(MUSIC)
GOOD MORNING CHURCH! COME ON, IT’S PALM SUNDAY!
LET’S WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS. LET ME HEAR YOU.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
HALLELUJAH! SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD,
YES LORD! WE HONOR YOU, WE WELCOME YOU, AND WE SO DESIRE
YOU TO COME AND BE AMONG US, THE LIVING GOD. THAT YOU MOVE IN THE
EARTH HAS BEEN PROPHESIED IN THE LAST DAYS. I WILL POUR OUT MY
SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH. AND GOD, THIS IS THE HOUR AND THIS IS THE
TIME OF THAT DAY THAT YOUR SPIRIT IS BEING POURED OUT UPON
THE EARTH IN A MARVELOUS WAY. WE HONOR YOU. WE LOVE YOU. GOD, I
ALREADY FEEL YOUR PRESENCE. YES, LORD JESUS. COME ON, IF YOU FEEL
GOD'S PRESENCE, LET HIM KNOW. JUST SAY LORD, WE LOVE YOU. YES,
HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE HIM A BIG SHOUT OF PRAISE. YES, GLORY!
WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU. SPIRIT OF GOD.
THANK YOU, JESUS. MAN, THAT COULD TAKE US RIGHT INTO WHAT WE
CALL THE GLORY REALM OR SOMETHING. ISN'T THAT POWERFUL?
WOW. WELL, Y'ALL LOOK GOOD. YES. EVEN YOU GUYS, NO I KEEP PICKING
ON YOU, SO I'M GONNA GO OVER HERE. EVEN YOU GUYS. THAT'S SO
CUTE. BUT HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT, GREAT SPRING SO
FAR? I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD SPRING. WE'RE LOVING IT.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WINDY AND COLD, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY FOR US TO GET THERE WHERE IT'S NICE AND
WARMER AND, YEAH, JUST IGNORE PASTOR MIKE BACK HERE. I ALMOST
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE GUYS. YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING OUT
IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE OF YOU, WE HAD OUR MEN'S MEETING
YESTERDAY, GUYS. IT WASN'T THAT FUN. AND I'M JUST LOOKING
AROUND, MAN. I CAME TO THE CHURCH AND THERE'S SOME GUYS
WITH BIG OLD FRO'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, GUYS WITH SOME CRAZY
LOOKING OUTFITS. YEAH, SILK SHIRTS AND BELL BOTTOMS. AND I
ALMOST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. PASTOR DOUG CAME OUT TO GREET
ME. I'M LIKE, WHO'S THAT GUY? YOU KNOW? AND SO WE'LL SHOW THAT
WAS FUN. WE'LL SHOW SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE GUYS. YEAH, YOU
GUYS OVER THERE, TOO. BUT IT WAS SO FUN. THEN WE HAD A DANCE
CONTEST WHERE THEY DID THEIR MOVES. AND I TELL YOU WHAT. WAIT
TILL YOU SEE. WELL, HE'S IN FRONT. WHY DON'T YOU COME UP
HERE? DAVID, COME ON UP HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT. HE WON THE DANCE
CONTEST. COME ON UP HERE. DAVID, HOW OLD ARE YOU? YOU'RE 12 YEARS
OLD? HOW LONG DID YOU PRACTICE? YOU GOT TO TALK OVER HERE SO
THEY CAN HEAR YOU. A WEEK. YOU ONLY PRACTICE A WEEK? I'VE BEEN
PRACTICING MY WHOLE LIFE AND I CAN'T DO THAT. SO YOU DID REALLY
GOOD. LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND CLAP. YOU DID GREAT.
CONGRATULATIONS. SO DAVID, I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. SO
YOU WON THE BLACKSTONE GRILL. ARE YOU GONNA BE THE COOK ON IT,
OR IS YOUR DAD? OH, YOU'RE GONNA BE THE GUY, HUH? WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA MAKE? FIRST MEAL. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE PASTOR A MEAL.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA MAKE? STEAK. STEAK, THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. ALL
RIGHT, WHEN YOU SEE THIS GUY'S MOVES, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SHOW
A VIDEO OF YOU, MAN. IT'LL BE AWESOME, YOU DID GOOD. WELL, I
TELL YOU WHAT, YOUR DAD CAN'T DANCE, SO YOU DIDN'T GET IT FROM
HIM. THANKS AGAIN, MAN. ALL RIGHT, DON'T YOU LOVE IT? WELL,
YOU DID SHOW ME A FEW OF THE VIDEOS OF THE GUYS. AND I DID
LEARN ONE THING. WHAT'S THAT? MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING I ALREADY
KNEW. WHAT'S THAT? WHITE MEN CAN'T DANCE. WHITE MEN CANNOT
DANCE. OH, WE NEED TO HEAR THE OH. SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT
RIGHT THERE. WE'LL LET THE OTHER PEOPLE DECIDE WHEN THEY LOOK AT
THE VIDEO. YEAH, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO DO THIS. I WANT
TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW LIKE,
I DON'T KNOW, QUITE A FEW PHOTOS OF THE MEN AND HOW AWESOME THEY
LOOKED. AND I WANNA THANK THE MEN AGAIN. THANKS FOR
PARTICIPATING. IT WAS AN AWESOME TIME. AND WE'LL SHOW THOSE PICS,
PLUS WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE VIDEO. SO YOU'LL REALLY, REALLY ENJOY
THAT. AND SOME OF YOU THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING, LIKE WHAT IS DISCO?
WELL, ASK SOMEBODY ONLINE, THEY'LL TELL YOU. FROM THE 70S,
RIGHT? BUT HEY, I'VE GOT A GREAT WORD TODAY. I'M GONNA KINDA,
EVERY PALM SUNDAY, I LIKE TO BRING OUT SOME HISTORICAL PARTS
OF PALM SUNDAY. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WE'RE GONNA
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY. BUT WHAT
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IS NOT ONLY THE IMPORTANCE OF TWO, THAT
YOU SEE A LOT IN THE BIBLE, YOU SEE IT A LOT IN THE STORY OF
PALM SUNDAY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TWO DONKEYS, THERE
WERE TWO DISCIPLES. WHY IS IT? BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
THAT GOD IS SHOWING, AND IT'S REALLY WHAT PALM SUNDAY'S ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT THE LORD OF THE COUNTER, THE LORD WHO OPPOSES
WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING ON OUR BEHALF. SO WE ARE GONNA TALK
ABOUT IT. IT'S GONNA BE VERY, VERY POWERFUL. ARE YOU EXCITED?
AND ONE LAST THING, DO YOU KNOW THAT, I TOLD BRENDA ON THE WAY
HERE VERY QUICKLY THAT IN HEAVEN IT'S TROPICAL. BECAUSE
REVELATION 7:9 SAYS THAT THEY WAVE PALM BRANCHES. SO ALL YOU
SNOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUST FIGURE IT
OUT. OH BOY, OH BOY. LAST THING, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN
TO ME. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING OUT TO EAT NEXT WEEK FOR A
RESURRECTION SERVICE AFTERWARDS? ANYBODY GOING OUT TO EAT? WELL,
THAT'S SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, SO I GUESS THAT'S OUT. ALL RIGHT, YOU
GOTTA BE CAREFUL. I WALKED INTO A RESTAURANT, BRENDA, AND IT WAS
VERY BUSY, AND I SAID TO THE GUY, I SAID, "HEY, LOOKS LIKE
IT'S VERY BUSY." HE GOES, "OH, YES, IT'S SO, SO BUSY." HE GOES,
"DO YOU MIND WAITING FOR A LITTLE BIT?" I SAID, "SURE, I
DON'T MIND WAITING FOR A LITTLE BIT." NEXT THING I KNOW, HE
HANDS ME THE APRON, A TABLET, AND A PEN. HE SAID, TAKE CARE OF
TABLES 6 THROUGH 12. JUST GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHEN THEY
ASK I ACTUALLY GOT AN... BRENDA, YOU DIDN'T EVEN APPLAUD. ALL
RIGHT, LET'S THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. YOU
GUYS ARE QUIET. I HEARD NO MUSIC, NOTHING. PLEASE, OUR
FAMILY THAT ARE WATCHING, PUT HAND CLAPS. THAT WAS PRETTY
GOOD. FOR THE SAKE OF. PRETTY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, PALM
SUNDAY, LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. SO
I THINK THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS PUT THE PALMS IN THE
AIR, GIVE GOD A LITTLE WAVE OFFERING. TELL THE LORD THAT YOU
ARE SO HONORED TO WORSHIP HIM ON THIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST. COME ON, KING OF KINGS. HALLELUJAH. LORD OF
LORDS, THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD THAT RODE INTO JERUSALEM AS THE
REIGNING KING. MY GOODNESS, I'M TELLING YOU, AND I BELIEVE THIS
PALM SUNDAY IS ALSO PROPHETIC BECAUSE JESUS IS GETTING
GLORIFIED IN THE EARTH LIKE WE HAVE NOT SEEN COME ON, THROW
THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. SAY, "LORD JESUS, I HONOR YOU. I
PRAISE YOU. I WORSHIP YOU. YOU ARE THE TRIUMPHANT KING, THE
KING OF KINGS, AND THE LORD OF LORDS." NOW GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG
PALM SUNDAY SHOUT, AND LET'S PRAISE HIM THIS MORNING.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
(MUSIC)
COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
DO YOU LOVE HIM THIS MORNING? HALLELUJAH!
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
KING JESUS, KING JESUS, KING JESUS. WHO WE TALKING ABOUT?
THAT'S MY KING. WHO WE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S MY KING. THAT'S MY
SAVIOR. HE'S MY HEALER. HE'S MY DEFENDER. HE'S MY SHEPHERD. YES
YOU ARE, JESUS. YES YOU ARE, JESUS. YES YOU ARE, JESUS. COME
ON, JUST SHOUT THAT NAME RIGHT NOW. THE NAME THAT BREAKS EVERY
CHAIN, DESTROYS EVERY YOKE OF BONDAGE, JESUS.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST. HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST. HOSANNA IN THE
HIGHEST. HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST. YOU ARE HIGH AND LIFTED UP. YOU
ARE HIGH AND LIFTED UP. YOU ARE HIGH AND LIFTED UP. HOSANNA. WE
WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE GIVE YOU HONOR. WE GIVE YOU
GLORY. ALL HAIL THE KING. ALL HAIL THE KING
OF GLORY. ALL HAIL THE KING OF GLORY.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. HE IS HERE. HE'S IN THE ROOM.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
EVERYTHING WE ASK OR NEED IS HERE. EVERYTHING WE ASK OR NEED
IS HERE. KING OF GLORY, KING OF KINGS. HIGHLY EXALTED ONE.
HIGHLY EXALTED ONE, YOU ARE. HIGHLY EXALTED ONE.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
HIGHLY EXALTED ONE. HIGHLY EXALTED ONE. HIGHLY EXALTED ONE,
YOU ARE. YOU ARE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE. ADONAI, YOU ARE. ADONAI,
YOU ARE. ELOHIM, YOU ARE. ROSE OF SHARON, YOU ARE.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, KING JESUS. ALL
OVER THE WORLD, COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE
WORSHIP YOU, KING JESUS. WE HONOR YOU. BLESSED ARE YOU, O
GOD, WHO CAME TO SAVE US. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE
WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. OH GOD, HOW WE
HONOR AND HOW WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU, GOD. THANK YOU, LORD, WE
WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP. THANK YOU, GOD, WE
WORSHIP YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO OPEN UP, BREAK
THROUGH? IT COULD BE A PHYSICAL HEALING, IT COULD BE A NEED THAT
MAYBE YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU NEED SOMETHING TO OPEN UP,
YOU NEED SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, SOMETHING TO MANIFEST. MAYBE
IT'S FINANCIAL, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN
PRAYING ABOUT. I KEEP SEEING THIS AND I CANNOT SHAKE IT OUT
OF MY SPIRIT, MAN. WHEN WE WERE SINGING, BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, I SAW SOMETHING AND IT JUST KEEPS
COMING BACK AND I SEE IT IN MY EYES. AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT GOD WANTS US TO DO. DO Y'ALL UNDERSTAND
SOMETHING? FOR OVER, LET ME JUST SAY THIS, FOR ALMOST 2,000
YEARS, THAT DAY ON PALM SUNDAY, THEY HAD BEEN DECLARING
SOMETHING. THEY'D BEEN DECLARING PSALM 118, BLESSED IS HE WHO
COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND SO WHAT THEY HAD BEEN
PROPHESYING, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPECTING, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
PRAYING ABOUT, WHAT THEY WERE DECREEING NOW WAS MANIFESTING
BEFORE THEM. THERE IS THAT, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
WHEN YOU DECREE SOMETHING, THE BOOK OF JOB SAYS IT WILL BE
ESTABLISHED. AND I REALLY SENSE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
DO. I WANT US TO SING THAT SONG AGAIN, AND THEN WHAT I WANT IS I
WANT THE MEN'S PRAYER GROUP, I WANT YOU TO LINE UP ON ONE SIDE
RIGHT UP HERE. JUST IN A SINGLE FILE LINE AND FACE THE AUDIENCE.
SINGLE FILE LINE, COME ON, COME QUICKLY, PLEASE. WHEN THE END,
NO, GUYS, MOVE QUICKLY. WE GOTTA LEARN, WHEN GOD SAYS SOMETHING,
MOVE, MOVE. THE ANOINTING IS AN ACTION, IT'S A MOVEMENT. THAT'S
WHY JESUS WAS ANOINTED. HE WAS ANOINTED FOR ACTION. HE WAS
ANOINTED TO GO. HE WAS ANOINTED TO MOVE. THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVES,
IT'S ACTION. COME ON, COME ON. NOW, I WANT THE WOMEN, THE
PRAYER GROUP, WOMEN THAT YOU ARE IN A PRAYER GROUP, I WANT YOU TO
LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE. NO, JUST GIVE SOME ROOM, KIND OF BACK UP.
USHER'S HAVE THEM BACK UP RIGHT THERE WHERE DEB'S AT. KIND OF
LINE UP THERE, GIVE A ROOM. I WANT YOU TO LINE UP ON THE OTHER
SIDE. AND I KEEP SEEING THIS IN MY SPIRIT. SOME OF YOU WOMEN
ALTAR WORKERS, YOU GET ON THE OTHER SIDE, ALL RIGHT? LINE UP
IN A SINGLE LINE. COME ON, MOVE QUICKLY PLEASE AS YOU CAN UNLESS
YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A LITTLE SLOWER FOR YOU TO WALK,
THAT'S OKAY, WE GET IT. NOT TRYING TO BE BOSSY, I'M TRYING
TO GET THINGS MOVING. NOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WE'RE GONNA START ON THIS SIDE OVER HERE. AND WE'RE GONNA SING
THAT SONG, BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID? THEY BEGAN TO PUT THEIR PALM BRANCHES
DOWN. YOU'RE GONNA DECLARE, BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD. AND PEOPLE WHO NEED A BREAKTHROUGH ARE
GONNA WALK THROUGH THIS LINE AND THEY'RE GONNA GET A
BREAKTHROUGH. NOW, IF YOU'RE IN THIS LINE AND YOU'RE EITHER
ONE OF THE MEN, OR YOU'RE ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT YOU'RE LIKE,
MAN, PASTOR I WISH I COULD JUST WALK THROUGH THE LINE.
LET EVERYBODY GO THROUGH FIRST AND THEN
I DON'T WANT THE WHOLE LINE TO BREAK APART, BUT
THEN YOU CAN EXCUSE YOURSELF, OR IF YOU WANT TO GO
NOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GET
ON IT, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE DO THIS, I FELT THE LORD WALK
IN HERE. I COULD FEEL HIS PRESENCE. HOW MANY OF YOU FELT
IT TOO? AND I FEEL LIKE GOD IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE
PEOPLE. HE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU. AND IF YOU
ARE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT OR YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO STAND
HERE, AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. MEN, DON'T STAND THERE
LIKE TELEPHONE POLES OR COME DOWN AND I'LL WHOP YOU ONE. I
WANT YOU TO LIFT YOUR HANDS UP. BLESSED IS HE, WOMEN, BLESSED IS
HE WHEN THEY GO THROUGH. HOW MANY OF YOU CAN DO THAT? COME
ON, MAN. IT'S NOT THAT HARD. GET YOUR HANDS UP. OKAY, LET THEM
COME THROUGH. NOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU'RE GONNA
BE LIKE, WELL, I WISH I COULD BE THERE. WELL, YOU ARE, BECAUSE
HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I'M GONNA STAND IN PROXY RIGHT HERE
FOR YOU AND YOUR NEEDS. THIS REPRESENTS YOU. I'M GONNA GO
FIRST, AND I'M GONNA REPRESENT YOUR NEED. AND WHATEVER YOU'RE,
WE LOVE YOU, MAN. AND WHATEVER YOU'RE FACING, AND THESE PEOPLE
IN THIS ROOM, WE LOVE THEM TOO. I BELIEVE, AS THE PASTOR, I'M
GONNA START IT OFF, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH, AND
WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE THAT OUR KING IS COMING TO BRING
BREAKTHROUGH. YESHUA, WE ASK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, TO COME
FIRST. WE'RE NOT WORSHIPING MAN, WE'RE WORSHIPING OUR KING, AND
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE THE WAY. YOU KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE
THIS IS, IS LIKE THE RED SEA. I BELIEVE THAT, REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED? THE KING CAME, AND HE WALKED THROUGH, AND HE TOOK OUT
WHATEVER ENEMY YOU MIGHT BE FACING, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, AND HE DROWNED THEM. AND HE BROUGHT AN AMAZING
BREAKTHROUGH, AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE IS WHY GOD'S WANTING US
TO DO THIS. SO I'M GONNA START IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS GET
READY TO LINE UP. I'M GONNA COME, WHERE'S THE BEGINNING OF
THE LINE? PASTOR BRENDA, DO YOU WANNA WALK THROUGH? MATTHEW, WHY
DON'T YOU WALK THROUGH? ANYBODY NEED A BREAKTHROUGH? BRENDA,
YOU'RE BETTER AT THIS. IF YOU'RE IN THE LINE AND YOU NEED ONE,
YOU CAN WALK THROUGH. SHOULD THEY DO IT NOW? HOW MANY MEN ARE
IN THE LINE YOU WISH YOU COULD WALK THROUGH RIGHT NOW? I'M
GONNA LOSE MY LINE. LET'S DO THIS FIRST. LET'S LET THE PEOPLE
GO THROUGH BECAUSE WHAT YOU WILL PRAY AND BE PROPHETIC ACT FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE, GOD WILL DO IT IN YOUR LIFE AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? LET'S GO. LET'S SING IT,
CHRISTY. LET'S SING THE SONG FIRST. WAIT FOR ME. COME ON.
COME ON, WAVE YOUR HANDS. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. WAVE YOUR
HANDS. COME ON, LORD, THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS
ROOM. THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE, LORD GOD, THAT ARE WATCHING AND
IN THIS ROOM. BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES- GOD, WE STAND IN A PLACE
OF INTERCESSION AND, MAN THE POWER OF GOD IS SO STRONG. THANK
YOU, LORD, MAKE THE WAY, MAKE THE WAY, BRING BREAKTHROUGH.
HOSANNA. FOR THE PEOPLE, GOD, FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE.
FOR THE PEOPLE, LORD. BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE
PEOPLE, HEALING, WHOLENESS, DELIVERANCE. THANK YOU,
GOD. COME ON, START GOING THROUGH. HOSANNA, HOSANNA.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
COME ON, KEEP SINGING. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. LET BREAKTHROUGHS. LET
DELIVERANCE AND HEALING COME TO THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, GOD.
THE LORD SAVES, THE LORD HEALS, THE LORD DELIVERS. THE LORD
STRENGTHENS. COME ON, KEEP GOING QUICKLY. WALK THROUGH, PEOPLE.
COME ON, MOVE THE LINE, KEEP GOING THROUGH. YESHUA, BE
GLORIFIED. YESHUA, BE GLORIFIED, BE GLORIFIED, BE GLORIFIED, BE
GLORIFIED, BE GLORIFIED, BE GLORIFIED. YESHUA, MAKE THE WAY,
MAKE THE WAY, MAKE THE WAY. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. LET
BREAKTHROUGH COME. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. COME ON. COME ON. KEEP
COMING. KEEP COMING. KEEP MOVING THE LINE. BLESSED IS HE WHO
COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. LORD, ALL THE
PEOPLE, WHETHER IN THIS ROOM OR THOSE THAT ARE WALKING THROUGH,
HOSANNA! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
HOSANNA! HOSANNA! HOSANNA! HOSANNA! BLESSED IS HE! LET'S
KEEP THE LINE MOVING. USHERS, LET THEM GET OVER THERE SO WE
CAN KEEP MOVING THE LINE. COME ON, KEEP MOVING THE LINE. KEEP
MOVING THE LINE, IT'S TO BE MOVING. I NEED USHERS TO HELP
MOVE THE LINE, PLEASE. KEEP IT MOVING, PLEASE, THANK YOU. COMES
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. HOSANNA. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. COME
ON. I DON'T WANT YOU TO STOP. KEEP GOING. COME ON, IT'S A
MOVEMENT OF THE SPIRIT. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. THANK
YOU, LORD. ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. USHERS, I NEED
YOUR HELP HERE. HERE'S WHAT I WANT. THERE'S A BOTTLENECK HERE.
HAVE YOU GUYS ALREADY BEEN PRAYED FOR RIGHT HERE? WHO HAS
NOT BEEN PRAYED FOR RIGHT THERE? WHAT WE NEED, USHERS, YOU TO DO
IS MOVE THE LINE FORWARD THIS WAY AND LET PEOPLE GET BACK TO
THEIR SEATS. BUT LET'S KEEP THE LINE MOVING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
GOD, KEEPING THINGS MOVING. COME ON, KEEPING THINGS MOVING. THEY
DIDN'T STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RED SEA. THEY KEPT WALKING, THEY
KEPT MOVING, THEY KEPT GOING. KEEP THE FLOW OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
GOING. USHERS, KEEP THE LINE MOVING. COME ON. YOU KNOW WHAT,
HAVE THEM COME OVER THERE AND MOVE THESE AISLES AND FREE 'EM
UP. THERE YOU GO, PRAISE GOD, GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, LET'S FOCUS
ON GOD. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD. WE HONOR YOU,
YESHUA. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. LET BREAKTHROUGH COME FOR THE
PEOPLE. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. LET BREAKTHROUGH COME FOR YOUR
PEOPLE. YOU PREPARE THE WAY THROUGH YOUR SACRIFICE, YESHUA,
THROUGH YOUR BLOOD AND OUR COVENANT. YOU PREPARE
THE WAY, MANIFEST YOURSELF FOR THE PEOPLE.
MEET THEIR NEEDS, ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS, BRING
BREAKTHROUGH, GOD. BLESSED ARE YOU.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
PRAISE GOD. IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE MEN, I'M GONNA DO THIS. I WANT,
IF YOU ARE IN LINE AND YOU NEED TO, WE'LL LET THEM GO THROUGH. I
JUST HOPE WE GOT ENOUGH LINE. BUT I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE A PART. USHERS, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I WASN'T CLEAR ON MY
INSTRUCTION, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND
CLAP. HOSANNA, BLESSED ARE THESE. YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH
THE LINE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH IN THE LINE FOR
THOSE. WE'RE GONNA SING IT AGAIN. UH-OH. HERE'S WHAT WE'LL
DO. IF THE LINE NEEDS TO BE FILLED UP, HOW MANY OF YOU OUT
THERE WOULD BE WILLING TO COME UP? COME ON UP, FILL THE LINE.
LET THEM GO THROUGH, IT'S OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR
BREAKTHROUGH HERE. WE HAVE BEEN BELIEVING GOD. SO SOME OF YOU
COULD COME UP, YOU COULD BE PART OF IT. THIS IS WHAT PALM SUNDAY
IS. 'CAUSE I IMAGINE IF YOU HAD, HOW MANY OF YOU, IF YOU WERE
ALIVE AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, IF YOU HAD PALM
BRANCHES BACK IN THOSE DAYS, HOW MANY OF YOU THINK YOU'D BE IN
LINE AND YOU WOULD BE WAVING YOUR PALM BRANCHES? YOU COULD
PUT A PALM BRANCH SYMBOL, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, LIKE YOU'RE PARTICIPATING. I KNOW I WOULD, I
WOULD BE DOING IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE A PALM
BRANCH, BUT YOU GOT PALMS, RIGHT? DOES THAT COUNT? YOU
KNOW, YOU GOT PALMS. USHERS, YOU ARE DOING AMAZING, AND I
APPRECIATE IT. I HOPE I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WANT TO GRIEVE THE HOLY
SPIRIT BY STOPPING, BUT GOD'S BEEN DEALING WITH ME ABOUT
SOMETHING. WE'RE IN A TIME OF WHAT? A SHIFT CHANGE TO BRING A
WHAT CHANGE? A SWIFT CHANGE. AND GOD'S BEEN DEALING WITH ME ABOUT
ACCELERATION. AND HE SAID TO ME, WE ALWAYS USE THE WORD, A MOVE
OF GOD. LISTEN, I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR THE MEN IN OUR
CHURCH, AND I'M PROUD OF YOU. AND I'VE BEEN ASKING GOD FOR A
MOVE OF HIS SPIRIT. AND ONE THING THAT GOD SAID TO ME, "MEN,
IF YOU WILL MOVE YOUR EMOTIONS TOWARDS GOD, MOVE YOUR BODY
TOWARDS GOD, MOVE YOUR SPIRIT TOWARDS GOD, YOU WILL HAVE A
MOVE OF GOD." SOME OF YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE A MALE OR FEMALE
AND YOU'RE WATCH AND LEARN TO MOVE WITH GOD. IF GOD SAYS
SOMETHING, DON'T GET YOUR HEAD IN THE WAY. DON'T RESPOND
SLOWLY. MOVE. AND THAT'S HOW YOU POSITION YOURSELF FOR A GREATER
BLESSING OF GOD. ALL RIGHT. WOW, LOOK AT THIS. OKAY, ARE YOU
READY? WAIT, LET 'EM SING FIRST SO THEY CAN KINDA GET IT READY.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA WAVE THEIR PALMS. AND ONCE AGAIN,
WOULD SOMEBODY DO THIS FOR ME? MATT, I WANT YOU TO REPRESENT
THE YOUNG GENERATION AGAIN, THE PEOPLE. I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE
THE PEOPLE A DOUBLE PORTION. WOULD YOU WALK THROUGH, ALL
RIGHT, SO MATTHEW, WALK DOWN, STAND IN FRONT OF THERE.
MATTHEW'S GONNA WALK THROUGH WITH MY PHONE, REPRESENTING
AGAIN YOU, IF YOU JUST JOINED US. WE WANT YOU TO GET A
BREAKTHROUGH TOO. WE WANT THAT MANIFESTATION OF GOD IN YOUR
LIFE, AMEN. HOW MANY OF YOU, LET ME JUST SAY THIS, YOU DON'T GO
BY FEELINGS, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU FELT SOMETHING WHEN YOU WENT
THROUGH THE LINE? I FELT THE POWER OF GOD RIGHT HERE. HOW
MANY OF YOU HONESTLY DID? WE'RE NOT GOING BY FEELINGS, WE'RE
GOING BY WHAT WE REALLY EXPERIENCED, AND THAT IS YOU
FELT GOD. ALL RIGHT, MATTHEW, YOU READY? NO, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
GO BACK, I'M SORRY. I'M DOING IT WRONG AGAIN. SING, AND THEN,
READY, GO. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, SON.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
ALL RIGHT, CAPTAIN, I THINK CAPTAIN NEEDS TO GO THROUGH. I
BELIEVE THERE'S A PROMOTION COMING. SOMETHING'S GONNA OPEN
UP FOR YOU. YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA OPEN
FOR YOU. COME ON. BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE
LORD. COME ON, YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WATCHING, GOD'S OPENING
SOMETHING FOR YOU. HOSANNA, HOSANNA. MAKE THE WAY FOR YOUR
PEOPLE, GOD. ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, GOD. OPEN THE WAY.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S PUT OUR PALMS IN THE AIR AND WORSHIP THE
KING. SAY, "HOSANNA." TELL HIM WHATEVER YOU WANT. TELL HIM YOU
LOVE HIM. YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT JUST LET HIM KNOW HOW AWESOME HE
IS. GOD, YOU'RE AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE WAY IN
YESHUA'S NAME. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO NOW WITH
YOUR PALMS. GIVE SOME KNUCKLE TOUCHES, GREET ONE ANOTHER. LOOK
AT THAT, YOU'RE ALREADY UP HERE, YOU CAN GREET ONE ANOTHER, YOU
CAN KNUCKLE TOUCH. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, AMEN. OH MAN, THANKS
FOR BEING PATIENT AS I WAS TRYING TO ADMINISTRATE THAT, YOU
DID GOOD. YOU DID GOOD. WELL, WE GREET THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING AS WELL. WE BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING POWERFUL AND
MIGHTY IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE AS WELL. SO WE FIST PUNCH YOU AS
WELL. SO YOU CAN KIND OF DO THAT BACK. YOU PUT A FIST PUNCH, BUT
WE BLESS YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE, WHO DO WE GOT?
SHANE? JUST GREET EACH OTHER. OKAY.
(MUSIC)
WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. WELL, MAN, WE HAD A REALLY FUN
TIME YESTERDAY, DIDN'T WE? AND FOR ALL OF YOU LADIES, HERE'S A
LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. WATCH THIS.
(MUSIC)
IT WAS A REALLY FUN TIME, AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU MEN HAD A
FUN AND ANOINTED AND POWERFUL TIME. WE DID HAVE A TIME IN THE
LORD AS WELL, BUT YES, THE DANCE COMPETITION HAPPENED. DAVID WON
IT. BUT IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY DRESS UP. I DO
HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE, I
HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. OFFICER HERRICK'S OUTFIT WAS, JUST THINK
ABOUT STARSKY FROM STARSKY AND HUTCH. AND YOU'LL HAVE THE IMAGE
LIKE, THAT'S WHAT HE KIND OF LOOKED LIKE YESTERDAY, AND IT
WAS SPOT ON. I WAS LIKE, YOU KILLED IT. SO IT WAS A LOT OF
FUN, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WELL, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN
THE BUILDING, WE WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANNA MAKE
SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG. WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR
YOU. SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE AT THE DOOR, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND
AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE
GIFT BAG, THERE'S SOME GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU,
AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. SO PLEASE TAKE THAT OUT
AT THIS TIME. IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT.
INSIDE THAT, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND HOME
WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON
THE LEFTHAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR IT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP
IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET. WHEN IT COMES AROUND 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 GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING
BY LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE,
ONE VOICE TV, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO
THE SERVICE AS WELL. ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET OR DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN GET ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMMING THAT
WE HAVE OUT THERE FOR YOU. ALL OF THOSE LISTED RIGHT THERE ARE
AVAILABLE TO YOU TO STREAM LIVE OR WATCH ARCHIVED, SO PLEASE GET
OUT THERE AND BE BLESSED BY ONE VOICE TV.
WELL, WE HAD THE MEN'S EVENT YESTERDAY.
THE NEXT EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP IS ALL THE WOMEN
SAY, WOMAN YOU ARE ANOINTED. WATCH THIS.
(MUSIC)
NOBODY ELSE HAS YOUR PURPOSE AND THE PLAN OF GOD ON YOUR
LIFE. YOU ARE GOD'S GIFT TO THIS WORLD. AND WHEN YOU'RE WALKING
IN THE FULLNESS OF IT, YOU WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. YOU, MY
FRIEND, ARE A TERRORIST TO THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS. YOU ARE
THE DEVIL'S WORST NIGHTMARE. YOUR WANTED POSTER IS HANGING
IN THE HALLS OF HELL. THAT'S WHO YOU ARE.
(MUSIC)
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE THERE'S A MIRACLE. IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE
THERE'S A BREAKTHROUGH. IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE THAT PERSON'S
COMING BACK TO GOD. IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE THIS IS EVER GONNA GET
SOLVED, BUT I SERVE THE GOD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
THE WOMAN YOU ARE ANOINTED CONFERENCE
TAKING PLACE APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH.
REGISTER TODAY AT WOMANYOUAREANOINTED.ORG.
ALL RIGHT, WOO! ONE THING US LADIES KNOW HOW TO DO IS YELL.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SO GOOD, WOMEN. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO
MAKE SURE YOU DO HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT. SO GO
OUT TO WOMANYOUAREANOINTED.ORG AND GET REGISTERED. I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ARE. WE KNOCKIN' ON THE DOOR OF 700ISH
OR SO, MAYBE RIGHT ABOUT THERE. SO THAT'S A GOOD GROUP OF WOMEN.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME, AND WE'RE STILL, I DON'T KNOW,
THREE AND A HALF WEEKS OUT OR WHATEVER. SO JUST GET OUT THERE,
INVITE A FRIEND, ALL OF YOU THAT ARE COMING ONLINE. YEAH, JUST IF
YOU'RE COMING HERE, WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU. IT'S GONNA BE A
LOT OF FUN, AMEN? A COUPLE OTHER QUICK THINGS, JUST WANNA REMIND
EVERYBODY ALSO, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT LORD OF HOSTS
CHURCH. WE GOT JESSE DUPLANTIS, THE RAGIN’ CAJUN, JUNE THE 28TH.
SO YOU WANT TO BE HERE FOR THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, MARK YOUR
CALENDARS FOR THE BIG EVENT. OPENING THE HEAVENS IS COMING TO
THE TABERNACLE THIS YEAR. AND WE'RE EXCITED. AND SO I JUST
WANT TO SAY, DON'T STAY HOME BECAUSE OF THAT AND THINK, WELL,
THERE WON'T BE A SEAT FOR ME. THERE WILL BE A SEAT. WE WILL
WORK THAT OUT. WE CAN HAVE THIS LISTEN, THIS BUILDING CAN BE
CRAWLING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND WE WILL HAVE THE ROOM,
AND I JUST BELIEVE THERE'S A SEAT WAITING FOR YOU. SO, THE
WEBSITE FOR THAT, WELL THERE'S A QR CODE, BUT GO OUT TO
OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG, AND I BELIEVE JUST AHEAD
OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT
THIS YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE
2024, RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION? REMEMBER THE
SMOKE ON THE WATER NIGHT? IT WAS SO FUNNY, BECAUSE LAST WEEK
CHE AHN COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE ALL LIKE ROLLING OFF
OUR SEATS. WE DID TELL HIM AT LUNCH AFTER WHAT HAPPENED, BUT
I THINK HE WAS COMPLETELY IN THE DARK WHEN HE MENTIONED
THAT, AND I'M LIKE, NO WE TOOK THAT SONG BACK FROM
THE CLUTCHES OF THE DEVIL. AND REALLY, IT WASN'T
EVEN A DEMONIC SONG. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE BAND, BUT THE SONG WAS A SILLY SONG, IT REALLY WAS, BUT
IT HAS A GOOD FEEL. SO WHEN PASTOR DID THAT, BUT I BELIEVE
THAT NIGHT THERE WAS SUCH A SHIFT IN THE SPIRIT. PASTOR
ANTHONY, HE AND HIS WIFE WERE ON VACATION TODAY, BUT HE LEANED
OVER AND HE GOES, "ARE WE INTERCEDING IN THE SPIRIT TO
SMOKE ON THE WATER RIGHT NOW?" I GO, "YES, WE ARE." OH, BUT LOOK
WHAT HAPPENED, AND I BELIEVE, COME ON, WHEN WE GATHER, FOLKS,
THIS YEAR, OPENING THE HEAVENS, IT IS, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA
SHIFT SOMETHING IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT. SO DON'T STAY HOME.
COME ON, GIVE A HAND IF YOU'RE EXCITED FOR IT.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
ALL RIGHT, WELL, PRAISE THE LORD. I WANNA QUICKLY GET OUR
OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP FOR TODAY. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE OFFERING NUGGET I'M GONNA
READ IT FROM THE STORY OF PALM SUNDAY. BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
JESUS' TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM IS IN ALL OF THE FOUR
GOSPELS, AND EACH OF THEM HIGHLIGHTS A FEW THINGS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENTLY. BUT I LOVE THIS PART. AND GO TO, GUYS, IF YOU
WILL, GO TO VERSE 33. I WON'T READ THE WHOLE PASSAGE. BUT IT
SAYS, REMEMBER THAT JESUS SAID, NOW GO FIND THIS LITTLE DONKEY,
THIS LITTLE COLT, AND UNTIE HIM AND BRING HIM, RIGHT? AND IF
ANYBODY ASKS YOU, RIGHT? WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WELL THIS
IS WHAT YOU'LL SAY. IT SAYS, "SO AS THEY WERE LOOSING THE COLT,
THE OWNERS," OKAY THIS WAS THE OWNER. LIKE, THIS WOULD BE LIKE
PICTURING SOMEBODY COMING AND TAKING YOUR CAR AND JUST GOING
AWAY WITH IT, AND YOU'RE LIKE "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
AND IT HAD TO BE TOTALLY SUPERNATURAL FOR THEM
NOT TO PROTEST, RIGHT? THEY DIDN'T GIVE THEM ANY GRIEF,
NOTHING LIKE THAT. SO THE OWNER SAID, "WHY ARE YOU LOSING THE
CULT?" LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE. THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTED TO ME,
VERSE 34. AND THEY SAID, THIS IS THE SIMPLE STATEMENT JESUS GAVE
THEM TO SAY. NOTHING ELSE, NO EXPLANATION, NO BIG, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO JUSTIFY, NOTHING. HE JUST SIMPLY SAID, YOU SAY, "THE
LORD HAS NEED OF HIM." AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. I THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW, GOD, WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT GOD NEEDS US. NOW
YOU COULD SAY, WELL GOD DOESN'T REALLY NEED US. NO,
BUT HE'S CHOSEN TO. HE'S CHOSEN TO PARTNER WITH US. GOD IS NOT
ENACTING HIS PLAN AND AGENDA ON THE EARTH OUTSIDE OF YOU AND ME.
HE CHOSE TO USE US IN MULTIPLE WAYS TO BE PART OF HIS PLAN.
THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS ABOUT WITH ABRAHAM. GOD WAS JUST LOOKING
FOR A MAN, OR IN THAT CASE IT WAS ABRAHAM OR ABRAM, TO GET IN
AGREEMENT WITH HIS AGENDA AND HELP HIM CARRY IT OUT IN THE
EARTH. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE, THE BIBLE CALLS US JOINT HEIRS,
RIGHT? WE ARE CO-LABORERS WITH GOD IN THE EARTH. SO UNDERSTAND
THAT GOD HAS NEED OF YOU AND ME. SO DON'T EVER TELL YOURSELF
YOU'RE A FAILURE. IN FACT, WHEN WE WERE PRAYING OVER THE GROUP
THAT WAS COMING THROUGH, ONE OF THE THINGS I FELT LIKE WHEN
I WAS STANDING OVER THERE IS TO PRAY AGAINST
PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH A DEMONIC SPIRIT OF
FAILURE. DON'T EVER RESORT TO THE IDEA, WELL,
I'M JUST A FAILURE, I'LL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH, GOD CAN'T USE ME
FOR THESE REASONS. MOSES DID THAT. HE TRIED TO SAY, GOD, I
CAN'T TALK WELL. AND GOD WAS LIKE, WELL, WHATEVER, WHO MADE
YOUR MOUTH? RIGHT? SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, DON'T JUST RESORT TO
NOT HAVING PURPOSE. GOD HAS A NEED OF YOU AND I, NO MATTER HOW
YOUNG WE ARE, OLD WE ARE. GOD TOLD, OR PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY,
DON'T LET ANYBODY PUT DOWN YOUR YOUTHFUL AGE.
OKAY, BUT BE DILIGENT TO DO THESE THINGS, OKAY?
THE BIBLE SAYS OF THE OLD MEN AND WOMEN, HE SAID,
"YOU'VE KNOWN HIM FROM THE BEGINNING." GOD HAS NEED OF
YOU AND I ON THIS EARTH. WELL, THAT MEANS, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
GIVING, HE HAS NEED OF OUR GIVING. OKAY? IT'S THE GIVING OF
GOD'S PEOPLE THAT IS CAUSING THE GOSPEL TO GO FORWARD IN THE
EARTH. YOU KNOW, ALL THE NAYSAYERS ARE LIKE, "WELL, YOU
KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE TO THE CHURCH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TITHE." I'VE HEARD THESE THINGS FOR YEARS. I KNOW YOU HAVE TOO.
BUT THEN I THINK, WELL THEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE DROVE UP THIS
MORNING AS WE CAME INTO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, AND I
SAID, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS JUST LIKE TO DRIVE RIGHT THERE 'CAUSE
I LIKE TO SEE HOW GOD HAS BLESSED ALL OF US. AND I
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT
DIDN'T WANT A GREAT BIG OLD CHURCH JUST BEING STUCK IN THE
MIDDLE OF MILLARD AVENUE. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S A
FRIEND OF THE GOSPEL, IT'S NO SURPRISE, RIGHT? BUT THEN I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "YEAH, BUT LOOK HOW THIS PLAZA LOOKED
BEFORE WE CAME." I MEAN, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FROM HERE, YOU
KNOW IT LOOKED PRETTY POOR. IT WAS A DILAPIDATED OLD CENTER
JUST FALLING APART. AND I THOUGHT, "BUT ISN'T THAT HOW THE
DEVIL IS? HE'LL LIE TO PEOPLE AND SAY, 'YOU WERE BETTER OFF IN
THE TRASH DUMP, RIGHT, THAN TO HAVE SOMETHING BE BEAUTIFIED."
WELL, GOD HAS NEED OF OUR GIVING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN IMPRINT
IN THIS EARTH. RIGHT NOW, THIS VERY MOMENT, THERE ARE THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE JOINING US ON ALL THE PLATFORMS. WE ARE MAKING
AN IMPRINT IN OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU KNOW, YOUR GIVING IS
MISSIONS IN THE FACT THAT YOU'RE JUST ON CAMERA. AND THERE'S
SOMEBODY AS PASTOR WAS HOLDING HIS PHONE TODAY AND WALKING
THROUGH REPRESENTING THE ONLINE GROUP THAT ARE GOING TO GET A
MIRACLE THAT ARE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF, COME ON,
SOMEBODY. THEY'RE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BREAKTHROUGH
IN THEIR LIFE JUST BECAUSE WE TOOK OUR TITHES AND
OUR OFFERINGS AND SAID, AND THE LORD HAD NEED OF IT. THINK ABOUT
THAT. SO WHEN YOU GIVE, NOTICE, YOU KNOW, WE TEACH A LOT ABOUT
THE BLESSINGS OF GIVING AND GOD WILL GIVE BACK TO YOU AND
MULTIPLY YOUR SEEDS. SO IN ALL OF THOSE ARE IN THE BIBLE AND
THEY'RE IMPORTANT. THEY'RE IMPORTANT. BUT REMEMBER AT THE
END OF THE DAY, GOD HAS NEED OF YOUR GIVING. THINK ABOUT IN THE
BOOK OF MALACHI, ALL OF US IN THE ROOM PROBABLY CAN QUOTE THE
PASSAGE ON TITHES AND OFFERINGS, MALACHI 3. BUT IT SAYS THAT
THERE MIGHT BE MEAT IN MY HOUSE. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S GOD'S OLD
TESTAMENT WORD OF SAYING, I HAVE NEED OF THE COLT. I HAVE NEED.
THE MASTER HATH NEED OF IT. BUT HERE'S WHAT WAS AMAZING TO ME,
AND I WAS READING THIS THIS MORNING IN MY BIBLE, AND I'M SO
GLAD THAT NOBODY QUESTIONED IT. THE OWNER OF THE COLT DIDN'T GO,
"WELL, THAT'S MY COLT. I PAID SO MANY SHEKELS FOR THAT COLT, HOW
DARE YOU?" AND IT HIT ME, AND THE LORD REMINDED ME, 'CAUSE IT
WAS SUPERNATURAL. WHEN WE RESORT TO THE FACT, YOU KNOW, THE
DISCIPLES WOULD GO, "WELL, JESUS, THEY'RE GONNA ARGUE."
THEY JUST SAID, "OKAY." AND THEY REALIZED AND THEY TRUSTED THAT
IF GOD SAID HE HAD NEEDED SOMETHING, ALL THEY HAD TO DO
WAS RESPOND. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD TOOK CARE OF THE REST. AND
THOSE PEOPLE LET THAT COLT GO ON. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE
STANDING THERE WITH A PALM BRANCH GOING, "THAT'S MY
DONKEY." I MEAN, MAYBE THEY WERE, I DON'T KNOW. IT COULD
HAVE BEEN. BUT THE POINT IS THE LORD HAD NEED OF IT. AND SO GOD
HAS NEED OF YOU TODAY. HE HAS NEED OF YOUR GIVING. DON'T
RELENT AND LET THE DEVIL TALK YOU OUT OF WHAT GOD HAS. THAT
SUPERNATURAL MOMENT OF THAT CULT THAT THEY TOOK 'CAUSE THE LORD
HAD NEED, AND THAT'S ALL THE WORD THEY NEEDED, AND GOD TOOK
CARE OF THE REST. COME ON SOMEBODY, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT. GOD HAS NEED OF IT. HALLELUJAH! ALL RIGHT, WELL,
IT'S ALSO, IT'S PASSOVER GIVING TIME, SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
THERE IS AN OFFERING ENVELOPE ON YOUR CHAIR AND ON THE DROP DOWN.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS
RIGHT NOW, THAT FEAST GIVING TIME WAS THE LORD HAD NEED OF
IT. AND YOU'VE HEARD ME TEACH ON THAT MANY TIMES. I DON'T EVEN
HAVE TO GO INTO ALL OF THE TOPICS ON FEAST GIVING. PASSOVER
PENTECOST TABERNACLES WAS A TIME THAT GOD WANTED THEM TO
COMMEMORATE. HOW MANY REMEMBER THAT? AND THEIR GIVING WAS TO
CAUSE THEM TO DO THAT. THE LORD HAD NEED OF IT UNDER THE OLD
COVENANT BECAUSE GOD KNEW IT WOULD BE A FULFILLMENT UNDER THE
NEW. SO HE WANTED TO MARKET. THAT'S WHY WHEN THE LORD SAYS HE
HAS NEED OF SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S A FEAST OFFERING OR
WHATEVER IT IS, SERVICE TO THE LORD, ALWAYS RESPOND. GOD HAD
ISRAEL DO THAT BECAUSE HE HAD NEED OF IT FOR A REASON. SO IT'S
PASSOVER GIVING TIME. THIS IS WHERE WE GIVE A SPECIAL
OFFERING. GOD TOLD US THIS WAS A SEASON NEVER TO COME BEFORE HIM
EMPTY. DEUTERONOMY 16 AND 16. SO THERE'S A PASSOVER FUND
AVAILABLE RIGHT THERE AND WE'RE ON THE DROP DOWN. OF COURSE YOU
CAN USE THE SPECIAL OFFERING ENVELOPE FOR PASSOVER AND THESE
WILL BE AVAILABLE ALL THROUGH PASSOVER WEEK THIS WEEK AND
WE'LL LEAVE IT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN ON IT IF THEY
COME. YOU KNOW WE GET PEOPLE THAT WATCH SOME OF THESE THINGS
EVEN AFTER THE FACT AND SO WE LEAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR
EVERYBODY. SO PASSOVER GIVING THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. AMEN.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR GIVING READY, YOUR OFFERING
ENVELOPE THAT THE LORD HAS NEED OF, STAND UP ON YOUR FEET, OR IF
YOU'RE USING YOUR PHONE, HOLD ON TO IT. AND WE'RE GONNA DEDICATE
THESE TO THE LORD. THIS IS, THEY CALL THIS HOLY WEEK, BUT YOU
KNOW, THE TITHES ARE HOLY. LEVITICUS 27 SAYS THAT, THAT THE
TITHE IS HOLY TO GOD. WELL, WE'RE OFFERING IT UP BECAUSE THE
LORD HAS NEED. ARE YOU READY TO DO THAT TODAY? OKAY, HOLD YOUR
PHONE UP, YOUR ENVELOPE, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, LET'S DO IT AS AN
ACT OF AGREEMENT. FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERY ONE OF US.
FATHER, WE HAND THE COLT WILLINGLY BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU
HAVE NEED OF IT, LORD. SO USE IT, GOD, TO YOUR FULLEST INTENT,
WHATEVER YOU DESIRE TO DO. AND FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU,
FATHER, THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE THAT ARE BEING HELD UP, FATHER,
I THANK YOU THAT A SOUL IS ATTACHED TO IT SOMEWHERE,
SOMEHOW. FATHER, WHETHER IT'S A PERSON THAT NEEDS SALVATION OR
SOMEONE THAT NEEDS A MIRACLE IN THEIR BODY, AND WE JUST THANK
YOU. I THANK YOU FOR IT RIGHT NOW. I THANK YOU, FATHER, AS
THEY HOLD UP THEIR GIFTS, EACH AND EVERY ONE. FATHER, YOU HAVE
NEED OF IT, AND THAT MEANS THERE'S SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL
ATTACHED TO AND WE HONOR YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS'
MIGHTY NAME. SAY HALLELUJAH IF YOU AGREE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU
READY TO DO THE DECLARATION? LET'S DO IT. AND LET'S BELIEVE,
BY THE WAY, THAT GOD WILL JUST PACK IN WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AT
LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SO WE CAN IMPACT THE THOUSANDS AROUND THE
WORLD. SAY THIS WITH ME. SAY, "WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND
MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED,
AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT WE SAY TO
EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND FINISH. WE SAY THAT
WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS
HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU
ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER AND 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 WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE
DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED. NOW GIVE GOD A GREAT
BIG SHOUT AS THE USHERS BEGIN TO SERVE YOU. WELL, THANK YOU,
PASTOR BRENDA. THAT WAS WONDERFUL. THAT WAS A GOOD, GOOD
MESSAGE. ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. USHERS, YOU
CAN USH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING, BY THE WAY. WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, IN
FACT, I WENT OUT ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND IT'S SO CUTE, MANY
OF THE ONLINE TODAY, YOU'RE PUTTING LITTLE PALM TREES,
YOU'RE CLAPPING HANDS, JUST LIKE WE SAID, YOU KNOW? AND WHEN YOU
DO THAT, IT JUST KIND OF HELPS YOU TO BE A PART OF WHAT GOD IS
DOING IN THE ANOINTING RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE. SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME YESTERDAY,
AND I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS SO PROUD OF THE MEN. I WANNA SHOW
JUST A FEW PICTURES, AND BY THE WAY, THOMAS, ARE YOU HERE?
WHERE'S THOMAS? I CALLED YOU TONY A COUPLE TIMES, I REALIZED,
YESTERDAY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS YOUR DANCE NAME, AND
I'M LIKE, MAN, BUT HE, THERE'S SOME PICTURES.
OKAY, SO THEY SAID I LOOK LIKE A MOB BOSS, OKAY.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
NO, WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING FOR? ARE YOU THINKING SO TOO? NOW
THERE'S PASTOR DOUG, THAT WAS PASTOR DOUG. IS THAT NOT SUPER
COOL? LOOK AT THAT, THERE'S PASTOR DODJI AND RYAN. MAN, WHO
WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT? KEEP GOING, KEEP SCROLLING. LOOK AT
THAT. THEY LOOK LIKE BOB ROSS. EXACTLY, CHRIS. YOU LOOK, I
MEAN, THAT'S A COMPLIMENT. YOU KNOW, HE'S A GREAT GUY. LISTEN,
HE'S A GREAT GUY. I THINK HE'S A FANTASTIC GUY. I DON'T, LOOK AT
THESE GUYS. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE LAUGHING, BUT THAT STYLE IS
COMING BACK. I LET DODJI, I ASKED PASTOR DODJI, I SAID, "LET
ME BORROW YOUR AFRO." NOW THERE'S THE TWO GUYS THAT HAD TO
DO A DANCE-OFF, THOMAS AND DAVID, LOOK AT 'EM RIGHT THERE.
I THINK THOMAS SHOULD'VE WON DAVID, JUST BECAUSE HE'S A LOT,
OH, YOU'RE GOING THUMBS DOWN. HE WAS A LOT OLDER, LOOK AT THAT.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
ROBERT, DO YOU WANNA DENY OR CONFIRM THAT THAT'S YOU? HIS
WIFE MADE THE OUTFIT THERE. YOU KNOW, IT JUST REMINDS ME, PASTOR
ANTHONY JUST HAPPENED TO TAKE VACATION AT THIS TIME. HE DIDN'T
WANT TO LOSE. OH, MY GOODNESS. SO NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR MEN
WERE UP TO, GIRLS. LOOK AT THAT MOVE. LOOK AT THAT. HE'S STILL
GOT IT, MAN. ROBERT, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE MOONWALKING OR
SOMETHING. THERE'S THIRD DEGREE JARED. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, ARE YOU ENJOYING IT? OH, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. AND YOU
KNOW, AND IT'S GOOD TO LAUGH. YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE'RE
LAUGHING AT YOU GUYS. WE'RE NOT LAUGHING AT YOU, BUT. AND SOME
GUYS THOUGHT THEY COULD DANCE, AND WE WON'T SAY WHICH ONES.
THERE'S THE GROUP PHOTO. THERE THEY ALL ARE. LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH, THERE. ALL RIGHT. YOU MIGHT ANYWAY, MAN, THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING. YOU KNOW,
CAPTAIN, HE MISSED YESTERDAY TOO 'CAUSE HE WANTED TO, JUST DIDN'T
WANNA SHOW HIS DANCE MOVES. BUT NO, ACTUALLY YOU WERE PART OF
THE SOLDIER THAT WAS LAID TO REST, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE AND HELPING OUT WITH THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, WELL I'M GONNA PREACH TO YOU. ARE YOU
READY? YES. I WANT YOU TO OPEN UP YOUR BIBLES TO ISAIAH 59. AND
YOU KNOW WHEN I SAY OPEN YOUR BIBLES, I REALLY THINK YOU OUGHT
TO BRING YOUR BIBLES. I REALLY THINK YOU OUGHT TO BRING YOUR
BIBLES. SO, PASTOR DOUG, WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? WE HAVE SOME,
WHY DON'T YOU MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT REAL QUICK RIGHT
NOW HERE. SO WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT WE JUST WANT TO
LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE WELCOME HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS
CHURCH. CAN YOU GRAB A MICROPHONE? OH, YOU GOT ONE?
YEAH, PASTOR DOUG, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE WATCHING THAT GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING. I
UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT CAME FROM SOUTH
AFRICA. WOULD YOU STAND RIGHT NOW? WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU
HONOR TODAY. YOU'RE HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT.
LINDA KNOWS. THERE'S ONE OVER THERE. STAND UP FOR ME SO THAT
WE CAN SEE YOU. THERE'S SOME THERE. WE THANK YOU FOR COMING
TODAY. AND WE HONOR YOU BECAUSE WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP CAME UP WITH A PROGRAM TO HELP PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS LEAVE
SOUTH AFRICA AND BE SAFE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE, CORRECT?
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE STAND WITH YOU. CONGREGATION, WE ASK YOU
JUST TO HELP THESE PEOPLE GET TO KNOW THEM AND LOVE ON THEM. WE
LOVE YOU. YES, IS THAT OKAY? AMEN, WE'RE GLAD THAT GOD'S
GRACE IS OVER YOU, AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD. SO MAKE SURE YOU SHOW
SOME CHRISTIAN LOVE AND JUST ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE DOING. THAT
WOULD BE VERY KIND AS THE BRETHREN TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE DOING OKAY. SO, AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE HERE AND
YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DOING VERY WELL, PASTOR HANK,
WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. WE HAVE AN ALTAR TEAM THAT
PASTOR DOUG, AT THE END WHEN WE CLOSE THE SERVICE, THEY'RE
AVAILABLE TO PRAY WITH YOU. AND MAN, THEY'RE GETTING SOME
POWERFUL, POWERFUL ANSWERS TO PRAYER. SO LET THEM PRAY FOR
YOU. LET THEM MINISTER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO ISAIAH
CHAPTER 59. I ALWAYS LIKE THIS. NOW, SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE
LISTENED TO SOME OF MY PALM SUNDAY MESSAGES, YOU MIGHT SAY,
WELL, PASTOR, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. WELL, THEN MY THOUGHT IS
IF YOU HAVE THAT IDEA, DON'T READ ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION
THEN OR THE RESURRECTION. WE NEED TO GO BACK SO THAT WE CAN
APPRECIATE IT. AND SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS DO EVERY YEAR, I'M
GONNA GIVE YOU A CHALLENGE. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT TODAY IS
GO BACK AND READ OUT OF THE GOSPELS, THE ACCOUNT, AND THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WHAT HAPPENED ON PALM SUNDAY? WHAT
HAPPENED THAT DAY? WHAT HAPPENED WITH WHAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE
THIS WEEK WITH GOOD FRIDAY, AND WHAT JESUS WENT THROUGH. READ
ABOUT IT. READ ABOUT HIS SACRIFICE AND SUFFERING, IT'LL
MAKE YOU LOVE HIM EVEN MORE. AND I BELIEVE IN ALL MY HEART
AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF HIM AND HIS HEART, I THINK HE WOULD
REALLY LIKE IT IF WE TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST GET IN THE
SCRIPTURES AND REALLY READ ABOUT THE AMAZING ACT OF LOVE
THAT HE GAVE TO US. AND I KNOW I HAVE BEEN AND
IT'S TOUCHED MY HEART EVERY TIME. AND I JUST,
I'LL STOP READING AND I'LL LOOK UP AND I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW
YESHUA, THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE. YOU ARE AN AMAZING SAVIOR.
YOU'RE AN AMAZING LORD. AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU. NOW
LET'S LOOK HERE 'CAUSE I WANNA BASE MY FOUNDATION OF WHAT I'M
GONNA SAY TO YOU OFF OF THIS SCRIPTURE. WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT THE LORD OF THE COUNTER. NOW YOU SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES
COUNTER MEAN? COUNTER MEANS TO BRING AN ACTION THAT IS IN
OPPOSITION. TO RETALIATE, TO NULLIFY, RESPOND AND TO OPPOSE.
SO NOW, NOTICE THE SCRIPTURE, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE LORD OF
THE COUNTER. "SO SHALL THEY FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD FROM
THE WEST, AND HIS GLORY FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN. WHEN THE
ENEMY SHALL COME IN," NOW YOU NEED TO STOP. "WHEN THE ENEMY
SHALL COME IN." OFTENTIMES, THE ENEMY MAY COME IN BUT REALLY,
I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE ORIGINAL WRITING IS WHEN THE
ENEMY SHALL COME IN, PAUSE, STOP, WATCH GOD'S COUNTER, WATCH
GOD'S RESPONSE. IT'S GREATER THAN THE ENEMY COMING IN. IT'S
LIKE A FLOOD, THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE LORD. THAT'S TALKING
ABOUT THE LORD OF THE COUNTER, THE LORD WHO OPPOSES THE DEVIL,
THE LORD WHO RETALIATES ON THE DEVIL, THE LORD WHO HAS VICTORY
OVER THE DEVIL, JUST LIKE YOU DO. AND LIKE A FLOOD, GOD'S
RESPONSE, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL RAISE UP A COUNTER OR A
STANDARD AGAINST HIM. NOW, I WANT YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TO
LOOK UP HERE AT ME AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING HERE.
THIS IS WHAT PALM SUNDAY IS ABOUT. YES, IT'S ABOUT THE PALM
BRANCHES, BUT IT'S ABOUT GOD COUNTERING THE PLAN OF THE ENEMY
THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED A REDEMPTIVE PLAN. IN FACT, HOW
MANY OF YOU, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT HERE IN MATTHEW 21. SO I WANT
YOU TO GO THERE IN MATTHEW 21. BUT AS YOU'RE GOING TO MATTHEW
21, I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. I'VE
SHOWED THESE PICTURES BEFORE OF THE DONKEY, OF HOW EVEN THE VERY
DONKEY ON THE BACK OF THE DONKEY THAT JESUS RODE IN ON, YOU CAN
SEE THE CROSS, YOU CAN SEE THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION, YOU CAN SEE
THE LORD WHO IS COUNTERING ALL OF THE CURSE OF SIN, OF EVIL,
SICKNESS, DISEASE, RIGHT? EVERYTHING THAT THE CURSE
REPRESENTED, EVERYTHING THAT THE ENEMY WHO COMES TO STEAL, KILL,
AND DESTROY REPRESENTS. JESUS EVEN SAID IT IN JOHN 10. YOU
WANNA SEE THE LORD OF THE COUNTER? HE SAYS, "THE DEVIL
STEALS, KILLS, AND DESTROYS." BUT THEN JESUS SAYS, "BUT,"
HERE'S THE COUNTER, "I'VE COME TO GIVE YOU LIFE AND LIFE MORE
ABUNDANTLY." SHOW THOSE PICTURES OF THE DONKEY'S BACK.
THIS LITERALLY, DID YOU EVER NOTICE ON THE BACK OF A DONKEY
IS A CROSS? BECAUSE JESUS RODE IN ON A DONKEY THAT HAD A CROSS
JUST LIKE THAT TO SHOW THAT HE WAS COMING TO REDEEM
US FROM OUR TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SIN NATURE AND LIFE.
AND SO EVEN THAT IS AMAZING. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT THAT. LOOK AT MATTHEW CHAPTER 21. "NOW WHEN THEY DREW
NEAR TO JERUSALEM "AND THEY CAME TO BETHPHAGE AT THE MOUNT OF
OLIVES, "JESUS SENT," UNDERLINE THIS, "TWO DISCIPLES." AND
THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE YOU
SEE THE NUMBER TWO VERY OFTEN. AND A LOT OF TIMES TOO IS
COVENANT AGREEMENT, BUT IT ALSO REPRESENTS GOD IS TRYING TO SHOW
THE BLESSING OF SOMETHING AND HOW THAT BLESSING OPPOSES THE
OTHER. RIGHT, REMEMBER THERE WERE TWO MOUNTAINS, THEY WOULD
GET UP ON THE ONE MOUNTAIN AND THEY WOULD DECLARE THE BLESSING.
WHAT WERE THEY THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE? THEY WERE SHOWING WHAT THE
BLESSING WAS TO OVERCOME AND WHAT IT WAS IN OPPOSITION TO ON
THE OTHER MOUNTAIN, THEY WOULD SPEAK THE CURSES, RIGHT? DON'T
SPEAK CURSES. LET YOUR WORDS OPPOSE EVIL. LET YOUR WORDS
OPPOSE WHAT JESUS PAID FOR. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT
THAT SYMPTOM THAT COMES UP IN YOUR BODY, RIGHT? MAYBE YOU'VE
GOT A PAIN IN YOUR KNEES OR SOMETHING. OPPOSE IT. LET THE
LORD OF THE COUNTER, JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS AND THE BIBLE SAYS,
WE'RE GONNA LOOK IN ISAIAH 53, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, HE BORE, HE TOOK YOUR PAINS. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
PAIN IN YOUR BODY. YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND SAY, I OPPOSE THAT,
THE LORD OF THE COUNTER. JESUS TOOK THIS. BUT YOU GOTTA SPEAK
TO IT, JUST LIKE THEY DID ON THAT MOUNTAIN. AND YOU GOTTA
SPEAK TOWARDS THE CURSE. AS YOU COUNTER IT, THAT'S WHAT PALM
SUNDAY IS. IT'S ABOUT THIS COUNTERING, THE OPPOSING,
THE RETALIATING OF GOD AGAINST THE ENEMY ON
YOUR BEHALF, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY THE DONKEY HAD A CROSS
ON IT. IT WAS ALL FOR YOUR BEHALF. AND BY THE WAY, YOU
COULD READ IN THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY THAT A DONKEY WAS
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REDEEMED OUTSIDE OF MANKIND BY A LAMB.
THERE'S A WHOLE ‘NOTHER MESSAGE IN THAT. MAYBE I'LL PREACH ON
THAT NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S IN DEPTH. BUT SAYING TO
THESE TWO DISCIPLES, GO INTO THE VILLAGE OPPOSITE YOU AND
IMMEDIATELY, WATCH THIS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE TWO AGAIN, YOU'RE
GONNA SEE A DONKEY TIED AND A COLT WITH HER. SO YOU SEE A
DONKEY, YOU SEE A MAMA DONKEY, AND YOU SEE HER COLT. IN FACT,
IT REMINDS ME, I THOUGHT I SAW JANELLE HERE, SHE TRAINS
BEAUTIFUL HORSES. OH, THERE YOU ARE. HEY STAND UP. STAND UP
PLEASE JANELLE. I AM FASCINATED BY WHAT YOU DO. I'M SERIOUS.
SO, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT SHE DOES. SHOW US PICTURES.
THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES, SHE TRAINS THESE BEAUTIFUL
HORSES. AND WHAT ARE THEY AGAIN, WHAT KIND ARE THEY? ARABIAN, OH,
THEY'RE ARABIANS. LOOK AT HER, THAT'S HER, I MEAN, THAT IS SO
FASCINATING. AND JESUS SAID, "WE'RE GONNA RIDE BACK ON A
HORSE." SO I NEED YOU TO HELP TRAIN ME BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE LEFT BEHIND UP IN HEAVEN, YOU KNOW, I
NEED YOU TO HELP ME. THANK YOU FOR STANDING, BUT LOOK AT THAT
ONE, THAT IS A GORGEOUS HORSE. I BET SHE COULD TEACH SOME OF US
MEN HOW TO MOVE, MAYBE. NOW LOOK, I JUST HOLD THAT PICTURE.
SO LOOK AT THAT. SHE TRAINED THAT MAMA AND THE LITTLE
ARABIAN, WHAT DO THEY CALL THE LITTLE ONE? A FILLY. OH, SO IT'S
FROM PHILADELPHIA. SO NO, I'M JUST, I'M MESSING, I'M MESSING,
I'M MESSING. SO ANYWAY, HERE IT IS. BUT SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU
A PICTURE. I THOUGHT OF HER AND I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, AS I
JUST READ THAT ABOUT THE MOTHER DONKEY AND THE LITTLE ONE, I
THOUGHT OF YOU AND I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND
THAT BEAUTIFUL PICTURE, THAT IS JUST AMAZING. I WANT BOTH OF
THEM, GOD. ALL RIGHT, BRENDA, I WANT A HORSE FOR CHRISTMAS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT, I WANT A HORSE FOR CHRISTMAS. MOM, I KNOW
YOU'RE WATCHING. WE CALL HEALING OVER YOU TODAY, BY THE WAY. I
KNOW, MOM, YOU NEVER GOT ME A HORSE AND I ALWAYS ASKED. SO,
ALL RIGHT, NOW WATCH THIS. LOOSE THEM AND BRING THEM TO ME. AND
IF ANYONE SAYS TO YOU, HEY, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU MIGHT GET SOME
OPPOSITION, YOU MIGHT GET SOME COUNTERING IN RETURN. IF ANYONE
SAYS ANYTHING TO YOU, YOU SHALL SAY THE LORD HAS NEED OF IT. AND
IMMEDIATELY HE'LL SEND THEM. LET'S KEEP READING THROUGH THE
STORY, THIS IS GREAT. AND ALL THIS WAS DONE THAT IT MIGHT BE
FULFILLED, WHICH WAS SPOKEN BY THE PROPHET SAYING, THIS IS SO
POWERFUL, OH MY GOODNESS. TELL THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, BEHOLD,
NOTICE THE WORD TO DESCRIBE JESUS. YOUR KING IS COME TO YOU
LOWLY, SITTING ON A DONKEY, A COLT, THE FOAL OF A DONKEY. SO
THE DISCIPLES WENT AND DID AS JESUS COMMANDED. NOTICE, TOO,
AGAIN, THEY BROUGHT THE DONKEY AND THE COLT, THEY LAID THEIR
CLOTHES ON THEM, THEY SET HIM ON THEM, AND A VERY GREAT
MULTITUDE, JUST LIKE WE WERE DOING TODAY, BEGAN TO SPREAD
THEIR CLOTHES ON THE ROAD, SO TO SPEAK. AND OTHERS CUT DOWN
BRANCHES AND THEY BEGAN TO WAVE THEM. NOW NOTICE WHAT THEY SAID.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THIS IS PSALM 118. THEY HAD BEEN
DOING THIS FOR YEARS. AND THE CRY OF THEIR HEART WAS, BLESSED
IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. HOSANNA, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? THE LORD SAVES, THE LORD SAVES, THE LORD SAVES. MAN,
WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT TODAY, WE WERE DECLARING EVERYTHING
THAT JESUS PAID FOR THROUGH HIS SALVATION OF US AND FOR US HAS
BEEN PROVIDED AND MANIFESTED, AND GOD MADE THE WAY AND HAS
GONE BEFORE YOU. THAT'S WHY YOU KEEP YOUR WORDS RIGHT. YOU
COUNTER, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. EVEN IF YOU'RE SITTING
THERE RIGHT NOW OR YOU'RE WATCHING, AND YOU'RE LIKE,
"WELL, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT. I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING
DIFFERENT. COUNTER WITH YOUR WORDS. AND I'M TELLING YOU, THEY
WERE DOING THIS FOR 2,000 YEARS AND IT FINALLY SHOWED UP. AND
THE PROBLEM WAS, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, THEY DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE
IT. THEY DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT. HOW DO WE KNOW, PASTOR? KEEP
READING. IN VERSE 10, "AND WHEN HE HAD COME INTO JERUSALEM, "ALL
THE CITY WAS MOVED." AND HERE'S WHAT THEY SAID, "WHO IS THIS?"
NOW, HE HAD BEEN PERFORMING MIRACLES. HE HAD BEEN AROUND
JERUSALEM. HE HAD BEEN IN JERUSALEM. JESUS SPENT HIS
MINISTRY MINISTERING, AND YET NOW THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO
SAY, "WHO IS THIS?" BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE
US. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT JOHN CHAPTER 8. LOOK AT HOW MANY
TIMES THEY WOULD SAY THIS ABOUT JESUS. THEY CONSTANTLY WOULD
ARGUE OVER THE IDENTITY OF WHO JESUS IS. THAT'S WHY I DON'T GET
INTO ARGUMENTS WITH PEOPLE. I JUST TELL THEM WHAT JESUS SAID
ABOUT HIMSELF, WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, AND I LET THAT
SPEAK. RIGHT, LOOK AT JOHN CHAPTER 8. THEN THEY SAID UNTO
HIM, WHO ARE YOU? JUST LIKE, AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, EVEN THE
SAME THAT I SAID TO YOU FROM THE BEGINNING, I'VE BEEN TELLING
YOU, I AM. AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE USING THE NAME OF
GOD, I AM. AND THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, I AM. I AM THE BREAD OF
LIFE. I AM YOUR GOOD SHEPHERD. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. I
MEAN, HOW MANY MORE TIMES DO I NEED TO SAY IT TO YOU? AND THEN
JESUS GETS IN THIS DISCOURSE, AND I'M ACTUALLY WRITING THIS IN
MY BOOK THAT I'M ALMOST DONE WITH CALLED BECOMING A FRIEND OF
GOD, WHERE I TALK ABOUT TWO FATHERS. YOU HAVE YOUR HEAVENLY
FATHER, AND THEN JESUS IN JOHN 8 POINTS OUT IN JOHN 8:44,
HE SAYS, "YOU'RE OF YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL." BUT LET'S READ ON,
LOOK AT A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF THE BOOK OF JOHN. LOOK AT JOHN
8:53. THEY SAID THIS, THIS IS SO AMAZING. ARE YOU GREATER THAN
OUR FATHER ABRAHAM? AND THAT'S WHEN JESUS SAYS, "MAN, YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHO I AM." WHICH IS DEAD AND THE PROPHETS ARE DEAD.
WHO DO YOU MAKE YOURSELF OUT TO BE? LOOK AT JOHN 10, MAN,
THEY'RE SO BOTHERED BY IT NOW. JOHN CHAPTER 10, VERSE 24. THEN
CAME THE JEWS AROUND ABOUT HIM AND SAID, "HEY, HOW LONG ARE YOU
GONNA MAKE US DOUBT?" IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT WE
DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. HUH? THAT'D BE LIKE ME COMING EVERY
WEEK SAYING, "PASTOR HANK, PASTOR HANK," AND THEN YOU POINT
YOUR FINGER AT ME AND SAY, "TELL US PLAINLY, HOW LONG ARE YOU
GONNA MAKE US DOUBT? "ARE YOU REALLY THE PASTOR?" I KNOW,
MAYBE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T ACT LIKE IT WHEN THEY GOT A WIG ON,
YOU KNOW, WITH LIKE A, YOU KNOW, AFRO AND, YOU KNOW. DON'T
COMMENT, DON'T DO THE WOO, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. BUT HERE'S
THE POINT. THEY KEPT WONDERING, WHO IS JESUS? NOW LET'S GO BACK
HERE TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 21, VERSE 10, BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS,
"THE MULTITUDE SAID, THIS IS JESUS, THE PROPHET FROM NAZARETH
OF GALILEE. NOW WHY DID THEY SAY, WHO IS THIS? WHY OF ALL
DAYS WOULD THEY SAY, WHO IS THIS? YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON PALM SUNDAY. I'M JUST GONNA READ, I
THINK I CAN DO A BETTER JOB TO JUST EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HISTORY
LITERALLY SAID, WHAT THE TRADITION AND THE CUSTOM WAS. SO
THE MORNING OF PALM SUNDAY, THE HIGH PRIEST WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED
OTHER YOUNGER, NOT AS HIGH RANKING PRIESTS, THEY WOULD
MARCH LITERALLY FROM THE TEMPLE AND THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE
STREETS OF JERUSALEM AND THEY WOULD MARCH ALL THE WAY OUT TO
THE CITY WALL. AND THERE WOULD BE PRIESTS THAT WOULD LINE THE
STREETS TO GATHER THE PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO THE PRIEST WOULD
SAY, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE MOMENT NOW, PALM SUNDAY, RIGHT?
THAT WE ARE LITERALLY GOING TO GO UP TO BETHLEHEM 'CAUSE THAT'S
WHERE YOU HAD TO GET THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB. ALL THE LAMBS
WERE BORN ON THE OUTSIDE OF BETHLEHEM ON THE HILLSIDE,
RIGHT? THEY HAD TO GET A LAMB THERE. AND THE LAMB THAT WOULD
BE CHOSEN THAT YEAR, EVERY YEAR, THAT WAS, IT HAD TO BE WITHOUT
SPOT, HAD TO BE WITHOUT BLEMISH, HAD TO BE A MALE. AND IT HAD TO
BE BORN IN A MANGER OR A FEEDING TROUGH. AND SO THIS YEAR WAS NO
DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE YEARS THAT WAS GOING TO, THEY WERE
GONNA SACRIFICE THIS LITTLE LAMB, THE HIGH PRIEST WOULD
LITERALLY GO UP TO BETHLEHEM TO GET THIS LAMB, AND THEN GUESS
WHAT HE WOULD DO? IN THE MEANTIME, THE OTHER PRIESTS THAT
WERE WITH HIM WOULD COME BACK WITH HIM, BUT OTHER PRIESTS
WOULD GATHER ALL THESE MULTITUDES, AND THEY WOULD SAY,
"CUT OFF THE BRANCHES, TAKE YOUR GARMENTS, GET READY, BECAUSE THE
HIGH PRIEST IS COMING THIS YEAR. HE IS COMING WITH THE LITTLE
LAMB THAT WAS BORN IN A MANGER. AND HE'S COMING AND HE'S RIDING
ON A DONKEY. AND THE CITY GATE IS ABOUT TO OPEN. AND GUESS
WHAT? THE BEGINNING OF THE COVERING OF YOUR SIN FOR ANOTHER
YEAR IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. BUT THIS YEAR IT WAS DIFFERENT,
BECAUSE THE HIGH PRIEST WAS OVER THERE GATHERING THE LAMB FROM
BETHLEHEM, THE MANGER, AND HERE COMES THE LAMB OF GOD. JESUS,
THE LAMB OF GOD, THE TRUE LAMB, THE WORTHY LAMB, OUR LAMB. AND
HE IS COMING, RIDING ON A DONKEY, JUST LIKE THE HIGH
PRIEST, AND HE'S STANDING IN A PROPHETIC MOMENT OF WHAT HE'S
GETTING READY AFTER HE SACRIFICES HIS BODY AS THE LAMB,
SHEDS HIS BLOOD, AND HAS THE MOST GRUESOME, GRUESOME,
GRUESOME TORTURE OF ANY HUMAN FOR US. AND HE'S ABOUT THEN TO
ASCEND AFTER HE'S RESURRECTED AND CARRY HIS BLOOD AS THE LAMB
OF GOD AND BE DECLARED THE HIGH PRIEST. WHERE OUR SINS ARE NOT
JUST COVERED. AS FAR AS EAST IS TO THE WEST, THEY WILL BE
REMEMBERED NO MORE. AND SO NOW JESUS IS RIDING IN ON THE
DONKEY. THEY'RE EXPECTING THE HIGH PRIEST, AND HERE'S THIS
JESUS GUY. AND HE IS THE LAMB, HE DIDN'T NEED TO CARRY ONE.
AND THEY THROW OPEN THE CITY GATES JUST LIKE THEY DID
EVERY YEAR. AND THIS TIME THEY SEE JESUS ACTING IN THE
PROPHETIC ACT OF THE HIGH PRIEST THAT HE SHALL BECOME AS THE
SACRIFICED LAMB. AND NOTICE THEIR RESPONSE. MATTHEW 21,
VERSE 10, "WHO IS THIS?" IT DIDN'T MEET THEIR EXPECTATION.
IT DIDN'T MEET THEIR TRADITION. THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL. YOU CAN NOT SERVE GOD ACCORDING TO YOUR TRADITION.
YOU CAN'T SERVE GOD BY YOUR RITUALS, BECAUSE JESUS WILL
MESS THAT UP. I REMEMBER I HAD A HINDU WORSHIPING DOCTOR. HE
MIGHT BE WATCHING. HE USED TO WATCH, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU STILL DO. AND I REMEMBER ONE DAY GOING
TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND I HAD GIVEN THEM A DON'T
LEAVE GOD ALONE BOOK THAT I WROTE. I TOLD THEM, I SAID,
"READ THIS." AND WE WOULD GET IN DISCUSSIONS AND NOTHING THAT I
WOULD EVER SAY TO THEM WOULD MAKE A DENT. AND ONE DAY THEY
SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, "WE HAVE ALL THESE GODS." I SAID, "YOUR
GODS MAKE ME NERVOUS." YOU KNOW, THEY GOT ARMS THAT ARE OUT OF
THEIR HEADS AND THEIR EYES LIGHT UP AND SERPENT TONGUES. THEY
SAID, "OH YEAH, WE SET UP RAISINS FOR ALL OF OUR GODS." I
SAID, "REALLY?" AND THEY HAVE LIKE A MILLION GODS. AND SO I
GAVE THEM, I SAID, "I WANT YOU TO READ THIS BOOK, DON'T LEAVE
GOD ALONE." AND THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, GOD IS LIKE AN
ELEPHANT. "YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE BLIND AND YOU PUT AN ELEPHANT IN
A ROOM "AND THE BLIND GUY WOULD TOUCH THE EARS, "THOSE THAT
TOUCH THE EAR, THEY WOULD SAY, OH, GOD IS LIKE THIS EAR, BUT
IT'S STILL AN ELEPHANT. OR GOD IS LIKE THE TRUNK, OR GOD IS
LIKE THE TAIL. AND IT'S ALL THE SAME GOD. JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR
GODS, IT'S ALL THE SAME. AND I SAID, "REALLY? "A BLIND GUY,
HUH?" "OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH." I SAID, "WELL, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ME AND YOU IS "I ONCE WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE." AND
GOD AIN'T LIKE THAT. HERE'S WHO HE IS. AND SO I HAND HIM THE
BOOK, AND I SAID, "NOW I'M GONNA PRAY THAT JESUS IS GONNA AND I'M
GONNA MAKE HIMSELF REAL TO YOU. THAT YOU WILL NO LONGER, LIKE
THEY SAID, ASK WHO IS THIS, WHO IS HE? I SAID, I'M GONNA PRAY,
DO YOU MIND IF I PRAY? AND WHEN I GOT DONE PRAYING, THEY SAID,
HOW COME MY BODY IS SO HOT, IT FEELS LIKE FIRE? AND THEN THE
ONE DOCTOR, I FELT LIKE ELECTRICITY GO THROUGH MY BODY,
WHAT IS THIS? I SAID, IT'S GOD, IT'S JESUS. AND I PRAY THAT HE
WILL MANIFEST HIMSELF. SO THEN, ABOUT 30 DAYS LATER, I CAME BACK
BECAUSE I HAD MY ANNUAL PHYSICAL, YOU HAVE TO COME
BACK. AND THEY'RE CRYING. I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU CRYING
FOR?" HE SAID, "COME, COME, COME. QUICK, QUICK, QUICK."
AND THERE WAS A WHOLE LINE OF PEOPLE. MAN THIS IS GOOD
SERVICE, DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, MAN. SO I GET BACK IN THE BACK
AND THEY'RE CRYING. THEY SAID, "I GOTTA TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENED" AND THEY'RE SHAKING. I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED?" THEY
SAID, "WE WERE PUTTING OUT OUR RAISINS FOR OUR GODS,
AND ONE DAY, AS I WAS PUTTING OUT THE RAISINS
FOR OUR GODS. I SAT DOWN AND JESUS CHRIST WALKED IN
MY ROOM. I SAID, "HUH?" AND HE SAT DOWN AND HE SAID, "I AM
JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
I AM YOUR SAVIOR AND I AM YOUR LORD.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
I SAID, WOW. SHE GOES, TELL ME MORE. AND I SAID, WHAT'S GOING
ON WITH YOUR LIFE? SHE GOES, OH, I PUT RAISINS OUT FOR HIM. I
WANT HIM TO COME AGAIN. I SAID, WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO
PUT RAISINS OUT. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS JUST PUT YOUR HEART
OUT. PUT YOUR HEART OUT, RIGHT? RIGHT? RIGHT? ISN'T THAT
POWERFUL? SO THEY WERE GOING, WHO IS THIS? WHO IS THIS? BUT
NOW I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING
GOING ON THAT WAS SO MAGNIFICENT. THERE WERE TWO
PROCESSIONS GOING ON THAT DAY THAT HISTORY WILL TELL YOU. AND
THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
HAPPENING. SO, I WANT YOU TO SEE IN SCRIPTURE, THIS IS
PROFOUND. THERE WERE TWO PROFESSIONS THAT WERE TAKING
PLACE IN 30 AD. SO JESUS NOW WAS COMING IN TO THE EAST GATE,
WHERE HE ALWAYS WENT. HE WAS ENTERING IN TOWARDS THE EAST
GATE. AND THERE WAS SO MUCH NOISE, AND THERE WAS SO MUCH
OF WHAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING, WAVING YOUR HANDS AND PUTTING
THE PALM BRANCHES DOWN AND THEY WERE DECLARING, "HOSANNA,
HOSANNA." IT WAS STIRRING UP THINGS. NOW YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT CAUSED THE OTHER PROCESSION
TO HAPPEN ON THE WEST SIDE. SO YOU HAVE JESUS OVER HERE ON THE
EAST, HE'S RIDING IN ON A DONKEY, AND ON THE WEST SIDE,
NOW KEEP IN MIND, EAST, WEST. TWO KINGDOMS ARE COLLIDING. THE
LORD OF THE COUNTER IS COMING AGAINST WHAT THE OTHER
PROCESSION REPRESENTED. THAT WHICH WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM
THROUGH, ARE YOU READY, THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT, AND THOSE THAT
CONVINCED HIM TO BE OFFERED UP AS THE SACRIFICE. ARE YOU
FOLLOWING ME? TWO PROCESSIONS, NOW WATCH. ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS
PILATE. AND HE CAUGHT, THEY CAUGHT WIND. CAESAR AND ALL OF
THIS, HEROD THAT THE JEWS WERE DECLARING SOMEONE AS THEIR KING.
YOU COULD READ THAT IN JOHN CHAPTER 6. JESUS HAD TO ESCAPE
BECAUSE HE SAID, IF I DON'T LEAVE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GONNA
TRY TO MAKE ME KING. AND SO HE LEFT. SO THEY KNEW THAT, IT GOT
BACK TO THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT, THAT'S WHY THEY HAD A
PROCESSION. AND PILATE WAS RIDING IN ON, AND HISTORY SAYS
ON THIS WHITE HORSE. WHAT ARE WE GONNA ALL RIDE IN ON? YEAH, AND
IT SAYS THAT THE NOISE THAT WAS TRYING TO COUNTER JESUS AND THE
WORSHIP FROM THE PEOPLE, THEY HAD THEIR SPEARS. HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD THAT INTIMIDATION? LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BRITISH, YOU WOULD
USE THEIR DRUMS. AND THEY WERE MARCHING IN ON THE OUTSIDE FROM
THE WEST GOING EAST. JESUS WAS COUNTERING WITH A PROPHETIC ACT,
OPPOSING THE ENEMY, OPPOSING THE ENEMY'S PLAN, RETALIATING, BUT
YET NOBODY KNEW IT. THEY'RE JUST SAYING, OH, HERE COMES, HE'S
LOWLY AND MEEK, RIDING IN ON A DONKEY FROM THE EAST GOING WEST.
NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO THEY'RE POUNDING OVER HERE THE
PROCESSION. THEY CAUGHT WIND OF ANOTHER THING. IN JOHN CHAPTER
11, LAZARUS HAD JUST BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND IT CREATED,
YOU COULD READ THIS IN JOHN 11. YOU CAN READ FROM VERSES 45 DOWN
INTO VERSE 53. THERE WAS SUCH A STIR IN THE CITY OF LAZARUS
BEING RAISED FROM THE DEAD. THEY DIDN'T WANNA JUST KILL JESUS,
THEY WANTED TO KILL LAZARUS. SO NOW THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, THIS MAN
IS CREATING PROBLEMS. SO HEROD AND CAESAR GIVE ORDERS. PILOT,
YOU'RE ALREADY NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. YOU
ARE IN TROUBLE PRETTY MUCH, AND IF YOU WANNA SAVE YOUR RANK AND
YOUR LOCATION, YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND YOU'RE GONNA SORT
THIS OUT, AND THERE BETTER NOT BE AN INSURRECTION. YOU BETTER
COUNTER THIS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR KING. HOW MANY ARE
SEEING IT? SO NOW FOLLOW ME, LOOK HERE, I WANNA SHOW YOU
THIS. LOOK AT EXODUS CHAPTER 10, VERSE 13. NOTICE THE DIRECTION
OF SOMETHING. EXODUS CHAPTER 10, VERSE 13. "AND MOSES STRETCHED
FORTH HIS ROD OVER THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND THE LORD BROUGHT A,"
WHAT WIND? WHAT DIRECTION WAS IT? AN EAST WIND. AND WHAT
HAPPENED ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT? LOCUSTS. JUDGMENT. HOW DID IT
COME? FROM WHAT DIRECTION? EAST. WHERE WAS JESUS ENTERING IN? HE
WAS ENTERING INTO THE EAST. NOW, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE
LOCUSTS. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT, I THINK IT'S VERSE 19, MIGHT
BE VERSE SOMEWHERE IN THERE, 18, 19. NOW WATCH WHAT GOD USES TO
COUNTER IT. AND THE LORD TURNED A MIGHTY STRONG, WHAT WIND? WEST
WIND. AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE TOOK AWAY THE LOCUSTS, ALL
RIGHT? LOOK AT PSALM 103, AND LOOK AT VERSE 12. WHAT DOES
PSALM 103 SAY? AS FAR AS THE WHAT? WHY DOES IT MENTION THE
EAST FIRST? 'CAUSE EAST IN THE BIBLE REPRESENTS JUDGMENT. WHEN
CAIN WAS REMOVED, OR NOT CAIN, ADAM AND EVE, RIGHT? THEY WERE
CAST OUT EASTWARD, JUDGMENT. AND THEY WENT FROM THE, YOU CAST
YOUR SINS AS FAR AS THE EAST, THAT'S JUDGMENT, TO WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE WEST? IT WAS REMOVED. THAT'S MERCY. WHEN THE
PRIEST WOULD TAKE OF THE LAMB EVERY YEAR FROM THE LITTLE
MANGER IN BETHLEHEM, JUST LIKE WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON
PALM SUNDAY THAT YEAR, RIGHT? THEY WOULD ALWAYS ENTER IN
TOWARDS THE EAST GATE. AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE PRIEST,
THE HIGH PRIEST WOULD TAKE THAT LITTLE LAMB THAT WAS CHOSEN AND
HE WOULD GO INTO, RIGHT? HE WOULD GO INTO THE TEMPLE, AND HE
WOULD GO IN THROUGH THE EAST GATE, CARRYING THE JUDGMENT, THE
GUILT OF EVERY PERSON'S SINS. AND GUESS WHICH DIRECTION HE WAS
HEADING? WEST, BECAUSE WEST, WHETHER IT BE THE TABERNACLE
THAT WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OR THE TEMPLE, THEY ENTERED IN EAST
WITH THE SINS, THE JUDGMENT, EVERY ONE OF US HAVE SINNED, AND
THEY WOULD ALWAYS HEAD WEST TOWARDS THE MERCY SEAT. JESUS IS
COUNTERING. HE'S COUNTERING OUR SIN. HE'S COUNTERING WHAT
THEY'RE GONNA DECLARE HIM GUILTY OF, THAT HE'S INNOCENT, BUT WE
ARE THE GUILTY ONES. AND AS THE LAMB OF GOD, JUST LIKE THEY DID
EVERY YEAR, NOW HE'S COMING SAYING, LORD, THEY'RE GUILTY.
BUT I AM THE LAMB OF GOD, AND I'VE COME TO TAKE AWAY THEIR
SINS. AND I'M GOING IN THROUGH THE EAST GATE, JUST LIKE THE
PRIEST DID EVERY YEAR. I'M CARRYING IT UPON MYSELF NOW.
THEIR SINS, THEIR INIQUITIES, THE CHASTISEMENT, THE PUNISHMENT
THAT THEY DESERVE IS UPON ME, ACCORDING TO ISAIAH 53. AND I'M
RIDING IN ON THIS DONKEY THAT HAS A CROSS 'CAUSE I'M ABOUT TO
BEAR MY CROSS. I'M ABOUT TO TAKE THEIR SHAME AND I'M HEADING WEST
BECAUSE LORD I'M HEADING SOMEWHERE. I'M GONNA HEAD NOT
ONLY THROUGH THE CROSS, BUT THE RESURRECTION. I'M GONNA HEAD
TOWARDS THE MERCY SEAT IN HEAVEN. AND I'M GOING TO ENTER
IN, I'M GONNA PUT MY BLOOD THERE, THAT WILL FOREVER SPEAK
OF YOUR MERCY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHY HEBREWS 4:16 SAYS, NOW WE
CAN COME, WE CAN ENTER IN, AND OBTAIN. WE DON'T HAVE
TO ASK, IT SAYS YOU CAN OBTAIN IT. IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE.
GRACE, MERCY, HELP, BECAUSE JESUS WENT EAST, HEADED TOWARDS
WEST. NOW PILATE, WHAT WAS HE DOING? HISTORY WILL TELL YOU. HE
WAS ACTING ALL MERCIFUL. THAT'S WHY HE CAME IN FROM THE WEST.
BUT WHAT WAS HE REALLY DOING? HE WAS COME TO BRING AND TO
FULFILL JUDGEMENT. HE WAS GONNA DECLARE AN INNOCENT MAN AND
JUDGE HIM AS GUILTY. HOW MANY SEE THIS? NOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO
ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON, HOW MANY REMEMBER WHEN
JESUS... JUST A FEW DAYS. YOU NEED TO READ ABOUT THIS, AND
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. AND SO HE'S STANDING THERE
BEFORE PILATE AND THE ROMAN GUARDS, THEY EACH GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PUNCH HIM IN THE MOUTH WITH AN OPEN FIST. THEY
LITERALLY GOT TO TAKE THEIR BEST SHOT AND HIT JESUS. FOR HIM TO
BE ABLE, I'VE OFTEN SAID THIS TO HIM, I SAID, LORD, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR FACE CAN BE SO BEAUTIFUL LIKE IT IS. AND YET
THEY KEPT PUNCHING YOU AND PUNCHING YOU AND YOU TOOK THE
PUNCHES FOR US. YOU TOOK THE HITS FOR US, GOD. AND THEN WHAT
THEY DID, NOW WATCH THIS, WHY DID THEY DO THIS? THEY GAVE HIM
A REED, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SCEPTER OF A KING. THEY HANDED
IT TO HIM, PUT A CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD, WHICH THE BIBLE
SAYS WHEN IT WENT ON HIS HEAD, IT PLATED HIM. IT SPECIFICALLY
USES THE WORD PLATED BECAUSE THOSE THORNS, THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE WATCHING, WERE LIKE THIS, AND IT LITERALLY PIERCED DOWN SO
MUCH THAT IT HIT HIS BONE, IT HIT HIS SKULL. COME ON, HOW
MANY OF YOU EVER HAD HEADACHES OR PAIN THAT IS LIKE IT'S IN
YOUR BONE? HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD THOUGHTS YOU COULDN'T GET
RID OF? LISTEN, IF IT HIT THE SKULL, THERE ISN'T ANY THOUGHTS
THAT WASN'T PAID FOR. NO MATTER HOW DEEP, OR
HOW MUCH IT'S BEEN EMBEDDED INTO YOUR SOUL.
BEAUTIFUL, NOW WATCH THIS. WHAT DID THE ROMAN GUARDS SAY
WHEN THEY HANDED JESUS THE SCEPTER AND THEY HIT HIM OVER
THE HEAD? WHAT DID THEY SAY? HAIL, KING OF THE WHAT? HAIL,
KING OF THE JEWS. WHAT DID THEY USED TO SAY ABOUT CAESAR? HAIL
CAESAR. BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, IN FACT, THEY FOUND
A COIN IN ANCIENT JERUSALEM, IN JERUSALEM, THAT HAD AN
INSCRIPTION OF CAESAR, TIBERIUS IS WHO IT WAS. AND ON THE
INSCRIPTION, IT SAID, "HAIL CAESAR." ON THE BACK OF IT, IT
DECLARED THAT HE WAS THE PRINCE OF PEACE. CAESAR WAS CALLED AND
HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE SON OF GOD. YES, HE WAS CONSIDERED
AND THEY WERE CALLED LORDS. SO HERE YOU HAVE A PROCESSION THAT
IS PROCLAIMING SON OF GOD, LORDSHIP. AND JESUS, NOT THE
COUNTERFEIT, IS COUNTERING IT. GOING, I'M THE SON OF GOD, I'M
THE HIGH PRIEST, I'M THE SACRIFICED LAMB OF GOD. AND
EVERYBODY MISSED IT 'CAUSE THEY THOUGHT HE WAS JUST LOW AND MEEK
AND MILD. NO, BECAUSE EVEN THE DONKEY, MAMA, AND THE LITTLE
BABY DONKEY HAD HIS PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE THAT I'M GONNA SHOW
YOU. IT REALLY WAS A KING COMING IN TO MAKE A POINT. HE WAS THE
LORD OF THE COUNTER. NOW WATCH, THIS IS VERY POWERFUL. BY THE
WAY, I PUT THIS IN A BOOK, AMY. IT'S A GREAT BOOK. HOW MANY OF
YOU DON'T HAVE A, WE WERE CALLING IT A TRILOGY, BUT I'VE
ALREADY RELEASED LORD OF THE FIGHT. WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE
COMING OUT, THE LORD OF THE COUNTER, IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE LORD OF THE DIFFERENCE, IT'S ALREADY
WRITTEN, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE LORD OF THE CONQUEST. AND
YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHO GOD
IS FOR YOU. GIVE HONOR TO GOD, ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? NOW, LET'S
TALK ABOUT THIS. WHY WERE THERE TWO, TWO DONKEYS, TWO
PROCESSIONS? BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING THAT IS VERY
SIGNIFICANT. HOW MANY REMEMBER THE FIRST PASSOVER? THEY WOULD
TAKE THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THEY WOULD PUT IT UPON HOW MANY
SIDE POSTS OF THE DOOR? TWO, TWO SIDE POSTS, RIGHT? ONE ON THE
TOP AND ONE ON THE SIDES. THEY WOULD PUT THE LAMB'S BLOOD. WHY
WAS IT AGAIN TWO? BECAUSE IT MADE THE SHAPE OF A CROSS. WHY
THE CROSS? BECAUSE THIS IS HORIZONTAL, RIGHT? REPRESENTS
THE EARTH REALM, REPRESENTS MAN, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY IT SAYS FROM
THE EAST TO THE WEST, HE'S CAST MANSIONS, JUDGMENT EAST TO THE
WEST. THAT HORIZONTAL PIECE WHEN JESUS WAS HANGING ON THE CROSS
REPRESENTED THAT. WHAT WAS THE VERTICAL PART? GOD COMING DOWN
TO EARTH, TO MAN, AND MAKING THE CONNECTION, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY
THE BLOOD HAD TO BE ON THE TOP AND ON THE BOTTOM BECAUSE GOD
WAS COUNTERING, COMING DOWN, THE WORD BECAME FLESH, AND HERE'S
THE HORIZONTAL, HE CAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US. IT WAS A
COUNTERING ACT. YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS. YOU GO BACK TO EXODUS, AND
YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST PLAGUE WAS JUDGMENT. AND WHAT WAS THE FIRST
PLAGUE THAT WAS JUDGMENT? IT WAS THE BLOOD. THE NILE TURNED INTO
BLOOD. NOW, WHY WAS THERE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BLOOD? HOW
MANY REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF THE PASSOVER? TAKE
THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, PUT IT UPON THE SIDE POSTS. IT STARTED
WITH BLOOD, AND GOD BROUGHT A COUNTER THROUGH BLOOD. WE'RE
ALL, NOW THIS IS SO POWERFUL BECAUSE WHAT DID JESUS DO? LOOK
AT ISAIAH CHAPTER 52, YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. THESE ARE INCREDIBLE
SCRIPTURES THAT YOU NEED TO READ. SO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
I'VE SHARED THIS WITH MANY JEWS BEFORE. THEY KNOW THESE, IF
THEY'RE SECULAR, THEY DON'T, BUT I'VE HAD ORTHODOX JEWS WHERE
I'VE SAID, "I'LL SHOW YOU WHO YOUR MESSIAH IS." AND I'VE HAD
THEM LITERALLY TRY TO WIPE TEARS AWAY AND NOT ADMIT IT BECAUSE
THEY SEE A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY HAVE UNDERSTOOD AS A RITUAL, AN
ACT. AND JESUS CHRIST FULFILLED THIS. LOOK AT ISAIAH CHAPTER 52.
THIS IS SO POWERFUL THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND. LOOK AT VERSES 13
THROUGH 15. "BEHOLD, MY SERVANT SHALL DEAL PRUDENTLY. "HE SHALL
BE EXALTED AND EXTOLLED, "AND HE SHALL BE VERY HIGH." THIS IS
TALKING ABOUT JESUS. NOW WATCH, LOOK AT 14 AND 15 NOW. AS MANY
WERE ASTONISHED AT THEE. NOW THAT WORD ASTONISHED IS,
LITERALLY IT MEANS NOT LIKE, OH, WE'RE SO ASTONISHED. IT
LITERALLY HAS A HEBREW CONNOTATION OF WE LOOKED AT HIM
AND WE THREW UP. WHY? IT TELLS YOU WHY. HIS APPEARANCE, WE WERE
ASTONISHED. WE WERE SHOCKED THAT A PERSON COULD BE ALIVE THAT
LOOKED LIKE RAW HAMBURGER MEAT. WE WERE ASTONISHED, LIKE,
SHOCKED, THAT WE VOMITED, THAT ANYONE COULD BE CALLED A HUMAN
BEING HANGING ON THAT CROSS. HIS APPEARANCE WAS SO MARRED. THAT’S
WHY I NEVER, I TRY NOT TO, IN WORSHIP STAND THERE WITH MY EYES
OPEN. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AFTER WHAT HE WENT THROUGH? HANGING
THERE NAKED WITH HIS MALE PARTS HAVING TO SHOW. BUT MORE THAN
THAT, HIS FACE LOOKED LIKE RAW HAMBURGER MEAT, AND HIS BODY.
AND YET, WE STAND LIKE IF WE ARE BETTER THAN HIM? OR WE DON’T
HAVE IT IN OUR HEART, OR OUR ENERGY, OR OUR MIND TO FOCUS
TODAY. “I’VE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOMETHING AT WORK.” YOU DIDN'T
GO THROUGH WHAT HE WENT THROUGH. YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M GOING THROUGH. NO, I DON'T, BUT I KNOW WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
AND HOW DARE WE STAND THERE LIKE A TELEPHONE POLE. THAT'S WHAT I
TOLD YOU MEN. COME ON, MAN, BE MIGHTY. BE A WORSHIPER, BE A
PURSUER OF GOD, BE A WEEPER FOR GOD. PUT IT BACK UP. HIS
APPEARANCE WAS SO MARRED MORE THAN ANY MAN. WE PUKED, WE
VOMITED. AND HIS FORM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT HIM, AND WE'RE
LOOKING, HIS GUTS ARE HANGING OUT. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. HIS
INTESTINES WERE HANGING DOWN FROM BEING WHIPPED. MORE THAN
THE SONS OF MEN, VERSE 15. SO SHALL HE SPRINKLE MANY NATIONS.
HOW DOES HE DO THAT? THROUGH THE BLOOD. THAT'S WHY IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, FIRST PETER SAYS THAT WE CAN NOW, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF
SPRINKLING. THAT'S HOW YOU CAN HAVE A SCRIPTURE THAT APPLIES TO
PLEADING THE BLOOD. IT'S THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING. THEY WOULD
SPRINKLE THE BLOOD ON THE NIGHT OF THE PASSOVER. JESUS, IT SAID,
THROUGH HIS BLOOD, HE WOULD SPRINKLE IT. HOW DO WE SPRINKLE
THAT BLOOD TODAY? THROUGH, I PLEAD. I APPLY THAT COVENANT
BLOOD ON THE MERCY SEAT UPON ME AND MY LIFE AND MY WIFE AND MY
CHILDREN AND MY STAFF AND MY CHURCH FAMILY AND E-MEMBERS AND
PARTNERS. LORD, THAT BLOOD IS SPRINKLED. AND AS A RESULT,
THERE IS A PERMANENT COVENANT BOUNDARY LINE ESTABLISHED. PSALM
103, YOU'VE REDEEMED THEM FROM DESTRUCTION. THEY CANNOT BE
CURSED, THAT IT CANNOT BE TOUCHED. THEY CANNOT BE MADE
SICK. THEY ARE WELL, THEY ARE BLESSED. THIS IS HOW I PRAY FOR
YOU EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THAT SPRINKLING THAT HAS COME ON THE
NATIONS. NOW LOOK AT ISAIAH 53. WHOSE REPORT ARE WE GOING TO
BELIEVE? SO ISAIAH 53 VERSE 1, LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS. THIS IS
WHAT PALM SUNDAY IS ABOUT. "WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? "AND TO
WHOM IS THE ARM OF THE LORD REVEALED? "FOR HE SHALL," WATCH
THIS, "FOR HE SHALL GROW UP BEFORE HIM AS A TENDER PLANT
"AND AS A ROOT OUT OF DRY GROUND. "HE HAS NO FORM OR
COMELINESS THAT WE WOULD DESIRE HIM, "THAT WE SHALL SEE HIM.
"THERE'S NO BEAUTY THAT WE SHOULD DESIRE HIM." VERSE THREE,
THIS IS SO POWERFUL. HE'S DESPISED, OH, NOBODY LIKES ME.
HE'S REJECTED OF MEN, A MAN OF SORROWS, ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF
AND WE HID OUR FACES. THAT'S WHY ISAIAH 52 SAID IT WAS SO BAD,
THEY WERE ASTONISHED, THEY PUKED, THEY HAD TO HIDE THEIR
FACE. NO MOVIE HAS EVER DEPICTED IT. HE WAS DESPISED, WE ESTEEMED
HIM NOT. VERSE 4, THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS THE LORD OF
THE COUNTER. WATCH HOW HE COUNTERS. SURELY HE BORE WHAT?
NO, LOOK AT THE WORD OUR. THAT'S CALLED THE PROPITIATION, THE
SUBSTITUTE, THE REPLACEMENT. EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE WORD OUR,
YOU HAVE TO SEE THE LORD OF THE COUNTER. GOD COUNTERED. HE
OPPOSED, HE NULLIFIED, HE TOOK ON A WAR, HE TOOK ON THE BATTLE
TO BRING IT TO VICTORY. HE BORE OUR GRIEFS. COME ON, OUR
SICKNESSES, OUR DISEASES. HE CARRIED OUR SORROWS, WHICH IS
PAINS, YET WE DID ESTEEM HIM. HE WAS STRICKEN, HE WAS SMITTEN OF
GOD AS GOD USED HIM TO COUNTER SIN, SICKNESS, DISEASE, TRAGEDY,
CALAMITY. THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T GET INTO THE DOCTRINAL
MISINFORMATION THAT GOD ONLY HEALED SOME OR ONLY WILL HEAL
SOME AND OTHERS. I REMEMBER GROWING UP IN THE ASSEMBLIES OF
GOD AND I'D ARGUE THIS WITH THEM. AND I SAY, HOW CAN YOU SAY
THAT GOD'S NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME
THAT GOD HEALED THIS GUY, BUT HE WON'T THIS GUY, REALLY? WHAT,
WHAT, WHAT? I SAID, I KNOW GOD, AND I WAS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD
ARGUING WITH THESE GUYS. SAY, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THAT'S NOT THE NATURE OF GOD. I WOULD TAKE HIM TO THIS SCRIPTURE
AND SAY, WAIT A MINUTE. IT DIDN'T SAY SOME, SOME HE BORE
THEIR GRIEFS, WHICH THAT HEBREW WORD IS SICKNESS, DISEASE. HE
DIDN'T SAY, NO HE CARRIED OUR SORROWS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THEM. LOOK AT VERSE 5. HE DID IT FOR EVERYBODY. HE ALREADY
PAID FOR IT. THE TRUTH AND MATTER I'D SAY TO THEM IS
YOU'RE ALREADY HEALED. IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF WELL SOME GET IT,
SOME DON'T BECAUSE OF GOD CHOOSING. SORRY, IT WASN'T YOUR
DAY. BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS... AND
I LOVE THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I THINK THEY
NEED TO COME INTO REVIVAL. JUST LIKE MANY OTHER CHURCHES DO. HE
WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS BRUISED
FOR OUR INIQUITIES, SO HE TOOK IT AS THE LORD OF THE COUNTER.
HE TOOK THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE. AND WITH HIS STRIPES,
MAN, ONLY A FEW OF YOU ARE ALREADY HEALED. I'M SORRY IF
THIS SECTION YOU DIDN'T GET IT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S
'CAUSE YOU DON'T AMEN ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU, NO, NO,
NO, I'M KIDDING. NO, IF ARE, IF YOU ARE HEALED, IT'S ALREADY
HAPPENED. IT'S PAST TENSE, RIGHT? 1 PETER 2:24 SAYS YOU
WERE HEALED. THAT MEANS THERE'S A CORRESPONDING ACTION THAT
BRINGS IT TO A PLACE OF COMPLETION. IT'S ALREADY
HAPPENED. YOU ARE AND YOU WERE, SO WHAT'S THE ARGUMENT? THE
ARGUMENT IS WE HAVE TO POSITION OURSELVES TO RECEIVE. THAT'S WHY
I SAID, COME LIKE A CHILD, QUIT MAKING THINGS SO DIFFICULT. HE'S
THE LORD OF THE COUNTER. ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP READING 'CAUSE
I LIKE THIS. BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, WE'RE
HEALED, VERSE 6, THIS IS POWERFUL. AND LIKE SHEEP, WE'VE
ALL GONE ASTRAY AND WE'VE TURNED EVERYONE TO OUR OWN WAY. THAT'S
WHY HE CAME IN ON A DONKEY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, BECAUSE AGAIN,
HE HAD TO COUNTER SOMETHING. THE LORD HAD TO COUNTER SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHY HE CAME IN ON A DONKEY, I'LL SHOW YOU. "AND THE
LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL." VERSE
SEVEN, "HE WAS OPPRESSED, HE WAS AFFLICTED." HE WAS ATTACKED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. "YET HE OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH "OR BEGAN TO PUNCH THE
KEYBOARD KEYS." HERE'S HOW YOU KNOW IT WAS BLOODY. HE WAS
BROUGHT AS A LAMB TO THE WHAT? IT WAS A SLAUGHTER. CAN YOU
IMAGINE THOSE, THE HIGH PRIEST, WHEN HE WOULD GO AND KILL THE
LAMB, HOW MUCH BLOOD MUST'VE GOT EVERYWHERE? I MEAN, I REMEMBER
MY GRANDPA ONE TIME, MOM, YOU WOULD REMEMBER THIS AS YOU'RE
WATCHING, THEY WENT AND CAUGHT A BUNCH OF FISH AND I HAD CAUGHT A
BUNCH OF TROUT. AND I HAD, I MEAN, I LIKED CATCHING FISH, BUT
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CAME AFTER IT. I WAS LIKE IN FIFTH GRADE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT'S TIME TO EAT
THESE THINGS. I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW. AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN, MY GRANDMA CALLS ME BACK OUT WITH MY GRANDPA, GET
BACK OUT HERE, HUH? GRANDPA HANDS ME THIS WEIRD LOOKING
KNIFE. I'M LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? HE GOES, YOU JUST CUT IT RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE. I'M LIKE, YOU HAVE TO CUT THAT THING? I SAID,
THAT THING'S GONNA BLEED. OF COURSE IT WOULD BLEED. I POKED
IT AND SOMETHING HAPPENED. AND I'M LIKE, "I AM NOT GONNA EAT
THIS THING." AND MY GRANDPA'S LIKE, "NOTHING, "SHE'S FILETING
THE THING." AND I'M LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND THEN HE REACHES IN
AND ALL THIS STUFF COMES OUT OF IT. "BRENDA, I HAVE JUST TOLD
YOU THE REASON "I DON'T EAT FISH TODAY."
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
"ACTUALLY, SHE MADE ME SOME GREAT FISH LAST NIGHT. "IT WAS
EXCELLENT." YEAH, ANYWAY, SHE SAID CATTLE YARD. NO, I'VE
NEVER HAD TO BUTCHER A COW AND I'M NOT GOING TO. I'D
RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT AND FLIP AND MAKE SURE IT'S
RIGHT. YOU KNOW AND GET IT RIGHT THERE FOR THAT HAMBURGER.
ALL RIGHT, WHERE WAS I? I'M TRYING TO END IT. PASTOR DOUG,
YOU CAN START HEADING THIS WAY. ALL RIGHT, BUT NOW WATCH THIS,
BECAUSE THIS GETS MORE INTERESTING. OKAY, YOU HAD THE
TWO TABLETS OF THE LAW OF MOSES, RIGHT, THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS. YOU HAD ONE SIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST OBEY THE
COMMANDMENTS YOUR LIFE IS BLESSED. THERE'S THE BLESSING
OF THE COMMANDMENTS. EVERYBODY ALWAYS FOCUSES
ON THE THOU SHALL NOT. WELL, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE
TO COUNTER THAT, RIGHT? DON'T STEAL. WELL, HOW DO I DO THAT?
BE A PERSON OF HONOR. RIGHT? THOU SHALL NOT LIE. WELL, HOW DO
I DO THAT? COUNTER IT, TELL THE TRUTH. THOU SHALL GO TO CHURCH,
REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY. HOW DO I GET OVER THAT? BE CONSISTENT.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO NOW LET'S BE BROUGHT FORTH
NOW. HERE IT IS, IT'S PALM SUNDAY. YOU SEE THESE TWO
DONKEYS. AND THIS IS REALLY AMAZING TO ME BECAUSE THE TWO
DONKEYS REPRESENT SOMETHING. I WANT YOU TO GO TO MATTHEW 21,
WHERE YOU ALREADY HAVE BEEN THERE. BUT LOOK AT VERSES 6
THROUGH 7 AS WE GET READY TO CLOSE HERE. HAVE YOU GOT ANY,
HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THIS TODAY? IS IT HELPING YOU?
OKAY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO TRY TO BE THEOLOGICAL, BUT I JUST WANT US
TO APPRECIATE MORE WHAT WE READ OR WHAT HAPPENED TO JESUS, I
THINK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. BUT JESUS SAYS, "GO INTO THE
VILLAGE AGAINST YOU "AND STRAIGHTWAY YOU'LL FIND A DONKEY
TIED AND A COLT. "LOOSE THEM AND BRING THEM. "AND THE DISCIPLES
WENT AND BROUGHT THE DONKEY AND THE COLT." NOW YOU HAVE TO KNOW
THE MEANING. SO THE FEMALE DONKEY, WHAT THE LITERAL
DEFINITION OF THAT IS THE WORD ATHON, AND IT LITERALLY MEANS
A CHIEF. IT MEANS STRENGTH. SO EVEN THOUGH PILATE WAS COMING IN
AND HE WAS ACTING AS THE BIG, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? CHIEF, THE BIG
RULER, REPRESENTING THE BIG KING, RIGHT? THE ONE WHO WAS
CALLING HIMSELF THE SON OF GOD. JESUS BRINGS THE MOTHER DONKEY
TO REPRESENT WHAT HE ULTIMATELY IS GONNA BE RIDING IN ON,
BEAUTIFUL HORSE, THAT CHIEFTAIN DONKEY THAT REPRESENTS THE
KINGLY ANOINTING AND RITE OF COVENANT THAT NOW, WHEN JESUS
WENT IN WITH HIS BLOOD TO THE HOLY PLACE, THE FIRST THING THAT
THE FATHER SAYS TO HIM, IT CHOKES ME UP EVERY TIME. HE
LOOKS AT HIM AND HE SAYS, "THOU ART GOD." SO HE CALLS JESUS
CARRYING HIS BLOOD. THE FATHER CALLS JESUS GOD. AND THEN HE
HANDS HIM AFTER, THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT JESUS HAD TO TAKE WHEN THEY
HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD AND THEY MOCKED HIM LIKE HE'S NOT SOME
KING. AND THE FIRST THING THAT THE FATHER DOES WHEN OTHERS MOCK
YOU, HE WILL BRING OUT THE VALIDITY OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT
HE BLESSED YOU WITH BECAUSE HE HANDS JESUS THAT SCEPTER. FOR
ANY ONE OF YOU THAT EVER BEEN MOCKED, RIDICULED, TRUST GOD, HE
WILL VINDICATE YOU. YOU TALK ABOUT VINDICATION, MAN, WHEN
JESUS CAME IN AND THE LORD GAVE HIM THE SCEPTER OF A KING AND
HE SAID, "COME SIT DOWN AT MY RIGHT HAND AND ALL THE ENEMIES
SHALL ALWAYS BE IN AWE OF THY FOOTSTEPS. AND SO I ALWAYS
THINK ABOUT THAT. HE HANDED HIM THAT AND HE SAID YOU ARE KING
OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. NOW WHAT'S JESUS
GONNA RIDE BACK ON? A HORSE, AS KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS, AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? RIDE ON HORSES,
WHAT? WITH HIM, BECAUSE REVELATION CHAPTER ONE SAYS THAT
WE ARE NOW WHAT? KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO OUR GOD. SO HE'S
THE KING OF EVERY KING. WE ONLY THINK OF PRESIDENTS AND KINGS,
BUT HE'S THE KING OVER US, WHO ARE ALSO KINGS. AND WE GET TO
RIDE BACK WITH HIM JUST LIKE THAT MAMA. AND THEN WHAT DID
THAT LITTLE DONKEY, IT HAD NEVER BEEN RIDDEN BEFORE, REPRESENTS
US. REPRESENTS I BELIEVE, EVEN THE GENTILE NATION, SOME OF THE
JEWS THAT HAD NOT YET COME TO REALIZE THAT HE WAS THEIR
MESSIAH, THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF HIS RETURN. AND THROUGH HIS
REDEMPTION, RIGHT, HE'S GONNA SHOW US THAT HE'S COUNTERED ALL
OF THIS AS HE SETS UP HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM. NOW, WHAT'S
AMAZING TO ME IN THIS AND I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THIS, IS
WHY DID HE HAVE TO RIDE IN ON A DONKEY? BECAUSE NOW YOU LOOK AT
THE YOUNG LITTLE DONKEY AND HIS NAME, THE DEFINITION OF IT IS
CHAMOR, C-H-A-M-O-R, AND IT MEANS TO CAUSE TROUBLE, TO BE
REBELLIOUS, TO BE RED HOT, RIGHT? IT REPRESENTS RED. WHAT
WAS ON THE BACK OF THAT DONKEY? ACROSS. WHAT DOES THIS
REPRESENT? AGAIN, THE LORD WAS SHOWING US THAT HE'S THE LORD OF
COUNTER. JOB 11, VERSE 12. HE WAS SHOWING US
WITH THE TWO DONKEY, HIS MAMA, JESUS IS KING
AND WILL BE KING. WE THE YOUNG, WE'RE THE
YOUNG DONKEY. WE NEED TO BE RIDDEN UPON. WE NEED TO SUBMIT
OUR LIVES AND OUR FLESH TO HIS LORDSHIP. YOU GOTTA COUNTER YOUR
FLESH. IF YOU WANT, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WHY DON'T YOU
STAND TO YOUR FEET. IF YOU REALLY WANT, AND I WANT TO BE
MORE OF A PERSON OF GOD, YOU GOT TO SIT ON YOUR FLESHLY DESIRES.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GIVE IN TO WHAT YOUR FLESH WANTS. RIGHT? YOU
GOTTA LET JESUS HAVE A SAY IN IT. THAT'S WHY HE'S LORD. HE'S
LORD OF ALL, RIGHT? NOT JUST LORD OF WHATEVER I'M GONNA GIVE
HIM. I KNOW HE WANTS TO BE LORD OF EVERYTHING. AND SO IT
REPRESENTS YOUR FLESHLY NATURE. JOB 11, VERSE 12, LOOK AT WHAT
IT SAYS. FOR AN EMPTY-HEADED MAN WILL BE WISE, BUT A WILD DONKEY
COLT IS BORN A MAN. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THE KING JAMES, PUT IT
IN THE KING JAMES. IT'S EVEN BETTER. I THINK THEY, FOR VAIN
MAN WOULD BE WISE, THOUGH A MAN BE BORN LIKE A WILD DONKEY CULT.
SO MAN'S SINFUL NATURE IS THAT OF A DONKEY, KICKING, SCREAMING,
RED HOT, JUST LIKE THAT LITTLE DONKEY'S DEFINITION. AND WE NEED
JESUS TO COME. BUT THE MORE YOU SUBMIT TO THE LORD AND WHAT HE
WANTS FOR YOUR LIFE AND HIS WORD, AND YOU'RE A PERSON OF
PRAYER AND WORSHIP AND HONOR, AND YOU SEEK TO WALK IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HUMILITY, THE LORD OF THE COUNTER THEN CAN
HELP COUNTER YOUR FLESHLY NATURE AND YOUR DESIRES. AMEN? ALL
RIGHT, THE LAST EXAMPLE I WANNA GIVE YOU, THERE WERE TWO. I WANT
YOU TO LOOK HERE REAL QUICK AT MATTHEW 27, AND I'M GONNA CLOSE
WITH THIS IN VERSE 17. LOOK AT THIS ONE, THERE WERE TWO AGAIN.
THE LORD WAS COUNTERING SOMETHING THAT I THINK AS YOU GO
INTO GOOD FRIDAY, IN FACT, I INVITE YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TO
WATCH YOUR GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE. IT'S GONNA BE POWERFUL. WHAT'S
THAT? SEND IN YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS. WE DO PRAY, WE WILL
PRAY, AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR YOU THAT ARE HERE. AND WE'RE
GONNA MINISTER BEFORE GOD. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MORE ABOUT THE
LORD OF THE COUNTER AND THE SENSE OF THE SEASON THAT WE'RE
IN. BUT LOOK HERE, AS WE CLOSE, YOU SEE TWO AGAIN. "THEREFORE,
WHEN THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, "PILOTS IN THE MIDDLE,
AND SAID UNTO THEM, "'WHO DO YOU WANT ME TO RELEASE? "'BAR,'" AND
REALLY IT SHOULD BE BAR-ABBAS, "OR JESUS, WHICH IS CALLED
CHRIST." SO YOU HAVE NOW TWO. YOU HAVE BARABBAS WHO IS GUILTY
AS GUILTY IS GUILTY. JUST LIKE EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM, WE
ARE ALL GUILTY OF OUR SIN. THERE'S NO ONE RIGHTEOUS. THIS
IS WHY WE NEED JESUS, NOT RELIGION. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE
IS JESUS. JESUS THE CHRIST WHOM THEY CALL. AND AGAIN, IT WAS THE
LORD OF THE COUNTER BECAUSE THE WORD BAR IN THAT NAME, AND THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, MAKE SURE THEY CAN SEE IT. IT MEANS
SON OF, THAT'S WHY SIMON BARJONAH, OKAY? SON OF BARJONAH.
HOW MANY KNOW THAT'S WHAT BAR MEANT, SON? SO HE WAS SON OF
ABBA, NOTICE IT HAS AN S, PLURAL. SO BARABBAS REPRESENTED
A SON OF EVERY NATURAL DAD, FATHER, RIGHT, DONOR OF HUMAN
SEED. HE REPRESENTED ALL OF THAT. AND EVERY MAN IS GUILTY.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS BAR, ABBA IS FOUND IN THAT NAME. BUT HERE'S
WHAT'S EVEN, YOU CAN GOOGLE IT IF YOU WANT, AND YOU'LL FIND OUT
THAT HISTORY SAYS, EVEN IT'S DOCUMENTED IN THE ROMAN
INSCRIPTIONS, THAT HIS NAME WAS JESUS BARABBAS. HIS NAME WAS
JESUS. AND HE'S STANDING OVER HERE, NOT THE REAL JESUS, JUST
LIKE PILATE, NOT THE REAL KING, NOT THE REAL SON OF GOD, NOT THE
REAL PRINCE OF PEACE, TIBERIUS CAESAR, AND BARABBAS IS STANDING
THERE, HIS NAME IS JESUS. YOU HAVE JESUS BARABBAS, WHO
REPRESENTS THE SON OF EVERY HUMAN FATHER THAT HAS MADE EVERY
HUMAN BEING GUILTY AS A RESULT THAT ARE BORN IN THE EARTH. AND
YOU HAVE JESUS, THE SON OF WHO? ABBA FATHER. AND WHAT DID THEY
DO? THEY CRUCIFIED JESUS, AN INNOCENT MAN, FOR EVERY JESUS OR
JESUS BARABBAS, EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE,
BECAUSE JESUS COUNTERED SO THAT WE COULD BE FREE, EVEN THOUGH WE
WERE GUILTY OF SIN. AMEN. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU
FOR THIS WORD. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SEAL IT IN THE HEARTS OF
THE PEOPLE. AND LORD, BEFORE WE END THIS SERVICE TODAY, VERY
QUICKLY WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FROM THE DEPTHS OF OUR
HEART. THAT WHEN THE ENEMY TRIES TO COME IN, NOT ONLY HAVE YOU
ALREADY LIKE A FLOOD, RAISED UP A STANDARD, BUT YOU'LL DO IT
AGAIN BECAUSE YOU'RE THE LORD OF THE COUNTER. BLESS THE PEOPLE, I
PRAY, AMEN. PASTOR DOUG, WOULD YOU COME? THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE
IT UP FOR PASTOR DOUG, THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU. WHAT A
REMARKABLE MESSAGE TODAY. IT'S A GREAT ONE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW.
IF YOU'RE A WORKER TODAY AND YOU'VE GOT AN ASSIGNMENT IN THE
CONNECT CAFE OR THE INFORMATION CENTER, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED AT
THIS TIME. THE REST OF YOU, IF YOU COULD JUST STICK WITH ME FOR
A COUPLE MINUTES, I'D APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU
WOULD COME UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THE ALTAR TEAM, AS PASTOR
HANK MENTIONED ALREADY, IS HERE FOR YOU, AND IF YOU NEED
ADDITIONAL PRAYER TODAY, THEY'RE HERE, WILLING, READY, AND ABLE
TO PRAY WITH YOU EFFECTIVELY. AND BEFORE WE LEAVE, I'LL ALSO
PUT UP A PRAYER LINE NUMBER. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE CAN USE THAT
FOR ADDITIONAL PRAYER IF YOU NEED IT. WELL, PASTOR HANK DID A
GREAT JOB TALKING ABOUT JESUS TODAY. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO
SAY A WHOLE LOT MORE OTHER THAN IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE JESUS
CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE, TODAY IS THE DAY TO DO IT. THE
BIBLE SAYS TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION. DON'T WAIT ON THAT.
HIS WORD IS TRUE. ALL 66 BOOKS IN THIS BIBLE ARE TRUE. AND HE
DID, PASTOR DID A GREAT JOB TALKING ABOUT AND DECLARING WHO
JESUS SAID THAT HE WAS AND WHO HE DECLARED AND WHAT THE PLAN IS
FOR MANKIND AND HOW JESUS CONQUERS ALL. BUT WE HAVE TO
MAKE THE DECISION TO ACCEPT THAT. HE DOESN'T FORCE US ON IT,
FORCE THAT ON US. HE DOES NOT FORCE US TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN
ACCEPT WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US. BUT JUST AS TRUE AS JESUS AND
WHAT HE DID FOR US BY GOING TO THE CROSS AND HOW HE GAVE HIS
LIFE AND HOW HE SITS ON THE THRONE AND RULES, AND SOMEDAY
HE'S COMING BACK FOR US, JUST AS TRUE AS ALL THAT IS, THERE'S
ANOTHER TRUTH. SOME CHURCHES DON'T TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE
BECAUSE THEY'VE JUST GONE MODERNISTIC. AND THAT'S THE
TRUTH THAT THERE IS A HELL. THAT'S AWAITING THOSE THAT
REFUSE TO BOW. WE SANG THAT SONG THIS MORNING, "MAJESTY." EVERY
KNEE WILL BOW, AND EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS. IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT TODAY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU
WILL SOMEDAY BOW TO JESUS. THAT'S A TRUTH, JUST AS TRUE AS
EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN THE BIBLE. BUT THERE'S ALSO A TRUTH THAT
THERE IS A HELL FOR THOSE THAT REFUSE. THERE'S A HELL WAITING.
AND ONCE YOU GO THERE, IT'S ETERNAL. ETERNITY IS A LONG,
LONG TIME. IT MEANS YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE. THERE'S NO PAROLE
BOARD, NO WISHING I WOULD HAVE MADE ANOTHER DECISION AT THAT
POINT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU QUICKLY JUST TO BOW YOUR HEADS
WITH ME TODAY. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE HERE. AND IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU'RE EIGHT YEARS OLD, YOU'RE 80 YEARS OLD.
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE ONE TIME. SOMETIMES, IF
YOU'RE NOT 100% SURE THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH, HEAVEN
WOULD BE YOUR HOME, AND YOU'RE NOT 100% SURE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN
YOUR HEART TO JESUS CHRIST, THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. THAT'S
THE BEGINNING POINT. IT'S WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE NEW BIRTH.
AND IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. AND I WANNA PRAY WITH
YOU TODAY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT CONFIRMATION SO WHEN
YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE OR WHEN YOU TURN OFF YOUR TELEVISION OR YOUR
DEVICE THAT YOU’RE WATCHING FROM, YOU’LL KNOW 100% THAT YOU
ARE THE LORD’S AND HE’LL BE YOUR MASTER AND YOU CAN SERVE HIM.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU WALK INTO AN ABUNDANT LIFE ON THIS
EARTH, AND YOU ALSO RECEIVE HIS PLAN OF REDEMPTION, YOU RECEIVE
HEALING, YOU RECEIVE FINANCES. THERE'S JUST A TERRIFIC LIST OF
BENEFITS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN AND SERVING GOD WHILE YOU'RE ON
THIS EARTH. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE ETERNITY TO LOOK FORWARD
TO. AMEN, AMEN. SO WHILE YOUR HEADS ARE BOWED AND YOUR EYES
ARE CLOSED, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR
DOUG, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ME. I NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION
TODAY. I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT OFF ANYMORE. OR MAYBE YOU HAVE
STRAYED AND YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF PATH. YOU USED TO SERVE GOD, YOU
NO LONGER DO. EITHER WAY, YOU CAN COME BACK TO HIM. YOU CAN
MAKE AN INITIAL DECISION FOR HIM OR YOU CAN COME BACK TO HIM AND
MAKE IT RIGHT TODAY. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU WHEN I COUNT TO
THREE, IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, "THAT'S ME, I
NEED PRAYER, I WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I WANNA MAKE 100% SURE
THAT I WILL BE WITH THOSE THAT LEAVE THIS EARTH AND GO TO
HEAVEN SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE. IF THAT'S YOU, WHEN I COUNT TO
THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE, TWO, THREE. RAISE YOUR HAND IF
THERE'S SOMEONE HERE. I SEE A HAND IN THE BACK. ANYONE ELSE?
IS THERE ANOTHER HAND OVER HERE? OKAY, I SEE ONE HERE. ANYONE
ELSE IN THIS BUILDING? THANK YOU FOR BEING BOLD ENOUGH TO RAISE
YOUR HAND. BECAUSE YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, I BELIEVE THAT'S AN
INITIAL STEP, YOU SAYING THAT WITH YOUR HEART. BUT I'D LIKE TO
DO ONE MORE THING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. EVERYONE THAT JESUS
CALLED, HE CALLED PUBLICLY IN HIS EARTHLY MINISTRY. AND I
BELIEVE WHEN YOU MAKE A PUBLIC DECISION, YOU'RE SAYING, "I
DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK. "I DON'T CARE WHAT CHURCHES THINK,
MAN THINKS. "I'M ONLY ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD, AND I WANNA
HONOR HIM." SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU, SIR, JUST TO STEP OUT OF
YOUR SEAT AND COME UP HERE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND AGREE.
IF THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE BACK, I COULDN'T SEE WHO HAD
THEIR HAND UP IN THE BACK. COME ON UP HERE RIGHT NOW, BE BOLD.
LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND AS HE COMES TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU. I
MET YOU EARLIER, IS IT ALAN? ALAN, OKAY, GOD BLESS YOU, ALAN.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ALAN.
I MET HIM BEFORE THE SERVICE TODAY AND HE WAS INVITED HERE
TO COME TO THE MEN'S MINISTRY YESTERDAY.
AND HE ALMOST WAS GOING TO LEAVE EARLY, BUT HE
LOVED IT AND HE STAYED. OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU. WHAT'S
YOUR NAME, SIR? THANK YOU, NOAH, FOR COMING. THAT'S A GOOD NAME.
ARE YOU JUST WITH NOAH? YOU'RE HERE WITH NOAH. THAT'S FINE.
GUYS, LOOK AT ME FOR A MINUTE. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU FOR
JUST A MINUTE. JUST TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT ME. NOAH AND ALAN,
LET ME ADDRESS SOMETHING WITH YOU. WHEN YOU MAKE THIS DECISION
TODAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU, GOD'S
PROUD OF YOU. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT RELATIVES
THAT ARE IN HEAVEN NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO OR NOT, MAYBE A
GRANDPARENT, MAYBE AN AUNT OR AN UNCLE, OR WHO KNOWS, MAYBE YOUR
MOM OR DAD. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS
WHERE YOU'RE AT ON, ARE THEY STILL ALIVE? THAT'S WHAT I'M
SAYING. BUT I DO KNOW THIS, THE BIBLE SAYS, WHEN SOMEONE COMES
TO GOD, REPENTS OF THEIR SIN, AND MAKES A DECISION FOR JESUS
CHRIST. THOSE THAT ARE IN HEAVEN THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US,
REJOICE AND HAVE A PARTY. SO THEY'RE PARTYING IN HEAVEN JUST
BECAUSE NOAH AND ALAN, YOU'RE MAKING THIS DECISION. IT'S GONNA
CHANGE YOUR LIFE. AS YOU FOLLOW GOD, HE'LL HAS AN ABUNDANT PLAN
FOR YOU. AND I CAN SEE IT ON YOU RIGHT NOW. GOD'S GOT A DIRECTION
FOR YOU. HE'S GOT WISDOM FOR YOU. HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU WALK IT OUT STARTING NOW AND YOU DON'T TURN YOUR BACK
ON HIM, HE'LL GIVE YOU A VICTORY THROUGH THIS LIFE THAT YOU'VE
NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND HE'LL HELP YOU TO SEE YOUR PLAN. AND
YOUR PLAN IS TO REACH PEOPLE FOR OTHERS AND TO BE AN
EFFECTIVE WITNESS FOR OTHERS SO THAT OTHERS COME INTO THE
KINGDOM TOO. BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA START WITH A
SIMPLE PRAYER TODAY. YOU REPEAT AFTER ME. IF
YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT
IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM, AT YOUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, OR
WHEREVER, YOU CAN PRAY TOO AND RECEIVE JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND
SAVIOR, JUST LIKE ALAN AND NOAH ARE DOING HERE TODAY PHYSICALLY.
SO YOU REPEAT WITH ME, GENTLEMEN.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I COME TO YOU
TODAY. I ASK YOU, FORGIVE ME OF SIN IN MY LIFE. I REPENT. I ASK
YOU TO COME INTO MY HEART. MAKE ME A NEW CREATURE AND I WILL
SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. I BELIEVE, JESUS, THAT YOU
WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY, THAT YOU DIED, YOU WERE BURIED,
AND YOU ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU
ARE NOW MY SAVIOR. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. AMEN, AMEN. LET'S
GIVE THESE GUYS A HAND. AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE, GUYS, I'M
GONNA HAVE YOU GO TO HOWEVER KATHLEEN DIRECTS YOU THERE, JUST
TO GET SOME LITERATURE AND A LITTLE BIT OF HELP WITH
REGISTERING THAT SO THAT WE CAN SEND YOU A LETTER OF
CONGRATULATIONS. SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING. GOD BLESS YOU.
NOW IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER
FOR THE FIRST TIME, CALL OUR 800 NUMBER. WE HAVE PRAYER
COUNSELORS 24 HOURS A DAY. EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ARCHIVES,
YOU CAN CALL 855-777-7907, AND THOSE PRAYER COUNSELORS WILL
PRAY WITH YOU AND ACTUALLY SEND YOU THE SAME INFORMATION THAT
NOAH AND ALAN ARE RECEIVING TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WELL GOD BLESS YOU FOR COMING TODAY. LET'S SEE, WHAT DO WE
HAVE? DO WE HAVE, IS IT THIS FRIDAY? GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE?
7PM? NO SERVICE WEDNESDAY, IT'S ONLINE ONLY. ONLINE ONLY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO DON'T COME PULLING ON THE DOOR HERE
WEDNESDAY. YOU WON'T GET IN. IT'S ONLINE ONLY SERVICE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND THEN BE BACK IN THE HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT
FOR GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE HERE, 7 PM. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK
YOU FOR COMING. HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DAY.