(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- GOOD MORNING CHURCH, COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM GLORY THIS
MORNING, HALLELUJAH.
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
- PRAISE THE LORD! - HALLELUJAH, COME ON, LET'S
GIVE GOD PRAISE. LORD, WE BLESS YOU.
- PRAISE THE LORD. - WE HONOR YOU TODAY, AND WE
WELCOME YOU. - YES, LORD.
- INTO YOUR HOUSE. - HALLELUJAH.
- AND WE PRAY THAT YOU'D HAVE YOUR WAY AND YOUR SAY. AND ALL
THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID. - AMEN!
- WOW, OKAY, THAT WAS LOUD. - THAT WAS GOOD.
- THAT WAS PRETTY LOUD. - THAT WAS GOOD.
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT WAS GOOD?
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
- I'M ROOTING FOR YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, WHICH SECTION DID YOU THINK WON TODAY?
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- THEY ALL WON. - YOU ALL THINK YOU WON.
ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE ALL WINNERS TODAY. NEBRASKA ISN'T THE
CORNHUSKERS, BUT YOU ARE, SO. YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.
HOW MANY OF YOU WATCHED FOOTBALL YESTERDAY?
- TOO MUCH. - I DID, I HAD A FOOTBALL DAY.
I KNOW, SOME OF YOU DON'T LIKE FOOTBALL.
- I HAVE TO STOP WATCHING SO I DON'T WANNA THROW SHOES AT THE
TELEVISION. I HAVE TO, I NEED TO WALK OFF SOME DAYS. I GET WAY
TOO INTO IT. - WELL, BUT I JUST LIKE TO
SOMETIMES HAVE THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU CAN JUST SHUT THINGS OFF
AND JUST WATCH A GOOD GAME. HOW MANY OF YOU WALK THE CAT?
WALK THE DOGS? TALK ABOUT, JOHN, TALKING ABOUT YOUR CARD. OKAY,
THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, PASTOR'S APPRECIATION.
- OH MY GOODNESS. - WE READ EVERY CARD WE PRAYED
OVER 'EM. - OH, WE CRIED ALL DAY.
IT WAS AMAZING. - WE DID. I GOT TO DO THIS
THOUGH. I WANT TO WELCOME ALSO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
AROUND THE WORLD. I'M TALKING ABOUT PASTORS APPRECIATION.
YOU GUYS, EVEN AROUND THE WORLD, HAVE BEEN SO KIND AND SWEET.
WE'VE BEEN READING THEM, PRAYING OVER THEM. BUT I
GOT TO TELL YOU, TALKING ABOUT CATS, JOHN, YOU SENT YOUR CARD
WITH, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD LIKE WHAT, 18 CATS? NO YOU
HAVE FOUR. SO HE WAS LETTING ME KNOW THAT HE HAS CATS.
- WE HAVE FOUR DOGS, SO FAIR IS FAIR.
- YEAH, WELL, ANYWAY, AND ALL THOSE GELATO JOKES, THOSE WERE
GOOD. I LIKE THEM, I LIKE THEM. BUT ANYWAY, EVERYBODY DOING
GOOD? WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS
KIND OF A, HOW DO WE SAY IT, BRENDA? A YEAR AGO, WE DEDICATED
THIS HOUSE TO GOD. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING. - THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS REAL QUICK. I
THINK WE SHOULD JUST TELL GOD, THANK YOU.
- YES, THANK YOU, LORD. - CAN WE DO THAT? LET'S DO THAT.
FATHER, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS YOUR HOUSE. AND OVER
A YEAR AGO, WE INVITED YOU AND YOUR PRESENCE TO DWELL AMONG US.
- YES, LORD. - WE ASKED YOU TO COME AND WE
GAVE THIS PLACE TO YOU AND FOR YOUR HONOR. AND I KNOW YOU LIKE
IT AND WE LIKE HAVING YOU HERE.
- YES, WE DO, LORD. - AND GOD, I WANT TO THANK YOU
THAT YOU DIDN'T DISAPPOINT US WHEN WE CRIED OUT FOR YOUR
PRESENCE. EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE, AND WE'RE SO THRILLED
THAT THIS IS YOUR HOUSE AND WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY LOVE HIM,
JUST TELL THEM, SAY, "THANK YOU, GOD."
- YES, THANK YOU, LORD.
- OKAY, WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY JOKES, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING,
BUT I'M JUST GONNA PREACH THE MESSAGE LATER ON.
- YOU HAVE NO JOKES? - I HAVE NO JOKES, BRENDA.
- OKAY. - NO, I DON'T, WELL, COME ON,
LIKE, YOU GUYS NEVER LAUGH WHEN I DO.
- WELL, THAT IS NO JOKE. - WELL, I DID HEAR A RUMOR.
I DID HEAR A RUMOR, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT YOU
GUYS HEAR ABOUT THE ARREST THAT HAPPENED AT THE AIRPORT?
YEAH, THESE GUYS, THEY WENT AND THEY DECIDED TO DRESS UP LIKE
LUGGAGE, AND THEY GOT ARRESTED FOR GETTING CARRIED AWAY.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
ALL RIGHT, I TOLD YOU, IF YOU WERE GONNA BOO ME, I'M NOT GONNA
TELL 'EM. (LAUGHING) - OKAY, ALL RIGHT, WELL.
- ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET IT SPIRITUAL BEFORE WE WORSHIP,
REAL QUICK. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY PUTTING THUMBS DOWN, IT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT THE THUMBS UP.
BUT I AM GONNA TALK AGAIN ABOUT WHAT I CALL THE FOUNDATION
OF OUR CHRISTIAN WALK, AND THAT IS LOVE AND HONOR.
AND WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DIVE INTO THAT, AND I THINK YOU'RE
REALLY, REALLY GOING TO JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN WANTING
IS TO GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL, AND I FEEL LIKE IN MY OWN LIFE,
I'M LOOKING AT WAYS THAT I CAN BE MORE HONORABLE,
AND I'M LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT I CAN BE MORE
LOVING TO GOD AND TO OTHER PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA SHARE TODAY.
- IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THAT?
ALL RIGHT, WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED?
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, ARE YOU EXCITED TO WORSHIP THE LORD?
I THINK SINCE IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE, I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE
GOD OUR BEST PRAISE TODAY. SO THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN.
SAY, LORD, MARK IT DOWN. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY BEST PRAISE
TODAY. I'M TURNING OFF MY WEEK. I'M TURNING OFF EVERYTHING
AROUND ME, AND I'M FOCUSED STRAIGHT ON YOU. SO LORD,
FILL THIS PLACE, FILL MY LIFE, AND I PROMISE TO GIVE
YOU MY VERY BEST PRAISE. LET'S PRAISE THE LORD TOGETHER.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
(MUSIC)
- COME ON, CHURCH. LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING.
(MUSIC)
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
ANYBODY WANT TO TESTIFY AFTER THAT? HIS AMAZING GRACE.
(MUSIC)
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
(MUSIC)
- WORSHIP YOU, GOD.
WE HONOR YOU TODAY.
WITH A THANKFUL AND A THANKFUL HEART.
WE BRING OUR HONOR, OUR LOVE, OUR ADORATION TO YOU.
WE WORSHIP YOU.
OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU, GOD.
JUST TELL HIM HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIM.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO WHISPER IT.
TELL HIM SOMETHING THAT WILL HONOR HIM.
SOMETHING THAT'LL TOUCH HIS HEART.
WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD.
WE WORSHIP YOU.
WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD.
LET'S SING THAT, I WORSHIP YOU, LORD.
I WORSHIP YOU, MY LORD.
WORSHIP YOU, MY LORD.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
THIS IS TRUE, GOD.
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
I WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART AND SAY
THAT TO GOD AS YOU SING IT. LORD, MY HAND IS ON MY HEART.
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEBODY RIGHT OVER IN THIS AREA HERE,
YOU'VE HAD SOME INTENSE VERTIGO. TO WHERE, I MEAN, DIZZINESS,
ALL OF THAT. WHO IS, IT'S JUST, I FEEL LIKE IT'S RIGHT OVER
IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, WHERE I'M FEELING DIRECTED.
WHO IS THAT? YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR HANK, PRAY FOR ME.
I JUST SENSE IT'S OVER IN THIS AREA HERE.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S YOU.
OKAY, I WANT PASTOR DOUG, I WANT YOU TO, AND EILEEN, PRAY
FOR THIS ONE, PASTOR KEITH. THERE'S A WOMAN TO MY LEFT WITH
THE SAME THING. WHERE IS THAT PERSON? COME ON UP HERE.
EILEEN, YOU COULD PRAY FOR THEM AS WELL.
IN FACT, THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU'RE WATCHING. I SEE YOU
IN A, LIKE A CHAIR, AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD YOUR HEAD A
CERTAIN WAY BECAUSE OF THE VERTIGO THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AS
WELL. SO IN THE AUTHORITY OF YESHUA'S NAME, WE SPEAK AND
WE DECLARE. FIRST OF ALL, WE COME AGAINST ANY VERTIGO,
ANYTHING THAT IS CREATING DIZZINESS, ANYTHING THAT IS
CORRECT, CAUSING YOUR EQUILIBRIUM OR THAT FEELING
OF THAT MOTION, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, WE REBUKE IT AND
WE SPEAK THE DIVINE HEALING POWER OF GOD, "BE THOU
HEALED." ANY SINUS INFECTION, ANYTHING THAT
WOULD CAUSE VERTIGO, WE COMMAND IT TO BE CORRECTED
AND TO BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF YESHUA. RINGING IN THE
EARS EVEN, LORD WE SAY THAT THAT IS HEALED. IN FACT,
THERE'S SOMEBODY WATCHING, YOU'VE BEEN HAVING AN
INTENSE RINGING IN YOUR LEFT EAR. AND I SEE GOD JUST
HEALING YOU LIKE RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, I REALLY FEEL IT.
LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
SOMEBODY IS BEING HEALED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IT'S LIKE
YOU'VE BEEN FEELING A PAIN. YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, BUT
YOU'RE ALSO ONLINE. IT'S LIKE, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE
GRAPHIC, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE FROM YOUR BELLY BUTTON
JUST ABOVE IT. AND IT KIND OF GOES DOWN BELOW YOUR
BELLY BUTTON. THERE'S BEEN A DISCOMFORT AND YOU'RE KIND
OF THINKING, MAN, IS THAT A HERNIA? YOU KNOW, OH NO. YOU
KNOW, AND THE ENEMY HAS BEEN MESSING WITH YOU. BUT I'M
TELLING YOU, PUT YOUR HAND THERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I
JUST LITERALLY SAW SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW IF I
DON'T GET I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I JUST SAW SOMETHING
LIKE GET MOVED, SOMETHING MOVED AND AND GOT REALIGNED.
SO IF THAT'S YOU, JUST, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR HAND ON THAT
AREA. IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, WE DEMAND THAT ANYTHING THAT
IS CAUSING PAIN AND DISCOMFORT, NOT ONLY IN
THIS, BUT ALL THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING IN THE SOUND OF MY
VOICE. JESUS, YOU TOOK THE PEOPLE'S PAIN AND THEIR
DISCOMFORTS, THEIR SORROWS, THEIR GRIEFS. AND YOU YOU
TOOK IT. THAT THEY'RE HEALED. THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU. THANK
YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. I WANT YOU JUST TO SAY THIS
WITH ME. SAY, GOD, TODAY AFRESH, WE DEDICATE OUR
HEARTS AND OUR LIVES TO YOU. WE SERVE YOU, WE HONOR YOU,
WE LOVE YOU, AND WE WILL DO WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU
DESIRE FOR OUR LIVES. WE SURRENDER, WE SUBMIT, AND WE
SAY, "LET THY KINGDOM COME. LET YOUR WILL BE DONE IN OUR
LIVES AS IT HAS BEEN DECREED, WRITTEN, AND
RECORDED WITHIN HEAVEN." WE WILL FINISH OUR RACE IN OLD
AGE, AND WE'LL FINISH IT WELL. AND ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT BELIEVE THAT SAID, "AMEN." AMEN. THANK YOU.
ISN'T GOD GOOD? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WANT YOU TO GREET
ONE ANOTHER, BUT WE GOT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING YOU CAN
ASK THEM. SO LET'S SEE. SAY, I BET I KNOW WHAT YOUR
FAVORITE TOY WAS AS A KID. ALL RIGHT. AND IF IT WAS
STICKS, THAT'S OKAY. SOME PEOPLE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE
TOYS WHEN THEY GREW UP. SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU
DIDN'T HAVE TOYS, SO YOU HAD MUD AND STICKS AND, YOU KNOW,
TREE LIMBS. OKAY, WE GREET YOU AS WELL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
(GENTLE MUSIC) (CROWD CHATTERING) (UPBEAT MUSIC)
- WELL, GOOD MORNING. DID YOU GET ANY IDEAS ON WHAT
YOU COULD GO LOOK FOR FOR YOUR KIDS SINCE, YOU KNOW,
YOUR FAVORITE TOYS, YOU'D GO LOOK ON EBAY, MAYBE YOU FIND
THERE, ANYWAY. PASTOR MIKE TOLD ME GI JOE, SOME OF YOU
PROBABLY REMEMBER THOSE. IT'S KIND OF THE MALE
VERSION OR BOY VERSION OF BARBIE. IT'S GI JOE. ALL THE
ACCESSORIES. IT'S FUN STUFF. WELL, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST
TIME IN THE BUILDING WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A
BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID
NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE THOSE
AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S
LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS
A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. SO IF YOU WOULD PULL THAT OUT
AT THIS TIME, IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE
FRONT OF IT. SO INSIDE THAT, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE
WANNA SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY
CONNECTED CARD. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT,
DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN
JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU
FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU
STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON
HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY
LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR
ONE VOICE TV, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE
AS WELL. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET TO ONE VOICE TV.
YOU CAN GET GREAT ACCESS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS SEE US ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT
PLATFORMS, AS THEY JUST HAD UP THERE. SOME NEW PLATFORMS
WE'VE PUT OUT THERE FOR YOU TO CONNECT WITH US ON. SO IF
YOU WANNA USE SOME OF YOUR TV PLATFORMS, WHETHER IT BE
SAMSUNG OR LG, WE'VE ALSO GOT APPLE TV PLUS NOW.
VIZIO, WE'RE OUT THERE ON VIZIO AS WELL. SO YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD ALL OF THOSE APPS TO ALL OF THOSE SPECIFIC
DEVICES. AND GET ACCESS TO ONE VOICE TV, WHICH IS OUR
STREAMING PLATFORM. WE CANNOT BE CANCELED ON THAT.
AND WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT CONTENT OUT THERE FOR YOU.
NOT ONLY SERVICES, BOTH LIVE AND ARCHIVED, BUT MANY OTHER
PROGRAMS AS WELL. DAILY DECREE, GET REAL WITH HANK,
GAME CHANGERS, ALL OF THAT IS OUT THERE FOR YOU TO
WATCH ON DEMAND, AS WELL AS WE HAVE A SCHEDULE OUT THERE
AS WELL. SO PLEASE, TUNE INTO ONE VOICE TV, DOWNLOAD
THE NEW APP. IF YOU'VE GOT THE APP, GO AHEAD AND UPDATE
IT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE AUTOMATIC UPDATES ON, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET YOU THE LATEST AND GREATEST.
WE'VE GOT SOME CHAT FEATURES IN THERE, A NOTES FEATURE.
SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, GET BLESSED BY ONE VOICE TV. IF
YOU WOULD, AMEN. GIVE ALL THE GUESTS HERE AN ONLINE
HAND. AS PASTOR BRENDA COMES.
- AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS
POSSIBLE. WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ONES BEING
DEDICATED TODAY. I SEE BABY NOVA ON THE FRONT IN A DRESS
THAT COULD STOP THE SHOW. SO SHE'S READY FOR HER SPECIAL
DAY. SO, AND I THINK SHE HAS MORE HAIR THAN BOTH OF Y'ALL
COMBINED. I'M PRETTY SURE. I'M PRETTY SURE. ALL RIGHT,
WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, JUST A COUPLE QUICK
ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE OFFERING. I WANT TO
REMIND EVERYBODY, THE 26TH OF OCTOBER, WE HAVE JOHN
AMACHUKWU COMING. AND I'M TELLING YOU, COME LOADED AND
READY, BECAUSE I'M SURE HE'LL HAVE THIS VERY SOFT,
PASSIVE WORD THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE HERE. SO, AND
YOU KNOW WHAT WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, LISTEN, SOMETIMES
THE MORE FIRED UP YOU ARE, THE MORE PEOPLE GET INTO IT.
IT'S LIKE ONE PREACHER SAID ONE TIME, THE HARDER I,
THERE WAS A PREACHER CAME TO LORD OF HOSTS, THIS WAS MANY
YEARS AGO. AND HE SAID, "MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
IS ABOUT THIS CHURCH. THE HARDER I PREACH, THE MORE
YOU GUYS AMEN." I THOUGHT, "WELL, HE CAME TO THE RIGHT
PLACE." SO THAT'S ON THE 26TH. AND THEN THAT
FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH, WE'RE DOING ONLINE
ONLY EVENT, RESCUING A GENERATION, WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO BE PRAYING OVER PRAYER REQUESTS FOR YOUR
CHILDREN, YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE, COULD BE ADULT CHILDREN,
PRODIGALS, AND WE'RE MAKING AVAILABLE THE PRAYER GUIDE
THAT NIGHT. NOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS COMPLETELY FREE
FOR THOSE THAT CALL IN, AND WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY BE
TAKING CALLS. PASTOR'S GONNA TAKE SOME CALLS, SO YOU
WANNA, HE CAN'T TALK TO EVERYBODY, BUT WE'RE GONNA
TRY TO JUMP ON THE PHONES A LITTLE BIT AND THEN HAVE
INTERCESSION GOING ON IN THIS BUILDING, PRAYING FOR
YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS. WE'RE GONNA PUT PRAYER REQUESTS
RIGHT UP ON THE TABLES. SO GET THOSE SUBMITTED AT
HANKANDBRENDA.ORG, AND REMEMBER, FOR THOSE OF YOU
THAT ATTENDED IN PERSON, THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS
ONLINE ONLY, SO TUNE IN AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, AND WE'RE
GONNA BE GOING ALL EVENING LONG TALKING ABOUT THE
CHILDREN'S MATERIAL. NOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING, WE
HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO TAKE THE NEXT
THREE STORIES OF CAPTAIN ZEPTO INTO ANIMATION, AND
FOR LIKE A THIRD OF THE COST. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF
YOU REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THESE VIDEOS TO DO A
FULL-LENGTH VIDEO? IT'S ABOUT $300,000. AND THE
REASON CARTOONING AND ANIMATION IS SO EXPENSIVE,
AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER, PAUL CROUCH WOULD, HE SAID
IT TO ME ONE TIME, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS,
BUT HE SAID FOR EVERY SECOND OF VIDEO, THERE'S LIKE 30
FRAMES. IT'S INCREDIBLE. THEY HAVE TO DRAW, SO THESE
ARE TEDIOUS WORK. AND SO, BUT NOW, WITH THE
ADVANCEMENT OF AI, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF
US. WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTING TO DO AND
TWEAKING WITH IT, BUT WE COULD DO IT FOR ABOUT A
THIRD OF THE PRICE. AND SO, I BELIEVE THAT NIGHT, AS WE
PRAY FOR THIS GENERATION, LET'S BELIEVE WE CAN RAISE
THAT AND GET THAT DONE AND GET THESE GOING. AND IT'S
NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF REASON FOR US TO GET THE
NEXT VIDEO DONE NEAR THE FIRST PART OF 2026. NOW,
SOME OF THE OTHERS, NOW THEY'RE READY TO GO.
SCREENWRITERS ARE WORKING ON THOSE. AND THEN WHAT OUR
GOAL IS, IF WE CAN GET FOUR OR FIVE OF THESE FINISHED,
OUR GOAL WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE
ENTRY LEVEL OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. PASTOR WILL MAYBE TALK
ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE. THAT'LL BE THE ENTRY LEVEL
OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR US TO GET IT LIKE ON THESE
OUTLETS LIKE PUREFLEX. BUT THEY REQUIRE YOU HAVE, YOU
JUST CAN'T HAVE ONE VIDEO. YOU NEED A SERIES OF VIDEOS.
AND THEY'LL RE-AIR THOSE. SO THE MORE WE CAN PUT OUT,
COME ON SOMEBODY, THE BETTER IT'S GOING TO BE. AND
PARENTS CAN PUT THEIR CHILDREN TO WATCH IT, AND
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT THERE'S A SECRET
WITCHCRAFT SPELL IN THERE, THAT THEY'RE NOT TUCKING
SOMETHING IN THERE TO TRY TO WARP THE MINDS OF OUR
CHILDREN. SO YOU'LL JUST BE A PART OF THAT NIGHT, AND
REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING THESE PRAYER GUIDES
AWAY, AND TUNE IN. ALL THE PRAYER REQUESTS ARE GOING TO
BE HERE, AND THEN TONY SUAREZ IS GOING TO BE HERE,
HELPING US PRAY AND PREACH TO THIS GENERATION. SO BE
WATCHING FOR THAT ON THE 29TH, AND IT'S GOING TO BE
JUST AMAZING. THEN ALSO, OMAHA VICTORY CAMPAIGN.
WHO'S EXCITED FOR THAT? ARE YOU GUYS SIGNED UP? WE'RE
VERY, EXCITED. BROTHER COPELAND, YOU KNOW, HE BEGAN
HIS MINISTRY. HE'LL TELL YOU MANY STORIES ABOUT OMAHA,
NEBRASKA. AND BACK IN, I GUESS IT WAS THE 60S, OR I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT. SOME OF THE BAND MAY
REMEMBER THAT TIME. I MEAN, BACK, IT WAS A LONG TIME
AGO. HE TOLD, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HE AND BROTHER JERRY
USED TO COME HERE, AND WAY BEFORE I EVER HEARD OF HIM.
AND SO, ISN'T IT, TO ME, FULL CIRCLE, THAT HE'S
COMING BACK HERE IN THIS STAGE OF HIS MINISTRY. I
FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE. THE TIMING OF
THE LORD IS VERY PROFOUND TO ME. AND OF COURSE, JONATHAN
SHUTTLESWORTH WILL BE HERE, KEITH BUTLER. AND BY THE
WAY, BISHOP KEITH BUTLER IS GOING TO BE STAYING OVER TO
PREACH THAT SUNDAY. AND SO JUST BE HERE. YOU KNOW, I
HEARD GLORIA COPELAND SAY, MANY YEARS AGO, I MUST HAVE
BEEN, YOU KNOW, 15 OR 16 YEARS OLD IN HIGH SCHOOL
WHEN I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THEM. AND SHE SAID, YOU
KNOW, THERE ARE JUST MOMENTS WHERE IT'S GOOD TO COME INTO
A ROOM, AND JUST FOR SEVERAL HOURS BE SPOON FED GOD'S
WORD. AND I NEVER FORGOT THAT. AND SO YOU KNOW, EVER
SINCE THEN, I TAKE EVERY MESSAGE AS SERIOUS AS I CAN.
AND BECAUSE THAT, AND IT WAS THAT IMPARTATION. SO ANNA,
PLUS, WE WANT TO HONOR HIM FOR THE MAN THAT HELPED MAKE
THE PLATFORM FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE THING WE KNOW AS
FLASHPOINT. SO PRAISE THE LORD. SO BE PART OF THAT AS
WELL. IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING. ALL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY, OUR
OFFERING SCRIPTURE. OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE, IT'S A
REALLY, REALLY LONG ONE TODAY. AND IT'S PROBABLY
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS YOU WILL READ IN ALL
THE BIBLE. LET'S PUT OUR SCRIPTURE UP. MARK 11 AND
VERSE 22. IT'S REALLY LONG, AND I'M ONLY GOING TO EVEN
READ THE LAST FOUR WORDS. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. COME ON
SOMEBODY, SAY IT WITH ME. SAY HAVE FAITH IN GOD. NOW
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FINANCIAL
SCRIPTURES YOU'LL EVER READ IN YOUR LIFE. YOU KNOW WHY
PEOPLE DON'T TITHE AND STRUGGLE TO GIVE OFFERINGS?
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH IN GOD. AND I WAS
READING THE STORY OF JUST THIS WEEK ABOUT WHEN I WAS
WORKING ON MY BOOK AND WAS READING ABOUT WHEN THE
DISCIPLES WERE IN THE BOAT AND IT WAS STORMING. YOU
KNOW, WE KNOW THAT STORY. WE'VE ALL PREACHED IT EVERY
WHICH WAY, BUT SUNDAY. AND I'M TELLING YOU, AND I WAS
THINKING ABOUT JESUS TURNING TO THEM AND SAYING, "HOW
COME HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAITH?" NOW, YOU KNOW,
HERE'S HIS DISCIPLES. YOU'LL SEE THIS WHEN THE BOOK COMES
OUT. HERE'S THESE DISCIPLES SOAKING WET, EXHAUSTED. THEY
HAD JUST FED THE MULTITUDES. THEIR BOAT WAS FILLED WITH
WATER. THINK ABOUT THAT, 'CAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, NOW
THE BOAT WAS NOW FULL. ALL I KNOW IS THAT IF A BOAT IS
FULL OF WATER, IT'S BAD. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
THEIR BOAT IS GETTING BEATEN. AND THE SCRIPTURE
SAYS THERE WAS OTHER LITTLE SHIPS THERE. REMEMBER? IF
YOU READ IT, IT SAID THERE WERE ALSO OTHER LITTLE
SHIPS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR COLLEAGUES WERE OVER THERE,
IF THEY KNEW THOSE PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE LIKE, "OH,
THAT'S JOE'S BOAT." YOU KNOW? AND THEY WERE, AND SO,
AND JESUS, IF YOU WILL, I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY, IN THEIR
MINDS, HAS THE AUDACITY TO TURN AROUND, AND YOU KNOW,
THEY REALLY ACCUSE THE LORD. YOU KNOW, THEY BLAME GOD.
LORD, DON'T YOU CARE THAT WE'RE DYING UP HERE WHILE
YOU'RE BACK THERE LAYING DOWN? HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
BEEN THERE WHERE YOU THOUGHT, "GOD, DO YOU EVEN
CARE WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW? "DO YOU SEE ANY
OF THIS?" BUT YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN A FAITH TEST. EVERY
PERSON, LISTEN TO ME, WILL GO THROUGH FAITH TESTS IN
THEIR LIFE. DO YOU TRUST GOD OR IS IT JUST WORDS? DO WE
REALLY TRUST HIM WHEN IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THE WINDS
ARE BLOWING OUR WAY? NOW THIS IS A BIG DEAL WHEN IT
COMES TO OUR MONEY 'CAUSE JESUS SAID OUR MONEY AND OUR
MOUTH, OUR MONEY AND OUR HEART, THEY GO TOGETHER. SO
JESUS TURNS TO THE DISCIPLES AND HE SAYS, "WELL, HOW IS
IT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAITH?" I'M LIKE, "LORD, DID
YOU SEE WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH? "YOU SEE WHAT WE
JUST FACED?" AND HE SAID, "HOW IS IT YOU HAD NO
FAITH?" AND SO I JUST WANNA PROPHESY TO YOU TODAY. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOUR FINANCIAL STORY IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
GOING ON IN YOUR HEART OR YOUR LIFE OR YOUR MARRIAGE
OR YOUR CHILDREN. MAYBE IT'S YOUR JOB, YOUR BUSINESS. I
DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I'M HERE TO
PROPHESY TO YOU. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. COME ON SOMEBODY,
HAVE FAITH IN GOD. I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN. HAVE FAITH IN
GOD. COME ON SOMEBODY OUT HERE, STAND UP AND SHOUT IT.
HAVE FAITH IN GOD. COME ON, SAY IT AGAIN. HAVE FAITH IN
GOD. WOO. OH, DON'T STOP. NOW TURN TO SOMEBODY AND
LOOK AT 'EM AND SAY, YOU GOT ANY FAITH?
- PROPHESY TO HIM FOR A MINUTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH YOU, BUT YOU GOT FAITH. I'M TELLING YOU, AND YOU
KNOW WHAT I'VE COME TO LEARN. PASTOR DOJI, YOU KNOW
WHAT I'VE COME TO LEARN. KATIE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE
COME TO LEARN. JUDITH, YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE COME TO
LEARN. MAMA K, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE COME TO LEARN?
HAVING FAITH DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN YOU FEEL IT. ANYBODY
LISTENING TO ME RIGHT NOW? HAVING FAITH DOESN'T ALWAYS
MEAN YOU FEEL IT. IN FACT, WHEN YOU HAVE FAITH, MOST OF
THE TIME YOU'RE SOAKING WET IN THE BOAT, SCOOPING WATER
OUT. COME ON, TRYING TO THROW THE FISH OUT. SEA
CRABS HAVE CLIMBED IN. YOU'RE THROWING THE PINCHERS
BACK OUT IN THE OCEAN. COME ON, THE DEVIL COMES IN EVERY
SIDE. THE CLOUDS ARE BLACK. YOU DON'T FEEL IT, BUT WHEN
YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD, YOU SAY IT, YOU DECLARE IT. YOU
MAY NOT FEEL ANY OF IT. YOU MAY NOT SEE THE ANSWER, BUT
YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD. AND THAT CONCLUDES YOUR OFFERING
MESSAGE. OH, I THINK WE NEED A PRAISE BREAK. I THINK WE
NEED A PRAISE BREAK. I THINK I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S
SOME PEOPLE WHO GOT SOME FAITH IN GOD. WHO GOT SOME
FAITH IN THE LORD. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOME FOLKS
WHO GOT SOME FAITH. COME ON I WANT TO KNOW. I WANT TO
KNOW IF THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT GOT SOME FAITH IN
ALMIGHTY GOD. OH, OH, OH, OH. (CHEERING) WHOO, T, I
COULD RUN. (CONGREGATION CLAPPING)
- OH, LET'S JUST GIVE HIM A PRAISE. LET'S JUST GIVE HIM
A PRAISE. COME ON, LET'S JUST GIVE HIM A PRAISE. COME
ON, SOMEBODY. GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE. ANYBODY GOT SOME
FAITH IN GOD? ANYBODY GOT SOME FAITH IN GOD? ANYBODY
GOT SOME FAITH? ANYBODY GOT A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH IN GOD?
[MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
[CHEERING] PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY. PUT SOME FAITH
IN HIM. PUT SOME FAITH IN GOD AND YOUR GIVING TODAY.
YOU CAN BE SEATED IF YOU CAN. OH MY GOD, THERE'S A
PRAISE IN THE HOUSE. SOME OF YOU NEEDED THAT RELEASE.
GLORY, GLORY, GLORY, GLORY, GLORY. MY GOD, THE DEVIL
JUST TOOK A WHOOPING. COME ON, SOME OF YOU NEED TO GET,
WHILE YOU'RE WRITING YOUR ENVELOPE AND GETTING YOUR
APP OUT. MY DAD MADE THIS SPANKING PADDLE. WHEN WE
WERE GROWING UP, PASTOR CHRISTY AND I, HE WENT AND
CARVED IT OUT OF PLYWOOD AND DOUBLED IT THICK. AND HE
WROTE IN BLACK MARKER, "MOM'S HELPER." AND EVERY
TIME MOM NEEDED A LITTLE HELP WITH REBELLION, SHE'D
PULL IT OUT AND THERE WAS THE MESSAGE, "MOM'S HELPER."
CAN I TELL YOU WHAT YOUR PRAISE DID TODAY? IT WAS
PAPA GOD'S HELPER TO GIVE THE DEVIL A WHOOPING. AMEN!
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU GOT YOUR OFFERING READY, I GOTTA BE
QUIET. I'M GLAD I WORE GOOD PRAISING SHOES TODAY. I PRAY
OVER MY SHOE WEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
ANOINTING. STAND UP. GRAB YOUR ENVELOPE. AND YOUR
DEVICE, INTERNET. HOLD IT UP. FATHER, SEE ALL OF THESE
AND THOSE ON THE INTERNET THAT HAVE OUR HANDS HIGH.
FATHER, THIS IS FAITH IN YOU. WE BELIEVE YOUR WORD.
WE BELIEVE WHAT THE SCRIPTURE DECLARES, AND WE
HOLD ON TO IT, AND WE WON'T LET GO. FATHER, NO MATTER
WHAT WE FEEL, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MONEY OR OUR HEALTH,
OUR FAMILY, PEOPLE, SITUATIONS, GOD, WE'RE HERE
TO DECLARE WE HAVE FAITH IN GOD. IN JESUS' NAME, GIVE
GOD A SHOUT AS YOU GIVE, THE USHERS ARE GONNA SERVE YOU.
SAY THE DECREE WITH ME. 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 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
THAT WE WON'T QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS
NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. COME
ON, SHOUT AS THE USHERS BEGIN TO SERVE.
- ALL RIGHT, USHERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SERVE THE
PEOPLE. COME ON, LET'S GIVE GOD SOME MORE PRAISE. LORD,
WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN ARE
OPEN. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU'RE POURING OUT A
SHIFT CHANGE AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT, FATHER GOD,
THEIR BUSINESSES SHIFT, THEIR FINANCES SHIFT TOWARDS
ABUNDANCE, TOWARDS BLESSING, TOWARDS BREAKTHROUGH.
FATHER, ALL THOSE THAT ARE GIVING TODAY, MAY THERE BE A
SPECIAL GRACE, A SPECIAL ANOINTING OF FAVOR THAT
BUSTS OPEN NEW DOORS NOW AND THAT BREAKS ANYTHING THAT
THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO DO AGAINST THEM. WE RELEASE
YOUR BLESSING OVER THIS OFFERING. OH GOD, EVEN AS
THERE WAS AN EXPRESSION OF LIBERTY, EXPRESSION OF JOY,
GOD, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A MANIFESTATION BECAUSE OF
FRUITFUL SEASONS THAT ARE AMONG YOUR PEOPLE NOW. COME
ON, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, GIVE GOD A BIG SHOUT OF
PRAISE. WE WORSHIP YOU, WE LOVE YOU. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
AMEN. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY,
I'M MORE BLESSED THAN YOU. (LAUGHING) IF YOU WANNA
GET IN A FIGHT, DON'T DO THAT. JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE
ALL, SAY THIS, WE'RE BOTH BLESSED. WE'RE ALL BLESSED.
WOW,USHERS YOU, YOU CAN SERVE PEOPLE. WELL, I AM SO EXCITED.
I LOVE BABY DEDICATIONS. AND THEY ARE ALWAYS SUCH A GREAT
HONOR TO OFFICIATE THAT, YOU COULD SAY. AND IT'S A GOOD SIGN
THE CHURCH IS GROWING, RIGHT? AMEN, SO AT THIS
TIME, I THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT ARE BEING DEDICATED
TODAY, BUT IF YOU WOULD COME, THE PARENTS OF THE TWO
LITTLE ONES, IF YOU WOULD COME AND STAND, JUST STAND
UP BEFORE THE PULPIT HERE, WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. LET'S
GIVE THEM A HAND CLAP AS THEY COME. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
SO, BABY NOVA, LOOK AT THE HAIR. AND JULY,
IS THAT RIGHT? I LOVE THE NAME. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S SO
CRAZY IS I'VE MET AN APRIL, I'VE MET A MAY, I'VE MET
EVEN A JUNE. THIS IS THE FIRST JULY THAT I'VE EVER
MET. THIS IS AWESOME. SO, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE SO
THRILLED THAT YOU ALL WOULD COME TODAY AND GIVE BACK TO
GOD WHAT HE GAVE TO YOU. AND THAT IS, LOOK AT HOW CUTE
THESE LITTLE ONES ARE. AREN'T THEY ADORABLE? I
DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN GET A, LIKE, FOR YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, LIKE SOME CAMERA SHOTS OF HOW CUTE THEY ARE.
MAN. I MEAN, YOU SEE IT. JULY, DO YOU WANT TO GO GET
GELATO WITH ME? AND BRENDA, AND NOVA, DO YOU JUST WANT
TO HANG OUT FOR A WEEK? YEAH, YOU'RE SMILING. YOU
WANT TO HANG OUT FOR A WEEK? YOU DO WANT TO HANG OUT FOR
A WEEK. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. OH, BOY. SORRY. BUT, YOU
KNOW, I JUST... ANYWAY, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER DONE
THAT IN ALL THE 28 YEARS OF DOING A BABY... HUH? HONEY,
DO IT AGAIN, I WILL FOR IF YOU WANT TO RUB MY FEET
LATER. OKAY. OH, YOU WANT TO HEAR DONALD DUCK AGAIN? OH
BOY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? OH BOY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I'M
GOING TO PREACH IN DONALD DUCK. WOULDN'T THAT BE
AWESOME? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE
GOOFY. SO I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD STOP. ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GET BACK TO THIS. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, YOU
GUYS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS WANT TO LET PEOPLE
KNOW THAT MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING OR MAYBE VISITING
WITH US TODAY IS, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE DOES NOT SPEAK
ABOUT BABY BAPTISM. OFTEN WE SEE THAT TRADITIONALLY.
NOTHING WRONG, I GUESS, IF SOMEBODY FEELS THAT. BUT
REALLY WHAT YOU SEE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS YOU SEE
PEOPLE WHO, ONCE THEY MAKE A DEDICATION TO JESUS CHRIST,
THEN THEY FOLLOW UP WITH BAPTISM, WHICH IS IMMERSION,
DOWN WITH THE OLD, UP WITH THE NEW. BUT WHAT YOU DO
FIND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS YOU SEE CHILDREN BEING
DEDICATED. AND YOU CAN FIND THAT IN LUKE CHAPTER TWO,
VERSE 22. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT IN MATTHEW 19, WHEN
THEY BROUGHT THE CHILDREN TO JESUS FOR HIM TO LAY THEIR
HANDS ON THE CHILDREN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO AS WELL TODAY. AND THEN 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 25, THEY
STOOD BEFORE THE LORD AND DEDICATED THEIR CHILDREN
UNTO GOD. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GIVING
BACK TO GOD WHAT HE'S GIVEN TO US IN HIS PRECIOUS LITTLE
ONES. AND SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A CHARGE TO YOU ALL AS
PARENTS, TO YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND THE PRESENCE OF
THESE WITNESSES, DO YOU PROMISE TO BRING YOUR CHILD
UP IN THE FEAR AND THE ADMONITION OF ALMIGHTY GOD?
AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, I WANNA PRAY A PRAYER.
PASTOR BRENDA, WOULD YOU COME AS WELL? WE'RE GONNA
PRAY OVER THESE CHILDREN. I WANNA PRAY A CORPORATE
PRAYER, AND THEN I'M GOING TO LAY MY HANDS. MAN, I'M
HEARING THE LORD SPEAKING TO ME OVER YOUR KIDS. OKAY, I
WILL DO IT. ALL RIGHT, I'M HEARING SOMETHING. OKAY, PASTOR
BRENDA, WOULD YOU PRAY OVER THESE CHILDREN AND THEN WE'RE
GONNA GO DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA LAY OUR HANDS UPON THEM.
- HEAVENLY FATHER, JUST STRETCH YOUR HANDS,
EVERYBODY OUT HERE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR
THESE BEAUTIFUL LIVES. AND FATHER, THE INCREDIBLE
DESTINY THAT EACH ONE OF THEM SHALL CARRY. THANK YOU.
AND FATHER, NOT ONLY CARRY BUT FULFILL. WE REBUKE
ANYTHING OF THE ENEMY THAT WOULD TRY TO COME TO
DISRUPT. THAT'S RIGHT. OR KEEP THEM FROM THEIR
PURPOSE. FOR FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT BEFORE THEY
WERE FORMED IN THEIR MOTHER'S WOMB, YOU KNEW
THEM. AND SO FATHER, WE SAY NOW AS THEY'RE DEDICATED
BACK TO YOU, THAT FATHER, YOUR HAND SHALL BE UPON THEM
THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, THEIR LONG LIVES IN THIS
EARTH. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME.
- AMEN, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN AND
WE'RE GOING TO LAY OUR HANDS UPON THESE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE
ONES WHO THEY'RE GONNA LET ME AND PASTOR BRENDA
BABYSIT, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, HOW YOU DOING, JULY? CAN YOU
GIVE ME FIVE? HOW YOU DOING? I KNOW, SHE'S GOOD LOOKING,
I'M TELLING YOU. SEE, THE LORD'S ALREADY SAYING HE'S
GONNA HAVE STRONG DISCERNMENT. (LAUGHING) I
KNOW. ACTUALLY, WHAT I HEAR IN MY HEART FOR THIS LITTLE
ONE, FIRST OF ALL, FATHER, WE GIVE BACK JULY INTO YOUR
HANDS. DEDICATE HIM BACK INTO YOUR HANDS AND YOUR
PURPOSE, FOR YOUR PURPOSE, TO BE FULFILLED. AND
EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE PLANNED AND YOU HAVE
DECLARED IN THE BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN CONCERNING
THIS LITTLE ONE, IT SHALL BE FULFILLED. AND LORD, WE
RELEASE AN ANOINTING THAT NO HARM AND NO EVIL CANNOT AND
WILL NOT EVER COME NEAR. NOW, WHAT I HEAR IN MY HEART
IS, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE AND I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BOOK
OF ISAIAH WHERE IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS A ROOT, JESSE, THE
ROOT, AND THERE WAS A BRANCH THAT CAME OUT OF THE ROOT.
AND THEN IT GOES ON, IT WAS TALKING ABOUT JESUS AND IT
SAYS, "IS THIS NOT THE CARPENTER'S SON?" GOD IS
SAYING THIS ABOUT THIS CHILD. THE MORE THAT YOU
POUR IN TO THIS ONE IN THE THINGS OF GOD, THE THINGS OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD, THE MORE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE
EXPRESSION AND THE FRUIT OF IT. BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING
TO BE SOME THINGS THAT GOD IS GOING TO DO THAT HAS TO
DO WITH YOU. IS THIS NOT THE CARPENTER'S SON? THERE'S A
BUILDING GRACE AND ANOINTING ON THIS ONE. THERE'S AN
ENTREPRENEUR CALLING AND ANOINTING, BUT THERE IS A
LEADERSHIP THAT IS GONNA SERVE A DUAL ROLE. ONE IS TO
BE A BUILDER IN THE NATURAL, BUT THERE IS ALSO A KINGDOM
BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP THAT WILL COME. AND THE LORD
SAYS, "PAY ATTENTION "AROUND THE 18TH BIRTHDAY OF THIS
ONE. "THERE'S GOING TO COME A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. "IT'LL
SEEM AS THOUGH LEADING UP A LITTLE DISTRACTED, BUT THEN
18, IT'S GONNA SHIFT. AND BY THE TIME 21 COMES, YOU'RE
GONNA SEE AN EXPRESSION OF LEADERSHIP ON THIS CHILD
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MARVEL AT. AND THERE WILL BE A
CREATIVE ABILITY TO BUILD, NOT ONLY IN THE NATURAL,
VERY GIFTED, VERY STRONG WITH THEIR HANDS, BUT THE
LEADERSHIP AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HELP BUILD FOR GOD.
I'M TELLING YOU, HE WILL HELP BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD. AND I'M NOT SAYING A MINISTRY CALLING, BUT A
CALLING TO REALLY, REALLY HELP BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD, AS WELL AS THINGS IN THE NATURAL. SO WE RELEASE
THAT GRACE AND THAT ANOINTING. THANK YOU, LORD.
THANK YOU, LORD. YOU ARE SO CUTE. ALL RIGHT, MAN. YEAH,
YEAH. AND I'M TELLING YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE
GONNA SEE AS HE GROWS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE LENGTH
OF HIS HANDS. JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, BECAUSE
THAT'S GONNA BE A SIGN OF THE REACH THAT HE'S GOING TO
HAVE AS A BUILDER FOR GOD AND HIS KINGDOM. FATHER, WE
THANK YOU FOR THIS. LOOK AT THESE LITTLE SOCKS HERE. WE
RELEASE THAT ANOINTING. LORD, WE GIVE BABY NOVA BACK
INTO YOUR HANDS. DEDICATE HER BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR
PURPOSES, FOR YOUR WILL, FOR YOUR GLORY, GOD, ALL THE
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND RECORDED,
PREDESTINED, ORDAINED, IT SHALL BE FULFILLED. AND WHAT
I HEAR THE LORD REALLY SAYING OVER THIS ONE IS,
THIS IS LIKE WHERE IT SAYS THAT THE RISING OF THE SUN,
RISING WITH HEALING IN THEIR WINGS, THERE'S A RADIANCE
AND A GLORY ON THIS CHILD THAT HAS TO DO WITH BEING
ABLE TO FUNCTION PRIVATELY BECAUSE THERE'S A SHYNESS
THAT WILL TRY TO COME ON THIS CHILD THAT THE LORD
DOESN'T WANT. THE LORD DOESN'T WANT THIS CHILD TO BE
AN INTROVERT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
LIKE, TO THEMSELVES. THEY'RE NOT CALLED TO BE AN INTROVERT.
THIS LITTLE ONE IS CALLED TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN AN INTROVERT
AND EXTROVERT. AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO NAVIGATE WITH THIS CHILD
THE ABILITY OF HOW TO- SHE'S GONNA LIKE TO BE TO HERSELF.
AND SHE'S NOT GONNA, AT FIRST LIKE TO BE AROUND CERTAIN
THINGS. BUT THE EXPRESSION'S GONNA BEGIN TO HIT HER AROUND
THE AGE OF SEVEN. AND GOD IS SAYING, EVEN AS SHE MOVES INTO
HER TEENAGE YEARS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE EXPRESSION OF HER
TRYING TO MANIFEST. THERE'S A BOLDNESS THAT WILL COME ON
HER, AN EXPRESSION THAT WILL COME OUT OF HER. BUT IT'S
THESE FIRST FEW YEARS, BETWEEN NOW UNTIL AT LEAST
FIVE INTO SEVEN, THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY BEGIN
TO NURTURE AND NOT LET HER GO TOWARDS THE WAY OF
INTROVERT, SHYNESS, ISOLATION, 'CAUSE THERE'S AN
EXPRESSION THAT HAS TO COME BECAUSE THERE'S A CREATIVE
SOUND THAT'S COMING OUT OF HER. I HEAR MELODY, I HEAR
CREATIVITY THAT IS UPON THIS CHILD. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE
GREAT EXPRESSION COME. AND IT'LL BE IN CREATIVE THINGS,
BUT IN MUSIC, IN THE VOICE, AND ALSO IN OF THE HANDS
BECAUSE OF THE RADIANCE OF GLORY THAT IS TO BE
EXPRESSED THROUGH HER MOUTH AND THROUGH HER HANDS. AND
THE LORD SAYS THROUGH HER LIFE AND HER PRESENCE. AND
SO I RELEASE THAT OVER YOU NOW IN YESHUA'S NAME.
- YEAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
- I THINK SHE LIKES WATCHES. - DO YOU LIKE WATCHES?
- SHE DOES.
- THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE FAKE ONES. SO, ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. CAN WE DO THIS? I WANT YOU GUYS TO TURN
AROUND. YOU GUYS GOTTA SHOW OFF YOUR CHILDREN. AREN'T
THEY SO CUTE? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND CLAP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS, WE LOVE YOU. AMEN, AMEN. THANK
YOU, LORD. I ALWAYS LIKE MINISTERING SOMETHING, THEY
CAN GO BACK TO THEIR SEATS. I ALWAYS LIKE MINISTERING
SOMETHING IF WE CAN. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE 20,
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT, BUT MAN, YOU
KNOW, IT'S VERY BIBLICAL IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. HOW,
CAN I GIVE THIS TO SOMEBODY REAL QUICK? PASTOR DOUG, CAN
YOU GIVE THAT TO BRENDA? PASTOR DOUG, ARE YOU HERE?
LET ME SEE WHAT KIND OF TIME WE HAVE REAL QUICK. YEAH,
COME ON OVER HERE REAL QUICK. SO WHAT I WANNA DO,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN FOR A MOMENT BEFORE I
PREACH, IS I DO WANNA TALK TO YOU AND THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH GOD
MINISTER TO CHILDREN. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, HOW MANY
TIMES IN THE BIBLE GOD WOULD SPEAK AHEAD OF TIME, OR HE
WOULD SPEAK WHEN THAT CHILD WAS BORN OF THEIR DESTINY.
HOW MANY OF YOU READ THAT IN SCRIPTURE? AND SO I JUST
THINK IT'S NEAT WHEN GOD IS SAYING THAT IN PRESENTLY.
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD
YOUR CHILDREN DEDICATED UNDER THIS MINISTRY AND
YOU'VE SEEN THE THINGS THAT HE SAID FULFILLED AND BEING
FULFILLED? THAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING. I'M GLAD HANDS
ARE GOING UP. OKAY, SO ANYWAY. BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA
DO, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING IS ON OCTOBER
29TH, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER COME ACROSS ANY OF THE
FILTH THAT'S OUT THERE? I WAS WATCHING FOOTBALL AND I
WAS VERY GRIEVED WHEN I SAW DISNEY IS COMING OUT WITH
VAMPIRINA. IT'S A TEENAGE VAMPIRE. AND THEY'RE NOT
BEING APOLOGETIC. AND I'M SITTING HERE GOING, GOD, I
HAVE THINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THIS VESSEL, TO
THIS MINISTRY, THAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE, NOT ONLY TO
CHRISTIAN KIDS BUT TO THE WORLD. AND SO ON OCTOBER 29TH WE ARE
REALLY GOING TO PRAY OVER CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YOU, BUT HAVE YOU NOTICED JUST THE LEVEL OF ATTACKS THAT HAVE
BEEN AGAINST CHILDREN? MAYBE EVEN IN YOUR OWN FAMILIES. YOUR
KIDS. AND UH WE'RE GOING TO REALLY PRAY. WE'RE GOING TO
INTERCEDE FOR YOUR GRANDKIDS, YOUR CHILDREN, AND JUST FOR
CHILDREN IN GENERAL. AND REALLY FOR THIS GENERATION. AND THEN
WHAT I WANT TO DO, IS I WANT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF
AN UPDATE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR ANIMATION
PROJECT. AND DOJI HAS A BUNDLE OF ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT WE CREATE. I DON'T EVEN THINK THIS IS ALL THE BOOKS.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD LIKE, I THINK, SEVEN OF THESE
MUTZVIAN MODEL, IF THEY WILL SHOW THOSE ON THE SCREEN. WE
HAVE HELP WANTED IS BEING RELEASED. I JUST WROTE
ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ALREADY ILLUSTRATED. RACHEL, IT'S
GONNA BE RELEASED CALLED MUD RATS FOR A DAY. I WROTE TWO
MORE STORIES WITH THE MUTZVI MALLOW SERIES. NORRIS IS
ILLUSTRATING NOW. ONE'S DAVID AND GOLIATH. I WANTED
TO WRITE SOMETHING WITH MUTZVI MALLOW AND DAVID AND
GOLIATH. MUTZVI GETS INVOLVED, BUT HE DOESN'T
LIKE GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BIBLE NARRATIVE. AND
THEN I ALSO WROTE A CHRISTMAS ONE THAT'S COMING
CALLED PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TOWARDS THE MUD
RATS, AND THOSE WILL BE OUT NEXT YEAR. SO THERE WILL BE
LIKE NINE BOOKS IN TOTAL THERE. WE'RE WORKING ON
PUTTING THOSE INTO ANIMATION AS WELL. AND I JUST WANNA
ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY OR YOU'RE IN
THIS ROOM, MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY BOUGHT ONE OF THESE
BOOKS, I'M ASKING YOU TO BUY ANOTHER ONE. I'M ASKING YOU
TO HELP US BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS IT KEEPS THE
MINISTRY GROWING. I'M ALSO NOW USING A GUY THAT WROTE
VEGGIE TALES, NOT BEFORE VEGGIE TALES, ACTUALLY
BEFORE VEGGIE TALES WENT WOKE, HIS NAME IS COREY
EDWARDS. AND HE HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP TO ME BECAUSE I
CAN'T KEEP UP. AND SO HIM AND I WILL GET ON THE PHONE
FOR QUITE A WHILE AND I'LL GIVE HIM MY IDEAS,
SUMMARIES, DIALOGUE, HOW I WANT THE STORY TO GO. AND
THEN HE'LL ASK ME QUESTIONS AND KIND OF WRITE IT THEN
AND THERE. SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY MOVING FORWARD. AND I
TOLD THAT TO GOD, I SAID, GOD, IF YOU'RE GONNA WANT ME
TO KEEP DOING THIS, I AM SO BUSY, I CAN'T KEEP DOING IT
AT THIS LEVEL, SO I HAVE TO HAVE HELP. SO GOD HAS GIVEN
ME SOME OF THE BEST. SO THIS IS MUTZVI AND MILO. AND THEN
WE HAVE OUR COMIC BOOKS. AND THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING
THIS IS BECAUSE FOLKS, LISTEN, I'M NOT DOING THIS
BECAUSE I NEED ANOTHER THING TO DO. IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE A
PASSION FOR THE FATHER. HE LOVES KIDS, HE LOVES US, BUT
I HAVE A PASSION FOR KIDS. AND I'M TIRED OF THE
NONSENSE THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS GENERATION AGAINST
CHILDREN. AND THESE, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ THEM?
THEY ARE HILARIOUS BOOKS. SO THESE ARE, I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY ARE THERE, SEVEN COMIC BOOKS. I JUST WORKED WITH
COREY ON ANOTHER ONE. THIS ONE'S CALLED RAINING CAT,
THE NEXT ONE COMING OUT, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF
WRITING IT, IT'S CALLED RAINING CATS AND DOGS AND
OTHER PETS. SO CATS ACTUALLY ARE IN THE BOOK. I KNOW
YOU'RE SURPRISED. I WROTE IT IN YOUR HONOR, CAT PEOPLE.
BUT THEY TAKE OVER THE WORLD. SO YOU'RE GONNA
REALLY LIKE IT, IT'S REALLY FUNNY. AND SO THERE'S ALL OF
THOSE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, DOJI, IF I CAN GIVE
THESE TO YOU, WE ALSO HAVE, WE PUT THEM INTO COLORING
AND ACTIVITY BOOKS. YOU KNOW, EVERY KID LIKES TO
COLOR, AND SO I DECIDED TO DO IT IN ALL THREE SERIES.
NOW THIS ONE IS P.I. GUS, DETECTIVE AT LARGE. THIS
ONE, IF THEY COULD SHOW P.I. GUS, THIS IS, LET ME SHOW
YOU P.I., OKAY, THIS IS P.I. GUS, THERE HE IS. THIS IS A
DETECTIVE BOOK, THIS IS A LOT OF, YOU'RE GONNA SQUEAL
WITH LAUGHTER, YOU'RE GONNA GO HOG WILD, THIS IS A LOT
OF PUNS, BUT THEY'RE SUPER, SUPER FUNNY. AND I'M WRITING
ANOTHER ONE ABOUT THE MISSING PIGGY BANK. WHERE DO
YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, THE FIRST NATIONAL
PIGGY BANK IN THE BAHAMAS DISAPPEARS. I MEAN, THEY
DON'T JUST TAKE THE BANK, THEY TAKE THE MONEY. SO
WHERE DO YOU SEE P.I. GUS IS GONNA HELP OUT THERE? AND
THEN IN P.I. GUS STORY, THIS IS MY NOW, SO I'VE GOT THREE
SERIES, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT ONE.
AND THE NEXT SERIES THAT WE HAVE, AND WE JUST FINISHED A
STORY, SO, SO FUNNY. AND IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL,
'CAUSE I WANTED TO WRITE SOMETHING FOR THE GIRLS, BUT
ALSO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THE GUYS. AND SHE WORKS WITH
P.I. GUS, AND SHE GROWS UP ON A FARM, AND SHE LIVES IN
THE REAL WORLD, BUT WHEN SHE OPENS THE BARN, EVERYTHING
BECOMES HER IMAGINATION. AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE COMING
OUT SOON. IT'S CALLED "SECRET AGENT SUE," "FROM
THE FARM TO THE BAHAMAS." AND SO, YEAH, IT'S, I KNOW
YOU WONDER WHAT, YOU KNOW, MY MIND THINKS. ALL RIGHT,
THEN LASTLY, BEFORE I PREACH, THIS IS OUR LATEST
ANIMATION. WE FINISHED ONE, AND WE'VE GOT THREE MORE TO
GO. AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS
BETTER THAN THIS FIRST ONE. AND IT IS HILARIOUS. YOU'RE
GONNA LOVE IT. SO WILL YOU HELP ME? AND LISTEN,
CHRISTMAS IS COMING. BUY A BOOK, BUY THREE, BUY EIGHT.
BUT HERE'S THE THING, ON THE NIGHT OF THE EVENT, ON
OCTOBER 29TH, IN FACT, JOHN AMACHUKA'S GONNA ACTUALLY
FILM SOMETHING FOR ME WHEN HE'S HERE. THESE, THEY'RE
GONNA GET A FREE BOOK, CORRECT, BRENDA?
- YES, THAT'S, I CAN GET MY MIC.
- IF THEY CAN GET HER A MICROPHONE, PLEASE HELP ME
OUT HERE BEFORE I PREACH. OKAY, YOUR MIC IS ON.
- SO THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY FREE FOR ANYONE THAT CALLS
IN. WE'LL SEND IT OUT, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL OF
THESE BUNDLES THAT WE'LL MAKE AVAILABLE, LIKE FOR
CHRISTMAS, WE'VE GOT SOME BUNDLE BOXES THAT'LL BE
AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT. AND SO BE LOOKING FOR THOSE FOR
CHRISTMAS GIFTS. AND THE MORE THAT WE SEND THEM OUT,
AGAIN, NOT ONLY DOES IT GET THE MATERIAL INTO HOMES, BUT
THEN IT HELPS US GET THESE NEXT ANIMATIONS DONE.
- IT'S NO SECRET, BRENDA IS IN MY STORY. SHE IS ACTUALLY
LIEUTENANT ZINDI AND SECRET AGENT SUE. SHE'S A HERO. ALL
RIGHT, WELL, LET'S OPEN OUR BIBLES. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE
I WANNA START. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, LET'S GO TO
MATTHEW. LET'S GO TO MATTHEW 22. I THINK I'LL JUST START
THERE AND PREACH FROM THERE. WE'LL JUST GO RIGHT INTO
WHAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT WITH THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. SO WE
WANNA TALK ABOUT LOVE AND HONOR TODAY. EVERYBODY YAWN
SO YOU CAN GET YOUR YAWNS OUT. NO, I DIDN'T MEAN TO
MAKE US SO MANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT IT'LL
HELP GET THE YAWNS OUT. DOES EVERYBODY YAWN, JUST YAWN?
OKAY. I BET YOU NOW STARTING TO YAWN, RIGHT? WHEN
SOMEBODY STARTS, OKAY. BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT MATTHEW
22 AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHEN JESUS, HE WENT INTO
THIS PLACE AND THIS LAWYER COMES UP TO HIM. IF YOU READ
IN THE PREVIOUS VERSES, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THIS
ATTORNEY TRIED TO TRAP JESUS. HOW MANY EVER HAD A
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNEW THAT THEY WERE
TRYING TO TRAP YOU? RIGHT? MOM, I REMEMBER THOSE TIMES.
DID YOU CLEAN YOUR ROOM? YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF, IT WAS
A TRAP, MOM. IT WAS A TRAP. BUT ANYWAY, MATTHEW 15:8
WE'LL GO TO MATTHEW 22. OKAY, WE'LL GO TO MATTHEW 22:36
"THEN ONE OF THEM, WHICH WAS A LAWYER,
"ASKED JESUS A QUESTION AND BEGAN TO TEMPT
HIM SAYING, "MASTER, WHAT IS OR WHICH IS THE GREATEST
COMMANDMENT "IN THE LAW? "AND JESUS IMMEDIATELY,"
NOTICE HOW JESUS RESPONDS, DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT,
SAYS, "YOU," OR EVERYONE, UNDERLINE THIS, "SHOULD
HONOR OR LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD "WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, "WITH ALL YOUR MIND." NOTICE IN
SAY, ACCORDING TO ALL OF GRANDMA'S HEART, RIGHT?
ACCORDING TO PASTOR HANK'S HEART, THERE HAS TO BE, YOU
HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO FOLLOW GOD, TO LOVE GOD, TO
HONOR GOD. YOU CAN'T ALWAYS WALK IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN
THE REVELATION OF SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR
OWN EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. BUT THEN NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS,
VERSE 38. THIS IS THE FIRST, AND IT IS THE GREATEST OF
THE COMMANDS THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. NOW NOTICE WHAT HE
SAYS IN VERSE 39. AND THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT. YOU
SHOULD LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE, YOUR NEIGHBOR, OTHER PEOPLE,
AS YOU DO YOURSELF. NOW LET THAT SINK IN. CAN YOU
IMAGINE IF MORE PEOPLE WOULD LOVE GOD? THAT LOVE WOULD BE
SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD
BE EXPRESSED SO MUCH MORE IN SUCH AN EVIL GENERATION, IN
A CORRUPT CULTURE. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST
FALL MORE IN LOVE WITH GOD AND HOW THAT WOULD SPILL
OVER TO LOVING PEOPLE, HONORING PEOPLE, TREATING
PEOPLE WITH RESPECT? HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER GROWING
UP THAT THE BIG SAYING WAS DO UNTO OTHERS, THE GOLDEN
RULE, IS YOU'D HAVE THEM DO TO YOU? HOW MANY REMEMBER
THE SAYING, DON'T SAY ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE
SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY? RIGHT? BOY, IF THAT WOULD BE
A SOCIAL MEDIA RULE. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU HAVE THEM DO
TO YOU, RIGHT? IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NICE, THEN
DON'T SAY IT. BOY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, TALK ABOUT
CENSORSHIP, THAT OUGHT TO BE IT RIGHT THERE IF THEY'RE
GONNA DO ANYTHING. BUT IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BREAKING
THESE COMMANDS. NOW NOTICE WHAT JESUS SAYS. HE SAID,
AFTER LOVING GOD, HONORING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH AND LOVING AND HONORING SOMEBODY
ELSE, HE SAID, NOW LOOK, THESE ARE THE TWO GREATEST
COMMANDMENTS AND ALL OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS HAVE
BEEN FULFILLED. IN OTHER WORDS, LOOK AT THE 10
COMMANDMENTS. THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THE GRAPHIC. ALL OF
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THESE TWO
PRINCIPLES, LOVING GOD, HONORING GOD, AND LOVING AND
HONORING PEOPLE. SO THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE 10
COMMANDMENTS UP. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE 10
COMMANDMENTS FOR A SECOND. NOW, THIS IS THE SHORT
VERSION. IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE LONGER VERSION OF IT,
YOU CAN GO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, TO EXODUS
CHAPTER 20. BUT NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS. THOU SHALL HAVE NO
OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. THOU SHALL NOT MAKE ANY GRAVEN
IMAGE. THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD IN
VAIN. THE FOURTH, REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT
HOLY. NUMBER FIVE, HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER. SIX,
THOU SHALL NOT KILL, THOU SHALL NOT MURDER, THOU SHALL
NOT STEAL, AND THOU SHALL NOT LIE AND BEAR FALSE
WITNESS ACCUSING THY NEIGHBOR, AND THOU SHALL NOT
COVET. NOW KEEP THOSE UP THERE NOW. AS I WAS LOOKING
AT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, I STARTED THINKING, OKAY, HOW
WOULD I, IF I'M LOOKING AT THESE COMMANDMENTS, HOW
WOULD I DEFINE IT FOR ME? AND SO AS I LOOKED AT THIS
AND I STARTED LOOKING AT, YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS
BEFORE ME, I THOUGHT, OKAY, HANK, REALLY WHAT GOD IS
SAYING IS THOU SHALL NOT DISHONOR ME. IF YOU LOVE GOD
AND YOU HONOR GOD, YOU AREN'T GONNA WORSHIP OTHER
THINGS. THAT'S WHY, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RELIGIOUS,
BUT IT'S WHY IN LIFE I TRY NOT TO SAY, EXCEPT FOR MY
WIFE OR SOMETHING OF REAL VALUE, I TRY NOT TO USE THE
WORD I LOVE THAT. BECAUSE I WANT THE HIGHEST HONOR AND
THE HIGHEST LOVE TO GO FIRST AND FOREMOST TOWARDS GOD AND
THEN THE EXPRESSION OF THAT WITH MY WIFE AND MY KIDS AND
YOU, THE PEOPLE. BUT I TRY NOT TO SAY, OH, I JUST LOVE
THIS PICTURE. WELL, I LIKE IT, IT REALLY FEELS GOOD.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RELIGIOUS. I'M JUST SIMPLY
SAYING THAT I WANT TO ALWAYS REMIND MYSELF THAT I HAVE TO
HONOR GOD AND NOT DISHONOR HIM. AND SO IF I WAS TO SAY,
THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME, WHAT IS GOD
SAYING? GOD SIMPLY IS SAYING, I WANNA BE FIRST. I
DON'T WANNA BE SECOND. I DON'T WANNA BE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT. AND SO HOW DO I CAUSE IN MY LIFE, THOU
SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME? WELL, IT MEANS
GOD FIRST, NOT SECOND. GOD IS NOT TO BE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS WHEN I'M
LAYING IN MY BED AND ON MY BED AT NIGHT, I LIFT MY EYES
AND I HONOR HIM. I WORSHIP HIM. WHEN I GET UP, I HONOR
HIM AND I DEDICATE THE DAY TO HIM. I PRAY TO HIM. I
EVEN GO TO HIS WORD. I RECITE HIS WORD. I GO BEFORE
HIS THRONE AND LET HIM KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM AND HOW
MUCH I NEED HIM FOR THE DAY. GOD, YOU ARE FIRST. NOW ASK
YOURSELF A QUESTION. IS GOD FIRST? YOU CAN TELL IF GOD
IS FIRST IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT YOUR TIME. HOW ARE YOU
USING YOUR TIME? HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU GIVING TO GOD?
AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE AN EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY, BUT IS
GOD FIRST? IS HE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF YOUR LIFE AND
HOW YOU REPRESENT HIM? IS HIS HEART AND HOW HE THINKS
AND HOW HE FEELS AND HE'S WATCHING US ALL THE TIME?
GOD, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. EVEN AS
I'M AT MY DESK TODAY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE
FIRST AND I'M THINKING OF YOU AND I'M HONORING YOU.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, GOD, AS I'M DRIVING MY CAR AND
ALL THESE WOMEN DRIVERS ARE MAKING ME MAD. GOD. I JUST
THANK YOU, LORD, THAT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, NONE OF
THEM ARE GETTING A LICENSE. YOU KNOW, LORD, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK
YOU, LORD. I'M SURE IF I ASK KAT KERR, KAT, YOU'RE UP IN
HEAVEN, I BET YOU WOMEN DON'T DRIVE. YOU KNOW I'M
ONLY KIDDING, LADIES. I MEAN, YOU'RE LIKE, REMEMBER
WHAT IT SAID ABOUT LOVING YOUR FELLOW GUY HERE, ALL
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SO I'M GIVING YOU PRACTICE. OKAY,
LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. THOU SHALL HAVE NO IDOLS. NOW, IT
DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T HAVE AMERICAN IDOLS. DO THEY
STILL HAVE THAT SHOW AROUND ANYMORE? IT IS STILL AROUND?
OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I LOOKED AT MYSELF AND
I SAID, "SELF, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO SELF?" "THOU
SHALL NOT REPLACE ME." THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO GOD.
NUMBER ONE, THOU SHALL PUT YOU FIRST. NUMBER TWO, THOU,
OH HANK, SHALL NOT REPLACE GOD. I'M NOT GONNA REPLACE
HIM. MY TRAINS ARE ALL AT BRENDA'S DECORATING SHOWS.
HINT, HINT, BRENDA. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GOING, GEEZ,
NO, I'M MESSING WITH YOU. IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT'S
REAL, IT IS REAL, BRENDA, BUT I GOT THE REMOTE BACK,
IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON. BUT HERE'S THE POINT, THE POINT
IS THIS. I'M NOT GONNA REPLACE YOU, GOD. AND SO
WHAT IS GOD TRYING TO SAY? THOU SHALL NOT MAKE IDOLS.
HE'S TRYING TO SAY, LOOK, DON'T REPLACE ME. WHAT IS
YOUR GREATEST PASSION? WHO IS YOUR GREATEST PASSION?
WHAT ARE YOU SPENDING THE MOST TIME DOING AND WITH?
WHAT ARE YOU GIVING YOUR MOST HEART TO? WHAT ARE YOU
GIVING YOUR MONEY TO? BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS
CAN BE TRACED TO, ARE WE IDOLIZING AND GIVING
IMPORTANCE TO SOMETHING OR SOMEONE ELSE MORE SO THAN
GOD? EVEN THE REMOTE. I MEAN, THERE WAS A COUPLE
TIMES I WAS WATCHING FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT, I
STARTED MORPHING INTO A FIGURE, LIKE AN IDOL FIGURE.
THAT WAS A DUMB JOKE. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THIRD
ONE. ALL RIGHT, GO TO THE THIRD ONE. "THOU SHALL NOT
TAKE THE NAME," WHAT'S SO FUNNY, THAT WASN'T FUNNY. I
KNOW YOU'RE LAUGHING AT ME BECAUSE IT WAS A DUMB JOKE.
SO YOU'RE NOT LAUGHING AT THE JOKE, YOU'RE LAUGHING AT
HOW DUMB IT WAS THAT I SAID IT. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GO.
IS THAT IT? OKAY, ALL RIGHT, HELP ME PREACH NOW. LET'S GO
TO THIS SECTION WHO LOVES ME. THEY NEED TO WORK ON
THAT ONE PART ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOU SHALT LOVE THY
FELLOW NEIGHBOR OVER HERE, YOU KNOW. BUT LOOK AT THE
THIRD ONE. THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE LORD GOD'S NAME IN
VAIN. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I WILL NOT DISRESPECT YOU.
GOD, YOU'RE NUMBER ONE, FIRST COMMANDMENT, HANK.
SECOND COMMANDMENT, I WON'T REPLACE YOU. NUMBER THREE, I
AM GOING TO RESPECT YOU. RIGHT? RIGHT? I REMEMBER
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GUY, I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE AND
THERE WAS THIS FRIEND OF MINE, HE WAS A STAR FOOTBALL
PLAYER, HIM AND I WERE BUDDIES. AND I WAS GOING
THROUGH THE LUNCH LINE AND WE WERE KINDA, YOU KNOW,
PUSHING EACH OTHER. HE WAS A BIG DUDE, MAN. HE WAS LIKE
ONE OF THESE GUYS. YOU EVER REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE KIDS,
LIKE IN EIGHTH GRADE, THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE LIKE
25 BUT THEY WERE ONLY LIKE 14. HE WAS LIKE ONE OF
THOSE, HAD A FULL BEARD, RIGHT? I'M LIKE, I ONLY HAD
LIKE ONE LITTLE WHISKER UNDERNEATH MY NOSE AND IT
CURLED, THIS LITTLE PEACH FUZZ, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO BE
JUST LIKE HIM, YOU KNOW? PROVED THAT I WAS JUST AS
MUCH OF A MAN WITH ONE PEACH FUZZ HAIR, MAN. BUT ANYWAY,
ALL I REMEMBER IS HIM AND I WERE KINDA JUST KINDA
PUSHING EACH OTHER, KINDA GETTING IN LINE AND KIDDING,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE PUSHED ME A LITTLE HARD AND
I ROSE UP AND I PUSHED HIM BACK. I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? AND I SAID, I CALLED HIM, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I
CALLED HIM AN SOB, A SON OF A, GOLLY, OF A ITCH. AND HE
GRABBED ME RIGHT IN THE LUNCH LINE, HE TOOK ME DOWN
ON THE FLOOR, I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE WWE WRESTLING,
DOWN WITH HANK, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S LIKE, DON'T YOU
CALL MY MOM THAT. AND I'M LIKE, I'M NOT CALLING YOUR
MOM THAT, I CALLED YOU THAT. AND I SAID, TODD, STOP, MAN,
I DIDN'T KNOW. AND I SAID, MAN, DUDE, WHY ARE YOU SO
UPSET? HE SAID, MY MOM IS NOT AN ITCH. AND I'M LIKE,
HUH? IT DAWNED ON ME, YOU SON OF A. AND HE TOOK IT SO,
I MEAN, HE WAS SERIOUS. I WAS HIS FRIEND, I MEAN,
GREAT FRIEND. HE WAS LIKE THE TOUGHEST IN THE SCHOOL,
BUT I CROSSED THE LINE, I TOUCHED HIS MOM. IF WE WOULD
HAVE THAT KIND OF FEELING, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, SOMEBODY AT THE BASEBALL GAME. JC, OH, YOU
IDIOT, BAM! HERE GOES THIS POPCORN, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS
IN THE YELLOW, YOU KNOW, JACKETS COME OUT AND YOU GET
ARRESTED. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT I HAVE SAID
THAT AT GAMES BEFORE, WHERE PEOPLE START USING THE
LORD'S NAME IN VAIN AND I TURN AROUND AND I SAY, "OH,
BUDDHA! "HARI KRISHNA!" AND THEY START LAUGHING, "WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?" I SAID, "YOU DON'T TAKE THE NAME OF MY
LORD IN VAIN. "PICK ON BUDDHA, HE'S FAT AND HE'S A
DIET. "AND HARI KRISHNA, I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME
"THAT GUY NEEDS TO SHAVE. "GUESS WHY HE'S HAIRY?" I
KIND OF JOKE AROUND WITH THEM, LIKE, "OH, SORRY." BUT
DO WE HAVE THAT HONOR IN OUR HEART AND LOVE FOR GOD? GOD,
YOU'RE NUMBER ONE. I'LL HAVE NO OTHER GODS. NUMBER TWO, I
WON'T REPLACE YOU. I PRIORITIZE YOU. AND NUMBER
THREE, I WILL NOT DISRESPECT YOU OR LET ANYBODY ELSE
DISRESPECT YOU. SO WHEN THEY TRY TO TELL ME THAT IT'S OKAY TO
HAVE ANY OTHER KIND OF MARRIAGE OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE,
UH-UH, THAT'S CALLED VAIN. I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU DISRESPECT
MY GOD. AND IF YOU WANNA TRY TO TELL ME THAT YOU'RE A CAT
AND YOU NEED A LITTER BOX IN THE BATHROOM, I'M SORRY. I
WILL NOT DISRESPECT GOD AND THAT WHICH IS MADE IN HIS
IMAGE AND AIN'T GONNA FLY. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) THAT
AIN'T IT. LET'S SAY THAT, THAT AIN'T IT. THOU SHALL
NOT DISRESPECT THE LORD. SO YOU GOTTA WATCH YOUR MOUTH.
NO MORE JC, NO MORE SUBSTITUTION WORDS. RIGHT?
LOOK AT THE FOURTH ONE. THOU SHALL REMEMBER THE SABBATH
DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY. OKAY, HANK, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT MEANS THE GATHERING TOGETHER AS BELIEVERS NEED
TO BE A PRIORITY, RIGHT? IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, IT WAS A
DAY OF REST. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IT WAS A DAY OF
WORSHIP. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS I CANNOT MAKE EVERYTHING
ELSE A PRIORITY. OH, I'M VERY, VERY CONSISTENT TO
MAKE SURE I GO TO OTHER THINGS ONCE A WEEK, RIGHT?
RIGHT, BINGO, UNDERWATER BASKET WEAVING CLASSES.
RIGHT? GOTTA GO TO THE GYM FIVE DAYS A WEEK. RIGHT?
WELL, IF YOU GET LESS "LET'S GET PHYSICAL" AND GET MORE
"BIBLICAL, BIBLICAL," YOU PROBABLY WOULD DO A LITTLE
BIT BETTER IF YOU WOULD HONOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
GATHERING TOGETHER AS THE CHURCH. BUT YOU KNOW WHY,
SOCIETY? THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS TO
GET PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THE CHURCH AND YOUR GOD, OUR
GOD, IS IRRELEVANT. IT USED TO BE, WHEN I GREW UP, I'M
GONNA BE 60 IN MAY. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? WELL, THANK
YOU. I'M GONNA BE HERE A LONG TIME. BUT HERE'S THE
POINT. THE POINT IS THIS. I REMEMBER GROWING UP, AND
MOM, YOU REMEMBER THIS IN THE AMOCO BUSINESS. YEAH,
'CAUSE MY PARENTS, MY DAD, AFTER HE RETIRED OUT OF THE
AIR FORCE, DECIDED, AND MY MOM TO OPEN UP A, HOW MANY
REMEMBER ANTHONY'S STEAKHOUSE? USED TO BE RIGHT
NEXT TO ANTHONY'S, AMOCO. AND AMOCO HAS COME BACK,
AMERICA'S MADE A COMEBACK. BUT YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER IT
WAS VERY HARD TO FIND ANYTHING THAT WAS OPEN ON A
SUNDAY. I THINK THE DONUT SHOPS WERE ABOUT THE ONLY
THING WITH SOME COFFEE FOR ALL THE CHURCH PEOPLE. AND
HOW MANY OF YOU, IT WAS LIKE A SIN IF YOU GOT HIRED AT A
PLACE AND THEY SUGGESTED A SUNDAY? YOU DIDN'T SIGN YOUR
KIDS UP FOR SOCCER. YOU DIDN'T SIGN YOUR KIDS UP FOR
VOLLEYBALL. AND YOU DIDN'T GO OUT OF TOWN, DO AWAY
GAMES ON A SUNDAY THAT KEPT YOU OUT OF CHURCH. AND YOU
DIDN'T BUY YOUR BOAT SO THAT YOU CAN GO OUT ON A SUNDAY
DURING THE CHURCH SERVICE, WHILE THE PREACHERS ARE PREACHING.
YOU'RE OUT THERE ON THE LAKE. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY. REMEMBER GOING
TO CHURCH. REMEMBER THE PRIORITIZING OF THE CHURCH.
JUST BECAUSE THE WORLD IS CLOSING CHURCHES ON SUNDAY,
OR OPENING UP EVERYTHING, I SHOULD SAY, DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU GOTTA BE OPEN TO EVERYTHING ELSE. I'M SO
BUSY, I NEED A DAY TO MYSELF. THAT'S NOT WHAT GOD
SAID. WE ARE TO REMEMBER AND DEDICATE A SPECIFIC TIME. IF
WE ARE GYM RATS, HOW COME WE AIN'T PRAYER RATS? IF WE'RE
YOGA RATS, YOU BETTER BE WATCHING SOME OF THOSE
EXERCISES YOU'RE DOING, 'CAUSE WHILE YOU'RE DOING
IT, THE DEMONS ARE DOING IT WITH YOU. 'CAUSE YOU LOOK
AT, YOU EVER LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, CREATURE
FEATURE THINGS? I MEAN, SOME OF THESE, LIKE IDOLS, MAN,
THEY GOT LIKE SEVEN ARMS COMING OUT OF THEIR HEAD,
AND EVERYTHING, AND PEOPLE ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
I'M LIKE, I RECOGNIZE THAT. THAT IS A VASE THAT INCENSE
COMES OUT OF THEIR EARS, AND THE FIRE COMES OUT OF THEIR
EYES. IT'S JUST SIMPLE EXERCISES, PASTOR HANK.
LISTEN, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER
THE SUN, SO WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THEIR EXERCISES?
(CONGREGATION MURMURS) WELL, THE FALSE DEMON, RUDOLPH, OR
SOMETHING IS GOING, OH, GREAT, BECAUSE SEE WHAT
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE? IT'S WHY YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL.
MAN, I'M WATCHING FOOTBALL YESTERDAY, AND I HAVE TO
HAVE A REMOTE, AND IN THE CENTER IS A, YOU PRESS IT
DOWN, AND THEN THE ARROW COMES UP IN CIRCLES, AND IT
GOES TO THE NEXT CHANNEL. BECAUSE, DID YOU NOTICE HOW
MANY HAUNTED COMMERCIALS CAME UP DURING FOOTBALL?
MAN, I HAD TO, (YELLS) AND YOU COULD ALWAYS TELL BY THE
MUSIC. DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN, DUN,
DUN, DUN, LIKE, HELL NO, CHING, AH. (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
OR YOU HEAR THAT, (YELLS) YOU'RE LIKE, NO, (YELLS) YOU
HAVE TO TURN IT. BECAUSE SEE, YOUR TV IS A MEDIUM.
WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. THEY CALL IT A MEDIUM. THAT
CHANNELS AND BRINGS THE UNSEEN WORLD INTO YOUR
LIVING ROOM. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, I CHALLENGE YOU
TO PUT PRAISE AND WORSHIP ON IN YOUR HOME, LET IT PLAY 24
HOURS A DAY IN YOUR HOME, AND SEE WHAT YOUR HOUSE
FEELS LIKE. AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, TRY FIRST, BUT
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, DO THEY HAVE THE HORROR
CHANNEL? IS THERE A HORROR CHANNEL? PUT THE HORROR
CHANNEL ON, RIGHT? AND LET IT PLAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
AND WHEN YOU COME HOME, MAN, YOUR KITCHEN TABLE WILL BE
IN THE BASEMENT. YOUR CAT WILL BE LIKE, (GROWLING)
YOU'LL HEAR VOICES. JUST 'CAUSE YOU LEFT
THE TV ON. IT'S NO DIFFERENT WHEN WE'RE DOING CERTAIN
POSES AND THINGS THAT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, IN
MEDITATION. AND IT'S A MEDIUM, YOU GOTTA BE
CAREFUL. NOW THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WORKING ON YOUR
TRIQUADS OR WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL
THOSE THINGS. ALL RIGHT, BUT JUST BE CAREFUL. DON'T MAKE
ALL THAT OTHER STUFF A PRIORITY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO BACK TO THE COMMANDMENTS. OH, DID IT COME UP? LOOK AT
THAT, LOOK AT THAT, OH MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S
THE OTHER ONE? THOU SHALL HONOR THY OLD LADY AND THY
OLD MAN. MOM, IN ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MY
MOM, I'VE NEVER CALLED YOU AN OLD LADY. NOT THAT YOU
KNOW OF, OKAY, NOT THAT YOU KNOW OF, BUT EVEN IN
PRIVATE, MOM, I'VE NEVER SAID THAT YOU'RE AN OLD
LADY. WAIT, GOD'S LISTENING. I WANT HIM ON RECORD NOW.
MOM, I'VE NEVER CALLED YOU AN OLD LADY IN PRIVATE, BUT
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, OH, MY OLD LADY, OH, MY OLD MAN.
I NEVER DID THAT. FIRST OF ALL, IF I DID THAT TO MY
DAD, HE'D PROBABLY BEAT ME. MY MOM, I DON'T KNOW, MOM,
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OH, SHE SLAPPED MY MOUTH. I LOVE MY
MOM. OKAY, THERE YOU GO, I LOVE MY MOM. BUT WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? OKAY, SO IN THE HANK COMMANDMENTS, HMM, THOU
SHALT PUT GOD NUMBER ONE, THOU SHALT NOT REPLACE GOD,
THOU SHALT NOT DISRESPECT HIM, THOU SHALT HONOR HIS
BODY, HIS CHURCH, AND THOU IS GONNA PRIORITIZE FAMILY.
OR HOW ABOUT THIS, OTHERS. AND I THINK IF WE WOULD JUST
BE THAT KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD HONOR, I MEAN,
HERE'S THE THING THAT I LOOK AT WITH PEOPLE. HONOR YOUR
MOTHER AND FATHER. AND THEN THEY WONDER WHY THEIR LIFE
IS GOING AWRY. 'CAUSE THE BIBLE TELLS YOU, HONOR YOUR
MOTHER AND FATHER, THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU. WELL,
THE REASON WHY SOMETIMES IT AIN'T WELL WITH US IS
BECAUSE HOW WE'RE TREATING EITHER OUR MOM AND DAD OR
OTHER PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STORY OF A LADY.
AND SHE USED TO, I THINK SHE WAS FROM AFGHANISTAN BECAUSE
SHE MADE AFGHANS. AND SO THIS LADY FROM AFGHANISTAN,
SHE MADE AFGHANS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. BEAR WITH ME. ARE
YOU ENJOYING THIS? NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU CAN'T WAIT
TILL I'M DONE. BUT ANYWAY, SHE MADE AFGHANS. BUT THEY
SAID, THIS IS A TRUE STORY, THEY SAID SHE WAS THE RUDEST
PERSON THAT YOU WOULD EVER WANNA MEET. THAT WHEN PEOPLE
WOULD GET AN AFGHAN FROM THEM, THEY WOULD LIKE, WE
DON'T EVEN WANT IT, YOU'RE SO MEAN, YOU'RE SO RUDE, YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT. WELL, LATER ON
IN LIFE, SHE WENT INTO A ASSISTED LIVING CENTER AND
THE NURSES WERE ASKING HER, YOU KNOW, "DO YOU HAVE
FAMILY?" SHE'S LIKE, "YES." THEY SAID, "WELL, HOW COME
NOBODY VISITS YOU? "DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSE FRIENDS?"
"NO, NOT REALLY, I DID." THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU DON'T
HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR ANYTHING, "BUT YOU KEEP
GETTING ALL OF THESE AFGHANS." AND SHE'S LIKE, "I
DIDN'T MAKE THESE AFGHANS." NOBODY WOULD COME TO VISIT
HER. NOBODY WOULD WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MERRY
CHRISTMAS. NOBODY WOULD EVER COME BY AND BE KIND AND
NICE, CONSIDERATE, THOUGHTFUL OF THIS LADY WHO
NOW, IN HER OLDER YEARS, WAS IN A NURSING HOME. AND SO
THEIR WAY OF GIVING BACK WAS, SHE WOULD GET AFGHANS,
AND HER ROOM WAS FILLED WITH AFGHANS. AND THE NURSING
PEOPLE SAID, WE CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT. NOBODY COMES TO
VISIT YOU AND ALL THIS, BUT YET YOU GOT ALL THESE
AFGHANS. BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT GOD SAID. GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
WHATEVER A MAN SOWS, THAT SHALL HE REAP. AND SOMETIMES
WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE BEING UGLY AND NASTY TO PEOPLE,
MISTREATING PEOPLE, WE DON'T REALIZE THOSE ARE SEEDS. AND
WHEN YOU'RE DISRESPECTING YOUR MOM AND DAD, WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN ONE DAY WITH YOUR OWN KIDS WHEN YOU NEED
'EM? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONE DAY LATER ON IN LIFE WHEN
YOU WERE JUST NASTY AND UGLY AND WOULDN'T LOVE ANYBODY
AND BE KIND TO ANYBODY AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY YOU'RE
ALL ALONE? BECAUSE WE DO REAP WHAT WE SOW. AND THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOMAN, SHE SOWED SO MUCH DISHONOR AND
UNKINDNESS TO PEOPLE, SHE REAPED IT, NOBODY WANTED TO
BE AROUND HER. BUT BECAUSE SHE SOWED AFGHANS, SHE GOT
THAT IN RETURN. SO THIS IS A POWERFUL PRINCIPLE. HONOR
YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER, BECAUSE ONE DAY, COME ON, I
MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT MY LIFE, AND I'M REALIZING THAT
MY MOM AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, THERE'S A CERTAIN HONOR THAT
I HAVE TO BRING BACK TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S AMAZING THAT, KIDS, LISTEN TO ME.
YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOUR PARENTS, LIKE YOUR PARENTS,
BUT RIGHT NOW YOU NEED YOUR PARENTS. OH, I DON'T NEED
'EM. OH, NO, THERE'S GONNA BE ONE DAY. ONE DAY YOU'RE
GONNA WAKE UP AND YOU'RE GONNA REALIZE ONE DAY YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION. AM I GONNA GIVE
BACK TO MY PARENTS WHO GAVE TO ME WHEN THEY MAY NEED IT
LATER ON IN LIFE? AND HOW YOU TREAT 'EM NOW IS GONNA
DETERMINE A LOT OF THINGS HOW WELL IT GOES FOR YOU.
HOW WE TREAT OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S WHY SOME FOLKS ON THE
JOB, IF THEY WOULD JUST LEARN TO TREAT PEOPLE NICE,
IF THEY WOULD LEARN TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER NICE AND
RESPECTFUL AND KIND, MAN, THEY MIGHT REAP THAT IN
RETURN. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. I
DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP PREACHING THESE. THOU SHALL
NOT KILL. ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT? WHAT
DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEART? BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS OUT
OF THE HEART COMES MURDER AND REVELINGS, RIGHT?
MURDER, IT'S IN THE HEART. THAT WAS WHAT WAS IN CAIN,
HE MURDERED HIS BROTHER. NOW TODAY, PEOPLE MURDER PEOPLE
WITH THEIR WORDS, ESPECIALLY. CHARACTER
ASSASSINATION, FALSE ACCUSATION, GOSSIP, DISCORD,
UNKINDNESS, RIGHT? THOU SHALL NOT MURDER, MURDERS OF
THE HEART. SO I ASK MYSELF A QUESTION. HOW IS MY HEART,
HANK? IS THE LOVE OF GOD REALLY SHED IN MY HEART? OR AM I
QUICK-TEMPERED, FILLED WITH RAGE, FILLED WITH MALICE? AM I A
VENGEFUL PERSON? OKAY, IT ISN'T, MOST PEOPLE SKIP OVER
THAT. OH, I WOULD NEVER GO OUT AND KILL SOMEBODY. YEAH,
BUT YOU DO WITH YOUR MOUTH. YOU DEAL WITH VENGEANCE.
YOUR DESIRE TO GET EVEN WITH SOMEBODY, TO SETTLE THE
SCORE. NO, THAT'S WHY GOD SAID, LOOK, VENGEANCE IS
MINE, SAITH THE LORD. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY TO
CAIN WHEN HE KILLED HIS BROTHER ABEL, OR BEFORE HE
KILLED HIS BROTHER, IF YOU DO WELL, YOU HAVE A CHANCE,
BUT SOMETHING IS IN YOUR HEART, CAIN, IT'S CALLED
MURDER, AND IF YOU DON'T DO WELL, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A
MISTAKE. AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT PUT THINGS IN WRITING,
THEY PUT THINGS, COME ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY MAKE A,
YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT PHONE CALL, RIGHT? GOTTA HAVE THE
LAST WORD, GOTTA HAVE THAT LAST TEXT. IT'S A FORM OF
MURDER! BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR HEART TO BE VENGEFUL, TO
SLIDE INTO A PLACE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, YOU MAY
NOT PHYSICALLY MURDER SOMEBODY, BUT YOU MIGHT IN
THE WRONG WAY WITH YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS. BUT
OH NO, I WOULD NEVER KILL SOMEBODY. YEAH, MM-HMM. I
READ A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WHERE PEOPLE MURDER
ONE ANOTHER. OKAY, I WATCH THEM MURDER PREACHERS. I GET
ON, "OH MY GOD, I WOULD NEVER HAVE "SO-AND-SO AT THE
CHURCH. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO? "THEY ACTUALLY
SACRIFICE CHILDREN." I'VE READ SOME OF THOSE, I'M
LIKE, WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? AND WHAT ARE YOU
BELIEVING? I CAME ACROSS SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY THAT
SOMEBODY SHOWED ME, THAT SOMEBODY BELIEVES THAT
MELANIA IS NOT MELANIA. IT'S ACTUALLY PRINCESS DIANA
DRESSED UP. I MEAN, THEY SHOWED ME THIS. I'M LIKE,
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SOMEBODY ACTUALLY BELIEVES THIS? I
MEAN, WE BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT WE READ. AND SO, YOU
KNOW WHAT IT DOES IS IT STARTS MESSING WITH OUR
HEART AND THEN VENGEANCE FILLS IT, HATRED FILLS IT.
EVIL FILLS OUR HEART. AND YOU GET PULLED OUT OF THE
LOVE FOR GOD AND YOU GET PULLED OUT OF THE LOVE FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THOU SHALL NOT
COMMIT ADULTERY. NOW, SOME OF YOU MIGHT SAY, "WELL, I'M
NOT MARRIED, SO THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO ME." SOME OF
YOU MIGHT SAY, "WELL, I AM MARRIED, "AND I WOULD NEVER
DO THAT, "SO THAT COMMANDMENT CANNOT APPLY TO
ME." AND I STARTED LOOKING AT THAT, AND I SAID, "THAT
DOESN'T APPLY TO ME, NOR WILL IT." BUT THEN I SAID,
"HMM, THOU SHALT PUT GOD FIRST, "THOU SHALT NOT
REPLACE HIM, "THOU SHALT NOT DISRESPECT HIM, THOU SHALT
GATHER WITH HIS PEOPLE, THOU SHALT TREAT MY FAMILY, MY
PARENTS, ESPECIALLY MY MOM, AND OTHERS," 'CAUSE OTHERS
NEED TO BE HONORED TOO, "BEFORE MYSELF. BUT NOW THOU
SHALT WATCH YOUR HEART, HANK, THAT YOU WALK IN THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND NOT THE FLESH OF ANGER AND WRATH
AND MALICE AND VENGEANCE AND UNFORGIVENESS." "HMM, THOU
SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY." "OH, IT DOES APPLY." AND SO
I SAID TO SELF, "HANK, THE REASON YOU'LL NEVER COMMIT
ADULTERY ON BRENDA IS BECAUSE A, YOU LOVE HER, BUT
B, YOU ARE LOYAL." SO THOU SHALL NOT BE UNFAITHFUL.
UNFAITHFULNESS IS DISLOYALTY. SO HANK, THOU
SHALL BE LOYAL. I DON'T TALK AND GIVE MY HEART TO ANY
OTHER WOMAN, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN SEXUALLY ONLY. I DON'T
GIVE THEM MORE ATTENTION, MORE PRAISE. I DON'T TELL,
NOWADAYS YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL A LADY THAT, "HEY, BOY, DO
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOVELY OUTFIT." OR THEY'LL TAKE IT
AS SEXUAL HARASSMENT. SO YEAH, I SKIP ALL THAT STUFF
UNLESS BRENDA'S AROUND. SORRY, LADIES. YOU USED TO
BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WITHOUT GETTING MISUNDERSTOOD, OR
VICE VERSA. IT'S GONE OFF THE RAILS, RIGHT? BUT ARE
YOU OVER COMPLIMENTING? ARE YOU KINDER TO THAT WOMAN AT
YOUR JOB THAN YOUR OWN WIFE? LADIES, DO YOU GO DOWN AND
SERVE THE PT, IS IT STILL THE PTO, OR DID IT CHANGE?
PTO, WASN'T IT THE PTO CLUB? OH, THEY PUT AN A THERE
INSTEAD OF THE O. SO IT'S A PTA CLUB, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
MORE LOYAL AND FAITHFUL AND HARDWORKING AND SERVING AND
KIND TO ALL THE LADIES DOWN THERE AT THE LADY PT. HEY,
THEN YOU ARE YOUR OWN HUSBAND. HE COMES HOME,
DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A COOKED MEAL. IT'S WHAT YOU'RE
GIVING YOUR LOYALTY TO, RIGHT? HOW YOU'RE TREATING
OTHERS. ARE YOU FAITHFUL? ARE YOU LOYAL? ARE YOU LOYAL
TO YOUR JOB? ARE YOU LOYAL TO YOUR BOSS WHERE YOU DON'T
COME IN LATE? ARE YOU LOYAL THAT NO TEXT MESSAGE THAT IS
ON YOUR PHONE IF YOU'RE MARRIED IS OFF LIMITS TO
YOUR SPOUSE? YOU'RE LOYAL. I LEAVE MY PHONE RIGHT THERE
WHERE MY WIFE CAN GET IT ANYTIME SHE WANTS AND SHE
KNOWS MY PASSWORDS. EVERY ONE OF MY PASSWORDS, HELLO,
I FEEL IT. OH BOY, DO I FEEL IT. SOME OF YOU IN HERE AND
ONLINE, OH MY GOSH. OH, MAYBE THAT WAS ANOTHER
ACRONYM OR USING, GOD, I DIDN'T TAKE YOUR NAME. OH
MY, OH MY, OH MY, OH MY, OH MY. I'M HITTING IT WITH A
NUCLEAR WEAPON ON THAT ONE. SOME OF US, WE HAVE
PASSWORDS THAT IS ONLY FOR ME, NOT MY WIFE. REALLY? AND
I ONLY HAVE MY BANK ACCOUNT AND SHE HAS HER BANK ACCOUNT
AND SHE DOESN'T GET MY PASSWORD, SHE MIGHT TAKE MY
MONEY. REALLY, THAT'S MARRIAGE? I MEAN, DID YOU
GUYS, WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED, YOU GOT TOGETHER AND YOU GOT
ALL YOUR MONEY TOGETHER, OKAY, HERE'S 10 FOR YOU,
HERE'S 50 FOR ME 'CAUSE I WORK HARDER AND I HAVE MORE
EXPERIENCE. HERE'S A DOLLAR, HERE'S $100 FOR ME, AND YOU
DIVIDED UP YOUR ACCOUNTS, AND NOW YOU GOT SECRET
PASSWORDS THAT I, NO, MY WIFE HAS FULL ACCESS,
COMPUTERS, EVERYTHING, FULL ACCESS IN MY HEART. IF SHE
EVER COMES TO ME AND SAYS, "I DON'T LIKE THAT GIRL,"
OKAY, I WON'T TALK TO HER. I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. I
SAY THE SAME THING, BRENDA, I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT
PERSON. OKAY, END OF STORY. IF YOU HAVE TO SIT THERE AND
DEFEND THAT GIRL AT WORK, HUSBAND, YOU'RE IN THE
WRONG. WELL, MY WIFE IS JUST SUSPICIOUS. WELL, YOU MADE
HER THAT WAY. I'M PREACHING REAL GOOD AND I'M NOT
HEARING ANY, OH. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
BUT THOU SHALL BE LOYAL. OKAY. ANYBODY HERE BEEN
MARRIED OVER 50 YEARS? HOW MANY YEARS YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN MARRIED? HOW MANY YEARS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN MARRIED
RIGHT THERE? YES. 60 YEARS. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
THEY'RE LOYAL. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) HOW MANY YEARS
YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED? 50 YEARS?
38, I'VE BEEN MARRIED 36. HOW MANY YEARS, 50? THAT'S
CALLED, HUH? 53, WOW, ANYBODY ONLINE, WRITE DOWN
HOW MANY WE CELEBRATE YOU. 52? 62. THAT'S LOYALTY.
WE NEED THAT IN THIS GENERATION TODAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO
TO THE NEXT ONE. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START MAKING I THINK
I'M JUST GOING TO PREACH THIS TODAY. THIS HAS REALLY BEEN
GOOD. I MEAN, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ACCORDING TO THE
HTL. YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF THAT? TYRONE, THAT'S THE HANK
TRANSLATION. YOU SEE THAT? H-T-L, HANK TRANSLATION, NOT THE
THING THAT'S ON THE END OF MICROSOFT, HTL. WHAT IS
THAT? YOU CAN TELL I DON'T USE COMPUTERS LIKE,
HELP ME OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. HELP ME OUT
HERE. HDL. ALL RIGHT, AT LEAST THEY DO FIGURE OUT
WEFI. OK. I TOLD BRENDA, I SAID, CAN YOU RESET THE TV?
IT WAS LIKE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE NEBRASKA, MINNESOTA.
I SAID, BRENDA, HELP, HELP. SHE GOES, WHAT? I SAID, THE
WEFI'S NOT WORKING ANYMORE. GET THAT THING WORKING THERE.
HELP ME OUT. SO SHE HAD TO UNPLUG EVERYTHING. BRENDA IS
THE TECHNOLOGICAL PERSON OF THE FAMILY. SHE COMES DOWN WITH HER.
SHE DOES. SHE COMES DOWN WITH HER LITTLE, SHE HAS
THIS LITTLE LIKE A MINOR, YOU KNOW, LIGHT. SHE HAS HER
TOOLKIT. AND I STAND BACK AND I SAY, "NOW I THINK IF
YOU UNPLUG THAT ONE BUTTON IN THE BACK THERE TO THE
LEFT, BRENDA, AND JIGGLE THOSE WIRES, YOU MIGHT BE
ABLE TO GET IT." AND SHE'S UNDERNEATH THE THING, YOU
KNOW, FIXING IT. AND BRENDA, IF YOU COULD JUST LIFT THAT
HEAVY SHELF AND JUST KIND OF MOVE IT TO THE RIGHT AND
MOVE IT OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT, THINK THAT WIRE MIGHT
WORK. HOW MANY OF YOU, YOUR WIFE IS THE CONTRACTOR OF
THE FAMILY? (LAUGHING) AND THE COOK. (LAUGHING) ALL
RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON, BRENDA, IT'S MY MESSAGE. ALL
RIGHT, NOW HERE WE GO. NOW LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
WHAT IS THE NEXT ONE? OH, THOU SHALL NOT STEAL. ALL
RIGHT, SOME OF YOU GO, OH, OH, OH, OH. THAT DOES NOT
APPLY TO ME. I DON'T STEAL AT ALL. HMM, IF YOU'RE LATE,
YOU'RE STEALING. YEAH, YEAH. YOU GOT REALLY, OKAY, SO
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, THESE
PEOPLE MUST BE LATE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT GOT REALLY QUIET.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, I MEAN, SO QUIET. THOU SHALL NOT
STEAL. NOW, YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, THAT DOESN'T AFFECT
ME. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. I REMEMBER THE
ONE THING THAT I STOLE IN MY LIFE, BESIDES MY WIFE'S
HEART. ALL RIGHT, MOM, I AM GONNA CONFESS MY SIN. SO I
WAS ABOUT 10, 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW OLD I WAS WHEN WE LIVED
IN COLORADO, RIGHT? ABOUT NINE OR 10? ALL RIGHT, SO MY
BROTHERS, THEY WERE, I'M SORRY, IF ANY OF MY BROTHERS
ARE WATCHING, YOU GUYS WERE BAD, AND YOU MADE ME BAD.
(LAUGHING) AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY BROKE INTO A POT
MACHINE AND THEY WERE CARRYING THE POT MACHINE ON
THEIR BACK. YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY, MOM? AND THE
SHERIFF GOT 'EM, YEAH, YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND THE
SHERIFF SHOWED UP AT OUR HOUSE. I HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THAT POT STEALING. I HAD NOTHING TO DO. I MEAN,
RATHER THAN STEAL THE POT, MY BROTHER STOLE THE WHOLE
MACHINE. AND SO, THE SHERIFF SHOWS UP AND SAYS, YOU KNOW
YOUR BOYS, WE'VE CAUGHT 'EM IN THE ACT OF STEALING. MY
DAD'S LIKE, WHAT'D THEY STEAL? AND HE POINTS OUT TO
THE POP MACHINE OUT THERE ON THE CURB. [LAUGHTER] SO ONE
DAY I DECIDED, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, I DON'T LIKE SAFEWAY,
BECAUSE IT WASN'T SAFE. [LAUGHTER] SO YOU REMEMBER THOSE
AND DON'T WRITE ABOUT ME ONLINE.
BUT DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE TIGER GUM THAT THEY HAD,
THOSE ZEBRA STRIPED GUM? I REALLY WANTED A ZEBRA
STRIPED GUM. SO I HAD WATCHED MY BROTHERS IN THEIR
THIEVERY, AND I WAS NINE, AND I WAS GETTING MENTORED,
I GUESS. AND SO I DECIDED IN THE STORY, IT WAS TALKING TO
ME. STEAL ME. DON'T DO IT. I TOLD YOU ALREADY, THAT THING
APPEARS. I GRABBED IT, I PUT IT IN MY POCKET. THAT THING
BURNED THE WHOLE WAY HOME. I MEAN, I WAS WALKING LIKE
THIS, 'CAUSE IT WAS BURNING. YOU EVER HAD IT WHERE GOD
CONVICTS YOU OF SOMETHING? I WAS SO CONVICTED, I'M LIKE.
I MEAN, I COULDN'T EVEN WALK, I GET AT HOME, AND I'M
LIKE, OKAY, I GOTTA HIDE THIS, 'CAUSE MY MOM KNOWS I
DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO BUY SOMETHING
LIKE THIS. SO I HID IT, AND IT TALKED TO ME UNDERNEATH
MY DRESSER. I AM A STOLEN ITEM. AND THEN WHAT MADE IT
WORSE IS I DECIDED TO GRAB A PIECE AND CHEW IT FOR ONE
SECOND UNTIL I SPIT IT OUT IN CONVICTION. AND I WAS SO
SCARED THAT I WAS GONNA GO TO JAIL 'CAUSE I REMEMBER
THE COP THAT SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE. I'M LIKE, I'M
GOING TO JAIL. YOU HAVE A RECORD. WHAT'D YOU DO, STOLE
A PACK OF GUM? OKAY. BUT I WAS SCARED, SO I'M LIKE, OH
MY GOSH, I GOTTA DO SOMETHING. SO I WENT AHEAD
AND I DON'T REMEMBER HOW I FOUND A QUARTER, BUT I FOUND
A QUARTER AND I HAD IT WINCHED, AND I WINCHED IT,
WEDGED IT, I PUT IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REST OF
THE PIECES. I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT IT IN THERE. PUT A
LITTLE PIECE OF TAPE OVER IT AND I CARRIED IT BACK AND I
PUT IT BACK ON THE RACK. SO SOMEBODY GOT A STICK OF GUM
AND A QUARTER. BUT GOD TAUGHT ME A LESSON. I NEVER
STOLE ANYTHING IN MY LIFE EVER AGAIN. NOW I'M NOT
TELLING YOU TO GO DO WHAT I DID SO YOU GET CONVICTED AND
NEVER STEAL ANYTHING AGAIN. BUT MY POINT IS, YOU SAY,
WELL, I WOULD NEVER STEAL ANYTHING. WELL, WAIT A
MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. IF YOU'RE NOT HONEST ON YOUR
TAXES, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE NOT HONEST OVER YOUR FINANCES
AND YOUR TITHE. MY WIFE AND I ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE
PULL UP OUR GIVING AND WE COMPARE IT AND WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE DO NOT COME SHORT IN OUR TITHE. 'CAUSE GOD SAID,
"DON'T ROB ME." WELL, I'M NOT GONNA ROB YOU. I'M NOT
GONNA STEAL YOUR HONOR, GOD. OKAY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
MONEY. BUT IF I'M A PRIDEFUL PERSON, SO YOU COULD SAY, AM
I A PERSON OF INTEGRITY, THE H TRANSLATION. IF I'M A
PERSON OF INTEGRITY, I AM NEVER GOING TO TAKE
SOMETHING FROM SOMEBODY OR SOME PLACE. IF I'M A PERSON
OF INTEGRITY, I AM GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER HOW
I DEAL WITH MY FINANCES, HOW I DEAL WITH PEOPLE IN
BUSINESS, COME ON. IT USED TO BE THAT CHRISTIANS WOULD
COME TOGETHER FOR BUSINESS ADVENTURES IN THE CHURCH.
AND THEN I STARTED DISCOURAGING IT. PLEASE
DON'T GO INTO BUSINESS TOGETHER. BECAUSE NOBODY
COULD HONOR ANYTHING. THEY WOULD STEAL FROM EACH OTHER,
STEAL, YOU KNOW. AND I'M SITTING HERE GOING, THOU
SHALL NOT STEAL. THOU SHALL NOT LACK INTEGRITY. YOU MAY
NOT BE STEALING AND SHOPLIFTING, BUT WHAT ARE WE
DOING WITH A LACK OF INTEGRITY? INSTEAD OF DOING
WHAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE NOT. THOU SHALL NOT STEAL. LET'S
GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS
AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS HAS TO DO
WITH YOUR WORDS. WHAT ARE WE SPEAKING? WHAT ARE WE
SAYING? HOW ARE WE TREATING PEOPLE? ARE WE ACCUSING? ARE
WE SOWING DISCORD? ARE WE GIVING WORDS OUT OF OUR
MOUTH THAT TEARS ANOTHER PERSON DOWN? AND IF WE ARE,
WE'RE BREAKING THAT COMMANDMENT. LAST ONE, I
WANT YOU TO STAND TO YOUR FEET. THOU SHALL NOT COVET,
OR THOU SHALL NOT, YOU KNOW, DESIRE SOMETHING THAT IS
SOMEBODY ELSE'S. RIGHT? SO HOW, IF I WAS TO LOOK AT
THIS ONE, I'D HAVE TO SAY, WHAT IS MY LIFESTYLE? WHAT
IS MY VALUES? WHAT ARE MY STANDARDS? OKAY, BECAUSE
SOMETIMES PEOPLE, THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE
HAS, INCLUDING THEIR AFFIRMATION, THAT THEY'RE
WILLING TO GIVE THEMSELVES FOR IT. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS WE'RE SLIPPING INTO AN AREA WHERE WE'RE DESIRING
THEIR AFFIRMATION MORE THAN WE ARE DESIRING GOD'S
APPROVAL. YOU KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE
WORLD OF, WELL, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS. MY KIDS TRIED
THAT. WELL, EVERYBODY'S DOING IT. EVERYBODY HAS, AND
I SAID, WELL, YOU AIN'T EVERYBODY. GOD DIDN'T GIVE
YOU TO THEM, RIGHT, AS PARENTS OR WHATEVER. AND CAN
I LEARN? I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING IN MY LIFE. THIS
IS THE STANDARD THAT I LIVE BY. WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING, I
CAN'T SOMETIMES. I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T CARE. I DON'T
CARE IF EVERYBODY IS DOING THIS, DRIVING THIS, HAVING
THIS, RIGHT? I'M NOT TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES.
I'M TRYING TO LIVE IN THE BLESSING. AND I'M NOT GONNA
SIT THERE, AND THEN HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS. OUR WORDS GET
IN TROUBLE TOO, BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS. WHEN WE
START LOOKING AROUND, WELL, SO-AND-SO'S GOT A BIG HOUSE,
AND WE DON'T. SO-AND-SO SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT BIG
HOUSE. OH YEAH, ESPECIALLY PREACHERS. PREACHERS SHOULD
NEVER HAVE A HOUSE BIGGER THAN THE ROLLING STONES THAT
LOOK LIKE CALIFORNIA RAISINS. RIGHT? AND THEN
SEEING THEY COULDN'T GET ANY SATISFACTION, THEY'RE BEING
SATISFIED IN A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE. IT'S OKAY IF
YOU'RE A ROCKSTAR GOING TO HELL, BUT BOY, I DON'T
BELIEVE THAT GOD WOULD BLESS ANY PREACHER OR ANY
CHRISTIAN, RIGHT? THAT'S A FORM OF COVETOUS. YOU'RE
JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. IF YOU HAD A
70,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, YOU WOULDN'T BE COMPLAINING
TO SOMEBODY WHO HAD, RIGHT? NOW, I UNDERSTAND
MANIPULATION. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE BUFFOONERY THAT
HAPPENS AMONG THE PREACHERS THAT ARE BAD EXAMPLES. BUT
HERE'S WHERE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WE DON'T WANT TO
SOW DISHONOR. IF GOD BLESSED ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB,
RIGHT, BLESSED HIS DISCIPLES WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO QUIT
THEIR JOBS, SUPPORT PETER, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND HIS
WIFE, HE WAS MARRIED, RIGHT, DIDN'T HAVE TO DO FISHING
ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE WAS FINANCES COMING AND THEY
LIVED IN THE BLESSING. AND BY THE WAY, I'VE SEEN WHAT
SUPPOSEDLY IS PETER'S HOUSE IN CAPERNAUM, AND IT WASN'T SMALL.
AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT
SOMEBODY ELSE'S BLESSING. DEEP DOWN, IS IT
COVETOUSNESS? 'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE IT, YOU'RE GONNA
CRITICIZE. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) I DON'T, I
DON'T, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW A LOT OF PREACHERS, AND I
KNOW SOME THAT LIVE OFF OF THEIR BOOK ROYALTIES. I KNOW
SOME, LIKE ME, I LIVE IN GOD'S BLESSING. LOOK AT THIS
PLACE. I DIDN'T DO THIS. GOD IN YOU, THE PEOPLE DID IT.
AND PEOPLE GET MAD. I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, HE'S JUST
GOT A BIG CHURCH." WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? I LIVED IN A
DUMPY STOREFRONT CENTER FOR OVER 25 YEARS. OKAY, I WAS
IN FIRST CLASS ONE TIME, AND SOMEBODY WALKED BY ME, WELL,
YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN FIRST CLASS. EXCUSE ME, I HAVE
PROBABLY A MILLION MILES ON MY BONES. I TRAVELED 40
TIMES A YEAR, PLUS PASTOR, AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR
40 YEARS. I DON'T WANT TO SIT IN THE BACK ANYMORE. I
DID IT. I GOT TO GO PREACH. ANYWAY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT
SUBJECT. SO PASTOR DOUG, WOULD YOU COME AND PRAY FOR
THE PEOPLE? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I CAN. I GOT TO WORK
ON MY LOVE. NO, I'M TEASING. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU.
DID YOU GUYS GET ANYTHING OUT OF THE HT TRANSLATIONS?
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I STILL DIDN'T GET TO MY MESSAGE,
BUT THAT'S OK. PASTOR DOUG, WOULD YOU PRAY FOR THE
PEOPLE? DID YOU LIKE IT? HEY, I LOVE YOU, MAN. IT WAS
GOOD. LOVE YOU, TOO. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M WORKING ON ME
IN THE WORDS OF ROCKY BALBOA. I JUST GOT TO SAY
THIS. DON'T WALK OUT YET. JUST HEAR ME. REMEMBER HOW
ROCKY, WHEN HE STARTED, HE HATED THE RUSSIANS? AND HE
STANDS UP AFTER HE BEATS THAT RUSSIAN, AND HE GOES,
YOU KNOW, BEFORE I CAME HERE, YOU DIDN'T LIKE ME,
AND I DIDN'T LIKE YOU. BUT PEOPLE CAN CHANGE. SO,
HERE'S WHERE IT'S AT. IF I CAN HONOR GOD AND LOVE GOD
AND LOVE PEOPLE, SO CAN ALL OF US. AMEN. WE CAN ALL CHANGE.
- IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I
NOTICED SOMETHING WHEN I'M SITTING UP FRONT AND LOOKING
OUT AT THE CROWD. AS SOON AS PASTOR HANK STARTS TO CLOSE,
WE HAVE PEOPLE LEAVING. AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU
HAVE JOBS. NOW ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONE ARE
GONE AND DON'T HEAR ME. AND SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE,
I DON'T WANNA SCOLD YOU. AND I'M NOT GONNA COME ACROSS
THAT WAY, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THIS. IT'S DISRESPECTFUL, AS
PASTOR CLOSES HIS MESSAGE, TO GET UP AND LEAVE. IF YOU
HAVE AN EMERGENCY, IF YOU HAVE A JOB YOU HAVE TO BE AT
AT 1115, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT HOLD WITH US, PLEASE. IF
YOU HAVE A JOB NOW IN THE CONNECT CENTER, YOU HAVE
SOMEWHERE YOU NEED TO SERVE, YOU PEOPLE ARE DISMISSED. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT'S FINE. BUT I THINK I'VE SEEN
50 PEOPLE LEAVE THIS AUDITORIUM IN THE LAST FIVE
MINUTES. AND THAT'S JUST TRUE. SO MAYBE YOU GUYS
COULD HELP ME IN SHARING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
SITTING AROUND YOU. HANG FOR ANOTHER- IF YOU'RE
GOING TO COME HERE AND BE HERE AS PART OF THE
CHURCH, HANG FOR ANOTHER FIVE OR 10 MINUTES. RIGHT
NOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO
IN THIS SERVICE IS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME TO THE LORD.
AND IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. I'M NOT
TRYING TO BE SCOLDING. I'M JUST TRYING TO ENCOURAGE US
TO BE MATURE IN THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S
SITUATIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE AT TIMES. SO I'M JUST SAYING
IT CAN'T HAPPEN FOR EVERYONE, EVERY SERVICE FOR
50 PEOPLE. SO, OK. BUT ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY,
YOU CAN COME UP FRONT RIGHT NOW. AND YOU'RE WELCOME. SO
COME ON UP, ALTAR TEAM. OUR ALTAR TEAM IS HERE FOR YOU.
IF YOU NEED MINISTRY TODAY, EVERY SUNDAY WE HAVE OUR
ALTAR TEAM UP HERE NORMALLY. AND THEY'RE WILLING AND ABLE
AND HONORED TO PRAY WITH YOU OVER THE NEEDS THAT YOU
MIGHT HAVE. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE
WELCOME TO COME UP AT THE END OF THE SERVICE. AND THE
BIBLE SAYS THERE'S POWER IN THE STRENGTH OF AGREEMENT.
AND THERE'S POWER WHEN WE HAVE THE PRAYER OF FAITH IN
AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER. AND ANY OF THESE ALDER TEAM
MEMBERS ARE WELL-QUALIFIED AND ABLE TO PRAY WITH YOU. I
DO WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION, THOUGH. IT KIND OF
HIT ME TODAY WHEN THE WORSHIP TEAM WAS SINGING,
"TO WORSHIP YOU, I LIVE, AND I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU." AND
I WAS THINKING ABOUT, REALLY, WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?
WHY DID GOD CREATE US? WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR GOD TO
CREATE MANKIND? HE DIDN'T HAVE TO CREATE IT. HE DIDN'T
HAVE TO HAVE MANKIND. BUT HE DID THIS FOR A PURPOSE. AND
OUR PURPOSE, REALLY, IF YOU STUDY IT OUT, IS TO GLORIFY
HIM. AND THAT SONG THAT THEY WERE SINGING, "I WORSHIP
YOU, AND I LIVE TO WORSHIP YOU, AND TO WORSHIP YOU I
LIVE," WELL, THAT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT THAT, BRINGING
GLORY TO GOD. THAT'S WHY WE'RE CREATED, TO BRING
GLORY TO GOD. AND HE HAS A TREMENDOUS PLAN FOR EACH OF
OUR LIVES. HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOU THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW ABOUT. MY MESSAGE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS
REGARDING THE VISION. ONE OF MY STATEMENTS IN THE MESSAGE
THAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL EITHER
PART OF THE MISSION FIELD OR WE'RE MISSIONARIES. WE'RE
CALLED TO GO OUT AND REACH PEOPLE OR WE'RE STILL PART
OF THE MISSION FIELD, PART OF THE HARVEST. WE'VE NEVER
ACCEPTED JESUS YET. WE'RE IN ONE OF THOSE TWO SPOTS. AND
SO I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE ONLINE TODAY. I'M SPEAKING
TO PEOPLE HERE. YOU'RE IN ONE OF TWO PLACES. EITHER
YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN, YOU'RE SAVED, YOU
HAVE A PURPOSE AND A PLAN, AND YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS
WORKING WITH YOU. EVERY ONE OF US, WHEN WE WERE CREATED
IN OUR MOTHER'S WOMB, WE'RE BORN WITH A VACUUM. THAT
VACUUM IS WHAT GOD HAS TO FILL WHEN WE RECEIVE HIM AS
SAVIOR. AND HE FILLS THAT, AND WE'RE EMPTY UNTIL WE GOT
- HAVE THAT IN US. AND THEN WE KNOW GOD'S PURPOSE. WE
WEREN'T CREATED TO SERVE BUDDHA. WE WEREN'T CREATED
TO SERVE MUHAMMAD. WE WEREN'T CREATED TO SERVE THE
DEVIL AND GO TO HELL. AND THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE GO WHEN
THEY LEAVE THIS EARTH AND THEY DO NOT KNOW JESUS
CHRIST, BECAUSE HE SAYS, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND
THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT BY ME,"
MEANING JESUS. HE'S OUR ONLY WAY. AND WE ALL NEED TO KNOW
THAT AND UNDERSTAND IT. AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AND
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A PURPOSE AND THAT GOD WANTS
YOU TO BE HIS WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH AND THEN TO BE
HIS THROUGH ETERNITY - ETERNITY IS A LONG, LONG TIME. THIS LIFE
GOES VERY SHORT. IT'S VERY FAST. BUT THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE
THIS TIME WHILE YOU'RE ON EARTH AFFECT YOUR ENTIRE ETERNITY. THE
DECISION - JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. THE DECISION THAT YOU
MAKE, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU CAN EVER MAKE,
IS TO SERVE GOD. IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR CAREER.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHO YOU MARRY. IT'S MORE
IMPORTANT THAN HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE. IT'S MORE
IMPORTANT THAN HOW MANY MATERIAL POSSESSIONS YOU
GATHER. THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU'LL EVER MAKE IS
HAVE YOU MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE? SO I
WANT EVERYONE HERE TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME NOW. AND
I WANT TO ASK A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO YOU.
IF YOU WERE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE, LEAVE THIS EARTH,
THIS WEEK, SOMETHING TOOK YOU OUT. AND YOU WERE TO
MOVE INTO ETERNITY, AND IT HAPPENS TO MILLIONS EVERY
WEEK. THEY MOVE ON TO THEIR ETERNAL DESTINY. SOME PEOPLE
GO TO HELL, SOME PEOPLE GO TO HEAVEN. BUT IT'S BASED ON
YOUR DECISION THAT YOU MAKE WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH.
YOU CHOOSE. GOD IS NOT ONE TO MAKE A ROBOT OUT OF YOU.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE. YOU HAVE FREE WILL TO
CHOOSE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION AND YOU
SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I WANT YOU TO PRAY FOR ME TODAY. I
WANT TO KNOW THAT BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, WHEN I
LEAVE THIS EARTH, I WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH
JESUS. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL. PLUS, I WANT TO KNOW
THAT I'M FULFILLING GOD'S PLAN FOR MY LIFE." HE HAS A
GREAT PLAN, JUST AS THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT
UP HERE TODAY. PASTOR HANK HAD A WORD OVER THEM, A PLAN
FOR THEIR LIFE, THINGS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
ACCOMPLISH AND BE CREATIVE IN. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING.
HE HAS THAT FOR YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE EIGHT OR 80. YOU JUST
MAY NOT KNOW IT YET, BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER STEPPED INTO
EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY
AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I WANT THAT. I WANT ETERNAL
LIFE. I WANT TO KNOW GOD'S PLAN." I'M GOING TO ASK YOU
TO, WHILE YOUR HEADS ARE BOWED, DO SOMETHING VERY
BOLD. JUST RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT HERE IF YOU'RE HERE
TODAY AND SAY, "I WANT PRAYER." I'M GOING TO COUNT
TO THREE, AND I WANT YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE, TWO,
THREE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE? AND YOU SAY, "I NEED JESUS.
I NEED JESUS. KEEP YOUR HAND HIGH SO I CAN SEE IT. DO I
SEE SOMEONE UP IN THE... OKAY, THERE'S SOMEONE DOWN
HERE. IS THERE SOMEONE UP IN THE STADIUM SEATS? DID YOU
RAISE YOUR HAND? THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT. IF YOU RAISE
YOUR HAND, THERE'S A FEW OF YOU, I WANT YOU TO DO
SOMETHING VERY BOLD. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STEP OUT
OF YOUR SEATS AND COME DOWN TO THE FRONT IN FRONT OF
ME." YOU SAY, "WHY DO YOU HAVE ME DO THAT?" EVERY TIME
JESUS CALLED SOMEONE, HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. AND
IT'S A DAY THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER. IT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT DAY OF YOUR LIFE. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO
MAKE A PUBLIC COMMITMENT. WE'VE ALL DONE IT. GET OUT
OF YOUR SEATS RIGHT NOW AND RUN DOWN HERE. LET'S BRING
THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, VERY
IMPORTANT. GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY COME. [APPLAUSE]
GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY COME. THE MOST IMPORTANT
DECISION YOU EVER MAKE. IF YOU DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND,
YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO COME. COME MAKE A DECISION
FOR CHRIST TODAY. HE'S WAITING. HE'S WAITING ON YOU.
THERE'S AN OLD SONG. THERE'S AN OLD SONG TALKING ABOUT
THE CROSS. WE HAVE TO COME TO THE CROSS. MILLIONS HAVE
COME, BUT THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR ONE. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
COME TO HIM. COME TO HIM TODAY. COME ON
UP HERE. I'M GONNA HAVE YOU JUST COME RIGHT UP HERE LIKE
THESE LADIES AND JUST FACE ME. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM?
OLIVIA, GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO BOLD. SIR,
TODD, YOU GAVE YOUR HEART, BUT YOU NEED TO RENEW. YOU
KNOW, AND COMING BACK TO GOD IS JUST AS IMPORTANT. IF
YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK, HE'LL TAKE YOU. THAT'S,
THANK YOU FOR BEING BOLD. OLIVIA AND JENNY, GOD BLESS
YOU, JENNY. AND YOU KNOW, MY HEART ALWAYS JUST MELTS WHEN
I SEE YOUNG PEOPLE COME, BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME,
YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION THAT'S GONNA AFFECT YOU FOR
SO MANY YEARS, AND IT'S A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT'S
YOUR NAME, YOUNG LADY? CHARLIE? CHARLIE, GLAD TO
HAVE YOU HERE. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU FOR
BEING BOLD. AND WHAT IS IT? AREN? A-R-E-N? A-U-R-N.
OH, A-R-E-N. A-U-R-O-N. OKAY, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THAT?
-AARON. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING, AARON. I
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. GOD BLESS YOU. THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT THAT YOU'VE BEEN BOLD TODAY AND RESPONDED TO
JESUS. HE'S GONNA CHANGE YOUR HEART. SO WHAT I'M
GONNA DO TODAY IS ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE. IT
ALL STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. YOU MAY NOT EVEN
FEEL ANYTHING WHEN YOU PRAY, BUT WHEN YOU PRAY IN FAITH,
GOD HEARS YOU, AND HE'LL RESPOND TO YOU, AND IT'LL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, AND THEN YOU JUST
START WALKING IT OUT. AND THE BIBLE SAYS WE RECEIVE
HIM THROUGH CONFESSION AND BELIEF IN OUR HEART. AND I
KNOW YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT JESUS GAVE HIS
LIFE AND GAVE HIS HEART, HIS SOUL, HIS BEING FOR YOU. HE
DID IT WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. AND NOW
THE GOOD NEWS IS HE WAS RESURRECTED ON THE THIRD
DAY, WENT TO HEAVEN, AND NOW HE'S INTERCEDING ON YOUR
BEHALF. AND HE'S THERE WAITING, HIS ARMS
OUTSTRETCHED FOR YOU, AND THIS IS THE DAY THAT HE'S
MADE FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I'M SO GLAD I'M
REJOICING WITH HEAVEN IN THIS. IF YOU HAVE LOST OR
LOVED ONES THAT HAVE GONE ON TO HEAVEN BEFORE YOU,
GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, AUNTS AND UNCLES, THEY'RE
REJOICING TODAY BECAUSE THEY SEE YOU COMING FORWARD. JUST
REPEAT THIS WITH ME AS I PRAY TODAY. IF YOU'RE
WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WHEREVER
YOU'RE AT TODAY. RECEIVE JESUS RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT.
SO YOU PRAY WITH ME. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING
JESUS. I BELIEVE HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE. HE DIED FOR ME. HE WAS BURIED. AND THE
BIBLE SAYS HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD
DAY. AND NOW HE'S SITTING IN HEAVEN, INTERCEDING FOR
ME. JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART, CHANGE
MY LIFE, AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. I ASK THIS TODAY ON OCTOBER
19TH, 2025, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE NEW BIRTH IN
JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. LET'S GIVE THEM A
HAND. I'M GOING TO ASK THE ALDER TEAM TO JUST GIVE YOU
SOME INFORMATION QUICKLY AND WE'LL SEND YOU A LETTER
THANKING YOU FOR MAKING THIS DECISION. ALDER TEAM, IF YOU
JUST KIND OF WORK WITH THESE AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, YOU CAN CALL
OUR PRAYER LINE 855-777-7907 AND WE'LL SEND THE SAME
INFORMATION. OUR PRAYER TEAMS WILL PRAY WITH YOU AND
HELP YOU IN YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. SO THANK YOU FOR
DOING THAT. GOD BLESS THESE THAT HAVE MADE THIS
DECISION. WELL, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN I PROMISE YOU I'LL LET YOU GO.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR NOVEMBER 13TH. THERE'S TWO
EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING ON NOVEMBER 13TH. FIRST OF ALL,
IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH AND YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ACTUALLY SERVE HERE, SERVE UNDER PASTORS HANK AND
BRENDA, BE PART OF THEIR VISION, YOU FEEL LIKE GOD'S
CALLED YOU TO THIS CHURCH AND THIS HOUSE, YOU CAN SIGN
UP FOR MEMBERSHIP. IT'S NOVEMBER 13TH. THAT'S UP
THERE, THE INFORMATION'S THERE. YOU CAN GO TO THE
INFORMATION CENTERS OUT IN THE FOYER, THEY'LL HELP YOU
WITH THAT. JUST GET YOUR NAME ON RECORD SO WE CAN
PLAN AND PREPARE FOR HOW MANY WILL BE IN OUR
MEMBERSHIP GROUP FOR THAT SUNDAY, OR EXCUSE ME, THAT
THURSDAY NIGHT, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A SUNDAY
RECEPTION AND RECEIVING YOU IN AS A MEMBER. AND THEN THE
SECOND THING, WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THIS,
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR. NOVEMBER 13TH
IS ALSO A PREMIERE SHOWING THAT WEEK FOR A MOVIE THAT'S
COMING TO OMAHA. IT WAS ACTUALLY FILMED IN OMAHA.
IT'S CALLED ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT. WE BOUGHT 100 SEATS
AT THE ACX THEATER IN ELKHORN, AND THE FIRST 100
PEOPLE THAT REGISTER FOR THAT, YOU'LL HAVE THAT
PRIVATE THEATER WITH LORD OF HOSTS PEOPLE. IT'S $12 A
SEAT. IT'S VERY REASONABLE. THIS FILM IS A FAMILY
CHRISTMAS FILM. COREY EDWARDS, WHO PASTOR HANK
TALKED ABOUT TODAY, WAS A PRODUCER OF THIS FILM. IT'S
ALL CHRISTIAN ACTORS AND ACTRESSES INVOLVED IN IT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A PHYSICAL HEALING THAT TAKES PLACE IN
THIS MOVIE. AND THAT'S RARE ANYMORE. SO IT'S A STRONG
FAITH MOVIE. IT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU. FEEL FREE TO
REGISTER FOR THAT. WE'LL GIVE YOU INFORMATION,
PROBABLY SHOW YOU A TRAILER ONE OF THESE SUNDAYS BEFORE.
BUT THOSE SEATS, WE'RE GOING TO GO FAST. SO MAKE SURE YOU
SIGN UP FOR THAT. AND THEN BE BACK WITH US FOR MIDWEEK
RECHARGE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 7 O'CLOCK. I HAVE A MESSAGE
REGARDING A VISION FOR THE HARVEST. AND WE ALL NEED
THAT VISION FOR THE HARVEST. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND
OUR VISION AND SEE WHAT JESUS SAID. HE ACTUALLY
TALKED FIVE TIMES SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS
FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN THE HARVEST. AND WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THOSE SCRIPTURES. SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU
FOR COMING. DON'T MISS MIDWEEK RECHARGE. THEY'LL BE BACK WITH
US AGAIN NEXT SUNDAY. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.
GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR TUNING IN.
(GENTLE MUSIC)