Sunday Message - Pastor Bob Isabell (November 30, 2014) | Life Bible Church

Amen. All right, go ahead and be seated, please.

Thank you so much. What an honor it is to be

with you and be accounted as a father to the

house. It's a great church. So, 10 hours? Is

that anything like Anna Green Gables? I mean,

you see that one time and you've seen it a lot.

Listen, you may like that stuff and that is okay.

If nobody's dying or being blown up, I don't

get it. Maybe once in a while you've got to see

something die, you know what I mean? My wife

has these days when she brings the girls over

and some of her friends, and it's kind of a woman's

day. And I say, honey, you know, that's fine.

Just make sure I'm away. I mean, I've seen all

of those things at least once. I've heard it

many more times than that, but anyway. I'm not

trying. Maybe I am. I don't know. I'm going to

dig a hole here. Anyway, so they watch all these

things, and she goes out and buys new ones all

the time. Who sits around and thinks these things

up? I don't get it. Anyway, it's good to be here.

Thank you so much. I want to share a thought

with you, then I've got to get into this thing.

You know, I don't know, a couple of months ago,

the Lord began to stir me. about studying, giving,

and tithing. I think I shared this with the guys

up at the elders meeting. And just to kind of,

not that I don't tithe. We tithe and we give.

We're faithful to that. And I believe in it with

all of my heart. But I just felt stirred to restudy,

to reread, to look it up again. And I found something

that I never knew and I never saw before. And

I want to give this to you because I think it's

really good. And our Pastor Mark asked me for

the month of November. if I would just take the

offering time, do sermonettes around tithing

and giving. And so I've done that, except for

today I'm down here. But the story of Abraham,

I'll give you this as quick as I can, because

this is just good for you. This is good for you.

Say, it's good for me. Good, because I don't

want to waste my time here. The story of Abraham

and Lot. Do you remember the Sodom and Gomorrah

thing? And, of course, the enemies come in. There

were like four or five kings. And they raid Sodom,

take Lot. And take all the goods. You remember

the story. And Abraham hears about it. Now, you

know, historians tell you, with the four or five

kings and others that added themselves, could

have been minimum of 5 ,000 warriors to as many

as 20 plus thousand people who came against Sodom,

took over, and you know the story. Well, Abraham

gets stirred. God stirs the man. Says, you go

and get Lot back and all the goods. There were

318 young men that were trained. In his house.

Now, that's important. Trained in the house.

The one thing to be a warrior, but another thing

to be trained in the house. And then when you've

got God on your side. So 318 go out against all

these guys, win the battle, get all the goods,

and they're coming back. Remember the story?

So Melchizedek comes and meets Abraham. Now,

Melchizedek, I don't think Abraham knew at the

beginning really who he was. I think this came

by revelation. I'm telling you this because you

need a revelation of what I'm about to say. Meets

Abraham, has bread and wine. First time you ever

see communion in the Bible. Blesses Abraham.

Isn't that true? And suddenly it's in this communion.

And I'll tell you there's something about communing

with God, communion, that God starts talking

to you. Remember the two on the way to Emmaus

in the book of Acts? And Jesus comes and walks

alongside. They don't even know it's him. And

they're just talking about the events of the

day and he's listening to them. They didn't know

it was Christ until he sat down and they had

communion. It's true. When they broke bread,

their eyes were open. How many times have I said,

Lord, open my eyes. I want to see the same thing.

So they're having communion and suddenly Abraham

gets revelation. It's not just any man. King

of Salem. This is the man. And says to his men,

get a tenth of everything. We're going to tithe

to this king. Oh, I wish I could tell you more

about this because there's a lot wrapped up in

this. Well, the word tithe there in the Hebrew

is M -A -S -A -R. M -A -S -A -R. And so after

he tithes, the king of Sodom comes. Now you've

got the king of Salem, king of kings. Then you've

got the king of Sodom. And so he comes and he

says to Abraham, he thinks he's going to do him

a favor, you keep all the goods, just give me

the people. Now right then and there he revealed

who he was and that was his downfall in the end

because he was an immoral man. You know the story.

And Abraham says, wait a minute, I won't take

a shoelace from you. I won't take a thread from

you unless you as a man say, you made me rich.

The word rich is A -S -A -R. A -S -A -R. I read

through that. I began to realize something. Where

is the blessing? Where is the money? Where is

the prosperity? Tithing opens up the windows

of heaven. Where is it at? The riches were hidden

in the tithe. M -A -S -A -R. A -S -A -R. Was

hidden in the tithe. You ever see that? No, you

never saw that. Don't tell me you saw that. You've

never seen that before. That has to come by revelation.

If you don't see this, you may or may not tithe,

I don't know. But once you see it, you can't

stop. Because no man ever made me rich. It's

all hidden in the tithe. If you learn to do it

right, it'll open up the windows of heaven. When's

the last time you had a blessing and you couldn't

contain it? Come on. You know what I'm talking

about. I just thought that was good. Yeah, it

was very good, yes. Does money grow on trees?

Don't answer that. You know the answer. Well,

listen, it doesn't grow on trees, but it came

through the tree. He who was rich became poor.

So you who are poor, come on, could become rich.

And how did he become poor? He did it at the

cross. It's through the tree that it all comes.

You've got to have a revelation. I tell you,

if you're not a giver today, I hope something

strikes it in your heart and you will become

one because it really does work. I've got to

hurry here. I only have two hours and we've got

to get this in quick. I want to talk about the

greatness of his promise. People make a lot of

promises. When my girls... We're getting ready

to get married. Each one of them, I sat them

down. I didn't do it together. We did it separately,

so we did it properly to them. And I said to

them, girls, you know, you're about ready to,

whichever one it was, leave home and get married

and start your life. But I need to know. Have

I in any way failed you as a father? Did I ever

make a promise that I didn't keep? Is there anything

you can think of that I need to repent of before

you get out of my home and get started with life?

Because we make promises and we forget. Kids

grow up and say, well, you know, you always promise,

but you never did it. Well, I can say, they said,

no, Dad, no. You were good. I was good. You did

it right, Dad. Yeah, I did it right. You bet.

The only thing they said was that, you know,

you gave so much of your time at times of the

church, we could have used a little more. And

I did repent for that. But, you know, like the

pastors here, you're talking about, you know,

we get days off. But we give ourselves. You're

an elder. You understand what I'm saying. And

we go overboard sometimes. That's the only thing

they said. Sometimes we make promises and we

don't keep them. But that's not so with God.

When my daughter got married, I'll just tell

you this. I said, honey, I want you to get married.

You're welcome to get married. But you still

have to be back home in bed by 10 o 'clock, all

right? It's hard to give you up. She said, dad,

dad. Okay, okay, okay. The greatness of his promise.

You know, the word of the Lord is good to this

house. You know, reminiscing at different times

with different ones and with the pastors and

what God has said to the church and what God

has is good on this house. I don't know once

God ever showed up and put a downer on you. I

don't know that. I've never heard that. But the

word of the Lord is good to his house. And that

word comes again and again and again because

God's faithful to remind you that he's faithful.

And he gave a word, in case you forgot, let me

remind you. I mean, he was good to Abraham. It

took how many years? 24, 25 years to get the

whole thing in gear. And he reminded him periodically

that it was going to happen. And even with the

reminders, he still made a mistake. The word

to life Bible is good. Come on, say it's good.

You are living in a good word, in a good time,

in a good season in God. His plans is good for

the destiny of this house. I said in the earlier

service, not everyone that has heard the word

of the Lord or hears the word of the Lord to

this house, not everyone makes it. Not everybody

who hears the word stays with the word. And I

understand that. When we started our church many,

many years ago, I had a... One of the brothers

come in, a great man of God, and he spoke in

our church. And he told us this. He said, not

everybody that starts with you will finish with

you. And I'm thinking, well, everybody that's

going to stay with me, they like me. I'm a good

guy. We're a grown church. Sure, everybody's

going to stay. But everybody didn't stay. And

sometimes a year or so down the road, when you're

planning and building, they cut out on you. And

so now you're kind of stuck, and you're before

God. And say, Lord, I thought. But then somebody

else comes along and that happens throughout

time. You know what I'm saying? But God gives

a word to the house. You have a good word in

this house. But not everybody who's heard the

promises of God are going to keep those promises

or understand those promises or stay with those

promises. Not everybody. Come on, say amen. We

look back over the years. Who could have imagined

the greatness of God and what he said in the

beginning? And we were just remembering, I was

sitting with Brad's folks last night in their

home and watching the game. And as we were talking,

he said, I remember in the beginnings when you

came. And there was just a few of us sat here

in this living room. I'm thinking back on this.

You were sitting in that chair. Here's some of

the things you said. And begin to share some

of the words. I said, whoa, you're blessing me.

I'm getting excited. I said that? Whoa, I must

have been good in those days, you know. I'm still

good, you know. Come on. It's true. Who could

have thought then? Who could have seen the crowds,

the properties, the schools, the new properties,

the new buildings? Who would have thought? We'd

think we're crazy. We'd have sat there and said,

we're going to build this multi -million dollar

building and all these hundreds of people are

going to come and we're going to do... We'd have

said, whoa, whoa, slow down a little bit there.

Hello? God made promises to your pastors concerning

this house back in those days. I can tell you

more than one time when pastors called me in

the morning, he's on his prayer walk and he's

just sharing what God has been saying to him

and where he's at in God, stirring my heart.

More than one time at night, I'm ready to crawl

in bed and ring. I know it's bad. Nobody calls

me that late. Oh, how you doing, my friend? Are

you in bed? No, no, not yet. God has put a promise

in his heart. And it's a good promise. It's for

the house. It's for you. It's for your children.

It's for your children's children. Think of that.

I didn't mean to get emotional this quick, but

for crying out loud. He's had great dreams. Big

dreams. The thing about your pastors are they're

worshipers. They know how to worship. They know

how to bless the Lord. Unless I forget, I have

it here somewhere and I don't know because I

got to zip through this thing pretty quick here.

But I want to know, I want to tell you, this

church is known for its music. I got to get to

my launching point here about the journey and

where you're going because God called Israel

Shiloh. I want to get to Shiloh and tell you

about that in just a minute. But Shiloh means

the place of worship. That's the thing you're

known about. Wherever I go. And if I've taken

Brad and Jennifer with me and they sing and they

play or you know how he does when we're prophesying

over people and he'll sing and do his thing and

just bless people and I'm crying and I'm saying,

how come I don't have that gift but he's got

it? You're known for your worship. Ha! Come on,

you're a worshiping house. And I guess I said

earlier, because you play in the band and you're

on the stage. not just because you're good at

it, and thank God you are, but you're there because

you're a worshiper. You're not invited to be

up there because you play a mean guitar or you

sing a good song, and I'm glad you do. It's because

you know how to worship. God's put a dream in

his heart and is required of him, of him as Brad,

to be good stewards over that dream. I want to

tell you, no matter what you think or whatever's

happened or whatever mistakes he's made, he's

done a good job. Now I've pastored for years.

I've had letters on file what people said. I

know sometimes people don't like what I said

or the counsel I gave. I've been slapped in the

face more than once. I'm here to defend the man

of God. I'm here to honor you as a church. I'm

not saying anybody here is dishonoring. I'm not

saying that. I just want you to know they've

done a good job keeping the vision in front of

them and in front of you. I know nobody's perfect.

But because God can trust your pastors, this

house continues to grow. Come on, multiply and

continues to be an influence in its community

and in the world. As I was getting ready and

thinking about these things, the thought came

to me that I don't think you really understand

the influence you are in this community and really

in many other places. Now, you know, maybe you

can do some good things and you put on picnics

and all that. You don't know the influence yet.

Trust me. If you're not out on the road, if you

don't go and sit down with some of these pastors,

if you're not in some of these other places listening

to people, you have no idea what's being said

about your church and your pastors. Believe it

or not, I tell you, the pastors you have are

world pastors, key influence people. And they're

growing. Not everybody's perfect. I know he makes

mistakes. We've talked about and cried over issues

and things that he's said and done. But he's

repenting. He's after the things of God. He loves

you. He loves the church. And he loves the promise

of God. God's a good God. He has a great destiny

for this house. And the destiny for this church

is a good destiny. It's the greatness of the

promise of God that makes this a great church.

Come on. So we're a great church. Well, three

of you think so. Come on, say, we're a great

church. There's nothing that thrills the heart

of God more than obedience. And so as you obey

God and do the things that he asks you to do,

I want to tell you something. You're doing good.

You'll build. You'll go. Dare you believe God?

Do you really dare to believe God for these things?

Come on, say, I'll obey. You got to understand

that God has called you to something great. Every

one of you here that call this church home, you've

been called to greatness in God. You've been

called to something bigger than you're in for

today. If you're breathing in this house today,

you're a great person. Look at somebody that's

breathing and say, you're great. Come on. God

has great plans for your church. He sees the

ends from the beginning. He wants to give you

insights. He wants to give you understanding.

Now listen, don't get bogged down with a building

project. I understand you've got to build. I

understand it's a daily process. You got a man

here. You got a leadership team that will handle

all of that. You don't got to get worried about

all that stuff. I won't share that. But I better

not go down that road. You don't want to just

feel the weight of the things that are happening

in and around you. You got to just keep growing

through the process. Come on. Growing through

the process. You're marked for success. His plans

are bigger than you can understand today. You

got a destiny in God. It's good. You're on your

way. Now, I'm sorry that not everybody that sees

or hears these things will not make it through

this. I'm sorry that happens, but it does. But

listen, those who are faithful will get to the

end. Come on now. If you get bogged down with

a building, if you get caught up in who's staying

and who's leaving and what's going on here and

there, you're going to miss what God's doing

today in the house and what he's saying to this

people. I want to tell you that you do well.

You're a giving church. Your pastors are giving

people. But whatever you've given, I believe

with all of my heart. Now, if you can hear me

and you catch this, that whatever you've done

today, you can do twice tomorrow. What are you

saying? You mean more money? Now, listen to me.

You can do twice as much if you catch the vision,

if you believe what I'm saying. Now, I said this,

and I want to say it quickly. Several months

ago, I said to my wife, honey, I feel that God's

calling us to new levels in him. We've got to

give a substantial offering. I think we need

to go to financially a new place in God. Now,

I live on what God gives me. This house has been

a great house to me. You've blessed me. You financed

me. You help in many, many ways. You know, and

it helps pay my bills. But I need to go further.

And I felt like God was saying that to me. So

we sat down and talked about it. She said, well,

okay, listen, if you can find the money, let's

give it. We just don't have it. It's okay. We

don't have it. We can't give it, can we? So it

took a while. Well, we have a couple that are

in our church and they moved here from another

state. And when they came, they were doing well,

but they lost everything. Now, Brother Don here

knows what I'm talking about and who I'm talking

about. They lost it all. I mean, they had done

really well. But they're kind of struggling.

Well, he borrowed my Jeep. I got this Jeep. I

really like my Jeep. And, you know, and he borrowed

my Jeep and he had it for a few months. And God

spoke to me and said, give him the Jeep. Now,

I don't have any money. I've never given a car

away. And I got to prove God. And he wants to

take me to a new level. Something substantial.

Where am I going to get it? And it hits me. Give

him the Jeep. So I said to my wife, I think we

should give the Jeep. She kind of looked at me.

She said, you like that car. I do. I just put

$1 ,000 of new tires on it. Man, you bet I like

that thing. Somebody offered to, you know, buy

me some tires like $400 or $500 just to get them

on there because I need $400 or $500 on a Jeep.

No, no, no, you got to put some good rubber on

that stuff, you know. $1 ,000 to put nice tires

on my Jeep. Anyway, so I give him the Jeep. I

call him up and I say, you know, we felt like

the Lord said for us to give you the Jeep. He

said, what, what, what? We felt like the Lord

speak to us to give you the Jeep. You've been

driving it, you know, for several months. You

can have it. He said, wait a minute. Gets his

wife on the phone. We're talking. It's an emotional

moment. I'm crying. They're crying. We got to

prove God. New places in him. I don't care what

you've done, what you've given. You can do better.

And if you will, by what I'm saying, with revelation.

Where's the money? Where's the blessing? It's

hidden in the tithe. If you get a hold of this

revelation, God will do for you what he's done

for me. And so we turned it over to them, lock,

stock, and barrel. Several months went by. And

I had a car, and the miles were building up.

I needed another automobile. And so several months

went by. And I wasn't sure, and I kept praying,

Lord, I can't make a car payment. I don't have

that kind of money. About six or seven months.

And somebody comes to me and says, listen, God

spoke to us. We've got $27 ,000 we want to give

you for a new car. Now, I didn't go to them and

say, by the way, do you have some money that

you can... I didn't say that at all. In fact,

the people that gave it didn't have a lot. And

where they got that, I don't know. And gave us

the money to buy a new car. I was getting ready

to take a trip out of the country. The day before

I went, we were driving a new... My wife's driving

a new automobile. Does God keep his word? Does

he make promise? The promise on this house is

a good promise. Man, I've knocked down some lions

and some bears. Whoever would have thought that

somebody would buy me an automobile? Now, here's

what I believe, and then I've got to get on with

this thing. There are two systems alive in this

earth. There's a world system. There's a God

system. I grew up in a world system. Nothing

wrong with that because that's how I grew up.

My folks lived that way. They signed contracts

to buy cars. They signed contracts to buy houses.

They went out and borrowed money to do whatever

because that's how it was done. But the Bible

said if you had faith, you could believe God,

you could ask anything. And I'm saying, Lord,

how do I get off the world system? How can I

have a car and not make a payment? When I was

in... Iowa City ministering in a church and they

asked me to get up and share about the things

we've been through and some of the losses and

how God blessed where we are today. And I'm talking

to the church and I'm saying, well, all these

things I lost, blah, blah, blah. God starts talking

to me while I'm speaking. Now, if you've never

preached and done this, you don't know how difficult

this is. So I'm preaching to the people. God's

talking to me. And I'm saying, no, wait a minute

here, Lord. How about later? I mean, I'm trying

to get all assimilate. But God says to me, you

don't understand. You didn't lose everything.

I took it away. Am I in charge or not? No, no,

you're in charge. See, this all happened in nanoseconds.

I took it away. But what do you mean? That's

not the kind of God you are. Oh, yes, it is.

Now, when I went on that trip, my wife said to

me, when you come back, you probably need to

think about a job because we're sort of struggling

here. And when you come back, you may need to

get a job. I mean, I'm believing God for all

this stuff. What do you mean get a job? I'm going

to be one of those old men that stand out in

front of Walmart and say, welcome to Walmart.

What kind of job have I got to get? And God spoke

to me and said, now listen, if you want to get

a job, go right ahead. But I love you so much.

I want to pay your bills. I want to take care

of you. I want to be your blessing. That's how

much I love you. And so I'm weeping and crying.

They have no idea what's going on. I'm trying

to get this message preached. God's talking to

me. God is my witness. He kept saying, I love

you so much. As soon as I was done, the pastor

came up and said, wow, that was really good.

Let's pray for Pastor Bob. He said, wait a minute,

I got a word. I had that all written down. I

was looking for it the other day. I couldn't

find it. She comes over and says, I love you.

I love you. I love you. I love you, says the

Lord. He just said that to me. I'm struggling

with, he loves me. I wasn't struggling after

that. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love

you, says the Lord. That's pretty big, don't

you think? No wonder I'm still emotional. Went

home and told my wife. I said, listen, God's

got it under control. I don't need to get a job.

We wept and repented and said we weren't believing.

And from that moment to this, we've never looked

back. I'm after Goliath now. I got a lion down.

I got a bear down. I know I can get Goliath now.

Okay, so much for that. God's good, amen? But

you got to have revelation. And I want to tell

you, that vision is on this house. You have no

idea how many times you've been a blessing to

me and to others. And you know what? It all comes

back. Hello? The church is growing. And because

it is, guess what? So are you. Come on, say,

I'm growing. The eyes of your understanding be

enlightened. So you might see and know what is

the hope of your calling, the riches of the glory

of the inheritance of the saints. You'll never

see what God is doing and what he wants to do

without your eyes being opened. Your understanding

be enlightened. I got to stop right here. I want

you to stand for a minute. I need to pray. I

need to pray this scripture over you today. I

don't like swimming uphill. And we just got to

get some understanding going here. We got to

have some revelation flowing in this house. We

were really close. I mean, we were more than

close. We were there. worshiping and dancing

on the platform and hearing all the good word.

Now, Father, I want to pray for this house. I

thank you for this great church, the pastors

and the leaders of this church. I thank you because,

Lord, your goodness is on this house. Now, I'm

asking that Ephesians 118 be spoken over this

people. I want to say that their understanding

of God needs to be enlightened by you. I want

to say that their eyes need to be opened. Now,

as we lift our hands before you, let revelation

begin to come into our heart. We're going to

understand today that the wealth and the money,

Is hidden in the tithe. That God's call and promises

on this house. That you're taking us places.

We got a destiny in you. And everyone that's

listening. Young and old alike. Have bought into

that promise. We're in this journey. We're going

where you're going. We're going to do what you

want to do. I pray that revelation come. Come

on. I'm asking oh God. Let heaven open right

now on this church. Let the blessing of the Lord

come to this house. Come on, Lord. We want to

see. We want to hear. Having eyes, they didn't

see. Having ears, they couldn't understand. But

today you're going to open up hearts and minds.

Lord, we're going to settle the question. We're

not going to argue about these things. We're

going to accept God. We're going to accept God.

You're going to take the sting out of the project

and the money we have to give. You're going to

take the ouch and the frustration out of the

extra with joy. Come on. God loves cheerful givers.

With joy, we're giving to the project because

we know it's coming back to us. You're setting

us up for a blessing tomorrow or next week or

next month or next year, but you're going to

do it. It took me seven months to see you buy

that automobile. I don't know what it's going

to take, but you're going to honor your word.

You're going to honor your word in Jesus' name.

Amen. Go ahead and sit down. God has made great

promises and he's going to keep his word. The

Bible said he's not a man that he would lie.

The son of man, you know the story. He's blessed

and none can turn it back. God give us understanding.

God doesn't just give you a promise so you'll

have a dream. He gives you a promise so you'll

have direction. Come on, not just dream. You

can dream about a nice building till you're in

the grave. He used to say to my grandfather,

grandpap, you need to quit smoking. He said,

well, I'm going to. The day they pat me on the

belly with a spade, I'll quit. And that's when

he quit, when he died. Well, you can dream until

they pat you on the belly and get nowhere. Come

on, or you can get the direction. We're building

this thing. Why? Because we're an influence.

We're doing the will and purposes of God. We're

going to touch a community. We're going to touch

the world out of this place. Who would ever think

that a world could be influenced out of Harrisburg?

But it can be. Anything great come out of Nazareth?

Ha! God help me here. Blessed be the God and

Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed

us with how many? Every spiritual blessing in

the heavenly places in Christ. How many spiritual

blessings? Every. When did God make his choice

concerning this church? Concerning you and what

he's going to do here. When was all this done?

Well, I think it's clear. I think when the foundations

of the world were set, he already had it in mind.

You got to think of it like this. If you don't

arrive at the place that God has destined for

you, you'll never experience what God has blessed

you with in the heavenly places. You hear about

it. You know, it's like years ago, we always

read about the great moves of God, the great

moves of God. When are we ever going to see it?

Well, we've seen some, but more is coming. The

fire. Come on, it's coming. You're chosen and

you're blessed in God. And I want to tell you

the blessings of God have already been set in

motion. It's on its way. How can I tell you it's

on its way? God's already made a decision. He's

already put it in gear and it's on his way. I

want to tell you before you ever knew you were

going to hell, God already made a decision. You

were going to heaven. It's on its way. It's coming

to you. God knew that he was going to interrupt

your life. You would respond. You'd fall in love

with him, and you'd follow the promises of God.

If you're a born -again believer, then you've

got to know you've been chosen in Christ to have

the promise of God alive and well in your life,

in your church. Trust me, it's alive, it's well,

it's doing good. These promises of God are pulling

you. You don't understand it, you don't know

it, but the promise is pulling you. It's pulling

you into his presence. It pulls you into worship.

It pulls you into destiny. It pulls you into

success. Because you believe him. You're following

him. You're after God. These things are pulling

you. God brings you into relationships. And people

you might meet today, you don't know anything

about it. But tomorrow or a week from now or

a year from now could be a blessing to you. I

told the early service several years ago, many

years ago, I met a man down south. He's a multimillionaire.

We became friends. I didn't even know he was

a millionaire at first. So we didn't become friends

because of that. He was just a good man. And

we just became friends. And over the years, I

realize he's got this company and what he does.

And just prior to Christmas, I get a call from

him. We're just talking back and forth. And who

would have known back then when I met him? Who

would have thought? And we're just talking about

the things of God, what he's been through. He

had an accident and he broke his neck and he

broke his legs. And God has healed him and he's

doing well. And, you know, just wonderful time.

And then that was it. We got done. Not three

or four minutes later, my phone rings. And he's

on the other line. He said, listen, God was talking

to me, and I need to respond to this. He said,

God told me, I'm going to send you some money.

And he sent me $7 ,000. He said, will that keep

you through Christmas? Well, Thanksgiving and

Christmas and New Year's and maybe a few other

things. Are you listening to me? Don't tell me

it doesn't work. Oh, he talks about this all

the time. Don't give me that stuff. Don't tell

me what the Bible says about giving and tithing.

You can't argue with me. I already found it.

Hello? And I want to tell you, you're there.

Well, you're almost there. You're on the road.

God made promise. He's pouring out his grace

on this house. He's not going to turn it back.

And just because some don't like it, some don't

believe it, doesn't make it any less true. Meeting

the pastors years ago when we sat around and

talked, who would have known? Now I realize I'm

tied to the destiny of this house. God sealed

me in in those days. And I've walked with great

men and women of God out of this house. Great

leadership team. And he's been sealed to my life.

Sometimes we were going through issues and things.

I'll tell you what, he was there. He called me

every day. And every once in a while, my wife

says to me, have you called Pastor Bradley? Remember,

he called you every day. Yeah, okay, honey, okay.

Hi, brother. Hello. My destiny's wrapped up in

this church. That's why I love coming. I love

the music. I love the people. We have a destiny

and God's put us together and we're going somewhere.

Come on, say we're going somewhere. Oh boy, okay,

I got to skip all. Let's get down to that. Okay,

say Shiloh. God's pulling you into Shiloh. Shiloh

means the celebration of praise. It's the place

of praise. The first place God wants to get you

to on your journey is Shiloh. Joshua 18 .1, and

the whole congregation of the children of Israel

assembled together at Shiloh. How much time have

I got? Yeah, but how much time do I have left?

One hour? Wow. Okay, about 20, 25 minutes. So

the whole congregation of the children of Israel

assembled together at Shiloh. They set up the

tabernacle of the congregation there, and the

land was subdued before them. Now, that's important.

You should underline that in your Bible. God

brought Israel into the promised land. He brought

them into the place called Shiloh. That's where

they came to worship him. Now listen to me. You've

been called to a journey. You're on a journey.

Not everyone. Wants to take the journey. Not

everyone who starts the journey is going to finish

the journey. But the truth is, you're on a journey.

And you probably didn't get up in the morning

and say, you know what? I want to be on a journey.

You probably didn't do that. But God called you

to a journey. And your journey is where you are

today. You're building this great building. And

you didn't choose to be on it. But God chose

you to be on this journey. In this church with

his people. You're chosen. Say, I'm chosen. God

saved that beautiful piece of land for you. To

build that church, that house. It was saved for

you. When it was all being built and put together,

he had you in mind. Thank God that they had fun

out there. They did what they did. I'm sorry.

The things didn't go good for them, but it went

good for you. Why? Because God chose you. You're

on a journey. God chose the leaders of this house.

Whether you like them or not, they're chosen

by God. I love them. I think they're good. I

love you, Ron. Love you, Elton. Where's Booker?

He left, didn't he? Where's Bob? I love you.

The Bible says God sets the boundaries of where

we're going to live. Solitaries into families.

God chose Shiloh. It was a place where Israel

would come and worship him. It was in Shiloh,

now listen, that the enemies were subdued. It's

in the Bible. Read it for yourself. I'm not blowing

wind here. I'm giving you the truth. Joshua 21,

43. And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land

which he swore to give unto the fathers, and

they possessed it. They did what? He gave it.

They possessed it. Did he give you the land?

Come on. You've got to possess it. And they dwelt

in it. And the Lord gave them rest round about

according to all that he swore unto the fathers.

And there stood not a man of their enemies before

them. How many stood before them that was an

enemy? Not a man. Either you believe the word

or you don't. Lord delivered all the enemies

into their hands. And there failed not one ought

of any good thing which the Lord had spoken of

the house of Israel. It all came to pass. How

much came to pass? It's simple. Read the word.

What a marvelous scripture. All the promises

he kept. Not one of them failed. Not one. Not

one man was able to stand before him. There are

people who make promise they fail. There are

people who stand and they'll fall down. But God

said he will not fail. He will not let his word

go down. Whatever he said to this house will

come to pass. Not one of all the enemies could

stand before them. There was not one that could

come against them. Now they tried to this very

day. People are trying. But God made promise.

Come on. I don't care who's trying to stop you

from taking the land or keeping his promise to

you or whatever reason they might have. Nobody,

come on, say nobody, is going to be able to stand

against the promise of God in this place. I don't

care who he is, how many there are, what council,

what city. I was in, I got to say this. I was

in Canada. This was years ago, probably. A dozen

or more years ago. And I was in a church. And

I may have told you this story. I don't know.

I was in a church up in Canada. And it was my

first time there. We were doing presbytery. Beautiful

church. They had about, I don't know, four or

five acres of land. They had outgrown it. They

had a school, the largest school in the area.

Missionaries all over the world. I mean, they

were a going concern. But the problem is they

needed some land. Well, where they built their

church, on the other side was a fence. And from

that fence on was agricultural land. Well, in

agricultural land in Canada, you don't buy that

for any more than you've got to run cattle on

it or grow hay on it or put a barn, but you can't

put a building on it. You can't build houses

on it unless it's a farmhouse. It's agricultural

land. So they couldn't go that way, and the only

way they could go was across this highway. There

was five -acre plots sitting over there, and

they were hoping to get a hold of that. And so

presbytery's going on, and I'm ministering over

this couple, and as I'm ministering over them,

and I only tell you this because of what they

told me later. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm

just prophesying. Well, I mean, I know I'm doing

a prophesy, but I mean, I didn't know. Anyway,

and so I'm prophesying over this cup, and I stop.

And I turn, and I hold my hand out toward the

agricultural land. I don't even know what's there.

I'd never been there before. I don't know agricultural

land. I mean, I saw the cows out there. And so

I began to prophesy. The Lord's going to bless

him. I can change the heart of those who think

they can't be changed. We'll just set it in concrete.

I'll turn it around. I can change a city if I

have to. And I'm doing all this stuff, you know,

not even realizing. And the pastor said, whoa,

he's prophesying to the wrong piece of land.

We want the five acres. He's going for the agricultural

land. You know, and he's having an argument with

God while I'm prophesying. Well, I don't even

know this. For probably. A year and a half? Two

years. Anyway, he calls me. And he said, listen,

we want you to come to our next presidency. We've

got to show you something here. And he begins

to tell me this story of what I'd done and how

the Lord was, you know, this whole land. Well,

what happened was this. The man who owned, God

spoke to the pastor and said, the man who owns

that land, why don't you just write him a letter,

tell him who you are and what you do. So he writes

to the guy who owns the land and says, this is

what we are. We're a church. We do this. We have

a school. You know, we're just interested in

buying some land. Well, the man who owns all

that land out there and has all the cows, you

know, calls up and says, well, I got a letter

from you. It was nice, blah, blah. Talk to you

later. And that was it. He says, it's going nowhere.

So a few weeks had gone by. A few weeks had gone

by. And then the Lord speaks to him and says,

now listen, you get out under that piece of land

and you walk. And everywhere you put the sole

of your foot, I'll give it to you. What? So he

gets dressed. It's raining. He puts his galoshes

on and climbs over the fence. And all the kids

in the school, that's the side of the school,

are looking at their pastor climbing his fence

and going in the cow pasture. They're watching

this guy. This is true. He climbs the fence and

he starts walking. And he's quoting, everywhere

I put the soul in my foot, it all belongs to

you. Everywhere I put the soul in my foot. And

he's walking and believing God for the problem.

Gets to the furthest point out on this land.

There's 50 acres, almost 47, 48 acres. Gets to

the furthest point out. He looks down, he sees

a softball, a white softball. He picks it up

and God says, you now hold the ball of faith.

You believe me. And he walks everywhere. I put

the soul on my feet. And he comes all the way

back, climbs the fence, goes back in, cleans

that up, puts that scripture on it, puts the

date on it, puts it in the drawer of his desk.

Doesn't do anything with it for a few weeks.

Then God says, now bring your leadership team

in and tell them what you did. So he brings his

elders in. They go over the word that the Lord

gave to him. Told him what he did. Opens up the

drawer, pulls out this ball. He said, this is

the ball. Throws it to the first guy. He catches

it, breaks into tears, falls out of his chair,

gets before God, throws it to the next guy. The

next thing you know, four or five of these guys

are strewn out all over the office, crying out

on God, saying, Lord, everywhere, it's yours,

it's yours. A few days later, he gets a call

from the guy that owns the land. He said, I'd

like to come down and see you and your board.

Well, it was their eldership, but he thought

it was a board. And so they came down. He met

with the elders. I wish he was here to tell you

this story. He met with the elders. His wife

leans over to him before the meeting starts.

She said, honey, I can't believe you're going

to sell this land. Your family never sells land.

You buy it. And the pastor hears this. He says,

suddenly my heart was in my throat. He's going

to sell us the land. He's going to sell us the

land. So they talk a little bit, share their

life again, what they do. They make a deal and

they buy almost 50 acres of land for something

like 300 ,000, maybe 400 ,000. Would you have

been like maybe a few hundred thousand in American

dollars at that point? And they buy all this

land. Well, that's a great deal. So they're buying

the land and people are paying it. And he brings

me up and I see this big, I got a picture. I'm

standing by this board in the foyer where people

are giving them the offerings, you know, trying

to pay. And I'm standing by that, seeing how

people are paying this all off. I'm thinking,

what a great day. My Lord. Whoever prophesied

this is a great man, you know. Oh, it was me.

So what happens is the city gets together. And

they say, you know what? We're growing. Our city's

growing. We need to grow. So we've got to push

our boundaries out. And they had a bit of a talk,

and they made a decision. What do you think?

They pushed the boundaries out. From where that

fence of the church was, two miles out, they

pushed the boundaries. And suddenly. $300 ,000,

$400 ,000 of land is now worth a million to two?

He said, I felt so guilty. I called the guy that

owned the land. I said, look, this is what's

happened, and we feel bad about that. If you

want to undo the deal. He said, no. He said,

listen, I know the people in the city. I knew

this was going to happen, but I thought you guys

ought to have it. Oh, God. Who gives land? The

Bible said the earth is the Lord's. He's still

the original landlord. Come on. Who calls things

that are not as though they are? Who makes the

deal? Who gives the dream? Who makes the promise?

When God formed that land and put a river over

there, thousands of years ago, he knew you were

coming. When they bought that land and put...

Cars and vehicles on it. And people come and

say, he knew it then. It was yours. It was all

in the makings. It was coming your way. God didn't

make a mistake. And I'm sorry they got frustrated

and lost what they lost. But I'm glad for you.

Come on, say, we're on a journey. Not one of

all the enemies will stand before you. Not one.

Oh, God. Every promise that he ever made is going

to come to pass. If you're not here long enough

to see it, you'll hear about it when we get to

heaven and when it's all done. We'll get up and

talk about the promise of God. Come on. God brought

him to Silo. I'm never going to finish this thing.

God help me. God brought him to Silo. You're

here because the promise of God led you here.

You're pulled by the promise. You're led by destiny.

You're here because God put you here. You're

not here by coincidence. You're not here by accident

or mistake, even if you're visiting today. I'm

glad you're here, by the way. You're here because

God called you here and he put you here. You're

building the house of the Lord. You're taking

the land of promise that he's promised you. You're

an influence in the city. You'll be an influence

in the world if this thing keeps going on as

it is. You are an influencer. You're here because

God's doing great things here. God keeps his

word. What God says he means, what he means he

says. I've got to read these scriptures to you.

Lord, help me to get this real quick because

I want to say a couple of things and we'll get

done. 1 Samuel 1. And there's quite a few scriptures

here, so you just listen. You don't have to look

it up unless you want to. But 1 Samuel 1, chapter

1. Okay, chapter 1. No, 1 Samuel chapter 1. Too

1 Samuel 1 · chapter mention

many firsts in this thing, you know. There was

a certain man. His name was Elkanah. He had two

wives. The name of one was Hannah and the name

of the other was Paniah. Penia had children,

but Hannah had no children. This man went out

of the city yearly to worship and to sacrifice

unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. Now listen.

Okay, the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,

they were priests of the Lord there. And when

the time for Elkanah came to offer, he gave Penia

his wife and to all her sons and daughters, he

gave them offerings or portions. But unto Hannah

he gave a worthy portion. In many translations

it says a double portion. He gave her a whole

lot extra, in other words, because he loved Hannah.

May I say to you, it's nice to have a portion.

It's a whole lot better to have a double portion.

It's nice to have a gift. It's a whole lot better

to have more. Come on. More is better. Well,

the Lord had shut up Hannah's womb. And her adversary

also provoked her. That's why I only have one

wife. I love the one I have, but I don't want

to get in trouble any more than that. Just think

if you had to watch Anna Green Gables that many

times. I better get off that. Okay. Anyway, her

adversary provoked her sore, made her fret because

her womb was shut up. And as he did so year by

year, she went up to the house of the Lord. So

she was provoked and she wept and she wouldn't

eat. Elkanah, her husband, said, Hannah, why

are you weeping? And why don't you eat? And why

is your heart grieved? I mean, come on. Like

a lot of husbands, they don't get it. They don't

get it. What's wrong? What's happening here?

Come on. You don't have to get it. Am not I better

to you than ten sons? He probably was. But that

wasn't the point. So my wife said, you heard

me, but you didn't hear me at all. Oh, say it

again, dear. I want to listen, really. Oh God.

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh

and after they had drank. Eli the priest sat

at the post of the temple of the Lord. She was

bitter of soul and she prayed unto the Lord and

she wept there a lot. She vowed a vow and said,

Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look upon the

affliction of your handmaiden and remember me

and don't forget. Now this is important. You've

got to catch this. And don't forget your handmaiden,

but will give me, your handmaiden, a man -child.

I want to make a statement in a little bit. Just

what I think. Just what I believe. If you give

him a man -child, I'll give him back to the Lord

all the days of his life. Not a razor will come

upon his head. And it came to pass as they continued

praying before the Lord that Eli marked her mouth.

He's looking at this odd woman. Now Hannah spoke

in her heart. Her lips moved, but there was no

voice to be heard. I mean, how many times have

you done that? Therefore, Eli thought that she

was drunk. We make sometimes bad decisions. We

draw conclusions we ought not to. Eli said unto

her, How long will you be drunken? Put away the

wine from yourself. And Hannah answered and said,

No, my lord. Now, I'm a woman of a sorrowful

spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong

drink, but I poured my soul out before the Lord.

There are times you're just in travail. You know

you got a petition and you got to get before

God. It doesn't matter what people think. They're

not thinking right anyway. And you're pressing

into God. I am not a daughter of Belial. The

word Belial means worthless. I'm not a worthless

woman. For all the abundance of my complaint

and grief have I spoken. Then Eli answered and

said, Go in peace, for God of Israel grant you

the petition that you have asked of him. And

so she said, Let thine handmaiden find grace

in your sight. So the woman went her way and

did eat, and her counsel was no more sad. Why?

Because her prayer was answered. Now, she didn't

see it yet, but she knew it. They rose up early

in the morning. They worshiped God again before

the Lord, and then they returned. And they came

to the house of Ramah, and Elkanah knew his wife,

and God remembered her. Now, up here it says,

remember me. Well, God remembered her. Oh, thank

you, Jesus. You remember. Wherefore, it came

to pass that when the time was come about after

Hannah had conceived, then she bare a son and

called his name Salma, because I have asked him

of the Lord. And the man Alcanna and his entire

house went to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice

and the vow. But Hannah went up not. She did

not go on this trip. She said unto her husband,

I won't go until the child is weaned. Then I'll

bring him that he might appear before the Lord

and abide there forever. Now that's big. That's

big. And this is a key verse here. I got it underlined.

You should underline it. And Elkanah, her husband,

said unto her, Do what seems good to you. Tarry

here until he has been weaned. Only let the Lord

establish his word. I'm going to show you something

in just a minute. So the woman abode and gave

her son suck until he was weaned. And when she

had weaned him, she took him up with her. They

had three bullocks and a knee for a flower and

a bottle of wine. And they brought him to the

house of the Lord in Shiloh. The child was young.

They slew the bullock and they brought the child

to Eli. She said, oh my Lord, as my soul lives,

my Lord, I am the woman that stood here praying

unto the Lord. For this child I prayed and the

Lord hath given me the petition that I asked

of him. If you are a prayer person, you should

read this over and over and over again. And if

you're not a prayer person, read it over and

over again anyway. Therefore, I have lent him

to the Lord. As long as he lives, he shall be

lent to the Lord, and they worship the Lord there.

Here, let me tell you, verse 23. Elkanah said,

listen, you tarry here, but let the word of the

Lord be established. The Amplified Bible says

this. Wait here until you've weaned him. Only

may the Lord establish his word. Good news translation.

Well, wean him, or stay until you've weaned him,

but may the Lord keep his word. How about good

news translation? Listen, you stay here until

he's weaned, and may the Lord make your promise.

That he made to you come true. What? The promise

you made. Stay until it comes true. Oh God. I

tell you this story. Is about a man and a woman.

Now I want to give you a thought. Please don't

get up and walk out on me. Because it's just

a thought. This is how I think. I think the promise

that he gave here. To Elkanah and Hannah. Was

in the mind of God to begin with. I think. The

purpose and the promise of God was always there.

Now, this is my thought. I believe that the promise

of God about a son had come to them many years

earlier. I think when they were married, because

you've got to remember, in Israel, before the

Messiah ever came, in fact, they're still kind

of hoping in so many ways because they don't

understand, everybody that was married needed

a son because they were believing for the Messiah.

And so when they get married, they're praying,

they're hoping. And I think God made a promise

to them that they would have a son many, many

years ago. But probably as years have gone by.

But sometimes God will make a promise to you.

You sit through a presbytery meeting. You're

praying. You read a scripture. And God promised.

And then the first year. And then the second

year. And then the eighth year. And then the

tenth year. And sometimes 25 years later before.

Come on. Isaac ever comes. You forget about the

promise. You forget God said. It was good at

the time he said it. But now. Are you with me?

Now I believe it's based on her petition. Remember

me and forget not your handmaid. Give me a man

child. I believe Samuel was in the mind of God

from the foundations of the world. I wish I could

give you all of this. Like dump it into your

heart and your mind. God was preparing a man

who would be the mentor to the greatest king

that would walk the earth. David. David is the

example of Christ in his day. He's the prophet,

the priest, and the king. Who do you think he

learned it from? Samuel. It was his teacher.

Samuel was his father, his spiritual father.

Samuel wasn't an accident. He didn't somehow

come into this world and God said, oh dear, I've

got to come up with an idea. No, it was a plan

when the promise was made. Now God made a promise

to you as a church. I'm telling you, things are

in motion. You don't know it. You're just struggling

with your offerings. You're just hoping it happens.

You just want people to show up. You don't know

today how much is already in line, in gear, and

on its way. Oh, God. Let me give you this thought.

Whatever is birthed by God has to be given back

to God. Oh, you stay here until he's weaned.

At that time, bring him up. She said, I'll bring

him that he might abide before the Lord forever.

Whatever is birthed by God has to be given back

to God. Can I get an amen on that? Do whatever

pleases you. Only let the word of the Lord be

confirmed. Let the promise that he made come

true. I believe that Alcanna and Hannah had a

word from God. And that promise kept driving

them back to Shiloh over and over. And over again,

they made sacrifice. They made the journey. They

believed God. They prayed. How many times did

she weep before God? How many times did she put

up with Paneah? The good thing about adversity,

now we don't like adversity, I know that. But

the good thing about adversity is it helps launch

vision in your life. It'll do one of two things.

It'll drive you away from the things of God.

It'll drive you into the things of God. Come

on, adversity. But it'll push you forward. Your

reaction to adversity will determine how God's

going to use you in the future. If you don't

like it now, all the services are too long. Well,

I didn't like that word. And you have a problem

with it? You're driven, but the wrong way. The

greater the adversity, the greater the rewards.

The greater the work that you're called to, the

bigger the giants, the greater your destiny.

I'm sorry if you don't like giants, but you should

never pursue anything that doesn't have a giant

in front of it. You can take down little things.

You can overcome things you can overcome, but

giants, you can't always do that. I can't tell

you how many years it took my wife and I and

how many times God told us, let's now provide.

I'll do it. I think God would have supplied years

and years ago. I just didn't get across that

line. But I'm across it now. And now he's blessed

and he's given. And I've got a giant I'm after

now. The giant is my house. I'm asking God to

pay this thing off. Now, how he's going to do

that, I don't know. I don't know. I can't sit

here and say, well, you can do this and I can

win that or you can do that. I would love to

figure it out for him because I can get it done

quicker. You know what I'm saying. But there's

a giant, and I'm after him. I want to say, in

all honesty, there's not a day of my life that

goes by, not a night that I don't fall into bed,

that I don't cry out to God, this house belongs

to me. I waited six or seven months to see a

new car parked in my garage. I can wait another

year if I have to, to get the house paid for.

I'm on a journey. I'm on my way to Shiloh. I

get frustrated. I get irritated. I don't know

why God hasn't done it yet. Then I got to come

back and repent. Lord, you said it. Finger in

motion. I'm in a good place than you. I've got

great friends. Adversity. It's going to strengthen

you. I know. Get done. I'm trying. Let me just

maybe find another thought here that I want to

finish with. You know, when Paniah, Paniah, however

you want to say it, would come against her, she

would antagonize her, knowing what she was doing.

She knew what she was doing. Because Hannah didn't

have any children, her womb was shut up. She

knew what she was doing. Listen, you've got enemies

that know what they're doing. You've got people,

you know, why did you ever start this church?

You're buying that property. Where are you going

to get several million dollars? And all these

things come to antagonize. But God remembered

Hannah. Not one time do you ever hear about Paniah

again. She's done right here. She's finished.

The only thing we know is she was an adversary.

She had a few children, got a few little gifts.

But Hannah kept getting the double portion and

the blessing. I want you to stand with me. We're

in that place. Of double portion. We're in that

place of blessing. I just want to honor the house

and brag on you. Tell you what a good job you're

doing. I said in early service. So many of you

here in this church have blessed me. In many

different ways. Phone calls. Like I said notes.

A pat on the back. Somebody coming up praying

for me. Somebody giving me a word. I believe

the Lord is saying this. I believe the Lord is

saying that. I don't know if everyone was right

or not, but I was blessed. I'm living it out.

When Ron and his wife came up to my house and

we were struggling trying to get started in our

501c3, drove all the way to Portland to sit in

my home and help me. You have covered me. You

have blessed me. I got a destiny in this house.

I'll tell you what, if I lived in this area,

this would be my church. If I loved it as much

here as I did there, I'd bring everybody I can.

That's just how I think. I want you to shut your

eyes with me. I don't know how. Hannah. I don't

know how she broke the word to her son. After

he's weaned, he's got to be seven, eight years

old maybe. Never. How she could say to him, son,

you are the promise of God. And we're going up

to Shiloh to worship. But I need to tell you,

you're not coming home anymore. How does she

do it? I'm going to leave you there in the presence

of God. I'm taking you up and dropping you off.

And you'll stand before the altars. You'll be

trained by Eli. You'll become a great mentor

to the king of Israel. She'll never come home

again. But I'll visit you. I'll come every year.

I'll bring you new clothes. She had to because

he kept out growing the old. I want to tell you,

God made promise to this house. He put a dream

in the pastor's heart. I know he's been discouraged

at times. We've talked about it. But he's still

believing. He's still dreaming. Father, as we

wind this down now, we thank you for the great

word that's in our life here today. We're on

a journey. We believe in you. You've called this

church. You've called everyone here. Even people

that are visiting today are called of God. Now,

they may not be called to this house, but they're

called of God. They have their own journey. Hopefully,

this word is in them, but to the house, especially

today, I pray. The discouragements that want

to come and take us out of doing the purpose

of God. The money's not there. Somebody's left.

Talk's going on. People are whispering. It always

happens at a time like this. How the enemy works,

how it works. But we believe you. I think maybe,

and I'll close with this. What Canada might have

said to Hannah. Listen, I know it's been hard,

Hannah. I know Paniah has been an adversary to

you. I know that she has struggled and said things

to you and about you. But I want to tell you

something, Hannah. I still believe the word of

God in you. I believe it so much, I'm going to

give you a double portion. My money is on the

word. We got a son. He's not here yet, but he's

coming. I'm sorry about the adversities. I'm

sorry about the stroke, but Hannah, I believe

God. Life Bible, I believe God. Come on, I believe

God. Every negative word, every hill we had to

climb, I believe God. If you're part of this

house today and you're committed to this place,

I just want you to lift your hands and by doing

so say, listen, I'm giving everything I have.

I'm giving my time. I've given my prayers. Listen,

I've got vision here. I've got promise. I've

given my offerings. I don't know that God's going

to ask you to give double. I only say that because

I'm preaching. It sounds good. I don't know what

God's going to ask you to do. It might be triple.

No. It might be more than you can imagine. But

he wouldn't ask you to do anything. He wouldn't

give back to you. I'm living proof of that. When

you learn how to sow right. Now, Lord, with our

hands lifted up. We are committed to you. I love

this church. I love my friends. I love the pastors,

oh God. Give them rest while they're out today.

I know they're busy in another church right now

with some issues, but God, I just pray that you'll

put blessing on them. Keep him encouraged in

his heart. Let him continue to see what we can't

see, but he's our leader. He's got to see beyond.

It's on its way. Come on, say, it's on its way.

It's on its way. The promise of God. It's on

its way. Okay, I love you. Bless you. Amen. Thank

you, Bob. The promises of God, amen. Let's love

on somebody today. We've got a great family.

I really want to encourage you to be here tonight,

6 o 'clock, for Life United. There was such an

amazing presence last time. I know that God's

going to touch you. If you need a healing. Or

you need to be set free, be here tonight as well.

We're going to be praying for people afterwards.

I'm excited to see God move tonight. Amen. God

bless you. Have a wonderful afternoon. If you

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