(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (LION ROARING)
- GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. ARE YOU READY TO PRAISE
THE KING OF KINGS, THE LORD OF LORDS, AND THE GREAT I AM? ALL
RIGHT, LET'S RAISE IT UP THIS MORNING, AMEN. COME ON.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. COME ON, GIVE 'EM A PRAISE THIS MORNING
IN THE HOUSE. AMEN, WE THANK YOU, FATHER. THANK YOU, JESUS,
FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE'S
LIVES. AND WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR TOUCH TODAY, LORD, THAT
IS GONNA IMPACT PEOPLE, NOT JUST IN THIS ROOM, BUT AROUND THE
WORLD, AMEN, AMEN? WELL, GOOD MORNING. OBVIOUSLY, I AM NOT
PASTOR HANK, AND HE IS NOT PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN? BUT THEY
ARE ON A VACATION AND GETTING SOME MUCH NEEDED REST. PASTOR
ANTHONY, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS MORNING?
- I'M DOING GREAT, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF PASTOR HANK, I DO HAVE
A JOKE FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE YOU GOTTA KEEP IT GOING. RIGHT, ARE
YOU GUYS READY TO HEAR THIS? ALL RIGHT.
- BUT IT'S GOTTA BE BETTER THAN HIS DAD JOKES.
- NO, THIS IS GONNA BE TERRIBLE, BUT I'M JUST PREPPING YOU RIGHT
NOW. SO, WHY WERE THE WINDOWS SO JEALOUS OF THE CEILING? BECAUSE
THE CEILING HAD ALL THE FANS. -OH, OKAY.
-YEAH? -OKAY.
- I'M A FATHER OF FOUR, I CAN'T HELP IT. I CAN'T HELP IT.
- DAD, YOU BETTER BE ON THE LOOKOUT WITH THAT ONE. AMEN.
WELL, WE WANNA GREET THE ONLINE CROWD. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH THIS MORNING. WE BLESSED YOU, WE
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. WE GOT A POWERFUL SERVICE
THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE HORIZON TODAY. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU,
PASTOR ANTHONY, HEALING STILL EXISTS TODAY.
- COME ON, COME ON. - COME ON.
- AMEN, AMEN. - WE GOT BROTHER DR. RICHARD
ROBERTS IN THE HOUSE TODAY. WE LOVE YOU.
AND I JUST GOTTA SAY FROM MY HEART, THANK YOU FOR SO
MANY THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE TO IMPACT MY LIFE PERSONALLY, AND
MAN, JUST THE TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD, THE PRAYERS, THE
CONVERSATIONS, THE TEXT MESSAGES, EVEN TIMES JUST
SITTING AROUND WATCHING SPORTS, AND WHETHER IT'S OUT AT YOUR
PLACE, OR YOU COMING OVER AND HANGING OUT WITH OUR FAMILY, WE
LOVE YOU, WE CONSIDER YOU FAMILY, AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE,
LINDSEY, AS WELL, AND WE'RE JUST BLESSED THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY,
SO THANK YOU. CAN WE GIVE A HAND CLAP TO HIM? SO WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON A LITTLE PROJECT, YOU AND I.
- YOU COULD CALL IT A GLORIFIED BOOK REPORT.
- A GLORIFIED BOOK REPORT. YEAH, YOU REMEMBER IN SCHOOL WHEN YOU
LIKE, WROTE THOSE TERM PAPERS AND THEN YOU KINDA WAITED TILL
SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL ON MONDAY MORNING BECAUSE THERE WAS
FOOTBALL ON ALL DAY? - NO, I STARTED THE FIRST DAY
THEY ASSIGNED IT. - YEAH, SO I KINDA HAD A GIFT TO
WRITE A TERM PAPER A NIGHT BEFORE AND
STILL GET AN A ON IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS, MAN.
YOU CAN ASK PASTOR BRENDA, THAT IS CONFIRMATION. I'M TELLING
YOU, I'M NOT LYING TO YOU WHEN I SAY THAT. BUT WE'RE WORKING ON A
BOOK, YOU AND I. AND SO WE ARE RELEASING A BOOK TOGETHER, HIM
AND I, AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY POWERFUL. AND SHOULD WE SAY THE
TITLE OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT? -NO, I THINK WE MAKE 'EM WAIT.
- OKAY, MAKE 'EM WAIT. ALL RIGHT, FAIR, YOU WANNA PLAY THE
BAD GUY, THAT'S FINE. SO WE'LL MAKE YOU GUYS WAIT. BUT IT'S
NEEDED RIGHT NOW, AND WE DECIDED TO COME TOGETHER ON A BOOK. SO
THIS'LL BE MY SECOND, YOUR FIRST, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO JUST
RELEASE THIS. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A MUST NOW READ FOR PEOPLE
OUT THERE. -WE CAN SAY THIS, IT'S GONNA BE
ABOUT STEPPING INTO THE POWER OF THE GAME-CHANGER CYCLE,
AND WHAT THAT IS IS YOU'RE BREAKING GENERATIONAL
CURSES THAT HAVE HELD YOU BACK, BREAKING DRY SEASONS, AND COMING
INTO THE FULLNESS OF WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO.
- AMEN. WELL, REAL QUICK, I WANNA TAKE THIS TIME JUST TO
GIVE A COUPLE SHOUT-OUTS. FIRST OF ALL, ON FRIDAY, PASTOR
CHRISTY, MY AUNT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, AMEN. THEY'RE ALSO ON
VACATION. AND THEN I'LL LET YOU GIVE THE NEXT ONE. WE HAVE TO
SAY THIS ONE, COME ON NOW.
- AND YES, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY FATHER,
LES ARMSTRONG, IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY.
- COME ON NOW. DON'T YOU SNEAK AWAY. WOO! HAPPY
BIRTHDAY TO YOU. AND THEN TOMORROW, I KNOW YOU'RE
WATCHING, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER, 26 YEARS OLD TOMORROW.
JONATHAN, WE LOVE YOU. GO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN, REWARD YOURSELF,
THROW DOWN A BIG TOMAHAWK STEAK TOMORROW. AND HE'S ABOUT 30 DAYS
AWAY HERE. HE'S IN FIGHT CAMP, AUGUST 19TH, FIGHTING ON THE
CONTENDER SERIES ESPN IN FRONT OF DANA WHITE. AND WHEN HE WINS
THAT FIGHT AND BECOMES 11-0 AS A PRO, HE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY
SIGNED WITH A CONTRACT TO THE UFC. SO WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR
THAT. -SO WE GOT ONE MORE. I GOTTA
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, JACOB. HIS
BIRTHDAY IS ON MONDAY, WHICH IS TOMORROW. SO A LOT OF BIRTHDAYS.
-A LOT OF BIRTHDAYS, BUT WE LOVE BIRTHDAYS. WE LOVE
CELEBRATION, AND I'M EXCITED TO CELEBRATE TODAY BECAUSE I
BELIEVE THERE ARE GOING TO BE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND
ONLINE THAT ARE GONNA CELEBRATE A TOUCH FROM GOD. AND WHETHER
IT'S A PHYSICAL OR A MENTAL HEALING, YOU'RE GONNA GET HEALED
TODAY. SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU WATCHING ACROSS THE WORLD TO GET
INVOLVED RIGHT NOW AND SHARE THAT BROADCAST WITH SOMEBODY
TODAY BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD THAT ARE GONNA BE TOUCHED WITH WHAT THIS MAN OF GOD HAS TO
SAY TODAY, AMEN? WELL, LET'S JUST AGREE RIGHT NOW IN THE NAME
OF JESUS. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN
THIS ROOM WATCHING ACROSS THE WORLD, LORD, AND WE SAY A
SUPERNATURAL TOUCH AND A GRACE COMES UPON THEIR LIFE. WE THANK
YOU, FATHER, THAT MOUNTAINS ARE BEING MOVED. WE THANK YOU, LORD,
THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING RESTORED. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT THINGS
THAT WERE STOLEN IN THEIR LIFE ARE COMING BACK NOW IN FULL
MANIFESTATION. AND WE ASK YOU NOW, LORD, TO TOUCH THE PEOPLE
IN JESUS' NAME. ARE YOU READY TO WORSHIP THIS MORNING? AMEN.
PASTOR ANTHONY, TAKE IT AWAY, BROTHER.
(MUSIC)
ALL RIGHT, LORD OF HOSTS, LET'S RAISE IT UP TODAY. WE'RE
EXPECTING THE MIRACLES OF GOD TO BE USHERED OUT. LET'S GO.
(MUSIC)
OKAY, EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE, PUT YOUR HANDS
TOGETHER. YOU GOTTA GIVE HIM PRAISE. SEE, WE GOTTA LET THE
DEVIL KNOW THAT WE KNOW WHO THE KING OF KINGS IS AND THE LORD OF
LORDS IS. AND YOU GOTTA SHOW IT IN SOME EXPRESSIONS. I NEED YOU
GUYS TO KIND OF MOVE A LITTLE BIT. COME ON. MOVE THIS WAY.
THERE YOU GO. LET HEAVEN AND EARTH AS WE PRAISE YOUR NAME.
♪ WE SERVE A MIGHTY, MIGHTY GOD YES WE DO. (REPEATED) ♪
♪ LET HEAVEN INVADE. (REPEATED) ♪
(MUSIC)
♪ LET HEAVEN INVADE. OPEN UP THE HEAVENS. POUR OUT YOUR ♪
♪ GLORY. POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT OVER THE NATION. POUR OUT YOUR ♪
♪ SPIRIT OVER THIS GENERATION. POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT. POUR IT ♪
♪ OUT. POUR IT OUT. POUR IT OUT. WE'RE CRYING FOR YOUR PRESENCE ♪
♪ POUR IT OUT. POUR IT OUT. THERE IS NO OTHER NAME HIGHER ♪
♪ THAN YOUR NAME. KING OF GLORY. ♪ (PIANO PLAYING)
(MUSIC)
(PIANO PLAYING)
LORD, WE WANT YOU MORE THAN EVER, LORD. WE'RE DESPERATE FOR
YOU, KING OF KINGS. YOU'RE A VITAL NECESSITY WE HAVE TO HAVE.
YES, THE WORLD WILL BOW DOWN AND SAY, "YUHAKKA." EVERY MAN
(PIANO PLAYING)
LET'S KEEP PRAISING HIM. LET'S KEEP SINGING TO HIM THIS
MORNING. HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU, FATHER. WE WORSHIP YOU THIS
MORNING. HALLELUJAH! TO YOU, BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT.
(FADING MUSIC)
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING I BELIEVED LAST WEEK. THE
PASTOR'S BEEN TEACHING US ABOUT THE LIFTING UP OF OUR HANDS. HOW
MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN PRACTICING THAT? HALLELUJAH! SO
WE'RE GONNA DO IT. THE BIBLE SAYS THE LIFTING UP OF YOUR
HANDS IS NOT JUST FOR A SURRENDER. THERE'S A PROPHETIC
MEANING. BOOK OF PSALM 141, KING DAVID SAYS, "LET THE LIFTING OF
MY HANDS BE LIKE AN EVENING SACRIFICE." IF YOU GO BACK, THE
LORD HAS INSTRUCTED HIS PEOPLE TO BRING SACRIFICE IN THE
EVENING FOR THEIR NEEDS TO BE MET. SO I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE YOU,
THERE'S A PROPHETIC GRACE UPON THE HOUSE. THERE'S A HEALING
ANOINTING PRESENT IN THIS ROOM TO REMOVE THAT INFIRMITY OUT OF
YOUR BODY. BUT I WANT US TO TAKE A TIME TO THANK HIM. LET'S ALL
LIFT UP OUR HANDS THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE WATCHING IT IN YOUR
LIVING ROOM, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING. BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM.
BEGIN TO THANK HIM. HE HAS DELIVERED YOU FROM THAT ISSUE
AND BROUGHT YOU INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS BELOVED SON, JESUS. THANK
HIM RIGHT NOW. BEGIN TO THANK JESUS. THANK GOD FOR THE
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS. BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM. THANK HIM FOR
YOUR MIRACLE IS IN THIS ROOM. YOUR SAFE TIME TO BE FREE IS
TODAY, NOT TOMORROW, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS UPON THIS
HOUSE. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN THIS PLACE. THE ANOINTING OF GOD
IS SO STRONG IN THIS HOUSE. OH, FATHER, WE THANK YOU. WE GIVE
YOU PRAISE. WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS BEFORE YOU. WE ARE CELEBRATING
YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR KINDNESS. THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR YOUR
BLOOD THAT WAS POURED OUT UPON THE MERCY SEAT FOR HER TO BE
FREE, FOR HER TO BE HEALED, TO BE FORGIVEN. WE LIFT UP OUR
HANDS BEFORE YOU. WE SAY THANK YOU AS A SIGN OF VICTORY OVER
HELL, OVER EVERY ATTACK FROM HELL. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE
ARE FREE. WE CELEBRATE YOU. WE CELEBRATE YOUR NAME IN THIS
HOUSE. HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM. PRAISE HIS
NAME. YOU ARE FREE. YOU ARE HEALED. YOU ARE DELIVERED. YOU
ARE THE KARAMA SOBRE. BLESS HIS NAME. LIFT UP HIS NAME. DON'T BE
TIRED. PRAISE HIM THIS MORNING. I KNOW WHAT THE LORD CAN DO TO
YOU, FOR YOU THIS MORNING. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, FATHER WE
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF SATAN. YOU
BROUGHT US INTO THE KINGDOM, THE GLORIOUS KINGDOM THAT'S BEEN
GIVEN. WE HAVE ACCESS AS MOSES LIFT UP HIS HANDS OVER THE
WORLD. WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS OVER EVERY SITUATION IN THIS ROOM AND
THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS MORNING. FATHER WE PROPHESY FROM
THE PROPHETIC GRACE UPON OUR PASTORS THIS MORNING. WE
PROPHESY LET THE EAST WIND COME UPON EVERY ISSUE AND DRIVE THE
ENEMY OUT OF OUR LIVES OR OUT OF OUR HOMES. IN THE NAME OF JESUS
WE DECREE AND DECLARE THAT VICTORY IS OURS. WE PROPHESY
THAT WE ARE VICTORIOUS. VICTORY IS OURS. VICTORY, IT IS MINE AND
MY HOUSEHOLD. VICTORY IS OURS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. SO WE'RE
GONNA DO THE LAST THING FOR SAKE OF TIME. I WANT TO SHOUT, LET
HELL HEAR YOU THIS MORNING THAT YOU ARE VICTORIOUS. LET THE
HEAVEN MOVE IN YOUR BEHALF. THE BIBLE SAYS, SHOUT AND THE
JERICHO WALL WILL COME DOWN. LET'S ALL BEGIN TO SHOUT, CALL
UPON THE NAME JESUS. HALLELUJAH. KEEP SHOUTING, KEEP SHOUTING,
KEEP SHOUTING. HALLELUJAH. (MUSIC AND CHEERING)
- YOU STAY UP THERE WITH ME FOR A MINUTE, PASTOR DOJI.
WHAT A POWERFUL TIME IT IS IN THE ANOINTING. I JUST, I FELT AN
UNCTION THIS MORNING THAT WE NEED TO PRAY OVER THE STATE OF
NEBRASKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND I WANT EVERYONE THAT REPRESENTS
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, PLEASE COME UP HERE QUICKLY. LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA IS OUR STATE CAPITAL. WE HAVE SOME LINCOLN PEOPLE THAT
COME IN EVERY WEEK. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE HERE THIS
MORNING. WE HAVE A LOT THAT WATCH ONLINE THAT TUNE IN FROM
LINCOLN. AND YOU GUYS ARE AMBASSADORS. YOU WERE PLANTED IN
THAT CITY FOR A PURPOSE. AND I KNOW YOU ARE A GROUP OF
INTERCESSORS ALSO FOR THAT CITY, FOR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IN THAT
CITY, BUT ALSO FOR GOVERNMENT. AND IT'S ALSO THE CENTER OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. AND A LOT COMES OUT OF OUR EDUCATION,
GOOD OR BAD. BUT IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP.
GIVE THESE PEOPLE A HAND. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) I
BELIEVE GOD HAS STATIONED YOU STRATEGICALLY IN THAT CITY FOR A
PURPOSE, AND THEN CONNECTED YOU WITH A PROPHETIC HOUSE FOR A
PURPOSE. AND YOU'RE GONNA BELIEVE AND SEE SOME THINGS, AND
WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME TURNING TOWARDS GOD AND FAITH IN THAT
CITY, BUT ALSO IN OUR STATE. NEBRASKA IS STRATEGIC. IT'S THE
CENTER OF THE NATION. IT'S A STRATEGIC STATE, AND WE NEED
GOOD THINGS TO COME FORTH IN OUR STATE GOVERNMENT, AND WE'RE
COMMANDED BY THE WORD TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY OVER US.
SO, PASTOR DOJI, WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO, PASTOR MATT, I'M
GONNA ASK YOU TO JOIN ME, AND WE'RE GONNA JUST QUICKLY LAY
HANDS ON THESE, BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE BLESSED TODAY AS THEY
ARE IN THAT POSITION. BUT PASTOR DOJI, I WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR OUR
ONLINE AUDIENCE. ALSO PRAY OVER NEBRASKA, BUT THEN PRAY FOR THE
ONLINE AUDIENCE, WHEREVER THEY ARE AT IN THEIR STATES, IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THEM. SO YOU PRAY AND BLESS THEM, AND PASTOR MATT
AND I WILL GO DOWN AND LAY HANDS ON THESE QUICKLY.
- IN THE NAME OF JESUS, FATHER, WE THANK YOU, LORD, BECAUSE THE
MIGHTY NAME THAT'S BEEN GIVEN UNTO US, YOU SEE, WHATEVER WE
PUT ON OUR FEET, THAT TERRITORY BELONG TO YOU AND BELONG TO US.
SO IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY FOR EVERY CITY. WE PRAY FOR
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA THIS MORNING. WE TAKE AUTHORITY. WE COMMAND
EVERY EVIL AGENDA TO BE DRIVEN OUT. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE
RELEASE THE HOST, THE ANGELS OF GOD, TO DRIVE OUT EVERY OFFICIAL
AND GODLY OFFICIAL. LET IT BE UNSEATED. IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
WE RELEASE RIGHTEOUSNESS OVER EVERY CITY, OVER EVERY STATE. IN
THE NAME OF JESUS, WE DECREE AND DECLARE THAT THE NAME OF JESUS
SHALL BE GLORIFIED. RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL PREVAIL IN
LINCOLN. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE SPREAD PEACE OVER EVERY
STREET. WE DECREE AND DECLARE THAT THE GLORY OF GOD, AS THE
ANGELS OF GOD WAS RELEASED OVER SODOM AND GOMORRAH, WE RELEASE
YOUR HOSTS TO PATROL IN EVERY STREET, TO PATROL IN EVERY
GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING RIGHT NOW. LET RIGHTEOUSNESS PREVAIL. LET
RIGHTEOUSNESS PREVAIL IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WE DECREE AND
DECLARE YOUR GLORY, YOUR GLORY, YOUR GLORY IN EVERY GOVERNMENT,
YOUR EVERY STATE, EVERY CITY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WE DECREE AND
DECLARE THAT YOUR NAME SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
SHALL PREVAIL. IF YOU BELIEVE IT BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM RIGHT NOW.
-AMEN. GIVE HIM ANOTHER SHOUT. HALLELUJAH. GOD BLESS YOU.
YOU CAN BE SEATED, LINCOLN GROUP. THANK YOU. YOU LEAVE THIS
PLACE BLESSED IN JESUS NAME. WELL, BEFORE YOU ARE SEATED
TODAY, LET ME THINK. I'VE GOT TO THINK OF A PASTOR, HANK. I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT, TELL THREE PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR
LUNCH TODAY. AND SHAKE THEIR HANDS. AND ONLINE AUDIENCE,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. (MUSIC)
WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU IN GOD'S HOUSE THIS MORNING.
IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH,
WELCOME. USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE WITH A BLUE GIFT
BAG FOR YOU IN IT, SOME AWESOME GIFTS JUST FOR YOU, BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, A GUEST CARD THAT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE. WE
INVITE YOU, IF YOU HAVE YOUR BAG, TO TAKE IT OUT NOW. IN IT,
YOU'LL FIND ALL THE INFORMATION OF THIS MINISTRY, AND
IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A BRIGHT ORANGE GUEST CARD. WE INVITE YOU
AT THIS TIME TO TEAR IT OUT AND FILL OUT THE INFORMATION, DROP
IT OFF IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT DOES COME. WE'D LIKE TO
SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE
MORE, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. IF YOU'RE WATCHING
ONLINE IN ANY OF OUR PLATFORMS, ROKU, AMAZON FIRE, YOUTUBE,
FACEBOOK, AND THEY SHOULD BE ON THE SCREEN NOW, WE THANK YOU AND
WE WANT YOU TO TUNE IN TO ONEVOICETV.NET. IT'S A GREAT
PLATFORM PASTORS PUT TOGETHER JUST TO HAVE A 24/7 ACCESSIBLE
PLACE TO GO AND GET GREAT CONTENT, TO HEAR THE VOICE OF
GOD, AND JUST TO SEE WHAT'S NOT ONLY GOING ON IN THIS NATION,
NOT ONLY GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, BUT WHAT GOD'S PLAN IS. SO
AGAIN, ONEVOICETV.NET, MAKE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT. AND SPEAKING OF
ONLINE PLATFORMS, JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, SEVERAL DAYS AGO,
WE HAD AN E-MEMBER COMMENT ON FACEBOOK,
KATIE FROM PENNSYLVANIA, AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE
WATCHING TODAY. THANK YOU, HAD A GREAT IDEA TO
SHOWER OUR PASTORS WITH CARDS OF APPRECIATION OVER THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS. AS PASTOR DOUG SAID, AND PASTOR MATT SAID, PASTORS ARE ON
VACATION, SO HOW ABOUT WE JOIN IN? KATIE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUGGESTING THAT. PASTORS LOVE AND
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU MEMBERS HERE, THE E-MEMBERS AND VIEWERS
ONLINE. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEND A CARD OF ENCOURAGEMENT, YOU
COULD EMAIL IT TO THE CHURCH, OR IF YOU WANNA
PHYSICALLY EMAIL, THE ADDRESS WILL BE ON THE SCREENS DURING
OFFERING TIME. SO WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO, TO JOIN
IN. PASTORS LOVE READING AND PRAYING OVER YOUR CARD, SO WE
WANNA SHOWER THEM WITH SUPPORT. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A PLAN? ALL
RIGHT, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. AND JUST ONE QUICK LAST
THING, JUST ALL PARENTS OF CORE YOUTH, WE HAVE A RETREAT MEETING
TODAY AFTER SERVICE IN THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM. SO IF YOUR CHILD IS
GOING TO CORE YOUTH RETREAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR MEETING
TODAY DIRECTLY AFTER SERVICE. AMEN? ALL RIGHT. WELL, HOW MANY
OF YOU KNOW OPENING THE HEAVENS IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING? THAT WAS
LIKE A WOO. I'M EVEN EXCITED OPENING THE HEAVENS IS
APPROACHING. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE? ALL RIGHT. WELL,
WITH THAT EXCITEMENT, LET'S TUNE OUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS.
- I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS LAUNCHING, AND OUR KING IS GOING
TO MOVE TO THE CENTER AND RISE IN HIS CHURCH.
- THIS IS THE FINAL MOVE OF THE LORD, SAITH GOD. IT'S GONNA GET
MORE INTENSE, MORE POWERFUL, AND MORE GREAT.
- AIN'T NOTHING GONNA KEEP YOU BACK. AIN'T NOTHING GONNA HOLD
YOU DOWN. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU SAY "NOT TODAY SATAN NOT TODAY!"
- OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 11TH
THROUGH 14TH AT THE MID-AMERICA CENTER. DON'T MISS THIS DIVINE
APPOINTMENT OF GOD'S REMNANT. TOGETHER WE'LL
BOLDLY RELEASE THE SOUND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.
- IF GOD IS MOVING, PEOPLE WILL COME FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THE EARTH. -GET YOUR VOICE AND RAISE IT
BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO PURSUE, OVERTAKE, AND WITHOUT FAIL,
AMERICA, YOU WILL RECOVER ALL. LET EVERY DEVIL FALL. LET
EVERY EVIL AGENDA BE EXPOSED.
REGISTER TODAY AT OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG.
[APPLAUSE] WELL, AMEN. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE, NO, DON'T RAISE
YOUR HANDS. LET ME JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, REGISTER. AND I
DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS YOU. BUT NEXT WEEK I MIGHT ASK YOU. SO
THIS WOULD BE THE WEEK TO REGISTER. AMEN. RIGHT, JANET?
AMEN. SO, HEY, BEFORE WE RECEIVE TODAY'S OFFERING, I KNOW THAT
PASTOR MATT MENTIONED IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT AGAIN.
PASTOR CHRISTY'S BIRTHDAY WAS LAST FRIDAY, JULY 11TH. I THINK
SHE SPECIFICALLY ARRANGES TO BE ON VACATION BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T
LIKE BEING SUNG TO. SO SHE JUST DOES THAT EVERY YEAR, IT SEEMS
LIKE. SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT PASTOR CHRISTIE IS
PASTOR BRENDA'S SISTER. AND FOR OUR NEWER FOLKS, YOU MAY NOT
EVEN KNOW THAT, BUT SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON STAFF HERE FOR OVER
25 YEARS AND HAS PIONEERED ALONG WITH PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA THIS
MINISTRY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER A HAND TODAY AND THANK
HER. SHE LOVES SERVING THIS MINISTRY AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
AND SHE JUST DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB HERE. AND I KNOW YOU SEE HER
EVERY WEEK ON THE PLATFORM HERE, BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, SHE DOES
SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE ON SUNDAY. AND I DID WANT TO
MENTION IT, AND I KNOW SHE APPRECIATES THE MESSAGES AND
CARDS THAT SHE RECEIVED, AND SHE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT
WHEN SHE RETURNS, I'M SURE. ALSO DON'T FORGET, NEXT SUNDAY IS DR.
GENE BAILEY. HE'S BRINGING HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, TERRI, AND
THEY'LL BE WITH US, SO DON'T MISS. I'LL TELL YOU, WE'VE BEEN
TREATED ROYALLY. YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT TODAY WITH DR. RICHARD
ROBERTS AND THEN NEXT WEEK, DR. GENE BAILEY, SO DON'T MISS NEXT
WEEK ALSO. WELL, IT IS OFFERING TIME, AND WE WILL RECEIVE A
GUEST OFFERING AT THE CONCLUSION TODAY, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO
BE AWARE OF THAT. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE STORY ABOUT HARRY.
HARRY'S THE MAN THAT LIKES TO TAKE SCRIPTURE OUT OF CONTEXT,
AND HE WAS CONFUSED WHEN HE READ THE BIBLE. HE WAS READING
PHILIPPIANS 4:5, WHERE IT SAYS, "LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN TO
ALL MEN." AND HARRY THOUGHT THE SCRIPTURE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS
GIVING. AND HE TELLS THE USHER AT OFFERING TIME, "NO THANKS,
I'M TRYING TO CUT BACK." AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU
THAT THAT'S NOT THE TIME TO CUT BACK, THAT IS TAKING IT OUT OF
SCRIPTURE. AS WE SOW, WE SHALL RECEIVE IN ABUNDANCE, AMEN,
AMEN. SO YOU DON'T WANNA CUT BACK AT OFFERING TIME, RIGHT,
DR. ROBERTS, AMEN, AMEN. AND MOST OF US, JUST TO MOVE ON A
LITTLE BIT, I WANNA GIVE YOU A SCRIPTURE TODAY BEFORE WE MOVE
INTO OUR GIVING. MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH 3 JOHN CHAPTER 2
A VERY WELL-KNOWN VERSE, LET'S JUST PUT
IT UP FOR A MOMENT. I'M GONNA READ IT
OUT OF THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. IT SAYS, "BELOVED, I
PRAY THAT YOU MAY PROSPER "IN ALL THINGS AND BE IN HEALTH,
"JUST AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS." AND SO IN THIS VERSE IN 3 JOHN,
WE SEE THE APOSTLE JOHN IS GIVING A MESSAGE TO GAIUS. HE'S
THE LEADER OF THE CHURCH IN ASIA MINOR AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND
HE'S GIVING GAIUS SOME ADVICE HERE. AND THAT ADVICE CAN
TRANSLATE RIGHT ON OVER TO US. EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE WORD,
WE CAN USE FOR OUR BENEFIT. WE CAN LEARN FROM IT. AND THIS IS
DIRECTION FOR THE CHURCH. HE STARTS THE LETTER WITH THIS. AS
JOHN WRITES THE LETTER TO GAIUS, HE SAYS, "I PRAY THAT YOU MAY
PROSPER IN ALL THINGS "AND BE IN HEALTH JUST AS YOUR SOUL
PROSPERS." HE'S TYING IT TOGETHER. SO WE LEARN, NUMBER
ONE, THAT IT'S OKAY TO PRAY FOR PROSPERITY. FOR OUR BAPTIST
FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, IT'S OKAY TO PRAY FOR
PROSPERITY. THAT'S OKAY, ASK GOD TO GIVE IT TO YOU. IT'S OKAY TO
DO THAT. IT ISN'T WHATEVER I RECEIVE IS WHAT I RECEIVE. QUE
SERA, SERA, THAT'S NOT IT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE
TEACHES. OKAY, SO HE'S ALSO OFFERING A TANDEM PRAYER HERE.
HE SAYS, "GAIUS, YOUR SOUL'S PROSPERING, "BUT NOW I PRAY THAT
YOU HAVE PROSPERITY IN ALL THINGS, "INCLUDING YOUR HEALTH."
AND WHAT HE'S REALLY SAYING IS, "YOUR SOUL'S PROSPERING, YOUR
SOUL'S DOING WELL, "AND NOW MY PRAYER FOR YOU IS THAT YOU HAVE
PROSPERITY "IN EVERYTHING, YOUR FINANCES, YOUR FAMILY, "YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR HEALTH, "AND YOUR WELLNESS FOR YOUR PHYSICAL
BODY "AND YOUR OUTWARD CIRCUMSTANCES. "ALL OF IT SHOULD
LINE UP AND PROSPER "IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOUR SOUL PROSPERS."
AMEN, THEY GO HAND IN HAND, IN OTHER WORDS. SO WE CAN PUT THAT
SCRIPTURE TO USE FROM US AND APPLY THAT SAME PRINCIPLE FOR
OUR SOULS AND ALSO LET IT MOVE INTO MANIFESTATION IN EVERY AREA
OF OUR LIFE. AND IF IT HASN'T YET MANIFESTED IN THE PHYSICAL
REALM FOR YOU, THAT'S THE CASE WHEN WE ALL NEED TO TAKE TIME TO
ADD THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT AND FAITH WITH OUR GIVING. IT'S NOT
WRONG TO BELIEVE AND PRAY FOR PROSPERITY AND FOR SUPERNATURAL
HEALTH AND HEALING, THAT'S ALL OKAY. JOHN DID IT FOR GAIUS. IN
FACT, IN HEBREWS 4:2, THE WORD TELLS US THAT THE WORD PREACHED
DID NOT PROFIT THEM BECAUSE IT WASN'T MIXED IN FAITH WHEN THEY
HEARD IT. THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE WHEN THEY HEARD IT. AND THEN
THAT JUST NEGATES THE TRUTH OF THE WORD. YOUR MOUTH GATE WILL
OPEN UP GOOD THINGS FOR YOU DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU SPEAK.
YOU'RE PLANTING SEEDS RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR MOUTH FOR YOUR FUTURE.
AND IF YOU'RE TALKING BAD AND YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING THE WORD,
YOU WON'T RECEIVE IN THE SAME WAY THAT IF YOU'RE SPEAKING THE
WORD OVER IT. SO EVERY TIME YOU GIVE, GIVE IN FAITH. IF YOU GIVE
A DOLLAR, GIVE IT IN FAITH, BELIEVING THAT GOD'S GONNA MOVE,
AMEN? SO TODAY AS YOU GIVE, EXERT YOUR FAITH AND BELIEVE FOR
INCREASE AND BLESSING. WHEN YOU MIX YOUR FAITH WITH ACTION, YOU
CAN'T LOSE, AMEN? WELL, AS YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR GIVING USHERS,
YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE TODAY, YOU CAN
RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS WILL SERVE YOU. WE'LL PUT THE GIVING
INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO GIVE AT
LORD OF HOSTS. YOU CAN USE THE ENVELOPE SYSTEM FOR THOSE THAT
ARE HERE. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE,
LOHCHURCH.ORG. THE MOBILE APP IS VERY CONVENIENT, AND OF COURSE,
YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE. THAT'S ALL THERE. AND THEN WE STILL HAVE
PEOPLE THAT MAIL IN CONTRIBUTIONS REGULARLY. IF
YOU'RE SENDING PRECIOUS METALS TO US, YOU NEED TO MAIL THEM TO
THAT PO BOX, AND THEN WE'LL SEND YOU A RECEIPT. SO SEND YOUR GOLD
AND SILVER TO THAT PO BOX, AND THEN ALONG WITH YOUR CASH OR
YOUR CHECKS OR WHATEVER, AND WE WILL GET YOU A RECEIPT BACK. AND
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GIVE. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE MORE WAY OF
GIVING REALLY QUICK HERE. SOME ASK ME, "SHOULD I CONSIDER
DONATING MY CRYPTOCURRENCY OR MY STOCKS DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH?"
AND DONATING THOSE ASSETS DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH HAS VALUE
TO YOU. INSTEAD OF JUST SELLING THEM FOR CASH AND GIVING THE
CASH, THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT. AND YOU SAY, "WHY WOULD I
WANT TO DONATE STOCKS DIRECTLY TO LORD OF HOSTS? WHY WOULD I
WANT TO GIVE MY CRYPTOCURRENCY DIRECTLY TO LORD OF HOSTS?" AND
THE REASON IS, IN MOST CASES, YOU CAN AVOID CAPITAL GAINS TAX.
AND THAT CAN BE AS HIGH AS 20% OF THE AMOUNT THAT YOU GIVE.
NOW, IF YOU ARE HOLD, NOW, IF YOU'RE SOMEONE
LIKE CRAIG OUT HERE AND YOU'RE
HOLDING A LOT OF BITCOIN, IN APRIL, BITCOIN WAS WORTH
$75,000. TODAY IT'S WORTH $117,000. SO CRAIG HAS HAD A BIG
GAIN ON HIS BITCOIN. THE SMART WAY FOR CRAIG TO GIVE HIS
BITCOIN TO LORD OF HOSTS IS TO TRANSFER IT DIRECTLY BECAUSE HE
CAN DO IT AT HIS COST BASIS. EVEN THOUGH HE'S GIVING THE
CHURCH THE 117, IF HE GIVES US ONE COIN, HE'LL GIVE US 117. HE
DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY TAX ON THAT GAIN IF HE GIVES IT DIRECTLY. IF
HE SELLS THAT BITCOIN FOR 117 AND GIVES THAT MONEY TO THE
CHURCH, THEN HE HAS TO PAY TAX ON THAT GAIN THAT HE HAD. DOES
THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY, SO I'M TAKING A LITTLE TIME ON THIS
BECAUSE THERE ARE OVER A TRILLION DOLLARS OF
CRYPTOCURRENCY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT STOCKS ARE TODAY AS FAR AS
NUMBER OF DOLLARS INVESTED, BUT JUST IN CRYPTO, OVER A TRILLION
DOLLARS WORLDWIDE. AND OVER 300 MILLION PEOPLE ARE USING
CRYPTOCURRENCY RIGHT NOW TO TRADE WITH. SO IT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS BEING USED MORE AND MORE, AND PEOPLE HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I
MENTIONED THAT TO YOU. AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT SLIDE UP
REALLY QUICK, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR CRYPTO OR STOCKS, YOU
CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, SCROLL DOWN UNDER THE GIVE SECTION, AND
YOU'LL FIND THE AREA THAT SAYS GIVE CRYPTO STOCK OR DONOR
ADVISED FUNDS. YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT, AND THEN IT'S VERY EASY TO
PUT IN YOUR STOCK FUND, YOUR TYPE OF CRYPTO, AND THE NUMBER
OF COINS THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE. AND CRAIG, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE
10 BITCOIN TODAY, THAT WOULD JUST BE FINE. BUT ANYWAY, YOU
CAN PUT IN THE NUMBER, AND THEN WE AUTOMATICALLY DO THE
TRANSFER, AND WE SEND YOU AN ELECTRONIC RECEIPT RIGHT AWAY.
SO IT'S JUST ALL SEAMLESS IN THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, AND IT'S AN
EASY WAY TO DO THAT. SO STAND UP WITH ME AND HOLD UP YOUR
OFFERINGS, AND I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU TODAY, ESPECIALLY
PRAYING A BLESSING OVER CRAIG AND HIS GIVING. THANK YOU,
CRAIG. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN PROSPER IN ALL THINGS
JUST AS OUR SOUL PROSPERS, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR GIVING THAT WE
GIVE TODAY. WE PLANT THESE SEEDS HONORABLY INTO YOUR HOUSE, LORD,
BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN WE GIVE HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS, WE'RE
GIVING TO YOU, AND WE DO THAT WITH APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE
FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US. AND WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT
YOUR WORD HAS PROMISED THAT YOU WILL PROSPER US, YOU'LL INCREASE
US, AND YOU'LL REBUKE THE DEVOURER ON OUR BEHALF AS WE
GIVE TO YOU. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TODAY. WE THANK
YOU THAT WE CAN EXTEND OUR HAND TO YOU AND GIVE ON THIS EARTH,
AND YET WE'RE BUILDING UP TREASURE IN HEAVEN, YOU TELL US.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY WHEN WE SEE HOW MUCH
WE'VE ACCUMULATED IN HEAVEN. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE ON THIS
EARTH AND AMBASSADORS, WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN BE HERE AND WORK
FOR YOU, GIVE INTO YOUR KINGDOM AND SEE THE MIGHTY WORK OF GOD
GO AROUND THE WORLD. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY,
AMEN. AND EVERYONE SAID AMEN. PASTOR MATT. (SOFT PIANO MUSIC)
- YOU GOT ME? THERE WE GO. I WAS HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT ONE
THERE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT, PASTOR DOUG. I WANNA
DECREE TOGETHER, CHURCH, OVER THIS TOGETHER. AND YOU KNOW,
LIKE PASTOR BRENDA ALWAYS SAYS, MAKE SURE WHEN YOU DECREE THIS,
THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THIS CAMPUS, BUT IT'S FOR YOUR OWN
PERSONAL LIFE, OKAY? THERE ARE THINGS WE ARE ALL BELIEVING FOR
IN OUR OWN LIVES, THINGS THAT ARE GONNA MANIFEST,
BREAKTHROUGH, OKAY? AND PASTOR DOJI EVEN SAID IT PRAYING TODAY,
THAT THEIR MANIFESTATION IS RIGHT NOW, OKAY? NOT TOMORROW,
OKAY? BELIEVE FOR IT RIGHT NOW. NOW IS YOUR SEASON. IN THIS
MOMENT WHEN YOUR FEET ARE PLANTED IN HERE, YOU'RE STEPPING
INTO SOMETHING NOW. AMEN? SO LET'S DECREE OVER THIS TOGETHER,
CHURCH. 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 BE EXPANDED NOW. NOW LOOK AT
SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM NOW. NOW IS YOUR SEASON, COME ON. NOW, IN
JESUS' NAME. WELL, TURN YOUR ATTENTION AS YOU'RE SITTING DOWN
TO THE SCREENS AS WE HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM OUR
PASTORS, PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN.
- GOOD MORNING, CHURCH FAMILY E-MEMBERS. BRENDA
AND I ARE ON VACATION AND WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT YOU, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST GIVE YOU A VACATION
GREETING. IF YOU ARE OUR GUEST TODAY, WELCOME. ISN'T THIS A
BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO US? AND SO WE THANK YOU
FOR COMING TODAY. BUT WE GOT RICHARD ROBERTS. HE IS A THREE
HOUR SERMON PREACHER, SO GET READY FOR HIM.
- YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE ALL DAY LONG, SO THINK ABOUT IT.
- YEAH, AND ALSO HE OPERATES BY THE HAND OF GOD IN MIRACLE SIGNS
AND WONDERS. SO GET READY TO BE TOUCHED BY GOD AND A POWERFUL
MESSAGE BY RICHARD ROBERTS. ENJOY.
- AND WE'RE SO EXCITED. WE KNOW, WE ARE BELIEVING WITH YOU. WE
JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FOR BREAKTHROUGHS, FOR MIRACLES, AND
SO GET READY TO RECEIVE TODAY. IT'S GONNA BE A POWERFUL TIME
AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS. AND REMEMBER, NEXT WEEK
WE GOT GENE BAILEY IN THE HOUSE, SO DON'T FORGET THAT AS WELL.
GOD BLESS YOU. - GOD BLESS YOU.
- WE WILL SEE YOU AT CHURCH REAL SOON. BYE-BYE.
- AMEN. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MOM AND DAD. WE LOVE YOU. AMEN.
COME ON, CHURCH. NOW, I WANT YOU TO STAND UP. I WANT YOU TO GET
READY TO RECEIVE BECAUSE HEALING AND MIRACLES ARE NOW AND THEY
EXIST TODAY. AMEN. LET'S WELCOME DR. RICHARD ROBERTS WITH THE
LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. WELCOME. YOUR FIRST
TIME IN THIS SANCTUARY. IT WAS OVER THERE THE LAST TIME. WE
LOVE YOU. AMEN. -HALLELUJAH. WELL, LET'S GIVE A
SHOUT OF PRAISE TO THE LORD THIS MORNING. HALLELUJAH. LET'S LIFT
YOUR HANDS ONE MORE TIME THIS MORNING. FATHER, WE GIVE YOU
PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY. THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, FOR THIS
IS THE DAY THAT YOU'VE MADE. THE DEVIL DID NOT MAKE THIS DAY. YOU
MADE THIS DAY, AND YOU MADE IT FOR US. AND I PRAISE YOU AND
GIVE YOU HONOR AND GLORY. THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT TODAY. I RECEIVE IT AFRESH AND ANEW IN JESUS' NAME.
AND EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN, AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU. YOU CAN BE
SEATED. HALLELUJAH. I AM SO GLAD TO BE BACK IN OMAHA AND TO BE
WITH YOU ALL. WHEN I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, YOU WERE STILL IN THE
OTHER BUILDING. SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO SEE THIS BUILDING.
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. WOW, LOOK WHAT GOD HAS DONE. HALLELUJAH.
THANK THE LORD. THANKS TO PASTOR HANK FOR THAT ENCOURAGING WORD
ABOUT A THREE HOUR SERMON. I BELIEVE
IN THE SCRIPTURE, "HE WHO SPEAKETH
SHORT SHALL BE INVITED AGAIN." I'M AWFULLY GLAD THAT PASTOR
HANK AND BRENDA ARE ON A CAMPING VACATION, AND I'M NOT. MY IDEA
OF CAMPING IS THE EMBASSY SUITES. I AM NOT A CAMPER, BUT
I'M GLAD THEY ARE OUT THERE WITH THE BUGS AND THE SCORPIONS AND
THE SNAKES AND HAVING SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME WITH ALL THOSE
INSECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. I BELIEVE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
KILL THEM ALL. BUT I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE. MY LIFE HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED SINCE I WAS HERE LAST. I WAS HERE ONE
YEAR AGO. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARRIVED ON THE SATURDAY, THE
DAY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SHOT. THAT WAS THE SATURDAY THAT
WE ARRIVED. AND THANK GOD HE WAS SPARED. AND ALSO, WE WOULD
PREACH THE NEXT MORNING. AND WHEN I WENT BACK TO TULSA, THAT
AFTERNOON, WE DROVE BACK TO TULSA. WE LAUNCHED A NEW LIVE
FIVE DAY A WEEK TELEVISION PROGRAM
ON THE VICTORY CHANNEL AND ON THE WORD NETWORK.
WE LAUNCHED THAT RIGHT AFTERWARDS, AND SO I'M JUST
ABOUT TO CELEBRATE MY FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEING LIVE MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY. WE ARE SEEING MANY, MANY MIRACLES AND HEALINGS
EVERY DAY. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT, IT'S ON THE VICTORY CHANNEL
LIVE. IT'S ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. IT'S ON THE WORD NETWORK. IT'S
AT NOON, MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS. THAT'S WHY I'M RUSHING
BACK HOME AFTER THE SERVICE TODAY. SO I COULDN'T PREACH LONG
IF I WANTED TO, BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO TULSA TONIGHT FOR
TELEVISION THIS WEEK. BUT I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. PASTOR HANK
AND BRENDA HAVE MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO ME. I FIRST MET THEM ON
THE TELEPHONE. I WAS IN FLORIDA MINISTERING BACK IN 2007, AND
PASTOR GUILLERMO MALDONADO WAS HOSTING ME IN MIAMI, AND HE
SAID, "I WANT YOU TO MEET A FRIEND OF MINE ON THE PHONE."
AND HE PUT THE PHONE IN MY HANDS, AND IT WAS PASTOR HANK.
AND HE BEGAN TO PROPHESY OVER ME, AND EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID
IN THAT PHONE CALL CAME TO PASS. AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM TO BE A MAN
OF THE LORD AND A MAN OF HIS WORD. AND I THANK GOD FOR HIM,
AND I THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE'S DOING HERE AND FOR THE GROWTH IN
THIS CHURCH IN THIS GREAT CITY OF OMAHA. SO PRAISE GOD FOR THAT
AND FOR THE PROPHETIC VOICE. SOMEONE WHO'S HAD A LOSS OF
HEARING IN YOUR RIGHT EAR, YOU'RE BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I PRAY. YOU CAN RELEASE YOUR FAITH
AND YOU CAN BELIEVE GOD FOR A HEALING. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A
BOY, I HAD 22 WARTS ON MY LEFT HAND. I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD,
AND THEY WERE SPREADING. I WAS A BOY THAT PLAYED SPORTS. I PLAYED
FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL. I WOULD COME HOME FROM MY
PRACTICES AND MY GAMES, AND MY HAND WOULD BE BLEEDING BECAUSE I
WOULD, CATCHING THE BALL OR THROWING THE BALL, I WOULD RIP
THE TOP OF THOSE WARTS OFF. MY MOTHER WOULD SOAK MY HAND AND
TRY TO GET THE BLEEDING TO STOP. AND MY FATHER CAME IN AND SAID,
"LET'S PRAY." AND SO HE TOOK ME BACK INTO HIS BEDROOM, AND HE
SAID, "NOW, I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU, "AND WHEN I DO, I WANT YOU
TO RELEASE YOUR FAITH." AND I SAID, "WELL, DADDY, HOW DO YOU
RELEASE YOUR FAITH?" HE SAID, "YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH THROUGH
A POINT OF CONTACT." I SAID, "DADDY, WHAT'S A POINT OF
CONTACT?" "SON, A POINT OF CONTACT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
DO, "AND WHEN YOU DO IT, YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH." AND HE SAW
IN THE LOOK IN MY EYE THAT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT. AND SO HE POINTED TO THE WALL AND SAID, "DO YOU SEE THE
LIGHT SWITCH?" I SAID, "YES." HE SAID, "SON, THAT LIGHT SWITCH IS
A POINT OF CONTACT. "IT HAS NO POWER, BUT IT'S HOOKED UP TO THE
POWER COMPANY. SO THAT WHEN YOU FLIP THE SWITCH, YOU TOUCH THE
POWER COMPANY AND THE LIGHTS COME ON." WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND
THAT. HE SAID, "THE FAITH IN YOUR HEART IS JUST LIKE THAT
SWITCH. IT IN ITSELF HAS NO POWER, BUT IT'S HOOKED UP TO
GOD." SO THAT WHEN YOU FLIP THE SWITCH, WHEN
YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH, YOU TOUCH GOD, AND THAT'S
WHEN THE MIRACLES BEGIN. NOW, I'D SEEN MY FATHER, YOU KNOW,
ALL THOSE FIRST 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN CRUSADES ALL OVER THE
WORLD. I'D SEEN HIM PRAY FOR THE SICK. I'D SEEN HIM GREAT IN MANY
MIRACLES. SO I KNEW, I KNEW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. AND HE
SAID, "NOW, WHEN I SAY IN JESUS' NAME, "YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH TO
GOD." I SAID, "OKAY." AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY FOR ME, AND HE
CAME TO HIS PART OF THE PRAYER WHEN HE SAID IN JESUS' NAME, AND
NOT KNOWING WHAT ELSE TO DO, AND BEING JUST A LITTLE BOY, I JUST,
OUT LOUD, I JUST SAID, "FAITH," I TALKED TO MY FAITH, "FAITH,
GET UP THERE TO GOD." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
I LOOKED AT MY HAND AND EVERY WART WAS STILL THERE.
I LOOKED AT MY DADDY. HE SAID, "NOW, RICHARD, WE HAVE
PRAYED AND WE HAVE BELIEVED. "NOW LET'S EXPECT A MIRACLE."
SOMETIMES HEALING COMES QUICKLY. SOMETIMES HEALING COMES OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME. WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE OF THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW.
AND I AWAKENED THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY WERE STILL THERE. AND
THE SECOND MORNING, THEY WERE STILL THERE. THE THIRD MORNING,
THEY WERE STILL THERE. THE FOURTH, THE FIFTH, THE SIXTH
MORNING, I AWAKENED, THEY WERE STILL THERE. THE SEVENTH
MORNING, EIGHTH MORNING, NINTH MORNING, THEY WERE STILL THERE.
BUT ON THE 10TH MORNING, WHEN I WOKE UP AND LOOKED AT MY HAND,
EVERY WART HAD DISAPPEARED. GONE. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
I'M LEFT-HANDED. DO EVERYTHING WITH
MY LEFT HAND. AND IF YOU SEE MY HAND,
THERE'S NO WARTS THERE. HAVEN'T HAD ANOTHER ONE ON THAT HAND.
AND THAT WAS A LOT OF YEARS AGO. THAT
WAS 66 YEARS AGO. NEVER HAD ANOTHER ONE SINCE. BUT
MORE THAN THAT, MORE THAN JUST THE HEALING, I LEARNED HOW TO
RELEASE MY FAITH. SO WHEN I PRAY OVER YOU TODAY, LET YOUR FAITH
GO. RELEASE IT TO GOD. HE IS THE SOURCE OF YOUR HEALING. CAN YOU
SAY AMEN? AMEN. DON'T TAKE THAT OFF
MY THREE HOURS PREACHING TIME NOW,
OKAY, THAT'S JUST MY INTRODUCTORY STORY, OKAY?
PRAISE GOD. WE'LL OPEN YOUR BIBLES THIS MORNING TO
ISAIAH CHAPTER 6. I DO, IN ADDITION TO THE LIVE TV SHOW, I
DO A SATURDAY NIGHT PHONE CALL TO ABOUT SIX OR 700 PEOPLE. I DO
IT 10 O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY NIGHTS, NO MATTER WHERE I AM IN
THE WORLD, 10 O'CLOCK CENTRAL TIME, AND I DID IT LAST NIGHT.
AND I WAS TALKING LAST NIGHT ON THE CALL ABOUT THE HEARING THE
VOICE OF THE LORD. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT. TURN
YOUR BIBLES OVER TO ISAIAH CHAPTER SIX. AND AS I DO, LET ME
BRING YOU A VERY SPECIAL WORD OF GREETING FROM ANOTHER ONE OF
PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA'S VERY GOOD FRIENDS, AND THAT'S MY
WIFE, LINDSAY. MY WIFE, LINDSAY, IS BACK IN TULSA.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS ASLEEP, SO I WOKE
HER UP THIS MORNING. AND I WOKE HER UP EARLY TO TELL HER I WAS
GETTING READY FOR THE SERVICE AND TO PRAY OVER HER AND FOR HER
TO PRAY OVER ME. AND I KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING RIGHT NOW. SHE'S
PRAYING OVER ME AND PROBABLY WATCHING ONLINE. SO GOD BLESS
YOU AND ALL MY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE AT HOME. OUR
DAUGHTERS ARE THERE IN TULSA. I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS, BLESSED AM
I, AMONG WOMEN. THANK GOD FOR WOMEN, PRAISE
GOD. BY THE WAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ANTI
WOMEN IN MINISTRY. AND I'M NOT ONE OF THEM. I BELIEVE IN WOMEN
IN MINISTRY, VERY STRONGLY. IN FACT, ONE OF MY GREAT
MENTORS IN MY LIFE WAS CATHERINE KUHLMAN. I
TRAVELED WITH HER FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE 70S. AND SHE SPOKE
INTO MY LIFE AND IS RESPONSIBLE REALLY FOR TEACHING ME MOST OF
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE. SO I
THANK GOD FOR WOMEN IN MINISTRY AND I LIFT UP WOMEN, ESPECIALLY
IN THIS CHURCH I LIFT UP PASTOR BRENDA AND HER MINISTRY. SO BUT
I GREET YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL MY FAMILY AND THANK GOD FOR THEM.
I'LL TALK TO YOU JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT HEARING THE VOICE
OF GOD. THE QUESTION IS NOT DOES GOD SPEAK? THE QUESTION IS DO
YOU LISTEN WHEN HE SPEAKS? OKAY, I WANNA READ FROM ISAIAH CHAPTER
SIX AND BEGINNING AT VERSE EIGHT. ISAIAH SAYS, "I HEARD THE
VOICE OF THE LORD SAYING, "'WHOM SHALL I SEND AND WHO WILL GO FOR
US?' "THEN I SAID, 'HERE AM I, SEND ME.'" NOTICE ISAIAH SAID,
"HE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD SPEAK." GOD SPEAKS. TURN TO YOUR
NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM GOD STILL SPEAKS TODAY. IF EVER GOD SPOKE,
GOD IS STILL SPEAKING TODAY BECAUSE HE'S THE SAME YESTERDAY,
TODAY, AND FOREVER. IF EVER A MAN OR A WOMAN HEARD THE VOICE
OF THE LORD LIKE ABRAHAM HEARD, WHEN ABRAHAM WAS LIVING IN UR OF
THE CHALDEES IN AN AREA WHICH IS KNOWN TODAY AS IRAQ, AND GOD
SPOKE TO HIM AND TOLD HIM TO GET UP AND LEAVE HIS KINFOLK. A LOT
OF US WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE OUR KINFOLK, WOULDN'T WE? NEVERMIND,
I TAKE THAT BACK. PEOPLE HAVE UNSAVED LOVED ONES AND UNLOVED
SAVED ONES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) NOW
DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. (AUDIENCE CHEERING) GOD SAID,
"GET UP FROM YOUR KINFOLK AND GO TO A PLACE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU."
IMAGINE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY, STARTING TO DRIVE, NOT EVEN
KNOWING WHICH WAY TO GO. AND YET, THAT'S WHAT GOD SPOKE TO
ABRAHAM UNTIL HE ARRIVED AT A PLACE THAT WE KNOW TODAY AS
ISRAEL. GOD SPOKE ALL THROUGH ABRAHAM'S LIFE. AND HE ALSO
SPOKE IN THE LIFE OF JOSHUA. AND HE HEARD THE WORD OF THE LORD
THAT HE WAS TO LEAD THE PEOPLE INTO THE PROMISED LAND. AND HE
ALSO SPOKE TO MOSES. HE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND?
LIFT IT UP AND THE WATERS WILL PART." AND THEY DID, AND THEY
WALKED ACROSS ON DRY GROUND. HE SPOKE TO SAMUEL WHEN SAMUEL WAS
JUST A LITTLE BOY. AND SAMUEL BECAME THE GREAT PROPHET WHO
WOUND UP ANOINTING SAUL TO BECOME KING AND THEN DAVID TO
BECOME KING, AS WELL AS OTHERS TO BECOME KINGS IN THAT TIME.
MARY HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD. YOU ARE HIGHLY FAVORED
AMONG WOMEN. AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE BIRTH TO THE CHRIST CHILD.
SHE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD. JOHN HEARD THE VOICE OF THE
LORD, SAYING, "I AM THE ALPHA, AND I AM THE OMEGA." WELL, THAT
WAS BIBLE TIMES. DOES GOD SPEAK IN THESE TIMES? YES, HE CAN
SPEAK TO ANYBODY AT ANY TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE SPOKE IN
THE BIBLE THROUGH A DONKEY. OKAY? SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S
TOO HARD FOR GOD. GOD IS NOT LIMITED TO TIME OR SPACE. AND I
WANT TO SHARE SEVERAL THINGS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A PEN, A
PENCIL, A PIECE OF PAPER, YOUR SMART PHONE, YOUR DUMB PHONE,
WHICHEVER PHONE YOU BROUGHT. AND LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOME WAYS
THAT GOD SPEAKS. NOW HERE WE ARE IN A PROPHETIC CHURCH. YOUR
PASTOR, MY FRIEND, PASTOR HANK KUNNEMAN, IS A PROPHET OF GOD.
WE SEE HIM ON FLASHPOINT, WE SEE HIM IN CONFERENCES. I HAVE KNOWN
HIM PERSONALLY NOW FOR THESE SOME 16 YEARS. AND I THANK GOD,
I THANK GOD FOR THAT. I REMEMBER WHEN PASTOR MATTHEW WAS JUST A
YOUNG TEENAGER AND JONATHAN WAS JUST RUNNING AROUND STANDING ON
CHAIRS. NOW HE'S KNOCKING PEOPLE OVER IN CHAIRS. AND
I WANNA SEE THAT FIGHT. WHAT'S THE DATE, AUGUST 19TH?
I WANNA SEE, HOPE THAT'S LIVE ON TV, OR SOME PAY-PER-VIEW
OR SOMETHING, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. I REMEMBER THE TIMES I
HAD IN PRAYER WITH THEIR FAMILY, AND I REMEMBER THE PROPHETIC
WORDS THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN OVER ME. GOD SPEAKS THROUGH PROPHECY.
PROPHECY POINTS THE WAY, OKAY? PROPHECY POINTS THE WAY. MY
FATHER PROPHESIED OVER ME. MY FATHER, ORAL ROBERTS, AS A
HEALING EVANGELIST, ALSO OCCASIONALLY SPOKE PROPHETIC
WORDS. AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS JUST 19, WHEN HE PROPHESIED OVER
ME THAT I WOULD HAVE A HEALING MINISTRY. I WAS NOT INTERESTED
IN GOD. I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THE HEALING MINISTRY. I HAD NO
DESIRE. I WANTED TO BE A NIGHTCLUB ENTERTAINER. I WANTED
TO GO TO LAS VEGAS. I'D BEEN OFFERED A CONTRACT AT THE SAHARA
HOTEL TO SING IN THEIR LOUNGES. I WANTED TO GO OUT AND BECOME A
STAR AND COME HOME AND JAM IT DOWN THEIR THROAT FOR ALL THAT I
HAD BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE, BEING THE SON OF ORAL ROBERTS.
YOU KNOW, BUT HE PROPHESIED OVER ME. HE SAID, "SON, I SEE YOU
STANDING BEFORE KINGS AND QUEENS "AND PRESIDENTS AND PRIME
MINISTERS IN NATIONS "ALL OVER THE EARTH. "I SEE YOU HAVING
CROWDS TWICE AS BIG AS I HAD "IN NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD." HE
SAID, "I SEE YOU OPERATING IN THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, "WHEREAS
I," HE SAID, "HAVE LAID HANDS ON PEOPLE." YOU WILL SPEAK THROUGH
THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE POWER OF GOD WILL COME DOWN
THROUGH YOU, AND COME DOWN YOUR ARM, AND DOWN YOUR SHOULDER, AND
IN YOUR HAND, AND THE POWER OF GOD WILL FLOW OUT OF YOUR
FINGERS, AND WHEN YOU STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND ON TELEVISION,
WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA BE ON, PEOPLE WILL BE HEALED
WHERE THEY SIT. I WAS 19. I WANTED TO DO MY OWN THING. WELL,
I WAS SO TOUCHED BY THAT PROPHETIC WORD THAT CAME INTO MY
LIFE THAT I ROLLED OUT OF BED AND GOT ON MY KNEES AND PRAYED A
SINNER'S PRAYER AND ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO MY HEART. MY LIFE
WAS TRANSFORMED. AND LATER THAT EVENING, I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE
HOLY SPIRIT. AND MY LIFE WAS CHANGED. IT WAS CHANGED THROUGH
A PROPHETIC WORD. THANK GOD FOR PROPHECY. YOU MUST HAVE PROFIT.
NOW, MOST CHURCHES ARE NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) I'M JUST SAYING. MANY
PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF THE PROPHETIC VOICE BECAUSE
THEY'RE AFRAID THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOING TO REVEAL
SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T WANT KNOWN. BUT GOD DOESN'T DO THAT.
HIS WORD IS ALWAYS ENCOURAGING, IT'S ALWAYS LIFTING, IT ALWAYS
LIFTS YOU UP. THANK GOD FOR THE PROPHETIC WORD. GOD STILL SPEAKS
THROUGH THE GIFT OF PROPHECY. AND HE SPEAKS EVERY WEEK HERE IN
THIS CHURCH. AND BY THE WAY, I AM STUNNED BY THE GROWTH THAT I
AM SEEING IN THIS CHURCH. NOW, I'VE BEEN COMING HERE PROBABLY,
MAYBE EVERY OTHER YEAR, MATTHEW, FOR 16 YEARS, PROBABLY THE
8TH OR 10TH TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE BEEN IN
CONFERENCES HERE, I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH SERVICES, I'VE BEEN IN
GOOD WEATHER, I'VE BEEN IN BAD WEATHER. ONE YEAR I CAME IN
JANUARY, FOUR DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND THE BUILDING WAS STILL
PACKED OUT. SO I'VE WATCHED THE
GROWTH ALL THROUGH THESE YEARS. I REMEMBER WHEN NOBODY IN
AMERICA KNEW WHO HANK KUNNEMAN WAS. NOW BELIEVE ME, PEOPLE KNOW
WHO HE IS NOW. MORE THAN THAT, THE DEVIL KNOWS WHO HE IS.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 'CAUSE HE'S SPEAKING PROPHETICALLY JUST
ABOUT EVERY WEEK EXCEPT WHEN HE'S CAMPING. SO GOD SPEAKS
THROUGH HIS PROPHETIC VOICE. THEN SECOND, HE SPEAKS THROUGH
HIS STILL SMALL VOICE. THAT'S THAT LITTLE VOICE INSIDE YOU. I
SAW A CARTOON ONCE WHERE THIS CARTOON CHARACTER HAD A LITTLE
ANGEL ON ONE SHOULDER AND A LITTLE DEVIL ON THE OTHER
SHOULDER. AND BOTH OF THEM WERE SPEAKING INTO THE EAR OF THIS
CARTOON CHARACTER. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL, THAT'S A
CARTOON, BUT IT MAY NOT BE TOO FAR FROM THE TRUTH. WHERE YOU'RE
HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD AND THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL COMING AT YOU
AT THE SAME TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I REMEMBER OUR CHILDREN
WERE LITTLE AND WE HAD GONE OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO VISIT MY
PARENTS WHO WERE LIVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT THE TIME
WHEN I BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND MY MOTHER AND
FATHER MOVED TO CALIFORNIA. WE WENT OUT TO VISIT THEM AND WE
WERE STAYING IN A HOTEL ON THE 17TH FLOOR OF A BIG HOTEL. WE
WERE SCHEDULED TO PREACH THE NEXT MORNING OVER IN RIVERSIDE
FOR MY LONG-TIME FRIEND RON HALVERSON.
THERE'S A GREAT CHURCH OVER THERE.
AND AT 5 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE WERE AWAKENED BY A
7.3 ON THE RICHTER SCALE EARTHQUAKE. NOW, WE WERE ON THE
17TH FLOOR. WE HAD TWO ROOMS WITH AN ADJOINING DOOR, OUR
THREE CHILDREN, AND A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS TRAVELING WITH US TO
HELP US WITH THE CHILDREN. AND SUDDENLY, THE FLOOR WAS DOING
THIS. AND THE WALLS WERE RATTLING, AND THE PICTURES AND
THE PAINTINGS WERE FALLING OFF, AND OUR CHILDREN WERE TRYING TO
GET OUT OF BED, AND I WAS GRABBING THEM AND HOLDING ONTO
THEM AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IN THE WORLD WE WERE GOING
TO GET OUT OF THIS HOTEL ON THE 17TH FLOOR. AND THE WALLS ARE
DOING THIS, AND THE FLOOR IS DOING THIS, AND THE DEVIL IS
JUST YELLING, "YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. YOU'RE
GOING TO DIE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUT. YOU CAN'T TAKE THE
ELEVATOR. YOU WON'T MAKE IT DOWN THE STAIRS. YOU, YOUR WIFE, YOUR
CHILDREN, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. YOU'RE
GOING TO DIE. BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS STILL, SMALL VOICE
INSIDE ME SAID, "I'VE CALLED YOU TO 40 NATIONS AND YOU'VE ONLY
BEEN TO HALF OF THEM." I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STILL, A SMALL
VOICE OF THE LORD COMES INSIDE YOU AND FILLS YOU SO THAT
SUDDENLY YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. I MEAN YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU KNOW. YOU JUST KNOW. OH, HOW DO YOU KNOW?
YOU JUST KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. THAT YOU KNOW. YOU JUST KNOW.
LOOK AT THE LIFE OF ELIJAH. ELIJAH HAD SAID, "IT'S NOT GOING
TO RAIN UNTIL I SAY SO." THEN HE HAD TO GET THE HELL OUT OF TOWN
BECAUSE JEZEBEL HATED HIM. HE WOUND UP IN A LITTLE BROOK
CALLED CHERITH WHERE HE DRANK FROM THE BROOK AND THE RAVENS
CAME AND FED HIM, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR RAVENS. CROWS,
THEY'RE SCAVENGERS. THEY DON'T FEED YOU, THEY TAKE FROM YOU.
WHEN THE BROOK DRIED UP, HE HAD TO GO TO A LITTLE TOWN THAT GOD
SENT HIM TO WHERE HE SAID, "I'VE COMMANDED A WIDOW TO SUSTAIN
YOU," THE MOST UNLIKELY PERSON IN THE WORLD. WHEN HE GOT THERE,
SHE WAS MAKING HER LAST SUPPER, MAKING A LITTLE PANCAKE FOR MY
BOY AND ME, AND WE'RE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE THE DROUGHT IS SO
BAD, WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE, JUST A LITTLE OIL AND JUST A LITTLE
FLOUR AND THAT'S IT AND WE'RE GOING TO DIE. THE PROPHET SAID,
"GIVE ME THE FIRST PORTION." NOW DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A
PREACHER? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CRYPTO THIS MORNING, PASTOR
DOUG. DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A PREACHER? GIVE ME YOUR LAST
CRYPTO. I DIDN'T SAY KRYPTON, THIS IS NOT SUPERMAN. GIVE ME
THE FIRST PORTION OF YOUR LAST MEAL. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT CNN
WOULD HAVE DONE WITH THAT? WHAT THE OMAHA NEWSPAPER WOULD HAVE
SAID, "PROPHET TAKES WIDOW'S LAST MEAL." "FOR THUS SAITH THE
LORD," HE SAID, "YOUR MEAL BARREL SHALL NOT DIMINISH AND
YOUR CRUCIBLE OIL SHALL NOT FAIL." AND SHE GAVE HIM THE
FIRST PORTION AND THEY ATE. AND WHEN SHE WENT BACK TO THAT MEAL
BARREL, THERE WAS ENOUGH. AND THERE WAS ENOUGH OIL FOR ANOTHER
MEAL AND ANOTHER MEAL AND ANOTHER MEAL AND ANOTHER MEAL
AND DAY AFTER DAY AND WEEK AFTER WEEK AND MONTH AFTER MONTH. THE
HISTORIAN BIBLE TEACHERS TEACH THAT SHE COOKED A THOUSAND MEALS
OUT OF THAT EMPTY BARREL UNTIL THE RAINS CAME AND THEY COULD
PLANT THEIR CROPS AGAIN. HE GOES BACK TO TOWN AND HAS A CONTEST
WITH THE PROPHETS OF BAAL. KILLS THEM ALL. YOU CAN DO THAT THEN.
YOU CAN TAKE OUT YOUR SWORD AND KILL THEM ALL, AND HE DID.
KILLED 450 PROPHETS OF BAAL. YOU CAN DO THAT THEN. DON'T YOU WISH
SOMETIMES, OH NEVER MIND. EVERYBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY THAT
NEEDS TO DIE. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW THEIR NAME.
SOMEBODY RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW WOULDN'T BE MISSED AT ALL. I
OFTEN THINK MAYBE I COULD GET A LICENSE JUST TO KILL ONE PERSON
A YEAR. WELL YOU CAN GET A DEER LICENSE, YOU CAN GET A DUCK
LICENSE, YOU CAN GET A GOOSE LICENSE, YOU CAN GET A FISH, WHY
NOT A PERSON LICENSE? EVERYBODY HERE, YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT
NEEDS TO DIE, YOU DO. PROBLEM IS I THINK IF I HAD THAT IS BEFORE
I GOT TO USE MY LICENSE, THEY'D USE THEIRS ON ME. SO I GUESS I
BETTER FORGET THAT. BUT AFTER THAT, HE HAD TO RUN FOR HIS LIFE
BECAUSE SHE PUT OUT A CONTRACT ON HIM. SHE PUT THE MAFIA ON HIM
AND HE WOUND UP UNDER A TREE AND THE ANGELS HAD TO COME AND FEED
HIM. WHINING, GRIPING, COMPLAINING, "GOD, I'M THE ONLY
ONE, I'M THE ONLY ONE DOING THIS, GOD. WHY HAS ALL THIS
HAPPENED TO ME?" ARE YOU A COMPLAINER? LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD,
DON'T LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) AND HE
WOUND UP IN A CAVE, HIDING. AND FIRST THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE.
AND NEXT THERE WAS A WIND. AND NEXT THERE WAS A FIRE. BUT GOD
WASN'T IN THE EARTHQUAKE, HE WASN'T IN THE WIND, HE WASN'T IN
THE FIRE. THEN THE BIBLE SAYS, "THE STILL, SMALL VOICE OF GOD
CAME TO HIM." IT SAID, "COME OUT OF THE CAVE. GO DOWN AND ANOINT
THIS ONE TO BE KING, AND ANOINT THIS ONE TO BE KING, AND ANOINT
ELISHA TO TAKE YOUR PLACE." THE STILL, SMALL VOICE OF GOD. BUT
IT'S HARD TO HEAR THE STILL, SMALL VOICE OF GOD WHEN YOU'RE
RUNNING AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN WITH YOUR HEAD CUT OFF. THAT'S
WHY THE BIBLE SAYS, "STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE
LORD." QUESTION IS NOT, "DOES GOD SPEAK?" QUESTION IS, "DO YOU
LISTEN WHEN HE SPEAKS?" WHEN YOU HEAR THAT STILL, SMALL VOICE ON
THE INSIDE, AND YOU SAY, "WELL, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?" IT
CAME FROM GOD. LISTEN TO THAT VOICE. IT MAY COME THROUGH
PROPHECY. IT MAY COME INSIDE YOU. THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE
LORD SPEAK TO ME, I DON'T KNOW REALLY IF I HEARD IT WITH MY
EARS OR IF I HEARD IT INSIDE ME, BUT I HEARD IT. CLEAR AS A BELL,
I HEARD IT, JUST LIKE I HEAR IT EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON
TELEVISION WHEN GOD GIVES ME WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE AND I SPEAK
THOSE WORDS AND PEOPLE CALL IN OUR ABUNDANT LIFE PRAYER GROUP
PRAYER LINES AND TESTIFY OF HEALINGS. IT'LL HAPPEN TOMORROW,
IT'LL HAPPEN ON TUESDAY, IT'LL HAPPEN ON WEDNESDAY, IT'LL
HAPPEN ON THURSDAY, IT'LL HAPPEN ON FRIDAY, 'CAUSE IT HAPPENS
EVERY DAY. I HEAR THAT INSIDE ME. I DON'T HEAR IT OVER A PA
SYSTEM, LIKE WITH A MICROPHONE, BUT I HEAR IT INSIDE ME. I HEAR
THAT SOMEBODY'S GOT CANCER, AND IF I'LL SPEAK THAT WORD,
SOMEBODY WILL BE HEALED. AND WE'RE SEEING CANCER HEALINGS
EVERY DAY. WE'RE SEEING HEALINGS OF DIABETES, AND HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, AND ARTHRITIS, AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS, EVERY DAY.
THAT'S WHY WE CALL THE PROGRAM THE PLACE FOR MIRACLES. THANK
GOD FOR HIS STILL, SMALL VOICE. PRAISE GOD. AND THEN THIRD, HE
SPEAKS THROUGH DREAMS AND VISIONS. DREAMS AND VISIONS. YOU
SAY, "WELL, SOME OF MY DREAMS ARE NIGHTMARES." WELL, I
UNDERSTAND. JOSEPH MUST HAVE THOUGHT THAT HIS DREAMS WERE
NIGHTMARES. LAYING THERE IN THE PRISON FOR YEARS, AFTER HAVING
SERVED THE LORD ALL OF HIS LIFE, AND HE HAD DREAMED HE SAW THE
SHEATHS COMING DOWN AND BOWING DOWN BEFORE HIM AND THE SUN AND
THE MOON AND THE STARS, AND HIS BOYS, HIS BROTHERS HATED HIM SO
MUCH BECAUSE GOD HAD FAVORED HIM AND HIS FATHER HAD FAVORED HIM
AND GIVEN HIM A COAT OF MANY COLORS. AND ONE DAY WHEN THEY'RE
OUT IN THE FIELD, THEY DECIDED TO GET EVEN WITH THE DREAMER AND
THEY THREW HIM IN A PIT AND WERE ABOUT TO KILL HIM WHEN SUDDENLY
THEY SAW A CARAVAN OF SLAVE TRADERS COMING BY AND BEING GOOD
JEWISH BUSINESSMEN, THEY DECIDED TO SELL HIM. AND HE WOUND UP IN
EGYPT WORKING FOR A MAN NAMED POTIPHAR AND PRETTY SOON HE WAS
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF POTIPHAR AND HIS WIFE HAD
LONGING EYES FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, SHE ROLLED HER BABY BLUE EYES AT
HIM AND HE PICKED THEM UP AND ROLLED THEM RIGHT BACK AT HER.
AND BEFORE LONG SHE CLAIMED THAT HE HAD
RAPED HER. AND JOSEPH FOUND HIMSELF IN PRISON FOR A CRIME HE
DIDN'T COMMIT. HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT THOSE DREAMS HE HAD AS A
YOUNG MAN WERE NIGHTMARES, BUT THEY WERE FROM GOD. THEY WERE
DREAMS FROM GOD. AND ONE DAY HE WAS ABLE TO INTERPRET PHARAOH'S
DREAM, THE KING'S DREAM, AND BECAUSE PHARAOH WAS SO PLEASED
WITH IT, HE BROUGHT HIM OUT OF PRISON, PUT THE ROYAL ROBE
AROUND HIM AND MADE HIM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NATION. AND HE
WAS THE ONE WHO GATHERED IN ALL THE SURPLUS DURING THE SEVEN
YEARS OF PLENTY FOR THE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE THAT THE
PROPHECY SAID, OR THE DREAM I SHOULD SAY, HAD SAID WOULD
HAPPEN. AND SURE ENOUGH, HIS WHOLE FAMILY, IN FACT THE WHOLE
NATION, HAD TO COME AND BOW BEFORE HIM JUST LIKE GOD HAD
SAID IN A DREAM. A LOT OF YOU HAVE HAD DREAMS. AND I'M NOT
TALKING ABOUT THE KIND OF DREAM THAT YOU KNOW YOU DREAMED, BUT
WHEN YOU WAKE UP YOU FORGET WHAT YOU DREAMED. I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT DREAMS THAT ARE INSIDE YOUR
HEART. THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THEY ARE OF GOD. DON'T LET GO OF
YOUR DREAM. DON'T TURN LOOSE OF
YOUR VISION. GOD IS NOT FINISHED YET. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT JESUS IS COMING THIS FALL. I SAW A SIGN
DRIVING UP HERE WITH DR. JEFF YESTERDAY. IT SAID, "JESUS IS
COMING SOON." THE SOON INDICATED HE WAS COMING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WELL, MAYBE HE IS, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S NOT
MY JOB TO FIGURE THAT OUT. STOP TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ARE TRYING TO BE TOO DOGGONE
ANALYTICAL. STOP TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. EVEN JESUS
DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING. ONLY THE FATHER KNOWS. NOW HE
MAY COME NEXT MONTH, HE MAY NOT, I DON'T KNOW. I WAS RAISED BY A
FAMILY THAT BELIEVED YOU ARE TO BE PREPARED FOR HIS SECOND
COMING IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, BUT TO WORK LIKE HE'S NOT
COMING FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. WELL I'M NOT GOING TO BUY
INSURANCE YOU SEE BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING. WELL HOW DUMB CAN YOU
GET AND STILL BREATHE? DON'T TURN LOOSE OF YOUR DREAM. DON'T
TURN LOOSE OF YOUR VISION. GOD'S NOT FINISHED YET. THE LAST
CHAPTER HAS NOT BEEN WRITTEN. AND THEN FOURTH, HE SPEAKS
THROUGH HIS WORD. HE SPEAKS THROUGH HIS WORD. AND HE WRITES
LIKE HE TALKS, AND HE TALKS LIKE HE WRITES. YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL
WHEN IT'S GOD, BECAUSE IT'LL BE CONFIRMED BY THE BIBLE. I
REMEMBER ONE NIGHT, OH, IT'S BEEN SOME YEARS AGO, AT THAT
TIME WE WERE DOING A LIVE TV SHOW AT NIGHT. I'VE DONE LIVE TV
A LOT IN MY LIFE. OVER ALL MY LIFETIME, I THINK I'VE DONE SOME
25 YEARS OF LIVE TELEVISION, EITHER DURING THE DAY OR AT
NIGHT. NOW I'M DOING IT AT NOON. BUT AT ONE TIME, BACK IN THE
'90S, I WAS DOING IT AT NIGHT. AND ONE NIGHT, LINDSAY AND I
WERE ON TELEVISION, AND CLEAR AS A BELL, I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE
LORD INSIDE ME SAY, "PUT UP YOUR HANDS "AND TELL PEOPLE TO COME
TOUCH YOUR HANDS "AND PRAY FOR THEM." NOW WE WERE LIVE ON THE
AIR THAT NIGHT WHEN THAT HAPPENED. AND IT STUNNED ME,
FIRST OF ALL. AND I DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE I WAS SCARED. I WAS
SCARED BECAUSE OF WHAT SOMEBODY MIGHT THINK. AND I WAS TALKING
TO THE LORD UNDER MY BREATH WHILE I WAS TALKING ON
TELEVISION LIVE. HAVE YOU EVER TALKED UNDER YOUR BREATH WHILE
YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEBODY ELSE? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'M HAVING AN ARGUMENT WITH GOD, AND I'M TELLING, I DON'T WANT TO
DO THAT. GOD, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THINK I'M CRAZY
ALREADY. I DON'T WANT TO HELP THEM TO BELIEVE EVEN STRONGER BY
PUTTING UP MY HANDS AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE I'M MAKING A SPECTACLE
OUT OF MY HANDS. AND SO I DISOBEYED GOD, I DID NOT DO IT.
WELL, THE PROGRAM WAS OVER, AND LINDSAY AND I WENT BACK TO OUR
HOUSE, AND I WAS JUST, I WAS REALLY SUFFERING, BECAUSE I KNEW
HOW I HAD DISOBEYED GOD, BUT I JUST DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK
I WAS SOME KIND OF NUT. AND SO LINDSEY SAID, "WELL, WHY DON'T
YOU CALL YOUR DAD?" HE WAS OUT IN CALIFORNIA, SO I CALLED HIM,
AND I SAID, "DAD, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE PROGRAM." HE
SAID, "WELL, I WAS WATCHING YOU TONIGHT." AND HE SAID, "WHAT
HAPPENED?" I SAID, "WELL, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROGRAM,
"THE LORD SAID, 'PUT UP YOUR HANDS, AND TELL PEOPLE TO TOUCH
YOUR HANDS AS YOU PRAY.' AND I SAID, 'DAD, I DIDN'T DO IT.' HE
SAID, 'WHY NOT?' I SAID, 'I DID IT BECAUSE I WAS EMBARRASSED. I
DIDN'T WANT SOMEBODY TO THINK I WAS A NUT OR CRAZY. THEY ALL,
PEOPLE THINK I'M NUTS ANYWAY, YOU KNOW. THEY MOCK ME AND I
DON'T, I DON'T.' THE LORD, OR MY FATHER BEGAN TO LAUGH. AND I
SAID, 'WHAT'S SO FUNNY? WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?' AND HE SAID,
"OPEN YOUR BIBLE TO THE BOOK OF ACTS." HE TOOK ME TO THE
SCRIPTURE WHERE IT SAID, GOD WROUGHT SPECIAL MIRACLES THROUGH
THE HANDS OF PAUL. AND I HAD A SCRIPTURE. I KNEW I WAS BACKED
UP BY THE WORD OF GOD. THE NEXT NIGHT, I SAID, "LORD, IF YOU
WOULD, "SAY THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME."
I'M NOT JUST GONNA DO IT, I'M GONNA WAIT 'TIL YOU SAY IT. NEXT
NIGHT, ABOUT HALFWAY INTO THE PROGRAM, SURE ENOUGH, I HEARD
THE LORD SAY, "PUT YOUR HANDS UP LIKE THIS AND BEGIN TO PRAY."
MAN, MY HANDS SHOT UP. I SAID, "COME OVER TO YOUR TELEVISION
SCREEN. "PUT YOUR HANDS UP AGAINST MY HANDS. "LET MY HANDS
BE A POINT OF CONTACT FOR HEALING." THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO
WAS WATCHING THAT NIGHT. SHE HAD STUTTERED FOR 40 YEARS. WHEN SHE
HEARD ME SAY THAT, SHE RAN OVER TO HER TELEVISION, PUT HER HANDS
UP AGAINST MY HANDS, AND AFTER 40 YEARS, HER STUTTERING
STOPPED. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. EVER SINCE
THEN, THAT'S BEEN YEARS AGO, EVER SINCE THEN I'VE
NEVER BEEN ASHAMED, PUT MY HANDS UP AND SAY, LET MY HANDS BECOME
A POINT OF CONTACT. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, I'M GONNA SAY IT
AGAIN, GOD SPEAKS LIKE HE TALKS AND HE TALKS LIKE HE, HE SPEAKS
LIKE HE WRITES AND HE WRITES LIKE HE TALKS. WHEN YOU HAVE A
WORD FROM GOD, IT WILL BE CONFIRMED IN THE BIBLE OR IT'S
NOT FROM GOD. THAT'S HOW YOU TELL. YOU TALK ABOUT A LITMUS
TEST, THIS IS IT, MY FRIENDS. THIS IS THE LITMUS TEST. BUT
THIS WORD ISN'T GONNA GET IN YOU UNTIL YOU PUT IT IN YOU. I WAS
IN THE HOME OF ONE OF OUR PARTNERS AND WE HAD SENT THEM A
BIBLE WITH THEIR NAME ON IT. AND THEY SAID, "RICHARD, WE WANT YOU
TO SEE OUR BIBLE." AND THEY WENT OVER TO THE COUNTER AND THEY
PICKED IT UP AND THEY DUSTED IT OFF AND THEY SHOWED IT TO ME.
THE PAGES WERE STILL STUCK TOGETHER. WON'T DO YOU MUCH GOOD
ON THE SHELF. ONLY DOES GOOD WHEN YOU SEW IT INTO THE GARDEN
OF YOUR HEART. NOW MY WIFE WEARS OUT BIBLES FASTER THAN I DO. SHE
CAME IN ONE MORNING AND SHE SAID, HAVE YOU SEEN HEBREWS? I
SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SHE SAID, HEBREWS FELL OUT OF MY
BIBLE. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) OF COURSE, SHE'S USING IT A LOT.
MY BIBLE GETS ALL MARKED UP. I USE YELLOW, BLUE, I USE PURPLE
WRITING IN MY, YOU KNOW. MY BIBLE GETS BEATEN UP. SOMETIMES
I GOT THE DEVIL COMING AT ME. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT
STAND ON THE WORD OF GOD. SO I THROW IT ON THE FLOOR AND STAND
ON IT. SAY, DEVIL, HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT GOD'S
WORD WILL NOT PASS AWAY. I STAND IN ON THE WORD OF GOD. YOU KNOW,
YOU SAY, WELL, MY BIBLE'S FALLING APART. WELL, IF YOUR
BIBLE'S FALLING APART, THANK GOD YOU AREN'T. YOU'VE
GOTTA SOW IT INTO THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART.
NOW, YOU ALL SEE JOEL OSTEEN ON TELEVISION. HIS DADDY, JOHN, WAS
A MENTOR TO ME. LAKEWOOD CHURCH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. JOHN TOOK ME
UNDER HIS WING WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN. AND I PUT, MY DAD AND
I PUT JOEL AND ALL OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS THROUGH
SCHOOL. IN FACT, HIS SISTER WAS HOMECOMING QUEEN. AND DURING MY
YEARS AS PRESIDENT, I HAD, I WALKED HER AROUND THE BASKETBALL
COURT ON HOMECOMING NIGHT, AND SHE WORE THE HOMECOMING QUEEN.
BUT THE OSTEEN FAMILY HAS BEEN SO PRECIOUS TO ME. AND JOHN
TAUGHT ME THAT THE WORD THAT GOD SPEAKS IS ALIVE. IT'S FULL OF
POWER. IT'S ACTIVE, IT'S ENERGIZING, IT'S SHARPER THAN
ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD. AND WHEN THAT WORD
GETS IN YOU, YOU BECOME ALIVE. YOU
BECOME FULL OF POWER, BUT IT DOESN'T ACTIVATE UNTIL YOU SOW
IT INTO THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART. BECAUSE WHEN SATAN COMES,
AND HE WILL COME, WHEN HE COMES, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO SAY, TIME
OUT, DEVIL, LET ME GO FIND MY BIBLE. I'M SURE I SAW IT HERE A
FEW WEEKS AGO. YOU SOW IT INTO THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART. AND
THEN OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR HEART, YOUR MOUTH WILL
SPEAK. BUT YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK WHAT YOU HAVEN'T LEARNED.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT HE SPEAKS, IS THROUGH THE BIBLE.
AND THEN THE FINAL WAY I WANT TO SHARE THIS MORNING, IS HE SPEAKS
WHEN YOU PRAY IN TONGUES AND YOU STOP AND YOU INTERPRET BACK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY IN CHRISTIAN CIRCLES WHO DO NOT
BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND INTERPRETING LIKE
THE APOSTLE PAUL TAUGHT. YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT IN 1 CORINTHIANS
14. PAUL SAID, "LET HIM WHO PRAYS," OR HER, "WHO PRAYS IN AN
UNKNOWN TONGUE PRAY IN A WAY THAT THEY ALSO MAY INTERPRET."
NOW I KNOW PEOPLE WHO PRAY IN TONGUES. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO DON'T
PRAY IN TONGUES. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO TO HEAVEN BECAUSE YOU
PRAY IN TONGUES. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE KEPT OUT OF HEAVEN
BECAUSE YOU DON'T PRAY IN TONGUES. YOU'RE GONNA GO TO
HEAVEN BECAUSE YOU BELIEVED ON JESUS. AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS
TO IT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, I'LL PRAY IN TONGUES WHEN
I GET TO HEAVEN." NO, YOU WON'T. YOU WON'T HAVE ANY NEED TO.
'CAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, "THEN YOU'LL KNOW." OKAY? PRAYING IN
TONGUES IS FOR DOWN HERE. PRAYING IN TONGUES IS TO BUILD
US UP ON THE INSIDE AND ALSO TO GIVE US DIRECTION AND TO HEAR
FROM GOD. THAT'S WHY PRAYING IN TONGUES IS SO IMPORTANT. AND
AFTER YOU PRAY IN TONGUES, THAT YOU STOP AND YOU INTERPRET, YOU
PRAY IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE AND GOD GIVES YOU UNDERSTANDING AND
IDEAS AND NEW INSIGHTS AND NEW CONCEPTS AND NEW AND INNOVATIVE
WAYS OF DOING THINGS THEY'VE NEVER BEFORE.
AND THE WORLD CAN'T DO IT. THEY HAVE NO CLUE. ONLY
THOSE WHO ARE BORN AGAIN CAN PRAY IN TONGUES. I'LL TELL YOU,
PRAYING IN TONGUES IS, IF NOT THE, ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE
THINGS THAT I DO IN MY LIFE. YOU ALL ARE WORSHIPING UP HERE THIS
MORNING. YOU'RE SINGING AND WORSHIPING THE LORD. I WASN'T
WORSHIPING. I WAS STANDING THERE PRAYING IN TONGUES, TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT I'M GONNA PREACH THIS MORNING. I
HAD SOME NOTES, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THIS THAT I
WAS GONNA SAY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T OVER PLAN. I TRY TO BE A PERSON
OF SPONTANEITY. I WANT TO MINISTER WHERE PEOPLE ARE, NOT
WHERE I THINK THEY ARE. I WANNA GET TO FEEL YOU. AND HOW DO I
FEEL YOU? I WAS STANDING THERE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO DR. JEFF.
I'M JUST PRAYING IN TONGUES AND QUIETLY PRAYING. YOU DIDN'T HEAR
ME. I WASN'T MAKING A SPECTACLE OUT OF IT. I DON'T WEAR A BADGE
THAT SAYS, "LOOK AT ME, "I'M BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT,
"I'M BETTER THAN YOU," 'CAUSE I'M NOT. I DON'T PRAY IN TONGUES
'CAUSE I'M BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. I PRAY IN TONGUES 'CAUSE I
NEED HELP. I NEED HELP. I'M NOT THAT
SMART, BELIEVE ME, MY WIFE CAN TELL YOU THAT, I'M NOT THAT
SMART. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND. BUT WHEN I,
(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) WHEN I BEGIN TO PRAY IN TONGUES,
AND THEN I STOP, AND I PRAY IN ENGLISH, THINGS COME OUT OF MY
MOUTH THAT I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF. SUDDENLY I GET IDEAS AND
INSIGHTS, AND I GET UNDERSTANDING, AND I KNOW WHAT
TO DO. I KNOW WHERE TO GO, AND I KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN I GET
THERE. THAT'S HOW GOD LEADS ME, AND THAT'S HOW GOD SPEAKS TO ME.
THOSE FIVE WAYS ARE FIVE WAYS THAT GOD WILL SPEAK IN YOUR
HEART IF YOU LISTEN AND IF YOU'LL OBEY. IN JESUS' NAME. NOW
RAISE YOUR HANDS UP LIKE THIS AND SAY THIS OUT LOUD. FATHER.
- [CONGREGATION] FATHER.
- TODAY. - TODAY.
- I'VE HEARD YOUR WORD. - I'VE HEARD YOUR WORD.
- AND I RECEIVE THIS WORD. - AND I RECEIVE THIS WORD.
- I WANNA HEAR YOU. - I WANNA HEAR YOU.
- I HEAR OTHER VOICES. - I HEAR OTHER VOICES.
- BUT I WANNA HEAR YOU. - BUT I WANNA HEAR YOU.
- AND I THANK YOU. - AND I THANK YOU.
- THAT YOU'RE NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. THAT IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO
ABRAHAM, IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO MOSES, IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO
DANIEL, IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO DAVID, IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO
ELIJAH, IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO ELISHA, IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO MARY,
IF YOU'LL SPEAK TO PETER AND PAUL, THEN YOU'LL SPEAK TO ME.
AND I THANK YOU, LORD. MY EARS ARE OPEN. NO MATTER HOW YOU
CHOOSE TO SPEAK, I WILL RECEIVE IT. BUT MORE THAN THAT, I'LL BE
OBEDIENT TO WHAT YOU SAY. IN JESUS' NAME. NOW SOMEBODY GIVE
PRAISE TO THE LORD. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE HIM PRAISE TODAY.
THANK THE LORD. THANK THE LORD. NOW WHO NEEDS
HEALING IN YOUR BACK TODAY? STAND UP. WHO NEEDS HEALING FROM
PAIN IN YOUR BACK? WHO NEEDS HEALING FROM PAIN IN YOUR
SHOULDER? STAND UP. PRAYED FOR MY DENTIST THE DAY BEFORE
YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW? DON'T USUALLY PRAY FOR MY DENTIST. BUT
HE'D HAD AN INJURY AND I PRAYED FOR HIM. GOD HEALED HIM. WHO HAS
A NEED OF HEALING IN YOUR KNEES? OR YOUR FEET OR YOUR HIPS?
BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT, ONLY A MOMENT FOR GOD
TO TOUCH YOU. AND HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M GOING TO
BEGIN TO PRAY AND I'M GOING TO STRETCH OUT MY LEFT HAND BECAUSE
THAT'S THE HAND THAT GOD SAID HE WOULD ANOINT. AND WHEN I DO,
THERE'S A POWER THAT'S GOING TO FLOW DOWN MY ARM INTO MY HAND
AND IT WILL SHOOT OUT OF MY FINGERS BECAUSE IT HAPPENS EVERY
TIME I PRAY FOR SOMEONE. AND WHEN IT BEGINS TO COME OUT OF MY
FINGERS, IT'S GONNA BEGIN TO TOUCH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS
CHURCH. HEALING IS GONNA BEGIN TO HAPPEN. NOW, GOD USED MY
FATHER'S HANDS. HE LAID HANDS PHYSICALLY ON PEOPLE. BUT HE
SPOKE TO ME AND SAID, "I'M GONNA USE THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE
THROUGH YOU. "YOU'LL SPEAK." HE SAID, "YOU'LL FEEL THAT POWER
COMING UP IN YOUR CHEST "AND INTO YOUR THROAT, AND WHEN YOU
SPEAK, "PEOPLE WILL BE HEALED." MY FATHER HAD PROPHESIED THAT
WHEN I GO OVERSEAS, THE CROWDS WOULD BE SO LARGE, I COULDN'T
LAY HANDS ON THEM ANYWAY. WHEN I WAS IN KENYA IN A CRUSADE, WE
HAD 200,000 PEOPLE THE LAST NIGHT. AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU
COULD LAY HANDS ON 200,000 PEOPLE. AND SO GOD WAS EXACTLY
RIGHT AS HE ALWAYS IS. SO WHEN I SPEAK, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER
THAT STORY THAT I TOLD EARLIER ABOUT THE WARTS. YOU REMEMBER
THAT? YOU TAKE YOUR FAITH AND YOU LET IT GO TO GOD. AND I PRAY
OVER YOUR FEET, YOUR ANKLE, YOUR KNEE, YOUR HIP, YOUR BACK, YOUR
SHOULDER, YOUR NECK. YOU USE YOUR FAITH, OKAY? DON'T LOOK AT
ME, I'M JUST AN INSTRUMENT. BUT I'M HOOKED UP TO THE ONE WHO HAS
THE HEALING. SO LAY YOUR HAND ON YOURSELF RIGHT NOW. LOOK HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE STANDING. MY GOODNESS, IN THE AUTHORITY OF
THE NAME, HERE COMES HEALING RIGHT NOW, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
I SEND THAT HEALING WORD INTO YOU RIGHT NOW. I SEND IT TO YOU.
THE HEALING TOUCH OF GOD COMES INTO YOUR SHOULDER, INTO YOUR
ELBOW, INTO YOUR HANDS, INTO YOUR FEET, INTO YOUR KNEES, INTO
YOUR HIPS. NOW, SATAN, YOU TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF. I REBUKE THIS
ARTHRITIS PAIN. I REBUKE THE PROBLEM, THE PAIN RESULTING FROM
THE SURGERY. I REBUKE IT IN JESUS' NAME. EVERY PAIN IN THE
HIP, COME OUT. EVERY PAIN IN THE KNEES, IN THE FEET, COME OUT.
EVERY PAIN IN THE SHOULDER, IN THE BACK, EVERY DISC, EVERY
VERTEBRA, SPINE, I LINE UP WITH THE WORD OF GOD. I SEND THE
HEALING WORD OF GOD TO YOU NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS. YOU FOUL,
TORMENTING ATTACK, YOU STOP IT. THAT'S ENOUGH. IN THE NAME OF
JESUS. NOW JUST LIFT YOUR HANDS AND BEGIN TO THANK HIM AND
PRAISE HIM FOR HEALING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW
IN JESUS' NAME, RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE ARE BEING HEALED
RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND, BE ABLE TO MOVE
THEIR SHOULDER WITHOUT PAIN, MOVE YOUR KNEE WITHOUT PAIN,
MOVE YOUR FEET WITHOUT PAIN. PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO BEND
AND FIND WHAT'S HAPPENING. JUST EXAMINE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW. JUST
EXAMINE YOURSELF. SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. OH, IT TAKES A MOMENT
FOR THE POWER AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD TO MOVE IN. JUST EXAMINE
YOURSELF RIGHT NOW. HOW MANY OF YOU CAN ALREADY TELL SOMETHING'S
HAPPENING, SOMETHING'S CHANGING RIGHT NOW? YOU FEEL DIFFERENT,
YOU FEEL HEALING. WAVE YOUR HAND AT ME. LOOK AT THAT, LOOK HOW
MANY HANDS. HOLD THEM UP HIGH. IF YOU'RE HAVING A HEALING IN
YOUR NECK OR YOUR BACK OR YOUR SHOULDERS, YOUR FEET, OR YOUR
LEGS, YOUR KNEES, STEP OUT IN THE AISLE AND COME RIGHT DOWN
HERE REAL QUICK. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN TELL, JUST SINCE WE PRAYED
JUST NOW, YOU CAN TELL THERE'S A HEALING. TURN AROUND AND FACE
THE PEOPLE. LOOK AT THIS. PASTOR MATTHEW, YOU SAID HEALING WAS IN
THE HOUSE. HE SAID IT. LOOK AT
THIS. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE. NOW, MAY I ASK YOU
A QUESTION? DID I TOUCH ANYBODY? I DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THEM. IT'S
NOT MY TOUCH THAT THEY NEED. IT'S THE TOUCH OF THE LORD.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. LOOK AT THIS, LOOK
AT THIS. MY GOODNESS, THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE DOWN HERE.
LOOK AT THAT. NOW, YOU HERE IN THE FRONT,
IF IT WAS YOUR KNEE GOT HEALED, PUT YOUR HAND UP. IF
IT'S YOUR KNEE, HOLD YOUR HAND UP. OKAY, IF IT'S YOUR SHOULDER,
PUT YOUR HAND UP. IF IT'S YOUR FEET OR YOUR LEGS, PUT YOUR HAND
UP. IF IT'S YOUR ANKLE, IF IT'S YOUR HAND, IF IT'S YOUR BACK,
WAVE YOUR HAND AT ME. LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) LOOK, MY FRIENDS, JESUS HAS NOT GONE
OUT OF THE HEALING BUSINESS. HE'S THE SAME. PASTOR DOUG READ
IT THIS MORNING. "BELOVED, I WISH YOU ABOVE ALL THINGS "THAT
YOU PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH." THAT'S HEALING. "EVEN AS YOUR
SOUL PROSPERS." IN OTHER WORDS, HE WANTS YOU WELL FROM THE CROWN
OF YOUR HEAD TO THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET. AND EVERY PLACE IN
BETWEEN. HE GETS NO GLORY OUT OF YOU BEING SICK. OKAY? SICKNESS
IS LIKE DEATH, TRYING TO REACH OUT AND TAKE YOU OUT OF
EXISTENCE. BUT JESUS CAME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE, HEALTH,
HEALING, AND WHOLENESS. PRAISE GOD. NOW ALL OF YOU STAND HERE
IN THE FRONT. ARE YOU TESTIFYING YOU'VE RECEIVED A HEALING? IF
YOU ARE, PUT YOUR HAND UP. LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT. SOMEBODY
GIVE PRAISE TO THE LORD. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) NOW, ALL
OF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR SEATS, ALL OF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR
SEATS. IF YOU HAVE A NEED OF HEALING IN YOUR EYES, I WANT YOU
TO STAND UP. A NEED OF HEALING IN YOUR EYES, STAND UP. YOU HAVE
A NEED OF HEALING IN YOUR HEARING, I WANT YOU TO STAND UP.
YOU HAVE A NEED OF HEALING IN YOUR STOMACH, GASTRO AREA HERE,
KIDNEY, LIVER, LOWER TRACT, DIGESTION, COLON, GALLBLADDER,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ANYONE HAS A NEED OF HEALING IN YOUR
BREATHING, ASTHMA, EMPHYSEMA, COPD, ANY LUNG CONDITION, YOU
STAND UP. ANYONE HERE WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SOME TYPE OF
CANCER, MALIGNANCY, A TUMOR, A MASS OR GROWTH, YOU STAND UP IF
YOU CAN. SO ANYONE HERE WHO'S BEEN SUFFERING WITH DIABETES OF
ANY TYPE, TYPE TWO OR TYPE ONE, WHATEVER TYPE IT IS, YOU STAND
UP. ANYONE WHO HAS A NEED OF HEALING IN YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE,
TOO HIGH, TOO LOW, YOU STAND UP. OR ANY HEART PROBLEM, HEART
RELATED PROBLEM. ANYONE WITH ANY TYPE OF HEART RELATED
PROBLEM, YOU STAND UP. NOW LOOK AT ME. YOU SAW WHAT GOD
JUST DID. YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. WHY
WOULD HE DO IT FOR THEM AND NOT YOU? IT MAKES NO SENSE. SO WHEN
I PRAY, AND WHEN THAT POWER, WHEN I FEEL THAT COMING DOWN MY
ARM AGAIN LIKE I DID A MOMENT AGO, AND THAT POWER OF GOD, NOT
MY POWER, BUT GOD'S POWER, BEGINS TO SHOOT OUT MY HAND, AND
I BEGIN TO SAY WHAT I SAY, "YOU LET YOUR FAITH GO TO GOD."
YOU'RE NOT SO MUCH LISTENING TO ME AS YOU ARE LETTING YOUR FAITH
GO TO GOD AND EXPECTING HIM TO DO THE HEALING. NOW SOMEONE WHO
IS SITTING DOWN, REACH OUT TOWARDS SOMEONE WHO'S STANDING
RIGHT NOW. REACH OUT TOWARD THEM. FATHER, IT IS NOT BY
MIGHT, AND IT IS NOT BY POWER, BUT IT IS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT I SPEAK THIS WORD OF HEALING. YOU FOUL, TORMENTING
BLOOD PRESSURE AND BLOOD SUGAR PROBLEM, I ARREST YOU. I COMMAND
YOU, COME OUT. LORD, LET THAT, HERE IT COMES, LET THAT POWER
JUST FLOW RIGHT INTO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME. HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE, COME DOWN. LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, COME UP. HIGH
BLOOD SUGAR, COME DOWN. LOW BLOOD SUGAR, COME UP. WE'VE SEEN
SO MANY HEALINGS IN BLOOD SUGAR LATELY ON TELEVISION. DIABETES,
BE HEALED. HYPOGLYCEMIA, COME OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IT'S
THIS, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, OKAY. THE HEART PALPITATIONS,
THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEART, THE IRREGULAR BEATS AND THE SKIPPING
OF BEATS AND THE ARRHYTHMIA PROBLEM AND THE ARTERIES THAT
ARE PLUGGED UP. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, EVERY ARTERY OPEN UP SO
THAT THE BLOOD MAY FLOW UNRESTRICTED. IN THE NAME OF
JESUS. SOMEBODY'S HAD A, YOU'VE HAD ALMOST LIKE LOCKJAW. YOU CAN
HARDLY OPEN THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH AND YOU'RE GOING TO
FIND YOU'RE ABLE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE OPEN RIGHT NOW. IT'S
A FORM OF TMJ AND YOU'RE BEING HEALED IN YOUR JAW ON THE RIGHT
SIDE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S A WORD OF KNOWLEDGE. IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
I SPEAK TO THE BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE BLOOD SUGAR AND THE
HEART CONDITION. COME OUT, HEART BEAT NORMALLY. HEART WHICH IS
TOO BIG, COME DOWN TO NORMAL SIZE. BEAT NORMALLY, NO
SKIPPING, NO ARRHYTHMIA. BLOOD FLOW UNRESTRICTED THROUGHOUT
EVERY PART OF YOUR BEING IN JESUS' NAME. HA, HA, HA, YEAH,
BREATHING CONDITION, ASTHMA, EMPHYSEMA, ALLERGIES, SINUSES,
BRONCHIAL PROBLEM. IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS' NAME, AND
COPD, COME OUT! GOODNESS, THERE'S POWER IN THAT. COME OUT
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND ENTER AGAIN NO MORE FOREVER. JUST
BEGIN BREATHING IN DEEPLY NOW. NO MORE COUGHING. NO MORE
CATCHING YOUR BREATH. NO MORE STITCHING THE SIDE WHEN YOU
BREATHE. I REBUKE THAT NOW IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. THANK YOU,
FATHER, FOR IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
FATHER, FOR IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LOSS
OF HEARING, EUSTACHIAN TUBE, EARDRUM. OPEN UP. HEARING BE
HEALED. MY GOODNESS, WHEN I SAY THAT, THERE'S A POWER THAT COMES
FROM HERE. IT'S GOD, IT'S NOT ME. IT'S HIM COMING THROUGH ME.
SOMEONE'S EAR IS OPENING RIGHT NOW. HEARING'S COMING RIGHT NOW
IN JESUS' NAME. BLINDNESS, CATARACT, GLAUCOMA, BLURRED
VISION, RETINAL PROBLEM, PUPIL PROBLEM, IRIS PROBLEM, EYEBALL
PROBLEM, OPTIC NERVE PROBLEM, BE HEALED. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I
SEND THAT HEALING WORD TO YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW. IN JESUS' MIGHTY
NAME. AND I BELIEVE GOD. SICKLE CELL, COME OUT IN JESUS' MIGHTY
NAME. STOMACH CONDITION, KIDNEY, LIVER, LOWER TRACT, DIGESTION,
HERNIA, ULCER, COLON, GALLBLADDER, BE HEALED,
PANCREAS, BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. EVERY TRACE OF CANCER,
EVERY GROWTH, EVERY MALIGNANCY, EVERY TUMOR, EVERY MASS, I TAKE
HOLD OF YOU BY FAITH AND PULL YOU OUT. I PLACE A BLOOD
COVERING OVER EACH ONE OF YOU. A COVERING OF THE SHED BLOOD OF
JESUS. I DISPATCH HIS ANGELS. YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T LOSE YOUR
GUARDIAN ANGEL JUST 'CAUSE YOU GREW UP. ANGELS ARE MINISTERING
SPIRITS FOR YOU, NOT TO YOU, BUT FOR YOU, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. I
DISPATCH ANGELS TO ENCAMP ABOUT YOU AND TO KEEP YOU SAFE FROM
HARM, DANGER, ACCIDENT, INJURY, PILFERING, THEFT, HIJACKING, AND
TERRORISM, WHICH IS RAMPANT IN OUR COUNTRY. I SPEAK THAT WORD
OF YOU OVER YOU FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT PROTECTION IN JESUS'
NAME. NOW BEGIN TO EXAMINE YOURSELF, PEOPLE BEING HEALED
RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE BEGIN TO SEE BETTER, PEOPLE BEGIN TO HEAR
BETTER. PEOPLE ARE FINDING THE PAIN, THE DEBILITATING PAIN IS
GOING. ONE PERSON, EVERY TIME YOU EAT, EVERY TIME YOU EAT, YOU
GOTTA GO TO THE BATHROOM. EVERY TIME YOU EAT, YOU GOTTA GO TO
THE BATHROOM. AND YOU'RE SO TIRED OF THAT. THAT'S ENDING
TODAY. THAT'S ENDING TODAY. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) I'M
TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT HAD THAT FOR MONTHS, NOT DAYS,
MONTHS. THAT'S ENDING NOW. AND THE PERSON, YOUR JAW IS LIKE,
IT'S UNLOCKING. IF YOU'RE BEING HEALED, IF YOU CAN TELL YOU'RE
BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW, WAVE YOUR HAND AT ME, I WANNA SEE
YOU. HOLD UP, HOLD YOUR HAND UP HIGH. HOLD UP HIGH, HOLD UP
HIGH. IF YOU CAN TELL RIGHT NOW YOU'RE BEING HEALED, COME DOWN
HERE, COME DOWN HERE, COME ON, COME ON. DON'T WAIT, COME ON.
NOW BRING THAT RED, WHITE, AND BLUE HAT RIGHT DOWN HERE. COME
ON. NOW WHY AM I HAVING YOU COME DOWN HERE? 'CAUSE I WANT PEOPLE
TO SEE THAT WHAT I SAID GOD WAS GONNA DO, GOD IS DOING. GOD'LL
STAND UP TO THE TEST. DIDN'T HE SAY, "PROVE ME"? WE'RE PROVING
HIM TODAY. WE'RE PROVING THAT WE'RE SERVING A LIVE GOD, NOT A
DEAD GOD. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) AND HE'S NOT DOING
THIS JUST BECAUSE I'M HERE. HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE.
'CAUSE YOU NEED HEALING. AND THAT'S THE CALL OF GOD ON MY
LIFE. AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT. AND I THANK GOD THAT THAT
ANOINTING, THAT POWER THAT'S ON ME IS STRONGER THAN IT HAS EVER
BEEN. AND I GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE TO GOD. SOMEBODY HAS,
YEAH, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT A, YOU HAD SOME KIND OF ROD OR
SOMETHING PUT IN ONE OF YOUR ARMS SOME TIME AGO. IT'S GIVING
YOU LOTS OF PAIN AND PROBLEM. WELL, WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU'RE
GONNA FIND THE PAIN'S GONE AND IT WON'T AFFECT YOU ANYMORE.
WHERE'S THAT FOR YOU? YOU'VE GOT SOME KIND OF ROD IN YOUR ARMOR.
WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU HERE? WHERE YOU ARE? WHERE? COULD BE
ONLINE. HI THERE. HOW ARE YOU? MUST NOT FORGET THE ONLINE.
THANK GOD. BY THE WAY, SINCE YOU'RE ONLINE, WHY DON'T YOU LET
PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA KNOW WHAT GOD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE IN
THIS SERVICE. MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THAT PERSON IS. PRAISE GOD, A
LOT OF TIMES IT HAPPENS ONLINE. NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU STANDING
DOWN HERE IN FRONT CAN TELL YOU'RE BEING HEALED? PUT YOUR
HAND UP, I WANNA SEE IT. NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU, IT'S YOUR EYES,
PUT YOUR HAND UP. HOW MANY, IT'S YOUR HEARING, PUT YOUR HAND UP.
HOW MANY, IT'S YOUR STOMACH OR YOUR KIDNEY, YOUR LIVER, YOUR
LOWER TRACT, WHATEVER IT IS. HOW MANY, IT'S YOUR BREATHING. NOW
LOOK AT THAT. HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, DOES NOT
GOD HEAL? QUESTION IS, DO WE BELIEVE?
- YES. - AND WE DO, DON'T WE? ALL
RIGHT, Y'ALL GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT NOW.
NOW HAVE ANOTHER, ONE MORE WORD. ONE MORE WORD. I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THAT WORD IS, BUT I'M SURE THE LORD WILL TELL
ME IN A MINUTE. I HAVE ONE MORE WORD. THE LORD SAID, "TELL THEM
ONE MORE THING." WELL, LORD, WHAT'S THE ONE MORE THING YOU
WANT ME TO TELL THEM? OKAY, GOT IT. HERE AGAIN, IT'S THAT STILL,
SMALL VOICE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU DO ALL THE TALKING, IT'S
HARD TO HEAR. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE, YOU
GET THREE OR FOUR WORDS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND THEY INTERRUPT
YOU? LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD, DON'T LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) YOU GOTTA LET GOD GET A WORD IN
EDGEWISE. I HAVE A FRIEND, LIVES DOWN IN DALLAS. AND HE SAID, "I
GET UP IN THE MORNING EARLY, "AND FIRST THING I DO, I PRAY IN
TONGUES FOR HALF AN HOUR. "THEN HE SAID, I STOP AND I LISTEN FOR
HALF AN HOUR." I SAID, "THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S REALLY GOOD." YOU
KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, THEY'RE SPEAKING
ON BOTH SIDES. OR JUST HAVE A MONOLOGUE. AND YOU CAN WATCH
JIMMY FALLON FOR THAT, YOU KNOW. I DON'T WATCH HIM, BUT, YOU
KNOW, THEY DO MONOLOGUES. YOU CAN'T TALK BACK. BUT GOD IS A
TALKING GOD. HE STILL SPEAKS. AND THE LORD TOLD ME TO TELL YOU
THAT. HE'S STILL SPEAKING TODAY. SO WHEN YOU TALK, THEN AFTER A
WHILE, STOP AND LISTEN. HE'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. HE SPEAKS
THROUGH HIS PROPHETIC VOICE. HE SPEAKS THROUGH HIS STILL, SMALL
VOICE. HE SPEAKS THROUGH THE BIBLE, THROUGH HIS WORD. HE
SPEAKS THROUGH DREAMS AND VISIONS. AND HE SPEAKS WHEN WE
PRAY IN TONGUES, AND WE STOP, AND WE PRAY IN ENGLISH. AND I
CAME THIS MORNING TO DEPOSIT THAT IN YOUR LIFE. AND I PRAY
THAT IT'S A BLESSING. I'LL BE BACK ON TELEVISION THIS WEEK.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) AND IT'S A JOY AND AN HONOR. YOU CAN SEE ME
ON THE FACEBOOK OR ON OUR ROKU CHANNEL OR OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL,
OR YOU CAN SEE US ON THE VICTORY CHANNEL. IT'S ALL LIVE. OR THE
WORD NETWORK OUT OF DETROIT, IT'S ALL LIVE. AND AT NOON,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND IT'S NOT A PREACHING PROGRAM. I DON'T
PREACH ON IT. ALL I DO IS PRAY FOR PEOPLE. AND I GOT LIVE
TELEPHONE PRAYER PARTNERS. THEY TAKE LIVE CALLS, BRING 'EM TO
ME. I PRAY FOR PEOPLE LIVE ON THE AIR. AND OPERATE IN THE
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE BEGINS TO FLOW. PEOPLE
CALL IN HEALED. I READ THE TESTIMONY, WHICH PRODUCES MORE.
THE MORE TESTIMONIES YOU READ, THE MORE YOU GET. KIND OF LIKE
READING THE BIBLE. THE MORE YOU READ THE BIBLE, THE MORE YOU GET
OUT OF IT. AND IT'S A JOY AND IT'S AN HONOR. AND IT'S A
PARTICULAR HONOR TO BE HERE IN THIS NEW TABERNACLE. THANK GOD
FOR IT. IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL. AND I THANK YOU FOR RECEIVING ME
TODAY. AND WHERE'S PASTOR ANDREW? THAT WAS ONE OF THE
WORST JOKES I EVER HEARD. FANS. OH, THERE HE IS. THAT WAS REALLY
BAD. THAT WAS REALLY BAD. THAT'S A BAD, THAT'S ALMOST AS BAD AS
HANK'S. I BROUGHT TWO BOOKS. BOTH OF THEM ARE PRETTY
POWERFUL. THE FIRST BOOK IS A BOOK THAT MY WIFE, LINDSAY,
WROTE CALLED "DISCOVER YOUR TRUE STRENGTH." IT'S THE SECOND IN A
SERIES. THE FIRST ONE WAS "DISCOVER YOUR TRUE WORTH." THIS
IS THE SECOND ONE, "DISCOVER YOUR TRUE STRENGTH." SHE'S IN
THE PROCESS OF WRITING NOW, "DISCOVER YOUR TRUE PEACE,"
WHICH SHE'LL HAVE OUT, I THINK IN THE SPRING, SHE'S WRITING IT
NOW. IT'S AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY. I'M SURE SOMEWHERE
THERE'S A LOBBY. HAVEN'T BEEN OUT IN THE LOBBY, SO I DON'T
KNOW WHERE IT IS. THIS OTHER BOOK I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
IT'S NEW SINCE I WAS HERE LAST. WE TOOK SOME OF MY FATHER'S
WRITINGS, MUCH OF WHICH HAD NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. AND
WE PUT IT IN A BOOK CALLED "ORAL ROBERTS ON HEALING." IF ANYBODY
KNEW ABOUT HEALING, IT WAS ORAL ROBERTS. AND IT'S VERY, VERY
POWERFUL. IT'S FORWARDED BY KENNETH COPELAND AND A LOT OF
OTHER PEOPLE, AND I THINK IT'LL BE A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE OUT OF THE LOBBY. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO AVOID THE CAMPING TRIP AND
INSTEAD DRIVE MY CAR UP HERE, AND I'M GONNA DRIVE MY LITTLE
CAR HOME, AND I'LL BE ON TELEVISION TOMORROW. GOD
BLESS YOU ALL AND THANK YOU. (AUDIENCE CLAPPING)
- AMEN, LET'S STAND AND GIVE DR. ROBERTS A HAND. WHAT A BLESSING.
- ANDREW. ANTHONY, DID I CALL YOU ANDREW? THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
COME HERE, ANTHONY. THAT'S MY FIRST
MISTAKE SINCE THE LAST MISTAKE I MADE. BECAUSE OF THAT JOKE,
THE FIRST TWO BOOKS ARE YOURS. - ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
- AMEN. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) LOVE YOU, BROTHER ROBERTS. BLESS
YOU. MAN, POWERFUL SERVICE TODAY. I'M GONNA ASK, I KNOW OUR
VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK IN CERTAIN AREAS HAVE TO EXIT OUT NOW, BUT
I'M GONNA ASK, AND GIVE THEM A HAND, BY THE WAY. THEY ARE OUT
WORKING EVERY WEEK. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) I'M GONNA ASK THE
REST OF YOU JUST TO TAKE A SEAT FOR A MOMENT HERE AS WE
CONCLUDE. WE'RE ACTUALLY EARLY TODAY. SO LET'S SEE, PASTOR
ANTHONY, COULD I HAVE ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR TO AN HOUR, DO YOU
THINK? NO, I'M JUST JOKING, BUT I WON'T KEEP YOU LONG, BUT WE DO
WANT TO RECEIVE AN OFFERING FOR BROTHER ROBERTS. BUT BEFORE I DO
THAT, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST? I KNOW THIS IS A
MIRACLE MEETING TODAY, WE'VE SEEN SIGNS, WONDERS, AND
MIRACLES. HI, GERALD, BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU OUT THERE.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY. BACK FROM ARIZONA, PRAISE GOD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU CAN
EVER MAKE IS TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
AND THE GREATEST MIRACLE, WE SAW SIGNS AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES
TODAY, RIGHT HERE. BUT THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN ANY LIFE IS
WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE NEW BIRTH. AND THAT'S WHEN YOU
RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. HE'S THE
MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. MAN GOT INTO SIN. GOD NEEDED
SOMEONE TO BE A MEDIATOR SO THAT THE SIN NATURE COULD BE REMOVED
AND THERE COULD BE THE BLOOD OF JESUS TO RECONCILE US TO GOD. SO
JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY AND WHEN HE STRETCHED
OUT HIS ARMS ON THAT CROSS, ONE HAND WAS REACHING TO YOU, THE
OTHER HAND WAS REACHING UP TO GOD, AND HE'S OUR CONNECTION.
AND THERE MIGHT JUST BE SOMEONE HERE TODAY, OR MAYBE YOU'RE
WATCHING ONLINE. EVERY WEEK WE HAVE PEOPLE ONLINE THAT RECEIVE
JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR. SOME WRITE US AND LET US KNOW,
AND SOME DO NOT. BUT THE POINT IS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU
DON'T LEAVE THIS PLACE TODAY OR TUNE OFF THIS BROADCAST UNLESS
YOU'VE MADE A DECISION TO SERVE HIM AS LORD. BECAUSE THE BIBLE
SAYS THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET TO HEAVEN, AND THAT'S THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST. HE'S THE ONLY WAY. IT'S NOT THROUGH BUDDHA, IT'S
NOT THROUGH ALLAH, IT'S NOT THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH OR ANY
OTHER MAN-MADE RELIGION. IT'S ONLY
THROUGH JESUS. THE BIBLE SAYS, "EVERY
KNEE AND EVERY TONGUE, "EVERY KNEE WILL BOW AND EVERY
TONGUE WILL CONFESS "THAT JESUS IS LORD." HE'S OUR ONLY WAY. SO
IF YOU DON'T DO IT WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH, SOMEDAY YOU'LL BE
FORCED TO, AND THEN IT'S TOO LATE. BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHOICE
TO MAKE WHILE WE'RE ON EARTH. WE'RE FREE WILL AGENTS. WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE CHOICE. AND YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE HEAVEN
AS YOUR HOME OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GO TO HELL, WHICH IS A PLACE
OF ETERNAL DESTRUCTION THAT MOST CHURCHES DON'T EVEN LIKE TO
MENTION, BUT IT'S IN THE WORD. AND I WANT YOU TO BE ETERNALLY
SAFE AND KNOW WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS, WHAT YOUR PLAN IS. GOD HAS A
WONDERFUL PLAN FOR YOU TODAY. HE HAS A WONDERFUL PURPOSE FOR YOU.
AND HE HAS ETERNAL PURPOSE FOR YOU IN HEAVEN. SO BOW YOUR HEADS
WITH ME IF YOU WOULD THIS MORNING. I WANT TO ASK YOU A
QUESTION. IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY, IF YOU WERE TO MOVE OFF
INTO ETERNITY TODAY, ARE YOU 100% SURE THAT HEAVEN WOULD BE
YOUR HOME? IF YOU ARRIVED AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT AND JESUS SAID,
"WHY SHOULD I LET YOU INTO MY HEAVEN?" WHAT WOULD YOUR ANSWER
BE? WOULD IT BE THAT "I WENT TO CHURCH OR I
MY MAMA WAS A CHRISTIAN, MY MAMA WENT TO CHURCH, OR I WAS
RAISED A CATHOLIC," OR WOULD IT BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS? "I TRIED
TO SHAKE THE PREACHER'S HAND WHENEVER I COULD." I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOUR ANSWER WOULD BE, BUT NONE OF THOSE WOULD BE
SUFFICIENT UNLESS YOU'VE MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR
LIFE AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED YOU ARE COVERED BY THE BLOOD. THAT'S
THE ANSWER. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION TODAY, I WANT
TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. NO ONE LOOKING AROUND, EVERYONE
WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED. IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU WOULD
SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I NEED YOU TO PRAY WITH ME AND FOR ME. I HAVE
NOT EVER MADE THAT DECISION AND I NEED TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE
LORD OF MY LIFE. IF THAT'S YOU, I'M GONNA COUNT TO THREE AND I
WANT YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY. ONE, TWO, THREE. ANYONE
HERE? YOU SAY, "I NEED JESUS AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. I WANT TO
MAKE HEAVEN MY HOME. I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION FOR JESUS." I
SEE ONE HAND THERE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, SOMEONE BOLD HERE?
I THINK THERE'S A YOUNG PERSON HERE. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE HERE AND YOU'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM GOD.
YOU'VE BECOME COLD. YOU'VE KIND OF RIDDEN THE FENCE BETWEEN ONE
FOOT IN THE WORLD AND ONE IN CHURCH OR ONE WITH GOD AND YOU
NEED TO COME BACK. YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE OUT OF LINE. YOU'RE NOT
IN GOD'S PERFECT PLAN. YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING HIS PLAN. YOU'VE
GOTTEN INVOLVED IN SOME RELATIONSHIPS YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE. YOU'RE HANGING AROUND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE PULLING
YOU THE OTHER WAY. YOU NEED TO GO 100% FOR GOD. WHO IS THAT?
WHO IS THAT? HERE'S SOMEONE HERE. RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY.
ANOTHER HAND OVER THERE. OKAY, ANOTHER HAND HERE. THAT'S, YOU
KNOW WHAT? THE GOOD NEWS IS GOD HAS GRACE FOR THAT, BUT YOU HAVE
TO DO IT WHILE WE'RE ON EARTH AND ALIVE. WE HAVE TO GET RIGHT
WITH HIM. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO BE VERY BOLD NOW AND STAND
RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. THOSE OF YOU THAT RAISED YOUR HAND FOR
EITHER REASON, STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. AND THEN I'M GONNA
ASK YOU TO STEP OUT OF YOUR SEAT AND COME RIGHT DOWN HERE QUICKLY
IN FRONT OF ME. AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, WHY DO YOU DO
THAT? "WHY DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE COME FORWARD?" BECAUSE EVERY
TIME JESUS MINISTERED TO SOMEONE, HE CALLED THEM
PUBLICLY. AND I BELIEVE IT WILL CONFIRM WITH YOU. AND YOU'LL
REMEMBER THAT ON JULY 13TH, SUNDAY AT 1108 AM, I CAME BACK
TO GOD OR I MADE A DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST. THANK YOU, SIR,
FOR DOING THAT. SIR, HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND LOOK AT ME.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? MARTIN, GOD BLESS YOU, MARTIN. THANK YOU
FOR COMING IN. SATAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING. GOD BLESS YOU TOO.
SIR, YOUR NAME? HEY. THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH, JACK. GOOD TO SEE
YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND YOU TOO. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY. YEAH,
THANK YOU, SIR. SIR, GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. GIVE
THEM A HAND AGAIN BECAUSE, AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO JUST LOOK AT,
TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT ME. JACK, TURN AROUND, JUST LOOK
AT ME UP HERE. I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT. AND THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE ONLINE THAT ARE MAKING A DECISION FOR CHRIST OR
COMING BACK TO HIM, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT.
HERE'S THE DEAL ON THAT. YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION THAT'S GOING
TO MOVE YOU FORWARD FROM YOUR PAST. IF YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK
AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING HIM, BUT YET YOU MADE JESUS THE
LORD OF YOUR LIFE, THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN A SINNER COMES BACK TO
GOD, HEAVEN REJOICES. SO WE'RE REJOICING WITH YOU TODAY. IT'S
NOTHING UNUSUAL. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM
HAS HAD A TIME IN THEIR LIFE WHEN THEY GOT OFF TRACK IN SOME
AREA AND THEY HAD TO TURN BACK TO GOD. SO YOU'RE IN GOOD
COMPANY. WE'VE ALL DONE IT. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, IF YOU'VE
NEVER MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU'RE COMING
TO HIM TODAY, THIS IS A DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR YOU. IT'S GONNA
CHANGE YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT GOD HAS FOR
YOU. HE HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. AND YOU GET INTO
PRAYER. WE'LL GIVE YOU A BIBLE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. YOU CAN
READ YOUR BIBLE EVERY DAY. YOU CAN PRAY TO HIM AND TALK TO HIM
JUST LIKE I'M TALKING TO YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN GET INTO
FELLOWSHIP. DO YOU TWO LIVE IN THIS AREA? JUST UP THE STREET.
THIS IS YOUR CHURCH THEN. YOU FOUND A PLACE TO COME. AND WE'LL
LOVE YOU, WE'LL HELP YOU, WE'LL GIVE YOU GUIDANCE. AND YOU'LL
HAVE A PASTOR HERE. YOU'LL GET TO MEET PASTOR SANK AND BRENDA
AND YOU'LL SEE THEM AND THEY LOVE PEOPLE. AND WE'RE HERE FOR
YOU. THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT FOR PEOPLE. IT ISN'T JUST BUILT FOR
LOOKS. IT'S BUILT FOR MINISTRY AND FOR PEOPLE. SO WE'RE GONNA
PRAY TODAY, AND WHETHER YOU'RE COMING BACK TO GOD OR YOU'RE
MAKING HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE THE FIRST TIME, THIS PRAYER WILL
CHANGE YOUR LIFE, IT'LL SET YOU ON TRACK, AND YOU CAN MOVE
FORWARD IN EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. SO LET'S JUST PRAY
THIS, AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN PRAY WITH ME.
REPEAT AFTER ME AS I PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE HE
WENT TO THE CROSS, HE DIED FOR ME, HE
WAS BURIED, AND ON THE THIRD DAY, HE ROSE FROM
THE DEAD. I RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. FORGIVE
ME FOR SIN, FOR GETTING OFF TRACK. I'M BACK ON TRACK NOW,
LORD, AND I WILL SERVE YOU THE REST OF MY DAYS ON THIS EARTH,
AND I THANK YOU FOR IT. IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. NOW, ALTAR
TEAM, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU RUSH UP HERE, GET BEHIND THESE PEOPLE.
WE KIND OF DID IT IN A DIFFERENT ORDER, AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY
WITH THEM, GIVE THEM INFORMATION OR LITERATURE IF THEY NEED IT,
HELP THEM IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE,
YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907. 24 HOURS A
DAY, EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS ON AN
ARCHIVE, OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE THERE AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU
TO HELP YOU, GUIDE YOU, AND COUNSEL YOU, AND WE'LL SEND YOU
THE SAME LITERATURE THAT WE'RE GIVING TO THESE PEOPLE TODAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU GUYS CAN TURN AROUND, AND THESE
GUYS WILL BE HERE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED THEM. GIVE THEM A HAND
AGAIN. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU, JESUS.
WELL, BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE OFFERING, THE GUEST OFFERING FOR
DR. RICHARD ROBERTS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY TWO THINGS AND
THEN I CAN DISMISS YOU AS WE RECEIVE TODAY. DON'T FORGET,
FLASHPOINT WILL BE ON THERE, BUT PASTOR HANK WILL NOT BE ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY LIKE HE NORMALLY IS THIS WEEK BECAUSE HE
IS VACATING. SO WE'RE GIVING HIM A BREAK FROM FLASHPOINT TOO AND
HE DESERVES THAT. AND THEN DON'T FORGET, MIDWEEK RECHARGE RIGHT
BACK HERE IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK I'LL BE
CONTINUING MY TEACHING ON THE POWER OF THE DEPENDENCY ON THE
HOLY SPIRIT, AND WE'RE GETTING DEEPER INTO WALKING IN THE
SPIRIT AND WHY WE DO IT AND HOW WE DO IT. AND SO THAT WILL BE
GOOD. I WANT YOU TO BE HERE FOR THAT. AND THEN DON'T FORGET
AGAIN, DR. GENE BAILEY NEXT SUNDAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL
MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE RIGHT NOW, AND WE
WANT TO BLESS DR. RICHARD ROBERTS. YOU KNOW, GOD SENDS US
HIS CHOICE SERVANTS, AND THANK HOW HE IMPACTED YOU TODAY. YOU
CAN GIVE BACK TO GOD BY GIVING TO HIS MINISTRY AND HELPING
SUPPORT ALL HE'S DOING. HE'S TOUCHING LIVES. IF YOU NEED AN
ENVELOPE, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THROUGH THE
WEBSITE AGAIN, THERE'S A PLACE FOR GUEST MINISTRIES. YOU CAN
GIVE TEXT OR MOBILE APP ON THAT ALSO, AND JUST SCROLL DOWN TO
THE GUEST MINISTRY SECTION, DESIGNATE IT FOR THAT GUEST
SPEAKER, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT HE IS BLESSED TODAY ON HIS
WAY HOME. SO AS SOON AS THE USHERS HAVE RECEIVED, I'M GOING
TO DISMISS YOU TODAY. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US.
GOD BLESS YOU. DON'T FORGET, AGAIN, TO JOIN US WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THEN NEXT SUNDAY. AND WE'LL SAY GOODBYE TO YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN JESUS' NAME. WELL, LET'S STAND.
FATHER, I BLESS THIS CONGREGATION TODAY AND I THANK
YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. THANK YOU FOR SENDING
YOUR SERVANT. THANK YOU FOR THE MOVE OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT. MAY
EVERYONE GO BLESSED AND SAFE TO THEIR PLACE THAT THEY'RE HEADING
TO. WE THANK YOU THAT THEY'RE COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
THE ANGELS WATCH AROUND THEM AND PROTECT THEM. AND WE THANK YOU,
LORD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD TODAY
IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK. GOD BLESS YOU.
(GENTLE MUSIC)