(MUSIC)
(LION ROARING)
- GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH!
IT IS TIME TO RAISE IT UP, GIVE HIM PRAISE, GIVE HIM GLORY. WE
SERVE A KING THAT HAS NEVER LOST A BATTLE.
WE SERVE THE VICTORIOUS KING! COME ON!
(MUSIC)
- HALLELUJAH, COME ON, GIVE HIM A PRAISE, LIFT IT UP, COME ON.
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY
PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND ONLINE, LORD. WE GIVE YOU A PRAISE THIS
SUNDAY MORNING FOR YOU ARE GOOD AND YOUR MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
AMEN, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TODAY? AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. WELL,
GREETINGS THIS AMAZING SUNDAY. PASTORS ARE ON VACATION STILL.
THEY'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. SO AGAIN, I AM NOT PASTOR HANK.
HE'S NOT PASTOR BRENDA, BUT WE ARE UP HERE SAYING GREETINGS
FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU COULD
JOIN US THIS MORNING HERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. WE GOT A SPECIAL,
SPECIAL GUEST. PASTOR GENE IS IN THE HOUSE TODAY. WE LOVE YOU,
AMEN. AND AREN'T YOU HAPPY FOR WHAT PASTOR GENE AND FLASHPOINT
IS DOING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW? COME ON, AMEN, WE HONOR YOU. BUT
PASTOR ANTHONY, WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THE MINISTRY
AND THINGS LATELY, AND I'M JUST EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING.
PASTORS SEND THEIR GREETINGS. BY THE WAY, THEIR ANNIVERSARY IS
THIS TUESDAY AS WELL. SO YES, SO THEY'RE CELEBRATING, DOING SOME
FUN THINGS. MOM SAID TO LET Y'ALL KNOW SHE GOT A NEW PATIO
SET TO ENJOY FOR THE SUMMER HERE IN THE LAST REMAINING MONTH.
- IN HONOR OF THEIR UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY, I HAVE A LITTLE
STORY TO TELL FOR PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA. SO, PASTOR
MATT, MY WIFE SHANA DECIDED THAT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO FOR A
LITTLE BIT OF A BIKE RIDE. SO I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S COOL, BABE,
NO PROBLEM. LET'S GO FOR SOME EXERCISE. SO I WENT TO THE
STORAGE SHED TO GET THE BIKES AND I JUST COULDN'T GET 'EM OFF
THE GROUND. I WAS TRYING, I WAS TRYING, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THESE BIKES WON'T GET OFF THE GROUND. YOU KNOW
WHAT I FOUND OUT? THE BIKES WERE TOO TIRED.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
WHAT, ARE YOU GUYS BE-WHEEL-DERED?
ARE YOU BEWILDERED?
- I THINK THAT ONE WAS BETTER THAN LAST WEEK. WOULD YOU GUYS
SAY? I THINK HE TOOK IT UP A NOTCH THIS WEEK.
- ARLIE, MY FATHER-IN-LAW LOVES THAT ONE. HE LOVED IT.
- THAT WAS GOOD. - ARLIE, I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT.
- I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THAT WAS GOOD. PASTOR HANK, THAT WAS
GOOD. IT'S BETTER THAN YOUR DAD JOKES.
- PASTOR GENE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THAT WAS A GREAT JOKE, RIGHT?
- THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, I'M NOT GONNA LIE. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD,
MAN. ALSO, I WANNA GREET CADENCE, MY COUSIN, WHO
CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.
WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR ANOINTING, AMEN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. BUT
YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE JUST SEEING WHAT
GOD'S BEEN DOING. I KNOW YOU AND I, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING READY
TO TRAVEL HERE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. YOU AND I WILL BE
SPEAKING OVER AT JOAN HUNTER'S LEGACY CONFERENCE JUST OUTSIDE
OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. SO THAT'LL BE ON FRIDAY
NIGHT, AUGUST 1ST, AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2ND. SO
CHECK THOSE OUT. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND I KNOW YOU
AND I ARE RELEASING A BOOK TOGETHER AT OTH THIS COMING
SEPTEMBER. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT'LL BE OUT
FOR YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE PRETTY DEEP IN THE WORDS NOW, MAN, WITH
ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA SHARE ANYTHING YET. WE'VE
KIND OF KEPT IT UNDER WRAPS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA ALLOW THE
PEOPLE IN HOUSTON TO TAKE PRE-ORDERS ON THAT WHILE WE'RE
OUT THERE. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT TITLE RELEASED AS
WE GET CLOSER TO MY BIRTHDAY, AUGUST 23RD.
- AND WE'LL HAVE THE PRE-ORDERS ONLINE AS WELL.
- YES, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT GUYS, I AM SO EXCITED
FOR TODAY. I REALLY BELIEVE PASTOR GENE HAS A WORD FOR YOU,
WHICH IF YOU'RE IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA NEXT
WEEK, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO FLASHPOINT LIVE AT KENNETH
COPELAND'S CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK ON SUNDAY. DAD AND I WILL BE
HERE FOR SERVICE ON SUNDAY. HE'S GONNA PREACH, AND THEN WE'RE
IMMEDIATELY GETTING ON A FLIGHT RIGHT TO DALLAS AND COMING OUT
TO JOIN YOU GUYS. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. NEXT SUNDAY, IT'S
GONNA BE A POWERFUL, POWERFUL TIME. AND GUYS, I JUST LOVE WHAT
FLASHPOINT IS DOING. AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT IN
THIS NATION. COMPLACENCY'S GONE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE
BIT LATER, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING WITH OTH IN REGARDS TO
THAT. BUT GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, GOD IS DOING
SOMETHING, AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD, AMEN,
IN THIS TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AROUND AND PLAY PATTY
CAKE ANYMORE, OKAY? SO I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A
STAND, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THIS NATION, AMEN. AND
GOD IS DOING SOME VERY BIG THINGS IN THIS
COUNTRY, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, PASTOR ANTHONY?
- ABSOLUTELY, AMEN.
- AMEN, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR US AND
LET'S GET THIS SERVICE UNDERWAY, AMEN.
- WELL, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANNA HONOR YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE.
WE LOVE YOU, GOD, WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER AND WE KNOW THAT
YOU ARE GOOD. WE INVITE YOU INTO THIS PLACE, FATHER, TO RELEASE
MIRACLE SIGNS AND WONDERS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS WE RAISE UP A
PRAISE TO YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
(MUSIC)
- COME ON, LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER.
LET'S GIVE GOD GLORY NOW.
(MUSIC)
WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH
OH COME ON SOMEBODY, HE'S GOOD! ALL THE TIME!
COME ON! LORD YOU ARE GOOD.
(MUSIC)
IF YOU KNOW HE'S GOOD, SOMEBODY SAY "JESUS".
OH YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT, SAY "JESUS"!
LORD, YOU'RE GOOD.
(MUSIC)
- COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
- Y'ALL READY TO DECLARE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD
THIS MORNING? COME ON. IT'S CHASING YOU DOWN.
(MUSIC)
IT'S CHASING ME DOWN. COME ON, CHURCH!
YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.
AS THE LIGHT OF YOUR GLORY BREAKS OUT.
YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.
CHASING ME DOWN, IT'S CHASING ME DOWN.
YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN.
(MUSIC)
YOUR GOODNESS. YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THIS NATION DOWN.
YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN.
YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE SCHOOLS DOWN.
HIS GOODNESS IS CHASING YOUR FAMILIES DOWN.
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GOD, YOU ARE SO, SO GOOD.
(MUSIC)
WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER, GOD. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
BECAUSE GOD SPOKE IT, IT IS AND WILL BE DONE. IN JESUS' NAME.
I FEEL THAT IN THE MORNING, IN
THE ROOM THIS MORNING. GUYS, COME
ON. YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHO IT IS THAT YOU SERVE.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
STOP GLORIFYING YOUR HUMANITY AND
START HONORING THE DIVINITY OF GOD.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
YOUR GOODNESS. OH, YOU'RE SO GOOD.
YOU'RE SO GOOD. SO GOOD.
(MUSIC)
YOU KNOW, OUR GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. TEN YEARS
AGO, JULY 8TH, MIKE BARTHOLOMEW WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS, I DON'T
KNOW IF HE'S HERE TODAY, BUT HE WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS HE WASN'T
GONNA MAKE IT. HE WAS ON THE ROAD. HE FELL OFF A BIKE AND WAS
ON THE ROAD, AND HE LITERALLY DIED. BUT GOD. BUT GOD. YOU SEE
HIM SERVING TODAY. HE'S STILL HERE. HALLELUJAH.
(MUSIC)
- HALLELUJAH. HE CAN DO IT. HE'S THE ONE. HALLELUJAH.
HALLELUJAH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY LORD. HALLELUJAH,
WE MAGNIFY YOUR NAME IN THIS PLACE.
WE GIVE YOU GLORY. OH, HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO GOD.
HERE WE HAVE THE MAN RIGHT IN FRONT
OF US, THAT 10 YEARS AGO, HA HA HA, RECEIVED
NEW LIFE, NOT JUST BY THE SPIRIT, BUT IN HIS
PHYSICAL BODY. HE WAS DECLARED DEAD, AND BECAUSE THE PRAYERS OF
THE SAINTS AND THE FAITHFUL, HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. AND
THEN HE FOUND CHRIST AND HIS SPIRIT BECAME ALIVE. HALLELUJAH.
THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. YOU DO MIRACLES, FATHER.
YOU DO MIRACLES IN OUR MIDST. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD.
YOU USE EACH ONE OF US TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU'VE CALLED US
TO DO. IT HAPPENED TO BE JUDY ARMSTRONG THAT WAS DRIVING BY AT
THE TIME AND FOUND HIM IN THE DITCH ON THE BICYCLE AND LAID
HER HANDS ON HIM AND PRAYED. YOU KNOW WHAT, EACH ONE OF US ARE
CALLED TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO BE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR HIM
CONTINUOUSLY, ON ASSIGNMENT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE
HAVE A SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT
GOD HAS FOR US, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORTH AND LISTEN TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND THEN OBEY TO MOVE INTO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO
DO. DON'T GET SO CONSUMED WITH THE DAILY PRESSURES OF LIFE.
THINK OUTSIDE OF THAT. WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO? HEAR HIS
VOICE, HALLELUJAH. LET'S GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE TODAY.
HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, JESUS,
WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THANK YOU, JESUS. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THIS PLACE TODAY.
LORD, WE GIVE THIS SERVICE TO YOU. HALLELUJAH, YOU MOVE BY
YOUR POWER, YOUR SPIRIT. YOU DIRECT US, LORD, AND GUIDE US.
THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. HERE'S WHAT
I'M SEEING TODAY IN MY HEART. I BELIEVE, AND I WANNA EXPLAIN IT
RIGHT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE ONLINE, IT COULD BE
SOMEONE HERE. BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS A SITUATION WHERE
THERE'S A FAMILY THAT'S EMBROILED IN SOME KIND OF A
LEGAL CHALLENGE, LEGAL BATTLE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH CHILDREN
AND CUSTODY. MIGHT BE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, SOMEONE THAT'S
HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR THE RIGHT OUTCOME IN THIS.
AND HERE'S KIND OF WHAT I'M SEEING IS, THIS IS WHAT THE LORD
SHOWED ME. IT'S LIKE A TUG OF WAR. LIKE YOU HAVE ONE ENTITY ON
THIS END PULLING, THE OTHER ENTITY'S PULLING THE OTHER WAY,
AND THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE MIDDLE. AND WE NEED TO BELIEVE
FOR THOSE CHILDREN. WHO IS, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND
THAT FITS YOU, YOU'D SAY, I'M IN THAT SITUATION, OR MY FAMILY. IS
THERE SOMEONE HERE? COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. THE LORD HAS A
WORD FOR YOU TODAY. THE LORD HAS A WORD FOR YOU.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
THANK YOU, JESUS. AND THAT COULD BE SOMEONE ONLINE TODAY. AND IF
THAT'S YOU, YOU CAN COMMENT OR EMAIL US OR LET US KNOW WHAT THE
LORD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. I
WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS WORD TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS
GONNA BE A TURNING POINT IN THE SITUATION WITH THOSE CHILDREN.
GOD LOVES CHILDREN AND HE WANTS THEM TAKEN CARE OF AND
PROTECTED. IN LUKE 3:5, LUKE, THE EVANGELIST, QUOTES A
SCRIPTURE, IS THAT YOU TOO, MA'AM? OKAY, OKAY, TWO OF YOU.
AND WHOEVER'S ONLINE, YOU LISTEN TO ME ALSO. LUKE THE EVANGELIST
QUOTES A SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH 40:4, AND HE'S SAYING, "THE
CROOKED PLACES SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH PLACES
SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH." AND IF YOU GO TO THAT WORD CROOKED IN
THE VINES GREEK DICTIONARY, THAT WORD CROOKED MEANS "UNJUST,
PERVERSE, OR CURVED." AND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, THE
LORD SAYS, HAS BEEN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. IT'S BEEN CROOKED,
IT'S BEEN PERVERSE, AND IT HAS BEEN UNFAIR OR UNJUST, NOT ONLY
FOR YOU, BUT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND I BELIEVE TODAY, GOD'S
SAYING, HE'S STEPPING IN TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. AND
WHATEVER IT IS THAT SATAN HAS THROWN UP, THOSE OBSTACLES,
THOSE PLANS OF DIVISION, THAT THE ENEMY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE
PLACE, THEY'RE GONNA BE REVERSED IN JESUS' NAME. GOD'S GONNA DO A
MIGHTY WORK IN THIS SITUATION TODAY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A
CROOKED GARDEN HOSE. IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN HOSE AND IT'S ALL IN A
KNOT AND A CROOKED, THE WATER DOESN'T FLOW, DOES IT? IT WON'T
FLOW THROUGH. GOD'S UNSTRAIGHTENING THAT TODAY. HE'S
MAKING IT A STRAIGHT PATH SO IT CAN FLOW IN HIS DIRECTION AND
TOWARDS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M
BELIEVING TODAY. AND WHAT I WANNA DO IS JUST COME DOWN AND
QUICKLY LAY MY HANDS ON YOU. AUDIENCE, CONGREGATION, STRETCH
YOUR HAND FORTH TOWARDS THESE. AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR THEM IN
JESUS' NAME. FATHER, WE'RE PRAYING FOR WISDOM, DIRECTION,
AND THAT YOU COMFORT THESE TWO, GIVE THEM DIRECTION. AND WE'RE
SAYING BE BLESSED, AND THIS SITUATION IS RECTIFIED, THE CASE
IS DISMISSED, AND IT IS RESOLVED IN JESUS' NAME, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS. BE RESOLVED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THANK YOU, LORD,
HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,
JESUS, WE BELIEVE THAT NOW. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, LORD. YOU
CAN BE SEATED WHENEVER YOU CAN. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
DO I HAVE A SALLY HERE TODAY? IS THERE ANYONE BY THE NAME OF
SALLY? IS THERE A SALLY IN THE AUDIENCE IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
THERE IS A SALLY HERE? SALLY, COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. IF YOU
CAN COME QUICKLY, COME QUICKLY. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU,
JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,
LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
SALLY, THE LORD CALLED YOU OUT TODAY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVY ON YOUR HEART.
YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT SOME THINGS AND YOU'VE SAID, "LORD,
HOW COME IT HASN'T COME TO PASS YET? WHY ISN'T IT COMING AS
QUICK AS I WOULD DESIRE? I NEED THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN." AND THE
LORD IS SAYING TO YOU, I CALLED YOU OUT TODAY, SALLY, AS AN
ENCOURAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. KEEP
YOUR FAITH STRONG, CONTINUE TO PULL, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A
DIVINE TURNAROUND IN THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO,
IN THE THINGS YOU'RE PRAYING FOR, AND FOR THOSE THAT YOU'RE
PRAYING FOR IN YOUR FAMILY. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME FAMILY
SITUATIONS YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND GOD'S SAYING, I'M
GONNA TURN THOSE AROUND, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A CHANGE. YOU
NEED TO DO WHAT GOD'S SAYING IS, REACH OUT TO THE ONES THAT
YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE LOVE OF GOD. DON'T NEED TO
PREACH TO 'EM. YOU JUST REACH OUT TO 'EM WITH GOD'S LOVE. AND
THE BIBLE SAYS A GIFT WILL OPEN THE DOOR. AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR
SITUATION, WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, THAT'S ON
YOUR HEART, YOU PLANT A GIFT IN THEIR LIFE JUST TO SHOW THEM
LOVE. IT WILL DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP, IT'LL BRING THAT
COMMUNICATION BACK, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE AN OPEN DOOR TO
COMMUNICATE YOUR LOVE, FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN GOD'S LOVE WILL
MOVE IN ON TOP OF THAT. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A MIRACLE IN
JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU,
PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.
PRAISE THE LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, LET'S DO
THIS TODAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND AND GREET YOUR NEIGHBOR TODAY
AND TELL HIM IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A
SUNDAY, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY GOOD TO HAVE DR. GENE BAILEY
AND HIS WIFE, TERI, HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE
GONNA RECEIVE TODAY, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
(MUSIC)
- WELL, GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. HOW
MANY LOVE TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD?
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
GUYS, DON'T EVER TAKE FOR GRANTED COMING INTO THE ROOM OR
FOR THOSE OF YOU TUNING ONLINE AND COMING TOGETHER AS THE BODY
OF CHRIST AND COMING TO WORSHIP THE LORD. YOU ARE CHANGING
DESTINIES, YOU ARE RESHAPING THE NATIONS, AND YOU ARE BRINGING
THE POWER OF GOD TO DO MIRACULOUS THINGS EVERY TIME YOU
COME IN HERE, AMEN? WELL, WE WANNA WELCOME OUR
FIRST-TIME VISITORS. IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A GREETING AND SAY HELLO AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. I SEE A COUPLE HANDS OVER THERE.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR AND YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN TO GET ONE
OF THE BLUE GIFT BAGS IN YOUR HANDS, BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR
HANDS UP. THERE'LL BE AN USHER IN THE AISLE THAT'LL HAND YOU
ONE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT
LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND THE OTHER MINISTRIES HERE AND WAYS
TO GET CONNECTED. ALSO, THERE'S AN INFORMATION GUEST CARD. IF
YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT AND DROP IT IN
THE OFFERING BUCKET WHEN THE USHERS COME BY. IT'S JUST A WAY
FOR US TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOU. YOU CAN SEND US
INFORMATION, YOU CAN SEND US TESTIMONIES OF ALL THE AMAZING
THINGS GOD'S DOING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
PASTORS LOVE HEARING FROM YOU AND THEY WANNA CONNECT WITH YOU,
AMEN. FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE, WE WANNA SEND YOU A
GREETING AS WELL AND SAY THAT WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU. BIG SHOUT
OUT TO ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN
PERSON AT OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING, MAKE
SURE TO CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK, WE'RE ON
INSTAGRAM, WE'RE ON YOUTUBE. WE ARE ALSO ON
ONEVOICETV.NET, WHERE WE CANNOT BE CANCELED.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
MAKE SURE TO CHECK US OUT, ALL OF THE PREVIOUS SERVICES AND
ALSO DIFFERENT SHOWS LIKE GET REAL WITH HANK, GAME CHANGERS,
DAILY DECREE, THEY'RE ALL ON ONEVOICETV.NET, SO YOU CAN GO
BACK AND GET YOUR PRAISE ON AT ANY TIME. AMEN. WELL, WITHOUT
FURTHER ADO, I WANNA WELCOME MY GOOD BUDDY, MY BROTHER FROM
ANOTHER, PASTOR MATT, AS HE GIVES A SPECIAL MESSAGE.
- AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY. LISTEN, HE JUST
MENTIONED OPENING THE HEAVENS, AND I MENTIONED ON WEDNESDAY,
IT'S TIME TO GET REGISTERED IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY. WHO
IN THIS ROOM IS REGISTERED FOR OTH? COME ON, OH, COME ON NOW.
WE GOTTA, I SAID WHO'S REGISTERED FOR OTH?
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. AND SOME OF YOU
STILL DON'T HAVE YOUR HANDS UP, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA
ADDRESS RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOUR HAND WAS NOT RAISED AND YOU'RE
NOT REGISTERED, I WANNA ASK WHY. I WANNA ASK, I'M SURE YOU STILL
HAVE PRAYER REQUESTS, THINGS YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR BACK IN
2019, BACK IN 2020, THINGS THAT ARE UNADDRESSED CLIFFHANGERS IN
YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS STILL NOT
BROKE THROUGH YET IN MY LIFE. MAYBE IT WAS THAT STANCE YOU
TOOK WHEN YOU SAID, I'M NOT GETTING A VACCINE AND YOU LOST
YOUR JOB. AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH AND YOU'RE LIKE,
GOD, IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX YEARS NOW, WHERE'S MY BREAKTHROUGH?
CAN WE REMEMBER WHAT THE PROPHET SAID? THAT THE DECADE WOULD
START OFF HARSH, BUT THAT WE'RE COMING
INTO A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE, AMEN?
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
IF YOU'RE ONLINE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, COMMENT IF YOU ARE
REGISTERED. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, I WANT YOU
AT THE END OF THIS BROADCAST TO GO REGISTER. THOSE MONITORING
COMMENTS, PUT THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION OR IN THE COMMENTS,
PIN IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. AND I'M TELLING YOU, PASTORS
WANTED ME TO SAY THIS TO YOU GUYS. WE'RE GONNA BE MINISTERING
AND HEALING, NOT JUST FOR YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, OVER THIS NATION,
WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR. AND I AM GONNA STAND IN THE GAP
AND BELIEVE THAT THESE PRAYER REQUESTS IN YOUR PERSONAL LIVES
ARE GONNA START MANIFESTING AND COMING TO PASS. THE SPIRIT OF
DELAY IS OVER. AMEN. BUT MY QUESTION TO EACH AND EVERY
PERSON IN HERE WATCHING ONLINE AND IN THIS ROOM, AND I SAID
THIS ON WEDNESDAY, IS HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT
A MANIFESTATION OF GOD? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT
LEVEL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU? HOW BAD ARE YOU READY TO SEE THE
SHIFT IN YOUR LIFE, THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE IN GOD FOR,
PRODIGALS TO RETURN, THIS NATION TO BE HEALED? I'M NOT SITTING ON
THE SEAT OF COMPLACENCY ANYMORE. AND BY GOD, PASTOR HANK AND
PASTOR BRENDA AND THOSE STANDING WITH THEM AREN'T EITHER. AND SO
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT GONNA SIT ON THE SEAT OF
COMPLACENCY, WATCH THIS VIDEO, GET YOURSELF
REGISTERED, AND LET'S GET IN THE ARENA, AMEN?
- OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 11TH
THROUGH 14TH AT THE MID-AMERICA CENTER, HOSTED BY PASTORS HANK
AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER LORENZO SEWELL.
- WHEN YOU ARE A TRUE BELIEVER, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT
LIKE YOU BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING ON YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU
ARE ANOINTED, IT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU,
IT'S THE DEVIL THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU. WHEN YOU ARE ANOINTED,
PLEASE HEAR ME, YOU WILL ALWAYS INTIMIDATE THE DEVIL. WHEN YOU
ARE ANOINTED, WHEN YOU ARE CALLED BY GOD, YOU WILL ALWAYS
INTIMIDATE THE ENEMY. IT'S OKAY IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE YOU BECAUSE
YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT LOVES YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY
FATHER THAT DIED FOR YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT SENT
HIS SON TO BE BRUISED AND BROKEN FOR YOU. AND AS LONG AS YOU'VE
GOT KING JESUS, YOU DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE.
- REGISTER TODAY AT OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT. IT'S COMING SOON TO A
THEATER NEAR YOU, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAC,
MID-AMERICA CENTER. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME, CAN'T WAIT FOR IT.
WELL, FOLKS, IT IS OFFERING TIME.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
AND I WANNA GIVE OUR ESTEEMED GUEST, DR. GENE, PLENTY OF TIME,
SO I'M GONNA BE QUITE BRIEF. I HAVE ONE SCRIPTURE THAT I WANNA
READ IN THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS, BUT IT IS BRIEF. IT'S
PROVERBS 3:9, OUT OF THE EASY READING VERSION. IT SAYS, "HONOR
THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND THE FIRST PART OF YOUR HARVEST.
THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FULL OF GRAIN AND YOUR BARRELS WILL BE
OVERFLOWING WITH WINE." NEXT, I WANT TO READ IT OUT OF THE NLT,
AND THAT GOES LIKE THIS, "HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND
WITH THE BEST PART OF YOUR PRODUCE. THEN HE WILL FILL YOUR
BARNS WITH GRAIN AND YOUR VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH GOOD WINE."
AND FINALLY, I LIKE THIS IN THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, IT SAYS,
"HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR CAPITAL AND SUFFICIENCY FROM
RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCOME.
SO SHALL YOUR STORAGE PLACES BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOUR VATS
SHALL BE OVERFLOWING WITH NEW WINE." NOW, WHY DID I READ THAT
THREE TIMES? BECAUSE I LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE
AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN PULL OUT OF
THIS BRIEF SCRIPTURE, BUT WHAT I WANNA START WITH IS HONOR. AND
IT'S INTERESTING THAT IF WE HONOR THE LORD, IT SAYS IN ONE
VERSION, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE FIRST PART OF OUR
HARVEST, AND IN ANOTHER, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE BEST
PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE PRODUCE. AND FINALLY, WITH OUR
CAPITAL AND OUR SUFFICIENCY FROM RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE
FIRST FRUITS OF ALL OF OUR INCOME. WELL, THE KEY TO ME
HERE, I COULD GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT THE KEY TO ME
HERE IS THAT IT ALL BEGINS WITH HONOR. SO ALL OF THAT BLESSING,
ALL OF THAT OVERFLOW, ALL OF THAT ABUNDANCE FOLLOWS YOU
HONORING THE LORD. AND HONORING THE LORD HERE MEANS USING YOUR
WEALTH FOR RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES AS WE SAW, BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT GIVING YOUR HARVEST OR YOUR INCREASE FROM YOUR, OR
GIVING OUT OF YOUR INCREASE RATHER, IS A RECOGNITION I
THINK, OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IS
ALL FROM GOD. IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT REALLY IT'S
ALL HIS. AND PSALM 24:1 SAYS THIS, "THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S
AND EVERYTHING IN IT." AND JAMES 1:17 SAYS, "EVERY GOOD
GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE AND COMES DOWN FROM
THE FATHER OF LIGHTS WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW
OF TURNING." SO TWO POINTS, GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY,
AND FOREVER. HE'S UNCHANGING AND HE IS A GENEROUS GOD. AND SO IF
WE HONOR THAT CHARACTER, THAT IF WE HONOR THAT GENEROSITY, WE
EMULATE THAT, AND WE OBSERVE HIS COMMANDMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO
LIVE IN THE BLESSING, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE
PROSPERITY THAT'S DESCRIBED IN DEUTERONOMY 28:8. AND IT SAYS,
"THE LORD WILL COMMAND THE BLESSING ON YOU IN YOUR BARNS
AND IN ALL THAT YOU SET YOUR HAND TO DO, AND HE WILL BLESS
YOU IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU." AND
FOLKS, WE CAN SEE THE MANIFESTATION OF THIS RIGHT HERE
IN THIS CHURCH. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MODELS THERE IS. PASTOR
HANK, PASTOR BRENDA ARE GENEROUS PEOPLE, AMAZINGLY SO. LORD OF
HOSTS CHURCH IS A GENEROUS GIVER. WE ALWAYS REAP A HARVEST.
WE'RE CONTINUALLY INCREASING. WE RECEIVE THE COVENANT BLESSING
BECAUSE WE GIVE OF OUR INCREASE. AND THIS CHURCH IS GOOD GROUND
BECAUSE WE SOW INTO GOOD GROUND. AND WE'RE GENEROUS GIVERS
WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY NEEDS THAT WE ALL CAN AND PROBABLY SHOULD
HELP WITH. AND JUST AS A CURRENT EXAMPLE, I KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY
ALL BEEN FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC DESTRUCTION AND DEATH INVOLVED
WITH THE FLOODING IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS, KERR COUNTY
AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND WE'VE BEEN PRAYING HERE INDIVIDUALLY
AND CORPORATELY FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED. BUT
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS MINISTRY'S GOOD FRIEND, RICK
GREEN, WHO RUNS PATRIOT ACADEMY, SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF ALL
OF THAT. AND HE'S BEEN OUT DOING ALL THAT HE CAN, BEING THE HANDS
AND FEET OF JESUS TO HELP ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING.
NOW, LORD OF HOSTS, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS IN
GIVING INTO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND, WAS ABLE TO HELP IN A
SIGNIFICANT WAY. AND WE JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE
A BRIEF VIDEO FROM RICK, AND HE'LL TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT IT. SO IF WE CAN ROLL THAT VIDEO, PLEASE.
- HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, LORD OF HOSTS
CHURCH, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, PATRIOT ACADEMY, WE SIT RIGHT
HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HILL COUNTRY, THE FLOODING
AND THE DAMAGE WAS ALL AROUND OUR CAMPUS. THANKFULLY, GOD
PROTECTED OUR CAMPUS AND WE TOOK SOME WATER DAMAGE, BUT NOTHING
LIKE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS TOOK. I MEAN, WE'RE 10 MINUTES FROM THE
RIVER WHERE A LOT OF THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION HAPPENED, AND SO
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP SOME. WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE
ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP MORE BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT. YOU
KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS COMING ALONGSIDE US AT PATRIOT ACADEMY
WHEN WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND IN THIS REALLY DIFFICULT TIME, YOU
CAME ALONGSIDE US IN A BIG WAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRAYERS. AND THANK YOU FOR JUST CONTINUING TO STAND WITH US AT
PATRIOT ACADEMY AS WE STAND WITH YOU. WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO
COME ALONGSIDE YOU WHEN WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND
WE'RE REALLY BLESSED WHEN YOU COME ALONGSIDE US. SO GOD BLESS
Y'ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING US IN TEXAS AND
ESPECIALLY THOSE VICTIMS HERE IN THE HILL COUNTRY. WE'RE ABLE TO
SHOW THEM GOD'S LOVE AND RESTORATION BY LITERALLY
GOING AND BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF
CHRIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT.
- WELL, PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU, RICK, FOR EVERYTHING
THAT YOU DO THERE AT PATRIOT ACADEMY AND BEYOND, AND OF
COURSE FOR BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS AND GOING OUT AND
HELPING ALL THOSE FOLKS IN YOUR REGION. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE
SALUTE YOUR EFFORTS, SIR. WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH
YOU. GIVING INFORMATION, THEY CAN PUT UP ON THE SCREENS.
MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT ENVELOPES
IN THE TABERNACLE. THE USHERS CAN HELP YOU WITH THOSE. IF
THAT'S NOT YOUR PREFERENCE AND IT'S NOT MINE, YOU CAN TEXT TO
GIVE. THAT'S MY FAVORITE METHOD. YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP. YOU
CAN ALSO GO TO THE WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE. USE OUR,
SCAN THE QR CODE THERE AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
AND YOU CAN STILL ALSO SEND YOUR GIFTS BY MAIL. AND THE ADDRESS
IS THERE ON THE SCREEN. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY MAKE MENTION
HERE, THOUGH, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, PASTOR MATT WAS
TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT TO OTH AND ALL OF THAT. AND I JUST WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR YOU TO SOW
INTO THE CONFERENCE. AND IT'S GONE LIVE NOW ON THE DROP-DOWN
MENU ON THE GIVING PAGE, AND THAT IS OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25.
OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN REFERENCED
HERE RECENTLY, SO JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD
A SMALL DEFICIT AFTER THE CONFERENCE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE THAT AGAIN. WE WANT TO SOW BIG
INTO THAT. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET IS MET BEFORE WE
EVEN GO DOWN THERE, AND WE EVEN EXCEED IT THIS YEAR. AND NOW I
KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO PREVIOUS OTHS. YOU UNDERSTAND
COMPLETELY WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, WHAT A GREAT
CONFERENCE IT IS, HOW CRITICAL IT IS RIGHT NOW IN OUR NATION.
SO THERE MAY BE REASONS STILL THAT YOU CAN'T MAYBE JOIN US
THIS SEPTEMBER, WHATEVER THOSE REASONS MIGHT BE, BUT STILL
CONSIDER, IF YOU WOULD, SOWING A SEED INTO THE CONFERENCE TO
BLESS OTHERS, KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE THAT THERE IS THERE.
AND JUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER ANY OF YOU CAN DO WILL CERTAINLY BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE PASTORS, PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA,
TO PUT THIS BUDGET OVER FOR THIS CONFERENCE, AND WE'LL SAIL INTO
IT WITHOUT A CONCERN. SO WE THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO ASK
THAT WE GIVE GREAT HONOR TO GOD TODAY, THAT WE GIVE VERY
GENEROUSLY, THAT WE SOW BIG INTO THE GOOD GROUND THAT WE HAVE
HERE AT THIS CHURCH AND THAT WE'RE ALL A PART OF. YOU ONLINE
AS WELL. AND AS WE DO THAT, AS WE CONNECT OURSELVES TO THE
BLESSING THAT IS ON THIS HOUSE, WE CAN EXPECT AN ABUNDANT
HARVEST. YES, PASTOR DOUG'S REMINDING ME THAT THERE WILL BE
A SEPARATE OFFERING FOR OUR GUESTS AT THE END OF THE
SERVICE, AND HE'LL CONDUCT THAT. SO IF EVERYONE HERE AND ONLINE
IS READY, WE CAN HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES OR OUR DEVICES, AND
WE'LL PRAY OVER THOSE. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK
YOU FOR THE BLESSING. WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE POWER TO
GET WEALTH AND FOR TEACHING US TO PROFIT. WE KNOW THAT YOU TAKE
PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF YOUR SERVANTS, SO WE HONOR YOU
TODAY. WE GIVE YOU OUR FIRST AND WE GIVE YOU OUR BEST. WE GIVE
GENEROUSLY FROM THE PRODUCE OF WHAT WE'VE SET OUR HANDS TO DO
BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN GENEROUSLY TO US AND WE KNOW
THAT WE CAN'T OUT GIVE YOU, GOD. WE DECLARE AN ABUNDANT HARVEST
FROM THE PRECIOUS SEEDS THAT WE ARE SOWING HERE TODAY AND WE
THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS. AND ALL
WHO AGREED SAID AMEN. AND NOW LET'S WELCOME PASTOR MATT AS HE
COMES TO LEAD US IN THE DECLARATION.
- THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK, APPRECIATE THAT, AMEN, AMEN.
WELL, CHURCH, LET'S DECREE TOGETHER. AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU
DECREE THIS, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO RELATE THIS TO YOUR PERSONAL
LIFE AND THE BREAKTHROUGHS AND MANIFESTATIONS YOU'RE BELIEVING
FOR, AMEN? 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 GOD'S GONNA DO IT, AMEN? GOD IS GONNA
DO IT, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, AS YOU'RE BEING SEATED, TURN YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS HERE AS WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE FROM
MY PARENTS, PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN.
- GOOD MORNING, CHURCH FAMILY. HEY, WE'RE STILL ON VACATION.
PASTORS HANK AND BRENDA HERE, AND WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE HAVING
A GREAT TIME. SHE IS SPOILING ME, LIKE SHE
ALWAYS DOES, BUT WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
- WE'RE COOKING, WE'RE GOING ON PICNICS,
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF FUN THINGS.
- WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN THINGS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU
THIS, IF YOU ARE OUR GUEST TODAY, AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST
TIME, WELCOME TO GOD'S HOUSE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND WE CAN'T
WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. BUT I WANT YOU TO GET READY, BECAUSE
WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT, GREAT FRIENDS. WE HAVE GENE AND TERI
BAILEY THAT IS HERE, AND GENE IS GOING TO PREACH, LIKE HE DOES ON
FLASHPOINT WITH ME. HANK, YOU GOT 10 SECONDS. HE'S GONNA
PREACH A 10-SECOND MESSAGE. I CAN'T WAIT TO
HEAR WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY IN 10 SECONDS, BRENDA.
- I DON'T KNOW, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THIS IS AN ANOINTED MAN OF
GOD, AND HE HAS A WORD IN HIS MOUTH, AND HE IS GONNA BLESS
YOUR LIFE. ALONG WITH OUR SWEET TERI, WE LOVE YOU GUYS, BOTH
GENE AND TERI, BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. LET'S
MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM A GREAT WARM WELCOME AND WELCOME THEM TO
OMAHA, NEBRASKA. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY.
- AMEN, AMEN. HI, MOM AND DAD, WE LOVE YA. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON,
AMEN, AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU. BUT GUYS, I WANNA INTRODUCE
OUR GUEST HERE, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS. HOW MANY OF YOU
BELIEVE AMERICA SHALL BE SAVED? AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THIS MAN OF
GOD MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, TO MOM AND DAD. POWERFUL MAN OF GOD
WHO'S TAKING A STAND FOR THIS NATION THAT SAID, "I WANNA SEE
SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR MY COUNTRY." COME ON. IS IT
"SMOKE ON THE WATER"? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE PLAYING?
LET'S WELCOME PASTOR GENE TO "SMOKE ON THE WATER".
COME ON. COME ON, UNCLE PASTOR GENE, AMEN.
(MUSIC)
WHOO! COME ON. COME ON, GIVE HIM A HAND, WOULD YOU? ALL RIGHT,
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. DANNY, I NEED A
SOLO. COME ON. COME ON, LET IT RIP.
(MUSIC)
- I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! COME ON, GIVE IT UP!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
THAT'S AWESOME. AWESOME, I TOLD THEM LAST TIME,
IF THEY DIDN'T PLAY "SMOKE ON THE WATER," IT'S
NOT RIGHT. WOULD YOU WELCOME MY WIFE, TERI?
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- DANNY, I'M SO GLAD YOU DID THAT, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK
HIM TO DO IT IF HE WASN'T GONNA DO IT.
(LAUGHING)
- GO AHEAD, GET THAT MESSAGE YOU HAD PREPARED.
- HE TOLD ME, HE SAID IN THE SEAT, "OH, BY THE WAY, HERE,
YOU'RE GONNA GO UP THERE." I SAID, "OH, OKAY."
- AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE?
- WELL, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, A LOT OF TIMES...
- BE SEATED.
- MOST OF THE TIME, LET'S FACE IT, THE
DEVIL'S WORKING OVERTIME TO TAKE AWAY YOUR
FAITH AND YOUR BELIEF IN GOD, AND SOMETIMES, THAT'S
WHY WE DON'T SEE THOSE MIGHTY MIRACLES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
AND KELLIE COPELAND SAID AT A BREAKFAST WE WERE JUST AT, "THE
LAST 10 YEARS," I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN YOUR LIFE, BUT
IT'S LIKE THE DEVIL HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME BEATING US UP.
WHY WOULD THAT BE? MAYBE HE KNOWS HIS TIME'S SHORT, AND
MAYBE, MAYBE HE ATTACKS THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO FOR CHRIST, BECAUSE YOU'RE A THREAT IF YOU
COME TO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO SOMETIMES IN YOUR LIFE
TOO, YOU NEED TO REPENT SO YOU CAN BE RESTORED, BECAUSE GOD'S
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO HEAVEN, NOT KEEP THEM OUT. BUT
SOMETIMES YOU THINK, "YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR MY KIDS, YOU
KNOW, I'M SO EMBARRASSED." OKAY? "THEY DID THAT," OR MAYBE "I DID
SUCH A HORRIBLE THING. GOD COULD NEVER USE ME IF
PEOPLE JUST FOUND OUT WHAT I DID", OKAY? IF YOU
FOUND OUT WHAT SO AND SO DID IN YOUR FAMILY,
YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY? GOD USES US. AND WE
HAVE VERY, VERY IMPERFECT LIVES. AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH VERY MANY
STORMS AND BATTLES. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TOO. SO THE MESSAGE
THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER IS REPENT SO YOU CAN BE
RESTORED. AND NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER GIVE UP. ALSO, TWO, INSTEAD
OF THINKING AND MEDITATING ON WHAT THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME
COULD BE, SOMETIMES YOU NEED NOT JUST TO BE HERE IN CHURCH, BUT
HAVE A DAILY ENCOUNTER WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR EVERY DAY IN
YOUR BED. I MEAN, JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND START IMAGINING
THE MIRACLE THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING FOR. AND YOU KNOW
WHAT? YOU ARE AN AUTOPILOT. WITH THE LORD, WE CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH CHRIST. AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH HELL AND
THERE'S PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT HAVE FREE WILL THAT HAVE CAUSED
YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAINS, GOD CAN REMOVE THAT FROM YOU, HE
HAS BEEN THERE WITH YOU OR YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TODAY.
AND SO HE WANTS TO USE YOUR LIFE, DO NOT LET ANYTHING
OR ANYONE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE LORD AND BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE FOR
HIM RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE HE NEEDS US ALL.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- GIVE HER A HAND. THANK YOU, HONEY.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER TODAY,
BUT I HEARD THAT I HAVE TO LIKE, WHAT WAS IT, ONE
OR TWO O'CLOCK? JUST KIDDING. PEOPLE ARE GETTING UP TO LEAVE
ALREADY. YEAH, LIKE, "I'M OUT. PEACE. I'M OUT." LISTEN, YOU
KNOW, TODAY IS JULY 20TH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU
PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA. BUT I KNOW THE REAL REASON, AND IF YOU
WERE WATCHING MY SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU FOUND OUT WHY TODAY IS SO
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE TODAY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY. SO
PASTOR HANK, YOU NEED TO GET SOME ICE CREAM TODAY. GO GET
SOME ICE CREAM. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. YOU
PROBABLY ALREADY HAD ICE CREAM. SO WE CELEBRATE ICE CREAM DAY.
BUT LISTEN, I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY
WE DID "SMOKE ON THE WATER", STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT OPENING
THE HEAVENS. AND IT JUST KIND OF KEEPS GOING, YOU KNOW. SO I WANT
TO RECOMMEND, LIKE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS OPEN.
YOU OUGHT TO COME JUST FOR LORENZO SEWELL, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE LORENZO IS A GOOD FRIEND AND, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO DO MY,
HE WAS LATE ON A FLIGHT, WE WERE DOING FLASHPOINT COLORADO AND HE
WAS LATE, HIS FLIGHT GOT DELAYED, SO I TRIED TO DO MY
LORENZO IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW, "FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF
COLORADO." IT DIDN'T WORK, IT DIDN'T WORK, THEN HE CAME IN AND
HE DID IT, SO IT WAS GOOD. BUT HE'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MAN.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE, FLASHPOINT'S GOING TO BE THERE
ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 9/11, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY
FOR US TO CELEBRATE TERI'S BIRTHDAY, IS ON 9/11, SO WE'LL
BE CELEBRATING FLASHPOINT. PASTOR HANK WILL BE SPEAKING,
RICK GREEN, LANCE WALLNAU, AND OUR GOOD FRIEND PASTOR JOHN
AMANCHUKWU. YEAH, HE'S GONNA BE WITH US. SO YOU WANT TO, THAT'S
JUST A ONE NIGHT ONLY FLASHPOINT, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU GUYS COME, MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE
GET THINGS KICKED OFF AND THEY FIGURE IT CAN ONLY GO UP FROM
THERE. COME ON GUYS, IT'S YOU'RE AWAKE NOW, OKAY? YOU'RE AWAKE,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND. I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL
WELCOME TODAY. WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON ONE VOICE
TV, BUT A SPECIAL WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON THE
FLASHPOINT NETWORK. ALL OF US, WE'VE COMBINED THIS SUNDAY, SO
WE ARE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU, FLASHPOINT NETWORK,
FOR JOINING US. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FLASHPOINT
NETWORK, WE ANNOUNCED THAT JULY 3RD WHEN WE WERE IN LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY, ABOUT HOW WE COMBINED WITH INTEGRITY TELEVISION, AND
WE DO MORE TOGETHER. FLASHPOINT IS GOING TO EXPAND AND DO MORE.
ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A DAY IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. THERE'S
PROGRAMMING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE, AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE
WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, AND WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE
PURCHASED TO BE ABLE TO GO STREAM LIVE EVENTS LIKE THIS TO
OUR FORMAT. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS, AND THIS HAS BEEN MY HEART'S
THING WHEN FLASHPOINT HAS REALLY BEEN A PART OF THAT, IS THAT WE
IN THE CHURCH WORLD HAVE BEEN SO SEGREGATED, AND I DON'T MEAN
BLACK AND WHITE, I MEAN YOU GET THAT TOO I GUESS IN SOME
CHURCHES, BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE CAMPS THAT
WE GO INTO, YOU KNOW, THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CAMP, THE CHURCH
OF GOD CAMP, THE WORD OF FAITH CAMP, THE WHATEVER CAMP, THE
NON-DENOMINATIONAL CAMP, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE YOUR OWN
CAMP AND NOT BE NON-DENOMINATIONAL, BUT IT
HAPPENS. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT I JUST
THINK IS, I HAD NOT SEEN IT THIS WAY BEFORE, AND I WANNA READ IT,
IT'S IN JOHN CHAPTER 10. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THERE, YEAH,
JOHN 10:16. AND THIS IS IN THE AMPLIFIED, SO I'M JUST GONNA
READ IT REAL QUICK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN IF
YOU DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S JUST JESUS SAYING, LET ME BACK UP A
LITTLE BIT HERE. “EVEN AS,” 15, “EVEN AS MY FATHER KNOWS ME, AND
I KNOW THE FATHER, AND I LAY DOWN MY VERY OWN LIFE,
SACRIFICING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SHEEP, I HAVE OTHER SHEEP
BESIDES THESE THAT ARE NOT IN THIS FOLD. I MUST BRING THOSE
ALSO, AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO MY VOICE, AND PAY ATTENTION TO MY
CALL, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLOCK WITH ONE SHEPHERD.” THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHAT FLASHPOINT NETWORK IS
DOING, IS WE'RE BEING ABLE TO EXPAND AND BRING US ALL
TOGETHER. WE'VE CARRIED ALREADY SEVERAL CONFERENCES, SERVICES
LIVE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY IN OUR SOFT ROLLOUT. SO MAKE SURE
YOU SUBSCRIBE TO ONE VOICE TV AND THE FLASHPOINT NETWORK. YOU
CAN FIND US RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSITION TIME.
BUT ON ROKU IS, IT'S INTEGRITY TELEVISION. JUST SEARCH FOR THE
INTEGRITY TELEVISION APP. THAT WILL SOON BE CHANGING. THE
PROGRAMMING WILL BE CHANGING, BUT IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE. AND
YOU CAN BE A PART OF WHAT, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT
PROGRAMMING, SOME OLD MOVIES AND OLD STUFF THAT YOU COULD LET
YOUR GRANDMOTHER WATCH WITH YOU. AND YOU'D NOT BE EMBARRASSED,
YOU KNOW. SO IT'S GOOD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT. OKAY, SO TODAY I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND SO GOOD TO HAVE THE BAND HERE AND THE
SINGERS, BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE
JACOB ON THE BASS AND DEE ON THE KEYS, MAN, THAT JUST, WE GO BACK
A LONG WAY, SO WHEREVER YOU GUYS ARE, IF YOU'RE OUT, YOU KNOW,
HAVING COFFEE SOMEWHERE, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THEY
WENT FOR ICE CREAM, THAT'S WHERE THEY WENT. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.
I HEARD THAT, I HEARD THAT. I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, DEE. ALL
RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING, AND I SAW THIS LAST
NIGHT AS I WAS GETTING READY FOR THIS MORNING, KIND OF GOING OVER
SOME NOTES, AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT PASTOR
HANK ISN'T HERE SO I CAN JUST SAY WHAT I WANT, AND THEN HE HAS
TO FIX IT NEXT WEEK. YEAH, SO YOU KNOW, YEAH, OKAY, WHATEVER.
OKAY. I'M HERE TO, AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, I'M LOOKING FOR
SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS. IS THERE A SMALL GROUPS PASTOR? IS THERE
LIKE A PASTOR THAT DOES THAT? JUST THAT WE ALL DO IT. WE, YOU
DO IT. YEAH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT JESUS WAS THE WORST
SMALL GROUPS PASTOR. HE WAS THE ABSOLUTE WORST ONE. YOU GO,
"WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S SAYING THAT. HE'S SACRILEGIOUS.
HE'S HERESY ALREADY." WELL, LISTEN. THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS
SAID. JESUS NEVER GAVE US A LOT OF BACKGROUND. HE ACTUALLY
EXPECTED US TO THINK AND DIVE INTO IT. HE SAID, "WHAT IS THE
KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?" ONE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A
FIELD." SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, "WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?"
JESUS SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A SMALL CHILD." YOU CAN'T COME INTO THE
KINGDOM LIKE A SMALL CHILD. OKAY, SO IT'S A FIELD, IT'S A
SMALL CHILD. I MEAN, JESUS NEVER GAVE US THE WHOLE, WE WANT THE
WHOLE THING. THIS IS THE WAY I AM. I'M LIKE, GIVE ME YOUR
SERMON NOTES. I WILL SOMEWHAT FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOU. AND SO I
CAN KIND OF GET THE GET THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE
WANT IT REALLY NICE AND CONDENSED, BUT JESUS NEVER DOES
IT THAT WAY. AND IMAGINE IF THIS WAS THE SMALL GROUPS PASTOR, AND
THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON TELEVISION, THE INTERNET,
EVERYWHERE, IMAGINE IF JESUS WAS YOUR SMALL GROUPS PASTOR AND IT
WAS HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE TOGETHER. I MEAN, JESUS HAD A
SMALL GROUP OF 12, AND THEY DIDN'T STAY TOGETHER. MAYBE THEY
ASKED HIM, "JESUS, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS?" AND HE SAYS,
"DEATH." I'M THINKING, I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SMALL GROUP
AT THIS POINT. OF COURSE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE
RESURRECTION, AND WE THANK GOD FOR ALL OF THAT. WHAT HAPPENED
IS ALL THE DISCIPLES CAME BACK IN, THE SMALL GROUP CAME BACK
TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE HE'S GONE TO HEAVEN, HE'S GONE UP TO
PREPARE A PLACE FOR US, I HAVE TO LEAVE, AND THEN YOU'RE
LIKE GOING, OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. STILL
CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT FIELD THING, BUT OKAY.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BECOME SO LOCKED INTO, AND I TALK ABOUT
WE, I'M REFERRING TO US AS THE CHURCH, THOSE OF US IN CHURCH,
THOSE OF US THAT PROCLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN, THAT WE HAVE COME
TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THIS TENDENCY, AND THIS USED TO BE,
USED TO SEE THIS IN THE 70S AND 80S, MORE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION,
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SLYER NOW ABOUT DOING THIS, BUT WE WANT A
FORMULA. GIVE ME THE SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESS, GIVE ME THE EIGHT
WAYS, GIVE ME THE TEN THINGS, GIVE ME THE THREE POINTS, AND,
OH, I'M PREACHING GOOD. Y'ALL GOT REAL QUIET NOW.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
BUT WE WANT THAT TYPE OF ANSWER BECAUSE WE LIVE SUCH FAST LIVES.
AND I REMEMBER MY PARENTS, MY DAD, GOD BLESS HIM, HE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING TO ME NOW EITHER. WHEN THE MICROWAVES CAME OUT, I DON'T
NEED A MICROWAVE, DON'T NEED ANYTHING THAT FAST. SO DID THE
GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT THE TRAIN THAT GOES A NEEDLESS
SPEED OF 17 AND A HALF MILES AN HOUR IS WAY TOO FAST. WE HAVE A
TENDENCY TO THINK OF THINGS IN QUICKER WAYS AND WE DON'T
EMBRACE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE
A LOT OF GROUND TO OVERCOME. BUT HERE'S THE POINT THAT I WANT TO
MAKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT WHILE JESUS SPOKE IN PARABLES AND
STORIES, HE EXPECTS US TO WORK OUT OUR OWN SALVATION. SO I KNOW
TODAY'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT LET ME
TELL YOU, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M DEALING WITH, SO
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
IT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT GOES. THE USHERS LOCKED THE DOORS, YOU
CAN'T GET OUT. NO, I'M KIDDING. THEY DID NOT LOCK THE DOORS IN
CASE THEIR RIGHT WING WATCH IS WATCHING, THEY DIDN'T LOCK THE
DOORS. THE TRUTH IS WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOOK FOR, LIKE I
SAID, THE THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE
WE LIKE TO STRIVE FOR SOMETHING. WE LIKE TO PUSH MANY OF US, HOW
MANY OF YOU ARE TYPE A? AND HUSBANDS DON'T ELBOW YOUR WIFE.
BUT IF YOU'RE TYPE A AND YOU LIKE TO TAKE A GOAL, TAKE THE
MOUNTAIN, IT'S OKAY, IT'S NOT LIKE A SIN OR ANYTHING. YOU'RE
TYPE A, YOU WANT TO GO, YOU'RE LIKE LET'S DO IT, LET'S GET IT
DONE, LET'S GET OVER, THAT'S GREAT. Y'ALL ARE LIKE SCARED.
AND WHAT'S FUNNY IS I SEE SOME GUYS, I'M NOT GONNA LOOK AT ANY
OF THEM, THEY'RE GOING... "ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND?" WE WANT
TO STRIVE BECAUSE WE WANT, WE HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND THE GRACE
OF GOD, THE MERCY OF GOD. AND WE WANT TO, AND I SEE THIS BECAUSE
I SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE FAITH CAMP, AND WORD OF FAITH CAMP,
AND THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HURDLE, I THINK, WITH
THAT PARTICULAR VEIN, AND I'M NOT AGAINST ANYBODY, OKAY, SO
DON'T TAKE THAT WRONG. FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS
ABOUT SURRENDER. SO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. IF FAITH IS
REALLY ABOUT SURRENDER, THAT MEANS I CAN'T DO IT. YOU KNOW, I
DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO MAKE IT, ALL I AM DOING. AND THE
MORE YOU READ SCRIPTURE, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT
GOD IS ASKING FOR US TO DO, IS TO SURRENDER, RIGHT? THE MORE WE
SURRENDER, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO SEE GOD MOVE. SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT MINISTRY. WHEN YOU GO INTO MINISTRY, IT'S VERY EASY TO GET
INTO THIS VEIN OF HEALING MINISTRY. I'VE GOT TO DO THINGS
A CERTAIN WAY. I'VE GOT TO BE A CERTAIN THING. I GOT TO DO THIS,
THIS SONG'S GOT TO PLAY, THAT THING'S GOT TO HAPPEN, AND IF I
DON'T GET A TINGLE IN MY HAND, IT'S NOT WORKING. AND THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THAT. WHAT'S WRONG IS IF WE DON'T
PRAY, WE DON'T LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS. SO WHAT WE MUST
UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE SURRENDER, OUR SURRENDER OPENS THE
DOOR FOR GOD TO MOVE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE
DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT, LIKE AMERICA. LIKE AMERICA.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
THANK YOU. JACK, IS THIS ON? ONE, TWO, THREE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
WE DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT THAT, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO LET GOD USE YOU.
WE MUST EMBRACE THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
AND I KNOW, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S EASY TO SAY "YES, AMEN." IT'S
VERY HARD TO WORK TO WALK THAT OUT. IT'S VERY HARD TO
REALIZE, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS HOW BAD YOU
ARE OR WHAT A LOSER, I'M SORRY, MAYBE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
NO ONE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS LIKE YOU DO, RIGHT? I DIDN'T MEAN THE
LOSER COMMENT, I'M SORRY. BUT NOBODY KNOWS THAT. SO IF
WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER TO GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM WANT
TO BE USED BY GOD IN SOME WAY? OKAY, GREAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY
THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND ARE HERE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS ABOUT SURRENDER. THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SOMETHING WE STRUGGLE TO OBTAIN, IT'S SOMEONE
WE SURRENDER TO. SO WHEN WE SURRENDER THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT
WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THAT SIDE OF OUR BRAIN THAT SAYS
I NEED TO DO THIS AND WE'RE RELEASING THAT AND SAYING I
DON'T HAVE ANY POWER TO HEAL ANYONE. I DON'T HAVE THE
WHEREWITHAL TO UNDERSTAND THIS ENTIRE BOOK OF THE BIBLE, THIS
ENTIRE SCRIPTURE. WHAT I DO HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO SURRENDER. SO
WHEN WE SURRENDER, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, GOD, I UNDERSTAND MY
PLACE IN THIS AND MY ROLE IN THIS IS TO SURRENDER. NOW, IF
YOU NOTICE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
WHAT I'VE SAID IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU
CAN BREATHE. LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
I'M NOT THAT HOLY. I CAN'T GET TO BE THAT HOLY. I CANNOT ATTAIN
THAT LEVEL OF HOLINESS. NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY
THIS SO OURSELVES APPROVED, YOU KNOW, A WORKMAN AT NEED IS NOT.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT SAYING YOU'VE GOT A FREE
PASS. BUT WHEN, WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT IN THE CHURCH AND IN
CHRISTIANITY TODAY, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT
IS REFORMATION. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS TO GET REFORMATION
REVIVAL IS THAT YOU SKIP THE SUFFERING. OF COURSE, NONE OF US
WANT TO SUFFER TO GET TO THE PLACE OF REFORMATION. SO, WHAT I
MEAN BY THAT, THAT'S A NICE FANCY WORD FOR THINGS REALLY
CHANGING IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY. BUT THERE HAS TO BE A
DEATH ON THE CROSS. THERE HAS TO BE A RESURRECTION FOR THERE TO
BE A REFORMATION. SO REVIVAL IS MESSY. REVIVAL IS NEVER
SOMETHING THAT WORKS OUT THE WAY YOU THINK IT WILL. YOU KNOW, I
WAS GOING BACK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LOOKING AT OLD
VIDEOS AGAIN BECAUSE I ENJOY WATCHING THE OLD GUYS DO IT. I
REMEMBER, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING, I WAS SITTING
THERE, OR I WAS STANDING THERE DURING THE MUSIC THINKING ABOUT,
"OH, ROBERT, HE SAID, A MIRACLE IS EITHER MOVING TOWARDS YOU OR
IT'S MOVING PAST YOU." AND I THOUGHT, "WOW, THAT'S TRUE."
IT'S NOT GOD'S PROBLEM IF THERE'S NOT A MIRACLE. MATTHEW
19:26. MATTHEW 19:26. LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT, IF YOU
CAN GRASP THIS, IT WAS WORTH THE PRICE HE PAID TO GET IN TODAY.
MATTHEW 19:26, AND THE KING JAMES SAYS, "BUT JESUS BEHELD
THEM AND SAID UNTO THEM, ‘WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH
GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.’" SO IMAGINE UP HERE, THIS IS
A RIVER RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT GOING OVER THERE
BECAUSE I'VE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES OVER THERE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
THIS IS A RIVER RIGHT HERE. NOW, THE FLOODS IN TEXAS THAT WE
RECENTLY WENT THROUGH, THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE LAND
IS, AND THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE BASEMENTS A LOT IN HOMES THERE
IN TEXAS IS BECAUSE OF THE BEDROCK. IT'S ROCK, IT'S HARD TO
GET, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET A BASEMENT IN
THERE SO PEOPLE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THEM AS MUCH AS THEY DO
HERE. SO WHEN THERE'S A BIG RAINSTORM, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT
THIS MUCH, IN A LOT OF PLACES, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT THAT MUCH
SOIL. SO IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE SOIL TO GET SATURATED.
AND SO AGAIN, WHERE IS THE WATER GONNA GO? SO IT JUST STARTS
BECOMING A WASHBOARD AND IT JUST FLIES, CREATES FLOODS. IF YOU
SAW SOME OF THE VIDEOS OF THE FLOODS, THE PERSON HOLDING THE
CAMERA WOULD ALWAYS GET AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD TO THE FLOOD AND
THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND GOING, "BACK UP, BACK
UP." AND YOU'D SEE THIS TORRENTIAL, YOU KNOW, WATER
MOVING HOUSES AND CARS AND TREES AND BUILDINGS AND TRASH AND
LIMBS AND ALL THAT. BUT THEY WERE NOT IN THAT FLOOD, THEY
WERE SHOWING YOU THE FLOOD. SO BACK TO MY DESCRIPTION OF A
RIVER RIGHT HERE. WE KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVES. WE KNOW THAT
WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT OTHER THAN PROVIDING AN
ATMOSPHERE FOR HIM TO MOVE IN. BUT I CAN STAND RIGHT, IF THE
RIVER'S RIGHT HERE, I CAN STAND RIGHT HERE ALL DAY LONG. I CAN
EVEN PULL OUT MY CAMERA AND SHOW WHAT GOD'S DOING AT THE ALTAR.
LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT PERSON GET HEALED. WHOO, WHOOP,
SHE WENT DOWN. IT'S EASY TO STAY IN CHURCH.
IT'S EASY TO BE IN CHURCH WITH YOUR CELL PHONE AND
BE ABLE TO TAKE VIDEOS OF STUFF. MAYBE YOU'RE AT A CONFERENCE,
MAYBE YOU'RE AT OPENING THE HEAVENS AND THEY'RE PLAYING
"SMOKE ON THE WATER" AND YOU'RE... IT'S EASY TO
GET WRAPPED UP IN WATCHING. I'M COMING BACK TO THE
RIVER. I USED TO LIVE IN FLORIDA, AND IN FLORIDA WHERE I
LIVED, EVERY DAY ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK IT WOULD RAIN. ONE OF MY
FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, OTHER THAN STAYING AWAY FROM
ALLIGATORS, WAS TO WATCH IT RAIN. BECAUSE FLORIDA
HAS THESE TORRENTIAL RAINSTORMS. I MEAN IT JUST LIKE... BLAH.
THEN IT WOULD BE DONE, THE SUN WOULD COME OUT. AND YOU'D HAVE
HUMIDITY OF LIKE A THOUSAND PERCENT. BUT THE, UM... UM...
BUT I WOULD PUT THE GARAGE DOOR UP AND I WOULD GET RIGHT TO THE
EDGE OF THAT GARAGE DOOR AND WATCH IT RAIN. IT WAS JUST SO
COOL. I'M DRY AND I'M WATCHING IT RAIN. AND
YOU'D WATCH THE PALM TREES BEND AND, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING AND THE WIND BLOW AND YOU'D FEEL, EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE YOU'D FEEL A BREEZE. BUT I WASN'T WET. SO
THIS RIVER, THIS RIVER, HOLY SPIRIT RIVER, THE ONLY WAY TO
GET WET IS TO GET IN THE WATER. NOW, JUST LIKE I COULD STEP OUT
OF MY GARAGE INTO THE RAIN AND FEEL THE RAIN, IN THE RIVER YOU
HAVE A CHOICE. I CAN STAND HERE IF IT'S MOVING, IF IT'S NOT
MOVING TOO FAST, IF IT'S ANKLE DEEP I CAN STAND HERE AND WATCH
THE WATER GO BY AND THINGS CAN HAPPEN. MAN, THIS IS GREAT. LOOK
AT THIS. I CAN WALK DOWN HERE. BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. I
CAN EVEN GET ON MY KNEES AND TALK ABOUT THE WATER, TALK ABOUT
HOW THE FLOW IS HAPPENING, BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. TOTAL
SURRENDER MEANS I'VE GOT TO LAY DOWN AND SURRENDER ALL MY
FACULTIES TO WHAT? OR LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. I HAVE TO LOSE
CONTROL. SO OFTEN WE FEEL POWERLESS. WE FEEL POWERLESS. 2
CORINTHIANS 12:9 SAYS THIS, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE.
MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. THEREFORE I WILL BOAST
THE MORE GLADLY OF MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST'S
POWER MAY REST ON ME." SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO GET. THIS IS
THE WHOLE, THIS IS THE EXEGESIS, THE HERMENEUTICAL PROCESS OF
TODAY, IS TO STOP STRIVING. MANY OF US, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN, I
HAVE TO ALWAYS CLARIFY THIS, IT DOES NOT MEAN I STOP PRAYING, I
GOT LOVED ONES THAT NEED HEALED, I DON'T, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SURRENDERING. IT'S IN THE
SURRENDER THAT THE STRIVE LEAVES. IF I'M TO LAY DOWN IN
THIS RIVER THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, NOT ONLY AM I WET, I'M
SATURATED. I GOT NO CONTROL. AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS I GO WHERE
THE RIVER GOES. I'M NOT FIGHTING THE RIVER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT
MY CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF MY CHURCH DENOMINATION. I'M GOING
WHERE THE HOLY GHOST GOES. SO WE LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE GET HEALED
AND THE PEOPLE GET HEALED. SO WHY DO PEOPLE NOT, WHY DOES NOT
EVERYBODY GET HEALED? WHY IS THIS NOT ALWAYS WORKING? AND
THERE'S A WHOLE, WE COULD PREACH ON THAT FOR HOURS. BUT HERE'S,
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE ASPECT OF IT. OKAY, THIS IS, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW THIS. WHEN
I'M IN THAT WATER, AND I'M IN THE, I'M GOING WHERE THE HOLY
GHOST IS GOING, AND I HAVE NO CONTROL, IT'S WHEN I FEEL THE
BEST. IT'S WHEN I KNOW THAT MY LIFE OR MY WHATEVER IS, WHATEVER
I'M DEALING WITH, WHETHER IT'S SICKNESS OR SOMETHING AT HOME,
THAT'S WHERE I FEEL THE BEST. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT
ANYMORE. WHY? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOT IT.
HE'S GOT IT. ALL I GOT TO DO IS SURRENDER
IT. AND I'VE HEARD THESE TYPE OF MESSAGES BEFORE
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THAT ONE YOU GO, "I DON'T
KNOW, HE JUST SAID SURRENDER A LOT." BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THINGS CHANGE, THE GRASPING THE ACT OF SURRENDER IN THE CHURCH
HAS BEEN LOST, I BELIEVE. THE LEVEL OF WHAT WE NEED, WE TRY TO
MAKE IT VERY, SOME PEOPLE IN MINISTRIES HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT
VERY HARD FOR YOU, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO ATTAIN A LEVEL OF FAITH,
YOU MUST ATTAIN A LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY, I MUST DO THESE
THINGS RIGHT IN ORDER TO BE GOOD ENOUGH. NOW THEY WILL NEVER SAY
THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT'S WRONG, BUT THAT'S HUMAN NATURE,
HUMAN NATURE WANTS TO WORK TO BE GOOD. REMEMBER THE MOM THAT
SAID, "HEY, SO WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN, CAN MY SON SIT ON YOUR
RIGHT AND YOUR LEFT?" WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? AND JESUS SAYS,
"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING." WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND,
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW POWERFUL LETTING GO CAN BE. LET
ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, A VERY REAL FINANCIAL EXAMPLE. THE LAST
TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, FLASHPOINT WAS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE
WERE WORKING WITH OTHERS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND STANDING UP
FOR WHAT'S BIBLICAL VALUES AND WHAT'S RIGHT, AND WE'RE STILL
DOING THAT. BUT I WAS UNDER DIRECTION THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERY
EVENT HAD TO PAY FOR ITSELF, BECAUSE I WAS WORKING FOR A
MINISTRY AND I HAD A BOSS AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO
PAY FOR ITSELF OR YOU'RE GOING TO STOP DOING THEM. NOTHING
WRONG WITH THAT. I UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND THEY USUALLY COST
ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM $250,000 TO $400,000 TO PUT ON. JUST CRAZY.
A CRAZY AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO I WOULD START STRESSING ABOUT IT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT? YOU
KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE. MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD GET THIS DONE. AND PRETTY SOON I'M SPENDING
MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT'S FINANCES THAN I AM
THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT. RIGHT. THIS IS REAL. THIS IS GROUND
ZERO MINISTRY RIGHT HERE. SO I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT THE EVENT,
I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET, WHAT
HAVE, IS THIS WHAT I SAID? WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET THE
FINANCES IN? AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM THAT'S AROUND ME, CURT
WORKS WITH ME AND DALE AND REID AND TERI, EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW,
BEING KIND TO ME, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT'S CARRYING THE LOAD OF
THIS. AGAIN, DID YOU HEAR HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAID I? I'M
CARRYING THE LOAD OF THIS, YOU PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M
DOING. SACRIFICING FOR JESUS. AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT EVENT
IT WAS, BUT IT WAS ONE THAT WE WERE, OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS
WERE SO LOW, OH I KNOW WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN
TEXAS. WAS IT LUBBOCK WE WENT TO? LUBBOCK. AND WE DID NOT
REALIZE WHEN WE BOOKED THE VENUE FOR THAT FLASHPOINT LIVE, IT
HAPPENED TO BE GRADUATION WEEKEND FOR TEXAS TECH. NOW I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO LUBBOCK. THERE'S TEXAS TECH,
A FEW HOTELS, A FEW CHURCHES, AND A GAS STATION OR TWO, AND
THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO WE HAD A MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL, MUCH
LOWER THAN NORMAL ATTENDANCE. AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, I'M IN
BACKSTAGE, I'M LOOKING OUT, LOOKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW,
WATCHING A PERSON WALK IN. HEY, HELLO. AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND I FELT I HEARD GOD SAY, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS
OR AM I GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS? DO YOU WANT TO DO IT?
BASICALLY, MAYBE THAT WAS IT. DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS OR DO YOU
WANT ME TO DO IT? AND INSTANTLY I'M LIKE,
"OH, UM, YOU." AND I LOOKED AT THE FINANCES
THAT CAME IN FROM THAT, TO MAKE THE LONG STORY
SHORT. WE BLEW WAY PAST THE BUDGET NUMBERS. AND I LEARNED MY
LESSON. THAT TO LAY THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MONEY CAME
IN, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. I DO MY PART, PLAN THE
EVENT, DO MY PART, LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND
WHERE WE GO AND WHAT WE DO, AND THEN I TAKE MY HANDS OFF. IN
OTHER WORDS, SURRENDER. AND THE MORE, THE MORE, YEAH, I MEAN,
THE MORE I HAVE LEARNED TO SURRENDER, THE MORE LIFE HAS
GOTTEN EASIER. NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE CHALLENGES,
OF COURSE WE DO, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE FINANCIAL THING THAT HAS
HAPPENED. IT HELPED ME BACK WHEN WE DID LUBBOCK BECAUSE AT THE
END OF APRIL, MY LAST DAY WORKING FOR KCM WITH KENNETH
COPELAND WAS THE 29TH AND ON THE 30TH WE WERE ON OUR OWN. AND
WHEN I MEAN ON OUR OWN, I MEAN NO INSURANCE, NO NOTHING, AND
I'M LOOKING AT A BILL OF $130,000 FOR THE EVENT THAT WE
WALKED INTO, BECAUSE IT WAS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING AND THANK GOD FOR MY
WIFE, TERI, BECAUSE SHE COULD HAVE MADE LIFE A LOT HARDER. SHE
WAS LIKE, "OKAY." ARE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE
ANY MONEY, RIGHT? "YEAH." SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT
GONNA BE A CHECK. THAT AUTO DEPOSIT THING EVERY TWO WEEKS.
"YEAH, NO, I'M GOOD." GREAT. IT'S ALL ON ME NOW. AH, WAIT A
MINUTE. NO, NO, IT'S NOT ON ME. BUT IT HELPED ME PREPARE FOR
WHEN WE STEPPED OFF. AND LISTEN, WE STEPPED, IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T,
THERE CAME A POINT WHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN LOOK AT THE
BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT MINE. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE
FRUGAL WHERE WE NEED TO BE FRUGAL, BUT IT'S NOT MINE TO
TAKE CARE OF. NOW, AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT
ME AND MY FINANCES AT HOME?" YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
DO. MAKE SURE YOU'RE TITHING. MAKE SURE YOU'RE INVESTING IN
GOD'S KINGDOM FIRST. AND THAT'S NOT TO GET... PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A
MISTAKE ABOUT THIS TITHING THING. THEY GET SO WOUND UP, AND
THIS THING COMES THROUGH EVERY FEW YEARS ABOUT, "IS TITHING
BIBLICAL?" AND YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON ASKED ME THIS SEVERAL
YEARS BACK, AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T
REALLY CARE BECAUSE IT'S WORKING FOR ME."
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
BUT OF COURSE IT'S BIBLICAL. IT'S BIBLICAL. BUT YOU SEE THERE
AGAIN, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR OWN FINANCES AND MAKE IT
WORK FOR YOU. ANOTHER PLACE OF SURRENDER. NOW, GETTING
IN THAT RIVER AND RELAXING, THERE IS ACTUALLY A
WAY TO RELAX IN THE ANOINTING. DO YOU KNOW THAT?
WHEN YOU'RE NOT STRIVING, YOU'VE SURRENDERED, YOU CAN LET
THE HOLY SPIRIT GO. NOW THIS, AND I'M NOT, LET ME CLARIFY
THIS. I'M NOT JUST REFERRING ABOUT YOU HAVING A HEALING
MEETING SOMEWHERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR
JOB AND THERE'S PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE A CHALLENGE. YOU CAN
EITHER PICK UP THE CARE OF THAT OR YOU CAN GIVE IT TO GOD AND
LET HIM WORK IT OUT. IT'S EASY TO SAY BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU
DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON'S GOING
TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO
COME BACK WITH. YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO RESPOND, BUT YET YOU'VE
MADE THIS COMMITMENT. I'M TELLING YOU, THE SURRENDERED
LIFE IS THE LIFE, THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE. AND I SAY THIS FROM A
DEEP PLACE OF IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE FOR ME TO SURRENDER. YOU
KNOW, GOD HAS BLESSED TERI AND I IN THE MINISTRY AND WE'RE DOING
GREAT. FLASHPOINT'S DOING GREAT. EVERYTHING'S, EVERYTHING'S
CLICKING ALONG. BUT IF I START TO THINK ABOUT IT, I START
PICKING UP THE PIECES OF IT AND WE DO THIS AND DO THAT, I WILL
MISS WHAT GOD HAS. IN FACT, TERI HAD A WORD, GOD SAID, AND MAKE
SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, YOU CAN GO RIDICULOUSLY FAST IF YOU
DON'T PANIC. BECAUSE WHAT IS PANIC? PANIC IS YET ANOTHER
DOORWAY FOR CONTROL. SURRENDER, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A
DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT SURRENDER IS REALLY, WHEN I SAY SURRENDER,
I'M ACTUALLY SAYING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS INTIMACY WITH
GOD. AND AN INTIMACY WITH GOD DOESN'T COME FROM, A LOT OF
MINISTERS MAKE THIS MISTAKE. THEY SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR A
SERMON. NOT A BAD PLACE TO LOOK. BUT IF THAT'S YOUR ONLY REASON
FOR READING, YOU'RE MISSING IT. TERI, I, SHE'S DOWN THERE. SHE
MAKES ME TALK. I DON'T WANT TO TALK. A LOT OF TIMES I JUST
DON'T WANT TO TALK. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT
ARE YOU DOING? AND YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS OFTEN, TERI
WAKES UP TALKING, I WAKE UP LOOKING FOR THE COFFEE. TERI'S
ALREADY BEEN UP. SHE GETS UP EARLIER THAN ME. SHE'S HAD A FEW
HOURS WITH THE LORD. SHE'S HAD COFFEE, DONE THREE THINGS,
WALKED THE DOGS, FED THE DUCKS AT THE PARK. SHE'S READY,
BALANCED THE CHECKBOOK, AND NOW THEN I'M AWAKE. AND YOU KNOW THE
THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND? I'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING THIS
DIRECTION. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, NO MATTER HOW MANY
TIMES I SAY, EVERY MORNING I'M JUST WAKING UP, I HAVE TO SAY IT
AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. BUT I THANK GOD FOR MY WIFE, SEE
THERE, WHOO-HOO, GOT SOME ALTITUDE RIGHT THERE. I GOT SOME
ALTITUDE. SO UNDERSTANDING WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT. THAT GOES
BACK TO THAT SCRIPTURE, JOHN 10:16. I HAVE SHEEP THAT ARE NOT
IN THIS FOLD, THEY'RE IN THIS FOLD OVER HERE. IF
EVERYBODY WAS LIKE ME, IT WOULD JUST BE A
WHOLE LOT OF GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
SOMETHING ABOUT...
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
IT'S THE PASTOR HANK THING IS UP HERE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
SOUND LIKE THAT WAS A HANK COMMENT RIGHT THERE. IT'S IN OUR
DIFFERENCES THAT WHAT WE DO BECOME STRONG. SO WHAT IS THE
WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF? AND HERE'S WHY, AND I THINK I
HEARD, I THINK IT WAS BILL JOHNSON THAT SAID, "YOU WILL
ALWAYS REFLECT THE WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF." IF YOU'RE
AWARE OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT THAT. IF
YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT
THAT. IF YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO
REFLECT THAT. SO UNDERSTANDING AND LIVING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE
MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT A GRACIOUS LIFESTYLE. NOW THIS IS,
I KNOW THIS IS JUST LIKE REAL PRACTICAL. IS THIS OKAY THAT WE
TALK LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WE'VE GOT TO
LEARN TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. AND UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE, IF
WE DON'T GET THIS RIGHT, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HANDLE A WILD
REVIVAL THAT HAPPENS. BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME IN HERE THAT
ARE GOING TO BE DRAG QUEENS AND TRANSVESTITES AND ALL THE
HOOCHIE MAMAS AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OH, STOP
IT. AND I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO. YOU'RE GOING TO GO,
"I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM." SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE GOT TO DO THIS. WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THIS
IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. AND
IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, IF WE DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT, I DON'T LIKE, AS A KID, I DIDN'T LIKE THE
CHURCH WE WENT TO. IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE EVENTUALLY GOT KICKED
OUT. I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. SIDEBAR, THEY SAID, "BAPTISM IN
THE HOLY SPIRIT WASN'T FOR TODAY." MY MOM SAID NO AND
PROCEEDED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES AND WE WERE GONE. BUT I JUST
FELT LIKE IT WAS A SOCIAL CLUB. AND AS A KID, I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT I'M LIKE, THIS IS BORING. I
WOULD LAY BACK IN THE PEW AND COUNT THE BOARDS IN THE CEILING.
AND BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD BE FIDGETY AND I'D GET... MY DAD
HAD REALLY STRONG KNUCKLES. AND ONE QUICK POP, YOU KNOW, AND YOU
HAVE A WHELP FOR... HE DIDN'T BEAT ME. DAD WAS A GOOD DAD. I
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY. WE HAVE TO HEAR HIM. SO THE
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER IS WHERE, HAVE YOU
NOTICED IN YOUR SPIRITUAL WALK, AS A CHRISTIAN, THE CLOSER YOU
FEEL TO GOD, THE MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE. THE
MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE, THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY
SPIRIT. THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE YOU ARE
ABLE TO HELP OTHERS AND EVEN MINISTER OUT. SO YOU'RE SITTING
IN YOUR SEAT OR YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME AND YOU'RE GOING, "WELL,
I HAVEN'T FELT THAT IN A LONG TIME." THAT'S OKAY. IT'S TIME
YOU CAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT, YOU CAN JUST GO BACK TO THAT
PLACE. YES, READ YOUR BIBLE. YES, PUT ON SOME GREAT WORSHIP
MUSIC. WHATEVER SPEAKS TO YOU IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE, IS WHERE
YOU NEED TO BE. SMOKE ON THE WATER MAY NOT MINISTER TO YOU.
IT DOES TO ME. I WANT TO SEE THE CHURCH TO BE SO, THERE ARE
PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN
MY LIFE NOW, BUT THAT WERE SO CLOSE TO GOD. HAVE YOU EVER
KNOWN SOMEBODY JUST SO CLOSE TO GOD, YOU JUST KIND OF, JUST KIND
OF WANTED TO BE THERE, WANTED TO BE NEXT TO THEM? NOT BECAUSE
THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING, YOU JUST KIND
OF, THEY WERE, THERE WAS THIS MAGNETISM THAT WOULD PULL YOU
IN, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED, THAT'S WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE.
WHEN YOU WERE THAT, WHEN YOU WERE THAT, AT THAT PLACE OF A
LEVEL OF INTIMACY WHERE YOU'RE LISTENING TO HOLY SPIRIT TELL
YOU THE NEXT WORD TO SPEAK, NOW YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE OF A
CHRISTIAN. AND I KNOW WE ALL FAIL AT THIS AREA, OR MAYBE IT'S
JUST ME. BUT WE HAVE A STRONG... THIS IS WHERE YOU GO. MAYBE WE
ALL FAIL IN THIS AREA OR MAYBE IT'S JUST ME. OKAY, THANK YOU.
WHAT'D SHE SAY? JUST ME, THANK YOU. SOME OF OUR STAFF HERE. MY
GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HEALING LINES.
THERE'S, SEGUE. THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS IN HEALING SERVICES
WHERE THERE WERE GREAT THINGS HAPPENED. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT
ONES THAT I WAS IN. AND SO YOU'RE PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AND
MAN, THEY'RE JUST LIKE PEOPLE GETTING UP AND DOING STUFF AND
GOING, MAN, THIS IS GREAT. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT'S HEAVY. AND
THEN THERE'S TIMES WHERE YOU GO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE SOMETIMES
THIS MORNING. HELLO, IS ANYBODY THERE? YOU KNOW? HELLO? HELLO.
I'M KIDDING. BUT, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU
DON'T, YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL THE ANOINTING. YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE SPIRITUAL ENOUGH. SOME OF US DON'T EVER FEEL THAT
WAY. BUT WHAT'S COOL ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS IS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.
WAS IT MARK 16:18 TELLS US TO LAY, "YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON THE
SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER." IT DOESN'T SAY YOU WILL STRIVE TO
BE SUCH A GREAT BELIEVER AND IF YOU'RE HEALTHY ENOUGH AND HOLY
ENOUGH AND YOU GO TO THE RIGHT CHURCH, YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON
THE SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER. IT NEVER SAYS ANY OF THAT. IT JUST
SAYS "YOU WILL." IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT IN EVERY
WAY. YOU SEE, WHEN WE AS A CHURCH UNDERSTAND THE WAY TO
CHANGE OUR NATION IS NOT JUST TO VOTE THE RIGHT WAY. THE WAY TO
CHANGE OUR NATION IS AT EVERY OFFICE, EVERY WORKPLACE, EVERY
CONSTRUCTION SITE. WHEN YOU PULL IN PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHO
JESUS REALLY IS AND THAT HE LOVES YOU JUST WHERE YOU ARE
RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF YOUR SCARS, WITH EVERYTHING BAD
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED, HE STILL LOVES YOU AND HE'S THERE. AND
HE'S SAYING, "COME ON. COME TO ME. COME TO ME." IF WE CAN EVER
REALLY GRASP THAT, I THINK, I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE. I
DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT I HAVE BEEN. AND
IT SEEMS LIKE THE OLDER I GET THE LESS I KNOW, BUT THE SIMPLER
IT BECOMES. IT'S JUST, JUST HANG OUT WITH JESUS FOR A WHILE. YOU
SEE, OUR HEARTS WILL TAKE US PLACES THAT OUR HEADS CAN'T FIT.
WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL, WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW IT GOT THERE AND WHAT THEY DID,
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MISS WHAT GOD'S DOING. WHAT IS IT, BROTHER
HAGIN SAID "WE MISS THE MIRACLE LOOKING FOR THE SPECTACULAR." WE
MISS THE MIRACLE IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. WE DON'T NEED
TO STRIVE. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY BY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE FAITH.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. ROMANS 10.10 SAYS WITH THE HEART ONE
BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO, LET'S REVIEW. SMOKE ON THE
WATER. LAY IN THE WATER, SURRENDER, NO CONTROL, INTIMATE
WITH GOD. SEE THINGS HAPPEN. WHEN WE SEE THINGS HAPPEN, WE
SEE OUR PLACES OF WORK HAVE CHANGED, OUR FAMILIES CHANGE,
OUR COMMUNITIES CHANGE, AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE VOTING BOOTH
CHANGES. WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN AN
ACCELERATED EDUCATION COURSE IN HOW BAD THE STATE OF AMERICA IS.
AND IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN GET OVER INTO THE NEGATIVE PLACE
OF THAT AND FORGET THE WHOLE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND THAT IS THAT WE CAN OPERATE AT A LEVEL, WE HAVE A SECRET
WEAPON. IF YOU PLAY BASKETBALL, I USED TO PLAY IN SOME
INTRAMURAL LEAGUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I PLAYED
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND DECIDED, THESE GUYS ARE
WAY TOO SERIOUS, THEY'RE TALLER THAN ME.
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
YOU KNOW THERE'S NO RACISM ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. I'M FROM
GEORGIA, I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT IN BASKETBALL THERE'S
NO RACISM, THAT'S EXTRA. I DIDN'T PLAN TO TELL YOU THAT.
BUT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WAS THINKING
ABOUT PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL. NOW I UNDERSTAND I'M OLD
ENOUGH THAT RACISM WAS A BIG DEAL IN GEORGIA AND TO BE A
WHITE BOY ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S KIND
OF LIKE IN THE NBA, WE GOT LARRY BIRD. Y'ALL ARE GETTING WORRIED
NOW. AND PEOPLE GOING, OKAY. SO I LOVED PLAYING BASKETBALL, BUT
I LOVED HAVING HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS. AND THEY WOULD CALL
ME NAMES AND I'D CALL THEM NAMES. WE DIDN'T HANG OUT
TOGETHER AFTER BASKETBALL, BUT IN BASKETBALL WE WOULD HANG OUT
TOGETHER. WE'D GO PLAY OUR GAMES TOGETHER. WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING
TOGETHER. I MEAN, WE WERE A TEAM. AND IF YOU PICKED ON ME, I
HAD SOME BIGGER BLACK GUYS THAT WOULD PICK ON YOU.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
YOU KNOW, COME TO THINK OF IT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS SMALLER
THAN ME. I MEAN, I THOUGHT I WAS BIG AT 6'2" AT THE TIME, BUT
ANYWAY, THERE WAS A TEAM, THERE WAS A COHESIVE UNIT. DID WE ALL
GO TO THE SAME CHURCH? NO. DID WE ALL BELIEVE THE SAME WAY? NO.
DID WE HAVE THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE AMERICA
WAS IN THE '60S AND THE '70S? NO. IT WAS BAD. THERE WAS A LOT
OF BAD GOING ON. BUT FOR A BRIEF TIME, WE WERE WHOLE. WE WERE IN
UNITY AND WE GOT STUFF DONE. AND WE PLAYED THE GAME AND HAD A
GOOD TIME. SO, AS BELIEVERS, WE CAN PLAY THE GAME WITH EACH
OTHER, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK YOUR CHURCH IS CRAZY. EVEN IF WE
DON'T SPEAK IN TONGUES AND YOU DO, EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE THE
WAY YOUR PASTOR TALKS, AND YOU'RE AT THAT CHURCH WITH THE
GUY, THE PROPHET GUY, WITH THE HIGH COLLAR. OKAY, I GOT THAT
ONE, ALL RIGHT, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. I LOVE YOU, PASTOR HANK.
IF THAT APPLIED TO YOU, IF, JUST IF. WELL, IT'S GREAT, I THINK
GOD'S UP THERE LAUGHING AT ALL OF US 'CAUSE HE'S GOING, "LOOK
AT THEM, "THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING." BUT WHEN WE COME
TOGETHER, IRON SHARPENS IRON, AND WE CAN GET SO MUCH MORE
DONE. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO REFLECT THE WORLD WE'RE MOST
AWARE OF, THEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR
WORLD. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO
THAT NOW. SO I'M GONNA ASK THE BAND, IF THEY'RE BACK FROM
GETTING COFFEE AND DONUTS, ICE CREAM WITH NUTS AND WHIPPED
CREAM. SUP? WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES. WHAT TIME? OH,
OKAY, I GOT IT, JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT I WANT US TO SPEND
SOME TIME IN WORSHIP. YOU'VE HEARD WHAT I SPOKE THIS MORNING,
AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, VERY SIMPLE, BUT I
WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS FROM US THAT WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER.
AND SOMETIMES THE HARDEST TIME TO SURRENDER IS ON A SUNDAY
MORNING, BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU
SHOULD HAVE DONE, OR ALL THE THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID,
OR THE MISTAKES YOU MADE, AND YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE A
HEATHEN STANDING HERE WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND WITH WHAT YOU DID
LAST WEEK AND NOT LOOKING FOR A SHOW OF HANDS. SO WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING OF SURRENDER, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE
WAY WE CHANGE AMERICA. THIS IS THE WAY WE CHANGE OUR FAMILIES.
NOW I GOT TO TELL YOU, I GOT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I DON'T EVEN
KNOW HOW TO TALK TO. BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE, ON DIFFERENT PATHS.
BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. I
KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY MADE A COMMITMENT. AND I HAVE TO
SURRENDER THEM TO HIM. AND SAY, GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT I CAN'T TALK TO THIS PERSON. I
CAN'T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING MISUNDERSTOOD OR THOUGHT I'M
COMING DOWN OR WHATEVER. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRUST YOU IN
THIS. I'M GOING TO KEEP PRAYING FOR THEM. OR MAYBE YOU'RE LIVING
WITH SOMEONE OR MAYBE IT'S YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE HAVING A
HARD TIME PHYSICALLY WITH SOME HEALING YOU NEED. AND YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY, AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY. IN SURRENDER, WE
ACCESS A LEVEL OF INTIMACY WITH GOD THAT ALLOWS US TO DISENGAGE.
IT'S LIKE PUTTING THAT GEAR SHIFT IN NEUTRAL AND SAYING,
OKAY, IT'S UP TO YOU, GOD, TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO LET'S ALL
STAND. GUYS, COME ON OUT HERE IF THERE'S SINGERS. I DON'T KNOW IF
THE WORSHIP... I DIDN'T TELL THEM TO DO THIS. WE'RE
GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN WORSHIP AND SEE WHAT GOD'S GOT
TO DO. SO WHATEVER THAT SITUATION THAT YOU'RE DEALING
WITH AT HOME OR AT YOUR WORK, MAYBE IT'S YOUR FINANCES, MAYBE
IT'S A LOST LOVED ONE OR A SICKNESS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER
IT IS, THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER IT AND LAY IT
AT THE ALTAR. DO YOU AGREE WITH ME? AGREE WITH THAT?
OKAY, GUYS, COME ON OUT. SING, LEAD US IN
SOMETHING, GUYS. I LIKE THE WORSHIP.
(MUSIC)
- TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU
I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU.
(MUSIC)
TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU
I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU
TO WORSHIP YOU. TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S, IN THESE LAST FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING,
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING, BUT I DO NOT WANT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PASS YOU BY. IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF A HEALING OR
SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU IN PRAYER, COME DOWN TO THIS ALTAR
RIGHT NOW. I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO PASTOR DOUG, BUT IN THE
TIME, IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO PRAY WITH YOU,
TERI, I NEED YOU TO COME UP HERE, WE'RE GONNA HELP PRAY. I
NEED SOME OF THE PASTORS AND THE STAFF HERE. WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR
YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY NEED WHATSOEVER. THIS IS THE TIME, WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT SURRENDER. COME ON AHEAD, IT'S ALL RIGHT,
COME ON NOW. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE WALK IN SURRENDER, NOT
A SURRENDER OF OUR FAITH, BUT IN A SURRENDER OF OURSELVES.
UNDERSTAND WHO THE MINISTER, TRULY, THAT JESUS IS THE ONE
THAT DOES IT ALL, AMEN. OKAY, LET'S SING IT AGAIN WHILE THEY
PRAY FOR PEOPLE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PASTOR DOUG.
- TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU
I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU.
(MUSIC)
I'VE SEEN CANCER DISAPPEAR. I'VE SEEN METAL PLATES DISSOLVE.
YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT. YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT.
- GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD. THANK YOU JESUS.
THANK YOU JESUS.
- THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH. AS THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY UP HERE
WITH THOSE THAT ARE UP FRONT, IF YOU STILL NEED PRAYER AND YOU
DIDN'T GET UP HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP. WE STILL
HAVE ALTAR TEAM AND GROUPS UP HERE TO PRAY FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE
WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU NEED SPECIFIC PRAYER FOR SOMETHING IN
YOUR LIFE, I WANT THEM TO DISPLAY RIGHT NOW OUR 24-HOUR
PRAYER NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL 24 HOURS A DAY. EVEN IF YOU'RE
WATCHING THIS ON THE ARCHIVES, YOU CAN CALL 855-777-7907. WE
HAVE COUNSELORS, LICENSED PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO
PRAY AND AGREE WITH YOU 24 HOURS A DAY. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING
IN CONTINUOUSLY FOR PRAYER, PEOPLE GETTING SAVED, HEALED,
AND DELIVERED, AND GOD HAS THAT FOR YOU. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, WE JUST PUT OUR FAITH TOWARDS THOSE WATCHING ONLINE
TODAY, AND WE SAY THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS
PLACE IS AT WORK TODAY IN YOUR HOME, YOUR HOTEL ROOM, YOUR
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, AND I THANK YOU,
LORD, FOR TOUCHING THOSE THAT NEED A TOUCH, THAT ARE TUNED IN
AND FAITHFUL TO BE PART OF THIS SERVICE, AND WE COMMAND THE
HEALING POWER OF GOD TO GO TO WORK IN THAT SITUATION TO
RESTORE RELATIONSHIPS, HEAL BODIES, AND COVER THE NEEDS OF
THE INDIVIDUALS, FINANCIAL, SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, WHATEVER
THEY MAY BE, WE COVER THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND WE THANK
YOU FOR ANSWERED PRAYER IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN,
AMEN. IF OUR VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO, THANK YOU, IF OUR
VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO A PLACE NOW TO ATTEND TO THE
COFFEE SHOP OR A CHILDREN'S MINISTRY OR WHEREVER, YOU CAN BE
DISMISSED. FOR THE REST OF YOU, I WANTED TO HOLD YOU JUST FOR A
MOMENT AT THIS POINT. GIVE OUR VOLUNTEERS A HAND AS THEY LEAVE.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE HERE, MAYBE YOU'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST
TIME, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES, BUT YOU'VE NEVER
MAYBE BEEN IN A SERVICE LIKE THIS EVEN, WHERE YOU'VE HEARD
THE LORD SPEAK, YOU'VE SAW DIFFERENT ASPECTS, MAYBE
DIFFERENT THAN WHATEVER IT WAS YOU WERE BROUGHT UP IN, OR MAYBE
YOU WERE BROUGHT UP NOT BEING INVOLVED IN A CHURCH OR MINISTRY
AT ALL. WHATEVER YOUR CASE, HERE'S THE DEAL. GOD HAS A PLAN
FOR EACH OF US TO SURRENDER OUR LIVES, JUST LIKE PASTOR GENE
SAID, SURRENDER'S THE KEY. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE
DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'RE AN UNSAVED PERSON, YOU
HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR
SAVIOR, WE HAVE TO SURRENDER. AND THEN IT'S A CONTINUAL
PROCESS, EVEN AS CHRISTIANS, WE SURRENDER TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO
DO IN OUR LIVES. SO LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE CLOSE
AND ASK THE QUESTION, IS THERE POSSIBLY SOMEONE HERE OR
WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU'VE NEVER SURRENDERED COMPLETELY TO
JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE NEVER MADE HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE,
THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
YOU CAN DO. THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU CAN MAKE IS
NOT WHO YOU MARRY, WHAT JOB YOU TAKE, WHAT YOUR CAREER IS, WHAT
SCHOOL YOU GO TO, ANY OF THOSE THINGS. YES, THEY'RE IMPORTANT,
VERY IMPORTANT IN MANY WAYS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
YOU CAN EVER DECIDE IN YOUR LIFE IS WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE. IS
IT GOING TO BE GOD OR IS IT GOING TO BE SATAN? BECAUSE
REALLY, THAT'S THE CHOICE WE HAVE. THERE'S TWO WORLDS.
THERE'S A SATANIC WORLD AND THERE'S THE WORLD OF JESUS.
THERE'S A WORLD OF GOD, AND WE HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. ARE WE
GOING TO SERVE GOD OR ARE WE GOING TO SERVE THE WORLD? AND
HERE'S THE THING. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN THIS
LIFE, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ETERNALLY. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY,
EVERY ONE OF OUR BODIES WILL PERISH AND DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE OLD TO DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SICK TO DIE. BUT YOU DO
HAVE TO BE READY TO DIE. WE BELIEVE FOR LONG LIFE AND
HEALING AND HEALTH IN THIS HOUSE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND
PREPAREDNESS, AND THE FIRST STEP TO BEING PREPARED FOR YOUR LIFE
AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LIFE IN DOING
WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO AND THEN BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY,
WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GONNA BE WITH GOD FOREVER, IS WHEN YOU MAKE
JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE HE SAYS, "I AM THE
WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. "NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER. NO
ONE CAN COME TO GOD UNLESS THEY COME THROUGH JESUS." MUHAMMAD
WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. ALI WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. BUDDHA
WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. HARNEY KERSTNER WON'T GET YOU TO
HEAVEN. THERE'S NONE OF THE OTHER WAY. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY
TO GET TO HEAVEN. SO LET ME DO THIS TODAY AS WE CLOSE. IF YOU
WOULD JUST BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. IS THERE ANYONE
HERE IN THIS ROOM BY CHANCE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR
DOUG, I'VE NEVER SURRENDERED MY LIFE. "I'VE NEVER FULLY GIVEN
MYSELF TO GOD. "I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY. "I NEED TO MAKE A
DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST. "I NEED TO FIND PEACE WITH GOD. "I
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN, "AND I WANT GOD
TO GUIDE ME AND DIRECT ME THROUGH THIS LIFE. "I DON'T
WANNA DO IT ON MY OWN ANYMORE. "I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO GOD.
"HE'S THE ONE THAT CREATED ME, SO I WANT TO MAKE HIM THE LORD
OF MY LIFE." IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND.
I CAN'T SEE FROM THE LIGHTS, BUT IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU
SAY, "I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR
CHRIST TODAY. I WANT TO DO IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY
WAY TO HEAVEN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HEAVEN IS MY HOME WHEN I
LEAVE." RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW. ONE, TWO, THREE, RIGHT NOW,
ON THE COUNT OF THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S YOU. IS
THERE ANYONE HERE? USHERS, HELP ME. DO I SEE ANYONE HERE? IS
THERE A HAND RAISED HERE? SOMEONE DOWN HERE? OH, OKAY.
SANDY, YOU'RE SAVED, YOU'RE IN. I KNOW YOUR HEART. YOU CAN,
YOU'RE FINE. LET'S GIVE SANDY A HAND. SHE HAS A TENDER HEART.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
SHE'D GET SAVED EVERY SUNDAY BECAUSE SHE LOVES GOD, AND
THAT'S OKAY. I'D RATHER HAVE PEOPLE WITH TENDER HEARTS TO
MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I'VE BEEN LIVING
IN SIN." I'VE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, HEY, IT HAPPENS. WE ALL
HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I NEED TO REPENT, GET
RIGHT WITH GOD. I'M NOT LIVING RIGHT. I'VE MADE DECISIONS THAT
ARE WRONG." IF THAT'S YOU, I WANT YOU TO COME UP TO THESE
PEOPLE IN THE ALTAR TEAM RIGHT NOW. THEY'LL PRAY WITH YOU.
THEY'LL HELP YOU TO GET THROUGH THIS. TURN YOUR LIFE. THE GOOD
NEWS IS, IF YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, YOU CAN DO A
180, YOU CAN TURN THE OPPOSITE WAY. GOD WILL ACCEPT YOU BACK AS
IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT. HE SAYS YOUR SINS ARE FORGOTTEN AS FAR
AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST. AND YOU CAN START FRESH WITH
HIM. SO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. IF YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED
JESUS CHRIST, YOU NEED TO DO IT. CALL OUR ONLINE NUMBER THAT YOU
HAVE UP THERE. THEY'LL PUT IT UP AGAIN, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT
YOU GET THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TO PEOPLE
HERE. WELL, A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS I NEED TO MAKE.
DON'T FORGET THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE MIDWEEK RECHARGE AGAIN.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF THE GOD. IF YOU CAN DO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAYS, THAT'S A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR
YOU. SO PULL OUT, PULL AWAY, GET RECHARGED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK. IN THIS PARTICULAR WEDNESDAY, I'M FINISHING THE
THIRD INSTALLMENT OF MY MESSAGE SERIES ON THE POWER OF THE
DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR GOD MORE ACCURATELY. WE'VE BEEN KIND
OF MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT
WAY. YOU KNOW, GOD DOES NOT CREATE US TO JUST STUMBLE AROUND
AIMLESSLY, AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY HIT A WALL, TRY AND CALL
ON HIM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. NO, HE WANTS US TO BE LED BY
HIM CONTINUOUSLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO DON'T MISS THAT. THAT'LL BE ONLINE ALSO
RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN THIS FRIDAY, GAME CHANGERS
HAS A FELLOWSHIP EVENT, FREE FOOD, GAMES, FELLOWSHIP, 6:30
P.M. DO THEY MEET, DOES ANYONE KNOW, DO THEY MEET INSIDE FIRST
AND THEN THERE'S OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES? OKAY, SO IT'LL BE IN
THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM? IN THE CONNECT CENTER. COME RIGHT TO
THE CONNECT CENTER, 6:30 FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'LL BE THE GAME
CHANGERS EVENT, A TIME OF GREAT FELLOWSHIP. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T
CONNECTED WITH GAME CHANGERS YET, IT'S OPEN TO ALL AGE
GROUPS, BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME TO GET INVOLVED AND HAVE ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR FELLOWSHIP. AND THEN PASTOR MIKE WANTED ME TO
MENTION THAT TODAY IS THE LAST SUNDAY TO SIGN UP FOR CORE YOUTH
CAMP. IT STARTS AUGUST 3RD, AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN THE
CHAPEL TODAY TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR REGISTRATIONS. AND IF
PARENTS HAVE NOT TURNED IN THEIR FORMS YET FOR CORE YOUTH CAMP,
YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE CHAPEL TODAY AT FOLLOWING SERVICE HERE.
OH, AND THEN I WANTED TO REMEMBER OR REMIND YOU THAT
PASTOR GENE AND TERI WILL BE OUT AT THE BOOK TABLE TODAY. I DON'T
KNOW, DID THEY EVEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY BROUGHT FOR BOOKS
TODAY, OR DID I MISS THAT? BUT THEY HAVE BOOKS, AND I DON'T
KNOW WHAT ALL THEY HAVE. WHAT DO THEY HAVE? HATS AND T-SHIRTS AND
ALL KINDS OF GOODIES. SO DON'T FORGET TO GO OUT TO THE BOOK
TABLE, SUPPORT THEM, AND THEY'LL BE THERE TO SIGN THEIR BOOKS AND
GREET YOU TODAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
SUNDAY. PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA WILL BE HERE. AND THEN WHAT WAS
THE OTHER? OH, OUR OFFERING, OUR GUEST OFFERING. THANK YOU. I
ALMOST FORGOT. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT TO SEND PASTOR GENE
WITH $1. I NEED YOUR HELP TODAY. SO THANK YOU, TEAM. TOO MANY
THINGS TODAY. SO ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN OR GO BE
SEATED, I THINK WE'VE HAD EVERYONE UP HERE, THAT'S FINE.
BUT USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE. AND WE WANT TO HONOR OUR GUEST. YOU
KNOW, GOD SENDS US HIS CHOICE VESSELS, AND WE WANT TO HONOR
THEM TODAY, HONOR PASTOR GENE AND TERI. AND HE'S OFF SALARY.
SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO SUPPORT HIM AND WHAT HE'S DOING,
BECAUSE HE STILL HAS TO BUY GROCERIES AND RUN FLASHPOINT.
AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
BLESS HIM WITH AN OFFERING TODAY. GIVING INFORMATION IS ON
THE SCREEN. YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO IT. USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE
WITH ENVELOPES. IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK OR GIVE CASH,
RAISE YOUR HAND. THEY'LL GIVE YOU AN ENVELOPE. IF YOU'RE
ONLINE TODAY AND YOU CAN HELP, JUST MARK SPECIAL GUEST ON THAT
DESIGNATION AND THAT WILL GO TO PASTOR GENE AND TERI TODAY
BECAUSE WE WANT TO BLESS ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING. THAT MAN HAS
A GIFT AND AN ANOINTING TO DO WHAT HE DOES WITH FLASHPOINT AND
ALL THE AREAS THAT HE MINISTERS IN, SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT HIM IN
ANY WAY WE CAN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M JUST GIVING THE USHERS
A MOMENT HERE TO GATHER THOSE. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER AND
THEN GIVEN SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS SO THAT I COULD, BUT NOW I HAVE TO
RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT JUST TO, CAROL, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP
AND RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT FOR ME SO THAT I COULD JUST HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME? WE DO HAVE EDDIE HERE, THOUGH. HE CAN KIND
OF KEEP ME GOING A LITTLE BIT. COME UP WITH THAT MUSIC LEVEL A
LITTLE BIT, EDDIE. I GOT TO HAVE SOME TIME HERE. WHY DON'T YOU
STAND WITH ME? THANK YOU, LORD. WHILE YOU'RE PREPARING YOUR
OFFERING AND WHILE THE USHERS ARE ASSISTING YOU, JUST GIVE HIM
ONE LAST TIME OF PRAISE. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME TO BE WITH
GOD. WE'VE LEARNED, WE'VE GROWN. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL THAT
YOU'VE DONE IN THIS PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANOINTING. WE
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR GIFTS THAT YOU SEND TO THIS PLACE. AND
WE JUST WORSHIP YOU TODAY. IT ALL COMES FROM YOU. WE GIVE YOU
GLORY FOR IT ALL. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. AS SOON AS
THE USHERS HAVE SERVED YOU, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED. GOD BLESS
YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU
FOR COMING. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE.
(MUSIC)