WEBVTT 00:00.400 --> 00:04.471 (MUSIC) 00:05.504 --> 00:06.673 LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, 00:09.208 --> 00:10.944 LET'S GET UP ON OUR FEET 00:12.445 --> 00:15.414 AND SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH 00:15.515 --> 00:18.350 WITH THE SOUND OF OUR PRAISE THIS MORNING, AMEN. 00:19.184 --> 00:21.187 COME ON, LET'S GO. 00:22.321 --> 00:26.925 (MUSIC) 00:27.027 --> 00:31.530 JESUS, WE PUT ALL OF OUR HOPE AND TRUST IN YOU. 00:35.634 --> 00:45.645 (MUSIC) 04:36.108 --> 04:41.581 (MUSIC) 06:28.588 --> 06:32.125 (MUSIC) 06:51.543 --> 06:53.413 WE SERVE A GOOD GOD. 06:56.115 --> 07:00.019 I SAID WE SERVE A GOOD GOD. 07:04.324 --> 07:08.060 THIS ISN'T A RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE WAIT TILL WE HIT THE DOORS 07:08.060 --> 07:10.062 TO ENTER INTO PRAISE AND WORSHIP. 07:11.398 --> 07:15.100 THIS IS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT. 07:16.468 --> 07:18.672 AND SO I'M IMPLORING YOU THIS MORNING 07:18.672 --> 07:22.074 TO SEARCH YOUR HEART AND ASK YOURSELF, 07:22.074 --> 07:25.411 IS GOD REALLY LORD OVER ALL? 07:25.411 --> 07:27.346 BECAUSE IF HE'S NOT LORD OVER ALL, 07:27.346 --> 07:29.983 HE'S NOT LORD OVER ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE. 07:31.951 --> 07:33.452 FOLKS, IT IS TIME. 07:34.754 --> 07:35.422 IT IS TIME. 07:35.422 --> 07:38.591 GOD HAS DONE ALL THAT HE COULD POSSIBLY DO 07:38.690 --> 07:41.994 2,000 YEARS AGO AND EVEN BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH 07:42.093 --> 07:45.363 AND HE'S WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. 07:45.463 --> 07:49.235 WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE THIS MORNING? 07:49.334 --> 07:51.571 LET GO OF YOUR OFFENSE. 07:51.670 --> 07:54.673 LET GO OF THE TRIALS AND THE AFFLICTIONS 07:54.774 --> 07:58.411 THAT YOU ARE FACING AND RECOGNIZE THAT YOU SERVE 07:58.511 --> 08:02.447 THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE ALL NAMES. 08:02.548 --> 08:05.517 SO WE'RE GONNA SING THIS SONG AGAIN, 08:05.617 --> 08:09.288 AND I WANT YOU TO ENTER IN WITH THE IMAGE, 08:09.387 --> 08:11.824 NOT JUST OF THE ONE WHO WAS WOUNDED ON THE CROSS, 08:11.923 --> 08:15.228 BUT THE ONE WHO DEFEATED DEATH, HELD IN THE GRAVE, 08:15.327 --> 08:17.362 SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE LIFE. 08:18.865 --> 08:20.600 SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE LIFE. 08:21.733 --> 08:23.569 SO THAT WE COULD HAVE LIFE. 08:23.668 --> 08:33.678 (MUSIC) 10:20.285 --> 10:23.889 (MUSIC) 17:19.805 --> 17:25.443 (MUSIC) 19:58.329 --> 20:04.903 (MUSIC) 22:42.493 --> 22:48.467 (MUSIC) 23:03.450 --> 23:07.419 OH, DID YOU HEAR THE SONGS THAT WE WERE SINGING THIS MORNING? 23:07.519 --> 23:11.522 WE WERE TELLING GOD, WE SAID, "YOU'VE ALREADY 23:11.623 --> 23:15.626 SAID YES TO US, AND SO WE WANT TO SAY YES TO YOU." 23:15.727 --> 23:20.065 NO LONGER WILL WE BE PASSIVE AND SIT BACK AND 23:20.164 --> 23:22.433 WAIT ON SOMEBODY ELSE. 23:22.534 --> 23:26.203 YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN US AUTHORITY, AND SO WE 23:26.304 --> 23:28.272 WALK IN THAT AUTHORITY. 23:28.373 --> 23:30.509 SO WE'RE GOING TO SAY THIS REAL QUICK. 23:30.608 --> 23:31.809 JUST REPEAT AFTER ME. 23:31.910 --> 23:35.079 SAY, "LORD, SEND ME. 23:35.180 --> 23:38.916 LORD, I WON'T HESITATE. 23:39.017 --> 23:40.251 SEND ME. 23:40.352 --> 23:46.223 LORD, I DON'T CARE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 23:46.324 --> 23:47.558 SEND ME. 23:47.659 --> 23:49.429 I DON'T CARE WHAT MY FRIENDS SAY. 23:51.230 --> 23:52.332 SEND ME. 23:53.165 --> 23:54.233 SEND ME. 23:55.000 --> 23:57.636 SEND ME." 24:03.208 --> 24:05.844 LET'S GIVE THE LORD A BIG HAND PRAISE. 24:05.943 --> 24:07.612 LET'S GIVE HIM GLORY IN THE HOUSE. 24:07.711 --> 24:08.747 GLORY IN THE HOUSE. 24:08.846 --> 24:12.017 IT'S SO EXCITING TO HAVE PASTOR GENE IN THE HOUSE, 24:12.116 --> 24:13.684 AND TERI IN THE HOUSE. 24:13.785 --> 24:15.720 THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT SAID, "YES!" 24:15.820 --> 24:17.355 THEY SAID, "YES!" 24:18.990 --> 24:22.661 SO RIGHT NOW, WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO GREET EACH OTHER 24:22.760 --> 24:24.528 AND TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. 24:24.628 --> 24:27.833 TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR, I SAID YES, WHAT ABOUT YOU? 24:27.932 --> 24:30.769 GO AHEAD AND FIND SOMEBODY YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO. 24:32.770 --> 25:26.826 (MUSIC) 25:28.894 --> 25:31.631 WELL, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. 25:33.532 --> 25:35.666 THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN OKAY MORNING. 25:36.970 --> 25:37.969 GOOD MORNING. 25:38.068 --> 25:39.471 GOOD MORNING. 25:39.570 --> 25:40.438 THAT'S BETTER. 25:40.440 --> 25:41.740 ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE TODAY? 25:41.873 --> 25:43.074 YEAH. 25:43.442 --> 25:46.144 WELL, WE JUST WANNA, IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE 25:46.243 --> 25:47.979 AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, WE WANNA GIVE YOU 25:48.078 --> 25:49.146 A BIG, BIG WELCOME. 25:49.247 --> 25:51.316 WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED A GIFT BAG 25:51.415 --> 25:52.349 ON YOUR WAY IN. 25:52.450 --> 25:54.553 IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME AND YOU HAVEN'T, 25:54.653 --> 25:56.054 USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE, RAISE YOUR HAND. 25:56.153 --> 25:59.223 WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY GET A BAG TO YOU IN IT, 25:59.324 --> 26:01.026 A WHOLE BUNCH OF GOODIES FROM THE MINISTRY. 26:01.125 --> 26:04.194 BUT I WANT YOU TO REACH IN AND PULL OUT THE GUEST PACKET. 26:04.296 --> 26:06.565 IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON IT. 26:06.664 --> 26:09.467 AND IN IT, THERE'S A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD. 26:09.567 --> 26:11.836 WE'RE ASKING YOU TO FILL IT OUT, TEAR IT OUT, 26:11.936 --> 26:13.137 OR TEAR IT OUT FIRST, THEN FILL IT OUT, 26:13.238 --> 26:14.673 THEN DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET. 26:14.772 --> 26:17.409 BUT WE WANT TO SEND YOU A BIG THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY 26:17.509 --> 26:18.843 AND JUST BEING A PART OF TODAY'S SERVICE. 26:18.943 --> 26:21.546 IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, WHETHER IT BE FACEBOOK 26:21.645 --> 26:23.748 OR YOUTUBE OR RUMBLE, ANY OF OUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS, 26:23.847 --> 26:27.085 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE VOICE TV, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU. 26:27.184 --> 26:30.355 IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME WATCHING A SERVICE, 26:30.454 --> 26:32.089 GOOD MORNING, WELCOME. 26:32.190 --> 26:36.394 BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL GO TO ONEVOICETV.NET. 26:36.493 --> 26:39.564 IT'S OUR PLATFORM, AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF SHOWS 26:39.663 --> 26:41.633 THAT WE PRODUCE IN-HOUSE THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU 26:41.732 --> 26:43.934 ALL IN ONE PLACE SO THAT YOU CAN FILL YOUR SPIRIT. 26:44.035 --> 26:46.171 YOU CAN WATCH SHOWS LIKE DAILY DECREES 26:46.270 --> 26:48.673 OR GET REAL WITH HANK OR NEW LEVEL, 26:48.772 --> 26:50.942 OR ALL THESE SHOWS THAT ARE HERE FOR YOU 26:51.041 --> 26:52.711 TO FILL YOUR SPIRIT, FEED YOUR SPIRIT. 26:52.810 --> 26:55.480 SO MAKE SURE TO GO TO ONEVOICETV.NET 26:55.579 --> 26:56.948 AND BE ABLE TO DO SO. 26:57.048 --> 26:59.584 AMEN. WE WANNA GIVE EVERYONE 26:59.683 --> 27:01.251 HERE AND ONLINE A HAND. 27:01.353 --> 27:03.622 AND BEFORE, SEE, I THREW A CURVE BALL, 27:03.721 --> 27:04.756 I THREW A CURVE BALL. 27:04.855 --> 27:06.090 BEFORE I WELCOME BOB OUT REAL QUICK, 27:06.191 --> 27:07.759 JUST WANNA REMIND THAT AFTER SERVICE TODAY, 27:07.858 --> 27:09.994 WE HAVE OUR PARENT MEETING FOR OUR YOUTH RETREAT 27:10.095 --> 27:12.596 THAT'S IN TWO WEEKS. 27:12.696 --> 27:14.566 SO THIS IS IT, THIS IS THE LAST TIME TO SIGN UP. 27:14.665 --> 27:16.201 SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL PARENTS, WE NEED TO BE THERE 27:16.300 --> 27:18.936 TO FILL FORMS OUT AND WE HAVE LIKE TWO SPOTS REMAINING. 27:19.037 --> 27:20.505 SO WE'RE JUST SUPER EXCITED FOR WHAT GOD'S GONNA DO. 27:20.605 --> 27:22.840 BUT AGAIN, THAT'S TODAY AFTER SERVICE 27:22.941 --> 27:24.308 IN THE CONNECT CENTER IN THE CHAPEL. 27:24.409 --> 27:25.509 SO MAKE SURE TO BE THERE, ALL PARENTS. 27:25.609 --> 27:26.845 ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, BOB. 27:26.944 --> 27:27.646 LET'S WELCOME BOB. 27:28.645 --> 27:30.416 YEAH, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE YOUTH RETREAT. 27:31.650 --> 27:33.183 YEAH. HEY, KEEPING IN LINE 27:33.284 --> 27:35.252 WITH THE YOUTH RETREAT, I'M GONNA SHARE A COUPLE 27:35.353 --> 27:36.354 OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. 27:36.453 --> 27:37.989 ONE OF THEM PERTAINS TO YOUTH. 27:38.088 --> 27:39.391 AND IF WE CAN PUT UP ON THE BOARD, 27:39.490 --> 27:41.960 THE BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE THAT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH 27:42.059 --> 27:43.595 IS DOING THIS YEAR. 27:43.694 --> 27:46.631 IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO WE DID THIS, 27:46.730 --> 27:49.334 AND WE HAD ABOUT A THOUSAND KIDS COME THROUGH THE CHURCH, 27:49.433 --> 27:52.303 AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR. 27:52.403 --> 27:53.938 THIS IS A REALLY COOL THING. 27:54.038 --> 27:57.307 IT'S GONNA BE ON JULY 25TH FROM NINE TO NOON. 27:57.409 --> 27:59.911 WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN HERE, WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN THE CHAPEL, 28:00.010 --> 28:02.079 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TONS OF KIDS. 28:02.180 --> 28:05.349 AND CHRIS WHIPPS, EXCUSE ME, IS OUR EVENT PLANNER 28:05.450 --> 28:07.885 HERE AT THE CHURCH, AND HE DID A PHENOMENAL 28:07.986 --> 28:11.655 JOB FINDING AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL SELL US BACKPACKS 28:11.756 --> 28:13.590 THAT ARE FULL OF SUPPLIES. 28:13.692 --> 28:15.692 YEP, IT'S SUPER COOL. 28:15.794 --> 28:17.929 AND THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN BY AGE GROUP, 28:18.028 --> 28:20.632 SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS THEIR SUPPLIES, 28:20.731 --> 28:22.701 HIGH SCHOOLERS HAVE THEIR SUPPLIES. 28:22.800 --> 28:25.236 I SUPPOSE HIGH SCHOOLERS CAN GET CRAYONS AND STUFF TOO. 28:26.703 --> 28:28.906 BUT IF YOU WANNA GIVE INTO THAT, YOU CAN. 28:29.007 --> 28:32.143 THERE'S A BASKET BY THE CONNECT CENTER ENTRANCE. 28:32.242 --> 28:34.211 THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BLUE WAGON. 28:34.311 --> 28:36.346 IF YOU WANNA BRING SCHOOL SUPPLIES, YOU CAN DO THAT 28:36.448 --> 28:38.282 'CAUSE WE CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH. 28:38.383 --> 28:43.354 AND IF YOU ALSO WANNA DONATE, $20 GETS A CHILD A BACKPACK. 28:43.454 --> 28:45.457 SO IT'S PRETTY COOL, IT'S PRETTY EASY. 28:45.557 --> 28:48.226 YOU CAN USE, I HOPE I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE WITH JUDY, 28:48.326 --> 28:53.263 YOU CAN USE OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS TO DONATE INTO THIS. 28:53.364 --> 28:56.601 AND IF YOU DO, ALL THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO TO HELP A CHILD. 28:56.701 --> 28:58.435 SO WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. 28:58.536 --> 29:00.605 BACK TO SCHOOL IS A REALLY COOL THING. 29:00.704 --> 29:01.873 SCHOOL'S COMING UP THIS FALL. 29:01.972 --> 29:05.109 HOW AWESOME WILL IT BE TO PUT AN ANOINTED BACKPACK 29:05.210 --> 29:07.144 IN THE HANDS OF EVERY CHILD THAT'S 29:07.244 --> 29:11.316 GOING TO BE COMING HERE TO SCHOOL IN THE OMAHA AREA? 29:11.415 --> 29:12.549 AND I HAVE A SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT. 29:12.650 --> 29:14.618 DO WE HAVE ANY BASEBALL FANS IN THE AUDIENCE? 29:15.987 --> 29:17.188 THAT'S LIKE REALLY SMALL. 29:17.288 --> 29:19.457 DO WE HAVE ANY BASEBALL FANS IN THE AUDIENCE? 29:19.557 --> 29:21.326 YEAH, THAT'S MORE LIKE IT. 29:21.425 --> 29:24.761 SO WE HAVE AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY THIS FALL, 29:24.863 --> 29:26.698 I GUESS THIS SUMMER STILL. 29:26.798 --> 29:31.435 ON AUGUST 1ST, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH IS GONNA BE 29:31.536 --> 29:34.271 THE KEYNOTE SPONSOR FOR FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT 29:34.372 --> 29:36.173 AT THE OMAHA STORM CHASERS. 29:37.307 --> 29:40.377 YEAH, IT IS GONNA BE INCREDIBLY COOL. 29:40.478 --> 29:43.780 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK OUTSIDE THESE FOUR WALLS 29:43.882 --> 29:47.384 AND GO TO A BASEBALL GAME AND GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY 29:47.484 --> 29:50.421 TO MEET WHAT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH IS ALL ABOUT. 29:50.521 --> 29:51.722 IT'S SUPER COOL. 29:51.823 --> 29:54.826 HERE'S SOME HIGHLIGHTS, AND WE'VE GOT THEM WRITTEN ON THERE. 29:54.925 --> 29:58.128 PASTOR HANK, HE'S A BIG ATHLETE. 30:00.597 --> 30:03.134 WELL, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT, AND I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN HIM 30:03.233 --> 30:05.569 BECAUSE HE'S GONNA THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH. 30:08.506 --> 30:10.340 AND WE HAVE THE INCREDIBLE PASTOR SHANE 30:10.441 --> 30:13.178 AND PASTOR CHRISTY CADENCE AND ALLIE. 30:13.278 --> 30:15.078 THEY'RE DOING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 30:16.815 --> 30:18.650 SO IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY INCREDIBLE NIGHT. 30:18.750 --> 30:19.784 HERE'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. 30:19.884 --> 30:22.653 WE'RE HOPING EVERYBODY IN THE CHURCH CAN COME OUT. 30:22.753 --> 30:26.023 THE STORM CHASERS HAVE HELD BACK SEVERAL HUNDRED TICKETS FOR US. 30:26.124 --> 30:28.125 THE QR CODE THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM, 30:28.226 --> 30:30.295 IF YOU SCAN THAT, THAT'S A LINK TO THE WEBSITE 30:30.394 --> 30:32.462 TO PURCHASE A DISCOUNTED SEAT. 30:32.564 --> 30:34.231 THEY'RE DISCOUNTING TICKETS FOR US. 30:34.332 --> 30:36.667 AND YOU CAN GO TO OUR EVENTS PAGE TOO AND PICK UP ONE TOO. 30:36.768 --> 30:39.636 PICK UP A PAIR, PICK UP 10 TICKETS IF YOU WANT. 30:39.737 --> 30:40.571 IT'S GONNA BE A BLAST. 30:40.672 --> 30:41.905 WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TENT ON THE CONCOURSE. 30:42.006 --> 30:43.473 WE'RE GONNA GIVE STUFF AWAY. 30:43.575 --> 30:44.776 IT'S GONNA BE A SUPER COOL NIGHT, 30:44.875 --> 30:47.912 AND WE REALLY WANT AS MANY PEOPLE THERE AS POSSIBLE. 30:48.011 --> 30:50.181 BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO A STORM CHASERS GAME, 30:50.280 --> 30:52.150 THESE GUYS ARE MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS 30:52.250 --> 30:53.585 TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE MAJORS. 30:53.684 --> 30:56.487 YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME OF THE BEST BASEBALL YOU'LL EVER SEE, 30:56.587 --> 30:57.955 AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE A GREAT NIGHT. 30:58.056 --> 31:00.325 SO PLEASE CONSIDER COMING OUT. 31:00.424 --> 31:01.925 I WOULD SAY DON'T EVEN CONSIDER COMING OUT. 31:02.026 --> 31:02.993 JUST COME OUT AND JOIN US. 31:03.094 --> 31:03.961 WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF FUN. 31:05.864 --> 31:06.698 THANKS, YOU GUYS. 31:06.798 --> 31:07.534 I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO PASTOR DOUG. 31:10.135 --> 31:11.970 THANK YOU, BOB. 31:12.069 --> 31:14.372 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT? 31:14.471 --> 31:16.007 IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. 31:16.106 --> 31:20.345 GREAT WAY TO GET OUT THERE AND EXPOSE THE CHURCH 31:20.444 --> 31:22.646 AND THE CHURCH FAMILY, AMEN. 31:22.747 --> 31:25.950 AND THAT'S A GOOD THING, HALLELUJAH. 31:26.049 --> 31:29.886 COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OFFERING. 31:29.988 --> 31:31.955 DON'T FORGET THAT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, 31:32.056 --> 31:34.025 WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE DR. GENE BAILEY AND TERI, 31:34.125 --> 31:35.593 HIS WIFE, HERE TODAY. 31:35.692 --> 31:38.496 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 31:38.596 --> 31:40.865 BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS, DON'T FORGET, 31:40.964 --> 31:44.035 NEXT SUNDAY ALSO WE HAVE ANOTHER WONDERFUL SPECIAL GUEST, 31:44.134 --> 31:48.038 DR. RICHARD ROBERTS, WHO HAS A LONG TIME BEEN 31:48.138 --> 31:49.874 FAMILIAR TO THIS HOUSE. 31:49.973 --> 31:53.211 HE'S NO STRANGER, BUT HE COMES WITH A HEALING ANOINTING 31:53.310 --> 31:54.144 IN HIS HANDS. 31:54.244 --> 31:55.546 AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING TIME 31:55.646 --> 31:57.048 TO HAVE HIM IN THE HOUSE AGAIN. 31:57.147 --> 32:00.951 SO DON'T STAY HOME JUST BECAUSE PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA 32:01.051 --> 32:02.753 ARE TAKING A BREAK. 32:02.854 --> 32:04.388 HOW MANY OF YOU SAY, I'LL BE HERE NEXT WEEK? 32:05.623 --> 32:07.291 OK. AND BRING A FRIEND WITH YOU. 32:07.392 --> 32:08.526 THAT'S OK. 32:08.625 --> 32:09.626 PRAISE GOD. 32:09.727 --> 32:13.298 WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO JUST MENTION 32:13.397 --> 32:15.266 AS WE GO INTO OFFERING TODAY. 32:15.365 --> 32:17.734 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT IT'S HUMAN NATURE 32:17.835 --> 32:20.837 TO CLING TO WHAT WE HAVE? 32:20.939 --> 32:24.275 YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF ALL BORN WITH A SELFISH NATURE, 32:24.375 --> 32:26.711 AND WE HAVE TO LET THAT BE REDEEMED BY GOD. 32:26.810 --> 32:28.445 THERE WAS A STORY YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD 32:28.546 --> 32:31.816 OF A FATHER WHO TOOK HIS BOY TO A CAFE, 32:31.915 --> 32:35.653 AND HE BOUGHT HIS SON SOME FRENCH FRIES. 32:35.752 --> 32:38.588 SIMPLE THING, A BASKET OF FRENCH FRIES. 32:38.690 --> 32:40.458 HOW MANY OF YOU DADS HAVE TAKEN YOUR SONS 32:40.557 --> 32:42.626 AND HAD FRENCH FRIES BEFORE? 32:42.727 --> 32:45.128 MAYBE YOU ADDED A HAMBURGER, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'VE DONE IT. 32:45.229 --> 32:48.132 SO THE FATHER DID WHAT MOST FATHERS DO, 32:48.231 --> 32:51.068 AND HE REACHED OVER AND TOOK ONE OF THE FRENCH FRIES 32:51.169 --> 32:52.936 TO TASTE IT. 32:53.037 --> 32:54.771 AND THE LITTLE BOY SLAPPED HIS FATHER'S HAND, 32:54.872 --> 32:57.342 AND HE SAID, DON'T TOUCH MY FRENCH FRIES. 32:58.509 --> 33:00.644 AND OF COURSE, THE FATHER'S NOW THINKING, 33:00.744 --> 33:03.347 I NEED TO TEACH MY SON NOT TO BE SELFISH. 33:04.915 --> 33:06.951 AND A LOT OF THOUGHTS GO THROUGH A FATHER'S HEAD 33:07.050 --> 33:09.019 AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 33:09.119 --> 33:11.655 DOESN'T MY SON REALIZE THAT I BOUGHT THOSE FRENCH FRIES 33:11.756 --> 33:12.356 FOR HIM? 33:13.423 --> 33:15.893 IF I WANTED TO, I COULD JUST TAKE THEM AWAY COMPLETELY. 33:17.428 --> 33:19.529 WHY IS MY SON SO SELFISH? 33:19.630 --> 33:22.232 I ORDERED HIM A WHOLE BASKET OF FRENCH FRIES, 33:22.333 --> 33:25.269 AND I JUST WANTED ONE. 33:25.369 --> 33:27.605 WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RELATE THIS TO OUR LIVES 33:27.704 --> 33:29.507 AND OUR FATHER GOD. 33:29.606 --> 33:33.009 GOD GIVES US ALL WE HAVE, EVERYTHING WE HAVE. 33:33.111 --> 33:33.877 HE CREATED US. 33:33.978 --> 33:36.012 HE GIVES US OUR BREATH. 33:36.114 --> 33:39.851 AND HE ASKED FOR A TITHE, 10%. 33:41.352 --> 33:44.756 AND SOME PEOPLE FIGURATIVELY SLAP GOD'S HAND 33:44.855 --> 33:48.259 AND SAY, KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY MONEY, GOD. 33:48.358 --> 33:51.662 I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. 33:51.762 --> 33:55.298 BUT THEY ONLY HURT THEMSELVES WHEN THEY DO THAT. 33:55.400 --> 33:57.835 BECAUSE WE KNOW THE TRUTH, DON'T WE? 33:57.934 --> 34:01.105 GOD REBUKES THE DEVOURER ON OUR BEHALF WHEN WE GIVE. 34:01.204 --> 34:03.840 AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT GOD OWNS 34:03.941 --> 34:05.076 EVERYTHING WE HAVE. 34:05.175 --> 34:07.211 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, KING DAVID UNDERSTOOD 34:07.310 --> 34:10.715 THAT PRINCIPLE VERY WELL, AND HE GAVE US A DESCRIPTION 34:10.815 --> 34:12.682 OF IT IN 1 CHRONICLES 29. 34:12.784 --> 34:16.586 LET ME READ THIS OUT OF THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, VERSES 12 34:16.686 --> 34:18.021 AND 14. 34:18.121 --> 34:20.925 IT SAYS, "WEALTH AND HONOR COME FROM YOU ALONE, 34:21.025 --> 34:23.393 FOR YOU RULE OVER EVERYTHING. 34:23.494 --> 34:25.695 POWER AND MIGHT ARE IN YOUR HAND, 34:25.797 --> 34:29.800 AND AT YOUR DISCRETION PEOPLE ARE MADE GREAT AND GIVEN 34:29.900 --> 34:33.438 STRENGTH. O GOD, WE THANK YOU AND 34:33.538 --> 34:35.773 PRAISE YOUR GLORIOUS NAME. 34:35.873 --> 34:38.041 BUT WHO AM I AND WHO ARE MY PEOPLE 34:38.141 --> 34:40.177 THAT WE COULD GIVE ANYTHING TO YOU? 34:40.277 --> 34:42.947 EVERYTHING WE HAVE HAS COME FROM YOU, 34:43.047 --> 34:48.018 AND WE GIVE YOU ONLY WHAT YOU FIRST GAVE US. 34:48.119 --> 34:50.153 AMEN. JUST LIKE THE FRENCH 34:50.253 --> 34:53.557 FRIES, THE SON GAVE THEM, I'M SORRY, THE FATHER 34:53.657 --> 34:56.096 GAVE THEM TO THE SON, AND HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 34:56.096 --> 34:57.063 TO SHARE WITH HIS DAD. 34:58.364 --> 35:00.797 DAVID RECOGNIZED THAT ALL WEALTH AND ABUNDANCE 35:00.898 --> 35:03.534 WERE GIFTS FROM GOD AND GOD OWNS IT ALL. 35:03.634 --> 35:06.670 HE GIVES TO US OUT OF HIS ABUNDANCE AND WE NEED 35:06.771 --> 35:10.440 TO REMEMBER THAT OUR RESOURCES COME FROM HIM AND HONOR GOD WITH 35:10.541 --> 35:14.344 OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. 35:14.445 --> 35:18.382 AS YOU GIVE TODAY, REALIZE YOU'RE GIVING TO LORD OF HOSTS 35:18.483 --> 35:20.050 IS ACTUALLY A WORSHIP TO GOD. 35:20.150 --> 35:23.286 YES, YOU GIVE TO LORD OF HOSTS, BUT YOU'RE REALLY GIVING 35:23.387 --> 35:24.322 IT TO GOD. 35:24.422 --> 35:27.657 ONCE YOU GIVE IT TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH OR ANY 35:27.757 --> 35:30.961 MINISTRY, IT'S REALLY OUT OF YOUR HANDS. 35:31.061 --> 35:32.797 YOU'VE GIVEN IT TO GOD. 35:32.896 --> 35:35.465 WHATEVER HAPPENS TO IT THEN, IT'S 35:35.565 --> 35:39.436 THE PASTORS AND WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THE MINISTRY, 35:39.536 --> 35:42.606 IT'S THEIR OBLIGATION TO STEWARD THOSE FUNDS 35:42.706 --> 35:45.342 CORRECTLY. BUT YOU'RE GIVING IT TO GOD. 35:45.443 --> 35:48.378 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 35:48.478 --> 35:51.548 IT'S THE PASTORS AND THOSE THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY THAT ARE GOING 35:51.648 --> 35:55.753 TO STAND BEFORE GOD AND ANSWER FOR BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR 35:55.853 --> 36:01.525 MONEY AND HOW WE HANDLED THOSE GIFTS THAT CAME IN. 36:01.626 --> 36:05.829 PAUL EXPLAINED THIS PRINCIPLE ABOUT 36:05.929 --> 36:10.400 GIVING BEING AN ACT OF WORSHIP IN PHILIPPIANS 4:17. 36:10.501 --> 36:12.570 I WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE SCRIPTURE AND 36:12.670 --> 36:14.204 THEN I'M FINISHED BASICALLY. 36:14.304 --> 36:17.407 PHILIPPIANS 4:17 AND 18, IT SAYS, "NOT THAT I SEEK THE 36:17.507 --> 36:21.144 GIFT, BUT I SEEK THE FRUIT THAT ABOUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT. 36:21.244 --> 36:23.414 INDEED, I HAVE ALL AND ABOUND. 36:23.514 --> 36:25.782 I'M FULL, HAVING RECEIVED FROM 36:25.882 --> 36:29.152 APHRODITE THE THING SENT FROM YOU, A SWEET-SMELLING 36:29.253 --> 36:30.655 AROMA, AN ACCEPTABLE 36:31.688 --> 36:34.724 SACRIFICE, WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. 36:34.824 --> 36:38.228 SO PAUL WAS TELLING THOSE PEOPLE AT THE 36:38.329 --> 36:42.333 PHILIPPIAN CHURCH THAT THE OFFERINGS THAT THEY GAVE 36:42.432 --> 36:44.467 WERE WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. 36:44.568 --> 36:48.472 AND YOUR OFFERINGS ARE WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. 36:48.572 --> 36:50.208 REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. 36:50.307 --> 36:54.744 MY TITHES AND OFFERINGS ARE WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. 36:56.713 --> 36:59.050 AMEN. WELL, USHERS, YOU CAN 36:59.150 --> 37:00.184 SERVE THE PEOPLE TODAY. 37:00.284 --> 37:03.019 IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE, RAISE YOUR HAND. 37:03.119 --> 37:05.056 IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A CHECK OR PUT IN CASH, 37:05.155 --> 37:06.724 YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE TO DO THAT, SO WE HAVE 37:06.824 --> 37:08.659 RECORD OF YOUR GIVING, AND YOU GET A RECEIPT 37:08.759 --> 37:09.726 AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 37:09.827 --> 37:10.695 SO RAISE YOUR HAND. 37:10.795 --> 37:12.396 THE USHERS WILL SERVE YOU WITH AN ENVELOPE. 37:12.496 --> 37:14.632 WE HAVE THE GIVING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. 37:14.731 --> 37:16.601 YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. 37:16.701 --> 37:20.338 AND YOU CAN USE OUR WEBSITE, OR OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE THE 37:20.438 --> 37:24.074 LOH APP, YOU CAN USE THAT, OR YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE. 37:24.175 --> 37:32.282 JUST TEXT LORDOFHOSTS TO 833-309-5698. 37:32.382 --> 37:33.583 OKAY, THANK YOU. 37:33.684 --> 37:36.454 IT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE FROM THAT ANGLE. 37:38.155 --> 37:41.192 AN ONLINE AUDIENCE, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING, YOUR 37:41.291 --> 37:43.527 PARTICIPATION, AND TUNING IN WITH US TODAY. 37:43.628 --> 37:45.663 WE'RE SO GRATEFUL. 37:45.762 --> 37:48.365 I'M GIVING EVERYONE A SECOND TO PREPARE. 37:48.465 --> 37:50.367 YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU COME PREPARED, AND 37:50.467 --> 37:51.601 THAT'S WHAT'S AMAZING. 37:51.702 --> 37:54.804 YOU KNOW THAT OFFERING IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP, AND YOU JUST 37:54.905 --> 37:57.675 COME PREPARED, AND YOU'RE READY TO GIVE. 37:57.775 --> 38:00.443 AND GOD LOVES THAT AND APPRECIATES THAT. 38:00.543 --> 38:05.181 WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH ME, HOLD UP YOUR OFFERING. 38:06.317 --> 38:09.452 I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU TODAY AS WE GIVE. 38:09.552 --> 38:11.889 FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE 38:11.989 --> 38:16.927 TO COME TO YOU AS AN ACT OF WORSHIP AND GIVE TO YOU. 38:17.027 --> 38:19.429 WE KNOW, LORD, THAT YOU RECEIVE OUR GIFTS 38:19.530 --> 38:22.900 AND YOU'VE TOLD US IN YOUR WORD THAT IT'S WELL-PLEASING 38:23.000 --> 38:24.335 TO YOU WHEN WE GIVE. 38:24.434 --> 38:27.771 AND LORD, I THANK YOU THAT BECAUSE OF THE COVENANT THAT 38:27.871 --> 38:31.876 WE HAVE, BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS, WE CAN OVERCOME EVEN 38:31.976 --> 38:36.047 THAT FEELING OR THAT SINFUL NATURE OF SELFISHNESS THAT 38:36.146 --> 38:38.416 WANTS TO HANG ON TO EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. 38:38.516 --> 38:42.552 WE CAN OVERCOME THAT AND JUST OPEN UP FREELY AND GIVE TO YOU. 38:42.652 --> 38:45.655 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO SO THAT WE CAN BE 38:45.755 --> 38:50.027 BLESSED AND YOU CAN RECIPROCATE BACK TO US AND WE CAN CONTINUE 38:50.126 --> 38:52.028 TO RECEIVE FROM YOUR HAND. 38:52.128 --> 38:53.230 SO WE THANK YOU. 38:53.331 --> 38:55.465 I PRAY FOR EVERYONE THAT'S GIVING TODAY, LORD, THAT THERE 38:55.565 --> 38:58.068 WOULD BE AN ABUNDANT BLESSING ON THEIR LIFE AS THEY 38:58.168 --> 38:59.536 MOVE FORWARD IN FAITH. 38:59.637 --> 39:03.440 AND WE BELIEVE, LORD, THAT THEIR GIFTS WILL OPEN THE DOOR 39:03.541 --> 39:06.610 FOR MIGHTY BLESSINGS TO COME INTO THEIR HANDS. 39:06.710 --> 39:09.480 IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, WE PRAY. 39:09.579 --> 39:10.815 AMEN. AMEN. 39:10.914 --> 39:14.085 WELL, LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION TODAY. 39:14.184 --> 39:16.820 REPEAT WITH ME HERE OR SAY THIS WITH ME. 39:16.920 --> 39:20.891 WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND THE MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH 39:20.990 --> 39:24.929 SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. 39:25.028 --> 39:27.965 WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. 39:28.065 --> 39:31.534 WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT 39:31.635 --> 39:32.869 UP AND FINISHED. 39:32.969 --> 39:36.172 WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE 39:36.273 --> 39:38.141 LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. 39:38.242 --> 39:44.914 WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. 39:45.949 --> 39:53.023 UPON YOU, LORD, HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE TO 39:53.123 --> 39:56.927 PEOPLE, BRING FORTH. 39:57.027 --> 40:00.530 WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THAT WE 40:00.630 --> 40:02.432 WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. 40:02.532 --> 40:04.534 WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. 40:04.635 --> 40:10.074 WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. 40:10.173 --> 40:13.710 AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU REMAIN STANDING 40:13.811 --> 40:16.012 WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. 40:16.112 --> 40:18.318 WE'RE GOING TO WORSHIP THE LORD FOR ANOTHER MOMENT 40:18.318 --> 40:20.186 BEFORE DR. GENE BAILEY COMES. 40:31.929 --> 44:44.684 (MUSIC) 44:49.289 --> 44:50.987 OKAY, LET'S COME TO THE ALTAR RIGHT NOW. 44:50.990 --> 44:52.588 WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP RIGHT HERE. 44:52.592 --> 44:56.893 I NEED TO FILL THIS ALTAR UP 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA PRAISE GOD. 44:56.896 --> 44:58.961 WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM PRAISE, COME ON, COME ON. 44:58.965 --> 45:00.563 I DIDN'T COME HERE TO PLAY CHURCH, I KNOW 45:00.567 --> 45:01.431 YOU DIDN'T EITHER. 45:02.369 --> 45:04.704 WE'RE NOT HERE JUST TO DO ROUTINE SERVICE. 45:05.137 --> 45:07.070 WE'RE HERE TO WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS, 45:07.072 --> 45:09.442 THE LORD OF LORDS, THE GREAT JEHOVAH. 45:11.811 --> 45:13.043 ALL THE WAY UP, ALL THE WAY UP. 45:13.045 --> 45:15.045 COME ON, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU ARE. 45:15.144 --> 45:17.715 AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING, I DARE YOU TO STAND 45:17.815 --> 45:19.382 UP AND PRAISE GOD. 45:21.585 --> 45:24.090 OKAY, GUYS, KEEP GOING THERE, ANTHONY, KEEP GOING JUDY. 45:24.858 --> 45:53.385 (MUSIC) 46:15.507 --> 46:17.177 TERI, TERI, COME UP HERE, WILL YOU? 46:17.177 --> 46:18.010 GET YOUR MIC, COME UP HERE. 46:19.041 --> 46:21.077 HOW MANY OF YOU NEEDED SOMETHING THIS MORNING? 46:21.177 --> 46:24.313 YOU CAME TO CHURCH BECAUSE YOU NEEDED SOMETHING. 46:24.414 --> 46:27.818 HOW MANY OF YOU CAME TO CHURCH BECAUSE YOU WANTED SOMETHING? 46:29.085 --> 46:30.621 HOW MANY OF YOU CAME TO CHURCH BECAUSE YOU KNEW 46:30.721 --> 46:32.289 IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT, 46:32.389 --> 46:35.692 BUT YOU DID IT ANYWAY. 46:35.793 --> 46:37.728 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY. 46:37.827 --> 46:39.797 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY. 46:39.896 --> 46:43.934 OH, JESUS. 46:44.034 --> 46:47.804 LISTEN, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT TODAY. 46:47.905 --> 46:52.809 TODAY, I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE KEY TO EVERYTHING. 46:52.909 --> 46:57.447 THIS IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING. 46:57.547 --> 46:59.148 SO IF YOU CAN JUST STAND A LITTLE BIT LONGER, 46:59.248 --> 47:01.784 IF YOU GET TIRED AND YOU NEED TO GO TO YOUR SEAT, GO AHEAD. 47:01.885 --> 47:06.322 BUT TERI, I WANTED YOU TO SHARE FOR JUST A COUPLE MINUTES 47:06.422 --> 47:08.958 WHAT GOD'S BEEN DOING IN YOUR LIFE, 47:09.059 --> 47:10.563 TESTIMONY, GREET THE PEOPLE. 47:11.527 --> 47:14.063 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE KIND OF WATCHED, 47:14.164 --> 47:16.769 WE STEPPED OUT ON OUR OWN OVER A YEAR AGO IN APRIL. 47:17.838 --> 47:18.768 AND... 47:19.969 --> 47:22.371 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 47:23.907 --> 47:26.309 WE WERE AT THE PLACE WHERE WE NEEDED, 47:26.409 --> 47:29.579 WE KNOW GOD NEEDED US TO DO MORE FOR HIM. 47:29.679 --> 47:34.550 AND IT WAS SO SECURE, SUCH GOOD BENEFITS, SUCH GOOD MONEY, 47:34.650 --> 47:36.987 AND I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS FOR EVERYBODY. 47:37.086 --> 47:40.791 AND EVEN THOUGH I IDENTIFY AS 18, YOU KNOW, 47:40.891 --> 47:42.025 (LAUGHING) 47:42.125 --> 47:45.528 WE JUST LISTENED TO GOD BECAUSE AT ONE POINT I TOLD GENE, 47:45.628 --> 47:48.931 I HEARD FROM GOD AND SO DID SOMEONE ON OUR BOARD 47:49.032 --> 47:52.568 THAT IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, I'LL FIND SOMEBODY ELSE. 47:52.668 --> 47:54.804 AND SO WE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH. 47:54.905 --> 47:56.172 WE HAD NO PAYCHECK. 47:56.273 --> 47:58.809 WE WERE THE ONLY EMPLOYEES. 47:58.909 --> 48:01.545 AND WE JUST DID WHAT GOD TOLD US TO DO. 48:02.646 --> 48:05.548 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVER SINCE. 48:05.648 --> 48:07.384 AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES, 48:07.483 --> 48:11.088 WE WAKE UP AND WE HAVE COFFEE, A CUP OF JESUS. 48:11.188 --> 48:13.824 AND WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNION. 48:13.923 --> 48:17.527 AND OUR THING IS WE SAY, KEEP US HUMBLE. 48:17.628 --> 48:20.697 IT'S AN HONOR AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE, NUMBER ONE, 48:20.797 --> 48:22.465 TO BE HERE IN THIS PLACE, THANK YOU, 48:22.565 --> 48:24.201 PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA. 48:25.235 --> 48:28.204 BUT IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THE LORD. 48:28.304 --> 48:31.842 IT'S AN HONOR WHEN YOU SEE, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, 48:31.942 --> 48:35.311 ALL OF OUR, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES NOW. 48:35.411 --> 48:39.181 IT WAS GENE AND I OPENING THE MAIL, OKAY? 48:40.449 --> 48:46.422 THEY SEE, MIRACLE UPON MIRACLE, HOW GOD HAS OPENED 48:46.523 --> 48:51.360 THE DOORS FOR US, FOR THEM, FOR, YOU KNOW, 48:51.460 --> 48:55.532 IT'S REALLY AMAZING THAT HE'S LINKED US WITH PEOPLE, 48:55.632 --> 48:58.467 EVEN LIKE THE CHAPTER THING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW. 48:58.568 --> 49:00.704 PASTOR WENDELL HUTCHINSON, HIS WHOLE LIFE, 49:00.804 --> 49:04.974 HE'S BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THIS MOMENT. 49:05.074 --> 49:07.143 EVERYBODY IN OUR LIFE, IT SEEMS LIKE THEIR SKILLS 49:07.244 --> 49:08.911 AND THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR ABILITIES, 49:09.012 --> 49:10.914 AND THEY WERE WONDERING, WHEN, LORD, 49:11.014 --> 49:12.882 ARE YOU GONNA EVER USE ME? 49:12.983 --> 49:15.751 AM I EVER GONNA HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING? 49:15.851 --> 49:20.157 AND SO, OUR PRAYER IS, KEEP US HUMBLE, 49:20.257 --> 49:24.027 AND LET US HEAR YOUR VOICE, AND BE QUICK TO OBEY, 49:24.126 --> 49:29.565 AND FEARLESS TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE DONE FOR THIS TIME. 49:29.666 --> 49:36.405 AND IT HAS BEEN BEYOND, IT IS ONLY GOD, 49:36.505 --> 49:40.943 ONLY GOD THAT HAS DONE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US. 49:41.043 --> 49:44.681 IS IT OKAY IF I TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTIES? 49:44.780 --> 49:48.652 SO WE STARTED OFF WITH SOME PROPERTY THAT WE HAD, 49:48.751 --> 49:52.489 AND WE HAD LIKE A GARAGE. 49:52.588 --> 49:54.757 AND IT WAS PAID OFF. 49:54.858 --> 49:59.028 SO WE, WEEK BY WEEK, HAD IT WORKED ON TO MAKE IT A STUDIO. 49:59.128 --> 50:00.931 AND IT WAS A PODCAST STUDIO FOR HIM AND I, 50:01.030 --> 50:03.166 AND HE RAN THE CONTROLS. 50:04.668 --> 50:08.438 AND NOW WE HAVE LIKE A FULL STUDIO. 50:08.538 --> 50:14.043 AND THEN WE WERE TOLD, HE DID REVIVAL RADIO AT KCM, 50:14.143 --> 50:17.614 WE NEED YOU TO HAVE IT OUT LIKE WITHIN DAYS. 50:17.713 --> 50:22.719 AND SERIOUSLY, I SAW A HOUSE THAT WAS FOR SALE 50:23.753 --> 50:25.989 BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD OFFICE SPACE, 50:26.088 --> 50:31.293 BIG BUILDINGS, MILLIONS, AND WE COULD AFFORD THAT. 50:31.394 --> 50:33.663 AND IT'S A REVIVAL RADIO STUDIO, TV STUDIO, 50:33.764 --> 50:35.498 AND I'M STARTING A SHOW TOO. 50:36.766 --> 50:36.867 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 50:38.235 --> 50:42.806 AND WE PUT OFFICES IN THERE, AND THEN THE SAME THING 50:42.905 --> 50:45.474 HAPPENED. WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR SOME 50:45.574 --> 50:49.880 OF THE BOOKS AND THINGS WE OFFER, AND WE NEEDED MORE 50:49.980 --> 50:54.016 SPACE. AND AT THE TIME THAT IT HAPPENED, WE ENDED UP 50:54.117 --> 50:57.186 WITH ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING. 50:57.286 --> 51:01.590 AND THEN GENE SAID, NO JOKE, I REALLY WOULD 51:01.690 --> 51:03.159 LIKE A RANCH. 51:03.260 --> 51:07.998 AND HE DID A THING, AS GENE NORMALLY DOES. 51:08.097 --> 51:10.833 FOR INSTANCE, YOU SAW WE JUST GOT A TV TRUCK. 51:10.934 --> 51:13.670 AND AT THE FIRST STUDIO, THERE'S THE GARAGE 51:13.769 --> 51:18.041 AREA, HE SAID, THERE'S THIS OLD TV TRUCK THAT PTL USED TO HAVE 51:18.141 --> 51:22.012 JIM BAKER, AND THEY'RE GETTING RID OF IT, AND WE CAN AFFORD 51:22.112 --> 51:23.480 IT, IT NEEDS SOME WORK. 51:23.579 --> 51:25.548 I SAID, WELL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING 51:25.648 --> 51:27.751 TO PUT THAT THING? 51:27.851 --> 51:31.987 OH, IT'LL FIT IN THE STUDIO GARAGE. 51:32.088 --> 51:33.590 ARE YOU SURE? 51:33.690 --> 51:37.360 OKAY. SO WE GET THE TV TRUCK, RIGHT? 51:37.460 --> 51:40.797 AND HE SAID, WE NEED TO GET A WAREHOUSE 51:40.896 --> 51:46.235 BECAUSE IT'LL FIT, BUT WE CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF IT TO WORK ON 51:46.335 --> 51:48.304 IT. DETAILS, DETAILS. 51:48.405 --> 51:51.842 SO THE RANCH TOO, BUT WE WERE IMPRESSED 51:51.942 --> 51:53.809 THAT WE NEEDED TO START TRAINING. 51:53.909 --> 51:55.945 LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDED TO BE TRAINED 51:56.045 --> 51:59.715 ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON, THE ANTICHRIST VERSUS THE 51:59.815 --> 52:02.552 CHRIST, ISLAM, WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD. 52:02.652 --> 52:05.688 THEN WE THOUGHT THE PASTORS NEED TO HAVE A PLACE 52:05.789 --> 52:06.623 TO MEET. 52:06.956 --> 52:09.226 CHAPTER PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO MEET AND TO 52:09.326 --> 52:11.628 BE TRAINED, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT, AS YOU KNOW, WITH BIBLICAL 52:11.728 --> 52:15.030 CIVICS AND THE OTHER THINGS, THERE'S SO MUCH TO LEARN. 52:15.132 --> 52:20.769 AND SO THIS PROPERTY, THIS RANCH BECAME AVAILABLE, 52:20.871 --> 52:23.172 AND IT NEEDED A LOT OF WORK. 52:23.273 --> 52:26.443 BUT WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT RESTORING, AND GOD IS. 52:26.543 --> 52:28.844 WE'VE GOT THE HEART OF THE LORD. 52:28.945 --> 52:32.047 AND SO WE'VE BEEN RESTORING WEEK BY WEEK, 52:32.148 --> 52:37.554 PROJECT BY PROJECT, 30 ACRES, WAREHOUSES, I MEAN. 52:39.922 --> 52:43.860 AND EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS 52:43.960 --> 52:47.364 THIS WAY FOR EVERYBODY, HAS BEEN DEBT-FREE. 52:51.067 --> 52:53.969 SO MONDAY WHEN WE GET BACK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 52:54.070 --> 52:57.407 OUR FIRST PASTORS MEETING, AND WE WERE THINKING, 52:57.507 --> 52:58.909 YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A WHOLE BIG DEAL 52:59.009 --> 53:02.311 IF WE ENDED UP WITH 30 PEOPLE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT 53:02.411 --> 53:04.447 NOW WE'RE PUSHING 60. 53:04.547 --> 53:07.384 SO THE LORD HAS NEED OF IT. 53:08.751 --> 53:12.722 SO MY THING IS FOR EVERYBODY, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE 53:12.822 --> 53:14.291 WHAT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ARE. 53:14.391 --> 53:17.027 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT YOUR PAST IS. 53:18.295 --> 53:20.063 AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN BE SERVING THE LORD NOW, 53:20.163 --> 53:23.666 BUT YOU CAN START SERVING HIM RIGHT THIS MOMENT TODAY. 53:23.766 --> 53:25.335 HE'S READY TO USE YOU. 53:25.434 --> 53:30.139 HE'S PUT GIFTS AND TALENTS IN YOU THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN DO. 53:30.239 --> 53:32.945 JUST SAY YES AND JUST OBEY. 53:38.117 --> 53:39.119 THANK YOU, HONEY. 53:40.250 --> 53:43.820 UM, LISTEN, WE DROVE, WHEN WE DROVE UP TODAY, YOU 53:43.920 --> 53:47.923 KNOW, SINCE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RANCH AND ALL 53:48.023 --> 53:52.295 THAT, WE KIND OF CAME IN OVER THERE BY THE, UH, PIZZA 53:52.394 --> 53:55.431 MACHINE, IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? 53:55.532 --> 53:58.835 LET'S MAKE A GREAT STUDIO, BY THE WAY. 53:58.934 --> 54:03.206 ANYWAY, I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE 54:03.306 --> 54:07.043 MESSAGE AND WE DROVE UP AND I THOUGHT, THIS ISN'T BIG ENOUGH. 54:07.143 --> 54:09.179 THIS PROPERTY IS NOT BIG ENOUGH. 54:09.278 --> 54:11.547 AND I KNOW WHAT, WHEN I SAY THAT, WHAT 54:11.648 --> 54:15.284 THAT MEANS, BUT IT'S THE SAME THING, WE'RE THE PROPERTY 54:15.385 --> 54:18.755 THAT WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH. 54:18.855 --> 54:21.858 AND I'M TELLING YOU, WE HAVE TO EXPAND OUR VISION. 54:21.958 --> 54:27.230 BY THE WAY, WE LEFT NEW ORLEANS WITH JESSE DEPLANTIS, 54:27.329 --> 54:30.199 WHO COULD NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT YOUR CHURCH. 54:30.300 --> 54:36.905 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 54:37.007 --> 54:40.909 AND HE SAID HOW MUCH HE ENJOYED BRENDA, 54:41.010 --> 54:42.211 NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HANK. 54:42.311 --> 54:45.547 BUT I'M KIDDING, PASTOR HANK. 54:45.648 --> 54:47.317 HE LIKES YOU TOO. 54:47.416 --> 54:50.987 IT'S GREAT WHEN PASTOR HANK IS NOT HERE IN HIS OWN CHURCH. 54:51.086 --> 54:51.987 (LAUGHING) 54:53.623 --> 54:57.159 BUT EXPANDING YOUR VISION, IF YOU'RE NOT GROWING, 54:57.260 --> 54:58.527 SOMETHING'S WRONG. 54:58.628 --> 55:00.829 IF WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING, SOMETHING'S WRONG. 55:00.929 --> 55:03.766 SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU, GET READY. 55:03.867 --> 55:06.235 WE GOTTA GET READY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE. 55:06.335 --> 55:08.003 THIS IS NOT JUST A LOCAL CHURCH. 55:08.103 --> 55:10.373 THIS IS WHAT GOD'S CALLED YOU TO DO. 55:10.472 --> 55:13.076 IT IS MASSIVE, MASSIVE. 55:13.175 --> 55:14.476 IT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT. 55:14.577 --> 55:18.148 BUT BEFORE WE GET ANY FURTHER, I WANT US TO PICK BACK UP WITH, 55:18.248 --> 55:19.782 LET'S GET BACK INTO THE HEART OF WORSHIP 55:19.882 --> 55:23.719 'CAUSE I WANT TO, WE'RE GOING TO SPRINGBOARD OFF OF THAT 55:23.820 --> 55:25.688 INTO WHAT GOD'S GOT FOR US TODAY. 55:25.789 --> 55:27.657 BUT DID YOU NOTICE SOMETHING? 55:28.692 --> 55:33.530 WHEN YOU CAME DOWN HERE, THE ATMOSPHERE CHANGED. 55:36.565 --> 55:38.335 SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE IN THAT ATMOSPHERE. 55:38.434 --> 55:40.903 OKAY, MY GUYS ARE BACK HERE. 55:41.003 --> 55:43.005 I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, 55:43.106 --> 55:47.744 I WOULD TAKE DANNY ON THE ROAD AND JACOB BACK HERE ON 55:47.844 --> 55:51.014 THE BASS AND D SOMETIMES. 55:52.681 --> 55:54.583 NO. I JUST LOVE SEEING 55:54.684 --> 55:56.719 THEM WHEN I COME HERE 'CAUSE I USED TO DO CHURCH 55:56.820 --> 55:57.853 EVERY SUNDAY WITH THEM. 55:57.954 --> 56:00.255 SO, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, EXCEPT FOR DANNY. 56:00.356 --> 56:03.429 I USED TO PROBABLY SMOKED POT WITH DANNY PROBABLY. 56:03.429 --> 56:06.532 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 56:06.563 --> 56:10.003 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 56:10.170 --> 56:11.570 THAT IS SO OLD. 56:12.105 --> 56:13.072 THAT IS SO OLD. 56:13.606 --> 56:15.905 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET BACK IN NOW, PLEASE. 56:15.909 --> 56:17.177 LET'S GET BACK INTO WORSHIP. 56:17.978 --> 56:19.846 OKAY, TAKE IT AWAY, ANTHONY. 56:34.023 --> 56:35.992 (MUSIC) 58:44.320 --> 58:50.793 (MUSIC) 58:52.199 --> 58:52.931 THANK YOU. 58:53.396 --> 58:56.766 WE ENTER INTO YOUR COURTS WITH PRAISE. 58:56.865 --> 58:58.835 AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY 58:58.934 --> 59:03.338 TO COME AND WORSHIP THIS MORNING IN A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. 59:03.438 --> 59:05.141 AND LORD, I THANK YOU FOR LORD OF HOSTS. 59:05.240 --> 59:07.309 I THANK YOU FOR PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA. 59:07.409 --> 59:08.545 THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP HERE. 59:08.644 --> 59:12.248 AND I THANK YOU FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE PLACED 59:12.347 --> 59:13.550 HERE TO BE HERE. 59:13.650 --> 59:16.652 FATHER, I ASK YOU JUST TO TAKE OVER THIS SERVICE. 59:16.753 --> 59:19.956 HOLY SPIRIT, WE GIVE YOU THE ENTIRE ROOM. 59:20.056 --> 59:21.925 IN JESUS' NAME, EVERYBODY SAID. 59:22.025 --> 59:23.730 AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. 59:23.730 --> 59:24.931 YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. 59:33.635 --> 59:43.646 (MUSIC) 01:00:22.556 --> 01:00:25.358 AMEN. YOU GUYS GOT ME? 01:00:25.625 --> 01:00:27.293 CHECK ONE, TWO. YOU HEAR ME? 01:00:27.693 --> 01:00:28.862 ONE, TWO, THREE. OKAY. 01:00:31.797 --> 01:00:35.264 LISTEN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER 01:00:35.364 --> 01:00:37.065 IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. 01:00:38.735 --> 01:00:43.106 AND I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING REALLY CLEAR. 01:00:43.206 --> 01:00:45.541 AND I DON'T SAY THIS BECAUSE WE'RE FRIENDS 01:00:45.641 --> 01:00:46.775 WITH HANK AND BRENDA. 01:00:46.876 --> 01:00:50.813 THAT HAS NOTHING, REALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 01:00:50.913 --> 01:00:54.617 I WOULD SAY THIS ANYWAY. 01:00:54.717 --> 01:00:57.786 THERE AREN'T CHURCHES LIKE THIS. 01:00:59.889 --> 01:01:03.259 THERE'S JUST NOT. 01:01:03.358 --> 01:01:08.998 WE HAVE TRAVELED THE NATION AND GONE TO CHURCHES THAT I THOUGHT 01:01:09.097 --> 01:01:11.833 MIGHT BE LIKE THIS AND WEREN'T 01:01:14.070 --> 01:01:18.206 AND WOULD SAY, "HEY, COME," AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T SHOW UP. 01:01:18.306 --> 01:01:22.945 I MEAN, I'VE HAD CHURCHES THAT, YOU KNOW, RENT US THEIR 01:01:23.045 --> 01:01:25.347 BUILDING AND THEN NOT COME. 01:01:25.447 --> 01:01:30.853 YOU KNOW, IT'S, I JUST WANT YOU TO RELISH THE FACT THAT 01:01:30.952 --> 01:01:38.027 YOU HAVE A CHURCH AND PASTORS THAT LOVE YOU AND ARE 01:01:38.126 --> 01:01:43.432 HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASON. 01:01:43.532 --> 01:01:46.536 SO IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS ALMOST, IN SEPTEMBER IT 01:01:46.635 --> 01:01:49.639 WILL BE SIX YEARS WE'VE BEEN DOING FLASHPOINT 01:01:49.739 --> 01:01:57.112 AND THAT WHOLE THING CAME UP FOR AN EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM. 01:01:57.213 --> 01:02:00.882 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONCE A WEEK FOR EIGHT WEEKS. 01:02:00.983 --> 01:02:06.588 NOW IT'S FIVE DAYS A WEEK, WE'RE GOING ON SIX YEARS. 01:02:09.157 --> 01:02:12.394 WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME CYCLES. 01:02:12.494 --> 01:02:19.268 THINK ABOUT THE WAY LIFE WAS BEFORE COVID, 01:02:19.367 --> 01:02:24.940 AND THE SUMMER OF LOVE, AND ALL THAT HAPPENED IN 01:02:25.041 --> 01:02:31.380 2019, 2020, AND HOW WE, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT IN AMERICA 01:02:31.481 --> 01:02:34.650 AND WE QUESTION EVERYTHING. 01:02:34.751 --> 01:02:39.288 MANY OF US GREW UP AND YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR. 01:02:39.387 --> 01:02:42.023 I MEAN, THINGS HAD TO BE HANGING. 01:02:42.125 --> 01:02:43.925 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:02:44.025 --> 01:02:47.597 JUST, YOU KNOW, GO RUB SOME DIRT ON IT, IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT. 01:02:47.697 --> 01:02:48.563 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:02:48.664 --> 01:02:50.199 IT'S JUST THE WAY IT WAS. 01:02:50.298 --> 01:02:52.135 AND IF YOU DID GO TO THE DOCTOR, YOU LISTENED TO THE DOCTOR, 01:02:52.235 --> 01:02:54.704 YOU DID EVERYTHING HE SAID. 01:02:54.804 --> 01:02:58.574 AND NOW WE DON'T TRUST MOST DOCTORS. 01:02:58.673 --> 01:03:01.309 AND THAT'S FOR A GOOD REASON. 01:03:01.409 --> 01:03:03.846 THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY, THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, 01:03:03.945 --> 01:03:07.250 WE DON'T TRUST THEM. 01:03:09.552 --> 01:03:12.989 SAME THING WITH GOVERNMENT, POLITICS. 01:03:13.088 --> 01:03:15.824 WHEN THINGS DON'T GO OUR WAY, WHEN THINGS, 01:03:15.925 --> 01:03:17.893 ELECTIONS DON'T HAPPEN THE WAY WE THINK THEY SHOULD, 01:03:17.994 --> 01:03:22.731 IT'S BOGUS, RIGGED, IT'S FIXED. 01:03:22.831 --> 01:03:25.601 THEY STOLE IT, AND THEY DID. 01:03:25.701 --> 01:03:28.905 [CONGREGATION LAUGHING] 01:03:29.005 --> 01:03:33.242 YOU SEE, WE'VE LOST THAT AMERICAN, 01:03:33.342 --> 01:03:37.746 I CALL IT THE AMERICAN INNOCENCE THAT WE USED TO HAVE. 01:03:37.847 --> 01:03:44.186 AND SOME FRIENDS OF MINE FROM ENGLAND USED TO SAY, 01:03:44.286 --> 01:03:47.690 THE REASON YOU DON'T, THIS IS RIGHT AFTER 9/11, 01:03:47.789 --> 01:03:50.992 THE REASON YOU DON'T QUESTION IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T 01:03:51.092 --> 01:03:52.061 WANT YOU TO QUESTION. 01:03:53.161 --> 01:03:55.431 THEY WANT TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK. 01:03:55.530 --> 01:04:00.235 BECAUSE WE REALLY, AND I PUT MYSELF IN THIS CATEGORY, WE 01:04:00.335 --> 01:04:04.039 REALLY HAD THE IDEA THAT THERE'S PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, 01:04:04.139 --> 01:04:06.242 THAT THERE WERE SOME GOOD PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW. 01:04:06.342 --> 01:04:09.644 THERE'S SOME PEOPLE, AT THE HEART OF IT, THEY'RE PATRIOTIC, 01:04:09.744 --> 01:04:13.282 IN THE HEART OF IT, THEY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 01:04:13.382 --> 01:04:15.550 AND I'M SURE THERE ARE. 01:04:15.650 --> 01:04:19.989 BUT I'M CONSTANTLY SURPRISED AT HOW MANY ARE 01:04:20.088 --> 01:04:23.291 ON THE TAKE AND ARE CORRUPT. 01:04:23.391 --> 01:04:27.329 AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE 01:04:27.429 --> 01:04:34.704 PARTY. THEY'RE ON BOTH SIDES, AND UNDER AND ABOVE AND AROUND. 01:04:34.804 --> 01:04:41.978 I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS AROUND DURING PRESIDENT REAGAN 01:04:42.077 --> 01:04:45.047 AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN POLITICS, 01:04:46.081 --> 01:04:48.684 EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO WASHINGTON, 01:04:48.784 --> 01:04:49.818 WE'RE AT DINNER. 01:04:49.918 --> 01:04:54.590 AND HE SAYS, "WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU'RE A NEW SENATOR 01:04:54.690 --> 01:04:55.690 "OR A NEW REPRESENTATIVE. 01:04:55.791 --> 01:04:59.427 "YOU GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C., THERE'S NO ONBOARDING. 01:04:59.527 --> 01:05:02.297 "YOU JUST KIND OF SHOW UP "AND THEY GIVE YOU AN 01:05:02.398 --> 01:05:03.431 ADDRESS TO SHOW UP TO. 01:05:03.532 --> 01:05:05.934 "YOU DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE, YOU DON'T HAVE A STAFF. 01:05:06.034 --> 01:05:07.503 "YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS 01:05:07.603 --> 01:05:11.273 THAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE. 01:05:11.373 --> 01:05:16.344 SO THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING ON YOU TO GET THERE. 01:05:16.445 --> 01:05:19.648 AND WHEN YOU GET THERE, A PERSON WILL SAY, 01:05:19.748 --> 01:05:24.286 HEY, MY NAME'S SO AND SO, AND I'VE DONE THIS 01:05:24.387 --> 01:05:26.054 FOR THIS SENATOR AND THAT SENATOR AND THIS SENATOR, 01:05:26.155 --> 01:05:28.690 AND I CAN RUN YOUR OFFICE FOR YOU IF YOU WANT, 01:05:28.791 --> 01:05:30.525 AND I KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE, AND I GOT ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS, 01:05:30.626 --> 01:05:32.193 AND I GOT THE ROLODEX. 01:05:32.295 --> 01:05:39.568 ROLODEX IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT USED CARDS IN IT. 01:05:39.668 --> 01:05:41.103 SOME OF Y'ALL STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 01:05:41.202 --> 01:05:45.474 ANYWAY, ADDRESS BOOK ON YOUR PHONE, YOU KNOW. 01:05:46.842 --> 01:05:49.411 AND SO WHAT DOES THE SENATOR DO, MALE OR FEMALE? 01:05:49.512 --> 01:05:53.382 OH, OKAY, WELL, YEAH, I GUESS THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 01:05:53.481 --> 01:05:57.686 NOT KNOWING THAT THEY'VE JUST WALKED INTO AN AGENDA. 01:05:59.188 --> 01:06:01.489 AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE REPEATED, 01:06:01.590 --> 01:06:04.659 BECAUSE I KNOW THE MEDIA IS WATCHING PASTOR HANK 01:06:05.827 --> 01:06:12.467 ALMOST AS MUCH AS THEY QUOTE US, IS THAT THE HOMOSEXUAL 01:06:12.568 --> 01:06:13.869 AGENDA IN DC 01:06:15.938 --> 01:06:19.240 IS FAR MORE PREVALENT THAN YOU HAVE CONCEPT OF. 01:06:21.114 --> 01:06:25.146 AND HERE'S WHY, AND THIS IS WHY IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME. 01:06:25.246 --> 01:06:28.717 THEY'RE USUALLY SINGLE, THEY HAVE NO FAMILY, 01:06:28.818 --> 01:06:31.086 AND THEY'LL WORK REALLY LONG HOURS, PARTY AT NIGHT, 01:06:31.186 --> 01:06:32.387 AND COME BACK THE NEXT DAY. 01:06:33.521 --> 01:06:36.358 AND THEY'RE YOUNG. 01:06:36.458 --> 01:06:41.731 NOW, SO JUST WRAP YOUR BRAIN AROUND THAT FACT. 01:06:41.831 --> 01:06:45.034 LET'S SAY I'M NOT, LET'S SAY I'M TOTALLY WRONG, 01:06:45.134 --> 01:06:47.737 AND IT'S NOT NEAR AS PREVALENT AS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. 01:06:47.836 --> 01:06:51.239 THE FACT IT'S THERE AT ALL, WITH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS 01:06:51.340 --> 01:06:53.842 AND WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS... 01:06:53.943 --> 01:06:56.746 IT'S, LET ME JUST SAY SOMETHING. 01:06:56.846 --> 01:07:00.548 I SAW A PASTOR THAT I KNOW, THAT I KNOW, 01:07:00.648 --> 01:07:07.123 I USED TO GO TO HIS CHURCH, DO A CLIP OF VIDEO, 01:07:07.222 --> 01:07:10.126 SAY IN HIS CHURCH, THIS IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION. 01:07:10.226 --> 01:07:16.831 IT NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE. 01:07:16.931 --> 01:07:19.969 AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. 01:07:20.068 --> 01:07:22.670 BECAUSE, AND I UNDERSTAND, HOWEVER, LET ME SAY THIS, 01:07:22.771 --> 01:07:24.139 I'LL GIVE HIM A LITTLE CREDIT. 01:07:24.239 --> 01:07:25.474 HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING. 01:07:25.574 --> 01:07:28.043 WE ARE NOT ALL CHRISTIANS. 01:07:28.143 --> 01:07:29.311 WE'RE NOT. 01:07:29.411 --> 01:07:31.614 I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT. 01:07:31.713 --> 01:07:33.416 HOWEVER, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE A CHRISTIAN NATION, 01:07:33.516 --> 01:07:38.186 WE'RE REFERRING TO THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THIS NATION. 01:07:38.286 --> 01:07:39.355 SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. 01:07:39.454 --> 01:07:44.193 SO WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL, MINISTERS IN THE PULPIT, 01:07:44.293 --> 01:07:47.262 YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT JESUS 01:07:47.362 --> 01:07:49.731 AND YOU REPRESENT THIS CHURCH, YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK, 01:07:49.831 --> 01:07:53.302 PEOPLE KNOW YOU GO HERE, OF WHAT YOU SAY IN PUBLIC. 01:07:53.402 --> 01:07:56.443 BECAUSE YOU CAN SO TURN SOMETHING THE WRONG WAY. 01:08:00.208 --> 01:08:04.146 I'M PAINTING A PRETTY BLEAK PICTURE, I KNOW. 01:08:04.246 --> 01:08:07.248 SO DEALING WITH THIS FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, 01:08:07.349 --> 01:08:10.985 THERE ARE TIMES IT REALLY TAKES ITS TOLL. 01:08:11.085 --> 01:08:14.889 I MEAN, WE GET UP IN THE MORNING AND WE'RE READING THE NEWS. 01:08:14.989 --> 01:08:17.193 WE'RE SEARCHING THE NEWS, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S HAPPENING, 01:08:17.292 --> 01:08:20.128 WHAT ARE WE, BECAUSE IN A FEW HOURS, 01:08:20.229 --> 01:08:22.797 WE GOT TO GET READY TO PUT THIS ON THE AIR AND TALK ABOUT IT. 01:08:22.898 --> 01:08:26.301 AND BY THE WAY, THIS PAST MONDAY, WE 01:08:26.402 --> 01:08:29.904 STARTED DAILY NEWSCAST, FLASHPOINT NEWS 01:08:30.005 --> 01:08:31.372 BREAK IS NOW AIRING, 01:08:32.707 --> 01:08:35.877 6:30 CENTRAL TIME, RIGHT BEFORE FLASHPOINT, 01:08:35.978 --> 01:08:39.014 ON THE FLASHPOINT TELEVISION NETWORK. 01:08:40.483 --> 01:08:42.118 AND HERE'S, YEAH, THANK YOU. 01:08:42.217 --> 01:08:46.322 HERE'S WHY, THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I FOUND 01:08:47.689 --> 01:08:50.559 SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP TO US AND SAY, 01:08:50.658 --> 01:08:53.162 "YOU'RE THE ONLY PLACE I GET MY NEWS." 01:08:53.261 --> 01:08:54.863 AND I'M LIKE, "OH, THAT'S VERY KIND, THANK YOU, 01:08:54.963 --> 01:08:57.800 "BUT GOSH, YOU GOTTA EXPAND YOUR VISION A LITTLE BIT." 01:08:57.899 --> 01:09:00.368 WE GOT, DON'T TAKE THOSE, I'VE GOT ONE HOUR 01:09:00.469 --> 01:09:03.605 AND ALL WE DO IS TALK ABOUT A FEW STORIES. 01:09:03.706 --> 01:09:05.875 SO THIS IS OUR STEP INTO THE NEWS 01:09:05.975 --> 01:09:08.109 SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU A LOT OF STORIES 01:09:08.210 --> 01:09:10.880 IN 28 AND A HALF MINUTES. 01:09:10.979 --> 01:09:14.250 SO THINGS THAT WE DON'T COVER ON FLASHPOINT, 01:09:14.350 --> 01:09:16.652 WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COVER IN THE NEWS PROGRAM. 01:09:16.752 --> 01:09:17.685 AND THAT'S EXPANDING. 01:09:17.786 --> 01:09:19.720 TERI'S PROGRAM WILL BE AIRING. 01:09:19.822 --> 01:09:22.423 REVIVAL RADIO AIRS. 01:09:22.524 --> 01:09:25.661 SO, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS, 01:09:25.761 --> 01:09:27.762 AND IT GETS TO BE, BECAUSE YOU DEAL WITH IT 01:09:27.863 --> 01:09:30.966 ON A DAILY BASIS, THERE ARE TIMES I JUST GO, 01:09:31.065 --> 01:09:32.768 TERI, DON'T SEND ME ANOTHER CLIP. 01:09:33.903 --> 01:09:34.737 I JUST NEED A BREAK. 01:09:34.837 --> 01:09:38.306 I JUST CAN'T THINK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. 01:09:38.407 --> 01:09:40.708 BECAUSE IT WILL GET IN YOUR SPIRIT. 01:09:40.809 --> 01:09:47.682 AND THE MORE IT GETS IN THERE, THE MORE DESPONDENT YOU CAN GET, 01:09:47.783 --> 01:09:51.554 AND MORE DEPRESSED YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET. 01:09:51.654 --> 01:09:53.488 'CAUSE YOU GO, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS, 01:09:53.588 --> 01:09:57.025 NOW, THIS IS WHY PASTOR HANK IS SUCH A GREAT ASSET 01:09:58.493 --> 01:10:01.130 ON FLASHPOINT, 'CAUSE HE SAYS, "GENE, I DON'T REALLY 01:10:01.229 --> 01:10:02.030 STAY UP WITH THE NEWS." 01:10:02.131 --> 01:10:03.399 HE SAYS, "THAT'S GREAT. 01:10:03.498 --> 01:10:05.000 "THAT'S WHAT I WANT FROM YOU. 01:10:05.100 --> 01:10:07.136 I DON'T WANT YOU TO UP, EVERYBODY ELSE 01:10:07.235 --> 01:10:08.369 IS UP ON THE NEWS. 01:10:08.470 --> 01:10:12.807 I NEED YOU TO BE UP ON WHAT GOD'S SAYING TO THE CHURCH." 01:10:12.908 --> 01:10:13.742 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:10:13.841 --> 01:10:16.444 THAT'S HIS ROLE. 01:10:16.545 --> 01:10:17.412 AND I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. 01:10:17.512 --> 01:10:20.048 I MEAN, THE GUY'S GOT A FEW THINGS TO DO. 01:10:20.149 --> 01:10:22.885 HE'S GOTTA LIKE WALK THE DOGS. 01:10:22.984 --> 01:10:23.586 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:10:23.685 --> 01:10:25.421 HE'S GOTTA LIKE DRINK COFFEE. 01:10:25.520 --> 01:10:29.457 AND NO, HE'S GOT A BIG LOAD HERE. 01:10:29.557 --> 01:10:34.029 SO THE FACT THAT HE'S DONE FOR ALL THESE YEARS IS A BLESSING, 01:10:34.128 --> 01:10:35.663 SUCH A BLESSING TO US. 01:10:35.764 --> 01:10:40.301 SO THANK YOU, PASTOR HANK, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. 01:10:40.402 --> 01:10:42.371 SO IF WE LET THIS GET INTO OUR SPIRITS, 01:10:42.470 --> 01:10:43.605 AND I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT 01:10:43.706 --> 01:10:44.739 JUST BY WATCHING THE NEWS. 01:10:44.840 --> 01:10:49.345 I USED TO WATCH A PROGRAM IN 2019. 01:10:49.444 --> 01:10:51.713 WE START, I STARTED WATCHING MORE REGULARLY 01:10:51.814 --> 01:10:55.050 'CAUSE I FELT LIKE HE WAS THE ONLY GUY THAT WAS GIVING ME, 01:10:55.149 --> 01:10:56.952 I FELT LIKE THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. 01:10:57.051 --> 01:10:59.320 I DIDN'T TRUST ANYBODY ELSE. 01:10:59.421 --> 01:11:01.590 IT WAS TUCKER CARLSON. 01:11:01.689 --> 01:11:03.524 NOW YOU SWINE, I KNOW YOU DID, A LOT OF Y'ALL DID. 01:11:03.626 --> 01:11:06.427 I KNOW, NOW YOU DID TOO. 01:11:08.463 --> 01:11:10.565 BECAUSE HE WAS GIVING YOU MORE TRUTH 01:11:10.666 --> 01:11:15.938 THAN ANYBODY ELSE WAS ON FOX AT THAT TIME. 01:11:16.037 --> 01:11:21.210 BUT EVEN, AND IT'S INTERESTING, ONE OF THE TWO PEOPLE THAT 01:11:21.310 --> 01:11:24.546 WE TRIED TO GET ON THE SHOW THAT WE NEVER, WE GOT 01:11:24.646 --> 01:11:27.582 PRESIDENT TRUMP ON A LOT, BUT I COULD NEVER 01:11:27.682 --> 01:11:29.283 CONNECT WITH TUCKER. 01:11:29.385 --> 01:11:30.252 YEAH, THANK YOU. 01:11:30.351 --> 01:11:32.554 WE COULD NEVER CONNECT WITH TUCKER, 01:11:32.654 --> 01:11:33.956 AND WE COULD NEVER, FOR SOME REASON, 01:11:34.055 --> 01:11:35.090 CONNECT WITH CANDACE OWENS. 01:11:35.189 --> 01:11:36.792 WE COULDN'T GET THEM, THEIR SCHEDULE, 01:11:36.891 --> 01:11:39.295 AND I'M LIKE, THANK YOU, JESUS. 01:11:39.395 --> 01:11:40.362 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:11:40.462 --> 01:11:43.164 THANK YOU, JESUS. 01:11:44.533 --> 01:11:49.438 THERE'S SOME CRAZY PEOPLE OUT THERE. 01:11:52.507 --> 01:11:56.912 TUCKER, I HAVE TO SHAKE MY HEAD AND GO, 01:11:57.011 --> 01:11:59.648 "GOD, SEND LABORERS ACROSS HIS PATH." 01:11:59.747 --> 01:12:03.217 BECAUSE HE IS SO OFF. 01:12:03.319 --> 01:12:06.822 HE'S OFF IN HIS NEWS, HE'S OFF IN HIS SPIRITUALITY. 01:12:06.921 --> 01:12:10.091 GOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THAT'S IT. 01:12:10.192 --> 01:12:12.694 SO IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN GET THIS STUFF 01:12:12.795 --> 01:12:13.628 GET DOWN IN OUR SPIRITS. 01:12:13.729 --> 01:12:17.032 IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, 01:12:17.131 --> 01:12:18.766 IF YOU WERE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU WERE A TEENAGER, 01:12:18.867 --> 01:12:21.002 YOUR PARENTS SAID, "BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE MUSIC 01:12:21.103 --> 01:12:22.970 "YOU LISTEN TO." 01:12:23.072 --> 01:12:26.175 ALL RIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU HAD THOSE PARENTS? 01:12:26.274 --> 01:12:30.845 YEAH. I REMEMBER MY 01:12:30.945 --> 01:12:37.519 MOTHER AND SHE SAID, "OKAY, JUST GO WITH ME. 01:12:37.618 --> 01:12:40.154 I'M OLDER THAN A LOT OF YOU." 01:12:40.255 --> 01:12:43.158 SO I HAD THIS, HAD THE RADIO PLAYING. 01:12:43.257 --> 01:12:44.993 WE HAD LITTLE TRANSISTOR RADIOS. 01:12:45.094 --> 01:12:48.162 THAT WAS MY, AND IF YOU STUCK IT IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM, 01:12:48.262 --> 01:12:51.766 IT HAD GREAT SOUND. 01:12:51.867 --> 01:12:58.407 IF YOU DIALED IT IN JUST RIGHT, YOU COULD GET A GOOD AM STATION. 01:12:58.506 --> 01:13:01.542 OKAY, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE, YOU LOOK IT UP WHEN YOU 01:13:01.643 --> 01:13:02.944 GET HOME, WHAT AM IS. 01:13:03.045 --> 01:13:04.145 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:13:04.246 --> 01:13:10.284 AND THERE WAS A SONG CAME ON, SHE'S JUST A DEVIL WOMAN 01:13:10.386 --> 01:13:12.154 WITH EVIL ON HER MIND. 01:13:12.253 --> 01:13:13.322 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:13:14.456 --> 01:13:19.560 DOOR SWINGS UP, DEVIL WOMAN, WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO? 01:13:21.829 --> 01:13:23.966 IT'S AMAZING HOW THOSE MEMORIES CAN COME BACK 01:13:24.065 --> 01:13:25.833 AT THE MOST INOPPORTUNE TIME. 01:13:25.934 --> 01:13:29.404 BUT IT WAS TRUE. 01:13:29.505 --> 01:13:33.242 THOSE OF US THAT HAVE PARENTS THAT TAUGHT US THAT, 01:13:33.341 --> 01:13:36.612 WHAT GOT INTO US, I MEAN, JUST THERE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE. 01:13:36.712 --> 01:13:37.880 HERE IT IS ALL THESE YEARS LATER. 01:13:37.979 --> 01:13:40.681 I REMEMBER THAT SONG. 01:13:40.783 --> 01:13:45.319 IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WHAT GETS IN US COMES OUT OF US. 01:13:45.421 --> 01:13:47.588 THE GOOD THINGS AND THE BAD THINGS, SO WE GET CAREFUL. 01:13:47.689 --> 01:13:50.492 SO, AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. 01:13:50.591 --> 01:13:57.733 SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, AND IT'S EASY TO GET WEARY 01:13:57.832 --> 01:14:01.203 IN WELL-DOING, DOING WHAT WE DO. 01:14:01.302 --> 01:14:03.204 IT'S EASY WHEN YOU'RE A PASTOR TO GET WEARY. 01:14:03.305 --> 01:14:07.708 IT'S EASY WHEN YOU'RE, ANY OF US, IT'S EASY TO GET WEARY 01:14:07.810 --> 01:14:11.579 IF YOU'RE NOT STAYING FILLED UP. 01:14:11.680 --> 01:14:21.689 SO NOT LONG AGO, WE WERE AT THIS PROPERTY THAT GOD GAVE US. 01:14:21.823 --> 01:14:24.091 AND SO I WAS LOOKING AT IT, AND I THINK ONE OF THE 01:14:24.193 --> 01:14:25.828 FIRST THINGS I SAID IS, WE'RE GONNA PUT A 01:14:25.927 --> 01:14:28.363 TENT RIGHT THERE, WE'RE GONNA PUT A TENT, HAVE 01:14:28.462 --> 01:14:30.198 A TENT MEETING RIGHT THERE. 01:14:31.365 --> 01:14:36.704 AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET BACK, 01:14:36.805 --> 01:14:39.307 AND I SAY WE 'CAUSE I MEAN THE CHURCH IN GENERAL, 01:14:39.408 --> 01:14:42.711 WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 01:14:44.145 --> 01:14:46.347 AND I KNOW THIS IS LIKE STUFF YOU KNOW, RIGHT? 01:14:46.448 --> 01:14:49.251 I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT, OF COURSE WE NEED TO. 01:14:49.350 --> 01:14:53.555 BUT WE HAVE TRADED THE PRESENCE OF GOD 01:14:53.654 --> 01:14:56.492 FOR THINGS THAT DON'T FILL. 01:14:56.591 --> 01:14:57.893 AND YOU KNOW, ISN'T IT INTERESTING 01:14:57.993 --> 01:15:00.996 WHEN THE ENEMY DOES SOMETHING, MANY TIMES HE DOES IT, 01:15:02.163 --> 01:15:04.565 NOT WITH BAD THINGS, BUT HE LEADS YOU DOWN A PATH. 01:15:04.666 --> 01:15:06.435 JUST DON'T GET IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 01:15:06.534 --> 01:15:08.970 GO OVER HERE AND, YOU KNOW, WRITE A BOOK, 01:15:09.070 --> 01:15:10.338 BUT DON'T GET IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 01:15:10.439 --> 01:15:15.243 GO OVER HERE AND DO THIS, BUT DON'T SPEND TIME WITH GOD. 01:15:15.344 --> 01:15:17.412 AND I SEE THAT MORE AND MORE, AND I SEE IT IN 01:15:17.511 --> 01:15:19.213 CHURCHES MORE AND MORE. 01:15:19.314 --> 01:15:21.449 AND WHAT WE'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO, 01:15:21.550 --> 01:15:24.286 AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW, IS THERE'S REALLY 01:15:24.386 --> 01:15:27.956 JUST A FEW, THREE KINDS OF CHURCHES. 01:15:28.055 --> 01:15:31.726 THERE'S THE TOTAL WHACK JOB CHURCHES 01:15:31.827 --> 01:15:37.131 THAT HAVE GONE EMBRACING EMBRACING WOKEISM, THAT'S 01:15:37.231 --> 01:15:42.371 THE NICEST WAY, AND WEARING THE RAINBOW, AND 01:15:42.470 --> 01:15:48.944 PROFESSING LGBTQ, AND EMBRACING EVERYTHING, AND 01:15:49.043 --> 01:15:51.680 THEY WILL MISQUOTE SCRIPTURE, AND THEY'LL SOUND GOOD. 01:15:51.779 --> 01:15:53.180 I MEAN, IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, 01:15:53.282 --> 01:15:56.952 YOU DON'T KNOW THE WORD, YOU'LL BELIEVE IT. 01:15:57.051 --> 01:15:59.587 SO WE GOT THAT LEVEL OF CHURCH. 01:15:59.688 --> 01:16:02.356 WE GOT THE DEAD CHURCH, WHICH THEY'RE 01:16:02.457 --> 01:16:06.328 JUST PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO SEE WHAT GOD'S GOT TO SAY, WHAT 01:16:06.427 --> 01:16:11.766 COLOR SUIT THE PASTOR'S WIFE HAS ON AND WHAT SHE'S WEARING. 01:16:11.867 --> 01:16:15.904 AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S THE REMNANT CHURCH. 01:16:16.003 --> 01:16:19.207 AND WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE ECCLESIA AND 01:16:19.307 --> 01:16:22.582 THE REMNANT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THE REMNANT'S 01:16:22.948 --> 01:16:25.413 TAKING A HIT. 01:16:28.220 --> 01:16:30.323 IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CHURCH 01:16:30.323 --> 01:16:32.654 WRITINGS OF OUR FOREFATHERS, 01:16:34.622 --> 01:16:36.992 YOU'LL BE SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH. 01:16:37.091 --> 01:16:38.225 I READ A BOOK, I HAVE A BOOK 01:16:38.327 --> 01:16:41.835 THAT I GOT, IT'S A VERY THIN BOOK BY A GUY NAMED 01:16:41.835 --> 01:16:43.270 OSWALD J. SMITH. 01:16:44.337 --> 01:16:46.234 AND IT'S NOT SOMEBODY THAT YOU'VE 01:16:46.335 --> 01:16:48.936 PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT, BUT OSWALD SMITH WROTE THIS BOOK 01:16:49.037 --> 01:16:49.971 IN 1922. 01:16:51.478 --> 01:16:52.774 AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TITLE OF THE BOOK 01:16:52.873 --> 01:16:56.478 IS "THE REVIVAL WE NEED" AND HE SAID, "THE CHURCHES 01:16:56.578 --> 01:17:00.349 THAT I SEE IN CANADA AND THE AMERICAS ARE DISASTROUS. 01:17:00.448 --> 01:17:02.317 THEY DON'T TEACH A GOSPEL THAT SAVES. 01:17:02.417 --> 01:17:05.153 THEY'VE GONE AWAY FROM SALVATION MESSAGES 01:17:05.252 --> 01:17:08.657 AND THEY'RE MORE ENRAPTURED WITH WHO THEY ARE 01:17:08.756 --> 01:17:11.525 AND HOW ELOQUENT OF A SERMON THEY CAN PREACH 01:17:11.627 --> 01:17:14.729 AND HOW BIG THEIR CROWDS ARE." 01:17:14.829 --> 01:17:19.266 THIS IS 1922. 01:17:20.801 --> 01:17:22.404 WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS. 01:17:22.503 --> 01:17:26.140 LISTEN, IF WE'RE GOING TO NOT JUST SAVE AMERICA, 01:17:26.240 --> 01:17:29.744 IF WE'RE GOING TO SAVE OURSELVES AND WHO WE ARE, 01:17:29.845 --> 01:17:33.948 LISTEN, THEY ARE AT OUR DOORSTEP. 01:17:34.048 --> 01:17:36.952 ISLAM WANTS TO TAKE YOU. 01:17:37.051 --> 01:17:40.421 THEY WANT THIS BUILDING. 01:17:40.521 --> 01:17:42.423 THEY WANT THE SCHOOL, THEY WANT THE OFFICES, 01:17:42.524 --> 01:17:45.027 THEY WANT IT ALL. 01:17:45.127 --> 01:17:46.728 AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALL THIS YEAR, 01:17:46.828 --> 01:17:48.963 AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT, HE'S A LITTLE SHY, 01:17:49.064 --> 01:17:51.399 BUT ANDREW SEDRA, YOU KNOW. 01:17:51.500 --> 01:17:53.502 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:17:53.601 --> 01:17:54.802 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM TO GET HIM 01:17:54.903 --> 01:17:56.771 TO BE A LITTLE MORE VOCAL ABOUT IT. 01:17:56.872 --> 01:17:59.306 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:17:59.408 --> 01:18:02.243 AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 01:18:02.344 --> 01:18:05.012 AND I LISTENED TO THESE PEOPLE, AND IN TEXAS WE'VE HAD 01:18:05.113 --> 01:18:06.148 A FEW RACES RECENTLY 01:18:07.349 --> 01:18:13.988 WHERE A CHRISTIAN GUY WENT AND ENTERTAINED AN IMAM 01:18:14.088 --> 01:18:16.224 AT HIS MUSLIM CONGREGATION BECAUSE HE'S TRYING 01:18:16.323 --> 01:18:17.091 TO GET THE VOTES. 01:18:18.793 --> 01:18:24.298 AND HE WON THE ELECTION OF MAYOR OF THAT PARTICULAR SMALLER CITY. 01:18:24.399 --> 01:18:27.469 AND IT'S LIKE, YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE PLAYING WITH. 01:18:28.869 --> 01:18:30.171 THEY WILL BE YOUR FRIEND, 01:18:32.606 --> 01:18:34.208 AND THEN ONE DAY THEY WON'T BE. 01:18:35.310 --> 01:18:38.012 AND THEY WILL KILL YOU. 01:18:38.113 --> 01:18:40.347 SO I'M NOT, THIS IS NOT A MESSAGE ON ISLAM, 01:18:40.448 --> 01:18:47.122 BUT DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH INTO ISLAM, 01:18:47.221 --> 01:18:50.958 THE 1400 YEARS OF ISLAMIC REIGN AND WARS. 01:18:51.059 --> 01:18:55.963 AND THEY LOVE TO QUOTE, "WE BELIEVE IN JESUS." 01:18:56.064 --> 01:18:57.865 YES, THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS. 01:18:57.966 --> 01:18:59.600 THEY BELIEVE JESUS IS COMING BACK, 01:19:00.668 --> 01:19:02.069 BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL LEAVE IT. 01:19:02.170 --> 01:19:03.671 WHAT THEY WON'T TELL YOU IS THEY BELIEVE JESUS 01:19:03.771 --> 01:19:05.974 IS COMING BACK AND HE'LL BE A MUSLIM, 01:19:06.073 --> 01:19:12.514 AND HE WILL BE POINTING EVERYBODY TO ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD. 01:19:13.914 --> 01:19:16.685 AND PEOPLE ARE BUYING THIS. 01:19:16.784 --> 01:19:18.386 THEY'RE BUYING IT. 01:19:18.487 --> 01:19:22.090 I MEAN, THERE ARE CHRISTIANS WHO ARE GOING, 01:19:22.189 --> 01:19:24.525 WELL, YOU KNOW, CAN'T WE JUST COEXIST? 01:19:24.626 --> 01:19:28.130 NO, YOU CAN'T. 01:19:28.229 --> 01:19:30.865 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, YOU CANNOT COEXIST 01:19:30.966 --> 01:19:33.734 WITH AN ENEMY THAT WANTS TO DESTROY YOU. 01:19:35.470 --> 01:19:37.972 NOT EVEN, YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT, AMEN. 01:19:38.073 --> 01:19:41.208 YOU KNOW, YOU CANNOT DO IT AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 01:19:41.309 --> 01:19:42.243 BE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK. 01:19:42.344 --> 01:19:43.811 AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA PREACH ON ISLAM. 01:19:48.783 --> 01:19:52.020 BUT WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT MY DAD. 01:19:52.119 --> 01:19:54.421 MY DAD WENT TO HEAVEN BEFORE COVID 01:19:54.523 --> 01:19:58.225 AND I WAS SO HAPPY THAT HE WENT BEFORE 01:19:58.326 --> 01:19:59.994 BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T HAVE WORN THAT MASK AND HE'D 01:20:00.095 --> 01:20:02.663 HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE AND YOU KNOW ALL THAT. 01:20:05.572 --> 01:20:07.173 BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT 01:20:07.173 --> 01:20:10.505 WORLD THAN WHAT WE DEALT WITH BEFORE. 01:20:12.679 --> 01:20:14.046 WE'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT ENEMIES. 01:20:14.046 --> 01:20:15.577 IT'S THE SAME ENEMY BUT WE'RE 01:20:15.676 --> 01:20:19.046 DEALING WITH DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS OF THAT ENEMY. 01:20:19.146 --> 01:20:22.317 AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE ONLY, AND THE REASON I SAY 01:20:22.417 --> 01:20:25.487 THIS IS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE'RE 01:20:25.587 --> 01:20:26.654 GOING TO COVER THIS. 01:20:26.755 --> 01:20:28.189 IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY 01:20:28.289 --> 01:20:30.992 WONDERFUL FLASHPOINTS, I COULD DO A FLASHPOINT 01:20:31.091 --> 01:20:34.128 10 HOURS A DAY, GOD FORBID. 01:20:34.229 --> 01:20:38.132 AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. 01:20:38.233 --> 01:20:44.905 IT WON'T DO ANYTHING IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PRESENCE OF GOD 01:20:45.006 --> 01:20:46.574 IN OUR LIVES. 01:20:46.675 --> 01:20:51.712 YEAH. WE HAVE TO, THE TIME IS COMING WHEN 01:20:52.881 --> 01:20:56.784 DECISIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE BY THE DISCERNMENT 01:20:56.885 --> 01:20:58.920 OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE. 01:20:59.020 --> 01:21:01.256 AND IF YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE 01:21:01.355 --> 01:21:04.926 NOT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO HEAR HOLY SPIRIT, YOU'RE 01:21:05.025 --> 01:21:06.795 NOT GOING TO HEAR IT. 01:21:06.895 --> 01:21:09.930 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE LATEST THING AND BE TAKEN ASTRAY. 01:21:12.132 --> 01:21:17.072 SO WE CANNOT AFFORD TO JUST KICK BACK, 01:21:17.171 --> 01:21:21.009 CRUISE OVER TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY, MAYBE WEDNESDAY, 01:21:22.210 --> 01:21:24.746 AND OR MIDWEEK SERVICE OR WHATEVER. 01:21:24.845 --> 01:21:27.349 WE JUST, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT ANYMORE. 01:21:27.448 --> 01:21:30.551 IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. 01:21:30.652 --> 01:21:34.788 AND THE REASON, SO I STARTED DOING SOME SCRIPTURE, 01:21:34.890 --> 01:21:38.627 SO NOW I'M READY TO START. 01:21:38.726 --> 01:21:41.229 IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, 1 CHRONICLES 13, THREE. 01:21:41.328 --> 01:21:44.399 NOW, BEFORE WE SHOW THE SCRIPTURE, 01:21:44.498 --> 01:21:47.167 LET ME EXPLAIN REAL QUICKLY WHAT WAS GOING ON. 01:21:47.269 --> 01:21:53.274 DAVID FOUGHT SOME BATTLES AND HE RECAPTURED THE ARK. 01:21:53.375 --> 01:21:55.644 AND SO HE SAYS IN 1ST 13, THREE, "IT'S TIME TO BRING 01:21:55.743 --> 01:21:57.979 BACK THE ARK OF OUR GOD, FOR WE NEGLECTED IT 01:21:58.078 --> 01:21:59.747 DURING THE REIGN OF SAUL." 01:22:01.649 --> 01:22:05.052 AND THAT IS THE CORE VERSE OF TODAY. 01:22:05.153 --> 01:22:09.224 WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR FIRST LOVE. 01:22:09.323 --> 01:22:14.229 IT'S THE VERY THING YOU AND I WERE CREATED FOR. 01:22:14.328 --> 01:22:17.265 IT'S THE MOMENT WHEN HE, I BET IF I COULD TAKE 01:22:17.364 --> 01:22:20.568 A POLL IN THIS ROOM AND GO AROUND WITH A MICROPHONE, 01:22:20.668 --> 01:22:22.671 AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE CHRISTIANS WOULD UNDERSTAND 01:22:22.770 --> 01:22:25.239 THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE GOD MADE HIMSELF 01:22:25.340 --> 01:22:28.047 SO AMAZINGLY REAL TO YOU. 01:22:29.010 --> 01:22:31.246 YOU KNEW IT WAS A TANGIBLE EXPERIENCE. 01:22:31.345 --> 01:22:32.948 IF THAT'S YOU, RAISE YOUR HAND. 01:22:33.047 --> 01:22:35.350 ALL RIGHT, NOW LOOK AROUND, KEEP YOUR HAND UP, LOOK AROUND. 01:22:35.449 --> 01:22:41.189 THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE HERE WITH THEIR HANDS UP, RIGHT? 01:22:41.288 --> 01:22:44.292 PSALM 22, THREE TELLS US, "WORSHIP'S THE DOORWAY 01:22:44.391 --> 01:22:45.460 TO MEETING GOD." 01:22:45.560 --> 01:22:51.498 SO I DID A LITTLE, I REMEMBERED HEARING THERE'S 01:22:51.599 --> 01:22:52.838 EZEKIEL 30, EXODUS 33. 01:22:54.536 --> 01:22:58.506 AND EXODUS 33 TALKS ABOUT THE TENT, BECAUSE I'D 01:22:58.605 --> 01:23:02.543 BEEN, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS TENT 01:23:02.644 --> 01:23:04.244 ON THE PROPERTY AND ALL THAT. 01:23:04.345 --> 01:23:07.649 SO I WENT AND STARTED DOING SOME, A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND 01:23:07.748 --> 01:23:09.551 STUDYING TENTS AND SCRIPTURE. 01:23:09.650 --> 01:23:11.353 AND I KNEW ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE, 01:23:12.587 --> 01:23:15.422 YOU KNOW, THE TABERNACLE AND EVERYTHING, THE TENT, 01:23:15.523 --> 01:23:18.326 BUT SOME THINGS STOOD OUT TO ME THAT I NEVER REALLY 01:23:18.426 --> 01:23:20.095 PICKED UP BEFORE. 01:23:20.194 --> 01:23:21.261 AND I'M GONNA PARAPHRASE IT. 01:23:21.363 --> 01:23:25.466 YOU CAN GO BACK AND READ EZEKIEL 33, I MEAN, EXODUS 33. 01:23:25.567 --> 01:23:28.403 BUT HERE'S THE WAY IT WOULD HAPPEN. 01:23:28.502 --> 01:23:33.307 WHEN MOSES WOULD GO TO THE TENT, THE TENT WAS NOT IN TOWN OR IN 01:23:33.408 --> 01:23:38.546 VILLAGE OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO, WHERE EVERYBODY LIVED. 01:23:38.645 --> 01:23:44.351 THE TENT WAS ALWAYS OUT OF TOWN OR AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE. 01:23:44.452 --> 01:23:46.988 THERE'S A KEY RIGHT THERE. 01:23:47.087 --> 01:23:50.190 WHEN MOSES WOULD HEAD TO THE TENT, 01:23:50.291 --> 01:23:54.529 PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE DOORWAY OF THEIR TENT 01:23:54.628 --> 01:23:58.632 TO WATCH MOSES PASS BY. 01:24:00.969 --> 01:24:03.003 SO GET THAT IMAGE IN YOUR HEAD. 01:24:03.104 --> 01:24:04.706 EVERYBODY'S COMING TO THE TENT. 01:24:04.805 --> 01:24:10.811 SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A MAIN STREET THAT HE'S GONNA WALK BY. 01:24:10.912 --> 01:24:13.581 MOSES WALKS BY, EVERYBODY'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY 01:24:13.680 --> 01:24:15.082 STOOD AT ATTENTION, SCRIPTURE DOESN'T TELL US, 01:24:15.182 --> 01:24:17.051 BUT THEY STOOD AT THEIR TENT AND ACKNOWLEDGED 01:24:17.152 --> 01:24:18.153 MOSES AS HE WALKED BY 01:24:19.154 --> 01:24:22.990 UNTIL HE DISAPPEARED, HOWEVER LONG IT TOOK, INTO THE TENT. 01:24:23.091 --> 01:24:27.127 AND THEN THE PILLAR OF CLOUD CAME DOWN WHILE HE WAS THERE. 01:24:27.228 --> 01:24:30.265 INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ALL THESE DECADES, 01:24:30.364 --> 01:24:33.068 WE'VE CALLED A TENT MEETING. 01:24:34.269 --> 01:24:36.805 SCRIPTURE CALLS IT THE TENT OF MEETING. 01:24:36.904 --> 01:24:39.506 THE REASON WHY, WE TALK ABOUT LET'S HAVE A MEETING. 01:24:39.606 --> 01:24:41.443 LET'S GO HAVE A MEETING AND IT'S ALL A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. 01:24:41.542 --> 01:24:43.912 BY THE WAY, I HATE CORPORATE MEETINGS. 01:24:44.011 --> 01:24:48.382 AND THAT'S WHY THINGS HAPPEN FAST AT FLASHPOINT 01:24:48.483 --> 01:24:50.150 'CAUSE I SAY, YES, NO, LET'S NOT DO THAT. 01:24:50.251 --> 01:24:52.953 YES, TERI, OKAY, YEAH, LET'S GO. 01:24:53.054 --> 01:24:55.189 AND WE JUST, LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE 01:24:55.289 --> 01:24:57.524 AND SIT AROUND AND TALK ABOUT IT. 01:24:57.625 --> 01:24:59.594 THERE'S TIME AND SEASON WHERE YOU HAVE TO TALK 01:24:59.694 --> 01:25:02.863 SOME THINGS OUT, I'LL GIVE THAT CAVEAT. 01:25:02.963 --> 01:25:05.966 BUT THE TENT OF MEETING WAS NOT FOR US 01:25:06.067 --> 01:25:08.002 TO COME TOGETHER AND TALK. 01:25:08.103 --> 01:25:11.872 IT WAS FOR MOSES TO MEET WITH GOD. 01:25:11.972 --> 01:25:15.342 SEE, WHEN WE COME TO CHURCH, WHEN WE COME TO THIS TENT, 01:25:15.443 --> 01:25:17.912 WE ARE COMING HERE TO MEET GOD. 01:25:18.011 --> 01:25:20.914 WE'RE NOT EVEN COMING HERE, SHOULDN'T BE COMING HERE 01:25:22.117 --> 01:25:25.353 TO MEET HANK OR MEET PASTOR BRENDA. 01:25:25.453 --> 01:25:29.289 THAT'S NOT, YES, THEY ARE THE VESSEL BEING USED, 01:25:29.390 --> 01:25:32.961 BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR REASON FOR COMING. 01:25:33.060 --> 01:25:33.962 IS THIS MAKING SENSE? 01:25:34.061 --> 01:25:35.130 YOU'RE WITH ME SO FAR? 01:25:35.229 --> 01:25:38.966 OKAY, SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED. 01:25:39.067 --> 01:25:40.534 THEY WOULD COME IN, THEY WOULD GO THERE. 01:25:40.635 --> 01:25:43.404 ALL RIGHT, SO EXODUS 33, NINE, "MOSES ENTERED INTO 01:25:43.505 --> 01:25:46.173 THE TABERNACLE, THE CLOUDY PILLAR DESCENDED, 01:25:46.274 --> 01:25:47.641 STOOD AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE, 01:25:47.742 --> 01:25:50.310 AND THE LORD TALKED WITH MOSES." 01:25:50.411 --> 01:25:51.578 NEXT SCRIPTURE. 01:25:51.679 --> 01:25:54.282 "AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAW THE CLOUDY PILLAR STAND AT THE DOOR, 01:25:54.381 --> 01:25:59.319 AND ALL THE PEOPLE ROSE UP AND WORSHIPED EVERY MAN 01:25:59.420 --> 01:26:02.623 IN HIS TENT DOOR." 01:26:05.292 --> 01:26:06.127 HAD YOU GUYS SEEN THIS BEFORE? 01:26:06.226 --> 01:26:08.729 AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SKIPPED OVER THAT? 01:26:08.829 --> 01:26:10.931 "EVERY MAN AT HIS TENT DOOR." 01:26:11.032 --> 01:26:14.368 SO HERE'S MOSES WAY OVER THERE. 01:26:14.469 --> 01:26:16.970 AND THEY WATCH HIM GO IN AND THEY'RE STANDING 01:26:17.070 --> 01:26:20.007 HERE WORSHIPING BECAUSE THEY KNOW HE'S OVER 01:26:20.108 --> 01:26:22.210 THERE HEARING FROM GOD. 01:26:23.810 --> 01:26:26.648 HE'S MEETING GOD OVER THERE. 01:26:26.747 --> 01:26:29.484 JUST THE CONCEPT, LIKE, "SEE YOU LATER, I GOTTA GO IN HERE 01:26:29.583 --> 01:26:32.386 AND CHAT WITH THE BIG GUY. 01:26:32.487 --> 01:26:35.088 GONNA GO OVER HERE, HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM." 01:26:35.189 --> 01:26:37.125 BUT THEY WORSHIPPED AT THIS POINT. 01:26:37.225 --> 01:26:39.993 NOW, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? 01:26:40.094 --> 01:26:41.729 HERE'S MY QUESTION. 01:26:41.828 --> 01:26:44.064 WHY IS IT, WHY DID THEY WORSHIP? 01:26:44.164 --> 01:26:48.069 I MEAN, THEY HAD GOD MEETING THE CLOUD, PILLAR, 01:26:48.168 --> 01:26:49.938 AND EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH MOSES. 01:26:50.037 --> 01:26:53.173 THEY KNEW HE WAS IN THERE WITH GOD, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY. 01:26:53.274 --> 01:26:55.609 BECAUSE THE REVERENCE AND THE AWE THEY HAD 01:26:55.710 --> 01:26:59.247 FOR WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE TENT, 01:26:59.346 --> 01:27:03.885 THEY WORSHIPED GOD AT THEIR HOUSE. 01:27:05.420 --> 01:27:08.590 WHEN WE GET A HOLD OF THIS AND UNDERSTAND, 01:27:08.689 --> 01:27:13.461 IT'S NOT ABOUT US, I KNOW THAT'S WILD. 01:27:14.761 --> 01:27:17.265 IT'S NOT ABOUT US. 01:27:17.364 --> 01:27:19.667 IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. 01:27:19.766 --> 01:27:22.403 IT'S ABOUT US HEARING FROM GOD, AND THIS IS WHY. 01:27:22.502 --> 01:27:25.006 THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A CHURCH. 01:27:25.105 --> 01:27:28.109 THIS IS WHY WE KNOW PASTOR HANK IS GOING TO GO AWAY 01:27:28.208 --> 01:27:31.311 AND HEAR FROM GOD, BUT MY RESPONSIBILITY, 01:27:32.814 --> 01:27:34.481 ACTUALLY, IS I SHOULD BE WORSHIPING AT HOME 01:27:35.550 --> 01:27:36.618 FOR WHEN HE COMES BACK. 01:27:38.586 --> 01:27:41.021 AND WHY AM I DOING THAT? 01:27:41.122 --> 01:27:43.557 YEAH, I'M DOING THAT SO I CAN RECEIVE, 01:27:43.658 --> 01:27:47.662 TO BE IN THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE, THE RIGHT ATTITUDE OF RECEPTION 01:27:47.761 --> 01:27:51.932 WHEN HE COMES BACK TO GIVE THE WORD. 01:27:52.033 --> 01:27:54.668 OKAY, NEXT SCRIPTURE. 01:27:54.769 --> 01:27:56.738 THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES FACE TO FACE 01:27:56.837 --> 01:27:58.672 AS A MAN SPEAKS TO HIS FRIEND. 01:27:58.773 --> 01:28:00.742 AND HE TURNED AGAIN TO THE CAMP, BUT HIS SERVANT 01:28:00.841 --> 01:28:03.877 JOSHUA, SON OF NONE, A YOUNG MAN DEPARTED NOT 01:28:03.978 --> 01:28:06.014 OUT OF THE TABERNACLE. 01:28:06.113 --> 01:28:08.283 AND MOSES SAID TO THE LORD, SEE, YOU SAY TO ME, 01:28:08.382 --> 01:28:09.484 BRING UP THESE PEOPLE. 01:28:09.583 --> 01:28:11.886 THOU HAST NOT LET ME WHOM WITH THOU SEND ME, 01:28:11.985 --> 01:28:13.787 YET THOU SAID, I KNOW THEE BY NAME, 01:28:13.887 --> 01:28:16.390 AND ALSO FOUND GRACE IN MY SIGHT. 01:28:17.692 --> 01:28:19.860 NOW THEREFORE I PRAY THEE, IF I FOUND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, 01:28:19.961 --> 01:28:22.162 SHOW ME NOW THY WAY, THAT I MIGHT KNOW THEE, 01:28:22.262 --> 01:28:24.865 MY FINE GRACE IN THY SIGHT, AND CONSIDER THAT THIS 01:28:24.966 --> 01:28:26.234 NATION IS THY PEOPLE. 01:28:26.333 --> 01:28:30.171 HE GOES ON TO SAY, BASICALLY, THIS IS WHERE CLEFT OF THE ROCK, 01:28:30.270 --> 01:28:35.176 THAT WHOLE PART OF THE STORY, SHOW ME YOUR GLORY. 01:28:38.279 --> 01:28:41.381 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE PRAYED THAT? 01:28:41.481 --> 01:28:45.086 I'LL BE HONEST, THAT'S NOT IN MY PRAYER VOCABULARY. 01:28:46.688 --> 01:28:49.356 BUT IT SHOULD BE. 01:28:49.457 --> 01:28:54.862 USUALLY IT'S, "OH GOD, HELP ME." 01:28:54.962 --> 01:28:58.733 NO, THAT'S OUR DEFAULT MECHANISM WHEN WE PRAY. 01:28:58.832 --> 01:29:01.536 BUT WE NEED TO BE WORSHIPPING GOD. 01:29:01.636 --> 01:29:05.038 AND BY WORSHIP, LISTEN TO THIS, I HOPE YOU HEAR ME. 01:29:05.139 --> 01:29:07.908 THIS ISN'T ABOUT HAVING THE BEST WORSHIP TEAM, 01:29:09.711 --> 01:29:17.784 OR THE GREATEST MUSIC OR SOUNDTRACK OR CRAZY LIGHTS. 01:29:17.885 --> 01:29:22.622 REINHARD BONNKE SAID IF YOU SERVE CAKE AND COOKIES, 01:29:22.724 --> 01:29:25.626 TEA AND CAKE, TO GET YOUR PEOPLE TO COME, 01:29:25.726 --> 01:29:31.131 YOU'LL HAVE TO ALWAYS SERVE TEA AND CAKE TO KEEP THEM. 01:29:31.231 --> 01:29:32.632 WE DON'T NEED A LIGHT SHOW. 01:29:32.734 --> 01:29:35.737 I KNOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE ALL THE TECH. 01:29:35.837 --> 01:29:38.072 SO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. 01:29:38.171 --> 01:29:40.307 I LOVE ALL THIS, NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. 01:29:40.408 --> 01:29:42.944 BUT WHEN THAT BECOMES THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN WORSHIP, 01:29:43.043 --> 01:29:44.112 YOU'VE MISSED GOD. 01:29:47.347 --> 01:29:49.817 AND YOU KNOW, AND WE WILL CLAP AND WE'LL SAY, 01:29:49.917 --> 01:29:50.984 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 01:29:51.085 --> 01:29:54.956 BUT THE TRUTH IS WE'VE BECOME A NATION IN OUR CHURCHES 01:29:55.055 --> 01:30:01.194 THAT HAS DONE THAT, THAT WE'VE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BE SUCKED 01:30:01.295 --> 01:30:07.402 INTO THIS STRUCTURE THAT IT MUST BE A CERTAIN WAY. 01:30:07.502 --> 01:30:10.505 NOW FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T KNOW WHO MESSED WITH THE AIR 01:30:10.604 --> 01:30:13.841 CONDITIONING HERE THIS MORNING, BUT THEY NEED A 01:30:13.940 --> 01:30:15.710 STERN TALKING TO. 01:30:18.845 --> 01:30:20.914 BUT HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN INTO SOMETHING 01:30:21.015 --> 01:30:23.083 AND YOU HEAR, WELL, THE AIR CONDITIONING DIDN'T WORK, 01:30:23.184 --> 01:30:24.685 SO I HAD TO GET UP AND LEAVE? 01:30:24.786 --> 01:30:28.523 YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO SOFT. 01:30:28.622 --> 01:30:31.826 LISTEN, I GREW UP GOING TO TENT MEETINGS WITH MY PARENTS 01:30:31.926 --> 01:30:34.628 AND I HATED IT. 01:30:34.729 --> 01:30:38.166 HATE'S A WRONG WORD, A HARSH WORD. 01:30:38.265 --> 01:30:44.505 I REALLY HATED IT. 01:30:44.604 --> 01:30:47.108 BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS SISTER SO-AND-SO THAT I KNEW WAS 01:30:47.207 --> 01:30:52.145 GOING TO MANIFEST RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME OR SOMETHING. 01:30:52.246 --> 01:30:53.581 AND THEY'RE, "WOO!" 01:30:55.983 --> 01:30:59.886 BUT I DID KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL 01:30:59.987 --> 01:31:01.622 ABOUT BEING IN THAT. 01:31:01.721 --> 01:31:06.293 AND PEOPLE, YOU HAD TO HAVE THE FUNERAL HOME PROVIDED THE FANS. 01:31:06.394 --> 01:31:07.194 I'M REALLY GOING BACK NOW. 01:31:07.295 --> 01:31:08.429 DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT? 01:31:08.529 --> 01:31:11.631 CAN ANYBODY SAY, YEAH, HALF OF Y'ALL AREN'T EVEN OLD ENOUGH. 01:31:11.731 --> 01:31:17.404 YEAH, FUNERAL HOME FANS, THAT WAS YOUR AIR CONDITIONING. 01:31:17.505 --> 01:31:18.905 AND EVERYBODY THINKS, OH, ISN'T IT COOL 01:31:19.006 --> 01:31:21.708 THEY HAD CEDAR SHAVINGS ON THE, YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY 01:31:21.809 --> 01:31:22.810 THEY HAD CEDAR SHAVINGS? 01:31:22.909 --> 01:31:24.679 TO KEEP THE BUGS AWAY. 01:31:24.779 --> 01:31:27.247 BUGS DON'T LIKE CEDAR. 01:31:27.347 --> 01:31:31.685 THERE'S A LITTLE HISTORY FOR YOU. 01:31:31.786 --> 01:31:33.554 IT DIDN'T ALWAYS WORK. 01:31:33.654 --> 01:31:35.456 AND IF YOUR KID WAS CRYING, YOU JUST PICKED HIM UP 01:31:35.555 --> 01:31:38.826 AND YOU SPANKED HIM OUT HERE AND SET HIM OUTSIDE THE TENT. 01:31:41.229 --> 01:31:43.631 TELL HANK I'LL CALL HIM LATER. 01:31:43.730 --> 01:31:45.466 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:31:46.766 --> 01:31:50.203 SO IN EXODUS 33, 18, HE SAID, "I BESEECH THEE, 01:31:50.304 --> 01:31:51.771 SHOW ME THY GLORY." 01:31:53.006 --> 01:31:54.742 THAT NEEDS TO BE IN OUR VERNACULAR, 01:31:54.841 --> 01:32:00.448 IT NEEDS TO BE OUR LIST ON OUR PRAYER LIST EVERY DAY. 01:32:00.547 --> 01:32:06.854 WORSHIP IS THE DOORWAY TO MEETING GOD, THAT'S PSALM 22. 01:32:06.953 --> 01:32:08.189 AND WHEN YOU STUDY THE LIFE OF DAVID, 01:32:08.288 --> 01:32:11.859 THE WAY HE CARRIED THE ARK, AND IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT 01:32:11.958 --> 01:32:14.328 UZZAH WHO TOUCHED THE ARK AND IT KILLED HIM 'CAUSE 01:32:14.427 --> 01:32:17.765 HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, IT'S BECAUSE HE WASN'T 01:32:17.864 --> 01:32:19.966 DOING THINGS IN ORDER. 01:32:20.067 --> 01:32:24.271 HERE WE GO, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO VALUE THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 01:32:27.041 --> 01:32:31.112 DO YOU MERELY AFTER THE OUTWARD SHAPE OF CHRISTIANITY 01:32:32.412 --> 01:32:35.750 OR THE CHRIST WHO'S AT ITS HEART? 01:32:35.850 --> 01:32:38.085 REAL RELATIONSHIPS GROW OUT OF SHARED EXPERIENCE 01:32:38.185 --> 01:32:41.122 AND CHRISTIANITY WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A RELIGION. 01:32:41.221 --> 01:32:43.658 IT'S A RELATIONSHIP. 01:32:43.757 --> 01:32:47.228 WHY SETTLE FOR A RELIGION WITH NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL? 01:32:47.328 --> 01:32:50.997 IT'S LIKE WHY BE MARRIED IF YOU NEVER HAVE A 01:32:51.097 --> 01:32:53.935 RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR SPOUSE? 01:32:54.034 --> 01:32:56.671 YOU KNOW, TERI DOES THIS THING THAT ABSOLUTELY 01:32:56.770 --> 01:32:58.005 DRIVES ME UP THE WALL. 01:33:00.675 --> 01:33:05.212 AND IF I'VE BEEN BURIED INTO MY PHONE TOO MUCH OR 01:33:05.313 --> 01:33:10.818 LOOKING AT SOMETHING TOO LONG, SHE'LL COME OVER AND GO, 01:33:10.917 --> 01:33:13.253 "HELLO, REMEMBER ME?" 01:33:13.354 --> 01:33:14.255 [LAUGHTER] 01:33:14.354 --> 01:33:15.655 I'M LIKE, "OH, MY GOD." 01:33:15.756 --> 01:33:16.890 [LAUGHTER] 01:33:16.990 --> 01:33:19.926 IT'S LIKE CHRISTIANITY JUST WENT OUT THE DOOR. 01:33:20.027 --> 01:33:20.427 [LAUGHTER] 01:33:20.528 --> 01:33:21.828 YES. 01:33:26.100 --> 01:33:29.235 SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO, WITH ALL THE DISTRACTIONS, 01:33:29.337 --> 01:33:32.305 ALL OF US NEED TO UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE TO-- 01:33:32.405 --> 01:33:34.542 HOW MANY OF YOU-- I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T 01:33:34.641 --> 01:33:35.643 ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS. 01:33:35.743 --> 01:33:39.846 IF YOU'RE MARRIED, YOU KNOW A RELATIONSHIP 01:33:39.947 --> 01:33:40.914 DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN. 01:33:41.015 --> 01:33:43.016 YOU HAVE TO WORK ON IT. 01:33:44.885 --> 01:33:47.188 AMEN? OK. 01:33:47.287 --> 01:33:48.823 GUYS ARE GOING, "WHAT DO I DO? 01:33:51.192 --> 01:33:52.659 WHAT DO I SAY? 01:33:52.760 --> 01:33:55.363 DON'T LOOK, DON'T LOOK, DON'T LOOK!" 01:33:58.966 --> 01:34:00.067 WE NEED THE RELATIONSHIP. 01:34:00.167 --> 01:34:02.970 WILLIAM WILBERFORCE SAID THIS, AND THIS IS A GREAT QUOTE, 01:34:03.069 --> 01:34:06.273 AND I HOPE YOU CAN-- I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THIS. 01:34:06.373 --> 01:34:09.542 HE SAYS, "THE CHIEF DANGER THAT CONFRONTS THE COMING CENTURY 01:34:09.644 --> 01:34:13.381 WILL BE RELIGION WITHOUT THE HOLY GHOST, 01:34:14.481 --> 01:34:18.485 CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT CHRIST, FORGIVENESS WITHOUT REPENTANCE, 01:34:18.586 --> 01:34:21.622 SALVATION WITHOUT REGENERATION, POLITICS WITHOUT GOD." 01:34:21.721 --> 01:34:22.555 HELLO? 01:34:23.591 --> 01:34:27.228 POLITICS WITHOUT GOD, HEAVEN WITHOUT HELL. 01:34:27.328 --> 01:34:32.332 HE JUST DESCRIBED THE AMERICAN CHURCH. 01:34:34.034 --> 01:34:36.103 I REMEMBER WHEN HELLFIRE AND BRIMSTONE, 01:34:36.203 --> 01:34:38.706 WE CALLED THAT SUNDAY. 01:34:38.805 --> 01:34:41.942 AND SUNDAY NIGHT WAS HOTTER. 01:34:43.310 --> 01:34:47.480 AND WE USED TO HAVE TESTIMONY SERVICES. 01:34:47.581 --> 01:34:51.217 I'M REALLY DIGGING, AREN'T I? 01:34:51.318 --> 01:34:54.822 WE'VE GOT TO, WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO SOME OF OUR ROOTS HERE. 01:34:54.921 --> 01:34:58.426 AND NOT THAT WE GOT TO GET, TURN THE AIR CONDITIONING 01:34:58.525 --> 01:35:00.327 OFF AND GET HOT AND SWEATY. 01:35:00.427 --> 01:35:02.029 WE DON'T HAVE TO GET THAT FAR BACK. 01:35:03.064 --> 01:35:05.399 BUT WE DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE 01:35:05.498 --> 01:35:06.833 WAS REASONS GOD MOVED. 01:35:06.934 --> 01:35:11.005 WHEN YOU HEAR TESTIMONIES, IT BOLSTERS YOUR FAITH. 01:35:11.104 --> 01:35:15.242 IT INCREASES YOUR FAITH. 01:35:15.341 --> 01:35:17.144 KING SAUL KEPT THE FRAMEWORK IN PLACE, 01:35:17.243 --> 01:35:21.815 BUT HE LET THE PRESENT SLIP AWAY. 01:35:21.916 --> 01:35:25.118 KING SAUL THOUGHT HE COULD DO IT ALL ON HIS OWN. 01:35:25.219 --> 01:35:27.587 AND I'LL JUST GET SAMUEL OVER HERE TO, 01:35:27.688 --> 01:35:29.856 HEY, SO GIVE ME A WORD, BLESS ME, 01:35:29.957 --> 01:35:34.060 'CAUSE I'M GONNA GO OUT AND DO WHAT I NEED TO DO. 01:35:34.161 --> 01:35:37.530 IT IS NEVER GOING TO WORK WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE 01:35:37.631 --> 01:35:40.067 THIS RELATIONSHIP WORK. 01:35:40.167 --> 01:35:44.037 IT BECOMES RELIGIOUS, AND I HATE RELIGIOUS. 01:35:44.137 --> 01:35:45.805 AND I PROBABLY HATE RELIGION MORE 01:35:45.905 --> 01:35:48.007 IN THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS THAN EVER, 01:35:48.109 --> 01:35:51.779 BECAUSE WE HAVE BECOME WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE. 01:35:51.878 --> 01:35:55.015 NOT EVERYWHERE. 01:35:55.115 --> 01:35:57.618 HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US WE NEED TO BE NICE? 01:35:57.717 --> 01:35:59.520 I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WRITE IN 01:35:59.619 --> 01:36:02.823 AND SAY, "YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD BE NICER TO LANCE." 01:36:03.957 --> 01:36:06.594 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:36:08.929 --> 01:36:13.167 IT WAS SO BAD IN THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T USED 01:36:13.266 --> 01:36:14.935 TO THAT TYPE OF BANTER. 01:36:15.034 --> 01:36:17.003 I GOT SO BAD I HAD TO CALL LANCE. 01:36:17.104 --> 01:36:21.542 LANCE, OKAY, SO I GUESS I NEED TO APOLOGIZE 01:36:21.641 --> 01:36:23.577 BECAUSE THEY SAY I'M GIVING YOU A HARD TIME. 01:36:23.676 --> 01:36:24.478 GENE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 01:36:24.578 --> 01:36:29.884 THIS IS GREAT TELEVISION. 01:36:29.984 --> 01:36:31.385 OKAY, GOOD, JUST MAKING SURE YOU'RE OKAY. 01:36:31.484 --> 01:36:36.524 YEAH, SURE, KEEP IT UP, LET'S DO IT. 01:36:36.623 --> 01:36:41.028 WE HAVE GOT TO STOP BEING SO SENSITIVE. 01:36:41.127 --> 01:36:43.197 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 01:36:44.664 --> 01:36:46.399 THANK YOU. 01:36:46.500 --> 01:36:51.404 OUR SENSITIVITY HAS OUTGROWN OUR CHRISTIANITY. 01:36:51.505 --> 01:36:52.472 AND THAT'S NEVER GONNA WORK. 01:36:52.573 --> 01:36:55.408 AND WE'VE BECOME, AND THIS IS BECAUSE OUR CULTURE 01:36:55.509 --> 01:36:59.613 AND OUR SOCIETY HAS EMBRACED A CULTURE AND SOCIETY 01:36:59.712 --> 01:37:03.583 THAT IS ALL ABOUT ME AND MY NEEDS AND MY TRUTH 01:37:03.684 --> 01:37:04.885 AND WHAT I NEED. 01:37:06.386 --> 01:37:08.521 AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO HEAVEN. 01:37:08.622 --> 01:37:10.890 THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO HAVING A LASTING RELATIONSHIP 01:37:10.990 --> 01:37:13.493 IS ALL ABOUT YOU. 01:37:13.594 --> 01:37:15.762 TRY THAT AT HOME AND SEE HOW WELL THAT WORKS. 01:37:15.863 --> 01:37:18.032 IT JUST DOESN'T WORK. 01:37:18.131 --> 01:37:19.265 HERE'S THE HEART OF IT. 01:37:19.365 --> 01:37:24.270 YOU STRIP AWAY GOD'S PRESENCE, AND WHAT REMAINS IS NOTHING 01:37:24.371 --> 01:37:27.474 BUT LIFELESS RELIGION. 01:37:30.211 --> 01:37:32.378 WHERE HE IS, THERE'S LIFE. 01:37:32.479 --> 01:37:34.113 WHERE HE IS, THERE'S ENERGY. 01:37:34.215 --> 01:37:39.854 WHERE HE IS, THERE'S PURPOSE, AND THERE'S FULFILLMENT. 01:37:41.721 --> 01:37:43.289 YOU HAVE TO SURRENDER. 01:37:43.390 --> 01:37:49.029 AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THIS IS SO MUCH THE KEY 01:37:49.128 --> 01:37:52.800 THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WALKING INTO. 01:37:52.899 --> 01:37:56.403 NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE TO BECOME A PRAISING PEOPLE. 01:37:56.502 --> 01:38:01.408 DAVID CARRIED THE ARK SURROUNDED BY PRAISE. 01:38:01.507 --> 01:38:03.711 AND THEY HAD A CERTAIN WAY THAT THEY PRAISED DAVID. 01:38:03.810 --> 01:38:06.947 LOOK AT FIRST CHRONICLES 13, EIGHT. 01:38:07.046 --> 01:38:09.250 DAVID AND ALL ISRAEL PLAYED MUSIC BEFORE GOD 01:38:09.350 --> 01:38:11.918 WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT. 01:38:12.019 --> 01:38:13.020 DID YOU HEAR THAT? 01:38:13.119 --> 01:38:17.190 WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT, SINGING, HARPS, TAMBOURINES, 01:38:17.291 --> 01:38:18.893 TAMBOURINES ARE OF THE DEVIL NOW, 01:38:18.993 --> 01:38:21.328 CYMBALS AND TRUMPETS. 01:38:21.427 --> 01:38:24.064 NO, THEY'RE NOT, I'M KIDDING. 01:38:24.163 --> 01:38:26.432 SOME OF Y'ALL, THAT'S THE ONLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. 01:38:26.533 --> 01:38:27.434 THAT WAS ME. 01:38:27.533 --> 01:38:28.841 I COULD PLAY THE TAMBOURINE AND THE RADIO. 01:38:32.613 --> 01:38:35.975 2 SAMUEL 6:14-15 DAVID DANCED BEFORE THE 01:38:36.076 --> 01:38:38.912 LORD WITH ALL HIS MIGHT, WITH SHOUTING AND THE 01:38:39.012 --> 01:38:40.413 SOUND OF THE TRUMPET. 01:38:40.514 --> 01:38:43.783 OKAY, SOME OF Y'ALL NEED TO DANCE AT HOME. 01:38:45.985 --> 01:38:48.521 AND NOT AT THE CHURCH, I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AT CHURCH. 01:38:48.622 --> 01:38:52.091 (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) 01:38:52.192 --> 01:38:55.328 YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT MARRIED TO TERI, 01:38:57.664 --> 01:39:02.536 WE WERE GOING TO A CHURCH, AND MY APPROACH TO 01:39:02.636 --> 01:39:05.572 CHURCH WAS I CAME IN, IF I WAS COMING TO THIS 01:39:05.672 --> 01:39:08.943 CHURCH SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I'D BE ON THE BACK ROW, 01:39:09.042 --> 01:39:11.878 BACK AGAINST THE WALL, PREFERABLY IN THAT 01:39:11.979 --> 01:39:16.350 CORNER OR THAT CORNER SO I COULD MAKE SURE NOBODY'S 01:39:16.449 --> 01:39:18.953 GONNA SNEAK UP ON ME. 01:39:19.052 --> 01:39:21.387 YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT PERSPECTIVE, 01:39:21.488 --> 01:39:24.692 EASY OUT, DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO ANYBODY. 01:39:24.792 --> 01:39:30.430 TERI, AT THE SAME CHURCH, WAS ON THE FRONT ROW. 01:39:30.530 --> 01:39:31.998 AND I COULD SEE HER IN THAT CHURCH 01:39:32.099 --> 01:39:34.435 THAT SEAT ABOUT 3,000, 4,000 PEOPLE. 01:39:34.534 --> 01:39:37.337 I COULD SEE HER FROM MY SEAT. 01:39:40.306 --> 01:39:43.711 I'M LIKE, OH GOD, REALLY? 01:39:43.810 --> 01:39:45.645 BUT THAT'S GOD JUST MESSING WITH ME. 01:39:45.746 --> 01:39:47.881 YOU KNOW, HE JUST WANTED TO DO THAT. 01:39:49.783 --> 01:39:55.122 WE HAVE TO LEARN TO PRAISE GOD, EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL SILLY. 01:39:55.221 --> 01:39:56.523 AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? 01:39:56.622 --> 01:39:58.993 WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? 01:39:59.092 --> 01:40:01.395 BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO NOT BE BECAUSE YOU WANNA BE SILLY, 01:40:01.494 --> 01:40:04.898 IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE YOU WANNA DO IT FROM YOUR HEART. 01:40:04.997 --> 01:40:08.268 SOME OF YOU CAN'T SING A LICK, AND THAT'S OKAY. 01:40:08.368 --> 01:40:12.573 BUT WHEN YOU SING TO HIM, IT'S A SWEET SOUND IN HIS EARS. 01:40:12.672 --> 01:40:16.042 SOME OF YOU CAN'T DANCE A LICK, I'VE SEEN YOU. 01:40:17.644 --> 01:40:19.546 IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU DANCE AT HOME, 01:40:19.645 --> 01:40:21.681 DANCE IN YOUR PRIVATE TIME, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. 01:40:23.449 --> 01:40:25.819 BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO BECOME 01:40:25.918 --> 01:40:27.020 A PRAISING PEOPLE. 01:40:27.121 --> 01:40:29.590 GOD MAKES HIS HOME IN PRAISE, PSALM 22, THREE, 01:40:29.689 --> 01:40:33.527 TAKES UP RESIDENCE IN THE WORSHIP OF HIS PEOPLE. 01:40:33.627 --> 01:40:38.564 BUT GENUINE PRAISE REQUIRES YOU TO RELEASE YOUR GRIP. 01:40:38.664 --> 01:40:41.033 YOU EVER NOTICE THAT? 01:40:44.404 --> 01:40:47.041 I USED TO GO TO A BAPTIST CHURCH. 01:40:47.140 --> 01:40:50.743 SEE, WHEN I WAS BORN IN GEORGIA, EVERYBODY'S SOUTHERN BAPTIST. 01:40:50.844 --> 01:40:53.680 YOU COULD BE A FOUL HEATHEN, BUT YOU SAID YOU WERE 01:40:53.780 --> 01:40:55.548 SOUTHERN BAPTIST. 01:40:55.649 --> 01:40:59.420 IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, YOU WERE IMMEDIATELY PENTECOSTAL. 01:41:01.121 --> 01:41:04.490 ONE OF THOSE CRAZY PEOPLE. 01:41:05.591 --> 01:41:08.429 AND IF YOU'RE CATHOLIC, YOU WERE JUST GOING TO HELL, 01:41:08.529 --> 01:41:12.032 'CAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WAS. 01:41:12.131 --> 01:41:14.333 SORRY, IT'S JUST THE SOUTH. 01:41:14.435 --> 01:41:17.270 IT'S THE WAY WE WERE. 01:41:17.371 --> 01:41:23.010 I LOVE EVERYBODY. 01:41:23.109 --> 01:41:26.046 AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO A CATHOLIC SERVICE 01:41:26.145 --> 01:41:29.515 NOT TOO LONG AGO, ACTUALLY HERE IN OMAHA, 01:41:29.615 --> 01:41:32.586 AND TERI HAD TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO, 01:41:32.685 --> 01:41:35.189 AND WHEN TO STAND UP, WHEN TO KNEEL. 01:41:35.288 --> 01:41:36.923 OH NO, YOU CAN'T TAKE COMMUNION, YOU KNOW, 01:41:37.024 --> 01:41:38.125 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT CATHOLIC. 01:41:38.225 --> 01:41:41.161 AND I'M LIKE, HOW DO Y'ALL GET NEW PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH? 01:41:43.529 --> 01:41:45.164 I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. 01:41:45.265 --> 01:41:46.699 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 01:41:46.800 --> 01:41:48.868 SO THEN WE WERE DOWN IN THE, WHAT 01:41:48.969 --> 01:41:50.470 DO YOU CALL THAT PLACE? 01:41:50.570 --> 01:41:53.006 DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CHURCH, THE FELLOWSHIP 01:41:53.105 --> 01:41:53.873 HALL TYPE THING. 01:41:53.974 --> 01:41:55.641 WE WERE EATING. 01:41:55.742 --> 01:41:59.179 A COUPLE OF PRIESTS CAME UP TO TALK TO ME. 01:41:59.279 --> 01:42:01.387 I STARTED TELLING THEM WHO IT WAS. 01:42:07.761 --> 01:42:11.591 TOLD THEM AT THE TIME, I SAID, YEAH, I USED 01:42:11.692 --> 01:42:12.332 TO WORK WITH JIM BAKER. 01:42:13.760 --> 01:42:15.127 WORK WITH KENNETH COPELAND NOW. 01:42:15.229 --> 01:42:16.603 WELL, SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. 01:42:21.969 --> 01:42:28.175 BUT THERE WAS ONE, DIDN'T BOTHER HIM A BIT. 01:42:28.274 --> 01:42:31.411 WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION. 01:42:31.511 --> 01:42:35.916 AND COME TO FIND OUT HE WAS SPIRIT FILLED AND LOVED JESUS. 01:42:36.015 --> 01:42:36.884 I MEAN, IT WAS GREAT. 01:42:36.984 --> 01:42:37.917 IT WAS GREAT. 01:42:38.118 --> 01:42:40.753 I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M TELLING YOU THAT, BUT IT DID. 01:42:40.854 --> 01:42:41.988 WE GOT TO, WE GOT TO PRAISE. 01:42:42.088 --> 01:42:45.391 WE GOT TO OFFER GOD, WE GOT TO OFFER GOD WHAT HE NEEDS. 01:42:45.492 --> 01:42:48.328 NUMBER THREE, WE GOT TO LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES. 01:42:48.427 --> 01:42:53.132 AND THIS IS WHAT DAVID DID REALLY GOOD IN THIS. 01:42:53.233 --> 01:42:54.868 OF COURSE, DIDN'T HELP UZZAH TOO MUCH 01:42:56.203 --> 01:42:58.572 'CAUSE HE WAS DEAD. 01:42:58.671 --> 01:43:02.341 BUT IN THE BEGINNING, DAVID LOADED THE ARK 01:43:03.342 --> 01:43:05.746 AND HE WAS ON A CART PULLED BY THE OXEN. 01:43:05.845 --> 01:43:07.613 BUT WHEN HE LOST, WHEN THEY LOST THEIR FOOTING, 01:43:07.713 --> 01:43:12.051 THE MAN CALLED UZZAH, AND WE KNOW THE STORY, HE DIED. 01:43:12.152 --> 01:43:14.154 2 SAMUEL 6:7 SAYS, "THE ANGER OF THE LORD 01:43:14.253 --> 01:43:16.222 WAS AROUSED AGAINST UZZAH, AND HE DIED THERE 01:43:16.323 --> 01:43:17.356 BY THE ARK OF GOD." 01:43:17.457 --> 01:43:22.595 IN TIME, DAVID RECOGNIZED WHERE HE HAD GONE WRONG. 01:43:22.695 --> 01:43:26.233 REALLY, I THINK SOMETHING WENT WRONG HERE. 01:43:26.332 --> 01:43:27.634 BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO IT THE FIRST TIME, 01:43:27.734 --> 01:43:29.235 THE LORD OUR GOD BROKE OUT AGAINST US 01:43:29.336 --> 01:43:32.538 BECAUSE WE DID NOT CONSULT HIM ABOUT THE PROPER ORDER. 01:43:32.639 --> 01:43:34.073 1 CHRONICLES 15:13. 01:43:34.173 --> 01:43:38.345 THERE'S A RIGHT AND PROPER WAY TO HOST THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 01:43:38.444 --> 01:43:40.546 SO WHAT DID HE DO? 01:43:40.646 --> 01:43:43.283 LET ME SKIP TO THE POINT. 01:43:43.382 --> 01:43:52.292 THEY WOULD CARRY THE ARK ON POLES CARRIED BY MEN. 01:43:52.391 --> 01:43:55.229 AND WHEN THEY DID THIS, THEY WOULD STOP EVERY, 01:43:55.328 --> 01:44:01.335 I THINK IT WAS EVERY SIX STEPS AND PRAISE GOD. 01:44:01.435 --> 01:44:04.070 ANOTHER SIX STEPS AND THEY WOULD PRAISE GOD. 01:44:04.171 --> 01:44:06.640 THEY WOULD WORSHIP GOD. 01:44:06.739 --> 01:44:09.976 THIS IS THE VALUE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD, 01:44:10.077 --> 01:44:13.646 OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU ARE. 01:44:13.747 --> 01:44:17.216 SO WE LOOK AT THIS AS A BIBLE STORY THAT WE GO, 01:44:17.317 --> 01:44:19.853 WOW, LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID AND, YOU KNOW, 01:44:19.953 --> 01:44:22.722 ALL THAT LONG TIME AGO, AND WE DON'T APPLY IT TO TODAY. 01:44:22.823 --> 01:44:25.891 NOW I'M NOT SAYING YOU WALK TO WORK AND EVERY SIX STEPS 01:44:25.993 --> 01:44:30.497 YOU BREAK OUT INTO HOLY GHOST PRAISE, 01:44:30.596 --> 01:44:33.833 'CAUSE THEY WILL FIRE YOU. 01:44:37.003 --> 01:44:39.605 BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA COST. 01:44:39.706 --> 01:44:41.541 THAT'S NUMBER FOUR, PRAISE AND WORSHIP, 01:44:41.641 --> 01:44:42.542 IT'S GONNA COST YOU. 01:44:42.643 --> 01:44:45.244 THOSE BEARING THE ARK HAD GONE SIX PACES, 01:44:45.345 --> 01:44:47.514 HE SACRIFICED OXEN AND FATTED SHEEP. 01:44:47.613 --> 01:44:50.583 THAT'S 2 SAMUEL 6:13, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK IT UP. 01:44:50.684 --> 01:44:52.725 2 SAMUEL 6:13. 01:44:54.253 --> 01:44:57.189 SO THERE'S A REASON WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, 01:44:57.291 --> 01:45:00.926 BUT HERE'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE WORSHIP SIDE OF THIS. 01:45:01.028 --> 01:45:03.829 AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHEN I SAY, 01:45:03.930 --> 01:45:07.033 WORSHIP ISN'T JUST WHAT HAPPENS UP HERE 01:45:07.134 --> 01:45:09.202 AT THE BEGINNING OF SERVICE ON A SUNDAY MORNING. 01:45:09.301 --> 01:45:12.238 IT'S NOT, THAT IS WORSHIP, BUT THAT'S NOT, 01:45:12.338 --> 01:45:15.509 THAT'S NOT WHERE IT STARTS AND THAT'S NOT WHERE IT ENDS. 01:45:15.609 --> 01:45:20.713 IT'S GOTTA BE A PERSONAL THING AND WE'VE GOTTA UNDERSTAND IT. 01:45:20.814 --> 01:45:26.252 SO, BUT WORSHIP WILL COST YOU SOMETHING. 01:45:26.353 --> 01:45:28.087 THERE'S ALWAYS A RESISTANCE. 01:45:28.188 --> 01:45:30.122 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED FLASHPOINT, 01:45:31.625 --> 01:45:34.161 I THOUGHT CHURCHES WOULD PRETTY MUCH GET ON BOARD. 01:45:34.261 --> 01:45:37.698 IN THE SECOND YEAR I SAID, LET'S DON'T GO TO 01:45:37.797 --> 01:45:41.268 CONVENTION CENTERS, LET'S GO TO CHURCHES SO THAT 01:45:41.368 --> 01:45:43.510 I'VE BEEN BASHING PASTORS FOR NOT STANDING UP. 01:45:43.510 --> 01:45:45.612 LET'S GO SUPPORT THEM AND SHOW THEM THAT WE'RE A PART. 01:45:47.881 --> 01:45:51.417 IT WAS BRUTAL. THEY DIDN'T WANT IT. 01:45:52.351 --> 01:45:55.881 THEY WANTED THE CROWD, BUT THEY DIDN'T 01:45:55.981 --> 01:45:57.350 WANT TO STAND UP. 01:45:57.451 --> 01:46:01.020 I HAD ONE CHURCH WE WENT TO, BIG CHURCH. 01:46:01.121 --> 01:46:05.192 IF I SAID THE PASTOR'S NAME, YOU'D KNOW HIM. 01:46:05.292 --> 01:46:08.528 AND BEFORE I HAD HIM COME UP AND PRAY 01:46:08.627 --> 01:46:11.030 BEFORE THE EVENT STARTED. 01:46:11.131 --> 01:46:13.766 AND HE PRAYED AND HE GOES, "I JUST WANT EVERYONE 01:46:13.867 --> 01:46:17.136 TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL RALLY. 01:46:17.237 --> 01:46:18.904 THIS IS A SERVICE." 01:46:19.005 --> 01:46:26.345 AND I'M IN THE BACK GOING, "KINDA IS, BUT OKAY." 01:46:26.445 --> 01:46:28.782 AT THE END OF THE THREE DAYS, HE CAME BACK UP. 01:46:28.881 --> 01:46:32.351 "THIS HAS BEEN A SERVICE, NOT A POLITICAL RALLY." 01:46:32.452 --> 01:46:33.886 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 01:46:33.987 --> 01:46:36.323 AND DURING THE MESSAGE, DURING ONE OF THE 01:46:36.422 --> 01:46:39.426 SERVICES OR THE EVENTS DURING ONE OF THE 01:46:39.525 --> 01:46:43.497 NIGHTS, I SAID, I SAID, "IF YOUR PASTOR 01:46:43.596 --> 01:46:46.332 DID NOT CELEBRATE "THE SUNDAY AFTER ROE 01:46:46.432 --> 01:46:48.435 V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED, "YOU NEED TO FIND 01:46:48.534 --> 01:46:49.603 ANOTHER CHURCH." 01:46:49.703 --> 01:46:52.305 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 01:46:59.779 --> 01:47:01.381 SOME OF OUR STAFF WERE SITTING NEXT 01:47:01.480 --> 01:47:04.885 TO SOME OF THE OTHER STAFF AND SAID, "WHOOP." 01:47:04.984 --> 01:47:06.219 THEY SAID, "WHAT?" 01:47:06.319 --> 01:47:08.988 WE DIDN'T DO IT. 01:47:12.225 --> 01:47:13.859 WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THE RESISTANCE. 01:47:13.960 --> 01:47:17.130 THAT'S NUMBER FIVE. 01:47:17.229 --> 01:47:21.667 WHEN DAVID WORSHIPED THE LORD WITHOUT HOLDING ANYTHING BACK, 01:47:21.768 --> 01:47:24.738 EVEN HIS OWN WIFE LOOKED DOWN ON HIM. 01:47:24.837 --> 01:47:30.510 2 SAMUEL 6:16, MICHAEL DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART. 01:47:30.609 --> 01:47:32.945 I KNOW, NOW HEAR WHAT I SAY THIS, 01:47:33.046 --> 01:47:36.283 NOBODY CAN HURT ME LIKE TERI CAN. 01:47:36.382 --> 01:47:40.453 NOBODY CAN HURT HER LIKE I CAN. 01:47:40.554 --> 01:47:43.122 BECAUSE WE ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP, 01:47:43.222 --> 01:47:45.826 OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN TO EACH OTHER. 01:47:45.926 --> 01:47:47.394 THAT MAKE SENSE? 01:47:47.493 --> 01:47:49.962 SO IF YOUR HEARTS ARE OPEN TO EACH OTHER, 01:47:50.063 --> 01:47:56.802 YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU STEWARD THAT RELATIONSHIP. 01:47:56.903 --> 01:48:02.509 THE ENEMY KNEW, RELIGION KNEW AND THE ENEMY KNEW. 01:48:02.609 --> 01:48:05.679 THIS WAS THE WAY TO GET A DAVID. 01:48:05.779 --> 01:48:10.449 SO, I DON'T WORSHIP THE SAME WAY TERI DOES. 01:48:10.550 --> 01:48:13.252 WE CALL IT THE SPLASH ZONE 01:48:13.353 --> 01:48:16.689 WHEN YOU SIT NEXT TO TERI DURING PRAISE AND WORSHIP. 01:48:16.789 --> 01:48:19.626 BECAUSE SHE MIGHT CATCH AN ELBOW OR... 01:48:22.828 --> 01:48:24.997 SHE'S MUCH MORE DEMONSTRATIVE THAN I AM. 01:48:25.097 --> 01:48:26.298 I'LL LEAVE IT THAT WAY. 01:48:26.399 --> 01:48:29.703 REMEMBER, I'M THE BACK ROW, SHE'S THE FRONT ROW. 01:48:29.802 --> 01:48:33.873 BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M RIGHT AND SHE'S WRONG. 01:48:33.974 --> 01:48:36.042 JUST LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU STAND RIGHT HERE, 01:48:36.141 --> 01:48:39.246 THE AIR CONDITIONING GOES RIGHT UP THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD. 01:48:39.345 --> 01:48:40.479 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:48:40.579 --> 01:48:44.149 BUT YOU DON'T, I'VE LEARNED, YOU DON'T WALK ANY FURTHER. 01:48:44.251 --> 01:48:46.586 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:48:49.956 --> 01:48:52.292 IT IS SO HARD TO, SQUIRREL, ANYWAY. 01:48:52.391 --> 01:48:54.533 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:48:55.100 --> 01:48:57.938 SAMUEL 6:16, "AS THE ARK OF THE LORD CAME INTO 01:48:57.938 --> 01:49:01.207 THE CITY OF DAVID, "MICHAEL, SAUL'S DAUGHTER 01:49:01.207 --> 01:49:03.936 LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW, SAW KING DAVID LEAPING AND 01:49:04.037 --> 01:49:05.011 DANCING BEFORE THE LORD, 01:49:05.444 --> 01:49:07.046 AND SHE DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART." 01:49:07.213 --> 01:49:10.210 I'M THINKING DAVID PROBABLY WASN'T A VERY GOOD DANCER. 01:49:11.784 --> 01:49:14.648 BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS THE DANCE, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS. 01:49:14.747 --> 01:49:20.052 I THINK WHAT SHE SAW WAS UNASHAMED WORSHIP. 01:49:20.153 --> 01:49:24.957 WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE HEART OF WORSHIP TO THE FATHER IS A TOTAL 01:49:25.057 --> 01:49:27.426 ABANDONMENT TO THAT WORSHIP, 01:49:28.494 --> 01:49:34.967 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NOT LIKE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A, YOU'RE ABLE 01:49:35.068 --> 01:49:39.905 TO GET PAST YOUR OWN HEADSPACE TO WORSHIP GOD. 01:49:40.006 --> 01:49:44.210 AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 01:49:44.310 --> 01:49:45.444 WHO WE ARE. 01:49:45.545 --> 01:49:49.788 BUT I LOVE DAVID'S RESPONSE IN 2 SAMUEL 6:21. 01:49:51.457 --> 01:49:53.853 DAVID SAID TO MICHAEL, "IT WAS BEFORE THE 01:49:53.953 --> 01:49:57.697 LORD AND WHO CHOSE ME BEFORE MY FATHER, BEFORE ALL HIS HOUSE." 01:49:57.923 --> 01:50:00.260 I THINK HE WAS DOING HIS THING. 01:50:00.359 --> 01:50:03.430 "APPOINT ME RULER OVER THE PEOPLE 01:50:03.529 --> 01:50:05.832 OF THE LORD, OVER ISRAEL. 01:50:05.931 --> 01:50:09.034 THEREFORE I WILL PLAY BEFORE THE LORD. 01:50:09.135 --> 01:50:12.372 I WILL BE YET MORE MILD THAN THIS AND WILL 01:50:12.471 --> 01:50:15.175 BE BASED IN MINE OWN SIGHT AND OF THE MAIDSERVANTS 01:50:15.274 --> 01:50:19.613 WHICH YOU'VE SPOKEN OF AND SHALL BE HAD IN HONOR. 01:50:19.712 --> 01:50:20.747 COME ON. 01:50:20.846 --> 01:50:22.122 THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO BE. 01:50:26.826 --> 01:50:28.887 IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT MICHAEL SAID. 01:50:30.730 --> 01:50:32.859 HE MAY COME OUT BLEEDING WITH ONE EYE. 01:50:32.958 --> 01:50:34.293 I DON'T KNOW. 01:50:34.394 --> 01:50:39.498 BUT THIS IS, IF WE COULD ALL GRASP THIS, YOU GUYS, IF WE 01:50:39.599 --> 01:50:44.703 COULD GET THIS, IF WE COULD GRASP THIS, THE PRESENCE OF GOD 01:50:44.804 --> 01:50:48.574 IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING WE DEAL WITH. 01:50:48.675 --> 01:50:51.110 CRITICS ARE NEVER GOING TO DISAPPEAR. 01:50:51.211 --> 01:50:55.280 ASK ME HOW I KNOW. 01:50:56.750 --> 01:51:02.229 WE ALWAYS MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT WE TREASURE. ALWAYS. 01:51:07.000 --> 01:51:11.197 SO, I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE ROOM. 01:51:11.296 --> 01:51:14.801 DON'T GET INTO CONDEMNATION THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING 01:51:14.900 --> 01:51:17.537 WHATEVER, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE ROOM FOR GOD. 01:51:17.636 --> 01:51:20.806 WE'VE GOT TO MAKE ROOM FOR HIS PRESENCE IN OUR OWN LIFE. 01:51:20.907 --> 01:51:26.378 AND I'M JUST, IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE STARTED THE SERVICE, 01:51:26.479 --> 01:51:30.850 AND WE HAD THIS MOMENT, AND IF THERE'S ANY MUSICIANS 01:51:30.949 --> 01:51:33.586 BACK THERE, YOU CAN COME ON OUT. 01:51:34.587 --> 01:51:37.023 WE STARTED THE, WE STARTED, THE GUY, THEY WERE SINGING, 01:51:37.122 --> 01:51:39.725 AND I CAME OUT AND SAID, "COME FILL THE ALTAR." 01:51:39.826 --> 01:51:42.929 MOVEMENT AFFECTS PRESENCE. 01:51:43.029 --> 01:51:46.332 MOVEMENT BRINGS HOLY SPIRIT INTO THE ROOM. 01:51:46.432 --> 01:51:50.036 THIS IS WHY SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO RUN AND DO THEIR MORNING, 01:51:50.136 --> 01:51:51.671 YOU KNOW, DEVOTIONS. 01:51:51.770 --> 01:51:53.206 WHY? I DON'T KNOW. 01:51:53.305 --> 01:51:55.542 BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 01:51:55.641 --> 01:51:59.813 WHEN YOU MOVE, GOD GETS, WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP TOWARDS GOD, 01:51:59.912 --> 01:52:04.951 THIS IS WHY, YOU REMEMBER BACK WHEN PEOPLE USED TO GET SAVED? 01:52:05.051 --> 01:52:07.052 I'M KIDDING, PEOPLE GET SAVED. 01:52:07.153 --> 01:52:08.621 BUT WHEN THEY WOULD SAY, "GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT 01:52:08.720 --> 01:52:10.457 AND WALK DOWN TO THE ALTAR." 01:52:10.556 --> 01:52:12.759 I THINK WE MISSED, I KNOW WE MISSED SOMETHING 01:52:12.859 --> 01:52:15.328 AND WHEN WE STOP SAYING, "GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT," 01:52:15.427 --> 01:52:19.899 LIKE BILLY GRAHAM SAID, BECAUSE IT'S AN ACT OF THE FLESH, 01:52:19.998 --> 01:52:22.402 ACT OF YOUR BODY TO GET UP AND MOVE DOWN AND GO, 01:52:22.502 --> 01:52:24.871 "YEAH, I'M GONNA MAKE A DECISION. 01:52:24.970 --> 01:52:27.106 "I'M GONNA BE THAT PERSON THAT SAYS, 01:52:27.207 --> 01:52:29.175 "I'M GOING TO GIVE MY HEART TO GOD 01:52:29.274 --> 01:52:31.411 IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE. 01:52:31.511 --> 01:52:33.680 "I'M GONNA BE THAT PERSON THAT SAYS, 01:52:33.779 --> 01:52:35.981 "I'M GOING TO MAKE, YOU DROP YOUR GUN 01:52:36.082 --> 01:52:36.983 BACK THERE AGAIN." 01:52:37.082 --> 01:52:39.284 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:52:40.587 --> 01:52:41.453 I'M GOING TO, 01:52:42.622 --> 01:52:44.663 IT'S SO HARD TO GET THROUGH A MESSAGE. 01:52:44.730 --> 01:52:45.765 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 01:52:45.864 --> 01:52:48.467 Y'ALL OUGHT TO TRY THIS, IT'S NOT EASY. ANYWAY. 01:52:54.073 --> 01:52:56.141 I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I WAS. 01:52:56.710 --> 01:52:57.877 THANKS A LOT, D. 01:53:02.149 --> 01:53:03.817 THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 01:53:05.952 --> 01:53:07.947 LET'S DON'T LET IT LIE. 01:53:08.046 --> 01:53:10.350 LET'S DON'T JUST TAKE A BACK SEAT. 01:53:10.449 --> 01:53:14.453 LET'S UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD'S GIVEN US BECAUSE IF ONE WE DO, 01:53:14.554 --> 01:53:16.523 THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE 01:53:18.190 --> 01:53:21.927 YOUR LIFE TO THE NEXT PLACE, YOUR VISION TO THE NEXT LEVEL, 01:53:22.028 --> 01:53:24.963 YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 01:53:25.064 --> 01:53:30.470 I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS WHAT CHANGES. 01:53:30.569 --> 01:53:36.643 TERI LOVES ME MORE WHEN I'VE BEEN WITH GOD. 01:53:36.743 --> 01:53:40.145 AND I'M TELLING YOU, THIS WILL AFFECT YOUR, THIS WILL AFFECT 01:53:40.246 --> 01:53:42.114 YOU. THIS WILL AFFECT YOUR LIFE. 01:53:42.215 --> 01:53:45.717 AND THEN IN THIS DAY AND AGE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO 01:53:45.819 --> 01:53:50.523 HAVE. WE MUST HAVE, IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. 01:53:50.622 --> 01:53:55.161 I WAS AT CHURCH I USED TO WORK FOR, AND 01:53:55.261 --> 01:54:00.500 PEOPLE WERE SAYING HOW THEY WANT REVIVAL AND HOW THEY WANT, 01:54:00.600 --> 01:54:03.036 WE GOT TO BELIEVE FOR REVIVAL, WANT REVIVAL. 01:54:03.136 --> 01:54:06.171 AND I SAID, DO YOU REALIZE THAT WHEN THE 01:54:06.271 --> 01:54:10.643 PASTOR GETS UP THIS SUNDAY, IF EVERYBODY IN THIS 01:54:10.743 --> 01:54:14.814 CHURCH STARTED PRAISING AND WORSHIPING GOD AND HE 01:54:14.913 --> 01:54:17.082 DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK, 01:54:18.251 --> 01:54:19.452 YOU'D HAVE A MOVE OF GOD. 01:54:22.255 --> 01:54:24.657 AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN. 01:54:24.756 --> 01:54:28.627 AND LISTEN, I KNOW PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA KUNNEMAN, 01:54:28.728 --> 01:54:32.564 THAT'S WHAT, THEY WANT THAT AS MUCH AS YOU DO. 01:54:33.632 --> 01:54:37.670 SO I DARE YOU, START LIVING YOUR PRAISE 01:54:37.770 --> 01:54:41.940 AND YOUR WORSHIP OUT LOUD, YOUR PRESENCE OF GOD-MINDEDNESS. 01:54:42.942 --> 01:54:45.744 I LIKE WHAT BILL JOHNSON SAID, AND I'VE QUOTED IT A LOT. 01:54:45.845 --> 01:54:51.951 HE TALKED ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED 01:54:52.051 --> 01:54:54.787 BY JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN 01:54:54.886 --> 01:54:56.221 AND RESTED LIKE A DOVE 01:54:57.256 --> 01:55:00.092 ON HIS SHOULDER, OR RESTED ON HIS SHOULDER, 01:55:00.193 --> 01:55:03.229 DEPENDING ON WHICH TRANSLATION YOU READ. 01:55:03.328 --> 01:55:07.899 SO HOW WOULD YOU WALK IF A WILD ANIMAL, 01:55:08.001 --> 01:55:10.168 A DOVE THAT WAS IN THE WILD, CAME AND LANDED 01:55:10.270 --> 01:55:15.240 ON YOUR SHOULDER, AND YOU HAD TO WALK FROM HERE TO THERE? 01:55:15.341 --> 01:55:19.511 YOU WOULD WALK VERY CAREFULLY, RIGHT? 01:55:19.612 --> 01:55:21.780 NO SUDDEN MOVEMENTS, YOU WOULD WANT TO DO 01:55:21.881 --> 01:55:25.717 WHATEVER YOU COULD TO KEEP THAT RIGHT THERE, TO KEEP THAT BIRD 01:55:25.818 --> 01:55:27.654 RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SHOULDER. 01:55:27.753 --> 01:55:31.791 IF WE UNDERSTAND THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS LIKE THAT. 01:55:31.890 --> 01:55:35.028 THE PERSON THAT I LEARNED THIS THE MOST 01:55:35.127 --> 01:55:40.300 FROM, I WORKED FOR FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, WAS BENNY HINN. 01:55:40.399 --> 01:55:43.302 AND PASTOR BENNY WAS ONE OF THE, 01:55:43.403 --> 01:55:47.073 I THINK ONE OF THE BEST WORSHIP LEADERS OUT THERE. 01:55:48.341 --> 01:55:50.009 BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW TO TAKE AN AUDIENCE, 01:55:50.109 --> 01:55:53.145 NO MATTER HOW BIG, AND STAY WITH PRAISE AND WORSHIP 01:55:53.246 --> 01:55:57.350 UNTIL THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVED. 01:55:57.449 --> 01:56:01.020 IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT HE WAS ALSO VERY CAREFUL 01:56:02.988 --> 01:56:05.858 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT PRESENCE. 01:56:05.957 --> 01:56:09.429 AND HE'D CALL YOU OUT IF YOU MADE TOO MUCH NOISE. 01:56:11.229 --> 01:56:14.701 WE NEED TO GET BACK TO SOME OF THAT AND UNDERSTAND 01:56:14.801 --> 01:56:18.003 THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS THE THING THAT MAKES US 01:56:18.104 --> 01:56:25.979 DIFFERENT. NO MUSLIM HAS THE PRESENCE OF GOD RESTING ON THEIR 01:56:26.078 --> 01:56:29.748 SHOULDER. NO HINDU HAS THAT. 01:56:29.849 --> 01:56:33.353 I'M TELLING YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE THE ANSWER. 01:56:33.453 --> 01:56:35.421 THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH IT? 01:56:35.520 --> 01:56:37.965 ARE YOU GONNA EMBRACE THE PRESENCE OF GOD? 01:56:41.327 --> 01:56:44.730 ARE YOU GONNA LET IT JUST GO AND JUST KIND OF COAST INTO 01:56:44.831 --> 01:56:46.532 CHURCH AND OUT OF CHURCH? 01:56:46.631 --> 01:56:49.268 DON'T DO THAT, PLEASE DON'T. 01:56:49.368 --> 01:56:50.737 WE NEED YOU IN THIS BATTLE. 01:56:51.904 --> 01:56:53.872 WE NEED YOU, YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU, 01:56:53.972 --> 01:56:56.341 YOUR WIFE NEEDS YOU, YOUR HUSBAND NEEDS YOU, 01:56:56.442 --> 01:57:00.246 YOUR KIDS NEED YOU, THEY'RE WATCHING. 01:57:00.345 --> 01:57:04.984 WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A CHANGE AND GET BACK TO THE BASICS. 01:57:05.083 --> 01:57:08.621 AMEN. WELL, STAND TO YOUR FEET. 01:57:08.720 --> 01:57:11.289 I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO PASTOR DOUG HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, 01:57:11.390 --> 01:57:14.527 BUT I WANNA PRAY WITH YOU. 01:57:14.627 --> 01:57:19.332 IF THIS IS YOU AND THIS HAS MEANT SOMETHING TO YOU, 01:57:19.431 --> 01:57:21.967 WHAT WE'VE SAID TODAY, AND YOU UNDERSTAND 01:57:22.068 --> 01:57:24.069 WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT 01:57:24.170 --> 01:57:25.270 YOUR HAND TO HEAVEN. 01:57:25.371 --> 01:57:28.975 AND SAY, GOD, I WANT TO RECEIVE AND I WANT TO BE IN 01:57:29.074 --> 01:57:30.443 YOUR PRESENCE MORE 01:57:31.743 --> 01:57:35.847 THAN I WAS THIS MORNING, MORE THAN YESTERDAY. 01:57:35.948 --> 01:57:38.717 SHOW ME YOUR GLORY. 01:57:38.818 --> 01:57:40.752 FATHER, I ASK YOU, EACH PERSON HERE, 01:57:40.853 --> 01:57:43.989 WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE ROOM OR WATCHING BY TELEVISION 01:57:44.090 --> 01:57:45.891 OR THE INTERNET STREAMING, 01:57:47.894 --> 01:57:49.729 MAKE YOURSELF REAL TO THEM. 01:57:49.828 --> 01:57:51.831 SHOW THEM YOUR GLORY, FATHER. 01:57:51.930 --> 01:57:53.533 LET THEM SEE WHO YOU ARE. 01:57:53.632 --> 01:57:57.436 AND HELP US AS BELIEVERS TO SHAKE OFF THE 01:57:57.537 --> 01:58:01.306 DISTRACTIONS. SHAKE OFF THE CRITICISM. 01:58:01.407 --> 01:58:04.510 SHAKE OFF ALL THE THINGS THAT SO EASILY 01:58:04.609 --> 01:58:05.478 BESET US. 01:58:05.578 --> 01:58:08.480 AND LET US RUN THIS RACE, THE MARK FOR THE 01:58:08.581 --> 01:58:10.550 PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING. 01:58:10.649 --> 01:58:13.351 FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS CHURCH. 01:58:13.453 --> 01:58:16.823 I THANK YOU FOR PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA. 01:58:16.922 --> 01:58:22.028 ALL THE STAFF, I ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM, THEIR COMINGS AND 01:58:22.127 --> 01:58:26.666 THEIR GOINGS, WHERE THEY WALK, WHERE THEY RUN, THEIR 01:58:26.765 --> 01:58:29.601 CONVERSATIONS, THEIR FAMILIES. 01:58:29.702 --> 01:58:35.041 FATHER, THAT WE WILL BE A CHURCH THAT DOES NOT BOW, THAT DOES 01:58:35.140 --> 01:58:39.953 NOT BEND, BUT STANDS STRONG FOR YOU IN THESE COMING DAYS. 01:58:40.487 --> 01:58:42.956 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 01:58:43.422 --> 01:58:44.323 PASTOR DOUG. 01:58:47.027 --> 01:58:52.164 AMEN. YES, LET'S GIVE DR. GENE BAILEY AND TERI A BIG HAND. 01:58:52.932 --> 01:58:57.529 WE'RE SO BLESSED BY THEIR MINISTRY TODAY. 01:58:57.630 --> 01:59:00.166 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE BLESSED BY THAT MESSAGE? 01:59:00.265 --> 01:59:02.734 THIS MAKES YOU WANT TO PRESS IN MORE. 01:59:02.835 --> 01:59:05.511 AMEN. PRAISE GOD. 01:59:05.679 --> 01:59:07.247 YOU CAN BE SEATED FOR JUST A MOMENT. 01:59:08.847 --> 01:59:11.978 IF THE USHERS WOULD COME AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE 01:59:12.078 --> 01:59:14.713 WANT TO RECEIVE AN OFFERING FOR OUR GUESTS TODAY. 01:59:14.814 --> 01:59:16.748 WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE BLESSED, AND YOU 01:59:16.849 --> 01:59:19.851 GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY 01:59:19.952 --> 01:59:21.554 TO BE BLESSED BY DOING THIS. 01:59:21.654 --> 01:59:25.158 YOU KNOW, 2 TIMOTHY, I THINK, OR IS IT, MAYBE IT'S 1 TIMOTHY, 01:59:25.257 --> 01:59:29.529 I HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS, 517, I THINK IT'S 1 TIMOTHY, NOW 01:59:29.628 --> 01:59:31.130 THAT I'M GETTING IT. 01:59:31.229 --> 01:59:33.599 LET THE ELDERS WHO RULE WELL BE COUNTED 01:59:33.698 --> 01:59:37.069 WORTHY OF DOUBLE HONOR, AND THAT WORD HONOR REALLY MEANS 01:59:37.170 --> 01:59:40.773 MONEY, AND IT IS 1 TIMOTHY 517, RIGHT, WE GOT IT. 01:59:40.872 --> 01:59:43.743 SO, AND IT SAYS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT 01:59:43.842 --> 01:59:45.711 LABOR IN THE WORD AND DOCTRINE. 01:59:45.810 --> 01:59:48.780 AND HE GAVE US A GOOD WORD TODAY AND WE NEED TO HONOR 01:59:48.881 --> 01:59:54.287 THAT AND AS YOU GIVE TODAY, GIVE OUT OF ABUNDANCE SO THAT WE CAN 01:59:54.386 --> 01:59:56.421 SEND THEM HOME BLESSED. 01:59:56.521 --> 01:59:58.724 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO GIVE, AGAIN 01:59:58.823 --> 02:00:01.793 ON THE SCREEN IN THE DROP DOWN, IF YOU'RE GIVING ONLINE 02:00:01.894 --> 02:00:06.431 OR THROUGH THE APP IS THE CONFERENCE GUEST 02:00:06.532 --> 02:00:08.568 SPEAKER CATEGORY. 02:00:08.667 --> 02:00:10.536 IF YOU'RE GIVING THAT WAY, JUST MARK IT AS A CONFERENCE 02:00:10.636 --> 02:00:13.672 OR GUEST SPEAKER CATEGORY, AND THEN WE'LL BLESS 02:00:15.240 --> 02:00:17.510 GENE AND TERI AS THEY LEAVE TODAY. 02:00:17.609 --> 02:00:19.912 AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 02:00:20.011 --> 02:00:22.014 AND I'LL LET THE USHERS GO AHEAD AND SERVE YOU NOW. 02:00:22.113 --> 02:00:24.550 IF YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. 02:00:24.649 --> 02:00:26.252 APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 02:00:27.987 --> 02:00:30.456 AND I'M JUST GONNA HAVE THE ALTAR TEAM POP UP HERE 02:00:30.555 --> 02:00:32.725 AS SOON AS YOU CAN, AS SOON AS YOU GET YOUR GIVING DONE, 02:00:32.824 --> 02:00:35.694 JUST COME ON UP. 02:00:35.795 --> 02:00:41.333 YOU KNOW, DR. GENE'S MESSAGE TODAY 02:00:41.434 --> 02:00:45.070 WAS THE KEY TO EVERYTHING, AND REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE 02:00:45.171 --> 02:00:47.372 PRESENCE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES. 02:00:47.472 --> 02:00:48.940 BUT THE STARTING POINT TO THAT 02:00:51.042 --> 02:00:56.047 IS THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU HAVE WITH JESUS CHRIST. 02:00:56.148 --> 02:01:01.554 AND MAYBE YOU'RE HERE TODAY, AND YOU KNOW ABOUT GOD, 02:01:01.654 --> 02:01:03.189 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT GOD ALL YOUR LIFE, 02:01:03.288 --> 02:01:05.690 OR YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE IS A GOD, YOU BELIEVE 02:01:05.791 --> 02:01:06.859 THAT THERE IS A GOD. 02:01:06.958 --> 02:01:09.828 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THE DEVIL ACTUALLY BELIEVES 02:01:09.929 --> 02:01:11.063 THAT THERE IS A GOD. 02:01:13.632 --> 02:01:15.033 THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN GOD. 02:01:15.134 --> 02:01:17.737 HE KNOWS THAT GOD EXISTS. 02:01:17.837 --> 02:01:20.506 HE KNOWS HIS END IS COMING. 02:01:20.605 --> 02:01:23.242 BUT THE THING IS, BELIEVING THAT THERE IS A GOD IS 02:01:23.341 --> 02:01:26.045 DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. 02:01:26.145 --> 02:01:31.384 AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TODAY AND 02:01:31.484 --> 02:01:35.554 YOU'RE NOT 100% SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH 02:01:35.654 --> 02:01:37.622 JESUS CHRIST, THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. 02:01:37.722 --> 02:01:40.592 YOU CAN'T ENCOUNTER THE PRESENCE OF GOD UNTIL 02:01:40.693 --> 02:01:44.229 YOU HAVE THAT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 02:01:44.329 --> 02:01:47.166 HE CAME AS THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR SIN. 02:01:47.265 --> 02:01:49.068 WE'VE ALL SINNED, THE BIBLE SAYS, 02:01:49.167 --> 02:01:53.139 AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, BUT HE IS OUR REDEEMER. 02:01:53.238 --> 02:01:56.876 HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY AND DIED FOR US. 02:01:56.975 --> 02:01:58.944 AND AS HE WAS ON THAT CROSS, ONE 02:01:59.045 --> 02:02:03.082 HAND WAS REACHING TOWARDS GOD AND THE OTHER HAND WAS REACHING 02:02:03.181 --> 02:02:08.054 TOWARDS YOU AND I, MANKIND, SO THAT WE COULD BE REDEEMED AND 02:02:08.154 --> 02:02:11.090 SAVED AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN. 02:02:11.189 --> 02:02:13.859 THE OTHER OPTION TO THAT IS YOU IGNORE THIS, 02:02:13.958 --> 02:02:17.630 YOU JUST BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GOD, YOU GO THROUGH LIFE 02:02:17.729 --> 02:02:19.931 NOT HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP 02:02:21.934 --> 02:02:28.474 AND REJECT CHRIST AND YOU END UP IN ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE. 02:02:28.573 --> 02:02:29.942 THAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN 02:02:30.042 --> 02:02:32.444 TO ANY MAN OR WOMAN. 02:02:32.545 --> 02:02:34.345 I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE LISTENING 02:02:34.447 --> 02:02:36.181 TO ME TODAY OR ANYONE HERE. 02:02:36.282 --> 02:02:38.250 SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN INVITATION TODAY. 02:02:38.350 --> 02:02:41.453 IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU NEED JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE, 02:02:41.554 --> 02:02:46.458 YOU NEED TO MAKE A RELATIONSHIP, OR MAYBE YOU'VE STRAYED. 02:02:46.559 --> 02:02:49.028 AT ONE TIME YOU KNEW GOD, BUT YOU'VE STRAYED. 02:02:49.127 --> 02:02:50.429 YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK. 02:02:50.529 --> 02:02:54.033 THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET BACK IN ALIGNMENT WITH GOD. 02:02:54.132 --> 02:02:58.970 THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OPEN THE DOOR TO HIS GRACE AND MERCY 02:02:59.070 --> 02:03:01.673 AND SAY, "GOD, I DON'T WANT TO END UP IN HELL. 02:03:01.774 --> 02:03:03.908 I DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. 02:03:04.009 --> 02:03:05.911 I WANT TO BE WITH YOU FOR ETERNITY. 02:03:06.011 --> 02:03:10.282 AND THEN I WANT TO SERVE YOU WHILE I'M ON THIS EARTH. 02:03:10.381 --> 02:03:13.918 I WANT TO SERVE YOU AND FOLLOW YOUR PLAN FOR ME, 02:03:14.019 --> 02:03:15.386 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A GREAT PLAN. 02:03:15.488 --> 02:03:18.490 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE'S A GREAT PLAN FOR EVERY ONE OF US. 02:03:18.591 --> 02:03:20.626 THERE'S THINGS THAT EACH OF US HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH. 02:03:20.725 --> 02:03:22.994 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME, IF YOU WOULD, 02:03:23.095 --> 02:03:25.331 JUST FOR A MOMENT TONIGHT OR TODAY. 02:03:25.430 --> 02:03:27.766 I WON'T KEEP YOU LONG. 02:03:27.867 --> 02:03:29.568 AND I WANT TO ASK YOU TO SEARCH YOUR HEART 02:03:29.667 --> 02:03:32.671 AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 02:03:32.771 --> 02:03:35.173 ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION. 02:03:35.274 --> 02:03:38.644 IF I WAS TO LEAVE THIS EARTH AND MOVE ON INTO ETERNITY, 02:03:38.743 --> 02:03:42.314 DO I KNOW THAT I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS? 02:03:42.413 --> 02:03:45.451 AM I 100% SURE THAT HE WOULD SAY, WELL DONE, 02:03:45.551 --> 02:03:51.222 THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, ENTER IN TO THE JOY OF THE LORD? 02:03:51.323 --> 02:03:53.225 WOULD HE SAY THAT TO YOU? 02:03:54.359 --> 02:03:56.828 WHAT WOULD YOUR ANSWER BE IF HE SAID, 02:03:56.929 --> 02:03:59.097 WHY SHOULD I LET YOU INTO MY HEAVEN? 02:03:59.198 --> 02:04:00.399 IT COULDN'T BE GOOD WORKS. 02:04:00.498 --> 02:04:02.400 IT COULDN'T BE THAT YOU WENT TO CHURCH. 02:04:02.501 --> 02:04:05.171 IT COULDN'T BE THAT YOU SHOOK THE PASTOR'S HAND. 02:04:05.270 --> 02:04:10.775 IT COULDN'T BE THAT YOU DIDN'T ROB A BANK OR SUCH AND SUCH. 02:04:10.876 --> 02:04:13.546 IT'S ONLY THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT SAVES US. 02:04:13.645 --> 02:04:15.046 SO WHEN I COUNT TO THREE TODAY, I'M 02:04:15.146 --> 02:04:16.981 GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU NEED JESUS, 02:04:17.082 --> 02:04:18.783 IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO HIM, IF YOU 02:04:18.884 --> 02:04:20.920 WANT TO COME TO HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME, 02:04:21.020 --> 02:04:23.055 I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU DO SOMETHING VERY BOLD. 02:04:23.154 --> 02:04:26.024 I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO THREE 02:04:26.125 --> 02:04:29.060 AND SAY, "I WANT JESUS," AND THEN I'LL PRAY FOR YOU, 02:04:29.161 --> 02:04:31.930 AND YOU'LL GET IT RIGHT TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 02:04:32.030 --> 02:04:35.768 ONE, TWO, THREE. 02:04:35.868 --> 02:04:37.869 RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU NEED JESUS TODAY, 02:04:37.970 --> 02:04:39.438 OR YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO HIM. 02:04:39.537 --> 02:04:42.173 WHO IN THIS PLACE NEEDS THE LORD? 02:04:42.274 --> 02:04:43.242 GET YOUR HAND UP. 02:04:43.341 --> 02:04:45.711 IS THERE A HAND UP HERE IN THE STADIUM? 02:04:45.810 --> 02:04:48.713 IF YOU'RE RAISING YOUR HAND, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, SIR, 02:04:48.814 --> 02:04:49.914 JUST TO STAND UP QUICKLY. 02:04:50.015 --> 02:04:51.382 STAND UP RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. 02:04:51.484 --> 02:04:52.585 I SAW THAT HAND. 02:04:52.685 --> 02:04:55.587 I WON'T EMBARRASS YOU TODAY, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE INVOLVED 02:04:55.688 --> 02:04:56.755 IN THIS PRAYER. 02:04:56.855 --> 02:04:59.425 IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PRAYER THAT YOU'LL EVER PRAY. 02:04:59.524 --> 02:05:00.926 AND WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP OUT OF YOUR SEAT 02:05:01.025 --> 02:05:02.994 AND JUST COME RIGHT DOWN HERE TO ME? 02:05:03.095 --> 02:05:04.963 GIVE HIM A HAND AS HE COMES. 02:05:05.064 --> 02:05:07.932 [APPLAUSE] 02:05:08.033 --> 02:05:09.568 THANK YOU, SIR. 02:05:09.667 --> 02:05:11.737 I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE THAT NEEDS THAT. 02:05:11.837 --> 02:05:13.104 THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE IN THIS PLACE. 02:05:13.204 --> 02:05:16.509 AND YOU SAY, I NEED JESUS. 02:05:16.609 --> 02:05:18.344 COME JOIN THIS YOUNG MAN. 02:05:19.411 --> 02:05:21.479 I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. 02:05:21.579 --> 02:05:23.515 EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T RAISE YOUR HAND, STEP OUT OF YOUR SEAT 02:05:23.615 --> 02:05:25.384 AND COME DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. 02:05:27.286 --> 02:05:29.255 HE'S MAKING THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION 02:05:29.354 --> 02:05:32.490 THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE. 02:05:32.591 --> 02:05:35.201 [APPLAUSE] 02:05:35.661 --> 02:05:36.095 THANK YOU, SIR. 02:05:36.194 --> 02:05:37.695 WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 02:05:37.796 --> 02:05:38.329 CHRISTIAN. CHRISTIAN? 02:05:38.430 --> 02:05:38.898 THAT'S A GOOD NAME. 02:05:38.997 --> 02:05:40.865 OH, I MET YOU BEFORE. 02:05:40.966 --> 02:05:42.809 YOU'RE HERE FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 02:05:44.069 --> 02:05:47.305 FIRST TIME AND YOU CAME JUST, WHEN DID YOU GET HERE? 02:05:48.974 --> 02:05:52.011 FIRST OF APRIL YOU CAME FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 02:05:52.110 --> 02:05:55.881 AND I'M SURE YOUR FAMILY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TORMENT, 02:05:55.980 --> 02:05:58.449 BUT YOU'RE HERE NOW AND YOU'RE SERVING GOD. 02:05:58.551 --> 02:06:00.586 AND THIS IS GONNA BE A DAY THAT'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE 02:06:00.685 --> 02:06:02.020 BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA MAKE JESUS CHRIST 02:06:02.121 --> 02:06:04.122 THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. 02:06:04.222 --> 02:06:07.192 JUST FACE ME, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE. 02:06:07.292 --> 02:06:08.627 WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, CHRISTIAN, 02:06:08.726 --> 02:06:10.529 IS JUST PRAY AND PRAY THIS PRAYER. 02:06:10.628 --> 02:06:13.198 YOU CAN REPEAT AFTER ME AS I PRAY. 02:06:13.298 --> 02:06:16.001 AND WHEN I DO THAT, YOU MAY NOT FEEL ANYTHING, 02:06:16.100 --> 02:06:18.804 BUT JESUS CHRIST IS GONNA BECOME THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE, 02:06:18.904 --> 02:06:22.207 AND YOU'RE GONNA SERVE HIM ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. 02:06:22.307 --> 02:06:25.210 AND WHEN YOU LAY YOUR HEAD ON YOUR PILLOW TONIGHT, 02:06:25.310 --> 02:06:27.246 YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO HELL 02:06:27.345 --> 02:06:28.479 WHENEVER YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH. 02:06:28.581 --> 02:06:30.481 YOU'RE GONNA BE IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS. 02:06:30.582 --> 02:06:32.251 YOU JUST KEEP FOLLOWING HIM. 02:06:32.350 --> 02:06:35.253 IT'LL SECURE YOUR SALVATION, AND HE'S GOT A 02:06:35.354 --> 02:06:36.488 WONDERFUL PLAN FOR YOU. 02:06:36.587 --> 02:06:38.423 AND I CAN SEE RIGHT NOW LOOKING INTO YOUR EYES, 02:06:38.524 --> 02:06:40.658 HE'S GOT A CALL IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU'RE GONNA DO 02:06:40.759 --> 02:06:41.627 GREAT THINGS FOR GOD. 02:06:41.726 --> 02:06:44.630 YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE HIS PLAN OPEN TO YOU. 02:06:44.729 --> 02:06:46.765 YOU'RE HERE FOR A PURPOSE. 02:06:46.864 --> 02:06:48.132 GOD CALLS YOU HERE FOR A PURPOSE. 02:06:48.233 --> 02:06:49.734 YOU'RE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR A PURPOSE. 02:06:49.835 --> 02:06:51.537 YOU'RE GONNA BE A GREAT WITNESS FOR HIM. 02:06:51.636 --> 02:06:52.738 SO LET'S PRAY. 02:06:52.837 --> 02:06:54.405 YOU FOLLOW ME AND REPEAT AFTER ME, 02:06:54.506 --> 02:06:56.274 AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THIS TODAY. 02:06:56.375 --> 02:06:56.942 YOU PRAY. 02:06:57.042 --> 02:06:57.842 FATHER IN HEAVEN. 02:06:57.943 --> 02:06:58.810 FATHER IN HEAVEN. 02:06:58.911 --> 02:06:59.712 THANK YOU. 02:07:00.378 --> 02:07:01.313 FOR SENDING JESUS. 02:07:01.412 --> 02:07:02.046 FOR SENDING JESUS. 02:07:02.146 --> 02:07:03.015 I BELIEVE. 02:07:03.114 --> 02:07:03.548 I BELIEVE. 02:07:03.649 --> 02:07:05.050 JESUS. 02:07:05.149 --> 02:07:07.485 WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY. 02:07:07.586 --> 02:07:09.387 HE DIED FOR ME. 02:07:09.488 --> 02:07:15.226 THE BIBLE SAID HE WAS BURIED, AND HE ROSE AGAIN FROM 02:07:15.327 --> 02:07:17.762 THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY. 02:07:17.863 --> 02:07:20.164 I BELIEVE THAT. 02:07:20.265 --> 02:07:24.970 FATHER, FORGIVE ME FOR ANY SIN IN MY LIFE. 02:07:25.069 --> 02:07:28.806 I INVITE JESUS TO BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE, 02:07:30.042 --> 02:07:34.179 AND I WILL SERVE HIM THE REMAINING DAYS 02:07:34.279 --> 02:07:35.613 THAT I HAVE ON THIS EARTH. 02:07:36.748 --> 02:07:39.685 IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN. 02:07:39.784 --> 02:07:41.153 AND CHRISTIAN, BECAUSE YOU PRAYED THAT, 02:07:41.252 --> 02:07:42.488 YOU'VE GOT A GREAT START NOW. 02:07:42.587 --> 02:07:44.189 THIS IS A NEW LIFE FOR YOU. 02:07:44.288 --> 02:07:47.725 AND KATHLEEN HERE WILL GUIDE YOU WHERE TO GO. 02:07:47.826 --> 02:07:49.828 THERE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION 02:07:49.927 --> 02:07:52.797 AND SOME PAPERWORK AND HELP YOU ON YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. 02:07:52.898 --> 02:07:55.934 AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY AT HOME AND FOLLOWED ME, 02:07:56.034 --> 02:08:02.507 YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE 24 HOURS A DAY, 855-777-7907. 02:08:02.608 --> 02:08:04.810 AND ANYTIME, EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ARCHIVE, 02:08:04.909 --> 02:08:06.744 WE HAVE PEOPLE EVERY WEEK THAT CALL IN 02:08:06.845 --> 02:08:08.747 AND RECEIVE JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR. 02:08:08.846 --> 02:08:10.748 AND WE'LL SEND THE SAME INFORMATION TO YOU 02:08:10.849 --> 02:08:12.984 THAT WE'RE GIVING TO CHRISTIAN HERE TODAY 02:08:13.085 --> 02:08:15.287 AND HELP YOU ON YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. 02:08:15.386 --> 02:08:18.323 SO WE THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN. 02:08:18.423 --> 02:08:19.992 WELL, GOD BLESS YOU FOR COMING TODAY. 02:08:20.091 --> 02:08:22.560 DON'T FORGET, BE HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 02:08:22.661 --> 02:08:25.631 WE'RE CONTINUING OUR SERIES ON THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 02:08:25.730 --> 02:08:30.168 WE'LL BE IN CHAPTER 20 YET, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT'S 02:08:30.269 --> 02:08:32.171 IN THAT AWESOME BOOK. 02:08:32.270 --> 02:08:34.472 AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE BLESSED IF YOU'RE HERE 02:08:34.573 --> 02:08:37.509 BECAUSE REVELATION IS THE ONLY BOOK OF THE BIBLE 02:08:37.609 --> 02:08:42.113 THAT TELLS US THERE'S A BLESSING IF WE READ IT AND OBEY IT. 02:08:42.213 --> 02:08:45.884 AND SO COME WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING ON THAT. 02:08:45.984 --> 02:08:49.555 AND DON'T FORGET, NEXT SUNDAY, DR. RICHARD ROBERTS 02:08:49.654 --> 02:08:50.588 WILL BE IN THE HOUSE. 02:08:50.689 --> 02:08:52.524 GOD BLESS YOU, HAVE A WONDERFUL SUNDAY. 02:08:52.623 --> 02:08:55.268 THANK YOU ONLINE AUDIENCE, AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. 02:08:56.994 --> 02:09:02.467 (MUSIC)