08/30/26 Pastor Hank Kunneman

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GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

COME ON, SOMEBODY LIFT UP A SHOUT THIS MORNING.

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WHOO! HALLELUJAH. LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE HONOR YOU TODAY.

WE WELCOME YOU INTO THIS PLACE TO HAVE YOUR SAY AND LORD TO

HAVE YOUR WAY. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS.

YES, JESUS. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR COVENANT. AND WE'RE

GRATEFUL FOR YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID. AMEN.

MAN, OKAY, WHAT, THAT IS PROBABLY LIKE ONE OF THE BEST

I'VE HEARD. WHAT'S UP? WHAT IS IT THOUGH? YOU'RE ALL RESTED? IS

IT FOOTBALL SEASON? YOU'RE PRACTICING YOUR SHOUT? I MEAN,

EVEN THOUGH IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON, I WATCHED HUSKER

VOLLEYBALL. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. THAT WAS AWESOME. LOOK AT

ALL THIS. HOW MANY- HOW MANY VOLLEYBALL FANS ARE OUT HERE,

HUSKER? YEAH, WE GOT- HOW MANY FOOTBALL FANS? LITTLE FOOTBALL

WENT ON, YES. ABOUT THREE CLAPS FOR FOOTBALL. BUT NEXT WEEK IT

STARTS, AND I GET THE REMOTE BACK. SURE YOU DO. I JUST TEASE

IT. IT'S GOOD. NO, SEE, THAT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE IN THIS

DAY AND AGE. YOU KNOW WHY? EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAS LIKE FOUR

TELEVISIONS. THEY'RE IN EVERY ROOM, THEY'RE ON YOUR DEVICE. WE

CAN WATCH WHATEVER WE WANT, WHERE WE WANT. AND YOU LIKE

FOOTBALL TOO. I DO, IT'S FUN. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY DOING GOOD

THOUGH? NOW I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE

REGISTERED AND READY? 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO OTH. ALL

RIGHT, LOOKS GOOD. OH, THAT'S A GOOD. THAT WAS KIND OF THE SAME

INTENSITY, SO THAT'S GOOD. WE'RE EXCITED, IT'S FUN. HOW MANY OF

YOU ARE READY FOR FALL? 'CAUSE IT KIND OF FELT THAT WAY OUT

THERE. A LITTLE BIT. WE JUST WANT IT TO BE COOLER. I THINK

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A HUNDRED AND SOME DEGREES THIS

WEEK. THAT'S CRAZY BEANS. SO. THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. WE'RE GONNA

HAVE A WARM WINTER. THAT'S WHAT I SAY. YEAH, OKAY. AND THAT'S

NOT A PROPHECY. I RECEIVE THAT. NO, THAT'S NOT A PROPHECY.

THAT'S A PREDICTION. I WANT TO DO THIS. I WANT TO WELCOME ALL

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. IF YOU'RE A VOLLEYBALL FAN, PUT IT

DOWN. IF YOU'RE A FOOTBALL FAN, PUT THAT DOWN TOO. IF YOU'RE

WANTING A FAN BECAUSE YOU'RE IN FLORIDA OR TEXAS WHERE IT'S

ALWAYS HOT, YOU CAN PUT THAT DOWN TOO. BUT WE'RE SO HONORED

THAT YOU'RE WATCHING US TODAY. IN FACT, I'M GONNA CONTINUE MY

MESSAGE WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK SOME MORE ABOUT COVENANT. YOU

KNOW WHAT I REALLY DID WHEN I WAS STUDYING THIS WEEK? I REALLY

REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LORD IS LONG-SUFFERING, MEANS

HE'S LONG-SUFFERING, SLOW TO ANGER. BUT THEN WHEN I STARTED

READING THE STORIES ABOUT ISRAEL, AND I KEPT LOOKING AT

WORDS LIKE, AND THEY PROVOKED HIM, THEY ANGERED HIM. AND I'M

LIKE, BOY, IT TAKES A LOT TO GET GOD MAD. SO THEN I STARTED

LOOKING AT WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE HIM MAD? AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT

WAS? CAN I TELL YOU? COMPLAINING, MURMURING, AND HOW

MANY TIMES, ARE YOU READY, THEY FORGOT THEIR COVENANT. GOD DID

NOT LIKE IT, HE WAS NOT HAPPY. SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME OF

THAT, 'CAUSE WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. EVEN

THOUGH THOSE THINGS ARE WRITTEN FOR OUR EXAMPLE. IT'S GONNA BE A

GOOD WORD. BY THE WAY, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SMARTPHONE OWNERS OR

HANDLERS? WE WISH WE WERE. IN SMARTPHONES? HOW MANY OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING- BUT WE ARE. YEAH, I KNOW, BUT HOW MANY OF

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU'RE A SMARTPHONE PERSON? NOW HERE'S

WHAT THEY SAY. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE 40 AND YOUNGER? YOU DON'T

WANNA RAISE YOUR HAND, SOME OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE, WE DON'T

WANNA REVEAL MY AGE, RIGHT?

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING 40 AND ARE, OKAY, SO THEY SAY MOST

PEOPLE 40 AND YOUNGER CAN HANDLE THE SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY. SO

THEY DECIDED TO TEST IT, SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY

GOT A BUNCH OF GRANNIES TOGETHER. BRENDA, OVER A HUNDRED

GRANNIES, THEY TESTED ON SMARTPHONES, AND THEY PUT THESE

HUNDRED GRANNIES, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HUNDRED

GRANNIES, THEY PUT THEM ALL ON SPEED DIAL. AND YOU KNOW WHAT

THEY FOUND OUT? IT'S INSTAGRAM. IT'S THE, IT'S THE, IT'S THE

GRANDMA, GRANDMA, IT'S THE, IT'S THE, GRANDMA, INSTAGRAM. WELL,

BUT THEN THEY TESTED THESE GRANDMAS SOME MORE. OH NO.

BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T CONNECT THEIR BLUETOOTH. SO YOU KNOW

WHAT THEY TOLD THEM TO DO? THROW IT IN SOME WATER, 'CAUSE THEN IT

WILL BE IN SYNC. I AM NOT GETTING HELP FROM NOBODY. YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, PLEASE COME BACK. YES, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT,

WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE IN CHURCH TODAY?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

I'M ALWAYS EXCITED FOR CHURCH, SO I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE IN

RECEIVING MODE, ALWAYS BE IN RECEIVING MODE. I THINK THAT WAS

SO IMPORTANT IN THE BIBLE THAT WHEN THE TRUMPET WERE TO SOUND,

THE PEOPLE WOULD GATHER. SO LET'S DO THIS TODAY. THROW THOSE

HANDS UP TO HEAVEN, WAVE THEM A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF AS A SIGN

THAT YOU'RE JUST SHAKING OFF THE WEEK, WHATEVER WENT ON, AND

YOU'RE JUST GONNA PRESS IN AND LEAN IN. SO SAY THESE WORDS,

SAY, "LORD, TEACH ME TODAY. TOUCH MY LIFE. I'M IN RECEIVING

MODE. I ASK YOU, HOLY SPIRIT, TO SPEAK, TO DO WHATEVER'S IN YOUR

HEART. MOVE IN THIS PLACE. MOVE ON EVERY PERSON. MINISTER TO

THOSE ONLINE. AND I THANK YOU, LORD, TODAY. ARE YOU READY? I

PROMISE TO GIVE YOU MY BEST PRAISE. LET'S PRAISE THE LORD

AND WORSHIP HIM TOGETHER.

COME ON CHURCH. LET ME HEAR YOU GIVE A SHOUT THIS MORNING.

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COME ON, IF YOU BELIEVE, HE IS IN YOUR MIDST THIS MORNING.

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JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, YESHUA,

YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA.

JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE SAY THE GREAT NAME YESHUA, YOUR

NAME, YESHUA. JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS.

EXALTED GOD, EXALTED KING, COVENANT BROTHER, YESHUA. WE

WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU.

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

WE WORSHIP YOU, YESHUA. IT IS OUR HONOR, IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE

TO LIFT UP OUR VOICE TO YOU. YESHUA.

WE WORSHIP, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU.

COME ON, EVERYONE IN THE SOUND OF THIS. WORSHIP YOU, LIFT UP

YOUR VOICE. AND DECLARE THE GREATNESS OF YOUR GOD. WE

WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE

WORSHIP YOU, YESHUA. WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, KEEP PROPHESYING

ON THE INSTRUMENTS. OH, HOW WE WORSHIP AND HONOR YOU. OUR GOD,

OUR WONDERFUL LORD AND SAVIOR, THE LAMB SEATED AT THE RIGHT

HAND OF GOD, OUR FATHER, YOUR FATHER, OUR GOD, YOUR GOD. AS

JOINERS, WE ARE SEATED WITH YOU, THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE

LIVING GOD, YESHUA! WE WORSHIP YOU, WE EXTOL THE GREATNESS OF

WHO YOU ARE AND THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU GAVE WILLINGLY, O GOD.

YESHUA! WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WOUNDS THAT BEAR RECORD OF YOUR

SACRIFICE, OF YOUR LOVE, AND OF THE COVENANT OF BLOOD THAT WE

SHARE WITH OUR FATHER AND WITH YOU. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL. WE ARE

SO PRIVILEGED TO BE COVENANT BROTHERS TOGETHER, YESHUA. OH,

HOW WE LOVE YOU. OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU.

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COME ON, SING TO HIM.

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YESHUA, SURELY THERE IS IN CHRIST THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN.

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

THEY LED YOU LIKE A LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER.

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I WORSHIP YOU, I WORSHIP YOU, I WORSHIP YOU, I WORSHIP YOU. OH,

THE SOUND OF OUR PRAISE AND OUR WORSHIP BEFORE YOU.

ACKNOWLEDGING HOW GREAT YOU ARE HOW BEAUTIFUL BEYOND DESCRIPTION

YOU ARE YOU ARE WE WORSHIP WE WORSHIP WE WORSHIP YOU WE

WORSHIP WE WORSHIP YOU OH HOW WE LOVE FOR GOD OH HOW WE WORSHIP

YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU OH HOW WE WORSHIP

AND HONOR YOU WE WORSHIP YOU WE WORSHIP YOU WE WORSHIP YOU WE

WORSHIP YOU WE COME ON YES WE LONG WE LONG WE LONG WE LONG WE

LONG WE LONG WE LONG WE LONG FOR YOU OUR HEARTS OUR HEARTS REACH

TO GO DEEPER WITH YOU OUR GOD WE DON'T JUST RUN WE DON'T JUST RUN

WE DON'T JUST RUN AFTER YOUR HEART BUT WE SEEK TO CAPTURE IT

GOD YES EVEN THE DEEP PLACES OF YOUR HEART DISCOVER MORE OF YOU

WE ARE HUNGRY WE ARE HUNGRY WE ARE HUNGRY SO HUNGRY TO KNOW YOU

DEEPER TO LOVE YOU DEEPER TO EXPERIENCE YOUR PRESENCE LORD

THAT'S WHAT I PRAY TODAY FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE LET THEM FEEL

YOUR PRESENCE A TANGIBLE TOUCH LIKE THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY

AND THE FIRE BY NIGHT THAT GOD THAT THEY WOULD FEEL GOD WHO

WALKS AMONG THEM GOD IN THE MIDST OF HIS PEOPLE GOD AND MAN

MAN AND GOD WHAT AN HONOR TO WALK WITH THE ALMIGHTY GOD. WHAT

AN HONOR TO SAY THAT YOU ARE OUR FATHER AND WE ARE YOUR SONS AND

DAUGHTERS. WE ARE THE SHEEP OF YOUR PASTURE AND THE BLESSING OF

THE LIFE THAT CAME FROM YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE

WORSHIP YOU. I FEEL LIKE SOME OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE

WATCHING. YOU'RE THE SAME GOD THAT BREATHED THE RUACH OF THE

SPIRIT IN HIS BREATH. HE BREATHED IT INTO ADAM, AND ADAM

BECAME A LIVING SOUL. MAY GOD BREATHE INTO YOU, INTO YOUR

SOUL. BREATHE OVER YOUR THOUGHTS, AND PURIFY YOUR

THOUGHTS, IMPARTING WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, DISCRETION,

DIRECTION, DISCERNMENT, AS HE BREATHES INTO YOUR SOUL. AS HE

ALIGNS OUR WILL, NOT OUR WILL, BUT HIS WILL BE DONE. AND EVEN

OVER OUR EMOTIONS, MAY WE THOUGH FEEL THE EXPRESSION OF YOUR

LOVE. NOW LORD, LET THAT LIFE COME INTO THEIR BODIES, OUR

BODIES. AND THE SAME SPIRIT OF GOD THAT QUICKENED THE MORTAL

BODY OF YESHUA, AS YOU BREATHE INTO THE PEOPLE, BREATHE INTO

THEIR BODY, THAT EVERY CELL COMES ALIVE. EVERY ORGAN OF

THEIR BODY COMES ALIVE. THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM BE STRENGTHENED.

AND MAY HEALTH MANIFEST ACCORDING TO THEIR COVENANT, AND

TO YOUR BREATH THAT BREATHES TO ALL OF THEIR FLESH. RENEW OUR

YOUTH. HEAL EVERY DISEASE AND MAY YOUR BREATH BRING A CROWN OF

PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION THAT IS LIKE A SEAL OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT OF PROMISE THAT THE ENEMY CANNOT TOUCH US. THAT OUR SPIRIT

WOULD BE QUICKENED. WE WOULD BE STRENGTHENED WITH POWER BY YOUR

BREATH, YOUR SPIRIT WITHIN OUR INWARD MAN. AND THAT WE STAND IN

THE PLACE OF HONOR BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,

LORD. I KNOW THIS IS THE CRAZIEST THING, BUT I JUST HEARD

THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY ONE OF HIS TOUCHES, AND I'M NOT GONNA HAVE

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, BUT YOU'RE OVER TO RIGHT HERE, I FEEL THE

VIRTUE IN THIS DIRECTION. YOU'VE BEEN HAVING, AND YOU'RE ALSO,

THIS IS SOMEBODY ONLINE WHERE YOU'VE TRIED EVERYTHING. YOU'VE

BEEN TRYING CREAMS, ITCH MEDICATIONS, BUT YOU JUST KEEP

ITCHING AND ITCHING AND YOU CAN'T SEEM TO STOP. AND I JUST

SAW THE LORD LITERALLY HEAL YOU. AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE I CAN

SEE WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING LIKE LOTION AND LUBRICANT AND

DIFFERENT THINGS ON YOU TO TRY TO CAUSE IT TO STOP. BUT I SEE

LIKE OIL BEING POURED OUT OVER YOU. EVEN OVER RASHES RIGHT NOW,

SKIN CONDITIONS, SKIN DISEASE. BE HEALED. LET THAT SAME OIL

POUR OVER THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU, LORD. I WORSHIP YOU. THANK YOU,

LORD. PASTOR BRENDA, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING. I COULD FEEL

IT. THAT'S WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID. HE SAID, "CALL ON HER."

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT? GO FOR IT. JUST OBEY GOD.

AND SO THE LORD SAYS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO AFFIRM MY LOVE TO

YOU TODAY, FOR EVEN THOUGH MY WORD, IT DOES SAY THAT I

COMMENDED MY LOVE TO YOU WHILE YOU WERE EVEN A SINNER, BUT THE

HOLY ONE SAYS, LET ME SHOW YOU THROUGH TANGIBLE TOUCH, THE

SPIRIT OF ADOPTION THAT CAUSES YOUR HEART TO CRY AND CRY OUT,

ABBA, FATHER. AND SO THE LORD SAYS, I'M AFFIRMING MY LOVE AND

ASSURANCE. I WRAP MY ARMS ABOUT YOU TODAY TO ASSURE YOU, TO LET

YOU KNOW WITH CONFIDENCE THAT I AM WITH YOU, THAT I'M WALKING

BESIDE YOU, THAT I AM FOR YOU. FOR I AM AFFIRMING THAT I LOVE

YOU, SAYS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD, AND THAT YOUR CONFIDENCE

SHOULD NOT BE IN MAN, AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN THOSE THINGS

WHICH YOU COULD SEE ON YOUR RIGHT OR TO YOUR LEFT, BUT YOUR

LOVE IS FOUND IN ME, FOR I THE LORD AFFIRM MY LOVE TO YOU

TODAY. IN JESUS' NAME, FATHER, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF US FEEL LIKE YOU JUST NEED TO GIVE YOURSELF A

HUG AS AN ACT THAT THAT'S THE FATHER WRAPPING HIS ARMS AROUND

YOU AND ASSURING YOU TODAY. HE'S ASSURING YOU TODAY. SOME OF YOU

NEED TO FEEL THE ASSURANCE OF THE FATHER'S LOVE ON YOUR LIFE.

HALLELUJAH. I GOTTA THROW A CURVE BALL. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE

SUPPOSED TO SING JESUS LOVES ME. COME ON, LET GOD SING IT INTO

YOUR HEART TODAY AS YOU SING IT. SOME OF YOU NEED TO MAKE IT AS A

DECLARATION THAT THE FATHER'S LOVE IS BEING AFFIRMED TO YOU

TODAY. JESUS LOVES ME, THIS I KNOW, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.

LITTLE ONES TO HIM BELONG. THEY ARE WEAK, BUT HE IS STRONG. YES,

JESUS LOVES ME. YES, JESUS LOVES ME. YES, JESUS LOVES ME. THE

BIBLE TELLS ME SO. SING IT AGAIN. JESUS LOVES ME, THIS I

KNOW FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.

LITTLE ONES TO HIM BELONG THEY ARE WEAK BUT HE IS STRONG

YES, JESUS LOVES ME COME ON, LIFT IT UP. YES, JESUS LOVES ME

YES JESUS LOVES ME THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.

OH, COME ON NOW, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GIVE GOD THANKS THAT HE

LOVES YOU. COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND CLAP OF PRAISE. COME

ON, GIVE HIM THANKS THIS MORNING. THANK HIM FOR LOVING

YOU. THANK HIM FOR SENDING JESUS. THANK HIM FOR TAKING CARE

OF YOU. THANK HIM FOR THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALIVE AND YOU'RE

BREATHING AND YOU'RE BLESSED. COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH!

WOO! AMEN AND AMEN, AMEN AND AMEN. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IF

WE COULD JUST GET THE REVELATION THAT GOD LOVES US LIKE HE DOES,

EVERYTHING ELSE TAKES CARE OF ITSELF. 'CAUSE IF YOU KNOW GOD

LOVES YOU, HE KNOWS HE DOESN'T WANT YOU HURTING. IF YOU TRULY

KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU, YOU KNOW THAT HE DOESN'T WANT YOU BROKE.

COME ON SOMEBODY. IF YOU KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU, HE DOESN'T

WANT YOU ALONE. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU DISCOURAGED. COME ON, IF YOU

KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU, HE'S GONNA WORK IT ALL OUT. HE'S

GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU. HE'S GONNA, HE'S A FATHER. AMEN AND

AMEN. WELL, I THINK THAT YOU OUGHT TO TURN AROUND AND TELL

TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW JESUS LOVES YOU. TELL 'EM, LET

'EM KNOW IN THE HOUSE OF GOD ONLINE. LET'S PUT A LITTLE LOVE

ON THE INTERNET AND LET PEOPLE KNOW JESUS LOVES YOU. AMEN.

GREET ONE ANOTHER THIS MORNING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF YOU ARE LOVED BY GOD, LET ME SAY AMEN.

AMEN. WELL, IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM, WE GREET YOU. I

ALSO WANNA GREET ALL OF THE FIRST-TIME GUESTS IN THE

AUDIENCE THIS MORNING. IF YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN

YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR, THAT'S GREAT. IF YOU DIDN'T, PLEASE

WAVE YOUR HAND IN USHER. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE

TALKED ABOUT IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS, GUESS I GOT A

LITTLE, OKAY, SO LET'S JUST, THERE'S A PACKET IN THERE,

THERE'S A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET IN THERE, FOR YOU, IT HAS A

PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. I WANTED TO SAY THE

PICTURE ON THE STAGE IN THE FRONT OF IT BEFORE I SAID THE

PACKET, SO JUST HANG WITH ME THIS MORNING. LONG STORY SHORT,

WENT FOR A QUICK TRIP YESTERDAY TO KANSAS CITY WITH A BUNCH OF

THE MEDIA TEAM. SO IT WAS A LONG DAY YESTERDAY, SO I'M A LITTLE

TIRED THIS MORNING. SO JUST, HEY, BEAR WITH ME. SO, IF YOU

ARE A FIRST-TIME GUEST, WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT IN YOUR

HANDS 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME INFORMATION IN THERE WE WANNA

SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED

CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT

IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING ONLINE, ON ANY OF THE DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE

HAVE OUT THERE, ALL OF THEM ARE LISTED RIGHT THERE, RUMBLE,

YOUTUBE, ROKU, AMAZON, FACEBOOK, ANY OF THOSE, WE WANNA WELCOME

YOU TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. I WANT YOU TO GET TO

ONEVOICETV.NET, 'CAUSE THAT IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE BEST

EXPERIENCE TO WATCH US ONLINE, AS WELL AS TO WATCH ALL THIS

OTHER GREAT CONTENT, NEW LEVEL, DAILY DECREE, GAME CHANGERS,

FLASHPOINT, AND MANY, MANY MORE. SO PLEASE, CONNECT WITH US ON

ONE VOICE TV, AMEN? AMEN, WE'LL GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AND

ONLINE A HAND.

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WE HAD A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS THIS PAST WEEK. IF YOU

DIDN'T KNOW, WE WERE PRESENT AT MILLARD DAYS. WE HAD A FLOAT IN

THE MILLARD DAYS PARADE JUST YESTERDAY. AND THAT WENT REALLY,

REALLY WELL. WE ALSO HAD THE GAME CHANGERS GROUP DOWN AT

DURANGO DAYS, AND WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED DOWN AT

DURANGO DAYS. ROLL IT.

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LIFE REALLY IS A GAME EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT YOU HAVE TO GO

OUT, MAKE AN IMPACT ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE. IF I COULD SAY

ANYTHING TO THE YOUNG GENERATION, IT'S FOCUS ON THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. NUMBER ONE ADVICE

FOR ANY COLLEGE STUDENT, YOU NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN A COUPLE

OF THINGS WHILE YOU'RE ON CAMPUS. IF YOU COME HERE, GO TO

CLASS, LEAVE, AND YOU DON'T EXPERIENCE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

OR CAMPUS LIFE, YOU'RE MISSING A BIG COMPONENT OF COLLEGE THAT IS

CRITICAL TO YOUR SUCCESS. GO CHANGE THE GAME, WHEREVER IT IS

THAT YOU ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE,

BECAUSE ALL IT TAKES IS ONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND THAT

PERSON IS YOU. ONE VICTORY CHANGED EVERYTHING. HIS ROAR

SHAKES THE NATIONS. HIS KINGDOM IS ADVANCING. AND HIS PEOPLE ARE

STANDING. THIS SEPTEMBER IS TIME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE. PLANT YOUR

FEET AND RAISE YOUR EYES. BECAUSE THE BATTLE BELONGS TO

THE KING. AND HEAVEN IS OPENING. WE ARE NOT BOLD ENOUGH WITH THE

DEVIL. WE'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH AGAINST THE POWERS OF HELL. TAKE

UP YOUR SWORD AND TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THE EVIL SPIRITS.

WE REFUSE TO COWER, WE REFUSE TO BOW, WE REFUSE TO BREAK, WE

REFUSE TO BEND, WE REFUSE TO COMPROMISE. WE ARE SAYING WHEN

THE ENEMY COMES IN LIKE A FLOOD, LORD, YOU WILL GIVE YOUR PEOPLE

A BACKBONE.

OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE TAKING

PLACE SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH.

REGISTER TODAY AT OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG.

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ARE YOU EXCITED?

(CHEERING)

I CAN'T HEAR YOU, ARE YOU EXCITED? WOO, GLORY BE TO THE

LORD JESUS. I MEAN, I'M EXPECTING AMAZING THINGS AS

OPENING THE HEAVENS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED, GET OUT

THERE, REGISTER, OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG, ALL THE

INFORMATION'S THERE. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE PARTNER LUNCH WHERE

WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE PREVIEW OF THE GREAT Z-CLIPSE WITH

GRANNY Z, YOU NEED TO REGISTER FOR THAT. THERE IS A COST FOR

THAT, BUT THE REST OF THE CONFERENCE IS COMPLETELY FREE.

ALL THE INFO IS OUT THERE. IF YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, HOTEL

INFORMATION IS THERE AS WELL. JUMP ON OUT. WE'RE GETTING DOWN

TO THE WIRE, PEOPLE. AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE STILL

NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR WORK AROUND THE CAMPUS. I'M SURE IS THERE

INFORMATION OUT AT THE BOOTH THEY CAN VOLUNTEER HELP BECAUSE

IT TAKES A SMALL ARMY, ALL OF US BEING INVOLVED TO HELP. I MEAN,

JUST CLEANING UP THE FOYER AFTER A SERVICE IS IMPORTANT. SEE YOU,

PASTOR MARK, ARE YOU WAVING? MARK'S LIKE, "I NEED HELP. I

NEED HELP." SO, BY THE WAY, GIVE IT UP FOR PASTOR MARK'S TEAM AND

ALL THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY DO SO MUCH AROUND THIS

CAMPUS. I MEAN, THE LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY COMPLETE AND DO

TO GET READY FOR THINGS IS COMPLETELY AMAZING. SO, THANK

YOU FOR THAT, PASTOR MARK, YOU AND ALL YOUR GROUP. WE'RE VERY,

VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU. SO, PRAISE THE LORD. A COUPLE OF

QUICK THINGS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE OFFERING. WE'RE GONNA GET

PASTOR UP TO PREACH THAT WORD. JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY,

FIRST OF ALL, MY NEWEST BOOK, COMMANDING PEACE, RELEASES THIS

WEEK. VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. HERE'S A COPY OF THAT, AND OF

COURSE, IT'S SORT OF ALONG THE LINES OF DAILY DECREES WHERE YOU

COMMAND PEACE. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE PROMISES OF GOD

ARE IN THE BIBLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY AUTOMATIC? WE

HAVE TO PULL THOSE PROMISES INTO OUR LIFE BY FAITH. AND SO

COMMANDING PEACE TALKS ABOUT THAT. IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH,

IT'S ACTUALLY THE SUBTITLE IS TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF CRISIS.

ANYBODY HAD ONE OF THOSE? ANXIETY, TURMOIL, DIFFICULT

TIMES. HOW DO WE TRUST GOD? AND I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY RECENTLY,

TRUSTING GOD DOESN'T MATTER IF EVERYTHING'S GOING GOOD. RIGHT?

WHEN THE GOOD WINDS OF LIFE ARE BLOWING, THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO

DO IT, RIGHT? BUT YOU HAVE TO TRUST OR MAKE THE ACTIVE CHOICE

TO TRUST THE LORD WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ADVERSITY AROUND

YOU. SO THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK'S ABOUT. I GIVE SOME STEP-BY-STEPS

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR HEAD IS SCREAMING, YOUR EMOTIONS ARE

ROARING, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO ON, HOW WE CAN

COMMAND PEACE IN OUR LIFE. SO YOU CAN GET THAT AT

HANKANDBRENDA.ORG. I THINK THEY'VE GOT A QR CODE UP THERE

TO SCAN TO GET THE BOOK. IT RELEASES ON TUESDAY OFFICIALLY.

IT IS ALREADY OUT ON AMAZON FOR PRE-ORDER, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO- I

DON'T KNOW HOW AMAZON DOES THAT. BUT ANYWAY, IF YOU DECIDE TO GO

OUT THERE AND GET IT, AND THESE ARE ALL THE WAYS. BUT COMMANDING

PEACE, THE LATEST BOOK. AND I'M GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP WITH A

DAILY DECREES FOR COMMANDING PEACE AS WELL. THAT'LL BE

RELEASED AFTER. SO I'M WORKING ON THAT AT THE MOMENT. SO, BUT

GET THE BOOK FIRST SO THAT YOU'RE ARMED ON DOING IT BY

FAITH, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, PRAISE THE LORD. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK

THINGS REMINDING EVERYBODY, NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT, THE BRAND ALL NEW,

BRAND NEW PROPHETIC PULSE AIRS, SEVEN O'CLOCK. YEAH, WE'RE DOING

IT. AND FOR RIGHT NOW, ONCE A MONTH, OF COURSE, PASTOR

ANTHONY, YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK PROBABLY HAS ENOUGH PROPHECIES

TO DO THESE EVERY WEEK, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, FOR RIGHT NOW, WE

FEEL LIKE ONCE A MONTH IN A VERY SET TIME IS AT LEAST MORE THAN

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND DOING IT IN THE STUDIO ALLOWS US THE

ABILITY TO GET IN THERE AND REALLY SORT THROUGH THE KEY

THINGS. WE CAN TAPE IT. YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE WITH DOING

IT LIVE IS IF, LET'S JUST SAY SOMETHING BIG HAPPENS IN THE

NEWS, WE SEE A PROPHECY COME TO PASS, IT'S HARDER TO PLAN

SOMETHING IN HERE, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS GO INTO THE STUDIO AND DO

A PROPHETIC PULSE. SO WE FELT LIKE, LET'S TRY THAT. I BELIEVE

IT'S GOING TO BE WELL, WHO KNOWS, IT MAY BECOME A HIT

NETWORK PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT A LITTLE MORE

TELEVISION-LIKE SO THAT IT CAN POTENTIALLY BECOME A PROGRAM

THAT WHO KNOWS OTHER NETWORKS MAY ULTIMATELY CARRY, BECAUSE I

THINK THESE PROPHETIC WORDS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT TO GET OUT RIGHT

NOW. COME ON, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? SO MANY GOOD WORDS AND

THINGS COMING TO PASS, ESPECIALLY LEADING UP TO THE

MIDTERMS. ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE VOTE YOUR VALUES

EVENT IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, OCTOBER THE 5TH. WE'VE GOT RICK

GREEN. I HAVE ONE OTHER SPEAKER THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE HERE. I

CAN'T CONFIRM IT UNTIL TOMORROW, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO THAT IS

YET. BUT I KNOW RICK GREEN, FOR A FACT, WILL BE HERE, AND WE'RE

GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES. YOU DON'T

HAVE TO REGISTER. YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP FOR THAT. WE'RE REACHING

OUT. PLEASE TELL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT. TELL

NEBRASKA VOTERS. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS TO GET

OUT THE VOTE THIS NOVEMBER AND FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE THEIR

BIBLICAL, COME ON, YOU HEARD THE WORD, BIBLICAL, BIBLICAL VALUES.

THERE ARE CLEAR THINGS WE ALL KNOW THAT MANY CANDIDATES STAND

FOR THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT BIBLICAL AND ACTUALLY ARE

BIRTHED BY THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE

YOU, COME BE PART OF IT, LISTEN TO EVERYTHING, AND YOU'LL GET TO

MEET SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND THE CANDIDATES AS WELL. SO OCTOBER

THE 5TH, IT'S A MONDAY NIGHT, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT, AMEN?

ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP FOR TODAY.

LET'S GO BACK TO MALACHI, AND I'M SEEING THIS PASSAGE FROM

MALACHI IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. WE ALWAYS READ IT AS A PERSONAL

SCRIPTURE. HOW MANY OF YOU READ IT THAT WAY? A PERSONAL TITHING

SCRIPTURE. AND I MUST SAY IN OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVING THE

LORD, I HAVE HELD ON TO THESE VERSES FOR MYSELF REGARDING

TITHES AND OFFERINGS. PASTOR HANK AND I HAVE PREACHED THEM,

WE'VE QUOTED THEM, WE'VE SPOKEN THEM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE IN

SO MANY WAYS. HAVE WE HAD CHALLENGES? A HUNDRED PERCENT.

THAT'S JUST PART OF LIVING IN THIS WORLD. CHALLENGES WITH

FINANCES ALWAYS CAN COME, AND WE AREN'T TO BE SURPRISED BY THAT.

BUT WE HOLD ON TO THE TRUTH. WE HOLD ON TO THE WORD, AS I SAID A

MOMENT AGO. THE PROMISES ARE AVAILABLE IN SCRIPTURE, BUT WE

HAVE TO PULL THEM IN WITH DETERMINED, UNWAVERING FAITH.

THAT'S TRUE WITH ANY PROMISE OF THE BIBLE. AND SO I'VE ALWAYS

TAKEN THESE AS A PERSONAL PROMISE SET OF VERSES. AND I'VE

SEEN THEM COME TO PASS. I'VE SEEN THEM WORK. I'VE SEEN THEM

OPERATE. HAVE I EVER HAD RESISTANCE? OF COURSE, BUT I'VE

SEEN THESE THINGS LITERALLY WORK IN MY LIFE AND OUR LIVES. BUT

I'M JUST READING HOW THIS WAS WRITTEN. YOU KNOW, I WOULD

ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE BIBLE IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW IT WAS

WRITTEN. THIS WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT

WAS WRITTEN TO THE NATION, RIGHT? AND IT SAYS, IT WAS

TALKING TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE. YES, IT APPLIES PERSONAL, BUT

IT'S A GROUP. SO HE'S SAYING TO THE GROUP OR TO THE NATION,

BRINGING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE, THAT THERE MAY BE

MEAT. EVERYBODY SAY MEAT. THAT WORD MEAT THERE THAT KING JAMES

USES, IT'S THE WORD FOR, IT MEANS TO HAVE SUFFICIENCY OR

SUPPLY. THAT WE ARE TO HAVE, THAT GOD'S HOUSE SHOULD ALWAYS

BE SUFFICIENTLY SUPPLIED FOR. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. AND YOU

KNOW, YOU AND I CAN BOTH AGREE THAT OVER THE YEARS, IT SEEMS TO

ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN CHURCHES STRUGGLE, PASTORS

STRUGGLE AND WHATEVER. AND YET, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE

ABLE TO PUT UP THESE GLASS SKYSCRAPERS AND DO ALL THESE

AMAZING THINGS. AND YET, WHILE THE CHURCH IS PRESSING IN AND

FIGHTING FOR ITS SUPPLY TO COME TO PASS. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE

THAT'S GOD'S BEST. I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S UP TO ALL OF US TO,

BECAUSE THIS WAS GOD'S SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY TODAY,

YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA IS SUCH A CRAZY PLACE. PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU

KNOW, CHURCHES JUST WANT TO TAKE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT AND

IT'S SILLINESS. THIS IS GOD'S PURPOSE. BY THE WAY, CHURCHES,

CHURCHES, I'M TALKING NOW, WHEN I SAY CHURCHES, I ALWAYS MEAN

BIBLE-ADHERING CHURCHES, OKAY, NOT ONES THAT HAVE SOLD OUT TO

THE CULTURE. TO ME, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THEY'VE LOST

THEIR CANDLESTICK, AS JESUS SAYS. BUT THE ONES THAT ARE

BIBLE-BELIEVING, SO WHEN YOU HEAR ME SAY CHURCH FROM UP HERE,

I'M TALKING BIBLE, YEAH, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, VARY ON DIFFERENT

THINGS AND DIFFERENT BELIEFS ON PRAYER AND WHATEVER. BUT BIBLE

BELIEVING CHURCHES THAT BELIEVE IN THE BASIC TENETS OF THE

FAITH. WE'VE SEEN CHURCHES BE UNDER ATTACK AND I BELIEVE GOD'S

SYSTEM IS PERFECT. GOD PUT A SYSTEM IN PLACE SO THAT THE

CHURCH WOULD NEVER LACK ANYTHING. THAT HE SAID BY THE

TITHES BEING ALL THE TITHES COMING INTO THE STOREHOUSE.

THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE SUPPLY IN HIS HOUSE. PROVE ME NOW, HEAR

WITH, SAYS THE LORD, IF I WILL NOT OPEN YOU THE WINDOWS OF

HEAVEN. I THINK THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN SHOULD BE OPEN OVER EVERY

CHURCH. AMEN. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW

WHERE THEY TAGGED THIS THING, MEGA CHURCH THAT HAS COME. I

THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE NOT MEGA CHURCHES. I THINK THERE OUGHT TO

BE MEGA, MEGA, MEGA CHURCHES. HEAVEN'S GOING TO BE ONE BIG,

MASSIVE MEGA CHURCH. MY PRAYER WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, I

DON'T KNOW, PASTOR DOUG, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE STATISTICS

BETTER THAN I DO. I THINK HE JUST SEEMS LIKE HE ALWAYS KNOWS

THE STATS. THEY DID A STUDY, THE AVERAGE BIBLE-BELIEVING CHURCH

IS LIKE, WHAT, A HUNDRED PEOPLE, A HUNDRED IN THE HUNDREDS AT

LEAST, RIGHT? IS THAT ACCURATE? ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE. I FEEL

LIKE EVERY CHURCH THAT IS TRULY PREACHING GOD'S WORD OUGHT TO BE

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. THOUSANDS. AND PEOPLE SAY, "OH, I DON'T

BELIEVE IN MEGA CHURCHES." WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? YOU DON'T WANT

PEOPLE TO GET SAVED? YOU DON'T WANT CHURCHES TO GROW? YOU DON'T

CARE IF DISNEY GROWS, RIGHT? YOU DON'T CARE IF THERE'S A HUNDRED

THOUSAND PEOPLE AT MEMORIAL STADIUM. YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT

THAT. BUT IF CHURCH GROWS, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, IS YOU'RE

SAYING YOU DON'T WANT THE INFLUENCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO

LEAD THE WAY. AND I DON'T SAY THAT IN A NEGATIVE WAY, I'M JUST

SPEAKING TRUTH. BUT I BELIEVE THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN SHOULD BE

OPEN OVER EVERY CHURCH. AND GOD SAID, I'LL POUR YOU OUT A

BLESSING, CHURCH, THAT THEY'LL NOT BE RUINED TO RECEIVE IT. MY

GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE. YOU

REMEMBER WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE MONEY FOR THE TABERNACLE AND

FINALLY MOSES HAS TO SAY, "DON'T BRING ANY MORE, WE CANNOT COUNT

IT." THEY THREW THE SILVER OUT IN THE TRASH PILE. I'M LIKE,

"STOP BRINGING?" SAID NO PASTOR EVER. ALL RIGHT? SO GOOD. AND

THESE THINGS ARE IN THE SCRIPTURE, SO WE NEED TO

ELABORATE ON IT. THERE NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE, GO TO

THE NEXT ONE. AND I'LL REBUKE THE DEVOURER, I LOVE THAT. YOU

KNOW, I'VE PROPHESIED THAT OVER MY LIFE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND

AGAIN. DEVIL, YOU'RE REBUKED, YOU'RE REBUKED. I'VE GOT TITHERS

RIGHTS. WE DECLARE THIS IN OUR LIFE, OKAY? TITHING IS OUR

COVENANT. YOU'RE GONNA HEAR PASTOR PREACH ON COVENANT TODAY.

AND HE'LL NOT DESTROY THE FRUITS OF YOUR GROUND, NEITHER SHALL

YOUR VINE CAST HER FRUIT BEFORE. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WON'T DIE OUT

PREMATURE. NEITHER SHALL YOUR VINE CAST HER FRUIT BEFORE THE

TIME IN THE FIELD. AND I WROTE SOMETHING DOWN ABOUT THIS. I

WANNA JUST SAY IT TO YOU. I JUST THINK IT WAS SO GOOD. SO, WELL,

IT SAYS, IT GOES BACK, HE SHALL NOT DESTROY THE FRUITS OF YOUR

GROUND. THAT'S THE PART I WANTED TO MENTION. THIS IS IT, IT'S NOT

JUST PERSONAL. THE ENEMY, WHEN THERE IS SUPPLY IN THE HOUSE OF

GOD, THE DEVIL CANNOT DESTROY THE FRUIT THAT COMES FORTH. IF

THE CHURCH LACKS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M THINKING, HOW MANY OF YOU

WERE HERE LAST WEEK WHEN I TALKED ABOUT RICK GREEN? AND BY

THE WAY, WE HAD A GOOD GIVING WEEK LAST WEEK. THANK YOU FOR

THOSE OF YOU THAT STEPPED UP AND HELPED US. WE NEED A FEW MORE OF

THOSE, WE DO. SO WE NEED TO MAKE UP A LITTLE LOST GROUND. AND I

DON'T COME TO YOU ABOUT THOSE THINGS MUCH. I BELIEVE GOD, I'VE

DONE THIS FOR 30 YEARS. BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES THE OBEDIENCE OF

THE PEOPLE AND THOSE OF YOU THAT JOIN, THE E-MEMBERS. BUT IT SAYS

HE CANNOT DESTROY. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE IS

SUPPLY IN GOD'S HOUSE, IT'S HARD FOR THE OPPOSER TO STEP IN.

THEY'LL SAY, "WELL, WE WANT TO GET THAT LAND." YOU KNOW, THEY

HAVE ISLAM AND THESE, I DON'T KNOW, LIBERAL CHINA BUYING UP

PROPERTY. HOW MANY OF YOU WATCHED HOW THAT'S GONE ON? IT'S

CRAZY STUFF. BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT IF THERE'S SUPPLY IN THE

HOUSE OF GOD. MY ATTITUDE IS IF THE MONEY AND THE SUPPLY IS

THERE, OKAY, THERE'S NO APPEAL THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. IT'S LIKE,

OH, NO, YOU DON'T. NO, YOU DON'T. YOU CAN TRY TO BUY THAT

PROPERTY, BUT WE GOT THE MONEY, WE'RE GONNA GO TAKE IT. COME ON,

SOMEBODY. THAT IS THE WAY IT OUGHT TO OPERATE. AND SO I THINK

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE FAITH FOR IT. I THINK SOMETIMES, AND I THINK

I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF THIS, THAT WE SOMETIMES HAVE FAITH TO

SURVIVE, THAT THE CHURCH HAS ENOUGH TO SURVIVE. I MEAN, YOU

KNOW, WE'RE LIKE, I REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN WE WERE LIKE RACING TO

RAISE MONEY FOR OUR FIRST MEDIA CAMERA. IT WAS LIKE, PASTOR

SHANE WOULD GIVE ME THE PRICE. I'D BE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN

$20,000? HE MIGHT'VE SAID 2 MILLION. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU

KNOW? BUT I'M LIKE, IF THERE'S SUPPLY, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT

THAT. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER KNOW, HAVE BEEN AT A POINT, YOU DON'T

HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND, BUT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT'S BEEN FULL.

YOU'RE NOT SITTING THERE THINKING ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE

GOING TO BUY TOILET PAPER OR PAPER TOWEL. YOU'RE NOT LIKE

BALANCING IT. YOU'RE JUST LIKE, NO, THE SUPPLY IS THERE. AND

WHEN THE SUPPLY IS THERE, YOU JUST DO. COME ON, AM I PREACHING

TO SOMEBODY TODAY? SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SEASON WE GOT TO

GET THE SUPPLY UP. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD IS AMAZING. WHEN WE

SUPPLY FOR HIS HOUSE, COME ON FOLKS, THIS IS PLASTERED ALL

OVER THE BIBLE. WHEN WE SUPPLY FOR THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, GOD

HAS THIS WAY OF SUPPLYING FOR OUR HOUSE. I HAVE LIVED IT, I'M

A TESTIMONY. I HAVE SEEN IT WHERE I'M LIKE THINGS I NEVER

THOUGHT WOULD GET WORKED OUT. GOD'S LIKE, OH, I ALREADY HAD

THAT TAKEN CARE OF. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE UP CRYING ABOUT IT

ALL NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WERE UP UPSET. COME ON, OKAY,

THIS IS WHERE I WILL GET A RAISE OF HANDS. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN UP,

THREATENED, WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING ALL NIGHT LONG? JUST

HOW IS THIS EVER, THERE'S NO CHANCE THIS IS GONNA GET WORKED

OUT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WORKED ITSELF OUT AND YOU'RE

LIKE, WHY WAS I SO MAD? AND WHY WAS I SO, SO WHY DID I GET SO,

COME ON, ANYBODY, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE HONEST. AND ON

THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, THAT WAS JUST

STUPID. RIGHT? WELL, I, LISTEN, I TRULY BELIEVE WHEN WE SUPPLY

FOR GOD'S HOUSE, GOD HAS THIS WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND

YOU'RE LIKE, HOW DID THAT WORK OUT? AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD

FEAR TO SAY? TITHER'S RIGHTS. BE A TITHER. AND WE SEE RESULTS.

NOW, IT'S NOT A SLOT MACHINE. YOU DON'T LIKE SAY TITHE ON

SUNDAY AND GO, "WHERE'S THE MONEY ON MONDAY?" I DON'T THINK

IT WORKS LIKE THAT, DOES IT? DOES IT, PASTOR KEITH? I DON'T

THINK IT WORKS LIKE THAT. TITHING IS SOMETHING WE DO OUT

OF A HEART FOR GOD TO SUPPLY FOR THE FURTHERING OF THE GOSPEL, TO

SUPPLY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF GOD'S HOUSE. AND AS A RESULT OF

THAT COMMITMENT THAT WE MAKE, BY THE WAY, I FOUND OUT THAT

TITHING CHRISTIANS ARE A WHOLE LOT HAPPIER THAN ONES THAT

DON'T. COME ON SOMEBODY. IT JUST FEELS GOOD TO TITHE. DOESN'T IT,

CRAIG? IT FEELS GOOD TO TITHE. BY THE WAY, IS IT YOUR

ANNIVERSARY? I HEARD A LITTLE MOUSE SAY 40 YEARS. GIVE THEM A

HAND. BUT IT FEELS GOOD, DOESN'T IT? SO THAT'S THE KEY, I

BELIEVE. LET'S CONTINUE TO BE STRONG IN OUR GIVING, NOT JUST

FOR LORD OF HOSTS. WE DO NEED IT. SO WE CAN'T JUST HAVE

EVERYBODY TAKE THEIR TITHE ON A CRUISE. WE GOTTA DO THINGS, BUT

MAN, PASTOR HAS BIG VISION, PEOPLE. AND I WANNA GET BEHIND

IT. ALL OF US WANNA GET BEHIND IT. YOU WANNA GET BEHIND IT. AND

I WILL SAY THIS, AND HE HAS LED THIS MINISTRY FAITHFULLY AND

WITH INTEGRITY, CAREFULLY, FOR 30 SOLID YEARS. WHEN HE PURSUES

SOMETHING, HE STAYS WITH IT TO GET IT DONE. I REMEMBER, AND I'M

GOING TO SAY THIS LAST, HONEY, AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE QUIET

SO YOU CAN PREACH. I'M JUST GIVING YOU A BREAK. YOU KNOW

THAT, RIGHT? OKAY. I REMEMBER YEARS AGO, FOR A LITTLE WHILE,

WE LIVED IN SIOUX CITY. PASTOR DOUG, YOU MAY EVEN REMEMBER

THIS. AND WE FIRST STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER MUTZ PHEAH MILO

BOOKS. AND IT WAS GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD EVER

SEEN IN PERSON TO GET THE FIRST TWO BOOKS PUBLISHED. NOBODY

WANTED TO PUBLISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS, NOT ANYBODY, BECAUSE OF

THE RISK AND THE COST TO PRODUCE THEM IS SO GREAT BECAUSE OF THE

COLOR. AND SO I REMEMBER GOING INTO MY LITTLE OFFICE AND

CUTTING OUT, I THOUGHT IF I SEND ALL OF OUR HANDFUL OF PARTNERS,

I DON'T KNOW, WE MAYBE HAD 40 PARTNERS AT THAT TIME AND WE

WERE TRAVELING, AND I TOOK SOME CARD STOCK AND CUT IT OUT AND

TOOK SOME LITTLE PICTURES THAT WE HAD PRINTED ON OUR LITTLE DOT

MATRIX PRINTER, LAID THEM ALL OUT, TAPED IT TOGETHER, AND HAND

MADE A BOOKMARK THAT SAID, "HELP MUTZBY GET PUBLISHED." AND WE

COPIED THOSE ON A COPY MACHINE IN COLOR AND CUT THEM ALL OUT BY

HAND. NOW I'M TELLING YOU, I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW LONG

THIS MAN HAS STOOD AND WITHOUT WAVERING TO PUT CHILDREN'S

MATERIAL OUT IN THE SECULAR MARKET. AND THAT'S BEEN ALMOST

40 YEARS AGO. COME ON, YES, I BELIEVE THAT DESERVES. THANK YOU

FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S HIS HEART AND HIS

COMMITMENT. SO I WILL JUST SAY, WHEN THE MEAT IS IN THE HOUSE,

WE GET IT DONE. SO LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE

SCREEN. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE UP A LITTLE GROUND IN

THE BUILDING FUNDS. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE TO THAT, YOU CAN DO

THAT. OF COURSE, THE CHILDREN'S STUFF IS OUT THERE. YOU GUYS

KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. YOU CAN SOW INTO THAT AS WELL. OR RIGHT NOW,

WE'VE ALSO OPENED THE FUND. WE HAVE RAISED, I JUST LOOKED THIS

WEEK AS OF FRIDAY, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN $10,000 FOR OPENING

THE HEAVENS. SO I'M GLAD FOR THAT. NOW WE NEED A WHOLE LOT

MORE THAN THAT. EVEN TO DO IT HERE, FOLKS, WE'RE RENTING

BUSES, WE'RE PUTTING UP EXTRA BATHROOMS. ARE YOU GLAD FOR THE

EXTRA BATHROOMS? ARE YOU GLAD THEY'RE NOT THOSE PORTABLES THAT

THE CONTRACTORS USE? LADIES, COME ON, WHERE'S YOUR AMEN?

OKAY, ALL RIGHT, I WOULDN'T EVEN WALK IN ONE OF THOSE. I WILL

LIKE RUN TO 7-ELEVEN TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. I WOULD NOT. THOSE

ARE HORRIBLE. ANYWAY, WE GOT AIR CONDITIONED BATHROOMS, OKAY?

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT COSTS MONEY, AND AMAZING, THESE

CONTRACTORS WANNA BE PAID. SO, YOU CAN SOW INTO OPENING THE

HEAVENS, AND I'M BELIEVING THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THE BLACK

FOR THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY YEAR WE

DID IT AT THE ARENA. SO, HOW MANY OF YOU WILL BELIEVE WITH

ME? IN FACT, WOULD YOU START DECREEING THAT? ALL RIGHT,

OPENING THE HEAVENS IS OUT THERE. E-MEMBERS, THERE'S

THOUSANDS OF YOU. JUST SO IN, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE

CONFERENCE, SOW A SIGNIFICANT SEED. LET'S GET THIS DONE FOR

GOD. WE'RE STREAMING. I BELIEVE OPENING THE HEAVENS, THAT

PROPHETIC WORD, IS GONNA GO OUT TO THE NATIONS, AND WE NEED IT

RIGHT NOW. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH SAID. STOP TALKING,

PASTOR BRENDA. LET'S ALL STAND UP ON OUR FEET. AMEN. I LOVE TO

PREACH ON FINANCES. I THINK IT'S, SOMEBODY ASKED ME, WHY DO

YOU TAKE SO LONG AT THE OFFERING? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST

LIKE IT. IT'S GOOD. THERE'S GOOD WORDS IN THERE AND IT BLESSES

PEOPLE. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. PRAISE THE LORD. HOLD UP YOUR OFFERING

HIGH. ALL OF YOU ONLINE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, E-MEMBERS AS

WELL. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE, RIGHT? HOLD UP YOUR ENVELOPE, TOUCH

YOUR SCREEN. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GIVING AND WATCHING ON YOUR

BIG SCREEN AT HOME. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER.

FATHER, WE ARE PUTTING MEAT IN YOUR HOUSE TODAY. WE ARE PUTTING

MEAT INTO THE PROJECTS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. WE ARE GETTING

BEHIND THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA FURTHER TRUTH AND FURTHER

RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE CULTURE TODAY. AND WE JUST THANK YOU,

LORD. AND I THANK YOU THAT THE MEAT THAT'S BEING SUPPLIED

TODAY, TAKE THE PROPHETIC WORD OF THE LORD TO THE NATIONS OF

THE EARTH. TAKE THE WORD PREACHED ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

WE THANK YOU. USE IT, LORD, FOR YOUR GRACE AND FOR YOUR GLORY,

AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT. NOW TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY, "LORD,

THE DEVOURER IS REBUKED FROM THE CHURCH AND FROM MY LIFE, AND I

JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IT." AMEN! LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION.

MEAN IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART. SAY IT WITH ME. SAY, "WE DECLARE THE

CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,

EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT

DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, 'BE BUILT UP AND

FINISH.' WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD

IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS, AND

OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE

CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE

AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES, COME ON, MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE, THAT

SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL

QUADRUPLE, COME ON, QUADRUPLE, AND THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE

AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND

CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. SHOUT REAL BIG AS YOU GIVE AND LET'S

WELCOME PASTOR HANK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GOD, THANK YOU PEOPLE FOR GIVING TO THE LORD IN THIS

MINISTRY. YOU CAN BE SEATED USHERS, YOU CAN USH. THAT'S WHY

THEY CALL THEM USHERS, RIGHT? AND BRENDA HAD ME WATCH THIS

SHOW THE OTHER DAY THAT I REALLY LIKE IT. IT'S A LITTLE CAMPING

OUTDOOR SHOW WITH THIS GUY NAMED LUKE. YOU EVER HEARD OF IT? IT'S

OUTDOOR BOYS. ANYBODY EVER SEEN THAT? I REALLY LIKE IT. AND SO

THE OTHER DAY, USHERS ARE USHING. HE WAS TEACHING HOW TO

MUSH OR MUSH. WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT WITH THE DOGS? MUSHER. SO I

SAID, "BRENDA, WE GOT FOUR DOGS, "THREE GERMAN SHEPHERDS AND A

LITTLE HERBIE. I THINK I OUGHT TO TRY THAT. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU

GUYS DRIVING INTO CHURCH AND HERE COMES PASTOR HANK WITH HIS

DOG TEAM. I'LL BE RIDING ON A LITTLE SLED. I DON'T THINK

HERBIE WOULD LET THAT. I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU A PUPPY

UPDATE. HOW OLD IS HE, LIKE 13 WEEKS NOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HE IS THE CUTEST LITTLE GUY, HE IS SO SMART. AND SO I GIVE HIM

LITTLE ERRANDS TO RUN WITH ME. AND HE'S SO BUSY HOPPING AND

LOOKING UP AT ME, SMILING, THAT HE RUNS INTO STUFF. (AUDIENCE

LAUGHING) THAT'S A TREE, SHILOH. SHILOH, THAT'S THE MAILBOX. HE

JUST LIKES TO BE WITH ME. AND THEN HE DOESN'T REALIZE HE'S

GETTING HEAVIER, SO WE BROUGHT HIM TO THE VET, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE

HE HAS TO, YOU KNOW, FOR HIS CHECKUPS. WHAT IS HE, 25 POUNDS?

AND HE WANTS ME TO PICK HIM UP, AND HE PUTS HIS LITTLE HEAD

RIGHT HERE. HE WANTS ME TO HOLD HIM. I'M LIKE, THIS IS KINDA

GETTING HEAVY, SHILOH. YOU KNOW, SO. I KNOW BRENDA SAYS THAT WHEN

I CLIMB UP IN HER ARMS, TOO, SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HANK, YOU'RE

GETTING HEAVY. I GOTTA LET YOU DOWN. GO TO MY, SHE'S JUST,

CRAIG, 40 YEARS, 37, I TELL YOU, SHE IS SO BLESSED, ISN'T SHE?

YOUR WIFE'S SO BLESSED, YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT, MARK 5, VERSE

Mark 5:35

35, LET'S START THERE. I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. THIS IS

REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY,

MAYBE YOU JUST JOINED US, IS I HAD KINDA SOME FUN, WELL, I

ALWAYS HAVE FUN STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD, BUT I WAS REALLY

JUST KINDA, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE LORD THIS WEEK AS I WAS

LOOKING, AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS BRAG ON GOD THAT HE'S SO

LONG-SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY WITH ME, RIGHT? AND THAT HE'S SLOW TO

ANGER, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT HIMSELF, THAT

HE IS SLOW TO ANGER, HE'S FULL OF LONG-SUFFERING MEANS HE'S

PATIENT. BUT THEN AS I STARTED STUDYING, I WAS LIKE, WAIT A

MINUTE, THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT REALLY, REALLY MAKE GOD MAD

THAT HOW MANY OF YOU PARENTS, YOU'VE RAISED KIDS OR YOU HAVE

PETS AND YOUR PATIENCE WEARS OUT PRETTY QUICK. HAVE YOU EVER HAD

THAT? YEAH, LIKE SOMETIMES WITH THE DOGS, ESPECIALLY LITTLE

PUPPIES WHEN YOU'RE TRAINING THEM, LIKE GO TO THE BATHROOM.

YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP RUNNING AROUND IN A CIRCLE TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT YOUR SPOT. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN THERE? YOU

KNOW, AND SO, AND YOUR PATIENCE, YOU CAN FEEL IT STARTING. I'M

LIKE, GOD, IS THAT HOW YOU STARTED FEELING WITH ISRAEL? YOU

KNOW, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AS WE GET MORE

INTO THIS, WHERE THEY'RE COMPLAINING GOD NOTED IT.

THEY'RE MURMURING GOD NOTED. SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS AGAIN,

BECAUSE I WANNA TELL YOU, AS I'VE STUDIED THIS, THAT ONE OF

THE THINGS THAT REALLY GRIEVES GOD'S HEART IS WHEN WE FORGET

WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US. NOT JUST IN PARTING THE RED SEA, BUT WHEN

HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON TO BE A SACRIFICED LAMB TO THE

SLAUGHTER, AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THOSE BENEFITS ARE.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO A SITUATION, WE DON'T EVEN CLAIM

THEM. THOSE KIND OF THINGS HE DOESN'T LIKE, AND WE'RE GONNA

SEE THAT. ALL RIGHT, NOW LOOK AT MARK 5, VERSE 35. "WHILE JESUS

Mark 5:35

YET SPOKE, THERE CAME FROM THE RULER "OF THE SYNAGOGUE HOUSE A

CERTAIN WHICH SAID, "'THY DAUGHTER IS DEAD. "'WHY DO YOU

TROUBLE THE MASTER ANY FURTHER?'" AND AGAIN, I TELL

YOU, DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE DETERMINE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH

GOD. ALL RIGHT, JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T WORSHIP

NEXT TO YOU, DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T WORSHIP. THEY WANNA BE A

TELEPHONE POLE AND RESIST GOD, LET 'EM. DON'T LET IT AFFECT

YOU. SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT GOD AND THEIR

EXPERIENCE, LET 'EM. THEY WANNA TALK TRASH WITH THEIR MOUTH AND

UNDO THEIR BLESSING, THAT'S ON THEM. THEY WANNA BELIEVE THAT

GOD DOESN'T HEAL THEM, YOU COULD SHOW 'EM THE TRUTH, BUT AFTER

ALL, IT'S ON THEM. BUT DON'T LET IT AFFECT YOU. THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT THEY DID. VERSE 35, "DON'T TROUBLE THE MASTER." WELL, FIRST

OF ALL, HE DIDN'T SAY THAT HE WAS BOTHERED. SO WHY ARE YOU

FORMING AN UNFAIR OR UNTRUE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT GOD WILL DO

OR WHO HE IS? NOW LET'S CONTINUE AS WE READ THROUGH THIS. IN

VERSE 36, "AS SOON AS JESUS HEARD THE WORD "THAT WAS

SPOKEN," WHAT WAS THE WORD SPOKEN? HEY, THE DAUGHTER IS

DEAD. "HE SAID UNTO THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, "BE NOT AFRAID,

ONLY BELIEVE." I'M GONNA UNDERLINE SOMETHING, A

PRINCIPLE. YOUR FIRST REACTION IN WORDS WHEN YOU GET SOME KIND

OF BAD NEWS OR YOU EXPERIENCE BAD NEWS IN CHINA, I TELL YOU,

YOUR TESTIMONY OF WORSHIPING GOD, YOU ARE AMAZING. SHE'S A

FIREBALL, MAN. WHEN SHE WAS FACED WITH A CHALLENGE ONCE IN

HER LIFE, MAN, I LOVED IT. SHE JUST KEPT WORSHIPING GOD FOR

HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND GOT A BREAKTHROUGH. BUT HERE'S

THE THING, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD SOME BAD NEWS? HOW MANY

OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING HIT

YOU UPSIDE THE HEAD? RIGHT? LIKE WE HAD A KID ONE TIME WHEN WE

PLAYED BASEBALL, HE WAS SO BAD, AND HE WAS IN RIGHT FIELD. I WAS

RIGHT FIELD THE FIRST YEAR I PLAYED BASEBALL, AND THE BALL

NEVER CAME TO ME. SO I SAID TO THE COACH AND TO THE TEAMMATES,

I THINK I WAS IN LIKE FOURTH GRADE, I SAID, "HOW COME THE

BALL NEVER COMES TO ME AND IT'S ALWAYS OUT IN THIS RIGHT FIELD?"

THEY SAID, "BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WORST PLAYERS GO." I HAD

NEVER PLAYED BASEBALL. SO I WENT TO THE LIBRARY, CHECKED OUT ALL

THE BOOKS AND FIGURED OUT HOW TO PLAY BASEBALL, AND THEN I GOT

BETTER AT IT. BUT THE POINT WAS, THIS KID, HE WASN'T PAYING

ATTENTION. AND THIS BALL HIT HIM OUT OF NOWHERE AND SMACKED HIM

ON THE HEAD AND HE CONKED OVER OUT IN RIGHT FIELD. BUT YOU EVER

HAD THAT HAPPEN IN LIFE? YOU'RE JUST GOING ON WITH LIFE AND

SOMETHING SMACKS YOU UPSIDE YOUR HEAD. NOW NOTICE THE PRINCIPLE,

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, THIS IS EXTREMELY

IMPORTANT. I'VE WALKED WITH GOD NOW OVER 40 YEARS, AND I'M

TELLING YOU, AND I'VE WATCHED IT IN MY LIFE, BUT I'VE WATCHED IT

IN OTHERS. THERE'S A POWERFUL PRINCIPLE RIGHT HERE. AS SOON AS

JESUS HEARD THE WORD THAT WAS SPOKEN, NOTICE WHAT HE DID, HE

RESPONDED. YOU GOTTA ANSWER THINGS. WHEN JESUS LOOKED AT THE

FIG TREE THAT HAD LEAVES, IT WAS MOCKING HIM, RIGHT? WASN'T

PRODUCING ANY FRUIT, WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING HE DID? HE

ANSWERED IT. THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAID. HE ANSWERED AND

SAID, "NO MORE FRUIT IS GONNA GO ON THE VINE." SOMETIMES WE LET

THE DEVIL SIT THERE AND TRY TO FORM LIES IN OUR HEAD OR OTHER

PEOPLE, AND WE NEVER ANSWER IT. WE NEVER COUNTER IT, IS WHAT MY

POINT IS. WHY DO WE READ THE SCRIPTURE, WHEN THE ENEMY COMES

IN, "LIKE A FLOOD, THE LORD SHALL RAISE UP A STANDARD." WE

QUOTE THAT, WE SAY THAT, BUT THEN WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS IN

OUR LIFE, WE'RE NOT QUICK TO COUNTER IT. WE'RE NOT QUICK TO

ANSWER IT. YOU GOTTA ANSWER IT. YOU GET THAT BILL, AND YOU'RE

LIKE, "HOW AM I GONNA PAY MY RENT?" ANSWER IT. "LORD, I'M

GONNA PAY MY RENT THIS MONTH." IT'S GONNA BE PAID FOR. WHEN THE

DOCTOR TELLS YOU SOMETHING, OH, YOUR NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE HIGH

IN YOUR TOENAIL, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD

BE THE GANGRENE, AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR TOENAILS

AND LOST THEIR WHOLE TOES, AND THEN NOT ONLY WAS IT IN THEIR

TOES, BUT IT WENT INTO, YOU KNOW, ANYONE THEY TOUCHED BEGAN

TO LOSE THEIR TOES, AND THIS IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS CONTAGIOUS

OF WHATEVER. YOU NEED TO ANSWER IT. HEY, DOC, THAT MIGHT BE

TRUE, BUT GUESS WHAT? I'M NOT GONNA LOSE MY TOE, I'M NOT GONNA

LOSE MY TOENAILS, AND I'M NOT GONNA TRANSMIT TOENAIL-CITIS TO

SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU GOTTA ANSWER IT. QUIT TAKING STUFF. JESUS,

NOTICE THE WORD, HE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED. YOU CAN'T WAIT. NOW

HERE'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PRINCIPLE, AND

I'M NOT EVEN A PRINCIPAL. ARE YOU READY? IN SCHOOL TODAY, YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, DON'T JUST ANSWER IT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME,

YOUR FIRST RESPONSE, YOUR FIRST WORDS DETERMINE IF YOU ARE GOING

TO GET YOUR DESIRED VICTORY OR NOT. IF THE BILL COMES, YOU OPEN

IT, AND THE FIRST THING YOU THINK IS, HOW AM I GONNA PAY

YOUR RENT? AND YOU SPEAK THAT, OH NO, I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT

$100 BILL. HOW AM I GONNA PAY MY RENT? YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT GONNA

BE ABLE TO PAY YOUR RENT. YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING IN THE

ATMOSPHERE BY YOUR WORDS AND BY YOUR ATTITUDE THAT THE DEVIL

SAID, I GOTCHA, BECAUSE GOD AND THE DEVIL OPERATE IN THE SPIRIT

REALM BY WORDS OF FAITH. AND WHAT YOU SAY OUT OF YOUR MOUTH

AT THAT MOMENT, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOUR HEAD MAY

BE RACING. HOW AM I GONNA PAY MY RENT? DON'T YOU DARE ALERT

YOURSELF, LET ALONE THE ENEMY, WHAT YOU'RE REALLY THINKING. YOU

KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HAD TO FACE AS A PASTOR STUFF? AND I

WON'T LET THE DEVIL KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING. BUT BOY, I'M

LOOKING AT STUFF GOING, HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY THAT? BUT I DON'T

SPEAK IT. I DON'T SHOW WEAKNESS. HOW YOU RESPOND, IF YOU RESPOND,

AND YOUR WORDS AT THAT MOMENT WILL DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF YOUR

BREAKTHROUGH IF YOU GET ONE. LET'S KEEP READING, VERSE 37.

"AND HE SUFFERED NO MAN TO FOLLOW HIM, "SAVE PETER, JAMES,

AND JOHN, THE BROTHER OF JAMES." AND HE COMES TO THE HOUSE OF THE

RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE. NOW, STOP RIGHT THERE, I WAS READING

THIS THIS WEEK. THIS AIN'T EVEN THIS DUDE JESUS' HOUSE. NOTE

THIS, IT'S NOT HIS HOUSE. AND HE SEES THE TOMBLET. AND HE SEES A

BUNCH OF PEOPLE MAKING A NOISE. LOOK AT VERSE 39. AND HE COMES

TO THEM AND HE SAID TO THEM, "WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS ADO?"

NOW, OTHER TRANSLATIONS, WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS NOISE? WHY ARE

YOU CARRYING ON LIKE THIS? WHY ARE YOU JUST SO FULL OF

CONFUSION? AND WHY ARE YOU MAKING SO MUCH NOISE? THAT'S

WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING. HEY, THIS DAMSEL'S NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPS.

LOOK AT VERSE 40. "AND THEY LEFT HIM TO SCORN, "BUT WHEN HE HAD

PUT THEM ALL OUT," WAIT, STOP, GO BACK UP TO VERSE 38. WAIT A

MINUTE, WE JUST ESTABLISHED SOMETHING. "HE COMES TO THE

HOUSE OF THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE." WHOSE HOUSE IS IT?

IT'S THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE'S HOUSE, IT'S NOT

JESUS'S. HERE'S ANOTHER PRINCIPLE. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN

AROUND SOMEBODY, THEY WALK IN A ROOM AND THEY OWN IT? THEY DON'T

EVEN HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, THEIR PRESENCE CARRIES AUTHORITY. YOU

WALK INTO A PLACE AND PEOPLE SAY, WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU? TELL

ME, WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU? THEY CAN'T FIGURE YOU OUT. YOU WALK

INTO A PLACE AND YOU DEMAND RESPECT. JESUS WAS DETERMINED

HE'S GONNA GO IN THERE AND HE'S GONNA OWN THE PLACE. I'VE HAD TO

DO THAT IN ICU UNITS. WHEN THE WHOLE FAMILY IS WANTING THAT

PERSON TO DIE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO SUFFER ANYMORE. WHAT

DID YOU CALL ME UP HERE FOR? YOU KNOW, OR IT'S NOT THAT. PASTOR,

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND THEY START TALKING, YOU KNOW,

THIS WAS THAT, THIS WAS THAT, AND THE DOCTOR SAID THIS, AND

THE DOCTOR SAID THAT, AND THE DOCTOR, AND I'M LIKE, CAN YOU

ALL PLEASE LEAVE? I GOT WORK TO DO. I'VE TOLD THE NURSES, COULD

YOU PLEASE STEP OUT? 'CAUSE I'VE WALKED INTO ICU UNITS, AND THE

NURSE GOES, "NOW, PLEASE UNDERSTAND, REVEREND." AND I'LL

SAY, "EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, PLEASE. "YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL IN WHAT YOU

DO. "I AM VERY PROFESSIONAL IN WHAT I DO, "AND I'D APPRECIATE

IF YOU'D STEP OUT, THANK YOU.”

THAT'S HOW YOU GET OWNERSHIP OVER WHAT YOU'RE FACING. YOU

HAVE TO BE CONFIDENT AND IN AUTHORITY OF WHO YOU ARE, BUT

MORE THAN THAT, WHO YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU KNOW. I KNOW THAT IT IS

NOT BY MY MIGHT AND IT IS NOT BY MY POWER, BUT IT IS BY HIS

SPIRIT WHEN I WALK IN A ROOM. AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE A

COVENANT WITH ALMIGHTY GOD. HE IS BOUND BY HIS WORD, BUT BOUND

BY BLOOD. MY TUMMY WAS UPSET LAST WEEK. WASN'T FEELING QUITE

RIGHT. LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN. I SAID, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW,

I'M LOOKING UP, BUT I'M SEATED RIGHT THERE NEXT TO YOU, FATHER.

YESHUA IS MY COVENANT BROTHER WHO I'M SEATING RIGHT NEXT TO IN

THE SAME SEAT WITH HIM. AND MY COVENANT BROTHER FATHER DOESN'T

HAVE A TUMMY ACHE. HE'S IN COVENANT WITH ME. WE'RE IN

COVENANT TOGETHER. WHAT'S MINE IS HIS, HIS IS MINE. HE PAID FOR

IT SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO FEEL THIS WAY LIKE I'M GONNA THROW UP

BEFORE I GO ON THE SET. THAT WOULD BE REALLY BAD, WOULDN'T

IT? I WOULD THROW UP. SO HANK, WHAT DO YOU THINK, GENE BAILEY?

THAT'S WHAT I THINK, IT'S CALLED LIBERALISM. PROBABLY WHAT I

WOULD HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW. IT'S CALLED DEMOCRATS. PROBABLY WHAT

I WOULD HAVE SAID, I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY SAID IT. HAD I THROWN

UP, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF SOMETHING, AND THAT'S PROBABLY

WHAT I SAID. OR I WOULD HAVE SAID RHINOS. RHINOS ARE

REPULSIVE. CHRISTIANS THAT ARE APATHETIC AND DON'T VOTE.

I'M GONNA GET THROWN UP. BUT I SAID, JESUS IS MY COVENANT

BROTHER AND HE'S NOT UP THERE ON THE THRONE GETTING READY TO

VOMIT. SO NEITHER AM I. SO FATHER, I HOLD YOU TO OUR

COVENANT TOGETHER. I RECEIVE WHAT HE PAID FOR IN OUR COVENANT

AND THIS THING HAS TO LEAVE. PASTOR, WHAT HAPPENED? NOTHING.

NOTHING HAPPENED. I STILL HAD THE THROW UP FEELING. I STILL

HAD THE NAUSEOUSNESS. THINGS WERE TURNING AS THEY WANT ME TO

STARE IN THE CAMERA. AND SO I'M HEARING THE PRODUCER SPEAK IN MY

EAR, "HANK, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?" THERE'S JUST THEN THE LIGHTS GO

OUT. I'M LIKE, "I THINK I'M OKAY." BUT IT WAS THE LIGHT

BOARD. AND THEY SAID, "WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, "BUT YOU'RE IN

THE DARK." I SAID, "NO, I'M IN THE LIGHT. "I'M IN THE LIGHT."

BUT IT GAVE ME A MOMENT TO SAY, "NOW, FATHER, I SAID, "I'M IN

COVENANT WITH MY ELDER BROTHER, JESUS CHRIST. "HE DOESN'T HAVE A

TUMMY ACHE. "HE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HE'S GONNA VOMIT, AND

NEITHER DO I. "SO, I KNOW YOU HEARD ME, SO I SPOKE DOWN "AND I

SPOKE TO MY STOMACH. "I SAID, 'NOW YOU HEAR IT. "'I'M IN

COVENANT WITH JESUS. "'HE DOESN'T HAVE A TUMMY ACHE. "HE'S

NOT GONNA THROW UP ON NATIONAL TV, AND NEITHER AM I." AND THE

PRODUCER. "WHAT'D YOU SAY, HANK?" I SAID, "I'M NOT GONNA

THROW UP." "WHAT?" "NEVERMIND, IT'S ALL GOOD." LIGHTS COME ON,

ACTION, NO MORE TUMMY ACHE. I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO KNOW THAT.

YOU THOUGHT FLASHPOINT WAS LIVE. IT WAS LIVE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I

WAS GOING WITH LAST TUESDAY. YOU GOTTA OWN IT, NOT YOUR SYMPTOM.

YOU GOTTA OWN THE AUTHORITY OF WHAT IS YOUR, THAT'S WHAT JESUS,

IT WASN'T EVEN HIS HOUSE. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOUR

MOTHER-IN-LAW SHOWS UP FOR YOUR HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS, SHE OWNS THE

PLACE. MOM, I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING. MY MOM, I KNOW YOU'RE

WATCHING. YOU HEAR? YOU GOTTA OWN THE PLACE. HOW MANY OF YOU

KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? NOW LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. HE

SHOWS UP, LET'S KEEP READING, AND THEY'RE MAKING AN ADO. HAVE

YOU EVER TRIED TO CONFRONT SOMEBODY WHO WON'T BE REASONED

WITH? YOU EVER TRIED TO CONFRONT SOMEBODY WHO THINKS THAT THEY'RE

RIGHT AND ARE CARRYING ON? HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO CORRECT

SOMEBODY GENTLY THAT WON'T BE CORRECTED? THESE PEOPLE WOULD

NOT BE CORRECTED. SOME OF THEM WERE PAID PROFESSIONALS TO ACT

IN THE SPIRIT OF A DUDE. I MEAN, I KNOW SOME FOLKS IS LIKE, MAN,

DID YOU GET PAID TO ACT THIS WAY? 'CAUSE YOU SURE ARE CRAZY.

ACTING UP HERE LIKE A FOOL. NOW, LET'S BREAK IT DOWN FOR A

MINUTE. IS THIS THE SAME JESUS THAT WENT IN TO THE TEMPLE AND

MESSED WITH PEOPLE'S MONEY? YOU EVER TRIED TO MESS WITH PEOPLE'S

MONEY? I DO EVERY WEEK WHEN I TAKE UP AN OFFERING, I TRY TO

MESS WITH YOUR MONEY. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. AND PEOPLE GET

MAD. THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK. OH, THAT PASTOR'S JUST TRYING TO

MESS WITH MY MONEY. NO, I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO BE BLESSED.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START MESSING WITH PEOPLE'S MONEY,

THEY GET FUNNY. BUT HOW COULD JESUS GO IN AND THROW OUT A

BUNCH OF CORRUPT, HEATHEN FOOLS THAT WERE SHORT-CHANGING PEOPLE,

THEY WERE MONEY CHANGERS, THEY WERE CORRUPT. YET, NOT ONE OF

THEM THREW HANDS AT HIM. NOT ONE OF THEM DID IT, AND JESUS BROKE

THE TABLES AS HE SLAMMED A MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO PUNCH HIM IN

RETURN AND BROKE THE COFFEE TABLE AND WWJ HAPPENED. WORLD

WRESTLING JERUSALEM. NOBODY DURST, YOU EVER READ THAT IN THE

KING JURST? NOBODY DURST ANSWERED HIM ANYTHING. NOBODY

DURST TRIED TO SWING BACK AT JESUS. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT

HIM AND THE AUTHORITY THAT HE WALKED IN AND WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT

HIS GOD AND WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT HIMSELF. NOBODY THREW HANDS AND

YET HE WAS DEALING WITH THEIR MONEY AND THEIR STUFF. NOW FAST

FORWARD, MARK FIVE. HE GOES INTO SOME HOUSE THAT'S NOT HIS, HE

OWNS IT, AND NOTICE WHAT HE DOES. IN VERSE 40, HE KICKS THEM

ALL OUT, THE PEOPLE MAKING NOISE. DO YOU THINK THOSE PEOPLE

ARE PROBABLY GONNA LEAVE NICE? WHAT? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

I AM JESUS THE CHRIST.

GET OUT. CAN'T EVEN DO IT. I DON'T THINK HE DID IT LIKE THAT.

I DON'T EVEN THINK HE WENT LIKE THIS, LIKE IN ALL THE MOVIES.

YOU THAT ARE HERE, GET OUT! AND THEN YOU SEE PEOPLE,

(IMITATES CAR ENGINE)

I MEAN, THINK FOR A MOMENT. HOW DO YOU THINK HE GOT HIM OUT OF

THERE? LUKE, EVERYONE, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE? I DON'T THINK

JESUS DID THAT. THINK, YOU GOTTA THINK IN TERMS. THESE PEOPLE

WERE CARRYING ON. THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE RIGHT

AND HE WAS A LUNATIC OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT AND MOCKED

HIM. HOW DID JESUS GET THESE PEOPLE OUT? HE STAYED IN THE

SPIRIT. AND THAT AUTHORITY CAME ON HIM. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA DO

THAT WITH PEOPLE. YOU GOTTA TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THEIR NONSENSE. I

GUARANTEE YOU THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO LEAVE NICELY. THE

BIBLE PROBABLY DOESN'T RECORD SOME OF THE WORDS THAT THEY

SPOKE. THEY NEED EVERYONE TO LEAVE. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP,

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I THINK. I DON'T

EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. ALL RIGHT, GO TO EXODUS CHAPTER

TWO. I WANNA TEACH YOU A PRINCIPLE. HAVING FUN WITH IT. I

AM A CARTOONIST, SO I DO THINK IN THAT WEIRD WORLD. AND IT CAME

TO PASS IN THE PROCESS OF TIME THAT THE KING OF EGYPT DIED. AND

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SIGHED BY THE REASON OF THEIR BONDAGE. I

JUST SHOWED YOU MARK 5, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, VERSE 39.

AND WHAT WAS IT? THEY WERE MAKING AN ADIEU THEN, AND THEY

WERE DOING THE SAME THING. THE PROBLEM IS, FOR 430 YEARS, THEY

WERE MAKING AN ADIEU. OH, OUR BONDAGE, OH, OH. WELL, WAIT A

MINUTE. AND THEY CRIED AND THEIR CRY CAME UP TO GOD BY REASON OF

THE BONDAGE, VERSE 24. AND GOD HEARD THEIR GROANING. WELL, HE'D

BEEN HEARING IT ALL 400 YEARS. WASN'T LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE

LORD SAYS, "OH, IT'S BEEN 430 YEARS, I THINK I NEED TO DO

SOMETHING." NO, HE'D BEEN HEARING THEIR CRY AND HE WASN'T

HAPPY WITH THEIR CRY. HE WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO CRY

SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO GOD, FOR THE SAKE OF THE SACRED COVENANT

PROMISE, PROPHETIC WORD, I'M GOING TO SEND THE ANSWER. I'M

GOING TO SEND A SEED WITH THE SEED OF THE WOMAN. I'M GOING TO

BRING THE MESSIAH. AND FOR 430 YEARS, NOTICE WHAT GOD HAD TO

DO. HE HAD TO REMEMBER HIS COVENANT. REALLY, WHAT IT WAS IS

THE REASON I HAD TO REMEMBER HIS COVENANT, BECAUSE THEY FORGOT

THAT IT WAS THEIR COVENANT. THEY FORGOT, A COVENANT IS BETWEEN

TWO PEOPLE. THEY FORGOT THEIR SIDE OF THE DEAL. AND THEY GOT

MORE CAUGHT UP IN THEIR ADO, THAN THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THEIR

COVENANT WITH GOD. AND WHAT DID IT DO? IT JUST PROLONGED THEIR

BONDAGE. AND I WANNA TEACH YOU THIS PRINCIPLE. WHEN WE ARE

PEOPLE WHO CARRY ON AND MAKE A BUNCH OF UNBELIEF NOISE,

COMPLAINING, MURMURING, IT DOESN'T GET US ANYWHERE. I WANT

YOU TO LOOK AT PSALM 105, LOOK AT VERSE EIGHT. 15 TIMES I

FOUND, IN SCRIPTURE AT LEAST, WHERE ISRAEL, AND IT MADE GOD SO

MAD, THEY FORGOT THEIR COVENANT. THEY FORGOT WHAT GOD PROVIDED.

NOW, I'VE BEEN TEACHING, THOSE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM AND YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING THE LAST COUPLE SUNDAYS, THAT WE DON'T JUST HAVE

PSALM 103. AND WHAT DOES PSALM 103 TELL US IN VERSE TWO? WE ARE

NOT TO FORGET HIS BENEFITS. WE'RE NOT TO FORGET WHAT JESUS

PAID FOR. WHAT WERE THEY? HE FORGAVE US OF ALL INIQUITY. HE

HEALED US OF EVERY DISEASE. HE REDEEMED OUR LIFE FROM

DESTRUCTION. HE HEALED US OF EVERY DISEASE, REDEEMED OUR LIFE

FROM DESTRUCTION, CROWNED US WITH TENDER MERCY AND LOVING

KINDNESS. HE HAS LITERALLY RENEWED OUR YOUTH. SO THOSE ARE

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JESUS PROVIDED IN OUR COVENANT, WE'RE

NOT TO FORGET. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT,

THAT SAME COVENANT, GALATIANS 3. JESUS BECAME THE CURSE SO THAT

THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM MAY BE OURS. WHAT WAS THE BLESSINGS OF

ABRAHAM? WE LOOKED AT A FEW. THEY WERE INCREASE, ABUNDANCE,

FAVOR, LAND, BEING DISTINGUISHED. THEY WERE YOUR

CHILDREN BLESSED, YOUR BLESSED. GENESIS 24 ONE, EVERYTHING THAT

YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE OR YOU TOUCH, GENESIS 24 ONE SAYS,

ABRAHAM WAS BLESSED IN EVERYTHING. SO WE'RE NOT TO

HAVE, THE COVENANT OF GOD IS NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN.

THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T BREAK JESUS' BONES IN HIS BODY. 'CAUSE

THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HE REPRESENTED IN THE COVENANT THAT

WAS TO BE BROKEN IN THE COVENANT. NOTHING BROKEN IN OUR

LIFE, NOTHING BROKEN IN HIS LIFE. WE ARE JOINT HEIRS

TOGETHER IN OUR COVENANT. THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO SAY WHAT I SAID

LAST TUESDAY. YOUR ELDER BROTHER IS NOT SICK. SO HE GETS TO

FULFILL THAT SIDE OF THE COVENANT, BUT YOU DON'T? NOT

OVER MY COVENANT, RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW, THE FATHER LOVES THAT

STUFF. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT MOVED GOD TO SAVE A WHOLE

NATION, WHEN THEY CORRUPTED THEMSELVES AND THEN LIED, AARON

LIED WHEN HE GOT CONFRONTED BY MOSES AND GOD. AARON, OH, WELL,

YEAH, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO TELL THESE PEOPLE NOT TO DO IT, BUT

THEY STARTED THROWING THEIR EARRINGS IN GOLDEN AND OUT CAME

THIS CALF. GOD WAS LIKE, I'M GONNA WIPE THEM ALL OUT. I'M

GONNA SEND ONE LIGHTNING BOLT AND I'M GONNA FRY ALL OF ISRAEL

AND I'M GONNA START OVER AND ALL THE WORLD MAPS WILL BE CALLED

MOSES. AND MOSES STOOD UP AND SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT IS THE

HEATHEN FOOLS GONNA THINK ABOUT A COVENANT GOD? THAT'S WHAT HE

SAID TO HIM. AND HE SAID, AREN'T YOU THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC,

AND JACOB? WHAT WAS HE DOING? REMINDING HIM OF WHAT ISRAEL

KEPT FORGETTING, COVENANT RIGHTS. WHEN ELIJAH WAS IN

ABSOLUTE WAR, YOU COULD SAY A BATTLE, THE NATION WAS CAUGHT

BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS. AND HE LET THE FOOLS OF THE FALSE PROPHETS

OF BAAL AND OF JEZEBEL, THEY CUT THEMSELVES, CARRIED ON,

PROPHESIED, 1 KINGS 18, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING.

AND FINALLY HE SAID, ALL RIGHT, YOU DID YOUR STUFF, NOTHING

HAPPENED, NOW IT'S TIME TO GET A RESPONSE FROM THE ONE TRUE GOD.

THE FIRST THING HE DID TO BRING THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF THE

FIRE THAT CONSUMED AN ALTAR FILLED WITH BLOOD AND WAS POURED

12 TIMES WITH WATER. AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FIRE WHEN YOU

DOUSED IT WITH WATER? AND HE LOOKS UP AND HE REMEMBERED HIS

COVENANT. ELIJAH DECLARED, "THOU ART THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, "ISAAC,

AND JACOB." HOW ABOUT US? WHEN WE GET SOME KIND OF NEWS, WE GO

THROUGH A CHALLENGE. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE LOOKED UP? YOU ARE

THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, AND OF THE LORD JESUS

CHRIST. AND I AM A JOINT HEIR, FATHER, WITH JESUS. WHAT IS HIS

IS MINE. HE IS NOT BROKE, I'M NOT BROKE. HE IS NOT WANTING,

I'M NOT WANTING. IT'S COVENANT. AND WATCH THE FIRE LICK UP YOUR

ENEMIES AND WATCH THE BLESSING OF GOD COME. NOW LOOK AT THIS, I

WANT YOU TO GO, LET'S GO QUICKLY. PSALM 105, VERSE EIGHT.

HE REMEMBERS HIS COVENANT FOREVER. THE PROMISE HE MADE FOR

A THOUSAND GENERATIONS. SO GOD REMEMBERS HIS COVENANT. THE

QUESTION IS, DO WE? PSALM 103, VERSE TWO, WE'LL GO QUICK. DAVID

DECLARES, "DON'T FORGET YOUR COVENANT BENEFITS." WHAT'S THE

FIRST WAY THAT YOU NOT FORGET? THE PREVIOUS VERSE SAYS, "BLESS

THE LORD "WITH ALL YOUR SOUL." DON'T LET YOUR MIND, WILL, AND

EMOTIONS GET INVOLVED BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET A TRIAL THAT COMES

OR YOU DON'T LIKE HOW LIFE IS TREATING YOU, IT'S EASY TO GO

THE WAY OF YOUR EMOTIONS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE PRAYING. I DON'T

FEEL LIKE WORSHIPING. I DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO CHURCH. I

DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING THAT. YOUR WILL GETS INVOLVED. THE NEXT

THING YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GO TO CHURCH. YOU DON'T WORSHIP. YOU

DON'T PICK UP YOUR BIBLE. YOU'D RATHER JUST BE ENTERTAINED WITH

WHATEVER'S ON TV AND RATHER THAN WORSHIP MUSIC, YOU PUT ON ALL

THE ONES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BLUER. I'M A COVENANT MAN. BUT I

FORGOT, WHOA, BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH.

AND SO, WHAT I'M GONNA TELL YOU IS TRUE. I AM SO BLUE. I LOVE TO

IRRITATE YOU THIS WAY. IT IS MY DELIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER

FORGET, "THAT PASTOR IS SUCH AN IDIOT UP THERE." AND WHEN YOU

START WANTING TO SING THE BLUES, YOU'LL HEAR ME AND THE SOUND OF

MY VOICE. YOU'LL START WANTING TO COMPLAIN, YOU HEAR,

(MIMICS TRUMPET)

AND PASTOR HANK'S VOICE. ISRAEL FORGOT, LOOK AT JUDGES 8:34,

Judges 8:34

LOOK AT THIS ONE. THEY FORGOT THE LORD THEIR GOD, WHO

DELIVERED THEM OR RESCUED THEM FROM ALL THEIR ENEMIES. LOOK AT

PSALM 106, VERSE SEVEN. OUR FATHERS UNDERSTOOD NOT THY

WONDERS IN EGYPT. THEY REMEMBERED NOT THE MULTITUDES OF

THY MERCIES, BUT THEY PROVOKED HIM AT THE RED SEA. NOW, YOU

TALK ABOUT COVENANT. WHEN THE RED SEA PARTED ON THE RIGHT AND

ON THE LEFT, AND THEY SAW A SMOKING FURNACE AND A BURNING

LIGHT, THEY SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT, BOY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE OUR

COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM. TWO HALVES, ONE ON ONE SIDE, ONE ON

THE OTHER OF THE BULL. AND THERE'S A BURNING LIGHT AND A

SMOKING FURNACE SHOWING UP, INCONCEIVABLE. THEY SHOULD HAVE

KNOWN, GOD WAS GIVING THEM A VISUAL OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH

FATHER ABRAHAM. YOU COULD READ IT IN GENESIS 15. THEY'RE IN A

RED SEA, JUST HAPPENS TO BE CALLED RED. IT WASN'T EVEN

THOUGH IT'S BLUE, IT WASN'T CALLED THE BLUE SEA, IT WAS THE

RED SEA. AND CUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BY GOD. YOU WOULD HAVE

THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE OUTCOME, BUT THEY

DIDN'T. THEY PROVOKED GOD. HOW'D THEY PROVOKE GOD? LOOK AT

NUMBERS 14, VERSE 22. "BECAUSE ALL THOSE WHICH HAVE SEEN MY

Numbers 14:22

GLORY AND MY MIRACLES, WHICH I DID IN EGYPT IN THE WILDERNESS,

AND THEY'VE TEMPTED ME NOW THESE 10 TIMES." YOU EVER HEARD

THE SAYING, GOD KEEPS THE SCORE? NOT THINGS THAT WE DO WRONG,

LIKE SIN NECESSARILY, BUT HE SURE NOTICES WHEN WE GET OUTSIDE

OF HIS COVENANT AND START COMPLAINING AND BE FULL OF

UNBELIEF. "AND THEY'VE NOT LISTENED TO MY VOICE, "AND

SURELY THEY'LL NOT SEE THE LAND." NOW HERE'S WHY PEOPLE

DON'T EVER SEE THEIR LAND. WHY DO YOU NOT SEE ANSWERS TO

PRAYER? WHAT ARE YOU BELIEVING FOR? IS IT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T

ENTERED INTO YOUR BLESSING? BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THE SAME

THING. MAYBE IT'S NOT 10 TIMES, MAYBE IT'S FIVE, MAYBE IT'S 15

TIMES, MAYBE IT'S 20 TIMES. WHERE RATHER THAN SPEAK WORDS

THAT ACTIVATE GOD AND HIS ANGELS THAT MINISTER FOR YOU AS HEIRS

OF SALVATION, WE'RE LIMITING IT, WE'RE HINDERING IT, AND SO WE'RE

NOT ABLE TO ENTER INTO OUR PROMISE. YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT

THAT? ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE SO QUIET IN HERE. LOOK AT PSALM 78. LOOK

AT VERSE SIX, I WANNA CAMP OUT IN PSALM 78. IN PSALM 78, VERSE

SIX, IT WAS TO BE PASSED ON, THE UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S WORD, THE

UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COVENANT. LOOK AT VERSE SIX, THAT THE

GENERATION TO COME MIGHT KNOW THEM. MAN, WE HAVE A BIBLE

ILLITERATE GENERATION RIGHT NOW. IT'S BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T

BRING BIBLES TO CHURCH. OR IF THEY DO, THEY'RE ALWAYS ON THEIR

PHONE. I THINK YOU NEED TO BRING A HARD COPY OF A BIBLE TO CHURCH

AND WATCH WHAT IT IS. I'M GONNA CHALLENGE YOU FOR THE MONTH OF

SEPTEMBER AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME. RATHER

THAN JUST LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN, IF YOU

ARE WATCHING THIS CHURCH AT HOME, I WANT YOU TO LITERALLY,

STARTING NEXT SUNDAY, WHICH IS THE FIRST SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER, I

WANT YOU TO BRING A PHYSICAL BIBLE TO CHURCH. ALL RIGHT,

EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, I WANNA GIVE A BIBLE CHALLENGE TO

US, ESPECIALLY IN A GENERATION WHERE THEY'RE BURNING BIBLES.

YOU NEED TO BRING A PHYSICAL BIBLE, AND THEN WHEN THE

PREACHER IS TALKING, LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURES AND THEN LOOK DOWN

WITH YOUR EYEBALLS AT THE SCRIPTURE AND WATCH WHAT WILL

HAPPEN TO YOUR LEVEL OF GROWTH IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE

WORD OF GOD, BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LEVEL OF YOUR

FAITH AND THE LEVEL OF YOUR CHRISTIANITY. WE ARE SO, IN A

MEDIA GENERATION, WE ARE SO PROGRAMMED TO ONLY LEARN BY THE

TV SCREEN OR THE TELEPHONE. AND THEY'RE SAYING NOW, PEOPLE WHO

ARE BEFORE THE COMPUTERS ARE CONSTANTLY ON THEIR PHONE AREN'T

LEARNING RIGHT. THEIR BRAIN GOES INTO OVERLOAD. SO WHEN YOU TELL

THEM SPIRITUAL STUFF, THEY'RE SO BUSY ON THEIR PHONES OR WATCHING

TV THAT IT AIN'T GOING INTO THEM. AND IT'S WHY WE HAVE A

ILLITERATE, IGNORANT GENERATION. I REMEMBER LISTENING TO CHARLIE

KIRK, MAN, AND HE'D GET ON WITH THESE KIDS AND HE WOULD START

QUOTING SCRIPTURES AND THEIR PHILOSOPHIES AND WHAT THEY WOULD

DEBATE ON. I THOUGHT, IT'S NOT THOSE KIDS' FAULT NECESSARILY.

IT'S THE FAULT OF, FIRST OF ALL, THE MORONS THAT WE ALLOW TO GET

INTO SCHOOLS THAT INDOCTRINATE OUR KIDS IN THE NAME OF

LIBERALISM, MARXISM, SOCIALISM, WHATEVER ELSE IT IS, HUMANISM,

ATHEISM, AND THEN IT'S ALSO THE FAULT OF THE PARENTS. PARENTS

AREN'T TEACHING THEIR KIDS BIBLE. LISTEN, LET ME JUST SAY

SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE PARENTS. PARENTS, IF YOUR KIDS

ARE GONE AND THEY'RE ACTING LIKE HEATHEN FOOLS AND YOU'VE GIVEN

THEM THE WORD, YOU LIVE THE WORD, YOU TAUGHT THE WORD, YOU

PRAY THE WORD, BUT THEY'RE ACTING LIKE HEATHEN FOOLS, THAT

AIN'T THAT YOU FAILED AS A PARENT. IT'S MORE A TESTIMONY

ABOUT THEIR REBELLION. IF YOU KNOW TO DO RIGHT AND YOU DON'T

DO IT, IT'S SIN. THOSE KIDS HAVE CHOSEN TO BE SINFUL. BUT YOU'RE

TO PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION THAT WOULD ARISE AND

DECLARE GOD'S WORD, DECLARE HIS PROMISES UNTO THE NEXT

GENERATION. AND VERSE SEVEN, THAT THEY MIGHT SEE THEIR HOPE

IN GOD AND DON'T FORGET GOD'S WORKS OR HIS COMMANDMENTS, WHICH

ARE PART OF THE COVENANT. NOW, LOOK AT VERSE NINE. I'M GONNA

ACTUALLY PREACH THIS, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT AT, I'M WORKING ON MY

OTH MESSAGE, BUT LOOK AT PSALMS 78, NINE. LOOK AT THIS POWERFUL

PRINCIPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WITHDRAW YOURSELF FROM THE

BATTLE AND YOU FORGET YOUR COVENANT. SO LET'S SAY A BATTLE

ARISES, WHATEVER YOUR BATTLE IS, COME ON, EVERYONE IN HERE HAS

SOME KIND OF BATTLE. MAYBE YOU'RE BATTLING TO REALLY

BELIEVE THAT GOD'S GONNA ANSWER YOUR PRAYER. MAYBE YOU'RE

BATTLING WITH OVER SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE

ANSWERED. MAYBE YOU'RE BATTLING WITH A HEALTH ISSUE. MAYBE

YOU'RE BATTLING WITH A KID. MAYBE YOU'RE BATTLING WITH A

MARRIAGE. MAYBE YOU'RE JUST BATTLING WITH YOURSELF. MAYBE

YOU'RE BATTLING WITH ME AS YOUR PASTOR THAT YOU DON'T LIKE ME

AND YOU'RE NOT SURE THIS IS THE CHURCH YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO.

LET ME TEACH YOU A PRINCIPLE AND LET ME TEACH YOU WHAT NOT TO DO

WHEN YOU'RE FACING A BATTLE. PSALM 78, VERSE NINE, THE

CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, STOP RIGHT THERE. DO YOU KNOW WHO THE

CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM WERE? THEY WERE DESCENDANTS OF JOSHUA.

WOULD YOU SAY JOSHUA HAD A DIFFERENT SPIRIT? YEAH, THE

BIBLE SAID HE DID. WOULD YOU SAY JOSHUA WAS A WARRIOR? NOW WATCH,

THESE THAT HAVE THE DNA OF WARRIORS, AMERICA, THIS NATION,

I'M GONNA PREACH ABOUT THIS AT THE CONFERENCE. WE HAVE AN

INHERITANCE, JUST LIKE THESE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, OF WARRIORS

THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US THAT HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY,

FOUGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS. AND THEY WERE ARMED, THEY HAD ALL THE

THINGS THEY NEEDED TO WIN AND TO BE VICTORIOUS. AND NOTICE WHAT

THEY DID, THEY TURNED BACK IN THE DAY OF BATTLE. THEY WITHDREW

FROM THE BATTLE. NOW WATCH WHAT VERSE 10 SAYS. WHY DID THEY

WITHDRAW FROM BATTLE? BECAUSE WHEN YOU FOCUS ON EVERYTHING

ELSE, BUT WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED BY JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR

COVENANT, INCLUDING THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT THAT HE

PASSED THROUGH THE CROSS, WHICH IS OURS, AND YOU FOCUS MORE ON

ALL OF, OH, THEY'RE JUST SO GIANT, OH, IT'S A GIANT PROBLEM,

I'VE PRAYED FOR SO LONG. THEY DIDN'T KEEP THE COVENANT OF GOD.

AND NOTICE, THEY WERE PURPOSEFUL. THEY REFUSED TO WALK

IN THEIR BIBLES. THEY REFUSED TO BRING A BIBLE TO CHURCH. THEY

REFUSED TO OPEN THEIR BIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NO, THEY GOT

BUSY WITH SCHOOL, WITH WORK, WITH BEING A STAY-HOME MOM.

EVENTUALLY, IT CAME TO THEY REFUSED TO OPEN THEIR BIBLE. AND

THEY FORGOT THEIR COVENANT. THAT IS THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN

WHEN YOU GET INTO A BATTLE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, OR YOU FORGET,

OR YOU'RE NOT SHARP IN WHAT JESUS PAID FOR. MOST PEOPLE I'VE

BEEN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE, THEY, YOU KNOW,

I'VE BEEN UP TO THE HOSPITAL ROOMS AND THEY'RE OUT THERE

QUOTING, "AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED, "AND BY HIS STRIPES

WE ARE HEALED, "AND BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED." AND YOU

CAN FEEL THE PANIC AND THE FEAR, AND I'VE HAD TO SAY, LISTEN,

IT'S FAITH IN HIS NAME. IT'S FAITH IN THE BLOOD. IT'S FAITH

IN THE COVENANT. AND YOU AIN'T GONNA GET IT NOW BECAUSE JESUS

TAUGHT A PRINCIPLE. IF YOU WANNA HAVE A SURE FOUNDATION, DON'T

JUST WAIT 'TIL THE STORMS COME, BECAUSE THEY WILL COME. YOU

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION ON THE ROCK. I'M TELLING YOU, MY

FRIENDS, THIS BIBLE AND OUR COVENANT IS THE MOST SOLID THING

TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR HOUSE, YOUR CHRISTIANITY, YOUR

MARRIAGE, THIS NATION, YOUR CHILDREN. ON THE WORD OF GOD,

YOUR COVENANT. BUT THEY FORGOT AND THEY REFUSED. NOW YOU BECOME

STUBBORN. NOW LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE. WE HALF THE TIME

DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS SCRIPTURE MEANS. LOOK AT

EPHESIANS 6:13. WE QUOTE THIS AND I'VE HEARD PEOPLE QUOTE IT,

Ephesians 6:13

OKAY? EPHESIANS 6:13, "WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL TO STAND."

Ephesians 6:13

STAND, OKAY, "WHEREFORE TAKE UNTO YOU "THE WHOLE ARMOR OF

GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND "IN THE EVIL DAY, AND

HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND." NOTICE THE NEXT THING, "STAND

THEREFORE," VERSE 14. ALL RIGHT, DO YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU

KNOW IN THE GREEK WHAT THAT WORD "STAND THEREFORE" MEANS? ANYBODY

KNOW? THANK YOU, I'LL TELL YOU. YOU LOOK IT UP IN YOUR

CONCORDANCE, IT LITERALLY MEANS TO COVENANT. ISN'T JUST, "I'M

STANDING!" WELL, WHAT ARE YOU STANDING FOR? "HELL IF I KNOW!”

I USE THAT WORD BECAUSE HELL DOES KNOW WHETHER YOU STAND OR

NOT. THAT'S NUMBER ONE WHY I SAID IT. NUMBER TWO, I WANNA GET

A REACTION OUT OF YOU. AND NO, I DIDN'T CUSS. IT LITERALLY MEANS

IF YOU'RE GONNA STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE STANDING FOR. AND WHEN IT TELLS YOU TO STAND, IT LITERALLY

MEANT IN A POSTURE, ATTITUDE, RIGHT? OF A SOLDIER WHO HAD

ACTUAL SHOES ON THAT HAD SPIKES IN IT. THAT WHEN THE ENEMY WOULD

COME, YOU WOULD PUT YOUR FOOT IN, THE SPIKES WOULD GO ON THE

GROUND, AND YOU WOULD NOT BE MOVED. BUT BOY, IF THAT ENEMY

CAME AT YOU, YOU HAD ENOUGH FIRM FOOTING THAT YOU HAD THE RIGHT

POSITION TO THROW A PUNCH, STRIKE AND KNOCK HIM OUT, KNOCK

HIM DOWN, CUT HIS HEAD OFF IF YOU HAVE TO. BECAUSE YOU ARE

COVENANTED. YOU HAVE SPIKES, YOU ARE FIRMLY, THAT'S WHAT IT

MEANS. WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL TO STAND, COVENANT, GET ON YOUR

COVENANT, PUT YOUR FOOT FIRMLY DOWN IN THE BENEFITS OF YOUR

COVENANT. I'M HEALED, I'M DELIVERED, I'M PROTECTED, I'M

BLESSED. YESHUA IS NOT SICK, I'M NOT SICK, AND HE'S MY COVENANT

BROTHER. (WHOOSHING) THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. ARE YOU HERE? LOOK AT

PSALM 78. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START COMING 'CAUSE I THINK

THESE PEOPLE WANT ME TO QUIT. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT PSALM 78. I

GOTTA SHOW YOU THIS. THIS IS VERSE 12 THROUGH 19. LOOK, LOOK,

LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID. AND I STARTED LOOKING AT THESE PEOPLE

AND I SAID, GOD, I'M LOOKING AT ME. NOW, MARVELOUS THINGS DID

THE LORD DO IN THEIR SIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU COULD HONESTLY

ATTEST, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, I MEAN,

THINK ABOUT IT. YOU RIGHT THERE WATCHING TODAY. HOW MANY

MARVELOUS THINGS HAS GOD DONE IN YOUR LIFE? BUT YOU KNOW WHAT

HAPPENS SOON AS WE GET BAD NEWS OR SOMETHING DOESN'T QUITE GO

OUR WAY OR WE DON'T GET OUR WAY OR WE DON'T GET ANSWERED TO

PRAYER? WE FORGET THE MARVELOUS THINGS THAT HE'S DONE AND WHAT

WE'RE FACING BECOMES THE FOCUS, NOT OF HOW GREAT HE IS, HOW

FAITHFUL HE HAS BEEN, HOW MARVELOUS HE IS, YES, TO ANSWER

MY PRAYER, TO HEAL OUR BODIES, TO CAUSE OUR SITUATION TO COME

INTO BLESSING. BUT NOW LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE, VERSE 13. HE

DIVIDED THE SEA AND CAUSED THEM TO PASS THROUGH. OOH, WHEN WE

FOCUS MORE UPON OUR PROBLEMS, WE FORGET THE GOD OF THE

BREAKTHROUGH. WE FORGET ABOUT THE LORD WHO WILL CAUSE US WHEN

WE GO THROUGH THE FIRES AND THE WATERS TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH THE STORMS WHEN THE DISCIPLES WERE

IN THE BOAT. HE ALWAYS CAUSED THEM TO PASS THROUGH. WE ALWAYS

THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA SINK. NO, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IN OUR

COVENANT, HE'S GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO PASS THROUGH. THAT'S

WHY THE BIBLE SAYS, "YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE

SHADOW OF DEATH." NOTICE HE DIDN'T SAY YOU WERE IN THE

VALLEY. THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF

DEATH. YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH. DIDN'T SAY THAT YOU WERE TO LIVE

THERE, THAT YOU'RE IN THERE, OR THAT THAT IS YOUR OUTCOME. NO,

HE'S THE GOD WHO PASSES YOU THROUGH DARK TIMES, THE VALLEY

OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH. HE'S THE GOD. YOU MIGHT BE SICK IN YOUR

BODY TODAY, BUT HONEY, YOU'RE GONNA PASS THROUGH TO BLESSING.

YOU MAY HAVE A MARRIAGE THAT ISN'T WORKING OUT TODAY, BUT GOD

IS LISTENING. YOU MAY HAVE A PRODIGAL THAT IS AWAY, BUT

HONEY, YOU ARE PASSING THROUGH THE VALLEY INTO BLESSING. NO,

THE DEVIL JUST WANTS YOU TO SEE THAT, "OH, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

THE VALLEY THAT I'M IN." YOU'RE PASSING THROUGH. IT DIDN'T SAY

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH THAT YOU'RE PASSING AWAY.

THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE THINK. THAT WAS GOOD, HOLY SPIRIT, I

REALLY LIKE THAT. SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE IN, "OH, DON'T YOU KNOW

THIS COULD TAKE ME OUT?" WELL, KEEP TALKING LIKE AN IDIOT AND

IT WILL. AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN. SEE, ON THE OTHER SIDE,

THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA START SAYING TO PEOPLE. WELL, YOU KNOW

THIS THING, WHO HAS GOT THE ABILITY TO TAKE ME OUT? WELL,

I'LL SEE YOU ON THIS SIDE THEN.

YOU'RE PASSING THROUGH. EVERYONE SAY IT EDUCATED. I'M PASSING

THROUGH. I'M NOT PASSING AWAY. QUIT ACTING LIKE YOU'RE PASSING

AWAY. OKAY, WHEN MY STOMACH HURT ON FLASHPOINT LAST TUESDAY, IT

FELT LIKE, OH, DESPAIR, IT'S AGONY ON ME. HANK, YOU'RE GOING

TO PASS THROUGH. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PASS MY GET LUNCH WITH

HANK LUNCH.

AREN'T YOU GLAD I DIDN'T? YOU ARE NOT HERE TODAY. NOBODY'S

HERE. YOU'RE PASSING THROUGH. ALL RIGHT, HE PASSED THROUGH.

LET'S KEEP READING. AND HE MADE THEM TO STAND AS A HEAP. VERSE

14, IN THE DAYTIME HE LED THEM. COME ON, HOW MANY OF US? GOD'S

LEADING US. HE LED WITH A CLOUD ALL THE NIGHT WITH THE LIGHT OF

FIRE. EVEN WHEN IT WAS DARK, HE HAD A LIGHT. HE CLAIMED THE

ROCKS IN THE WILDERNESS AND HE GAVE THEM DRINK. WOW, SOUNDS

LIKE PROVISION AS OUT OF THE GREAT DEPTHS. VERSE 16, HE

BROUGHT STREAMS OUT OF THE WATER AND CAUSED WATERS TO RUN DOWN

LIKE A RIVER. OKAY, THAT'S REFRESHING BREAKTHROUGH. HE

MAKES A WAY WHEN THERE IS NO WAY. HE'S A WAY MAKER. HOW DOES

THAT SONG GO?

WAYMAKER, DA-NA-NA-NA-NA, WAYMAKER.

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO SING. I CAN KIND OF HEAR IT, BUT I DON'T

THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT LYRIC SOUND. EDDIE, WE HAVEN'T SUNG IN

A WHILE. ALL RIGHT, EDDIE.

HE'S A WAYMAKER, DA-NA-NA-NA-NA. THAT'S A CUE FOR YOU TO BAIL ME

OUT. I'M PASSING THROUGH. I'M NOT CAMPING OUT OVER HERE,

EDDIE. I'M PASSING THROUGH, READY? LET'S SING IT TOGETHER.

(MUSIC)

COME ON GRAB GOD BY THE HAND SOME

OF YOU NEED TO GRAB GOD BY THE HAND.

HE'S GOING TO MAKE A WAY! COME ON, YOU'RE PASSING

THROUGH...YOU'RE NOT PASSING AWAY! IT'S NOT OVER! HE'S MAKING

A WAY! HE'S TOUCHING YOUR BODY! HE'S TOUCHING YOUR LIFE! HE IS

WHO YOU ARE! COME ON! THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. THAT IS WHO YOU

ARE. YATIMAH! SHABBAT! YATIMAH! THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. THAT IS WHO

YOU ARE. THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. I WANT YOU TO DO A PROPHETIC ACT

AND JUST PUT YOUR HAND OUT. COME ON, YOU WANT GOD TO PASS BY

RIGHT NOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, TO GRAB YOUR TO PASS

BY RIGHT NOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, TO GRAB YOUR HAND.

COME ON, EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY WALK THROUGH WHAT'S THE SHADOW.

IT DIDN'T EVEN SAY, YOU KNOW A SHADOW IS NOT THE REAL THING.

THE ENEMY ALWAYS WANTS YOU TO THINK IT'S THE REAL THING. THAT

THAT IS THE SICKNESS THAT'S GOING TO DO THIS AND THAT. IT'S

A SHADOW. BUT THE LIGHT OF GOD. WAY MAKER, MIRACLE WORKER,

PROMISE KEEPER, LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, MY GOD, THAT IS WHO

YOU ARE. WAY MAKER, MIRACLE WORKER, PROMISE KEEPER, LIGHT IN

THE DARKNESS, MY GOD, THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. I JUST WANT TO SAY

YOU ARE A WAY MAKER. THE LORD IS IN HERE. I CAN FEEL IT. MASTER

TOUCH THE PEOPLE. COME ON, DON'T THINK GOD DOESN'T WANT TO TOUCH

YOU. OTHERWISE JESUS WOULDN'T HAVE HAD HIS ARMS EXTENDED ON

THE CROSS. AND I GUARANTEE YOU WHEN THEY STRETCHED THAT LEFT

ARM AND THEY STRETCHED THE RIGHT ARM, I GUARANTEE YOU THEY MADE

SURE THEY STRETCHED IT AS FAR AS THEY COULD AND YESHUA WAS GOING,

"COME ON, COME ON, STRETCH IT FARTHER IF YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE

MY LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL. MY LOVE IS UNFAILING. MY

FORGIVENESS DOESN'T FAIL. STRETCH MY ARMS, MY HANDS, WHICH

IS THEIR SACRIFICE, SO THAT HE WILL MAKE A WAY. AND ALL YOU

GOTTA DO IS REACH OUT, AND SOMETHING ABOUT GOD, HE REACHES

BACK. COME ON, IF YOU NEED GOD TO MAKE A WAY, DON'T FORGET HIS

BENEFITS. OH LORD GOD, BLESS THE PEOPLE TODAY. BLESS THE PEOPLE,

THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL. THE SHEEP OF THY HAND, BUT THE SHEEP OF MY

RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE YOU. I ASK YOU, MY HOUR, GOD OF OUR

COVENANT, BLESS THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. OH, MASTER, MAKE A WAY

SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY AS WE TESTIFY OF THE GREAT ACTS OF

WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

(MUSIC)

THANK YOU, GOD. SAY IT WITH ME, I'M PASSING THROUGH. TO THE

BLESSING. TO THE FULL MANIFESTATIONS. RIGHTS,

PRIVILEGES, ENFORCEMENT OF OUR COVENANT TOGETHER, GOD. WHAT IS

MINE IS YOURS. WHAT IS YOURS IS MINE. THEREFORE, I AM HEALTHY. I

AM WHOLE. I AM BLESSED. I AM PROSPERED. I HAVE SOUNDNESS OF

MIND. I HAVE STRENGTH. I HAVE PROTECTION. I HAVE ENDURANCE.

THANK YOU FOR OUR COVENANT. WAYMAKER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE. AS

PASTOR DOUG WALKS UP, I WANT EVERYONE TO LOOK AT ME FOR JUST

A MOMENT, YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. TALK ABOUT A WAYMAKER. MAYBE

YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE LIKE, MY LIFE IS A MESS. DOESN'T

HAVE TO REMAIN THAT WAY. I'M SO CONFUSED. I UNDERSTAND. MAYBE

YOU'RE HERE THOUGH, AND MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T REALLY GIVEN A

SERIOUS THOUGHT ABOUT WHO GOD IS IN YOUR LIFE. OR HOW ABOUT THIS?

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE? YOU'RE JUST GONNA GO ON

THE GROUND, GONNA PILE A BUNCH OF DIRT ON YOU, PUT YOU SIX FEET

UNDER, MAYBE CREMATE YOU, IF THAT'S YOUR CHOICE? THAT'S WHAT

THEY DO TO YOUR BODY. WHAT'S GONNA BECOME OF THE REAL YOU?

YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR SOUL. THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU DIE, WHOEVER

YOUR LORD IS THAT YOU'VE DETERMINED WITH YOUR SPIRIT WILL

BE WHERE YOU GO. IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR

LIFE, WHEN YOUR BODY GIVES OUT, YOU GO DOWN AND BE WITH HIM. BUT

IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS IS THE WAY MAKER, AND HE SAID THAT

HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE, HE'S THE ONLY WAY, AND

NOBODY CAN GET TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH HIM. SO I WANNA

ASK YOU, IN A GENERATION OF BOLDNESS, AND YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, ARE YOU RIGHT IN YOUR HEART WITH GOD? HAVE YOU EVER

ASKED JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR HEART AND TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS?

THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE WAY MAKER SHOWING UP TO MAKE THE

WAY, TO NOT ONLY GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE AND FORGIVENESS OF

SINS, BUT TO START A JOURNEY OF FRIENDSHIP, YEAH, WITH GOD

HIMSELF. SO IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU'VE NEVER ASKED JESUS AND

INTO YOUR HEART AND YOU'D LIKE TO, WE'RE GONNA PRAY A SIMPLE

PRAYER. I SAY SIMPLE BECAUSE IT AIN'T COMPLICATED. YOU HAVE TO

BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART AND THEN SAY IT WITH YOUR MOUTH. SO IF

YOU'RE HERE TODAY OR YOU'RE WATCHING, YOU CAN PUT THE HAND

MOJO OR WHATEVER UP AND YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. BUT IF YOU'RE

HERE TODAY, YOU'VE NEVER ASKED JESUS IN YOUR HEART. PASTOR

DOUG, COME STAND AT MY SIDE, HELP ME SO I DON'T MISS ANYBODY.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? JUST PUT YOUR HAND UP. IF THAT'S YOU

TODAY AND YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST. ANYBODY

HERE? ANYBODY HERE? COME ON, BE BOLD IN THIS GENERATION. ALL

RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. I WANT YOU THAT ARE WATCHING

TO SAY WITH ME,

HEAVENLY FATHER. I BELIEVE THE BIBLE. THE BIBLE WHICH SAYS

WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD, WILL BE SAVED. THE BIBLE

ALSO SAYS, THAT IF I BELIEVE IN MY HEART ,THAT YOU RAISE JESUS

FROM THE DEAD. I WILL BE SAVED AND WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF

THE LORD THE NAME OF JESUS TO COME INTO OUR HEARTS AND TO

FORGIVE OUR SINS. WE'LL RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE. SO I DO THAT RIGHT

NOW. JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART. FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS. AND BE

THE LORD OF MY LIFE. AMEN.

NOW, PASTOR DOUG, WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE PEOPLE VERY QUICKLY,

WE'RE GONNA DISMISS IN TWO MINUTES OR SO, WHAT THOSE

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, EITHER THEY'RE WATCHING OR MAYBE THEY DIDN'T

RAISE THEIR HAND BUT THEY'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION. OR IF THERE'S

ANY OTHER QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, WOULD YOU LET THOSE PEOPLE KNOW?

YES. SO, YOU SEE THE PRAYER LINE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AS OUR

ELDER TEAM COMES THIS MORNING. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER,

WHEREVER YOU MAY BE AT TODAY, WE WANT TO REJOICE WITH YOU IN

THAT. AND YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907, 24

HOURS A DAY. AND WE WILL MINISTER TO YOU, SEND MATERIALS

TO YOU, AND HELP YOU ON YOUR NEW WALK WITH THE LORD. IF THERE'S

SOMEONE HERE, YOU PRAYED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT YOU DID

NOT ACTUALLY RESPOND OR RAISE YOUR HAND, YOU'RE STILL WELCOME

TO COME UP AND SEE OUR ALTAR TEAM TODAY. THEY'RE AVAILABLE

FOR YOU TO PRAY WITH YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER NEEDS TODAY, OUR

ALTAR TEAM'S HERE. THEY'LL PRAY WITH YOU AND TAKE CARE OF THAT.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE A GREAT ALTAR TEAM OF PRAYER WARRIORS

THAT ARE FULL OF FAITH. AND WE SEE MIRACLES EVERY WEEK AT THE

ALTAR TEAM. SO FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE

TO THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, JUST WANTED TO MENTION TWO OTHER

THINGS REALLY QUICKLY, AND THEN I'LL DISMISS YOU. NUMBER ONE,

DON'T FORGET THAT RIGHT AFTER OPENING THE HEAVENS, WE HAVE

ANOTHER SPECIAL EVENT CALLED BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY, AND

THAT'S SEPTEMBER 20TH. SO START THINKING ABOUT WHO YOU MIGHT

WANT TO INVITE TO CHURCH. IT'S A NATIONAL DAY, IT'S A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY, AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING THING HAPPENING THAT

DAY. INSTEAD OF HAVING LUNCH ON THE GROUNDS THAT DAY, IF YOU

BRING SOMEONE THAT DAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A FREE TICKET TO

GO HAVE A BUFFET LUNCH AT, THE REASON I SAID IT'S AMAZING,

BECAUSE YOU GET TO GO TO THE AMAZING PIZZA MACHINE. SO,

AMAZING PIZZA MACHINE IS OPENING THEIR DOORS, AND YOU'LL HAVE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A FREE BUFFET LUNCH TO THOSE THAT YOU

BRING WITH YOU AND TAKE THAT YOURSELF. AND THEN THERE'S FREE

RIDES AND LIMITED GAMES THAT DAY. SO IT'LL BE A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FAMILY MEMBERS IN, BRING PEOPLE IN, AND

SEE PEOPLE COME TO KNOW THE LORD. AMEN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE

NEED TO BE ALL ABOUT. AND THEN DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE

HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MIDWEEK RECHARGE. AND I'LL BE

GOING BACK THROUGH REVELATION 21 IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH, OUR

WONDERFUL FUTURE FOR THOSE OF US THAT BELONG TO THE LORD. IT'S

GOING TO BE EXCITING BECAUSE, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE FATHER GOD

ACTUALLY BECOMES AN EARTH DWELLER AT THAT POINT IN TIME

AND COMES BACK TO BE WITH US FOR ETERNITY WHEN WE STUDY THE NEW

HEAVEN, THE NEW EARTH, THE NEW JERUSALEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO

TALK ABOUT THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR

COMING. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUNDAY, AND

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE.