(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM PRAISE THIS MORNING.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- AMEN, COME ON, LET'S REJOICE IN GOD.
LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU.
- HALLELUJAH. - WE HONOR YOU, WE REJOICE.
- YES, LORD. - YOU ARE GOD, YOU'RE KING.
AND GOD, WE THANK YOU MOST OF ALL FOR YOUR LOVE.
- YES, LORD. - IT IS NEVER ENDING,
IT NEVER FAILS, AND SO WE WELCOME YOU TODAY.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID, AMEN.
THIS SECTION DID REALLY GOOD AGAIN.
- THEY'RE FEISTY OVER THERE TODAY.
- IT ONLY HEARD LIKE ONE PERSON, I THINK IT WAS MY NIECE.
I MEAN, YOUR BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW.
- NO, WEDNESDAY.
- I MEAN, YOUR BIRTHDAY'S WEDNESDAY. I KNEW THAT, I MEAN.
SO ANYWAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALLIE.
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY EARLY, ALLIE.
- SO I WAS SENDING HER PICTURES LAST NIGHT
IN THE GROUP TEXT TO THEIR FAMILY OF A MOTORCYCLE. YEAH,
IT WAS A MOTORCYCLE WITH A LAWNMOWER ATTACHED TO IT SO YOU
COULD LEARN TO DRIVE AND WORK AT THE SAME TIME, ALLIE. I'M TRYING
TO HELP. ANYWAY, CAN WE JUST SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALLIE?
ALL RIGHT, WELL, HEY, TODAY IS BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY.
SO ARE YOU EXCITED?
AND I'M JUST GLAD Y'ALL SHOWED UP AFTER THAT NEBRASKA GAME
YESTERDAY. ANYBODY WATCH THAT?
- THAT WAS PAINFUL. - IT WAS PAINFUL.
BUT I WATCHED THE VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT AND THEY WON.
I DID IT ON PURPOSE. I'M LIKE, I NEED NEBRASKA VICTORY.
- IT GAVE US SOME SOLACE, YES.
- AND BRENDA MADE ME SOME HOMEMADE MANWICHES. BRENDA, THAT
WAS AMAZING. - DON'T CALL THEM MANWICHES.
THAT'S THE CANNED STUFF, YUCK.
- OKAY, SHE MADE HOMEMADE WHATEVER THEY ARE, BUT IT WAS
REALLY, REALLY GOOD. - BETTER.
- SO, WELL, BEFORE WE GREET OUR ONLINE, I JUST WANNA GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO PASTOR MARK. WHERE IS PASTOR MARK? HE'S HERE.
- HE'S RUNNING AROUND STILL. - SO, ALL RIGHT.
- SO WHEREVER PASTOR MARK IS, KNOW THAT WE'RE CALLING HIM OUT.
- WELL, HE SHOULD BE HERE, SO I'LL DO THIS. I WANNA GREET ALL
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD, OUR FAITHFUL
FRIENDS AND E-MEMBERS, PARTNERS. AND ALSO, HOW ABOUT THIS? SOME
OF YOU CAME TO OTH LAST WEEK. THE CONFERENCE. WE HAD A GREAT
TIME. IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU ALSO AT THE BOOK TABLE. BUT HERE
IS WHAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU. SO PASTOR MARK, WHILE WE WERE
HAVING OTH, THE CONFERENCE THERE, THIS WHOLE STAGE WAS TORN
APART. - THEY REPLACED ALL THE
FLOORING. - THEY HAD THE CHAIRS OUT.
- SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS A FLAW. WHEN THEY BUILT THE
BUILDING, THERE WAS A FLAW IN THIS FLOORING COVERING UP HERE.
SO WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WE NEEDED TWO WEEKS TO TEAR IT OUT
AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MISS A SUNDAY IN THE BUILDING TO
DO IT. SO WE'RE ALREADY DOWN AT THE ARENA FOR OPENING THE
HEAVENS, SO THEY DID IT. BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS, SHOUT OUT
TO THE MEDIA DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THIS WAS CLEARED.
- ANYBODY IN HERE VOLUNTEER TO GET ALL THIS BACK IN, RAISE YOUR
HAND. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AS WELL. I KNOW MANY OF
THE MEDIA TEAM FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
- YEAH, AND I THINK JOE, YOU WERE PROGRAMMING LIGHTS LIKE
YESTERDAY, RIGHT, LIKE STILL PUTTING COMPUTERS. SO WE PRAYED
FOR ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING THAT THE SERVICE WOULD ACTUALLY
WORK. WE'RE EXCITED. - NO, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
AND THEY WERE SHOWING ME PICTURES. I'M LIKE, HOW ARE THEY
GOING TO GET THIS THING BACK TOGETHER?
- THEY DID A REMARKABLE JOB.
-BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, ALL OF
YOU THAT MADE THE CONFERENCE WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE BEST CONFERENCES WE'VE HAD.
- IT WAS AMAZING. - SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. IT WAS JUST, IT WAS AN AMAZING
CONFERENCE. - IT WAS SUCH A GOOD TIME AND
YOU KNOW, AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE LIFE OF
CHARLIE KIRK AND THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL. I KNOW HIS MEMORIAL
SERVICE IS TODAY IN PHOENIX AND SO WE'RE JUST EXTENDING
ALL OF OUR LOVE FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
HE WAS A GUEST HERE AT THE CHURCH BACK BEFORE
THE ELECTION AND SO WE'RE JUST EXTENDING ALL OF OUR LOVE TO
THE KIRK FAMILY AND TURNING POINT USA AND WE HONOR YOU.
- WELL, AND I'VE GOT A GOOD WORD IN MY MOUTH TODAY TOO.
I'M GOING TO TALK, I WAS GOING TO DO PART TWO OF THE MESSAGE
BEFORE WE WENT TO THE ARENA, BUT I JUST REALLY FELT LIKE I
JUST WANTED TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE CHURCH.
AND ESPECIALLY AS WE TALKED ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK, YOU KNOW,
THE CULTURE OF EVIL AND HATE AND DECEPTION AND YOU JUST NAME
IT. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE ROLE OF US AS BELIEVERS AND THE
CHURCH BECOMES MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT AND VITAL.
DON'T YOU THINK, HONESTLY, FOR THIS HOUR THAT WE'RE IN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE
A GREAT TIME. AND THEN AFTERWARDS, WE'RE GOING TO
PARTY, MAN. WE'VE GOT FOOD TRUCKS OUT THERE.
HOW MANY OF YOU, ARE THEY ALREADY OUT THERE?
- YEAH, THEY'RE COMING. ONE'S ALREADY THERE.
- THEY GOT TACOS. I NOTICED BARBECUE.
- OKAY, I GOT TO TAKE A POLL AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRAISE GOD.
- OKAY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRAISE GOD, BUT WE GOT TO
SATISFY THE HUNGER. - SO WHO IN THE ROOM ARE TACO
PEOPLE? OKAY, HOW ABOUT THE BARBECUE FOLKS? ANY BARBECUE?
HOW ABOUT PIZZA FOLKS?
- NOW, HOW AM I GOING TO DO MY OTHER LEG, BRENDA? I DON'T KNOW.
- I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS CLOWN. - ALL RIGHT.
- THAT'S GOOD. - IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
- I DON'T REMEMBER. - THANK GOD I RAN OUT OF...
- HOT DOGS? ANY HOT DOG PEOPLE?
- SMASH, THE SMASH BITES. - WHAT?
- SMASH BITES LIKE HAMBURGERS.
- OH, HAMBURGERS. OKAY. OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
- WELL, I WON'T GO REAL LONG, SO YOU GOT TIME TO GET HUNGRY.
- YES. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME OUR STOMACHS GROWL,
YOU'LL BE DONE PREACHING.
- YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO SAY ONE LAST THING BEFORE WE WORSHIP.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE JUST ON EDGE.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?
TWO ARTISTS AT A MAJOR ART SHOW GOT IN A FIGHT.
BUT IT TURNED OUT GOOD. IT ENDED IN A DRAW.
THEY HAD TO FIT ONE IN. I HAVEN'T HAD ONE.
[LAUGHTER]
ALL RIGHT. BLESS AND WORSHIP.
- ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE IN THE LORD'S HOUSE TODAY? ARE YOU
PUMPED? ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S LIFT THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN.
SAY THESE WORDS, SAY, "LORD, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY IN
THE HOUSE OF GOD. HOLY SPIRIT, TOUCH MY LIFE. TOUCH EVERYONE
IN THIS ROOM. TOUCH EVERYONE WATCHING ONLINE. MOVE IN THIS
PLACE AND LORD, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST PRAISE.
COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT. AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
COME ON, RAISE YOUR PRAISE TO THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
COME ON, JUST WORSHIP HIM ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WANT YOU TO
WORSHIP HIM. OPEN YOUR HEART TO GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS.
WONDERFUL HEAVENLY FATHER. WE HONOR THE BEAUTY OF WHO YOU ARE.
WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD.
WE HALLOW THY NAME.
WE HONOR YOU IN THY NAME.
HALLOWED BE THY NAME, O GREAT GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP
YOU. COME ON, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU HALLOW THE NAME OF GOD
IS YOU THINK OF SOMETHING OF HIS CHARACTER TO HONOR.
FOR SOME OF YOU, IT'S FAITHFULNESS.
TO OTHERS, IT'S THE HEALER, THE PROVIDER, THE DELIVERER,
THE COMFORTER, THE ONE WHO BRINGS PEACE, THE REFUGE.
OUT OF YOUR OWN HEART, I WANT YOU TO JUST HALLOW HIS NAME.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS TAUGHT. HE SAID, "WHEN YOU GO TO THE
FATHER, YOU HONOR HIS NAME, YOU HALLOW HIS NAME." AND
ONE OF THE GREAT WAYS TO DO THAT IS TO REALLY REFLECT ON
AN ATTRIBUTE OF HIS CHARACTER, WHICH IS REFLECTED IN A
DESCRIPTION LIKE FAITHFUL, GOOD, KIND. SO JUST WORSHIP
HIM. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALL OVER THE WORLD,
JUST HALLOW AND HONOR HIS NAME. WHAT IS GOD TO YOU?
COME ON, JUST TELL HIM. 'CAUSE REALLY THAT'S THE QUESTION,
IT'S NOT WHAT MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT GOD, BUT WHAT JESUS
ASKED THE DISCIPLES, "WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?" LET HIM
KNOW. YOU WHISPER IT TO HIM. YOU LIFT YOUR VOICE, YOUR
HEART. COME ON, HE IS A GOOD GOD, A LOVING GOD, A
FAITHFUL GOD. WE HONOR AND HALLOW THY NAME, O GREAT,
GREAT, GREAT GOD. OUR PROVISION, OUR PROTECTOR,
OUR PEACE. OUR CONSISTENT GOD, COMPASSIONATE, CARING.
WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. OH GOD, HOW WE WORSHIP
YOU. IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY AND YOU'RE IN THIS
ROOM, MAYBE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A NEED WHERE YOU'RE
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED THIS GOD OF PEACE OR GOD OF
PROVISION. MAYBE YOU'RE IN ANXIETY. MAYBE YOU'RE IN
FEAR. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, YOU'RE LIKE,
I JUST I NEED GOD. I WANT YOU TO BE BOLD. I WANT YOU
AND THEN THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, YOU
COULD, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT A HAND THING THAT YOU
CAN PUT LIKE A HAND SIGNAL WHERE YOU'RE RAISING YOUR
HAND, BUT I WANT YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND JUST FOR A
MOMENT. IF YOU NEED PRAYER, YOU NEED PRAYER ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL EVERYBODY THE
SPECIFICS OF WHAT'S GOING ON FOR A, THE SAKE OF TIME AND
B, THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT, ALL RIGHT, I WANT THE
BODY OF CHRIST. LISTEN, IN A WORLD WHERE WE'RE WATCHING
WHAT EVIL LOOKS LIKE AND HATE, RIGHT? DISCORD,
DIVISION, STRIFE, ARGUING, FIGHTING, FINGER POINTING.
JESUS DID SAY THERE WOULD BE A SIGN THAT SOMETIMES WE
FORGET. SO THIS IS HOW THE WORLD, THOSE THAT ARE
LOOKING IN ARE GONNA KNOW. YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND DOWN
JUST WHILE I HAVE YOU RAISE IT BACK UP, 'CAUSE I COULD
BE LONG WINDED, I DON'T WANNA BE, BUT, AND THEN
YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO PRAY FOR A HEAVY ARM, RIGHT? BUT
HE SAID THERE WOULD BE A SIGN THAT THE WORLD WOULD BE
ABLE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE TRULY FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. HE
SAID IF YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AND SO ONE OF THE
GREATEST WAYS THAT YOU CAN SHOW LOVE IS WHAT THE
SCRIPTURE SAYS, "PRAY ONE FOR ANOTHER." THAT YOU MAY
BE WHAT? HEALED. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS
WE'RE GONNA SEE HEALING COME TO OUR CULTURE, TO OUR
SOCIETY, IS IF WE RATHER THAN GET ON AND BE FACEBOOK
WARRIORS, RIGHT, WHICH WE SHOULD STAND FOR TRUTH, I'M
NOT SAYING THAT, WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE JUST LEARN TO
PRAY RATHER THAN OPEN OUR MOUTHS TO CRITICIZE, TO
ALWAYS BE RIGHT, IF WE WOULD OPEN OUR MOUTHS TO PRAY.
(SOFT MUSIC) HOW MANY OF US THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
THING TO START? SO I WANT YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I'M
GONNA TAKE MY PHONE OUT, AND AS I DO IT REPRESENTS YOU
THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY. AND I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. BUT
IF YOU NEED PRAYER, LIFT UP YOUR HAND TODAY, AND I WANT
SOME BELIEVERS TO GO OUT OF THEIR, COME ON, GO OUT OF
YOUR CHAIR TODAY, SHOW THE LOVE OF GOD, AND JUST PRAY,
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PRAY FOR THAT PERSON,
JUST KEEP YOUR HAND UP, AND THEN ONCE SOMEBODY IS AROUND
YOU, YOU CAN PUT YOUR ARM DOWN SO THAT YOU DON'T, YOU
KNOW, HAVE TO HAVE PRAYER AGAIN FOR YOUR ARM. BUT
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I'M GONNA PRAY A
PRAYER FOR YOU, ALL RIGHT? YOU READY? AT THE COUNT OF
THREE, WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. FIND SOMEBODY
WITH THEIR ARMS UP, PRAY THE PEACE OF GOD OVER THEM. YOU
COULD ASK 'EM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN PRAY
FOR YOU ABOUT? AND THEN JUST, IF YOU NEED PRAYER,
JUST GIVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SHORT SENTENCE, MAYBE ONE
AREA THAT IS REALLY ON YOUR HEART TODAY. BUT FATHER, WE
PRAY RIGHT NOW FOR EVERY PERSON IN THE SOUND OF MY
VOICE. AND THERE ARE THOSE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN THIS
ROOM THAT SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY TOUCHING THEM.
SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY TOUCHING AND AGREEING WITH THEIR
NEED. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I AM STANDING
RIGHT NOW IN A PLACE OF PROXY FOR YOU. I AM TOUCHING
MY PHONE AND I AM, AS A PROPHETIC ACT, I'M REACHING
OUT NOW AS IF TO TOUCH YOU AS THESE ARE TOUCHING. AND
THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN TWO OR MORE AGREE UPON THIS EARTH
AS TOUCHING ANY ONE THING, GOD, YOU SEE THOSE THAT ARE
PHYSICALLY BEING TOUCHED AND THOSE THAT ARE PROPHETICALLY
BEING TOUCHED RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE CAMERA AND WE
COME INTO AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW THAT NOTHING THAT THE
ENEMY IS TRYING TO DO WILL PREVAIL. WE SPEAK AND
DECLARE THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST THE PEOPLE,
IT SHALL NOT AND IT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PROSPER. WE
STAND IN A PLACE OF AGREEMENT AT THIS MOMENT NOW
AND WE ARE CALLING UPON THE SAVING POWER OF YOUR RIGHT
HAND, THE HAND OF FAVOR, THE HAND OF BLESSING, THE HAND
OF PROVISION, THE HAND OF HEALING, THE HAND OF
DELIVERANCE, THE HAND THAT CAUSES BREAKTHROUGH, THE
HAND THAT CAUSES PEACE TO SURPASS OUR VERY
UNDERSTANDING. WE PRAY FOR YOUR HAND THAT BREAKS THE
POWER OF DARKNESS AND EVIL AND BRINGS RESTRAINT TO THE
FORCES OF DARKNESS, THAT NO HARM, NO EVIL, IT CANNOT
BEFALL US. NO PLAGUE CAN COME NEAR OUR DWELLING, FOR
WE LIVE IN THE ABUNDANCE OF THE COVENANT OF PEACE THAT
YESHUA, JESUS, PROVIDED THROUGH HIS BLOOD. GOODNESS
AND MERCY FOLLOWS US. BREAKTHROUGH IS A PART OF
OUR LIFE. AND THEREFORE WE DECLARE, FATHER, THAT YOU
HAVE DONE EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL THAT
WE COULD ASK OR THINK. SO WE ARE BELIEVING NOW THAT THE
MANIFESTATION IMMEDIATELY IS COMING TO US, FOR US. AND
LORD, THERE IS A MOMENT THAT WE REFLECT IN YOUR GOODNESS,
IN YOUR FAITHFULNESS, THE POWER, LORD GOD, WHO COULD
CAUSE THE PLANETS TO BE PUT IN THE UNIVERSE THROUGH THE
WORD OF YOUR POWER. YOU'RE THE SAME GOD, CAN DO GREAT
WORKS, IMMEDIATE WORKS FOR US. AND THIS IS WHAT WE PRAY
NOW. AND EVERYBODY SAID IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. NOW, GIVE
THAT PERSON A BIG HUG. IN FACT, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
PLACE TO JUST, WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, JUST GO AHEAD AND
GREET ONE ANOTHER. WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? FIND SOMEBODY
WHO'S STANDING. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY BY THEMSELVES, JUST
GO OVER, COME ON A CHURCH, GO OUTSIDE OF YOUR SEAT,
YOUR CHAIR, GREET ONE ANOTHER. WE GREET THOSE OF
YOU ALSO THAT ARE WATCHING. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FAITHFULNESS EVERY WEEK. AND THOSE OF YOU, MAYBE YOU'RE
NEW TODAY, LISTEN, GOD IS FOR YOU. AND IF GOD IS FOR
YOU, THERE IS NOTHING AND NO ONE THAT CAN BE AGAINST YOU.
WE CALL YOU BLESSED TODAY AND HIGHLY FAVORED OF THE LORD.
(SOFT MUSIC)
- WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. I'VE GOT MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
WITH ME THIS MORNING. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
SHE MAY SAY SHE MADE ME, OR MADE HER COME
OUT HERE, SO, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO
GREET ANY OF YOU THAT ARE VISITING THIS MORNING. WE
WANNA GREET YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. I ALSO WANNA
MAKE SURE YOU DID RECEIVE A BLUE GIFT BAG AT THE VISITOR
COUNTER. MAKE SURE YOU GET TO THE INFORMATION CENTERS.
GET THOSE BLUE GIFT BAGS, 'CAUSE INSIDE WE HAVE LOTS
OF GOODIES TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU. AND WE ALSO HAVE
THE GUEST REGISTRY PACKET IN THERE, SO PLEASE TAKE THAT
HOME, READ THROUGH THAT. YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE FILLED OUT
THE ORANGE STATE-CONNECTED CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
AND TURNED THAT IN, 'CAUSE THAT IS HOW YOU GET YOUR
FREE MEAL TICKET TO GO TO ONE OF THE WONDERFUL FOOD
TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. THEY LISTED OFF A BUNCH OF 'EM
EARLIER. I THINK WE'VE GOT FIVE HERE. SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PICK
AND FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU WANNA GO THIS MORNING. SO
IF YOU WOULD, GO AHEAD AND TELL US ABOUT OVTV.
- SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE,
ROKU, YOUTUBE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS, WE
WANNA WELCOME YOU TOO. AND OVTV IS THE BEST ONE, JUST
SAYING. YOU SHOULD GO THERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET
CANCELED DOWN THERE, NO MATTER WHAT WE SAY, BUT YEAH.
-THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT GIVES YOU GREAT CONTENT. YOU CAN GET
ACCESS TO GET REAL WITH HANK, DAILY DECREE, GAME CHANGERS,
FLASHPOINT. ALL OF THAT IS OUT THERE, BOTH LIVE AND
ARCHIVED. SO WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OUT THERE FOR YOU
AS WELL, SO PLEASE GET CONNECTED THERE. WE HAVE
LOTS OF GOOD CHANGES COMING SOON, SO PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE
APP. MAKE SURE YOU GET CONNECTED WITH US THERE SO
THAT YOU CAN GET ALL THE NEW UPDATES THAT ARE GONNA BE
ROLLING OUT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. SO PLEASE, GET
CONNECTED. WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE
COMING WEEKS. SO, IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR
GUESTS HERE ON ONLINE A HAND. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
AND GAME CHANGERS THIS PAST WEEK WAS DOWN AT UNO WITH A
VIGIL FOR CHARLIE KIRK. WATCH THIS SHORT VIDEO THAT KIND OF
SHOWS YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
(GOD BLESS THE USA BY LEE GREENWOOD PLAYING)
[APPLAUSE]
- I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND STAND AND JUST
GIVE HONOR WHERE HONORS DO. HALLELUJAH.
[APPLAUSE]
YES, LET'S APPLAUD BOLDLY THE LIFE OF A MAN WHO WORKED
HARD TO REFORM THIS COUNTRY. LET ME PRAY FOR A MOMENT.
FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU AS WE STAND HERE TODAY IN A
MOMENT OF TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CHARLIE
KIRK AND WHAT HE DID FOR THIS COUNTRY. FATHER, FIRST
OF ALL, TO STAND FOR HIS FAITH. FATHER, TO STAND FOR
THE TRUTH OF YOUR WORD THAT IS BOLDLY WRITTEN. AND
FATHER, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE THANKFUL THAT
YOU'RE GIVING ALL OF US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP THE
TORCH, TO CARRY IT, TO BE BEACONS OF LIGHT. JESUS, YOU
COMMANDED US TO BE SALT AND LIGHT IN THE EARTH. AND SO
WE SAY YES TO THAT COMMISSION. LORD, WE PRAY
FOR ERICA KIRK, THEIR TWO CHILDREN, THE ENTIRE TURNING
POINT USA FAMILY, AND FATHER, ALL OF THEIR STAFF
AND TEAM AS THEY NAVIGATE THE DAYS AHEAD. AND LORD, WE
JUST SAY THAT WE'RE WITH THEM, THAT WE WILL DO OUR PART TO
BRING THE TRUTH OF YOUR WORD TO THIS NATION AND TO THE NATIONS
OF THE WORLD. WE THANK YOU FOR IT, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AMEN.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) AMEN, PASTOR MATT,
SO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT EVENT DOWN THERE.
- YOU KNOW, IT WAS TRULY, FIRST OF ALL, CHARLIE IS A LEGEND AND
SOMEBODY THAT - YOU CAN BE SEATED.
YOU KNOW, TRUTHFULLY, WHAT I TOLD THE STUDENTS
AT UNO AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT REALLY CAME TO HONOR
HIS LEGACY AND HIS LIFE IS THAT AFTER THESE EVENTS
THAT TRANSPIRED, HONESTLY, NOW IS TIME FOR PEOPLE
TO HAVE THE TURNING POINT IN THEIR LIFE TO SAY,
HEY, IF I HAVEN'T USED MY VOICE BEFORE, NOW IS THE
TURNING POINT TO START DOING SO. AMEN. AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT SIGN THAT YOU SAW WITH THE WE ARE CHARLIE, YOU
KNOW, I TALKED TO THAT GUY AND HIS NAME IS CEDRIC AND
NEVER MET HIM BEFORE. AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW, CHARLIE JUST
INSPIRED ME SO MUCH TO SAY, I'VE GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND
START STANDING FOR TRUTH. AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T EVEN REALLY LEAN A PARTICULAR PARTY. HE'S LIKE
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. HE GOES, I JUST LIKE TO STAND
FOR THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH JESUS AND THE BIBLE,
WHICH I GUESS IN A WAY IS MORE CONSERVATIVE AND
REPUBLICAN. AND SO HE GOES, I'VE STOOD OUT THERE, AND HE
GOES, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT. HE SAID THEY
WERE OUT IN PAPILLION NEAR A FAIRWAY, AND HE SAID SOME
PEOPLE WERE DRIVING BY AND CURSING US OUT AND, YOU
KNOW, MAKING A SCENE, BUT THEN HE GOES, OTHER PEOPLE
REALLY CAME AND JUST SUPPORTED BECAUSE I REALLY
BELIEVE THOUSANDS OF CHARLIE KIRKS HAVE JUST WOKEN UP NOW
AND SAID, NOW IS MY TURN. IT'S MY TURNING POINT NOW.
AND SO IT WAS TRULY AMAZING AND WE PRAYED FOR PEOPLE, WE
MINISTERED TO PEOPLE, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT IS
THE LEGACY AND REALLY WHAT CHARLIE KIRK WOULD WANT
RIGHT NOW AND GOING FORWARD IS, HEY, CARRY THE TORCH OF
GETTING SOULS TO THE KINGDOM. CARRY THE TORCH FOR
FIGHTING FOR TRUTH IN AMERICA, FOR THE CHILDREN,
FOR THE SCHOOLS, ET CETERA, RIGHT? FOR THE CHURCHES
THAT, GUESS WHAT? OUR VOICE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. I
DON'T CARE WHAT YOU TRY TO DO, WE ARE NOT GONNA BE
SILENT. WE ARE GONNA STAND FOR THIS COUNTRY. WE'RE
GONNA STAND FOR THE CROSS. WE'RE NOT GONNA KNEEL FOR
THE FLAG. COME ON, ABORTION, NO. WE ARE PRO-LIFE IN THIS
COUNTRY, AMEN. WE BELIEVE MEN AND WOMEN GET MARRIED,
OKAY? NOT A MAN AND A MAN, NOT A WOMAN AND A WOMAN. AND
WE STAND FOR TRUTH AND BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS. THAT
IS THE LEGACY CHARLIE KIRK LEFT. AND I HONESTLY HAVE TO
GIVE CREDIT TO BECAUSE WHAT HE DID TO GET TRUMP BACK IN
THE WHITE HOUSE TOO. PASTOR ANTHONY AND I WERE HAVING
THIS CONVERSATION. I MEAN, CHARLIE IS THE ONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR TALKING TO BARRON TRUMP ABOUT GETTING
THAT YOUNGER GENERATION AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BEAR IN TO USE HIS VOICE.
WHAT CHARLIE DID IN HIS REFORMATION PROCESS, I THINK
SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF
WHAT THAT MAN LEFT IN HIS LEGACY. AND IT IS OUR JOB
NOW, AS HE STEPPED INTO HEAVEN AND PASSED THAT
TORCH, WE NEED TO CARRY THAT. AMEN. BODY OF CHRIST,
IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TURNING POINT. IF YOU HAVE
NOT USED YOUR VOICE BEFORE, NOW'S THE TURNING POINT IN
YOUR LIFE TO SAY, I'M USING MY VOICE NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
- WELL, AND I'LL JUST UNDERSCORE WHAT YOU SAID,
PASTOR MATT, IS, YOU KNOW, AND USING OUR VOICE, TO
PASTOR HANK'S POINT, IT'S NOT JUST GETTING ON AND
BEING A KEYBOARD WARRIOR, BUT IT'S JUST STANDING IN
YOUR OWN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FOR BIBLICAL VALUES. I THINK
THE WHOLE CHARLIE KIRK AND TRUMP, YOU KNOW, THING, IT'S
ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO ENSURE THAT THE BIBLICAL
VALUES THAT WE ALL HOLD DEAR ON MORAL ISSUES IS GOING TO
BE MAINTAINED IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LET LEFTISTS TAKE IT AWAY, PEOPLE THAT
ARE STANDING FOR EVERYTHING THAT OPPOSES THE WORD OF
GOD, OR WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET BEHIND
AND STAND WITH THOSE WHO STAND FOR THE TRUTH. AND SO
THAT'S WHY WE HONOR THAT LEGACY. AND AS FAR AS YOUR
DAD AND I ARE CONCERNED, IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO STAND
BOLDLY FOR THE TRUTHS OF GOD'S WORD.
- I MEAN, AND SO MUCH SO THAT YOU GUYS EVEN OPENED
THE DOORS FOR CHARLIE TO COME HERE RIGHT BEFORE THE
ELECTION AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING
A CHANGE IN THE VOTING SYSTEM WITH THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA AND MAINE OBVIOUSLY HAVE
THAT SPLIT ELECTORAL COLLEGE. AND CHARLIE REALLY
GOT BEHIND THIS. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP, I MEAN, IT
WAS SO BIG EVEN THAT DONALD TRUMP JR. TWEETED ABOUT IT
AND PUT OUR CHURCH OUT THERE. IT WAS REALLY COOL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CHARLIE, I MEAN, HE'S YOUNGER THAN ME.
I JUST TURNED 32. HE WAS ABOUT TO BE 32 HERE IN A FEW
WEEKS. AND WATCHING WHAT THAT MAN DID, AND HE'S MY
AGE, GEN Z AND MILLENNIALS, WE NEED TO STEP UP. IT'S OUR
DUTY NOW. AND WE'RE GETTING BEHIND TPUSA OMAHA AND
SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER YOU NEED, WHATEVER
WE CAN DO, WE'VE GOT SOME CONNECTIONS. WE'VE HAD A
COUPLE OF TPUSA GUYS OUT IN PHOENIX ON THE GAME CHANGERS
SHOW BEFORE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY ASKING, HEY, WHAT CAN
WE DO TO GET BEHIND YOU GUYS AND, YOU KNOW, ERICA KIRK
RIGHT NOW AND REALLY KEEP THIS LEGACY PUSHING FORWARD
BECAUSE WE CANNOT STOP. THE DISCIPLES DIDN'T STOP WHEN
STEPHEN WAS KILLED AND JAMES WAS KILLED. NO, THEY KEPT
GOING. THE WHOLE BOOK OF ACTS WAS ABOUT THE PROCESS
AND CONTINUING THE LEGACY. OKAY, THE DISCIPLES HAD A
CHOICE EVEN WHEN JESUS DIED AND RESURRECTED AND ASCENDED
INTO HEAVEN TO SAY, "ALL RIGHT, OUR JOB IS DONE." NO,
THE WHOLE BOOK OF ACTS, I MEAN, LOOK AT PAUL. HE WROTE
LITERALLY TWO-THIRDS, I MEAN, OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
AND HE HAD EVERY CHOICE. HE WAS STANDING THERE WHEN
STEPHEN GOT STONED. AND ONE THING YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT
IS WHEN STEPHEN SAID, AND THIS IS WHAT CHARLIE, I
KNOW, WOULD SAY, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND HIM. HE'S
AN AMAZING PERSON. WHEN STEPHEN WAS GETTING STONED
AND HE SAID, "LET THIS SIN NOT BE USED AGAINST THEM."
THAT RIGHT THERE WAS THE WORDS, IN MY OPINION, THAT
TRANSITIONED THE SAUL TO PAUL ON THE ROAD TO
DAMASCUS. HOW MANY SAUL'S JUST TRANSFERRED TO PAUL IN
THIS WORLD BECAUSE OF CHARLIE'S LEGACY? AMEN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WILL SAY AS WE'RE CLOSING
AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE OFFERING,
GET PASTOR UP TO PREACH. PASTOR ANTHONY, PASTOR MATT,
BOTH OF YOU HAVE HAD SUCH A HEART FOR THE MILLENNIALS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO PROPHESY TO YOU BOTH, THIS
GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IT WILL NOT BE LOST. AMEN.
IT'S NOT. AMEN? AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT, FOR THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT. AMEN. WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
AND GIVE A SPECIAL TRIBUTE. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET
READY TO RECEIVE THE OFFERING, BUT BEFORE WE DO,
I JUST WANT TO GIVE ONE MORE SHOUT OUT AND WELCOME TO ANY
OF OUR FIRST TIME GUESTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. LET'S
GIVE ALL OF THEM A HAND. ANYBODY, THIS IS THEIR FIRST
TIME AT LORD OF HOSTS. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU. AND
OF COURSE, WE HAVE FREE MEALS FOR ANYBODY THAT IS A
FIRST TIMER HERE OUT IN THE AMAZING FOOD TRUCKS. THEY
CAN GET A COUPON OUT IN THE FOYER, PASTOR DOUG, YOU'LL
HAVE THAT, AS WELL AS YOU CAN GET YOUR BLUE GUEST BAG
THAT IS THERE AS ALSO. AND THEN IF YOU ARE JOINING US
FOR THE FIRST TIME AND YOU COME BACK NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE
A LUNCHEON FOR YOU. SO THERE'LL BE INFORMATION AND
THEY CAN GET MORE INFO ABOUT THAT IN THE FOYER. I THINK
THEY HAVE A SLIDE UP THERE. SO THAT'LL BE NEXT SUNDAY.
SO IF YOU SAY, "MAN, LORD OF HOSTS IS SO COOL. I'M COMING
BACK ANOTHER ROUND." WELL, THERE WON'T BE FOOD TRUCKS,
BUT THERE WILL BE A LUNCHEON FOR YOU. SO I ALWAYS SAY
THIS TO PEOPLE, "YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MUCH FOOD THAT
GOES ON AROUND HERE." I SAY, "WE'RE A CHURCH. WE SHOULD
FEED PEOPLE'S SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY. SO WE'LL HAVE
LUNCH FOR YOU." SO LET'S JUST GIVE ONE MORE HONOR TO
ALL OF OUR GUESTS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FOR
THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTENDED OPENING THE HEAVENS, I JUST
WANT TO REMIND ALL OF YOU ONLINE, THOSE OF YOU IN THE
ROOM, IF YOU WERE DOWN WITH US AT THE ARENA AT THE
MID-AMERICA CENTER LAST WEEKEND, ALL OF THOSE
SERVICES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON OVTV. SO GO TO
ONEVOICETV.NET, THAT IS OUR TELEVISION NETWORK, WHERE WE
CANNOT BE CANCELED, AS MS. KATIE SAID. SO GO OUT THERE,
CHECK ALL THOSE OUT. IF YOU WANT TO RE-WATCH SOMETHING
THAT WAS EPIC IN THE MOMENT, I MEAN, THERE WAS SO MUCH
THAT HAPPENED. AND SO GET OUT THERE, ONEVOICETV.NET
AND CHECK THOSE OUT AS WELL. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S
PUT OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP FOR TODAY AND I'M NOT
GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG. I WANT TO GIVE PASTOR THE
OPPORTUNITY. NOW THIS IS A FAMILIAR SCRIPTURE AND YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF THESE SCRIPTURES WE KNOW, WE'VE
READ THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO
PULL OUT ONE LITTLE PHRASE IN THERE, AND THIS IS WHAT
CAME TO ME IN MY PRAYER TIME THIS MORNING. MALACHI 3 IN
VERSE 10, YOU KNOW IT, BRINGING ALL THE TITHES INTO
THE STOREHOUSE, RIGHT? AND THIS IS THE LINE THAT I WANT
YOU TO HONE IN ON, THAT THERE MAY BE MEAT, SOMEBODY
SAY MEAT, OR SUBSTANCE, OR SUPPLY, THAT THERE WOULD BE
MEAT IN MY HOUSE. AND IT OCCURRED TO ME AS I WAS JUST
MEDITATING ON THIS VERSE THAT ONE OF OUR GREATEST
DESIRES AS CHRISTIANS, AS BELIEVERS, SHOULD BE THAT
THE HOUSES OF WORSHIP ARE SUPPLIED FOR. WE WANT THE
HOUSES TO BE MEATY PLACES. OKAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S
AMAZING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL MAKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
JOKES ABOUT, WELL, A MEGA CHURCH OR HAVE YOU, I MEAN,
HAVE YOU HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MEGA
CHURCH, I DON'T KNOW WHO STARTED THAT, BUT, AND I'M
LIKE, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IN MY OPINION, IF THE HOUSES OF
GOD ARE WELL SUPPLIED FOR EVERY CHURCH, I'M BELIEVING
FOR IT TO BE A MEGA CHURCH. I WANT THERE TO BE GROWTH
AND HARVEST AND EXPANSION. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A SMALL
TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NEBRASKA. I WANT IT TO BE A
MEGA MINISTRY, WHETHER IT'S LOCALLY OR ONLINE, IT GOES
AROUND THE WORLD. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, LET CRITICS
KEEP PROPHESYING MEGA CHURCHES. I'M SAYING, AND
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY SCHOLARS WILL
TELL YOU THAT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE CHURCH AT
JERUSALEM ACTUALLY GREW TO LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND
MEMBERS. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND SO THEY WERE THE FIRST
MEGA CHURCH. GOD DOESN'T MIND MEGA MINISTRY. AND YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE, WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T COMPLAIN
IF IT'S MEGA DISNEY OR, YOU KNOW, MEGA CRUISE SHIP.
WHAT'S THAT HUGE CRUISE SHIP THEY HAVE NOW? THEY CALL IT,
HUH? I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S SOME MASSIVE CRUISE SHIP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOBODY COMPLAINS MEGA, YOU KNOW,
SPORTING EVENT OR MEGA, YOU KNOW. SO, BUT I THINK WE
OUGHT TO TAKE THAT BACK BY FAITH AND SAY, "NO, LORD,
LET THE CHURCHES AND THE HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN
AMERICA, COME ON, IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, CHURCHES THAT ARE
PREACHING THE TRUTH, COME ON, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
WOKE, I'M TALKING ABOUT CHURCHES THAT PREACH THE
TRUE GOSPEL, THAT PREACH JESUS AS LORD, COME ON, THAT
HE'S STILL THE SAVIOR, HE'S STILL THE MASTER, THAT THEY
PREACH THE MORAL TRUTHS OF THE SCRIPTURE. OUR GREATEST
DESIRE SHOULD BE THAT THOSE CHURCHES BECOME MASSIVE AND
THERE IS MEAT IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. SO, YOU KNOW, I
REFLECTED IN MY OWN HEART, I THOUGHT, WELL GOD, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT TITHING AND
GIVING. IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BLESSINGS OF
GIVING. IT TALKS ABOUT GIVING TO GOD. IT TALKS
ABOUT GIVING TO THE POOR. HE THAT GIVES TO THE POOR LENDS
TO THE LORD AND THE LORD WILL REPAY HIM AGAIN, THE
WORD SAYS. GIVEN IT SHALL BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU, GOOD
MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER. THE BIBLE
SAYS THAT GOD WILL MAKE SURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF GIVING,
TITHES AND OFFERINGS, THAT YOU SHALL HAVE ALL
SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS, 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9. SO
THE WORD GOES ON AND ON. I READ IT LAST WEEK, HEBREWS 7
AND VERSE 8, "HEAR MEN THAT DIE, RECEIVE TITHES, BUT
THERE IT IS WITNESSED THAT HE RECEIVES THEM WHO IS
STILL ALIVE." THERE ARE SO MANY VERSES AND VERSES AND
VERSES ABOUT GIVING, BUT THEN I REFLECTED IN MYSELF
AND I SAID, "WELL, LORD, MY GOAL THOUGH SHOULD BE THAT
THERE IS MEAT IN YOUR HOUSE, THAT THE HOUSES OF GOD ARE
WELL SUPPLIED FOR." I FEEL LIKE CHURCHES OUGHT TO BE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS. THAT'S WHY I'M SO
THANKFUL THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T
WANT THE CHURCH TO BE THE CHURCH WITH THE SAGGING
CEILING TILES AND STAINED FLOORS, AND WHILE THE
WORLDLY ONES HAVE ALL OF THE GOOD STUFF. NO, COME ON,
IT'S TIME TO SHIFT THAT IN JESUS' NAME AND LET THE
CHURCH HAVE THE INFLUENCE. COME ON, IT SHOULDN'T BE THE
SOROSES OF THE WORLD THAT GET TO INFLUENCE. IT OUGHT
TO BE THOSE OF US THAT KNOW THE TRUTH. HALLELUJAH. AND
WE HAVE THE WORD OF LIFE. AND SO GOD SAID, BRING ALL
THE TIES THAT THERE MAY BE MEAT. SOMEBODY SAY MEAT OR
SUPPLY IN MY HOUSE. AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL. YOU
KNOW, I WANT THE QUEEN OF SHEBA'S OF THE WORLD RIGHT
TO COME IN LIKE THEY DID THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON GO, WOW,
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY SEE A
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BUT THEIR SUPPLY BY WAY OF THE
ANOINTING. COME ON, THE WORD GOING FORTH. THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED TO DO. AND THAT'S OUR GOAL WHEN WE GIVE TODAY. HOW
MANY OF YOU CAN SAY AMEN TO THAT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT
THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. WE'RE GOING TO
GET PASTOR UP TO PREACH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU
FOREVER TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T COME
FOR PIZZA, RIGHT? IT CAME FOR THE PIZZA OF GOD'S WORD,
I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A
SACRILEGIOUS WAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA HEAR THE WORD, THE
MEAT OF THE WORD FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO HAVE
SOME FUN OUTSIDE. BUT THERE'S ALL THE WAYS TO
GIVE, TEXT TO GIVE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT DO
THAT ONLINE, AS WELL AS THOSE OF YOU AROUND THE
WORLD WHO GIVE THROUGH THE MOBILE APP, AND OF COURSE
OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN DO THAT, OR YOU CAN PUT YOUR
PHONE UP ON THE SCREEN. THERE'S A QR CODE THERE
THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE GIVING PAGE FOR THE
MINISTRY. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT CONTINUE TO
SUPPLY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. WE'RE BELIEVING A
TOTAL PAYOFF OF ALL THE BILLS CONNECTED TO IT. SO WE
JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO
CONTINUE TO BUILD UP OUR BUILDING PROJECT AS WE
FINISH OUT 2025. ISN'T IT HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE COMING
TO THE END OF 2025? IT'S CRAZY. SO IT'S A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO END IT ON A REALLY HIGH NOTE. SO THANK
YOU. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY ALL OF YOU WHO
GIVE VIA THE MAIL, WHO SEND IN YOUR TITHES, YOUR GIFTS,
YOUR OFFERINGS THROUGH CONVENTIONAL MAIL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH AS WELL. WE ARE SO HONORED AND WE THANK YOU FOR
IT. BY THE WAY, I WANNA MENTION ONE OTHER THING. I
NEVER THINK TO SAY THIS UP HERE, BUT LORD OF HOSTS ALSO
HAS ACH OPPORTUNITY, AND IT ACTUALLY IS A LITTLE CHEAPER
THAN ALL THE CREDIT CARD FEES. SO JUST THROWING THAT
OUT IF SOME OF YOU WANNA GO THAT ROUTE AS WELL. SO, ALL
RIGHT, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR GIVING READY, STAND UP
ON YOUR FEET. PASTOR, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PREACH A
LONG ONE TODAY. ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THAT? WE'RE
EXCITED TO RECEIVE IT. OKAY, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A
LITTLE, BEFORE WE PRAY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE
HINT. HE GAVE, CAN I JUST GIVE HIM A HINT? HE GAVE US
A SCRIPTURE THAT LIVE STREAMING IS IN THE BIBLE.
INTERNET, NOW YOU'RE GONNA APPRECIATE THIS, THAT LIVE
STREAMING IS IN THE BIBLE. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER
JESUS OR PASTOR TOLD YOU JESUS IS A CORN HUSKER? AND
HE HAD SCRIPTURE FOR IT. LUKE 6, ONE THAT JESUS AND
THE DISCIPLES WALKED THROUGH THE FIELDS AND THEY HUSKED
THE CORN. SO THAT MAKES HIM A CORN HUSKER. I THINK AFTER
YESTERDAY, NOBODY WANTS TO BE ONE ANYMORE, BUT THAT'S
OKAY. BUT NO, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD VERSE. THAT WAS
JUST ONE OF PASTOR'S PUNNY FUNNIES, BUT THIS IS ONE OF
THE REAL VERSES THAT LIVE STREAMING'S IN THE
SCRIPTURE. SO INTERNET, YOU BETTER STAY TUNED AND LISTEN
TO THIS. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, HOLD THOSE GIFTS UP REAL
HIGH. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE, HOLD UP YOUR ENVELOPE.
INTERNET, YOU JOIN WITH US AS WELL. I'LL JUST HOLD IT
UP LIKE THAT. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER
THAT'S HOLDING UP THEIR GIFTS AND FAITH. WE THANK
YOU, LORD, THAT THERE IS MEAT AND SUPPLY IN YOUR
HOUSE. WE BELIEVE YOU FOR IT. WE HONOR YOU FOR IT. WE
THANK YOU, LORD. LET THIS NEXT SEASON OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
BE A SEASON WHERE CHURCHES BECOME MEGA. THEY GROW, THEY
EXPAND, AND THEY DEVELOP A NEW AND FRESH INFLUENCE IN THE
EARTH. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. ALL
RIGHT, PASTOR MATT, LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION.
- THANK YOU, PASTOR BRENDA. LET'S DECREE THIS TOGETHER,
CHURCH, AND BELIEVE IT OVER YOUR LIFE PERSONALLY AS
WELL. IN JESUS' NAME. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND
MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,
EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN
WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT,
BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE
FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE
HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD,
YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU,
LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE
AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE
ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL
QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE
DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE
EXPANDED NOW. NOW I WANT YOU TO SAY, THANK YOU, CHARLIE. THANK
YOU, CHARLIE. AMEN, AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK.
- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU GIVE TODAY.
AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED
US, OR YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE. AND WOW, A LOT TO
TALK ABOUT TODAY. AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
GIVING. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING, BRENDA, MAYBE
JESUS IS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE LUKE CHAPTER SIX, VERSE ONE,
OUT OF THE KING JAMES SAYS THAT THE DISCIPLES WENT WITH
JESUS INTO THE CORNFIELDS AND THEY HUSHED THE CORN.
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. BUT AFTER YESTERDAY'S GAME, I
THINK JESUS MIGHT BE A LION FAN OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. SO ANYWAY, HEY,
I DO WANNA MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT OUTSIDE OF THAT
WE'LL BE ON FLASHPOINT TUESDAY. WE ARE GOING TO DO
KIND OF A LAST MINUTE PROPHETIC PULSE, ANTHONY,
PASTOR ANTHONY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT OR NOT.
JUST FOUND OUT. PASTOR ANTHONY, STAND UP AND WAVE
AT EVERYBODY SO THEY CAN SEE. HE DOES A GOOD JOB. SO
YOU CAN, SUNIL SENT ME A PROPHECY THAT WAS RELATED.
YEAH, SO YOU COULD PUT THAT ONE IN THERE. BUT ANYWAY,
WE'RE GONNA DO A SHORTER VERSION OF A PROPHETIC PULSE
WEDNESDAY. HOW MANY WOULD LIKE THAT? THERE ARE A LOT
OF PROPHECIES THAT, AND THERE'S ONE SPECIFIC
PROPHECY THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT TOO, THAT I THINK IT
COULD RELATE, AND WE'LL LET 'EM KIND OF GET THERE AND
THEY CAN SEE IT. BUT HOW MANY WOULD LIKE A PROPHETIC
PULSE? I KNOW I ALREADY ASKED YOU, BUT I THINK IT
WOULD BE GOOD. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE,
AND YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT IS A PROPHETIC PULSE?" IT'S
WHERE WE TAKE A LOT OF THE PROPHETIC WORDS THAT GOD
SPEAKS AHEAD OF TIME, AND WE BREAK IT DOWN AND SEE WHAT
THE REDEMPTIVE MESSAGE IS. YOU KNOW, GOD'S MESSAGE OF
HOPE AND HELP, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE
A PREDICTIVE NATURE ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT FOR WHAT,
WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE AFRAID OF
TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY THAT WE'RE GONNA GET
RAPTURED, I'LL SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY HERE, FOR THOSE OF
YOU THAT WANT TO JOIN ME FOR CHURCH. NOT BECAUSE I'M
GONNA GET LEFT BEHIND. NEVERMIND, ALL RIGHT. BUT IT
IS GOOD TO BE BACK. LISTEN, I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE PULPIT
TWO WEEKS AGO. I TOOK ONE OF MY SUNDAYS AND I WENT UP TO
GREEN BAY AND THE PACKERS DID AMAZING UP THERE. SO I
KNOW YOU DON'T CARE, BUT ANYWAY, THEY DID GREAT. BUT
WHILE I WAS GONE, I HEARD THAT BRENDA TOLD THIS STORY.
WE HAVE THREE GERMAN SHEPHERDS AND A SHIH TZU.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A DOG? YOU MAY HAVE A DOG. OH, I
THINK THAT, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CATS? WE HAVE PRAYER
FOR YOU AFTERWARDS. SO, I'M STILL NOT SURE I'M GONNA GET
A CAT, BUT ANYWAY, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU. BUT ANYWAY,
BRENDA TOLD YOU THIS STORY WHILE I WAS OUT OF TOWN OF
THE, NOW THE THREE GERMAN SHEPHERDS DIDN'T DO THIS,
BUT THE LITTLE SHIH TZU WENT OUT AND FOUND A BIRD AND
BROUGHT IT INTO HIS KENNEL. BRENDA CALLS ME UP, SHE'S
HYPERVENTILATING, THAT'S MY WIFE. "HANK, YOU WON'T BELIEVE
THE GROSSEST THING." I SAID, "WHAT, WHAT, WHAT?" "HERBIE,"
THAT'S HIS NAME, "BROUGHT A BIRD IN HIS KENNEL, "IT LOOKS
LIKE A CRIME SCENE." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
THERE WAS STUFF EVERYWHERE. I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING READY
TO EAT, YOU WANT ME TO REALLY TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS?
OKAY, SO ANYWAY, THERE WAS ALL, OKAY, SO WE'LL
JUST KIND OF KEEP IT G-RATED, LIKE NON-GORE, RIGHT? ANYWAY,
FEATHERS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE, AND SHE'S LIKE,
"HANK, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT." AND THEN
I STARTED, HOW DID YOU GET HIM TO VOMIT ALL THAT
STUFF UP? OH, SHE WAS WASHING HIS FACE, 'CAUSE YOU
KNOW, SHIH TZUS HAVE MUSTACHES, RIGHT? SO THOSE
OF YOU THAT HAVE MUSTACHES, YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE YOU WIPE
YOUR FACE. BUT ANYWAY, SO WHILE SHE WAS DOING THAT, HE
LUNGED UP ALL THE BIRD STUFF. AND SO, I'M LIKE, HE
DID NOT DO THAT. SHE'S LIKE, YES HE DID. SO HOW MANY OF
YOU HAVE A SHIH TZU? YOU DO? THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, PUT YES, JUST
WRITE YES. SO YOU KNOW WHAT, SHE'S SENDING ME PICTURES OF
MY WIFE. I'M LIKE, BRENDA, THIS IS NOT TRUE. DO YOU
KNOW THAT SHIH TZUS ARE RELATED TO WOLVES? LOOK IT
UP. I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. CAPTAIN, DID YOU KNOW THAT?
SO I HAVE NICKNAMED MY SHIH TZU FROM HERBIE TO WOLFIE.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) BUT I AM SO, AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
SO PASTOR BRENDA LAST WEEK WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE
HAD TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND THEN HOW MANY
OF YOU, DID YOU HEAR HER WOES ABOUT HAVING TO CLEAN
UP AFTER THE DOGS IN THE YARD? SO EVERYBODY DO THIS
FOR PASTOR BRENDA, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY JUST DO THAT FOR
HER THERE. BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK. AND, THEY WAIT. OH,
BRENDA, I JUST FELT LIKE GOD MIGHT HAVE HAD THAT FOR YOU
TO SEE WHAT YOUR HUSBAND DOES ON A DAILY BASIS.
(LAUGHING) ALL RIGHT, I WANNA WELCOME ALL OF YOU
THAT ARE HERE FOR BACK TO CHURCH. I KEPT CALLING IT
BACK TO SCHOOL AND THEY KEPT CORRECTING ME, YOU KNOW, BUT
BACK TO CHURCH. AND IT'S NOT THAT NECESSARILY THAT, YOU
KNOW, ANYBODY IS NOT, YOU KNOW, BEING PART OF CHURCH,
BUT IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE YOU COME AND VISIT OUR
CHURCH TODAY. AND I GOTTA TELL YOU A STORY AT SOME
POINT, THE DAY WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING
SOMEBODY TO CHURCH. I'M GONNA TELL YOU MY STORY. HOW
MANY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MY STORY? I'LL TELL YOU MY
STORY. I WILL FOR A COUPLE OF TACOS AND GELATO IF YOU
HAVE IT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. ALL RIGHT, BUT I WANT
US TO DO THIS. I WANT US TO STAND, I'M GONNA READ THE
WORD FOR JUST A MOMENT. I KINDA LIKE THAT EVERY ONCE
IN A WHILE, I LIKE YOU TO STAND WHILE I READ THE WORD,
AND THEY'LL PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN, AND THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE WATCHING, THEY'LL PUT IT UP WHERE YOU CAN SEE
IT. BUT I WANNA READ OUT OF MATTHEW 22, OUT OF THE NEW
AMERICAN STANDARD. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT AS I
READ THIS OUT OF THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
TRANSLATION, THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS GONNA BECOME THE NEW
AMERICAN STANDARD. I BELIEVE IF WE WOULD DO THIS IN OUR
COUNTRY, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF LESS PROBLEMS, RIGHT?
AMEN, ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. SO IT
SAYS, "TEACHER, WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT "IN THE
WORD?" SO THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE COMING TO JESUS. AND
JESUS SAID UNTO THIS ONE, "YOU SHOULD LOVE THE LORD
YOUR GOD "WITH ALL YOUR HEART, ALL YOUR SOUL, "AND
WITH ALL YOUR MIND." THEN HE GOES ON AND SAYS, "THIS IS
THE GREAT AND THE FOREMOST COMMANDMENT." THE SECOND, SO
THERE'S THE SECOND COMMANDMENT, IS YOU SHOULD
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF. AND ON THESE
TWO COMMANDMENTS DEPEND THE WHOLE LAW AND ALL OF THE
PROPHETS. LET'S PRAY FOR A MINUTE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE
THANK YOU TODAY AS WE THANK YOU THAT ACCORDING TO PSALM
22, WHEN JESUS WAS HANGING ON THE CROSS, THAT HE SANG
OF HIS CHURCH. HE COULDN'T WAIT TO DWELL AS IT WAS
BEING FORETOLD ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD PIERCE HIS HANDS
AND HIS FEET. THAT SAME PSALM GOES ON AND SAYS, HE
SANG A SONG IN THE MIDST OF HIS BRETHREN IN THE CHURCH,
BECAUSE HE LONGED TO BE WITH US AMONG US. AND LORD,
CHURCH IS REALLY ABOUT HIM AND US GATHERING TOGETHER TO
WORSHIP HIM AND TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AND WE THANK YOU.
BLESS THIS MESSAGE TODAY. AND EVERYBODY SAID? AMEN.
ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN BE SEATED. LOOK AT YOUR
NEIGHBOR, SMILE AT HIM, MAKE A FUNNY FACE. AMEN. TEST
YOUR LOVE ONE FOR ANOTHER. (LAUGHING) OKAY. BUT I WANT
US TO RE-LOOK AT THIS AGAIN IN MATTHEW 22. NOTICE IN
VERSE 36, THEY COME TO JESUS AND SAID, "JESUS, WHAT IS
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT?" AND JESUS IMMEDIATELY STARTS
OFF AND SAYS, "YOU SHALL." IT WASN'T SUGGESTIVE. IT
WAS, "YOU WILL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD." NOW YOU CAN'T
FORCE SOMEBODY TO LOVE YOU, RIGHT? IT HAS TO BE YOUR
CHOICE. BUT THIS IS WHAT IS ON THE HEART OF GOD. YOU
SHOULD HONOR THE LORD. YOU SHOULD LOVE HIM WITH
EVERYTHING INSIDE OF YOU. AND THEN BECAUSE YOU LOVE
GOD SO MUCH, IT OUGHT TO SPILL OUT AND THAT LOVE
OUGHT TO BE REFLECTED AND REVEALED TOWARDS OTHER
PEOPLE. AND NOTICE JESUS SAID, THESE ARE THE TWO
GREATEST COMMANDMENTS. NOW I WANT THEM TO PUT UP A
GRAPHIC BECAUSE WHEN I GREW UP AND WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL
AND I'LL BE 60 IN MAY, I REMEMBER SEEING THESE ON THE
SCHOOL. RIGHT WHEN YOU CAME INTO THE SCHOOL, THEY WERE
RIGHT THERE. YOU CAME IN THE DOORS AND THEY WERE
LITERALLY ON A WALL AS YOU WOULD GO DOWN TO THE HALLWAY
RIGHT NEXT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. THIS WAS
A PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE 10 COMMANDMENTS WERE HUNG. I'LL
NEVER FORGET IT. AND THE REASON WHY I KNOW THAT TO BE
TRUE IS BECAUSE MY MOM, TALK ABOUT BACK TO CHURCH OR GO
TO CHURCH, MY MOM ON SUNDAYS WOULD TAKE ME TO CHURCH AND
SHE WOULD GO AND GET DONUTS WHILE SHE WOULD THEN GO TO
THE CHURCH. REMEMBER THAT, MOM? AND EVERY SUNDAY I'D
GET DONUTS. I'D GET THE SPRINKLED ONES. AND I LOVED
THAT MOM WOULD GO TO CHURCH. NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT I WAS
LEARNING, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DONUTS. THIS IS THE WAY I
GOT MY DONUTS, MAN. I'D BE LIKE, HEY, MOM. BUT WHEN I
WAS A LITTLE KID, AND THEN REMEMBER WHEN PALM SUNDAY
CAME AND THEY'D HAND YOU THE LITTLE GREEN CROSS. DID
Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT ON PALM SUNDAY? AT THE DOOR THEY'D
HAND YOU THE GREEN, RAISE YOUR HAND IF Y'ALL REMEMBER
THAT GROWING UP. AND I WOULD THINK, WHOA, THERE IS POWER
TO IT. YOU KNOW, I'M AN EIGHT TO NINE YEAR OLD KID,
PLUS I'M A CARTOONIST, SO I THINK IN A CARTOON MIND. AND
I WOULD LITERALLY GET IT ON PALM SUNDAY AND BY THE TIME
MAY WOULD ROLL AROUND, IT WOULD TURN YELLOW. AND I
WOULD THINK, THERE IS SOMETHING MIRACULOUS THAT IT
WENT FROM GREEN TO YELLOW. AND I'M LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW
IF I WOULD JUST GO OUT AND LOOK IN MY YARD AND NOT
WATER IT, I WOULD SEE THE SAME THING." RIGHT? BUT I
THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING MIRACULOUS ABOUT THAT. AND
IT PRICKED MY HEART. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
JESUS. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CHURCH
THING. AND AS A YOUNG KID, AND I REMEMBER THE ACROLYTE
MOMENT. AND I REMEMBER I WAS THE GUY THAT COULDN'T GET
THE CANDLES LIT BECAUSE THE GUY BEFORE, THE WEEK BEFORE
SMASHED IT. YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND I'M OUT THERE LIKE
THIS AND THE PASTOR'S GOING AND THE SONG AND THE
ORGANIST IS PLAYING, DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN, WAITING FOR
FRANKENSTEIN TO SHOW UP. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE, YOU
KNOW. AND I'M OUT THERE. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ACROLYTE? IS
THAT WHAT THEY CALL ACROLYTE? AND I'M ACROLYTE
AND I'M LIKE, I JUST WISH SOMEBODY WOULD COME. AND SO
THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO SEND THE USHER UP WITH A
LITTLE, YOU KNOW, THING TO RELIGHT THE CANDLES AND MAKE
ME LOOK GOOD. BUT THAT WAS KIND OF MY CHURCH
EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? BUT I REMEMBER THE 10
COMMANDMENTS. I REMEMBER LEARNING THEM IN SCHOOL
EVEN. AND I LEARNED THEM IN CHURCH. AND I REMEMBER WE
HAD TO MEMORIZE. HOW MANY OF YOU, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE WATCHING, AND I'LL JUST BE HONEST, THAT YOU COULD
LITERALLY RECITE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS FROM HEART? HOW
MANY COULD DO IT? I COULD DO IT. I COULD DO IT. MOM,
WEREN'T THOSE SOME OF OUR COMMANDMENTS? I THINK YOU
HAD THEM NAILED UP IN MY, I THINK WHEN YOU WALKED IN OUR
HOUSE, I THINK THESE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS, RIGHT? RIGHT,
THOU SHALL DO THE DISHES, THOU SHALL MOW THE LAWN,
THOU SHALL PICK UP THE LAUNDRY, THOU SHALL, YOU
KNOW, THOU SHALL EAT AND FINISH YOUR FOOD, EVEN
BROCCOLI AND ALL THAT. AND THEN MY MOM WOULD MAKE THIS
NASTY, MOM, YOU REMEMBER THAT? YOU WOULD MAKE THIS
LIKE BREAD STUFF AND MIX TOMATOES IN WITH IT. AND IT
WOULD SMELL LIKE, NEVERMIND, MOM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT
LATER, HUH? SHE SAID IT'S GOOD. MOM, I STILL DON'T
KNOW WHAT THEY CALL THAT. BREAD WITH TOMATOES, BUT SHE
HAD TO FEED NINE PEOPLE, SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHATEVER
IT WAS, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD IT SINCE. BUT THE POINT WAS,
WE LIVED BY THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. NOW I WANT US
TO LOOK, AND I WANT THEM TO SEE AROUND THE WORLD. LOOK
AT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS
BEFORE ME. THAT WAS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. SECOND,
THOU SHALL NOT MAKE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE OR HAVE IDOLS.
THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD IN VAIN. NOW
STOP RIGHT THERE. I WAS UNDER A PREACHER, USED TO BE
THE PASTOR OF BELLEVUE CHRISTIAN CENTER HERE IN
OMAHA. I WAS MENTORED BY SAM MAYO, GREAT MAN. HE'S IN
HEAVEN NOW. AND YOU COULD NOT SAY IN HIS PRESENCE
ANYTHING THAT WOULD SOUND CLOSE, LIKE GOSH, AND THEN
USE THE WORD DARN. HE WOULD REBUKE YOU AND SAY, "HOW
DARE YOU REPLACE?" YOU'RE STILL SAYING THE SAME THING.
OR JIMINY, AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY CRICKETS. HE WOULD
JUST GO LIVE IT. BECAUSE HE'S LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
"YOU SHOULD NEVER EVEN HAVE TO BE ANYTHING CLOSE. "GOD'S
NAME IS SO HOLLOW, HIS NAME IS SO HONORED, "YOU
SHOULDN'T EVER DO THAT." "BUT I KNOW CHRISTIANS THAT
TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN." THAT SHOULD NEVER
EVER, AND LET ME ASK YOU A REAL QUESTION. DO YOU REALLY
WANT GOD TO DAMN SOMETHING? I MEAN, I DIDN'T CUSS, DON'T
WRITE ME AND SAY I DID THAT OR I'LL THINK YOU'RE A
DIPSTICK. NOW HERE'S THE THING, I DIDN'T CUSS, BUT
YOU SHOULD NEVER EVER USE THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. AND
THEN JESUS WHO BLED AND DIED FOR US TO LITERALLY TAKE HIS
NAME IN VAIN, I THINK IT'S LIKE SLAPPING HIM IN THE
FACE AND SPITTING RIGHT IN HIS FACE LIKE THEY DID. YOU
SHOULD NEVER LET THAT FLY OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, NOT EVEN
BY ACCIDENT, AND YOU SHOULDN'T USE ANY
REPLACEMENTS. I'M JUST GONNA SET IT STRAIGHT, I DON'T
THINK YOU DO, I THINK IT'S DISHONORABLE. OKAY, LET'S GO
TO THE NEXT COMMANDMENTS, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT LIKING
THESE, BUT LET'S GO ON. NOW NOTICE THE NEXT ONE. LOOK AT
THIS ONE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS ONE. REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY. NOW, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
THAT WAS A DAY OF REST. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IT WAS A
DAY OF ASSEMBLING, RIGHT? THEY WOULD GATHER THE FIRST
DAY OF THE WEEK, THE CHURCH, AND THEY WOULD GATHER AND
THEY WOULD ASSEMBLE. BUT THE POINT IS, THEY WOULD HAVE A
DAY THAT THEY WOULD REMEMBER GOD, AND THEY WOULD REMEMBER
ALL THAT GOD DID FOR THEM. THAT'S REALLY WHY WE SHOULD
COME TO CHURCH, IS GOD, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL, WE CAN'T
WAIT TO COME TOGETHER TO WORSHIP YOU AND HONOR YOU.
AND WE COULD DO THAT IN OUR HOME, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE
EXTRA STEPS. OR IF WE ARE IN OUR HOME, WE'RE TAKING THE
EXTRA STEPS TO WATCH THE SERVICE LIVE AND NOT JUST,
YOU KNOW, WAIT TILL AFTER WE SLEEP IN TILL NOON, HAVE OUR
BRUNCH AND THEN WATCH IT AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON. I THINK WE NEED TO START SHOWING GOD THAT WE
ARE IN LOVE WITH HIM AND WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THE
NEXT STEPS. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS ONE. THOU
SHOULD REMEMBER THE SABBATH, THERE, THOU SHOULD ASSEMBLE.
NOTICE THE OTHER ONE, HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER. NOW,
HERE'S HOW YOU COULD DIVIDE THE TWO COMMANDMENTS THAT
JESUS SAID. LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE. NOTICE THE FIRST
FOUR THERE HAVE TO REALLY DO WITH GOD. IF YOU LOVE GOD,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY OTHER GODS. IF YOU LOVE GOD,
YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY GRAVEN IMAGES. IF YOU LOVE
GOD, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE HIS NAME. IF YOU LOVE GOD,
YOU'RE GONNA RESPECT WHAT JESUS SAID AND SANG PSALM
22. HE SANG ABOUT DWELLING IN HIS CHURCH, BEING WITH
HIS CHURCH, BEING WITH HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. BUT
THEN IT GOES, HOW YOU TREAT OTHER PEOPLE. THAT WAS THE
SECOND COMMANDMENT. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER, AND
NOTICE HOW HOLY THAT IS. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND
MOTHER. IT'S EVEN BEFORE KILLING SOMEBODY. IT'S EVEN
BEFORE COMMITTING ADULTERY, STEALING, BEARING FALSE
WITNESS, IS JUST HONOR YOUR MOM AND DAD. AND YOU KNOW,
THE BIBLE SAYS, WE TAUGHT OUR KIDS THIS IN EPHESIANS
6, WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE. CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS.
HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER IN LORD, FOR THIS IS RIGHT,
THAT IT'LL BE WELL WITH YOU. WHY ARE WE SEEING A
GENERATION SO MIXED UP? WHY DO WE SEE A 22 YEAR OLD KID
DO WHAT HE DID? BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE IN HIS
LIFE THERE'S A DISHONOR SOMEWHERE, NOT ONLY TO GOD,
BUT A DISHONOR THREAD THAT SOMEHOW LEADS TO HIS
PARENTS. THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND
FATHER, IT'LL BE WELL WITH YOU AND YOU'LL LIVE LONG ON
THE EARTH. WHY IS YOUNG PEOPLE'S SUICIDE SO RAMPANT?
I THINK IT GOES BACK TO AN HONOR. NOW, PARENTS, LISTEN
TO ME. WHEN YOUR KID IS HAVING A TEMPER TANTRUM,
IT'S NOT THE TIME TO GIVE IN AND GIVE HIM A TIME OUT.
GIVE HIM A SPANKING. IT'S NOT TIME TO CATER TO
DISHONOR. THE KID CREATES A SCENE IN THE GROCERY STORE,
AND NOW YOU'RE MAD. NOW YOU JUST GOTTA HAND HIM WHATEVER
HE WANTS. YOU'RE SOWING DISHONOR IN YOUR KID.
SOMEWHERE YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH. AND LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING ALSO. LISTEN TO ME, I KNOW THERE'S SOME
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING
IN THIS SENSE BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FIND A CHURCH. AND
IF I WAS IN YOUR SHOES, I WOULD WATCH THIS CHURCH TOO.
BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS DON'T SLEEP IN. PARENTS THAT
SLEEP IN, YOU ARE SENDING BAD MESSAGES TO NOT ONLY
YOUR NEIGHBORS, BUT YOUR KIDS. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE
SABBATH DAY OR THE DAY TO ASSEMBLE IS NOT IMPORTANT.
YOU'RE SAYING GOD'S NOT IMPORTANT. IF YOU DON'T GO
TO CHURCH, WE'RE REALLY SAYING TO A GENERATION, GOD
AND ASSEMBLING TOGETHER IS REALLY NOT AS IMPORTANT AS
GOING TO A MOVIE, A SOCCER GAME, A FOOTBALL GAME, OR
GOING TO SCHOOL. WHY IS IT THAT THE CHURCH ALWAYS HAS
TO BE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST OF WHAT WE DEEM
IMPORTANT IN OUR COUNTRY, OR WHAT WE DEEM AS IMPORTANT IN
ASSEMBLING? SOMEHOW, OH, I'M NOT INTO THAT CHURCH THING.
I'M NOT INTO THAT GOD THING. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO
CHURCH. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET UP AT NINE O'CLOCK IN
THE MORNING AND GIVE SOME TIME TO GOD. IS THAT REALLY
WHAT WE'RE SAYING? AND IF IT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING, WE
ARE SOWING DISHONOR, AND IT'S THE REASON, PUT THE
COMMANDMENTS BACK UP, THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING
DISHONORING OF FATHER AND MOTHER BUT WE'RE SEEING
MURDER. WE SAW AN ASSASSINATION LAST WEEK.
WHERE PEOPLE, AND THEN PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK, YES, I
WILL SAY SICK, IN THE MEDIA. YOU ARE SICK PREACHERS THAT
WOULDN'T EVEN MENTION IT. ANYBODY THAT GETS
ASSASSINATED, I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE LIBERAL,
CONSERVATIVE, IN BETWEEN, I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE BLACK,
WHITE, RED, YELLOW, SHOULD NEVER, EVER BE SOMETHING
THAT WE SUPPORT. IT IS DISGUSTING. AND I WANT TO
SEE THE SAME PREACHERS THAT STOOD UP AND MADE RUCKUS
ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD. AND YET YOU SAY NOTHING ABOUT THIS
MAN. YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. IT'S WHY OUR
COUNTRY IS BEING RULED BY A MINORITY OF PEOPLE, NOT
COLOR, BUT THE SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SEEM TO HAVE
THE LOUDEST VOICE THAT PERPETRATE THE WORST EVIL.
AND THE CHURCH DOESN'T ASSEMBLE. THE CHURCH IS
QUIET. PREACHERS ARE COWARDS, AND WE'RE LETTING
THE LION MEDIA CONTINUALLY CREATE THE RACE CARD, THE
NARRATIVE OF HATE, FUELING THIS KIND OF STUFF THAT GETS
IN A BRAIN OF A 22-YEAR-OLD TO TAKE OUT A FAMILY MAN WHO
IS LITERALLY JUST WANTING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. OPEN
DIALOGUE, FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND HE NEVER DID ANYTHING TO
SHOW ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE OR HATE. TELLING THE TRUTH, THE
BIBLE TELLS US TO TELL THE TRUTH. SPEAK THE TRUTH IN
LOVE. BUT WE GOTTA WAKE UP IN OUR COUNTRY. IT'S THE
REASON, LOOK, DISHONOR. IT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE MURDERING.
IT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE STEALING. IT'S WHY PEOPLE
ARE BEARING FALSE WITNESS. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING. IT'S
AMAZING. MY KIDS CAME TO ME ONE TIME AND THEY SAID,
"DAD, DAD, THIS IS WHEN GOD, BEFORE HE TOOK OUR, WHEN HE
STARTED TAKING OUR MINISTRY WORLDWIDE." I DIDN'T ASK GOD
TO DO THAT WITH MY MINISTRY. I DIDN'T ASK HIM TO PUT MY
FACE OUT THERE EVERYWHERE. BUT WHAT I DID ASK HIM TO DO
IS USE ME. AND I PROMISED HIM I WOULD TELL THE TRUTH.
AND MY KIDS CAME TO ME AND SAID, DAD, DO YOU NOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT YOU, WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT CHURCH? I SAID, I'M NOT PAYING
ATTENTION TO IT, NEITHER SHOULD YOU. IF THEY'RE GONNA
LIE AND BEAR FALSE WITNESS, THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE
TO TAKE IT UP AGAINST GOD. BECAUSE I KNOW WHO I AM, YOU
KNOW WHO I AM, BUT MOST IMPORTANT, GOD DOES. AND I
COULD GIVE A ROYAL RATS RUMP WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING A GENERATION TODAY TO LIARS
THROUGH THE MEDIA AND COWARDS BEHIND PULPITS. AND
CONFUSED CHRISTIANS THAT DON'T HAVE A BACKBONE. AND
IF THERE'S EVER A TIME TO ASSEMBLE IN OUR COUNTRY, IT
IS NOW. IF THERE'S EVER A TIME WHERE WE SAY THAT WE
LOVE JESUS, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO BOLD CHURCHES
AND BECOME A BOLD, MORAL MAJORITY THAT CAN SHIFT A
GENERATION AND A COUNTRY FOR GOD. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY. WHY? TO KEEP IT SET APART.
WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE SEEING IN TODAY THOSE WHO HATE THE
LIGHT? THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT IN THE
ASSASSINATION. WAS SOMEBODY WHO HATED THE LIGHT.
SOMEBODY WHO CAME IN TO SHINE LIGHT. IF YOU LOVE
GOD, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. SHOULD YOU LOVE
HIS COMMANDS? SHOULD YOU LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES AND HATE
WHAT HE HATES? IF GOD CALLS SOMETHING AN ABOMINATION, IS
IT STILL AN ABOMINATION? IF GOD SAYS MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN
TWO PEOPLE, A MAN AND A WOMAN, NONE OF THE SAME SEX,
HOW IS THAT HATE? WHEN YOU'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY
STANDING WITH YOUR FATHER? WHEN GOD SAYS THERE'S ONLY
TWO GENDERS, MALE AND FEMALE, HOW IS IT HATE WHEN
YOU'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY REPEATING THE GOD WHO SPUN
THE PLANETS INTO SPACE, TOLD THE OCEANS WATER HOW FAR
THEY COULD COME TO THE SHORES. YOU MEAN TO TELL ME
YOU AND YOUR PRIDE ARE GONNA TELL GOD THAT HE DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING? WHAT RIGHT DOES THAT WHICH IS
CREATED HAVE TO TELL THE CREATOR, "THIS ISN'T RIGHT,
DON'T DO THAT." BUT YET WE SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THE
MEDIA, WE SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THE CULTURE, AND
BEND AND BOW. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO CHURCH,
WE GOTTA GO BACK TO DOING THINGS GOD'S WAY. WE DON'T
NEED TO JUST BE SITTING IN A PEW, TAKING UP A SEAT,
TAKING UP STREAM TIME. WE HAVE GOT TO BE PEOPLE WITH A
PURPOSE. THE REASON OUR COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 40
YEARS HAS BEEN LIKE IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE QUIT GOING TO
CHURCH. THEY LET THE SECULAR CULTURE TELL US THAT CHURCH,
GOD, CHRISTIANITY WASN'T IMPORTANT. AND YET IT'S
AMAZING TO ME THAT THE DEVIL KNEW HOW IMPORTANT THE
CHURCH WAS. SO DID THE LOONY LIBERAL LEFTS. WHEN NOTICE
THEY WEREN'T SHUTTING DOWN VERY MANY THINGS EXCEPT THE
PLAN, PURPOSE, TARGETED ATTACK AGAINST CHURCHES TO SHUT THEM
DOWN. IF THEY KNEW HOW IMPORTANT AND VITAL THE CHURCH IS, WHEN
ARE WE GONNA GET IT? (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
JESUS SAID THE CHURCH WON'T, THE GATES OF
HELL CANNOT PREVAIL. NOTHING ON THIS PLANET CAN PREVAIL
IF WE WILL RALLY AROUND JESUS CHRIST AND ONE
ANOTHER. THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE ENEMY COULD DO. NOT
ALL THE EVIL WE'RE SEEING, NOT ALL THE COMPROMISE, NOT
ALL THE CRAZY THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE BELIEVING. IT
WOULD NOT PREVAIL IF WE WOULD JUST GO BACK TO
HONORING GOD, HONORING ONE ANOTHER, AND THE POWER OF
OUR ASSEMBLY. I BELIEVE IT'S THE REASON THAT WE HAVE A
GENERATION WHERE THEY CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL. I
BELIEVE IT'S THE REASON WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE BENT ON
WICKEDNESS, CORRUPTION, TWISTED IDEOLOGIES. IT'S
BECAUSE OF THIS ONE SCRIPTURE. LOOK AT HEBREWS
CHAPTER 10, VERSE 25. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT OUT OF TWO
TRANSLATIONS. NOW THESE AREN'T PASTOR HANK'S WORDS.
THESE ARE THE WRITER OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS WHO PEOPLE
THINK IS THE APOSTLE PAUL. NOTICE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HE SAID WAS SO IMPORTANT. HE SAID, "DO NOT
FORSAKE OUR MEETING TOGETHER "AS BELIEVERS FOR WORSHIP
AND INSTRUCTION." DON'T FORSAKE IT, DON'T FORGET IT,
DON'T NEGLECT IT, DON'T GET INTO SOME BAD HABITS, DON'T
THINK IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, DON'T LET THE CULTURE, DON'T
LET POLITICS TALK YOU OUT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF YOU, THE
CHURCH, COMING TOGETHER, BEING TOGETHER. COME ON,
GATHERING, MAKE YOURSELF. IF OUR CHURCH SERVICE STARTS AT
NINE O'CLOCK AND I'M YOUR PASTOR AND THIS IS YOUR
CHURCH LIVESTREAM, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT
LATE FOR CHURCH. NOW I UNDERSTAND SOME DAYS YOU
CAN'T GET UP AND YOU GOTTA REST IN AND STUFF, BUT IF
YOU'RE REALLY GONNA DEEM THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD USING
TECHNOLOGY TO COME INTO YOUR HOME OR WHERE YOU WATCH,
THEN PUT GREATER VALUE ON IT. MAYBE YOU OUGHTA DRESS
UP RATHER THAN BE IN YOUR PAJAMAS. MAYBE YOU OUGHTA
NOT EAT DURING THE CHURCH SERVICE. MAYBE YOU OUGHTA
NOT JUST CLICK FROM CHURCH SERVICE TO CHURCH SERVICE. I
DON'T LIKE WHAT PASTOR HANK'S SAYING, SO I'M GONNA
SWITCH IT. YOU SEE, THIS IS HOW THINGS CREEP INTO OUR
CULTURE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. AND THEN WE WONDER WHY WE
SAW A 31-YEAR-OLD MAN HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON COLLEGE
CAMPUS, GUNNED DOWN WITH TWO KIDS AND A WIFE THAT IS
LITERALLY AFFECTING HUNDREDS OF MILLION PEOPLE. BECAUSE I
GUARANTEE IF THE GOD FACTOR AND THE CHURCH FACTOR WOULD
HAVE BEEN STRONGER OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS WHEN THEY TOOK
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OUT, PRAYER OUT OF SCHOOL, RIGHT?
WHEN THEY STARTED PUTTING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED MATERIAL
AND SHOVING IT INTO THE CLASSROOMS, INTO THE
LIBRARIES, RIGHT? AND THEN THE TWISTED, CROOKED
SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARDS THAT ARE PEDOPHILES
THEMSELVES IF THEY CANNOT THROW THAT MATERIAL OUT. BUT
YET, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING A BIBLE INTO SCHOOL. I
HAVE TO SAY, SOMEWHERE PEOPLE STOPPED GOING TO
CHURCH. CHURCH WASN'T IMPORTANT. AND THEN, HERE'S
THE BIG ONE. THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT CAME OUT, RIGHT?
MAN, IF YOU LIKE LYNDON JOHNSON, YOU OUGHT TO GO
READ ABOUT HIM. THE KENNEDY FILES CAME OUT, IT WAS
PRETTY OBVIOUS, WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN TAKING OUT
KENNEDY. HE WAS INVOLVED IN HIS ASSASSINATION. AND THEN
HE KEPT CONTINUING, LET'S ASSASSINATE PRAYER IN
SCHOOL. LET'S ASSASSINATE THE BLACK RACE. LET'S GO
AHEAD AND FORM PLANNED PARENTHOOD, AND LET'S LINK
UP WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND LET'S TELL THEM
THAT WE ARE THE DEMOCRATS, THE FRIEND OF THE BLACK MAN.
AND THEY LIED. ALL UNDER JOHNSON'S. AND THEN THEY GET
AN AMENDMENT WHERE, IF YOU'RE A PREACHER, YOU CAN'T
SAY ANYTHING POLITICAL. AND PASTORS ALLOWED THAT TO SHUT
THEM UP AND COWERED. AND NOW WE'VE GOT CONFLICTED
CHRISTIANS WHO DON'T GO TO CHURCH, OR IF THEY GO TO
CHURCH, THEY MIGHT AS WELL JUST STAY HOME BECAUSE THEY
AIN'T GETTING EMPOWERED TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE ANYWHERE. AND YOU GET PEOPLE ARGUING, FIGHTING
OVER THINGS THAT GOD MADE IT SO CLEAR IN SCRIPTURE.
I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE TODAY, I AM, OKAY.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) DO WE HAVE THE NEW CENTURY
VERSION BACK THERE OF THAT ONE? OKAY, LOOK AT THE NEW
CENTURY VERSION. YOU SHOULD NOT STAY AWAY FROM CHURCH
MEETINGS AS SOME ARE DOING, BUT YOU SHOULD MEET
TOGETHER. WHY? IT ENCOURAGES ONE ANOTHER. DO THIS EVEN
MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY COMING. WHAT DAY? WELL,
JESUS HAS RETURNED, BUT HOW ABOUT AN EVIL DAY?
I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. I REMEMBER WHEN BILL
CLINTON WENT IN TO THE OVAL OFFICE AND HAD THAT LITTLE
INTERN COME IN. REMEMBER? AND THEN HE STOOD UP. I DID
NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT WOMAN. YOU LIAR. YOUR
PANTS ARE ON FIRE 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T WEARING THEM. BUT
HERE'S THE POINT. I REMEMBER PRAYING. I KNOW SOME OF YOU
ARE VISITING AND GOING, "OH MY GOD, NO, I'M LIKE THIS
EVERY SUNDAY." AND I WASN'T ABOUT TO BE SOMETHING THAT
I'M NOT. BECAUSE IF YOU WANNA COME BACK HERE, I'D
RATHER YOU KNOW HOW I AM AND HOW THIS CHURCH IS. BECAUSE
IF YOU'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT GOD, YOU'RE SERIOUS
ABOUT THE TRUTH, YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT A REAL GOD
EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN A CHURCH EXPERIENCE, I'D
RATHER YOU KNOW HOW I AM NOW SO I DON'T DISAPPOINT YOU.
AND YOU COME BACK NEXT WEEK, OH MY GOD, HE CHANGED, IS HE
JEKYLL AND HYDE? NO, I'M THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME. BUT I
REMEMBER FASTING AND PRAYING AFTER THAT HAPPENED AND GOD
SAID TO ME, "WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE HIGH OFFICE OF
THE LAND "IS NOW GONNA TOUCH THE CHILDREN OF THE LAND."
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO CHILDREN AND
CORRUPTION, THEY DON'T GO TO CHURCH ANYMORE, RIGHT?
THEY'RE INTO MORE ABOUT WHAT AI HAS TO SAY THAN GOD
ALMIGHTY, I AM HAS TO SAY. I REMEMBER WHEN OBAMA GOT
ELECTED. AND HE LIT UP THE WHITE HOUSE IN RAINBOW
COLORS. AND PEOPLE REJOICE, "OH, A BLACK-SKINNED
PRESIDENT. WE FINALLY GOT A BLACK-SKINNED PRESIDENT."
REALLY? YEAH, BUT LOOK AT HIS DARK POLICIES. HE
CREATED A LOT OF THE RACE CARD THAT WE'RE HAVING IN
AMERICA. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU CAN CALL ME A
WHITE SUPREMACIST ALL DAY LONG, BUT GO BACK AND LOOK
AT IT. RATHER THAN STAND UP WHEN HE HAD THAT ONE THING
HAPPEN IN MISSOURI OF THAT LITTLE BLACK BOY AND SAID,
"OH, HE COULD ALMOST BE ME, FERGUSON, MISSOURI." WHY
DIDN'T HE STAND UP AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT? "WE NEED TO
BRING LAW ENFORCEMENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. "WE NEED
DAYS LIKE IN THE DAYS," COME ON, OF MEMBER, WHAT WAS
THAT? MEMBER DON KNOTTS, HE STARRED IN MAYBERRY. WE NEED
MAYBERRIES WHERE THERE WAS A TRUE CONNECTION WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. AND WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE WE GET ALL THE FACTS. NO, HE CREATED THE
RACE CARD. AND HIM AND JESSE JACKSON, WHO THE HECK IS
JESSE JACKSON? AL SHOPTON, THEY ONLY SHOW UP WHEN THEY
NEED SOME MONEY FOR THE LOBBYING. BUT THEY CREATED
THE RACE CARD. UNDER OBAMA. AND THE LORD SPOKE TO MEL
HART AT THAT TIME AND HE SAID, "HANK, YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS STANDING FOR, "I DON'T STAND
FOR." AND IT'S GOING TO CREATE THE MELTING POT OF THIS NATION
IS GOING TO BECOME THE GREAT BOILING POT. "WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN
SINCE THEN?" WELL HOW ABOUT DONALD J. TRUMP? YOU CAN SAY
WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT HIM BUT HE'S AMERICA FIRST, HE'S FIRST
FOR YOU. BUT HERE'S WHAT I LOVE. HE'S THE ONLY ONE IN
MODERN TIMES, THAT I'VE BEEN ALIVE ALMOST 60 YEARS, THAT HE'S
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT AFRAID TO SAY THE NAME OF JESUS, NOT IN
PROFANITY. HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT SAYS WE NEED GOD IN OUR
COUNTRY. WE NEED GOD IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE
NEED GOD IN OUR HOMES. WE NEED GOD IN OUR NATION. WE
NEED GOD IN OUR STREETS. WE NEED GOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHETHER YOU THINK HE'S GUILTY OF 41 INDICTMENTS
THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE OR NOT, THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE
IS UNDERSTANDING A POWERFUL PRINCIPLE. YOU CANNOT
FUNCTION AS A HUMAN BEING, YOU CAN'T FUNCTION AS A
TEENAGER, YOU CANNOT FUNCTION IN YOUR MARRIAGE,
YOU CANNOT FUNCTION IN AMERICA, YOUR CITIES, YOUR
SCHOOLS, YOUR COMMUNITIES, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WITHOUT
THE GOD FACTOR. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GET BACK TO CHURCH. BECAUSE
WE'VE HAD EVERYTHING IN OUR SOCIETY AND OUR CULTURE FOR
THE LAST 50 YEARS, AT LEAST THAT I REMEMBER, THAT HAS
DONE EVERYTHING TO TAKE GOD OUT. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO
SHOW HOW IMPORTANT GOD IS AND GET BACK TO CHURCH?
START MAKING GOD A PRIORITY, I THINK IT'S GONNA SHIFT.
NOW LET ME SHOW YOU, THIS IS VERY POWERFUL. LOOK AT LUKE
CHAPTER FOUR. DO YOU KNOW JESUS HAD HABITS? HOW MANY
OF YOU HAVE SOME HABITS THAT YOU WISH YOU COULD BREAK? WE
WON'T DISCUSS WHAT THEY ARE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY HABITS? MY
BIGGEST HABIT IS IN THE MORNING AT COFFEE, HEY
BRENDA, WHAT'S FOR DINNER? RIGHT? AND THEN I USED TO
HAVE A HABIT WHEN I FIRST GOT MARRIED, I'VE BEEN
MARRIED 36 YEARS, 36, SORRY BRENDA, I KNEW 36 YEARS, I
WAS JUST TESTING YOU TO SEE IF YOU WERE GONNA SAY
ANYTHING. BUT WHERE I WOULD LEAVE THE TOILET SEAT UP.
THAT LASTED ABOUT A WEEK. BUT I TOLD HER, I SAID,
REALLY, THE MEN HAVE MORE, I MEAN, IT'S MORE EFFORT TO
PICK IT UP AND THEN PUT IT BACK DOWN THAN TO JUST HAVE
IT DOWN. YOU SEE HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO WORK FOR OUR ROLE
HERE? (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) COME ON, MEN,
YOU'RE NOT BAILING ME OUT. THEY'RE SCARED, THEY'RE
SCARED. THEY DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING. ALL THE WOMEN ARE
LOOKING AT THEM, THE WIVES ARE GOING, "DON'T YOU SAY
ANYTHING. "IF YOU DARE REVERT BACK, YOU'LL GO
OUTSIDE." THAT'S ANOTHER THING. HOW MANY EVER BEEN TO
A RESTAURANT AND THE WOMAN GETS UP, "WHERE ARE THE
LADIES ROOM?" "OH, JUST FIVE FEET RIGHT OVER HERE." THE
DUDE STANDS UP. "YEAH, WHERE'S THE MEN'S ROOM?"
"OH, SEE THAT HALL, GO DOWN THE HALL, "OUT THE BACK
DOORS, THROUGH THE ALLEY, "ROUND THE TREES, PAST THE
DUMPSTER, "AND THERE'S AN OUTHOUSE OUT THERE FOR THE
MEN." AND SO THEN THE MEN COME BACK, THE FOOD'S COLD,
20 MINUTES LATER, "WHERE WERE YOU?" "DOWN THE ALLEY,
THROUGH THE DOORS, PAST THE TREES, NEXT TO THE DUMPSTER,
THERE WAS AN OUT HOUSE." YOU ALL HERE, IS IT BACK TO
CHURCH, AND YOU ALL DON'T WANNA? OKAY, ALL RIGHT,
ANYWAY, LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT LUKE CHAPTER FOUR,
VERSE SIX, I'M GONNA FINISH UP, 'CAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE
LIKE, "I GOT TO GET THE HECK OUT OF THIS PLACE. I JUST
CAME FOR THE FOOD, MAN." NO, I GUARANTEE YOU, MOST TIME
WHEN PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH, THEY DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING
THE PREACHER SAYS. YOU'LL REMEMBER WHAT I SAID.
ESPECIALLY WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT, OH, BILLY BOY
CLINTON, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT. I'LL GUARANTEE YOU'LL
REMEMBER THAT ONE. I KNOW YOU WILL. YOU MAY HATE ME,
YOU MAY NOT LIKE MY SERMON, BUT YOU'RE GONNA REMEMBER
IT. YES, YOU WILL. COME ON, THE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE,
WOULD YOU HELP ME OUT? I'M STARTING TO THINK YOU DON'T
LIKE ME EITHER. I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT ME
LIKE, I BROUGHT MY MOM, PASTOR. WELL, DIDN'T YOU
TELL HER HOW I WAS? LOOK AT LUKE 4:16. JESUS CAME TO
NAZARETH WHERE HE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP. AND AS HIS HABIT
WAS, HE WENT TO THE SYNAGOGUE. HE WENT TO CHURCH
AND STOOD UP TO READ. SO JESUS HAD HABITS. AND ONE OF
HIS GODLY HABITS WAS HE PRIORITIZED THE ASSEMBLING
TOGETHER. COME ON, IF JESUS DID THIS, HOW MUCH MORE
WOULD IT BE FOR US? I KNOW WE GET BUSY, I KNOW WE HAVE
SCHEDULES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST FEEL LIKE OUR
COUNTRY IS IN A SHIFT CHANGE. OUR COUNTRY, IN
HONOR OF CHARLIE KIRK, IS ABSOLUTELY COME TO A TURNING
POINT. I WANNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE OUT OF PSALM 24
THAT I THINK IS GONNA ENCOURAGE YOU. LOOK AT IT
OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS
WHAT GOD IS SAYING TO US. WE'RE NOT WITHOUT HOPE. ALL
OF THOSE KIDS ON THOSE COLLEGE CAMPUSES, I MEAN,
EVEN WHEN THEY WENT DOWN TO UNO, THERE WAS A FEW PEOPLE
THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES TO THE LORD. I BELIEVE THAT THIS
SCRIPTURE IS BEING FULFILLED RIGHT NOW IN OUR HEARING.
LOOK AT THIS. IT SAYS, "THIS IS THE GENERATION,"
DESCRIPTION, "OF THOSE WHO WILL DILIGENTLY SEEK GOD
"AND REQUIRE HIM AT THEIR GREATEST NEED." I DON'T
THINK THERE'S EVER A TIME WHERE WE'RE LIKE, GOD, WE
NEED YOU. THEY'RE GONNA SEEK YOUR FACE, EVEN AS DID
JACOB. I BELIEVE THERE'S A GENERATION THAT IS SEEKING
THE FACE OF GOD. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT THE DEVIL MEANT
FOR EVIL, GOD'S GONNA TURN IT AROUND AND WE'RE GONNA
START SEEING CHURCH HOUSES FILLED UP. I WANNA SHOW YOU
NOW, I TOLD YOU THAT LIVE STREAM IS IN THE BIBLE. IT
IS, NO, I'M SERIOUS, IT IS. I WAS STUDYING THIS LAST
WEEK AND I WAS GONNA PREACH MY OTHER MESSAGE. MAYBE I
SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT 'CAUSE SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE WILL
COME BACK NEXT WEEK, BUT HERE'S THE POINT. AND I'M
TYPING AND I'VE READ THIS SCRIPTURE LIKE 100 TIMES,
QUOTED IT 100 TIMES, PREACHED IT 100 TIMES, AND
I'M SITTING THERE, AND HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD IT
WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO YOUR HEART? AND I HEARD
THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY TO ME, "HANK, LOOK THIS UP IN OTHER
TRANSLATIONS." AND I WAS SO DUMB, I ARGUED. GOD, I
ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY SAY. I MEAN, HOW MANY
TRANSLATIONS IS THERE? LIKE 60 OF THEM OR SOMETHING? SO
I SAID, OKAY, AND I DID. AND I FOUND A SCRIPTURE FOR
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. ARE YOU READY? NO,
I'M SERIOUS. I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING THAT PASTOR HANK'S
GONNA MAKE A PUN, I'M NOT. WAIT TILL YOU SEE THIS. DO
YOU WANT ME TO SHOW IT TO YOU? YES. OKAY, IT'S GONNA COST YOU
SOME TACOS IF I'M OUT THERE. ARE YOU READY? WHO WANTS
ME TO SHOW IT TO YOU? YEAH. (CONGREGATION CHEERING)
YOU WANT ME TO SHOW IT TO YOU? ALL RIGHT,
LOOK AT ISAIAH CHAPTER TWO. THIS IS AMAZING. ALL RIGHT,
LOOK AT ISAIAH TWO, VERSE TWO OF THE NEW LIVING
TRANSLATION. ALL RIGHT, ISAIAH TWO, TWO, ISAIAH TWO,
TWO, LIKE WEARING A TUTU, WHICH I WILL NEVER DO. BUT
WATCH THIS, ISAIAH TWO, TWO. ISAIAH TWO, VERSE TWO. THIS
IS AMAZING. ALL RIGHT, IN THE LAST DAYS, THE MOUNTAIN
OF THE LORD'S HOUSE, THAT'S THE CHURCH, WILL BE THE
HIGHEST OF ALL. THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE ON THE
EARTH. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING WITH THIS
GENERATION. IT WILL BE RAISED UP ABOVE OTHER HILLS,
THAT MEANS GOVERNMENTS AND THINGS, AND PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD WILL WHAT? STREAM. STREAM THERE TO
WORSHIP. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. SO LIVE STREAM YOUR
SCRIPTURE FROM HERE ON OUT. IF PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, WHY
DON'T YOU GO "TO THE FIRST JACKED UP CHURCH OF THE,"
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY CALL THEMSELVES. AND YOU SAY,
"WELL, I STREAM." WELL, THAT'S NOT BIBLICAL. NOW YOU
CAN DANCE AND SAY, "LET'S GET BIBLICAL, BIBLICAL." AND
YOU CAN QUOTE THIS ONE. AND YOU COULD TELL 'EM, PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL STREAM. AND THAT'S WHY I'M
AN E-MEMBER, AND I STREAM. YEAH, ISN'T THAT POWERFUL?
NOW, LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE, ACTS 2, VERSE 46. I'M ALMOST
DONE. ACTS 2, VERSE 46, WATCH THIS ONE. THIS IS THE
EARLY CHURCH. NOW, WE KNOW THAT IN ACTS 2, WE KNOW THAT
3,000 WERE ADDED TO THE CHURCH. SO GOD, THE FIRST
EXPRESSION OF THE CHURCH AFTER JESUS ASCENDED WAS A
MEGA CHURCH. THAT'S WHAT MEGA IS, THOUSANDS, RIGHT?
AND LIKE PASTOR BRENDA SAID, THE JERUSALEM CHURCHES WHERE
THAT HAPPENED IN ACTS 2, ACTUALLY GREW TO OVER
100,000 PEOPLE, 100,000. AND THEY WOULD MEET IN SOLOMON'S
PORCH AND THEY WOULD HAVE CORPORATE GATHERING. THIS IS
REALLY POWERFUL. NOW WATCH VERSE 46, THIS IS WHAT YOU
HAVE TO SEE. AND THEY CONTINUED DAILY WITH ONE
ACCORD IN THE TEMPLE OR SOLOMON'S FORGE, THAT PUBLIC
ASSEMBLY. AND THEY BROKE BREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE.
IN OTHER WORDS, GOD INCLUDED THE HOUSE, NOT JUST SO IT
COULD BE A HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT WHERE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH AND HAVE A PASTOR, RIGHT? OR A
MEGA CHURCH OR A HUNDRED PEOPLE CHURCH OR 50 PEOPLE
CHURCH, BUT THE CHURCH HAS TO BE IN THE HOUSE. NOW, IF
YOU LOOK AT HISTORY, 100,000 PEOPLE GATHERED PUBLICLY IN
A MEGA CHURCH, AND THEN GOD'S ANSWER ALSO WAS TO
MEET IN HOMES FOR MORE OF A BREAKDOWN MAYBE OF THE
APOSTLES DOCTRINE, ACTS 242, WHATEVER THE APOSTLES WERE
TEACHING, THEY WERE GIVING THAT TO THEM. THEY WEREN'T
JUST ON THEIR OWN IN THEIR HOMES TO JUST TEACH
ANYTHING. RIGHT, DID ADAM HAVE A BELLY BUTTON? IT WAS
THE APOSTLES DOCTRINE, ACTS 242, RIGHT? AND BY THE WAY,
HE DID. 'CAUSE I KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER SEEN
PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY? YOU CANNOT TELL ME GOD, WHEN HE
SAW ADAM, HE WAS SO THRILLED, HE WENT, "OH,
OOH!" AND HE, I COULD JUST SEE GOD DOING THAT. I COULD
JUST SEE GOD DOING THAT. BUT NOTICE THEY MET IN THE
PUBLIC SETTING. BUT THEY ALSO MET IN HOMES. IN OTHER
WORDS, IT WASN'T JUST FOR BIBLE STUDIES. I BELIEVE
THEY MET IN HOMES, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY.
YOU'RE ASSEMBLING EVEN IN YOUR HOME. ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO ON, 'CAUSE I WANNA PULL THIS THING TO CLOSE SO THAT
WE CAN ENJOY THE REST OF OUR DAY TODAY. I BELIEVE THAT
THERE'S A GENERATION ALSO COMING. LOOK AT PSALM 122,
WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING ON THEIR LIPS.
IT'S NOT, "OH, DO WE HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH AGAIN, MOM?"
OH, OR IT'S THE SPOUSE. "OH, YOU'RE GOING TO THAT CHURCH
AGAIN?" OR YOUR RELATIVE. "OH, WHY DO YOU SPEND SO
MUCH TIME AT CHURCH?" OR SOME OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, "OH MY GOSH, WHY DO YOU WASTE YOUR TIME
"WATCHING CHURCH LIVE STREAM?" I BELIEVE THERE'S A
GENERATION THAT'S UPON US. AND I THINK CHARLIE KIRK, I
THINK IT'S A TURNING POINT, IT'S A SHIFT CHANGE, I'M
ALMOST DONE. LOOK AT WHAT PSALM 122 SAYS. IT SAYS,
"LET US GO TO CHURCH." LET US GO, THEY'LL BE GLAD. IT
WON'T BE CUMBERSOME. IT WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO FORCE SOMEBODY. THEY'RE SAYING THAT, I ACTUALLY READ
THIS IN A SECULAR MAGAZINE, THAT THE BIBLE IS STILL THE
NUMBER ONE MOST PURCHASED BOOK, READ BOOK IN THE WHOLE
WORLD. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? AND THEY'RE SAYING THERE'S A
RESURGENT OF PEOPLE REALLY COMING BACK TO CHURCH AGAIN.
AND I JUST WANT TO, LET'S GIVE AN APPLAUSE TO THOSE
THAT ARE HERE TODAY, THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU THAT
ARE HERE TODAY. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORM
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE SURVIVAL OF OUR COUNTRY, OUR
CHILDREN, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR GOVERNMENT, SOCIETY, IT'S
DEPENDENT UPON WE, THE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY OF THE
CONSTITUTION, BUT WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMANDMENTS
OF GOD. WE HAVE GOT TO COME TOGETHER. WE'VE GOT TO STAY
TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT, I WANNA JUST SHOW YOU SOMETHING HERE
REAL QUICK. I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU. GOING TO
CHURCH IS ALSO FOR PROTECTION. LOOK AT PSALM
23. SOMETIMES WE READ THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF, I
REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO THE LUTHERAN CHURCH WHERE WE
GREW UP, THEY WOULD READ THE 23RD PSALM. AND I WOULD
ALWAYS BE, AND THEY HAD THIS BANNER WITH JESUS, A PICTURE
OF JESUS, AND THEN THEY HAD THE 23RD PSALM ON IT. I
STILL HAVE THAT BANNER AND BREADED IN MY MIND. AND I
REMEMBER LOOKING AT IT AND READING PSALM 23 AS A
NINE-YEAR-OLD, A 10-YEAR-OLD, I'D BE LOOKING
UP AT THIS PICTURE OF JESUS. AND I WOULD SIT THERE AND
THINK, I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND VERSE ONE. I
WOULD SIT THERE AND GO, YEAH, BUT I THINK I WANT
HIM. LOOK AT PSALM 23, VERSE ONE. THE LORD IS MY
SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. AND I USED TO THINK, WELL,
WHY WOULD THEY PUT THAT UP THERE? WHY, WELL, IF HE'S
YOUR SHEPHERD, DON'T YOU WANT HIM? BUT IT'S NOT WANT,
LIKE YOU DON'T WANT HIM, IT'S YOU WON'T HAVE ANY
NEED. NOW, GOD APPOINTS SHEPHERDS. HE APPOINTS
PASTORS. THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH, YOU NEED TO
FIND NOT JUST A GOOD CHURCH, YOU NEED TO FIND A GOOD
PASTOR. HOW DO YOU FIND A GOOD PASTOR? A PASTOR THAT
IS BOLD ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. A PASTOR, WATCH
THIS, THAT IS NOT A HIRELING. YEAH, HE PROBABLY
GETS A SALARY BECAUSE IF HE DIDN'T, HE'D HAVE TO GO WORK
SECULAR AND IT'D BE HARD TO TAKE CARE OF THE SHEEP. BUT
A PASTOR THAT IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT SAYING
THINGS THAT WOULD OFFEND YOU OR SO BOLD OR SO TRUTHFUL
THAT HE'S SCARED TO SAY IT 'CAUSE HE'S MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT YOUR WALLET THAN HE IS ABOUT THE TRUTH. 'CAUSE YOU
MIGHT GET MAD AND YOU MIGHT LEAVE. IF YOU'RE UNDER A
CHURCH LIKE THAT WHERE YOUR PASTOR'S A COWARD, GET OUT.
TAKE YOUR MONEY OUT WITH IT. THEY DON'T DESERVE IT. THE
REASON WHY THE TURNING POINT MOVEMENT GREW LIKE IT DID IS
BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY DO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WANNA
HEAR THE TRUTH. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
GONNA BE BOLD ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TODAY. AND THAT'S REALLY
WHAT THE NATURE OF A TRUE SHEEP DOES. LOOK AT, HE
MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES. NOTICE, HE HELPS
YOU FIND THE RIGHTFUL PLACE IN YOUR LIFE OF NOURISHMENT,
RIGHT? HE'S WILLING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, SAYING, HEY,
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW, GOING OUT AFTER WORK TO THE
TAVERNS PROBABLY IS NOT GREEN PASTURES. THERE'S
BETTER THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO WITH YOUR TIME, LIKE
GETTING HOME. A PASTOR IS NOT AFRAID TO SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT? THERE'S BETTER PASTURES THAN TO SPEND ALL
YOUR TIME SELFIEING YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA
PHOTOS. OKAY, NOTICE THE NEXT THING. HE LEADS ME
BESIDES THE WATERS. A GOOD PASTOR WILL HELP BRING YOU
TO A PLACE OF PEACE, PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING, PLACE OF
TRUTH. LOOK AT VERSE THREE. HE RESTORES YOUR SOUL,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE ATTACK ON THE SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY.
YOU NEED A GOOD PASTOR THAT'S GONNA HELP RESTORE
YOUR SOUL. THERE'S SUCH A VICIOUS ATTACK OF DECEPTION.
HE LEADS YOU IN PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO AGAIN,
DON'T GET MAD AT PASTORS, PREACHERS THAT GET UP AND
TELL YOU TRUTH AND COMMAND RIGHTEOUSNESS, RIGHT?
ESPECIALLY IN A WICKED AND PERVERSE GENERATION. HERE'S
ANOTHER THING, VERSE FOUR. "EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW "OF DEATH, I'LL FEAR NO EVIL FOR
YOU'RE WITH ME." IN OTHER WORDS, A GOOD PASTOR WILL
HELP GET THE FEAR OUT OF YOU. AND NOTICE THY ROD AND
THY STAFF. YOU KNOW WHAT A ROD WAS USED FOR? WITH THE
SHEPHERD, IT WAS USED FOR GUIDING THEM, RIGHT? AND
PULLING THEM BACK IN, GETTING THEM BACK IN THE
SHEEPFOLD IF THEY STOPPED GOING TO CHURCH OR WHATEVER,
OR THEY WERE DRIFTING AWAY, OR YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HELP
PULL THEM BACK IN. BUT THE ROD ALSO, WATCH THIS, WHEN A
FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS LYING TO YOU, A GOOD SHEPHERD WILL
LIFT UP HIS ROD FROM THE PULPIT AND SAY THEY'RE
LYING. WHEN THEY'RE PUSHING AN AGENDA THAT IS SEXUALLY
EXPLOITING CHILDREN AND DRESSING UP TO DO IT OR
WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, TEXTBOOKS, WHATEVER, A GOOD
SHEPHERD RAISES THE ROD OF CORRECTION AND AUTHORITY AND
SAYS, "THAT'S NOT WHAT GOD SAYS." THIS IS WRONG. IT'S
BETTER TO HAVE A MILLSTONE TIED AROUND YOUR NECK THAN
TO CAUSE THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO STUMBLE. THAT'S THE WORDS
OF JESUS. AND A GOOD SHEPHERD IS NOT AFRAID TO
TAKE PUBLIC CRITICISM, RIGHT? BE WRITTEN UP, WHO
CARES? HE'S GONNA TELL YOU THE TRUTH 'CAUSE HE'S HERE
TO PROTECT YOU. THAT'S WHAT A GOOD SHEPHERD SHOULD DO.
AND IF YOUR PASTOR'S A COWARD AND HE WON'T TELL THE
TRUTH, THEN DOES HE REALLY CARE FOR YOU? 'CAUSE HE'S
NOT WILLING TO BE YOUR VOICE. HE'S NOT WILLING TO
STAND UP AND EXTEND HIS AUTHORITY DELEGATED BY
JESUS, THE TRUE SHEPHERD. THEN WHAT IS HE IN THE
MINISTRY FOR? BECAUSE I HAVE A HIGHER JUDGMENT COMING TO
ME BEFORE GOD. A PREACHER HAS DOUBLE THE JUDGMENT
MORE SO THAN YOU AS THE BELIEVER. BECAUSE THEY ARE
COMMANDED TO SAY WHAT GOD SAYS. NOT ONLY OUT OF HIS WORD, BUT
ALSO WHEN HIS WORD NEEDS TO ABSOLUTELY CONFRONT DARKNESS
AND BRING LIGHT. ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GET READY TO END WITH
THIS. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. "HE PREPARES A TABLE BEFORE ME
IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES." IN OTHER WORDS EVERY WEEK. "HE
ANOINTS MY HEAD WITH OIL," LOOK AT VERSE 6. "SURELY GOODNESS
AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME. THIS DAY WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE
OF THE LORD FOREVER. BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU TWO OTHER SCRIPTURES.
LOOK AT ECCLESIASTES 10, EIGHT. IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE,
OKAY, A SERPENT WILL BITE. NOW THIS WAS BASED ON ISRAEL
KNEW THE SHEEPFOLD PRINCIPLE. THE SHEEPFOLD WAS
MADE UP OF BRICKS AND MORTAR AND CLAY AND GRASS AND ALL
THAT. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOOR. AND JESUS TAUGHT THIS
IN JOHN CHAPTER 10, THAT THE WAY INTO THE SHEEPFOLD,
WHICH IS THE CHURCH, IS NOT THROUGH A WINDOW. HE SAID,
IF YOU DO THAT, YOU TRY TO COME IN SOME OTHER WAY,
YOU'RE A THIEF AND A ROBBER. HE SAID, THE ONLY WAY TO
COME THROUGH IS THE DOOR. YOU GOTTA COME IN THROUGH
THE SHEPHERD. THE SHEPHERD STANDS AT THE DOOR. AND IN A
SHEEPFOLD, THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOOR. AND AT NIGHTTIME,
THE SHEPHERD WOULD LAY IN FRONT OF THE DOOR SO THAT IF
THE SHEEP WOULD GET OUT, HE WOULD BE ALERTED IF THEY
WERE STARTING TO GO TOWARDS DARKNESS. THIS IS WHY I
PREACH AS BOLD AS I PREACH. BECAUSE WHEN JESUS APPEARED,
COME ON, HOW MANY REMEMBER THE CHRISTMAS STORY? THE
SHEPHERDS THAT GOD CHOSE TO APPEAR TO WERE THE ONES THAT
WERE WATCHING OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT. WHEN IT WAS
DARK, GOD SAID, "YOU GOTTA SPEAK TO THE PREACHERS." I
WISH MORE PREACHERS WOULD LISTEN 'CAUSE IT'S DARK
OUTSIDE. BUT WE NEED GOOD SHEPHERDS. THEY'RE GONNA LAY
THEIR LIVES DOWN. THAT'S WHAT THAT SHEPHERD WOULD DO.
AND SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW YOU TO BE DECEIVED "BY
LIES OR BY DARKNESS. "IT'S MY JOB AS A SHEPHERD TO
PROTECT YOU." NOW, THE OTHER THING IS, GO BACK TO THAT
VERSE. IF YOU BREAK A HEDGE, A SERPENT WOULD BITE. IF THE
SHEEP WOULD GET OUT, NOT THROUGH THE DOOR, BUT WOULD
BURROW ITSELF THROUGH THE CLAY OR WHATEVER IT WAS, THE
DIRT, THERE WAS, THEY PUT THORN BUSHES AROUND IT SO
THAT SNAKES COULD NOT GET IN THERE AND ADDERS AND BURROW
THEMSELVES IN TO HURT THE SHEEP. BUT IF THE SHEEP
WOULD GET OUT, CHANCES ARE THEY WOULD GET BIT. SO THERE
WAS A PROTECTION AS LONG AS THEY WOULD BE PART OF A
SHEEPFOLD, THOSE SHEEP, AND AS LONG AS THEY WOULD ALLOW
THAT PASTOR TO LAY HIS LIFE DOWN. WHAT'S YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY NOW? YOUR RESPONSIBILITY GOING FORTH
AFTER LAST WEEK'S EVENTS IS WE ARE IN ACTS 12. WE GOTTA
CONTINUALLY PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS, OUR PASTORS, AND
THOSE THAT ARE LEADING OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT ARE CONFRONTING DARKNESS. WE NEED TO
INCREASE THAT LEVEL OF PRAYER. ALL RIGHT, LAST
SCRIPTURE, I WANT YOU TO STAND YOUR FEET. SO PASTOR
HANK, WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE? IF THEY CAN COME TO THE
PIANO HERE. WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF REALLY GETTING
CONNECTED, WHETHER IT BE IN YOUR HOUSE? REMEMBER I
SHOWED YOU ISAIAH 2, VERSE 2, THAT THEY STREAM. I THINK
THAT IS SO POWERFUL. THEY MET IN HOMES AND THEY ALSO
MET IN THE PUBLIC ASSEMBLY. BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY
CAUSE TWO THINGS TO HAPPEN TO YOUR LIFE BY BEING
COMMITTED TO A GOOD CHURCH, WHETHER IT BE ONLINE OR IN
PERSON, LOCALLY. IT CAN DO TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE,
IT'LL CAUSE YOU TO HAVE A FRUITFUL LIFE. THERE'S TOO
MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING. AND I THINK IF
THEY WOULD JUST CONNECT TO A GOOD PASTOR, A GOOD CHURCH,
RIGHT, A GOOD CONGREGATION, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE LESS
PROBLEMS. I THINK THERE WOULD BE LESS PROBLEMS IN
THEIR LIVES, LESS PROBLEMS IN THEIR MARRIAGE, LESS
PROBLEMS WITH THEIR KIDS, LESS PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY,
LESS PROBLEMS IN CULTURE, LESS PROBLEMS IN CITIES,
LESS PROBLEMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS. IF THE GOD
FACTOR AND THE PEOPLE FACTOR, THAT FIRST AND
SECOND COMMANDMENT, LOVE GOD AND LOVE PEOPLE AND LET'S
ASSEMBLE, LET'S WORK TOGETHER, RIGHT? LET'S BE
THE CHURCH, LET'S LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND TAKE THAT
EXPRESSION OUT. LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE IN PSALM 92, THOSE
THAT BE PLANTED, NOT POTTED. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE
SOMETHING, YOU JUST TAKE YOUR POTTED SELF AND YOU GO
TO THE NEXT CHURCH. WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA SAY,
YOU'RE MY PASTOR, THIS IS MY CHURCH, YOU MAY TICK ME OFF,
PASTOR HANK, WEEK AFTER WEEK, BUT THANK GOD YOU'RE
BOLD ENOUGH AND MAD ENOUGH TO TELL US THE TRUTH. AND I
AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE WITH MY LITTLE FEELINGS ON MY
SHOULDER. WE NEED SOME PEOPLE TODAY THAT ARE GOING,
THAT A PREACHER MAKES YOU MAD ENOUGH TO CHANGE, MAD
ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING, MAD ENOUGH TO STAND UP TO THAT
WHICH THEY'RE UNAPOLOGETIC. THEY'RE STANDING UP THROWING
BRICKS THROUGH WINDOWS. THEY'RE BOLD ENOUGH TO GET
IT OUT THERE AND INCITE RIOTS AND VIOLENCE. WE'RE
NOT DOING THOSE THINGS. WE'RE NOT INCITING HATE, BUT
WE NEED PEOPLE WITH A BACKBONE AND WITH THE LOVE
OF GOD IN THEIR HEART TO GET PLANTED. COME ON, THAT'S WHY
I'M SAYING, DON'T BE A LIVE STREAM REMOTE CLICKER. YOU
KNOW, YESTERDAY I WAS FLIPPING THROUGH AFTER
NEBRASKA WAS DOING TERRIBLE. I WAS GOING THROUGH
DIFFERENT GAMES. WELL, SOME PEOPLE DO THAT WITH THEIR
LIVE STREAM EXPERIENCE. OH, YOU'RE MY CHURCH, REALLY?
THEN WHY DO YOU TURN THE CHANNEL? YOU NEED TO PUT THE
REMOTE DOWN, EXCEPT TO TURN THE SOUND UP OR TURN IT
DOWN. OR IF I START SINGING, YOU CAN MUTE IT. BUT HERE'S
THE THING, THE TRUTH IS, COME ON, BE PLANTED. IF THIS
IS YOUR CHURCH BY LIVE STREAM, BE PLANTED. IF IT'S
AT NINE O'CLOCK, GET THERE AT NINE O'CLOCK. BE
COMMITTED, THIS IS YOUR CHURCH, GET COMMITTED. DON'T
JUST COME TO CHURCH, SERVE, SERVE. YOU KNOW, I WANNA
GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOMEBODY. I WANNA GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO DALE, WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT CHOP
HOUSE. HE CAN'T COME EVERY SUNDAY BECAUSE OF THE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT HE HAS AS THE EL CAPITAN OF THE
CHOP HOUSE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING? YOU'LL SEE
HIM IN THE BACK WHEN HE'S HERE WITH HIS JACKET ON AS
AN USHER SERVING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. SO DON'T
TELL ME WHY I WORK, SO DOES HE. LET'S PUT OUR EXCUSES
ASIDE AND LET'S START GETTING A BACKBONE. AND
LET'S START SHOWING SOCIETY THAT THERE IS A RELEVANCE TO
GOD (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) AND TO THIS
THING WE CALL THE ECCLESIA, THE CHURCH. HERE'S THE
SECOND THING. THOSE THAT BE PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD SHALL FLOURISH IN THE COURTS OF OUR GOD. WATCH
THIS. THEY SHALL BRING FORTH FRUIT. OH, THERE IS, YOU'RE
GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FRUITFUL THINGS, SOME
PROSPEROUS THINGS. YOU'RE GONNA BRING FRUIT IN OLD
AGE. IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR CHURCH INVOLVEMENT AND
COMMITMENT IS TIED TO YOUR LIFESPAN. I DIDN'T WRITE
THAT. HOW MANY WANNA LIVE LONG? HOW MANY WANNA, OKAY,
NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE LONG? OKAY, IT'S NOT A TRICK
QUESTION HERE. I MEAN, MY GOD, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE
ME, BUT LET'S JUST BE HONEST WITH WHAT I JUST SAID. THEY
SHALL BRING FORTH FRUIT IN OLD AGE. THEY SHALL BE FAT
AND FLOURISHING. NO, THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE GONNA
NOW GAIN WEIGHT. IT JUST MEANS YOU'RE GONNA BE
PROSPEROUS. LOOK AT VERSE 16. WHY? OH, VERSE 15. WHY?
WHY GO TO CHURCH? WELL, YOU'LL BEAR FRUIT, YOU'LL
LIVE LONG, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HELP TO SHOW THAT THE LORD
IS UPRIGHT. HE'S YOUR ROCK IN A VERY UNSETTLED WORLD,
AND YOU'RE GONNA SHOW THE WORLD THAT THERE IS NO
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIM. YOU ARE GOING TO LITERALLY BE
THE STANDARD THAT THE EARTH NEEDS. LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY
FATHER, I THANK YOU TODAY THAT THIS MESSAGE I BELIEVE
STIRRED IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE TODAY. AND I PRAY
THAT, GOD, THAT THEY WOULD HEAR THE HEART OF THIS
PREACHER. AND THAT IS TO STIR 'EM UP. TO FIRST AND
FOREMOST, TO LOVE YOU WITH ALL THEIR HEART, SOUL, MIND,
AND STRENGTH. AND THEN SECOND, LORD, TO LOVE ONE
ANOTHER. AND WITH THAT LOVING, IT MEANS COMING
TOGETHER AS THE EXPRESSION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
BELIEVERS WHO LOVE GOD AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. AND LORD,
FROM THERE, WE BEGIN TO BE THE LIGHT THAT SHINES IN THE
MIDST OF A CROOKED AND PERVERSE GENERATION. THE
SALT OF THE EARTH. AND GOD, WE'RE UNASHAMED. WE WON'T
PUT OUR LIGHT UNDER ANY KIND OF CANDLE. WE WON'T HIDE IT.
AND I PRAY THAT THIS SUNDAY, THAT THERE WOULD BE
SOMETHING LIKE WE SAW WHEN 9/11 CAME TO OUR COUNTRY. WE
SAW PATRIOTISM, BUT WE ALSO SAW A RETURN TO GOD AND
RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. LORD, WHAT WE'VE
EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN HORRIFIC
FOR OUR COUNTRY. BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S BEEN
GOOD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AWAKENED, IT'S MADE US, I
DON'T KNOW THE WORD, FATHER, IT'S CAUSED US TO BE
AWAKENED TO WHERE WE NOW ARE STARTING TO SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR LIFE. WE
NEED TO START LOOKING AT WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHAT IS OUR
PURPOSE AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT. BE A VOICE, TAKE A
STAND, MAKE A DIFFERENCE THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD,
EXPRESS TO A GENERATION THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT. THANK
YOU FOR THAT. NOW I WANNA DO THIS WITH EVERY HEAD BOWED
AND EVERY EYE CLOSED, JUST A FEW SECONDS. MAYBE YOU'RE
HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE WATCHING AND YOU'VE NEVER
ASKED JESUS CHRIST TO COME INTO YOUR HEART, TO FORGIVE
YOUR SINS AND TO BE THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. I WANNA ASK
YOU A VERY BOLD QUESTION. IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY, DO
YOU KNOW 100% IF YOU'D GO TO HEAVEN OR NOT? THAT'S AN
HONEST QUESTION 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, MANY OF US, WE HAVE A
LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, RIGHT? JUST IN CASE
SOMETHING HAPPENS. YEAH, BUT THEN WE PLAY WITH OUR
ETERNAL LIFE. WE NEED TO BE SURE, AND WE DO. JESUS SAID,
"TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION." THE BIBLE SAYS
IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED JESUS FROM
THE DEAD, YOU'LL BE SAVED. IF YOU CONFESS AND YOU CALL
UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD, YOU'LL BE SAVED. WHOEVER
CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED. IT'S NOT
GOING TO CHURCH. IT'S NOT BEING A PARTICULAR RELIGION.
IT'S NOT EVEN HAVING A STANDARD, WELL, I DO GOOD
THINGS. JESUS SAID NO ONE IS GOOD BUT GOD ALONE. IT'S
HAVE YOU TAKEN THE TIME TO PERSONALLY INVITE JESUS TO
COME INTO YOUR HEART, WHERE YOU GET OFF THE THRONE OF
YOUR HEART, AND YOU LET JESUS COME AND SIT THERE AS
THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM OR
YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND YOU SAY, "PREACHER, I WANT
YOU TO PRAY FOR ME. "I'VE NEVER, EVER, EVER ASKED
JESUS TO COME IN MY HEART, "BUT I NEED TO AND I WANT
TO." I WANT YOU TO BE BOLD. COME ON, THIS IS A BOLD
GENERATION. CHARLIE KIRK WAS BOLD, RIGHT? JESUS WAS BOLD.
THIS PREACHER'S BOLD. I WANT YOU TO BE BOLD. 'CAUSE WHAT
YOU'RE ASHAMED OF, YOU'LL NEVER WALK IN THE BOLDNESS.
WANT YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU SAY, "PREACHER,
THAT'S ME, PRAY FOR ME." RAISE YOUR HAND, PRAY FOR
ME. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S ONE HAND. ALL RIGHT, NOW I'M
GONNA ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING BOLDER. AND ALL
WE'RE GONNA DO IS JUST PRAY A CORPORATE PRAYER. BUT I
WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT REAL QUICK. AND THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU, IF YOU WANT TO
ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST, PUT YOUR HAND UP, COME ON, WE'RE
GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA DO. I'M JUST
GONNA PRAY A PRAYER, BUT I WANT YOU TO TAKE A BOLD
STAND. IF I JUST HAD YOU PRAY RIGHT THERE IN YOUR
CHAIR, YOU MIGHT JUST WALK OUT AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE YOUR WALK WITH GOD WON'T BE WHERE YOU REALLY
WANT IT TO BE. AND I JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) TELL ME AGAIN. TORI, NICE TO
MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. ARE YOU FROM HERE?
TWO PHONES, THANK YOU, TORI. HOW ABOUT YOU? WHERE ARE YOU
FROM? FROM HERE. OH, NICE TO SEE YOU. HI, WHAT'S YOUR
NAME? SAMUEL. OH. HOW DO YOU CALL MY SON? SAMUEL, THAT'S
LIKE A BIBLICAL NAME. YES, IT IS. DO YOU KNOW HE'S IN
THE BIBLE? WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
COME BACK AND SEE ME, SAMUEL. AND SOMEBODY'S GOING
TO BUY YOU A PIZZA OUT THERE. YOU LIKE PIZZA? YES.
YEAH, I LIKE PIZZA, TOO. I KNOW. DON'T LOOK TOO CLOSE
HERE, BUT I LIKE PIZZA. AND YOU KNOW, TODAY THE PACKERS
ARE PLAYING, SO WE HAVE PACKERS AND PIZZA. IT'S A
TRADITION. COME ON UP HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO BITE YOU. I
KNOW I PREACH BOLD, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BITE YOU. I
MEAN, IF YOU LOOK CLOSER, YOU LOOK KIND OF LIKE, YOU
KNOW, SYLVESTER STALLONE, A LITTLE BIT OF ELVIS, RIGHT?
I MEAN, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAME.
SO THAT'S LIKE REALLY ELIZABETH, ISN'T IT?
NOT REALLY EVEN CLOSE. I THOUGHT IT WAS.
ISABELLA. DO YOU GO BY BELLA?
NO? WELL, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU BELLA. IF YOU COME BACK
HERE, THAT'LL BE YOUR NICKNAME. HOW'S THAT SOUND? AND WHERE
ARE YOU FROM? THANK YOU FOR COMING. HOW ABOUT YOU, MAN?
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? IT'S TREY? WHERE AT IN TEXAS?
HOUSTON AREA. ALL RIGHT, YOU A DALLAS COWBOY FAN? OH,
GOOD, 'CAUSE MAN, I WOULD HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO
PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE NEXT WEEK WE
PLAY, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS COME ON
UP HERE. I'M GONNA KNEEL DOWN RIGHT HERE, COME ON. I
WANNA PRAY FOR YOU. ANYBODY ELSE, I WANNA JUST OPEN IT
UP. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? I FEEL LIKE
THERE'S STILL ONE MORE PERSON. YOUR HEART'S
BEATING. THE REASON IT'S BEATING IS BECAUSE YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO GET OUT AND COME HERE. COME ON, ONE MORE
PERSON. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE BOLD. DON'T DO IT FOR ME,
DO IT FOR GOD. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A... AH,
THERE YOU ARE. ALL RIGHT, DUDE. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
MAN! ALL RIGHT, SO I GOTTA ASK YOU A
QUESTION. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, FIRST OF ALL?
CHRISTIAN? DUDE, WERE YOUR PARENTS CHRISTIAN?
YOU DIDN'T GROW UP? HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH THE NAME
CHRISTIAN AND KNOW CHRISTIANS? WOW, ALL RIGHT,
I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION 'CAUSE YOU GOT AWARD-WINNING
SMILE. YOU DO, WHAT DO YOU DO?
MAN, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU ARE SUCH A LEADER. I SAW YOU
WALK DOWN HERE, I'M LIKE, YOU HAVE AN AWARD-WINNING
SMILE THAT PEOPLE COULD BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT YOU
SAY, MAN. YEAH, ARE YOU A FOOTBALL GUY? YEAH, ME TOO,
AS YOU CAN TELL. I'M NOT REALLY BASKETBALL. I USED TO
BE, BUT I'M NOT REALLY. I PLAYED IN THE NFL. I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT. DID YOU KNOW I PLAYED IN THE
NFL? YEAH, I KNOW. I DON'T TELL VERY MANY PEOPLE. IT
WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD FOOTBALL LEAGUE. SO THAT'S HOW I
PLAYED. BUT I DID. YOU LIKED THAT, DIDN'T YOU? ALL RIGHT,
COME ON OVER, I'M NOT GONNA BITE. COME ON OVER. I WANT
YOU GUYS JUST TO KIND OF LINE UP IN A STRAIGHT LINE
OR YOU CAN HUDDLE OVER. ALL RIGHT, CHRISTIAN, YOU READY?
WE'RE GONNA PRAY A PRAYER. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, YOU'RE GONNA PRAY WITH ME. AND IT'S JUST
REALLY EASY. IF I COULD HAVE SOME OTHER PASTORS, PASTOR
ANTHONY, THIS IS ONE OF OUR GAME CHANGERS RIGHT HERE.
HE'S GONNA PRAY. EILEEN, IF YOU COULD COME. ALL RIGHT,
HEAVENLY, I WANT YOU TO REPEAT AFTER ME. I WANT YOU
TO SAY, HEAVENLY FATHER. - HEAVENLY FATHER.
- I BELIEVE IN MY HEART. - I BELIEVE IN MY HEART.
- THAT YOU RAISED.
- JESUS CHRIST. - JESUS CHRIST.
- FROM THE DEAD. - FROM THE DEAD.
- I BELIEVE HE'S ALIVE. - I BELIEVE HE'S ALIVE.
- I BELIEVE HE'S LORD OF ALL.
- AND I ALSO BELIEVE THE BIBLE.
- IT SAYS. - IT SAYS.
- WHOEVER. - WHOEVER.
- SHALL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD.
- WILL BE SAVED. - WILL BE SAVED.
- SO RIGHT NOW. - SO RIGHT NOW.
- I ASK YOU JESUS. - I ASK YOU JESUS.
- I CALL UPON YOU. - I CALL UPON YOU.
- COME INTO MY HEART. - COME INTO MY HEART.
- FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS. - FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS.
- AND BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE.
- AND FROM THIS DAY FORWARD. - AND FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
- I TURN AWAY. - I TURN AWAY.
- FROM EVIL. - FROM EVIL.
- AND I TURN TO YOU. - AND I TURN TO YOU.
- HELP ME TO KNOW YOU. - HELP ME TO KNOW YOU.
- AND TO WALK WITH YOU. - AND TO WALK WITH YOU.
- FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD. - FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD.
- I AM FORGIVEN. - I AM FORGIVEN.
- I AM. - I AM.
- A CHRISTIAN. - A CHRISTIAN.
- AMEN. - AMEN.
- AND NOW CHRISTIAN, YOU CAN SAY, HE CAN SAY HE'S A
CHRISTIAN TWO WAYS, BY NAME AND BY DECISION. AMEN. WELL,
HERE, WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BOOK HERE, NOTHING BIG, BUT
DO YOU ALL HAVE A BIBLE? OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT
YOU TO DO. SO IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE, THERE'S SOME
SCRIPTURES IN HERE. JUST GET YOUR BIBLE OUT AND COMPARE
THE SCRIPTURES. THIS IS GONNA TELL YOU REALLY WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU TODAY AND HOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE A NEW
BIRTH. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, MY WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO TWO KIDS.
THANK GOD I DIDN'T HAVE TO 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, SHE WAS IN
A LOT OF PAIN, RIGHT? BUT WE COULDN'T JUST HAVE OUR CHILD
BORN AND THEN THEY'RE JUST PUT OUT THERE ON THEIR OWN,
RIGHT? OKAY, KID, FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF, RIGHT? I
MEAN, WE WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ANYBODY. WOULD YOU, I MEAN,
YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT. AS A COACH, YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, HEY, JUST FIGURE IT OUT. NO, YOU GOTTA HAVE A
COACH. YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING. SO THAT'S WHAT A
GOOD PASTOR DOES. I INVITE YOU TO COME BACK TO THIS
CHURCH, SIOUX FALLS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, COME BACK. OH, YOU
CAN WATCH US, SEE RIGHT THERE. DO YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW AROUND
THE WORLD, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU. SO YOU CAN
WAVE AT 'EM. BUT HERE'S THE THING, IF YOU CAN'T COME
BACK PHYSICALLY, SEE THAT LITTLE RED THING THAT MEANS
THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU, YOU CAN WAVE. YOU CAN WATCH NEXT
WEEK, AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD, AND WE'LL HELP
YOU, BUT ANYWAY, LET'S GIVE A HAND CLAP TO THESE
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME A HANDSHAKE. ALL
RIGHT, GOD BLESS YOU. CHRISTIAN, HOPE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN, MAN. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. HEY, WATCH ON LIVE
STREAM AND KEEP US POSTED. ALL RIGHT, YOU TOO, MAN. GO,
PAT, GO. OH, YOU'RE A NINERS. I USED
TO BE BACK IN THE DAYS OF LIKE MONTANA, BUT YOU'RE TOO
YOUNG. YOU THINK MONTANA'S A STATE. HE WAS A QUARTERBACK.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. BLESS YOU, TOO.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY, CHURCH? ALL RIGHT,
LET'S DO ONE LAST THING. LET'S GIVE GOD A BIG HAND
CLAP AS PASTOR DOUG COMES. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
OUT THERE AT THE FOOD TRUCKS. ARE YOU READY? LET'S
GIVE IT TO PASTOR DOUG FOR THREE MINUTES AND I'LL SEE
YOU OUT THERE. GOD BLESS YOU. I LOVE YOU. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU VISITORS NEXT WEEK AS WELL. BLESS YOU.
- AMEN. LET'S GIVE PASTOR HANK A BIG
HAND. GREAT JOB TODAY. GREAT MESSAGE. AND IF I CAN JUST
ASK YOU TO HOLD WITH ME FOR JUST TWO MORE MINUTES, JUST
A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS I WANTED TO GIVE YOU. NEXT
TUESDAY NIGHT, THIS TUESDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 23RD, I
BELIEVE THAT IS, RIGHT? WHAT IS TUESDAY NIGHT? 23RD,
SEPTEMBER 23RD, WE HAVE A BIBLICAL CITIZENSHIP COURSE
STARTING HERE, AND ANYONE IS INVITED TO COME, IT'S FREE
OF CHARGE, AND YOU'D BE AMAZED WHEN YOU COME TO THAT
COURSE. MANY AMERICANS DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE BIBLE
IS WOVEN INTO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AND WE
WILL BECOME MUCH BETTER BIBLICALLY INFORMED CITIZENS
IF YOU ATTEND THAT COURSE. IT'S SPONSORED BY RICK GREEN
AND PATRIOT ACADEMY. DAVID BARTON IS INVOLVED WITH
THAT. GEORGE BARNA IS INVOLVED WITH THAT, AND
IT'LL BE A GREAT COURSE. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME. IT'S
AN EIGHT-WEEK COURSE STARTING THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
RIGHT HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AND YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE A MEMBER OR EVEN A REGULAR ATTENDER TO COME.
SECONDLY, PASTOR BRENDA MENTIONED THAT WE WILL HAVE
A CATERED LUNCHEON NEXT WEEK. I DON'T WANT TO
EMBARRASS YOU, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU AGAIN ARE FIRST-TIME
GUESTS HERE? RAISE YOUR HAND REAL QUICK. OKAY, LET'S GIVE
YOU A HAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, HERE'S WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU WILL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL THIS
WEEK. IF YOU ARE A FIRST-TIME GUEST HERE,
YOU'LL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL THIS WEEK. THAT'S WHY WE HAD
YOU REGISTER. AND WE'LL BE INVITING YOU TO THE LUNCHEON
NEXT SUNDAY. AT THAT LUNCHEON, IT'LL BE A PRIVATE
LUNCHEON WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR PASTORAL
TEAM. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHAKE HANDS WITH PASTOR HANK
AND BRENDA AND THE REST OF THE PASTORAL TEAM. IT'S A
SHORT LUNCHEON THAT WE OFFER. IT'LL BE A GREAT
CATERED BUFFET LUNCH, AND IT WILL ANSWER SOME OF YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. SO FEEL FREE
TO RESERVE FOR THAT. WHEN YOU GET A PHONE CALL THIS
WEEK, IT'LL BE FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AND JUST LET
THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMING, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE ROOM FOR YOU NEXT SUNDAY. AND THEN
THIRDLY, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY, IF YOU, ONE
MORE TIME, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE CAME IN LATE. IF YOU
DID NOT GET YOUR GIFT BAG OR YOUR COUPONS TO GO TO THE
FOOD TRUCK, YOU CAN GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTERS
RIGHT OUT HERE IN THE FOYER, ASK ANYONE, THEY CAN SHOW
YOU WHERE TO GO, AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU THOSE FOOD COUPONS.
THE TRUCKS ARE OUT HERE ON THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN
BEYOND THAT, ON THE SOUTH END, UP BY DOLLAR GENERAL,
WE HAVE TENTS AND ALL KINDS OF PICNIC TABLES, SO YOU'VE GOT
PLENTY OF SEATING, SO GO ENJOY YOURSELF. THERE'S SOME FUN
THINGS GOING ON FOR THE YOUTH AND THE CHILDREN, THERE'S BOUNCE
HOUSES AND ACTIVITIES, AND JUST ENJOY YOUR TIME AND ENJOY THE
FELLOWSHIP. THANK YOU FOR COMING, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU NEXT SUNDAY. GOD BLESS YOU.