08/05/26 Pastor Christy Hair

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COME ON CHURCH. WHO CAME ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT

READY TO LIFT HIS NAME UP?

I NEED SOME SAINTS IN HERE AND ONLINE

THAT ARE A LITTLE EXCITED

ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN THEIR LIFE.

DO I HAVE ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO WILL HELP ME OUT?

LET'S GET LOUD.

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COME ON, ANYBODY IN HERE!

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OH, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PRAISE HIM

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A WEDNESDAY NIGHT

OUR GOD IS WORTHY OF PRAISE

I NEED SOMEBODY TO PRAISE HIM

I NEED SOMEBODY TO PRAISE HIM

OH, YOU KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A BAD WEEK SO FAR, YOU NEED TO

LET LOOSE AND JUST GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE TONIGHT.

IF YOU'RE ONLINE, KICK THE COFFEE TABLE OUT OF THE WAY,

KICK THE COUCH OUT OF THE WAY AND GIVE YOUR GOD SOME PRAISE.

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CAUSE HE'S WORTHY OF PRAISE.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

OH, THERE'S NO HIGHER GOD.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

THERE'S NO ONE GREATER THAN OUR GOD.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

THERE'S NO ONE HIGHER THAN OUR GOD.

HE'S WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE.

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COME ON.

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OH, YOU'RE SO WORTHY

OH, YOU'RE WORTHY, LORD

YEAH, HEY.

OH, YOU'RE WORTHY, LORD.

FATHER, WE LIFT OUR HANDS IN YOUR PRESENCE TONIGHT

'CAUSE YOU ARE WORTHY.

YOU ARE WORTHY.

YOU'RE WORTHY OF ALL OUR PRAISE,

EVERYTHING WE CAN GIVE YOU, FATHER.

WE GIVE OURSELVES TO YOU TONIGHT.

WE GIVE OURSELVES INTO YOUR HANDS, JESUS.

WE PUT OUR TRUST, OUR HOPE IN NO- NO ONE ELSE BUT YOU.

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I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS FOR TONIGHT, WHETHER YOU'RE IN

THIS ROOM OR YOU'RE ONLINE, BUT DON'T BE MOVED BY WHAT

YOU SEE, BY WHAT YOU FEEL, BY WHAT YOU HEAR.

IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE HE'S STILL ON THE THRONE.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR CHECKBOOK SAYS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW.

CAUSE MY GOD'S STILL ON THE THRONE.

SEE, THIS IS A DECLARATION TONIGHT.

I WILL NOT BE MOVED BY WHAT I HEAR.

WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SAY,

I WILL NOT BE MOVED BY WHAT I FEEL.

'CAUSE MY GOD'S STILL ON THE THRONE.

MY GOD'S STILL ON THE THRONE.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HEAR THIS TONIGHT.

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I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL NEEDED TO HEAR THAT TONIGHT.

WHO NEEDED TO DECLARE THAT TONIGHT?

BUT YOUR GOD, MY GOD, THE ONLY GOD

WHO RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD.

YOU KNOW HE WAS THE ONLY ONE, NO BUDDHA, NO MUHAMMAD, NO OTHER

SO-CALLED PROPHET. NONE OF THEM WERE RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

BUT MY GOD TOOK HIS ONLY SON, SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR US, AND

HE ROSE HIM FROM THE GRAVE TO BE SEATED WITH HIM. AND WE CAN CALL

ON HIS NAME. HE'S STILL ON THE THRONE, STILL DOING MIRACLES,

STILL HEALING BODIES, STILL SETTING CAPTIVES FREE. MY GOD'S

STILL ON THE THRONE, MY GOD'S STILL ON THE THRONE. NO OTHER

GODS ARE ANYWHERE AROUND, BUT MY GOD'S STILL ON THE THRONE, STILL

ON THE THRONE. SO IF YOU NEEDED TO HEAR THAT TONIGHT, KEEP

SAYING THAT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU FEEL, WHAT YOU FEEL

LIKE, WHAT YOU HEAR ON THE NEWS. YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF JUNK

ON THE NEWS. FAKE NEWS, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP ALWAYS SAYS,

RIGHT? BUT THERE'S A LOT OF JUNK OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF

DOCTOR'S REPORTS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T MATTER TO GOD.

HE'LL TOUCH IT, HEAL IT, SET YOU FREE. MY GOD'S STILL ON THE

THRONE. MY GOD'S STILL ON THE THRONE. ALRIGHT. WELL, LIKE I

SAID, KEEP DECLARING THAT. IF YOU NEEDED TO HEAR THAT, IF YOU

NEEDED TO HEAR THIS ONLINE, GO AHEAD AND KEEP DECLARING THAT

TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW, AND THE NEXT DAY, AND THE NEXT DAY,

UNTIL THE MANIFESTATION OF WHAT YOU HAVE PROPHESIED COMES TO

PASS. AMEN? AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU GREET SOME PEOPLE AROUND YOU

AS WE MOVE ON.

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PRAISE GOD, GLORY BE TO GOD, HALLELUJAH. WOW, LOOK AT THIS

CROWD, ELECTRIFYING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT OFFERING TIME AT LORD OF

HOSTS CHURCH. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT

WITH OUR SCRIPTURE. I'M GONNA GO TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES, IT'S

A FAMILIAR ONE TO EVERYBODY, 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6. I'M GONNA READ

2 Corinthians 9:6

IT FIRST FROM THE AMPLIFIED CLASSIC AND IT GOES LIKE THIS.

REMEMBER THIS, HE WHO SOWS SPARINGLY AND GRUDGINGLY WILL

ALSO REAP SPARINGLY AND GRUDGINGLY AND HE WHO SOWS

GENEROUSLY THAT BLESSINGS MAY COME TO SOMEONE WILL ALSO REAP

GENEROUSLY AND WITH BLESSINGS. LET EACH ONE GIVE AS HE HAS MADE

UP HIS OWN MIND AND PURPOSED IN HIS HEART, NOT RELUCTANTLY OR

SORROWFULLY OR UNDER COMPULSION. FOR GOD LOVES, HE TAKES PLEASURE

IN, PRIZES ABOVE OTHER THINGS, AND IS UNWILLING TO ABANDON OR

TO DO WITHOUT A CHEERFUL, JOYOUS, PROMPT TO DO IT GIVER

WHOSE HEART IS IN HIS GIVING. AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL

GRACE, EVERY FAVOR AND EARTHLY BLESSING COME TO YOU IN

ABUNDANCE SO THAT YOU MAY ALWAYS AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AND

WHATEVER THE NEED BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, POSSESSING

ENOUGH TO REQUIRE NO AID OR SUPPORT AND FURNISHED IN

ABUNDANCE FOR EVERY GOOD WORK AND CHARITABLE DONATION. I ALSO

LIKE THIS A LOT IN THE MESSAGE BIBLE AND THERE HE SAYS,

"REMEMBER A STINGY PLANTER GETS A STINGY CROP. A LAVISH PLANTER

GETS A LAVISH CROP. I WANT EACH OF YOU TO TAKE PLENTY OF TIME TO

THINK IT OVER AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND WHAT YOU WILL GIVE.

THAT WILL PROTECT YOU AGAINST SOB STORIES AND ARM-TWISTING.

GOD LOVES IT WHEN THE GIVER DELIGHTS IN THE GIVING. GOD CAN

POUR ON THE BLESSINGS IN ASTONISHING WAYS SO THAT YOU'RE

READY FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING MORE THAN JUST READY

TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. HALLELUJAH. I WAS READING SOME

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION RECENTLY ABOUT A FAMOUS

EVANGELIST AND MISSIONARY FROM GERMANY NAMED GEORGE MUELLER.

AND GEORGE LIVED IN THE 1800S. HE'S REMEMBERED, AMONG OTHER

THINGS, FOR HIS RADICAL TRANSFORMATION FROM A DRINKING,

GAMBLING, THIEVING, WOMANIZING, HEATHEN, WHO LATER DESCRIBED

HIMSELF AS HAVING INDULGED IN "GROSS IMMORALITY" TO A MAN OF

GREAT FAITH, PRAYER, AND GENEROSITY. HE GAVE REGULARLY

AND RELIED TOTALLY ON GOD AFTER THAT TRANSFORMATION FOR

EVERYTHING. HE CHANGED FROM A MOCKER TO WHAT I THINK IS

ESSENTIALLY THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE SCRIPTURE I JUST READ. AS

IT SAYS THERE IN 2 CORINTHIANS, GEORGE DETERMINED IN HIS HEART

TO GIVE LAVISHLY AND CHEERFULLY, DEPENDING ON THE LORD FOR ALL

HIS PROVISION, AND IN RETURN GOD SHOWED HIM FAVOR AND BLESSED HIM

IN ASTONISHING WAYS. AFTER INITIALLY BLOWING ALL HIS MONEY

ON SINFUL PLEASURES, GEORGE ANSWERED THE CALL OF GOD AND HE

MOVED TO ENGLAND WHERE HE PASTORED AND HE PLANTED CHURCHES

AND THEN AFTERWARD HE BEGAN ESTABLISHING ORPHANAGES. BY THE

TIME OF HIS DEATH AT THE GOOD OLD AGE OF 93, HE HAD BUILT A

TOTAL OF FIVE HOUSES THAT COULD CARE FOR 2,000 CHILDREN AT A

TIME AND HAD A PAID STAFF OF OVER 600 PEOPLE. AND WHEN ASKED

ABOUT HOW GIVING FIGURED INTO HIS LIFE'S JOURNEY, GEORGE

TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW WE ARE TO GIVE AND THE

CONSEQUENCES OF DOING IT THE WRONG WAY. AND HE'S QUOTED AS

SAYING THE FOLLOWING, "FIX THE AMOUNT YOU PURPOSE TO GIVE OF

YOUR INCOME AND GIVE THIS REGULARLY. IF YOU NEGLECT IN

HABITUAL GIVING, A REGULAR GIVING, A GIVING PRINCIPLE BASED

UPON SCRIPTURAL GROUNDS, AND LEAVE IT ONLY TO FEELING AN

IMPULSE OR PARTICULAR AROUSING CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU WILL

CERTAINLY BE A LOSER. NOW BACK IN THAT DAY, HE WASN'T SAYING

LOSER LIKE THIS. I THINK HE'S SAYING, DON'T LOSE OUT ON YOUR

BLESSING. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT BEING A LOSER, HE'S TALKING

ABOUT LOSING WEALTH AND RESOURCES INSTEAD OF GAINING

THEM. HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE KINGDOM WAY AFTER ALL. HE

DOESN'T WANT YOU TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BECAUSE HE'S

ALSO TALKING ABOUT FAITHFULNESS IN GIVING, MAKING IT A HABIT,

PART OF YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL. SO DON'T

TAKE TIME OFF DURING THE SUMMER. DON'T GO ON VACATION AND NEGLECT

TO GIVE. YOU MIGHT BE AT YOUR ISLAND RETREAT FOR A COUPLE OF

WEEKS, BUT YOUR STOREHOUSE IS STILL HERE IN BUSINESS. STILL

HAS TO PAY ITS OPERATING EXPENSES. SO BE FAITHFUL.

CONSISTENCY IS EVERYTHING. AND GEORGE ADDRESSES ALSO WHAT

PASTOR BRENDA MENTIONED ON SUNDAY. HE SAYS, "IN ESSENCE,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL IT TO BELIEVE IT. FAITH ISN'T ABOUT

FEELINGS OR EMOTIONS, AND THOSE SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO YOUR

GIVING DECISIONS." GEORGE SAYS, "DON'T LEAVE YOUR GIVING TO

FEELING AND IMPULSE OR PARTICULAR AROUSING

CIRCUMSTANCES. IF YOU DO THAT, YOU WILL CERTAINLY LOSE GROUND."

WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE GROUND, DO WE? SO THE SCRIPTURE IS TELLING

US IN 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7 THIS, "DON'T GIVE GRUDGINGLY,

2 Corinthians 9:7

SORROWFULLY, OR BASED ON ARM TWISTING OR SOB STORIES." THIS

WOULD BE GIVING UNDER COMPULSION, BASED ON FEELINGS,

BASED ON EMOTION. BASE YOUR GIVING ON THOUGHTFUL DECISION.

PURPOSE IN YOUR HEART TO GIVE LAVISHLY AND RECEIVE BOUNTIFULLY

AND THEN DO IT. IN FACT, LET'S ALL DO IT TONIGHT. LET'S SOW

WITH PURPOSE AND GIVE GENEROUSLY SO THAT WE CAN HARVEST

BOUNTIFULLY AND ABUNDANTLY, SO WE CAN WIN AND NOT LOSE IN THE

KINGDOM ECONOMY. THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ABOUT TO APPEAR

ON YOUR SCREENS. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE MULTIPLE METHODS

AVAILABLE TO YOU. ENVELOPE, WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO

GIVE, ALWAYS MY FAVORITE, AND SNAIL MAIL AND QR CODE. I THINK

WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY COVERED. USHERS ARE IN THE AISLES WITH

ENVELOPES IF YOU NEED THOSE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL IN THIS

ROOM IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS

MINISTRY. AND YOU OUT THERE ONLINE, YOU CONSISTENTLY BLESS

US WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF GIVING AND WE SO APPRECIATE THAT. AND

TOGETHER, ALL OF US ARE MAKING A HUGE IMPACT FOR THE KINGDOM. SO

IF YOU HAVE YOUR OFFERINGS READY IN HERE AND OUT THERE, WE'LL

TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO PRAY A QUICK BLESSING OVER THOSE,

HEAVENLY FATHER. WE THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR WORD OF

ENCOURAGEMENT AND EXHORTATION. I THANK YOU THAT WE ARE

ESTABLISHED IN YOUR WAYS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THAT WE ARE

CONSISTENT AND FAITHFUL IN OUR GIVING AND THAT WE WILL NEVER BE

LOSERS, ONLY WINNERS IN THE KINGDOM, THAT YOU WILL OVERTAKE

US WITH YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSING AND WOW US WITH YOUR FAVOR AS WE

SOW TONIGHT FOR OUR GREAT HARVEST IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME

AND EVERYONE WHO AGREED SHOUTED AMEN. NOW LET'S WELCOME BACK TO

THE PULPIT OR TO THE PULPIT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS EVENING,

FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, PASTOR CHRISTY. AMEN. WELL, YOU CAN ALL

BE SEATED. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WE ALREADY HAD SOME GOOD CHURCH

IN HERE? I WILL NOT BE MOVED BY WHAT I SEE. I WILL NOT BE MOVED

BY WHAT I FEEL. I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO WHAT WE'RE

GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. AMEN. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT,

I BELIEVE WHAT THE PROPHET HAS SAID, THAT WE'RE GETTING READY

TO COME INTO THE GREATEST HARVEST THIS NATION HAS SEEN.

NOT JUST A HARVEST OF SOULS, BUT A HARVEST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT

HAVE LAID DOWN THEIR LIFE AND THEIR PRAYER TIME AND THEY HAVE

STOOD WHEN IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING WAS GONNA CHANGE. AND

WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE SEEDLINGS STARTING TO EMERGE

ABOVE THE SOIL. BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK TONIGHT ABOUT UNLOCKING

YOUR HARVEST SEASON. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THE DEVIL

HAS DONE SO MUCH TO TRY TO HOLD THE PEOPLE OF GOD BACK. AND YOU

KNOW, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY ONLINE RECENTLY THAT IF HE CAN

KEEP THE CHURCH, IF THE DEVIL CAN KEEP THE CHURCH FROM

PROSPERING, IF HE CAN KEEP THE CHURCH UNDERFUNDED, IF HE CAN

KEEP PEOPLE FROM GIVING, IF THE DEVIL CAN DO THAT, HE WANTS TO

DO IT BECAUSE WHEN THE GOSPEL OF THIS KINGDOM IS PREACHED HERE

AND IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH, WE SEE THE GREATEST

BLACK EYE TO THE ENEMY THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE. WHEN THE ENEMY,

THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED BY WHEN THE CHURCH IS PROSPERING, WHEN

THE CHURCH IS STRONG, WHEN THE CHURCH IS STANDING IN THE FACE

OF EVIL, THAT IS WHAT TERRIFIES THE DEVIL THE MOST. SO I BELIEVE

WE NEED TO COME INTO A HARVEST SEASON. AND LISTEN, A HARVEST

ISN'T JUST AN ISSUE OF OUR FINANCES. LISTEN, WE NEED TO

PROSPER ON ALL SIDES. WE NEED OUR CHILDREN SERVING THE LORD.

WE NEED TO BE BLESSED WHEN WE'RE COMING IN, WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT,

THAT OUR HOMES ARE BLESSED, OUR HOUSES ARE BLESSED, THAT GOD IS

CAUSING US TO INCREASE ON EVERY SIDE, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL,

OPEN YOUR BIBLES WITH ME, IF YOU WILL, TO GENESIS CHAPTER EIGHT,

VERSE 22. AND MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD THIS SCRIPTURE

BEFORE, AND IT SAYS, "AS LONG AS THE EARTH REMAINS," NOW IS THE

EARTH HERE RIGHT NOW? "AS LONG AS THE EARTH REMAINS, THERE IS

THIS PRINCIPLE, "THERE WILL BE PLANTING AND HARVEST COLD AND

HEAT." NOW, IN THE KING JAMES, WHICH IS WHERE I READ THIS FROM,

AND IT'S WHERE I HAVE IT FROM, IT SAYS AS LONG AS THE EARTH

REMAINS, THERE IS SEED, AND IT SAYS SEED TIME, BUT REALLY THERE

IS SEED TIME AND THEN THERE IS HARVEST, BECAUSE HOW MANY OF YOU

KNOW IF YOU PLANT A SEED, YOU DON'T GET FRUIT THE SAME DAY?

YOU KNOW, THERE IS A TIME TO PLANT, AND THEN THERE IS A TIME

FOR THAT SEED TO GROW UP. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WHAT

WE'RE DOING WHEN WE'VE PUT SEED IN THE GROUND SO THAT WE KNOW

THAT BETWEEN THE PLANTING AND THE HARVEST, WHEN WE'RE DOING

SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THE PLANTING AND THE HARVEST, IT'S

GONNA DETERMINE YOUR OUTCOME. AND LISTEN, OUR PREPARATION FOR

THE HARVEST, IT STARTS A LONG TIME BEFORE THE HARVEST ARRIVES.

AND WE'RE THE INPATIENT GENERATION. WE WANT TO PUT OUR

SEED IN THE GROUND, SET THE MICROWAVE FOR 30 SECONDS, AND

PULL OUT OUR HARVESTS. AND I WISH, LISTEN, I WISH THAT IT

WORKS LIKE THAT. NOW LISTEN, I'M TELLING YOU, WE ARE GETTING

READY TO, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IN THE LATTER DAYS, WHEN

THERE'S THE SPRING RAIN AND THE HARVEST RAIN, IT SAYS THE

PLOWMAN IS GONNA OVERTAKE THE REAPER, AND THAT'S HOW QUICKLY

WE'RE GONNA SEE HARVEST COME. BUT I BELIEVE SOME OF THAT HAS

BECOME BECAUSE WE COME INTO A REVELATION ON HOW TO BE PEOPLE

THAT DRAW THE HARVEST TO US INSTEAD OF BEING PEOPLE THAT

SHOVE THE HARVEST AWAY FROM US. AND SOMETIMES THAT IS THE REASON

THAT WE DON'T RECEIVE. AND HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOUR HARVEST

WAS RUNNING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION? I FELT LIKE THAT

SOMETIMES. YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, GOLLY GOSH, MAN, I'VE BEEN

SOWING SEED. I'VE BEEN DOING ALL THE THINGS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE MY

HARVEST IS GOING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY. BUT YOU KNOW,

LISTEN, OUR EXPECTATION FOR OUR HARVEST IS DETERMINED BY THE

AMOUNT OF PREPARATION THAT WE PUT INTO OUR HARVEST.

BECAUSE A FARMER DOESN'T GET TO JUST GO GET THE HARVEST. HE HAS

TO START PLANNING, HE HAS TO PURCHASE THE SEED, HE HAS TO

PLOW, HE HAS TO WORK FOR THE HARVEST. HE DOESN'T JUST GET TO

GO OUT THERE, FLING SOME SEEDS IN SOME FIELD AND THEN HOPE THAT

HE'S GONNA GET A HARVEST WHEN THE HARVEST SEASON SHOWS UP. SO,

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, AND HARVEST IS NOT A HANDOUT. A HARVEST IS

BECAUSE WE PLOWED, WE PLANTED, WE PRUNED, WE WEEDED, WE

WATERED, AND THEN WE RECEIVED. DO YOU KNOW THERE IS WORK

BETWEEN THE SEED AND THE HARVEST BECAUSE THEN THERE IS TIME IN

THERE. AND LISTEN, YOU KNOW, YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF THE FIVE

FOOLISH VIRGINS THAT DIDN'T FILL THEIR LAMP WITH THE OILS AND THE

OIL, AND THEN THE BRIDEGROOM CAME, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO GO

BORROW SOMEBODY ELSE'S OIL. LISTEN, WE ARE IN A SEASON OF

LIFE. YOU CAN'T LIVE OFF OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S OIL. YOU HAVE TO

HAVE THE OIL OF THE ANOINTING IN YOUR LIFE. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW

TO REAP YOUR OWN HARVEST. YOU CAN'T BE, YOU CAN'T BE, WE DON'T

SERVE A SOCIALIST GOSPEL.

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YOU DON'T GET TO REAP SOMEBODY ELSE'S HARVEST. IF YOU DIDN'T

PLANT IT, BABY, YOU DON'T GET TO REAP IT. SO YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN

WHAT TO DO IN THE PART BETWEEN PLANTING THE SEED, AND ACTUALLY

BEFORE PLANTING THE SEED, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT, AND

WHEN THE HARVEST COMES. SO THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IF

YOU'RE GONNA SOW SOME SEED OR YOU'RE GONNA GET A HARVEST IS

YOU'VE GOT TO PLOW. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET

AN ADEQUATE SEED OR A HARVEST IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FIELD PLOWED

AND READY TO GO TO SOW SEED INTO. NO PLOWING EQUALS NO

HARVEST. ALL RIGHT, TURN OVER TO PROVERBS CHAPTER 20, VERSE FOUR.

Proverbs 20 · chapter mention

AND IT SAYS, "THE SLUGGARD WILL NOT PLOW BY REASON OF THE COLD.

"THEREFORE, HE SHALL BEG IN THE HARVEST AND HAVE NOTHING." WHAT

DOES THAT MEAN? IT SAYS, BECAUSE YOU ARE LAZY AND YOU DON'T PLOW

BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE, OH, IT'S TOO HARD, IT'S TOO MUCH, I DON'T

WANNA, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA TURN THAT OVER. YOU KNOW,

HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT FUN TO GO DIG A GARDEN? HAS

ANYBODY DUG A GARDEN IN THEIR LIFE BEFORE? I HAVE, AND YOU

KNOW WHAT? IT STINKS. IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING

FUN ABOUT GOING, NOW IF YOU GO GET ONE OF THOSE LITTLE TILLERS

THAT TURNS THE SOIL UP, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT IT STILL

WORKED. I SAID IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT IT STILL WORKED.

AND YOU KNOW, YOUR SOIL, IF YOU DON'T PREPARE YOUR SOIL, DO YOU

KNOW YOUR SOIL MATTERS? DO YOU KNOW THE DIRT MATTERS? YOU CAN'T

SOW IN HARDENED CLAY. IT DOESN'T GROW. TURN OVER TO MARK CHAPTER

FOUR. NOW, WE ALL KNOW THIS ONE. VERSE THREE, IT SAYS, "HEARKEN

AND BEHOLD, "THERE WENT OUT A SOWER TO SOW. "AND IT SAID SOME

FELL BY THE WAYSIDE." IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S THE SEED THAT JUST

KINDA, WE'RE HOPING SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH IT. "AND THE

FOWLS OF THE AIR CAME AND DEVOURED IT UP." SEE, HERE'S THE

THING, IF YOU'RE JUST KINDA HOPING SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN,

SEE, THAT'S WHERE THE DEVIL GETS TO COME IN AND STEAL THE SEED.

BECAUSE IT WASN'T PURPOSELY PLANTED. AND THEN IT SAYS, "AND

SOME FELL ON STONY GROUND "WHERE IT HAD NOT MUCH EARTH, "AND

IMMEDIATELY IT SPRANG UP BECAUSE IT HAD NO DEPTH." WHAT IS THAT?

THAT'S ROCKY, HARD SOIL. A SEED CANNOT THRIVE IN ROCKY, HARD

SOIL. LET'S GO ON. AND IT SAYS, "BUT THEN THE SUN WENT UP "AND

IT WAS SCORCHED BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY ROOT "AND IT

WITHERED AWAY." SEE, YOU CAN'T BE ROOTED, YOU CAN'T ROOT INTO

SOMETHING THAT'S HARD. YOU KNOW, IF OUR HEART IS HARD, THE WORD

OF GOD CAN'T ROOT IN THERE IF WE DON'T SOFTEN OURSELVES. ALL

RIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. AND IT SAYS, "AND SOME FELL

AMONG THE THORNS "AND GREW UP AND IT GOT CHOKED." WELL, THEY

DIDN'T WEED. AND IT DIDN'T YIELD ANY FRUIT. AND THEN LET'S GO TO

VERSE EIGHT, AND IT SAYS, "AND THE OTHER FELL ON GOOD GROUND,

"AND DID YIELD FRUIT, AND SPRANG UP, "AND INCREASED, AND BROUGHT

FORTH SOME 30, "AND SOME 60, AND SOME A HUNDREDFOLD." SO HERE'S

THE THING, WHAT IS THE MORAL OF THE STORY? WE'VE GOTTA BREAK UP

THE DRY GROUND. HOSEA 10, VERSE 12 SAYS, "THAT YOU SOW TO

Hosea 10:12

YOURSELVES IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, "YOU REAP IN MERCY." BREAK UP

YOUR FALLOW GROUND. WHAT IS THE FALLOW GROUND? IT'S THE GROUND

THAT HASN'T BEEN TILLED, OR IT'S THE GROUND THAT'S BEEN HARDENED,

AND WHEN YOU GO AND YOU TILL IT, THEN YOU STIR IT UP SO THAT YOU

GET THE NUTRIENTS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTH, AND THEN

THE SEED CAN BE SOWN, AND IT CAN ROOT IN THE SOIL. BUT IF YOU

DON'T STIR THAT UP, THEN YOUR SEED CAN'T GROW. AND IT SAYS,

"FOR IT IS TIME TO SEEK THE LORD "TILL HE COMES AND HE RAINS

RIGHTEOUSNESS UPON YOU." AND YOU KNOW, DRY, CRUSTY GROUND, A LOT

OF TIMES IS WHERE WEEDS THRIVE. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHERE THE THORNS

AND THE THISTLES THRIVE. BUT THE SEED, OR THE GROUND THAT IS GOOD

FOR PLANTING, THAT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT A CORN CROP,

YOU WANT SOME GOOD, RICH SOIL. AND YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S THE

THING, WHEN WE PLOW, YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY THAT MEANS TO US? IT

MEANS THAT WE'RE PREPARING OURSELVES TO DO IT GOD'S WAY. DO

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING, A FARMER DOESN'T GO OUT AND JUST

DIG UP SOME DIRT HERE, DIG UP SOME DIRT THERE. DO YOU KNOW

THERE IS LINES, STRAIGHT LINES THAT THEY SOW, AND YOU KNOW WHY

THEY DO IT THAT WAY? BECAUSE IT YIELDS A BETTER HARVEST. IF YOU

JUST DIG UP A LITTLE DIRT HERE, DIG UP A LITTLE DIRT THERE, AND

DIG UP A LITTLE DIRT OVER HERE, AND YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE WAY

THAT GOD, THE ORDER AND THE PURPOSE OF GOD, THE PLAN OF GOD,

THEN YOU'RE NOT SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR THE BEST HARVEST. DO YOU

KNOW IT'S HARD TO CARE FOR SEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN JUST PLANTED ALL

OVER THE PLACE? SO, YOU KNOW, GOD, AND HERE'S THE THING, THE

MORE GROUND THAT YOU PLOW, IN OTHER WORDS, THE MORE THAT YOU

HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE THE LORD, THE MORE THAT YOU'RE OBEDIENT TO

THE LORD, THE MORE THAT YOU FOLLOW AFTER HIM, THAT'S HOW WE

PLOW GROUND. THE MORE THAT WE FOLLOW AFTER THE LORD, THE MORE

GROUND THAT WE'RE SOWING, THE GREATER HARVEST WE HAVE THE

ABILITY TO HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE GREATER SOIL TO PUT SEED INTO.

YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE A FARMER GO OUT AND YOU

KNOW, JUST NOT USE THE TILLER, NOT, YOU KNOW, GO PLOW THE

LINES. AND HE'S JUST THROWING SOME SEEDS OUT INTO THE GROUND.

IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GOD'S A GOD OF

ORDER. AND HE WANTS US TO BE BUILT LINE UPON LINE, PRECEPT

UPON PRECEPT, AND THE MORE THAT WE'RE BUILT IN THE WAY OF GOD,

THE MORE THAT WE TURN OUR EAR TO THE WORD OF THE LORD, THE MORE

THAT WE'RE TILLING UP OUR HEART. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN GOD

SPEAKS TO US, IT'S NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT. DO YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT

ALWAYS, WE LOVE THE GOOD WORDS. WE LOVE THE WORDS THAT SAYS, OH

MAN, YOU'RE DOING SO GREAT, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE SO AWESOME, AND

THERE ARE JUST GREAT THINGS COMING FOR YOU. WE DON'T LIKE

THE ONES THAT SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T TALK TO YOUR

SPOUSE THAT WAY. WE DON'T LIKE THE ONES THAT SAID, OH, YOU KNOW

WHAT, DON'T, BE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED,

FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER. WELL, I DON'T WANNA DO THE FORGIVENESS

PART, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, GOD, THEY HURT MY HEART. WELL, YOU'RE NOT

PLOWING ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT GOD TOLD US TO PLOW. WHEN

HE SAID, "WALK IN LOVE," THAT'S PLOWING ACCORDING TO THE WAY

THAT GOD TOLD US TO PLOW. WHEN HE'S TELLING US TO SOW SEED,

WHEN OUR BANK ACCOUNT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT LOW, WE'RE NOT

PLOWING THE WAY THAT GOD TOLD US TO PLOW. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S

THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU'VE GOTTA DO. IF YOU WANNA HARVEST,

YOU HAVE TO PLOW. AND BY THE WAY, ONCE YOU RECEIVE A HARVEST,

YOU DON'T STOP. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FARMER DOES IMMEDIATELY

AFTER HE GETS THE HARVEST AND HE'S BROUGHT IN ALL THE HARVEST?

THEY SAY THE BEST WAY TO GET A CROP FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS TO

TURN AROUND AND IMMEDIATELY PLOW THE FIELD. YOU DON'T KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE THE FRUIT OR THE PLANTING OF THE LAST SEASON IS

FERTILIZING THE SOIL FOR THE NEXT SEASON. AMEN? NOW, DAD, AM

I SAYING THAT WRONG? 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU GREW UP ON A FARM, YOU

LIVED IN FARM COUNTRY. AND THEY DON'T JUST WAIT. AND LIKE, OH, I

GOT THE HARVEST. I'M GONNA SIT DOWN NOW AND JUST WAIT FOR

EVERYTHING. THEY'RE ALREADY PREPARING FOR THE NEXT SEASON,

AMEN. ALL RIGHT, THE SECOND THING WE GOTTA DO IS WE GOTTA

SOW. TURN OVER TO GALATIANS CHAPTER SIX, VERSE EIGHT. AND

HERE'S THE THING, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR

FINANCES. I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK OF OUR SOWING IN

FINANCES ONLY, BUT LISTEN, YOU'VE GOTTA SOW TOWARDS YOUR

CHILDREN'S FUTURE. YOU GOTTA SOW, IF YOU WANNA SEE YOUR

NATION TURNED AROUND, YOU GOTTA SOW IN PRAYER, YOU GOTTA SOW

YOUR TIME, YOU GOTTA SOW FOR YOU TO SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD,

GOODNESS OF GOD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING, AMEN? SO IT SAYS,

"FOR HE THAT SOWS TO HIS FLESH "SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP

CORRUPTION, "BUT HE THAT SOWS TO THE SPIRIT "SHALL OF THE SPIRIT

REAP EVERLASTING LIFE." AND YOU KNOW, GOD IS A GOD OF PRINCIPLE.

WHATEVER WE SOW, WE'RE GONNA REAP. ALL RIGHT, NOW PASTOR MARK

STOLE MY SCRIPTURE. TURN OVER TO 2 CORINTHIANS 9, VERSE 6.

2 Corinthians 9:6

ACTUALLY, HE JUST, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TILLING THE GROUND A LITTLE

BIT, THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING. AND IT SAYS, "BUT I SAY, HE

WHICH SOWS SPARINGLY "SHALL REAP ALSO SPARINGLY." ACTUALLY, I

LIKED HOW HIS TRANSLATION SAID IT SAYS, "STINGILY." AND SEE,

WHEN WE'RE STINGY, THAT USUALLY MEANS THAT WE DIDN'T WANNA SOW

IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND IF WE DIDN'T WANNA SOW IN THE FIRST

PLACE, SOMETIMES THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE OUR OUTCOME. YOU KNOW,

AND HERE'S THE THING, I HATE TO SAY IT, SOMETIMES AS HUMAN

BEINGS, WE'RE A STUBBORN LOT. WE WANT THINGS OUR WAY, IN OUR

TIME, AND YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO BE, IF WE'RE FLESHLY, WE LIKE TO

BE SELFISH. SO IT SAYS, SO IF YOU'RE GONNA SOW SPARINGLY,

YOU'RE GONNA REAP SPARINGLY, BUT HE THAT SOWS BOUNTIFULLY SHALL

WHAT? - REAP. - BOUNTIFULLY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE AFRAID OF

SOWING THE SEED. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IN SOWING, JUST

BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE IT SPROUT UP IMMEDIATELY DOESN'T MEAN THAT

SOMETHING ISN'T HAPPENING UNDERNEATH THE EARTH. YOU KNOW,

PASTOR SHANE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT GOD WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH

RESURRECTION POWER. BUT, AND HE IS, AND SEE, THAT'S WHY THE

POWER OF THE SEED IS SO POWERFUL. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

WHEN YOU CUT THE CORN OFF OF THE PLANT, DO YOU KNOW IT'S NO

LONGER LIVING? THE SEED IS NO LONGER ALIVE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT

ATTACHED ANYMORE TO A LIFE SOURCE. BUT BECAUSE THERE IS

RESURRECTION POWER INSIDE OF THAT SEED, WHEN IT GOES INTO

GOOD GROUND, IT CAN SPRING FORTH AND PRODUCE A HARVEST. SO THAT'S

WHY YOUR SEED'S POWERFUL. AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT WHEN

WE GET TO WHERE WE'RE LIKE, GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T CARE. YOU

KNOW, I HEARD IT SAID, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT SAID

MANY TIMES, THAT IF GOD CAN GET IT THROUGH YOU, HE'S GONNA GET

IT TO YOU. DO YOU KNOW, HE IS THE ONE THAT PROVIDES SEED TO

THE SOWER. IF YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, I DON'T HAVE SEED TO SOW, THEN,

YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SEED TO SOW. YOU START WITH SOMETHING.

YOU START SOMEWHERE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE, IF YOUR BANK

ACCOUNT'S IN THE NEGATIVE, THEN I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE

A CAN OF CORN OUT OF YOUR PANTRY OR OUT OF YOUR CUPBOARD AND RUN

IT DOWN TO HEARTLAND HOME MISSION AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M FINDING A WAY TO SOW A SEED. I'M FINDING A WAY TO SOW A SEED.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES WE MAKE SOWING SEEDS SO MUCH

HARDER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE JUST

NEED TO ASK GOD, WHAT SEED DO I SOW? HOW DO I BECOME A PERSON

THAT SOWS ABUNDANTLY? HOW DO I BECOME A PERSON THAT SOWS

GENEROUSLY? YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING YOU CAN DO IS GO TAKE SOME

CLOTHES OUT OF YOUR CLOSET, RUN IT DOWN TO HEARTLAND HOPE

MISSION, SOW SOMETHING. GIVE GOD SOMETHING TO WORK WITH. IF YOU

WANNA HARVEST, YOU'VE GOTTA GIVE GOD SOMETHING TO WORK WITH. YOU

CAN'T SIT THERE AND GO, "WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, AND I'M SO

POOR." WELL, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT TOO, BECAUSE NOW

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WEEDING. SEE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES

WE LET A LOT OF WEEDS GROW UP AND STEAL THE SEED. DID YOU GET,

SEE, YOU GOTTA GET RID OF THE WEEDS SO THE WEEDS DON'T KILL

THE SEED. I DON'T THINK YOU HEARD THAT. YOU GOTTA GET RID OF

THE WEEDS THAT KILL THE SEEDS. NOW, HEBREWS CHAPTER THREE,

VERSE 12, THE FIRST WEED THAT WE GOTTA WEED UP IS AN EVIL HEART

OF UNBELIEF. BECAUSE IN HEBREWS CHAPTER THREE, VERSE 12, IT

SAYS, "TAKE HEED, BRETHREN, "LEST THERE BE IN ANY OF YOU AN

EVIL HEART." IT'S NOT JUST A HEART OF UNBELIEF. SOMETIMES WE

LIKE TO EXCUSE OUR UNBELIEF AS HURT, PAIN, I'VE BEEN DONE

WRONG, I HAVE THIS REASON AND THAT REASON, AND GOD'S NOT

ANSWERING ME, AND WOE IS ME. AND REALLY, WHEN THE CHILDREN OF

ISRAEL, AND THEY HAD SEEN ALL THE MIRACLES OF GOD, AND SEE,

THAT'S THE OTHER THING. IF WE WANNA HARVEST, WE CAN'T BE JUST

THE SHOW-ME STATE. WE'RE NOT MISSOURI. WE'RE NOT THE SHOW ME

STATE. NO, WE'RE GONNA PROVE GOD. BECAUSE YOU SAID IT GOD, I

BELIEVE IT. AND IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE AN EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF

IN DEPARTING FROM THE LIVING GOD. HOW ARE WE DEPARTING?

'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE CAN HAVE AN EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF AND WE

CAN BE SITTING RIGHT IN THE PEW AT THE CHURCH ON A SUNDAY,

SERVING IN THE CHURCH AND STILL HAVE AN EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF.

BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING GOD TO SHOW US OR WE THINK WE'RE OWED.

WELL, HELLO, CULTURE. I MEAN, THAT'S THE SOCIALISM MINDSET. DO

YOU WANNA KNOW WHY GOD IS AGAINST SOCIALISM? BECAUSE HE'S

A GOD OF HARVEST. HE'S A GOD OF SEED, TIME, AND THEN HARVEST.

YOU DON'T GET A PLOW IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S FIELD AND TRY TO TAKE

THEIR HARVEST. YOU GOTTA PLOW YOUR OWN FIELD. THE BIBLE SAYS,

"HE THAT DOESN'T WORK DOESN'T EAT." YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHY IT'S

EVIL. BECAUSE REALLY WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S RAISING UP A BUNCH OF

PEOPLE THAT ARE SELF-ENTITLED AND THINK THEY CAN THIEVE AND

STEAL AND TAKE WHATEVER THEY WANT THAT THEY DIDN'T EARN. JUST

BECAUSE THAT SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THEY

FELT LIKE THEY GOT HURT AND USED AND ABUSED. WELL, MY HURT IS A

WEED THAT CAN DESTROY MY HARVEST BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE

CAME TO BIND UP THE BROKENHEARTED. SO LET ME JUST

PUT THAT OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT, GO OVER TO, AND HERE'S THE

THING, HEBREWS 11, VERSE SIX, THIS IS A FAMILIAR VERSE TO ALL

OF US, BUT IT SAYS, "IN ORDER FOR US TO PLEASE GOD," SAYS,

"WITHOUT FAITH, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE." IMPOSSIBLE. DO YOU

REALIZE YOU CANNOT PLEASE GOD? HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR

SERVICE. HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ACTS. HE CARES ABOUT YOUR

FAITH. AND SEE, OUR FAITH IS BUILT BECAUSE WE KNOW IN WHOM WE

HAVE BELIEVED THAT HE IS ABLE, HE IS ABLE, HE'S GONNA DO WHAT

HE SAID HE WOULD DO. HE IS THE GOD OF THE PROMISE. HE IS THE

GOD THAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH. HE IS THE GOD, IF HE SAID IT, HE'S

GONNA DO IT. AND SO IT SAYS, "WITHOUT FAITH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

"TO PLEASE HIM BECAUSE HE THAT COMES TO GOD "MUST BELIEVE FIRST

OF ALL THAT HE IS." AND SEE, BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU GET INTO A

PLACE WHERE YOU'RE SAYING, OH MAN, GOD'S NOT DOING ANYTHING

FOR ME, YOU'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF SAYING, WELL, GOD MAY

NOT EXIST BECAUSE WHERE IS HE? HE CAN'T HEAR ME WHEN I'M

CALLING, AND THAT IS AN EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF. SO WE HAVE TO

BE CAREFUL. SO AND THEN IT SAYS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT

HE, NUMBER ONE, HE IS. AND IF I BELIEVE THAT HE IS, THEN I HAVE

TO SEE HIS GOODNESS. IF I BELIEVE THAT HE IS, I HAVE TO

SEE THAT HE WAS THE CREATOR. IF I BELIEVE THAT HE IS, I HAVE TO

SEE THAT HE IS ALMIGHTY, HE IS YAHWEH, THE LORD GOD, THE ONE

WHO SITS UPON THE THRONE, HE IS SEATED. AND THEN I HAVE TO

BELIEVE IN HIS GOODNESS AND IT SAYS THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF

THOSE THAT NOT HALF-HEARTEDLY SEEK HIM. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR SO

MANY TIMES, WELL, GOD'S GONNA MEET YOU WHERE YOU'RE AT. YES,

HE WILL, BECAUSE HE DOES COME RUNNING AFTER THE PRODIGAL, BUT

AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO ADVANCE FROM BEING THE PRODIGAL

AND THE HARD-HEARTED AND THE, OH GOD, FIND ME IN MY DARKNESS AND

SAY, NO GOD, YOU SAID YOU REWARDED, YOU'RE GONNA REWARD ME

IF I DILIGENTLY SEEK YOU, SO I'M GONNA RUN AFTER YOU, I'M GONNA

PRESS HARD, I'M GONNA PRAY, I'M GONNA COME INTO YOUR PRESENCE

WITH THANKSGIVING, I'M GONNA ENTER YOUR COURTS WITH PRAISE

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOD, YOU ARE GOOD, YOU ARE FAITHFUL,

YOU ARE KIND, YOU ARE THE ALMIGHTY GOD WHO CAN STAND

AGAINST THE LIVING GOD, I KNOW.

AND WE KEEP PRESSING AND PRESSING. AND YOU KNOW,

SOMETIMES YOUR FLESH DOESN'T ALWAYS FEEL LIKE RUNNING OUT AND

SEEKING THE LORD. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE ALARM CLOCK GOES OFF

AND YOU'RE LIKE, I COULD PRAY. OR I KINDA HAD A BAD NIGHT OF

SLEEP, OR I COULD GET ANOTHER LITTLE HOUR IN HERE. I MEAN,

IT'S REAL, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M NOT SAYING? THAT EVERY TIME

YOU SLEEP IN A LITTLE BIT, GOD, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT DILIGENTLY

SEEKING THE LORD. IT'S JUST THE PATTERN. SO A HEART OF UNBELIEF

IS A WEED THAT'S GONNA KILL YOUR HARVEST. ALL RIGHT, THE SECOND

ONE, JUST THREW MY GLASSES ON THE GROUND, IS STOP LOOKING AT

THE IMPOSSIBILITY AND THE PROBLEMS. IF YOU WANT A HARVEST,

BUT ALL YOU CAN SEE IS THE REASONS THAT IT SHOULDN'T COME

TO PASS, THEN IT'S A WEED. AND IT'S BLOCKING YOU. LISTEN, THOSE

THINGS WILL BLOCK YOU FROM SEEING YOUR HARVEST. HEBREWS

Hebrews 11 · chapter mention

CHAPTER 11, VERSE ONE SAYS THAT FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND

HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. AND, OR, AND, AND IT'S, IT, OR NOT,

I'M SORRY, IT DOESN'T SAY IT. IT SAYS NOW FAITH IS, I'M SORRY,

I'M QUOTING THE WRONG VERSES. "NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF

THINGS HOPED FOR. IT'S THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. BUT

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING AND YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT

THE HARVEST THAT IS TO COME, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WEEDS.

AND YOU GOTTA DIG THOSE WEEDS OUT. AND HERE'S THE THING,

SOMETIMES GETTING WEEDS OUT, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST CLIP OFF

THE TOP, YOU GOTTA GET THE ROOT. YOU GOTTA GET THE ROOT OF THE

WEED. BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THE ROOT OF THE WEED IS COMPETING

WITH THE ROOT OF THE SEED. THAT WAS POWERFUL. WHETHER YOU

THOUGHT SO OR NOT, THAT WAS POWERFUL.

ALL RIGHT, SO STOP LOOKING AT ALL THE REASONS WHY IT SHOULDN'T

COME TO PASS. IF YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR HEALING, YOU HAVE

PAIN IN YOUR BODY, YOU HAVE SICKNESS IN YOUR BODY, OR IT WAS

A DEVASTATING DIAGNOSIS. DON'T LOOK AT THE WEED, LOOK AT THE

GOD THAT SAID THAT HE IS THE GOD OF OUR HEALING. THE GOD WE SANG

TONIGHT, HE'S STILL ON THE THRONE. ALL RIGHT, THE THIRD

WEED, COMPLAINING. LISTEN, YOUR MOUTH CAN UPROOT YOUR SEED. I,

IT CAN, OKAY, TURN OVER TO JAMES CHAPTER THREE, VERSE FIVE. WE'RE

GONNA READ, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE BOOK OF JAMES. 'CAUSE

THE BOOK OF JAMES, IT FIXES A WHOLE LOT THAT GOES ON SOMETIMES

IN OUR HEART AND OUR MIND. IT SAYS, "EVEN SO, THE TONGUE IS A

LITTLE MEMBER, AND IT BOASTS GREAT THINGS." HOW MANY OF YOU

EVER BOASTED AND YOUR MOUTH GOT YOU IN TROUBLE? OR YOU SAID

SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE, "OH GOD, I WISH I

COULD TAKE THAT BACK." AND IT SAYS, "BEHOLD, HOW GREAT A

MATTER A LITTLE FIRE KINDLETH." LET'S GO ON. AND IT SAYS, "AND

THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, "A WORLD OF INIQUITY." SO THE TONGUE

AMONG OUR MEMBERS, THAT IT DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY. THAT'S

HOW POWERFUL YOUR MOUTH IS. AND IT SAYS, "IT SETS ON FIRE THE

COURSE OF NATURE, "AND IT IS SET ON FIRE OF HELL." I DON'T WANT

HELL COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH. I DON'T WANT TO BE SETTING ON FIRE

NATURE. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, IF YOU'RE SETTING THINGS ON FIRE,

YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GETTING A HARVEST OUT OF IT. DON'T BURN

YOUR CROP. "FOR EVERY KIND OF BEAST AND OF BIRDS AND SERPENTS

"AND OF THINGS IN THE SEA IS TAME "AND HATH BEEN TAMED OF

MANKIND." NOW THAT'S A POWERFUL WORD. BUT THE TONGUE NO MAN CAN

TAME, IT'S UNRULY, EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY POISON. KEEP GOING, AND

IT SAYS, THEREWITH BLESS WE GOD THE FATHER, AND THEREWITH CURSE

WE MEN, WHICH ARE MADE AFTER THE SIMILITUDE OF GOD. OUT OF THE

SAME MOUTH PROCEEDS BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS. MY BRETHREN, THESE

THINGS OUGHT NOT SO TO BE. AND IT SAYS, DOES A FOUNTAIN SEND

FORTH AT THE SAME PLACE SWEET WATER AND BITTER? CAN THE FIG

TREE, MY BRETHREN, BEAR OLIVE BERRIES, EITHER OF VINE FIGS, SO

THAT NO FOUNTAIN CAN BOTH YIELD SALT, WATER, AND FRESH? AND IT

SAYS, IF IT'S SALT WATER AND FRESH WATER, I WANT THE RIVER OF

LIFE FLOWING OUT OF MY MOUTH. AMEN. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO

WATCH THE THINGS THAT WE SAY. NOW TURN OVER TO PROVERBS

Proverbs 21:23

CHAPTER 21, VERSE 23. AND IT SAYS, "WHOSO KEEPS HIS MOUTH AND

HIS TONGUE "KEEPS HIS SOUL FROM TROUBLE." WHEN WE KEEP OUR

MOUTH, WE KEEP OUR SOUL. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, PASTOR TALKED

ABOUT FEELINGS. FEELINGS ARE GREAT, BUT FEELINGS ARE NOT WHAT

WE LIVE OUR LIFE BY. BECAUSE YOUR FEELINGS CAN BE ALL OVER

THE MAP. HAPPY ON A SUNNY DAY, SAD ON A RAINY DAY. YOU HAD A

BAD NIGHT'S SLEEP, AND SO YOU WOKE UP, YOU'RE KIND OF GRUMPY,

AND SO NOW YOU DON'T SEE EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY. YOU

KNOW, FELL IN LOVE WITH YOUR SPOUSE. YOU'RE LIKE, OH MAN,

THEY'RE THE GREATEST THING. GOT MARRIED AND SAW THAT THEY, YOU

KNOW, THREW THEIR DIRTY CLOTHES ON THE FLOOR INSTEAD OF THE

HAMPER. NOW YOU'RE MAD. OR THEY CHEWED TOO LOUD. SNORED,

WHATEVER. NOW YOU'RE LIKE, OH MAN, THAT BLESSING ISN'T SUCH A

BLESSING ANYMORE. AND SEE, WHAT'S SAD IS WE LIVE IN A VERY

ME-CENTERED GENERATION. AND SPOUSES, DIVORCE, WELL, WE GREW

APART. NO, YOU GOT SELFISH. YOU GOT SELFISH. YOU QUIT WALKING IN

FORGIVENESS. YOU FORGOT TO BE KIND. YOU THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR OWN

SELF, NOT THE NEEDS OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE. AND

LISTEN, YOU KNOW WHAT? SOMETIMES THINGS ARE GONNA GO WRONG IN

LIFE. SOMETIMES THINGS AREN'T GONNA ALWAYS GO THE WAY WE

THOUGHT IT SHOULD. AND BY THE WAY, THERE ARE STORMS THAT ARE

IN LIFE. BUT YOU KNOW, JESUS, WHEN HE WAS ON THE EARTH, NOW

SEE, HERE'S THE THING, HE WAS FULLY GOD, BUT HE WAS FULLY MAN.

HE WAS FULLY GOD, AND HE HAD THE AUTHORITY OF GOD, BUT HE HAD TO

OPERATE THROUGH HUMAN FLESH. SO IT CHANGED. I MEAN, HE DIDN'T

COME DOWN HERE AND JUST BLOW IT ALL UP. HE CAME DOWN AND PAID

THE PRICE. BUT WHAT DID JESUS DO IN THE MIDST OF THE STORMS? HE

SLEPT IN THE BOAT. WE'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IT'S STORMING. OH,

OH JESUS, YOU FORGOT. IS GOD EVEN HEARING MY PRAYER? THERE'S

A STORM. AND JESUS WAS SO FULL OF PEACE BECAUSE HE KNEW THE GOD

THAT HE SERVED, AND HE WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO BE TAKEN OUT

BECAUSE HE HAD A PURPOSE TO FULFILL. HE JUST WENT TO SLEEP.

AND HE DIDN'T EVEN GET UP AND HAVE TO GO,

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I'M GONNA SPEAK TO THIS, OR HE JUST SAID, "PEACE, BE STILL."

YOU KNOW, LISTEN, IT'S OKAY TO ASK WHY, BUT DON'T STAY IN THE

WHY. THE PSALMIST SOMETIMES WOULD SAY, HOW LONG WILL YOU NOT

HEAR ME, OH GOD? BUT THEN WOULD TURN AROUND AND REMIND HIMSELF

OF WHO GOD IS. NOW HABAKKUK 3:17, AND THIS IS A PSALM IN

Habakkuk 3:17

HABAKKUK, OR A SONG, AND IT SAYS, "ALTHOUGH THE FIG TREE

SHALL NOT BLOSSOM, "NEITHER SHALL FRUIT BE IN THE VINES,

"AND THE LABOR OF THE OLIVES SHALL NOT FAIL, "AND THE FIELDS

SHALL YIELD NO MEAT, "AND THE FLOCKS SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM THE

FOLD, "AND THERE SHALL BE NO HERD IN THE STALLS." IT SAYS,

"YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD, "I WILL JOY IN THE GOD OF MY

SALVATION." GO TO VERSE 19, IT SAYS, "BECAUSE THE LORD GOD IS

MY STRENGTH, "AND HE WILL MAKE MY FEET LIKE HINDS FEET, "AND HE

WILL MAKE ME TO WALK UPON MY HIGH PLACES." WHAT IS THE HIGH

PLACES? THE MOUNTAIN THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T OVERCOME.

AND THAT'S A HARVEST. WHEN YOU OVERCOME A MOUNTAIN, IT'S A

HARVEST. SEE, SOMETIMES AGAIN, WE'RE BUSY LOOKING AT THE WEEDS.

AND LISTEN, IF YOU GOT A WHOLE LOT OF WEEDS, THEN MAYBE, MAYBE,

MAYBE YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR LOCATION SO THAT YOU CAN SEE

SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU, IF

YOU'RE HANGING AROUND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BROKE,

DEPRESSED, AND HURT AND UPSET, SOMETIMES THAT SPIRIT CAN JUMP

OFF ON YOU. IF YOU WANNA BE A PROSPEROUS PERSON, HANG AROUND

PEOPLE THAT TALK PROSPERITY. IF YOU WANNA BE A PROSPEROUS

PERSON, BE AROUND PEOPLE THAT ARE PROSPEROUS PEOPLE. DON'T

JUST GO HANG AROUND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS NEEDING

THE HANDOUTS ALL THE TIME. AND LISTEN, IT'S NOTHING, WE NEED TO

BE GIVERS. WE NEED TO GIVE TO THE POOR. THE BIBLE COMMANDS

THAT WE GIVE TO THE POOR. BUT IF YOU WANNA BE A PERSON THAT'S A

PERSON OF PROSPERITY, DON'T HANG AROUND TRASHY MOUTH, OKAY? AND

LISTEN, IF YOU'VE MADE SOME POOR CHOICES, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE

MADE SOME POOR CHOICES IN YOUR LIFE? OKAY, WE'VE ALL DONE IT.

IT'S LIKE IT'S A PART OF GROWING UP. YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, IF I COULD

TAKE, THAT WAS STUPID. IT'S JUST DUMB. JAMES 1:5 SAYS THAT IF ANY

James 1:5

OF US LACK WISDOM TO ASK OF GOD WHO GIVES TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY,

AND THAT WORD ABRADETH SAYS THAT HE DOESN'T FIND FAULT WITH US.

HE'S NOT THERE TO BLOW US UP 'CAUSE WE MESSED UP. HE'S THERE

TO GET US OUT OF IT. BUT LISTEN, SOME OF OUR POOR CHOICES, WE'VE

MADE, YOU KNOW, DEBT. YOU KNOW, DEBT SOMETIMES, IT'S A POOR

CHOICE, AND THEN YOU FIND YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, DUG INTO

DEBT, AND SOMETIMES IT'S A CHOICE, AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'S

BEEN BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A SPIRIT TRACKING YOU. SO MAKE

SURE YOU SPEAK TO THAT. AND JUST 'CAUSE YOU MADE THE POOR CHOICE,

THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE BOUND FOREVER TO LIVE LIKE THAT. YOU

NEED TO START SPEAKING TO THE THING AND SAY, DEBT, THAT BURDEN

OF DEBT, GET OFF MY BACK IN JESUS' NAME. THE OTHER ONE

THAT'S A POOR CHOICE IS LACK OF HONOR. YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD TALKED

ABOUT THE TITHE, IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A POINT OF HONOR. AND

SEE, WE LIVE IN A CULTURE THAT DOESN'T WANNA HONOR ANYTHING.

THEY DON'T WANNA HONOR AUTHORITY. THEY DON'T WANNA

HONOR WHAT ANYBODY ELSE IS OWED. I WATCHED THIS THING ON

INSTAGRAM AND THIS LADY WALKED INTO A STORE, HELPED HERSELF

WITH STUFF AND WALKED OUT. AND WHEN THEY WERE CHASING HER DOWN,

SHE WAS LIKE, "NO, YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO THIS IS MY

STUFF." NO, IT ISN'T YOUR STUFF, YOU DIDN'T PAY FOR IT. YOU'RE

STEALING. BUT IT WAS ENTITLED AND READY TO THROW HANDS TO

STEAL. SEE, IT'S MESSED UP THINKING. AND IT'S A LACK OF

HONOR. IT'S HONORABLE THAT YOU DON'T WALK INTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S

HOUSE AND WALK OUT WITH THEIR TV. OKAY. ANOTHER ONE IS BE

TEACHABLE. PROVERBS 24, THREE THROUGH FOUR SAYS, "THROUGH

WISDOM IS A HOUSE BUILT, "AND BY UNDERSTANDING IT'S ESTABLISHED,

"AND BY KNOWLEDGE SHALL THY CHAMBERS, "BY KNOWLEDGE SHALL

YOUR CHAMBERS BE FILLED "WITH ALL PRECIOUS AND PLEASANT

RICHES." IF YOU WANNA HARVEST, BE A PERSON THAT HAS HONOR IN

YOUR HEART. MATTER OF FACT, OVER IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX, VERSE

TWO, IT SAYS, "HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER," WHICH IS THE FIRST

COMMANDMENT WITH PROMISE, "THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU." YOU

KNOW? WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T LIKE BEING A PERSON OF HONOR.

AND YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE THING, LISTEN. I'M GONNA SAY THIS TOO,

TO SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE OLDER, YOU KNOW, PARENTS, YOU'RE ADULTS

NOW. EVEN IF YOUR PARENTS TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU DON'T LIKE,

SOMETIMES, AND YOU'RE OLDER, AND YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE PAYING YOUR

OWN BILLS WITH YOUR OWN KIDS AND YOUR OWN HOUSE AND YOUR OWN CAR,

AND THEY TRY TO GIVE YOU A PIECE OF WISDOM, SOMETIMES JUST

RECEIVE IT AND LET THE SEED GROW AND DECIDE IF THAT'S THE WAY

THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO. WE'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, NOBODY CAN

TELL ME WHAT TO DO. NOBODY CAN SAY ANYTHING TO ME, 'CAUSE I

KNOW. I'M GROWN, I HAVE A COLLEGE EDUCATION. A COLLEGE

EDUCATION DID NEVER HAND OUT COMMON SENSE, I'LL TELL YOU

THAT. THAT'S FREE. IT TURNED OUT A WHOLE LOT OF UNTEACHABLE,

UNREASONABLE, STUPID PEOPLE. NO, SERIOUSLY. MOST OF THE COLLEGE

DEGREES THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW AREN'T EVEN WORTH THE PAPER

THEY'RE WRITTEN ON. AND PEOPLE COME OUT WITH COLLEGE DEBT AND

NO JOB. BETTER OFF TO GO BE AN ELECTRICIAN OR A PLUMBER OR

SOMETHING ELSE AND START GETTING MONEY IN THE DOOR. NOW IF YOU

WANT TO BE A DOCTOR, PLEASE GO TO COLLEGE. AMEN? THE OTHER WEED

IS THE DEVIL AND SIN. LISTEN, SIN, WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT

SIN, WHEN IT'S CONCEIVED, OR WHEN IT'S FULLY GROWN, IT BRINGS

FORTH DEATH. SO DON'T BE A PERSON THAT DABBLES IN SIN ALL

THE TIME, THAT HAS TO DABBLE IN THE WORLD ALL THE TIME, DO A

LITTLE FEW THINGS ON THE SIDE, AND OH GOD, FORGIVE ME. I MEAN,

YES, HE DOES FORGIVE US WHEN WE MESS UP, BUT DON'T KEEP PLAYING

AND DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW YOU OUGHT NOT BE DOING, THE

THINGS YOU OUGHT NOT BE WATCHING, THE PEOPLE YOU OUGHT

NOT BE TALKING TO, THE PEOPLE YOU OUGHT NOT BE HANGING OUT

WITH, LETTING YOUR EYES ROVE AROUND WHEN YOU GO TO THE GYM.

SERIOUSLY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT STEAL OUR

HARVEST. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WONDER, WELL, I SOWED SEED. THE

PRINCIPLE IS I SOW THE SEED, AND THEN, BUT THERE'S WEEDS COMING

UP, AND YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE WEEDS. YOU'RE LETTING SIN

COME IN. AND THEN, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING. THE OTHER ONE'S

THE DEVIL IS PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOUR

THOUGHTS ARE BEING BOMBARDED, THAT SOMETHING'S NOT ABOUT TO

CHANGE, IF YOU'RE NOT READY TO SAY THIS TIME TOMORROW, THINGS

ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE, AND YOUR THOUGHTS ARE BEING BOMBARDED,

SAYING IT'S GETTING WORSE, IT'S GETTING BAD, YOU'RE FALLING

RIGHT INTO THE DEVIL'S PLAYBOOK. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LIBERAL

MEDIA IS OUT THERE DOING? THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE US

BELIEVE THAT GOD IS NOT MOVING IN THE NATION OF AMERICA. THEY

WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT SPRINGING

FORTH. THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE A

PROSPEROUS NATION ANYMORE. THEY KEEP SAYING, OH, THE EVIL,

YOU'RE STANDING ON STOLEN LAND. OH, SHUT UP.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA SAY SHUT UP. YOU GOTTA

TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVIL. I SAW A THING, THEY JUST HAD

SOUTHWEST BELIEVERS, AND YOU KNOW, BROTHER COPELAND, HE'S

BEEN DEALING WITH SOME PAIN IN HIS BODY, AND SO HE SAT DOWN TO

PREACH. KEPT PREACHING THOUGH, HE'S NOT QUITTING, KEPT

PREACHING. PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE GOING, OH LOOK, HE'S SITTING

DOWN. OH MAN, HIS FAITH'S NOT WORKING, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AH,

SHUT UP. LISTEN, PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ARE A WEED. DON'T QUIT

BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S, YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY'S OPINION. DON'T

STOP BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING NEGATIVE. WELL, YOU

KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE GOTTEN CALLED FAT ON THE INTERNET?

WELL, SHUT UP. MY BODY ISN'T ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS. AND YOU DON'T

KNOW WHAT I DEAL WITH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DEAL WITH. AND YOU

KNOW WHAT? I DON'T CARE. ARE WE PRESSING INTO THE KINGDOM? ARE

WE PRESSING IN FOR A HARVEST?

WELL, YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST. WELL, SHUT UP. WE

NEED TO GET HOLD OF THE WORD SHUT UP. AND WE NEED TO SAY IT

TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. AND THE RIGHT THINGS AND THE RIGHT

DEMONS. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I FOUND IT FUNNY WHEN THE LIBERAL

MEDIA HAS A NARRATIVE, YOU CAN GO TO EVERY OUTLET AND THEY HAVE

THE SAME TALKING POINT VERBATIM. BECAUSE IT'S SCRIPTED. 'CAUSE

YOU KNOW, AND SEE, THAT'S THE THING. WE FALL FOR THE DEVIL'S

LIES BECAUSE HE SAYS IT TO US OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

AND WE DON'T PLUCK UP THE WEED. WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WELL, I'M

NOT ENOUGH. I'M NOT DOING ENOUGH. I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND

WE FORGET THAT IT SAYS THAT I WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF

ALMIGHTY GOD, THAT THROUGH JESUS, I CAN DO ALL THINGS. WE

SANG IT TONIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE POWER THAT IS ON THE INSIDE OF

ME, I HAVE THE POWER TO WALK IN FREEDOM. I HAVE THE POWER TO

WALK IN AUTHORITY. I HAVE THE POWER TO COMMAND MY ATMOSPHERE.

BY THE WAY, PASTOR BRENDA'S BOOK, COMMANDING PEACE IS COMING

OUT. YOU BETTER GET A HOLD OF IT, IT'S A GOOD ONE. ALL RIGHT,

I GOTTA HURRY, 'CAUSE I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME. NUMBER FOUR. YOU

GOTTA WATER. YOUR PLANTS DON'T GROW IF YOU DON'T WATER THEM. BY

THE WAY, DO YOU KNOW IT'S SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THAT IF

YOU SPEAK TO A GROWING PLANT, IT'S GONNA GROW BETTER THAN THE

ONE THAT YOU JUST LEAVE ALONE? BECAUSE THERE'S POWER IN OUR

WORDS. THERE'S POWER IN OUR WORDS. AND IF A PLANT CAN GROW

BECAUSE WE SPEAK TO IT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE

SEEDS THAT WE'VE SOWN? AND WE SPEAK TO THEM FAVORABLY, WE

SPEAK FAITH. TURN OVER TO ROMANS CHAPTER FOUR, VERSE 17. AND IT

SAYS, "AS IT IS WRITTEN, "I HAVE MADE THEE A FATHER OF MANY

NATIONS." AND BY THE WAY, WHEN ABRAM, BEFORE HE BECAME ABRAHAM,

WENT UP AND HE WAS BARREN AND DESOLATE, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE

ANYTHING WAS GONNA CHANGE. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A

HARVEST COMING. AND IT SAYS, "BEFORE HIM WHOM HE BELIEVED,

"EVEN GOD WHO QUICKENS THE DEAD AND CALLETH THOSE THINGS "WHICH

BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE." ABRAHAM WENT AROUND CALLING

HIMSELF ABRAHAM, WHICH MEANS THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS, AND HE

HAD ZERO CHILDREN. DON'T TELL ME PEOPLE DIDN'T LAUGH AT HIM. THEY

LAUGHED AT NOAH, BUT SOMETIMES WE JUST GOTTA BE, "AH, SHUT UP."

THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR TAKEAWAY, IS JUST SHUT UP. I'M GONNA WALK

INTO MY HARVEST SEASON. 'CAUSE WE LET SO MANY VOICES COME INTO

OUR HEAD. OKAY? AND HERE'S THE THING, THE OTHER WAY THAT WE

WATER IS WITH THE WORD OF GOD. DO YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT

THE WORD OF GOD IS A LIVING THING, IT'S QUICK AND A POWERFUL

AND IT DIVIDES US UNDER THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT, THE JOINTS AND

THE MARROW. IF YOU READ YOUR BIBLE IN THE MORNING BEFORE YOU

GET STARTED, I PROMISE YOU IT'S GONNA FIX YOUR MOTIVATION.

SOMETIMES WHEN I GET UP TO GO CLEAN AND DO THE THINGS AROUND

THE HOUSE, AND I'M LIKE, "IF I HAVEN'T READ MY BIBLE, "MY

MOTIVATION IS KINDA, EH." I GO READ THE BIBLE, AND SUDDENLY I'M

LIKE, "WOOHOO, LET'S GO!" AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO READ

ANYTHING ABOUT, "MY YOUTH IS RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE," OR ANY

ENERGIZING SCRIPTURES. I JUST READ SOMETHING, AND SOMETHING

STARTS HAPPENING IN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. IT STARTS

CHANGING. NEUROSCIENCE IS PROVING THE FACT THAT THE WORD

OF GOD CHANGES YOUR MIND. IT AFFECTS YOUR MIND. SO WATER YOUR

SEEDS. OKAY, THE OTHER WAY WE WATER OUR SEEDS IS THROUGH

PRAYER. PRAY PRAYERS OF FAITH. AND BY THE WAY, ANOTHER BIG WAY

TO WATER SEEDS IS THANKFULNESS. WE HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT OUR

HOUSE. THE FIRST ONE WE REALLY HAD ANY, WHERE MY KIDS HAD

FRIENDS OVER. WE'RE NOT THE MOST SOCIAL OF PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW,

I MEAN, I GREW UP THAT WAY. WE GREW UP IN THE MILITARY. THERE

WAS JUST ALWAYS THE FOUR OF US. SO, YOU KNOW, WE MOVED FROM

PLACE TO PLACE. YOU HAD FRIENDS, THEN YOU LEFT, AND YOU'RE LIKE,

SEE YA. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERNET BACK THEN, YOU KNOW,

WHERE YOU COULD KEEP UP WITH THEM BY FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING

LIKE THAT. YOU HAD TO TAKE TIME TO WRITE LETTERS. AND YOU KNOW,

AFTER A WHILE, YOU GROW AND YOU FORGET ABOUT WRITING THE LETTER

TO SOMEBODY THAT YOU ONLY KNEW FOR A LITTLE WHILE. SO IT WAS

ALWAYS US FOUR. AND WE MOVED AROUND. SO THAT'S HOW, WE SPENT

CHRISTMAS AS US FOUR AND US FOUR ONLY. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

CAN'T ALWAYS FLY TO GUAM. FLY TO ITALY. YOU KNOW, IT'S EXPENSIVE.

AND BACK THEN WE USED TO HAVE TO PAY FOR LONG DISTANCE AND THAT

WAS EXPENSIVE TOO. SO, YOU KNOW. BUT WE HAD SOME FRIENDS OVER

AND, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING THANKFUL FOR THE

LITTLE THINGS. AND WE HAD PUT A LOT OF MONEY OUT FOR FOOD AND

DRINKS AND ALL THE THINGS, 'CAUSE WE WANTED, IT WAS HER

16TH BIRTHDAY AND WE WANTED HER TO HAVE A SPECIAL AND FUN TIME.

AND WE ORDERED PROBABLY NOT VERY GOOD FOR YOU COOKIES THAT WERE

LIKE FIVE BUCKS A COOKIE. THEY'RE GOOD COOKIES, THEY'RE

TOO SWEET FOR ME, BUT DIRTY DOUGH, MY DAUGHTER LOVES DIRTY

DOUGH COOKIES. AND THE COOKIES ARE LIKE A LITTLE MINI CAKE. YOU

KNOW, THEY'RE ABOUT THIS THICK, THAT BIG AROUND. AND SO WE GOT

THOSE. AND SO I SENT MY HUSBAND TO THE STORE TO GET SOME BAGS OF

ICE, 'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO, YOU KNOW, MAKE ICEES AND ALL THE

THINGS, AND WE JUST, WE NEEDED SOME ICE. SO HE GOES TO THE

STORE AND HE PULLS UP AND THERE'S THE ICE TRUCK THERE.

THEY'RE GETTING READY TO LOAD THE ICE. AND MY HUSBAND WALKS UP

AND SAYS, "HEY," HE GOES, "I'LL GRAB A COUPLE BAGS. "I NEED TO

GO, I'M GONNA GO IN AND PAY FOR 'EM. "I NEED SOME ICE." AND I

GOES, "OH NO." HE GOES, "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ICE WE THROW AWAY?

"I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THESE BAGS OF ICE." AND HE DIDN'T GIVE

HIM THE SMALL BAG. HE GOES, "YOU WANT THE BIG BAGS?" MY HUSBAND'S

LIKE, "WELL, SURE. "I'LL TAKE THE BIG BAGS. "WE MIGHT STILL

HAVE ICE IN THE FREEZER." AND I JUST SAID, "WELL, GOD, THANK

YOU." SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE THANKFUL FOR SMALL BLESSINGS,

GOD GIVES YOU BIGGER BLESSINGS. AMEN? ALL RIGHT. THE LAST ONE IS

WAIT. NOW THAT'S THE ONE WE DON'T LIKE IN OUR HARVEST TIME.

AND LISTEN, WAITING MIGHT SEEM LIKE IT'S THE HARDEST PART, BUT

IT'S SHORTENED WHEN WE PREPARE OUR BARNS. WHEN YOU'RE IN THE

SEASON OF WAITING, BUILD A BARN. BECAUSE WHAT THAT'S SAYING IS,

IS I HAVE EXPECTATION FOR A HARVEST. WHEN WE WERE BELIEVING

GOD FOR CHILDREN, AND AGAIN, NOTHING, AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD

ME TELL THE STORY, NOTHING WAS CHANGING. MARILYN HICKEY WAS

HERE ONE DAY, AND THEY WERE SELLING THESE BABY BLANKETS. AND

MY MOM WAS HERE, AND SHE RAN OUT, SHE GOES, "I'M BUYING A

BABY BLANKET, "AND I'M GIVING IT TO THEM." AND SHE GOES, "YOU

GUYS ARE GONNA USE THAT "AS A POINT OF CONTACT, "AND YOU'RE

GONNA PRAY OVER THAT BABY BLANKET "UNTIL WE SEE THE FRUIT

OF WHAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR." WE STILL HAVE THAT BABY BLANKET.

BECAUSE WHAT WERE WE DOING? WE WERE BUILDING A BARN. WE WERE

BUILDING A PLACE. AND SO WE STARTED JUST PREPPING OUR FAITH

FOR THAT. AMEN? TURN OVER TO PROVERBS 3, CHAPTER 9 AND 10,

AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN STAND TO YOUR FEET. AND IT SAYS, "HONOR

THE LORD WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE "AND THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ALL YOUR

INCREASE." GO TO VERSE 10, AND IT SAYS, "SO SHALL THY BARNS BE

FILLED WITH PLENTY "AND THY PRESSES SHALL BURST OUT WITH NEW

WINE." SEE, IN THE WAITING IS WHERE WE WATER, WE WEED, WE

PREPARE, AND IF WE DO THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW THAT'S GONNA

HELP SHORTEN YOUR HARVEST TIME. BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE PURSUING A

HARVEST, WE HAVE TO BE ACTIVE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. INSTEAD

OF JUST SAYING, OH, I'M JUST GONNA STAND HERE TILL IT FALLS

IN MY LAP. NO, PROPHESY TO IT, SPEAK TO IT, DECREE. SAY, MY

HARVEST IS COMING BECAUSE GOD SAID, I PLANTED, I'VE PLOWED,

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I KNOW TO DO, AND IT'S UP TO GOD TO

SUPPLY. BUT YOU KNOW, AND HERE'S THE THING, WHEN WE STAY IN

FAITH, YOU KNOW, GOD IS GONNA ANSWER US. HE'S GONNA DO WHAT HE

SAID HE WOULD DO, AND WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A HARVEST. AND

HERE'S THE THING, I AM TELLING YOU, WE ARE GETTING READY AS THE

BODY OF CHRIST, IF WE REMAIN FAITHFUL, TO SEE THE WINDOWS OF

HEAVEN OPEN LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. AND SOMETIMES

WE'VE SEEN THE TRICKLE. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON THAT

ELIJAH SAID, "I HEAR THE SOUND OF AN ABUNDANT RAIN." AND IF

YOU'RE NOT HEARING THE SOUND OF AN ABUNDANT RAIN, MAY I SUGGEST,

CHANGE WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO. STOP LISTENING TO ALL THE

NEGATIVE. STOP LISTENING TO ALL THE NAYSAYERS. STOP LISTENING TO

THE ONES THAT SAY YOU CAN'T, YOU WON'T, YOU'RE NOT THIS, YOU'RE

NOT THAT, SHUT UP. I LEAN MY EAR INTO THE VOICE OF MY KING. I

PRESS TO THE MARK OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD. I KNOW THAT HE

IS A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM, SO I'M

GONNA CONTINUE SEEKING, I'M GONNA KEEP PRESSING. I'M NOT

GONNA CHANGE MY STANCE, I'M NOT GONNA GET MOVED WHEN IT LOOKS

LIKE THEY'RE SAYING THE OPPOSITE. AMEN? AMEN, WELL DID

THAT HELP ANYBODY TONIGHT?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I HOPE YOU'RE READY 'CAUSE I KNOW WE GOT

PASTOR HANK COMING ON SUNDAY AND HE'S ALWAYS READY AND LOADED AND

WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE A GOOD AND AN AMAZING WORD. WELL, GOD BLESS

YOU ALL, HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR WEEK. GOOD NIGHT.