WEBVTT 00:00.033 --> 00:04.671 (MUSIC) 00:04.671 --> 00:07.006 (ROARING) 00:07.464 --> 00:09.308 (MUSIC) 00:09.342 --> 00:13.012 - COME ON, CHURCH. GET UP ON YOUR FEET. LET'S GIVE HIM SOME 00:13.012 --> 00:20.019 WORSHIP THIS MORNING. WE'RE ON THE LORD'S SIDE, AMEN? 00:20.091 --> 00:21.353 (MUSIC) 01:34.593 --> 01:37.963 - PRAISE THE LORD. HALLELUJAH! - HALLELUJAH! LORD, WE'RE ON 01:37.963 --> 01:41.433 YOUR SIDE. YES! WE STAND IN THE HONOR 01:41.768 --> 01:44.887 OF OUR RISEN KING. LORD JESUS. LORD, WE LOVE YOU 01:44.887 --> 01:48.679 AND WE WELCOME YOU. GOD, WE ARE ON YOUR SIDE. 01:50.189 --> 01:53.191 WE LOVE YOU WITH ALL OUR HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. 01:53.191 --> 01:53.867 - YES, WE DO. 01:54.781 --> 01:56.783 - AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID... 01:57.016 --> 01:58.396 - AMEN! 01:58.396 --> 02:00.503 WOW, THAT'S NOT BAD. I HEARD NOTHING 02:00.503 --> 02:03.182 FROM THIS SECTION OVER HERE. THIS IS 02:03.182 --> 02:08.370 TWO WEEKS IN A ROW. SO ALL THOSE WHO LOVE GOD SAID, 02:08.627 --> 02:10.462 - AMEN! 02:10.462 --> 02:12.331 - I KNOW WHAT IT IS. - WHAT? 02:13.800 --> 02:16.530 - NO, YOU ARE SAYING SOMETHING. 02:16.530 --> 02:19.139 IT'S THAT YOUR VOICES GO THAT DIRECTION. 02:19.139 --> 02:21.274 - IT MAY BE. OK, WELL, I GOT ONE 02:21.274 --> 02:22.192 FOR YOU. - COULD THAT BE IT? 02:22.192 --> 02:24.240 - I WANT TO HEAR THE INTERNET SAY AMEN. 02:24.240 --> 02:27.810 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 02:27.810 --> 02:28.401 - AMEN. 02:28.401 --> 02:32.250 - SHOUT AMEN IF YOU'RE ONLINE. - GREAT, THEY JUST WOKE UP 02:32.250 --> 02:35.819 THE BABY. ANYWAY, SO GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, AND GOOD 02:35.819 --> 02:38.729 MORNING, THOSE OF YOU ALSO THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. 02:38.729 --> 02:42.330 WE'RE SO HONORED YOU JOIN US. LISTEN, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR HANDS 02:42.330 --> 02:46.665 UP IN THE AIR, CLAP, APPLAUD. YOU KNOW, GOD IS A GOOD GOD. HOW 02:46.665 --> 02:48.509 MANY OF YOU, YOU GOT UP THIS MORNING AND 02:48.509 --> 02:51.479 YOU HEARD GOD'S VOICE, RIGHT? THUNDER, RIGHT? 02:51.479 --> 02:52.907 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 02:52.907 --> 02:53.159 - YEAH. 02:53.159 --> 02:54.689 - DID ANYBODY WAKE UP TO THE SOUND 02:54.689 --> 02:56.039 OF THUNDER OVER THEIR HOME? 02:56.039 --> 02:57.810 - YES. - AND DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. 02:57.810 --> 02:59.849 - COUPLE PLANTS OUTSIDE BLEW OVER. 02:59.849 --> 03:00.659 - YEAH, IT WAS RAINING PRETTY GOOD. 03:00.659 --> 03:02.909 - I WAS SWEEPING AT 6.30 IN THE MORNING. 03:02.909 --> 03:03.479 - YEAH. 03:03.479 --> 03:07.800 - IT'S ALL GOOD. SO EVERYBODY, GOOD, YOU WENT ALL RIGHT OUT IN 03:07.800 --> 03:09.352 THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 03:10.090 --> 03:11.756 - JUST WENT WELL. - YOU DID GOOD. 03:11.756 --> 03:14.430 ALL RIGHT, WELL, AS WE SAID, WE WELCOME YOU THAT 03:14.430 --> 03:17.099 ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. AND I'LL TELL YOU, 03:17.099 --> 03:23.250 MY FAVORITE PREACHER IS IN THE HOUSE. AND IT'S 03:23.250 --> 03:28.229 NOT A GUEST SPEAKER. IT'S YOU, BRENDA. 03:28.229 --> 03:30.594 - OH, WELL, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. 03:30.594 --> 03:31.975 - AND I WANNA SAY THIS FOR YOU THAT 03:31.975 --> 03:33.479 ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY AND YOU THAT ARE 03:33.479 --> 03:38.430 WATCHING, IF YOU HAVE JUST CAUGHT TODAY, FIRST TIME, WHAT 03:38.430 --> 03:42.449 HER SERMON HAS BEEN ABOUT, SHE'S PREACHED, NOW THIS IS HER THIRD 03:42.449 --> 03:46.469 WEEK, AND BRENDA, I THINK YOU NEED TO PUT THIS IN A BOOK. 03:46.469 --> 03:48.509 SHE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE TRUTH ABOUT 03:49.620 --> 03:52.770 CHRISTIAN SUFFERING. IS THAT THE BEST TITLE? 03:52.770 --> 03:55.139 - WELL, I GUESS THAT'S THE TITLE FOR NOW. 03:55.139 --> 03:56.039 - BREAK IT DOWN. 03:56.039 --> 04:00.599 - WELL, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED WEEK ONE ABOUT JOB, AND WE'LL RECAP, 04:00.599 --> 04:03.150 MAYBE A TOUCH ON THAT TODAY, BUT THEN WE'VE TALKED, WE'RE 04:03.150 --> 04:07.680 COVERING FIVE REASONS THAT SUFFERING OCCURS IN THE LIVES OF 04:07.680 --> 04:12.479 PEOPLE AND CHRISTIANS, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE HIT THREE 04:12.479 --> 04:14.550 OF THOSE LAST WEEK, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HIT THE LAST TWO 04:14.550 --> 04:15.587 TODAY. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. 04:15.587 --> 04:16.755 - WELL, CAN YOU GIVE US A HINT? 04:17.257 --> 04:20.040 - NO, THEY GOTTA WAIT FOR THE PREACHING. I DON'T WANNA GIVE IT 04:20.040 --> 04:24.360 ALL AWAY. THEY MIGHT TUNE OFF. - OKAY, SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE 04:24.360 --> 04:27.269 IN YOUR HOME, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU WATCH THE WEATHER 04:27.269 --> 04:29.610 REPORT AND THEY'RE SAYING, "IT'S GOING TO SNOW," AND HERE IT IS 04:29.610 --> 04:34.649 JULY. AND THEN YOU COME BACK ON AND IT'S LIKE, "YEAH, IT'S GOING 04:34.649 --> 04:37.836 TO SNOW IN DECEMBER." SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT FELT LIKE. 04:37.836 --> 04:40.112 - I GUESS SO, I GUESS SO. BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ALL THE 04:40.112 --> 04:43.576 PUNCHLINES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HIT ALL OF IT TODAY. 04:43.576 --> 04:45.175 - WELL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE ALL STAY 04:45.175 --> 04:47.579 TUNED. BUT BY THE WAY, I GOT TO THINKING, WITH 04:47.579 --> 04:50.639 ALL THE RAIN, HOW MANY OF YOU, WITH ALL THE RAIN, DID 04:50.639 --> 04:52.620 ANYBODY IN HERE, LIKE ME, YOU THOUGHT OF 04:52.620 --> 04:56.394 NOAH'S ARK? NOBODY THOUGHT OF NOAH'S ARK? 04:56.394 --> 04:57.720 - NO. - I MEAN, I HONESTLY DID. 04:57.720 --> 04:59.821 - I THOUGHT UMBRELLA MORE, BUT YEAH. 04:59.821 --> 05:04.379 - SO BRENDA, IN MY CARTOONIST MIND, I THOUGHT OF NOAH'S ARK. 05:04.379 --> 05:11.189 AND THEN IT HIT ME. I REALIZED THAT I JUST DISCOVERED WHERE 05:11.189 --> 05:15.839 CARD GAMES CAME FROM. - I CAN'T GUESS. 05:15.839 --> 05:17.790 - NO, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID ON NOAH'S ARK. 05:17.790 --> 05:20.459 THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT A DECK OF CARDS. 05:20.459 --> 05:23.430 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 05:23.430 --> 05:28.920 I MADE THAT ONE UP. IT WAS, OH, OKAY. THEY DON'T LIKE ME, THEY 05:28.920 --> 05:31.740 DON'T LIKE THE JOKE. THOSE OF YOU THAT LOVE ME ONLINE, PLEASE 05:31.740 --> 05:36.540 PUT OUT AN APPLAUD. OR A THUMB, YOU CAN PUT A THUMBS DOWN. I 05:36.540 --> 05:39.120 WILL LOOK TO SEE IF YOU PUT A THUMBS DOWN. AND IT'S OKAY, I 05:39.120 --> 05:42.180 WON'T JUDGE YOU. BUT PUTTING THAT UP IN MY MIND, I CAN'T. ALL 05:42.180 --> 05:44.009 RIGHT, I THINK WE BETTER WORSHIP GOD. 05:44.009 --> 05:46.249 - I THINK SO. WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF 05:46.249 --> 05:50.074 THE LORD TODAY? HOW ABOUT INTERNET? ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE 05:50.074 --> 05:53.579 IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? ALL RIGHT, WELL, EVERYBODY HERE AND 05:53.579 --> 05:56.970 ONLINE, THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. SAY THIS, SAY "LORD 05:56.970 --> 06:04.199 JESUS. IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE. YOU'RE GONNA MOVE. 06:04.199 --> 06:11.279 YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK TO US. LORD, I'M RECEPTIVE TO GROW, TO LEARN, 06:11.279 --> 06:16.800 AND I ASK YOU, TOUCH MY LIFE IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME." IF YOU 06:16.800 --> 06:19.769 BELIEVE THAT, COME ON, LET'S ALL SHOUT AND GIVE 06:19.769 --> 06:23.346 GOD OUR BEST PRAISE TODAY. AMEN AND AMEN. 06:23.382 --> 06:24.884 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 06:24.951 --> 06:28.855 (MUSIC) 06:28.887 --> 06:30.509 - COME ON, CHURCH. 06:30.509 --> 06:32.291 - THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD, AMEN? 06:32.324 --> 06:45.738 (MUSIC) 09:15.554 --> 09:27.232 YEAH! OH OH OHHH. JESUS, YOU'RE SO AMAZING. JESUS... 10:24.972 --> 10:28.961 LET ME HEAR YOU SAY "YOU ARE". YOU ARE... 11:42.815 --> 11:58.384 (MUSIC) 11:58.571 --> 11:59.552 ON THE CROSS 12:52.163 --> 13:06.452 (MUSIC) 16:36.162 --> 16:38.999 (MUSIC) 16:39.028 --> 16:45.804 - IT IS DONE. OH THE BLOOD 16:48.107 --> 16:53.679 THE WONDER WORKING BLOOD. OH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 16:55.625 --> 17:00.854 THE BLOOD OF JESUS. IT'S STILL POWERFUL 17:00.854 --> 17:04.289 TODAY AS IT WAS BACK THEN. 17:05.419 --> 17:08.419 IT'S STILL POWERFUL TODAY AS IT WAS BACK THEN. 17:10.105 --> 17:15.701 THERE'S POWER IN THE BLOOD. THERE'S SALVATION IN THE BLOOD. 17:17.834 --> 17:19.873 THERE'S DELIVERANCE IN THE BLOOD. 17:21.374 --> 17:23.675 THERE'S HEALING IN THE BLOOD. 17:25.231 --> 17:27.547 THERE'S HEALING IN THE BLOOD. 17:29.961 --> 17:35.255 'CAUSE I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 17:37.740 --> 17:42.796 OVER MY FAMILY. I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF 17:42.796 --> 17:46.398 JESUS OVER MY LIFE. I PLEAD THE BLOOD. 17:57.414 --> 18:34.480 (MUSIC) 20:09.772 --> 20:38.238 (MUSIC) 22:38.575 --> 22:44.864 ADONAI, OH. ADONAI. ADONAI. 24:02.863 --> 24:08.781 (MUSIC) 24:24.849 --> 24:30.903 (MUSIC) 24:30.936 --> 24:41.146 THERE IS ONE ON THE THRONE, JESUS, HOLY. 24:44.923 --> 24:55.428 HE IS WORTHY OF PRAISE, HONOR, GLORY. 24:58.972 --> 25:09.342 THERE IS ONE ON THE THRONE, JESUS, HOLY. 28:15.943 --> 28:19.965 COME ON, LIFT YOUR HANDS UP. WE CROWN THE KING. WE CROWN THE 28:19.965 --> 28:22.886 KING OF GLORY. LIFT YOUR HANDS UP ACROSS 28:22.886 --> 28:25.238 THIS PLACE. WE WELCOME YOU JESUS. 30:20.019 --> 30:22.154 LORD WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, LET'S LIFT UP OUR 30:22.154 --> 30:26.051 VOICES, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. LET 30:26.058 --> 30:29.446 THIS MOMENT BE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, YOU AND 30:29.446 --> 30:32.665 YOUR SAVIOR, YOU AND THE LORD OF LORDS AND THE KING OF 30:32.665 --> 30:36.471 KINGS. WE WORSHIP YOU AND WE MAGNIFY YOU. 30:38.576 --> 30:46.211 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 30:46.256 --> 30:56.036 WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WITH THE 24 ELDERS OF THE LAMB. 30:56.036 --> 31:01.959 WE WORSHIP YOU LAMB OF GOD. WITH THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES AND THE 31:01.959 --> 31:08.695 SERAPHIMS AND THE CHERUBIMS, THE LIVING CREATURES. YOU'RE SEATED 31:08.701 --> 31:15.625 ON THE THRONE. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU, YESHUA. COME ON, LIFT 31:15.625 --> 31:21.415 UP YOUR VOICE. WE WORSHIP YOU. GIVING PRAISE. 31:22.526 --> 31:33.986 GIVING PRAISE TO YOU, MY GOD, MY KING, MY LORD. YOU'RE SO WORTHY. 31:35.905 --> 31:40.089 YOU'RE SO HOLY, GOD. THERE'S NO ONE, 31:40.089 --> 31:42.102 THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU, LORD. 31:42.102 --> 31:44.965 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 31:44.965 --> 31:51.744 SO WORTHY. WE GIVE PRAISE. WE GIVE PRAISE TO 31:51.744 --> 31:57.083 YOU. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU, LORD. COME ON, JUST 31:57.083 --> 31:59.816 MAKE A MELODY IN YOUR HEART BEFORE GOD. 31:59.816 --> 32:01.688 (SINGING IN TONGUES) 32:02.422 --> 32:07.256 OH, WORTHY. CONTINUE TO SING. CONTINUE TO SING. THERE'S NO ONE 32:07.256 --> 32:14.246 LIKE THE LORD. LORD, YOUR PRESENCE. YOUR PRESENCE. GOD, 32:14.246 --> 32:17.425 YOU GAVE THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY AND THE FIRE BY NIGHT 32:17.425 --> 32:19.736 BECAUSE YOU WANTED YOUR PEOPLE TO 32:19.736 --> 32:26.346 EXPERIENCE GOD, YOU. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU, LORD. 32:26.945 --> 32:39.858 (SINGING IN TONGUES) 32:39.858 --> 32:45.798 THERE'S A SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, GOD. GOD, MY HEART, MY HEART 32:45.798 --> 32:50.636 LONGS FOR YOU. I'VE GOT TO EXPRESS MY HEART TO YOU, LORD. 32:50.636 --> 32:56.816 COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR HEART AND TOUCH HIS HEART. COME ON. RAISE 32:56.816 --> 33:01.705 YOUR VOICES, COME ON. RAISE YOUR VOICES, COME ON. ALL OVER THIS 33:01.705 --> 33:04.917 SANCTUARY, COME ON. IN YOUR LIVING ROOMS WHERE YOU'RE 33:04.917 --> 33:07.988 WATCHING, LIFT UP YOUR VOICES. ONE SOUND, 33:07.988 --> 33:13.926 AS THE FAMILY OF GOD, WE WORSHIP YOU WORTHY. 33:15.212 --> 33:20.834 O MASTER, RECEIVE OUR HONOR, YESHUA. RECEIVE OUR 33:20.834 --> 33:31.766 WORSHIP, OUR KING. AS ONE VOICE, LIFTED IN ADORATION, DEEP 33:31.766 --> 33:43.789 RESPECT, DEEP APPRECIATION, GOD. OH, OH, LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. 33:44.923 --> 33:48.415 COME ON, JUST BEGIN TO PROPHESY ON THE INSTRUMENTS. BUT HERE'S 33:48.415 --> 33:50.786 WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU'RE 33:50.786 --> 33:54.056 WATCHING. I WANT YOU TO USE THE GREATEST INSTRUMENT THAT YOU 33:54.056 --> 33:58.645 HAVE, THE HEART CONNECTION WITH YOUR VOICE, WITH YOUR MOUTH, 33:58.645 --> 34:02.236 LIFT IT UP TO GOD. COME ON, SOME OF YOU NEED TO TELL HIM THINGS. 34:04.105 --> 34:08.815 THAT IS BETWEEN YOU AND HIM. WORSHIP HIM. YOU MAY SAY, "WELL, 34:08.815 --> 34:12.597 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY." TELL HIM THAT HE'S LOVELY. TELL HIM 34:12.597 --> 34:16.956 HE'S BEAUTIFUL. TELL HIM YOU NEED HIM. TELL HIM YOU LONG FOR 34:16.956 --> 34:21.753 HIM MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT THIS EARTH HAS TO OFFER. COME ON WITH 34:21.753 --> 34:25.945 EVERY OUNCE OF SINCERITY, EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE TO THE 34:25.945 --> 34:31.735 KING. EXPRESS YOUR LOVE. OH GOD, HOW WE LOVE YOU, HOW WE WORSHIP 34:31.735 --> 34:36.235 YOU, HOW WE HONOR YOU. I COULDN'T IMAGINE LIFE. I 34:36.235 --> 34:40.795 COULDN'T IMAGINE THE EARTH WITHOUT OUR KING. OH, WE GIVE 34:40.795 --> 34:44.606 YOU WORSHIP, WE GIVE YOU WORSHIP, WE GIVE YOU WORSHIP, WE 34:44.606 --> 34:59.516 GIVE YOU WORSHIP. ADORATION AND HONOR BELONG TO OUR GOD. DEEP 34:59.516 --> 35:04.346 THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THE WONDER OF YOUR NAME. 35:06.505 --> 35:18.284 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 35:18.318 --> 35:23.123 THOSE THAT WORSHIP THE FATHER, THE SON 35:23.123 --> 35:25.496 MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. 35:25.496 --> 35:30.630 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 35:30.655 --> 35:32.559 YOU MIGHT BE SAYING, "PASTOR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" 35:32.559 --> 35:34.675 I'M LETTING MY SPIRIT WORSHIP HIM. 35:34.675 --> 35:38.405 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 35:38.425 --> 35:45.025 I JUST WANT TO TOUCH THAT PLACE IN GOD'S HEART THAT WIDENS HIS 35:45.025 --> 35:50.396 SMILE OVER MY LIFE. COME ON, DON'T YOU? 35:50.396 --> 36:17.978 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 36:18.010 --> 36:22.681 YOU ARE THE RISEN KING, THE CHAMPION OF ALL THE AGES. 36:22.715 --> 36:29.688 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 36:29.719 --> 36:32.456 KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. 36:32.456 --> 36:59.085 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 37:00.052 --> 37:01.579 OH, I WORSHIP YOU. 37:03.523 --> 37:07.376 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 37:07.376 --> 37:16.284 I WORSHIP YOU. YOU SAY, "PASTOR, THAT SCARED ME." WHY? HAVE YOU 37:16.284 --> 37:24.445 EVER HEARD THE STRENGTH OF A MAN'S SPIRIT? I PRAY THAT WAY 37:24.445 --> 37:32.215 BECAUSE I LIVE THAT WAY. I HUNGER FOR GOD THAT WAY. I 37:32.215 --> 37:36.755 WORSHIP AND I PRAISE HIM IN PRIVATE THIS WAY. IT IS THE 37:36.755 --> 37:39.858 STRENGTH AND THE SOUND OF MY SPIRIT. 37:39.858 --> 38:08.788 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 38:08.822 --> 38:12.559 WORTHY IS THE LAMB. COME ON, KEEP SINGING. GIVING PRAISE. 38:13.525 --> 38:16.630 GIVING PRAISE. GIVING PRAISE. 38:18.297 --> 38:21.001 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 38:21.030 --> 38:26.931 THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YAHWEH. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE ADONAI. 38:28.807 --> 38:31.811 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 38:32.576 --> 38:35.905 THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THE LORD. NOW WHISPER IT WITH HER. COME 38:35.905 --> 38:47.155 ON, CHRISTY. COME ON. GIVING PRAISE. YESHUA. THERE'S NO ONE 38:47.155 --> 38:53.420 LIKE YOU, LORD. DON'T STOP. ALL OVER THE WORLD, 38:53.420 --> 38:56.666 DON'T STOP. COME ON, WIDEN YOUR SMILE. 38:58.003 --> 39:00.373 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 39:01.045 --> 39:04.615 LET HIS HEART FEEL YOUR LOVE. 39:04.615 --> 39:13.586 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 39:13.615 --> 39:22.963 KEEP SINGING. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU, LORD. CREATURES. 39:23.746 --> 39:28.534 THE ANGELS, THEY BOW. THE ELDERS OF 39:28.534 --> 39:33.398 THE LAMB, THEY BOW. WE THE PEOPLE, WE BOW. 39:33.623 --> 39:35.541 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 39:36.443 --> 39:44.485 OH LAMB OF GOD, WE BOW. HOLY POWER, WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP 39:44.485 --> 39:54.994 HIM. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MAN BORN IN THE EARTH AS GREAT AS 39:54.994 --> 40:03.402 YESHUA. NO KING HAS EVER SAT ON A THRONE GREATER THAN OUR KING. 40:05.726 --> 40:14.914 NO PRESIDENT, NO RULER, AND NO DEVIL IS AS 40:14.914 --> 40:17.713 GREAT AS THE MAJESTY OF OUR KING. 40:18.585 --> 40:21.521 - GREAT ARE YOU, LORD, GREAT ARE YOU, LORD, GREAT 40:21.521 --> 40:23.255 ARE YOU, LORD. - WE WORSHIP YOU. 40:23.623 --> 40:26.193 - YOU ARE GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. 40:26.193 --> 40:30.096 - WE WORSHIP YOU. - GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. 40:30.210 --> 40:33.210 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 40:33.233 --> 40:36.335 GREAT ARE YOU LORD, GREAT ARE YOU LORD, GREAT ARE 40:36.351 --> 40:41.318 YOU LORD, FOR YOU ARE GREAT IN ALL YOUR WAYS, 40:41.318 --> 40:44.576 AND YOU ARE GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. 40:44.576 --> 40:48.052 - OH, YOU'RE GREAT, GOD, WORSHIP YOU. 40:48.052 --> 40:52.521 - GREAT ARE YOU LORD, GREAT ARE YOU LORD, GREAT ARE YOU LORD, 40:52.521 --> 40:55.780 FOR YOU ARE GREAT IN ALL YOUR WAYS. 40:55.780 --> 40:57.056 - YOU ARE GREAT IN ALL YOUR WAYS. 40:57.056 --> 41:01.126 - GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. - GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. 41:02.027 --> 41:05.130 - GREAT ARE YOUR LORD, GREAT ARE YOU LORD, GREAT ARE 41:05.130 --> 41:09.735 YOU LORD, FOR YOU ARE GREAT IN ALL YOUR WAYS, 41:11.003 --> 41:14.974 GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. - WE WORSHIP YOU. 41:16.309 --> 41:18.722 GREAT ARE YOU, LORD. GREAT ARE YOU, LORD. 41:18.722 --> 41:21.532 GREAT ARE YOU, LORD. - GREAT ARE YOU... 41:21.532 --> 41:23.938 - YOU ARE GREAT IN ALL YOUR WAYS. 41:23.938 --> 41:25.282 - OH, WE WORSHIP YOU. 42:06.525 --> 42:08.527 NOW IF YOU NEED A TOUCH FROM GOD, YOU'RE 42:08.527 --> 42:10.342 WATCHING TODAY OR YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, 42:11.572 --> 42:14.422 YOU MIGHT NEED HEALING IN YOUR BODY. SOME OF YOU, I FEEL LIKE 42:14.422 --> 42:19.702 YOU'VE GOT PAIN IN YOUR HEART. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS CAME 42:19.702 --> 42:23.871 INTO THE TEMPLE IN LUKE 4, IN VERSE 18, HE ANNOUNCED IT. HE 42:23.871 --> 42:29.992 SAID, "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD IS UPON ME. HE'S ANOINTED ME 42:29.992 --> 42:32.572 TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED." JUST PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART IF 42:32.572 --> 42:39.831 YOU'RE WATCHING. WE COMMAND YOUR SOUL TO BE RESTORED. ANY WOUNDS, 42:39.831 --> 42:48.112 MEMORIES, ABUSE, WE COMMAND IT TO BE UPROOTED OUT OF YOUR SOUL. 42:50.211 --> 42:56.391 MAY YOUR HEART BE FIXED. MAY YOUR HEART BE HEALED. TAKE A 42:56.391 --> 42:59.346 DEEP BREATH. SAY, "LORD, I RECEIVE THAT IN MY HEART." 43:03.121 --> 43:09.989 NOW SAY, "LORD, I FORGIVE ANYONE THAT HAS WOUNDED MY HEART. 43:11.858 --> 43:18.597 I RECEIVE YOUR TOUCH." JUST BREATHE 43:18.597 --> 43:22.402 THAT IN. SOME OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY 43:22.402 --> 43:25.882 OR YOU'RE WATCHING AND YOU'VE GOT EXTREME PAIN IN YOUR BODY. 43:28.222 --> 43:38.572 ISAIAH 53 GAVE YOU THE CONFIDENCE AND THE KNOWING 43:39.922 --> 43:46.431 BECAUSE IT REVEALS WHAT THE MESSIAH TOOK. HE BORE OUR PAINS. 43:48.021 --> 43:52.641 HE CARRIED OUR SORROWS, OUR GRIEFS, WHICH PAIN, SICKNESSES, 43:52.641 --> 43:58.612 DISEASES. HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS AND BRUISED FOR 43:58.612 --> 44:04.882 OUR INIQUITIES. AND HE TOOK IT ALL. NOTHING WAS LEFT OUT. 44:04.882 --> 44:10.402 THAT'S WHY HE COULD SAY LEGALLY ON THE CROSS, IT IS FINISHED. 44:11.572 --> 44:17.572 DON'T THINK THAT YOUR SITUATION AND SOMEHOW ISN'T INCLUDED IN 44:17.572 --> 44:21.681 THE REDEMPTIVE RIGHT TO BE MADE WELL. IF YOU HAVE PAIN IN YOUR 44:21.681 --> 44:27.681 BODY, SICKNESS, I TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THAT IN THE YESHUA'S NAME. 44:27.681 --> 44:36.891 I COMMAND ALL PAIN. COME OUT. LOOSEN ARTHRITIS, JOINT PAIN, 44:36.891 --> 44:42.382 MUSCLE PAIN, NERVE PAIN. STOP. WHATEVER THE SOURCE OF THAT, WE 44:42.382 --> 44:49.192 SPEAK THE HEALING POWER OF GOD. BE HEALED IN YOUR BODY. WE 44:49.192 --> 44:53.512 COMMAND INFIRMITY, EVERY DEVIL OF INFIRMITY, COME OUT OF THEIR 44:53.512 --> 45:00.621 BODIES. COME OUT. COME OUT. EVERY SYMPTOM OF SICKNESS AND 45:00.621 --> 45:05.512 DISEASE, COME OUT. I SPEAK THAT TO YOU THAT ARE ONLINE. EVERY 45:05.512 --> 45:10.431 SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY, EVERY ILLNESS, EVERY SICKNESS, EVERY 45:10.431 --> 45:19.972 DISEASE, NAME, COME IN THE AUTHORITY OF YESHUA'S NAME. NOW 45:19.972 --> 45:28.702 SAY, "I RECEIVE, I RECEIVE MY HEALING. EVERY CELL, EVERY 45:28.702 --> 45:37.371 FIBER, MY BONES, MY MUSCLES, MY LIGAMENTS, MY BLOOD, MY BLOOD 45:37.371 --> 45:44.541 PRESSURE IS HEALTHY, IS WHOLE. EVERY PART OF MY BODY, EVERY 45:44.541 --> 45:53.632 ORGAN, MY SKIN IS HEALTHY AND WHOLE. ALL THE RIGHTS, 45:53.632 --> 46:00.411 PRIVILEGES, MANIFESTATION OF MY HEALING COVENANT IS OPERATING 46:00.411 --> 46:07.882 AND MANIFESTING THROUGHOUT MY BODY. I WILL LIVE LONG. I WILL 46:07.882 --> 46:16.161 LIVE STRONG IN HEALTH, HEALING, WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND, A 46:16.161 --> 46:21.382 BLESSED MEMORY. I SHALL WALK UPRIGHT WITH STRENGTH IN MY 46:21.382 --> 46:32.452 BODY." COME ON. SEE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND A PRINCIPLE. WHEN YOU 46:32.452 --> 46:38.570 TOUCH GOD, HE ALWAYS WANTS TO TOUCH YOU IN RETURN. COME ON, 46:38.570 --> 46:41.211 WHY DO YOU THINK HIS ARMS WERE SO STRETCHED OUT ON THAT CROSS? 46:42.501 --> 46:44.961 MAN, HE WAS OPENING IT AS WIDE AS HE COULD BECAUSE HE WAS 46:44.961 --> 46:52.672 SAYING, "EVERYTHING, EVERY BRUISE, EVERY LACERATION, EVERY 46:52.672 --> 46:59.871 DROP OF BLOOD IS FOR EVERYTHING." COME ON, THOSE OF 46:59.871 --> 47:06.922 YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, EVERYTHING YOU NEED. THAT'S WHY 47:06.922 --> 47:17.871 HE'S ALWAYS OBLIGED TO BLESS YOU. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WIDEN 47:17.871 --> 47:24.411 HIS SMILE, I'VE LEARNED THAT. I SAW THE LORD SMILE ONE DAY WHEN 47:24.411 --> 47:29.302 I WAS WORSHIPING HIM. AND THE MORE I WORSHIPED, HIS SMILE GOT 47:29.302 --> 47:32.931 WIDER AND WIDER AND WIDER. AND I SAID, "I KNOW I'M A TERRIBLE 47:32.931 --> 47:40.215 SINGER, "BUT I KNOW YOU LIKE THIS." THAT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. 47:41.512 --> 47:47.811 DON'T MAKE YOUR GOAL THAT YOU JUST SING A SONG. OR YOU LIKE 47:47.811 --> 47:53.722 THE FEEL OF THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT, THE BEAT? THE MUSIC, 47:53.722 --> 47:56.092 WHATEVER IT'S CALLED. YOU GUYS KNOW YOU'RE MUSICIANS, I'M NOT. 47:58.371 --> 48:05.692 LET YOUR GOAL BE SPIRIT TO SPIRIT, HEART TO HEART, SMILE TO 48:06.742 --> 48:13.911 SMILE, KISS, THEN HAVE HIS KISS COME BACK ON YOU, AMEN. WELL, 48:13.911 --> 48:17.992 WHAT'S THAT KISS? IT'S CALLED FAVOR. IT'S CALLED BLESSING. 48:17.992 --> 48:25.521 IT'S CALLED APPROVAL. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WOW, I THINK WE'VE BEEN 48:25.521 --> 48:29.362 WITH GOD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, 48:29.362 --> 48:32.572 AND I WANNA INCLUDE YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. I WANT YOU TO SHARE 48:32.572 --> 48:39.172 YOUR NAME AND SAY, "I BET I KNOW WHAT FOOD YOU'RE GOING TO EAT 48:39.172 --> 48:42.561 ON THE 4TH OF JULY." TELL US YOUR NAME ONLINE AND PUT WHAT 48:42.561 --> 48:45.172 FOOD YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, AND I'M GONNA READ IN THE COMMENTS. AND 48:45.172 --> 48:48.635 IF IT LINES UP WITH RIBS, YOU'RE HEARING FROM GOD. 48:48.635 --> 48:50.429 ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO, GREET ONE ANOTHER. 48:50.463 --> 49:30.670 (MUSIC) 49:30.704 --> 49:36.438 - WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING 49:36.442 --> 49:40.731 WITH US, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANNA POINT 49:40.731 --> 49:44.931 OUT THAT THE USHERS HAVE BLUE GIFT BAGS IN THEIR HANDS. IF YOU 49:44.931 --> 49:49.342 DID NOT ALREADY GET ONE AT THE DOOR, IF YOU DID, MAKE SURE YOU 49:49.342 --> 49:51.952 GET ONE FROM THEM. IF YOU DID GET ONE AT THE DOOR, PLEASE TAKE 49:51.952 --> 49:56.902 IT OUT AT THIS TIME. INSIDE, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT WE 49:56.902 --> 50:00.561 WANNA POINT OUT TO YOU. THERE'S A GUEST PACKET IN THERE FOR YOU, 50:00.561 --> 50:03.231 AS WELL AS SOME GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU. SO 50:03.231 --> 50:06.771 PLEASE TAKE THAT GUEST PACKET OUT IF YOU WOULD. IT HAS A 50:06.771 --> 50:08.931 PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. INSIDE THAT, 50:08.931 --> 50:11.541 THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS 50:11.541 --> 50:15.231 WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON THE LEFT 50:15.231 --> 50:17.902 HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR IT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE 50:17.902 --> 50:20.871 OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST 50:20.871 --> 50:24.112 WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING. 50:24.112 --> 50:26.481 IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, 50:26.481 --> 50:29.961 YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE 50:29.961 --> 50:32.391 OUT THERE, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. ALSO 50:32.391 --> 50:36.163 WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET. CONNECT WITH US 50:36.163 --> 50:38.922 ON ONE VOICE TV BECAUSE YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER 50:38.922 --> 50:42.402 GREAT CONTENT, NOT ONLY SERVICES, BUT "GET REAL WITH 50:42.402 --> 50:46.847 HANK", "DAILY DECREE", "GAME CHANGERS", "FLASHPOINT", MANY, 50:46.847 --> 50:48.748 MANY MORE. THEY'LL PUT ALL THOSE UP 50:48.748 --> 50:51.402 THERE FOR YOU AS WELL. SO PLEASE GET CONNECTED ON 50:51.402 --> 50:54.583 ONE VOICE TV BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU GET 50:54.583 --> 50:56.789 BLESSED BY ALL THE GREAT CONTENT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER 50:56.789 --> 51:01.003 JUST FOR YOU. WELL, SEPTEMBER'S COMING. 51:01.003 --> 51:03.342 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 51:03.342 --> 51:07.393 OPENING THE HEAVENS 2025. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED IN THE ROOM 51:07.393 --> 51:12.733 OR ONLINE, YOU NEED TO GET REGISTERED. AND I KNOW, YOU 51:12.733 --> 51:15.793 KNOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE IF YOU 51:15.793 --> 51:20.382 HAVEN'T BEEN THERE. YOU NEED TO COME AND EXPERIENCE THE ROOM 51:20.382 --> 51:24.217 WITH US. HERE'S A LITTLE SAMPLE FOR YOU. WATCH THIS. 51:26.353 --> 51:29.623 - I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS LAUNCHING. AND OUR KING IS GOING 51:29.623 --> 51:33.163 TO MOVE TO THE CENTER AND RISE IN HIS CHURCH. 51:33.163 --> 51:38.097 - THIS IS THE FINAL MOVE OF THE LORD, SAITH GOD. IT'S GONNA GET 51:38.097 --> 51:42.101 MORE INTENSE, MORE POWERFUL, AND MORE GREAT. 51:42.402 --> 51:44.771 - AIN'T NOTHING GONNA KEEP YOU BACK. 51:44.771 --> 51:47.507 AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HOLD YOU DOWN. AND THAT'S 51:47.507 --> 51:51.677 WHEN YOU SAY, "NOT TODAY, SATAN, NOT TODAY." 51:52.278 --> 51:54.280 - OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 51:54.280 --> 51:56.782 11TH-14TH AT THE MID -AMERICA CENTER. 51:57.016 --> 51:59.226 DON'T MISS THIS DIVINE APPOINTMENT OF GOD'S 51:59.233 --> 52:01.788 REMNANT. TOGETHER WE'LL BOLDLY RELEASE 52:01.788 --> 52:04.123 THE SOUND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE. 52:04.157 --> 52:07.626 - IF GOD IS MOVING, PEOPLE WILL COME 52:07.626 --> 52:10.295 FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. 52:12.465 --> 52:15.219 - GET YOUR VOICE AND RAISE IT BECAUSE 52:15.219 --> 52:20.139 IT'S TIME TO PURSUE, OVERTAKE AND WITHOUT FAIL 52:20.139 --> 52:24.483 AMERICA. YOU WILL RECOVER ALL. LET EVERY DEVIL FALL. 52:24.483 --> 52:27.914 LET EVERY EVIL AGENDA BE EXPOSED. 52:28.315 --> 52:31.317 REGISTER TODAY AT OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG. 52:33.887 --> 52:35.621 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 52:35.621 --> 52:37.891 - HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS? 52:38.657 --> 52:40.673 WHOA, THREE OF YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE 52:40.673 --> 52:41.833 EXCITED ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS? 52:41.833 --> 52:44.288 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 52:44.288 --> 52:46.632 WELL, REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED YET, MAKE SURE TO DO 52:46.632 --> 52:49.393 SO. NOW, I JUST WANNA TAKE A QUICK MINUTE OF YOUR TIME WITH 52:49.393 --> 52:52.543 AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT CORE YOUTH. WE ARE EXCITED THAT OUR 52:52.543 --> 52:57.043 CORE YOUTH RETREAT IS COMING UP AUGUST 3RD THROUGH 6TH. SO I 52:57.043 --> 53:00.012 WANTED TO ANNOUNCE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE, I KNOW THAT IF 53:00.012 --> 53:03.463 YOU HAVE A YOUTH AGE STUDENT, THEY NEVER FORGET TO SAY 53:03.463 --> 53:09.193 ANYTHING OR TO BRING ANY PAPERS HOME. SO JUST IN CASE THE SLIGHT 53:09.193 --> 53:11.922 CHANCE THAT ONE OF YOUR YOUTH AGE STUDENTS DID, WE DID WANT TO 53:11.922 --> 53:15.012 REMIND YOU THAT YOUTH RETREAT IS AUGUST 3RD THROUGH THE 6TH. WE 53:15.012 --> 53:17.773 DO HAVE A QR CODE IF THEY COULD PUT IT UP ON THE SCREENS. IF YOU 53:17.773 --> 53:20.592 HAVEN'T REGISTERED YOUR YOUTH AGE CHILD YET, PLEASE MAKE SURE 53:20.592 --> 53:23.652 TO DO SO. SPOTS ARE FILLING UP AND WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED FOR 53:23.652 --> 53:26.362 WHAT GOD'S GOING TO DO DURING THAT TIME. IF YOU ARE AN 53:26.362 --> 53:29.041 E -MEMBER AND YOU HAVE A YOUTH AGE CHILD, YOU 53:29.041 --> 53:32.711 CAN REGISTER AS WELL. WE'RE EXTENDING OUR INVITATIONS 53:32.711 --> 53:34.880 TO YOUR YOUTH AGE STUDENTS FOR OUR E -MEMBERS. 53:34.880 --> 53:37.360 SO GO AHEAD, REGISTER THEM AND WE CAN SCHEDULE A TIME 53:37.362 --> 53:40.362 WHERE WE COULD MEET YOU OVER A VIDEO CALL AND JUST GET READY 53:40.362 --> 53:41.713 FOR THAT. BUT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE 53:41.713 --> 53:46.813 EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD'S DOING IN THIS GENERATION? OUR THEME FOR 53:46.813 --> 53:49.693 THIS CONFERENCE IS CHOSEN IDENTITY. THAT THAT GRAPHIC IS 53:49.693 --> 53:52.932 ALSO UP AND GOD IS UP TO SOMETHING, RIGHT? WHEN THE DEVIL 53:52.932 --> 53:55.663 TRIES TO STEAL SOMETHING, A, WE KNOW HE CAN'T, BUT B, THERE'S 53:55.663 --> 53:58.963 GONNA BE A GREAT RESTORATION IN THIS GENERATION WHEN WE REALIZE 53:58.963 --> 54:03.047 WHOSE WE ARE, AND WHO WE ARE IN HIM. AMEN. SO JUST WANT TO 54:03.047 --> 54:05.112 REMIND YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED, PLEASE VISIT THAT 54:05.112 --> 54:08.143 LINK IN THAT QR CODE AND REGISTER. ALSO FOR ALL CAMP 54:08.143 --> 54:10.992 GOERS, THERE IS GOING TO BE A PARENT MEETING, IF YOU WANT TO 54:10.992 --> 54:15.313 WRITE THIS DOWN ON SUNDAY, JULY 13, IMMEDIATELY AFTER SERVICE. 54:15.313 --> 54:18.373 SO PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THAT SUNDAY, JULY 13, WE'RE GONNA 54:18.373 --> 54:20.862 HAVE A PARENT MEETING FOR ALL CAMP GOERS WHERE WE GO OVER 54:20.862 --> 54:24.686 EXPECTATIONS AND KIND OF WHAT YOUR CHILDREN CAN EXPECT. IS 54:24.686 --> 54:27.583 THAT OKAY? WELL, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. THANK YOU FOR WHAT 54:27.583 --> 54:30.612 YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR CHILDREN'S LIFE AND TRUSTING THEM IN OUR 54:30.612 --> 54:32.409 YOUTH GROUP. AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD'S GONNA 54:32.409 --> 54:34.510 DO IN THEIR LIVES THOSE DAYS. SO AGAIN, AUGUST 54:34.510 --> 54:37.141 3RD THROUGH THE 7TH FOR A CORE YOUTH RETREAT. WANNA 54:37.141 --> 54:38.844 THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, PASTOR HANK. 54:38.844 --> 54:44.271 - THANK YOU. AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY. HAPPY 29TH, MIKE. 54:44.271 --> 54:45.117 - YES, YES, AMEN. 54:45.117 --> 54:49.289 IS IT 29TH? OKAY, WE LOVE YOU. I WAS A 54:49.289 --> 54:52.572 YOUTH PASTOR. IT'S NOT AN EASY, EASY. SO WE DO 54:52.572 --> 54:55.992 APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE GOT GREAT YOUTH. GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO 54:55.992 --> 55:01.092 THE YOUTH THERE. SO, HOPEFULLY IN THE COMMENTS YOU DID FIND 55:01.092 --> 55:04.333 OUT, AND I'LL FIND OUT LATER WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR 55:04.333 --> 55:06.793 FOURTH OF JULY, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE 55:06.793 --> 55:09.253 PRAYING IN TONGUES, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT 55:09.253 --> 55:14.172 THAT WAS SCARY. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S SCARIER IS IF CACKLIN' 55:14.172 --> 55:19.483 KAMALA HAMAS WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT. OR THAT NUT JOB 55:20.532 --> 55:26.052 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND MAYOR IN NEW YORK. OR HOW ABOUT THIS, IF 55:26.052 --> 55:32.742 THE CONGRESS SEAT, DON BACON GOES TO THE LIBERAL, THAT'S 55:32.742 --> 55:37.302 SCARIER. JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE 55:37.302 --> 55:42.463 THAT, BUT YOU GOTTA LEARN, WHEN IT COMES TO GOD, WE DON'T SAY 55:42.463 --> 55:49.092 THAT SCARES ME, NO. NO, GOD, I WANNA KNOW, I WANNA EXPERIENCE. 55:49.092 --> 55:52.663 I WANT THAT IN MY LIFE. THAT'S HOW YOU GET AN ENCOUNTER, AMEN? 55:52.663 --> 55:55.422 ALL RIGHT, WELL LISTEN, THERE'S A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WON'T GO 55:55.422 --> 55:58.572 REAL LONG, BUT JUST MAKE SURE, OTH, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE 55:58.572 --> 56:01.572 ALREADY REGISTERED? I WANNA SEE IF YOU'VE BEHAVED YOURSELF. 56:01.572 --> 56:04.603 OKAY, HOW MANY HAVE NOT REGISTERED? NO, BE HONEST, I'M 56:04.603 --> 56:08.322 NOT GONNA SCOLD YOU. OKAY, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO, 56:08.322 --> 56:12.193 PLEASE. HOW ABOUT YOU? YOU THAT ARE ONLINE, IT'S NOT TOO LATE. 56:12.193 --> 56:16.693 AND BY THE WAY, IT WILL BE A LIVE STREAM, BUT I WANNA SEE YOU 56:16.693 --> 56:20.262 IN THE ROOM. AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO REGISTER IF YOU'RE GONNA BE 56:20.262 --> 56:24.043 HERE IN PERSON. I WANNA FILL THAT PLACE UP BECAUSE WE'RE 56:24.043 --> 56:27.583 GOING TO PRAY, AND MAYBE NEXT WEEK I MIGHT SHOW THE CLIP. HOW 56:27.583 --> 56:31.182 MANY WERE HERE WHEN WE DID THE SMOKE ON THE WATER? AND WE 56:31.182 --> 56:34.992 PRAYED. THERE WAS A MAJOR SHIFT THAT TOOK PLACE. SO I THINK 56:34.992 --> 56:37.302 WE'RE GONNA PRAY. WE'RE GONNA PRAY OVER OMAHA A LITTLE BIT, 56:37.302 --> 56:40.123 BUT WE'RE GONNA PRAY OVER, LET'S PRAY OVER THE MIDTERMS. AND 56:40.123 --> 56:46.902 THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MY SPIRIT WAS ON ALERT ABOUT GOING INTO 56:46.902 --> 56:49.333 THE FALL, WHERE GOD SAID SOMETHING TO ME TO START 56:49.333 --> 56:53.802 PRAYING. SO WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD FALL, AMEN, A PEACEFUL 56:53.802 --> 56:58.693 FALL, AMEN. SO LET'S GET THERE IN SEPTEMBER AND LET'S DO OUR 56:58.693 --> 57:01.663 PRAYER. SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THERE TO OTH. I DO ALSO WANT 57:01.663 --> 57:05.143 TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE FLASHPOINT. I'LL BE ON 57:05.143 --> 57:09.313 MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THEN I'LL BE IN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAY 57:09.313 --> 57:12.762 LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? IF YOU'RE FROM 57:12.762 --> 57:15.313 KENTUCKY, IS THAT WHERE YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR THROAT? 57:15.313 --> 57:19.572 LOUISVILLE, LOUISVILLE OR WHATEVER. WHEN PASTOR BOB ROGERS 57:19.572 --> 57:21.432 WAS HERE, HE SAID, "YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT RIGHT." I WAS LIKE, 57:21.432 --> 57:26.563 "BOB, I'M A MIDWEST GUY. WE'RE THE ONES THAT PEOPLE HIRE TO DO 57:26.563 --> 57:31.063 BROADCAST TV" RIGHT? PEOPLE WITHOUT AN ACCENT. SO, 57:31.063 --> 57:34.902 LOU-IS-VILLE, MEET US THERE ON JULY 3RD. THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA 57:34.902 --> 57:37.693 BE, AND THEY'LL BE THERE JULY 4TH. I'M ONLY COMING FOR ONE 57:37.693 --> 57:41.626 NIGHT, AND SO THAT'S ALL I COULD HAVE DONE WITH MY SCHEDULE, SO 57:41.626 --> 57:44.516 I'LL BE THERE. I GET TO MEET ED RUSH AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, 57:44.516 --> 57:50.362 "ED, BRING YOUR PLANT, IT'LL BE A GREAT STAGE DECOR." SO, AND I, 57:50.362 --> 57:54.193 HEY, TALKING ABOUT FLASHPOINT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST 57:54.193 --> 57:58.152 TIME IN ALMOST FIVE YEARS, I'VE BEEN ON FLASHPOINT PRETTY 57:58.152 --> 58:02.443 FAITHFULLY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. AND THEN I'VE BEEN ON TWICE A 58:02.443 --> 58:05.534 WEEK FOR A YEAR AND OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, 'CAUSE THE LORD SAID 58:05.534 --> 58:11.592 TO DO IT. AND HERE'S THE THING, I TRIED LAST YEAR TO TAKE A TWO 58:11.592 --> 58:15.373 WEEK BREAK, AND THEY HAD THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST 58:15.373 --> 58:17.478 TRUMP, AND SO THEN THEY CALLED ME, SAID, "CAN YOU COME ON?" I 58:17.478 --> 58:21.432 WAS LIKE, "YEAH." BUT THIS YEAR, I AM TAKING A THREE WEEK 58:21.432 --> 58:26.532 VACATION HERE IN JULY WITH MAMA. AND I'M NOT GONNA BE ON 58:26.532 --> 58:30.612 FLASHPOINT, AND IF YOU ASK FLASHPOINT, NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT 58:30.612 --> 58:34.753 GONNA BE ON. AND THEY RESPECT THAT. I'M TAKING A BREAK. I NEED 58:34.753 --> 58:37.603 A BREAK. YOU NEED ME TO TAKE A BREAK. YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE ME 58:37.603 --> 58:41.023 FOR THREE WEEKS ON THERE. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, BRENDA AND I 58:41.023 --> 58:45.429 WILL BE ON VACATION STARTING, WE WILL BE ON VACATION JULY 13TH. 58:45.429 --> 58:47.532 WE'RE ONLY GONNA BE ON VACATION THREE WEEKS, BUT WE'RE ONLY 58:47.532 --> 58:53.682 GONNA MISS TWO SUNDAYS. AND SO JULY 13TH, DR. RICHARD ROBERTS 58:53.682 --> 58:58.452 WILL BE HERE, AND HE'S HAVING NOTABLE MIRACLES. YOU WANT TO BE 58:58.452 --> 59:02.172 HERE IF YOU NEED HEALING. AND I'M TELLING YOU, NOTABLE 59:02.172 --> 59:07.452 MIRACLES, DOCUMENTED MIRACLES, CONFIRMED BY DOCTOR MIRACLES. I 59:07.452 --> 59:09.853 MEAN, THEY ARE REALLY MANIFEST IN HIS MINISTRY, SO MAKE SURE 59:09.853 --> 59:14.262 YOU GET HERE. AND THEN ALSO, JULY 20TH, DR. GENE BAILEY WILL 59:14.262 --> 59:18.672 BE HERE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT TIME OVER 59:18.672 --> 59:20.652 THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND THEN LASTLY, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT 59:20.652 --> 59:26.893 SIDE, IS THIS WEDNESDAY COMING UP, BEFORE I LEAVE TO GO TO 59:26.893 --> 59:30.913 FLASHPOINT THE NEXT DAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A NIGHT OF PRAYER 59:30.913 --> 59:35.172 FOR AMERICA. AND YOU CAN JOIN US ONLINE, PLEASE. LET'S PRAY FOR 59:35.172 --> 59:39.313 OUR COUNTRY. IT'S GONNA BE POWERHOUSE. OUR PRAYER TEAM WILL 59:39.313 --> 59:41.592 COME UP. WE'LL BE HERE, BRENDA AND I, AND WE'LL GET OUT. 59:41.592 --> 59:43.150 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 59:43.150 --> 59:45.978 SEE, I SCARED YOU AGAIN. EVERY LIBERAL DEVIL WILL RUN. 59:45.978 --> 59:47.425 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 59:48.755 --> 59:50.222 AND THEN I MIGHT EVEN KICK MY FOOT. 59:50.389 --> 59:54.094 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 59:56.096 --> 59:59.099 SO ANYWAY, THERE YOU GO. AND I'LL TEACH 59:59.099 --> 01:00:00.815 YOU HOW TO KICK AND PRAY IN TONGUES AT THE 01:00:00.815 --> 01:00:02.768 SAME TIME AND YOU'LL GET A KICK OUT OF IT. ALL RIGHT, 01:00:02.768 --> 01:00:05.382 THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO OPEN YOUR BIBLES. IT'S 01:00:05.382 --> 01:00:09.103 OFFERING TIME, ARE YOU READY? I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ACTS 3 01:00:09.103 --> 01:00:11.322 I WANNA SHOW YOU A PRINCIPLE VERY QUICKLY. I WANNA 01:00:11.322 --> 01:00:13.932 GET MAMA UP HERE 'CAUSE SHE'S GOT A GREAT WORD 'CAUSE SHE TOLD 01:00:13.932 --> 01:00:18.612 ME AND I BELIEVE HER. "NOW WHEN PETER AND JOHN WENT UP TOGETHER 01:00:18.612 --> 01:00:21.853 IN THE TEMPLE OF THE HOUR OF PRAYER, BEING THE NINTH HOUR," 01:00:21.853 --> 01:00:26.202 VERSE 2, "A CERTAIN MAN FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB WAS CARRIED 01:00:26.202 --> 01:00:29.682 THERE DAILY..." SO THERE WAS A DAILY ROUTINE, A DAILY HABIT, 01:00:29.682 --> 01:00:34.152 DAILY, I BET, NEGATIVITY, "OH, HERE I GO AGAIN." "WHICH WAS 01:00:34.152 --> 01:00:36.349 CALLED BEAUTIFUL," BUT THINGS WEREN'T VERY BEAUTIFUL IN THAT 01:00:36.349 --> 01:00:41.528 GUY'S LIFE. AND EVERY DAY HE WENT AND HE WAS A BEGGAR. THEY 01:00:41.528 --> 01:00:43.869 PUT HIM OUT THE OUTSIDE OF THE TEMPLE. VERSE 3, LET'S 01:00:43.869 --> 01:00:47.978 CONTINUE. "WHO SEEING PETER AND JOHN ABOUT TO GO IN, HE ASKED 01:00:47.978 --> 01:00:51.431 HIM FOR SOMETHING." VERSE 4, "AND PETER 01:00:51.431 --> 01:00:53.485 FASTENED HIS EYES UPON HIM WITH JOHN..." 01:00:53.485 --> 01:00:56.168 HOW MANY HAVE EVER SEEN WHERE AN ANOINTING 01:00:56.168 --> 01:01:00.278 COMES OUT OF SOMEBODY'S EYES? YOU KNOW, AND IT CAN BE VERY 01:01:00.278 --> 01:01:02.829 INTIMIDATING. I'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN TO ME A COUPLE TIMES WHEN 01:01:02.829 --> 01:01:06.938 BRENDA LOOKS AT ME, I'M LIKE, (GROANS) YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW? 01:01:06.938 --> 01:01:10.179 I REPENT. "YES, DEAR, I WILL DO ALL THE HONEY 01:01:10.179 --> 01:01:12.518 -DO LIST." I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY. I WISH THAT ANOINTING WOULDN'T 01:01:12.518 --> 01:01:15.849 COME OUT OF HER EYES WHEN I'M ASKED TO DO SOMETHING, BUT IT 01:01:15.849 --> 01:01:21.369 BRINGS THE FEAR OF BRENDA ON ME. I DON'T, OH, I THOUGHT YOU 01:01:21.369 --> 01:01:24.818 WEREN'T LISTENING. OKAY, ANYWAY. NOW, HOW MANY HUSBANDS KNOW, 01:01:24.818 --> 01:01:28.449 WOMEN, THEY HEAR EVERYTHING. YES, THEY DO, ALL RIGHT. I LOVE 01:01:28.449 --> 01:01:32.139 HER. I LIKE TO TEASE HER. SHE TEASED ME BACK. SHE HIT ME 01:01:32.139 --> 01:01:34.509 PRETTY HARD THESE LAST FEW WEEKS IN PREACHING, SO I FIGURED I 01:01:34.509 --> 01:01:36.759 NEEDED TO EVEN THE SCORE. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE TOLD ME 01:01:36.759 --> 01:01:41.139 ABOUT THE GRAND CANYON THAT I WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE BRIM. AND I 01:01:41.139 --> 01:01:44.559 WANNA SAY THIS PUBLICLY, IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT 01:01:44.559 --> 01:01:46.748 ISSUE, IT WAS 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR ICE CREAM. SO 01:01:46.748 --> 01:01:51.009 ANYWAY, LOOK AT VERSE 5. YOU BELIEVE THAT, THANK YOU, I SO 01:01:51.009 --> 01:01:53.380 LOVE YOU, YOU ARE SO GREAT, YOU ARE 01:01:53.380 --> 01:01:56.679 SO GREAT. "AND HE GAVE HEED," 01:01:56.679 --> 01:01:59.289 QUIT LAUGHING OVER THERE, MY MOM'S SAYING SOMETHING. MOM, 01:01:59.289 --> 01:02:04.929 YOU'RE RUINING MY OFFERING MESSAGE. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S 01:02:04.929 --> 01:02:08.318 NOTHING LIKE HAVING A WIFE AND A MOTHER IN THE SAME CHURCH 01:02:08.318 --> 01:02:11.349 SERVICE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING 'CAUSE THEY WILL 01:02:12.849 --> 01:02:18.668 SET THE FACTS STRAIGHT. OKAY. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, I'M TALKING 01:02:18.668 --> 01:02:21.699 TO YOU WHO REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT I'M SAYING. THESE GUYS, 01:02:21.699 --> 01:02:25.898 THEY JUST CHECKED OUT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TODAY. ALL RIGHT. 01:02:27.099 --> 01:02:29.277 "AND HE GAVE HEED UNTO THEM." NOW WATCH 01:02:29.277 --> 01:02:31.043 THIS. HE WAS "EXPECTING TO RECEIVE 01:02:31.043 --> 01:02:33.817 SOMETHING OF THEM." STOP RIGHT THERE. WHAT WAS HE 01:02:33.817 --> 01:02:40.989 EXPECTING? THE SAME OLD THING. A HANDOUT. NOT MUCH REALLY TO 01:02:40.989 --> 01:02:44.619 CHANGE A SITUATION. NOT MUCH REALLY TO CHANGE HIS LIFE. 01:02:44.619 --> 01:02:49.148 THAT'S HOW PEOPLE APPROACH GOD WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR GIVING. 01:02:49.148 --> 01:02:52.179 "YEAH, I'M GONNA PUT A FEW DOLLARS IN THE OFFERING PLATE." 01:02:52.179 --> 01:02:55.288 "OH, HERE'S MY TITHE. I GUESS I'M GONNA DO IT." "NO, 01:02:55.288 --> 01:02:56.943 IT'S OFFERING TIME, THEY'RE TAKING TOO 01:02:56.943 --> 01:03:00.369 LONG." WELL, YOU'RE JUST EXPECTING TO 01:03:00.369 --> 01:03:05.018 RECEIVE THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD. AND YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL THAT 01:03:05.018 --> 01:03:09.039 YOU DON'T GET INTO WHAT I CALL GIVING HABITS. NOW, GIVING 01:03:09.039 --> 01:03:12.489 HABITS LIKE YOU SHOULD GIVE, YES, KEEP THAT HABIT, BUT GIVING 01:03:12.489 --> 01:03:15.818 HABITS OF HAVING A BAD ATTITUDE. GOD SAID HE LOVES A CHEERFUL 01:03:15.818 --> 01:03:19.088 GIVER. MALACHI 3 SAYS, "WATCH YOUR WORDS WHEN YOU 01:03:19.088 --> 01:03:21.938 GIVE," BECAUSE GOD NOTICED. HE SAID, "HEY, MAN, YOUR WORDS ARE 01:03:21.938 --> 01:03:26.918 STOUT AGAINST ME." WE NEED TO WATCH THOSE HABITS. "OH, I'M 01:03:26.918 --> 01:03:32.318 GOING TO GIVE, BUT BOY, I STILL HAVE MORE BILLS THAN I DO 01:03:32.318 --> 01:03:35.315 OFFERING." HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN THERE? I HAVE. YOU'VE 01:03:35.315 --> 01:03:38.108 GOT TO WATCH YOUR WORDS. WATCH YOUR WORDS. YOU'VE 01:03:38.108 --> 01:03:41.648 GOT TO WATCH YOUR ATTITUDE. DON'T GET IN THE MINDSET THAT 01:03:41.648 --> 01:03:45.759 YOU'RE EXPECTING SOMETHING, BUT THE WRONG THING. YOU'RE NOT 01:03:45.759 --> 01:03:49.298 EXPECTING BREAKTHROUGH, NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING TO CHANGE. 01:03:50.438 --> 01:03:54.489 YOU'RE JUST EXPECTING IT'S JUST ANOTHER OFFERING. I NEVER 01:03:54.489 --> 01:03:57.818 APPROACH AN OFFERING THAT WAY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT 01:03:57.818 --> 01:04:00.135 THERE'S SOMETHING CONNECTED TO MY OFFERING. 01:04:00.135 --> 01:04:04.844 LOOK AT MALACHI 3:9-10. THERE'S SOMETHING 01:04:04.844 --> 01:04:08.978 CONNECTED RIGHT THERE AS YOU'RE WRITING OUT YOUR 01:04:08.978 --> 01:04:11.684 CHECK. I LOVE YOU GRANDMAS, GRANDPAS, YOU GUYS THAT ARE 01:04:11.684 --> 01:04:14.259 WRITING OUT YOUR CHECKS. WE CHERISH THAT. BUT FOR THOSE OF 01:04:14.259 --> 01:04:16.599 YOU THAT MAYBE YOU GOT YOUR CELL PHONE OUT, OR YOU THAT ARE IN 01:04:16.599 --> 01:04:21.608 THE ROOM, DON'T BE LIKE THE BEGGAR. YOU'RE EXPECTING TO 01:04:21.608 --> 01:04:25.208 RECEIVE SOMETHING, BUT IN YOUR MIND, IT'S JUST THE SAME OLD, 01:04:25.208 --> 01:04:30.878 SAME OLD. I'M EXPECTING TO SEE MY ACCOUNT GO DOWN. I'M 01:04:30.878 --> 01:04:34.119 EXPECTING TO SEE NOT MUCH MONEY LEFT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 01:04:36.219 --> 01:04:40.809 BUT LOOK AT WHAT MALACHI 3 SAYS. WE SHOULD EXPECT THE GOD 01:04:40.809 --> 01:04:44.409 FACTOR. COME ON, YOU'VE HEARD ME ON FLASHPOINT, THE VERY THING 01:04:44.409 --> 01:04:47.409 THAT WOULD FRUSTRATE ME THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS THAT I WAS ON 01:04:47.409 --> 01:04:51.369 FLASHPOINT IS PEOPLE WHO GOT ON AND PONTIFICATED, WHETHER IT BE 01:04:51.369 --> 01:04:55.688 ON THE TV SET OR ON THE PLATFORM. AND IT'S FINE, YOU CAN 01:04:55.688 --> 01:04:58.059 PONTIFICATE, YOU CAN BE A POLITICAL PUNDIT, YOU COULD BE 01:04:58.059 --> 01:05:00.579 AS BRILLIANT, YOU COULD BE A CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERT, YOU COULD 01:05:00.579 --> 01:05:03.849 BE THIS, YOU COULD BE THAT, BUT IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND OR 01:05:03.849 --> 01:05:08.139 INCLUDE THE GOD FACTOR IN YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE LIMITING 01:05:08.139 --> 01:05:14.619 YOURSELF, YOUR PERSPECTIVE ISN'T 100% AND YOU'RE GONNA GRIEVE THE 01:05:14.619 --> 01:05:17.798 HOLY ONE. GOD WANTS TO BE INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING. THAT'S 01:05:19.028 --> 01:05:24.608 WHY HE SAYS HE'S THE LORD OF ALL. AND IF YOU LET GOD HAVE THE 01:05:24.608 --> 01:05:28.065 GOD FACTOR, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR NATION. 01:05:28.065 --> 01:05:31.719 WHEN YOU GOT A PRESIDENT, AS HE'S GOING OVER TO IRAN, SAYS, 01:05:31.719 --> 01:05:37.449 "GOD, WE LOVE YOU." THAT WAS AMAZING. THAT BRINGS THE SMILE 01:05:37.449 --> 01:05:40.869 OF GOD DOWN. IF YOU HATE THE MAN, YOU OUGHT TO FEEL REAL GOOD 01:05:40.869 --> 01:05:43.358 ABOUT WHAT HE SAID THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU MAINTAIN 01:05:43.358 --> 01:05:49.659 A BLESSING. NOW, LOOK AT VERSE, LET'S JUST GO TO, "YOUR CURSE OF 01:05:49.659 --> 01:05:51.871 THE CURSE, YOU'VE ROBBED ME THIS WHOLE NATION." LOOK AT VERSE 10. 01:05:51.871 --> 01:05:54.668 NOW WATCH. "BRING ALL YOUR TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE THAT 01:05:54.668 --> 01:05:57.818 THERE MAY BE MEAT IN MY HOUSE, AND PROVE ME HERE, SAYETH THE 01:05:57.818 --> 01:06:02.048 LORD OF HOSTS." NOW WATCH THE SPIRITUAL COMPONENT. WATCH WHAT 01:06:02.048 --> 01:06:05.559 HAPPENS. DON'T BE LIKE THE BEGGAR WHO JUST EXPECTS THE SAME 01:06:05.559 --> 01:06:09.068 OLD, SAME OLD. DAILY ROUTINES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. SAME OLD 01:06:09.068 --> 01:06:11.858 BROKEN DOWN STUPID CAR, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL IT. DON'T 01:06:11.858 --> 01:06:15.009 CALL IT THAT. SAME OLD, SAME OLD. I'M JUST RENTING AN 01:06:15.009 --> 01:06:18.429 APARTMENT. I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO OWN A HOUSE. I'LL NEVER BE ABLE 01:06:18.429 --> 01:06:21.248 TO GET AWAY FROM THESE GOOFBALL NEIGHBORS. I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO 01:06:21.248 --> 01:06:25.309 HAVE A NICE PIECE OF CLOTHING. I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE A 01:06:25.309 --> 01:06:30.909 TRIP. I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW. ARE YOU HERE? I MEAN, THIS 01:06:30.909 --> 01:06:34.989 IS REAL LIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE BEGGAR DID. BUT GOD'S 01:06:34.989 --> 01:06:39.608 SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, IF YOU WILL TITHE, "BRING ME NOW THE 01:06:39.608 --> 01:06:43.148 TITHES INTO MY STOREHOUSE, I'LL OPEN TO YOU THE WINDOWS OF 01:06:43.148 --> 01:06:46.568 HEAVEN." COME ON, THERE'S A SUPERNATURAL COMPONENT. IF YOU 01:06:46.568 --> 01:06:51.639 GIVE, I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING OF THE SUPERNATURAL KIND. THAT'S 01:06:51.639 --> 01:06:56.139 WHY ACTS 3, MY OPENING TEXT, PETER LOOKS AT HIM AND SAYS, 01:06:56.139 --> 01:06:59.228 HEY, LOOK, I HAVE SILVER AND GOLD I DON'T HAVE. IT WASN'T AN 01:06:59.228 --> 01:07:01.869 ISSUE OF MONEY. HE WAS SAYING, I HAVE SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL THAT 01:07:01.869 --> 01:07:06.548 YOU NEED TO START EXPECTING TO RECEIVE. COME ON, IF A MINISTER 01:07:06.548 --> 01:07:10.028 PRAYS A PRAYER FOR YOU TO BE HEALED, DON'T JUST SIT THERE AND 01:07:10.028 --> 01:07:13.929 CRITICIZE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT 01:07:13.929 --> 01:07:16.268 DIDN'T GET HEALED. WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING TO 01:07:16.268 --> 01:07:20.588 RECEIVE ANYTHING. DON'T SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE TRYING TO ALWAYS 01:07:20.588 --> 01:07:23.679 FIND WHAT'S NOT WORKING OR WHAT'S NOT RIGHT AND START 01:07:23.679 --> 01:07:27.728 DISCOVERING THE BIBLE ON WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT DOES WORK. AND 01:07:27.728 --> 01:07:34.418 YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR EXPECTANCY CONNECTED TO THE GOD FACTOR. THE 01:07:34.418 --> 01:07:36.728 WINDOWS OF HEAVEN WILL BE OPEN AND YOU'LL BE POURED OUT 01:07:36.728 --> 01:07:42.608 BLESSINGS. SO MUCH, THIS IS GOD SPEAKING. SO MUCH BLESSINGS THAT 01:07:42.608 --> 01:07:47.018 YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE IT. NOW, LOOK AT THE 01:07:47.018 --> 01:07:49.264 NEXT THING. GOD DEALS WITH THE DEVIL. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD 01:07:49.264 --> 01:07:53.318 LIKE THE DEVIL DEALT WITH ON YOUR BEHALF? LOOK AT YOUR GIVING 01:07:53.318 --> 01:07:56.708 IS CONNECTED TO GOD DEALING WITH THE DEVIL, YOUR TITHING. HE 01:07:56.708 --> 01:07:59.978 SAID, "I'M GOING TO REBUKE THE DEVIL, THE DEVOURER FOR YOUR 01:07:59.978 --> 01:08:05.585 SAKE. PROVE ME WITH IT." NOW LAST SCRIPTURE, ACTS 10:1. 01:08:06.253 --> 01:08:08.679 AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. LOOK AT THIS. 01:08:08.679 --> 01:08:14.469 BRING ACTS 3:1, OR ACTS 10, EXCUSE ME, VERSE 1. SORRY 01:08:14.469 --> 01:08:17.395 ABOUT THAT. AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT CORNELIUS, 01:08:17.395 --> 01:08:19.703 OKAY? "THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN IN CAESAREA 01:08:19.703 --> 01:08:22.059 CALLED CORNELIUS, A CENTURION OF THE 01:08:22.059 --> 01:08:23.603 BAND CALLED THE ITALIAN BAND." SO THEY 01:08:23.603 --> 01:08:25.118 WERE A ROCK AND ROLL BAND. 01:08:25.118 --> 01:08:28.179 AND THEY'RE GONNA BE UP AT, THE LORD ALREADY LAID ON MY HEART 01:08:28.179 --> 01:08:31.118 THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE THE OPENING ACT AT THE MARRIAGE 01:08:31.118 --> 01:08:34.359 SUPPER OF THE LAND. ALL RIGHT, CORNELIUS AND YOUR ITALIAN BAND 01:08:34.359 --> 01:08:36.759 COME UP. THEY'RE GONNA BE UP THERE, "ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY 01:08:36.759 --> 01:08:39.590 ENJOY THE LASAGNA AND THE SPAGHETTI. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SING 01:08:39.590 --> 01:08:43.628 A ONE AND A TWO AND A THREE." SO THERE WAS THE BAND, THERE WAS 01:08:43.628 --> 01:08:48.819 ROCK AND ROLL. I'M HELPING YOU INTERPRET YOUR BIBLE. NOW LET'S 01:08:48.819 --> 01:08:54.189 GO TO VERSE 2. I SHOULD WRITE THE BIBLE, THE CARTOON EDITION. 01:08:56.019 --> 01:09:00.472 NO, MY WIFE SAID NO. ALL RIGHT, HE WAS A DEVOUT MAN. SEE, I TOLD 01:09:00.472 --> 01:09:02.738 YOU IT'S DANGEROUS TO HAVE A WIFE AND A MOM BE IN THE SAME 01:09:02.738 --> 01:09:05.768 ROOM WHEN YOU'RE A PREACHER. "AND A DEVOUT MAN, ONE THAT 01:09:05.768 --> 01:09:07.412 FEARED GOD WITH ALL HIS HOUSE," THAT'S 01:09:07.412 --> 01:09:11.265 IMPORTANT, "WHICH GAVE MUCH ALMS..." HE WAS 01:09:11.265 --> 01:09:16.658 A GIVER. HOW MUCH DID HE GIVE? MUCH. OKAY, GOD NOTICED. 01:09:16.658 --> 01:09:20.229 THE HOLY SPIRIT NOTICED. THAT'S WHY HE PUT IN THERE. HE GAVE A 01:09:20.229 --> 01:09:26.259 LOT "TO THE PEOPLE AND HE PRAYED TO GOD." SO HE MIXED HIS PRAYER 01:09:26.259 --> 01:09:28.868 WITH HIS GIVING. NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. LOOK AT THE 01:09:28.868 --> 01:09:33.488 SUPERNATURAL COMPONENT. "AND HE SAW IN A VISION, EVIDENTLY ABOUT 01:09:33.488 --> 01:09:37.059 THE NINTH HOUR, AN ANGEL OF GOD CAME TO HIM." SO WHAT HAPPENED? 01:09:37.059 --> 01:09:43.809 HIS PRAYING CONNECTED TO HIS GIVING CAUSED THE GOD FACTOR. 01:09:43.809 --> 01:09:46.868 YOU KNOW WHY SOME PEOPLE, THEY DON'T GET AN ENCOUNTER? WELL, 01:09:46.868 --> 01:09:51.429 HOW DO YOU PRAY? DO YOU PRAY? DO YOU GIVE? HOW COME SOME PEOPLE 01:09:51.429 --> 01:09:54.939 DON'T GET A BREAKTHROUGH? LOOK AT PROVERBS 3, ALL 01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:57.519 RIGHT? AND I FORGOT THAT ONE, BUT I WANT TO SHOW IT TO YOU 01:09:57.519 --> 01:10:01.868 REAL QUICK. BRENDA, AM I TAKING TOO MUCH TIME? LOOK AT 9-10. 01:10:02.702 --> 01:10:04.809 YOUR GIVING IS CONNECTED TO THE SUPERNATURAL. 01:10:04.809 --> 01:10:08.769 WATCH, PROVERBS 3:9-10. "HONOR THE LORD WITH 01:10:08.769 --> 01:10:12.099 YOUR SUBSTANCE AND WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR 01:10:12.099 --> 01:10:15.038 INCREASE." THAT'S YOUR TITHE. NOW WATCH THE SUPERNATURAL 01:10:15.038 --> 01:10:19.029 COMPONENT. "YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY." THAT MEANS 01:10:19.029 --> 01:10:22.719 NO MATTER WHAT THE SEASON IS IN THE EARTH, NO MATTER WHAT THE 01:10:22.719 --> 01:10:26.229 SEASON IS IN YOUR LIFE, THE SEASON WITH YOUR JOB, YOUR 01:10:26.229 --> 01:10:29.769 BUSINESS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PLENTY. THAT'S WHAT THAT BIBLE, 01:10:29.769 --> 01:10:34.356 THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. BUT YOU CAN'T IF YOU DON'T PLANT SEED. 01:10:35.798 --> 01:10:41.109 YOU CAN WANT A BARN TO HAVE PLENTY. YOU CAN DESIRE TO HAVE 01:10:41.109 --> 01:10:45.158 GOD MEET YOUR NEEDS, BUT YOU GOTTA INCREASE YOUR GIVING TO 01:10:45.158 --> 01:10:49.854 THE POINT OF EXPECTATION. GOD WILL BLESS YOU AS YOU BLESS 01:10:49.854 --> 01:10:53.729 OTHERS. NOW WATCH, "AND YOUR VATS WILL BURST OUT WITH NEW 01:10:53.729 --> 01:10:56.295 WINE." NOTICE THE WORD BURST OUT. 01:10:56.295 --> 01:10:59.461 YOU WANT BREAKTHROUGH? YOU WANT BREAKTHROUGH? 01:10:59.461 --> 01:11:02.033 THAT'S WHAT PETER AND JOHN WAS SAYING TO THE MAN 01:11:02.033 --> 01:11:05.663 WHO WAS EXPECTING THE SAME OLD SAME OLD. YOU WANT BREAKTHROUGH? 01:11:07.434 --> 01:11:10.644 CONNECT YOUR FAITH TO THE ANOINTING. DO THE SAME WITH YOUR 01:11:10.644 --> 01:11:13.944 GIVING. ALL RIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN, 01:11:13.944 --> 01:11:16.913 AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE. AND WE DO THANK 01:11:16.913 --> 01:11:21.984 YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. WE HAD A MEDIA SEMINAR 01:11:21.984 --> 01:11:24.564 THAT WE DID ON FRIDAY. MAN, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IN FACT, IF 01:11:24.564 --> 01:11:28.404 YOU'RE A PASTOR OR YOU'RE SOMEBODY THAT YOU DO MEDIA AT 01:11:28.404 --> 01:11:32.003 YOUR CHURCH, WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER ONE. WE ONLY ADVERTISE 01:11:32.003 --> 01:11:35.094 LIKE THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE, WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER ONE. AND 01:11:35.094 --> 01:11:37.701 WE WANT YOU TO COME AND WE'RE GONNA INCREASE IT. WE'RE GONNA 01:11:37.701 --> 01:11:41.814 INVITE PASTORS TO COME IN. IT WAS FABULOUS. BUT ONE THING THAT 01:11:41.814 --> 01:11:44.573 THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE, THE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE CITY THAT 01:11:44.573 --> 01:11:48.743 CAME, PASTORS CAME FROM AROUND THE CITY, DIFFERENT ONES. THEY 01:11:48.743 --> 01:11:54.444 SAID, "IT IS SO AMAZING TO US THAT BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE," WELL, 01:11:54.444 --> 01:11:56.965 FIRST OF ALL, LIKE YOU IN THIS ROOM, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. 01:11:58.551 --> 01:12:02.724 "YOU'RE GIVING HELPED TO FURTHER THIS VISION "AND TO MAKE THIS 01:12:02.724 --> 01:12:05.753 BUILDING HAPPEN, AND I PERSONALLY WANNA THANK YOU, "THE 01:12:05.753 --> 01:12:10.163 PEOPLE WHO DO COME HERE. I AM GRATEFUL. AND I BELIEVE GOD 01:12:10.163 --> 01:12:14.604 FEELS THE SAME WAY. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT SOME OF 01:12:14.604 --> 01:12:17.753 YOU, YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND YOU HELPED BUILD THIS, THANK YOU. 01:12:17.753 --> 01:12:21.264 SOME OF YOU, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN HERE, YOU PROBABLY NEVER WILL, 01:12:21.264 --> 01:12:25.073 BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE BLOWN AWAY BY. AND IT'S SO HUMBLING TO 01:12:25.073 --> 01:12:30.713 SAY THIS, THAT YOU ACTUALLY GAVE TO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NOT 01:12:30.713 --> 01:12:39.054 SEEN, FELT, OR EXPERIENCED IN PERSON. AND THAT IS BIG. AND I 01:12:39.054 --> 01:12:42.804 JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. I THANK YOU, AND I PRAY FOR YOU. 01:12:42.804 --> 01:12:45.833 WHEN I TELL YOU I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY, I DO. AND I ALWAYS 01:12:45.833 --> 01:12:49.734 ASK GOD, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM OR WATCHING, TO ACCELERATE 01:12:49.734 --> 01:12:53.904 YOU AND TO BLESS YOU. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, LET'S STAND TO OUR FEET. 01:12:53.904 --> 01:12:56.333 I'M READY TO PRAY. ARE YOU READY TO GIVE? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE 01:12:56.333 --> 01:13:01.613 READY TO GIVE? ALL RIGHT. PASTOR BRENDA, I ALWAYS LIKE IT WHEN 01:13:01.613 --> 01:13:05.663 YOU DO THIS. SHE DOES IT BETTER THAN ME. I CAN'T WAIT TILL I'M 01:13:05.663 --> 01:13:08.274 GONNA PREACH NEXT WEEK AND THEN SHE CAN DO THIS. SHE DOES A 01:13:08.274 --> 01:13:10.898 GREAT JOB. DOESN'T SHE DO A TREMENDOUS JOB? 01:13:10.898 --> 01:13:12.413 SO I'M GONNA LET HER DO ALL THIS. 01:13:13.583 --> 01:13:15.592 - I LEANED OVER TO PASTOR MATT AND I SAID, 01:13:15.592 --> 01:13:17.064 "STAND UP, HE'S GONNA CALL AN AUDIBLE." 01:13:17.396 --> 01:13:19.404 - WE NEVER CAN PREDICT YOU. 01:13:19.404 --> 01:13:21.347 - YOU KNOW WHAT? THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. I 01:13:21.347 --> 01:13:23.453 JUST CHECKED THIS MORNING, 59 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF. 01:13:23.453 --> 01:13:24.293 - OKAY. 01:13:24.293 --> 01:13:27.984 - HEY, SPEAKING OF THE GRAND CANYON, WE WERE HAVING A 01:13:27.984 --> 01:13:31.356 DISCUSSION. SHE SAID, "YOU MIGHT'VE LEFT THE STATE 01:13:31.356 --> 01:13:33.537 AND FLED THE STATE." I SAID, "OH, SO YOU LEFT 01:13:33.537 --> 01:13:35.582 ARIZONA AND CROSSED THE BORDER TO MEXICO?" 01:13:36.503 --> 01:13:37.344 - JUST ABOUT. 01:13:37.344 --> 01:13:43.073 - JUST ABOUT, YEAH. IT'S NOT JUST YOUR MOM AND PASTOR BRENDA. 01:13:43.073 --> 01:13:44.634 NOW YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH ME TOO, SO. 01:13:44.634 --> 01:13:45.747 - YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. 01:13:45.747 --> 01:13:49.734 - SO, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. IF YOU'RE A PREACHER AND YOU 01:13:49.734 --> 01:13:53.600 HAVE A WIFE, A MOTHER, AND A MOUTHY SON, I'M TELLING YOU... 01:13:53.766 --> 01:13:56.766 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:13:56.802 --> 01:13:59.359 - TOUCHE, THAT WAS GOOD. I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THAT WAS GOOD. 01:13:59.359 --> 01:14:01.854 - HOLD UP YOUR OFFERING REALLY HIGH, HOLD IT UP. HOLD UP THOSE 01:14:01.854 --> 01:14:06.354 OF YOU ONLINE, HOLD UP YOUR DEVICE. EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, 01:14:06.354 --> 01:14:09.413 COME ON, DO IT IN FAITH. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER IN 01:14:09.413 --> 01:14:12.774 THIS ROOM UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, EVERY PERSON BY WAY OF 01:14:12.774 --> 01:14:19.104 THE INTERNET. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU REBUKE THE 01:14:19.104 --> 01:14:24.833 DEVOURER FOR OUR SAKE. AND WE STAND UPON IT, WE BELIEVE IT. WE 01:14:24.833 --> 01:14:28.613 DON'T EXPECT THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD, NO, GOD, NO. WE EXPECT TO 01:14:28.613 --> 01:14:32.274 BE BLESSED IN EVERY WAY THAT YOU PROMISED. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU 01:14:32.274 --> 01:14:35.573 WALK US THROUGH DIFFERENT SEASONS IN THAT BLESSING, BUT 01:14:35.573 --> 01:14:39.234 NONETHELESS, WE STAND AND WE BELIEVE YOU FOR IT. WE THANK YOU 01:14:39.234 --> 01:14:41.831 IN JESUS' NAME. COME ON, SHOUT AMEN TO ADD 01:14:41.831 --> 01:14:44.990 YOUR AGREEMENT. GO AHEAD PASTOR MATT, LET'S DO OUR 01:14:44.990 --> 01:14:47.296 DECLARATION TOGETHER IN JESUS' NAME. 01:14:47.296 --> 01:14:49.726 - WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF 01:14:49.726 --> 01:14:53.634 HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT 01:14:53.634 --> 01:14:59.033 FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY 01:14:59.033 --> 01:15:03.323 HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED." WE SAY THAT WE 01:15:03.323 --> 01:15:07.854 HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. 01:15:07.854 --> 01:15:12.234 WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE 01:15:12.234 --> 01:15:16.194 PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER, AND WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, 01:15:16.194 --> 01:15:19.463 TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP 01:15:19.463 --> 01:15:24.113 MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE 01:15:24.113 --> 01:15:27.894 PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN 01:15:27.894 --> 01:15:32.003 WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE 01:15:32.003 --> 01:15:37.014 DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. NOW SHOUT 01:15:37.014 --> 01:15:41.064 EXPANSION, COME ON, EVEN IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN. EXPANSION, AMEN. 01:15:41.064 --> 01:15:41.873 - PRAISE THE LORD. 01:15:41.873 --> 01:15:44.211 - TAKE IT AWAY, PASTOR BRENDA, I KNOW YOU GOT A POWERFUL WORD. 01:15:44.211 --> 01:15:47.003 - THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT. ALL RIGHT, THE USHERS ARE SERVING 01:15:47.003 --> 01:15:52.404 YOU, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE THAT ARE CLICKING YOUR LAST BUTTON TO 01:15:52.404 --> 01:15:56.394 PARTICIPATE OR LICKING THAT ENVELOPE AND APPLYING THAT 01:15:56.394 --> 01:16:00.024 STAMP, WHATEVER WAY THAT GOES, BUT GET YOUR BIBLES OUT AND 01:16:00.024 --> 01:16:04.224 WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE HERE ON, YOU KNOW, I'LL GET YOU OUT JUST 01:16:04.224 --> 01:16:06.594 IN TIME FOR THE RAIN TO STOP. HOW ABOUT WE GO TILL THE RAIN 01:16:06.594 --> 01:16:11.753 ENDS? WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO BE, RIGHT? DO 01:16:11.753 --> 01:16:13.944 YOU REALLY WANT TO RUN OUT THERE IN THE RAIN? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 01:16:13.944 --> 01:16:18.953 THAT, BUT ANYWAY, BUT PRAISE GOD. WELL, I WANT TO CONTINUE. 01:16:18.953 --> 01:16:22.613 THIS IS PART THREE IN A SERIES THAT I'M CALLING IT "THE TRUTH 01:16:22.613 --> 01:16:24.923 ABOUT CHRISTIAN SUFFERING." I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BECOME A 01:16:24.923 --> 01:16:28.734 BOOK. IF IT DOES, THAT MIGHT BE THE WORKING TITLE, BUT SOMETIMES 01:16:28.734 --> 01:16:32.154 THE WORKING TITLE IS NOT THE END OF THE ULTIMATE TITLE. SO WE'LL 01:16:32.154 --> 01:16:35.123 JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT, BUT I WANT TO DEVELOP 01:16:35.123 --> 01:16:36.930 IT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE. THE GOOD THING ABOUT A BOOK, IT'S 01:16:36.930 --> 01:16:41.306 LIKE A MOVIE. THERE'S ALWAYS MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT CAN COME 01:16:41.306 --> 01:16:43.974 OUT IN THE MOVIE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME UP HERE 01:16:43.974 --> 01:16:47.634 TYPICALLY. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH 01:16:47.634 --> 01:16:50.603 TRUTH WHEN WE STUDY THESE THINGS THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET OUT IN 01:16:50.603 --> 01:16:56.543 40, 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. BUT I DO ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN THINGS ARE 01:16:56.543 --> 01:17:00.293 PREACHED, GO BACK, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, DO YOUR OWN STUDY, 01:17:00.293 --> 01:17:03.774 TAKE SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT I'M BRINGING OUT AND THEN GO 01:17:03.774 --> 01:17:07.554 BACK AND ADD TO IT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ABILITY NOW WITH GOOGLE 01:17:07.554 --> 01:17:11.213 TO TYPE IN JUST ABOUT ANY SCRIPTURE. YOU CAN PUT 01:17:11.213 --> 01:17:14.484 SCRIPTURES ON ANY TOPIC AND YOU'LL SEE THINGS COME UP AND 01:17:14.484 --> 01:17:17.787 IT'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE, KIND OF SOME DIRECTION AND HOW TO, THEN 01:17:17.787 --> 01:17:21.264 JUST GO IN AND DISSECT SOME OF THOSE AND READ SOME OF THOSE 01:17:21.264 --> 01:17:26.003 VERSES. BUT LET ME RECAP A LITTLE BIT. THE FIRST WEEK, I 01:17:26.003 --> 01:17:27.801 DON'T KNOW, I'M GETTING A LITTLE WHISTLE UP HERE. IS THAT ALL 01:17:27.801 --> 01:17:30.234 RIGHT, GUYS? DOES THAT SOUND ALL RIGHT? I'M HEARING MYSELF 01:17:30.234 --> 01:17:33.144 WHISTLE. I FEEL LIKE I'M WHISTLING THROUGH MY TEETH WHILE 01:17:33.144 --> 01:17:37.134 I'M PREACHING. I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU GUYS HEAR THAT OR AM I JUST 01:17:37.134 --> 01:17:39.833 HEARING? IS IT ALL RIGHT OUT THERE? EVERYBODY GOOD? OKAY. AS 01:17:39.833 --> 01:17:42.474 LONG AS IT'S GOOD ON YOUR END, I CAN DEAL WITH A LOT. ALL RIGHT. 01:17:42.474 --> 01:17:48.953 IT'S GOOD. SO JUST TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST WEEK, WE DID A FULL 01:17:48.953 --> 01:17:52.373 EXPOSE, IF YOU WILL, OR A DETAILED PREACHING AND TEACHING 01:17:52.373 --> 01:17:55.134 ON THE BOOK OF JOB, AND WE LEARNED A NUMBER OF LESSONS FROM 01:17:55.134 --> 01:17:58.365 THAT BOOK. AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE ANY READING 01:17:58.365 --> 01:18:00.512 ON JOB SINCE? ANYBODY DONE SOME READING, SOME 01:18:00.512 --> 01:18:04.350 STUDY, REALLY JUST SPENT SOME TIME GOING 01:18:04.350 --> 01:18:06.354 THROUGH THE BOOK. BUT JUST, I'M GONNA RECAP 01:18:06.354 --> 01:18:09.293 THAT AGAIN, JUST VERY, VERY QUICKLY. I'M GONNA EVEN, LAST 01:18:09.293 --> 01:18:13.314 WEEK I WENT OVER 10 LESSONS FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. I'M GONNA MAKE 01:18:13.314 --> 01:18:16.404 IT EVEN SMALLER THIS WEEK. WE LEARN FROM JOB, HERE'S THE 01:18:16.404 --> 01:18:21.024 RECAP. YOU HAVE TO GO WATCH IT. GOD DEFEATED SATAN'S CHALLENGE 01:18:21.024 --> 01:18:26.123 THAT MAN WILL CURSE GOD IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY. OKAY, THAT WAS THE 01:18:26.123 --> 01:18:30.444 WHOLE PREMISE OF THE BOOK. IT WAS SATAN CHALLENGING GOD AND 01:18:30.444 --> 01:18:35.154 SAYING THAT MAN WILL CURSE YOU TO THE FACE IF, UNLESS YOU GIVE 01:18:35.154 --> 01:18:38.724 HIM EVERYTHING HE WANTS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD SAID, FINE, 01:18:38.724 --> 01:18:43.493 CHALLENGE ON. AND THE DEVIL WAS PROVEN WRONG, PRAISE THE LORD. 01:18:43.493 --> 01:18:45.833 THE OTHER THING WE LEARNED FROM THE BOOK OF JOB IS THE ROLLER 01:18:45.833 --> 01:18:50.003 COASTER OF HUMAN RESPONSES DURING ADVERSE TIMES, RIGHT? JOB 01:18:50.003 --> 01:18:54.953 HAD ALL THE THINGS. HE WENT THROUGH RAGING EMOTIONS. HE WENT 01:18:54.953 --> 01:18:58.134 THROUGH FEARFUL EMOTIONS. AT ONE POINT HE WANTED TO DIE. I THINK 01:18:58.134 --> 01:19:00.774 HE WAS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL TIMES HE WANTED TO DIE. HE CURSED THE 01:19:00.774 --> 01:19:05.094 DAY HE WAS BORN. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HE WAS SUICIDAL, YOU COULD 01:19:05.094 --> 01:19:10.854 SAY. THERE WAS MANY, MANY PLACES THAT JOB WAS. ON ONE MINUTE, HE 01:19:10.854 --> 01:19:13.944 WAS DEFENDING GOD. THE NEXT MINUTE, HE WAS BLAMING GOD. 01:19:13.944 --> 01:19:17.694 THINK ABOUT THAT. SO THIS WAS KIND OF THE ROLLER COASTER. AND 01:19:17.694 --> 01:19:20.423 THE REASON THOSE THINGS ARE IN THERE IS SO WE CAN AVOID THE 01:19:20.423 --> 01:19:24.234 THINGS JOB FELL INTO THAT GOD GOT UPSET ABOUT, RIGHT? SO THE 01:19:24.234 --> 01:19:26.753 ROLLER COASTER OF HUMAN EMOTIONS. WE ALSO LEARN FROM THE 01:19:26.753 --> 01:19:30.804 BOOK OF JOB THAT WHAT IS THE TYPICAL RESPONSE OF MOST PEOPLE 01:19:30.804 --> 01:19:36.054 ARE FRIENDS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, ASSOCIATES WHEN ADVERSITY HITS. 01:19:36.054 --> 01:19:39.264 I WOULD JUST SAY ONE THING ABOUT THAT, DON'T BE JOB'S FRIENDS. 01:19:39.264 --> 01:19:42.203 DON'T HAVE ALL THE GOOD BIBLICAL ADVICE AND THE RIGHT ANSWERS AND 01:19:42.203 --> 01:19:46.014 RIGHT THINGS TO SAY AND THEN MISAPPLY IT TO THE WRONG PERSON. 01:19:46.014 --> 01:19:49.884 YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. THE COMMENT SECTIONS 01:19:49.884 --> 01:19:53.873 OF SOCIAL MEDIA GIVE US THE FALSE IDEA THAT WE KNOW 01:19:53.873 --> 01:19:57.594 EVERYTHING. SO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE 01:19:57.594 --> 01:20:01.073 FACING SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY, "WELL, IT WAS BECAUSE OF..." YOU 01:20:01.073 --> 01:20:03.264 KNOW, BE VERY CAREFUL. THAT'S WHAT JOB'S FRIENDS DID AND THEY 01:20:03.264 --> 01:20:06.203 GOT IN BIG TROUBLE AND THEY NEVER CHANGED THEIR POSITION 01:20:06.203 --> 01:20:09.594 NOTABLY. AT LEAST THE BIBLE DOESN'T RECORD THAT THEY DID. 01:20:09.594 --> 01:20:12.234 THERE ISN'T ANY PLACE IN THERE WHERE IT SAYS THAT THEY, YOU 01:20:12.234 --> 01:20:14.304 KNOW, SAID, "OH GOD, WE'RE SORRY. I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID 01:20:14.304 --> 01:20:17.033 THAT ABOUT JOB." NOW JOB REPENTED, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY 01:20:17.033 --> 01:20:19.673 PLACE WHERE HIS FRIENDS CHANGED THEIR MINDS. SO I THINK THEY 01:20:19.673 --> 01:20:23.423 WERE PRIDEFUL, RIGHT? SO DON'T BE THOSE PEOPLE. WE LEARN THAT 01:20:23.423 --> 01:20:28.613 FROM JOB. ALSO, WE LEARN FROM JOB THAT FOR OUR OWN GOOD, GOD 01:20:28.613 --> 01:20:32.333 WILL NOT ALWAYS PROVIDE US WITH THE ANSWERS FOR WHY THINGS 01:20:32.333 --> 01:20:37.764 HAPPEN, OKAY? HE MAY TELL US, HE MAY TELL US DOWN THE ROAD, OR HE 01:20:37.764 --> 01:20:40.944 MAY NOT TELL US AT ALL. AND WE'LL GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF 01:20:40.944 --> 01:20:45.503 HEAVEN ONE DAY. I'M SURE JOB IS NOW IN HEAVEN PROBABLY SAYING, 01:20:45.503 --> 01:20:50.114 "GOD, THANKS FOR NOT TELLING ME THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE." 01:20:50.114 --> 01:20:52.784 AT THE TIME HE WANTED ALL THE ANSWERS. NOW HE'S GOT THE 01:20:52.784 --> 01:20:55.635 ANSWERS AND HE'S THINKING, "WELL, YOU KNOW, ALL OF HIS 01:20:55.635 --> 01:20:58.244 QUESTIONS WERE IRRELEVANT NOW THAT HE'S IN HEAVEN." SO 01:20:58.244 --> 01:21:02.025 REMEMBER, GOD MAY OR MAY NOT GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS. AND JUST 01:21:02.025 --> 01:21:05.296 REMEMBER THOUGH, HE KNOWS BEST, RIGHT? SAY, FATHER KNOWS BEST. 01:21:06.645 --> 01:21:09.945 THE OTHER THING WE LEARNED FROM JOB IS GOD'S EXPECTATIONS. WE 01:21:09.945 --> 01:21:13.695 LEARNED ABOUT WHAT HE EXPECTS FROM US IN TIMES OF TRIAL, 01:21:13.695 --> 01:21:17.716 TRAGEDY, DIFFICULTY, THAT HE EXPECTS US STILL TO BE 01:21:17.716 --> 01:21:22.515 RESPONSIBLE TO FOLLOW HIS PRINCIPLES IN HARD TIMES. WE 01:21:22.515 --> 01:21:25.546 DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO SHOOT OFF OUR MOUTH TO START CURSING 01:21:25.546 --> 01:21:29.114 LIKE A SAILOR. WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO BACKSLIDE AND FALL 01:21:29.114 --> 01:21:32.475 INTO SIN BECAUSE THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY WE WANTED. WE 01:21:32.475 --> 01:21:36.796 DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO QUIT ON GOD. COME ON. WE STILL HAVE THE 01:21:36.796 --> 01:21:41.506 RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW GOD'S WAYS. RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE THE 01:21:41.506 --> 01:21:45.046 RIGHT TO GO KILL YOURSELF BECAUSE LIFE IS TERRIBLE. NO, WE 01:21:45.046 --> 01:21:49.515 HAVE TO STILL BE BIBLICAL. WE STILL HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE 01:21:49.515 --> 01:21:53.685 WITH OUR LIFE, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS DISAPPOINTMENT. THE OTHER 01:21:53.685 --> 01:21:56.836 THING WE LEARNED ABOUT IS THAT WE CANNOT, AND THIS IS A BIG 01:21:56.836 --> 01:21:59.775 ONE, FROM THE BOOK OF JOB, WE LEARNED THAT WE CAN'T MAKE GOD 01:21:59.775 --> 01:22:03.466 OUT TO BE WRONG AND OURSELVES RIGHT. WELL, GOD, I DID 01:22:03.466 --> 01:22:08.864 EVERYTHING I KNEW TO DO. AND HOW COME YOU DIDN'T? DON'T DO THAT. 01:22:08.864 --> 01:22:11.324 JOB LEARNED THAT THAT DOESN'T WORK. AND BY THE END OF IT, WHEN 01:22:11.324 --> 01:22:14.265 GOD SHOWED UP IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY, JOB HAD HIS HAND OVER HIS 01:22:14.265 --> 01:22:18.466 MOUTH. RIGHT, HE HAD TO, HE REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT 01:22:18.466 --> 01:22:23.114 WASN'T GOOD. DON'T BLAME GOD AS IF HE WAS THE ONE IN ERROR AND 01:22:23.114 --> 01:22:26.389 THAT YOU WERE PERFECT THROUGH THE WHOLE STORY. COME ON, IS 01:22:26.389 --> 01:22:29.506 THAT A GOOD WORD RIGHT THERE OR NOT? THAT'S POWERFUL, IT'S TRUE, 01:22:29.506 --> 01:22:33.315 BUT WE LEARN THAT FROM THE BOOK OF JOB. OKAY, THEN LAST WEEK WE 01:22:33.315 --> 01:22:36.796 TALKED ABOUT, WE STARTED TRACKING DOWN, I'M GIVING FIVE 01:22:36.796 --> 01:22:40.675 REASONS IN THIS SERIES WHY, YOU COULD SAY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO 01:22:40.675 --> 01:22:44.625 GOOD PEOPLE SOMETIMES OR SEEMINGLY GOOD PEOPLE, BUT WHY 01:22:44.625 --> 01:22:49.065 DOES SUFFERING AND ADVERSITY HAPPEN IN THIS LIFE? AT TIMES 01:22:49.065 --> 01:22:51.345 THAT MAYBE YOU PRAYED FOR SOMETHING, YOU BELIEVED GOD FOR 01:22:51.345 --> 01:22:54.525 SOMETHING, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE OPPOSITE IS WHAT HAPPENED. AND, 01:22:54.525 --> 01:22:56.954 OR YOU DIDN'T GET THE ANSWER TO PRAYER THAT YOU WERE SEEKING. 01:22:56.954 --> 01:22:59.864 AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT REASONS THE BIBLE GIVES. NOW WE 01:22:59.864 --> 01:23:04.546 CAN'T LABEL THESE ON PEOPLE, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T JUST GO SIT 01:23:04.546 --> 01:23:07.006 THERE AND GO, "WELL, SEE NOW THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO 01:23:07.006 --> 01:23:09.525 YOU IF." WE LEARNED THAT. THAT'S WHY JOB'S FRIENDS IS SUCH AN 01:23:09.525 --> 01:23:13.185 IMPORTANT LESSON. BUT THE THREE THAT WE WENT THROUGH LAST WEEK 01:23:13.185 --> 01:23:16.605 BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THERE IS ADVERSITY IN THIS LIFE 01:23:16.605 --> 01:23:21.135 OR WHY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE CAN, WHAT SEEMS TO BE SUFFERING, 01:23:21.135 --> 01:23:24.765 WOULD BE GOD ALLOWS THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. HE TOLD ISRAEL IN 01:23:24.765 --> 01:23:27.914 DEUTERONOMY, THE EIGHTH CHAPTER, "I BROUGHT YOU OUT INTO THIS 01:23:27.914 --> 01:23:32.204 WILDERNESS TO TEST YOU, "TO TRY YOU, AND SO I COULD KNOW WHAT 01:23:32.204 --> 01:23:34.845 WAS IN YOUR HEART, "WHETHER YOU WOULD WALK IN MY LAWS, "OR YOU'D 01:23:34.845 --> 01:23:39.105 WALK IN MY WAYS, OR NOT WALK IN MY WAYS." SO GOD BROUGHT THEM 01:23:39.105 --> 01:23:44.204 OUT TO TEST AND SEE IF THEY WOULD STAY WITH WHAT GOD SAID. 01:23:44.204 --> 01:23:46.905 AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH ISRAEL. THEY JUST DELAYED THAT 01:23:46.905 --> 01:23:51.164 TESTING SEASON. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT 01:23:51.164 --> 01:23:56.414 HEBREWS 12, "WHOM THE LORD LOVES, HE CHASTENS." NOW WE 01:23:56.414 --> 01:23:59.534 LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT THAT DOES NOT MEAN GOD CHASTENS YOU WITH 01:23:59.534 --> 01:24:03.284 SICKNESS. OKAY, GOD DOESN'T PUT CANCER ON PEOPLE ANY MORE THAN 01:24:03.284 --> 01:24:07.574 YOU WOULD PUT CANCER ON YOUR CHILDREN. BUT THERE ARE THINGS 01:24:07.574 --> 01:24:11.204 THAT YOU WILL WITHHOLD FROM YOUR CHILDREN, RIGHT, LONG ENOUGH, 01:24:11.204 --> 01:24:13.605 BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO MATURE INTO. YOU DON'T GIVE THEM THE 01:24:13.605 --> 01:24:17.534 KEYS OF THE CAR WHEN THEY'RE FOUR YEARS OLD. THEY'RE NOT 01:24:17.534 --> 01:24:20.744 READY, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY MIGHT THINK THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE NOT 01:24:20.744 --> 01:24:26.055 READY. SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD WILL AND I SAID TO YOU LAST 01:24:26.055 --> 01:24:29.055 WEEK, IF, YOU KNOW, HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN WERE GOING 01:24:29.055 --> 01:24:32.086 TO BE HANDED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINISTRY THAT WE'RE WALKING 01:24:32.086 --> 01:24:35.355 IN TODAY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN READY FOR IT. NOW, WE THOUGHT WE 01:24:35.355 --> 01:24:39.105 WERE. WE THOUGHT AT THAT TIME WE COULD TAKE ON THE WORLD AND DO 01:24:39.105 --> 01:24:41.100 ALL THESE THINGS. BUT NOW THAT I LOOK BACK, I'M LIKE, GOD, I 01:24:41.100 --> 01:24:45.765 DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, GOD KNOWS WHERE WE ARE 01:24:45.765 --> 01:24:50.204 BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES. HE KNOWS. SO GOD WILL ALLOW OUR 01:24:50.204 --> 01:24:53.895 FATE TO BE TESTED. YOU'RE WAITING FOR THAT SIX FIGURE JOB. 01:24:53.895 --> 01:24:56.775 AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DOUBLE YOUR SALARY AND HAVE ALL 01:24:56.775 --> 01:24:58.994 THESE THINGS. AND GOD GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE ARE SOME THINGS 01:24:58.994 --> 01:25:02.265 I WANT YOU TO REPAIR FIRST. I WANT YOU TO TRUST ME THROUGH 01:25:02.265 --> 01:25:05.625 FIRST. SO BE PATIENT WITH GOD. DON'T GO, WELL, TIMING DOESN'T 01:25:05.625 --> 01:25:12.704 WORK. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT LOOKS AT THE MOMENT LIKE, YOU KNOW, 01:25:12.704 --> 01:25:16.875 NOTHING IS HAPPENING. NO, TRUST GOD. TRUST THAT HE'S TRUE TO HIS 01:25:16.875 --> 01:25:19.815 WORD. SAY, GOD, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE FAITHFUL WITH 01:25:19.815 --> 01:25:23.655 YOUR PROMISES. I'M GONNA EXPECT A BREAKTHROUGH, AND YOU'RE GONNA 01:25:23.655 --> 01:25:28.065 BRING THAT HARVEST IN THE SEASON THAT YOU DEEM FIT FOR ME. 01:25:28.065 --> 01:25:29.744 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:25:29.744 --> 01:25:32.921 AMEN. AND GOD WILL DO THAT. AND IF YOU TRUST HIM, MAN, YOU MIGHT 01:25:32.921 --> 01:25:35.534 JUST SPEED UP THE HARVEST. I THINK ISRAEL COULD HAVE DONE 01:25:35.534 --> 01:25:38.954 THAT. DON'T YOU THINK SO? ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S THE FIRST. GOD 01:25:38.954 --> 01:25:42.375 WILL ALLOW THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. THE SECOND ONE WE TALKED 01:25:42.375 --> 01:25:46.065 ABOUT LAST WEEK IS PEOPLE SUFFER ADVERSITY BECAUSE OF THE DEVIL'S 01:25:46.065 --> 01:25:49.935 ATTACK. YOU KNOW, TACKS, I THINK WE DON'T BLAME ENOUGH THINGS ON 01:25:49.935 --> 01:25:54.676 THE DEVIL. OKAY, ALWAYS ASSUME SLEWFOOT'S HANGING AROUND. OKAY, 01:25:56.565 --> 01:25:59.534 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IT. PASTOR'S BEEN 01:25:59.534 --> 01:26:02.595 PREACHING THE SERIES, NO FLY ZONE. YOU LOOK AT FLIES IN THE 01:26:02.595 --> 01:26:06.914 SUMMERTIME. I MEAN, THEY LIE IN WAIT FOR YOU TO OPEN THE SCREEN 01:26:06.914 --> 01:26:12.164 DOOR. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE JUST, (IMITATES BUZZING) 01:26:12.164 --> 01:26:15.074 AND YOU OPEN IT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS, THEY JUST, 01:26:15.074 --> 01:26:23.534 THEY'RE RIGHT IN. AND THEY KNOW WHERE THE KITCHEN IS. SO ASSUME 01:26:23.534 --> 01:26:26.864 THE ENEMY IS INVOLVED. THE THIEF COMES TO STEAL, TO KILL, AND 01:26:26.864 --> 01:26:30.885 DESTROY, BUT JESUS SAID, "I'M COME TO GIVE LIFE." THE 01:26:30.885 --> 01:26:35.985 BEAUTIFUL PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE AS BELIEVERS NOW IS THAT WE CAN 01:26:35.985 --> 01:26:41.954 GO IN DIRECT COMBAT WITH THE DEVIL, WE CAN TAKE AUTHORITY 01:26:41.954 --> 01:26:46.845 OVER HIM. THE BIBLE SAYS, "RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL 01:26:46.845 --> 01:26:51.164 FLEE FROM YOU." OKAY, WE CAN TAKE AUTHORITY. SO WHEN THERE'S 01:26:51.164 --> 01:26:55.574 A PAIN OR SOMETHING'S HAPPENING, RESIST THE DEVIL, TAKE AUTHORITY 01:26:55.574 --> 01:27:00.353 OVER HIM. THE BIBLE SAYS, EPHESIANS 4:27, "GIVE NO PLACE." 01:27:01.034 --> 01:27:05.565 COME ON, TO WHO? TO THE DEVIL, DON'T GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY. 01:27:05.565 --> 01:27:10.216 SLAM THE DOOR, GET YOUR SPIRITUAL FLYSWATTER OUT AND 01:27:10.216 --> 01:27:15.914 SMACK HIM DOWN. SO THAT'S THE SECOND REASON WE TALKED ABOUT 01:27:15.914 --> 01:27:20.025 LAST WEEK. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS WE SUFFER BECAUSE OF OUR 01:27:20.025 --> 01:27:24.824 OWN FOOLISH CHOICES. THAT'S A BIG ONE. THAT'S WHERE YOU GOTTA 01:27:24.824 --> 01:27:28.694 GET THE MIRROR OUT. TAKE A LITTLE LOOK AND SEE, IS THERE 01:27:28.694 --> 01:27:30.614 ANYTHING THAT I'M DOING? THAT'S NOT A SELF 01:27:30.614 --> 01:27:34.095 CONDEMNATION, BUT THE BIBLE DOES TEACH US TO EXAMINE 01:27:34.095 --> 01:27:38.985 OURSELVES. IT TEACHES US HOW TO LOOK AT OUR LIFE AND MAKE 01:27:38.985 --> 01:27:42.704 ADJUSTMENTS, DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE SIN THAT WE 01:27:42.704 --> 01:27:47.235 DON'T REPENT OF. THE BIBLE SAYS WE REAP WHAT WE SOW. HARVEST DAY 01:27:47.235 --> 01:27:51.105 ALWAYS COMES, WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD. SO WE EVENTUALLY REAP 01:27:51.105 --> 01:27:55.635 WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO DO. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. OUR WORDS ARE 01:27:55.635 --> 01:27:59.324 ANOTHER CHOICE THAT WE MAKE THAT CAN BRING DEATH OR LIFE. THE 01:27:59.324 --> 01:28:03.494 BIBLE SAYS THAT "OUR TONGUE," JAMES 3, "SETS ON FIRE THE VERY 01:28:03.494 --> 01:28:07.063 COURSE OF NATURE." I THINK IT'S THE NEW LIVING THAT SAYS "IT 01:28:07.063 --> 01:28:11.780 SETS NATURE IN MOTION, AND IT HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFILE OUR 01:28:11.780 --> 01:28:16.605 WHOLE BODY." NOTICE IT SAID THE WHOLE BODY. SO DO YOU THINK THAT 01:28:16.605 --> 01:28:23.355 SICKNESS COULD BE ATTACHED TO OUR SPEAKING? RIGHT? OKAY, WORDS 01:28:23.355 --> 01:28:27.315 OF FEAR CAN CAUSE STRESS AND ANXIETY. SO WATCH OUR MOUTH, OUR 01:28:27.315 --> 01:28:31.664 OWN CHOICES, RIGHT? UNFORGIVENESS, STRIFE, YOU KNOW, 01:28:31.664 --> 01:28:35.625 STRIFE WILL CAUSE A LOT OF SUFFERING IN YOUR HOUSE IF YOU 01:28:35.625 --> 01:28:39.105 LET IT GO ON UNCHECKED. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, WE'RE PEOPLE. WE, 01:28:39.105 --> 01:28:41.625 I MEAN, AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US IN AMERICA, 01:28:41.625 --> 01:28:45.435 WE'RE A BUNCH OF BIG MOUTHS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GO TRAVEL OVERSEAS 01:28:45.435 --> 01:28:49.725 FOR YEARS AND WE'D GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES. AND I REMEMBER GOING 01:28:49.725 --> 01:28:53.145 THROUGH AIRPORTS. YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL THE AMERICANS, YOU KNOW, 01:28:53.145 --> 01:28:57.885 IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY ACT. THEY THINK THEY'RE ALL THAT. AND I'M 01:28:57.885 --> 01:29:03.564 LIKE, OH, STOP. GOING THROUGH AN AIRPORT WITH SHADES. I KNOW, 01:29:04.677 --> 01:29:08.265 THINKING THEY'RE ALL HOT STUFF. OKAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT, 01:29:08.265 --> 01:29:11.086 YOU KNOW PEOPLE FROM THE UNITED STATES, IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY 01:29:11.086 --> 01:29:14.775 GO ABOUT. AND MANY OF THEM, I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF THEM, BUT THE 01:29:14.775 --> 01:29:19.034 POINT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CAUSE SUFFERING BY WHAT WE 01:29:19.034 --> 01:29:22.095 CHOOSE TO DO. THE STRIFE ATTITUDE, AN ATTITUDE OF 01:29:22.095 --> 01:29:26.355 UNFORGIVENESS, COCKINESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AND AS 01:29:26.355 --> 01:29:29.595 AMERICANS, WE'RE ALWAYS BIG MOUTHS. WE GOT THINGS TO SAY. 01:29:29.595 --> 01:29:33.735 WE'RE SOME OF THE BIGGEST MOUTHS ON THE PLANET. AND SO DON'T 01:29:33.735 --> 01:29:37.185 THINK THAT DOESN'T GO ON IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES. OKAY, WHO'S 01:29:37.185 --> 01:29:41.265 GONNA GET THE LAST WORD IN THE HOUSE, RIGHT? WHOSE POINT'S 01:29:41.265 --> 01:29:44.625 GONNA GET ACROSS? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PLASTER. YOU KNOW, WE'RE 01:29:44.625 --> 01:29:48.962 TALKERS IN THE KUNNEMAN HOUSE. BIBLE SAYS BE QUICK TO HEAR. 01:29:51.824 --> 01:29:55.470 LIKE LET SOMEBODY FINISH THEIR SENTENCE ALL THE WAY TO THE END. 01:29:58.364 --> 01:30:04.065 AND THEN IT SAYS BE SLOW TO SPEAK AND SLOW TO ANGER. WELL, 01:30:04.065 --> 01:30:06.345 YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE ALL GET MAD IS WE DON'T LISTEN TO EACH 01:30:06.345 --> 01:30:10.875 OTHER. SO STRIFE CAN CAUSE A LOT OF THOSE PROBLEMS, AMEN. COME 01:30:10.875 --> 01:30:15.466 ON, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO CLAP. GO AHEAD, JUST CLAP. NEVER LET 01:30:15.466 --> 01:30:20.655 THE ONE GUY CLAP BY HIMSELF. FOOLISH CHOICES, WE TALKED 01:30:20.655 --> 01:30:24.676 ABOUT. DON'T FALL INTO THE PIT OF THE GRAND CANYON, WE TALKED 01:30:24.676 --> 01:30:27.405 ABOUT. YOU HAD TO BE THERE. THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE, 01:30:27.405 --> 01:30:30.735 PASTOR MADE SURE HE DIDN'T. HE WAS OVER THE BORDER, BUT IT'S 01:30:30.735 --> 01:30:34.966 OKAY. NO, I'M JUST TEASING. HE WAS THERE. HE REALLY DID SEE IT. 01:30:34.966 --> 01:30:38.337 AND HE REALLY, I MEAN, PASTOR HAS A NOSE FOR ICE CREAM, SO I 01:30:38.337 --> 01:30:40.635 DON'T CARE IF HE'S AT THE GRAND CANYON OR THE PLAINS OF 01:30:40.635 --> 01:30:44.655 NEBRASKA, HE'S GONNA LOOK FOR THE GELATO SHOP. SO, YOU KNOW, 01:30:44.655 --> 01:30:47.355 YOU KNOW HE WAS DOING THAT. BUT THOSE, SO SUFFERING BECAUSE OF 01:30:47.355 --> 01:30:50.565 OUR OWN STUPID CHOICES. OKAY, SO ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT. SO LET'S 01:30:50.565 --> 01:30:54.029 GET INTO THE LAST TWO TODAY THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. AND THESE 01:30:54.029 --> 01:30:56.579 ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND I'M JUST PRAYING THAT I WILL COMMUNICATE 01:30:56.579 --> 01:31:00.630 THIS WELL, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT TO THE BEST OF MY 01:31:00.630 --> 01:31:04.289 ABILITY. BUT NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FOUR, BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE 01:31:04.289 --> 01:31:09.270 FOURTH ONE OF FIVE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE SUFFER 01:31:09.270 --> 01:31:16.140 ADVERSITY IS BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. NOW I'M GOING TO 01:31:16.140 --> 01:31:20.760 TALK ABOUT THREE ELEMENTS OF THAT AND JUST TO KIND OF BREAK 01:31:20.760 --> 01:31:24.449 WHAT I MEAN DOWN BY THAT. WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS A FALLEN 01:31:24.449 --> 01:31:28.199 WORLD UNDER WHAT I'M GOING TO LABEL OR CALL, WELL REALLY THE 01:31:28.199 --> 01:31:31.739 BIBLE LABELS IT, CALLED THE CURSE OF THE GROUND. NOW I HEAR 01:31:31.739 --> 01:31:34.979 CHRISTIANS ALL THE TIME QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE. THEY'LL SAY, 01:31:34.979 --> 01:31:39.779 "PASTOR, I'M REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE." WELL, WE ARE REDEEMED 01:31:39.779 --> 01:31:43.890 FROM THE CURSE EXCEPT THAT THEY LEAVE OFF PART OF THE SENTENCE. 01:31:43.890 --> 01:31:46.590 GALATIANS 3, THEY CAN PUT THAT UP THERE. GALATIANS 01:31:46.590 --> 01:31:49.859 3 SAYS, "I AM REDEEMED." CHRIST HAS 01:31:49.859 --> 01:31:52.131 REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF WHAT? 01:31:52.131 --> 01:31:53.520 - THE LAW. 01:31:53.520 --> 01:31:56.489 - OKAY, NOW WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. OKAY, THE CURSE 01:31:56.489 --> 01:32:01.238 OF THE LAW IS DEUTERONOMY 28:15. PUT THAT ONE UP THERE. 01:32:01.238 --> 01:32:04.619 "BUT IT SHALL COME TO PASS," NOW THIS IS AFTER 14 VERSES OF THE 01:32:04.619 --> 01:32:09.239 BLESSING, BUT THEN GOD GOES INTO OVER 50 VERSES OF THE CURSE, FOR 01:32:09.239 --> 01:32:13.140 IF YOU BREAK GOD'S COMMANDMENTS, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT'LL 01:32:13.140 --> 01:32:16.470 HAPPEN TO YOU. "IT SHALL COME TO PASS IF YOU WILL NOT HEARKEN 01:32:16.470 --> 01:32:19.439 UNTO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD TO OBSERVE TO DO ALL HIS 01:32:19.439 --> 01:32:23.100 COMMANDMENTS," NOTICE IT SAYS ALL, "ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS AND 01:32:23.100 --> 01:32:26.850 HIS STATUTES, WHICH I COMMAND YOU THIS DAY, THAT ALL THESE 01:32:26.850 --> 01:32:30.805 CURSES SHALL COME ON YOU AND OVERTAKE YOU." 01:32:30.805 --> 01:32:33.301 NOW THIS IS CALLED THE CURSE OF THE LAW. 01:32:33.301 --> 01:32:36.239 GOD LAID OUT THE CURSE THAT WOULD COME IF 01:32:36.239 --> 01:32:41.010 ISRAEL DID NOT PERFECTLY KEEP HIS LAW. IF YOU BROKE ONE, YOU 01:32:41.010 --> 01:32:46.829 BROKE ALL. AND WHAT CHRIST HAS REDEEMED US FROM, THROUGH HIS 01:32:46.829 --> 01:32:50.460 DEATH AND RESURRECTION ON THE CROSS, HE REDEEMED US FROM THE 01:32:50.460 --> 01:32:55.140 CURSE BY GIVING US GRACE AND FORGIVENESS BY FAITH. THAT IF WE 01:32:55.140 --> 01:32:58.800 CALL UPON HIM AND SAY, "LORD, I'M ASKING YOU TO CLEANSE ME, 01:32:58.800 --> 01:33:05.189 WASH ME, FORGIVE ME." THAT BY FAITH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE 01:33:05.189 --> 01:33:09.479 FORGIVEN THROUGH HIS GRACE. NOW THAT IS BEING REDEEMED FROM THE 01:33:09.479 --> 01:33:12.869 CURSE OF THE LAW. BUT WHAT THERE IS IN THE WORLD IS CALLED THE 01:33:12.869 --> 01:33:17.399 CURSE OF THE GROUND. NOW PUT UP GENESIS 3. THIS WAS 01:33:17.399 --> 01:33:24.239 AFTER ADAM AND EVE ATE THE TREE. VERSE 17 SAYS, "AND UNTO ADAM HE 01:33:24.239 --> 01:33:28.500 SAID, BECAUSE YOU HEARKENED TO THE VOICE OF YOUR WIFE AND HAS 01:33:28.500 --> 01:33:32.039 EATEN OF THE TREE WHICH I TOLD YOU DO NOT EAT, OR COMMANDED 01:33:32.039 --> 01:33:37.859 THEE SAYING, YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF IT, CURSED IS THE GROUND 01:33:37.859 --> 01:33:42.390 FOR THY SAKE." NOW WATCH THIS, "IN SORROW YOU SHALL EAT OF IT 01:33:42.390 --> 01:33:47.130 ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE." NOW THIS IS, GOD IS SAYING THE 01:33:47.130 --> 01:33:50.189 EARTH, IT'S CALLED THE EARTH CURSE, NOT THE CURSE OF THE LAW, 01:33:50.189 --> 01:33:54.029 THIS IS THE EARTH CURSE THAT WAS PUT IN MOTION BY THE SIN OF MAN. 01:33:54.029 --> 01:33:59.159 LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE, GO TO 18. "THORNS AND THISTLES SHALL 01:33:59.159 --> 01:34:03.270 IT BRING FORTH TO THEE, AND YOU SHALL EAT THE HERB OF THE 01:34:03.270 --> 01:34:08.579 FIELD," LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE, "AND IN THE SWEAT OF YOUR FACE, 01:34:08.579 --> 01:34:13.293 YOU WILL EAT BREAD TILL YOU RETURN TO THE GROUND, FOR OUT OF 01:34:13.293 --> 01:34:17.789 IT YOU WERE TAKEN, FOR DUST YOU ARE, AND UNDER DUST YOU SHALL 01:34:17.789 --> 01:34:21.510 RETURN." NOW THIS IS THE CURSE, THE EARTH CURSE, OR THE CURSE OF 01:34:21.510 --> 01:34:25.170 THE GROUND, THAT IS STILL IN MOTION, OKAY? THE EARTH CURSE 01:34:25.170 --> 01:34:28.829 LOOKS LIKE THIS, IT'S LIKE IF YOU GO AND PLANT CARROTS AND THE 01:34:28.829 --> 01:34:33.300 RABBITS COME EAT 'EM. YOU PUT OUT NEW SOD AND DANDELIONS COME 01:34:33.300 --> 01:34:36.869 UP. NOW YOU GO AND PAINT YOUR HOUSE AND IT FADES IN A FEW 01:34:36.869 --> 01:34:41.069 YEARS. YOU CLEAN YOUR HOUSE AND DUST STILL COMES BACK. CLEAN IT 01:34:41.069 --> 01:34:45.420 ON MONDAY AND THE DUST IS THERE BY FRIDAY. ARE YOU HEARING ME? 01:34:45.420 --> 01:34:49.260 YOU WASH YOUR CAR AND IT GETS DIRTY IN A FEW DAYS. ALL OF THE 01:34:49.260 --> 01:34:54.210 EFFORTS WE MAKE, WE PLANT AND WE PUSH AND WE WORK AND YET WE'RE 01:34:54.210 --> 01:34:59.640 CONSTANTLY ALWAYS FIGHTING AN EARTH THAT IS IN DECLINE, THAT'S 01:34:59.640 --> 01:35:04.500 IN DECAY. AND SO THIS IS CALLED THE CURSE OF THE GROUND THAT GOD 01:35:04.500 --> 01:35:09.239 TOLD ADAM, HE SAID, "YOU WILL FIGHT THIS ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR 01:35:09.239 --> 01:35:12.779 LIFE." YOU'LL ALWAYS BE IN BATTLE WITH DECAY, OKAY? YOU 01:35:12.779 --> 01:35:15.779 WILL BE IN BATTLE WITH THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOT FIVE YEARS OLD 01:35:15.779 --> 01:35:19.649 ANYMORE, YOU'RE GETTING OLDER EVERY SINGLE DAY. EVERY SINGLE 01:35:19.649 --> 01:35:24.989 DAY OF LIFE, YOU ARE FIGHTING AGE. YOU'RE PUSHING BACK AGAINST 01:35:24.989 --> 01:35:29.729 THE SPIRIT OF DEATH. SO EVERY GOOD THING THAT WE SOW INTO THE 01:35:29.729 --> 01:35:33.840 EARTH, WE'RE ALSO FIGHTING THE WEEDS. ARE YOU TRACKING WITH ME? 01:35:33.840 --> 01:35:37.770 THIS IS CALLED THE CURSE OF THE GROUND. WE LIVE IN A FALLEN 01:35:37.770 --> 01:35:41.970 WORLD. AND SO JESUS SAID IT LIKE THIS, HE UNDERSCORED IT. YOU 01:35:41.970 --> 01:35:46.109 KNOW, I'VE QUOTED THIS BEFORE. THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOHN 16:33, 01:35:46.109 --> 01:35:51.479 JESUS SAID, "IN THIS EARTH OR THIS LIFETIME, YOU WILL HAVE 01:35:51.479 --> 01:35:54.329 TRIALS, YOU'LL HAVE TRIBULATION, YOU'LL HAVE 01:35:54.329 --> 01:35:57.960 CHALLENGES, YOU'LL GO THROUGH STRUGGLES. BUT BE OF GOOD 01:35:57.960 --> 01:36:01.680 CHEER, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU PROMISES TO OVERCOME THAT CURSE 01:36:01.680 --> 01:36:04.649 OF THE GROUND." BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN 01:36:04.649 --> 01:36:07.949 BATTLE WITH. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT 01:36:07.949 --> 01:36:14.130 OF FAITH. WE HAVE TO LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE. WE LAY HOLD ON IT. 01:36:14.130 --> 01:36:16.859 WE HAVE TO COUNTER IT WITH THE FIGHT OF FAITH. EVERY DAY YOU 01:36:16.859 --> 01:36:20.550 GET UP, YOU COUNTER THE SPIRIT OF FEAR. COME ON, YOU COUNTER 01:36:20.550 --> 01:36:24.420 THE SPIRIT OF DEATH. WE COUNTER THE SPIRIT OF EVIL. COME ON, WE 01:36:24.420 --> 01:36:27.390 COUNTER. THAT'S WHY WHEN PASTOR WAS SAYING A FEW MOMENTS AGO, 01:36:27.390 --> 01:36:30.000 WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR TIME, DON'T JUST, WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT 01:36:30.000 --> 01:36:33.539 HAPPENS. NO, YOU GOTTA COUNTER. YOU COUNTER, YOU REBUKE THE 01:36:33.539 --> 01:36:37.859 ENEMY. YOU STAND, YOU BELIEVE GOD, YOU TALK RIGHT. WE'VE GOT 01:36:37.859 --> 01:36:43.590 TO COUNTER, RIGHT, THE EARTH CURSE. SO WHILE WE'RE REDEEMED 01:36:43.590 --> 01:36:46.380 FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW, THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS BEING MADE A 01:36:46.380 --> 01:36:49.050 CURSE FOR US SO THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM WOULD COME 01:36:49.050 --> 01:36:52.739 ON THE GENTILES. THAT WE RECEIVE BY FAITH. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN 01:36:52.739 --> 01:36:56.880 THAT ALL SENSE OF THE CURSE IS JUST NOW POOF, AND NOW IT'S 01:36:56.880 --> 01:37:00.119 GONE. NO, WE STILL HAVE TO FIGHT THE CURSE OF THE GROUND. SO WE 01:37:00.119 --> 01:37:03.300 LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. THIS IS THE REASON THINGS HAPPEN TO 01:37:03.300 --> 01:37:08.460 PEOPLE. AND SO, BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN BATTLE WITH THAT 01:37:08.460 --> 01:37:10.800 CURSE OF THE GROUND, THAT EARTH CURSE. THAT'S THE FIRST PART. 01:37:10.800 --> 01:37:14.069 THE OTHER PART OF LIVING IN A FALLEN WORLD THAT WE DON'T HAVE 01:37:14.069 --> 01:37:19.920 CONTROL OVER MANY TIMES IS THE CHOICES OF OTHER PEOPLE. YOU 01:37:19.920 --> 01:37:24.119 HAVE TO, MUCH SUFFERING IS CAUSED BECAUSE MAYBE THAT PERSON 01:37:24.119 --> 01:37:27.899 CHOSE TO GO COMMIT ADULTERY. OKAY, AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE 01:37:27.899 --> 01:37:31.619 GOING, "WELL, I HAD NO PART OF THAT." OKAY, THEY CHOSE THAT. 01:37:31.619 --> 01:37:35.819 THAT CHILD OR THAT PERSON, THAT LOVED ONE, CHOSE TO GO OUT IN 01:37:35.819 --> 01:37:40.590 REBELLION AND GET HIGH ON DRUGS AND JOIN A GANG. YOU DIDN'T ASK 01:37:40.590 --> 01:37:44.460 FOR THAT, BUT THEY, YOU FOLLOW ME, IT CAUSES A GREAT AMOUNT OF 01:37:44.460 --> 01:37:46.829 ADVERSITY AND SUFFERING. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS, WE CAN'T 01:37:46.829 --> 01:37:50.250 CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO. OKAY, YOU COULDN'T CONTROL THAT 01:37:50.250 --> 01:37:53.936 THAT PERSON TOOK THEIR LIFE. OKAY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT 01:37:53.936 --> 01:37:56.520 THEN IT CAUSED SUFFERING FOR EVERY PERSON THAT LOVED THAT 01:37:56.520 --> 01:38:01.020 PERSON, THAT THEY CHOSE TO END THEIR LIFE. OKAY, THIS IS CALLED 01:38:01.020 --> 01:38:04.979 THE CHOICES OF OTHERS FROM LIVING IN A FALLEN WORLD. BUT 01:38:04.979 --> 01:38:09.239 THIS IS WHY THE BIBLE SAYS WE SHOULD PRAY FOR PEOPLE. PRAY FOR 01:38:09.239 --> 01:38:12.689 YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. NOW, PAUL PUT TWO PRAYERS IN THE BOOK OF 01:38:12.689 --> 01:38:15.750 EPHESIANS. I WANNA SHARE THEM WITH YOU, BUT THIS IS WHY WE 01:38:15.750 --> 01:38:21.060 PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I CAN'T CONTROL THEIR DECISIONS, BUT I 01:38:21.060 --> 01:38:25.770 CAN PRAY FOR THEM. I CAN TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THE ENEMY FROM 01:38:25.770 --> 01:38:29.760 TOUCHING THEIR LIFE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY A PERSON, MANY A YOUNG 01:38:29.760 --> 01:38:32.909 PERSON THAT CAME BACK TO GOD. YEAH, YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE 01:38:32.909 --> 01:38:35.729 TO CONTROL THE FACT THEY COMMITTED A CRIME, WENT TO 01:38:35.729 --> 01:38:38.039 PRISON, BUT YOU CAN PRAY FOR THEM. 01:38:38.039 --> 01:38:40.380 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:38:40.380 --> 01:38:42.479 THAT THEY'LL BE ENLIGHTENED. LOOK WHAT PAUL SAID. PAUL SAID 01:38:42.479 --> 01:38:45.300 IN EPHESIANS 1:16, THIS IS HOW YOU OUGHT TO PRAY FOR YOUR LOVED 01:38:45.300 --> 01:38:48.930 ONES. PRAY FOR YOUR CHURCH FAMILY. PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE 01:38:48.930 --> 01:38:51.960 AROUND YOU. YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THEY DO, BUT WHAT YOU CAN 01:38:51.960 --> 01:38:55.439 DO IS WHAT PAUL SAID. HE SAID, "I CEASE NOT TO GIVE THANKS FOR 01:38:55.439 --> 01:39:01.917 YOU, MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN MY PRAYERS, THAT THE GOD OF OUR 01:39:01.917 --> 01:39:04.829 LORD JESUS CHRIST, "THE FATHER OF GLORY, MAY GIVE UNTO YOU "THE 01:39:04.829 --> 01:39:07.774 SPIRIT OF WISDOM." YOU CAN PRAY THAT. YOU CAN SAY, "FATHER, I 01:39:07.774 --> 01:39:10.920 ASK YOU GIVE SO AND SO WISDOM." COME ON, THEY'LL HAVE THE WISDOM 01:39:10.920 --> 01:39:15.659 NOT TO GO OUT ON THE STREETS AND COMMIT VIOLENCE. THEY'LL HAVE 01:39:15.659 --> 01:39:19.289 THE WISDOM TO DO THAT, RIGHT? FATHER, GIVE THEM THE SPIRIT OF 01:39:19.289 --> 01:39:22.170 WISDOM. I ASK YOU GIVE MY LOVED ONES. YOU CAN PRAY IT LIKE THIS. 01:39:22.170 --> 01:39:26.369 GIVE MY SON, GIVE MY DAUGHTER, GIVE MY SPOUSE. THE REVELATION 01:39:26.369 --> 01:39:29.189 AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. COME ON, IF PEOPLE JUST HAD HALF A 01:39:29.189 --> 01:39:31.500 REVELATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, THEY WOULDN'T DO HALF THE 01:39:31.500 --> 01:39:36.510 THINGS THEY DO. SO PAUL SAID, "I'M GONNA PRAY THAT OVER YOU." 01:39:36.510 --> 01:40:26.460 AND THIS WAS THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS. AND I WAS THERE WITH MY 01:40:26.460 --> 01:40:29.130 BROTHER. AND THEN I WOULD PRAY IN THE SPIRIT OVER 01:40:29.130 --> 01:40:33.720 HIM AND PRAY IN TONGUES. AND YOU KNOW, HE GOT BORN AGAIN. HE GOT 01:40:33.720 --> 01:40:37.619 SAVED. SO WE CAN PRAY FOR PEOPLE. I CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL 01:40:37.619 --> 01:40:40.739 WHAT THEY DO, BUT I CAN PRAY. AND HE SAID THAT YOU'LL KNOW THE 01:40:40.739 --> 01:40:44.189 RICHES OF HIS GLORIOUS INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS. GO TO 01:40:44.189 --> 01:40:47.399 EPHESIANS 3, AND LOOK AT THESE VERSES PAUL 01:40:47.399 --> 01:40:49.859 SAID, "FOR THIS CAUSE, I BOW MY KNEES "UNTO THE FATHER OF OUR 01:40:49.859 --> 01:40:53.699 LORD JESUS CHRIST, OF WHOM THE WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH 01:40:53.699 --> 01:40:57.479 IS NAMED." NEXT ONE, "GO QUICKLY THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU, 01:40:57.479 --> 01:41:00.171 ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY, TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH 01:41:00.171 --> 01:41:03.890 MIGHT BY HIS SPIRIT IN YOUR INNER MAN." THINK ABOUT IF YOU 01:41:03.890 --> 01:41:07.371 PRAYED FOR PEOPLE TO BE STRENGTHENED INSIDE THEMSELVES. 01:41:07.371 --> 01:41:09.740 IF THEY'RE STRENGTHENED WITHIN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANNA GO BLOW 01:41:09.740 --> 01:41:13.430 THEIR BRAINS OUT. OKAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT 01:41:13.430 --> 01:41:17.900 BY THE POWER OF GOD. COME ON, SOMEBODY. SO I CAN'T ALWAYS 01:41:17.900 --> 01:41:22.161 CONTROL WHAT PEOPLE DO, BUT BOY, I CAN SURE PRAY FOR 'EM. I CAN 01:41:22.161 --> 01:41:27.291 SURE BELIEVE GOD FOR THEM. AND MY GOODNESS, THAT IS HOW MANY, 01:41:27.291 --> 01:41:32.150 MANY, SEEMINGLY THE PEOPLE THAT JUST SEEM LIKE THEY'D NEVER GET 01:41:32.150 --> 01:41:35.631 SAVED, SUDDENLY GET THEIR LIFE TURNED AROUND. BECAUSE SOME 01:41:35.631 --> 01:41:40.761 PRAYING MAMA SOMEWHERE. COME ON, SOME PRAYING GRANDMA SOMEWHERE. 01:41:40.761 --> 01:41:43.190 AND YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THESE TESTIMONIES, PEOPLE SAY, "OH, 01:41:43.190 --> 01:41:46.341 WELL, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN SAVED, BUT, BUT MY 01:41:46.341 --> 01:41:51.051 GOODNESS, MY, MY GRANDMOTHER, YOU KNOW, SHE PRAYED. MY 01:41:51.051 --> 01:41:53.451 GRANDMOTHER WAS ALWAYS PRAYING." IN FACT, PAUL CROUCH WAS HERE AT 01:41:53.451 --> 01:41:55.490 THE MEDIA EVENT. THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE, BUT I'LL SHARE 01:41:55.490 --> 01:41:58.881 THE STORY. I FORGET THE NAME OF THE PASTOR. SOMEBODY HELP ME IF 01:41:58.881 --> 01:42:03.440 YOU WERE THERE. BUT THIS IS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AND HE HAD 01:42:03.440 --> 01:42:08.240 BEEN A MILITARY VETERAN THAT WAS OVERSEAS IN VIETNAM AND THESE 01:42:08.240 --> 01:42:12.381 WARS AND JUST SAW, AS HE DESCRIBED IT, THINGS THAT NO 01:42:12.381 --> 01:42:16.822 PERSON SHOULD SEE IN THESE WARS. AND HE CAME BACK WITH, THIS WAS 01:42:16.822 --> 01:42:22.970 IN THE '70S, HE CAME BACK WITH A TERRIBLE CASE OF PTSD. HE WAS 01:42:22.970 --> 01:42:26.780 JUST NOT IN HIS RIGHT MIND. EVERYTHING HAD GONE DIFFERENT. 01:42:26.780 --> 01:42:30.890 AND HE WAS TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT. AND HE WAS SITTING THERE 01:42:30.890 --> 01:42:34.072 ONE EVENING, HIS WIFE WAS AT CHURCH. SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN. HE 01:42:34.072 --> 01:42:38.056 WASN'T. SHE WAS A CHRISTIAN. SHE WAS AT BIBLE STUDY. AND I DON'T 01:42:38.056 --> 01:42:40.490 KNOW, SOME VOICE KEPT TELLING HIM, "YOUR WIFE'S CHEATING ON 01:42:40.490 --> 01:42:43.822 YOU." AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST PARANOID, JUST LIVED IN THIS 01:42:43.822 --> 01:42:48.322 PARANOIA. AND SO HE WAS SITTING THERE ONE NIGHT AND HE THOUGHT 01:42:48.322 --> 01:42:50.961 HIS WIFE WAS OUT CHEATING. SHE WAS LATE COMING BACK FROM BIBLE 01:42:50.961 --> 01:42:55.461 STUDY. AND THIS VOICE TOLD HIM, HE SAID, "WHEN YOUR WIFE GETS 01:42:55.461 --> 01:43:01.371 HOME, YOU KILL HER." AND HE GOT HIS SHOTGUN OUT, CHAMBERED IT, 01:43:01.371 --> 01:43:04.310 SITTING ON THE COUCH, AND WHEN SHE WALKED IN THAT DOOR, HE WAS 01:43:04.310 --> 01:43:10.131 GONNA SHOOT HER AND KILL HER. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE SAID, HE 01:43:10.131 --> 01:43:14.270 SAT THERE AND I DON'T KNOW, HE TOOK THE GUN FOR WHATEVER REASON 01:43:14.270 --> 01:43:19.970 AND BEAT THE TELEVISION SET. AND IT CAME ON. THESE ARE THESE OLD 01:43:19.970 --> 01:43:24.020 TUBE TVS, THE 70S. I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS WHEN STUFF DIDN'T WORK 01:43:24.020 --> 01:43:28.881 BACK THEN, YOU HIT IT AND IT WOULD WORK. AND HE WAS STILL 01:43:28.881 --> 01:43:34.881 WAITING, SHE WAS LATE, AND ON COMES TBN. AND HE WATCHED THE 01:43:34.881 --> 01:43:37.418 SHOW THAT WAS ON THERE. I FORGET WHAT SHOW, DID HE SAY 01:43:37.418 --> 01:43:39.831 WHAT SHOW IT WAS? I DON'T REMEMBER. HUH? 01:43:39.831 --> 01:43:40.940 - CHUCK SMITH. 01:43:40.940 --> 01:43:44.060 - OH, IT WAS CHUCK SMITH, THAT'S RIGHT, IS PREACHING. 01:43:44.060 --> 01:43:46.161 - RAUL REESE. 01:43:46.161 --> 01:43:50.841 - RON REESE, IS THAT? RAUL REESE IS THE PASTOR. RAUL REESE 01:43:50.841 --> 01:43:55.190 IS THE PASTOR WHO NOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HERE COMES 01:43:55.190 --> 01:43:59.572 CHUCK SMITH, HE'S PREACHING, AND HE SAID HE SUDDENLY FALLS TO HIS 01:43:59.572 --> 01:44:03.201 KNEES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PREACHING, WEEPING, SOBBING 01:44:03.201 --> 01:44:05.990 BEFORE GOD, AND HE GIVES HIS HEART TO THE 01:44:05.990 --> 01:44:08.240 LORD, AND NOW PASTORS ONE OF THE LARGEST 01:44:08.240 --> 01:44:11.030 CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 01:44:11.030 --> 01:44:14.001 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:44:14.001 --> 01:44:16.671 WE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL WHAT OTHERS DO, BUT WE CAN PRAY FOR 01:44:16.671 --> 01:44:20.180 THEM, AND THAT'S THE THING. SO PART OF THE SUFFERING THAT 01:44:20.180 --> 01:44:24.140 HAPPENS IN THIS LIFE IS OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAN PUT PEOPLE 01:44:24.140 --> 01:44:27.081 THROUGH ANGUISH. SO THE FIRST ONE, THE CURSE OF THE GROUND. 01:44:27.081 --> 01:44:30.470 WE'RE ALWAYS IN BATTLE WITH THE EARTH CURSE, OKAY? DON'T BE 01:44:30.470 --> 01:44:33.291 SURPRISED BY THAT, RIGHT? THE REASON YOU HAVE TO CLEAN YOUR 01:44:33.291 --> 01:44:38.060 HOUSE AND WASH YOUR CAR, RIGHT, IS BECAUSE WE'RE IN BATTLE WITH 01:44:38.060 --> 01:44:41.451 THAT DECAY THAT'S IN THE EARTH. AND THE SECOND IS THE CHOICES OF 01:44:41.451 --> 01:44:44.690 OTHERS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE DEAL WITH IN A FALLEN 01:44:44.690 --> 01:44:47.030 WORLD, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. NOW I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME. 01:44:47.030 --> 01:44:51.770 I'M GONNA READ A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE THAT I THINK WILL HELP 01:44:51.770 --> 01:44:56.841 YOU GREATLY UNDERSTAND THIS, IS THAT WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT HAS 01:44:56.841 --> 01:45:04.131 RISKS OF DISASTERS, MISHAPS, ACCIDENTS, AND INJURIES. NOW, 01:45:04.131 --> 01:45:06.560 HEAR ME THIS, BEFORE YOU GET IN, "YEAH, PASTOR BRENDA, WE DON'T 01:45:06.560 --> 01:45:09.560 HAVE TO RECEIVE THAT." NO, WE DON'T, BUT JESUS, 'CAUSE WE CAN 01:45:09.560 --> 01:45:12.951 COUNTER THAT WITH THE PROMISE OF GOD, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE 01:45:12.951 --> 01:45:17.572 EVER TRIPPED ON YOUR BEDPOST, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE LIVE IN A 01:45:17.572 --> 01:45:21.530 RISKY, UNCERTAIN WORLD, RIGHT? OKAY, WE'VE ALL QUOTED IT, WE'VE 01:45:21.530 --> 01:45:24.680 ALL SAID, THIS WORLD IS AN UNCERTAIN PLACE. NOW GO TO, I'M 01:45:24.680 --> 01:45:30.997 GONNA TEACH YOU, JESUS TALKED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS LUKE 13. 01:45:30.997 --> 01:45:33.261 NOW I'M GONNA READ IT FROM THE ERV. I DON'T KNOW 01:45:33.261 --> 01:45:37.461 THAT THEY HAVE THAT UP THERE, BUT YOU CAN USE THE NLT, THE 01:45:37.461 --> 01:45:40.551 EASY, THIS, THE ERV IS THE EASY TO READ VERSION. YOU CAN FIND IT 01:45:40.551 --> 01:45:44.211 LATER ON BIBLE GATEWAY. BUT THIS IS WHAT JESUS TAUGHT. CAN I SHOW 01:45:44.211 --> 01:45:48.360 YOU THIS? HE SAID, "SOME PEOPLE," LUKE 13:1, "WERE 01:45:48.360 --> 01:45:52.520 THERE WITH JESUS AT THAT TIME, HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT WHAT HAD 01:45:52.520 --> 01:45:55.610 HAPPENED TO SOME OF THE WORSHIPERS FROM GALILEE, FOR 01:45:55.610 --> 01:45:58.850 PILATE HAD THEM KILLED." IN OTHER WORDS, THIS PILATE 01:45:58.850 --> 01:46:02.162 MURDERED THESE PEOPLE IN A MASS KILLING. OKAY, LET ME BRING IT 01:46:02.162 --> 01:46:06.201 DOWN TO MODERN LANGUAGE. THERE WAS A MASS MURDER THAT HAPPENED, 01:46:06.201 --> 01:46:09.110 "AND THEIR BLOOD WAS MIXED WITH THE BLOOD OF ANIMALS THAT THEY 01:46:09.110 --> 01:46:13.490 HAD BROUGHT FOR SACRIFICING. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, 'DO YOU 01:46:13.490 --> 01:46:16.310 THINK THIS HAPPENED TO THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WERE MORE 01:46:16.310 --> 01:46:19.430 SINFUL THAN ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE FROM GALILEE?'" IN OTHER 01:46:19.430 --> 01:46:24.110 WORDS, THEY JUST WERE MURDERED IN A MASS MURDER BECAUSE THEY 01:46:24.110 --> 01:46:27.980 WERE NOT RIGHT WITH GOD? NO, HE SAID, "THAT'S NOT IT." HE SAID, 01:46:27.980 --> 01:46:31.881 "BUT IF YOU DON'T DECIDE NOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIVES, YOU WILL BE 01:46:31.881 --> 01:46:34.640 DESTROYED LIKE ALL THESE PEOPLE." IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HE 01:46:34.640 --> 01:46:39.440 WAS SAYING IS, UNFORTUNATE EVENTS HAPPEN IN THIS WORLD. 01:46:39.440 --> 01:46:43.461 THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN THIS LIFE. THIS IS A LIFE WHERE 01:46:43.461 --> 01:46:48.110 THINGS, WE SEE ANOTHER SHOOTING. OKAY, WE JUST SAW A CHURCH 01:46:48.110 --> 01:46:53.060 SHOOTING, RIGHT? JUST HAPPENED IN A CHURCH. WE SEE THINGS THAT 01:46:53.060 --> 01:46:58.520 GO ON IN A SHOPPING MALL, OR AN ACCIDENT, OR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE 01:46:58.520 --> 01:47:02.030 ALL OF A SUDDEN KILLED BY SOME EARTHQUAKE SOMEWHERE. OR HOW DID 01:47:02.030 --> 01:47:06.051 THEY DIE IN ALL THAT TORNADO THAT FLATTENED THAT WHOLE TOWN? 01:47:06.051 --> 01:47:09.170 OKAY, THIS IS THE WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY WE LIVE IN. AND 01:47:09.170 --> 01:47:12.020 JESUS SAID THIS WAS AN UNCERTAIN, THIS IN THIS CASE, IT 01:47:12.020 --> 01:47:16.850 WAS A MASS KILLING. HE SAID THE KEY IS TO KEEP YOUR LIFE RIGHT. 01:47:18.020 --> 01:47:22.461 OKAY, LIVE CLOSE TO GOD. WE LIVE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD, AND THE 01:47:22.461 --> 01:47:26.661 LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF ETERNITY. 01:47:26.661 --> 01:47:29.421 OKAY, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT, THAT AIR INDIA AIRPLANE THAT WENT 01:47:29.421 --> 01:47:32.871 DOWN. THOSE PEOPLE SUDDENLY FOUND THAT THEY STEPPED OVER TO 01:47:32.871 --> 01:47:37.011 THE OTHER SIDE. AND YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN, WHENEVER, NOW 01:47:37.011 --> 01:47:40.730 SEE, I'M SAYING, THE BIBLE SAYS WE CAN STAND AGAINST THOSE 01:47:40.730 --> 01:47:44.421 THINGS AND WE CAN COMMISSION ANGELS TO PROTECT OUR LIFE. BUT 01:47:44.421 --> 01:47:47.720 THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS BE MESSING WITH YOUR ETERNITY. 01:47:47.720 --> 01:47:52.101 ETERNITY IS FOREVER. AND WE WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE LIVING RIGHT 01:47:52.101 --> 01:47:57.470 WITH GOD. NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF JESUS, 01:47:58.791 --> 01:48:03.051 SEATED WITH HIM IN HEAVENLY PLACES. BUT THE OTHER PART IS WE 01:48:03.051 --> 01:48:07.280 NEED TO KNOW, IN LIVING RIGHT, AS CHRISTIANS, THAT WE EVERY DAY 01:48:07.280 --> 01:48:11.091 APPROPRIATE GOD'S PROMISES. THAT'S WHY PASTOR AND I TEACH SO 01:48:11.091 --> 01:48:15.831 MUCH. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY. BE CAREFUL WHAT POPS OUT OF YOUR 01:48:15.831 --> 01:48:20.421 MOUTH. "OH, THAT'S JUST KILLING ME." "MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS 01:48:20.421 --> 01:48:26.707 ARTHRITIS. I THINK IT'S COMING TO ME TOO." BE CAREFUL ABOUT 01:48:26.707 --> 01:48:31.100 THAT STUFF. BE CAREFUL WHAT WE PROGNOSTICATE IN OUR LIFE. OKAY, 01:48:31.100 --> 01:48:35.480 IT'S AN UNCERTAIN WORLD. DON'T GIVE THE DEVIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO 01:48:35.480 --> 01:48:40.280 COME SAILING IN. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW, LADIES. AND 01:48:40.280 --> 01:48:42.440 THAT'S WHY WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOME OF 01:48:42.440 --> 01:48:45.951 THESE THINGS. I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE SECURITY. THANK GOD 01:48:45.951 --> 01:48:47.900 FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT DO SO MANY 01:48:47.900 --> 01:48:49.581 GOOD THINGS. WE NEED TO BE SMART. 01:48:49.581 --> 01:48:53.390 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:48:53.390 --> 01:48:56.661 BUT WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL. WE DON'T LIVE IN FEAR. I SAW ONE OF 01:48:56.661 --> 01:49:03.801 THOSE VIDEOS THAT CAME UP ON THE REELS. ANYWAY, I HAVE A LOVE 01:49:03.801 --> 01:49:08.180 HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE THINGS. I PROBABLY DON'T WATCH 01:49:08.180 --> 01:49:10.671 THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE GOOD AND THE ONES THAT I ALWAYS PULL UP 01:49:10.671 --> 01:49:13.371 IS SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, FALLING OFF THE DIVING BOARD INTO A POOL 01:49:13.371 --> 01:49:17.390 AND ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST RIDICULOUS. BUT I SAW ONE OF 01:49:17.390 --> 01:49:19.551 THESE REELS AND I DON'T KNOW, SOME LADY AND IT SHOWS A 01:49:19.551 --> 01:49:23.961 REENACTMENT OF A MUGGER AND THIS LADY'S GOT THIS LITTLE PURSE 01:49:23.961 --> 01:49:29.780 SPRAY OR WHATEVER SHE PULLS OUT AND IT SHOWS THE GUY, YOU KNOW, 01:49:29.780 --> 01:49:32.180 AND THEN YOU THINK, SO THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY GET YOU WITH THIS 01:49:32.180 --> 01:49:33.628 STUFF OR THE CHOKING ONE. HOW MANY OF 01:49:33.628 --> 01:49:35.908 YOU SEEN THAT ONE? YOU KNOW, "DON'T BE 01:49:35.908 --> 01:49:38.811 CAUGHT WITHOUT THE CHOKING DEVICE." "X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE 01:49:38.811 --> 01:49:42.860 DIE EVERY DAY FROM CHOKING." AND THERE'S THE CHOKING 01:49:42.860 --> 01:49:46.730 DEVICE, AND YOU PUT THE SUCTION CUP, AND THE PERSON 01:49:46.730 --> 01:49:51.381 VOMITS OUT THE STEAK. AND YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THAT STUFF, AND 01:49:51.381 --> 01:49:55.761 THEN YOU THINK, "OH, I GOTTA GET THAT." YOU KNOW, "I NEED THE 01:49:55.761 --> 01:50:01.033 DEVICE." "I NEED THE BEAR SPRAY, THE PURSE-SIZED BEAR SPRAY." 01:50:01.033 --> 01:50:04.604 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:50:04.604 --> 01:50:09.259 NOW THEY HAVE A WAY OF GETTING YOU, BUT THEY, IT'S THROUGH. OH, 01:50:09.261 --> 01:50:11.176 COME ON, BE HONEST WITH YOURSELVES. 01:50:11.176 --> 01:50:12.445 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:50:12.445 --> 01:50:15.916 OOO, OOO, DON'T I'LL WOO YOU, WOO, WOO, WOO. 01:50:15.916 --> 01:50:17.384 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:50:17.384 --> 01:50:21.284 DON'T ACT LIKE YOU NEVER ORDERED SOMETHING OFF OF SOMETHING LIKE 01:50:21.291 --> 01:50:25.587 THAT. IT GOES BY, 'CAUSE FACEBOOK JUST PLASTERS IT. YOU 01:50:25.587 --> 01:50:29.091 KNOW, INSTAGRAM, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED, YOU NEED THIS DEVICE FOR 01:50:29.091 --> 01:50:32.871 SOMETHING. OKAY, YOU NEED THIS PILL, YOU NEED THIS, YOU KNOW, 01:50:32.871 --> 01:50:35.150 ANTI -AGING, YOU NEED TO PUT THIS LIGHT ON YOUR FACE. 01:50:36.740 --> 01:50:40.850 TAKE ALL THE WRINKLES OFF. OH, SHUT UP, IT ISN'T. 01:50:40.850 --> 01:50:42.081 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:50:42.081 --> 01:50:48.020 IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE THE WRINKLE, IT WON'T DO IT, OKAY? LET'S BE 01:50:48.020 --> 01:50:50.030 REAL, YOU AIN'T GONNA LOOK LIKE YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE FIVE 01:50:50.030 --> 01:50:54.680 YEARS OLD. GET USED TO IT, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, OKAY? 01:50:54.680 --> 01:50:58.233 AND THEN FACEBOOK IS SO FAIR, YOU KNOW? THIS IS HOW YOU 01:50:58.233 --> 01:51:00.261 LOOK NOW, AND THEN IT'LL SHOW YOU FROM 10 YEARS IN, 01:51:00.261 --> 01:51:03.497 YOU'RE LIKE, AH, GET THAT, GET THAT, BIND 01:51:03.497 --> 01:51:09.246 THAT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. BUT THEY 01:51:09.246 --> 01:51:14.076 ALSO KNOW HOW TO PRICK YOUR FEAR, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS AN 01:51:14.076 --> 01:51:18.515 UNCERTAIN PLACE, OKAY? AND SO WE NEED TO NOT ONLY LIVE RIGHT WITH 01:51:18.515 --> 01:51:21.905 GOD, THIS IS WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING, EVERY SINGLE DAY, WORK 01:51:21.905 --> 01:51:25.775 OUT OUR SALVATION, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO APPROPRIATE 01:51:25.775 --> 01:51:29.645 HIS PROMISES EVERY DAY, OKAY? YOU KNOW, SPEAK HEALING OVER 01:51:29.645 --> 01:51:33.095 YOURSELF, SPEAK LIFE. YOU KNOW, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT PASTOR, 01:51:33.095 --> 01:51:35.765 HE'S DONE THIS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, HE'LL SAY IT. 01:51:35.765 --> 01:51:38.435 HE'LL SAY, HE'LL PRAY OVER OUR HOUSE EVERY YEAR, ACTUALLY, HE 01:51:38.435 --> 01:51:41.286 PRAYS OVER WAY MORE THAN THAT, BUT HE'LL PRAY AND SAY, THERE 01:51:41.286 --> 01:51:43.565 WILL NEVER BE A BREAK IN, MISCHIEF, MAYHEM, 01:51:43.565 --> 01:51:45.905 NO ATTACKER, NO DESTROYER, THEY'LL 01:51:45.905 --> 01:51:48.155 NEVER BREAK A WINDOW, NO ONE WILL BREAK THROUGH THIS DOOR, 01:51:48.155 --> 01:51:51.666 THERE'LL BE NEVER A MURDER OR RAPE, THERE'LL NEVER BE A CRIME 01:51:51.666 --> 01:51:54.336 COMMITTED IN THIS HOME. I BIND IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WE 01:51:54.336 --> 01:51:57.155 STAND UP AND WE COMMISSION ANGELS TO BE AROUND THE 01:51:57.155 --> 01:52:02.466 PERIMETER OF OUR HOUSE. AND SO WE DON'T TALK DEATH AND FEAR. SO 01:52:02.466 --> 01:52:06.095 JESUS SAID, IF YOU DON'T CHANGE YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE AT RISK OF 01:52:06.095 --> 01:52:10.355 BEING DESTROYED JUST LIKE THEY DID 'CAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF 01:52:10.355 --> 01:52:14.315 THIS LIFE. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE HE SAID. HE SAID, HE ALSO SAID, 01:52:14.315 --> 01:52:17.721 "WHAT ABOUT THOSE 18 PEOPLE WHO DIED WHEN THE TOWER FELL?" AND 01:52:17.721 --> 01:52:22.895 THIS WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. MAYBE IT WAS A STORM, I DON'T KNOW. HE 01:52:22.895 --> 01:52:25.655 SAID, "WAS IT BECAUSE THEY WERE SINFUL MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE 01:52:25.655 --> 01:52:29.046 IN JERUSALEM? NO, THAT WASN'T IT. BUT I TELL YOU, IF YOU DON'T 01:52:29.046 --> 01:52:32.216 DECIDE NOW," COME ON, CHANGE YOUR LIFE. DON'T 01:52:32.216 --> 01:52:35.921 WAIT TILL THE STORM COMES. YOU, YOU COULD 01:52:35.921 --> 01:52:39.456 SAY IT LIKE THIS, "ARE AT RISK OF ALSO 01:52:39.456 --> 01:52:43.265 BEING DESTROYED." SO WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THAT? WE LIVE IN AN 01:52:43.265 --> 01:52:47.376 UNCERTAIN WORLD, AND WE NEED TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF GOD AND 01:52:47.376 --> 01:52:50.676 FOLLOW HIS WAYS AND APPROPRIATE THOSE PROMISES. DON'T JUST 01:52:50.676 --> 01:52:55.595 APPROPRIATE THE PROMISES OF GOD WHEN YOU'RE IN A TRIAL. RIGHT? 01:52:55.595 --> 01:52:58.746 APPROPRIATE IT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING GREAT. THAT'S WHEN WE 01:52:58.746 --> 01:53:01.115 SOMETIMES DON'T WANNA DO IT AS MUCH. WE THINK, "OH, 01:53:01.115 --> 01:53:03.134 EVERYTHING'S GOOD. "IT'S ALL RIGHT, GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF 01:53:03.134 --> 01:53:06.006 IT." NO, YOU HOLD ON TO THE TRUTH OF THE WORD. THAT'S WHY WE 01:53:06.006 --> 01:53:11.076 SAY, DON'T LET THE WORDS DEPART FROM YOUR EYES. KEEP THEM IN THE 01:53:11.076 --> 01:53:16.145 MIDST OF YOUR HEART. SO THIS IS THE NUMBER FOUR IS WE LIVE IN A 01:53:16.145 --> 01:53:20.015 FALLEN WORLD. AND WE ARE ALWAYS COUNTERING THAT. WE'RE ALWAYS 01:53:20.015 --> 01:53:22.716 GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT. AND THAT IS A CONTRIBUTOR TO 01:53:22.716 --> 01:53:25.115 SUFFERING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LAST ONE. ARE YOU 01:53:25.115 --> 01:53:30.305 READY? ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT NUMBER FIVE, THE REASON 01:53:30.305 --> 01:53:34.865 CHRISTIANS SUFFER. AND THIS IS THE GLARING ONE THAT I SEE ALL 01:53:34.865 --> 01:53:39.845 ACROSS THE NEW TESTAMENT IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE 01:53:39.845 --> 01:53:45.845 PERSECUTION OF THE GOSPEL. NOW, PERSECUTION OF THE GOSPEL IS NOT 01:53:45.845 --> 01:53:49.176 SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THAT MUCH IN THE UNITED STATES 01:53:49.176 --> 01:53:52.235 OF AMERICA. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS THE COMMON TOPIC. I 01:53:52.235 --> 01:53:54.666 MEAN, I THINK IT'S COME UP A LITTLE BIT MORE EVER SINCE THE 01:53:54.666 --> 01:53:58.746 PANDEMIC AND THE CENSORSHIP AND THE MASS MANDATES. AND ALL OF A 01:53:58.746 --> 01:54:01.206 SUDDEN WE REALIZE, WAIT A MINUTE, PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE 01:54:01.206 --> 01:54:05.615 CLUB AND HAVE A BEER, BUT THEY CAN'T COME TO CHURCH FOR TWO 01:54:05.615 --> 01:54:08.525 HOURS ON A SUNDAY AND SIT NEXT TO THEIR FRIENDS. YOU CAN FLY ON 01:54:08.525 --> 01:54:12.871 A FLIGHT, RIGHT, TWO INCHES FROM SOMEBODY IN A SEAT 01:54:12.871 --> 01:54:15.216 THAT IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR ONE WHOLE HUMAN. 01:54:15.216 --> 01:54:19.895 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:54:19.895 --> 01:54:21.576 I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT GETS SKINNIER. EITHER THEY'RE GETTING 01:54:21.576 --> 01:54:23.796 SKINNIER ON THOSE THINGS OR WE'RE GETTING BIGGER. I DON'T 01:54:23.796 --> 01:54:27.786 KNOW WHAT IT IS. BUT THE POINT IS, IS THEY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU 01:54:27.786 --> 01:54:30.185 COULD SIT RIGHT NEXT TO SOMEBODY ON AN AIRPLANE, BUT YOU COULDN'T 01:54:30.185 --> 01:54:33.426 SIT NEXT TO SOME, AND YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT, FOR AN AIRPLANE, 01:54:33.426 --> 01:54:37.326 MOST FLIGHTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE TWO TO THREE HOURS. SO YOU 01:54:37.326 --> 01:54:39.935 WERE NEXT TO THAT PERSON FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS, BUT YOU COULDN'T 01:54:39.935 --> 01:54:42.426 COME FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF TO A CHURCH SERVICE ON A SUNDAY 01:54:42.426 --> 01:54:46.755 MORNING. COME ON, THERE WAS AN AGENDA WITH THAT. OKAY, THERE 01:54:46.755 --> 01:54:51.666 WAS AN AGENDA. THEY WANTED TO KEEP PEOPLE SEPARATED. AND SO, 01:54:51.666 --> 01:54:54.605 FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE KIND OF TALKED A LITTLE BIT MORE 01:54:54.605 --> 01:54:57.905 ABOUT THE PERSECUTION OF THE GOSPEL. BUT LOOK WHAT PAUL SAID 01:54:57.905 --> 01:55:03.636 IN TIMOTHY. SECOND TIMOTHY CHAPTER THREE, VERSE 12. "YES, 01:55:03.636 --> 01:55:07.926 ALL," SOMEBODY SAY ALL. "ALL THAT WILL LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST 01:55:07.926 --> 01:55:14.076 JESUS "SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION." OKAY, MAKE NO 01:55:14.076 --> 01:55:16.655 MISTAKE ABOUT IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE LIVE IN THE UNITED 01:55:16.655 --> 01:55:21.095 STATES. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HATE THE GOSPEL THAT 01:55:21.095 --> 01:55:24.546 YOU AND I STAND FOR AND THAT WE PREACH. COME ON, THEY'LL LET A 01:55:24.546 --> 01:55:28.145 MUSLIM PRAY IN PUBLIC, BUT THE MINUTE YOU START WANTING TO PRAY 01:55:28.145 --> 01:55:31.595 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, HERE COMES THE POLICE, HERE COMES ALL OF 01:55:31.595 --> 01:55:36.666 THE LIBERAL, LOONY LEFT, AND THE CIVIL LIBERTIES, RIDICULOUS 01:55:36.666 --> 01:55:40.536 OPINION, HERE THEY COME. THE MINUTE YOU BRING UP JESUS' NAME, 01:55:40.536 --> 01:55:45.605 ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WAR IS ON. 'CAUSE ALL THOSE THAT LIVE GODLY 01:55:45.605 --> 01:55:50.796 IN CHRIST JESUS SUFFER PERSECUTION. JOHN 15:18-19, 01:55:50.796 --> 01:55:54.336 JESUS SAID, "IF THE WORLD HATES YOU, KNOW THEY HATED ME 01:55:54.336 --> 01:56:01.565 BEFORE IT HATED YOU. IF YOU WERE OF THE WORLD, THE WORLD 01:56:01.565 --> 01:56:05.886 WOULD LOVE ITS OWN." YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY NOT TO FIT IN, FOLKS. 01:56:05.886 --> 01:56:10.895 ALL RIGHT? IT'S OKAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S OKAY, YOU 01:56:10.895 --> 01:56:14.195 DON'T HAVE TO FIT IN WITH EVERYBODY. "THE WORLD WOULD LOVE 01:56:14.195 --> 01:56:20.646 ITS OWN, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, I HAVE CHOSEN 01:56:20.646 --> 01:56:23.667 YOU OUT OF THE WORLD. THEREFORE, THE WORLD," 01:56:23.667 --> 01:56:28.235 WATCH THIS, WILL HATE YOU." PAUL OFTEN DESCRIBED HIS 01:56:28.235 --> 01:56:33.905 SUFFERINGS ASSOCIATED, MOSTLY, WATCH THIS, WITH THE PREACHING 01:56:33.905 --> 01:56:39.515 OF THE GOSPEL. HE SAID, "BECAUSE I PREACH THIS GOSPEL, I SUFFER 01:56:39.515 --> 01:56:45.155 AS AN EVILDOER." THERE ARE 30 EXAMPLES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT OF 01:56:45.155 --> 01:56:48.216 PAUL'S SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF PERSECUTION. AND THEN HE GOES ON 01:56:48.216 --> 01:56:51.185 TO SAY, WATCH THIS, HE SAID, "AND THIS IS THE DESTINY OF US 01:56:51.185 --> 01:56:55.416 ALL." SO DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKE ABOUT IT. THIS IS WHERE THE USER 01:56:55.416 --> 01:56:58.805 FRIENDLY MOVEMENT GOT IT COMPLETELY WRONG, OKAY? WE'RE SO 01:56:58.805 --> 01:57:01.805 BUSY TRYING TO BEFRIEND EVERYBODY AND MAKE IT, "AND 01:57:01.805 --> 01:57:07.716 LISTEN, WE'RE JUST LIKE YOU. HE GETS US. HE GETS US. HERE, WE'RE 01:57:07.716 --> 01:57:12.364 ALL ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD." NO, WE'RE NOT. I HAVE THE BLOOD 01:57:12.364 --> 01:57:15.935 OF THE MESSIAH ROLLING THROUGH MY VEINS. 01:57:15.935 --> 01:57:18.636 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:57:18.636 --> 01:57:27.756 BY THE WAY, THERE'S ONLY TWO RACES IN THE EARTH. ARE YOU 01:57:27.756 --> 01:57:33.155 READY? THAT'S WHY WE GOTTA GET ALL OUR RACE GLASSES 01:57:33.155 --> 01:57:41.161 OFF. TWO. THE SAVED AND THE UNSAVED. 01:57:41.161 --> 01:57:44.663 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:57:44.706 --> 01:57:50.136 LET ME SAY IT AGAIN, THE SAVED AND THE UNSAVED. THE ONE THAT 01:57:50.136 --> 01:57:55.574 HAS POLLUTED BLOOD AND THE ONE THAT IS BORN AGAIN AND HAS THE 01:57:55.574 --> 01:57:59.916 BLOOD OF THE MESSIAH RUNNING THROUGH THEIR VEINS. 01:57:59.916 --> 01:58:03.996 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:58:03.996 --> 01:58:14.105 JUDY AND I ARE THE SAME COLOR. WE BLEED RED. COME ON SOMEBODY. 01:58:14.105 --> 01:58:18.216 OH, DON'T SHOUT ME DOWN 'CAUSE I'M PREACHING GOOD. YOU CUT 01:58:18.216 --> 01:58:23.225 SOMEBODY'S FINGER AND THEY ALL BLEED RED BLOOD. WE ARE MADE BY 01:58:23.225 --> 01:58:29.286 GOD HIMSELF, BUT WE BECAME OF A NEW RACE, A HEAVENLY KINGDOM 01:58:29.286 --> 01:58:33.666 WHEN WE ASKED JESUS TO COME IN OUR HEART AND WE LEFT THIS 01:58:33.666 --> 01:58:36.666 WORLDLY KINGDOM FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 01:58:36.666 --> 01:58:43.956 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 01:58:43.956 --> 01:58:54.216 AND YOU KNOW, CAN I BE HONEST? ALL US RACES GOT SOME JUNK. I 01:58:54.216 --> 01:58:58.235 DON'T WANNA CLAIM IT. YOU KNOW, EVERY CHURCH YOU GO TO IS 01:58:58.235 --> 01:59:07.967 DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, THE WHITE CHURCH, THEY'RE PERPENDICULAR. 01:59:10.775 --> 01:59:13.654 "IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY." THEY 01:59:13.654 --> 01:59:15.488 DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY LOUISVILLE. 01:59:15.516 --> 01:59:26.565 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:59:26.565 --> 01:59:28.467 THIS IS MY LAST SERMON! 01:59:28.503 --> 01:59:33.073 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:59:33.105 --> 01:59:35.052 I WON'T BE HERE NEXT SUNDAY. NO, 01:59:35.052 --> 01:59:39.725 I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT NO, IT'S TRUE! YOU 01:59:39.725 --> 01:59:43.301 GET THE PERPENDICULAR CHURCH. THEN YOU GO TO THE BLACK CHURCH 01:59:43.301 --> 01:59:47.256 AND EVERYTHING'S (HUMMING). THEY'LL HAVE CHURCH 01:59:47.256 --> 01:59:49.536 TILL 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, TILL THE HOLY GHOST 01:59:49.536 --> 01:59:55.265 COME. I WATCH ONE CHURCH, I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. AND I, 01:59:55.265 --> 01:59:59.046 YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I LOVE 'EM ALL. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO 01:59:59.046 --> 02:00:02.698 THE BLACK CHURCH, YOU'RE GONNA GET ANOTHER EXPRESSION. AND IN 02:00:02.698 --> 02:00:06.546 EVERY ONE, SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD. YOU GO TO THE WHITE CHURCH, 02:00:06.546 --> 02:00:10.506 THEY DO SOME STUFF RIGHT. YOU GO TO THE BLACK CHURCH, AND THEY DO 02:00:10.506 --> 02:00:15.207 SOME STUFF RIGHT, BUT THEY BOTH DO SOME STUFF THAT'S DUMB. AND 02:00:15.207 --> 02:00:22.154 THEN THERE'S LATINO CHURCH. OKAY, HOLY SPIRIT. 02:00:22.189 --> 02:00:25.225 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 02:00:25.259 --> 02:00:29.313 OH, WE PREACHED ALL ACROSS LATIN AMERICA. I REMEMBER ONE CHURCH 02:00:29.315 --> 02:00:32.405 WE WERE, I HAVE TO TELL THIS STORY, WE WERE PREACHING IN THIS 02:00:32.405 --> 02:00:36.126 AUDITORIUM, AND I MEAN, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 3 OR 4,000 02:00:36.126 --> 02:00:38.555 PEOPLE IN THERE, AND PASTOR GIVES A CALL, AND HE SAYS, "IF 02:00:38.555 --> 02:00:41.376 YOU'RE NOT FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST." NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THIS 02:00:41.376 --> 02:00:46.475 WAS A PENTECOSTAL EXPRESSION EVENT. THESE PEOPLE WERE FALLING 02:00:46.475 --> 02:00:49.716 ALL OVER THE FLOOR, THEY WERE RUNNING AROUND, THEY WERE LAYING 02:00:49.716 --> 02:00:53.765 ON THE GROUND SHAKING, THEY WERE DOING THE THINGS, AND I MEAN, 02:00:53.765 --> 02:01:00.216 THEY WERE HAVING AN EXPERIENCE. THE PLACE WAS CRAZY. AND PASTOR 02:01:00.216 --> 02:01:03.126 SAYS, "NOW, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, "YOU'RE EXPERIENCING 02:01:03.126 --> 02:01:05.105 THIS, "AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN FILLED WITH THE 02:01:05.105 --> 02:01:09.095 HOLY GHOST, "AND SPOKEN TONGUES, I WANT YOU TO COME TO 02:01:09.095 --> 02:01:11.225 THE FRONT." I'M TELLING YOU, GOD IS MY WITNESS, 02:01:11.225 --> 02:01:13.703 ABOUT HALF THE ROOM CAME TO THE FRONT. I'M NOT... 02:01:13.703 --> 02:01:16.815 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 02:01:16.815 --> 02:01:21.765 ALL THESE PEOPLE AREN'T FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST? I MEAN, YOU 02:01:21.765 --> 02:01:27.586 KNOW, PENTECOSTALS DO THAT STUFF. BUT HERE THEY ALL CAME 02:01:27.586 --> 02:01:29.775 DOWN TO THE FRONT AND YOU THOUGHT THEY FELL ON THE FLOOR 02:01:29.775 --> 02:01:33.706 BEFORE. THEY WERE ALL ON THE FLOOR AND CAME UP TALKING IN 02:01:33.706 --> 02:01:36.046 TONGUES. BUT YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE THESE THINGS THAT ARE... 02:01:36.046 --> 02:01:38.296 WHAT MY POINT IS, IS WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE REHEARSED AND 02:01:38.296 --> 02:01:41.685 PRACTICED. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT 02:01:41.685 --> 02:01:46.983 WHITE-ISM, I CAN'T STAND. THERE IS STUFF ABOUT BLACK-ISM, 02:01:46.983 --> 02:01:51.376 I CAN'T STAND. THERE IS STUFF ABOUT LATINO-ISM, 02:01:51.376 --> 02:01:53.715 I CAN'T STAND. AM I PREACHING TOO HARD RIGHT NOW? 02:01:53.715 --> 02:01:54.948 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 02:01:54.980 --> 02:01:58.393 CAN WE JUST LAY THIS TOPIC ON THE TABLE? COME ON, IF THEY'RE 02:01:58.395 --> 02:02:00.466 NOT GONNA GET IT IN THE CHURCH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET IT 02:02:00.466 --> 02:02:02.775 ANYWHERE. YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT GONNA GET IT ON THE MAINSTREAM 02:02:02.775 --> 02:02:05.895 MEDIA 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA TWIST IT ALL UP. BUT ONE THING I LOVE 02:02:05.895 --> 02:02:08.985 ABOUT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, LOOK AROUND YOU, IT'S NOT A BLACK 02:02:08.985 --> 02:02:12.826 CHURCH, IT'S NOT A WHITE CHURCH, NOT A LATINO CHURCH. COME ON, WE 02:02:12.826 --> 02:02:17.703 ARE KINGDOM CHURCH, ALL BLEEDING RED BLOOD WITH 02:02:17.703 --> 02:02:21.707 THE POWER OF THE MESSIAH IN OUR VEINS. 02:02:21.740 --> 02:02:27.493 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:02:27.493 --> 02:02:32.382 I MEAN, OF COURSE, I DID TELL LADY T, ON VACATION I'LL BE IN 02:02:32.386 --> 02:02:39.826 THE SUN A LITTLE TO BRING OUT MY BLACK SIDE. I'VE TOLD HER, HOW 02:02:39.826 --> 02:02:44.926 LONG Y'ALL BEEN IN THE CHURCH? 23 YEARS. I TOLD THEM A LONG 02:02:44.926 --> 02:02:48.076 TIME AGO, SHE'S GOT IT ON RECORD, I SAID, I AM HALF BLACK. 02:02:48.076 --> 02:02:51.525 I MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT, BUT MY HAIR SHOWS IT. SO I JUST WANT 02:02:51.525 --> 02:02:54.405 YOU TO KNOW THAT. BUT NOW WE GOT TO GET RID OF SOME OF THESE RACE 02:02:54.405 --> 02:02:58.006 HANGUPS. OKAY, DON'T LET THE WORLD TELL US WHAT RACE OUGHT TO 02:02:58.006 --> 02:03:02.145 LOOK LIKE. BECAUSE IN HEAVEN, THE BIBLE SAID EVERY ETHNOS IS 02:03:02.145 --> 02:03:05.475 GOING TO FLOW INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD. WE BETTER GET ALONG 02:03:05.475 --> 02:03:09.286 DOWN HERE AND LAY DOWN OUR HANGUPS, PUT THEM ASIDE 02:03:09.286 --> 02:03:13.943 AND COME TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE KINGDOM. 02:03:13.943 --> 02:03:18.599 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:03:18.599 --> 02:03:23.256 I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WENT DOWN THAT TRAIL. GOOD, WE GOT ONE 02:03:23.256 --> 02:03:27.912 THANK YOU UP IN THE RAFTERS, THAT'S GOOD. OH NO, I DON'T LIKE 02:03:27.916 --> 02:03:30.645 TO LET THE WORLD DEFINE IT. WE'RE BORN AGAIN. 02:03:30.645 --> 02:03:31.876 - AMEN. 02:03:31.876 --> 02:03:35.115 - OKAY, AND THE WORLD KNOWS IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING, BLACK 02:03:35.115 --> 02:03:39.586 LIVES MATTER. REMEMBER THEM? YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT COMMITTED 02:03:39.586 --> 02:03:48.555 FRAUD? YEAH, THAT. THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT HOW BLACK LIVES 02:03:48.555 --> 02:03:53.445 DIDN'T MATTER WHEN YOU WERE A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN STANDING 02:03:53.445 --> 02:03:58.546 FOR DECENCY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT ONLY MATTERED IF YOU RAN THE 02:03:58.546 --> 02:04:03.225 STREETS AND RIOTED WITH THEM. SO DON'T EVER FORGET, AND I'M GONNA 02:04:03.225 --> 02:04:05.865 SAY THIS LAST THING, I DON'T KNOW WHY GOD HAD ME GO DOWN THIS 02:04:05.865 --> 02:04:12.706 TOPIC, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORLD ISN'T SETTING OUR 02:04:12.706 --> 02:04:22.456 VIEWS. THE DEVIL IS AFTER ONE BLOOD. DON'T EVER FORGET THIS 02:04:22.456 --> 02:04:29.206 NOW, OKAY? HE WANTS DEATH TO CHRISTIANS, OKAY? HE'S NOT AFTER 02:04:29.206 --> 02:04:33.826 YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR COLOR ON THE OUTSIDE. DON'T EVER FORGET THAT. 02:04:33.826 --> 02:04:38.595 READ YOUR BIBLE. HE IS AFTER THE PRECIOUS LIFE. AND EVERY LIFE 02:04:38.595 --> 02:04:43.246 THAT IS BORN AGAIN, FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND POWER, IS THE 02:04:43.246 --> 02:04:47.626 ONE WITH A BIG OL' BULLSEYE ON THEIR CHEST THAT THE DEVIL IS 02:04:47.626 --> 02:04:51.195 OUT TO GET. DON'T EVER FORGET THAT. AND WE NEED TO, AS THE 02:04:51.195 --> 02:04:55.605 BODY OF CHRIST, DEFEND ONE ANOTHER, STAND TOGETHER. COME 02:04:55.605 --> 02:05:01.546 ON. JESUS SAID, COME ON, STAND TOGETHER. WE'RE THE CHURCH. LOOK 02:05:01.546 --> 02:05:04.452 AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "WE'RE THE CHURCH." 02:05:04.452 --> 02:05:07.173 HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE ABOUT IT. AMEN. 02:05:08.507 --> 02:05:11.265 ALL RIGHT. NOW THAT I'M IN TROUBLE, PEOPLE ARE 02:05:11.265 --> 02:05:16.395 EITHER EXCITED OR WANT TO THROW SHOES. BUT IT'S THE PERSECUTION 02:05:16.395 --> 02:05:20.445 OF THE GOSPEL WAS THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF SUFFERING IN THE NEW 02:05:20.445 --> 02:05:24.435 TESTAMENT. IT WAS NOT BECAUSE GOD SUBMERGES US IN A PERSONAL 02:05:24.435 --> 02:05:27.765 TRIAL ON PURPOSE BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED ABOUT 02:05:27.765 --> 02:05:30.975 THE TESTING OF OUR FAITH. JESUS DID NOT MINCE HIS WORDS IN 02:05:30.975 --> 02:05:34.185 EXPLAINING THAT TO FOLLOW HIM MEANS YOU WILL BE PERSECUTED 02:05:35.235 --> 02:05:39.586 EVEN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MARTYRDOM. NOW THIS SHOULD NOT 02:05:39.586 --> 02:05:44.086 BE SHOCKING, BUT JESUS SAID, "IF YOU DO NOT TAKE UP YOUR CROSS TO 02:05:44.086 --> 02:05:47.655 FOLLOW ME, YOU CAN'T BE MY DISCIPLES." YOU KNOW, I WAS 02:05:47.655 --> 02:05:50.626 THINKING ABOUT THESE AMAZING SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WENT 02:05:50.626 --> 02:05:57.015 IN AND DID THAT AMAZING THING IN IRAN. I MEAN, THEY JUST, COME 02:05:57.015 --> 02:06:03.329 ON, THEY DESERVE A HAND. IT'S 4TH OF JULY. I THINK WE OUGHT TO 02:06:03.329 --> 02:06:07.154 GIVE THEM A HAND WHILE THE MEDIA IS SO BUSY BASHING ALL OF THEM. 02:06:07.154 --> 02:06:08.601 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:06:08.635 --> 02:06:24.166 FOR A JOB WELL DONE. WE SALUTE YOU. AND YOU KNOW, BUT THESE 02:06:24.166 --> 02:06:26.985 SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WILL GO IN AND CONDUCT A MISSION. AND WHEN 02:06:26.985 --> 02:06:31.756 THEY SIGN UP FOR THE MILITARY, WHEN THEY SIGN UP TO BE IN THE 02:06:31.756 --> 02:06:36.405 MILITARY, THEY DO IT SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 02:06:36.405 --> 02:06:40.305 IT'S A SIMILAR THING. THEY KNOW GOING INTO IT THAT THERE'S 02:06:40.305 --> 02:06:42.376 BLESSINGS FOR BEING IN THE MILITARY, THEY'LL PAY FOR YOUR 02:06:42.376 --> 02:06:47.265 COLLEGE. THEY'LL GIVE YOU MEDICAL BENEFITS. I DON'T KNOW 02:06:47.265 --> 02:06:49.126 IF THEY'RE AS GOOD AS THEY USED TO BE, BUT THEY'LL GIVE 'EM TO 02:06:49.126 --> 02:06:54.765 YOU. I HAD BRACES PUT ON, MY DAD WAS A 24 YEAR AIR FORCE, I HAD 02:06:54.765 --> 02:07:01.695 BRACES PUT ON, PAID FOR BY THE US GOVERNMENT. WE WERE OVERSEAS 02:07:01.695 --> 02:07:06.105 AND I NEEDED BRACES AND THE MILITARY AGREED TO PAY FOR 'EM. 02:07:06.105 --> 02:07:10.515 THERE ARE BLESSINGS IN THE US MILITARY FOR BEING IN THAT. SAME 02:07:10.515 --> 02:07:13.275 WAY WITH THE KINGDOM OF GOD, WE KNOW THERE ARE BLESSINGS FOR 02:07:13.275 --> 02:07:15.916 BEING INTO THE KINGDOM. BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE SERVICE 02:07:15.916 --> 02:07:20.506 MEMBERS KNOW THAT THEY COULD CALL ON AT ANY GIVEN TIME, BE 02:07:20.506 --> 02:07:24.706 CALLED UPON, AND THEY WILL WILLINGLY HAVE TO GO AND 02:07:24.706 --> 02:07:29.145 POTENTIALLY RISK THEIR LIFE. THOSE PEOPLE THAT CONDUCTED THAT 02:07:29.145 --> 02:07:32.746 HAMMER MISSION OVER IRAQ, TAKING OUT THOSE NUCLEAR SITES, THEY 02:07:32.746 --> 02:07:36.376 KNEW SOMETHING COULD GO TERRIBLY WRONG. THE POTENTIAL AND THE 02:07:36.376 --> 02:07:41.176 RISK WAS THERE. SO LET'S NOT ACT SURPRISED THAT THE POTENTIAL AND 02:07:41.176 --> 02:07:45.286 RISK COMES FOR PERSECUTION OR MARTYRDOM TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 02:07:45.286 --> 02:07:49.905 WE SIGNED UP IN THE BLESSING, WE KNOW THAT, AND LISTEN, WE'RE NOT 02:07:49.905 --> 02:07:52.725 WANTING TO BE MARTYRED, ALTHOUGH THE EARLY APOSTLES ACTUALLY 02:07:52.725 --> 02:07:55.845 CONSIDERED IT A GREAT HONOR FOR THEM TO BE MARTYRED FOR THE 02:07:55.845 --> 02:07:59.895 KINGDOM OF GOD. OKAY, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH IT BECOMES 02:07:59.895 --> 02:08:03.855 GREAT RISK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO STAND. COME ON, THOSE MILITARY 02:08:03.855 --> 02:08:07.605 SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN STOOD FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG. THEY STOOD 02:08:07.605 --> 02:08:10.905 FOR THIS COUNTRY WITH ALL OF ITS GREATS AND ALL ITS FAULTS. AND 02:08:10.905 --> 02:08:16.966 CAN WE NOT DO MORE THAN THEY DO AS MEN AND WOMEN IN THE KINGDOM? 02:08:18.765 --> 02:08:21.496 AND SO THERE'S THE POTENTIAL THAT WE'D HAVE TO GIVE THE 02:08:21.496 --> 02:08:24.886 ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, JUST LIKE THEY KNOW THAT IN THE NATURAL. 02:08:24.886 --> 02:08:28.725 AND I WOULD THINK WE FIGHT FOR THAT ALL THE MORE, MORE WITH 02:08:28.725 --> 02:08:32.626 GREATER DETERMINATION THAN THEY WOULD. AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW SO 02:08:32.626 --> 02:08:35.926 MANY PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY ARE LIKE, I WANNA GO OVER THERE AND 02:08:35.926 --> 02:08:39.345 FIGHT FOR MY COUNTRY. I WANNA BE IN THE FRAY. I WANNA 02:08:39.345 --> 02:08:41.805 BE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. I'M NOT AFRAID. THEY WANNA 02:08:41.805 --> 02:08:46.185 STRAP UP AND GO. WELL, COME ON, CHURCH. USER 02:08:46.185 --> 02:08:52.095 FRIENDLY MOVEMENT, WE'RE HIDING BEHIND DONUTS AND MILK. PASTORS 02:08:52.095 --> 02:08:54.855 DON'T WANNA PREACH ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL ANYMORE FROM THE 02:08:54.855 --> 02:08:57.855 PULPIT. WE DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT HELL. WE DON'T WANNA SAY 02:08:57.855 --> 02:09:01.966 REPENT. WE DON'T WANNA PREACH ANYTHING THAT'S BOLD AND ASK 02:09:01.966 --> 02:09:06.615 PEOPLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THEIR LIFE. WE DON'T WANT TO HIT 02:09:06.615 --> 02:09:09.435 ANYTHING BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT LEAVE AND THEN THE PASTOR'S LEFT 02:09:09.435 --> 02:09:13.036 TO PAY FOR A BUILDING. COME ON, WE GOTTA GET BETTER THAN BIG 02:09:13.036 --> 02:09:17.595 BUILDINGS AND BIG EQUIPMENT AND PAVING A PARKING LOT. WE ARE THE 02:09:17.595 --> 02:09:22.126 PREACHERS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND WE NEED TO PREACH IT WITH 02:09:22.126 --> 02:09:33.916 BOLDNESS AND WITHOUT APOLOGY. IT'S NOT JUST THE USER FRIENDLY 02:09:33.916 --> 02:09:38.115 PREACHERS. OKAY. TIMOTHY ALSO SAYS THE PEOPLE HAVE ITCHING 02:09:38.115 --> 02:09:42.015 EARS SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW. YOU KNOW, HERE'S HOW, HERE'S HOW 02:09:42.015 --> 02:09:46.365 YOU DON'T HELP YOUR PASTOR. CAN I HELP YOU IN THIS? 02:09:46.365 --> 02:09:49.336 SORRY, I'M ON A RABBIT TRAIL AGAIN. IS THE RAIN OVER? WE'LL 02:09:49.336 --> 02:09:55.097 STAY TILL THE RAIN STOPS. I'M ALMOST DONE, ARE YOU READY? 02:09:55.097 --> 02:09:56.716 HERE'S HOW YOU DON'T HELP YOUR PASTOR. 02:09:58.798 --> 02:10:07.815 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 02:10:07.815 --> 02:10:12.796 YOU'RE NOT GONNA HELP THE PASTOR PREACH A BOLD MESSAGE WHEN YOU 02:10:12.796 --> 02:10:16.155 SIT THERE LOOKING LIKE, WHAT WERE THOSE MUPPETS THAT SAT UP 02:10:16.155 --> 02:10:32.296 IN THE BALCONY IN THE... THERE'S ONE FOR THE MEDIA. YOU'RE NOT 02:10:32.296 --> 02:10:34.185 GOING TO HELP YOUR PASTOR. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL THE 02:10:34.185 --> 02:10:37.377 ANOINTING OUT OF HIM OR HER. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL OUT THE 02:10:37.377 --> 02:10:39.706 POWER OF GOD. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PULL OUT THEM PREACHING A 02:10:39.706 --> 02:10:44.355 KINGDOM MESSAGE THAT COMMANDS CHANGE AND HELPS THE WORLD. COME 02:10:44.355 --> 02:10:48.376 ON, GET BORN AGAIN. WE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR A GOSPEL THAT IS AN 02:10:48.376 --> 02:10:52.905 EASY MESSAGE. WE SIGNED UP FOR A GOSPEL THAT HAS A HARD MESSAGE. 02:10:52.905 --> 02:10:56.536 THERE IS A HEAVEN TO GAIN AND A HELL TO SHUN. GET ON THE RIGHT 02:10:56.536 --> 02:10:59.476 SIDE OF HEAVEN OR YOU'RE GONNA GO TO HELL. 02:10:59.476 --> 02:11:07.815 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:11:07.815 --> 02:11:13.666 COME ON. SOMEWHERE THAT'S THE GOSPEL WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO. 02:11:14.865 --> 02:11:17.836 USED TO BE BACK IN THE OLD DAYS OF PENTECOST, THE PREACHERS 02:11:17.836 --> 02:11:20.985 WOULD PREACH SO HARD. FINNEY WOULD PREACH, THE BARS WOULD 02:11:20.985 --> 02:11:24.195 CLOSE. PEOPLE WOULD RUN TO THE ALTAR BEFORE THE MESSAGE WAS 02:11:24.195 --> 02:11:28.666 OVER, ASKING GOD TO FORGIVE THEM. THEY WERE REPENTING. THEY 02:11:28.666 --> 02:11:32.685 CAME INTO THE KINGDOM. PAUL SAID, "WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY, WE 02:11:32.685 --> 02:11:38.456 ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD." IT'S NOT A ROSE WALK AND A CAKE WALK. 02:11:38.456 --> 02:11:45.355 YOU KNOW, "OH, COME IN IF YOU'RE GAY." NOW THEY CAN COME IN, 02:11:45.355 --> 02:11:49.527 THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. BUT ONE SERMON OUGHT TO MAKE THEM 02:11:49.527 --> 02:11:53.515 QUESTION IMMEDIATELY THE LIFESTYLE THEY'RE LIVING. WE 02:11:53.515 --> 02:11:57.386 SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THREE YEARS AND TWO SUNDAYS FOR 02:11:57.386 --> 02:11:59.996 SOMEBODY TO FINALLY FIGURE IT OUT, "IS IT A SIN TO BE A GAY 02:11:59.996 --> 02:12:05.317 AND A CHRISTIAN?" NO, THE BIBLE SAYS THE EFFEMINATE WILL GO TO 02:12:05.317 --> 02:12:15.685 HELL. OH, THAT'S IN YOUR BIBLE. THAT'S IN YOUR BIBLE. THE BIBLE 02:12:15.685 --> 02:12:20.216 CALLS HOMOSEXUALITY AN ABOMINATION BEFORE GOD. I'VE GOT 02:12:20.216 --> 02:12:23.800 A NEWSFLASH FOR YOU, MEDIA. GOD HAS NOT CHANGED 02:12:23.800 --> 02:12:27.027 HIS MIND. THE MONTH OF JUNE IS NOT PRIDE 02:12:27.027 --> 02:12:30.051 MONTH. THE MONTH OF JUNE IS LIFE MONTH. 02:12:30.051 --> 02:12:41.953 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 02:12:41.953 --> 02:12:46.466 ALL RIGHT, CLOSING COMMENTS. IT'S GOTTA BE DONE RIGHT NOW, 02:12:46.466 --> 02:12:50.876 'CAUSE I'M ALMOST DONE PREACHING. CAN WE BE SAVED FROM 02:12:50.876 --> 02:12:55.376 MARTYRDOM? WELL, YEAH, ACTUALLY. IF YOU WANT TO BE, THE EARLY 02:12:55.376 --> 02:12:57.386 APOSTLES, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE. PAUL SAID, "I'M GOING TO 02:12:57.386 --> 02:13:01.555 JERUSALEM." AGABUS PUT THE BELT ON AND HE SAID, "MAN, THE MAN 02:13:01.555 --> 02:13:03.987 THAT GOES UP THERE TO JERUSALEM, "YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO 02:13:03.987 --> 02:13:07.947 YOU." HE SAYS, "THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MY TIME HAS COME. "I'M 02:13:07.947 --> 02:13:13.076 READY TO BE OFFERED." THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT THEY PRAYED FOR 02:13:13.076 --> 02:13:16.197 PETER TO BE SAVED FROM BEING A MARTYR. AT LEAST THEY DELAYED 02:13:16.197 --> 02:13:21.055 IT. I THINK PETER WANTED TO BE ONE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE 02:13:21.055 --> 02:13:25.645 APOSTLES LOOKED TO GET IN HARM'S WAY. 'CAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS IN 02:13:25.645 --> 02:13:32.636 REVELATION, THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE FOR THE MARTYRS. BUT PETER 02:13:32.636 --> 02:13:36.115 WAS SAVED FROM MARTYRDOM AT THE UNCEASING PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH, 02:13:37.225 --> 02:13:42.536 RIGHT? PAUL SAID THIS WORDS, HE SAID IN 2 THESSALONIANS 3, HE 02:13:42.536 --> 02:13:46.527 SAID, "PRAY FOR US," RIGHT? PRAY, BRETHREN, PRAY THAT THE 02:13:46.527 --> 02:13:49.707 WORD OF THE LORD WOULD HAVE THE LIBERTY TO GO WHEREVER IT NEEDS 02:13:49.707 --> 02:13:53.216 TO GO AND BE GLORIFIED. AND PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE DELIVERED FROM 02:13:53.216 --> 02:13:58.105 WICKED AND UNREASONABLE MEN, FOR ALL MEN HAVE NOT THE FAITH. SO 02:13:58.105 --> 02:14:01.586 PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE DELIVERED. OKAY, PAUL WOULDN'T SAY PRAY TO 02:14:01.586 --> 02:14:06.145 BE DELIVERED FROM THAT, BECAUSE HE HAD A MISSION TO ACCOMPLISH. 02:14:06.145 --> 02:14:10.886 AMEN. I'VE HEARD MANY STORIES OF MISSIONARIES WHO ANGELS CAME AND 02:14:10.886 --> 02:14:15.626 BLINDED THEM, BLINDED THEIR ATTACKERS. COME ON, SAVE PEOPLE? 02:14:15.626 --> 02:14:19.615 SO YEAH, WE CAN PRAY THAT. PAUL WAS DELIVERED FROM MARTYRDOM 02:14:19.615 --> 02:14:23.006 COUNTLESS TIMES. OKAY, HE SAID, "I WAS SHIPWRECKED. "I SHOULD 02:14:23.006 --> 02:14:26.067 HAVE DIED IN THAT STORM. "I WAS FLOATING ON A BOARD IN THE 02:14:26.067 --> 02:14:32.605 OCEAN. I WAS BEATEN 40 TIMES, SAVED 40 STRIPES, SAVED ONE." SO 02:14:32.605 --> 02:14:37.136 PAUL WAS SAVED FROM MARTYRDOM MANY TIMES. WE SHOULD PRAY THAT. 02:14:37.136 --> 02:14:40.376 BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A PRICE FOR THIS GREAT 02:14:40.376 --> 02:14:45.536 GOSPEL THAT WE PREACH. AMEN. AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN'T GET SOFT. 02:14:45.536 --> 02:14:48.506 THE WORLD WANTS TO JUST BLEND IN AND MAKE IT LIKE, WELL, WE'RE 02:14:48.506 --> 02:14:52.076 ALL LIKE YOU AND YOU'RE LIKE US. WE'RE ALL THE SAME. WE ALL LIKE 02:14:52.076 --> 02:14:56.305 THE SAME STUFF. NO, WE DON'T. OKAY, THERE'S STUFF IN THE 02:14:56.305 --> 02:14:59.487 WORLD. WE GOTTA SAY, NO, I DON'T LIKE THAT 'CAUSE GOD DOESN'T 02:14:59.487 --> 02:15:05.216 LIKE THAT. NOW LISTEN, I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN GET READY TO 02:15:05.216 --> 02:15:10.645 STAND. I'M GONNA READ A CLOSING SCRIPTURE. YEAH, GO AHEAD AND 02:15:10.645 --> 02:15:12.956 STAND. IT'S OKAY, Y'ALL ACT LIKE, WHAT'S SHE GONNA DO? NO, 02:15:17.697 --> 02:15:19.855 I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MEAN CHURCH, YOU KNOW, 02:15:19.855 --> 02:15:21.121 PEOPLE WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR, "ARE YOU 02:15:21.121 --> 02:15:23.886 A HOMOSEXUAL? GET DOWN", NOT SAYING 02:15:23.886 --> 02:15:26.738 THAT. NO, WE'RE HERE TO BE FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING 02:15:26.738 --> 02:15:29.605 AND REACH PEOPLE IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST, BUT WE'RE NOT 02:15:29.605 --> 02:15:33.296 COMPROMISING. OKAY, AND PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW RIGHT FROM THE 02:15:33.296 --> 02:15:39.355 BEGINNING WHERE YOU STAND. IT SHOULDN'T BE A GUESS. AMEN. AND 02:15:39.355 --> 02:15:43.256 I'M NOT JUST SAYING ON THE GAY SUBJECT, ON ALL TOPICS. OKAY, I 02:15:43.256 --> 02:15:47.786 LOVE WHAT JUDY SAID. I THINK I PREACHED HER OUT OF THE ROOM. 02:15:50.697 --> 02:15:56.095 SHE'S ALWAYS, I LOVE HER. SHE'S LIKE MY SISTER. WE'VE WORKED 02:15:56.095 --> 02:15:57.567 TOGETHER IN ACCOUNTING FOR YEARS. SHE'S 02:15:57.567 --> 02:15:59.605 AMAZING, BY THE WAY. JUDY, YOU'RE NOT HERE, BUT 02:15:59.605 --> 02:16:00.895 THEY'RE GIVING YOU A HAND CLAP RIGHT NOW. 02:16:00.895 --> 02:16:05.697 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 02:16:05.697 --> 02:16:09.655 SHE SAID FOR YEARS, AND PASTOR ANTHONY KNOWS HOW IT GOES, 02:16:09.655 --> 02:16:14.067 INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU PARTICIPATE. JUST 'CAUSE THE 02:16:14.067 --> 02:16:17.395 WORLD PRESENTS SOMETHING AND IT SOUNDS KINDA GOOD TO YOUR EARS, 02:16:17.395 --> 02:16:19.800 AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S ENOUGH STUFF OUT THERE THAT HAS A BIAS 02:16:19.800 --> 02:16:25.345 THAT SPEAKS TO EVERY PERSON. THE DEVIL MAKES SURE OF IT, RIGHT? 02:16:25.345 --> 02:16:28.136 OKAY, HE'LL HAVE THE BIAS THAT SPEAKS TO OLD PEOPLE. AH, AND 02:16:28.136 --> 02:16:29.996 THEN YOU'LL BE, YOU KNOW, YOU LISTEN TO ALL THAT, AND THEN 02:16:29.996 --> 02:16:32.637 YOU'LL BE LIKE, "AH, THEM YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY'RE ALL REBELLIOUS." 02:16:33.986 --> 02:16:37.047 OKAY, YOUNG PEOPLE LISTEN AND THEY THINK ALL THE OLD PEOPLE 02:16:37.047 --> 02:16:40.495 ARE JUST STUPID AND WASHED UP. WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH THE 02:16:40.495 --> 02:16:44.906 MESSAGES THAT GET FED INTO OUR HEARING. SO THE PERSECUTION OF 02:16:44.906 --> 02:16:47.457 THE GOSPEL. SO WHAT DO WE LEARN TODAY? WE LIVE IN A FALLEN 02:16:47.457 --> 02:16:50.486 WORLD, OKAY? AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND WE NEED 02:16:50.486 --> 02:16:54.896 TO BE WITH GOD, PUTTING THAT WORD IN US, STANDING. DON'T JUST 02:16:54.896 --> 02:16:59.217 ASSUME, STAND IN THE WORD, BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, LIVE RIGHT FOR 02:16:59.217 --> 02:17:04.495 GOD. EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THE SECOND IS THAT THERE IS THE 02:17:04.495 --> 02:17:08.245 PERSECUTION OF THE GOSPEL, OKAY? SO GET USED TO IT. THEY MIGHT 02:17:08.245 --> 02:17:15.325 WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT YOUR CHURCH. RIGHT? I'M NOT SAYING WE 02:17:15.325 --> 02:17:19.165 DON'T SPEAK UP. OH, BELIEVE ME, WE'LL SPEAK UP. BUT THE KEY IS, 02:17:19.165 --> 02:17:23.727 IS THE WORLD HATED JESUS, IT'S GONNA HATE YOU. AND THAT MAY 02:17:23.727 --> 02:17:25.825 MEAN THAT THERE'S SOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT 02:17:25.825 --> 02:17:30.297 GONNA, HMM, RIGHT? HAVE YOU GOT A LOT OUT OF THIS TODAY? 02:17:30.297 --> 02:17:32.186 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 02:17:32.186 --> 02:17:36.415 LET ME GIVE YOU MY CLOSING SCRIPTURE AND THEN PASTOR KEITH 02:17:36.415 --> 02:17:40.137 WILL MAKE HIS WAY HERE. THIS IS ROMANS 5 FROM THE NEW LIVING. 02:17:40.137 --> 02:17:42.896 THIS WILL GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT. "THEREFORE, SINCE 02:17:42.896 --> 02:17:47.637 WE HAVE BEEN MADE RIGHT IN GOD'S SIGHT BY FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE." 02:17:47.637 --> 02:17:52.346 SO HAVE PEACE TODAY IN THIS WORLD WHERE THERE'S THINGS THAT 02:17:52.346 --> 02:17:57.176 HAPPEN AND THERE'S ADVERSITY. HAVE PEACE. WE HAVE PEACE WITH 02:17:57.176 --> 02:18:00.146 GOD BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD, HAS DONE FOR 02:18:00.146 --> 02:18:05.486 US. AND BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH, SOMEBODY SAY FAITH. CHRIST HAS 02:18:05.486 --> 02:18:09.325 BROUGHT US INTO THIS PLACE OF UNDESERVED PRIVILEGE. NO MATTER 02:18:09.325 --> 02:18:12.686 WHAT YOU GO THROUGH, YOU ARE IN A PLACE OF PRIVILEGE ABOVE 02:18:12.686 --> 02:18:17.936 ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD. DON'T EVER FORGET 02:18:17.936 --> 02:18:24.207 THAT. "UNDESERVED PRIVILEGE WHERE NOW WE STAND AND WE 02:18:24.207 --> 02:18:27.745 CONFIDENTLY AND JOYFULLY LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING IN GOD'S 02:18:27.745 --> 02:18:29.995 GLORY", AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE EARTH. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I 02:18:29.995 --> 02:18:33.807 WOULD JUST SAY? KEEP YOUR EYES ON ETERNITY. OKAY, ALL OF THE 02:18:33.807 --> 02:18:37.047 PEOPLE THAT ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND THE WHY AND WENT THROUGH THE 02:18:37.047 --> 02:18:41.156 SUFFERINGS OF THIS LIFE AND THINGS HAPPENED AND THEY DIDN'T 02:18:41.156 --> 02:18:46.106 KNOW THE REASON. THOSE THAT ARE IN HEAVEN ARE NOW GOING, "OH NO, 02:18:47.457 --> 02:18:52.171 LIFE IS BUT A VAPOR. LIFE IS BUT A VAPOR." KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM. 02:18:54.101 --> 02:18:56.396 LET ME READ YOU THE NEXT ONE AND WE'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. "FOR WE 02:18:56.396 --> 02:19:01.887 CAN REJOICE TOO THAT WHEN WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS AND TRIALS, FOR WE 02:19:01.887 --> 02:19:04.977 KNOW THAT THEY WILL HELP US DEVELOP ENDURANCE." THAT'S WHAT 02:19:04.977 --> 02:19:08.605 JAMES 1 SAYS, RIGHT? "AND THAT ENDURANCE WILL DEVELOP STRENGTH 02:19:08.605 --> 02:19:12.686 OF CHARACTER AND CHARACTER STRENGTHENS OUR CONFIDENT HOPE 02:19:12.686 --> 02:19:20.516 IN SALVATION. AND THIS HOPE WILL NOT LEAD TO DISAPPOINTMENT. FOR 02:19:20.516 --> 02:19:25.163 WE KNOW HOW DEARLY GOD LOVES US." DON'T EVER FORGET THAT GOD 02:19:25.163 --> 02:19:29.156 LOVES YOU. WHEN YOU'RE FACING A SITUATION, YOU'RE BATTLING 02:19:29.156 --> 02:19:36.745 THROUGH SOMETHING, GOD LOVES YOU. HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT YOU. 02:19:38.127 --> 02:19:42.325 HE DEARLY LOVES US BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN US HIS HOLY SPIRIT TO FILL 02:19:42.325 --> 02:19:46.495 OUR HEARTS WITH HIS LOVE. I PRAY THIS WAS A BLESSING TO YOU. WE 02:19:46.495 --> 02:19:50.756 LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT SUFFERING, BUT IN EVERY KIND OF 02:19:50.756 --> 02:19:54.298 SUFFERING, GOD HAS GIVEN US HIS PROMISES SO THAT WE CAN 02:19:54.298 --> 02:19:57.560 STAND IN FAITH TO BE DELIVERED IN JESUS' NAME. I 02:19:57.560 --> 02:19:59.665 LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. PASTOR KEITH. 02:19:59.752 --> 02:20:02.636 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 02:20:02.668 --> 02:20:09.387 AMEN AND AMEN. NOW BEFORE YOU ALL RUN OFF AND ENJOY 02:20:09.387 --> 02:20:14.816 THIS WEEK OF CELEBRATION, LET'S GIVE JUST A MOMENT TO THE LORD 02:20:14.816 --> 02:20:19.736 AND THE ATTENTION TO THE PLAN THAT HE HAS. BECAUSE THERE MIGHT 02:20:19.736 --> 02:20:23.605 BE SOMEONE HERE AND THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE OUT ONLINE THAT HAS 02:20:23.605 --> 02:20:33.656 HEARD THESE WORDS AND GOES, "BUT I'M SCARED. I'M AFRAID." THEY 02:20:33.656 --> 02:20:43.436 MIGHT BE LIVING WITH NOT KNOWING JESUS AS LORD, NOT KNOWING WHERE 02:20:43.436 --> 02:20:50.756 THEIR LIFE IS. AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT UNCERTAINTY, IN THE 02:20:50.756 --> 02:20:55.676 MIDST OF THAT DILEMMA IN THEM RIGHT NOW, THEY MIGHT BE SAYING, 02:20:55.676 --> 02:21:07.615 WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO? I WANNA UNDERSTAND THIS. BECAUSE 02:21:07.615 --> 02:21:13.736 THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU'RE BORN OF GOD, IT'S A WHOLE 02:21:13.736 --> 02:21:19.048 'NOTHER LEVEL OF LIFE. WHEN YOU'RE BORN OF GOD, IT'S A WHOLE 02:21:19.048 --> 02:21:26.516 'NOTHER PROSPECT OF LIFE. IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIFE. AND THE 02:21:26.516 --> 02:21:30.896 MORE YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THAT LIFE, THE BIGGER IT GETS. IT 02:21:32.981 --> 02:21:36.506 GETS TO THE PLACE, LIKE PAUL, WHO HE GOT TO THE PLACE WHERE HE 02:21:36.506 --> 02:21:43.372 SAID, "I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME." SO FOR 02:21:43.372 --> 02:21:48.622 SOMEBODY OUT THERE ONLINE OR EVEN HERE, IF YOU'RE SENSING 02:21:48.622 --> 02:21:55.013 FEAR, APPREHENSION, UNCERTAINTY, TODAY'S YOUR DAY TO MAKE A 02:21:55.013 --> 02:22:03.442 CHOICE. TODAY'S YOUR DAY TO SAY, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE ONE 02:22:03.442 --> 02:22:09.474 WHO DIED FOR ME. AND MAKE A TURNAROUND. AND THE BIBLE SAYS 02:22:09.474 --> 02:22:14.424 YOU'LL BE BORN OF GOD. AND WHEN YOU'RE BORN OF GOD, THEN THAT 02:22:14.424 --> 02:22:19.272 LIFE BEGINS TO LIVE IN YOU AND THROUGH YOU AND WITH YOU. AND 02:22:19.272 --> 02:22:25.345 YOU CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT LIFE. BECAUSE YOU SEE, AS SHE SAID, IT 02:22:25.345 --> 02:22:29.882 INTERESTS ME WHEN YOU READ ABOUT THE APOSTLES, THEY WERE EXCITED 02:22:29.882 --> 02:22:39.393 ABOUT LIFE. ON THIS SIDE AND ON THAT SIDE AT THE SAME TIME. SO 02:22:39.393 --> 02:22:47.334 THAT'S WHY WHEN IT'S FINISHED HERE, I'M STILL LIVING. WHEN I'M 02:22:47.334 --> 02:22:53.154 FINISHED HERE, I'M STILL GOING ON. AMEN. SO STOP BEING SO 02:22:53.154 --> 02:22:58.245 CONCERNED ABOUT LIVING HERE AND LIVE HERE. 02:23:01.582 --> 02:23:06.420 SO THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE OUT THERE IS UNCERTAIN ABOUT. SO 02:23:06.420 --> 02:23:12.520 LET'S MAKE IT REAL. IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU STILL HAVE THAT 02:23:12.520 --> 02:23:18.975 FEAR, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND TO HEAVEN AND SAY, "I WANT, I WANT 02:23:18.983 --> 02:23:23.213 THE FULL EXPRESSION OF GOD'S PRESENCE AND HIS FORGIVENESS." 02:23:23.213 --> 02:23:27.233 AND IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU FEEL UNCERTAIN ABOUT YOUR SALVATION 02:23:27.233 --> 02:23:30.983 BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING AND LIVING IN RIGHT NOW, 02:23:32.333 --> 02:23:37.763 THEN IT'S TIME TO REPENT AND SAY, I NEED THE FULLNESS OF THAT 02:23:37.763 --> 02:23:43.163 LIFE LIVING IN ME. MAKE THAT DECISION FOR HIM. AND THE ALTER 02:23:43.163 --> 02:23:45.442 TEENS ARE GOING TO BE COMING RIGHT UP HERE RIGHT NOW AND 02:23:45.442 --> 02:23:50.543 THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR YOU. AND ALSO IF YOU HAVE ANY 02:23:50.543 --> 02:23:54.504 NEED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR YOU. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE 02:23:54.504 --> 02:23:56.754 GOING TO PRAY THIS PRAYER TOGETHER AND ANYONE OUT THERE 02:23:56.754 --> 02:24:01.343 ONLINE CAN PRAY IT AND YOU CAN BELIEVE TODAY'S YOUR DAY OF 02:24:01.343 --> 02:24:09.593 LIFE. PRAY IT WITH ME. I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS, 02:24:09.593 --> 02:24:15.653 ROSE FROM THE DEAD. I BELIEVE HE'S SEATED IN HEAVEN AND I 02:24:15.653 --> 02:24:26.634 BELIEVE BECAUSE OF HIS LIFE, I NOW CAN LIVE. I SAY JESUS IS 02:24:26.634 --> 02:24:35.963 LORD AND I BELIEVE I HAVE HIS LIFE RIGHT NOW. I'M ALIVE, I'M 02:24:35.963 --> 02:24:45.713 ALIVE IN CHRIST JESUS RIGHT NOW AND I WILL TESTIFY TO THAT TRUTH 02:24:45.713 --> 02:24:50.692 EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. NOW IF YOU'RE OUT THERE ONLINE YOU CAN 02:24:50.692 --> 02:24:55.103 CALL THAT NUMBER AND YOU CAN BE TELL SOMEONE ABOUT THAT NEW LIFE 02:24:55.103 --> 02:24:59.573 EXPERIENCE. IF YOU HAVE A PRAYER NEED AND YOU HAVE OR NEED TO 02:24:59.573 --> 02:25:04.644 SHARE ANYTHING, THEY'RE HERE. THEY WILL PRAY WITH YOU. 02:25:06.083 --> 02:25:10.192 FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE WE LIVE IN CHRIST JESUS. 02:25:10.192 --> 02:25:13.282 LET US LIVE IT BOLD AND STRONG, THIS DAY AND 02:25:13.282 --> 02:25:17.513 EVERY DAY, TO YOUR GLORY, AMEN. YOU'RE DISMISSED. 02:25:17.513 --> 02:25:21.454 (MUSIC)