08/09/26 Pastor Hank Kunneman

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GOOD MORNING, CHURCH, COME ON.

LET'S STAND ON OUR FEET AND LET'S GIVE THE LORD

OUR PRAISE THIS MORNING.

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HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD.

LORD, WE WELCOME YOU TO YOUR HOUSE. YES.

AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY.

GOD, WE WELCOME YOU TO HAVE YOUR WAY, YOUR SAY.

YES. AND LORD, I ASK YOU TO

LOVE ON THE PEOPLE TODAY IN AN AMAZING GRACE AND WAY

THAT THEY WILL NOT ONLY RECEIVE A TANGIBLE TOUCH,

BUT SOMETHING WILL SHIFT AND CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES

THAT BRING THEM TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF BLESSING.

AND THIS WE ASK AND THOSE THAT LOVE GOD SAID,

AMEN.

MAN, I THINK THAT WAS 100% ACROSS THE BOARD.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THAT MEANS YOU'RE FALLING MORE AND MORE IN LOVE WITH GOD.

THAT'S THE BEST PART.

THAT'S SO TRUE, THAT'S GOOD.

WELL, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

YES, GOOD MORNING.

EVERYBODY READY? YOU KNOW,

PASTOR BRENDA'S BEEN BUSY WITH SOMETHING AROUND THE HOUSE.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK PUPPY FOR A MINUTE,

BUT WE'VE BEEN BUSY WITH A PUPPY.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD A PUPPY OR A NEW BABY?

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT YOU'VE BEEN UP TO SOMETHING THAT I'M KIND OF LIKING,

BRENDA. YEP.

SO TELL THEM WHAT IT IS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

WAIT, SEE IF THEY CAN GUESS, WAIT.

ALL RIGHT.

FALL DECORATING. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU GOT IT.

I'M ALREADY STARTING.

ALL THE BOXES ARE COMING OUT WITH THE FALL LEAVES

AND STARTING ON, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT EVERYWHERE YET,

BUT I'M, LISTEN, EVERY YEAR BEFORE OPENING THE HEAVENS

AND FOOTBALL SEASON, WE GET THE FULL SEASON.

HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE, I AM SO READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL.

HOW MANY OF YOU, OH, I CAN HARDLY STAND IT.

BRENDA. FOOTBALL AND FALL GO TOGETHER. YEP.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT READY.

SO PASTOR HANK GETS THE REMOTE BACK.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE, SORT OF.

KIND OF, SHE LOVES FOOTBALL TOO, BUT.

I DO.

HEY, WE'LL GIVE THEM A PUPPY UPDATE,

BUT I WANNA GREET THE PEOPLE FIRST ONLINE.

SO WE WANNA WELCOME THOSE OF YOU ALSO THAT ARE WATCHING.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING.

YOU LET US KNOW THE CITY AND THE NATION THAT YOU'RE WATCHING

AND LET US KNOW TODAY HOW YOU'RE TRANSITIONING INTO THE FALL.

NOW, SOME OF YOU IN TEXAS, IT'S HOT ALL THE TIME.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU TRANSITIONED INTO FALL,

BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED.

BUT WE WANNA GIVE YOU A PUPPY UPDATE.

I MEAN, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE LIKE, WHO CARES?

BUT ANYWAY, IT'S THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER STILL,

SO WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT THE PUPPY.

BUT THIS DOG IS THE BEST DOG.

HE IS SO SMART.

HIS TRAINING IS GOING AMAZING.

THIS DOG WILL BE- HE'S LIKE TRAINING HIMSELF.

HE'S TRAINING HIM.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE.

THIS IS A VERY, VERY SMART DOG.

AND HE'S GONNA BE SCRAPING MY WINDOWS IN THE WINTER.

I'M GONNA HAVE IT ALL DONE.

BUT THIS DOG, NO ACCIDENTS IN THE HOUSE.

HE GOES- WELL, HE GOT A

LITTLE EXCITED ONCE WHEN HE WAS PLAYING

WITH THE OTHER DOGS.

BUT- A LITTLE ACCIDENT.

THE OTHER SHEPS, THEY CHASE HIM.

THEY PLAY, A LITTLE HERBIE.

HE GOES TO THE DOOR, SITS DOWN.

AND HERE'S THE THING.

AT NIGHTTIME, I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE

GROSSED OUT ABOUT THIS, BUT HE SLEEPS ON

THE BED WITH US.

AND THEN WHEN HE HAS TO GO OUTSIDE,

BECAUSE HE ONLY SLEEPS FOR ABOUT--

HE ONLY WAKES UP DADDY, WHICH IS GREAT.

HE LICKS MY FACE.

I GET UP TWICE IN THE MORNING WITH HIM,

BECAUSE HE'S GOING THREE TO FOUR HOUR STRETCHES.

BUT HERE'S WHAT'S COOL.

HE LICKS MY FACE.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

I SAY, DO YOU NEED TO GO POTTY?

AND HE SITS ON THE END OF THE BED AND HE GOES,

(IMITATES DOG GROWLING)

EVERY TIME, IT IS THE FUNNIEST THING.

IT REMINDS ME OF ME WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED. UH-HUH.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

HANK, ARE YOU GETTING UP?

DO YOU USE THE RESTROOM? HURRY UP-

SO ANYWAY, I CAN TELL HE'S MY DOG SON.

YEAH, HE IS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL ANYWAY, ENOUGH OF THAT.

I AM SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE JOINING US TODAY

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

I'M GONNA CONTINUE MY MESSAGE, "WHY MAKE THIS A DO?"

AND WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COVENANT TODAY,

KIND OF WRAPPED IN THAT MESSAGE, BECAUSE HOW MANY OF YOU,

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE SOME THINGS

KIND OF GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL IN YOUR LIFE?

US ALWAYS.

SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT WORD.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, LAST THING,

I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS BEFORE I CAME OUT HERE

AND DID YOU GUYS HEAR ABOUT THIS, BRENDA?

THIS IS SO CRAZY.

SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEY HAD TO MAKE AN ARREST OF THIS

GUY THAT WAS ATTACKING PEOPLE WITH A FRENCH HORN, A TUBA,

A VIOLIN AND A VIOLIN STRING, A SAXOPHONE, DRUMSTICKS.

I SAID, "REALLY?"

THEY SAID, "YEAH, IT WAS A REAL ORCHESTRATED EFFORT."

SO I WAS LIKE, "THAT IS SO CRAZY."

SO WE THANK GOD FOR...

DON'T DO THAT.

WE THANK GOD FOR OUR OFFICERS AND WE'RE...

LET'S GO, LET'S...

I KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO MOVE THINGS ON.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S-

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ALL RIGHT, WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE IN CHURCH TODAY?

(CHEERING)

YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY THIS.

I NEVER GET TIRED OF BEING IN GOD'S HOUSE.

IT NEVER GROWS OLD FOR ME, YOU KNOW,

NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS I'VE SERVED GOD.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS FIRST BORN AGAIN,

IS I JUST COULDN'T WIPE THE SMILE OFF MY FACE

THE MINUTE WE WALK INTO CHURCH.

YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER GROWN WEARY OF THAT.

HOW MANY OF YOU JUST LOVE TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE?

NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, AMEN?

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT, COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS UP,

WAVE THEM A LITTLE BIT.

COME ON, LET THIS BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROPHETIC ACT

THAT YOU JUST SHAKE OFF THE WEEK,

ANYTHING YOU WENT THROUGH, ANYTHING YOU HAD TO

DEAL WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ENEMY TRIED TO BRING UP, JUST

SHAKE IT OFF REAL QUICK AND SAY THIS, SAY, LORD, I JUST THANK

YOU THAT I WALK IN DELIVERANCE.

I WALK IN THE BLESSING.

I WALK IN THE ANOINTING.

SO HOLY SPIRIT, FILL

THIS HOUSE TODAY.

LET MY PRAISE COME UP BEFORE YOU AS

SWEET INCENSE AND LORD, AS YOU COME, I PROMISE TO

GIVE YOU, READY, MY VERY BEST PRAISE.

SHOUT REAL BIG IF YOU BELIEVE IT!

AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

COME ON CHURCH.

WE SERVE A GREAT GOD AMEN.

COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.

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COME ON, SOMEBODY SHOUT THE NAME OF JESUS.

HE IS OUR KING, AMEN.

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WE WORSHIP YOU, KING OF KINGS.

WE LOVE YOU, JESUS.

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PRAISE GOD, THOUGHT I HAD IT ON.

AS I WAS STANDING THERE, I HEARD THE SPIRIT OF GOD,

AND HE TENDERLY SAID, "GRAB THE HAND OF YOUR WIFE

AND STAND AS A REPRESENTATION OF SOMETHING THAT

GOD WANTS TO DO."

AND SO I ASKED HIM, I SAID, "WHAT WOULD THAT BE?" HE SAID,

"AS THE FAMILY OF GOD IN THE EARTH." THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHEN

TWO OR MORE AGREE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ON THIS

EARTH, UPON ANYTHING THAT THEY AGREE UPON ON EARTH, IT SHALL BE

DONE IN HEAVEN." THERE IS NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN WHEN

A HUSBAND AND WIFE COVENANTED TO GOD INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THEN

TOGETHER, BUT IN THEIR MARRIAGE COVENANT, WILL JOIN HANDS AND

AGREE. IT'S POWERFUL, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE LORD WANTS,

BECAUSE SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, AND YOU THAT ARE

IN THIS ROOM, YOU'RE CRYING OUT FOR YOUR FAMILY. AND SOME OF

YOU, YOU'RE FEELING THE TEARS BECAUSE OF THE WARFARE, THE

FIGHT THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH OVER YOUR FAMILY, OVER YOUR

CHILDREN, MAYBE OVER YOUR MARRIAGE, RIGHT? MAYBE YOU'RE A

MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, WHATEVER. YEAH, GOD IS FOR YOU. AND THIS

IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO WE'RE GONNA PRAY OVER FAMILIES.

BUT THEN AS I WAS WALKING OUT, HE SAID, "PRAY." AND I'VE NEVER,

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN MINISTRY 40 YEARS, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE

EVER HEARD HIM SAY THIS TO ME. HE SAID, "I ALSO SPECIFICALLY

WANT TO PRAY FOR THE ORPHAN AND THE WIDOW." WOW, WOW. I'VE NEVER

HAD HIM SAY THAT. SO MAYBE SOME OF YOU, YOU WERE AN ORPHAN. AND

YOU NEED TO HAVE RELEASED OVER YOUR LIFE THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION

WHERE GOD HIMSELF COMES TO YOU IN AN AMAZING WAY. MAYBE YOU'RE

A WIDOW OR A WIDOWER. YOU QUALIFY AS WELL, WHERE MAYBE YOU

JUST NEED THE TENDER LOVE OF GOD AND THE PEOPLE TO REMIND YOU

THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE AND THAT YOU'RE LOVED. SO THE FIRST THING

WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA PRAY OVER FAMILIES. BUT IF YOU

ARE AN ORPHAN OR YOU WERE AN ORPHAN, A WIDOW, WIDOWER, I WANT

YOU TO COME AND JUST STAND UP FRONT BUT THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA

DO IS WE'RE GONNA PRAY OVER FAMILIES. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE

TO DO THAT, YOU COULD EXIT OUT OF YOUR, IF YOU'RE PHYSICALLY

UNABLE TO GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR OR WHATEVER, OR MAYBE YOU JUST

DON'T WANT TO COME UP FRONT, THAT'S OKAY. THIS PRAYER WOULD

APPLY TO YOU BECAUSE WE'RE PRAYING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING TODAY. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, YOU'RE

NOT A REJECT. YOU'RE NOT A CASTAWAY, AND NEITHER IS YOUR

FAMILY. AND SO PASTOR BRENDA'S STANDING IN HERE IN THE

AGREEMENT OF OUR MARRIAGE COVENANT. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD,

TIGHT RELATIONSHIP. SHE HONORS EVERYTHING I SAY. NO. I DO,

THOUGH. SHE DOES, AND VICE VERSA. BUT THIS AIN'T NO JOKE.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD, SOLID MARRIAGE, AND WE'RE GONNA COME

INTO AGREEMENT FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE FACING AS FOR FAMILIES

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA

SPECIFICALLY COME DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA LAY OUR HANDS ON YOU SO

THAT YOU COULD FEEL THE LOVE, THE GRACE, THE MERCY. SOME OF

YOU STILL MIGHT BE IN YOUR HEART GRIEVING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN

ANNIVERSARY OR A BIRTHDAY OF THAT LOVED ONE WHO'S BEEN GONE

FROM THE EARTH. IT JUST FEELS LIKE... I FEEL IT, BUT IT FEELS,

YOU FEEL THAT, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW AS YOUR PASTOR, I

STAND IN THE COMPASSION OF GOD FOR YOU. AND IF YOU'RE AN ORPHAN

TODAY, YOU'VE BEEN ADOPTED THROUGH THE COVENANT OF JESUS

CHRIST. WE'RE THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS. WHEN YOU SAY,

JESUS, COME IN MY HEART, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT CRIES OUT. AND THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, THE SPIRIT OF GOD CRIES OUT IN YOU.

ABBA FATHER, DADDY, PAPA, BECAUSE WHAT IT IS IS A

RECONCILING AND A RECONNECTING BACK TO NO LONGER BEING ALL OF

US IN AN ORPHAN STAGE. BUT WE'VE BEEN ADOPTED GLORIOUSLY IN A

COVENANT AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER. AND SO WE'RE GOING

TO EXTEND THAT AS WELL. AND FOR THE WIDOWS AND THE WIDOWERS,

WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND OUR HANDS. AND WHEN WE PRAY FOR YOU,

WHETHER YOU QUALIFY IN THAT AREA OF ORPHAN OR WIDOW OR WIDOWER,

WHEN YOU FEEL OUR HANDS LAID ON YOU, I WANT YOU TO JUST CLOSE

YOUR EYES AND JUST RECEIVE AN ANOINTING AND A BLESSING THAT

GOD IS GOING TO LOVE ON YOU AND AFFIRM YOU TODAY. AND THOSE OF

YOU, I FEEL YOUR STRUGGLES WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, WE'RE GOING TO PRAY ABOUT THAT. SO I'M GOING

TO PRAY OVER FAMILIES. BRENDA'S GOING TO DO THE SAME OVER

CHILDREN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND PRAY FOR YOU,

BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE FAMILY TOO, RIGHT? SO IT APPLIES TO THAT.

WELL, HEAVENLY FATHER, WHAT AN HONOR THAT YOU WOULD SPEAK TO

YOUR SERVANTS TODAY TO STAND IN THE POWER OF AGREEMENT OF NOT

ONLY WHAT OUR MARRIAGE COVENANT, BRENDA AND I, OF 37 GLORIOUS

YEARS, AND IT SHALL CONTINUE EVEN INTO OLD, OLD AGE, THAT WE

WILL STAND AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF COVENANT OF MARRIAGE, BUT

COVENANT WITH YOU, GOD. AND SO FROM OUR MARRIAGE AGREEMENTS AS

A MARRIED COUPLE IN UNITY WITH EACH OTHER, BUT UNITY OF THE

FAITH AND WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST, LORD, WE COVENANT

TOGETHER, AND I WANT TO JOIN YOUR HANDS IN AGREEMENT

ACCORDING TO THE WORDS OF OUR SAVIOR, OUR LORD, THE CRUCIFIED,

RISEN, AND ASCENDED CHRIST. HE SAID, "WHEN TWO OR MORE AGREE

UPON THIS EARTH FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY SHOULD ASK, IT SHALL

BE DONE OF MY FATHER, BY MY FATHER, WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. SO

FATHER, BRENDA AND I JOINED OUR HANDS TOGETHER IN THE COVENANT

OF OUR MARRIAGE, BUT THE COVENANT OF MARRIAGE TO YOU, OUR

GOD, AND WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE. WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. WE

PRAY FOR THEIR LOVED ONES. WE PRAY FOR THEIR MARRIAGES. WE WE

PRAY FOR THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR GRANDCHILDREN, THEIR PRODIGALS.

WE DECREE AND DECLARE UPON THIS EARTH, WE AGREE IT IS WELL AND

IT SHALL BE WELL. AND FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD, WE ARE DECREEING

AND DECLARING THAT IF YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY CAUSE THE HIP OF

JACOB TO SHIFT INTO A NEW WALK, INTO A NEW CHANGE, INTO A NEW

NATURE, WE ARE DECREEING THAT THE NATURE OF WHAT THEY ARE

FACING, THE BATTLES THAT THEY ARE FACING, BEGIN TO SHIFT AND

CHANGE TOWARDS BLESSING, TOWARDS GRACE, TOWARDS MERCY, TOWARDS

YOUR DIVINE AID AND HELP. WE COME AGAINST EVERY FOUL EVIL

SPIRIT FROM HELL. WE CURSE EVERY WORK OF DARKNESS. WE COMMAND THE

FIRE OF THE HOLY GHOST TO DESTROY EVERY SATANIC AGENDA,

ASSIGNMENT, CURSE, EVERY GENERATIONAL INIQUITY AND CURSE

IS DESTROYED AND BURNED WITH FIRE. AND WE AGREE NOW THAT UPON

THEM AND UPON THIS EARTH IS LOOSE THE DIVINE MANIFESTATION

OF GOD HIMSELF, OF BREAKTHROUGH, OF COMFORT, OF DELIVERANCE, OF

HEALING, OF RESTORATION, OF SALVATION, MIRACLES, AND A

DIVINE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. AND WE'RE ASKING, FATHER, IN OUR

COVENANT, ON BEHALF OF THESE, DO IT QUICKLY. YES, LORD. SHOW

MERCY, I PRAY. GO AHEAD, BRENDA. YES, IN JESUS' NAME, AND NOW,

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY. FATHER, FOR EVERY LOVED ONE THAT

IS STANDING, FATHER, YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT YOU WOULD

STRENGTHEN US. FATHER, WE DON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON OUR OWN

STRENGTH, BUT FATHER, YOU CAN DO IT DIVINELY. SO I PRAY FOR EVERY

FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS BELIEVING, FOR A SPOUSE, FOR A LOVED ONE, A

CHILD, A PARENT, FATHER, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT IS STANDING

IN FAITH FOR SOMEONE THAT THEY LOVE, I'M ASKING YOU TO

STRENGTHEN THEIR FAITH. FATHER, YOU PRAYED, OR JESUS, YOU PRAYED

THIS OVER PETER. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO DENY YOU, YOU SAID, "I

PRAYED FOR YOU THAT YOUR FAITH WOULD NOT FAIL." FATHER, I PRAY

FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE, THAT THEIR FAITH WOULD NOT FAIL. THEY

WOULD NOT GIVE UP IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE. THEY WOULD NOT BEGIN

TO DIVERT AWAY FROM FAITH. BUT FATHER, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO

STAND, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE RECEIVING THE SUPERNATURAL POWER

OF GOD THAT COMES BEYOND THEIR UNDERSTANDING. WE CALL FOR IT

NOW. WE CALL FOR IT NOW, FATHER, THAT THEY WILL NOT FEAR FOR

YOU'RE WITH THEM. AND THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE DISMAYED, FATHER,

BECAUSE YOU ARE THEIR GOD, AND YOU WILL HELP THEM AND

STRENGTHEN THEM. WE PROPHESY IT AND WE DECLARE IT IN JESUS'

MIGHTY NAME. FATHER, THOSE PRAYERS ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE, THE

PRECIOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND ALSO FOR THOSE THAT

ARE WATCHING AND IN THIS ROOM THAT ORPHANED OR WIDOWED,

WIDOWER. FATHER, WE RELEASE THE ANOINTING AND EVEN AMONG THESE

THAT HANDS WILL BE LAID UPON THEM AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING

THAT THERE'LL BE NO SPIRITS OF GRIEF OR TRAUMA, PAIN. FATHER,

THAT CAUSES THEIR HEART TO BE SORROWFUL OR BROKEN. LORD, THAT

WHICH THE ENEMY HAS TRIED TO MAKE THOSE FEEL LIKE THEY DO NOT

BELONG. FATHER, MAY THEY RECEIVE THAT SPIRIT OF ADOPTION OF

COVENANT. MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT COME UPON THEM IN A TREMENDOUS

WAY. AND EVERY PERSON, FATHER, IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE THAT

THIS APPLIES TO HER, HANDS ARE LAID UPON THEM. MAY THIS DAY

SOMETHING BY THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CAUSES YOKES TO

BE DESTROYED, THIS BURDEN TO BE REMOVED, AND GOD, IN EXTENSION

OF YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE, YOUR MERCY TOWARDS THEM. AND WE THANK

YOU FOR IT. WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN AND PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE.

LET'S CONTINUE TO WORSHIP THE LORD. PASTOR DOJI,

IF YOU COULD TAKE THIS.

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WE WORSHIP YOU. NOW JUST LIFT UP YOUR HANDS

ALL OVER THE EARTH THAT ARE WATCHING YOU IN THIS ROOM AND

JUST SAY WHAT JESUS TAUGHT US TO PRAY. LOOK UP TO YOUR FATHER AND

SAY, "MY FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, O HOW WE HONOR YOU AND

YOUR NAME. LET THY KINGDOM COME, LET YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH

AND IN MY LIFE AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. AND GIVE ME THIS DAY OUR

DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US AS WE FORGIVE OTHERS. AND LEAD US

NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT ALWAYS DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR YOURS,

OURS TOGETHER, IN OUR COVENANT IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND

THE GLORY. WE BLOW A KISS OF HONOR TO YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR

BLESSING US TODAY. AND EVERYBODY THAT LOVED GOD SAID, "AMEN."

NAH, THAT IS SO WEAK. EVERYBODY THAT LOVES GOD SAID, "AMEN."

HEY, THAT, YOU NAILED IT, ALL RIGHT. WHAT A PRECIOUS MOMENT.

WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU FIND SOMEBODY WHO IS

WEARING WHITE SNEAKERS AND TELL 'EM, "I NOTICED YOUR SNEAKERS

AND YOU SNEAKING UP IN HERE," AND THEN SHARE YOUR NAME. ALL

RIGHT, GOD BLESS YOU, YOU SHOULD GREET ONE ANOTHER.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING

WITH US, WE WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE

YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR.

IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AT USHER. THEY HAVE THOSE

AVAILABLE FOR YOU. YOU DON'T WANNA MISS OUT 'CAUSE THERE IS

SOME GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A

GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. SO IF YOU WOULD PULL THAT OUT AT THIS

TIME, IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. INSIDE

THAT, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND HOME WITH YOU

ABOUT ALL THE MINISTRIES WE HAVE HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AS

WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND

SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE

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

JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS

MORNING. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE,

ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE

HAVE OUT THERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET.

THAT'S THE PLATFORM WE'VE CREATED FOR YOU. SO CONNECT

THERE OR GO TO YOUR APP STORE, DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP.

YOU CAN ALSO CONNECT WITH US THERE. YOU CAN SEE CHAT LIVE OR

YOU CAN ALSO CONNECT WITH ALL THESE OTHER GREAT PROGRAMS THAT

WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU. GET REAL WITH HANK, DAILY DECREE,

GAME CHANGERS. WE'VE GOT FLASHPOINT OUT THERE. WE'VE GOT

INSIGHT FROM JAMES WARD. SO PLEASE GO OUT THERE, BE BLESSED

BY ALL THE PARTNER PROGRAMS AS WELL AS ALL THE PROGRAMS WE'VE

PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING TO THAT LIST.

SO WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ON THAT SLIDE THERE BECAUSE

WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OTHER ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING

HERE POSSIBLY LATER THIS YEAR. SO BE WATCHING FOR THAT. AND GET

CONNECTED BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING ON ONE VOICE

TV. AMEN? AMEN. WELL, I THINK, PASTOR MIKE, YOU TOLD ME 32? WE

ARE 32 DAYS AWAY FROM SOMETHING VERY EXCITING.

ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THAT IS? KICKOFF. KICKOFF, NO, NO.

ACTUALLY, KICKOFF IS LESS THAN THAT AWAY. SO SPEAKING OF,

BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT THING, SO WHILE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT

FALL, FOOTBALL, MY WIFE, SHE GOES, "I HAVE A CANDLE I BOUGHT

"THAT'S FOOTBALL SEASON." SO I SAID, "WELL, SO DOES IT SMELL

LIKE SWEATY T-SHIRTS "AND JERSEYS, CLEATS, AND GRASS?" I

MEAN, I HAVEN'T, I'M SURE THAT'S NOT IT. THAT WOULD BE THE MALE

VERSION OF THE CANDLE LIKE PASTOR HANK ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT,

YOU KNOW, BURNING OIL WHILE PASTOR BRENDA'S GONE OR

WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT. THAT'S HIS AROMA, ANYWAY. SO,

OTH IS COMING, 32 DAYS AWAY. ANYBODY EXCITED?

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WATCH THIS.

ONE VICTORY CHANGED EVERYTHING. HIS ROAR SHAKES THE NATIONS. HIS

KINGDOM IS ADVANCING. AND HIS PEOPLE ARE STANDING. THIS

SEPTEMBER, IT'S 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.

ALRIGHT, WHOO! SO EXCITING. SO MAKE SURE YOU GET REGISTERED. BY

THE WAY, SO WE'RE PLANNING THE PARTNER LUNCHEON AND WE'RE GOING

TO DO IT. HOW MANY OF YOU LADIES HAVE BEEN TO THE WOMEN YOU ARE

ANOINTED LUNCHEON RIGHT HERE IN THE TABERNACLE? SO WE'RE GOING

TO DO A SIMILAR THING WITH THE PARTNER LUNCHEON, BUT I'M GOING

TO LET YOU IN ON A LITTLE SECRET. I THINK WE HAVE

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW. IS IT OPEN OUT THERE FOR THE PARTNER

LUNCHEON? IT'S A LOT CHEAPER THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO

DO BOX LUNCHES RIGHT IN HERE. BUT HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE

FUN. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE NEXT EPISODE OF CAPTAIN ZEPTO

THAT THEY JUST COMPLETED. IT TOOK, HONESTLY, WE THOUGHT WE'D

HAVE IT DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT IT JUST TOOK A LOT

LONGER 'CAUSE THAT FIRST ONE HAD TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT IT'S THE

GREAT Z CLIPS WITH GRANNY Z. AND SO YOU'RE GONNA GET THE FREE

PREVIEW RIGHT HERE AT THE LUNCHEON BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE

SEES IT. SO, AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, I'LL

LET YOU IN ON THIS. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU ARE JOINING ONLINE FROM

OUT OF STATE, YOU COULDN'T ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GET HERE TO

THE EVENT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A SPECIAL LUNCHEON LINK FOR YOU.

IT'LL BE CHEAPER. YOU WON'T PAY FOR THE LUNCH, BUT THERE WILL BE

A COST TO JUST GET IN AND SEE THAT PREVIEW AND JOIN ONLINE. SO

WE'LL BE SENDING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT FOR THOSE

OF YOU THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PORTION OF IT. BUT IT'S

GOING TO JUST BE AN ALL-AROUND GREAT CONFERENCE. I'M EXPECTING

TO RECEIVE SOMETHING THIS YEAR. HOW ABOUT YOU? I JUST REALLY

BELIEVE THAT. AND SO I'M GOING TO BE IN RECEIVING MODE MYSELF.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. SO MAKE SURE YOU WANT TO BE HERE

FOR THAT. I DON'T WANT TO GET BOGGED DOWN WITH TOO MANY

ANNOUNCEMENTS. PASTOR HAS TO FLY OUT TO GO PREACH TODAY. SO I

WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET HIM UP HERE QUICKLY. BY THE WAY, THIS

WEEK, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON ELIJAH STREAMS ON TUESDAY,

TALKING ABOUT DAILY DECREES. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT

OF FUN. WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT DECREE AND DECLARATION,

DECLARATION FOR GOVERNMENT, DECREES FOR HEALING. SO I'LL BE

ON THAT ON TUESDAY. AND THEN OF COURSE I'M GONNA ALSO BE

PREACHING THIS WEEK'S MIDWEEK SERVICE AND I'M PUMPED ABOUT

THAT. QUITE A FEW THINGS GOING ON. YOU CAN CHECK THE

ANNOUNCEMENTS. GAME CHANGERS HAS A GAME NIGHT THIS COMING FRIDAY.

WE GOT MILLER DAYS COMING UP. BE CHECKING ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR THAT. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW TO REGISTER FOR OTH. AND DON'T WAIT

TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE, BY THE WAY.

GET IN THERE AND GET DONE. IT'S FREE TO REGISTER. IT TAKES A FEW

MINUTES. SO IF YOU ARE GONNA BE HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE REGISTER

SO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING. AND THEN ALSO, I MEAN,

LET'S JUST LEAVE THOSE AT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. YOU CAN GET THERE

FOR THE REST OF ALL OF THEM AND CHECK THINGS OUT. WE HAVE A TON

OF STUFF GOING ON HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS, SO BE PART OF STUFF.

IT'S AMAZING, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S PUT OUR OFFERING

SCRIPTURE UP FOR TODAY. I WANNA GET PASTOR UP IN THE PULPIT.

HE'S GOT A GREAT WORD IN HIS MOUTH TODAY. AND SO HERE'S THE

SCRIPTURE. NOW THIS IS A VERY FAMILIAR VERSE, BUT I LIKE

FAMILIAR SCRIPTURES BECAUSE WE ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING NEW WHEN

WE READ THEM. SO IT SAYS THIS, IT SAYS, NOW THINK ABOUT THIS

WITH YOUR FINANCES WHENEVER I PREACH THESE, BUT YOU CAN APPLY

IT TO OTHER THINGS AS WELL. BUT IT SAYS, "TRUST," SOMEBODY SAY,

"TRUST." TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. THAT MEANS YOU

GOTTA MAKE AN EFFORT TO PUT YOUR HEART INTO TRUSTING GOD. IT'S

NOT GONNA JUST BE AUTOMATIC, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT BECOMES MORE

AUTOMATIC THE MORE YOU MAKE THAT HABIT OF DOING THAT, BUT YOU'VE

GOTTA TRUST, AND YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE USE THE PHRASE, PUT YOUR

HEART INTO IT? WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS MEANING. TRUST, MAKE A

POINT. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRUST IN GOD WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES

AREN'T PRESSING YOU THE OTHER WAY. OKAY, IT'S EASY TO TRUST

GOD WHEN THE WIND'S BLOWING AT YOUR BACK AND EVERYTHING'S JUST

GOING PERFECTLY, YOU KNOW. BUT THERE WILL BE TIMES THE TRIALS

OF LIFE WILL COME AND THEY WILL ARISE AND THAT'S WHERE YOU LEARN

TO TRUST IN GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. YOU LEAN AND PUT YOUR

WHOLE HEART AND ALL YOUR EFFORT INTO IT. YOU DON'T JUST TRUST,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRUST GOD AS MUCH WHEN YOU GOT MONEY IN THE

BANK AND ALL THE BILLS ARE PAID AND YOU HAVE MONEY FOR, YOU

KNOW, I HEARD ONE PERSON SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT, YOU SHOULD

HAVE MONEY FOR, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AHEAD OF YOU, SO THAT, YOU

KNOW, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO FALL

BACK ON. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COMMON THING THEY SAY WHEN IT

COMES TO FINANCES. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT WHERE

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE

STILL MOVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

BUT YOU TRUST THE LORD MEANS YOU DO IT WHEN EVERYTHING LOOKS

OPPOSITE OF THE OUTCOME THAT YOU WANNA SEE. NOW HERE'S THE PART I

WANT YOU TO REALLY LOOK AT. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR REAL BIBLE OUT

OR YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING IN YOUR APP, AND GO BACK TO THE LAST

ONE, TRUST THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA

READ THE SECOND HALF OF THE VERSE. IT SAYS, "AND LEAN NOT TO

YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING." NOW THAT WORD LEAN THERE MEANS TO

DEPEND ON WHAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT. YOU KNOW, IN THE NATURAL AS

HUMANS, WE HAVE, IT DOESN'T SAY WE HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING, BUT

OUR UNDERSTANDING, DEVOID OF TRUSTING GOD, IT'LL GET US IN

TROUBLE. WE'LL LOOK AT THE SITUATION THROUGH NATURAL

GLASSES. WE'LL LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH OUR OWN EYES AND WHAT WE

CAN SEE STARING US IN THE, WE'LL LOOK AT IT, WE'LL LOOK AT

CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH THE WAY OUR BODY FEELS, OKAY, WHAT OUR

EMOTIONS ARE TELLING US. COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ALL

BEEN THERE? AND THINGS ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU A CERTAIN

THING AND YOU'LL LOOK AT IT AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL START

REPEATING OUT OF OUR MOUTH WHATEVER OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING

CAN ASCERTAIN. HEARD A PREACHER SAY RECENTLY, ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT PARTS OF SELF-CONTROL IS SELF-CONTROLLING YOUR

EMOTIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS SOMETIMES TO LEAN INTO OUR

OWN, SO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE USE THE PHRASE LEAN INTO SOMETHING.

A LOT OF TIMES THE REASON WE GET INTO TROUBLE, AND THIS IS I

REALLY BELIEVE THE REASON A LOT OF, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE

THAT JUST DON'T TIE. THEY LEAN IN TO THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING OF

THEIR FINANCIAL STATE, OKAY? AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS

ACCORDING TO THAT. BUT IT SAID TO LEAN IN, OR GO BACK TO IT,

WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE IN A MINUTE, LEAN IN, LEAN NOT UNTO

YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. WELL, THAT UNDERSTANDING COULD BE ALL

OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF YOU, THE

TRIAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU, YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO DEAL

WITH IT, RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT THE MORE TIME YOU

SPEND WITH GOD AND IN HIS WORD, PRESSING INTO TRUSTING HIM WITH

YOUR WHOLE HEART, THE MORE THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING WILL ALIGN

WITH HIM, OKAY? WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS HAPPEN THE

WAY THEY DO SOMETIMES, CAN WE? WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S

GOING ON IN A SITUATION. YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE KNOW. YOU LOOK

AT THE INTERNET TODAY AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THE THINGS THAT

PEOPLE POST ONLINE, SO MUCH OF THAT IS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE

LEANING INTO THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING. HALF THE TIME

PEOPLE HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT

IN THE WORLD, THEY JUST SPEAK INTO A THING AND PUT OUT A BIG

OPINION ABOUT STUFF THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HALF OF WHAT'S

HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TODAY. THE COMMONS HAVE

GIVEN US A LOT OF OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING TO GO POST. BUT IT

SAID DON'T LEAN INTO THAT. LEAN AWAY FROM THAT. WELL, PASTOR

BRENDA, HOW DO YOU LEAN AWAY FROM IT? BECAUSE, I MEAN, AT

LEAST I KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT WHEN WE LEAN INTO OUR

UNDERSTANDING, THE WISDOM, THAT WORD UNDERSTANDING THERE

ACTUALLY MEANS YOUR KNOWLEDGE. OKAY, COME ON, YOU HAVE

KNOWLEDGE OF A SITUATION, RIGHT, THAT YOU MIGHT BE FACING. THERE

MAY BE A DOCTOR'S REPORT. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING SOMEONE SAID OR

DID. THERE MAY BE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S GOING A CERTAIN

WAY. YOU MIGHT BE FACING ALL OF THAT IN THE NATURAL. THAT'S YOUR

KNOWLEDGE OF IT. BUT THEN IT'S ALSO THAT WORD UNDERSTANDING

INCLUDES THE WORD HUMAN WISDOM. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS IN

JAMES THAT OUR NATURAL WISDOM, RIGHT? COME ON, THE NATURAL

FINANCIAL PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU, WELL, YOU BUDGET LIKE THIS AND

DO THESE THINGS. THEY'RE NEVER GONNA INCLUDE THAT THE TITHE

WILL OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT A BLESSING. THEY'LL

TAKE THE GOD FACTOR OUT OF IT. AND THAT WORD UNDERSTANDING ALSO

MEANS YOUR OWN NATURAL WISDOM. WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS OUR NATURAL

WISDOM, WHEN IT'S DEVOID OF GOD, IS EARTHLY, THINK ABOUT THIS,

THIS IS JAMES 3:15, SENSUAL AND DEVILISH. NOW, SENSUAL DOESN'T

James 3:15

MEAN LIKE SEXUAL, IT MEANS IT'S WISDOM THAT GOES ACCORDING TO

OUR FEELINGS. HOWEVER WE FEEL IN THE MOMENT, IN THE WHIM OF IT,

THAT'S THE WISDOM THAT WE PULL OUT. THAT'S HUMAN NATURE. AND

THAT THE WISDOM OF GOD IS FOOLISHNESS TO THE CARNAL MIND.

THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT LEAN INTO OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IT

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO TITHE WHEN YOUR FINANCES SEEM LEAN. IT

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN THE NATURAL, BUT IN GOD'S KINGDOM,

RIGHT? IT MAKES SENSE. WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, I'M TRYING TO

LEAN IN. IT'S BEEN HARD. ANYBODY BEEN THERE? COME ON. IT'S BEEN

TOUGH. I'M TRYING TO LEAN IN AND LEAN INTO GOD AND TRUST HIM WITH

MY HEART AND NOT LEAN INTO MY UNDERSTANDING. HOW DO YOU DO

THAT? RIGHT? YOU KNOW, DO YOU JUST TELL YOURSELF, DON'T LEAN

IN, DON'T LEAN IN, DON'T LEAN IN, DON'T LEAN INTO YOUR OWN

UNDERSTANDING, DON'T LEAN IN, DON'T LEAN IN. DON'T, DON'T,

DON'T, YOU TELL YOURSELF THAT, YOU CAN DO IT A HUNDRED TIMES.

NO, THAT'S NOT ONLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT. IT'S NOT LIKE TRYING TO

MAKE YOURSELF NOT LEAN IN. THE NEXT VERSE GIVES US THE ANSWER.

GOD IS SO SIMPLE. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE SIX. IT SAYS, "IN

ALL THY WAYS," THAT MEANS EVERY DECISION, "ACKNOWLEDGE HIM." IN

OTHER WORDS, BRING GOD INTO EVERY CONVERSATION BEFORE YOU

MAKE A CHOICE, A DECISION. I'LL SAY THIS LAST THING, AND THEN

I'LL END WITH THIS. WHEN WE WERE FIRST MARRIED, WE WERE TRYING TO

TRAVEL IN THE MINISTRY. I MEAN, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF

MEETINGS, AND FOR A TRAVELING PREACHER, THEY GET PAID TO GO ON

THE ROAD AND PREACH. AND WE JUST WERE SITTING AT HOME WITH A

BUSINESS CARD THAT SAID, "WE'RE CALLED." AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE

NOTHING WAS HAPPENING AT THAT TIME. AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PAY

OUR BILLS. AND IT GOT HARD A FEW TIMES. THANK GOD FOR MY PARENTS

THAT A COUPLE TIMES THEY JUMPED IN AND PAID OUR RENT. BUT I

REMEMBER FINALLY ONE DAY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'LL BE PUT

IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU'RE LIKE, "I'VE

GOT TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I GO THIS WAY

IT'LL TURN OUT LIKE THIS." SEE THIS IS WHERE HUMAN REASONING

AND WISDOM GETS IN. AND I FINALLY I GOT UP ONE DAY AND I

JUST SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT LORD, WE CAN'T KEEP NOT PAYING OUR

BILLS. WE'RE GOING TO GET EVICTED FROM THIS APARTMENT IF

WE DON'T DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. HAVEN'T YOU EVER BEEN THERE

PASTOR DOUG? YOU'RE LIKE, I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING." AND I JUST

REMEMBER SAYING, "NOW LORD, I'M GOING TO PUT ON A DRESS. I'M

GOING TO GO OUT AND GET A JOB. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, BUT

I'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME MONEY COMING IN THE DOOR IN LIKE TWO

WEEKS OR WE'RE GOING TO BE EVICTED FROM THIS APARTMENT. AND

SO I JUST NEED YOU TO HELP ME. AND YOU KNOW, GOD GAVE ME A

GREAT JOB. PASTOR ENDED UP GETTING A GREAT JOB. WE WORKED

SECULAR WORK FOR A WHILE. I WORKED AT THE BANK. AND THEN GOD

CIRCLED US BACK, GOT US BACK INTO THE MINISTRY. BUT YOU KNOW

WHAT I BELIEVE BLESSED THAT? I ACKNOWLEDGE GOD IN MY DECISION.

EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE, EVERY TITHE, EVERY EMAIL, WHEN YOU GET

UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY, "GOD, HELP MY DECISIONS TODAY," I

ACKNOWLEDGE YOU TO BE THE GUIDE OVER WHAT I'M DOING. EVEN WHEN

MY OWN UNDERSTANDING DOESN'T KNOW, COME ON, I'M ASKING YOU TO

BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. AND YOU KNOW IT SAYS IN ALL YOUR

WAYS, ALL YOU DO, WHEN YOU GIVE, WITH YOUR FINANCES, WITH YOUR

HEALTH, IN ALL YOU DO, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND HE WILL

DIRECT YOUR PATH. GOD HAS A WAY WHEN YOU JUST MAKE HIM PART OF

EVERYTHING, BRINGING YOU RIGHT BACK WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. SO WE

CAN CHOOSE EARTHLY WISDOM, OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, OR WE CAN

CHOOSE WHAT GOD HAS AND MAKE HIM PART OF IT. AND WHEN YOU DO, I

PROMISE YOU, HE'LL GET YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE AND IT'LL

TURN OUT TO BE A BLESSING. ISN'T THAT GOOD? SO THAT NEEDS TO BE

YOUR FAITH IN YOUR GIVING TODAY. AMEN? GOD'S GOING TO TAKE CARE

OF IT IF YOU MAKE HIM PART OF IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT THE

GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN, ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS

TO GIVE, TEXT TO GIVE, THE MOBILE APP, WEBSITE, ENVELOPE,

QR CODE, ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE, AND LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE

GOD IN ALL OUR WAYS IN OUR GIVING FOR THE REST OF 2026. I

BELIEVE IT WILL BE SO GOOD. AND I WANT TO END 2026 BETTER THAN I

STARTED. HOW ABOUT YOU? AMEN. THAT'S WHAT I'M HUNGRY FOR. SO

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT WRITING AND YOU'VE ALREADY

GOT YOUR APP OUT, LET'S STAND. AND INTERNET, THANK YOU FOR

PARTICIPATING AS WELL. ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS THAT ARE SO

GRACIOUS AND SO FAITHFUL TO PARTICIPATE AND BE COMMITTED IN

YOUR GIVING AS WELL. I BELIEVE WHEN YOU ACKNOWLEDGE GOD, HE'S

GOING TO DIRECT ALL YOUR PATH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL SAY

THIS, YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE IT THE FIRST DAY, BUT I PROMISE

YOU, YOU EVENTUALLY WILL SEE IT. GOD WILL DO IT. HE'S FAITHFUL.

HOLD UP YOUR GIVING, HOLD IT UP REAL HIGH. HOLD UP YOUR, MY

PHONE'S OVER THERE, I'LL HOLD MY GLASSES AND PRETEND IT'S A

PHONE. MY PHONE, MY LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT SHEET IS MY

OFFERING ENVELOPE. LET'S HOLD THEM UP TOGETHER. AMEN. BY THE

WAY, WE TITHE OFF STAGE, SO IT'S ALL GOOD. I CAN'T DO MY APP AND

TALK TO YOU AT THE SAME TIME. I'M NOT THAT TECHY. I'M NOT THAT

GOOD AT IT. SOMETIMES I CAN, AND THEN THAT'S THE DAY THAT I DON'T

KNOW. BUT ANYHOW, SO FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE

YOU TODAY. WE MAKE YOU PART OF THE CONVERSATION OF WHATEVER

WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US, DIRECT

US, TEACH US. WE DON'T LEAN INTO OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. WE LEAN

INTO YOU. AND I ASK YOU TO HELP US TO HAVE THE SELF-DISCIPLINE

TO DO THAT, AND WE HONOR YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME. SHOUT AMEN IF

YOU ADD YOUR AGREEMENT TO THAT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO OUR

DECLARATION. RIGHT NOW 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 OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE

PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THAT

WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE

DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. COME ON, SHOUT AS

YOU GIVE AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK. ALL RIGHT, USHERS,

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND USH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING. AND YOU CAN

GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED, THANK YOU. I FORGOT HE WAS BEHIND ME.

SO THANKS, PASTOR DOJI. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

GIVING. ALSO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE. AND YEP, I

GOT TO PREACH TONIGHT OUT OF TOWN OVER IN THE ROCKFORD,

ILLINOIS AREA. FRIEND OF PASTOR BOB ROGERS, I PREACHED THERE

LAST YEAR. WE GOT A SIGNS AND WONDERS, MIRACLES CONFERENCE.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WANT TO WATCH, I THINK THEY ARE

STREAMING IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN I FLY BACK AND I

HAVE TO GO TO LAS VEGAS TOMORROW. AND TUESDAY, NO, I'M

NOT GOING DOWN TO GAMBLE. NO, I'M NOT GOING DOWN TO WATCH

ELVIS. I HAVE THE HIGH COLLARS, I HAVE THE HAIR. PEOPLE SAY I'M

TRYING TO ACT LIKE ELVIS. NO, I'M NOT, I'M JUST TRYING TO ACT

LIKE ME AND I LIKE HIGH COLLARS 'CAUSE I USED TO PREACH AND THEY

WOULD GO LIKE THIS. AND SO DOJI GOES, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A

SOLUTION. LET'S JUST GET THE COLLARS A LITTLE HIGHER. I LIKE

IT. AND NOW OTHER PEOPLE IN THE MINISTRY ARE GOING, HEY, I'M

DOING THAT NOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE GOING, YOU KNOW,

TEXTING YOU LIKE BRENDA USED TO HANK YOUR COLLARS LIKE THIS. SO

THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT. SO NO, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ELVIS. BUT

ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO LAS VEGAS. MY SON JOHN, JOHN YOU MIGHT BE

WATCHING TODAY, HE IS FIGHTING ON TUESDAY EVENING, 7 P.M.

CENTRAL. I'M PROUD OF HIM. AND FOR HIS OPPORTUNITY, HE'S DOING

DANA WHITE'S CONTENDER SERIES, AND IF HE WINS, HE GETS SIGNED

ON TO THE UFC, WHICH IS PROFESSIONAL. HE'S BEEN TRAINING

HARD. HE'S BEEN TRAINED BY SOME OF THE TOP FIGHTERS, THE NUMBER

ONE FIGHTER IN THE WORLD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, JON BONES

JONES. IS IT A CAREER THAT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THAT HE

DID? NO, BUT YET I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING ALONG HIS SIDE WITH

BRENDA AND MATTHEW, HIS BROTHER, SINCE HE WAS AGE 10, HE'S 27

NOW. HE WAS DIAGNOSED TYPE ONE DIABETIC. BACK IN THOSE DAYS, HE

WOULD GET BULLIED, PICKED ON, 'CAUSE HE WAS A LITTLE SCRAWNY

GUY. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM, BUT HE WAS

DYING. AND TYPE ONE IS NOT DIET RELATED. IT'S NOT BECAUSE HE ATE

TOO MUCH SUGAR. IT'S AN AUTOIMMUNE THING THAT WE'RE

BELIEVING GOD FOR, HE'S BELIEVING GOD FOR, TO GET

REVERSED SO THAT HIS BODY WILL PRODUCE INSULIN ON ITS OWN. AND

SO AS A RESULT OF TYPE ONE DIABETIC, HE NEEDS INSULIN EVERY

DAY TO SURVIVE. AND SO I'M PROUD OF HIM BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE,

HE'LL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW OF, I BELIEVE THIS IS

RIGHT, THAT WHEN HE WINS, WHEN HE WINS, THAT WILL REPRESENT THE

FACT THAT A TYPE ONE DIABETIC CAN DO THIS. BECAUSE HERE'S THE

THING, MOST PEOPLE WILL GET IN THE RING AND THEY'LL FIGHT AND

THEIR BLOOD SUGAR NUMBERS WILL BE 70 TO MAYBE 100, 120, GET UP

AROUND THOSE NUMBERS, 100 AND ABOVE, YOU START GETTING WHAT'S

CALLED PRE-DIABETIC, POTENTIALLY. BUT HIS BODY

LITERALLY STARTS SHUTTING DOWN. AND HE CAN'T INJECT HIMSELF WITH

INSULIN BEFORE HE GETS IN THE RING, 'CAUSE HE DOESN'T WANNA GO

THE OTHER WAY, WHERE HE'D PASS OUT AND ALL THAT. SO IF YOU

HAVE, I'M NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS CHANNEL, BUT IF YOU HAVE

PARAMOUNT PLUS, THE UFC HAS SIGNED THEM AS THE CARRIER OF

THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DO IT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO WATCH AT

SEVEN O'CLOCK. I'M GOING WITH CAPTAIN STUCK. I, EXCITED FOR

HIM, CAPTAIN STUCK. HE'S GONNA TRY TO GET IN THE RING AND FIGHT

THE 80 YEAR OLDS AND UP. SO THAT'LL BE HIS DEBUT. I DON'T

KNOW WHERE CAPTAIN STUCK IS AT. IS HE UP HERE SOMEWHERE? HE

CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIMSELF. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET IN THE

WORD. SO WE'LL BE THERE, YOU KNOW, MONDAY, TUESDAY. IT'S

GONNA BE KIND OF A BUSY TIME, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS.

ALSO THEN, I COME BACK. YOU'RE GONNA HANDLE WEDNESDAY. THANK

YOU, SWEETHEART. I LOVE IT 'CAUSE I'LL BE FLYING BACK. AND

THEN THURSDAY, I'LL BE ON ELIJAH STREAMS LIVE AND FLASHPOINT AND

OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO. ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO, SO THAT'S

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY PART, OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,

LET'S OPEN UP OUR BIBLES TO LUKE 18. I'M GONNA MAKE THIS SHORT,

QUICK, TO THE POINT. WASN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL TIME WITH THE HOLY

SPIRIT TODAY? I LOVE GOD AND I'LL MAKE IT SHORT, QUICK, AND

TO THE POINT SO WE CAN GET TO OUR FLIGHT. THIS IS PART OF OUR

CALLING TOO AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME, I DON'T

WANNA SAY BE SHARED WITH THE WORLD, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU

FOR UNDERSTANDING. YOU'RE GREAT PEOPLE. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS I

DON'T GIVE UP MY SUNDAYS TOO EASILY. SO THEY SAID, "WELL,

WOULD YOU COME SUNDAY NIGHT?" AND I SAID, "I'LL THINK ABOUT

IT." AND SO I DID AND REST IS HISTORY. BUT I WASN'T GONNA MISS

YOU OR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. ALL RIGHT, LUKE 18, I WANNA LOOK

AT VERSES SEVEN THROUGH EIGHT AND I WANNA JUST HIT THIS VERSE

HERE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. AS I

WAS ON VACATION, I JUST REALLY KEPT FEELING LIKE, AND THAT'S

WHAT I SHARED LAST WEEK, THAT THERE'S SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM

AND YOU THAT ARE JOINING US AROUND THE WORLD THAT YOU'VE HIT

A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU GOTS TO SEE AN ANSWER. IS THAT

ALL RIGHT TO SAY THAT? YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING, YOU'VE BEEN

BELIEVING GOD, YOU'VE BEEN FASTING, RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN

DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW TO DO, YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING THE

WORD, BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS AIN'T

WORKING OUT? AND ESPECIALLY IN THE DAY THAT WE LIVE IN, AND

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, THAT'S WHY I DON'T WATCH THE NEWS. THE ONLY

TIME I WATCH IT IS WHEN GENE BAILEY ON FLASHPOINT ASKED ME,

AND SOMETIMES I'LL TEXT DUTCH WHILE HE'S ON WITH ME, OR I'LL

TEXT RICK, I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THAT VIDEO SAYS, DO SPEAK UP.

AND SO, GOD'S GRACE HAS BEEN GOOD, AND I'M TELLING YOU,

THERE'S TIMES LIKE, I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT,

SO DON'T ASK ME, GENE. YOU KNOW, BUT ANYWAY. BUT THE TIMES THAT I

HAVE CAUGHT NEWS HEADLINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT IS EASY TO

SLIDE INTO THE NEGATIVITY OR THE ASSUMPTION OR THE PERSUASION

THAT THINGS AIN'T WORKING OUT QUITE RIGHT, THAT THE WORLD'S

JACKED UP. SO I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT LUKE 18. NOW, THIS IS THE

STORY, AS I GET READY TO READ THIS VERSE, THAT IS VERY

IMPORTANT. THE PREVIOUS VERSES TALKS ABOUT A WIDOW WHO GOES

BEFORE AN UNJUST JUDGE, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF OUR

JUDICIAL SYSTEM TODAY, NO MATTER WHAT NATION YOU LIVE IN.

LAWFARE, RIGHT, JUSTICE IS NOT LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE. BUT SHE

CONTINUES TO HAMMER ON THE JUDGE UNTIL FINALLY SHE GETS AN

ANSWER. AND GOD SAYS THESE WORDS, AS JESUS IS SPEAKING,

"SHALL NOT GOD AVENGE HIS OWN ELECT?" RIGHT, THAT WIDOW WHO

WENT BEFORE AN UNJUST JUDGE AND FINALLY THE UNJUST JUDGE

RELENTED. HOW MUCH MORE GOD, WHO IS JUST, WILL DO SOMETHING FOR

THOSE HIS ELECT WHICH CRY DAY AND NIGHT. NOW UNDERLINE THAT,

SOME OF YOU, THAT IS YOU. YOU ARE CRYING OUT DAY AND NIGHT.

AND IF I COULD INSERT, EVEN DURING THE DAY, SAYING, LORD

GOD, HOW MUCH LONGER? GOD, WE'VE BEEN PRAYING, WE'VE BEEN

WAITING. NOW, I SAY THIS BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE CAN

SLIDE INTO A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE IN OUR LIFE, AND THAT IS A

PLACE THAT BEGINS TO HINDER THE VERY THINGS THAT WE'RE CRYING

OUT DAY IN BETWEEN OR NIGHT TIME ABOUT. AND IT SAYS, THOUGH HE

BEARS LONG WITH THEM. NOW, HERE IS THE VERSE THAT I THINK IS

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. HOW MANY BELIEVE, AND I WANNA SEE YOUR

SHOW OF HANDS, SO IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO RAISING YOUR HAND IN

CHURCH, IT'S OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOW IT NOW, LET ME

BUILD UP TO IT. SEE A SHOW OF HANDS AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND UP OR PUT ON THE EMOJI OR OJO OR WHATEVER

THEY CALL IT. HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT JESUS CHRIST IS

RETURNING? I'M NOT GIVING DATES, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. HOW

MANY BELIEVE THAT HE'S GOING TO RETURN AS HE SAID? GOOD JOB, HE

IS GONNA RETURN. SO WHEN HE RETURNS, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT

HE IS LOOKING FOR. WHOA, WHAT'S HE LOOKING FOR? OH, WELL, I

DIDN'T EVEN READ THE VERSE, BUT YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT

VERSE EIGHT. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA TRIP YOU UP. "I TELL YOU

THAT HE'LL AVENGE THEM SPEEDILY." NOW, UNDERLINE

SPEEDILY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE CRYING OUT DAY, NIGHT, IN

BETWEEN, WE ARE IN A TIME OF ACCELERATION. THE REASON WHY

WE'VE BEEN IN THE HARSH SEASON THAT WE'VE BEEN IS SO THAT GOD

COULD BRING US THROUGH A SHIFT, A CHANGE, THAT'S GOING TO

EVENTUALLY CATCH UP AND START MOVING VERY FAST. THINGS ARE

GONNA START HAPPENING FAST. I'M TELLING YOU, THE MIDTERMS IS NOT

JUST THE MIDTERMS, IT'S A MIDTURNING AND MIDTERMS OF GOD

DOING THINGS THAT HE HAS PROMISED. NOW WE'VE GOT TO BE,

WATCH THE NEXT PART OF THIS VERSE, WE'VE GOT TO BE IN FAITH.

"NEVERTHELESS, WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN, "SHALL HE FIND

FAITH ON THE EARTH?" NOW, I WOULD HIT THE BUTTON. TRIVIA, I

DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK THAT JESUS CHRIST RIGHT NOW IS

FINDING FAITH ON THE EARTH. I'VE NEVER HEARD SO MUCH COMPLAINING,

ARGUING, BICKERING, UNBELIEF. PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SEE ME, THEY

SAY, "OH, PASTOR WYNN, OH, HOW MUCH LONGER. "I CAN'T TAKE IT

ANYMORE." HOW MANY OF YOU, HAS THAT BEEN YOUR STORY? WELL, YOU

DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND ON THIS ONE, BUT LET'S BLAME

SOMEBODY ELSE. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE? IF THAT IS

THEIR STORY, WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY. LET'S PUT SOMEBODY ELSE

UNDER THE BUS. ALL RIGHT, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HOW

MANY OF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE, IF THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT, DON'T

LOOK AT YOUR SPOUSE OR THE NEIGHBOR NEXT TO YOU. WE DON'T

WANNA PUT THEM ON BLAST. BUT HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S

EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? SO HE'S NOT FINDING FAITH ON THE

EARTH. NOW HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER. HOW MANY OF YOU

REMEMBER THE STORY OF THE FIRST BATTLE THAT ISRAEL WENT AND HAD

TO FACE AFTER MOSES HAD DEPARTED, JOSHUA GOT THE REINS,

GOD TELLS JOSHUA AND JOSHUA ONE, AND TWO, BE THOU COURAGEOUS, BE

STRONG, I'M WITH YOU. NOW GO TAKE THE LAND. BUT THE FIRST

BATTLE THEY HAD TO FACE WAS JERICHO. NOW WHAT WAS THE BATTLE

OF JERICHO? OKAY, I WANT SOME FEEDBACK. YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE

COMMENTS ALSO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. WHAT WAS THE

BATTLE? WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF JERICHO? THE WALLS? WALLS COMING

DOWN? WALLS COMING DOWN? ALL RIGHT, CAN I GET A WALL OVER

HERE? CAN I GET A WALL OVER HERE? CAN I GET A WALL OVER, YOU

GUYS SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF MAGA PEOPLE, MY GOODNESS. CAN I GET A

WALL OVER HERE, HUH? OH, JONI, YOU NAILED IT, ALL RIGHT, NOW

HERE'S THE THING. SO WHEN I WAS PRAYING ABOUT THIS THIS WEEK,

THE HOLY SPIRIT WHISPERED IN MY HEART, IT WASN'T JUST THE WALLS,

THAT WAS A RESULT OF THE FIRST INITIAL BATTLE. AND WHAT THE

BATTLE WAS, THAT THEY KEPT LOSING IN THE WILDERNESS, IT WAS

HOW TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR ATTITUDE RIGHT.

CAN YOU IMAGINE MARCHING AROUND A BUILDING SEVEN TIMES OR WALLS

AS BIG, AND THAT WAS NO JOKE. I MEAN, THOSE WERE SOME BIG WALLS.

I REMEMBER, RACHEL, YOU WOULD REMEMBER THIS BACK AND TASHA, I

THINK YOU AND BOB, WERE YOU GUYS PART WHEN I TOLD THE PEOPLE WE

WENT ON AN EVANGELISM NIGHT AND REMEMBER THE OLD CIVIC

AUDITORIUM? AND THE LORD SAID, "MARCH AROUND IT SEVEN TIMES,

"AND THEN AFTER THE WHITE SNAKE AC/DC CONCERT, "GET UP ON THAT

WALL, HANK, AND PREACH TO THEM. "AND DO IT AFTERWARDS SO THEY

DON'T THINK "YOU'RE PROTESTING THE CONCERT." AND SO WE MARCHED

AROUND THE THING. I'M LIKE, I REMEMBER LOOKING, I SAID, "LORD,

I'VE DONE IT THREE TIMES NOW. "I AM DONE." AND I WAS LIKE 20

YEARS OLD, SO I WAS IN A LOT, WELL, I'M IN GREAT SHAPE NOW. I

MEAN, I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT, BUT HERE'S THE POINT. IT

WAS A LONG, AND SO WE, ABOUT THE THIRD TIME, YOU REMEMBER, I'M

LIKE, AND YOU START QUESTIONING, DID I REALLY, REALLY HEAR YOU,

GOD? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THREE WORKS, THREE WORKS FOR ME. AND

I'M LOOKING FOR RACHEL, I'M LOOKING FOR TOSH AND BOB, AND

THEY STOPPED IT TOO, I THINK. NO, YOU DID NOT. I THINK YOU

GUYS ALL WENT AROUND SEVEN TIMES. AND IT WAS AMAZING

BECAUSE WHEN THE WHITE SNAKE ACDC CONCERT OR WHATEVER IT WAS,

WHERE THEY GOT OUT, IT WAS A MASSIVE CROWD AND I WAS UP ON

THE WALL. AND I SAID, "LISTEN UP!" AND A QUIETNESS HIT THE

CROWD. AND THEY BEGAN TO COME, PEOPLE WERE FALLING UNDER THE

POWER. NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE STONED, THEY PROBABLY WERE, BUT

DRUNK. THERE WAS A GUY WHO GOT HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH A BOTTLE,

HE WAS BLEEDING OFF OF HIS NECK PROFRUCIOUS, PROFRUCIOUSLY OR

WHATEVER IT IS. HE WAS, LET'S JUST SAY THIS, HE WAS BLEEDING

OUT OF HIS NECK REALLY BAD. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. AND I SAID,

AND HE CAME UP FRONT, AND HE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD, AND WE SAID,

"IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, "WE COMMEND THAT BLEEDING TO STOP.

"HE FALLS UNDER THE POWER." PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "OH." HE WAS

POWERFUL. BUT WHAT WAS, THAT'S JUST THE MANIFESTATION. THE

WALLS ARE JUST A MANIFESTATION. COME ON, YOU WANT WALLS TO COME

DOWN? YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY TO HAVE BREAKTHROUGH LIKE THOSE

WALLS? YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN, I HAVE TO LEARN, WHAT REALLY THE

TEST WAS, CAN YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT? OR YOU, AND NOW, CAN

I SAY THIS? YOU'RE LIKE, YES I CAN. OKAY, KEYBOARD WARRIORS,

CAN YOU KEEP YOUR FINGERS MOUTH, YOUR FINGERS SHUT? WHERE YOU

DON'T TEXT, YOU DON'T DIAL SOMEBODY'S NUMBER TO COMPLAIN,

YOU DON'T TYPE SOMETHING IN THE COMMENTS, YOU DON'T POST ON

SOCIAL MEDIA, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR WOES. LISTEN, THAT IS

NO DIFFERENT. IT'S RATHER THAN YOUR MOUTH DOING THE TALKING,

YOUR FINGERS ARE DOING THE TALKING. AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE

YELLOW PAGES AND YOU'RE UNDER 50, THEY DO THE WALKING. BUT

HERE'S THE POINT, TOO MANY PEOPLE FAIL. YOU THINK ABOUT

JERICHO, IF YOU HAD TO GET OVER A MILLION SOME PEOPLE TO MARCH

AROUND THE CITY, TELL THEM TO BE QUIET FOR SEVEN DAYS AND THEN

SEVEN TIMES, TWO THINGS THEY'RE HAVING TO WIN THE BATTLE OF,

YOUR ATTITUDE, 'CAUSE I COULD JUST IMAGINE PEOPLE KICKING

STONES, YOU SURE THAT MOSES DO HEARD THIS? I DON'T KNOW, I'M

JUST GOING ALONG FOR THE RIDE, RIGHT? MY SON SOILED HIS

DIAPERS, HOW DARE HE TELL US TO GO AROUND SEVEN TIMES? DON'T YOU

KNOW HE NEEDS A BATHROOM BREAK? RIGHT? I DON'T LIKE THIS CHURCH

THING. I'M GONNA STOP ATTENDING. I THINK IT'S A CULT. TOO

EXTREME. I MEAN, CAN YOU IMAGINE? THEY HAD TO SHUT THEIR

MOUTHS AND KEEP THEIR FEET MOVING AND WATCH THEIR

ATTITUDES. THIS IS WHY THE SON OF MAN TODAY HAS NOT FOUND FAITH

ON THE EARTH. NOW I WANNA BRING UP OUR SCRIPTURE FROM LAST WEEK.

LOOK AT HABAKKUK. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, BRENDA PRONOUNCES IT

DIFFERENT, HABAKKUK OR WHATEVER, BUT HABAKKUK 1:1 THROUGH 5. I

Habakkuk 1:1–5

KNOW, BRENDA, I HEAR YOU, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. NOW, THIS IS

POWERFUL IN THIS VERSION OF IT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF

WHAT WE FACE TODAY. AND EVEN THE MIGHTY PROPHET HABAKKUK, HE

STARTED SLIPPING AND SLIDING AWAY FROM BELIEVING GOD. HE

STARTED LOOKING AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES, HIS ATTITUDE

STARTED GETTING BAD, AND WATCH THIS, SO WAS HIS WORDS. THIS IS

THE MESSAGE THAT THE PROPHET HABAKKUK RECEIVED IN A VISION.

LET'S CONTINUE TO READ. HOW LONG, O LORD, MUST I CALL FOR

HELP? NOW WATCH THIS, BUT YOU DON'T LISTEN. MAYBE THAT'S SOME

OF YOU TODAY, YOU'RE LIKE, "COME ON, GOD, I HAVE BEEN PRAYING."

AND MAYBE YOU REALLY ARE. YOU ARE A PERSON THAT IS REALLY

ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED AND DEDICATED TO PRAYER, BUT YET YOU'RE STILL

NOT GETTING AN ANSWER TO THAT THING THAT IS SACRED TO YOUR

HEART. HOW MUCH SHALL I PRAY? BUT GOD, YOU DON'T SEEM TO

LISTEN. VIOLENCE IS EVERYWHERE, WHICH IT IS, WE'RE SEEING THAT.

I CRY, BUT YOU DON'T COME TO SAVE ME. YOU HELP THE OTHER GUY

DOWN THE STREET. RIGHT, THEY PRAY. WOW, THEY GOT A BETTER

JOB. THEY GOT A BETTER CAR. THEY GOT REMARRIED. THEIR CHILDREN

ARE SERVING GOD. SO YOU CAN KIND OF INSERT WHATEVER IT IS THAT

YOU ARE FEELING. MUST I FOREVER SEE EVIL DEEDS? COME ON, HOW

MANY OF YOU ARE TIRED OF SEEING EVIL? THAT'S WHY I DON'T WATCH

TV AND I WATCH VERY FEW MOVIES. BRENDA AND I WILL WATCH BIG

JAKE. SOMEBODY LIKE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BIG

JAKE, LET'S FACE IT. THAT GUY'S AWESOME, I LIKE THAT GUY, JOHN

WAYNE. I LIKE THAT GUY, BRENDA, I LIKE THAT GUY. I THINK SHE

THINKS I CAN LOOK LIKE JOHN WAYNE. THAT'S MY STORY AND I'LL

STICK TO IT. DON'T GO THERE, OKAY, I WON'T GO THERE. WHEREVER

I LOOK, I SEE DESTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE. HOW MANY SEE THAT? I'M

SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO ARGUE AND FIGHT. WELCOME TO YOUR

THANKSGIVING MEALS, THAT'S ABOUT TO COME, RIGHT? NO, I DON'T

SPEAK THAT OVER YOU. THE LAW'S BEEN PARALYZED, THERE'S NO

JUSTICE IN THE COURTS. WHOA, THAT'LL PREACH. "THE WICKED FAR

OUTNUMBER THE RIGHTEOUS, "SO THAT JUSTICE HAS BECOME

PERVERTED." WOW, DOES THIS NOT SOUND LIKE OUR DAY? SO YOU

CANNOT JUST FACE SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT

THE CULTURE TEMPERATURE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE GOING

ON EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO WATCH THE NEWS, BUT LET'S

FACE IT, IT IS THE NEWS. THERE IS A LOT OF BAD GOING ON, AND IT

WOULD BE REALLY EASY TO THINK THAT THERE'S NO FUTURE. I RAN

INTO SOMEBODY A WHILE BACK AND WE WERE SOMEPLACE AND THERE WAS

A LITTLE KID SOMEWHERE, AND THEY GO, "OH, THAT KID IS SO CUTE."

IT WAS SOME PLACE I WAS AT PREACHING. "OH, LOOK AT HOW CUTE

THOSE KIDS ARE." AND THEN THEY SAID, "YOU KNOW, I'M A GRANDMA

AND GRANDPA." THEY WERE BOTH TOGETHER. "OH, I'M JUST SO GLAD

I DON'T HAVE TO RAISE KIDS TODAY." WHY? 'CAUSE THEY'RE

READING AND LOOKING AT STUFF LIKE THIS. IT WOULD BE EASY TO

LOSE SIGHT THAT SOMEHOW THERE CAN BE A BETTER DAY. SOMEHOW

THEY THINK, OKAY, CAN ANYTHING EVER CHANGE? HEY, LISTEN, THE

WATERS DID RETURN BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, AND THEY ALSO DID

IN THE DAYS OF THE PARTING OF THE RED SEA. AND EVEN WHEN GOD

IS UP TO SOMETHING, IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE A

SENSE OF RETURN TO NORMALCY. HOW ABOUT THIS, SANITY? BUT THERE

IS, THIS IS WHERE GOD IS HEADING. BUT NOW LOOK AT VERSE

FIVE, AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S ALWAYS

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER. AND IF YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING I SAY

TODAY, REMEMBER THIS, IT'S CALLED THE GOD FACTOR. IT'S THE

THING THAT YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE IN NO MATTER WHAT YOU FACE. IF

YOU'RE LONELY, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE GOD FACTOR, HE'S

THERE FOR YOU. HE'S ALSO PROVIDED A WAY FOR YOU TO NOT BE

ALONE. AND I CAN PREACH ON ABOUT THAT. IF YOU'RE NEEDING A JOB,

OKAY, THE GOD FACTOR, HE'S THE ONE THAT TELLS US IN SCRIPTURE

HOW TO COME INTO BLESSING. HE TELLS US IN SCRIPTURE HOW TO

PRAY. IF YOU NEED HEALING, HE'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN SCRIPTURE

THAT WE ARE ALREADY HEALED, WE WERE HEALED. SO HE TELLS US HOW

TO ALIGN TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED FOR. DOES THAT

MAKE SENSE? SO IN THE SAME WAY, THE LORD REPLIES. HE SAYS, LOOK

AT THE NATIONS. YEAH, THEY ARE IN CHAOS, BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.

BE AMAZED, IN OTHER WORDS, OPEN THE WINDOWS UP IN YOUR HOUSE.

PULL THE DRAPES UP, OR WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE THINGS? SHADES

UP, RIGHT? OPEN THE WINDOWS UP AND SAY TO THE WORLD, I HEAR THE

SOUND OF MUSIC. NO, DON'T DO THAT. PEOPLE CALL THE COPS, BUT

HERE'S THE POINT. BE READY FOR A NEW DAY. YOU KNOW WHAT I TRY TO

DO EVERY SINGLE MORNING WHEN I GET UP, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH NOW I

HAVE A PUPPY FOR THE LAST 10 DAYS, BUT I STILL AM DOING IT,

IS I GET UP AND I SAY, TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE.

LORD, I CHOOSE TO REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. YOU KNOW, I TOOK

LITTLE SHILOH, OUR PUPPY, HE'S JUST ABOUT 10 WEEKS OLD, OUT AT,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS IN THE MORNING, 1:30, A COUPLE

NIGHTS AGO. AND THE MOON WAS GORGEOUS AT THAT TIME. AND I

LOOKED UP AND I ACKNOWLEDGED GOD AND I SAID, LORD, THE WAY THE

MOON IS SHAPED AND THE LIGHT ON IT, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE AN EYE

LOOKING DOWN ON ME. AND THEN I BEGAN TO PRAY FOR YOU AND I

PRAYED FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I PRAYED OVER MY LIFE

AND I JUST SAID, GOD, IF YOUR EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, YOUR EYE

IS ON THE PEOPLE. AND LORD, IN JUST A FEW HOURS, THE SUN IS

GONNA COME UP AND THE DARKNESS AND THE DAWN SHALL BREAK. AND

THERE SHALL COME A DAWNING OF A NEW DAY FOR ME AND FOR THE

PEOPLE. AND I PRAY THAT AS THEY ARISE, AS THE SUN BREAKS FORTH,

THAT GOD, YOU WILL GIVE TO THE PEOPLE HOPE AND UNDERSTANDING

THAT GOD, YOU ARE FOR THEM. THEREFORE, ALL THINGS WILL WORK

TOGETHER FOR THEIR GOOD. I REMEMBER PRAYING FOR YOU. SEE,

THIS IS THE ATTITUDE WE HAVE TO HAVE. WE COULD TAKE HABAKKUK'S

ATTITUDE AND THINK, OH, ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, AND

IT MIGHT BE HAPPENING. OR WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT GOD SAID, VERSE

FIVE. HEY, LOOK AT THE NATIONS. BE AMAZED, WHY? BECAUSE

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN YOUR DAY. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN

YOUR MARRIAGE. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OVER YOUR FINANCES.

SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OVER YOUR BUSINESS. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING

OVER YOUR CHILDREN. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OVER YOUR BODY. OH, I

DON'T BELIEVE THAT. OH, WAIT, STOP. HOW MANY REMEMBER THIS

STORY? I THINK WE SHOULD TURN THERE TO, LET'S GO TO MARK 11.

LET'S GO OVER TO MARK 11. THIS IS KIND OF OFF THE CUFF HERE.

AND LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED. I BELIEVE IT'S IN MARK

11. AND LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 11, MARK 11:11. NOW THIS IS AN

Mark 11:11

IMPORTANT STORY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE

ANYTHING IS HAPPENING. AND WHEN SOMETHING ISN'T SEEMING LIKE

IT'S HAPPENING, COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER PRAYED FOR

YOUR HEALING AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING'S HAPPENING? NOW

YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND OR YOU ONLINE. ALL OF A

SUDDEN, YOU START HEARING A VOICE. IT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE.

AND HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS, IT AIN'T WORKING. SEE, THAT

SYMPTOM'S STILL THERE. SEE, THAT PAIN IS STILL THERE, RIGHT? YOU

JUST PRAYED TO BE MARRIED, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOMEBODY

THAT YOU KNOW THAT HAS BEEN BELIEVING GOD, THEY DON'T EVEN

SERVE GOD, ALL OF A SUDDEN SHOWS UP WITH THEIR BOYFRIEND OR

WHATEVER. OR YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR THE JOB AND SOMEBODY ELSE

GETS IT. COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE BEFORE? AM I THE ONLY

ONE? THINGS START SPEAKING TO YOU. VOICES START ARISING.

VOICES IN YOUR CONSCIENCE. VOICES FROM OTHER PEOPLE, RIGHT?

YOUR FRIENDS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, THEY CAN BE LIKE JOB.

THEY START TALKING YOU OUT OF THE SOLUTION. THE VOICE IN YOUR

HEAD CAN ALTER YOUR PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE NOW YOU NO LONGER

BELIEVE GOD. YOU NO LONGER, YOU START HAVING HOPE DEFERRED. YOU

START THINKING THERE IS NO WAY THAT I'M GONNA GET A

BREAKTHROUGH. I HAVE TRIED AND I'VE TRIED AND I'VE TRIED. AND

THE VOICE THAT COMES IN YOUR HEAD WILL REMIND YOU HOW MANY

TIMES THAT YOU'VE TRIED, TO WHERE YOU'LL BEGIN TO JUSTIFY IT

MORE IN YOUR HEAD THAN TAKING THE SCRIPTURE AND JUSTIFYING

THAT GOD IS NOT A GOD, THAT HE SHOULD LIE. OOPS, THERE WENT ALL

MY NOTES. NOW, HERE'S THE THING. THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

MARK 11, VERSE 11, LET'S PICK IT UP THERE. THIS IS TONIGHT'S

Mark 11:11

SERMON. NOT ALL OF IT. BUT I DIDN'T WANNA FORGET IT. I WORK

AHEAD. I GOT ELIJAH'S STREAM STUFF. OKAY, I'M SORRY, I JUST

KEEP IT IN MY BIBLE SO I DON'T FORGET WHERE I PUT IT. LOOK AT

MARK 11, VERSE 11. "AND JESUS ENTERED INTO JERUSALEM AND INTO

Mark 11:11

THE TEMPLE. "AND WHEN HE HAD LOOKED AROUND ON ALL THINGS,

"AND NOW THE EVENING TIME WAS COMING, "HE WENT OUT TO BETHANY

WITH THE 12." LET'S CONTINUE. "AND ON THE MORROW, THEY HAD

COME TO BETHANY, HE WAS HUNGRY." OH, STOP. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE

HUNGRY TO SEE AN ANSWER? HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HUNGRY TO HAVE

WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE CRAVING? YOU MAY NOT BE CRAVING LIKE ME.

I CONSTANTLY CRAVE GELATO AND ICE CREAM. CAPTAIN HAS ALREADY

BEEN LOOKING AROUND TO FIND GELATO WHERE I'M GOING TO SEE

JOHN'S FIGHT, SO LET'S SEE HOW GOOD HE DOES. BUT YOU'RE HUNGRY,

YOU'RE HUNGRY FOR AN ANSWER. YOU'RE HUNGRY TO BE HEALED.

YOU'RE HUNGRY TO HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE. YOU'RE HUNGRY TO HAVE

THE PRODIGAL RETURN. YOU'RE HUNGRY TO SEE YOUR OCCUPATION

GET BETTER SO THAT YOU DON'T DREAD YOUR JOB. YOU'RE HUNGRY

FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. WELL, THIS WAS A NATURAL HUNGER. NOW

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT

JESUS WHO FASTED AND PRAYED 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS, REMEMBER

WHAT SATAN DID, THAT ALL OF THE ACCOUNTS OF JESUS FASTING, THE

DEVIL COMES TO JESUS AND WHAT DOES HE DO? HE TEMPTS HIM AND HE

SAYS, "HEY, YOU'VE BEEN HUNGRY, BOY." SO JESUS WAS HUNGRY. AND

HE POINTS OUT THESE ROCKS. AND HE SAID, "IF YOU BE THE SON OF

GOD, JESUS, "COMMAND THESE STONES TO BE TURNED TO WHAT?

"BREAD." AND JESUS LOOKS AT HIM, AND HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT

JESUS' ANSWER, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WITH US TODAY? HERE'S WHAT

HE SAID. HE SAID, "MAN SHALL NOT LIVE," GET BEHIND ME, DEVIL, MAN

SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS

OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD. NOW, WHAT WAS JESUS SAYING? HE WAS

TRYING TO TEACH US A MESSAGE OR A LESSON TO BE CAREFUL REGARDING

OUR APPETITES. BE WISE ABOUT YOUR HUNGER, BECAUSE THE ENEMY

WILL ALWAYS COME TO ALTER YOUR APPETITE. THAT'S WHAT HE DID

WITH JESUS. HE TRIED TO ALTER, JESUS WAS HUNGRY FOR GOD. HE WAS

HUNGRY IN THE NATURAL, BUT THE DEVIL WANTED TO SHIFT IT OVER

INTO SOMETHING THAT HAD THE DEMONIC TOUCH AND INFLUENCE ON

IT. WELL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH IF JESUS WOULD'VE TURNED STONES TO

BREAD, I MEAN, HE WAS HUNGRY. IT HAD THE DEVIL ATTACHED TO IT.

YOU'VE GOT TO SEPARATE WHAT YOU'RE HUNGERING FROM WHAT

EMPOWERS THE DEVIL IS THE POINT OF THE TEMPTATION. IF YOU'RE

HUNGERING TO BE MARRIED, DON'T HUNGER AFTER SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T

PART OF THE COVENANT. DON'T GO OUT AND MARRY OR FALL IN LOVE

WITH A SON OR A DAUGHTER OF THE CANAANITES OR THE PHILISTINES IF

YOU'RE PART OF THE COVENANT. DON'T MISSIONARY DATE. 'CAUSE

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WHAT JESUS DIDN'T GIVE INTO IN HIS

TEMPTATION. YOU DON'T EMPOWER THE ENEMY IN WHAT YOU HUNGER

FOR. DON'T GIVE HIM IT. DON'T LET HIM HAVE HIS WAY. BUT HERE'S

THE OTHER PRINCIPLE. JESUS SAID, "MEN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD

ALONE, "BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF

GOD." WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A PERSON WHO

OVERCOMES THE ENEMY, DON'T LET THE DEVIL BE ATTACHED TO WHAT

YOU HUNGER FOR, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, DON'T LET HIM ALTER

YOUR APPETITE. DON'T LET HIM CHANGE YOUR HUNGER AND YOUR

PURSUIT FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS AND TURN THEM ALWAYS INTO FLESH. YOU

KNOW HOW THAT WORKS? HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT

THINGS, YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR THINGS, AND YOU'RE GONNA HELP

GOD OUT BECAUSE HE'S NOT ANSWERING. RIGHT? SO YOU'RE

WAITING FOR A BETTER JOB, BUT YOU'LL GO OUT, EVEN THOUGH A

PIECE INSIDE OF YOU TELLS YOU JUST STAY PUT, YOU FORCE THE

ISSUE AND GO GET A JOB, AND THEN WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT OR

WHATEVER, YOU BLAME GOD. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT GET IMPATIENT WITH

RELATIONSHIPS, AND THEY'LL MARRY, THEY'LL DATE, AND THEY'LL

GET INTO SOMETHING THAT WASN'T GOD, BECAUSE THEY ALLOWED THE

ENEMY TO ALTER THEIR APPETITE. FROM SPIRITUAL, WAITING FOR A

GODLY PERSON OR DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, THEY'RE GONNA HELP

GOD OUT. HOW MANY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? PEOPLE STOP GOING

TO CHURCH WHEN THEY GET INTO HARDSHIP. WHY? BECAUSE THEY

ATTACH THEMSELVES TO THE ENEMY WHO MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE THERE'S

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PREACHER, THERE'S SOMETHING

WRONG WITH THE CHURCH, NOBODY LIKES THEM, NOBODY'S FRIENDLY, I

WENT THERE, I TRIED, YEAH. BUT WHAT YOU DID IS YOU LET THE

ENEMY IN AND NOW HE'S ALTERED YOUR APPETITE. YOU NO LONGER GO

TO CHURCH, YOU DON'T PICK YOUR BIBLE UP, YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR

ANYTHING ABOUT THE LORD OR HIS WORD, YOU DON'T WANT TO WATCH

CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE, YOU DON'T LISTEN TO WORSHIP MUSIC, NO I

CAN'T, IT JUST BUGS ME WHEN I LISTEN TO WORSHIP MUSIC. SO YOU

LET HIM ALTER IT, AND NOW YOU ARE STUCK BACK ON ALL THE SONGS

THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BAD. AND THEY EMPOWER YOUR SOUL. CAREFUL WHAT

YOU HUNGER FOR, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ENEMY, SEE THIS IS THE

PROBLEM WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. I WAS TELLING BRENDA TODAY, I

SAID, YOU KNOW BRENDA, WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME, THIS IS OVER OUR

COFFEE, AS THE PUPPY WAS IN MY LITTLE ARMS, HE LOVES WHEN I

SNUGGLE WITH HIM. AND WE WERE TALKING, AND I SAID, BRENDA,

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED SOMETHING? I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN

PASTORING WITH YOU 30 YEARS, ALMOST, NEXT MARCH, AND I DON'T

EVER REMEMBER A TIME, AND I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PASTORS, THAT

PEOPLE GET UP AND WALK OUT OF THEIR SERVICES. NOW, I'VE HAD

THAT SINCE WE'VE STARTED. PEOPLE JUST, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DON'T

LIKE ME, AND I DON'T CHANGE WHO I AM, 'CAUSE I DON'T STAND

BEFORE THEM ONE DAY, I STAND BEFORE GOD. AND I COULD REALLY

CARE LESS. BUT MY POINT IS, IT'S A LACK OF HONOR TODAY. AND I

SAID, BRENDA, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW MANY PEOPLE

I'VE TALKED TO IN 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, OR NOT MARRIAGE, IN 30

YEARS OF PASTORING, THAT WILL SIT IN A MOVIE AND THEY WILL

TELL YOU, OH, I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY TIMES THEY CUSSED AND

TOOK THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN. OH, I LIKED THE MOVIE, BUT THERE

WAS SO MUCH NUDITY. OH MY GOSH, I LIKED THE MOVIE, BUT IT WAS

JUST SO VIOLENT AND OH, MURDERS, OH. AND NOT ONCE DID THEY TELL

YOU THEY SHUT THE DUMB THING OFF OR THEY WALKED OUT OF THE MOVIE

THEATER. BUT THEY STAYED THE WHOLE TIME. AND YET WHEN IT

COMES TO THE HOUSE OF GOD, WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE SOMETHING OR IT

RUBS THEM WRONG, OR THE, HOW ABOUT THIS, THE TRUTH HURTS,

THEY'LL SHIFT TO KENT CHRISTMAS RATHER THAN PASTOR HANK, OR

THEY'LL SHIFT TO, OH, LET'S GO CHECK OUT ROBIN BULLOCK, OR

LET'S CHECK OUT, I NEED A JOEL FIX. BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT'S

GOING ON,

DADDY ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE PEOPLE AND BE FULL OF

JOY. YOU CAN DO IT, YOU CAN MAKE IT. LET'S PUT OUR HANDS IN THE

AIR AND SAY, GOD, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT TODAY. I GUARANTEE YOU

THEY WALK OUT OF HIS SERVICE TOO, BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY READ

THE HEADLINES THAT THINK THAT HE'S JUST HOARDING UP MONEY AND

LIVING IN A BIG MANSION. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? IF

YOU HAD THE PRIVATE LIFE TAKEN FROM YOU LIKE HE HAS, AND YOU'VE

WRITTEN SEVERAL NATIONAL BEST-SELLING BOOKS THAT HAVE

NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU TAKING FROM THE CHURCH, YOU ARE, IF YOU

WERE TO WRITE A BOOK WITH A PUBLISHER, YOU GET ROYALTIES.

DON'T YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO, A WORKMAN IS WORTHY OF THEIR HIRE

TO BE REWARDED WITH YOUR ROYALTIES? AND I GUARANTEE YOU

THERE'S PEOPLE THERE, I'LL SEE YOU, I KNEW IT. AND I COULD TELL

BY HIS SHINY SHOES THAT THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE SHOES. LISTEN,

PEOPLE JUDGED ME FALSELY OVER MY WATCHES. I HAD REPLICA WATCHES.

AND PEOPLE WERE WRITING, OH MY GOSH, YOU JUST TAUNT YOUR MONEY.

THESE ARE FAKE. SEE, HERE'S THE DEAL. I TOLD BRENDA THIS THE

OTHER DAY. I SAID, MAN, IF GOD WOULD HAVE TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE

HAD THE INFLUENCE THAT I HAVE AROUND THE WORLD, I WOULDN'T

EVEN, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TOLD HIM NO, I WOULD HAVE RAN FOR MY

LIFE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? PEOPLE, I MEAN, I REMEMBER AS A

YOUNG PUP IN THE LORD THINKING, OH MY GOSH, IT WOULD BE SO GREAT

TO PREACH ON A BIG STAGE, AN ARENA. I MEAN, YOU THINK THAT

WHEN YOU'RE 20, 21, RIGHT? MAYBE YOUR ASPIRATION IS YOU WANNA BE

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU

SOMETHING, RAISING YOUR KIDS IN THE SHADOWS OF PUBLIC OPINION, I

MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT JOHN WITHOUT

SOMEBODY COMING AND SAYING, "OH, WELL, HE NEEDS TO BELIEVE FOR

DIABETES." HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH THE HELL OF WARFARE THAT WE'VE

HAD TO BE THROUGH? OKAY, WHEN HE COMES DOWN THE STAIRS, WHEN HE

WAS 14, 12, AND HE CAN'T TALK BECAUSE HE WENT LOW IN HIS SLEEP

AND HE'S ABOUT TO PASS OUT IN A DIABETIC COMA AND MY WIFE AND I

HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET HIM BACK TO NORMAL COMPREHENSION

AND HELP GET HIS IN HIS BLOODSTREAM SO HIS BLOOD SUGAR

CAN INCREASE. PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE YOU STAND UP IN FRONT OF

THEM THAT YOUR MARRIAGE HAS NEVER BEEN, SEE I HAVE TO LIVE

MY MARRIAGE OUT BEFORE YOU PUBLICLY. I HAVE TO LIVE, I HAVE

TO HAVE HAD RAISED MY KIDS PUBLICLY. MOST PEOPLE SITTING IN

THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING HAVE NEVER HAD TO HAVE MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE JUDGE IT WHETHER THEY THINK THEY LOVE THEIR WIFE OR

THAT WIFE LOVES HER HUSBAND OR THEIR KIDS ARE SERVING GOD. AND

WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS MOST, MOST PREACHERS KIDS QUIT

BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. THE PUBLIC OPINION, THE PUBLIC

CRITICISM, BUT HOW ABOUT THIS, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE

WARFARE. THAT THE AVERAGE GUY RAISING HIS KIDS, SENDING HIM

OFF TO SCHOOL AND DRIVING HIS TRACTOR AND TRUCK TO WORK. SO

ANYWAY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. ON THE MORROW, WHEN THEY

WERE COME FROM BETHANY, HE WAS HUNGRY. LET'S KEEP READING,

VERSE 13. "AND SEEING A FIG TREE AFAR OFF HAVING LEAVES, "HE

CAME, IF HAPPILY HE MIGHT FIND ANYTHING "ON THAT FIG TREE." IN

OTHER WORDS, IS IT PRODUCING? WE'RE HUNGRY, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE

GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE DURING COVID AND TOILET PAPER'S

GONE. YOU ARE HUNGRY JUST TO BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IT. THE SHAMAN.

BUT YOU WENT, THERE'S EMPTY AISLES. I REMEMBER ONE TIME I

WENT DURING COVID, I DIDN'T HAVE A MASK ON, THEY WERE SO MAD AT

ME. YOU HAVE VIOLATED OUR RULES. AND I WENT AND I SAID, YOU'RE

BREAKING THE LAW. I SAID, WHAT LAW? TELL ME WHERE THIS HAS BEEN

A MANDATED GOVERNMENTAL LAW. WELL, WE JUST DON'T LIKE IT. I'M

SORRY YOU DON'T LIKE IT. AND THEN I HAD PAPER TOWELS AND A

ROLL OF TOILET PAPER, AND THEY CALLED THE MANAGER ON ME AND

SAID, "HE HAS WAY TOO MUCH TISSUE." AND I WANTED TO SAY,

"LET ME GRAB A BOX OF KLEENEX BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF YOUR SOB

STORY." YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW I WOULD HAVE. YOU DON'T KNOW ME

VERY WELL, DO YOU? SO, BUT IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE

AND THERE'S NO FORMULA OR BOTTLED MILK FOR YOUR KIDS.

YOU'RE HUNGRY, YOU HAVE A NEED, AND NOW YOU SEE NO FIG LEAVES,

NO, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT, HERE'S WHAT THE MESSAGE OF THE FIG TREE

IS. YOU'VE PRAYED, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY LEAVES ON MY PRAYERS.

COME ON, AIN'T NOTHING SPROUTING. I DON'T EVEN SEE MY

PRAYER BLOWING IN THE ROO-WOK OF THE WIND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I

DON'T SEE ANY SHOOTS COMING OFF THAT THERE'S ANY LIFE TO MY

PRAYERS. AND YET I AM ROOTED AND GROUNDED LIKE THAT FIG TREE IN

THE LOVE OF GOD, I FORGIVE EVERYBODY. YEAH, GO TO THEIR

SOCIAL MEDIA AND FIND OUT. I LOVE EVERYBODY. I'M SO ROOTED

AND GROUNDED IN THE WORD. I READ MY BIBLE, I PRAY. I LISTEN TO

CHRISTIAN MUSIC. I LISTEN TO THE 80S MUSIC BECAUSE IT'S BETTER

THAN THE NEW STUFF THAT'S OUT. AND I'M ALSO A HYMNAL PERSON,

BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRUE WORSHIP. YEAH, YOU. BUT YOU DON'T GOT ANY

LEAVES ON YOUR PRAYERS. NOT ANY LITTLE FRUIT, NOT ANY LITTLE

SHOOTS. IN FACT, EVERYTHING GOT LEAVES ON IT, AND IT'S

WITHERING, AND IT'S DYING AWAY. IN FACT, YOU CAN SAY A FIG TREE

IS DYING. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? LET'S READ WHAT JESUS DID. HE

WASN'T HAPPY, 'CAUSE HE SAID HE WAS HAPPILY. SO IN OTHER WORDS,

HE HAD SOME HUMAN EMOTIONS. I MEAN, HE MIGHT HAVE DID, YOU

KNOW, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DO IN CHARISMATIC WORSHIP. AND WENT UP

TO THE FIG TREE, I AM SO HUNGRY. I DON'T THINK JESUS WAS LIKE

THAT. BUT HE WANTED TO EAT. HE WAS SO HAPPY. BUT NOW HE'S NOT

HAPPY. YOU ARE HAPPY WHEN YOU PRAYED YOUR PRAYER. BUT THEN

OVER TIME, 'CAUSE YOUR FIG LEAVES AIN'T PRODUCING, YOUR

PRAYERS AREN'T WORKING, YOU'RE STILL LONELY, YOU'RE STILL

BATTLING WITH THAT IN YOUR BODY, OR YOUR KID, OR YOUR MARRIAGE,

OR YOUR FINANCES, RIGHT? YOU AIN'T HAPPY NO MORE. 'CAUSE THE

LEAVES AIN'T WORKING. AND WHEN HE CAME TO IT, HE FOUND NOTHING

BUT LEAVES. FOR THE TIMES OF FIGS WAS NOT YET. IN OTHER

WORDS, WAIT A MINUTE, SOMETHING WASN'T HAPPENING. LOOK AT VERSE

14, PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START HEADING THIS WAY. AND JESUS

ANSWERED IT. WHAT DID HE DO? OKAY, YOU ALL ARE BORED. I GOT

NO ANSWER. WHAT DID JESUS DO? I'M ALMOST DONE, SO YOU SHOULD

HAVE AMEN REALLY LOUD. BUT SEE, YOU DIDN'T AMEN BECAUSE YOU'RE

WANTING ME TO BE DONE, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS

A LONG TIME, LISTEN, I KNOW. WHAT'S THAT? OH, THANK YOU,

JOHN, FOR THE FEEDBACK HERE. HE ANSWERED IT. OKAY, SO WHEN

SOMETHING'S NOT HAPPENING, AND THE LEAVES START TALKING TO YOU,

OR THE CIRCUMSTANCE STARTS TALKING TO YOU, THE PAIN IN YOUR

BODY STARTS TALKING, THE PAIN OF YOUR BROKEN HEART STARTS TALKING

TO YOU, THE PAIN OF YOUR KID'S REBELLION STARTS TALKING TO YOU,

THE PAIN OF YOUR FINANCES START TALKING TO YOU BECAUSE THEY SHUT

THE LIGHTS OFF, YOU REPOSSESSED YOUR CAR, POTENTIALLY, VOICES

BEGIN TO TALK REAL LOUD. THE CREDITORS START CALLING, RIGHT?

THE DOCTORS START BEING LOUDER. WELL, I TOLD YOU YOU SHOULD HAVE

TAKEN ALL OF THOSE THINGS ON THE COMMERCIALS THAT NOBODY CAN

PRONOUNCE, THAT HAVE 20 SECONDS OF ADVERTISEMENT OF THE MEDICINE

AND FIVE MINUTES OF ALL THE THINGS, BY GOODNESS, IF YOU TAKE

IT. YOU CAN START BARKING LIKE A DOG. YOU CAN HAVE SUDDEN AND

IMPULSIVE URGES TO GO OUT IN YOUR GARAGE AND OPEN IT UP 50

TIMES. YOU WILL THEN SUDDENLY DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO RUN

AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, "STARK, DON'T LOOK, ETHEL." YOUR

HAIR WILL FEEL ON FIRE. YOU'LL HAVE A STRANGE ITCH. BUT YET,

ZAKALAKALAKALAK IS FOR YOU. I'M LIKE, HUH? REALLY? YOU'RE GOING

TO TAKE ZAKALAKALAKALAKALAKALAK? NOT ME. BUT YOU START HEARING

VOICES. THAT FIG LEAF WAS TALKING. WHAT DID JESUS DO? HE

TALKED BACK. SEE, WHEN WE ARE FACING SOMETHING, WE DON'T TALK

BACK TO IT, WE TALK ABOUT IT. OH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SO-AND-SO

DID? I'VE GONE TO COUNSELING, BUT MY MARRIAGE, HE'S JUST SO

HARD-HEARTED AND HARD-HEADED AND THICK-HEADED. OH, YOU OUGHT TO

SEE HER. SHE SMILES AT CHURCH, BUT SHE IS JEZEBEL.

I HAVE TO SLEEP OUT IN THE GARAGE, BUT IT'S FINE. I'VE

CONVERTED MY PICKUP INTO A MATTRESS IN THE BACK.

LOT MORE PEACE OUT THERE THAN IN MY OWN ROOM. IN FACT, WE SLEEP

IN SEPARATE ROOMS, ME IN THE GARAGE AND THE TRUCK BED AND HER

UP HERE. YET I WORK AND SHE DON'T DO NOTHING, BUT YET SHE

GETS THE KING-SIZE MATTRESS IN THE ROOM ALL TO HERSELF. WHAT

ARE WE DOING? TALKING ABOUT IT. WE AIN'T ANSWERING IT. OH, I

HURT. OH, I'M IN PAIN. OH, MY CHILD IS A REBEL. THEY DON'T

CALL ME ANYMORE. YOU AIN'T ANSWERING IT. THAT AIN'T THE

ANSWER. THE ANSWER IS NOT TO PUT MORE WORDS OUT INTO THE

ATMOSPHERE AND MAKE IT WORSE. OH, I'M DOING AT LEAST THREE

GOOD WORDS TODAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THREE

CONFIRMATIONS. GOT IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE, OH, THAT'S

GOOD. LET EVERY WORD BE ESTABLISHED. NO, 'CAUSE CAN I

TELL YOU SOMETHING? I'M A HUMAN BEING OR BEING. I HAVE DONE THE

SAME THING. AND THEN WONDER WHY I WASN'T ANY FARTHER AHEAD.

STAND TO YOUR FEET. THIS IS AMAZING. YOU GOTTA ANSWER IT.

YOU GOTTA ANSWER IT. WHAT'S THE ANSWER IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING

GOOD IN YOUR BODY? JESUS, YOU WERE WOUNDED FROM MY

TRANSGRESSIONS. YOU WERE BRUISED FROM MY INIQUITIES. I PLEAD THE

BLOOD OVER THIS. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THOSE FINANCIERS ARE

TALKING? ONE TIME THE FINANCIERS WERE TALKING SO MUCH TO ME, THE

BILLS WERE PILING UP. BRENDA AND I, WE COULD NOT SEEM TO GET

FARTHER ALONG AT ALL. AND I SAID, "BRENDA, THOSE BILLS ARE

SPEAKING TO ME." SHE GOES, "I KNOW, AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY

WAY TO PAY IT." AND I SAID, "BRENDA, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA

DO." AND I TOOK THOSE BILLS, AND I THREW 'EM, I OPENED THE DOOR

OF OUR OFFICE IN A LITTLE APARTMENT WE HAD, AND I PUT ALL

THE BILLS, THREW 'EM IN. I COULD HEAR 'EM GO

AND I SHUT THE DOOR AND SLAMMED IT. HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU

DOING?" I SAID, "THEY'RE NOT MY PROBLEM NO MORE. "I'M A TITHER,

I'M GIVING OFFERINGS." I SAID, "THEY'RE GOD'S PROBLEM." AND

THEN WE WENT BACK LATER AND WE DANCED AROUND 'EM AND ANSWERED

IT. MY GOD MEETS EVERY ONE OF MY NEEDS. WE TITHE AND GOD SAID HE

WOULD OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY

TIMES WE HAD TO DO THIS IN THE BUILDING OF THIS TABERNACLE? YOU

KNOW WHAT MINISTRIES ARE FACING TODAY? I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF

THEM. YEAH, THEIR MINISTRIES ARE DOING GOOD, I'M DOING GOOD, BUT

THE ONES THAT REALLY STOOD FOR THIS COUNTRY, THAT HELPED

NAVIGATE THIS COUNTRY THROUGH SOME REALLY DARK, HARD TIMES,

THEIR NUMBERS ARE STAYING THE SAME AS FAR AS PEOPLE WATCHING,

LISTENING, APPLAUDING, OH, WE JUST LOVE YOU, BUT THEIR GIVING

HAS BEEN DOWN. WHY? BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES IN LIFE, YEAH,

THERE MIGHT BE THE ECONOMY AND STUFF, BUT IF THINGS ARE MOVING

BY WORDS, WHY DON'T WE SAY, GOD, WE DEDICATED THIS COUNTRY TO

YOU, GOD BLESS THE NATION, SO LORD, BRING THOSE PRICES OF GAS

DOWN. LORD, WE SPEAK IN THE AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE TO SHIFT

THINGS IN THE EARTH. WE DECLARE THAT THIS ECONOMY IS GONNA START

SHIFTING AND TURNING. WE DECLARE THAT THERE'S PEACE IN THE

STREETS. WE DECLARE THAT THERE'S GODLY PEOPLE IN SEATS OF

GOVERNMENT, NOT, OH BOY, I'M NOT VOTING, 'CAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T

EVER, JUST PEOPLE. AND WE'RE JUST PUTTING WORDS OUT THERE,

AND WE'RE TALKING AND WE'RE NOT LEARNING JERICHO, SO WE'RE NOT

SEEING ANY WALLS CRUMBLE. WE'RE SEEING WARS, NOT JUST IN IRAN,

CONTINUE ON. CULTURAL WARS, WOKE WARS, BECAUSE WE THE PEOPLE WHO

KNOW BETTER THAN TO JUST SHOOT OFF OUR MOUTHS, WE'RE THROWING

STUFF OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE DEVIL'S LAUGHING BECAUSE

THAT'S HOW HE OPERATES TOO. WE GOTTA LEARN TO ANSWER THINGS.

GET YOUR BIBLE OUT, GET THE PROPHECIES OUT, AND BEGIN TO

SPEAK. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, "NO MAN SHALL EAT FRUIT

HEREAFTER, FOREVER, AND HIS DISCIPLES HEARD IT." BUT DO YOU

KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? IT DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY LOOK LIKE ANYTHING

HAPPENED. YOU READ IN ANOTHER TRANSLATION, ANOTHER VERSION OF

THIS STORY. IT WAS THE NEXT DAY THEY COME BACK AND PETER GOES,

OH MY GOODNESS, YESTERDAY HE SPOKE TO THIS HERE TREE. IT

DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING WAS HAPPENING. THIS IS WHY, DON'T

TALK ABOUT IT. DON'T PUT THOSE WORDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. ANSWER

IT WITH COUNTERING WORDS. AND THE LORD OF THE COUNTER WILL

ACCELERATE IT AND ANSWER IT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU

FOR TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WORD. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY RECEIVED YOUR SAYINGS TODAY, YOUR WORD. HELP

US TO NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THINGS IN NEGATIVITY, UNBELIEF, LORD

GOD, IN DESPAIR, ANXIETY, FRUSTRATION, BUT LET US START

ANSWERING THINGS, SPEAKING WITH THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR WORD, BUT

THE AUTHORITY OF WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST, THAT THE SAME CREATIVE

POWER THAT, GOD, YOU HAD TO SPEAK THINGS INTO EXISTENCE, WE

HAVE TODAY. AND SO LORD, HELP US TO REMEMBER TO ANSWER THINGS, TO

KEEP SPEAKING THINGS FORTH. AND LORD, ALSO TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL

WORK A WORK IN OUR DAY, THOUGH IT BE TOLD, WE'LL NOT BELIEVE.

NOW, I WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK UP AT ME. THE LAST THING I WANNA

ASK IS, MAYBE YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF VOICES

IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE TELLING YOU, AH, YOU DON'T NEED GOD, YOU

DON'T NEED THIS CHRISTIANITY THING, YOU DON'T NEED THIS JESUS

THING. BUT THERE'S A VOICE INSIDE OF YOU, IT'S THE VOICE OF

YOUR HEART, AND IT'S CRYING OUT AND SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I

NEED TO SURRENDER MY LIFE. I NEED TO IMPROVE MY LIFE, I NEED

TO BETTER MY LIFE. I NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE. MAYBE

YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY. MAYBE THAT'S YOU TODAY, AND

YOU'VE NEVER ASKED JESUS IN YOUR HEART, OR MAYBE YOU HAVE, BUT

YOU NEED TO REDEDICATE THAT. I WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING BOLD.

THIS IS A BOLD GENERATION. I WANT YOU TO SLIP UP YOUR HAND

RIGHT NOW. IF THAT'S YOU, YOU WANT TO RECOMMIT YOUR LIFE OR

COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST, THERE'S A HAND. ALL

RIGHT, PASTOR DOUG, I WANT YOU TO COME ALONGSIDE OF ME. HE'S

GONNA LEAD YOU IN PRAYER. I'M GONNA GO AND CATCH A FLIGHT, BUT

HE'S GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN NOW WHAT HE

SAYS. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MOVE, 'CAUSE THIS IS VERY

IMPORTANT. HE'S GONNA JUST KEEP YOU FOR A COUPLE MINUTES HERE.

YOUR DAY, A NEW DAY BEGINS. BUT I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT'S

WATCHING THAT MAYBE YOU'VE ASKED JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR HEART. A

NEW DAY BEGINS FOR YOU. NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA CALL ON THE

NAME OF THE LORD TO BE SAVED BY WAY OF ETERNAL LIFE, BUT YOU'RE

GONNA CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD TO BE SAVED, WATCH THIS,

FROM NEGATIVITY, FROM THE ENEMY WHO WANTS TO ALTER YOUR

APPETITE, OR LIFE'S HARDSHIPS THAT WE'D LOVE TO TALK YOU OUT

OF THAT GOD ISN'T DOING ANYTHING. SO PASTOR DOUG, WHY

DON'T YOU LEAD THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE INTO PRAYER, LET'S DO

THIS TOGETHER, AND HE'LL SHORTLY DISMISS YOU, THANK YOU PASTOR

DOUG. WHILE I'M TALKING HERE, ALDER TEAM, YOU CAN COME ON UP

IF YOU WOULD AT THIS TIME. AND IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND TODAY

AND YOU SAY, I WANT JESUS IN MY HEART, OR YOU SAID, I WANT TO

RECOMMIT TO JESUS. I WANT TO COME BACK TO HIM. I'VE GOTTEN

OFF TRACK FOR WHATEVER REASON. THE GREATEST MIRACLE YOU'LL EVER

EXPERIENCE IN YOUR LIFE IS WHEN JESUS CHRIST BECOMES YOUR LORD

AND YOU FOLLOW HIS PLAN. BECAUSE THEN YOU NOT ONLY HAVE A GREAT

PLAN ON THIS EARTH, BUT YOU HAVE ETERNITY WITH HIM. SO I'M GOING

TO ASK YOU TODAY TO STEP OUT OF YOUR SEAT IF YOU RAISED YOUR

HAND WHEN PASTOR HANK MADE THAT MENTION. OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO

DO IT RIGHT NOW, STEP OUT OF YOUR SEAT, COME DOWN HERE, WE'RE

GOING TO PRAY AND GET THIS RESOLVED. WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU.

EDDIE, WHY DON'T YOU SING THAT SONG, "JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR

THE WORLD TODAY." IT'S AN OLD ANDRE CROUCH SONG FROM 1990S

THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO REMEMBER AND JUST HONOR JESUS. HE'S THE

ANSWER WHILE THOSE THAT ARE COMING MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN HERE.

WE WON'T KEEP YOU LONG TODAY. IF SOMEONE'S WITH YOU, THEY'LL

WAIT. YOU COME ON DOWN HERE AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND GET THIS

RESOLVED TODAY. I ALSO THINK THERE'S SOMEONE, GO AHEAD, YOU

CAN JUST SING. I ALSO THINK THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, I FEEL

THIS STRONGLY, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CALLED TO MINISTRY, BUT

YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING FROM GOD. YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO BE IN BIBLE

SCHOOL, YOU NEED TO GET THINGS RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE, GET IN ORDER

SO THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU. YOU NEED TO BE

INVOLVED IN MINISTRY IN SOME WAY. AND IF THAT'S YOU, COME

DOWN HERE. WE WANNA PRAY FOR YOU TODAY. WE'RE GONNA LEAD THESE IN

PRAYER THAT CAME WHILE EDDIE SINGS. ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER ♪

YOU REPEAT AFTER ME. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN REPEAT

AFTER ME. FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY. WE THANK YOU THAT JESUS

CHRIST CAME AS OUR SALVATION. HE WENT TO THE CROSS AND HE DIED

FOR ME. HE GAVE HIS LIFE AND THEN HE WAS BURIED AND HE ROSE

AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. YOUR WORD SAYS IF WE BELIEVE AND WE

CONFESS WITH OUR MOUTH, WE WILL BE SAVED. AND TODAY WE DECLARE

THAT OVER OUR LIVES. AND I SAY, JESUS, COME INTO MY LIFE, BE MY

SAVIOR, AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. FORGIVE ME

FOR ANY SIN AND HELP ME TO CONTINUALLY WALK WITH YOU. IN

JESUS' NAME I PRAY. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, YOU

EITHER COME BACK TO HIM OR TO MAKE HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME TO RECEIVE

JESUS TODAY? WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I'M GOING TO THIS CHURCH. YOU'RE

GOING TO THIS CHURCH. YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? CAMILLE.

CAMILLE. GOD BLESS YOU, CAMILLE. WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION

AND HELP YOU TODAY. NOW WHO IS HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, I FEEL

CALLED TO MINISTRY, BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY STEPPED INTO

EVERYTHING THAT I'M CALLED TO DO. WHO'S THAT? IS THAT JUST

YOU? YOU TWO? WHY DON'T YOU TWO STAND TOGETHER? PASTOR KEITH,

PASTOR ANTHONY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TWO TO MINISTER TO THESE

TWO, HELP THEM TO GET PRIORITIES RIGHT IN THEIR LIFE. HALLELUJAH,

THANK YOU, JESUS. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. ANYONE HERE

ELSE TODAY AND YOU DIDN'T COME DOWN TO COME, COME ON OVER HERE.

MA'AM, ARE YOU COMING BECAUSE YOU WANT JESUS OR YOU MINISTRY?

OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU STEP OVER AND EILEEN, YOU HELP HER

TOO. I'M JUST WAITING A MOMENT IN CASE THERE'S ANYONE ELSE.

OKAY, AS THEY'RE MINISTERING TO THESE TODAY, LET ME MENTION, IF

YOU STILL NEED PRAYER FOR SOMETHING ELSE IN YOUR LIFE,

FEEL FREE TO COME UP HERE. THE PRAYER COUNSELORS WILL BE

AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS LONG AS YOU NEED THAT. I WANTED TO MENTION

ONE MORE THING AND THEN I'M GOING TO DISMISS YOU. THURSDAY,

AUGUST 20TH, WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP SEMINAR COMING UP. IF

YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS CHURCH, YOU FEEL GOD IS DRAWING

YOU TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND YOU WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER, YOU

HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO SERVE HERE. SIGN UP TODAY. WE'VE GOT

TWO WEEKS LEFT TO DO THAT. AUGUST 20TH, THERE'S A

MEMBERSHIP SEMINAR COMING UP. WELL, GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU

FOR COMING. IF YOU NEED PRAYER, COME ON UP. HAVE A WONDERFUL

SUNDAY. DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR WATCHING TODAY AND

TUNING IN. IF YOU NEED PRAYER, THE PRAYER LINE NUMBER IS UP

THERE FOR YOU.