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(ROARING)
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- HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY TO WORSHIP THIS MORNING?
(MUSIC)
WE'RE GONNA SHOUT IT OUT 'TIL THE WALLS FALL DOWN
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- HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD.
- HALLELUJAH. LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE BLESS YOU.
- THANK YOU, LORD.
- WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND HONOR TODAY.
AND LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT WHERE THE
SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY. AND WE
THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE TO HONOR AND TO WORSHIP
YOU. EVEN FROM THIS PLACE AND IN THIS GREAT NATION. AND WE LOVE
YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THE LORD SAID.
- AMEN.
- NOW SEE, I'M TELLING YOU, I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THAT SECTION.
(LAUGHING)
- WELL, GIVE THEM A DO OVER. - NO, NO.
- DO OVER. AND EVERYBODY SAID. - AMEN.
- OH, THEY DID GOOD.
- THAT'S NOT BAD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, WHEN I'M LOOKING
AT YOU, THEN I CAN HEAR IT. I THINK WHAT IT IS, IS BECAUSE I'M
STANDING HERE, I HEAR ALL OF THIS.
- IT'S TRUE. - AND I DON'T...
SO, IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT, RIGHT? SO, LET ME
GIVE THIS, THIS, LET ME TRY THIS SECTION.
- AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
- THEY'RE ALL PRETTY, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY ROWDY.
- YOU GUYS, WELL THIS IS THE SASSY CHURCH, SO YOU GUYS
ARE DOING GOOD. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD FOURTH OF JULY, BY THE WAY?
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
YOU DID? - BEAUTIFUL.
- OKAY, THESE PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THEY DID. ANYBODY GRILL OUT?
GRILLING AND CHILLING. YOU GRILLED FOR ME. ALL RIGHT, LET
ME ASK YOU THIS. DID YOU HAVE YOUR FOURTH OF
JULY GRILL CHOICE? DID IT WORK OUT FOR YOU?
- YEAH, YEP. - YOU DID?
- SO, MY LOVELY LADY, YOU GRILLED ME...
- BABY BACK RIBS.
- MY FAVORITE. I MEAN, SHE'S AMAZING AT IT.
- WELL, I DON'T CLAIM TO BE THE BEST RIB MAKER,
BUT YOU LIKE 'EM, AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
- I LOVE 'EM. - THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
- YEP, SUNDAYS, HOW MANY OF YOU, SUNDAYS ARE LIKE LEFTOVER DAY
FOR YOU? KIND OF CLEAN EVERYTHING UP.
- YES.
- SO THERE ARE SOME RIBS LEFT OVER, BRENDA.
- YES, THERE IS.
- AND SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OKAY, WELL WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT SERVICE TODAY.
- YES, WE ARE, WE GOT THE LORD, WE'RE GONNA
RECEIVE COMMUNION TODAY. SO THAT'S EXCITING.
- AMEN.
- AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE BACK IN THE PULPIT.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
- YEAH, I'LL BE BACK. IT'S BEEN A FEW WEEKS, BUT WE'RE REALLY
GLAD. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. BUT I WANNA DO THIS, I WANNA WELCOME
ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. AND AS
PASTOR BRENDA SAID, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION. WE WANT
YOU TO BE A PART OF IT BECAUSE AFTER ALL WE'RE THE BODY OF
CHRIST. WE'RE THE FAMILY OF GOD AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE PRAY
THAT YOU HAD A GREAT FOURTH OF JULY TOO. AND WE ACTUALLY READ
THROUGH SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
WERE HAVING FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I
JUST KEPT THINKING ABOUT THE STATEMENT THAT THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM, THAT WE COULD SEE THAT THE FLAG WAS STILL THERE AFTER
THE FIGHT, THE BATTLE. I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS WE
GOTTA KEEP FIGHTING FOR, BUT THAT OUR FLAG, OUR COUNTRY IS
STILL HERE. SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL.
- YEAH, IT WAS AWESOME.
- WELL, TALKING ABOUT WHAT I'M GONNA PREACH ABOUT, I'M GONNA
KINDA CARRY INTO THE THEME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THE LORD OF THE FIGHT, BUT I JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT
DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK? AND AGAIN, I JUST KINDA,
YOU KNOW, PUT DOWN ON MY PIECE OF PAPER JUST A FEW THOUGHTS,
LIKE SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT
WE COULD SAY. SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE MESSAGE, DON'T THINK, "WELL,
HE LEFT THIS OUT OR LEFT THAT OUT," YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU'RE UNDER A TEST, YOU'RE LIKE...
- WELL, THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THE BIBLE. WHERE DO YOU
START? I MEAN, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE
GONNA PREACH ON ANY TOPIC, THERE'S PROBABLY
400 VERSES. I DON'T KNOW, JUST SO MUCH.
- TO YOUR POINT, HOW MANY WERE HERE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, WHERE SHE PREACHED ABOUT JOB AND SUFFERING? THAT
WAS SO POWERFUL. SO WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT
JUST A LITTLE BIT. I AM GOING TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK
IF YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER. IT IS NOT ALL
INCLUSIVE, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD POINTS. BUT
I HAVE HEARD THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME GUESTS THAT
CAME UP FROM, I THINK IT WAS ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. WHERE ARE THEY
AT? WHERE ARE ALL THOSE FINE PEOPLE? WAY UP
THERE. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. IS IT ST. JOSEPH? OKAY,
WELCOME. THAT'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY. WHAT IS IT LIKE, TWO
HOURS? TWO HOURS? OR IS THAT A PEACE SIGN? TWO HOURS AWAY.
WELL, WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE FROM OUT OF TOWN ALSO? I'LL JUST
THROW THAT OUT THERE. YEAH, WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
- RIGHT OVER THERE. SOMEBODY'S WAVING.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT ON THE FLOOR. WHERE?
THE WASHINGTON? WOW. WELCOME. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. NOW SOME
PEOPLE WHEN I SAY OUT OF TOWN, THEY ARE LIKE COUNCIL BLUFFS,
IOWA, WHICH IS ACROSS THE RIVER. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, IT IS PROBABLY 20 MILES, 20 MINUTES, BUT THAT IS
OUT OF TOWN. BUT ANYWAY. YES, REAL QUICK. WHERE
ARE YOU FROM? KANSAS CITY. ALL RIGHT.
- THAT'S OUT OF TOWN. THAT'S OFFICIAL.
- YOU GUYS COULD HAVE CARPOOLED TOGETHER HAD YOU FIGURED IT
OUT. HAVE THEM BUY YOU BREAKFAST. YOU NEED TO
WORK ON THE LUNCH THING GOING BACK.
- THAT'S GOOD. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE READY TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
- YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO IT.
BEFORE WE DO, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
AND LET'S JUST, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, HOW MANY
OF YOU OBVIOUSLY SAW THIS TRAGIC SITUATION, THIS FLOODING AT THIS
CAMP DOWN IN TEXAS? AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SENDING SOME SUPPORT
TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS
HAVE THE ATTITUDE, IF YOU SEE A BROTHER IN NEED, DON'T TURN YOUR
BLIND EYE. ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP. BUT LET'S JUST TAKE
A MOMENT TO PRAY FOR THEM. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST PRAY
FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED SO, FATHER,
THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT WORDS TO WHAT HAPPENED, FATHER. WE DO
KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. AND FATHER, I KNOW SO
MANY FAMILIES ARE GRIEVING TODAY OF THE LOSSES AND FATHER, THIS
TRAGIC, TRAGIC FLOODING. BUT WE DO PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU BRING
STRENGTH. AND FATHER, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE WORDS, WE DON'T KNOW
THE ANSWERS. WE DON'T KNOW WHY AND WHAT OR THE HOW. ALL WE KNOW
IS THAT GOD, YOU'RE THE GOD OF ALL GRACE. AND FATHER, THAT YOU
WILL CARRY THESE PEOPLE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. FATHER, SHOW US
HOW WE CAN BE A SUPPORT AND A HELP. FATHER, AS THE BODY OF
CHRIST, BOTH HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD, WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN
JESUS' NAME. AMEN AND AMEN. BY THE WAY, I SEE A BABY NOVA ON
THE FRONT. OKAY, BABY ALERT IN THE ROOM, ALL RIGHT. OKAY, ARE
YOU EXCITED TO WORSHIP THE LORD TODAY? IT'S A GOOD DAY TO BE IN
GOD'S HOUSE. SO, WHAT DO WE DO? DON'T KEEP THOSE HANDS HANGING
DOWN. THROW THEM ALL THE WAY UP TO HEAVEN. SAY THIS, SAY,
"LORD, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD.
YOUR ANOINTING IS GONNA BE IN THIS ROOM. WE THANK YOU FOR
MOVING IN HERE AND IN OUR LIVES." NOW GIVE GOD YOUR BEST,
BEST SHOUT. AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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- JESUS, YOU'RE MY KING.
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COME ON, GIVE HIM PRAISE.
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- OH, COME ON CHURCH! DO I HAVE ANY
CONQUERORS IN HERE THIS MORNING?
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OH, COME ON YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ONE.
(MUSIC)
JUST DANCE IN YOUR SEAT A LITTLE BIT. DANCE AT HOME...
KICK THAT COFFEE TABLE OUT OF THE WAY.
COME ON. I'M DANCING IN VALLEYS...
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COME ON, LET ME HEAR YOU DECLARE THIS THIS MORNING.
IF IT'S UNDER YOUR FEET, THEN IT'S UNDER MINE TOO.
(MUSIC)
COME ON, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY, "I'M MORE THAN A CONQUEROR."
HERE WE GO, LA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA
YEAH. I'M MORE THAN A CONQUEROR.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
IF IT'S UNDER YOUR FEET,
- JESUS, JESUS. JESUS. JESUS.
OH, WE SAY THE NAME OF JESUS. JESUS.
DEMONS HAVE TO FLEE WHEN WE SPEAK THE NAME.
CHAINS HAVE TO FALL WHEN WE SPEAK THE NAME.
JESUS, JESUS. JESUS, JESUS.
JESUS. OH MY JESUS, OH MY JESUS, OH JESUS, YOU ARE THE BRIGHT AND
THE MORNING STAR. OH MY JESUS, YOU ARE THE FAIREST OF 10,000.
OH MY JESUS, YOU'RE THE ROCK ON WHICH I STAND. MY JESUS, YOU'RE
THE KING OF ALL. MY JESUS, COME ON, JUST TELL HIM
WHAT HE IS TO YOU. JESUS, JESUS, JESUS,
JESUS, JESUS. WE SPEAK YOUR NAME, JESUS.
(SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
- LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, LET'S JUST LIFT UP
OUR HEARTS. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD,
AND IN THIS TABERNACLE OF GOD, WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, KEEP
SINGING, WORSHIP HIM. LET THIS MOMENT BE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR
CREATOR. YOU WERE CREATED TO WORSHIP HIM. YOU WERE CREATED
HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE, TO LOVE HIM, TO SING TO HIM, TO
EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS TO YOUR GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP
YOU, YESHUA. THE LOVELY LORD YOU ARE. WE WORSHIP YOU. THE
BRIGHTNESS OF OUR DAY. THE HONOR THAT WE GIVE FROM OUR HEART. THE
LOVE AND ADORATION TO YOUR MAJESTY. WE LOVE YOU. COME ON,
WORSHIP HIM, YESHUA. OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU, LORD. SO GREAT ARE
YOU, GOD. COME ON, I FIND IT HELPS IF YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND
YOU EXTEND YOUR HEART TO HIM. COME ON, KEEP WORSHIPING. KEEP
WORSHIPING. SOME OF YOU, YOU NEED TO RAISE YOUR HANDS TO HIM.
YOU SAY, "BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT." WELL, DO YOU THINK HE FELT
LIKE EXTENDING HIS ARMS OUT? ON THE CROSS, AS WIDE AS HE COULD?
BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS OPENING TO YOU. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR
HANDS. THE BIBLE SAYS WE'RE TO LIFT UP OUR HANDS. AND THE BIBLE
SAYS THAT MEN OUGHT TO DO IT. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, WITHOUT FEAR,
AND WRATH, AND DOUBTING. COME ON, MEN. WOMEN SEEM TO KNOW HOW
TO WORSHIP GOD BECAUSE THEY EXTEND THEIR EMOTIONS. MEN, COME
ON, GET OUT OF YOUR HEADS. WORSHIP HIM, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS.
COME ON, LET EVERY HAND OF EVERY MAN BE IN THIS PLACE. COME ON,
LIFT IT UP. NO, NO, NO, COME ON, YOU'VE DONE IT AT FOOTBALL
GAMES. DO IT BEFORE GOD, LIFT IT UP AS HIGH AS YOU CAN. COME ON,
TAKE A STEP NOW, TAKE A STEP NOW. COME ON, LIFT THEM UP,
CLOSE YOUR EYES. THIS IS HOW YOU GET AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I TELL YOU, COME ON, STRETCH, STRETCH,
LIFT UP YOUR VOICE, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS, LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS, COME
ON, AS HIGH AS YOU CAN TO EXALT HIM, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP
YOU. NOW JUST TELL HIM WE WORSHIP YOU, SING IT AGAIN.
YESHUA, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, AS HIGH AS YOU CAN. COME ON,
DO IT FOR HIM, NOT FOR ME. DO IT FOR GOD. COME ON, LET HIM KNOW
THROUGH THE EXTENSION OF YOUR HAND AND THE SOUND OF YOUR
HEART, YESHUA. YESHUA, WE REACH FOR YOU. WE SURRENDER TO YOU. WE
WORSHIP YOU. ALL THE ADORATION WE GIVE TO YOU, GOD. THIS IS WHY
WE LIFT UP OUR HEARTS AND OUR HANDS. BECAUSE WE'RE REACHING
FOR MORE OF YOU. WE'RE REACHING OUR HANDS AS A SIGN OF THE
EXTENSION OF OUR LOVE. IT'S A SIGN OF THE EXTENSION OF OUR
DEPENDENCE UPON YOU. OH, WE REACH FOR YOU, GOD. WE WORSHIP
YOU. OH, THANK YOU, LORD. NOW, I WANNA ASK YOU A QUESTION, 'CAUSE
I DON'T EVER WANNA FORCE YOU, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING
TO DO. I WANT YOU TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. HOW MANY OF
YOU FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN YOU JUST TRIED? RAISE YOUR
HAND. COME ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY. HOW MANY OF YOU
STARTED FEELING LIKE YOU WERE MAKING A CONNECTION? YEAH.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE SHUTTING YOUR HEAD OFF
AND YOU'RE CONNECTING TO GOD. HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE TO DO? I LOVE TO LIFT UP MY HANDS AS HIGH
AS I CAN. 'CAUSE I IMAGINE WHAT HE MUST HAVE BEEN FEELING ON
THAT CROSS WHEN THEY GRABBED HIM AND JUST, I MEAN HIS JOINTS, I
CAN JUST ONLY IMAGINE HOW THEY MUST HAVE ALREADY FELT CARRYING
THE CROSS AND YET BEING BEATEN AND WHIPPED. AND WHEN THEY DID
THAT TO HIM, THE BIBLE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, HE CRIED OUT,
"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM. "THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." AND THE
BIBLE SAID THAT WASN'T A ONE-TIME SAYING BECAUSE THE
ACTUAL GREEK THAT IS EXPLAINED THERE IN THE GREEK IS IT WAS AN
ACTION VERB. IN OTHER WORDS, HE KEPT SAYING IT. EVERY TIME HE
FELT THAT PAIN AND HE COULD BARELY BREATHE, "FATHER, FORGIVE
THEM. THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." AND SO I HAVE TO REMIND
THIS RIGHT HERE. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I HAVE TO
REMIND THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS CALLED YOUR BRAIN. THEN I HAVE
TO REMIND MY HEART. IF HE DID THAT FOR ME, AND I CAN ONLY GET
MY HAND HERE, AND I'M WORSHIPING THAT GOD, AND I'M DOING THIS, I
AM HURTING HIM. AND I LIVE BY A STANDARD IN MY LIFE. I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT YOU. GENESIS 6, 6, GOD, WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE EARTH
AND HE MADE MAN, ALL HE WANTED WAS A FRIEND. BUT ALL THEIR
MINDS WERE CONTINUALLY ON EVIL, ON THEMSELVES, HOW MUCH SIN THEY
COULD GET AWAY WITH AND DO. THEY CORRUPTED THEMSELVES, THEY
DIDN'T CARE. THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT GOD. INSTEAD, IT HURT HIM
IN HIS HEART. AND SO I LIVE BY A STANDARD. I DON'T EVER WANNA
HURT HIM. BUT I KNOW GOD, AND WHEN WE ACT UNINTERESTED AFTER
THE PRICE HE PAID, IT HURTS HIM. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE MOTION OF
WORSHIP AND OUR MINDS ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AFTER THIS
SERVICE, OR THEY'RE TAKING TOO LONG, OR THEY'RE NOT SINGING
GOOD ENOUGH, OR I WISH THEY WOULD'VE SANG THIS SONG. WHO
CARES ABOUT THAT STUFF? I JUST WANNA TOUCH GOD. I AM CONVINCED
THAT I CAN HAVE A MOMENT WITH GOD, WHETHER THEY SUNG A SONG,
PLAYED AN INSTRUMENT, I COULD STAND OUT HERE AND I COULD TOUCH
GOD, THAT GOD'LL TOUCH ME, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY? I DO IT
ALL THE TIME AT MY HOUSE. WHEN NOBODY'S AROUND, NO MUSIC
PLAYING, NO SONG THAT I LIKE, I LIFT UP MY VOICE. I LIFT UP MY
HANDS AS HIGH AS I CAN IN MY OWN HOME. AND HERE'S WHAT I DO, COME
ON, LET'S DO THIS. I ENCOURAGE YOU, AND I JUST SAY, LORD, I
LOVE YOU. THANK YOU, I REACH FOR YOU. MY HAND IS AN EXTENSION OF
MY LOVE, MY APPRECIATION, MY HONOR TO YOU, GOD. AND I LIFT UP
MY HANDS, PUTTING MYSELF IN REMEMBRANCE OF NO GREATER LOVE
EVER DEMONSTRATED BY ANYONE OR ANYTHING THAN WHEN YOU CAME,
JESUS, AND LAID YOUR LIFE DOWN FOR US. AND WE WORSHIP YOU. WE
WORSHIP YOU. NOW, I WANT US TO STAY IN THE ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP.
MATTHEW, PASTOR MATT, YOU CAN BRING MY STUFF UP. I WANT YOU TO
BE SEATED. WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION. DON'T HEAR WHAT
I'M SAYING AS A CORRECTION, PLEASE. HEAR IT AS A
ENCOURAGEMENT SO THAT YOU CAN GO DEEPER. AND I HAVE BEEN PRAYING
FOR SOMETHING THAT I JUST, I REALLY WANT. SOMEBODY I RAN INTO
LAST WEEK, THEY SAID, "MAN, YOU HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH."
IT WAS DOWN AT FLASHPOINT. I SAID, "PASTOR HANK, IT'S JUST
AMAZING." I SAID, "YEAH, BUT ALL THAT DOESN'T MATTER "IF GOD
ISN'T THERE." THEY SAID, "OH, PASTOR HANK, WE VISITED MORE
THAN ONCE, HE'S THERE." I SAID, "YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHY WE BUILT
IT." THAT'S WHY WE PUT OUR HEART AND OUR MONEY BEHIND IT, RIGHT?
JUST SO THAT GOD WOULD COME. AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THAT, WE
HAVE TO STEWARD OVER THAT. WHERE GOD IS ALWAYS THE MOST WELCOME
ONE OF ALL, AND HIS FEELINGS ARE CONSIDERED MORE THAN OUR OWN.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS A VERY SAD DAY, I THINK, IN THE HEART
OF GOD WHEN CHURCHES ALL ACROSS AMERICA BEGAN TO BE WHAT WAS
CALLED USER-FRIENDLY. WHERE THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT A
VISITOR OR SOMEONE IN THEIR CONGREGATION THAN GOD HIMSELF.
AND THE DRAWING CARD WAS NO LONGER THAT GOD WOULD SHOW UP
AND DO SOMETHING IN A PERSON'S LIFE, IT WAS COME TASTE OUR
COFFEE. MAN, I DON'T WANT THAT. I MEAN, I WANT YOU TO HAVE GOOD
COFFEE EXPERIENCE, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME, AND THEN
BECAUSE WE'VE TOUCHED HIM, HE DOES WHAT GOD DOES IN HIS
NATURE, AND THAT IS THIS. I'VE LEARNED THIS ABOUT GOD. HE
ALWAYS WANTS TO GIVE BACK. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES LAST
NIGHT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF I SEEM LIKE I'M A LITTLE TIRED,
I WAS AWAKENED LAST NIGHT AND I JUST WAS PRAYING FROM, I DON'T
KNOW, EARLY, EARLY MORNING. I DIDN'T SLEEP PROBABLY JUST A FEW
HOURS, BUT HERE'S MY POINT. I JUST REALIZED THAT THE MORE THAT
YOU TOUCH GOD, THE MORE HE WANTS TO TOUCH YOU IN RETURN. IT'S
JUST HIS NATURE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO PEOPLE BEFORE,
LIKE, WELL, HOW DO I GO DEEPER? THAT'S HOW YOU GO DEEPER, IS YOU
MAKE IT ABOUT HIM, NOT YOURSELF, NOT YOUR NEEDS. YOU MAKE IT
ABOUT HIM. AND AS YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND MAKE IT ABOUT HIM, HE
EXTENDS HIS HANDS TO BLESS. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST AMAZING.
SO I WANT A CHURCH THAT DOESN'T ROUTINELY WORSHIP, YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN BY THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WE JUST GO
THROUGH, I WANT PEOPLE WHO, JESUS SAID, THE HOUR IS NOW,
IT'S COME. THAT TRUE WORSHIPERS MUST, HE SAID, MUST. IT WASN'T
SUGGESTIVE, MUST WORSHIP THE FATHER. HOW DO YOU DO IT? IN
SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WORK HARD TO CONNECT
YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL TO A SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS. WELL, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE PROBABLY ONE
OF THE MOST GREATEST HONORS THAT WE HAVE THAT SYMBOLIZES HIS
SACRIFICE, AND THAT IS RIGHT HERE. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE OF THAT WHICH HE SAID,
"THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WAS BROKEN FOR YOU." AND AS OFTEN AS
YOU DO THIS, YOU DO IT IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIM. WELL, THE
BEAUTY OF IT IS THIS. IT'S A TABLE SPREAD BEFORE THE PRESENCE
OF OUR ENEMIES. WELL, WHAT IS ON THAT TABLE? THIS IS THE
BEAUTIFUL PART. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO ON VACATION
AND MY LOVELY LADY HAS BEEN BUSY PACKING AND SHE'S GETTING ALL
THE FOOD TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING. AND I'M GETTING
REALLY EXCITED 'CAUSE I'M SEEING ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S
PREPARING TO MAKE FOR ME. AND IT'S VERY HUMBLING BECAUSE SHE
WORKS SO HARD AND I LOVE HER VERY DEARLY. AND MY WIFE IS A
GOOD WOMAN, BUT SHE'S A GREAT, GREAT WIFE. AND AS I WAS LOOKING
AT THAT, I WAS LIKE, GOD, I DON'T DESERVE ALL OF THIS LOVE
THAT SHE'S SHOWING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE. 'CAUSE SHE SAID,
"HANK, YOU'RE NOT BEEN YOURSELF." I SAID, "NO, I'M
TIRED. I NEED A BREAK." AND I'M JUST
BEING VULNERABLE WITH YOU. BUT I LOOK
AT HOW MUCH HE'S LAVISHED ME WITH LOVE, AND I THINK OF GOD
TODAY. AND THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED HAS BEEN LAID OUT
ON THAT TABLE. COME ON, YOU NEED HEALING IN YOUR BODY, YOU NEED
FORGIVENESS, YOU'VE BLOWN IT SOMEWHERE, YOU NEED
ENCOURAGEMENT, YOU NEED JOY, YOU NEED PROVISION. HOW ABOUT
DELIVERANCE, DIRECTION? EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS RIGHT
HERE. IT'S WHAT HE SAID, HE THAT EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS OF MY
BLOOD HAS MY LIFE IN THEM. WELL, WE KNOW WHAT THAT LIFE IS. IT'S
THE GOD KIND OF LIFE THAT WAS PROVIDED WHEN JESUS GAVE HIS
LIFE AND ULTIMATELY GAVE THE GREATEST SACRIFICE EVER KNOWN.
SO I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
AND I WANT YOU TO SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR YOUR
SACRIFICE. WE HONOR YOUR SACRIFICE. WE HONOR YOUR BLOOD.
WE HONOR YOUR BODY AND ALL THAT WAS DONE TO YOUR BODY SO THAT WE
NOW HAVE THE GOD KIND OF LIFE. WE HAVE HEALTH, HEALING,
WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, STRENGTH, JOY,
DELIVERANCE, PROVISION, BLESSINGS, PRESERVATION,
PROTECTION, FORGIVENESS, ETERNAL LIFE, AND SO MUCH MORE. AND SO
AS WE PARTAKE OF YOUR BODY, SAY IT, AS WE PARTAKE OF YOUR BODY,
ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PROVIDED MANIFEST OVER ME AND MY
LIFE. LET'S PARTAKE. AND NOW, THE SAME NIGHT IN WHICH HE WAS
BETRAYED, HE TOOK OF THE CUP AND HE SAID, "TAKE AND DRINK. "DO
THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME. "FOR AS OFTEN AS YOU DO THIS, "YOU DO
SHOW THE LORD'S DEATH UNTIL HE COMES." AND HERE'S WHAT'S
BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS BLOOD. IT IS THE PROOF THAT IT'S FINISHED.
NOTHING WAS LEFT OUT IN YOUR COVENANT MEAL THAT WE JUST SPOKE
OF. BUT NOW IT'S LIKE IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AN ENVELOPE AND YOU
WERE TO SEAL IT, PUT A PIECE OF TAPE OVER IT, OR I DON'T KNOW IF
PEOPLE LICK IT ANYMORE, BUT MAYBE PUT A LITTLE SOMETHING
OVER IT TO SEAL THE ENVELOPE, IT'S SEALED. AND THEN WHAT YOU
DO IS YOU STAMP IT, YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON IT, AND IT'S SEALED. THE
BIBLE SAYS BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF YOUR REDEMPTION, YOU ARE
SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT
MEANS WHEN YOU PARTAKE OF THIS IN JUST ONE SECOND HERE, THAT
YOU ARE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT THE ENEMY CANNOT TOUCH YOU
'CAUSE YOU HAVE A SEAL AROUND YOU, UPON YOU. AND EVERYTHING
THAT JESUS PAID FOR IS YOUR INHERITANCE. IT'S YOUR RIGHT. SO
I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT, SAY, "AS I PARTAKE OF YOUR BLOOD, AS A
JOINT HEIR, AS A CHILD OF GOD, I RECEIVED THE FULL EXTENT OF MY
COVENANT. I AM SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEREFORE, IT'S
WELL WITH ME. I LIVE LONG AND STRONG AND BLESSED IN MY LIFE
THIS DAY AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF MY LIFE. I AM SEALED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND MY BLOOD COVENANT."
HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD. ISN'T THAT
GOOD? I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE COMMUNION.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID ONCE, WELL, HOW OFTEN IS TOO OFTEN? I
SAID, WELL, JESUS DIDN'T REALLY PUT ANY STIPULATION ON IT,
NEITHER DID PAUL. AS OFTEN AS YOU. YOU WANT TO DO IT EVERY
HOUR? YOU CAN DO IT EVERY HOUR. JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DOING
IT RELIGIOUSLY, THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND AN HONOR THAT IS IN YOUR HEART. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S
WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, AND I WANT YOU
TO FIND SOMEBODY, SHARE YOUR NAME, AND THEN SAY, "I BET I
KNOW, I BET I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MAKING FOR
THANKSGIVING," BECAUSE IT'S JUST AROUND THE
CORNER. ALL RIGHT, GREET SOMEBODY IN JESUS' NAME.
(MUSIC)
- WELL GOOD MORNING, CHURCH!
IF THIS IS YOUR VERY FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING WITH US, WE
WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU
DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THOSE
AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S GOODIES
WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY
PACKET. THIS PICTURE HAS A STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO IF YOU
WOULD, TAKE THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, OPEN IT UP, AND THERE'S
SOME INFORMATION IN THERE WE WANT TO SEND HOME, AS WELL AS A
BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. GO
AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING
BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANT TO
SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING, AND MAKE
SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE
AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM,
FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER
DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL LISTED RIGHT
THERE. GET CONNECTED WITH US ON ONEVOICETV.NET. CLICK ON
ONEVOICETV.NET. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO
YOUR DEVICES. IT GIVES YOU ACCESS TO NOT ONLY WATCH US LIVE
AND ARCHIVED, BUT ALSO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT. ALL OF
THOSE PROGRAMS ARE LISTED RIGHT THERE AS WELL. GET REAL WITH
HANK, DAILY DECREE, FLASHPOINT, GAME CHANGERS, ALL OF THAT IS
OUT THERE. WE'VE PUT IT ALL IN ONE PLACE SO YOU CAN GET
CONNECTED TO THE WORD OF THE LORD VERY, VERY EASILY. SO, AS
MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OTH THAT'S COMING UP IN
REALLY JUST AROUND THE CORNER. YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE,
JULY, IT'S JUST RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? WELL, SOMEBODY HAS
A MESSAGE FOR US ABOUT OTH, WATCH THIS.
- HEY FRIENDS, IT'S TONY SUAREZ, AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT OPENING
THE HEAVENS 2025. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. IT'LL BE SEPTEMBER
11TH, 12TH, 13TH, AND 14TH. FLASHPOINT ON THE 11TH, AND
THEN GREAT SPIRIT-FILLED, EMPOWERED, GOD-ORDAINED HEAVEN
ON EARTH MEETINGS, THE 12TH, THE 13TH, AND THE 14TH. YOU'LL HEAR
FROM VOICES LIKE OUR HOSTS, PROPHET HANK AND BRENDA
KUNNEMAN, MY FRIEND ISAAC PITRE, PASTOR LORENZO SEWELL,
WHO I'VE NEVER MET, BUT I'M EXCITED TO HEAR PREACH, AND THEN
PROPHET KENT CHRISTMAS, MYSELF, AND THEN OF COURSE, DR. GENE
BAILEY IS GONNA BE WITH US, AND SO MANY OTHERS. YOU DON'T WANT
TO MISS IT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, PLEASE REGISTER TODAY.
DON'T WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH. DON'T WAIT ANOTHER WEEK. PLEASE
REGISTER TODAY. WE WANT TO KNOW YOU'RE COMING. WE'RE GETTING
EVERYTHING READY. THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A VICTORY RALLY, AND
WE WANT EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL
TIME IN THE LORD. AGAIN, I'LL SEE YOU VERY SOON
AT OPENING THE HEAVENS. GOD BLESS YOU.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- EVERYBODY REGISTERED? I'M LOOKING TO SEE. WE'RE VERY
EXCITED. IT'S GONNA BE SUCH A GOOD TIME. AND AS YOU SEE UP
THERE ON THE GRAPHIC, THAT, WHAT A LINEUP. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
WHAT A GROUP. SO IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TIME. SO MAKE SURE YOU GET
REGISTERED. DON'T DELAY ON THOSE HOTELS, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN, BECAUSE THEY DO GET BOOKED UP AND YOUR
FAVORITE ROOM MAY BE GONE. SO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO BUT
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO GET SIGNED UP. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S
FREE TO ATTEND. SO YOUR COST TO COME, BUT IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE
AREA, INVITE SOMEBODY. THEY DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
CONFERENCES ARE DOING A REGISTRATION FEE TO COVER THEIR
COSTS. FOLKS, WE DO THIS BY FAITH. WE DO IT BY FAITH. AND SO
WE'LL RECEIVE OFFERINGS THERE LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, BUT WE DO IT
BY FAITH. AND BY THE WAY, ALL OF YOU THAT HELPED US MAKE UP THAT
GAP FROM LAST YEAR, THANK YOU. WE ABSOLUTELY BROKE EVEN AND
WENT A LITTLE BIT OVER ON LAST YEAR'S CONFERENCE. SO THIS YEAR,
BELIEVE WITH US, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABUNDANCE, AMEN? 'CAUSE WE
GOT A LOT TO DO FOR THE KINGDOM. WELL, NOT A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY. IT'S SUMMERTIME. YOU GUYS ENJOYING SUMMER SO FAR? VERY
MUCH SO. I MEAN, HOW MANY OF YOU, OKAY, I GOTTA ASK A FUN
QUESTION. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON VACATION ALREADY? RAISE
YOUR HAND. NOT TOO MANY. I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF NON-VACATING
PEOPLE. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE STILL YET TO GO ON A VACATION?
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A LOT OF YOU. I MEAN, IS ANYBODY GONNA BE HERE
IN AUGUST? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S GOOD. 'CAUSE IT'S ALMOST TIME
FOR THE KIDS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. BUT PASTOR AND I ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF AND GOING ON SOME
LITTLE EXCURSIONS, DOING A FEW LITTLE THINGS. SO THAT SAID, WE
WILL BE GONE NEXT SUNDAY ON THE 20TH, BOTH US AND THE HAIRS. AND
WE FOUND OUT IF WE DON'T GO ON VACATION AT THE SAME TIME,
SOMEONE'S ALWAYS IN WORK MODE. HEY, DID YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
OVER THERE TODAY? SO WE TRY TO DO THIS ALL AT ONCE AND THEN
EVERYBODY COME BACK. PASTOR MATT TENDS TO SAVE HIS VACATIONS FOR
GREEN BAY SEASON. WE KNOW WHAT YOU DO. SO HE'LL SAVE A LITTLE
BIT FOR THE FALL TIME. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. BUT WHILE
WE ARE OUT, NEXT WEEK RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE IN THE HOUSE.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. PASTOR DOUG WILL BE
HANDLING THINGS WHILE WE'RE AWAY ALONG WITH PASTOR KEITH. AND BY
THE WAY, AREN'T THEY TWO AMAZING FOLKS? WONDERFUL. WE LOVE YOU
GUYS. YOU GUYS DO SUCH A REMARKABLE JOB. AND WHAT'S THAT?
AND PASTOR MARK OVER THERE. YES, HE IS DOING, YOU'RE KIND OF NEW
TO THE GROUP. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GET USED TO SAYING
EVERYBODY. AND IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOUR NAME, PASTOR
WHATEVER, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW YOU DO STUFF. YOU DO STUFF.
ANYWAY, BUT THEN OF COURSE ON THE 20TH, DR. JEAN AND TERRY
BAILEY WILL BE HERE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO
IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ON VACATION, BE IN THE HOUSE. LET
THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE EXCITED THAT THEY ARE HERE BACK AT LORD
OF HOSTS CHURCH. AND I THINK THIS IS RICHARD ROBERTS' FIRST
TIME TO BE IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SO WE'RE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT. SO, AND YOU GET TO SEE IT IN PERSON. BY THE WAY,
OUR GROUP FROM MISSOURI, WAVE AT EVERYBODY AGAIN. IS IT DIFFERENT
IN HERE THAN ONLINE? YOU LIKE IT IN PERSON? ONLINE'S GOOD TOO. WE
TRY TO MAKE IT REALLY GOOD FOR THE ONLINE GROUP. BECAUSE BY THE
WAY, ONLINE FAMILY, YOU HELPED US BUILD THIS BUILDING. AND
WHAT'S SO REMARKABLE... GIVE THEM A GREAT BIG ROUND.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
HONESTLY, I WAS SHOCKED THE FIRST TIME WE
WERE AT A FLASHPOINT EVENT, I THINK, BUT WE
WERE SOMEWHERE. AND PASTOR AND I WERE GREETING SOME
PEOPLE. AND SOMEBODY CAME UP AND SAID, I SUPPORT YOUR
BUILDING. AND THEY'D NEVER BEEN IN OMAHA. SO I MEAN, PRETTY
REMARKABLE. AND SO WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR MEDIA EVENT LAST, THAT
FRIDAY THAT WE DID THE MEDIA EVENT, I GUESS IT WAS A WEEK
AGO, WELL, TIME FLIES. BUT ANYWAY, SOMEBODY CAME UP, I WAS
TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS FROM ANOTHER CHURCH HERE LOCALLY
ABOUT HOW THEY WERE JUST ADMIRING THE BUILDING, ABOUT HOW
SO MANY PEOPLE AND YOU ONLINE HELPED PAY FOR THIS
CONSTRUCTION, YOU HELPED BUILD THIS TABERNACLE. AND THEY WERE
COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY BY THAT, THAT HOW MANY ONLINE PEOPLE
CONNECT TO LOH. SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE GOOD
FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE FROM OTHER STATES.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A MEDIA FUND. WE
WANT TO BUILD... PEOPLE SAY, YOU SPEND SO MUCH MONEY
ON THE MEDIA. BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE, AND WE NEVER KNOW WHETHER HERE OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY,
SOMEBODY MIGHT GET SAVED, THEY MIGHT GET HEALED.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
TO ME, NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BE PUT ON, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS WE DID THE MEDIA EVENT. WE WANTED TO MAKE A GREAT
EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE CHURCHES TO DO THAT.
WE CAN'T JUST PUT A CELL PHONE ON THE FRONT ROW AND CALL IT A
LIVE STREAM ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO SHIFT, RIGHT? AND
MAKE PEOPLE REALLY FEEL PART OF THE ROOM. SO AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN,
THANK YOU, ONLINE FAMILY, FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE IT AMAZING.
AND GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE STILL, WHILE PASTOR AND I ARE ON
VACATION, YOU, I MIGHT JUST LOOK IN AND SEE IF YOU'RE ATTENDING
ONLINE. SO YOU JUST NEVER KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE PART OF IT. SO
GET IN HERE AND SUPPORT OUR GUEST SPEAKERS AS WELL. AMEN?
ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT ENOUGH SAID ABOUT ALL THAT. LET'S PUT OUR
OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP TODAY. YOU KNOW THIS VERSE, BUT I WANNA
BRING OUT ONE LITTLE TEENY WORD IN THIS PASSAGE. HOW MANY OF
YOU'VE READ THIS A HUNDRED TIMES? HOW MANY OF YOU READ THE
BIBLE A HUNDRED TIMES OR SOME VERSES OVER AND OVER, AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN, ONE DAY AFTER YEARS OF READING A VERSE,
SOMETHING JUST HITS YOU. IT'S LIKE THE LIGHT BULB COMES ON.
WELL, THIS IS GALATIANS 6:7, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THE PART I
WANT TO READ TO YOU, BUT IT SAYS, "BE NOT DECEIVED, GOD IS
NOT MOCKED. "FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT SHALL HE ALSO
REAP." SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE YOU DON'T WANT TO
REAP, DON'T SOW TO THAT. THINK ABOUT IT. DON'T SOW TO THAT. IF
YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE LACK, THEN DON'T TITHE. OKAY, IF
YOU'RE EXCITED TO BE POOR AND BROKE AND STRUGGLING AND
FRUSTRATED, WELL THEN DON'T GIVE OFFERINGS. DO THE OPPOSITE OF
WHAT GOD SAYS. AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.
OKAY, IF YOU WANT THE RESULTS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SPEAK WRONG,
THEN SPEAK WRONG. BUT WHAT WE SOW, RIGHT, WE REAP. AND THIS
ISN'T JUST A FINANCIAL SCRIPTURE, IT'S A SCRIPTURE THAT
PERTAINS TO SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN LIFE, WHAT WE SAY, WHAT WE
DO, OUR ACTIONS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A POOR
MARRIAGE, THEN ARGUE ALL THE TIME. OKAY, IF YOU SOW TO THAT,
THAT'S THE RESULT, RIGHT? OKAY, BUT IF YOU SOW WITH LOVE AND YOU
SOW WITH KINDNESS, THEN YOU ARE GONNA REAP THE RESULT OF THAT.
SO "BE NOT DECEIVED, GOD'S NOT MOCKED, WHATEVER A MAN SOWS,
THAT SHALL HE REAP." READ THE NEXT ONE. "FOR HE THAT SOWS TO
HIS FLESH, WELL, SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION." YOU
KNOW, WHEN WE DO THINGS CARNAL, YOU KNOW,
THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF JAMES, THAT
SAYS, IF WE ARE JUST LISTENERS TO THE WORD, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE JUST HEARERS ONLY, AND WE DON'T DO THE THINGS IT
SAYS, AT LEAST WORK TO DO THE THINGS IT SAYS, WE DON'T DO
THOSE THINGS, THEN WE ACTUALLY, THINK ABOUT THIS VERSE, IT SAYS,
THEN WE ACTUALLY DECEIVE OURSELF. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED
THE DEVIL TO HELP. YOU DON'T, IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO BE A DOER OF
THE WORD, YOU CAN SIT ON THE FRONT ROW AND TEXT ON YOUR PHONE
OR JUST KIND OF, NEVER LOOK UP THE SCRIPTURES, A PASTOR CAN
PREACH AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, YOU'LL HEAR IT EVERY
SUNDAY, RIGHT? BUT YOU DON'T APPLY ANY OF IT, AND YOU DON'T
DO IT, YOU'LL ACTUALLY DECEIVE YOURSELF. THAT'S WHAT THE
SCRIPTURE TELLS US. THAT'S KIND OF REMARKABLE. SO THE DEVIL, YOU
CAN DO ALL THE WORK, AND THE DEVIL DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING. OKAY, SO DON'T SOW TO THE FLESH. WHEN YOU HEAR A WORD,
WORK IT, DEVELOP IT, SOW TO THE SPIRIT. HE THAT DOES SPIRITUAL
THINGS, I HEARD A PREACHER SAY IT LIKE THAT ONE TIME, "HE THAT
DOES SPIRITUAL THINGS SHALL OF THE SPIRIT REAP LIFE
EVERLASTING." SO DO SPIRITUAL THINGS. DON'T DO CARNAL THINGS,
DON'T DO FLESHLY THINGS, DO SPIRITUAL. AND IF YOU DO
SPIRITUAL THINGS LIKE TALK RIGHT, SOMEBODY SAY TALK RIGHT.
- TALK RIGHT.
- YOU DO SPIRITUAL THINGS LIKE TITHE, SOMEBODY SAY TITHE.
- TITHE.
- YOU DO SPIRITUAL THINGS LIKE FORGIVE.
- FORGIVE.
- RIGHT? YOU DO ALL THE THINGS THE BIBLE SAYS. YOU WILL OF THE
SPIRIT REAP LIFE EVERLASTING. THOSE THINGS WILL GO FROM NOW,
THAT HARVEST, ALL THE WAY AND FOLLOW YOU INTO HEAVEN. NOW LOOK
AT VERSE 9. THIS IS THE REAL PART I WANNA SHOW YOU. SEE,
THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD. I HAVE TO CAMP ON ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
"AND LET US NOT BE..." THAT IS THE PART I WANT TO
TELL YOU TODAY. THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHY
SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET THE FULL HARVEST
THAT GOD WANTS FOR US, IS I BELIEVE SOMETIMES WE JUST GET
WEARY. AND YEAH, YOU MIGHT STILL BE WRITING THAT TIDE CHECK, BUT
YOU'RE WEARY. YOU'RE TIRED OF IT. YOU'RE TIRED OF WHAT YOU'VE
SEEN IN YOUR LIFE, OR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN THINGS
HAVE GONE THE WAY THEY'VE GONE, OR YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, LORD,
EVERYTHING SEEMS DELAYED. EVERYTHING SEEMS DIFFICULT." AND
YET, GOD, I'VE BEEN SOWING, I'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT, I'VE
BEEN, IT'S ON MY PRAYER LIST, AND YET WE GO BACK TO THE
SCRIPTURE, DON'T BE WEARY. THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE THOUGHT,
"MAN, GOD, YOU TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET US TO A CERTAIN POINT."
HAVEN'T YOU EVER, HAVEN'T YOU EVER BEEN THROUGH WHAT YOU CALL
A LONG MIRACLE? RIGHT? ANYBODY EVER HAD A LONG MIRACLE? OKAY,
THERE'S MIRACLES THAT HAPPEN ALL OF A SUDDEN AND THEN SOME TAKE A
LONG TIME. I WAS READING JUST THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE APOSTLE
PAUL WHO WAS 14 YEARS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. GOD WAS
WORKING THE MAN. AND YET HE TALKED ABOUT THE MIRACLES THAT
GOD DID. SO WHETHER YOU'RE IN A SHORT MIRACLE SEASON OR A LONG
ONE, BE NOT WEARY, WEARY, OKAY, WEARY. THAT MEANS YOU GET TIRED
OF DOING THE RIGHT THING, GET TIRED OF BEING SPIRITUAL
SOMETIMES. YEAH, SOMETIMES YOU NEED A VACATION, GO TO THE
BEACH, I GET IT. BUT YOU KNOW, DON'T LET THAT BE YOUR CARNAL
MOMENT. BE NOT WEARY IN WHAT DOING? WELL-DOING. SO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH THE SCRIPTURE DECLARES, DOING WHAT THE WORD
SAYS, BEING OBEDIENT. IF THE BIBLE SAYS TO WATCH WHAT WE SAY,
THEN WATCH WHAT WE SAY. DON'T BE WEARY IN DOING AND WELL-DOING
FOR IN DUE SEASON. YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A DUE SEASON,
RIGHT? ANYBODY EVER LOOK FORWARD TO PAYDAY? COME ON, WE ALL LIKE
PAYDAY, RIGHT? WE ALL LIKE WHEN THE CHECK COMES IN, THE DIRECT
DEPOSIT COMES IN, IT'S PAYDAY, AND YOU'RE EXCITED. SO THINK
ABOUT THAT. THAT'S LIKE A DUE SEASON. IT IS DUE TO YOU FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU DID OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR A WEEK OR HOWEVER
YOU GET PAID. WELL, GOD IS NO DIFFERENT. OKAY, THERE IS A DUE
SEASON. NOW, GOD, AND HERE'S THE THING, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU
SOMETHING 'CAUSE IT SAYS IN DUE SEASON, WE WILL REAP. MAKE SURE
YOU DON'T MISS THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU'RE REAPING. PASTOR BRENDA,
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WELL, SOMETIMES THERE IS A REAPING
BLESSING THAT WE HAVE, AND IF IT'S NOT A CERTAIN WAY, AND IT
DOESN'T COME IN A CERTAIN PACKAGE, WE IGNORE THOSE
HARVESTS THAT WE REAP BECAUSE WE JUST WENT RIGHT ON BY. YOU KNOW,
THAT LITTLE THING THAT GOD DOES TO TOUCH YOU OR ADD SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW? YOU MIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, I GOT THIS LITTLE,
WE GOT THIS LITTLE STOCK CHECK THE OTHER DAY, SOMEBODY YEARS
AGO BOUGHT PASTOR HANK'S STOCK IN WENDY'S. CAN I TELL YOU?
WENDY'S, 'CAUSE HE ALWAYS LIKED A WENDY'S. SO THE OTHER DAY, HE
GOT A CHECK FROM IT. IT WAS $4. AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, THAT
WAS $4 I DIDN'T HAVE. THAT'LL AT LEAST GET YOU A COFFEE AT
SCOOTERS. I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE BLACK AND PLAIN, BUT IT'LL GET
YOU A COFFEE AT SCOOTERS. BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT TO
DO BETTER. COME ON, CAN WE DO BETTER AT SEEING WHEN WE ARE
REAPING? DON'T JUST IGNORE THE SMALL HARVEST BECAUSE THE BIG
ONE DIDN'T SHOW. IN DUE SEASON, WE WILL, BECAUSE YOU COULD BE
TEARING UP THAT OTHER HARVEST BY NOT NOTICING THE, YOU KNOW, AND
I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT FARMING, BUT MY FEELING IS IF
YOU DON'T PULL OUT LAST YEAR'S CORN, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR A NEW
ONE, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SEE IT. WE WENT BY THE CORN THE OTHER
DAY. THEY USED TO SAY KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY. I'M LIKE, I
THINK IT'S LIKE HAIRLINE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY. AND IT'S WAY UP
HERE. BUT I WAS THINKING IF THEY DIDN'T EVER REAP THAT, THAT
FIELD WOULD NOT BE READY FOR WHAT'S TO COME. SO NOTICE WHERE
YOU'RE REAPING. IN DUE SEASON WE WILL REAP. SO THE MESSAGE IS
DON'T GET WEARY WITH TIMING. DON'T GET WEARY IN YOUR GIVING.
KEEP DOING SPIRITUAL THINGS AND YOU WILL REAP A HARVEST FROM
GOD. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE
SCREEN. I GOT TO GET PASTOR UP TO PREACH BECAUSE I KNOW HE HAS
GOT A GREAT WORD TODAY. AND THERE IS ALL THE GIVING
INFORMATION, TEXT TO GIVE, THE WEBSITE, QR CODE. THANK YOU FOR
KEEPING YOUR GIVING STRONG THROUGH THE SUMMER. SO
IMPORTANT, SUMMER MONTHS, CHURCHES DO NOT ALWAYS LIKE THEM
BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO GO ON CRUISES WITH THEIR MONEY. BUT
YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS SO GOOD AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL. WE'VE GOT
SOME PROJECTS COMING OUT I BELIEVE THIS FALL THAT WE'LL BE
SHARING. SO LET'S JUST BE DILIGENT. IF ALL THE FUNDS, THE
DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE UP, IT JUST HELPS THE
CHURCH. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GIVE, GIVE INTO THE GENERAL
FUND. AND JUST SOW. BE A SOWER. THERE'S HARVEST COMING IN OUR
SEASON AHEAD OF US. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS, IF YOU WANT TO
HELP SUPPORT THE DISASTER RELIEF OF THE FLOODING, WE'RE GOING TO
BE SOWING INTO THAT. WE DO HAVE A DISASTER RELIEF FUND, SO WE
WILL BE HELPING THEM OUT OF THAT FUND. SO YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT TO
BE PART OF THAT, BOB, WAVE AT EVERYBODY. HE'S OUR COORDINATOR.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH,
AND HE IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP GET
SOME RELIEF TO SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND HELP OUT.
SO YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT THROUGH DISASTER, THE DISASTER
RELIEF FUND THERE. AND THEN FOLKS, HERE'S ANOTHER THING. CAN
I MAKE ANOTHER REQUEST? LET'S MAKE SURE WE GIVE STRONG THIS
SUMMER BECAUSE I WANNA GO INTO OTH THIS YEAR WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF A BUMP. DON'T YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA? IT'S
FUNNY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT SCRIPTURE, YOU CAN STAND WHEN
YOU HAVE YOUR OFFERING READY AND YOUR PHONE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT
THAT SCRIPTURE WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, LET'S GET THE WAR
CHEST READY, RIGHT? REMEMBER HE SAID IT? LET'S GIVE AN ADVANCE.
AND THE REASON HE SAID, "I WANT TO DO THAT," IT WOULDN'T BE
AMAZING IF ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS SUCH A SURPLUS, WE DIDN'T
EVEN NEED TO RAISE MONEY AT THE CONFERENCE. I MEAN, THAT TAKES
BIG FAITH FOR ME TO THINK THAT. BUT I WILL SAY, PAUL SAID, "I
DON'T WANT TO EVEN RECEIVE OFFERINGS WHEN I GET THERE.
LET'S DO IT AHEAD OF TIME." SO, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW,
IF WE GET THAT OPENING THE HEAVENS, JUDY, TELL HER, GET
THAT LIVE, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE
SOME PEOPLE TOO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OUT
THERE OR NOT YET, BUT TELL HER TO GET IT GOING. WE CAN SOW
INTO IT NOW. I THINK WOULDN'T THAT BE A GOOD IDEA?
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THAT JUST CAME TO ME RIGHT NOW. SO ALL
RIGHT, PASTOR MATT, GET READY TO COME OVER. I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR
ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE. HOLD YOUR OFFERING UP HIGH. HOLD IT
IN FAITH. LET THIS BE A SWORD IN THE AIR THAT YOU ARE NOT WEARY
IN WELL-DOING. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON
THAT'S GIVING TODAY. AND IF THERE IS A SPIRIT OF WEARINESS
TRYING TO HIT ANY PERSON REGARDING ANYTHING IN THEIR
LIFE, WE BREAK THAT AND WE PRAY A SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH UPON
THEM AND OVER THEM. LET THEM BE ENCOURAGED AFRESH. LET THEM BE
STRENGTHENED AFRESH. AND I PRAY IF THERE'S ANY HARVEST THAT THEY
HAVE MISSED, THAT THEY LET PASS THEM BY AND THEY DIDN'T REAP IT
OR NOTICE IT, FATHER, I PRAY YOU'D SHOW IT TO THEM, REMIND
THEM. AND FATHER, WE DO THAT THROUGH THANKFULNESS. AND
FATHER, I JUST ASK RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD CAUSE A
SUPERNATURAL REAPING ON EVERY PERSON THAT'S GIVING TODAY, AND
WE THANK YOU FOR IT. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN AND AMEN. COME ON,
PASTOR MATT, COME ON, LET'S DO THIS DECREE BEFORE MY DAD'S
VACATION. LET'S DO THIS DECREE WITH GUSTO TODAY. HOW DOES THAT
SOUND? OKAY. IS THAT A WORD THEY STILL USE
IN THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION? NO.
- TO BE HONEST, I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT.
- OKAY.
- YOU THREW ME FOR A LOOP WITH THAT ONE.
- DON'T LAUGH, WILLIE. DON'T LAUGH. OKAY.
- I MUST BE BEHIND.
- I'LL STAND HERE AND DO IT WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? LET'S GO CHURCH.
LET'S DECLARE IT ALL OF US TOGETHER.
- WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD
OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,
EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT
DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP
AND FINISHED." WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES
NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE.
WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS, AND
OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE
CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE
AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE
ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL
QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE
AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE
MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BEING EXPANDED NOW.
- WHAT WAS THE WORD? GUSTO.
- GUSTO.
- GUSTO, I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT RIGHT.
THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW.
- ALL RIGHT, INTRODUCE YOUR DAD.
- DAD, YOU'RE THE WORD GUY, SO, YOU KNOW.
- EXCELLENT. YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR MATT, I WAS JUST THINKING
OF SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY. YOU ALL CAN BE SEATED. STAY RIGHT
HERE. NOW, SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT
I'M GONNA SAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING REGARDING
THIS, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER
THE OLD FRED SAMFORD? REMEMBER, REMEMBER FRED?
- IT'S A GREAT SHOW.
- FRED G, G SAMFORD'S SON. REMEMBER, BUT THERE WAS THAT
WHITE COP THAT WOULD SHOW UP AND HE WOULD ALWAYS GET THE WORDS
DOWN, WRONG. REMEMBER THAT? RIGHT? INSTEAD OF GET DOWN, HE
WOULD SAY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO UP, DOWN, OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. RIGHT, YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST DID.
- YEAH, CLEARLY.
- THAT'S 'CAUSE YOU'RE AS WHITE AS THEY COME, BOY.
- MOM, YOU ARE SETTING ME UP. NO, I AM NOT.
THAT IS YOU. THAT IS SO YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA PREACH. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
HEY, LET ME JUST MAKE JUST A COUPLE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS
BEFORE I GET STARTED. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A VIDEO. HOW MANY OF
YOU REMEMBER THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL? SO WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU A
PROPHETIC WORD ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND, BUT I DO WANNA MENTION,
WE'VE BEEN AT A ONE SERVICE FORMAT HERE THROUGHOUT THE
SUMMER, AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ENJOYED JUST MEETING PEOPLE?
ISN'T IT BEEN GREAT? I MEAN, IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT? DO
THAT, IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE 11
YEARS, SOME OF YOU ARE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND WE'VE
BEEN HEARING GREAT REPORTS OF PEOPLE IN THE CONNECT CENTER
REALLY BEING ABLE TO CONNECT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE TWO
SERVICES, YOU'RE JUST RUSHING. WE GOTTA GET IN AND OUT, WE
GOTTA GET THE PARKING LOT READY. BUT WHAT WE FEEL AS A STAFF, THE
PASTORAL STAFF, JUST REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT, I THINK WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO IS JUST, WE'RE GONNA, UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE,
WE'RE JUST GONNA KINDA KEEP IT AT ONE SERVICE FOR NOW. AND
WELL, PASTOR, HOW LONG WILL THAT BE? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST FEEL
LIKE LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO GROW. PLUS, THERE'S ROOM FOR US
TO GROW. IT'S BEEN HARDER TO GAUGE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE
NUMBERS WISE, BECAUSE SUMMER IS NOT A GOOD TIME FOR THAT,
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VACATING WEDDINGS AND GRADUATIONS AND
THINGS, SO PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT. BUT EVEN BESIDES ALL OF
THAT, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO JUST CONTINUE TO UNIFY AS A
FAMILY. NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, WE
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE TWO ONLINE SERVICE FORMATS THAT
ARE JUST LIKE THEY ARE, 9 AND 11:30. AND SOMETIMES WE'RE
PUSHING THOSE ONES BACK AT 11:30, JUST LIKE
15 MINUTES BACK A LITTLE BIT, 'CAUSE THEY
HAVE TO HAVE TIME IN THE CONTROL BOOTH
TO GET EVERYTHING READY, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THESE LAST
FEW WEEKS WHERE PASTOR BRENDA WAS PREACHING. SHE'S THE
LONGEST-WINDED PREACHER IN THE WORLD BY HER OWN ADMISSION.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
LOOK AT HER, THERE YOU GO. SO, THERE YOU HAVE THAT. SO, WE KEPT
HAVING TO PUSH IT BACK, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TODAY WILL BE.
SO, UNITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT OTH.
SO, HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU ARE A GOOD BOY OR A GOOD GIRL, AND YOU
HAVE REGISTERED? OKAY, NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M SAYING THAT IF
YOU DIDN'T REGISTER, YOU'RE A BAD GIRL OR A BAD BOY. YOU JUST
HAVEN'T GOT IN THE GOOD CLUB YET. SO, I ENCOURAGE YOU, PUT UP
THE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE. NOW, I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT UP
THERE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, SO QUITE A FEW PEOPLE,
WHEN I WAS DOWN AT FLASHPOINT, WHERE WERE WE? LOUISVILLE,
LOUISVILLE, OKAY, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE. I TRIED, MAN, THEY
KEPT CORRECTING ME. PASTOR HANK GETS, "WHOA," I'M LIKE, "MY
TONGUE DOES NOT DO THAT." YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, IT MUST BE
A SOUTH THING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? BUT THEY KEPT
SAYING, "OH, PASTOR HANK, DON'T LOSE
YOUR BOLDNESS. OH, DON'T LOSE YOUR BOLDNESS."
AND I GOT ON THE AIRPLANE, AND I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING, GOD,
HOW COME IT'S UP TO ME? WHY IS IT UP TO ME TO STAY BOLD? WHY IS
IT UP TO ME? AND I STARTED KINDA GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A,
'CAUSE I NEED A VACATION. I'M HAVING ATTITUDES, I AM. I'M
HAVING ATTITUDES. I TOLD HER, I HAD EIGHT BOOK CONTRACTS I JUST
SIGNED WITH THE PUBLISHER AND THE ATTORNEY. THAT'S HOW HARD
I'VE BEEN WORKING. AND I SAID, "IF YOU DON'T GET IT, ALL THOSE
CONTRACTS AND THE ATTORNEY AND EVERYTHING, BY DEADLINE FRIDAY,
I AIN'T SIGNING ANY OF THEM UNTIL I GET BACK." SO THEY
HURRIED UP AND FINALLY CAME TO AGREEMENTS, BUT I'M STILL
SIGNING IT MY FIRST DAY OF VACATION TOMORROW.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
SO I'VE BEEN HAVING ATTITUDES. WELL,
HAVEN'T YOU EVER HAD AN ATTITUDE?
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
I'VE HAD AN ATTITUDE. AND I WAS ON THE AIRPLANE HAVING AN
ATTITUDE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT HERE. SO
WE'LL GET READY. BUT I HAD TO ANSWER, I'M LIKE, "WELL, WHY IS
IT DETERMINED ON MY BOLDNESS?" AND SO THEN I WENT TO GOD. AND I
SAID, "LORD, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. I GOTTA ASK YOU ABOUT
THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT ME TO BE BOLD AND STAY BOLD, AND I
GET IT, AND I AM, AND I, YOU KNOW." AND I HEARD THE HOLY
SPIRIT SAY TO ME, "GO OVER ON YOUR PHONE," 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT
I HAD. HE SAID, "AND LOOK UP ACTS 4." I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA SHOW ME?" HE SAID, "JUST GO OVER AND READ IT. I WANNA
TEACH YOU SOMETHING." SO I LISTENED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
TAUGHT ME. I BETTER TIE MY SHOE OR I'M GONNA GET TAUGHT A
LESSON. JUST A MINUTE. SO I OUGHTA PREACH LIKE THIS ONE DAY
WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE ME FROM BEHIND THE PULPIT. THAT WOULD
BE SO FUNNY. AND GOD SAID... LIFT UP YOUR HANDS BEFORE GOD.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
THAT'D BE REALLY FUNNY. BUT, HUH? YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT? OH,
MY WIFE'S SAYING TO DO THAT, OKAY. SHE NEEDS A VACATION
'CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. BUT ANYWAY, SO IN ACTS 4, I GET
OVER THERE AND I REALIZE SOMETHING. THERE WAS TWO THINGS
THAT CAUSED BOLDNESS TO COME. THIS IS WHY I PUT OTH BACK UP.
IT WASN'T JUST PETER AND JOHN STAYING BOLD. THEY WENT TO THEIR
OWN COMPANY. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HELPED MAINTAIN THEIR
BOLDNESS IS YOU STAYED BOLD. YOU GOT IN THE FIGHT. YOU STAY IN
THE FIGHT. 'CAUSE IT SAID THEY WENT UNDER THEIR OWN COMPANY AND
THEY ALL ASSEMBLED TOGETHER UNITY. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT
THIS YEAR. WE WON A MAJOR ELECTION FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR
THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. AND IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING NOT
COMING, YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF, THIS CANNOT BE ABOUT
PASTOR HANK AND DONALD TRUMP AND ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE
BOLDLY LEADING, FLASHPOINT, COME ON. WE HAVE GOT TO SEND A
MESSAGE TO HELL AND TO THE LIBERAL LOONIES THAT WE ARE
GOING TO UNIFY IN OUR BOLDNESS AND WE WON'T BE QUIET. WE'RE NOT
GOING ANYWHERE. SO THAT'S WHAT HE SHOWED ME IN ACTS 4, IS IT
WAS A CORPORATE BOLDNESS. AND THEY GATHERED TOGETHER, AND THEN
HERE'S THE OTHER THING. AND ONCE THEY DECIDED TO GATHER TOGETHER,
GUESS WHAT? THEY GOT IMPARTED TO. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD GAVE
THEM BOLDNESS. AMEN? SO I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE
IMPARTED TO US AT ANOTHER LEVEL. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO GET THERE.
AND LET ME SEE MY BEST RADIO VOICE. REGISTER TODAY. YOU EVER
BEEN AT THE AIRPORT WHERE THEY, ATTENTION, THE MOVING WALKWAY IS
ENDING. ALL RIGHT, GO TO EPHESIANS 6. I WANNA TALK TO YOU
ABOUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE UNDER
ATTACK? ALL RIGHT, JUST BE HONEST. I TOLD YOU THAT, AND I
NEVER, NO, I CAN'T SAY NEVER, 'CAUSE I JUST DID. I USUALLY
DON'T SPEAK OUT OF MY MOUTH WHEN I'M STRUGGLING. I'M VERY CAREFUL
WITH, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR MY WIFE AND I
ON VACATION? I DO, AND BRENDA, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO ME ABOUT
WEARINESS. I'VE BEEN FEELING IT FOR ABOUT THE LAST MONTH, WHERE
I JUST SAID, GOD, I'VE BEEN RUNNING HARD, AND I REALIZED IT,
AND I JUST SAID, MAN, I CAN'T WAIT TO JUST TAKE A BREAK. AND
I'M NOT COMPLAINING, I'M JUST COMMUNICATING SO THAT YOU PRAYER
WARRIORS CAN HELP ME, OKAY? BUT HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE FELT UNDER
ATTACK, MAYBE CURRENTLY, OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE
CURRENTLY THERE'S BEEN LIKE AN ATTACK, MAYBE... PUT YOUR
LITTLE EMOJO UP, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM, ON THE THING
AND YOU SHOW YOUR HAND, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THAT YOU
KNOW, OR... JUST DON'T PUT ANY MAD FACES YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
THAT DOESN'T GET YOU ANYWHERE. BUT YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND
LIKE "YOU KNOW WHAT, HEY, GOD I NEED YOU TO COME THROUGH.
BECAUSE IF IT'S "THE LORD OF THE FIGHT" THEN WE NEED GOD TO
COME THROUGH. ALL RIGHT. HOLY SPIRIT JUST REMINDED ME, HE SAID
"SHOW THE VIDEO." OKAY, SO HOW MANY REMEMBER
FLASHPOINT LIVE? YOU WERE WATCHING MAYBE
DOWN THERE IN LOUISVILLE, AND THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, AND I REMEMBER WATCHING
THAT GUY, HE'S GOT THE BASKETBALL NAME, HAKEEM
JEFFRIES. HE NEEDS TO GO PLAY BASKETBALL 'CAUSE HE ISN'T GOOD
AT WHAT HE DOES CURRENTLY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IDIOT WAS
VOTED IN. BUT ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, HE'S JUST RANTING AND RAVING
AND ALL THIS. AND I LEARNED SOMETHING, ANY TIME THE LEFT
RANTS AND RAVES ABOUT SOMETHING, THAT MEANS WE'RE OVER THE TARGET
ON SOMETHING. NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT BILL IS PERFECT, I'M
NOT SAYING THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING THINGS RIGHT. I'M VERY
FRUSTRATED WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO
UNIFY HARDLY ABOUT ANYTHING. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO STAND UP
FOR ANYTHING. OKAY? AND I THINK THEY COULD DO A BETTER JOB ON A
LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M
GONNA GET MORE INVOLVED HERE IN A TASK FORCE. AND I WANT TO,
WE'RE GONNA GET SOME THINGS DONE. BUT THE POINT THAT I MAKE
TO YOU IS THIS, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL. AND I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS WHENEVER WE TALK
ABOUT A BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER THE PORK
SPENDING. USUALLY THESE POLITICIANS, THEY GET UP THERE
AND THEN THEY FORGET COMMON SENSE AND THEY FORGET YOU. I
DON'T CARE IF IT'S REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. THEY GO TO DC AND THEY
GET DEMON POSSESSED. AND SO THEY HAVE THESE HUGE BILLS AND ONLY
THIS MUCH OF IT REALLY PERTAINS TO ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS YOU,
THE TAXPAYER. BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS DIFFERENT. I FEEL LIKE
THIS IS A BIG, BEAUTIFUL BURDEN TO WHAT THE ENEMY THOUGHT THAT
HE COULD CONTINUE TO DO AGAINST YOU, THE PEOPLE. SO I'M CALLING
IT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BLESSING 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT IS CONNECTED TO IT. SO I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS
PROPHECY. NOW THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. HOW MANY HEARD
ABOUT THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD THING? NOW THIS ISN'T FULLY A
KNOCKOUT PUNCH YET, BUT AT LEAST THE ROCK IS IN MOTION TO CUT THE
HEAD OF GOLIATH OFF. THAT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA SEE. NOW, I FIND THIS
PROPHECY INTERESTING. OF ALL THE PROPHECIES GOD COULD SPEAK ON
MOTHER'S DAY, HE CHOSE THIS WORD. THIS WAS ON MOTHER'S DAY
THIS YEAR. SO, WITH THAT, LET IT ROLL. SO IT IS, SAYS THE SPIRIT
OF GOD, THAT THE HANDS OF THE FATHER, AT THIS TIME, UPON YOUR
NATURAL CALENDAR OF PAY ATTENTION, HEY, FOR THE FATHER
HAS PLACED HIS HAND UPON WOMEN, MOTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
HAVE PRAYED, AND THE FATHER IS PLACING HIS HANDS UPON THE
CHILDREN. AND TOGETHER THERE SHALL BE A COMBUSTION. AND THERE
SHALL BE A GREAT RELEASE THAT SHALL MANIFEST IN THE EARTH. FOR
THE ENEMY HAS ATTACKED WOMEN, MOTHERS, CHILDREN IN THE WOMB
AND OUTSIDE. YET THIS IS THE SEASON, SEASON THAT THE MOTHER
AND THE CHILDREN, THEIR PRAYERS, SHALL BRING GREAT DAMAGE TO THE
ENEMY, TO SATANIC STRUCTURES AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT FOR
A GENERATION. AND THIS THAT IS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN MOTHERS AND
CHILDREN, THEIR PRAYERS. THERE SHALL COME A BLOW BY THE POWER
OF MY HAND AGAINST THE LAWS OF YOUR LAND, AMERICA, REGARDING
ABORTION. AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR MOUTH DROP AS SUDDENLY WHAT WAS
HANDED TO THE STATES SHALL BE AN UNUSUAL UNITY THAT SHALL UNIFY
AND STATE THE MANNER THAT I SPEAK TO YOU. THAT WHAT WAS AND
WHAT HAS STRANGLED YOU SHALL NOT BE. YOU WILL SEE THIS
MANIFESTATION, NOT ONLY WITH THE LAWS CONCERNING THE UNBORN, BUT
AS JEZEBEL WAS THROWN FROM HER TOWER, SO
SHALL PLANNED PARENTHOOD BE THROWN DOWN AND
TRAMPLED, SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- LET'S JUST WORSHIP HIM FOR A MOMENT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE
WORSHIP YOU AND WE HONOR YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE STEWARD
OVER YOUR HEART, WHICH MEANS YOUR HEART HAS A VOICE. AND SO
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING. AND WE ARE HONORED
TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, HOW YOU FEEL, AND WHAT YOUR
AGENDA IS. AND SO LORD, WE HONOR YOU NOW THAT THESE THINGS HAVE
BEEN RELEASED IN THE EARTH. LET US, AS YOUR PEOPLE, AS VESSELS,
CARRY OUT YOUR BEAUTIFUL, BIG BLESSING FOR THE SAKE OF THE
CHILDREN, BUT THE HONOR OF YOUR HEART. AND I PRAY THAT NOTHING
WILL BE ABLE TO PUT ASUNDER WHAT YOU ARE DOING AT THIS TIME. AND
WE JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THANK YOU. COME ON, JUST SHOUT
HIS NAME, YESHUA. WE LOVE YOU, LORD, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHY
DON'T YOU SMILE AT SOMEBODY? GRIT YOUR TEETH. BRENDA, I'M
GONNA WATCH "TRUE GRIT" WITH JOHN WAYNE ON VACATION. ALL
RIGHT, HERE WE GO. I WANT YOU TO GO TO EPHESIANS 6. MAYBE YOU'VE
BEEN UNDER ATTACK. MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN UNDER
ATTACK. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS VERSE HERE, EPHESIANS 6.
LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 13. "WHEREFORE, TAKE UNTO YOU
THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD." NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE ARMOR OF GOD IS.
YOU, IT LISTS IT THERE IN EPHESIANS 6, RIGHT? THE HELMET
OF SALVATION, THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND SO ON. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU HAVE AN ARMOR. NOW WATCH THIS, "THAT YOU
MAY BE ABLE TO STAND," OR WITHSTAND. IN WHAT KIND OF DAY?
"AN EVIL DAY." HAVE WE SEEN AN EVIL DAY? HAVE WE SEEN WHAT
CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE? YES, WE HAVE. SO IT'S TELLING US NOT TO
QUIT. IT'S TELLING US IN AN EVIL DAY, WHAT IS OUR POSTURE? AND
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, OUR POSITION. IS IT TO WITHDRAW
FROM BATTLE? IS IT TO FEEL SORRY FOR OURSELVES? IS IT TO BACK UP
AND BE QUIET? IN AN EVIL DAY, WE ARE TO STAND. THAT'S WHAT IT
SAYS. "AND WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL TO STAND," NOTICE THE REMINDER,
"KEEP STANDING." NOW, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT WORD, STAND, OR
STAND THEREFORE. WHAT IT MEANS IS THE ROMAN SOLDIER WOULD HAVE
THESE SPIKES IN HIS FOOT, AND IT WAS LIKE CLEATS, MAN, ON
STEROIDS. AND WHAT IT MEANT IS YOU PUT YOUR FOOT IN, THOSE
SPIKES GO DOWN IN THE GROUND AND THERE IS NOTHING COME HELL OR
HIGH WATER THAT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE YOU. YOU ARE GROUNDED,
YOU ARE POSITIONED, YOU ARE READY FOR BATTLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN
JOHN TEACHES ME FIGHTING MOVES AND HIS MOTHER, HE TEACHES US,
IT'S NOT SO MUCH, CAN YOU KICK THIS WAY OR KICK THIS WAY, IT'S
YOUR STANCE. HOW DO YOU POSTURE YOURSELF AND POSITION YOURSELF?
IF THE ENEMY COMES AT YOU TO THROW BLOWS AT YOU, AND BY THE
WAY, I WANNA INVITE YOU, AUGUST 19TH, IS THAT CORRECT, MATTHEW?
HE WILL BE ON ESPN. AND HE WILL BE FIGHTING FOR HIS OPPORTUNITY
TO BE LIKE NFL, UFC. AND HE'S GONNA BE FIGHTING IN FRONT OF
THE WHOLE WORLD. AND IF HE WINS THE FIGHT, THEY HAND HIM THE
CONTRACT, THEY DO AN INTERVIEW AND EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE. AND
HE'S BEEN TRAINING, AMAZING. BUT HE TEACHES IN FIGHTING, YOUR
POSTURE. HOW YOU STAND, HOW YOU GET READY TO RECEIVE A POTENTIAL
THREAT FROM AN ENEMY, AND THEN HOW DO YOU PUNCH BACK AND KNOCK
THEM OUT. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT. WHEN YOU'VE DONE
ALL THE STAND, THE LITERAL WORD STAND MEANS THIS, COVENANT. IN
OTHER WORDS, HE'S SAYING DON'T JUST STAND THERE AND BE LIKE
DUH, RIGHT? WHAT ARE YOU STANDING THERE FOR? OH, RIGHT?
MY DAD, WHEN I, MOM, YOU KNOW THIS, WHEN I WORKED FOR MY DAD,
I WAS A YOUNG KID, AND HE RETIRED OUT OF THE AIR FORCE,
AND HE OPENED UP A SERVICE STATION, AMOCO BUSINESS, AND HE
FORCED LABOR, FORCED ME TO WORK FOR HIM.
BUT I THANK GOD FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT KEPT ME OUT OF A LOT
OF TROUBLE, MOM, BUT IT ALSO TAUGHT ME WORK ETHIC. BUT I
WOULD BE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AS A YOUNG KID, AND I ALWAYS
HAD, LIKE FOOTBALL PLAYERS GOT IT FROM ME,
BUT YOU KNOW I ALWAYS HAD MY
GREASE RAG BACK THERE, AND I'D BE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, AND
I'D BE LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I'D BE DAYDREAMING, LIKE I DON'T
WANNA BE HERE. HE SAID, "HEY, IF YOU GOT TIME TO STAND, YOU GOT
TIME TO PUSH THE BROOM AND MOP THE FLOOR." IN OTHER WORDS,
DON'T JUST STAND IDLE. DON'T STAND DAYDREAMING, DON'T
STAND, AND HE WOULD SAY THIS "LOOKING STUPID."
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
HE'D TELL ME, “HANK, YOU'RE LOOKING STUPID.” WELL, YOU KNOW,
AND THEN I'D HAVE MY LITTLE HEAD IN MY GREASE RAG, AND I HAD A
WHITE TOWEL ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO THEN IF HE WOULD SAY, HANK,
"YEAH, YEAH, DAD," I'D LOOK LIKE I'M WIPING SOMETHING UP, AND I
KNEW I WASN'T, BUT ANYWAY. MAKE THE MOST IF YOU'RE GONNA STAND,
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
IT MEANS COVENANT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT
JESUS PAID FOR. WHEN THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING YOU OR YOUR LOVED
ONES, YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR WEAPONS AND YOUR RIGHT TO STAND
AND SAY, "YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS TO ME." IF SICKNESS IS A WEAPON
AND AN ARROW THAT THE ENEMY IS HURLING TOWARDS YOU, YOU NEED TO
STAND THERE IN YOUR COVENANT AND SAY, "NO, BY THE STRIPES OF
YESHUA, I AM ALREADY HEALED." IF THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO WEAR YOU
OUT, YOU NEED TO STAND, HANK, IN YOUR COVENANT, AND SAY, "I AM
STRONG IN THE LORD, AND THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT, AND I
COMMAND MY BODY TO RESPOND, AND MY SOUL, TO THE STRENGTH OF GOD
AND WHAT IS PROVIDED IN MY COVENANT." WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL
TO STAND, YOU STAND IN YOUR COVENANT. IT'S NOT JUST STANDING
THERE, TAKING THE HITS, TAKING THE SHOTS, IT'S NOT WHAT THAT
MEANS. JESUS DIDN'T HAVE VICTORY SO THAT YOU HAVE DEFEAT. HE HAD
VICTORY SO THAT YOU STAND IN YOUR VICTORY. YOU KNOW WHAT'S
BEEN PROVIDED AND YOU STAND. YOU REHEARSE IT, YOU SPEAK IT. SO
THE PRINCIPLE NUMBER ONE, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE ENEMY ATTACKS
YOU? NUMBER ONE, LOOK AT ECCLESIASTES 10:8. THIS IS A
VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE. IT SAYS, “IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE, A
SERPENT WILL BITE YOU.” NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IN THE
CONTEXT OF HOW THIS IS WRITTEN, BECAUSE THE DEVIL, THE SERPENT,
CAME INTO THE GARDEN WITH ADAM AND EVE, AND THERE WAS A HEDGE
ABOUT ADAM AND EVE, IT WAS CALLED THE GLORY OF GOD, AND IT
WAS ABOUT THEIR HONOR, OF ALL THE TREES OF THE GARDEN THEY
COULD EAT FROM. BUT THERE WAS ONE TREE, GOD SAID THE DAY THAT
YOU EAT OF THAT TREE, YOU WILL DIE. WELL, THE SERPENT CAME, AND
GUESS WHAT HE CAME AFTER? BREAK THE HEDGE. YOU READ, MY WIFE DID
THREE GREAT WEEKS ON SUFFERING, IN FACT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
TEXAS, SHE COVERED THAT, WHEN STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS IN THE
EARTH, AND YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO IT. BUT SHE TALKED
ABOUT JOB. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THE DEVIL CAME AND ASKED
PERMISSION FROM GOD, SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN AND I'M
GONNA MESS WITH JOB. THE FIRST THING THAT YOU READ IN JOB 1
THAT THE DEVIL DID WAS BREAK THE HEDGE. GET JOB TO BREAK THE
HEDGE, OKAY? AT ONE POINT, JOB SAID, THE THING THAT I FEAR HAS
GREATLY COME UPON ME. HE WAS LITERALLY DOING WHAT WE DO AS
CHRISTIANS. HE WAS APPLYING THE BLOOD. 'CAUSE YOU READ JOB 1,
AND IT SAYS THAT JOB PUT A HEDGE AROUND HIS CHILDREN. AND THEN
YOU KEEP READING, HE DID IT BASED ON FEAR. THAT'S WHAT IT
SAYS. HE DIDN'T DO IT. IT SAYS FAITH IN THE BLOOD. SO IF YOU
PLEAD THE BLOOD, YOU DON'T JUST PLEAD IT HOPING THAT WHEN YOU
GET IN YOUR CAR, AND YOU SAY, "I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF YESHUA OVER
THIS VEHICLE," YOU'RE NOT JUST HOPING. NO, NOT A CAR ON THIS
EARTH OR ANYTHING ELSE IS GONNA HARM OR INJURE YOU. LET ALONE
YOUR OWN VEHICLE. YOU WON'T HARM ANYONE. YOUR LIFE, WHEN YOU WALK
OUT OF THAT HOUSE, "I PLEAD THE BLOOD OVER MY LIFE." YOU DON'T
HOPE, YOU STAND THERE IN YOUR COVENANT KNOWING WHAT BELONGS TO
YOU AND WHAT YOUR RIGHT IS. JOB PLEADED OR APPLIED THE BLOOD,
THAT'S WHY THE FIRST THING THE DEVIL WENT AFTER IN JOB 1, YOU
READ IT, WAS THE OXEN. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD ELIMINATE
JOB'S ABILITY TO SHED BLOOD AND OFFER A SACRIFICE WHICH BROUGHT
A SPIRITUAL HEDGE. IF YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK, ASK YOURSELF A
QUESTION. AM I BREAKING A HEDGE? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN?
HAS THERE BEEN AN OPENING? NOW YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS.
IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE, THE SERPENT BITES. NOW, IN A
SHEEPFOLD IN ISRAEL, THEY WOULD PUT, THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOOR IN
THE SHEEPFOLD. THAT'S WHY JESUS TAUGHT IT IN JOHN 10. HE SAID,
"YOU COME IN BY THE WAY OF THE DOOR. "AND IF YOU COME IN BY THE
WAY OF THE DOOR, "THE SHEPHERD OPENS, WELCOMES, RECEIVES YOU.
"BUT IF YOU COME IN SOME OTHER WAY, "THROUGH A WINDOW OR THE
SIDE OF THE SHEEPFOLD, SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE DOOR, YOU'RE A
THIEF AND A ROBBER. BUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY WOULD PUT
THORNS AROUND THE WHOLE SHEEPFOLD. AND AT NIGHTTIME, THE
SHEPHERD WOULD LAY OVER THE DOOR SO THAT HE WOULD KNOW IF THE
SHEEP WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OR A PREDATOR WAS TRYING TO COME
IN. AND THEY WOULD PUT THESE THORN BUSHES AROUND THE
SHEEPFOLD SO THAT IF A PREDATOR TRIED TO COME IN, THEY WOULD
FACE THIS HEDGE. IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE, THE SERPENT WOULD BITE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT HAPPENS WOULD BE THE SNAKES, THESE
ADDERS WOULD GET INSIDE OF THOSE BUSHES. AND IF THAT SHEEP WOULD
BREAK THROUGH IN REBELLION, RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THE DOOR
THE RIGHT WAY, A SNAKE MIGHT BITE 'EM. THAT'S WHAT THAT
MEANT. SO YOU GOTTA ALSO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF A LOCAL
CHURCH. POWER OF A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION, RIGHT? IT HELPS TO
BRING A PROTECTION. THAT'S WHY IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, WHERE THEY
TRIED TO CAST OUT THE DEVIL LIKE PAUL, THE DEMONS, THE SEVEN SONS
OF SCEVA, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T UNDER AUTHORITY. THAT'S WHY
DON'T JUST BE A CHURCH HOPPER. DON'T JUST BE A ONLINE CHURCH,
YOU KNOW, TUNER IN AND OUT OF, "OH, I THINK I'M GONNA CHECK OUT
KENT CHRISTMAS TODAY, I THINK I'M GONNA CHECK OUT PASTOR HANK
TODAY, I THINK I'M GONNA CHECK OUT SO AND SO." NO, GET A
PASTOR. BE LIKE THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE THAT HELP PAY FOR THIS
TABERNACLE ONLINE, THAT THIS IS THEIR PASTOR, THIS IS WHERE THEY
GIVE, THEY SERVE, THEY PRAY. YOU BREAK A HEDGE, THE SERPENT
BITES. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SELF-INFLICTED SNAKE BITES
BECAUSE THEY DON'T STAY CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT
SHEEPFOLD. SO YOU GOTTA KEEP THE SNAKE OUT, EPHESIANS 4:27. "GIVE
NO PLACE TO THE DEVIL." NOW LET'S LOOK OVER AT GENESIS 3,
BECAUSE THERE WAS A HEDGE AROUND ADAM
AND EVE. AND THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT CAN CAUSE THE ENEMY TO HAVE ENTRANCE INTO
YOUR LIFE, TO BREAK DOWN THAT SPIRITUAL HEDGE. AND I ALWAYS
SAY THIS TO MY KIDS WHEN THEY WERE GROWING UP. I SAID, "THE
DEVIL HAS VENOM, IT'S CALLED A NOUN." AND THEY'D SAY, "WHAT IS
A NOUN?" WELL, WE LEARNED THAT IN GRAMMY SCHOOL. PEOPLE,
PLACES, AND THINGS. I WATCH PEOPLE, THEIR LIVES STARTS
ALTERING AND GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION EVERY TIME THEY GET
AROUND A WRONG PERSON. I'VE KNOWN COUPLES OR SINGLE PEOPLE,
I'D SAY, "DON'T DATE THAT PERSON, I DON'T FEEL REAL GOOD
ABOUT THEM." AND THEY GO AHEAD AND DO IT, OR GO AHEAD AND MARRY
'EM. AND THEN, GUESS WHAT? IT FALLS APART. BECAUSE THEY GOT
AROUND THE WRONG PEOPLE. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT I WATCH, THAT I HAVE
MY EYE ON AS A PASTOR, THAT I'VE HAD TO PULL OTHER PASTORS ASIDE,
SAY, "HEY, MY EYE'S ON THAT PERSON. "I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A
GOOD PERSON. "THEY'RE TROUBLE." AND THEN I START WATCHING HOW
PEOPLE GRAVITATE TO THAT PERSON, AND WE'VE GONE TO PEOPLE WARNING
THEM, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST, WE'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU
TO BE WISE HERE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PICK PEOPLE'S
FRIENDS." THEN PASTORS GET ACCUSED OF ALL KINDS, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO CONTROL, NO, I'M TRYING TO BE A SHEPHERD.
AND THEN THEY GET AROUND GOOFBALL AND THEY GO OUT OF THE
CHURCH AND THEIR LIFE BECOMES GOOFBALL AND THEN THEY DON'T GO
TO CHURCH ANYMORE AND NOW THEIR WHOLE LIFE IS A MESS. WELL, IF
THEY WOULD HAVE LISTENED AND GOT AWAY FROM THAT GOOFBALL PERSON,
COME ON, HOW ABOUT THAT WORK ASSOCIATE THAT YOU JUST GOTTA
HAVE? HOW ABOUT THAT SOCIAL MEDIA FRIEND YOU JUST GOTTA
HAVE, REALLY? IS IT HELPING YOU TO GROW? SO PEOPLE, PLACES, WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE PLACES THAT YOU ALLOW THE ENEMY TO COME IN? IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL LOCATION, IT CAN BE THE PLACE OF
YOUR MIND. ARE YOU ALLOWING THE ENEMY TO TALK TO YOU? WELL, I
DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING TO ME. WELL, THE ENEMY SOUNDS LIKE
YOU. HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING SOUND LIKE YOU. AND
THEN YOU GOT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY GOOD AT HEARING THE
VOICE OF THE DEVIL MORE THAN THE VOICE OF GOD. WELL, THE DEVIL
TOLD ME, THE DEVIL SAID. I'VE BEEN AROUND A FEW OF THOSE. AND
THEN I'VE BEEN AROUND PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING
THAT GOD SPEAKS TODAY. YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEBODY A WHILE BACK
SAYING, "WELL, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD SPEAKS
PROPHETICALLY TODAY." SO I SAID TO HIM, I SAID TO THIS GUY, I
SAID, "WELL, WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT, WE HAVE A THING CALLED
PROPHETIC PERSPECTIVES, AND THERE'S DOCUMENTED PROPHECIES
THAT HAVE GONE TO PASS THAT I'M NOT BRAGGING, BUT IT AIN'T 100,
IT'S MORE THAN 100, IT'S HUNDREDS OF PROPHETIC WORDS,"
WHICH WE NEED TO PUT A BUNCH OF THEM OUT AND JUST MAKE BULLET
POINTS, OF DOCUMENTED THINGS THAT "THUS SAYETH THE LORD HAS
SPOKEN." BUT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT QUOTE THE DEVIL OR THEY SPEAK
SOMETHING AND IT VIOLATES SCRIPTURE, IT VIOLATES COMMON
SENSE. AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WELL, I'M UNDER ATTACK." WELL, WHAT,
EVERYTHING YOU'RE SPEAKING IS THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL. AND
IT'S, YOU'VE OPENED A DOOR, YOU BROKE A HEDGE, AND NOW YOU
WONDER WHY THAT YOU HAVE TROUBLE. NOBODY KNOWS THE
TROUBLE. I'VE OPENED A DOOR TOO. WELL, GIVE NO PLACE TO SLEWFOOT.
GENESIS 3. NOW, THE SERPENT WAS MORE SUBTLE, SO HE IS VERY GOOD
AT WHAT HE DOES. THEN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD WHICH THE LORD GOD
MADE, AND HE SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WOMAN,
'CAUSE MOST MEN, IF WE SAW A SNAKE, WE'D KILL IT. THE
WOMAN SHOULD HAVE SCREAMED, "AH, ADAM, I JUST SAW
A SNAKE!" I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING "I NEED A
VACATION ON THAT ONE." ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
AND HE SAID, HE'S ALWAYS QUESTIONING GOD. I HAVE A HARD
TIME BEING AROUND PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS QUESTION GOD AND HIS
WORD. THEY DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT THE LORD PUTS IN
SCRIPTURE. I GREW UP AROUND CHRISTIANS THAT DIDN'T BELIEVE
THAT GOD HEALED THE DAY. YOU HAD TO SPEND ALL YOUR TIME TRYING TO
CONVINCE THEM THAT GOD'S A HEALING GOD. HOW MANY HAVE BEEN
AROUND PEOPLE LIKE THAT? AND THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS OUT TO CHALLENGE.
"WELL, I JUST BELIEVE THAT GOD HEALED SOME HANK." WELL, HMM?
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT, SAD AS IT IS, BELIEVE THAT GOD DID
WHATEVER HAPPENED DOWN THERE IN TEXAS WITH THAT FLOOD, I
GUARANTEE YOU. THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN
JUDGMENT HITS THE EARTH. WELL, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WAS
YOUR KID? NO, THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS OUT TO QUESTION WHAT GOD SAYS.
AND GETS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT GOD'S A LIAR. AND GOD SAID, "I'M
NOT A LIAR. LET EVERY MAN BE FOUND A LIAR, BUT I'M TRUE." NOW
WATCH THIS. AND HE SAID, "HAS GOD REALLY SAID, 'DON'T EAT OF
EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN?' A WOMAN SAID UNTO THE SERPENT,
'WE MAY EAT OF EVERY FRUIT OF THE TREE OF THE GARDEN, BUT
THE FRUIT OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE GARDEN,
GOD SAID, YOU SHALL NOT EAT IT. NEITHER SHALL YOU TOUCH IT. IF
YOU DO IT, YOU'RE GONNA DIE.' AND THE SERPENT SAID, 'YOU'RE
NOT GONNA DIE.'" "IT AIN'T GONNA HURT YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
PASTOR. THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE CONTROL. AND THERE ARE SO MANY
ABUSIVE PASTORS TODAY. THERE'S NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS
THAT." WELL, WHY WOULD JESUS TAKE THE TIME IN EPHESIANS 4 TO
PUT SOME AND CALL THEM AND APPOINT THEM TO BE PASTORS?
BECAUSE NOT EVERY PASTOR IS BAD. NOT EVERY PASTOR IS CORRUPT. NOT
EVERY EVANGELIST ON TV IS EVIL. NOT EVERY HEALING EVANGELIST IS
WRONG AND EVIL AND MAKING IT UP. THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS TRYING TO GET
YOU TO CHANGE, GET CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS, CHALLENGE
ALWAYS WHAT GOD SAYS. THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT STANDING
CORRECTLY. YOU WILL NEVER, EVER SURVIVE ATTACKS IF YOU LIVE IN
THE WORLD OF QUESTION. THAT'S WHY IT TELLS YOU TO STAND. STAND
IN YOUR COVENANT. STAND IN THE KNOWING OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST
AND WHAT HE'S PROVIDED. THAT'S HOW YOU WIN. NOW WATCH. SO WHAT
DOES THE DEVIL USE? LOOK AT VERSE 6. I WANT YOU, BEFORE YOU
GO TO VERSE 6, LOOK AT 1 JOHN 2:16. SO THIS IS PEOPLE, PLACES,
AND THINGS, BUT THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT
THE ENEMY USES. 1 JOHN 2:16 SAYS, "FOR IN THE
WORLD, THERE'S WHAT IS CALLED THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST
OF THE EYES, THE PRIDE OF LIFE. THIS IS NOT OF THE FATHER, BUT
IT'S OF THE WORLD." CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I SEE IN OUR SOCIETY
TODAY IS TWO OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS, AND I AM NOT SAYING
I'M AGAINST IT. I'M SAYING THE ENEMY USES IT TO BREAK SPIRITUAL
HEDGES OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES. CAN I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS? AN OVER
EXCESSIVENESS IN THE PHYSICAL BODY. WHETHER IT'S SUPPLEMENTS,
EXERCISE, BEING A GYM RAT. THE ENEMY CAN GET YOU OVER WHERE YOU
TRUST IN YOUR GARLIC MORE THAN YOU DO YOUR HEALING COVENANT,
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. IF YOU'RE MORE STRONG AND YOU GOT A
SIX-PACK AB, BUT THE DEVIL'S LAUGHING AT YOU WHILE YOU'RE
STANDING THERE WITH YOUR SIX-FOOT AB AND YOUR TRICEPS,
BICEPS, MYSEPS, QUADCEPS, WHATEVER, INTERCEPTS, AND YOU'RE
ALL LOOKING FLY 'CAUSE EVERYBODY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DUDE, SEES YOU
WITH YOUR SUPER COOL BODY. AND WHEN I SEE THOSE PICTURES, I
WANNA PUKE BECAUSE I START SCROLLING DOWN THE DUDE'S PAGE.
AND THERE'S NOT ONE THING ABOUT GOD. IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW STRONG
THEY ARE IN THEIR PROFILE, LOVER OF GOD. NO, YOU'RE A LOVER OF
YOURSELF. AND SO I SCROLL DOWN THE DUDE'S THING. HE'S GOT A SIX
PACK AB, NO SHIRT, SHORTS, OH, HE LOOKS COOL. PREACHER'S
STARTING TO DRESS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? AND I'M THINKING, MAN,
I'M LAUGHING AT YOU, AND I THINK THE DEVIL IS TOO. 'CAUSE IF
YOU'D PEEL BACK YOUR BODY SUIT, HERE'S WHAT YOU'D SEE. HIS
LITTLE SPIRIT. AND THE DEVIL COME, HE'D BE LIKE, "EW, GET
AWAY FROM ME!" OKAY, I LOVE MIKE TYSON. I AIN'T GONNA TELL THIS
TO YOU, MIKE. BUT WRONG VOICE FOR THAT BODY.
"OH, COME ON, IT'S ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS."
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HERE'S THE OTHER ONE. THE LUST
OF THE FLESH. I'LL TELL YOU THE OTHER ONE IS SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOCIAL IS CONNECTED TO THE SOUL REALM. YOUR EMOTIONS. THAT'S WHY
I SEE WOMEN GET ON THERE AND THEY START TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD
THEIR HUSBAND IS. MY MARRIAGE IS TERRIBLE, MY HUSBAND'S A REAL
JERK. WELL, WHY ARE YOU TELLING THE WHOLE WORLD? YOU GET, WE GET
ON, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, WELL, I'VE HAD TIMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE
MODERATED COMMENTS IN THE PAST AND PEOPLE ARE ON THERE, GREAT
MESSAGE, BUT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M
GOING THROUGH. NONE OF THAT STUFF WORKS. OR THESE OTHER
PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE AFTER. "I NEED SOMEBODY
TO CALL ME NOW, HELP! I WILL COMMIT SUICIDE IN 24 HOURS!" AND
THEN YOU SEE THE SAME PERSON WITH THE SAME THING ON THE OTHER
PERSON'S PAGE. RIGHT, AND YOU CLICK IT ON, AND IT'S SAVE A
WHALE. OR ORPHANAGE OR SOMETHING, TO TRY TO GET YOU TO
HELP 'EM. RIGHT? AND SO THE SOLITICAL REALM, I KNOW PEOPLE
THAT SPEND SO MUCH TIME TAKING PICTURES OF THEMSELVES THAT YOU
ASK THEM A BIBLE VERSE AND THEY COULDN'T TELL YOU. THEY KNOW
WHERE THEIR CAMERA IS, THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR CAMERA APP IS, BUT
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEIR BIBLE IS. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE JESUS HEALED YOU IN THE BIBLE. CAN I TELL YOU, I HAVE
NOT POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SINCE COVID, AND I COULD CARE A ROYAL
LESS. I DO ON MY BUSINESS ONE, ON ONE VOICE MINISTRIES, I'LL
CONTACT THE TEAM AND SAY, I WANNA PUT THIS OUT. BUT I'M NOT
SITTING HERE EVERY DAY GETTING CAUGHT UP POSTING PICTURES OF
PASTOR HANK. I DON'T LIKE IT. I GO TO MY STAFF AND I SAY, "LESS
PICTURES, PLEASE." I'M NOT INTO MYSELF. I'VE HAD SOMEBODY BEFORE
SAY, "WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW ME." YEAH, I DO, I SCROLL YOUR PAGE.
DUDE, I KNOW YOU. YOU'RE INTO YOURSELF. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT
YOUR SIX-PACK AB. AND THE DUDE'S GOT HIS NICE FACE, AND IT'S
20-DEGREE ANGLE, AND 30-DEGREE ANGLE, AND 40-DEGREE
ANGLE, AND FIVE. I'M LIKE, "DUDE, DUDE." AND
WOMEN, I AIN'T EVEN GONNA BRING UP YOU.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING. NO, YOU CAN WOO IT
ALL WAY LONG, BUT I'M GONNA WOO BACK.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
BUT YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO BE STRONG IN THIS WORLD?
DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL, YOUR HEAD,
DON'T MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THOSE THINGS. LEARN TO LIVE OUT
OF THE STRENGTH OF THE REAL YOU, YOUR SPIRIT. NOW, LOOK AT VERSE
6 OF GENESIS 3. THIS IS WHAT THE DEVIL DID. SO WHEN THE WOMAN SAW
THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD, THAT'S THE LUST OF THE FLESH, AND THAT
IT WAS PLEASANT FOR THE EYES. OH MAN, THAT'S THE LUST OF THE
EYES. AND THEN IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU THE MOST WISEST PERSON ON
THE EARTH, THAT'S RIGHT, BUY THIS ABSOLUTE MAGAZINE AND MY
NEW BOOK AND YOU WILL BECOME A SUCCESS OVERNIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.
WITH EIGHT FOLLOWERS? I SAW A GUY, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW, I
WAS SCROLLING SOME, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GETTING HIS NEW
VIDEO ON HOW TO HAVE SUCCESS AND I LOOKED AT HIS VIEWS IT HAD
LIKE 28 VIEWS, I'M LIKE, HMM, DID YOU JUST GET STARTED?
(LAUGHING)
JOHN 10:10, HERE'S THE OTHER ONE. Y'ALL DON'T LIKE MY
MESSAGE. Y'ALL LIKE, GET DONE, GET ON VACATION, YOU AIN'T
YOURSELF. NOW I'M PREACHING TRUTH AND YOU KNOW I AM.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT JOHN 10:10. “AND THE THIEF COMES TO STEAL,
KILL, AND DESTROY.” SO WHO'S THE THIEF? THE DEVIL. SO HE WILL TRY
TO COME ILLEGALLY. THAT'S WHY HE'S CALLED THE THIEF, OKAY?
LIKE PASTOR BRENDA SAID, THEY DON'T KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY,
"EXCUSE ME, BUT WE'VE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE HAVE NOTICED IN YOUR LIVING ROOM AS
WE'VE BEEN BY YOUR WINDOW, YOU'VE GOT A BIG SCREEN TV,
AND WE WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO TAKE IT." I'D BE LIKE,
SHH, SHH. DOGS. HERBIE. RIGHT? OKAY, SO WHEN YOU'RE UNDER
ATTACK, YOU GOTTA KEEP THE SERPENT OUT, BUT REALIZE THAT HE
WILL LOOK TO EVEN COME ILLEGALLY. THAT'S WHY YOU GOTTA
STAY PRAYED UP. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS BE WATCHFUL. WELL,
YOU CAN'T BE WATCHFUL IF YOU'RE AT THE NIGHTCLUB ALL THE TIME.
YOU CAN'T BE WATCHFUL IF YOU GOT YOUR CAMERA ON YOU ON YOUR
SELFIE. YOU CAN'T BE WATCHFUL IF YOU'RE DOING THAT. I DID 78,226
LAPS. AND YOU DID ZERO IN YOUR BIBLE MEMORIZATION.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
AND SO AS I WAS CONTINUING MY MESSAGE TODAY, ALL RIGHT, POINT
NUMBER TWO. WATCH YOUR MOUTH. WATCH YOUR MOUTH. THAT'S THE
SECOND ONE, WATCH YOUR MOUTH. YOU SEE, YOU NEED TO WATCH YOUR
MOUTH BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF YOU SPEAK BAD, YOU LOOK AS UGLY AS
ELIZABETH. OR IS THAT ESTHER? OH, YOU LOOK AS UGLY, ESTHER IS
SO UGLY. YOU STAND OUT IN THE STREET, HUMANE SOCIETY
WILL COME FOR YOU. WELL, YOU FISH-EYED FOOL FRED.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING A FEW OF THOSE, SORRY.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU NEED A GOOD LAUGH. WHAT'S MY SECOND
POINT? WATCH YOUR MOUTH. PEOPLE, PROVERBS 6:2, “YOU ARE SNARED,
YOU ARE TRAPPED BY THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH.” AND QUIT SAYING,
"WELL, I'M A PERSON." HERE YOU ARE STANDING AS A CHRISTIAN.
REMEMBER WE WERE TAUGHT THIS, "WE ARE IN THE ARMY OF THE LORD"
AND WE'RE STANDING, WE'RE STRONG. THE DEVIL'S LAUGHING
GOING, AND YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR BIG MOUTH SHUT. AND I'VE HAD
PEOPLE SAY THIS TO ME BEFORE AS A PASTOR. WELL, GOD FIGURES ME
OUT. HE KNOWS MY PERSONALITY. YEAH, AND HE'S TELLING YOU TO
CHANGE. I'M A PERSON THAT SPEAKS MY MIND. YEAH, THAT'S WHY YOUR
LIFE IS A MESS. THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU COME INTO CHURCH, EVERYBODY
RUNS. BECAUSE YOU ASK, HOW YOU DOING, SISTER? I'M PICKING ON
THE LADIES AND THE MEN. I'M TRYING TO BE BALANCED. HOW YOU
DOING, MA'AM? OH, YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH. I SHOULDN'T ASK. HOW
MANY OF YOU EVER MET A CHRISTIAN, A SISTER OR A
BROTHER, THAT YOU REGRET, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
RIGHT THERE IN YOUR HOME, YOU'RE LIKE, WHY DID I EVEN ASK? I WAS
ON THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY WITH SOMEBODY I HADN'T TALKED TO IN A
WHILE, AND I SAID, "HEY, HOW YOU DOING?" "OH, HANK, I GOTTA TELL
YOU, MAN, HAS GOD SHOWED YOU..." AND I'M LIKE, OH MAN...
(CRYING SOUNDS)
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU
USED TO JUST HANG UP, SO YOU'D GRAB THE CANDY WRAPPER,
(MAKES CANDY WRAPPER SOUND)
SOUND LIKE I'VE GOT STATIC, I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOUR PROBLEM
WAS. HEY DUDE, I'M GETTING READY TO GO
ON VACATION, CALL ME IN THREE WEEKS.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
BUT YOU'RE SNARED, YOU'RE TRAPPED BY YOUR WORDS. NOW GET
THIS DOWN. HEBREWS 11 SAYS, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORLD WAS FRAMED?
YOU KNOW HOW IT WAS JUST CREATED? GENESIS 1 SAYS, IN THE
BEGINNING, GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIGHT, LET THERE BE TREES,
LET THERE BE WATERMELONS, LET THERE BE RIBS. LET THERE BE
PEANUT BUTTER, TO MAKE PEANUT BUTTER M&M, WHICH I'M GONNA HAVE
A LOT OF THEM. I'M GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THOSE ON VACATION, I TELL
YOU, I'M GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THEM. WITH SOME GELATO. I CAN
ALREADY SEE IT. THERE'S A MAN THINKING IN HIS HEART, SO HE
SAY, "I AM GELATO." YES, I AM. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PASTOR GELATO?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PASTA, PASTA HANK, 'CAUSE I'M EATING ITALIAN
WHILE I'M ON HERE. I CAN JUST SEE IT NOW. BUT THROUGH FAITH,
WE UNDERSTAND THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORDS OF GOD OR
THE WORD OF GOD. DO YOU KNOW EVERY DAY YOU GET UP, YOU ARE
ADDING A FRAMEWORK TO YOUR WORLD? YOU ARE EITHER ABSOLUTELY
CAUSING YOUR LIFESPAN TO BE SHORTENED OR
YOU ARE CAUSING IT TO BE LENGTHENED.
- COME ON, PASTOR HANK.
- YOU ARE SNARED BY THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH. GET THIS IN YOUR
HEART, LISTEN TO ME. DEMONS MOVE BY YOUR WORDS. THEY OPERATE BY
YOUR WORDS. THE SPIRIT REALM MOVES, OPERATES,
AND UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF WORDS.
(CONGREGATION MURMURS)
THAT'S WHY THE CENTURION COULD GO TO JESUS AND SAY, "HEY, JUST
SPEAK THE WORD, ONLY. "AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE IN THE
SAME PLACE, "AND MY SERVANT WILL BE HEALED." SO WHEN YOU GET UP
IN THE MORNING AND YOU SAY THINGS LIKE, "MY BACK IS KILLING
ME," OR, "THIS IS GONNA BE "A TERRIBLE
DAY," YOU HAVE JUST FRAMED YOUR WORLD.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF YOUR WORDS. IT MAY NOT LOOK
LIKE IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT THE MORE YOU SPEAK IT AND DECLARE IT, IT
BEGINS TO FORM AND IT BEGINS TO HAPPEN JUST AS YOU SPEAK. HOW
DID JESUS CALM THE STORM? YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? THE
WIND WAS BLOWING, THE WAVES. COME ON, THOSE OF YOU FROM
MISSOURI AND KANSAS CITY, THE WAVES WERE PRACTICALLY DROWNING
THE SHIP. COME ON, SOME OF YOU ARE UNDER ATTACK, YOU'VE BEEN IN
ATTACK. WHAT DID JESUS DO? HE GOT UP AND HE USED HIS WORDS.
AND HE SPOKE TO THE SPIRITUAL ENTITIES. HE SAID, "PEACE BE
STILL." AND YOU KNOW IT WAS A SPIRITUAL ENTITY 'CAUSE HE WOULD
HAVE NEVER REBUKED HIS FATHER. KINGDOM DIVIDED COULDN'T STAND,
SO HE WAS USING HIS MOUTH RIGHT. SO WE'RE SNARED, WE'RE TRAPPED
BY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH. YOU FRAME YOUR WORLD BY WHAT YOU
SAY. YOU OUGHT TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND SAY, "I'M GONNA LIVE
LONG AND STRONG ON THIS EARTH." YOU NEED TO, NO, I'M SERIOUS.
WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU NEED TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND SAY,
"HELLO, GOODNESS. "HELLO, MERCY, I DO THIS." "OH, THAT'S WEIRD."
NO, I THINK YOU'RE WEIRD. BECAUSE PSALM 23:6 SAYS,
"SURELY," MARK IT DOWN, THAT'S A FACT, JACK, "GOODNESS AND MERCY
SHALL FOLLOW YOU "ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE." SO THAT MEANS NO
MATTER WHAT, I'VE GOT GOODNESS ON ONE SIDE, MERCY ON, IN FACT,
I'M GONNA SHAKE THEIR HAND. HI, GOODNESS, HI, MERCY. I DON'T
KNOW IF THEY'RE TWO BIG FAT ANGELS. I DON'T KNOW. SORRY IF I
CALLED YOU FAT, BUT. WE'LL TALK LATER, SHOULD YOU APPEAR. NOW,
CAN I TELL YOU UNDERNEATH THIS ONE? NO COMPLAINING. SO I
REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN BRENDA AND I WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT IN
THE MINISTRY. SHE WORKED AT A BANK AND I DECIDED TO DO WHAT I
LEARNED AS A BOY, WORK AT A GAS STATION. SO I WENT AND APPLIED
AT A GAS STATION AND THEY HIRED ME. 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK I
COULD DO ANYTHING ELSE. AND I WAS DRIVING THERE IN A CAR THAT
CAUGHT ON FIRE AND FUMES ROLLING THROUGH THE DASH WHILE SHE'S
PREGNANT WITH MATT. THAT'S WHY HIS HAIR TURNED OUT CURLY. NO,
I'M JUST MESSING. I'M ONLY KIDDING. BY THE WAY, I REALLY
LIKE IT. I JUST THOUGHT I'D MESS WITH YOU. I DON'T LIKE TO PREACH
TO MY KIDS BUT I JUST HAD TO MAKE A
JOKE 'CAUSE I'M YOUR DAD. AND I THINK...
- YOU'RE NOT HERE NEXT WEEK. -WHAT'S THAT?
- I SAID YOU'RE NOT HERE NEXT WEEK.
- I'M NOT HERE NEXT WEEK? OH, OH, HE'S GONNA HIT BACK. SO, ALL
RIGHT. SO SON, I LOVE YOU SON. NOW HERE'S THE THING. SO, I JUST
THOUGHT I'D HIT AT YOU. YOU'RE A HANDSOME DUDE. ISN'T HE A MOVIE
STAR HANDSOME? HE LOOKS LIKE BRENDA. NOW HERE'S THE POINT.
WHERE WAS I? OH, SO SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH MATTHEW, BUT HE
TURNED OUT, MY POINT WAS, HE TURNED OUT AMAZING. SO THE FUMES
DID NOT AFFECT HER AND HIM. IT AFFECTED ME, THAT'S WHY I'M THIS
WAY. NOW, AND I'M STRIVING TO WALK OUT MY HEALING, RIGHT? ALL
RIGHT, NOW HERE'S THE DEAL. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY, Y'ALL KNOW
WHERE 370 IS IN TOWN? HERE YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON GOOGLE EARTH.
IT WAS 370 AND 72ND STREET, SO TYPE IN 370, 72ND STREET. YOU'LL
SEE IT THERE. USED TO BE CORNFIELDS THERE. NOW I THINK
THERE'S LIKE AN ICE CREAM PLACE SOMEWHERE RIGHT BY THERE OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS COMPLAINING AND I SAID,
"GOD, I AM SO TIRED OF THIS. "I'M CALLED TO MINISTRY. "YOU
AND I WENT DOWN THE LIST." AND I SAID, "YOU AREN'T LISTENING."
WELL, I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT LISTENING TO
YOU ANYMORE EITHER. YOU EVER DONE THAT TO GOD? YOU DON'T DO
THAT? OKAY. SO, OKAY, WELL, YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME, ALL
RIGHT. SO DON'T BE LIKE THAT THEN, BUT ANYWAY, I HEARD HIM
SPEAK. HE SAID, "HANK, YOU NEED TO WATCH YOUR MOUTH, "BECAUSE
PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IS "YOU'RE LIKE THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL "WHO WANDERED FOR 40 YEARS "'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T KEEP
THEIR MOUTH SHUT." AND I WENT, "YOU MEAN I GOTTA DO THIS FOR 40
YEARS?" I MEAN, IT JUST DAWNED ON ME. I HAD A REVOLUTION. I
QUIT TALKING DUMB. SO WATCH YOUR COMPLAINING, 'CAUSE IT WON'T GO
ANYWHERE. CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. SOME PEOPLE
WONDER WHY THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE. I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY
ANYMORE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE MICHAEL AND DILL. WELL, YOU NEED
PROMO CODE "HELP." RIGHT, BUT HE HAS, WE HAVE MY PILLOW, BUT YOU
HAVE MY COMPLAINING, EVERYBODY. NOW LISTEN, DON'T COMPLAIN.
DON'T COMPLAIN OR YOU WON'T GO ANYWHERE. COME ON, WHY ARE SOME
PEOPLE'S WORLD ALWAYS A MESS? 'CAUSE THEY PUT UP WITH IT AND
THEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT. OH, THAT WIFE. OH, MY HUSBAND. OH,
MY MARRIAGE. OH, MY KIDS. OH, MY BOYFRIEND. OH, MY FIANCE. OH, MY
DOG. WELL, NO, NOT REALLY DOGS. OH, MY CATS.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
ALL RIGHT. OH, NO, YOU DON'T. BY THE WAY, SO I WAS OVER AT PASTOR
SHANE AND CHRISTY'S FOR FOURTH OF JULY, AND THEY MADE SOME
FOOD. AND MY WIFE SAYS, "TELL THE TRUTH." AND THEY HAVE A CAT
AND LIKE THREE DOGS. THEY'RE HOARDERS, YOU KNOW. AND SO, IN
AN IMMACULATE HOUSE, THEY'RE HOARDERS, RIGHT,
OF ANIMALS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD,
(CAT MEOW)
THEY'RE LIKE, "HANK, SHE LOVES YOU." I'M LIKE, "THAT CAT
DOESN'T LOVE ME, IT'S MEOWING. "I CAN INTERPRET MEOW, THAT
MEANS I'M GONNA GET ON YOU AND SCRATCH YOU." AND THEY PUT THE
CAT ON MY LAP. AND THEY SAID, "HEY, WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE
"AND SHOW THE CHURCH." I SAID, "NO, YOU'RE NOT." AND BRENDA HAS
ONE. BRENDA, YOU ARE FORBIDDEN BY GOD TO SHOW THAT. SO THAT
LITTLE CAT WAS SO, I HELD THAT CAT AND IT LOOKED AT ME, I
LOOKED AT IT, AND I COULD TELL THAT CAT LOOKED AT ME AND SAID,
I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN IDIOT, BUT I KINDA LIKE YOU. AND I LOOKED
AT THAT CAT AND THOUGHT, I KINDA LIKE YOU. SO,
BRENDA, I'M KINDA THINKING I MIGHT GET A CAT.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW. EVERY MESSAGE I PREACH WILL HAVE TO BE
ELIMINATED. I HEAR YOU, BUT I WAS LIKE, THAT IS, ALL RIGHT. I
MEAN, IT WAS A TOTAL CATASTROPHE. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST CRAZY. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST THE
PERFECT BOND HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST AMAZING. ALL
RIGHT, NUMBER THREE, KNOW YOUR WEAPONS. I GOT LIKE 240 OF
THESE, SO WE GOTTA GET THROUGH 'EM. ALL RIGHT, NO, I'M JUST
TEASING. KNOW YOUR WEAPONS. LOOK AT 2 CORINTHIANS 6:7. BY THE
WORD OF TRUTH, HOW MANY KNOW THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD? BY THE
POWER OF GOD, THAT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND BY THE ARMOR OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT'S THE BLOOD. YOU HAVE TO, WHEN YOU'RE
STANDING, KNOW THE WORD. HOW DID JESUS TAKE OUT THE DEVIL? IT IS
WRITTEN. RATHER THAN, IT IS A PHONE CALL, IT IS A TEXT
MESSAGE, IT IS A SOCIAL MEDIA POST. THAT AIN'T HOW YOU DEFEAT
THE DEVIL. IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. SOMETIMES, QUIT CALLING
PEOPLE BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TALKING AND YOU'RE FRAMING
YOUR WORLD. QUIT TEXTING, QUIT POSTING FOR GOD'S SAKE. SOME OF
YOU NEED TO TAKE 60 DAYS OFF OF
SOCIAL MEDIA, SEE IF THAT'LL HELP YOU.
- IT PROBABLY WILL.
- PROBABLY WILL. YOU'LL BE MORE SPIRITUAL THAN YOU EVER
REALIZED. NOW HERE'S THE POINT. KNOW YOUR WEAPONS. IT IS
WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. COME ON, SATAN CAME TO
JESUS AND SAID, "IF YOU BE THE SON OF GOD." SEE THESE STONES
HERE, JESUS? YOU HAVEN'T EATEN FOR 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS. IF
YOU BE THE SON OF GOD, TURN THOSE STONES INTO BREAD. STOP
RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR WEAPONS?
'CAUSE YOU THINK I'M JUST PICKING ON YOUR CELL PHONE, YOUR
SOCIAL MEDIA, WHATEVER. I'M JUST SAYING THAT TODAY 'CAUSE THAT
SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE HOT BUTTON ISSUE. WOULD YOU ALL AGREE? WHY
DO YOU THINK THEY CENSORED US LIKE THEY DID? THEY KNOW THE
POWER OF IT. SO HERE'S THE POINT. WHEN YOU GET OVER INTO
THIS STUFF, TURN THOSE STONES INTO BREAD. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE
DEVIL WAS TRYING TO DO? CHANGE YOUR SPIRITUAL EPISODE TO ONE OF
THE FLESH. THAT'S WHY I DON'T JUST GO WATCH SOAP OPERAS ALL
DAY. THE FIRST THING YOU DO, WHEN I GET HOME, HONEY, I GOTTA
PUT MY FOOT UP. AND YOU TURN ON THE TV, AND YOU LET THE SAME
NEWS THAT'S BEEN PLAYING ALL DAY LONG, WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF
LATEST NEWS. NO, YOU GET IT IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. GET IT AT
THE TOP OF THE HOUR AND THEN SHUT IT OFF. IT'S ALL YOU NEED.
WE SIT THERE AND LET THAT STUFF COME AT US, COME IN US, LISTEN
TO IT, AND WE WONDER WHY. HERE WE ARE HAVING THIS BEAUTIFUL
WALK WITH GOD, THIS BEAUTIFUL STRENGTH THAT'S COMING IN OUR
SPIRIT, AND WE GOT THE DEVIL RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES CHANGING
OUR SPIRITUAL APPETITE, TRYING TO MAKE IT THE FLESH. KNOW YOUR
WEAPONS, IT'S WRITTEN. NUMBER TWO, KNOW THE BLOOD, THE POWER
OF THE BLOOD. AGAIN, IT'S FAITH IN THE BLOOD. PLEAD THE BLOOD,
SPEAK THE BLOOD, LIVE UNDER THE BLESSING OF YOUR BLOOD COVENANT.
KNOW WHAT BELONGS TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT BELONGS TO ME,
PASTOR HANK. PSALM 103, TOLD YOU NOT TO FORGET THEM, THEY'RE YOUR
BENEFITS. VERSES LIKE 1-7 TELLS YOU. YOU HAVE FORGIVENESS,
HEALING, REDEMPTION AND PROTECTION FROM HARM AND EVIL.
LOVING KINDNESS, TENDER MERCY. OH, HOW ABOUT THIS ONE AS WE GET
OLDER? RENEWED YOUTH. RIGHT? RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE IF WE
FEEL OPPRESSED. SO KNOW YOUR BENEFITS. ALSO THE HOLY SPIRIT,
ROMANS 8:26. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS YOU ARE, PRAY IN
TONGUES. FOR THE SPIRIT MAKES INTERCESSION. KNOW THE PERSON OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT. I SAID SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE
I WAS MAD. YOU EVER BEEN MAD? AND I KNEW I WAS NEEDING
VACATION. AND NOBODY HEARD ME SAY IT. BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT DID.
I WAS COMPLAINING 'CAUSE I WAS MAD. I WAS FRUSTRATED. AND I
WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT. CALLED MYSELF. AND I SAID OUT OF
MY MOUTH, GOD, I'M JUST TIRED OF THIS, THAT, AH! AND I GOT DONE,
I THOUGHT, MAN, I FEEL SO GOOD. I FEEL GOOD, DA-DA-DA-DA-DA. I
DID A LITTLE DANCE, AND I STARTED WALKING, AND MY BEST
BET, YOU ALL THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD BAD WALK? YOU ALL SEE THAT
BAD WALK? SO I SAID IT, I FELT GOOD, AND I STARTED MY
BAD WALK, 'CAUSE I SAID IT AND I FELT BETTER. AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID,
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
"HELLO, GOD." HE SPOKE TO MY HEART. HE SAID, "I DIDN'T LIKE
THAT." I WAS LIKE, "WELL, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TELL ME THAT?"
THAT'S HOW I FELT. HONESTLY, I LOOKED AT HIM AND I WAS LIKE,
"LORD, I MEAN, I JUST, YOU KNOW." THEN I STOPPED AND I
CORRECTED MYSELF WITH HIM AND I SAID, "HOLY SPIRIT, THANK YOU.
"BECAUSE PART OF WHAT YOU DO IN THE EARTH "IS YOU CONVICT US.
"YOU TELL US WHEN WE NEED TO BE TWEAKED. "THANK YOU." WELL,
WHAT'D YOU DO? I ASKED GOD TO PUT A CROP FAILURE ON THOSE
WORDS IMMEDIATELY. ALL RIGHT, NUMBER FOUR, DO A SELF-EXAM. I
REMEMBER, I DON'T THINK JOHNNY WOULD MIND, BUT WHEN HE WAS 10
YEARS OF AGE, HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS A TYPE ONE DIABETIC. AND HE
WAS ALL OVER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS THING WAS THAT HE
HAD. REMEMBER THAT? OH, IT WAS BEFORE WE DIAGNOSED HIM, 'CAUSE
HE WAS LOSING A LOT OF WEIGHT. WE THOUGHT HE WAS GROWING, BUT
HE WAS GETTING SKINNY BECAUSE HIS BODY WAS EATING ITSELF. WE
DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE NEEDED INSULIN. AND SO HE COMES IN AND
GOES, "MOM, DAD, "I HAVE FIGURED, JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE
WATCHING. "I'VE FIGURED OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME." IN THE
LIBRARY AT SCHOOL, HE TYPED IN ALL OF HIS SYMPTOMS. AND HE CAME
BACK AND SAID, "I KNOW WHAT I HAVE." AND WE'RE ALL
LIKE, AND HE SELF-EXAMINED. "SON, WHAT DO YOU
HAVE?" I HAVE THIS THING. OSTEOPOROSIS?
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
I DON'T THINK SO, JOHN. I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK, LISTEN, I
DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK SO. AND SO ANYWAY, I, LOOKED AT
HIM AND SAID YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, BELIEVE ME. BUT BE CAREFUL
WHEN YOU SELF-EXAMINE YOURSELF THAT YOU DON'T GO TO THE WRONG
SOURCES. AGAIN, I KNOW I'M PICKING ON CELL PHONES. QUIT
MAKING YOURSELF FEEL BETTER WITH ALL THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO CALL
AND TALK ABOUT YOUR WOES. TRUE SELF-EXAMINATION AND REWARD
ISN'T FOUND THAT YOU'RE NOW GONNA POST A SELFIE OF YOURSELF
FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME. TRUE SELF-EXAMINATION, WHAT SOURCES,
HOW ARE YOU EXAMINING YOURSELF? IT'S NOT SELF-CONDEMNATION OR
SELF BEING CRITICAL. IT'S SELF-EXAMINING, HEY, WHY AM I
UNDER ATTACK? WHAT'S MY LIFESTYLE? WHAT'S MY CHOICES?
WHAT'S MY ATTITUDES? WHAT'S MY WORDS? HOW MUCH OF MY TIME AM I
USING FOR THINGS THAT ISN'T HELPING ME BE A SPIRITUAL,
STRONG PERSON SO THAT WHEN THE ENEMY DOES ATTACK, I CAN DO LIKE
I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF MY TEXT, I CAN BE IN THE RIGHT
STANCE. ARE YOU HEARING ME? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NOW LET'S GO
TO THE LAST ONE. ARE YOU READY? I WANT YOU TO, THERE'S SO MUCH
MORE THAT I COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT. LET'S GO TO THE LAST ONE.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK? AM I GOING TOO LONG? I'M
ALMOST GOING ON VACATION. I GOTTA TAKE JUST LIKE FIVE MORE
MINUTES. WHY DON'T YOU GO TO 1 SAMUEL 3. I'M GONNA END WITH
THIS. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY TWO LAST POINTS ALL IN ONE. I'VE
LEARNED A PRINCIPLE. I REMEMBER BACK AT NEW YEAR'S OF THIS LAST
YEAR, SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 24, RIGHT? NEW YEAR'S EVE WOULD HAVE
BEEN 2024, RIGHT? WOW, TIME HAS GONE BY FAST. AND I HAD A WEEK
LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, SO HERE I WAS
WANTING TO FAST AND PRAY AND I HAD EVERY DISTRACTION THAT YOU
COULD IMAGINE. OUR WHOLE STAFF, YOU GUYS KNOW MATT, EVERYBODY.
WE HAD SO MUCH, WE WERE BUSY, WE HAD SO MUCH TO DO BEFORE THE END
OF THE YEAR, IT WAS OVERWHELMING. ALL OF US WERE
FEELING IT. AND I WENT UP AND HERE WE HAD THE NEW YEAR'S EVE
SERVICE. SOME PEOPLE I KNEW WERE FLYING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. MANY
OF YOU WERE WATCHING ONLINE. AND I GOT UP IN THE MORNING, HAD
COFFEE WITH MY BRIDE, AND SHE LOOKED AT ME, SHE SAID, "HOW YOU
DOING?" I SAID, "MAN, BRENDA, I FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOD."
YOU KNOW, AND I SAID, "BRENDA, THE KIND OF WEEK WE'VE HAD. "AND
WE GOTTA BE READY TO MINISTER AND LAY HANDS ON EVERYBODY." SHE
SAID, "HANK, JUST GO UP AND PRAY." AND I SAID, "OKAY." SO I
WENT IN MY ROOM AND I SAT DOWN AND I SAID, "GOD, IF I LAY DOWN,
I'M GONNA FALL ASLEEP. IF I SIT DOWN HERE LONG ENOUGH, I'M GONNA
FALL ASLEEP. SO I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M JUST GONNA STAND
UP." AND I'VE LEARNED A PRINCIPLE IN MY LIFE. CAN I TELL
YOU WHAT IT IS? THIS IS WHY I WAS TRYING TO COACH YOU TODAY,
HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY IN YOUR WORSHIP? I'VE LEARNED A
PRINCIPLE. WHEN YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK, OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANSWERS. IT'S QUIT TRYING TO,
AGAIN, TALK TO EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. WORSHIP
GOD. WORSHIP GOD. JUST WORSHIP GOD. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
PUT YOUR ATTENTION ON HIM. GOD, THIS IS FOR YOU TO DELIVER ME.
I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT DANIEL DID WHEN HE WAS IN THE LION'S DEN.
GOD, THESE GUYS ARE GONNA EAT ME. SO I'M GONNA DECLARE A
DANIEL FAST AND GET DELIVERED. AND SO I JUST STARTED
WORSHIPING. AND I DECIDED IF I KNELT DOWN, I WAS GONNA FALL
ASLEEP. SO I STOOD UP AND I WAS JUST WORSHIPING AND WORSHIPING
AND WORSHIPING. AND I WAS MAKING UP SONGS AND I WAS WORSHIPING.
AND AT FIRST, LIKE THE FIRST 20 MINUTES, I FELT NOTHING. WELL,
DID YOU HAVE ANY MUSIC ON? NOPE, I JUST LIFTED MY HANDS AND
WORSHIPED AND MADE UP SONGS. AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY
TORTURING MYSELF WITH MY HORRIBLE VOICE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
AND I'M SITTING HERE AND MY MIND'S GOING, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
TO SING, HA HA HA. AND IN A FEW HOURS YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE
AND LAY HANDS ON EVERYBODY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANOINTING ON
YOU! 'CAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL IT. AND I JUST KEPT WORSHIPING, AND
I KEPT WORSHIPING, AND I KEPT WORSHIPING, AND I KEPT TALKING
ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL HE WAS, AND SINGING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL HE
IS, AND DECLARING THAT HE IS SO GREAT, AND I NEED HIM, AND I
LOVE HIM, AND I HONOR YOU. AND I WAS SINGING WITH A MELODY IN MY
HEART, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, LORD, YOU ARE MY WITNESS. I FELT
SOMETHING IN THE ROOM. IT SHIFTED. AND I'M STANDING HERE
AS THE LORD IS MY WITNESS, AND I'M LOOKING THIS WAY, BUT I
COULD SEE IN MY SPIRIT, IN A VISION, JESUS, JESUS CAME IN
BEHIND ME. HE CAME BEHIND ME. AND HE HAD A GARMENT IN HIS
HANDS, A CLOAK. AND HE CAME AND HE WENT, MY HANDS WERE LIFTED.
AND HE WENT, AND HE SET IT ON ME. AND MY WHOLE BODY BEGAN TO
SHAKE AND VIBRATE WITH POWER AND ELECTRICITY THAT WAS NOT MY OWN.
HE SAID TO ME, "THIS DAY, "YOU STAND IN A GREATER MANTLE AND
AUTHORITY." HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WORSHIP, WORSHIP. NOW WATCH
THIS. I GOTTA PREACH A LITTLE LONGER TO YOU TODAY 'CAUSE I
HAVEN'T PREACHED YET. I'M GONNA BE GONE FOR THREE WEEKS. AND IT
CAME TO PASS WHEN DAVID AND HIS MEN CAME TO ZIGLAG ON THE THIRD
DAY THAT THE AMALEKITES, UNDERLINE THIS, THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE WATCHING. THE AMALEKITES INVADED THEM FROM THE
SOUTH. WHY IS THE SOUTH MENTIONED? WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT? BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW DIRECTION IN YOUR BIBLE AND YOU
SEE DIRECTION IN YOUR BIBLE, PAY ATTENTION. NORTH IS ALWAYS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH A SPIRITUAL MOVE OF GOD OR A SPIRITUAL
AUTHORITY OR HEAVEN. THAT'S WHY JEZEBEL WANTED TO BE THE QUEEN
OF THE NORTH BECAUSE SHE WANTED THAT AUTHORITY. SHE UNDERSTANDS
THE OPEN PORTALS. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE OPEN HEAVENS AND
SHE WANTED TO SIT HERSELF THERE 'CAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT GOD IS
SEATED. THAT'S WHY THE DEVIL SAID, "I'M GONNA LIFT UP MYSELF
UP ABOVE THE CONGREGATIONS "OF THE NORTH." HE KNOWS THE
AUTHORITY AND THE POWER THAT COMES FROM THE NORTH. WHAT IS
THE EAST? EAST IS JUDGMENT. THAT'S WHY THE EAST WIND OPENED
THE RED SEA, RIGHT? EAST, THE LOCUST CAME. A NORTHEASTERNER
WIND TOOK PAUL AND SHIPWRECKED. WEST IS MERCY, THAT'S WHY THE
PRIEST WENT INTO THE HOLY PLACE HEADING THROUGH THE EAST GOING
WEST TOWARDS THE MERCY SEAT. THAT'S WHY YOUR SINS ARE CAST
FROM THE EAST, JUDGMENT TO WEST, MERCY. WELL, WHAT'S THE SOUTH?
EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE SOUTH, IF YOU STUDY PAUL'S JOURNEYS, I
HAVE. EVERY TIME HE WAS JUST SMOOTH SAILING WITH HIS SAILBOAT
AND THE SAIL WAS UP, IT SAYS, AND THE SOUTH WIND BLEW.
EVERYTHING WAS PEACEFUL, EVERYTHING WAS A NORMAL DAY. AND
THE AMALEKITES, THE DEVIL CAME TO ATTACK YOU IN YOUR PEACE. AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY TOOK THE WIVES CAPTIVES. THERE WAS NOT
ANY, EITHER GREAT OR SMALL, CARRIED THEM ALL AWAY, KIDNAPPED
THEM. VERSE 3, SO DAVID AND HIS MEN CAME TO THE CITY AND IT WAS
BURNT WITH FIRE, AND THEIR WIVES, THEIR SONS, THEIR
DAUGHTERS WERE TAKEN CAPTIVES. AND DAVID AND THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE WITH HIM LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE AND WEPT TILL THEY HAD NO
MORE POWER TO WEEP, AND DAVID AND HIS TWO WIVES WERE TAKEN
CAPTIVES. AND DAVID WAS GREATLY DISTRESSED. COME ON, WHEN YOU'RE
UNDER ATTACK, DON'T SHIFT TOWARDS STRESS. STAY OUT OF
STRESS. DO SOMETHING FUN. FIND SOMETHING THAT GETS YOUR MIND
OFF OF IT. SPEAK THE WORD, PUT WORSHIP MUSIC ON, WORSHIP,
WORSHIP, WORSHIP, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY. GET TO CHURCH, TURN ON A
CHRISTIAN VIDEO, BUT STAY OUT OF STRESS. I HAVE PEOPLE, OH, I'M
SO STRESSED. WELL, YOU'LL STAY THAT WAY IF YOU DON'T DO
SOMETHING SPIRITUAL ABOUT IT. SOMETIMES THE MOST SPIRITUAL
DECISION IS IS GO DOWN AND GET A TRAIN SET AND RUN TRAINS AROUND.
AND THE PEOPLE, NOW YOU DON'T JUST HAVE STRESS, BUT NOW YOU'VE
GOT YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDS ALL CALLING YOU OUT. NOW YOU GOT
YOUR TEXT MESSAGE FRIENDS TEXTING YOU LONG MESSAGES OR
SHORT MESSAGES OR NO MESSAGES. NOW YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ALL HAVE
THEIR OPINION, JUST LIKE BRENDA SAID, WITH THE CELL PHONE,
RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S GOT AN OPINION. AND THEIR OPINION WAS,
"WE'RE GONNA KILL YOU, DAVID. IT'S YOUR FAULT." WHAT DID DAVID
DO? LOOK AT VERSE 6, THIS IS THE KEY. YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA STAND
AND DONE ALL TO STAND, YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW GOD FOR YOURSELF.
NOT BASED ON WHAT PASTOR HANK SAYS, WHO IS GOD TO YOU? JESUS
ASKED THAT QUESTION, THAT WAS FAIR. HE SAID, "WHO DO MEN SAY I
AM?" EVERYBODY GAVE HIM AN ANSWER. BUT THEN HE SAID, "BOYS,
THERE'S 12 OF YOU HERE. "WHO DO YOU SAY?" AND ONLY ONE COULD
GIVE AN ANSWER. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE CHARACTER AND THE
NATURE OF GOD, LISTEN, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'M HAVING TO
REMIND MYSELF OF IN MY LIFE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I'VE HAD TO
REMIND GOD WHEN I'M HAVING TO STAND AND PEOPLE ARE NASTY AND
UGLY. I'VE HAD TO REALIZE WHEN GOD APPEARED BEFORE MOSES, HE
INTRODUCED HIMSELF AND SAID, I AM THE LORD GOD. AND I AM GOOD
AND I AM MERCIFUL AND I AM FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS. AND I AM AND
I WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON A QUEST TO KNOW THE GOD OF GOODNESS,
LOVE, MERCY AND LOVING KINDNESS. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
HIMSELF. AND CAN I TELL YOU, NOT ONLY DO I KNOW FROM SCRIPTURE,
BUT I KNOW GOD AND HE IS THAT WAY. LOOK AT WHAT PULLED DAVID
OUT. AND DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF, AND I'VE HEARD PEOPLE
MISQUOTE THIS, ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD. NO, HE
DIDN'T. HE DIDN'T ENCOURAGE HIMSELF IN THE LORD ONLY. HE
ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD, WHO'S GOD? READ IT, HIS GOD. HE
OWNED IT. YOU'RE MY GOD AND YOU'RE GONNA BAIL ME OUT. GUESS
WHAT? GOD DID IT. LAST THING, I HAVE MORE POINTS, BUT I'LL JUST
SAY THIS. LAST POINT IS, IF YOU'RE GONNA GET HELP, GET
AROUND OTHER PEOPLE. MARK 14, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. WHEN
JESUS WENT TO PRAY, MARK 14:32-36, HE SAID, "MY SOUL IS
VEXED UNTO DEATH." COME ON, HOW MANY HAVE EVER HAD YOUR EMOTIONS
MESS WITH YOU? YOUR HEAD MESS WITH YOU? COME ON, YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCE MESS. HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, NOW THAT WASN'T
ALL THE DISCIPLES, IT WAS ONLY EIGHT OF 'EM. ONE OF 'EM HUNG
THEMSELVES, SO HE HAD ELEVEN DISCIPLES, EIGHT OF 'EM, HE
SAID, "SIT HERE WHILE I PRAY." AND NOTICE WHAT HE DID, HE TOOK
WHO? PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN, VERSE 33. IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT
OF A MESS, SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PETER, JAMES, AND JOHNS’.
JAMES’ ARE PEOPLE OF PRAYER. THAT WORD JAMES IS ALSO WHERE
YOU GET THE WORD JACOB. JACOB WRESTLED WITH GOD, INTERCEDED
WITH GOD, HAD HIS WALK MARKED BY GOD. GET AROUND JAMES, PEOPLE
WHO KNOW HOW TO GET A HOLD OF GOD, KNOW GOD, AND WALK
DIFFERENTLY THAN THE SAME OLD COMPLAINERS THAT YOU'RE HANGING
AROUND, THE SAME OLD WORLDLY PEOPLE YOU'RE HANGING AROUND,
THE SAME OLD CREEPS THAT YOU KEEP HANGING AROUND. GET AROUND
JAMES, REAL SOLID SPIRITUAL PEOPLE. NUMBER TWO, GET AROUND
JOHNS’, PEOPLE WHO ARE AFTER THE HEART OF GOD. GOD, THAT'S WHAT
JOHN DID, HE WOULD LEAN HIS HEAD UP ON JESUS' BREASTS TO GET AS
CLOSE TO HIS HEART. THAT'S, JOHNS’ ARE PEOPLE THAT HEAR GOD.
YOU GET CLOSE TO HIS HEART, YOU'LL HEAR HIS VOICE. PEOPLE
SAY, HEY, HOW DO YOU HEAR FROM GOD? I DON'T TRY TO GET A WORD,
I TRY TO GET HIS HEART. AND THEN HE SPEAKS TO ME. AND I FOUND
OUT, AND GOD, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THIS IN THE RIGHT WAY, LORD. NOW
YOU KNOW WHERE WOMEN GET ALL THEIR TALKING FROM. GOD CREATED
YOU. YOU GET HIS HEART, I'M TELLING YOU, GOD'S A TALKER. I,
HE IS. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER TIMES HE DOESN'T WANNA TALK.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN MARRIED,
THAT'S JUST PART OF IT, BUT ANYWAY. RIGHT? BUT THEN GET
AROUND, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? GET AROUND PETER. PETER, YOU
KNOW WHAT PETER IS? PETER, YOU'RE THE ROCK. GET AROUND
SOLID CHRISTIANS. NOT WISHY-WASHY PEOPLE. AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, CAN I TELL YOU ONE OF MY BIGGEST COMPLAINTS AS A
PASTOR WITH PEOPLE, WHERE THEY SAY, I CAN NO LONGER COME HERE
TO YOUR CHURCH BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T FRIENDLY. I SAY, WELL,
HAVE YOU MET ANYBODY? WELL, NO, I'VE TRIED. WOW. THAT'S
INTERESTING. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IT'S WHO PEOPLE ARE TRYING
TO CONNECT WITH. 'CAUSE I WATCH FAMILIES COME IN THAT ARE
SPIRITUAL AND THEY DON'T JUST GO WALKING UP BECAUSE NOBODY'S
FRIENDLY, NO, THEY IMMEDIATELY GET IN, SERVE, FIND THE RIGHT
CHRISTIANS, AND THEIR LIFE FLOURISHES. SO HERE'S WHAT DAVID
DID, VERSE 8. DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF, AND THE LORD IS GOD,
VERSE 6. AND HE SAID, HE INQUIRED OF THE LORD, IF YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK, SHUT THINGS OFF
AND GET WITH GOD, AND HE WILL SPEAK WITH YOU. AND DAVID ASKED
THE LORD, SHOULD I GO AFTER THEM? AND GOD SAID, YEP,
ABSOLUTELY GO AFTER THEM. DAVID, PURSUE, OVERTAKE, AND RECOVER
ALL. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SURVIVE ATTACK, QUIT TAKING IT.
STAND YOUR GROUND. STAND TO YOUR FEET AND BE WILLING TO FIGHT
BACK. WE'RE GONNA, BY THE WAY, ONLINE, WE'RE GONNA PUSH THE
SERVICE BACK ON IN 15 MINUTES. I JUST NEEDED TO GO JUST A LITTLE
LONGER. SO, ALL RIGHT, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORD THAT WAS BEING
SHARED TODAY. AND I BELIEVE IN EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID TODAY,
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WATCHING OR EVEN IN
THIS ROOM CAN SAY, "HEY, THAT'S ME, I NEED TO DO THESE THINGS."
BUT LORD, THE MAIN THING THAT WE COME FROM THIS WORD IS THAT WE
ARE VICTORIOUS AND WE CAN BE VICTORIOUS. IF WE'VE SPOKEN
WRONG WORDS, WE DO COMMAND A CORRUPT FAILURE UPON THOSE
WORDS. IF WE'VE HAD WRONG ASSOCIATIONS, SHOW US, LORD, HOW
WE SHOULD NAVIGATE. IF WE'VE ABSOLUTELY, FATHER GOD, REFUSED
TO EXAMINE OURSELVES, LET US HUMBLE OURSELVES AND SAY, LORD,
TEACH ME WHAT I NEED TO DO. MAY WE BE PEOPLE WHO USE THE WEAPONS
THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO STAND IN AN
EVIL DAY. NOW I, AS THE PASTOR, I COME AGAINST EVERY AND ALL
EVIL ENTITIES AND SPIRITS OF DARKNESS AND ANY ASSIGNMENT THAT
WOULD TRY TO BE NAMED AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND I BREAK ITS POWER.
AND I DEMAND NOW IN THE AUTHORITY OF YESHUA'S NAME
BECAUSE OF THE COVENANT THAT THE ANOINTING THAT IS HERE TODAY
DESTROYS EVERY YOKE OF BONDAGE AND UNDOES EVERY HEAVY BURDEN.
AND THAT FATHER, PEOPLE ARE MINISTERED TO AND THE WORKS OF
DARKNESS ARE BOUND AND RENDERED POWERLESS, I PRAY IN JESUS'
NAME. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I LOVE YOU, PASTOR DOUG. COME, I'LL SEE
YOU HERE IN A FEW WEEKS HERE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR KEEPING
YOUR ATTENDANCE STRONG, KEEP YOUR GIVING STRONG. WHAT?
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
WHAT? WHAT'S THAT? WHAT?
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF PHOTOSHOP?
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
WHAT IS THAT THING? IS THAT A...
- AND THAT IS NOT PHOTOSHOP, THAT IS REAL.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE JUST DID THAT. ALL RIGHT, WAIT,
BEFORE YOU COME, BEFORE YOU COME, ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO KNOW
ONLINE AND I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU. SHOULD... PUT THAT PICTURE
BACK UP. DO YOU THINK I SHOULD GET A CAT? ALL RIGHT, WAIT,
WAIT, WAIT, IN HERE. HOW MANY YES, RAISE YOUR HAND?
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
OKAY, HOW MANY NO'S? OH, MAN, SEE, NOPE, NOPE.
OKAY, HOW MANY ONLINE? YES, RAISE YOUR HAND.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
(LAUGHING)
OKAY, I SEE THE DUDE IN THE GREEN. DUDE, DO
YOU REALLY THINK I SHOULD GET A CAT?
HE'S GOING, OKAY, WELL, PUT THUMBS DOWN IF YOU THINK NO.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL PRAY ABOUT IT, AND I MAY
HAVE A CAT BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE.
- HEY, LET'S GIVE PASTOR HANK A HAND. WHAT A
MESSAGE TODAY. GOD BLESS HIM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST STAY
STANDING WITH ME FOR A MOMENT HERE. I JUST FEEL LIKE DOING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY A LITTLE BIT. WE NEED TO RESPOND
TO THIS MESSAGE. THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THAT MESSAGE TODAY. I
BELIEVE IT SPOKE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY. AND I WANT TO
END IN VICTORY, EDDIE. I WANT TO HAVE A SONG OF VICTORY TODAY.
BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. IF GOD SPOKE TO YOU IN THAT MESSAGE
TODAY, MAYBE YOU NEED TO REPENT FOR OPENING A DOOR. MAYBE YOU
OPENED A DOOR. MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THAT LUST OF THE
FLESH. MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THAT SOCIAL MEDIA EXCHANGE.
MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN GOSSIP. MAYBE YOU GOT INVOLVED
IN STRIFE EVEN THROUGH GOSSIP. THOSE ARE DEADLY SINS. THOSE ARE
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REPENT OF AND TAKE CARE OF. I WANT YOU TO
RUN DOWN HERE TODAY AND DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. GO AHEAD,
EDDIE, LET'S START. DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND TODAY. I WANT YOU TO
SAY, "THIS IS MY DAY TO MAKE A DECISION FOR GOD. I'M NOT GONNA
DO THIS ANYMORE. I'M GONNA DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND. I'M NOT
GONNA SERVE THE DEVIL. I'M NOT GONNA LIVE HALF IN THE WORLD AND
HALF IN GOD'S HAND. I'M GONNA DO WHAT GOD'S CALLED ME TO DO. I'VE
BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN.
YOU NEED TO BE DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. LET'S DRAW A LINE IN THE
SAND. LET'S GIVE GOD GLORY FOR WHAT HE'S DOING TODAY IN YOUR
LIFE. COME ON DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. DON'T BE ASHAMED. RUN TO
THE ALTAR IF YOU NEED TO REPENT AND WORSHIP GOD. MAYBE YOU'VE
BEEN UNDER ATTACK. MAYBE THE DEVIL'S TRIED TO DISCOURAGE YOU.
YOU'VE GOT TO SAY, "NO MORE, DEVIL. MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN
ATTACKED IN YOUR FAMILY. MAYBE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND YOUR
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ATTACKED. MAYBE YOU NEED TO COME DOWN HERE
AND SAY, "I'M GOING TO TAKE A STRONG STAND AGAINST WHAT THE
DEVIL'S TRYING TO DO IN MY FAMILY'S LIVES." GET DOWN HERE
AND TAKE A STAND. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PORNOGRAPHY.
YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THINGS ON THE INTERNET THAT YOU SHOULDN'T
BE WATCHING. COME ON DOWN HERE, LET'S REPENT AND GET IT RIGHT.
HALLELUJAH. GOD'S NOT GOING TO ROB YOUR MINISTRY. THE DEVIL'S
NOT GOING TO ROB YOUR MINISTRY. YOU'RE GOING TO ROB YOUR
MINISTRY IF YOU DON'T RESPOND. BECAUSE GOD'S FOR YOU. HE HAS A
PLAN FOR YOU. HE HAS THINGS FOR US TO DO. DON'T LET THE DEVIL
COME IN AND ROB YOU. GET DOWN HERE. DON'T LET THE DEVIL ROB
YOU. GOD HAS A PLAN. HE HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR YOU. AND THE ONLY
WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE STRONG AND DO GREAT EXPLOITS FOR GOD IS
WHEN WE SAY NO TO THE DEVIL AND YES TO HIM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO
LIVE ON THE FENCE ANYMORE. WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL IN. WE'RE GOING
TO INFLUENCE OUR NEIGHBORS FOR CHRIST. WE'RE GOING TO INFLUENCE
THOSE THAT ARE IN OUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE. WE'RE GOING TO
WORSHIP HIM. WE'RE GOING TO BE AT HOME AND SPEND TIME
WORSHIPPING, NOT SPENDING TIME WATCHING CNN ALL DAY. COME ON
DOWN. THANK YOU, BOYS. THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING. GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU. PASTOR KEITH, WHERE ARE YOU? PASTOR KEITH,
COME ON UP HERE. HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO TODAY. I'M GOING TO
PRAY, YOU KEEP SINGING GUYS, KEEP GOING. I'M GOING TO HAVE
PASTOR KEITH PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE. I KNOW THERE'S SOME OF
YOU OUT THERE, YOU'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION, YOU NEED TO TURN
YOUR LIFE TO GOD AND GET RIGHT WITH GOD IN EVERY AREA. OR MAYBE
YOU JUST SAY, I'M GOING TO NOT LET THE DEVIL STOMP ON ME
ANYMORE. I'M TAKING THAT STAND, IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
LET ME SAY THIS TOO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR
SAVIOR, YOU'RE HERE TODAY, I WANT YOU TO RUN DOWN HERE ALSO,
STAND OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE, SO THAT WE KNOW. AND WE'LL PRAY
WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT HEAVEN IS YOUR ETERNAL HOME.
PASTOR KEITH, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU PRAY FOR THE ONLINE
AUDIENCE, AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DISMISS THEM WHEN
YOU'RE DONE, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. AND I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR
EVERYONE DOWN HERE, JUST LAY MY HANDS ON YOU
QUICKLY TODAY, AS WE DO THIS. IN JESUS' NAME.
- FATHER, I THANK YOU. AS I PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE
OUT THERE, LORD, I WANT YOU TO TOUCH
HEARTS, WHEREVER THEY ARE, WHOEVER THEY ARE, WHATEVER
SITUATION THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN, WHATEVER THEIR HEART
CONDITION IS RIGHT NOW, LORD GOD, I'M BELIEVING FOR CHANGE,
FATHER. I'M BELIEVING FOR THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF YOUR HOLY
SPIRIT TO REACH INTO THEIR LIFE AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF TOTAL
AND COMPLETE CHANGE. FATHER GOD, IF THEY HAVE REJECTED GOD IN THE
PAST, THEY HAVE REJECTED YOUR WORD, THEY HAVE REJECTED YOUR
TRUTH, LORD GOD, CHANGE THEIR HEART RIGHT NOW. IF THEY HAVE
REJECTED THE CALL THAT HAS BEEN ON THEIR LIFE, CHANGE THEIR
CONDITION RIGHT NOW, FATHER. CHANGE THE CONDITION OF THEIR
HEART RIGHT NOW TO HEAR YOUR VOICE, BELIEVE AND RECEIVE YOUR
VOICE. FATHER, I ASK YOU TO INTERVENE IN THEIR LIFE RIGHT
NOW, AND I THANK YOU, FATHER. I THANK YOU AS WE BRING THEM
BEFORE THE THRONE OF HEAVEN THAT, FATHER GOD, YOUR VOICE IS
BEING HEARD IN THEIR HEART. YOUR VOICE AND YOUR SPIRIT IS BEING
HEARD IN THEIR SITUATION, IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE. A CHANGE IS
COMING, THAT THEY ARE BEING TRANSLATED OUT OF THE CONDITION
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN IN THE PAST INTO YOUR GLORIOUS PLAN OF
GOOD, OF HEALING, OF DELIVERANCE, OF LIFE-CHANGING
CIRCUMSTANCES, LORD GOD. EVEN IN THEIR SITUATIONS AND EVEN IN
THEIR PLANS RIGHT NOW, THE CHANGE IS COMING IN THE MIGHTY
NAME OF JESUS. I AGREE, FATHER GOD, WITH YOUR SPIRIT OF TRUTH
THAT WILL GO FORTH AND BRING CONVICTION TO THOSE WHO NEED TO
CHANGE EVERYTHING, LORD GOD, TO TURN IT INTO GLORY. AND I THANK
YOU FOR IT, FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN AND AMEN.
LET ME SAY GOODBYE TO OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU, YOU CAN BE SEATED NOW. I WILL...
JUST GIVE THOSE A HAND THAT CAME FORWARD THAT WERE
BOLD TO DO THAT. STAND FOR GOD. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. WE
WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WELL, AS WE DISMISS
TODAY, JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. DON'T FORGET TO
BE BACK IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MIDWEEK RECHARGE. I'LL BE
BRINGING A MESSAGE ON "IT'S NOT BY MIGHT, IT'S NOT BY POWER, BUT
IT'S BY MY SPIRIT, SAITH THE LORD," OUT OF ZECHARIAH 4:6. AND
YOU'LL FIND SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THAT
SCRIPTURE THAT PENTECOSTALS ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WE REALLY
DON'T KNOW MANY TIMES WHAT THAT APPLIES TO AND HOW IT CAN APPLY
TO OUR LIVES IN DETAIL. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THAT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DON'T MISS THAT. AND IF YOU CAN TUNE ON
ONLINE, 7:00 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND THEN BE BACK IN THE HOUSE,
DR. RICHARD ROBERTS. DON'T WANT TO MISS HIM. WHAT A LEGACY THAT
MAN HAS AND HOW HONORED WE ARE TO HAVE HIM IN THE HOUSE SUNDAY
MORNING. SO DON’T... AND INVITE A FRIEND. BRING SOME PEOPLE. YOU
KNOW, MOST PEOPLE MAYBE HAVEN'T HEARD OF RICHARD, BUT THEY KNOW
OF ORAL ROBERTS. AND SO YOU CAN SAY, "THIS IS THE SON OF ORAL
ROBERTS. HE'S GOING TO BE IN OMAHA SUNDAY." BRING SOMEONE
WITH YOU. IMPACT THEIR LIVES. GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL
WEEKEND. AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK IN THE
HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU.
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