WEBVTT 00:00.333 --> 00:04.937 (MUSIC) 00:06.272 --> 00:09.342 GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. COME ON, LET ME HEAR A 00:09.342 --> 00:14.948 SHOUT OF PRAISE THIS MORNING. OH GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKING GOD. 00:16.015 --> 01:00.393 (MUSIC) 01:11.704 --> 01:18.278 WOO, HALLELUJAH! GLORY BE TO THE LORD JESUS, HALLELUJAH. COME ON, 01:18.278 --> 01:25.609 THROW THOSE HANDS UP. SAY, LORD, IT MIGHT BE HOT OUTSIDE, BUT IT 01:25.620 --> 01:32.489 IS GONNA BE HOT IN HERE 'CAUSE THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST IS 01:32.489 --> 01:35.900 IN THE ROOM. AREN'T YOU EXCITED TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE TODAY? 01:37.709 --> 01:43.302 WELL, I'M FLYING SOLO, BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK AT 01:43.302 --> 01:44.640 LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. 01:47.099 --> 01:51.450 PASTOR AND I HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL VACATION, AND YOU 01:51.450 --> 01:54.030 KNOW, WE LIKE TO BE PRETTY CHILL ON VACATION. HOW MANY OF YOU 01:54.030 --> 01:59.159 LOVE TO TRAVEL ON VACATION? HOW MANY OF YOU RATHER STAY HOME AND 01:59.159 --> 02:04.890 PUT YOUR FEET ON AN OTTOMAN AND LOOK AT THE CEILING? WELL, WE'RE 02:04.890 --> 02:07.950 KIND OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND OF COURSE, PASTOR LIKES TO WORK ON 02:07.950 --> 02:12.150 TRAINS. YOU GUYS KIND OF DID THE SAME THING ON VACATION, DIDN'T 02:12.150 --> 02:15.466 YOU? WE DID. SIT AROUND WITH YOUR FEET ON AN OTTOMAN? YEP. 02:15.466 --> 02:19.949 YEP. OR WE'VE GRADUATED TO RECLINERS. YEAH. KICK BACK, 02:19.949 --> 02:23.580 RELAX. IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD. DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO THAT YOU 02:23.580 --> 02:26.639 DON'T GET TO DO WHEN YOU ARE WORKING. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE, 02:26.639 --> 02:30.210 THAT'S TRUE. AND IT WAS JUST NICE NOT TO KEEP A SCHEDULE. BUT 02:30.210 --> 02:35.219 I'LL JUST SAY, PASTOR SENDS HIS GREETINGS AND HE WILL BE BACK IN 02:35.219 --> 02:40.020 THE PULPIT NEXT SUNDAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. BUT HE IS WITH 02:40.020 --> 02:44.280 KENT AND CANDY CHRISTMAS. NOW, YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU, AND 02:44.280 --> 02:49.080 YOU GUYS KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, PASTOR HANK, IT IS LIKE PULLING 02:49.080 --> 02:51.960 A FOSSIL OUT OF THE GROUND TO GET HIM TO LEAVE HIS PULPIT ON A 02:51.960 --> 02:57.689 SUNDAY. AND, BUT, WE HAD KENTON CANDY HERE BACK IN APRIL, AND HE 02:57.689 --> 03:00.419 COULDN'T VERY WELL TELL THEM TO GIVE UP A SUNDAY AT THEIR CHURCH 03:00.419 --> 03:05.430 AND HIM NOT RECIPROCATE THE FAVOR. SO, HE IS DOWN THERE, BUT 03:05.430 --> 03:08.789 HE LOVES THEM. HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE KENTON CANDY CHRISTMAS? 03:08.789 --> 03:09.679 THEY'RE WONDERFUL. 03:11.550 --> 03:14.639 SO NOW I WOULD COME OUT WITH A DAD JOKE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S 03:14.639 --> 03:18.389 NOT GONNA HAPPEN. SO WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR PASTOR HANK NEXT WEEK, 03:18.389 --> 03:24.389 BUT IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY IN GOD'S HOUSE. COME ON, GUYS. ALL 03:24.389 --> 03:28.139 RIGHT, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS. SO I DID SOME READING TODAY. I 03:28.139 --> 03:31.830 BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS, PASTOR CHRISTY. THE MEANING OF THE DOG 03:31.830 --> 03:34.680 DAYS OF SUMMER. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS? 03:34.680 --> 03:39.509 ANYBODY KNOW? NOT ONE PERSON. NOW, I THOUGHT IT MEANT THAT THE 03:39.509 --> 03:44.069 DOG IS SO HOT HE'S LAYING ON THE PORCH PANTING. BUT, HOW MANY OF 03:44.069 --> 03:46.080 YOU THOUGHT THAT? I THOUGHT THAT. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT IT 03:46.080 --> 03:48.930 MEANT. BUT REALLYSOUNDS REASONABLE. NO, REALLY WHAT IT 03:48.930 --> 03:53.280 IS, IS IT'S THE DAYS AFTER THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, IS THAT HOW YOU 03:53.280 --> 03:56.250 SAY THE WORD? YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT 03:56.250 --> 03:59.550 IT IS. THE EARTH'S TILT A CERTAIN WAY. AND IT'S THE 03:59.550 --> 04:03.569 HOTTEST PARTS OF SUMMER WAS BASED ON, IN OLD DAYS, THEY 04:03.569 --> 04:07.919 BASED IT ON THE DOG STAR, BUT THEN THAT GOT FORGOTTEN, AND IT 04:07.919 --> 04:12.360 REALLY JUST MEANS THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR. THINK ABOUT 04:12.360 --> 04:16.500 THAT. SO I AGREE, WE'RE IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR. WELL, 04:16.500 --> 04:20.100 I'M READY FOR FALL. I AM TOO. I WANNA GET THE PUMPKINS OUT. COME 04:20.100 --> 04:23.699 ON, PEOPLE. SO PASTOR BRENDA AND I, WHEN WE WERE ON VACATION, WE 04:23.699 --> 04:27.779 DID DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FALL STUFF IS OUT, AND SO IF 04:27.779 --> 04:33.959 YOU DON'T GET IT EARLY, YOU DON'T GET IT. SO MY STOREROOM IS 04:33.959 --> 04:38.579 FULL OF ALL OF MY FALL HAUL JUST WAITING TO COME OUT. MINE TOO, I 04:38.579 --> 04:44.415 KNOW, TO PASTOR CHAGRIN, AMAZON SET UP CAMP IN OUR FRONT DOOR. 04:45.629 --> 04:48.750 BUT IT'S ALL GOOD, IT'S FUN. BUT HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU'RE HAVING A 04:48.750 --> 04:50.939 GOOD SUMMER, RIGHT? WE'RE HAVING A GOOD SUMMER, IT'S BEEN 04:50.939 --> 04:56.189 WONDERFUL. AND, BUT ANYWAY, BUT THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE 04:56.189 --> 05:02.040 DEFINITELY TODAY. AND WHAT'S IT GONNA BE, LIKE 150% HUMIDITY? 05:02.040 --> 05:06.839 103, 104, I DON'T KNOW. 103. HEAT INDEX, WELL IN EXCESS OF 05:06.839 --> 05:10.350 110, I THINK. OH MY GOODNESS. I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S SOME PLACES 05:10.350 --> 05:13.512 IN KANSAS YESTERDAY THAT HAD A HEAT INDEX OF LIKE 125. OOF, 05:13.512 --> 05:19.410 EUGH. OOF. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS BAD. IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE 05:19.410 --> 05:21.766 PLACES HOTTER THAN THAT HILL, AND WE'RE NOT GOING. 05:22.980 --> 05:26.790 AND THEN OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW, THE FIRE OF THE HOLY 05:26.790 --> 05:30.540 SPIRIT CAN BEAT THAT OUT. AMEN, ARE YOU GLAD TO BE IN THE HOUSE 05:30.540 --> 05:34.529 OF GOD TODAY? I WANNA GREET EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE 05:34.529 --> 05:38.220 TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I AM SO 05:38.220 --> 05:42.149 GLAD TO BE BACK OFF VACATION, BE HERE IN THE PULPIT, AND I'M 05:42.149 --> 05:46.350 EXCITED. I'M GONNA PREACH A WORD TODAY, AND I KINDA CAME UP WITH, 05:46.350 --> 05:49.110 IT'S KIND OF A LEGAL TERM, WHEN THEY SAY SOMETHING IS 05:49.110 --> 05:52.769 BRIGHT-LINED IN A CONTRACT, IT MEANS IT'S SUPER HIGHLIGHTED, IT 05:52.769 --> 05:56.879 SHOULD BE REALLY OBVIOUS. AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, WHAT ARE 05:56.879 --> 05:59.910 THE KEY BRIGHT LINES OF THE BIBLE? THINK ABOUT THIS. WHAT 05:59.910 --> 06:03.060 ARE THE BRIGHT LINES OF SCRIPTURE THAT EVERY PERSON 06:03.060 --> 06:07.439 SHOULD KNOW? AND AS I GET CLOSER TO, I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET, 06:07.439 --> 06:12.720 CROSSING THE MILESTONE OF 60. THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S HARD TO 06:12.720 --> 06:18.089 SAY. ANYWAY, I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET. YOU THINK, YOU REFLECT A 06:18.089 --> 06:22.110 LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU THINK ON LIFE, WHAT REALLY MATTERS? AND I 06:22.110 --> 06:25.829 THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS OR BRIGHT LINES 06:25.829 --> 06:28.980 THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY BELIEVER OUGHT TO HAVE. 06:28.980 --> 06:31.589 AND SO ARE YOU EXCITED TO HEAR THAT TODAY? I'M EXCITED TO SHARE 06:31.589 --> 06:35.279 IT, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THROW THOSE HANDS UP. SAY THIS, SAY 06:35.279 --> 06:43.800 LORD. I'M EXCITED. MY HEART IS OPEN TO RECEIVE YOUR WORD AND 06:43.800 --> 06:48.600 LORD I THANK YOU THAT THE ANOINTING IS IN THIS ROOM TODAY. 06:48.600 --> 06:52.439 IT'S GOING TO TOUCH LIVES HERE. IT'S GOING TO TOUCH PEOPLE 06:52.439 --> 06:57.089 AROUND THE WORLD AND LORD, I THANK YOU THAT I'M GOING TO 06:57.089 --> 07:06.990 RECEIVE A FRESH ANOINTING AND I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU MY PRAISE. 07:06.990 --> 07:09.795 HALLELUJAH. COME ON. LET'S SHOUT AS WE PRAISE THE LORD. 07:22.541 --> 07:22.908 COME ON. 07:24.276 --> 10:24.423 (MUSIC) 11:04.663 --> 11:10.389 COME ON, GIVE THE LORD A SHOUT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW 11:10.389 --> 11:13.270 THAT WHEN WE COME INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WE SHOULD BE COMING 11:13.270 --> 11:18.789 IN WITH JOY, WITH GLADNESS, WITH THANKFULNESS? BECAUSE IN THE 11:18.789 --> 11:24.039 HOUSE OF THE LORD, ALL OF OUR BURDENS GO AWAY, ALL OF OUR 11:24.039 --> 11:28.750 HEAVINESS GOES AWAY. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS 11:28.750 --> 11:32.541 JOY IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? THERE IS THE OIL OF GLADNESS IN 11:32.541 --> 11:37.809 THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD. SO AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO COME BACK 11:37.809 --> 11:42.190 YESTERDAY, I WAS JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH THE LORD. AND I 11:42.190 --> 11:49.179 STARTED SINGING. THERE IS FREEDOM. THERE IS JOY. HEALING 11:49.179 --> 11:54.850 IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY. 11:55.990 --> 11:59.152 HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. COME ON, CAN YOU SING 11:59.152 --> 12:06.058 THAT? THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY. HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE 12:06.058 --> 12:08.260 LORD. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "I'M FREE." THERE IS 12:08.260 --> 12:12.032 FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY. LOOK AT YOUR OTHER NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "BE 12:12.032 --> 12:14.500 FOR JOY." HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. 12:16.602 --> 16:01.735 (MUSIC) 16:26.152 --> 16:34.326 COME ON, LIFT UP A SHOUT. THERE IS JOY, THE OIL OF GLADNESS IN 16:34.326 --> 16:45.105 YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR 16:45.105 --> 16:56.750 PRESENCE, I WANNA BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. I WANNA DWELL IN YOUR 16:56.750 --> 17:03.255 HOUSE. IT'S BETTER AS ONE DAY IN YOUR COURTS THAN A THOUSAND 17:03.255 --> 17:11.230 ANYWHERE ELSE. IT'S BETTER AS ONE DAY IN YOUR COURTS THAN A 17:11.230 --> 17:21.641 THOUSAND ANYWHERE ELSE. WE LAY OUR BURDENS DOWN. WE LAY OUR 17:21.641 --> 17:30.349 WORRIES DOWN. AND WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS IN PRAISE. WE LIFT OUR 17:30.349 --> 17:39.326 HANDS IN PRAISE. TO THE CREATOR OF IT ALL, THE ONLY ONE WHO'S 17:39.326 --> 17:40.926 WORTHY OF IT ALL. 17:46.432 --> 18:51.064 (MUSIC) 18:51.064 --> 20:32.097 (MUSIC) 20:33.500 --> 22:13.098 (MUSIC) 22:14.567 --> 24:54.182 (MUSIC) 25:32.164 --> 25:35.140 COME ON, SING THAT THIS MORNING. GOD, YOU ARE MY- 25:35.367 --> 27:57.076 (MUSIC) 27:57.076 --> 31:39.898 (MUSIC) 31:40.467 --> 31:44.871 COME ON, STIR THE ANOINTING IN THE HOUSE. COME ON! 31:44.903 --> 31:50.210 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 31:50.210 --> 31:54.713 WE WORSHIP, COME ON, I WANT YOU TO GIVE GOD YOUR BEST PRAISE. 31:54.748 --> 32:00.119 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 32:00.119 --> 32:03.789 OH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE HOLY GHOST. 32:03.789 --> 32:17.703 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 32:17.703 --> 32:21.007 I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO USE YOUR PRAYER LANGUAGE. 32:21.007 --> 32:29.950 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 32:29.950 --> 32:32.352 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. I DON'T 32:32.352 --> 32:36.690 KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FACING, BUT BUILD UP YOURSELF ON YOUR MOST 32:36.690 --> 32:39.625 HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST. 32:39.625 --> 33:28.942 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 33:37.017 --> 33:43.923 COME ON, STIR! STIR! STIR! 33:46.096 --> 33:58.070 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 33:58.070 --> 33:59.471 I FEEL PRESSED. 34:01.141 --> 34:02.642 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 34:04.376 --> 34:07.747 I FEEL PRESSED TO PRAY FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE TODAY. I'M 34:07.751 --> 34:13.905 NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU COME UP. I WANT THIS TO BE A REAL FAITH 34:13.905 --> 34:23.445 CONNECTION MOMENT RIGHT HERE. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN OVERCOME 34:23.445 --> 34:25.965 AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A DAY HERE OR A DAY THERE BUT YOU HAVE 34:25.965 --> 34:33.646 BEEN OVERCOME BY A DEMON THAT WANTS TO MAKE YOU WEARY. NOW THE 34:33.646 --> 34:39.766 BIBLE SAYS IN DANIEL IT'LL BE ONE OF THE DEVIL'S PLOTS AND 34:39.766 --> 34:46.626 PLANS IS TO WEAR OUT THE SAINTS AND I FEEL THAT JUST IN MY HEART 34:47.985 --> 34:51.166 THAT SOME OF YOU'VE BEEN IN A LONG BATTLE AND IT'S LIKE THE 34:51.166 --> 34:56.775 SAME OLD THING. I MAY BE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND 34:56.775 --> 35:00.766 YOU'RE LIKE, AND YOU GOT US. NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO 35:00.766 --> 35:04.155 DO. AND I, I, I BELIEVING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, THIS ISN'T 35:04.155 --> 35:06.795 GOING TO JUST BE A, WE GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS. I PUT HANDS 35:06.795 --> 35:09.885 ON YOU AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S POWERFUL. BUT I WANT YOU 35:09.885 --> 35:14.536 TO HAVE A REAL COME TO JESUS WITH THE LORD ABOUT THAT BATTLE. 35:16.005 --> 35:18.315 YOU'VE HAD THIS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SCRIPTURE. HOW MANY OF YOU GOT 35:18.315 --> 35:23.025 YOUR SCRIPTURE THAT YOU STAND ON? COME ON, ONE WORD. IF I JUST 35:23.025 --> 35:26.835 HAVE ONE WORD FROM GOD, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE. ANYBODY GOT YOUR 35:26.835 --> 35:31.186 VERSE? TERESA, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? BOB, TASHA, YOU GOT YOUR 35:31.186 --> 35:35.115 VERSE? COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU? EILEEN, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? HOW 35:35.115 --> 35:38.326 MANY OF YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE STANDING FOR 35:38.326 --> 35:42.405 THAT AREA. COME ON, IT MIGHT BE FINANCIAL. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING 35:42.405 --> 35:45.076 WITH YOUR HEALTH. IT'S A FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW. COME ON INTERNET, 35:45.076 --> 35:48.706 YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? I WANT YOU TO THINK IT RIGHT NOW. NOW JUST 35:48.706 --> 35:53.085 QUOTE IT TO YOURSELF. QUOTE IT FOR A MOMENT. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN 35:53.085 --> 36:00.916 QUOTING AND PROPHESYING THAT SAME VERSE FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 36:00.916 --> 36:06.135 MAYBE A YEAR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. THREE YEARS? 36:07.635 --> 36:16.545 EIGHT? TEN? BY GOD, I'VE BEEN AT THIS ONE FOR A DECADE. COME ON, 36:16.545 --> 36:19.755 ANYBODY BEEN THERE? AM I ALL BY MYSELF IN THE HOUSE OF GOD 36:19.755 --> 36:29.686 TODAY? AND I BELIEVE IN JESUS' NAME. WHAT A GOD. WHAT A GOD CAN 36:29.686 --> 36:34.905 IMPART A REFRESHING ANOINTING UPON YOU IN THIS ROOM RIGHT 36:34.905 --> 36:39.376 HERE, RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. SO I WANT 36:39.376 --> 36:43.456 TO PRAY FOR YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT VERSE WHILE I 36:43.456 --> 36:55.606 PRAY. HALLELUJAH. ARI, I JUST SAW YOU ON THE FRONT ROW. YOU 36:55.606 --> 36:59.896 GOING TO CAMP? YOU EXCITED? I JUST HEARD THE LORD SAY THIS 36:59.896 --> 37:05.565 OVER YOU. HE SAID, "I'M GONNA HEAL AND REFRESH YOU IN THE AREA 37:05.565 --> 37:08.835 OF YOUR SOUL." YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR SOUL IS? IT'S WHAT GOES ON 37:08.835 --> 37:12.795 UP HERE IN OUR MINDS. WE ALL NEED THAT SOMETIMES, ALL OF US. 37:13.846 --> 37:16.815 THE LORD SAID, "I'M BRINGING A SPECIAL HEALING TO HEAL YOUR 37:16.815 --> 37:23.956 SOUL, AND I'M GONNA STRENGTHEN YOUR SOUL, AND SO THAT YOU'RE 37:23.956 --> 37:27.615 GONNA KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE 37:27.615 --> 37:31.786 EVERYBODY'S OPINION ON IT. YOU'RE JUST GONNA KNOW WHAT GOD 37:31.786 --> 37:35.115 HAS PUT IN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT AND WHAT'S TRUE, AND YOU'RE 37:35.115 --> 37:38.295 GONNA KNOW WHAT'S NOT. COME ON, WE ALL NEED THAT. I'M GONNA TALK 37:38.295 --> 37:40.365 ABOUT IT. I'M GONNA PREACH ON THAT TODAY A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE 37:40.365 --> 37:43.246 GONNA KNOW WHAT'S NOT TRUE, BUT THE LORD SAYS I'M GONNA 37:43.246 --> 37:47.746 STRENGTHEN AND HEAL YOUR SOUL. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GONNA 37:47.746 --> 37:51.706 HAVE NEW THOUGHTS. THINGS ARE GONNA COME TO YOU BY THE WAY OF 37:51.706 --> 37:55.695 THE ANOINTING OF FRESH. AND YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS FEEL IT. 37:55.695 --> 37:59.056 SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THE 37:59.056 --> 38:03.766 ANOINTING COMES, OUR NATURAL MIND, OUR EMOTIONS. BUT THE LORD 38:03.766 --> 38:06.286 SAYS, "WATCH WHAT I DO UP HERE IN YOUR SOUL." AND YOU'RE GONNA 38:06.286 --> 38:09.045 THINK, "WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?" WELL, THE LORD SAID, "IT 38:09.045 --> 38:14.266 COMES FROM ME, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU. I'M GONNA SPEAK TO 38:14.266 --> 38:19.186 YOU." AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE AMAZED AT THE WISDOM THAT COMES 38:19.186 --> 38:21.976 OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. YOUR PARENTS WILL BE LIKE, "WHERE DID THAT 38:21.976 --> 38:26.775 COME FROM?" YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I MEAN, EVERY PARENT SAYS THAT, 38:26.775 --> 38:31.036 BUT IT'S GONNA BE SPECIAL. SO FATHER, I STRETCH MY HANDS 38:31.036 --> 38:35.356 TOWARD ARI, AND I THANK YOU THAT HER SOUL IS BEING STRENGTHENED 38:35.356 --> 38:40.155 NOW, AND YOU'RE GIVING HER STRENGTH IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 38:40.155 --> 38:43.576 NOW FATHER, I SPEAK OVER ALL OF THESE. COME ON, IF YOU'RE IN 38:43.576 --> 38:46.846 THIS ROOM OR YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, AND MAYBE YOU'VE HAD A 38:46.846 --> 38:53.175 FIVE, EIGHT, 10, 15 YEAR BATTLE, AND YOU'RE STILL STANDING ON THE 38:53.175 --> 38:57.539 SAME WORD, OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP. IT 38:57.539 --> 39:01.786 JUST SEEMS LIKE THE DEVIL BRINGS ONE BLOW AFTER ANOTHER. WELL, I 39:01.786 --> 39:04.905 JUST PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. I WANT YOU TO QUOTE YOUR VERSE 39:04.905 --> 39:08.266 UNDER YOUR BREATH. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR SUPERNATURAL 39:08.266 --> 39:12.706 STRENGTH. GOD, YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO 39:12.706 --> 39:17.576 BE DISMAYED OR BE FEARFUL, THAT YOU WILL STRENGTHEN US. THAT 39:17.576 --> 39:21.856 MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK IT UP ON OUR OWN. YOU GIVE STRENGTH 39:21.856 --> 39:26.115 TO THE WEARY. YOU GIVE STRENGTH TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FATIGUED 39:26.115 --> 39:29.596 IN THE BATTLE. AND I THANK YOU NOW LORD THAT SUPERNATURAL 39:29.596 --> 39:32.715 STRENGTH IS COMING TO EVERY PERSON UNDER THE SOUND OF MY 39:32.715 --> 39:36.346 VOICE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE. AND THAT FATHER 39:36.346 --> 39:42.045 THEY WILL HAVE A NEW SUPERNATURAL ANOINTING AND VIGOR 39:42.045 --> 39:47.206 TO STAND AFRESH AGAIN. AND NOW I SPEAK TO EVERY LONG BATTLE, 39:47.206 --> 39:51.856 EVERY SITUATION IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND I DECLARE AND I 39:51.856 --> 39:57.106 PROPHESY AND I COMMAND PEACE TO THAT. AND I SAY IT SHIFTS IN THE 39:57.106 --> 40:01.755 NAME OF THE LORD JESUS OF NAZARETH. AND I JUST DECLARE YOU 40:01.755 --> 40:07.096 RECEIVE THAT RIGHT NOW. NOW, TOUCH YOURSELF. I ALWAYS LIKE TO 40:07.096 --> 40:12.090 DO THIS, YOU KNOW, I LAY HANDS ON ME. I FIGURE IT THIS WAY, IF 40:12.090 --> 40:14.490 THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY TO LAY HANDS ON ME, AND THERE ISN'T 40:14.490 --> 40:19.291 ALWAYS. SO LAY HANDS ON YOU. A BELIEVER LAYS HANDS ON THE SICK, 40:19.291 --> 40:22.141 AND YOU'LL RECOVER. SO IF YOU NEED HEALING, LAY HANDS ON 40:22.141 --> 40:26.371 YOURSELF. TOUCH YOURSELF, TOUCH WHERE IT HURTS. TOUCH SOMETHING, 40:26.371 --> 40:31.681 SPEAK TO IT. AMEN. SAY THESE WORDS, SAY, "I LAY HANDS ON ME." 40:33.061 --> 40:38.550 AND I SAY, "SELF, YOU'RE NOT TIRED. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SPIRIT 40:38.550 --> 40:43.740 OF GIVE UP. YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF REFRESHING NOW. YOU HAVE THE 40:43.740 --> 40:49.530 SPIRIT OF STRENGTH. YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD. YOU HAVE THE HOLY 40:49.530 --> 40:57.721 SPIRIT. NOW BE STRONG. BE STRONG. BE STRONG. BE STRONG IN 40:57.721 --> 41:01.440 JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG SHOUT. 41:02.791 --> 41:11.731 WHOO! HALLELUJAH. WOW. LET'S SEE IF THE LORD HAS ANYTHING ELSE. 41:12.871 --> 41:24.117 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 41:25.981 --> 41:31.501 APRIL, I LOVE YOUR PINK JACKET, IT'S GORGEOUS. I JUST HEARD THE 41:31.501 --> 41:36.541 LORD SAY, I'M GONNA RESTORE YEARS THAT THE CANKER WERE TRIED 41:36.541 --> 41:39.570 TO COME INTO YOUR FAMILY AND BLOODLINE. I'M RESTORING THE 41:39.570 --> 41:45.391 YEARS. AND THE LORD SAID IN THE NEXT, THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES 41:45.391 --> 41:50.192 OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. BUT THE LORD SAID, WATCH THE NEXT 10. 41:51.780 --> 41:56.610 YOU THINK I, I MEAN, YOU THINK I CAN'T DO WHAT I ALREADY SAID 41:56.610 --> 42:00.601 I'LL DO? AND THE LORD SAID, IT WON'T BE BASED ON YOU. IT'S 42:00.601 --> 42:05.280 GOING TO BE BASED ON ME NOW. IT'S BASED ON ME. FOR I WILL 42:05.280 --> 42:09.811 RESTORE THAT WHICH THE DEVIL CAME TO TRY TO DEVOUR, TRIED TO 42:09.811 --> 42:14.490 DEVOUR. AND I WILL BRING A DOUBLING AND A BLESSING AND YOU 42:14.490 --> 42:17.101 WILL SEE IT IN THIS TIME. AND THE LORD SAID YOU WILL SEE IT 42:17.101 --> 42:20.701 UPON YOUR FAMILY, UPON YOUR BLOODLINE AND UPON THOSE THAT 42:20.701 --> 42:25.380 EVEN KNEW YOU BEFORE. AND THEY WILL SAY, MY GOD, MY GOD, AND 42:25.380 --> 42:29.880 THEY WILL SAY, SURELY THE LORD IS IN THEE. WATCH WHAT I DO IN 42:29.880 --> 42:33.960 THE NEXT 10 YEARS, SAYS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD. HALLELUJAH. 42:33.960 --> 42:47.666 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 42:47.791 --> 42:54.210 ROBERT. HALLELUJAH. IN FACT, YOU AND YOUR WIFE, COME UP HERE. 42:54.210 --> 43:07.021 COME UP HERE. ROBERT WORKS AT THE CHURCH. I DON'T KNOW, I FELT 43:07.021 --> 43:14.940 LIKE THE LORD SAID TO PUT HANDS ON YOU GUYS. AND THERE'S THINGS 43:14.940 --> 43:22.380 THAT YOU'VE PRAYED AND YOU'VE ASKED GOD. AND ONLY GOD KNOWS. 43:22.380 --> 43:25.050 AND YOU'VE SAID, "LORD, THIS HAS BEEN A HARD THING. IT'S BEEN A 43:25.050 --> 43:27.990 HARD THING. IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING THING." AND YOU'VE 43:27.990 --> 43:31.590 ALWAYS KEPT A SMILE. YOU'VE PRESSED INTO ME. BUT THE LORD 43:31.590 --> 43:35.550 SAID, "I CALLED YOU OUT TODAY TO SHOW YOU THAT NOTHING IS TOO 43:35.550 --> 43:38.851 HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED, I'VE LISTENED, I'VE 43:38.851 --> 43:41.851 HEARD YOUR PRAYERS." "OH, LORD, SOMETIMES WE SPOKE THE WRONG 43:41.851 --> 43:44.641 THING." YEAH, THE LORD SAID, "I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THAT." 43:48.721 --> 43:53.251 AREN'T YOU GLAD WHEN GOD PLUGS HIS EARS SOMETIMES? (LAUGHS) YOU 43:53.251 --> 43:55.260 KNOW, GOD WILL DO THAT. SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE, "GOD, 43:55.260 --> 43:57.121 THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT." BUT THE LORD SAID, 43:57.121 --> 43:59.311 "THERE'S JUST A SIMPLE CROP FAILURE ON THAT. DON'T WORRY 43:59.311 --> 44:04.110 ABOUT THAT." THE LORD SAID, "I'VE SEEN YOUR FAITH. FOR EVEN 44:05.460 --> 44:12.360 THE FATHER, WHEN HIS SON WAS DEMONIZED, SAID, 'LORD, HELP MY 44:12.360 --> 44:17.851 UNBELIEF.' AND HIS SON WAS DELIVERED." SO THE LORD SAYS, 44:17.851 --> 44:22.141 "I'M NOT LOOKING AT THAT, BUT I PRAY A FRESH ANOINTING UPON 44:22.141 --> 44:26.371 YOU." AND THE LORD SAID, "THE ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS HERE, AND 44:26.371 --> 44:29.340 IT IS IN MOTION. AND I CALLED YOU UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU 44:29.340 --> 44:33.541 TO QUIT AND THINK IT WASN'T MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO FATHER, 44:33.541 --> 44:37.380 I PUT MY HANDS ON THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE. ROBERT'S TOO TALL TO 44:37.380 --> 44:41.820 REACH HIS HEAD, LORD, BUT I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR THAT 44:41.820 --> 44:46.021 FRESH POWER. AND FATHER, YOU'RE GONNA STRENGTHEN THEM, AND 44:46.021 --> 44:53.460 THEY'RE GONNA BE SHOCKED AT THE DELIVERANCE AND THE BLESSING AND 44:53.460 --> 44:59.581 THE BREAKTHROUGH THAT WILL AND HAS ARISEN UPON YOU IN THE NAME 44:59.581 --> 45:05.221 OF JESUS. BLESS THEM, LORD, ABUNDANTLY. MULTIPLY THEM. SHOW 45:05.221 --> 45:09.960 THEM IN EVERY WAY THAT, FATHER, YOU'RE FOR THEM, AND YOU'VE NOT 45:09.960 --> 45:14.431 LOST SIGHT OF THE VICTORY. HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD 45:14.431 --> 45:18.570 PRAISE. GIVE GOD PRAISE. LAURA, COME HERE. 45:19.590 --> 45:20.101 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 45:21.121 --> 45:25.860 LOOK AT YOU. WOO. YOUR HUSBAND WAS TELLING ME YOU'VE GOTTEN ALL 45:25.860 --> 45:29.521 KINDS OF BREAKTHROUGHS. ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULDN'T 45:29.521 --> 45:32.581 RECEIVE A MIRACLE, YOU'RE A LIVING TESTAMENT OF A FOOT 45:32.581 --> 45:37.440 THAT'S GOING AROUND? THE DOCTOR SAID, WHAT WAS IT, 10%? THAT 45:37.440 --> 45:41.340 SHE'D EVEN WALK AGAIN? THINK ABOUT THAT. SEE, DON'T EVER LET 45:41.340 --> 45:47.820 THE REPORT FOOL YOU. OKAY? THE DEVIL'S FULL OF BAD REPORTS. 45:47.820 --> 45:50.010 HE'S GOT ALL KIND OF THEM. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOVE TO GO 45:50.010 --> 45:53.670 AROUND AND HEADLINE FOR HIM. AND HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BRING THOSE 45:53.670 --> 46:00.780 ONES UP TO YOU. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT? AND SO THE REPORT IS 46:00.780 --> 46:07.320 NOT THE END. I LOVE THAT. WHOSE REPORT SHALL YOU BELIEVE? WILL 46:07.320 --> 46:12.391 BELIEVE THE REPORT OF THE LORD. SO I HEARD THE LORD. HE SAID, 46:12.391 --> 46:18.121 NOW, HE SAID, HERE'S THE THING. THE TESTIMONY IS NOT DONE. THE 46:18.121 --> 46:21.900 LORD SAID, YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS THE VICTORY POINT? THE LORD 46:21.900 --> 46:26.731 SAID, NO, IT'S THE LAUNCHING POINT. I'M GOING TO LAUNCH YOU. 46:26.731 --> 46:29.490 I'M GOING TO LAUNCH YOU BOTH. WILL YOU STAND WITH HER? THIS IS 46:29.490 --> 46:34.380 HER HUSBAND. THEY'RE MARRIED. HE'S THE USHER AND THE HUSBAND. 46:36.690 --> 46:39.331 BUT I HEARD THE LORD SAY THIS IS NOT JUST THE STARTING POINT, 46:39.331 --> 46:43.110 THIS IS NOT LIKE THE FINISH, THIS IS A LAUNCH NOW. I'M GONNA 46:43.110 --> 46:47.731 LAUNCH YOU INTO THINGS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE DOING. 46:47.731 --> 46:51.001 I'M GONNA LAUNCH YOU IN WAYS YOU NEVER THOUGHT IT'S GONNA BE 46:51.001 --> 46:56.221 FINANCIAL. IT'S GONNA BE IN WAYS OF BLESSING. THE LORD SAID, 46:56.221 --> 47:00.990 YOU'RE NO LONGER GONNA TAKE ON THE POSITION OF THOSE WHO ARE 47:00.990 --> 47:04.771 JUST ASKING AND BEGGING AND SEEKING. NO, THE LORD SAYS, THIS 47:04.771 --> 47:08.940 IS THE LAUNCHING POINT OF A WHOLE NEW PLACE. AND I'M GOING 47:08.940 --> 47:13.050 TO GIVE YOU THINGS IN YOUR HANDS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES 47:13.050 --> 47:17.161 YOU'VE QUESTIONED YOUR OWN ABILITIES. THE LORD SAID, DON'T 47:17.161 --> 47:22.561 DO THAT. I'VE ENABLED YOU. WHO MADE YOUR MOUTH? WHO MADE YOUR 47:22.561 --> 47:27.630 SKILL? WHO MADE YOUR BODY? THE LORD SAID, THIS ISN'T JUST THE 47:27.630 --> 47:30.481 VICTORY POINT. THIS IS THE LAUNCHING POINT OF WHAT YOU'RE 47:30.481 --> 47:33.090 GOING TO COME TO AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. AND THE LORD 47:33.090 --> 47:41.041 SAYS, LIKE THE PRETTY LADY OVER IN THE , IT'LL BE THAT GOOD. 47:41.041 --> 47:44.371 BLESS THEM, FATHER. IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS' NAME, WE 47:44.371 --> 47:50.701 THANK YOU. COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE. GIVE GOD A PRAISE. 47:50.701 --> 47:57.577 HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE. WHAT A GOD. WHAT A GOD. 47:59.646 --> 48:05.521 GLORY. IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. WELL, AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN. 48:06.690 --> 48:09.751 TURN TO SOMEBODY, SAY, "YOUR BLESSING IS ON YOU, TOO." LOOK 48:09.751 --> 48:14.070 AT THEM. INTERNET, THE BLESSING'S ON YOU, TOO. COME ON, 48:14.070 --> 48:16.920 LOVE ON EACH OTHER IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. GIVE SOMEBODY A GREAT 48:16.920 --> 48:21.481 BIG SMILE. TELL THEM THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE TODAY. IN 48:21.481 --> 48:23.670 JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, GREET ONE ANOTHER 48:23.670 --> 48:24.670 IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. 48:25.905 --> 49:03.443 (MUSIC) 49:07.414 --> 49:10.766 WELL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. OH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF 49:10.771 --> 49:14.971 YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THERE YOU ARE. WELL, WE JUST 49:14.971 --> 49:19.231 WANNA WELCOME ALL OF OUR FIRST TIME GUESTS THIS MORNING. SO IF 49:19.231 --> 49:21.690 YOU ARE A FIRST TIME GUEST, HOPEFULLY YOU RECEIVED A BLUE 49:21.690 --> 49:25.291 GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE 49:25.291 --> 49:27.931 WAVE YOUR HAND AND USHER, THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. 49:27.931 --> 49:30.391 INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE 49:30.391 --> 49:33.900 TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU WANT TO MAKE 49:33.900 --> 49:37.351 SURE YOU GET ONE. AND INSIDE THERE, THERE'S ALSO A GUEST 49:37.351 --> 49:39.960 REGISTRY PACKET, HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. 49:39.960 --> 49:42.871 SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME 49:42.871 --> 49:46.320 INFORMATION IN THERE THAT I WANT TO SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL 49:46.320 --> 49:48.831 AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STATE CONNECTED CARD. IF YOU OPEN IT 49:48.831 --> 49:52.710 UP, THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP 49:52.710 --> 49:55.050 IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY. IN JUST A FEW 49:55.050 --> 49:57.858 MOMENTS, WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US 49:57.858 --> 50:00.690 THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING 50:00.690 --> 50:03.510 WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY 50:03.510 --> 50:06.900 LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE 50:06.900 --> 50:09.420 OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL LISTED 50:09.420 --> 50:13.530 RIGHT THERE FOR YOU. GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET, 'CAUSE THAT IS 50:13.530 --> 50:19.231 THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH SERVICES AND MANY, MANY MORE PROGRAMS 50:19.231 --> 50:22.291 WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AND PUT ALL OUT THERE FOR YOU. THERE'S 50:22.291 --> 50:25.440 PARTNER PROGRAMS AS WELL AS GET REAL WITH HANK, DAILY DECREE, 50:25.440 --> 50:30.130 GAME CHANGERS. THERE'S ALSO FLASHPOINT AND MANY, MANY MORE 50:30.130 --> 50:32.231 PROGRAMS. SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, WATCH ALL OF THAT GREAT 50:32.231 --> 50:36.010 CONTENT AND BE BLESSED BY IT. WE'VE ALSO GOT THE 24/7 WORSHIP 50:36.010 --> 50:40.001 CHANNEL. I'LL PLUG THAT AS WELL. YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND JUST 50:40.001 --> 50:45.940 WATCH US ON REPEAT FOR 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IT'S 50:45.940 --> 50:51.340 GREAT, UNLESS YOU'RE ME. ANYWAY, DON'T LIKE TO WATCH MYSELF THAT 50:51.340 --> 50:55.626 MUCH. SO IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AT ONLINE 50:55.626 --> 51:03.101 A HAND. AND YESTERDAY WE HAD A SPECIAL EVENT HERE AT THE 51:03.101 --> 51:07.931 CHURCH. IF YOU MISSED IT, WE HAD THE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE. AND SO 51:07.931 --> 51:11.981 IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OR DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HERE'S 51:11.981 --> 51:14.407 A LITTLE RECAP VIDEO FOR YOU OF EVERYTHING 51:14.407 --> 51:15.460 THAT WENT ON YESTERDAY. 51:16.509 --> 52:26.146 (MUSIC) 52:29.349 --> 52:36.670 ONE VICTORY CHANGED EVERYTHING. HIS ROAR SHAKES THE NATIONS. HIS 52:36.670 --> 52:43.570 KINGDOM IS ADVANCING. AND HIS PEOPLE ARE STANDING. THIS 52:43.570 --> 52:47.092 SEPTEMBER, IT'S TIME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE. PLANT YOUR FEET AND 52:47.092 --> 52:51.820 RAISE YOUR EYES BECAUSE THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE KING AND 52:51.820 --> 52:58.121 HEAVEN IS OPENING. WE ARE NOT BOLD ENOUGH WITH THE DEVIL. 52:58.478 --> 53:02.849 WE'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH AGAINST THE POWERS OF HELL. TAKE UP YOUR 53:02.849 --> 53:08.710 SWORD AND TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THE EVIL SPIRITS. WE REFUSE TO 53:08.710 --> 53:14.380 COWER. WE REFUSE TO BOW. WE REFUSE TO BREAK. WE REFUSE TO 53:14.380 --> 53:18.831 BEND. WE REFUSE TO COMPROMISE. WE ARE SAYING WHEN THE ENEMY 53:18.831 --> 53:23.135 COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD, LORD, YOU WILL GIVE YOUR PEOPLE A 53:23.135 --> 53:26.306 BACKBONE. OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE TAKING PLACE 53:26.306 --> 53:29.576 SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH. REGISTER TODAY AT 53:29.576 --> 53:31.378 OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG. 53:34.150 --> 53:37.494 HALLELUJAH. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED FOR 53:37.494 --> 53:39.418 OPENING THE HEAVENS 2026? 53:39.418 --> 53:40.786 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 53:40.786 --> 53:45.161 MAN, IT'S GONNA BE POWERFUL. AND I'M ACTUALLY MORE EXCITED 53:45.161 --> 53:48.641 BECAUSE IN THIS PLACE, IT'S EVEN GONNA BE MORE ANOINTED THAN 53:48.641 --> 53:52.630 EVER. SO HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GET A TICKET FOR 53:52.630 --> 53:57.130 OPENING THE HEAVENS? I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. JUST 53:57.130 --> 54:03.550 COME. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A TICKET. BUT REGISTER, AND IT'LL 54:03.550 --> 54:09.670 BE GREAT. IT'LL BE GREAT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S FREE. BOB 54:09.670 --> 54:14.351 PETTIGREW WANTED TO CHARGE $100 A SEAT, AND WE DECIDED, NO, 54:14.351 --> 54:17.891 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FREE. SO I'M JUST JOKING. I'M NOT 54:17.891 --> 54:22.800 THROWING YOU UNDER THE BUS, BOB. BUT BOB DID WANT ME TO MENTION, 54:22.800 --> 54:27.550 HE MENTIONED IT TODAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS COMING 54:27.550 --> 54:32.981 SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT AT WERNER PARK. AND 54:34.090 --> 54:36.940 IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THE WEATHER, I THINK, IS SUPPOSED TO 54:36.940 --> 54:42.010 BE IN THE 80S. SO THAT WILL BE GREAT. AND PASTOR HANK IS 54:42.010 --> 54:47.501 THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH. THAT'LL BE EXCITING. AND THEN WE 54:47.501 --> 54:51.581 HAVE THE HAIR FAMILY SINGERS THAT WILL BE SINGING THE 54:51.581 --> 54:56.260 NATIONAL ANTHEM. SO THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. AND YOU DON'T WANNA 54:56.260 --> 55:01.150 MISS THAT. SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND STILL GET A DISCOUNT ON THE 55:01.150 --> 55:05.891 TICKET PRICE IF YOU DO THAT BY TOMORROW, BY TOMORROW, BY 55:05.891 --> 55:09.851 MONDAY. OKAY, MONDAY AT MIDNIGHT? OKAY, YOU GOT ALL DAY 55:09.851 --> 55:12.311 TOMORROW, THE REST OF TODAY, ALL DAY TOMORROW TO GET THOSE 55:12.311 --> 55:16.240 TICKETS. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. AND THEN A QUICK SYNOPSIS 55:16.240 --> 55:19.420 ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THE REST OF THIS WEEK. TOMORROW, PASTOR HANK 55:19.420 --> 55:23.891 WILL BE ON ELIJAH STREAMS AT ONE O'CLOCK. AND THEN TUESDAY, 55:23.891 --> 55:27.940 PASTOR HANK WILL BE ON FLASHPOINT LIVE WITH GENE BAILEY 55:27.940 --> 55:33.791 AT 7 P.M. TUESDAY NIGHT. DON'T FORGET THAT. AND THEN BE BACK IN 55:33.791 --> 55:36.581 THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE 55:36.581 --> 55:39.311 CONCLUDING, WELL, WE'RE ASSUMING PASTOR BRENDA'S NOT GONNA FINISH 55:39.311 --> 55:46.030 HER MESSAGE TODAY, SO IF SHE STAYS WITH THE NORMAL ROUTINE, 55:46.030 --> 55:49.510 SO SHE'LL BE IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'LL BE 55:49.510 --> 55:52.900 GREAT. SO YOU'RE GETTING A TEASER TODAY, SHE'LL FINISH IT 55:52.900 --> 55:58.690 WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO THAT'LL BE GREAT. WELL, IT'S OFFERING TIME, 55:58.690 --> 56:02.201 AND THAT'S A BIG TIME. WE CAN WORSHIP GOD THROUGH OUR 56:02.201 --> 56:05.141 OFFERINGS. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU PROVERBS 11:24, AND 25, 56:05.141 --> 56:08.590 AND I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO MENTION TO YOU. BUT OUT OF THE 56:08.590 --> 56:13.240 NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, IT SAYS, "GIVE FREELY AND BECOME MORE 56:13.240 --> 56:18.641 WEALTHY, BE STINGY AND LOSE EVERYTHING. THE GENEROUS WILL 56:18.641 --> 56:23.021 PROSPER. THOSE WHO REFRESH OTHERS WILL THEMSELVES BE 56:23.021 --> 56:26.681 REFRESHED." THAT'S HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE REFRESHED? SO AS 56:26.681 --> 56:33.130 WE'RE GIVING AND WE'RE GENEROUS WITH OTHERS, THEN THAT GOODNESS 56:33.130 --> 56:36.490 THAT WE PLANT, THE KINDNESS THAT WE PLANT, THE GIVING THAT WE 56:36.490 --> 56:41.440 PLANT, COMES BACK TO US. AND GOD'S GIVEN US EVERYTHING FOR 56:41.440 --> 56:46.121 OUR ENJOYMENT IN THIS LIFE. AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE GIVE TO 56:46.121 --> 56:51.521 GOD, WE CAN NEVER OUT-DISTANCE HIS GIVING BACK TO US. THAT'S 56:51.521 --> 56:57.670 THE TRUTH. THERE WAS A BAPTIST PASTOR BY THE NAME OF W.A. 56:57.670 --> 57:02.170 CRISWELL. HE WAS A PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DALLAS, 57:02.170 --> 57:08.081 TEXAS, FOR 50 YEARS. AND HE TOLD THE STORY OF RONALD, SOMEONE IN 57:08.081 --> 57:12.760 HIS CONGREGATION. HE WAS AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN THAT MADE A 57:12.760 --> 57:17.081 PROMISE TO GOD THAT HE WOULD TITHE ON HIS INCOME. AND PASTOR 57:17.081 --> 57:20.831 CRISWELL PRAYED WITH RONALD FOR BLESSING ON HIS LIFE AND 57:20.831 --> 57:24.070 BLESSING IN HIS CAREER AND FINANCES. AND REMEMBER, THIS WAS 57:24.070 --> 57:29.681 IN THE EARLY '50S. AND AT THAT TIME, RONALD WAS MAKING $160 A 57:29.681 --> 57:37.150 MONTH. SO HE WAS TITHING $16 A MONTH. AND A FEW YEARS, HE 57:37.150 --> 57:41.110 BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HIS INCOME INCREASED TO $5,000 A 57:41.110 --> 57:48.371 MONTH. AND HE STARTED TITHING $500 PER MONTH. WELL, REMEMBER, 57:48.371 --> 57:54.221 IN 1950S, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY HAD AN INCOME OF $250 A 57:54.221 --> 57:58.990 MONTH. $3,000 A YEAR WAS A GOOD INCOME FOR AN AMERICAN FAMILY 57:58.990 --> 58:03.161 BACK THEN. THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, ISN'T IT? BUT ANYWAY, 58:03.161 --> 58:06.550 RONALD'S MAKING $5,000 A MONTH DURING THIS TIME NOW. HE'S 58:06.550 --> 58:10.780 MAKING A LOT OF MONEY FOR HIS DAY. BUT HE CALLED PASTOR 58:10.780 --> 58:14.050 CRISWELL TO ASK IF HE COULD BE RELEASED FROM HIS TITHING 58:14.050 --> 58:17.981 PROMISE, AS HE FELT IT WAS TOO COSTLY NOW. HE REALLY FELT THAT 58:17.981 --> 58:23.471 GIVING $500 A MONTH WAS TOO MUCH. AND PASTOR CRISWELL 58:23.471 --> 58:27.371 REPLIED, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN BE RELEASED FROM YOUR PROMISE, 58:27.371 --> 58:31.978 BUT WE CAN ASK GOD TO REDUCE YOUR INCOME BACK TO $160 A 58:31.978 --> 58:40.990 MONTH, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE NO PROBLEM TITHING $16. LET THAT 58:40.990 --> 58:46.300 SINK IN. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN A PERSON IS SO FINANCIALLY BLESSED 58:46.300 --> 58:49.150 LIKE RONALD WAS, YOU'D THINK THAT THEY'D WANT TO JUST GIVE 58:49.150 --> 58:54.760 BACK MORE TO GOD. BUT THE STORY REMINDS US OF HOW HUMAN NATURE 58:54.760 --> 58:57.699 CAN BRING OUT SELFISHNESS IN OUR LIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT 58:57.699 --> 59:00.851 INVOLVES OUR FINANCES. SCRIPTURE'S VERY CLEAR, THERE'S 59:00.851 --> 59:05.800 A CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND OUR ATTITUDES 59:05.800 --> 59:11.380 AND ACTIONS CONCERNING THE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FINANCES. DID 59:11.380 --> 59:16.541 YOU KNOW THERE'S ROUGHLY 2,350 VERSES IN THE BIBLE CONCERNING 59:16.541 --> 59:24.940 POSSESSIONS AND MONEY? JESUS HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT MONEY. 16 OUT 59:24.940 --> 59:29.530 OF THE 38 PARABLES THAT JESUS TAUGHT DEALT WITH THE TOPIC OF 59:29.530 --> 59:34.300 MONEY AND POSSESSIONS. THE ONLY SUBJECT THAT JESUS TAUGHT MORE 59:34.300 --> 59:39.190 ABOUT THAN MONEY WAS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND I BELIEVE GOD IS 59:39.190 --> 59:43.240 TEACHING US THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP TO PUT 59:43.240 --> 59:46.451 THAT MUCH EMPHASIS IN THE WORD OF GOD. THERE WAS A MAN BY THE 59:46.451 --> 59:49.900 NAME OF JAMES CRAFT. HE WAS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF CRAFT 59:49.900 --> 59:54.661 CHEESE CORPORATION, AND HE DIED A MULTIMILLIONAIRE IN 1953. 59:56.831 --> 01:00:01.721 JAMES CRAFT GAVE 25% OF HIS ENORMOUS INCOME TO CHRISTIAN 01:00:01.721 --> 01:00:06.130 CAUSES FOR MANY YEARS. BY THE WAY, INTERESTING THING ABOUT 01:00:06.130 --> 01:00:11.411 JAMES CRAFT TOO, HE'S THE CEO OF THE CRAFT CHEESE COMPANY, WHICH 01:00:11.411 --> 01:00:17.951 IS A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION, A BIG NAME IN THE '50S. THEY DID 01:00:17.951 --> 01:00:21.971 BUSINESS WITH OVER 170 COUNTRIES. HE WAS THE CEO OF 01:00:21.971 --> 01:00:26.920 THIS COMPANY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? FOR 40 YEARS, HE WAS THE SUNDAY 01:00:26.920 --> 01:00:31.690 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AT HIS BAPTIST CHURCH THAT HE ATTENDED. 01:00:31.690 --> 01:00:36.581 SO DON'T TELL ME YOU CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS AND STILL 01:00:36.581 --> 01:00:39.606 HAVE TIME TO DO SOMETHING IN GOD'S HOUSE. 01:00:41.197 --> 01:00:44.317 NOW THAT WAS FREE, THAT REALLY WASN'T PART OF MY MESSAGE. JUST 01:00:44.317 --> 01:00:48.246 THROWING THAT IN. BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS QUOTE. HE SAID, 01:00:48.246 --> 01:00:51.516 "THE ONLY INVESTMENT I EVER MADE WHICH HAS PAID CONSISTENTLY 01:00:51.516 --> 01:00:54.726 INCREASING DIVIDENDS "IS THE MONEY THAT I'VE GIVEN TO THE 01:00:54.726 --> 01:01:01.626 LORD." THAT MAN SAID THAT. AND HE HAD MILLIONS. AND HE INVESTED 01:01:01.626 --> 01:01:05.016 IN THE STOCK MARKET. I'M SURE HE HAD LOTS OF MONEY IN THE KRAFT 01:01:05.016 --> 01:01:10.027 STOCK. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, "WHEN GOD GIVES ME A 01:01:10.027 --> 01:01:15.367 MILLION DOLLARS, I'LL GIVE HALF OF IT AWAY TO THE GOSPEL." WELL, 01:01:15.367 --> 01:01:18.726 THE REALITY IS, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MILLION DOLLARS 01:01:18.726 --> 01:01:21.996 THAT YOU RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE 01:01:21.996 --> 01:01:27.396 PRESENT $20 THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET TODAY? AMEN. 01:01:27.396 --> 01:01:31.447 WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION, RIGHT NOW IS 01:01:31.447 --> 01:01:35.077 THE KEY TO YOUR FUTURE. WHAT YOU START PLANNING TODAY IS GONNA 01:01:35.077 --> 01:01:39.007 OPEN UP TOMORROW. LET'S READ ONE MORE VERSE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE 01:01:39.007 --> 01:01:42.847 ON HERE. LUKE 16, 10, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. THIS IS PASTOR 01:01:42.847 --> 01:01:47.677 ANTHONY'S FAVORITE TRANSLATION. IT SAYS, "IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL IN 01:01:47.677 --> 01:01:51.367 LITTLE THINGS, "YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL IN THE LARGE ONES. "BUT 01:01:51.367 --> 01:01:55.146 IF YOU'RE DISHONEST IN LITTLE THINGS, "YOU WON'T BE HONEST 01:01:55.146 --> 01:01:57.577 WITH THE GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES." BASICALLY 01:01:57.577 --> 01:02:01.117 WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE TO START WITH WHAT GOD'S 01:02:01.117 --> 01:02:05.527 GIVEN US TODAY. AND AS WE HONOR GOD WITH OUR TITHE, THE 10%, AND 01:02:05.527 --> 01:02:07.987 THE OFFERINGS ABOVE THAT, WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR 01:02:07.987 --> 01:02:12.427 POSSESSION AND WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE 01:02:12.427 --> 01:02:15.217 THE PEOPLE NOW. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE FOR YOUR GIVING, JUST 01:02:15.217 --> 01:02:18.097 RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS WILL BE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU WITH THAT. 01:02:18.097 --> 01:02:20.257 WE WANT TO PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN AT 01:02:20.257 --> 01:02:25.896 THIS TIME. AND YOU CAN USE OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN USE THE MOBILE 01:02:25.896 --> 01:02:28.507 APP. YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE. THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO GIVE. 01:02:28.507 --> 01:02:31.626 AND WE APPRECIATE OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE AND THE WAY THAT YOU 01:02:31.626 --> 01:02:35.527 CONSISTENTLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF THIS MINISTRY AND THE PROPHETIC 01:02:35.527 --> 01:02:39.817 WORD OF GOD GOING FORTH. AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT 01:02:39.817 --> 01:02:43.956 EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART. AND YOU KNOW, PAUL TOLD US IN 01:02:43.956 --> 01:02:48.157 PHILIPPIANS 4:8 THAT OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS ARE 01:02:48.157 --> 01:02:51.505 WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. REPEAT THIS 01:02:51.505 --> 01:02:54.246 AFTER ME. MY TITHES AND MY OFFERINGS. 01:02:55.876 --> 01:02:57.217 ARE WELL PLEASING. 01:02:57.217 --> 01:03:02.077 ARE WELL PLEASING. TO GOD. TO GOD. AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THANK YOU 01:03:02.077 --> 01:03:04.927 FOR YOUR GIVING TODAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP WITH ME AT THIS 01:03:04.927 --> 01:03:09.757 POINT IN TIME. HOLD UP YOUR DEVICE OR YOUR ENVELOPE, HOWEVER 01:03:09.757 --> 01:03:13.867 YOU'RE CHOOSING TO GIVE TODAY. I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU. FATHER, WE 01:03:13.867 --> 01:03:17.077 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT AS WE 01:03:17.077 --> 01:03:22.536 GIVE, YOU GIVE BACK TO US, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, 01:03:22.536 --> 01:03:26.197 RUNNING OVER IN ABUNDANCE, YOU GIVE BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE. AND WE 01:03:26.197 --> 01:03:29.226 STAND ON THAT PROMISE TODAY. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR 01:03:29.226 --> 01:03:32.436 BLESSINGS AND THE WAY THAT YOU'VE SUSTAINED US, GIVEN US 01:03:32.436 --> 01:03:36.697 EXCESS AND GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO GIVE, LORD. NOT ONLY THE 01:03:36.697 --> 01:03:40.987 ABILITY TO GIVE, LORD, BUT JUST THE DIVINE SUPERNATURAL TOUCH OF 01:03:40.987 --> 01:03:44.766 WISDOM ON HOW TO HANDLE OUR FINANCES. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT 01:03:44.766 --> 01:03:47.947 TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION. AND I 01:03:47.947 --> 01:03:51.487 BLESS THE PEOPLE TODAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT ARE GIVING 01:03:51.487 --> 01:03:55.387 BACK TO YOU FROM THEIR HARD-EARNED INCOME AND WHATEVER 01:03:55.387 --> 01:03:59.436 THEY'VE RECEIVED. AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY, FATHER, WITH THOSE 01:03:59.436 --> 01:04:03.577 GIFTS. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY. WELL, LET'S 01:04:04.777 --> 01:04:10.717 REPEAT OUR DECLARATION HERE WITH ME. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND 01:04:10.717 --> 01:04:14.137 THE MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, 01:04:14.137 --> 01:04:18.847 EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT 01:04:18.847 --> 01:04:23.376 DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP AND 01:04:23.376 --> 01:04:27.277 FINISHED." WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE 01:04:27.277 --> 01:04:31.806 LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS 01:04:31.806 --> 01:04:36.456 AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE 01:04:36.456 --> 01:04:40.777 CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE 01:04:40.777 --> 01:04:44.047 AND WE RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE 01:04:44.047 --> 01:04:47.751 ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL 01:04:47.751 --> 01:04:52.597 QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE 01:04:52.597 --> 01:04:58.416 DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE 01:04:58.416 --> 01:05:04.447 EXPANDED NOW. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. WELL, STAY STANDING AND 01:05:04.447 --> 01:05:10.224 WELCOME PASTOR BRENDA AS SHE COMES BACK. THANK YOU, THANK 01:05:10.224 --> 01:05:12.998 YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. PRAISE THE LORD. 01:05:12.998 --> 01:05:16.987 WHAT A POWERFUL OFFERING MESSAGE THAT WAS. MY GOODNESS. WELL, YOU 01:05:16.987 --> 01:05:21.336 CAN BE SEATED. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH SOME SCRIPTURES 01:05:21.336 --> 01:05:26.106 TODAY. PRAISE THE LORD. I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THE 01:05:26.106 --> 01:05:29.077 PULPIT. I MEAN, I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK, BUT I'M MORE EXCITED 01:05:29.077 --> 01:05:32.436 FOR PASTOR HANK NEXT WEEK TO BE REAL. OH, I LOVE LISTENING TO 01:05:32.436 --> 01:05:37.237 HIM PREACH. I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, I MAKE NOTES LIKE FIRE DOWN 01:05:37.237 --> 01:05:41.016 THERE ON THE FRONT ROW. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET 01:05:41.016 --> 01:05:44.527 ME GET SET UP AND WE'LL GET INTO IT. I GOT A LOT OF PAGES. LET'S 01:05:50.226 --> 01:05:52.867 SEE HOW MUCH OF IT WE GET THROUGH. YOU KNOW, IF PASTOR AND 01:05:52.867 --> 01:05:55.956 I WERE MAKING KIND OF A FUNNY JOKE ONE TIME, HE SAID, YOU 01:05:55.956 --> 01:06:02.016 KNOW, WE MAKE ALL OF THESE NOTES AND WE PREACH LIKE AN EIGHTH OF 01:06:02.016 --> 01:06:09.036 IT. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S WHY YOU DO 12-WEEK SERIES. YOU 01:06:09.036 --> 01:06:15.036 START A MESSAGE ON THE PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE IN AMERICA IN JULY 01:06:15.036 --> 01:06:19.956 AND YOU FINISH IT IN JANUARY. HE KNOWS IF HE'S WATCHING, I'M 01:06:19.956 --> 01:06:22.507 GIVING HIM A HARD TIME, BUT IT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW, IN FACT, WHEN WE 01:06:22.507 --> 01:06:25.387 USED TO DO TELEVISION, WE FIRST STARTED AND WE'D GET INVITED TO 01:06:25.387 --> 01:06:29.556 BE ON, YOU KNOW, SOME PROGRAM SOMEWHERE, AND WE'D GO WITH 01:06:29.556 --> 01:06:33.967 BIBLES AND NOTES AND THINK, AH, WE GOT ALL THIS STUFF WE'LL 01:06:33.967 --> 01:06:37.686 SHARE. AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT, SO YOU CAN PUT IT, HELLO, MISS 01:06:37.686 --> 01:06:42.217 DIANA, GOD BLESS YOU. I JUST SAW YOU ON THE FRONT ROW. GIVE A BIG 01:06:42.217 --> 01:06:48.427 HAND TO AMANDA'S MAMA. SHE WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT IN PASTOR'S 01:06:48.427 --> 01:06:51.635 EARLY YEARS ON HIM GETTING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU 01:06:51.635 --> 01:06:55.086 KNOW, YOU NEVER FORGET WHAT PEOPLE INVESTED IN YOU, SO THANK 01:06:55.086 --> 01:06:58.746 YOU FOR THAT, YOU'RE A BLESSING. BUT WE USED TO GO TO ALL THESE 01:06:58.746 --> 01:07:01.746 MEETING, THESE TV APPEARANCES, WE'D BRING NOTES AND THINK WE'RE 01:07:01.746 --> 01:07:05.226 GONNA SAY ALL THIS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT ON TV TIME, 01:07:05.226 --> 01:07:08.119 AND THE HOST WOULD SAY SOMETHING, WE'D SAY SOMETHING, 01:07:08.119 --> 01:07:11.197 THEY'D CUT TO A SONG IN A COMMERCIAL, AND BY THE TIME WE 01:07:11.197 --> 01:07:15.007 GOT OVER, ALL WE DID WAS THE FIRST VERSE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, 01:07:15.007 --> 01:07:18.606 I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU JUST PUT THINGS DOWN AND GET IT IN YOUR 01:07:18.606 --> 01:07:22.086 SPIRIT, AND THEN IT'LL COME OUT HOWEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS, 01:07:22.086 --> 01:07:25.266 AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET STARTED TODAY. I WANNA TALK 01:07:25.266 --> 01:07:29.016 ABOUT SOME OF THE BRIGHT LINE ITEMS OF THE BIBLE THAT I 01:07:29.016 --> 01:07:33.637 BELIEVE ARE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT, WOVEN THROUGHOUT 01:07:33.637 --> 01:07:37.987 SCRIPTURE, 'CAUSE AS I'VE, I DON'T KNOW, I'VE JUST LOOKED 01:07:37.987 --> 01:07:41.496 THROUGH LIFE, I'VE LOOKED THROUGH MY LIFE AND THOUGHT, NOW 01:07:41.496 --> 01:07:45.606 GOD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, AS I GET INTO THE SECOND HALF OF MY 01:07:45.606 --> 01:07:50.347 LIFE, I'M CALLING IT THE SECOND HALF, THE SECOND HALF OF MY 01:07:50.347 --> 01:07:55.117 LIFE, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I NEED TO 01:07:55.117 --> 01:07:59.766 BE DOING AND THINKING ABOUT? AND AS I GO THROUGH THE BIBLE, AND I 01:07:59.766 --> 01:08:03.067 BEGAN TO REALIZE THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD HAS HIGHLIGHTED 01:08:03.067 --> 01:08:06.936 THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE, THAT THEY'RE IN THERE. NOW, I'M NOT 01:08:06.936 --> 01:08:12.697 GONNA PROFESS TO SAY THAT WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE HERE IS ALL OF 01:08:12.697 --> 01:08:16.476 'EM, MAYBE NOT. I DON'T KNOW, I CAME UP WITH SEVEN, I GUESS IT'S 01:08:16.476 --> 01:08:20.556 GOD'S NUMBER AND YOU'D ALL BE SCARED IF I CAME UP WITH 24. SO 01:08:20.556 --> 01:08:24.577 I JUST, AND THEN I WOULD BE PREACHING 'TIL JANUARY AND WE'D 01:08:24.577 --> 01:08:27.667 NEVER GET TO THE END. BUT THE POINT IS, IS IF I COULD NAIL IT 01:08:27.667 --> 01:08:37.627 DOWN TO THE MOST IMPORTANT, THE THINGS THAT IF I DID THEM EVERY 01:08:37.627 --> 01:08:42.337 DAY, AND I DO THEM, BUT I'M SAYING IF WE AS CHRISTIANS DID 01:08:42.337 --> 01:08:46.296 THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHERE WOULD WE BE? WHAT WOULD BE THE 01:08:46.296 --> 01:08:51.426 OUTCOME? WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IN OUR LIFE? AND SO, AND 01:08:51.426 --> 01:08:54.726 I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS, AND THE BIBLE DOES SAY 01:08:54.726 --> 01:08:58.837 SO, THAT WILL MAKE US SUCCESSFUL. I THINK EVERY ONE OF 01:08:58.837 --> 01:09:01.296 US, THOSE OF, THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE 01:09:01.296 --> 01:09:06.095 TUNING IN ONLINE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WANTS TO BE 01:09:06.095 --> 01:09:11.527 SUCCESSFUL. SOMETIMES WANTING SOMETHING AND DECIDING YOU WANT 01:09:11.527 --> 01:09:15.396 TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO 01:09:15.396 --> 01:09:18.006 CREATE THAT ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD 01:09:18.006 --> 01:09:22.117 AGREE WITH THAT? SO I WANNA GO THROUGH WHAT I BELIEVE. NOW, YOU 01:09:22.117 --> 01:09:25.567 KNOW, I THINK HONESTLY NONE OF THESE ARE SUPER ROCKET SCIENCE, 01:09:26.766 --> 01:09:30.261 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REPETITION IN THE BIBLE THAT IF WE WOULD 01:09:30.261 --> 01:09:33.787 JUST DO THE THINGS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY REPEATED, WE WOULD 01:09:33.787 --> 01:09:39.037 SEE ULTIMATELY THE RESULTS. AND HONESTLY, I KNOW THIS ABOUT GOD. 01:09:39.037 --> 01:09:46.173 HE IS NOT A MICROWAVE GOD. OKAY? PEOPLE THINK TITHING IS LIKE YOU 01:09:46.173 --> 01:09:50.407 PUT MONEY IN A SLOT MACHINE AND OUT POPS A BLESSING. NO, TITHING 01:09:50.407 --> 01:09:55.716 IS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. OKAY, PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU IF YOU 01:09:55.716 --> 01:09:58.537 INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE STOCK 01:09:58.537 --> 01:10:03.096 INVESTED. IT'S NOT TOO SPECIAL, BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW. I 01:10:03.096 --> 01:10:06.667 BOUGHT ONE STOCK RECENTLY, AND AS SOON AS I WAS MESSED UP, MY 01:10:06.667 --> 01:10:11.527 PHONE, SEE, I, PHONES, MAN, I TELL YA. MY PHONE MESSED UP, AND 01:10:11.527 --> 01:10:14.676 I COULDN'T GET THE BID IN ON TIME, AND THEN BEFORE I GOT IT 01:10:14.676 --> 01:10:17.497 REPAIRED, I HAD TO CALL THE BROKER BEFORE I GOT IT REPAIRED, 01:10:17.497 --> 01:10:20.827 THE STOCK WENT UP. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BAD. 01:10:20.827 --> 01:10:24.817 BUY IT WHEN IT'S LOW, BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT ONE LINE IS 01:10:24.817 --> 01:10:28.806 STILL IN THE RED, BUT IT'S GONNA COME BACK, COME ON. BUT ANYWAY, 01:10:29.856 --> 01:10:32.947 THEY'LL TELL YOU IF YOU INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET THAT IT'S 01:10:32.947 --> 01:10:36.396 LONG TERM. DON'T PLAN TO HAVE THAT MONEY FOR A LONG TIME. 01:10:36.396 --> 01:10:38.856 DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT MONEY. YOU PUT IT THERE, YOU SET IT, 01:10:38.856 --> 01:10:42.037 YOU FORGET IT. AND THIS IS THE WAY SOMETIMES IT IS WITH GOD. 01:10:42.037 --> 01:10:46.557 IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. TITHING IS A 01:10:46.557 --> 01:10:50.697 COMMITMENT. IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME AND OH, I TRIED THERE. 01:10:50.697 --> 01:10:54.747 EVERYTHING I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS A LIFELONG CHOICE 01:10:54.747 --> 01:10:58.557 AND A COMMITMENT. BUT I PROMISE YOU, IF WE PUT THE THINGS TO 01:10:58.557 --> 01:11:03.117 PRACTICE, IT WILL BRING YOU, COME ON SOMEBODY, GOOD SUCCESS. 01:11:03.117 --> 01:11:06.867 AMEN, AMEN. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM. WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT. 01:11:06.867 --> 01:11:13.078 LOOK AT PSALM 119, THE FIRST, AND I THINK THIS IS THE MOST 01:11:13.078 --> 01:11:17.938 IMPORTANT OF ALL THE BRIGHT-LINED ITEMS IN THE BIBLE, 01:11:17.938 --> 01:11:26.426 IS TO, WATCH THIS, READ AND KEEP GOD'S WORD. READ AND KEEP GOD'S 01:11:26.426 --> 01:11:30.568 WORD. LET ME READ PSALM 119. IT HAPPENS TO BE THE LONGEST 01:11:30.568 --> 01:11:34.947 CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE, HAPPENS TO BE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD. PSALM 01:11:34.947 --> 01:11:42.358 119, VERSE 11, AND VERSE 111, 112, NEW LIVING SAYS, "LORD, 01:11:42.358 --> 01:11:46.108 YOUR LAWS ARE MY TREASURE." CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU? WE'RE LIVING IN 01:11:46.108 --> 01:11:51.297 A GENERATION RIGHT NOW THAT HAS LET OFF OR GIVEN UP ON 01:11:51.297 --> 01:11:56.667 TREASURING GOD'S WORD. YOUR LAWS ARE MY TREASURE. COME ON, IF YOU 01:11:56.667 --> 01:12:01.136 HAVE A TREASURE, YOU SPEND TIME WITH THAT TREASURE. YOU FOCUS ON 01:12:01.136 --> 01:12:06.328 THAT TREASURE. YOUR LAWS ARE MY HEART'S DELIGHT, FOR I'M 01:12:06.328 --> 01:12:10.407 DETERMINED, COME ON, ARE YOU DETERMINED TODAY, TO KEEP YOUR 01:12:10.407 --> 01:12:15.207 DECREES TO THE VERY END, NOT HALFWAY THROUGH, NOT A QUARTER 01:12:15.207 --> 01:12:19.467 OF THE WAY. WE KEEP GOD'S WORD ALL THE WAY TO THE END, EVEN IF 01:12:19.467 --> 01:12:25.377 IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT LOSE OUR LIFE DOING IT. THERE WERE TIMES, 01:12:25.377 --> 01:12:28.257 PASTOR AND I, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT TOGETHER IN THE 01:12:28.257 --> 01:12:31.377 MINISTRY, WE THOUGHT, GOD, WE ARE GONNA DIE IF WE KEEP GOING 01:12:31.377 --> 01:12:35.307 LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT WORKING. AND WE WOULD DETERMINE, I 01:12:35.307 --> 01:12:38.787 REMEMBER MANY A TIMES, AND WE STILL DO THIS TODAY, WE'D BE 01:12:38.787 --> 01:12:42.872 TRAVELING SOMEWHERE AND BE ON A TRIP, MAYBE IT WAS A MINISTRY 01:12:42.872 --> 01:12:46.587 TRIP, AND HERE WE'D BE IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND EVERYTHING WAS 01:12:46.587 --> 01:12:50.907 GOING POOR AND IT LOOKED UPSIDE DOWN, AND WE WOULD GRAB HANDS 01:12:50.907 --> 01:12:54.867 LAYING THERE ON THE BED, LOOKING AT THE DIRTY HOTEL CEILING AND 01:12:54.867 --> 01:13:00.297 SAYING, "GOD, WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE? WE ARE STANDING. WE ARE 01:13:00.297 --> 01:13:03.837 PUTTING YOUR WORD TO PRACTICE." AND WE STILL DO THAT TODAY. I 01:13:03.837 --> 01:13:07.167 MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK UP AT THE CEILING. THE CEILING AT HOME IS 01:13:07.167 --> 01:13:11.127 CLEANER NOW, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE LOOK UP AND WE 01:13:11.127 --> 01:13:15.747 SAY, "LORD," AND WE MADE A COMMITMENT. GOD, I AM COMMITTED, 01:13:15.747 --> 01:13:20.757 I'M DETERMINED TO KEEP YOUR DECREES TO THE VERY END. NOW, 01:13:20.757 --> 01:13:24.238 IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT DAVID, OF ALL THE PSALMS THAT 01:13:24.238 --> 01:13:27.207 ARE WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, ALL THE THINGS THAT HE WROTE, ALL 01:13:27.207 --> 01:13:32.188 THE SONGS, ALL THE THINGS, THE WORDS PUT TO MUSIC, PSALM 119 IS 01:13:32.188 --> 01:13:35.877 ALL ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD AND KEEPING IT AND DOING IT. IN 01:13:35.877 --> 01:13:39.268 FACT, VERSE 11 IS FAMOUS. IT SAYS THESE WORDS. IT SAYS, "YOUR 01:13:39.268 --> 01:13:41.728 WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART THAT I WON'T SIN AGAINST YOU." 01:13:41.728 --> 01:13:45.778 IN OTHER WORDS, I WILL MAKE IT. I WILL MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO 01:13:45.778 --> 01:13:49.497 THE END. JESUS SAID ABOUT THE CHURCHES IN THE BOOK OF 01:13:49.497 --> 01:13:53.398 REVELATION, HE SAID THESE WORDS AND IT JUST, IT MOVES ME EVERY 01:13:53.398 --> 01:13:56.367 TIME. HE SAID, "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, I'LL GIVE A CROWN OF 01:13:56.367 --> 01:14:01.797 LIFE." SO YOUR WORD, LORD. SECOND TIMOTHY SAYS THIS, IT 01:14:01.797 --> 01:14:07.228 SAYS, VERSE, CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 15 SAYS, "STUDY." SO YOU KNOW, I 01:14:07.228 --> 01:14:13.018 ALWAYS SAY IT LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S GOOD. I'M NOT, YOU'VE HEARD 01:14:13.018 --> 01:14:15.988 ME SAY THIS BEFORE, A REAL FAN OF JUST TRYING TO READ THE BIBLE 01:14:15.988 --> 01:14:19.047 THROUGH IN A YEAR. NOW IT'S GOOD 'CAUSE IT HELPS GIVE YOU A GOAL 01:14:19.047 --> 01:14:23.608 AND IT HELPS TO FAMILIARIZE, BUT WHEN I'VE DONE THOSE, I DON'T 01:14:23.608 --> 01:14:26.226 FEEL LIKE I RETAINED IT. I JUST REALIZED, OKAY, I GOT 15 01:14:26.226 --> 01:14:29.278 MINUTES, I GOTTA READ FOUR CHAPTERS. AND SO YOU FIND 01:14:29.278 --> 01:14:32.818 YOURSELF SKIMMING THROUGH. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED THAT? SO 01:14:32.818 --> 01:14:35.636 A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I DO, I'VE STARTED KIND OF JOURNALING THE 01:14:35.636 --> 01:14:39.417 BIBLE. I TAKE A HANDFUL OF VERSES EVERY MORNING, AND I READ 01:14:39.417 --> 01:14:43.587 THOSE, I DIGEST THOSE, I CHEW ON THEM, AND I'VE GOTTEN MYSELF A 01:14:43.587 --> 01:14:47.667 LITTLE JOURNAL. BACK IN THE DAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE, 'CAUSE I DON'T 01:14:47.667 --> 01:14:49.497 KNOW, I THINK WE'VE LOST A LITTLE SOMETHING WITH CUT AND 01:14:49.497 --> 01:14:53.818 PASTE FROM BIBLE GATEWAY, AND CUT AND PASTE IT IN. I THINK 01:14:53.818 --> 01:14:57.688 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT, I KNOW, ALL YOU YOUNG ONES, WRITING THEM 01:14:57.688 --> 01:15:05.728 DOWN WITH A PEN. I DON'T KNOW, IT DOES SOMETHING TO ME. I USED 01:15:05.728 --> 01:15:09.807 TO TAKE INDEX CARDS. NOW I'VE GOT A LITTLE BOOKLET THAT I USE. 01:15:09.807 --> 01:15:12.898 BUT I WOULD TAKE INDEX CARDS WHEN I WAS WORKING IN BANKING, 01:15:12.898 --> 01:15:15.807 THIS WAS BEFORE PASTOR AND I WERE FULL-TIME IN THE MINISTRY. 01:15:15.807 --> 01:15:20.578 AND I WOULD TAKE LITTLE THREE BY FIVES AND I'D WRITE DOWN VERSES 01:15:20.578 --> 01:15:23.608 AND STICK THEM IN MY PURSE EVERY DAY. AND I WOULD PUT THEM AT MY 01:15:23.608 --> 01:15:27.447 DESK AT THE BANK OR MY TELLER WINDOW WHEN I WAS A TELLER. I'D 01:15:27.447 --> 01:15:31.108 CARRY THEM AROUND, I'D READ THEM AT LUNCH, AND I'D MEMORIZE THOSE 01:15:31.108 --> 01:15:34.228 THINGS. AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR TAKING 01:15:34.228 --> 01:15:38.667 A LITTLE PIECE OF THE WORD EVERY DAY, COME ON, AND READING IT OUT 01:15:38.667 --> 01:15:42.657 LOUD. SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOUR OWN EARS HEAR IT, AND 01:15:42.657 --> 01:15:47.188 SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOU WRITE THOSE WORDS DOWN. YOU'RE LIKE, 01:15:47.188 --> 01:15:52.347 OH, I NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE. IT DOES SOMETHING TO YOU. SOMETIMES 01:15:52.347 --> 01:15:55.676 I THINK WE LOSE A LITTLE BIT ON THE APPS, AND THEY HAVE THEIR 01:15:55.676 --> 01:15:58.886 PLACE, SO DON'T GET ME WRONG. I'M JUST SAYING, STUDY TO SHOW 01:15:58.886 --> 01:16:03.297 YOURSELF. I BELIEVE THE GREATEST THING LACKING IN THE CHURCH 01:16:03.297 --> 01:16:07.858 RIGHT NOW IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR BIBLE. AND WE'RE OPEN, 01:16:07.858 --> 01:16:11.398 WE'RE OPEN GAME FOR THE DEVIL, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH. 01:16:11.398 --> 01:16:16.886 OKAY, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, RIGHT? AND THE TRUTH SHALL? SET YOU 01:16:16.886 --> 01:16:21.837 FREE. IT'LL MAKE YOU FREE. THAT TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU. IT'LL CAUSE 01:16:21.837 --> 01:16:27.597 YOU TO WALK IN LIBERTY. OKAY, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW IT, AMEN. 01:16:27.597 --> 01:16:31.707 SO I WOULD JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT, CHEW ON IT EVERY DAY, AND 01:16:31.707 --> 01:16:36.981 THEN DETERMINE TO BE A DOER OF IT. DETERMINE TO APPLY IT, OKAY? 01:16:36.981 --> 01:16:40.136 DON'T JUST LET THE WORD COME IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER. APPLY 01:16:40.136 --> 01:16:43.617 IT, RIGHT? SEE HOW YOU CAN INCORPORATE IT IN YOUR LIFE. 01:16:43.617 --> 01:16:46.587 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN TAKE MOMENTS THEN WHERE YOU 01:16:46.587 --> 01:16:50.667 DEEPLY STUDY. I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE TESTIMONY OF MYSELF THAT 01:16:50.667 --> 01:16:53.127 COMES FROM STUDYING THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GO TO BIBLE 01:16:53.127 --> 01:16:57.447 SCHOOL, PASTOR DID, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A BIBLE SCHOOL. I WAS GONNA 01:16:57.447 --> 01:17:00.417 GO TO A BIBLE SCHOOL, AND THEN AT THAT TIME IN MY LIFE, WHERE 01:17:00.417 --> 01:17:03.837 MY LIFE WAS, THIS IS WHEN I WAS STILL SINGLE, I JUST COULDN'T 01:17:03.837 --> 01:17:08.367 AFFORD TO GO. IT WAS EXPENSIVE, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I 01:17:08.367 --> 01:17:12.447 WANTED TO BE IN THE MINISTRY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD 01:17:12.447 --> 01:17:15.537 PEOPLE SAY THIS, I GOT MY LEARNING FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE 01:17:15.537 --> 01:17:21.837 SPIRIT. BUT MY TESTIMONY AND LEARNING TO STUDY THE BIBLE CAME 01:17:21.837 --> 01:17:26.847 FROM DOING IT. AND I REMEMBER I WENT TO, MY PARENTS HAD PUT MY 01:17:26.847 --> 01:17:31.318 SISTER, CHRISTIE AND I, INTO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. AND IT DIDN'T 01:17:31.318 --> 01:17:34.078 TAKE LONG FOR US TO COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THE PEOPLE AT 01:17:34.078 --> 01:17:36.926 THAT SCHOOL DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 01:17:38.457 --> 01:17:43.707 AND HERE'S THE THING, WE HAD GOTTEN SPIRIT FILLED, AND I 01:17:43.707 --> 01:17:49.828 MEAN, MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER. YOU KNOW, AT AGE 15, 01:17:49.828 --> 01:17:53.518 16, NOBODY HAD TO TELL ME GET RID OF ALL THAT EVIL ROCK MUSIC, 01:17:53.518 --> 01:17:56.457 DON'T HANG AROUND THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE. I GOT FILLED WITH THE 01:17:56.457 --> 01:18:00.028 HOLY SPIRIT, AND MAN, MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER. I WAS ON FIRE 01:18:00.028 --> 01:18:05.307 FOR GOD. I WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO KNOW GOD. I'M LIKE, AND 01:18:05.307 --> 01:18:08.247 YOU KNOW, WE WERE RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, BUT THE KEY IS 01:18:08.247 --> 01:18:11.367 ONCE WE GOT BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, I'M LIKE, MAN, I GOT 01:18:11.367 --> 01:18:15.207 SOMETHING, THIS IS SOMETHING. AND I DIDN'T FULLY KNOW, JANET, 01:18:15.207 --> 01:18:18.268 WHAT IT WAS. I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT. I JUST KNEW 01:18:18.268 --> 01:18:20.997 SOMETHING HAD LIT UP ON THE INSIDE OF ME. WELL, WE GOT TO 01:18:20.997 --> 01:18:25.078 OUR NON-SPIRIT-FILLED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, AND I THOUGHT EVERYBODY 01:18:25.078 --> 01:18:27.926 BELIEVED LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, WHY WOULDN'T THEY ALL 01:18:27.926 --> 01:18:30.597 BE THIS EXCITED? THESE ARE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. I HADN'T BEEN 01:18:30.597 --> 01:18:32.697 AROUND THAT MANY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE BEFORE. I MEAN, WE WERE 01:18:32.697 --> 01:18:36.268 RAISED EPISCOPALIAN. THIS IS THE CHURCH OF THE FROZEN CHOSEN. I 01:18:36.268 --> 01:18:42.386 MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK AROUND, YOU SIT UP. I MEAN, THEY'RE 01:18:42.386 --> 01:18:46.617 STEPS OFF FROM THE CATHOLICS. AND SO I THOUGHT EVERYBODY 01:18:46.617 --> 01:18:50.757 THAT'S BORN AGAIN WOULD BE THIS EXCITED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES. I 01:18:50.757 --> 01:18:54.867 MEAN, THIS WAS LIKE, UGH. AND I GET THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, 01:18:54.867 --> 01:18:58.768 THAT'S THE DEVIL. I THOUGHT, HOW IN THE WORLD? I SAID, YOU KNOW, 01:18:58.768 --> 01:19:01.515 WHEN I WANTED TO SERVE THE DEVIL, I NEVER SPOKE IN TONGUES. 01:19:04.587 --> 01:19:08.217 OKAY, I NEVER HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE ROCK BAND KISS UP THERE 01:19:08.217 --> 01:19:13.557 SPEAKING IN TONGUES. THEY NEVER DID THAT. SO HOW CAN I BE THIS 01:19:13.557 --> 01:19:17.247 EXCITED FOR GOD AND HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE DEVIL? WELL, 01:19:17.247 --> 01:19:20.518 SO THEY WOULD ATTACK THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MAYBE ME, 01:19:20.518 --> 01:19:23.097 PASTOR CHRISTIAN AND I WERE FIVE YEARS APART. WE WERE IN A SMALL 01:19:23.097 --> 01:19:25.257 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN 01:19:25.257 --> 01:19:29.097 WHAT, JUNIOR HIGH AT THAT TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO, 01:19:29.097 --> 01:19:31.318 YOU KNOW, THEY ATTACKED ME. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ATTACKED THE 01:19:31.318 --> 01:19:35.068 JUNIOR HIGH, BUT THEY ATTACKED THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WAS GOING 01:19:35.068 --> 01:19:37.707 TO CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WOULD 01:19:37.707 --> 01:19:40.167 CORNER ME AT EVERYTHING. THE TEACHERS WOULD SAY LITTLE THINGS 01:19:40.167 --> 01:19:42.597 FROM THE FRONT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TONGUE TALKERS, KNOWING 01:19:42.597 --> 01:19:48.447 I'M LIKE THE ONLY ONE IN THERE. AND IT WAS FUN. AND ANYWAY, AND 01:19:48.447 --> 01:19:53.578 SO I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER THINKING, LORD, THERE'S 01:19:53.578 --> 01:19:56.426 SOMETHING, I GOTTA FIGURE THIS OUT. AND THEY WOULD, BUT IT WAS 01:19:56.426 --> 01:20:01.828 AMAZING TO ME. THEY NEVER USED THAT MUCH BIBLE. NOW I THOUGHT, 01:20:01.828 --> 01:20:06.627 OKAY, THEY THROW OUT A LITTLE SCRIPTURE HERE OR THERE. AND I 01:20:06.627 --> 01:20:09.478 THOUGHT, WELL, HOW AM I GONNA COUNTER THAT? I DON'T HAVE AN 01:20:09.478 --> 01:20:15.297 ANSWER FOR THESE PEOPLE. AND I MADE A DECISION. I SAID, I'M 01:20:15.297 --> 01:20:21.778 GONNA GO AND I'M GONNA SIT IN MY ROOM. I SPENT HOURS UPON HOURS. 01:20:21.778 --> 01:20:25.136 MY DAD, THANK GOD, HAD TAUGHT US TO USE A CONCORDANCE. WE DIDN'T 01:20:25.136 --> 01:20:28.917 HAVE THE PHONE THEN. YOU HAD TO BRING OUT THE BOOK. THAT BIG OLD 01:20:28.917 --> 01:20:34.136 CONCORDANCE, I LUG IT OUT TO MY PARENTS' TABLE AND FLIPPED ALL 01:20:34.136 --> 01:20:37.613 THE PAGES. I LEARNED HOW TO LOOK UP EVERY WORD IN THE HEBREW AND 01:20:37.613 --> 01:20:42.537 THE GREEK. AND I MEAN, AND I LOVED IT. I LOVED DOING IT. 01:20:42.537 --> 01:20:45.807 THEY'D ATTACK DIVINE HEALING. THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WELL, 01:20:45.807 --> 01:20:48.618 WITH THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY WOULD SAY, "NO, 01:20:48.618 --> 01:20:54.181 THAT PASSED AWAY WITH THE EARLY APOSTLES." AND I THOUGHT, "DID 01:20:54.181 --> 01:20:58.398 IT?" I MEAN, I'M TALKING IN TONGUES. "OH, IT'S JUST MADE 01:20:58.398 --> 01:21:02.029 UP," THEY'D SAY. "YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT UP. IT'S AN EMOTIONAL 01:21:02.029 --> 01:21:05.688 RESPONSE." AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, IT SURE FEELS GOOD IF THAT'S ALL 01:21:05.688 --> 01:21:10.967 IT IS." SO I DECIDED, I MADE THE DECISION MYSELF. STUDY TO SHOW 01:21:10.967 --> 01:21:14.088 YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD. I WENT TO THE BIBLE, AND I WENT 01:21:14.088 --> 01:21:18.467 THROUGH EVERY SCRIPTURE ON THE SPEAKING IN TONGUES, EVERY VERSE 01:21:18.467 --> 01:21:23.417 ON THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I BEGAN TO CHEW ON IT. I 01:21:23.417 --> 01:21:30.018 READ ACTS 2:4 PROBABLY 150 TIMES, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND 01:21:30.018 --> 01:21:33.588 AGAIN. I'D SIT IN MY, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BE WITH PEOPLE. I 01:21:33.588 --> 01:21:37.188 WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE 01:21:37.188 --> 01:21:41.057 REALLY HAD TO SAY ON THAT SUBJECT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 01:21:41.057 --> 01:21:47.057 THEN I REMEMBER, SO ONE TEACHER DECIDED TO GO FOR IT IN A CLASS, 01:21:47.057 --> 01:21:49.427 AND THIS TIME I WAS READY. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME I'M LIKE, 01:21:49.427 --> 01:21:55.759 I'M READY. SO THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, MADE A COMMENT 01:21:55.759 --> 01:21:59.537 ABOUT SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND THAT HOW IT HAD ALL PASSED AWAY. 01:21:59.537 --> 01:22:03.286 AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF IT'S ALL PASSED AWAY AND THE BIBLE IS 01:22:03.286 --> 01:22:08.717 SUPPOSED TO BE OUR PATTERN, BUT IT'S ALL ENDED, THEN WHAT BOOK 01:22:08.717 --> 01:22:11.238 ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW? 'CAUSE IT DIDN'T END IN THE 01:22:11.238 --> 01:22:16.368 BOOK. THEY SPOKE IN TONGUES. NOW HERE'S THE THING, AND THEY 01:22:16.368 --> 01:22:19.667 DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THIS. I SAID, "PETER WENT TO THE HOUSE 01:22:19.667 --> 01:22:24.078 OF CORNELIUS." THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW THAT THEY HAD BEEN BAPTIZED 01:22:24.078 --> 01:22:27.798 IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS HE HEARD THEM SPEAK WITH TONGUES AND 01:22:27.798 --> 01:22:32.478 GLORIFY GOD, MAGNIFY GOD SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES. THINK 01:22:32.478 --> 01:22:37.127 ABOUT THAT. OKAY, THIS IS ACTS 10:46. AND THEN HE GOES ON TO 01:22:37.127 --> 01:22:40.398 CHAPTER 11 AND HE SAYS, "WE KNEW THAT THE GENTILES WERE FILLED 01:22:40.398 --> 01:22:43.938 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT "BECAUSE THE HOLY GHOST FELL ON US THE 01:22:43.938 --> 01:22:45.859 SAME WAY HE DID IN THE BEGINNING." I THOUGHT, "WELL, 01:22:45.859 --> 01:22:48.677 HOW DID HE FALL ON THEM IN THE BEGINNING?" HE FELL ON THEM WITH 01:22:48.677 --> 01:22:50.270 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 01:22:50.270 --> 01:22:53.658 THEY ALL BEGAN TO SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES. THEY COUNTERED ME AND 01:22:53.658 --> 01:22:57.648 USED TO SAY, "WELL, THEY SPOKE IN NATURAL LANGUAGES." 'CAUSE 01:22:57.648 --> 01:23:00.917 THEY HEARD THEM, THE MEDES, THE PERSIAN, IT WAS ALL NATURAL 01:23:00.917 --> 01:23:03.798 LANGUAGES. I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOD, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO 01:23:03.798 --> 01:23:06.648 AND STUDY THAT." AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PHRASE CAME RIGHT 01:23:06.648 --> 01:23:10.787 OFF THE PAGE TO ME AND IT SAYS, AND SOME OF THEM SAID, "WHAT 01:23:10.787 --> 01:23:14.207 MEANETH THIS?" THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND THOUGHT THEY WERE 01:23:14.207 --> 01:23:17.298 JUST DRUNK. I THOUGHT, SO NOT EVERYBODY HEARD THEM SPEAK IN A 01:23:17.298 --> 01:23:20.807 NATURAL LANGUAGE. COME ON, SOMEBODY. AND SO PAUL SAID, "I 01:23:20.807 --> 01:23:24.078 PRAY IN THE SPIRIT." AND WITH SOMETIMES IN MY UNDERSTANDING, 01:23:24.078 --> 01:23:27.529 SOMETIMES I DON'T. NOBODY, IF I'M PRAYING IN A TONGUE, MAY 01:23:27.529 --> 01:23:31.069 UNDERSTAND ME IN THE CHURCH. I MAY PRAY OUT IN THE SPIRIT AND 01:23:31.069 --> 01:23:33.529 THEN IT REQUIRES AN INTERPRETATION. COME ON, IF IT 01:23:33.529 --> 01:23:37.457 WAS JUST A NATURAL LANGUAGE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERPRETED 01:23:37.457 --> 01:23:45.707 THROUGH A SUPERNATURAL GIFT. YOU WOULD HAVE GOOGLE TRANSLATE. THE 01:23:45.707 --> 01:23:48.618 POINT I'M MAKING, I DID THE SAME WITH DIVINE HEALING. THEY WOULD 01:23:48.618 --> 01:23:51.467 TELL ME, I WOULD SAY, WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS CHRIST, 01:23:51.467 --> 01:23:53.957 THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO MY TEACHER ONE TIME, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE 01:23:53.957 --> 01:23:56.779 GOT IN THESE, I WASN'T TRYING TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE, BUT THEY CAME 01:23:56.779 --> 01:24:02.658 AT ME, YOU KNOW. AND I SAID, WELL, I SAID, THE BIBLE SAYS 01:24:02.658 --> 01:24:07.188 THAT JESUS CHRIST, ISAIAH 53, FOUR AND FIVE, THE SCRIPTURE 01:24:07.188 --> 01:24:13.127 SAYS THAT WITH HIS STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED. OH, THAT JUST MEANS 01:24:13.127 --> 01:24:18.377 SPIRITUAL HEALING. I THOUGHT, REALLY? IT NEVER MEAN PHYSICAL 01:24:18.377 --> 01:24:21.948 HEALING, YOU CAN'T TRUST IN THAT. AND I THOUGHT, OKAY. AND 01:24:21.948 --> 01:24:25.609 I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SEE, THIS IS WHY YOU STUDY THE WORD. THIS IS 01:24:25.609 --> 01:24:28.037 WHY WE HAVE TO KNOW THE BIBLE. I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY 01:24:28.037 --> 01:24:32.207 TESTIMONY. AND SO I WENT AND STUDIED, AND I WAS READING 01:24:32.207 --> 01:24:36.467 MATTHEW, THE EIGHTH CHAPTER. AND HERE, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IT 01:24:36.467 --> 01:24:40.247 DOESN'T SAY SPIRITUAL. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LORD SAID, NOW, 01:24:40.247 --> 01:24:45.801 WHAT DID I, I CAME HEALING PEOPLE IN GALILEE. DID I HEAL 01:24:45.801 --> 01:24:47.898 THEM SPIRITUALLY OR PHYSICALLY? I THOUGHT, WELL, 01:24:49.788 --> 01:24:52.158 I THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS, LORD, YOU HEALED THEM SPIRITUALLY, 01:24:52.158 --> 01:24:56.688 OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN, TO ME, THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. BUT NONE OF 01:24:56.688 --> 01:25:02.088 THEM HAD BEEN BORN AGAIN YET. HE CAME HEALING THEM IN THE FLESH. 01:25:02.088 --> 01:25:07.819 PHYSICAL, DIVINE HEALING. OH, WELL, HE ONLY DID THAT TO PROVE 01:25:07.819 --> 01:25:10.069 HE WAS THE SON OF GOD. I'M LIKE, WELL, THEN WHY DID HE PUT THAT 01:25:10.069 --> 01:25:14.868 ON THE DISCIPLES IN MATTHEW THE 10TH CHAPTER, AND THEY CONTINUED 01:25:14.868 --> 01:25:17.118 IT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS? OH, WELL, THEY SAID THAT WAS JUST TO 01:25:17.118 --> 01:25:19.609 LAUNCH THE EARLY CHURCH. I SAID, "WELL, THEN WHAT BIBLE AM I 01:25:19.609 --> 01:25:26.662 SUPPOSED TO EMULATE?" AND THEN, SO, I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, IS 01:25:26.662 --> 01:25:30.018 IT JUST SPIRITUAL HEALING?" AND THE LORD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY 01:25:30.018 --> 01:25:31.908 YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN THE BIBLE, THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON I'M 01:25:31.908 --> 01:25:35.177 TELLING YOU THIS, IS ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M READING ONE DAY, 01:25:35.177 --> 01:25:39.228 MATTHEW, THE EIGHTH CHAPTER, JESUS, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE 01:25:39.228 --> 01:25:42.137 CENTURION, THE LEOPARD THAT GETS HEALED IN VERSE THREE, THE STORY 01:25:42.137 --> 01:25:44.359 OF THE CENTURION, HE SAID, "LORD, SPEAK THE WORD ONLY, COME 01:25:44.359 --> 01:25:46.609 ON, YOU KNOW THE STORY, "MY SERVANT SHALL BE HEALED." AND 01:25:46.609 --> 01:25:50.927 LATER, HE COMES AND THERE IS HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW SICK OF THE FEVER. 01:25:50.927 --> 01:25:54.557 YOU COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VERSE 17, 18, YOU READ IN THERE, 01:25:54.557 --> 01:25:57.408 IT SAYS, "AND HE REBUKED THE FEVER, "AND IT LEFT HER," WATCH 01:25:57.408 --> 01:26:01.427 THIS, "THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED, "WHICH WAS SPOKEN OF 01:26:01.427 --> 01:26:06.618 THE PROPHET ISAIAH. "HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITY AND BARE OUR 01:26:06.618 --> 01:26:11.057 SICKNESS." I THOUGHT, THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE. GOD WANTS US 01:26:11.057 --> 01:26:12.529 PHYSICALLY HEALED. 01:26:13.877 --> 01:26:16.759 NOW HERE'S THE POINT I'M TELLING YOU. THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT 01:26:16.759 --> 01:26:20.807 TO SPEND TIME IN YOUR BIBLE. DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT. 01:26:20.807 --> 01:26:25.488 DON'T TAKE SOMEBODY'S WORD FOR IT. DON'T TAKE IT FROM THE MOST 01:26:25.488 --> 01:26:29.029 CHARISMATIC, WELL-SPOKEN PREACHER. DON'T TAKE IT FROM 01:26:29.029 --> 01:26:34.398 SOME STUPID MEME. LISTEN TO THE BIBLE YOURSELF. NOW LET ME READ 01:26:34.398 --> 01:26:36.648 A SCRIPTURE TO YOU. THIS IS IMPORTANT. STUDY TO SHOW 01:26:36.648 --> 01:26:40.548 YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT NEEDS NOT BE 01:26:40.548 --> 01:26:44.176 ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. YOU KNOW, I'VE 01:26:44.176 --> 01:26:47.658 FOUND OUT IN MY LIFE THAT THE MORE TIME I JUST OPEN THE BOOK, 01:26:47.658 --> 01:26:52.158 I READ THE BOOK, I STUDY THE BOOK, I MARK UP THE BOOK. COME 01:26:52.158 --> 01:26:58.488 ON, GET A REAL BIBLE THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR MARKS IN. SO MUCH 01:26:58.488 --> 01:27:02.927 OF IT THAT YOUR COFFEE DRIPS ON IT ON A MORNING COFFEE. AND I 01:27:02.927 --> 01:27:08.988 GOT COFFEE RINGS IN MY BIBLE, PEOPLE. WHERE YOU CAN MARK IT, 01:27:08.988 --> 01:27:13.908 KNOW IT, SPEND TIME WITH IT. THINK I'M GONNA START WORKING ON 01:27:13.908 --> 01:27:17.417 ANOTHER BIBLE. THIS ONE'S PRETTY MARKED. I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT 01:27:17.417 --> 01:27:21.167 ONE. MY TEENAGE BIBLE, I STILL HAVE IT. IT'S COVERED IN NOTES. 01:27:21.167 --> 01:27:25.787 THE POINT IS, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SPEND THAT TIME. THAT NEEDETH 01:27:25.787 --> 01:27:28.819 NOT BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT 01:27:28.819 --> 01:27:33.167 IF I JUST GET IN THE WORD IN GENERAL, OKAY, I DON'T HAVE TO 01:27:33.167 --> 01:27:35.569 SEEK EVERYTHING. WELL, GOD, WHAT ABOUT THIS? IS THERE A BIBLE 01:27:35.569 --> 01:27:39.109 VERSE ABOUT THAT? NO, IF YOU SPEND TIME IN IT, SOMEHOW YOU'RE 01:27:39.109 --> 01:27:42.768 JUST GONNA KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. HEBREWS 4:12, COME ON, 01:27:42.768 --> 01:27:46.338 IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR. IT SAYS THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK, 01:27:46.338 --> 01:27:50.807 ACTIVE, FULL OF LIVING POWER. OKAY, FULL OF LIVING POWER, 01:27:50.807 --> 01:27:53.417 QUICK AND ACTIVE. THAT'S KING JAMES, IT READS DIFFERENT IN THE 01:27:53.417 --> 01:27:56.268 AMPLIFIED AND THE NEW LIVING. IT'S QUICK, IT'S ACTIVE, IT'S 01:27:56.268 --> 01:28:01.877 FULL OF POWER. BUT WATCH THIS, IT SAYS IT SEPARATES ALL THE 01:28:01.877 --> 01:28:07.819 FLESH AND THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. PEOPLE ARE GETTING 01:28:07.819 --> 01:28:13.759 CRAFTY NOW WITH THEIR CASE ON A LOT OF TOPICS. THE DEVIL'S A 01:28:13.759 --> 01:28:16.158 CRAFTY DECEIVER. IN FACT, WEDNESDAY WE'LL TALK A LITTLE 01:28:16.158 --> 01:28:19.759 BIT ABOUT HOW TO BE DELIVERED FROM SOME OF THE IDEOLOGIES THAT 01:28:19.759 --> 01:28:24.588 ARE COMING OUT RIGHT NOW. QUICK, ACTIVE, FULL OF POWER. WATCH 01:28:24.588 --> 01:28:27.438 THIS, DIVIDING AND SEPARATING THAT WHICH IS CARNAL AND THAT 01:28:27.438 --> 01:28:32.180 WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. OKAY. PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY ABOUT PASTOR, 01:28:32.180 --> 01:28:34.427 WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS 01:28:34.427 --> 01:28:37.217 HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS OF PASTORING, PEOPLE 01:28:37.217 --> 01:28:39.707 COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WELL, YOU GUYS JUST 01:28:39.707 --> 01:28:44.057 DON'T LISTEN TO MY POINT OF VIEW. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, COME 01:28:44.057 --> 01:28:50.779 TO ME WITH BIBLE AND I WILL. I'M NOT BEING RUDE. IF YOU'RE NOT 01:28:50.779 --> 01:28:53.417 GOING TO PUT WORD TO IT, THEN IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF HUMAN. 01:28:57.529 --> 01:29:01.097 OKAY. IT'S SHARPER THAN IT'LL SEPARATE THAT WHICH IS FLESH AND 01:29:01.097 --> 01:29:05.207 CARNAL AND THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. OKAY, FLESH INCARNATE 01:29:05.207 --> 01:29:11.854 IS A WHOLE LOT OF HUMAN NOTHING. IT'LL SEPARATE THE JOINT AND THE 01:29:11.854 --> 01:29:16.667 MARROW, IT'LL EXPOSE OUR INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND DESIRES. 01:29:16.667 --> 01:29:20.478 COME ON, YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT YOURSELF READING THE BIBLE. LOOK 01:29:20.478 --> 01:29:25.967 AT JAMES 1:21 THROUGH 27. I'M GONNA GO QUICK, I'M ONLY ON ONE, 01:29:25.967 --> 01:29:32.109 PEOPLE. JANUARY. WHEREFORE, AH, JANUARY. 01:29:33.887 --> 01:29:36.161 WE GOT SMARTIES IN THE ROOM, I'M TELLING YOU. 01:29:37.457 --> 01:29:40.337 I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT PASTOR HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I 01:29:40.337 --> 01:29:43.728 DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY EVERY TIME THERE'S A SUNDAY THAT I 01:29:43.728 --> 01:29:48.917 PREACH, KNOW THAT I'LL BE THERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHERE, VERSE 01:29:48.917 --> 01:29:54.347 21, WHEREFORE, LAY APART OR SET ASIDE ALL FILTHINESS, THAT'S 01:29:54.347 --> 01:29:58.427 IMMORAL WAYS, AND SUPERFLUITY, WE DON'T REALLY USE THAT WORD, 01:29:58.427 --> 01:30:02.478 IT MEANS CONTINUAL WICKEDNESS, AND NAUGHTINESS, AND RECEIVE 01:30:02.478 --> 01:30:05.927 WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED, OR THAT WORD ENGRAFTED MEANS TO BE 01:30:05.927 --> 01:30:10.037 PLANTED IN YOUR HEART, WHICH IS ABLE, COME ON, WHAT DOES IT SAY? 01:30:10.037 --> 01:30:15.167 THE ENGRAFTED WORD, THE PLANTED WORD. SAY, I'M PLANTING IN YOU 01:30:15.167 --> 01:30:19.908 TODAY. THE PLANTED WORD WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOUR SOULS, BUT BE 01:30:19.908 --> 01:30:26.747 YE DOERS OF IT, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY. DECEIVING, AND THIS IS THE 01:30:26.747 --> 01:30:30.167 PART, I MEAN, THIS ONE I EVEN HIGHLIGHT IN PINK. DECEIVING 01:30:30.167 --> 01:30:33.497 YOUR OWN SELVES. NOW, THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT MEANS YOU DON'T 01:30:33.497 --> 01:30:38.387 EVEN NEED THE DEVIL. WE CAN DECEIVE OURSELVES BY NOT 01:30:38.387 --> 01:30:42.768 APPLYING WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN DOING IT. AND I'VE MADE A 01:30:42.768 --> 01:30:46.338 DETERMINATION HERE WHEN I COME HERE ON A SUNDAY, I LISTEN TO 01:30:46.338 --> 01:30:48.467 PASTOR OR SOMEBODY ELSE PREACHING, I MAKE A 01:30:48.467 --> 01:30:53.478 DETERMINATION, GOD, I NEED TO APPLY WHAT I'M HEARING. WE HAVE 01:30:53.478 --> 01:30:56.569 A TENDENCY AS CHURCHGOERS, SOMETIMES THE WORD COMES OUT AND 01:30:56.569 --> 01:30:58.578 IT'S IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER. NOW I GET IT, THERE'S A 01:30:58.578 --> 01:31:01.009 LOT TO RETAIN, ESPECIALLY IF PASTOR BRENDA'S PREACHING, IT'S 01:31:01.009 --> 01:31:06.043 LONG. I GET IT, THERE'S A LOT TO REMEMBER, BUT TAKE THAT WORD, 01:31:06.043 --> 01:31:09.793 START APPLYING IT. OKAY, GET UP TOMORROW, START APPLYING IT. 01:31:09.793 --> 01:31:14.293 SAID, "DON'T DECEIVE YOURSELF "BECAUSE IT'S IN ONE EAR AND OUT 01:31:14.293 --> 01:31:17.894 THE OTHER. "FOR IF ANY, JUST BE A HEARER OF THE WORD AND NOT A 01:31:17.894 --> 01:31:20.863 DOER." NOW, I FIND IT'S HARD TO JUST BE A HEARER, NOT A DOER IF 01:31:20.863 --> 01:31:25.484 YOU DO SPEND TIME IN IT, OKAY? 'CAUSE YOU WILL START TO BE 01:31:25.484 --> 01:31:29.444 DRIVEN BY THE HOLY GHOST TO DO IT. YOU'LL, 'CAUSE HE'LL REMIND 01:31:29.444 --> 01:31:34.814 YOU OF IT, OKAY? YOU STUDY ENOUGH VERSES ON FORGIVENESS, 01:31:34.814 --> 01:31:37.787 THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY MAKES YOU MAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WORD 01:31:37.787 --> 01:31:41.863 WILL COME BACK. IT'LL COME BACK UP IN YOUR HEART. SO, BUT DON'T 01:31:41.863 --> 01:31:44.323 JUST BE A HEARER AND A DOER LIKE THE PERSON THAT LOOKS IN A 01:31:44.323 --> 01:31:47.894 MIRROR AND FORGETS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. FOR BEHOLD, HE 01:31:47.894 --> 01:31:53.654 BEHOLDS HIMSELF AND GOES HIS WAY. UNDERLINE THAT, OKAY? IT'S 01:31:53.654 --> 01:31:59.474 NOT OUR WAY, IT'S GOD'S WAY, RIGHT? AND STRAIGHTWAY FORGETS 01:31:59.474 --> 01:32:04.154 THE PERSON THAT HE WAS, BUT WHOSO LOOKS INTO THE PERFECT LAW 01:32:04.154 --> 01:32:08.623 OF LIBERTY OR INTO THE WORD AND CONTINUES THEREIN, HE BEING NOT 01:32:08.623 --> 01:32:11.323 A FORGETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER OF THE WORK, THIS ONE SHALL BE 01:32:11.323 --> 01:32:15.944 BLESSED IN HIS DEED. AND IF ANY MAN TO YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS, 01:32:15.944 --> 01:32:20.024 OR SPIRITUAL, YOU COULD SAY, AND CANNOT BRIDLE HIS TONGUE, WE'RE 01:32:20.024 --> 01:32:24.283 GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT DECEIVES HIS OWN HEART, THIS IS 01:32:24.283 --> 01:32:29.175 THE THING, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW AND STUDY 01:32:29.175 --> 01:32:32.564 GOD'S WORD. MAY I PROPOSE TO YOU THIS MORNING THAT THIS 01:32:32.564 --> 01:32:35.524 GENERATION NEEDS TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN THE BIBLE, 01:32:37.274 --> 01:32:41.113 PROFICIENT IN THE SCRIPTURE, PROFICIENT IN THE TRUTH. I NEVER 01:32:41.113 --> 01:32:43.425 THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS I WOULD SEE PASTORS MARRYING 01:32:43.425 --> 01:32:46.635 HOMOSEXUALS, PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE 01:32:46.635 --> 01:32:50.804 HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ABOMINATIONS OF A GAY LIFESTYLE. 01:32:50.804 --> 01:32:54.283 THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE ALL OF THE SUDDEN THAT IT'S OKAY 01:32:54.283 --> 01:32:58.363 TO BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN. AND THEY COME UP WITH GOOD 01:32:58.363 --> 01:33:02.083 ARGUMENTS, BUT THEY COUNTER THE TRUTH. WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER 01:33:02.083 --> 01:33:04.934 FOR EVERY ARGUMENT THAT COMES UP. NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE 01:33:04.934 --> 01:33:07.453 SUPPOSED TO GET ON FACEBOOK AND ARGUE WITH EVERYBODY, THAT'S NOT 01:33:07.453 --> 01:33:10.783 WHAT I'M SAYING. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE WILL COME MOMENTS WHERE 01:33:10.783 --> 01:33:13.425 YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR THE HOPE THAT'S WITHIN YOU 01:33:13.425 --> 01:33:18.944 AND BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH PROFICIENCY. OKAY, AMEN. AND DO 01:33:18.944 --> 01:33:26.623 IT WELL. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE ON THIS. 1 JOHN 2:3-5, "AND 01:33:26.623 --> 01:33:31.783 HEREBY WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, "THAT IF WE KEEP HIS 01:33:31.783 --> 01:33:34.694 COMMANDMENTS," OKAY, YOU CAN'T KEEP WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, RIGHT 01:33:34.694 --> 01:33:38.042 FOLKS? "IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, HE SAYS, 'I KNOW 01:33:38.042 --> 01:33:41.203 HIM,' "AND KEEPS NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR, AND THE 01:33:41.203 --> 01:33:48.434 TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. BUT WHOSO KEEPS HIS WORD IN HIM VERILY IS 01:33:48.434 --> 01:33:52.123 THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED." AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN 01:33:52.123 --> 01:33:55.127 HIM. OTHER SCRIPTURES, YOU KNOW JOSHUA 1:8, "MEDITATE DAY AND 01:33:55.127 --> 01:33:58.783 NIGHT," RIGHT? THAT'S HOW YOU'LL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS, RIGHT? "MY 01:33:58.783 --> 01:34:02.953 SON, GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS," PROVERBS 4:20. YOU CAN'T 01:34:02.953 --> 01:34:06.404 DO OR CALL JESUS LORD UNLESS YOU DO WHAT HE SAYS, AND WE HAVE TO 01:34:06.404 --> 01:34:08.890 KNOW WHAT HE SAYS. AND I'M TELLING YOU, I BELIEVE WE ARE AT 01:34:08.890 --> 01:34:11.953 A CRITICAL TIME WHEN LESS PEOPLE KNOW THEIR BIBLE THAN THEY USED 01:34:11.953 --> 01:34:14.863 TO IN YEARS GONE BY. I MEAN, IT USED TO BE QUOTED IN THE PUBLIC 01:34:14.863 --> 01:34:19.514 SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE THAT'S COMING BACK. IT USED TO BE. BUT WE 01:34:19.514 --> 01:34:23.413 OUGHT TO KNOW THE SCRIPTURE. AND IF WE DON'T, WE ARE PRAY FOR THE 01:34:23.413 --> 01:34:26.203 DEVIL. CAN I JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT? THE BRIGHT LINE OF THE 01:34:26.203 --> 01:34:31.243 BIBLE FROM BEGINNING TO END WAS KNOW GOD'S WORD AND KEEP IT. 01:34:31.243 --> 01:34:34.094 KNOW IT, AND YOU WON'T KNOW IT IF YOU AREN'T DISCIPLINED TO 01:34:34.094 --> 01:34:37.694 OPEN IT EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THESE WHOLE THINGS OUT 01:34:37.694 --> 01:34:41.144 NOW WHERE WE DO LESS SCREEN TIME, YOU KNOW, SPENDING LESS 01:34:41.144 --> 01:34:44.054 TIME ON THE SCREEN. AND IN FACT, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT A LOT WITH 01:34:44.054 --> 01:34:46.663 SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU THAT WOULD KNOW ME KNOW THAT 01:34:46.663 --> 01:34:51.135 I DON'T POST NEAR AS MUCH. AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA ALWAYS BE 01:34:51.135 --> 01:34:56.264 LOOKING AT THIS, I'M BETTER TO LOOK AT THIS. COME ON, SOMEBODY. 01:34:57.913 --> 01:35:00.554 ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. THE SECOND, THAT'S A BRIGHT LINE 01:35:00.554 --> 01:35:03.823 OF THE BIBLE. KNOW HIS WORD, KNOW HIS COMMANDMENTS, KNOW THE 01:35:03.823 --> 01:35:09.613 SCRIPTURE. QUOTE THEM TO YOURSELF, WRITE THEM DOWN. READ 01:35:09.613 --> 01:35:14.444 THEM OUT LOUD WHERE YOUR EARS CAN HEAR IT. KNOW IT BETTER THAN 01:35:14.444 --> 01:35:18.854 YOUR NEIGHBOR. COME ON, KNOW IT BETTER THAN YOUR CRITIC. KNOW IT 01:35:18.854 --> 01:35:22.604 BETTER THAN THOSE WITH A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. KNOW GOD'S 01:35:22.604 --> 01:35:28.663 WORD. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE BECOME FODDER FOR THE DEVIL. AMEN. 01:35:28.663 --> 01:35:32.984 THAT'S GOOD PREACHING, PASTOR BRENDA. AMEN. AND YOU'LL GET THE 01:35:32.984 --> 01:35:36.344 WHOLE COUNSEL OF IT. YOU'LL KNOW, YOU'LL JUST KNOW. AND I'VE 01:35:36.344 --> 01:35:39.194 BEEN IN PLACES, I'LL JUST SAY THIS LAST PART. I'VE BEEN IN 01:35:39.194 --> 01:35:42.283 PLACES WHERE SOMEBODY WAS PREACHING SOMETHING AND I 01:35:42.283 --> 01:35:45.373 THOUGHT, "EH, THAT DOESN'T MEASURE UP." NOW, I DON'T GO IN 01:35:45.373 --> 01:35:48.764 EVER CRITICAL. ALWAYS GO IN WITH AN OPEN HEART. OKAY, THAT WAS 01:35:48.764 --> 01:35:53.564 THE BEREANS, COME ON, ACTS 17:11. OKAY, THEY WENT IN WITH 01:35:53.564 --> 01:35:55.844 AN OPEN HEART, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WENT LATER AND STUDIED 01:35:55.844 --> 01:35:59.385 WHAT PAUL WAS PREACHING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TRUE. OKAY, SO, YOU 01:35:59.385 --> 01:36:01.873 KNOW, GO IN OPEN-SPIRITED. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SIT THERE LIKE 01:36:01.873 --> 01:36:08.833 SOME PEOPLE I'VE SEEN. LET ME SEE IF I AGREE. DON'T GO IN 01:36:08.833 --> 01:36:13.215 DEFENSIVE. OKAY, GO IN WITH AN OPEN SPIRIT. LISTEN TO THE WORD 01:36:13.215 --> 01:36:15.163 PREACHED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TIMES WHERE I'VE HEARD 01:36:15.163 --> 01:36:17.707 SOMEBODY PREACH SOMETHING. I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 01:36:17.707 --> 01:36:19.814 LOT OF GOOD CHICKEN ON THEM BONES, BUT THE BONES ARE GOING 01:36:19.814 --> 01:36:23.354 TO GO IN THE GARBAGE. IT'S ALL GOOD. WE CAN EAT THE MEAT AND 01:36:23.354 --> 01:36:27.135 SPIT OUT THE BONES, THEY USED TO SAY. BUT I DON'T HAVE A CRITICAL 01:36:27.135 --> 01:36:30.434 SPIRIT, BUT BECAUSE I SPEND TIME IN THE WORD, I KNOW THE TRUTH. 01:36:32.474 --> 01:36:36.314 WHAT IS JUST PEOPLE TALKING? AND AGAIN, NO PREACHER'S PERFECT, 01:36:36.314 --> 01:36:39.465 RIGHT? TOUCH YOURSELF, ASK YOURSELF IF YOU'RE PERFECT. 01:36:41.354 --> 01:36:44.293 NOBODY'S PERFECT. PREACHERS ARE GROWING UP HERE JUST LIKE WE ARE 01:36:44.293 --> 01:36:48.703 IN THE CHAIRS. SO GIVE THEM GRACE. PEOPLE SAY STUFF AND THEN 01:36:48.703 --> 01:36:51.675 LIKE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE PREACHED SOMETHING 01:36:51.675 --> 01:36:53.715 AND THEN GONE HOME AND THOUGHT, MAN, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT 01:36:53.715 --> 01:36:57.073 LIKE THAT. OKAY, SO GIVE GRACE, THAT'S THE KEY. BUT THE KEY IS 01:36:57.073 --> 01:37:00.793 KNOW THE TRUTH. OKAY, THERE'S KEY THINGS THAT ARE TRUTH. SOME 01:37:00.793 --> 01:37:04.635 THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT, SECOND ONE, BRIGHT LINE. FIRST 01:37:04.635 --> 01:37:07.460 BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE IS KEEP AND KNOW GOD'S WORD, KNOW IT 01:37:07.460 --> 01:37:12.713 WELL. NUMBER TWO IS PRAY EVERY DAY. NOW I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A 01:37:12.713 --> 01:37:15.554 LOT OF TIME ON THIS 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GIVEN, THAT'S A 01:37:15.554 --> 01:37:19.333 NO-BRAINER, BUT YOU SHOULD BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH GOD EVERY 01:37:19.333 --> 01:37:22.783 SINGLE DAY ON SOME LEVEL, BECOMING PROFICIENT IN PRAYER. 01:37:22.783 --> 01:37:27.493 THE BIBLE SAYS 1 THESSALONIANS 5 AND 17, IT SAYS TO PRAY WITHOUT 01:37:27.493 --> 01:37:32.963 ANY CEASING. SO A REGULAR HABIT OF PRAYER, TALK TO GOD. TALK, 01:37:32.963 --> 01:37:36.703 YOU KNOW, WE SPENT TIME ON OUR VACATION RELAXING, YOU KNOW, WE 01:37:36.703 --> 01:37:41.413 WENT SWIMMING, WE LAID IN THE CHAIR, WE DID ALL THE THINGS, WE 01:37:41.413 --> 01:37:45.108 GRILLED STUFF, AND I PRAYED IN THE HOLY GHOST. 01:37:45.108 --> 01:37:46.694 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 01:37:46.694 --> 01:37:49.663 I THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT IF NOBODY CAN HEAR ME? SO I'M JUST GONNA 01:37:49.663 --> 01:37:53.564 PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. SPEND TIME, OKAY? PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. THE 01:37:53.564 --> 01:37:58.934 BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT JESUS' PRAYER LIFE WAS DIRECTLY 01:37:58.934 --> 01:38:02.715 CONNECTED TO HIS POWER. HE WAS TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL 40 DAYS AND 01:38:02.715 --> 01:38:06.158 40 NIGHTS, AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN MARK, THE FOURTH CHAPTER, IT 01:38:06.158 --> 01:38:09.524 SAYS THAT HE CAME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS IN THE POWER OF THE 01:38:09.524 --> 01:38:14.984 SPIRIT. SO SPENDING TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS IN PRAYER, JUDE 01:38:14.984 --> 01:38:17.953 20, BUILDING YOURSELF UP ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE 01:38:17.953 --> 01:38:22.514 HOLY GHOST. SPEND TIME WITH GOD, TALK TO GOD, COMMUNICATE WITH 01:38:22.514 --> 01:38:26.083 GOD. DON'T JUST, AND THEN TAKE IT BEYOND THAT AND SAY, NOW GOD, 01:38:26.083 --> 01:38:29.413 THIS IS A CONVERSATION AND A COMMUNICATION, BUT NOW I NEED 01:38:29.413 --> 01:38:33.404 MORE THAN THAT. I NEED TO TAKE UP BIBLICAL PARAMETERS FOR 01:38:33.404 --> 01:38:36.734 PROFICIENT PRAYING. OKAY, THERE'S THINGS THAT'LL MAKE YOU 01:38:36.734 --> 01:38:39.793 PROFICIENT IN PRAYER. I'VE TAUGHT ON THAT A FEW WEDNESDAYS 01:38:39.793 --> 01:38:44.953 AGO, ON HOW TO ASK, HOW TO SEEK, HOW TO KNOW GOD, HOW TO TALK TO 01:38:44.953 --> 01:38:47.927 GOD. OKAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING FROM GOD, GO, "WELL, I 01:38:47.927 --> 01:38:53.774 DID PRAY TO GOD, "AND I TOLD HIM HOW BAD EVERYTHING IS." I GOTTA 01:38:53.774 --> 01:38:56.447 LISTEN TO THAT A LITTLE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'LL GO, 01:38:56.447 --> 01:39:00.644 "WELL, WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?" OKAY, SO LEARN HOW TO PRAY. 01:39:00.644 --> 01:39:04.934 SPEND TIME IN PRAYER EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND BY THE WAY, 01:39:04.934 --> 01:39:06.974 WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW LONG DOES IT HAVE TO BE? I HEARD ONE 01:39:06.974 --> 01:39:10.663 GUY SAY ONE TIME A LONG TIME AGO, AND HE WAS WEIRD, BUT HE 01:39:10.663 --> 01:39:14.474 SAID, A LONG TIME AGO, HE'S, "I PRAY SIX HOURS A DAY." I'M 01:39:14.474 --> 01:39:22.033 THINKING, WELL, YEAH, YOU. MOST OF US WORK JOBS. BUT THE POINT, 01:39:22.033 --> 01:39:24.104 YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE BIBLE'S CLEAR. YOU KNOW, JESUS 01:39:24.104 --> 01:39:26.684 BROUGHT OUT THE COULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ONE HOUR. I THINK IT'S 01:39:26.684 --> 01:39:31.333 GOOD TO HAVE TRAINED YOURSELF TO PUT IN AN HOUR OF PRAYER. IF YOU 01:39:31.333 --> 01:39:35.054 DON'T DO THAT EVERY DAY, IS THAT GONNA MEAN YOUR PRAYER LIFE IS 01:39:35.054 --> 01:39:39.104 TERRIBLE? NO, BUT THERE SHOULD BE PRAYER. PASTOR AND I, WE GRAB 01:39:39.104 --> 01:39:42.793 HANDS, WE PRAY TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE MORNING. EVERY DAY WE 01:39:42.793 --> 01:39:47.354 PRAY. AND WE SIT IN OUR CHAIR AND WE PRAY AND WE COVER YOU, WE 01:39:47.354 --> 01:39:51.224 COVER THE CHURCH. WE DON'T LET A DAY GO BY THAT WE DON'T SIT DOWN 01:39:51.224 --> 01:39:56.833 TOGETHER AND WE PRAY, OKAY? AND SO, ANYWAY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT. 01:39:56.833 --> 01:40:00.283 SPEND THAT TIME IN PRAYER. LEARN HOW TO PRAY. THERE'S A LOT OF 01:40:00.283 --> 01:40:03.283 GOOD BOOKS ON PRAYER, BY THE WAY. GET THOSE AND LEARN HOW TO 01:40:03.283 --> 01:40:06.703 DO IT. ALL RIGHT, THIRD BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE. THIS IS A BIG 01:40:06.703 --> 01:40:11.175 ONE, 'CAUSE I HAVE A FEW MORE I GOT TO GET TO TODAY, IS GUARD 01:40:11.175 --> 01:40:17.474 YOUR MOUTH. THIS IS, OKAY, GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD FORMED 01:40:17.474 --> 01:40:20.503 THE WORLDS THROUGH HIS WORD. HE IS UPHOLDING, HEBREWS, THE FIRST 01:40:20.503 --> 01:40:22.965 CHAPTER SAYS THAT HE IS UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD 01:40:22.965 --> 01:40:27.854 OF HIS POWER. OKAY, HE'S THE ONE THAT HIS WORDS FORMULATED THIS 01:40:27.854 --> 01:40:31.453 WORLD. IT BEGAN WITH WORDS AND HE CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND 01:40:31.453 --> 01:40:35.144 GAVE US THE CREATIVE POWER OF WORDS. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE 01:40:35.144 --> 01:40:37.724 SAYS, DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. WE KNOW 01:40:37.724 --> 01:40:42.135 THAT, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CAN TAKE WORDS IN ALL SORTS OF 01:40:42.135 --> 01:40:46.064 FASHIONS AND PRODUCE EITHER DEATH OR LIFE WITH IT. THAT'S 01:40:46.064 --> 01:40:48.135 WHY I TELL PEOPLE, I HAD SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, SAID, 01:40:48.135 --> 01:40:51.253 "DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE IT SCARED ME TO DEATH." WELL, IT'S JUST A 01:40:51.253 --> 01:40:58.333 PHRASE. WELL, WHY SAY IT? IT'S STUPID. DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE 01:40:58.333 --> 01:41:03.546 THAT. DON'T, EVEN IN JEST, OR IF IT'S JUST A FUNNY, PASTOR AND I, 01:41:03.546 --> 01:41:06.854 WE'RE VERY DISCIPLINED, WE'RE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO SAY THINGS 01:41:06.854 --> 01:41:10.154 IN FOOLISHNESS, OKAY? AND THE OLDER WE'VE GOTTEN, THE MORE 01:41:10.154 --> 01:41:14.083 CAREFUL WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE WITH OUR MOUTH. GUARD YOUR 01:41:14.083 --> 01:41:18.095 MOUTH. THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS THIS THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE, THAT IT 01:41:18.095 --> 01:41:21.664 WAS THE EVIL WORDS OF ISRAEL THAT CAME UP BEFORE GOD AND 01:41:21.664 --> 01:41:24.515 THEY'RE COMPLAINING. COME ON, WORDS ARE A COMPLAINT. AND BY 01:41:24.515 --> 01:41:31.204 THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST SPOKEN WORDS, IT'S ALSO POSTS, OKAY? 01:41:31.204 --> 01:41:35.645 THAT WE'RE TO ALIGN OUR MOUTH WITH THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT THAT 01:41:35.645 --> 01:41:40.564 ALSO MEANS OUR KEYBOARD. RIGHT? COME ON, THIS IS GOD'S POST. 01:41:41.675 --> 01:41:44.795 THERE'S CALLED THE LOGOS, THAT'S YOUR WRITTEN WORD, RIGHT? OKAY, 01:41:48.664 --> 01:41:52.475 YOUR WRITTEN WORD, YOUR LOGOS. AND THEN THERE IS THE RHEMA 01:41:52.475 --> 01:41:56.314 WORD, WHICH YOU ACTUALLY SAY OUT LOUD. THIS IS GOD'S WRITTEN 01:41:56.314 --> 01:42:02.404 POST, OKAY? SO, YOU WOULDN'T FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS IS LESS 01:42:02.404 --> 01:42:05.555 POWERFUL THAN THE SPOKEN WORD. I THINK OUR WRITTEN WORDS ARE 01:42:05.555 --> 01:42:11.975 OFTEN EVEN MORE, MORE EFFECTIVE. SO, THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU GO 01:42:11.975 --> 01:42:15.154 TYPING AND YOU WRITE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE SORRY 01:42:15.154 --> 01:42:20.045 FOR LATER. GUARD YOUR MOUTH, OKAY? GO BACK, IN FACT, PUT UP 01:42:20.045 --> 01:42:24.574 AGAIN JAMES 1, 26. WE JUST READ ABOUT KEEPING THE WORD. LOOK AT 01:42:24.574 --> 01:42:28.085 VERSE 26 AGAIN IF THEY COULD THROW THAT BACK UP. IF ANY MAN, 01:42:28.085 --> 01:42:30.845 REMEMBER I READ THIS? SAID IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE 01:42:30.845 --> 01:42:35.795 SPIRITUAL AND CAN'T CONTROL HIS MOUTH, HE DECEIVES HIS OWN 01:42:35.795 --> 01:42:40.774 HEART. SO OUR MOUTH, THIS IS BRIGHT LINE THROUGHOUT THE 01:42:40.774 --> 01:42:43.984 BIBLE. THINK ABOUT THIS, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME GOOD EXAMPLES. OUR 01:42:43.984 --> 01:42:47.885 MOUTH CONTAINS THE POWER TO PRODUCE DEATH OR LIFE, WE JUST 01:42:47.885 --> 01:42:52.595 SAID THAT. OUR WORDS CAN SET US UP FOR SUCCESS OR FAILURE. OKAY, 01:42:52.595 --> 01:42:55.744 PROVERBS 34:12 SAYS, "WHAT IS THE MAN THAT LOVES LIFE AND 01:42:55.744 --> 01:42:59.225 WANTS TO SEE MANY GOOD DAYS? KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL AND 01:42:59.225 --> 01:43:04.414 YOUR LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE." SO SUCCESS OR FAILURE HAD TO DO 01:43:04.414 --> 01:43:08.135 WITH WHAT? THE MOUTH, THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE. THIS 01:43:08.135 --> 01:43:10.654 IS ANOTHER BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE. OUR WORDS CAN SET US UP 01:43:10.654 --> 01:43:13.414 FOR SUCCESS OR FAILURE. THE UNDISCIPLINED MOUTH IS EQUATED 01:43:13.414 --> 01:43:18.215 WITH THE FOOL. PROVERBS 18 SAID, "A FOOL IS KNOWN BY HIS 01:43:18.215 --> 01:43:22.176 UNDISCIPLINED MUCH SPEAKING." AND HE JUST LETS ANYTHING FLY 01:43:22.176 --> 01:43:25.475 OUT OF HIS MOUTH. PROVERBS 18, SIX THROUGH SEVEN SAYS THAT. YOU 01:43:25.475 --> 01:43:28.954 CAN FIND THAT AGAIN IN ECCLESIASTES 5, THREE. TOO MUCH 01:43:28.954 --> 01:43:32.734 SPEAKING, PROVERBS 13, THREE SAYS, CAN BECOME YOUR RUIN. WOO. 01:43:34.234 --> 01:43:39.154 OKAY. SEW MY LIPS TOGETHER, GOD. WILL BE JUDGED, JESUS SAID, 01:43:39.154 --> 01:43:43.835 ACCORDING TO OUR WORDS. MATTHEW 12:36 THROUGH 37. EVERY IDLE 01:43:43.835 --> 01:43:47.585 WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL BE HELD TO COUNT IN THE 01:43:47.585 --> 01:43:51.125 DAY OF JUDGMENT, JESUS SAID, FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE 01:43:51.125 --> 01:43:53.914 JUSTIFIED AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU'LL BE CONDEMNED. THAT'S IN 01:43:53.914 --> 01:43:56.524 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. AND I THOUGHT ON THIS, I THOUGHT, 01:43:56.524 --> 01:43:58.864 WELL, GOD, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO ASK 01:43:58.864 --> 01:44:01.954 QUESTIONS LIKE THAT TO GOD. YOU SAID IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 01:44:01.954 --> 01:44:06.125 NOW, IS THAT THE NATURAL DAY OF RECKONING? 'CAUSE THERE CAN BE 01:44:06.125 --> 01:44:08.704 DAYS OF JUDGMENT THAT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, THINGS COME FULL 01:44:08.704 --> 01:44:11.975 CIRCLE, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR LIFE AT TIMES. OR DOES THAT MEAN 01:44:11.975 --> 01:44:16.625 ON THE ULTIMATE DAY OF JUDGMENT, WHEN JESUS COMES BACK TO JUDGE, 01:44:16.625 --> 01:44:21.935 I SAID, "JESUS, DID YOU HAVE A TAPE RECORDER UP THERE?" 'CAUSE 01:44:21.935 --> 01:44:25.715 THE ALMIGHTY DON'T FORGET NOTHING. I SAID, "LORD, DO YOU 01:44:25.715 --> 01:44:30.034 HAVE A TAPE RECORDER UP THERE THAT'S RECORDED ALL OF THE 01:44:30.034 --> 01:44:34.685 THINGS THAT WE HAVE SAID OVER THE COURSE OF OUR LIFE? WILL 01:44:34.685 --> 01:44:37.807 THERE BE A TAPE AND YOU'LL COME BACK?" AND I THOUGHT, I MEAN, I 01:44:37.807 --> 01:44:40.954 GUESS THAT COULD BE, 'CAUSE GOD DOESN'T FORGET ANYTHING LIKE 01:44:40.954 --> 01:44:45.574 THAT, UNLESS HE CHOOSES, IF WE REPENT OF IT, THE BIBLE SAYS 01:44:45.574 --> 01:44:49.782 THAT HE FORGETS OUR INIQUITY. HE CHOOSES TO CAST US AS FAR AS HE. 01:44:49.782 --> 01:44:52.895 SO I THINK THERE'S WORDS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN STUPIDLY THAT IF WE 01:44:52.895 --> 01:44:56.975 REPENT AND WE GET IT RIGHT WITH GOD, HE CHOOSES TO ERASE IT FROM 01:44:56.975 --> 01:45:02.061 THE TAPE. BUT THE ONES WE'RE DETERMINED TO HOLD ON TO, IT 01:45:02.061 --> 01:45:04.805 SAID IT'LL JUSTIFY YOU. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, THAT CAN 01:45:04.805 --> 01:45:09.635 HAPPEN IN THIS LIFE TOO. OKAY, WE CAN SAY THINGS THAT'LL EITHER 01:45:09.635 --> 01:45:13.984 BENEFIT US AND JUSTIFY OUR POSITION OR IT'LL CONDEMN US. 01:45:13.984 --> 01:45:17.135 AND THAT COULD HAPPEN IN JUDGMENT, IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE 01:45:17.135 --> 01:45:20.645 WORLD TO COME, OR IT COULD HAPPEN NOW. OKAY, OUR WORDS HAVE 01:45:20.645 --> 01:45:24.994 THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. OKAY, SO THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A 01:45:24.994 --> 01:45:30.274 SOBERING SCRIPTURE. OUR WORDS CAN SET NATURE IN MOTION AND CAN 01:45:30.274 --> 01:45:35.225 DEFILE OUR VERY OWN BODY. JAMES 3:6 SAYS THAT. IT SAYS, "YOUR 01:45:35.225 --> 01:45:40.175 WORDS CAN DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY." I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT 01:45:40.175 --> 01:45:43.204 MEANS IF IT'S OUR BODY, THEN IT CAN CAUSE SICKNESS IN OUR BODY 01:45:43.204 --> 01:45:47.375 IF WE TALK WRONG. OKAY, IT CAN CAUSE DISEASE. IF YOU CONSTANTLY 01:45:47.375 --> 01:45:50.465 TELL YOURSELF, OH, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET THAT RIGHT, YOU'RE 01:45:50.465 --> 01:45:54.545 NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF DEBT. WELL, YOU WON'T. YOU'LL KEEP 01:45:54.545 --> 01:45:57.635 GOING. IN FACT, YOU KNOW THERE ARE TITHING PEOPLE THAT ARE 01:45:57.635 --> 01:46:02.045 BROKEN IN DEBT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE? THERE ARE 01:46:02.045 --> 01:46:05.734 TITHING CHRISTIANS THAT ARE BROKEN IN DEBT, PASTOR DOUG. AND 01:46:05.734 --> 01:46:09.244 IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE TITHE. SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR 01:46:09.244 --> 01:46:13.534 MOUTH. OKAY, GOD WENT ON IN MALACHI CHAPTER THREE REGARDING 01:46:13.534 --> 01:46:17.824 THE TITHE. THEY SAID, "WELL, LORD," HE SAID, "I'LL OPEN THE 01:46:17.824 --> 01:46:19.925 WINDOWS OF HEAVEN "AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING. "THERE WON'T BE 01:46:19.925 --> 01:46:22.595 ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT WHEN YOU TITHE." AND HE SAID, "BUT 01:46:22.595 --> 01:46:27.185 YOUR WORDS HAVE BEEN STOUT AGAINST ME." SO THINK ABOUT 01:46:27.185 --> 01:46:31.654 THAT, OUR MOUTH DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY. JESUS TAUGHT THAT 01:46:31.654 --> 01:46:37.114 WORDS CAN BE SPOKEN IN FAITH FOR THINGS WE DON'T SEE YET, OKAY? 01:46:37.114 --> 01:46:40.715 AND THEN MANIFESTED LATER IN THE PHYSICAL REALM. HE SHOWED THAT, 01:46:40.715 --> 01:46:42.994 WHEN I JUST QUOTED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT AGO, HE SHOWED THAT 01:46:42.994 --> 01:46:46.595 WITH THE CENTURION AND HIS SERVANT. HE SAID, IN FACT, IT 01:46:46.595 --> 01:46:49.625 WAS THE CENTURION THAT SAID, LORD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO 01:46:49.625 --> 01:46:53.765 MY HOUSE. IF YOU JUST SAY THE WORD ONLY, YOU JUST SPEAK IT OUT 01:46:53.765 --> 01:46:55.895 INTO THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ASK ME, YEAH, 01:46:55.895 --> 01:46:58.864 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THAT STUPID DECREE STUFF? CAN 01:46:58.864 --> 01:47:05.585 CHRISTIANS DECREE THINGS? I'M LIKE, WELL, JESUS DECREED, OKAY, 01:47:05.585 --> 01:47:12.336 PEACE BE STILL TO A STORM. IN FACT, I'LL PROPOSE TO YOU THAT 01:47:13.505 --> 01:47:16.984 MARK THE FOURTH CHAPTER, WHEN THEY WERE IN THE BOAT AND THE 01:47:16.984 --> 01:47:21.395 STORM IS RAGING AND IT'S BLOWING AND JESUS WAS ASLEEP ON THE 01:47:21.395 --> 01:47:24.574 PILLOW. I MEAN, SO MANY MESSAGES HAVE COME OUT OF THAT. BUT JESUS 01:47:24.574 --> 01:47:27.725 IS ASLEEP AND HE COMES OUT AND THE DISCIPLES ARE SCARED. AND I 01:47:27.725 --> 01:47:32.524 THOUGHT ON IT, I THOUGHT, LORD, RIGHTFULLY SO, IN THE NATURAL, 01:47:32.524 --> 01:47:35.164 IT SAID THERE WAS THE SHIP AND THEN IT SAID THERE WERE OTHER 01:47:35.164 --> 01:47:38.734 LITTLE SHIPS, GO BACK AND READ IT, NEARBY. THERE WERE SEVERAL 01:47:38.734 --> 01:47:42.515 SHIPS, SO CHANCES ARE THESE WERE THEIR COLLEAGUES OUT THERE, 01:47:42.515 --> 01:47:45.154 OTHER FISHER GUYS THEY KNEW. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE 01:47:45.154 --> 01:47:48.185 WATCHED DEADLIEST CATCH? YOU KNOW, ALL THE FISHERS KNEW EACH 01:47:48.185 --> 01:47:51.005 OTHER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SID'S BOAT AND THE OTHER GUY'S BOAT 01:47:51.005 --> 01:47:54.154 AND I FORGET ALL THEIR NAMES NOW, IT'S AN OLD SHOW, BUT YOU 01:47:54.154 --> 01:47:56.975 KNOW, THEY ALL KNEW EACH OTHER'S BOAT. I'M SURE PETER KNEW, YOU 01:47:56.975 --> 01:48:01.774 KNOW, BUBBA'S BOAT AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOAT. AND SO THEY WERE IN 01:48:01.774 --> 01:48:04.505 THE SHIP AND THEN THEY HAD SOME LITTLE SHIPS AND THEY ARE 01:48:04.505 --> 01:48:10.203 PROBABLY LOOKING OVER THE BOAT THAT'S ROCKING AND IN FACT THE 01:48:10.203 --> 01:48:14.015 SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH WATER, IT CAME IN THE BOAT 01:48:14.015 --> 01:48:19.505 AND THE BOAT WAS FULL. SO THEY'RE AT THE VERGE OF SINKING 01:48:19.505 --> 01:48:23.225 AND I'M SURE THE SHIPS THAT WERE SMALLER THAN THEIR SHIP WERE 01:48:23.225 --> 01:48:27.845 PROBABLY IN WORSE SHAPE. NOW THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THIS AND 01:48:27.845 --> 01:48:31.055 I WATCH THOSE DEADLIEST CATCH GUYS, I'M LIKE NOPE, GOD, THAT'S 01:48:31.055 --> 01:48:37.505 NOT THE JOB FOR ME. FIRST OF ALL, I'D BE SEASICK. I MEAN, HOW 01:48:37.505 --> 01:48:41.675 DO THEY DO THAT? I MEAN, THE HUMAN BODY, IT JUST PRESSES THE 01:48:41.675 --> 01:48:46.175 HUMAN BODY FOR ALL IT CAN HANDLE. AND THEN FLYING OVER 01:48:46.175 --> 01:48:49.414 THERE, AND WHAT IS THAT, MINUS 100 DEGREE WATER OR WHATEVER IT 01:48:49.414 --> 01:48:52.864 IS, I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT. NOW, AND IT WAS 01:48:52.864 --> 01:48:55.864 STRESSFUL, SO I'M SURE THIS ISN'T TOO FAR DIFFERENT IN THEIR 01:48:55.864 --> 01:49:02.284 DAY. AND THEY'RE TERRIFIED. AND THE NATURAL HUMAN RESPONSE IS 01:49:02.284 --> 01:49:04.984 THEY'RE TERRIFIED. JESUS DARES WALK OUT OF THE BACK OF THE 01:49:04.984 --> 01:49:11.585 SHIP, AND HE SAID, "WHY ARE YOU AFRAID?" AND I'VE READ THAT, I 01:49:11.585 --> 01:49:18.274 LOVE IT, I THOUGHT, "LOH!" IT'D BRING OUT MY ANGRY SIDE. WE'VE 01:49:18.274 --> 01:49:22.354 BEEN OUT HERE TOILING, AND IN FACT, THEY DID SAY IT TO JESUS. 01:49:22.354 --> 01:49:27.064 THEY SAID, "DON'T YOU EVEN CARE?" I THOUGHT, "OKAY, LORD, 01:49:27.064 --> 01:49:31.444 HERE WE GO." THEY ACCUSED JESUS OF NOT CARING THAT THEY'RE ABOUT 01:49:31.444 --> 01:49:37.354 TO DIE. I SAID, "DON'T YOU EVEN CARE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO 01:49:37.354 --> 01:49:44.555 PERISH?" AND HE SAID, "WHERE WAS YOUR FAITH? "WHERE WAS YOUR 01:49:44.555 --> 01:49:48.694 FAITH?" NOW, WHAT JESUS TURNS AND HE DID IS HE CALMS THE 01:49:48.694 --> 01:49:52.475 STORM. HE USED THE DECLARED WORD. HE SAID, "PEACE AND BE 01:49:52.475 --> 01:49:56.734 STILL TO IT." OKAY, THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS, THE FOURTH 01:49:56.734 --> 01:50:02.435 CHAPTER, THAT GOD, THROUGH ABRAHAM, HE SAID, "THROUGH GOD, 01:50:02.435 --> 01:50:05.737 GOD TAUGHT ABRAHAM HOW TO TAKE THINGS "THAT YOU DON'T YET SEE 01:50:05.737 --> 01:50:09.034 IN THE NATURAL "AND CALL IT AS IF IT WERE TRUE." JESUS 01:50:09.034 --> 01:50:13.505 DEMONSTRATED THIS AT THE HOUSE OF JAIRUS. YOU GO TO MARK, THE 01:50:13.505 --> 01:50:17.914 FIFTH CHAPTER, HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE AND HE SPOKE UNTO, HE 01:50:17.914 --> 01:50:20.524 SAID, "THE LITTLE GIRL, SHE NOT DEAD, "SHE'S JUST ONLY TAKING A 01:50:20.524 --> 01:50:26.164 LITTLE NAP." AND THEY THOUGHT, "YOU CRAZY, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A 01:50:26.164 --> 01:50:30.545 HEARTBEAT. "THAT LITTLE GIRL HAD DIED IN THE NATURAL." AND JESUS 01:50:30.545 --> 01:50:35.435 SAID, "NO, NO, SHE'S ONLY JUST SLEEPING." AND WENT UP AND SPOKE 01:50:35.435 --> 01:50:38.015 AND SHE RAISED FROM THE DEAD. HE USED THE DECLARED WORD. YOUR 01:50:38.015 --> 01:50:41.284 WORDS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND DECLARE 01:50:41.284 --> 01:50:44.194 THINGS. YOU MAY NOT SEE YOUR HEALING, YOU MAY NOT SEE YOUR 01:50:44.194 --> 01:50:48.355 PRODIGAL HOME, YOU MAY NOT SEE IT IN THE NATURAL, BUT YOUR 01:50:48.355 --> 01:50:54.095 WORDS CAN GO INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND DECLARE. THAT'S A BRIGHT 01:50:54.095 --> 01:50:56.944 LINE THROUGH THE BIBLE. OKAY, GOD SPOKE TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT 01:50:56.944 --> 01:50:59.885 AS THOUGH THEY ARE. HE MADE, IN FACT, ONE TRANSLATION SAID 01:50:59.885 --> 01:51:08.194 THROUGH HIS WORD, HE MADE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. PAUL 01:51:08.194 --> 01:51:12.694 SAID, PAUL SAID, GOD, ACTUALLY IT WAS GOD WHO CALLS THOSE 01:51:12.694 --> 01:51:15.635 THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY ARE. GO BACK AND READ THAT. 01:51:15.635 --> 01:51:21.345 LOOK AT JAMES 3:2. "FOR IN MANY THINGS WE CAN OFFEND ALL "OR 01:51:21.345 --> 01:51:25.755 MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES. "BUT IF ANY MAN DOES NOT OFFEND IN HIS 01:51:25.755 --> 01:51:28.574 WORD," OR THE WORD THERE, OFFEND, DOESN'T MEAN YOU JUST 01:51:28.574 --> 01:51:30.795 MAKE PEOPLE MAD WITH WHAT YOU SAY. I MEAN, THAT CAN HAPPEN. 01:51:30.795 --> 01:51:35.925 BUT THE POINT IS, IS TO ERR WITH OUR WORDS. "IF ANYONE DOES NOT 01:51:35.925 --> 01:51:41.835 ERR IN WORD, "THE SAME IS A PERFECT OR MATURE PERSON "WHO IS 01:51:41.835 --> 01:51:47.385 ABLE TO BRING ABOUT A BRIDLE "OR A CONTROL TO THEIR ENTIRE BODY." 01:51:47.385 --> 01:51:50.444 THAT'S WHAT JAMES SAYS. YOUR TONGUE, THIS IS BRIGHT LINE 01:51:50.444 --> 01:51:54.975 THROUGH THE BIBLE THAT WHAT WE SAY SETS US UP FOR SUCCESS OR 01:51:54.975 --> 01:51:58.395 CAN SET US OUT FOR FAILURE. AND I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE 01:51:58.395 --> 01:52:00.914 WHO ARE LIKE, OH GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED AND 01:52:00.914 --> 01:52:03.734 THAT HAPPENED, BUT WHAT WAS SPOKEN? I'VE HEARD THIS FOR 01:52:03.734 --> 01:52:07.725 YEARS AS A PASTOR. WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. NOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT 01:52:07.725 --> 01:52:12.435 THINKING OF ANY INDIVIDUAL. WHAT I'M TEACHING AS A PRINCIPAL IS, 01:52:12.435 --> 01:52:15.585 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PERSON LOST THEIR JOB OR THAT 01:52:15.585 --> 01:52:19.125 PERSON NEVER GOT HEALED OR THIS HAPPENED OR THAT HAPPENED. WELL, 01:52:19.125 --> 01:52:23.385 I WILL TELL YOU, NOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE REASONS IN EACH 01:52:23.385 --> 01:52:28.305 CASE. WHAT I KNOW IS IN THE BIBLE AS A WHOLE, THAT OUR WORDS 01:52:28.305 --> 01:52:32.204 HAVE, 'CAUSE WE CAN ALL COME TO CHURCH, WE CAN DO ALL THE RIGHT 01:52:32.204 --> 01:52:35.715 THINGS, WE CAN DANCE, WE CAN PRAISE, IT'S EASY TO PRAISE WHEN 01:52:35.715 --> 01:52:38.655 PASTOR SHANE AND CHRISSY AND THE TEAM ARE UP HERE, EVERYTHING'S 01:52:38.655 --> 01:52:41.715 LOOKING GOOD. BUT WHAT DO WE SPEAK STARTING ON MONDAY? WHAT 01:52:41.715 --> 01:52:44.774 ARE WE DECLARING OUT OF OUR MOUTH WHEN WE WALK OUT THE DOOR, 01:52:44.774 --> 01:52:50.324 WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T LOOK PROMISING? AND BY THE WAY, 01:52:50.324 --> 01:52:53.774 YOU CAN'T JUST DO IT WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. THIS IS A LIFE, 01:52:53.774 --> 01:52:57.494 AGAIN, THERE'S NO SLOT MACHINES WITH GOD WHERE YOU JUST PLOP 01:52:57.494 --> 01:52:59.475 SOMETHING IN. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO. YOU KNOW, 01:52:59.475 --> 01:53:03.944 THINGS HAPPEN, THINGS GO CRAZY, SOMETHING GOES ON WITH SO AND 01:53:03.944 --> 01:53:07.604 SO, AND WE'RE LIKE, (YELLS) LIKE WE'RE GONNA LIKE MACHINE GUN 01:53:07.604 --> 01:53:08.534 TONGUES THROUGH IT. 01:53:13.193 --> 01:53:17.175 OKAY, AND I'M NOT SAYING GOD CAN'T USE THAT. DON'T HEAR THAT. 01:53:17.175 --> 01:53:21.675 BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY OF IT. THE WAY IS TO REGULARLY DO IT. 01:53:21.675 --> 01:53:24.975 SO YOU'RE READY FOR THE DAY AT HAND. YOU'RE READY FOR THE 01:53:24.975 --> 01:53:28.965 CHALLENGE TO COME, RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING RIGHT, YOU'VE BEEN 01:53:28.965 --> 01:53:31.484 DECLARING. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN 'CAUSE SOMEONE'S IN A BATTLE 01:53:31.484 --> 01:53:34.155 THAT THEY HAVEN'T, OR DON'T JUDGE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. ALL 01:53:34.155 --> 01:53:38.595 I'M SAYING, WE GOTTA JUDGE, I HAVE TO JUDGE ME. I HAVE TO KNOW 01:53:38.595 --> 01:53:41.744 WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I'M DECLARING, WHAT I'M SPEAKING, 01:53:41.744 --> 01:53:47.354 AMEN. SO, OUR WORDS, BRIDLE THE WHOLE BODY, CONTROL WHAT YOU 01:53:47.354 --> 01:53:52.155 SAY, STARTING NOW. GOD, I'M GONNA PUT YOUR WORD IN MY MOUTH. 01:53:52.155 --> 01:53:54.734 I WANT THE WORD TO BE IN THERE. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID THAT TO 01:53:54.734 --> 01:53:57.614 ME ONE TIME. SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT OF THINGS IN PASTOR, 01:53:57.614 --> 01:54:00.765 AND SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, WELL, IT JUST MAKES ME MAD. EVERY TIME 01:54:00.765 --> 01:54:02.715 I TALK TO YOU, JUST ADD THE WORD, THE WORD, THE WORD, THE 01:54:02.715 --> 01:54:05.145 WORD, THE WORD. I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK 01:54:05.145 --> 01:54:11.774 ABOUT? TELL YOU HOW TO GO UPSIDE DOWN AND FAIL? THAT'S WHY PASTOR 01:54:11.774 --> 01:54:14.715 AND I QUIT DOING, WE DON'T DO MARRIAGE COUNSELING ANYMORE. I'M 01:54:14.715 --> 01:54:24.585 LIKE, GRAB HANDS, PRAY, AND DO THE BIBLE. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR 01:54:24.585 --> 01:54:28.515 WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. OKAY, WIVES, SUBMIT TO 01:54:28.515 --> 01:54:33.284 YOUR OWN HUSBANDS AS IN THE LORD. OKAY, PRAY TOGETHER, HONOR 01:54:33.284 --> 01:54:38.475 ONE ANOTHER, LOVE EACH OTHER. OKAY, DO THAT. WELL, I TRIED, 01:54:38.475 --> 01:54:44.175 BUT SHE WON'T. OKAY, WELL THEN PRAY, 'CAUSE THE BIBLE ANSWERS 01:54:44.175 --> 01:54:49.364 THAT ONE TOO. THE BIBLE SAYS TO THE UNBELIEVING SPOUSE, YOU PRAY 01:54:49.364 --> 01:54:53.625 FOR 'EM AND PUT ON CHRIST IN FRONT OF THEM. COME ON, 01:54:53.625 --> 01:54:57.854 SOMEBODY, IF WE WOULD DO THE BIBLE, WE WOULD SPEAK THE WORD. 01:54:57.854 --> 01:55:04.005 COME ON, GOD CAN FIX A LOT OF STUFF. CONDEMN ME FOR QUOTING 01:55:04.005 --> 01:55:07.305 THE SCRIPTURE. AND PEOPLE GET SO MAD. THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE 01:55:07.305 --> 01:55:14.625 WANTED TO SHARE. I'M LIKE, WHAT? THAT YOU'RE SLEEPING IN SEPARATE 01:55:14.625 --> 01:55:20.774 ROOMS? OKAY, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE BAD THAT SOME DEAR 01:55:20.774 --> 01:55:26.564 SPOUSE DID TO YOU? OR DO YOU WANT THIS FIXED? OKAY, SOMEWHERE 01:55:26.564 --> 01:55:29.505 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE BIBLE AND BE DOERS OF THE WORD. 01:55:29.505 --> 01:55:35.505 WELL, I NEED TO GET IT OUT OF MY THOUGHTS. OKAY, BE CAREFUL, 01:55:35.505 --> 01:55:39.284 HUSBANDS AND WIVES, OKAY? 'CAUSE WHAT YOUR SPOUSE HEARS YOU SAY 01:55:39.284 --> 01:55:46.635 TODAY, YOU MAY BE SORRY YOU SAID IT DOWN THE ROAD. I KNOW, SHE 01:55:46.635 --> 01:55:54.375 PREACHING TODAY. COME ON, SHE LOADED. COME ON, I FOUND OUT THE 01:55:54.375 --> 01:55:58.845 BEST ARGUMENT, OKAY? 'CAUSE WHEN PASTOR AND I FIRST GOT MARRIED, 01:55:58.845 --> 01:56:05.234 WE WERE PROFESSIONALS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I REALIZED? DOING THE 01:56:05.234 --> 01:56:10.034 WORD'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER. OKAY? YOU CAN CALL UP AND COMPLAIN TO 01:56:10.034 --> 01:56:12.314 YOUR PASTOR, YOU CAN GO TO MARRIAGE COUNSELING. MARRIAGE 01:56:12.314 --> 01:56:15.704 COUNSELING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T, IF THEY PUT BIBLE TO 01:56:15.704 --> 01:56:22.034 IT. OKAY? THEY'LL CHARGE YOU A LOT TO PUT BIBLE TO IT. OR YOU 01:56:22.034 --> 01:56:26.505 CAN GET IT WITH YOUR GOD FOR FREE. OKAY, DO YOU THINK THE 01:56:26.505 --> 01:56:30.164 BIBLE IS NOT FILLED WITH A BOATLOAD OF COUNSELING ON WHAT 01:56:30.164 --> 01:56:33.854 TO DO ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE FOR A REASON? I ASKED GOD THAT ONE 01:56:33.854 --> 01:56:35.925 TIME. I SAID, LORD, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE DOESN'T GIVE US A 01:56:35.925 --> 01:56:42.314 WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO, YOU KNOW, FIGHT FAIR WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, 01:56:42.314 --> 01:56:45.104 AND MY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING IN THE 01:56:45.104 --> 01:56:49.875 SCRIPTURE THAT TALKS ABOUT MY FEELINGS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOD IS 01:56:49.875 --> 01:56:53.625 LIKE, BUCK UP, BUTTERCUP. OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU A BIBLE VERSE FOR 01:56:53.625 --> 01:56:58.755 THAT. COME ON, EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX SAYS IT PLAIN. IT SAYS, 01:56:58.755 --> 01:57:01.994 "COME ON, PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD "THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO 01:57:01.994 --> 01:57:05.505 STAND IN THE EVIL DAY "WHEN YOUR SPOUSE IS EVIL, THE PEOPLE ARE 01:57:05.505 --> 01:57:06.975 EVIL, "THE GOVERNMENT'S EVIL.” 01:57:09.135 --> 01:57:12.854 COME ON, YOUR TEACHER'S EVIL, YOUR BOSS IS EVIL. 01:57:12.854 --> 01:57:16.274 EVERYONE EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, THAT YOU MIGHT STAND IN 01:57:16.274 --> 01:57:19.515 THE EVIL DAY, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND. THEREFORE, HAVING YOUR 01:57:19.515 --> 01:57:22.034 LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, PUTTING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF 01:57:22.034 --> 01:57:24.314 RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FEET SHARP WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE 01:57:24.314 --> 01:57:29.204 GOSPEL OF PEACE. OKAY, PUT ON THE, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH 01:57:29.204 --> 01:57:31.905 AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. VERSE 01:57:31.905 --> 01:57:35.954 18, PRAYING ALWAYS IN ALL PRAYER AND IN THE HOLY GHOST. COME ON, 01:57:35.954 --> 01:57:37.905 THAT'S HOW YOU WIN THE BATTLE. 01:57:37.905 --> 01:57:41.145 (CONGREGATION CHEERING) 01:57:41.145 --> 01:57:44.534 SO IF YOU COME INTO MY OFFICE, I'M QUOTING SOME SCRIPTURE. 01:57:49.664 --> 01:57:54.256 WHERE WERE WE? THIS IS THE PRAYER OVER OUR MOUTH. PSALM 01:57:54.256 --> 01:57:58.784 141, VERSE 3. OKAY, I GOTTA GO THROUGH TWO MORE. I'M GOING 01:57:58.784 --> 01:58:04.215 'TIL 10 AFTER, HALLELUJAH. PSALM 141:3, "LORD, SET A WATCH 01:58:04.215 --> 01:58:09.284 OVER MY MOUTH." NOW, ACTUALLY, THIS CONTEXT OF THIS VERSE, I 01:58:09.284 --> 01:58:13.905 SHOULD AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THIS, IS ABOUT PRAYER. OKAY, DAVID IS 01:58:13.905 --> 01:58:16.905 PRAYING, AND HE SAID, "LORD," AND REALLY WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, 01:58:16.905 --> 01:58:20.595 "LORD, MAKE SURE I PRAY IT RIGHT. "PUT A WATCH, LORD, 01:58:20.595 --> 01:58:23.211 BEFORE MY MOUTH "AND KEEP THE DOOR ON MY LIPS." THAT'S 01:58:23.211 --> 01:58:25.905 SOMETHING YOU CAN PRAY EVERY DAY. I PUT THAT IN MY LITTLE 01:58:25.905 --> 01:58:29.505 NOTES DURING MY VACATION. SPEAK RIGHT. SO, HIGHLIGHT OF THE 01:58:29.505 --> 01:58:32.564 BIBLE, NUMBER ONE, KNOW THE BIBLE. NUMBER TWO, PRAY AND 01:58:32.564 --> 01:58:36.765 BECOME PROFICIENT IN PRAYER. OKAY, YOU SHOULD NOT BE SAVED 01:58:36.765 --> 01:58:40.036 EIGHT, 10, 12, 15, 20 YEARS AND NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY IN FAITH. 01:58:41.444 --> 01:58:45.284 WHEN THE BATTLE'S RAGING, BY THE WAY. OKAY, IT'S NOT FAITH WHEN 01:58:45.284 --> 01:58:49.155 IT'S GOING GOOD. OKAY, THE GOOD WINDS OF LIFE ARE BLOWING AND SO 01:58:49.155 --> 01:58:53.015 NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M IN FAITH. NO, FAITH IS WHEN IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. 01:58:54.645 --> 01:58:59.234 AMEN, OKAY. JESUS SAID IN THE STORM, WHERE IS YOUR FAITH? 01:59:00.854 --> 01:59:07.664 WHERE IS IT? LIKE, OH LORD, WHY I OUGHTA. BUBBA'S BOAT'S UPSIDE 01:59:07.664 --> 01:59:13.694 DOWN AND YOU'RE SAYING, WHERE'S YOUR FAITH? ALL RIGHT, FOURTH 01:59:13.694 --> 01:59:18.314 ONE. BRIGHT LINE ITEM OF THE BIBLE. AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A 01:59:18.314 --> 01:59:21.405 LOT OF TIME ON THIS. IT'S ALWAYS TAKE ON THE POSITION OF FAITH. 01:59:21.405 --> 01:59:25.604 THE FAILURE OF ISRAEL WAS THEY COULDN'T TAKE UP FAITH WHEN IT 01:59:25.604 --> 01:59:31.034 DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. THEY RECOILED IN NEGATIVITY. THEY RECOILED IN 01:59:31.034 --> 01:59:35.204 UNBELIEF. THEY RECOILED TO COMPLAINING. THEY RECOILED TO 01:59:35.204 --> 01:59:39.225 TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRONG, NOT WHAT WAS RIGHT. OKAY, 01:59:39.225 --> 01:59:45.255 YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE NO GARLIC AND ONIONS YET, OKAY? BUT YOU'RE 01:59:45.255 --> 01:59:48.854 NOT A SLAVE IN EGYPT ANYMORE. AND REALLY THE WHOLE POINT TO 01:59:48.854 --> 01:59:52.395 ALL OF THAT IS PEOPLE THAT QUIT VALUING THEIR SALVATION. THE 01:59:52.395 --> 01:59:56.204 TYPE OF ISRAEL COMING OUT OF EGYPT WAS A TYPE OF GETTING 01:59:56.204 --> 02:00:03.494 DELIVERED FROM HELL. IT WAS THE PROTOTYPE OF THE SALVATION PLAN, 02:00:03.494 --> 02:00:06.314 OKAY? THAT WE WERE DELIVERED FROM THE CLUTCHES OF DARKNESS. 02:00:06.314 --> 02:00:09.164 WE WERE SET FREE THROUGH THE DELIVERER. MOSES WAS THE TYPE OF 02:00:09.164 --> 02:00:12.944 CHRIST, AND WE WERE SET FREE. AND ALL THEY DID WAS FIND REASON 02:00:12.944 --> 02:00:19.484 TO GRIPE. I'M GONNA TELL YOU, GRIPING WILL DESTROY YOU. IT'S 02:00:19.484 --> 02:00:21.885 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SCRIPTURE. ALWAYS TAKE THE POSITION OF 02:00:21.885 --> 02:00:25.574 FAITH. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. OKAY, COME ON, LET'S 02:00:25.574 --> 02:00:30.645 BE REAL. 99% OF THE TIME, HOW MANY OF YOU'VE EVER, YOU'VE GONE 02:00:30.645 --> 02:00:34.181 THROUGH SOMETHING AND NOW YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE IN VICTORY AND 02:00:34.181 --> 02:00:37.635 YOU GO, DUH, THAT WASN'T SO HARD TO FIGURE OUT. COME ON, ANYBODY 02:00:37.635 --> 02:00:40.305 EVER BEEN THERE? TAKE, PUT YOUR HAND UP. AND YOU'RE ON THE OTHER 02:00:40.305 --> 02:00:42.885 SIDE OF IT NOW AND NOW YOU'RE LIKE, PRAISE GOD, THAT WASN'T SO 02:00:42.885 --> 02:00:46.220 BAD. I MEAN, IN THE MOMENT, YOU'RE LIKE GOING THROUGH HELL. 02:00:47.646 --> 02:00:51.765 BUT NOW YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND YOU'RE THINKING, OH, WOW. 02:00:51.765 --> 02:00:55.604 NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING, GOD. COME ON, IN THE MOMENT IT 02:00:55.604 --> 02:00:59.685 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GONNA WORK, OKAY? IN THE MOMENT, BUT 02:00:59.685 --> 02:01:03.854 THAT'S WHEN YOU TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH. YOU STAND AS 02:01:03.854 --> 02:01:08.085 IF IT'S ALREADY FINISHED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, OKAY? AND IT 02:01:08.085 --> 02:01:12.104 MAY FEEL PAINFUL, IT MAY FEEL HARD, OKAY? I WAS TELLING 02:01:12.104 --> 02:01:14.715 SOMEBODY RECENTLY THE OTHER DAY, COME ON, THE WHOLE STORY, I 02:01:14.715 --> 02:01:17.774 PREACHED ON IT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, ONE, TWO SUNDAYS, I FORGET 02:01:17.774 --> 02:01:21.135 NOW, BUT THE WHOLE STORY OF THE BOOK OF JOB. YOU KNOW, JOB WENT 02:01:21.135 --> 02:01:26.895 THROUGH WORSE THINGS THAN ANY OF US COULD PROBABLY SUM UP. I 02:01:26.895 --> 02:01:29.175 MEAN, HIS STORY WAS LIKE, I MEAN, YOU READ AND YOU'RE LIKE, 02:01:29.175 --> 02:01:34.710 GOD, I MEAN, TALK ABOUT A BAD DAY GONE WORSE. AND YET, AT THE 02:01:34.710 --> 02:01:38.251 OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK JOB'S UP IN HEAVEN GOING, YOU 02:01:38.251 --> 02:01:42.827 KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT. I MEAN, I 02:01:42.827 --> 02:01:45.239 JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU, GOD. DO YOU THINK HE'S UP THERE? I 02:01:45.239 --> 02:01:47.729 MEAN, HE'S NOT UP THERE DOING THAT NOW. HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW 02:01:47.729 --> 02:01:49.350 WHAT HE'S DOING NOW? HE'S UP THERE LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE 02:01:49.350 --> 02:01:55.020 DOING, LORD. PRAISE GOD. MAN, THAT WASN'T SO HARD. THAT'S THE 02:01:55.020 --> 02:01:58.800 THING. ALWAYS TAKE UP THE POSTURE OF FAITH. YOU MAY NOT 02:01:58.800 --> 02:02:02.100 UNDERSTAND IT IN THE MOMENT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY YOU'RE FACING 02:02:02.100 --> 02:02:05.550 WHAT YOU'RE FACING. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY THAT PERSON WALKED OUT. 02:02:05.550 --> 02:02:08.970 YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PERSON DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN, 02:02:08.970 --> 02:02:16.439 AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER WHEN YOU PRAY. WE MAY NOT ALWAYS 02:02:16.439 --> 02:02:19.470 KNOW THE ANSWER. WE MAY NOT KNOW EVERY ANSWER THIS SIDE OF 02:02:19.470 --> 02:02:24.720 ETERNITY. BUT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, AND MAYBE EVEN ON THIS 02:02:24.720 --> 02:02:26.850 EARTH, MAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS IT'S LIKE, SEE, GOD WILL REVEAL 02:02:26.850 --> 02:02:29.939 TO YOU. BUT IF YOU TAKE UP THE POSITION OF COMPLAINING, IF YOU 02:02:29.939 --> 02:02:33.720 TAKE UP THE POSITION OF DEFEAT, YOU CAN'T OPEN YOUR BIBLE 02:02:33.720 --> 02:02:39.840 'CAUSE, "OH, IT'S SO BAD AND WOE IS ME." IF YOU TAKE THAT, YOU'LL 02:02:39.840 --> 02:02:42.270 BE LIKE ISRAEL. AND THE BIBLE SAID THEY COULD NOT ENTER IN 02:02:42.270 --> 02:02:45.000 BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT JUST MEANS 02:02:45.000 --> 02:02:49.199 THE MIRACLE OR IF THAT MEANS HEAVEN, BUT IT COULD MEAN BOTH, 02:02:49.199 --> 02:02:53.939 RIGHT? SO TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. I WOULD JUST ADVISE, 02:02:53.939 --> 02:02:56.489 ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A HARD TIME OR YOU'RE EXPERIENCING 02:02:56.489 --> 02:02:58.979 GRIEF OR YOU'RE LOST OR SOMETHING'S HAPPENED, IS JUST 02:02:58.979 --> 02:03:02.279 SAY, "YOU KNOW, LORD, I DON'T GET IT ALL. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I 02:03:02.279 --> 02:03:05.640 THANK YOU, YOU'RE FAITHFUL. I THANK YOU, YOU'RE FAITHFUL." 02:03:05.640 --> 02:03:09.989 NOW, YOUR NATURAL FLESH MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT, BUT IF ISRAEL 02:03:09.989 --> 02:03:12.869 WOULD HAVE DONE THAT, COME ON, WHEN THEY SAID, "SURELY THE LORD 02:03:12.869 --> 02:03:15.840 IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER," THEY WERE ABLE TO COME 02:03:15.840 --> 02:03:18.630 THROUGH. BUT WHEN THEY COMPLAINED, THEY WERE OVERTHROWN 02:03:18.630 --> 02:03:25.289 IN THE WILDERNESS. OKAY, PICK. COMPLAINING GETS US NOWHERE, 02:03:25.289 --> 02:03:28.260 OKAY? IT'LL ONLY GET US SO FAR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAT'S 02:03:28.260 --> 02:03:33.659 THE NEXT STEP, RIGHT? SO TAKE UP THE POSTURE OF FAITH. THIS IS 02:03:33.659 --> 02:03:38.579 ABRAHAM ALL THE WAY TO HEBREWS. THE BIBLE SAYS, "THROUGH FAITH, 02:03:38.579 --> 02:03:42.329 "THEY OVERCAME THE MOUTHS OF LIONS." THEY STOPPED THOSE THAT 02:03:42.329 --> 02:03:46.380 CAME AGAINST THEM. ALL THE WAY THROUGH FAITH. THEY DIDN'T EVEN 02:03:46.380 --> 02:03:50.399 SEE THE PROMISE, AND YET THEY BELIEVED IT. SO PICK UP THE 02:03:50.399 --> 02:03:53.399 POSTURE OF FAITH. JESUS SAID IT REGULARLY TO EVERYBODY HE PRAYED 02:03:53.399 --> 02:03:56.850 FOR. HE SAID, "YOUR FAITH." HE DIDN'T SAY, "MY POWER MADE YOU 02:03:56.850 --> 02:04:01.050 WELL." WE THINK OF IT LIKE THAT, BUT HE SAID, "YOUR FAITH HAS 02:04:01.050 --> 02:04:04.560 MADE YOU WHOLE." OKAY, SO TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. THAT'S 02:04:04.560 --> 02:04:09.270 NUMBER FOUR. I'M GONNA PREACH ONE MORE. AM I HELPING YOU 02:04:09.270 --> 02:04:15.420 TODAY? OKAY, I HAVE TO SAY THIS ONE TODAY BECAUSE WE TEND TO 02:04:15.420 --> 02:04:18.779 HAVE A BIGGER AUDIENCE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ON 02:04:18.779 --> 02:04:20.909 A SUNDAY THAN I DO ON A WEDNESDAY, ALTHOUGH I REPEAT 02:04:20.909 --> 02:04:23.189 SOME OF THIS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS FOR 02:04:23.189 --> 02:04:27.000 EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE, EVERYBODY HERE IS AFTER, IS THE 02:04:27.000 --> 02:04:33.329 FIFTH ONE, IS PURSUE UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. NOW I'M 02:04:33.329 --> 02:04:36.989 TELLING YOU FOLKS, THIS IS BRIGHTLINED THROUGHOUT THE 02:04:36.989 --> 02:04:41.609 BIBLE, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS, PSALM 133, AND PLEASANT 02:04:41.609 --> 02:04:46.949 IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. JESUS, ONE OF 02:04:46.949 --> 02:04:50.369 HIS FINAL PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CROSS, YOU CAN READ IT IN 02:04:50.369 --> 02:04:58.800 JOHN 17, SAID, "LORD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE ONE AS 02:04:58.800 --> 02:05:03.510 YOU ARE ONE." GOD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE ONE AS WE ARE 02:05:03.510 --> 02:05:07.619 ONE. THIS IS WHAT HE PRAYED, JESUS PRAYED. THAT WAS HIS 02:05:07.619 --> 02:05:11.520 HEART'S DESIRE, THAT WAS HIS PRAYER. NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU 02:05:11.520 --> 02:05:14.909 SOME SCRIPTURES, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THIS IS 02:05:14.909 --> 02:05:19.350 ONE OF THE MOST SOBERING THINGS OF EVERYTHING I'VE SAID TODAY. 02:05:19.350 --> 02:05:21.689 PAUL AND THE OTHER APOSTLES THROUGHOUT THEIR TEACHING TAUGHT 02:05:21.689 --> 02:05:25.079 US TO LOVE AND DO GOOD TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. 02:05:25.079 --> 02:05:28.590 YOU CAN READ THAT IN GALATIANS 6, DO GOOD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE 02:05:28.590 --> 02:05:33.300 THAT ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. PAUL WENT ON TO SAY, "WE 02:05:33.300 --> 02:05:37.710 ARE ONE BODY MADE OF MANY PARTS." WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER, 02:05:37.710 --> 02:05:45.420 OKAY? WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS A 02:05:45.420 --> 02:05:49.739 ROLE TO PLAY. YOU CAN FIND THAT 1 CORINTHIANS 12, ROMANS 12. WE 02:05:49.739 --> 02:05:53.279 ARE THE BODY MADE UP OF MANY PARTS. HE SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS 02:05:53.279 --> 02:05:57.960 1:10, "THERE SHOULD BE NO SCHISMS AND DIVISIONS IN THE 02:05:57.960 --> 02:06:02.789 BODY." NOW, I WILL, FAIR TO SAY THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME A 02:06:02.789 --> 02:06:08.340 DUMPSTER FIRE OF CHRISTIANS ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER. FOLKS, 02:06:08.340 --> 02:06:12.960 THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT BE. OKAY, PEOPLE, I MEAN, WELL, LET 02:06:12.960 --> 02:06:18.600 ME, BEFORE I SAY ALL THAT, LET'S JUST READ THE BIBLE. "WE ARE TO 02:06:18.600 --> 02:06:21.659 HAVE UNITY OF MIND AND BROTHERLY LOVE, TENDER HEARTS," 1 PETER 02:06:21.659 --> 02:06:26.369 3:8. "WE ARE TO BE EAGER TO MAINTAIN UNITY "IN THE BOND OF 02:06:26.369 --> 02:06:31.380 PEACE," EPHESIANS 4:3. "WE'RE TO STRIVE TO BE OF ONE ACCORD," 02:06:31.380 --> 02:06:35.279 PHILIPPIANS 2:2. HERE'S A KEY VERSE IN THE ENGLISH STANDARD 02:06:35.279 --> 02:06:38.909 VERSION, 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11, I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU. 02:06:38.909 --> 02:06:45.750 "FINALLY, BROTHERS, REJOICE, AIM FOR RESTORATION." NOW, I'M GONNA 02:06:45.750 --> 02:06:49.979 SAY A COUPLE THINGS. GIVE ME THE GRACE IF I SAY IT RIGHT OR I SAY 02:06:49.979 --> 02:06:55.050 IT WRONG. SOMETHING IS MASSIVELY WRONG WITH ALL OF THESE WATCHDOG 02:06:55.050 --> 02:06:58.844 GROUPS CALLING OUT ALL THE FALLEN PREACHERS. (GASPS) THERE, 02:06:58.844 --> 02:07:06.270 SHE SAID IT. I'M GONNA SAY IT. I'M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULDN'T 02:07:06.270 --> 02:07:09.119 BE ACCOUNTABILITY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT. DO I KNOW THE 02:07:09.119 --> 02:07:13.800 ANSWER OF HOW TO DO ALL OF THAT? I'M NOT SAYING I DO. BUT I KNOW 02:07:13.800 --> 02:07:18.270 THAT CRUCIFYING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHAT, WHAT? FALLEN 02:07:18.270 --> 02:07:25.140 SO-AND-SO IS NOW A THROWAWAY FOR THE TRASH? SO WE'RE GONNA JUST 02:07:25.140 --> 02:07:29.159 THROW 'EM IN THE TRASH NOW BECAUSE, OKAY, IF THAT'S THE 02:07:29.159 --> 02:07:31.500 CASE, THEN DAVID SHOULD BE THROWN IN THE GARBAGE, KING 02:07:31.500 --> 02:07:39.569 DAVID. OKAY? AND THEY CAN WRITE ME UP FOR IT, I DON'T CARE. I 02:07:39.569 --> 02:07:45.090 HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. OKAY? WE DO IT RIGHT HERE. BUT I'M GONNA 02:07:45.090 --> 02:07:52.920 SAY, DO I KNOW ALL OF THE PATHS OF RESTORATION FOR THE FAILED, 02:07:52.920 --> 02:07:58.529 THE FALLEN, THE BROKEN? NO, I DON'T. I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW ALL 02:07:58.529 --> 02:08:01.560 THE ANSWERS. BUT WHAT I KNOW IS WHAT I'M SEEING IS NOT GOD. 02:08:03.750 --> 02:08:10.969 OKAY? PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY OFF PODCASTS, PRINTED ARTICLES, 02:08:12.869 --> 02:08:20.104 PAGES, YOUTUBE. THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF PEOPLE'S PAIN, ALL IN 02:08:20.104 --> 02:08:24.720 THE NAME OF WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. MAKE SURE YOURSELF 02:08:24.720 --> 02:08:32.789 IS ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD AND HIS WORD. THAT NEEDS TO GET SAID 02:08:32.789 --> 02:08:35.819 FROM EVERY PULPIT. ALL THIS CALLING OUT, AND THIS GUY'S 02:08:35.819 --> 02:08:39.210 WRONG, AND THAT PERSON'S WRONG, AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN OVER 02:08:39.210 --> 02:08:47.100 MORAL THINGS, OKAY? I MEAN, WE HAVE MADE IT AN ABSOLUTE PUTRID, 02:08:47.100 --> 02:08:53.250 NOT HERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT HERE, BUT JUST A PIGTROFF 02:08:55.350 --> 02:09:00.659 OF, I MEAN, COME ON, YOU CAN'T WEAR A CERTAIN JACKET ANYMORE 02:09:00.659 --> 02:09:07.170 WITHOUT CHRISTIANS OUT THERE DESTROYING THAT. YOU CAN'T WEAR 02:09:07.170 --> 02:09:10.680 YOUR HAIR A CERTAIN WAY. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S ALL ABOUT, I'M 02:09:10.680 --> 02:09:17.039 JUST SAYING, WE'VE MADE IT OVER THE PETTY, SILLY THINGS. AND ALL 02:09:17.039 --> 02:09:21.060 I KNOW IS WHAT I SEE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE MY DAY BACK 02:09:21.060 --> 02:09:24.359 SOBER, BUT WE'VE GOT IT, I WANNA SAY IT, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT 02:09:24.359 --> 02:09:27.899 THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS, I HAVEN'T EVEN READ ALL THE VERSES. "BEAR 02:09:27.899 --> 02:09:33.329 ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. "EAGER TO MAINTAIN PEACE," EPHESIANS SAYS. 02:09:33.329 --> 02:09:38.832 "STRIVE TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE FOR THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL." AND 02:09:38.832 --> 02:09:45.210 IT'S AMAZING TO ME, THE MUSLIMS CAN ALL SIT THERE AND UNIFY. AND 02:09:45.210 --> 02:09:49.560 THE BAPTISTS KINDA GET ALONG WITH THE CHARISMATICS. NO, WE 02:09:49.560 --> 02:09:53.220 GOTTA CALL EVERYBODY OUT. WE GOTTA POST, WE GOTTA WRITE. 02:09:53.220 --> 02:09:56.729 WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN ARTICLE, THAT PREACHER AND THIS PERSON 02:09:56.729 --> 02:09:59.609 AND THAT OTHER. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST SINS IN THE 02:09:59.609 --> 02:10:09.180 PULPIT, THERE IS SINS IN THE PEWS. JESUS' LAST PRAYER, GOD, 02:10:09.180 --> 02:10:12.390 LET THEM BE ONE. NOW I'M NOT SAYING, LISTEN, I'VE LEARNED 02:10:12.390 --> 02:10:15.060 THIS ABOUT GOD. GOD HAS A WAY WITH PREACHERS, IF THEY'RE 02:10:15.060 --> 02:10:21.449 SINNING IN THE PULPIT, GOD KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM. OKAY? 02:10:21.449 --> 02:10:26.939 THERE'S DEAD PEOPLE. QUIT WRITING ABOUT THEM. IT'S OVER. 02:10:35.670 --> 02:10:38.880 STRIVE FOR THE THINGS THAT MAKE PEACE AND MUTUAL UPBUILDING, 02:10:38.880 --> 02:10:42.090 ROMANS 14:19 SAYS. GOD GIVES LEADERS TILL WE ALL COME TO THE 02:10:42.090 --> 02:10:46.409 UNITY OF THE FAITH. HE WHO HATES HIS BROTHER WALKS IN DARKNESS 02:10:46.409 --> 02:10:52.560 AND IS BLIND, 1 JOHN 2:9 THROUGH 11. CONSIDER THE TEACHING OF 02:10:52.560 --> 02:10:56.369 PROVERBS. GOD SAYS HE HATES THE PERSON THAT SOWS DISCORD AMONG 02:10:56.369 --> 02:10:58.380 THE BRETHREN. CAN GOD HATE A PERSON? I DON'T KNOW, THE BIBLE 02:10:58.380 --> 02:11:04.229 SAID HE HATED ESAU. IF YOU READ THE SIX THINGS THAT THE LORD 02:11:04.229 --> 02:11:10.020 HATES, HATE THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, ELICIT OUT, IT CHANGES 02:11:10.020 --> 02:11:13.439 THE VERBIAGE A LITTLE BIT ON THE LAST ONE. IT SAYS, "AND HE THAT 02:11:13.439 --> 02:11:16.560 SOWS DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN." GOD FORBID THAT 02:11:16.560 --> 02:11:23.130 THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN. PASTOR, BE 02:11:23.130 --> 02:11:29.369 BACK NEXT WEEK. I'M TRYING TO HELP US. SOMEWHERE GOD GAVE US A 02:11:29.369 --> 02:11:31.520 NATIONAL PLATFORM. I WANNA BE A VOICE. 02:11:35.786 --> 02:11:37.765 I’M GONNA READ THIS LAST ONE. PASTOR DOUG, YOU BETTER HURRY 02:11:37.765 --> 02:11:43.076 UP. COME. I'M ONE MINUTE PAST WHAT I SAID. FIRST CORINTHIANS, 02:11:43.076 --> 02:11:45.055 YOU CAN STAND ON YOUR FEET. I GOTTA READ THIS SCRIPTURE. AM I 02:11:45.055 --> 02:11:48.865 HELPING YOU? FOLKS, DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT INTERNET MESS 02:11:48.865 --> 02:11:52.552 DESTROYING EACH OTHER. I'M NOT FOR IT. DO I KNOW ALL THE 02:11:52.552 --> 02:11:57.805 ANSWERS OF HOW PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? NO, BUT GRACE 02:11:57.805 --> 02:12:01.737 DOESN'T MAKE EVERYBODY A THROWAWAY. AND YOU KNOW ALL THE 02:12:01.737 --> 02:12:07.765 NAMES OF WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. OKAY? THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE 02:12:07.765 --> 02:12:12.655 THAT CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE BODY OF CHRIST TO GET HEALED. BECAUSE 02:12:12.655 --> 02:12:22.855 IT'S THAT BAD. SO, THAT GRIEVES MY SPIRIT. 1 CORINTHIANS 11:27 02:12:23.905 --> 02:12:31.166 THROUGH 30, NEW LIVING. TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNION MEAL. SO 02:12:31.166 --> 02:12:34.076 ANYONE WHO EATS THIS BREAD OR DRINKS THIS CUP OF THE LORD 02:12:34.076 --> 02:12:38.515 UNWORTHILY IS GUILTY OF SINNING AGAINST THE BODY AND BLOOD OF 02:12:38.515 --> 02:12:43.317 THE LORD. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD EXAMINE YOURSELF BEFORE EATING 02:12:43.317 --> 02:12:53.155 THE BREAD AND DRINKING THE CUP. FOR IF YOU EAT THE BREAD OR 02:12:53.155 --> 02:12:59.036 DRINK THE CUP WITHOUT HONORING THE BODY OF CHRIST, COME ON, 02:12:59.036 --> 02:13:05.305 WHEN WE TAKE THAT COMMUNION MEAL, IT'S ALSO ALL OF US. WE 02:13:05.305 --> 02:13:13.796 ARE ONE WITH HIM, THE BIBLE SAYS. THEN YOU'RE EATING AND 02:13:13.796 --> 02:13:18.865 DRINKING GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON YOURSELF. THIS IS WHY I FEAR FOR 02:13:18.865 --> 02:13:21.595 ALL OF THESE THAT ARE SO QUICK TO GO TO THE INTERNET AND 02:13:21.595 --> 02:13:28.886 DESTROY THE CHURCH. AND TO KICK THE FALLEN. HAVE SOME OF THE 02:13:28.886 --> 02:13:35.935 FALLEN DONE EVIL THINGS? YEAH, THEY HAVE. BUT I DON'T KNOW, THE 02:13:35.935 --> 02:13:38.935 BIBLE THAT I READ SAYS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE. I WILL 02:13:38.935 --> 02:13:43.345 NEVER STAND IN THE PULPIT AND SAY THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE AND 02:13:43.345 --> 02:13:50.845 FORGIVENESS AND GRACE AND ONLY MAKE IT APPLY TO SOME. IT'S 02:13:50.845 --> 02:13:56.127 AMAZING HOW WE CAN ADD GRACE FOR OURSELF WHEN WE NEED IT, BUT NOT 02:13:56.127 --> 02:14:03.087 FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE THIS HEAVY, 02:14:03.087 --> 02:14:07.345 BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE LORD WANTS. FOR YOU'RE EATING AND 02:14:07.345 --> 02:14:15.237 DRINKING GOD'S JUDGMENT ON YOURSELF. AND HERE'S THE PART. 02:14:15.237 --> 02:14:22.317 AND THAT IS WHY MANY OF YOU ARE WEAK. IT'S THE REASON WE'RE NOT 02:14:22.317 --> 02:14:29.396 GETTING HEALED? IT'S THE REASON MAYBE WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR 02:14:29.396 --> 02:14:32.246 PRAYERS ANSWERED? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING. AM I 02:14:32.246 --> 02:14:36.837 ASKING FOR REAL? IT'S BECAUSE WE CRITICIZE AND DESTROY OUR 02:14:36.837 --> 02:14:41.155 BROTHER, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OR ONLINE OR TO A FELLOW 02:14:41.155 --> 02:14:47.217 MAN? BECAUSE WE'RE QUICK TO GET OUT AND CRITICIZE THIS PERSON 02:14:47.217 --> 02:14:50.095 AND THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT PAUL SAID. HE SAID, 02:14:50.095 --> 02:14:54.176 "MANY OF YOU ARE WEAK." I DON'T WANT TO BE A WEAK BELIEVER. I 02:14:54.176 --> 02:15:00.475 DON'T. I WANT TO BE A STRONG AND A POWERFUL ONE. AND MANY ARE 02:15:00.475 --> 02:15:06.865 SICK BECAUSE OF THIS REASON RIGHT HERE. AND SOME HAVE EVEN 02:15:06.865 --> 02:15:12.595 DIED. I BELIEVE ONE OF THE BRIGHT LINES OF SCRIPTURE- I 02:15:12.595 --> 02:15:16.377 DIDN'T MEAN THIS TO GO HEAVY. I PROMISE I DIDN'T. BUT I THINK 02:15:16.377 --> 02:15:22.046 THIS IS SOMETHING THE LORD WANTS. I DO. I GRIEVE FOR THE 02:15:22.046 --> 02:15:30.655 CHURCH. I GRIEVE FOR IT. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ALLOWED THE 02:15:30.655 --> 02:15:33.926 ENEMY TO USE THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO SET US ALL IN A 02:15:33.926 --> 02:15:43.015 TRAP. I BELIEVE GOD IS GONNA HAVE A GLORIOUS CHURCH WITHOUT 02:15:43.015 --> 02:15:48.027 SPOT OR WRINKLE. AND I'M BELIEVING THAT THOSE THAT HAVE 02:15:48.027 --> 02:15:51.265 FALLEN, NOT SAYING THEY GET RESTORED TO THEIR PULPITS, I'M 02:15:51.265 --> 02:15:54.416 NOT SAYING THAT. AGAIN, I TOLD YOU I DON'T KNOW ALL THE 02:15:54.416 --> 02:15:59.155 ANSWERS, IS THAT FAIR? BUT THEY DO NEED TO, COME ON, THE MAN 02:15:59.155 --> 02:16:05.515 THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. PAUL SAID, "IF HE 02:16:05.515 --> 02:16:08.277 DOESN'T REPENT, CAST HIM OUT AS A HERETIC." BUT IF HE REPENTS, 02:16:12.238 --> 02:16:16.796 HE NEEDS TO COME BACK FOR HOPE. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS, I 02:16:16.796 --> 02:16:20.137 DON'T. MAYBE I'LL WRITE A BOOK ON IT, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN I 02:16:20.137 --> 02:16:25.826 WON'T EVEN KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS. I WON'T. THE BRIGHT LINES OF THE 02:16:25.826 --> 02:16:33.146 BIBLE, KNOW THE WORD, PRAY EVERY DAY. ALL RIGHT. WATCH THIS 02:16:33.146 --> 02:16:36.086 LITTLE THING. NEEDS TO BE WASHED OUT WITH SOAP SOMETIMES. ALL 02:16:37.137 --> 02:16:41.574 RIGHT. CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY. ALWAYS TAKE THE POSITION OF THE 02:16:41.574 --> 02:16:45.596 FAITH OVER COMPLAINING. UNIFY WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. IF YOU 02:16:45.596 --> 02:16:49.137 DON'T AGREE WITH SOMEBODY, CHANCES ARE IF YOU JUST LEAVE 02:16:49.137 --> 02:16:55.195 IT, THEY'LL PROBABLY GROW PAST IT. OKAY? GIVE THEM A CHANCE, 02:16:55.195 --> 02:16:59.037 JUST LIKE YOU WANT THEM TO GIVE YOU ONE. AMEN? SO WE CAN BE 02:16:59.037 --> 02:17:02.359 STRONG. FATHER, I PRAY FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT CAME, AND EVEN 02:17:02.359 --> 02:17:07.707 THOUGH I WENT LONG, GOD, I ASK YOU BLESS THEM. FATHER, HELP US 02:17:07.707 --> 02:17:10.797 TO BE OBEDIENT, TO FOLLOW YOUR WORD IN THE END TIMES. FATHER, 02:17:10.797 --> 02:17:14.275 THESE ARE TIMES, THEY'RE DANGEROUS TIMES, AND WE NEED TO 02:17:14.275 --> 02:17:16.646 BE ABLE TO RISE ABOVE THE DECEPTION AND THE THINGS THAT 02:17:16.646 --> 02:17:20.096 ARE EVIL IN THE EARTH. I THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TODAY. I DID 02:17:20.096 --> 02:17:23.426 MY BEST. AND I ASK YOU, BLESS THESE PEOPLE AS THEY GO. KEEP 02:17:23.426 --> 02:17:25.766 THEM COOL, LORD. AND I PRAY NOBODY'S AIR CONDITIONER WILL 02:17:25.766 --> 02:17:29.336 BREAK, IN JESUS' NAME. BLESS THEM, LORD. I LOVE YOU. GOD 02:17:29.336 --> 02:17:32.245 BLESS YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. WE'LL SEE YOU WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 02:17:34.557 --> 02:17:37.525 LET'S GIVE PASTOR BRENDA ANOTHER HAND. THAT WAS WONDERFUL TODAY. 02:17:39.656 --> 02:17:43.676 HOW MANY OF YOU LEARNED SOME THINGS? AMEN. THAT WAS A GREAT 02:17:43.676 --> 02:17:46.467 MESSAGE. BE BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LET'S FILL THIS PLACE 02:17:46.467 --> 02:17:50.156 WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THAT. WHAT DO YOU 02:17:50.156 --> 02:17:52.436 HAVE TO DO THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN BE BACK AND HEAR THE 02:17:52.436 --> 02:17:56.361 CONCLUSION OF THAT MESSAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. 02:17:57.775 --> 02:18:02.575 IT'S LIFE CHANGING. HALLELUJAH. WELL, IF YOU ARE WORKING IN OUR 02:18:02.575 --> 02:18:06.867 CONNECT CAFE OR HAVE A JOB, YOU'RE DISMISSED NOW. OTHERWISE, 02:18:06.867 --> 02:18:10.887 I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO STAY SEATED FOR A MOMENT. IT'S NOT 02:18:10.887 --> 02:18:16.287 THE TIME TO LEAVE YET, BUT I WILL GET YOU OUT OF HERE SO THAT 02:18:16.287 --> 02:18:21.957 YOU CAN BE HOME FOR DINNER TONIGHT. NO, IT WON'T TAKE THAT 02:18:21.957 --> 02:18:25.055 LONG. BUT ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WOULD COME UP HERE AT THIS POINT 02:18:25.055 --> 02:18:28.617 IN TIME, OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE HERE FOR YOU TODAY. AND IF YOU NEED 02:18:28.617 --> 02:18:33.477 PRAYER TODAY, THEY'RE HONORED TO PRAY WITH YOU FOR ANY NEEDS THAT 02:18:33.477 --> 02:18:38.275 YOU MAY HAVE. AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING, I'LL JUST BASICALLY 02:18:38.275 --> 02:18:41.006 CONCLUDE. BUT THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US TODAY. 02:18:41.006 --> 02:18:44.066 WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, PASTOR BRENDA STARTED HER 02:18:44.066 --> 02:18:47.575 MESSAGE TODAY WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD'S WORD AND 02:18:47.575 --> 02:18:51.707 STANDING ON GOD'S WORD AND BELIEVING GOD'S WORD. AND IT 02:18:51.707 --> 02:18:54.477 JUST CAME BACK TO ME. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT WHILE SHE 02:18:54.477 --> 02:18:57.926 WAS- THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD'S WORD AND THE TRUTH OF GOD'S 02:18:57.926 --> 02:19:03.717 WORD. DID YOU KNOW THERE'S 2,500 PROPHETIC WORDS BIBLE SCHOLARS 02:19:03.717 --> 02:19:09.717 TELL US IN THIS BOOK? ABOUT 2,500 PROPHECIES IN THIS BOOK. 02:19:11.575 --> 02:19:16.195 2,000 OF THOSE, APPROXIMATELY 2,000, HAVE ALREADY COME TO 02:19:16.195 --> 02:19:24.355 PASS. THAT LEAVES WHAT? ABOUT 500 THAT STILL ARE TO COME TO 02:19:24.355 --> 02:19:31.617 PASS SOMEDAY, EITHER ON THIS EARTH OR IN THE ETERNAL AGES. SO 02:19:31.617 --> 02:19:37.047 MY LIGHTNING FAST MIND TELLS ME IF 2,000 OUT OF THOSE 2,500 02:19:37.047 --> 02:19:41.695 PROPHECIES HAVE COME TO PASS, THE REST OF THEM ARE GONNA COME. 02:19:41.695 --> 02:19:45.266 THEY'RE GONNA REMAIN TRUE. WHAT ABOUT THE ONE THAT SAYS, 02:19:45.266 --> 02:19:49.586 PASS? I THINK IT WILL. I BELIEVE IT WILL. 'CAUSE THIS WORD IS 02:19:49.586 --> 02:19:52.436 THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD"? DO YOU THINK THAT WILL COME TO 02:19:52.436 --> 02:19:57.986 PASS? I THINK IT WILL. I BELIEVE IT WILL. 'CAUSE THIS WORD IS 02:19:57.986 --> 02:20:02.336 ETERNAL TRUTH. IT NEVER FADES AWAY, IT'LL NEVER LEAVE, IT'S 02:20:02.336 --> 02:20:07.377 ETERNAL. AND SO I JUST WANNA MENTION TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE, 02:20:07.377 --> 02:20:11.006 GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU'VE NEVER CONFESSED JESUS 02:20:11.006 --> 02:20:14.727 CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT SO THAT 02:20:14.727 --> 02:20:20.906 YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PLACE WITH GOD IN ETERNITY. NOT IN THE LAKE 02:20:20.906 --> 02:20:26.217 OF FIRE, BUT WITH GOD. YOU HAVE THAT CHOICE. MAN WAS MADE WITH 02:20:26.217 --> 02:20:29.307 FREE WILL, HE WAS MADE WITH A CHOICE, AND YOU CAN DETERMINE 02:20:29.307 --> 02:20:33.986 YOUR OWN DESTINY. YOU DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS. THE 02:20:33.986 --> 02:20:38.605 THING THAT PROBABLY GETS IN MOST PEOPLE'S WAY IN THIS WORLD IS 02:20:38.605 --> 02:20:44.246 PRIDE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION. 02:20:44.246 --> 02:20:48.379 PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I CAN DO IT MY WAY. I'LL WORK OUT MY PLAN 02:20:49.496 --> 02:20:55.316 INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE WORD, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING JESUS. IF 02:20:55.316 --> 02:21:00.086 WE CONFESS JESUS WITH OUR MOUTH, BELIEVE THAT HE WAS RAISED FROM 02:21:00.086 --> 02:21:05.066 THE DEAD, ACCEPT HIM AS OUR SAVIOR, WE HAVE ETERNITY WITH 02:21:05.066 --> 02:21:10.016 HIM. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS. AND WOULD THERE BE 02:21:10.016 --> 02:21:14.307 SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I'M NOT 100% SURE 02:21:14.307 --> 02:21:19.256 THAT I'M ON TRACK WITH THE LORD. I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT I KNOW 02:21:19.256 --> 02:21:22.467 JESUS AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT HIM. YOU 02:21:22.467 --> 02:21:27.926 MAY HAVE BEEN IN CHURCH. YOU MAY HAVE DONE MULTITUDES OF GOOD 02:21:27.926 --> 02:21:30.746 THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU'VE NEVER HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH 02:21:30.746 --> 02:21:33.807 JESUS. AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, I NEED 02:21:33.807 --> 02:21:38.426 TO MAKE SURE TODAY THAT HEAVEN IS MY HOME, THAT I'M ON THE 02:21:38.426 --> 02:21:43.332 RIGHT PATH WITH GOD, THAT I'M WALKING IN GOD'S PLAN AND HIS 02:21:43.332 --> 02:21:46.602 BLESSING, IF THAT'S YOU TODAY AND YOU WANT TO START, IT ALL 02:21:46.602 --> 02:21:50.381 STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER OF FAITH, AND THEN YOU WALK IT OUT 02:21:50.381 --> 02:21:54.102 FROM THERE. IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO 02:21:54.102 --> 02:21:58.152 JUST RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY, RIGHT NOW, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF 02:21:58.152 --> 02:22:00.762 YOU NEED PRAYER, YOU SAY, "I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH 02:22:00.762 --> 02:22:04.332 GOD," OR, "I'VE NEVER MADE THAT DECISION." IS THERE ANYONE HERE? 02:22:04.332 --> 02:22:10.842 YOU NEED JESUS. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND. ANYONE 02:22:10.842 --> 02:22:16.061 IN THIS PLACE? OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER SO 02:22:16.061 --> 02:22:21.072 THAT THE ONLINE AUDIENCE CAN ALSO PRAY WITH US. YOU REPEAT 02:22:21.072 --> 02:22:25.031 AFTER ME. WE'RE GONNA PRAY THIS PRAYER OF FAITH. FATHER, IN THE 02:22:25.031 --> 02:22:32.381 NAME OF JESUS, I COME TO YOU TODAY. I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE THE 02:22:32.381 --> 02:22:40.121 SIN IN MY LIFE. MAKE ME A NEW CREATURE. I CONFESS THAT JESUS 02:22:40.121 --> 02:22:46.393 CHRIST IS LORD. I BELIEVE THAT HE WENT TO THE CROSS, HE DIED 02:22:46.393 --> 02:22:52.422 FOR ME, HE WAS BURIED, AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY, 02:22:52.422 --> 02:22:58.481 ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE. JESUS BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE, 02:22:58.481 --> 02:23:04.361 AND I WILL SERVE YOU MY REMAINING DAYS ON THIS EARTH. 02:23:04.361 --> 02:23:08.472 AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER 02:23:08.472 --> 02:23:14.981 LINE, 855-777-7907. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY WE HAVE PRAYER 02:23:14.981 --> 02:23:18.701 COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU MINISTER AND SEND YOU 02:23:18.701 --> 02:23:21.881 INFORMATION. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. LET US KNOW OF YOUR 02:23:21.881 --> 02:23:25.002 DECISION TO SERVE JESUS. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU 02:23:25.002 --> 02:23:29.832 CAN EVER MAKE. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY BE BACK IN THE 02:23:29.832 --> 02:23:33.461 HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, AND WE'LL 02:23:33.461 --> 02:23:37.811 SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY WHEN PASTOR HANK IS BACK IN THE PULPIT, AND 02:23:37.811 --> 02:23:40.301 THEN OUR ALTAR TEAM AGAIN IS HERE IF YOU NEED PRAYER THIS 02:23:40.301 --> 02:23:43.211 MORNING. FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. GOD BLESS 02:23:43.211 --> 02:23:46.541 YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL, COOL AFTERNOON IN JESUS' NAME.