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08/02/26 Pastor Hank Kunneman

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  1. (MUSIC)

  2. GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

  3. COME ON, LET'S PRAISE HIM THIS MORNING.

  4. (MUSIC)

  5. HALLELUJAH! GLORY BE TO GOD. WE WORSHIP AND HONOR

  6. YOU, THE LIVING GOD. WE WELCOME YOU TODAY. YESHUA, OUR LORD.

  7. THANK YOU, JESUS. WE HONOR YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVED

  8. HIM SAID, AMEN. GOOD MORNING. SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO NOT COUGH

  9. IN THE MIDDLE OF GIVING HONOR TO GOD. EXCUSE ME. WELL, FOR THOSE

  10. OF YOU THAT ARE WONDERING WHO I AM, I AM PASTOR HANK. I HAVE NOT

  11. BEEN WITH OUR GREAT CHURCH HERE SINCE JULY 5TH, 'CAUSE WE WERE

  12. ON VACATION, AND THEN I PREACHED FOR KENT LAST WEEK, SO IF YOU

  13. DON'T KNOW WHO I AM OR YOU FORGOT, I'M PASTOR HANK.

  14. AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB LAST WEEK WHILE I WAS AT KENT. OH, WE

  15. HAD A GOOD TIME.

  16. IT WAS WONDERFUL. BUT WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE BACK. OH, WELL, THANK

  17. YOU. IT'S JUST BETTER. THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. I

  18. MISSED YOU, YOU KNOW, I GET RESTLESS. I GET LIKE A FEW DAYS

  19. I GET REALLY EXCITED FOR VACATION AND THEN I MISS YOU,

  20. BUT I GOTTA BRAG ON YOU. YOU GUYS, THE ATTENDANCE WAS VERY

  21. WELL DURING OUR VACATION. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR LOVING GOD

  22. AND THIS HOUSE AND US ENOUGH TO BRING THAT KIND OF HONOR, SO

  23. THANK YOU. YOU ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE AND I REALLY, REALLY DO

  24. APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, WE GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE, SO I'M NOT

  25. GONNA TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. I

  26. WILL FOR A GELATO COUPON, BUT... I WANNA DO THIS. I WANNA GREET

  27. THOSE OF YOU ALSO THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD.

  28. LISTEN, WE MISS YOU, BUT WE PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE AND YOU EVERY

  29. SINGLE DAY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ON VACATION AND YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL

  30. TO OUR HEARTS. BUT WE DO HAVE A SURPRISE WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU

  31. ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT I DO WANNA REMIND YOU, IF YOU'RE

  32. WATCHING TODAY, THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION.

  33. AND I WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT 'CAUSE I'VE GOT A VERY

  34. SPECIAL, I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S A REVELATION ABOUT COMMUNION THAT

  35. I THINK IS GOING TO REALLY BRING SOMETHING OF GOD'S BLESSING IN A

  36. REALLY DEEP WAY TODAY. BUT WE DO HONOR YOU, WE WELCOME YOU TODAY.

  37. AND LET US KNOW WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING. ALL RIGHT, SO. WELL, A

  38. LOT'S BEEN HAPPENING. WE'RE GONNA TALK TODAY ABOUT THE YOUTH

  39. RETREAT. HOW MANY WERE AT WERNER PARK LAST NIGHT FOR FAITH AND

  40. FAMILY NIGHT? SO- THAT WAS FUN. THAT WAS GOOD. AND THE NATIONAL

  41. ANTHEM, THEY SUNG THAT TO SHANE AND CHRISTY AND THEIR DAUGHTERS.

  42. AND THEY NAILED IT, THEY DID A GREAT JOB. AMAZING. AND THEN I

  43. WATCHED SOME OF YOU, RACHEL, YOU WERE LIKE ON THE DUGOUT, YOU

  44. WERE THROWING THESE PITCHES AND BEAMING PEOPLE IN THE HEADS. NO,

  45. YOU WERE NOT DOING THAT. BUT IT WAS JUST GREAT. AND ALL OF YOU

  46. THAT WERE, I THINK YOU'RE IN LIKE SECTION 123, 124. THANK YOU

  47. ALSO FOR COMING OUT AND REPRESENTING LORD OF HOSTS

  48. CHURCH. AND WE WANNA DO MORE OUTREACHES LIKE THAT FOR THE

  49. COMMUNITY. WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL? SO, ALL RIGHT, THEN

  50. WE ALSO, CHELSEA AND DOJI, PASTOR CHELSEA AND DOJI, THEY

  51. HAD A LITTLE BABY. HE CAME TODAY. SO HE CAME TODAY, SO

  52. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET A LITTLE CAMERA SHOT. SO BRING HIM OUT

  53. HERE AND CHURCH HIM. ALL RIGHT, WELL. HE'S GOTTA COME TO CHURCH.

  54. HE'S GOTTA COME TO CHURCH. ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR A SURPRISE?

  55. ARE YOU READY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING? PUT IN THE

  56. COMMENTS WHAT YOU THINK IT IS. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. WELL, WE

  57. HAD ANOTHER BABY TOO.

  58. WE GOT, WELL, LOOK AT HIM. THIS IS OUR LITTLE SHILOH, MALE

  59. GERMAN SHEPHERD. OH, THE BOY. THANK YOU. WELL, CAN YOU SAY

  60. HELLO? HE'S SAVED, SO HE BELONGS IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. IT'S ALL

  61. GOOD, RIGHT? PEOPLE NEVER SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU BRING CAMELS

  62. AND DONKEYS IN. IT'S OKAY, RIGHT, FOR CHRISTMAS. HE DIDN'T

  63. LIKE HIS CAMEL THIS MORNING, SO HE NEEDED TO GET MORE OF ONE

  64. AGAIN. SO HERE HE IS. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT, 'CAUSE IT'S

  65. REALLY A GREAT STORY ON HOW WE GOT SHILOH. HE'S JUST BARELY

  66. ABOVE EIGHT WEEKS OLD. AND THIS IS OUR FIFTH GERMAN SHEPHERD

  67. THAT WE'VE GOT WITH OUR BREEDER. IN FACT, IF THEY WILL JUST PUT

  68. UP, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GERMAN SHEPHERD, KEITH AND

  69. CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SPRINGER, BAUM SPRINGER, THERE

  70. IS THE SHEPHERD LINES. THEY'RE OUT IN OGALLALA, NEBRASKA.

  71. THERE'S A FACEBOOK PAGE IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN A SHEP.

  72. THESE PEOPLE LOVE THE LORD. THEIR DOGS ARE PUREBRED DOGS.

  73. BUT WE DID HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE. WE NEVER MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

  74. OUR OLDEST MALE GERMAN SHEPHERD, HE WAS AN OLD MAN AND WE WERE

  75. VERY GRATEFUL. BUT HE DEPARTED RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND MY

  76. HEART WAS BROKEN. I TOOK IT PRETTY HARD, BUT I DIDN'T LET

  77. YOU KNOW. I GOT THROUGH IT. BUT I'M GONNA INCORPORATE THAT INTO

  78. A MESSAGE THAT I'M GONNA PREACH TODAY. AND I DIDN'T WANT-WE

  79. STILL HAVE TWO FEMALE CHEFS. WE WERE NOT GONNA BE LEFT WITH JUST

  80. WOMEN. YEAH, AND WE GOT LITTLE HERBIE, AND WE GOT LITTLE

  81. HERBIE, SO WE'RE BACK TO FOUR IN OUR PACK. BUT I SAID TO GOD, I

  82. DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER ONE, AND THE LORD SPOKE TO ME, I HEARD HIS

  83. VOICE. AND BRENDA SUPERNATURALLY CONFIRMED IT, AND WE'LL SHARE

  84. THAT JUST BEFORE WE PREACH ON WHY WE GOT ANOTHER ONE AND HOW

  85. WE GOT HIS NAME. IT WAS THE LORD THAT SPOKE IT AND IT WAS PRETTY

  86. AMAZING. SO THIS IS HIM AND HE IS SO GOOD. HE, WE PICKED HIM

  87. UP, I FLEW BACK IN WEDNESDAY FROM DALLAS 'CAUSE I DID SOME

  88. SHOWS WITH GENE BAILEY. AND THEN WE WENT AND PICKED HIM UP

  89. THURSDAY, MET HIM, MET HER HALFWAY. HE HAS BEEN PROBABLY

  90. THE SMARTEST GERMAN SHEPHERD. SO HE'S GONNA GO THROUGH TRAINING

  91. AND HE'S GONNA BE, HE'S SO SMART ALREADY, HIS TRAINING, HE'S

  92. GONNA BE A REAL, REAL GOOD, WELL-TRAINED FRIEND AND GERMAN

  93. SHEPHERD. SO WELCOME HIM TO OUR HOUSE AND YOUR HOUSE, OKAY? AND

  94. WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED FOR HIM. KATIE, YOU'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.

  95. I LOVE YOU. ALL RIGHT, HE MELTS MY HEART. AND IF YOU HEAR HIM

  96. HOLLER IN THE BACK DURING THE PREACHING, IT'S PROBABLY 'CAUSE

  97. ALI PUT HIM IN THE KENNEL. YEAH, SO HE'S DOING GOOD. THAT'S THE

  98. ONLY THING HE'S NOT LIKING. YEAH, HE'S DOING GOOD. AND WE

  99. BONDED IMMEDIATELY. I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT

  100. LATER. ALL RIGHT, WELL. GOOD BOY. DID YOU WANT TO SAY HI TO

  101. HIM? YEAH, I'M JUST TELLING HIM TO BE GOOD. SO THE OTHER DOGS

  102. ARE ACCLIMATING REALLY WELL IN THE PACK TOO, BUT YOU CAN TAKE

  103. THEM ON BACK. YEAH, A LITTLE HERBIE I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH

  104. HIM. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT A GREAT MESSAGE TODAY THAT I AM

  105. GONNA SHARE WITH YOU. AND IT REALLY IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT

  106. DO YOU DO WHEN SOMETHING DOESN'T GO RIGHT? HOW MANY ARE WAITING

  107. ON SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE? THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. SO I'M

  108. GONNA TALK ABOUT NOT MAKING IT A DO, AND THAT WE GOTTA SHIFT OVER

  109. INTO WHAT JESUS ALREADY DID DO. AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT,

  110. GREAT MESSAGE. OKAY, BY THE WAY, I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS. LAST WEEK

  111. I WAS AT KENT CHRISTMAS'S CHURCH. I DON'T THINK YOU'LL

  112. MIND ME SAYING THIS. HE'S GOT A GREAT CHURCH, BUT IT AIN'T LORD

  113. OF HOSTS.

  114. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

  115. HE'LL PROBABLY SAY THE SAME ABOUT HIS. BUT YOU KNOW, BRENDA,

  116. I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS. SO WHILE I WAS THERE, DO YOU KNOW, THERE

  117. WAS THIS BANK ROBBERY. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I'LL BET THERE WAS.

  118. YEAH, HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS IN NASHVILLE? THERE

  119. WAS THIS BANK ROBBERY. AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT THESE ROBBERS DID?

  120. THEY ESCAPED, AND AS THEY WERE ESCAPING, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

  121. WATCHING, THEY FELL INTO CEMENT. YEAH. SO, THEY HAVE CONCRETE

  122. EVIDENCE, AND THOSE GUYS ARE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE BEEN

  123. LABELED AS HARDENED CRIMINALS. SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU

  124. KNOW THAT. SO, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU

  125. THE NEWS. STOP, I'M BACK, OKAY? THAT WAS AMAZING. CRAIG OUT

  126. THERE TEXTED ME AND SAID HE MISSED MY STUPID JOKES. CRAIG,

  127. WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY JOKES? YEAH, RIGHT, THERE YOU GO. ALL

  128. RIGHT. WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE TODAY?

  129. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I THINK WE OUGHTA

  130. START THE SERVICE OFF RIGHT.

  131. COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS UP TO HEAVEN.

  132. SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD JESUS, THE HOLY SPIRIT

  133. IS IN THIS ROOM. I THANK YOU.

  134. YOUR ANOINTING, IT'S GONNA TOUCH MY LIFE.

  135. IT'S GONNA CHANGE ME.

  136. I ASK THAT THE FIRE OF GOD WOULD FILL THIS HOUSE.

  137. AND LORD, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU.

  138. (AUDIENCE SHOUTING)

  139. HALLELUJAH. SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT

  140. AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

  141. COME ON, CHURCH.

  142. ANYBODY GOT A TESTIMONY THIS MORNING?

  143. (MUSIC)

  144. (MUSIC)

  145. (MUSIC)

  146. (MUSIC)

  147. CAN ANYBODY SAY THAT THIS MORNING?

  148. COME ON, GIVE THE LORD A SHOUT OF PRAISE THIS MORNING.

  149. HALLELUJAH!

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  151. (MUSIC)

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  154. (MUSIC)

  155. COME ON, SHOUT!

  156. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU, LORD.

  157. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU, LORD. YOU ARE GREAT.

  158. YOU ARE GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. WE GIVE YOU WORSHIP.

  159. WE GIVE YOU HONOR. WE GIVE YOU GLORY. HALLELUJAH.

  160. FATHER, WE WORSHIP YOU THIS MORNING.

  161. WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS AND GIVE YOU PRAISE

  162. BECAUSE WE DO WANNA SEE THE KING THIS MORNING.

  163. (MUSIC)

  164. (MUSIC)

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  166. (MUSIC)

  167. (MUSIC)

  168. (MUSIC)

  169. WE WORSHIP YOU, YESHUA.

  170. WE WORSHIP YOU ALL OVER THE WORLD. SING TO GOD.

  171. HALLELUJAH.

  172. THERE'S NO ONE.

  173. WE STAND IN YOUR HONOR, GOD.

  174. HALLELUJAH TO THE KING.

  175. COME ON.

  176. LET THE VOICES BE RAISED.

  177. LET THE SOUND OF PRAISE FILL THE ATMOSPHERE.

  178. HALLELUJAH.

  179. WE WORSHIP YOU. WITH THE ANGELS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, WE SING

  180. AND EXTOL OUR GOD.

  181. ALL OVER THE WORLD, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD.

  182. WE WELCOME YOUR PRESENCE. WE LONG FOR YOU, OUR GOD.

  183. WE WORSHIP YOU.

  184. WE WAVE OUR HANDS, A BANNER OF LOVE BEING WAVED BEFORE OUR GOD.

  185. COME ON, JUST KEEP SINGING TO HIM.

  186. WE WORSHIP YOU, YESHUA. WE BRING

  187. THE EXALTATION AND HONOR, ADORATION TO THE MAJESTY OF THE

  188. GREATNESS OF YOU, OUR GOD, FOR THE VERY HEIGHTS OF THE HEAVENS

  189. CANNOT CONTAIN THE GLORY OF YOU, GOD. NO NAME IS GREATER. YOUR

  190. THRONE IS AN EVERLASTING THRONE THAT ALL THRONES, DOMINIONS, AND

  191. KINGDOMS WILL BE SWALLOWED UP BY YOUR THRONE, THE ETERNAL THRONE

  192. OF KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, YESHUA. WE BLESS YOU AND

  193. HONOR YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, WORSHIP

  194. OUR GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. IF YOU LOVE HIM, TELL HIM. IF YOU LOVE

  195. HIM, EXPRESS YOUR HEART. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AS AN

  196. EXTENSION OF YOUR LOVE BEING EXTENDED TO GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

  197. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.

  198. AND WE WELCOME YOUR PRESENCE. WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE. WE LONG

  199. FOR YOUR PRESENCE, O GOD, TO TOUCH US, TO TOUCH US WITH YOUR

  200. PRESENCE. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. OH,

  201. MESSIAH, ME ANDO SABRE. OH, HOW WE MUST SERVE YOU. (SPEAKING IN

  202. FOREIGN LANGUAGE) WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP

  203. YOU. OH, HOW WE HONOR YOU, OUR GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP

  204. YOU. RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT, JUST TELL HIM HOW MUCH YOU WANT HIS

  205. BELOVED TOUCH UPON YOUR LIFE. OH GOD, HOW WE LONG FOR YOUR VERY

  206. PRESENCE. THE SWEET AROMA OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOU IN EVERY PLACE.

  207. THAT HAS ALREADY GIVEN US THE VICTORY. AND SO WE, YOUR PEOPLE,

  208. CELEBRATE THE VICTORY. WE CELEBRATE THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR

  209. GOD. AND WE CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN RECONCILED BACK TO

  210. YOU, OUR FATHER, THROUGH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD THAT STILL SPEAKS

  211. FROM THE MERCY SEAT OF YESHUA'S SACRIFICE. OUR HEART NOW, WITH

  212. THE SPIRIT OF GOD, DECLARES TO YOU, OUR FATHER, ABBA FATHER.

  213. AND WITH THAT, WE SURRENDER OUR LIVES. WE SURRENDER OUR HONOR TO

  214. YOU. AND IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO WALK IN YOUR COMMANDS AND TO

  215. LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TO HATE INIQUITY. AND SO THIS DAY, WE

  216. ASK FROM YOUR ETERNAL THRONE AS OUR ALPHA AND OMEGA, STRETCH

  217. FORTH YOUR HANDS NOW AND TOUCH OUR LIVES WITH A FRESH

  218. ANOINTING. REACH YOUR HAND OUT, WE PRAY, AND DO WHAT YOU DID

  219. WHEN YOU CREATED ADAM. YOU BLESSED HIM. SO LORD, WE REJOICE

  220. IN WHAT YOU ALREADY BLESSED US WITH, WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL

  221. COVENANT. BUT WE'RE ASKING WITH YOUR TOUCH TODAY THAT YOU WOULD

  222. EXTEND YOUR BLESSING THAT NOT ONLY MEETS EVERY NEED, BUT

  223. BRINGS US INTO A PLACE OF PEACE. NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN.

  224. AND WE RECEIVE THAT TODAY, OUR GREAT GOD. HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE

  225. GOD? I MEAN, WE COULD CAMP OUT IN HIS PRESENCE. THAT'S THE

  226. BEAUTIFUL PART OF IT. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) AND

  227. NEVER FORGET, THAT'S WHY I GAVE THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY AND

  228. THE FIRE BY NIGHT TO THE PEOPLE. IT WAS CONSISTENT PRESENCE. AND

  229. IT WAS A PRESENCE THAT THEY COULD SEE. IT WAS A PRESENCE

  230. THAT THEY COULD FEEL, RIGHT? IT WAS TANGIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT I

  231. ALWAYS SEEK FOR. AND LET THAT BE YOUR QUEST, YOUR HUNGER, YOUR

  232. THIRST. GOD, I WANT FOREVER THAT PRESENCE TANGIBLY UPON MY LIFE

  233. AND ALL THAT I DO. THAT SHOULD BE THE HUNGER OF ALL OF OUR

  234. HEARTS, SHOULDN'T IT? YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE

  235. PRESENCE OF GOD. WE HAD OUR DEAR BROTHER RON GO HOME TO BE WITH

  236. THE LORD. IS JULIA HERE, HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE? WHERE IS SHE AT

  237. IN HER FAMILY? I THINK THEY HAD COME TODAY. THEY ALL CAME. THANK

  238. YOU FOR BEING HERE. I LOVE YOU. AND YOUR HUSBAND, WHAT A MAN OF

  239. GOD. IT IS NO WONDER THAT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHILDREN, NOT

  240. ONLY HAVE THEY RISEN UP AND CALLED THE LORD BLESSED AND

  241. THEY'RE SERVING HIM IN A POWERFUL WAY IN MINISTRY, BUT

  242. THEY'RE A TESTIMONY TO YOU AND RON, JULIA. AND THERE'S A

  243. POWERFUL TESTIMONY THAT I JUST, I'VE GOT TO SAY HOW WE WENT TO

  244. BE WITH THE LORD. THIS IS HOW WE ALL NEED TO BE WITH OUR GOD.

  245. IT'S OUR COVENANT. YOU GUYS WENT OUT FOR A WALK AND YOU WERE

  246. HOLDING HANDS. SO BEAUTIFUL. HE KISSED YOU. AND DID HE POINT UP

  247. TO HEAVEN? OR HE LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN? GOT IN HIS SCOOTER AND

  248. HE LOOKED UP AND HE WAS, HE WAS GONE. THE LORD, HE WAS WITH THE

  249. LORD IN HIS PRESENCE. JULIE, THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. AND SO WE

  250. HONOR HIS LIFE, WE HONOR YOU, WE HONOR YOUR FAMILY. AND I PRAY

  251. FOR THE PEACE OF GOD IN HIS COMFORT TO TOUCH YOU AND YOUR

  252. FAMILY. AND WE REJOICE WITH YOU AND WE CELEBRATE, BUT WE'RE ALSO

  253. HERE FOR YOU. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. WE LOVE YOU TOO,

  254. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO DO THIS. I'D LIKE TO

  255. CELEBRATE OUR COVENANT MEAL TOGETHER. IF YOU WOULD BE

  256. SEATED, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORSHIP. I INVITE YOU THAT

  257. ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, THE USHERS ARE GONNA SERVE THE

  258. PEOPLE HERE. GO AHEAD AND RECEIVE YOUR COMMUNITY ELEMENTS.

  259. WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE TOGETHER. I WANNA SHARE JUST AN ENCOURAGING

  260. REVELATION WITH YOU. SO USHERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO

  261. SERVE THE PEOPLE. LET'S WORSHIP GOD SOME MORE.

  262. (MUSIC)

  263. WOW, SAY THAT AGAIN. IT MAY LOOK LIKE I'M SURROUNDED, BUT I'M

  264. SURROUNDED BY YOU, GOD. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THAT'S HOW I FIGHT

  265. MY BATTLES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE FOUGHT FOR YOU. AMEN. BUT

  266. RIGHT HERE IS HOW WE FIGHT ALSO. AMEN. PRAISE GOD.

  267. WELL, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE

  268. LORD. I WANNA SHARE A REVELATION WITH YOU. AND I WAS INSPIRED BY

  269. MY WIFE'S INCREDIBLE MESSAGE FROM WEDNESDAY. I WASN'T ABLE TO

  270. WATCH IT 'CAUSE I WAS FLYING BACK, BUT SHE HAD TOLD ME AHEAD

  271. OF TIME. AND IT WAS ABOUT, SOME OF IT WAS ABOUT THE UNITY OF THE

  272. FAITH. AND IT CAME TO ME AS I WAS READING THIS MORNING ABOUT

  273. THE PASSOVER LAMB, AND IF THEY WOULD PUT UP EXODUS 12, VERSE

    Exodus 12:46

  274. 46. AND IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED, THOSE OF

  275. YOU THAT ARE WATCHING WITH THE OTHER THIEVES, ONE ON THE RIGHT,

  276. ONE ON THE LEFT OF HIM, THAT THEY BROKE THOSE THIEVES' BONES,

  277. BUT NOT YESHUA'S. AND THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SIGN THAT HE TRULY

  278. WAS AND IS THE LAMB OF GOD. SO EXODUS 12, VERSE 46 IS A

    Exodus 12:46

  279. REVELATION. SO IF YOU READ IN THE BOOK OF EXODUS, THOSE OF YOU

  280. THAT ARE WATCHING, IT GOES THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS

  281. OF THE FIRST PASSOVER, WHICH IS WHAT WE CELEBRATE TODAY IN THE

  282. LORD'S BODY AND HIS BLOOD. IT'S LAID OUT IN AN OLD TESTAMENT

  283. TYPE OF SHADOW IN EXODUS 12, WHAT WAS CALLED THE NIGHT OF THE

  284. FIRST PASSOVER. AND IT GIVES INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT APPLYING THE

  285. BLOOD TO THE DOORPOSTS, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PREACHED THAT,

  286. WE KNOW THAT, CORRECT? BUT WE OFTEN MAYBE LOOK OVER SOME OF

  287. THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE LAMB THAT THEY

  288. WERE TO OFFER ITS BLOOD, THEY WERE TO EAT THE LAMB. BUT NOTICE

  289. WHAT IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN VERSE 46. IT SAYS, "IN ONE HOUSE

  290. IT SHALL BE EATEN, "THOU SHALL NOT CARRY FORTH OF THE FLESH,"

  291. TALKING ABOUT THE LAMB, "ABROAD OUT OF THE HOUSE, "NEITHER SHALL

  292. YOU BREAK A BONE THEREOF." SO LET ME KNOW THE PHYSICAL LAMB OF

  293. THEIR PASSOVER MEAL, NO BONE WAS TO BE BROKEN. AND THAT'S WHY

  294. JESUS DIDN'T HAVE HIS BONES BROKEN. NOW, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT

  295. THE UNITY OF THE FAITH. AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THE

  296. BODY OF CHRIST MORE FRAGMENTED. WE SEGREGATE OURSELVES. I'M OF

  297. THIS DENOMINATION, I'M OF THIS RACE AND COLOR, SO IT'S AN ALL

  298. WHITE CHURCH, AN ALL BROWN CHURCH, BLACK CHURCH, WHATEVER.

  299. AND WE SEGREGATE OURSELVES. OR WE HAVE DISCORD TODAY WITH

  300. PEOPLE FIGHTING AND ARGUING AND SQUALLING AND DIVIDING. AND WE

  301. FORGET HOW PRECIOUS IT IS THAT GOD WATCHED OVER AND WOULD NOT

  302. ALLOW FRAGMENTS, SCHISMS, DIVISION. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT

  303. REVELATION, BUT I GOT SOMETHING IN MY HEART TODAY AS I WAS

  304. READING THIS THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT. EVERYTHING THAT JESUS

  305. PROVIDED, LOOK AT PSALM 105, VERSE 37. WHEN THEY LEFT THAT

    Psalms 105:37

  306. NIGHT, HE BROUGHT THEM FORTH WITH SILVER AND GOLD. I MEAN,

  307. OH, THERE WAS NO BROKEN FINANCES. THESE WERE SLAVES.

  308. THEY WERE NO LONGER POOR. THEY WERE NO LONGER BROKE OR BROKEN

  309. FINANCIALLY. DID YOU CATCH THAT? NOW LOOK AT THEIR HEALTH. THERE

  310. WAS NOT ONE SICK. SO THERE WASN'T A FRAGMENT PART OF THEIR

  311. HEALTH, RIGHT? THEY WEREN'T SICK, THEY WEREN'T BROKE, THEY

  312. WEREN'T WEAK. EVERY FAMILY MEMBER CAME WITH THEM, THERE

  313. WEREN'T ANY PRODIGALS. THERE WASN'T BROKEN MARRIAGES 'CAUSE

  314. ALL THE MARRIAGES CAME TOGETHER. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE

  315. TODAY, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING THE REVELATION THAT I

  316. RECEIVED IS WHOLENESS. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, "IT IS

  317. FINISHED." WE HAVE AN ETERNAL COVENANT OF PEACE. WHEN HE

  318. CARRIED HIS BLOOD INTO THE MOST HOLIEST PLACE OF ALL, THERE WAS

  319. NOTHING LEFT OUT. THAT HIS BODY IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE

  320. TODAY. EVERYTHING FOR US ON OUR BEHALF WAS PAID FOR BY OUR LAMB.

  321. THAT'S WHY THERE WASN'T A BROKEN BONE, BECAUSE THERE WAS GONNA BE

  322. NOTHING BROKEN, NOTHING MISSING FROM THE COVENANT THAT HE GAVE

  323. US. SO IF YOU NEED HEALING TODAY, I WANT YOU TO CLAIM

  324. WHOLENESS. NOTHING MISSING IN YOUR COVENANT OF HEALTH. IF YOU

  325. HAVE A FRAGMENTED MARRIAGE, WE'RE GONNA DECLARE WHOLENESS IN

  326. THAT MARRIAGE. IF YOU HAVE A FRAGMENTED KIDS, MAYBE YOU HAVE

  327. SOME KIDS THAT ARE JUST BEING REBELS, MAN. WE'RE GONNA DECLARE

  328. WHOLENESS OVER EVERY CHILD, GRANDCHILD, GREAT GRANDCHILD,

  329. WHOLENESS OVER YOUR FINANCES, WHERE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO

  330. STRUGGLE AND BE, WATCH THIS, BROKE, STRUGGLING. AND SO I WANT

  331. YOU TO DO THIS, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT WHICH HE SAID, THIS IS

  332. MY BODY. IN FACT, PAUL IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11, HE EVEN

  333. CHASTISED THE BODY. HE SAID, LISTEN, HE SAID, DON'T EVEN DARE

  334. PUT THIS BODY, HIS BODY WITH THE BREAD UP TO YOUR MOUTH IF YOU

  335. ARE CAUSING FRAGMENTS. OR YOU TAKE 1 CORINTHIANS 11, THIS

  336. UNWORTHILY. THAT MEANS DON'T HAVE UNFORGIVENESS AND

  337. BITTERNESS IN YOUR HEART. IN FACT, WE SHOULD DO THAT RIGHT

  338. NOW. SAY, "LORD, I FORGIVE EVERYONE "WHO HAS TRESPASSED

  339. AGAINST ME. "I RELEASE THEM FROM ALL UNFORGIVENESS. "I HAVE NO

  340. BITTERNESS IN MY HEART, "AND I HOLD ON TO NO SUFFERED WRONG."

  341. NOW SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD, WE HOLD IN OUR HANDS OUR COVENANT

  342. RIGHT FOR WHOLENESS THROUGH YOUR BODY. THEREFORE, I PRONOUNCE

  343. WHAT IS LEGALLY MINE THROUGH YOUR BODY AND YOUR BLOOD OF

  344. WHOLENESS." SO I DECLARE WHOLENESS OVER EVERY CELL, EVERY

  345. FIBER, EVERY ORGAN, EVERY PARTICLE, MY BONES, MY BLOOD, MY

  346. IMMUNE SYSTEM, MY HEALTH IS HEALTHY AND WHOLE. NOW IF YOU'RE

  347. MARRIED I SPEAK WHOLENESS. THERE'S NO ARGUING AND STRIFE,

  348. DIVISION, SEPARATION, AND NEVER DIVORCE OR UNFAITHFULNESS. MY

  349. MARRIAGE IS WHOLE. MY CHILDREN SERVE THE LORD. THEY'RE TAUGHT

  350. OF THE LORD ACCORDING TO ISAIAH 59. SO I SPEAK WHOLENESS OVER MY

  351. FAMILY, MY CHILDREN, AND IF YOU HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, SAY THAT, OR

  352. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. WHOLENESS. NO FRAGMENTED, NO REBELS, NO

  353. BACKSLIDING. WHOLENESS OVER MY FINANCES. I'M NOT BROKE. I'M

  354. BLESSED. LORD, I DECLARE WHOLENESS. EVERY NEED MET IN

  355. EXCESS. IF YOU'RE SINGLE, DECLARE WHOLENESS. LORD, I

  356. DECLARE FOR THE SINGLE PEOPLE. THEY'RE NO LONGER SINGLE. I

  357. DECLARE WHOLENESS THAT THE HUSBAND YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR

  358. THEM OR THE WIFE COME AND IS MANIFESTED TO BRING WHOLENESS.

  359. IF YOU WANT A CHILD AND YOU'RE BARREN, I DECLARE WHOLENESS. WE

  360. DECLARE THAT BARRENNESS, INFERTILITY IS BROKEN AND THAT

  361. WHOLENESS COMES IN YOUR CHILD, IN YESHUA'S NAME. LET'S PARTAKE

  362. TOGETHER. WE RECEIVE THESE COVENANT RIGHTS. NOW HOLD UP

  363. THAT WHICH HE SAID, "THIS IS MY BLOOD." I DECLARE, SAY THIS, I

  364. DECLARE, EVERY COVENANT RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE OF OUR BLOOD

  365. COVENANT IS ENFORCED IN MY LIFE. THEREFORE I DECLARE DIVINE

  366. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OVER MY LIFE AND ALL OF THESE THINGS

  367. THAT I HAVE OFFERED UP OF WHAT HAS BEEN PAID FOR IN MY

  368. COVENANT. LET'S PARTAKE TOGETHER. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL,

  369. NOW ARE YOU READY? I WANT YOU TO STAND TO YOUR FEET. HERE'S

  370. ANOTHER ACT OF UNITY OR WHOLENESS. JESUS SAID, "YOU'LL

  371. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES IF YOU IGNORE ONE ANOTHER." NO,

  372. THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID. THAT MAY BE THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD

  373. VERSION, BUT IT'S NOT GOD. WHY DON'T YOU GREET ONE ANOTHER AND

  374. SAY, HEY, I BET I KNOW WHEN NEW YEAR'S EVE IS. ALL RIGHT, GOD

  375. BLESS YOU.

  376. (MUSIC)

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

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

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

  380. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AND ENSURE THEY HAVE THOSE

  381. AVAILABLE FOR YOU. YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET ONE 'CAUSE

  382. WE'VE GOT SOME GOODIES TUCKED IN THAT BAG FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A

  383. GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE

  384. FRONT OF IT. SO IF YOU WOULD, PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME. JUST

  385. WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS INSIDE THERE. THERE'S SOME

  386. INFORMATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE FOR YOU TO TAKE HOME AND

  387. JUST ALL ABOUT THE MINISTRIES WE HAVE HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS

  388. CHURCH, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON

  389. THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP

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

  391. MOMENTS. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US

  392. THIS MORNING. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING MY LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK

  393. LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL

  394. PLATFORMS OUT THERE, I WANT YOU TO GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET. I'M

  395. SURE MANY OF YOU USE IT. YOU USE IT TO WATCH LIVE SERVICES, BUT

  396. YOU CAN ALSO GET GREAT ACCESS TO A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMMING THAT

  397. WE HAVE OUT THERE FOR YOU. NEW LEVEL, DAILY DECREE, GAME

  398. CHANGERS, GET REAL WITH HANK, ALL OF THAT, AND MANY, MANY MORE

  399. FLASHPOINTS OUT THERE AS WELL FOR YOU TO WATCH BOTH LIVE AND

  400. ARCHIVED. SO PLEASE MAKE USE OF ONE VOICE TV. WE'VE CREATED IT

  401. FOR YOU TO HAVE ONE PLACE TO RECEIVE ALL THE PROGRAMMING THAT

  402. WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU, BOTH OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS SOME

  403. PARTNER PROGRAMS, AND WE'LL BE ADDING TO THAT AS WE CONTINUE

  404. ALONG. SO PLEASE GET ACCESS TO ONE VOICE TV. YOU CAN ALSO

  405. DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES TOO. I'LL SAY THAT

  406. AS WELL. WELL, WE HAD A COUPLE OF EVENTS THIS WEEK, BUT THE

  407. FIRST ONE I WANNA TALK ABOUT, I NEED PASTOR MIKE TO COME OUT

  408. HERE FOR A MINUTE. WE HAVE

  409. CORE RETREAT 2026.

  410. WHAT HAPPENED FOR CORE RETREAT? WOW, THANK YOU, PASTOR SHANE. IT

  411. WAS A, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PRAYED. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE

  412. WHO SENT YOUR CHILD AND THANK YOU FOR PRAYING. IT WAS A

  413. POWERFUL TIME. ON BEHALF OF ALICIA AND MYSELF, WE WERE JUST

  414. SO THANKFUL OF HOW GOD SHOWED UP AND TOUCHED THE LIVES OF THOSE

  415. THERE. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR PASTOR SHANE AND PASTOR CHRIS

  416. WHO CAME OUT TO DO-IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. YEAH, THEY DID A NIGHT

  417. OF WORSHIP AND TEACHING, SO THAT WAS AWESOME, AND EDDIE AS WELL

  418. WHO JOINED US FOR SOME WORSHIP, AND OUR CORE WORSHIP TEAM THAT

  419. JUST STEPPED UP, AND OUR LEADERS WHO DID AMAZING, AND JUST THE

  420. KIDS THAT CAME HUNGRY AND RECEPTIVE. SO IT WAS JUST A

  421. POWERFUL TIME. AND CAN I SHARE? YEAH. WE HAD 15 BAPTISMS.

  422. YEAH, FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE DONE BAPTISMS AT CAMP AND KIDS JUST

  423. FELT THE TOUCH AND IT WAS A POWERFUL TIME OVERALL. SO AS WE

  424. WERE TALKING WITH JACOB AND TERRY, THE ENDLESS HOURS OF

  425. PLANNING AND LOSING, IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH IT. IT WAS TOTALLY

  426. WORTH IT TO SEE IT IN THE LIVES OF OUR YOUTH. SO WE WERE SUPER

  427. THANKFUL AND THANK YOU PASTORS FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT AND

  428. IT WAS JUST GREAT. THEY REALLY DO PUT A LOT INTO THIS WHOLE

  429. WEEK, THIS WHOLE PROCESS. I WANNA JUST, ALL THE YOUTH

  430. LEADERS THAT ARE IN HERE, EVERYBODY WHO HELPED OUT WITH

  431. CAMP, PLEASE STAND UP FOR A SECOND. IF YOU'RE NOT IN HERE,

  432. WE'LL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS WELL. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF

  433. APPLAUSE BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF WORK, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO

  434. POUR INTO OUR YOUTH, AND THEY REALLY DO POUR INTO OUR YOUTH,

  435. BOTH BIBLICALLY AS WELL AS JUST HAVING FUN AND JUST GETTING

  436. TOGETHER AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LOT OF FUN OUT AT THE

  437. CAMP AS WELL. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FELLOWSHIP THAT HAPPENS

  438. AS WELL AS JUST THEM JUST CRYING OUT TO GOD AND GETTING CLOSER TO

  439. GOD. AND I REALLY DO THINK IT CHANGED ALL OF THE YOUTH FOR THE

  440. BETTER. I AGREE, I AGREE, I REALLY DO. SO, ALL RIGHT, GIVE

  441. PASTOR MIKE AND PASTOR, AND ALICIA AND ALL THE OTHER HELPERS

  442. A HAND. AND WE HAD ONE OTHER LITTLE THING THAT HAPPENED, AND

  443. PASTOR HANK MENTIONED IT JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO. SO I ALSO WANT

  444. TO MAKE SURE YOU GET BOTH OF THESE VIDEOS. WE'RE GONNA GIVE

  445. YOU A LITTLE RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED AT CORE CAMP, AND THEN

  446. WE'RE GONNA SHOOT YOU TO LAST NIGHT. SO WATCH THIS.

  447. (MUSIC)

  448. ALL RIGHT.

  449. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

  450. JUST A LITTLE RECAP OF ALL THE FUN STUFF AND AMAZING

  451. LIFE-CHANGING THINGS GOING ON AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. AND IF YOU

  452. MISSED OUT ON LAST NIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR,

  453. BOB, AREN'T WE? AND I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN. SO PRAISE

  454. THE LORD, AMEN. WELL, REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE RECEIVE

  455. TODAY'S OFFERING, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY JUST AROUND THE

  456. CORNER, OPENING THE HEAVENS 2026. THIS YEAR, WE'RE BRINGING

  457. IT RIGHT BACK HERE TO THE TABERNACLE, AND IF YOU THINK

  458. THERE WON'T BE ROOM FOR YOU, I PROMISE YOU, WE WILL SQUEEZE YOU

  459. IN. I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT 1,500 PEOPLE REGISTERED SO FAR,

  460. AND GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE BIT. AND LET ME KNOW SOMEBODY, AND WE

  461. HAVE REGISTRATION FOR THE PARTNER LUNCHEON IS OPEN, I

  462. BELIEVE. SO GO OUT TO OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG, THAT IS

  463. THE WEBSITE WITH ALL THE HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS, AND WE'RE GONNA

  464. PACK OUT THIS FACILITY, AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE AN AMAZING,

  465. AMAZING TIME. ALL THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE OUT THERE.

  466. THEY'RE KEEPING IT UP TO DATE ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO YOU'LL WANT

  467. TO GET HERE. INCREDIBLE GROUP OF SPEAKERS THIS YEAR. DR. GENE

  468. BAILEY, OBVIOUSLY, WILL BE HERE FOR FLASHPOINT. KEN CHRISTMAS IN

  469. THE HOUSE. TIM SHEETS WILL BE HERE. ROBERT SLYRDAN, TONY

  470. SUAREZ, AND THE PREACHING MACHINE, LORENZO SEWELL.

  471. AND THEN OF COURSE, PASTOR AND I WILL BE SPEAKING AS WELL. SO GO

  472. OUT THERE, GET REGISTERED, IT'S FREE. PUT YOUR NAME IN, GET

  473. REGISTERED. IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING, POWERFUL TIME. AND I

  474. BELIEVE IT'S PROPHETIC. RIGHT BEFORE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, WE

  475. NEED TO BE IN THE SPIRIT HERE, GATHERED HERE, AND EVERYBODY

  476. THAT'LL JOIN ONLINE AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL. AMEN? ALL RIGHT,

  477. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO DELAY. I WANT TO GET OUR OFFERING

  478. SCRIPTURE UP. IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK DOING THE OFFERING

  479. AGAIN. I ALREADY TOLD EVERYBODY I PREACH NEXT WEEK, BUT I LIKE

  480. IT WHEN PASTOR PREACHES BETTER. SO IT'S GOOD. I'M SO EXCITED

  481. THAT HE IS BACK IN THE PUBLIC TODAY. I GOT A, WE DIDN'T GET A

  482. TON OF SLEEP LAST NIGHT WITH THE PUP. I DON'T KNOW, FOR WHATEVER

  483. REASON, 'CAUSE IT WAS SATURDAY NIGHT, HE HAS TO WAKE UP. THE

  484. OTHER NIGHTS HE SLEPT PERFECT. AND SO, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'S

  485. OKAY. PASTOR'S PREACHING, I GOT THIS. I CAN SIT ON THE FRONT

  486. ROW, IT'LL ALL BE GOOD. PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, PSALM 27:13,

    Psalms 27:13

  487. HERE'S THE SCRIPTURE THAT I WANT TO SHARE. IT SAID, "I WOULD HAVE

  488. FAINTED." I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A POINT IN YOUR LIFE

  489. WHERE YOU FELT LIKE QUITTING OR YOU FELT LIKE GIVING UP? BUT

  490. HERE'S A HUGE WORD RIGHT HERE. IT SAYS, "UNLESS, UNLESS I HAD

  491. BELIEVED." NOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY IT LIKE THIS, "UNLESS I TOOK

  492. UP THE POSTURE OF FAITH." RIGHT? ANYBODY CAN GO THE WAY OF

  493. NEGATIVITY. ANYBODY CAN RECOIL INTO UNBELIEF, FEAR, DOUBT,

  494. DISCOURAGEMENT. COME ON, THAT'S EASY TO DO IN THIS WORLD. THAT'S

  495. EASY TO DO NOWADAYS. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA,

  496. THERE'S A BAD STORY EVERY TIME YOU OPEN ANY APP. THERE'S

  497. SOMETHING ALWAYS OUT THERE TO TRY TO STEAL YOUR FAITH AND

  498. DISCOURAGE YOUR HEART. AND THIS IS WHAT THE PSALMIST IS SAYING.

  499. HE SAID, "I WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP, EXCEPT I DID SOMETHING." COME

  500. ON, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, DON'T WE? WE

  501. HAVE A CHOICE. WE CAN RECOIL INTO OUR OWN PROBLEMS, SINK BACK

  502. INTO THE COUCH OF DESPAIR, OR UNLESS I HAD CHOSEN TO BELIEVE.

  503. DO YOU KNOW IT TAKES A CHOICE TO BELIEVE? AND I BELIEVE THIS IS

  504. SUCH AN IMPORTANT SCRIPTURE FOR OFFERING BECAUSE FINANCIAL

  505. ISSUES AFFECT ALMOST EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE.

  506. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN THROUGH TIMES WHERE THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE

  507. FINANCIALLY DOWN OR THEY HAD VERY LITTLE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW

  508. HOW THEY WERE GONNA MAKE ENDS MEET. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS

  509. SCRIPTURE COVERS ALL OF THAT. NOT JUST FINANCES, BUT IT COVERS

  510. EVERYTHING ELSE. I WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED.

  511. SO MAKE THAT YOUR CHOICE TODAY, THAT YOU ARE GONNA TAKE UP THE

  512. POSTURE AND THE POSITION OF FAITH. AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S

  513. NOTHING IN HERE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO FEEL IT TO BELIEVE IT.

  514. IN FACT, THAT WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD, YOU REMEMBER

  515. THIS IN MARK, IN THE BOOK OF MARK, HERE SHE GOES OUT INTO THE

  516. CROWD. DO YOU THINK SHE FELT LIKE SHE BELIEVED? HER BODY WAS

  517. TELLING HER THE EXACT OPPOSITE. HER BODY WAS SAYING THE REVERSE.

  518. AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I'VE STILL GOT TO GET OUT THERE. I

  519. BELIEVE IF I TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT." SHE BELIEVED

  520. DESPITE WHAT HER CIRCUMSTANCES WERE TELLING HER. UNLESS I HAD

  521. BELIEVED, IN OTHER WORDS, I CHOSE TO BELIEVE TO SEE THE

  522. GOODNESS OF THE LORD. COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE TODAY?

  523. NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE FACING, WHAT YOU'RE GOING, COME ON

  524. SOMEBODY, THAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU WILL SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE

  525. LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. WOO, LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE. AND

  526. WE COULD PREACH A WHOLE SERMON ON 13. WAIT, LOOK AT YOUR

  527. NEIGHBOR SAID WAIT. NOW THAT WORD WAIT DOES NOT MEAN JUST SIT

  528. AROUND AND TWIDDLE YOUR THUMBS AND GO, "WHOA, IT'S GONNA BE A

  529. LONG RIDE." THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS. NOW, HERE'S THE THING,

  530. I'VE LEARNED ABOUT GOD. SOMETIMES HE CHOOSES TO TAKE HIS

  531. TIME WITH THINGS 'CAUSE HE'S WORKING A WORK IN US. SO IT'S

  532. NOT THAT GOD IS HOLDING OUT BLESSINGS, SOMETIMES HE'S

  533. WAITING FOR US TO ADJUST. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?

  534. SOMETIMES HE'S WAITING UP FOR US TO DO SOMETHING. THAT WOMAN WITH

  535. THE ISSUE OF BLOOD NEVER WOULD HAVE GOT HEALED IF SHE DIDN'T DO

  536. SOMETHING. SO WAIT, THAT WORD WAIT SIMPLY MEANS TO BE IN A

  537. PLACE OF EXPECTATION. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER FLOWN ON AN AIRPLANE

  538. BEFORE? YOU GO TO YOUR GATE AND HOW MANY TIMES, LET'S BE HONEST,

  539. DO YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN TO SEE IF YOUR FLIGHT IS STILL ON TIME?

  540. YOU WALK DOWN THE CONCOURSE, RIGHT? YOU LOOK AGAIN, I GUESS

  541. NOW WE LOOK ON OUR PHONE APPS, CHECK IT ON THE, THEY DON'T

  542. ALWAYS UPDATE THE APPS. SOMETIMES THEY DO, BUT THE

  543. SCREEN SOMETIMES HAS IT FIRST. OR YOUR PHONE, YOU'LL LOOK,

  544. YOU'RE IN A PLACE OF EXPECTING THAT PLANE TO COME. YOU KNOW,

  545. YOU GET TO YOUR GATE, YOU SAY, WELL, THERE'S NO JET THERE YET.

  546. AND YOU ALWAYS WONDER WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. NOW IT'S TO BE,

  547. THAT WORD WAIT DOESN'T MEAN TO JUST SIT AROUND AND EAT

  548. CHEESEBURGERS. IT MEANS TO BE IN A PLACE OF EXPECTANCY. YOU KNOW,

  549. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING TODAY AND IT SEEMS

  550. LIKE, MAN, MY EXPECTATION HAS GONE OUT THE WINDOW. WELL, MAKE

  551. A DECISION TO BELIEVE THAT UNLESS YOU SEE, RIGHT, THAT

  552. YOU'RE GONNA TAKE UP, I ALWAYS, THIS IS MY PHRASE, TAKE UP THE

  553. POSTURE OF FAITH IN EVERYTHING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT AND

  554. FEEL IT. TAKE UP THE POSTURE. THAT WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF

  555. BLOOD HAD TO PUSH HER WEAKENED BODY OUT INTO THE CROWD WHEN

  556. EVERYTHING LOOKED THE OPPOSITE. IT SAYS, "EXPECT THE LORD."

  557. THAT'S WHAT THAT WORD WAIT MEANS, TO EXPECT THE LORD. SHE

  558. EXPECTED TO BE HEALED. BE OF GOOD COURAGE. THAT MEANS BUCK

  559. UP, BUTTERCUP. RIGHT? BE OF GOOD COURAGE, RIGHT, MAMA MO? IS THAT

  560. WHAT THAT MEANS? BUCK UP, BUTTERCUP? I COULD SEE YOU

  561. SAYING THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I JUST KNOW. I KNOW YOU

  562. WELL. BE OF GOOD COURAGE, FOR HE WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART. YOU

  563. KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR PART, GOD COMES IN WITH STRENGTH. I'VE

  564. SEEN IT COUNTLESS TIMES. IF YOU JUST SIT THERE AND READ, "OH,

  565. GOD, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING." WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET

  566. EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND YOU WON'T RECEIVE STRENGTH.

  567. WAIT, I SAY, OR EXPECT, I SAY, ON THE LORD. I WANT TO LEAVE YOU

  568. WITH THAT ENCOURAGEMENT AS YOU GIVE TODAY. IF YOU NEED A

  569. FINANCIAL MIRACLE, YOU NEED A BLESSING, YOU NEED A JOB, YOU

  570. NEED A NEW HOUSE, WHATEVER THE MONETARY NEED IS IN YOUR LIFE,

  571. EXPECT THE LORD TO DO IT. EXPECT GOD. EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS HIS

  572. ANYWAY, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S PUT THAT GIVING

  573. INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. WE'VE GOT TO GET THE PASTOR UP

  574. TO PREACH. I'M SO EXCITED. THERE'S TEXT TO GIVE, THE MOBILE

  575. APP. BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO CONTINUES TO GIVE

  576. TOWARD OUR BUILDING PROJECT. WE HAVE MORE TO ACCOMPLISH. WE

  577. DIDN'T BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL TABERNACLE SO WE CAN SIT ON OUR

  578. RUMP AND DO NOTHING. THERE'S MORE GROUND TO BE TAKEN, AMEN?

  579. THE WEBSITE, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT

  580. SEND IN YOUR MAIL AND ALL OF OUR ECAMPUS, WE LOVE YOU, WE

  581. APPRECIATE YOU FROM ALL PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND THE

  582. WORLD. THANK YOU, THOSE OF YOU THAT USE THE MAIL. SEND IN YOUR

  583. ENCOURAGING NOTES. I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT WRITING, LET'S GIVE A

  584. HAND CLAP TO ALL THE ECAMPUS THAT'S JOINING US TODAY. THANK

  585. YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT CONTINUE AND ARE VERY FAITHFUL

  586. TO CONNECT HERE. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OFFERING READY, WHETHER BY

  587. PHONE, ELECTRONICALLY, OR YOUR ENVELOPE, AND THOSE OF YOU, BY

  588. THE WAY, I SHOULD SAY THIS, AS THEY'RE STANDING IN THE ROOM, I

  589. SHOULD SAY THIS. THOSE OF YOU THAT DO SEND IN YOUR MAIL, GET

  590. IT READY, 'CAUSE MANY OF YOU MAIL IT OUT ON MONDAY. I THINK

  591. YOU DO. WHEN WE PRAY OVER IT DURING CHURCH, MAKE THAT PART OF

  592. IT AS WELL AND SPEAK OVER THAT. AND YOU NEED TO PRAY OVER IT IF

  593. IT'S GOING THROUGH THE MAIL ANYWAY. RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW, I

  594. THINK THE MAIL IS IMPROVING, SO PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT, ARE

  595. YOU READY? HOLD YOUR OFFERING UP HIGH. THAT MEANS HOLD UP YOUR

  596. PHONE, HOLD UP YOUR OFFERING ENVELOPE. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE,

  597. YOUR MAIL, YOUR PHONE AS WELL. AND LET ME PRAY FOR YOU. FATHER,

  598. I JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON UNDER THE SOUND OF MY

  599. VOICE. WE THANK YOU THAT GOD, WE ARE PEOPLE THAT EXPECT YOU. WE

  600. EXPECT BREAKTHROUGH. WE EXPECT ANSWERED PRAYER. WE EXPECT

  601. MIRACLES. WE WAIT ON YOU, LORD. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE A GOD

  602. THAT'S FAITHFUL TO BLESS AND TO COME THROUGH. WE EXPECT TO SEE

  603. THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. AND WE HONOR

  604. YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER. THAT'S WHERE OUR FAITH

  605. IS. OUR EYES ARE UPON YOU. WE HONOR YOU AS WE GIVE TODAY AND

  606. WE THANK YOU. EVERY NEED THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIFE, EVEN AS PASTOR

  607. SPOKE DURING COMMUNION, IT IS MET. IN JESUS' NAME, SHOUT AMEN

  608. IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT PRAYER. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO OUR FAITH

  609. DECLARATION TOGETHER. YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? ALL RIGHT, LET'S

  610. DECLARE IT TOGETHER. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD

  611. OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND

  612. DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO

  613. EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP AND FINISH." WE SAY

  614. THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING

  615. THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND OVERFLOW.

  616. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU,

  617. LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP

  618. MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE

  619. PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND WE

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

  621. MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT

  622. BIG SHOUT OF VICTORY AS YOU GIVE, AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR

  623. HANK. ALL RIGHT, USHERS, YOU CAN USH THE PEOPLE, AND THANK YOU

  624. FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND GIVING. AND IF PASTOR CHELSEA

  625. AND DOJI, I WANT THEM TO SEE YOUR LITTLE GUY REAL QUICK. I

  626. MEAN, IT'S A NEW SEASON, MIGHT AS WELL SHOW OFF WHAT A NEW

  627. SEASON LOOKS LIKE. WE SHOWED OUR LITTLE SHILOH, AND HE'LL GIVE ME

  628. A MINUTE TO LET THE USHER SERVE YOU AND GIVE ME A MINUTE TO GET

  629. MY STUFF SITUATED HERE. OH, WHERE'S HE AT? OH, I THOUGHT HE

  630. WAS THERE. THANK YOU, EDDIE. EDDIE, YOU WANNA SING TOGETHER,

  631. EDDIE? HOW MANY HAVE MISSED WHEN EDDIE AND I, WE USED TO SING

  632. TOGETHER. WE WERE GONNA GO ON THE ROAD, AND THEN EDDIE SAID

  633. YOU WANTED TO GO SOLO, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, JUST KINDA. (AUDIENCE

  634. LAUGHING) HOW MANY OF YOU WATCH GET REAL WITH HANK? POOR EDDIE.

  635. I TOLD HIM, I SAID, "NOW, EDDIE, I'M GONNA PULL ON YOU MORE "SO

  636. YOU GOTTA SAY SOMETHING." IS YOUR LITTLE GUY COMING? ALL

  637. RIGHT. I CAN'T WAIT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S

  638. OPEN OUR BIBLES TO MARK CHAPTER FIVE. WE CAN AT LEAST GET THAT

  639. READY AND WE CAN SHOW OFF THE LITTLE GUY. WE'LL GET YOU OUT OF

  640. HERE AT A GOOD TIME. AGAIN, IF MY WIFE WAS PREACHING, YOU GUYS

  641. WOULD BE HERE 'TIL EVENING. SO. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING) OH, DON'T

  642. WOO. IT'S BEEN FOUR WEEKS SINCE I'VE HEARD YOUR SASSINESS, SO I

  643. MIGHT HAVE TO GET A LITTLE SASSY TODAY. BUT ANYWAY, THEY'LL BRING

  644. HIM OUT IN THE SERVICE. BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE GOT OUR LITTLE

  645. SHALLOW DOG. I'LL JUST KIND OF SET THIS UP. AND HOW MANY OF YOU

  646. ARE A DOG OWNER? HOW MANY OF YOU A CAT OWNER? GOLDFISH, OKAY, CAN

  647. I GET A GOLDFISH, GET A LIZARD? WE HAD A BEARDED DRAGON ONCE

  648. BECAUSE JONATHAN, AND IT WAS OUR THIRD ONE BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO

  649. PASSED, RIGHT? JONATHAN AND I, HE WAS LIKE NINE, 10, WE BOTH

  650. CRIED OVER TWO DEPARTED DECEASED LIZARDS. I MEAN, PASTOR CHELSEA,

  651. I WANT YOU TO SEE YOUR LITTLE GUY. CAN THEY GET A CAMERA SHOT

  652. ON HIM? LOOK AT THIS, WE CELEBRATE WITH YOU GUYS. LOOK AT

  653. HOW CUTE HE IS. WELCOME LEVI TO THE FAMILY. AND THE LORD

  654. PROPHESIED TO PASTOR DOGE, GOD SPOKE. I SAID, "PASTOR DOGE,

  655. THERE'S GONNA BE A UNIQUE CRY "THAT IS GONNA BE A UNIQUE SOUND

  656. "THAT COMES WHEN HE'S BORN. "PAY ATTENTION." AND THE DOCTOR EVEN

  657. CONFIRMED THAT PROPHETIC WORD, AND THEN DOGE WILL SHARE ANOTHER

  658. TIME WHAT THAT PROPHETIC WORD WAS. BUT THERE WAS A UNIQUE CRY

  659. AND THE DOCTOR CONFIRMED IT. BUT ANYWAY, HE LOOKS GREAT. BUT

  660. ANYWAY, SO JONATHAN, YEAH, BY THE WAY, HE'S GONNA BE FIGHTING

  661. NEXT TUESDAY, NOT THIS TUESDAY, NEXT TUESDAY ON PARAMOUNT

  662. NETWORK FOR HIS OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR THE UFC. AND I'M GONNA

  663. GO DOWN, HE SAID, "DAD, I WANT YOU TO STAND IN THE CORNER." AND

  664. SO I'M GONNA GO DOWN AND WATCH HIM, MAYBE JUMP IN THE RING, YOU

  665. KNOW, (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) SEE WHAT HAPPENS, SEE IF THEY'VE

  666. GOT ANY 60-YEAR-OLD FIGHTERS OUT THERE THAT WANNA GO.

  667. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) ANYWAY, SO WE MENTIONED ABOUT OUR DOG

  668. SHILOH. HOW MANY OF YOU, DID THAT BLESS YOU? DOG OWNERS, CAT

  669. OWNERS, GOLDFISH, WHATEVER. BUT THERE'S A STORY THAT REALLY

  670. KINDA LED TO THIS. SO I HAD MENTIONED THAT THANKSGIVING,

  671. JUST RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, HE WAS AN OLD MAN, AND THANK GOD

  672. FOR OLD AGE. AND THAT'S WHY HAVING A GOOD BREEDER, LIKE WE

  673. HAVE WITH BAUM SPRINGER, REALLY HELPS. AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE

  674. PAINFUL TIMES. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD TO DO THAT WITH YOUR

  675. DOG, YOUR CAT, YOUR GOLDFISH, YOUR LIZARDS, OR WHATEVER, OR AN

  676. INDIVIDUAL? IT'S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THING

  677. WAS, IS OUR, WE CALLED HIM SHOE BEAR, HE DEPARTED PEACEFULLY.

  678. AND IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SO I HAD TO REMIND

  679. MYSELF TO GIVE THANKS. BUT I WANNA SHOW A PICTURE. PUT VOM

  680. SPRINGER, PUT A PICTURE OF THE DOG UP. I WANNA SHOW YOU HIS

  681. DAD. THIS IS HOW HE'S GONNA LOOK. THAT'S HOW HE WILL LOOK.

  682. THAT'S HIS DAD RIGHT THERE. AND THAT'S OUR DOG. HE'S GONNA BE

  683. GOING THROUGH SOME TRAINING. AND HE ALREADY IS. HE'S DOING A

  684. GREAT JOB. HE IS SO INTELLIGENT, BUT THAT'S HOW HE'LL LOOK. AND

  685. THAT KINDA RESEMBLES A LOT OF OUR LITTLE SHOE BEAR. BUT HERE'S

  686. THE POINT. YOU SAY, WELL, WHY ARE YOU BRINGING A DOG UP?

  687. BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE DOG DAYS. WELL, PASTOR BRENDA TALKED

  688. ABOUT DOG DAYS OF SUMMER AND IT DOESN'T MEAN WHAT IT MEANS, SO I

  689. THOUGHT I'D SHARE. BUT HOW MANY HAVE SOME ROUGH DAYS? RIGHT,

  690. ROUGH DAYS, DOG DAYS, AND I'M TELLING YOU, THOSE OF YOU THAT

  691. ARE WATCHING, LIFE BARKS UP THE WRONG TREE. AND YOU JUST, YOU

  692. FEEL IT. AND SO I TOLD GOD, I SAID, GOD, I DON'T WANT ANOTHER

  693. DOG. 'CAUSE HE WAS MY DOG. AND HE WENT EVERYWHERE WITH ME, HE

  694. PRAYED WITH ME. THAT DOG LOVED TO PRAY WITH ME. AND I MEAN, WE

  695. WOULD PRAY, I MEAN, NOT HE WOULD, HE WOULD JUST, HE WOULD,

  696. LIKE I WOULD KNEEL DOWN OR LAY ON MY FACE, HE'D BE RIGHT THERE

  697. WITH ME AND WE WOULD INTERCEDE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW? AND HE WAS A

  698. VERY SPECIAL DOG AND GOD, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS. AND

  699. SO I WASN'T GONNA GET ANOTHER ONE. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M

  700. JUST DONE. SO I WENT OUT TO PRAY, RIGHT AFTER, I THINK IT

  701. WAS THANKSGIVING DAY, I WENT TO PRAY. AND I JUST DID WHAT THE

  702. BIBLE SAYS. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MY MESSAGE TODAY.

  703. IN ALL THINGS THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, GIVE THANKS. AND SO I

  704. THOUGHT, WELL, I KINDA DID IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A ATTITUDE.

  705. YOU EVER DONE THAT? YEAH, I'LL GIVE THANKS 'CAUSE I'M SUPPOSED

  706. TO. (LAUGHING) YOU EVER DONE THAT BEFORE? SO I HAD A LITTLE

  707. BIT OF AN ATTITUDE BECAUSE I JUST WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE

  708. LIFE OUT OF THEM. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD THEY

  709. CAN GET, YOU KNOW, 22, I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, SO I WAS JUST

  710. PRAYING, AND I GOT OVER INTO THANKS, AND I JUST SAID TO GOD,

  711. I FINALLY MEANT IT FROM MY HEART. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A MINUTE

  712. WHERE THE THANKFULNESS JUST SEEMED, YOU EVER BEEN THANKFUL,

  713. BUT YOU REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT? YOU EVER ACTED THANKFUL, BUT YOU

  714. REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT? SOMEBODY GIVE YOU A GIFT, AND IT'S THE

  715. WORST CHRISTMAS GIFT YOU EVER WANTED, AND SO YOU ACT THANKFUL.

  716. (LAUGHING) COME ON, QUIT ACTING SO SANCTIFIED, MAN. IT'S BEEN

  717. FOUR WEEKS. SO SOMETHING SHIFTED IN MY HEART, AND I REALLY DID

  718. SHIFT INTO THANKFULNESS, AND I JUST BEGAN TO THANK GOD, AND HE

  719. SPOKE TO ME. THIS IS SO TENDER. HE SAID, "IT IS YOUR FATHER'S

  720. GOOD PLEASURE AND DELIGHT "TO BLESS YOU WITH ANOTHER MALE

  721. GERMAN SHEPHERD." AND I STOPPED, AND I SAID, "FATHER, I TOLD YOU

  722. "I DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER ONE." AND HE SPOKE IT AGAIN. "IT IS MY

  723. GOOD PLEASURE AND YOUR FATHER'S DELIGHT "TO BLESS YOU WITH

  724. ANOTHER ONE, "AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED SHILOH. "FOR AT TIMES

  725. WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD TO WAIT," 'CAUSE I MEAN, NO, WE

  726. WERE TOLD TO WAIT ON OUR LAND WHEN WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH

  727. IT, AND HERE'S THE DEAL. WE'RE GONNA GET THE BEST DEAL THAT'S

  728. RIGHT FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED, THEM, US, EVERYTHING. SO IT'S

  729. JUST IMPORTANT, IT'S JUST PART OF NEGOTIATIONS AND SUCH, RIGHT?

  730. BUT ANYWAY, I SAID, "WELL, LORD, "THEN HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA

  731. HAVE TO DO. "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK TO PASTOR BRENDA,

  732. "'CAUSE SHE FEELS THE EXACT SAME WAY I DO, "AND SHE DIDN'T HEAR

  733. YOUR VOICE IN THIS MOMENT." SO I CAME HOME, AND I SAID, "BRENDA,"

  734. I SAID, "LET'S JUST TAKE A NAP." AND SHE SAID, "THAT SOUNDS

  735. GOOD." SO WE WERE NAPPING, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE WOKE ME UP.

  736. SHE SAID, "HANK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A DREAM "OR SOMETHING,

  737. BUT YOU JUST SUDDENLY WOKE." AND SHE SAID, "HANK, I HEARD THE

  738. VOICE OF THE LORD." I SAID, "REALLY, WHAT DID HE SAY?" SHE

  739. SAID, "THE LORD SAID THAT IT'S HIS DESIRE, "IF WE WOULD DESIRE,

  740. TO BLESS US WITH ANOTHER DOG, "AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED

  741. SHILOH." I SAID, "MY GOODNESS, BRENDA, I DIDN'T SAY A WORD TO

  742. YOU." SHE SAID, "WELL, WE BOTH HEARD FROM GOD." SO I

  743. IMMEDIATELY CALLED OUR BREEDER. SHE SAID, "WELL, WE GOT SOME

  744. REAL STRONG, PUREBRED, "GERMAN SHEPHERD LIONS, AS YOU KNOW."

  745. SHE SAID, "WE'LL BE BREEDING IN THE SPRING." AND HERE GOD HAS

  746. BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT A NEW SEASON, A NEW SEASON, A NEW

  747. SEASON, A NEW SEASON. AND I GOT TO THINKING TO MYSELF, WOW, NEW

  748. BABY, LEVI, NEW DOG. COME ON, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE WAITING

  749. ON? OR SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING'S NOT HAPPENING,

  750. WHETHER IT'S OUR NATION, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT IN

  751. SCRIPTURE. SOME OF US ARE GONNA BE LIKE PROPHET HEGEBUK IN THE

  752. BIBLE WHO DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING GOOD WAS HAPPENING OR ANYTHING

  753. WAS IN PROCESS OF HAPPENING, RIGHT? YOU GET TO A PLACE WHERE

  754. YOU START BELIEVING WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING MORE THAN WHAT IS

  755. REALLY HAPPENING. AND SO LET'S LOOK AT MARK CHAPTER FIVE. I

  756. WANNA LOOK AT VERSE 35 TO KIND OF BEGIN. AND I WANNA PICK UP

  757. THE STORY. NOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AND IN THIS

  758. ROOM, YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES, UNDERSTAND THAT MARK 5, THERE'S

  759. A SITUATION THAT HAPPENS WHERE JAIRUS' DAUGHTER, THAT'S WHO

  760. WE'RE SPEAKING OF AS WE'RE PICKING UP VERSE 35 IN A MINUTE,

  761. IS HIS DAUGHTER WAS SICK, BUT NOW IT GETS WORSE. HOW MANY EVER

  762. HAD SOMETHING IN YOUR LIFE WHERE IT'S NOT GOING GOOD? IT'S GOING

  763. DOWN THE DRAIN, BUT IT'S GETTING WORSE. YOU CAN FEEL IT NOT

  764. GETTING BETTER, BUT YOU CAN FEEL IT GETTING WORSE. SOME OF YOU,

  765. YOUR HOPELESSNESS. YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING GOOD, BUT THEN

  766. SOMETHING SETS YOU OFF OR SETS YOU IN REMEMBRANCE, AND THEN

  767. HERE'S WHAT IT DOES, IT SETS YOU BACK. AND YOU START GOING IN

  768. REVERSE, OR SOMETIMES THINGS BEGIN TO GET WORSE. THE LONGER

  769. IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING IS HAPPENING. AND SO THIS IS WHERE

  770. WE PICK THIS STORY UP. IT GOES FROM BEING BAD TO NOW REALLY

  771. BAD. THE LITTLE GIRL IS NO LONGER THE 12 YEAR OLD. SHE'S

  772. NOT SICK, NOW SHE'S DEAD. SO WHILE HE HAD SPOKE, THERE CAME

  773. FROM THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, HIS HOUSE, WHICH SAID, YOUR

  774. DAUGHTER'S DEAD. WHY DO YOU TROUBLE THE MASTER ANY FURTHER?

  775. COME ON, HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMEBODY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO

  776. BELIEVE GOD OR YOU'RE GOING INTO TRYING TO JUST FEEL BETTER ABOUT

  777. SOMETHING, YOU ALWAYS GOT THOSE THAT HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT

  778. AIN'T GONNA WORK. OR THEY COME WITH THEIR DOCTRINE, RIGHT? WHY

  779. ARE YOU PRAYING FOR THEM? GOD HEALS SOME, BUT HE DOESN'T HEAL

  780. YOU. WHAT AN UNFAIR GOD. HE HEALS SOME, BUT NOT EVERYONE.

  781. NO, HE ALREADY HEALED US. THE BIBLE SAYS WE WERE HEALED, WE

  782. ARE HEALED. IT DIDN'T SAY EXCEPT FOR SOME. IT'S ALREADY BEEN

  783. PROVIDED. SO NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. WHY ARE YOU TROUBLING

  784. THE MASTER? GIVE IT UP, QUIT GOING TO CHURCH, QUIT READING

  785. YOUR BIBLE. COME ON, YOU GOTTA WATCH FOR THE VOICES THAT APPEAR

  786. IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO COME TO A PLACE OF TRUSTING

  787. GOD. BE CAREFUL, AND THOSE VOICES DON'T HAVE TO BE PEOPLE.

  788. THEY CAN BE THE VOICE OF THE INTERNET, WHICH IN MY OPINION ON

  789. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS SOME OF THE WORST ADVICE. I MEAN, IT'S SCARY

  790. WHEN PODCASTERS AND PUNDITS ARE PASTORS NOW. MANY OF THEM AREN'T

  791. EVEN CALLED TO THE OFFICE OF IT, YET PEOPLE TAKE THEIR ADVICE

  792. OVER THOSE THAT ARE GRACED TO BE PASTORS AND TEACHERS IN THE BODY

  793. OF CHRIST. AS SOON AS JESUS HEARD THE WORD THAT WAS SPOKEN,

  794. HE SAID UNTO THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, IMMEDIATELY JESUS DID

  795. NOT LET HIM SLIDE OVER INTO NEGATIVITY. SEE, THIS IS WHERE

  796. WE MISS IT SOMETIMES. WHEN WE'RE WAITING FOR GOD TO DO SOMETHING,

  797. GOD WILL COME AND TRY TO SHIFT US INTO DOING WHAT WILL GET THE

  798. ANSWER. THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HELP HIM OUT. WE DON'T SHIFT

  799. THAT WAY. SOME OF US, WE HARDEN OUR HEARTS WORSE. WE BECOME

  800. STUBBORN, STIFF-NECKED, REBELLIOUS. OR SOMETIMES WHAT WE

  801. DO IS WE ABSOLUTELY RESIST WHAT GOD'S TRYING TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE

  802. GONNA FIX IT OUR WAY. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW HE'S CALLED YAHWEH?

  803. YAHWEH, NOT YOUR WAY. AND THE PROBLEM IS SOMETIMES WE TRY TO

  804. BE OUR WAY. WE THINK THAT WE KNOW MORE THAN GOD. WE THINK

  805. THAT WE CAN DO IT BETTER THAN GOD. AND THAT IS A VERY, VERY

  806. DANGEROUS THING. THERE WERE A TIME WHEN OUR CHURCH WASN'T

  807. GROWING. I THOUGHT I COULD DO IT BETTER THAN GOD. I QUIT BEING

  808. THE PREACHER THAT I AM. I THOUGHT, WELL, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE

  809. ME BEING BOLD AND HONEST, SO I'M JUST GONNA BE PERPENDICULAR. I

  810. DID IT FOR A FEW WEEKS AND I HATED IT AND PEOPLE GOT UP AND

  811. LEFT. WELL, THEY DO ANYWAY NOW STILL, BUT ANYWAY. BUT THE POINT

  812. WAS, IT DIDN'T HELP. AND YOU HAVE TO GET IN LINE WITH WHAT

  813. GOD WANTS. JESUS SAID, "DON'T BE AFRAID." NOTICE WHAT HE SAID,

  814. "ONLY BELIEVE, IT'S NOT COMPLICATED." LET'S KEEP

  815. READING, LET'S KEEP READING. "AND HE SUFFERED NO MAN TO

  816. FOLLOW HIM, "SAVE PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN." ALL RIGHT, CAN I TELL

  817. YOU SOMETHING? WHEN YOU'RE IN A SITUATION OR A TRIAL, IT IS NOT

  818. THE TIME TO GO BEYOND YOUR TRUSTED FRIENDS. IT'S NOT TIME

  819. TO CUT OFF THE TRUSTED VOICES, YOUR PASTOR, YOUR CHURCH, YOUR

  820. MOM, YOUR DAD, YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR WIFE, YOUR 242 GROUP

  821. LEADERS. IT'S NOT TIME TO START LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE TRUSTED

  822. INNER CIRCLE THAT HAS BEEN TRUSTED TRUTH AND VOICES IN YOUR

  823. LIFE. AND JESUS KNEW THAT PRINCIPLE. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T

  824. LET THE OTHER LUNKHEADS AROUND HIM. VERSE 38, "AND HE COMES TO

  825. THE HOUSE "OF THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, "AND HE SEES THE

  826. TUMULT AND THEM THAT WEPT GREATLY." THEY WAILED, I MEAN,

  827. THEY WERE PUTTING ON A SHOW. NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IN THE

  828. JEWISH TRADITION AND CUSTOM, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY HAD PAID

  829. PEOPLE. SO AT THE HOME GOING SERVICE OR THE FUNERAL SERVICE,

  830. THEY HAD PAID PEOPLE TO COME. AND I GUESS THE MORE, WHERE IT

  831. LOOKED LIKE, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'D PAY MORE TO GET A BETTER

  832. SHOW. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. AND JESUS WASN'T GONNA

  833. HAVE ANY PART OF IT. AND LOOK AT WHAT HE SAYS. AND WHEN HE CAME

  834. INTO THIS PLACE, HE SAID TO THEM, WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS A

  835. DO? AND WHY WEEP? THIS CHICK AIN'T DEAD. THAT'S HANK'S

  836. TRANSLATION. SHE'S ONLY ASLEEP. AND NOTICE THEIR RESPONSE.

  837. PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE CRAZY WHEN YOU GO THE WAY OF FAITH, YOU GO

  838. THE WAY OF BELIEVING GOD, THE WAY OF TRUSTING GOD, THE WAY OF

  839. SPEAKING HIS WORD. YOU STILL GO TO CHURCH, YOU STILL GET UP AND

  840. YOU PRAY. EVEN WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE GOD HASN'T ANSWERED, YOU

  841. PUT CHRISTIAN MUSIC ON RATHER THAN ALL THE SAD SONGS OF

  842. COUNTRY MUSIC, WHERE EVERYTHING IS BROKEN. YOUR HEART, YOUR DOG,

  843. YOUR ROCKING CHAIR, YOUR MARRIAGE. RIGHT, YOUR ADULTEROUS

  844. AFFAIR DIDN'T WORK OUT, SO YOU SING ABOUT IT. YOU ARE NOT READY

  845. FOR MY RETURN. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) AND THEY LAUGHED HIM

  846. TO SCORN. AND HERE'S WHAT HE DID, HE DIDN'T TOLERATE IT. HE

  847. PUT 'EM ALL OUT, HE SAID, "GET OUT!" NOTICE, HE WASN'T JUST

  848. PUTTING THEM OUT, HE WAS PUTTING SOMETHING THAT ATTACHES. IT'S

  849. CALLED DEMONS. EVERYBODY SAY DEMONS. DEMONS. AND THOSE DEMONS

  850. CAN MANIFEST AS MOTHER-IN-LAWS. HI, MOM-IN-LAW, SHE WATCHES. NO.

  851. YOUR MOM, NO, NOT OURS. RIGHT? DEMONS CAN MANIFEST THROUGH

  852. PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING. TO TRY TO STOP THE

  853. ANSWER. THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. DON'T JUST GO HOME

  854. AFTER WORK WHEN YOU'VE HAD A BAD DAY, YOU FEEL TERRIBLE, AND JUST

  855. LET STUFF FEED INTO YOU. CRIME SCENES. I MEAN, WHY DO YOU WANT

  856. TO FEEL WORSE? I MEAN, DO CRIME SCENES REALLY MAKE YOU FEEL

  857. BETTER? CSS MIAMI, CSS WEEPING WILLOW, ARKANSAS. I MEAN,

  858. THEY'VE GOT IT EVEN DOWN TO THAT LEVEL, YOU KNOW? AND WE JUST

  859. MAKE OURSELVES FEEL WORSE. WE PUT ON MUSIC THAT MAKES OUR MOOD

  860. EVEN WORSE, MAKES US CRY, AND HERE'S WHAT WE DO. GO BACK TO

  861. VERSE 39. JESUS DOES PAY ATTENTION WHEN WE'RE OUT OF

  862. ORDER. HE SAID, "WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS A DO?" NOW, HERE'S

  863. WHAT I TELL PEOPLE. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN ADO FOR A

  864. MOMENT. I'VE MADE PLENTY OF ADOS IN MY LIFE. I STARTED TO ON

  865. THANKSGIVING WITH MY DOG. I STARTED TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD,

  866. TELLING GOD AS IF HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH I WANTED HIM TO LIVE

  867. JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. THE THING, THE DOG WAS OLD. AND I

  868. STARTED GOING DOWN THAT ROAD IF IT DIDN'T FEEL FAIR RIGHT BEFORE

  869. THANKSGIVING. I WAS STARTING TO MAKE AN ADO. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT

  870. I'VE LEARNED IN MY LIFE IN 40 YEARS OF SERVING GOD? IT DOESN'T

  871. GET YOU ANYWHERE. AND IT'S EVEN WORSE IF YOU START BLAMING GOD.

  872. JOB WAS SMART ENOUGH TO PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS MOUTH AND SAID TO

  873. HIS FRIENDS, "HEY, ONE THING I WILL NOT DO "IS I WILL NOT SPEAK

  874. AN INDICTMENT AGAINST GOD." AND EVEN GOD HAD TO COME TO JOB AND

  875. SAID, "WHERE'S YOUR FRIENDS? "WHERE WERE THEY WHEN I CREATED

  876. ALL OF THIS? "DO YOU THINK I'M LIMITED IN MY POWER? "AS BAD AS

  877. YOUR SITUATION IS, JOB, TO NOT DELIVER YOU?" SEE, SOMETIMES

  878. WHEN WE GET INTO A SITUATION OR A TRIAL, WE THINK THAT WE'RE THE

  879. ONLY ONE. AND THE BIBLE SAYS, "YOU THAT GO THROUGH TEMPTATION,

  880. DON'T THINK THAT NO OTHER PERSON HAS SUFFERED THE SAME OR WORSE."

  881. QUIT ISOLATING YOURSELF, MAKING YOURS OUT LIKE NOBODY

  882. UNDERSTANDS. THAT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE. AND SO YOU MAKE

  883. THIS A DO, AND HERE'S WHAT I DO. I GET IT OUT OF MY HEART, I GET

  884. IT OUT OF MY SOUL. THAT'S WHY DAVID SAID, "BLESS THE LORD, O

  885. MY SOUL." PSALM 103, "BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL." IN OTHER

  886. WORDS, HE WAS TRYING TO GET HIS SOUL IN LINE. THERE COMES TIME

  887. WHERE YOU HAVE TO GET IT OUT. I'VE GONE TO THE FATHER. THOSE

  888. OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I'VE SAID, "FATHER, I'M HURTING." AND

  889. HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW, THIS IS IN MY SOUL, AND I

  890. RELEASE IT FROM MY SOUL. I WILL NOT ALLOW MY SOUL TO STEAL MY

  891. PEACE. I WILL NOT ALLOW MY SOUL TO TALK ME OUT OF THE ANSWER.

  892. YOU ARE MY ANSWER. I FEEL BAD, I FEEL TERRIBLE, I HURT, I MISS MY

  893. DOG. THEN HERE'S WHAT YOU DO. PSALM 103, DAVID SAID, "BLESS

  894. THE LORD, O MY SOUL, "BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL." THEN HE

  895. SHIFTED OVER INTO A SPIRIT MAN. AND HE WENT FROM MAKING A DO TO

  896. REMEMBERING WHAT SOMEONE DID DO, CALLED HIS COVENANT. AND HE WAS

  897. ONLY BASING THAT OFF OF THE OLD COVENANT. WE IN THE NEW

  898. COVENANT, JESUS SAID, IT'S FINISHED. NOTHING MISSING,

  899. NOTHING BROKEN, NOTHING LEFT OUT, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT IN

  900. YOUR THEOLOGY OR NOT. TO SAY THAT THE CROSS AND THE BLOODSHED

  901. WAS INSUFFICIENT AND SOMETHING WAS LEFT OUT IS AN ABSOLUTE

  902. SLAP, JUST LIKE THEY DID IN YESHUA'S FACE WHEN THEY FALSELY

  903. ACCUSED HIM. HIS BLOOD PAID FOR EVERYTHING. IT IS FINISHED. THE

  904. COVENANT HAS BEEN SEALED AND APPROVED AND RATIFIED. THAT'S

  905. WHAT HEBREWS SAYS. NOTHING HAS BEEN LEFT OUT. SO LET'S GO BACK.

  906. LET'S LOOK AT THIS VERSE 39, MARK 5:39. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

    Mark 5:39

  907. LET'S LOOK AT SOME OTHER TRANSLATIONS WHEN WE'RE GOING

  908. THROUGH SOMETHING. COME ON, EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM,

  909. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD BE EASY FOR YOU, OR MAYBE YOU

  910. HAVE, OR YOU STILL ARE MAKING AN ADO. YOU'RE MAKING A SCENE,

  911. RIGHT? NOW, THERE ARE TIMES, I TOLD YOU THERE WAS ONE, DECEMBER

  912. 31ST, THIS LAST ONE, TO BE HONEST, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT

  913. AGAIN, I WENT BEFORE THE LORD, I WENT OUT IN OUR LITTLE ROOM, WE

  914. HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SUNROOM, AND I WENT OUT, AND I SAID, "LORD,

  915. DECEMBER 31, WE JUST GOT DONE WITH THE SERVICE. I FEEL A

  916. TREMENDOUS ANOINTING UPON MY LIFE. AND I JUST, I DON'T WANNA

  917. GO INTO 2026 WITHOUT LETTING YOU KNOW SOMETHING. I'M GETTING THIS

  918. OUT OF MY SOUL. SO JESUS, YOU ARE MY ADVOCATE. YOU ARE MY

  919. ATTORNEY. YOU REPRESENT YOUR BLOOD COVENANT, MY BLOOD

  920. COVENANT. YOU REPRESENT MY CASE LEGALLY BEFORE THE FATHER, WHO

  921. IS THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, WHERE EVEN ABRAHAM SAID, "SHALL NOT

  922. THE LORD, "THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE OF THE EARTH, ALWAYS DO WHAT IS

  923. RIGHT?" JESUS EVEN SHARED THIS STORY IN LUKE 18 OF THE UNJUST

  924. JUDGE AND CLARIFIED THAT THAT'S NOT THE WAY OF YOUR FATHER. AND

  925. SO I WENT IN ON DECEMBER 31ST, THIS LAST YEAR, AND I SAID,

  926. "GOD, I'M TELLING YOU, THIS YEAR WAS TOUGH. "IT'S TOUGH FOR ME,

  927. IT'S TOUGH FOR MY FAMILY. "I DIDN'T ENJOY IT, BUT I'M GONNA

  928. NOT DRAG THIS INTO 2026. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT." SO JESUS,

  929. YOU'RE MY ADVOCATE. HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT I REQUESTED OF YOU

  930. THAT I HAVE NOT YET SEEN ANSWERS. BUT I TRUST YOU, I

  931. HONOR YOU. I WILL HOLD YOU TO YOUR WORD AND I WILL HOLD YOU TO

  932. YOUR COVENANT. AND I WILL NOT BACK OFF. AND I GOT IT OUT.

  933. WELL, FIRST I GOT IT OUT IN THE SUNROOM. TOLD HIM HOW I WASN'T

  934. HAPPY. TOLD HIM ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS IN 25 REALLY STUNK. AND

  935. THEN I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT I'VE SAID THAT," I TOOK

  936. LIKE 10 MINUTES. I SAID, I'M GONNA WALK OUT OF THIS ROOM AND

  937. YOU AND I ARE GONNA GO REJOICE NOW. AND THEN I BEGAN TO REJOICE

  938. ABOUT THIS YEAR. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETIMES. IF YOU'RE

  939. MAKING A DO, KEEP IT SHORT, KEEP IT TO THE POINT, RELEASE IT OUT

  940. OF YOUR SOUL, AND THEN GO THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT. LISTEN, JESUS

  941. IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, MARK 14, HE TOLD HIS DISCIPLES,

  942. THERE WERE 11 OF THEM THERE. JUDAS HAD HUNG HIMSELF, SO THERE

  943. WERE 11. AND HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, "SIT HERE WHILE I

  944. PRAY, "BECAUSE MY SOUL IS VEXED UNTO DEATH." NOW, YOU THINK YOU

  945. HAVE IT BAD. YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE A WOUNDED HEART, A

  946. DISAPPOINTMENT, RIGHT? HOPE DEFERRED, HOPE DELAYED. MAYBE

  947. YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF TRIALS. NO, YOU HAVEN'T. NOT

  948. TO THE POINT THAT YESHUA, HE SAID, "MY SOUL IS VEXED." IN

  949. OTHER WORDS, HE COULD HAVE, AT THAT MOMENT, DREW HIS DISCIPLES

  950. IN TO FEEL SORRY FOR HIM. HE COULD HAVE SAID, "YOU KNOW,

  951. GUYS, "DO YOU KNOW THE BLOODY CROSS THAT I'M ABOUT TO BEAR?

  952. "THAT I AM THE FULFILLMENT OF ISAIAH 53, THAT I AM THE LAMB

  953. SACRIFICED AND LED TO THE SLAUGHTER." THEY ARE ABOUT TO

  954. SLAUGHTER MY BODY. HE DID NOT ONE TIME DRAW PEOPLE INTO THE

  955. VEXING OF HIS SOUL. AND THAT WAS THE INDICTMENT GOD HAD AGAINST

  956. JOB'S FRIENDS. YOU ARE TRYING TO PULL MY MAN. JESUS SAID, SIT

  957. HERE, WATCH, YOU WANT ANSWERS? YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET OUT

  958. OF THE ADO, TO SHIFT OVER TO GOD DOING SOMETHING? JESUS SAID IT.

  959. WATCH AND PRAY. DON'T VIOLATE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SPIRIT

  960. REALM. YOU WON'T WIN BATTLES IN YOUR SOUL. IN FACT, IN THE BOOK

  961. OF EZEKIEL, IT SAYS THAT THE DEVIL, WHEN HE COMES, HE COMES

  962. TO CAUSE YOUR SOUL TO FLY. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? TO CAUSE

  963. YOUR SOUL TO FLY? LOOK IT UP IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL. IT

  964. LITERALLY MEANS IN THE HEBREW, TO MAKE YOU SCATTERBRAINED, TO

  965. MAKE YOU UNSTABLE, TO MAKE YOUR SOUL FLY TO WHERE IT HAS NO

  966. STABILITY, WHERE YOU'RE SO CAUGHT UP IN YOUR EMOTIONS, YOUR

  967. FEELINGS, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT SHOULD'VE HAPPENED, THAT YOUR

  968. SOUL IS FLYING AND YOU ARE NOT GROUNDED IN YOUR SPIRIT. IF HE

  969. CAN GET YOUR SOUL TO FLY, YOU WILL NEVER BE A STABLE CHRISTIAN

  970. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT CALLED TO BE A SOLICAL CHRISTIAN. GALATIANS 5

  971. SAYS WALK IN THE SPIRIT. LIVE IN THE SPIRIT. DIDN'T SAY WALK IN

  972. THE SOUL, YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL, YOUR EMOTIONS. IN OTHER WORDS,

  973. YEAH, YOU HAVE THEM, BUT IT'S TO BE DICTATED BY THE GROUNDING OF

  974. YOUR SPIRIT. IT DOESN'T TELL YOU JUST TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT, IT

  975. SAYS YOU'RE TO LIVE THAT WAY. WELL, HOW DO YOU DO IT? IT TELLS

  976. YOU GALATIANS 5. DON'T FULFILL THE LUSTS OF YOUR FLESH. QUIT

  977. GIVING IN TO YOUR FEELINGS, INTO YOUR PITY, YOUR PAIN, YOUR

  978. DISAPPOINTMENT, YOUR WAITING. I LIKE WHAT PASTOR BRENDA SAID AND

  979. HOW SHE DEFINED WAITING. SO THE ENEMY WILL COME AFTER YOUR SOUL.

  980. AND JESUS WENT IN AND HE IMMEDIATELY, AS HIS SOUL WAS

  981. VEXED, HE BEGAN TO PRAY. AND HE ALMOST SHIFTED IN THE PAIN OF

  982. HIS ADO. WHEN HE HAD TO REALIZE WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO DO. AND HE

  983. SAID, "OH GOD, LET THIS CUP "OF SUFFERING AND INIQUITY, LET IT

  984. PASS BY ME. I DON'T WANT IT." HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. HE ALMOST

  985. SHIFTED OVER AS THE BLOOD WAS COMING OUT OF HIS VERY PORES

  986. BECAUSE HIS SOUL, HIS MIND, HIS WILL, AND HIS EMOTIONS WAS

  987. VEXED. AND JESUS, BEING A SPIRITUAL MAN, FULLY GOD, FULLY

  988. MAN, SHIFTED AND SAID, "NEVERTHELESS, NOT MY WILL."

  989. THAT IS THE KEY IF YOU WANT ANSWERS. WHEN GOD SAID TO ME,

  990. "IT IS OF MY GOOD PLEASURE, YOUR FATHER, TO BLESS YOU," WITH

  991. ANOTHER MALE GERMAN SHEPHERD. I COULD HAVE STAYED THERE IN THE

  992. ADO OF MY EMOTIONS, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO, BUT I SHIFTED OVER

  993. INTO MY SPIRIT, AND I SAID, "SPEAK TO BRENDA, SPEAK TO HER.

  994. "I KNOW SHE HEARS GOD." AND ONCE THE LORD SPOKE TO HER, WE CAME

  995. INTO AGREEMENT. DID WE REALLY, ARE WE REALLY IN OUR SCHEDULE

  996. PREPARED FOR PUPPY TRAINING AND ALL THE OTHER TRAINING THAT HE'S

  997. GONNA GO THROUGH? JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. BUT HE'S GONNA COME

  998. OUT AS AN INCREDIBLE GERMAN SHEPHERD THAT WILL LOVE BUT ALSO

  999. SERVE AND PROTECT. BUT I HAD TO SHIFT IN MY SPIRIT. JESUS HAD TO

  1000. SHIFT IN HIS SPIRIT. SOME OF YOU, YOU HAVE TO SHIFT IN YOUR

  1001. SPIRIT. I WANNA SHOW YOU THE OTHER TRANSLATIONS OF THIS ADO.

  1002. THE CEV, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS THAT? SO CAN I, I DON'T, OKAY,

  1003. WHATEVER IT IS. CHRISTIAN, CENTURY, COSMOS, EVANGELISTIC

  1004. VERSION. THEN JESUS WENT OUTSIDE AND HE SAID TO THEM, "WHY ARE

  1005. YOU CRYING? "WATCH TEARS. THERE'S A MOMENT TO LET YOUR

  1006. TEARS OUT. GET IT OUT OF YOUR SOUL." IT'S OKAY. GET IT OUT.

  1007. NOBODY'S SAYING THAT GOD DIDN'T GIVE YOU EMOTIONS SO THAT YOU

  1008. CAN'T HAVE A GOOD CRY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. JUST DON'T BE

  1009. GOVERNED BY IT. AND DON'T PROLONG IT. AND DON'T LET IT

  1010. BECOME A HABIT. 'CAUSE IF IT BECOMES A HABIT OF JUST CRYING,

  1011. GUESS WHAT'LL HAPPEN? YOU'LL HAVE THAT HABIT MORE THAN THE

  1012. HABIT OF PICKING UP YOUR BIBLE AND SAYING, EVEN THOUGH MY HEART

  1013. IS BROKEN, EVEN THOUGH I'M DISAPPOINTED, EVEN THOUGH I'M

  1014. UPSET, EVEN THOUGH THEY DID ME WRONG, YOUR BIBLE, YOUR WORD

  1015. SAYS THIS. YOU WON'T DO THAT. YOUR HABIT WILL BE YOU WON'T

  1016. EVEN PICK IT UP. YOU WON'T EVEN BELIEVE IT. YOU WON'T TRUST IT.

  1017. YOU WON'T PRAY. YOU'LL REHEARSE THE VOICE OF YOUR TEARS. YOU

  1018. DIDN'T HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID. YOU WILL REHEARSE THE VOICE OF

  1019. YOUR TEARS RATHER THAN THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD THAT PENNED

  1020. THIS BIBLE. YOU SAY, "WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING

  1021. THROUGH." LISTEN, I'M 60 YEARS OLD. DO YOU THINK I HAVEN'T GONE

  1022. THROUGH ANYTHING? COME ON, WE PREACHERS, WE'RE NOT DIFFERENT

  1023. THAN ANYBODY ELSE, ARE WE? NO, WE'RE NOT. WE HAVE TO LEARN SO

  1024. WE CAN PREACH TO YOU. SOMETIMES GOD MAKES US PREACHERS GO

  1025. THROUGH IT SO IT ISN'T JUST THEOLOGY. IT'S THEOLOGY MIXED

  1026. WITH EXPERIENCE. THE ERV. NOW, I DIDN'T NOTICE THE ER IS IN

  1027. THERE. SO RATHER THAN GO TO THE ER, LOOK AT THIS VERSION.

  1028. EMERGENCY RELIEF VERSION. THAT'S THE ER VERSION. EMERGENCY RELIEF

  1029. VERSION. LET'S LOOK AT THE EMERGENCY RELIEF VERSION, SHALL

  1030. WE? HE ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE AND SAID, "WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE

  1031. CRYING AND MAKING SO MUCH NOISE?" HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT

  1032. BEFORE? AS LOUD AS YOU CAN PRAY. NOW, THERE ARE TIMES, I CRANKED

  1033. MY RADIO UP ONE TIME, AND I WAS IN MY VEHICLE, AND I LIFTED UP

  1034. MY VOICE, AND I WAS CRYING OUT TO GOD. TEARS WERE STREAMING

  1035. DOWN MY FACE, AND I FORGOT THAT I PULLED UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT,

  1036. AND BOY, DID I GET A LOOK FROM THE PERSON NEXT TO ME.

  1037. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE, "THAT PASTOR,

  1038. LOOK AT HIM. "HE IS, OH, I TOLD YOU HE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD

  1039. MARRIAGE. "I SAW IT, I SAW IT. "HE WAS CRYING, AND HE WAS

  1040. YELLING, "AND I'M TELLING, I KNOW BRENDA WAS PROBABLY "ON THE

  1041. PHONE WITH HIM, AND HE WAS CRYING AND BAWLING, AND HE WAS

  1042. YELLING AT HER, 'NO, I WASN'T. I TREAT YOU GOOD, SHE TREATS ME

  1043. WELL.' AND WE HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE TO NOT MAKING A DO."

  1044. WE REALLY DO. AND SOMETIMES I'M LIKE, "BRENDA, QUIT GETTING

  1045. BIBLICAL." SHE'S LIKE, "WELL, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?" YOUR

  1046. TIMING IS OFF. I DON'T FEEL LIKE BEING BIBLICAL. ALL RIGHT, THE

  1047. EMERGENCY RELIEF VERSION. WHY ARE YOU MAKING NOISE? WE THINK

  1048. OUR NOISE IS GONNA SOMEHOW GET GOD'S ATTENTION. HAVE YOU EVER

  1049. DONE THAT WITH GOD? CAN'T YOU SEE MY BROKEN HEART? CAN'T YOU

  1050. FEEL MY PAIN? I DID THIS WITH GOD BEFORE. IF I WAS YOU. YOU

  1051. EVER DONE THAT WITH GOD? I HAVE. IF I, I TOLD HIM THAT, IF I WAS

  1052. YOU, BUT I AIN'T YOU. GOD'S UP THERE LIKE, YOU WOULDN'T WANT MY

  1053. JOB. I HAVE TO KEEP MY JOY AND NOT SLIP INTO A DEW. WHEN I SEE

  1054. ALL THE BAD THINGS, 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE A BUNCH OF REBELLIOUS

  1055. PEOPLE. IF YOU'D JUST DO IT MY WAY, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE.

  1056. OKAY, ANYWAY, LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS

  1057. ONE IS, BUT I LOOKED IT UP. IT'S THE ISV. SO YOU NEED THE IV. SEE

  1058. THE IV? INTENSIVE, SOUL. WHAT DOES IV STAND FOR ANYWAY?

  1059. INTERNAL, WHAT IS THE IV? THE V. INTRAVENOUS. INTRAVENOUS, THE

  1060. INTRASOLICAL VENOUS. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) VERSION.

  1061. I'M GIVING YOU AN INJECTION RIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT

  1062. THIS INJECTION. HE ENTERED THE HOUSE AND HE ASKED THEM, WHY ALL

  1063. THIS CONFUSION AND CRYING? STOP RIGHT THERE. THE MORE YOU STAY

  1064. IN YOUR SOUL, THE MORE CONFUSED YOU WILL BE. (CONGREGATION

  1065. MURMURS) YOU WILL, YOU'LL BE CONFUSED. YOU'LL START, THE

  1066. ENEMY WILL FORMULATE ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE NOT HEALED,

  1067. ALL THE REASONS WHY THEY MISTREATED YOU, ALL THE REASON

  1068. THAT THAT SPOUSE WALKED OUT ON YOU, ALL THE REASONS WHY THAT

  1069. BAD HAPPENED AND YOU LOST YOUR JOB AND THIS HAPPENED AND THAT

  1070. HAPPENED AND RIGHT? THE MORE YOU REHEARSE IT AND MAKE IT A DO AND

  1071. NOT FOCUS ON WHAT HE DID DO AND HAS DONE, YOU'LL SLIDE INTO

  1072. CONFUSION. WELL, I'M CONFUSED. I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY, "I'M SO

  1073. CONFUSED. "I THOUGHT GOD," AND THEY'LL SPEAK KING JAMES LIKE,

  1074. "I THOUGHT GOD SAID, 'THOU'ETH THAT HE WOULD ANSWERETH US.' AND

  1075. I'M SO CONFUSED THAT I HAVE PRAYED PROBABLY MORE THAN MOST,

  1076. AND HE HAS WITHDRAWN HIS HAND MORE THAN MOSTETH.'" AND YOU'LL

  1077. SLIP OVER INTO CONFUSION AND BABBLING AND FOOLISH TALK FROM

  1078. OUR MOUTHS BECAUSE WE DON'T GOVERN OUR SOUL. LOOK AT WHAT

  1079. JESUS SAID IN LUKE CHAPTER 21 VERSE 19. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER

    Luke 21:19

  1080. RODE A HORSE BEFORE? I'M GETTING ONE. WE'RE GETTING SHALLOWER

  1081. LAND, I'M GETTING A HORSE AND YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME? ARE YOU?

  1082. YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME TRAIN HIM? 'CAUSE I DON'T NEED HIM THROWING

  1083. ME OFF ON A BRANCH OR SOMETHING. I HAD ONE DO THAT ONE TIME, I

  1084. KICKED IN ON THE SIDE AND IT WENT TAKING OFF AND IT TRIED TO

  1085. THROW ME OFF ON A BRANCH. BUT SEE, I WANT A REAL HORSE. OVER

  1086. HERE IN NEBRASKA, WE HAVE TOO MANY OF THEM. YOU SAY, "GIDDY

  1087. UP," AND THEY GO, “MOOOO."

  1088. THAT AIN'T NO HORSE. BUT JESUS WAS... HAVE YOU EVER RODE A

  1089. HORSE AROUND TOWN HERE? I WANT SOMETHING LIKE A, 'CAUSE I HAVE

  1090. A... STEVE, HOW'S MY WILDCAT? IS IT DOING GOOD? HE'S BEEN WORKING

  1091. ON IT. I WANT MY WILDCAT. THE OTHER THING'S GOT A BIG OLD

  1092. ENGINE. IT'S GOT HORSEPOWER. I WANT A HORSE WITH A HORSEPOWER.

  1093. I WANT A HORSE POWER. I MEAN, I WANT HIM TO PRANCE AND ALL THAT

  1094. STUFF, BUT I WANT HIM TO RUN. ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU COWBOY TRAIN

  1095. ME? 'CAUSE I, ON VACATION, WE WATCHED A COUPLE JOHN WAYNE

  1096. MOVIES. I TOLD BRENDA I WANNA WATCH TRUE GRIT, BUT WHAT WAS

  1097. THE ONE WE WATCHED? WE WATCHED BIG JAKE, OH MAN. YOU KNOW WHAT

  1098. I TOLD BRENDA? I SAID, "BRENDA, THERE'S TIMES WHEN I WALK LIKE

  1099. HIM.”

  1100. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE MAKES ME BREAK DOWN ALL THE AMAZON BOXES.

  1101. I WALK LIKE THIS. WELL, I DON'T THINK SO, PILGRIMETTE. BUT

  1102. ANYWAY, LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAID. THIS IS NOT, THINK OF A HORSE

  1103. WITH, WHAT DO THEY CALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PULL BACK ON?

  1104. BRIDLES. OH, I THOUGHT THEY WERE BRIDLES. ARE THEY BRIDLES?

  1105. SOMETIMES SOME OF YOU MEN NEED TO PULL BACK ON SOME OF THOSE

  1106. BRIDLES OF WOMEN. DON'T LET 'EM CONVINCE YOU TO MARRY 'EM. WHOA,

  1107. PULL BACK. SEE HOW SPIRITUAL I AM? NOW WATCH THIS. IN YOUR

  1108. PATIENCE, WHEN WE, HERE'S THE THING, YOU WANT STUFF RELEASED

  1109. OUT OF YOUR SOUL AND YOU WANT TO SHIFT FROM A DOING AND CREATING

  1110. CONFUSION AND NOISE AND FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF AND GETTING

  1111. AN ANSWER? LEARN TO BE PATIENT. THERE'S TWO PRINCIPLES THAT THE

  1112. BOOK OF JAMES SAYS, LET FAITH AND PATIENCE HAVE THEIR PERFECT

  1113. WORK. YEAH, WE WORK OUR FAITH, WHY PRAY? YEAH, BUT YOU AIN'T

  1114. PATIENT. I MEAN, I HATE THE WORD WAIT. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S, YOU

  1115. KNOW, IN SPANISH. HOW DO YOU SAY IT IN SPANISH? IS THAT WHAT YOU

  1116. SAID? WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S WAIT IN SPANISH? (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN

  1117. LANGUAGE) OR WHATEVER HE SAID. (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

  1118. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT IT IS IN SWAHILI? WHAT IS IT IN SWAHILI?

  1119. SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. IT'S STILL WAITING. I DON'T LIKE

  1120. THAT WORD EVEN IN SWAHILI. WHAT IS IT IN AUSTRALIA? IS IT

  1121. TE-AH-WAH? 'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S BACKWARDS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

  1122. DOWN UNDER. TE-AH-WAH. AUSTRALIAN, I JUST SPOKE

  1123. AUSTRALIAN AND SPANISH. I'M ALMOST DONE, SO IF YOU CAN'T

  1124. TOLERATE ME, JUST GIVE ME A FEW MORE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE

  1125. GO. ALL RIGHT, IN YOUR PATIENCE, NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS. IN YOUR

  1126. WHAT? WE HATE THAT WORD. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE

  1127. PATIENT. DOES IT MEAN THAT GOD ISN'T WORKING? DOES IT MEAN THAT

  1128. IT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN? DOES IT MEAN THAT IT ISN'T HAPPENING? BE

  1129. PATIENT AND QUIT MAKING IT A DO AND GET OVER TO WHAT HE DID DO.

  1130. EVERYTHING JESUS DID ON THE CROSS WAS FOR YOU TO HAVE A

  1131. HAPPY LIFE. WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. WELL, JOHN 10, 10,

  1132. YOU'RE CALLING JESUS A LIAR. HE SAID, "THE DEVIL IS THE ONE THAT

  1133. STEALS FROM YOU. "THE DEVIL IS THE ONE THAT KILLS. THE DEVIL IS

  1134. THE ONE THAT DESTROYS." AND THEN HE DID THE CONJUNCTION JUNCTION,

  1135. AND HE TOLD YOU WHAT HIS FUNCTION IS. HE SAID, "BUT I

  1136. HAVE COME TO GIVE YOU A GOOD LIFE AND A GOOD LIFE MORE

  1137. ABUNDANTLY." (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) AND THAT'S KING

  1138. JAMES, AND THAT'S A FACT, JACK. AND THAT'S A PLAN, STAN. AND I

  1139. DON'T EVEN, TRYING TO BE COY, ROY. JUST LISTEN TO ME. IN YOUR

  1140. PATIENCE, PUT THE, WHAT DO THEY CALL THINGS AGAIN? PUT THE REINS

  1141. ON THE HOARSENESS OF YOUR SOUL. AND QUIT MAKING YOURSELF HOARSE

  1142. BY CRYING AND MAKING AN ADIEU. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA GO, WHOA,

  1143. JUST LIKE I DID ON DECEMBER 31ST. IT FELT GOOD TO LET IT

  1144. OUT. IT FELT EVEN GOOD TO LET GOD KNOW HOW I FELT ABOUT THE

  1145. YEAR. THEN I WENT, WHOA, I AIN'T CARRYING THAT JUNK INTO THE NEW

  1146. YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WENT TO ANOTHER ROOM, 'CAUSE I KNEW

  1147. THAT IT WAS TIME TO GET UP, GET INTO THE ROOM AND HONOR HIM. AND

  1148. LEAVE THE ADO IN 2025. WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOO-DOO?

  1149. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

  1150. BYE, I'M GOING BACK ON VACATION.

  1151. LLOYD.

  1152. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WHY DO THEY CALL IT DOO-DOO?

  1153. BECAUSE, HERE'S A PROPHETIC, POWERFUL TRUTH. BECAUSE

  1154. SOMETIMES IT'S A WASTE.

  1155. TO CARRY ON IN YOUR ADO, OR IT'LL BECOME DOO-DOO. IT'LL

  1156. SMELL, IT'LL BE A WASTE OF YOUR TIME, OTHER PEOPLE'S TIME, AND

  1157. GOD'S TIME. BUT YOU GOTTA GO, WHOA, POSSESS YOUR SOULS. ALL

  1158. RIGHT, NOW LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START

  1159. COMING UP THIS WAY. I'M GOING BACK ON VACATION, I'M TAKING

  1160. ANOTHER, OH MY GOODNESS. I KNOW YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, BUT I DID

  1161. PRAY ON VACATION EVERY DAY, I DID. I STAYED BEFORE GOD. I

  1162. MEAN, DON'T JUDGE ME, BOY, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WHEN HE

  1163. GOES ON VACATION, HE COMES BACK AND HE'S JUST NOT GOOD. WELL,

  1164. I'M NOT TRYING TO IMPRESS YOU, I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU. I'VE

  1165. NEVER TRIED TO IMPRESS YOU, I COULD CARE LESS. I COULD CARE

  1166. LESS. ALL RIGHT, NOW WATCH. ALL RIGHT, HABAKKUK CHAPTER ONE, NEW

  1167. LIVING TRANSLATION. I LIKE THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN

  1168. TALKING ABOUT US, RIGHT? LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MATTERS OF THE

  1169. EARTH RIGHT NOW. HOW ABOUT THE UNITED STATES? HOW ABOUT IRAQ,

  1170. IRAN, UKRAINE, RUSSIA, RIGHT? OPEN BORDERS, CLOSED BORDERS,

  1171. DR. FAUCI, ALL THAT, RIGHT? GOD, NOTHING IS WORKING. OH, AND

  1172. WE'RE ONLY GONNA GET WORSE IN THE MIDTERM. AND LORD, IT'S

  1173. OVER. SO YOU MAY GONNA DO A DIFFERENT WAY RATHER THAN

  1174. BELIEVE THE PROPHECIES THAT PROVED WHAT GOD ALREADY HAS

  1175. SAID. THAT'S WHY I WENT ON ELIJAH STREAMS. THANK YOU, STEVE

  1176. SCHULTZ, BY THE WAY, FOR LETTING ME COME ON EVERY WEEK. I'LL BE

  1177. AGAIN TUESDAY. AND BY THE WAY, BRENDA'S GONNA COME ON A COUPLE

  1178. TIMES A MONTH AND DO SOME PROPHETIC MENTORING AND

  1179. TEACHING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE PROPHETIC WORD. THANK YOU,

  1180. GENE BAILEY. YOU'VE BEEN LETTING ME WITH FLASHPOINT BE A VOICE

  1181. EVERY WEEK. IN FACT, I'LL BE ON THIS THURSDAY RATHER THAN

  1182. TUESDAY. I HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE THIS WEEK, JUST GETTING BACK.

  1183. BUT I APPRECIATE THOSE THAT ARE ALLOWING THIS MINISTRY, THIS

  1184. VESSEL, TO BRING GOD'S PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN ANTHONY,

  1185. THANK YOU. YOU AND THE TEAM DO A GREAT JOB OF PROPHETIC

  1186. PERSPECTIVES, REMINDING US WHAT HEAVEN IS SAYING. 'CAUSE IF NOT,

  1187. YOU CAN MAKE AN ADO. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020. WE HAD FOUR

  1188. HARDER YEARS BECAUSE PEOPLE MADE AN ADO, RATHER THAN BELIEVING

  1189. GOD AND BELIEVING HIS VESSELS, RIGHT? SO LET'S LOOK AT

  1190. HABAKKUK. HE HAD A TOAD. HE MADE AN ADO. ARE YOU READY AS WE

  1191. CLOSE THIS? THIS IS THE MESSAGE. THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF

  1192. THOSE. THIS IS THE MESSAGE. LIKE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU KNOW.

  1193. THIS IS THE MESSAGE. OR YOU GO TO THE AIRPORT, ATTENTION, THE

  1194. MOVING WALKWAY IS ENDING. OKAY, THERE'S A GUY TRIPS IN FRONT OF

  1195. YOU. HEY DUDE, THAT GUY JUST SAID IT WAS ENDING. THIS IS THE

  1196. MESSAGE THAT THE PROPHET HAGGABUK RECEIVED IN A VISION.

  1197. WOW, ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? TELL ME IF IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE

  1198. TODAY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. HOW

  1199. LONG, OH LORD, MUST I CALL FOR HELP? BUT YOU DON'T ANSWER.

  1200. YOU'RE NOT EVEN LISTENING. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT BEFORE? I'VE

  1201. SAID THAT TO GOD BEFORE. YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ME, GOD, YET

  1202. I'M PROBABLY THE MOST, YOU KNOW, THAT IS DILIGENT THAN ANYBODY

  1203. ELSE. I PULLED THAT ONE TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD THE LORD

  1204. ONE TIME? I WAS LIKE 2.30 IN THE MORNING. I SAID, "GOD, I'M

  1205. CRYING OUT TO YOU. "I'VE EVEN REMINDED YOU OF YOUR COVENANT.

  1206. "I TOOK COMMUNION, AND I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE

  1207. "OF THE BODY OF CHRIST THAT IS UP AT THIS HOUR SEEKING YOU."

  1208. AND I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY, "I'M NOT IMPRESSED."

  1209. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) OH, OKAY. AND I CHANGED IT, 'CAUSE

  1210. SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE AN IDIOT, AND I WAS. HOW LONG I CALL, I

  1211. PRAY, I FAST. STAND ON YOUR FEET. I PRAY, I FAST. HAVE YOU

  1212. EVER DONE THIS ONE? I LIVE RIGHTEOUS, I TITHE. I EVEN WAS

  1213. NICE TO A CAT. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) HOW LONG MUST I CALL?

  1214. I MUST PRAY. I ASK FOR HELP AND YOU DON'T LISTEN. NOW HERE, LOOK

  1215. AT THIS. VIOLENCE IS EVERYWHERE. AND HERE'S EVEN WORSE. I CRY,

  1216. I'M HURTING, I'M SAD, I'M UPSET. IT DIDN'T WORK OUT GOOD, GOD.

  1217. I'M IN PAIN, MAYBE IT'S PHYSICALLY, BUT YOU DON'T EVEN

  1218. COME TO SAVE ME. YOU DON'T COME TO RESCUE ME. YOU DON'T COME TO

  1219. PULL ME OUT FROM THIS. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? I HAVE. LOOK AT

  1220. VERSE THREE, IT GETS WORSE. MUST I FOREVER SEE ALL THE EVIL DEEDS

  1221. THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE WORLD? WHY, WHENEVER I TURN ON TV JUST

  1222. TO WATCH DECORATING, I'M ABOUT TO GET THE REMOTE BACK, 30,

  1223. WHO'S COUNTING, BRENDA, 34 DAYS? NO, SHE'S GOOD. WHY MUST I WATCH

  1224. ALL THIS MISERY? I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MISERY WITH THE,

  1225. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) I'M NOT, BRENDA, I'M NOT. NO, NO. I

  1226. ACTUALLY LOVE IT, I'VE BECOME A FAN OF THESE. WHAT DO THEY CALL

  1227. THEM? YOUTUBE. YOUTUBE. I LOVE IT, I SIT DOWN, I'M LIKE, HEY,

  1228. HEY, GO BACK TO THAT ONE, I LIKE THE WAY THEY DECORATED THEIR

  1229. FIREPLACE. AND I SAY IT IN A MAN'S VOICE, MAN, I LOVE THE WAY

  1230. THEY DECORATE THEIR FIREPLACE. WHEREVER I LOOK, I SEE

  1231. DESTRUCTION, I SEE VIOLENCE. I EVEN TRY TO CLICK ON FACEBOOK,

  1232. AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO ARGUE AND FIGHT.

  1233. COME ON, GOD, CAN I JUST GET A BREAK? ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME JUST

  1234. READ THE NEWSPAPER. VERSE FOUR, HERE'S THE NEWSPAPER. THE LAW

  1235. HAS BECOME PARALYZED. THE PEOPLE THAT HURT PEOPLE ARE NOW THE

  1236. VICTIMS. DUDES WITH WIGS TRYING TO GET INTO THE GIRLS' RESTROOM

  1237. WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL GOES IN AND GETS STOOD UP BY THEIR DAD. HE'S

  1238. INSULTED BY THAT. GET OVER IT, DUDE, AND TAKE YOUR WIG OFF. AND

  1239. DADS, STAND UP. THE LAW HAS BECOME PARALYZED. THERE IS NOT

  1240. EVEN JUSTICE IN THE COURTS. WHOA. THAT'LL PREACH. HELLO,

  1241. SUPREME COURT, I'D LIKE TO SEND THAT TO HIM. THE WICKED SEEM TO

  1242. OUTNUMBER THE RIGHTEOUS. YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? SO THAT

  1243. JUSTICE HAS BECOME PERVERTED. STOP, DON'T SHOW THE NEXT VERSE.

  1244. MAYBE THAT'S YOUR WORLDVIEW. MAYBE THAT'S YOUR PERSONAL VIEW

  1245. WITH WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IN YOUR OWN LIFE. MAYBE YOU'RE

  1246. THINKING JUSTICE IS PERVERTED. EVERYBODY ELSE, THE HEATHEN

  1247. FOOLS ARE GETTING BLESSED. RIGHT, THE NEIGHBOR WHO CUSSES

  1248. LIKE A SAILOR JUST GOT A NEW CAR AND YOU'RE STILL HAVING TO

  1249. FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET YOURS OUT IN THE MECHANIC SHOP. VERSE

  1250. FIVE, LOOK AT GOD'S ANSWER. THIS IS WHAT I LEAVE YOU TODAY. THE

  1251. LORD REPLIED, "HAVE A COOKIE MAKING AND A DO." LOOK AROUND,

  1252. LOOK CLOSELY, LOOK TO THE NATIONS AND I WANT YOU TO BE

  1253. AMAZED. IN OTHER WORDS, GET YOUR ATTITUDE RIGHT, GET YOUR

  1254. PERSPECTIVE RIGHT. FOR I'M DOING SOMETHING, THAT'S THE KEY. I'M

  1255. DOING SOMETHING. AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT HE'S DOING SOMETHING,

  1256. HE DID SOMETHING. AND IT'S IN YOUR DAY, YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY

  1257. NOW. AND SOMETHING THAT YOU WON'T EVEN BELIEVE, EVEN IF

  1258. SOMEONE TOLD YOU, THAT'S HOW GOOD IT IS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE

  1259. HONOR YOU TODAY IN CLOSING. AND WE THANK YOU THAT WE ARE NOT

  1260. GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA LIVE IN THE ADO OF OUR SOUL, OUR

  1261. EMOTIONS, OR OUR WILL. BUT RATHER WE LOOK TO THE CROSS, THE

  1262. SACRIFICE, THE PRECIOUS BLOOD, AND OUR WONDERFUL COVENANT THAT

  1263. HAS EVEN THE BLOOD UPON THAT MERCY SEAT, THE PLACE WHERE THE

  1264. BLOOD STILL SPEAKS. SO WE GIVE VOICE TO THAT BLOOD TODAY. IT IS

  1265. THE VOICE OF US BELIEVING THAT NOT ONLY DID YOU DO SOMETHING,

  1266. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. AND SO LORD, WHATEVER WE'RE FACING

  1267. TODAY, WHATEVER WE'RE BELIEVING FOR, WE DON'T COME OUT OF FAITH.

  1268. BUT WE STAND STRONG AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE RECEIVE AND WE

  1269. HAVE. AND NOT ONLY WITH OUR FAITH, WITH OUR PATIENCE, WE

  1270. THANK YOU IT WILL HAVE ITS PERFECT RESULT, MEANING IT WILL

  1271. MANIFEST. NOW LORD, WE THANK YOU AND WE HONOR YOU. WE DECLARE A

  1272. CROP FAILURE UPON ANY NEGATIVE WORDS OR ACTIONS WHEN WE'VE MADE

  1273. AN ADO THAT TRIED TO SHIFT US OUT OF THE WAY OF YOUR WORD, THE

  1274. WAY OF FAITH, OR THE WAY, LORD GOD, OF OUR COVENANT. AND WE

  1275. RELEASE FROM OUR SOUL ANYTHING THAT WOULD TRY TO DICTATE AND

  1276. CAUSE US TO GO A WRONG WAY. AND NOW WE BIND TO OUR SOUL, PEACE,

  1277. TRUST IN YOU, GOD. AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE DECLARED,

  1278. LASTLY, ISAIAH 43, WE DON'T EVEN CONSIDER A FORMER THING OF OLD,

  1279. BUT WE DECLARE A NEW SEASON OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU

  1280. ARE DOING AND WILL DO CONCERNING THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED YOU.

  1281. AND SO WE RELEASE THAT INTO YOUR HANDS AND WE TRUST YOU TODAY.

  1282. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAID, AMEN. WELL, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. I

  1283. LOVE YOU. PASTOR DOUG, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING DOWN

  1284. THE FORT. AMEN. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. JULIA, THANK YOU, YOU

  1285. AND YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY FOR COMING AS WELL. WE LOVE YOU

  1286. AGAIN. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. AMEN? ALL RIGHT,

  1287. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PASTOR DOUG. AMEN. GIVE PASTOR HANK A

  1288. HAND. WASN'T IT GREAT TO HAVE HIM BACK IN THE PULPIT AGAIN?

  1289. AMEN. HALLELUJAH. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD. WELL, ALTERED TEAM, YOU

  1290. CAN COME UP HERE, AND IF YOU'RE WORKING IN THE CONNECT CENTER OR

  1291. HAVE ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT, I'LL DISMISS YOU NOW. OTHERWISE, I'M

  1292. GOING TO ASK YOU TO JUST STAY FOR A COUPLE MOMENTS HERE AS WE

  1293. CLOSE TODAY. GIVE OUR ALTERED TEAM A HAND AS THEY COME,

  1294. BECAUSE WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEM. IF YOU HAVE A PRAYER REQUEST

  1295. TODAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AT THE END OF THE SERVICE WHEN I

  1296. DISMISS, AND OUR ALTERED TEAM WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE TO PRAY

  1297. WITH YOU, AND WE SEE ANSWERS TO PRAYER, BECAUSE THE PRAYER OF

  1298. AGREEMENT IS POWERFUL. AND WHEN YOU COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH

  1299. ANOTHER BROTHER OR SISTER, YOUR FAITH IS CONNECTED, GOD WORKS IN

  1300. A SPECIAL WAY. SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TODAY IF YOU NEED

  1301. PRAYER. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH THIS TODAY. IF YOU NEED TO

  1302. MAKE JESUS A REALITY IN YOUR LIFE, A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

  1303. A REALITY IN YOUR LIFE, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU

  1304. CAN EVER MAKE. AND I DON'T WANT TO LET ANYONE LEAVE THIS PLACE

  1305. TODAY OR TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE, YOUR TELEVISION, WHATEVER YOU'RE

  1306. WATCHING ON, WITHOUT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE GOD HAS AN

  1307. ABUNDANT PLAN FOR YOU. PASTOR HANK TALKED ABOUT IT. JESUS

  1308. MENTIONED THAT HE CAME IN JOHN 10:10 TO GIVE US ABUNDANT LIFE.

    John 10:10

  1309. JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE DEVIL COMES TO DO. HE COMES TO

  1310. KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. SOME PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT

  1311. THERE'S A DEVIL, BUT THERE IS A DEVIL, AND HE WANTS TO TAKE

  1312. PEOPLE TO AN ETERNAL HELL. THE GOOD NEWS IS GOD NOT ONLY GIVES

  1313. US ABUNDANT LIFE ON THIS EARTH, BUT HE HAS A PLAN FOR US IN

  1314. ETERNITY AND FOR THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S TO BE IN HEAVEN WITH HIM

  1315. FOR ALL ETERNITY. AND IT'S A MARVELOUS, WONDERFUL THING.

  1316. WE'LL BE RULING AND REIGNING WITH HIM FOR ETERNITY. AND IT'LL

  1317. BE A GREAT THING. BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WHILE YOU'RE

  1318. ALIVE ON THIS EARTH TO SERVE HIM. THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU GET

  1319. IN. IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT

  1320. ETERNITY A LITTLE BIT THIS WEEK WHEN I GOT THE MESSAGE THAT RON

  1321. HAD PASSED AWAY. AND IT WAS SO SUDDENLY. 76 YEARS OLD, BUT THE

  1322. BLESSED THING WAS THAT HE JUST WENT NATURALLY. NO PAIN, NO

  1323. SUFFERING. HE JUST WENT HOME TO BE WITH JESUS. AND THE MOST

  1324. IMPORTANT FACT OF THAT IS THAT HE KNEW JESUS AND HE'S IN HEAVEN

  1325. NOW. AND SOMEDAY WHEN JULIA GOES, THEY'LL BE REUNITED AND

  1326. REJOICED TOGETHER. HE'S IN HEAVEN WAITING FOR HER. YOU

  1327. KNOW, LIFE CAN BE SHORT. WE CAN GO LIKE RON DID. THEY WEREN'T

  1328. EXPECTING WHEN THEY GOT UP THAT MORNING THAT THAT WOULD BE THEIR

  1329. LAST DAY FOR HIM TO BE ON EARTH. YESTERDAY, THERE WERE THREE

  1330. PEOPLE KILLED IN IDAHO AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT THAT HAD JUST

  1331. OPENED, MURDERED THERE. THOSE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GOT UP AND

  1332. WENT TO THAT RESTAURANT, HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD BE THEIR LAST DAY

  1333. ON EARTH. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS BE READY. YOU DON'T

  1334. HAVE TO BE OLD TO DIE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SICK TO DIE. BUT YOU

  1335. HAVE TO BE READY TO DIE. AND THEN YOU SERVE GOD WITH GUSTO

  1336. WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH, REACHING AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU

  1337. CAN AND FOLLOWING HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. THAT'S THE MOST

  1338. IMPORTANT THING. AND JESUS SAID, THOSE THAT CALL ON HIS NAME WILL

  1339. BE SAVED. ROMANS 10:13, WHEN YOU CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU

    Romans 10:13

  1340. CAN BE SAVED. YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. SO WHETHER

  1341. YOU'RE HERE OR WATCHING ONLINE, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THAT

  1342. OPPORTUNITY TODAY JUST TO MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST. YOU SAY,

  1343. "PASTOR DOUG, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" WELL, IT'S A PRAYER. YOU

  1344. START WITH A DECISION FOR HIM, AND THEN YOU WALK IT OUT FROM

  1345. THERE, WALKING FOR THE LORD AND LETTING HIM REVEAL HIS PLAN FOR

  1346. YOU. JUST LIKE WHEN YOU BUY A NEW CAR, THERE'S AN OWNER'S

  1347. MANUAL, THERE'S A PLAN FOR THAT CAR, THE MANUFACTURER OF THAT

  1348. CAR HAS A PLAN FOR IT. THIS IS HOW YOU SERVICE IT. THIS IS HOW

  1349. YOU DRIVE IT. THIS IS HOW YOU WORK THE OPTIONS. GOD HAS A PLAN

  1350. FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY, EXACTLY FOR WHAT YOU TO WALK OUT ON THIS

  1351. EARTH. BUT THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW THAT PLAN IS TO START BY

  1352. RECEIVING HIM AS SAVIOR AND SAYING, "DEVIL, I DON'T WANT ANY

  1353. PART OF YOU IN MY LIFE. I WANT JESUS." SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO

  1354. BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME AND I'M GONNA CLOSE HERE VERY QUICKLY.

  1355. BUT IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY OR YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU

  1356. SAY, "I NEED JESUS, I WANNA MAKE 100% SURE "THAT WHEN I LEAVE

  1357. THIS EARTH, WHENEVER IT IS, "I HAVE A PLACE IN ETERNITY WITH

  1358. GOD, IN HEAVEN WITH GOD, "AND I WANNA SERVE JESUS WHILE I'M ON

  1359. THIS EARTH." I'M GONNA COUNT TO THREE. WHEN I DO, IF I'M

  1360. SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AND YOU NEED JESUS, YOU WANNA MAKE 100%

  1361. SURE YOU GET TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH. DON'T LEAVE

  1362. THIS PLACE WITHOUT MAKING THAT DECISION. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE,

  1363. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'M GONNA PRAY WITH

  1364. YOU. ONE, TWO, THREE. ANYWHERE IN THIS PLACE, HANDS UP. ANYONE?

  1365. ANYONE RAISE THEIR HAND IF YOU NEED JESUS. SAY, I JUST WANNA

  1366. MAKE SURE, I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME TODAY, PASTOR DOUG.

  1367. ANYONE IN THIS PLACE, RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY IF THAT'S YOU. I

  1368. WANNA NOTICE WHO YOU ARE AND WE WANNA PRAY WITH YOU AND HAVE THE

  1369. PRAYER OF AGREEMENT TODAY IF THAT'S YOU. IS THERE ANYONE IN

  1370. THIS PLACE? ONE MORE CHANCE. I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE

  1371. HERE. YOU SAY, I NEED TO KNOW THAT HEAVEN'S MY HOME. I NEED TO

  1372. KNOW HEAVEN'S MY HOME. WE HAVE SOMEONE OVER HERE? OKAY, COME ON

  1373. DOWN QUICKLY. I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO COME RIGHT DOWN HERE AND

  1374. STAND IN FRONT OF ME. THANK YOU FOR BEING BOLD TODAY AND RAISING

  1375. YOUR HAND. JUST STEP RIGHT DOWN HERE. WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND MAKE

  1376. IT RIGHT WITH GOD. TAKE YOUR TIME. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

  1377. DECISION YOU'LL EVER MAKE. EVERYONE HERE WILL WAIT. YOU

  1378. JUST TAKE YOUR TIME. DON'T FALL COMING DOWN THE STEPS.

  1379. HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS. IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE YOU WANT TO

  1380. BE BOLD LIKE THIS YOUNG LADY, COME DOWN HERE NOW. THIS IS YOUR

  1381. OPPORTUNITY. DON'T LET THE DEVIL TALK YOU OUT OF IT.

  1382. THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH. CHRISTIANS

  1383. PRAYING, ANYONE ELSE IN THIS PLACE, THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE

  1384. ELSE JUST NEEDS BOLDNESS TO STEP OUT OF THEIR SEAT. THANK YOU,

  1385. JESUS. COME RIGHT ON DOWN HERE, MA'AM. THANK YOU, LORD.

  1386. HALLELUJAH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? LANA. THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE?

  1387. NO. YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. OKAY. BUT YOU WANT JESUS TO COME

  1388. INTO YOUR HEART. YOU WANT TO KNOW YOU'RE SAVED AND ON YOUR

  1389. WAY TO HEAVEN. YES. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE OF THAT

  1390. TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY. GOD WILL COME INTO YOUR HEART. JESUS

  1391. WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE AND MAKE YOU NEW. IT'LL BE THE MOST

  1392. EXCITING DAY. YOU CAN GO BACK IN HISTORY AND SAY AUGUST 2ND, 2026

  1393. CHANGED YOUR LIFE. IT'S YOUR DAY. THAT'S RIGHT. AMEN. AGAIN,

  1394. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? LANA. LANA. OKAY, LANA, LET'S PRAY. YOU

  1395. REPEAT AFTER ME. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU'RE

  1396. AT HOME OR WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, YOU CAN REPEAT THE SAME WORDS

  1397. THAT LANA'S REPEATING TODAY WITH ME AND THE LORD WILL TRANSFORM

  1398. YOUR LIFE. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I COME TO YOU. I ADMIT

  1399. THAT I'VE SINNED. I'M ASKING FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS BY THE BLOOD OF

  1400. JESUS. JESUS, I'M ASKING YOU, BE MY SAVIOR. COME INTO MY HEART

  1401. AND CHANGE MY LIFE. AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY

  1402. LIFE. REVEAL YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE. AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO

  1403. FOLLOW YOU. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN. AND LANA, BECAUSE

  1404. YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, JESUS HAS TRANSFORMED YOUR LIFE.

  1405. AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SOME HELP TODAY. I'M GONNA ASK YOU

  1406. JUST TO STEP OVER WITH ONE OF THE COUNSELORS HERE. KATHLEEN

  1407. WILL HELP YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT INFORMATION. GIVE HER A

  1408. HAND NOW.

  1409. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

  1410. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE,

  1411. 855-777-7907. 24 HOURS A DAY, OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE

  1412. WAITING FOR YOU. EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS ON AN ARCHIVE, YOU

  1413. CAN CALL AND WE'LL SEND YOU THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'RE

  1414. GIVING LANA HERE TODAY AND HELP YOU ON YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD.

  1415. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TODAY.

  1416. WELL, JUST AS A REMINDER, PASTOR, AGAIN, WE'LL BE ON

  1417. ELIJAH STREAMS AT 1 P.M. ON TUESDAY, AND THEN THURSDAY

  1418. NIGHT, FLASHPOINT, 7 P.M. DON'T FORGET WE HAVE MIDWEEK RECHARGE

  1419. HERE, 7 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COME ON OUT AND GET FED. GIVE A

  1420. BOOST TO YOUR WEDNESDAY AND A BOOST TO YOUR WEEK, AND THEN BE

  1421. BACK IN THE HOUSE WITH THIS SUNDAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A

  1422. GREAT TIME WITH GOD AGAIN. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR

  1423. WATCHING ONLINE. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUNDAY, AND

  1424. WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

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