIKE THE PROPHECIES. AND SO, WE'RE GOING 56:21.715 --> 56:25.447 TO PROPHESY TO IT AND CAST OUT THE FOUL SPIRIT. AND IT'LL BE, 56:25.447 --> 56:29.137 IT'LL BE AWESOME. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU TO 56:29.137 --> 56:33.007 REGISTER FOR OTH. OUR NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO CLIMB AGAIN, AND 56:33.007 --> 56:36.728 THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY HEART. I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT IS REALLY 56:36.728 --> 56:42.068 IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO BE UNIFIED. IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN 56:42.068 --> 56:44.737 I HAD MENTIONED THAT THE NUMBERS WERE DOWN. OF COURSE, THE 56:44.737 --> 56:49.447 LIBERAL MEDIA TOOK THAT AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE FAILING EACH 56:49.447 --> 56:53.827 OTHER IN GOD AND THEY MOCKED US, BUT LET'S STAND STRONG. WE DON'T 56:53.827 --> 56:57.398 REALLY CARE WHAT THEY THINK AND SAY. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, 56:57.398 --> 57:01.568 THEY LIE. WE'RE PEOPLE OF TRUTH. LET'S GATHER IN THE SPIRIT OF 57:01.568 --> 57:04.478 TRUTH. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO PRAY ABOUT. GOD SAID THERE'S 57:04.478 --> 57:07.867 A LOT OF WEIGHTY MATTERS THAT ARE BEFORE US, AND WE HAVE TO 57:07.867 --> 57:11.858 PRAY. SO, I'M ASKING YOU, REGISTER TODAY. LET'S GET THERE 57:11.858 --> 57:15.728 TO OTH. THE INFORMATION IS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S ALL THE THE 57:15.728 --> 57:21.608 SPEAKERS AND SUCH. AND THEN LASTLY WE ALSO HAVE A MEDIA 57:21.608 --> 57:24.818 SEMINAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON FRIDAY. IT IS FREE. 57:24.818 --> 57:27.757 IT'S ONLY IN PERSON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN COME TO 57:27.757 --> 57:31.838 THAT. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU REALLY HOW TO DO MEDIA RIGHT. IF 57:31.838 --> 57:34.628 YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PODCAST, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, ALL OF THAT. SO 57:34.628 --> 57:38.257 THE INFORMATION IS THERE. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO GO RIGHT 57:38.257 --> 57:41.648 INTO OFFERING. ALL RIGHT? SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN 57:41.648 --> 57:46.481 OFFERING SCRIPTURE, IT'S MARK 12... WELL THEY'LL PUT IT UP I 57:46.481 --> 57:49.777 THINK IT'S VERSE 30. IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO PREPARE 57:49.777 --> 57:53.617 YOUR OFFERING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND I WANT TO JUST SHOW 57:53.617 --> 57:58.327 YOU A SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS, "THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH 57:58.327 --> 58:02.978 ALL THY HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. AND THIS IS THE FIRST 58:02.978 --> 58:06.248 COMMANDMENT." NOW NOTICE THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS YOU ARE TO 58:06.248 --> 58:09.907 LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU DO YOURSELF. NOW YOU SAY, "WELL, 58:09.907 --> 58:13.418 PASTOR HANK, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH AN OFFERING?" WELL, 58:13.418 --> 58:18.697 IF WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THAT COMMANDMENT TO LOVE GOD AND TO 58:18.697 --> 58:23.827 LOVE PEOPLE, THEN THERE'S NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS THAT WE 58:23.827 --> 58:29.347 WANT TO GIVE AS AN ACT OF OUR WORSHIP TO GOD. AND THAT'S WHAT 58:29.347 --> 58:32.137 YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE. WHENEVER MEN GAVE AN OFFERING, THEY 58:32.137 --> 58:36.668 ALWAYS BROUGHT WORSHIP. THEY ALWAYS BROUGHT AN OFFERING AND 58:36.668 --> 58:40.657 PRESENTED IT TO GOD. AND WHEN I TITHE, I DON'T JUST THROW IT 58:40.657 --> 58:45.248 INTO THE OFFERING BASKET OR I DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I SAY, 58:45.248 --> 58:48.458 "GOD, IT IS MY HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. IT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO 58:48.458 --> 58:53.498 TO GIVE YOU 10% OF MY INCOME. BUT GOD, I AM TRYING VERY HARD 58:53.498 --> 58:57.818 TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE. I WANT TO HONOR YOU WITH MY LIFE 58:57.818 --> 59:02.168 AND GOD, YOU KEEP BLESSING ME SO MUCH AND I WANT TO HONOR YOU 59:02.168 --> 59:05.467 WITH WHAT YOU GIVE ME." BUT THEN MY PRAYER ALWAYS IS, "LORD, I 59:05.467 --> 59:07.478 WANT TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS." AGAIN, THAT'S THE 59:07.478 --> 59:10.538 SECOND COMMANDMENT, TO LOVE OTHERS AS YOU DO YOURSELF. AND 59:10.538 --> 59:13.748 REALLY, THAT IS THE HEART OF A GIVER. BECAUSE JESUS SAID IN 59:13.748 --> 59:18.847 MATTHEW 6:21 REGARDING LOVE, AND WE'RE TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR 59:18.847 --> 59:22.958 HEART. HE SAID, "WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE'S WHERE YOUR 59:22.958 --> 59:26.918 HEART'S GOING TO BE." WELL, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHERE PEOPLE REALLY, 59:26.918 --> 59:30.818 WHERE THEIR HEART IS, WHERE THEIR PASSION IS. IT'S REFLECTED 59:30.818 --> 59:34.478 A LOT OF TIMES IN WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO SPEND MONEY ON. AND 59:34.478 --> 59:37.327 I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO GOD, "GOD, I DON'T EVER WANT TO BE A MAN..." 59:37.327 --> 59:40.088 BECAUSE I LOVE TRAINS. AND BOY, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I 59:40.088 --> 59:43.858 DON'T LET BRENDA KNOW VERY OFTEN HOW MUCH I SPEND ON THEM, BUT, 59:45.068 --> 59:47.047 BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT'S 59:47.047 --> 59:50.617 RIDICULOUS FOR A TRAIN, RIGHT? BUT I ALWAYS SAY TO GOD, "GOD, I 59:50.617 --> 59:57.277 NEVER WANT ANYTHING IN THE EARTH THAT I GIVE MORE MONEY TO THAN 59:57.277 --> 01:00:03.938 YOU." I WANT GOD TO BE MY GREATEST GIFT OF SUBSTANCE THAT 01:00:03.938 --> 01:00:08.197 I GIVE TO HIM IN MY HONOR AND MY LOVE TO HIM. WELL, HOW DO I DO 01:00:08.197 --> 01:00:11.827 THAT? THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS I GIVE SO I CAN BE A BLESSING TO 01:00:11.827 --> 01:00:18.967 OTHERS, RIGHT? HELP BUILD THIS CHURCH. HELP EXPAND THE KINGDOM, 01:00:18.967 --> 01:00:23.557 RIGHT? WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO LOVE GOD AND LOVE OTHERS. BUT 01:00:23.557 --> 01:00:27.217 ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS IS WE CAN SHOW GOD WHEN WE'RE WILLING 01:00:27.217 --> 01:00:32.043 TO RELEASE OUR TREASURE, OUR STUFF, AS AN ACT OF LOVE AND 01:00:32.043 --> 01:00:35.554 HONOR. AMEN? ALRIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. 01:00:35.554 --> 01:00:39.094 THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT UP. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING. 01:00:39.094 --> 01:00:41.702 THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE, ENVELOPE, WEBSITE, 01:00:41.702 --> 01:00:45.934 MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, MAILING. THERE'S A QR CODE. 01:00:45.934 --> 01:00:49.023 THANK YOU ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF 01:00:49.023 --> 01:00:52.293 PROJECTS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING. A 01:00:52.293 --> 01:00:54.784 COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE COMING THAT WE'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT. I 01:00:54.784 --> 01:00:59.463 JUST CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF JUST, YOU 01:00:59.463 --> 01:01:02.253 KNOW, PRAYING THINGS THROUGH MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS 01:01:02.253 --> 01:01:05.793 LIKE THAT. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED. GOD IS CONTINUING TO 01:01:05.793 --> 01:01:09.003 EXPAND. AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE HELPING US TO BE ABLE TO 01:01:09.003 --> 01:01:12.452 DO THAT. SO WHEN WE COME WITH INFORMATION AND A COUPLE 01:01:12.452 --> 01:01:15.934 SURPRISES, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE AGAIN, AREN'T WE? 01:01:16.983 --> 01:01:22.324 UH OH, THAT WAS VERY ALL RIGHT, OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND TO 01:01:22.324 --> 01:01:25.202 YOUR FEET IF WE COULD. I WANT YOU TO HOLD YOUR OFFERING, YOUR 01:01:25.202 --> 01:01:27.634 PHONE OR WHATEVER. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. ALL 01:01:27.634 --> 01:01:30.757 RIGHT, PUT YOUR FORK DOWN AND LET THAT SYRUP SOAK SOME MORE IN 01:01:30.757 --> 01:01:34.536 YOUR WAFFLE. YOU KNOW I'M MESSING WITH YOU. YOU KNOW I 01:01:34.536 --> 01:01:38.164 LOVE YOU. BY THE WAY, I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. ALSO YOU THAT ARE 01:01:38.164 --> 01:01:40.367 IN THIS ROOM, BRENDA AND I, WE PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. AND I 01:01:40.367 --> 01:01:43.023 PRAY THAT YOU'RE FEELING THOSE PRAYERS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO 01:01:43.023 --> 01:01:45.844 LOVE YOU. AND IT'S OUR HONOR. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THIS. THE 01:01:45.844 --> 01:01:49.860 GREATEST THING IS TO LOVE GOD, BUT THE GREATEST THING IS TO 01:01:49.860 --> 01:01:54.603 LOVE PEOPLE. AND THERE'S NO GREATER PURPOSE OF MINISTRY THAN 01:01:54.603 --> 01:01:57.543 TO LOVE GOD, AND TO MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO BE A 01:01:57.543 --> 01:02:00.634 BLESSING TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO YOU ARE THAT TO US AND WE JUST 01:02:00.634 --> 01:02:03.693 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, CONGREGATION, YOU'RE FAITHFUL TO 01:02:03.693 --> 01:02:06.244 COME. YOU COULD CHOOSE TO WATCH ONLINE, BUT YOU GET HERE IN 01:02:06.244 --> 01:02:09.333 PERSON AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. WELL, FATHER, I DO PRAY FOR EVERY 01:02:09.333 --> 01:02:13.952 PERSON THAT IS GIVING THEIR TREASURE, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE 01:02:13.952 --> 01:02:16.472 DOING, LORD, IS THEY'RE CONNECTING THEIR HEART. AND I 01:02:16.472 --> 01:02:20.284 ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM. I ASK THAT THOSE THAT ARE BEING 01:02:20.284 --> 01:02:23.193 OBEDIENT, LORD, TO BE FAITHFUL IN THEIR TITHES AND THEIR 01:02:23.193 --> 01:02:26.702 OFFERINGS, WE CLAIM TITHER'S RIGHTS. YOU SAID YOU WOULD 01:02:26.702 --> 01:02:30.364 REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR THEIR SAKE. YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD 01:02:30.364 --> 01:02:33.034 OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT BLESSINGS THEY NOT HAVE 01:02:33.034 --> 01:02:38.284 ROOM TO RECEIVE. YOU SAID, LORD GOD, THAT WE WOULD HAVE, IF WE 01:02:38.284 --> 01:02:42.722 GIVE, YOU YOURSELF, IN THE BOOK OF LUKE DECLARED THAT YOU WILL 01:02:42.722 --> 01:02:46.534 GIVE BACK TO US, AND IT WILL BE WITH GOOD MEASURE AND PRESSED 01:02:46.534 --> 01:02:50.103 DOWN, AND, LORD, IT'LL BE SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND EVEN TO THE POINT 01:02:50.103 --> 01:02:55.173 OF RUNNING OVER. SO YOU, GOD, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, SHALL GIVE 01:02:55.173 --> 01:02:59.523 TO US THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN, SO THAT WE CAN BE BLESSED. BUT 01:02:59.523 --> 01:03:05.344 MOST OF ALL, WE CAN HONOR YOU WITH OUR SUBSTANCE. WE CAN HONOR 01:03:05.344 --> 01:03:09.452 YOU AND BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT 01:03:09.452 --> 01:03:12.873 YOU'VE GIVEN TO US, AND WE REMIND YOU IN ALL THAT YOU'VE 01:03:12.873 --> 01:03:16.864 LAVISHED US WITH, WITH YOUR LOVE AND BLESSING, THE MOST IMPORTANT 01:03:16.864 --> 01:03:22.264 THING IS, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH YOU. I COULDN'T IMAGINE 01:03:22.264 --> 01:03:26.793 LIFE WITHOUT YOU, GOD. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT 01:03:26.793 --> 01:03:31.590 TODAY. I LOVE YOU DEEPLY. I LOVE YOUR HEART AND I HONOR YOU. AND 01:03:31.590 --> 01:03:35.463 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, IN JESUS NAME. AND 01:03:35.463 --> 01:03:39.123 EVERYBODY SAID? AMEN. ALRIGHT, PASTOR MATT, YOU'RE GOING TO DO 01:03:39.123 --> 01:03:41.914 THE DECREE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LITTLE GUYS SING. 01:03:41.914 --> 01:03:43.623 ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOUR JACKET. 01:03:43.623 --> 01:03:46.893 - I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. LET'S DECREE THIS TOGETHER. "WE 01:03:46.893 --> 01:03:51.034 DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE 01:03:51.034 --> 01:03:55.384 INCREASED, EXPANDED AND DEBT-FREE!! WE DECREE IT SHALL 01:03:55.384 --> 01:04:00.063 HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE 01:04:00.063 --> 01:04:04.083 BUILT UP AND FINISHED! WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES 01:04:04.083 --> 01:04:08.284 NEEDED, FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN 01:04:08.284 --> 01:04:12.574 ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW! LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO 01:04:12.574 --> 01:04:16.233 THE SOWER. AND WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH 01:04:16.233 --> 01:04:20.614 HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL 01:04:20.614 --> 01:04:24.784 GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL 01:04:24.784 --> 01:04:29.193 QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE 01:04:29.193 --> 01:04:34.563 DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW! WE DECREE, MINISTRY AND CAMPUS, BE 01:04:34.563 --> 01:04:37.353 EXPANDED NOW!" NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 01:04:37.353 --> 01:04:40.684 LOOK AT SOMEBODY SAY, "GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS 01:04:40.684 --> 01:04:45.574 AMERICA." AMEN? AND AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE 01:04:45.574 --> 01:04:49.623 GONNA WELCOME THE KIDS IN, AND TURN YOUR ATTENTION 01:04:49.623 --> 01:04:52.125 TO THE SCREENS FOR A SPECIAL VIDEO AS WELL. 01:04:53.059 --> 01:06:16.309 (MUSIC) 01:06:42.335 --> 01:06:51.277 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 01:06:57.951 --> 01:07:03.179 - AT VBS, WE LEARN FROM OUR MAP, THE BIBLE, THAT WHEN WE OBEY 01:07:03.184 --> 01:07:06.244 GOD, HE HELPS US DO GREAT THINGS. ARGH! 01:07:08.702 --> 01:07:12.514 - YEAH. YEAH, LIKE OUR MEMORY VERSE SAYS, "COMMIT 01:07:12.514 --> 01:07:13.967 TO THE LORD IN WHATEVER YOU DO AND HE WILL 01:07:13.967 --> 01:07:17.603 ESTABLISH YOUR PLANS. PROVERBS 16:3. ARGH! 01:07:20.554 --> 01:07:25.384 - EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD OR NOT, WE EXPECT OBEY 01:07:25.384 --> 01:07:33.213 GOD'S CALL. EVEN WHEN IT'S THE BEST TREASURE. ARGH! 01:07:35.824 --> 01:07:39.664 - NOW, CREW, RAISE YOUR SHIELD AND LET'S PERFORM 01:07:39.664 --> 01:07:46.684 OUR VBS SONG TO HELP US REMEMBER WHEN YOU OBEY 01:07:46.684 --> 01:07:51.838 GOD, YOUR ADVENTURE WILL NEVER BE DULL. 01:07:55.407 --> 01:08:00.746 (MUSIC) 01:08:00.914 --> 01:08:10.155 - OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. 01:08:10.155 --> 01:08:19.365 OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE 01:08:19.365 --> 01:08:25.771 CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL 01:08:25.771 --> 01:08:31.778 HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S 01:08:31.778 --> 01:08:41.854 HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY! OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. 01:08:41.854 --> 01:08:52.198 OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, 01:08:52.198 --> 01:08:59.305 OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY 01:08:59.305 --> 01:09:06.645 GOD. WE CAN CHOOSE TO FOLLOW ALL HIS RULES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO 01:09:06.645 --> 01:09:14.554 WHAT'S RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. O-B-E-Y! WE WILL OBEY! 01:09:14.554 --> 01:09:20.659 OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, OH. OBEY, OBEY, 01:09:20.659 --> 01:09:28.368 OBEY THE LORD. OBEY, OBEY, OBEY THE LORD. 01:09:29.717 --> 01:09:37.644 (CONGREGATION CLAPPING) 01:09:46.252 --> 01:09:52.993 - ARE THEY DONE? I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO SING 01:09:52.993 --> 01:09:58.198 AGAIN. GOOD JOB GUYS, LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A HAND. WAY TO GO! WAY 01:09:58.198 --> 01:10:04.037 TO GO! WAY TO GO! OKAY, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. YEAH, I'LL BE 01:10:04.037 --> 01:10:09.346 NICER THAN PASTOR HANK. SO YOU GUYS THINK OBEYING YOUR MOM AND 01:10:09.363 --> 01:10:14.163 DAD'S... YEAH, OOOO. DO Y'ALL THINK OBEYING MOM AND DAD IS 01:10:14.163 --> 01:10:19.863 IMPORTANT? IS THAT IMPORTANT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BY THE WAY, YOU 01:10:19.863 --> 01:10:23.493 GUYS ARE WEARING GREAT NAME TAGS ON YOUR BACKS. I LOVE THOSE. 01:10:23.493 --> 01:10:26.823 GOOD JOB. BY THE WAY, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE A GREAT BIG SHOUT 01:10:26.823 --> 01:10:31.965 TO ALL OF OUR... GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY OUT. GIVE 01:10:31.965 --> 01:10:39.113 ME A FIVE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO, LET'S GO. I WANT TO GIVE A GREAT 01:10:39.113 --> 01:10:44.213 BIG SHOUT TO ALL OF OUR VBS WORKERS. BY THE WAY, THE 01:10:44.213 --> 01:10:48.863 CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES PUT OUT A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE SMALL 01:10:48.863 --> 01:10:55.703 ARMY OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED SO HARD WITH OUR KIDS. AND I AM SO, 01:10:55.703 --> 01:10:59.543 AND I KNOW PASTOR IS AS WELL, SO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF 01:10:59.543 --> 01:11:03.894 YOU THAT INVEST. THIS ISN'T JUST A CHURCH ABOUT PROPHETIC AND 01:11:03.894 --> 01:11:08.333 PREACHING, WE'RE ABOUT THE WHOLE FAMILY, OUR YOUTH, AND IN FACT, 01:11:08.333 --> 01:11:10.673 YOUTH ARE GETTING READY TO GO TO CAMP SOON. WE'LL BE TALKING 01:11:10.673 --> 01:11:15.833 ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK. BUT, JUST SO MANY AMAZING THINGS. SO THANK 01:11:15.833 --> 01:11:18.594 YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES, FOR AN 01:11:18.594 --> 01:11:23.033 AMAZING JOB THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO GROW UP OBEYING GOD AS A 01:11:23.033 --> 01:11:27.533 RESULT. AMEN? WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GET YOUR BIBLES READY, JUST 01:11:27.533 --> 01:11:31.823 BEFORE WE GET COMPLETELY STARTED HERE. I WANT TO, PASTOR HANK, 01:11:31.823 --> 01:11:34.854 THIS WAS SITTING UP THERE ON THE SIDE, HAS A BRAND NEW BOOK OUT 01:11:34.854 --> 01:11:39.533 CALLED "BREAKING OPEN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP", AND YOU 01:11:39.533 --> 01:11:41.873 NEED TO GO OUT THERE, GET A HOLD OF THAT, I THINK THIS IS ALREADY 01:11:41.873 --> 01:11:44.037 ON THE WEBSITE. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? SO YOU CAN GO OUT TO 01:11:44.037 --> 01:11:47.274 HANKANDBRENDA.ORG AND YOU CAN GO OUT TO WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. 01:11:47.274 --> 01:11:50.904 BUT IF YOU COME TO US, IT HELPS THE MINISTRY AND "BREAKING UP 01:11:50.904 --> 01:11:53.814 THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP" DISCOVERING THE PROPHETIC 01:11:53.814 --> 01:11:58.434 PATTERN OF LIVING LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. SO THE SPIRIT FILLED 01:11:58.434 --> 01:12:00.774 LIFE IS SO IMPORTANT. LET ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY I'M GOING 01:12:00.774 --> 01:12:05.094 TO GIVE IT. ALL RIGHT, COME UP, PASTOR MATT, GRAB THAT AND GIVE 01:12:05.094 --> 01:12:08.694 IT TO GRANDMA. HE SAID, "GIVE IT TO GRANDMA." SO THAT'S WHAT 01:12:08.694 --> 01:12:14.274 WE'RE GOING TO DO. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER 01:12:14.274 --> 01:12:16.913 A LITTLE MINI BOOK. NOW TELL ME, RACHEL, WHERE ARE THESE 01:12:16.913 --> 01:12:19.944 AVAILABLE AT? CAN WE GET THEM? ARE THESE ON THE WEBSITE, OR 01:12:19.944 --> 01:12:23.694 WHERE ARE THESE AT? SO THESE ARE LITTLE MINI BOOKS THAT PASTOR 01:12:23.694 --> 01:12:26.645 AND I PUT TOGETHER. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH 242 01:12:26.645 --> 01:12:30.323 DISCIPLESHIP, YOU'VE DONE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS IN THERE? THIS 01:12:30.323 --> 01:12:33.654 IS STRAIGHT FROM THE DISCIPLESHIP BOOK, "LIFE IN THE 01:12:33.654 --> 01:12:37.104 SPIRIT, THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT". SO IF YOU WANT A 01:12:37.104 --> 01:12:39.474 GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, LET 01:12:39.474 --> 01:12:42.743 ME GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY. RIGHT THERE I SAW A HAND GO UP IN THE 01:12:42.743 --> 01:12:47.274 MIDDLE. ALL RIGHT, DUDE, THAT'S YOURS. PRAISE THE LORD. BUT 01:12:47.274 --> 01:12:49.703 WE'LL BE GIVING, AND WE'LL BE GIVING MANY OF THOSE AWAY, SO I 01:12:49.703 --> 01:12:53.094 WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS TO BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE TO HELP YOU 01:12:53.094 --> 01:12:57.083 GROW IN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. AND JUST THAT'S WHAT 01:12:57.083 --> 01:12:59.724 IT'S ABOUT. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET INTO THE WORD TODAY. I 01:12:59.724 --> 01:13:02.663 WANT TO GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I'M GOING TO GET 01:13:02.663 --> 01:13:08.604 THINGS SET UP UP HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR TEACHING 01:13:09.833 --> 01:13:13.854 ON THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. AND I WANT TO DO... 01:13:13.854 --> 01:13:17.274 IF YOU DID NOT, YOU WERE NOT HERE LAST WEEK, AND YOU DID NOT 01:13:17.274 --> 01:13:21.474 SEE OR HEAR THE MESSAGE FROM LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 01:13:21.474 --> 01:13:26.873 BOOK OF JOB AND KIND OF JUST DID A REAL BREAKDOWN ABOUT THAT. AND 01:13:26.873 --> 01:13:29.783 I THINK IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I THINK IT WAS HELPFUL. I THINK 01:13:29.783 --> 01:13:33.474 IT WAS NEEDED. AND IT'S NOT A BOOK THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN 01:13:33.474 --> 01:13:37.434 CHURCH, MAYBE ALL THAT MUCH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S 01:13:37.434 --> 01:13:41.814 OVER 40 CHAPTERS DEDICATED TO A BOOK, WELL, WE SHOULD PAY 01:13:41.814 --> 01:13:46.373 ATTENTION THAT GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. AND SO I WANT TO RECAP A 01:13:46.373 --> 01:13:49.884 FEW THINGS. IF YOU WERE HERE, THIS WILL JUST BE KIND OF A HIGH 01:13:49.884 --> 01:13:52.644 LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE LESSONS THAT WE KIND OF LEARN FROM THE 01:13:52.644 --> 01:13:55.404 BOOK OF JOB. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FIVE 01:13:55.404 --> 01:13:59.154 DIFFERENT REASONS FOR CHRISTIAN ADVERSITY, OR SUFFERING, YOU 01:13:59.154 --> 01:14:02.484 MIGHT CALL IT, OR THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. WE'LL GET 01:14:02.484 --> 01:14:04.944 THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE TODAY AND THEN THE REST WE'LL FINISH UP 01:14:04.944 --> 01:14:08.003 NEXT WEEK. HOW DOES THAT SOUND? BUT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE 01:14:08.003 --> 01:14:10.884 THE RECAP. AND THESE ARE SOME, JUST SOME THINGS I WROTE DOWN. 01:14:10.884 --> 01:14:13.703 IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, YOU CAN WRITE THEM DOWN. BUT I DO 01:14:13.703 --> 01:14:17.123 ENCOURAGE YOU TO STILL GO BACK AND WATCH. NUMBER ONE, THESE ARE 01:14:17.123 --> 01:14:20.184 JUST TEN THINGS, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FROM THE BOOK OF JOB, 01:14:20.184 --> 01:14:23.573 THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS. THAT, 01:14:23.573 --> 01:14:27.743 NUMBER ONE, THE BOOK OF JOB, WATCH THIS, WAS NOT AN 01:14:27.743 --> 01:14:33.264 ILLUSTRATION OF GOD PURPOSEFULLY CAUSING PEOPLE TO SUFFER IN 01:14:33.264 --> 01:14:36.923 ORDER TO TEACH THEM A LESSON. NOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE PREACHED 01:14:36.923 --> 01:14:40.344 IT THAT WAY. THEY'VE USED IT THAT WAY. BUT I PERSONALLY DO 01:14:40.344 --> 01:14:43.314 NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK WAS ABOUT. AND THE REASON I 01:14:43.314 --> 01:14:47.363 DON'T, AND THAT I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I DO, IS BECAUSE 01:14:47.363 --> 01:14:50.514 THIS IS NOT HOW GOD DID THINGS IN THE REST OF THE BIBLE. OKAY? 01:14:52.194 --> 01:14:55.163 AND THE BOOK OF JOB IS A VERY ANCIENT BOOK. IT WAS WRITTEN IN 01:14:55.163 --> 01:14:59.724 A TIME WHEN THERE WAS THIS REAL WAR BETWEEN GOD AND THE DEVIL 01:14:59.724 --> 01:15:04.043 AND MAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE WAS A PROVING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 01:15:04.043 --> 01:15:07.644 SATAN WAS CHALLENGING GOD OVER HUMANITY. AND THIS IS EXACTLY 01:15:07.644 --> 01:15:12.234 WHAT IT WAS. THE BOOK, IT SETS THE PREMISE IN CHAPTER ONE. THE 01:15:12.234 --> 01:15:17.873 BOOK WAS A RESPONSE TO SATAN'S CHALLENGE ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 01:15:17.873 --> 01:15:22.344 RIGHT? IT WAS MEANT, THE WHOLE BOOK WAS TO REVEAL WHAT IS HUMAN 01:15:22.344 --> 01:15:28.314 NATURE GOING TO DO IN A TIME OF CRISIS? WHAT WILL MANKIND DO? 01:15:28.314 --> 01:15:32.573 AND THE PROOF WAS, THE CHALLENGE SPECIFICALLY THAT THE DEVIL GAVE 01:15:32.573 --> 01:15:37.644 TO GOD, WAS "GOD, UNLESS YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR JOB, UNLESS 01:15:37.644 --> 01:15:41.123 YOU KEEP HIM COVERED, HE'LL BLESS YOU IF YOU DO THAT. BUT 01:15:41.123 --> 01:15:43.944 THE MINUTE THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THAT HE HAS FROM YOUR 01:15:43.944 --> 01:15:48.054 HANDOUT, THEN HE'LL CURSE YOU TO THE FACE." AND HOW MANY OF YOU 01:15:48.054 --> 01:15:51.184 KNOW THE DEVIL WAS PROVEN COMPLETELY WRONG IN THAT? AND 01:15:51.184 --> 01:15:55.493 THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT, IS THAT MAN CAN LOVE GOD AND JUDGE 01:15:55.493 --> 01:15:58.974 HIM FAITHFUL DESPITE THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THIS 01:15:58.974 --> 01:16:02.783 WAS AN EXAMPLE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT GOD DIDN'T 01:16:02.783 --> 01:16:07.073 GIVE JOB ALL THE ANSWERS. BUT I'M SURE JOB, NOW THAT HE'S ON 01:16:07.073 --> 01:16:10.463 THE OTHER SIDE IN GLORY, IS LOOKING DOWN AND GOING. WHAT A 01:16:10.463 --> 01:16:14.844 BLESSING IT WAS THAT I COULD BE THE EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF HUMANITY 01:16:14.844 --> 01:16:18.144 TO KNOW WHAT TO DO DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, AND WHAT NOT TO DO, 01:16:18.144 --> 01:16:21.264 RIGHT? THE SECOND THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB, 01:16:21.264 --> 01:16:24.804 IT WAS SATAN THAT WAS THE ATTACKER, NOT GOD. AND REMEMBER 01:16:24.804 --> 01:16:27.833 THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEVIL AS WE 01:16:27.833 --> 01:16:31.283 GET INTO SOME OF THIS TOPIC. SO IT WAS SATAN THAT DID THE 01:16:31.283 --> 01:16:34.673 ATTACK, NOT GOD. GOD ALLOWED IT. AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. IN FACT, 01:16:34.673 --> 01:16:37.703 WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THAT TODAY. THE THIRD ONE IS JOB 01:16:37.703 --> 01:16:42.083 SHOWS US THE PATTERN OF HUMAN EMOTIONS DURING HARDSHIP. HOW 01:16:42.083 --> 01:16:44.694 MANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE YOU GET ALL KINDS OF RESPONSES WHEN YOU 01:16:44.694 --> 01:16:47.663 GO THROUGH THINGS. REMEMBER WE TALKED LAST WEEK. JOB WENT 01:16:47.663 --> 01:16:52.163 EVERYWHERE FROM, HE WAS, HE WANTED TO DIE, RIGHT? I MEAN, 01:16:52.163 --> 01:16:54.474 SOME OF THE WAY IT WAS WORDED, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS ALMOST 01:16:54.474 --> 01:16:59.123 DOWNRIGHT SUICIDAL. THERE WERE PLACES WHERE HE WAS EXHAUSTED. 01:16:59.123 --> 01:17:02.453 SOMETIMES HE COMPLAINED. HE ASKED GOD, "WHY? GOD, AREN'T YOU 01:17:02.453 --> 01:17:05.934 LISTENING TO ME?" ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TODAY. IT'S A LOT 01:17:05.934 --> 01:17:08.453 OF THE SAME EXAMPLES. AND GOD PUT THAT THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE 01:17:08.453 --> 01:17:11.274 SO WE COULD SEE ALL OF THOSE. AND I LISTED THOSE IN DETAIL 01:17:11.274 --> 01:17:15.113 LAST WEEK. THE FOURTH ONE IS, JOB REVEALS OUR TENDENCY TO 01:17:15.113 --> 01:17:19.644 JUDGE, WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING, WE TEND TO JUDGE AND 01:17:19.644 --> 01:17:24.654 DRAW MISGUIDED CONCLUSIONS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, AND ABOUT GOD, 01:17:24.654 --> 01:17:28.554 DURING TIMES OF SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE WE KNOW 01:17:28.554 --> 01:17:32.663 EXPERIENCES ADVERSITY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT JOB'S FRIENDS DID. 01:17:32.663 --> 01:17:35.694 THEY DREW ALL SORTS OF CONCLUSIONS. NOW THEY HAD A LOT 01:17:35.694 --> 01:17:39.354 OF BIBLICAL IDEAS. THAT'S THE THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING 01:17:39.354 --> 01:17:42.623 HOW MUCH GOOD ADVICE WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE NOT THE ONE 01:17:42.623 --> 01:17:49.613 GOING THROUGH IT. YOU'RE NOT THE ONE FACING IT, SURE, IT'S EASY 01:17:49.613 --> 01:17:53.123 TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF "WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO..." IT'S THE ONE 01:17:53.123 --> 01:17:56.184 THAT'S GOING THROUGH IT. SO WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT, JOB'S 01:17:56.184 --> 01:17:58.913 FRIENDS, IT WASN'T THAT THEY WEREN'T BIBLICAL. THEY HAD A LOT 01:17:58.913 --> 01:18:01.944 OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS. YOU CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN A LOT 01:18:01.944 --> 01:18:06.203 OF BIBLICAL TRUTHS FROM THE BOOK ITSELF. BUT THEY MISAPPLIED IT. 01:18:06.203 --> 01:18:08.904 THEY APPLIED IT INCORRECTLY. THEY APPLIED IT WITH HARSHNESS 01:18:08.904 --> 01:18:12.323 BECAUSE AT ONE POINT JOB SAYS, "YOU GUYS ARE MEAN. YOU'RE MEAN 01:18:12.323 --> 01:18:18.113 SPIRITED. YOU HAVE DRAWN, YOU JUDGED ME UNFAIRLY." AND SO IT 01:18:18.113 --> 01:18:21.684 REVEALS, JOB REVEALS, HUMAN TENDENCY TO DRAW MISGUIDED 01:18:21.684 --> 01:18:23.993 CONCLUSIONS WHEN OTHERS GO THROUGH SOMETHING. THE FIFTH 01:18:23.993 --> 01:18:29.694 ONE, JOB WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO AND ALSO HOW NOT TO RESPOND 01:18:29.694 --> 01:18:33.569 DURING HARD TIMES. FROM IT WE LEARN THESE THINGS. WE LEARN 01:18:33.569 --> 01:18:36.264 THAT WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND OBEY 01:18:36.264 --> 01:18:39.713 GOD'S WORD, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. OKAY, YOU 01:18:39.713 --> 01:18:42.474 DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT OFF YOUR MOUTHS, CUSS LIKE A 01:18:42.474 --> 01:18:48.863 SAILOR, RIGHT? TELL PEOPLE YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF. WE DON'T 01:18:48.863 --> 01:18:51.626 HAVE THE RIGHT TO BURST OUT IN ANGER. WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT 01:18:51.626 --> 01:18:56.003 TO NOW GO SIN BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED. YOU KNOW THAT PERSON 01:18:56.003 --> 01:18:59.663 SINNED AND NOW I HAVE A RIGHT. NO YOU DON'T. OKAY, WE'RE STILL 01:18:59.663 --> 01:19:03.474 OBEDIENT. WE STILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE RIGHT 01:19:03.474 --> 01:19:07.944 THING DESPITE WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US. WE LEARN THAT FROM 01:19:07.944 --> 01:19:11.094 THE BOOK OF JOB, BECAUSE GOD DEMANDED THAT OF HIM. WE ALSO 01:19:11.094 --> 01:19:14.453 LEARNED FROM JOB THAT OUR MOUTH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OFFENDERS 01:19:14.453 --> 01:19:18.743 WHEN WE SUFFER ADVERSITY. OKAY, JOB, REMEMBER WHAT HE DID AT THE 01:19:18.743 --> 01:19:21.203 END? WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. HE HAD TO PUT HIS HAND ON 01:19:21.203 --> 01:19:25.524 HIS MOUTH. AND SO THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC HE HAD. HE SAID, "LORD, 01:19:25.524 --> 01:19:28.524 I'VE SPOKEN WRONG." WE ALSO LEARNED FROM JOB THAT DURING A 01:19:28.524 --> 01:19:32.724 TRIAL, WE CAN'T SAY WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND ACCUSE GOD 01:19:32.724 --> 01:19:37.253 OF BEING UNFAIR. THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC IN THE BOOK, REMEMBER. AND 01:19:37.253 --> 01:19:39.533 THAT'S WHAT WE TEND TO DO SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK, "WELL, 01:19:39.533 --> 01:19:44.033 GOD, I DID THIS AND I PRAYED AND I GAVE TITHE AND I FASTED AND I 01:19:44.033 --> 01:19:48.203 SOUGHT YOU AND GOD, I DID ALL THE THINGS." OR WE SAY THAT 01:19:48.203 --> 01:19:50.604 ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. "WELL, GOD, THAT PERSON DID EVERYTHING 01:19:50.604 --> 01:19:52.793 RIGHT." WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU DON'T 01:19:52.793 --> 01:19:56.858 KNOW THAT. OKAY? WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE BARELY KNOW WHAT WE'D 01:19:56.858 --> 01:20:02.135 DO ALL DAY, MUCH LESS OTHER PEOPLE. SO. RIGHT? OKAY, YOU 01:20:02.135 --> 01:20:04.314 KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY THINGS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SAID 01:20:04.314 --> 01:20:06.833 SOMETHING, LET SOMETHING POP OFF IN YOUR MOUTH. AND SOMEBODY CAME 01:20:06.833 --> 01:20:09.444 TO YOU LATER AND SAID, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THAT? AND 01:20:09.444 --> 01:20:12.212 THEN YOU SAY, OH, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. WELL, YEAH, YOU DID SAY 01:20:12.212 --> 01:20:14.514 IT. AND THEY'LL HOLD IT UP AND SAID... YOU KNOW, THOSE 01:20:14.514 --> 01:20:17.123 COMMERCIALS WHERE THEY'RE DOING NOW, THE HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE A 01:20:17.123 --> 01:20:20.573 DISAGREEMENT AND THEY THROW THE FLAG TO DO THE REPLAY. YOU HAVE 01:20:20.573 --> 01:20:24.413 TO WATCH SPORTS TO SEE THAT. AND THE MAN ALWAYS LOSES, PASTOR 01:20:24.413 --> 01:20:27.863 SAYS. SEE, I THINK I HAD TO CALL A REPLAY ON THAT. NO, I'M JUST 01:20:27.863 --> 01:20:35.243 KIDDING. BUT IT'S TRUE. BUT YOU KNOW, SO BUT HONESTLY, SOMETIMES 01:20:35.243 --> 01:20:38.814 WE WANT TO CALL GOD UNFAIR. WELL, THEY DID EVERYTHING 01:20:38.814 --> 01:20:42.323 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW. WE HARDLY KNOW 01:20:42.323 --> 01:20:45.564 OURSELVES. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE TO JUDGE 01:20:45.564 --> 01:20:48.594 GOD FAITHFUL, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. WE LEARN 01:20:48.594 --> 01:20:51.423 ALL THAT FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. THE SIXTH THING FROM JOB, WE 01:20:51.423 --> 01:20:56.974 LEARN THAT WE MUST FORGIVE AND PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE DURING 01:20:56.974 --> 01:20:59.764 ADVERSE TIMES. BECAUSE WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, ARE YOU 01:20:59.764 --> 01:21:03.484 LISTENING TO ME? WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH, WE CAN EASILY MISTREAT 01:21:03.484 --> 01:21:07.173 PEOPLE. OKAY, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THAT'S WHEN 01:21:07.173 --> 01:21:12.844 YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO MISHANDLE THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU OR 01:21:12.844 --> 01:21:16.474 YOUR CHURCH FAMILY, RIGHT? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT CHURCHES 01:21:16.474 --> 01:21:18.934 AND QUIT GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED IN THEIR 01:21:18.934 --> 01:21:25.173 LIFE? AND SO THEY GOT UPSET AND YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. SO, NUMBER 01:21:25.173 --> 01:21:28.984 SEVEN, AND THIS IS A BIG ONE, WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM JOB THAT GOD 01:21:28.984 --> 01:21:31.804 WILL NOT ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE REASON WHY CERTAIN THINGS 01:21:31.804 --> 01:21:35.224 HAPPEN. AND YOU KNOW, GOD DOES THAT BECAUSE HE LOVES US. WE 01:21:35.224 --> 01:21:38.734 THINK WE WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER SOMETIMES. BUT CAN I BE HONEST 01:21:38.734 --> 01:21:42.484 WITH YOU? A LOVING GOD SOMETIMES SAYS, IF I TOLD YOU, YOU WOULD 01:21:42.484 --> 01:21:47.884 MELT. YOU WOULDN'T BE PREPARED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. YOU REALLY 01:21:47.884 --> 01:21:50.583 THINK JOB WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT WELL IF GOD SAID, "WELL SEE WHAT 01:21:50.583 --> 01:21:55.203 HAD HAPPENED WAS I LET THE DEVIL COME AND ATTACK YOU AND KILL ALL 01:21:55.203 --> 01:21:59.224 YOUR CHILDREN. I ALLOWED THE DEVIL TO COME AND PUT THOSE 01:21:59.224 --> 01:22:03.423 BOILS ON YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO BECOME SICK, BECAUSE I NEEDED TO 01:22:03.423 --> 01:22:09.604 SHOW THE DEVIL AND HUMANITY THAT MAN CAN TRUST ME IN HARD TIMES." 01:22:09.604 --> 01:22:13.083 HOW WOULD JOB HAVE RECEIVED THAT? HE THOUGHT HE WANTED TO 01:22:13.083 --> 01:22:16.113 KNOW THE ANSWER. NOW I'M SURE HE, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, HE'S ON 01:22:16.113 --> 01:22:19.144 THE OTHER SIDE OF GLORY NOW, AND HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, "MAN, 01:22:19.144 --> 01:22:23.344 GOD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE, LETTING ME BE THE EXAMPLE TO 01:22:23.344 --> 01:22:27.184 OTHER PEOPLE ON WHAT TO DO IN HARD TIMES, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO 01:22:27.184 --> 01:22:31.117 THROUGH IT, THEY CAN READ THE BOOK OF JOB AND LEARN WHAT TO DO 01:22:31.117 --> 01:22:36.634 AND NOT TO DO." OH, DON'T SHOUT ME DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO 01:22:36.634 --> 01:22:38.944 LOOK IN A MIRROR. YOU MIGHT AS WELL, LADIES, PULL OUT YOUR 01:22:38.944 --> 01:22:41.224 POCKET MIRROR AND SHINE IT AROUND ON YOUR ROW, BECAUSE 01:22:41.224 --> 01:22:45.814 WE'RE ALL GROWING IN THIS TODAY. AMEN. SO GOD WON'T ALWAYS GIVE 01:22:45.814 --> 01:22:48.663 YOU A REASON. SOMETIMES HE WILL, SOMETIMES HE MAY DELAY IT. 01:22:48.663 --> 01:22:51.333 SOMETIMES HE'LL GIVE YOU A REASON, HE'LL GIVE YOU A PARTIAL 01:22:51.333 --> 01:22:55.413 REASON, OR MAYBE NO REASON AT ALL. BUT WE HAVE TO TRUST GOD 01:22:55.413 --> 01:22:59.613 THAT IF THE ANSWERS DON'T COME, THAT HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING. 01:22:59.613 --> 01:23:02.703 AND JOB HAD TO LEARN THAT. NUMBER EIGHT, TO LIKE JOB DID, 01:23:02.703 --> 01:23:07.113 WE LEARN THAT EVEN IN HARD TIMES WILL AT TIMES HAVE TO REPENT. OH 01:23:07.113 --> 01:23:10.474 BOY. THAT'S THE TIME YOU DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO. "THIS 01:23:10.474 --> 01:23:14.673 HAPPENED TO ME, GOD. AND WHAT DO I HAVE TO REPENT OF?" BUT JOB 01:23:14.673 --> 01:23:18.993 HAD TO LEARN TO REPENT AND BE TEACHABLE. AND WE MUST ALSO 01:23:18.993 --> 01:23:22.863 HUMBLE OURSELVES. AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT JOB'S FRIENDS GOT IN 01:23:22.863 --> 01:23:25.623 SO MUCH TROUBLE. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE STANDING THERE AT THE SAME 01:23:25.623 --> 01:23:30.423 WHIRLWIND THAT JOB WAS STANDING AT. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND JOB 01:23:30.423 --> 01:23:33.423 HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD AND HUMBLED HIMSELF, AND NOT ONE 01:23:33.423 --> 01:23:35.944 TIME DOES IT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS CHANGING THEIR 01:23:35.944 --> 01:23:39.064 POSITION. THEY HARDEN THEMSELVES. AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T 01:23:39.064 --> 01:23:42.304 DO THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, THE MOST DANGEROUS 01:23:42.304 --> 01:23:45.963 THING WE CAN DO IS HARDEN OURSELF TO GOD. I HEARD ONE 01:23:45.963 --> 01:23:49.474 PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, "WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING, DON'T RUN 01:23:49.474 --> 01:23:56.554 FROM GOD. YOU RUN STRAIGHT TO HIM." HALLELUJAH. AMEN. NUMBER 01:23:56.554 --> 01:24:00.333 NINE, WE WILL LEARN THAT GOD WILL SHOW HIMSELF TO YOU 01:24:00.333 --> 01:24:04.234 SUPERNATURALLY, JUST LIKE HE DID JOB IN THE WHIRLWIND. THAT IF 01:24:04.234 --> 01:24:08.073 YOU'LL STICK WITH GOD AND YOU'LL PURSUE HIM, YOU WILL SEE GOD'S 01:24:08.073 --> 01:24:11.884 HAND MOVE IN YOUR SITUATION. IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU WILL 01:24:11.884 --> 01:24:15.274 SEE AND HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH A REAL AND A SUPERNATURAL, COME 01:24:15.274 --> 01:24:19.323 ON. HE'S STILL THE GOD OF MIRACLES. HE'S STILL THE GOD 01:24:19.323 --> 01:24:22.684 THAT PARTS THE RED SEA. COME ON, HE'S STILL THE GOD... IT'S LIKE 01:24:22.684 --> 01:24:25.292 SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT 01:24:25.292 --> 01:24:28.833 GOT PRAYED FOR AND THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A MIRACLE?" WELL, I 01:24:28.833 --> 01:24:31.743 WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE ONES THAT DID? I'VE LEARNED 01:24:31.743 --> 01:24:35.613 A LONG TIME AGO, I FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT GET THE MIRACLE. I 01:24:35.613 --> 01:24:39.123 FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT DO HAPPEN BECAUSE IF YOU FOCUS ON 01:24:39.123 --> 01:24:42.663 WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU'LL SEE NOTHING HAPPEN. THE BIBLE SAYS, 01:24:42.663 --> 01:24:47.944 JAMES SAYS, THAT "A DOUBLE MINDED PERSON IS UNSTABLE." LET 01:24:47.944 --> 01:24:52.024 NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD. SO 01:24:52.024 --> 01:24:54.573 IF YOU HAVE A TIME WHERE MAYBE YOU OR SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH 01:24:54.573 --> 01:24:57.304 SOMETHING, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY PRAYED OR 01:24:57.304 --> 01:25:00.304 SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN, PICK YOURSELF BACK UP AND KEEP ON 01:25:00.304 --> 01:25:03.844 GOING. PRESS FOR A MIRACLE THE NEXT TIME. DON'T GIVE UP 01:25:03.844 --> 01:25:06.963 BELIEVING THE WORD OF GOD. DON'T THROW THE PROMISES OUT JUST 01:25:06.963 --> 01:25:11.104 BECAUSE IT LOOKS A CERTAIN WAY IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE. HOLD ON TO 01:25:11.104 --> 01:25:14.884 THE WORD OF GOD AND JUDGE IT TRUE AND JUDGE IT FAITHFUL 01:25:14.884 --> 01:25:22.454 REGARDLESS. THE TENTH THAT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, AND THEN I'M 01:25:22.454 --> 01:25:25.444 GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE REASONS. THE TENTH THING WE 01:25:25.444 --> 01:25:31.173 LEARNED FROM JOB IS GOD, I LOVE THIS ONE, HE ALWAYS RESTORES. 01:25:31.173 --> 01:25:33.305 THERE'S ALWAYS A SEASON. TOUCH YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY "YOU KNOW 01:25:33.305 --> 01:25:35.793 WHAT, THERE'S A RESTORATION SEASON COMING TO YOU." IT'S 01:25:37.564 --> 01:25:42.213 COMING TO YOU. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET INTO 01:25:42.213 --> 01:25:44.703 THESE. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE LEARN FROM THE BOOK OF 01:25:44.703 --> 01:25:48.634 JOB. AND WE DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT WE CANNOT RATIONALLY ASSESS 01:25:48.634 --> 01:25:52.474 THE REASON THAT SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH SOME FORM OF ADVERSITY 01:25:52.474 --> 01:25:57.184 OR SUFFERING, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN 01:25:57.184 --> 01:25:59.793 LOOK AT SOME REASONS IN SCRIPTURE. THE BIBLE GIVES 01:25:59.793 --> 01:26:02.703 GENERAL REASONS WHY SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY HAPPEN. WE'RE 01:26:02.703 --> 01:26:06.604 GOING TO DISCUSS FIVE OF THESE. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T MEAN 01:26:06.604 --> 01:26:09.154 THAT YOU CAN POINT AT SOMEBODY AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS YOUR 01:26:09.154 --> 01:26:13.713 REASON. I WOULDN'T LABEL IT ON PEOPLE. BUT WHAT I DO IS I LEARN 01:26:13.713 --> 01:26:17.014 THE REASON SO A) I CAN AVOID PITFALLS OF THE DEVIL. ALL 01:26:17.014 --> 01:26:20.554 RIGHT? AND THEN I KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN I DO FACE THINGS. OKAY. 01:26:20.554 --> 01:26:24.363 JOHN 16 SAYS, JESUS SAID IT, HE SAID, "IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL 01:26:24.363 --> 01:26:28.293 SUFFER TRIBULATION." OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK NEXT WEEK ABOUT 01:26:28.293 --> 01:26:32.493 THE TRIBULATION OF A FALLEN WORLD. AND I WON'T GET INTO THAT 01:26:32.493 --> 01:26:34.713 TODAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BREAK THAT DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO 01:26:34.713 --> 01:26:36.963 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHURCH AND SOME DIFFERENT 01:26:36.963 --> 01:26:41.373 THINGS. BUT LET'S GET INTO THIS NOW AND TALK ABOUT HOW AND 01:26:41.373 --> 01:26:46.804 AGAIN, I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT WE ARE CALLED BY GOD IN ALL OF 01:26:46.804 --> 01:26:51.363 THESE REASONS THAT SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY COMES. WE ARE CALLED 01:26:51.363 --> 01:26:58.203 BY GOD, COMMANDED BY GOD, TAUGHT BY GOD TO APPLY THE BIBLICAL 01:26:58.203 --> 01:27:02.104 PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE IN EVERY SITUATION. THE BIBLE IS FILLED 01:27:02.104 --> 01:27:05.944 WITH HIS PROMISES OF TRUTH, AND NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WE 01:27:05.944 --> 01:27:10.684 ARE STILL CALLED BY GOD TO HOLD ON TO HIS WORD. IF THERE IS 01:27:10.684 --> 01:27:14.314 TURMOIL GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, THEN WE'RE COMMANDED TO PULL OUT 01:27:14.314 --> 01:27:18.094 THOSE SCRIPTURES ON PEACE AND HOLD ON TO THOSE SCRIPTURES. IF 01:27:18.094 --> 01:27:21.333 THERE'S FEAR IN YOUR LIFE, WE PULL OUT THOSE SCRIPTURES ON 01:27:21.333 --> 01:27:24.663 FAITH AND WE HOLD ON TO THOSE. IF THERE'S DISAPPOINTMENT IN 01:27:24.663 --> 01:27:27.694 YOUR LIFE, THEN WE PULL OUT, COME ON SOMEBODY, THOSE 01:27:27.694 --> 01:27:32.253 SCRIPTURES THAT TEACH US HOW TO BE CONTENT IN GOD AND TRUST HIM 01:27:32.253 --> 01:27:35.673 FOR BREAKTHROUGH AND MIRACLES. SO WE ARE IN ALL OF THESE 01:27:35.673 --> 01:27:39.634 SITUATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THIS WEEK AND NEXT, THAT WE 01:27:39.634 --> 01:27:43.560 CAN DEFINITELY APPLY THE PROMISES OF SCRIPTURE TO ALL OF 01:27:43.560 --> 01:27:47.043 THESE. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER ONE, LET'S TALK ABOUT REASONS WHY 01:27:47.043 --> 01:27:49.752 PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE 01:27:49.752 --> 01:27:53.703 WITH YOU. GO TO DEUTERONOMY 8, WE'LL BREAK THIS DOWN. AND THE 01:27:53.703 --> 01:28:00.064 FIRST ONE IS, THE REASON IS, GOD ALLOWS THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. 01:28:00.064 --> 01:28:03.724 OH, WE DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. I DON'T LIKE THAT ONE. WE DON'T 01:28:03.724 --> 01:28:07.144 LIKE TO HEAR IT, BUT IT'S IN THE BIBLE, RIGHT? LET'S LOOK AT 01:28:07.144 --> 01:28:11.764 DEUTERONOMY 8, AND I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH THIS. 01:28:11.764 --> 01:28:15.514 THIS IS VERSE 1, AND THIS IS TALKING TO ISRAEL AS THEY WERE 01:28:15.514 --> 01:28:19.444 COMING OUT OF THEIR WILDERNESS. AND GOD SAYS, "ALL THE 01:28:19.444 --> 01:28:25.743 COMMANDMENTS WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY YOU SHALL OBSERVE AND 01:28:25.743 --> 01:28:28.654 YOU'LL DO THEM. THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE..." HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW 01:28:28.654 --> 01:28:32.913 THERE'S A BLESSING WHEN YOU OBEY GOD? YOU SET YOURSELF FOR 01:28:32.913 --> 01:28:37.474 BLESSING WHEN YOU SERVE HIM AND OBEY HIM AND FOLLOW HIS WORD. HE 01:28:37.474 --> 01:28:41.314 SAID "IT'LL CAUSE YOU TO LIVE AND TO MULTIPLY AND GO IN AND 01:28:41.314 --> 01:28:45.543 POSSESS THE LAND WHICH THE LORD SWARE UNTO YOUR FATHERS. AND 01:28:45.543 --> 01:28:50.463 THEN YOU SHALL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", WATCH THIS CAREFULLY NOW. 01:28:50.463 --> 01:28:54.844 "YOU'LL REMEMBER ALL THE WAY", THE WHOLE PROCESS "WHICH THE 01:28:54.844 --> 01:29:00.394 LORD YOUR GOD LED YOU THESE 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS. HE LED 01:29:00.394 --> 01:29:06.634 YOU TO HUMBLE YOU, TO PROVE YOU, AND TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN YOUR 01:29:06.634 --> 01:29:11.734 HEART, WHETHER YOU WOULD KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS OR NOT." RIGHT? 01:29:11.734 --> 01:29:15.514 OKAY, THIS IS IN SCRIPTURE, "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND ALLOWED 01:29:15.514 --> 01:29:17.854 YOU..." NOW HERE'S HOW GOD, I WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN TO THE 01:29:17.854 --> 01:29:22.083 BEST OF MY ABILITY, BUT HERE'S HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO SUFFER 01:29:22.083 --> 01:29:26.764 ADVERSITY, IF YOU WILL. "AND HE HUMBLED YOU AND SUFFERED YOU TO 01:29:26.764 --> 01:29:30.993 HUNGER, AND HE FED YOU WITH MANNA, WHICH YOU DID NOT KNOW", 01:29:30.993 --> 01:29:33.963 OR THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS, "AND NEITHER DID YOUR 01:29:33.963 --> 01:29:37.713 FATHERS KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THAT HE MIGHT MAKE YOU TO KNOW THAT 01:29:37.713 --> 01:29:41.104 MAN DOES NOT LIVE BY BREAD ONLY", OR IN OTHER WORDS, 01:29:41.104 --> 01:29:45.423 NATURAL RESOURCES, RIGHT? HE CAN'T DEPEND ON HIMSELF. "BUT BY 01:29:45.423 --> 01:29:49.833 EVERY WORD..." SOMEBODY SAY EVERY WORD. "EVERY WORD THAT 01:29:49.833 --> 01:29:54.604 PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD." GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF 01:29:54.604 --> 01:29:59.253 OUR FAITH, SO WE HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. OKAY, IF THERE WAS NO 01:29:59.253 --> 01:30:03.753 TESTING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO APPLY FAITH. BUT HERE, HE SAID, 01:30:03.753 --> 01:30:06.873 HE WANTED THEM TO APPLY FAITH. NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE 01:30:06.873 --> 01:30:10.261 SOMETHING OF HOW GOD ALLOWED THEM TO TEST IT. LET'S READ THIS 01:30:10.261 --> 01:30:13.953 SCRIPTURE AGAIN. "HE ALLOWED YOU," VERSE 3, "TO SUFFER 01:30:13.953 --> 01:30:18.033 HUNGER." YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED ABOUT, WITH GOD, THAT HE WILL, 01:30:18.033 --> 01:30:21.604 AND SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY IN OUR LIFE, THERE WERE 01:30:21.604 --> 01:30:24.162 TIMES HE HELD BACK JUST ENOUGH PROVISION. YOU DON'T SEE THE 01:30:24.162 --> 01:30:27.663 THING, GOD KNOWS WHAT'S COMING. HE KNOWS THE BLESSING THAT'S 01:30:27.663 --> 01:30:31.054 COMING TO YOU. BUT SOMETIMES HE'LL ALLOW YOU TO GO THROUGH A 01:30:31.054 --> 01:30:35.014 PLACE, I REMEMBER SO MANY TIMES LOOKING IN OUR CUPBOARD WHEN WE 01:30:35.014 --> 01:30:38.163 WERE FIRST STARTING THIS, BEFORE WE HAD CHILDREN, AND I THOUGHT, 01:30:38.163 --> 01:30:40.623 LORD, WE DON'T HAVE ANY GROCERIES AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN 01:30:40.623 --> 01:30:44.613 I'M GETTING SOME. I JUST DON'T. I MEAN, WE WERE ALWAYS HAPPY 01:30:44.613 --> 01:30:46.833 WHEN PEOPLE, HOW MANY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WE WERE 01:30:46.833 --> 01:30:49.144 THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE HAPPY WHEN SOMEBODY BROUGHT SOME FOOD 01:30:49.144 --> 01:30:52.774 BY. IT WAS JUST ALWAYS GOOD. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT FOOD WAS 01:30:52.774 --> 01:30:56.583 COMING FROM. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT STARVING. WE'RE STILL 01:30:56.583 --> 01:31:01.264 ALIVE. PRAISE GOD, WE'RE STILL HERE. NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO 01:31:01.264 --> 01:31:04.243 HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, WE'RE STILL AROUND. IN FACT, THERE'S 01:31:04.243 --> 01:31:09.854 SOME FOOD I WISH I DIDN'T EAT AND I WOULD GO TO THE... COME 01:31:09.854 --> 01:31:15.613 ON, SOMEBODY. BUT SOMETIMES GOD, HE'LL HOLD BACK JUST ENOUGH FROM 01:31:15.613 --> 01:31:20.474 YOU TO MAKE YOU TRUST HIM. AND IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A 01:31:20.474 --> 01:31:25.681 PLAN TO BLESS, IT'S JUST THAT HE WANTS YOU TO PRESS AND LEAN INTO 01:31:25.681 --> 01:31:29.474 HIS PROMISES SO THAT THEY'RE SURE IN YOUR HEART. SO WHENEVER 01:31:29.474 --> 01:31:34.243 YOU FACE SOMETHING, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT GOD DOES AND THAT HE WILL 01:31:34.243 --> 01:31:42.524 BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. AMEN. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IF YOU 01:31:42.524 --> 01:31:45.913 HAVE A LITTLE SON OR YOU KNOW, WHO LOVES CARS AND TRUCKS AND 01:31:45.913 --> 01:31:49.094 THEY GET THEIR CARS AND TRUCKS OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOD HAS 01:31:49.094 --> 01:31:52.993 TO LET US GROW INTO THE BLESSING. I LOOKED AT THIS 01:31:52.993 --> 01:31:56.083 TABERNACLE AND THIS CAMPUS AND BUILDING AND ALL THAT WE'RE 01:31:56.083 --> 01:32:00.373 DOING, AND THE INTERNET AND THE PROPHECY IS GOING AROUND THE 01:32:00.373 --> 01:32:03.583 WORLD AND BOOKS, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T READY FOR THAT AT 35 01:32:03.583 --> 01:32:08.594 YEARS OLD. WE THOUGHT WE WERE, BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED IT. 01:32:08.594 --> 01:32:11.743 WE THOUGHT WE KNEW EVERYTHING AT 35. IT'S LIKE MY DAD SAID ONE 01:32:11.743 --> 01:32:16.304 TIME, BEFORE HE WENT TO HEAVEN. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD. HE SAID, "I 01:32:16.304 --> 01:32:22.542 KNOW LESS AT 77 THAN I DID AT 17." AND THE REALITY IS, IS 01:32:22.542 --> 01:32:25.783 BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY DO KNOW MORE, BUT YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH 01:32:25.783 --> 01:32:29.503 YOU DON'T KNOW. AND WE THOUGHT WHEN WE STARTED LORD OF HOSTS 01:32:29.503 --> 01:32:33.225 CHURCH, WE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE MINISTRY, UNTIL PEOPLE LEFT. 01:32:36.055 --> 01:32:38.057 AND THEN IT TAKES A MINUTE AND YOU SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND YOU 01:32:38.057 --> 01:32:41.385 GO, YOU KNOW, GOD, MAYBE I GOT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. OR MAYBE 01:32:41.385 --> 01:32:45.583 YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GROW ME. MAYBE I HAVE TO PUT MY FAITH IN 01:32:45.583 --> 01:32:49.177 YOUR PROMISES. I HAVE TO LEARN TO TRUST YOU. SOMETIMES GOD WILL 01:32:49.177 --> 01:32:52.724 HOLD BACK THINGS JUST ENOUGH SO THAT YOU'LL SUFFER JUST A LITTLE 01:32:52.724 --> 01:32:57.613 BIT OF HUNGER, SO THAT YOU CAN PRESS IN TO WHAT HE HAS IN THE 01:32:57.613 --> 01:33:04.033 HARVEST FIELD OF BLESSING. BUT, NOW NOTICE WHAT HE DID NOT DO. 01:33:04.033 --> 01:33:08.083 HE DID NOT PUT SICKNESS ON THEM. IN FACT, IN VERSE 4, SICKNESS 01:33:08.083 --> 01:33:10.333 WAS NEVER A PART OF IT. HE DIDN'T PUT SICKNESS, BECAUSE 01:33:10.333 --> 01:33:12.583 SOME PREACHERS WILL PREACH THAT. THEY'LL SAY, WELL, GOD WILL 01:33:12.583 --> 01:33:15.734 ALLOW YOU TO BE SICK LIKE JOB. BUT WE LEARNED FROM JOB, THAT 01:33:15.734 --> 01:33:19.123 WAS A SPECIAL EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THE DEVIL DID IT. IT WAS A 01:33:19.123 --> 01:33:24.043 SPECIAL EXAMPLE. BUT GOD TO ISRAEL, HE SAID IN VERSE 4, 01:33:24.043 --> 01:33:28.993 "NEITHER DID YOUR FOOT SWELL," THERE WAS NO SICKNESS, RIGHT? IN 01:33:28.993 --> 01:33:32.474 FACT, IF YOU SKIP DOWN TO VERSE 15, IT SAID "HE LED YOU THROUGH 01:33:32.474 --> 01:33:37.094 ALL THAT GREAT WILDERNESS, THERE WERE SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS AND 01:33:37.094 --> 01:33:42.224 DROUGHT. THERE WAS NO WATER. BUT HE BROUGHT YOU FORTH WATER OUT 01:33:42.224 --> 01:33:46.484 OF THE FLINT. HE TOOK YOU IN THE WILDERNESS SO," AND THEN VERSE 01:33:46.484 --> 01:33:50.984 16 SAYS, "SO THAT HE COULD PROVE THEE AND DO THEE GOOD IN YOUR 01:33:50.984 --> 01:33:54.434 LATTER END." AMEN. SO SOMETIMES GOD ALLOWS THE TRYING OF OUR 01:33:54.434 --> 01:33:57.734 FAITH. NOW LET ME READ THIS OTHER SCRIPTURE TO YOU. WATCH 01:33:57.734 --> 01:34:00.583 THIS. GO BACK UP TO VERSE 5, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS PART 01:34:00.583 --> 01:34:05.173 BECAUSE LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LORD'S DISCIPLINE. VERSE 5 SAID 01:34:05.173 --> 01:34:07.724 THAT "YOU SHALL ALSO CONSIDER IN YOUR HEART THAT AS A MAN 01:34:07.724 --> 01:34:12.885 CHASTENS HIS SON, SO THE LORD WILL CHASTEN YOU. THEREFORE YOU 01:34:12.885 --> 01:34:17.385 SHALL KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD AND WALK IN HIS WAYS." 01:34:17.385 --> 01:34:20.533 SO NOW FLIP OVER TO HEBREWS, BECAUSE HEBREWS TALKS ABOUT 01:34:20.533 --> 01:34:25.748 THAT. HEBREWS 12. AND I WANT TO READ THIS BRIEFLY TO YOU, AND 01:34:25.748 --> 01:34:30.404 WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PICKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. HEBREWS 12, 01:34:31.453 --> 01:34:35.234 THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT, "FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CHASTENS..." 01:34:35.234 --> 01:34:38.252 NOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID FOR YEARS, THAT MEANS GOD MAY GIVE YOU A 01:34:38.252 --> 01:34:41.083 GOOD SPANKING, AND THAT'S WHY YOU GOT PNEUMONIA AND ALL THESE 01:34:41.083 --> 01:34:45.404 THINGS HAPPENED TO YOU. NO. NO. WHAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD 01:34:45.404 --> 01:34:50.234 DISCIPLINED HIS CHILDREN IN DEUTERONOMY? HE HELD BACK JUST 01:34:50.234 --> 01:34:53.953 ENOUGH SO THEY WOULD TRUST HIM, BUT HE NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON 01:34:53.953 --> 01:34:57.944 THEM. HE NEVER DID EVIL TO THEM. WE FIND LATER, THE ONLY REASON 01:34:57.944 --> 01:35:02.054 THAT PLAGUES CAME UPON THEM IS BECAUSE THEY DID WICKED THINGS. 01:35:02.054 --> 01:35:06.974 BUT GOD NEVER PUT SICKNESS ON ANYBODY IN THE BIBLE TO TEACH 01:35:06.974 --> 01:35:11.503 THEM A LESSON ON HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON. HE DIDN'T EVER 01:35:11.503 --> 01:35:14.323 TEACH, HE NEVER DID THAT. SO JUST REMEMBER THAT AS YOU READ 01:35:14.323 --> 01:35:17.894 THIS. BUT THE LORD WILL ALLOW TESTING OF OUR FAITH, "WHOM THE 01:35:17.894 --> 01:35:22.003 LORD LOVES, HE WILL DISCIPLINE AND SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE 01:35:22.003 --> 01:35:25.934 RECEIVES. IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS WITH YOU 01:35:25.934 --> 01:35:31.604 AS SONS. FOR WHAT SON IS HE WHO HIS FATHER DOES NOT DISCIPLINE?" 01:35:31.604 --> 01:35:36.194 OR CHASTEN, RIGHT? THE WAY IT WAS IN DEUTERONOMY. "BUT IF YOU 01:35:36.194 --> 01:35:40.094 BE WITHOUT CHASTISEMENT, WHEREOF YOU ARE ALL PARTAKERS, THEN 01:35:40.094 --> 01:35:46.573 YOU'RE BASTARDS AND NOT SONS." THAT MEANS YOU ARE FATHERLESS. 01:35:46.573 --> 01:35:50.264 "FURTHERMORE, WE HAD FATHERS IN OUR FLESH WHICH CORRECTED US, 01:35:50.264 --> 01:35:54.253 AND WE GAVE THEM REVERENCE. SHALL WE NOT MUCH RATHER BE IN 01:35:54.253 --> 01:35:58.514 SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS, AND LIVE? FOR TRULY, I 01:35:58.514 --> 01:36:01.573 SAY, FOR A FEW CHASTENED US AFTER THEIR OWN PLEASURE," IN 01:36:01.573 --> 01:36:04.154 THE KING JAMES OR THE NEW LIVING IT SAYS, "THEY DID THE BEST THEY 01:36:04.154 --> 01:36:08.654 KNEW HOW IN THEIR NATURAL FLESH. BUT GOD DOES IT FOR OUR PROPHET, 01:36:08.654 --> 01:36:13.154 OR HE DOES IT IN A PERFECT WAY, SO THAT WE MIGHT BE PARTAKERS OF 01:36:13.154 --> 01:36:18.345 HIS HOLINESS. NOW NO CHASTENING, FOR THE PRESENT SEEMS JOYOUS." 01:36:18.345 --> 01:36:21.449 AND THEN JAMES GOES ON AND SAYS, "BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY." 01:36:23.323 --> 01:36:27.913 I'M LIKE LORD, LORD, LORD, LORD. NO, IT DOESN'T SEEM JOYOUS AT 01:36:27.913 --> 01:36:31.453 THE TIME, IT SEEMS GRIEVOUS. "NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT 01:36:31.453 --> 01:36:35.894 YIELDS PEACEABLE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS." I'M HERE TO TELL 01:36:35.894 --> 01:36:38.173 YOU IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT HANK AND BRENDA DIDN'T GO 01:36:38.173 --> 01:36:41.894 THROUGH BACK ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE 01:36:41.894 --> 01:36:45.524 STANDING IN THIS ROOM TODAY. I DON'T THINK WE'D BE STANDING 01:36:45.524 --> 01:36:49.423 HERE HEARING POWERFUL PROPHETIC WORDS ABOUT IRAQ. THAT GOD HAD 01:36:49.423 --> 01:36:53.474 TO BRING SOME CHASTENING. THERE HAD TO BE SOME DISCIPLINE. THERE 01:36:53.474 --> 01:36:56.863 HAD TO BE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH, AND COME ON, 01:36:56.863 --> 01:37:01.154 TRUST GOD AND BELIEVE GOD FOR, SO THAT IT COULD YIELD PEACEABLE 01:37:01.154 --> 01:37:06.104 FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO TRUST GOD DURING THOSE TIMES 01:37:06.104 --> 01:37:09.493 WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED. JAMES SAID IT LIKE THIS, HE SAID, 01:37:09.493 --> 01:37:14.684 "BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY." SOMEBODY SHOUT JOY! "COUNT IT 01:37:14.684 --> 01:37:19.423 ALL JOY WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED." COME ON. VARIOUS 01:37:19.423 --> 01:37:23.173 TEMPTATIONS. VARIOUS TRIALS. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THINGS, 01:37:23.173 --> 01:37:28.514 COUNT IT JOY. AND THEN IT SAYS "BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE HER 01:37:28.514 --> 01:37:33.283 PERFECT WORK IN THOSE TIMES." OH, GOD, THOSE ARE THE TIMES, 01:37:33.283 --> 01:37:39.801 COME ON, WE WANT IT OVER IN FIVE MINUTES. I TELL THIS STORY, I 01:37:39.801 --> 01:37:42.224 REMEMBER ONE TIME, WE WERE FIRST STARTING OUT IN THE MINISTRY, 01:37:42.224 --> 01:37:47.354 HANK AND BRENDA THE KNOW IT ALL'S. AND, THAT'S WHY, BE 01:37:47.354 --> 01:37:49.394 CAREFUL, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT COME ONLINE, THEY KNOW 01:37:49.394 --> 01:37:52.243 EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. IN FACT, THERE WAS THAT ONE YOUNG 01:37:52.243 --> 01:37:55.304 MAN IN THE BOOK OF JOB WHO ACTED LIKE A KNOW IT ALL, AND GOD 01:37:55.304 --> 01:37:58.783 KICKED HIM IN THE BACKSIDE TOO. HE SAID, "WELL, JOB, I'M YOUNG 01:37:58.783 --> 01:38:04.514 AND YOU'RE OLD." YOU KNOW, YOUNG, WET BEHIND THE EARS, GAVE 01:38:04.514 --> 01:38:09.434 BIG SPEECHES, AND GOD REBUKED HIM TOO. SO BE CAREFUL. BE 01:38:09.434 --> 01:38:13.328 CAREFUL. BUT I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND SO ONE TIME WE WENT TO 01:38:13.328 --> 01:38:16.003 OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME, AND WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH ONE 01:38:16.003 --> 01:38:20.594 TORNADO AFTER ANOTHER. EITHER WE WERE BROKE OR WE WERE, GOT THE 01:38:20.594 --> 01:38:23.385 LEFT FOOT OUT OF ONE OF THE DENOMINATIONS WE WERE PART OF. 01:38:23.385 --> 01:38:26.503 BECAUSE WE PREACH FAITH, WE PREACH THE PROMISES. AND THAT 01:38:26.503 --> 01:38:30.014 GROUP DIDN'T CARE FOR IT SO MUCH. AND SO WE GOT OUT OF THAT 01:38:30.014 --> 01:38:33.104 AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. AND WE GOT INVITED TO THIS 01:38:33.104 --> 01:38:36.253 MINISTER'S RETREAT, AND WE DROVE ALL THE WAY OUT IN OUR CAR. IT 01:38:36.253 --> 01:38:39.283 WAS ALL WE COULD DO TO AFFORD THE GAS, AND WE GOT OUT TO THAT 01:38:39.283 --> 01:38:42.194 RETREAT AND NOBODY TOLD US YOU HAD TO BRING YOUR OWN BEDDING. 01:38:44.743 --> 01:38:47.144 WE WALKED IN AND THERE WAS A BARE MATTRESS IN OUR ROOM. I'M 01:38:47.144 --> 01:38:54.583 LIKE, "LORD JESUS, WE HAVE GONE TO THE PIT OF HELL." WE WENT TO 01:38:54.583 --> 01:38:57.163 WALMART AND BOUGHT THE CHEAPEST BLANKET THEY HAD. THEY HAD A 01:38:57.163 --> 01:39:00.524 WALMART DOWN THE STREET. THEY HAD A $2 PILLOWS AND THEY HAD $4 01:39:00.524 --> 01:39:03.944 BLANKETS. AND WE WALKED IN AND GOT $2 PILLOWS, NO PILLOWCASES, 01:39:03.944 --> 01:39:07.814 WE COULDN'T AFFORD THAT. IT WAS THE BARE PILLOW AND THE BLANKET, 01:39:07.814 --> 01:39:10.694 AND THEN THANK GOD THE FOOD WAS PAID FOR IN THAT WHOLE EVENT. 01:39:10.694 --> 01:39:13.154 BUT I REMEMBER, SO WE WENT THROUGH SO MANY THINGS, 01:39:13.154 --> 01:39:16.543 CHALLENGES AFTER CHALLENGE. AND OUR PASTOR AT THAT TIME SAID, 01:39:16.543 --> 01:39:21.734 HE'S NOT IN THE MINISTRY NOW RETIRED, BUT HE SAID, NOW PASTOR 01:39:21.734 --> 01:39:23.564 HANK CAME AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, PASTOR, I'M 01:39:23.564 --> 01:39:26.923 JUST IN THIS HURRICANE. I AM IN A TORNADO. AND EVERY ONCE IN A 01:39:26.923 --> 01:39:29.503 WHILE I GET A LITTLE RELIEF. MY ARM WILL STICK OUT AND IT GETS 01:39:29.503 --> 01:39:32.654 YANKED BACK IN THE STORM, AND THEN I'LL STICK MY LEG OUT AND 01:39:32.654 --> 01:39:35.385 IT'LL GET YANKED BACK IN THE STORM. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT..." 01:39:35.385 --> 01:39:38.173 AND HE GOES, "WELL, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A LOT OF STORMS AND A 01:39:38.173 --> 01:39:42.344 LOT OF ATTACKS, BUT REMEMBER, IT'S ONLY ONE DEVIL." DON'T EVER 01:39:42.344 --> 01:39:45.043 FORGET THAT. YOU FOCUS ON THE FACT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 01:39:45.043 --> 01:39:48.524 THE ENEMY IN A MINUTE, BUT REMEMBER, AT THAT TIME THE BIBLE 01:39:48.524 --> 01:39:52.514 SAYS "PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK." IN OTHER WORDS, LET, THAT 01:39:52.514 --> 01:39:55.663 WORD PATIENCE IS THE WORD ENDURANCE. LET ENDURANCE HAVE 01:39:55.663 --> 01:39:59.684 HER PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE COMPLETE AND YOU MIGHT BECOME 01:39:59.684 --> 01:40:03.224 MATURE. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING TO HAVE SOME MATURE CHRISTIANS 01:40:03.224 --> 01:40:06.641 IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, THAT THEY DON'T GET ALL UP IN ARMS AND 01:40:06.641 --> 01:40:10.453 HAVE A DRAMA ATTACK EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS. COME ON 01:40:10.453 --> 01:40:15.885 SOMEBODY. SO YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, ENTIRE, LACKING IN 01:40:15.885 --> 01:40:20.354 NOTHING. BUT IF YOU'RE IN THAT MOMENT, JAMES 1 SAYS, AND YOU 01:40:20.354 --> 01:40:23.024 LACK SOME WISDOM. COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LIKE, "WELL, GOD, 01:40:23.024 --> 01:40:25.934 SHOULD I DO THAT? THE DOCTOR SAYS, I NEED THAT MEDICINE. 01:40:25.934 --> 01:40:28.514 SHOULD I DO THIS OR THAT OR WHAT? GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO 01:40:28.514 --> 01:40:31.963 DO. OR I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT MY FINANCES. OR SHOULD I 01:40:31.963 --> 01:40:35.385 GO HERE OR TAKE THAT JOB? GOD, WHICH ONE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?" 01:40:35.385 --> 01:40:38.300 GOD SAID, "IF YOU LACK WISDOM, ANYONE THAT DOES LET HIM ASK OF 01:40:38.300 --> 01:40:42.974 GOD WHO WILL GIVE TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND HE'LL NOT DO IT 01:40:42.974 --> 01:40:46.274 WITH ANY KIND OF REBUKE." BUT IT SAYS, "LET HIM ASK IN FAITH 01:40:46.274 --> 01:40:50.054 WITHOUT WAVERING, FOR HE THAT WAVERS IS LIKE THE MAN WHO'S IN 01:40:50.054 --> 01:40:53.684 A BOAT, AND HE'S BOUNCING UP AND DOWN." ALL YOU DO IF YOU WAIVER 01:40:53.684 --> 01:40:58.543 IS GET YOURSELF SEASICK. DON'T DO THAT. HOLD ON TO THE WORD OF 01:40:58.543 --> 01:41:01.694 GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU BOUNCE AROUND AND YOU'RE UP AND 01:41:01.694 --> 01:41:05.024 DOWN DURING THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO TRUST GOD, IF 01:41:05.024 --> 01:41:09.163 YOU DO THAT, LET NOT THAT PERSON THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING 01:41:09.163 --> 01:41:12.404 OF THE LORD. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD HOLDS OUT ON US. BUT 01:41:12.404 --> 01:41:15.673 THAT'S WHAT ISRAEL DID. THEY BOUNCED AROUND AND GOD COULDN'T 01:41:15.673 --> 01:41:19.073 BLESS THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. AMEN. SO GOD WILL 01:41:19.073 --> 01:41:24.203 ALLOW THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. JAMES 1 IT'LL TELL US, GOD 01:41:24.203 --> 01:41:26.514 DOESN'T TEMPT US TO DO EVIL. WE DON'T HAVE TO READ THAT 01:41:26.514 --> 01:41:28.823 SCRIPTURE TODAY, BUT YOU CAN STUDY IT. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, 01:41:28.823 --> 01:41:31.073 "LET NO MAN SAY, 'WHEN I'M TESTED, I'M TESTED OF GOD," 01:41:31.073 --> 01:41:34.224 REALLY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT WORD FOR TEST. IT MEANS TEMPTATION TO 01:41:34.224 --> 01:41:38.597 DO WICKED THINGS. GOD WILL NEVER HARM US, RIGHT? BUT HE WILL GIVE 01:41:38.597 --> 01:41:41.967 US SEASONS WHERE HE REQUIRES FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 01:41:41.967 --> 01:41:47.363 TIMOTHY 6:12, "FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH." AMEN. SO ONE OF 01:41:47.363 --> 01:41:51.833 THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY IS GOD DOES ALLOW US 01:41:51.833 --> 01:41:54.715 TO BE TESTED. AND MAN, THE BEST THING WE CAN DO DURING THOSE 01:41:54.715 --> 01:41:58.520 PEOPLE'S TIMES IS BE THE BODY OF CHRIST, UPLIFT THEM AND SUPPORT 01:41:58.520 --> 01:42:02.934 THEM. AMEN. YOU DON'T KNOW THE REASON THEY'RE THERE, BUT JUST 01:42:02.934 --> 01:42:07.644 BE A FRIEND TO THEM. THE SECOND REASON THAT WE SUFFER ADVERSITY 01:42:07.644 --> 01:42:11.753 IN THIS LIFE IS BECAUSE, WATCH THIS, THIS IS DEEP NOW, BECAUSE 01:42:11.753 --> 01:42:17.154 OF THE DEVIL. OLD SLEW FOOT IS ALWAYS WALKING AROUND. REMEMBER, 01:42:17.154 --> 01:42:23.453 IT WAS WHO THAT ATTACKED JOB? IT WAS THE DEVIL THAT ATTACKED JOB. 01:42:23.453 --> 01:42:27.594 "THE THIEF", THE BIBLE SAYS, "COMES TO STEAL, TO KILL AND TO 01:42:27.594 --> 01:42:31.135 DESTROY." JOHN 10:10. NOW, PASTOR, I LOVE WHAT HE SAID 01:42:31.135 --> 01:42:35.064 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "WELL, PASTOR, WHAT DOOR DID I 01:42:35.064 --> 01:42:39.413 OPEN THAT THE DEVIL CAME IN WITH SUCH A FURY? DID I OPEN A DOOR?" 01:42:39.413 --> 01:42:42.984 NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT REALLY THINK 01:42:42.984 --> 01:42:46.493 ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A THIEF IN THE WORLD THAT WALKS 01:42:46.493 --> 01:42:48.804 IN AND RINGS YOUR DOORBELL, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE ARE, I DON'T 01:42:48.804 --> 01:42:51.894 KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND SAY, "MAY 01:42:51.894 --> 01:42:55.163 I HAVE PERMISSION TO COME IN AND STEAL YOUR TELEVISION? IF YOU 01:42:55.163 --> 01:42:58.524 WOULD BE SO KIND. I'D BE OBLIGED TO WALK IN AND RIP YOUR TV OFF 01:42:58.524 --> 01:43:03.054 THE WALL AND WALK OUT." YOU KNOW, THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. 01:43:03.054 --> 01:43:06.594 THIEVES COME IN ILLEGALLY. OKAY, WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THE 01:43:06.594 --> 01:43:11.033 DEVIL IS AN ILLEGAL OPPONENT. OKAY, HE HAS BEEN DEFEATED 01:43:11.033 --> 01:43:15.474 THROUGH THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS. SO REMEMBER, WHEN YOU 01:43:15.474 --> 01:43:19.104 ARE FACING SOMETHING, IT IS, THE DEVIL IS INVOLVED. AND YOU'VE 01:43:19.104 --> 01:43:21.689 HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AND I LOVE TO SAY IT A LOT, BECAUSE IT 01:43:21.689 --> 01:43:24.774 JUST REMINDS ME THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS SNEAKING AROUND, 01:43:24.774 --> 01:43:28.619 TRYING TO INSERT HIMSELF IN WHATEVER YOU GO THROUGH. YOU 01:43:28.619 --> 01:43:31.163 KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONE TIME, A PREACHER, HE SAID, WELL, DON'T 01:43:31.163 --> 01:43:33.293 PUT SO MUCH, SOMEBODY TOLD THIS PREACHER SAID, "DON'T PUT SO 01:43:33.293 --> 01:43:37.194 MUCH FOCUS ON THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEVIL 01:43:37.194 --> 01:43:40.644 TOO MUCH." I'M LIKE, WELL, JESUS TAUGHT US TO CAST HIM OUT. HE 01:43:40.644 --> 01:43:43.823 TAUGHT CASTING OUT OF DEVILS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF A 01:43:43.823 --> 01:43:49.314 BELIEVER WAS THAT WE ARE TO SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES AND CAST 01:43:49.314 --> 01:43:55.344 OUT DEMONS. WE'RE CALLED OF GOD TO RESIST THE ENEMY, RESIST THE 01:43:55.344 --> 01:43:57.863 DEVIL, ADDRESS THE DEVIL. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A PRIVILEGE THEY 01:43:57.863 --> 01:44:00.715 DIDN'T HAVE IN THE OLD COVENANT. BUT UNDER THE NEW COVENANT IN 01:44:00.715 --> 01:44:03.385 CHRIST, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BEADY EYED DEVIL AND SAY, "YOU 01:44:03.385 --> 01:44:07.135 GET OUT OF HERE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. GET OFF, MY CHILDREN! I 01:44:07.135 --> 01:44:10.554 BIND YOU FROM THIS HOUSEHOLD. YOU GET OUT OF MY MIND. YOU GET 01:44:10.554 --> 01:44:16.493 OUT OF MY LIFE. IN JESUS NAME." AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA 01:44:16.493 --> 01:44:20.184 REMEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PREACHER SAID, THEY SAID, "WELL, 01:44:20.184 --> 01:44:23.484 YOU KNOW, YOU FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME." HE 01:44:23.484 --> 01:44:25.823 SAID, "YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ACT LIKE THERE'S A DEVIL BEHIND 01:44:25.823 --> 01:44:29.304 EVERY BUSH." AND HE GOES, "I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S A DEVIL 01:44:29.304 --> 01:44:32.123 BEHIND EVERY BUSH. I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S SEVEN DEVILS BEHIND 01:44:32.123 --> 01:44:37.104 EVERY BUSH." SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DEVIL GETS OFF SCOT 01:44:37.104 --> 01:44:41.215 FREE. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED AND ALL OF 01:44:41.215 --> 01:44:45.413 THAT TRAGEDY AND CHAOS WAS GOING ON AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING ON 01:44:45.413 --> 01:44:50.453 AND GOING, "GOD JUDGED AMERICA." AND ALL OF THE PONTIFICATING 01:44:50.453 --> 01:44:52.854 THAT WENT ON AROUND THAT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, NOBODY'S PUTTING 01:44:52.854 --> 01:44:58.974 ANY BLAME ON SATAN. COME ON, BLAME THE DEVIL MORE. ASSUME 01:44:58.974 --> 01:45:03.833 HE'S THERE BUZZING AROUND. ASSUME THAT HE IS PUTTING THOSE 01:45:03.833 --> 01:45:08.363 THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND. AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST YOU. OKAY, WELL, 01:45:08.363 --> 01:45:10.373 SOMEBODY THEN ASKED THIS QUESTION, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY 01:45:10.373 --> 01:45:12.894 THIS FOR YEARS, "WELL, WHY COULDN'T GOD JUST REMOVE THE 01:45:12.894 --> 01:45:19.465 DEVIL ALTOGETHER? JUST GET RID OF THAT OLD NASTY BUG." WELL, 01:45:19.465 --> 01:45:24.863 BUT HERE'S THE THING, SEE, THIS IS THE VALUE OF HOW MUCH VALUE 01:45:24.863 --> 01:45:29.814 IS UPON YOU THAT GOD CREATED YOU IN HIS IMAGE. OKAY, GOD HAD TO 01:45:29.814 --> 01:45:35.484 CHOOSE, WATCH THIS, TO CAST SATAN OUT OF HEAVEN. WE'RE 01:45:35.484 --> 01:45:40.854 CREATED AND WE'RE NOT ROBOTS. WE HAVE THE, WE'RE IN THE GOD CLASS 01:45:40.854 --> 01:45:46.793 WITH THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH, BLESSING OR CURSING. 01:45:46.793 --> 01:45:51.863 WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE GOD OR THE DEVIL, AND WE HAVE 01:45:51.863 --> 01:45:58.253 TO, LIKE GOD, IN HIS IMAGE CHOOSE RIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD CHOSE 01:45:58.253 --> 01:46:02.663 RIGHTEOUSNESS WHEN SIN WAS FOUND IN SATAN'S HEART AND SAID, 01:46:02.663 --> 01:46:05.993 "YOU'RE GETTING ON UP OUT OF HERE. I DON'T TOLERATE THAT IN 01:46:05.993 --> 01:46:09.925 HEAVEN." AND WE NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE, COME ON SOMEBODY, TO 01:46:09.925 --> 01:46:15.774 DO THE EXACT SAME THING. WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO CAST OUT THE 01:46:15.774 --> 01:46:24.984 DEVIL! AND GOD DOESN'T MAKE US LOVE HIM. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO 01:46:24.984 --> 01:46:27.264 AND BE WITH THE DEVIL IN HELL, THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. THAT'S 01:46:28.293 --> 01:46:31.885 STUPID, BUT THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT. OKAY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT 01:46:31.885 --> 01:46:34.373 WILL JUST SHAKE THEIR FIST AT GOD ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE 01:46:34.373 --> 01:46:40.135 PIT, UNFORTUNATELY, AND REJECT WHAT JESUS DID. IT'S TRUE. BUT 01:46:40.135 --> 01:46:43.404 THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. 01:46:43.404 --> 01:46:45.594 AND SO, BUT THERE WILL COME A DAY THE DEVIL'S GOING TO GET THE 01:46:45.594 --> 01:46:49.163 "WHAT FOR." AND HE'LL, THAT THE BIBLE SAYS, THERE'S GOING TO BE 01:46:49.163 --> 01:46:52.135 REJOICING IN HEAVEN, THAT THEY'LL SAY, "WOW, THE LOUD 01:46:52.135 --> 01:46:57.833 VOICE SAYS, THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN, THAT OLD SERPENT, THE 01:46:57.833 --> 01:47:03.474 DEVIL HAS BEEN CAST OUT." HALLELUJAH! WHEW! SO ALWAYS 01:47:03.474 --> 01:47:06.503 TAKE, WHEN YOU'RE IN A FIGHT, YOU'RE IN A TRIAL, JUST TAKE 01:47:06.503 --> 01:47:08.873 AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL. "WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW DO I KNOW 01:47:08.873 --> 01:47:11.184 THAT A DEVIL'S THERE?" ASSUME THERE IS. JUST SAY, "DEVIL, I 01:47:11.184 --> 01:47:16.675 BIND YOU. WHATEVER DEMON YOU ARE, GET OUT." IF THERE'S 01:47:16.675 --> 01:47:20.394 SICKNESS, WE KNOW THERE'S SICKNESS DEVILS, OKAY, WE LEARN 01:47:20.394 --> 01:47:23.694 THAT FROM THE BIBLE. SO THEN STAND UP TO IT. SAY "NO, IN THE 01:47:23.694 --> 01:47:27.953 NAME OF JESUS, I BREAK THE POWER OF THAT SICKNESS ON MY LIFE." 01:47:27.953 --> 01:47:30.564 "WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT IF NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER I REBUKE?" 01:47:30.564 --> 01:47:36.774 DO IT AGAIN! OKAY, YOU DON'T JUST WIELD YOUR SWORD ONE TIME, 01:47:36.774 --> 01:47:42.323 PUT IT BACK AND GO "WELL, I GUESS I MISSED." DO IT AGAIN! 01:47:42.323 --> 01:47:45.323 STAND UP AGAIN! IF YOU HAVE TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND GO, 01:47:45.323 --> 01:47:47.573 "DEVIL, I'M JUST CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE IN THE 01:47:47.573 --> 01:47:53.274 PERIMETER. I'M GOING TO BIND YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS." "WELL, 01:47:53.274 --> 01:47:59.154 SHOULD YOU JUST DO THAT TO DO THAT?" YES! CAST THE DEVIL OUT. 01:47:59.154 --> 01:48:04.283 THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 4:27, "GIVE NO PLACE TO THE 01:48:04.283 --> 01:48:07.988 DEVIL." ASSUME IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. "WELL, YEAH, 01:48:07.988 --> 01:48:10.676 BUT, PASTOR BRENDA, IF GOD ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH IT, 01:48:10.676 --> 01:48:14.783 THEN CAN I CAST THE DEVIL OUT?" LISTEN, IF GOD ALLOWED YOU TO GO 01:48:14.783 --> 01:48:20.833 THROUGH IT, HE WANTS YOU TO CAST THE DEVIL OUT! HE'S LETTING YOU 01:48:20.833 --> 01:48:25.913 SO YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, TO PICK UP YOUR SWORD. 01:48:25.913 --> 01:48:29.844 THE BIBLE SAYS IN EPHESIANS 6 "THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND 01:48:29.844 --> 01:48:33.743 IN THE EVIL DAY." "TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU 01:48:33.743 --> 01:48:38.154 MAY BE ABLE TO STAND IN THE EVIL DAY, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND, 01:48:38.154 --> 01:48:42.189 STAND THEREFORE WITH YOUR LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, HAVING ON 01:48:42.189 --> 01:48:45.264 THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FEET SHOD 01:48:45.264 --> 01:48:49.644 WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. TAKING UNTO YOU 01:48:49.644 --> 01:48:54.623 THE SHIELD OF FAITH, WHEREBY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE 01:48:54.623 --> 01:48:59.425 FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. YOU TAKE UNTO YOU THE SWORD OF THE 01:48:59.425 --> 01:49:08.123 SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD." IT DOESN'T STOP THERE, IT 01:49:08.123 --> 01:49:12.264 SAYS, "AND THEN PRAY ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION IN 01:49:12.264 --> 01:49:18.752 THE SPIRIT." WHEW! ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. COME ON, 01:49:18.752 --> 01:49:30.144 ALL OF THEM! NOT SOME OF THEM, ALL OF THE FIERY DARTS! SO THE 01:49:30.144 --> 01:49:35.724 DEVIL, NUMBER TWO REASON PEOPLE SUFFER ATTACK, BECAUSE HE'S 01:49:35.724 --> 01:49:41.304 ALWAYS LURKING AND TRYING AND WORKING AND GOING. GO AFTER HIM. 01:49:41.304 --> 01:49:45.594 COME ON, YOU PUT THE NOOSE OF GOD'S SCRIPTURES. "DEVIL, I'M 01:49:45.594 --> 01:49:49.314 GOING TO STAND HERE AND QUOTE THE WORD TILL MY MOUTH RUNS DRY. 01:49:49.314 --> 01:49:52.253 THEN I'M GOING TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AND I'M GOING TO DO IT 01:49:52.253 --> 01:49:55.283 AGAIN. I'M GOING TO STAND HERE AND HOLD ON TO THAT." "WELL, 01:49:55.283 --> 01:49:59.484 PASTOR BRENDA, I TRIED THAT." WELL, TRY IT AGAIN. DON'T JUST 01:49:59.484 --> 01:50:04.014 GIVE UP. PRESS INTO THE PROMISES OF GOD. LEAN IN TO WHAT GOD HAS 01:50:04.014 --> 01:50:08.175 ALREADY TOLD YOU. HOLD ON TO THE PROPHETIC WORD. HOLD ON TO THE 01:50:08.175 --> 01:50:21.083 TRUTH OF THE BIBLE. JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. I HEARD 01:50:21.083 --> 01:50:26.363 SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, "WELL, WELL, BUT BUT, YEAH, YOU KNOW 01:50:26.363 --> 01:50:28.722 THAT PERSON, THEY PRAYED AND THIS HAPPENED AND THAT 01:50:28.722 --> 01:50:31.493 HAPPENED." SO YOU KNOW WHAT MY ANSWER TO THAT NOW WHEN PEOPLE 01:50:31.493 --> 01:50:37.163 SAY THAT? "THEY DID ALL THE STUFF, PASTOR BRENDA." YOU KNOW 01:50:37.163 --> 01:50:40.135 WHAT I SAY NOW, I SAY, "OKAY, WELL, I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND HOW 01:50:40.135 --> 01:50:44.003 YOU FEEL THAT IS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE. BUT WHAT I AM GOING 01:50:44.003 --> 01:50:48.564 TO SAY IS, THEN ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING GOD 01:50:48.564 --> 01:50:55.104 WROTE IN HERE IS INACCURATE?" BECAUSE IF HE SAID HE'D "GIVE 01:50:55.104 --> 01:51:00.083 HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO KEEP YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS, 01:51:00.083 --> 01:51:02.635 THEY'LL BEAR YOU UP IN YOUR HANDS, LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT 01:51:02.635 --> 01:51:07.974 AGAINST THE STONE." ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL ME THAT GOD 01:51:07.974 --> 01:51:13.434 WASN'T TRUE TO WHAT HE SAID IN THE SCRIPTURE? COME ON, I'M 01:51:13.434 --> 01:51:16.675 ASKING A HARD QUESTION NOW. EVERY TIME WE SAY, "WELL, THAT 01:51:16.675 --> 01:51:19.554 DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THAT PERSON, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVER THERE. 01:51:19.554 --> 01:51:26.163 THAT PERSON PRAYED FOR A MIRACLE AND THEY DIED, PASTOR BRENDA! SO 01:51:26.163 --> 01:51:30.039 WHAT ABOUT THAT?" WELL, I DON'T KNOW, ANY MORE THAN GOD DIDN'T 01:51:30.039 --> 01:51:34.510 TELL JOB. I DON'T KNOW THEIR SITUATION. I DON'T FOLLOW THEM 01:51:34.510 --> 01:51:37.390 AROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEIR HEART. MAYBE THEY DID LIKE 01:51:37.390 --> 01:51:42.850 JOB, EVERYTHING RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS WHAT 01:51:42.850 --> 01:51:47.350 HAS BEEN PENNED IN 66 BOOKS CALLED THE CANNON OF SCRIPTURE. 01:51:47.350 --> 01:51:50.277 AND IF GOD SAID THAT HE'S THE HEALER, THEN I'M GOING TO JUDGE 01:51:50.277 --> 01:51:53.979 HIM THE HEALER. IF HE SAID HE'S A DELIVERER, I'LL JUDGE GOD A 01:51:53.979 --> 01:51:57.717 DELIVER. IF HE SAID THAT BY HIS STRIPES YOU'RE HEALED, THEN I 01:51:57.717 --> 01:52:00.453 BELIEVE EVERY WORD WRITTEN IN THE WORD. 01:52:00.487 --> 01:52:05.725 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 01:52:05.759 --> 01:52:08.823 - I WILL NEVER BRING AN ACCUSATION THAT THE WORD OF GOD 01:52:08.829 --> 01:52:17.380 IS NOT TRUE. ALL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY. WHEW. THAT'S THE STUFF 01:52:17.380 --> 01:52:23.229 THAT GETS ME RILED. DON'T TELL ME THE WORD NOT TRUE. DON'T TELL 01:52:23.229 --> 01:52:26.710 ME IT DOESN'T COME TO PASS. AND BY THE WAY, IN ALL THE TIMES 01:52:26.710 --> 01:52:30.100 THAT MAYBE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAPPENED A CERTAIN WAY. AND I 01:52:30.100 --> 01:52:33.627 PRAYED ONE WAY, AND THE OPPOSITE SEEMED TO BE THE TRUTH, ALL I 01:52:33.627 --> 01:52:37.149 KNOW IS I HAVE TO GO ON HOW MANY TIMES IT DID HAPPEN, HOW MANY 01:52:37.149 --> 01:52:41.590 TIMES I SAW IT WORK, HOW MANY TIMES I SAW A MIRACLE. COME ON. 01:52:41.590 --> 01:52:44.739 EVERY TIME, COME ON, DON'T TELL ME ALL THE ONES THAT DIDN'T GET 01:52:44.739 --> 01:52:49.659 HEALED OF CANCER. I KNOW LOTS OF THEM THAT DID. AND THEY LIVE 20, 01:52:49.659 --> 01:52:54.460 30, 40 YEARS AFTER THE CANCER, WHOLE IN THE POWER OF GOD. 01:52:54.460 --> 01:53:01.547 (CONGREGATION CLAPPING). 01:53:05.890 --> 01:53:13.720 - WORK MYSELF UP, UP IN HERE. OH, WE GOTTA GROW. DON'T LOOK AT 01:53:13.720 --> 01:53:18.130 THE KNOW ALL THE TIME. DON'T LOOK AT WHAT ISN'T ALL THE TIME. 01:53:18.130 --> 01:53:20.560 DON'T LOOK AT THE WHY ALL THE TIME. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD 01:53:20.560 --> 01:53:26.859 OF WHY, IT'LL BE "WHY NOT?" YOU WON'T GET ANYTHING. YOU LIVE IN 01:53:26.859 --> 01:53:31.029 THE WORLD OF WONDERING, YOU'LL GO NOWHERE. COME ON, THE BIBLE 01:53:31.029 --> 01:53:36.369 IS FULL, A WHOLE CHAPTER, HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, "FAITH IS 01:53:36.369 --> 01:53:40.869 THE SUBSTANCE OF THE THING THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR." COME ON, "IT 01:53:40.869 --> 01:53:44.260 IS THE PROOF", THE BIBLE SAID, "OF THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT 01:53:44.260 --> 01:53:47.380 SEE." IT LISTS OUT THE PATRIARCHS OF THE FAITH WHO, 01:53:47.380 --> 01:53:50.836 THOUGH THEIR CHILDREN WERE SAWN ASUNDER, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAW 01:53:50.836 --> 01:53:54.760 THAT FACE, THE MOUTHS OF LIONS, THEY DIDN'T SEE THE PROMISE, YET 01:53:54.760 --> 01:53:58.505 THEY BELIEVED IN THE POWER AND THE PROMISES OF GOD. 01:53:58.537 --> 01:54:01.841 (CONGREGATION CHEERING). 01:54:07.960 --> 01:54:17.979 - NUMBER THREE. I HATE THE DEVIL. I HATE THE DEVIL, AND I 01:54:17.979 --> 01:54:22.750 HATE THE LIES OF RELIGIOUS TEACHING THAT TELL YOU "WELL, 01:54:22.750 --> 01:54:32.710 GOD HAD A SOVEREIGN PURPOSE AND YOU DYING YOUNG? WELL, HOW 01:54:32.710 --> 01:54:39.250 OPPOSITE WHAT HE PROMISED WHEN HE SAID, WITH LONG LIFE I WILL 01:54:39.250 --> 01:54:43.750 SATISFY THEM AND SHOW THEM MY SALVATION" COME ON, DON'T 01:54:43.750 --> 01:54:51.399 BELIEVE THE RELIGIOUS THINKING. PROVERBS 4 SAYS, "MY SON, GIVE 01:54:51.399 --> 01:54:57.783 ATTENTION TO MY WORDS. INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS. LET THEM 01:54:57.783 --> 01:55:01.510 NOT DEPART FROM YOUR EYES. KEEP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR 01:55:01.510 --> 01:55:05.619 HEART, FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE THAT FIND THEM, AND HEALTH 01:55:05.619 --> 01:55:10.329 TO ALL THEIR FLESH." COME ON THE WORD, KEEP YOUR HEART WITH ALL 01:55:10.329 --> 01:55:14.500 DILIGENCE, FOR OUT OF IT ARE THE ISSUES OF LIFE. THE WORD WILL 01:55:14.500 --> 01:55:19.600 HEAL. THE WORD WILL DELIVER. THE WORD WILL SAVE. COME ON. THE 01:55:19.600 --> 01:55:24.609 WORD WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST WORK IT 01:55:24.609 --> 01:55:30.113 SOMETIMES. IF YOU DO IT INTERMITTENT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY 01:55:30.113 --> 01:55:34.930 EVER TRIED INTERMITTENT FASTING? IT'S SO INTERMITTENT, I WANT A 01:55:34.930 --> 01:55:41.409 DONUT BY 9:00 IN THE MORNING. I'M LIKE, "LORD, I FASTED ALL 01:55:41.409 --> 01:55:48.640 NIGHT. I FASTED FROM 9 P.M. AFTER FLASHPOINT UNTIL 7 A.M. IN 01:55:48.640 --> 01:55:54.064 THE MORNING. GOD, THAT'S A TEN HOUR RUN. IT'S DONUT TIME." BUT 01:55:54.064 --> 01:55:57.489 THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH THE WORD. SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST 01:55:57.489 --> 01:56:01.420 INCONSISTENT. YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE WE BELIEVE THE PROPHETIC 01:56:01.420 --> 01:56:04.479 WORDS OVER IRAN, THE NEXT MINUTE, "OH, WHAT ARE WE GOING 01:56:04.479 --> 01:56:09.279 TO DO? EVERYBODY BUY SOME DRY PASTA, WE'RE GOING WITHOUT. THE 01:56:09.279 --> 01:56:13.510 STARS ARE GOING TO BE EMPTY." NO, NO, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT 01:56:13.510 --> 01:56:16.029 PRUDENCE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT IT DOES NOT CONDONE 01:56:16.029 --> 01:56:20.646 FEAR. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. I GOT TO GET ON TO THE REST SO I CAN GET 01:56:20.646 --> 01:56:24.399 YOU OUT OF HERE. I MEAN, IF IT'S HOT, IT CAN BE, LET'S JUST MAKE 01:56:24.399 --> 01:56:26.500 IT HOT IN HERE. WE'LL MAKE IT HOTTER IN HERE THAN IT IS 01:56:26.500 --> 01:56:31.390 OUTSIDE, YOU'LL WANT TO STAY. WHY DO YOU WANT TO RUN OUT 01:56:31.390 --> 01:56:36.434 THERE? LET'S STAY IN CHURCH. HAHAHA! I DO SEE ALL OF YOU THAT 01:56:36.434 --> 01:56:42.355 BRING BLANKETS TO THE TABERNACLE. WE GOT YOU, WE KNOW. 01:56:44.050 --> 01:56:46.914 WE'RE ALL SWEATING UP HERE, AND PEOPLE ARE BOUND IN SWEATERS. 01:56:49.420 --> 01:56:55.750 OH, BOY. NUMBER THREE, REASONS THAT, I NEED A FEW MINUTES TO 01:56:55.750 --> 01:56:57.640 BREAK THIS DOWN, CAN I DO THAT? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO FOUR AND 01:56:57.640 --> 01:57:02.710 FIVE NEXT WEEK, REASONS THAT CHRISTIANS SUFFER. SUFFERING BY 01:57:02.710 --> 01:57:07.239 OUR OWN HAND AND OUR OWN CHOICES. THE BIBLE SAYS "SIN AND 01:57:07.239 --> 01:57:11.590 REBELLION CAN CAUSE UNNECESSARY ADVERSITY." PROVERBS 13:15, "A 01:57:11.590 --> 01:57:15.670 GOOD UNDERSTANDING GIVES FAVOR, BUT THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS 01:57:15.670 --> 01:57:20.319 HARD." PROVERBS 28:13 "HE THAT COVERS HIS SIN SHALL NOT 01:57:20.319 --> 01:57:25.420 PROSPER, BUT WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY." 01:57:26.739 --> 01:57:30.850 SO SIN CAN BE A REASON THAT PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY. NOW, 01:57:30.850 --> 01:57:32.719 YOU KNOW, DON'T GO UP TO YOUR CHURCH PEOPLE, YOU SEE THEM 01:57:32.719 --> 01:57:34.988 GOING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT JOE'S FRIEND 01:57:34.988 --> 01:57:41.439 SAID. WHAT DID YOU DO?" DON'T TRY THAT, OKAY? GOD MIGHT SHOW 01:57:41.439 --> 01:57:45.310 UP IN A WHIRLWIND. YOU'LL HAVE TO REPENT OF THAT. SO BE 01:57:45.310 --> 01:57:52.119 CAREFUL, RIGHT? WHAT WE SOW WE ALSO REAP. GALATIANS 6. IN FACT, 01:57:52.119 --> 01:57:54.399 PUT THAT SCRIPTURE, OH YOU DO, YOU ALREADY GOT IT. YOU GUYS ARE 01:57:54.399 --> 01:57:57.039 QUICK. PUT THAT UP THERE, GALATIANS, I WAS JUST GOING TO 01:57:57.039 --> 01:57:59.979 QUOTE IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE IT. "BE NOT DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT 01:57:59.979 --> 01:58:03.130 MOCKED: FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT HE SHALL REAP." NOW 01:58:03.130 --> 01:58:07.060 WE PREACH THAT IN THE POSITIVE, BUT THIS SCRIPTURE SHOWS IT FROM 01:58:07.060 --> 01:58:11.800 TWO SIDES. "FOR HE THAT SOWS TO HIS OWN FLESH SHALL OF THE FLESH 01:58:11.800 --> 01:58:14.920 REAP CORRUPTION." SO IF YOU DO CARNAL THINGS ALL THE TIME, 01:58:14.920 --> 01:58:18.189 THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR RESULT. ALL RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO GET 01:58:18.189 --> 01:58:20.443 THE RESULT OF THAT. SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING IN THE 01:58:20.443 --> 01:58:25.210 CHURCH MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY PUT TOO MUCH TIME INTO FLESH 01:58:25.210 --> 01:58:29.979 THINGS AND NOT SPIRITUAL THINGS. "BUT HE THAT SOWS TO THE SPIRIT 01:58:29.979 --> 01:58:35.800 SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING." SO WE REAP WHAT WE 01:58:35.800 --> 01:58:38.162 SOW. I HEARD BISHOP HARRY JACKSON, HOW MANY OF YOU 01:58:38.162 --> 01:58:40.930 REMEMBER HIM, HE WENT ON TO HEAVEN, AND HE SAID, WE WERE 01:58:40.930 --> 01:58:44.680 TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD, AND GOD, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD. AND HE 01:58:44.680 --> 01:58:47.890 SAID, "YOU KNOW, IN MANY CASES, THE JUDGMENT OF GOD COMES AT 01:58:47.890 --> 01:58:51.250 PEOPLE'S OWN DOING." BECAUSE THEY DON'T JUDGE THEMSELVES, 01:58:51.250 --> 01:58:56.050 THEY RECEIVE JUDGMENT. OKAY? AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU 01:58:56.050 --> 01:59:00.130 KNOW, REMEMBER THAT ADVERSITY COMES MANY TIMES BECAUSE, YOU 01:59:00.130 --> 01:59:04.960 KNOW, WE DO THINGS THAT GOD IS LETTING US DO, BUT WE'RE HURTING 01:59:04.960 --> 01:59:09.130 OURSELVES. AND EVENTUALLY THOSE BAD CHOICES CATCH UP TO US, 01:59:09.130 --> 01:59:13.180 DON'T THEY? HARVEST DAY ALWAYS COMES, WHETHER IT BE IN THE 01:59:13.180 --> 01:59:16.539 POSITIVE OR BE IN THE NEGATIVE. HARVEST DAY ALWAYS HAPPENS, 01:59:16.539 --> 01:59:20.590 RIGHT? HERE'S ANOTHER REASON THAT, HOW WE CAUSE OUR OWN SELF 01:59:20.590 --> 01:59:25.720 TO SUFFER, BY OUR WORDS, WHAT WE SAY. THINGS WE DO, WE LEARNED 01:59:25.720 --> 01:59:29.949 FROM JOB, OUR MOUTH IS OUR WORST OFFENDER IN HARD TIMES. JOB HAD 01:59:29.949 --> 01:59:33.279 TO PUT HIS HAND ON HIS MOUTH. OKAY? WE HAVE TO LEARN TO 01:59:33.279 --> 01:59:36.729 DISCIPLINE OUR TONGUE. THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 3 THAT "THE TONGUE 01:59:36.729 --> 01:59:40.810 SETS ON FIRE THE VERY COURSE OF NATURE." OKAY, THINK ABOUT THAT. 01:59:41.956 --> 01:59:47.020 ONE TRANSLATION SAYS THAT "IT SETS NATURE IN ITS MOTION." SO 01:59:47.020 --> 01:59:50.350 IF IT CAN SET NATURE IN MOTION, IN FACT, AND THEN IT SAYS, "IF 01:59:50.350 --> 01:59:52.479 YOU CAN'T DISCIPLINE YOUR TONGUE, THE TONGUE HAS THE 01:59:52.479 --> 01:59:55.479 ABILITY," WATCH THIS, "TO DEFILE," THIS IS JAMES 3, YOU 01:59:55.479 --> 01:59:59.739 CAN GO READ IT LATER, "TO DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY." OKAY, IF IT CAN 01:59:59.739 --> 02:00:02.890 DEFILE YOUR BODY, CAN THE TONGUE CAUSE YOURSELF TO BE OPEN TO 02:00:02.890 --> 02:00:06.220 SICKNESS AND PAIN AND DISEASE? IT SAID DEFILE, DIDN'T SAY 02:00:06.220 --> 02:00:09.939 DEFILE YOUR SPIRIT OR YOUR MIND. IT SAID IT DEFILES THE WHOLE 02:00:09.939 --> 02:00:14.949 BODY. SO WHAT WE SAY ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCE 02:00:14.949 --> 02:00:19.000 IN OUR LIFE, DO YOU NOT THINK IT AFFECTS THE CELLS OF OUR BODY? 02:00:19.000 --> 02:00:23.439 IT AFFECTS THE THE VERY FIBER OF OUR BEING, IF YOU SAY ALL THE 02:00:23.439 --> 02:00:27.939 TIME, I JUST FEEL TIRED. WELL GUESS WHAT? EVERY MONDAY YOU'RE 02:00:27.939 --> 02:00:33.042 GOING TO FEEL AWFUL. IT'LL CATCH UP TO YOU. IT WILL. I'M JUST 02:00:33.042 --> 02:00:37.239 TIRED. I CAN'T GET UP AND GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY. OH, BELIEVE 02:00:37.239 --> 02:00:40.850 ME, THERE ARE PLENTY OF TIMES ON SUNDAY, WE GOT UP AT 5:00 AND I 02:00:40.850 --> 02:00:48.460 THOUGHT "LORD JESUS." AND GUESS WHAT? BUT WE PRAY. I DO DRINK A 02:00:48.460 --> 02:00:51.579 LITTLE COFFEE. AND THEN WE SAY, "THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS 02:00:51.579 --> 02:00:54.087 MADE. GOD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SERVICE TODAY." "WELL, I 02:00:54.087 --> 02:00:56.770 ONLY SLEPT THREE HOURS LAST NIGHT." WELL, THAT DOESN'T 02:00:56.770 --> 02:01:00.489 MATTER. "BODY, YOU COME IN SUBJECTION." WHAT WE SAY 02:01:00.489 --> 02:01:05.949 MATTERS. DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF OUR MOUTH. SO DON'T 02:01:05.949 --> 02:01:11.500 SAY DUMB THINGS, RIGHT? DON'T SAY STUPID THINGS. AND REMEMBER, 02:01:11.500 --> 02:01:14.500 YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THINGS THAT PEOPLE USE AS CLICHES, "WELL, 02:01:14.500 --> 02:01:17.199 THAT'S JUST KILLING ME. HAHA, IT'S KILLING ME." DON'T SAY 02:01:17.199 --> 02:01:20.319 THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR DOES FRED 02:01:20.319 --> 02:01:24.010 SANFORD A LOT, HE LIKES TO DO THOSE OLD 70S SITCOMS. WE LOVE 02:01:24.010 --> 02:01:30.444 FRED. REMEMBER HE USED TO SAY, "ELIZABETH, I'M COMING TO JOIN 02:01:30.444 --> 02:01:35.875 YOU, HONEY. HERE'S THE BIG ONE." REMEMBER HE DID THAT? YOU KNOW, 02:01:35.875 --> 02:01:39.024 AND HE DID THAT ALL THE TIME ON THE SHOW. IT WAS JUST A JOKE. 02:01:39.024 --> 02:01:42.295 BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAN REALLY DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. DO YOU 02:01:42.295 --> 02:01:48.744 KNOW THAT? ANYWAY, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT THERE. ANOTHER ONE, 02:01:48.744 --> 02:01:52.734 STRIFE AND ANGER CAN ADD TO OUR OWN SUFFERING. I BELIEVE IT'S 02:01:52.734 --> 02:01:57.414 ONE OF THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTORS TO PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. YOU 02:01:57.414 --> 02:02:00.414 KNOW, IT CAN STRESS YOU. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH, 02:02:00.414 --> 02:02:05.064 MARRIED COUPLES SMILE AT ME. DON'T YOU LOVE THE DAYS THAT YOU 02:02:05.064 --> 02:02:08.935 GET ALONG BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU DON'T? NOW YOU CAN ADD TO 02:02:08.935 --> 02:02:13.614 THE ONES THAT YOU DON'T IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY, YOU CAN ESCALATE 02:02:13.614 --> 02:02:17.244 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ESCALATE. YOU CAN BUILD UP WHATEVER YOU 02:02:17.244 --> 02:02:20.904 WANT TO BUILD UP. AND YOU COULD GO THERE IF YOU WANT TO GO 02:02:20.904 --> 02:02:23.604 THERE. THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED A LONG TIME, YOU NOT 02:02:23.604 --> 02:02:26.395 ONLY KNOW YOUR SPOUSE'S BUTTONS, YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED 02:02:26.395 --> 02:02:29.845 AND WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT THEY SHUT 02:02:29.845 --> 02:02:32.545 OFF AT NIGHT AND WHAT TIME THEY COME ON IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW 02:02:32.545 --> 02:02:38.395 EXACTLY, EXACTLY WHAT YOUR SPOUSE IS GOING TO DO. OKAY? 02:02:38.395 --> 02:02:42.354 PASTOR HANK KNOWS, HE KNOWS MY BUTTONS. OR DON'T SPEAK UNTIL 02:02:42.354 --> 02:02:46.765 THE FIRST CUP OF COFFEE HAS GONE DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS. I WILL NOT 02:02:46.765 --> 02:02:50.604 PROCESS. I SAY I HAVE A DISCLAIMER. I WILL NOT PROCESS 02:02:50.604 --> 02:02:53.244 ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID. I DON'T CARE HOW POWERFUL, 02:02:53.244 --> 02:02:59.771 PROPHETIC. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. I NEED A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 02:03:00.805 --> 02:03:08.005 OKAY? I NEED A MINUTE. I NEED A MOMENT TO MOURN THAT I HAD A 02:03:08.005 --> 02:03:14.125 GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. I NEED A MINUTE. AND AFTER MY MOMENT, HE 02:03:14.125 --> 02:03:19.045 KNOWS THE BUTTONS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THE BUTTONS. I KNOW THE 02:03:19.045 --> 02:03:26.274 BUTTONS. STRIFE, WHETHER IT BE IN THE HOME, THE BODY OF CHRIST, 02:03:26.274 --> 02:03:29.195 WILL ADD STRESS TO YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE THAT 02:03:29.195 --> 02:03:31.734 LOOK LIKE THEY LIVED A REALLY HARD LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M 02:03:31.734 --> 02:03:35.005 TALKING ABOUT? THEY LIVED A HARD LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY 02:03:35.005 --> 02:03:40.708 HARD ON THE LIQUOR AND THE DRUGS AND, YOU KNOW, AND SMOKING ALL 02:03:40.708 --> 02:03:45.055 THE THINGS. AND YOU JUST KNOW, MAN, THEY'RE ROUGH. BUT, YOU 02:03:45.055 --> 02:03:48.145 KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT DID IT. SOME OF IT'S 02:03:48.145 --> 02:03:54.595 TRAUMA. STRESS. THREE MARRIAGES. BEING MARRIED TO THE WICKED 02:03:54.595 --> 02:04:02.814 WITCH OF THE WEST. OKAY. COME ON, ANGER, STRIFE, ABUSE AGE A 02:04:02.814 --> 02:04:07.345 PERSON. THAT'S WHY I GET THE STRIFE OUT. THE BIBLE TALKS 02:04:07.345 --> 02:04:12.295 ABOUT THAT. LOOK AT PROVERBS, 18:22, "THE DESIRE OF A MAN OR A 02:04:12.295 --> 02:04:16.704 WOMAN IS HIS KINDNESS. A POOR MAN IS BETTER THAN A LIAR." 02:04:16.704 --> 02:04:20.994 OKAY, LIES STRESS PEOPLE, RUIN PEOPLE. "THE FEAR OF THE LORD 02:04:20.994 --> 02:04:24.744 TENDS TO LIFE, AND HE THAT HAS IT SHALL ABIDE SATISFIED, AND HE 02:04:24.744 --> 02:04:30.324 WILL NOT BE VISITED WITH EVIL." NOW THINK ABOUT THE STRESS AND 02:04:30.324 --> 02:04:34.645 THE STRIFE OF THE TIMES. YOU KNOW, YOU WATCH THESE LA RIOTS 02:04:34.645 --> 02:04:36.439 AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THAT AND I'M LIKE, 02:04:36.439 --> 02:04:43.074 PEOPLE JUST GO HOME. DEAR GOD, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO WORK THIS 02:04:43.074 --> 02:04:46.765 OUT, OKAY? YOU MIGHT BE STRESSING THE GUY'S BUSINESS 02:04:46.765 --> 02:04:51.085 OUT, YOU BURNED DOWN HIS STORE, BUT YOU'RE STRESSING YOU OUT. 02:04:51.085 --> 02:04:54.805 THEY HAD THAT ONE WHERE AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER GETS SHOT 02:04:54.805 --> 02:04:59.034 BECAUSE THESE THINGS CREATE CHAOS. THERE IS NO GOOD END TO 02:04:59.034 --> 02:05:02.335 STRIFE. THE BIBLE TEACHES IT. PROVERBS IS FILLED WITH 02:05:02.335 --> 02:05:06.055 SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE ABOUT ANGER, OUTBURSTS, ALL OF THE 02:05:06.055 --> 02:05:10.524 RIOTING. PAUL SAID, "DON'T BE A RIOTER." SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, 02:05:10.524 --> 02:05:19.194 JUST GO HOME, SIT ON YOUR COUCH AND PRAY SOMETHING. IT'LL GET 02:05:19.194 --> 02:05:25.314 WORKED OUT. AMEN. BUT YOU THINK ABOUT 2 TIMOTHY, YOU KNOW, THE 02:05:25.314 --> 02:05:28.914 BIBLE SAYS IN 2 TIMOTHY 3, REMEMBER THAT WHOLE LIST THERE, 02:05:28.914 --> 02:05:31.585 "THIS KNOW ALSO IN THE LAST DAYS, DANGEROUS TIMES ARE GOING 02:05:31.585 --> 02:05:34.854 TO COME." IT'LL BE FULL OF LOVE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY'LL LOVE 02:05:34.854 --> 02:05:38.755 THEMSELVES SO MUCH THEY'LL KILL OTHER PEOPLE AND THINK NOTHING 02:05:38.755 --> 02:05:41.935 ABOUT IT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER ON 02:05:41.935 --> 02:05:47.034 HOW THEY TREAT PEOPLE. ANGER. "LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, BOASTFUL, 02:05:47.034 --> 02:05:51.805 PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS," YOU THINK THIS 02:05:51.805 --> 02:05:54.835 "UNTHANKFUL," CAN I TELL YOU THERE'S A LOAD OF PEOPLE OUT 02:05:54.835 --> 02:05:59.994 THERE, THEY ARE UNTHANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY. UNGRATEFUL THAT 02:05:59.994 --> 02:06:03.145 THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST, PROBABLY, ACTUALLY, THE MOST 02:06:03.145 --> 02:06:12.055 PROSPEROUS NATION ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET. I SAW SOME GUY ON A 02:06:12.055 --> 02:06:14.095 REEL THE OTHER DAY, I MEAN, HE DIDN'T FINISH. I HATE THOSE 02:06:14.095 --> 02:06:16.854 REELS. THEY DON'T COMPLETE IT. I'M LIKE, WHAT WAS YOUR POINT? 02:06:16.854 --> 02:06:19.914 IT'S LIKE A HALF REEL. THEY GET YOU STARTED AND YOU'RE LOOKING 02:06:19.914 --> 02:06:22.225 LIKE, "OH, YEAH, WHAT'S HE SAYING?" AND THEN HE QUITS. AND 02:06:23.507 --> 02:06:26.125 THEN AD COMES UP AND IT DOESN'T GO BACK AND IT GOES TO THE NEXT 02:06:26.125 --> 02:06:28.704 REEL. AND I WANT TO THROW MY PHONE. THOSE ARE THE STUPIDEST 02:06:28.704 --> 02:06:34.885 THING. BUT THIS GUY GETS ON AND TALKS ABOUT "THE SIDE OF THE 02:06:34.885 --> 02:06:42.715 BAHAMAS THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE." I'M LIKE, WHAT? DON'T ACT 02:06:42.715 --> 02:06:46.675 LIKE YOU NEVER BEEN THERE. I'M LIKE, AND THEN EVERYTHING IN ME 02:06:46.675 --> 02:06:50.755 SAYS, "DON'T PUSH IT, DON'T TOUCH IT, DON'T TOUCH THE REEL." 02:06:50.755 --> 02:06:53.305 AND THEN, WHAT DO I DO? SEE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO TO PEOPLE. 02:06:53.305 --> 02:06:59.574 I PUSH IT, I'M LIKE. AND HE DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING. BUT HIS 02:06:59.574 --> 02:07:02.274 POINT WAS, IS THERE'S THESE PEOPLE WITH THESE BIG YACHTS AND 02:07:02.274 --> 02:07:05.755 MANSIONS AND HOUSES, AND THEN THERE'S SOME LITTLE PERSON 02:07:05.755 --> 02:07:09.234 THAT'S LIKE LIVING OFF SCRAPS ON THE STREET WITH A GARBAGE BAG, 02:07:09.234 --> 02:07:12.654 AND YOU GO FROM EXTREME WEALTH TO THIS EXTREME POVERTY. AND I 02:07:12.654 --> 02:07:15.234 THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE. BUT HE MADE A 02:07:15.234 --> 02:07:18.055 GOOD POINT, HE SAID, "AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD STAMPS, 02:07:18.055 --> 02:07:20.604 THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, THERE'S NO PROGRAM, 02:07:20.604 --> 02:07:23.215 THERE'S NO SHELTER." AND I THOUGHT, SEE, WE HAVE ALL THESE 02:07:23.215 --> 02:07:26.484 THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PEOPLE NEED TO BE MORE 02:07:26.484 --> 02:07:31.704 THANKFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALL THAT IT PROVIDES. FROM ALL 02:07:31.704 --> 02:07:35.664 WALKS, THERE WAS NO HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION DOWN THERE. THEY 02:07:35.664 --> 02:07:40.568 HAD TO JUST GET BY. AND SO WE "UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY" PUT UP THE 02:07:40.568 --> 02:07:44.395 NEXT ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY. VERSE 3. 02:07:47.305 --> 02:07:50.034 THERE YOU GO, "WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION," THAT MEANS THEY'RE 02:07:50.034 --> 02:07:52.854 HARD HEARTED "TRUCE BREAKERS," PEOPLE DON'T KEEP THEIR 02:07:52.854 --> 02:07:55.375 PROMISES, "FALSE ACCUSERS, INCONTINENT." THAT DOESN'T MEAN 02:07:55.375 --> 02:08:06.055 THEY HAVE TO WEAR AN ADULT DIAPER. YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, 02:08:06.055 --> 02:08:08.694 IT'S WHAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING ON THE STREETS OF LA. IT 02:08:08.694 --> 02:08:12.650 MEANS THEY HAVE NO MEASURE OF SELF-CONTROL. THAT'S WHAT THAT 02:08:12.650 --> 02:08:14.725 MEANS. THAT'S WHAT THE KING JAMES WORD FOR THAT IS. THEY 02:08:14.725 --> 02:08:18.444 HAVE NO MEASURE. THEY HAVE OUTBURSTS, THEY THROW BOTTLE 02:08:18.444 --> 02:08:22.465 ROCKETS. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BEATING UP POLICE OFFICERS. THIS 02:08:22.465 --> 02:08:26.965 IS, THAT'S INCONTINENT. THEY'RE "FIERCE, DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT 02:08:26.965 --> 02:08:30.265 ARE GOOD." COME ON, THINK ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST 02:08:30.265 --> 02:08:34.015 TRYING TO BE LAW ABIDING, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE KILLING PEOPLE. 02:08:34.015 --> 02:08:36.835 AND ALL THE REST, AND GOES DOWN THE LIST. BUT THE STRESS AND 02:08:36.835 --> 02:08:41.454 STRIFE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11, PAUL TALKING 02:08:41.454 --> 02:08:43.824 ABOUT THE LORD'S SUPPER, HE SAID, "THE REASON MANY ARE SICK 02:08:43.824 --> 02:08:47.875 AND DIE, AND MANY GO TO HEAVEN EARLY IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T 02:08:47.875 --> 02:08:50.784 DISCERN THE LORD'S BODY." THEY LEFT STRIFE AND BITTERNESS AND 02:08:50.784 --> 02:08:54.414 UNFORGIVENESS AND ANGER AND OUTBURSTS. ANGER IS A TERRIBLE 02:08:54.414 --> 02:08:58.494 THING, OKAY? IT'LL MAKE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE GO WRONG, AND ALL 02:08:58.494 --> 02:09:03.385 KINDS OF HEALTH PROBLEMS CAN COME JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL 02:09:03.385 --> 02:09:08.335 GOT TO CALM DOWN, RIGHT? THERE'S A RIGHTEOUS ANGER, BUT ANGER 02:09:08.335 --> 02:09:11.545 THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL, THAT IS BUILT OUT OF STRIFE IN THE FLESH 02:09:11.545 --> 02:09:14.994 IS NOT GOD. IN FACT, GOD LISTS THAT AS ONE OF THE WORKS OF THE 02:09:14.994 --> 02:09:20.664 FLESH THAT WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN. SO ANGER, STRIFE, THESE 02:09:20.664 --> 02:09:23.635 ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO TO THEMSELVES TO CAUSE THEMSELVES 02:09:23.635 --> 02:09:26.244 TO SUFFER. HERE'S A COUPLE MORE. THEY CAN COME TO THE PIANO, 02:09:26.244 --> 02:09:28.704 WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THIS AND WE'LL GO INTO SOME DEEPER ONES 02:09:28.704 --> 02:09:33.654 NEXT WEEK. FOOLISH CHOICES CAN CREATE OUR OWN ADVERSITY. HOW 02:09:33.654 --> 02:09:35.545 MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I PREACHED "DON'T DIE DUMB"? 02:09:37.314 --> 02:09:42.354 PEOPLE DO STUPID, FOOLISH, I MEAN, PROVERBS IS PACKED WITH 02:09:42.354 --> 02:09:48.234 SCRIPTURES ABOUT THE CHOICES OF A FOOL. THEY DO DUMB THINGS, YOU 02:09:48.234 --> 02:09:51.595 KNOW, STUPID STUNTS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN TELL PEOPLE ALL DAY 02:09:51.595 --> 02:09:56.725 LONG, DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE. AND YOU, EVERY DAY, SEE PEOPLE GOING 02:09:56.725 --> 02:10:02.484 DOWN. EVERY STOPLIGHT, THEY PRACTICALLY ROLL THROUGH THE 02:10:02.484 --> 02:10:06.265 STOPLIGHT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OFF THE DUMB PHONE LONG ENOUGH 02:10:06.265 --> 02:10:13.404 TO SEE IT'S GREEN. AND THEN THEY SHOW YOU THE BIRD WHEN YOU HONK 02:10:13.404 --> 02:10:16.483 THE HORN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GREEN AND YOU NOW ABOUT TO MISS THE 02:10:16.483 --> 02:10:27.354 LIGHT. BUT PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS. COME ON, IT'S NOT GOD'S 02:10:27.354 --> 02:10:30.954 FAULT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T QUIT TEXTING AND DRIVING, AND NOW YOU 02:10:30.954 --> 02:10:37.284 RUN INTO A LIGHT POLE AND DIE. OR, GOD FORBID, KILL SOMEBODY 02:10:37.284 --> 02:10:41.341 ELSE. IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT. WE CAN'T, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE 02:10:41.341 --> 02:10:44.978 WILL SAY, "OH, HE WAS SUCH A GOOD GOD. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 02:10:44.978 --> 02:10:50.484 HE WAS SO NICE AND SO..." NO, HE DID SOMETHING DUMB. AND WE WENT 02:10:50.484 --> 02:10:52.944 TO THE GRAND CANYON, HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY? WE 02:10:52.944 --> 02:10:55.555 WENT TO GRAND CANYON, IT WAS MY FAVORITE. AND YOU KNOW, THESE 02:10:55.555 --> 02:10:58.494 PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY GET INTO IT. YOU KNOW, PASTOR, WALKED 02:10:58.494 --> 02:11:02.725 LIKE 4 MILES FROM THE LEDGE. HE WAS LIKE, OH, HE WAS GOING TO 02:11:02.725 --> 02:11:06.954 GET ICE CREAM. YEAH, NICE STORY. I'M LIKE, HONEY, YOU CAN'T EVEN 02:11:06.954 --> 02:11:10.164 SEE THE THING. YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY, YOU'RE PRACTICALLY IN 02:11:10.164 --> 02:11:20.112 NEBRASKA. WE GOT TO LOOK. SO WE WALKED ALONG THE GRAND CANYON. 02:11:20.112 --> 02:11:23.335 YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE, I FOUND OUT, THESE PEOPLE JUST GET RIGHT 02:11:23.335 --> 02:11:26.274 UP THERE. I MEAN, SOME STUPID LADY STANDING THERE LIKE A 02:11:26.274 --> 02:11:34.645 FLAMINGO PLAYING THE FLUTE. OVER ON THE LEDGE ON NOT TWO LEGS, 02:11:34.645 --> 02:11:38.301 BUT ONE. I MEAN, I FIGURED YOU AT LEAST NEED TWO IF YOU'RE 02:11:38.301 --> 02:11:42.801 GOING TO GET OUT THERE. ANYWAY, PEOPLE DO STUPID THINGS. I FOUND 02:11:42.801 --> 02:11:46.850 OUT STATISTICALLY, THREE PEOPLE A YEAR DIE BECAUSE THEY FELL IN 02:11:46.850 --> 02:11:53.331 THE HOLE. I'M LIKE, WHAT? WHAT? I MEAN, IT'S FILLED WITH SIGNS. 02:11:53.331 --> 02:11:57.831 OKAY. THE STONE WALL IS LIKE, FROM HERE TO THAT 02:11:57.831 --> 02:12:02.240 SOUND BOOTH FROM THE EDGE. AND PEOPLE STILL HOP OVER 02:12:02.240 --> 02:12:04.911 THERE AND DANCE ON THE EDGE LIKE, YOU KNOW, "I AIN'T 02:12:04.911 --> 02:12:08.871 GONNA FALL." YOU KNOW THE NEXT THING BUBBA IS MISSING. 02:12:08.871 --> 02:12:19.372 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING). 02:12:19.405 --> 02:12:22.940 - A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT GUY WAS IN CHURCH. 02:12:22.940 --> 02:12:27.560 PEOPLE SAYING, "OH, OH, GOD, HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN? I DON'T 02:12:27.560 --> 02:12:31.940 UNDERSTAND." OH, PEOPLE DO DUMB THINGS, OKAY? THEY DO STUPID 02:12:31.940 --> 02:12:37.011 STUNTS. OKAY? IT'S NOT GOD'S FAULT THAT YOU DECIDED TO DRIVE 02:12:37.011 --> 02:12:40.791 YOUR MOTORCYCLE ON THE 6 LANE FREEWAY, WHIZZING THROUGH 02:12:40.791 --> 02:12:45.081 TRAFFIC AT 95 MILES AN HOUR, OKAY? AND IF YOU RUN OFF THE 02:12:45.081 --> 02:12:50.001 GUARDRAIL, IT IS NOT GOD'S FAULT. OKAY, SPEED LIMIT SIGNS 02:12:50.001 --> 02:12:55.251 ARE THERE FOR A REASON. OKAY, GOD FORBID WE DRIVE STUPID AND 02:12:55.251 --> 02:13:03.801 WE KILL A MOTHER OF 4 CHILDREN. DON'T DIE DUMB. DON'T DO DUMB 02:13:03.801 --> 02:13:10.671 THINGS. PEOPLE DO DUMB STUFF. CARELESS THINGS, POOR HABITS, 02:13:10.671 --> 02:13:14.150 RIGHT? YOU KNOW, LADIES, DON'T LEAVE YOUR CANDLES BURNING ALL 02:13:14.150 --> 02:13:19.520 NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, MY HUSBAND BLOWS 02:13:19.520 --> 02:13:24.501 THEM OUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER I PUT THEM ON. I JUST, I JUST, WE 02:13:24.501 --> 02:13:27.110 CALL HIM THE FIRE CHIEF. I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN WE WERE 02:13:27.110 --> 02:13:30.140 BUILDING THIS BUILDING, HE WOULD WALK THROUGH WITH THE 02:13:30.140 --> 02:13:32.838 CONSTRUCTION. EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, PASTOR MARK, I DON'T KNOW 02:13:32.838 --> 02:13:35.360 WHERE HE WENT, BUT HE WOULD WALK THROUGH THIS BUILDING. HE GOES, 02:13:35.360 --> 02:13:38.841 "OH, THERE'S A CRACK OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE SPOT 02:13:38.841 --> 02:13:42.711 ON THE FLOOR." I MEAN, THE CONTRACTORS WOULD BE LIKE... I'M 02:13:42.711 --> 02:13:45.201 LIKE, HONEY, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT STUFF? "I DON'T KNOW." AND HE'S 02:13:45.201 --> 02:13:48.411 GOT A LIST AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN. IT'S UP THERE. 02:13:48.411 --> 02:13:52.490 I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT ALL GOES, BUT IT'S UP THERE. HE THINKS OF 02:13:52.490 --> 02:13:57.350 EVERYTHING. AND I'M LIKE, HONEY, I'M JUST GOING TO GET LED 02:13:57.350 --> 02:14:00.831 CANDLES, HOW'S THAT WORK FOR YOU? THEY'LL COME ON. AND, YOU 02:14:00.831 --> 02:14:09.261 KNOW, I THINK HE STARTED TRYING TO BLOW THOSE OUT AT NIGHT. I 02:14:09.261 --> 02:14:14.667 KNOW YOU DID IT, I KNOW. I KNOW YOU DID IT. I SAID I GOT YOU, 02:14:14.667 --> 02:14:24.740 IT'S A BATTERY. HA HA! HEY! THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW 02:14:24.740 --> 02:14:29.990 THAT THOSE EXISTED, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF DELIVERANCE FROM 02:14:29.990 --> 02:14:35.135 FIRE AND DANGER IN YOUR HOUSE. LAST ONE, I'LL END WITH THIS. 02:14:37.640 --> 02:14:40.100 SOME OF THE REASONS PEOPLE CAUSE THEIR OWN SUFFERINGS, THEIR OWN 02:14:40.100 --> 02:14:44.091 RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. THEY'RE STIFF NECKED. THEY REFUSE TO 02:14:44.091 --> 02:14:49.761 BELIEVE. OKAY, MARK 6, JESUS COULD DO NO MIGHTY MIRACLE IN 02:14:49.761 --> 02:14:54.951 NAZARETH. COULD NOT. DIDN'T SAY. WOULD NOT. COULDN'T. BECAUSE 02:14:54.951 --> 02:14:58.070 PEOPLE REFUSED TO BEND. THIS IS WHY GOD WAS ANGRY WITH THE 02:14:58.070 --> 02:15:01.850 FRIENDS OF JOB. THEY COULDN'T ADMIT ANYTHING. THEY COULDN'T 02:15:01.850 --> 02:15:05.810 SEE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GROW AND CHANGE AND SEE SOMETHING 02:15:05.810 --> 02:15:09.350 ELSE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT "JESUS COULDN'T EVEN PERFORM A 02:15:09.350 --> 02:15:13.280 MIRACLE BECAUSE OF THEIR STIFF NECK." THE WORD THERE FOR 02:15:13.280 --> 02:15:18.621 UNBELIEF IS STIFF NECKED, REFUSAL TO RECEIVE. MY ATTITUDE 02:15:18.621 --> 02:15:21.770 IS, IS WHEN I'M RECEIVING SOMETHING OR THE WORD IS BEING 02:15:21.770 --> 02:15:24.980 PREACHED, I'M LIKE GOD, I RECEIVE IT. UNLESS IT'S JUST 02:15:24.980 --> 02:15:27.654 EGREGIOUSLY WRONG. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I 02:15:27.654 --> 02:15:29.570 MEAN, NO PASTOR IS GOING TO GET UP IN THE PULPIT AND SAY 02:15:29.570 --> 02:15:34.011 EVERYTHING RIGHT EVERY MINUTE. OKAY, DON'T THROW OUT 99% OF A 02:15:34.011 --> 02:15:39.470 SERMON BECAUSE OF ONE THING THAT MAYBE WAS MISGUIDED. OKAY, I 02:15:39.470 --> 02:15:41.871 LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY STAND UP HERE AND SAY IT ALL RIGHT EVERY 02:15:41.871 --> 02:15:45.591 TIME. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, ONLY JESUS COULD DO 02:15:45.591 --> 02:15:49.371 THAT. OKAY? IN FACT, SOMEBODY HAD ANOTHER ONE OF MY BOOKS THE 02:15:49.371 --> 02:15:51.320 OTHER DAY, WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT 02:15:51.320 --> 02:15:53.421 IT WAS. AND I'M LIKE, DON'T PUT THAT OUT, I GOT TO MAKE SURE I 02:15:53.421 --> 02:15:58.970 STILL BELIEVE IT. I WROTE IT, OKAY? YOU KNOW, BEEN TEN YEARS. 02:15:58.970 --> 02:16:02.480 I HOPE WE GROW. OKAY, JUST BECAUSE I WROTE IT TEN YEARS 02:16:02.480 --> 02:16:04.640 AGO, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ ONE OF MY BOOKS AND THERE'S 02:16:04.640 --> 02:16:06.711 SOMETHING IN THERE THAT'S NOT QUITE BIBLICAL, JUST CROSS THAT 02:16:06.711 --> 02:16:09.921 OFF AND READ THE REST. I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE IT 02:16:09.921 --> 02:16:15.333 ANYMORE EITHER. IT'S ALRIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. WHAT I WROTE IN 02:16:15.333 --> 02:16:20.091 2007, I PROBABLY DON'T BELIEVE NOW. WELL, MAYBE SOME OF IT. THE 02:16:20.091 --> 02:16:24.201 BASICS ARE GOOD, BUT IF, YOU GET IT. RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, STAND 02:16:24.201 --> 02:16:31.070 TO YOUR FEET. MARK 7. OH, I GOTTA END. MARK 7, "AND THEY 02:16:31.070 --> 02:16:34.911 MADE THE WORD OF GOD OF NO EFFECT." WHAT DOES NO EFFECT 02:16:34.911 --> 02:16:41.990 MEAN TO YOU? IT HAS NO POWER. IT ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. AMEN? SO 02:16:41.990 --> 02:16:45.801 STIFF NECKED, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, BIASES. COME ON, WE 02:16:45.801 --> 02:16:49.459 ALL GROW UP WITH BIASES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS AND THINGS THAT 02:16:49.459 --> 02:16:52.011 YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY PROBABLY GOT TO GROW AND CHANGE. YOU GOT TO 02:16:52.011 --> 02:16:55.971 LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MASSAGE THOSE THINGS. SO, REASONS THAT 02:16:55.971 --> 02:17:00.486 PEOPLE SUFFER, AMEN, GOD WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH, 02:17:01.521 --> 02:17:05.570 THE DEVIL ATTACKS, AND SOMETIMES WE CAUSE OUR OWN PROBLEMS. THOSE 02:17:05.570 --> 02:17:07.700 ARE THE ONES WE LEARNED TODAY. NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO TALK 02:17:07.700 --> 02:17:12.230 ABOUT THE FALLEN WORLD. OKAY? THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE OUT 02:17:12.230 --> 02:17:16.730 OF OUR CONTROL. RIGHT? AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PERSECUTION 02:17:16.730 --> 02:17:19.971 AND THE SUFFERING OF THE CHURCH, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO 02:17:19.971 --> 02:17:22.119 FROM THERE. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? DID 02:17:22.119 --> 02:17:26.661 I HELP YOU? FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD EVERY PERSON IN THE 02:17:26.661 --> 02:17:29.301 ROOM AND ONLINE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. AND I'M ASKING THAT 02:17:29.301 --> 02:17:32.721 YOU TOUCH THEIR LIFE. MINISTER TO THEM, FATHER. HELP THEM WALK 02:17:32.721 --> 02:17:35.061 THROUGH THE SEASONS OF LIFE THAT CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE, 02:17:35.061 --> 02:17:38.106 CHALLENGING, AND EVEN PAINFUL AT TIMES. I PRAY, LORD, 02:17:38.106 --> 02:17:40.911 THAT YOU WOULD USE THIS MESSAGE TO GROW US, TEACH US 02:17:40.911 --> 02:17:43.820 AND HELP EACH PERSON TO NAVIGATE THIS LIFE AND 02:17:43.820 --> 02:17:47.691 THAT THEY WILL COME OUT IN VICTORY IN JESUS NAME, 02:17:47.691 --> 02:17:50.271 AMEN. I LOVE YOU. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR DOUG. 02:17:52.040 --> 02:17:57.230 - AMEN. WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE TODAY. ARE YOU ENCOURAGED? AMEN. 02:17:57.230 --> 02:17:59.391 I'M GOING TO ASK PEOPLE JUST TO REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS, IF YOU 02:17:59.391 --> 02:18:02.138 WOULD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET 02:18:02.138 --> 02:18:06.620 TO YOUR SPOTS, BUT JUST REMAIN FOR A MOMENT HERE UNTIL WE 02:18:06.620 --> 02:18:14.001 DISMISS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU 02:18:14.001 --> 02:18:16.341 COULD COME AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR ALTAR TEAM WILL BE UP 02:18:16.341 --> 02:18:20.841 HERE. IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY FOR ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, OUR 02:18:20.841 --> 02:18:24.230 ALTAR TEAM IS AVAILABLE, THEY'RE WILLING, THEY'RE PREPARED, 02:18:24.230 --> 02:18:27.379 THEY'RE MIGHTY IN PRAYER, AND THEY'RE POWERFUL. THEY'LL PRAY 02:18:27.379 --> 02:18:30.650 WITH YOU FOR AN AGREEMENT TO WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED. IF YOU 02:18:30.650 --> 02:18:33.831 HAVE A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE, A HEALING ISSUE IN YOUR LIFE, 02:18:33.831 --> 02:18:37.221 FINANCIAL ISSUE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, OUR ALTAR TEAM IS UP 02:18:37.221 --> 02:18:40.161 HERE AND THEY'RE PREPARED AND READY TO PRAY WITH YOU. AND IF 02:18:40.161 --> 02:18:43.370 YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY AND YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, WE'LL PUT UP A 02:18:43.370 --> 02:18:46.730 NUMBER IN A MOMENT. YOU CAN CALL THAT 24 HOURS A DAY, AND OUR 02:18:46.730 --> 02:18:49.941 PRAYER TEAM IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT. BEFORE WE DISMISS YOU, 02:18:49.941 --> 02:18:54.081 THOUGH, TODAY, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO TALK ABOUT A 02:18:54.081 --> 02:18:56.751 COUPLE THINGS THAT PASTOR BRENDA SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE WAS 02:18:56.751 --> 02:19:02.271 TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO TRUST GOD AND HIS WORD IN EVERY 02:19:02.271 --> 02:19:06.861 AREA, IT'S REALLY TRUE. AND IT KIND OF MADE ME THINK BACK, I 02:19:06.861 --> 02:19:10.790 READ A 242 HOME GROUP REPORT TODAY. EVERY TIME OUR HOME 02:19:10.790 --> 02:19:14.209 GROUPS MEET, THE LEADERS SEND US A REPORT JUST TO SAY WHAT WHAT 02:19:14.209 --> 02:19:16.941 THEY'VE DISCUSSED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE GROUPS 02:19:16.941 --> 02:19:20.661 WAS DISCUSSING WAS THAT THERE ARE CHURCHES OUT THERE TODAY 02:19:20.661 --> 02:19:24.200 THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD. IN OTHER WORDS, 02:19:24.200 --> 02:19:30.200 THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR. AND ONE LADY WAS 02:19:30.200 --> 02:19:33.591 TALKING ABOUT, IN FACT, SEVERAL OF THEM TALKED ABOUT CHURCHES IN 02:19:33.591 --> 02:19:37.611 THEIR CITY THAT NO LONGER PREACH THE DOCTRINE OF HELL. THAT 02:19:37.611 --> 02:19:40.762 THERE'S THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT FOR THE WICKED. THERE'S NO HELL. 02:19:42.230 --> 02:19:46.762 AND THEY MAY THINK THEY'RE GAINING PEOPLE BY JUST GIVING 02:19:46.762 --> 02:19:49.641 THEM THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 02:19:49.641 --> 02:19:53.421 REASON FOR THAT IS, BUT HERE'S MY OPINION ON THAT. IF YOU CAN'T 02:19:53.421 --> 02:19:56.661 SAY THAT THE WHOLE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE, THEN LET'S JUST THROW 02:19:56.661 --> 02:20:02.331 IT OUT. WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE. THE 02:20:02.331 --> 02:20:06.411 BIBLE SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY LIVE IN THIS EARTH, 02:20:06.411 --> 02:20:09.352 I'M PARAPHRASING THIS IS NOT, I'M NOT GIVING YOU A SCRIPTURE, 02:20:09.352 --> 02:20:12.200 I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS IS A TRUTH FROM THE WORD OF GOD, THE 02:20:12.200 --> 02:20:16.070 ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR LIFE IS WHEN YOU ACCEPT 02:20:16.070 --> 02:20:19.671 JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY 02:20:19.671 --> 02:20:23.811 TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE 02:20:23.811 --> 02:20:28.130 ASSURED TO HAVE AN ETERNAL PLACE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN IS WHEN YOU 02:20:28.130 --> 02:20:31.762 MAKE JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. THEN YOU CAN HAVE ALL 02:20:31.762 --> 02:20:35.361 THE ABUNDANCE, YOU CAN HAVE THE POWER OVER SATAN THAT PASTOR 02:20:35.361 --> 02:20:38.331 BRENDA WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN HAVE THAT POWER, BUT IF 02:20:38.331 --> 02:20:41.691 YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE NOT ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE 02:20:41.691 --> 02:20:45.111 NOT BECOME PART OF GOD'S ARMY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO 02:20:45.111 --> 02:20:49.852 OVERCOME THE DEVIL. YOU'RE ON HIS TEAM AND YOU'RE SUBJECT TO 02:20:49.852 --> 02:20:54.531 HIS COMMANDS. WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ACCEPT JESUS, 02:20:54.531 --> 02:20:57.471 THEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME. PLUS, YOU HAVE THE 02:20:57.471 --> 02:21:00.771 ADVANTAGE OF BEING WITH HIM IN ETERNITY. NONE OF US WANT TO GO 02:21:00.771 --> 02:21:04.370 TO HELL. NONE OF YOU WANT TO BE IN HELL FOR ETERNITY. ETERNITY 02:21:04.370 --> 02:21:11.661 IS A LONG, LONG TIME. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG ETERNITY IS. WHEN 02:21:11.661 --> 02:21:15.736 YOU GO TO HELL, YOU'RE THERE FOREVER. THERE'S NO ESCAPE. 02:21:16.971 --> 02:21:21.531 THERE'S NO PAROLE BOARD IN HELL. IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE DECISION, 02:21:21.531 --> 02:21:25.130 AS PASTOR BRENDA SAID, IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE GOD WHILE YOU'RE ON 02:21:25.130 --> 02:21:29.290 THIS EARTH, IT'S TOO LATE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TODAY. 02:21:31.147 --> 02:21:34.686 THE BIBLE SAYS HE IS THE WAY. JESUS SAYS, "I AM THE WAY, THE 02:21:34.686 --> 02:21:38.617 TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT 02:21:38.617 --> 02:21:40.897 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST." I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS. WE'RE 02:21:40.897 --> 02:21:44.527 GOING TO CLOSE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. AND I WANT TO ASK THIS 02:21:44.527 --> 02:21:46.746 QUESTION, IS THERE SOMEONE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, OR IS 02:21:46.746 --> 02:21:50.256 THERE SOMEONE EVEN IN THIS ROOM TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR 02:21:50.256 --> 02:21:52.867 DOUG, I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I'VE NEVER 02:21:52.867 --> 02:21:56.406 MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY." 02:21:56.406 --> 02:22:01.416 YOU DO THAT, YOU START THAT PROCESS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN BY 02:22:01.416 --> 02:22:05.676 MAKING A DECISION TO SERVE HIM. AND IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE 02:22:05.676 --> 02:22:09.936 PRAYER. BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THAT, OR YOU'VE BEEN IN A 02:22:09.936 --> 02:22:13.266 CATEGORY OF YOU'VE WALKED AWAY FROM GOD, YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF 02:22:13.266 --> 02:22:17.527 TRACK. I WANT YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THAT TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 02:22:17.527 --> 02:22:19.807 OR BEFORE YOU TURN OFF THIS BROADCAST, I WANT YOU 02:22:19.807 --> 02:22:21.756 TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A 02:22:21.756 --> 02:22:25.356 SIMPLE PRAYER. SO I'M GOING TO ASK WHEN I COUNT TO 02:22:25.356 --> 02:22:27.906 THREE, NOW, IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND YOU SAY, 02:22:27.906 --> 02:22:31.236 "I WANT PRAYER", "I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD", OR "I 02:22:31.236 --> 02:22:34.867 NEED TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF MY LIFE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I 02:22:34.867 --> 02:22:38.826 HAVE HIM ON MY SIDE. I WANT TO BE PART OF GOD'S ARMY. I WANT TO 02:22:38.826 --> 02:22:45.186 END UP IN HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY." THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION 02:22:45.186 --> 02:22:47.736 YOU'LL EVER MAKE. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHO YOU MARRY. 02:22:47.736 --> 02:22:50.707 IT'S MORE IMPORTANT IN YOUR CAREER. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN 02:22:50.707 --> 02:22:55.447 ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE. IT IS RIGHT NOW 02:22:55.447 --> 02:22:58.986 MAKING A DECISION FOR CHRIST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU 02:22:58.986 --> 02:23:03.996 FOR ETERNITY. THIS LIFE GOES VERY QUICKLY. YOU WANT TO BE 02:23:03.996 --> 02:23:06.457 WITH GOD FOR ETERNITY. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK 02:23:06.457 --> 02:23:10.027 YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT PRAYER TODAY. WE DON'T WANT 02:23:10.027 --> 02:23:13.027 TO EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THIS. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE 02:23:13.027 --> 02:23:15.727 JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO THREE. 02:23:15.727 --> 02:23:21.156 ONE, TWO, THREE. IF YOU NEED JESUS, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU 02:23:21.156 --> 02:23:24.426 NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH HIM, RAISE YOUR HAND. MAYBE 02:23:24.426 --> 02:23:28.266 YOU'VE GOTTEN INTO THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE 02:23:28.266 --> 02:23:34.477 HERE IN THIS ROOM TODAY? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. USHERS, HELP ME, 02:23:34.477 --> 02:23:38.707 IS THERE ANYONE HERE? OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. OR MAYBE SOMEONE 02:23:38.707 --> 02:23:42.336 WATCHING ONLINE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WRITE IN OR CALL US VERY OFTEN 02:23:42.336 --> 02:23:45.186 THAT SAYS THEY'VE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST. LET'S PRAY THIS PRAYER 02:23:45.186 --> 02:23:50.707 TOGETHER. YOU REPEAT AFTER ME AND YOU CAN MAKE JESUS THE LORD 02:23:50.707 --> 02:23:53.467 OF YOUR LIFE RIGHT TODAY, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT. "FATHER IN 02:23:53.467 --> 02:23:58.836 HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE HE WENT TO THE 02:23:58.836 --> 02:24:05.527 CROSS OF CALVARY. HE DIED AND WAS BURIED FOR ME. I BELIEVE HE 02:24:05.527 --> 02:24:11.887 ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I ACCEPT JESUS 02:24:11.887 --> 02:24:19.176 CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE. 02:24:19.176 --> 02:24:23.647 COME INTO MY HEART. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION, AND I WILL SERVE 02:24:23.647 --> 02:24:28.027 YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE." AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER 02:24:28.027 --> 02:24:32.227 TODAY, THAT'S YOUR INITIAL START WITH GOD. I WANT TO HELP TO 02:24:32.227 --> 02:24:38.617 DISCIPLE YOU, YOU CAN CALL THE PRAYER LINE 855-777-7907, AND 02:24:38.617 --> 02:24:41.436 OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS WILL SEND YOU INFORMATION AND HELP YOU ON 02:24:41.436 --> 02:24:44.797 YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT TODAY. GOD 02:24:44.797 --> 02:24:47.256 BLESS YOU. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU AND SERVE YOU IN ANY WAY WE 02:24:47.256 --> 02:24:51.336 CAN. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, DON'T 02:24:51.336 --> 02:24:56.256 FORGET, IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, YOU HAVE TO DO IT TODAY OR 02:24:56.256 --> 02:24:59.676 BY, LIKE 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING. YOU'VE GOT LIKE 24 HOURS OR 02:24:59.676 --> 02:25:05.166 LESS. THE CHICKEN FRIED, I'M SORRY, THE FRIED CHICKEN. GET IT 02:25:05.166 --> 02:25:08.106 RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO SAY CHICKEN FRIED STEAK, BUT IT'S 02:25:08.106 --> 02:25:13.297 IT'S FRIED CHICKEN. IS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE OUR 02:25:13.297 --> 02:25:17.647 HEART TO YOUR YOUR HOME SERVICE. SO IT STARTS AT 5:45. YOU CAN 02:25:17.647 --> 02:25:20.736 SIGN UP, GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER IF YOU NEED INFORMATION. 02:25:20.736 --> 02:25:25.506 AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THAT. IT'S $5. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE 02:25:25.506 --> 02:25:29.287 FRIED CHICKEN AND FELLOWSHIP. SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR 02:25:29.287 --> 02:25:32.197 COMING. JOIN US WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND BE 02:25:32.197 --> 02:25:34.986 BACK IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY. PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE CONTINUING 02:25:34.986 --> 02:25:37.117 THIS MESSAGE. GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.