WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.671 (MUSIC) 00:04.671 --> 00:07.674 (LION ROARING) 00:08.041 --> 00:12.512 - GOOD MORNING! GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH! 00:12.512 --> 00:17.350 IT IS TIME TO RAISE IT UP, GIVE HIM PRAISE, GIVE HIM GLORY. WE 00:17.350 --> 00:20.327 SERVE A KING THAT HAS NEVER LOST A BATTLE. 00:20.327 --> 00:23.356 WE SERVE THE VICTORIOUS KING! COME ON! 00:23.525 --> 00:28.361 (MUSIC) 01:33.278 --> 01:36.096 (MUSIC) 01:36.129 --> 01:40.153 - HALLELUJAH, COME ON, GIVE HIM A PRAISE, LIFT IT UP, COME ON. 01:40.170 --> 01:44.640 AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EACH AND EVERY 01:44.640 --> 01:48.780 PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND ONLINE, LORD. WE GIVE YOU A PRAISE THIS 01:48.780 --> 01:53.760 SUNDAY MORNING FOR YOU ARE GOOD AND YOUR MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. 01:53.760 --> 01:58.319 AMEN, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TODAY? AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. WELL, 01:58.319 --> 02:04.260 GREETINGS THIS AMAZING SUNDAY. PASTORS ARE ON VACATION STILL. 02:04.260 --> 02:08.370 THEY'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. SO AGAIN, I AM NOT PASTOR HANK. 02:08.370 --> 02:12.780 HE'S NOT PASTOR BRENDA, BUT WE ARE UP HERE SAYING GREETINGS 02:12.780 --> 02:16.020 FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU COULD 02:16.020 --> 02:19.830 JOIN US THIS MORNING HERE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. WE GOT A SPECIAL, 02:19.830 --> 02:25.229 SPECIAL GUEST. PASTOR GENE IS IN THE HOUSE TODAY. WE LOVE YOU, 02:25.229 --> 02:31.199 AMEN. AND AREN'T YOU HAPPY FOR WHAT PASTOR GENE AND FLASHPOINT 02:31.199 --> 02:37.889 IS DOING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW? COME ON, AMEN, WE HONOR YOU. BUT 02:37.889 --> 02:42.840 PASTOR ANTHONY, WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON WITH THE MINISTRY 02:42.840 --> 02:47.759 AND THINGS LATELY, AND I'M JUST EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING. 02:47.759 --> 02:51.659 PASTORS SEND THEIR GREETINGS. BY THE WAY, THEIR ANNIVERSARY IS 02:51.659 --> 02:56.430 THIS TUESDAY AS WELL. SO YES, SO THEY'RE CELEBRATING, DOING SOME 02:56.430 --> 03:00.300 FUN THINGS. MOM SAID TO LET Y'ALL KNOW SHE GOT A NEW PATIO 03:00.300 --> 03:06.449 SET TO ENJOY FOR THE SUMMER HERE IN THE LAST REMAINING MONTH. 03:06.449 --> 03:08.819 - IN HONOR OF THEIR UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY, I HAVE A LITTLE 03:08.819 --> 03:12.719 STORY TO TELL FOR PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA. SO, PASTOR 03:12.719 --> 03:17.284 MATT, MY WIFE SHANA DECIDED THAT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO FOR A 03:17.284 --> 03:19.590 LITTLE BIT OF A BIKE RIDE. SO I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S COOL, BABE, 03:19.590 --> 03:23.039 NO PROBLEM. LET'S GO FOR SOME EXERCISE. SO I WENT TO THE 03:23.039 --> 03:26.610 STORAGE SHED TO GET THE BIKES AND I JUST COULDN'T GET 'EM OFF 03:26.610 --> 03:30.030 THE GROUND. I WAS TRYING, I WAS TRYING, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T 03:30.030 --> 03:33.599 UNDERSTAND WHY THESE BIKES WON'T GET OFF THE GROUND. YOU KNOW 03:33.599 --> 03:36.240 WHAT I FOUND OUT? THE BIKES WERE TOO TIRED. 03:36.549 --> 03:42.055 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 03:42.055 --> 03:43.733 WHAT, ARE YOU GUYS BE-WHEEL-DERED? 03:43.889 --> 03:44.430 ARE YOU BEWILDERED? 03:44.430 --> 03:47.009 - I THINK THAT ONE WAS BETTER THAN LAST WEEK. WOULD YOU GUYS 03:47.009 --> 03:49.199 SAY? I THINK HE TOOK IT UP A NOTCH THIS WEEK. 03:49.199 --> 03:51.750 - ARLIE, MY FATHER-IN-LAW LOVES THAT ONE. HE LOVED IT. 03:52.032 --> 03:53.729 - THAT WAS GOOD. - ARLIE, I'M GLAD YOU LIKED IT. 03:53.729 --> 03:56.280 - I'M NOT GONNA LIE, THAT WAS GOOD. PASTOR HANK, THAT WAS 03:56.280 --> 03:58.316 GOOD. IT'S BETTER THAN YOUR DAD JOKES. 03:58.316 --> 03:59.159 - PASTOR GENE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 03:59.159 --> 04:00.300 THAT WAS A GREAT JOKE, RIGHT? 04:00.300 --> 04:03.300 - THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, I'M NOT GONNA LIE. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD, 04:03.300 --> 04:07.590 MAN. ALSO, I WANNA GREET CADENCE, MY COUSIN, WHO 04:07.590 --> 04:10.830 CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. 04:10.830 --> 04:16.379 WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR ANOINTING, AMEN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. BUT 04:16.379 --> 04:20.610 YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE JUST SEEING WHAT 04:20.610 --> 04:23.550 GOD'S BEEN DOING. I KNOW YOU AND I, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING READY 04:23.550 --> 04:26.879 TO TRAVEL HERE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. YOU AND I WILL BE 04:26.879 --> 04:30.360 SPEAKING OVER AT JOAN HUNTER'S LEGACY CONFERENCE JUST OUTSIDE 04:30.360 --> 04:34.199 OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. SO THAT'LL BE ON FRIDAY 04:34.199 --> 04:37.829 NIGHT, AUGUST 1ST, AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2ND. SO 04:37.829 --> 04:41.250 CHECK THOSE OUT. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND I KNOW YOU 04:41.250 --> 04:45.600 AND I ARE RELEASING A BOOK TOGETHER AT OTH THIS COMING 04:45.600 --> 04:49.680 SEPTEMBER. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. THAT'LL BE OUT 04:49.680 --> 04:54.420 FOR YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE PRETTY DEEP IN THE WORDS NOW, MAN, WITH 04:54.420 --> 04:56.879 ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA SHARE ANYTHING YET. WE'VE 04:56.879 --> 05:01.350 KIND OF KEPT IT UNDER WRAPS. WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA ALLOW THE 05:01.350 --> 05:05.250 PEOPLE IN HOUSTON TO TAKE PRE-ORDERS ON THAT WHILE WE'RE 05:05.250 --> 05:07.980 OUT THERE. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT TITLE RELEASED AS 05:07.980 --> 05:10.310 WE GET CLOSER TO MY BIRTHDAY, AUGUST 23RD. 05:10.310 --> 05:11.939 - AND WE'LL HAVE THE PRE-ORDERS ONLINE AS WELL. 05:11.939 --> 05:16.589 - YES, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT GUYS, I AM SO EXCITED 05:16.589 --> 05:20.250 FOR TODAY. I REALLY BELIEVE PASTOR GENE HAS A WORD FOR YOU, 05:20.250 --> 05:23.490 WHICH IF YOU'RE IN THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA NEXT 05:23.490 --> 05:28.050 WEEK, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO FLASHPOINT LIVE AT KENNETH 05:28.050 --> 05:32.939 COPELAND'S CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK ON SUNDAY. DAD AND I WILL BE 05:32.939 --> 05:36.209 HERE FOR SERVICE ON SUNDAY. HE'S GONNA PREACH, AND THEN WE'RE 05:36.209 --> 05:39.329 IMMEDIATELY GETTING ON A FLIGHT RIGHT TO DALLAS AND COMING OUT 05:39.329 --> 05:42.389 TO JOIN YOU GUYS. WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. NEXT SUNDAY, IT'S 05:42.389 --> 05:46.259 GONNA BE A POWERFUL, POWERFUL TIME. AND GUYS, I JUST LOVE WHAT 05:46.259 --> 05:50.519 FLASHPOINT IS DOING. AGAIN, WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT IN 05:50.519 --> 05:54.120 THIS NATION. COMPLACENCY'S GONE, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE 05:54.120 --> 05:57.209 BIT LATER, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING WITH OTH IN REGARDS TO 05:57.209 --> 06:00.209 THAT. BUT GUYS, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, GOD IS DOING 06:00.209 --> 06:03.360 SOMETHING, AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD, AMEN, 06:03.360 --> 06:07.079 IN THIS TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT AROUND AND PLAY PATTY 06:07.079 --> 06:10.980 CAKE ANYMORE, OKAY? SO I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A 06:10.980 --> 06:15.240 STAND, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THIS NATION, AMEN. AND 06:15.240 --> 06:17.250 GOD IS DOING SOME VERY BIG THINGS IN THIS 06:17.250 --> 06:18.899 COUNTRY, WOULDN'T YOU SAY, PASTOR ANTHONY? 06:18.899 --> 06:20.220 - ABSOLUTELY, AMEN. 06:20.220 --> 06:22.680 - AMEN, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU PRAY FOR US AND 06:22.680 --> 06:24.509 LET'S GET THIS SERVICE UNDERWAY, AMEN. 06:24.509 --> 06:28.230 - WELL, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANNA HONOR YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE. 06:28.230 --> 06:32.160 WE LOVE YOU, GOD, WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER AND WE KNOW THAT 06:32.160 --> 06:37.259 YOU ARE GOOD. WE INVITE YOU INTO THIS PLACE, FATHER, TO RELEASE 06:37.259 --> 06:41.610 MIRACLE SIGNS AND WONDERS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS WE RAISE UP A 06:41.610 --> 06:45.404 PRAISE TO YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN. 06:45.404 --> 06:48.408 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 06:48.440 --> 06:52.177 (MUSIC) 06:52.177 --> 06:53.579 - COME ON, LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER. 06:54.213 --> 06:55.848 LET'S GIVE GOD GLORY NOW. 06:55.915 --> 07:04.024 (MUSIC) 07:04.120 --> 07:07.860 WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH 07:07.980 --> 07:11.564 WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH 07:11.869 --> 07:15.701 WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH 07:16.011 --> 07:19.505 WHOA OH OH OH OH WHOA OH OH OH OH 08:15.346 --> 08:18.865 OH COME ON SOMEBODY, HE'S GOOD! ALL THE TIME! 08:19.958 --> 08:21.735 COME ON! LORD YOU ARE GOOD. 10:01.597 --> 10:07.407 (MUSIC) 10:07.465 --> 10:10.777 IF YOU KNOW HE'S GOOD, SOMEBODY SAY "JESUS". 10:12.014 --> 10:15.014 OH YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT, SAY "JESUS"! 10:16.136 --> 10:17.450 LORD, YOU'RE GOOD. 11:42.163 --> 11:44.971 (MUSIC) 11:44.971 --> 11:45.936 - COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER. 11:46.206 --> 11:48.541 - Y'ALL READY TO DECLARE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD 11:48.541 --> 11:53.346 THIS MORNING? COME ON. IT'S CHASING YOU DOWN. 11:53.432 --> 11:57.817 (MUSIC) 12:27.173 --> 12:29.749 IT'S CHASING ME DOWN. COME ON, CHURCH! 12:30.341 --> 12:33.086 YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN. 12:34.086 --> 12:37.222 AS THE LIGHT OF YOUR GLORY BREAKS OUT. 12:38.514 --> 12:41.514 YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN. 12:41.528 --> 12:45.197 CHASING ME DOWN, IT'S CHASING ME DOWN. 12:46.552 --> 12:49.552 YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING ME DOWN. 15:31.623 --> 15:36.369 (MUSIC) 15:36.403 --> 15:41.274 YOUR GOODNESS. YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THIS NATION DOWN. 15:42.408 --> 15:45.278 YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE WHITE HOUSE DOWN. 15:46.211 --> 15:48.748 YOUR GOODNESS IS CHASING THE SCHOOLS DOWN. 15:49.948 --> 15:53.452 HIS GOODNESS IS CHASING YOUR FAMILIES DOWN. 15:53.639 --> 16:01.226 (MUSIC) 16:01.293 --> 16:03.330 GOD, YOU ARE SO, SO GOOD. 16:03.488 --> 16:06.099 (MUSIC) 16:06.131 --> 16:10.235 WE TRUST IN YOUR CHARACTER, GOD. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS 16:10.235 --> 16:14.441 LIKE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. 16:16.335 --> 16:22.048 BECAUSE GOD SPOKE IT, IT IS AND WILL BE DONE. IN JESUS' NAME. 16:24.083 --> 16:25.690 I FEEL THAT IN THE MORNING, IN 16:25.690 --> 16:27.014 THE ROOM THIS MORNING. GUYS, COME 16:27.014 --> 16:30.345 ON. YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WHO IT IS THAT YOU SERVE. 16:30.345 --> 16:34.634 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 16:34.634 --> 16:38.085 STOP GLORIFYING YOUR HUMANITY AND 16:38.085 --> 16:40.500 START HONORING THE DIVINITY OF GOD. 16:40.500 --> 16:45.205 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 16:45.437 --> 16:49.142 YOUR GOODNESS. OH, YOU'RE SO GOOD. 16:50.179 --> 16:54.913 YOU'RE SO GOOD. SO GOOD. 16:55.857 --> 17:21.607 (MUSIC) 18:25.910 --> 18:36.950 (MUSIC) 20:15.548 --> 20:17.983 YOU KNOW, OUR GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL. 20:19.719 --> 20:22.555 I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. TEN YEARS 20:22.555 --> 20:31.355 AGO, JULY 8TH, MIKE BARTHOLOMEW WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS, I DON'T 20:31.380 --> 20:36.036 KNOW IF HE'S HERE TODAY, BUT HE WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS HE WASN'T 20:36.036 --> 20:42.395 GONNA MAKE IT. HE WAS ON THE ROAD. HE FELL OFF A BIKE AND WAS 20:42.395 --> 20:50.416 ON THE ROAD, AND HE LITERALLY DIED. BUT GOD. BUT GOD. YOU SEE 20:50.416 --> 20:57.624 HIM SERVING TODAY. HE'S STILL HERE. HALLELUJAH. 20:57.723 --> 21:11.438 (MUSIC) 26:21.507 --> 26:28.922 - HALLELUJAH. HE CAN DO IT. HE'S THE ONE. HALLELUJAH. 26:28.922 --> 26:33.460 HALLELUJAH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY LORD. HALLELUJAH, 26:33.471 --> 26:36.125 WE MAGNIFY YOUR NAME IN THIS PLACE. 26:36.125 --> 26:40.480 WE GIVE YOU GLORY. OH, HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO GOD. 26:41.867 --> 26:43.603 HERE WE HAVE THE MAN RIGHT IN FRONT 26:43.603 --> 26:48.685 OF US, THAT 10 YEARS AGO, HA HA HA, RECEIVED 26:48.685 --> 26:52.806 NEW LIFE, NOT JUST BY THE SPIRIT, BUT IN HIS 26:52.806 --> 26:58.355 PHYSICAL BODY. HE WAS DECLARED DEAD, AND BECAUSE THE PRAYERS OF 26:58.355 --> 27:02.046 THE SAINTS AND THE FAITHFUL, HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. AND 27:02.046 --> 27:06.786 THEN HE FOUND CHRIST AND HIS SPIRIT BECAME ALIVE. HALLELUJAH. 27:06.786 --> 27:12.096 THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. YOU DO MIRACLES, FATHER. 27:12.096 --> 27:16.685 YOU DO MIRACLES IN OUR MIDST. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, LORD. 27:16.685 --> 27:21.605 YOU USE EACH ONE OF US TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU'VE CALLED US 27:21.605 --> 27:25.952 TO DO. IT HAPPENED TO BE JUDY ARMSTRONG THAT WAS DRIVING BY AT 27:25.952 --> 27:30.816 THE TIME AND FOUND HIM IN THE DITCH ON THE BICYCLE AND LAID 27:30.816 --> 27:34.536 HER HANDS ON HIM AND PRAYED. YOU KNOW WHAT, EACH ONE OF US ARE 27:34.536 --> 27:39.996 CALLED TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO BE ON ASSIGNMENT FOR HIM 27:39.996 --> 27:44.736 CONTINUOUSLY, ON ASSIGNMENT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE 27:44.736 --> 27:48.756 HAVE A SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH TO ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING THAT 27:48.756 --> 27:53.855 GOD HAS FOR US, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORTH AND LISTEN TO THE 27:53.855 --> 27:59.346 HOLY SPIRIT AND THEN OBEY TO MOVE INTO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO 27:59.346 --> 28:05.076 DO. DON'T GET SO CONSUMED WITH THE DAILY PRESSURES OF LIFE. 28:06.516 --> 28:10.955 THINK OUTSIDE OF THAT. WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO? HEAR HIS 28:10.955 --> 28:15.185 VOICE, HALLELUJAH. LET'S GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF PRAISE TODAY. 28:15.185 --> 28:18.395 HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, JESUS, 28:18.395 --> 28:20.915 WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. 28:20.915 --> 28:24.104 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 28:24.486 --> 28:28.115 THANK YOU, JESUS. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THIS PLACE TODAY. 28:28.115 --> 28:31.925 LORD, WE GIVE THIS SERVICE TO YOU. HALLELUJAH, YOU MOVE BY 28:31.925 --> 28:35.105 YOUR POWER, YOUR SPIRIT. YOU DIRECT US, LORD, AND GUIDE US. 28:35.105 --> 28:38.885 THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. HERE'S WHAT 28:38.885 --> 28:44.346 I'M SEEING TODAY IN MY HEART. I BELIEVE, AND I WANNA EXPLAIN IT 28:44.346 --> 28:47.435 RIGHT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE ONLINE, IT COULD BE 28:47.435 --> 28:53.915 SOMEONE HERE. BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS A SITUATION WHERE 28:53.915 --> 28:56.736 THERE'S A FAMILY THAT'S EMBROILED IN SOME KIND OF A 28:56.736 --> 29:01.776 LEGAL CHALLENGE, LEGAL BATTLE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH CHILDREN 29:01.776 --> 29:06.996 AND CUSTODY. MIGHT BE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, SOMEONE THAT'S 29:06.996 --> 29:12.185 HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR THE RIGHT OUTCOME IN THIS. 29:12.185 --> 29:15.215 AND HERE'S KIND OF WHAT I'M SEEING IS, THIS IS WHAT THE LORD 29:15.215 --> 29:19.655 SHOWED ME. IT'S LIKE A TUG OF WAR. LIKE YOU HAVE ONE ENTITY ON 29:19.655 --> 29:23.076 THIS END PULLING, THE OTHER ENTITY'S PULLING THE OTHER WAY, 29:23.076 --> 29:26.976 AND THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE MIDDLE. AND WE NEED TO BELIEVE 29:26.976 --> 29:30.121 FOR THOSE CHILDREN. WHO IS, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND 29:30.121 --> 29:35.016 THAT FITS YOU, YOU'D SAY, I'M IN THAT SITUATION, OR MY FAMILY. IS 29:35.016 --> 29:37.506 THERE SOMEONE HERE? COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. THE LORD HAS A 29:37.506 --> 29:41.467 WORD FOR YOU TODAY. THE LORD HAS A WORD FOR YOU. 29:41.467 --> 29:43.776 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 29:43.776 --> 29:48.215 THANK YOU, JESUS. AND THAT COULD BE SOMEONE ONLINE TODAY. AND IF 29:48.215 --> 29:55.715 THAT'S YOU, YOU CAN COMMENT OR EMAIL US OR LET US KNOW WHAT THE 29:55.715 --> 30:01.919 LORD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. I 30:01.919 --> 30:09.141 WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS WORD TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS 30:09.141 --> 30:13.490 GONNA BE A TURNING POINT IN THE SITUATION WITH THOSE CHILDREN. 30:13.490 --> 30:17.421 GOD LOVES CHILDREN AND HE WANTS THEM TAKEN CARE OF AND 30:17.421 --> 30:26.300 PROTECTED. IN LUKE 3:5, LUKE, THE EVANGELIST, QUOTES A 30:26.300 --> 30:30.231 SCRIPTURE, IS THAT YOU TOO, MA'AM? OKAY, OKAY, TWO OF YOU. 30:31.461 --> 30:35.330 AND WHOEVER'S ONLINE, YOU LISTEN TO ME ALSO. LUKE THE EVANGELIST 30:35.330 --> 30:41.510 QUOTES A SCRIPTURE FROM ISAIAH 40:4, AND HE'S SAYING, "THE 30:41.510 --> 30:46.611 CROOKED PLACES SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH PLACES 30:46.611 --> 30:50.931 SHALL BE MADE SMOOTH." AND IF YOU GO TO THAT WORD CROOKED IN 30:50.931 --> 30:56.060 THE VINES GREEK DICTIONARY, THAT WORD CROOKED MEANS "UNJUST, 30:56.060 --> 31:02.090 PERVERSE, OR CURVED." AND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, THE 31:02.090 --> 31:06.681 LORD SAYS, HAS BEEN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. IT'S BEEN CROOKED, 31:06.681 --> 31:12.560 IT'S BEEN PERVERSE, AND IT HAS BEEN UNFAIR OR UNJUST, NOT ONLY 31:12.560 --> 31:17.000 FOR YOU, BUT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND I BELIEVE TODAY, GOD'S 31:17.000 --> 31:21.201 SAYING, HE'S STEPPING IN TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. AND 31:21.201 --> 31:26.211 WHATEVER IT IS THAT SATAN HAS THROWN UP, THOSE OBSTACLES, 31:26.211 --> 31:32.661 THOSE PLANS OF DIVISION, THAT THE ENEMY WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE 31:32.661 --> 31:38.000 PLACE, THEY'RE GONNA BE REVERSED IN JESUS' NAME. GOD'S GONNA DO A 31:38.000 --> 31:44.780 MIGHTY WORK IN THIS SITUATION TODAY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A 31:44.780 --> 31:48.523 CROOKED GARDEN HOSE. IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN HOSE AND IT'S ALL IN A 31:48.523 --> 31:51.770 KNOT AND A CROOKED, THE WATER DOESN'T FLOW, DOES IT? IT WON'T 31:51.770 --> 31:56.090 FLOW THROUGH. GOD'S UNSTRAIGHTENING THAT TODAY. HE'S 31:56.090 --> 32:00.800 MAKING IT A STRAIGHT PATH SO IT CAN FLOW IN HIS DIRECTION AND 32:00.800 --> 32:05.361 TOWARDS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THOSE CHILDREN. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M 32:05.361 --> 32:08.421 BELIEVING TODAY. AND WHAT I WANNA DO IS JUST COME DOWN AND 32:08.421 --> 32:11.421 QUICKLY LAY MY HANDS ON YOU. AUDIENCE, CONGREGATION, STRETCH 32:11.421 --> 32:14.631 YOUR HAND FORTH TOWARDS THESE. AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR THEM IN 32:14.631 --> 32:18.621 JESUS' NAME. FATHER, WE'RE PRAYING FOR WISDOM, DIRECTION, 32:18.621 --> 32:23.270 AND THAT YOU COMFORT THESE TWO, GIVE THEM DIRECTION. AND WE'RE 32:23.270 --> 32:28.911 SAYING BE BLESSED, AND THIS SITUATION IS RECTIFIED, THE CASE 32:28.911 --> 32:33.530 IS DISMISSED, AND IT IS RESOLVED IN JESUS' NAME, IN THE NAME OF 32:33.530 --> 32:37.611 JESUS. BE RESOLVED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THANK YOU, LORD, 32:37.611 --> 32:41.211 HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, 32:41.211 --> 32:47.030 JESUS, WE BELIEVE THAT NOW. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, LORD. YOU 32:47.030 --> 32:52.040 CAN BE SEATED WHENEVER YOU CAN. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. 32:52.040 --> 32:54.800 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 32:54.800 --> 32:57.560 DO I HAVE A SALLY HERE TODAY? IS THERE ANYONE BY THE NAME OF 32:57.560 --> 33:02.078 SALLY? IS THERE A SALLY IN THE AUDIENCE IS WHAT I'M ASKING. 33:04.010 --> 33:11.961 THERE IS A SALLY HERE? SALLY, COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. IF YOU 33:11.961 --> 33:16.070 CAN COME QUICKLY, COME QUICKLY. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. 33:16.070 --> 33:22.836 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 33:23.780 --> 33:29.675 THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, 33:29.675 --> 33:33.050 JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, 33:33.050 --> 33:35.214 LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. 33:38.901 --> 33:44.901 SALLY, THE LORD CALLED YOU OUT TODAY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN 33:44.901 --> 33:47.842 DEALING WITH SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVY ON YOUR HEART. 33:49.790 --> 33:53.540 YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT SOME THINGS AND YOU'VE SAID, "LORD, 33:53.540 --> 33:57.891 HOW COME IT HASN'T COME TO PASS YET? WHY ISN'T IT COMING AS 33:57.891 --> 34:03.020 QUICK AS I WOULD DESIRE? I NEED THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN." AND THE 34:03.020 --> 34:06.621 LORD IS SAYING TO YOU, I CALLED YOU OUT TODAY, SALLY, AS AN 34:06.621 --> 34:10.641 ENCOURAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. KEEP 34:10.641 --> 34:14.601 YOUR FAITH STRONG, CONTINUE TO PULL, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A 34:14.601 --> 34:19.130 DIVINE TURNAROUND IN THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO, 34:19.130 --> 34:21.771 IN THE THINGS YOU'RE PRAYING FOR, AND FOR THOSE THAT YOU'RE 34:21.771 --> 34:24.561 PRAYING FOR IN YOUR FAMILY. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME FAMILY 34:24.561 --> 34:27.440 SITUATIONS YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND GOD'S SAYING, I'M 34:27.440 --> 34:32.210 GONNA TURN THOSE AROUND, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A CHANGE. YOU 34:32.210 --> 34:35.751 NEED TO DO WHAT GOD'S SAYING IS, REACH OUT TO THE ONES THAT 34:35.751 --> 34:39.231 YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE LOVE OF GOD. DON'T NEED TO 34:39.231 --> 34:44.300 PREACH TO 'EM. YOU JUST REACH OUT TO 'EM WITH GOD'S LOVE. AND 34:44.300 --> 34:50.090 THE BIBLE SAYS A GIFT WILL OPEN THE DOOR. AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR 34:50.090 --> 34:52.610 SITUATION, WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, THAT'S ON 34:52.610 --> 34:57.141 YOUR HEART, YOU PLANT A GIFT IN THEIR LIFE JUST TO SHOW THEM 34:57.141 --> 35:01.010 LOVE. IT WILL DEVELOP RELATIONSHIP, IT'LL BRING THAT 35:01.010 --> 35:05.420 COMMUNICATION BACK, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE AN OPEN DOOR TO 35:05.420 --> 35:10.340 COMMUNICATE YOUR LOVE, FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN GOD'S LOVE WILL 35:10.340 --> 35:13.610 MOVE IN ON TOP OF THAT. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A MIRACLE IN 35:13.610 --> 35:17.721 JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, 35:17.721 --> 35:22.340 PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. 35:22.340 --> 35:28.340 PRAISE THE LORD, HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, LET'S DO 35:28.340 --> 35:32.481 THIS TODAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND AND GREET YOUR NEIGHBOR TODAY 35:32.481 --> 35:34.490 AND TELL HIM IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A 35:34.490 --> 35:37.911 SUNDAY, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY GOOD TO HAVE DR. GENE BAILEY 35:37.911 --> 35:39.681 AND HIS WIFE, TERI, HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE 35:39.681 --> 35:42.608 GONNA RECEIVE TODAY, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 35:42.641 --> 36:25.619 (MUSIC) 36:25.652 --> 36:29.358 - WELL, GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. HOW 36:29.360 --> 36:32.481 MANY LOVE TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD? 36:32.481 --> 36:35.570 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 36:35.570 --> 36:39.021 GUYS, DON'T EVER TAKE FOR GRANTED COMING INTO THE ROOM OR 36:39.021 --> 36:41.780 FOR THOSE OF YOU TUNING ONLINE AND COMING TOGETHER AS THE BODY 36:41.780 --> 36:44.780 OF CHRIST AND COMING TO WORSHIP THE LORD. YOU ARE CHANGING 36:44.780 --> 36:50.271 DESTINIES, YOU ARE RESHAPING THE NATIONS, AND YOU ARE BRINGING 36:50.271 --> 36:53.150 THE POWER OF GOD TO DO MIRACULOUS THINGS EVERY TIME YOU 36:53.150 --> 36:55.971 COME IN HERE, AMEN? WELL, WE WANNA WELCOME OUR 36:55.971 --> 36:58.550 FIRST-TIME VISITORS. IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR, PLEASE RAISE 36:58.550 --> 37:01.190 YOUR HAND. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A GREETING AND SAY HELLO AND 37:01.190 --> 37:03.170 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN. THANK YOU 37:03.170 --> 37:04.760 SO MUCH. I SEE A COUPLE HANDS OVER THERE. 37:04.760 --> 37:06.260 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 37:06.260 --> 37:09.170 IF YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME VISITOR AND YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN TO GET ONE 37:09.170 --> 37:12.920 OF THE BLUE GIFT BAGS IN YOUR HANDS, BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR 37:12.920 --> 37:15.291 HANDS UP. THERE'LL BE AN USHER IN THE AISLE THAT'LL HAND YOU 37:15.291 --> 37:18.380 ONE. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF GOODIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT 37:18.380 --> 37:21.291 LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND THE OTHER MINISTRIES HERE AND WAYS 37:21.291 --> 37:25.041 TO GET CONNECTED. ALSO, THERE'S AN INFORMATION GUEST CARD. IF 37:25.041 --> 37:27.981 YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT AND DROP IT IN 37:27.981 --> 37:31.101 THE OFFERING BUCKET WHEN THE USHERS COME BY. IT'S JUST A WAY 37:31.101 --> 37:33.380 FOR US TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOU. YOU CAN SEND US 37:33.380 --> 37:36.021 INFORMATION, YOU CAN SEND US TESTIMONIES OF ALL THE AMAZING 37:36.021 --> 37:38.661 THINGS GOD'S DOING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 37:38.661 --> 37:41.210 PASTORS LOVE HEARING FROM YOU AND THEY WANNA CONNECT WITH YOU, 37:41.210 --> 37:45.291 AMEN. FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ONLINE, WE WANNA SEND YOU A 37:45.291 --> 37:48.021 GREETING AS WELL AND SAY THAT WE LOVE YOU, THANK YOU. BIG SHOUT 37:48.021 --> 37:51.474 OUT TO ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN 37:51.474 --> 37:53.541 PERSON AT OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE. 37:53.541 --> 37:55.521 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 37:55.521 --> 37:58.161 IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING, MAKE 37:58.161 --> 38:00.201 SURE TO CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK, WE'RE ON 38:00.201 --> 38:03.681 INSTAGRAM, WE'RE ON YOUTUBE. WE ARE ALSO ON 38:03.681 --> 38:07.041 ONEVOICETV.NET, WHERE WE CANNOT BE CANCELED. 38:07.041 --> 38:08.570 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 38:08.570 --> 38:13.431 MAKE SURE TO CHECK US OUT, ALL OF THE PREVIOUS SERVICES AND 38:13.431 --> 38:16.940 ALSO DIFFERENT SHOWS LIKE GET REAL WITH HANK, GAME CHANGERS, 38:16.940 --> 38:20.481 DAILY DECREE, THEY'RE ALL ON ONEVOICETV.NET, SO YOU CAN GO 38:20.481 --> 38:25.701 BACK AND GET YOUR PRAISE ON AT ANY TIME. AMEN. WELL, WITHOUT 38:25.701 --> 38:28.820 FURTHER ADO, I WANNA WELCOME MY GOOD BUDDY, MY BROTHER FROM 38:28.820 --> 38:31.490 ANOTHER, PASTOR MATT, AS HE GIVES A SPECIAL MESSAGE. 38:31.490 --> 38:35.331 - AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY. LISTEN, HE JUST 38:35.331 --> 38:40.610 MENTIONED OPENING THE HEAVENS, AND I MENTIONED ON WEDNESDAY, 38:40.610 --> 38:44.570 IT'S TIME TO GET REGISTERED IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY. WHO 38:44.570 --> 38:49.550 IN THIS ROOM IS REGISTERED FOR OTH? COME ON, OH, COME ON NOW. 38:49.550 --> 38:52.701 WE GOTTA, I SAID WHO'S REGISTERED FOR OTH? 38:52.701 --> 38:54.081 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 38:54.081 --> 38:57.081 THANK YOU, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. AND SOME OF YOU 38:57.081 --> 38:59.150 STILL DON'T HAVE YOUR HANDS UP, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA 38:59.150 --> 39:04.101 ADDRESS RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOUR HAND WAS NOT RAISED AND YOU'RE 39:04.101 --> 39:09.621 NOT REGISTERED, I WANNA ASK WHY. I WANNA ASK, I'M SURE YOU STILL 39:09.621 --> 39:13.340 HAVE PRAYER REQUESTS, THINGS YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR BACK IN 39:13.340 --> 39:18.771 2019, BACK IN 2020, THINGS THAT ARE UNADDRESSED CLIFFHANGERS IN 39:18.771 --> 39:21.771 YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS STILL NOT 39:21.771 --> 39:26.331 BROKE THROUGH YET IN MY LIFE. MAYBE IT WAS THAT STANCE YOU 39:26.331 --> 39:29.360 TOOK WHEN YOU SAID, I'M NOT GETTING A VACCINE AND YOU LOST 39:29.360 --> 39:32.871 YOUR JOB. AND YOU'RE WAITING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH AND YOU'RE LIKE, 39:32.871 --> 39:36.320 GOD, IT'S BEEN FIVE, SIX YEARS NOW, WHERE'S MY BREAKTHROUGH? 39:37.460 --> 39:41.990 CAN WE REMEMBER WHAT THE PROPHET SAID? THAT THE DECADE WOULD 39:41.990 --> 39:44.990 START OFF HARSH, BUT THAT WE'RE COMING 39:44.990 --> 39:47.871 INTO A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE, AMEN? 39:47.871 --> 39:51.110 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 39:51.110 --> 39:54.110 IF YOU'RE ONLINE WATCHING RIGHT NOW, COMMENT IF YOU ARE 39:54.110 --> 39:58.704 REGISTERED. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, I WANT YOU 39:58.704 --> 40:03.891 AT THE END OF THIS BROADCAST TO GO REGISTER. THOSE MONITORING 40:03.891 --> 40:06.860 COMMENTS, PUT THE LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION OR IN THE COMMENTS, 40:06.860 --> 40:10.385 PIN IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. AND I'M TELLING YOU, PASTORS 40:10.385 --> 40:13.925 WANTED ME TO SAY THIS TO YOU GUYS. WE'RE GONNA BE MINISTERING 40:13.925 --> 40:17.706 AND HEALING, NOT JUST FOR YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, OVER THIS NATION, 40:19.115 --> 40:22.445 WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR. AND I AM GONNA STAND IN THE GAP 40:22.445 --> 40:25.626 AND BELIEVE THAT THESE PRAYER REQUESTS IN YOUR PERSONAL LIVES 40:25.626 --> 40:29.106 ARE GONNA START MANIFESTING AND COMING TO PASS. THE SPIRIT OF 40:29.106 --> 40:36.246 DELAY IS OVER. AMEN. BUT MY QUESTION TO EACH AND EVERY 40:36.246 --> 40:41.465 PERSON IN HERE WATCHING ONLINE AND IN THIS ROOM, AND I SAID 40:41.465 --> 40:47.556 THIS ON WEDNESDAY, IS HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT 40:47.556 --> 40:51.065 A MANIFESTATION OF GOD? HOW BAD DO YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE NEXT 40:51.065 --> 40:56.885 LEVEL THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU? HOW BAD ARE YOU READY TO SEE THE 40:56.885 --> 40:59.766 SHIFT IN YOUR LIFE, THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE IN GOD FOR, 40:59.766 --> 41:05.376 PRODIGALS TO RETURN, THIS NATION TO BE HEALED? I'M NOT SITTING ON 41:05.376 --> 41:10.204 THE SEAT OF COMPLACENCY ANYMORE. AND BY GOD, PASTOR HANK AND 41:10.204 --> 41:13.445 PASTOR BRENDA AND THOSE STANDING WITH THEM AREN'T EITHER. AND SO 41:13.445 --> 41:17.735 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU ARE NOT GONNA SIT ON THE SEAT OF 41:17.735 --> 41:21.036 COMPLACENCY, WATCH THIS VIDEO, GET YOURSELF 41:21.036 --> 41:23.525 REGISTERED, AND LET'S GET IN THE ARENA, AMEN? 41:23.525 --> 41:25.668 - OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 11TH 41:25.668 --> 41:29.376 THROUGH 14TH AT THE MID-AMERICA CENTER, HOSTED BY PASTORS HANK 41:29.376 --> 41:33.246 AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER LORENZO SEWELL. 41:33.246 --> 41:36.666 - WHEN YOU ARE A TRUE BELIEVER, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT 41:36.666 --> 41:39.498 LIKE YOU BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING ON YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU 41:39.498 --> 41:42.726 ARE ANOINTED, IT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU, 41:42.726 --> 41:45.965 IT'S THE DEVIL THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU. WHEN YOU ARE ANOINTED, 41:45.965 --> 41:50.856 PLEASE HEAR ME, YOU WILL ALWAYS INTIMIDATE THE DEVIL. WHEN YOU 41:50.856 --> 41:54.755 ARE ANOINTED, WHEN YOU ARE CALLED BY GOD, YOU WILL ALWAYS 41:54.755 --> 41:59.045 INTIMIDATE THE ENEMY. IT'S OKAY IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE YOU BECAUSE 41:59.045 --> 42:02.726 YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT LOVES YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY 42:02.726 --> 42:06.666 FATHER THAT DIED FOR YOU. YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT SENT 42:06.666 --> 42:10.030 HIS SON TO BE BRUISED AND BROKEN FOR YOU. AND AS LONG AS YOU'VE 42:10.030 --> 42:13.775 GOT KING JESUS, YOU DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE. 42:13.775 --> 42:16.568 - REGISTER TODAY AT OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG. 42:16.612 --> 42:26.585 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 42:26.585 --> 42:29.255 - I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT. IT'S COMING SOON TO A 42:29.255 --> 42:33.545 THEATER NEAR YOU, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAC, 42:33.545 --> 42:36.635 MID-AMERICA CENTER. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME, CAN'T WAIT FOR IT. 42:36.635 --> 42:39.545 WELL, FOLKS, IT IS OFFERING TIME. 42:39.545 --> 42:41.436 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 42:41.436 --> 42:46.536 AND I WANNA GIVE OUR ESTEEMED GUEST, DR. GENE, PLENTY OF TIME, 42:46.536 --> 42:51.755 SO I'M GONNA BE QUITE BRIEF. I HAVE ONE SCRIPTURE THAT I WANNA 42:51.755 --> 42:55.985 READ IN THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS, BUT IT IS BRIEF. IT'S 42:55.985 --> 43:02.945 PROVERBS 3:9, OUT OF THE EASY READING VERSION. IT SAYS, "HONOR 43:02.945 --> 43:07.206 THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND THE FIRST PART OF YOUR HARVEST. 43:08.346 --> 43:11.735 THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FULL OF GRAIN AND YOUR BARRELS WILL BE 43:11.735 --> 43:17.657 OVERFLOWING WITH WINE." NEXT, I WANT TO READ IT OUT OF THE NLT, 43:19.206 --> 43:23.045 AND THAT GOES LIKE THIS, "HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND 43:23.045 --> 43:28.266 WITH THE BEST PART OF YOUR PRODUCE. THEN HE WILL FILL YOUR 43:28.266 --> 43:31.824 BARNS WITH GRAIN AND YOUR VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH GOOD WINE." 43:33.306 --> 43:37.206 AND FINALLY, I LIKE THIS IN THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, IT SAYS, 43:37.206 --> 43:41.826 "HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR CAPITAL AND SUFFICIENCY FROM 43:41.826 --> 43:46.746 RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCOME. 43:46.746 --> 43:51.275 SO SHALL YOUR STORAGE PLACES BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOUR VATS 43:51.275 --> 43:54.695 SHALL BE OVERFLOWING WITH NEW WINE." NOW, WHY DID I READ THAT 43:54.695 --> 43:58.956 THREE TIMES? BECAUSE I LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE 43:58.956 --> 44:01.056 AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN PULL OUT OF 44:01.056 --> 44:07.085 THIS BRIEF SCRIPTURE, BUT WHAT I WANNA START WITH IS HONOR. AND 44:07.085 --> 44:11.226 IT'S INTERESTING THAT IF WE HONOR THE LORD, IT SAYS IN ONE 44:11.226 --> 44:15.786 VERSION, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE FIRST PART OF OUR 44:15.786 --> 44:21.456 HARVEST, AND IN ANOTHER, WITH OUR WEALTH AND WITH THE BEST 44:21.456 --> 44:26.376 PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE PRODUCE. AND FINALLY, WITH OUR 44:26.376 --> 44:31.896 CAPITAL AND OUR SUFFICIENCY FROM RIGHTEOUS LABORS AND WITH THE 44:31.896 --> 44:38.076 FIRST FRUITS OF ALL OF OUR INCOME. WELL, THE KEY TO ME 44:38.076 --> 44:40.476 HERE, I COULD GO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT THE KEY TO ME 44:40.476 --> 44:44.346 HERE IS THAT IT ALL BEGINS WITH HONOR. SO ALL OF THAT BLESSING, 44:44.346 --> 44:48.755 ALL OF THAT OVERFLOW, ALL OF THAT ABUNDANCE FOLLOWS YOU 44:48.755 --> 44:55.326 HONORING THE LORD. AND HONORING THE LORD HERE MEANS USING YOUR 44:55.326 --> 44:59.135 WEALTH FOR RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES AS WE SAW, BUT ALSO I WANT TO POINT 44:59.135 --> 45:07.056 OUT THAT GIVING YOUR HARVEST OR YOUR INCREASE FROM YOUR, OR 45:07.056 --> 45:10.235 GIVING OUT OF YOUR INCREASE RATHER, IS A RECOGNITION I 45:10.235 --> 45:17.885 THINK, OF EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IS 45:17.885 --> 45:23.646 ALL FROM GOD. IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT REALLY IT'S 45:23.646 --> 45:29.596 ALL HIS. AND PSALM 24:1 SAYS THIS, "THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S 45:29.596 --> 45:37.085 AND EVERYTHING IN IT." AND JAMES 1:17 SAYS, "EVERY GOOD 45:37.085 --> 45:41.106 GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE AND COMES DOWN FROM 45:41.106 --> 45:45.065 THE FATHER OF LIGHTS WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW 45:45.065 --> 45:50.286 OF TURNING." SO TWO POINTS, GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, 45:50.286 --> 45:57.635 AND FOREVER. HE'S UNCHANGING AND HE IS A GENEROUS GOD. AND SO IF 45:57.635 --> 46:02.826 WE HONOR THAT CHARACTER, THAT IF WE HONOR THAT GENEROSITY, WE 46:02.826 --> 46:07.565 EMULATE THAT, AND WE OBSERVE HIS COMMANDMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO 46:07.565 --> 46:10.565 LIVE IN THE BLESSING, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE 46:10.565 --> 46:18.425 PROSPERITY THAT'S DESCRIBED IN DEUTERONOMY 28:8. AND IT SAYS, 46:18.425 --> 46:23.076 "THE LORD WILL COMMAND THE BLESSING ON YOU IN YOUR BARNS 46:23.076 --> 46:26.735 AND IN ALL THAT YOU SET YOUR HAND TO DO, AND HE WILL BLESS 46:26.735 --> 46:30.996 YOU IN THE LAND WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD IS GIVING YOU." AND 46:30.996 --> 46:34.266 FOLKS, WE CAN SEE THE MANIFESTATION OF THIS RIGHT HERE 46:34.266 --> 46:38.826 IN THIS CHURCH. WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MODELS THERE IS. PASTOR 46:38.826 --> 46:44.346 HANK, PASTOR BRENDA ARE GENEROUS PEOPLE, AMAZINGLY SO. LORD OF 46:44.346 --> 46:50.137 HOSTS CHURCH IS A GENEROUS GIVER. WE ALWAYS REAP A HARVEST. 46:51.726 --> 46:56.076 WE'RE CONTINUALLY INCREASING. WE RECEIVE THE COVENANT BLESSING 46:56.076 --> 47:00.846 BECAUSE WE GIVE OF OUR INCREASE. AND THIS CHURCH IS GOOD GROUND 47:00.846 --> 47:05.315 BECAUSE WE SOW INTO GOOD GROUND. AND WE'RE GENEROUS GIVERS 47:05.315 --> 47:11.496 WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY NEEDS THAT WE ALL CAN AND PROBABLY SHOULD 47:11.496 --> 47:14.885 HELP WITH. AND JUST AS A CURRENT EXAMPLE, I KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY 47:14.885 --> 47:20.766 ALL BEEN FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC DESTRUCTION AND DEATH INVOLVED 47:20.766 --> 47:24.996 WITH THE FLOODING IN THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS, KERR COUNTY 47:24.996 --> 47:29.615 AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND WE'VE BEEN PRAYING HERE INDIVIDUALLY 47:29.615 --> 47:34.266 AND CORPORATELY FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFFECTED. BUT 47:34.266 --> 47:37.235 IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THIS MINISTRY'S GOOD FRIEND, RICK 47:37.235 --> 47:42.635 GREEN, WHO RUNS PATRIOT ACADEMY, SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF ALL 47:42.635 --> 47:48.456 OF THAT. AND HE'S BEEN OUT DOING ALL THAT HE CAN, BEING THE HANDS 47:48.456 --> 47:51.876 AND FEET OF JESUS TO HELP ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING. 47:51.876 --> 47:58.326 NOW, LORD OF HOSTS, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SO GENEROUS IN 47:58.326 --> 48:03.478 GIVING INTO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND, WAS ABLE TO HELP IN A 48:03.478 --> 48:07.565 SIGNIFICANT WAY. AND WE JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE 48:07.565 --> 48:11.766 A BRIEF VIDEO FROM RICK, AND HE'LL TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT 48:11.766 --> 48:14.503 MORE ABOUT IT. SO IF WE CAN ROLL THAT VIDEO, PLEASE. 48:14.503 --> 48:16.896 - HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, LORD OF HOSTS 48:16.896 --> 48:19.130 CHURCH, GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 48:19.130 --> 48:21.239 THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, PATRIOT ACADEMY, WE SIT RIGHT 48:21.239 --> 48:23.556 HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HILL COUNTRY, THE FLOODING 48:23.556 --> 48:26.646 AND THE DAMAGE WAS ALL AROUND OUR CAMPUS. THANKFULLY, GOD 48:26.646 --> 48:30.306 PROTECTED OUR CAMPUS AND WE TOOK SOME WATER DAMAGE, BUT NOTHING 48:30.306 --> 48:32.735 LIKE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS TOOK. I MEAN, WE'RE 10 MINUTES FROM THE 48:32.735 --> 48:35.856 RIVER WHERE A LOT OF THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION HAPPENED, AND SO 48:35.856 --> 48:37.956 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP SOME. WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE 48:37.956 --> 48:40.596 ABLE TO GO OUT AND HELP MORE BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT. YOU 48:40.596 --> 48:43.206 KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS COMING ALONGSIDE US AT PATRIOT ACADEMY 48:43.206 --> 48:47.226 WHEN WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND IN THIS REALLY DIFFICULT TIME, YOU 48:47.226 --> 48:49.025 CAME ALONGSIDE US IN A BIG WAY. THANK YOU. 48:49.025 --> 48:51.065 THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 48:51.065 --> 48:54.215 PRAYERS. AND THANK YOU FOR JUST CONTINUING TO STAND WITH US AT 48:54.215 --> 48:57.876 PATRIOT ACADEMY AS WE STAND WITH YOU. WE'RE REALLY BLESSED TO 48:57.876 --> 49:00.606 COME ALONGSIDE YOU WHEN WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND 49:00.606 --> 49:02.856 WE'RE REALLY BLESSED WHEN YOU COME ALONGSIDE US. SO GOD BLESS 49:02.856 --> 49:06.126 Y'ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING US IN TEXAS AND 49:06.126 --> 49:08.706 ESPECIALLY THOSE VICTIMS HERE IN THE HILL COUNTRY. WE'RE ABLE TO 49:08.706 --> 49:11.646 SHOW THEM GOD'S LOVE AND RESTORATION BY LITERALLY 49:11.646 --> 49:13.675 GOING AND BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF 49:13.675 --> 49:15.487 CHRIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT. 49:17.858 --> 49:20.795 - WELL, PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU, RICK, FOR EVERYTHING 49:20.795 --> 49:23.195 THAT YOU DO THERE AT PATRIOT ACADEMY AND BEYOND, AND OF 49:23.195 --> 49:25.715 COURSE FOR BEING THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS AND GOING OUT AND 49:25.715 --> 49:29.826 HELPING ALL THOSE FOLKS IN YOUR REGION. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE 49:29.826 --> 49:33.306 SALUTE YOUR EFFORTS, SIR. WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH 49:33.306 --> 49:37.746 YOU. GIVING INFORMATION, THEY CAN PUT UP ON THE SCREENS. 49:37.746 --> 49:42.096 MULTIPLE WAYS TO GIVE HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT ENVELOPES 49:42.096 --> 49:46.175 IN THE TABERNACLE. THE USHERS CAN HELP YOU WITH THOSE. IF 49:46.175 --> 49:48.666 THAT'S NOT YOUR PREFERENCE AND IT'S NOT MINE, YOU CAN TEXT TO 49:48.666 --> 49:53.615 GIVE. THAT'S MY FAVORITE METHOD. YOU CAN USE OUR MOBILE APP. YOU 49:53.615 --> 50:02.016 CAN ALSO GO TO THE WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG/GIVE. USE OUR, 50:02.016 --> 50:04.985 SCAN THE QR CODE THERE AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY. 50:04.985 --> 50:08.675 AND YOU CAN STILL ALSO SEND YOUR GIFTS BY MAIL. AND THE ADDRESS 50:08.675 --> 50:11.795 IS THERE ON THE SCREEN. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY MAKE MENTION 50:11.795 --> 50:16.085 HERE, THOUGH, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, PASTOR MATT WAS 50:16.085 --> 50:21.916 TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT TO OTH AND ALL OF THAT. AND I JUST WANT 50:21.916 --> 50:25.996 YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR YOU TO SOW 50:25.996 --> 50:30.615 INTO THE CONFERENCE. AND IT'S GONE LIVE NOW ON THE DROP-DOWN 50:30.615 --> 50:34.365 MENU ON THE GIVING PAGE, AND THAT IS OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25. 50:35.536 --> 50:39.976 OPENING THE HEAVENS ’25. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN REFERENCED 50:39.976 --> 50:44.505 HERE RECENTLY, SO JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD 50:44.505 --> 50:48.255 A SMALL DEFICIT AFTER THE CONFERENCE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE 50:48.255 --> 50:52.635 SURE THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE THAT AGAIN. WE WANT TO SOW BIG 50:52.635 --> 50:56.686 INTO THAT. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET IS MET BEFORE WE 50:56.686 --> 51:01.396 EVEN GO DOWN THERE, AND WE EVEN EXCEED IT THIS YEAR. AND NOW I 51:01.396 --> 51:05.655 KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO PREVIOUS OTHS. YOU UNDERSTAND 51:05.655 --> 51:08.806 COMPLETELY WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, WHAT A GREAT 51:08.806 --> 51:12.106 CONFERENCE IT IS, HOW CRITICAL IT IS RIGHT NOW IN OUR NATION. 51:13.726 --> 51:19.215 SO THERE MAY BE REASONS STILL THAT YOU CAN'T MAYBE JOIN US 51:19.215 --> 51:22.996 THIS SEPTEMBER, WHATEVER THOSE REASONS MIGHT BE, BUT STILL 51:22.996 --> 51:26.536 CONSIDER, IF YOU WOULD, SOWING A SEED INTO THE CONFERENCE TO 51:26.536 --> 51:29.056 BLESS OTHERS, KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE THAT THERE IS THERE. 51:29.056 --> 51:34.545 AND JUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER ANY OF YOU CAN DO WILL CERTAINLY BE 51:34.545 --> 51:37.996 GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE PASTORS, PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA, 51:37.996 --> 51:43.846 TO PUT THIS BUDGET OVER FOR THIS CONFERENCE, AND WE'LL SAIL INTO 51:43.846 --> 51:52.065 IT WITHOUT A CONCERN. SO WE THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO ASK 51:52.065 --> 51:58.516 THAT WE GIVE GREAT HONOR TO GOD TODAY, THAT WE GIVE VERY 51:58.516 --> 52:03.436 GENEROUSLY, THAT WE SOW BIG INTO THE GOOD GROUND THAT WE HAVE 52:03.436 --> 52:07.786 HERE AT THIS CHURCH AND THAT WE'RE ALL A PART OF. YOU ONLINE 52:07.786 --> 52:11.896 AS WELL. AND AS WE DO THAT, AS WE CONNECT OURSELVES TO THE 52:11.896 --> 52:15.436 BLESSING THAT IS ON THIS HOUSE, WE CAN EXPECT AN ABUNDANT 52:15.436 --> 52:24.226 HARVEST. YES, PASTOR DOUG'S REMINDING ME THAT THERE WILL BE 52:24.226 --> 52:27.739 A SEPARATE OFFERING FOR OUR GUESTS AT THE END OF THE 52:27.739 --> 52:31.996 SERVICE, AND HE'LL CONDUCT THAT. SO IF EVERYONE HERE AND ONLINE 52:31.996 --> 52:36.346 IS READY, WE CAN HOLD UP OUR ENVELOPES OR OUR DEVICES, AND 52:36.346 --> 52:39.885 WE'LL PRAY OVER THOSE. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE THANK 52:39.885 --> 52:43.876 YOU FOR THE BLESSING. WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE POWER TO 52:43.876 --> 52:49.606 GET WEALTH AND FOR TEACHING US TO PROFIT. WE KNOW THAT YOU TAKE 52:49.606 --> 52:53.505 PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF YOUR SERVANTS, SO WE HONOR YOU 52:53.505 --> 52:59.445 TODAY. WE GIVE YOU OUR FIRST AND WE GIVE YOU OUR BEST. WE GIVE 52:59.445 --> 53:03.376 GENEROUSLY FROM THE PRODUCE OF WHAT WE'VE SET OUR HANDS TO DO 53:03.376 --> 53:06.255 BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN GENEROUSLY TO US AND WE KNOW 53:06.255 --> 53:10.365 THAT WE CAN'T OUT GIVE YOU, GOD. WE DECLARE AN ABUNDANT HARVEST 53:10.365 --> 53:13.606 FROM THE PRECIOUS SEEDS THAT WE ARE SOWING HERE TODAY AND WE 53:13.606 --> 53:18.885 THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS. AND ALL 53:18.885 --> 53:22.846 WHO AGREED SAID AMEN. AND NOW LET'S WELCOME PASTOR MATT AS HE 53:22.846 --> 53:24.856 COMES TO LEAD US IN THE DECLARATION. 53:24.856 --> 53:28.635 - THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK, APPRECIATE THAT, AMEN, AMEN. 53:28.635 --> 53:32.596 WELL, CHURCH, LET'S DECREE TOGETHER. AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU 53:32.596 --> 53:36.735 DECREE THIS, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO RELATE THIS TO YOUR PERSONAL 53:36.735 --> 53:39.525 LIFE AND THE BREAKTHROUGHS AND MANIFESTATIONS YOU'RE BELIEVING 53:39.525 --> 53:44.295 FOR, AMEN? WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS 53:44.295 --> 53:48.615 CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE 53:48.615 --> 53:52.996 DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY 53:52.996 --> 53:56.865 ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED." WE SAY THAT WE HAVE 53:56.865 --> 54:01.306 ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE 54:01.306 --> 54:05.445 HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE 54:05.445 --> 54:09.346 PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO 54:09.346 --> 54:13.036 BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF 54:13.036 --> 54:16.905 PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE 54:16.905 --> 54:20.715 PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN 54:20.715 --> 54:24.735 WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE 54:24.735 --> 54:29.806 DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. NOW LOOK AT 54:29.806 --> 54:33.766 SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM GOD'S GONNA DO IT, AMEN? GOD IS GONNA 54:33.766 --> 54:39.255 DO IT, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, AS YOU'RE BEING SEATED, TURN YOUR 54:39.255 --> 54:43.126 ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS HERE AS WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE FROM 54:43.126 --> 54:46.005 MY PARENTS, PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN. 54:47.206 --> 54:50.746 - GOOD MORNING, CHURCH FAMILY. HEY, WE'RE STILL ON VACATION. 54:50.746 --> 54:53.925 PASTORS HANK AND BRENDA HERE, AND WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE HAVING 54:53.925 --> 54:57.405 A GREAT TIME. SHE IS SPOILING ME, LIKE SHE 54:57.405 --> 55:00.255 ALWAYS DOES, BUT WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME. 55:00.255 --> 55:02.085 - WE'RE COOKING, WE'RE GOING ON PICNICS, 55:02.085 --> 55:03.916 WE'RE DOING A LOT OF FUN THINGS. 55:03.916 --> 55:05.655 - WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN THINGS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU 55:05.655 --> 55:08.295 THIS, IF YOU ARE OUR GUEST TODAY, AND THIS IS YOUR FIRST 55:08.295 --> 55:11.626 TIME, WELCOME TO GOD'S HOUSE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND WE CAN'T 55:11.626 --> 55:14.896 WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. BUT I WANT YOU TO GET READY, BECAUSE 55:14.896 --> 55:18.556 WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT, GREAT FRIENDS. WE HAVE GENE AND TERI 55:18.556 --> 55:21.916 BAILEY THAT IS HERE, AND GENE IS GOING TO PREACH, LIKE HE DOES ON 55:21.916 --> 55:24.045 FLASHPOINT WITH ME. HANK, YOU GOT 10 SECONDS. HE'S GONNA 55:24.045 --> 55:26.565 PREACH A 10-SECOND MESSAGE. I CAN'T WAIT TO 55:26.565 --> 55:28.306 HEAR WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY IN 10 SECONDS, BRENDA. 55:28.306 --> 55:31.498 - I DON'T KNOW, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THIS IS AN ANOINTED MAN OF 55:31.498 --> 55:35.385 GOD, AND HE HAS A WORD IN HIS MOUTH, AND HE IS GONNA BLESS 55:35.385 --> 55:39.436 YOUR LIFE. ALONG WITH OUR SWEET TERI, WE LOVE YOU GUYS, BOTH 55:39.436 --> 55:43.186 GENE AND TERI, BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. LET'S 55:43.186 --> 55:46.005 MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM A GREAT WARM WELCOME AND WELCOME THEM TO 55:46.005 --> 55:49.516 OMAHA, NEBRASKA. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY. 55:49.516 --> 55:54.735 - AMEN, AMEN. HI, MOM AND DAD, WE LOVE YA. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON, 55:54.735 --> 55:59.385 AMEN, AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU. BUT GUYS, I WANNA INTRODUCE 55:59.385 --> 56:02.626 OUR GUEST HERE, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS. HOW MANY OF YOU 56:02.626 --> 56:08.835 BELIEVE AMERICA SHALL BE SAVED? AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THIS MAN OF 56:08.835 --> 56:15.556 GOD MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, TO MOM AND DAD. POWERFUL MAN OF GOD 56:15.556 --> 56:18.286 WHO'S TAKING A STAND FOR THIS NATION THAT SAID, "I WANNA SEE 56:18.286 --> 56:23.295 SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR MY COUNTRY." COME ON. IS IT 56:23.295 --> 56:26.175 "SMOKE ON THE WATER"? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE PLAYING? 56:26.175 --> 56:28.666 LET'S WELCOME PASTOR GENE TO "SMOKE ON THE WATER". 56:28.666 --> 56:33.326 COME ON. COME ON, UNCLE PASTOR GENE, AMEN. 56:33.360 --> 57:24.177 (MUSIC) 57:24.177 --> 57:32.619 WHOO! COME ON. COME ON, GIVE HIM A HAND, WOULD YOU? ALL RIGHT, 57:32.619 --> 57:35.380 THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. DANNY, I NEED A 57:35.385 --> 57:40.827 SOLO. COME ON. COME ON, LET IT RIP. 57:40.860 --> 57:59.775 (MUSIC) 58:36.349 --> 58:40.186 - I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! COME ON, GIVE IT UP! 58:40.186 --> 58:45.358 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 58:45.358 --> 58:48.550 THAT'S AWESOME. AWESOME, I TOLD THEM LAST TIME, 58:48.556 --> 58:50.206 IF THEY DIDN'T PLAY "SMOKE ON THE WATER," IT'S 58:50.206 --> 58:53.115 NOT RIGHT. WOULD YOU WELCOME MY WIFE, TERI? 58:53.115 --> 58:56.896 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 58:56.896 --> 59:00.405 - DANNY, I'M SO GLAD YOU DID THAT, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK 59:00.405 --> 59:01.876 HIM TO DO IT IF HE WASN'T GONNA DO IT. 59:01.907 --> 59:04.155 (LAUGHING) 59:04.155 --> 59:07.306 - GO AHEAD, GET THAT MESSAGE YOU HAD PREPARED. 59:07.306 --> 59:10.335 - HE TOLD ME, HE SAID IN THE SEAT, "OH, BY THE WAY, HERE, 59:10.335 --> 59:12.418 YOU'RE GONNA GO UP THERE." I SAID, "OH, OKAY." 59:13.119 --> 59:14.865 - AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE? 59:14.865 --> 59:17.090 - WELL, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, A LOT OF TIMES... 59:17.090 --> 59:18.625 - BE SEATED. 59:18.625 --> 59:21.061 - MOST OF THE TIME, LET'S FACE IT, THE 59:21.061 --> 59:23.230 DEVIL'S WORKING OVERTIME TO TAKE AWAY YOUR 59:23.230 --> 59:26.806 FAITH AND YOUR BELIEF IN GOD, AND SOMETIMES, THAT'S 59:26.806 --> 59:30.376 WHY WE DON'T SEE THOSE MIGHTY MIRACLES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING. 59:30.376 --> 59:34.365 AND KELLIE COPELAND SAID AT A BREAKFAST WE WERE JUST AT, "THE 59:34.365 --> 59:38.356 LAST 10 YEARS," I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN YOUR LIFE, BUT 59:38.356 --> 59:41.626 IT'S LIKE THE DEVIL HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME BEATING US UP. 59:41.626 --> 59:45.496 WHY WOULD THAT BE? MAYBE HE KNOWS HIS TIME'S SHORT, AND 59:45.496 --> 59:50.565 MAYBE, MAYBE HE ATTACKS THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE 59:50.565 --> 59:53.416 SOMETHING TO DO FOR CHRIST, BECAUSE YOU'RE A THREAT IF YOU 59:53.416 --> 59:57.556 COME TO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO SOMETIMES IN YOUR LIFE 59:57.556 --> 01:00:01.635 TOO, YOU NEED TO REPENT SO YOU CAN BE RESTORED, BECAUSE GOD'S 01:00:01.635 --> 01:00:04.876 TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO HEAVEN, NOT KEEP THEM OUT. BUT 01:00:04.876 --> 01:00:12.076 SOMETIMES YOU THINK, "YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T FOR MY KIDS, YOU 01:00:12.076 --> 01:00:16.005 KNOW, I'M SO EMBARRASSED." OKAY? "THEY DID THAT," OR MAYBE "I DID 01:00:16.005 --> 01:00:20.286 SUCH A HORRIBLE THING. GOD COULD NEVER USE ME IF 01:00:20.286 --> 01:00:23.675 PEOPLE JUST FOUND OUT WHAT I DID", OKAY? IF YOU 01:00:23.675 --> 01:00:27.284 FOUND OUT WHAT SO AND SO DID IN YOUR FAMILY, 01:00:27.284 --> 01:00:32.876 YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO SAY? GOD USES US. AND WE 01:00:32.876 --> 01:00:37.226 HAVE VERY, VERY IMPERFECT LIVES. AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH VERY MANY 01:00:37.226 --> 01:00:42.956 STORMS AND BATTLES. AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TOO. SO THE MESSAGE 01:00:42.956 --> 01:00:46.195 THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER IS REPENT SO YOU CAN BE 01:00:46.195 --> 01:00:58.646 RESTORED. AND NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER GIVE UP. ALSO, TWO, INSTEAD 01:00:58.646 --> 01:01:04.706 OF THINKING AND MEDITATING ON WHAT THE WORST POSSIBLE OUTCOME 01:01:04.706 --> 01:01:09.085 COULD BE, SOMETIMES YOU NEED NOT JUST TO BE HERE IN CHURCH, BUT 01:01:09.085 --> 01:01:12.865 HAVE A DAILY ENCOUNTER WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR EVERY DAY IN 01:01:12.865 --> 01:01:17.456 YOUR BED. I MEAN, JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND START IMAGINING 01:01:17.456 --> 01:01:21.536 THE MIRACLE THAT YOU ARE BELIEVING FOR. AND YOU KNOW 01:01:21.536 --> 01:01:26.905 WHAT? YOU ARE AN AUTOPILOT. WITH THE LORD, WE CAN DO ALL THINGS 01:01:26.905 --> 01:01:30.956 THROUGH CHRIST. AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH HELL AND 01:01:30.956 --> 01:01:34.226 THERE'S PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT HAVE FREE WILL THAT HAVE CAUSED 01:01:34.226 --> 01:01:39.956 YOU A LOT OF DIFFERENT PAINS, GOD CAN REMOVE THAT FROM YOU, HE 01:01:39.956 --> 01:01:43.826 HAS BEEN THERE WITH YOU OR YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TODAY. 01:01:43.826 --> 01:01:48.375 AND SO HE WANTS TO USE YOUR LIFE, DO NOT LET ANYTHING 01:01:48.375 --> 01:01:51.782 OR ANYONE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP 01:01:51.782 --> 01:01:54.213 WITH THE LORD AND BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE FOR 01:01:54.213 --> 01:01:57.016 HIM RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE HE NEEDS US ALL. 01:01:57.989 --> 01:01:59.619 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:01:59.619 --> 01:02:01.721 - GIVE HER A HAND. THANK YOU, HONEY. 01:02:01.766 --> 01:02:04.456 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:02:04.456 --> 01:02:07.588 UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER TODAY, 01:02:07.588 --> 01:02:10.346 BUT I HEARD THAT I HAVE TO LIKE, WHAT WAS IT, ONE 01:02:10.346 --> 01:02:15.626 OR TWO O'CLOCK? JUST KIDDING. PEOPLE ARE GETTING UP TO LEAVE 01:02:15.626 --> 01:02:19.856 ALREADY. YEAH, LIKE, "I'M OUT. PEACE. I'M OUT." LISTEN, YOU 01:02:19.856 --> 01:02:23.126 KNOW, TODAY IS JULY 20TH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU 01:02:23.126 --> 01:02:27.445 PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA. BUT I KNOW THE REAL REASON, AND IF YOU 01:02:27.445 --> 01:02:31.376 WERE WATCHING MY SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU FOUND OUT WHY TODAY IS SO 01:02:31.376 --> 01:02:37.826 IMPORTANT, BECAUSE TODAY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY. SO 01:02:37.826 --> 01:02:40.679 PASTOR HANK, YOU NEED TO GET SOME ICE CREAM TODAY. GO GET 01:02:40.679 --> 01:02:43.556 SOME ICE CREAM. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. YOU 01:02:43.556 --> 01:02:49.405 PROBABLY ALREADY HAD ICE CREAM. SO WE CELEBRATE ICE CREAM DAY. 01:02:49.405 --> 01:02:51.416 BUT LISTEN, I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING BECAUSE OF ALL THE 01:02:51.416 --> 01:02:53.786 ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY 01:02:53.786 --> 01:03:02.246 WE DID "SMOKE ON THE WATER", STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT OPENING 01:03:02.246 --> 01:03:09.115 THE HEAVENS. AND IT JUST KIND OF KEEPS GOING, YOU KNOW. SO I WANT 01:03:09.115 --> 01:03:11.726 TO RECOMMEND, LIKE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS OPEN. 01:03:11.726 --> 01:03:15.865 YOU OUGHT TO COME JUST FOR LORENZO SEWELL, YOU KNOW, 01:03:15.865 --> 01:03:21.686 BECAUSE LORENZO IS A GOOD FRIEND AND, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO DO MY, 01:03:21.686 --> 01:03:24.896 HE WAS LATE ON A FLIGHT, WE WERE DOING FLASHPOINT COLORADO AND HE 01:03:24.896 --> 01:03:27.956 WAS LATE, HIS FLIGHT GOT DELAYED, SO I TRIED TO DO MY 01:03:27.956 --> 01:03:33.536 LORENZO IMPRESSION, YOU KNOW, "FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF 01:03:33.536 --> 01:03:38.846 COLORADO." IT DIDN'T WORK, IT DIDN'T WORK, THEN HE CAME IN AND 01:03:38.846 --> 01:03:43.916 HE DID IT, SO IT WAS GOOD. BUT HE'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MAN. 01:03:43.916 --> 01:03:46.735 AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE, FLASHPOINT'S GOING TO BE THERE 01:03:46.735 --> 01:03:54.865 ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 9/11, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY 01:03:54.865 --> 01:03:58.106 FOR US TO CELEBRATE TERI'S BIRTHDAY, IS ON 9/11, SO WE'LL 01:03:58.106 --> 01:04:03.865 BE CELEBRATING FLASHPOINT. PASTOR HANK WILL BE SPEAKING, 01:04:03.865 --> 01:04:10.155 RICK GREEN, LANCE WALLNAU, AND OUR GOOD FRIEND PASTOR JOHN 01:04:10.155 --> 01:04:14.545 AMANCHUKWU. YEAH, HE'S GONNA BE WITH US. SO YOU WANT TO, THAT'S 01:04:14.545 --> 01:04:16.885 JUST A ONE NIGHT ONLY FLASHPOINT, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE 01:04:16.885 --> 01:04:19.465 SURE YOU GUYS COME, MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE 01:04:19.465 --> 01:04:23.876 GET THINGS KICKED OFF AND THEY FIGURE IT CAN ONLY GO UP FROM 01:04:23.876 --> 01:04:30.202 THERE. COME ON GUYS, IT'S YOU'RE AWAKE NOW, OKAY? YOU'RE AWAKE, 01:04:30.202 --> 01:04:33.896 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND. I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL 01:04:33.896 --> 01:04:38.005 WELCOME TODAY. WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON ONE VOICE 01:04:38.005 --> 01:04:40.106 TV, BUT A SPECIAL WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING ON THE 01:04:40.106 --> 01:04:44.905 FLASHPOINT NETWORK. ALL OF US, WE'VE COMBINED THIS SUNDAY, SO 01:04:44.905 --> 01:04:49.465 WE ARE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU, FLASHPOINT NETWORK, 01:04:50.485 --> 01:04:52.675 FOR JOINING US. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FLASHPOINT 01:04:52.675 --> 01:04:56.815 NETWORK, WE ANNOUNCED THAT JULY 3RD WHEN WE WERE IN LOUISVILLE, 01:04:56.815 --> 01:05:02.726 KENTUCKY, ABOUT HOW WE COMBINED WITH INTEGRITY TELEVISION, AND 01:05:02.726 --> 01:05:07.255 WE DO MORE TOGETHER. FLASHPOINT IS GOING TO EXPAND AND DO MORE. 01:05:07.255 --> 01:05:12.956 ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A DAY IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. THERE'S 01:05:12.956 --> 01:05:15.416 PROGRAMMING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE, AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE 01:05:15.416 --> 01:05:18.835 WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, AND WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE 01:05:18.835 --> 01:05:23.365 PURCHASED TO BE ABLE TO GO STREAM LIVE EVENTS LIKE THIS TO 01:05:23.365 --> 01:05:31.376 OUR FORMAT. THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS, AND THIS HAS BEEN MY HEART'S 01:05:31.376 --> 01:05:35.876 THING WHEN FLASHPOINT HAS REALLY BEEN A PART OF THAT, IS THAT WE 01:05:35.876 --> 01:05:41.695 IN THE CHURCH WORLD HAVE BEEN SO SEGREGATED, AND I DON'T MEAN 01:05:41.695 --> 01:05:43.976 BLACK AND WHITE, I MEAN YOU GET THAT TOO I GUESS IN SOME 01:05:43.976 --> 01:05:47.576 CHURCHES, BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE CAMPS THAT 01:05:47.576 --> 01:05:50.516 WE GO INTO, YOU KNOW, THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CAMP, THE CHURCH 01:05:50.516 --> 01:05:55.106 OF GOD CAMP, THE WORD OF FAITH CAMP, THE WHATEVER CAMP, THE 01:05:55.106 --> 01:05:57.655 NON-DENOMINATIONAL CAMP, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO HAVE YOUR OWN 01:05:57.655 --> 01:05:59.291 CAMP AND NOT BE NON-DENOMINATIONAL, BUT IT 01:05:59.291 --> 01:06:07.016 HAPPENS. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT I JUST 01:06:07.016 --> 01:06:12.056 THINK IS, I HAD NOT SEEN IT THIS WAY BEFORE, AND I WANNA READ IT, 01:06:12.056 --> 01:06:16.315 IT'S IN JOHN CHAPTER 10. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THERE, YEAH, 01:06:16.315 --> 01:06:23.905 JOHN 10:16. AND THIS IS IN THE AMPLIFIED, SO I'M JUST GONNA 01:06:23.905 --> 01:06:25.585 READ IT REAL QUICK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN IF 01:06:25.585 --> 01:06:32.186 YOU DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S JUST JESUS SAYING, LET ME BACK UP A 01:06:32.186 --> 01:06:36.686 LITTLE BIT HERE. “EVEN AS,” 15, “EVEN AS MY FATHER KNOWS ME, AND 01:06:36.686 --> 01:06:38.965 I KNOW THE FATHER, AND I LAY DOWN MY VERY OWN LIFE, 01:06:38.965 --> 01:06:42.626 SACRIFICING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SHEEP, I HAVE OTHER SHEEP 01:06:42.626 --> 01:06:47.545 BESIDES THESE THAT ARE NOT IN THIS FOLD. I MUST BRING THOSE 01:06:47.545 --> 01:06:51.085 ALSO, AND THEY WILL LISTEN TO MY VOICE, AND PAY ATTENTION TO MY 01:06:51.085 --> 01:06:57.175 CALL, AND THEY WILL BECOME ONE FLOCK WITH ONE SHEPHERD.” THAT'S 01:06:57.175 --> 01:07:00.206 WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHAT FLASHPOINT NETWORK IS 01:07:00.206 --> 01:07:03.175 DOING, IS WE'RE BEING ABLE TO EXPAND AND BRING US ALL 01:07:03.175 --> 01:07:07.286 TOGETHER. WE'VE CARRIED ALREADY SEVERAL CONFERENCES, SERVICES 01:07:07.286 --> 01:07:11.606 LIVE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY IN OUR SOFT ROLLOUT. SO MAKE SURE 01:07:11.606 --> 01:07:15.416 YOU SUBSCRIBE TO ONE VOICE TV AND THE FLASHPOINT NETWORK. YOU 01:07:15.416 --> 01:07:19.735 CAN FIND US RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A TRANSITION TIME. 01:07:19.735 --> 01:07:23.905 BUT ON ROKU IS, IT'S INTEGRITY TELEVISION. JUST SEARCH FOR THE 01:07:23.905 --> 01:07:27.476 INTEGRITY TELEVISION APP. THAT WILL SOON BE CHANGING. THE 01:07:27.476 --> 01:07:30.326 PROGRAMMING WILL BE CHANGING, BUT IT'LL BE RIGHT THERE. AND 01:07:30.326 --> 01:07:32.666 YOU CAN BE A PART OF WHAT, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT 01:07:32.666 --> 01:07:36.956 PROGRAMMING, SOME OLD MOVIES AND OLD STUFF THAT YOU COULD LET 01:07:36.956 --> 01:07:41.996 YOUR GRANDMOTHER WATCH WITH YOU. AND YOU'D NOT BE EMBARRASSED, 01:07:41.996 --> 01:07:46.885 YOU KNOW. SO IT'S GOOD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT. OKAY, SO TODAY I 01:07:46.885 --> 01:07:51.445 WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND SO GOOD TO HAVE THE BAND HERE AND THE 01:07:51.445 --> 01:07:54.295 SINGERS, BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE 01:07:54.295 --> 01:07:58.675 JACOB ON THE BASS AND DEE ON THE KEYS, MAN, THAT JUST, WE GO BACK 01:07:58.675 --> 01:08:01.826 A LONG WAY, SO WHEREVER YOU GUYS ARE, IF YOU'RE OUT, YOU KNOW, 01:08:01.826 --> 01:08:07.856 HAVING COFFEE SOMEWHERE, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THEY 01:08:07.856 --> 01:08:15.416 WENT FOR ICE CREAM, THAT'S WHERE THEY WENT. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. 01:08:15.416 --> 01:08:21.247 I HEARD THAT, I HEARD THAT. I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, DEE. ALL 01:08:21.247 --> 01:08:25.496 RIGHT, SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING, AND I SAW THIS LAST 01:08:25.496 --> 01:08:30.865 NIGHT AS I WAS GETTING READY FOR THIS MORNING, KIND OF GOING OVER 01:08:30.865 --> 01:08:34.466 SOME NOTES, AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT PASTOR 01:08:34.466 --> 01:08:39.655 HANK ISN'T HERE SO I CAN JUST SAY WHAT I WANT, AND THEN HE HAS 01:08:39.655 --> 01:08:45.145 TO FIX IT NEXT WEEK. YEAH, SO YOU KNOW, YEAH, OKAY, WHATEVER. 01:08:48.025 --> 01:08:56.515 OKAY. I'M HERE TO, AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, I'M LOOKING FOR 01:08:56.515 --> 01:09:00.416 SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS. IS THERE A SMALL GROUPS PASTOR? IS THERE 01:09:00.416 --> 01:09:05.695 LIKE A PASTOR THAT DOES THAT? JUST THAT WE ALL DO IT. WE, YOU 01:09:05.695 --> 01:09:09.206 DO IT. YEAH, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT JESUS WAS THE WORST 01:09:09.206 --> 01:09:14.216 SMALL GROUPS PASTOR. HE WAS THE ABSOLUTE WORST ONE. YOU GO, 01:09:14.216 --> 01:09:16.195 "WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S SAYING THAT. HE'S SACRILEGIOUS. 01:09:16.195 --> 01:09:20.846 HE'S HERESY ALREADY." WELL, LISTEN. THINK ABOUT WHAT JESUS 01:09:20.846 --> 01:09:27.326 SAID. JESUS NEVER GAVE US A LOT OF BACKGROUND. HE ACTUALLY 01:09:27.326 --> 01:09:31.405 EXPECTED US TO THINK AND DIVE INTO IT. HE SAID, "WHAT IS THE 01:09:31.405 --> 01:09:33.445 KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?" ONE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A 01:09:33.445 --> 01:09:43.166 FIELD." SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, "WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE?" 01:09:43.166 --> 01:09:45.595 JESUS SAYS, "IT'S LIKE A SMALL CHILD." YOU CAN'T COME INTO THE 01:09:45.595 --> 01:09:53.666 KINGDOM LIKE A SMALL CHILD. OKAY, SO IT'S A FIELD, IT'S A 01:09:53.666 --> 01:09:56.935 SMALL CHILD. I MEAN, JESUS NEVER GAVE US THE WHOLE, WE WANT THE 01:09:56.935 --> 01:09:59.815 WHOLE THING. THIS IS THE WAY I AM. I'M LIKE, GIVE ME YOUR 01:09:59.815 --> 01:10:06.386 SERMON NOTES. I WILL SOMEWHAT FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOU. AND SO I 01:10:06.386 --> 01:10:09.685 CAN KIND OF GET THE GET THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE 01:10:09.685 --> 01:10:11.996 WANT IT REALLY NICE AND CONDENSED, BUT JESUS NEVER DOES 01:10:11.996 --> 01:10:16.416 IT THAT WAY. AND IMAGINE IF THIS WAS THE SMALL GROUPS PASTOR, AND 01:10:16.416 --> 01:10:18.386 THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON TELEVISION, THE INTERNET, 01:10:18.386 --> 01:10:23.095 EVERYWHERE, IMAGINE IF JESUS WAS YOUR SMALL GROUPS PASTOR AND IT 01:10:23.095 --> 01:10:25.315 WAS HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE TOGETHER. I MEAN, JESUS HAD A 01:10:25.315 --> 01:10:36.827 SMALL GROUP OF 12, AND THEY DIDN'T STAY TOGETHER. MAYBE THEY 01:10:36.827 --> 01:10:39.047 ASKED HIM, "JESUS, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS?" AND HE SAYS, 01:10:39.047 --> 01:10:45.436 "DEATH." I'M THINKING, I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SMALL GROUP 01:10:45.436 --> 01:10:51.016 AT THIS POINT. OF COURSE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE 01:10:51.016 --> 01:10:54.197 RESURRECTION, AND WE THANK GOD FOR ALL OF THAT. WHAT HAPPENED 01:10:54.197 --> 01:10:57.587 IS ALL THE DISCIPLES CAME BACK IN, THE SMALL GROUP CAME BACK 01:10:57.587 --> 01:11:01.516 TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE HE'S GONE TO HEAVEN, HE'S GONE UP TO 01:11:01.516 --> 01:11:03.766 PREPARE A PLACE FOR US, I HAVE TO LEAVE, AND THEN YOU'RE 01:11:03.766 --> 01:11:07.516 LIKE GOING, OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT. STILL 01:11:07.516 --> 01:11:09.858 CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT FIELD THING, BUT OKAY. 01:11:09.858 --> 01:11:14.297 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:11:14.297 --> 01:11:17.117 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BECOME SO LOCKED INTO, AND I TALK ABOUT 01:11:17.117 --> 01:11:22.907 WE, I'M REFERRING TO US AS THE CHURCH, THOSE OF US IN CHURCH, 01:11:22.907 --> 01:11:26.028 THOSE OF US THAT PROCLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN, THAT WE HAVE COME 01:11:26.028 --> 01:11:32.717 TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THIS TENDENCY, AND THIS USED TO BE, 01:11:32.717 --> 01:11:36.617 USED TO SEE THIS IN THE 70S AND 80S, MORE CHRISTIAN TELEVISION, 01:11:36.617 --> 01:11:41.115 WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SLYER NOW ABOUT DOING THIS, BUT WE WANT A 01:11:41.115 --> 01:11:46.306 FORMULA. GIVE ME THE SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESS, GIVE ME THE EIGHT 01:11:46.306 --> 01:11:50.837 WAYS, GIVE ME THE TEN THINGS, GIVE ME THE THREE POINTS, AND, 01:11:50.837 --> 01:11:52.997 OH, I'M PREACHING GOOD. Y'ALL GOT REAL QUIET NOW. 01:11:52.997 --> 01:11:54.947 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:11:54.947 --> 01:12:01.337 BUT WE WANT THAT TYPE OF ANSWER BECAUSE WE LIVE SUCH FAST LIVES. 01:12:01.337 --> 01:12:10.278 AND I REMEMBER MY PARENTS, MY DAD, GOD BLESS HIM, HE CAN'T DO 01:12:10.278 --> 01:12:20.207 ANYTHING TO ME NOW EITHER. WHEN THE MICROWAVES CAME OUT, I DON'T 01:12:20.207 --> 01:12:26.358 NEED A MICROWAVE, DON'T NEED ANYTHING THAT FAST. SO DID THE 01:12:26.358 --> 01:12:31.577 GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, SAID THAT THE TRAIN THAT GOES A NEEDLESS 01:12:31.577 --> 01:12:36.766 SPEED OF 17 AND A HALF MILES AN HOUR IS WAY TOO FAST. WE HAVE A 01:12:36.766 --> 01:12:40.877 TENDENCY TO THINK OF THINGS IN QUICKER WAYS AND WE DON'T 01:12:40.877 --> 01:12:43.757 EMBRACE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE 01:12:43.757 --> 01:12:49.516 A LOT OF GROUND TO OVERCOME. BUT HERE'S THE POINT THAT I WANT TO 01:12:49.516 --> 01:12:55.636 MAKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT WHILE JESUS SPOKE IN PARABLES AND 01:12:55.636 --> 01:13:04.516 STORIES, HE EXPECTS US TO WORK OUT OUR OWN SALVATION. SO I KNOW 01:13:04.516 --> 01:13:07.157 TODAY'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT LET ME 01:13:07.157 --> 01:13:09.917 TELL YOU, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M DEALING WITH, SO 01:13:09.917 --> 01:13:10.967 THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH. 01:13:10.967 --> 01:13:13.726 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:13:13.726 --> 01:13:18.230 IT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT GOES. THE USHERS LOCKED THE DOORS, YOU 01:13:18.230 --> 01:13:21.617 CAN'T GET OUT. NO, I'M KIDDING. THEY DID NOT LOCK THE DOORS IN 01:13:21.617 --> 01:13:24.407 CASE THEIR RIGHT WING WATCH IS WATCHING, THEY DIDN'T LOCK THE 01:13:24.407 --> 01:13:32.476 DOORS. THE TRUTH IS WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOOK FOR, LIKE I 01:13:32.476 --> 01:13:38.358 SAID, THE THREE STEPS TO SUCCESS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE 01:13:38.358 --> 01:13:44.686 WE LIKE TO STRIVE FOR SOMETHING. WE LIKE TO PUSH MANY OF US, HOW 01:13:44.686 --> 01:13:49.217 MANY OF YOU ARE TYPE A? AND HUSBANDS DON'T ELBOW YOUR WIFE. 01:13:49.217 --> 01:13:52.577 BUT IF YOU'RE TYPE A AND YOU LIKE TO TAKE A GOAL, TAKE THE 01:13:52.577 --> 01:13:56.926 MOUNTAIN, IT'S OKAY, IT'S NOT LIKE A SIN OR ANYTHING. YOU'RE 01:13:56.926 --> 01:13:59.867 TYPE A, YOU WANT TO GO, YOU'RE LIKE LET'S DO IT, LET'S GET IT 01:13:59.867 --> 01:14:03.752 DONE, LET'S GET OVER, THAT'S GREAT. Y'ALL ARE LIKE SCARED. 01:14:09.436 --> 01:14:11.957 AND WHAT'S FUNNY IS I SEE SOME GUYS, I'M NOT GONNA LOOK AT ANY 01:14:11.957 --> 01:14:28.278 OF THEM, THEY'RE GOING... "ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND?" WE WANT 01:14:28.278 --> 01:14:32.926 TO STRIVE BECAUSE WE WANT, WE HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND THE GRACE 01:14:32.926 --> 01:14:38.056 OF GOD, THE MERCY OF GOD. AND WE WANT TO, AND I SEE THIS BECAUSE 01:14:38.056 --> 01:14:42.797 I SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE FAITH CAMP, AND WORD OF FAITH CAMP, 01:14:42.797 --> 01:14:47.806 AND THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HURDLE, I THINK, WITH 01:14:47.806 --> 01:14:51.797 THAT PARTICULAR VEIN, AND I'M NOT AGAINST ANYBODY, OKAY, SO 01:14:51.797 --> 01:14:58.457 DON'T TAKE THAT WRONG. FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS 01:14:58.457 --> 01:15:02.957 ABOUT SURRENDER. SO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. IF FAITH IS 01:15:02.957 --> 01:15:12.047 REALLY ABOUT SURRENDER, THAT MEANS I CAN'T DO IT. YOU KNOW, I 01:15:12.047 --> 01:15:16.396 DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO MAKE IT, ALL I AM DOING. AND THE 01:15:16.396 --> 01:15:19.846 MORE YOU READ SCRIPTURE, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT 01:15:19.846 --> 01:15:26.327 GOD IS ASKING FOR US TO DO, IS TO SURRENDER, RIGHT? THE MORE WE 01:15:26.327 --> 01:15:31.247 SURRENDER, THE MORE WE'RE GOING TO SEE GOD MOVE. SO LET'S TALK 01:15:31.247 --> 01:15:34.787 ABOUT MINISTRY. WHEN YOU GO INTO MINISTRY, IT'S VERY EASY TO GET 01:15:34.787 --> 01:15:43.726 INTO THIS VEIN OF HEALING MINISTRY. I'VE GOT TO DO THINGS 01:15:43.726 --> 01:15:46.787 A CERTAIN WAY. I'VE GOT TO BE A CERTAIN THING. I GOT TO DO THIS, 01:15:46.787 --> 01:15:49.757 THIS SONG'S GOT TO PLAY, THAT THING'S GOT TO HAPPEN, AND IF I 01:15:49.757 --> 01:15:54.797 DON'T GET A TINGLE IN MY HAND, IT'S NOT WORKING. AND THERE'S 01:15:54.797 --> 01:15:59.417 NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THAT. WHAT'S WRONG IS IF WE DON'T 01:15:59.417 --> 01:16:01.846 PRAY, WE DON'T LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING 01:16:01.846 --> 01:16:06.377 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS. SO WHAT WE MUST 01:16:06.377 --> 01:16:11.417 UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE SURRENDER, OUR SURRENDER OPENS THE 01:16:11.417 --> 01:16:16.337 DOOR FOR GOD TO MOVE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE 01:16:16.337 --> 01:16:25.127 DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT, LIKE AMERICA. LIKE AMERICA. 01:16:25.127 --> 01:16:26.207 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:16:26.207 --> 01:16:28.757 THANK YOU. JACK, IS THIS ON? ONE, TWO, THREE. 01:16:28.757 --> 01:16:30.287 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:16:30.287 --> 01:16:33.287 WE DON'T SURRENDER ABOUT THAT, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. 01:16:33.287 --> 01:16:36.617 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY TO LET GOD USE YOU. 01:16:36.617 --> 01:16:39.528 WE MUST EMBRACE THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US. 01:16:39.528 --> 01:16:42.077 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:16:42.077 --> 01:16:48.827 AND I KNOW, YEAH, I KNOW IT'S EASY TO SAY "YES, AMEN." IT'S 01:16:48.827 --> 01:16:53.447 VERY HARD TO WORK TO WALK THAT OUT. IT'S VERY HARD TO 01:16:53.447 --> 01:16:56.747 REALIZE, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS HOW BAD YOU 01:16:56.747 --> 01:17:00.407 ARE OR WHAT A LOSER, I'M SORRY, MAYBE. 01:17:00.407 --> 01:17:02.957 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:17:02.957 --> 01:17:08.266 NO ONE KNOWS YOUR FAULTS LIKE YOU DO, RIGHT? I DIDN'T MEAN THE 01:17:08.266 --> 01:17:13.247 LOSER COMMENT, I'M SORRY. BUT NOBODY KNOWS THAT. SO IF 01:17:13.247 --> 01:17:16.726 WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER TO GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM WANT 01:17:16.726 --> 01:17:22.818 TO BE USED BY GOD IN SOME WAY? OKAY, GREAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY 01:17:22.818 --> 01:17:24.587 THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND ARE HERE. 01:17:24.587 --> 01:17:33.167 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:17:33.167 --> 01:17:39.377 FAITH IS NOT ABOUT STRIVING, FAITH IS ABOUT SURRENDER. THE 01:17:39.377 --> 01:17:42.797 HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SOMETHING WE STRUGGLE TO OBTAIN, IT'S SOMEONE 01:17:42.797 --> 01:17:48.646 WE SURRENDER TO. SO WHEN WE SURRENDER THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT 01:17:48.646 --> 01:17:52.457 WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THAT SIDE OF OUR BRAIN THAT SAYS 01:17:52.457 --> 01:17:59.957 I NEED TO DO THIS AND WE'RE RELEASING THAT AND SAYING I 01:17:59.957 --> 01:18:05.266 DON'T HAVE ANY POWER TO HEAL ANYONE. I DON'T HAVE THE 01:18:05.266 --> 01:18:08.537 WHEREWITHAL TO UNDERSTAND THIS ENTIRE BOOK OF THE BIBLE, THIS 01:18:08.537 --> 01:18:15.047 ENTIRE SCRIPTURE. WHAT I DO HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO SURRENDER. SO 01:18:15.047 --> 01:18:20.837 WHEN WE SURRENDER, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, GOD, I UNDERSTAND MY 01:18:20.837 --> 01:18:28.787 PLACE IN THIS AND MY ROLE IN THIS IS TO SURRENDER. NOW, IF 01:18:28.787 --> 01:18:32.837 YOU NOTICE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT 01:18:32.837 --> 01:18:36.766 WHAT I'VE SAID IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU 01:18:36.766 --> 01:18:44.146 CAN BREATHE. LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. 01:18:44.146 --> 01:18:48.617 I'M NOT THAT HOLY. I CAN'T GET TO BE THAT HOLY. I CANNOT ATTAIN 01:18:48.617 --> 01:18:51.766 THAT LEVEL OF HOLINESS. NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY 01:18:51.766 --> 01:18:55.757 THIS SO OURSELVES APPROVED, YOU KNOW, A WORKMAN AT NEED IS NOT. 01:18:55.757 --> 01:18:59.028 SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT SAYING YOU'VE GOT A FREE 01:18:59.028 --> 01:19:04.457 PASS. BUT WHEN, WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT IN THE CHURCH AND IN 01:19:04.457 --> 01:19:10.337 CHRISTIANITY TODAY, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT 01:19:10.337 --> 01:19:16.007 IS REFORMATION. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS TO GET REFORMATION 01:19:16.007 --> 01:19:21.377 REVIVAL IS THAT YOU SKIP THE SUFFERING. OF COURSE, NONE OF US 01:19:21.377 --> 01:19:27.646 WANT TO SUFFER TO GET TO THE PLACE OF REFORMATION. SO, WHAT I 01:19:27.646 --> 01:19:30.047 MEAN BY THAT, THAT'S A NICE FANCY WORD FOR THINGS REALLY 01:19:30.047 --> 01:19:34.127 CHANGING IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY. BUT THERE HAS TO BE A 01:19:34.127 --> 01:19:38.358 DEATH ON THE CROSS. THERE HAS TO BE A RESURRECTION FOR THERE TO 01:19:38.358 --> 01:19:43.186 BE A REFORMATION. SO REVIVAL IS MESSY. REVIVAL IS NEVER 01:19:43.186 --> 01:19:47.596 SOMETHING THAT WORKS OUT THE WAY YOU THINK IT WILL. YOU KNOW, I 01:19:47.596 --> 01:19:50.117 WAS GOING BACK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LOOKING AT OLD 01:19:50.117 --> 01:19:55.127 VIDEOS AGAIN BECAUSE I ENJOY WATCHING THE OLD GUYS DO IT. I 01:19:55.127 --> 01:19:57.617 REMEMBER, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING, I WAS SITTING 01:19:57.617 --> 01:20:02.117 THERE, OR I WAS STANDING THERE DURING THE MUSIC THINKING ABOUT, 01:20:02.117 --> 01:20:06.707 "OH, ROBERT, HE SAID, A MIRACLE IS EITHER MOVING TOWARDS YOU OR 01:20:06.707 --> 01:20:12.197 IT'S MOVING PAST YOU." AND I THOUGHT, "WOW, THAT'S TRUE." 01:20:13.877 --> 01:20:22.877 IT'S NOT GOD'S PROBLEM IF THERE'S NOT A MIRACLE. MATTHEW 01:20:22.877 --> 01:20:27.528 19:26. MATTHEW 19:26. LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT, IF YOU 01:20:27.528 --> 01:20:31.907 CAN GRASP THIS, IT WAS WORTH THE PRICE HE PAID TO GET IN TODAY. 01:20:34.527 --> 01:20:37.917 MATTHEW 19:26, AND THE KING JAMES SAYS, "BUT JESUS BEHELD 01:20:37.917 --> 01:20:40.947 THEM AND SAID UNTO THEM, ‘WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH 01:20:40.947 --> 01:20:50.367 GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.’" SO IMAGINE UP HERE, THIS IS 01:20:50.367 --> 01:20:52.385 A RIVER RIGHT HERE. I'M NOT GOING OVER THERE 01:20:52.385 --> 01:20:54.453 BECAUSE I'VE HAD BAD EXPERIENCES OVER THERE. 01:20:54.453 --> 01:20:57.690 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:20:57.690 --> 01:21:04.971 THIS IS A RIVER RIGHT HERE. NOW, THE FLOODS IN TEXAS THAT WE 01:21:04.976 --> 01:21:09.926 RECENTLY WENT THROUGH, THE PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE LAND 01:21:09.926 --> 01:21:13.917 IS, AND THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE BASEMENTS A LOT IN HOMES THERE 01:21:13.917 --> 01:21:18.237 IN TEXAS IS BECAUSE OF THE BEDROCK. IT'S ROCK, IT'S HARD TO 01:21:18.237 --> 01:21:22.737 GET, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET A BASEMENT IN 01:21:22.737 --> 01:21:25.527 THERE SO PEOPLE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THEM AS MUCH AS THEY DO 01:21:25.527 --> 01:21:32.636 HERE. SO WHEN THERE'S A BIG RAINSTORM, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 01:21:32.636 --> 01:21:34.556 THIS MUCH, IN A LOT OF PLACES, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT THAT MUCH 01:21:34.556 --> 01:21:39.807 SOIL. SO IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THE SOIL TO GET SATURATED. 01:21:41.127 --> 01:21:45.447 AND SO AGAIN, WHERE IS THE WATER GONNA GO? SO IT JUST STARTS 01:21:45.447 --> 01:21:54.447 BECOMING A WASHBOARD AND IT JUST FLIES, CREATES FLOODS. IF YOU 01:21:54.447 --> 01:21:59.636 SAW SOME OF THE VIDEOS OF THE FLOODS, THE PERSON HOLDING THE 01:21:59.636 --> 01:22:05.667 CAMERA WOULD ALWAYS GET AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD TO THE FLOOD AND 01:22:05.667 --> 01:22:08.216 THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND GOING, "BACK UP, BACK 01:22:08.216 --> 01:22:13.197 UP." AND YOU'D SEE THIS TORRENTIAL, YOU KNOW, WATER 01:22:13.197 --> 01:22:18.596 MOVING HOUSES AND CARS AND TREES AND BUILDINGS AND TRASH AND 01:22:18.596 --> 01:22:22.827 LIMBS AND ALL THAT. BUT THEY WERE NOT IN THAT FLOOD, THEY 01:22:22.827 --> 01:22:27.386 WERE SHOWING YOU THE FLOOD. SO BACK TO MY DESCRIPTION OF A 01:22:27.386 --> 01:22:32.186 RIVER RIGHT HERE. WE KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVES. WE KNOW THAT 01:22:32.186 --> 01:22:35.337 WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT OTHER THAN PROVIDING AN 01:22:35.337 --> 01:22:40.497 ATMOSPHERE FOR HIM TO MOVE IN. BUT I CAN STAND RIGHT, IF THE 01:22:40.497 --> 01:22:44.697 RIVER'S RIGHT HERE, I CAN STAND RIGHT HERE ALL DAY LONG. I CAN 01:22:44.697 --> 01:22:49.587 EVEN PULL OUT MY CAMERA AND SHOW WHAT GOD'S DOING AT THE ALTAR. 01:22:50.966 --> 01:22:54.356 LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT PERSON GET HEALED. WHOO, WHOOP, 01:22:54.356 --> 01:23:00.703 SHE WENT DOWN. IT'S EASY TO STAY IN CHURCH. 01:23:02.349 --> 01:23:06.386 IT'S EASY TO BE IN CHURCH WITH YOUR CELL PHONE AND 01:23:06.386 --> 01:23:10.046 BE ABLE TO TAKE VIDEOS OF STUFF. MAYBE YOU'RE AT A CONFERENCE, 01:23:10.046 --> 01:23:11.846 MAYBE YOU'RE AT OPENING THE HEAVENS AND THEY'RE PLAYING 01:23:11.846 --> 01:23:15.662 "SMOKE ON THE WATER" AND YOU'RE... IT'S EASY TO 01:23:15.662 --> 01:23:26.667 GET WRAPPED UP IN WATCHING. I'M COMING BACK TO THE 01:23:26.667 --> 01:23:30.176 RIVER. I USED TO LIVE IN FLORIDA, AND IN FLORIDA WHERE I 01:23:30.176 --> 01:23:33.506 LIVED, EVERY DAY ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK IT WOULD RAIN. ONE OF MY 01:23:33.506 --> 01:23:37.407 FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, OTHER THAN STAYING AWAY FROM 01:23:37.407 --> 01:23:43.155 ALLIGATORS, WAS TO WATCH IT RAIN. BECAUSE FLORIDA 01:23:43.155 --> 01:23:47.560 HAS THESE TORRENTIAL RAINSTORMS. I MEAN IT JUST LIKE... BLAH. 01:23:48.250 --> 01:23:51.664 THEN IT WOULD BE DONE, THE SUN WOULD COME OUT. AND YOU'D HAVE 01:23:51.664 --> 01:23:57.037 HUMIDITY OF LIKE A THOUSAND PERCENT. BUT THE, UM... UM... 01:23:57.037 --> 01:24:00.907 BUT I WOULD PUT THE GARAGE DOOR UP AND I WOULD GET RIGHT TO THE 01:24:00.907 --> 01:24:04.043 EDGE OF THAT GARAGE DOOR AND WATCH IT RAIN. IT WAS JUST SO 01:24:04.043 --> 01:24:06.833 COOL. I'M DRY AND I'M WATCHING IT RAIN. AND 01:24:06.833 --> 01:24:10.449 YOU'D WATCH THE PALM TREES BEND AND, YOU KNOW, 01:24:10.449 --> 01:24:12.987 EVERYTHING AND THE WIND BLOW AND YOU'D FEEL, EVERY 01:24:12.987 --> 01:24:20.636 ONCE IN A WHILE YOU'D FEEL A BREEZE. BUT I WASN'T WET. SO 01:24:20.636 --> 01:24:25.377 THIS RIVER, THIS RIVER, HOLY SPIRIT RIVER, THE ONLY WAY TO 01:24:25.377 --> 01:24:36.614 GET WET IS TO GET IN THE WATER. NOW, JUST LIKE I COULD STEP OUT 01:24:36.614 --> 01:24:42.987 OF MY GARAGE INTO THE RAIN AND FEEL THE RAIN, IN THE RIVER YOU 01:24:42.987 --> 01:24:48.356 HAVE A CHOICE. I CAN STAND HERE IF IT'S MOVING, IF IT'S NOT 01:24:48.356 --> 01:24:52.197 MOVING TOO FAST, IF IT'S ANKLE DEEP I CAN STAND HERE AND WATCH 01:24:52.197 --> 01:24:56.337 THE WATER GO BY AND THINGS CAN HAPPEN. MAN, THIS IS GREAT. LOOK 01:24:56.337 --> 01:25:05.037 AT THIS. I CAN WALK DOWN HERE. BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. I 01:25:05.037 --> 01:25:09.987 CAN EVEN GET ON MY KNEES AND TALK ABOUT THE WATER, TALK ABOUT 01:25:09.987 --> 01:25:16.617 HOW THE FLOW IS HAPPENING, BUT I'M NOT SURRENDERED YET. TOTAL 01:25:16.617 --> 01:25:19.976 SURRENDER MEANS I'VE GOT TO LAY DOWN AND SURRENDER ALL MY 01:25:19.976 --> 01:25:26.457 FACULTIES TO WHAT? OR LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. I HAVE TO LOSE 01:25:26.457 --> 01:25:37.947 CONTROL. SO OFTEN WE FEEL POWERLESS. WE FEEL POWERLESS. 2 01:25:37.947 --> 01:25:44.743 CORINTHIANS 12:9 SAYS THIS, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE. 01:25:44.743 --> 01:25:48.087 MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. THEREFORE I WILL BOAST 01:25:48.087 --> 01:25:50.966 THE MORE GLADLY OF MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST'S 01:25:50.966 --> 01:25:54.627 POWER MAY REST ON ME." SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO GET. THIS IS 01:25:54.627 --> 01:25:59.997 THE WHOLE, THIS IS THE EXEGESIS, THE HERMENEUTICAL PROCESS OF 01:25:59.997 --> 01:26:07.497 TODAY, IS TO STOP STRIVING. MANY OF US, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN, I 01:26:07.497 --> 01:26:12.266 HAVE TO ALWAYS CLARIFY THIS, IT DOES NOT MEAN I STOP PRAYING, I 01:26:12.266 --> 01:26:15.476 GOT LOVED ONES THAT NEED HEALED, I DON'T, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT. 01:26:16.766 --> 01:26:21.176 BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SURRENDERING. IT'S IN THE 01:26:21.176 --> 01:26:27.386 SURRENDER THAT THE STRIVE LEAVES. IF I'M TO LAY DOWN IN 01:26:27.386 --> 01:26:31.346 THIS RIVER THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, NOT ONLY AM I WET, I'M 01:26:31.346 --> 01:26:38.636 SATURATED. I GOT NO CONTROL. AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS I GO WHERE 01:26:38.636 --> 01:26:43.556 THE RIVER GOES. I'M NOT FIGHTING THE RIVER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT 01:26:43.556 --> 01:26:51.537 MY CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF MY CHURCH DENOMINATION. I'M GOING 01:26:51.537 --> 01:26:56.606 WHERE THE HOLY GHOST GOES. SO WE LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE GET HEALED 01:26:56.606 --> 01:27:00.686 AND THE PEOPLE GET HEALED. SO WHY DO PEOPLE NOT, WHY DOES NOT 01:27:00.686 --> 01:27:05.367 EVERYBODY GET HEALED? WHY IS THIS NOT ALWAYS WORKING? AND 01:27:05.367 --> 01:27:08.936 THERE'S A WHOLE, WE COULD PREACH ON THAT FOR HOURS. BUT HERE'S, 01:27:08.936 --> 01:27:12.686 LET ME GIVE YOU ONE ASPECT OF IT. OKAY, THIS IS, YOU MIGHT 01:27:12.686 --> 01:27:27.207 WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW THIS. WHEN 01:27:27.207 --> 01:27:31.377 I'M IN THAT WATER, AND I'M IN THE, I'M GOING WHERE THE HOLY 01:27:31.377 --> 01:27:36.386 GHOST IS GOING, AND I HAVE NO CONTROL, IT'S WHEN I FEEL THE 01:27:36.386 --> 01:27:43.436 BEST. IT'S WHEN I KNOW THAT MY LIFE OR MY WHATEVER IS, WHATEVER 01:27:43.436 --> 01:27:47.367 I'M DEALING WITH, WHETHER IT'S SICKNESS OR SOMETHING AT HOME, 01:27:47.367 --> 01:27:50.436 THAT'S WHERE I FEEL THE BEST. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT 01:27:50.436 --> 01:27:54.092 ANYMORE. WHY? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOT IT. 01:27:54.092 --> 01:27:57.150 HE'S GOT IT. ALL I GOT TO DO IS SURRENDER 01:27:57.150 --> 01:28:01.108 IT. AND I'VE HEARD THESE TYPE OF MESSAGES BEFORE 01:28:01.108 --> 01:28:03.774 AND I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THAT ONE YOU GO, "I DON'T 01:28:03.774 --> 01:28:09.447 KNOW, HE JUST SAID SURRENDER A LOT." BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE 01:28:09.447 --> 01:28:16.707 THINGS CHANGE, THE GRASPING THE ACT OF SURRENDER IN THE CHURCH 01:28:16.707 --> 01:28:21.056 HAS BEEN LOST, I BELIEVE. THE LEVEL OF WHAT WE NEED, WE TRY TO 01:28:21.056 --> 01:28:26.697 MAKE IT VERY, SOME PEOPLE IN MINISTRIES HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT 01:28:26.697 --> 01:28:33.117 VERY HARD FOR YOU, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO ATTAIN A LEVEL OF FAITH, 01:28:33.117 --> 01:28:37.466 YOU MUST ATTAIN A LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY, I MUST DO THESE 01:28:37.466 --> 01:28:41.846 THINGS RIGHT IN ORDER TO BE GOOD ENOUGH. NOW THEY WILL NEVER SAY 01:28:41.846 --> 01:28:45.747 THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT'S WRONG, BUT THAT'S HUMAN NATURE, 01:28:45.747 --> 01:28:50.877 HUMAN NATURE WANTS TO WORK TO BE GOOD. REMEMBER THE MOM THAT 01:28:50.877 --> 01:28:53.516 SAID, "HEY, SO WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN, CAN MY SON SIT ON YOUR 01:28:53.516 --> 01:29:00.447 RIGHT AND YOUR LEFT?" WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? AND JESUS SAYS, 01:29:00.447 --> 01:29:09.686 "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING." WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, 01:29:09.686 --> 01:29:14.787 I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW POWERFUL LETTING GO CAN BE. LET 01:29:14.787 --> 01:29:22.587 ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, A VERY REAL FINANCIAL EXAMPLE. THE LAST 01:29:22.587 --> 01:29:28.077 TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, FLASHPOINT WAS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE 01:29:28.077 --> 01:29:31.346 WERE WORKING WITH OTHERS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS AND STANDING UP 01:29:31.346 --> 01:29:34.256 FOR WHAT'S BIBLICAL VALUES AND WHAT'S RIGHT, AND WE'RE STILL 01:29:34.256 --> 01:29:41.636 DOING THAT. BUT I WAS UNDER DIRECTION THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERY 01:29:41.636 --> 01:29:43.737 EVENT HAD TO PAY FOR ITSELF, BECAUSE I WAS WORKING FOR A 01:29:43.737 --> 01:29:47.127 MINISTRY AND I HAD A BOSS AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS TO 01:29:47.127 --> 01:29:50.127 PAY FOR ITSELF OR YOU'RE GOING TO STOP DOING THEM. NOTHING 01:29:50.127 --> 01:29:54.447 WRONG WITH THAT. I UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND THEY USUALLY COST 01:29:54.447 --> 01:30:00.703 ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM $250,000 TO $400,000 TO PUT ON. JUST CRAZY. 01:30:01.796 --> 01:30:05.639 A CRAZY AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO I WOULD START STRESSING ABOUT IT. 01:30:07.256 --> 01:30:09.596 HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THAT? YOU 01:30:09.596 --> 01:30:11.726 KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET THIS DONE. MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT. 01:30:11.726 --> 01:30:14.787 MAYBE WE SHOULD GET THIS DONE. AND PRETTY SOON I'M SPENDING 01:30:14.787 --> 01:30:18.417 MORE TIME THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT'S FINANCES THAN I AM 01:30:18.417 --> 01:30:28.587 THINKING ABOUT THE EVENT. RIGHT. THIS IS REAL. THIS IS GROUND 01:30:28.587 --> 01:30:33.987 ZERO MINISTRY RIGHT HERE. SO I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT THE EVENT, 01:30:33.987 --> 01:30:36.567 I'M THINKING MORE ABOUT WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET, WHAT 01:30:36.567 --> 01:30:39.777 HAVE, IS THIS WHAT I SAID? WHAT HAVE I GOTTA DO TO GET THE 01:30:39.777 --> 01:30:44.988 FINANCES IN? AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM THAT'S AROUND ME, CURT 01:30:44.988 --> 01:30:49.426 WORKS WITH ME AND DALE AND REID AND TERI, EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, 01:30:49.426 --> 01:30:52.043 BEING KIND TO ME, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT'S CARRYING THE LOAD OF 01:30:52.043 --> 01:30:58.608 THIS. AGAIN, DID YOU HEAR HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SAID I? I'M 01:30:58.608 --> 01:31:01.157 CARRYING THE LOAD OF THIS, YOU PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M 01:31:01.157 --> 01:31:07.068 DOING. SACRIFICING FOR JESUS. AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT EVENT 01:31:07.068 --> 01:31:13.127 IT WAS, BUT IT WAS ONE THAT WE WERE, OUR REGISTRATION NUMBERS 01:31:13.127 --> 01:31:17.507 WERE SO LOW, OH I KNOW WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN 01:31:17.507 --> 01:31:23.056 TEXAS. WAS IT LUBBOCK WE WENT TO? LUBBOCK. AND WE DID NOT 01:31:23.056 --> 01:31:30.497 REALIZE WHEN WE BOOKED THE VENUE FOR THAT FLASHPOINT LIVE, IT 01:31:30.497 --> 01:31:36.407 HAPPENED TO BE GRADUATION WEEKEND FOR TEXAS TECH. NOW I 01:31:36.407 --> 01:31:40.895 DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO LUBBOCK. THERE'S TEXAS TECH, 01:31:42.197 --> 01:31:47.297 A FEW HOTELS, A FEW CHURCHES, AND A GAS STATION OR TWO, AND 01:31:47.297 --> 01:31:57.648 THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO WE HAD A MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL, MUCH 01:31:57.648 --> 01:32:01.877 LOWER THAN NORMAL ATTENDANCE. AND I'M LIKE, OH GOD, I'M IN 01:32:01.877 --> 01:32:06.346 BACKSTAGE, I'M LOOKING OUT, LOOKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, 01:32:06.346 --> 01:32:13.877 WATCHING A PERSON WALK IN. HEY, HELLO. AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD. 01:32:13.877 --> 01:32:19.488 AND I FELT I HEARD GOD SAY, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS 01:32:19.488 --> 01:32:23.957 OR AM I GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS? DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? 01:32:23.957 --> 01:32:26.087 BASICALLY, MAYBE THAT WAS IT. DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS OR DO YOU 01:32:26.087 --> 01:32:29.548 WANT ME TO DO IT? AND INSTANTLY I'M LIKE, 01:32:29.548 --> 01:32:41.118 "OH, UM, YOU." AND I LOOKED AT THE FINANCES 01:32:41.118 --> 01:32:43.636 THAT CAME IN FROM THAT, TO MAKE THE LONG STORY 01:32:43.636 --> 01:32:50.358 SHORT. WE BLEW WAY PAST THE BUDGET NUMBERS. AND I LEARNED MY 01:32:50.358 --> 01:32:55.306 LESSON. THAT TO LAY THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MONEY CAME 01:32:55.306 --> 01:33:01.037 IN, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T NEED TO KNOW. I DO MY PART, PLAN THE 01:33:01.037 --> 01:33:05.507 EVENT, DO MY PART, LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND 01:33:05.507 --> 01:33:08.806 WHERE WE GO AND WHAT WE DO, AND THEN I TAKE MY HANDS OFF. IN 01:33:08.806 --> 01:33:18.318 OTHER WORDS, SURRENDER. AND THE MORE, THE MORE, YEAH, I MEAN, 01:33:18.318 --> 01:33:21.648 THE MORE I HAVE LEARNED TO SURRENDER, THE MORE LIFE HAS 01:33:21.648 --> 01:33:24.738 GOTTEN EASIER. NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE CHALLENGES, 01:33:24.738 --> 01:33:28.938 OF COURSE WE DO, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE FINANCIAL THING THAT HAS 01:33:28.938 --> 01:33:36.858 HAPPENED. IT HELPED ME BACK WHEN WE DID LUBBOCK BECAUSE AT THE 01:33:36.858 --> 01:33:41.837 END OF APRIL, MY LAST DAY WORKING FOR KCM WITH KENNETH 01:33:41.837 --> 01:33:46.278 COPELAND WAS THE 29TH AND ON THE 30TH WE WERE ON OUR OWN. AND 01:33:46.278 --> 01:33:50.657 WHEN I MEAN ON OUR OWN, I MEAN NO INSURANCE, NO NOTHING, AND 01:33:50.657 --> 01:33:54.917 I'M LOOKING AT A BILL OF $130,000 FOR THE EVENT THAT WE 01:33:54.917 --> 01:34:00.497 WALKED INTO, BECAUSE IT WAS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR IT. 01:34:00.497 --> 01:34:03.528 BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING AND THANK GOD FOR MY 01:34:03.528 --> 01:34:07.547 WIFE, TERI, BECAUSE SHE COULD HAVE MADE LIFE A LOT HARDER. SHE 01:34:07.547 --> 01:34:13.757 WAS LIKE, "OKAY." ARE YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE 01:34:13.757 --> 01:34:22.457 ANY MONEY, RIGHT? "YEAH." SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT 01:34:22.457 --> 01:34:27.318 GONNA BE A CHECK. THAT AUTO DEPOSIT THING EVERY TWO WEEKS. 01:34:27.318 --> 01:34:36.287 "YEAH, NO, I'M GOOD." GREAT. IT'S ALL ON ME NOW. AH, WAIT A 01:34:36.287 --> 01:34:41.837 MINUTE. NO, NO, IT'S NOT ON ME. BUT IT HELPED ME PREPARE FOR 01:34:41.837 --> 01:34:45.497 WHEN WE STEPPED OFF. AND LISTEN, WE STEPPED, IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T, 01:34:45.497 --> 01:34:47.447 THERE CAME A POINT WHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN LOOK AT THE 01:34:47.447 --> 01:34:52.846 BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT MINE. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE 01:34:52.846 --> 01:34:56.417 FRUGAL WHERE WE NEED TO BE FRUGAL, BUT IT'S NOT MINE TO 01:34:56.417 --> 01:35:00.617 TAKE CARE OF. NOW, AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT 01:35:00.617 --> 01:35:05.537 ME AND MY FINANCES AT HOME?" YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO 01:35:05.537 --> 01:35:09.377 DO. MAKE SURE YOU'RE TITHING. MAKE SURE YOU'RE INVESTING IN 01:35:09.377 --> 01:35:14.627 GOD'S KINGDOM FIRST. AND THAT'S NOT TO GET... PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A 01:35:14.627 --> 01:35:18.587 MISTAKE ABOUT THIS TITHING THING. THEY GET SO WOUND UP, AND 01:35:18.587 --> 01:35:21.947 THIS THING COMES THROUGH EVERY FEW YEARS ABOUT, "IS TITHING 01:35:21.947 --> 01:35:26.778 BIBLICAL?" AND YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON ASKED ME THIS SEVERAL 01:35:26.778 --> 01:35:28.662 YEARS BACK, AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T 01:35:28.662 --> 01:35:31.096 REALLY CARE BECAUSE IT'S WORKING FOR ME." 01:35:33.198 --> 01:35:37.278 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:35:37.278 --> 01:35:41.507 BUT OF COURSE IT'S BIBLICAL. IT'S BIBLICAL. BUT YOU SEE THERE 01:35:41.507 --> 01:35:44.297 AGAIN, IT'S LIKE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR OWN FINANCES AND MAKE IT 01:35:44.297 --> 01:35:53.988 WORK FOR YOU. ANOTHER PLACE OF SURRENDER. NOW, GETTING 01:35:53.988 --> 01:35:59.806 IN THAT RIVER AND RELAXING, THERE IS ACTUALLY A 01:35:59.806 --> 01:36:03.587 WAY TO RELAX IN THE ANOINTING. DO YOU KNOW THAT? 01:36:05.688 --> 01:36:10.577 WHEN YOU'RE NOT STRIVING, YOU'VE SURRENDERED, YOU CAN LET 01:36:10.577 --> 01:36:13.938 THE HOLY SPIRIT GO. NOW THIS, AND I'M NOT, LET ME CLARIFY 01:36:13.938 --> 01:36:16.846 THIS. I'M NOT JUST REFERRING ABOUT YOU HAVING A HEALING 01:36:16.846 --> 01:36:19.877 MEETING SOMEWHERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR 01:36:19.877 --> 01:36:29.358 JOB AND THERE'S PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE A CHALLENGE. YOU CAN 01:36:29.358 --> 01:36:34.518 EITHER PICK UP THE CARE OF THAT OR YOU CAN GIVE IT TO GOD AND 01:36:34.518 --> 01:36:41.417 LET HIM WORK IT OUT. IT'S EASY TO SAY BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU 01:36:41.417 --> 01:36:47.988 DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT PERSON, THAT PERSON'S GOING 01:36:47.988 --> 01:36:52.367 TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO 01:36:52.367 --> 01:36:57.978 COME BACK WITH. YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO RESPOND, BUT YET YOU'VE 01:36:57.978 --> 01:37:02.207 MADE THIS COMMITMENT. I'M TELLING YOU, THE SURRENDERED 01:37:02.207 --> 01:37:09.648 LIFE IS THE LIFE, THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE. AND I SAY THIS FROM A 01:37:09.648 --> 01:37:19.157 DEEP PLACE OF IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE FOR ME TO SURRENDER. YOU 01:37:19.157 --> 01:37:22.398 KNOW, GOD HAS BLESSED TERI AND I IN THE MINISTRY AND WE'RE DOING 01:37:22.398 --> 01:37:25.938 GREAT. FLASHPOINT'S DOING GREAT. EVERYTHING'S, EVERYTHING'S 01:37:25.938 --> 01:37:30.407 CLICKING ALONG. BUT IF I START TO THINK ABOUT IT, I START 01:37:30.407 --> 01:37:33.407 PICKING UP THE PIECES OF IT AND WE DO THIS AND DO THAT, I WILL 01:37:33.407 --> 01:37:39.827 MISS WHAT GOD HAS. IN FACT, TERI HAD A WORD, GOD SAID, AND MAKE 01:37:39.827 --> 01:37:42.497 SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, YOU CAN GO RIDICULOUSLY FAST IF YOU 01:37:42.497 --> 01:37:49.007 DON'T PANIC. BECAUSE WHAT IS PANIC? PANIC IS YET ANOTHER 01:37:49.007 --> 01:38:00.893 DOORWAY FOR CONTROL. SURRENDER, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A 01:38:00.893 --> 01:38:07.278 DIFFERENT MESSAGE, BUT SURRENDER IS REALLY, WHEN I SAY SURRENDER, 01:38:07.278 --> 01:38:11.358 I'M ACTUALLY SAYING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS INTIMACY WITH 01:38:11.358 --> 01:38:21.806 GOD. AND AN INTIMACY WITH GOD DOESN'T COME FROM, A LOT OF 01:38:21.806 --> 01:38:27.346 MINISTERS MAKE THIS MISTAKE. THEY SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR A 01:38:27.346 --> 01:38:36.228 SERMON. NOT A BAD PLACE TO LOOK. BUT IF THAT'S YOUR ONLY REASON 01:38:36.228 --> 01:38:56.867 FOR READING, YOU'RE MISSING IT. TERI, I, SHE'S DOWN THERE. SHE 01:38:56.867 --> 01:39:05.238 MAKES ME TALK. I DON'T WANT TO TALK. A LOT OF TIMES I JUST 01:39:05.238 --> 01:39:08.358 DON'T WANT TO TALK. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT 01:39:08.358 --> 01:39:11.926 ARE YOU DOING? AND YOU GUYS KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS OFTEN, TERI 01:39:11.926 --> 01:39:19.158 WAKES UP TALKING, I WAKE UP LOOKING FOR THE COFFEE. TERI'S 01:39:19.188 --> 01:39:21.407 ALREADY BEEN UP. SHE GETS UP EARLIER THAN ME. SHE'S HAD A FEW 01:39:21.407 --> 01:39:24.587 HOURS WITH THE LORD. SHE'S HAD COFFEE, DONE THREE THINGS, 01:39:24.587 --> 01:39:28.818 WALKED THE DOGS, FED THE DUCKS AT THE PARK. SHE'S READY, 01:39:28.818 --> 01:39:34.127 BALANCED THE CHECKBOOK, AND NOW THEN I'M AWAKE. AND YOU KNOW THE 01:39:34.127 --> 01:39:36.318 THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND? I'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING THIS 01:39:36.318 --> 01:39:45.287 DIRECTION. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, NO MATTER HOW MANY 01:39:45.287 --> 01:39:49.787 TIMES I SAY, EVERY MORNING I'M JUST WAKING UP, I HAVE TO SAY IT 01:39:49.787 --> 01:39:59.176 AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. BUT I THANK GOD FOR MY WIFE, SEE 01:39:59.176 --> 01:40:04.306 THERE, WHOO-HOO, GOT SOME ALTITUDE RIGHT THERE. I GOT SOME 01:40:04.306 --> 01:40:09.587 ALTITUDE. SO UNDERSTANDING WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT. THAT GOES 01:40:09.587 --> 01:40:12.768 BACK TO THAT SCRIPTURE, JOHN 10:16. I HAVE SHEEP THAT ARE NOT 01:40:12.768 --> 01:40:17.988 IN THIS FOLD, THEY'RE IN THIS FOLD OVER HERE. IF 01:40:17.988 --> 01:40:20.926 EVERYBODY WAS LIKE ME, IT WOULD JUST BE A 01:40:20.926 --> 01:40:22.217 WHOLE LOT OF GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE. 01:40:22.217 --> 01:40:25.337 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:40:25.337 --> 01:40:26.238 SOMETHING ABOUT... 01:40:26.238 --> 01:40:30.018 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 01:40:30.018 --> 01:40:31.878 IT'S THE PASTOR HANK THING IS UP HERE. 01:40:31.878 --> 01:40:33.167 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:40:33.167 --> 01:40:38.988 SOUND LIKE THAT WAS A HANK COMMENT RIGHT THERE. IT'S IN OUR 01:40:38.988 --> 01:40:45.273 DIFFERENCES THAT WHAT WE DO BECOME STRONG. SO WHAT IS THE 01:40:45.273 --> 01:40:52.143 WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF? AND HERE'S WHY, AND I THINK I 01:40:52.143 --> 01:40:56.762 HEARD, I THINK IT WAS BILL JOHNSON THAT SAID, "YOU WILL 01:40:56.762 --> 01:41:01.472 ALWAYS REFLECT THE WORLD YOU'RE THE MOST AWARE OF." IF YOU'RE 01:41:01.472 --> 01:41:06.063 AWARE OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT THAT. IF 01:41:06.063 --> 01:41:08.283 YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT 01:41:08.283 --> 01:41:10.893 THAT. IF YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT YOU DO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO 01:41:10.893 --> 01:41:16.563 REFLECT THAT. SO UNDERSTANDING AND LIVING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE 01:41:16.563 --> 01:41:23.972 MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO REFLECT A GRACIOUS LIFESTYLE. NOW THIS IS, 01:41:23.972 --> 01:41:26.762 I KNOW THIS IS JUST LIKE REAL PRACTICAL. IS THIS OKAY THAT WE 01:41:26.762 --> 01:41:31.802 TALK LIKE THIS? YOU KNOW, WE WANT REVIVAL, BUT WE'VE GOT TO 01:41:31.802 --> 01:41:38.523 LEARN TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. AND UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE, IF 01:41:38.523 --> 01:41:44.283 WE DON'T GET THIS RIGHT, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HANDLE A WILD 01:41:44.283 --> 01:41:50.823 REVIVAL THAT HAPPENS. BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME IN HERE THAT 01:41:50.823 --> 01:41:57.092 ARE GOING TO BE DRAG QUEENS AND TRANSVESTITES AND ALL THE 01:41:57.092 --> 01:42:09.154 HOOCHIE MAMAS AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. OH, STOP 01:42:09.154 --> 01:42:17.884 IT. AND I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO. YOU'RE GOING TO GO, 01:42:17.884 --> 01:42:23.703 "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM." SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW. 01:42:28.832 --> 01:42:33.783 WE'RE GOING TO, WE GOT TO DO THIS. WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THIS 01:42:33.783 --> 01:42:40.412 IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO. AND 01:42:40.412 --> 01:42:44.372 IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, IF WE DON'T 01:42:44.372 --> 01:42:51.634 UNDERSTAND THAT, I DON'T LIKE, AS A KID, I DIDN'T LIKE THE 01:42:51.634 --> 01:42:55.444 CHURCH WE WENT TO. IT WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE EVENTUALLY GOT KICKED 01:42:55.444 --> 01:43:07.502 OUT. I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. SIDEBAR, THEY SAID, "BAPTISM IN 01:43:07.502 --> 01:43:10.654 THE HOLY SPIRIT WASN'T FOR TODAY." MY MOM SAID NO AND 01:43:10.654 --> 01:43:16.743 PROCEEDED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES AND WE WERE GONE. BUT I JUST 01:43:16.743 --> 01:43:22.143 FELT LIKE IT WAS A SOCIAL CLUB. AND AS A KID, I DIDN'T KNOW 01:43:22.143 --> 01:43:24.962 THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT I'M LIKE, THIS IS BORING. I 01:43:24.962 --> 01:43:29.248 WOULD LAY BACK IN THE PEW AND COUNT THE BOARDS IN THE CEILING. 01:43:31.502 --> 01:43:38.582 AND BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD BE FIDGETY AND I'D GET... MY DAD 01:43:38.582 --> 01:43:48.813 HAD REALLY STRONG KNUCKLES. AND ONE QUICK POP, YOU KNOW, AND YOU 01:43:48.813 --> 01:43:53.162 HAVE A WHELP FOR... HE DIDN'T BEAT ME. DAD WAS A GOOD DAD. I 01:43:53.162 --> 01:44:03.483 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY. WE HAVE TO HEAR HIM. SO THE 01:44:03.483 --> 01:44:07.502 INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER IS WHERE, HAVE YOU 01:44:07.502 --> 01:44:13.453 NOTICED IN YOUR SPIRITUAL WALK, AS A CHRISTIAN, THE CLOSER YOU 01:44:13.453 --> 01:44:17.613 FEEL TO GOD, THE MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE. THE 01:44:17.613 --> 01:44:20.283 MORE SURRENDERED YOU WANT TO BE, THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY 01:44:20.283 --> 01:44:23.643 SPIRIT. THE MORE YOU HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE MORE YOU ARE 01:44:23.643 --> 01:44:30.573 ABLE TO HELP OTHERS AND EVEN MINISTER OUT. SO YOU'RE SITTING 01:44:30.573 --> 01:44:33.162 IN YOUR SEAT OR YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME AND YOU'RE GOING, "WELL, 01:44:33.162 --> 01:44:37.233 I HAVEN'T FELT THAT IN A LONG TIME." THAT'S OKAY. IT'S TIME 01:44:37.233 --> 01:44:40.743 YOU CAN, THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT, YOU CAN JUST GO BACK TO THAT 01:44:40.743 --> 01:44:45.393 PLACE. YES, READ YOUR BIBLE. YES, PUT ON SOME GREAT WORSHIP 01:44:45.393 --> 01:44:49.832 MUSIC. WHATEVER SPEAKS TO YOU IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE, IS WHERE 01:44:49.832 --> 01:44:53.792 YOU NEED TO BE. SMOKE ON THE WATER MAY NOT MINISTER TO YOU. 01:44:56.372 --> 01:45:06.752 IT DOES TO ME. I WANT TO SEE THE CHURCH TO BE SO, THERE ARE 01:45:06.752 --> 01:45:10.297 PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN 01:45:10.297 --> 01:45:14.613 MY LIFE NOW, BUT THAT WERE SO CLOSE TO GOD. HAVE YOU EVER 01:45:14.613 --> 01:45:18.752 KNOWN SOMEBODY JUST SO CLOSE TO GOD, YOU JUST KIND OF, JUST KIND 01:45:18.752 --> 01:45:22.472 OF WANTED TO BE THERE, WANTED TO BE NEXT TO THEM? NOT BECAUSE 01:45:22.472 --> 01:45:24.483 THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING, YOU JUST KIND 01:45:24.483 --> 01:45:28.893 OF, THEY WERE, THERE WAS THIS MAGNETISM THAT WOULD PULL YOU 01:45:28.893 --> 01:45:32.342 IN, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED, THAT'S WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE. 01:45:35.944 --> 01:45:40.082 WHEN YOU WERE THAT, WHEN YOU WERE THAT, AT THAT PLACE OF A 01:45:40.082 --> 01:45:43.953 LEVEL OF INTIMACY WHERE YOU'RE LISTENING TO HOLY SPIRIT TELL 01:45:43.953 --> 01:45:49.444 YOU THE NEXT WORD TO SPEAK, NOW YOU'RE LIVING THE LIFE OF A 01:45:49.444 --> 01:45:55.592 CHRISTIAN. AND I KNOW WE ALL FAIL AT THIS AREA, OR MAYBE IT'S 01:45:55.592 --> 01:46:00.783 JUST ME. BUT WE HAVE A STRONG... THIS IS WHERE YOU GO. MAYBE WE 01:46:00.783 --> 01:46:10.172 ALL FAIL IN THIS AREA OR MAYBE IT'S JUST ME. OKAY, THANK YOU. 01:46:10.172 --> 01:46:23.493 WHAT'D SHE SAY? JUST ME, THANK YOU. SOME OF OUR STAFF HERE. MY 01:46:23.493 --> 01:46:31.461 GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HEALING LINES. 01:46:31.461 --> 01:46:42.512 THERE'S, SEGUE. THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS IN HEALING SERVICES 01:46:42.512 --> 01:46:48.872 WHERE THERE WERE GREAT THINGS HAPPENED. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT 01:46:48.872 --> 01:46:52.173 ONES THAT I WAS IN. AND SO YOU'RE PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AND 01:46:52.173 --> 01:46:54.993 MAN, THEY'RE JUST LIKE PEOPLE GETTING UP AND DOING STUFF AND 01:46:54.993 --> 01:46:58.773 GOING, MAN, THIS IS GREAT. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT'S HEAVY. AND 01:46:58.773 --> 01:47:02.912 THEN THERE'S TIMES WHERE YOU GO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE SOMETIMES 01:47:02.912 --> 01:47:09.542 THIS MORNING. HELLO, IS ANYBODY THERE? YOU KNOW? HELLO? HELLO. 01:47:12.904 --> 01:47:15.904 I'M KIDDING. BUT, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU 01:47:15.904 --> 01:47:21.033 DON'T, YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL THE ANOINTING. YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL 01:47:21.033 --> 01:47:24.332 LIKE YOU'RE SPIRITUAL ENOUGH. SOME OF US DON'T EVER FEEL THAT 01:47:24.332 --> 01:47:31.113 WAY. BUT WHAT'S COOL ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS IS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. 01:47:34.384 --> 01:47:38.194 WAS IT MARK 16:18 TELLS US TO LAY, "YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON THE 01:47:38.194 --> 01:47:46.113 SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER." IT DOESN'T SAY YOU WILL STRIVE TO 01:47:46.113 --> 01:47:49.863 BE SUCH A GREAT BELIEVER AND IF YOU'RE HEALTHY ENOUGH AND HOLY 01:47:49.863 --> 01:47:52.788 ENOUGH AND YOU GO TO THE RIGHT CHURCH, YOU WILL LAY HANDS ON 01:47:52.788 --> 01:47:57.694 THE SICK AND THEY'LL RECOVER. IT NEVER SAYS ANY OF THAT. IT JUST 01:47:57.694 --> 01:48:02.134 SAYS "YOU WILL." IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT IN EVERY 01:48:02.134 --> 01:48:08.552 WAY. YOU SEE, WHEN WE AS A CHURCH UNDERSTAND THE WAY TO 01:48:08.552 --> 01:48:14.073 CHANGE OUR NATION IS NOT JUST TO VOTE THE RIGHT WAY. THE WAY TO 01:48:14.073 --> 01:48:19.353 CHANGE OUR NATION IS AT EVERY OFFICE, EVERY WORKPLACE, EVERY 01:48:19.353 --> 01:48:24.634 CONSTRUCTION SITE. WHEN YOU PULL IN PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHO 01:48:24.634 --> 01:48:31.923 JESUS REALLY IS AND THAT HE LOVES YOU JUST WHERE YOU ARE 01:48:31.923 --> 01:48:36.423 RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF YOUR SCARS, WITH EVERYTHING BAD 01:48:36.423 --> 01:48:41.073 THAT'S EVER HAPPENED, HE STILL LOVES YOU AND HE'S THERE. AND 01:48:41.073 --> 01:48:51.694 HE'S SAYING, "COME ON. COME TO ME. COME TO ME." IF WE CAN EVER 01:48:51.694 --> 01:48:56.194 REALLY GRASP THAT, I THINK, I'VE BEEN IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE. I 01:48:56.194 --> 01:49:01.173 DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN CHURCH MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT I HAVE BEEN. AND 01:49:02.733 --> 01:49:07.563 IT SEEMS LIKE THE OLDER I GET THE LESS I KNOW, BUT THE SIMPLER 01:49:07.563 --> 01:49:16.052 IT BECOMES. IT'S JUST, JUST HANG OUT WITH JESUS FOR A WHILE. YOU 01:49:16.052 --> 01:49:20.963 SEE, OUR HEARTS WILL TAKE US PLACES THAT OUR HEADS CAN'T FIT. 01:49:31.292 --> 01:49:36.962 WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL, WHEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 01:49:36.962 --> 01:49:39.932 EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW IT GOT THERE AND WHAT THEY DID, 01:49:40.953 --> 01:49:43.654 THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MISS WHAT GOD'S DOING. WHAT IS IT, BROTHER 01:49:43.654 --> 01:49:48.332 HAGIN SAID "WE MISS THE MIRACLE LOOKING FOR THE SPECTACULAR." WE 01:49:50.184 --> 01:49:53.823 MISS THE MIRACLE IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE 01:49:53.823 --> 01:49:58.953 OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE. WE DON'T NEED 01:49:58.953 --> 01:50:06.889 TO STRIVE. THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY BY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE FAITH. 01:50:08.643 --> 01:50:13.052 IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. ROMANS 10.10 SAYS WITH THE HEART ONE 01:50:13.052 --> 01:50:23.283 BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO, LET'S REVIEW. SMOKE ON THE 01:50:23.283 --> 01:50:34.023 WATER. LAY IN THE WATER, SURRENDER, NO CONTROL, INTIMATE 01:50:34.023 --> 01:50:42.752 WITH GOD. SEE THINGS HAPPEN. WHEN WE SEE THINGS HAPPEN, WE 01:50:42.752 --> 01:50:47.523 SEE OUR PLACES OF WORK HAVE CHANGED, OUR FAMILIES CHANGE, 01:50:47.523 --> 01:50:51.002 OUR COMMUNITIES CHANGE, AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE VOTING BOOTH 01:50:51.002 --> 01:50:58.662 CHANGES. WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN AN 01:50:58.662 --> 01:51:03.582 ACCELERATED EDUCATION COURSE IN HOW BAD THE STATE OF AMERICA IS. 01:51:05.292 --> 01:51:09.012 AND IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN GET OVER INTO THE NEGATIVE PLACE 01:51:09.012 --> 01:51:12.132 OF THAT AND FORGET THE WHOLE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. 01:51:12.132 --> 01:51:19.993 AND THAT IS THAT WE CAN OPERATE AT A LEVEL, WE HAVE A SECRET 01:51:19.993 --> 01:51:24.523 WEAPON. IF YOU PLAY BASKETBALL, I USED TO PLAY IN SOME 01:51:24.523 --> 01:51:27.103 INTRAMURAL LEAGUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I PLAYED 01:51:27.103 --> 01:51:28.783 IN HIGH SCHOOL AND DECIDED, THESE GUYS ARE 01:51:28.783 --> 01:51:30.762 WAY TOO SERIOUS, THEY'RE TALLER THAN ME. 01:51:30.762 --> 01:51:33.613 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:51:33.613 --> 01:51:37.542 YOU KNOW THERE'S NO RACISM ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. I'M FROM 01:51:37.542 --> 01:51:41.233 GEORGIA, I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT IN BASKETBALL THERE'S 01:51:41.233 --> 01:51:43.842 NO RACISM, THAT'S EXTRA. I DIDN'T PLAN TO TELL YOU THAT. 01:51:46.453 --> 01:51:53.773 BUT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WAS THINKING 01:51:53.773 --> 01:51:57.613 ABOUT PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL. NOW I UNDERSTAND I'M OLD 01:51:57.613 --> 01:52:02.323 ENOUGH THAT RACISM WAS A BIG DEAL IN GEORGIA AND TO BE A 01:52:02.323 --> 01:52:06.132 WHITE BOY ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S KIND 01:52:06.132 --> 01:52:15.462 OF LIKE IN THE NBA, WE GOT LARRY BIRD. Y'ALL ARE GETTING WORRIED 01:52:15.462 --> 01:52:25.302 NOW. AND PEOPLE GOING, OKAY. SO I LOVED PLAYING BASKETBALL, BUT 01:52:25.302 --> 01:52:29.113 I LOVED HAVING HANGING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS. AND THEY WOULD CALL 01:52:29.113 --> 01:52:31.813 ME NAMES AND I'D CALL THEM NAMES. WE DIDN'T HANG OUT 01:52:31.813 --> 01:52:35.773 TOGETHER AFTER BASKETBALL, BUT IN BASKETBALL WE WOULD HANG OUT 01:52:35.773 --> 01:52:39.222 TOGETHER. WE'D GO PLAY OUR GAMES TOGETHER. WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING 01:52:39.222 --> 01:52:43.542 TOGETHER. I MEAN, WE WERE A TEAM. AND IF YOU PICKED ON ME, I 01:52:43.542 --> 01:52:45.882 HAD SOME BIGGER BLACK GUYS THAT WOULD PICK ON YOU. 01:52:45.882 --> 01:52:48.703 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:52:48.703 --> 01:52:50.832 YOU KNOW, COME TO THINK OF IT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS SMALLER 01:52:50.832 --> 01:52:54.073 THAN ME. I MEAN, I THOUGHT I WAS BIG AT 6'2" AT THE TIME, BUT 01:52:54.073 --> 01:52:59.922 ANYWAY, THERE WAS A TEAM, THERE WAS A COHESIVE UNIT. DID WE ALL 01:52:59.922 --> 01:53:05.743 GO TO THE SAME CHURCH? NO. DID WE ALL BELIEVE THE SAME WAY? NO. 01:53:05.743 --> 01:53:08.233 DID WE HAVE THE RIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE AMERICA 01:53:08.233 --> 01:53:13.273 WAS IN THE '60S AND THE '70S? NO. IT WAS BAD. THERE WAS A LOT 01:53:13.273 --> 01:53:23.052 OF BAD GOING ON. BUT FOR A BRIEF TIME, WE WERE WHOLE. WE WERE IN 01:53:23.052 --> 01:53:29.113 UNITY AND WE GOT STUFF DONE. AND WE PLAYED THE GAME AND HAD A 01:53:29.113 --> 01:53:36.493 GOOD TIME. SO, AS BELIEVERS, WE CAN PLAY THE GAME WITH EACH 01:53:36.493 --> 01:53:43.573 OTHER, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK YOUR CHURCH IS CRAZY. EVEN IF WE 01:53:43.573 --> 01:53:46.962 DON'T SPEAK IN TONGUES AND YOU DO, EVEN IF WE DON'T LIKE THE 01:53:46.962 --> 01:53:49.632 WAY YOUR PASTOR TALKS, AND YOU'RE AT THAT CHURCH WITH THE 01:53:49.632 --> 01:53:58.572 GUY, THE PROPHET GUY, WITH THE HIGH COLLAR. OKAY, I GOT THAT 01:53:58.572 --> 01:54:03.179 ONE, ALL RIGHT, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. I LOVE YOU, PASTOR HANK. 01:54:05.472 --> 01:54:13.153 IF THAT APPLIED TO YOU, IF, JUST IF. WELL, IT'S GREAT, I THINK 01:54:13.153 --> 01:54:16.182 GOD'S UP THERE LAUGHING AT ALL OF US 'CAUSE HE'S GOING, "LOOK 01:54:16.182 --> 01:54:20.832 AT THEM, "THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING." BUT WHEN WE COME 01:54:20.832 --> 01:54:24.252 TOGETHER, IRON SHARPENS IRON, AND WE CAN GET SO MUCH MORE 01:54:24.252 --> 01:54:36.283 DONE. NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO REFLECT THE WORLD WE'RE MOST 01:54:36.283 --> 01:54:39.252 AWARE OF, THEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR 01:54:39.252 --> 01:54:44.412 WORLD. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO 01:54:44.412 --> 01:54:47.172 THAT NOW. SO I'M GONNA ASK THE BAND, IF THEY'RE BACK FROM 01:54:47.172 --> 01:54:56.292 GETTING COFFEE AND DONUTS, ICE CREAM WITH NUTS AND WHIPPED 01:54:56.292 --> 01:55:06.643 CREAM. SUP? WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES. WHAT TIME? OH, 01:55:06.643 --> 01:55:10.243 OKAY, I GOT IT, JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT I WANT US TO SPEND 01:55:10.243 --> 01:55:15.042 SOME TIME IN WORSHIP. YOU'VE HEARD WHAT I SPOKE THIS MORNING, 01:55:15.042 --> 01:55:17.244 AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, VERY SIMPLE, BUT I 01:55:17.244 --> 01:55:20.533 WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS FROM US THAT WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER. 01:55:21.613 --> 01:55:24.193 AND SOMETIMES THE HARDEST TIME TO SURRENDER IS ON A SUNDAY 01:55:24.193 --> 01:55:27.432 MORNING, BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU 01:55:27.432 --> 01:55:32.052 SHOULD HAVE DONE, OR ALL THE THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID, 01:55:32.052 --> 01:55:34.993 OR THE MISTAKES YOU MADE, AND YOU'RE FEELING LIKE YOU'RE A 01:55:34.993 --> 01:55:38.412 HEATHEN STANDING HERE WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND WITH WHAT YOU DID 01:55:38.412 --> 01:55:45.012 LAST WEEK AND NOT LOOKING FOR A SHOW OF HANDS. SO WITH THE 01:55:45.012 --> 01:55:49.483 UNDERSTANDING OF SURRENDER, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE 01:55:49.483 --> 01:55:55.903 WAY WE CHANGE AMERICA. THIS IS THE WAY WE CHANGE OUR FAMILIES. 01:55:55.903 --> 01:56:01.483 NOW I GOT TO TELL YOU, I GOT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I DON'T EVEN 01:56:01.483 --> 01:56:08.592 KNOW HOW TO TALK TO. BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE, ON DIFFERENT PATHS. 01:56:10.033 --> 01:56:17.052 BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. I 01:56:17.052 --> 01:56:20.832 KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY MADE A COMMITMENT. AND I HAVE TO 01:56:20.832 --> 01:56:27.643 SURRENDER THEM TO HIM. AND SAY, GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW 01:56:27.643 --> 01:56:31.842 YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT I CAN'T TALK TO THIS PERSON. I 01:56:31.842 --> 01:56:34.932 CAN'T SAY ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING MISUNDERSTOOD OR THOUGHT I'M 01:56:34.932 --> 01:56:38.922 COMING DOWN OR WHATEVER. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRUST YOU IN 01:56:38.922 --> 01:56:44.953 THIS. I'M GOING TO KEEP PRAYING FOR THEM. OR MAYBE YOU'RE LIVING 01:56:44.953 --> 01:56:47.863 WITH SOMEONE OR MAYBE IT'S YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE HAVING A 01:56:47.863 --> 01:56:52.512 HARD TIME PHYSICALLY WITH SOME HEALING YOU NEED. AND YOU DON'T 01:56:52.512 --> 01:57:01.393 UNDERSTAND WHY, AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY. IN SURRENDER, WE 01:57:01.393 --> 01:57:07.573 ACCESS A LEVEL OF INTIMACY WITH GOD THAT ALLOWS US TO DISENGAGE. 01:57:07.573 --> 01:57:10.842 IT'S LIKE PUTTING THAT GEAR SHIFT IN NEUTRAL AND SAYING, 01:57:10.842 --> 01:57:16.693 OKAY, IT'S UP TO YOU, GOD, TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO LET'S ALL 01:57:16.693 --> 01:57:21.373 STAND. GUYS, COME ON OUT HERE IF THERE'S SINGERS. I DON'T KNOW IF 01:57:21.373 --> 01:57:25.122 THE WORSHIP... I DIDN'T TELL THEM TO DO THIS. WE'RE 01:57:25.122 --> 01:57:30.643 GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN WORSHIP AND SEE WHAT GOD'S GOT 01:57:30.643 --> 01:57:34.212 TO DO. SO WHATEVER THAT SITUATION THAT YOU'RE DEALING 01:57:34.212 --> 01:57:40.962 WITH AT HOME OR AT YOUR WORK, MAYBE IT'S YOUR FINANCES, MAYBE 01:57:40.962 --> 01:57:44.282 IT'S A LOST LOVED ONE OR A SICKNESS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER 01:57:44.282 --> 01:57:48.882 IT IS, THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE GOING TO SURRENDER IT AND LAY IT 01:57:48.882 --> 01:57:54.006 AT THE ALTAR. DO YOU AGREE WITH ME? AGREE WITH THAT? 01:57:55.609 --> 01:57:59.078 OKAY, GUYS, COME ON OUT. SING, LEAD US IN 01:57:59.078 --> 01:58:01.148 SOMETHING, GUYS. I LIKE THE WORSHIP. 01:58:01.301 --> 01:58:35.114 (MUSIC) 01:58:35.128 --> 01:58:41.387 - TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU 01:58:41.387 --> 01:58:46.659 I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU. 01:58:46.725 --> 01:58:52.064 (MUSIC) 01:58:52.081 --> 01:58:58.467 TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU 01:58:58.467 --> 01:59:03.342 I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU 01:59:04.851 --> 01:59:10.917 TO WORSHIP YOU. TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. 02:02:21.173 --> 02:02:24.673 - ALL RIGHT, LET'S, IN THESE LAST FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING, 02:02:24.694 --> 02:02:27.423 THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MORNING, BUT I DO NOT WANT AN 02:02:27.423 --> 02:02:31.713 OPPORTUNITY TO PASS YOU BY. IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF A HEALING OR 02:02:31.713 --> 02:02:35.404 SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU IN PRAYER, COME DOWN TO THIS ALTAR 02:02:35.404 --> 02:02:39.844 RIGHT NOW. I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO PASTOR DOUG, BUT IN THE 02:02:39.844 --> 02:02:42.543 TIME, IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO PRAY WITH YOU, 02:02:43.743 --> 02:02:47.163 TERI, I NEED YOU TO COME UP HERE, WE'RE GONNA HELP PRAY. I 02:02:47.163 --> 02:02:50.163 NEED SOME OF THE PASTORS AND THE STAFF HERE. WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR 02:02:50.163 --> 02:02:54.094 YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY NEED WHATSOEVER. THIS IS THE TIME, WE 02:02:54.094 --> 02:02:56.134 JUST TALKED ABOUT SURRENDER. COME ON AHEAD, IT'S ALL RIGHT, 02:02:56.134 --> 02:03:02.734 COME ON NOW. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE WALK IN SURRENDER, NOT 02:03:02.734 --> 02:03:06.184 A SURRENDER OF OUR FAITH, BUT IN A SURRENDER OF OURSELVES. 02:03:07.474 --> 02:03:14.493 UNDERSTAND WHO THE MINISTER, TRULY, THAT JESUS IS THE ONE 02:03:14.493 --> 02:03:19.899 THAT DOES IT ALL, AMEN. OKAY, LET'S SING IT AGAIN WHILE THEY 02:03:19.899 --> 02:03:23.936 PRAY FOR PEOPLE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PASTOR DOUG. 02:03:23.970 --> 02:03:28.041 - TO WORSHIP YOU I LIVE. TO WORSHIP YOU 02:03:28.041 --> 02:03:33.512 I LIVE, I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU. 02:03:33.579 --> 02:03:38.417 (MUSIC) 02:05:10.997 --> 02:06:27.988 (MUSIC) 02:06:28.074 --> 02:06:35.895 I'VE SEEN CANCER DISAPPEAR. I'VE SEEN METAL PLATES DISSOLVE. 02:06:36.105 --> 02:06:43.537 YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT. YES I KNOW THAT HE CAN DO IT. 02:09:00.344 --> 02:09:05.011 - GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD. THANK YOU JESUS. 02:09:07.305 --> 02:09:08.582 THANK YOU JESUS. 02:09:23.997 --> 02:09:27.650 - THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH. AS THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY UP HERE 02:09:27.694 --> 02:09:31.953 WITH THOSE THAT ARE UP FRONT, IF YOU STILL NEED PRAYER AND YOU 02:09:31.953 --> 02:09:34.024 DIDN'T GET UP HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP. WE STILL 02:09:34.024 --> 02:09:37.623 HAVE ALTAR TEAM AND GROUPS UP HERE TO PRAY FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE 02:09:37.623 --> 02:09:40.863 WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU NEED SPECIFIC PRAYER FOR SOMETHING IN 02:09:40.863 --> 02:09:45.963 YOUR LIFE, I WANT THEM TO DISPLAY RIGHT NOW OUR 24-HOUR 02:09:45.963 --> 02:09:50.404 PRAYER NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL 24 HOURS A DAY. EVEN IF YOU'RE 02:09:50.404 --> 02:09:57.814 WATCHING THIS ON THE ARCHIVES, YOU CAN CALL 855-777-7907. WE 02:09:57.814 --> 02:10:02.493 HAVE COUNSELORS, LICENSED PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO 02:10:02.493 --> 02:10:07.024 PRAY AND AGREE WITH YOU 24 HOURS A DAY. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING 02:10:07.024 --> 02:10:11.253 IN CONTINUOUSLY FOR PRAYER, PEOPLE GETTING SAVED, HEALED, 02:10:11.253 --> 02:10:15.423 AND DELIVERED, AND GOD HAS THAT FOR YOU. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF 02:10:15.423 --> 02:10:18.663 JESUS, WE JUST PUT OUR FAITH TOWARDS THOSE WATCHING ONLINE 02:10:18.663 --> 02:10:22.953 TODAY, AND WE SAY THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HAS BEEN IN THIS 02:10:22.953 --> 02:10:27.154 PLACE IS AT WORK TODAY IN YOUR HOME, YOUR HOTEL ROOM, YOUR 02:10:27.154 --> 02:10:30.154 PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, AND I THANK YOU, 02:10:30.154 --> 02:10:34.833 LORD, FOR TOUCHING THOSE THAT NEED A TOUCH, THAT ARE TUNED IN 02:10:34.833 --> 02:10:38.644 AND FAITHFUL TO BE PART OF THIS SERVICE, AND WE COMMAND THE 02:10:38.644 --> 02:10:43.264 HEALING POWER OF GOD TO GO TO WORK IN THAT SITUATION TO 02:10:43.264 --> 02:10:47.884 RESTORE RELATIONSHIPS, HEAL BODIES, AND COVER THE NEEDS OF 02:10:47.884 --> 02:10:50.764 THE INDIVIDUALS, FINANCIAL, SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, WHATEVER 02:10:50.764 --> 02:10:54.543 THEY MAY BE, WE COVER THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND WE THANK 02:10:54.543 --> 02:10:58.503 YOU FOR ANSWERED PRAYER IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN, 02:10:58.503 --> 02:11:02.583 AMEN. IF OUR VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO, THANK YOU, IF OUR 02:11:02.583 --> 02:11:07.014 VOLUNTEERS NEED TO GET TO A PLACE NOW TO ATTEND TO THE 02:11:07.014 --> 02:11:10.644 COFFEE SHOP OR A CHILDREN'S MINISTRY OR WHEREVER, YOU CAN BE 02:11:10.644 --> 02:11:12.894 DISMISSED. FOR THE REST OF YOU, I WANTED TO HOLD YOU JUST FOR A 02:11:12.894 --> 02:11:16.885 MOMENT AT THIS POINT. GIVE OUR VOLUNTEERS A HAND AS THEY LEAVE. 02:11:16.885 --> 02:11:19.314 (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 02:11:19.314 --> 02:11:24.354 BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE HERE, MAYBE YOU'RE HERE FOR THE FIRST 02:11:24.354 --> 02:11:27.623 TIME, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES, BUT YOU'VE NEVER 02:11:28.974 --> 02:11:32.094 MAYBE BEEN IN A SERVICE LIKE THIS EVEN, WHERE YOU'VE HEARD 02:11:32.094 --> 02:11:36.385 THE LORD SPEAK, YOU'VE SAW DIFFERENT ASPECTS, MAYBE 02:11:36.385 --> 02:11:39.087 DIFFERENT THAN WHATEVER IT WAS YOU WERE BROUGHT UP IN, OR MAYBE 02:11:39.087 --> 02:11:44.123 YOU WERE BROUGHT UP NOT BEING INVOLVED IN A CHURCH OR MINISTRY 02:11:44.123 --> 02:11:50.635 AT ALL. WHATEVER YOUR CASE, HERE'S THE DEAL. GOD HAS A PLAN 02:11:50.635 --> 02:11:54.144 FOR EACH OF US TO SURRENDER OUR LIVES, JUST LIKE PASTOR GENE 02:11:54.144 --> 02:11:57.804 SAID, SURRENDER'S THE KEY. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE 02:11:57.804 --> 02:12:00.715 DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU'RE AN UNSAVED PERSON, YOU 02:12:00.715 --> 02:12:03.774 HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR 02:12:03.774 --> 02:12:07.314 SAVIOR, WE HAVE TO SURRENDER. AND THEN IT'S A CONTINUAL 02:12:07.314 --> 02:12:11.005 PROCESS, EVEN AS CHRISTIANS, WE SURRENDER TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO 02:12:11.005 --> 02:12:14.755 DO IN OUR LIVES. SO LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE CLOSE 02:12:14.755 --> 02:12:17.992 AND ASK THE QUESTION, IS THERE POSSIBLY SOMEONE HERE OR 02:12:17.992 --> 02:12:21.444 WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU'VE NEVER SURRENDERED COMPLETELY TO 02:12:21.444 --> 02:12:25.344 JESUS CHRIST, YOU'VE NEVER MADE HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE, 02:12:25.344 --> 02:12:28.163 THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT 02:12:28.163 --> 02:12:31.554 YOU CAN DO. THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU CAN MAKE IS 02:12:31.554 --> 02:12:35.814 NOT WHO YOU MARRY, WHAT JOB YOU TAKE, WHAT YOUR CAREER IS, WHAT 02:12:35.814 --> 02:12:40.613 SCHOOL YOU GO TO, ANY OF THOSE THINGS. YES, THEY'RE IMPORTANT, 02:12:40.613 --> 02:12:44.005 VERY IMPORTANT IN MANY WAYS. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT 02:12:44.005 --> 02:12:49.163 YOU CAN EVER DECIDE IN YOUR LIFE IS WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE. IS 02:12:49.163 --> 02:12:52.224 IT GOING TO BE GOD OR IS IT GOING TO BE SATAN? BECAUSE 02:12:52.224 --> 02:12:56.123 REALLY, THAT'S THE CHOICE WE HAVE. THERE'S TWO WORLDS. 02:12:56.123 --> 02:12:59.274 THERE'S A SATANIC WORLD AND THERE'S THE WORLD OF JESUS. 02:13:00.623 --> 02:13:03.953 THERE'S A WORLD OF GOD, AND WE HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. ARE WE 02:13:03.953 --> 02:13:07.045 GOING TO SERVE GOD OR ARE WE GOING TO SERVE THE WORLD? AND 02:13:07.045 --> 02:13:10.944 HERE'S THE THING. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE NOT ONLY IN THIS 02:13:10.944 --> 02:13:16.314 LIFE, BUT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ETERNALLY. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY, 02:13:16.314 --> 02:13:21.623 EVERY ONE OF OUR BODIES WILL PERISH AND DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE 02:13:21.623 --> 02:13:25.493 TO BE OLD TO DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SICK TO DIE. BUT YOU DO 02:13:25.493 --> 02:13:30.474 HAVE TO BE READY TO DIE. WE BELIEVE FOR LONG LIFE AND 02:13:30.474 --> 02:13:33.984 HEALING AND HEALTH IN THIS HOUSE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND 02:13:33.984 --> 02:13:38.545 PREPAREDNESS, AND THE FIRST STEP TO BEING PREPARED FOR YOUR LIFE 02:13:38.545 --> 02:13:42.505 AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS LIFE IN DOING 02:13:42.505 --> 02:13:46.014 WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO AND THEN BE SUCCESSFUL IN ETERNITY, 02:13:46.014 --> 02:13:49.073 WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GONNA BE WITH GOD FOREVER, IS WHEN YOU MAKE 02:13:49.073 --> 02:13:52.255 JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE HE SAYS, "I AM THE 02:13:52.255 --> 02:13:55.734 WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. "NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER. NO 02:13:55.734 --> 02:14:01.135 ONE CAN COME TO GOD UNLESS THEY COME THROUGH JESUS." MUHAMMAD 02:14:01.135 --> 02:14:05.694 WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. ALI WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. BUDDHA 02:14:05.694 --> 02:14:09.113 WON'T GET YOU TO HEAVEN. HARNEY KERSTNER WON'T GET YOU TO 02:14:09.113 --> 02:14:12.474 HEAVEN. THERE'S NONE OF THE OTHER WAY. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY 02:14:12.474 --> 02:14:17.783 TO GET TO HEAVEN. SO LET ME DO THIS TODAY AS WE CLOSE. IF YOU 02:14:17.783 --> 02:14:21.054 WOULD JUST BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. IS THERE ANYONE 02:14:21.054 --> 02:14:23.755 HERE IN THIS ROOM BY CHANCE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR 02:14:23.755 --> 02:14:26.904 DOUG, I'VE NEVER SURRENDERED MY LIFE. "I'VE NEVER FULLY GIVEN 02:14:26.904 --> 02:14:29.904 MYSELF TO GOD. "I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY. "I NEED TO MAKE A 02:14:29.904 --> 02:14:37.135 DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST. "I NEED TO FIND PEACE WITH GOD. "I 02:14:37.135 --> 02:14:40.073 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN, "AND I WANT GOD 02:14:40.073 --> 02:14:43.613 TO GUIDE ME AND DIRECT ME THROUGH THIS LIFE. "I DON'T 02:14:43.613 --> 02:14:46.314 WANNA DO IT ON MY OWN ANYMORE. "I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO GOD. 02:14:46.314 --> 02:14:48.863 "HE'S THE ONE THAT CREATED ME, SO I WANT TO MAKE HIM THE LORD 02:14:48.863 --> 02:14:52.104 OF MY LIFE." IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND. 02:14:52.104 --> 02:14:54.505 I CAN'T SEE FROM THE LIGHTS, BUT IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU 02:14:54.505 --> 02:14:57.623 SAY, "I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR 02:14:57.623 --> 02:15:01.434 CHRIST TODAY. I WANT TO DO IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M ON MY 02:15:01.434 --> 02:15:04.194 WAY TO HEAVEN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HEAVEN IS MY HOME WHEN I 02:15:04.194 --> 02:15:08.154 LEAVE." RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW. ONE, TWO, THREE, RIGHT NOW, 02:15:08.154 --> 02:15:10.680 ON THE COUNT OF THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S YOU. IS 02:15:10.680 --> 02:15:14.724 THERE ANYONE HERE? USHERS, HELP ME. DO I SEE ANYONE HERE? IS 02:15:14.724 --> 02:15:21.693 THERE A HAND RAISED HERE? SOMEONE DOWN HERE? OH, OKAY. 02:15:23.573 --> 02:15:29.033 SANDY, YOU'RE SAVED, YOU'RE IN. I KNOW YOUR HEART. YOU CAN, 02:15:29.033 --> 02:15:32.215 YOU'RE FINE. LET'S GIVE SANDY A HAND. SHE HAS A TENDER HEART. 02:15:32.237 --> 02:15:35.335 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 02:15:35.363 --> 02:15:38.545 SHE'D GET SAVED EVERY SUNDAY BECAUSE SHE LOVES GOD, AND 02:15:38.545 --> 02:15:42.564 THAT'S OKAY. I'D RATHER HAVE PEOPLE WITH TENDER HEARTS TO 02:15:42.564 --> 02:15:47.005 MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I'VE BEEN LIVING 02:15:47.005 --> 02:15:51.054 IN SIN." I'VE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, HEY, IT HAPPENS. WE ALL 02:15:51.054 --> 02:15:54.175 HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "I NEED TO REPENT, GET 02:15:54.175 --> 02:15:57.833 RIGHT WITH GOD. I'M NOT LIVING RIGHT. I'VE MADE DECISIONS THAT 02:15:57.833 --> 02:16:00.444 ARE WRONG." IF THAT'S YOU, I WANT YOU TO COME UP TO THESE 02:16:00.444 --> 02:16:03.234 PEOPLE IN THE ALTAR TEAM RIGHT NOW. THEY'LL PRAY WITH YOU. 02:16:03.234 --> 02:16:05.783 THEY'LL HELP YOU TO GET THROUGH THIS. TURN YOUR LIFE. THE GOOD 02:16:05.783 --> 02:16:08.755 NEWS IS, IF YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION, YOU CAN DO A 02:16:08.755 --> 02:16:13.854 180, YOU CAN TURN THE OPPOSITE WAY. GOD WILL ACCEPT YOU BACK AS 02:16:13.854 --> 02:16:16.675 IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT. HE SAYS YOUR SINS ARE FORGOTTEN AS FAR 02:16:16.675 --> 02:16:21.024 AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST. AND YOU CAN START FRESH WITH 02:16:21.024 --> 02:16:25.764 HIM. SO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. IF YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED 02:16:25.764 --> 02:16:28.554 JESUS CHRIST, YOU NEED TO DO IT. CALL OUR ONLINE NUMBER THAT YOU 02:16:28.554 --> 02:16:31.493 HAVE UP THERE. THEY'LL PUT IT UP AGAIN, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT 02:16:31.493 --> 02:16:34.915 YOU GET THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TO PEOPLE 02:16:34.915 --> 02:16:39.353 HERE. WELL, A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS I NEED TO MAKE. 02:16:41.183 --> 02:16:44.424 DON'T FORGET THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE MIDWEEK RECHARGE AGAIN. 02:16:44.424 --> 02:16:48.084 IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF THE GOD. IF YOU CAN DO 02:16:48.084 --> 02:16:51.748 WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAYS, THAT'S A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR 02:16:51.748 --> 02:16:55.704 YOU. SO PULL OUT, PULL AWAY, GET RECHARGED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 02:16:55.704 --> 02:16:58.555 WEEK. IN THIS PARTICULAR WEDNESDAY, I'M FINISHING THE 02:16:58.555 --> 02:17:02.245 THIRD INSTALLMENT OF MY MESSAGE SERIES ON THE POWER OF THE 02:17:02.245 --> 02:17:06.442 DEPENDENCY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 02:17:06.442 --> 02:17:09.564 HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR GOD MORE ACCURATELY. WE'VE BEEN KIND 02:17:09.564 --> 02:17:11.843 OF MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT 02:17:11.843 --> 02:17:15.475 WAY. YOU KNOW, GOD DOES NOT CREATE US TO JUST STUMBLE AROUND 02:17:15.475 --> 02:17:19.284 AIMLESSLY, AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY HIT A WALL, TRY AND CALL 02:17:19.284 --> 02:17:22.942 ON HIM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT. NO, HE WANTS US TO BE LED BY 02:17:22.942 --> 02:17:26.603 HIM CONTINUOUSLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT 02:17:26.603 --> 02:17:29.814 WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO DON'T MISS THAT. THAT'LL BE ONLINE ALSO 02:17:29.814 --> 02:17:33.805 RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN THIS FRIDAY, GAME CHANGERS 02:17:33.805 --> 02:17:38.858 HAS A FELLOWSHIP EVENT, FREE FOOD, GAMES, FELLOWSHIP, 6:30 02:17:38.858 --> 02:17:43.404 P.M. DO THEY MEET, DOES ANYONE KNOW, DO THEY MEET INSIDE FIRST 02:17:43.404 --> 02:17:46.853 AND THEN THERE'S OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES? OKAY, SO IT'LL BE IN 02:17:46.853 --> 02:17:50.995 THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM? IN THE CONNECT CENTER. COME RIGHT TO 02:17:50.995 --> 02:17:54.924 THE CONNECT CENTER, 6:30 FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'LL BE THE GAME 02:17:54.924 --> 02:17:58.674 CHANGERS EVENT, A TIME OF GREAT FELLOWSHIP. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T 02:17:58.674 --> 02:18:01.734 CONNECTED WITH GAME CHANGERS YET, IT'S OPEN TO ALL AGE 02:18:01.734 --> 02:18:05.454 GROUPS, BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME TO GET INVOLVED AND HAVE ANOTHER 02:18:05.454 --> 02:18:09.022 OPPORTUNITY FOR FELLOWSHIP. AND THEN PASTOR MIKE WANTED ME TO 02:18:09.022 --> 02:18:13.915 MENTION THAT TODAY IS THE LAST SUNDAY TO SIGN UP FOR CORE YOUTH 02:18:13.915 --> 02:18:19.433 CAMP. IT STARTS AUGUST 3RD, AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN THE 02:18:19.433 --> 02:18:23.004 CHAPEL TODAY TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR REGISTRATIONS. AND IF 02:18:23.004 --> 02:18:25.942 PARENTS HAVE NOT TURNED IN THEIR FORMS YET FOR CORE YOUTH CAMP, 02:18:25.942 --> 02:18:29.965 YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE CHAPEL TODAY AT FOLLOWING SERVICE HERE. 02:18:29.965 --> 02:18:32.965 OH, AND THEN I WANTED TO REMEMBER OR REMIND YOU THAT 02:18:32.965 --> 02:18:36.149 PASTOR GENE AND TERI WILL BE OUT AT THE BOOK TABLE TODAY. I DON'T 02:18:36.149 --> 02:18:38.183 KNOW, DID THEY EVEN TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY BROUGHT FOR BOOKS 02:18:38.183 --> 02:18:43.156 TODAY, OR DID I MISS THAT? BUT THEY HAVE BOOKS, AND I DON'T 02:18:43.156 --> 02:18:46.704 KNOW WHAT ALL THEY HAVE. WHAT DO THEY HAVE? HATS AND T-SHIRTS AND 02:18:46.704 --> 02:18:49.975 ALL KINDS OF GOODIES. SO DON'T FORGET TO GO OUT TO THE BOOK 02:18:49.975 --> 02:18:54.113 TABLE, SUPPORT THEM, AND THEY'LL BE THERE TO SIGN THEIR BOOKS AND 02:18:54.113 --> 02:18:57.204 GREET YOU TODAY. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THE 02:18:57.204 --> 02:19:01.465 ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF GOD 02:19:01.465 --> 02:19:04.192 SUNDAY. PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA WILL BE HERE. AND THEN WHAT WAS 02:19:04.192 --> 02:19:08.183 THE OTHER? OH, OUR OFFERING, OUR GUEST OFFERING. THANK YOU. I 02:19:08.183 --> 02:19:11.363 ALMOST FORGOT. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT TO SEND PASTOR GENE 02:19:11.363 --> 02:19:17.424 WITH $1. I NEED YOUR HELP TODAY. SO THANK YOU, TEAM. TOO MANY 02:19:17.424 --> 02:19:23.093 THINGS TODAY. SO ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN OR GO BE 02:19:23.093 --> 02:19:25.495 SEATED, I THINK WE'VE HAD EVERYONE UP HERE, THAT'S FINE. 02:19:25.495 --> 02:19:29.875 BUT USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE. AND WE WANT TO HONOR OUR GUEST. YOU 02:19:29.875 --> 02:19:33.834 KNOW, GOD SENDS US HIS CHOICE VESSELS, AND WE WANT TO HONOR 02:19:33.834 --> 02:19:39.822 THEM TODAY, HONOR PASTOR GENE AND TERI. AND HE'S OFF SALARY. 02:19:41.245 --> 02:19:45.174 SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO SUPPORT HIM AND WHAT HE'S DOING, 02:19:45.174 --> 02:19:49.915 BECAUSE HE STILL HAS TO BUY GROCERIES AND RUN FLASHPOINT. 02:19:49.915 --> 02:19:52.613 AND SO WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 02:19:52.613 --> 02:19:57.023 BLESS HIM WITH AN OFFERING TODAY. GIVING INFORMATION IS ON 02:19:57.023 --> 02:19:59.665 THE SCREEN. YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO IT. USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE 02:19:59.665 --> 02:20:02.934 WITH ENVELOPES. IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK OR GIVE CASH, 02:20:02.934 --> 02:20:05.363 RAISE YOUR HAND. THEY'LL GIVE YOU AN ENVELOPE. IF YOU'RE 02:20:05.363 --> 02:20:09.745 ONLINE TODAY AND YOU CAN HELP, JUST MARK SPECIAL GUEST ON THAT 02:20:09.745 --> 02:20:14.334 DESIGNATION AND THAT WILL GO TO PASTOR GENE AND TERI TODAY 02:20:14.334 --> 02:20:17.995 BECAUSE WE WANT TO BLESS ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING. THAT MAN HAS 02:20:17.995 --> 02:20:22.734 A GIFT AND AN ANOINTING TO DO WHAT HE DOES WITH FLASHPOINT AND 02:20:22.734 --> 02:20:25.885 ALL THE AREAS THAT HE MINISTERS IN, SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT HIM IN 02:20:25.885 --> 02:20:31.523 ANY WAY WE CAN. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M JUST GIVING THE USHERS 02:20:31.523 --> 02:20:35.875 A MOMENT HERE TO GATHER THOSE. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER AND 02:20:35.875 --> 02:20:38.484 THEN GIVEN SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS SO THAT I COULD, BUT NOW I HAVE TO 02:20:38.484 --> 02:20:42.023 RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT JUST TO, CAROL, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP 02:20:42.023 --> 02:20:47.635 AND RAMBLE A LITTLE BIT FOR ME SO THAT I COULD JUST HAVE A 02:20:47.635 --> 02:20:50.814 LITTLE BIT OF TIME? WE DO HAVE EDDIE HERE, THOUGH. HE CAN KIND 02:20:50.814 --> 02:20:54.984 OF KEEP ME GOING A LITTLE BIT. COME UP WITH THAT MUSIC LEVEL A 02:20:54.984 --> 02:20:59.904 LITTLE BIT, EDDIE. I GOT TO HAVE SOME TIME HERE. WHY DON'T YOU 02:20:59.904 --> 02:21:04.975 STAND WITH ME? THANK YOU, LORD. WHILE YOU'RE PREPARING YOUR 02:21:04.975 --> 02:21:09.353 OFFERING AND WHILE THE USHERS ARE ASSISTING YOU, JUST GIVE HIM 02:21:09.353 --> 02:21:13.045 ONE LAST TIME OF PRAISE. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME TO BE WITH 02:21:13.045 --> 02:21:16.824 GOD. WE'VE LEARNED, WE'VE GROWN. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ALL THAT 02:21:16.824 --> 02:21:20.725 YOU'VE DONE IN THIS PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANOINTING. WE 02:21:20.725 --> 02:21:24.368 THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR GIFTS THAT YOU SEND TO THIS PLACE. AND 02:21:24.368 --> 02:21:27.851 WE JUST WORSHIP YOU TODAY. IT ALL COMES FROM YOU. WE GIVE YOU 02:21:27.851 --> 02:21:32.470 GLORY FOR IT ALL. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. AS SOON AS 02:21:32.470 --> 02:21:37.299 THE USHERS HAVE SERVED YOU, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED. GOD BLESS 02:21:37.299 --> 02:21:39.399 YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU 02:21:39.399 --> 02:21:41.290 FOR COMING. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE. 02:21:41.290 --> 02:22:08.694 (MUSIC)