08/19/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman

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LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, ARE WE IN THE HOUSE THIS EVENING?

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT

JESUS IS STILL ON THE THRONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NEWS TO ANYBODY,

BUT WE'RE GONNA LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS

BECAUSE HE IS THE UNDEFEATED CHAMPION.

HE IS STILL ON THE THRONE, HE STILL REIGNS.

SO NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH,

REMEMBER THAT JESUS IS STILL ON THE THRONE

AND WE CAN LIFT UP A PRAISE TO HIM AND HE WILL

ANSWER. HE IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING WE NEED, AMEN.

LET'S GO, Y'ALL.

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Y'ALL KNOW THIS, SING!

I'M GONNA TEACH YOU GUYS A NEW ONE TONIGHT.

IT'S REAL SIMPLE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN.

HEY! ? SING TO THE LORD OF GLORY

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THIS IS THE CHORUS RIGHT HERE.

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IS HE WORTHY OF PRAISE?

I SAID, IS HE WORTHY OF PRAISE?

SEE, OUR GOD IS FOREVER ON THE THRONE, SO HE

DESERVES ALL OUR PRAISE.

EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN BE, WE

GIVE GLORY AND HONOR TO GOD.

AMEN. THIS PART SAYS,

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NOW I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL GOT A PRAISE IN YOUR FEET.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A PRAISE THAT'S OUTSIDE YOUR SEAT.

SO IF YOU HAVE THE VICTORY, MOVE WITH ME.

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I SEE YOU, I SEE YOU. LETS GO, LETS GO.

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OH, WHO'S WORTHY OF PRAISE.

OH, WE HONOR YOU, LORD.

OH, GOD, YOU'RE WORTHY.

GOD, YOU'RE WORTHY.

GOD, YOU'RE WORTHY OF ALL THE PRAISE.

ALL THE PRAISE.

GOD, YOU ARE WORTHY OF ALL THE PRAISE.

GOD, YOU ARE WORTHY OF ALL THE PRAISE.

GOD, WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT YOUR GRACE?

LORD, WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT YOUR GRACE?

OH, WE THANK YOU, LORD.

WE THANK YOU, LORD.

WE PRAISE THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

WE LIFT UP THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

OH GOD, WE PRAISE YOU.

OH GOD, WE LIFT YOU UP.

OH GOD, WE HONOR YOU.

BE MAGNIFIED, OH LORD.

COME ON, LET 'EM KNOW, LET 'EM KNOW, LET 'EM KNOW.

HE'S BEEN GOOD, HE'S BEEN GOOD, HE'S BEEN FAITHFUL.

HE'S BEEN FAITHFUL, HE'S BEEN FAITHFUL.

EVEN WHEN WE HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL, HE DOES NOT CHANGE.

HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER.

HE DOESN'T CHANGE.

HIS LOVE NEVER CHANGES.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN SEPARATE US

FROM THE LOVE OF GOD.

YOU DESERVE THE PRAISE.

YOU DESERVE THE PRAISE.

OH. PRAISE THE NAME OF JESUS.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I BELIEVE IN THIS ATMOSPHERE THAT THERE ARE

DOORS IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUSTED

OPEN BECAUSE OF YOUR PRAISE, BECAUSE OF YOUR PRAISE.

RELEASE, RELEASE, RELEASE, RELEASE.

THERE IS NO REASON, NO REASON FOR US NOT TO

GIVE HIM PRAISE AND GLORY BECAUSE IT IS TO OUR BENEFIT.

THE WORD SAYS HE INHABITS THE PRAISE OF HIS PEOPLE.

TONIGHT, LET'S GIVE GOD A PLACE TO RESIDE.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WE PRAISE YOUR NAME

WE HONOR YOU, O GOD

WE BLESS YOUR NAME, O GOD

WE PRAISE YOU, O LORD

O LORD, O LORD

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WE RELEASE OUR PRAISE

LORD, WE RELEASE OUR PRAISE

COME ON, SAY, LORD WE RELEASE OUR PRAISE

YES, GOD, YES, GOD, WE RELEASE WE RELEASE OUR PRAISE

OH, OH, WE RELEASE, HEY

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COME ON, RELEASE IT!

COME ON!

COME ON, LET'S BEGIN TO SING IN OTHER TONGUES.

BEGIN TO SING IN THE SPIRIT.

PAUL SAID, "I SING WITH THE TONGUES OF MEN

AND TONGUES OF ANGELS."

COME ON, BEGIN TO RELEASE A NEW SONG IN OTHER TONGUES.

YOU'RE RELEASING YOUR PRAISE OVER THAT AREA THAT

YOU'VE BEEN BATTLING OVER.

COME ON, RELEASE IT.

YOU ONLINE, RELEASE YOUR PRAISE, RELEASE YOUR PRAISE.

COME ON.

RELEASE PRAISE.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WHOO!

COME ON, DON'T STOP!

COME ON, SOMETHING IS SHIFTING!

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

KEEP RELEASING YOUR PRAISE.

COME ON.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING!

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

OH, COME ON!

COME ON, WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE IN THE SPIRIT REALM!

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WOW! I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT KIND OF THING JUST

MAKES THE DEVIL SO SCARED.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT

WORDS TO YOUR PRAISE.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA...

THE BIBLE SAYS WITH GROANINGS THAT CAN'T BE UTTERED.

YOU, COME ON JUDY, YOU CAN'T PUT A WORD TO IT.

IT JUST MEANS THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU JUST GOTTA GET OVER THERE

AND FLOW WITH THE SPIRIT, THE SOUND OF THE ANGELS.

I THINK ANGELS ARE IN THE ROOM.

JUST LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU.

OH, COME ON, JUST LOVE ON HIM.

WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU.

WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU.

OH, JUST GIVE HIM YOUR LOVE.

WE GIVE YOU OUR LOVE.

OH, WE LOVE YOU.

WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU.

COME ON, JUST LOVE.

SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOU JUST LOVE ON HIM.

TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM.

TELL HIM YOU'RE GRATEFUL.

COME ON.

WE LOVE YOU, JESUS.

SOME OF YOU NEED TO JUST SAY THE NAME OF JESUS.

WE LOVE THE NAME OF JESUS.

OH, YOUR NAME, JESUS.

THE NAME OF JESUS.

THE NAME OF JESUS.

COME ON, JUST SAY IT.

SAY THE NAME JESUS.

JESUS.

JESUS. JESUS.

OH. JESUS.

SAY THE NAME OF JESUS.

COME ON, PROPHESY THE NAME OF JESUS.

COME ON, THE NAME, THE NAME THAT'S HIGHER,

THE NAME THAT'S GREATER.

COME ON, THE NAME OF JESUS.

COME ON, YES.

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COME ON.

IT MAKES THE DEVIL TREMBLE.

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COME ON, ONE MORE TIME.

COME ON, GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG SHOUT OF PRAISE.

WOO! WOO!

GLORY, I THINK YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE THE NAME OF JESUS.

WOO!

HALLELUJAH!

HALLELUJAH!

HALLELUJAH!

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SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE

NEED MORE MOMENTS IN THE CHURCH COMING BACK TO. YOU KNOW, I LOOK

BACK, SOME OF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, WE KNOW PASTOR DOUG

IS. WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS. I CAN GIVE HIM A HARD

TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU GO BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE WOULD GO TO

A BIG CRUSADE, A BENNY HINN CRUSADE, AND SOME OF US

REMEMBER, PEOPLE WOULD JUST MINISTER TO THE LORD. WE WEREN'T

ASKING FOR ANYTHING. NOBODY WAS JUST BOOHOOING AND WORRYING

ABOUT THEIR ISSUES. JUST MINISTERING TO THE LORD. AND I

THINK THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENT, JANET, THAT RELEASES MIRACLES.

AND WE'RE HIGH TIME FOR A NEW FLOW. CAN YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

AMEN AND AMEN. WELL, I'M PROMISING I'M NOT GOING LATE

TONIGHT. SO TURN AROUND, HUG SOMEBODY WHILE I SWITCH

MICROPHONES. WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S JOINING US

ONLINE TONIGHT. WE'RE GONNA GET IN THE WORD. SO LET SOMEBODY

KNOW, HUG ON SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD.

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AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD. I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO IT. I'M GOING

TO GIVE YOU ABOUT LIKE A HALF A SECOND TO CATCH YOUR BREATH. AND

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PUT UP THE OFFERING INFORMATION UP ON THE

SCREEN. I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE A SCRIPTURE. YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO

DO, RIGHT? I HAVE TO PREACH IT TO YOU EVERY TIME. AND SO PUT

ALL THAT INFORMATION UP THERE. AND JUST A COUPLE THINGS WHILE

THE USHERS ARE SERVING YOU. AND USHERS, YOU CAN GO RIGHT INTO

COLLECTING ENVELOPES OR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE USING THEIR PHONE.

BY THE WAY, I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE ONLINE GROUP FOR YOUR

PARTICIPATION TONIGHT. AND I WANNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE

HAVE OPENED THE GIVING FUND FOR OPENING THE HEAVENS 2026. ARE

YOU GUYS EXCITED FOR THE CONFERENCE?

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I'M PUMPED. I MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST. I'M REALLY EXCITED. I

WAS IN THERE DOING SOMETHING IN THE BATHROOM THE OTHER DAY,

CLEANING UP SOME COSMETIC ITEMS, AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T HAVE TO

PACK YOU UP FOR OPENING THE HEAVENS AND PUT YOU IN A

SUITCASE. SO I'M PRETTY PUMPED ABOUT THAT. BUT I'M JUST EXCITED

TO HOST ALL THE PEOPLE AT THE TABERNACLE THIS YEAR. AND THERE

ARE SO MANY PEOPLE, AND SO MANY OF US KNOW THIS IS TRUE. THEY

COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ARENA, AND THEN MAKE SURE THEY

HAVE TIME TO COME DRIVE BY THE CAMPUS. WELL, NOW EVERYBODY GETS

TO COME INSIDE, AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR YOU. LOOKING

AT REGISTRATION NUMBERS, AND WE ARE GONNA BE RIGHT ON TARGET.

YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY PLEASED. AND JUST SO MANY GOOD THINGS.

ALSO, THE PARTNER LUNCHEON'S OPEN, SO, WOW, GET OUT THERE AND

REGISTER FOR THAT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE BOX LUNCH RIGHT HERE IN THE

TABERNACLE AND IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING TIME. I REALLY BELIEVE

THAT THERE'S JUST GONNA BE AN AMAZING TIME OF MINISTRY ALL

THAT WEEKEND AND SO IF YOU DIDN'T REGISTER, GET OUT THERE,

GO TO OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG AND GET REGISTERED, AMEN? ALL RIGHT,

COUPLE OTHER QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS I WANNA GIVE TO EVERYBODY. SO

OCTOBER 5TH, MARK IT IN YOUR CALENDAR. WE ARE DOING A SPECIAL

EVENT CALLED VOTE YOUR VALUES. AND THIS IS ALL GONNA BE ABOUT

ENCOURAGING PASTORS TO TALK TO THEIR CHURCHES ABOUT GETTING OUT

TO VOTE THIS NOVEMBER. AND I THINK NEBRASKA NEEDS TO VOTE,

AMEN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COME TO LEARN IS HOW LOW

VOTER TURNOUT CAN BE FOR ELECTIONS. WE'RE GONNA BE DOING

THAT OCTOBER THE 5TH, IT'S MONDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE RICK GREEN

IS GONNA BE HERE. GIVE IT UP FOR RICK. WE'RE WORKING ON A COUPLE

OTHER SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE SOME POLITICAL CANDIDATES THAT'LL BE

HERE AND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM SOME OF THEM. WE'RE

JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO

CHRISTIANS, RIGHT? CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS IN NEBRASKA THAT CARE

ABOUT NOT ALLOWING TRANSGENDER, THINGS LIKE TRANSGENDER IDEOLOGY

JUST HAVE FREE REIN. SO I DO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, PUT IT ON

YOUR CALENDAR, BE HERE, LET'S JUST SHOW UP IN FORCE. AND THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE PART OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH THAT, AND WE WILL

BE STREAMING IT BY THE WAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PART OF

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH THAT LIVE IN THE AREA, IF YOU CAN MAKE A

GOOD SHOWING THAT NIGHT, IT'LL BE AMAZING. AND WE JUST WANT TO

JUST SHOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE. AND THIS IS

A BIG MIDTERM, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE

PRAYING FOR. AMEN? SO COME. IT'S COMPLETELY FREE, AND IT'S JUST

GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME. SO YOU CAN GET OUT THERE AND FIND OUT

ALL THE INFORMATION. AND THEN ALSO, ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT, FOR

ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WONDERING, WE NEED A PROPHETIC PULSE. SO

WE'VE BEEN COOKING UP SOMETHING FRESH. AND, OKAY, I'M JUST GOING

TO LAY IT OUT. SO WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S FLASHPOINT HAD TO GO

START WEDNESDAYS, RIGHT? AND THEN PUT YOUR PASTOR ON ON

WEDNESDAYS. YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE LAUGHING. AND SO WE WERE LIKE,

WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO WE'VE DECIDED RATHER THAN DO

LIVE PULSE, I KNOW YOU GUYS ENJOY THOSE, BUT THEY'RE HARDER

TO CALENDAR FOR US. SO WE ARE GONNA START DOING THE LAST

SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH. WE ARE GONNA AIR, OR THE FIRST, I'M

SORRY. I SAID IT BACKWARDS. THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH,

SEVEN O'CLOCK WILL BE THE PROPHETIC PULSE. SO IT'S GONNA

BE IN THE STUDIO, WE'LL BE GOING ON THERE, WE'LL BRING IT OUT TO

YOU LIVE, YOU CAN COMMENT. AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT LIKE AN ACTUAL

TV PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN NETWORK IT. ONE OF THE THINGS

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON NOW IS BRINGING OVTV TO A FULL NETWORK

TRAFFIC, SO MEANING THAT IT'S A 24/7 NETWORK WITH PROGRAMMING.

AND SO WE NEED TO BRING ALL OF OUR,

YEAH, GIVE GOD A HAND FOR THAT.

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IT IS WHY WE DO NEED PEOPLE TO SUPPORT OVTV SO WE CAN HAVE THE

FINANCES TO DO IT. SO THAT'S GONNA BE EXCITING. SO THAT IS IN

THE WORKS, BUT WE WANNA BRING THE PROPHETIC PULSE TO BE PART

OF THAT. HOW MANY OF YOU THINK IT OUGHT TO BE A SHOW? AND SO

PASTOR AND I ARE GONNA GET IN AND GO A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL. NOW,

SOME OF YOU ARE HERE, HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE

PROPHETIC PULSE STARTED WITH PASTOR HANK AND I ON THE

TELEPHONE. JUST THE TWO OF US SITTING IN HIS OFFICE AT A DESK.

ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THESE DAYS? AND SOMEBODY FINALLY TOLD US,

THEY SAID, "COULD YOU PUT IT ON FACEBOOK?" THE FIRST NIGHT WE

PUT IT ON FACEBOOK, IT GOT TROLLED SO BAD. I MEAN, THE

DEVIL SHOWED UP IN FORCE. BUT WE DIDN'T GIVE UP. WE SAID, "WELL,

WE'LL KEEP DOING IT." AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE DID MORE THINGS,

AND YOU'VE SEEN WHERE THE PULSES SAY, "NOW WE'RE KIND OF WANTING

TO GO TO A FULL-BLOWN PROGRAM." THE ONLY PROGRAM PASTOR HANK AND

I DO TOGETHER HAS BEEN NEW LEVEL. AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED

TO GET ON TOGETHER AND JUST TALK THE PROPHETIC AND GO THROUGH,

AND WE'LL STILL GO THROUGH ALL HIS PROPHECIES AND ALL OF THE

THINGS, BUT WE JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME FOR A GOOD CHANGE AND

WE WON'T BE COMPETING WITH FLASHPOINT. SO SUNDAY NIGHT,

COME ON BABY. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT

FIRST SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE OTH. MARK THAT DATE DOWN. WHAT

IS THAT DATE? IS IT THE 5TH? THE 5TH RIGHT BEFORE THE CONFERENCE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST AIRING OF THE PROPHETIC PULSE. SO IT'S

GONNA BE AWESOME. SO BE LOOKING FOR ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF AND

PASTOR HAS SOME JUICY PROPHECIES TO SHARE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S

GET INTO THE WORD TONIGHT. I'M GONNA GO TO JAMES, THE BOOK OF

JAMES. I DIDN'T EVEN BRING ANY NOTES. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? I

COULD GO DANGEROUS. WE COULD GO REALLY LATE OR WE CAN GET YOU

OUT OF HERE EARLY NOW THE SCHOOL STARTED. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT

HAPPENS, BUT I KNOW. I THOUGHT, LORD, IF I MAKE NOTES, THEY'LL

STAY TILL NINE O'CLOCK. AND ALL THE PARENTS OUT THERE, HOW MANY

OF YOUR KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL? ALL THE PARENTS BACK IN THERE,

OR KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, YOU WOULDN'T THANK ME IF I GET YOU

OUT TOO LATE. SO, BUT I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. WE'RE

GONNA GO THROUGH THE FIRST CHAPTER, WELL, NOT THE WHOLE

FIRST CHAPTER, BUT PART OF IT. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, YOU

KNOW, HOW TO RESPOND AND REACT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH KIND OF A

TRIAL OR A CHALLENGE OR SOMETHING ADVERSE. EVERYBODY

GOES THROUGH IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR NATION

RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING. PEOPLE ONLINE, PASTOR WILL

PROPHESY, PROPHESY, PROPHESY, AND SAY, "GOD HAS THESE THINGS

PLANNED." AND PEOPLE WILL INVARIABLY IN THE SAME PROPHECY

GO, "I'M TERRIFIED." THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE

COUNTRY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND SO IT JUST

HAS SPARKED IN ME A REMINDER THAT THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO

DO TO NAVIGATE ADVERSE TIMES. AS CHRISTIANS ON A PERSONAL LEVEL,

ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, ON A CORPORATE LEVEL, WE HAVE TO BE

ABLE TO KNOW HOW TO GO THROUGH THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THE

BODY OF CHRIST. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THIS? THE BODY

OF CHRIST HAS GONE THROUGH, WOW, JUST SOME DIFFERENT CHANGES.

THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. WE'VE SEEN KIND OF SOME ROCKY ROAD WITH

MINISTRIES OUT THERE. A LOT OF STUFF THE ENEMY HAS JUST THROWN

AT THE CHURCH. AND WE HAVE TO, I WANT TO BE A MATURE BELIEVER

THAT KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE ADVERSITY AND DO IT RIGHT. SO

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT FROM, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO

TAKE THIS LITTLE PASSAGE IN JAMES AND SEE IF WE CAN SQUEEZE

EVERY LITTLE BIT OF JUICE OUT OF THESE VERSES. LET'S DO IT, ARE

YOU READY? JAMES, LOOK AT JAMES 1.1. JAMES, A SERVANT OF GOD AND

OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE 12 TRIBES WHICH ARE SCATTERED

ABROAD, GREETING, I SEND MY GREETING. MY BROTHERS, HE'S

TALKING TO THE CHURCH NOW, RIGHT? COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU

FALL INTO DIFFERENT, KING JAMES SAYS, DIVERSE TESTS, DIVERSE

TRIALS. NOW, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF IT'LL HAPPEN, IT'S A

MATTER OF WHEN, RIGHT? YOU'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID IT,

HE SAID IN THIS LIFE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TRIALS. YOU'RE GONNA

HAVE TRIBULATIONS, YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH STUFF, YOU'RE GONNA

GO THROUGH THINGS THAT FEEL REALLY HARD AT TIMES. IT'LL FEEL

LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN IMPOSSIBLE MOUNTAIN THAT'LL

NEVER MOVE. AND SO I WANT YOU TO BE THINKING ABOUT AMERICA, BUT

THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE, THINGS THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT.

AND HE SAID, YOU'LL GO THROUGH DIFFERENT ONES. NOW, I DON'T

KNOW WHY THIS IS SO SHOCKING TO US BELIEVERS. IT'S LIKE THE

BIBLE SAYS WE WILL GO THROUGH THINGS. WE WILL GO THROUGH

ADVERSITIES. AND YET AN ADVERSITY HITS OUR HOUSE AND WE

BE TRIPPING. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND LIKE IN CIRCLES. AND YET, YOU KNOW, THE

BIBLE'S CLEAR THAT YOU WILL GO THROUGH ADVERSE MOMENTS. NOW,

ADVERSITY CAN COME MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT FIRST OF

ALL, I'LL JUST SAY IT SHOULD NOT BE A SHOCK THAT WE FACE HARD

TIMES. IT COULD BE A SERIES OF THINGS, AND IT WON'T JUST BE A

TRIAL, BUT IT COULD BE SEVERAL, RIGHT, THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIME.

AND SO FIRST OF ALL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD BE MORE

SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER. AMEN, THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR A REALLY

GOOD AMEN. WE SHOULD UPLIFT EACH OTHER, OKAY, KNOWING THAT PEOPLE

GO THROUGH THINGS. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THIS WORD DIVERSE.

NOW, I'LL JUST SAY THIS, TRIALS CAN COME FROM SEVERAL SOURCES,

AND WE'LL JUST KIND OF DIVERT HERE FOR A MINUTE. THERE ARE

TRIALS THAT WE CAUSE OURSELF. WE DON'T LIKE THOSE. IT'S AMAZING,

PEOPLE ACT SO SHOCKED. AND LIKE, YOU DUG YOUR OWN HOLE. AND SO

THERE ARE TRIALS WE CAN CAUSE OURSELF. YOU HANG AROUND THE

WRONG CROWD, DON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

WITH THOSE PEOPLE. YOU COMMIT ERROR OR SIN OR YOU AVOID DOING

RIGHTEOUS THINGS. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING SIN, BUT YOU SET UP

YOUR OWN HURT, YOUR OWN TRIAL. SO THERE ARE, FIRST OF ALL, A

LOT OF CHRISTIANS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH TRIALS THAT THEY

THEMSELVES CREATED. NOW, I'LL JUST SAY IT LIKE THIS. USUALLY

IN THAT SCENARIO, PEOPLE DO KNOW, RIGHT? YOU SHOULDN'T BE

SHOCKED. IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE HANGING WITH THE WRONG CROWD,

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING NEGATIVE THINGS ALL THE TIME,

YOU KNOW YOU KNOW YOU, YOU GO WITH YOU TO WORK. RIGHT? OKAY,

YOU GO WITH YOU TO GET COFFEE IN THE MORNING. SO YOU YOURSELF

KNOW WHAT YOU SAY, COME ON, WHAT YOU DO. YOU KNOW HOW YOU REACT

WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T GO YOUR WAY. YOU KNOW, RIGHT? YOU CAN

PUT ON A SHOW ON A SUNDAY AND CUSS LIKE A SAILOR ON A TUESDAY.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE, LET'S JUST BE REAL, PEOPLE

CREATE THEIR OWN TRIALS, OKAY? AND THEN ACT LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW

WHY I'M GOING THROUGH THIS." NO, YOU DO KNOW, OKAY? WHAT HAVE YOU

BEEN SOWING AND DOING, OKAY? IN WORD AND DEED, SO THAT'S ONE

KIND OF TRIAL. AND THEN THERE'S THE KIND OF TRIALS, SO YEAH, A,

THE ONES WE CREATE FOR OURSELF. AND WE DON'T LIKE THOSE, WE CAN

AVOID THOSE. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US

ACTUALLY HOW TO AVOID THEM. AMEN. A SECOND KIND OF TRIAL

THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH IS THE TRIALS THAT ARE CREATED BY

PEOPLE AROUND US. YOU KNOW, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THEY CAN

CAUSE US TROUBLE. COME ON, DON'T RAISE YOUR HANDS. ANY PARENTS

EVER RAISE TEENAGERS? YOU KNOW, OKAY, OR YOU KNOW, TRIALS THAT

ARE CAUSED BY A SPOUSE, MAYBE THAT ISN'T SAVED. THEY'RE NOT

BORN AGAIN AND THEY'RE GIVING YOU A DIFFICULT TIME. OKAY,

SOMETIMES OUR TRIALS ARE THE CHOICES CREATED BY OTHER PEOPLE.

AND WHAT THEY'RE CHOOSING TO DO, THAT WE ARE TIED SOMEHOW TO

THEIR LIFE. IT COULD BE A BOSS AT WORK THAT'S GIVEN YOU A

PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TIME, RIGHT? AND CAUSING YOU A TRIAL.

SO OUR OWN CHOICES CAN CAUSE DIVERSE TRIBULATIONS. OTHER

PEOPLE AROUND US CAN MAKE OUR LIFE UNPEACEFUL. AND SOMETIMES

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST GONNA CHOOSE

POOR THINGS. AND THEN THERE'S THOSE KIND OF TRIALS I FEEL LIKE

COME JUST FROM STRAIGHT FROM THE SPIRIT REALM. YOU KNOW, LIKE AN

ATTACK ON YOUR BODY OR SOME SORT OF INCIDENT THAT TAKES PLACE.

MAYBE IT'S A STORM AND THE TREE FELL DOWN AND TOTALED YOUR CAR.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT ANYTHING. YOU CHOSE, ANYBODY

ELSE CHOSE, IT WAS JUST DEMONIC. RIGHT, SO THESE ARE THE DIVERSE.

BUT THE POINT IS WE SHOULD NOT BE AT ALL SURPRISED THAT WE GO

THROUGH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN THIS WORLD. NOW THE KEY IS,

HERE'S WHAT JAMES SAYS. LET'S LOOK AT IT TOGETHER. MY BRETHREN

COUNTED ALL JOY. NOW I LOOK AT THAT AND I'M THINKING, LORD,

THIS CANNOT POSSIBLY MEAN THAT EVERY TIME WE'RE IN A TRIAL,

WE'RE LIKE, YIPPEE! I'M SO EXCITED THIS IS HAPPENING. I'VE

DONE THAT NEVER. NOBODY IS EXCITED TO GO THROUGH. SO I LOOK

AT THIS AND I STARE AT IT AND STARE. SEE, THIS IS HOW I DO

WITH THE WORD. I LOOK AT IT, I CHEW ON IT, I READ IT IN THREE

OR FOUR DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME

TO DO THAT IN YOUR LIFE. THINK ABOUT WHAT IT'S SAYING TO YOU

PERSONALLY. OKAY, COUNT IT ALL JOY. NOW, I LOOK AT THAT, WHEN I

COUNT IT ALL JOY, I SEE IT MORE AS A BELIEVER. COME ON, WE'RE

PEOPLE OF FAITH, RIGHT? AS A BELIEVER, WE SHOULD COUNT IT AS

AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK RIGHT, AN

OPPORTUNITY TO TRUST GOD. OKAY, TRUST DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU

DON'T HAVE A REASON TO HAVE TO TRUST. I TALKED ABOUT THAT ON

SUNDAY AT THE OFFERING. YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TO TRUST WHEN THINGS

ARE NOT GOING THE WAY YOU WANTED THEM TO GO. SO COUNT IT ALL JOY

COULD ALSO MEAN THAT I MAKE A DECISION, RIGHT, TO SEE THIS AS

AN OPPORTUNITY. NOW, EMOTIONALLY, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE

THAT. EVEN THAT, YOU THINK, MAN, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING THROUGH THIS

HARDSHIP, I GOT THIS REPORT, THIS HAS HAPPENED, THAT PERSON'S

ACTING UP, THIS IS GOING ON, THINGS ARE GOING DOWN STRANGE AT

WORK. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THINKING, MAN, I'M SUPER EXCITED

FOR THAT. BUT I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT

MATTERS HERE IN COUNTING IT ALL JOY IS THAT WE CHOOSE TO OPERATE

IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT OF FIRST OF ALL, SELF-CONTROL. I

THINK SELF-CONTROL IN NOT ONLY THE CHURCH, BUT IN THE WORLD,

THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS, PEOPLE WILL BE HEADY, THEY'LL BE

RASH, THEY'LL DO STUPID THINGS THEY WON'T THINK BEFORE THEY

LEAP. AND SO TO, WHEN I COUNT SOMETHING ALL JOY, I'M

IMMEDIATELY PRESSED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WALK IN A MEASURE OF

SELF-CONTROL. THAT MEANS THAT WHEN SOMETHING GOES DOWN, THAT I

DON'T FREAK OUT, RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE TO CALL THREE PEOPLE AND

GO, "OH MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT THAT LADY." I DON'T HAVE TO RUN

TO MAKE A POST. OKAY? IT'S ALL SIGNS OF A LACK, A LOT OF SOCIAL

MEDIA. I KNOW, EVERY SERMON I PREACH, I HARP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE IT'S ENCOURAGED A LOT OF LACK OF

SELF-CONTROL. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A THING ON FLASHPOINT LAST

NIGHT. DID YOU SEE THAT LADY THAT'S SUING META? ANYBODY WATCH

THAT? AND I'M NO FAN OF ZUCKERBUCK, BUT HONESTLY, IN MY

HEART, I MEAN, I'M LIKE, OKAY, IT'S NOT JUST DANGEROUS FOR

CHILDREN, IT'S RUINING ADULTS, OKAY? THE SCROLL IS A DEMONIC

WHEEL THAT JUST GOES ON FOREVER AND THEY CAN FEED INTO OUR BRAIN

JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THEY WANNA FEED IN THERE. AND SO IT'S

ENCOURAGED A LOT OF LACK OF SELF-CONTROL. BUT I THINK

COUNTING IT ALL JOY MEANS THAT I MAKE THE CHOICE WHEN I AM FACED

WITH SOMETHING IN MY LIFE, COME ON, IN AMERICA, IN THE WORLD,

WITH PEOPLE, WITH MY MONEY, MY FINANCE, WHEN I'M FACED WITH

SOMETHING, I CHOOSE TO MAINTAIN MY COMPOSURE. OKAY, SOMETIMES

THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU'RE IN A TRIAL IS TO SAY

NOTHING TO ANYBODY. LET THAT SINK IN. OKAY, YOU CAN TELL FOUR

PEOPLE, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE TELEPHONE. THEN THEY'LL TELL

THREE PEOPLE AND FOUR OTHER PEOPLE, AND THE NEXT THING YOU

KNOW, IT'S ON THE NEWS. IT'S CRAZY, AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE

THE TRUTH ANYWAY. SO THE KEY POINT IS, COUNT IT ALL JOY MEANS

I HAVE TO FIRST MAINTAIN A PLACE OF COMPOSURE, SELF-CONTROL. YOU

KNOW, YOU THINK THAT FRUIT OF SELF-CONTROL STARTS HERE, STARTS

UP IN OUR MIND. OKAY? IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SELF-CONTROL IS NOT

THAT YOU RUN AROUND SCREAMING. MOST PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT. A

LACK OF SELF-CONTROL MEANS WE ALLOW ALL KINDS OF SCENARIOS TO

GO THROUGH THIS NOGGIN OF OURS AND WE MAKE UP ALL SORTS. YOU

KNOW, AND THE DEVIL LOVES TO PLAY OFF OUR IMAGINATION. HE

LOVES TO SIT ON YOUR SHOULDER AND FEED WHISPERS OF WORST-CASE

SCENARIOS. OKAY. WELL, WHAT IF THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DOCTOR

GAVE YOU THAT REPORT ABOUT YOUR ARM OR YOUR LEG? WHAT IF, WHAT

IF, YOU KNOW, AND SO THE ENEMY IS ALWAYS THERE TO TRY TO GIVE

YOU A WORST-CASE SCENARIO AND WE HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL, COME ON,

SELF-CONTROL ON OUR EMOTIONS, IT'S A BREEDING GROUND OF WHERE

UNBELIEF BEGINS. AMEN. SO THIS IS WHERE, WHY THE APOSTLE JAMES

IS TELLING THE CHURCH, "COUNT IT ALL JOY," IN OTHER WORDS,

MAINTAIN A PLACE OF COMPOSURE, PAUSE, PAUSE, AND GO, "OKAY, I'M

FACING THIS REPORT, THAT'S HAPPENING. I GOT THIS BILL."

COME ON, ANYBODY GOT A BILL IN THE MAIL THEY DIDN'T EXPECT? AND

YOU'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THAT'LL POP IN

PEOPLE'S MINDS A LOT OF TIMES IS, "HOW AM I GONNA PAY THAT?"

OKAY, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL WILL DO. HE'LL SAY, "HOW

YOU GONNA PAY THAT? ARE YOU MAD THAT IT CAME?" I'M LIKE, "WELL,

YOU PROBABLY SPENT THE MONEY. BUT MAYBE IT WAS A DOCTOR BILL

THAT YOU DIDN'T PLAN. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT FOR YOUR

CASH. YOU KNOW, YOU WALK IN AND BLINK AND THEY'LL CHARGE YOU

$500 JUST TO LOOK. SO, SO COUNT IT ALL JOY MEANS THAT I HAVE TO

IMMEDIATELY BE HAD THE DISCIPLINE. COME ON SOMEBODY TO

TAKE CONTROL OF WHAT IS ALLOWED TO PROCESS THROUGH MY THOUGHTS.

OKAY, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT WILL TAKE SOME DISCIPLINE,

BUT IT IS THE THE EARMARK OF THE MOST MATURE OF SAINTS. I MEAN,

HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY? ANDREW WOMMACK TOLD A STORY ABOUT WHEN

HIS SON HAD DIED. ANYBODY HEARD HIS STORY? AND HE GETS A CALL IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND HIS SON, I THINK, WAS IN A CAR

ACCIDENT, AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I, UH, IMMEDIATELY THEY SAID,

"HE'S KILLED." NOT THE NEWS HE WANTED TO HEAR. IT WAS IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AND IF YOU'VE NOT HEARD THE STORY, YOU

CAN GO LISTEN TO HIM. HE'LL PROBABLY TELL IT BETTER THAN I

AM, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THE RUNDOWN. AND HE SAID, "MY

WIFE AND I IMMEDIATELY DECIDED, "IN THE CAR, GOING TO THE

MORGUE, PEOPLE, TO PRAISE GOD." NOW HE SAID, "AT FIRST I HAD TO

DO IT THROUGH GRITTED TEETH, "BUT AS I KEPT PRAISING, AND WE

WERE DRIVING, "AND I KEPT PRAISING, THE JOY OF THE LORD

CAME. "AND I GOT TO THAT HOSPITAL, AND THERE MY SON IS

LAYING IN AN ICEBOX WITH A TOE TAG." AND END OF THE STORY IS,

HE PRAISED GOD, AND HE WOKE UP AND STARTED TALKING. NOW I'M

TELLING YOU, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT, COME ON, GIVE GOD A

PRAISE FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT, IF THERE

WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT DIFFERENT OUTCOME HAD HE STARTED

WEEPING AND CRYING AND WENT THE ROUTE OF GRIEF. I DON'T KNOW.

NOW, BUT THE NATURAL HUMAN RESPONSE, COME ON AND PEOPLE

TELL YOU, "OH, THAT'S HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RESPOND. "THAT'S

WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO." OKAY, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS,

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REACT FEARFULLY 'CAUSE IT'S A SCARY

THING. YET, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO DIFFERENT

KINDS, ALL THE KINDS OF TESTS AND TRIALS THAT ONE CAN THINK UP

IN THEIR MIND. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN THE COMPOSURE

EMOTIONALLY, AMEN, AND MAINTAIN A POSITION OF FAITH. NOW, I WILL

TELL YOU THAT DISCIPLINE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS A

CHRISTIAN WILL HAVE TO LEARN TO DO. IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST,

MOST MATURING THINGS THAT A BELIEVER CAN DO, IS MAINTAIN

COMPOSURE AND SOMETIMES SHUT YOUR MOUTH. RIGHT? COUNT IT ALL

JOY. WHEN YOU FALL INTO ALL THESE TESTS AND THESE TRIALS,

OKAY, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE, FIRST OF ALL. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW,

MAYBE THE ATTITUDE OUGHTA BE WHEN YOU GET HIT WITH SOMETHING

OR THERE'S AN ATTACK, MAYBE THE ATTITUDE OUGHT TO BE, HERE WE

GO, LET'S GO. COME ON, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOD TO SHOW

HIMSELF. I MEAN, AT LEAST IF ANYTHING, THE FIRST THING OUT OF

OUR MOUTH OUGHT TO BE ONE OF FAITH. AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE FACING, BUT YOU FACE IT AND YOU FACE IT IN FAITH.

COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL IN. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ANOTHER

OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO MAINTAIN MY DISCIPLINE. THE FRUIT OF THE

SPIRIT OF SELF-CONTROL. LOVE. COME ON, IMAGINE IF WE JUST TOOK

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND PUT THEM INTO PLAY WHEN WE'RE IN A

TRIAL. WALK IN LOVE RATHER THAN EXPOSE SOMEBODY ONLINE. RIGHT?

JOY. PEACE. MY NEW BOOK, COMMANDING PEACE, COMES OUT

SEPTEMBER 1. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS

STUFF IN THERE. I'M VERY PUMPED. MAINTAIN LOVE, JOY, PEACE, COME

ON. PATIENCE. OKAY, JAMES TALKS ABOUT THAT. ALL OF THE FRUITS OF

THE SPIRIT, SELF-CONTROL, LONG-SUFFERING. OKAY, NONE OF

THESE ARE THE EARMARKS OF THIS CURRENT CULTURE. AND I BELIEVE

THEY KIND OF DID A NOSEDIVE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. PEOPLE HAVE

NO PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE READY TO CRUCIFY THEIR

BROTHER AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY. PEOPLE GET UPSET

EASILY. AND I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF, HOW AM I AS A BELIEVER

DIFFERENT IN THESE THINGS THAN THE WAY THE WORLD RESPONDS TO

ADVERSITY? WE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WE SHOULD

HAVE AN ABSOLUTE DIFFERENT RESPONSE. OKAY, THE BIBLE SAYS

IN THE LAST DAYS, "MANY SHALL BE OFFENDED." WELL, THAT SHOULDN'T

BE ME. OKAY, AND OFFENDED DOESN'T JUST MEAN MAD AT PEOPLE.

OFFENDED ALSO MEANS TO, YOU KNOW, BE TRIPPED UP BY

SOMETHING, TAKEN OFF COURSE. SO COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL

INTO THESE THINGS. KNOWING THIS, IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE TO KNOW

THAT WE KNOW, KNOW THIS. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT A SHOCK. THE

BIBLE SAYS THAT THE DEVIL, JUST TO UNDERSCORE THE POINT, THAT

TRIALS SHOULDN'T BE A SHOCK. FIRST PETER 5 AND 8 SAYS THE

DEVIL GOES ABOUT LIKE WHAT? A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR

SOMEBODY TO DEVOUR. WELL, DON'T LET IT BE YOU. JUST DECIDE IT'S

NOT GONNA BE ME. I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW HIM TO DEVOUR MY BRAIN

WITH HIS LIES. BUT THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S

AMAZING TO ME, WHEN WE GO THROUGH SOMETHING, WE THINK

WE'RE THE ONLY ONE, OKAY, THAT HAS EVER BEEN THROUGH ANYTHING

THIS HARD. I MEAN, AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT'S EVER HAD A PITY

PARTY? AND WE THINK THAT THIS SITUATION, NOBODY UNDERSTANDS

FULLY. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK IT'S THE REASON WE

TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR

SOMEBODY TO EMPATHIZE WITH WHERE WE ARE. OKAY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR

SOMEBODY TO, OH YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED WITH ME AT THE

DOCTOR TOO. AND THEN PEOPLE COMPARE NOTES ON THEIR AILMENTS.

AND YOU KNOW, ALL WE'RE DOING IS GIVING, POURING GASOLINE ON THE

DEVIL'S FIRE. AND OH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT HAPPENED TO ME. YOU

KNOW, WE WANT SOMEBODY TO RELATE TO IN THE PROBLEM. CAN I TELL

YOU, THAT'S ANOTHER DISCIPLINE WE NEED TO HAVE. YES, ASK FOR

PRAYER. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

ASK PEOPLE FOR PRAYER. SAY, "PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. I GOT A BAD

DOCTOR'S REPORT. IT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY." IMAGINE THAT. YOU

KNOW, BUT PEOPLE DETAIL. I SEE IT ONLINE, ON THE COMMENTS.

PEOPLE, "I WENT THROUGH THIS AND THE DOCTOR WROTE THAT AND I GOT

TWO X-RAYS OF FOUR BROKEN FINGERS AND THEY BROKE MY LEG

AND FELL OFF THE BIKE THREE TIMES AND THEY COULDN'T GET A

CANE TO FIT ME.

AND THEN I GOT THE CANE AND THEN IT DIDN'T WORK RIGHT. AND NOW,

YOU KNOW, THEY WANT ME TO GET ON THE STATIONARY BIKE AND I CAN'T

EVEN CLIMB UP THERE. AND I'M TELLING YOU, PRAY, PRAY FOR ME.

I'M LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT MESS. I DON'T

EVEN KNOW WHAT TO PRAY. AM I PRAYING FOR YOU TO GET ON THE

BIKE? AM I PRAYING FOR YOU TO GET A NEW CANE? WHAT ARE YOU

ASKING? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PRAY FOR.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE WANT SOMEBODY TO COME

INTO THE EMOTIONAL ABYSS WITH US. BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL LIKE

WE GOT ANYBODY. WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE BY OURSELF, COME ON. THE

DEVIL LOVES TO ISOLATE EVERY CHRISTIAN IN THEIR TRIAL. EVERY

PERSON. IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, SO, AND THEN THE BIBLE GOES ON

WHERE IT SAYS THAT, I DON'T KNOW, THEY COULD MAYBE PUT IT UP

THERE. IT SAYS THAT, GO BACK TO 1 PETER 5, IT SAYS THAT, "BE

SOBER, BE VIGILANT, "YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL WALKS ABOUT

LIKE A ROARING LION," SEEKING SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. LOOK AT THE

NEXT VERSE. "RESIST HIM STEADFAST." WELL, WHERE DOES THE

RESISTANCE START? YOU DON'T GET A BROOM OUT AND SWING IT AROUND

YOUR LIVING ROOM. AND DEVIL, I'M RESISTING YOU IN THE NAME OF

JESUS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT'VE DONE THAT A TIME OR

TWO. PASTOR HANK COULD TELL THE STORY WHEN WE WAS TRYING TO GROW

THE CHURCH AND WE WERE JUST REAL NEW AND WE HAD MORE EMPTY CHAIRS

THAN FULL ONES. HE SAID, "YEAH, I CAME IN HERE, I THREW SOME

CHAIRS. "I THREW THEM." I SAID, "YOU'LL NOT MOCK ME." BUT THE

KEY IS, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE MAD AT LIFE

AND PUNCH A HOLE IN YOUR DRYWALL. THAT IS NOT GONNA GET

RID OF THE DEVIL. IT'S NOT GONNA HELP. IT'S NOT GONNA HELP YOU

GET RID OF THE ENEMY BECAUSE YOU AIRED OUT YOUR COMPLAINT TO SIX

FOLKS OR TO YOUR SPOUSE, RIGHT? YOUR SPOUSE IS JUST LIKE, BE

NICE. RESIST HIM STEADFAST IN THE FAITH, KNOWING, WATCH THIS,

THE SAME. EVERYBODY SAY SAME.

SAME. IT'S THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME. IT MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT

COLOR HAT. IT MAY DRESS UP IN A DIFFERENT SWEATER AND SHOES, BUT

THE TRIALS OF LIFE ARE THE SAME. I THINK IT'S THE REASON THE

BIBLE HAD THE BOOK OF JOB IN THERE. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU THINK

YOUR STORY IS THE WORST OF THE WORST, OF THE WORST, RIGHT?

YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT ANYBODY IN

THE WORLD COULD GO THROUGH. LISTEN, AND I'M NOT UNDERCUTTING

THAT. I'M NOT SAYING PEOPLE DON'T GO THROUGH REAL PAIN.

YEAH, WE GO THROUGH REAL THINGS, OKAY? PEOPLE HAVE LOST LOVED

ONES, THEY'RE GRIEVING. OKAY, BUT THE REASON I BELIEVE THE

BOOK OF JOB IS IN THE BIBLE, 'CAUSE JOB, I DON'T KNOW THAT

ANYBODY CAN MEASURE UP TO LOSING HIS FAMILY TWO TIMES. AND ALL

HIS BELONGING IS IN HIS POSSESSIONS AND HIS HEALTH. I

MEAN, EVERYTHING A CHRISTIAN CAN NAME, HE LOST AT ONE POINT. SO

IT SAYS, "KNOW THAT THE SAME SUFFERINGS ARE EXPERIENCED BY

YOUR BRETHREN THAT ARE IN THE WORLD." THE SAME THING. SO

SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. SO YOU ARE NOT ALONE

IN THE TRIAL. SO THE DISCIPLINE THEN THEREFORE, OKAY, 'CAUSE

THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE, YOU THINK, "OH, WELL, I GOT THIS DOCTOR'S

REPORT AND THE DOCTOR SAID THIS AND THIS AND IT WAS ALL NEGATIVE

AND POOR." I PROMISE YOU THERE'S PROBABLY SOMEBODY IN SECTION C

OF THE CHURCH THAT GOT A SIMILAR DOCTOR'S REPORT. YOU JUST DON'T

KNOW ABOUT IT, OKAY? BECAUSE THE ENEMY IS THE SAME, OKAY? KNOWING

THESE SAME THINGS ARE GOING ON WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. SO YOU'RE

NOT ALONE AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCED BY YOUR BRETHREN

THAT ARE IN THE WORLD. SO GO BACK TO JAMES KNOWING THIS, THAT

THE SAME TESTING OF OUR FAITH, OF ALL OF THESE DIVERSE THINGS

WE GO THROUGH. THIS IS WHY AS PASTOR, WE'RE GOING INTO THE

MIDTERMS AND HE IS TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT, LISTEN, GOD'S BEEN

SAYING, HOW MANY OF YOU HEAR IT EVERY SUNDAY? GOD'S BEEN SAYING,

GOD'S BEEN SAYING, GOD'S BEEN REVEALING. AND THEN WE ALL LOVE

IT WHEN HIS PROPHECIES COME TO PASS. OH, WE'RE SO EXCITED. LOOK

AT THAT HAPPEN. IT'S IN THE NEWS, BUT GET IN FAITH OVER IT.

IF GOD IS BRINGING IT TO PASS, RIGHT, THEN WE NEED TO COUNT IT

ALL JOY. OKAY, THE LORD'S BEEN TALKING, THE LORD'S BEEN

SPEAKING, AND THEN SOME LIBERAL LEFTIST GOES AND DOES SOME RASH.

DON'T GET UPSET, OKAY? THE VICTORY IS THERE. KNOWING THIS,

THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH WORKS. NOW THAT WORD PATIENCE IS

THE WORD IN THE GREEK, I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE

STUDIED A FEW OF THESE THINGS. IT MEANS TO HAVE CHEERFUL, BUT

VERY COMMITTED ENDURANCE. SO THAT ALREADY TELLS ME THAT NOT

EVERY TRIAL GOES AWAY AT ONCE, OKAY? SOME THINGS YOU MAY HAVE

TO RESIST. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GET UP AND RESIST AGAIN. YEAH, BUT

PASTOR BRENDA, HANDS WERE LAID ON ME ON SUNDAY, AND I STILL HAD

THIS SYMPTOM. THERE'S STILL SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY KNEE OR

SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY, THERE'S STILL AN ISSUE. I GOT

PRAYER FOR IT. WELL, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER STRATEGY OF

RESISTANCE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO

UNDERTAKE. SO IT BRINGS FORTH COMMITTED, CHEERFUL ENDURANCE.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT OF IT LIKE THIS TODAY. I WAS READING THESE

VERSES OVER AND OVER AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I THOUGHT,

YOU KNOW, LORD, IF WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH ANYTHING, WE WOULD BE

SPINELESS WUSSES. A BUNCH OF SPOILED CHILDREN THAT NEVER HAD

TO LEARN TO WALK ON OUR OWN. OKAY, IF ALL WE DO IS CRY AND

WHINE WHEN WE GO THROUGH A HARD TIME, WE HAVEN'T LEARNED HOW TO

DO ANYTHING WORTH ANYTHING FULL OF FAITH. I HEARD ONE PREACHER

SAY A LONG TIME AGO, I LOVE THIS. HE SAID, YOU KNOW,

SOMEWHERE WE'VE GOT TO GET STRONGER AND MORE POWERFUL IN

OUR FAITH THAN BELIEVING GOD JUST FOR OUR POOR LITTLE SELF.

AND THE TROUBLE IS MOST PEOPLE NEVER ATTAIN TO A GREATER LEVEL

OF STANDING STRONG OVER THEIR OWN TRIALS, MUCH LESS A BROTHER

OR SISTER. AND I, LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO BE A PERSON THAT

WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER ON A SUNDAY AND WE PRAY, WHERE WE

PRAY EMPTY PRAYERS FOR EACH OTHER. OKAY, I WANT TO GET TO A

PLACE IN MY DISCIPLINE, MY MATURITY, MY WALK WITH THE LORD,

WHERE I DISCIPLINE MYSELF TO RESPOND AND REACT TO THINGS IN

FAITH SO THAT I CAN EXHIBIT THAT SAME FAITH FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

COME ON, THAT'S WHAT JESUS WAS. NOW, EVEN THOUGH HE, AND HE

WOULDN'T EVEN LET PEOPLE DEPEND ON HIS FAITH. THINK ABOUT THAT.

HE WAS FULL OF FAITH. I MEAN, I'M STILL, READ THE STORY OF THE

STORM AND THE BOAT IN MARK 4, AND I'M LIKE, LORD, HERE ARE

THESE PEOPLE, THEY ROCKED, THE BOAT WAS GOING. YOU SAID, WHERE

WAS YOUR FAITH? I'M LIKE, THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN SEASICK. I DON'T

KNOW IF BUBBA AND THE OTHER BOAT FELL OVER THE BOARD. WE DON'T

KNOW. OKAY, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THEIR BOAT WAS FULL OF WATER AND

JESUS EXPECTED THEM TO RESPOND WITH EMOTIONAL FAITH DISCIPLINE.

KNOWING THIS, THAT THESE THINGS ARE MAKING YOU STRONG. THAT'S

WHAT VERSE THREE IS SAYING. THESE THINGS ARE MAKING YOU

TOUGHEN UP. COME ON, TOUGHEN UP AS A CHRISTIAN. IF I COULD SAY

ANYTHING THAT WE ALL NEED IS, COME ON, TOUGHEN UP AS

BELIEVERS. AND IF YOU THINK, WELL, THAT SOUNDS SO HARSH,

PASTOR BRENDA, IF YOU ONLY KNEW. WELL, I'M LIKE, WELL, THINK FOR

A MOMENT, AND I DON'T MEAN TO LIKE BE THE DEBBIE DOWNER ON A

WEDNESDAY ON THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY,

IF YOU THINK THAT, THINK ABOUT THE CHRISTIANS OVERSEAS GETTING

BEHEADED JUST FOR NAMING THE NAME OF JESUS. OKAY, COME ON,

THINK ABOUT THAT. JUST TO EVEN PROFESS CHRIST, THEY ARE BEING

TAKEN AND BEHEADED. SO COME ON, WE CAN BUCK UP. OKAY, KNOWING

THIS, THESE THINGS ARE MAKING US STRONG. THAT'S WHAT VERSE THREE

IS SAYING. THESE THINGS ARE MAKING US TOUGHER. THEY'RE

HELPING US TO MATURE ON HOW TO RESPOND WHEN THE NOT SO

SURPRISING DIVERSE CHALLENGES OF LIFE HAPPEN. OKAY, AND CAN I BE

HONEST? ALL RIGHT, THE BODY OF CHRIST IS AMONG THE MOST

COMPASSIONATE BUT NOBODY WANTS TO SIT WITH YOU IN THE FOYER

WHILE YOU CRY YOUR EYES OUT. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LOVE

YOU. THEY JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. THEY DON'T KNOW

IF THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAND YOU A KLEENEX, GIVE YOU A HUG, GIVE

YOU GOOD ADVICE, RIGHT? AND SO I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T REACH

OUT TO PEOPLE, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING, WE HAVE TO DISCIPLINE

OURSELVES TO BE BIBLICAL SAINTS, OKAY? IF JESUS WAS HERE, I DON'T

KNOW. IT'S LIKE I HEARD PASTOR HANKS SAY ONE TIME, "I THINK

JESUS IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH A SPANKING SPOON." MAYBE LIKE,

YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL LIKE IT. I FEEL LIKE IF HE WOULD WALK

THROUGH THE FOYER OF MOST CHURCHES, HE'D PROBABLY SAY TO

PEOPLE, "WHERE'S YOUR FAITH? WHERE'S YOUR FAITH? WHERE'S YOUR

FAITH?" I MEAN, AND LISTEN, I'M HOLDING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE.

WHERE'S YOUR FAITH? WHERE'S YOUR FAITH? YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK AND

I, WE TRY TO BE EXTREMELY DISCIPLINED IN OUR HOUSE. YOU

KNOW, THE MINUTE WE, ONE OF US, GETS OUT A LINE WITH OUR MOUTH,

LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND IT'S REALLY ROUGH. YOU KNOW, WHEN

YOUR SPOUSE CORRECTS YOUR FAITH, IT ALWAYS GOES OVER SO GOOD. BUT

IF SOMEBODY, IF, I MEAN, APPARENTLY YOU'RE LAUGHING

'CAUSE YOU'VE ALL TRIED IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED WITH

EACH OTHER TO SAY, IS THAT THE HARVEST YOU WANT? OKAY? PULL

BACK YOUR MIND, OKAY? IN FACT, I THINK I'M GONNA DO A SERIES,

MAYBE COMING UP ON SUNDAY, THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND, 'CAUSE

I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO ADDRESS, SO

MAYBE WE'LL TEACH ON THAT. BUT IT SAID, NOW, OKAY, LET'S GO TO

VERSE FOUR. OKAY, SO PATIENCE, COME ON. IT'S TEACHING US SOME

SPIRITUAL MUSCLE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WHAT WE'RE

FACING. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE, BY THE WAY, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT

LIKE THIS, IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD IS HARSH. IT'S NOT BECAUSE HE'S

HARD AND HAS NO FEELINGS. THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS WAS TOUCHED

WITH THE FEELINGS OF OUR INFIRMITIES, OKAY? BUT HE'S

GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A WAY OUT. THAT'S THE THING. THE

BIBLE SAYS THAT HE THAT COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS AND

THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. BUT

WITHOUT FAITH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. BUT LET PATIENCE

HAVE HER COMPLETE WORK. THAT MEANS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU

MIGHT HAVE TO GET UP AND BOX AROUND, FEEL LIKE YOU GOT

KNOCKED OUT AND GO AT IT AGAIN. SEE, YOU MAY HAVE TO GET UP AND

GO BACK AT IT AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW, I DO NOT KNOW FROM

ANYTHING THAT I FIND IN SCRIPTURE WHY SOME MIRACLES ARE

INSTANT AND SOME TOOK TIME. I DON'T KNOW, AND WE SEE IT. WE

SEE IT THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE. GOD GAVE A SERIES OF MIRACLES TO THE

CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BUT SOME THINGS HE MADE THEM WALK THE

PROCESS. OKAY. HE PURPOSELY DROVE THEM INTO THE WILDERNESS

SO THEY COULD BE, THE BIBLE SAYS IN DEUTERONOMY, I THINK IT'S

CHAPTER TWO, IT SAYS HE TOOK THEM INTO THE WILDERNESS TO TEST

THEM AND TRY THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS IN THEIR HEART. AND OF

COURSE WE KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY. SO THE KEY IS, LET

PATIENCE. SOMETIMES IT'S GONNA BE A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO

THROUGH. AND THERE'S INTERCESSION INVOLVED, OKAY? OUR

SPEAKING IS INVOLVED. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO,

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CAN'T CONTROL THE TRIAL, OKAY? WE CAN'T

CONTROL THE FACT THAT MAYBE THE STORM HAPPENED AND OUR ROOF, WE

LOST THE HOUSE, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SOME SITUATION, MAYBE

YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. BUT NOW YOU'RE HAVING TO

NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGE OF IT. AND YOU KNOW HOW INSURANCE

COMPANIES ARE, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE'LL PAY TWO THIRDS. AND

YOU'VE GOTTA COME UP WITH ALL THE MONEY YOU DIDN'T EXPECT TO

HAVE OR PUT A TRASH BAG ON YOUR ROOF. FUNNY STORY, PASTOR HANK

AND I USED TO LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT HAD, WHAT DO THEY CALL

THOSE? SKYLIGHTS, THE WINDOWS AT THE TOP AND THE ROOF. I DON'T

THINK THEY MAKE THOSE AS MUCH ANYMORE FOR THIS REASON,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN NEBRASKA. WE HAD A HAIL STORM.

THE BOYS WERE REALLY LITTLE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS STORM CAME.

AND YOU KNOW, PASTOR JUST LOVES HEIGHTS. AND SURE ENOUGH, THE

HAIL BROKE OUT BOTH SKYLIGHTS IN OUR BATHROOMS AND IT WAS IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SO SURELY ENOUGH, GUESS WHAT WE'RE DOING?

WE GET OUT A LADDER. WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING. WE GET OUT A

LADDER AND CLIMB THE ROOF AND TAPE DOWN TRASH BAGS. NOW, NEVER

AGAIN. I'M CALLING PASTOR DOUG IF THAT EVER HAPPENS. I DON'T

KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, BUT ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL CALL

SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT THE POINT BEING IS THINGS HAPPEN, OKAY? SO

OUR REACTION, KNOW THAT SOMETIMES, AND I'LL BE HONEST

WITH YOU, THERE MAY BE TIMES YOU'RE GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE

TRIALS AT THE SAME TIME. ANYBODY EVER BEEN THERE? AND ONE TIME

WHEN WE WERE FIRST MARRIED AND OH MY GOODNESS, OUR LIFE FELT

LIKE A TORNADO EVERY DAY. WE WERE BROKE, OKAY? WE HAD

NOTHING. I MEAN, GETTING OUR FOOD AT THE GROCERY STORE. I

REMEMBER ONE TIME I WALKED INTO BAKER'S SUPERMARKET OVER IN

PAPILLION. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THERE. AND THIS WAS

BACK WHEN WE KEPT THE CHECKBOOK REGISTERS, BOB, YOU KNOW, AND WE

HAD TO WRITE DOWN WHAT OUR BALANCE WAS. AND I MEAN, I WOULD

KEEP IT TO THE PENNY 'CAUSE I DID NOT WANNA SPEND THE $15

OVERDRAFT CHARGE, I COULDN'T AFFORD IT. AND SO I WALKED IN

THERE AND ONE TIME WE HAD $30 LEFT IN OUR CHECKBOOK TO GO GET

GROCERIES AND I THOUGHT, IT'S A GREAT DAY, GOD. I MEAN, WE ARE

GONNA EAT GOOD TONIGHT 'CAUSE YOU COULD BUY RICE FOR 50 CENTS

AND A GOOD SIZE BAG OF IT AND YOU COULD EAT, WE BOUGHT

EVERYTHING ON THE CHEAP, WENT THROUGH WITH OUR LITTLE

CALCULATOR AND I THINK I SPENT 29.99.

LEFT MYSELF 50 CENTS IN THE CHECKBOOK, AND I'M TELLING YOU

RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THAT. WE WERE TRYING TO

GET ON THE ROAD TO PREACH, AND WE GOT THE LEFT FOOT OF

FELLOWSHIP OUT OF THE DENOMINATION THAT DIDN'T PREACH

FAITH, SO WE GOT KICKED OUT OF THAT. OH MY GOODNESS, WE WERE

FIRED FROM THE MINISTRY. WE DIDN'T KNOW, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T

HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. WE WERE GOING, WE ALMOST GOT EVICTED

THREE TIMES FROM THE APARTMENT THAT WE LIVED IN. I'M LIKE,

LORD, THIS IS NOT HOW I THOUGHT I'D START OUT MY LIFE. AND SO

PASTOR HANK FINALLY WENT TO OUR PASTOR AT THE TIME AND HE SAYS,

I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M IN THIS CONSTANT TORNADO. AND EVERY ONCE

IN A WHILE I'LL GET A LITTLE REPRIEVE AND MY ARM WILL STICK

OUT AND I'M LIKE, AH. AND THEN IT GETS YANKED BACK IN AND THE

NEXT THING MY LEG WILL STICK OUT, AH. AND IT'LL YANK BACK IN

AND, AND, "PASTOR, I'M TIRED OF IT." AND PASTOR, HE SAYS, HE WAS

JUST REAL SIMPLE. HE GOES, HE WAS A REAL SWEET MAN. HE GOES,

"YOU KNOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS IT'S ONE DEVIL." AND I

THOUGHT, OKAY, SEE, SOMETIMES YOU WILL GO THROUGH MULTIPLE

THINGS, BUT IT'S GONNA BUILD SOME SPIRITUAL MUSCLE IF YOU DO

IT THE RIGHT WAY, OKAY? THAT'S THE KEY. HE SAID, "LET IT HAVE

ITS COMPLETE WORK." NOW I LOOK BACK ON SOME OF THOSE EARLY

YEARS AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WERE SO AWFUL. I'M LIKE, WELL,

FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE STILL ALIVE. SO GOD HAD IT, RIGHT? OKAY, GOD

KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. BUT NOW I LOOK BACK AND I'M LIKE, OKAY,

SEE, LORD, WE WOULDN'T BE NEAR THE PASTORAL LEADERS HAD WE NOT

GONE THROUGH THOSE THINGS. THERE WERE TESTINGS THAT GOD HAD TO

ALLOW AT THAT TIME. AND GOD DID THAT WITH ISRAEL. AND GOD'S UP

THERE IN HEAVEN GOING, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE. I GOT YOU. OKAY,

I GOT THIS. BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO. THEIR BABIES

WERE SCREAMING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE WATER. SO HE SAID,

LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS COMPLETE WORK SO BY THE END OF IT, YOU

WILL BE COMPLETE. COME ON, I DON'T WANNA BE A ARMLESS,

SPINELESS CHRISTIAN. YOU WILL BE COMPLETE. YOU WILL BE MATURED.

YOU WILL BE MATURE, COMPLETE AND FULL. COME ON, NOW YOU CAN TEACH

OTHER PEOPLE. YOU KNOW HOW TO WALK AS A BELIEVER. OKAY, I

MEAN, AND YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THEM,

YOU'RE LIKE, "AH, DEBBIE, YOU CAN'T USE THAT ONE ON ME, I'VE

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, WORE THE SHIRT AND OVERCAME." COMPLETE

AND ENTIRE. PUT THAT ONE UP IN THE, PUT VERSE FOUR UP IN THE

NEW LIVING. OH, 818, I GOT TO GET DONE. THERE YOU GO. SO LET

IT GROW. IN OTHER WORDS, LET THE ENDURANCE GROW. FOR WHEN YOUR

ENDURANCE IS FULLY DEVELOPED, OKAY, THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES YOU

CAN'T WIG OUT AND CRY AND REACT AND RESPOND AND LET YOUR MOUTH

JUST SAY ANYTHING. 'CAUSE WHEN YOUR ENDURANCE IS FULLY

DEVELOPED, YOU WILL BE PERFECT. THAT WORD DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEVER

MAKE MISTAKES. IT MEANS YOU ARE MATURED. YOU'VE GROWN UP. COME

ON, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD GIVES US EPHESIANS THE FOURTH

CHAPTER. HE GIVES APOSTLES, PROPHETS, EVANGELISTS, PASTORS,

AND TEACHERS FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS TO DO THE WORK OF

THE MINISTRY. THAT YOU MIGHT BE FULLY DEVELOPED, THAT YOU WILL

BE MATURE AND COMPLETE. COME ON, MAN, IMAGINE IF THAT KIND OF

MATURITY WOULD BE WHAT'S EXEMPLIFIED ON SOCIAL, OF THE

CHURCH. AND I LOVE THIS PART, LACKING OR NEEDING NOTHING. NOW,

ALL RIGHT, I THOUGHT ON THAT. I'M LIKE, LORD, DOES THAT MEAN

WE DON'T EVER HAVE, LIKE THERE'S SOME UTOPIA WHERE WE LIVE WHERE

WE DON'T NEED NO MONEY, OUR HEALTH IS PERFECT, WE NEVER HAVE

A TOOTHACHE. I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S SOME UTOPIA OF LIFE

AND NONE OF THE FAMILY ACTS UP, NONE OF THE KIDS ACT UP, AND OUR

MARRIAGE IS JUST PERFECT. EVERYTHING'S JUST PERFECT. THE

CAR NEVER BREAKS. LACKING IN NOTHING. I MEAN, IT MEANS LIKE

NO NEED, RIGHT? AND I THOUGHT, NO, WAIT A MINUTE THOUGH.

LACKING OR COMPLETE WANTING NOTHING, MEANING THAT YOUR

APPROACH IN LIFE, PAUL SAID IT LIKE THIS, HE SAID, I KNOW HOW

TO LIVE IN ABUNDANCE, AND I KNOW HOW TO LIVE WHEN I DON'T HAVE

STUFF. I KNOW HOW TO DO IT BOTH WAYS AND I'M STILL THE SAME.

LACKING AND NOTHING SOMETIMES, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY

SHIP HAS COME TO THE HARBOR. WHAT IT'S SAYING IS YOU WON'T

HAVE A NEED BECAUSE YOU'LL KNOW THAT GOD'S ALREADY FULFILLED IT.

AND IT WILL BE FULFILLED. AND IF IT'S NOT FULFILLED YET, IT'S

COMING. COME ON. IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, IT'S GOING TO

HAPPEN. I NEED NOTHING BECAUSE GOD WILL SUPPLY EVERYTHING I

NEED. NOW THAT IS A GROWTH POINT THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN MUST COME

INTO. LOOK AT VERSE FIVE. NOW HERE'S THE THING. SOMETIMES WHEN

WE GO THROUGH TRIALS, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, RIGHT? OKAY. THE

DOCTOR'S TELLING YOU, YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS. YOU NEED TO HAVE

THAT PROCEDURE. YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT SO-AND-SO. YOU

GOT TO FIGURE OUT, ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO MAKE A PHONE CALL?

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE DECISION THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE?

'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE FACING SOMETHING, WE'RE FACED

WITH DECISIONS. YOU KNOW, HAND OUT PINK SLIPS AT WORK, TELLING

THEY'RE GONNA LAY OFF PEOPLE. THEN YOU'RE FACED WITH A

DECISION. WHERE DO I GO START LOOKING FOR A JOB? OKAY, AND SO

WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE RASH DECISIONS, DO WE? WE WANT TO

MAKE SPIRIT-LED CHOICES. WE WANT TO DO THINGS ACCORDING TO THE

WAY GOD WOULD WANT US TO DO IT. I THINK THAT'S THE HEART OF

EVERY BELIEVER. HE SAID, SO WHEN YOU'RE IN A TRIAL, YOU'RE IN

THESE DIVERSE THINGS WE GO THROUGH. AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE

NEVER ONE AND DONE. WE WILL FACE THE TRIALS OF LIFE FROM NOW

UNTIL WE GO TO HEAVEN. AND AGAIN, NOT OUR CHOICE, RIGHT?

SOME OF THEM ARE OUR CHOICES. OKAY. WE SPOKE THEM INTO

EXISTENCE. SOME OF THEM ARE THE WAY OTHER PEOPLE BEHAVE, AND

SOME ARE JUST BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD. I'VE TAUGHT ON

THAT BEFORE. BUT IF ANY OF YOU ARE IN A PLACE, YOU GOTTA MAKE A

CHOICE. YOU GOTTA DECIDE SOME THINGS. IF ANY OF YOU LACK

WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD. YOU KNOW, ONE THING I PRAY ON A

REGULAR BASIS, AND I'M LEARNING THIS MORE AND MORE IN MY LIFE,

WHEN WE'RE FACED WITH THINGS, WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE

BUILDING OF THE TABERNACLE, OR MAKING CHOICES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE

HAVING TO BELIEVE FOR FINANCES, RIGHT? THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THE

WHOLE OF OUR MINISTRY. AND WE'RE HAVING TO BELIEVE GOD. YOU KNOW,

I DON'T LET FINANCIAL LACK KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT. I'M TELLING YOU.

AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE FINANCES OF THE CHURCH HAVE BEEN

LESS THAN THEY WERE WHEN WE BUILT THE TABERNACLE. AND PEOPLE

THINK, WELL, YOU GET A BILL AND IT'S ALL GOOD. WE'RE THE

ECONOMY, WHATEVER. LISTEN, I'VE BEEN HERE, DONE THAT, WORE THE

SHIRT. I DON'T STAY UP AT NIGHT WONDERING HOW TO PAY THE BILLS.

I'M TELLING YOU, OKAY? I DISCIPLINED THAT A LONG TIME

AGO, OKAY? AND I FOUND THAT IT'S SO MUCH BETTER TO GO TO BED AND

GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, OKAY? EIGHT HOURS IS WAY BETTER THAN

FOUR. BUT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, ASK GOD. I MAKE THE

HABIT, LORD, NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT. I'M

ASKING YOU TO SHOW US AND GIVE US SOME DIRECTION. IT'S BEEN

PROBABLY RARE THAT I'VE EVER HAD SOMETHING COME AT US AUDIBLE.

IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY TIME I SAY, YOU KNOW, LORD, I JUST NEED THE

WISDOM, THE GUY'S LIKE, GO DOWN THAT STREET, TURN ON THE LEFT,

GO DOWN OVER THERE AND THERE'LL BE SOMEBODY THAT'LL GIVE YOU $5

MILLION. I'VE NEVER HAD IT LIKE THAT, OKAY? BUT HE WILL GIVE YOU

WISDOM IF YOU INCLUDE HIM IN THE CONVERSATION. ALL THY WAYS

ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, HE'LL DIRECT YOUR PATH. ASK OF GOD WHO WILL

GIVE TO ALL MEN FREELY. OKAY, NOW WISDOM, I FOUND OUT, DOES

NOT COME SOMETIMES IN AN OBVIOUS WAY. MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE

TO KIND OF LIKE STEP FORWARD. I MEAN, SOME THINGS ARE REALLY

OBVIOUS. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, YOU FIND SOMEBODY HURT

AND THEY NEED AN AMBULANCE, OKAY, IT'S A NO-BRAINER, YOU

CALL 911, IT'S NOT HARD. BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS WE DON'T

KNOW THE ANSWER. SO WE MAKE A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. AND AS

LONG AS YOU'RE SAYING, GOD, GIVE ME WISDOM, AND YOU'RE NOT DOING

IT OUT OF FEAR. THIS IS THE KEY. SOMETIMES WE CALL SO AND SO CUZ

WE'RE SCARED, OKAY? WE FREAK OUT BECAUSE, AND SO WE REACT RATHER

THAN RESPOND IN FAITH. IF YOU LACK WISDOM, PASTOR AND I, WE

SIT DOWN AND WE SAY, NOW LORD, GIVE US WISDOM, HELP US TO MAKE

THE RIGHT DECISIONS TODAY. I'M ASKING YOU TO SHOW US, WE'RE ON

A PROGRAM OR WE HAVE TO GO TO, OR WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT

FOR THE CHURCH, LORD. I'M ASKING YOU TO SHOW US, WHAT IS OUR NEXT

STEP? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? WE DON'T WANT TO STEP OUT IN

THE FLESH. AND HE SAID, GOD WILL GIVE WISDOM TO ALL MEN

LIBERALLY. MOST OF THE TIME, THE WISDOM THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED

FROM GOD, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THIS

BUILDING, YOU COULDN'T MAKE THIS UP IF YOU TRIED. BUT I BELIEVE

THIS PRAYER CAME TO PASS THIS WHOLE PROPERTY. WHEN WE FIRST

STARTED THE CHURCH, PASTOR WAS OUT LOOKING FOR LAND. LIKE WE

WANNA BUILD A BUILDING. SOME OF YOU GO BACK FAR ENOUGH TO

REMEMBER ALL THOSE DAYS, LOOKING FOR PROPERTY. LIKE HE GOES, I

HATE THIS PLAZA. IT'S THE UGLIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. THE

PARKING LOT'S FULL OF HOLES. THERE'S BIRDS NESTING IN THE

ROOF. I DON'T WANNA BE IN HERE. AND HE SAID, NOBODY WANTS TO

COME TO THIS CHURCH BECAUSE IT'S UGLY. AND SO WE WENT AROUND, WE

DROVE ALL OVER THE PLACE, LOOKED IN FARM FIELDS, LOOKING FOR

PLACES WE COULD BUILD A BUILDING. WE LOOKED FOR OTHER

BUILDINGS. WE DID ALL THE THINGS. BUT ONE THING WE ALWAYS

PRAYED WAS, LORD, GIVE US THE WISDOM. AND SO NOTHING WOULD

EVER SHOW UP. AND SO THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD EVER COME UP IS

THERE'D BE ANOTHER TENANT THAT WOULD MOVE OUT OF THIS BUILDING

AND A SPACE WOULD GO UP FOR LEASE. SO WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WE

NEED A SPACE FOR THE YOUTH, LORD. I GUESS IF IT'S A GOOD

DEAL, WE'LL, WE'LL RENT THE SPACE FOR THE YOUTH. AND SO THEN

WE'D ADD ANOTHER SPACE FOR THE YOUTH AND THEN ANOTHER SPACE

WOULD COME UP AND WE BUST A HOLE IN THE WALL. PAUL BLACKBURN WAS

A PART OF A LOT OF THOSE. I THINK YOU BUSTED HOLES FOR THIS

CHURCH PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY IN HERE. AND I MEAN,

BACK THEN WE PAINTED IT OURSELF. WE BUILT IT OURSELF. WE PUT

STUFF UP, TORE STUFF DOWN, CHANGED CEILING TILES. MARK, YOU

WOULD HAVE SEEN THE DAY, I'M TELLING YOU. I

MEAN, SO, AND ANOTHER SPACE WOULD COME OPEN, ANOTHER WOULD

COME OPEN. AND FINALLY ONE DAY, THE LANDLORD OR THE OWNER AT

THAT TIME, THEY CAME TO US AND THEY SAID, IF YOU LEAVE HERE,

CUZ PASTOR WAS STILL LIKE, I MEAN, I THINK BY THEN WE HAD 20

SOMETHING THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF THE WHOLE BUILDING. AND HE

FINALLY SAID, "IF YOU LEAVE HERE, "YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE THIS

HUGE HOLE." I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT WAS THE LEGO CHURCH. I MEAN, YOU

GO TO THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING, I MEAN, IT GOES THIS

WAY AND THIS WAY AND THAT, AND NOBODY COULD ROB IT. THEY WOULD

NEVER KNOW HOW TO GET OUT. I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY, IT'S CRAZY.

I'M LIKE, WE HAVE BUILT-IN SECURITY. IT'S LIKE A CORNFIELD

GOING THROUGH HERE. YOU CAN'T FIND WHAT DOOR OPENS, AND THEN

IF IT CLOSES, IT LOCKS. YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE IF YOU DIDN'T

HAVE YOUR KEY THAT DAY. AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE DAYS OF THE FOBS,

PASTOR MARK. WE HAD TO HAVE THE KEYS TO ALL THE DOOR. PASTOR

TOM, WHO'S IN HEAVEN NOW, ALIVE AT THAT TIME, WENT AROUND WITH A

RING OF KEYS. AND WE HAD A BIG RING, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. IT

WAS LIKE A MIRACLE THE DAY WE FINALLY HAD A MASTER KEY. I

MEAN, LIKE EVERY DOOR HAD A DIFFERENT LOCK. IT WAS A

DISASTER. AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN WORRIED ABOUT

A SECURITY SYSTEM. LES, WE DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. THE

ROBBER COULDN'T GET IN AND HE COULDN'T DEFINITELY NOT FIND HIS

WAY OUT. IT'S CRAZY. YOU KNOW, AND IF HE DID GET STUCK IN HERE,

HE'D HEAR THE PIGEONS UP TOP. DUH, DUH, DUH, DUH, DUH, DUH,

DUH, DUH, DUH. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE HAUNTING. BUT YOU KNOW,

LITTLE BY LITTLE, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

THEN THE OWNER SAID, "WILL YOU COME AND BUY THIS?" AND THEN WE

THOUGHT, "WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO BUY IT, WE SHOULD AT LEAST

SEE IF WE CAN BUILD A BIGGER SANCTUARY BECAUSE THIS ONE'S

SMALL." AND THAT WAS THE OLD SANCTUARY BACK THEN, WHICH

HAS... THAT EVEN GREW A FEW TIMES. AND SO WE GOT AN INITIAL

PLAN TO BUILD A TABERNACLE. IT WASN'T EVEN NEAR AS NICE AS THIS

ONE. IT WAS MUCH MORE CUT BACK. AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU

KNOW, THE REST IS HISTORY. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE PIZZA

BUILDING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT, WE COULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT

UP IF WE TRIED. IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME, YOU'RE GONNA SIT

DOWN HERE, THE FIRST TIME WE RENTED A SPACE IN THIS PROPERTY,

AND FOR 500 A MONTH, IT WAS 3,800 SQUARE FEET. IF YOU'RE

GONNA TELL ME ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN HERE, I

WOULD SAY THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE. OKAY, BUT IF YOU ASK GOD FOR

WISDOM, GOD, HELP ME KNOW WHAT TO DO. HELP ME. AND GOD IS UP

THERE, AND IT'S NOT LIKE ONE, NOT ONE TIME DID WE HAVE A

VISION, LIKE, "OH, YOU'RE GONNA BUST IN THAT, YOU SHOULD WALK

OVER THERE AND RENT THAT EXTRA SPACE, AND GO OUT AND KNOCK OUT

THE WALL AND CALL PAUL AND DO THE..." NONE OF THAT. WE HAD NO,

LIKE, OPEN VISION OR AN ANGEL APPEARING. OKAY?

AND LO AND BEHOLD, HERE WE STAND. IF THIS ISN'T A TESTAMENT

TO WHAT GOD CAN DO IF YOU TRUST HIM. AND DON'T GET FREAKED OUT.

GIVE TO ALL MEN, IN FACT, THE FIRST LOAN WE TRIED TO GET TO

BUY THE BUILDING, WE GOT TURNED DOWN. I'M TELLING YOU, GOD KNOWS

WHAT HE'S DOING. GIVE TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY AND ABRADE, HE'LL DO

IT WITHOUT REBUKE. HE KNOWS YOU'RE TRYING TO TRUST. IF YOU

STAY IN FAITH, USE SELF-CONTROL. AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM. GOD

WAS GIVING WISDOM AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IT. THAT'S THE THING,

RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET ME READ THE LAST PART. I SAID WE'D GET

OUT EARLY, BUT I JUST CAN'T BE QUIET. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"IT SHALL BE, BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH WITHOUT WAVERING."

SOMEBODY ASKED US ONE TIME, THEY SAID, "WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO TO

NAVIGATE "THESE 30 YEARS OF MINISTRY?" I SAID, "WELL, I

DON'T EXACTLY KNOW. "I MEAN, WE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES ALONG THE

WAY, "BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING PASTOR AND I "HAVE ALWAYS

TRIED TO DO IS DO OUR BEST "TO KEEP OUR MOUTH STRAIGHT AND

FILLED WITH FAITH." AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO

NOT HAVE THAT. SO, IT SAID, "LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, WITHOUT ANY

WAVERING," I THINK THIS VERSE SHOULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF, "FOR HE

THAT WAVERS IS LIKE THE WAVE OF THE SEA, DRIVEN WITH THE WIND

AND TOSSED." I WONDER IF THAT'S WHY JESUS WAS ASLEEP ON THE

PILLOW. HE'D BE LIKE, "LET THEM JUST ROCK BACK AND FORTH A

LITTLE LONGER, 'CAUSE HE THAT WAVERS, THEIR BOAT'S GONNA GET

FULL OF WATER. HE THAT WAVERS IS LIKE THE WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN

BY THE WIND AND TOSSED ABOUT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU END UP WITH NO

DIRECTION. SO YOU KNOW, THE THING OF IT IS, THIS IS WHAT

JAMES SAYS, IT SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE BLESSING COMING OUT OF ONE

SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH AND UNBELIEF OUT OF THE OTHER. OKAY? THEY

DON'T MIX TOGETHER. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I'VE DONE

THIS TO MYSELF, COME ON, WE TORPEDO OUR OWN PRAYERS. OKAY?

HOW MANY PEOPLE TORPEDO, THEY GET IN A PRAYER LINE AND TORPEDO

IT BY WHAT GETS SAID WHEN THEY STEP OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT.

NOTHING WAVERING, HE THAT WAVERS IS TOSSED AROUND. HE HAS NO

DIRECTION. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S WHY ISRAEL STAYED AT ZERO

FOR 40 YEARS. LET NOT THAT MAN THINK, YOU CAN STAND TO YOUR

FEET, THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANYTHING. COME ON, IS

ANYTHING ANYTHING? ANYTHING FROM THE LORD. AND I WROTE THIS IN MY

LITTLE MARGIN HERE IN MY BIBLE. I MEAN, I'VE GOT SO MANY NOTES

ON THIS PAGE, CHECK IT OUT. IT'S GONNA FALL OUT SOON. THERE'S SO

MUCH GOOD STUFF IN HERE. LOOK, AND SO I WROTE IN HERE IN MY

LITTLE SPACE, THAT MEANS YOU GET NO RESULTS. I THOUGHT, LORD, I

DON'T WANT THAT TO BE ME. I WANT TO HAVE RESULTS, OKAY? I WANT TO

WALK OUT THESE THINGS SO THAT I CAN LIVE IN THE RESULTS FOR A

DOUBLE-MINDED PERSON. FAITH, FAITH, FAITH, UNBELIEF,

UNBELIEF, UNBELIEF, OKAY? OKAY, WE COME IN, OH YES, LORD, YOU'RE

GONNA HEAL ME. I THANK YOU FOR MY HEALING. AND BOOM, WE COME

IN, OH, THESE KNEES. AND GOD'S LIKE, I'M NOT UNDOING IT. NOW,

PASTOR BRENDA, WELL, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN IN FAITH. I'VE BEEN

SPEAKING, I'VE BEEN DECLARING. WELL, ALL I'M SAYING, I DON'T

FOLLOW YOU AROUND, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS IF YOU PUT THE WORD TO

WORK, THE WORD IS TRUE. I TOLD GOD A LONG TIME AGO, NOT ONE

TIME WILL I LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HEREIN.

YOU SAID THE ANGELS OF THE LORD ARE ENCAMPED ROUND ABOUT ME THAT

I CANNOT EVEN DASH MY FOOT AGAINST A STONE. WELL, PASTOR

BRENDA, IN 2023, YOU WERE IN A SERIOUS CAR WRECK. I DON'T KNOW

WHY THAT HAPPENED. I DON'T. GOD PRESERVED MY LIFE. THAT'S ALL I

KNOW. AND THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE WORD OF GOD UNFAITHFUL. WE GOTTA

GET THAT DOWN, 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE LIKE TELLING THE DIVINE THAT

HE LIED. SO, NO RESULTS. LET NOT THAT PERSON THAT'S MIXING FAITH,

UNBELIEF, NEGATIVE WITH PRAYER, THINK THEY'LL RECEIVE ANYTHING

OF THE LORD. FOR A DOUBLE-MINDED PERSON IS UNSTABLE. THIS IS THE

LAST PART I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH. I'LL PUT IT UP, MAKE SURE THEY

CAN SEE IT. A DOUBLE-MINDED PERSON OR MAN IS UNSTABLE IN A

FEW OF HIS WAYS. THAT HIT ME. THAT MEANS IN EVERYTHING YOU

WILL WALK IN SPIRITUAL INSTABILITY. THINK ABOUT THAT.

AND I'M LIKE, NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ME. COUNT IT ALL JOY

WHEN YOU FALL INTO A TEST OR A TRIAL, 'CAUSE NOW YOU HAVE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO DISCIPLINE YOUR HEAD AND USE IT AS ANOTHER

STRIPE IN YOUR BELT TO WALK IN FAITH AND SEE A VICTORY IN JESUS

NAME. AMEN, DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT TONIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, GO HOME AND HAVE A FROZEN PIZZA. GOD BLESS YOU,

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT JOINED US. GOOD NIGHT.