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Sunday Message - Dr. Yan Venter (September 27, 2015) | Life Bible Church

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  1. me to lay my head in the lap of the Holy Spirit

  2. and showed me when I was put up in the hotel

  3. here on this property how you would occupy this

  4. place. And when I shared it with Pastor Brad

  5. at the time, because he had not yet heard from

  6. God in that direction. He kind of looked at me

  7. with, yeah, yeah. Yeah, you know. So I just ignored

  8. him. And here we are. Everybody say, here we

  9. are. Give the Lord a handclap of praise. I want

  10. to speak to you this morning because I feel that

  11. God has laid a prophetic utterance on my, actually

  12. several prophetic utterances on my spirit for

  13. today. And so what I want to do is I want to

  14. just briefly just expound on how I see the prophetic.

  15. And as I share this with you here this morning

  16. and as this thing opens up, you know in Africa

  17. what they oftentimes do, I see that all the time,

  18. what they do is that when you share a strong

  19. word with them, it's no strange thing to see

  20. people run out of their seats and from their

  21. pews and run forward and put money down. You've

  22. seen that. They just put money down. You know,

  23. it's like they're saying, I'm buying into that

  24. word. God has a great future laid out for this

  25. church. And at the end of the service, I want

  26. you to buy into this word, you know, as it were.

  27. You know, we're not going to buy into it, but

  28. you understand what I'm saying. I want you to

  29. say, I'm going to sow. Into this field. Because

  30. there's something. Great can happen here. It's

  31. going to have effects. Ripple effects into the

  32. rest of the world. Just like other churches.

  33. Like Reading. Bethel. So God has a. Very large

  34. purpose. For this place. I was wondering why.

  35. You know. pastor plant so small here. But I'm

  36. convinced that it is actually done according

  37. to God's instruction. It is not meant to make

  38. this a mega situation, mega church situation,

  39. but for this to become a school. for the rest

  40. of the world and to from here send them out to

  41. the rest of the world. Come on, just give the

  42. Lord a praise offering. Webster, you know, speaking

  43. on the prophetical says this, to be prophetical

  44. is to correctly state what is going to happen

  45. in the future. Not, you know, to predict. Prophetical

  46. means to correctly state what is going to happen.

  47. It is going to happen. You know, God already

  48. planned it, so it's going to happen. And so when

  49. God lays a prophetic utterance in the mouth of

  50. someone, it's merely to state what is going to

  51. happen. Nothing and no one can stop it. God said

  52. it. It's going to happen. Give the Lord a praise

  53. offering. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we pray

  54. this morning with thanksgiving in our hearts.

  55. And I know this building is already yours. It's

  56. been dedicated before it was dedicated. This

  57. is something you planned. It's not something

  58. we planned. You planned it. And all we do this

  59. morning is we come with thanksgiving in our hearts.

  60. And we give unto you the praise and the honor.

  61. And I pray, just like Solomon did in years gone

  62. by, that when people come into this place and

  63. they are sick, that they will be healed. When

  64. people come into this place and they are lost,

  65. that they will be found. When somebody come in

  66. here, Lord, and they're cast down, that they

  67. will be lifted up. When somebody finds themselves

  68. in the deep, miry clay, that in this place, Lord,

  69. they will find their feet on the rock to stay.

  70. Come on, give the Lord a handclap of praise.

  71. Glory to God. We thank you. I think one of the

  72. greatest examples of what I'm speaking about

  73. is found in the book of Luke, in chapter 1, where,

  74. you know, the story where the angel came and

  75. told Mary. What is actually going to happen.

  76. He said it because it was already written in

  77. the books of God. Even though it had not yet

  78. happened. It's already written. God already wrote

  79. it in his own book that it was going to happen.

  80. And so that the way that he greeted Mary, Mary,

  81. the Bible says in verse 29 in Luke 1, she was

  82. greatly troubled at his words and wondered what

  83. kind of greeting this might be. But the angel

  84. said to her, don't be afraid, Mary. You have

  85. found favor with God. What a great thing, you

  86. know, when God says you have found favor with

  87. me. He says you'll conceive and you will. Give

  88. birth to a son. It's already decided. Isn't that

  89. great, you know? He says, you are going to give

  90. birth to a son. And then he says, and you are

  91. to call him Jesus. It was already decided. Come

  92. on, everybody say, it's already decided. And

  93. then he says, he will be great and he will be

  94. called the son of the most high. The Lord God

  95. will give him the throne of his father David.

  96. And he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever.

  97. And of his kingdom there will be no end. It is

  98. decided. I want you to understand here this morning

  99. that even your life in the annals of time and

  100. in God's record books, it's already decided what's

  101. going to happen for your sake. Come on, give

  102. God a praise offering. Glory to God. It's decided.

  103. And so Mary said, and this is the thing that

  104. I think that we can learn from. Little 12 -year

  105. -old girl that stood there when she heard it

  106. was already decided. She said, behold the maidservant

  107. of the Lord. That means behold the slave of the

  108. Lord. Let it be to me according to thy word.

  109. Help me not to step out of line. Because God

  110. is not going to get out of line. You will. As

  111. you sit here today, you're the one that may miss

  112. it. God's not going to ever miss it. When God

  113. speaks prophetically, and this church has always

  114. been connected to the prophetical, it is your

  115. and it is my responsibility to chase down every

  116. promise of God. If he's spoken it, I go after

  117. it absolutely like red hot poker, and I'm going

  118. to get my life involved in what God said is going

  119. to happen. I don't care what the critic says.

  120. I don't care what the negative people say. I

  121. don't care what the unbelievers say. When God

  122. said it, that settles it for me, and I'm going

  123. after it. Come on, give God a praise offering.

  124. Glory to God. If I was going to title this message,

  125. I would title it like this, The Riddle of My

  126. Existence. You know, in Ecclesiastes 3, one of

  127. those poetical chapters in the Bible, in verse

  128. 14 and 15, he says it like this. The preacher

  129. says, I know that whatever God does, it shall

  130. be forever. Nothing can be added to it. Nothing

  131. can be taken from it. God does it that men should

  132. fear before him. And here's the riddle. That

  133. which is has already been. And what is to be

  134. has already been. Boy, let me read that again.

  135. He says, I know that whatever God does, it shall

  136. be. Nothing can be added to it. Nothing taken

  137. from it. God does it that men should fear before

  138. him. And then he says, that which is has already

  139. been. And what is to be has already been. It's

  140. already in the eye of God. It's already happened.

  141. Even though it hadn't happened for you yet, God

  142. said it. That's why prophetic, you know, the

  143. testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

  144. Come on, can I hear an amen? So that, you know,

  145. when he speaks into your life prophetically,

  146. it doesn't matter if it's already happened. As

  147. far as God is concerned, it's already been. Now,

  148. he says, In that last part of that verse. Now

  149. God requires an account of what has passed. You

  150. know you read the first 14 verses of chapter

  151. 3. And it's all verses of opposites. It says

  152. there's a time to be born and then there's a

  153. time to die. There's a time to come. There's

  154. a time to go. There's a time to embrace and there's

  155. a time to refrain from embracing. There's a time

  156. to plant and there's a time to pluck up that

  157. which is planted. And on and on and on. 14 different

  158. opposites. And then he comes out with this. And

  159. what he's saying, what happens in between the

  160. beginning and the end really is of no consequence.

  161. What is happening in your life from the beginning

  162. and in between to the end, it really doesn't

  163. matter. What matters is how you start and what

  164. matters is how it ends. God said it. I'm going

  165. to decide by what he says. It doesn't matter

  166. what happens in between the planting and then

  167. the plucking up. I know that God says, I know

  168. what kind of plans I have for you. Plans to prosper

  169. you. Plans to give you a future and a hope. Come

  170. on, give God a praise offering. That's what he

  171. says. You know, Pastor Brad, this one is really

  172. for you. In fact, this message, God gave me this

  173. message. I told him that. I told him that God

  174. gave me this message like when you guys just

  175. started working on this project. And I told him,

  176. I said, whether you give me an offering or not,

  177. I'm going to come and share that word with your

  178. church. Honestly, this is really a word for you

  179. and for all the people here. You can buy into

  180. it. Say, we're going to buy into it. Though I

  181. shared with Pastor Brad and with Pastor Jenny,

  182. you can buy into it. God said to Jeremiah, before

  183. I formed you and your mother's womb, I knew you

  184. and I called you. I want you to think about that.

  185. Wait a minute. You've read that before, but just

  186. think about it again. He says, before. I even

  187. formed you in your mother's womb. I already talked

  188. with you. Before you were formed, Pastor Brad,

  189. God said, before you were formed in your mother

  190. and her womb, I already called you. I already

  191. spoke to you. I hear people say, you know, I'm,

  192. you know, I'm. I come from my parents. No, you

  193. don't. You just come through your parents. You

  194. come from God. God decided before you came into

  195. your mother's womb. Who you're going to be. What

  196. you can be. He put purpose in your life. He already

  197. decided what you and your family can be like.

  198. God decided how this thing is going to end. God

  199. decided that you will not be a failure. No weapon

  200. that is formed against you can prosper. All you

  201. got to do is embrace the promises of God Almighty.

  202. Come on. Give God a praise offering. Glory to

  203. God. So before I was in my mama, I was in God.

  204. Sorry, mama. God was first. I am from God. Look

  205. at somebody and say, I am from God. Prophetical.

  206. I think one of the great examples, and I think

  207. that will really apply here today so well, this

  208. morning at 5 o 'clock God gave me this one. In

  209. 2 Chronicles 20, well -known verse from verse

  210. 10 to 14. You remember this is the time when

  211. they were in exile. This is the time when things

  212. were not going well for Israel and for Judah.

  213. And then in the middle of or in the midst of

  214. their captivity, verse 10 says, this is what

  215. the Lord says. When 70 years are completed for

  216. Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good

  217. promise to you. To bring you back to this place.

  218. For I know the plans I have for you declares

  219. the Lord. Plans to prosper you. Not to harm you.

  220. Plans to give you a hope and a future. Then you

  221. will call on me. And come and pray to me. And

  222. I will listen to you. You will seek me and find

  223. me. When you seek me with all your heart. I will

  224. be found by you declares the Lord. This is in

  225. the beginning of the captivity. God says it will

  226. not end their way. It will end my way. Come on.

  227. A praise offering. Glory to God. This is the

  228. word that God has for you guys here at the church.

  229. God says in verse 17, this battle is not yours.

  230. Jenny, you listened to me this morning. I felt

  231. like crying it out there when that beautiful

  232. song was being sung. And Rick was just absolutely

  233. in such a wonderful anointing just declaring

  234. the pioneer song. I felt like just holding you

  235. and saying, this fight is not yours to fight.

  236. This battle belongs to the Lord. Now listen what

  237. verse 17 says, and this is for the church. God

  238. says, You will not have to fight this battle.

  239. And then he gives three instructions. Number

  240. one, everybody say number one. Take up your positions.

  241. Number two, stand firm. And then number three,

  242. open your eyes and see the Lord. See, what happens

  243. so oftentimes, we open our eyes to see the enemy.

  244. We open our eyes to see opposition. God says,

  245. open your eyes and see the Lord. God is involved

  246. in this one. He says, number one, take up your

  247. positions. Very important that you understand

  248. that God has purpose laid out for you this morning.

  249. And whether you believe that this is a word from

  250. God, it does not matter. You'll see that it is.

  251. And there's some that needs to hear this. Maybe

  252. you're listening by way of the internet. Maybe

  253. you're here in the house. There's some that have

  254. dared to stretch their hand out in the wrong

  255. direction. God says, I will take that which was

  256. substance in your life and I will let it run

  257. out like water into the sand and you will become

  258. nothing. If you stretch your hand out to my servant

  259. or to those that I've called. Do not do that.

  260. I mean do not do that. If he does something wrong.

  261. God will give him a spanking. Amen. Don't you

  262. dare stretch your hand out. Because this is a

  263. God appointed thing that's happening here. This

  264. is. This is more than you. This is more than

  265. me. This is God. Amen? Just take up your positions.

  266. You know, that's I just did a teaching for in

  267. Tennessee for what's his name now? Whatever.

  268. They wanted me to teach on I said, here's the

  269. thing. You have to understand that if you want

  270. to deal in the spiritual realm, you have to understand

  271. authority. It's like in the military zone. I

  272. mean, you have to understand authority. You cannot.

  273. go and overstep somebody else to just get your

  274. voice make your voice heard you got to make it

  275. go within the ranks of authority even even michael

  276. when he wanted to rebuke lucifer could not do

  277. so because lucifer michael was an archangel lucifer

  278. was a cherubim higher in rank and he said the

  279. lord rebuke you understand it's very important

  280. we have to understand there's high levels of

  281. authority. And God wants you to take up your

  282. position. Wherever you are appointed in this

  283. place, in this town, in this ministry, take up

  284. your position. Understand authority. Live where

  285. God wants you to live. Move where God wants you

  286. to move. Don't go further. Don't go beneath.

  287. Do what God wants you to do. Come on, can I hear

  288. an amen? And then number two is you have to stand

  289. firm. This is not your arrival. Don't think for

  290. one minute you've arrived because you've come

  291. into this beautiful place. This is just a facade.

  292. This is not your arrival point. The glory is

  293. not in what you see around you here. The glory

  294. is in the Lord. Amen? Now, you know, and I know

  295. that your future has always been attached. Your

  296. future must be attached to what God says. Look

  297. at somebody say, your future must be attached

  298. to what God says. Hallelujah. Glory to God. It's

  299. so important to find out what does God say. When

  300. you're in trouble, find out what does God say.

  301. When you have a problem, go to God. Find out

  302. what does God say. In this service this morning,

  303. God is going to heal a lot of people. You know,

  304. because that's what he does. God heals people.

  305. Amen? And so you prepare yourself. I'm going

  306. to receive my healing from the Lord here in this

  307. service this morning. But also I'm going to receive

  308. an answer from God. The Lord. Today. Amen. So

  309. I'm going to receive an answer from the Lord.

  310. That man with the gray shirt sitting there. Here,

  311. wave at me. Sir, no, don't look. No, the gray

  312. shirt. There, you. Was there a lady that just

  313. sat next to you earlier on? Somebody. Was there

  314. a man with a gray shirt behind you? I saw somebody

  315. with a gray shirt behind. Behind there, is there

  316. somebody that sat there and then left somewhere?

  317. Your husband. That's right. God says I must tell

  318. you something. Somebody tried to write in the

  319. record of your life and made you feel like God

  320. is not coming through for you. God says I must

  321. tell you. I'm going to blot that out. I will

  322. write my own words. Because I know what kind

  323. of plans I have for you and your family. Do not

  324. think for one minute that I have not heard your

  325. prayer. Do not think for one minute that I did

  326. not hear you when you even sighed and didn't

  327. even know how to pray. I am the Lord thy God.

  328. I'm the one that started the work in you. I'm

  329. going to finish this to the end, says the Lord.

  330. Come on, give God a praise offering. Hallelujah.

  331. And Portia, I just feel like I have a word for

  332. you too before I share with pastor. You've needed

  333. a word. God says, I must tell you, I've always

  334. surrounded you with people. I've always surrounded

  335. you with people that were there to strengthen

  336. you. I can give you a Michelle anytime you need

  337. one. I can give you a Katie anytime you need

  338. one. Whatever you need, the Lord says, I can

  339. give to you. If you need a Jan, I can give you

  340. a Jan. I can give you a Jenny wherever you go,

  341. even if you go on the remotest place. I will

  342. place those around you that you have need of.

  343. Know this, even though at times I alter your

  344. direction from point A to point Z and take you

  345. from A to C first, and then first back to X.

  346. It doesn't matter. You will reach Z where I planned

  347. it for and nothing will change, says the Lord.

  348. That which I've spoken, I will make it come to

  349. pass. Do not be afraid. Do not look anxiously

  350. over your shoulder this way or that way. I am

  351. leading you with my hand, says the Lord, and

  352. I'll draw a line for you to walk upon. Only walk

  353. upon it. Amen. Give the Lord a praise offering.

  354. Pastor Brad, God gave me a prophecy for you and

  355. your wife. And I've said all of this before I

  356. pray for the sick. I wrote this down because

  357. I didn't want to get it wrong. This morning early,

  358. the Lord gave me a prophecy for you and for your

  359. wife. And here it is. The word of the Lord that's

  360. coming to Brad and Jen, and this is what it says.

  361. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.

  362. Before you were born, I set you apart. And I

  363. appointed you as a prophet and a voice to my

  364. people. You know what it means to be filled with

  365. my purpose and yet at times you have opened your

  366. heart to fear. I've spoken to you in visions,

  367. in prophecies. Through my words and through those

  368. I have placed in your life, and yet I find you

  369. sitting down like an Elijah of old in the desert,

  370. thinking you have no future at times. Why would

  371. you doubt my call in your life when the Jezebels

  372. or any other whoremonger seeks your demise? It'll

  373. never change. It'll always be like that. Make

  374. your way towards the Lord every time. I called

  375. you and I placed purpose in your life, says the

  376. Lord. Brad, the Lord says this to you. You must

  377. go wherever I send you. You must do whatever

  378. he tells you to do. Look around you. Have I not

  379. surrounded you with faithful servants who are

  380. willing to break through the enemy camp when

  381. I tell them to? Those are the ones that God surrounded

  382. you with. Do not be afraid of your enemy. Do

  383. not be afraid of what they can do to you. Because

  384. they can do nothing to you unless the Lord allows

  385. it. Do not look at yourself with disdain because

  386. others have exposed your nakedness. I will now

  387. reveal their nakedness. And I will deal with

  388. them in my own time, in my own way. Trust in

  389. me with all your might. You cannot lead my people

  390. with fear filling your heart. You cannot lead

  391. if you don't trust. You cannot lead if you don't

  392. know how to follow. Only do not try to do the

  393. work of the laborer, neither the work of the

  394. scribe. Although you like to dance with the music

  395. when the music plays and sing when I fill your

  396. heart with praise. You are not the musician.

  397. Neither are you the builder. Thank God for that.

  398. Today, I will again magnify my purpose in your

  399. life. I have put my words in your mouth. And

  400. the word of the Lord came to me. He said, what

  401. do you see, Jeremiah? That comes right out of

  402. the book of Jeremiah. What do you see, Jeremiah?

  403. Today God is saying to you, what do you see,

  404. Brad? Open your eyes and see that the pot is

  405. boiling. But this will not be a pot for disaster,

  406. as in the day of Jeremiah. for preparation of

  407. that which I have preordained according to my

  408. own timetable. And Jenny, this is for you. The

  409. Lord removes the dark blots out of your mind

  410. that once was placed there by a false prophet.

  411. Many have not been able to understand the song

  412. that I have placed in your heart because of the

  413. folly in their own ways. You've broken free from

  414. the secure surroundings of your mother's chamber

  415. in search of me. You've cried out to the watchmen

  416. around you in search of your beloved. But oftentimes

  417. you found no good news about your beloved amongst

  418. them who are on the walls. It is because they

  419. don't know me like you know me, Jenny. They don't

  420. have their eyes on my movements. Their hearts

  421. are filled with jealousy, and they paint their

  422. eyes with false tears. Come away, my love. Sit

  423. in the shadow of my covering, and I will fill

  424. your heart with the nectar of my love, says the

  425. Lord. Do not seek me amongst those who do not

  426. seek me. This day, I break the shackles from

  427. your spirit that was placed there by the reckless

  428. and by the jealous. I will give my peace to you

  429. and not as the world gives, but I will give you

  430. a peace that passes all understanding. Come on,

  431. give the Lord a praise offering. Glory to God.

  432. A few years ago, God spoke to me about the revival.

  433. You know, I'm a revivalist. My desire, my quest

  434. is for revival. That's why I so enjoyed the service

  435. last night, Brother Rick. And I enjoyed it this

  436. morning because I can tell your spirit is like

  437. mine, interwoven in the honeycombs of the Holy

  438. Spirit. I can tell that your hands are dripping

  439. with honey. And that honey is only found in the

  440. carcasses of yesterday's battles. And you wear

  441. them with honor. There's no worms in your hands.

  442. Even though you are not near perfect. And I haven't

  443. spoken to your wife. But I believe that God is

  444. going to call you to even higher places. And

  445. somehow, your voice will even be observed by

  446. Muslims. The Muslims will hear your voice. Muslims

  447. will actually hear. and be attracted by the sound

  448. of your voice. Come on, give the Lord a hand

  449. of praise. And, you know, when I speak about

  450. revival, I've always said, you know, it's going

  451. to come from the West Coast. I am convinced of

  452. that because all truths are paralleled. We sit

  453. there in the central... part of the United States

  454. and on the East Coast. And we hear about all

  455. these fires that are burning. It's symbolic of

  456. what is about to happen. God is about to ignite

  457. fires that this world had never seen before.

  458. And it's going to start here on the West Coast.

  459. And I believe that this is one of those places

  460. that he has brought up for a place of preparation.

  461. Yeah, come on. Praise him. Glory to God. A fire.

  462. And a few weeks ago, I was just totally minding

  463. my own business when God all of a sudden just

  464. called me one side and gave me the most incredible

  465. vision. And I called Pastor Brad, and in fact,

  466. I texted him, and I told him about it, and I

  467. want to share it with you today. I saw Pastor

  468. Brad on his knees praying. You know how he is.

  469. You know, he really doesn't know how to pray.

  470. He always prays in tongues. But he was just praying

  471. in tongues, praying in tongues. You know how

  472. it is. Sometimes you pray in tongues because

  473. you don't know how to pray because there's so

  474. much that's coming against you. And I saw that.

  475. I saw how you were praying in tongues because

  476. you didn't know how else to pray. You've tried

  477. everything. You've tried this plan and that plan.

  478. You've tried this approach and that approach

  479. and still they've turned away and turned away

  480. from you. I've said to the Lord before, I said,

  481. God, surely Brad is not all that bad. I know.

  482. That is your child. I know him because he's my

  483. friend. I've walked close to him. I've watched

  484. him cry. I've watched him deal with some of his

  485. problems. He's extremely stubborn. But only until

  486. he gets to the presence of the Lord. I've seen

  487. that. Now I've seen him on his face or on his

  488. knees just praying. And then all of a sudden,

  489. as my vision changed, and all of a sudden, God

  490. showed me the next scene. And all of a sudden,

  491. his entire being was soaked and dripping with

  492. the presence and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

  493. And God was just absolutely just overwhelming

  494. him with the Holy Spirit. And then as I looked

  495. around him, all of a sudden I saw the room in

  496. which he was praying suddenly filled with angels.

  497. And these angels were walking, you know how stewards,

  498. you know, a waitress walks with a tray like this.

  499. And they have, you know, just to show off, you

  500. know, they walk with their trays like this. And

  501. they have glasses on there and, you know, snacks

  502. and so on. And I saw the angels showing off around

  503. him. Just walking like this with trays all around.

  504. And it had everything on there, on those trays,

  505. that he was going to need for what is going to

  506. happen here. And God says, I must tell you. I

  507. will send ministry spirits to meet every need

  508. that you have to fulfill the task that I've laid

  509. before you in Harrisburg and Oregon and on this

  510. West Coast. Come on, give God a praise. Now,

  511. let me just share one more thing, and that is

  512. this. And this is for you. As you sit there today,

  513. I want you to understand that each and every

  514. one of us, you included, you know, you have two

  515. incredible forces inside you. It's been put inside

  516. you. It's not something that you had to work

  517. for. It's just there. The one is faith. It's

  518. been given to you by God. It's a gift. Everyone

  519. have received a measure of faith. Everyone, as

  520. you sit there today, God gave it to you. And

  521. it's powerful. I mean, Jesus said, just faith

  522. the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain.

  523. There's some of you sitting here today and you

  524. have all sorts of problems that God is going

  525. to change for you. But you have to call on faith.

  526. The other force that is inside of you is unbelief.

  527. Fear. A powerful force. It can make you sick.

  528. It can kill you. It can alter the course of your

  529. family. It can destroy everything around you.

  530. And it's inside you. You have to decide which

  531. one are you going to activate. You decide here

  532. today with no matter what is going on in your

  533. life, around you, around your family, your business,

  534. your finances, in your body. You decide. Which

  535. one are you going to activate? Are you going

  536. to believe the voice of fear and then turn and

  537. show your heels and run? Or are you going to

  538. summon... deep down inside of you and embrace

  539. that God -given gift called faith and say to

  540. yourself, I know in whom I have believed and

  541. I know he who started the work is going to finish

  542. the work and I know what he said. He is my healer.

  543. He is the one in whom there is life eternal.

  544. Come on, give God a praise offering. That's who

  545. he is. That's who he is. Everybody say, that's

  546. who he is. Come on, say it out loud. That's who

  547. he is. Glory to God. And you decide. I close

  548. with this. You know, years ago, my sister, two

  549. of my sisters, my younger sisters got involved

  550. in a horrible situation. The one got killed in

  551. a head -on collusion. And in the car with her

  552. was my other sister's oldest daughter, and they

  553. both got killed. Then as we did the funeral,

  554. my youngest sister was there at the funeral.

  555. And as we came out of the cemetery, word got

  556. to her that her only other daughter tried to

  557. commit suicide. And they found her too late.

  558. She rushed to the hospital and then... Later

  559. on, she called me and she was filled with so

  560. much distress. And she said, the doctor said

  561. that she will never recover again. They found

  562. her too late. They pumped out her stomach, but

  563. it was too late. I made my way to the hospital

  564. and when I got there, Annie was standing outside

  565. the hospital waiting. A typical mother that was

  566. filled with so much terror. The oldest daughter

  567. had just been killed by a drunk driver. And now

  568. the only other child, daughter, about to become

  569. a vegetable. And when I got out of my car, I'll

  570. never forget the expression in her face. And

  571. she was hysterical. And I went and stood in front

  572. of her and I grabbed her by the shoulders and

  573. I said, today you decide what you're going to

  574. believe. It's in your hand. You decide. It's

  575. not up to the enemy. It's not up to the doctors.

  576. Come on, can I hear an amen? And we're not denying,

  577. you know, their knowledge about things, but it's

  578. not up to them. I said, today you decide whether

  579. it's going to be God or whether it's going to

  580. be death. And she took her glasses off, and I

  581. can see her still today when she straightened

  582. her shoulders. She wiped the tears from her face

  583. like that, and she said, let's go and get her.

  584. Hallelujah. Come on, somebody just praise him.

  585. My God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I'll never forget

  586. when we walked into the hospital room, and there

  587. was a nurse there, and she politely asked the

  588. nurse, would you please? Give us some quiet time.

  589. And you need to close that door because this

  590. is going to be loud. And she went and stood on

  591. the other side of the bed and me on this side.

  592. And she told me, I believe God. The doctors already

  593. told her that she would never come out of that

  594. coma. And as we called upon God. That little

  595. girl, well, then she was already a teenager,

  596. stretched her hand out and touched her mama's

  597. hand and said, mommy. And today she has four

  598. children living right here in the United States.

  599. God is God. The Lord is God. Oh, come on. Come

  600. on. Stand with me, will you please? Go ahead

  601. and just stand with me. Oh, come on, just praise

  602. Him some more. My Lord. You know, I want you,

  603. I want you, I want you to remain standing. I

  604. want you to understand there's nothing so powerful

  605. as when God's people make up their mind, the

  606. Lord is God. Do you hear me when I say it? When

  607. God's people make up their mind, The Lord, He

  608. is God. This message is being heard all over

  609. the United States today. And I'm hoping that

  610. some of my friends in Dallas are hearing this.

  611. When the pastor called there and he told me financially

  612. how their church is just struggling. And I went

  613. in there and I shared with him a message on faith.

  614. And I said, it's up to you. You can turn this

  615. thing around. God is going to turn this thing

  616. around. The tithe income, the pastor said. Church

  617. with about 250, 300 people. They tied income

  618. like $4 ,000 or $5 ,000 a week. Couldn't make

  619. it with that. That morning, God turned it around.

  620. When the people decided, God is in this thing.

  621. We received an offering that morning of $52 ,000.

  622. But not just that. But you know what happened?

  623. God turned that thing around for them. They live

  624. on a hill. They're in Dallas, the only hill I

  625. think in Dallas. And the gas company the following

  626. week called the church and said, we think there's

  627. gas on this mountain. And if it is, you'll never

  628. look back again. When you let us drill and they

  629. found several holes overflowing with gas. And

  630. that church is just absolutely flourishing right

  631. now. Hey, listen. You know, there's a big debt

  632. that needs to be settled on this thing. And everybody

  633. look at me right now. Say, God is going to do

  634. it. Come on, say it right now. Say, God is going

  635. to do it. I want you to say it in faith right

  636. now. You know, we decide what are we going to

  637. summon from inside. I want you to do something

  638. today. You may have to struggle to get here,

  639. but I want you to. Just believe God today, and

  640. I hope this is okay with you, Pastor. Before

  641. I pray for the sick, I just feel in my spirit,

  642. God wants me to do this. And it's not just for

  643. my sake, it's for your sake. I mean, it's not

  644. for my sake, not for their sake, but for your

  645. sake. I'm not receiving an offering. Who's going

  646. to join her? Just walk out here, ride out and

  647. check. Make it big. Make it big and come and

  648. put an offering here and say, I'm buying into

  649. that prophecy. The Lord is in charge of this

  650. house. Come on. Come right down here right now

  651. and come and bring it in the name of Jesus. Come,

  652. write out a check and say, my God. You understand?

  653. This is where you find out if people really believe

  654. what you preach. Come. Don't be in a hurry. Just

  655. come. Just believe God. Now, make this a sacrifice.

  656. Make this a sacrificial commitment. If you are

  657. interested in hearing other podcasts or contacting

  658. Life Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch

  659. .org or call us at 541 -995 -8282.