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GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS
CHURCH. COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM

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PRAISE. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO
ALL OUR MAMAS OUT THERE. BUT

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WE'RE GONNA LIFT UP THE NAME
OF OUR KING THIS MORNING. AMEN.

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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HALLELUJAH. LORD, WE HONOR YOU.
WE STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE. GOD,

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WE STAND IN AN AMAZEMENT OF YOU,
THE LIVING GOD. WE INVITE YOUR

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PRESENCE TO BE AMONG US TODAY.
WE LONG FOR YOU, OUR GOD. AND

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ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY
LOVE HIM SAID, AMEN!

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WOW. PRETTY GOOD. I DON'T THINK
THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON I

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DIDN'T HEAR. I THINK YOU ALL DID
A GOOD JOB. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

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ANYWAY, WELL, I WANT TO SAY
THIS TO ALL THE MOTHERS,

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GRANDMOTHERS, GREAT
GRANDMOTHERS, HAPPY MOTHER'S

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DAY. SO GIVE YOURSELF AN
APPLAUSE. HOW MANY MAMAS AND

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GRANDMAS AND GREAT GRANDMAS ARE
HERE? RAISE YOUR HAND. OH, THIS

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IS AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, ANY
GRANDMAS? LET ME SEE GRANDMAS.

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OKAY. HOW MANY, HOW MANY...
MEAN, YOU'RE ALL GREAT GRANDMAS,

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RIGHT? BUT HOW MANY GREAT,
GREAT, WOW, GREAT, GREAT. ALL

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RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO EVEN HIGHER.
HOW MANY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT

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GRANDMAS? ANY GREAT, GREAT,
OKAY. ANY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT,

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GREAT, GREAT? YOU NEVER KNOW,
YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY. WELL, IT'S

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GONNA BE A SPECIAL DAY, SPECIAL
PLANS. ARE YOU GONNA GO OUT TO

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LUNCH, RIGHT? ARE WE GONNA GO
OUT TO LUNCH? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA

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GO OUT TO LUNCH IN THE BACKYARD.
YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? BUT

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TODAY'S ALSO YOUR OFFICIAL
BIRTHDAY. IT IS, AND I

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APPRECIATE THAT. OFFICIALLY 60
TODAY. I KNOW, AND BY THE WAY,

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LET ME JUST SAY THIS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR CARDS,

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LETTERS, LOVE, AND THEN LAST
WEEK COMING OUT FOR THE BIRTHDAY

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BASH, AND THE FOOD WAS GREAT.
IT WAS FUN. AND YOU KNOW, I

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APPRECIATED IT WHEN PEOPLE WERE
COMING UP SAYING, "PASTOR, YOU

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KNOW, "60 IS KIND OF THE NEW
40." SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT

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MEANS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS, BUT I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT.

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THANK YOU, AND YOU KNOW, RATHER
THAN HER GETTING A MOTHER'S DAY

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MEAL, SHE'S ACTUALLY MAKING ME
RIBS TODAY. SO YOU CAN GIVE HER

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SOME. WELL, I WAS GONNA DO IT
YESTERDAY, BUT IT WAS SO WINDY,

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I WAS LIKE, "THIS IS NO FUN." SO
TODAY'S GONNA BE BETTER. I CAN'T

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WAIT, SO. I'M EXCITED. I WANNA
DO THIS, I WANNA ALSO HONOR

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THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILY,

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E-MEMBERS. HOW MANY GRANDMAS?
YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE COMMENTS.

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YOU'RE A GRANDMA, YOU'RE A
GREAT-GRANDMA, MOTHER. AND

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AGAIN, I HAD SOMEBODY ONE TIME,
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA. SO MAYBE

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YOU'RE A GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA.
AND LET'S SAY THIS, GRANDMA, IF

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YOU JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT, YOU

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COULD PUT THAT IN THE COMMENT
TOO. BUT WE JUST WANNA HONOR YOU

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TODAY. MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME
SPECIAL PLANS AND YOU DECIDED TO

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JOIN US TODAY. WELL, LISTEN,
I'VE GOT A SPECIAL MESSAGE. AND

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I NEVER, I DON'T NEED TO SAY
THIS, I USUALLY DON'T TAILOR

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MAKE A MESSAGE FOR, YOU KNOW
WHAT WE WOULD CALL A HOLIDAY OR

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WHATEVER, BUT I JUST KEPT
FEELING STIRRED AFTER MARILYN

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HICKEY, ONE OF MY SPIRITUAL
MAMAS WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE

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LORD. AND I JUST STARTED
REFLECTING ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN

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IMPACT SHE HAD MADE IN MY LIFE.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I

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WANNA GO THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE,
AND I WANNA LOOK AT HOW MANY

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MOTHERS OF SCRIPTURE, WHAT THEY
REPRESENT, AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN

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FROM IT. AND THEN I WANNA TALK
ABOUT JUST MY OWN EXPERIENCE.

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I'M EVEN GONNA TALK ABOUT YOU
TODAY. UH-OH. SO I BETTER DO A

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GOOD JOB, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT
MY OWN MOM. MAMA, HONOR YOU

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TODAY AS WELL, AND WE LOVE
YOU. YOU'RE SO PRETTY.

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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)

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AND THEN MY MOTHER-IN-LAW,
YOU'RE WATCHING, I KNOW YOU'RE

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PRETTY TOO, I BETTER SAY THAT
RIGHT. SHE'S WRANGLING THE

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GERMAN SHEPHERDS AS WE SPEAK.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE A

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GREAT DAY IN THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD. YEAH, I'M EXCITED. ALL

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RIGHT, WELL, HEY, BEFORE WE
WORSHIP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

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GUYS HAVE NOTICED. I TELL YOU,
I WAS POWER WASHING. EVERYBODY'S

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LAUGHING. I'VE BEEN POWER
WASHING. GOT A LITTLE BLISTER, I

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DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE MY
BOOBOO AT HOME THERE, YOU CAN

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IT'S YARD CLEANUP SEASON. YOU
CAN PUT BOOBOO CONDOLENCES,

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CONDOLENCES OVER THERE ON
THE INTERNET. BUT ANYWAY, SO

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EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE
NOWADAYS. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?

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EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE. I MEAN,
WHEN IT USED TO BE YOU COULD GO

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IN AND GET AIR FOR FREE. NOW IT
COSTS YOU A DOLLAR TO PUT AIR IN

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YOUR TIRES OR MORE. THAT'S
INFLATION. BUT WHAT'S EVEN...

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THEY'RE CLAPPING. THEY ARE
CLAPPING. BECAUSE IT'S MY

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BIRTHDAY AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I

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REALIZED, I READ AN ARTICLE.
READ AN ARTICLE. READ AN ARTICLE

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THAT FUNERAL PRICES HAVE DOUBLED
AND QUADRUPLED. AND THEIR EXCUSE

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IS, "THAT'S JUST THE COST OF
LIVING." OH, YOU DID NOT! YOU

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DID NOT! EDDIE! DID YOU MAKE
THOSE UP? DID YOU MAKE THOSE UP?

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WE THINK 'EM UP, BRENDA. OKAY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SURE IT'S

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PROBABLY REPEATED SOMEWHERE. WHY
DID YOU DO THAT? WE'RE SINGING

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BUDDIES. YEAH, BUT HE'S ALSO THE
JUDGE OF YOUR JOKES. SO HE SAYS

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THE MAN AT THE KEYBOARD. ALL
RIGHT, WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO

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SOMETHING MORE BETTER AND
SPIRITUAL. LET'S WORSHIP. LET'S

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WORSHIP TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, ONE GOOD THING

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IS THE SUN IS SHINING OUTSIDE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN

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NEBRASKA. AND WE ARE EXCITED.
SO ARE YOU, BUT MORE THAN THE

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NATURAL WEATHER, ARE YOU EXCITED
FOR JESUS TODAY? I AM. I BELIEVE

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THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS GONNA BE IN THIS ROOM. SO

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THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN.
SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD JESUS, MY

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HEART IS OPEN. I'M HERE TO
RECEIVE FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE

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HOLY SPIRIT. TEACH ME,
GROW ME, HELP ME, AND I

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PROMISE TO GIVE YOU,
COME ON, MY VERY BEST."

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YOU GOT IT, COME ON,
PRAISE THE LORD.

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COME ON, CHURCH.

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(MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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COME ON. OH, WE
WORSHIP YOU, JESUS!

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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FILL THIS PLACE. COME AND FILL
THIS PLACE, WITH YOUR PRESENCE.

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COME AND FILL THIS PLACE WITH
YOUR GLORY. COME AND FILL THIS

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HOUSE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALL WE
WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE WANT.

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YOU'RE ALL WE WANT.
YOU'RE ALL WE WANT.

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I SING HOLY, HOLY TO
THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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HE'S LONGING FOR YOUR VOICE.
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE

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WORLD, YOU THAT ARE IN THIS
PLACE, HE'S LONGING FOR YOUR

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VOICE. OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS.

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THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID. YOU LOVE
HIM IN YOUR HEART, TELL HIM,

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WITH YOUR LIPS. AND WITH THE
FRUIT OF YOUR LIPS, GIVE HIM

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THANKS. OH, WE GIVE YOU THANKS,
SWEET SAVIOR. SWEET LORD GOD,

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YOU CARRIED YOUR OWN BLOOD THAT
YOU SPILLED AND YOU SACRIFICED

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ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY AND THAT
BLOOD SPEAKS TODAY AND IT SPEAKS

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BECAUSE WE GIVE IT A VOICE,
ACKNOWLEDGING THE POWER OF OUR

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COVENANT WITH YOU. AN ETERNAL
COVENANT OF PEACE, NOTHING

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MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN, OF
HEALTH AND WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS

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OF MIND, BLESSED MEMORY,
STRENGTH. OH, YESHUA, JESUS, WE

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WORSHIP YOU. KING OF MAJESTY
AND HONOR, HIGH AND LIFTED

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UP, AND WE GLORIFY YOU,
O GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

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WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP
YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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COME ON. PAUL SAID, "I SING WITH
MY SPIRIT AND I SING WITH MY

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NATIVE TONGUE." THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT,

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JUST WORSHIP HIM, MAKING A
MELODY IN YOUR HEART BEFORE YOUR

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GOD. A PERFECT SOUND OF LOVE
AND ADORATION TO YOUR KING.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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I WILL POUR OUT MY HEART
TO MY LORD, MY KING.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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I CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF
HIS VOICE. I CAN FEEL

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THE WHISPERING OF HIS
BREATH. I CAN FEEL

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THE LOVE THAT FLOWS
FROM HIS HEART TO ME.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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I LONG FOR YOUR FACE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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MY SPIRIT LONGS FOR YOU, MY GOD,
MY KING, MY LORD. I LONG TO BE

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IN YOUR PRESENCE. I
LONG FOR YOUR LOVE.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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I SING A LOVE SONG TO MY LORD,
MY KING, MY GOD, MY FRIEND.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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LIVING GOD, LIVING GOD, WITH
THE ANGELS I SING, WITH THE

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CHERUBIMS AND THE SERAPHIMS
AND THE ELDERS OF THE LAMB, I

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WORSHIP YOU, MY KING.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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I STAND BETWEEN HEAVEN
AND EARTH. I STAND

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BEFORE YOUR THRONE AND
YOU ALONE I ADORE.

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I GIVE MY HEART, MY LOVE
TO YOU, MY KING, MY SOUL.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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I GOT MORE I'M NOT SAYING.
I POUR OUT MY HEART

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TO YOU, MY KING. I POUR OUT MY
HEART TO YOU, MY FRIEND AND MY

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KING. MY GOD IN WHOM I SING,
I WILL EXALT YOU. I WILL EXALT

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YOU. I WILL EXALT YOU. I WILL
EXALT YOU, MY LORD. I STAND IN

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FEAR AND HONOR IN AWE OF THE
LIVING GOD. TO YOU I SING.

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YOU'RE MY CREATOR.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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COME ON, WE WORSHIP YOU.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD. COME
ON, WORSHIP HIM. THIS

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IS FOR YOU, GOD. MAY YOU SMILE
AT OUR WORSHIP. MAY WE TOUCH THE

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VERY INNER CHAMBERS AND
PLACES OF YOUR HEART, OH GOD.

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WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP
YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.

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OH, HOW HOLY IS THE LORD.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

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WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP
YOU. FOR YOUR NAME IS GREAT,

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AND GREATLY TO BE
PRAISED. WE TOUCHED GOD'S

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HEART, MAN. I KNOW IT, I
COULD FEEL IT. OH MAN, I'M

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SHAKING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
FEELING, BUT MAN, I FEEL HIM.

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COME ON GOD, WOW US WITH YOUR
PRESENCE. WE'RE WOWED WITH YOU.

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OH, HOW WE HONOR YOU AND HOW WE
LOVE YOU SO, SO MUCH. YOU KNOW,

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I DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY THIS
TO GOD BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY,

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BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS TO GOD
BECAUSE I MEAN IT. AND I WANT

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YOU TO SAY IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S
NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY MAYBE OR

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MAYBE IT IS OR AMY'S, MY
ASSISTANT 30 YEARS, HERS IS

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TOMORROW. I THINK YOU NEED TO
JUST SAY TO GOD, THANK YOU FOR

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CREATING ME. WE WERE INSIDE OF
HIM BEFORE HE GAVE US THE HONOR

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TO COME TO THE EARTH, TO HAVE
BREATH TO WORSHIP HIM. AND THINK

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ABOUT IT, WHAT HAPPENS THE
MOMENT YOU SAY, "JESUS, COME

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INTO MY HEART." THE BIBLE SAYS
AT THAT MOMENT, NOT ONLY YOUR

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SPIRIT, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
WITHIN YOU CRIES OUT, AND YOU

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KNOW WHAT IT SAYS? "ABBA,
FATHER." THAT'S DADDY, ABBA.

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THAT IS OUR GOD. HE LET US COME
TO THE EARTH, DESIRING THAT NONE

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SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT WE WOULD
ALL LIVE TOGETHER FOREVER WITH

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DADDY, WITH OUR ETERNAL KING.
WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE ALIVE

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FOR HIM. MASTER, YOU KNOW THAT
FOR THE REMAINING DECADES OF MY

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LIFE WITH MY BRIDE, I WANT TO
RAISE UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF

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THOSE THAT WILL LOVE YOU
AND HONOR YOU AND SERVE YOU.

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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

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BEFORE WE WERE WORSHIPING GOD,
I JUST FELT IN MY HEART THAT

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THERE'S SOME OF YOU HERE AND YOU
THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE THAT

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YOU'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU'VE
BEEN HAVING SOME BRAIN FOG. SOME

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OF YOU, BRAIN FATIGUE, YOU KNOW,
MENTAL FATIGUE. SOME OF YOU, YOU

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FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING MORE
FORGETFUL. AND YOU'RE CONCERNED,

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MAN, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG
WITH MY MIND? YOU DON'T HAVE TO

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HAVE DEMENTIA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
HAVE ALZHEIMER'S. YOU DON'T HAVE

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TO HAVE BIPOLAR DISEASE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

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SCHIZOPHRENIA, FEAR, PARANOIA.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORGET THINGS.

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WHEN THEY PUT THAT BEAUTIFUL
CROWN OF THORNS ON THE MASTER'S

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HEAD, IT WAS SO THAT YOUR MIND
AND YOUR MEMORY, RIGHT? IT'S

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BEEN REDEEMED. IT'S BEEN PAID
FOR. THAT YOU HAVE THE MIND OF

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GOD NOW AND YOU HAVE A BLESSED
MEMORY. AND SO WHETHER THAT

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APPLIES TO YOU OR NOT, I WANT
US TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN

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PROBABLY IN MY MESSAGE AS I END
IT, I'LL MAKE SURE WE PRAY FOR

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ALL THE MAMAS. AND IF I FORGET,
MAMA, YOU REMIND ME, OKAY?

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BECAUSE I DO WANT TO PRAY FOR
YOU AND BUT I JUST FEEL, YOU

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KNOW, LET'S JUST ALL TOUCH OUR
BRAIN OR OUR HEAD, RIGHT? SOME

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OF YOU ARE LIKE, WHERE'S MY
BRAIN? NO, YOU BETTER NOT SAY

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THAT. I CAN'T FIND MY BRAIN.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA,

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AS WE'VE COME INTO YOUR GLORIOUS
PRESENCE TODAY, WHAT AN HONOR.

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WE'VE TOUCHED YOU, BUT YOU'VE
TOUCHED US. AND SO WHILE WE'RE

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IN YOUR PRESENCE TODAY, YESHUA
PAID WITH THE CROWN OF THORNS ON

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HIS HEAD, THAT OUR MINDS
ARE REDEEMED, OUR BODIES ARE

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REDEEMED. IT'S BEEN PAID FOR
THROUGH AND BY BLOOD, INNOCENT

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BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF OUR SAVIOR
AND LORD JESUS CHRIST. SO I

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REBUKE DEMENTIA, I REBUKE
ALZHEIMER'S, I REBUKE BIPOLAR

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DISEASE, I REBUKE LUNACY, I
REBUKE FORGETFULNESS, BRAIN FOG,

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I REBUKE ANY MIND-BINDING
SPIRIT, CRAZY AGE, WITCHCRAFT,

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DIVINATION. I BIND ANY AND ALL
ASSIGNMENTS OF THE ENEMY THAT

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WOULD TRY TO ATTACK YOUR MIND, I
SAY. AND I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS,

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EVERYONE. SAY, "MY MIND IS
BLESSED. IT'S OFF LIMITS TO

47:03.351 --> 47:09.621
FORGETFULNESS AND TO ANY
DISEASE. MY MIND IS HEALTHY. IT

47:09.621 --> 47:15.771
WILL BE HEALTHY, WHOLE THIS
DAY AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF MY

47:15.771 --> 47:20.871
ENTIRE LIFE. I HAVE A STRONG
MIND, A STRONG MEMORY, A BLESSED

47:20.871 --> 47:25.731
MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, AND
IT IS WELL. NOW I RELEASE THE

47:25.731 --> 47:33.442
ANOINTING AND THE BLESSING OF
GOD UPON MY MIND, MY MEMORY. IT

47:33.442 --> 47:44.806
IS WELL. THANK YOU, LORD. AMEN.
AMEN. SO, WOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I

47:44.806 --> 47:48.291
LOVE ABOUT YOU? AND I WISH THAT
COULD BE IN SOME OF YOUR HOMES

47:48.291 --> 47:52.161
WITH YOU AS WE'RE WORSHIPING
GOD, BECAUSE I CAN I KNOW IT'S

47:52.161 --> 47:54.771
MY IMAGINATION, MAYBE, BUT I
COULD SEE SOME OF YOU THAT ARE

47:54.771 --> 47:58.822
WATCHING OR LIKE YOU'RE KNEELING
DOWN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN YOUR

47:58.822 --> 48:02.512
LIVING ROOM OR YOU'RE IN YOUR
RECLINER COUCH AND YOU JUST GOT

48:02.512 --> 48:06.112
YOUR HANDS LIFTED AND TEARS ARE
JUST COMING DOWN BECAUSE GOD IS

48:06.112 --> 48:11.541
TOUCHING YOU THROUGH A PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT LIKE A CAMERA AND A

48:11.541 --> 48:17.688
LAPTOP OR A TV. IT'S JUST
AMAZING. BUT CAN I TELL YOU

48:17.688 --> 48:21.711
SOMETHING IN ALMOST 40 YEARS OF
MINISTRY THAT ALWAYS I'VE NEVER

48:21.711 --> 48:26.152
LIKED IS PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY
LOVE GOD, KNOW GOD, AND THEY

48:26.152 --> 48:30.351
DON'T WORSHIP RIGHT. THEY DON'T
WORSHIP HIM. THEY DON'T ENTER

48:30.351 --> 48:34.972
IN. YOU'RE NOT LIKE THAT. AND
I'M GRATEFUL 'CAUSE IT REALLY

48:34.972 --> 48:39.322
MAKES IT EASIER TO PASTOR WHEN
YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESSED

48:39.322 --> 48:44.032
FOR GOD. AND HE LIKES THAT.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, LAST TIME

48:44.032 --> 48:47.751
RATTLING, SO I'M GONNA QUIT
RATTLING. THE MORE WE ENTER INTO

48:47.751 --> 48:52.192
HIS PRESENCE, THE MORE THE
MIRACULOUS HAPPENS. AND THERE

48:52.192 --> 48:54.382
ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT
THAT EVERY SUNDAY OF PEOPLE'S

48:54.382 --> 48:59.692
NEEDS, YOU KNOW. AND IN THIS
KIND OF PRESENCE IS WHEN THINGS

48:59.692 --> 49:04.521
JUST HAPPEN. PRAISE GOD. WELL,
WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? I WANT

49:04.521 --> 49:09.771
YOU TO, OH, BY THE WAY, DID YOU
SEE MY BANDAID HERE? SO MOTHER

49:09.771 --> 49:15.411
STUCK. CAPTAIN MOTHER STUCK.
GO AHEAD, WOULD YOU? COME HERE

49:15.411 --> 49:18.141
FOR A MINUTE IN THE PRESENCE
OF GOD. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO

49:18.141 --> 49:23.686
TRANSITION OUT. SO HE WAS
CONCERNED FOR MY BOOBOO. YOU

49:23.686 --> 49:27.532
WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I WANT YOU
TO GET THROUGH THIS RECOVERY. SO

49:27.532 --> 49:30.742
I HAVE A BLACKSMITH SHOP, AND
I'M GONNA BRING PASTORS HANK OUT

49:30.742 --> 49:32.992
THERE TO DO SOME WORK, BUT I'M
GONNA START HIM OFF WHILE HE'S

49:32.992 --> 49:37.612
DOING RECOVERY, IS START HIM OFF
WITH THIS HAMMER TO JUST GET HIM

49:37.612 --> 49:40.492
GOING THE RIGHT WAY. YOU KNOW,
THEY CALL ME HAMMER HANK, BUT

49:40.492 --> 49:46.641
YOU KNOW, AS I DISCIPLE YOU,
MOTHER CAPTAIN STUCK, IN THE

49:46.641 --> 49:49.822
THINGS OF GOD, I'M GONNA GIVE
YOU A TODDLER BIBLE IN RETURN,

49:49.822 --> 49:52.188
SO. BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU QUICK,
SIR, YOU KNOW WHY I CALL HIM

49:52.188 --> 49:58.132
MOTHER STUCK? BECAUSE ONE DAY,
HE TRAVELS WITH ME FOR SECURITY

49:58.132 --> 50:02.001
DETAILS AND FRIENDSHIP, AND
HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE GOOD

50:02.001 --> 50:05.271
RESTAURANTS ARE. BUT ONE DAY,
I CALLED HIM, I SAID, "CAPTAIN,

50:05.271 --> 50:07.612
YOU GOTTA GET HERE QUICK, I
GOTTA SPEAK." REMEMBER WHEN I

50:07.612 --> 50:10.909
CUT MYSELF? I CUT MYSELF
SHAVING, AND IT WAS JUST, IT

50:10.909 --> 50:15.849
WOULD NOT STOP. AND I SAID, I
DIDN'T BRING ANY OF THAT, UM,

50:15.849 --> 50:19.307
QUICK LOCK. COME ON, MOTHER
STUCK. THE POWDER STUFF. AND I

50:19.307 --> 50:24.617
SAID, QUICK, QUICK, QUICK STOP.
SO HE, HE COMES INTO MY ROOM, MY

50:24.617 --> 50:26.748
HOTEL ROOM, AND HE'S GOT LIKE
THIS TOURNIQUET. I SAID, MAN,

50:26.748 --> 50:29.117
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LOOK LIKE
I'M FROM INDIA. YOU KNOW, WHAT I

50:29.117 --> 50:31.864
GO, I HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS
ALL AROUND MY WHOLE HEAD, YOU

50:31.864 --> 50:35.838
KNOW. ANYWAY, I HONOR YOU.
THAT'S WHY I CALL HIM MOTHER

50:35.838 --> 50:39.677
STUCK. LET'S GIVE IT A HAND FOR
HIM. YOU KNOW, HE'S A GOOD GUY.

50:39.677 --> 50:45.018
ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO FIND
SOMEBODY THAT'S A MAMA. AND IF

50:45.018 --> 50:47.777
THERE'S A DUDE THAT'S
IDENTIFYING AS ONE, PLEASE LET

50:47.777 --> 50:51.168
ME KNOW AND I WILL BE GLAD TO
TALK TO THEM. BUT ANYWAY, GREET

50:51.168 --> 50:54.527
ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE
LORD AND SAY, "I BET I KNOW WHAT

50:54.527 --> 50:58.724
YOUR FAVORITE GELATO TASTE
IS." SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS.

50:58.724 --> 51:40.432
(MUSIC)

51:40.432 --> 51:45.914
WELL, GOOD MORNING. AND I WILL
SAY AS WELL, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

51:45.918 --> 51:49.998
TO ALL THE MOTHERS. HAPPY
MOTHER'S DAY TO THE MOTHER OF MY

51:49.998 --> 51:56.057
CHILDREN, PASTOR CHRISTY. SHE
IS A GREAT MAMA TO OUR GIRLS WHO

51:56.057 --> 52:02.777
WERE IN HERE BUT STEPPED OUT.
SO, WE CELEBRATE HER TODAY. WE

52:02.777 --> 52:07.248
CELEBRATE ALL OF YOU WOMEN OUT
THERE, 'CAUSE WITHOUT YOU, OUR

52:07.248 --> 52:13.818
LIVES WOULD NOT BE AS GOOD AS
THEY ARE, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, IF

52:13.818 --> 52:17.628
YOU ARE VISITING FOR THE FIRST
TIME THIS MORNING, WE WANNA MAKE

52:17.628 --> 52:21.498
SURE TO GREET YOU. SO, IF YOU
HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT

52:21.498 --> 52:24.737
BAG AS YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR
THIS MORNING, PLEASE WAVE YOUR

52:24.737 --> 52:28.007
HAND AT AN USHER. THEY HAVE
THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU INSIDE

52:28.007 --> 52:31.367
THE BLUE GIFT BAG. WE'VE TUCKED
IN SOME GOODIES FOR YOU, AS WELL

52:31.367 --> 52:34.998
AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET.
THERE'S SOME INFORMATION IN

52:34.998 --> 52:38.617
THERE, SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT
AT THIS TIME. IT HAS A PICTURE

52:38.617 --> 52:41.177
OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT.
GO AHEAD AND PULL IT OUT. AND

52:41.177 --> 52:43.788
INSIDE THERE, THERE'S SOME
INFORMATION WE JUST WANT TO SEND

52:43.788 --> 52:47.507
HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A
BRIGHT ORANGE STATE CONNECTED

52:47.507 --> 52:51.438
CARD. CAN'T SPEAK. ON THE
LEFTHAND SIDE, GO AHEAD AND TEAR

52:51.438 --> 52:54.585
THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT
IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT

52:54.585 --> 52:57.288
COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
WE JUST WANT TO SEND YOU A THANK

52:57.288 --> 53:00.077
YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS
MORNING. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY

53:00.077 --> 53:04.967
LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE,
ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ONE

53:04.967 --> 53:07.938
VOICE TV, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE
SERVICE AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO

53:07.938 --> 53:12.288
MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ONE VOICE
TV, ONEVOICETV.NET, OR DOWNLOAD

53:12.288 --> 53:14.958
THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR
DEVICES BECAUSE YOU CAN GET

53:14.958 --> 53:20.327
ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT
CONTENT, NOT JUST SERVICES, BOTH

53:20.327 --> 53:23.748
LIVE AND ARCHIVED, BUT ALSO YOU
CAN GET TO GET REAL WITH HANK,

53:23.748 --> 53:27.498
DAILY DECREE, NEW LEVEL, AND
FLASHPOINT, AND MANY, MANY MORE.

53:27.498 --> 53:30.557
SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, BE
BLESSED BY ALL THE CONTENT WE

53:30.557 --> 53:35.237
HAVE ON ONE VOICE TV. WELL,
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EVENT

53:35.237 --> 53:39.257
COMING UP. GAME CHANGERS WILL
BE DOWN AT THE COLLEGE WORLD

53:39.257 --> 53:44.867
SERIES. WATCH THIS. HEY, WHAT'S
GOING ON, EVERYBODY? GAME

53:44.867 --> 53:46.818
CHANGERS, I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING
AN AWESOME DAY TODAY. WE'RE

53:46.818 --> 53:50.027
HAVING ACTUALLY A TOP 10 DAY
HERE IN OMAHA. THE WEATHER IS

53:50.027 --> 53:54.797
BEAUTIFUL, IT'S PERFECT, AND IT
IS A GREAT DAY FOR BASEBALL. AND

53:54.797 --> 53:58.938
LET ME JUST TELL YOU, WE HAVE AN
EXCITING EVENT THAT'S COMING UP.

53:58.938 --> 54:02.838
MORE GOOD NEWS IS ON THE WAY.
AND I GOT MY GUY MATT HERE.

54:02.838 --> 54:05.027
MATT, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW?
I KNOW WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA,

54:05.027 --> 54:08.327
BUT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY IN
A LOCATION THAT IS GONNA BE

54:08.327 --> 54:11.327
HOSTING ONE OF THE BIGGEST
EVENTS, LITERALLY, OF THE ENTIRE

54:11.327 --> 54:14.088
YEAR. HUGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
IS GONNA BE HERE LITERALLY LIKE

54:14.088 --> 54:19.608
FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY, JUNE 11TH
THROUGH THE 22ND. HUGE BASEBALL

54:19.608 --> 54:22.068
TOURNAMENT, WE'RE GONNA BE OVER
IN THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE.

54:22.068 --> 54:25.157
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG TENT OUT
THERE, DOING GIVEAWAYS, TICKETS

54:25.157 --> 54:29.597
TO THE EVENT, SELLING SHIRTS,
MERCHANDISE, THINGS FOR KIDS.

54:29.597 --> 54:31.931
REALLY JUST ANYTHING YOU CAN
THINK OF, AND I MEAN, IT'S GONNA

54:31.931 --> 54:34.668
BE INCREDIBLE. WE'VE GOT
BASEBALL-THEMED MERCH, STUFF

54:34.668 --> 54:37.068
WITH OUR BRAND. YOU CAN SEE ONE
OF THE SHIRTS I'M WEARING HERE

54:37.068 --> 54:40.038
FOR ONE OF THE UNIVERSITIES THAT
WE MADE. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE

54:40.038 --> 54:43.668
SHIRTS LIKE THIS FOR THE
SPECIFIC UNIVERSITIES TEAM. SO,

54:43.668 --> 54:47.358
YOU KNOW, LIKE NEBRASKA,
LINCOLN, OMAHA, CHANGE THE GAME

54:47.358 --> 54:50.117
IN OMAHA SHIRTS, JUST A LOT OF
STUFF. HOPEFULLY THE TAR HEELS.

54:50.117 --> 54:53.297
YEAH, TAR HEELS, SO CHAPEL HILL,
LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF

54:53.297 --> 54:57.197
THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT WE'RE
GONNA BE SELLING OVER DOWN IN

54:57.197 --> 54:59.657
THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE.
SHOUT OUT TO JENNY PETERS, WHO

54:59.657 --> 55:03.168
RUNS THAT, DOES AN IMMACULATE
JOB. AND GAME CHANGERS REALLY

55:03.168 --> 55:05.597
OWES YOU FOR THAT. AND WE REALLY
THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT YES,

55:05.597 --> 55:08.297
COME DOWN, SEE US, WHETHER
YOU'RE IN THE OMAHA, LINCOLN

55:08.297 --> 55:11.507
SURROUNDING AREAS, OR YOU'RE
PLANNING TO COME IN FOR THIS

55:11.507 --> 55:14.867
HUGE TOURNAMENT. COME CHECK US
OUT. CHECK OUT PRIMETIME GAME

55:14.867 --> 55:17.688
CHANGERS ON ALL OUR PLATFORMS.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME.

55:17.688 --> 55:19.907
WE'RE GONNA BE HERE EVERY SINGLE
DAY, MORNING TO NIGHT. MORNING

55:19.907 --> 55:23.387
TO NIGHT. AND ALSO, WE ARE GOING
TO NEED YOUR HELP. SO IF YOU'RE

55:23.387 --> 55:26.987
WILLING TO COME VOLUNTEER AND
BE A PART OF OUR AMAZING GAME

55:26.987 --> 55:30.918
CHANGER TEAM, WE'RE GONNA BE
WALKING ALL AROUND THE STADIUM,

55:30.918 --> 55:34.998
SELLING MERCH, BUT ALSO JUST
INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE. IT IS

55:34.998 --> 55:37.518
GONNA BE AN AWESOME TIME, SO IF
YOU'RE LIKE, "HEY, I DON'T WANT

55:37.518 --> 55:40.518
TO MISS OUT. I DON'T WANT TO
HAVE A CASE OF FOMO," THEN COME.

55:40.518 --> 55:44.027
COME JOIN US, AND ALSO CHECK
US OUT ON THE SOCIAL PLATFORMS.

55:44.027 --> 55:46.277
WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BE

55:46.277 --> 55:49.068
A PART. YEAH, SO WE JUST WANT TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET BEHIND US

55:49.068 --> 55:52.097
AS WE'RE CHANGING THE GAME RIGHT
HERE IN OMAHA, AND WE WANT YOU

55:52.097 --> 55:53.777
TO COME BE A PART OF
IT. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.

55:53.777 --> 55:57.318
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

55:57.318 --> 56:01.487
YEAH, WE GOT EXCITING THINGS
COMING. PASTOR ANTHONY, BOB, I

56:01.487 --> 56:04.697
JUST WANTED TO BRING THESE GUYS
UP HERE REAL QUICK ACTUALLY TO

56:04.697 --> 56:09.108
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MAMA,
YOU ARE AMAZING. THERE'S NOT A

56:09.108 --> 56:12.947
LOT OF MOTHERS THAT CAN CATCH A
NINE ROUTE WITH A FOOTBALL OVER

56:12.947 --> 56:16.788
HER SHOULDER WHILE MOVING LIKE
YOU DID LAST WEEK. IN SANDALS,

56:16.788 --> 56:20.148
SHE WANTED ME TO SAY IN SANDALS,
I MEAN, LITERALLY, THERE'S DUDES

56:20.148 --> 56:23.027
THAT DROP THAT AND YOU JUST
RIDE OVER THE SHOULDER. AND THEN

56:23.027 --> 56:28.697
HAPPY 60TH TO THE MAN, PASTOR
HANK, WE LOVE YOU. WE HONOR YOU

56:28.697 --> 56:32.012
GUYS, BOTH OF YOU. IT'S PRETTY
COOL, A MOTHER'S DAY AND A 60TH

56:32.012 --> 56:35.478
BIRTHDAY. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T
LIKE, IT WASN'T 61, IT WASN'T

56:35.478 --> 56:40.007
59, I MEAN, 60, LIKE THAT'S JUST
SUPER SPECIAL. SO SHOUT OUT TO

56:40.007 --> 56:43.487
THOSE GUYS. BUT YEAH, IF YOU
GUYS SAW THAT VIDEO, WE'VE GOT

56:43.487 --> 56:47.452
SOME EXCITING STUFF COMING.
WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. AND

56:48.648 --> 56:53.538
REALLY, THE WHOLE EMPHASIS ON
THIS IS JUST GETTING OURSELVES

56:53.538 --> 56:58.068
DOWN THERE AMONGST THE BIGGEST
EVENT IN OMAHA EVERY SINGLE

56:58.068 --> 57:03.369
YEAR. AND WE WANT TO HAVE OUR
FEET PLANTED THERE. AND I DON'T

57:03.369 --> 57:06.737
KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW COMING IN,
WE HAD A BIG TENT OUTSIDE FOR A

57:06.737 --> 57:09.648
SIGN UP. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE
FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS, CORRECT,

57:09.648 --> 57:12.197
BOB, FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ON.
YOU WANNA GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE

57:12.197 --> 57:15.918
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. YEAH,
IT'S AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EVENT.

57:15.918 --> 57:18.288
WE NEED EVERYBODY HERE. WE'RE
GONNA HAVE FOUR TEAMS. I'LL

57:18.288 --> 57:20.688
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THEM. WE'RE
GONNA HAVE A TEAM THAT'S GONNA

57:20.688 --> 57:24.407
OPERATE THE TENT. SO THEY'RE
GONNA SELL THE MERCH THAT WE'RE

57:24.407 --> 57:28.128
WEARING AND THE NEW COLLEGE
WORLD SERIES MERCH. THAT'S ONE

57:28.128 --> 57:30.978
TEAM. THE SECOND TEAM, WE'RE
GONNA HAVE PEOPLE WALKING

57:30.978 --> 57:35.177
THROUGH THE BASEBALL VILLAGE IN
THE STADIUM AREA WITH CARDS THAT

57:35.177 --> 57:38.447
ARE DRIVING PEOPLE TO OUR TENT.
SO WE'LL DO A DISCOUNT COUPON

57:38.447 --> 57:41.507
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF
RAFFLES. THERE'S A THIRD TEAM,

57:41.507 --> 57:45.677
THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF US IN LOH
WILL BE PART OF. PASTOR BRENDA

57:45.677 --> 57:50.148
WANTS TO HAVE AN EVANGELICAL
TEAM THAT'S DOWNTOWN FOR

57:50.148 --> 57:52.878
MULTIPLE DAYS OF THE COLLEGE
WORLD SERIES, JUST SIMPLY

57:52.878 --> 57:55.998
INVITING PEOPLE TO LORD OF
HOSTS CHURCH, PRAYING WITH THEM,

57:55.998 --> 57:59.358
PRAYING FOR SALVATION. YOU
PROBABLY WON'T TALK AT ALL ABOUT

57:59.358 --> 58:01.998
GAME CHANGERS AND WHAT'S GOING
ON DOWNTOWN, THIS WILL BE JUST

58:01.998 --> 58:04.847
AN LOH FOCUS. AND THEN THE
FOURTH TEAM IS A LITTLE BIT

58:04.847 --> 58:08.597
SMALLER. IF YOU'VE GOT A MEDIA
SKILL, WE COULD USE YOUR HELP AT

58:08.597 --> 58:10.878
THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THAT'S
OUR FOURTH TEAM. YEAH, WE'RE

58:10.878 --> 58:13.458
GONNA BE DOING LIVE SHOWS. I
KNOW PASTORS ARE TALKING ABOUT

58:13.458 --> 58:16.878
COMING DOWN THERE, DOING SOME
LIVE STUFF AS WELL. SO REALLY

58:16.878 --> 58:20.838
IT'S LIKE ALL HANDS ON DECK.
AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY TALKED

58:20.838 --> 58:23.777
ABOUT AS A STAFF THAT THE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT WEEK, I

58:23.777 --> 58:27.018
BELIEVE THAT'S THE 17TH, IS AN
ONLINE ONLY, 'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA

58:27.018 --> 58:30.648
BE LITERALLY DOWN THERE EVERY
SINGLE DAY FOR LITERALLY ABOUT A

58:30.648 --> 58:33.467
WEEK AND A HALF. SO WE'RE
EXCITED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

58:33.467 --> 58:36.467
GUYS SAW THE CHANGE THE GAME IN
HATTIESBURG SHIRT I WAS WEARING.

58:36.467 --> 58:39.347
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE
SHIRTS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. SO

58:39.347 --> 58:42.797
FOR ALL THE TEAMS THAT MAKE IT
HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WHATEVER

58:42.797 --> 58:45.947
CITY THEIR UNIVERSITY IS IN,
AND IT SAYS CHANGE THE GAME IN

58:45.947 --> 58:48.858
WHATEVER CITY. AND THEN A COUPLE
OTHER TEAMS MAYBE THAT ARE

58:48.858 --> 58:51.588
POPULAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF
NEBRASKA DOESN'T MAKE IT, OR IF

58:51.588 --> 58:54.648
THEY DO, STILL HAVING A LINCOLN
ONE IS HUGE. SHOUT OUT TO OUR

58:54.648 --> 59:00.257
STAFF AS WELL. GAME CHANGERS,
LEADERSHIP, ALL THOSE FACES. AND

59:00.257 --> 59:04.068
ALSO THE GUY NEXT TO ME, THAT'S
MY GUY KEVIN. HE'S NOT A PART OF

59:04.068 --> 59:06.648
GAME CHANGERS, BUT HE WANTED TO
VOLUNTEER HIS TIME. I'VE KNOWN

59:06.648 --> 59:10.847
HIM FOR A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS.
HE IS FROM MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,

59:10.847 --> 59:13.547
BUT WENT TO SCHOOL AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN,

59:13.547 --> 59:15.438
DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN SAYING,
"I JUST WANNA BE A PART OF

59:15.438 --> 59:19.068
THIS." AND SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING AN IMPACT,

59:19.068 --> 59:22.668
WE REALLY ARE. AND ONE COOL
STORY TOO ABOUT THE HATTIESBURG

59:22.668 --> 59:25.757
SHIRT. I TALKED TO PEOPLE WITH
THE SOUTHERN MISS BASEBALL TEAM

59:25.757 --> 59:29.027
AND THIS TEAM IS LIKE MEN OF
GOD. LIKE I AM SUPPORTING THEM

59:29.027 --> 59:32.208
THROUGH AND THROUGH. THAT'S
BRETT FAVRE'S ALMA MATER. AND

59:32.208 --> 59:35.208
REALLY WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT IT,
THEY'RE LIKE, MAN, WE WANT THOSE

59:35.208 --> 59:38.447
SHIRTS FOR OUR WHOLE TEAM. AND
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE

59:38.447 --> 59:41.748
LIKE, CAN YOU GET A 4XL SO WE
CAN PUT IT ON OUR MASCOT TO WEAR

59:41.748 --> 59:46.217
AROUND THE STADIUM? I WAS LIKE,
THAT'S AMAZING. SO, AND THEN

59:46.217 --> 59:49.398
THEY WANT LIKE A BANNER TO DRAPE
IN RIGHT FIELD OVER THE WALL.

59:49.398 --> 59:52.907
AND SO I MEAN, WATCH THOSE
GAMES AS THEY TRY TO MAKE OMAHA

59:52.907 --> 59:56.057
BECAUSE YOU MIGHT SEE THAT GAME
CHANGERS LOGO DOWN THERE AT THE

59:56.057 --> 01:00:00.467
PETE TAYLOR PARK. SO, YEAH.
RIGHT ON. SO GREAT STUFF GUYS.

01:00:00.467 --> 01:00:05.088
AND LASTLY, AS PASTOR BRENDA
COMES, ONE LAST LITTLE MESSAGE I

01:00:05.088 --> 01:00:07.106
JUST HAD TO THROW IN
TO THOSE SOUTHERN MISS

01:00:07.106 --> 01:00:10.777
GUYS WATCHING. SOUTHERN
MISS TO THE TOP!

01:00:10.777 --> 01:00:15.856
SOUTHERN MISS TO THE
TOP! SOUTHERN MISS!

01:00:15.856 --> 01:00:18.284
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

01:00:18.284 --> 01:00:23.034
OH, WHETHER YOU'RE A BASEBALL
PERSON OR NOT, IT'LL BE TONS OF

01:00:23.038 --> 01:00:27.027
FUN, SO COME BE PART OF IT. AND
YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH SHOULD HAVE

01:00:27.027 --> 01:00:30.898
FUN, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE THERE TO DO, IS JUST BE A

01:00:30.898 --> 01:00:36.148
LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE, AND LET
PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S FUN TO

01:00:36.148 --> 01:00:39.507
SERVE JESUS. I THINK THAT'S THE
MOST AMAZING PART. WELL, VERY

01:00:39.507 --> 01:00:41.608
QUICKLY, JUST A COUPLE
REMINDERS. NEXT SUNDAY,

01:00:41.608 --> 01:00:45.135
DEDICATION SUNDAY, NATION
BEING REDEDICATED BACK TO GOD.

01:00:45.144 --> 01:00:46.646
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

01:00:46.646 --> 01:00:50.757
BE HERE, BE PART OF THAT.
WE'RE GONNA BE JOINING WITH THE

01:00:50.757 --> 01:00:54.688
PROCLAMATION FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP TO DEDICATE AMERICA BACK

01:00:54.688 --> 01:00:57.927
TO THE LORD. AND SO I BELIEVE
THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT AND

01:00:57.927 --> 01:01:01.168
WE'RE GONNA STAND IN AGREEMENT
TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT,

01:01:01.168 --> 01:01:05.248
WITH THE NATION, WITH THE BODY
OF CHRIST. SO BE HERE, BE PART

01:01:05.248 --> 01:01:09.297
OF THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING
TO BE AN EPIC SERVICE. AND THEN

01:01:09.297 --> 01:01:16.378
RIGHT AFTER THAT, PENTECOST
SUNDAY IS AROUND THE CORNER. AND

01:01:16.378 --> 01:01:20.188
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CELEBRATE

01:01:20.188 --> 01:01:23.608
THE FACT THAT WE DON'T MIND FOR
THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE

01:01:23.608 --> 01:01:25.918
PENTECOSTAL BELIEVERS
WHO BELIEVE IN THE FULL

01:01:25.918 --> 01:01:29.577
MANIFESTATION OF THE GIFTS OF
THE SPIRIT AND WHAT HAPPENED ON

01:01:29.577 --> 01:01:33.027
PENTECOST. SO BE PART OF THAT.
BOB ROGERS INVITED HIMSELF. HE'S

01:01:33.027 --> 01:01:38.007
COMING AND HE MUST THINK WE HAVE
AN AMAZING PENTECOST HERE AT

01:01:38.007 --> 01:01:41.907
LORD OF HOSTS. BUT PASTOR AND I
ARE BELIEVING IT'S JUST GONNA BE

01:01:41.907 --> 01:01:46.137
A HOLY GHOST THROW DOWN AND WE
WANNA LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVE

01:01:46.137 --> 01:01:48.927
HOWEVER HE WANTS THAT DAY. I
BELIEVE THERE'LL BE HEALINGS AND

01:01:48.927 --> 01:01:52.438
PROPHETIC AND DELIVERANCE.
WHATEVER THE LORD WANTS TO DO,

01:01:52.438 --> 01:01:56.277
WE JUST WANNA MAKE ROOM FOR THAT
ON PENTECOST, AMEN? ALL RIGHT,

01:01:56.277 --> 01:01:59.577
WELL, LET ME JUST READ VERY
QUICKLY OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE,

01:01:59.577 --> 01:02:02.338
AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR IN A FEW
MOMENTS FROM COLLEEN BRENNAN,

01:02:02.338 --> 01:02:05.938
AND PASTOR DOUG WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN IN JUST A FEW

01:02:05.938 --> 01:02:08.847
MOMENTS, BUT HERE IS THE
SCRIPTURE, AND I WANNA BRING OUT

01:02:08.847 --> 01:02:11.878
A COUPLE MORE THINGS THAT I
BROUGHT OUT LAST WEEK. FOR AS

01:02:11.878 --> 01:02:14.938
THE RAIN COMES DOWN AND THE SNOW
FROM HEAVEN, COME ON, THIS IS

01:02:14.938 --> 01:02:20.487
YOUR NUGGET TODAY AT OFFERING
TIME, AND RETURNS NOT, BUT FIRST

01:02:20.487 --> 01:02:24.478
WATERS THE EARTH. IN OTHER
WORDS, IT WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN,

01:02:24.478 --> 01:02:28.797
RIGHT? IF THE RAIN COMES DOWN,
IT WATERS THE EARTH. RAIN ALWAYS

01:02:28.797 --> 01:02:33.717
HAPPENS, AMEN. BUT WATERS THE
EARTH AND MAKES IT TO BRING

01:02:33.717 --> 01:02:37.797
FORTH BUD. THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS,
RIGHT? NO MATTER HOW COLD THE

01:02:37.797 --> 01:02:42.568
WINTER IS, NO MATTER WHAT THE
WEATHER IS, IT MAY BE A DREARY

01:02:42.568 --> 01:02:46.557
FEBRUARY, IT MAY BE A CHILLY
APRIL, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO COME

01:02:46.557 --> 01:02:52.677
INTO PICNIC AND POOL SEASON.
ALL RIGHT? 'CAUSE SUMMER, WHAT?

01:02:52.677 --> 01:02:57.838
ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE SEASON
ALWAYS SHIFTS, IT ALWAYS

01:02:57.838 --> 01:03:01.197
HAPPENS. AND YOU MIGHT BE IN THE
MIDDLE IN YOUR LIFE, YOUR WALK

01:03:01.197 --> 01:03:04.918
WITH GOD, WHERE MAYBE THERE'S A
CHILLY DAY. IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE

01:03:04.918 --> 01:03:08.697
NOTHING'S HAPPENING. MAYBE THE
SEEDS THAT YOU'VE SOWN, MAYBE

01:03:08.697 --> 01:03:11.608
SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN IN
YOUR LIFE, YOU'VE PROPHESIED,

01:03:11.608 --> 01:03:14.518
YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT,
YOU'VE DECLARED, IT SEEMS LIKE,

01:03:14.518 --> 01:03:19.708
WOW, THIS IS NEVER GONNA TURN,
EXCEPT IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE

01:03:19.708 --> 01:03:24.507
SEASON ALWAYS SHIFTS. AND THIS
IS WHAT GOD SAID. HE SAID, "JUST

01:03:24.507 --> 01:03:30.117
LIKE THE SEASONS ALWAYS HAPPEN,
"NEW WEATHER ALWAYS COMES, SO

01:03:30.117 --> 01:03:36.418
SHALL MY WORD BE." IN OTHER
WORDS, GOD SAID, AS MUCH AS YOU

01:03:36.418 --> 01:03:39.010
CAN BANK ON THE FACT THAT, YOU
KNOW, YOU DON'T EVER HEAR OF A

01:03:39.010 --> 01:03:41.217
FARMER GOING, "YOU KNOW WHAT,
I THINK HARVEST WON'T COME THIS

01:03:41.217 --> 01:03:45.297
YEAR." HE MIGHT HAVE SOME
CHALLENGES IN THE HARVEST. IT

01:03:45.297 --> 01:03:49.768
MAY HAVE BEEN A DRY YEAR, BUT
HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. YOU NEVER

01:03:49.768 --> 01:03:52.318
HEAR OF ONE NEBRASKA FARMER
SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK I

01:03:52.318 --> 01:03:56.248
JUST WON'T PLANT ANY CROPS NOW,
'CAUSE I'M SURE HARVEST WON'T

01:03:56.248 --> 01:03:59.788
COME. YET SOMETIMES AS
BELIEVERS, THAT'S HOW WE THINK.

01:03:59.788 --> 01:04:03.927
WE THINK, WELL, IT JUST MAY
NEVER COME, SO I WON'T SOW.

01:04:03.927 --> 01:04:10.137
AMEN. BUT GOD SAID, AS SURE AS
THE SEASON IS GONNA SHIFT, AS

01:04:10.137 --> 01:04:16.708
SURE AS HARVEST COMES, SO SHALL
MY WORD BE. AND WHEN IT GOES OUT

01:04:16.708 --> 01:04:19.318
OF MY MOUTH, WELL, YOU KNOW THAT
BIBLE THAT'S SITTING IN YOUR LAP

01:04:19.318 --> 01:04:24.057
TODAY? THAT IS GOD'S WORD COMING
FROM HIS MOUTH. YOU CAN BANK ON

01:04:24.057 --> 01:04:28.407
IT, YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT. HE
SAID, IT WILL NEVER RETURN UNTO

01:04:28.407 --> 01:04:32.398
ME VOID, BUT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH
THAT WHICH I PLEASE. WE TALKED

01:04:32.398 --> 01:04:36.088
ABOUT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHY
SOME HARVEST MIGHT BE A 30, SOME

01:04:36.088 --> 01:04:40.617
ARE A 60, SOME ARE A 100. I
DON'T KNOW THE REASON THAT SOME

01:04:40.617 --> 01:04:43.527
ARE 30, OTHERS ARE 60, OTHERS
ARE A 100. I DON'T KNOW THE

01:04:43.527 --> 01:04:48.327
ANSWER TO THAT. WHAT I KNOW IS
HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. AND THAT'S

01:04:48.327 --> 01:04:53.038
WHAT WE HAVE TO TRUST. IT'LL
NEVER RETURN TO GOD VOID, BUT IT

01:04:53.038 --> 01:04:56.907
WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH
HE PLEASES. THE BIBLE SAYS IN

01:04:56.907 --> 01:05:00.838
GENESIS 8:22, IT SAYS AS LONG AS
THE EARTH IS HERE, THERE WILL BE

01:05:00.838 --> 01:05:07.168
SEED TIME AND HARVEST ALWAYS
COMES. SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE

01:05:07.168 --> 01:05:11.398
A SOWER. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE
A GIVER. BY THE WAY, MOTHERS, IF

01:05:11.398 --> 01:05:15.447
YOU'RE PRAYING FOR A PRODIGAL,
YOU KEEP PRAYING, YOUR HARVEST

01:05:15.447 --> 01:05:22.077
DAY IS GONNA COME. AMEN, YOUR
DAY OF ANSWER PRAYER WILL COME.

01:05:22.077 --> 01:05:25.737
YOU JUST STAY IN THERE. OUR JOB
IS TO WATER THOSE SEEDS. OUR JOB

01:05:25.737 --> 01:05:30.748
IS TO DECLARE. OUR JOB IS TO
TRUST GOD. OUR JOB IS TO SPEAK

01:05:30.748 --> 01:05:35.248
HIS WORD, EVEN IN HARD TIMES.
YOU KNOW, THE FARMERS DON'T JUST

01:05:35.248 --> 01:05:38.668
WAIT FOR PERFECT WEATHER. THAT'S
WHAT ECCLESIASTES SAYS. HE,

01:05:38.668 --> 01:05:42.268
THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, LISTEN,
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE RAIN, IF

01:05:42.268 --> 01:05:45.358
YOU LOOK AT THE WEATHER, YOU
WON'T DO IT. PROVERBS SAYS THAT.

01:05:45.358 --> 01:05:48.717
IT SAYS, "IF YOU REGARD THE
CLOUDS, YOU WON'T SOW." SO WE

01:05:48.717 --> 01:05:51.568
DON'T BASE THINGS ON WHAT THE
WEATHER FEELS LIKE. WE DO IT

01:05:51.568 --> 01:05:55.168
BECAUSE WE KNOW HARVEST ALWAYS
COMES. SO DON'T EVER FORGET

01:05:55.168 --> 01:05:57.987
THAT. IF YOU'VE GOT SEEDS IN
THE GROUND, COME ON MOTHERS, IF

01:05:57.987 --> 01:06:00.987
YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOUR
CHILDREN, YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING

01:06:00.987 --> 01:06:03.387
OVER THEM AND YOU'VE BEEN
DECLARING, YOU'VE BEEN TRUSTING

01:06:03.387 --> 01:06:07.768
GOD, HARVEST WILL COME. SO
JUST TRUST THAT AND STAY IN

01:06:07.768 --> 01:06:10.947
CONNECTION WITH GOD. SAME WAY
WITH YOUR FINANCES, YOUR TITHES,

01:06:10.947 --> 01:06:14.608
YOUR OFFERINGS. KEEP SOWING,
KEEP GIVING, KEEP TITHING.

01:06:14.608 --> 01:06:17.248
TITHING ISN'T A SLOT MACHINE
WHERE YOU DO IT ONCE AND PULL

01:06:17.248 --> 01:06:21.628
THE LEVER AND EXPECT A BUNCH OF
CHERRIES TO POP OUT. NO, THAT'S

01:06:21.628 --> 01:06:26.367
NOT IT, THAT'S NOT IT. IT'S A
LIFESTYLE OF SOWING BECAUSE WE

01:06:26.367 --> 01:06:31.588
KNOW GOD'S WORD NEVER RETURNS
VOID, IT WILL COME. HARVEST DAY

01:06:31.588 --> 01:06:35.668
ALWAYS COMES. COME ON, GIVE GOD
A SHOUT IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT.

01:06:35.668 --> 01:06:39.717
LET'S PUT OUR GIVING INFORMATION
UP ON THE SCREEN. SO MANY

01:06:39.717 --> 01:06:42.927
AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING HERE
AT LORD OF HOSTS. WE HAVE SOME

01:06:42.927 --> 01:06:46.708
AWESOME THINGS UPCOMING. SO BE
A SOWER, BE FAITHFUL IN YOUR

01:06:46.708 --> 01:06:52.557
TITHES, TEXT TO GIVE, MOBILE
APP, WEBSITE, SCAN THE QR CODE.

01:06:52.557 --> 01:06:56.307
DON'T TAKE YOUR TITHE ON
VACATION WITH YOU. LEAVE IT AT

01:06:56.307 --> 01:06:58.648
THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT THAT THOUGH. YOU CAN GO ON

01:06:58.648 --> 01:07:03.088
VACATION, YOU CAN STILL TITHE
FROM THE BEACH IN FLORIDA. ISN'T

01:07:03.088 --> 01:07:06.057
THAT AMAZING? NEVER BEFORE IN
HISTORY HAVE WE HAD THAT. YOU

01:07:06.057 --> 01:07:08.248
KNOW, THEY SAY A LOT OF THINGS
ABOUT THE INTERNET. WELL, IT'S

01:07:08.248 --> 01:07:12.657
DONE US SOME GOOD TOO. SO PEOPLE
ALWAYS SAY, PASTOR HANK AND

01:07:12.657 --> 01:07:17.097
BRENDA, YOU'RE QUICK TO CLOSE
THE CAMPUS IF THERE'S WEATHER IN

01:07:17.097 --> 01:07:20.577
THE WINTER OR WHATEVER. WELL,
IT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO

01:07:20.577 --> 01:07:24.597
RUN A SHIP LIKE THIS AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE, AND WE LIKE PEOPLE TO

01:07:24.597 --> 01:07:28.018
BE SAFE AND NOT BE OUT THERE
IN AN ICY PARKING LOT TRYING TO

01:07:28.018 --> 01:07:33.507
NAVIGATE AROUND. BUT THE GOOD
THING IS WE CAN GO ONLINE AND WE

01:07:33.507 --> 01:07:37.858
CAN HAVE CHURCH LIKE IT WASN'T
DIFFERENT, AMEN? EXCEPT WE CAN'T

01:07:37.858 --> 01:07:40.827
SEE EACH OTHER'S SMILING FACES
ALL THE TIME. THAT'S WHY WE LIKE

01:07:40.827 --> 01:07:44.367
OUR INTERNET FRIENDS. YOU GUYS
PUT THOSE SMILES OUT THERE. YOU

01:07:44.367 --> 01:07:48.478
FILL THE INTERNET WITH GOOD.
THERE IS SO MUCH UGLY OUT THERE,

01:07:48.478 --> 01:07:52.467
SO MUCH MEAN-SPIRITED STUFF. I
LIKE LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND

01:07:52.467 --> 01:07:55.708
ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS TO BE
A LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE. ALL

01:07:55.708 --> 01:07:59.188
RIGHT, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR
SEED READY, YOU HAVE YOUR TITHE,

01:07:59.188 --> 01:08:02.277
YOUR OFFERING, LET'S STAND. I'M
GONNA GIVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR

01:08:02.277 --> 01:08:07.858
OUR GUESTS. PRAISE GOD. HOLD
UP YOUR PHONE, HOLD IT UP HIGH,

01:08:07.858 --> 01:08:12.507
HOLD UP YOUR ENVELOPE. THOSE
OF YOU ONLINE, DO IT WITH US.

01:08:12.507 --> 01:08:15.748
FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT FOR
ALL OF THESE THAT ARE SOWING AND

01:08:15.748 --> 01:08:20.279
GIVING TODAY, HARVEST IS
ASSURED. IT ALWAYS COMES. AND SO

01:08:20.279 --> 01:08:24.234
WE TRUST YOU. WE THANK YOU THAT
YOUR WORD COMES TO PASS. AND

01:08:24.234 --> 01:08:29.097
WHATEVER WE SOW, WE REAP, AND
IT WILL HAPPEN. AND SO, FATHER,

01:08:29.097 --> 01:08:32.337
WHAT WE HAVE NAMED, WHAT WE'VE
PRAYED FOR, WHAT WE'RE ASKING,

01:08:32.337 --> 01:08:36.448
WHAT THESE MOTHERS ARE ASKING
TODAY, I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT

01:08:36.448 --> 01:08:39.927
EACH ONE OF THEM WILL RECEIVE
ANSWERED PRAYER AS WE GIVE

01:08:39.927 --> 01:08:47.037
TODAY. BECAUSE, SAY IT WITH ME,
SAY, HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. AMEN.

01:08:47.037 --> 01:08:49.618
ALL RIGHT, YOU WANNA DO OUR
DECLARATION TOGETHER? YOU WANNA

01:08:49.618 --> 01:08:53.698
DECLARE IT WITH ME? LET'S DO IT
AS ONE. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS

01:08:53.698 --> 01:08:56.759
AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS
CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,

01:08:56.759 --> 01:09:01.529
EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE
DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT

01:09:01.529 --> 01:09:06.417
DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY
ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND

01:09:06.417 --> 01:09:11.009
FINISH. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL
THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD

01:09:11.009 --> 01:09:15.597
IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE
MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND

01:09:15.597 --> 01:09:19.618
OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE
PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE

01:09:19.618 --> 01:09:23.548
CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO
BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE

01:09:23.548 --> 01:09:27.268
AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES
OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE

01:09:27.268 --> 01:09:32.009
ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE
PROPHESY THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE,

01:09:32.009 --> 01:09:36.387
QUADRUPLE, AND THAT WE WILL
QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW

01:09:36.387 --> 01:09:42.207
THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY
AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. SAY,

01:09:42.207 --> 01:09:46.408
"HARVEST ALWAYS COMES." AMEN.
USHER, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SERVE

01:09:46.408 --> 01:09:54.387
THE PEOPLE. HALLELUJAH. YOU MAY
BE SEATED. OFFERING TIME, SUCH

01:09:54.387 --> 01:09:57.779
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
SERVICE. I COULD ALMOST SAY IT'S

01:09:57.779 --> 01:10:02.069
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS
OF THE SERVICE BECAUSE IT BRINGS

01:10:02.069 --> 01:10:06.779
BLESSING TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
HALLELUJAH. OH, PASTOR MATT

01:10:06.779 --> 01:10:10.917
ASKED ME TO MENTION ONE MORE
THING THAT HE DID NOT MENTION.

01:10:10.917 --> 01:10:16.167
MAY 24TH AND JUNE 7TH, AFTER THE
SERVICES THAT MORNING, WE WILL

01:10:16.167 --> 01:10:23.243
HAVE TRAINING FOR THOSE INVOLVED
IN ALL THOSE FOUR AREAS. SO YOU

01:10:23.243 --> 01:10:26.934
CAN GO TO THE, HOW MANY OF YOU
SAW THE TENT OUT FRONT THAT GAME

01:10:26.934 --> 01:10:29.814
CHANGERS HAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF
THE CONNECT CENTER? YOU CAN STOP

01:10:29.814 --> 01:10:32.844
BY THERE TODAY. OR IF YOU
FORGET, YOU CAN GO TO ONE OF OUR

01:10:32.844 --> 01:10:36.623
INFORMATION CENTERS LATER AND
SIGN UP SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY

01:10:36.623 --> 01:10:40.373
WILL BE THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW,
HE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET A

01:10:40.373 --> 01:10:44.243
SANDWICH FOR YOU THAT DAY. SO
WE'RE WORKING ON HIM TO SEE IF

01:10:44.243 --> 01:10:49.416
HE CAN COME UP WITH THAT. SO I
DON'T KNOW. HE'S CHECKING HIS

01:10:49.416 --> 01:10:52.764
CHECKBOOK THERE TO SEE IF HE'S
GOT ROOM TO DO THAT. SO I GUESS

01:10:52.764 --> 01:10:57.923
HE'S GONE. OH, THERE HE IS. I
PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, YEAH. SO,

01:10:57.923 --> 01:11:00.444
YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE CAN AT LEAST
GET TACO JOHNS OR SOMETHING FOR

01:11:00.444 --> 01:11:08.003
YOU, I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY, A
TACO SUNDAY TRAINING SEMINAR.

01:11:08.003 --> 01:11:15.413
SO, HEY, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
THE 2026 VOTER GUIDE? IF YOU

01:11:15.413 --> 01:11:18.894
DIDN'T GET ONE YET, YOU'RE A
LITTLE BEHIND THE GAME BECAUSE

01:11:18.894 --> 01:11:23.934
THIS TUESDAY IS THE PRIMARY
ELECTION. AND HOW MANY OF YOU

01:11:23.934 --> 01:11:28.524
KNOW, I CAN ALMOST SAY IN SOME
WAYS THE PRIMARIES ARE MORE

01:11:28.524 --> 01:11:33.054
IMPORTANT THAN THE GENERAL
ELECTION. BECAUSE IT ONLY TAKES

01:11:33.054 --> 01:11:37.913
A FEW HUNDRED VOTES MANY TIMES
TO GET THE CANDIDATE IN PLACE

01:11:37.913 --> 01:11:40.854
DURING A PRIMARY. AND IT'S GOING
TO DETERMINE WHO'S RUNNING IN

01:11:40.854 --> 01:11:45.774
THESE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THAT ARE
COMING UP. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, IF

01:11:45.774 --> 01:11:49.764
EVERYONE THAT'S A PART OF LORD
OF HOSTS CHURCH THAT LIVES IN

01:11:49.764 --> 01:11:52.913
THE STATE OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA,
IT DOESN'T MATTER, WHEREVER YOU

01:11:52.913 --> 01:11:57.894
LIVE, ACROSS THE NATION, WOULD
SAY, "I'M GOING TO PULL OUT ALL

01:11:57.894 --> 01:12:00.832
STOPS TO DO THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING I CAN DO THIS WEEK, AND

01:12:00.832 --> 01:12:03.564
THAT'S VOTE IN THE PRIMARY
ELECTION." IT WOULD CHANGE

01:12:03.564 --> 01:12:10.583
AMERICA. IT COULD CHANGE IT.
JUST A FEW VOTES. I HEARD DAVID

01:12:10.583 --> 01:12:14.304
BARTON TALKING ON FLASHPOINT
ABOUT JUST A FEW VOTES MADE SUCH

01:12:14.304 --> 01:12:16.524
A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH. I CAN'T GO INTO ALL THE

01:12:16.524 --> 01:12:20.033
DETAILS OF THAT, BUT YOU MIGHT
HAVE HEARD THAT. IT IS AMAZING.

01:12:20.033 --> 01:12:25.373
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PUT
THAT ON YOUR AGENDA. GO BY THE

01:12:25.373 --> 01:12:28.283
STAND UP FOR TRUTH TABLE. GET
ONE OF THESE VOTER GUIDES. THIS

01:12:28.283 --> 01:12:31.944
COVERS DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SARPY
COUNTY. I WISH WE COULD COVER

01:12:31.944 --> 01:12:35.033
OTHER AREAS, BUT TERRY, WHERE
IS TERRY? SHE'S NOT IN HERE

01:12:35.033 --> 01:12:38.184
ANYMORE, BUT TERRY PUTS THIS
TOGETHER, TERRY BLACKBURN, AND

01:12:38.184 --> 01:12:41.963
SHE DOES A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER, GIVING US

01:12:41.963 --> 01:12:45.264
INFORMATION ON PEOPLE, BECAUSE
IT WILL HELP YOU. WE CAN'T TELL

01:12:45.264 --> 01:12:49.554
YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT IT WILL
GIVE YOU THEIR STANCE ON THINGS

01:12:49.554 --> 01:12:51.923
AND WILL HELP YOU MAKE A
DECISION SO YOU GET A GODLY

01:12:51.923 --> 01:12:56.993
CANDIDATE IN THE POSITION. AND
THIS MORNING BEFORE COLLEEN

01:12:56.993 --> 01:12:59.814
BRENNAN COMES UP, I JUST WANTED
TO MENTION A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT

01:12:59.814 --> 01:13:03.984
HER. SHE'S RUNNING FOR THE
DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF

01:13:03.984 --> 01:13:08.274
COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT 6. AND
I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHERE

01:13:08.274 --> 01:13:11.844
DISTRICT 6 COVERS, BUT I KNOW
IT'S AROUND THE CHURCH AND KIND

01:13:11.844 --> 01:13:15.564
OF CENTRAL OMAHA, AND I'LL HAVE
HER GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON

01:13:15.564 --> 01:13:18.144
KIND OF WHERE THE BORDERS ARE.
BECAUSE SOME OF YOU, IF YOU'RE

01:13:18.144 --> 01:13:19.823
LIKE ME, YOU DON'T ALWAYS
REMEMBER WHERE ALL THESE

01:13:19.823 --> 01:13:26.543
DISTRICTS ARE. BUT DISTRICT 6 IS
A VERY IMPORTANT, STRATEGIC AREA

01:13:26.543 --> 01:13:31.344
OF DOUGLAS COUNTY TO SUPPORT A
GOOD CANDIDATE, AND WE WANTED TO

01:13:31.344 --> 01:13:34.344
BRING COLLEEN UP TODAY. AND I
THINK IT'S REALLY KIND OF NEAT

01:13:34.344 --> 01:13:37.524
THAT SHE COMES ON MOTHER'S DAY,
BECAUSE I LOOKED AT HER PUBLIC

01:13:37.524 --> 01:13:43.224
BIOGRAPHY, AND SHE IS A MOTHER
THAT HAS BEEN, CAN I SAY IT?

01:13:43.224 --> 01:13:48.354
SHE'S BEEN TO HELL AND BACK.
SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT, AND

01:13:48.354 --> 01:13:52.599
SHE'S A MOTHER OF FOUR BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN. SHE LOST A CHILD IN

01:13:52.599 --> 01:13:58.104
2015 THAT WAS BORN WITH A SEVERE
DISABILITY. SHE WENT THROUGH THE

01:13:58.104 --> 01:14:03.054
LOSS OF THAT. HER HUSBAND LEFT
HER AFTER THAT HAPPENED. SHE

01:14:03.054 --> 01:14:06.144
WENT THROUGH INCREDIBLE
HARDSHIP, ENORMOUS MEDICAL

01:14:06.144 --> 01:14:09.654
BILLS, SHE HAD TO FILE
BANKRUPTCY. SHE'S GOT THIS, I'M

01:14:09.654 --> 01:14:12.083
NOT SAYING THINGS THAT SHE
DOESN'T HAVE OUT THERE. THIS IS

01:14:12.083 --> 01:14:17.003
ON HER WEBSITE. BUT SINCE THEN,
SHE'S REBUILT HER LIFE. AND

01:14:17.003 --> 01:14:19.974
AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE
THINGS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD

01:14:19.974 --> 01:14:23.543
HAVE JUST ENDED UP IN DESPAIR.
SHE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE

01:14:23.543 --> 01:14:30.774
CULTURE. SHE WAS ON THE OMAHA
CITY COUNCIL. AND NOW SHE'S

01:14:30.774 --> 01:14:33.413
RUNNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY
COMMISSIONER. AND WE NEED PEOPLE

01:14:33.413 --> 01:14:37.104
LIKE THAT THAT ARE TOUGH AND
WILLING TO STAND UP AND SAY,

01:14:37.104 --> 01:14:41.003
I'VE BEEN THROUGH ADVERSITY. I
DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF

01:14:41.003 --> 01:14:44.184
ME. I'M GONNA STAND OUT HERE
AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT. COLLEEN

01:14:44.184 --> 01:14:46.529
BRENNAN, COME ON UP. LET'S
GIVE YOU A HAND AS SHE COMES.

01:14:46.529 --> 01:14:49.613
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

01:14:49.613 --> 01:15:00.167
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY?

01:15:00.167 --> 01:15:02.328
I'M GONNA PUT ON MY GLASSES
'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING

01:15:02.328 --> 01:15:07.283
WITHOUT THEM, SO I'M SORRY.
BEFORE I CAME HERE TODAY, AS I

01:15:07.283 --> 01:15:11.154
DO EVERY DAY, I START MY DAY IN
PRAYER, AND I ASK GOD FOR HIS

01:15:11.154 --> 01:15:15.923
WORD. AND THESE THREE BIBLE
VERSES CAME TO MIND. IF GOD IS

01:15:15.923 --> 01:15:21.113
FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
ROMANS 8:31. PUT ON THE FULL

01:15:21.113 --> 01:15:24.953
ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN
TAKE STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL'S

01:15:24.953 --> 01:15:29.363
SCHEMES. WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH
THAT. AND FEAR NOT, FOR I AM

01:15:29.363 --> 01:15:35.094
WITH YOU, ISAIAH. I'M PROBABLY
THE MOST UNLIKELY CANDIDATE THAT

01:15:35.094 --> 01:15:38.904
YOU'LL EVER MEET IN YOUR LIFE
BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE PUBLIC

01:15:38.904 --> 01:15:41.663
SPEAKING. THIS IS VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME, AND I ALSO

01:15:41.663 --> 01:15:45.774
DON'T LIKE MATH, AND I'M RUNNING
FOR AN OFFICE THAT TAKES A LOT

01:15:45.774 --> 01:15:50.184
OF BOTH. SO I REALLY DID PUT IT
IN GOD'S HANDS BECAUSE I CAN'T

01:15:50.184 --> 01:15:56.123
DO THIS WITHOUT HIM. I GOT INTO
POLITICS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF MY

01:15:56.123 --> 01:16:00.413
SON, MY LATE SON MATTHEW. HE HAD
PROFOUND AUTISM AND EPILEPSY,

01:16:00.413 --> 01:16:03.203
AND WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, THERE
WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF RESOURCES

01:16:03.203 --> 01:16:08.963
AVAILABLE. THE KIND OF THERAPY
HE NEEDED IS CALLED APPLIED

01:16:08.963 --> 01:16:13.944
BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS. IT WAS
NEW TO NEBRASKA AND IT WAS NOT

01:16:13.944 --> 01:16:21.203
COVERED BY INSURANCE. SO, I
FOUGHT THE INSURANCE LOBBY. I

01:16:21.203 --> 01:16:23.844
CREATED A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT
THAT CHANGED THE LAWS IN

01:16:23.844 --> 01:16:30.423
NEBRASKA SO THAT NOW IT IS
COVERED BY INSURANCE. AND THAT,

01:16:30.423 --> 01:16:35.963
THANK YOU, THAT WAS SIX HARD
YEARS OF WORK AND DEDICATION,

01:16:35.963 --> 01:16:38.753
BUT IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE. I
HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SON IN

01:16:38.753 --> 01:16:43.854
THE WORLD. HIS NAME IS MATTHEW,
WHICH MEANS GIFT OF GOD, AND I

01:16:43.854 --> 01:16:46.613
DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS
AN ACCIDENT THAT GOD GAVE ME

01:16:46.613 --> 01:16:51.984
MATTHEW AS A GIFT. HE TAUGHT ME
EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT STANDING

01:16:51.984 --> 01:16:59.394
UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT, ABOUT BEING
STRONG WHEN IT WOULD BE A LOT

01:16:59.394 --> 01:17:04.524
EASIER JUST TO CAVE. AND HE
TAUGHT ME TO PUT ONE FOOT IN

01:17:04.524 --> 01:17:07.764
FRONT OF THE OTHER EVERY DAY
AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE

01:17:07.764 --> 01:17:12.117
THAT'S WHAT HE DID. THAT'S HOW
HE SURVIVED FOR 13 YEARS. HE HAD

01:17:12.117 --> 01:17:14.333
TO WORK REALLY HARD JUST TO GET
THROUGH THE DAY AND I LEARNED

01:17:14.333 --> 01:17:18.833
THAT FROM HIM. SO WHAT I WANT
TO BRING TO THE COUNTY BOARD IS

01:17:18.833 --> 01:17:28.583
SOME COMMON SENSE. WE CAN'T KEEP
DOWN THE PATH WE'RE GOING. IT'S

01:17:28.583 --> 01:17:35.184
NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE HAVE TO
LEARN WHAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE

01:17:35.184 --> 01:17:39.024
TO CUT WHERE WE CAN AND SPEND
WISELY. AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE

01:17:39.024 --> 01:17:41.363
BEEN DOING THAT. WE HAVE A
JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER THAT'S

01:17:41.363 --> 01:17:44.573
SITTING IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA. IT'S
BEEN EMPTY FOR THREE YEARS. THAT

01:17:44.573 --> 01:17:48.144
WAS NOT WISE. SO WE HAVE TO
CHANGE THE CULTURE. WE HAVE TO

01:17:48.144 --> 01:17:51.564
BRING SOME COMMON SENSE. AND
I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL PRAY

01:17:51.564 --> 01:17:58.463
BEFORE EVERY DECISION. SO I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GET

01:17:58.463 --> 01:18:02.274
OUT ON TUESDAY AND VOTE. I DON'T
CARE WHO YOU VOTE FOR, THAT'S UP

01:18:02.274 --> 01:18:07.493
TO YOU. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT
MY DISTRICT, IT STARTS WHERE

01:18:07.493 --> 01:18:11.663
I680 AND 80 MEET ABOUT 102ND AND
L. IT GOES ALL THE WAY OUT TO

01:18:11.663 --> 01:18:14.904
ELKHORN AND WATERLOO. SO IT'S
A LONG SORT OF NARROW L-SHAPED

01:18:14.904 --> 01:18:17.604
DISTRICT. THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE, AND I'VE KNOCKED ON OVER

01:18:17.604 --> 01:18:22.913
8,000 DOORS, AND I WILL CONTINUE
WORKING HARD FOR ALL OF YOU. SO

01:18:22.913 --> 01:18:25.224
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL
BE HERE AFTERWARDS. WOULD LOVE

01:18:25.224 --> 01:18:27.685
TO CHAT WITH YOU AND MEET WITH
ANY OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

01:18:27.685 --> 01:18:31.613
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

01:18:31.613 --> 01:18:35.154
THANK YOU, COLLEEN, THANK YOU
FOR COMING TODAY. YOU CAN REMAIN

01:18:35.154 --> 01:18:40.463
STANDING. AND WELCOME PASTOR
HANK THIS MORNING. GOD BLESS

01:18:40.463 --> 01:18:46.854
YOU. GIVE HIM A HAND. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. ALL

01:18:46.854 --> 01:18:52.734
RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, WHY DON'T
YOU SMILE AT SOMEBODY BACK UP IN

01:18:52.734 --> 01:18:59.938
PARK AND LIKE THEY SAY, SO WE'RE
EXCITED. MAN, I TELL YOU, I FELT

01:18:59.938 --> 01:19:03.654
GOD IN HERE TODAY. HOW ABOUT YOU
GUYS? BUT I THINK WE ALWAYS FEEL

01:19:03.654 --> 01:19:07.073
GOD. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST
REALLY SPECIAL. AND I REALLY

01:19:07.073 --> 01:19:11.844
APPRECIATED HIS PRESENCE LIKE
THAT TODAY. I DO WANT TO REMIND

01:19:11.844 --> 01:19:15.894
YOU, I'M GOING TO BE ON ELIJAH
STREAMS ON TUESDAY, AND WE'RE

01:19:15.894 --> 01:19:18.444
GOING TO TALK ABOUT, YEAH, THANK
YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE

01:19:18.444 --> 01:19:20.753
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

01:19:20.753 --> 01:19:24.354
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
NEXT SUNDAY AS WELL AS OUR

01:19:24.354 --> 01:19:28.163
NATION, AND THAT IS, THERE'S
GOING TO BE A REDEDICATION OF

01:19:28.163 --> 01:19:32.753
OUR COUNTRY WITH THE PRESIDENT
AND THE PEOPLE. AND AS FAR AS I

01:19:32.753 --> 01:19:35.694
KNOW, IT'S STILL ON, RIGHT? AND
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT

01:19:35.694 --> 01:19:39.234
ON TUESDAY. I WILL NOT BE ON
FLASHPOINT BECAUSE MY SON IS

01:19:39.234 --> 01:19:44.333
TAKING ME SOMEWHERE FOR MY
BIRTHDAY. SO THANK YOU, MATT.

01:19:44.333 --> 01:19:50.604
AND I'M GONNA LEAVE MY WALLET AT
THE HOUSE BECAUSE WHENEVER I GO

01:19:50.604 --> 01:19:54.413
OUT WITH HIM, HE'S LIKE, "OH,
DAD, I FORGOT MY WALLET." YEAH,

01:19:54.413 --> 01:19:58.679
YEAH, SURE, YEAH. YEAH, ALL
THESE GUYS DO THAT, YOU KNOW,

01:19:58.679 --> 01:20:01.225
ALL THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, I
TAKE SOME OF THESE STAFF GUYS

01:20:01.225 --> 01:20:03.894
OUT AND THEY ALL FORGET THEIR
WALLETS AND LEAVE ME TO PAY FOR

01:20:03.894 --> 01:20:08.394
EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY, IT'S
GONNA BE A GREAT TIME, YEAH, I

01:20:08.394 --> 01:20:12.024
KNOW. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS
THINKING BEFORE I GET STARTED,

01:20:12.024 --> 01:20:15.649
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP NEXT WEEK. I WAS

01:20:15.649 --> 01:20:19.344
THINKING, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE
IF, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP,

01:20:19.344 --> 01:20:27.130
HIS MOM WAS STILL ALIVE? AND SO,
YOU KNOW, I'M THE PRESIDENT. AND

01:20:27.130 --> 01:20:32.170
SO I MADE A, WHAT WAS A PERFECT
PHONE CALL? SUCH A PERFECT PHONE

01:20:32.170 --> 01:20:36.489
CALL. LISTEN, I THINK IT WAS THE
BEST PHONE CALL. AND SO I SAID,

01:20:36.489 --> 01:20:42.341
CALLED HER AND I SAID, "MOM."
SHE ANSWERED, SHE SAID, "SIR."

01:20:42.341 --> 01:20:47.470
AND SO I BEGAN TO TALK TO HER
AND I BEGAN TO SAY SOME THINGS

01:20:47.470 --> 01:20:53.409
TO HER. SHE SAID, "SIR, WHAT
ABOUT THESE STRANGE SIGHTINGS?"

01:20:53.409 --> 01:20:58.239
"OH, THEY'RE SO STRANGE." I
SAID, "YOU MEAN NANCY PELOSI,

01:20:58.239 --> 01:21:06.670
ROSIE O'DONNELL, SOME OF THOSE?"
ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO IT

01:21:06.670 --> 01:21:12.880
BETTER WHEN I'M NOT STANDING IN
FRONT OF YOU. "WELL, YOU KNOW,

01:21:12.880 --> 01:21:16.960
LISTEN, PEOPLE ARE JUST SO
EVIL, YOU KNOW?" AND SO I WAS, I

01:21:16.960 --> 01:21:22.930
TRIED, I TRIED. ALL RIGHT. AND
WE PRAY FOR NANCY PELOSI. WE

01:21:22.930 --> 01:21:26.859
PRAY FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? WE
HAVE TO DO THE APOLOGETIC THING

01:21:26.859 --> 01:21:30.970
OR WHATEVER. ALL RIGHT, OPEN
YOUR BIBLES TO 2 TIMOTHY 1,

01:21:30.970 --> 01:21:34.420
VERSE 5. I ACTUALLY DID IT
BETTER WHEN I PRACTICED, BUT I

01:21:34.420 --> 01:21:37.630
GOT NERVOUS IN FRONT OF YOU
GUYS. SO COLLEEN, THANK YOU FOR

01:21:37.630 --> 01:21:41.710
BEING HERE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND
PUBLIC SPEAKING. I DON'T LIKE IT

01:21:41.710 --> 01:21:49.899
EITHER. YOU DON'T THINK I DO, DO
YOU? IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. NO, I

01:21:49.899 --> 01:21:52.930
DO LIKE IT 'CAUSE GOD WANTS ME
TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT 2

01:21:52.930 --> 01:21:57.039
TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1. I WANNA TALK
TODAY ABOUT BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF

01:21:57.039 --> 01:22:00.310
MAMAS. NOW, IF YOU'RE A DUDE
IN HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE LIKE,

01:22:00.310 --> 01:22:03.619
WELL, HEY, THAT DOESN'T APPLY
TO ME, OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A MOM

01:22:03.619 --> 01:22:07.260
YET, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, OR
MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A MOM AT ALL,

01:22:07.260 --> 01:22:11.409
OR A GRANDMA OR WHATEVER, I WANT
THIS, THIS MESSAGE WILL APPLY TO

01:22:11.409 --> 01:22:16.149
YOU. BUT I WANNA BRING HOPE TO
MOTHERS TODAY, GRANDMOTHERS,

01:22:16.149 --> 01:22:20.859
GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS, ESPECIALLY
IN TODAY'S ERA. IT IS NOT EASY

01:22:20.859 --> 01:22:27.201
TO BE A MAMA. IT'S NOT EASY TO
RAISE KIDS, AND I'M A DAD, AND

01:22:27.201 --> 01:22:31.060
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I USED TO
THINK I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT

01:22:31.060 --> 01:22:35.140
RAISING KIDS, TEENAGERS, UNTIL
YOU DO IT, AND THEN YOU REALIZE,

01:22:35.140 --> 01:22:40.270
WELL, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT
YOU CAN PUT IN TAPES AND STUFF

01:22:40.270 --> 01:22:43.180
LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF RELATIONSHIP. I'VE GOT

01:22:43.180 --> 01:22:47.560
GREAT BOYS AND I'VE HAD A GREAT
EXPERIENCE RAISING THEM, BUT I

01:22:47.560 --> 01:22:52.420
THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING. YOU
DON'T. SO I WANNA GIVE SOME

01:22:52.420 --> 01:22:55.420
LITTLE THINGS, NOT ONLY FROM
THE BIBLE, BUT I ALSO WANNA TALK

01:22:55.420 --> 01:22:59.170
ABOUT MY OWN EXPERIENCES. YOU
KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME GOOD MOTHER

01:22:59.170 --> 01:23:01.869
FIGURES AND WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT THEM. WE'RE GONNA TALK

01:23:01.869 --> 01:23:06.819
ABOUT, THE FIRST ONE WAS MY
GRANDMA, WHICH IS MY MOM'S MOM,

01:23:06.819 --> 01:23:10.960
HER INFLUENCE ON ME. SHE WAS THE
ONE THAT WOULD PUT ME ON HER LAP

01:23:10.960 --> 01:23:14.859
AND SING TO ME, AND SHE HAD A
TERRIBLE VOICE, MOM. AND PEOPLE

01:23:14.859 --> 01:23:18.880
IN CHURCH WOULD LAUGH AT HER
SINGING, AND I WOULD BE LIKE,

01:23:18.880 --> 01:23:23.140
"GRANDMA, JUST DON'T SING." BUT
SHE LOVED GOD, AND I WOULD SIT

01:23:23.140 --> 01:23:26.859
ON HER LAP, AND SHE'D READ ME
LITTLE BIBLE STORIES, AND SHE

01:23:26.859 --> 01:23:29.890
KEPT TELLING ME, "HANK, I THINK
YOU'RE GONNA BE A PASTOR. I

01:23:29.890 --> 01:23:32.050
THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THE
MINISTRY." AND ALL I COULD

01:23:32.050 --> 01:23:35.289
EQUATE IT TO WAS A DUDE IN A
DRESS BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE

01:23:35.289 --> 01:23:38.851
LUTHERAN CHURCH. I WAS LIKE, "I
AIN'T ONE OF THOSE GUYS, MAN.

01:23:38.851 --> 01:23:43.060
I'M NOT, MAN. I'M NOT." AND I
REMEMBER MY DAD ONE DAY, YOU

01:23:43.060 --> 01:23:48.130
TALK ABOUT AMAZING. I WAS OVER
BY A HUNDRED AND... WOULD BE

01:23:48.130 --> 01:23:53.229
120TH AND L BY WHAT USED TO BE
THAT BARBECUE PLACE THERE. AND

01:23:53.229 --> 01:23:56.109
MY DAD ASKED ME A QUESTION AND
HE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE

01:23:56.109 --> 01:23:58.930
"WHEN YOU GET OLDER?" HE SAID,
"YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER THE GAS

01:23:58.930 --> 01:24:03.039
STATION, "SERVICE STATION?" I
SAID, "NO." I SAID, HE GOES,

01:24:03.039 --> 01:24:04.840
"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?" I
SAID, "I DON'T KNOW." I WAS IN

01:24:04.840 --> 01:24:06.279
EIGHTH GRADE. I SAID, "I
DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M

01:24:06.279 --> 01:24:08.949
GONNA BE A PREACHER."
HE GOES, "WHAT THE?"

01:24:08.949 --> 01:24:11.050
I CAN'T SAY THOSE WORDS
IN CHURCH, BUT...

01:24:11.050 --> 01:24:12.069
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:24:12.069 --> 01:24:15.760
NOW HE GOT SAVED AND THEN ALL
THAT. AND HE GOES, "WHY DO YOU

01:24:15.760 --> 01:24:19.569
WANT TO DO THAT?" SO IT WAS
ALREADY STIRRING IN ME BECAUSE

01:24:19.569 --> 01:24:23.590
OF MY GRANDMA. AND THEN I THINK
OF MY MOM AND THE INFLUENCE THAT

01:24:23.590 --> 01:24:26.380
SHE HAD ON ME, AND I'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT

01:24:26.380 --> 01:24:28.689
SHE INSTILLED IN ME. AND
SO IF THERE'S THINGS

01:24:28.689 --> 01:24:30.579
THAT YOU SEE ABOUT
ME, IT'S HER FAULT.

01:24:30.579 --> 01:24:31.738
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:24:31.738 --> 01:24:36.242
IT'S HER FAULT, RIGHT? AND
THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY

01:24:36.242 --> 01:24:39.909
MOTHER-IN-LAW. AND YOU'RE
WATCHING TODAY, LITTLE THINGS

01:24:39.909 --> 01:24:43.210
THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM HER. I
CAN SAY ONE THING, I LEARNED HOW

01:24:43.210 --> 01:24:48.909
TO LOVE MY WIFE, BY WATCHING HER
HOW SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND. AND

01:24:48.909 --> 01:24:52.630
HE'S IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW. BUT
THEN I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO SAY MY

01:24:52.630 --> 01:24:58.420
WIFE, YOU KNOW, BRENDA IS NOT
ONLY AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING, BUT

01:24:58.420 --> 01:25:05.649
SHE IS AN AMAZING LADY AND MAMA.
AND I WATCHED HOW SHE'S RAISED

01:25:05.649 --> 01:25:08.170
THESE BOYS, BUT I'M GONNA BE
HONEST WITH YOU, I MAY JOKE

01:25:08.170 --> 01:25:12.445
ABOUT MOTHER STUCK OVER THERE,
BUT I LET BRENDA MOTHER ME.

01:25:12.445 --> 01:25:16.777
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? GO FOR
IT, RIGHT? RIGHT, IF YOU NEED

01:25:16.777 --> 01:25:19.720
TO TAKE CARE OF MY BOOBOOS,
THEN TAKE CARE OF MY BOOBOOS,

01:25:19.720 --> 01:25:22.869
RIGHT? SHE'S AMAZING. BUT THEN
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT GERMAINE

01:25:22.869 --> 01:25:26.800
SAUSSURE, WHO WAS MY FIRST
SPIRITUAL MOTHER HERE IN OMAHA,

01:25:26.800 --> 01:25:32.588
NEBRASKA. I WAS HER FIRST
DISCIPLE. WHEN I GOT SAVED IN

01:25:32.588 --> 01:25:36.430
1984, SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT
CAME UP TO ME, AND SHE HAD THESE

01:25:36.430 --> 01:25:42.310
PIERCING EYES, AND SHE SAID,
"YOUNG MAN, I HAD A VISION OF

01:25:42.310 --> 01:25:48.100
YOU." SHE SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA
STAND BEFORE NATIONS. "YOU'RE

01:25:48.100 --> 01:25:53.800
GONNA STAND BEFORE MULTITUDES OF
PEOPLE." AND SHE SAID, "YOU HAVE

01:25:53.800 --> 01:25:56.470
A CALLING ON YOUR LIFE." AND I
WAS LIKE, "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS

01:25:56.470 --> 01:26:00.970
THAT?" AND SO SHE HAD AN
INFLUENCE. AND THEN MARILYN

01:26:00.970 --> 01:26:05.458
HICKEY, WHO HAD GONE TO BE WITH
THE LORD, SHE LIVED TO BE 94,

01:26:05.458 --> 01:26:09.430
ALMOST 95. IN FACT, I REMEMBER
PROPHESYING TO HER IN HER 80S.

01:26:09.430 --> 01:26:12.369
SHE HAD JUST TURNED 80 AND SHE
SAID, "HANK, WHAT DOES GOD WANT

01:26:12.369 --> 01:26:14.770
FROM ME?" I SAID, "WELL,
MARILYN, THE LORD IS TELLING ME

01:26:14.770 --> 01:26:18.340
"THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ALIVE IN
YOUR 90S "AND I SEE AROUND 93 TO

01:26:18.340 --> 01:26:22.300
95, THAT WINDOW OF YOUR LIFE.
"SO YOU NEED TO PREPARE." AND

01:26:22.300 --> 01:26:25.359
GOD BEGAN TO TELL HER THINGS.
BUT I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME

01:26:25.359 --> 01:26:29.109
THAT I MET MARILYN HICKEY, I
SUPPOSE I'VE KNOWN HER FOR,

01:26:29.109 --> 01:26:32.199
GOLLY, HOW MANY DECADES DID WE
KNOW HER? A LONG TIME, SO THE

01:26:32.199 --> 01:26:35.649
FIRST TIME SHE CALLED, JONATHAN
WAS PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT SEVEN OR

01:26:35.649 --> 01:26:38.949
EIGHT YEARS OLD. SHE CALLED MY
HOME LINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE

01:26:38.949 --> 01:26:43.060
GOT MY NUMBER. AND JONATHAN
GOES, "HEY, DAD." IT WAS

01:26:43.060 --> 01:26:45.640
JONATHAN, RIGHT? MATT, OR WAS
IT YOU? YEAH, IT WAS JONATHAN.

01:26:45.640 --> 01:26:48.609
JONATHAN, YOU'RE WATCHING. AND
HE GOES, "HEY, DAD, THERE'S THIS

01:26:48.609 --> 01:26:51.010
LADY ON THE PHONE, "MARYLIN
HICKEY, DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT

01:26:51.010 --> 01:26:53.590
IS?" I SAID, "JOHN, QUIT LYING."
I PROBABLY SLAPPED HIM, YOU

01:26:53.590 --> 01:26:56.619
KNOW. I SAID, "GET OUT OF HERE,
MARYLIN HICKEY, SHE,” 'CAUSE YOU

01:26:56.619 --> 01:26:59.979
KNOW, HE GOES, "NO, IT'S MARYLIN
HICKEY." SO I GET ON THE PHONE,

01:26:59.979 --> 01:27:02.641
I'M LIKE, "COME ON, WHOEVER THIS
IS, "KNOCK IT OFF." SHE GOES,

01:27:02.641 --> 01:27:05.590
"OH, THIS IS MARYLIN HICKEY." I
WENT, "HUH, WHAT? "I'M A GREAT

01:27:05.590 --> 01:27:08.680
DAD, MARYLIN. "I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO YOU ARE. "I'M A PERFECT, I'M

01:27:08.680 --> 01:27:13.180
SUCH A PERFECT DAD. "PROBABLY
ONE OF THE BEST DADS THERE WAS.

01:27:13.180 --> 01:27:16.989
"CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT SHIFTY
SHIFT, "BUT I'M A PRETTY GOOD

01:27:16.989 --> 01:27:19.989
DAD, I'M A PERFECT DAD."
BUT ANYWAY, LET'S GO TO OUR

01:27:19.989 --> 01:27:22.149
SCRIPTURE. I GOTTA QUIT TALKING.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. NO, I GOTTA

01:27:22.149 --> 01:27:25.300
KEEP TALKING, BUT I GOTTA DO
THIS. ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN I CALL

01:27:25.300 --> 01:27:29.350
TO REMEMBRANCE IS THE UNFEIGNED
FAITH THAT IS IN YOU. SO NOW

01:27:29.350 --> 01:27:33.039
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, WAS TALKING
ABOUT HIS SPIRITUAL SON,

01:27:33.039 --> 01:27:37.270
TIMOTHY. NOTICE WHAT HE BROUGHT
ATTENTION TO, YOUR UNFEIGNED

01:27:37.270 --> 01:27:40.270
FAITH. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPARTED INTO

01:27:40.270 --> 01:27:45.880
YOU. SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING THAT
MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE. COME ON,

01:27:45.880 --> 01:27:49.978
HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT
YOU HAVE HAD A MOTHER, A

01:27:49.978 --> 01:27:53.109
GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
THAT INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE? COME

01:27:53.109 --> 01:27:54.880
ON, RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OF
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN

01:27:54.880 --> 01:27:58.930
PUT THE HAND UP. I HAVE
BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE

01:27:58.930 --> 01:28:02.229
DIFFERENT MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS,
AND SPIRITUAL MOTHERS IN MY

01:28:02.229 --> 01:28:05.470
LIFE. I CALL YOU TO REMEMBRANCE
OF THE UNFEIGNED FAITH THAT'S IN

01:28:05.470 --> 01:28:09.640
YOU, WHICH FIRST DWELT IN YOUR
GRANDMA LOIS. NOW YOU'RE SEEING

01:28:09.640 --> 01:28:12.760
SOMETHING THAT'S GENERATIONAL,
AND IN YOUR MOTHER

01:28:12.760 --> 01:28:15.489
EUNICE, OKAY? THAT'S
CAROL BURNETT, REMEMBER?

01:28:15.489 --> 01:28:16.989
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:28:16.989 --> 01:28:22.659
WASN'T IT, SHE USED TO DO THAT,
EUNICE, OKAY. AND I'M PERSUADED

01:28:22.659 --> 01:28:25.149
THAT IT'S IN YOU. SO HOW MANY
OF YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, A

01:28:25.149 --> 01:28:29.770
GRANDMA AND A MAMA INFLUENCED
A SON. AND TIMOTHY WOUND UP

01:28:29.770 --> 01:28:34.810
GROWING UP TO BE AN INCREDIBLE
MAN OF INTEGRITY. TIMOTHY HAD A

01:28:34.810 --> 01:28:39.939
POWERFUL MINISTRY BECAUSE OF THE
INFLUENCE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER AND

01:28:39.939 --> 01:28:43.119
MOTHER. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT
EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX, LET'S

01:28:43.119 --> 01:28:48.670
LOOK AT VERSES ONE THROUGH
THREE. THE BIBLE ABSOLUTELY

01:28:48.670 --> 01:28:55.180
TELLS US AND REMINDS US THAT
WE MUST HONOR AND REMEMBER AND

01:28:55.180 --> 01:28:59.470
APPRECIATE, RESPECT NOT ONLY
OUR FATHERS, BUT OUR MOTHERS.

01:28:59.470 --> 01:29:02.680
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS AND
THE LORD. NOTICE THIS, FOR THIS

01:29:02.680 --> 01:29:05.890
IS RIGHT. NOW, EVERY CHILD
THAT'S IN HERE ARE WATCHING.

01:29:05.890 --> 01:29:11.439
NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS. GOD SAYS
IT IS RIGHT, IT IS HONORABLE, IT

01:29:11.439 --> 01:29:18.430
IS SMART TO OBEY YOUR MOM AND
DAD. IT'S RIGHT. THIS GENERATION

01:29:18.430 --> 01:29:23.529
WILL TRY TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR
PARENTS DON'T HAVE A SAY. AND

01:29:23.529 --> 01:29:27.909
THAT'S WHY A LOT OF KIDS ARE
GETTING MESSED UP. IT IS RIGHT

01:29:27.909 --> 01:29:32.680
TO OBEY MOM AND DAD, ESPECIALLY
WHEN THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO DO

01:29:32.680 --> 01:29:36.220
WHAT IS RIGHT AND HONORABLE.
NOW NOTICE YOUR LIFESPAN IS

01:29:36.220 --> 01:29:39.399
CONNECTED TO WHETHER YOU HONOR
YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER, AND

01:29:39.399 --> 01:29:43.600
THERE WAS NO AGE PUT ON THERE.
IT DIDN'T SAY CHILDREN AS FAR

01:29:43.600 --> 01:29:47.619
AS, YOU KNOW, HEY, THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE ZERO TO 13, OR 13 TO

01:29:47.619 --> 01:29:51.850
21, COME ON, IF YOU ARE A CHILD
OF A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, AND

01:29:51.850 --> 01:29:55.689
YOUR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER IS
ALIVE, THIS BIBLE VERSE STILL

01:29:55.689 --> 01:29:58.270
APPLIES TO YOU. CHILDREN, OBEY
YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD. LET'S

01:29:58.270 --> 01:30:01.539
READ IT. FOR THIS IS RIGHT,
KEEP READING, VERSES TWO THROUGH

01:30:01.539 --> 01:30:04.810
THREE. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND
MOTHER. THIS IS THE FIRST

01:30:04.810 --> 01:30:07.899
COMMANDMENT. IT'S NOT A
SUGGESTION. LOOK AT VERSE THREE.

01:30:07.899 --> 01:30:13.539
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SHOW HONOR?
THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU AND

01:30:13.539 --> 01:30:17.590
THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE
EARTH. I AM CONVINCED TODAY,

01:30:17.590 --> 01:30:21.100
WITH SOME OF THE REASONS WHY
THIS GENERATION OF YOUTH ARE SO

01:30:21.100 --> 01:30:26.092
MIXED UP, SO CONFUSED, IS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY

01:30:26.092 --> 01:30:29.305
TEACHERS, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY
SOCIETY, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY

01:30:29.305 --> 01:30:33.114
OUR FAMOUS ACTORS, THEY'VE BEEN
TAUGHT BY OUR FAMOUS SPORTS

01:30:33.114 --> 01:30:36.385
FIGURES WHO MOST OF THEM DON'T
KNOW ANYTHING, AND THEY'VE

01:30:36.385 --> 01:30:41.215
TAUGHT 'EM HOW TO BE REBELLIOUS.
AND IT'S WHY IT'S NOT WELL WITH

01:30:41.215 --> 01:30:46.113
THE YOUNGER GENERATION, BUT
HOWEVER, GOD IS VISITING 'EM.

01:30:46.113 --> 01:30:50.154
GENERATION Z MILLENNIALS. AND
NOTICE THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON

01:30:50.154 --> 01:30:54.984
THE EARTH, THAT YOU LIVE LONG
ON THE EARTH. YOUR LIFESPAN IS

01:30:54.984 --> 01:30:58.045
CONNECTED TO HOW YOU HONOR YOUR
MOTHER AND FATHER. GO TO JOHN

01:30:58.045 --> 01:31:04.975
19, LOOK AT JESUS. IF JESUS, YOU
KNOW, THEY RECORDED WHAT HE SAID

01:31:04.975 --> 01:31:08.064
ON THE CROSS. NOW, SOME PEOPLE
SAY IT WAS SEVEN SAYINGS OF

01:31:08.064 --> 01:31:12.774
JESUS, OTHERS SAY NO, IT WAS
ACTUALLY EIGHT. BUT EITHER WAY,

01:31:12.774 --> 01:31:17.154
THE HOLY SPIRIT, THROUGH THE
WRITINGS OF THE GOSPELS AND

01:31:17.154 --> 01:31:21.774
THOSE THAT WROTE THEM UNDER THE
INSPIRATION OF GOD, THEY POINTED

01:31:21.774 --> 01:31:24.744
OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THE SAYINGS

01:31:24.744 --> 01:31:28.164
OF JESUS ON THE CROSS. THINK
ABOUT IT. ONE OF THE THINGS HE

01:31:28.164 --> 01:31:31.645
SAID IS, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM.
"THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." HE

01:31:31.645 --> 01:31:35.154
SAID, "I THIRST." AT ONE POINT
HE SAID, "IT IS FINISHED." BUT

01:31:35.154 --> 01:31:40.765
NOTICE THESE WORDS HE SAID, JOHN
19. HE'S ON THE CROSS AND YOU

01:31:40.765 --> 01:31:44.814
CAN JUST IMAGINE, YOU KNOW,
THE BRUTAL BEATING THAT HE WENT

01:31:44.814 --> 01:31:48.385
THROUGH AND HOW HE HAD TO CARRY
HIS CROSS AND THE WOUNDS. IN

01:31:48.385 --> 01:31:51.472
FACT, THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, SAID

01:31:51.472 --> 01:31:55.194
THAT JESUS, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT
HIM, THE LITERAL HEBREW IS WE

01:31:55.194 --> 01:31:59.095
HAD TO TURN OUR FACES BECAUSE WE
WERE ASTONISHED AT HIM. IN OTHER

01:31:59.095 --> 01:32:04.164
WORDS, HE WAS SO BLOODY BEATEN,
HE WAS MARRED, IT SAYS, BEYOND

01:32:04.164 --> 01:32:07.645
HUMAN RECOGNITION. THAT'S WHAT
THE BOOK OF ISAIAH SAYS. IT SAYS

01:32:07.645 --> 01:32:11.185
THEY WERE ASTONISHED, MEANING
THEY THREW UP. THEY COULDN'T

01:32:11.185 --> 01:32:14.965
EVEN LOOK AT HIM, THEY VOMITED.
IT WAS SUCH GORE. AND YET JESUS

01:32:14.965 --> 01:32:19.435
WAS ON THE CROSS. AND GUESS WHO
HE HAD ON HIS MIND? NOT ONLY

01:32:19.435 --> 01:32:25.045
YOU. HE LOOKED DOWN AND I'M SURE
HIS EYES WERE SWOLLEN. THE THORN

01:32:25.045 --> 01:32:28.435
MIGHT HAVE BEEN PIERCING PART OF
HIS EYEBALL. AND HE LOOKED DOWN

01:32:28.435 --> 01:32:31.255
AND MAYBE HE HAD TO SHAKE HIS
HEAD FOR A MOMENT AND THERE WAS

01:32:31.255 --> 01:32:36.414
SOMETHING THAT CAME INTO HIS
FOCUS. IT WAS HIS MOM. AND HE

01:32:36.414 --> 01:32:41.185
WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR.
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS

01:32:41.185 --> 01:32:46.015
DEATH, WHEN EVERYTHING ABOUT IT
WAS IN HONOR. NOTHING IN IT WAS

01:32:46.015 --> 01:32:50.215
IN VAIN, AND THAT HE HIMSELF HAD
HONORED HIS MOTHER AND FATHER.

01:32:50.215 --> 01:32:53.515
AND HE EVEN SHOWED IT AS HE
LOOKED DOWN. THERE STOOD BY THE

01:32:53.515 --> 01:32:57.324
CROSS OF JESUS' MOTHER AND HIS
MOTHER'S SISTER MARY, THE WIFE

01:32:57.324 --> 01:33:01.975
OF CLEOPHAS AND MARY MAGDALENE.
LOOK AT VERSE 26. WHEN JESUS

01:33:01.975 --> 01:33:07.918
THEREFORE SAW HIS MOTHER, AND
I'M THINKING, HOW DID YOU SEE

01:33:07.918 --> 01:33:12.632
HER, JESUS? I CAN'T IMAGINE,
YOUR EYES, THEY HAD TO BE BLOODY

01:33:12.632 --> 01:33:16.914
AND BEATEN AND SWOLLEN. AND THE
DISCIPLES STANDING BY HIM, HE

01:33:16.914 --> 01:33:23.005
SAW JOHN THE BELOVED. HE SAID
UNTO HIS MOTHER, WOMAN, HERE IS

01:33:23.005 --> 01:33:28.795
YOUR SON. AND HE GAVE MARY TO
JOHN THE BELOVED. BUT NOTICE

01:33:28.795 --> 01:33:31.914
SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN SKIP
OVER, AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE

01:33:31.914 --> 01:33:36.175
AN OLDER MOTHER RIGHT NOW? MAMA
NOT CALLING YOU OLD, BUT YOU

01:33:36.175 --> 01:33:44.875
HAVE AN OLDER MOTHER. YOUR ROLES
CHANGE. YOUR MOMS TAKE CARE OF

01:33:44.875 --> 01:33:49.135
YOU, BUT THEN THE OLDER YOU GET,
I'M 60, I REALIZE THAT THERE IS

01:33:49.135 --> 01:33:53.274
AN HONOR THAT I HAVE TO BE VERY
WISE ABOUT. AND THAT IS, I GOTTA

01:33:53.274 --> 01:33:57.895
MAKE SURE THAT MOM IS TAKEN
CARE OF. ESPECIALLY AFTER BOTH

01:33:57.895 --> 01:34:04.375
FATHERS, FATHER-IN-LAW AND MY
DAD DIED. WHAT AM I GONNA DO? I

01:34:04.375 --> 01:34:07.284
DON'T WANNA JUST SHOVE 'EM
OFF INTO SOME NURSING HOME

01:34:07.284 --> 01:34:10.345
SOMEWHERE. NOW, THERE ARE GOOD
NURSING HOMES, THERE'S GOOD

01:34:10.345 --> 01:34:14.425
ASSISTED LIVING, BUT THERE IS A
RESPONSIBILITY, AND SOME OF YOU

01:34:14.425 --> 01:34:18.444
NEED TO START THINKING NOW, IF
YOUR MOTHER IS ALIVE, WHAT IS MY

01:34:18.444 --> 01:34:23.274
PLAN FOR MAMA? AM I GONNA LET
SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE CARE OF 'EM?

01:34:23.274 --> 01:34:26.574
AM I GONNA SHOVE 'EM OFF AND LET
THEM BE FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THAT

01:34:26.574 --> 01:34:32.935
DOES HAPPEN? OR AM I GOING TO
CARE? LOOK AT WHAT JESUS DID. HE

01:34:32.935 --> 01:34:36.654
SAID, "JOHN, HERE'S YOUR MOM.
"MOM, HERE'S YOUR SON." NOW

01:34:36.654 --> 01:34:41.635
WATCH, LOOK AT WHAT JOHN DID. HE
UPHELD THIS HONOR. THEN SAY HE

01:34:41.635 --> 01:34:45.085
TO HIS DISCIPLE, BEHOLD YOUR
MOTHER. AND FROM THAT HOUR, JOHN

01:34:45.085 --> 01:34:52.284
THE DISCIPLE TOOK HER INTO HIS
OWN HOME. I NEVER SAW THAT UNTIL

01:34:52.284 --> 01:34:55.404
I STUDIED THIS WEEK. AND IT HIT
ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. I SAID,

01:34:55.404 --> 01:35:01.524
GOD, IT'S ONE THING I DID
WHEN BOTH DADS DIED. I TOOK

01:35:01.524 --> 01:35:06.444
RESPONSIBILITY AND WE DID THINGS
WITH MY MOM AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW

01:35:06.444 --> 01:35:14.725
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
TAKING CARE OF THEM. AND I FEEL

01:35:14.725 --> 01:35:19.135
CONVICTED AS I'M SAYING THIS.
NOT BECAUSE I'M CONVICTED, I

01:35:19.135 --> 01:35:21.295
FEEL THE CONVICTION OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT. FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU

01:35:21.295 --> 01:35:25.045
NEED TO TAKE, "WELL, I'M NOT
VERY CLOSE TO MY MOM." WHERE'S

01:35:25.045 --> 01:35:33.925
YOUR HONOR? YOU NEED TO BRING
THAT HONOR. NOW LET'S TALK FOR A

01:35:33.925 --> 01:35:37.104
MOMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE MOTHERS
IN SCRIPTURE AND WHAT THEY WENT

01:35:37.104 --> 01:35:40.465
THROUGH. THERE WAS A MOTHER
NAMED HANNAH. AND HANNAH IN THE

01:35:40.465 --> 01:35:45.774
BIBLE, SHE COULD NOT CONCEIVE.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE, YOU'RE A

01:35:45.774 --> 01:35:50.043
SINGLE WOMAN, OR NOT A SINGLE,
MAYBE YOU'RE A WOMAN, LET ME

01:35:50.043 --> 01:35:54.145
JUST SAY IT THIS WAY. YOU'RE A
MOTHER, OR YOU'RE A WOMAN. LET

01:35:54.145 --> 01:35:56.664
ME SAY THIS, YOU'RE A MARRIED
WOMAN. THAT'S BETTER, HANK,

01:35:56.664 --> 01:36:00.534
BETTER, HANK. YOU'RE A MARRIED,
YOU'RE A MARRIED GAL. LISTEN,

01:36:00.534 --> 01:36:03.414
YOU'RE SO MARRIED, YOU'RE SO
MARRIED, YOU'RE SO MARRIED,

01:36:03.414 --> 01:36:07.225
LISTEN, YOU'RE SO MARRIED.
YOU'RE PROBABLY THE BEST AT

01:36:07.225 --> 01:36:12.444
BEING MARRIED, OKAY? SO, ALL
RIGHT, HERE IT GOES. I WAS GOING

01:36:12.444 --> 01:36:18.324
AHEAD IN MY HEAD ON SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE A MARRIED

01:36:18.324 --> 01:36:23.664
WOMAN AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A
CHILD AND YOU CAN'T. HANNAH

01:36:23.664 --> 01:36:29.755
LITERALLY WAS BARREN. SHE WANTED
A CHILD. LOOK AT 1 SAMUEL 1,

01:36:29.755 --> 01:36:32.484
VERSE 12. SHE SHOULD GIVE
INSPIRATION AND HOPE TO EVERY

01:36:32.484 --> 01:36:36.864
ONE OF YOU. AND IT CAME TO PASS
AS HANNAH CONTINUED TO PRAY

01:36:36.864 --> 01:36:42.354
BEFORE THE LORD. NOTICE ELI THE
PRIEST MARKED HER MOUTH. DON'T

01:36:42.354 --> 01:36:48.175
EVER THINK, DON'T EVER THINK,
MARRIED WOMAN, WHO WANTS TO

01:36:48.175 --> 01:36:51.925
CONCEIVE, THAT WHEN YOU'RE
PRAYING THAT SOMEHOW YOUR HIGH

01:36:51.925 --> 01:36:57.534
PRIEST IS IGNORING YOU. THAT
WOULD BE UNJUST IF GOD LISTENED

01:36:57.534 --> 01:37:03.744
TO ELI, WHO IS A CORRUPT PRIEST,
THE BIBLE SAYS, AND MARKED, HE

01:37:03.744 --> 01:37:09.204
MARKED HER MOUTH. HE TOOK NOTICE
OF HER PRAYER. AND FOR THE HIGH

01:37:09.204 --> 01:37:14.167
PRIEST, GOD, TO IGNORE YOUR
PRAYER, UH-UH, UH-UH, UH-UH,

01:37:14.167 --> 01:37:20.395
UH-UH. HE'S LISTENING. MARKED
HER MOUTH. FATHER, I WANT YOU TO

01:37:20.395 --> 01:37:23.645
DO THIS RIGHT NOW. THOSE OF YOU
THAT ARE A MARRIED WOMAN, AND

01:37:23.645 --> 01:37:27.984
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, AND YOU
ARE BARREN. MAYBE THERE'S, WHAT

01:37:27.984 --> 01:37:32.095
DO THEY CALL, INFERTILITY ISSUES
OR WHATEVER. FATHER, WE SPEAK TO

01:37:32.095 --> 01:37:37.524
THAT RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE
PRAYED, THEY HAVE ASKED, THEY

01:37:37.524 --> 01:37:41.994
HAVE DESIRED, THEY HAVE WAITED.
AND I PRAY AS YOU DID FOR

01:37:41.994 --> 01:37:49.734
HANNAH, THAT YOU, THE ALMIGHTY
GOD, WILL MARK THOSE WOMEN'S

01:37:49.734 --> 01:37:54.505
PRAYER, THEIR MOUTH AND THEIR
WORDS. AND I PRAY WITHIN ONE

01:37:54.505 --> 01:38:01.194
YEAR FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THAT
SOMETHING WILL SHIFT AND CHANGE.

01:38:01.194 --> 01:38:05.305
AND WE CALL THAT CHILD INTO THE
EARTH AND INTO THEIR WOMB, AND

01:38:05.305 --> 01:38:09.625
THAT CHILD WILL BE BORN HEALTHY
AND WILL LIVE LONG AND STRONG

01:38:09.625 --> 01:38:11.904
UPON THIS EARTH. HOW MANY
COME IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT?

01:38:11.904 --> 01:38:14.425
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

01:38:14.425 --> 01:38:18.265
THE NEXT MOTHER EXAMPLE WE HAVE
IN SCRIPTURE I WANNA TALK ABOUT

01:38:18.265 --> 01:38:21.625
IS MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS.
OBVIOUSLY, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT

01:38:21.625 --> 01:38:25.854
IT MUST BE TO BE TOLD SOMETHING
AND THEN TO HAVE TO BE WILLING

01:38:25.854 --> 01:38:29.335
TO BE COURAGEOUS? I'M TELLING
YOU, I'M LOOKING AT THE FACES OF

01:38:29.335 --> 01:38:32.395
SOME OF YOU MOTHERS AND THROUGH
THE CAMERA, SOME OF YOU THAT ARE

01:38:32.395 --> 01:38:37.284
WATCHING, THE SACRIFICE THAT
YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE, RIGHT? TO

01:38:37.284 --> 01:38:40.944
DEDICATE YOUR CHILD, TO BELIEVE
IN WHAT GOD SAID ABOUT YOUR

01:38:40.944 --> 01:38:44.034
CHILD. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE RAISING

01:38:44.034 --> 01:38:49.255
YOUR CHILD TO BELIEVE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT BECAUSE EVERYTHING

01:38:49.255 --> 01:38:53.364
LOOKS DIFFERENT, BUT YOU GOTTA
STAY WITH WHAT YOU BELIEVE. I'M

01:38:53.364 --> 01:38:58.704
SURE THERE WERE TIMES IN MY
MOM'S LIFE LOOKING AT ME AND SHE

01:38:58.704 --> 01:39:01.435
KNEW WHAT MY GRANDMA HAD SAID
ABOUT ME, THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK

01:39:01.435 --> 01:39:05.154
LIKE I WAS GONNA BE A PREACHER,
RIGHT? IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS

01:39:05.154 --> 01:39:09.805
GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BUT
MARY GIVES US HOPE IN SOMETHING,

01:39:09.805 --> 01:39:12.984
AND THAT IS IF GOD HAS SPOKEN
SOMETHING AND YOU PUT YOUR FAITH

01:39:12.984 --> 01:39:18.234
IN IT, MAMA, IT WILL HAPPEN. WE
TALKED ABOUT LOIS AND EUNICE. WE

01:39:18.234 --> 01:39:21.895
TALK ABOUT THE PROVERBS 31
WOMAN. LOOK AT PROVERBS 31,

01:39:21.895 --> 01:39:24.055
VERSES 1 THROUGH 2. A LOT
OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT

01:39:24.055 --> 01:39:28.135
PROVERBS 31 IS WRITTEN ABOUT. IT
SAYS, "THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL,

01:39:28.135 --> 01:39:32.425
"THE PROPHECY THAT IS WHAT HIS
MOTHER TAUGHT HIM." AND IF YOU

01:39:32.425 --> 01:39:36.805
CONTINUE TO READ THROUGH
PROVERBS 31, YOU CAN SEE THE

01:39:36.805 --> 01:39:42.122
GREAT ATTRIBUTES OF WHAT WAS
TAUGHT HIM, OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN,

01:39:42.122 --> 01:39:47.664
A WOMAN WHO WORKED HARD, A WOMAN
WHO KNEW HOW TO CREATE A NICE

01:39:47.664 --> 01:39:51.085
AND BEAUTIFUL HOME. THAT'S
BRENDA. SO THERE'S GREAT

01:39:51.085 --> 01:39:54.024
EXAMPLES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE.
I WANNA SHARE SOME BIBLICAL

01:39:54.024 --> 01:39:57.954
EXAMPLES OF WOMEN, MOTHERS THAT
REPRESENT SOME THAT MIGHT BE

01:39:57.954 --> 01:40:03.145
HERE TODAY. HOW ABOUT EVE? HER
NAME MEANS THE MOTHER OF THE

01:40:03.145 --> 01:40:10.494
LIVING. THE FIRST MOTHER, EVE,
RIGHT? NOT STEVE. IT WAS EVE. IT

01:40:10.494 --> 01:40:15.534
WAS ADAM AND EVE. STEVE WAS
A DIFFERENT GUY. HE WAS A

01:40:15.534 --> 01:40:21.114
DIFFERENT GUY. BUT EVE
REPRESENTS A MOTHER WHO HAS A

01:40:21.114 --> 01:40:26.199
CHILD WHO GOES AWAY FROM GOD.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, YOU'RE

01:40:26.199 --> 01:40:31.810
GONNA GIVE UP? NO, SHE GAVE
BIRTH TO SETH. IF YOU HAVE A

01:40:31.810 --> 01:40:35.171
PRODIGAL CHILD TODAY, YOU
NEED TO STAY IN THERE, MOTHER,

01:40:35.171 --> 01:40:40.989
GRANDMAMA. BECAUSE I BELIEVE
THAT SOMETHING WILL BE BIRTHED.

01:40:40.989 --> 01:40:43.479
SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. HOW ABOUT
HAGAR? HOW MANY REMEMBER HAGAR?

01:40:43.479 --> 01:40:49.360
LOOK AT GENESIS CHAPTER 21,
VERSE 14. HAGAR REPRESENTS THE

01:40:49.360 --> 01:40:54.310
SINGLE MOTHER. THAT WAS THE ONE
THAT I WAS JUMPING AHEAD, WHOSE

01:40:54.310 --> 01:40:58.239
CHILD AND HER BECAME AN OUTCAST.
MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND

01:40:58.239 --> 01:41:01.989
YOU'RE A SINGLE MAMA. MAYBE
YOU WERE PART OF A RELATIONSHIP

01:41:01.989 --> 01:41:06.190
WHERE YOU WERE MARRIED AND THEN
YOU'RE LEFT TO RAISE YOUR CHILD

01:41:06.190 --> 01:41:11.409
OR MAYBE YOU HAD A CHILD OUT OF
WEDLOCK AND NOW YOU'RE A SINGLE

01:41:11.409 --> 01:41:15.400
MOM. HAGAR FELT LIKE AN OUTCAST,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD DIDN'T

01:41:15.400 --> 01:41:20.260
FORGET HER. EVEN THOUGH, WATCH
THIS, ABRAHAM ROSE UP EARLY IN

01:41:20.260 --> 01:41:22.570
THE MORNING, TOOK BREAD AND A
BOTTLE OF WATER, AND HE GAVE IT

01:41:22.570 --> 01:41:29.979
UNTO HAGAR, PUTTING IT ON HER
SHOULDER AND THE CHILD, AND HE

01:41:29.979 --> 01:41:32.860
SENT HER AWAY. COME ON, ONE OF
THE WORST THINGS SOMETIMES WITH

01:41:32.860 --> 01:41:37.096
A SINGLE MOTHER TODAY IS THE
FEELING OF REJECTION FROM A MAN,

01:41:37.096 --> 01:41:41.470
ESPECIALLY THE FATHER OF YOUR
CHILD. MAYBE YOU'RE A SINGLE

01:41:41.470 --> 01:41:44.260
MOTHER TODAY BECAUSE YOUR
HUSBAND DID THE SAME THING LIKE

01:41:44.260 --> 01:41:50.350
ABRAHAM OR WHATEVER. SENT YOU
PACKING, DIVORCED YOU, AND

01:41:50.350 --> 01:41:53.289
YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
AM I GONNA TAKE CARE OF MY LIFE,

01:41:53.289 --> 01:41:57.881
LET ALONE MY CHILD? BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT? GOD CAME, IF YOU KEEP

01:41:57.881 --> 01:42:01.930
READING THE STORY ABOUT HAGAR,
AND HE FOUND HER, AND HE

01:42:01.930 --> 01:42:06.039
REMEMBERED HER, AND HE TOOK
CARE OF HER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I

01:42:06.039 --> 01:42:09.671
WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, WHETHER
YOU'RE A DIVORCED WOMAN TODAY,

01:42:09.671 --> 01:42:12.250
AND YOU'RE A SINGLE PARENT NOW,
OR MAYBE YOU'RE JUST A SINGLE

01:42:12.250 --> 01:42:16.270
PARENT, NEVER BEEN MARRIED, AND
YOU'RE RAISING A CHILD. IF GOD

01:42:16.270 --> 01:42:20.979
WOULD REMEMBER HAGAR, EVEN
THOUGH REJECTED OF A MAN, IT

01:42:20.979 --> 01:42:25.119
SHOWS YOU NOT ONLY THE NATURE
OF THE GOD THAT WE SERVE, BUT IT

01:42:25.119 --> 01:42:31.030
SHOWS YOU THE PROMISE THAT YOU
YOURSELF CAN HAVE AS WELL. SO

01:42:31.030 --> 01:42:35.591
DON'T GET HARD ON YOURSELF,
DON'T GET DOWN ON YOURSELF. AND

01:42:35.591 --> 01:42:39.250
DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK GOD TO
HELP YOU. ANOTHER EXAMPLE, IN

01:42:39.250 --> 01:42:43.180
THIS ONE, I WANT YOU TO LOOK TO
NUMBERS CHAPTER 26, VERSE 59.

01:42:43.180 --> 01:42:45.909
THIS IS THE ONLY VERSE THAT
REALLY MENTIONS THE NAME OF

01:42:45.909 --> 01:42:50.530
MOSES' MOM. AND THE NAME OF,
I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THESE

01:42:50.530 --> 01:42:54.310
PEOPLE'S NAMES. WHY DON'T THEY
SAY PHIL AND STUFF? THE NAME OF

01:42:54.310 --> 01:43:00.512
PHIL'S WIFE WAS, JOKE ABED, PHIL
IS THE HANK TRANSLATION VERSION.

01:43:00.512 --> 01:43:05.020
AND THE DAUGHTER OF LEVI. HE, BY
THE WAY, WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT

01:43:05.020 --> 01:43:10.329
INVENTED JEANS. SO LEVI, LEVI
JEANS, SOMEBODY, SEE THAT'S THE

01:43:10.329 --> 01:43:17.921
HANK TRANSLATION WITH THE JEANS.
AND HE HAD THE BIBLICAL BOTTOM,

01:43:17.921 --> 01:43:21.640
YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT WAS WIDE
AND THE LEVI JEANS. AND THEY

01:43:21.640 --> 01:43:25.270
LIVED IN EGYPT AND BORE UNTO
ABRAM, WHAT IS THAT GUY'S NAME,

01:43:25.270 --> 01:43:30.131
AMRAM? CAN YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE
A CAR, I DRIVE THE AMRAM. YOU

01:43:30.131 --> 01:43:36.100
KNOW, BEAR UNTO AMRAM AARON. AND
MOSES, SO NOTICE MOSES' MOM WAS

01:43:36.100 --> 01:43:39.610
NAMED, I GUESS YOU'D PRONOUNCE
IT JOCHEBED. AND HER NAME MEANS,

01:43:39.610 --> 01:43:44.199
ARE YOU READY? WHAT DID MOSES
CRY OUT FOR? GOD, I WANT TO

01:43:44.199 --> 01:43:49.329
WHAT? SEE YOUR GLORY. REMEMBER
EXODUS 33:18? HER NAME MEANS THE

01:43:49.329 --> 01:43:55.030
GLORY OF GOD. SO JOCHEBED
REPRESENTS THE MOTHER WHO HAD TO

01:43:55.030 --> 01:44:01.360
GIVE HER CHILD UP FOR ADOPTION
TO BE TAKEN ON BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

01:44:01.360 --> 01:44:05.229
BUT WHAT WAS BRILLIANT IS I WANT
YOU TO LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE,

01:44:05.229 --> 01:44:10.060
HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, WHICH WE
CALL THE FAITH CHAPTER, RIGHT?

01:44:10.060 --> 01:44:15.280
THE HALL OF FAME. NOTICE GOD
LITERALLY CALLS OUT IN A GOOD

01:44:15.280 --> 01:44:19.510
WAY, MOSES' PARENTS. BUT IN
FAITH, MOSES, WHEN HE WAS BORN,

01:44:19.510 --> 01:44:23.530
WAS HID THREE MONTHS BY HIS
PARENTS BECAUSE THEY SAW HE WAS

01:44:23.530 --> 01:44:26.381
A PROPER CHILD AND THEY WERE
NOT AFRAID OF THE KING'S

01:44:26.381 --> 01:44:31.301
COMMANDMENT. SO HERE, YOU KNOW
THIS STORY OF MOSES' MOM, HOW

01:44:31.301 --> 01:44:37.270
SHE PUT THE LITTLE CHILD MOSES
IN THE WATER IN THE BASKET TO BE

01:44:37.270 --> 01:44:40.960
SAVED BECAUSE AT THOSE DAYS,
PHARAOH WAS KILLING ALL OF THE

01:44:40.960 --> 01:44:46.239
LITTLE KIDS. AND WE KNOW THE
STORY THAT PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER

01:44:46.239 --> 01:44:50.860
SAW LITTLE MOSES IN THE BASKET
AND RESCUED HIM. THAT'S WHAT

01:44:50.860 --> 01:44:54.610
MOSES' NAME MEANS, TO BE DRAWN
FROM THE WATER. AND THEN WHAT

01:44:54.610 --> 01:44:58.119
WAS SO COOL IS, AND TO MY
UNDERSTANDING, IF I'M RIGHT, IS

01:44:58.119 --> 01:45:05.260
MOSES' MOM GOT TO NURSE HIM.
WHICH FOR 12 YEARS, I GUARANTEE

01:45:05.260 --> 01:45:09.610
YOU, SHE PUT SOMETHING IN HIM,
NOT ONLY THE LOVE FOR GOD, BUT

01:45:09.610 --> 01:45:14.739
THE LOVE FOR THE HEBREW GOD,
RIGHT? BECAUSE NOTICE AT ONE

01:45:14.739 --> 01:45:20.560
POINT WHEN MOSES WAS TOLD THAT
HE WAS AN EGYPTIAN, HE HAD SUCH

01:45:20.560 --> 01:45:26.409
AN HONOR TO GOD AND TO THE
HEBREWS THAT HE EVEN, YOU KNOW,

01:45:26.409 --> 01:45:31.900
KILLED A MAN OVER IT. HE GOT
IT FROM HIS MAMA. I CAN IMAGINE

01:45:31.900 --> 01:45:35.350
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE
WHISPERED IN HIS EARS. SHE TOLD

01:45:35.350 --> 01:45:39.940
HIM. POWERFUL. THINK ABOUT RUTH.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE IN HERE

01:45:39.940 --> 01:45:44.079
TODAY. SHE REPRESENTS THE
NON-BELIEVING WOMAN AT FIRST,

01:45:44.079 --> 01:45:50.350
BUT THEN BECOMES A DEVOTED
FOLLOWER OF GOD. YOU'VE GOT

01:45:50.350 --> 01:45:55.690
RAHAB, LOOK AT JOSHUA CHAPTER 2.
RAHAB, SHE REPRESENTS A SINFUL

01:45:55.690 --> 01:46:00.489
MOTHER. SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE WHO
HAD A POWERFUL TRANSFORMATION,

01:46:00.489 --> 01:46:05.500
BUT GAVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING THAT
LASTED FOR GENERATIONS. SO MAMA,

01:46:05.500 --> 01:46:10.390
DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR KID. MAYBE
YOU FEEL MAMA LIKE YOU, AND MAMA

01:46:10.390 --> 01:46:13.000
THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT YOU'VE
MADE SOME REALLY BAD CHOICES,

01:46:13.000 --> 01:46:17.350
AND AS A RESULT, YOUR KIDS HAVE
HAD TO PAY FOR IT. I'M TELLING

01:46:17.350 --> 01:46:21.430
YOU, IN THE, DID THEY CALL IT
GENEALOGY? IS THAT THE RIGHT,

01:46:21.430 --> 01:46:29.350
DID I SAY IT RIGHT? GENEALOGY OF
JESUS. RAHAB IS MENTIONED. SHE

01:46:29.350 --> 01:46:39.610
LATER GAVE BIRTH. THAT LED TO
OUR BLESSED SAVIOR. YOU MAY FEEL

01:46:39.610 --> 01:46:45.341
LIKE A FAILURE AS A MOTHER
TODAY, BUT HOLD TO THE PROMISE

01:46:45.341 --> 01:46:48.820
OF GOD. LOOK AT WHAT SHE DID.
SHE SAID, "NOW, THEREFORE, I

01:46:48.820 --> 01:46:52.869
PRAY," SHE SAID THIS TO THE
SPIES THAT HAD COME TO SPY OUT

01:46:52.869 --> 01:46:57.820
THE LAND, THE PROMISED LAND,
SWEAR UNTO ME BY THE LORD THAT I

01:46:57.820 --> 01:47:00.520
HAVE SHOWED YOU KINDNESS, THAT
YOU ALSO SHOW KINDNESS UNTO MY

01:47:00.520 --> 01:47:03.671
FATHER'S HOUSE AND GIVE ME A
TRUE SIGN. SO IN OTHER WORDS,

01:47:03.671 --> 01:47:06.100
SHE'S SAYING, HEY, WHEN THESE
WALLS COME DOWN AND ALL THIS

01:47:06.100 --> 01:47:10.720
STUFF, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE
THAT MY FAMILY IS SAFE? THAT IS

01:47:10.720 --> 01:47:14.260
PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST
HONORS THAT PEOPLE CAN BRING, IS

01:47:14.260 --> 01:47:18.671
TO BE CONCERNED OVER THEIR
FAMILY. I WANNA TALK ABOUT ONE

01:47:18.671 --> 01:47:24.699
WOMAN, LEAH, REAL QUICK. GENESIS
29, 32. THIS MIGHT BE THE

01:47:24.699 --> 01:47:28.119
MOTHER, AND MAYBE YOU'RE HERE
TODAY, DO NOT RAISE YOUR HAND,

01:47:28.119 --> 01:47:33.787
OR YOU THAT ARE ONLINE, DO NOT
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS YOU.

01:47:33.787 --> 01:47:38.381
BUT THIS WOMAN, LEAH,
REPRESENTS A WOMAN WHO WAS IN A

01:47:38.381 --> 01:47:42.640
RELATIONSHIP, A MARRIAGE YOU
COULD SAY, WHO DIDN'T FEEL

01:47:42.640 --> 01:47:49.960
LOVED. SHE WAS IN A TROUBLED
RELATIONSHIP. HER HUSBAND HAD

01:47:49.960 --> 01:47:55.750
EYES FOR ANOTHER WOMAN. AND
THAT'S WHERE SOME WOMEN ARE.

01:47:55.750 --> 01:47:59.979
MAYBE IT'S NOT ANOTHER WOMAN
THAT'S WALKING, BUT MAYBE IT'S

01:47:59.979 --> 01:48:05.560
THE PERVERSION OF WHAT SEXUAL
SIN BRINGS. YOU DON'T FEEL

01:48:05.560 --> 01:48:09.190
PRETTY. YOU DON'T FEEL LOVED.
YOU DON'T FEEL VALUED. THIS IS

01:48:09.190 --> 01:48:14.710
LEAH. HANNAH WAS THE ONE THAT,
OH, HER SISTER WAS THE ONE THAT

01:48:14.710 --> 01:48:19.030
WAS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? WOMAN,
BE CAREFUL IF THAT'S YOU, THAT

01:48:19.030 --> 01:48:24.551
YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS LOOKING AT
SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

01:48:24.551 --> 01:48:27.100
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF SOMEBODY
TOLD YOU THAT YOU'RE UGLY OR

01:48:27.100 --> 01:48:31.270
YOU'RE NOT, OR MAYBE YOU'VE
TOLD YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TO SEE

01:48:31.270 --> 01:48:35.350
SOMETHING WITH A DIFFERENT LENS,
HOW GOD SEES YOU, BECAUSE I WANT

01:48:35.350 --> 01:48:39.940
YOU TO SEE, LOOK AT WHAT WAS
REVEALED. SO SHE NAMES HER KIDS,

01:48:39.940 --> 01:48:43.000
VERSE 32, "LEAH CONCEIVED AND
BORE A SON." NOTICE WHAT SHE

01:48:43.000 --> 01:48:45.250
CALLS HIM. THIS IS HOW YOU
KNOW THAT SHE HAD A REALLY BAD

01:48:45.250 --> 01:48:49.720
RELATIONSHIP. SHE NAMES HIM
REUBEN AND SAYS, I'M GONNA NAME

01:48:49.720 --> 01:48:54.369
THIS GUY REUBEN BECAUSE MAYBE
THE LORD HAS LOOKED UPON MY

01:48:54.369 --> 01:49:00.707
AFFLICTION AND NOW MAYBE MY
HUSBAND WILL LOVE ME. MAYBE

01:49:00.707 --> 01:49:08.440
THAT'S SOME OF YOU, I'M SORRY.
WHERE YOU DON'T FEEL LOVE IN A

01:49:08.440 --> 01:49:13.421
MARRIAGE, IN A RELATIONSHIP. AND
IT'S REFLECTED IN WHAT SHE NAMED

01:49:13.421 --> 01:49:18.131
HER SON. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE.
SO SHE CONCEIVES AGAIN. SHE HAS

01:49:18.131 --> 01:49:23.350
ANOTHER CHILD AND THE JOURNEY OF
HER PAIN CONTINUES, RIGHT? VERSE

01:49:23.350 --> 01:49:29.530
33, SHE HAS ANOTHER SON. "AND
BECAUSE THE LORD HEARD THAT I'M

01:49:29.530 --> 01:49:35.574
NOT LOVED, "HE GAVE ME THIS ONE
TOO, SO I'LL NAME HIM SIMEON."

01:49:35.574 --> 01:49:42.220
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? THAT IS A
LOT OF HEARTACHE. LOOK AT VERSE

01:49:42.220 --> 01:49:48.489
34, PAIN GETS DEEPER. "NOW AT
LAST," IT SAYS IN VERSE 34, "MY

01:49:48.489 --> 01:49:51.820
HUSBAND WILL BECOME ATTACHED TO
ME "'CAUSE I'VE BORN HIM THREE

01:49:51.820 --> 01:49:56.828
SONS," AND SHE CALLED HIM LEVI.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THIS IS

01:49:56.828 --> 01:50:03.010
WHY YOU DON'T GIVE UP IF YOU
FEEL LIKE LEAH TODAY. AND YOU'RE

01:50:03.010 --> 01:50:06.400
A MAMA, YOU'RE A WIFE, YOU'RE
IN A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP,

01:50:06.400 --> 01:50:13.779
MARRIAGE, RIGHT? LOOK AT VERSE
35. "SHE NAMES HER FOURTH SON.

01:50:13.779 --> 01:50:17.890
"THIS TIME I WILL PRAISE THE
LORD." AND SHE CALLS HIS NAME

01:50:17.890 --> 01:50:22.180
JUDAH. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE
REALIZED, "HEY, THE RELATIONSHIP

01:50:22.180 --> 01:50:25.091
ISN'T GONNA CHANGE. THINGS
PROBABLY AREN'T GONNA GET ANY

01:50:25.091 --> 01:50:27.250
BETTER RELATIONALLY, BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA PUT MY

01:50:27.250 --> 01:50:31.690
TRUST AND MY HOPE IN GOD. AND AS
A RESULT, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO

01:50:31.690 --> 01:50:37.841
PRAISE HIM." AND LOOK AT ALL THE
ONES THAT JESUS IDENTIFIED WITH.

01:50:37.841 --> 01:50:46.536
HE'S OF THE TRIBE OF THE LION
OF JUDAH. ALL THE PAIN, ALL THE

01:50:46.536 --> 01:50:53.315
HURT, GAVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING
BETTER. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT MY

01:50:53.315 --> 01:50:57.426
EXPERIENCES. I WANNA TALK ABOUT
THE FIRST ONE, MY GRANDMA. AS I

01:50:57.426 --> 01:51:02.286
TOLD YOU, MY GRANDMA WAS A,
MAMA, SHE WAS A SHORT LITTLE

01:51:02.286 --> 01:51:07.145
THING, BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF HAIR,
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF

01:51:07.145 --> 01:51:11.315
HAIR, AND SHE WAS ABOUT THIS
TALL, ABOUT FIVE FOOT NOTHING,

01:51:11.315 --> 01:51:18.876
RIGHT? 5'2. AND SHE WAS THE
KINDEST, SWEETEST LADY. I NEVER,

01:51:18.876 --> 01:51:23.376
IN THE YEARS THAT I KNEW HER,
EVER SAW HER GET MAD. I SAW

01:51:23.376 --> 01:51:27.365
GRANDPA GET MAD AT HER, BUT I
NEVER SAW HER RAISE HER VOICE. I

01:51:27.365 --> 01:51:32.527
SAW HER, I SAW SOMETIMES, "MAMA,
GRANDPA NOT BE SO NICE." BUT SHE

01:51:32.527 --> 01:51:37.206
WOULD NEVER RETALIATE. NOT ONE
TIME, SHE WOULD NEVER RETALIATE,

01:51:37.206 --> 01:51:41.166
NEVER RAISE HER VOICE, NEVER
ARGUE, NEVER BE THE CONTROLLING

01:51:41.166 --> 01:51:45.246
WOMAN, NEVER TRY TO JUSTIFY
HERSELF. SHE WAS SUCH A WOMAN OF

01:51:45.246 --> 01:51:48.605
CHARACTER. AND SHE WAS A SHORT
LITTLE THING WHO COULDN'T SING.

01:51:48.605 --> 01:51:53.826
AND SHE ALWAYS TOLD ME, "HANK,
DON'T DRINK COFFEE. "IT WILL

01:51:53.826 --> 01:51:55.926
STUNT YOUR GROWTH." AND I USED
TO LOOK AT HER AND GO, "WELL, IT

01:51:55.926 --> 01:52:01.595
WORKED FOR YOU, I'M NEVER." SO
IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT MARRIED AT

01:52:01.595 --> 01:52:09.155
23 YEARS OF AGE, 37 YEARS AGO TO
MY GIRL, MY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. AND

01:52:09.155 --> 01:52:14.645
BRENDA LOVES COFFEE. AND SHE
GOES, "HEY, DO YOU WANT SOME

01:52:14.645 --> 01:52:16.663
COFFEE?" I SAID, "BRENDA, NO,
I DON'T WANT ANY COFFEE." SHE

01:52:16.663 --> 01:52:24.546
GOES, "WHY?" "IT STUNTS YOUR
GROWTH." SO WHEN I WAS MARRIED,

01:52:24.546 --> 01:52:29.765
I WAS 5'3", NOW I'M 6'0", SO IT
DOESN'T STUNT YOUR GROWTH. BUT

01:52:29.765 --> 01:52:33.697
LOOK AT WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY
GRANDMA. EPHESIANS 4:32, "BE YE

01:52:33.697 --> 01:52:38.676
KIND ONE TO ANOTHER,
"TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVE ONE

01:52:38.676 --> 01:52:42.095
ANOTHER." THAT WAS MY GRANDMA.
COME ON, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A

01:52:42.095 --> 01:52:45.126
MOTHER TODAY, BUT YOU'RE A DUDE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

01:52:45.126 --> 01:52:48.065
ABOUT A MAN? DOESN'T SAY IT
ABOUT A WOMAN. SAYS WHAT'S

01:52:48.065 --> 01:52:52.055
DESIRABLE IN A MAN IS HIS
KINDNESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF

01:52:52.055 --> 01:52:56.530
ANGRY MEN. THERE ARE A LOT OF
MEAN SPIRITED MEN. AND THERE ARE

01:52:56.530 --> 01:53:01.716
A LOT OF MEN THAT DON'T KNOW HOW
TO TREAT A WOMAN. AND THE BIBLE

01:53:01.716 --> 01:53:05.435
SAYS THAT WE'RE TO BE KIND. MY
GRANDMA WAS A KIND WOMAN. AND AS

01:53:05.435 --> 01:53:07.987
I SAID TO YOU, SHE WOULD PUT ME
UP ON HER LAP. SHE WAS THE FIRST

01:53:07.987 --> 01:53:12.365
ONE THAT PUT THE SEED OF GOD
IN THIS PERSON'S HEART. WHERE I

01:53:12.365 --> 01:53:15.065
WOULD SIT THERE AND I'D LOOK AT
PICTURES AND I'D SAY TO GRANDMA,

01:53:15.065 --> 01:53:17.855
GRANDMA, DO YOU THINK JESUS
REALLY LOOKS LIKE THAT? AND THEN

01:53:17.855 --> 01:53:20.586
ONE DAY SHE GAVE ME A PICTURE OF
JESUS, ONE OF THOSE PAINTINGS.

01:53:20.586 --> 01:53:23.466
AND I SAID, "DO YOU REALLY THINK
THIS IS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE,

01:53:23.466 --> 01:53:28.655
GRANDMA?" AND I WAS SO CURIOUS.
AND THEN SHE'D SAY, "HANK, GOD'S

01:53:28.655 --> 01:53:32.225
HAND'S ON YOU." AND THEN I WOULD
WALK INTO GROCERY STORES WITH MY

01:53:32.225 --> 01:53:34.895
GRANDMA AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
"MA'AM, MA'AM, MA'AM, IS THIS

01:53:34.895 --> 01:53:37.865
YOUR SON?" "NO, NO, NO, THIS IS
MY GRANDSON." "GOD'S HAND'S ON

01:53:37.865 --> 01:53:42.305
HIM." YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DID?
I'M 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 YEARS OF

01:53:42.305 --> 01:53:45.935
AGE, I WOULD LOOK OVER THINKING
THAT GOD'S HAND WAS LITERALLY ON

01:53:45.935 --> 01:53:50.345
ME THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO
ANYTHING BAD. I MEAN, I REMEMBER

01:53:50.345 --> 01:53:53.706
GOING OUT WITH SOME OF THE GUYS
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WERE

01:53:53.706 --> 01:53:57.126
DOING DRUGS AND I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY AND THEY SAID,

01:53:57.126 --> 01:54:00.666
"HANK, WHY NOT?" I'D BE LOOKING
OVER, MAN, THERE'S HAND TO GOD

01:54:00.666 --> 01:54:05.015
ON ME. YOU GUYS GO AHEAD
AND GET HIGH. WHOA, HAND OF

01:54:05.015 --> 01:54:08.315
GOD ON YOU, MAN. WHOA, I
THINK I CAN SEE IT, DUDE.

01:54:08.315 --> 01:54:11.518
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:54:11.518 --> 01:54:14.765
I ALWAYS HAD THIS LIKE FEAR
IN ME, MAN, BUT THAT WAS MY

01:54:14.765 --> 01:54:18.006
GRANDMA. EVERYBODY LOOK AT YOUR
SHOULDER, YOU GOT THE HAND OF

01:54:18.006 --> 01:54:22.296
GOD ON YOU. BUT I THANK GOD FOR
HER. WHAT DID I LEARN FROM HER?

01:54:22.296 --> 01:54:25.206
HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED. I LEARNED
TO, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA

01:54:25.206 --> 01:54:30.216
BELIEVE ME, I LEARNED TO BE
KIND. I'M WORKING ON IT, OKAY?

01:54:30.216 --> 01:54:32.952
I'M A WORK IN PROGRESS,
I'M WORKING ON IT.

01:54:32.952 --> 01:54:36.126
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:54:36.126 --> 01:54:39.095
I PAID YOU TO SAY THAT, SHH,
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REVEAL

01:54:39.095 --> 01:54:43.326
THAT. BUT HERE'S WHAT I DID
LEARN. I LEARNED A LIFE OF

01:54:43.326 --> 01:54:48.636
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM MY GRANDMA. I
NEVER, I NEVER EVEN HEARD A CUSS

01:54:48.636 --> 01:54:52.416
WORD COME OUT OF HER. I ASKED
HER ONE DAY, I SAID, "GRANDMA,

01:54:52.416 --> 01:55:01.746
DO YOU CUSS?" "NO." I'M LIKE,
"WHY?" SHE NEVER CUSSED. I

01:55:01.746 --> 01:55:06.395
CUSSED, BUT NOT GRANDMA. I WANNA
TALK ABOUT MY MOM. MOM, I DON'T

01:55:06.395 --> 01:55:13.416
WANNA EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I THANK
GOD FOR MY MOM. AND MY MOM IS A

01:55:13.416 --> 01:55:18.395
LOT LIKE HER MOM, BUT DIFFERENT.
MOM, YOU'RE DIFFERENT, AND THIS

01:55:18.395 --> 01:55:23.555
IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY MOM.
MY MOM HAS A NO NONSENSE, SHE'S

01:55:23.555 --> 01:55:29.015
STRAIGHTFORWARD. MY MOM WILL
TELL YOU LIKE IT IS. AT THE END

01:55:29.015 --> 01:55:34.536
OF THE DAY, SHE COULD CARE LESS
IF YOU LIKED IT AND IF SHE SAID

01:55:34.536 --> 01:55:41.536
IT RIGHT. YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAY
IT. AND SO TODAY, ALL OF THE

01:55:41.536 --> 01:55:43.716
STUFF THAT I SAY BEHIND
THE PULPIT IS BECAUSE

01:55:43.716 --> 01:55:50.046
OF MY MOM. SHE JUST
SAYS IT LIKE IT IS.

01:55:50.046 --> 01:55:51.365
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:55:51.365 --> 01:55:57.996
AND COULD CARE LESS. MY MOM
ALWAYS TAUGHT ME TO DO WHAT'S

01:55:57.996 --> 01:56:00.786
RIGHT. SHE ALWAYS WOULD SAY THAT
TO ME AS A KID. HANK, JUST DO

01:56:00.786 --> 01:56:03.456
WHAT'S RIGHT AND YOU'LL HAVE
A BETTER LIFE. JUST DO WHAT'S

01:56:03.456 --> 01:56:11.076
RIGHT. DON'T LIE, DON'T STEAL,
DON'T, YOU KNOW, KICK CATS.

01:56:11.076 --> 01:56:12.966
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:56:12.966 --> 01:56:18.368
RIGHT? BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING
ALSO FROM MY MOM. AND I WATCHED

01:56:18.368 --> 01:56:21.065
HER 'CAUSE I USED TO WORK WITH
HER AND MY DAD AT THEIR SERVICE

01:56:21.065 --> 01:56:26.046
STATION. I WATCHED MY MOM NEVER
COMPLAIN. AT LEAST I NEVER HEARD

01:56:26.046 --> 01:56:34.237
IT. AND SHE WORKED SO HARD TO
STAND BY MY DAD'S SIDE TO FEED

01:56:34.237 --> 01:56:39.006
SEVEN HUNGRY KIDS, NINE TOTAL
IN THE FAMILY. AND MY MOM WOULD

01:56:39.006 --> 01:56:43.086
BRING THIS POT. DO YOU STILL
HAVE THAT POT, MOM? IT WAS THIS

01:56:43.086 --> 01:56:48.155
LIKE CAVEMAN POT. AND SHE WOULD
PUT IT DOWN, AND YOU NEVER KNEW

01:56:48.155 --> 01:56:53.136
WHAT IT WAS. SHE WOULD STIR
IT, AND SOMETIMES STUFF SMELLED

01:56:53.136 --> 01:56:56.765
REALLY BAD. AND THEN SHE WOULD
PUT IT OUT, AND YOU GOT ONE

01:56:56.765 --> 01:57:00.065
HELPING OF THE SLOP, AND THE
RULE BY MY DAD WAS YOU HAD TO

01:57:00.065 --> 01:57:03.126
EAT WHATEVER'S ON THE PLATE.
AND I'D SAY, "MOM, I'M NOT REAL

01:57:03.126 --> 01:57:07.055
HUNGRY TODAY." IT DIDN'T MATTER,
SLOP. AND THERE WAS ONE TIME

01:57:07.055 --> 01:57:11.886
THAT I HAD TO EAT THIS STUFF. IT
WAS TOMATOES MIXED WITH BREAD.

01:57:11.886 --> 01:57:15.845
WHAT IS THAT STUFF CALLED,
VOMIT? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE NASTY.

01:57:15.845 --> 01:57:19.746
IT IS SO BAD. IT SMELLS BAD.
HOW MANY EVER HAD TOMATOES WITH

01:57:19.746 --> 01:57:24.515
BREAD? IT IS LIKE VOMIT. AND SO
MY MOM WOULD TAKE THIS BIG OLD

01:57:24.515 --> 01:57:28.612
POT AND SHE'D PUT IT DOWN IN THE
FRONT AND SHE'D, REMEMBER THAT,

01:57:28.612 --> 01:57:38.225
MOM? HUH? OKAY, JUST A SPOONFUL
OF VOMIT, BUT IT WAS ENOUGH

01:57:38.225 --> 01:57:43.626
TO... SO MY MOM MADE A GREAT
IMPRESSION ON ME. AND HERE'S

01:57:43.626 --> 01:57:48.666
WHAT IT WAS. NO, I'M GONNA TELL
YOU THE TRUTH. EVEN THOUGH YOU

01:57:48.666 --> 01:57:55.416
MAY NOT LIKE SOMETHING, LEARN TO
JUST FLOW. IF IT AIN'T KILLING

01:57:55.416 --> 01:57:59.586
YA, WE ALMOST THOUGHT IT DID,
YOU KNOW? JUST LEARN TO FLOW

01:57:59.586 --> 01:58:02.527
WITH THINGS. MY MOM TAUGHT ME
THAT, IS HANK, DON'T GET WORKED

01:58:02.527 --> 01:58:06.426
UP ABOUT THINGS. BE
APPRECIATIVE, BE THANKFUL, BE

01:58:06.426 --> 01:58:09.605
GRATEFUL. MOM, I THINK TODAY,
BECAUSE I HAVE A GRATEFUL HEART

01:58:09.605 --> 01:58:11.555
AND A THANKFUL, I THINK IT'S
BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHAT YOU

01:58:11.555 --> 01:58:14.645
TAUGHT ME. MY HARDWORKING
NATURE, WHERE PEOPLE SAY, "HANK,

01:58:14.645 --> 01:58:19.237
YOU WORK TOO HARD." I THINK I
GET IT FROM YOU, AND YEAH. SO

01:58:19.237 --> 01:58:21.246
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO ME
NOW. I'M 60, I'M ABOUT READY TO

01:58:21.246 --> 01:58:25.115
RETIRE. ALL RIGHT, NOW I WON'T
RETIRE. YOU CAN'T AS A PREACHER,

01:58:25.115 --> 01:58:28.836
YOU CAN'T RETIRE. BUT THEN
I WANNA TALK ABOUT, AND MOM,

01:58:28.836 --> 01:58:30.905
THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT I
THINK I'M SEEING YOU TEARING UP

01:58:30.905 --> 01:58:35.286
AND I WANNA MAKE YOU CRY. BUT I
DID LEARN HARDWORKING LIFESTYLE,

01:58:35.286 --> 01:58:38.676
OUTSPOKEN. I LEARNED NO
NONSENSE, STAND FOR WHAT'S

01:58:38.676 --> 01:58:41.435
RIGHT. I LEARNED BOLDNESS, THOSE
THINGS WERE IMPARTED. NOW, MY

01:58:41.435 --> 01:58:43.926
MOTHER-IN-LAW, IF YOU'RE
WATCHING, OR IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE

01:58:43.926 --> 01:58:48.155
TO SLEEP, HERE'S WHAT I
LEARNED FROM BRENDA'S

01:58:48.155 --> 01:58:52.716
MOM. TO CREATE, IS
THIS BORING? OKAY, ALL

01:58:52.716 --> 01:58:54.905
THE LADIES ARE GOING,
"OH NO, IT'S SO LOVELY."

01:58:54.905 --> 01:58:56.916
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:58:56.916 --> 01:59:00.815
AND THE DUDES ARE LIKE, "COME
ON, MAN, "I GOT A HAMBURGER

01:59:00.815 --> 01:59:04.565
WAITING ON ME, YOU KNOW?"
MOTHER STUCKS OVER THERE GOING,

01:59:04.565 --> 01:59:07.987
"THIS IS SUCH A GREAT
MESSAGE. PLEASE KEEP GOING."

01:59:07.987 --> 01:59:13.447
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:59:13.447 --> 01:59:17.823
MR. BOO-BOO BAND-AID BOY OVER
THERE IN THE CORNER, ALL RIGHT,

01:59:17.823 --> 01:59:22.655
SO BRENDA'S MOM, WHEN I FIRST
MET BRENDA'S MOM, YOU GOTTA

01:59:22.655 --> 01:59:29.555
UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. BRENDA
MARRIED A PIG. SHE DID. OKAY,

01:59:29.555 --> 01:59:35.435
CAN I TELL SOMETHING? SO WHEN I
MOVED OUT, THE ONLY THING I HAD

01:59:35.435 --> 01:59:41.076
FOR BED LINENS WAS A SLEEPING
BAG. AND I SLEPT IN THAT THING

01:59:41.076 --> 01:59:42.996
FOR THREE AND A HALF
YEARS BEFORE I GOT

01:59:42.996 --> 01:59:45.685
MARRIED, AND I NEVER
REMEMBER WASHING IT.

01:59:45.685 --> 01:59:46.853
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

01:59:46.853 --> 01:59:51.605
AND IT HAD ONE PART OF THE
SLEEPING BAG THAT IF I GOT MY

01:59:51.605 --> 01:59:54.935
FOOT STUCK IN IT, 'CAUSE IT HAD
A HOLE IN IT, AND I ROLLED OVER,

01:59:54.935 --> 02:00:03.203
YOU COULD TWIST YOUR ANKLE. WE
HAD MICE RUNNING OVER MY HOUSE.

02:00:03.203 --> 02:00:09.006
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GROOM VERY
WELL, BUT BRENDA AND HER MOM SAW

02:00:09.006 --> 02:00:12.216
THROUGH ALL OF THAT. AND WHEN I
WOULD GO OVER TO BRENDA'S HOUSE,

02:00:12.216 --> 02:00:17.615
I KNEW I PROBABLY STUNK, BUT HER
MOM WOULD ALWAYS OPEN THE DOOR

02:00:17.615 --> 02:00:22.655
FOR ME AND SHE WOULD FEED ME
A MEAL AND I WATCHED HOW SHE

02:00:22.655 --> 02:00:27.774
SERVED HER HUSBAND. AND I WOULD
LOOK AT MY LITTLE GIRL, I CALL

02:00:27.774 --> 02:00:29.916
HER LITTLE GIRL, I KNOW, DON'T
WRITE AND SAY, "SHE'S NOT A

02:00:29.916 --> 02:00:34.386
GIRL, SHE'S A WOMAN." SHE'S MY
GIRL. I CAN SAY THAT IF I WANT

02:00:34.386 --> 02:00:37.805
TO, SHE LIKES IT. BUT I LOOK
OVER AND THEN I'D BE LIKE,

02:00:37.805 --> 02:00:42.082
THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. THAT'S
WHAT I WANNA DO. I WANNA TAKE

02:00:42.082 --> 02:00:47.962
CARE OF BRENDA LIKE THAT. 'CAUSE
I WATCHED HOW HAPPY IT MADE

02:00:47.962 --> 02:00:52.521
BRENDA'S DAD. I WATCHED HOW SHE
ALWAYS WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO

02:00:52.521 --> 02:00:56.030
PREPARE HER MEAL. BRENDA DOES
THE SAME THING TODAY. I WATCHED

02:00:56.030 --> 02:01:00.470
HOW THEY KEPT A CLEAN HOUSE
BECAUSE THE HUSBAND, BRENDA'S

02:01:00.470 --> 02:01:03.652
DAD, WOULD COME HOME FROM WORK
AFTER A BUSY DAY AT THE AIR

02:01:03.652 --> 02:01:06.862
FORCE AND THE HOME WOULD ALWAYS
BE TIDY, THINGS WOULD BE IN

02:01:06.862 --> 02:01:10.582
ORDER. AND I SAID, "THAT'S THE
KIND OF HOUSE THAT I WANT "AND

02:01:10.582 --> 02:01:13.582
THAT'S THE KIND OF GIRL
THAT I'VE GOT." SO I LEARNED

02:01:13.582 --> 02:01:18.412
HOMEMAKING. I LEARNED HONORING
A WOMAN WHO WANTS TO MAKE A NICE

02:01:18.412 --> 02:01:21.681
HOME. GUYS, IF THE WOMAN WANTS
TO, CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU? WE

02:01:21.681 --> 02:01:25.341
HAVE A BLANKET AT THE END OF MY
BED THAT BRENDA CALLS, WHAT DO

02:01:25.341 --> 02:01:29.597
YOU CALL THAT THING? NO, IT'S
NOT THAT, OR A FRILLY THING. IT

02:01:29.597 --> 02:01:33.292
HAS FLOWERS ON IT THAT I'M NOT
SUPPOSED TO TOUCH, USE, JUMP ON.

02:01:33.292 --> 02:01:39.082
WHAT IS THAT ONE CALLED? YEAH,
IT'S A COMFORTER. AND SHE GETS

02:01:39.082 --> 02:01:41.692
BIBLICAL, THE HOLY SPIRIT'S A
COMFORTER. I'M LIKE, YEAH, BUT I

02:01:41.692 --> 02:01:45.154
CAN TOUCH HIM, SQUEEZE HIM, HOLD
HIM, TALK TO HIM, JUMP ON IT,

02:01:45.154 --> 02:01:49.912
YOU KNOW? BUT IF THE WOMAN WANTS
TO MAKE A NICE HOME, YOU KNOW,

02:01:49.912 --> 02:01:56.122
BRENDA, I MEAN, MY SECOND JOB IS
TO BREAK DOWN AMAZON BOXES. AND

02:01:56.122 --> 02:01:59.987
THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU CAN HEAR
ME MUMBLING, I CAN'T (MUMBLING)

02:01:59.987 --> 02:02:02.692
BUT I NEVER LET HER KNOW THAT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

02:02:02.692 --> 02:02:05.271
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO MAKE
THE HOUSE BETTER, TO MAKE MY

02:02:05.271 --> 02:02:08.872
LIFE BETTER. AND I WANNA HONOR
THAT BECAUSE I LEARNED THAT FROM

02:02:08.872 --> 02:02:12.082
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. YOU KNOW,
BRENDA GETS THESE PICTURES,

02:02:12.082 --> 02:02:16.372
OKAY, ARE THEY THE PICTURES
THAT I WOULD WANT? BRENDA EVEN

02:02:16.372 --> 02:02:21.502
CROSSED THE LINE ONE TIME, SHE
DECORATED THE GARAGE. YOU DON'T

02:02:21.502 --> 02:02:26.271
LET A WOMAN DECORATE THE GARAGE.
I MEAN, IT WAS SO BAD, I'M LIKE,

02:02:26.271 --> 02:02:28.881
BRENDA, YOU ARE FROU-FROUING
THIS THING UP. IF YOU DON'T

02:02:28.881 --> 02:02:33.740
STOP, I'M GONNA GET DUCT TAPE,
I'M GONNA PUT HIS SIDE, HER

02:02:33.740 --> 02:02:38.778
SIDE. BUT THEN IT DAWNED ON ME.
I LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS LIKE,

02:02:38.778 --> 02:02:43.011
HEY, THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY
COOL. SO I LEARNED THAT FROM

02:02:43.011 --> 02:02:46.280
BRENDA'S MOM AND FROM BRENDA.
BRENDA'S MOM, I LEARNED, CREATE

02:02:46.280 --> 02:02:49.792
A NICE HOME AND WORK WITH THOSE
THAT WANNA CREATE A NICE HOME

02:02:49.792 --> 02:02:52.912
AND A NICE ENVIRONMENT. HER MOM,
I'D COME OVER, YOU KNOW, AFTER

02:02:52.912 --> 02:02:58.712
MY JOB TO GO PICK UP BRENDA AND
HER MOM WOULD HAVE CANDLES LIT.

02:02:58.712 --> 02:03:02.962
NOW, BRENDA AND I AND CANDLES,
AFTER 30 SOME YEARS, SHE NOW HAS

02:03:02.962 --> 02:03:05.542
GONE WITH THESE FAKE ONES THAT
GO LIKE THIS. THEY FLICKER WITH

02:03:05.542 --> 02:03:09.771
THE BATTERY. THANK YOU
GOD FOR SPEAKING TO HER.

02:03:09.771 --> 02:03:12.225
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

02:03:12.225 --> 02:03:13.936
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I'VE
LEARNED FROM BRENDA, AND THEN

02:03:13.936 --> 02:03:16.582
I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO MY OTHER
ONES. I'M ALMOST DONE, IS THAT

02:03:16.582 --> 02:03:19.431
ALL RIGHT? THERE IS SOME
SCRIPTURES I'M COMING UP WITH

02:03:19.431 --> 02:03:25.162
HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT
BRENDA, I'VE LEARNED LOVE. I'VE

02:03:25.162 --> 02:03:30.112
LEARNED LOVE FROM YOU, 'CAUSE
I WASN'T LOVABLE. I WAS HARD TO

02:03:30.112 --> 02:03:34.372
LOVE, AND YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO
BE LOVED. I HAD A MAN ONE TIME

02:03:34.372 --> 02:03:39.652
SAY TO ME, HE SAID, "HANK," HE
WAS A FORMER MARINE, NAME IS DR.

02:03:39.652 --> 02:03:43.462
MARK BARCLAY, HE SAID, "HANK,
YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE A GOOD MAN

02:03:43.462 --> 02:03:47.631
TODAY? "BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
WIFED." AND I'M OKAY TO SAY

02:03:47.631 --> 02:03:50.780
THAT, I'VE BEEN WIFED. AND
THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, I DON'T

02:03:50.780 --> 02:03:54.442
KNOW HOW OLD IT IS, IT MIGHT
STILL BE OLD, THAT BEHIND EVERY

02:03:54.442 --> 02:03:59.601
GOOD MAN IS A GOOD WOMAN, AND IN
THAT CASE, IT'S TRUE. I LEARNED

02:03:59.601 --> 02:04:05.279
LOVE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
LOVE A WOMAN. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW.

02:04:05.279 --> 02:04:09.171
I JUST KNEW THAT I DIDN'T
EVER WANNA MAKE HER MAD AT MY

02:04:09.171 --> 02:04:15.956
EXPENSE, 'CAUSE SHE'S FEISTY, BY
THE WAY, TOO. I LEARNED ORDER,

02:04:15.956 --> 02:04:20.872
EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I
FIRST GOT MARRIED, I'D LEAVE THE

02:04:20.872 --> 02:04:23.902
CAP OF THE TOOTHPASTE OFF, OR
MAYBE I DIDN'T DO THE TOILET

02:04:23.902 --> 02:04:27.412
PAPER ROLL RIGHT, OR THE TOILET
LID. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE

02:04:27.412 --> 02:04:31.822
SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, LIFT IT
UP AND THEN PUT IT DOWN. AND I

02:04:31.822 --> 02:04:35.809
TOLD HER, I SAID, "BRENDA, I
LIKE IT UP. "IT'S LESS WORK.

02:04:35.809 --> 02:04:38.692
"THE MAN HAS TO DO MORE
WORK. "WE HAVE TO LIFT IT

02:04:38.692 --> 02:04:42.051
UP, AND THEN WE HAVE TO
PUT IT DOWN. "IF IT'S JUST

02:04:42.051 --> 02:04:44.481
UP, IT'S UP. "THERE'S
HARDLY ANY EFFORT."

02:04:44.481 --> 02:04:49.192
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

02:04:49.192 --> 02:04:52.822
I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE MY STORIES
TODAY, BUT ANYWAY. BUT I LEARNED

02:04:52.822 --> 02:04:56.362
EXCELLENCE. BRENDA KEEPS AN
IMMACULATE HOUSE. YOU WOULD

02:04:56.362 --> 02:04:59.662
THINK WITH THREE GERMAN
SHEPHERDS IN A SHEET SUIT,

02:04:59.662 --> 02:05:04.280
RIGHT, YOU'D HAVE A MESSY, NO,
WE'VE GOT A VERY, VERY ORDERLY

02:05:04.280 --> 02:05:08.631
HOUSE BECAUSE BRENDA TAUGHT ME.
SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THINGS

02:05:08.631 --> 02:05:13.042
IN ORDER. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO
PARTNER IN FRIENDSHIP TO WHERE

02:05:13.042 --> 02:05:16.101
WE'RE GREAT FRIENDS AND WE ENJOY
WORKING ON THINGS TOGETHER. I

02:05:16.101 --> 02:05:19.252
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A
LITTLE MOTTO AND SHE HELPS ME,

02:05:19.252 --> 02:05:23.662
BUT IS, YOU COOK THE DINNER, LET
ME DO THE DISHES. I JUST LEARNED

02:05:23.662 --> 02:05:28.101
WITH MY WIFE HOW, AND SHE TAUGHT
ME HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY HOME. I

02:05:28.101 --> 02:05:32.181
LEARNED STRUCTURE FROM BRENDA.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANY STRUCTURE. I

02:05:32.181 --> 02:05:35.662
LEARNED STRUCTURE FROM HER. I
WASN'T A DISCIPLINED PERSON,

02:05:35.662 --> 02:05:37.761
STILL NOT REALLY. I'M VERY
DISCIPLINED, BUT I'M NOT

02:05:37.761 --> 02:05:42.442
STRUCTURALLY, BUT I'M LEARNING.
I LEARNED GOD AND FAMILY AND HOW

02:05:42.442 --> 02:05:45.652
IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE GOD
AND FAMILY AND MAKING THAT A

02:05:45.652 --> 02:05:48.981
PRIORITY. I'VE LEARNED WISDOM
WITH BRENDA. I'VE LEARNED

02:05:48.981 --> 02:05:52.252
RESTRAINT FROM BRENDA. YOU KNOW
HOW MANY TIMES THOSE OF YOU THAT

02:05:52.252 --> 02:05:55.341
ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE WANTED
TO FAKE MY NAME AND RESPOND AS

02:05:55.341 --> 02:05:59.240
SOME IDIOTS? AND SHE'S LIKE,
"YOU CAN'T DO THAT." I'M LIKE,

02:05:59.240 --> 02:06:01.311
"WELL, IF I JUST MAKE UP A NAME,
"IT DOESN'T MATTER." "NO, YOU

02:06:01.311 --> 02:06:04.230
CAN'T DO THAT, GOD'S WATCHING."
"OKAY, I CAN'T DO THAT."

02:06:04.230 --> 02:06:06.733
SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE LAST

02:06:06.733 --> 02:06:10.404
TWO. MY FIRST SPIRITUAL MOTHER,
GERMAINE, I LEARNED SOMETHING

02:06:10.404 --> 02:06:13.907
FROM HER. SHE WAS ANOTHER LITTLE
SHORT LADY. AND I LEARNED FROM

02:06:13.907 --> 02:06:19.078
HER THE BIBLE. LET ME SAY THIS,
IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU

02:06:19.078 --> 02:06:21.413
DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE, HERE'S
WHAT SHE WOULD TEACH ME TO DO.

02:06:21.413 --> 02:06:24.381
SHE WOULD... LITERALLY,
I REMEMBER THE FIRST

02:06:24.381 --> 02:06:29.212
TIME I SHOWED UP AT HER HOUSE, I
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, THIS LITTLE

02:06:29.212 --> 02:06:33.561
SPITBALL WOMAN, FIREMAN, SHE
WALKED WITH GOD, AND I WAS FIVE

02:06:33.561 --> 02:06:35.902
MINUTES LATE. SHE OPENED THE
DOOR, THE LITTLE CHAIN WAS STUCK

02:06:35.902 --> 02:06:39.021
TO HER APARTMENT DOOR. SHE
SAID, "YOU'RE FIVE MINUTES LATE.

02:06:39.021 --> 02:06:42.740
"DON'T EVER BE LATE AGAIN, BYE,
SEE YOU TOMORROW." AND I LEARNED

02:06:42.740 --> 02:06:46.701
TIMELINESS. AND SHE TAUGHT ME
THAT IF YOU'RE A PERSON WHO'S

02:06:46.701 --> 02:06:52.822
ALWAYS LATE, IT'S WHY BLESSINGS
DON'T CATCH UP TO YOU. 'CAUSE IF

02:06:52.822 --> 02:06:56.212
YOU'RE LATE IN THE NATURAL,
YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE MISSING OUT

02:06:56.212 --> 02:06:58.822
ON YOUR BLESSING IN THE
SPIRITUAL. AND THAT'S A

02:06:58.822 --> 02:07:01.942
PRINCIPLE OF THE FIVE WISE
VIRGINS AND FIVE FOOLISH, THE

02:07:01.942 --> 02:07:06.292
FIVE WISE WERE ON TIME. THE
FOOLISH ONES WERE LATE AND THEY

02:07:06.292 --> 02:07:09.442
MISSED OUT ON THE BLESSING. SO
SHE TAUGHT ME TIMELINESS FOR THE

02:07:09.442 --> 02:07:13.551
MOST PART, EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES
TO HAIRCUTS, I'M ON TIME OR I'M

02:07:13.551 --> 02:07:16.881
EARLY. I LEARNED HOW TO DO THE
BIBLE. WHAT SHE WOULD DO IS

02:07:16.881 --> 02:07:19.881
SHE'D SAY, "OKAY, HANK, GENESIS
CHAPTER ONE. "WHAT'S IN GENESIS

02:07:19.881 --> 02:07:23.601
CHAPTER 1? "TELL ME WHAT
HAPPENS. "GENESIS CHAPTER 2,

02:07:23.601 --> 02:07:26.572
WHAT HAPPENS IN GENESIS 2?"
THEN SHE GOT ON TO THE BOOK OF

02:07:26.572 --> 02:07:29.271
LEVITICUS, AND THAT WAS WHEN IT
WAS REALLY, "WHAT'S LEVITICUS

02:07:29.271 --> 02:07:33.591
7? "I DON'T CARE, THAT'S A
WEIRD BOOK." YOU KNOW, AND SO I

02:07:33.591 --> 02:07:36.591
WOULD HAVE TO TELL HER. AND
THEN I'D HAVE TO DO SCRIPTURAL

02:07:36.591 --> 02:07:40.462
MEMORIZATION, WHERE I WOULD
LITERALLY, AND MARILYN WAS

02:07:40.462 --> 02:07:44.631
ANOTHER ONE, MARILYN COULD
MEMORIZE WHOLE BOOKS OF THE

02:07:44.631 --> 02:07:47.990
BIBLE. AND I LEARNED THE BIBLE.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT MARILYN,

02:07:47.990 --> 02:07:50.387
THE LAST ONE, 'CAUSE I GOTTA
GET READY. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN

02:07:50.387 --> 02:07:55.311
START GOING. SO WHEN I MET
MARILYN PROBABLY OVER, I MEAN,

02:07:55.311 --> 02:08:00.951
TWO, ALMOST THREE DECADES,
SHE WOULD GO OVER TO PAKISTAN,

02:08:00.951 --> 02:08:06.981
AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN. I
REMEMBER HER FIRST TIME SHE WENT

02:08:06.981 --> 02:08:10.881
INTO IRAN. AND SHE SAID, "HANK,
I'M GETTING READY TO GO INTO

02:08:10.881 --> 02:08:14.030
IRAN. "I'M GONNA MEET WITH ONE
OF THE TOP." I CAN'T SAY TOO

02:08:14.030 --> 02:08:18.591
MUCH 'CAUSE THIS IS PUBLIC. BUT
SHE SAID, "I'M MEETING WITH THE

02:08:18.591 --> 02:08:22.131
TOP, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, "AND I NEED AN

02:08:22.131 --> 02:08:25.822
ENTRANCE." AND I SAID,
"MARYLAND, I JUST HAD A VISION.

02:08:25.822 --> 02:08:31.641
I SAW THIS GUY AND HE'S GOT A
WEIRD SCAR AND WOUND AND IT'S

02:08:31.641 --> 02:08:35.030
ON," AND I EXPLAINED EXACTLY
WHERE IT IS. AND I SAID, "AND

02:08:35.030 --> 02:08:38.811
THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED." AND I
SAID, "IF YOU WILL SAY THIS TO

02:08:38.811 --> 02:08:44.212
HIM, NOT ONLY IS HE GONNA OPEN
UP IRAN TO YOU, BUT HE'S GONNA

02:08:44.212 --> 02:08:48.412
OPEN UP OTHERS AND YOU'RE GONNA
BE ABLE TO PREACH JESUS TO SOME

02:08:48.412 --> 02:08:52.252
OF THE HIGHEST RANKING IMAMS
IN IRAN." SO SHE SAID, "ARE YOU

02:08:52.252 --> 02:08:54.921
SURE YOU'RE HEARING GOD?" I
SAID, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT I SAW.

02:08:54.921 --> 02:08:57.771
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE." SO I
SAID, "IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST ASK

02:08:57.771 --> 02:09:01.192
A QUESTION. AND IF HE SAYS
NO, THEN SAY, 'OKAY, SOMEBODY

02:09:01.192 --> 02:09:06.082
SLIPPED ME A CARD TO ASK.'" BUT
IT HAPPENED. AND SHE WENT OVER

02:09:06.082 --> 02:09:11.061
THERE. SHE MET THIS GUY, HAD THE
EXACT SCAR, EXACT THING, EXACT

02:09:11.061 --> 02:09:14.811
LOCATION, AND IT OPENED UP
EVERYTHING. AND I REMEMBER HER

02:09:14.811 --> 02:09:19.042
TELLING ME SOMETHING. I WANT YOU
TO LISTEN. SHE'D SAY TO ME, "AND

02:09:19.042 --> 02:09:21.082
WHETHER YOU'RE A MOTHER OR
GRANDMOTHER TODAY," SHE WOULD

02:09:21.082 --> 02:09:26.091
SAY, "HANK, ASK GOD FOR HARD
THINGS." I SAID, "WELL, WHERE'S

02:09:26.091 --> 02:09:31.912
THAT BIBLICAL?" SHE SAID,
"ELIJAH." REMEMBER WHEN ELISHA

02:09:31.912 --> 02:09:36.529
ASKED FOR A DOUBLE PORTION? SHE
SAID, "ASK GOD FOR HARD THINGS."

02:09:36.529 --> 02:09:40.431
SHE GOES, "I ASK GOD, I WANNA
GO TO IRAN." AND I SAID, "WELL,

02:09:40.431 --> 02:09:42.771
MARILYN, IT'S NOT SAFE." AND SHE
SAID, "WELL, I HAD TO TELL MY

02:09:42.771 --> 02:09:47.362
HUSBAND "THAT I'M MORE SAFE
BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD "IN A

02:09:47.362 --> 02:09:52.192
HOSTILE COUNTRY WHERE WOMEN
AREN'T SUPPOSED TO PREACH "THAN

02:09:52.192 --> 02:09:56.212
I AM OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD IN
MY BATHTUB." AND SO SHE ALWAYS

02:09:56.212 --> 02:09:59.301
TAUGHT ME, AND IF YOU'RE HERE
TODAY OR YOU'RE WATCHING, HOW

02:09:59.301 --> 02:10:04.192
IMPORTANT IT IS NOT TO GET IN
FEAR. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO

02:10:04.192 --> 02:10:09.832
MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STRIVING
TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD. AND WE

02:10:09.832 --> 02:10:13.311
WOULD PRAY. AND ANOTHER THING
THAT SHE TAUGHT ME, CAN I TELL

02:10:13.311 --> 02:10:16.731
YOU WHAT SHE TAUGHT ME WHEN
SHE'D GET ON THE PHONE WITH ME?

02:10:16.731 --> 02:10:20.212
SHE NEVER WENT INTO WHAT SHE
NEEDED. THE FIRST THING SHE

02:10:20.212 --> 02:10:23.962
WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO ME IS,
"HANK, HOW ARE YOU DOING?" HER

02:10:23.962 --> 02:10:27.981
CONCERN AND CARE FOR THE
WELLBEING OF SOMEBODY ELSE

02:10:27.981 --> 02:10:32.572
BESIDES HERSELF WAS REFRESHING
IN A DAY WHERE MOST PEOPLE THINK

02:10:32.572 --> 02:10:36.412
ONLY OF THEMSELVES. SHE'D ALWAYS
SAY, "WHAT CAN I PRAY FOR YOU?"

02:10:36.412 --> 02:10:39.051
AND I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WOULD
CALL ME UP AND SHE'D SAY, "LET'S

02:10:39.051 --> 02:10:41.301
GET IN THE BIBLE TOGETHER." AND
I'D SAY, "MARIYLN, YOU'RE ONE OF

02:10:41.301 --> 02:10:45.720
THE BEST BIBLE TEACHERS "IN THE
WORLD. "I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR

02:10:45.720 --> 02:10:48.421
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TEACH ME."
AND SHE'D SAY, "OH NO, I'M NOT

02:10:48.421 --> 02:10:52.891
TEACHING YOU. "YOU'RE GONNA
TEACH ME TODAY." AND I WOULD SAY

02:10:52.891 --> 02:10:57.391
TO HER, I'D SAY, "MARIYLN, I AM
YOUNG IN THE LORD. "I DON'T KNOW

02:10:57.391 --> 02:11:00.451
ANYTHING. "I DON'T KNOW THE
BIBLE THAT WELL. "WHAT CAN I

02:11:00.451 --> 02:11:03.451
TEACH YOU?" AND SHE SAID THIS,
SHE SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER

02:11:03.451 --> 02:11:07.622
WHEN YOU SAW JESUS "AFTER,
YOU KNOW, WHEN HE FIRST WAS

02:11:07.622 --> 02:11:11.402
TALKING?" I SAID, "WELL, HE WAS
IN THE TEMPLE." SHE SAID, "YES,

02:11:11.402 --> 02:11:15.021
AND HE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS."
AND SHE SAID, "LET ME TEACH YOU

02:11:15.021 --> 02:11:19.082
SOMETHING. "NEVER QUESTION
GOD. "IT'S OKAY TO ASK HIM

02:11:19.082 --> 02:11:22.470
QUESTIONS." BUT SHE SAID,
"NEVER PUT HIM IN A PLACE OF

02:11:22.470 --> 02:11:25.740
INDICTMENT. "NEVER PUT HIM IN A
PLACE WHERE YOU'RE QUESTIONING

02:11:25.740 --> 02:11:30.780
HIM. "GOD, YOU SHOULD'VE, WHY
DIDN'T YOU?" AND I LEARNED THAT,

02:11:30.780 --> 02:11:35.162
SHE SAID, "ALWAYS BE IN A
POSITION "OF BEING TEACHABLE,

02:11:35.162 --> 02:11:40.231
ESPECIALLY WITH GOD, "BECAUSE
YOU'LL GO DEEPER." FAST FORWARD,

02:11:40.231 --> 02:11:46.561
SHE PROPHESIED A LOT OF THINGS
INTO MY LIFE. BUT I REMEMBER ONE

02:11:46.561 --> 02:11:49.591
OF THE LAST TIMES THAT WE TALKED
AND I ASKED HER A QUESTION, I

02:11:49.591 --> 02:11:53.252
SAID, "MARIYLN, YOU KNOW, THE
LORD HAS FULFILLED "THE WORD OF

02:11:53.252 --> 02:11:56.072
THE LORD OVER YOUR DAUGHTER,
ISABEL, "OR GRANDDAUGHTER,

02:11:56.072 --> 02:11:58.891
ISABEL." THAT WAS A VERY
POWERFUL WORD AT THE TIME WHEN

02:11:58.891 --> 02:12:01.981
ISABEL WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD.
GOD BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT

02:12:01.981 --> 02:12:07.530
ISABEL WOULD DO. AND I SAID,
"BUT GOD ALSO, MARILYN,

02:12:07.530 --> 02:12:11.131
FULFILLED THE WORD "THAT THE
LORD SPOKE THROUGH THIS VESSEL

02:12:11.131 --> 02:12:16.591
"THAT YOU WOULD LIVE INTO YOUR
90S, AROUND '93 TO '95." AND I

02:12:16.591 --> 02:12:19.442
SAID, "I GOTTA ASK YOU A
QUESTION. "WHAT IS THE SECRET OF

02:12:19.442 --> 02:12:23.612
LONGEVITY? "WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY, YOU KNOW, IS IT, YOU KNOW,

02:12:23.612 --> 02:12:27.301
"PEOPLE OFTEN SAY IT'S WHISKEY
AND CIGARETTE SMOKING." AND SHE

02:12:27.301 --> 02:12:31.201
GOES, "OH, HANK, YOU DON'T THINK
I'M DRINKING WHISKEY." AND I

02:12:31.201 --> 02:12:32.970
SAID, "THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M
SAYING. "I'M ASKING YOU, WHAT

02:12:32.970 --> 02:12:37.322
WOULD YOU TEACH ME?" IN FACT,
I THINK THIS WAS THE LAST TIME

02:12:37.322 --> 02:12:41.912
THAT I TALKED TO HER. HERE'S
WHAT SHE SAID. CAN I GIVE YOU

02:12:41.912 --> 02:12:44.976
QUICK POINTS? IN CLOSING, SINCE
I DIDN'T GIVE YOU MUCH BIBLE,

02:12:44.976 --> 02:12:48.391
I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU. NUMBER
ONE, SHE SAID, "LIVE RIGHT AND

02:12:48.391 --> 02:12:54.481
TALK RIGHT." LOOK AT PSALM 34
VERY QUICKLY. IT SAYS, "HE THAT

02:12:54.481 --> 02:12:59.645
DESIRES LIFE," AND IF YOU WANNA
HAVE GOOD DAYS, PSALM 34:12,

02:12:59.645 --> 02:13:03.152
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU
WANNA SEE GOOD. ARE YOU READY?

02:13:03.152 --> 02:13:05.970
"KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL."
SHE SAID, "I NEVER SPEAK BAD

02:13:05.970 --> 02:13:10.112
OVER MY BODY. "I NEVER SAY THAT
MY BACK IS KILLING ME. "I NEVER

02:13:10.112 --> 02:13:15.752
SAY LIFE STINKS. I DON'T SPEAK
BAD. I DON'T PUT CREATIVE WORDS

02:13:15.752 --> 02:13:19.591
OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE ABOUT MY
CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY

02:13:19.591 --> 02:13:26.072
MARRIAGE. I DON'T SPEAK THOSE
THINGS AT ALL. I HAVE TRAINED MY

02:13:26.072 --> 02:13:30.930
MOUTH." SOME OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, YOU NEED TO TRAIN YOUR

02:13:30.930 --> 02:13:34.112
MOUTH. IT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT
HAVING GOOD DAYS. AND IF YOU'RE

02:13:34.112 --> 02:13:36.962
NOT CAREFUL, YOU'RE GONNA CUT
YOUR LIFE SHORT. IF YOU WANT TO,

02:13:36.962 --> 02:13:39.662
NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU
DESIRE LIFE, YOU WANT TO SEE

02:13:39.662 --> 02:13:43.561
GOOD DAYS, LOOK AT VERSE 13.
HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS, TALK RIGHT.

02:13:43.561 --> 02:13:49.292
KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM SPEAKING
WRONG, FROM SPEAKING EVIL, AND

02:13:49.292 --> 02:13:54.362
YOUR LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE.
IT SAYS, DEPART FROM EVIL. SHE

02:13:54.362 --> 02:13:56.942
TAUGHT ME ANOTHER THING. HANK,
YOU KNOW WHAT, THE KEY TO

02:13:56.942 --> 02:14:00.362
LONGEVITY IS DEPART FROM
EVIL. DO GOOD, ALWAYS IN EVERY

02:14:00.362 --> 02:14:06.212
SITUATION, LOOK TO DO GOOD.
TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT, DO RIGHT,

02:14:06.212 --> 02:14:11.551
TALK RIGHT, LIVE AS AN HONORABLE
PERSON. I LEARNED THAT FROM HER,

02:14:11.551 --> 02:14:14.462
AND THEN KEEP YOUR TONGUE RIGHT.
SECOND, SHE SAID, "CHOOSE YOUR

02:14:14.462 --> 02:14:18.780
SUNSETS AND YOUR SUNRISES."
PSALM 91, VERSE 16. I SAID,

02:14:18.780 --> 02:14:22.351
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" NOTICE THIS
VERSE, "WITH LONG LIFE, I WILL

02:14:22.351 --> 02:14:26.042
SATISFY HIM." GOD WANTS YOU TO
LIVE LONG. "AND I'LL SHOW HIM MY

02:14:26.042 --> 02:14:30.511
SALVATION." NOW THAT WORD
SATISFY HAS THE CONNOTATION IN

02:14:30.511 --> 02:14:35.311
THE HEBREW, AS MANY SUNSETS AND
SUNRISES AS YOU CHOOSE. THAT'S

02:14:35.311 --> 02:14:39.145
WHY YOU'LL BE SATISFIED. AS YOU
CHOOSE ACCORDING TO THE LIFE OF

02:14:39.145 --> 02:14:45.030
SPAN. SHE SAID, "TELL GOD, WHAT
AGE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE TO?" SHE

02:14:45.030 --> 02:14:49.588
SAID, "I TOLD THE LORD I WANTED
TO LIVE "TO BE AT LEAST 90.

02:14:49.588 --> 02:14:53.671
"I'VE CHOSEN MY SUNSET AND MY
SUNRISES." NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT

02:14:53.671 --> 02:14:59.101
THAT. NUMBER THREE, SHE SAID,
"WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE," EXODUS

02:14:59.101 --> 02:15:02.912
34, VERSE 6, "IF YOU WANT GOOD
DAYS, "IF YOU WANT LONG LIFE,

02:15:02.912 --> 02:15:07.652
YOU HAVE TO NEVER QUESTION GOD,
"SETTLE IT IN YOUR HEART, AND

02:15:07.652 --> 02:15:11.252
NEVER FORGET THIS. "WHEN GOD
INTRODUCED HIMSELF, HE'S NOT

02:15:11.252 --> 02:15:14.912
SCHIZOPHRENIC. "HE IS
CONSISTENT, HE DOESN'T CHANGE.

02:15:14.912 --> 02:15:18.271
"WHEN HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO
MOSES, "HERE'S WHAT HE SAID, 'I

02:15:18.271 --> 02:15:21.662
AM THE LORD AND I'M
MERCIFUL. "I'M GRACIOUS, I'M

02:15:21.662 --> 02:15:24.990
LONG-SUFFERING, "AND I'M
SO ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND

02:15:24.990 --> 02:15:29.162
TRUTH.'" SHE SAID, "ESTABLISH
IT IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD IS

02:15:29.162 --> 02:15:35.252
ABSOLUTELY 100% ALWAYS GOOD."
SHE GOES, "IF YOU DON'T SETTLE

02:15:35.252 --> 02:15:39.271
THAT "WHEN CHALLENGES RISES IN
YOUR LIFE, "YOU MAY OPEN THE

02:15:39.271 --> 02:15:43.171
DOOR TO THE WRONG THINKING,
WHICH OPENS THE DOOR TO THE

02:15:43.171 --> 02:15:47.701
WRONG." ESTABLISH THAT GOD
IS GOOD. NUMBER FOUR, ARE YOU

02:15:47.701 --> 02:15:52.292
READY? SHE SAID, "AS YOU DECLARE
YOUR SUNSETS, DECLARE YOUR

02:15:52.292 --> 02:15:55.801
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT." GENESIS 15,
VERSE 15, THAT'S WHAT SHE TAUGHT

02:15:55.801 --> 02:15:58.680
ME. "AND THOU SHALL GO TO YOUR
FATHERS." THIS IS THE ABRAHAMIC

02:15:58.680 --> 02:16:01.891
COVENANT. NOTICE HOW YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO GO IN PEACE. YOU'RE

02:16:01.891 --> 02:16:04.442
SUPPOSED TO DIE IN PEACE.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE BY A

02:16:04.442 --> 02:16:08.970
TRAGEDY, A CALAMITY, A SICKNESS
OR DISEASE. DOES THAT HAPPEN IN

02:16:08.970 --> 02:16:13.351
LIFE? YES, BUT THAT'S NOT, IT'S
NOT THE HIGH BAR STANDARD OF

02:16:13.351 --> 02:16:16.261
WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN YOUR
COVENANT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO

02:16:16.261 --> 02:16:19.292
IN PEACE, NOTHING MISSING,
NOTHING BROKEN. YOU KNOW WHAT

02:16:19.292 --> 02:16:22.201
SHE SAID SHE PRAYED, HER AND HER
HUSBAND WALLY? HERE'S WHAT THEY

02:16:22.201 --> 02:16:25.591
PRAYED EVERY SINGLE DAY. FATHER,
WE, WHEN WE DEPART THIS EARTH,

02:16:25.591 --> 02:16:29.761
WE'LL DIE IN PEACE. NOT AS A
RESULT OF A SICKNESS, DISEASE, A

02:16:29.761 --> 02:16:33.631
TRAGEDY, A CALAMITY, NOT AS A
RESULT OF A MENTAL DISORDER,

02:16:33.631 --> 02:16:37.021
DISEASE, OR LOSS. "WE'LL GO IN
PEACE AND WE'LL NEVER BE HELD

02:16:37.021 --> 02:16:41.162
"IN THE JAWS OF DEATH, BUT WE'LL
BE WELCOMED "INTO THE GATES OF

02:16:41.162 --> 02:16:44.221
GLORY AND IN A GOOD OLD AGE."
LOOK AT THAT PROMISE, GENESIS

02:16:44.221 --> 02:16:47.971
15:15. ALL RIGHT, NOTICE THAT'S
THE PROMISE. YOU SAY, "WELL,

02:16:47.971 --> 02:16:51.512
THAT WAS ABRAHAM." GO OVER TO
GALATIANS 3, STAND TO YOUR FEET.

02:16:51.512 --> 02:16:55.682
VERSES 13 THROUGH 14, "CHRIST
HAS REDEEMED US "FROM THE CURSE,

02:16:55.682 --> 02:16:58.861
BEING MADE A CURSE, AND IT'S
WRITTEN, "'CURSED IS EVERYONE

02:16:58.861 --> 02:17:02.252
THAT HANGS ON A TREE.'" JESUS
HUNG ON A TREE, WHY? LOOK AT THE

02:17:02.252 --> 02:17:06.061
BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM, IT'S NOW
OURS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. SO,

02:17:06.061 --> 02:17:09.602
SO, YOU COULD PUT AN SO, SO THAT
THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM MIGHT

02:17:09.602 --> 02:17:13.322
COME ON US, THE GENTILES, RIGHT?
THE NONJEWS, THROUGH JESUS

02:17:13.322 --> 02:17:16.801
CHRIST. AND WE RECEIVE THE
PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH

02:17:16.801 --> 02:17:20.162
FAITH. YOU RECEIVE THE RIGHTS
AND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE

02:17:20.162 --> 02:17:24.242
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. LOOK AT
GENESIS 25, VERSE 8. LOOK AT

02:17:24.242 --> 02:17:29.072
WHAT HAPPENED TO ABRAHAM. HOW
DID HE DIE? ABRAHAM GAVE UP THE

02:17:29.072 --> 02:17:33.961
GHOST, HE DIED. HE DIED IN A
GOOD WHAT? HE FULFILLED HIS

02:17:33.961 --> 02:17:37.742
COVENANT RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT
MARILYN SAID, THAT'S WHAT YOU

02:17:37.742 --> 02:17:40.832
SAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU CLAIM,
THAT'S WHAT YOU STAND FOR. AND

02:17:40.832 --> 02:17:47.221
AS AN OLD MAN, FULL OF YEARS,
AND WAS GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE,

02:17:47.221 --> 02:17:51.540
HE DIED PEACEFULLY. LASTLY,
HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID TO ME. ARE

02:17:51.540 --> 02:17:56.941
YOU READY FOR THIS ONE? SHE
SAID, "DO YOUR BEST TO EAT RIGHT

02:17:56.941 --> 02:18:03.506
"AND FIND WAYS TO EXERCISE."
RIGHT, BE ACTIVE, STAY ACTIVE.

02:18:05.131 --> 02:18:09.631
HEAVENLY FATHER, AS I DID MY
BEST TO SHARE SOME STORIES AND

02:18:09.631 --> 02:18:13.230
GIVE EXAMPLES OUT OF THE BIBLE
IN MY OWN LIFE, I PRAY SOMEWHERE

02:18:13.230 --> 02:18:17.971
THAT PEOPLE RECEIVED A LITTLE
NUGGET IN THEIR HEARTS THAT WILL

02:18:17.971 --> 02:18:22.923
GROW UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL HARVEST
FOR THEIR OWN LIFE. I PRAY TODAY

02:18:22.923 --> 02:18:26.551
IN CLOSING FOR MOTHERS AND
FOR GRANDMOTHERS AND GREAT

02:18:26.551 --> 02:18:31.141
GRANDMOTHERS AND MAYBE GREAT
GREAT, THAT FATHER, YOU WILL

02:18:31.141 --> 02:18:35.822
BLESS THEM. WE HONOR THEM TODAY.
AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE

02:18:35.822 --> 02:18:38.221
THEM THE FULFILLMENT OF THEIR
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT, THAT YOU

02:18:38.221 --> 02:18:41.790
WOULD EVEN GIVE THEM GREATER
LONGEVITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF

02:18:41.790 --> 02:18:45.691
LIFE, OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS,
SOUND MIND. AND MAY THEIR

02:18:45.691 --> 02:18:50.700
CHILDREN ALL RISE UP, FATHER, IF
THEY'RE STILL ALIVE, AND THEIR

02:18:50.700 --> 02:18:53.252
GRANDCHILDREN, AND
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND CALL

02:18:53.252 --> 02:18:57.422
THEM BLESSED. AND I PRAY,
FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD CAUSE, IF

02:18:57.422 --> 02:19:02.252
THERE'S BEEN ANY HURTS OR PAINS
THAT HAVE COME INTO THE HEARTS

02:19:02.252 --> 02:19:08.730
OF THE WOMEN, THAT THIS DAY,
THAT THEIR REPROACH, AND THEIR

02:19:08.730 --> 02:19:13.832
PAINS, AND THEIR SORROW, LIKE
THE STONE BEFORE THE GRAVE OF

02:19:13.832 --> 02:19:18.870
YESHUA, WOULD BE ROLLED AWAY.
AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SMILE

02:19:18.870 --> 02:19:24.031
DOWN UPON THEM, AND CAUSE THEIR
FAMILIES TO BE BLESSED, THEIR

02:19:24.031 --> 02:19:28.711
PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED, AND WE
HONOR YOU THIS DAY, OUR GOD. AND

02:19:28.711 --> 02:19:32.162
EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. HEY,
THANKS FOR JUST LETTING ME BE

02:19:32.162 --> 02:19:37.262
KIND OF A DAD TODAY, AND JUST
SHARE, SO I LOVE YOU. NEXT WEEK

02:19:37.262 --> 02:19:41.131
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN A NATION AND ITS

02:19:41.131 --> 02:19:46.471
LEADER DEDICATES ITSELF TO GOD.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT

02:19:46.471 --> 02:19:50.012
TIME, SO I LOVE YOU. PASTOR
DOUG, COME. THANK YOU, COLLEEN,

02:19:50.012 --> 02:20:01.201
AS WELL. MAKE SURE YOU GO SEE
HER AS WELL... NOW MAYBE I'M ON.

02:20:01.201 --> 02:20:05.162
THERE WE GO, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THOSE SWITCHES CAN GET KIND OF

02:20:05.162 --> 02:20:09.332
CONFUSING SOMETIMES. THOSE OF
YOU THAT HAVE ASSIGNMENTS IN THE

02:20:09.332 --> 02:20:12.811
INFORMATION CENTER OR CONNECT
CAFE CAN BE DISMISSED AT THIS

02:20:12.811 --> 02:20:15.182
POINT IN TIME. I'M GONNA ASK
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE

02:20:15.182 --> 02:20:18.662
REMAINING, JUST BE WITH ME FOR
ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES IF YOU CAN

02:20:18.662 --> 02:20:26.762
BE SEATED AT THIS TIME. ALTAR
TEAM, YOU CAN COME UP HERE, RUN

02:20:26.762 --> 02:20:29.971
UP HERE QUICKLY IF YOU'RE ON THE
ALTAR TEAM ASSIGNMENTS TODAY.

02:20:29.971 --> 02:20:36.602
OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE HERE TO MAKE
THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO OFFER

02:20:36.602 --> 02:20:39.631
THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT IF YOU
NEED PRAYER TODAY FOR ANYTHING

02:20:39.631 --> 02:20:43.412
IN YOUR LIFE. THEY'RE HERE.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE. THEY'RE

02:20:43.412 --> 02:20:47.912
APPROVED BY PASTOR HANK AND
BRENDA TO BE ON THIS TEAM. IT'S

02:20:47.912 --> 02:20:51.512
AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
MINISTRY HERE. THEY ARE PRAYER

02:20:51.512 --> 02:20:56.456
WARRIORS. THEY SEE ANSWERS TO
PRAYER EVERY WEEK. MAKE THAT

02:20:56.456 --> 02:21:00.131
AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED TO IN YOUR
LIFE TODAY. THEY'RE HERE. AT THE

02:21:00.131 --> 02:21:02.683
END OF THE SERVICE, YOU'RE JUST
FREE TO COME ON UP AND WE'LL

02:21:02.683 --> 02:21:05.951
GUIDE YOU TO SOMEONE THAT CAN
PRAY FOR YOU. PASTOR HANK JUST

02:21:05.951 --> 02:21:09.731
REMINDED US THAT MARILYN HICKEY
SAID, "WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE

02:21:09.731 --> 02:21:17.201
STRIVING TO BE IN THE WILL OF
GOD." THAT HIT ME BECAUSE THAT'S

02:21:17.201 --> 02:21:20.685
VERY TRUE. EVEN AS CHRISTIANS,
WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO DO A

02:21:20.685 --> 02:21:23.981
BETTER JOB BEING IN THE WILL OF
GOD AND FOLLOWING HIS DIRECTION.

02:21:23.981 --> 02:21:28.871
BUT THE INITIAL STEP IS REALLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT. THE INITIAL

02:21:28.871 --> 02:21:33.012
STEP TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD IS
WHEN YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AND

02:21:33.012 --> 02:21:37.031
MAKE HIM YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
BECAUSE UNTIL THEN, YOU CANNOT

02:21:37.031 --> 02:21:43.602
BE IN HIS WILL, UNLESS YOU
RECEIVE WHAT HE SENT JESUS TO DO

02:21:43.602 --> 02:21:48.433
FOR US. AND I ASKED THE TEAM
TO PUT UP EPHESIANS 2:13 FOR ME

02:21:48.433 --> 02:21:53.561
TODAY, BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT
UNTIL WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP

02:21:53.561 --> 02:21:58.512
WITH JESUS, WE CAN'T BE IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. IT SAYS

02:21:58.512 --> 02:22:01.961
THIS OUT OF THE NEW LIVING, "BUT
NOW YOU HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH

02:22:01.961 --> 02:22:05.683
CHRIST JESUS "ONCE YOU WERE FAR
AWAY FROM GOD." THAT'S EVERY ONE

02:22:05.683 --> 02:22:09.701
OF US, WE'RE AT ONE TIME FAR
AWAY FROM GOD. "BUT NOW YOU'VE

02:22:09.701 --> 02:22:14.200
BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO HIM
"THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST."

02:22:14.200 --> 02:22:17.832
THAT'S HOW WE GET THERE. YOU
KNOW, SIN SEPARATES EVERY MAN

02:22:17.832 --> 02:22:21.551
THAT'S BORN IN THE WORLD. EVERY
BABY, EVERY CHILD IS SEPARATED

02:22:21.551 --> 02:22:25.662
BY SIN. AS ADORABLE AS THEY ARE,
THEY'RE BORN INTO THIS WORLD

02:22:25.662 --> 02:22:30.384
WITH A SIN NATURE. SIN SEPARATES
THEM. AND ONCE THEY BECOME

02:22:30.384 --> 02:22:33.822
ACCOUNTABLE AT AN AGE THAT THEY
CAN RECEIVE JESUS, THEY HAVE TO

02:22:33.822 --> 02:22:38.981
MAKE THAT DECISION. AND SO I
WANT TO ASK YOU TODAY, HAVE YOU

02:22:38.981 --> 02:22:43.183
MADE THAT DECISION FOR JESUS
CHRIST? THAT'S YOUR FIRST STEP.

02:22:43.183 --> 02:22:48.162
IT'S YOUR ONLY STEP TO HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL LIFE ON THIS EARTH

02:22:48.162 --> 02:22:53.082
AND SUCCESS IN ETERNITY. HELL
IS A REAL PLACE. I KNOW IT'S NOT

02:22:53.082 --> 02:22:56.441
POPULAR TO TALK ABOUT HELL. I
KNOW THE WOKE CHURCHES AND THE

02:22:56.441 --> 02:22:59.561
WOKE PASTORS WON'T EVEN MENTION
IT TODAY. IT'S NOT EVEN A

02:22:59.561 --> 02:23:02.951
SUBJECT THEY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE IT

02:23:02.951 --> 02:23:07.602
COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE. BUT
IT'S MY JOB AND IT'S OUR JOB AS

02:23:07.602 --> 02:23:13.422
A MINISTRY TO TELL PEOPLE TRUTH.
AND THE TRUTH IS, ONCE PEOPLE

02:23:13.422 --> 02:23:16.092
LEAVE THIS EARTH, IF THEY
HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION FOR

02:23:16.092 --> 02:23:20.981
JESUS, THEY HAVE AN ETERNITY TO
FACE IN AN EVERLASTING PLACE OF

02:23:20.981 --> 02:23:25.722
TORMENT CALLED HELL. AND LET ME
GUARANTEE YOU THIS, NONE OF YOU

02:23:25.722 --> 02:23:28.422
WOULD EVER WANT TO BE THERE. IF
YOU WERE THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES,

02:23:28.422 --> 02:23:32.262
YOU'D SAY, I NEED ANOTHER
CHANCE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE

02:23:32.262 --> 02:23:34.706
PEOPLE MAKE THE DECISION TO GO
THERE AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE

02:23:34.706 --> 02:23:39.912
DECISION, YOU CAN'T REVERSE
THAT DECISION. THERE'S NO PAROLE

02:23:39.912 --> 02:23:45.311
BOARD IN HELL. YOU'RE THERE FOR
ETERNITY. YOU KNOW, TODAY YOU

02:23:45.311 --> 02:23:49.002
MAY GO OUT FOR A NICE MOTHER'S
DAY DINNER AND YOU GET A NAP OR

02:23:49.002 --> 02:23:51.402
YOU GO TO BED TONIGHT AND YOU
LAY ON A COMFORTABLE BED AND PUT

02:23:51.402 --> 02:23:55.512
YOUR HEAD ON A SOFT PILLOW.
THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN IN HELL.

02:23:55.512 --> 02:24:00.912
YOU'RE IN ETERNAL TORMENT. BUT
IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS, THERE ARE

02:24:00.912 --> 02:24:06.041
GLORIES FOREVERMORE. IT'LL BE A
BEAUTIFUL ETERNITY. AND COMPARED

02:24:06.041 --> 02:24:08.621
TO THIS LITTLE SHORT LIFE,
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE

02:24:08.621 --> 02:24:13.481
FOCUSING ON. ETERNITY. WHAT ARE
YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE NOW TO

02:24:13.481 --> 02:24:16.871
SERVE JESUS SO THAT SOMEDAY YOU
CAN BE WITH HIM AND RULE AND

02:24:16.871 --> 02:24:24.912
REIGN WITH JESUS CHRIST? IT'LL
BE WONDERFUL. SO I WANT TO DO

02:24:24.912 --> 02:24:28.152
THIS TODAY. I WANT JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE'S NO ONE HERE

02:24:28.152 --> 02:24:30.972
THAT WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT
DECISION AND YOU WOULD LEAVE

02:24:30.972 --> 02:24:37.677
THIS PLACE NOT KNOWING FOR SURE,
100%, THAT HEAVEN IS YOUR HOME.

02:24:37.677 --> 02:24:41.621
OR MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU

02:24:41.621 --> 02:24:44.893
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD SO THAT

02:24:44.893 --> 02:24:47.592
HEAVEN CAN BE YOUR HOME FOR
ETERNITY. I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR

02:24:47.592 --> 02:24:52.152
HEADS WITH ME IF YOU WOULD.
DON'T LET ANYTHING HOLD YOU

02:24:52.152 --> 02:24:56.424
BACK. PRIDE HOLDS PEOPLE BACK,
UNFORTUNATELY. PRIDE IS THE

02:24:56.424 --> 02:25:00.102
THING THAT HOLDS MOST PEOPLE
BACK FROM RECEIVING WHAT GOD HAS

02:25:00.102 --> 02:25:03.522
FOR THEM. PRIDE IS THE VERY
THING THAT GOT LUCIFER THROWN

02:25:03.522 --> 02:25:08.922
OUT OF HEAVEN. PRIDE. DO NOT LET
PRIDE HOLD YOU BACK. IF YOU NEED

02:25:08.922 --> 02:25:11.861
JESUS, I WANT YOU TO RESPOND
TODAY. I'M GOING TO COUNT TO

02:25:11.861 --> 02:25:15.222
THREE IN JUST A MOMENT. WHEN I
COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK

02:25:15.222 --> 02:25:17.801
YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY BOLD.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE

02:25:17.801 --> 02:25:20.231
YOUR HAND IF YOU NEED JESUS.
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY. THAT'S

02:25:20.231 --> 02:25:23.711
WHERE IT STARTS, JUST A SIMPLE
PRAYER. AND YOU CAN ASK JESUS TO

02:25:23.711 --> 02:25:26.291
COME INTO YOUR HEART, AND THEN
YOU START FOLLOWING HIM. MAKE

02:25:26.291 --> 02:25:29.502
HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. IT'LL
BE THE BEST DECISION YOU'VE EVER

02:25:29.502 --> 02:25:32.352
MADE. SOME OF YOU HAVE MOTHERS
AND GRANDMOTHERS THAT ARE IN

02:25:32.352 --> 02:25:37.002
HEAVEN. TODAY, THEY'RE CHEERING
YOU ON, SAYING THEY HOPE TO SEE

02:25:37.002 --> 02:25:40.242
YOU SOMEDAY. YOU'LL NEVER SEE
THEM UNLESS YOU MAKE JESUS

02:25:40.242 --> 02:25:43.811
CHRIST YOUR LORD. WHEN I COUNT
TO THREE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO

02:25:43.811 --> 02:25:47.231
RAISE YOUR HAND ALL OVER THIS
AUDITORIUM IF YOU NEED JESUS.

02:25:47.231 --> 02:25:53.291
ONE, TWO, THREE. HANDS UP IF YOU
NEED JESUS TODAY AND YOU WANNA

02:25:53.291 --> 02:25:57.762
MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR
LIFE. RAISE YOUR HAND HIGH. I

02:25:57.762 --> 02:26:01.602
SEE HANDS IN HERE. I'M GONNA
ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. IF

02:26:01.602 --> 02:26:05.592
YOU'LL STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE
AT TODAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO

02:26:05.592 --> 02:26:08.861
BE BOLD. DON'T LET PRIDE HOLD
YOU BACK. DON'T LET ANYTHING

02:26:08.861 --> 02:26:11.801
HOLD YOU BACK. RUN DOWN HERE
TO SEE ME, AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY

02:26:11.801 --> 02:26:15.881
TOGETHER TODAY. BEFORE YOU LEAVE
THIS PLACE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT ON

02:26:15.881 --> 02:26:19.092
MOTHER'S DAY 2026, YOU MADE
JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR

02:26:19.092 --> 02:26:21.582
LIFE. GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT
RIGHT NOW AND COME DOWN HERE,

02:26:21.582 --> 02:26:22.902
AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY
AND GET THIS TAKEN

02:26:22.902 --> 02:26:24.844
CARE OF. GIVE 'EM A
HAND AS THEY COME.

02:26:24.844 --> 02:26:27.941
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

02:26:27.941 --> 02:26:34.902
THOSE HANDS RAISED. COME ON DOWN
HERE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN. WE'RE

02:26:34.902 --> 02:26:39.881
WAITING FOR YOU. DON'T LET
ANYTHING HOLD YOU BACK. THE

02:26:39.881 --> 02:26:43.121
USHERS, I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE OF
THE LIGHTS, THE USHERS POINTED,

02:26:43.121 --> 02:26:45.072
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT RAISED THEIR
HANDS. YOU NEED TO COME DOWN

02:26:45.072 --> 02:26:48.731
HERE NOW. DON'T LET PRIDE HOLD
YOU BACK. COME DOWN HERE. GET UP

02:26:48.731 --> 02:26:52.512
OUT OF YOUR SEAT. WE'LL WAIT FOR
YOU. JUST ANOTHER MOMENT. LET'S

02:26:52.512 --> 02:26:57.162
MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST.
EVERY TIME JESUS CALLED SOMEONE,

02:26:57.162 --> 02:27:02.951
HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. WHO
IS IT HERE? YOU NEED JESUS. YOU

02:27:02.951 --> 02:27:05.621
NEED TO COME DOWN AND MAKE THAT
DECISION. OR MAYBE YOU'VE FALLEN

02:27:05.621 --> 02:27:09.522
AWAY FROM HIM. YOU NEED TO
RECOMMIT YOUR LIFE. DON'T LET

02:27:09.522 --> 02:27:17.893
THIS OPPORTUNITY GO BY. I'M
WAITING FOR JUST ANOTHER MOMENT.

02:27:17.893 --> 02:27:22.961
IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, I WANT
YOU TO COME DOWN HERE. IF YOU'RE

02:27:22.961 --> 02:27:26.022
WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU
NEED JESUS, YOU CAN ACCEPT HIM

02:27:26.022 --> 02:27:30.822
RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. IT STARTS
WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. LET'S DO

02:27:30.822 --> 02:27:37.002
THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER AS A
GROUP. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK

02:27:37.002 --> 02:27:43.541
YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE
HE WENT TO THE CROSS. HE DIED

02:27:43.541 --> 02:27:50.592
FOR ME. HE WAS BURIED, AND HE
ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY.

02:27:50.592 --> 02:27:57.701
JESUS, I WANT YOU TO BECOME THE
LORD OF MY LIFE. I WANT TO SERVE

02:27:57.701 --> 02:28:02.352
YOU ALL THE DAYS THAT I'M ON
THIS EARTH, AND I WANT TO BE

02:28:02.352 --> 02:28:09.402
WITH YOU IN HEAVEN. SO AT THIS
POINT, I ASK YOU, FORGIVE ME FOR

02:28:09.402 --> 02:28:15.852
SIN IN MY LIFE. MAKE ME A NEW
PERSON, AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU.

02:28:15.852 --> 02:28:22.781
GUIDE ME, DIRECT ME, AND WATCH
OVER ME AS I DO MY BEST TO SERVE

02:28:22.781 --> 02:28:29.075
YOU. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. AND
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY,

02:28:29.075 --> 02:28:33.102
YOU'VE MADE THAT INITIAL STEP
TOWARDS HIM. AND IF YOU RAISED

02:28:33.102 --> 02:28:36.762
YOUR HAND IN HERE BUT YOU DIDN'T
COME DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON,

02:28:36.762 --> 02:28:39.311
YOU CAN STILL COME DOWN AND TALK
TO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE

02:28:39.311 --> 02:28:41.742
TODAY. THEY'LL GIVE YOU
INFORMATION AND HELP YOU WITH

02:28:41.742 --> 02:28:44.801
THE FIRST STEPS THAT YOU NEED TO
MAKE. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE,

02:28:44.801 --> 02:28:46.961
YOU CAN CALL OUR TOLL-FREE
PRAYER NUMBER. IT'S

02:28:46.961 --> 02:28:53.472
855-777-7907. 24 HOURS A DAY,
OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE

02:28:53.472 --> 02:28:56.143
AVAILABLE TO MINISTER TO YOU.
EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE

02:28:56.143 --> 02:28:59.412
ARCHIVES, YOU CAN CALL IN THAT
NUMBER AND RECEIVE JESUS, AND

02:28:59.412 --> 02:29:02.412
THEY'LL PRAY FOR YOU AND SEND
YOU THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE

02:29:02.412 --> 02:29:08.051
GAVE THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. GOD

02:29:08.051 --> 02:29:10.481
BLESS YOU AS YOU HAVE A
WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY. DON'T

02:29:10.481 --> 02:29:13.512
FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE
OF GOD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE'RE

02:29:13.512 --> 02:29:17.051
STILL CONTINUING OUR MESSAGE
ON AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK OF

02:29:17.051 --> 02:29:21.582
REVELATION. WE'RE LEARNING A LOT
ABOUT REVELATION AND IT'S A VERY

02:29:21.582 --> 02:29:23.436
IMPORTANT BOOK. SO COME
BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND

02:29:23.436 --> 02:29:25.466
WE'LL CONTINUE THAT STUDY.
GOD BLESS YOU, HAVE A

02:29:25.466 --> 02:29:27.635
WONDERFUL WEEK, AND
WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.
