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COME ON CHURCH. CAN YOU GET LOUD IN HERE TODAY? COME ON.
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HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. PRAISE
YOU, LORD! WE HONOR YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU. YES, LORD. BECAUSE
YOU ARE THE GREAT GOD WHO WE ESTEEM AS OUR KING, OUR GOD, AND
WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID,
"AMEN." WHOO, C'MON WAIT A MINUTE. IT'S TIME TO GET LOUD.
THAT WAS LIKE LOW LEVEL AMEN, MAN. OKAY, NOW THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN LOUDER, I GUESS. IT COULD HAVE BEEN LOUDER. YOU KNOW,
HEAVEN'S A LOUD PLACE, RIGHT? HIS VOICE IS THE VOICE OF MANY
WATERS. THERE'S THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M
GONNA TRY THIS AGAIN. LET'S SEE HERE. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAID.
AMEN! AMEN! THERE WE GO. THAT IS GOOD. I ACTUALLY HEARD FROM, NO,
I'M TEASING YOU TODAY. SO ANYWAY, HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING?
ARE YOU, WAS IT? OKAY, SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. I KNOW YOU
LOVE GOD. I KNOW YOU LOVE THIS PLACE, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH THE
RAIN AND WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.
HUMIDITY. OR HUMIDITY. HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU ROLLED OVER AND
YOU'RE LIKE, "UGH, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD DAY TO TAKE A
NAP." OR STAY, I KNOW YOU THOUGHT IT. BUT I DO GET EXCITED
TO COME TO CHURCH. WE GET EXCITED, THAT'S MY POINT. AND
THEN I KNOW I'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NAP AFTER
CHURCH. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S THE THING. ALL RIGHT, JESUS TOOK
NAPS. ANYBODY, HOW MANY OF YOU TAKE NAPS ON SUNDAY? ANYBODY
TAKE NAPS? THAT MEANS IT'S TIME TO GET BIBLICAL, RIGHT? THAT'S
WHY I FEED MY LITTLE SHIH TZU UNDERNEATH THE TABLE, BECAUSE
I'M MEMBER THE SCRIPTURE. EVEN THE DOGS GET THE CRUMBS.
SEE BRENDA, I'M HELPING OUT. SO, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD TO BE IN
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME. SO IT IS
ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO DO THIS. I'M SO HONORED THAT YOU
JOINED US TODAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE
WORLD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PUT LIKE A SUN IF IT'S SUNNY THERE. I
DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE LIKE THOSE LITTLE WHATEVER THEY CALL
THOSE THINGS OR CLOUDS OR IF IT'S RAINING. LET US KNOW WHAT
THE WEATHER IS WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. BUT
WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU JOINED US. I'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD WORD
TODAY. I'M EXCITED. TELL US ABOUT IT. SO LAST WEEK, HOW MANY
WERE HERE LAST WEEK IN THE HOUSE? AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT
YOUR HAND UP ONLINE, YOU COULD DO THAT. BUT I REALLY HAD A WORD
THAT I REALLY FELT LIKE THE LORD SPOKE TO ME THAT REALLY
ENCOURAGED ME. AND IT'S THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A NEW SEASON.
AND THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART ABOUT WHY SOME PRAYERS ARE
HINDERED, DELAYED, OR THEY DON'T HAPPEN FOR SOME PEOPLE. AND HE
TAUGHT US THE PRINCIPLES. WE'RE GONNA GO BACK OVER THAT. WE'RE
GONNA LOOK AT THE LORD'S PRAYER AGAIN, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A
LOT OF FUN. I THINK YOU TAUGHT SOME TRUTH OUT OF THOSE
SCRIPTURE, THAT SCRIPTURE LAST WEEK THAT, I MEAN, PERSONALLY,
IT REALLY SPOKE TO ME. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IN
ABUNDANCE, EVENTUALLY WE SOLIDIFY IT WITH OUR WORDS, AND
THAT WAS FANTASTIC. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR A PART TWO. AMEN, HOW
MANY OF YOU THIS WEEK, YOU ALIGNED YOUR WORDS BETTER? YES.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT, WELL, BEFORE WE WORSHIP, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF
YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT A CALL FROM OUR ANIMATOR. THEY ARE ALMOST
DONE WITH THREE VIDEOS. SO WE ARE SUPER, SUPER, SUPER EXCITED.
AND I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN'S SERIES, BRENDA. NINE STORIES ARE
IN THE CAN. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CAN, LIKE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? NOT LIKE YOU THREW IT AWAY, BUT
WAITING, WAITING FOR THEM TO BE PUT INTO BOOKS AND VIDEOS. SO
IT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING. BUT I RAN INTO A TOY, WELL, HE
WAS A TOY MAKER, AND ACTION FIGURES, HE WORKED FOR A TOY
COMPANY, ACTION FIGURES, HE WAS MAKING, HE SAID HE MADE SIX
FIGURES. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) BUT HE GOT FIRED AFTER TWO WEEKS
BECAUSE HE JUST WASN'T PRODUCING ENOUGH. SO I GUESS WE REALLY
CAN'T COUNT ON HIM FOR THE CHILDREN'S STUFF, YOU KNOW. HE
MADE SIX FIGURES. OKAY, WELL, ALL RIGHT. I SET EVERY ONE OF
YOU UP, DID I NOT? OKAY, ONLINE, YOU KNOW I SET YOU UP. JUST
ADMIT IT. WE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING. OH, YOU DID, OKAY. ALL
RIGHT, SO LET'S PULL IT BACK SPIRITUAL. ONE THING I DO WANT
TO SAY, NO, YOU DIDN'T GET IT, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. AND I WORKED
REALLY HARD TO FIGURE ALL THE COMPONENTS. THAT'S WHY WE'RE
LAUGHING. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY ON THE SPIRITUAL SIDE, BEFORE WE
WORSHIP, WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION TODAY. AND I
WANNA INVITE, YES, I ALWAYS LIKE IT TOO. AND I WANNA INVITE THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AS WELL AS THE BODY OF CHRIST. AND
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN THEIR HOMES OR
WHEREVER AND WE CAN PARTAKE TOGETHER. AMEN, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL
GET THOSE THINGS READY. AND RIGHT NOW THOUGH, WE ARE GONNA
WORSHIP GOD STRONG. LET'S WORSHIP HIM BOLD TODAY. THROW
YOUR HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, WAVE THEM A LITTLE BIT. A
PROPHETIC ACT THAT YOU ARE JUST WAVING AWAY THE WEAK. ANYTHING
THAT THE ENEMY TRIED TO SOW IN THE WEAK, COME ON, IT'S JUST
CAST OFF. GIVE GOD A PRAISE OFFERING. JUST SAY, LORD, I
PRAISE YOU RIGHT NOW. I HONOR YOU. I THANK YOU. THE ANOINTING
OF THE LORD IS GONNA BE IN THE HOUSE TODAY. TOUCH MY LIFE.
TOUCH MY MIND. TOUCH MY BODY. AND LORD, I PROMISE, COME ON,
ARE YOU READY TO SAY IT? TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST PRAISE. COME
ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT, AND LET'S PRAISE GOD TOGETHER.
COME ON, CHURCH.
HOPE YOU'RE NOT DONE SHOUTING YET.
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THANK YOU, LORD. WE HONOR YOU, KING JESUS. AND WE DEDICATE
OUR LIVES, OUR HEARTS, OUR MOTIVES, OUR INTENTS TO BE
VESSELS FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO USE US AND TO REST UPON US FOR
YOUR PURPOSE AND FOR YOUR HONOR. OH, HOW WE HONOR YOU. WE WORSHIP
YOU, BLESS YOU. I WANT US TO, AT THIS TIME, THE USHERS, IF YOU
COULD GO AHEAD AND LET'S SERVE HOLY COMMUNION AND LET'S HONOR
OUR GOD TOGETHER. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE
WORLD, I WANT YOU TO PARTAKE TOGETHER IN THE UNITY OF OUR
FAITH TOGETHER. LET'S CONTINUE TO WORSHIP, AND THEN WE WILL
RECEIVE THE LORD'S BODY AND BLOOD TOGETHER.
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I WANT US IN THIS ROOM, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO HONESTLY REFLECT WHAT JESUS WENT THROUGH.
YOU'RE AN INNOCENT MAN, FULLY GOD, FULLY MAN, GOD COMING TO
THE EARTH IN HUMAN FLESH, AND YET THE BIBLE DESCRIBES THAT HE
WAS, AS HE WENT FORTH ON THE CROSS, HE WAS LIKE A LAMB LED TO
THE SLAUGHTER. I ASKED THE LORD A QUESTION THIS WEEK, AND I WANT
YOU TO HEAR ME. I ASKED HIM, I SAID, "GOD, HOW DO I HAVE MORE
ENCOUNTERS WITH YOU, AND HOW DO I GO DEEPER?" AND HE SPOKE BACK
TO ME VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND HE SAID, "THE REASON MY PEOPLE,
MANY OF THEM BECOME FRUSTRATED, DISCOURAGED, UPSET, BECAUSE THEY
TOO DESIRE MORE." HE SAID, "BECAUSE EITHER THEY DON'T ENTER
IN OR THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ENTER IN TO MY PRESENCE." THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE TO ENTER HIS COURTS AND HIS GATES WITH
PRAISE. AND YET PEOPLE, WHEN THEY WORSHIP HIM, THEY WONDER
WHY THEY NEVER HAVE AN ENCOUNTER 'CAUSE THEY DON'T ENTER IN. THEY
STAND THERE, THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY GOTTA DO TOMORROW,
RIGHT? YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WHETHER IT'S GOOD SOUND, YOU
LIKE THE SONG, YOU AGREE WITH THE MUSIC, IT MIGHT BE TOO ROCK
AND ROLL-ISH, IT MIGHT BE THE, AND YOU NEVER EXPERIENCE,
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO ENTER IN. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO
ENTER IN. AND GOD KEPT SAYING TO ME, AS I ASKED HIM THE QUESTION,
I SAID, "HANK, JUST KEEP ENTERING IN." AND THEN HE SAID
THIS, HE SAID, "AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE DON'T ENTER, "THEY DON'T
EVER TAKE TIME TO JUST CREATE A PLACE FOR GOD." MOSES WAS TOLD
BY GOD, "MEET ME AT A PLACE CALLED THERE." WE DON'T HAVE A
THERE TO MEET GOD, A PLACE WHERE WE MEET WITH HIM. WE'LL NEVER
ENTER INTO THE DEEPER THINGS. AND SO YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT DOES
THAT HAVE TO DO WITH COMMUNION?" IF YOU JUST THINK THIS IS JUST
JUICE, OR WHATEVER YOU GATHERED, AND YOU DON'T ENTER INTO THE
FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH JESUS AND THE APOSTLE PAUL, WHEN
HE TAUGHT THIS, THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, BOTH JESUS FIRST. PAUL
REPEATING WHAT JESUS SAID. JESUS DIDN'T SAY, THIS, LET'S TAKE OF
THAT, WHICH HE SAID, "THIS IS MY BODY." JESUS HELD UP THE BREAD.
HE DIDN'T SAY, "THIS REPRESENTS." THIS IS SYMBOLIC.
HE SAID, "THIS IS." AND THEN PAUL SAID THE SAME THING. "THIS
IS HIS BODY." AND IF YOU DON'T ENTER IN WITH THAT
UNDERSTANDING, YOU WON'T RECEIVE THE FULL BENEFITS OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING. SAME WAY WITH PRAISE AND WORSHIP. IF WE JUST STAND THERE,
I LOOKED AROUND THIS MORNING, I SAW SO MANY PEOPLE JUST
STANDING. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR HOME. I'M
NOT CORRECTING YOU, I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT GOD SAID TO
THIS VESSEL. GOTTA LEARN TO ENTER IN. WELL, YOUR PREACHING
DOESN'T DO MUCH FOR YOU. WELL, DO YOU ENTER IN? DO YOU BRING A
BIBLE? DO YOU GET A NOTEBOOK? OR ARE YOU JUST SCROLLING THROUGH
YOUR FACEBOOK AND YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOUR EMAILS, WHILE YOU
GOT YOUR PHONE BIBLE? IT'S A LACK OF ENTERING IN THAT WE
DON'T GET RESULTS. IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH THIS. WHEN JESUS DIED
AND GAVE OF HIS BODY, HE PAID FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT YOU
NEED OR WILL EVER NEED. HE COVERED IT ALL. THAT'S WHY HE
SAID, IT IS NOW FINISHED. YOU ARE HEALED. YOU ARE DELIVERED.
YOU HAVE LONG LIFE. YOU HAVE SOUNDNESS OF MIND. YOU HAVE A
BLESSED MEMORY. YOU HAVE STRENGTH IN YOUR BODY. YOU HAVE
BLESSINGS AND WISDOM AND FAVOR. YOU HAVE PROTECTION FROM HARM.
YOU ARE KEPT FROM HARM AND EVIL AS THOUSANDS FALL AT YOUR SIDE
AND TEN THOUSANDS AT YOUR RIGHT HAND. NO PLAGUE, NO PLAGUE CAN
COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING. IF YOU ENTER INTO THE UNDERSTANDING,
THIS IS HIS BODY, HE PAID FOR IT. AND HE SAID, "HE THAT EATS
MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD HAS MY LIFE." WHAT DOES HE SAY? "HAS
EVERY SINGLE THING THAT MY LIFE PAID FOR." THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS
TO HAVE HIS LIFE IN YOU, WORKING IN YOU. COME ON, NO MATTER, I
DON'T, I'M TELLING YOU, IF THERE'S DISEASE IN YOUR BODY,
HIS LIFE, THIS BODY, WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT, YOU HAVE HIS LIFE.
EVERYTHING THAT HIS LIFE PROVIDED AND GAVE, YOU HAVE. AND
IT DRIVES OUT DISEASE AND SICKNESS, AND IT BRINGS FORTH
YOUR FULL BENEFITS AND RIGHTS OF YOUR COVENANT. LET'S ENTER IN.
SAY, I RECEIVE. I RECEIVE. OF YOUR BODY. OF YOUR BODY. MY LORD
AND SAVIOR. MY LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS CHRIST. AND AS I RECEIVE
OF YOUR BODY, RIGHT NOW, I RECEIVE YOUR LIFE INTO ALL MY
FLESH. EVERY CELL, EVERY FIBER, EVERY ORGAN, EVERY PARTICLE, MY
BONES, MY BLOOD, MY IMMUNE SYSTEM IS HEALTHY AND STRONG. I
WILL NEVER HAVE BRAIN BLEEDS, BLOOD CLOTS, ANEURYSMS, HEART
ATTACKS, CARDIAC ARREST, STROKES, MANY STROKES. I'LL
NEVER HAVE THOSE THINGS. I'LL NEVER HAVE CANCER OR TUMORS.
I'LL NEVER HAVE ALZHEIMER'S, DEMENTIA, BIPOLAR DISEASE. I
WILL NEVER DIE PREMATURELY. I WILL LIVE A GOOD OLD AGE. I
RECEIVE AS I ENTER IN YOUR BODY, AND I RECEIVE YOUR LIFE.
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THANK YOU, LORD. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, EVEN ABOUT SOME
THINGS I'M PRAYING ABOUT, THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT I'VE PRAYED.
WELL, HANK, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? I'M GONNA ENTER
INTO MORE FASTING. SOME KIND HAPPENED WITH FASTING. I'M GONNA
GET MORE DILIGENT TO THANK GOD FOR WHAT I BELIEVE THAT I
RECEIVE, AND I'M GONNA ENTER IN. SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T GET OUR
WAY OR WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT OR WE PRAY, WE STOP ENTERING.
KIND OF FORGET ABOUT IT, PUT IT ON THE SHELF. LET'S TAKE OF THIS
THAT HE SAID, "THIS IS MY BLOOD." WHEN YOU ENTER INTO YOUR
COVENANT RITES, LISTEN TO ME, MAN, THE SPIRIT OF GOD JUST
SPOKE SOMETHING TO ME. I HEARD HIM LITERALLY SHOUT SOMETHING TO
ME. THIS IS PROFOUND WHAT HE JUST SAID TO ME. YOU ARE AN
AMAZING GOD. YOU'RE GONNA BE SHOCKED WHAT HE JUST SAID TO ME.
WHEN YOU ENTER IN TO YOUR COVENANT RIGHTS OF HIS BODY AND
NOW WATCH THIS, HIS BLOOD, THE ENEMY CANNOT ENTER IN. I'LL GIVE
YOU A SCRIPTURE. DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID? WHEN YOU ENTER
IN TO YOUR COVENANT RITES OF HIS BODY AND BLOOD, THE ENEMY CANNOT
ENTER IN. HOLY SPIRIT SHOUTED THAT, AND THEN HE QUOTED ME THE
SCRIPTURE TO BACK IT. THEY PUT THE BLOOD ON THE DOORPOSTS, AND
THE ENEMY COULD NOT TOUCH THEM, THEIR STUFF, THEIR KIDS, BECAUSE
OF THE BLOOD OF A LAMB. YOU ARE RECEIVING THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
OF GOD. AND WHEN YOU TAKE OF THIS BLOOD, NO WITCH, NO
WARLOCK, WIZARD, NO WORKER OF INCANTATION, DIVINATION, NO
DEMON, NO DEVIL, NOT SATAN HIMSELF CAN ENTER IN. BUT YOU
HAVE TO ENTER INTO THE REVELATION OF YOUR BLOOD
COVENANT AND WHAT IS YOUR RIGHT. SO. WE SAY THIS WITH ME, WE
RECEIVE, WE ENTER IN BY RECEIVING OF YOUR BLOOD AND WE
APPLY IT THROUGH THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING. AS WE PARTAKE OF
YOUR BLOOD, THE ENEMY IS NOT ALLOWED TO EXACT UPON US. HE
CANNOT, NOR IS HE ABLE, TO ENTER IN TO MY MIND, TO MY BODY, TO MY
HOME, MY FAMILY, IF YOU'RE MARRIED, MY MARRIAGE, MY
CHILDREN, NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER IN TO MY VEHICLE, TO MY STUFF,
MY PETS, OR EVEN MY MONEY. I LIVE IN THE BLESSING. LET'S
PARTAKE TOGETHER AS WE ENTER IN. THANK YOU, LORD. I MIGHT HAVE TO
PREACH ON THAT. DID I HELP ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT. ARE
YOU READY? I WANT YOU TO STAND TO YOUR FEET. AND I WANT YOU TO
ENTER INTO A HANDSHAKE WITH SOMEBODY. SOME PEOPLE, "OH, THAT
CHURCH ISN'T FRIENDLY." WELL, HAVE YOU ENTERED IN TO EXTEND IN
YOUR ARM A FRIENDSHIP? ALL RIGHT, GREET ONE ANOTHER.
GREET ONE ANOTHER.
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AMEN. PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN,
DON'T YOU? I THINK THAT CAME STRAIGHT FROM HEAVEN. WHAT CAN
WASH AWAY MY SIN? NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS, AMEN? AMEN,
WELL, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING, I WANNA MAKE
YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE
GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE
WAVE YOUR HAND AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE
WANNA POINT OUT AND HAVE YOU TAKE OUT IN THERE. THERE'S A
PACKET WITH A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. GO
AHEAD AND PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD. WE JUST WANNA
POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE
WANNA SEND HOME WITH YOU IN THERE AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE
STAY CONNECTED CARD. IF YOU KINDA FLIP THAT OPEN TO THE LEFT
THERE A LITTLE BIT, YOU'LL SEE A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED
CARD. GO AHEAD AND FILL THAT OUT, TEAR IT OFF, DROP IT IN THE
OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WE
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE
HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY
LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV,
RUMBLE, ANY OF THOSE PLATFORMS AND MANY MORE WE HAVE OUT THERE.
SO PLEASE GET CONNECTED TO ONEVOICETV.NET IF YOU WOULD,
BECAUSE YOU CAN GET CONNECTED TO A GREAT COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO
ALREADY WATCH ON ONE VOICE TV. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE ONE
VOICE TV APP AS WELL TO YOUR DEVICES AND GET CONNECTED THAT
WAY. AND THAT GIVES YOU ACCESS TO ALL THIS GREAT CONTENT, NEW
LEVEL, DAILY DECREE. UM, GET REAL WITH HANK, GAME CHANGERS. I
ACTUALLY TALKED TO PASTOR JAMES WARD JUST THE OTHER DAY. WE HAVE
HIS SHOW INSIGHT ON THERE AS WELL. SO, UH, PLEASE GET
CONNECTED WITH US ON ONEVOICETV.NET. WE'D LOVE TO, TO
JUST GET YOU BLESSED BY THE WORD OF GOD THAT WE'VE PUT ALL IN ONE
PLACE FOR YOU. AMEN. WELL, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE OR HERE,
GIVE EVERYBODY IN HERE AND ONLINE A HAND. (AUDIENCE
APPLAUDING) AND PASTOR MIKE HAS SOME GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT
CORE YOUTH, SO PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, PASTOR SHANE.
I'M GONNA KEEP THIS BRIEF, JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES. FIRST AND
FOREMOST, THANK YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF CORE YOUTH FOR
SUPPORTING THE BAKE SALE LAST WEEK. YOU GUYS ARE JUST AN
AMAZING CHURCH FAMILY AND WE JUST FROM FROM ALL THE YOUTH'S
HEARTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UPCOMING
FUNDRAISERS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY QUICK.
TOMORROW, WE HAVE A FUNDRAISER AT DON AND MILLIE'S HERE AT
142ND AND HARRISON. SO IF YOU LIKE DON AND MILLIE'S OR IF YOU
DON'T, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO. 20% OF YOUR BILL WILL BE DONATED
BACK TO CORE YOUTH. DON AND MILLIE'S HAS BEEN GREAT. A SHOUT
OUT TO THEM. NORMALLY THEY DO LIKE 5PM TO 9PM. THEY LOVE US SO
MUCH. THEY EXTENDED IT FROM 11AM TO 9PM. SO YEAH, WE'LL HAVE
WE'LL HAVE YOUTH AND LEADERS THERE HANDING OUT FLYERS. YOU
JUST NEED TO SHOW A FLYER OR SAY IT'S FOR LORD OF HOSTS CORE
YOUTH AND THEY'LL JUST DONATE 20%. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO
THE CHURCH, BUT THIS IS OUR FIRST BIG FAMILY THAT'S GOING TO
BE DOING THAT. AND THEN WE'LL BE HANDING OUT FLYERS TO EVERYONE
THAT WALKS IN. SO LUNCH OR DINNER OR BOTH OR ANYTHING ELSE,
DON AND MILLIE'S TOMORROW, 142ND, AND HARRISON FROM 11 AM
TO 9 PM. ALSO, WE'RE GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR
FIRST EVER CORE DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT. CAN YOU SAY
DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT? SO IF YOU GUYS LOVE DODGEBALL, WE'RE
ENCOURAGING YOU TO SIGN UP. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG BRACKETED
EVENT. THIS IS GOING TO BE COMPETITION LIKE NO OTHER. I
MEAN, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO DEPARTMENTS, BUT IF, LET'S SAY,
MEN'S PRAYER WANTS TO PUT A COUPLE OF TEAMS UP, OR LIKE
WOMEN'S PRAYER, OR OBVIOUSLY CORE YOUTH, MAYBE GAME CHANGERS,
I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE'RE ENCOURAGING TEAMS TO HAVE
BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN PEOPLE, AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING THAT ON
SATURDAY, JULY 11TH. WE ARE HAVING A TABLE OUTSIDE IN THE
CONNECT CENTER TODAY, IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP OR GET MORE
INFORMATION. AGAIN, IT'LL BE SATURDAY, JULY 11TH. WE'LL BE,
YOU'LL BE, HOW IS IT A FUNDRAISER? TEAMS WILL BE PAYING
IN. WE'LL ALSO HAVE TICKETS FOR AUDIENCE JUST TO GO AND SEE THE
TOURNAMENT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BIG PRIZE THAT WILL WIN AT THE
END, AND MAYBE RUMOR HAS IT THAT IT'LL BE PASSED YEAR TO YEAR.
ALL RIGHT? SO IT WILL BE AN ANNUAL THING. ONE GREAT THING TO
FOLLOW THE CWS EVERY YEAR IS THE CDT, THE CORE DODGEBALL
TOURNAMENT. SO WE'LL BE SETTING THAT UP. SO AGAIN, IF YOU WANT
MORE INFORMATION, IT'LL BE THE CONNECT CENTER. AND THEN ONE
LAST THING, WE HAVE A BIG SUPER SURPRISE FOR OUR YOUTH GROUP
THAT PASTORS ARE JUST AWESOME AND BLESSING OUR YOUTH, BUT WE
ARE GONNA ANNOUNCE TODAY BECAUSE, HEY, LET'S DO IT,
RIGHT, PASTOR CHRISTY? WHY NOT? TONIGHT AT 6 P.M., WE HAVE A
TREAT FOR OUR YOUTH. WE'RE BRINGING IN THE BAND, JAREN. I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD OR HAVE NOT HEARD OF THEM, BUT THEY
ARE AN ON-FIRE, BIBLICALLY, LYRICALLY SOUND GROUP, YOUNG
GIRLS, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING, GIVING A CONCERT.
INITIAL IT GONNA BE FOR CORE, BUT LET'S INVITE YOU. YOU WANNA
COME? COME TONIGHT, FREE OF CHARGE, 6 P.M., HERE IN THE
TABERNACLE. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME, (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY. BUT ANYWAY, A
LOT'S HAPPENING IN CORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR
SUPPORT, AND PASTOR BRENDA AND PASTOR MATT. ALL RIGHT.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING) COME ON, GIVE IT UP FOR CORE STUDENT
MINISTRIES. (AUDIENCE CHEERING) ALL RIGHT, PASTOR MATT, GET ON
OVER HERE. SO WE GOT A FEW THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. YOU HAVE A
LITTLE BAG IN YOUR HAND, AND I SEE YOU'RE HAPPILY REPRESENTING
DECKED OUT IN GAME CHANGERS MERCH. BUT REAL QUICKLY, YOU
KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TODAY IN WORSHIP, WE DID A LITTLE BIT
OF A MILITANT PUSHBACK TO ALL OF THE THINGS EVERYONE'S CALLING
PRIDE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAND UP IN THE CULTURE. THIS IS
JUNE, AND THEY LIKE TO CALL IT PRIDE MONTH, BUT WE'RE TAKING
THAT BACK FROM THE ENEMY IN JESUS' NAME AND COUNTERING THAT.
BUT TELL US SOMETHING, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE STANDING, AND I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO EVER GET THE IDEA
THAT YOU'RE JUST THIS SMALL MINORITY. YOU AND GOD MAKE A
MAJORITY, BUT IT TAKES PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT
THEMSELVES OUT THERE. SO TELL ME, YOU JUST GOT A TEXT FROM
SOMEBODY. YEAH, SO FRIEND OF GAME CHANGERS IN THE SHOW, HE'S
BEEN ON A COUPLE TIMES, REAL MAN OF GOD, BUT BLAKE TRINAN ON THE
LA DODGERS. YEAH, JUST, YES. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THAT? WELL, IN CASE THEY DON'T, TELL THEM WHAT-- THE ONLY
PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL THAT REFUSED TO WEAR THE PRIDE
HAT ON PRIDE NIGHT. AND THE NIGHT HE DID IT, THEY PUT HIM IN
THE GAME AND HE GOT CREDITED FOR THE WIN. WOO! YEAH, SO HE WON
THAT GAME. GO, BOY! SO, REALLY COOL, AND HE JUST TEXTED ME, HE
GOES, "MAN," HE GOES-- I HOPE HE'S WATCHING. HE'S TEXTING ME
RIGHT NOW, HE GOES, "DUDE, IT SEEMS PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT
GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT ISN'T IT WILD
THAT IT'S JUST A HAT THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT? I JUST PRAY
IT PROVOKES BOLDNESS FOR SO MANY TO DO THE SAME FOR WHATEVER THE
REASON IS FOR HOLDING A GOD STANDARD IN THEIR SPHERE OF
INFLUENCE." WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT, PA? WE TALK ALL THE TIME,
CHANGING THE GAME IN YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. SO YEAH, HE'S
AWESOME AND BIG FRIEND OF THE SHOW, LOVES THE MINISTRY,
LOVES-- WELL, AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER FRANCHISE IN ALL OF MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL. YOU'RE RIGHT. JUST BREAKING NEWS, THEY
MENTIONED THAT. SO THERE'S 30 TEAMS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
29 OF THEM DID A PRIDE NIGHT. THERE WAS ONLY ONE TEAM, THE
TEXAS RANGERS, AND THEY BASICALLY CAME OUT AND SAID, ON
JUNE 18TH, THEY ARE DOING A FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT. YEAH,
IT'S PRETTY COOL. COME ON, COME ON, LET 'EM GIVE GOD A PRAISE.
AMEN. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING IN THIS SEASON FOR
MORAL DECENCY. YEAH, AND THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING
AT THEIR STADIUM, AND A BUNCH OF THE PLAYERS ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT
HOW JESUS HAS IMPACTED THEIR LIFE PERSONALLY, AND IT'S REALLY
JUST AMAZING. AND YOU AND I HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A STAND ON THINGS, BUT ALSO, WE HAVE TO
ALSO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BOYCOTT EVERYTHING, BECAUSE
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING IN THESE SPHERES OF
INFLUENCE, RIGHT? WE GOTTA GET BEHIND 'EM. WE GOTTA GET BEHIND
'EM, AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL WHERE,
YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BOYCOTT CERTAIN THINGS WHEN IT GETS
OUTRAGEOUS, BUT IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BOYCOTT
EVERYTHING, IT'S LIKE, WELL, SHOOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE ANYMORE, YOU KNOW? SO, BUT--
YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE'S A BALANCE, AND
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WANNA PUT ASIDE CERTAIN THINGS AND BE
LIKE, YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THAT, BUT ALSO, LIKE,
I'M GONNA SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE BEHIND ENEMY LINES. YEAH, THAT'S
GOOD. AND THEY'RE IN THAT INFLUENCE, AND THEY'RE LIKE,
MAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, LIKE, I WAS THAT ROMAN SOLDIER OR
SOMETHING THAT TURNED AWAY FROM THE ATROCITIES OF KILLING
CHRISTIANS, AND I TOOK A STAND AND DIED AS A MARTYR, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN? SO THERE WAS THOSE STORIES, AND IT'S LIKE, WE HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, LOOK, MY
CAREER IS BEING INFILTRATED BY CRAZY ATROCITIES OUT THERE.
THAT'S GOOD, COME ON, YOU GOT IT. AND THEY'RE TAKING A STAND.
I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, YOU GUYS, MATTHEW, THANK YOU FOR
THAT, PASTOR MATT. I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU GUYS GOT A VOLUNTEER
MEETING TODAY, SO YOU'RE DECKED OUT, GAME CHANGERS, CWS. SO FOR
THOSE OF YOU, I'LL BRING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED. WE CAN
GRAB THIS BAG. I CAN SEE YOU GOT A BAG OF SURPRISES IN THERE. SO
THANK YOU, SHOUT OUT TO BOB PETTIGREW. HE PUT THIS TOGETHER.
DO YOU WANNA COME OVER HERE, ACTUALLY? COME ON UP, BOB. AND
THEN I'LL GET TO WHY I WAS NOT HERE LAST WEEK. YES, WE WILL.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, GAME CHANGERS, PASTOR MATT
AND PASTOR ANTHONY, YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A VISION TO KIND OF
INFILTRATE CULTURE AND SPORTS AND BRING EVANGELISM WITH A
FRESH LIGHT TO IT. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY EVANGELISM I EVER
UNDERSTOOD WAS HAND OUT A TRACK, HOLD UP A SIGN, TURN OR BURN,
YOU KNOW, GO ON THE STREET, AND WE'RE GONNA GET YOU SAVED AND
FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST ALL IN ONE SESSION DOWN IN THE RED
LIGHT DISTRICT. I MEAN, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. THOSE ARE
IMPORTANT PARTS OF IT. THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY, BUT WE GOTTA
THINK HIGHER AND BIGGER. AND YOU GUYS ARE DOWN THERE BEING A
LIGHT IN AT THE CWS. YOU HAVE A BOOTH, YOU'RE NOT GOING DOWN
THERE AS A CHURCH GROUP. YOU'RE GOING DOWN THERE AS A SPORTS
BRAND. AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE EVANGELISM TEAMS AROUND
DOWNTOWN. YEAH, THAT'S SEPARATE. SO VERY QUICKLY, GUYS, LET'S
TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT MERCH
ITEMS WE'RE DOING. THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE MINI BASEBALL HELMET
LIKE KIDS CAN GET. AND WE PARTNERED ACTUALLY WITH AN ICE
CREAM VENDOR DOWN THERE, AND THEY BOUGHT SOME OF THESE FROM
US. AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE WANT TO SELL OUR ICE CREAM WITH YOUR
HELMETS. SO WE'RE LIKE, GREAT, AWESOME, THANK YOU. SO WE GOT
MANY, MANY COLLECTORS ITEMS, GAME CHANGERS, OMAHA, IT SAYS ON
THE FRONT HERE, MINI BATS, CLEAR BAGS FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED LIKE
CLEAR BAGS DOWN THERE. THIS IS ONLY LIKE NOT EVEN A QUARTER OF
OUR STUFF. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT LIKE LADIES MERCH. I MEAN,
THAT'S SOME OF THE GUYS HATS. THERE'S A TAN VERSION TOO. THERE
IS A FEMALE HAT, SOME WRISTBANDS AS WELL. WE'VE GOT A SHIRT
COMING OUT FOR LADIES THAT SAYS TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME.
IT'S REALLY CUTE, PRETTY GOOD. I SHOUT OUT TO A LOT OF THE LADIES
THAT ARE ON STAFF. THEY REALLY DID GOOD DESIGNING A LOT OF THE
STUFF FOR FEMALES THAT ARE IN THE TASTE OF WHAT A FEMALE WOULD
WANT. BECAUSE ME AND PA WERE LIKE, WE'RE SPORTS GUYS, WE'RE
JOCKS, WE NEED HELP. SO YEAH, SO WE DID A LOT OF REALLY COOL
THINGS. THANK YOU, BOB. AND CLEAR BAGS AS WELL, GIFT BAGS
FOR PEOPLE. AND IF YOU GUYS CAN PUT UP SOME OF THE SLIDES OF THE
IMAGES OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING DOWN THERE, OUR FLYERS,
THERE'S LIKE FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM WE CAN SHOVEL THROUGH REAL
QUICK AND LET THE PEOPLE KIND OF SEE. SO LIKE, THIS IS JUST A
CARD THAT GETS PEOPLE 10% OFF. WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING THESE TO
BUSINESSES AROUND OMAHA THAT I'VE BEEN IN TALKS WITH. THIS
WILL BE DOWN THERE FOR PEOPLE, THEY CAN GET THEM, THEY CAN
BRING IT TO THE TENT, GET 10% OFF ANY ITEM. AND I WANT YOU
GUYS WATCHING TOO AND IN THIS ROOM, LIKE, DON'T FEEL LIKE, OH,
I CAN'T GET ANYTHING. THIS IS FOR NOT JUST THE FANS COMING
FROM OTHER CITIES AND STATES, LIKE THIS IS FOR ANYBODY. SO WE
WANNA MAKE SURE WE BLESS OUR CHURCH PEOPLE AS WELL. WE'RE
HAVING RAFFLES DOWN THERE. WE'RE GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO TWO
DIFFERENT GAMES. WE'VE GOT NEXT SUNDAY'S GAME, WE'RE GIVING AWAY
A PACK OF FOUR. AND THEN TUESDAY NIGHT, THE FIRST TUESDAY NIGHT,
LIKE FIVE ROWS FROM LIKE THE FIRST BASELINE, WE'RE GIVING
TICKETS TO THAT GAME AWAY. SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF. YOU CAN
TELL PEOPLE, TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO GO TO THE GAME
TABLE. ABSOLUTELY. SO I MEAN, AND THEN THIS IS GONNA GO IN
EVERY SINGLE BAG. IT'LL HAVE A THANK YOU FOR YOUR PURCHASE AND
THE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US. SO WE'VE GOT FALLBACK OPTIONS
THAT'LL TAKE THEM STRAIGHT TO OUR PAGE AND IT'LL TELL THEM
ABOUT OUR PODCAST, ABOUT JESUS, HOW TO CONNECT WITH US, TO KEEP,
YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT MORE MERCH, EVEN WHEN THEY GET BACK
TO WHATEVER CITY OR STATE THEY'RE FROM. SO IT'S JUST
DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US. AND THEN WE HAVE A REALLY
COOL ONE TOO FOR THE CHURCH AND THE EVANGELISM TEAM THAT'S GONNA
BE GOING OUT. AND THIS IS REALLY COOL. AND SO THAT'LL BE WHAT
THAT TEAM IS GOING TO BE HANDING OUT TO PEOPLE. AND THAT'LL BE
COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM GAME CHANGERS JUST BECAUSE IN THE
OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE, WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT SEPARATE. BUT THERE
ARE PLACES DOWNTOWN THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT AND TOTALLY
GET THE MESSAGE OUT. SO YOU GOT VOLUNTEER? YOU NEED MORE
VOLUNTEERS? WE DO. YEAH, WE'VE GOT-- SO YOU'VE GOT A MEETING
TODAY? WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING TODAY. AND IF YOU DID GO TO THE
ONE TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE IS SOME NEW INFORMATION WE'LL BE GOING
OVER TODAY. AND THEN IF YOU HAVEN'T COME YET, DEFINITELY
WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME IN THERE. I KNOW YOU AND PASTOR
HANK ARE PLANNING TO ZIP IN. AND THEN NEXT SUNDAY, YOU GUYS ARE
ACTUALLY PLANNING TO COME DOWN AFTER YOUR SUNDAY NAPS. HELP US,
LORD. YEAH, SO MOM AND DAD WILL BE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. MORE
EXCITED. HELP US. I KNOW, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEM DOWN THERE A COUPLE TIMES. BUT WYATT
WAS NOT HERE LAST WEEK. AND WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT THAT REAL
QUICK. SO ME AND OFFICER HERRICK. MY DAD'S GOTTA PREACH.
YEAH, ME AND OFFICER HERRICK WERE IN HATTIESBURG,
MISSISSIPPI. UNFORTUNATELY, SOUTHERN MISS, THEIR SEASON'S
OVER. THEY DID GET BEAT. BUT WE SPENT SOME TIME DOWN THERE WITH
A GUY WHO LOVES THE MINISTRY HERE AND HIS WIFE LOVES THE
MINISTRY. AND IF THEY COULD PUT THOSE PICTURES UP, THAT'D BE
REALLY COOL. HE SENDS HIS GREETINGS. THAT IS BRETT AND
DEANNA FAVRE. AND-- - YOU'RE WEARING A SUPER BOWL RING. I AM
WEARING A SUPER BOWL RING AND HIS HALL OF FAME GOLD JACKET.
PASTOR MATT. AND PUT HERRICK'S UP TOO, 'CAUSE OFFICER HERRICK
GOT ONE TOO. (LAUGHING) SO WE SAT AROUND, WATCHED BASEBALL,
WENT OVER AND WATCHED MOVIES WITH THEM AND JUST HUNG OUT AND
ATE A BUNCH OF CRAWFISH. IT WAS A SUPER BOWL JACKET. IT WAS
PRETTY COOL. AND THEN WE HAD ONE AT THE STADIUM TOO, THEY COULD
PUT UP, BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL. AND THAT'S AFTER THEIR SEASON
WAS OVER, THEY HUDDLED TOGETHER AND PRAYED AS A TEAM. AND THAT'S
ME WITH SOME OF THOSE GUYS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME. I WENT TO
DINNER WITH A FEW OF THEM AND JUST MINISTERED TO THEM, PRAYED
WITH THEM, ENCOURAGED THEM. AND AGAIN, I TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GONNA MAKE IT IN LIFE.
NO MATTER WHAT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE YOU GO IN, WHETHER
THAT'S PRO BASEBALL OR SOMETHING ELSE, ALL OF YOU ARE GONNA BE
BETTER FATHERS, YOU KNOW, HUSBANDS, AND JUST MEN OF GOD IN
GENERAL. AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE MESSAGE OF WHY I WENT DOWN THERE
TO CONNECT WITH THOSE GUYS. AND FOR THE PLAYERS THAT ARE COMING
BACK, THEY ALREADY WANT ME TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR. OH, THAT'S
AWESOME. SO IT WAS AWESOME TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION TO
AFFECT, MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, PASTOR MATT HAD PROPHECIES
AS A CHILD THAT YOU WILL HAVE A PASSION TO AFFECT SPORTS WITH
THE GOSPEL. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THAT EVANGELISTIC ANOINTING THAT
YOUR DAD CARRIED ON YOU, HAS COME ON YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR,
THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING BOLD TO GO DOWN AND AFFECT THE
DARKNESS WITH THE LIGHT. SO, ALL RIGHT, GIVE HIM ONE LAST HAND. I
HIT MY SPORTS FANATIC BAR BY WEARING HIS RING AND GOLD
JACKET. THAT WAS AN ANSWERED PRAYER AT TWO YEARS OLD RIGHT
THERE. SO. ALL RIGHT, GIVE HIM ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, VERY, VERY QUICKLY, I WANNA GET PASTOR UP
TO PREACH, AND WE DON'T LIKE TO ALWAYS MAKE TOO MANY
ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT IT ALSO MAKES CHURCH FUN. IT LETS YOU KNOW WE
HAVE A LOT GOING ON HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I'M GONNA READ
A SCRIPTURE TO YOU. I'M GONNA SKIP SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF. WE
CAN ALWAYS, LISTEN, GET ON 70401 CONNECT TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH,
GET ON THE MAILING LIST, AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN GET ALL THE
UPDATES ON EVERY SINGLE EVENT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. BUT I WAS
READING, AND INTERESTING, WHEN THEY WERE SINGING ABOUT CULTURE
TODAY, AND I THINK THEY CAME UP WITH THAT PHRASE ON THE FLY.
PSALM 94, CAN I JUST READ FROM THE WORD VERY QUICKLY? PSALM 94,
THIS WHOLE CHAPTER IS ABOUT GOD DEALING WITH THE WICKED AND
EXALTING AND EXONERATING THE RIGHTEOUS. NOW, I KNOW THAT
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A TYPICAL OFFERING MESSAGE THAT I WOULD
GIVE, BUT LET ME READ IT TO YOU, VERSE ONE, "LORD GOD, TO WHOM
VENGEANCE BELONGS, O GOD, TO WHOM VENGEANCE BELONGS, SHOW
YOURSELF." IN OTHER WORDS, THE PRAYER IS, "GOD, REVEAL
YOURSELF. LIFT UP YOURSELF, THOU JUDGE OF THE EARTH, AND RENDER A
REWARD TO THE PROUD." THINK ABOUT THAT. WHAT ARE THEY
CALLING THIS MONTH? SO IN OTHER WORDS, GOD DEAL WITH IT, IS WHAT
THE PSALMIST IS SAYING. "LORD, HOW LONG SHALL THE WICKED, AND
HOW LONG SHALL THE WICKED TRIUMPH?" IN OTHER WORDS, 29
BASEBALL TEAMS HAVING A PRIDE MONTH, AND ONLY ONE STANDING.
THAT'S HOW IT WOULD FEEL, LIKE YOU'RE UP AGAINST ALL OF THIS,
AND YOU FEEL SMALL IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. THAT'S HOW THE PSALMIST
WAS FEELING. HOW LONG SHALL THEY UTTER AND SPEAK HARD THINGS, AND
ALL THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY BOAST THEMSELVES? THEY BREAK IN
PIECES YOUR PEOPLE, O LORD, AND AFFLICT YOUR HERITAGE. THEY SLAY
THE WIDOW AND THE STRANGER AND MURDER THE FATHERLESS. YET THEY
SAY THE LORD WON'T NOTICE. NEITHER SHALL THE GOD OF JACOB
PAY ATTENTION TO IT. UNDERSTAND, YOU BRUTISTS ARE AMONG THE
PEOPLE, YOU FOOLS. WHEN WILL YOU BE WISE? HE THAT PLANTED THE EAR
SHALL HE NOT HEAR, AND HE THAT FORMED THE EYE SHALL HE NOT SEE.
YOU KNOW, GOD SEES ALL OF IT, RIGHT? SHALL HE NOT SEE IT? HE
THAT CHASTISES THE HEATHEN SHALL HE NOT CORRECT? HE THAT TEACHES
MAN KNOWLEDGE SHALL HE NOT KNOW? THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF
MAN, THAT THEY'RE VAIN. BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOM YOU CORRECT OR
CHASTEN, O LORD, FOR YOU TEACH HIM OUT OF YOUR LAW. NOW LOOK
HERE IN THESE NEXT FEW VERSES. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GOD
WILL DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS. I FOUND SEVEN OF THEM. VERSE 13,
THAT YOU MAY GIVE REST. SAY, GOD IS GIVING ME REST. YOU WILL GIVE
REST FROM OUR DAYS OF ADVERSITY UNTIL THE PIT BE DIGGED FOR THE
WICKED. SO EVEN THOUGH THERE IS CRAZINESS GOING ON AND THERE'S
WICKED PEOPLE THAT ARE TOUTING PRIDE AND TOUTING EVIL, GOD WILL
GIVE YOU REST IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. AND VERSE 14, FOR THE LORD
WILL NOT CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE, NEITHER WILL HE FORSAKE HIS
INHERITANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, GOD IS GONNA KEEP US AND PROTECT US
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DANGEROUS TIMES THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THE
LAST DAYS ARE ALL ABOUT. HE WILL KEEP US, BUT JUDGMENT SHALL
RETURN UNTO THE RIGHTEOUS. YOU KNOW, THAT WORD JUDGMENT IS ALSO
JUSTICE, AND THE WORD JUSTICE IS SO OVERUSED TODAY, BUT GOD KEEPS
THE SCORE. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "SHALL NOT
THE JUDGE OF THE EARTH DO THE RIGHT THING?" SO GOD WILL KEEP
JUDGMENT UNTO THE RIGHTEOUS, AND ALL THE UPRIGHT IN HEART WILL
FOLLOW IT. WHO WILL RISE UP AGAINST ME OR AGAINST THE
EVILDOERS? WHO WILL RISE UP FOR ME AGAINST EVILDOERS? WHO WILL
STAND UP FOR ME AGAINST THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY? ISN'T THAT
OUR CRY? ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN CRYING OUT, LORD? WE NEED
PEOPLE TO STAND LIKE BLAKE TRINAN IN THIS SEASON. WE NEED
PEOPLE LIKE THE TEXAS RANGERS WHO ARE WILLING TO GO AGAINST
THE TIDE, RIGHT? BUT UNLESS THE LORD HAD BEEN MY HELP, CAN I
PROPHESY TO YOU TODAY? THE LORD IS HELPING HIS PEOPLE. THE LORD
IS HELPING YOU. YOU TOUCH YOURSELF, SAY, "THE LORD IS
HELPING ME TODAY." COME ON, SOMEBODY. "LEST THE LORD HAVE
BEEN MY HELP, MY SOUL WOULD HAVE DWELT IN SILENCE. WHEN I SAID,
'MY FOOT SLIPS,'" HERE'S THE FOURTH ONE, "GOD SAID, 'I'LL
HELP, I'LL HELP YOU.' THE LORD IS MY HELP. AND WHEN I SAID, 'MY
FOOT SLIPS,' THY MERCY, O LORD, HELP ME UP." NUMBER FIVE, THAT'S
GOD WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU MERCY. REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU FEEL SELF
CONDEMNED. IN THE MULTITUDE OF MY THOUGHTS WITHIN ME, YOUR
COMFORTS DELIGHT MY SOUL. YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, HE'S
COMFORTING YOU. SO YOU CAN APPLY ALL OF THIS TO YOUR FINANCIAL
SITUATION, CAN YOU NOT? SHALL THE THRONE OF THE INIQUITY OF
INIQUITY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU, WHICH FRAMES MISCHIEF BY
LAW? COME ON, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL
EVERYWHERE, OKAY? THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH THIS AND MAKE LAWS THAT
PREVENT US. THIS IS WHY PASTOR AND I ARE SO BOLD IN THE PULPIT,
BECAUSE IF THEY, THERE ARE SOME THAT IF THEY HAD THEIR WAY, THEY
WOULD TAKE OUR LIBERTY TO PREACH THE UNCOMPROMISED WORD OF GOD
OUT OF THE PULPIT AND SAY, "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY THAT.
THE LAW SAYS YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. YOU CAN'T SAY THIS." NO, WE HAVE
THE RIGHT GIVEN BY GOD ALMIGHTY TO PREACH HIS WORD, THE WHOLE
COUNSEL OF GOD. AND THAT INCLUDES THAT GOD MADE MALE AND
FEMALE. BUT THE LORD IS MY DEFENSE. HALLELUJAH. THAT'S THE
SEVENTH ONE. GOD WILL DEFEND YOU, RIGHT? VERSE 21, I SKIPPED
THAT, IT SAYS, "THEY'LL GATHER THEMSELVES AGAINST THE SOUL OF
THE RIGHTEOUS AND CONDEMN THE INNOCENT BLOOD, BUT THE LORD
DEFENDS US." SO REMEMBER, GOD WILL DEFEND YOU. YOU BE A LIGHT.
LOOK WHAT GOD DID FOR BLAKE. HE WAS A LIGHT. SO BE A LIGHT IN
THIS SEASON. AND I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH THAT FOR YOUR
GIVING TODAY. YOU CAN TAKE THOSE SEVEN, REST, GOD KEEPING YOU,
GOD JUSTICE, HELP, HIS MERCY, HIS COMFORT, AND HIS DEFENSE ALL
OVER YOUR FINANCES. AND KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR TITHES
AND YOUR OFFERINGS, GOD WILL DO THOSE THINGS FOR YOU. GOD IS
FAITHFUL. ISN'T THAT GOOD? ALL RIGHT, WELL, PUT THE GIVING
INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN AND LET'S GIVE INTO PURPOSE TODAY.
GIVE INTO PURPOSE AS A TITHER, AS A SOWER, AS A PERSON THAT
GIVES OFFERINGS. BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR GENERAL AND PENTECOST FUND AS WE GET
READY TO TALK ABOUT SHILOH. THOSE THINGS ARE STILL IN THE
WORKS AND PASTOR DOUG IS WORKING ON A FEW THINGS BEHIND THE
SCENES. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OWNERS AND SO CONTINUE FOLKS. WE
NEED YOUR GIVING TO HELP US GET READY FOR THAT RETREAT SITE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT PROPERTY
PURCHASED. SO, AND WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE
WEEKS TO COME. THE WAYS TO GIVE, TEXT TO GIVE, MOBILE APP, THE
WEBSITE, ENVELOPE, OR SCAN THE QR CODE. IF YOU'VE NOT
DOWNLOADED THE CHURCH APP, THOSE OF YOU HERE OR THOSE JOINING IN
ONLINE, DO THAT. IT'S A FAST AND EASY WAY TO GIVE. AND THIS IS A
GOOD TIME TO INVEST YOUR FINANCES IN GOD'S PURPOSES. COME
ON, INVEST IN A CHURCH THAT'S BEING PULLED FROM THE PULPIT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT'S TRUE AND COUNTER THE FALSE. THIS IS A
TIME TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE IN CHURCH. YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE GOING TO PRIDE EVENTS, FILLING STADIUMS FOR EVIL
THINGS. WE NEED TO FILL THE HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN THIS SEASON
AND TAKE BACK WHAT THE ENEMY HAS TRIED TO DO. AMEN. STAND UP ON
YOUR FEET AS YOU GET READY TO GIVE. FATHER, HOLD UP YOUR
OFFERING REAL HIGH. LET'S ALL STAND TOGETHER. FATHER, I THANK
YOU FOR EVERY GIVER UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. THANK YOU FOR
THEIR FAITHFULNESS, LORD. WE AGREE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON
WILL RECEIVE, EVEN AS PASTOR TALKED ABOUT, THE BENEFITS, THE
BLESSINGS. FATHER, IN THE MIDST OF AN EVIL DAY, THIS SEED, THIS
GIFT, YOU SAID, JESUS, IN MATTHEW 6, THAT MOTH AND RUST
CANNOT CORRUPT IT. SO WE THANK YOU. THIS GOES INTO THE PURPOSES
OF THE GOSPEL, THAT LIFE WILL BE SHOWN IN THIS GENERATION. AND WE
THANK YOU THAT WE RECEIVE THE HARVEST OF BLESSING FROM IT IN
JESUS' NAME. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO DO OUR DECREE? ALL
RIGHT, LET'S HAVE THE SHILOH PROPERTY IN OUR MIND WHEN WE
DECLARE IT. YOU READY? ALL RIGHT, WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND
MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED,
AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE
SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND
FINISH. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD
IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND
OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE
CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE
AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE
ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE,
QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW
THINGS NOW. COME ON, THAT'S COMING OVER YOUR LIFE. WE DECREE
MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG SHOUT
AND WELCOME PASTOR HANK. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) GOD
BLESS YOU. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. THANK YOU ALSO THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING FOR YOUR GIVING AS WELL. AND THOSE
OF YOU IN HERE, LET'S KEEP IT MOVING. I MEAN, I AM SO EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR US AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
GIVING. IT REALLY, REALLY HELPS. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA
BE CALLING ON YOU WHEN THE TIME IS THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD
ON GETTING THAT PROPERTY PURCHASED AND PAID FOR AND ALL
OF THAT, SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING. I WILL SAY THIS AS THE
USHERS ARE SERVING YOU, TUESDAY'S GONNA BE A GREAT DAY.
I INVITED MY SWEETHEART TO COME IN AND FILM SOME GET REAL WITH
HANK. SO SHE'S NEVER BEEN ON AS MY GUEST. BRENDA, YOU KNOW,
THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A FEW OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE
THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE. NO COSTUMES, SHE SAID, NO COSTUMES.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, SO WE'LL ALSO PROBABLY DO A FACEBOOK THAT
DAY TOO, SO WE'LL PROBABLY GREET YOU LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND
THEN, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GONNA DO, BRENDA? I THINK, OH, I GOT
ELIJAH STREAMS, I'LL BE DOING THAT, AND THEN FLASHPOINT IN THE
EVENING. OH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE ON WITH KENT AND CANDY
CHRISTMAS ON THEIR PODCAST. SO IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY TUESDAY, SO
I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS, BUT IT'LL KINDA GET YOU AN IDEA OF
WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. SO, OKAY, I THINK WE'RE READY TO
ROLL. ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO GO TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 43. THAT'S
KINDA BEEN OUR BASIS OF WHAT WE FEEL GOD HAS BEEN SAYING TO US.
HOW MANY WERE HERE ON WEDNESDAY FOR TONY SUAREZ? WASN'T THAT
FANTASTIC? IF YOU WATCHED, LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS AS WELL.
BUT HE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. AND
HE TALKED ABOUT MEN WALKING HIS TREES. AND HE BASED IT ON THE
STORY ABOUT THE BLIND MAN THAT JESUS LED OUT OF THE CITY. YOU
REMEMBER THAT? AND HE ANOINTED HIS EYES, THE MAN BEGAN TO SEE,
AND HE BEGAN TO SEE MEN WALKING HIS TREES, THINGS THAT HE HAD
NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND SO THAT WAS THE BASIS OF HIS MESSAGE IS
WE'RE ENTERING INTO A TIME OF THINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE. AND AGAIN, WE GOTTA ENTER IN, WE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO
ENTER IN. I AM GONNA PREACH THAT MESSAGE. THAT REALLY HIT ME
DURING COMMUNION, MAN. I FELT LIKE THE LORD WAS CORRECTING ME
A LITTLE BIT IN A GOOD WAY, IF I COULD SAY THAT. YOU KNOW, THE
FATHER'S A GOOD GOD, BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING CHALLENGED AS I
WAS DELIVERING THAT TO YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, LET THAT BE SOMETHING
THAT CHALLENGES YOU. LET'S ENTER IN. LET'S BE A CHURCH THAT
ENTERS INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD. YOU KNOW, LET ME JUST SAY THIS
AS YOU'RE OPENING YOUR BIBLES OR LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE OR
WHATEVER, BUT YOU KNOW, I USED TO TRAVEL A LOT MORE THAN I DO
NOW. AND THAT'S HOW I FIRST STARTED THE MINISTRY. AND I
WOULD GO TO CHURCHES AND IT DIDN'T MATTER IF THEY HAD THE
WORST MUSIC EVER. AND BELIEVE ME, THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM
THAT, OH MY GOODNESS, I DON'T KNOW. I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE A
HARD TIME GOING TO THE CHURCH IF I LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT?
IT WAS JUST HORRIBLE PRAISE, HORRIBLE WORSHIP. I MEAN, THE
GUY THOUGHT HE COULD PLAY THE GUITAR AND HE COULDN'T OR
SOMEBODY THOUGHT THEY COULD SING AND THEY COULDN'T. HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN TO CHURCHES LIKE THAT? IT'S JUST, YEAH, YEAH. BUT I WOULD
ENTER IN ANYWAY. AND I ALWAYS, AND THEN I STARTED, THEN WHAT
HAPPENED IS I USED TO THINK TO MYSELF, MAN, IF I EVER HAVE MY
OWN CHURCH, GOD, HERE I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE I WAS GONNA PASTOR.
AND I'D SAY TO THINGS, I'D LOOK UP AS I'D WORSHIP, THINKING THIS
IS THE MOST HORRIBLE THING. GOD, I KNOW YOU DON'T EVEN PROBABLY
THINK IT'S THE GREATEST, BUT YOU'RE HONORING THEIR HEART,
RIGHT? AND I WOULD SIT THERE AND I WOULD GO, GOD, WHEN I HAVE MY
OWN CHURCH SOMEDAY, IF I HAVE MY OWN CHURCH, I JUST WANT A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE DON'T, 'CAUSE I WOULD LOOK AROUND, PEOPLE WOULD
JUST BE STANDING THERE LIKE THIS. THE GUY'S PLAYING HIS
HEART OUT, HE CAN'T PLAY. THE LADY'S SINGING HER HEART OUT,
SHE CAN'T SING, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST STANDING THERE. AND I SAID
TO MYSELF, GOD, I DON'T WANT A CHURCH LIKE THAT. I WANT A
CHURCH WHERE PEOPLE WORSHIP. AND SO THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME
WHERE I STARTED TRAVELING AND DOING CONFERENCES WITH OTHER
PREACHERS. AND I NOTICED SOMETHING, AND I DON'T LIKE IT
EVEN IN OUR CHURCH, WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS,
IT'S TOO MUCH TALKING AND INTERACTION WHILE OTHERS AROUND
YOU ARE TRYING TO WORSHIP GOD. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. IT'S
NOT TIME TO GO AND BE LOUD WITH, YOU KNOW, HEY, I GOTTA GO TELL
MY FRIEND SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR A WEEK.
WELL, TELL HIM AFTERWARDS. SAME WITH ME ON THE FRONT ROW. I
DON'T LIKE TO BE BOTHERED TOO MUCH BECAUSE I WANNA ENTER IN.
AND REMEMBER THAT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANNA BE THE LOUDEST
PERSON IN YOUR SECTION, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE EXCITED FOR GOD.
IF YOU'RE THE MOST BOISTEROUS AND YOU'RE THE LOUDEST, YOU
MIGHT HINDER OTHERS FROM ENTERING IN. SO YOU SHOULD
ALWAYS LEARN A PRINCIPLE IN CORPORATE WORSHIP. TRY TO ENTER
IN AND KEEP THE SAME FLOW. I'M A VERY EXUBERANT WORSHIPER, BUT
WHEN I WOULD GO TO OTHER PEOPLE'S CHURCHES, I DIDN'T SIT
THERE AND BE THE LOUDEST ONE. I ENTERED IN, BUT STAYED AT THE
LEVEL OF WHAT WAS WITHIN THE HOUSE. VERY IMPORTANT,
ESPECIALLY TODAY, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY
AROUND THE WORLD, YOU DON'T NEED SOME GUY RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE
AUDIENCE MIC BEING THE LOUDEST, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN HEAR WHAT
THEY'RE SINGING. SO IT'S JUST STUFF WE'VE GOTTA LEARN. BUT I
WOULD WATCH PREACHERS. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, IF
YOU'RE A PREACHER WATCHING TODAY, I GET SO GRIEVED AT THE
LACK OF PREACHERS WHO WORSHIP GOD TODAY. I'VE BEEN TO OTHER
PEOPLE'S CHURCHES AND THE PASTOR NEVER LIFTS HIS HANDS, NEVER
WORSHIPS. OKAY, THE PASTOR'S MEETINGS, I'VE BEEN TO THEM AND
THEY ALL STAND AROUND AND THEY'RE WORSHIPING AND THEY'RE
DOING THIS. AND SO ONE DAY I WENT TO GOD AND I SAID, GOD, I'M
NOT TRYING TO CORRECT EVERYBODY ELSE. I WANNA LOOK AT, LOOK AT
ME. HOW CAN I BE A BETTER PASTOR? AND THE LORD BROUGHT
THIS BACK UP TO ME WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT ENTERING IN. MAN, I
DON'T KNOW WHY I'M GOING OFF ON MY MESSAGE. HE SAID, HE REMINDED
ME OF SOMETHING THAT I HAD ASKED HIM YEARS AGO. HOW CAN I DO
BETTER? AND HE TOOK ME TO A SCRIPTURE ABOUT MOSES. AND DO
YOU REMEMBER MOSES WAS THE PASTOR? AND HE WOULD GO AND
ENTER INTO HIS OWN LITTLE PRAYER TENT. AND GOD WOULD MEET WITH
HIM. SO THE FIRST THING THE LORD SHOWED ME IS, HANK, YOU HAVE TO
LEAD THE WAY. YOU HAVE TO LEAD THE WAY. YOU HAVE TO BE A PASTOR
THAT ENTERS IN. AND IT CAN'T JUST BE PUBLICLY. YOU HAVE TO
LEARN HOW TO ENTER IN OUTSIDE OF THE PULPIT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE
WITH GOD. AND SO I DO. I'M A MAN THAT ENTERS INTO BEING WITH GOD.
AND THEN WHEN I'M IN THIS HOUSE, I AM A MAN THAT WANTS TO LEAD BY
EXAMPLE. I'M NOT CONCERNED WHETHER YOU'RE WATCHING ME. I
DON'T CARE. I'M CONCERNED IF I'M TOUCHING HIM AND I'M ENTERING
IN. BUT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS LOOK AT YOUR LEADERS AND IF
THEY'RE ENTERING IN, YOU SHOULD TOO. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE
PEOPLE DID. THEY WOULD COME BY AND THEY WOULD WATCH THEIR
LEADER ENTER IN WITH GOD. AND THE BIBLE SAID THEY FELL ON
THEIR FACES. THE INSPIRATION OF OTHERS, WHETHER IT'S THE WORSHIP
TEAM UP HERE, PASTOR CHRISTY, SHE'S ENTERING IN AND IF WE'RE
NOT, IT'S NOT RIGHT. IF PEOPLE ARE LEADING US TO ENTER IN, WE
NEED TO ENTER IN. AND I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE
SPIRIT OF GOD WAS GRIEVED WITH US A LITTLE BIT TODAY. AND MAYBE
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, MAYBE YOU GOT UP TOO MANY TIMES AND HAD
WAFFLES AND CHECKED YOUR EGGS AND YOU DIDN'T ENTER IN. WE
CAN'T PLAY GAMES WITH GOD. I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHY. I AM AT THE
PLACE IN MY LIFE WHERE I'VE WORE THE T-SHIRTS, I'VE DONE IT, I'M
60 YEARS OF AGE. I WANT GOD AT ALL COSTS. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO
EXPERIENCE GOD. AND I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES FOR GOD TO COME, YOU
HAVE TO ENTER IN. PEOPLE USED TO GET MAD AT A MAN WITH A WHITE
SUIT CALLED BENNY HINN. BUT WHAT HE TAUGHT US IS HOW TO ENTER IN
SO THAT IT ACTIVATES THE SUPERNATURAL DIMENSION. YOU
KNOW, I'M TIRED OF TOO MANY PEOPLE WE CALL FOR HEALING
LINES, AND HALF THE CHURCH COMES UP. WE'RE NOT ENTERING IN
SOMEWHERE, EITHER IN OUR PRIVATE TIME, OR IN OUR CHURCH SERVICES,
THAT BRINGS THE DIMENSION OF GOD THAT THERE'S NOT ONE SICK. NOT
ONE PERSON WALKS OUT AND THEN GOES BACK TO THEIR BOUND SIN. WE
HAVE TO ENTER IN. I'M ASKING US TO REALLY TAKE THAT SERIOUS
GOING FORWARD. LET'S CHALLENGE OURSELF NEXT SUNDAY THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE A CHURCH OF WORSHIP, CHURCH OF PRAISE. AND I MEAN
THAT FOR YOU, E-MEMBERS. GET RID OF THE DISTRACTIONS. IF YOU'RE
GONNA BE AN E-MEMBER AND YOU'RE GONNA ENTER INTO WORSHIP,
THEN DO IT, DO IT, DO IT, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU
ARE PROBABLY WRITING COMMENTS, I DO PASTOR HANK.
OKAY, WELL THEN I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU.
BUT I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO GO DEEPER TOO.
HOW ABOUT OUR BIBLES? HOW MANY HAVE A BIBLE?
I'M NOT GONNA LOOK. I'M NOT GONNA LOOK.
HOW MANY OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ME TODAY,
DO YOU HAVE A BIBLE? YOU'RE NOT ENTERING IN.
WELL, YOU PUT THE SCRIPTURES UP ON THE SCREEN.
DON'T DEPEND ON THAT.
ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION, THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T HAVE A BIBLE
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR HAND. HOW MUCH DO YOU ENTER IN DURING
THE WEEK? MAYBE WHY YOU DIDN'T THINK TO BRING YOUR BIBLE. I
THINK THE CHURCH, I'VE BEEN SERVING GOD FOR 40 YEARS, SINCE
1984, 42 YEARS. AND BACK WHEN I GOT SAVED IN 1984, EVERYBODY HAD
A BIBLE COVER, AND YOU TRIED TO OUTDO THE OTHER GUY TO HAVE THE
BEST LOOKING BIBLE COVER. YOU HAD TO HAVE OSTRICH OR GOOSE OR
ALLIGATOR, RIGHT? AND YOU HAD THE BIGGEST ONE, YOU KNOW,
REMEMBER THE CATHOLIC BIBLES WERE ALWAYS THE EIGHT FOOT TABLE
BY SIX FOOT, RIGHT? EVERYBODY BROUGHT THEIR BIBLE AND IT WAS
ALMOST EXPECTED. IF YOU WALKED INTO THE CHURCHES BACK IN THE
80S WITHOUT A BIBLE, YOU WERE CONSIDERED BACKSLID. HOW MANY
KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR
HEARTS. I THINK WE ALL TALK A BIG TALK, INCLUDING THIS
PREACHER, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ARE WE REALLY ENTERING IN?
WE TALK, OH, REVIVAL'S HERE, THE GLORY'S HERE, BUT THEN WHAT ARE
WE DOING TO NAVIGATE IT, TO KEEP IT, TO INTENSIFY IT? WELL, I
HAVE MY PHONE PASS RING. CAN YOU ONE TIME JUST PUT THAT STUPID
THING DOWN? SERIOUSLY. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE MORE THAN ONE
PHONE OR ONE PHONE AND THEY'RE TOO ADDICTED AND THEY WONDER WHY
THEY NEVER HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. I WANNA CHALLENGE US.
WE HAVE BIBLES IF YOU NEED ONE. START BRINGING A PHYSICAL BIBLE.
SEE IF IT, AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, DON'T JUST WAIT FOR
THE SCRIPTURES TO COME UP ON THE SCREEN. I WANNA CHALLENGE YOU.
I'M NOT BEING MEAN. I AM TALKING ON BEHALF OF THE HEART OF GOD
TODAY. 'CAUSE I FELT LIKE I TOLD YOU, I FELT LIKE I GOT A LITTLE
ADJUSTED AND CORRECTED, AND NOW I FELT LIKE SINCE HE DID IT AND
STARTED WITH ME FIRST, MY MANDATE FROM GOD NOW IS TO BE
HONORABLE, AS I'M JUDGING MYSELF, TO BRING THIS CHALLENGE
TO YOU. I WANT YOU AS AN E-MEMBER FROM THIS MOMENT
FORWARD, YOU START COMING AND ENTER INTO WORSHIP. YOU GET YOUR
BREAKFAST OVER, YOUR DONUTS, RIGHT? NOBODY IN HERE GETS
DONUTS AND ALL THE LUXURIES TO GET UP AND WALK ABOUT THE
KITCHEN. YOU NEED TO SIT AND ENTER IN. AND YOU NEED TO HAVE A
PHYSICAL BIBLE. AND IF I TURNED YOU OFF WITH WHAT I SAID, I'M
NOT YOUR PASTOR. 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE TRUTH. AND
I'M GONNA LEAD THE WAY. OKAY? SO LET'S ENTER IN. LET'S, FROM THIS
MOMENT FORWARD, LET'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TURN IT UP. AND I
BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GONNA TURN IT UP ON HIS BEHALF. IS THAT
OKAY? ALL RIGHT, ISAIAH 43. LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE. THIS IS VERY
POWERFUL. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHY WE DON'T GET OUR PRAYERS
ANSWERED, RIGHT? "REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER THINGS. "DON'T EVEN
CONSIDER THE THINGS OF OLD." NOW, THAT'S THE FIRST THING, IS
TOO MUCH TIME IN THE PAST WILL KEEP YOU FROM YOUR PRESENT, KEEP
YOU FROM YOUR FUTURE. IF YOU SPEND ALL YOUR TIME, JESUS SAID,
LOOKING IN YOUR PAST, DWELLING ON THE PAST, HE SAID, YOU'RE NOT
FIT FOR THE KINGDOM IF YOU KEEP LOOKING BACK. YOU'VE GOT TO
HAVE, IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN A NEW SEASON, YOU NEED TO LOOK
FORWARD AND EMBRACE IT. REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER THINGS. IN OTHER
WORDS, WHY? WHY SHOULD WE NOT REMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS? WHY
SHOULD WE NOT EVEN CONSIDER IT? BECAUSE REMEMBER THE PRINCIPLE,
LET'S PUT UP PSALM 19, VERSE 14. WHY SHOULD WE NOT REMEMBER OR
CONSIDER FORMER THINGS? ESPECIALLY THINGS THAT HURT YOU.
ESPECIALLY THINGS THAT DIDN'T GO YOUR WAY. ESPECIALLY TIMES WHEN
IT LOOKED LIKE YOUR ANSWERS TO PRAYERS NEVER HAPPENED. OR ALL
THE TIMES YOU'RE WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING
AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WANTING AND WANTING AND WANTING
AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING. PSALM 19 SAYS, THIS IS THE KEY, AND
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, ALSO THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM,
LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE
ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT, ALL RIGHT? TWO PRINCIPLES HE JUST
TAUGHT US OF HOW TO CONNECT TO GOD, HOW TO ENTER IN, HOW TO GET
THINGS TO BEGIN TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE. NUMBER ONE, THE WORDS
OF YOUR MOUTH. WHAT ARE YOU SPEAKING? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? A
LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON THE SECOND PRINCIPLE, WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT, WHAT YOU MEDITATE ON. WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT, WHAT YOU
MEDITATE ON, IF YOU DO IT IN ABUNDANCE, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT
YOUR WORDS. IT'S GONNA AFFECT YOUR MOUTH. IT'S GONNA COME OUT
OF YOUR HEART. LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAID IN LUKE CHAPTER SIX,
VERSE 45. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO ISAIAH 43. WATCH WHAT
JESUS SAID. THIS IS A POWERFUL PRINCIPLE. A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE
GOOD TREASURE OF HIS HEART BRINGS FORTH THAT WHICH IS GOOD.
AN EVIL MAN OUT OF THE EVIL TREASURE OF HIS HEART BRINGS
FORTH THAT WHICH IS EVIL. ALL RIGHT, NOW HE'S TELLING YOU, A
GOOD MAN WHO HAS A GOOD HEART BRINGS FORTH GOOD THINGS. AN
EVIL MAN OUT OF HIS HEART, HIS HEART IS EVIL, BRINGS FORTH EVIL
THINGS. WHAT IS IT BASED ON? WELL, IT'S BASED ON A LOT OF
TIMES WHAT WE SEE. OH, THAT'S A GOOD PERSON, THAT'S A REALLY BAD
PERSON. BUT REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS WHAT THAT PERSON HAS
BEEN MEDITATING ON. AND THEN WHAT THAT PERSON CHOOSES TO
SPEAK. BECAUSE WHAT YOU SPEAK IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE. GOD, WHEN HE
SAID, "LET THERE BE LIGHT," HE DIDN'T JUST THROW THOSE WORDS
OUT THERE. HE BELIEVED THAT WHEN HE SAID, "LET THERE BE LIGHT,"
IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU PRAY THAT
YOU'RE GONNA GET AN ANSWER? IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT IT OR ASK,
"GOD, WHEN, WHY?" WAIT A MINUTE, YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IT. YOU
HAVE TO BELIEVE. AND IF YOU BELIEVE, AND YOU BELIEVE THAT
YOU RECEIVED, YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU
PRAYED. IF YOU ASK GOD TO HEAL YOU, TO TAKE THAT PAIN AWAY,
THEN DON'T ALTER IT WITH YOUR WORDS. DON'T ALTER IT IN YOUR
MIND. YEAH, BUT THE PAIN IS STILL THERE AND THE SYMPTOM,
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON? ARE YOU
MEDITATING ON THE FACT IT LOOKS LIKE IT DIDN'T WORK? ALWAYS
REMEMBER, FROM THE MOMENT YOU RELEASE SOMETHING OUT OF YOUR
MOUTH TO THE TIME YOU SEE IT, THERE IS A SPACE, THERE'S A
TIME. SOUND ALWAYS COMES BEFORE IT MANIFESTS. LET THERE BE
LIGHT. THEN THERE WAS LIGHT. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR THAT LIGHT
TO MANIFEST? I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS MOVING AT ONE BILLION OR
WHATEVER. A HUNDRED AND HOW MUCH? A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY,
OKAY, SO LET ME SAY IT WITHOUT. MY 186,000 MILES PER SECOND,
THOUSAND MILES PER SECOND, 186,000 MILES PER SECOND. DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE A MANIFESTATION WHEN YOU PRAY? A
LOT OF TIMES THE ENEMY WILL GET YOU TO MEDITATE ON, OH, SEE,
IT'S NOT WORKING. YOU HADN'T RECEIVED IT IN 30 DAYS. OH, YOU
DIDN'T RECEIVE IT IN A YEAR. OH, YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, HOW IT'S
BEEN YEARS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT IT AND STILL NOT
SEEING ANYTHING. WAIT A MINUTE, ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION BASED
ON PSALM 19, 14, HOW MUCH NOW ARE YOU FOCUSING ON THAT IT'S
NOT COME TO PASS, IT'S NOT COMING TO PASS, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING WRONG, WHAT DID I DO WRONG, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO
RATHER THAN WHAT YOU PRAYED AND WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING FOR? SO IT
STARTS COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. PUT UP LUKE 6, VERSE 45,
HERE'S WHY. HERE'S HOW AN EVIL MAN CONTINUES TO GET EVIL
BECAUSE THEY KEEP WHAT JESUS SAID OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
YOUR HEART. WHATEVER YOU KEEP PUTTING INTO YOUR LIFE, WHATEVER
YOU KEEP PUTTING INTO YOUR MIND, YOU WILL BECOME. IT WILL BECOME
YOU BECAUSE YOU'LL START SPEAKING IT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
AND THAT'S HOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE WORLD WAS MADE. THIS
WORLD WAS MADE. IT SAYS THE WORLD WAS FRAMED. IT WAS MADE BY
THE WORDS OF HIS POWER. YOUR WORLD, YOU ARE FRAMING YOUR
PRESENT MOMENT AND YOU'RE FRAMING YOUR FUTURE BY THE
ABUNDANCE OF WHAT YOU MEDITATE ON THAT GETS DOWN IN YOUR HEART
THAT EVENTUALLY COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. SO LIKE I SAID LAST
WEEK, IT'S NOT JUST THAT SOMETHING FLIES OUT OF YOUR
MOUTH. I'VE HAD MARRIED COUNSELING WHERE I DID MORE OF
IT. THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG, YOU DO MORE OF IT AND PASTOR KEITH
AND EVERYTHING. I REMEMBER THOSE YEARS WHEN I DID MORE AND THE
SPOUSE WOULD BE UPSET. OH, HE SAID HE WANTED A DIVORCE. AND
THE BIBLE SAYS, "OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR HEART, "THE
MOUTH SPEAKS AND HE SAID IT." AND I KNOW HE MEANS IT, AND THE
GUY'S GOING, "NO, I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT, I WAS TICKED."
"NO, YOU SAID OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND I'M HOLDING YOU TO THE
SCRIPTURE." AND IT USED TO ALWAYS BOTHER ME 'CAUSE I WOULD
BE SITTING THERE GOING, "WELL, YEAH, DUDE, YOU SAID IT, SO, YOU
KNOW, IT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, AND IT MUST BE IN YOUR HEART."
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. HAVE YOU EVER SAID SOMETHING
STUPID OUT OF YOUR MOUTH? BELIEVE ME, I WENT BACK AND
LISTENED TO MY TAPES SOMETIMES. OKAY, THERE'S THINGS I SAID, AND
THERE'S THINGS I'VE SAID EVEN IN THE PRESENT MOMENT AT TIMES, AND
I'M LIKE, I WISH I SAID THAT, RIGHT? WASN'T IN MY HEART, I
JUST DIDN'T USE WISDOM. I DIDN'T THINK, OR I'VE SAID THINGS, YOU
KNOW, THAT I REGRETTED IN TRAFFIC. LOOK AT WHAT JESUS
SAID, LUKE 6, VERSE 40. OH, STOP, LIKE, YOU'RE ALL SO HOLY.
STOP. HEY, TRAFFIC, STOP. IF THAT STOPS, SO THAT WAS A
TRAFFIC PRINCIPLE, STOP. OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE, JUST BECAUSE THAT
DUDE IN THE MARRIAGE COUNSELING MEETING SAID ONE TIME OUT OF HIS
MOUTH HE WANTED A DIVORCE AND NOW THE LADY'S UPSET AND HAD TO
COME IN FOR COUNSELING 'CAUSE SHE THINKS IT'S OVER AND IT'S IN
HIS HEART 'CAUSE HE SAID IT. NO, HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MAD BECAUSE
YOU DON'T CLEAN THE HOUSE. OR YOU ALWAYS NAG AT HIM. I DON'T
KNOW, I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. MAYBE THE SHOE FITS
SOMEWHERE. OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART. SO IF YOU KEEP
MEDITATING ON IT, YOU KEEP THINKING, WELL, YOU KNOW, MY
WIFE'S THIS, MY WIFE'S THAT, MY HUSBAND'S THIS, MY HUSBAND'S
THAT, OR YOU THINK THAT LADY WHATEVER IS THE BETTER WOMAN FOR
YOU AND YOU KEEP MEDITATING UPON IT, BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'RE
GONNA SPEAK IT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. YOU'RE GONNA ASK THAT
PERSON TO DO SOMETHING THAT VIOLATES YOUR MARRIAGE COVENANT.
JUST KEEP PACKING IT ON, PACKING IT IN. THAT'S HOW JESUS SAID,
THE EVIL PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, MAN. THEY JUST KEEP
ABUNDANTLY SINNING, ABUNDANTLY JUST PACKING ON MORE AND MORE
EVIL, AND EVENTUALLY IT DEFINES THEM. YOUR WORLD IS MADE,
FRAMED. PSALM 19, PUT IT BACK UP. VERSE 14, YOUR PRAYER LIFE
IS DEFINED BY THESE TWO PRINCIPLES. THE WORDS OF YOUR
MOUTH, WHAT ARE YOU SPEAKING? AND WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON?
SOMETIMES WHAT YOU'RE MEDITATING ON ISN'T REALLY THE TRUTH. THE
ENEMY ALWAYS TRIES TO GET YOU TO MEDITATE ON THE WRONG THING.
JESUS WAS HUNGRY IN THE WILDERNESS, AND WHAT DID HE DO?
HE SAID, "HEY MAN, TURN THESE STONES TO BREAD. "LET ME ALTER
YOUR APPETITE." THAT'S WHAT HE DOES, HE ALTERS OUR APPETITE.
RIGHT, GETS US TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SUNDAYS OFF IS
BETTER THAN ENTERING INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WHETHER IT BE
ONLINE OR IN PERSON. YOU GET A TASTE OF IT, YOU START
MEDITATING, OH, OH, THE SUMMER'S HERE, ESPECIALLY US IN THE
NORTH. AH, I GOTTA GO AND GET MY BOAT, GOTTA GO FISHING. OH, WE
GOTTA GO CAMPING. OH, I GOTTA LAY AROUND THE POOL. OH, I GOTTA
HAVE SUNDAYS OFF. YOU START MEDITATING ON IT. BEFORE YOU
KNOW IT, IT'S GONNA DEFINE YOU. YOU'RE GONNA START SPEAKING, AH,
I DON'T THINK I'M GONNA GO TO CHURCH TODAY. I NEED A BREAK.
COME ON, I'M TALKING TRUTH TO EVERY ONE OF US, INCLUDING ME.
LET THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH AND WHAT YOU MEDITATE UPON BE
ACCEPTABLE ON THE SIDE OF GOD. IT HAS TO BE. GO BACK TO ISAIAH
43. LOOK AT VERSE 18. REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER THINGS. WELL, HOW
DO YOU REMEMBER IT? YOU MEDITATE ON IT. MEDITATE ON THAT FORMER
GIRLFRIEND, FORMER BOYFRIEND, FORMER JOB, FORMER CHURCH WAS
BETTER THAN THIS CURRENT ONE I'M GOING TO. (CONGREGATION
LAUGHING) RIGHT? FORMER THINGS, FORMER THINGS. DON'T EVEN
CONSIDER IT, BUT YET WE TALK ABOUT IT. WE TALK ABOUT IT.
COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH. AND WHAT IT'S DOING IS, WATCH THIS, THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, IT'S FRAMING YOUR WORLD, AND YOU ARE
THE PROPHET OF YOUR OWN LIFE. YOU WONDER WHY YOU'RE NOT
PROFITING. WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON? YOU KNOW, OH, I'M
SO SCARED. WELL, BECAUSE YOU WATCH CSI MIAMI, NEW YORK, LOS
ANGELES, HOUSTON, CSI, WEEPING WILLOW, NEBRASKA, YOU KNOW.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) AND YOU WONDER WHY YOU'RE SCARED. YOU
WONDER WHY YOU DON'T GO OUT. 'CAUSE YOU'RE MEDITATING ON IT.
YOU'RE MEDITATING ON MURDER. SO YOU'RE SCARED THAT YOU'RE GONNA
GET MURDERED. OH, I JUST DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE. BECAUSE YOU'RE
LISTENING TO EVERY TIME THAT YOU MEDITATE, YOU OPEN UP. YOU KNOW,
I HAVE TO BYPASS, WHEN I WANNA SEE WHAT THE LOCAL WEATHER IS, I
HAVE TO BYPASS THE MAIN PAGE, 'CAUSE MOST EVERY DAY, THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT AN ACCIDENT. OR A SHOOTING. OMAHA'S SO UNSAFE.
I'M NOT GOING OUT. I'M NOT GOING TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES,
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON?
IF YOU MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
HE'S DELIVERED YOU FROM WICKED AND UNREASONABLE MEN.
IF YOU MEDITATE ON THE BIBLE, THE BIBLE SAYS PSALM 91,
THAT YOU ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE WING
OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
THE LORD IS YOUR REFUGE, HE'S YOUR STRENGTH.
THOUSANDS FALL AT YOUR SIDE AND 10,000S AT YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THEY AIN'T COMING NEAR ME, "AIN'T COMING NEAR MY VEHICLE,
AIN'T COMING NEAR MY FAMILY."
WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON?
YOU GOTTA JUST START SPEAKING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH
AND YOU START SETTING TERMS UP FOR YOUR LIFE.
RIGHT, START SETTING TERMS UP, ESPECIALLY ALL OF
YOU THAT HAVE BEEN IN A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP.
YOU'RE MEDITATING SO MUCH ON ALL,
WHAT WAS THAT SONG BY WILLIE NELSON?
TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE,
WHO CAME IN AND OUT MY DOOR...
I DEDICATE THIS SONG OF MEDITATING ON YOU ALL ALONG. NOW
IT'S COMING OUT OF MY SONG, THE WORDS IN MY MOUTH. AND NOW
THERE'S NO GIRL COMING IN MY DOOR ANYMORE. AND SO THEN THAT
SONG DOESN'T MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. SO NOW IT'S FEELINGS. EVERY
PERSON HAS HURT MY FEELINGS. FEELINGS IN MY LIFE. YOU'RE
MEDITATING ON WHY YOU CAN'T FIND LOVE. LET'S GO TO STEVE PERRY.
HIGHWAY RUN TO THE MID, I KNOW, HOW'S IT EVEN GO? TO THE
MIDNIGHT SUN. WHEELS GO ROUND AND ROUND IN MY MEDITATION OF MY
MIND. BUT OUT OF MY MOUTH, 'CAUSE I'M MEDITATING ON MY
BROKEN HEART IN YOU, I'M FOREVER YOURS. EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T
LIKE ME, YOU WON'T CALL ME, YOU WON'T TEXT ME. FAITHFULLY.
SOMEHOW, I JUST, I OWNED IT. THANK YOU, SON. I FEEL LIKE I'M
KIND OF RIGHT THERE IN SOME OF YOUR WORLDS. SHALL WE GO ON?
NOW, WHY AM I SAYING THIS? PLEASE, PUT IT BACK UP BECAUSE
THERE IS ANOTHER VERSE. OH, THANK YOU, I WAS READY TO CHECK
OUT ON THIS MESSAGE. OKAY, WATCH THIS. REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER,
LISTEN, I'VE DONE IT. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT SONG CAME
OUT AND I HAD A FEW MOMENTS THAT I WAS LIKE, I'M FOREVER YOURS
FAITHFULLY. THANK GOD I'M NOT, I HAVE BRENDA. REMEMBER NOT THE
FORMER THINGS. DON'T EVEN MEDITATE ON IT, SPEAK ABOUT IT,
REHEARSE IT. RELIVE THE MOMENT. WHY? IF YOU DO, VERSE 19 CAN'T
HAPPEN. VERSE 19, BEHOLD, I WILL DO A NEW THING. NOW IT SHALL
SPRING FORTH. IF YOU WANT SOME NEW THINGS, IT'S CALLED ANSWER
TO PRAYER. 'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, IT MEANS WHEN IT
HAPPENS, IT'S A NEW THING. IT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S A NOW THING.
IT'S AN ANSWER TO PRAYER THING. NOW IT SHALL SPRING FORTH, AND
IT'S GONNA BE SO OBVIOUS. YOU'RE GONNA KNOW IT. BUT HOW DO YOU
GET TO THAT POINT OF THINGS MANIFESTING? PSALM 19, VERSE 14.
WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON? MEDITATE. COME ON. IF YOU'RE
SINGLE TODAY, MEDITATE ON NOT THE SCARS OF YOUR HEART. YOU
WANNA BE MARRIED AGAIN OR AT ALL? DON'T MEDITATE ON YOUR
SCARS, MEDITATE ON, THERE'S A SCAR RIGHT ON JESUS RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S A WOUND. WHY DID THEY PIERCE HIS SIDE? BECAUSE WHEN
GOD LOOKED AT ADAM AND SAID, "IT'S NOT GOOD THAT MAN BE LEFT
ALONE, "I THE LORD SHALL GRANT HIM AND FIND HIM HIS HELP ME."
I'LL GO, I'M GONNA MAKE A RIB FOR HIM. SHE WAS FROM THE SOUTH,
SHE WAS A SPARE RIB. AND IT'S THE HTL TRANSLATION, HANK,
TRANSLATION. ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S THAT? IT'S A RARE RIB.
SO WE DON'T WANT A WELL-DONE SPOUSE. WE WANT A
RARE, RARE, RARE, RARE, RARE RIB. THAT'S HARD TO SAY, IT'S
LIKE A TONGUE TWISTER. OKAY, THANK YOU, JANET. NOW, LET'S GET
BACK TO THE STORY. WHAT DID HE DO? HE OPENED HIS SIDE. JESUS IS
ON THE CROSS, PSALM 22, YOU CAN READ IT. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
HE'S SINGING A SONG. HE'S SINGING ABOUT HIS CHURCH. JESUS
IS LITERALLY, HE'S RECORDING. IF WE BELIEVE THAT'S A MESSIANIC
PSALM, PSALM 22, YOU NEED TO READ IT BECAUSE JESUS THEN IS
SINGING FROM THE CROSS. HE'S MEDITATING ON YOU. HE'S
MEDITATING ON HIS CHURCH IN THE MIDST OF HIS SUFFERING. AND THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY OPEN HIS SIDE. WHY? OUT COMES HIS BRIDE.
OUT COMES HIS CHURCH. MEDITATE ON HIS WOUND AND OUT WILL COME
THE RIGHT SPOUSE IN THE RIGHT SEASON, THE RIGHT TIMING. I'M
SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY WATCHING ME. YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT, WHAT
ABOUT MY HEALING? SAME PRINCIPLE, MEDITATE ON HIS BACK.
THAT HAD LASHES. IF THEY DID IT ACCORDING TO 39 TIMES THAT HE
WAS WHIPPED, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY LASHES THAT IS? 351 LASHES.
PSALM 129, VERSE THREE, "THE PLOWERS PLOWED MY BACK, MAKING
DEEP, LONG DEFERRALS." MEDITATE ON THAT AND THEN SPEAK IT OUT OF
YOUR MOUTH. BY HIS STRIPES, 351 LASHES, I AM AND I WAS HEALED.
IT'S ALREADY SETTLED. WELL, BUT PASTOR, I CAN'T WIN THE BATTLE
IN MY MIND. I CAN'T STOP MEDITATING ON THINGS THAT ARE
WRONG. WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. HE HAD
THE CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD. THE BIBLE SAYS, LOOK AT JOSHUA
1:9. "FAMILIAR SCRIPTURE," WHY DON'T WE HAVE SUCCESS IN OUR
THOUGHTS? WHY DON'T WE HAVE SUCCESS SOMETIMES WITH OUR
MOUTH? I KNOW PEOPLE THAT JUST LET ANYTHING FLY OUT OF THEIR
MOUTH. AND THEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I'M JUST THAT KIND OF
PERSON. I SPEAK MY MIND. WELL, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. AND IT WILL
BE YOUR PROBLEM IF YOU CONTINUE TO SPEAK YOUR MIND. BECAUSE YOU
SPEAKING YOUR MIND ARE SHOWING ALL THE ABUNDANT THINGS THAT
YOU'VE BEEN MEDITATING ON THAT HAS DEFINED YOU AS A PERSON WHO
SPEAKS THEIR MIND THAT ALSO HAS PROBLEMS. I FEEL LIKE DR. PHILIP
HERE. YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW? OKAY. HAVE NOT, OKAY. HAVE I NOT COMMANDED THEE,
BE STRONG. OH, IS IT VERSE EIGHT? THANK YOU. HELPS TO
MEDITATE ON THE WORD, YOU KNOW IT'S WHAT IT IS. I DON'T KNOW
WHY I SAID VERSE NINE. THE BOOK OF, THIS BOOK OF THE LAW, OKAY,
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED A BIBLE. SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF YOUR,
WHAT? SOUNDS LIKE PSALM 119. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? MEDITATE ON IT.
WHOA, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GET ANSWERS TO PRAYER? IT
JUST SHOWED YOU AGAIN. DON'T STOP SPEAKING THE WORD OF GOD
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH REGARDING WHAT YOU PRAYED. DON'T START ALTERING
HIS WORDS OR YOUR WORDS. YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DO WHEN IT
COMES TO HEALING? THEY START ALTERING HIS WORD. WELL, GOD
HEALS SOME AND NOT OTHERS. THAT'S YOUR BELIEF. I'VE TRIED.
I'VE PRAYED. IT IS WHAT IT IS. I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY THAT TO ME.
I'LL SAY, WELL, DID YOU PRAY ABOUT IT? YEAH, BUT IT IS WHAT
IT IS. WELL, MR. IS WHAT IT IS IS WHY IT IS. AND WHY IT WILL
ALWAYS BE IF YOU KEEP IT UP. AND WHY IT WON'T BE, MR. IS WHAT IT
IS. HOW MANY EVER MET SOME IS WHAT IT IS? IT IS WHAT IT IS. I
HAVE PEOPLE SAY THAT ABOUT AMERICA. WELL, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
NO, IT AIN'T. WHICH MY HEAVENLY PROPHETIC HUNCH SAYS TO ME, THEY
ARE STEALING THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAYOR RACE IN CALIFORNIA.
IT'S VERY OBVIOUS, OKAY? TAKES YOU THAT LONG TO COUNT VOTES.
AND THEN, MAN, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT AND THE PEOPLE YOU
DON'T WANT, THEY'RE GAINING ON THE PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT. AND
THE PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT, IT'S LIKE THEY HARDLY EVER CHANGE THE
TALLY AMOUNT OF THE VOTES WITH 10% MORE COUNTED. HMM. MY
HEAVENLY PROPHETIC HUNT SAYS THEY'RE GONNA STEAL IT. BUT I
THINK THERE'S ENOUGH RED OF INDIGNATION THAT THAT THING IS
GOING TO BE EXPOSED AND IT'S GOING TO BRING SOME KIND OF
RESET TO CALIFORNIA THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR GOVERNMENT
AND THEIR GOVERNOR, THEIR MAYOR RACE. AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S
ALSO GOING TO BRING SOME KIND OF ACTION THAT IS GOING TO BRING A
SHAKEUP THAT IS GOING TO HELP NOT JUST RESET SOMETHING IN
CALIFORNIA, BUT IT'S GONNA RESET SOMETHING ACROSS THE NATION. AND
IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH THE LORD IS SAYING, I'M GONNA ALLOW IT TO
BE SEEN IN FRONT OF, SO OBVIOUS IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, SO THAT
IT NOW CAN BRING THE NEXT STEP OF REFORMATION, RESETTING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTION. ANYWAY, WHATEVER THAT IS ABOUT.
BUT ANYWAY, LET'S PUT UP VERSE EIGHT. THIS BOOK, WELL, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE THE BOOK IN FRONT OF YOU, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS,
CAN I TELL YOU, I'M A WRITER. OKAY, I WRITE. AND I'M ALWAYS IN
FRONT OF MY COMPUTER AND I HATE IT. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD
SOMETIMES YOU GET DONE AT THE END OF THE DAY AND YOU'RE ON
YOUR LAPTOP AND YOU WALK AND YOU'RE HAVING TO LIKE NOW
STRETCH YOUR NECK 'CAUSE YOU FEEL THAT LITTLE THING BACK
THERE. IN FACT, I WAS TELLING BRENDA, I SAW THIS THING ON
AMAZON. IT'S THIS LITTLE, IT LOOKS LIKE A HAND AND IT GOES
LIKE THIS. AND I SAID, "BRENDA, I'M GONNA GET THAT THING FOR
EVERY TIME I'M WRITING." AND SHE GOES, "DON'T BRING THAT THING IN
THE HOUSE. THAT IS CREEPY." HOW MANY OF YOU, ANYBODY IN HERE,
I'D JUST LIKE FOR BRENDA TO HEAR THIS. DOES ANYBODY OR ONLINE, DO
YOU HAVE ONE? DO YOU LIKE IT? IT'S NOT CREEPY. DOES IT WORK? I
THINK YOU'VE CONVINCED BRENDA TO HAVE ME BUY ONE. IF YOU HAVE ONE
ONLINE, JUST PUT YOUR, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT? I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES RIGHT NOW. THEY JUST LOST, ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S LIKE THIS HAND IN IT. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S CALLED
THE CREEPER OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED. BUT
I WRITE A LOT. WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE THING? THAT EVEN
MAKES IT MORE CREEPIER, THE THING. MAN, I GREW UP WATCHING,
REMEMBER THAT GUY, IS DR. SANGUINARI THE CREATURE FEATURE
GUY? AND THEY HAD THE SWAMP THING, REMEMBER THE SWAMP THING,
MEANT LIKE FRANKENSTEIN, FRANKINCENSE, I MEAN ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT CREATURES. BUT ANYWAY, STAY WITH MY POINT.
HERE'S MY POINT. I WRITE A LOT. AND I NOTICE SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS BECAUSE I START GETTING MORE EMAILS COMING IN AND STUFF.
I'M LIKE, I DON'T, OR TEXT MESSAGES. I'M LIKE, I DON'T EVEN
WANNA ANSWER ANOTHER TEXT MESSAGE. I DON'T WANNA ANSWER
ANOTHER EMAIL. I DON'T WANNA ANSWER ANOTHER CALL BECAUSE I'M
TIRED OF DEVICES. AND THEY SAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO EVER GIVE
YOUR BRAIN A BREAK, YOU GOTTA GET OFF OF THAT STUFF. COME ON.
YEAH, YOU DO. YOU DO. SO THIS BOOK, GET A BOOK OUT, GET YOUR
BIBLE OUT, SHALL NOT DEPART, RIGHT, FROM YOUR MOUTH. YOU
GOTTA KEEP SPEAKING IT. SOME OF YOU NEED TO GET YOUR PRAYER
REQUESTS BACK OUT AND SAY, I PRAYED THIS, I AM STANDING. YOUR
WORD SAYS WHATSOEVER THINGS, FATHER, THAT I ASK YOU IN JESUS'
NAME, AND I BELIEVE THAT I RECEIVE, I'LL HAVE IT. AND SO I
HAVE IT, AND I THANK YOU, FATHER. AND I REAFFIRM THAT I
HAVE IT. I REAFFIRM MY FAITH TODAY. AND I THANK YOU, AND FROM
THIS MOMENT FORWARD, NOTHING WILL DEPART OUT OF MY MOUTH OF
NEGATIVITY, UNBELIEF, QUESTIONING, BUT FROM THIS
MOMENT FORWARD, THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF MY
MOUTH REGARDING THIS PRAYER REQUEST IS, FATHER, I THANK YOU.
I THANK YOU, YOU'VE HEARD ME. I THANK YOU THAT THAT PRAYER
REQUEST IS NOW. I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT I'M NOT EVEN
CONSIDERING FORMER TIMES WHEN I PRAYED AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I
THANK YOU, FATHER, I'M NOT EVEN CONSIDERING TIMES WHEN IT DIDN'T
LOOK LIKE IT WORKED. BUT FATHER, FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD,
ACCORDING TO ISAIAH 43, VERSE 19, I'VE ENTERED INTO A NEW
SEASON, AND THAT SEASON IS ANSWERED PRAYER. THAT SEASON IS
THE MANIFESTATION OF WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING AND WHAT I ASK. SO I
THANK YOU FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD. IN FACT, I'M GONNA
MEDITATE ON IT, FATHER. I'M GONNA WATCH MYSELF, LITERALLY,
AS A HEALED PERSON. I'M GONNA SEE MYSELF WITHOUT MY CRUTCH,
WITHOUT MY CANE. I'M GONNA SEE MYSELF BEING ABLE TO HEAR OUT OF
MY RIGHT EAR. I'M GONNA SEE MYSELF WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO
WEAR GLASSES, WHERE I CAN SEE. FATHER, I SEE MYSELF. FATHER, I
SEE MYSELF. I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR A NEW JOB, AND I SEE MYSELF
AT, IF IT'S A DESK, AT A NEW JOB. I SEE MY PRODIGAL RETURNING
HOME AND ME KISSING THEIR NECK. I SEE MY SPOUSE THAT I'VE BEEN
PRAYING FOR SHOWING UP AT MY SIDE SUPERNATURALLY THAT
SURPRISES ME, THAT I LOOK OVER AND I SAY, WHOA, WHERE DID YOU
COME FROM? AND SHE WILL SAY, OH, I'VE BEEN IN YOUR PRAYERS ALL
ALONG, OR HE WILL SAY, I'VE BEEN HERE ALL ALONG, BABY. AND SO,
COME ON. YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? SEE YOURSELF IN
THAT NEW CAR, NOT IN THAT OLD THING THAT IS THE LOUDEST ONE IN
THE CHURCH PARKING LOT. NOT BECAUSE YOU TOOK OFF THE
MUFFLERS AND YOU HAD SUPERSIZED IT, BUT YOU GOT IT AT THE $40
CLUB. BY THE WAY, I GOTTA TELL YOU SOMETHING FUNNY. SO I WAS
COMING TO CHURCH RIGHT BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HERE, AND I
SAW THIS SIGN. IT SAID, "G SALE." AND I LOOKED OVER AT
BRENDA AND I SAID, "LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION AS A WOMAN." I'M
ALMOST DONE, PASTOR DOUG. YOU CAN START HEADING THIS WAY. IS
THIS OKAY? SO I LOOKED AT THIS SIGN, "G SALE." AND I SAID,
"BRENDA, CAN I?" AND I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION OF YOU THAT
ARE WATCHING. I SAID, "AS A WOMAN, IF YOU SEE A SIGN THAT
SAYS G-SALE," I SAID, "OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT A GARAGE." I SAID, "DOES THAT ENTICE YOU TO GO TO THAT
PLACE?" SHE'S LIKE, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? "IF THEY CAN'T EVEN
SPELL THE WORD GARAGE, "IT MEANS THEY GOT A BUNCH OF JUNK." SO
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? HUH? WHAT WAS MY
POINT? HUH? DRIVING TO CHURCH, I GUESS, OH, WHAT YOU'RE
MEDITATING ON? I DON'T KNOW. YOU GOTTA SEE IT. START SEEING IT.
START SPEAKING IT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WITH
SHILOH, THE LAND, WHEN GOD TOLD ME TO WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT AND
WAIT. I JUST SAID TO THE LORD AT ONE POINT, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA
THINK ABOUT IT. AND THERE IS SOME TIMES, AGAIN, YOU DON'T
CONSIDER THE FORMER THINGS. WELL, THAT'S PART OF MEDITATING.
I'M NOT MEDITATING ON IT. YOU TOLD ME TO WAIT, SO I'M NOT EVEN
GONNA THINK ABOUT IT. AND AT ONE POINT I SAID, "LORD, I PRAYED
ABOUT IT. I TRUST YOU FOR IT, AND SO I'VE LEFT IT IN YOUR
HANDS." I'VE DONE THAT WITH MY CHILDREN'S BOOKS. I'M LIKE,
"GOD, I HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON THIS, AND IT HASN'T BECOME A
BESTSELLER YET, BUT I'M NOT GONNA MEDITATE ON THAT. I'M
GONNA MEDITATE THAT THIS THING WILL BECOME A WORLDWIDE
SENSATION, THAT THIS IS GONNA RECAPTURE A GENERATION FOR
KIDS." SEE, I'M SPEAKING TO MYSELF. RIGHT, EVERY ONE OF US
HAS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REDO. BUT LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS. THIS
BOOK OF THE LAW, DON'T LET IT STOP COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH,
BUT THOU SHALL MEDITATE, MEDITATE. THINK ON WHAT THE
BIBLE SAYS, WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOUR NEED. AND IF YOU DO THIS,
AND YOU DO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN, FOR THEN GOD WILL MAKE YOUR WAY
PROSPEROUS. WOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ANSWER
TO PRAYER. SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN, AND YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE GOOD SUCCESS, OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ANSWER TO
PRAYER. SO THESE ARE THE WAYS TO DO IT. AND I JUST, I DON'T THINK
I SHOULD CONTINUE ON. I THINK WE CAN HIT SOME OF THESE OTHER
ONES. I HAVE SO MANY GOOD POINTS, BUT LET ME JUST SHOW YOU
ONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH. LET'S JUST DO
THAT. PROVERBS CHAPTER 13, LOOK AT VERSE THREE ABOUT THE WORDS
OF YOUR MOUTH. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MEDITATING, BUT LOOK AT
THIS SCRIPTURE. OKAY, HE THAT KEEPS HIS MOUTH KEEPS HIS LIFE.
WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PROPHET OF YOUR OWN LIFE. YOUR
LIFE BECOMES WHAT YOU MEDITATE ON. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER ONE
TIME I WENT INTO THIS REHAB PLACE THAT SOMEBODY, I THINK
THEY HAD GONE, YEAH, THEY'VE GONE HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD,
BUT THEY LIVE A LONG TIME. AND THEY WERE IN SOME REHAB PLACE.
AND I REMEMBER THEY CALLED ME AND I WENT IN THERE AND THEY
WERE FADING FAST. I MEAN, FAST. AND I'M LIKE, MAN, THIS PERSON
SPEAKS THE WORD. THIS PERSON LOVES THE LORD. THIS PERSON
ABSOLUTELY IS A PERSON OF FAITH. AND I SAID, GOD, THIS IS NOT
RIGHT. THIS IS A POWERFUL WOMAN OF GOD. SHE WAS A VERY POWERFUL
INTERCESSOR. AND I SAID, THIS IS NOT RIGHT, LORD. WHAT'S
HAPPENING IS SHE'S STILL GOT A LOT OF LIFE INTO HER. AND SO I
REMEMBER I WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM AND I WAS WALKING DOWN THE
HALL AND I SAID, NOW GOD, THIS IS NOT RIGHT. SOMETHING IS NOT
RIGHT HERE. AND I REMEMBER ASKING GOD, I SAID, GOD, THERE'S
GOT TO BE A WISDOM. WHAT IS THE WISDOM TO CONNECT THIS PERSON
BACK TO THEIR FAITH? AND I HEARD THE LORD SAY, "GATHER HER FAMILY
AND TELL THEM TO CHANGE HER ROOM." I SAID, "CHANGE HER
ROOM?" AND WHEN I WALKED INTO HER ROOM, THERE WAS NOT EVEN A
WINDOW IN IT. IT WAS SO DARK, IT LOOKED MEDICAL, IT LOOKED KIND
OF CREEPY, RIGHT? ALL THESE MACHINES AND STUFF. AND SO I
GATHERED THE FAMILY AND I SAID, LISTEN, I SAID, I HEARD THE LORD
SPEAK TO ME. I SAID, WE'RE GONNA SEE A TURNAROUND. HE SAID, WELL,
WHAT IS THAT? I SAID, WE GOTTA CHANGE OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE GOTTA
GET HER OUT OF THAT ROOM. I SAID, AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN
THAT ROOM, I DON'T LIKE IT. I SAID, I FEEL A LOT OF DEATH IN
THAT ROOM. AND I SAID, I'M SERIOUS. AND I SAID, EVEN WHEN I
WENT IN IT, I FELT SOMETHING NOT WANT ME THERE. AND I SAID, "WE
NEED TO TALK TO THE STAFF." AND THE FIRST THING OUT OF THEIR
MOUTH, "OH, WE CAN'T. THIS IS THE ROOM THEY GAVE US." I SAID,
"NO, I WILL DO IT THEN. IF YOU WILL BACK ME, I'LL BE THE
MOUTHPIECE." "OH YEAH, PLEASE DO." SO I WENT TO THE STAFF AND
I SAID, "EXCUSE ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IN CHARGE."
"WELL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE IN HERE TILL TOMORROW, SO I WANNA
TELL 'EM I'M COMIN' BACK AND I'M GONNA MEET WITH 'EM." THEY SAID,
"WELL, WHAT'S IT ABOUT?" I SAID, "THAT'S BETWEEN ME AND THEM."
'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO FORMULATE, RIGHT? SO THE NEXT
DAY, THEY WENT IN AND THEY APPROACHED ME. ANYBODY THAT
WANTS TO TALK TO YOU LIKE THIS IS NOT A GOOD SIGN. I MEAN, I
FEEL LIKE MUHAMMAD ALI, HAVING TO KIND OF FLOAT LIKE A
BUTTERFLY AROUND HIM 'CAUSE I KNEW THAT. I SAID, "I GOTTA ASK
YOU A QUESTION." I SAID, "TELL ME ABOUT THAT ROOM WHERE
SO-AND-SO'S IN." THEY SAID, "OH YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF OUR, WHAT
WE CALL OUR RECOVERY ROOM. A LOT OF TIMES WE PUT PEOPLE THERE
WHEN WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO MAKE IT." NO WONDER I FELT THIS
SPIRIT OF DEATH THERE. I SAID, "OH," I SAID, "HERE, I'M GONNA,
AS A PASTOR, ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY, I'M GONNA ASK A REQUEST
OF YOU." AND I SAID, "THIS IS A BIG REQUEST." THERE'S A LOT OF
LIFE IN HER. SHE'S BEEN COMING TO OUR CHURCH FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS. SHE'S ONE OF OUR FAITHFUL CONGREGATIONAL MEMBERS. I'M
ASKING YOU TO MOVE HER. I WANT A ROOM WITH A WINDOW. I WANT A
ROOM WHERE SHE CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK OUT, SIT UP, LOOK OUT. HE
GOES, WELL, SHE'S NOT VERY COHERENT. I SAID, I DON'T CARE.
I WANT A ROOM WHERE WE COULD, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? HE
AGREED. HE SAID, OKAY. HE GOES, I'M NOT SURE IT'S GONNA HELP. I
SAID, ALL RIGHT. WE LITERALLY HAD THE FAMILY ROLL HER INTO HER
BED, OPEN THE WINDOWS, AND IMMEDIATELY WITHIN LIKE A FEW
HOURS, HER VITAL SIGNS STARTED SHIFTING. 'CAUSE I COULD TELL
THAT SHE WAS MEDITATING ON THE FACT THAT SHE SAW LIGHT. SHE
STARTED MEDITATING ON LIFE IN THE ROOM AND NOT DEATH. AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN, THE FIRST THING SHE SAID WHEN SHE STARTED WAKING UP,
FIRST THING SHE SAID IS, "WHERE AM I?" SHE SAID, "THIS IS
DIFFERENT." AND SHE WAS GROGGY. AND THEY LITERALLY BEGAN TO SET
HER IN A CHAIR. AND SHE WAS PART OF OUR CHURCH FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS. 10 YEARS AFTER. BECAUSE SHE WAS MEDITATING ON THE RIGHT
THINGS. SAME WAY WITH YOU, STAND YOUR FEET. WHAT ARE YOU
MEDITATING ON? SOME OF YOU NEED TO TURN OFF YOUR TV. OR LIMIT
IT. RIGHT? WHAT'S THAT? PUT PREACHING ON. PUT BRENDA
KUNNEMAN, SHE'S PROBABLY THE BEST PREACHER OUTSIDE OF TONY
SUAREZ. PUT HER ON, PUT THE DAILY DECREE ON, RIGHT? BUT
JUST, YOU KNOW, ALTER WHAT YOU'RE MEDITATING ON. CHANGE
YOUR ENVIRONMENT. SOME OF YOU NEED TO OPEN THE BLINDS IN YOUR
HOME. OKAY, YOU'RE MEDITATING ON EVERYTHING BEING SO DARK. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT THIS YOUNG GENERATION. CAN I TELL THE
YOUNG GENERATION OF, PASTOR DOUG, HAVE YOU NOTICED, SO WE
GOT 100 AND SOME EMPLOYEES HERE, AND YOU GO INTO THE YOUNG
PEOPLE'S OFFICES, AND THEY WORK IN THE DARK. WHAT IS WRONG WITH
YOU PEOPLE? I'M LOOKING AT EVERY ONE OF YOU, YOUNG. WHAT IS WRONG
WITH YOU? WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE DARK? IT'S PEACEFUL. YOU HAVE
LAMPS. OH, IT'S PEACEFUL, THEY HAVE LAMPS. THEY HAVE LAMPS AND
IT'S PEACEFUL. MOM, WHEN I USED TO WORK AT THE SERVICE STATION
FOR YOU, CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING ALL THE LIGHTS OFF? PEOPLE WOULD
THINK THAT YOU'RE CLOSED AND NO WORK IS GETTING DONE. BUT, YOU
KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST THE OLD DAYS. WE'RE
NOT CONSIDERING THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
JUST NOT DOING THAT. BUT YOU GOTTA CHANGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
TURN THE LIGHTS ON, RIGHT? GET AROUND SOME POSITIVE FRIENDS.
GET AROUND SOME POSITIVE. SOME OF YOU RATHER THAN GO WITH YOUR
WORK FRIENDS AFTERWARDS TO GO FOR A DRINK, EVEN THOUGH YOU
DON'T DRINK, YOU DRINK A COKE. WHY DON'T YOU START GETTING
INVOLVED IN MEN'S PRAYER? WHY DON'T YOU GET INTO 242 GROUPS
WHERE YOU CAN GET DISCIPLED AND MENTORED AND TRAINED. CHANGE
YOUR ENVIRONMENT. CHANGE ON WHAT YOU'RE MEDITATING AND THEN WATCH
HOW IT ALTERS WHAT YOU SPEAK AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHAT HAPPENS IN
YOUR LIFE. AMEN, AMEN. PASTOR DOUG, WHY DON'T YOU COME AND
CLOSE THIS BABY OUT? I HOPE I PREACHED TO YOU OKAY TODAY. I
MEAN, I KIND OF STARTED OFF WITH A MESSAGE AND WENT FROM THERE,
BUT ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT, PASTOR DOUG, DON'T YOU LOVE THIS GUY?
MIC'S FALLING OFF. YEAH, ALL RIGHT. WE LOVE YOU TOO. I LOVE
YOU TOO, THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. PRAISE
GOD. HEY, IF YOU NEED TO BE BAPTIZED TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
COMMANDED TO BE WATER BAPTIZED. IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER IN JESUS
CHRIST AND YOU'VE NOT BEEN WATER BAPTIZED TODAY, YOU CAN BE
BAPTIZED RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. AND IF YOU'LL JUST STEP
OVER HERE TO WHERE MR. LES IS WAVING HIS HANDS, OR IF YOU WERE
SCHEDULED TO BE BAPTIZED TODAY AND YOU DIDN'T GO OUT EARLIER,
JUST COME SEE MR. LES, AND HE'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT DOWN TO THE AREA
THAT YOU NEED TO GO TO. AND YOU CAN BE BAPTIZED TODAY. AND DON'T
WORRY ABOUT IF YOU WEREN'T DRESSED FOR IT OR WHATEVER.
WE'VE GOT THE CLOTHING FOR YOU, AND IT'LL JUST TAKE A FEW
MINUTES. WE'LL GET YOU PREPPED AND READY, AND YOU CAN BE
BAPTIZED TODAY. SO THANK YOU. ALTAR TEAM, YOU CAN COME FORWARD
AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IF YOU'RE WORKING IN THE CONNECT CAFE OR
YOU'RE STATIONED AT AN INFORMATION CENTER, I'LL DISMISS
YOU AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE, IF YOU'LL JUST STAY WITH ME FOR A
MINUTE OR TWO HERE, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THE PRAISE
TEAM TODAY SANG A SONG THAT MADE ME THINK. IT SAID, "KINGS AND
KINGDOMS WILL ALL PASS AWAY, BUT YOUR POWER WILL REMAIN." GOD'S
POWER WILL REMAIN REGARDLESS. EVERY KING THAT'S EVER LIVED ON
THIS EARTH IS GOING TO PASS AWAY. EVERY POOR PERSON, EVERY
PERSON OF LOWLY STATURE IN LIFE IS GOING TO PASS AWAY. IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE A KING OR NOT. PEOPLE PASS AWAY.
WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME ON THIS LIFE THAT WE ARE
APPOINTED TO LIVE, AND AT THE END OF THAT APPOINTED TIME, WE
MOVE ON TO EITHER HEAVEN OR HELL, THE BIBLE TELLS US, ONE OR
THE OTHER. BUT IT'S OUR CHOICE AS TO WHERE WE END UP. WE HAVE
WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS FREE WILL, OR IT MEANS THAT WE MAKE OUR OWN
DECISION. WE DETERMINE OUR COURSE IN LIFE. JESUS GAVE HIS
LIFE FOR US, AND WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE HIM. BUT
IF YOU DON'T MAKE THAT CHOICE WHILE YOU'RE BREATHING AND
ALIVE, THEN IT'S TOO LATE. AND LIKE I SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SICK TO DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE OLD TO DIE. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE READY. YESTERDAY THERE WAS A
MAN THAT WAS 32 YEARS OLD IN FREMONT, DROWNED IN A LAKE. I
JUST TALKED TO A LADY THAT'S A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH. LAST WEEK
HER SISTER, 65, SUDDENLY PASSED AWAY, NOT EVEN SICK. THANK GOD
SHE WAS A BELIEVER. SHE'S IN HEAVEN NOW, SO WE'RE REJOICING
WITH HER ABOUT THAT. LAST WEDNESDAY THERE WAS AN
18-YEAR-OLD IN CALIFORNIA THAT ATTENDED A GRADUATION CEREMONY
AND WAS KILLED BY GUNFIRE. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE. NOW IF
YOU'RE A BELIEVER, YOU HAVE A COVENANT WITH GOD. PASTOR TALKED
ABOUT IT A LOT TODAY. WE BELIEVE FOR LONG LIFE, PROTECTION, ALL
THOSE THINGS. COME ON. SO I'M NOT NEGATING THAT IN ANY WAY.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME AND YOU
HAVE THE TIME TO MAKE A DECISION. SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU
JUST TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME QUICKLY TODAY. IN CASE THERE'S
SOMEONE WATCHING ONLINE, I MIGHT BE SPEAKING TO YOU OR THERE
COULD BE SOMEONE HERE IN THIS AUDIENCE AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR
DOUG, I WANT TO MAKE 100% SURE THAT WHENEVER I LEAVE THIS
EARTH, I'LL BE READY AND I'LL GO TO HEAVEN. BUT I ALSO, MORE
IMPORTANT THAN THAT, I WANT TO HAVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE THAT GOD
GIVES ME WHILE I'M ON THIS EARTH SO THAT I CAN AFFECT OTHERS AND
I CAN DO WHAT GOD'S CALLED ME TO DO." AND UNTIL YOU ENTER INTO
THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT OR
THE ASSURANCE OF HEAVEN. THEY'RE BOTH SO IMPORTANT. ETERNITY IS
SO IMPORTANT. SO I'M GONNA COUNT TO THREE TODAY, AND IF THERE'S
SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU SAY I'M NOT A
HUNDRED PERCENT SURE IT ALL STARTS WITH A PRAYER AND I'M
JUST GONNA ASK YOU TO PRAY WITH ME TODAY AND WE'RE GONNA GET IT
RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE ABUNDANT LIFE ON THIS
EARTH WITH JESUS GUIDING YOU AND DIRECTING YOU PLUS ETERNITY IN
HEAVEN WHEN I COUNT TO THREE IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND YOU SAY
PASTOR DOUG, I WANT TO PRAY TODAY I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M
RIGHT BEFORE I LEAVE THIS AUDITORIUM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
HEAVEN IS MY HOME I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY BOLD
AND THAT'S RAISE YOUR HAND SO THAT I CAN FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE
WE'RE NOT GONNA EMBARRASS YOU TODAY, BUT I DO WANT TO PRAY
WITH YOU WHEN I COUNT TO THREE JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE
WATCHING ONLINE YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WHEREVER YOU'RE AT AT
HOME ONE TWO THREE, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY? AND YOU'D
RAISE YOUR HAND BOLDLY AND SAY, I NEED TO KNOW JESUS. I NEED TO
MAKE SURE JESUS IS MY SAVIOR. ANYONE HERE IN THIS BUILDING?
LET'S DO THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, YOU
REPEAT AFTER ME. FATHER IN HEAVEN. THANK YOU FOR SENDING
JESUS. THANK YOU HE WENT TO THE CROSS. HE DIED FOR ME. I BELIEVE
HE WAS BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. AND THE BIBLE
SAYS, "IF I CONFESS MY SIN, JESUS WILL FORGIVE ME." FATHER,
I'M ASKING YOU TODAY, FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE. COME INTO MY
HEART, BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL SERVE YOU FOR THE
REMAINDER OF MY LIFE. AND SOMEDAY I'LL BE IN HEAVEN WITH
YOU. AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, YOU CAN CALL OUR
PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907, AND OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE THERE
24 HOURS A DAY TO PRAY WITH YOU AND GET YOU INFORMATION SO THAT
YOU CAN HAVE A WALK WITH THE LORD AND TELL YOU HOW TO PROCEED
FROM THERE. AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY, I WANT TO REMIND YOU, THE
ALTER TEAM IS HERE. IF YOU NEED PRAYER FOR ANYTHING IN YOUR
LIFE, THEY'RE HERE WITH THE STRONG PRAYER OF AGREEMENT. JUST
COME RIGHT ON UP AS WE DISMISS. AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I
FORGOT? OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. WE'LL SEE YOU HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK. GOD BLESS YOU.
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