WEBVTT 00:00.050 --> 00:04.921 (MUSIC) 00:05.706 --> 00:10.565 GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. STAND UP ON YOUR FEET. 00:10.857 --> 00:15.527 LET'S GET READY TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE HIS NAME. GOOD EVENING, 00:15.527 --> 00:20.132 ONLINE AUDIENCE. PUSH THE TABLE IN THE LIVING ROOM BACK. 00:20.473 --> 00:24.373 ROLL UP THE RUG. LETS GIVE HIM PRAISE! 00:26.510 --> 00:43.791 (MUSIC) 00:44.660 --> 00:56.080 (MUSIC) 00:56.080 --> 01:07.300 (MUSIC) 01:07.300 --> 01:12.984 (MUSIC) 01:12.984 --> 01:22.923 (MUSIC) 01:22.923 --> 01:30.543 (MUSIC) 01:30.543 --> 01:40.081 (MUSIC) 01:40.081 --> 01:56.338 (MUSIC) 01:56.338 --> 02:04.098 (MUSIC) 02:04.098 --> 02:14.320 (MUSIC) 02:14.320 --> 02:23.346 (MUSIC) 02:23.346 --> 02:32.945 (MUSIC) 02:32.945 --> 02:42.749 (MUSIC) 02:42.749 --> 02:52.401 (MUSIC) 02:52.401 --> 03:06.276 (MUSIC) 03:06.276 --> 03:49.575 (MUSIC) 03:49.575 --> 03:56.284 (MUSIC) 03:56.284 --> 04:03.887 (MUSIC) 04:03.887 --> 05:00.967 (MUSIC) 05:01.323 --> 05:03.348 YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROPHETIC ACT RIGHT NOW. 05:04.138 --> 05:05.092 WE'RE GOING TO LITERALLY— 05:05.092 --> 05:07.932 YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR HANDS LIKE THIS, AND WHEN 05:07.932 --> 05:14.552 WE SAY BREAK, BREAK, AND THEN CHAINS YOU'RE GOING TO GO BREAK 05:14.552 --> 05:18.620 CHAINS. THINK ABOUT THAT THING THAT'S BEEN NAGGING AT 05:18.620 --> 05:21.582 YOU.SATAN TRYING TO GET AT YOU. 05:22.056 --> 05:23.934 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO TELL HIM? 05:23.934 --> 05:28.840 QUIT LOOKING BETWEEN MY TOES AND GET UNDER MY FEET. ARE WE READY 05:28.840 --> 05:31.871 TO BREAK SOME CHAINS? COME ON, LET'S BREAK! COME ON. 05:32.240 --> 05:59.125 (MUSIC) 05:59.125 --> 06:02.855 OKAY I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY IT. COME ON BREAK CHAINS! DO IT! 06:04.938 --> 07:08.580 (MUSIC) 07:08.580 --> 07:19.220 (MUSIC) 07:19.220 --> 07:24.531 (MUSIC) 07:24.531 --> 07:40.131 (MUSIC) 07:40.131 --> 07:48.205 (MUSIC) 07:48.205 --> 07:56.709 (MUSIC) 07:57.786 --> 08:05.271 I'VE GOT THE VICTORY! I'VE GOT IT! POINT TO YOURSELF, COME ON! 08:05.271 --> 08:11.205 I'VE GOT THE VICTORY! NOW LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL YOUR 08:11.205 --> 08:17.679 NEIGHBOR: JANET, YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY! YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY! 08:19.580 --> 08:26.004 YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY! COME ON! YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY! WEE! 08:26.004 --> 08:33.252 WEE! WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY! COME ON! WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY. DO 08:33.252 --> 08:38.700 YOU BELIEVE IT? WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY. WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY. 08:41.480 --> 08:44.717 DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT THE VICTORY? DO YOU BELIEVE IT? OH, 08:44.717 --> 08:50.857 YOU GOTTA ACT LIKE IT. YOU GOTTA SHOW THE DEVIL, I KNOW, I KNOW, 08:50.857 --> 08:55.582 I KNOW THAT I'VE GOT THE VICTORY. BUT SEE, I SERVE A 08:55.582 --> 09:00.949 KING, THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS. HALLELUJAH. 09:01.897 --> 09:29.283 (MUSIC) 09:29.283 --> 09:47.485 (MUSIC) 09:53.080 --> 10:07.594 (MUSIC) 10:08.626 --> 10:21.954 (MUSIC) 10:23.006 --> 10:39.260 (MUSIC) 10:39.260 --> 10:47.000 (MUSIC) 10:47.000 --> 10:56.100 (MUSIC) 10:56.100 --> 11:04.910 (MUSIC) 11:06.060 --> 11:17.398 (MUSIC) 11:17.398 --> 11:35.757 (MUSIC) 11:35.757 --> 11:49.039 (MUSIC) 11:49.039 --> 11:56.794 (MUSIC) 11:56.794 --> 12:05.160 (MUSIC) 12:05.160 --> 12:14.210 (MUSIC) 12:14.210 --> 12:22.119 (MUSIC) 12:22.119 --> 12:28.937 (MUSIC) 12:28.937 --> 12:39.683 (MUSIC) 12:39.683 --> 12:47.918 (MUSIC) 12:47.918 --> 12:57.444 (MUSIC) 12:57.444 --> 13:05.876 (MUSIC) 13:05.876 --> 13:12.283 (MUSIC) 13:12.283 --> 13:20.895 (MUSIC) 13:20.895 --> 13:27.429 (MUSIC) 13:27.429 --> 13:36.256 (MUSIC) 13:36.256 --> 13:40.302 NEEDS TO SAY HALLELUJAH TO THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF 13:40.302 --> 13:44.225 LORDS. NOBODY NEEDS TO GIVE HIM GLORY IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT. 13:44.225 --> 13:50.185 SOMEBODY NEEDS TO JUST LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT I KNOW WHO THE 13:50.185 --> 13:55.865 KING IS. I KNOW WHO MY SAVIOR IS. I KNOW WHO MY LORD IS. I 13:55.865 --> 14:02.299 KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT I KNOW. 'CAUSE DEATH COULD 14:02.299 --> 14:10.838 NOT HOLD HIM DOWN. NO, DEATH COULD NOT HOLD HIM DOWN. NO 14:10.838 --> 14:17.288 GRAVE COULD HOLD HIM DOWN. OH, DEATH COULD NOT HOLD HIM DOWN. 14:28.617 --> 14:31.934 ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WE NEED TO BE HAVING OUR HANDS UP IN THE 14:31.934 --> 14:37.394 AIR, GIVING HIM PRAISE AND GIVING HIM GLORY. HE IS OUR 14:37.394 --> 14:43.580 KING. HE IS OUR LORD. HE IS OUR SAVIOR. HE REDEEMED US FROM THE 14:43.580 --> 14:46.548 CURSE. NOW YOU NEED TO LOOK AT ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND SAY, 14:46.548 --> 14:52.962 I'VE BEEN REDEEMED. YOU'VE BEEN REDEEMED. WE'VE BEEN REDEEMED. 14:55.762 --> 14:58.606 JUST GIVE HIM PRAISE AND GLORY. THANK YOU, LORD. 15:16.838 --> 15:18.445 HE'S A GOOD GOD. 15:24.186 --> 15:31.886 HE'S A GOOD GOD. WELL, THEY GIVE ME 10 MINUTES, SO I'M GOING 15:31.886 --> 15:50.747 TO TAKE IT ALL. HE'S A GOOD GOD, AND HE'S WORTHY. SO 15:50.747 --> 15:55.653 WORTHY. YOU CAN PUT UP THE PSALMS THAT I GAVE YOU. PSALMS 15:55.653 --> 16:08.770 29. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PHRASE, BUT I WANTED YOU TO HEAR THIS 16:08.770 --> 16:13.202 BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK OF THIS, I'M SURE, AS AN 16:13.202 --> 16:20.675 OFFERING PSALM. BUT IT SAYS, “GIVE UNTO THE LORD, O YOU 16:20.675 --> 16:32.987 ONES. GIVE UNTO THE LORD GLORY AND STRENGTH. VERSE 2, GIVE UNTO 16:32.987 --> 16:39.428 THE LORD THE GLORY DUE HIS NAME. WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE BEAUTY 16:40.557 --> 17:03.254 OF HOLINESS.” LISTEN, YOUR GIVING IS SACRED WORSHIP BECAUSE 17:03.254 --> 17:09.644 SAID WHERE YOUR HEART IS THAT'S WHERE YOUR TREASURE'S AT. WHERE 17:09.644 --> 17:20.043 YOUR TREASURE'S AT IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS. THEY'RE CONNECTED. SO 17:20.043 --> 17:28.836 YOUR LEVEL OF DEDICATION TO GIVE DECLARES THE LEVEL OF YOUR 17:28.836 --> 17:42.293 WORSHIP. AND IT DOESN'T START HERE, JUST LIKE YOUR WORSHIP 17:42.293 --> 17:52.805 CAN'T START HERE. YOUR WORSHIP IS YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. IT'S 17:52.805 --> 17:57.382 EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE, EVERY PART OF YOUR ACTIONS, EVERY PART 17:57.382 --> 18:06.963 OF EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOUR WORSHIP IS YOU. IT'S YOUR HEART. 18:06.963 --> 18:11.302 IT'S YOUR LOVE. IT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR PEACE FROM. IT'S WHERE 18:11.302 --> 18:16.185 YOU GET YOUR JOY FROM. IT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR SATISFACTION 18:16.185 --> 18:24.433 FROM. AND YOUR GIVING IS ATTACHED TO THAT. THEY GO HAND 18:24.433 --> 18:35.419 IN HAND. SO EXAMINE YOURSELF, AND NOT JUST HERE. WHEN YOU GO 18:35.419 --> 18:42.983 HOME, WHAT'S YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOUR GIVING? WHAT'S YOUR 18:42.983 --> 18:47.912 ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOUR GIVING? DOES IT ENCOMPASS YOUR WHOLE 18:47.912 --> 18:57.935 BEING? YOUR WHOLE PURPOSE? AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST 18:57.935 --> 19:04.037 FINANCIALLY. WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT GIVING? WHEN YOU 19:04.037 --> 19:09.231 WALK DOWN THE STREET AND SEE SOMEONE, IS THERE A SMILE ON 19:09.231 --> 19:15.364 YOUR FACE? ARE YOU GIVING? THAT'S A PART OF YOUR WORSHIP. 19:17.834 --> 19:25.938 NO, NOT REALLY. YES, REALLY. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SUBMITTED TO 19:25.938 --> 19:39.471 HIM, HIS LOVE IS WORKING IN YOU AND THROUGH YOU. SO GIVE UNTO 19:39.471 --> 19:48.803 THE LORD. THE GLORY DUE HIS NAME. WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE 19:48.803 --> 19:59.057 BEAUTY OF HIS HOLINESS. SO YOUR ATTITUDE ISN'T HERE. YOUR 19:59.057 --> 20:13.172 ATTITUDE IS HERE. HERE, LORD. HERE'S MY HEART. HERE'S MY 20:13.172 --> 20:25.581 HEART. RECEIVE IT. BECAUSE HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOU IS, I GIVE 20:25.581 --> 20:33.180 YOU EVERYTHING. I BLESS YOU WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN 20:33.180 --> 20:38.846 HEAVENLY PLACES. IN CHRIST JESUS, I GIVE YOU EVERYTHING. 20:43.060 --> 20:48.034 AND YOUR WORSHIP IS YOUR ATTITUDE OF RECEIVING WHAT HE'S 20:48.034 --> 20:55.927 ALREADY GIVEN. ARE YOU READY TO GIVE? IF YOU HAVE TO NEED AN 20:55.927 --> 20:59.071 OFFERING ENVELOPE, YOU CAN RECEIVE ONE. IF YOU DON'T, PUT 20:59.071 --> 21:02.271 UP THE INFORMATION MISSION. FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE, 21:02.271 --> 21:09.823 DON'T FORGET WE PRAY FOR YOU, THAT YOUR WORSHIP IS EXTENDED TO 21:09.823 --> 21:16.790 YOUR GOD AS YOU GIVE AND AS YOU MANIFEST THAT ATTITUDE TOWARDS 21:16.790 --> 21:24.551 HIM, AND THAT RAISES THE ALTITUDE OF YOUR GIVING, BECAUSE 21:24.551 --> 21:30.335 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE AMOUNT, ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE 21:30.335 --> 21:34.149 ATTITUDE IN THE GIVING. JESUS SAID THAT ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO 21:34.149 --> 21:39.409 GAVE TWO MITES. IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE AMOUNT. IT'S ABOUT THE 21:39.409 --> 21:44.712 ATTITUDE OF THE HEART. SO ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR HEART IS IN YOUR 21:44.712 --> 21:55.654 GIVING AND YOUR PURPOSE IS HIM. SO IF YOU'RE READY TO GIVE, 21:55.654 --> 22:07.481 STAND UP WITH ME. FATHER, I DECLARE YOU EXAMINE OUR HEART. 22:09.715 --> 22:14.965 HOLY SPIRIT, REVEAL TO US ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OUT OF 22:14.965 --> 22:22.630 LINE, ANY ATTITUDE OF SELFISHNESS OR ANY ATTITUDE OF 22:22.630 --> 22:28.732 GREEDINESS. BREAK OVER US AND ALLOW US TO SEE YOU AS A SOURCE 22:30.225 --> 22:35.062 OF ALL THE GOOD THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US. AND SO WE GIVE AND 22:35.062 --> 22:41.260 RELEASE OUR GIFT IN AN ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP AND YIELDING US TO 22:41.260 --> 22:46.338 THE BEAUTY OF YOUR HOLINESS AND THE POWER OF YOUR NAME. MAY 22:46.338 --> 22:51.347 YOU RECEIVE ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE HONOR AND ALL THE PRAISE 22:51.347 --> 23:00.092 FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN. YOU MAY GIVE AND BLESS HIS NAME AS 23:00.092 --> 23:01.450 PASTOR MARK COMES. 23:21.681 --> 23:23.051 THANK YOU, PASTOR KEITH. 23:24.172 --> 23:28.006 ISN'T HE WONDERFUL? WE WERE HERE THE OTHER NIGHT AND WE 23:28.006 --> 23:32.259 WERE TALKING TO SOME FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN FRIENDS OF HIS FOR A 23:32.259 --> 23:35.364 LONG TIME, AND THEY WERE TELLING ME, "WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A 23:35.364 --> 23:38.848 LONG TIME." AND I SAID, "WELL, OF COURSE. YOU'VE MET PASTOR 23:38.848 --> 23:42.756 KEITH. YOU'RE GOING TO BE HIS FRIEND FOR A LONG TIME." WELL, 23:44.702 --> 23:48.021 HALLELUJAH. HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, 23:48.021 --> 23:52.388 AWESOME. HEY, I DON'T KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WERE IN HERE MONDAY 23:52.388 --> 23:59.162 NIGHT WHEN WE HAD OUR VOTE YOUR VALUES EVENT? I THOUGHT THAT WAS 23:59.162 --> 24:04.438 FANTASTIC. EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T HERE WERE HERE OR WATCHING 24:04.438 --> 24:08.933 ONLINE, I COMMEND THAT TO YOU. PLEASE GO BACK INTO OVT AND LOOK 24:08.933 --> 24:14.537 AT THE ARCHIVE. GREAT STUFF, AS ALWAYS, FROM OUR SPECIAL GUEST, 24:14.537 --> 24:18.150 RICK GREEN, AS WELL AS APPEARANCES BY SEVERAL OF OUR 24:18.150 --> 24:23.641 LOCAL CANDIDATES, BOTH ON CAMERA AND IN PERSON. AND I LEARNED 24:23.641 --> 24:29.758 SOMETHING. IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT IT'S NOT ONLY 24:29.758 --> 24:32.342 IMPORTANT TO VOTE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO VOTE FOR EVERY 24:32.342 --> 24:38.850 POSITION ON THE BALLOT. AND THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME. AND I JUST 24:38.850 --> 24:41.699 WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT, PARTICULARLY TERRI 24:41.699 --> 24:44.694 BLACKBURN. I DON'T THINK SHE'S IN HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT SUCH A 24:44.694 --> 24:48.253 FANTASTIC JOB GETTING THAT ALL ORGANIZED, MAKING CONTACTS, 24:48.253 --> 24:51.821 CONNECTIONS, AND SO FORTH. BOB PETTIGREW HELPING WITH THAT, 24:51.821 --> 24:56.179 PRESENTING ALL THE INFORMATION AND SO FORTH. GREAT. TONIGHT, 24:56.179 --> 24:59.263 UM, I WANT TO TIE INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANT TO TALK 24:59.263 --> 25:04.272 A LITTLE ABOUT OUR FAITH LIFE. WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE 25:04.272 --> 25:09.096 WORLD AROUND US TODAY, WE NEED MORE THAN EVER TO WALK BY FAITH 25:10.241 --> 25:16.375 AND NOT BY SIGHT. SAYS THAT, RIGHT, IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7. SO 25:16.375 --> 25:19.781 WE LOOK AROUND, WE'RE DEALING WITH AI, TRANSGENDERISM, 25:21.526 --> 25:27.556 CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT GENDER WE ARE. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. 25:27.556 --> 25:32.896 MISAPPROPRIATED PRONOUNS, MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS, ETC., ETC. 25:32.896 --> 25:36.377 AND IT STRUCK ME WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO PASTOR BRENDA ON 25:36.377 --> 25:42.866 SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY EVENING AT THE EVENT WHEN SHE 25:42.866 --> 25:47.509 WAS READING THAT POST FROM DAVE RAMSEY, AND I JUST KEPT THINKING 25:47.509 --> 25:50.821 HOW UPSIDE DOWN THE WORLD WAS AND HE KEPT SAYING, TALKING 25:50.821 --> 25:54.497 ABOUT HOW GOOD IS NOW EVIL AND EVIL IS NOW GOOD, AND I THOUGHT, 25:56.103 --> 26:02.650 "HOW DO WE REMAIN STEADY IN SUCH A TOPSY-TURVY WORLD?" AND AS IT 26:02.650 --> 26:07.069 SAYS AGAIN IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 IN THE AMPLIFIED, IT SAYS, "FOR 26:07.069 --> 26:12.533 WE WALK BY FAITH, WE REGULATE OUR LIVES AND CONDUCT OURSELVES 26:12.533 --> 26:17.702 BY OUR CONVICTION OR BELIEF RESPECTING MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO 26:17.702 --> 26:23.873 GOD AND DIVINE THINGS WITH TRUST AND HOLY FERVOR. THUS WE WALK, 26:23.873 --> 26:30.766 NOT BY SIGHT OR APPEARANCE. SO WE CAN'T ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE 26:30.766 --> 26:35.517 INFLUENCED BY APPEARANCES. THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SEEM. 26:35.517 --> 26:39.400 THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM. NOW, ON MONDAY 26:39.400 --> 26:42.486 NIGHT, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO PLAY AN 26:42.486 --> 26:46.849 ACTIVE ROLE IN THE POLITICAL REALM, POLITICS OF WE NEED TO 26:46.849 --> 26:49.752 COOPERATE WITH PROPHECY, OF COURSE, AND WE NEED TO COOPERATE 26:49.752 --> 26:53.945 WITH THE WILL OF GOD FOR OUR LIVES AND FOR THE COUNTRY TO GET 26:53.945 --> 26:58.132 THINGS TO THE RIGHT END. BUT TO DO THAT, THERE'S ANOTHER 26:58.132 --> 27:02.029 COMPONENT. WE'VE GOT TO REMAIN STEADFAST IN THE FAITH. AND I 27:02.029 --> 27:06.422 THINK RICK GREEN SAID WE'VE GOT TO BE STABLE, AND WE'VE GOT TO 27:06.422 --> 27:11.829 CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE FAITH. HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE 27:11.829 --> 27:16.431 BUILD FAITH? FAITH, AND WHAT WILL BE SOME OF THE BENEFITS IN 27:16.431 --> 27:22.220 THE NATURAL FOR US DOING SO. I WANT TO TALK FIRST A LITTLE BIT 27:22.220 --> 27:27.793 ABOUT SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTALS, AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU 4 27:27.793 --> 27:34.567 STEPS TO BUILDING FAITH. NUMBER 1, STUDY GOD'S WORD. SEEMS 27:34.567 --> 27:40.266 SIMPLE, RIGHT? 2 TIMOTHY 2:15 IN THE MEV HE SAYS, "STUDY TO SHOW 27:40.266 --> 27:45.026 YOURSELF APPROVED BY GOD, A WORKMAN WHO NEED NOT BE ASHAMED, 27:45.026 --> 27:51.912 RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH." AND IN PSALM 119:10, HE 27:51.912 --> 27:56.266 SAYS, "WITH MY WHOLE HEART I SEEK YOU. LET ME NOT WANDER FROM 27:56.266 --> 28:03.118 YOUR COMMANDMENTS. I'VE STORED UP YOUR WORD IN MY HEART THAT I 28:03.118 --> 28:06.523 MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST YOU." NOW THAT LAST POINT IS GOING TO BE 28:06.523 --> 28:09.986 VERY IMPORTANT, AS WE'LL SEE HERE IN A FEW MOMENTS. WHEN WE 28:09.986 --> 28:13.417 TALK ABOUT STUDYING THE WORD THOUGH, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE 28:13.417 --> 28:17.993 VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THAT. I LIKE PASTOR BRENDA'S ADVICE IN HER 28:17.993 --> 28:23.633 LITTLE BIBLE BASICS MINI-BOOK, "KEEP IT SIMPLE." YOU KNOW, GET 28:23.633 --> 28:27.133 YOURSELF AN OVERVIEW, LOOK AT YOUR VARIOUS TRANSLATIONS AND SO 28:27.133 --> 28:32.485 FORTH. BOTH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL IN BOTH PERSONAL 28:32.485 --> 28:36.182 AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE, THAT'S GOOD ADVICE ANYWAY. AND IT IS IN 28:36.182 --> 28:40.138 THIS CONTEXT, BUT IT IS IN OTHERS. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO 28:40.138 --> 28:45.913 IS WE NEED TO EAT OUR DAILY BREAD, IF YOU WILL. WE NEED TO 28:45.913 --> 28:50.210 DIGEST YOUR SPIRITUAL MEAL IN SMALL BITES. TAKE YOUR 28:50.210 --> 28:54.293 SCRIPTURAL MEDICINE IN SMALL DOSES, BUT TAKE IT REGULARLY. 28:54.293 --> 28:58.151 IT'S IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS LITTLE BOOK ALREADY, I 28:58.151 --> 29:01.236 DO RECOMMEND YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT. I THINK IT'S OUT AT THE 29:01.236 --> 29:06.425 INFO CENTER, THOSE INFO TABLES OUT THERE. SO THAT'S STEP 1, 29:06.425 --> 29:10.554 READ THE BIBLE REGULARLY, STUDY GOD'S WORD, BUT WHY? 29:12.466 --> 29:18.332 IMPORTANTLY, SO YOU WILL BELIEVE IT, AND THAT'S STEP 2, VERY 29:18.332 --> 29:23.261 IMPORTANT, BELIEVE GOD'S WORD. NOW ABRAHAM IS THE MOST COMMONLY 29:23.261 --> 29:28.228 MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE AS A MODEL OF THIS. PAUL SAYS IN 29:28.228 --> 29:34.992 ROMANS 4:20-21, IN REFERENCE TO ABRAHAM, "HE DID NOT WAVER AT 29:34.992 --> 29:39.089 THE PROMISE OF GOD THROUGH UNBELIEF, BUT WAS STRONG IN 29:39.089 --> 29:45.355 FAITH, GIVING GLORY TO GOD, AND BEING FULLY PERSUADED WHAT GOD 29:45.355 --> 29:49.661 HAD PROMISED HE WAS ABLE TO PERFORM." HE DIDN'T WAVER 29:49.661 --> 29:54.162 THROUGH UNBELIEF, HE SAYS, SO HIS FAITH WAS STRONG. HE 29:54.162 --> 29:59.677 BELIEVED. THE BATTLE IS AGAINST UNBELIEF THEN. SO HOW DO WE 29:59.677 --> 30:05.566 FIGHT AGAINST UNBELIEF? WELL, ROMANS 10:17 TELLS US, "SO THEN 30:05.566 --> 30:10.065 FAITH COMES BY HEARING, AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD." SO 30:10.065 --> 30:13.207 WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY. WE NEED TO HEAR IT 30:13.207 --> 30:17.905 PREACHED, AND WE NEED TO HEAR OURSELVES SPEAK IT OUT, DECLARE 30:17.905 --> 30:22.749 IT. SO HEARING OURSELVES SPEAK IT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IS 30:22.749 --> 30:26.424 CLEARLY A FAITH BUILDER. NOW PASTOR BRENDA HAS PUBLISHED A 30:26.424 --> 30:29.569 WHOLE SERIES OF DAILY DECREE BOOKS FOR THAT PURPOSE AND THAT 30:29.569 --> 30:32.378 PURPOSE ALONE. THESE ARE FAITH BUILDERS. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 30:32.378 --> 30:37.096 THESE. READ THEM, SPEAK THEM. REPETITION IS THE KEY. LIKE WE 30:37.096 --> 30:42.167 SAID IN PSALM 119, WE NEED TO STORE UP THE WORD, TREASURE IT, 30:42.167 --> 30:46.002 HIDE IT IN OUR HEARTS. THAT WAY, WHEN WE NEED TO SPEAK TO A 30:46.002 --> 30:49.334 PARTICULAR SITUATION, THAT WORD IS RIGHT THERE. IT'S READY TO 30:49.334 --> 30:52.314 BUBBLE UP IN US. WE DON'T NEED TO GO LOOKING FOR IT. I DON'T 30:52.314 --> 30:57.214 NEED TO TURN TO IT. I GOT IT. IT'S IN HERE. WHAT YOU SAY FLOWS 30:57.214 --> 31:02.002 FROM WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART. IN LUKE 6:45, HE TELLS US THAT OUT 31:02.002 --> 31:05.209 OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS. AND IN THE 31:05.209 --> 31:10.773 NLT, IT READS LIKE THIS: A GOOD PERSON PRODUCES GOOD THINGS FROM 31:10.773 --> 31:14.955 THE TREASURY OF A GOOD HEART. AND AN EVIL PERSON PRODUCES EVIL 31:14.955 --> 31:20.246 THINGS FROM THE TREASURY OF AN EVIL HEART. WHAT'S IN HERE IS 31:20.246 --> 31:25.071 WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT WHEN YOU'RE SQUEEZED, RIGHT? AND I 31:25.071 --> 31:29.011 FIRST GOT A REVELATION OF THIS PRINCIPLE ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO, 31:29.011 --> 31:32.566 AND I SET ABOUT TO ASSEMBLE SOME SCRIPTURES TO MAKE A DAILY 31:32.566 --> 31:36.768 DECLARATION FOR MY FAMILY THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE PROMISES OF 31:36.768 --> 31:42.452 GOD IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE WERE SEEKING: DIVINE DELIVERANCE AND 31:42.452 --> 31:46.862 PROTECTION, HEALING AND WHOLENESS, PROVISION AND 31:46.862 --> 31:52.555 PROSPERITY. I KEPT IT SIMPLE AND FAIRLY SHORT. I WILL SAY THAT 31:52.555 --> 31:56.244 YEARS LATER I ADDED SOME LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY, BUT FOR MANY, 31:56.244 --> 32:00.333 MANY DAYS MY FAMILY DECLARED IT TOGETHER. AND LET ME JUST SAY, 32:00.333 --> 32:04.506 THERE'S POWER IN A HUSBAND AND WIFE SPEAKING A 32:04.506 --> 32:09.177 DECLARATION IN UNISON. THERE'S POWER WHEN YOUR CHILDREN JOIN 32:09.177 --> 32:14.174 IN. IN FACT, WE WOULD SPEAK THIS AS A FAMILY ON A DAILY BASIS. 32:14.174 --> 32:17.809 IT'S SOMETHING THAT BUILDS FAITH AND HELPS DEFEAT UNBELIEF. AND I 32:17.809 --> 32:22.722 READ THIS JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU SHOULD COMPOSE 32:22.722 --> 32:26.775 YOUR OWN, TAILOR IT TO YOUR OWN SITUATION AND YOUR FAMILY'S OWN 32:26.775 --> 32:34.457 NEEDS, BUT OURS WENT LIKE THIS. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU 32:34.457 --> 32:39.504 GIVE YOUR ANGELS CHARGE OVER US TO KEEP US IN ALL OUR WAYS. NO 32:39.504 --> 32:44.065 EVIL AND NO SICKNESS CAN COME NEAR OUR HOUSEHOLD. BECAUSE WE 32:44.065 --> 32:47.844 KNOW YOUR NAME AND SET OUR LOVE UPON YOU, YOU WILL DELIVER US 32:47.844 --> 32:52.673 AND SET US ON HIGH. YOU WILL SATISFY US WITH LONG LIFE AND 32:52.673 --> 32:56.194 SHOW US OUR SALVATION. JESUS HAS BORNE OUR GRIEFS BEARS OUR 32:56.194 --> 33:00.645 GRIEFS AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS, AND BY HIS STRIPES WE WERE 33:00.645 --> 33:05.530 HEALED. WE SHALL NOT BE OPPRESSED OR FEARFUL BECAUSE WE 33:05.530 --> 33:08.224 ARE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND TERROR CANNOT 33:08.224 --> 33:14.150 COME NEAR US. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US SHALL PROSPER. YOU 33:14.150 --> 33:16.659 WILL SURROUND US, LORD, WITH YOUR GLORIOUS SHIELD OF FAVOR. 33:17.865 --> 33:20.518 YOU'LL SUPPLY ALL OF OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO YOUR RICHES AND 33:20.518 --> 33:23.718 GLORY. YOU'LL LEAD US THE WAY WE SHOULD GO, AND YOU'LL TEACH US 33:23.718 --> 33:27.731 TO PROFIT. YOU GIVE US THE POWER TO GET WEALTH. YOU'LL CAUSE US 33:27.731 --> 33:32.170 TO INHERIT WEALTH, AND YOU WILL FILL OUR TREASURY. WE WILL LEAVE 33:32.170 --> 33:35.583 AN INHERITANCE TO OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND BENEFIT FROM THE 33:35.583 --> 33:39.220 WEALTH THAT SINNERS HAVE STORED UP FOR US. WE ARE BLESSED, AND 33:39.220 --> 33:42.713 OUR CHILDREN ARE MIGHTY ON THIS EARTH. WEALTH AND RICHES WILL BE 33:42.713 --> 33:46.655 IN OUR HOME. WE WILL BRING FORTH FRUIT, AND WHATEVER WE DO SHALL 33:46.655 --> 33:50.420 PROSPER. AND WE SHALL SPEND ALL OUR DAYS IN PROSPERITY AND ALL 33:50.420 --> 33:56.685 OUR YEARS IN PLEASURE, TREASURES IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. SO 33:56.685 --> 34:00.689 I READ THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF 34:00.689 --> 34:05.451 READING, STUDYING, SPEAKING, REPEATING, YOU STORE UP MORE 34:05.451 --> 34:09.220 TREASURE, MORE GOOD TREASURE TO USE AS A WEAPON WHEN YOU'RE 34:09.220 --> 34:13.483 CONFRONTED WITH AN EVIL REPORT. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT TO COMBAT 34:13.483 --> 34:18.803 AGAINST. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN APPLY. SO 34:18.803 --> 34:23.618 THAT BRINGS ME TO STEP NUMBER 3, APPLY GOD'S WORD. SO WE'RE GOING 34:23.618 --> 34:26.927 TO READ IT, WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE IT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO 34:26.927 --> 34:32.253 APPLY IT. JAMES 1:22 SAYS, "BE DOERS OF THE WORD AND NOT 34:32.253 --> 34:38.106 HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES." IN THE NLT, IT 34:38.106 --> 34:42.133 READS LIKE THIS, "BUT DON'T JUST LISTEN TO GOD'S WORD, YOU MUST 34:42.133 --> 34:44.677 DO WHAT IT SAYS, OTHERWISE YOU'RE ONLY FOOLING YOURSELF." 34:46.417 --> 34:50.831 SO DON'T JUST HEAR THE WORD IS WHAT HE'S SAYING. PUT IT TO USE. 34:50.831 --> 34:55.245 DO IT. SPEAK IT. APPLY IT TO WHATEVER SITUATION, WHATEVER 34:55.245 --> 34:58.616 CIRCUMSTANCE YOU'RE FACING. THERE'S A PRINCIPLE HERE THAT I 34:58.616 --> 35:03.496 WANT TO SHARE, AND THAT IS THIS: YOU ARE YOUR OWN CONFIRMING 35:03.496 --> 35:08.552 WITNESS. THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MINUTE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THE 35:08.552 --> 35:14.401 LEGAL STANDARD WE'RE TO GO BY IN DEUTERONOMY 19:15, IT SAYS, "BY 35:14.401 --> 35:17.060 THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES, THE MATTER WILL BE 35:17.060 --> 35:23.270 ESTABLISHED." SO WHEN YOU'RE FACING A TRIAL, WHEN YOU'RE 35:23.270 --> 35:27.773 CONFRONTED WITH A SERIOUS SITUATION, REQUIRES YOU TO MAKE 35:27.773 --> 35:32.557 AN IMPORTANT DECISION, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE SOME UNEXPECTED 35:32.557 --> 35:36.497 AND UNWELCOME NEWS CONCERNING A PARTICULAR MEDICAL EXAMINATION 35:36.497 --> 35:40.340 OR A TEST YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD. MAYBE AN EMERGENCY THAT YOU 35:40.340 --> 35:43.321 COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT YOU'D BE FACING JUST MOMENTS 35:43.321 --> 35:49.894 EARLIER. ANY SHOCKING NEGATIVE EVENT THAT REQUIRES AN ACTION OR 35:49.894 --> 35:54.591 A REACTION ON YOUR PART THAT COMES TO YOU WITHOUT WARNING. 35:55.906 --> 35:59.432 THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE TWO REPORTS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO 35:59.432 --> 36:03.969 BELIEVE. THERE'S AN EVIL REPORT, THAT ONE'S FROM THE ENEMY, 36:05.661 --> 36:10.564 ENEMY, A LIE FROM THE DEVIL. THE OTHER IS THE REPORT OF THE LORD, 36:10.564 --> 36:15.457 THE WORD OF GOD, WHAT IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE. AND YOU HAVE TO 36:15.457 --> 36:21.362 DETERMINE IN THAT MOMENT WHOSE REPORT WILL YOU BELIEVE. AND 36:21.362 --> 36:26.325 WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK FIRST, THE EVIL REPORT OR THE 36:26.325 --> 36:31.518 REPORT OF THE LORD, THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE THE OUTCOME BECOME 36:31.518 --> 36:34.803 THE RESULT IN THE SITUATION OR THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT YOU'RE 36:34.803 --> 36:38.425 FACING AT THAT MOMENT. WHEN YOU AGREE WITH ONE OR THE OTHER, YOU 36:38.425 --> 36:43.585 BECOME THE SECOND OR THE CONFIRMING WITNESS IN THE CASE. 36:44.594 --> 36:47.559 NOW, WHAT YOU SAY IS GOING TO CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH THE FACTS, 36:47.559 --> 36:51.068 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN 36:51.068 --> 36:55.491 THE POWER OF THE TONGUE, PROVERBS 18:21. YOU'VE GOT A 36:55.491 --> 37:00.724 CHOICE AND YOU CAN DICTATE YOUR OUTCOME ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU 37:00.724 --> 37:07.560 SPEAK. JOB 22:28 SAYS, "YOU WILL ALSO DECREE A THING, AND IT WILL 37:07.560 --> 37:11.169 BE ESTABLISHED FOR YOU, AND LIGHT WILL SHINE ON YOUR WAYS." 37:12.415 --> 37:18.783 SO YOU DECIDE, AND GOD WILL BACK YOU UP. A REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE OF 37:18.783 --> 37:22.185 PUTTING THIS PRINCIPLE INTO PRACTICE OCCURRED IN MY FAMILY'S 37:22.185 --> 37:26.204 LIVES ONE DAY WHEN OUR SON WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD. I THINK HE'S 37:26.204 --> 37:31.893 26 NOW, SO THAT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. BUT HE HAD, AT THE TIME, HE 37:31.893 --> 37:36.781 HAD RECENTLY BELIEVED FOR AND RECEIVED A NEW BUNK BED, AND HE 37:36.781 --> 37:40.370 WAS STANDING ON THE TOP BUNK OR BED OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT, 37:40.370 --> 37:42.950 THE TOP LEVEL, RIGHT IN THE CENTER, PERFECTLY STILL, NOT 37:42.950 --> 37:47.341 DOING A THING. MY WIFE AND I WERE MAYBE 5, 6 FEET AWAY, AND 37:47.341 --> 37:49.585 WE'RE STANDING THERE, WE'RE ALL JUST STANDING THERE PRAISING THE 37:49.585 --> 37:51.829 LORD, RIGHT WHERE WE'RE WORSHIPPING. WE'VE GOT WORSHIP 37:51.829 --> 37:56.255 MUSIC ON, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, FROM A DEAD STOP, 37:56.255 --> 37:59.702 TOTALLY STILL, HE COMES HURTLING THROUGH THE AIR JUST AS THOUGH 37:59.702 --> 38:06.020 HE'D BEEN THROWN. HE WAS PROPELLED. NOW YOU CAN FIGURE 38:06.020 --> 38:08.586 FOR YOURSELVES WHETHER THAT'S SOME DEMONIC INFLUENCE OR WHAT 38:08.586 --> 38:12.290 THAT WAS, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND HE LANDED RIGHT IN 38:12.290 --> 38:16.540 FRONT OF US LIKE THIS, WITH HIS HEAD HITTING THE FLOOR, LIKE THE 38:16.540 --> 38:20.629 CROWN OF HIS HEAD DOWN. SO WE HAD A CHOICE IN THAT MOMENT, 38:20.629 --> 38:24.399 WHAT REPORT WERE WE GONNA BELIEVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU 38:24.399 --> 38:28.248 LOOKED AT THAT IN THE NATURAL, I MEAN, MY EYES AND MY WIFE'S EYES 38:28.248 --> 38:31.280 MET, BUT WE DIDN'T SAY A WORD. WE KNEW, WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD TO 38:31.280 --> 38:34.006 DO AT THAT MOMENT, BECAUSE THIS WAS ALL FRESH IN OUR MINDS. AND 38:34.006 --> 38:36.364 THIS IS ANOTHER THING, YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP THIS AT THE FOREFRONT 38:36.364 --> 38:39.299 OF YOUR MINDS ALL THE TIME. WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BATTLE, IT'S TOUGH 38:39.299 --> 38:43.165 TO DO. IT'S THE TOUGHEST THING TO DO, I CAN TELL YOU. BUT AT 38:43.165 --> 38:47.125 THAT MOMENT, WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WE SAID, I SAID, 38:47.125 --> 38:49.971 "OKAY, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO BELIEVE A, WHAT THE DEVIL IS 38:49.971 --> 38:53.687 TRYING TO TELL US, HIS NECK'S BROKEN, HE'S GOING TO BE 38:53.687 --> 38:58.144 PARALYZED, HE'LL NEVER WALK AGAIN, OR HE'S HEALED IN THE 38:58.144 --> 39:05.464 MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS." SO MY WIFE IMMEDIATELY GOT IN HIS EARS 39:05.464 --> 39:08.783 AND STARTED PRAYING IN TONGUES, AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT IN FRONT 39:08.783 --> 39:13.108 OF HIS FACE AND STARTED JUST DECLARING SCRIPTURES. FOR GOD 39:13.108 --> 39:15.901 HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND LOVE AND 39:15.901 --> 39:19.386 A SOUND MIND. YOU SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE AND DECLARE THE WORKS 39:19.386 --> 39:24.026 OF THE LORD. YOU KNOW, BY HIS STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED. I'M THE 39:24.026 --> 39:28.682 LORD YOUR GOD WHO HEALS ALL AFFLICTIONS, HEALS YOU. NO 39:28.682 --> 39:32.038 WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER, ON AND ON AND ON. SO IN 39:32.038 --> 39:35.587 JUST A MATTER OF MOMENTS WITH THOSE TWO THINGS GOING ON IN THE 39:35.587 --> 39:41.153 EAR GATE AND THE EYE GATE, MY SON'S STUNNED LOOK AND ALL OF 39:41.153 --> 39:45.840 THE FEAR JUST WENT AWAY. I MEAN, HE TURNED FROM WHITE TO FULL 39:45.840 --> 39:54.603 COLOR AGAIN AND GOT UP FULLY RESTORED, NO EVIDENCE THAT IT 39:54.603 --> 39:57.430 HAD EVER HAPPENED. IF I DIDN'T KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, NO ONE 39:57.430 --> 40:06.624 WOULD EVER KNOW. SO BY DENYING THAT EVIL REPORT, WE 40:06.624 --> 40:10.265 ALLOWED THE TRUTH TO ESTABLISH THE FACTS IN OUR CASE AND 40:10.265 --> 40:16.435 DETERMINE THE OUTCOME. NOW, THE OUTCOME WAS DIVINE HEALING. WE 40:16.435 --> 40:21.188 REALIZED ONE OF THE PROMISES OF GOD IN THAT MOMENT. AND THAT 40:21.188 --> 40:26.666 THEN BRINGS ME TO STEP 4: REALIZE GOD'S PROMISES FROM HIS 40:26.666 --> 40:32.317 WORD. NOW, THE BIBLE IS FULL OF THOSE PROMISES. HEALING, 40:32.317 --> 40:38.250 DELIVERANCE, PROTECTION, PROSPERITY, SO ON AND SO ON. AND 40:38.250 --> 40:42.209 MOST OF THESE ARE, OF COURSE, CONTINGENT UPON OR DEPENDENT 40:42.209 --> 40:47.851 UPON US DOING THE WORD, LIKE WE SAID. BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED 40:47.851 --> 40:53.458 ABOUT THAT. IT IS SAID THAT THERE ARE OVER 7,000 PROMISES 40:53.458 --> 41:00.296 FROM GOD IN THE BIBLE. AND ROUGHLY 1,500 OF THESE, IT IS 41:00.296 --> 41:06.271 SAID, RELATE TO HEALING. AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME 2,000 VERSES 41:06.271 --> 41:11.272 IN THE BIBLE ABOUT MONEY, MANY OF WHICH TALK ABOUT PROSPERITY 41:11.272 --> 41:16.355 OR DIVINE PROVISION. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH OF 41:16.355 --> 41:20.570 THESE AS WE KIND OF MOVE ALONG FORWARD HERE TONIGHT, BUT YOU 41:20.570 --> 41:23.720 REALIZE OR WITNESS THESE PROMISES IN YOUR LIFE BY READING 41:23.720 --> 41:30.004 READING AND STUDYING THE WORD, BELIEVING THE WORD, SPEAKING IT, 41:30.004 --> 41:33.493 AND APPLYING IT TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS AND 41:33.493 --> 41:36.692 CIRCUMSTANCES. AND WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU REALIZE A PROMISE OF 41:36.692 --> 41:41.917 GOD? WHEN YOU SEE GOD WORK IN YOUR LIFE, YOU TESTIFY. 41:46.064 --> 41:51.047 REVELATION 12:11 TELLS US THAT WE OVERCOME “BY THE BLOOD OF THE 41:51.047 --> 41:54.352 LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY.” WELL, OUR TESTIMONY, 41:54.352 --> 41:58.332 OF COURSE, IS WE'RE SAVED. IT'S THE GOSPEL, RIGHT? BUT IT'S ALSO 41:58.332 --> 42:02.039 HOW DID GOD WORK IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES? AND THAT'S THE THING THAT 42:02.039 --> 42:05.168 WE NEED TO SHARE ONE WITH THE OTHER FOR ENCOURAGEMENT, 42:05.168 --> 42:09.581 EXHORTATION, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, WRITE 42:09.581 --> 42:13.336 DOWN YOUR TESTIMONIES. WE'VE ALL GOT THEM. I'M SURE NOT THE ONLY 42:13.336 --> 42:15.759 ONE THAT'S GOT TESTIMONIES. SOMETIMES IT FEELS THAT WAY WHEN 42:15.759 --> 42:18.268 I'M OUT TALKING TO PEOPLE, THEY SAY, "HEY, YOU DIDN'T GIVE US A 42:18.268 --> 42:25.417 TESTIMONY WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE LAST TIME." RECORD THEM, CATALOG 42:25.417 --> 42:31.133 THEM, REVIEW THEM, SHARE THEM. THEY'RE ALL FAITH-BUILDING 42:31.133 --> 42:35.255 ACTIONS, RIGHT? AND OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW 42:35.255 --> 42:39.782 MUCH I LIKE TESTIMONIES, AND I GET PRODDED ALL THE TIME WHILE 42:39.782 --> 42:44.406 I'M SPEAKING, "HEY, SHARE MORE TESTIMONIES." I'M GOING TO DO A 42:44.406 --> 42:47.575 LITTLE OF THAT ACTUALLY AS I TALK NEXT ABOUT SOME OF THE 42:47.575 --> 42:52.953 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT GOD CAN SHOW UP IN YOUR LIFE. AND AGAIN, I'M 42:52.953 --> 42:55.752 GOING TO DEAL WITH 4 OF THESE. FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M STUCK 42:55.752 --> 43:03.621 ON THAT NUMBER 4 TONIGHT. NUMBER 1— OH, SOMEONE REMEMBERS THE 14. 43:03.621 --> 43:08.854 OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S MY NUMBER. I SUBTRACTED A LITTLE 43:08.854 --> 43:11.363 BIT FROM IT. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. NUMBER 1, YOU 43:11.363 --> 43:18.134 KNOW YOUR AUTHORITY AND HOW TO EXERCISE IT. NOW THERE ARE 43:18.134 --> 43:23.925 SEVERAL SCRIPTURES THAT RELATE TO AUTHORITY, THE AUTHORITY OF 43:23.925 --> 43:31.327 THE BELIEVER, DOMINION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN LUKE 10:19, JESUS 43:31.327 --> 43:36.442 SAYS, "BEHOLD, I GIVE UNTO YOU POWER TO TREAD ON SERPENTS AND 43:36.442 --> 43:40.097 SCORPIONS, AND OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY, AND NOTHING 43:40.097 --> 43:44.427 "SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU." NOW SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS HERE, 43:44.427 --> 43:48.612 I BELIEVE, ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF EVIL SPIRITS. AND IN MATTHEW 43:48.612 --> 43:55.587 10:1, JESUS CALLS HIS 12 DISCIPLES TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM 43:55.587 --> 44:00.703 AUTHORITY TO CAST OUT EVIL SPIRITS AND TO HEAL EVERY KIND 44:00.703 --> 44:03.669 OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S THE VERY 44:03.669 --> 44:09.490 FAMILIAR MARK 16:17 AND 18, AND THESE SIGNS WILL FOLLOW THOSE 44:09.490 --> 44:14.664 WHO BELIEVE: IN MY NAME THEY WILL CAST OUT DEMONS; THEY WILL 44:14.664 --> 44:18.971 SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES; THEY WILL TAKE UP SERPENTS, AND IF 44:18.971 --> 44:22.522 THEY DRINK ANYTHING DEADLY, IT WILL BY NO MEANS HURT THEM; THEY 44:22.522 --> 44:29.872 WILL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, AND THEY WILL RECOVER. ALL THE WAY 44:29.872 --> 44:35.859 BACK IN GENESIS 1:26, GOD SAYS, SAYS, "LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR 44:35.859 --> 44:40.866 IMAGE, ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS. LET THEM HAVE DOMINION 44:40.866 --> 44:43.846 OVER THE FISH OF THE SEA, OVER THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER 44:43.846 --> 44:48.192 THE CATTLE, OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND OVER EVERY CREEPING THING 44:48.192 --> 44:54.185 THAT CREEPS ON EARTH." AND GENESIS 1:28 SAYS, "THEN GOD 44:54.185 --> 44:58.724 BLESSED THEM, AND GOD SAID TO THEM, 'BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY, 44:58.724 --> 45:03.361 FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH OF THE 45:03.361 --> 45:06.840 SEA, OVER THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND OVER EVERY LIVING THING THAT 45:06.840 --> 45:13.538 MOVES ON THE EARTH. NOW, I DISCOVERED THAT ATTACK DOGS ARE 45:13.538 --> 45:16.221 PART OF THAT CATEGORY, EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVES ON THE 45:16.221 --> 45:22.400 EARTH. YEARS AGO, I WAS MAKING SOME SALES CALLS FOR A TRADE 45:22.400 --> 45:25.629 ASSOCIATION I WORKED FOR, AND I HAPPENED ON A HOME BUSINESS. I 45:25.629 --> 45:27.953 CALLED UP ON EVERYONE. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER THEY WERE 45:27.953 --> 45:32.048 OPERATING OUT OF THEIR BASEMENT OR WHAT, I WENT TO SEE THEM. AND 45:32.048 --> 45:34.457 I DISCOVERED A LITTLE LATE AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE CAR IN THIS 45:34.457 --> 45:38.151 GUY'S DRIVEWAY THAT HIS PLACE WAS PROTECTED BY SEVERAL 45:38.151 --> 45:42.085 ROTTWEILERS. SO I HAD 3 OF THEM GREET ME ALL AT ONCE. I HAD ONE 45:42.085 --> 45:45.056 ON THIS HIP, ONE ON THIS HIP, AND ONE STANDING RIGHT HERE IN 45:45.056 --> 45:49.168 FRONT OF ME FACING OFF WITH ME TRYING TO ESTABLISH HIS 45:49.168 --> 45:52.685 DOMINANCE. HE WANTED THIS TO BE— HE WANTED TO TELL ME THIS WAS 45:52.685 --> 46:00.047 HIS DOMINION. SO THEY BEGAN NUDGING ME AND PUSHING AT ME IN 46:00.047 --> 46:04.740 AN EFFORT TO KIND OF GUIDE ME BACK TO MY AUTOMOBILE, BUT I 46:04.740 --> 46:06.911 LOOKED THAT ONE DOG RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IN THE EYE. WELL, 46:06.911 --> 46:11.813 FIRST HE TRIED TO BITE ME IN A PLACE THAT NO ONE SHOULD, AND I 46:11.813 --> 46:17.313 HAD TO FEED HIM A CORNER OF MY SALES KIT. BUT THEN I BACKED UP 46:17.313 --> 46:21.728 AND I SAID, "IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS," I HAVE DOMINION AND 46:21.728 --> 46:28.155 AUTHORITY OVER EVERY LIVING THING ON THIS EARTH. YOU ARE TO 46:28.155 --> 46:35.367 BACK UP AND STAND DOWN IN JESUS' NAME. THEY STOOD DOWN, AND I WAS 46:35.367 --> 46:39.139 FREE TO ROAM ABOUT THE CABIN FREELY. I DIDN'T GO BACK TO MY 46:39.139 --> 46:44.254 CAR. I WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR. THEY SAT AND WATCHED ME. I WENT 46:44.254 --> 46:47.184 TO THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEN I RETURNED WHEN I GOT NO ANSWER. 46:47.184 --> 46:49.659 AND I GOT BACK IN MY CAR AND I DROVE AWAY, AND THEY DIDN'T MOVE 46:49.659 --> 46:57.398 THE WHOLE TIME. LATER ON, I FOUND OUT THAT ANTS BELONG TO 46:57.398 --> 47:01.241 THE CATEGORY OF EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPS ON THE EARTH. 47:03.243 --> 47:06.948 I GOT UP ONE MORNING AND WENT TO THE KITCHEN, AND THERE WAS A 47:06.948 --> 47:12.211 PARADE OF ANTS INVADING MY HOME, AND IT WAS COMING FROM, YOU 47:12.211 --> 47:15.690 KNOW, UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARD NEAR THE DINING ROOM WINDOW, AND 47:15.690 --> 47:17.828 THEY WERE COMING STRAIGHT OUT TO THE KITCHEN. IN AND THEY FORMED 47:17.828 --> 47:19.915 A NICE PATH, I MEAN BY THE HUNDREDS, AND THEY'RE JUST 47:19.915 --> 47:29.325 MARCHING, RIGHT? AND I CAME OUT AND I SAID, "ANTS, I HAVE 47:29.325 --> 47:32.520 DOMINION AND AUTHORITY OVER YOU ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD. 47:32.520 --> 47:37.674 YOU ARE A CREEPING THING. YOU'RE CREEPING ON MY EARTH. YOU MUST 47:37.674 --> 47:41.752 GO. DEPART RIGHT NOW IN THE SAME MANNER AND BY THE SAME PATH THAT 47:41.752 --> 47:46.357 YOU CAME." TURNED RIGHT AROUND AND WENT RIGHT STRAIGHT BACK 47:46.357 --> 47:51.804 OUT, NEVER TO RETURN. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GO GET TARO OR ANY 47:51.804 --> 47:55.651 OTHER THING LIKE THAT TO KILL THEM OFF. THAT'S A GOOD TRICK IF 47:55.651 --> 48:00.957 THAT AUTHORITY THING DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU THOUGH. ANOTHER 48:00.957 --> 48:05.831 TIME WE WERE VISITING CAPE HENRY IN VIRGINIA, AND SOME OF YOU 48:05.831 --> 48:09.008 MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. IT'S LOCATED IN A NATIONAL PARK. 48:09.008 --> 48:12.702 IT'S GOT ONE OF THE FIRST CROSSES, I GUESS, THAT WAS 48:12.702 --> 48:14.918 ERECTED. IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS. 48:14.918 --> 48:18.067 ANYWAY, WE WERE DOWN THERE AND WE WERE LOOKING AROUND FOR THE 48:18.067 --> 48:21.504 DAY WHEN WE LIVED IN THAT AREA. WE WERE WALKING BACK THROUGH A 48:21.504 --> 48:26.820 FIELD FROM ONE OF THE MEMORIALS, AND AS WE PASSED BY THIS SHORT 48:26.820 --> 48:32.024 LINE OF TREES, A SWARM, A HUGE SWARM OF BEES CAME OUT, AND IT 48:32.024 --> 48:35.076 WAS MY WIFE, MY SON, AND I. BY THE WAY, I GOT TO SAY, I GOT TO 48:35.076 --> 48:38.619 GREET MY LOVELY WIFE. SHE'S NOT HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. BRENDA'S 48:38.619 --> 48:42.345 IN NEW YORK WITH FAMILY. SHE'S DEALING WITH A FAMILY HEALTH 48:42.345 --> 48:49.628 MATTER, BUT HELLO, BABE, WE MISS YOU. THESE GUYS WERE GETTING, 48:49.628 --> 48:51.883 THESE BEES WERE LANDING ON US. THEY WERE GETTING ON OUR 48:51.883 --> 48:54.541 CLOTHES. THEY WERE GETTING IN OUR HAIR. THEY WERE JUST BUZZING 48:54.541 --> 48:56.716 ALL AROUND US AND EVERYTHING. AND FOR A MINUTE I WAS TAKEN 48:56.716 --> 48:59.147 ABACK AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, SWATTING THESE THINGS AWAY AND 48:59.147 --> 49:05.528 ALL THIS. AND THEN I REALIZED, HEY, THESE ARE JUST LIKE THE 49:05.528 --> 49:09.324 BIRDS THAT FLY IN THE AIR. I'VE GOT DOMINION OVER THESE GUYS. SO 49:09.324 --> 49:16.852 I SAID, "IN JESUS' NAME, YOU BEES ARE TO BACK OFF AND NOT GET 49:16.852 --> 49:24.090 WITHIN A 20-FOOT RADIUS OF ME, MY WIFE, OR MY SON." AND THAT'S 49:24.090 --> 49:27.642 EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED. AND WE JUST CONTINUED OUR WALK 49:27.642 --> 49:33.681 UNBOTHERED BOTHERED BY ANY MORE INSECTS. HAD TO COMMAND THEM TO 49:33.681 --> 49:38.320 GO. AS BELIEVERS, WE ALSO— WE HAVE GOT AUTHORITY OVER 49:38.320 --> 49:40.569 EVERYTHING, RIGHT? BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT AUTHORITY OVER THE 49:40.569 --> 49:46.430 WEATHER. SO HE SAYS IN MARK 4:39, SPEAKING ABOUT JESUS, "AND 49:46.430 --> 49:51.380 HE AWOKE AND REBUKED THE WIND AND SAID TO THE SEA, 'PEACE, BE 49:51.380 --> 49:56.970 STILL!' AND THE WIND CEASED, AND THERE WAS GREAT CALM." AND IN 49:56.970 --> 50:01.307 MARK 4:41, IT SAYS, "AND THEY WERE FILLED WITH GREAT FEAR AND 50:01.307 --> 50:04.263 SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, 'WHO THEN IS THIS, THAT EVEN THE WIND AND 50:04.263 --> 50:10.319 THE SEA OBEY HIM?'" WELL, THAT'S JESUS, AND WE'RE HIS FOLLOWERS. 50:10.319 --> 50:12.937 SO IF HE CAN SAY, "PEACE, BE STILL," AND THE WIND AND THE 50:12.937 --> 50:16.648 WAVES WILL STOP, WE CAN SAY, "PEACE, BE STILL," AND THE WIND 50:16.648 --> 50:21.772 AND THE WAVES WILL STOP. AND HAVING LIVED BOTH IN TEXAS AND 50:21.772 --> 50:25.385 NEBRASKA AT THIS POINT. MY SON AND I HAVE ACTUALLY STOOD ON 50:25.385 --> 50:30.122 SEVERAL PORCHES, SEVERAL DECKS, AND HAD TO COMMAND AWAY STORMS 50:30.122 --> 50:34.875 THAT WERE BEARING RIGHT DOWN ON US BY SAYING, "HEY, WE HAVE 50:34.875 --> 50:39.354 DOMINION AND AUTHORITY IN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA. YOU CANNOT COME 50:39.354 --> 50:42.807 NEAR US. PEACE, BE STILL. TURN ABOUT AND GO THE OTHER WAY," AND 50:42.807 --> 50:53.335 THEY WILL DO IT EVERY TIME, DO IT EVERY TIME. IN MARK 11:23, 50:56.046 --> 51:00.646 JESUS SAYS, "FOR ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER SAYS TO THIS 51:00.646 --> 51:04.825 MOUNTAIN, 'BE REMOVED AND BE CAST INTO THE SEA,' AND DOES NOT 51:04.825 --> 51:07.734 DOUBT IN HIS HEART BUT BELIEVES THAT THOSE THINGS HE SAYS WILL 51:07.734 --> 51:14.835 BE DONE, HE WILL HAVE WHATEVER HE SAYS." OKAY, SO THE KEY HERE 51:14.835 --> 51:18.205 IS NOT WHETHER THEY'RE TALKING, HE'S TALKING ABOUT A 51:18.205 --> 51:21.119 LITERAL MOUNTAIN OR A FIGURATIVE ONE, RIGHT? IT CAN BE EITHER 51:21.119 --> 51:27.259 ONE. BOTH OF THEM WILL MOVE. THE LESSON HERE IS IF WE KNOW OUR 51:27.259 --> 51:33.625 AUTHORITY IN CHRIST AND WE DON'T DOUBT IT, WE DON'T ALLOW 51:33.625 --> 51:36.474 UNBELIEF TO CREEP IN, IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN HAVE WHATEVER WE 51:36.474 --> 51:41.029 SAY. SO LET ME TALK JUST A SECOND HERE ABOUT USING YOUR 51:41.029 --> 51:43.713 AUTHORITY TO GET WHAT YOU SAY, TO GET ONE OF THOSE SO-CALLED 51:43.713 --> 51:47.733 MOUNTAINS TO MOVE, WE HAD A SITUATION, AND I PROBABLY SHARED 51:47.733 --> 51:52.400 THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS FUN. WE HAD A SITUATION YEARS 51:52.400 --> 51:57.772 BACK WHEN WE WERE IN SOME FAIRLY DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS, AND AS 51:57.772 --> 52:01.044 IT TURNED OUT, ONE MORNING I GOT UP TO GO TO WORK, AND I HAD AN 52:01.044 --> 52:04.668 HOUR'S DRIVE TO WORK AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND GOT UP ONE 52:04.668 --> 52:09.415 MORNING TO LEAVE, AND I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND MY 52:09.415 --> 52:14.354 ELECTRICITY WAS BEING SHUT OFF. BY A CONTRACTOR. SO I SAID, HMM. 52:14.354 --> 52:17.000 SO I CHASED HIM DOWN THE ROAD AND I SAID, HEY, I NEED YOU TO 52:17.000 --> 52:19.437 TURN THAT POWER BACK ON. I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CASH. I 52:19.437 --> 52:24.456 GOT A LITTLE CASH. PROBABLY HAD $20. BACK IN THAT DAY, THAT WAS 52:24.456 --> 52:28.802 PROBABLY MY FULL BANK BALANCE. AND HE SAYS, WELL, NO, YOU HAVE 52:28.802 --> 52:32.410 TO PAY THE ENTIRE PAST DUE BALANCE. AND YOU HAVE TO PAY 52:32.410 --> 52:35.938 THAT BACK AT THE OFFICE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY'LL HAVE TO 52:35.938 --> 52:39.157 SCHEDULE SOMEBODY TO COME BACK OUT. SO THIS GUY'S TALKING LIKE 52:39.157 --> 52:42.387 DAYS, NOT LIKE MINUTES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A HOT 52:42.387 --> 52:46.020 SUMMER DAY. I NEED THE HEAT ON. MY WIFE'S THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, 52:46.020 --> 52:52.316 A YOUNG CHILD AND EVERYTHING. I SAID, HEY, WE CAN'T DO THIS. SO 52:52.316 --> 52:55.292 I DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY I NEEDED. I NEEDED SEVERAL HUNDRED 52:55.292 --> 52:59.298 DOLLARS BECAUSE THE BALANCE WAS HIGH AND ELECTRICITY DIDN'T EVEN 52:59.298 --> 53:01.903 COST AS MUCH THEN AS IT DOES NOW. IMAGINE HOW MANY HUNDREDS 53:01.903 --> 53:06.798 IT WOULD BE NOW. IT'S CRAZY. BUT I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING, SO 53:06.798 --> 53:11.725 I— AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS BEFORE I GET STARTED NOW, DON'T 53:11.725 --> 53:16.123 TRY THIS AT HOME. THIS IS MY TESTIMONY. DON'T JUST GO OUT AND 53:16.123 --> 53:20.164 IMMEDIATELY TRY TO MAKE IT YOURS. ONE LADY DID, AND 53:20.164 --> 53:22.775 ACTUALLY IT WORKED OUT FOR HER, BUT SHE'S THE ONLY OTHER ONE I 53:22.775 --> 53:25.427 KNOW THAT EVER COULD DO THIS, SO I DON'T VIEW THIS AS A 53:25.427 --> 53:30.101 TRANSFERABLE TESTIMONY, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE. BUT I WENT TO— GOD 53:30.101 --> 53:35.372 DIRECTED ME TO A LOCAL ATM. AND SO I PULLED UP, ROLLED DOWN 53:35.372 --> 53:41.532 THE WINDOW, PUT MY BANK CARD IN THE SLOT, AND THEN I POINTED AT 53:41.532 --> 53:45.093 THAT THING. I POINTED AT THAT ATM MACHINE AND I SAID, "IN THE 53:45.093 --> 53:48.767 NAME OF JESUS, I COMMAND YOU TO GIVE ME X NUMBER OF HUNDRED OF 53:48.767 --> 53:51.141 DOLLARS," WHATEVER IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS $400 OR SOMETHING. 53:52.440 --> 53:56.723 AND I DIDN'T HAVE $20 IN THAT ACCOUNT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU 53:56.723 --> 53:59.984 RIGHT NOW. THERE WAS NOT $400 I HAD $100 IN THERE. THAT MACHINE 53:59.984 --> 54:07.122 GAVE ME 4 CRISP $100 BILLS, AND I DROVE AWAY. OF COURSE, I'M 54:07.122 --> 54:09.860 PROBABLY GOING TO PAY FOR THIS LATER, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT IS MY 54:09.860 --> 54:15.243 BANK CARD. BUT AT THAT MOMENT, I NEEDED TO HAVE THAT MONEY, AND I 54:15.243 --> 54:18.861 NEEDED TO GIVE IT IN THAT OFFICE BECAUSE I NEEDED TO HAVE MY 54:18.861 --> 54:21.882 POWER TURNED BACK ON. SO THESE WERE THE THINGS THAT I WAS 54:21.882 --> 54:25.563 DECLARING. THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. HAPPEN IN JESUS' MIGHTY 54:25.563 --> 54:32.652 NAME. AND SO I DROVE TO THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND IT WASN'T 54:32.652 --> 54:38.438 OPEN YET FOR ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR, BUT THERE WAS THIS ELECTRONIC 54:38.438 --> 54:41.380 GATE THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH IN THE BACK OF IT WHERE THE 54:41.380 --> 54:46.978 EMPLOYEES GO, THE TRUCKS GO, AND IT WAS OPEN JUST ENOUGH SO THAT 54:46.978 --> 54:51.130 I COULD DRIVE THROUGH IT. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S GOT AN 54:51.130 --> 54:53.312 ELECTRONIC LOCK ON IT. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SECURE, BUT I 54:53.312 --> 54:55.879 DROVE THROUGH IT. AND I SAID, "OKAY, WELL, HOW DO I GET IN 54:55.879 --> 55:00.307 THIS BUILDING?" AND THERE'S ONE DOOR IN THE BACK, AND IT'S OPEN 55:00.307 --> 55:04.141 ABOUT YAY FAR. IT ALSO HAS AN ELECTRONIC LOCK ON IT, AND IT'S 55:04.141 --> 55:07.511 GOT A CARD READER. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC 55:07.511 --> 55:11.040 COMPANY BADGE TO WALK IN. I DIDN'T HAVE ONE, BUT I WALKED IN 55:11.040 --> 55:15.454 ANYWAY. AND I FOUND THE ONE EMPLOYEE, ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE, IN 55:15.454 --> 55:21.020 THERE. AND IT WAS A WOMAN, I KIND OF STARTLED HER, BUT I 55:21.020 --> 55:25.754 SAID, "HEY, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU. GOD LED ME HERE AND I NEED 55:25.754 --> 55:29.731 TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TURNING MY POWER BACK ON." SHE'S THINKING, 55:29.731 --> 55:35.754 "WHAT KIND OF LUNATIC IS THIS GUY?" BUT SHE SAYS TO ME, SHE 55:35.754 --> 55:40.320 EXPLAINS THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ONLY THE DISPATCHER CAN DO THAT. 55:41.633 --> 55:45.056 TURN A TRUCK AROUND, SEND THEM BACK TO TURN YOUR POWER BACK ON 55:45.056 --> 55:47.012 LIKE YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO. AND I SAID, WELL, WHO'S THE 55:47.012 --> 55:53.812 DISPATCHER? SHE SAYS, WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S ME. BUT THEN OF 55:53.812 --> 55:57.530 COURSE WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM BECAUSE THE SYSTEM'S NOT UP YET. 55:57.530 --> 56:02.904 JARED WASN'T IN YET, SO THE IT SYSTEMS WEREN'T WORKING YET. AND 56:02.904 --> 56:08.879 SO SHE SAYS, "IT'S GOING TO BE AN HOUR BEFORE I CAN DO 56:08.879 --> 56:12.039 ANYTHING, AND YOU'RE STANDING THERE HOLDING CASH. I CAN'T TAKE 56:12.039 --> 56:19.694 CASH ANYWAY." I SAID, "WELL, OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. JUST 56:19.694 --> 56:21.693 BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT I'M IN HERE, I THINK IT'S PRETTY 56:21.693 --> 56:26.610 CLEAR THAT GOD WANTS THIS DONE BECAUSE HE LED ME IN HERE, AND 56:26.610 --> 56:28.480 NOW I'M STANDING HERE TALKING TO YOU, AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CAN 56:28.480 --> 56:33.787 DO THIS. AND SO HOW DO WE FIGURE THIS OUT?" WHAT WE WOUND UP 56:33.787 --> 56:38.026 DOING IS SHE WROTE A HAND RECEIPT, SHE TOOK THE CASH, 56:38.026 --> 56:42.153 WROTE ME A HAND RECEIPT, AND EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED 56:42.153 --> 56:44.963 TO DO THIS, IT WAS AGAINST POLICY, SHE CALLED THAT DRIVER 56:46.215 --> 56:48.704 ON THE RADIO AND SAID, "YOU NEED TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK THERE 56:48.704 --> 56:51.594 AND TURN THIS MAN'S POWER ON." AND 10 MINUTES LATER, THE POWER 56:51.594 --> 56:56.010 WAS BACK ON, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO WORK, AND I STILL GOT 56:56.010 --> 57:08.284 THERE IN TIME. I WAS AN HOUR AWAY. SO THE POINT OF ALL OF 57:08.284 --> 57:13.329 THAT IS GOD IS IN THE MIX. HE CARES ABOUT EVERY DETAIL. HE'S 57:13.329 --> 57:16.475 WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. HE'LL BACK YOU UP IF YOU MAKE THE DECISION, 57:16.475 --> 57:20.297 IF YOU DECLARE IT AND YOU DON'T QUIT AND YOU GO AFTER IT AND YOU 57:20.297 --> 57:22.726 SPEAK IT AND YOU SAY IT, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, THAT'S WHAT 57:22.726 --> 57:27.103 YOU'RE GOING TO GET. ALL RIGHT, ON TO NUMBER 2 FOR TONIGHT. 57:27.103 --> 57:33.376 HEALING AND MIRACLES ARE MANIFESTED IN YOUR LIFE. WELL, A 57:33.376 --> 57:36.865 LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO US IN THAT REGARD. 57:36.865 --> 57:40.565 AND AGAIN, I HOPE NOBODY TAKES THIS AS, HEY, THIS IS ALL ABOUT 57:42.053 --> 57:44.719 PASTOR MARK, BECAUSE IT'S NOT. THESE ARE JUST THE THINGS THAT I 57:44.719 --> 57:47.951 HAVE THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN. I SAY THESE THINGS IN 57:47.951 --> 57:50.865 EXHORTATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT, AND THEY'RE JUST 57:50.865 --> 57:54.231 EXAMPLES OF HOW THINGS CAN GO. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE YOUR OWN 57:54.231 --> 57:58.383 TESTIMONIES, AND AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU RECORD THOSE, SHARE 57:58.383 --> 58:03.752 THEM, KEEP THEM BEFORE YOUR EYES, REPEAT THEM, AND ALL OF 58:03.752 --> 58:06.734 THAT, BECAUSE IT BUILDS THE FAITH. BUT BACK ABOUT 25 YEARS 58:06.734 --> 58:11.366 AGO OR SO, I WAS UNDER SOME HEAVY PRESSURE ON AND OFF THE 58:11.366 --> 58:15.085 JOB THAT I HAD BACK THEN, AND IT WAS AFFECTING MY DIGESTIVE 58:15.085 --> 58:18.476 SYSTEM LIKE I COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE, I MEAN EXTREME WAYS. I 58:18.476 --> 58:22.944 HAD ALL KINDS OF REFLUX, OTHER ISSUES, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR 58:22.944 --> 58:27.291 ME TO FUNCTION BOTH ON THE JOB AND AT HOME. AND I WENT IN FOR 58:27.291 --> 58:32.598 SOME TESTS AND THEY DID AN ENDOSCOPY AND A COLONOSCOPY AT 58:32.598 --> 58:34.975 THE SAME TIME, SO I GOT ONE OF THE BEST NAPS I'VE EVER HAD IN 58:34.975 --> 58:40.843 MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ALL 58:40.843 --> 58:48.674 THESE DIFFERENT GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES, BLEEDING ULCERS, IBS, 58:48.674 --> 58:52.796 SEVERE ACID REFLUX, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, THE LIST GOES ON. AND SO 58:52.796 --> 58:55.406 THEY PRESCRIBED ALL SORTS OF VARIOUS MEDICATIONS AND 58:55.406 --> 59:00.169 EVERYTHING AND SENT ME HOME WITH THAT. SO A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, 59:00.169 --> 59:05.130 I'M AT CHURCH AND I'M WORSHIPING AT THE ALTAR, AND ONE OF THE 59:05.130 --> 59:10.416 PASTORAL TEAM COMES. I'M OVER HERE PROBABLY AT THIS ANGLE DOWN 59:10.416 --> 59:13.074 HERE IN THE IN THE FRONT, ONE OF THE PASTORAL TEAM COMES FROM 59:13.074 --> 59:16.783 ROUGHLY ABOUT WHERE THE DRUM SET, DRUM KIT IS, AND HE COMES 59:16.783 --> 59:20.315 WALKING ACROSS THE PLATFORM LIKE THIS, AND HE'S LOOKING MY WAY, 59:20.315 --> 59:22.724 AND I'M LIKE, IS THAT GUY LOOKING AT ME? AND HE'S JUST 59:22.724 --> 59:26.818 GOING, HEY, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN HERE THAT'S GOT THIS ISSUE, THAT 59:26.818 --> 59:30.431 ISSUE, THIS, HE NAMED OFF LITERALLY EVERYTHING THAT THE 59:30.431 --> 59:33.867 PHYSICIANS HAD TOLD ME WAS WRONG WITH ME, AND HE SAID, AND IT'S 59:33.867 --> 59:39.438 ALL DUE TO STRESS FROM YOUR JOB, WHO'S THAT? AND I WENT LIKE 59:39.438 --> 59:41.842 THIS. I STARTED TO RAISE MY HAND AND GO, "THAT'S ME." I COULDN'T 59:41.842 --> 59:44.020 EVEN GET THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH, AND I HIT THE FLOOR. I 59:44.020 --> 59:47.337 WAS SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT. I WAS DOWN FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES, BUT 59:47.337 --> 59:50.550 WHEN I CAME BACK UP, I WAS TOTALLY HEALED OF ALL OF THAT 59:50.550 --> 59:55.274 AND NEVER HAD ANOTHER SYMPTOM ABOUT ANY OF IT, AND WENT HOME, 59:55.274 --> 59:58.294 LAID ALL THAT MEDICATION OUT, THREW IT IN THE TRASH, NEVER 59:58.294 --> 01:00:03.942 TOOK ANOTHER PILL. AND AROUND THE SAME TIME, AT THAT TIME, MY 01:00:03.942 --> 01:00:06.629 WIFE HAD SUFFERED A FREAK ACCIDENT IN OUR HOME AND SHE 01:00:06.629 --> 01:00:09.445 BROKE HER FOOT IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT 01:00:09.445 --> 01:00:12.672 BONES IN HER FOOT BROKEN. SHE WAS ON CRUTCHES AND SHE WAS 01:00:12.672 --> 01:00:15.203 WEARING JUST A PROTECTIVE BOOT AND EVERYTHING. ONE NIGHT WE 01:00:15.203 --> 01:00:19.309 WENT TO A WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERVICE, AND SOME OF THE ELDERS 01:00:19.309 --> 01:00:22.137 OF THE CHURCH SAW HER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOBBLING IN AND GOING 01:00:22.137 --> 01:00:24.869 DOWN TO THE FRONT ROW AND EVERYTHING. SO THEY CAME DOWN, 01:00:24.869 --> 01:00:27.859 THEY GATHERED AROUND HER, THEY GOT OUT THE OIL AND THE PRAYER 01:00:27.859 --> 01:00:30.249 CLOTHS AND EVERYTHING EVERYBODY JUST PRAYED OVER IT, RIGHT? 01:00:31.936 --> 01:00:35.567 WELL, IT WASN'T VERY LONG, WE'RE ABOUT 2 SONGS INTO WORSHIP, 01:00:35.567 --> 01:00:38.994 SHE'S TAKEN THE BOOT OFF, THROWING IT AWAY, THE CRUTCHES 01:00:38.994 --> 01:00:42.478 ARE GONE. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE SERVICE, WE WALKED OUT OF 01:00:42.478 --> 01:00:45.205 THE PLACE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. SHE WOULDN'T LET ME 01:00:45.205 --> 01:00:47.883 PULL THE CAR UP. SHE WENT THE WHOLE WAY OUT. WENT BACK TO THE 01:00:47.883 --> 01:00:53.078 DOCTOR ON MONDAY MORNING, AND HE SAID, "WELL, THAT ONE FRACTURE 01:00:53.078 --> 01:00:56.858 HAS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT IS." 01:00:56.858 --> 01:00:59.672 AND HE GOES, "THE OTHER ONE IS SO MINOR AT THIS POINT, THERE'S 01:00:59.672 --> 01:01:01.923 REALLY NOTHING TO DO. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HEAL ON ITS 01:01:01.923 --> 01:01:07.160 OWN IN ANOTHER FEW DAYS." SO GLORY TO GOD. I MEAN, JUST, CAN 01:01:07.160 --> 01:01:10.246 YOU SAY HALLELUJAH TO SOME OF THIS STUFF? I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, 01:01:10.246 --> 01:01:21.190 PRAISE GOD. AND SO NOT LONG AFTER THAT, WE HAD ANOTHER EVIL 01:01:21.190 --> 01:01:24.612 REPORT. AND THEY TOLD MY WIFE, "WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THIS 01:01:24.612 --> 01:01:28.843 MASS ON YOUR LUNG AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MALIGNANT, AND YOU 01:01:28.843 --> 01:01:31.604 KNOW, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, LIKE, VERY QUICKLY." 01:01:33.421 --> 01:01:37.761 AND YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING THIS NEWS AS I'M PREPARING TO GO ON A 01:01:37.761 --> 01:01:40.885 BUSINESS TRIP. SO I'M LEAVING, I'VE GOT TO GO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 01:01:40.885 --> 01:01:47.057 IN VIRGINIA, I'VE GOT TO GO TO MASSACHUSETTS. AND SO SHE SAYS, 01:01:48.303 --> 01:01:51.200 SHE SAYS, "WELL, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE NEGATIVE REPORT." 01:01:51.200 --> 01:01:55.262 SHE SAYS, "I REJECT CANCER. I REBUKE THIS REPORT IN JESUS' 01:01:55.262 --> 01:02:02.864 NAME." AND SHE PROMPTLY JUST CAME HOME AND TOOK A NAP. SO I 01:02:02.864 --> 01:02:05.862 HAD TO LEAVE, AND SHE STARTED SLEEPING WITH THIS ANOINTED 01:02:05.862 --> 01:02:11.359 PRAYER CLOTH. SO WE HAD A FEW DAYS IN BETWEEN. SO MONDAY 01:02:11.359 --> 01:02:14.904 MORNING COMES, AND SHE WOKE UP, SHE GOT UP AND SHE WENT IN THE 01:02:14.904 --> 01:02:19.506 BATHROOM AND SHE JUST CHOKED THIS THING UP. SHE CALLS IT 01:02:19.506 --> 01:02:23.718 VOMITING. I'M SAYING CHOKING TO BE A LITTLE LESS GRAPHIC, BUT 01:02:23.718 --> 01:02:26.916 THIS THING JUST CAME UP OUT OF HER AND WENT IN THE SINK. WE 01:02:26.916 --> 01:02:33.211 DIDN'T SAVE IT AS A SOUVENIR, BY THE WAY. BUT SHE WENT BACK THE 01:02:33.211 --> 01:02:37.500 FOLLOWING DAY, THAT TUESDAY, AND THEY DID ANOTHER X-RAY AND THE 01:02:37.500 --> 01:02:40.867 DOCTOR WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZED. FUDDLED. YOU KNOW, HE 01:02:40.867 --> 01:02:46.592 JUST SAID, I CAN'T EXPLAIN THIS FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT, BUT 01:02:46.592 --> 01:02:51.586 CLEARLY THERE ARE NO MORE CANCEROUS CELLS VISIBLE ON THIS 01:02:51.586 --> 01:02:56.990 X-RAY. IT'S GONE. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED BY A 01:02:56.990 --> 01:03:04.257 PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, ONLY BY THE GREAT PHYSICIAN, RIGHT? AND 01:03:04.257 --> 01:03:08.661 I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE REAL QUICK ON HEALING. I'M NOT TRYING 01:03:08.661 --> 01:03:13.196 TO PICK ON MY WIFE. SORRY, KATE. BUT A FEW YEARS LATER, I DON'T 01:03:13.196 --> 01:03:18.501 KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT 10 OR SO, SHE HAD— I'D GONE OFF TO WORK 01:03:18.501 --> 01:03:22.267 ONE MORNING AND SHE STARTED EXPERIENCING INTENSE PAIN TO THE 01:03:22.267 --> 01:03:25.135 POINT WHERE IN HER SIDE, TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS JUST DOUBLING 01:03:25.135 --> 01:03:28.500 OVER. WELL, I WORKED IN D.C. AT THAT TIME, SO I WAS AN HOUR AND 01:03:28.500 --> 01:03:31.064 A HALF FROM HOME, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE COMMUTER TRAIN. I 01:03:31.064 --> 01:03:33.553 WASN'T JUST GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK. BACK. AND SO SHE MADE HER 01:03:33.553 --> 01:03:38.728 WAY OVER TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR URGENT CARE HOSPITAL OR 01:03:38.728 --> 01:03:42.365 WHATEVER IT WAS. I GUESS SHE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND 01:03:44.576 --> 01:03:49.996 THEY DID A SCAN OF SOME SORT, I THINK AN ULTRASOUND MAYBE, AND 01:03:49.996 --> 01:03:53.224 THEY CAME BACK SAYING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A VERY LARGE KIDNEY 01:03:53.224 --> 01:03:59.871 STONE, ONE OF THE MAGNITUDE THAT YOU COULDN'T JUST LASER OUT 01:03:59.871 --> 01:04:04.784 OF THERE. THAT WOULDN'T WORK. SO THAT MEANT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE 01:04:04.784 --> 01:04:08.999 THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND WAS AN ACTUAL SURGERY TO REMOVE THAT 01:04:08.999 --> 01:04:14.110 KIDNEY STONE. AND SO THEY WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY, LIKE THAT 01:04:14.110 --> 01:04:18.657 AFTERNOON. SO I'M TRAVELING HOME. SHE GOES BACK HOME. I GOT 01:04:18.657 --> 01:04:24.001 ABOUT 90 MINUTES TO GET BACK FROM D.C. AND WHEN I GOT BACK, 01:04:24.001 --> 01:04:26.410 SHE'S WAITING, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO OUT THE 01:04:26.410 --> 01:04:28.498 DOOR. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HER OVER TO HAVE THE THING REMOVED 01:04:28.498 --> 01:04:31.935 SURGICALLY. SHE SAYS, "WELL, WAIT. BEFORE WE GO, LET ME JUST 01:04:31.935 --> 01:04:36.545 USE THE BATHROOM ONE MORE TIME." OKAY. SHE GOES IN, AND OF COURSE 01:04:36.545 --> 01:04:39.179 THEY GOT THIS LITTLE CUP THAT THEY GIVE YOU JUST IN CASE 01:04:39.179 --> 01:04:42.375 ANYTHING COMES OUT, RIGHT? SHE GOES IN THERE, SHE COMES BACK 01:04:42.375 --> 01:04:46.423 OUT AND SHOWS ME THE GIFT. SHE PASSED THIS THING THAT WAS 01:04:46.423 --> 01:04:52.125 SUPPOSEDLY UNPASSABLE, AND SHE TOOK IT OVER. WE WENT OVER TO 01:04:52.125 --> 01:04:57.252 THE OPERATING AND WE PRESENTED IT TO THE SURGICAL TEAM. YOU 01:04:57.252 --> 01:05:00.134 KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS, GUYS?" AND WE 01:05:00.134 --> 01:05:05.221 EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAPPENED, AND SHE GAVE IT TO THEM IN THE 01:05:05.221 --> 01:05:06.912 CUP AND EVERYTHING. I'M SURPRISED SHE DIDN'T PUT A BOW 01:05:06.912 --> 01:05:12.792 ON IT. BUT THEY SAID, "YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO AND TEST THIS IN 01:05:12.792 --> 01:05:16.875 OUR ON-SITE LAB JUST TO MAKE SURE." SO THEY DID THAT. WE SAT 01:05:16.875 --> 01:05:19.975 THERE FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. SHE'S TALKING AND MINISTERING TO 01:05:19.975 --> 01:05:23.265 THE TEAM AND EVERYTHING. AND GETTING THESE LADIES SAVED. AND 01:05:24.406 --> 01:05:27.362 THEN THE GUY COMES BACK DOWN FROM THE LAB, AND SO THE DOCTOR 01:05:27.362 --> 01:05:31.716 COMES OVER AND TALKS TO US, AND HE SAYS, "WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S 01:05:31.716 --> 01:05:38.046 CONFIRMED, AND IT'S MIRACULOUS. LIKE, WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY 01:05:38.046 --> 01:05:41.291 JUST PASS A STONE OF THAT MAGNITUDE. WE DIDN'T THINK THAT 01:05:41.291 --> 01:05:44.970 WAS POSSIBLE. WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED." AND OF COURSE, 01:05:44.970 --> 01:05:47.782 THEY ALL LOOKED AT KATE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THEIR AMAZEMENT. 01:05:47.782 --> 01:05:51.876 JUST ASKED A QUESTION LIKE, YOU KNOW, "WHAT DO YOU THINK?" AND 01:05:51.876 --> 01:05:55.649 SHE JUST SAID, "WELL, THAT'S MY JESUS," AND THEN OFF WE WENT. SO 01:05:55.649 --> 01:05:58.217 WE WENT BACK HOME INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE OPERATING ROOM. 01:05:58.217 --> 01:06:02.616 PRAISE THE LORD FOR THAT. AND NOW WITH THAT, I WANT TO MOVE ON 01:06:02.616 --> 01:06:05.121 REAL QUICK NOW TO NUMBER 3. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU GUYS HERE 01:06:05.121 --> 01:06:09.119 ALL NIGHT. I BROUGHT ENOUGH NOTES SO WE COULD GO TO 11, BUT 01:06:09.119 --> 01:06:13.149 THAT WOULD BE MIDNIGHT ON THE EAST COAST WHERE MY WIFE IS, AND 01:06:13.149 --> 01:06:17.198 I PROMISED HER I'D GET HER TO BED BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DIVINE 01:06:17.198 --> 01:06:21.072 PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION, NUMBER 3. THOSE ARE EVIDENCED IN 01:06:21.072 --> 01:06:25.574 YOUR LIFE, DIVINE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION. AND I KNOW I 01:06:25.574 --> 01:06:29.019 SHARED THIS IN HERE ONCE BEFORE, BUT THIS IS JUST AN AMAZING 01:06:29.019 --> 01:06:32.546 STORY TO ME, AND SO I HOPE YOU'LL INDULGE ME ONE MORE TIME. 01:06:32.546 --> 01:06:34.980 WHEN WE WERE LIVING IN NEW YORK AND I WAS WORKING OVER THE 01:06:34.980 --> 01:06:38.760 BORDER IN PENNSYLVANIA YEARS AGO, I HAD TO DRIVE BACK AND 01:06:38.760 --> 01:06:41.038 FORTH IN THE WINTER, AND IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR-LONG COMMUTE, AND 01:06:41.038 --> 01:06:44.296 IT WAS THROUGH A MOUNTAINOUS AREA. AREA. AND I WAS, UH, ON MY 01:06:44.296 --> 01:06:48.805 WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING IN JANUARY, AND I WAS— THERE WAS A— 01:06:48.805 --> 01:06:51.930 THERE'S AN EXIT RAMP THAT GOES FROM ONE HIGHWAY TO ANOTHER 01:06:51.930 --> 01:06:55.322 WHERE I CONNECTED, AND IT WAS A TWO-WAY RAMP. THERE'S TRAFFIC 01:06:55.322 --> 01:06:58.553 GOING BOTH WAYS. WELL, I'M GOING DOWN THIS THING, I'M GOING 01:06:58.553 --> 01:07:03.959 DOWNHILL, RIGHT? AND I HIT BLACK ICE, AND THE CAR TURNS 01:07:03.959 --> 01:07:07.239 PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANE. SO I'M LIKE— I'M SKIDDING LIKE THIS 01:07:07.239 --> 01:07:10.388 SIDEWAYS. SO I'M LOOKING OUT IN OUT MY FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW 01:07:10.388 --> 01:07:14.483 LIKE THIS, AND I SEE THESE TWO LARGE CLUB CABS COMING AT ME AT 01:07:14.483 --> 01:07:18.015 A PRETTY GOOD RATE OF SPEED DIRECTLY FOR THAT SIDE OF THE 01:07:18.015 --> 01:07:22.190 VEHICLE. AND I COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AUTOMOBILE. I 01:07:22.190 --> 01:07:24.903 HAVE SOME PRACTICE IN DOING THIS, BY THE WAY. I USED TO 01:07:24.903 --> 01:07:27.874 DRIVE ON WINTER ROADS A LOT, AND I USED TO HAVE TO REGAIN CONTROL 01:07:27.874 --> 01:07:30.379 WHEN I GOT INTO SKIDS LIKE THAT. BUT I COULDN'T GET A GRIP ON 01:07:30.379 --> 01:07:33.734 THIS ONE. SO I'M GOING RIGHT FOR THESE GUYS. I CAN SEE THEM 01:07:33.734 --> 01:07:37.522 COMING. AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN I JUST SAID, "I'VE GOT TO CALL ON 01:07:37.522 --> 01:07:42.016 JESUS." YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THOUGHT I HAD. "JESUS!" AND 01:07:42.016 --> 01:07:46.510 SUDDENLY, JUST LIKE GOD REACHED DOWN AND PUT HIS HAND ON THAT 01:07:46.510 --> 01:07:51.244 VEHICLE, IT WENT STRAIGHT BACK THIS WAY, CLEARED THAT TRAFFIC, 01:07:51.244 --> 01:07:55.401 CAME TO REST AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL IN THE BACK. IT TOOK 01:07:55.401 --> 01:07:58.932 OUT EVERY BIT OF THAT AUTOMOBILE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BACK OF 01:07:58.932 --> 01:08:02.978 THE SEAT THAT I WAS I WAS SITTING IN. THE ENTIRE HALF OF 01:08:02.978 --> 01:08:08.335 THE CAR WAS GONE. THE CLUB CLABS WENT BY, AND I JUST OPENED THE 01:08:08.335 --> 01:08:12.615 DOOR AND GOT OUT WITHOUT A SCRATCH. THAT'S DIVINE 01:08:12.615 --> 01:08:19.748 PROTECTION. THAT'S PRESERVATION OF MY LIFE. PRESERVED MY LIFE 01:08:19.748 --> 01:08:22.120 AND PROTECTED ME FROM HARM. THANK YOU, JESUS. I'VE GOT TO 01:08:22.120 --> 01:08:27.975 THANK YOU EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M OUT DRIVING. I 01:08:27.975 --> 01:08:30.620 USED TO DRIVE ABOUT 60,000 MILES A YEAR WHEN I WAS DOING 01:08:30.620 --> 01:08:33.650 OVER-THE-ROAD SALES, AND I'M OUT DRIVING ONE NIGHT IN 01:08:33.650 --> 01:08:38.058 PENNSYLVANIA, AND IT'S DARK. IT'S GETTING DARK. IT'S GETTING 01:08:38.058 --> 01:08:41.441 BORING. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. I MEAN, I'M DRAINED. YOU KNOW, 01:08:41.441 --> 01:08:45.609 I'VE BEEN OUT ALL DAY. IT'S WINTERTIME, AND I FELL ASLEEP AT 01:08:45.609 --> 01:08:52.181 THE WHEEL. AND WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS AUDIBLE VOICE SAYS 01:08:52.181 --> 01:08:57.014 TO ME, TO ME, "MARK, ARE YOU OKAY?" AND IT SHOOK ME AND 01:08:57.014 --> 01:09:00.183 STARTLED ME, AND I WOKE UP, AND I'M LOOKING AT A TRACTOR-TRAILER 01:09:00.183 --> 01:09:03.173 COMING RIGHT AT ME. THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE JANET AND PASTOR 01:09:03.173 --> 01:09:06.144 KEITH ARE SITTING AT THIS POINT. I GOT JUST ENOUGH TIME, QUICK 01:09:06.144 --> 01:09:08.664 REACTION, TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 01:09:08.664 --> 01:09:14.554 A HEAD-ON. AGAIN, GOD DOESN'T— BUT GOD DOESN'T ALWAYS— HE 01:09:14.554 --> 01:09:19.072 DOESN'T ONLY SAVE US FROM SERIOUS AUTO LIFE-THREATENING 01:09:19.072 --> 01:09:22.241 THINGS LIKE THAT. HE ALSO WILL HELP YOU TO PRESERVE YOUR 01:09:22.241 --> 01:09:25.539 INCOME, SAVE YOUR JOB FOR YOU IF YOU GET INTO A BIND. I FOUND 01:09:25.539 --> 01:09:31.724 THAT OUT. THIS WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, AND I WAS WORKING IN 01:09:31.724 --> 01:09:35.768 SALES MANAGEMENT, AND I HAD A LARGE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AT 01:09:35.768 --> 01:09:40.295 THAT TIME. I HAD TERRITORY UP AND DOWN THE MID-ATLANTIC. I HAD 01:09:40.295 --> 01:09:45.070 ABOUT 25 DIFFERENT TERRITORIES THAT I HAD TO STAFF. AND I WAS 01:09:45.070 --> 01:09:47.088 CRUISING ALONG PRETTY WELL IN MY CAREER AT THE TIME, BUT THEN THE 01:09:47.088 --> 01:09:54.721 CEO DECIDED TO BRING IN A NEW GUY, AND HE WAS FROM OUTSIDE THE 01:09:54.721 --> 01:09:59.062 SALES ORGANIZATION, AND HIS KNOWLEDGE FROM HIS PRIOR 01:09:59.062 --> 01:10:01.822 EXPERIENCE DIDN'T EXACTLY TRANSLATE TO THE ARENA WE WERE 01:10:01.822 --> 01:10:08.785 PLAYING IN. AND SO HE WAS ESSENTIALLY JUST DRIVING PEOPLE 01:10:08.785 --> 01:10:14.043 AWAY. I MEAN, WE JUST STARTED BLEEDING PROFUSELY, THE 01:10:14.043 --> 01:10:19.245 PEOPLE WERE JUST GOING. TURNOVER WAS HIGHER THAN HIGH AT THAT 01:10:19.245 --> 01:10:23.741 MOMENT. I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD LIKE 10 VACANT TERRITORIES 01:10:23.741 --> 01:10:29.280 OUT OF 25. SO THEN HE BRINGS THIS OTHER GUY IN, ALSO FROM 01:10:29.280 --> 01:10:33.375 ANOTHER INDUSTRY, NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND HIS JOB WAS 01:10:33.375 --> 01:10:37.645 BASICALLY TO COME AND TELL ME THAT I HAD TO HAVE I HAVE EVERY 01:10:37.645 --> 01:10:42.377 ONE OF MY TERRITORIES FULL. SO WE'RE 2 WEEKS FROM THANKSGIVING, 01:10:42.377 --> 01:10:45.825 AND THEY GIVE ME AN ULTIMATUM AND SAY, YOU WILL HAVE ALL 10 OF 01:10:45.825 --> 01:10:49.435 THESE TERRITORIES FILLED BY THANKSGIVING DAY, OR THAT WILL 01:10:49.435 --> 01:10:54.022 BE YOUR LAST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU. AND 01:10:54.022 --> 01:11:00.262 SO AT THAT TIME, IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT, TO RECRUIT SOMEONE, GET 01:11:00.262 --> 01:11:02.732 THEM ON, YOU KNOW, DO THE ONBOARDING, GET THEM OUT IN THE 01:11:02.732 --> 01:11:05.708 FIELD, AND ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT THEY CONSIDERED A TERRITORY 01:11:05.708 --> 01:11:08.785 FILL, THAT WAS A 4-WEEK PROCESS TO GET ONE PERSON, AND YOU 01:11:08.785 --> 01:11:11.846 BASICALLY HAD TO BE TENDING TO IT AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE YOU'RE 01:11:11.846 --> 01:11:14.272 CHECKING IN WITH THEM ALL THE TIME, THEY'RE LEARNING THEIR 01:11:14.272 --> 01:11:17.920 PRESENTATION, SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT 01:11:17.920 --> 01:11:21.335 THAT IN THE NATURAL, THAT LOOKED IMPOSSIBLE, AND IT HAD NEVER 01:11:21.335 --> 01:11:26.987 BEEN DONE IN 92 YEARS OF HISTORY IN THAT ORGANIZATION. AND SO I 01:11:26.987 --> 01:11:30.957 HAD TO MAKE A DECISION. WAS I GOING TO TRY TO DO SHOULD WE DO 01:11:30.957 --> 01:11:34.520 THAT? AND WITH THE LORD'S HELP, HE SAID TO ME, "YEP, STAY THE 01:11:34.520 --> 01:11:43.543 COURSE." AND SO WE DID THAT. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT THANKFULLY HAD 01:11:43.543 --> 01:11:47.666 LED ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN 01:11:47.666 --> 01:11:50.497 TERMS OF RECRUITING BECAUSE THE CORPORATE RECRUITING RESPONSE 01:11:50.497 --> 01:11:52.913 WAS NOT REALLY— NOT EXACTLY BRINGING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE AT 01:11:52.913 --> 01:11:56.885 THAT TIME. AND SO I POSTED SOME ADS, AND BACK IN THE DAY, I 01:11:56.885 --> 01:11:59.201 WROTE SOME ADS AND POSTED LISTED THEM ON THE CAREER SITES. BACK 01:11:59.201 --> 01:12:05.456 IN THE DAY, THAT WAS MONSTER AND CAREERBUILDER, LONG BEFORE 01:12:05.456 --> 01:12:10.001 INDEED AND ZIPRECRUITER AND LINKEDIN AND ALL THE STUFF WE 01:12:10.001 --> 01:12:16.132 WOULD USE TODAY. SO ANYWAY, I SET UP A CAREER FAIR WHERE I 01:12:16.132 --> 01:12:20.335 COULD STAND BEFORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND TALK TO HOWEVER MANY OF 01:12:20.335 --> 01:12:23.743 THEM I WAS ABLE TO GARNER, AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW THAT CAME 01:12:23.743 --> 01:12:28.176 ALONG. IT WAS IN D.C., SO I WAS ABLE TO DRAW FROM CITIES IN LIKE 01:12:28.176 --> 01:12:31.846 3 DIFFERENT, 4 DIFFERENT STATES AROUND. AND SO I BROUGHT THEM 01:12:31.846 --> 01:12:35.854 ALL IN AND TALKED WITH THEM, AND THROUGH THAT I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE 01:12:35.854 --> 01:12:42.747 TO LINE UP 9 OUT OF THE 10 PEOPLE PRIOR TO THANKSGIVING. I 01:12:42.747 --> 01:12:45.552 HAD TO TAKE SOME SHORTCUTS TO GET THE HIRING PAPERWORK IN AND 01:12:45.552 --> 01:12:49.175 ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT HEY, WHEN YOU'RE AGAINST THE WALL, 01:12:49.175 --> 01:12:52.365 THAT'S WHAT YOU DO, RIGHT? YOU LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE 01:12:52.365 --> 01:12:55.628 DO HOW DO YOU DO THIS? AND YOU FOLLOW THE LEADING OF THE HOLY 01:12:55.628 --> 01:12:59.051 SPIRIT, AND HE'LL HELP YOU GET IT DONE. SO ANYWAY, THE DAY 01:12:59.051 --> 01:13:01.953 BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WE'RE ALL LEAVING FROM VIRGINIA. WE'RE 01:13:01.953 --> 01:13:04.482 DRIVING TO NEW YORK TO SEE FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING, AND I 01:13:04.482 --> 01:13:07.872 STILL GOT TO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON. I'M LIKE, WHY? I'M 01:13:07.872 --> 01:13:09.816 RACKING MY BRAIN. I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THESE PAPERS. I'M 01:13:09.816 --> 01:13:11.664 LIKE, WELL, THERE WAS THIS ONE GUY THAT WAS SORT OF ON THE 01:13:11.664 --> 01:13:16.780 FENCE. SO I CALLED HIM UP, AND I SAID, HEY, JUST IN CASE YOU GET 01:13:16.780 --> 01:13:23.310 WITH YOUR FAMILY OVER THANKSGIVING AND CONSIDER THIS A 01:13:23.310 --> 01:13:26.770 GOOD OPPORTUNITY AND YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY IT, LET'S 01:13:26.770 --> 01:13:30.070 JUST GO AHEAD. I'M COMING BY. I'LL BE IN MARYLAND. I'LL BE 01:13:30.070 --> 01:13:33.690 NEAR YOU. WE'RE DRIVING BY. I SAID, LET ME MEET YOU IN THIS 01:13:33.690 --> 01:13:36.950 HAMPTON INN AND WE'LL JUST DO THE PAPERWORK AND JUST SO THAT 01:13:36.950 --> 01:13:40.430 YOU GOT IT COMPLETED. I'LL GET IT INTO HR. IF YOU DECIDE YOU 01:13:40.430 --> 01:13:43.650 DON'T WANT TO DO IT, I'LL JUST TELL THEM ON MONDAY, RIGHT? SO 01:13:43.650 --> 01:13:46.850 HE DID IT. AND SO I FAXED FROM THE HOTEL, BEFORE I LEFT THE 01:13:46.850 --> 01:13:48.670 HOTEL, I FAXED THE PAPERWORK IN. AND ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, I GOT A 01:13:48.670 --> 01:13:52.689 CALL I GET A CALL FROM MY BOSS WHO REPORTED DIRECTLY TO THIS 01:13:52.689 --> 01:13:58.317 OTHER GUY GIVING THE ULTIMATUM, AND HE SAYS, "YOU DID IT." HE 01:13:58.317 --> 01:14:01.854 GOES, "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT." I SAID, "I DIDN'T DO IT. ONLY GOD 01:14:01.854 --> 01:14:04.812 COULD DO THAT." I SAID, "ALL THE GLORY IS HIS." NOW, THIS GUY 01:14:04.812 --> 01:14:07.487 WASN'T SAVED, BUT AFTER WE CHATTED ANOTHER MINUTE, HE'S 01:14:07.487 --> 01:14:13.107 LIKE, "WELL, I HAVE TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. GOD BLESS 01:14:13.107 --> 01:14:15.786 YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY THIS THANKSGIVING, AND THANK YOU 01:14:15.786 --> 01:14:18.035 FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS." SO I'M LIKE, "HEY, THAT'S GOOD. I'LL 01:14:18.035 --> 01:14:21.264 TAKE IT." THAT WAS A BETTER HAPPY THANKSGIVING THAN THE 01:14:21.264 --> 01:14:27.511 FIRST ONE I HAD. SO ANYWAY, I THANK THE LORD FOR DELIVERANCE, 01:14:27.511 --> 01:14:32.044 PROTECTION, AND PRESERVATION IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. AND HE'S 01:14:32.044 --> 01:14:34.386 NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. HE'S GOING TO DO THIS FOR YOU TOO, 01:14:34.386 --> 01:14:41.589 RIGHT? THESE ARE JUST MY STORIES. NUMBER 4, JUST TO KIND 01:14:41.589 --> 01:14:44.750 OF WRAP US UP HERE PRETTY I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU ALL 01:14:44.750 --> 01:14:48.683 NIGHT, BUT THE OTHER ONE I HAD WAS GOD'S BLESSING AND FAVOR ARE 01:14:48.683 --> 01:14:58.823 EVIDENCED IN YOUR LIFE. AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST 01:14:58.823 --> 01:15:03.165 ASTOUNDING THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO US IN OUR LIFE IS WE 01:15:03.165 --> 01:15:15.878 HAD TO SUDDENLY MOVE FROM VIRGINIA TO NEW YORK. THAT'S A 01:15:15.878 --> 01:15:18.309 BROTHER COPELAND MOVE. THAT'S AN ALARM TELLING ME I'VE GOT TO 01:15:18.309 --> 01:15:27.844 SHUT UP SOON. BUT ONE MORE REAL QUICK. WE HAD TO SUDDENLY MOVE 01:15:27.844 --> 01:15:33.967 FROM VIRGINIA TO NEW YORK AND DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT. 01:15:33.967 --> 01:15:37.154 I MEAN, JUST HAD NO RESOURCES. HOUSES, AND MY WIFE AND I LOOKED 01:15:37.154 --> 01:15:38.948 AT EACH OTHER AND WE'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO 01:15:38.948 --> 01:15:44.713 GET THIS DONE. LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING TO DO? AND IF 01:15:44.713 --> 01:15:48.035 WE EVER NEEDED BLESSING, FAVOR, AND PROVISION TO SIMPLY RAIN 01:15:48.035 --> 01:15:51.729 DOWN ON US, IT WAS DEFINITELY IN THAT MOMENT. AND BOY, DID GOD 01:15:51.729 --> 01:15:54.650 DELIVER. I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY COOL. I WAS LOOKING AT SECURING 01:15:54.650 --> 01:15:59.007 A MOVING TRUCK, AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THIS. 01:15:59.007 --> 01:16:03.077 AND I MEAN, WE WERE PINCHING THE PENNIES BACK THEN. I MEAN, WE 01:16:03.077 --> 01:16:07.794 JUST DIDN'T HAVE 2 NICKELS TO RUB TOGETHER. AND I THOUGHT, 01:16:07.794 --> 01:16:11.436 WELL, I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M GOING TO DO THIS. SO I STAYED ONLINE, 01:16:11.436 --> 01:16:13.746 I KEPT LOOKING AT IT, LOOKING AT IT, AND THIS DEAL COMES UP AND 01:16:13.746 --> 01:16:17.917 SAYS, BEFORE MIDNIGHT YOU CAN GET IT FOR THIS AMOUNT. WELL, I 01:16:17.917 --> 01:16:22.490 HAD GOTTEN A CHECK UNEXPECTEDLY IN THE MAIL EARLIER THAT DAY, 01:16:22.490 --> 01:16:24.656 AND IT WASN'T A LOT, BUT I THOUGHT, WELL, IF I CAN FIND A 01:16:24.656 --> 01:16:26.918 GOOD ENOUGH DEAL, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO COVER IT WITH THIS 01:16:28.234 --> 01:16:32.014 CHECK. SO THIS THING COMES AROUND, I DON'T KNOW, 11 O'CLOCK 01:16:32.014 --> 01:16:34.340 AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING, SAYS DO THIS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AND I 01:16:34.340 --> 01:16:38.422 SAID, WELL, OKAY. SO I HAD PROBLEMS PUTTING IT IN. IT KEPT, 01:16:38.422 --> 01:16:41.885 YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM KEPT CRASHING ON ME AND EVERYTHING. 01:16:41.885 --> 01:16:46.822 AND SO FINALLY AT 11:58 IT GOES DOWN ENTIRELY. AND I'M LIKE, AH. 01:16:48.924 --> 01:16:51.899 SO I SAT THERE STILL. I WAS DETERMINED. I SAT THERE FOR LIKE 01:16:51.899 --> 01:16:55.294 2 HOURS, SO ROUGHLY 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THIS THING COMES 01:16:55.294 --> 01:17:00.288 BACK UP AND THERE'S A BETTER DEAL, AND IT WORKED. AND SO WE 01:17:00.288 --> 01:17:03.258 GOT THE TRUCK, SECURED IT. I DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP THAT 01:17:03.258 --> 01:17:05.025 NIGHT. I HAD TO GET UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND GO GET THE 01:17:05.025 --> 01:17:09.826 TRUCK. AND SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO PACK 01:17:09.826 --> 01:17:14.161 EVERYTHING THAT WE OWN IN THIS TRUCK TODAY AND MAKE THIS DRIVE 01:17:14.161 --> 01:17:21.468 TODAY. WE'RE ALREADY EXHAUSTED. WE HAVE NOTHING. WELL, ALL THESE 01:17:21.468 --> 01:17:24.279 WOMEN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED JUST SHOWING UP AT THE 01:17:24.279 --> 01:17:28.150 DOOR, SOME THAT KNEW MY WIFE AND SOME THAT DIDN'T. AND ONE, 01:17:28.150 --> 01:17:30.559 THEY'RE BRINGING BREAKFAST, AND, YOU KNOW, LUNCHTIME COMES, 01:17:30.559 --> 01:17:32.952 THEY'RE BRINGING LUNCH. THEY'RE PACKING ALL THIS STUFF UP IN 01:17:32.952 --> 01:17:36.165 BOXES. NEXT THING I KNOW, THEIR KIDS ARE THERE AND THEY'RE 01:17:36.165 --> 01:17:40.357 HELPING TO MOVE STUFF. AND I WALKED OUTSIDE AND THERE'S THIS 01:17:40.357 --> 01:17:43.730 GUY THAT I HAD ONLY PROBABLY JUST GREETED ONCE OR TWICE. I 01:17:43.730 --> 01:17:45.157 NEVER SAW THIS GUY, HE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND 01:17:45.157 --> 01:17:47.322 HE WALKS BY AND GOES, "OH, SO YOU'RE MOVING TODAY?" HE SEES 01:17:47.322 --> 01:17:49.903 THE TRUCK, RIGHT? HE GOES, "OH, SO YOU'RE MOVING TODAY?" AND I 01:17:49.903 --> 01:17:53.974 SAID, "WELL, YEAH, WE HOPE TO." AND HE GOES, "WELL," HE GOES, "I 01:17:53.974 --> 01:17:58.399 GOT TO RUN OVER TO THE STORE." HE SAYS, "I'LL BE BACK BY TO SAY 01:17:58.399 --> 01:18:01.188 SOMETHING TO YOU IN A LITTLE WHILE." I SAID, "OKAY, WELL, 01:18:01.188 --> 01:18:04.475 WHATEVER." THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME AT ALL. SO HE 01:18:04.475 --> 01:18:08.338 COMES BACK ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER, AND HE'S GOT ALL THESE 01:18:08.338 --> 01:18:11.815 SUPPLIES, ROPE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I LEARNED THEN THAT 01:18:11.815 --> 01:18:17.467 HE'S A LOGISTICS EXPERT FOR THE ARMY BASE LOCALLY. SO HE STANDS 01:18:17.467 --> 01:18:21.498 IN THE TRUCK AND HE DIRECTS ALL THESE KIDS THAT CAME OVER TO 01:18:21.498 --> 01:18:24.671 HELP MOVE BOXES AND EVERYTHING EXACTLY HOW TO PUT THEM IN, 01:18:24.671 --> 01:18:28.210 EXACTLY HOW TO TIE EVERYTHING UP, TAPE THIS, TIE THAT, 01:18:28.210 --> 01:18:31.052 LA-DEE-DA. THIS THING'S PROFESSIONALLY PACKED, RIGHT? WE 01:18:31.052 --> 01:18:39.011 DIDN'T LIFT A FINGER. SO WE GET DOWN IN THE 01:18:39.011 --> 01:18:41.271 EVENING TO THE POINT WHERE, OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS 01:18:41.271 --> 01:18:46.321 GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WE'VE GOT JUST A VACANT HOME NOW TO STAY 01:18:46.321 --> 01:18:49.191 IN WITH 2 AIR MATTRESSES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 01:18:49.191 --> 01:18:51.050 WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING TO LEAVE, 01:18:51.050 --> 01:18:55.363 RIGHT? NO, WE'RE NOT, BECAUSE MY LOGISTICS FRIEND COMES BACK TO 01:18:55.363 --> 01:18:58.104 THE DOOR AFTER ALL OF THIS, AND HE GOES, "HEY, I'M GOING TO BE 01:18:58.104 --> 01:19:01.054 STAYING WITH MY FRIEND TONIGHT OVER TOWN." HE GOES, "WHY DON'T 01:19:01.054 --> 01:19:03.892 YOU TAKE MY PLACE?" HE GOES, "DON'T DO THIS. WE'LL THROW 01:19:03.892 --> 01:19:07.612 THESE ON THE TRUCK. JUST STAY IN MY PLACE." SO WE'RE SLEEPING 01:19:07.612 --> 01:19:11.720 THERE IN NICE, WARM, COMFY, MADE-UP BEDS, AND HE'S GOT 01:19:11.720 --> 01:19:14.903 COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE, AND HE BRINGS OVER DONUTS IN THE 01:19:14.903 --> 01:19:19.460 MORNING AND EVERY OTHER THING, YOU KNOW. AND SO WE HAVE THIS 01:19:20.938 --> 01:19:23.526 GIANT CHESS SET, SO WE'RE PLAYING CHESS AT NIGHT AND 01:19:23.526 --> 01:19:26.548 EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW. SO WE GET UP THE NEXT DAY, HE COMES TO 01:19:26.548 --> 01:19:30.537 THE DOOR AGAIN, HE'S GOT COFFEE AND DONUTS, AND SENDS US 01:19:30.537 --> 01:19:33.355 OFF. AND WE GO DOWN AND SAY GOODBYE TO THE LAST NEIGHBOR 01:19:33.355 --> 01:19:36.011 WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE TO. WE'RE STILL THINKING, "OKAY, I'M 01:19:36.011 --> 01:19:37.878 STILL NOT SURE HOW WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THIS 01:19:37.878 --> 01:19:42.780 DRIVE AHEAD OF US," RIGHT? AND SO THE GUY GIVES ME THE OLD 01:19:42.780 --> 01:19:45.029 PENTECOSTAL HANDSHAKE, AND HE GOES, "BOY, I'M GOING TO MISS 01:19:45.029 --> 01:19:48.050 YOU." AND SO HE LAYS ALL THIS MONEY IN MY HAND. HE GOES, "I 01:19:48.050 --> 01:19:52.617 DID NOT KNOW WHEN I WENT TO THE ATM MACHINE LAST NIGHT WHAT THIS 01:19:52.617 --> 01:19:55.325 WAS FOR," HE GOES, "BUT NOW THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE MOVING, I 01:19:55.325 --> 01:19:59.016 KNOW THIS IS FOR YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOU GUYS, ALL YOUR FOOD 01:19:59.016 --> 01:20:02.793 AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED ON THE ROAD. I JUST SAY PRAISE 01:20:02.793 --> 01:20:10.273 JESUS. NOW THAT IS GOD'S FAVOR, GOD'S BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. AND 01:20:12.080 --> 01:20:16.243 I HAVE MORE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP MY WIFE UP TILL 01:20:16.243 --> 01:20:20.442 MIDNIGHT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU HERE TILL 11:00. BUT I 01:20:20.442 --> 01:20:24.320 JUST DID WANT TO SAY I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE MORE THINGS JUST 01:20:24.320 --> 01:20:27.627 REAL QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, DID ANYBODY GET ANYTHING OUT OF 01:20:27.627 --> 01:20:31.220 THIS? I MEAN, DOES THIS MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYBODY? IS IT 01:20:31.220 --> 01:20:35.811 ENCOURAGING? IT'S MY HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE INSPIRING, AT 01:20:35.811 --> 01:20:40.419 LEAST IN SOME WAY. GOD IS ALWAYS ON THE JOB, AND HE'S NO 01:20:40.419 --> 01:20:44.034 RESPECTER OF PERSONS. HE DID THESE THINGS FOR ME AND MY 01:20:44.034 --> 01:20:47.575 FAMILY, BUT HE'S GOT MUCH GREATER THINGS EVEN FOR A LOT OF 01:20:47.575 --> 01:20:55.119 YOU AND YOU OUT THERE ALSO ONLINE. I BELIEVE THAT AS WE 01:20:55.119 --> 01:20:59.619 CONTINUE TO GROW IN OUR FAITH AND WE APPLY WHAT WE'VE LEARNED 01:20:59.619 --> 01:21:06.578 AND WE'RE OPEN TO SEEING WHAT GOD IS DOING AND WE'LL SHARE OUR 01:21:06.578 --> 01:21:13.738 TESTIMONIES WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE'LL ALL BE STIRRED UP, WE'LL 01:21:13.738 --> 01:21:25.120 ALL BE ENCOURAGED. ENCOURAGED. I JUST WANT TO BLESS YOU ALL. 01:21:25.120 --> 01:21:30.278 THANK YOU FOR COMING. THIS IS A GOOD GROUP TONIGHT, GREAT GROUP. 01:21:30.278 --> 01:21:35.277 I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN, FOR LISTENING, AND 01:21:35.277 --> 01:21:39.916 YOU OUT THERE ONLINE FOR TUNING IN. I JUST WANT TO SAY, FATHER, 01:21:39.916 --> 01:21:46.998 BLESS THEM ALL. IMMENSELY, ABUNDANTLY, ABOVE ALL THAT THEY 01:21:46.998 --> 01:21:53.552 CAN ASK OR THINK. LET THEM HAVE TESTIMONIES, MARVELOUS 01:21:53.552 --> 01:21:57.809 TESTIMONIES, GREAT THINGS YOU WILL DO FOR THEM, FATHER GOD. 01:22:00.619 --> 01:22:05.268 LET THEM KNOW THEIR AUTHORITY AS BELIEVERS SO THAT THEY CAN 01:22:05.268 --> 01:22:09.906 COMMAND THE THINGS TO BE DONE. THAT THEY NEED DONE SO THAT THEY 01:22:09.906 --> 01:22:16.632 CAN REALIZE THEIR MISSIONS, THEIR CALLINGS. THEY CAN DO FOR 01:22:16.632 --> 01:22:21.057 YOU WHAT YOU NEED THEM TO DO. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT, GOD, IN 01:22:21.057 --> 01:22:29.283 JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANKS AGAIN FOR 01:22:29.283 --> 01:22:34.105 COMING, AND YOU ARE DISMISSED. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.