WEBVTT 00:00.053 --> 00:04.501 (MUSIC) 00:05.816 --> 00:11.744 LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, ARE THERE ANY CONQUERORS IN THE BUILDING 00:11.744 --> 00:17.708 TONIGHT? I SAID, ARE THERE ANY CONQUERORS IN THE BUILDING 00:17.708 --> 00:24.447 TONIGHT? WE THANK YOU, JESUS. WE THANK YOU THAT AS YOU ARE, SO WE 00:24.447 --> 00:28.167 ARE IN THIS WORLD. AND WE THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT WE 00:28.167 --> 00:34.079 ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS. LET'S GO. COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS 00:34.079 --> 00:48.031 TOGETHER LIKE THIS. HEY, IF THERE ARE ANY CONQUERORS IN THE 00:48.031 --> 00:55.483 ROOM TONIGHT, CAN YOU MAKE A SHOUT UNTO GOD? HEY, 00:57.978 --> 00:59.597 Y'ALL KNOW THIS, SAY! 01:00.011 --> 05:14.648 (MUSIC) 05:16.049 --> 05:17.953 DOES ANYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOW 05:18.795 --> 05:20.820 THAT THE ENEMY IS UNDER YOUR FEET, AMEN? 05:25.425 --> 19:24.052 (MUSIC) 19:35.132 --> 19:38.359 EDDIE, DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. LET'S STRETCH OUR 19:38.359 --> 19:42.449 HANDS, IF YOU WOULD, TOWARD ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. THAT PHRASE 19:42.449 --> 19:47.793 CAME OUT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. LET'S PRAY OVER ALL THESE PEOPLE 19:47.793 --> 19:51.123 IN THIS ROOM THAT EVERYTHING THAT THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN FROM 19:51.123 --> 19:55.273 THEM IS GOING TO BE RECOVERED AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DELAYED 19:55.273 --> 19:58.194 IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WOULD YOU PRAY OVER THESE PEOPLE? COME ON. 19:58.194 --> 20:01.017 I WANT YOU TO GET IN AGREEMENT, THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM AND 20:01.017 --> 20:03.662 THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, COME ON, EDDIE, SPEAK IT OVER THESE 20:03.662 --> 20:06.132 FOLKS IN JESUS' NAME. 20:06.141 --> 20:10.809 (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) 20:10.809 --> 20:12.785 COME ON, JUST RECEIVE THIS PRAYER. 20:13.068 --> 20:18.758 I DECLARE IN THE NAME OF JESUS WHAT WAS A PART OF YOUR COVENANT 20:18.758 --> 20:22.201 AND IS STILL A PART OF YOUR COVENANT, I DECLARE NOW IT 20:22.201 --> 20:26.713 RETURNS TO YOUR HANDS. WHAT THE THIEF HAS STOLEN, I DECLARE THAT 20:26.713 --> 20:31.409 HE SHALL RETURN SEVENFOLD IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. I DECLARE 20:31.409 --> 20:36.854 NOW THAT WE SHALL THE LAND EVERYWHERE THAT WE PUT OUR FEET 20:36.854 --> 20:41.689 BELONGS TO US ACCORDING TO DEUTERONOMY. I DECLARE THAT YOU 20:41.689 --> 20:45.050 ARE BLESSED IN THE CITY, YOU ARE BLESSED IN THE FIELD, YOU ARE 20:45.050 --> 20:48.722 BLESSED IN YOUR COMING, YOU ARE BLESSED IN YOUR GOING, YOU ARE 20:48.722 --> 20:52.486 BLESSED IN YOUR WALLETS, YOU ARE BLESSED IN YOUR HOMES. I 20:52.486 --> 20:57.018 DECLARE IN THE NAME OF JESUS ANY PEACE THAT THE ENEMY HAS TRIED 20:57.018 --> 21:02.677 TO TAKE FROM YOUR HOMES, I DECLARE NOW PEACE BE STILL IN 21:02.677 --> 21:06.053 THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. OH, WE WORSHIP WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD, 21:06.053 --> 21:11.334 AND WE THANK YOU THAT IT IS ALREADY DONE NOW, NOW, NOW IN 21:11.334 --> 21:13.435 THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. COME ON, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GIVE 21:13.435 --> 21:20.438 GOD A SHOUT OF AGREEMENT THAT EVERYTHING THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN 21:20.833 --> 21:24.288 IS BEING RECOVERED. AND EVERYBODY ONLINE THAT HAS JOINED 21:24.288 --> 21:29.836 TONIGHT, THE SAME GOES FOR YOU. THERE IS NO DISTANCE, NO TIME IN 21:29.836 --> 21:33.882 THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT, THAT EVERYTHING— COME ON, THAT 21:33.882 --> 21:38.252 PROPHETIC WORD, YOU TAKE IT AND YOU MAKE THAT YOURS IN JESUS' 21:38.252 --> 21:41.901 NAME. AMEN, AND AMEN, AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, TURN AROUND AND 21:41.901 --> 21:46.115 GIVE A COUPLE PEOPLE A HIGH FIVE WHILE I CHANGE MICROPHONES AND 21:46.119 --> 21:47.285 WE GET INTO THE WORD TONIGHT. 21:49.243 --> 22:20.548 (PIANO MUSIC) 22:22.208 --> 22:25.714 AMEN. WHOO! ARE YOU GLAD YOU 22:25.714 --> 22:30.816 CAME TO CHURCH ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT? BECAUSE WHATEVER THE 22:30.816 --> 22:34.285 DEVIL TRIED TO STEAL FROM YOU, EVEN IF IT WAS THIS WEEK, YOU 22:34.285 --> 22:38.463 JUST GOT IT BACK. PRAISE THE LORD. AMEN AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, 22:38.463 --> 22:43.804 WELL, LET'S PUT UP THE OFFERING INFORMATION TONIGHT. USHERS ARE 22:43.804 --> 22:46.611 IN THE AISLES. AND I'M NOT PREACHING AN OFFERING MESSAGE. 22:46.611 --> 22:51.404 YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO. RIGHT? AND BY THE WAY, FOR ANYBODY THAT 22:51.404 --> 22:53.937 MISSED THE MEMO, WE MADE THE CONFERENCE BUDGET WITH A 22:53.937 --> 22:59.348 SURPLUS. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND YOU KNOW, WE 22:59.348 --> 23:02.784 HAVE STUFF TO DO FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. SO WE WANT TO BUILD THE 23:02.784 --> 23:07.908 WAR CHEST AND HAVE OVERFLOW. AMEN. YOU NEED TO CLAIM THAT FOR 23:07.908 --> 23:11.646 YOURSELF AND IN YOUR LIFE ON A REGULAR BASIS. OVERFLOW. COME 23:11.646 --> 23:16.081 ON, LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR. JUST SAY, "YOU GOT OVERFLOW." TELL 2 23:16.081 --> 23:23.025 OR 3 MORE PEOPLE. REMIND THEM. AMEN. ALL THE WAYS TO GIVE 23:23.025 --> 23:26.246 THERE, AND OF COURSE, TEXT TO GIVE. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY THAT 23:26.246 --> 23:32.043 JOINS ONLINE, AND YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO ALL OF US. AND BY 23:32.043 --> 23:36.874 THE WAY, PASTOR HANK SENDS HIS GREETING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT 23:36.874 --> 23:39.899 HE'S WORKING ON TONIGHT. HE SAID, I GOT TO FINISH 23:41.006 --> 23:44.842 MORE CHILDREN'S STORIES. SO THAT'S WHAT HE IS DOING. HE IS— 23:44.842 --> 23:48.534 AREN'T YOU THANKFUL FOR YOUR PASTOR? HE'S LIKE— SO HE'S 23:48.534 --> 23:53.125 WORKING ON THOSE. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE— HOW MANY OF YOU 23:53.125 --> 23:57.137 DID LOVE THE ZEPTO VIDEO? YOU KNOW, AND THESE ARE A GREAT 23:57.137 --> 24:00.829 WITNESSING TOOL. YOU CAN GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, TELL PEOPLE 24:00.829 --> 24:05.243 ABOUT THEM. EVERYBODY THAT WE MEET, WE GIVE THEM BOOKS AND 24:05.243 --> 24:09.719 COMICS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF 24:09.719 --> 24:12.139 THEY'RE NOT SAVED, THEY'RE LIKE, "THESE ARE COOL." WE HAVE ONE 24:12.139 --> 24:17.029 PARTICULAR PERSON THAT I KNOW WHO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF 24:17.029 --> 24:20.555 THEY CLAIM TO BE A CHRISTIAN OR NOT. I'M NOT EVEN SURE. BUT 24:20.555 --> 24:24.787 THEY'RE LIKE, "MY KIDS ACT OUT CAPTAIN ZEPTO, AND THEY FIGHT 24:24.787 --> 24:30.879 OVER WHO GETS TO BE ZEPTO, AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE ZORB." SO, 24:30.879 --> 24:35.688 IT'S GOOD. THEY'RE A GOOD OUTREACH TOOL, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, 24:35.688 --> 24:37.932 I ASSURED YOU IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY SERVE THE PEOPLE, YOU 24:37.932 --> 24:40.113 CAN SERVE THEM. WE'RE GONNA GET STRAIGHT UP INTO THE WORD 24:40.113 --> 24:46.444 TONIGHT. AND AMEN. BY THE WAY, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, VOTE 24:46.444 --> 24:50.798 YOUR VALUES IS AROUND THE CORNER. SO BE TELLING PEOPLE. BY 24:50.798 --> 24:53.273 THE WAY, GREAT JOB, PASTOR ANTHONY, ON THAT SITELET THAT 24:53.273 --> 24:56.647 YOU PUT TOGETHER. THERE IS A SITELET. IS IT 24:56.647 --> 25:01.388 VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO? OKAY, .INFO. I GOT THAT DOWN. 25:01.388 --> 25:05.019 VOTEYOURVALUES.INFO. THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION OUT THERE 25:05.019 --> 25:09.572 JUST TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT AND WAYS THAT WE CAN BE INVOLVED. 25:09.572 --> 25:15.020 AND WE'VE GOT A SURPRISINGLY— I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR SISTER IS THE 25:15.020 --> 25:18.962 ONE THAT'S JUST BEEN REALLY WORKING IT, BUT WE GOT A LOT OF 25:18.962 --> 25:21.382 CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT HERE IN NEBRASKA THAT ARE GOING TO BE 25:21.382 --> 25:28.256 ATTENDING ALREADY. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. AND LET OTHER 25:28.256 --> 25:31.061 BELIEVERS FROM OTHER CHURCHES KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THE 25:31.061 --> 25:36.589 BODY OF CHRIST TO LAY DOWN ALL OF THOSE CHURCH WALLS, THOSE 25:36.589 --> 25:40.996 DENOMINATIONAL LINES, AND COME TOGETHER. AND LET'S GET THIS FOR 25:40.996 --> 25:45.082 A GREAT PURPOSE. WE NEED TO HAVE SEATS IN THE CONSERVATIVE 25:45.082 --> 25:49.569 CORNER. THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS, NOT THE PRO-ABORTION 25:49.569 --> 25:53.896 PEOPLE. WE NEED PRO-LIFE PEOPLE. WE NEED PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE MEN 25:53.896 --> 25:59.331 ARE MEN AND WOMEN ARE WOMEN, RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE 25:59.331 --> 26:02.156 OUT THERE REALLY BELIEVE THAT, AND THAT'S THE THING YOU'VE GOT 26:02.156 --> 26:04.949 TO REMEMBER. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE ON OUR SIDE FOR THOSE 26:04.949 --> 26:08.577 THINGS THAN THERE IS PEOPLE ON THE OTHER THAT BELIEVE CRAZY 26:08.577 --> 26:13.537 STUFF. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, USHERS, DID YOU USHER? THANK 26:13.537 --> 26:17.469 YOU, INTERNET, FOR YOUR PARTICIPATING AS WELL. BUT WE'RE 26:17.469 --> 26:20.134 GOING TO GET STRAIGHT INTO THE SCRIPTURE TONIGHT, AND I'M GOING 26:20.134 --> 26:23.649 TO TRY TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE AT A REALLY GOOD TIME. HOW MANY 26:23.649 --> 26:27.842 PARENTS OF YOUNG KIDS, YOUR KIDS ARE ACTING TO SCHOOL. AND YEAH, 26:27.842 --> 26:31.962 THERE'S— THAT'S A THING. THAT'S A REAL THING, RIGHT? I REMEMBER 26:31.962 --> 26:34.708 THOSE DAYS. LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, WEDNESDAY NIGHT 26:34.708 --> 26:37.427 CHURCH, I LOVE IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS WOULD GO TO BED LATE 26:37.427 --> 26:41.542 AND NOBODY WANTED TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND ALL OF THOSE 26:41.542 --> 26:44.943 THINGS AND GETTING THE LUNCHES READY AND ALL THE STUFF. AND YOU 26:44.943 --> 26:47.906 KNOW, THE SCHOOL THAT OUR KIDS WENT TO, THEY HAD HOT LUNCH, BUT 26:47.906 --> 26:50.578 THEY NEVER WANTED HOT LUNCH. THEY SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE A 26:50.578 --> 26:54.175 LUNCH. AND SO THEN THERE WAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT? AND 26:54.175 --> 26:59.479 NOW PASTOR HANK MAKES HIS OWN LUNCH FOR LUNCH WITH HANK. THINK 26:59.479 --> 27:02.435 ABOUT THAT. I HAVE NOT HELPED HIM. I JUST SAY, "HERE'S WHAT'S 27:02.435 --> 27:04.925 IN THE FRIDGE. YOU COME UP WITH IT." HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE 27:04.925 --> 27:08.379 ENJOYED THOSE? THOSE HAVE BEEN FUN TO WATCH. I'M LIKE, "HONEY, 27:08.379 --> 27:11.672 ONLY YOU WOULD COME UP WITH—" AND I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS THAT? 27:11.672 --> 27:14.353 HE DOES THIS THING WHERE HE STICKS HIS WHOLE HEAD DOWN IN 27:14.353 --> 27:18.847 THE— HAVE Y'ALL SEEN THAT? I'M LIKE, "WHAT IS THAT?" I DON'T 27:18.847 --> 27:21.533 KNOW, THERE WAS SOME SESAME STREET CHARACTER THAT USED TO 27:21.533 --> 27:24.337 GET DOWN IN. AND ANYWAY, I'M LIKE, ONLY A CARTOONIST COULD 27:24.337 --> 27:27.958 COME UP WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO GET IN THE SCRIPTURE? 27:27.958 --> 27:31.548 SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT I FEEL 27:31.548 --> 27:34.336 THAT HAS JUST— I DON'T KNOW, THIS HAS STIRRED IN MY SPIRIT A 27:34.336 --> 27:37.781 LITTLE BIT. I WANT TO JUST KIND OF TEACH SOME PASSAGES FROM THE 27:37.781 --> 27:42.989 WORD THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT THAT WE GO THROUGH. AND IT 27:42.989 --> 27:46.210 REALLY RESONATED LAST NIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU CAUGHT FLASHPOINT? 27:46.210 --> 27:50.059 AND THEY DID THAT LITTLE SEGMENT IN THERE WHERE PASTOR GENE 27:50.059 --> 27:54.472 TALKED ABOUT OVERCOMING FEAR. NOW, I DON'T SO MUCH WANT TO 27:54.472 --> 27:57.184 TALK ABOUT FEAR TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT— EVEN THOUGH 27:57.184 --> 28:01.436 IT'S A PART OF IT, I REALLY WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED 28:01.436 --> 28:06.587 TO DO TO CAST OUT FEAR. AND I THOUGHT PASTOR HANK AND DUTCH, 28:06.587 --> 28:12.284 THEY— I MEAN, THEY SAID AWESOME THINGS ABOUT THAT, BUT I FEEL 28:12.284 --> 28:16.459 LIKE THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO TO DEAL WITH THE THOUGHTS 28:16.459 --> 28:20.395 THAT GO ON IN OUR HEAD ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND SO, LET ME 28:20.395 --> 28:23.047 JUST SHOW THIS TO YOU. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY, I GUESS IF I 28:23.047 --> 28:26.823 WERE TO TITLE THIS, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A TITLE. I JUST 28:26.823 --> 28:29.564 SCRATCHED OUT A FEW SCRIPTURES JUST BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART 28:29.564 --> 28:33.241 WHAT I WANT TO COMMUNICATE. IF I WERE TO TITLE IT, I WOULD TALK 28:33.241 --> 28:40.717 ABOUT EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL. NOW, THIS IS REALLY A BIG DEAL 28:40.717 --> 28:45.244 BECAUSE EVERYTHING STARTS UP HERE, RIGHT? WHAT GOES ON IN OUR 28:45.244 --> 28:50.141 HEAD OFTEN DETERMINES HOW WE REACT. AND THEN IF WE ALLOW 28:50.141 --> 28:53.449 THINGS TO GO ON IN OUR MIND IN AN UNDISCIPLINED WAY LONG 28:53.449 --> 28:57.367 ENOUGH, THAT'S HOW OUR HABIT WILL BECOME, RIGHT? SO, LET'S 28:57.367 --> 29:00.434 JUST LOOK AT SOME SCRIPTURES. THIS IS GALATIANS 5, AND I'M 29:00.434 --> 29:04.271 GONNA GO TO THE NEW LIVING TONIGHT. GALATIANS 5:22, LET'S 29:04.271 --> 29:08.382 JUST READ A FEW DIFFERENT VERSES ON THIS. GALATIANS, IT SAYS, 29:08.382 --> 29:14.220 "BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRODUCES THIS KIND OF FRUIT IN OUR LIVES. 29:14.220 --> 29:20.404 LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, 29:20.404 --> 29:26.285 FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND WATCH THIS, AND SELF-CONTROL. 29:26.285 --> 29:29.697 NOW THINK ABOUT THAT. THE KING JAMES DOESN'T USE THE WORD 29:29.697 --> 29:34.168 SELF-CONTROL. IT USES THE WORD TEMPERANCE. BUT SELF-CONTROL, 29:34.168 --> 29:40.658 LET'S LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE HERE. PROVERBS 25:28. THIS IS 29:40.658 --> 29:45.331 ALSO THE NEW LIVING, IF THEY'LL PUT THAT UP. IT SAYS, "A PERSON 29:45.331 --> 29:51.978 WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL IS LIKE A CITY WITH BROKEN-DOWN WALLS." IN 29:51.978 --> 29:56.587 OTHER WORDS, ANYTHING CAN COME IN, RIGHT? ANYTHING CAN GO OUT. 29:56.587 --> 30:01.612 THERE'S NO SECURITY IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. SO, A PERSON 30:01.612 --> 30:04.984 THAT DOESN'T DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES— NOW, THE FRUIT OF 30:04.984 --> 30:07.966 THE SPIRIT THE SPIRIT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT THIS WAY, THE 30:07.966 --> 30:12.295 FRUIT OF THE MATURE CHRISTIAN, THE CHRISTIAN THAT LIVES A 30:12.295 --> 30:17.264 DISCIPLINED CHRISTIAN LIFE, WILL HAVE THE FRUIT OF SELF-CONTROL 30:17.264 --> 30:20.165 FLOWING. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, NOW, YOU KNOW, WE THINK 30:20.165 --> 30:24.221 ABOUT SELF-CONTROL OFTEN JUST BEING SOMETHING THAT IS 30:24.221 --> 30:28.661 CONNECTED TO, YOU KNOW, THE MOST EVIL OF SINS. PEOPLE WITH NO 30:28.661 --> 30:31.691 SELF-CONTROL ARE SEXUALLY IMMORAL, THEY'RE ADDICTED, 30:31.691 --> 30:35.362 THEY'RE ALCOHOLICS, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT 30:35.362 --> 30:38.105 THEY'RE LIVING IN A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL. BUT, YOU KNOW, 30:38.105 --> 30:42.665 IT'S SO MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT. SELF-CONTROL STARTS WITH WHAT WE 30:42.665 --> 30:48.783 DO WITH OUR HEAD. IT STARTS IN OUR EMOTIONS. AND EVERY ACTION 30:48.783 --> 30:51.915 THAT WE TAKE, WE CONCEIVE OF IT. WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT 30:51.915 --> 30:56.090 TONIGHT. BUT EVERY ACTION THAT WE TAKE, IT STARTS WITH THE 30:56.090 --> 31:01.020 THOUGHT, RIGHT? SO, IF YOU HAVE AN OUTBURST OF ANGER, YOU HAVE 31:01.020 --> 31:04.199 TO THINK ABOUT IT FIRST. YOU KNOW, THEY SAY PEOPLE ACT 31:04.199 --> 31:08.150 WITHOUT THINKING, NO, NOT REALLY. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 31:08.150 --> 31:11.410 IT. REALLY, PEOPLE THAT ACT WITHOUT THINKING HAVE THOUGHT 31:11.410 --> 31:15.698 ABOUT THAT TYPE OF THING OR HAD THAT HABIT FOR A WHILE, AND SO 31:15.698 --> 31:19.039 THEN IT BECOMES A REFLEX, RIGHT? THEY START DOING IT 31:19.039 --> 31:24.419 AUTOMATICALLY. BUT EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL, I BELIEVE WHEN WE 31:24.419 --> 31:29.397 TALK ABOUT SELF-CONTROL, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO 31:29.397 --> 31:33.248 IS CONTROL WHAT GOES ON UP HERE. HAPPEN HERE, WHETHER IT BE 31:33.248 --> 31:36.855 THOUGHTS OF ANGER, WHETHER IT BE THOUGHTS OF FEAR. THEY TALKED 31:36.855 --> 31:40.958 ABOUT THAT ON FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT. WHETHER IT BE THOUGHTS OF 31:40.958 --> 31:44.083 DEPRESSION, THOUGHTS OF FRUSTRATION, THOUGHTS OF 31:44.083 --> 31:49.036 SELF-REJECTION, ALL OF THE THINGS, THOUGHTS OF SADNESS, ALL 31:49.036 --> 31:54.581 OF THESE ARE THOUGHTS THAT IF WE DON'T CONTROL— ARE YOU TRACKING 31:54.581 --> 31:59.069 WITH ME? WHAT WE THINK ABOUT, AND WE JUST LET THOSE THOUGHTS 31:59.069 --> 32:01.539 GO. NOW, SAY, "OH, PASTOR BRENDA, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HARDER 32:01.539 --> 32:04.026 SAID THAN DONE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HIT ON TONIGHT. 32:04.026 --> 32:07.797 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ENEMY LOVES TO JUST HIT YOU WITH A 32:07.797 --> 32:11.824 BARRAGE OF THOUGHTS AND FEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR 32:11.824 --> 32:15.756 THESE THINGS THAT GO ON THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, REGARDING WHAT'S 32:15.756 --> 32:19.687 GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY OR IN THE WORLD, WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE 32:19.687 --> 32:23.538 THESE THOUGHTS THAT CAN HIT YOU. OR IF, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT 32:23.538 --> 32:26.426 THINGS REGARDING YOUR HEALTH, THOUGHTS THAT CAN HIT YOU. OR 32:26.426 --> 32:29.618 THE DOCTOR SAID THIS, OR THE DOCTOR SAID THAT. I SAID THAT, 32:29.618 --> 32:32.441 THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOUR HEAD CAN SAY, "WELL, THIS COULD 32:32.441 --> 32:35.728 HAPPEN, AND THAT COULD HAPPEN." AND YOUR EMOTIONS WILL TELL YOU, 32:35.728 --> 32:40.538 OR, YOU KNOW, "WHAT IF?" AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW, WE HAVE NO 32:40.538 --> 32:45.028 EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND A PERSON 32:45.028 --> 32:49.277 THAT DOESN'T DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES WITH SELF-CONTROL, 32:49.277 --> 32:53.366 THAT— AND I BELIEVE A LOT OF BELIEVERS, THIS IS A STRUGGLE 32:53.366 --> 32:59.841 PLACE THAT CAUSES US TO GET OUT OF FAITH. THAT WE HAVE TO ARREST 32:59.841 --> 33:02.260 THOSE THOUGHTS AND THOSE FEELINGS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S 33:02.260 --> 33:05.688 NOTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT TELLS YOU, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL OR 33:05.688 --> 33:10.895 ACT A CERTAIN WAY. NOW, EMOTIONS ARE REAL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 33:10.895 --> 33:14.515 THEM. BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT TELLS US TO 33:14.515 --> 33:21.949 FOLLOW THEM OR JUST GO WITH IT BECAUSE WE FEEL IT. OKAY? DAVID 33:21.949 --> 33:25.185 WAS A MAN THAT HAD A LOT OF EMOTIONS. IF YOU STUDY THE 33:25.185 --> 33:30.477 PSALMS, HE HAD FEARFUL EMOTIONS OF FRUSTRATION WHEN HE 33:30.477 --> 33:32.931 SAID, "LORD, HOW LONG ARE YOU JUST GOING TO LET THE ENEMY RUN 33:32.931 --> 33:36.797 AROUND LIKE THIS?" BUT HE ALWAYS WOULD COME BACK TO BRINGING 33:36.797 --> 33:42.572 THOSE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES INTO SUBJECTION. SO, A PERSON WITHOUT 33:42.572 --> 33:49.390 SELF-CONTROL IS A PERSON THAT OFTEN IS— THEY JUST DO WHATEVER. 33:49.390 --> 33:51.957 WHATEVER COMES TO MIND, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. AND THE BIBLE 33:51.957 --> 33:55.068 SAYS— NOW, HERE'S WHY I BELIEVE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. 33:55.068 --> 33:59.411 THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS— HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE THIS IS 33:59.411 --> 34:04.380 SOME CRAZY LAST DAYS THAT WE'RE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW? IT SAYS IN 34:04.380 --> 34:06.785 2 TIMOTHY 3, YOU KNOW THE PASSAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT IN THE 34:06.785 --> 34:09.493 LAST DAYS DANGEROUS TIMES WILL COME. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN 34:09.493 --> 34:12.955 THERE IT SAYS IS PEOPLE— THE KING JAMES USES THE WORD 34:12.955 --> 34:16.562 INCONTINENCE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE BLADDER PROBLEMS. IT 34:16.562 --> 34:20.473 DOESN'T. IT ACTUALLY— THAT WORD IS A KING JAMES WORD THAT MEANS 34:20.473 --> 34:25.057 THAT THEY LACK IN THE LAST DAYS. THEY'LL LACK SELF-CONTROL. OKAY, 34:25.057 --> 34:29.947 THEY'LL BE RASH, RIGHT? THEY'LL JUST DO WHATEVER COMES TO MIND. 34:29.947 --> 34:32.592 THAT'S WHY PEOPLE JUST GO OUT ON THE STREET AND THEY CAN BEAT UP 34:32.592 --> 34:37.000 PEOPLE AND ATTACK POLICE OFFICERS AND DO ALL THESE CRAZY 34:37.000 --> 34:39.501 THINGS BECAUSE THEY HAVE— THERE'S NO DISCIPLINE TO 34:39.501 --> 34:42.772 SELF-CONTROL. AND THEY JUST ALLOW WHATEVER TO COME THROUGH 34:42.772 --> 34:47.677 THEIR HEAD. AND THIS IS WHY I FEEL LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA IS SUCH A 34:47.677 --> 34:51.272 SUICIDE A SEWAGE DUMP, 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY A LOT OF LACK OF 34:51.272 --> 34:54.243 EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL JUST BEING PUT OUT THERE ON THE 34:54.243 --> 34:57.776 INTERNET. AND PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, AND EVEN IF 34:57.776 --> 35:00.505 YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT OUT OF AN 35:00.505 --> 35:04.777 EMOTIONAL LACK OF SELF-CONTROL MOMENT, OKAY? WE'VE GOT TO THINK 35:04.777 --> 35:08.197 ABOUT WHAT WE SAY, AND WHEN TO SAY IT, AND WHEN TO DO IT, OKAY? 35:08.197 --> 35:13.094 AND THAT IS THE EARMARK OF A MATURE CHRISTIAN. CAN YOU WALK 35:13.094 --> 35:16.868 IN SELF-CONTROL? YOU COULD FEEL SOMETHING IN THE MOMENT. THIS IS 35:16.868 --> 35:20.163 WHY A LOT OF MARRIAGES END UP IN DIVORCE COURT BECAUSE 35:20.163 --> 35:24.777 PEOPLE, THROUGH A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL, CAN'T COMMUNICATE. 35:24.777 --> 35:29.599 OKAY? THEY CAN'T SHUT UP LONG ENOUGH. THERE'S A FUNNY OLD 35:29.599 --> 35:32.057 SAYING, "DON'T INTERRUPT YOUR ENEMY WHEN HE'S MAKING A 35:32.057 --> 35:39.316 MISTAKE." JUST LET THEM TALK ON. SOMETIMES IT'S THE BEST THING. 35:39.316 --> 35:42.865 BUT THE FACT IS, IT'S A REASON A LOT OF CHRISTIANS LEAVE GOOD 35:42.865 --> 35:46.403 CHURCHES OR CAN'T GET SETTLED OR CAN'T GET ALONG WITH THEIR 35:46.403 --> 35:48.205 FELLOW PERSON WORKING IN THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT OR 35:48.205 --> 35:52.236 WHATEVER IT IS. IT'S BECAUSE BECAUSE PEOPLE LACK A 35:52.236 --> 35:56.326 DISCIPLINE. THEY CAN'T BE IN A MOMENT OF HARDSHIP WITHOUT A 35:56.326 --> 36:00.657 REACTION. THINK ABOUT THIS, REALLY IMPORTANT. WE DO THIS 36:00.657 --> 36:04.828 SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN FAITH. WE TORPEDO OUR FAITH 36:04.828 --> 36:08.501 BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT GOES THROUGH OUR HEAD. SO, I 36:08.501 --> 36:10.923 WANNA JUST REALLY BREAK THIS DOWN TONIGHT. SO, THE BIBLE SAYS 36:10.923 --> 36:14.757 THE WHOLE WORLD IN THE LAST DAYS WILL BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE THAT 36:14.757 --> 36:20.293 ARE RASH, OKAY? THEY LACK SELF-CONTROL. CONTROL. AND THE 36:20.293 --> 36:24.484 CULTURE IS JUST SATURATED WITH THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR. AND IF 36:24.484 --> 36:28.338 WE'RE NOT CAREFUL AS BELIEVERS, RIGHT, WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN 36:28.338 --> 36:31.613 THAT SORT OF THING AND NOT REALIZE— BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH 36:31.613 --> 36:34.262 THE INTERNET, I FEEL LIKE I, YOU KNOW, I HARP ON THAT KIND OF A 36:34.262 --> 36:37.474 LOT. BUT IN FACT, I WROTE A WHOLE SECTION ON COMMANDING 36:37.474 --> 36:39.738 PEACE. DID ANYBODY READ ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S 36:39.738 --> 36:43.029 SOMETHING ABOUT JUST NOT BEING ALWAYS ONLINE THAT HELPS YOU. 36:45.606 --> 36:51.173 THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR A GREAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AMEN. SOMETIMES 36:51.173 --> 36:55.137 JUST NOT LOOKING, YOU KNOW, NOT CHECKING, NOT SEEING. YOU DON'T 36:55.137 --> 36:58.209 NEED TO SCROLL. WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING? YOU KNOW, 36:58.209 --> 37:01.378 THEY'RE GONNA SAY, THEY'RE GONNA DO. AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S 37:01.378 --> 37:05.177 PEACE. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE 37:05.177 --> 37:09.001 LATEST AND GREATEST— WHAT'S TRENDING ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 37:09.001 --> 37:13.319 TWITTER, ON TWITTER ANYMORE. X. I'M LIKE, "SEE, THAT SHOWS YOU. 37:13.319 --> 37:17.348 THAT'S HOW FAR REMOVED I'VE BECOME." BUT SO, THIS IS VERY 37:17.348 --> 37:20.800 IMPORTANT. THE WHOLE CULTURE IS SATURATED BY A LACK OF 37:20.800 --> 37:24.973 SELF-CONTROL. SO, AS CHRISTIANS, WE'RE CALLED TO— BUT WE ARE NOT 37:24.973 --> 37:30.656 ONLY CALLED, WE'RE COMMANDED OF THE BIBLE TO CARRY IN OUR LIVES 37:30.656 --> 37:35.231 THE FRUIT— IT'S A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT TO HAVE SELF-CONTROL. AND 37:35.231 --> 37:38.314 SELF-CONTROL IN OUR EMOTIONS, WILL DISCIPLINE OUR 37:38.314 --> 37:43.020 MOUTH, OKAY? SELF-CONTROL IN OUR EMOTIONS WILL DISCIPLINE US ON 37:43.020 --> 37:47.211 HOW WE MANAGE OUR BUSINESS. ALL OF THOSE, IT'LL TEACH US HOW TO 37:47.211 --> 37:50.359 REACT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS ACT 37:50.359 --> 37:54.840 NICE, OKAY? BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO ACT BAD 37:54.840 --> 37:59.240 BACK. WE HAVE TO RESPOND A CERTAIN WAY WITH A DISCIPLINE 37:59.240 --> 38:01.826 AND A SELF-CONTROL. EVERYTHING THE CHRISTIAN DOES, YOU KNOW, WE 38:01.826 --> 38:04.684 USE THE PHRASE A LOT, WELL, LET ME "LET ME PRAY ABOUT IT. I'M 38:04.684 --> 38:07.444 GONNA PRAY ABOUT IT." AND SOMETIMES I THINK, "WELL, DO WE 38:07.444 --> 38:12.243 PRAY ABOUT IT?" OR WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS, DO WE TAKE THE 38:12.243 --> 38:15.549 SELF-DISCIPLINE TO SAY, "I'M GONNA PAUSE ON RESPONDING TO 38:15.549 --> 38:19.898 THAT, AND I'M GONNA TAKE THAT UP TO PRAYER, AND GOD, YOU SHOW 38:19.898 --> 38:22.900 ME." YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF WE LACK WISDOM, ASK OF GOD." 38:24.119 --> 38:27.746 "YOU SHOW ME, LORD, THEN, HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO REACT, OR 38:27.746 --> 38:32.304 RESPOND, OR, YOU KNOW, REPLY TO THAT EMAIL, OR REPLY TO THAT 38:32.304 --> 38:36.159 TEXT." IF AT ALL. YOU SHOW ME. YOU TELL ME. YOU TEACH ME WHAT 38:36.159 --> 38:39.950 TO DO. THAT IS A DISCIPLINED LIFE OF SELF-CONTROL. AND YOU 38:39.950 --> 38:43.323 KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS LIKE IT IF YOU WALK IN IT. YOU KNOW, 38:43.323 --> 38:45.187 THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND. "WELL, WHY AREN'T YOU GETTING UPSET 38:45.187 --> 38:49.026 ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, WHY AREN'T YOU MAD LIKE EVERYBODY'S MAD?" 38:49.026 --> 38:52.881 I'M LIKE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED TO HAVE MY OWN DEAL 38:52.881 --> 38:58.021 HERE." I REMEMBER WHEN— A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS I REMEMBER 38:58.021 --> 39:00.592 WHEN— HOW MANY REMEMBER WHEN THE GEORGE FLOYD THING CAME OUT? 39:00.592 --> 39:05.969 OUT, AND THE INTERNET JUST ERUPTED WITH INSANITY. AND 39:05.969 --> 39:10.849 EVERYBODY WAS JUST TRIPPING OUT ON ALL THAT WENT ON THERE, 39:10.849 --> 39:14.878 EVERYTHING FROM ALL SIDES. AND PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT, AND 39:14.878 --> 39:19.839 THEY WERE POSTING THEIR BLACK SQUARES. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I 39:19.839 --> 39:22.889 UNDERSTAND. A LOT OF THEM HAD THE RIGHT HEART BEHIND IT. THEY 39:22.889 --> 39:28.010 WANTED TO BE DEFENDING OF BLACK PEOPLE. THAT WAS THEIR HEART. 39:28.010 --> 39:31.749 GOOD INTENT. BUT I THINK THE THING OF IT IS, PEOPLE DON'T 39:31.749 --> 39:35.905 SAY, "WELL, GOD, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME TO DO?" AND I TOLD 39:35.905 --> 39:38.714 PASTOR HANK, I SAID, "WELL, I CERTAINLY DON'T FEEL CALLED, 39:38.714 --> 39:42.308 SOMETHING IN MY SPIRIT, TO JUST JUMP IN THE BANDWAGON BECAUSE 39:42.308 --> 39:47.203 EVERYBODY'S POSTING IT, TO GO PUT OUT A SQUARE BECAUSE I'M 39:47.203 --> 39:51.215 SUPPOSED TO." OKAY, THIS IS— AND I'M JUST USING THAT AS ONE OF 39:51.215 --> 39:55.565 COUNTLESS EXAMPLES THAT WE FEEL THE PRESSURE IN A IN A CULTURE 39:55.565 --> 39:59.097 THAT HAS LITTLE TO NO SELF-CONTROL TO JUST DO THINGS 39:59.097 --> 40:03.352 BECAUSE THAT'S THE TREND, OKAY? AND SO, A SELF-CONTROLLED 40:03.352 --> 40:06.547 CHRISTIAN WOULD SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?" WATCH THIS CLICHÉ PHRASE, 40:06.547 --> 40:10.578 "I GO PRAY ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT TELLS ME TO DO." 40:10.578 --> 40:13.548 AND SO, EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A FEW MORE 40:13.548 --> 40:16.759 THINGS ON THIS, SOME OTHER SCRIPTURES, BECAUSE THIS IS AN 40:16.759 --> 40:20.115 AREA THAT I FEEL LIKE THE LORD HAS REALLY REMINDED ME IN MY 40:20.115 --> 40:25.292 LIFE, THAT HAVING EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL IS IMPORTANT, AND 40:25.292 --> 40:33.813 IT STARTS HERE. LUKE 21:19, LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS, IN 40:33.813 --> 40:38.022 YOUR PATIENCE— NOW, THAT IN THE KING JAMES, IN YOUR PATIENCE, 40:38.022 --> 40:43.613 REALLY IT MEANS THROUGH COMMITTED ENDURANCE— POSSESS OR 40:43.613 --> 40:47.200 OWN YOUR SOUL. NOW, WE KNOW OUR SOUL HERE, HERE BIBLICALLY IN 40:47.200 --> 40:49.764 THE CONTEXT OF THIS PASSAGE IS TALKING ABOUT THE TALKING ABOUT 40:49.764 --> 40:52.459 THE END TIMES. IT'S TALKING ABOUT THROUGH COMMITTED 40:52.459 --> 40:56.534 ENDURANCE, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR SOUL OR YOUR LIFE ON THE 40:56.534 --> 41:01.442 TRACK TO SALVATION. BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR EMOTIONS, RIGHT? OUR 41:01.442 --> 41:08.581 MIND, OUR SOUL IS OUR MIND. COME ON, OUR WILL, OUR EMOTIONS. BUT 41:08.581 --> 41:10.907 THERE'S MORE TO THE MIND. I'D LIKE TO DO A TEACHING AT SOME 41:10.907 --> 41:14.580 POINT ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND. THIS IS MAYBE A LITTLE 41:14.580 --> 41:18.994 PRECURSOR TO THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR INTELLECT, RIGHT? IT'S 41:18.994 --> 41:22.864 OUR SOUL IS OUR IMAGINATION. WHAT DO YOU ALLOW TO GO THROUGH 41:22.864 --> 41:27.457 THERE? YOU KNOW, DO YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF LIVING LONG AND STRONG 41:27.457 --> 41:32.902 AND HEALTHY ALL YOUR LIFE? OR DO YOU IMAGINE YOURSELF, YOUR LIFE 41:32.902 --> 41:38.587 BEING CUT SHORT OR CONTRACTING SOME AGE DISEASE? WHAT DO WE 41:38.587 --> 41:43.003 PICTURE IN OUR MINDS? WHAT DO WE ALLOW TO GO THROUGH? BECAUSE, 41:43.003 --> 41:47.580 YOU KNOW, LET'S BE REAL. I MEAN, EDDIE, WOW, POWERFUL TONIGHT. 41:47.580 --> 41:51.032 OUR WORSHIP TEAM, AMAZING. BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THERE WITH 41:51.032 --> 41:56.186 YOU MONDAY TO FRIDAY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, PUMPING US UP AND TAKE IT 41:56.186 --> 42:01.068 BACK. IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT WHEN THEY'RE SINGING IT, RIGHT? IT'S 42:01.068 --> 42:05.082 ANOTHER THING WHEN YOU'RE UNDER PRESSURE AT WORK, OR STUFF'S 42:05.082 --> 42:08.630 GOING DOWN WITH YOUR KIDS, OR YOU'RE FIGHTING THROUGH 42:08.630 --> 42:14.060 FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY TO SHOUT THOSE WORDS. BECAUSE YOUR HEAD 42:14.060 --> 42:18.997 WILL TELL YOU TO BE AFRAID. YOUR HEAD WILL TELL YOU TO BE 42:18.997 --> 42:22.222 FRUSTRATED. YOUR HEAD WILL TELL YOU, "BE ANGRY." YOUR HEAD WILL 42:22.222 --> 42:30.657 TELL YOU, "OH, BE DEPRESSED." "IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE." 42:30.657 --> 42:34.014 NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, I USED TO 42:34.014 --> 42:38.352 LIKE TO RUN TRACK, AND A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW. I WENT TO A SMALL 42:38.352 --> 42:41.565 CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. DON'T GET BIG IDEAS. WE HAD A GRADUATING CLASS 42:41.565 --> 42:45.753 OF 10. 10 PEOPLE. AND SO IT WAS A SMALL LITTLE SCHOOL, BUT I 42:45.753 --> 42:50.488 USED TO LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, RUN SOME TRACK. AND I HATED— I DON'T 42:50.488 --> 42:53.281 KNOW, I JUST HATED THE LONG-DISTANCE STUFF. I DON'T 42:53.281 --> 42:59.556 KNOW WHAT WOULD POSSESS ANYONE BUT THE DEVIL TO WANT TO RUN 5 42:59.556 --> 43:04.997 MILES. I HAVE NO DESIRE. I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER TRIED 5 MILES ON 43:04.997 --> 43:11.097 THE TREADMILL? THAT IS THE SLOWEST CLOSE DIAL AS YOU ARE 43:11.097 --> 43:16.878 STANDING THERE DOING THIS FOR HOURS ON END. AND I DON'T KNOW, 43:16.878 --> 43:19.222 I JUST HATED LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING. I DIDN'T MIND A GOOD 43:19.222 --> 43:22.610 50-YARD SPRINT, AND THAT WAS ALL GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS OVER IN A 43:22.610 --> 43:25.163 MINUTE. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF ENDURANCE FOR THESE 43:25.163 --> 43:27.876 PEOPLE THAT GET OUT THERE AND JUST JOG FOREVER. I'M LIKE, 43:27.876 --> 43:31.955 "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH YOU TO THINK THAT THAT'S FUN?" 43:33.255 --> 43:35.680 YOU KNOW, I WATCH THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING— 43:35.680 --> 43:37.863 JUST TONIGHT, DRIVING TO CHURCH, THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE 43:37.863 --> 43:42.685 SWEATING IT AND GUTTING IT OUT AND I'M LIKE, "JUST GO HOME." I 43:42.685 --> 43:48.869 DON'T KNOW WHAT— ANYWAY, BUT LET'S GIVE IT A LITTLE CREDIT. 43:50.196 --> 43:53.696 "IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE." THIS IS ENDURANCE RUNNING. FOR 43:53.696 --> 43:57.454 THE CHRISTIAN, WE ARE TO BE SELF-DISCIPLINED FOR THE LONG 43:57.454 --> 44:04.010 HAUL UP HERE. "IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE." OWN, OWN YOUR OWN 44:04.010 --> 44:08.298 SOUL. OWN YOUR THOUGHTS. THOUGHTS. DON'T JUST LET 44:08.298 --> 44:13.778 ANYTHING GO ON UP THERE, BECAUSE TRUST ME, THE DEVIL— IF YOU 44:13.778 --> 44:17.888 ALLOW YOURSELF TO SIT AROUND AND FEEL SAD, THE DEVIL WILL BE 44:17.888 --> 44:24.804 HAPPY TO DISH UP PLENTY OF SADNESS. AMEN. IF YOU ALLOW 44:24.804 --> 44:29.723 YOURSELF TO SIT AROUND AND BE UNFORGIVING TO SOMEBODY, YOU 44:29.723 --> 44:32.642 KNOW, I JUST WISH I COULD I'M GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT I THINK. 44:32.642 --> 44:35.858 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT? I WAS MAD AT SOMEBODY ONE TIME AND 44:35.858 --> 44:39.899 I THOUGHT, OKAY, I WAS FIXING MY HAIR TO GO TO CHURCH. CHECK THIS 44:39.899 --> 44:44.132 OUT. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? THE DEVIL CAN WORK ON YOU WHILE 44:44.132 --> 44:48.978 YOU'RE GOING TO BE ANOINTED. AND I'M THINKING THIS PERSON HAD 44:48.978 --> 44:52.449 JUST, I DON'T KNOW, IT GOT UNDER MY SKIN. THIS IS A LOT OF YEARS 44:52.449 --> 44:56.143 AGO. I'M PICTURING THE BATHROOM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WITH ME 44:56.143 --> 45:00.259 STANDING IN THERE. AND I REMEMBER THINKING, AND I WOULD 45:00.259 --> 45:03.134 JUST SAY, AND I'D CALL THEIR NAME, AND I WOULD SAY, "YOU 45:03.134 --> 45:06.887 KNOW, WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW, AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, 45:06.887 --> 45:09.977 AND HAVE YOU EVER—" AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THAT PERSON UP 45:09.977 --> 45:14.492 HERE. ARE YOU WITH ME NOW? I'M UP HERE TELLING THEM WHAT I 45:14.492 --> 45:21.608 THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW. AND IT JUST FESTERED MORE OFFENSE, MORE 45:21.608 --> 45:26.051 FRUSTRATION. YOU KNOW, WE CAN SIT THERE AND PUT OUR HEAD ON 45:26.051 --> 45:30.124 SOMEBODY AND THINK, "AH, I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT PERSON 45:30.124 --> 45:34.641 AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW THEY WRONGED. AND ALL IT'S DOING IS 45:34.641 --> 45:38.740 IT'S AN UNDISCIPLINED MIND THAT'S ALLOWING YOURSELF TO GO 45:38.740 --> 45:42.961 SOMEPLACE THAT IT SHOULDN'T. IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE— YOU 45:42.961 --> 45:45.500 KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE THE LAST DAYS? I'M CONVINCED OF 45:45.500 --> 45:49.798 IT. IT'S WHEN WE LEARN HOW TO WIN THE BATTLEFIELD OF OUR SOUL. 45:49.798 --> 45:53.565 WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO CONTROL OUR EMOTIONS. YOU KNOW, YOUR 45:53.565 --> 45:56.333 HOME WOULD BE HAPPIER IF THERE WEREN'T EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS. 45:57.526 --> 46:02.611 HELPERS, RIGHT? YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. WE'RE BETTER IF WE CAN 46:02.611 --> 46:05.185 COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND BELIEVE ME, THAT'S TOUGH FOR 46:05.185 --> 46:08.395 PASTOR BRENDA WHEN SHE'S TIRED. YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND, I LOVE 46:08.395 --> 46:17.934 HIM. HE WAKES UP TALKING. I'M LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW DO 46:17.934 --> 46:21.734 YOU DO THAT? I DON'T GET IT. HE GETS UP AND HE'S LIKE A FARMER 46:21.734 --> 46:25.481 IN THE MORNING. I DON'T GET IT. HE'S LIKE, FED THE DOGS, OPENED 46:25.481 --> 46:29.174 THE BLINDS, WALKED OVER, WENT OUTSIDE, PICKED UP ALL THE DOG 46:29.174 --> 46:33.188 POOP. HE'S DONE THE— AND I'M STILL DRAGGING OUT TO THE LIVING 46:33.188 --> 46:38.246 ROOM, FINDING THE COFFEE POT. AND I DON'T KNOW, EVERYBODY'S 46:38.246 --> 46:40.654 DIFFERENT. EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE 46:40.654 --> 46:45.134 THING. BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT 46:45.134 --> 46:47.462 SAYING I'M A GRUMP IN THE MORNING, BUT I JUST DON'T COME 46:47.462 --> 46:53.690 TOGETHER AS FAST. AND SO, I ALWAYS THINK, IF WE JUST CHILL 46:53.690 --> 46:58.511 FOR A MINUTE, GET OUR WITS ABOUT US. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU 46:58.511 --> 47:01.612 KNOW, THAT'S NOT ALL A BAD THING. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING 47:01.612 --> 47:04.039 BE A GRUMP AND A GROUCH AND A DRAG IN THE MORNING. BUT WHAT I 47:04.039 --> 47:08.308 AM SAYING IS WE DO NEED TO BE PEOPLE THAT LEARN HOW TO HAVE 47:08.308 --> 47:13.744 EMOTIONAL CHECK. WE DON'T NEED TO OUTBURST, REACT. JUST CHILL, 47:13.744 --> 47:17.294 OKAY? NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS AN ANSWER. THAT'S HARD COMING FROM 47:17.294 --> 47:20.350 A KUNNEMAN, I TELL YOU. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW. OKAY, IN 47:20.350 --> 47:23.235 MY LIFE, THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. OKAY, THERE'S AN 47:23.235 --> 47:26.521 ANSWER FOR HOW THE GRAVY GETS MADE ON THANKSGIVING. THERE'S AN 47:26.521 --> 47:30.144 ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDING MYSELF IN MY 47:30.144 --> 47:33.991 LIFE, IN A WORLD OF LACK OF SELF-CONTROL, I THINK SOMETIMES 47:33.991 --> 47:38.062 WE OVER-COMMUNICATE RATHER THAN DISCIPLINE OURSELVES. IT TAKES 47:38.062 --> 47:43.208 COMMITTED ENDURANCE TO OWN AND POSSESS YOUR THOUGHTS. I'M 47:43.208 --> 47:47.775 TELLING YOU, IT'S A BIBLICAL. IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S A SIGN OF 47:47.775 --> 47:50.994 BIBLICAL MATURITY. AND IF YOU LEARN TO DO THAT, THEN YOU'LL DO 47:50.994 --> 47:54.529 WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 3, YOU WILL CONTROL YOUR MOUTH. THE 47:54.529 --> 47:57.978 BIBLE SAYS THAT A PERSON THAT COULD CONTROL THEIR TONGUE CAN 47:57.978 --> 48:02.302 CONTROL THEIR MOUTH, CAN DISCIPLINE OR BRIDLE THEIR 48:02.302 --> 48:07.415 ENTIRE BODY. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND SO THAT MEANS MAYBE SPEAK 48:07.415 --> 48:12.590 LESS, RIGHT? AND JUST HAVE A DISCIPLINE ABOUT US. SO IN YOUR 48:12.590 --> 48:16.214 PATIENCE, IN COMMITTED ENDURANCE. IT'S A LIFELONG 48:16.214 --> 48:21.235 THING. IT'S A LONG-DISTANCE RUN. IT'S NOT A SPRINT. IT'S 48:21.235 --> 48:24.234 SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE LONG HAUL. IN YOUR— THROUGH 48:24.234 --> 48:28.420 COMMITTED ENDURANCE, WE ARE TAUGHT TO DISCIPLINE OUR 48:28.420 --> 48:34.916 THOUGHTS. LOOK AT PROVERBS 4:23. IT SAYS, "GUARD YOUR HEART." IN 48:34.916 --> 48:36.857 OTHER WORDS, THAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS. THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK 48:36.857 --> 48:39.631 ABOUT. THE KING JAMES SAYS, "KEEP THY HEART." ANOTHER 48:39.631 --> 48:43.239 TRANSLATION SAYS, "GUARD YOUR HEART." YOUR HEART WITH ALL 48:43.239 --> 48:46.477 EFFORT. IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY LITTLE THOUGHT THAT COMES UP. 48:46.477 --> 48:49.651 NOW, HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS. YOU KNOW, I DID THE SMALL 48:49.651 --> 48:53.114 TEACHING ON DIVINE HEALING IN THE BOOK DAILY DECREES FOR 48:53.114 --> 48:56.801 HEALING. AND I THINK DIVINE HEALING IS A GREAT ONE TO TALK 48:56.801 --> 49:00.952 ABOUT OWNING OR CONTROLLING THE THOUGHTS OF OUR MIND. AND I'VE 49:00.952 --> 49:03.694 SHARED THIS BEFORE IN THIS CHURCH. I REMEMBER WE WENT 49:03.694 --> 49:08.583 THROUGH A SEASON MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. MY DAD IS IN HEAVEN 49:08.583 --> 49:11.805 NOW, BUT AT THAT TIME HE WAS YOUNGER AND HE WAS GOING THROUGH 49:11.805 --> 49:13.953 A SERIOUS HEALTH BATTLE. SOME OF SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT 49:13.953 --> 49:18.601 STORY. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS YOUNGER THAN I AM NOW. HE WAS 49:18.601 --> 49:25.638 54-ISH YEARS OLD. AND THE DOC— YOU KNOW, HIS BOWEL HAD EXPLODED 49:25.638 --> 49:29.501 AND THROUGH DIVERTICULITIS, AND HE WENT INTO RENAL FAILURE, AND 49:29.501 --> 49:33.572 HIS WHOLE BODY WAS INFECTED, AND EVERYTHING WAS SHUTTING DOWN. 49:33.572 --> 49:37.194 AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO— JONATHAN, AT THAT TIME, WAS 49:37.194 --> 49:40.384 JUST A TINY BABY. HE WASN'T EVEN A YEAR OLD. THIS WAS BACK, I 49:40.384 --> 49:44.769 WANT TO SAY, 1990. 1999. AND I REMEMBER THE DOCTORS SAYING 49:44.769 --> 49:50.157 EVERY IMAGINABLE EVIL THING. AND YOU KNOW, YOUR HEAD— HOW MANY OF 49:50.157 --> 49:53.233 YOU EVER BEEN THERE? YOUR HEAD IS SCREAMING, "HE'S GOING TO 49:53.233 --> 49:59.671 DIE." AND THEN IT'S NOT EVEN YOUR HEAD. MY STOMACH HAD 49:59.671 --> 50:02.708 FEELINGS OF ANXIETY. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? THEY CALL IT 50:02.708 --> 50:06.340 BUTTERFLIES IN YOUR STOMACH. I COULD NOT SHUT THOSE OFF. I 50:06.340 --> 50:10.622 REMEMBER JUST LIKE YOU "STOP THAT. STOP THAT." AND IT JUST 50:10.622 --> 50:15.423 KEPT COMING, AND IT KEPT COMING. AND SO, THESE THOUGHTS, AND WE'D 50:15.423 --> 50:18.088 GO ALL NIGHT, AND THE DOCTOR SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, HE'S 50:18.088 --> 50:20.898 PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT." THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. AND WE 50:20.898 --> 50:23.869 WERE IN THE HOTEL. WE WENT AND STAYED IN THE HOTEL BECAUSE THEY 50:23.869 --> 50:28.124 HAD TO LIFE FLIGHT HIM OUT OF TOWN. AND WE WERE IN A HOTEL. 50:28.124 --> 50:31.255 THIS WAS IN IOWA. WE WERE IN A HOTEL ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL. 50:31.255 --> 50:35.751 THIS WAS IN DES MOINES. AND SITTING THERE WAS MY MOTHER, AND 50:35.751 --> 50:38.624 PASTOR CHRISTY, AND MYSELF. PASTOR HANK WAS AT HOME WITH THE 50:38.624 --> 50:42.574 KIDS. HE SAID, "WELL, I'LL STAY HERE AND PRAY." AND WE WOULD 50:42.574 --> 50:48.515 JUST PRAY. I MEAN, JUST— I MEAN, WE'D PRAY, BUT THOSE FEELINGS— 50:48.515 --> 50:51.180 COME ON, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? THAT WOULD JUST TRY TO HIT 50:51.180 --> 50:53.813 MY HEAD, THAT I WOULD WALK INTO THAT HOSPITAL ROOM, AND THEY 50:53.813 --> 50:57.265 WOULD HAVE A SHEET OVER MY FATHER. AND THIS IS WHAT WOULD 50:57.265 --> 50:59.352 HAPPEN. AND THE DEVIL— YOU KNOW, SEE, THE DEVIL WILL HE WILL COME 50:59.352 --> 51:03.278 AT YOU. HE'S MERCILESS. HE WILL HIT YOU, AND HIT YOU, AND HIT 51:03.278 --> 51:06.804 YOU THAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE A CERTAIN WAY. AND HE'LL TRY 51:06.804 --> 51:12.076 TO GET YOU TO PICTURE THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO FAITH AND 51:12.076 --> 51:15.954 CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU PRAY. AND YOU HAVE TO DISCIPLINE YOURSELF. 51:15.954 --> 51:19.384 COME ON. THERE'S A REASON THEY CALL IN THE BIBLE, IT SAYS IN 51:19.384 --> 51:23.358 PSALM 91, "THOU SHALT NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT." 51:24.368 --> 51:27.461 OKAY, THERE'S A THING CALLED A NIGHT TERROR THAT WILL GET YOU 51:27.461 --> 51:30.362 TO PICTURE A NEGATIVE OUTCOME. COME ON, ANYBODY BEEN THERE? OR 51:30.362 --> 51:34.682 IS IT JUST ME? AND I REMEMBER OPENING TO SOME SCRIPTURES THAT 51:34.682 --> 51:37.749 I WAS STANDING ON FOR THAT. AND I'VE DONE THIS MANY OTHER TIMES 51:37.749 --> 51:41.603 IN MY LIFE. AND STANDING ON THESE VERSES, I TOOK A HANDFUL 51:41.603 --> 51:44.719 OF VERSES. AND THIS IS WHY IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOUR BIBLE AND BE 51:44.719 --> 51:48.493 ABLE TO QUOTE SCRIPTURE, OKAY? AND WE CARRIED— I MEAN, I 51:48.493 --> 51:53.086 CARRIED BIBLES. I CARRIED THE BIBLE AROUND. AND I'LL BE HONEST 51:53.086 --> 51:55.109 WITH YOU, TWO THINGS I WILL TELL. AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE 51:55.109 --> 51:59.170 SIDE NOTE, A TIDBIT THAT I'VE USED MANY, MANY TIMES. A, KNOW 51:59.170 --> 52:02.315 THE SCRIPTURE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW SCRIPTURES THAT COUNTER 52:02.315 --> 52:06.246 WHAT YOU'RE FACING, YOU CAN USE THOSE TO CONTROL THE THOUGHTS 52:06.246 --> 52:10.016 THAT GO ON UP HERE. OKAY, YOU CAN USE THOSE. AND I WILL TELL 52:10.016 --> 52:13.145 YOU, SO KNOW THEM BY HEART SO YOU CAN TURN TO IT. AND I DON'T 52:13.145 --> 52:16.129 CARE IF IT'S SCRIPTURE YOU'VE READ 100 TIMES. AND THEN THE 52:16.129 --> 52:20.589 SECOND PART THAT WILL HELP YOU IN THAT IS GO AND OPEN A 52:20.589 --> 52:22.867 PHYSICAL BIBLE. THIS IS WHY I THINK IT'S SO GOOD THAT PASTOR 52:22.867 --> 52:26.634 HANK SAID THAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE OPENING A PHYSICAL BIBLE, 52:26.634 --> 52:30.416 YOU DON'T GET THE INTERRUPTIONS OF THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT YOU DO 52:30.416 --> 52:34.778 ON YOUR PHONE. HAVING A PHYSICAL SCRIPTURE OPEN TO THOSE VERSES 52:34.778 --> 52:38.506 AND LOOK AT THEM. THERE WAS ONE NIGHT I WAS GOING THROUGH 52:38.506 --> 52:41.088 SOMETHING REALLY HARD. WE WERE FACING A FEW THINGS, AND I WAS 52:41.088 --> 52:42.912 LIKE, OH LORD, YOU KNOW, I'M LAYING THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF 52:42.912 --> 52:45.833 THE NIGHT AND THE DEVIL'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHEN THE 52:45.833 --> 52:48.238 ENEMY ALWAYS LIKES TO COME. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT MIDDLE OF THE 52:48.238 --> 52:50.909 NIGHT WITCHING HOUR THEY USED TO CALL IT, WHERE THE DEMONS SEEM 52:50.909 --> 52:55.062 TO BE ACTIVE, AND THAT NIGHT TERROR SEEMS TO TRY TO HIT YOU, 52:55.062 --> 52:58.828 THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL HAPPEN OR THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND I 52:58.828 --> 53:03.154 WENT TO SCRIPTURE AND I OPENED TO IT, AND I'M LIKE, PUT MY EYES 53:03.154 --> 53:05.879 ON THE WORD, AND IT BROUGHT THOSE THOUGHTS BACK INTO 53:05.879 --> 53:10.702 CONTROL. NOW, DID IT ALL GO AWAY INSTANTLY? NO, BUT I WAS ABLE TO 53:10.702 --> 53:14.148 GO BACK TO BED AND GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. AND SO WHEN WE 53:14.148 --> 53:18.814 WENT THROUGH THIS THING WITH MY DAD, I LITERALLY WAS QUOTING THE 53:18.814 --> 53:24.392 WORD OUT LOUD ALMOST NONSTOP. I SAID TO THE LORD, FATHER, YOU 53:24.392 --> 53:29.616 SAID WHATSOEVER THINGS WE DESIRE WHEN WE PRAY, BELIEVE WE 53:29.616 --> 53:33.994 RECEIVE. COME ON, WE LEARNED THAT FROM BROTHER HAGIN 45 YEARS 53:33.994 --> 53:37.982 AGO. WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE, BELIEVE YOU RECEIVE IT AND 53:37.982 --> 53:40.894 YOU'LL HAVE IT. WELL, I QUOTED THAT SCRIPTURE AND IF I WOULD 53:40.894 --> 53:43.285 STOP, I WOULD QUOTE IT. I'D LAY IN THE BED, IN MY HEAD ALL 53:43.285 --> 53:46.596 NIGHT. FATHER, I THANK YOU WHATSOEVER THINGS WE DESIRE WHEN 53:46.596 --> 53:49.262 WE PRAY, BELIEVE WE RECEIVE THEM, WE'LL HAVE THEM. THAT MY 53:49.262 --> 53:53.544 FATHER'S GOING TO LIVE AND HE'S NOT GOING TO DIE. AND IF I WOULD 53:53.544 --> 53:58.216 STOP QUOTING IT, MY HEAD WOULD TRY TO RETURN BACK TO THAT 53:58.216 --> 54:01.772 ANXIETY AND THAT FEAR. SO I'D GO BACK TO DO IT AGAIN. I ALMOST 54:01.772 --> 54:07.197 HAD TO DO IT NONSTOP. IT WAS SO— WE WERE SO COMMITTED TO QUOTING 54:07.197 --> 54:11.103 AND SPEAKING THE WORD, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO PUT 54:11.103 --> 54:15.346 SOME MAGICAL THING OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT'S PART OF IT. 54:15.346 --> 54:18.882 WORDS, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO. WE PUT WORDS IN THE 54:18.882 --> 54:21.872 ATMOSPHERE. THAT'S WHY I WROTE THE BOOKS ON DECREES. THAT'S 54:21.872 --> 54:29.032 IMPORTANT. BUT WE QUOTE THE WORD TO CONTROL US. COME ON, WHAT IS 54:29.032 --> 54:32.590 ALLOWED TO GO ON IN OUR MIND. COME ON, YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID 54:32.590 --> 54:37.196 MANY TIMES THAT YOUR HEAD CAN'T THINK DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOUR 54:37.196 --> 54:40.875 MOUTH GOD SAYS. RIGHT? YOU REMEMBER THE OLD LITTLE THING 54:40.875 --> 54:43.944 THAT WE USED TO DO? LET'S JUST DO IT. ALL RIGHT, IT'S WEDNESDAY 54:43.944 --> 54:48.265 NIGHT. OKAY, SO CLOSE YOUR EYES. LET'S DO A LITTLE DRILL. YOU 54:48.265 --> 54:53.323 READY? CLOSE YOUR EYES. AND I WANT YOU TO START COUNTING TO 10 54:53.323 --> 54:59.869 IN YOUR MIND. DON'T LOOK AT ME. JUST— NOW OUT LOUD, SAY YOUR 54:59.869 --> 55:05.090 NAME. DID YOU HAVE TO STOP COUNTING TO SAY YOUR NAME? 55:05.090 --> 55:09.484 BECAUSE YOUR MIND CANNOT KEEP THINKING ON SOMETHING WHEN YOUR 55:09.484 --> 55:14.749 MOUTH IS TALKING SOMETHING ELSE. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 55:14.749 --> 55:18.701 THING, IS TO DISCIPLINE OUR THOUGHTS. SELF-CONTROL. 55:18.701 --> 55:22.220 SELF-CONTROL THOSE EMOTIONS. SO, AND I'VE DONE THIS MANY, MANY 55:22.220 --> 55:26.163 TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE I WILL SAY, OKAY, WHEN— COME ON, WHEN 55:26.163 --> 55:32.463 WE'RE HEADLONG IN A BATTLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FEET TO THE PEDAL 55:32.463 --> 55:35.096 AND WE'RE FACING AND DEALING WITH SOMETHING. AND BELIEVE ME, 55:35.096 --> 55:37.167 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK PASTORS DON'T GO THROUGH ANYTHING. 55:38.323 --> 55:43.140 THAT'S A JOKE. THEY DO. RIGHT? WE'RE HUMAN JUST LIKE YOU. SO WE 55:43.140 --> 55:46.110 HAVE TO TAKE THAT SAME WORD AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK FOR US. 55:46.110 --> 55:49.161 AND I'M DETERMINED THAT I'LL MAKE THAT WORD WORK FOR ME JUST 55:49.161 --> 55:52.934 LIKE I WOULD PREACH TO YOU UP HERE IS IF I'M FACING A 55:52.934 --> 55:55.054 DIFFICULT TIME, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOU'RE 55:55.054 --> 55:58.733 DEALING WITH GRIEF. YOU HAVE A LOSS, OKAY? AND THOSE THOUGHTS 55:58.733 --> 56:02.959 OF GRIEF COME AND THEY TRY TO FLOOD YOUR LIFE BECAUSE, "WELL, 56:02.959 --> 56:06.430 WHY DIDN'T IT HAPPEN? WHY THIS WORKED OUT THIS WAY?" AND YOU'RE 56:06.430 --> 56:10.351 STRUGGLING WITH PAIN, FEELINGS OF REAL PAIN. COME ON, EMOTIONS 56:10.351 --> 56:15.910 GIVE REAL FEELINGS, OKAY? THEY CAN HAVE FEELINGS OF HURT AND 56:15.910 --> 56:19.188 FRUSTRATION. WE USE THE WORD TRAUMA. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS 56:19.188 --> 56:22.822 I WROTE THE BOOK COMMANDING PEACE. YOU'VE GOT TO SPEAK PEACE 56:22.822 --> 56:28.578 TO THOSE STORMS. BUT THAT STORM IS OFTEN HERE, RIGHT? YES, IT'S 56:28.578 --> 56:32.861 OUT THERE, BUT THE REAL BATTLE— THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID TO THE 56:32.861 --> 56:36.387 DISCIPLES, "WHY WERE YOU SO FEARFUL?" LIKE, I'VE READ THAT 56:36.387 --> 56:38.810 STORY. I WROTE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THAT IN THE BOOK, 56:38.810 --> 56:41.583 COMMANDING PEACE. "WHY WERE YOU SO FEARFUL?" I'M LIKE, "JESUS, 56:41.583 --> 56:46.955 DID YOU CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON UP IN HERE? YOU'RE BACK 56:46.955 --> 56:49.730 SLEEPING ON A PILLOW, AND WE'RE OUT I'M OUT HERE, LIKE, TRYING 56:49.730 --> 56:55.205 TO CLEAR THE BOAT, MAN. AND— BUT THE POINT WAS, IS WHAT HE WAS 56:55.205 --> 56:57.854 TRYING TO TEACH THEM IS THERE HAS TO BE A DISCIPLINE TO WHAT 56:57.854 --> 57:01.146 GOES ON IN YOUR THOUGHTS. AND SOMETIMES THAT DISCIPLINE WILL 57:01.146 --> 57:05.160 BE IN THE MIDDLE OF MOMENTS WHERE EVERYTHING HAS TURNED INTO 57:05.160 --> 57:11.743 PANDEMONIUM AND CHAOS. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHY THE STORY OF THEM IN 57:11.743 --> 57:16.957 THE BOAT WITH THE STORM IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY WERE TO 57:16.957 --> 57:20.484 BE DISCIPLINED. SAME WAY, ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE 57:20.484 --> 57:23.609 MATTHEW CHAPTER 17. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS IN ALL 57:23.609 --> 57:26.735 THE BIBLE, THAT THEY BRING TO THE DISCIPLES THIS 57:26.735 --> 57:30.823 DEMON-POSSESSED BOY AND THEY COULDN'T CAST HIM OUT. REMEMBER 57:30.823 --> 57:35.231 THAT? WELL, PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES. THIS GUY'S ON THE 57:35.231 --> 57:40.938 GROUND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, RAGING, SCREAMING, SPEAKING WITH 57:40.938 --> 57:45.727 A DEMON, YOU KNOW, SWEATING, LOOKS LIKE HE'S GONNA DIE. HE'S 57:45.727 --> 57:50.566 IN A TOTAL SEIZURE AT THIS POINT. AND, YOU KNOW, HUMAN 57:50.566 --> 57:55.454 NATURE WANTS TO BE LIKE— YOU KNOW, WE REACT IN PANIC MODE. 57:57.047 --> 58:01.332 AND JESUS, IMMEDIATELY HE COMES, AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY 58:01.332 --> 58:04.070 COULDN'T WE CAST HIM OUT? HE SAID, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF. 58:04.070 --> 58:08.105 AND I BELIEVE THAT UNBELIEF, THAT HABIT, STARTS WHEN WE DON'T 58:08.105 --> 58:11.008 DISCIPLINE THESE THOUGHTS THAT COME INTO OUR MIND IN 58:11.008 --> 58:15.336 MOMENTS OF TRIAL, MOMENTS OF HARDSHIP, IN OUR PATIENCE. SO, 58:15.336 --> 58:20.947 "GUARD YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE." UNDERLINE THAT PART, 58:20.947 --> 58:25.195 "ALL DILIGENCE." I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST 58:25.195 --> 58:30.101 EFFORTS THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN WORKS ON IS WITH ALL DILIGENCE. 58:30.101 --> 58:34.012 NO, MIND, STOP THINKING THAT WAY. NOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH 58:34.012 --> 58:38.667 YOU, IT TAKES SOME EFFORT TO STOP— WHEN YOU'VE HAD A HABIT 58:38.667 --> 58:41.413 OF THINKING A CERTAIN WAY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH 58:41.413 --> 58:45.991 SEVERE DEPRESSION, THEY HAVE A HABIT OF LETTING THAT DEPRESSION 58:45.991 --> 58:49.765 KEEP GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND NEVER PUT A STOP 58:49.765 --> 58:53.058 TO IT. PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH WORRY, THIS IS A CONSTANT THING. 58:53.058 --> 58:56.174 THEY'LL JUST CONTINUE TO WRING THEIR HANDS BECAUSE THEY'RE 58:56.174 --> 58:59.225 NEVER PUTTING— DOUSING THE FIRE OF THOSE THOUGHTS THAT KEEP 58:59.225 --> 59:01.860 COMING AT THEIR MIND. BUT HERE IT SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT WITH 59:01.860 --> 59:05.902 WITH ALL DILIGENCE. I'M GOING TO BE REAL. LIKE THAT DAY IN THE 59:05.902 --> 59:10.875 HOSPITAL, EVERY MOMENT I WAS QUOTING THAT WORD, NOT BECAUSE I 59:10.875 --> 59:13.762 WAS TRYING TO PROVE ANYTHING TO THE DOCTORS THAT WERE STANDING 59:13.762 --> 59:18.479 THERE IN THE HALLWAY WITH THEIR TABLETS AND THEIR WHITE COATS. I 59:18.479 --> 59:20.981 WASN'T TRYING TO PROVE IT TO THEM. I WAS PROVING IT TO 59:20.981 --> 59:28.200 MYSELF. MY MIND, MY MIND NEEDED TO COME UNDER SUBJECTION. AND I 59:28.200 --> 59:31.491 WASN'T GOING TO ALLOW JUST ANY CONTINUAL THOUGHT TO COME 59:31.491 --> 59:34.220 THROUGH THERE. AND I REMEMBER MANY TIMES THE DOCTORS WOULD 59:34.220 --> 59:36.709 COME RIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM AND THEY WOULD GIVE ALL THESE 59:36.709 --> 59:40.723 EVIL PROGNOSIS AND SAY ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND HE LOOKED 59:40.723 --> 59:44.143 TERRIBLE. MY DAD WAS LAYING THERE IN A MEDICAL COMA AND ON 59:44.143 --> 59:48.350 100% OXYGEN ON A VENTILATOR. IT JUST LOOKED AWFUL. AND, YOU 59:48.350 --> 59:52.043 KNOW, SO IN THE NATURAL, EVERYTHING WAS TERRIBLE. AND OF 59:52.043 --> 59:55.721 COURSE, YOU KNOW, MATT AT THAT TIME, HE WAS 6. AND HE SAT 59:55.721 --> 59:59.753 THERE, AND HE WOULD COLOR. YOU KNOW, FINALLY PASTOR HANK CAME 59:59.753 --> 01:00:02.886 AND BROUGHT THE WHOLE FAMILY, AND JONATHAN WAS A LITTLE TINY 01:00:02.886 --> 01:00:06.726 THING, AND BROUGHT THE WHOLE FAMILY TO THE HOSPITAL. AND SO, 01:00:06.726 --> 01:00:09.473 WE WOULD PUT MATT DOWN AND MAKE HIM COLOR PICTURES JUST TO KEEP 01:00:09.473 --> 01:00:12.429 HIM BUSY. AND HERE WE ARE IN THE ICU WITH MY DAD LAYING THERE IN 01:00:12.429 --> 01:00:16.285 THE TUBES, AND HE WAS COLORING ON THE TABLE. AND I SAID TO HIM 01:00:16.285 --> 01:00:19.193 ONE DAY, I SAID, "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU COLORING?" HE SAID, "WELL, 01:00:19.193 --> 01:00:21.330 I'M COLORING THE GUY THAT THEY PUT DOWN THROUGH THE TUBE." 01:00:21.330 --> 01:00:26.820 THROUGH THE ROOF WITH JESUS. AND HE WROTE ON THERE, HE COULD 01:00:26.820 --> 01:00:30.138 BARELY WRITE, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHERE IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE, 01:00:30.138 --> 01:00:35.460 IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE THAT JESUS SAYS TO THE MAN, GET UP AND GO 01:00:35.460 --> 01:00:38.450 HOME TO YOUR HOUSE. SO HE GOES, I WANT TO WRITE ON MY PICTURE, 01:00:38.450 --> 01:00:44.471 GRANDPA, TAKE UP YOUR BED AND GO HOME TO YOUR HOUSE. NOW, HE HUNG 01:00:44.471 --> 01:00:46.920 THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I USE THAT TO DISCIPLINE MY THOUGHTS. 01:00:46.920 --> 01:00:50.561 THOUGHTS AT THAT TIME. AND SO HE COLORED THE LITTLE PICTURE. HE'S 01:00:50.561 --> 01:00:52.903 IN FIRST GRADE. HE COLORED THE LITTLE PICTURE, AND THEN WE 01:00:52.903 --> 01:00:55.196 STUCK IT UP ON THE LITTLE BULLETIN BOARD THAT WAS IN THE 01:00:55.196 --> 01:00:58.757 ICU ROOM, AND IT SAID, "GRANDPA, TAKE UP YOUR BED AND GO HOME TO 01:00:58.757 --> 01:01:01.629 YOUR HOUSE." AND SO PASTOR CHRISTY AND I AND MY MOTHER, WE 01:01:01.629 --> 01:01:05.238 WOULD WALK IN THERE EVERY DAY, SAY, "GRANDPA, PICK UP YOUR BED 01:01:05.238 --> 01:01:09.071 AND GO HOME TO YOUR HOUSE." BUT I USED THAT AS A WAY TO GUARD MY 01:01:09.071 --> 01:01:13.242 HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE. ALL DILIGENCE. IN OTHER WORDS, 01:01:13.242 --> 01:01:17.417 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MORE OUR EFFORT INTO PUSHING BACK ON 01:01:17.417 --> 01:01:23.055 THOSE WORRISOME THOUGHTS, FEARFUL THOUGHTS. "WELL, PASTOR 01:01:23.055 --> 01:01:26.670 BRENDA, IT LOOKS LIKE I MIGHT LOSE MY HOUSE." LISTEN, OKAY, 01:01:26.670 --> 01:01:30.204 LET ME TELL YOU. "I CAN'T PAY MY MORTGAGE. I MIGHT LOSE MY 01:01:30.204 --> 01:01:35.023 HOUSE." WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SAY, IF YOU ENDED UP LOSING IT, 01:01:35.023 --> 01:01:38.718 GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU, OKAY? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I 01:01:38.718 --> 01:01:42.332 SAW AT THE TIME AS A LOSS THAT ENDED UP BEING A SETUP UP FOR A 01:01:42.332 --> 01:01:48.755 BLESSING. SO, BUT THE KEY IS, IS FIGHT AGAINST THAT. I WOULDN'T 01:01:48.755 --> 01:01:53.909 ALLOW THE THOUGHTS OF SETBACK TO CONTROL MY THOUGHTS. GOD, I'M 01:01:53.909 --> 01:01:57.667 NOT GOING TO LOSE MY HOUSE. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS CAN 01:01:57.667 --> 01:02:01.183 HAPPEN IS IF YOU ARE UPROOTING ME FOR A REASON. SO I'M NOT 01:02:01.183 --> 01:02:03.704 GOING TO SIT AROUND AND WORRY ABOUT IT. HERE'S ANOTHER STORY 01:02:03.704 --> 01:02:08.582 I'LL TELL YOU. I REMEMBER WHEN— THIS IS BEFORE I MARRIED PASTOR, 01:02:08.582 --> 01:02:12.259 AND I WAS A TELLER AT A BANK. I WORKED IN BANKING, AND THAT'S 01:02:12.259 --> 01:02:15.493 HOW I GOT MY SCHOOL TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR ACCOUNTING. AND I 01:02:15.493 --> 01:02:21.654 REMEMBER, SO ONE DAY I WAS— HERE I AM, THE LOWLY TELLER AT THE 01:02:21.654 --> 01:02:24.242 BANK. AND YOU KNOW, BACK IN THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE 01:02:24.242 --> 01:02:28.654 COMPUTERS. WE HAD AN ADDING MACHINE AND OUR FINGERS TO COUNT 01:02:28.654 --> 01:02:33.082 THE MONEY. AND THESE BANKS— I MEAN, AND THIS WAS ON A MONDAY. 01:02:33.082 --> 01:02:35.464 NO, IT WAS ON A FRIDAY. SO THE BUSIEST TIMES FOR THE 01:02:35.464 --> 01:02:37.880 BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY WAS SWIPING CARDS BACK 01:02:37.880 --> 01:02:41.825 THEN, PAYING ONLINE. PEOPLE BOUGHT EVERYTHING IN CASH. YOU 01:02:41.825 --> 01:02:44.953 COULDN'T, AT THAT TIME— HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS? YOU COULD 01:02:44.953 --> 01:02:50.005 NOT— IF YOU WENT TO BURGER KING, YOU HAD TO PAY CASH. THEY DIDN'T 01:02:50.005 --> 01:02:53.758 TAKE CREDIT CARDS AT FAST FOOD. YOU DIDN'T WRITE CHECKS. 01:02:53.758 --> 01:02:57.142 EVERYBODY DID EVERYTHING WITH CASH. SO OUR TELLER DRAWERS 01:02:57.142 --> 01:03:01.937 WOULD JUST BE PACKED WITH MONEY ON BUSY BUSINESS DAYS, JUST 01:03:01.937 --> 01:03:06.927 PACKED WITH STRAPS AND STRAPS, SOMETIMES $100,000 IN CASH IN 01:03:06.927 --> 01:03:11.182 OUR TELLER DRAWER. AND ON A BUSY DAY, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME. YOU 01:03:11.182 --> 01:03:15.276 BECAME GOOD AT COUNTING, RIGHT? AND GOOD AT A 10-KEY ADDING 01:03:15.276 --> 01:03:18.520 MACHINE. AND WE WROTE— ANYBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS BANKING WOULD 01:03:18.520 --> 01:03:21.201 KNOW— WE WROTE ALL OF OUR CASH-INS BY HAND AND OUR 01:03:21.201 --> 01:03:25.713 CASH-OUTS BY HAND. AND SO— AND THERE WOULD BE LINES WITH THESE 01:03:25.713 --> 01:03:28.748 BUSINESS CLIENTS THAT WOULD COME IN TO MAKE THEIR DEPOSITS ON 01:03:28.748 --> 01:03:32.411 MONDAY, AND THEN THEY WOULD GET THEM IN ON A FRIDAY. AND SO ONE 01:03:32.411 --> 01:03:37.412 FRIDAY, IT WAS A VERY— ONE OF THOSE BUSY DAYS, AND MY DRAWER 01:03:37.412 --> 01:03:42.390 WAS STACKED WITH MONEY. AND IF IT GOT TOO FULL, YOU KNOW, WE 01:03:42.390 --> 01:03:46.313 COULD SELL IT OUT TO THE VAULT. AND I WAS THERE, AND I CAME UP 01:03:46.313 --> 01:03:53.207 AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I WAS— I THINK IT WAS $5,000 OR 01:03:53.207 --> 01:03:56.491 $10,000, WHATEVER IT WAS, STRAPS OF— 2 STRAPS OF $5,000. I GUESS 01:03:56.491 --> 01:03:59.900 THEY WERE $5,000. I WAS $5,000 SHORT. $1 SHORT IN MY DRAWER, 01:03:59.900 --> 01:04:07.371 EVEN. NOW, THAT'S JUST— BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WRITE IT WRONG. AND I 01:04:07.371 --> 01:04:11.459 THOUGHT, WELL, OK. SO REBALANCED THE DRAWER. PRETTY SOON I CAN'T 01:04:11.459 --> 01:04:14.971 FIND IT. I RAN EVERYTHING AGAIN, COUNTED ALL MY INS, COUNTED MY 01:04:14.971 --> 01:04:19.155 OUTS. NOTHING CAME UP. AND AT THIS POINT, IT WAS LIKE 5:00 IN 01:04:19.155 --> 01:04:22.121 THE AFTERNOON. THE BANK CLOSED AT 6:00. AND I'M STARTING TO GET 01:04:22.121 --> 01:04:25.552 A LITTLE FLUSTERED. THEY WENT DOWN TO THE PROOF DEPARTMENT, 01:04:25.552 --> 01:04:28.321 CHECKED EVERYTHING. NOTHING CHECKED. EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT. 01:04:28.321 --> 01:04:35.482 I'M LIKE, I AM $5,000 IN CASH SHORT. AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, 01:04:35.482 --> 01:04:41.086 AND SO MY MIND IS STARTING TO GET RACED NOW. AND THEN, YOU 01:04:41.086 --> 01:04:44.363 KNOW, THE SUPERVISOR— NEXT THING YOU KNOW, MY SUPERVISOR'S OVER 01:04:44.363 --> 01:04:47.632 THERE, EVERYBODY'S STANDING IN MY WINDOW, I'M $5,000 SHORT. NOW 01:04:47.632 --> 01:04:51.376 THEY'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT ME A LITTLE FUNNY. AND I'M THINKING, 01:04:51.376 --> 01:04:54.960 OH GOD, YOU KNOW, AND MY HEAD STARTS GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO 01:04:54.960 --> 01:04:59.076 I'M GONNA BE FIRED. MY IMAGINATION IS TELLING ME ALL 01:04:59.076 --> 01:05:01.452 KINDS OF THINGS. YOU TURNED YOUR BACK FOR ONE MINUTE AND SOMEBODY 01:05:01.452 --> 01:05:05.478 SWIPED TWO STRAPS OF FIVES OFF YOUR COUNTER AND YOU DIDN'T SEE 01:05:05.478 --> 01:05:08.453 IT. AND THEN I SAID, WELL, CAN WE LOOK AT THE CAMERAS? CAN WE 01:05:08.453 --> 01:05:11.446 DO ANYTHING? AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY, OH, THE CAMERAS 01:05:11.446 --> 01:05:14.940 DON'T WORK THAT GOOD. AND THAT'S EXACTLY— I'M LIKE, WHAT WE GOT 01:05:14.940 --> 01:05:17.845 THESE THINGS FOR? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THE CAMERAS 01:05:17.845 --> 01:05:23.306 ALWAYS NEVER WORK WELL. ANYWAY, SO I HAD TO GO HOME. 6 O'CLOCK 01:05:23.306 --> 01:05:25.027 COMES AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK YOU CAN LOOK FOR IT 01:05:25.027 --> 01:05:29.523 ON MONDAY. AND I MEAN, I WENT HOME THINKING, "I AM FIRED. I'M 01:05:29.523 --> 01:05:32.830 ARRESTED." I'M PICTURING MYSELF BEHIND BARS. I'M LIKE, THEY'RE 01:05:32.830 --> 01:05:36.427 GOING— I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M AT THE RIPE OLD 01:05:36.427 --> 01:05:42.127 AGE OF 21 YEARS OLD. I'M LIKE, "I AM FINISHED." I'M THINKING, 01:05:42.127 --> 01:05:44.953 "WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW? HOW DID I DO THAT?" AND I THOUGHT, 01:05:44.953 --> 01:05:47.602 YOU KNOW, MY HEAD WAS TELLING ME, "YOU MADE A TERRIBLE, 01:05:47.602 --> 01:05:52.099 TERRIBLE MISTAKE." AND SO, I WENT HOME, AND I WENT TO GOD, 01:05:52.099 --> 01:05:55.489 AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW, LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF I DID MAKE A 01:05:55.489 --> 01:05:58.510 MISTAKE AT THIS POINT, IF SOMEBODY STOLE THAT MONEY OFF MY 01:05:58.510 --> 01:06:01.804 COUNTER." OR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE WERE ALWAYS TAUGHT, "LOCK 01:06:01.804 --> 01:06:03.989 YOUR DRAWER, 'CAUSE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD GO BEHIND YOUR 01:06:03.989 --> 01:06:06.222 DRAWER, OPEN IT UP, AND TAKE MONEY." SO, I MEAN, I WAS 01:06:06.222 --> 01:06:09.435 DISCIPLINED. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, "GOD, WHAT DID I DO?" AND 01:06:09.435 --> 01:06:15.155 SO, I REMEMBER MY HEAD JUST THINKING, "YOU'LL NEVER GET A 01:06:15.155 --> 01:06:16.666 JOB ANYWHERE AGAIN WHEN SOMEBODY'S TAKEN YOUR MONEY." 01:06:16.666 --> 01:06:21.016 AGENCIES THAT YOU'RE FIRED FOR LIKE STEALING OR LOSING 5 GRAND. 01:06:21.016 --> 01:06:24.227 YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE— IT'S STILL A LOT NOW. BACK 01:06:24.227 --> 01:06:28.402 THEN, THAT WAS LIKE $20,000 IS WHAT IT'D BE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW 01:06:28.402 --> 01:06:31.661 IF THAT'S THE RIGHT MATH, BUT PRETTY CLOSE. AND SO, I WENT 01:06:31.661 --> 01:06:34.085 HOME, AND I WENT TO GOD, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, LORD, MY HEAD, 01:06:34.085 --> 01:06:37.232 IT'S JUST— I'M PICTURING MYSELF FIRED. I'M PICTURING MYSELF IN 01:06:37.232 --> 01:06:41.182 PRISON. I'M THINKING ALL OF THESE THINGS COULD HAPPEN. AND I 01:06:41.182 --> 01:06:44.259 SAID, BUT LORD, I'M GONNA GO TO YOUR WORD. THIS IS ONE OF 01:06:44.259 --> 01:06:46.493 THE SCRIPTURES THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT. TALK ABOUT 01:06:46.493 --> 01:06:49.245 KEEPING YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE. I SAID, GOD, I'M 01:06:49.245 --> 01:06:51.763 GONNA JUST MAKE MYSELF— BECAUSE I HAD TO GO THROUGH A LONG 01:06:51.763 --> 01:06:54.037 WEEKEND. AND BY THE WAY, MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IN TOWN. WE 01:06:54.037 --> 01:06:59.155 WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE ZOO AND HAVE FUN. I'M THINKING, THIS 01:06:59.155 --> 01:07:04.229 AIN'T FUN. I'M NOT HAVING NO FUN. AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF I 01:07:04.229 --> 01:07:07.247 SAID IT TO MY PARENTS AT THAT TIME OR NOT. I DON'T REMEMBER, 01:07:07.247 --> 01:07:12.189 BUT I WAS JUST I WAS IN A HEAP OF DEVASTATION. AND, YOU KNOW, 01:07:12.189 --> 01:07:16.052 AND BY THE WAY, BY THE TIME I HAD LEFT, THE BANK EXECUTIVES 01:07:16.052 --> 01:07:20.656 ARE LOOKING AT ME FUNNY, LIKE— SO I SAID, LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF 01:07:20.656 --> 01:07:24.617 I'M REALLY MESSED UP OR WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. AND ALL I KNOW IS 01:07:24.617 --> 01:07:28.207 I'M GOING TO KEEP MY MIND ON YOU, OKAY? I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON 01:07:28.207 --> 01:07:34.202 YOU, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DEAL WITH THIS AND LET WHATEVER 01:07:34.202 --> 01:07:37.270 THE OUTCOME IS OR WHATEVER HAPPENED, EITHER WE FIND I'LL BE 01:07:37.270 --> 01:07:40.673 FIRED OR IT'LL BE EXPOSED. I SAID, LORD, IF I LOST THAT 01:07:40.673 --> 01:07:44.460 MONEY, I NEED YOUR HELP. I NEED YOUR HELP. AND GOD KNEW I DIDN'T 01:07:44.460 --> 01:07:49.163 STEAL IT, BUT I SAID, IF I LOST IT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST AS FIRED 01:07:49.163 --> 01:07:53.015 AS IF I STOLE IT. SO I SAID, LORD, I'M JUST ASKING YOU. AND I 01:07:53.015 --> 01:07:57.765 WENT TO THE SCRIPTURE, 1 PETER 5:7, AND SAYS, CAST ALL OF YOUR 01:07:57.765 --> 01:08:03.527 WORRIES ON HIM. CAST IT. AND I SAID, NOW, LORD, THIS IS THE 01:08:03.527 --> 01:08:08.382 HARDEST THING FOR ME TO DO RIGHT NOW IS THINKING ABOUT IT. NOW, 01:08:08.382 --> 01:08:11.846 I'M TELLING YOU, SELF-CONTROL OF YOUR MIND MEANS YOU'VE GOT TO 01:08:11.846 --> 01:08:17.792 STOP LETTING YOUR HEAD THINK ABOUT IT. IT TAKES DISCIPLINE TO 01:08:17.792 --> 01:08:20.775 DO THAT. I'M TELLING YOU. SO THAT WEEKEND I SAID, I'M GOING 01:08:20.775 --> 01:08:26.496 TO HAVE FUN. I TOLD MYSELF THAT. I SAID, LORD, THE WORD SAYS, 01:08:26.496 --> 01:08:32.605 CAST YOUR CARE, ALL YOUR CARE. SOME TRANSLATIONS READ ANXIETY. 01:08:32.605 --> 01:08:36.139 I HAD ANXIETY, RIGHT? AND I FELT BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH. COME 01:08:36.139 --> 01:08:38.935 ON, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? MY HEAD IS TELLING ME ALL THE 01:08:38.935 --> 01:08:42.566 THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO WRONG, OKAY? AND YOU KNOW, THE 01:08:42.566 --> 01:08:46.566 DEVIL LOVES TO JUST TORTURE YOU, TO TORTURE YOU, TO TORTURE YOU. 01:08:46.566 --> 01:08:48.269 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS GOING TO BE OUT ON THE 01:08:48.269 --> 01:08:50.598 STREET. I STILL LIVED AT HOME WITH MY PARENTS, BUT I THOUGHT 01:08:50.598 --> 01:08:54.133 MY JOB RESUME WAS GOING TO BE DESTROYED. MY FUTURE WOULD JUST 01:08:54.133 --> 01:08:58.390 BE RUINED. AND SO, ALL WEEK THAT THOUGHT WOULD TRY TO COME UP, 01:08:58.390 --> 01:09:01.666 "YOU'RE GOING TO BE YOU'RE GONNA BE FIRED. THAT'S GONNA BE A 01:09:01.666 --> 01:09:06.435 BLACK MARK. YOU CAN NEVER GET A GOOD REVIEW FROM THESE PEOPLE 01:09:06.435 --> 01:09:10.112 AGAIN. YOU'LL NEVER WORK IN ANOTHER BANK. AND I WOULD SAY, 01:09:10.112 --> 01:09:15.009 NO, FATHER, I CAST THIS CARE. THAT MEANS I AM NOT— WATCH THIS, 01:09:15.009 --> 01:09:21.127 FOLKS— I'M NOT ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT IT. TOUCH YOURSELF. SAY, 01:09:21.127 --> 01:09:26.149 I'M NOT ALLOWED TO THINK THOSE THOUGHTS. THOSE THOUGHTS. OKAY, 01:09:26.149 --> 01:09:31.615 THAT'S WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT WE HAVE TO CAST DOWN EVIL 01:09:31.615 --> 01:09:35.879 IMAGINATIONS, 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5. NOW PAUL WAS TEACHING THAT 01:09:35.879 --> 01:09:40.175 ABOUT HIS APOSTOLIC MINISTRY, BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME. 01:09:40.175 --> 01:09:45.304 WE HAVE TO TELL OURSELF, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO DWELL ON THAT OR 01:09:45.304 --> 01:09:49.247 THINK ON THAT. THIS CAN APPLY TO OUR HEALTH. THIS CAN APPLY TO 01:09:49.247 --> 01:09:53.498 UNFORGIVENESS. THIS CAN APPLY TO DEPRESSION. OKAY, THAT'S WHY I 01:09:53.498 --> 01:09:56.084 LIKE WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT ON FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT. IT CAN 01:09:56.084 --> 01:10:01.591 APPLY TO FEAR OVER THE NATION. COME ON, FEAR OVER OUR FUTURE, 01:10:01.591 --> 01:10:05.445 FEAR OVER OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. COME ON, FEAR 01:10:05.445 --> 01:10:08.849 OVER OUR SPOUSE. COME ON, ANY OF THESE AREAS IN OUR LIFE. COME 01:10:08.849 --> 01:10:13.328 ON, ALL THE COMMON THINGS. FEAR OVER OUR MONEY, ALL OF THE AREAS 01:10:13.328 --> 01:10:18.704 OF OUR LIFE. AND SO I TOLD MYSELF, 21 YEARS OLD, I'M NOT 01:10:18.704 --> 01:10:22.390 ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT. I'M NOT. WE'RE NOT GOING 01:10:22.390 --> 01:10:25.274 THERE. PASTOR AND I HAVE DONE THIS MANY TIMES IN OUR LIFE WHEN 01:10:25.274 --> 01:10:28.239 WE WENT THROUGH HARD TIMES IN THIS MINISTRY. YOU KNOW, YOU GO 01:10:28.239 --> 01:10:31.828 THROUGH SOME THINGS WHEN YOU PASTOR FOR 30 YEARS, AND WE 01:10:31.828 --> 01:10:35.273 FACED SOME HARD MOMENTS. I'M TELLING YOU, AT TIMES WE THOUGHT 01:10:35.273 --> 01:10:40.722 WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT AND STOOD THERE AND DOUBLED DOWN. I 01:10:40.722 --> 01:10:43.414 HAVE THIS PICTURE. HOW MANY— ANYBODY GOT A FRAME TV? YOU 01:10:43.414 --> 01:10:46.818 KNOW, WE HAVE A TV IN HERE. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE PEOPLE— IT'S A 01:10:46.818 --> 01:10:49.724 TV WITH PICTURE ON IT AND IT HAS A FRAME AROUND IT. SAMSUNG MAKES 01:10:49.724 --> 01:10:52.775 IT. WE HAVE ONE. AND THEY GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF ARTWORK YOU CAN 01:10:52.775 --> 01:10:55.970 BUY AND PUT IT UP. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? COME ON, TECHIE 01:10:55.970 --> 01:10:59.502 WORLD, MAN. I'M AS, LIKE, NOT AS TECHIE AS THEY COME. AND I FOUND 01:10:59.502 --> 01:11:02.569 THEY HAD THIS PICTURE OF THIS MALE AND FEMALE LION UP THERE. 01:11:02.569 --> 01:11:04.737 AND WHEN WE'VE GONE THROUGH A HARD TIME, I PUT THAT UP ON THE 01:11:04.737 --> 01:11:07.226 FRAME AND REMIND THEM, "WE ARE MR. AND MRS. APOSTLE, AND BY 01:11:07.226 --> 01:11:11.638 GOD, DEVIL, YOU'RE GOING DOWN TODAY." AND WE MADE THAT 01:11:11.638 --> 01:11:16.208 AGREEMENT A LONG TIME AGO AS A MARRIED COUPLE THAT WHEN WE'RE 01:11:16.208 --> 01:11:19.095 GOING TO DIG DEEP, WE'RE GOING TO DIG DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO 01:11:19.095 --> 01:11:23.729 DO AND WE'RE GOING TO CAST OUT THOUGHTS THAT WOULD KEEP US FROM 01:11:23.729 --> 01:11:26.632 SEEING THE FULL VICTORY THAT GOD WANTS. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 01:11:26.632 --> 01:11:30.625 REASON THE INABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT IS THE REASON A LOT 01:11:30.625 --> 01:11:34.794 OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO SEE RESULTS IN THEIR LIFE BECAUSE WE 01:11:34.794 --> 01:11:38.681 ALLOW OUR THOUGHTS TO ALLOW OUR THOUGHTS TO JUST GO ON LIKE THIS 01:11:38.681 --> 01:11:41.974 SLOT MACHINE SPINNING AND SPINNING, AND THEN WE SPEAK 01:11:41.974 --> 01:11:46.857 ACCORDING TO IT BECAUSE WE FEEL IT. SO THAT WEEKEND, I GOT UP ON 01:11:46.857 --> 01:11:50.632 SATURDAY, "MIND," I SAID MY NAME, "BRENDA, YOU'RE NOT 01:11:50.632 --> 01:11:55.146 ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT THAT $5,000." AND OF COURSE, MY 01:11:55.146 --> 01:12:00.334 STOMACH IS TELLING ME SOMETHING ELSE, OKAY? THE FEAR IS TELLING 01:12:00.334 --> 01:12:02.535 ME SOMETHING ELSE. "NOPE." AND EVERY TIME IT WOULD TRY TO COME 01:12:02.535 --> 01:12:05.590 BACK, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THINK ON IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THINK 01:12:05.590 --> 01:12:08.650 ON IT. I CAST YOU OUT. I WOULD SAY THAT. I CAST OUT THAT 01:12:08.650 --> 01:12:14.290 THOUGHT. I CAST IT OUT. COME SUNDAY, WE GO TO CHURCH. I DON'T 01:12:14.290 --> 01:12:16.310 KNOW, THE CHURCH WE WENT TO DIDN'T PREACH A LOT OF FAITH AND 01:12:16.310 --> 01:12:19.930 VICTORY, SO I DIDN'T GET ANY HELP THERE. AND BUT WE WENT TO 01:12:19.930 --> 01:12:21.950 CHURCH. AT LEAST SOMETIMES YOU CAN COME TO LORD OF HOSTS AND 01:12:21.950 --> 01:12:24.570 EDDIE CAN SING, I'M TAKING BACK WHAT THE DEVIL STOLE, THE 01:12:24.570 --> 01:12:31.926 $5,000, GOD. I'M GETTING BACK MY $5,000. AND SO SUNDAY CAME, WENT 01:12:31.926 --> 01:12:37.029 HOME, AND STILL, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOUGHTS. AND I'M LIKE, NOPE, I 01:12:37.029 --> 01:12:42.089 CAST IT DOWN, I CAST IT OUT, KNOWING MONDAY IS ON ITS WAY. I 01:12:42.089 --> 01:12:46.300 HAVE TO GO BACK, AND I'M GOING TO FACE MY JOB AGAIN. AND I'M 01:12:46.300 --> 01:12:50.142 EXPECTING THEM TO STAND IN THERE AND EVERYBODY MEET ME AT THE 01:12:50.142 --> 01:12:54.536 DOOR AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HANDCUFFS OR SOMETHING. AND I 01:12:54.536 --> 01:12:57.869 DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING. BUT I JUST— AND SO ALL OF A 01:12:57.869 --> 01:13:02.629 SUDDEN I'M LAYING IN BED THAT NIGHT. IT MUST HAVE BEEN 5 OR 6 01:13:02.629 --> 01:13:08.033 IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW HOW GOD IS JUST LAST MINUTE. AND I THINK 01:13:08.033 --> 01:13:11.067 IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS TO TEACH US. IT'S NOT THAT 01:13:11.067 --> 01:13:15.263 THE OUTCOME IS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT. IT'S THAT WE HAVE TO BE 01:13:15.263 --> 01:13:20.457 DISCIPLINED IN THE PROCESS. I CAN TRULY SAY I DISCIPLINE 01:13:20.457 --> 01:13:24.199 MYSELF NOT TO ALLOW THOUGHTS OF FEAR. WHEN THEY TRIED, I WOULD 01:13:24.199 --> 01:13:27.889 REJECT IT. I'M LAYING THERE, 5 OR 6 IN THE MORNING, MY ALARM IS 01:13:27.889 --> 01:13:31.819 ABOUT TO GO OFF. I'M HAVING TO GET UP FOR WORK. AND I DID SLEEP 01:13:31.819 --> 01:13:35.124 THAT WEEKEND, AMAZINGLY. GOD WILL HELP YOU DO THAT. AND ALL 01:13:35.124 --> 01:13:38.477 OF A SUDDEN— NOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE TALKING GREEK TO 01:13:38.477 --> 01:13:41.830 PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN BANKING, BUT BACK IN THE DAY, I WAS THE 01:13:41.830 --> 01:13:46.659 ATM TELLER ALSO. AND THE ATM, THEY WOULD BALANCE AT 2 O'CLOCK 01:13:46.659 --> 01:13:50.109 IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CLOSE THE TELLER DRAWERS AT 4, RIGHT? 01:13:50.109 --> 01:13:56.969 AND 4 O'CLOCK. SO I WOULD SELL $5,000 TO THE ATM, BUT I 01:13:56.969 --> 01:14:01.003 COULDN'T PUT THE OUT IN MY DRAWER. NOW WE KNEW THIS. 01:14:01.003 --> 01:14:06.221 EVERYBODY FORGOT, INCLUDING ME. AND THE LORD SAID, YOU SOLD 01:14:06.221 --> 01:14:12.315 $5,000 TO THE ATM. TELL THEM TO GO BALANCE THE ATM IN THE 01:14:12.315 --> 01:14:18.365 MORNING. IT'LL BE $5,000 OVER. I RAN IN, THE ATM IS $5,000 OVER, 01:14:18.365 --> 01:14:23.899 THE ATM IS $5,000 OVER, AND THEY RAN IT. SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS A 01:14:23.899 --> 01:14:28.487 TRANSACTION ISSUE. NOW WHAT IF— I'M JUST SAYING NOW, THAT WAS 01:14:28.487 --> 01:14:32.145 GOING TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT. OKAY, THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN 01:14:32.145 --> 01:14:36.572 REGARDLESS. BUT THE LORD TAUGHT ME SOMETHING. THE LORD TAUGHT ME 01:14:36.572 --> 01:14:40.326 THIS. HE TAUGHT ME THAT IF YOU DON'T DISCIPLINE YOUR 01:14:40.326 --> 01:14:44.421 THOUGHTS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HELP YOUR HEALTH, OKAY? YOU'RE 01:14:44.421 --> 01:14:47.472 GOING TO RUIN YOUR WEEKEND. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS OUT 01:14:47.472 --> 01:14:50.378 ON YOUR SPOUSE. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THINGS OUT ON YOUR 01:14:50.378 --> 01:14:54.554 CHILDREN. YOU WON'T BEHAVE RIGHT, OKAY? YOU'LL TALK WRONG. 01:14:54.554 --> 01:14:57.765 AND IF WE CAN'T DO IT IN THE THINGS THAT— LIKE THAT, THAT ARE 01:14:57.765 --> 01:15:01.153 BOUND TO WORK OUT, WHAT ABOUT THE VARIABLES THAT DON'T LOOK 01:15:01.153 --> 01:15:04.734 LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OUT? LIKE WHEN THEY GIVE YOU A 01:15:04.734 --> 01:15:07.946 TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS, OR THEY TELL YOU THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOING 01:15:07.946 --> 01:15:12.513 BE, OR SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH SOMEBODY THAT YOU LOVE, OR 01:15:12.513 --> 01:15:17.416 ANY OF THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE OUTCOMES RIGHT 01:15:17.416 --> 01:15:20.541 THERE. IF WE DON'T DISCIPLINE OUR THOUGHTS IN THE SMALL 01:15:20.541 --> 01:15:25.204 THINGS— SO GUARD YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE, CASTING DOWN 01:15:25.204 --> 01:15:30.621 IMAGINATIONS. GO BACK TO 1 PETER 5:7, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE ON 01:15:30.621 --> 01:15:34.966 HIM, FOR HE CARES FOR YOU. AND I HAD HE HAD TO LEARN THAT. AND 01:15:34.966 --> 01:15:37.921 I'M TELLING YOU, I BELIEVE WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO 01:15:37.921 --> 01:15:42.755 LEARN THE SELF-DISCIPLINE OF OUR THOUGHTS, THAT THE ENEMY DOESN'T 01:15:42.755 --> 01:15:46.915 GET TO CONTROL WHAT WE THINK. SO WHEN A THOUGHT COMES UP THAT'S 01:15:46.915 --> 01:15:53.757 FEARFUL, RIGHT, ABOUT AMERICA, OKAY, ABOUT THE MIDTERMS, ABOUT 01:15:53.757 --> 01:15:57.193 ELECTIONS— OH MAN, YOU THINK I DIDN'T HAVE SOME FEAR TRYING TO 01:15:57.193 --> 01:16:02.124 HIT ME ABOUT 2024? I MEAN, I OH MY GOODNESS, MY HUSBAND, HE, YOU 01:16:02.124 --> 01:16:06.202 KNOW, HE JUST DOUBLES DOWN. I'M LIKE, HONEY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, 01:16:06.202 --> 01:16:10.120 WHEN YOU HAVE THE MOMENT TO BACK UP, YOU DOUBLE DOWN. WE CAME 01:16:10.120 --> 01:16:14.295 HOME ON A PLANE IN 2020, AND HE'D BEEN PROPHESYING, TRUMP'S 01:16:14.295 --> 01:16:16.783 GONNA GET A SECOND TERM, TRUMP'S GONNA GET A SECOND TERM. WHEN WE 01:16:16.783 --> 01:16:20.396 COME HOME FROM 2020, THAT ELECTION WENT SIDEWAYS, AND I 01:16:20.396 --> 01:16:23.848 JUST REMEMBER SITTING ON THE PLANE, AND I SAID, SO, WHAT ARE 01:16:23.848 --> 01:16:26.818 YOU GONNA DO? HE GOES, I'M GONNA GO ON FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK LIVE. 01:16:26.818 --> 01:16:29.305 HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT? AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, 01:16:29.305 --> 01:16:34.936 HE'S ON FACEBOOK LIVE, AND I THOUGHT, "OKAY, DEVIL, YOU GOT A 01:16:34.936 --> 01:16:38.385 FIGHT ON YOUR HANDS." AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT GOING THERE. I 01:16:38.385 --> 01:16:43.037 KNOW WHAT GOD SAID. I KNOW WHAT THE LORD SPOKE TO ME. I KNOW," 01:16:43.037 --> 01:16:47.289 HE GOES, "AND I'M GONNA GET HEAT FOR IT. I DO NOT CARE. I'M GONNA 01:16:47.289 --> 01:16:51.524 STAND BECAUSE TRUMP IS GETTING A SECOND TERM." I'M TELLING YOU, 01:16:51.524 --> 01:16:54.270 WE HAD PHONE CALLS FROM BIG MINISTRIES THAT SAID, "PASTOR 01:16:54.270 --> 01:16:57.481 HANK, GIVE IT UP. TRUMP'S NEVER COMING BACK. YOU ARE WASTING 01:16:57.481 --> 01:17:02.234 YOUR TIME. YOU ARE OUT OF LINE. YOU ARE RUINING PEOPLE. YOU ARE 01:17:02.234 --> 01:17:05.268 DECEIVING PEOPLE." I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU. 01:17:05.268 --> 01:17:09.347 AND HE SAID, "NO, THE LORD TOLD ME." SO HE SAID, "MANY NIGHTS I 01:17:09.347 --> 01:17:11.113 GOT UP AND PRAYED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND I SAID, 'NOW 01:17:11.113 --> 01:17:13.698 GOD, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?'" HE SAID, "THE LORD SAID, 'I SAID 01:17:13.698 --> 01:17:17.520 STAY WITH THE STORY. I SAID STICK WITH WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU.'" 01:17:17.520 --> 01:17:20.208 WHAT IF WE DID THAT? THAT'S REGARDING THE PROPHETIC WORD. 01:17:20.208 --> 01:17:23.348 WHAT IF WE DID THAT WITH THE WORD AND SAID, "ALL RIGHT, STICK 01:17:23.348 --> 01:17:26.311 WITH THE STORY. STICK WITH YOUR COVENANT. STICK WITH WHAT I TOLD 01:17:26.311 --> 01:17:32.025 YOU. STAY WITH IT." AND IT TOOK SOME DISCIPLINE OF THE MIND, 01:17:32.025 --> 01:17:36.618 RIGHT? IT TOOK SOME DISCIPLINE OF OUR THOUGHTS. AND NOW, WE'RE 01:17:36.618 --> 01:17:41.307 CIRCLING BACK AROUND 2024. HERE WE GO AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW, I 01:17:41.307 --> 01:17:44.966 KNEW ENOUGH TO KNOW AT THAT TIME, I'M NOT GONNA— I'M NOT, I 01:17:44.966 --> 01:17:49.607 AM NOT GONNA ALLOW MY MIND TO GO DOWN THE WRONG PATH. AND SO, I 01:17:49.607 --> 01:17:53.155 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, CAST YOUR CARE. WHEN YOU CAST IT, YOU'RE 01:17:53.155 --> 01:17:57.715 NOT HOLDING IT ANYMORE. IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A SPOT IN 01:17:57.715 --> 01:18:01.729 YOUR THINKING. I DON'T CARE WHO OFFENDED YOU. I DON'T CARE WHAT 01:18:01.729 --> 01:18:06.402 THE DOCTOR TOLD YOU. DON'T DWELL ON IT. IF YOU DWELL ON IT, IT'S 01:18:06.402 --> 01:18:13.121 GONNA HAVE A FOOTHOLD TO MANIFEST FRUIT. SO SELF-CONTROL— 01:18:14.403 --> 01:18:16.326 CAN I GIVE YOU ONE MORE SCRIPTURE? ALL RIGHT, AND THEN 01:18:16.326 --> 01:18:23.216 WE'LL GO. LET'S GO TO— WE'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. JAMES 1:14: BUT 01:18:23.216 --> 01:18:26.821 EVERY MAN IS TEMPTED. COME ON, I WAS TEMPTED THAT WEEKEND TO 01:18:26.821 --> 01:18:29.481 THINK ALL KIND OF CRAZY STUFF, RIGHT? SAME WAY WITH MY DAD, 01:18:29.481 --> 01:18:33.487 WHICH HE ENDED UP GETTING HEALED, BY THE WAY. AND THE LONG 01:18:33.487 --> 01:18:35.811 SHORT OF IT, SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED THROUGH THAT, BUT HE 01:18:35.811 --> 01:18:40.140 GOT COMPLETELY HEALED. IN FACT, ONE NURSE HAD 01:18:40.140 --> 01:18:42.706 GONE ON VACATION. WHEN SHE CAME BACK, HE WAS SITTING UP IN A 01:18:42.706 --> 01:18:46.058 CHAIR. AND THEY SAID, "IS THAT THE MAN FROM ROOM 10?" THEY 01:18:46.058 --> 01:18:48.865 COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE HE WAS STILL ALIVE. THEY SAID, "WELL, 01:18:48.865 --> 01:18:51.430 YOU KNOW." BUT IT TOOK SOME DISCIPLINE TO BELIEVE FOR 01:18:51.430 --> 01:18:55.616 HEALING. I'M TELLING YOU, EVERY MAN IS TESTED. YOU CAN STAND ON 01:18:55.616 --> 01:19:00.107 THIS PART. EVERY MAN IS TESTED WHEN HE'S DRAWN AWAY OF HIS OWN 01:19:00.107 --> 01:19:06.850 LUST. NOW, WE READ THAT WORD LUST LIKE SEXUAL IMPROPRIETY, 01:19:06.850 --> 01:19:11.041 SEXUAL DESIRE. THAT'S NOT THE FULL OF IT. NOW, IT CAN APPLY, 01:19:11.041 --> 01:19:15.992 OKAY? WE'RE DRAWN AWAY INTO THINGS BY OUR OWN DESIRE. BUT 01:19:15.992 --> 01:19:19.479 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE DESIRES— AND THEN IT SAYS, "AND ENTICE." 01:19:19.479 --> 01:19:25.028 SOME OF THOSE DESIRES ARE THE DESIRE TO WORRY, ARE THE DESIRE 01:19:25.028 --> 01:19:30.511 TO TELL OFF SO-AND-SO IN OUR MIND, ARE THE DESIRE TO IMAGINE 01:19:30.511 --> 01:19:34.297 HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO GET EVEN, THE DESIRE OF WHAT IT 01:19:34.297 --> 01:19:39.130 WOULD FEEL LIKE TO THINK OR ACT A CERTAIN WAY. WE'VE GOT TO 01:19:39.130 --> 01:19:43.529 BRING IT BACK OUT OF WHAT WE CALL THE BIG SIN THINGS. EVERY 01:19:43.529 --> 01:19:46.997 MAN IS TEMPTED WHEN HE'S DRAWN AWAY. COME ON, DRAWN AWAY FROM 01:19:46.997 --> 01:19:54.382 WHAT? DRAWN AWAY FROM FAITH BY OUR OWN HEAD, THE LUSTS OF OUR 01:19:54.382 --> 01:19:57.433 MIND. YOU KNOW, YOUR MIND LUSTS TO THINK ALL ON THE WRONG 01:19:57.433 --> 01:20:02.168 THINGS. IT'S TRUE. OUR MIND WILL LUST TO THINK ON FEAR. THAT'S 01:20:02.168 --> 01:20:06.021 WHY THE WORLD IS FULL OF FEAR RIGHT NOW. OUR MIND LUSTS TO DO 01:20:06.021 --> 01:20:11.302 IT. IT LUSTS TO THINK ON FEARFUL THOUGHTS. DRAWN AWAY OF THEIR 01:20:11.302 --> 01:20:14.672 OWN LUST AND ENTICED BY IT. COME ON, I'VE BEEN ENTICED. YOU KNOW, 01:20:14.672 --> 01:20:18.942 THE ENEMY WILL ENTICE YOU TO THINK BAD. HE'LL ENTICE YOU TO 01:20:18.942 --> 01:20:22.939 THINK FEARFUL. LOOK AT THE NEXT SCRIPTURE. THEN WHEN LUST HAS 01:20:22.939 --> 01:20:27.210 CONCEIVED— SEE, THIS LUST IN OUR MIND THAT WANTS TO THINK A 01:20:27.210 --> 01:20:29.764 CERTAIN WAY AND LET THESE UNDESIRABLES— I'M GOING TO 01:20:29.764 --> 01:20:33.057 CHALLENGE YOU ALL THIS WEEK, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, 01:20:33.057 --> 01:20:39.900 IS GO ON A QUEST TO DETERMINE TO WALK IN THE SELF-DISCIPLINE OR 01:20:39.900 --> 01:20:43.112 THE SELF-CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR EMOTIONS. I'M 01:20:43.112 --> 01:20:46.486 TELLING YOU, IT'LL BE THE GREATEST WAY TO WALK IN VICTORY, 01:20:46.486 --> 01:20:52.177 AND YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE BECAUSE OF IT. OKAY, IF YOU HAVE 01:20:52.177 --> 01:20:55.255 A HABIT OR THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU HAVEN'T FORGIVEN, QUIT THINKING 01:20:55.255 --> 01:20:58.171 ABOUT THAT PERSON. YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO FORGIVE SOMEBODY IS 01:20:58.171 --> 01:21:03.297 STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM, RIGHT? MOVE ON. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT 01:21:03.297 --> 01:21:07.720 THINKING ABOUT YOU, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WHEN THAT LUST 01:21:07.720 --> 01:21:11.339 OF THOSE THOUGHTS IS CONCEIVED, IT WILL BRING FORTH SIN. WELL, 01:21:12.686 --> 01:21:15.170 PASTOR BRENDA, AM I SINNING BECAUSE I'M IN FEAR OVER THE 01:21:15.170 --> 01:21:18.210 DOCTOR'S REPORT? WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT A FAITH 01:21:18.210 --> 01:21:22.555 FAITH IS SIN. SO WHEN THAT LUST IS CONCEIVED, IT'LL BRING FORTH 01:21:22.555 --> 01:21:27.972 SIN, AND WHEN SIN IS FINISHED, IT WILL BRING FORTH DEATH. SO IT 01:21:27.972 --> 01:21:31.288 ALL STARTS WHEN WE LEARN HOW TO POSSESS THE THOUGHTS OF OUR 01:21:31.288 --> 01:21:38.006 SOUL. SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU TONIGHT IS TO PRACTICE WITH 01:21:38.006 --> 01:21:41.236 DETERMINATION AND DILIGENCE, LIKE PROVERBS SAYS, WITH 01:21:41.236 --> 01:21:45.287 DETERMINATION AND DILIGENCE, PRACTICE THE SELF- DISCIPLINE OF 01:21:45.287 --> 01:21:48.571 YOUR MIND AND YOUR EMOTIONS. AND I PROMISE YOU, IT— YEAH, IT 01:21:48.571 --> 01:21:53.394 WON'T BE EASY. IT WON'T. IT WON'T. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN 01:21:53.394 --> 01:21:56.438 YOUR HEAD'S GOING A CERTAIN WAY, YOUR HEAD'S THINKING A CERTAIN 01:21:56.438 --> 01:21:59.161 WAY, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A SAYING, YOU KNOW, PASS THE 01:21:59.161 --> 01:22:04.272 POTATOES. WHO CARES? I'M GONNA QUIT THINKING ABOUT IT. OKAY, 01:22:04.272 --> 01:22:07.557 TIME TO DO THE DISHES. I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND WRING MY 01:22:07.557 --> 01:22:11.242 HANDS AND GO OVER THAT. WHAT IF, PASTOR BRENDA? WHAT IF? I'M NOT 01:22:11.242 --> 01:22:13.869 THINKING ABOUT WHAT IF. WHY AM I? IF I'M DISCIPLINING MY MIND, 01:22:13.869 --> 01:22:16.611 I'M NOT THINKING, WHAT IF, PASTOR KEITH? I'M NOT GOING 01:22:16.611 --> 01:22:19.192 THERE. I'M NOT THINKING, WHAT IF? WHAT IF THAT— WHAT IF IS 01:22:19.192 --> 01:22:24.723 JUST THE DEVIL'S SMOKESCREEN TO TRY TO GET ME TO BITE THAT LUST 01:22:24.723 --> 01:22:28.730 OF THOSE THOUGHTS. AND IT BRINGS FORTH— JUST QUIT THINKING ABOUT 01:22:28.730 --> 01:22:30.975 IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO PROPHESY OVER YOU TONIGHT. 01:22:30.975 --> 01:22:33.508 YOU'RE GOING TO STOP THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND YOU'RE 01:22:33.508 --> 01:22:37.051 GOING TO SET YOUR MIND. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD WILL KEEP YOU, 01:22:37.051 --> 01:22:40.917 HIM, IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON HIM. SO FATHER, 01:22:40.917 --> 01:22:43.825 WE THANK YOU TONIGHT THAT EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE UNDER THE 01:22:43.825 --> 01:22:46.637 SOUND OF MY VOICE, I THANK YOU THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE 01:22:46.637 --> 01:22:51.747 SELF-CONTROL OF THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR WILL, THEIR EMOTIONS, ALL 01:22:51.747 --> 01:22:54.590 THE THINGS THAT RUN THROUGH OUR MIND. YOU GIVE THEM THE 01:22:54.590 --> 01:22:58.013 SELF-DISCIPLINE, LORD, TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS, AND THEY'LL 01:22:58.013 --> 01:23:01.628 REPLACE THOSE THOUGHTS WITH YOU, AND YOU WILL HELP THEM THROUGH 01:23:01.628 --> 01:23:05.018 IT, LORD. YOU WILL HELP THEM. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO BE 01:23:05.018 --> 01:23:08.071 DISMAYED, FOR YOU'RE YOU'RE OUR GOD AND YOU'RE WITH US. AND WE 01:23:08.071 --> 01:23:12.036 THANK YOU ACCORDING TO THE WORD THAT SAYS YOU CARE FOR US. SO WE 01:23:12.036 --> 01:23:15.757 HONOR YOU AND WE THANK YOU. HELP US TO DO IT WELL, LORD, THE 01:23:15.757 --> 01:23:20.059 FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT OF EMOTIONAL SELF-CONTROL, IN JESUS' NAME. 01:23:20.059 --> 01:23:23.471 HUG SOMEBODY AS YOU GO. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? ALL 01:23:23.471 --> 01:23:25.038 RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU.