07/26/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman

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GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. COME ON, LET ME HEAR A

SHOUT OF PRAISE THIS MORNING. OH GOD IS A MIRACLE WORKING GOD.

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WOO, HALLELUJAH! GLORY BE TO THE LORD JESUS, HALLELUJAH. COME ON,

THROW THOSE HANDS UP. SAY, LORD, IT MIGHT BE HOT OUTSIDE, BUT IT

IS GONNA BE HOT IN HERE 'CAUSE THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST IS

IN THE ROOM. AREN'T YOU EXCITED TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE TODAY?

WELL, I'M FLYING SOLO, BUT IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK AT

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

PASTOR AND I HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL VACATION, AND YOU

KNOW, WE LIKE TO BE PRETTY CHILL ON VACATION. HOW MANY OF YOU

LOVE TO TRAVEL ON VACATION? HOW MANY OF YOU RATHER STAY HOME AND

PUT YOUR FEET ON AN OTTOMAN AND LOOK AT THE CEILING? WELL, WE'RE

KIND OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND OF COURSE, PASTOR LIKES TO WORK ON

TRAINS. YOU GUYS KIND OF DID THE SAME THING ON VACATION, DIDN'T

YOU? WE DID. SIT AROUND WITH YOUR FEET ON AN OTTOMAN? YEP.

YEP. OR WE'VE GRADUATED TO RECLINERS. YEAH. KICK BACK,

RELAX. IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD. DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO THAT YOU

DON'T GET TO DO WHEN YOU ARE WORKING. YEAH, THAT'S TRUE,

THAT'S TRUE. AND IT WAS JUST NICE NOT TO KEEP A SCHEDULE. BUT

I'LL JUST SAY, PASTOR SENDS HIS GREETINGS AND HE WILL BE BACK IN

THE PULPIT NEXT SUNDAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. BUT HE IS WITH

KENT AND CANDY CHRISTMAS. NOW, YOU KNOW, I WILL TELL YOU, AND

YOU GUYS KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, PASTOR HANK, IT IS LIKE PULLING

A FOSSIL OUT OF THE GROUND TO GET HIM TO LEAVE HIS PULPIT ON A

SUNDAY. AND, BUT, WE HAD KENTON CANDY HERE BACK IN APRIL, AND HE

COULDN'T VERY WELL TELL THEM TO GIVE UP A SUNDAY AT THEIR CHURCH

AND HIM NOT RECIPROCATE THE FAVOR. SO, HE IS DOWN THERE, BUT

HE LOVES THEM. HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE KENTON CANDY CHRISTMAS?

THEY'RE WONDERFUL.

SO NOW I WOULD COME OUT WITH A DAD JOKE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S

NOT GONNA HAPPEN. SO WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR PASTOR HANK NEXT WEEK,

BUT IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY IN GOD'S HOUSE. COME ON, GUYS. ALL

RIGHT, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS. SO I DID SOME READING TODAY. I

BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS, PASTOR CHRISTY. THE MEANING OF THE DOG

DAYS OF SUMMER. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?

ANYBODY KNOW? NOT ONE PERSON. NOW, I THOUGHT IT MEANT THAT THE

DOG IS SO HOT HE'S LAYING ON THE PORCH PANTING. BUT, HOW MANY OF

YOU THOUGHT THAT? I THOUGHT THAT. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT IT

MEANT. BUT REALLYSOUNDS REASONABLE. NO, REALLY WHAT IT

IS, IS IT'S THE DAYS AFTER THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, IS THAT HOW YOU

SAY THE WORD? YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT

IT IS. THE EARTH'S TILT A CERTAIN WAY. AND IT'S THE

HOTTEST PARTS OF SUMMER WAS BASED ON, IN OLD DAYS, THEY

BASED IT ON THE DOG STAR, BUT THEN THAT GOT FORGOTTEN, AND IT

REALLY JUST MEANS THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR. THINK ABOUT

THAT. SO I AGREE, WE'RE IN THE HOTTEST PART OF THE YEAR. WELL,

I'M READY FOR FALL. I AM TOO. I WANNA GET THE PUMPKINS OUT. COME

ON, PEOPLE. SO PASTOR BRENDA AND I, WHEN WE WERE ON VACATION, WE

DID DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FALL STUFF IS OUT, AND SO IF

YOU DON'T GET IT EARLY, YOU DON'T GET IT. SO MY STOREROOM IS

FULL OF ALL OF MY FALL HAUL JUST WAITING TO COME OUT. MINE TOO, I

KNOW, TO PASTOR CHAGRIN, AMAZON SET UP CAMP IN OUR FRONT DOOR.

BUT IT'S ALL GOOD, IT'S FUN. BUT HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU'RE HAVING A

GOOD SUMMER, RIGHT? WE'RE HAVING A GOOD SUMMER, IT'S BEEN

WONDERFUL. AND, BUT ANYWAY, BUT THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE

DEFINITELY TODAY. AND WHAT'S IT GONNA BE, LIKE 150% HUMIDITY?

103, 104, I DON'T KNOW. 103. HEAT INDEX, WELL IN EXCESS OF

110, I THINK. OH MY GOODNESS. I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S SOME PLACES

IN KANSAS YESTERDAY THAT HAD A HEAT INDEX OF LIKE 125. OOF,

EUGH. OOF. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS BAD. IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE

PLACES HOTTER THAN THAT HILL, AND WE'RE NOT GOING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW, THE FIRE OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT CAN BEAT THAT OUT. AMEN, ARE YOU GLAD TO BE IN THE HOUSE

OF GOD TODAY? I WANNA GREET EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE

TODAY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I AM SO

GLAD TO BE BACK OFF VACATION, BE HERE IN THE PULPIT, AND I'M

EXCITED. I'M GONNA PREACH A WORD TODAY, AND I KINDA CAME UP WITH,

IT'S KIND OF A LEGAL TERM, WHEN THEY SAY SOMETHING IS

BRIGHT-LINED IN A CONTRACT, IT MEANS IT'S SUPER HIGHLIGHTED, IT

SHOULD BE REALLY OBVIOUS. AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, WHAT ARE

THE KEY BRIGHT LINES OF THE BIBLE? THINK ABOUT THIS. WHAT

ARE THE BRIGHT LINES OF SCRIPTURE THAT EVERY PERSON

SHOULD KNOW? AND AS I GET CLOSER TO, I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET,

CROSSING THE MILESTONE OF 60. THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S HARD TO

SAY. ANYWAY, I'M NOT QUITE THERE YET. YOU THINK, YOU REFLECT A

LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU THINK ON LIFE, WHAT REALLY MATTERS? AND I

THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS OR BRIGHT LINES

THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY BELIEVER OUGHT TO HAVE.

AND SO ARE YOU EXCITED TO HEAR THAT TODAY? I'M EXCITED TO SHARE

IT, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THROW THOSE HANDS UP. SAY THIS, SAY

LORD. I'M EXCITED. MY HEART IS OPEN TO RECEIVE YOUR WORD AND

LORD I THANK YOU THAT THE ANOINTING IS IN THIS ROOM TODAY.

IT'S GOING TO TOUCH LIVES HERE. IT'S GOING TO TOUCH PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD AND LORD, I THANK YOU THAT I'M GOING TO

RECEIVE A FRESH ANOINTING AND I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU MY PRAISE.

HALLELUJAH. COME ON. LET'S SHOUT AS WE PRAISE THE LORD.

COME ON.

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COME ON, GIVE THE LORD A SHOUT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW

THAT WHEN WE COME INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WE SHOULD BE COMING

IN WITH JOY, WITH GLADNESS, WITH THANKFULNESS? BECAUSE IN THE

HOUSE OF THE LORD, ALL OF OUR BURDENS GO AWAY, ALL OF OUR

HEAVINESS GOES AWAY. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS

JOY IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? THERE IS THE OIL OF GLADNESS IN

THE HOUSE OF OUR GOD. SO AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO COME BACK

YESTERDAY, I WAS JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH THE LORD. AND I

STARTED SINGING. THERE IS FREEDOM. THERE IS JOY. HEALING

IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY.

HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. COME ON, CAN YOU SING

THAT? THERE IS FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY. HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE

LORD. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "I'M FREE." THERE IS

FREEDOM, THERE IS JOY. LOOK AT YOUR OTHER NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "BE

FOR JOY." HEALING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

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COME ON, LIFT UP A SHOUT. THERE IS JOY, THE OIL OF GLADNESS IN

YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR PRESENCE, IN YOUR

PRESENCE, I WANNA BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. I WANNA DWELL IN YOUR

HOUSE. IT'S BETTER AS ONE DAY IN YOUR COURTS THAN A THOUSAND

ANYWHERE ELSE. IT'S BETTER AS ONE DAY IN YOUR COURTS THAN A

THOUSAND ANYWHERE ELSE. WE LAY OUR BURDENS DOWN. WE LAY OUR

WORRIES DOWN. AND WE LIFT UP OUR HANDS IN PRAISE. WE LIFT OUR

HANDS IN PRAISE. TO THE CREATOR OF IT ALL, THE ONLY ONE WHO'S

WORTHY OF IT ALL.

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COME ON, SING THAT THIS MORNING. GOD, YOU ARE MY-

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COME ON, STIR THE ANOINTING IN THE HOUSE. COME ON!

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WE WORSHIP, COME ON, I WANT YOU TO GIVE GOD YOUR BEST PRAISE.

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OH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE HOLY GHOST.

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I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO USE YOUR PRAYER LANGUAGE.

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. I DON'T

KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FACING, BUT BUILD UP YOURSELF ON YOUR MOST

HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST.

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COME ON, STIR! STIR! STIR!

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I FEEL PRESSED.

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I FEEL PRESSED TO PRAY FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE TODAY. I'M

NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU COME UP. I WANT THIS TO BE A REAL FAITH

CONNECTION MOMENT RIGHT HERE. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN OVERCOME

AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A DAY HERE OR A DAY THERE BUT YOU HAVE

BEEN OVERCOME BY A DEMON THAT WANTS TO MAKE YOU WEARY. NOW THE

BIBLE SAYS IN DANIEL IT'LL BE ONE OF THE DEVIL'S PLOTS AND

PLANS IS TO WEAR OUT THE SAINTS AND I FEEL THAT JUST IN MY HEART

THAT SOME OF YOU'VE BEEN IN A LONG BATTLE AND IT'S LIKE THE

SAME OLD THING. I MAY BE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND

YOU'RE LIKE, AND YOU GOT US. NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO

DO. AND I, I, I BELIEVING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, THIS ISN'T

GOING TO JUST BE A, WE GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS. I PUT HANDS

ON YOU AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT'S POWERFUL. BUT I WANT YOU

TO HAVE A REAL COME TO JESUS WITH THE LORD ABOUT THAT BATTLE.

YOU'VE HAD THIS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SCRIPTURE. HOW MANY OF YOU GOT

YOUR SCRIPTURE THAT YOU STAND ON? COME ON, ONE WORD. IF I JUST

HAVE ONE WORD FROM GOD, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE. ANYBODY GOT YOUR

VERSE? TERESA, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? BOB, TASHA, YOU GOT YOUR

VERSE? COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU? EILEEN, YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? HOW

MANY OF YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE STANDING FOR

THAT AREA. COME ON, IT MIGHT BE FINANCIAL. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING

WITH YOUR HEALTH. IT'S A FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW. COME ON INTERNET,

YOU GOT YOUR VERSE? I WANT YOU TO THINK IT RIGHT NOW. NOW JUST

QUOTE IT TO YOURSELF. QUOTE IT FOR A MOMENT. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN

QUOTING AND PROPHESYING THAT SAME VERSE FOR, I DON'T KNOW,

MAYBE A YEAR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND. THREE YEARS?

EIGHT? TEN? BY GOD, I'VE BEEN AT THIS ONE FOR A DECADE. COME ON,

ANYBODY BEEN THERE? AM I ALL BY MYSELF IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

TODAY? AND I BELIEVE IN JESUS' NAME. WHAT A GOD. WHAT A GOD CAN

IMPART A REFRESHING ANOINTING UPON YOU IN THIS ROOM RIGHT

HERE, RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. SO I WANT

TO PRAY FOR YOU. AND I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT VERSE WHILE I

PRAY. HALLELUJAH. ARI, I JUST SAW YOU ON THE FRONT ROW. YOU

GOING TO CAMP? YOU EXCITED? I JUST HEARD THE LORD SAY THIS

OVER YOU. HE SAID, "I'M GONNA HEAL AND REFRESH YOU IN THE AREA

OF YOUR SOUL." YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR SOUL IS? IT'S WHAT GOES ON

UP HERE IN OUR MINDS. WE ALL NEED THAT SOMETIMES, ALL OF US.

THE LORD SAID, "I'M BRINGING A SPECIAL HEALING TO HEAL YOUR

SOUL, AND I'M GONNA STRENGTHEN YOUR SOUL, AND SO THAT YOU'RE

GONNA KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

EVERYBODY'S OPINION ON IT. YOU'RE JUST GONNA KNOW WHAT GOD

HAS PUT IN YOUR HEART IS RIGHT AND WHAT'S TRUE, AND YOU'RE

GONNA KNOW WHAT'S NOT. COME ON, WE ALL NEED THAT. I'M GONNA TALK

ABOUT IT. I'M GONNA PREACH ON THAT TODAY A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE

GONNA KNOW WHAT'S NOT TRUE, BUT THE LORD SAYS I'M GONNA

STRENGTHEN AND HEAL YOUR SOUL. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GONNA

HAVE NEW THOUGHTS. THINGS ARE GONNA COME TO YOU BY THE WAY OF

THE ANOINTING OF FRESH. AND YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS FEEL IT.

SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THE

ANOINTING COMES, OUR NATURAL MIND, OUR EMOTIONS. BUT THE LORD

SAYS, "WATCH WHAT I DO UP HERE IN YOUR SOUL." AND YOU'RE GONNA

THINK, "WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?" WELL, THE LORD SAID, "IT

COMES FROM ME, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU. I'M GONNA SPEAK TO

YOU." AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE AMAZED AT THE WISDOM THAT COMES

OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. YOUR PARENTS WILL BE LIKE, "WHERE DID THAT

COME FROM?" YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I MEAN, EVERY PARENT SAYS THAT,

BUT IT'S GONNA BE SPECIAL. SO FATHER, I STRETCH MY HANDS

TOWARD ARI, AND I THANK YOU THAT HER SOUL IS BEING STRENGTHENED

NOW, AND YOU'RE GIVING HER STRENGTH IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

NOW FATHER, I SPEAK OVER ALL OF THESE. COME ON, IF YOU'RE IN

THIS ROOM OR YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, AND MAYBE YOU'VE HAD A

FIVE, EIGHT, 10, 15 YEAR BATTLE, AND YOU'RE STILL STANDING ON THE

SAME WORD, OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP. IT

JUST SEEMS LIKE THE DEVIL BRINGS ONE BLOW AFTER ANOTHER. WELL, I

JUST PRAY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. I WANT YOU TO QUOTE YOUR VERSE

UNDER YOUR BREATH. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR SUPERNATURAL

STRENGTH. GOD, YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO

BE DISMAYED OR BE FEARFUL, THAT YOU WILL STRENGTHEN US. THAT

MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK IT UP ON OUR OWN. YOU GIVE STRENGTH

TO THE WEARY. YOU GIVE STRENGTH TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FATIGUED

IN THE BATTLE. AND I THANK YOU NOW LORD THAT SUPERNATURAL

STRENGTH IS COMING TO EVERY PERSON UNDER THE SOUND OF MY

VOICE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE. AND THAT FATHER

THEY WILL HAVE A NEW SUPERNATURAL ANOINTING AND VIGOR

TO STAND AFRESH AGAIN. AND NOW I SPEAK TO EVERY LONG BATTLE,

EVERY SITUATION IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND I DECLARE AND I

PROPHESY AND I COMMAND PEACE TO THAT. AND I SAY IT SHIFTS IN THE

NAME OF THE LORD JESUS OF NAZARETH. AND I JUST DECLARE YOU

RECEIVE THAT RIGHT NOW. NOW, TOUCH YOURSELF. I ALWAYS LIKE TO

DO THIS, YOU KNOW, I LAY HANDS ON ME. I FIGURE IT THIS WAY, IF

THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY TO LAY HANDS ON ME, AND THERE ISN'T

ALWAYS. SO LAY HANDS ON YOU. A BELIEVER LAYS HANDS ON THE SICK,

AND YOU'LL RECOVER. SO IF YOU NEED HEALING, LAY HANDS ON

YOURSELF. TOUCH YOURSELF, TOUCH WHERE IT HURTS. TOUCH SOMETHING,

SPEAK TO IT. AMEN. SAY THESE WORDS, SAY, "I LAY HANDS ON ME."

AND I SAY, "SELF, YOU'RE NOT TIRED. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SPIRIT

OF GIVE UP. YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF REFRESHING NOW. YOU HAVE THE

SPIRIT OF STRENGTH. YOU HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD. YOU HAVE THE HOLY

SPIRIT. NOW BE STRONG. BE STRONG. BE STRONG. BE STRONG IN

JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG SHOUT.

WHOO! HALLELUJAH. WOW. LET'S SEE IF THE LORD HAS ANYTHING ELSE.

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APRIL, I LOVE YOUR PINK JACKET, IT'S GORGEOUS. I JUST HEARD THE

LORD SAY, I'M GONNA RESTORE YEARS THAT THE CANKER WERE TRIED

TO COME INTO YOUR FAMILY AND BLOODLINE. I'M RESTORING THE

YEARS. AND THE LORD SAID IN THE NEXT, THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. BUT THE LORD SAID, WATCH THE NEXT 10.

YOU THINK I, I MEAN, YOU THINK I CAN'T DO WHAT I ALREADY SAID

I'LL DO? AND THE LORD SAID, IT WON'T BE BASED ON YOU. IT'S

GOING TO BE BASED ON ME NOW. IT'S BASED ON ME. FOR I WILL

RESTORE THAT WHICH THE DEVIL CAME TO TRY TO DEVOUR, TRIED TO

DEVOUR. AND I WILL BRING A DOUBLING AND A BLESSING AND YOU

WILL SEE IT IN THIS TIME. AND THE LORD SAID YOU WILL SEE IT

UPON YOUR FAMILY, UPON YOUR BLOODLINE AND UPON THOSE THAT

EVEN KNEW YOU BEFORE. AND THEY WILL SAY, MY GOD, MY GOD, AND

THEY WILL SAY, SURELY THE LORD IS IN THEE. WATCH WHAT I DO IN

THE NEXT 10 YEARS, SAYS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD. HALLELUJAH.

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ROBERT. HALLELUJAH. IN FACT, YOU AND YOUR WIFE, COME UP HERE.

COME UP HERE. ROBERT WORKS AT THE CHURCH. I DON'T KNOW, I FELT

LIKE THE LORD SAID TO PUT HANDS ON YOU GUYS. AND THERE'S THINGS

THAT YOU'VE PRAYED AND YOU'VE ASKED GOD. AND ONLY GOD KNOWS.

AND YOU'VE SAID, "LORD, THIS HAS BEEN A HARD THING. IT'S BEEN A

HARD THING. IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING THING." AND YOU'VE

ALWAYS KEPT A SMILE. YOU'VE PRESSED INTO ME. BUT THE LORD

SAID, "I CALLED YOU OUT TODAY TO SHOW YOU THAT NOTHING IS TOO

HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED, I'VE LISTENED, I'VE

HEARD YOUR PRAYERS." "OH, LORD, SOMETIMES WE SPOKE THE WRONG

THING." YEAH, THE LORD SAID, "I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THAT."

AREN'T YOU GLAD WHEN GOD PLUGS HIS EARS SOMETIMES? (LAUGHS) YOU

KNOW, GOD WILL DO THAT. SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE, "GOD,

THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT." BUT THE LORD SAID,

"THERE'S JUST A SIMPLE CROP FAILURE ON THAT. DON'T WORRY

ABOUT THAT." THE LORD SAID, "I'VE SEEN YOUR FAITH. FOR EVEN

THE FATHER, WHEN HIS SON WAS DEMONIZED, SAID, 'LORD, HELP MY

UNBELIEF.' AND HIS SON WAS DELIVERED." SO THE LORD SAYS,

"I'M NOT LOOKING AT THAT, BUT I PRAY A FRESH ANOINTING UPON

YOU." AND THE LORD SAID, "THE ANSWER, THE ANSWER IS HERE, AND

IT IS IN MOTION. AND I CALLED YOU UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU

TO QUIT AND THINK IT WASN'T MAKING A DIFFERENCE. SO FATHER,

I PUT MY HANDS ON THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE. ROBERT'S TOO TALL TO

REACH HIS HEAD, LORD, BUT I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR THAT

FRESH POWER. AND FATHER, YOU'RE GONNA STRENGTHEN THEM, AND

THEY'RE GONNA BE SHOCKED AT THE DELIVERANCE AND THE BLESSING AND

THE BREAKTHROUGH THAT WILL AND HAS ARISEN UPON YOU IN THE NAME

OF JESUS. BLESS THEM, LORD, ABUNDANTLY. MULTIPLY THEM. SHOW

THEM IN EVERY WAY THAT, FATHER, YOU'RE FOR THEM, AND YOU'VE NOT

LOST SIGHT OF THE VICTORY. HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD

PRAISE. GIVE GOD PRAISE. LAURA, COME HERE.

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LOOK AT YOU. WOO. YOUR HUSBAND WAS TELLING ME YOU'VE GOTTEN ALL

KINDS OF BREAKTHROUGHS. ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULDN'T

RECEIVE A MIRACLE, YOU'RE A LIVING TESTAMENT OF A FOOT

THAT'S GOING AROUND? THE DOCTOR SAID, WHAT WAS IT, 10%? THAT

SHE'D EVEN WALK AGAIN? THINK ABOUT THAT. SEE, DON'T EVER LET

THE REPORT FOOL YOU. OKAY? THE DEVIL'S FULL OF BAD REPORTS.

HE'S GOT ALL KIND OF THEM. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOVE TO GO

AROUND AND HEADLINE FOR HIM. AND HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BRING THOSE

ONES UP TO YOU. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT? AND SO THE REPORT IS

NOT THE END. I LOVE THAT. WHOSE REPORT SHALL YOU BELIEVE? WILL

BELIEVE THE REPORT OF THE LORD. SO I HEARD THE LORD. HE SAID,

NOW, HE SAID, HERE'S THE THING. THE TESTIMONY IS NOT DONE. THE

LORD SAID, YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS THE VICTORY POINT? THE LORD

SAID, NO, IT'S THE LAUNCHING POINT. I'M GOING TO LAUNCH YOU.

I'M GOING TO LAUNCH YOU BOTH. WILL YOU STAND WITH HER? THIS IS

HER HUSBAND. THEY'RE MARRIED. HE'S THE USHER AND THE HUSBAND.

BUT I HEARD THE LORD SAY THIS IS NOT JUST THE STARTING POINT,

THIS IS NOT LIKE THE FINISH, THIS IS A LAUNCH NOW. I'M GONNA

LAUNCH YOU INTO THINGS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE DOING.

I'M GONNA LAUNCH YOU IN WAYS YOU NEVER THOUGHT IT'S GONNA BE

FINANCIAL. IT'S GONNA BE IN WAYS OF BLESSING. THE LORD SAID,

YOU'RE NO LONGER GONNA TAKE ON THE POSITION OF THOSE WHO ARE

JUST ASKING AND BEGGING AND SEEKING. NO, THE LORD SAYS, THIS

IS THE LAUNCHING POINT OF A WHOLE NEW PLACE. AND I'M GOING

TO GIVE YOU THINGS IN YOUR HANDS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES

YOU'VE QUESTIONED YOUR OWN ABILITIES. THE LORD SAID, DON'T

DO THAT. I'VE ENABLED YOU. WHO MADE YOUR MOUTH? WHO MADE YOUR

SKILL? WHO MADE YOUR BODY? THE LORD SAID, THIS ISN'T JUST THE

VICTORY POINT. THIS IS THE LAUNCHING POINT OF WHAT YOU'RE

GOING TO COME TO AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. AND THE LORD

SAYS, LIKE THE PRETTY LADY OVER IN THE , IT'LL BE THAT GOOD.

BLESS THEM, FATHER. IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS' NAME, WE

THANK YOU. COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE. GIVE GOD A PRAISE.

HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD A PRAISE. WHAT A GOD. WHAT A GOD.

GLORY. IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. WELL, AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN.

TURN TO SOMEBODY, SAY, "YOUR BLESSING IS ON YOU, TOO." LOOK

AT THEM. INTERNET, THE BLESSING'S ON YOU, TOO. COME ON,

LOVE ON EACH OTHER IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. GIVE SOMEBODY A GREAT

BIG SMILE. TELL THEM THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE TODAY. IN

JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, GREET ONE ANOTHER

IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. OH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF

YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THERE YOU ARE. WELL, WE JUST

WANNA WELCOME ALL OF OUR FIRST TIME GUESTS THIS MORNING. SO IF

YOU ARE A FIRST TIME GUEST, HOPEFULLY YOU RECEIVED A BLUE

GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE

WAVE YOUR HAND AND USHER, THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

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

TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU WANT TO MAKE

SURE YOU GET ONE. AND INSIDE THERE, THERE'S ALSO A GUEST

REGISTRY PACKET, HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT.

SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME

INFORMATION IN THERE THAT I WANT TO SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL

AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STATE CONNECTED CARD. IF YOU OPEN IT

UP, THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP

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

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

THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING

WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY

LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE

OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, THEY'RE ALL LISTED

RIGHT THERE FOR YOU. GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET, 'CAUSE THAT IS

THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH SERVICES AND MANY, MANY MORE PROGRAMS

WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AND PUT ALL OUT THERE FOR YOU. THERE'S

PARTNER PROGRAMS AS WELL AS GET REAL WITH HANK, DAILY DECREE,

GAME CHANGERS. THERE'S ALSO FLASHPOINT AND MANY, MANY MORE

PROGRAMS. SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, WATCH ALL OF THAT GREAT

CONTENT AND BE BLESSED BY IT. WE'VE ALSO GOT THE 24/7 WORSHIP

CHANNEL. I'LL PLUG THAT AS WELL. YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND JUST

WATCH US ON REPEAT FOR 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. IT'S

GREAT, UNLESS YOU'RE ME. ANYWAY, DON'T LIKE TO WATCH MYSELF THAT

MUCH. SO IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AT ONLINE

A HAND. AND YESTERDAY WE HAD A SPECIAL EVENT HERE AT THE

CHURCH. IF YOU MISSED IT, WE HAD THE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE. AND SO

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT OR DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HERE'S

A LITTLE RECAP VIDEO FOR YOU OF EVERYTHING

THAT WENT ON YESTERDAY.

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

KINGDOM IS ADVANCING. AND HIS PEOPLE ARE STANDING. THIS

SEPTEMBER, IT'S TIME TO TAKE YOUR PLACE. PLANT YOUR FEET AND

RAISE YOUR EYES BECAUSE THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE KING AND

HEAVEN IS OPENING. WE ARE NOT BOLD ENOUGH WITH THE DEVIL.

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

SWORD AND TAKE AUTHORITY OVER THE EVIL SPIRITS. WE REFUSE TO

COWER. WE REFUSE TO BOW. WE REFUSE TO BREAK. WE REFUSE TO

BEND. WE REFUSE TO COMPROMISE. WE ARE SAYING WHEN THE ENEMY

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

BACKBONE. OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE TAKING PLACE

SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH. REGISTER TODAY AT

OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG.

HALLELUJAH. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED FOR

OPENING THE HEAVENS 2026?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

MAN, IT'S GONNA BE POWERFUL. AND I'M ACTUALLY MORE EXCITED

BECAUSE IN THIS PLACE, IT'S EVEN GONNA BE MORE ANOINTED THAN

EVER. SO HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GET A TICKET FOR

OPENING THE HEAVENS? I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. JUST

COME. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A TICKET. BUT REGISTER, AND IT'LL

BE GREAT. IT'LL BE GREAT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S FREE. BOB

PETTIGREW WANTED TO CHARGE $100 A SEAT, AND WE DECIDED, NO,

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FREE. SO I'M JUST JOKING. I'M NOT

THROWING YOU UNDER THE BUS, BOB. BUT BOB DID WANT ME TO MENTION,

HE MENTIONED IT TODAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS COMING

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT AT WERNER PARK. AND

IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THE WEATHER, I THINK, IS SUPPOSED TO

BE IN THE 80S. SO THAT WILL BE GREAT. AND PASTOR HANK IS

THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH. THAT'LL BE EXCITING. AND THEN WE

HAVE THE HAIR FAMILY SINGERS THAT WILL BE SINGING THE

NATIONAL ANTHEM. SO THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. AND YOU DON'T WANNA

MISS THAT. SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND STILL GET A DISCOUNT ON THE

TICKET PRICE IF YOU DO THAT BY TOMORROW, BY TOMORROW, BY

MONDAY. OKAY, MONDAY AT MIDNIGHT? OKAY, YOU GOT ALL DAY

TOMORROW, THE REST OF TODAY, ALL DAY TOMORROW TO GET THOSE

TICKETS. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. AND THEN A QUICK SYNOPSIS

ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THE REST OF THIS WEEK. TOMORROW, PASTOR HANK

WILL BE ON ELIJAH STREAMS AT ONE O'CLOCK. AND THEN TUESDAY,

PASTOR HANK WILL BE ON FLASHPOINT LIVE WITH GENE BAILEY

AT 7 P.M. TUESDAY NIGHT. DON'T FORGET THAT. AND THEN BE BACK IN

THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE

CONCLUDING, WELL, WE'RE ASSUMING PASTOR BRENDA'S NOT GONNA FINISH

HER MESSAGE TODAY, SO IF SHE STAYS WITH THE NORMAL ROUTINE,

SO SHE'LL BE IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THAT'LL BE

GREAT. SO YOU'RE GETTING A TEASER TODAY, SHE'LL FINISH IT

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO THAT'LL BE GREAT. WELL, IT'S OFFERING TIME,

AND THAT'S A BIG TIME. WE CAN WORSHIP GOD THROUGH OUR

OFFERINGS. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU PROVERBS 11:24, AND 25,

Proverbs 11:24

AND I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO MENTION TO YOU. BUT OUT OF THE

NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, IT SAYS, "GIVE FREELY AND BECOME MORE

WEALTHY, BE STINGY AND LOSE EVERYTHING. THE GENEROUS WILL

PROSPER. THOSE WHO REFRESH OTHERS WILL THEMSELVES BE

REFRESHED." THAT'S HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE REFRESHED? SO AS

WE'RE GIVING AND WE'RE GENEROUS WITH OTHERS, THEN THAT GOODNESS

THAT WE PLANT, THE KINDNESS THAT WE PLANT, THE GIVING THAT WE

PLANT, COMES BACK TO US. AND GOD'S GIVEN US EVERYTHING FOR

OUR ENJOYMENT IN THIS LIFE. AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE GIVE TO

GOD, WE CAN NEVER OUT-DISTANCE HIS GIVING BACK TO US. THAT'S

THE TRUTH. THERE WAS A BAPTIST PASTOR BY THE NAME OF W.A.

CRISWELL. HE WAS A PASTOR OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DALLAS,

TEXAS, FOR 50 YEARS. AND HE TOLD THE STORY OF RONALD, SOMEONE IN

HIS CONGREGATION. HE WAS AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN THAT MADE A

PROMISE TO GOD THAT HE WOULD TITHE ON HIS INCOME. AND PASTOR

CRISWELL PRAYED WITH RONALD FOR BLESSING ON HIS LIFE AND

BLESSING IN HIS CAREER AND FINANCES. AND REMEMBER, THIS WAS

IN THE EARLY '50S. AND AT THAT TIME, RONALD WAS MAKING $160 A

MONTH. SO HE WAS TITHING $16 A MONTH. AND A FEW YEARS, HE

BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HIS INCOME INCREASED TO $5,000 A

MONTH. AND HE STARTED TITHING $500 PER MONTH. WELL, REMEMBER,

IN 1950S, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY HAD AN INCOME OF $250 A

MONTH. $3,000 A YEAR WAS A GOOD INCOME FOR AN AMERICAN FAMILY

BACK THEN. THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, ISN'T IT? BUT ANYWAY,

RONALD'S MAKING $5,000 A MONTH DURING THIS TIME NOW. HE'S

MAKING A LOT OF MONEY FOR HIS DAY. BUT HE CALLED PASTOR

CRISWELL TO ASK IF HE COULD BE RELEASED FROM HIS TITHING

PROMISE, AS HE FELT IT WAS TOO COSTLY NOW. HE REALLY FELT THAT

GIVING $500 A MONTH WAS TOO MUCH. AND PASTOR CRISWELL

REPLIED, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN BE RELEASED FROM YOUR PROMISE,

BUT WE CAN ASK GOD TO REDUCE YOUR INCOME BACK TO $160 A

MONTH, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE NO PROBLEM TITHING $16. LET THAT

SINK IN. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN A PERSON IS SO FINANCIALLY BLESSED

LIKE RONALD WAS, YOU'D THINK THAT THEY'D WANT TO JUST GIVE

BACK MORE TO GOD. BUT THE STORY REMINDS US OF HOW HUMAN NATURE

CAN BRING OUT SELFISHNESS IN OUR LIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT

INVOLVES OUR FINANCES. SCRIPTURE'S VERY CLEAR, THERE'S

A CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE AND OUR ATTITUDES

AND ACTIONS CONCERNING THE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FINANCES. DID

YOU KNOW THERE'S ROUGHLY 2,350 VERSES IN THE BIBLE CONCERNING

POSSESSIONS AND MONEY? JESUS HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT MONEY. 16 OUT

OF THE 38 PARABLES THAT JESUS TAUGHT DEALT WITH THE TOPIC OF

MONEY AND POSSESSIONS. THE ONLY SUBJECT THAT JESUS TAUGHT MORE

ABOUT THAN MONEY WAS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND I BELIEVE GOD IS

TEACHING US THE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP TO PUT

THAT MUCH EMPHASIS IN THE WORD OF GOD. THERE WAS A MAN BY THE

NAME OF JAMES CRAFT. HE WAS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF CRAFT

CHEESE CORPORATION, AND HE DIED A MULTIMILLIONAIRE IN 1953.

JAMES CRAFT GAVE 25% OF HIS ENORMOUS INCOME TO CHRISTIAN

CAUSES FOR MANY YEARS. BY THE WAY, INTERESTING THING ABOUT

JAMES CRAFT TOO, HE'S THE CEO OF THE CRAFT CHEESE COMPANY, WHICH

IS A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION, A BIG NAME IN THE '50S. THEY DID

BUSINESS WITH OVER 170 COUNTRIES. HE WAS THE CEO OF

THIS COMPANY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? FOR 40 YEARS, HE WAS THE SUNDAY

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AT HIS BAPTIST CHURCH THAT HE ATTENDED.

SO DON'T TELL ME YOU CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS AND STILL

HAVE TIME TO DO SOMETHING IN GOD'S HOUSE.

NOW THAT WAS FREE, THAT REALLY WASN'T PART OF MY MESSAGE. JUST

THROWING THAT IN. BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS QUOTE. HE SAID,

"THE ONLY INVESTMENT I EVER MADE WHICH HAS PAID CONSISTENTLY

INCREASING DIVIDENDS "IS THE MONEY THAT I'VE GIVEN TO THE

LORD." THAT MAN SAID THAT. AND HE HAD MILLIONS. AND HE INVESTED

IN THE STOCK MARKET. I'M SURE HE HAD LOTS OF MONEY IN THE KRAFT

STOCK. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, "WHEN GOD GIVES ME A

MILLION DOLLARS, I'LL GIVE HALF OF IT AWAY TO THE GOSPEL." WELL,

THE REALITY IS, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MILLION DOLLARS

THAT YOU RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE

PRESENT $20 THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKET TODAY? AMEN.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION, RIGHT NOW IS

THE KEY TO YOUR FUTURE. WHAT YOU START PLANNING TODAY IS GONNA

OPEN UP TOMORROW. LET'S READ ONE MORE VERSE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE

ON HERE. LUKE 16, 10, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. THIS IS PASTOR

ANTHONY'S FAVORITE TRANSLATION. IT SAYS, "IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL IN

LITTLE THINGS, "YOU WILL BE FAITHFUL IN THE LARGE ONES. "BUT

IF YOU'RE DISHONEST IN LITTLE THINGS, "YOU WON'T BE HONEST

WITH THE GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES." BASICALLY

WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE TO START WITH WHAT GOD'S

GIVEN US TODAY. AND AS WE HONOR GOD WITH OUR TITHE, THE 10%, AND

THE OFFERINGS ABOVE THAT, WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR

POSSESSION AND WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE

THE PEOPLE NOW. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE FOR YOUR GIVING, JUST

RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS WILL BE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU WITH THAT.

WE WANT TO PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN AT

THIS TIME. AND YOU CAN USE OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN USE THE MOBILE

APP. YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE. THERE'S SO MANY WAYS TO GIVE.

AND WE APPRECIATE OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE AND THE WAY THAT YOU

CONSISTENTLY SUPPORT THE WORK OF THIS MINISTRY AND THE PROPHETIC

WORD OF GOD GOING FORTH. AND WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT

EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART. AND YOU KNOW, PAUL TOLD US IN

PHILIPPIANS 4:8 THAT OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS ARE

Philippians 4:8

WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. REPEAT THIS

AFTER ME. MY TITHES AND MY OFFERINGS.

ARE WELL PLEASING.

ARE WELL PLEASING. TO GOD. TO GOD. AMEN, AMEN. WELL, THANK YOU

FOR YOUR GIVING TODAY. WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP WITH ME AT THIS

POINT IN TIME. HOLD UP YOUR DEVICE OR YOUR ENVELOPE, HOWEVER

YOU'RE CHOOSING TO GIVE TODAY. I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU. FATHER, WE

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD. WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT AS WE

GIVE, YOU GIVE BACK TO US, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER,

RUNNING OVER IN ABUNDANCE, YOU GIVE BACK TO YOUR PEOPLE. AND WE

STAND ON THAT PROMISE TODAY. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR

BLESSINGS AND THE WAY THAT YOU'VE SUSTAINED US, GIVEN US

EXCESS AND GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO GIVE, LORD. NOT ONLY THE

ABILITY TO GIVE, LORD, BUT JUST THE DIVINE SUPERNATURAL TOUCH OF

WISDOM ON HOW TO HANDLE OUR FINANCES. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT

TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION. AND I

BLESS THE PEOPLE TODAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT ARE GIVING

BACK TO YOU FROM THEIR HARD-EARNED INCOME AND WHATEVER

THEY'VE RECEIVED. AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY, FATHER, WITH THOSE

GIFTS. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY. WELL, LET'S

REPEAT OUR DECLARATION HERE WITH ME. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND

THE MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,

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

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

FINISHED." WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE

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

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

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

AND WE RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE

ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL

QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE

DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE

EXPANDED NOW. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. WELL, STAY STANDING AND

WELCOME PASTOR BRENDA AS SHE COMES BACK. THANK YOU, THANK

YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. PRAISE THE LORD.

WHAT A POWERFUL OFFERING MESSAGE THAT WAS. MY GOODNESS. WELL, YOU

CAN BE SEATED. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH SOME SCRIPTURES

TODAY. PRAISE THE LORD. I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THE

PULPIT. I MEAN, I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK, BUT I'M MORE EXCITED

FOR PASTOR HANK NEXT WEEK TO BE REAL. OH, I LOVE LISTENING TO

HIM PREACH. I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, I MAKE NOTES LIKE FIRE DOWN

THERE ON THE FRONT ROW. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET

ME GET SET UP AND WE'LL GET INTO IT. I GOT A LOT OF PAGES. LET'S

SEE HOW MUCH OF IT WE GET THROUGH. YOU KNOW, IF PASTOR AND

I WERE MAKING KIND OF A FUNNY JOKE ONE TIME, HE SAID, YOU

KNOW, WE MAKE ALL OF THESE NOTES AND WE PREACH LIKE AN EIGHTH OF

IT. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S WHY YOU DO 12-WEEK SERIES. YOU

START A MESSAGE ON THE PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE IN AMERICA IN JULY

AND YOU FINISH IT IN JANUARY. HE KNOWS IF HE'S WATCHING, I'M

GIVING HIM A HARD TIME, BUT IT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW, IN FACT, WHEN WE

USED TO DO TELEVISION, WE FIRST STARTED AND WE'D GET INVITED TO

BE ON, YOU KNOW, SOME PROGRAM SOMEWHERE, AND WE'D GO WITH

BIBLES AND NOTES AND THINK, AH, WE GOT ALL THIS STUFF WE'LL

SHARE. AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF IT, SO YOU CAN PUT IT, HELLO, MISS

DIANA, GOD BLESS YOU. I JUST SAW YOU ON THE FRONT ROW. GIVE A BIG

HAND TO AMANDA'S MAMA. SHE WAS VERY SIGNIFICANT IN PASTOR'S

EARLY YEARS ON HIM GETTING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU

KNOW, YOU NEVER FORGET WHAT PEOPLE INVESTED IN YOU, SO THANK

YOU FOR THAT, YOU'RE A BLESSING. BUT WE USED TO GO TO ALL THESE

MEETING, THESE TV APPEARANCES, WE'D BRING NOTES AND THINK WE'RE

GONNA SAY ALL THIS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT ON TV TIME,

AND THE HOST WOULD SAY SOMETHING, WE'D SAY SOMETHING,

THEY'D CUT TO A SONG IN A COMMERCIAL, AND BY THE TIME WE

GOT OVER, ALL WE DID WAS THE FIRST VERSE. AND SO, YOU KNOW,

I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU JUST PUT THINGS DOWN AND GET IT IN YOUR

SPIRIT, AND THEN IT'LL COME OUT HOWEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS,

AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET STARTED TODAY. I WANNA TALK

ABOUT SOME OF THE BRIGHT LINE ITEMS OF THE BIBLE THAT I

BELIEVE ARE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT, WOVEN THROUGHOUT

SCRIPTURE, 'CAUSE AS I'VE, I DON'T KNOW, I'VE JUST LOOKED

THROUGH LIFE, I'VE LOOKED THROUGH MY LIFE AND THOUGHT, NOW

GOD, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, AS I GET INTO THE SECOND HALF OF MY

LIFE, I'M CALLING IT THE SECOND HALF, THE SECOND HALF OF MY

LIFE, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I NEED TO

BE DOING AND THINKING ABOUT? AND AS I GO THROUGH THE BIBLE, AND I

BEGAN TO REALIZE THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD HAS HIGHLIGHTED

THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE, THAT THEY'RE IN THERE. NOW, I'M NOT

GONNA PROFESS TO SAY THAT WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE HERE IS ALL OF

'EM, MAYBE NOT. I DON'T KNOW, I CAME UP WITH SEVEN, I GUESS IT'S

GOD'S NUMBER AND YOU'D ALL BE SCARED IF I CAME UP WITH 24. SO

I JUST, AND THEN I WOULD BE PREACHING 'TIL JANUARY AND WE'D

NEVER GET TO THE END. BUT THE POINT IS, IS IF I COULD NAIL IT

DOWN TO THE MOST IMPORTANT, THE THINGS THAT IF I DID THEM EVERY

DAY, AND I DO THEM, BUT I'M SAYING IF WE AS CHRISTIANS DID

THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHERE WOULD WE BE? WHAT WOULD BE THE

OUTCOME? WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IN OUR LIFE? AND SO, AND

I BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS, AND THE BIBLE DOES SAY

SO, THAT WILL MAKE US SUCCESSFUL. I THINK EVERY ONE OF

US, THOSE OF, THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

TUNING IN ONLINE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WANTS TO BE

SUCCESSFUL. SOMETIMES WANTING SOMETHING AND DECIDING YOU WANT

TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO

CREATE THAT ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD

AGREE WITH THAT? SO I WANNA GO THROUGH WHAT I BELIEVE. NOW, YOU

KNOW, I THINK HONESTLY NONE OF THESE ARE SUPER ROCKET SCIENCE,

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REPETITION IN THE BIBLE THAT IF WE WOULD

JUST DO THE THINGS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY REPEATED, WE WOULD

SEE ULTIMATELY THE RESULTS. AND HONESTLY, I KNOW THIS ABOUT GOD.

HE IS NOT A MICROWAVE GOD. OKAY? PEOPLE THINK TITHING IS LIKE YOU

PUT MONEY IN A SLOT MACHINE AND OUT POPS A BLESSING. NO, TITHING

IS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. OKAY, PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU IF YOU

INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE STOCK

INVESTED. IT'S NOT TOO SPECIAL, BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW. I

BOUGHT ONE STOCK RECENTLY, AND AS SOON AS I WAS MESSED UP, MY

PHONE, SEE, I, PHONES, MAN, I TELL YA. MY PHONE MESSED UP, AND

I COULDN'T GET THE BID IN ON TIME, AND THEN BEFORE I GOT IT

REPAIRED, I HAD TO CALL THE BROKER BEFORE I GOT IT REPAIRED,

THE STOCK WENT UP. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BAD.

BUY IT WHEN IT'S LOW, BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT ONE LINE IS

STILL IN THE RED, BUT IT'S GONNA COME BACK, COME ON. BUT ANYWAY,

THEY'LL TELL YOU IF YOU INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET THAT IT'S

LONG TERM. DON'T PLAN TO HAVE THAT MONEY FOR A LONG TIME.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT MONEY. YOU PUT IT THERE, YOU SET IT,

YOU FORGET IT. AND THIS IS THE WAY SOMETIMES IT IS WITH GOD.

IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. TITHING IS A

COMMITMENT. IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME AND OH, I TRIED THERE.

EVERYTHING I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY IS A LIFELONG CHOICE

AND A COMMITMENT. BUT I PROMISE YOU, IF WE PUT THE THINGS TO

PRACTICE, IT WILL BRING YOU, COME ON SOMEBODY, GOOD SUCCESS.

AMEN, AMEN. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM. WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT.

LOOK AT PSALM 119, THE FIRST, AND I THINK THIS IS THE MOST

IMPORTANT OF ALL THE BRIGHT-LINED ITEMS IN THE BIBLE,

IS TO, WATCH THIS, READ AND KEEP GOD'S WORD. READ AND KEEP GOD'S

WORD. LET ME READ PSALM 119. IT HAPPENS TO BE THE LONGEST

CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE, HAPPENS TO BE ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD. PSALM

Psalms 119:11

119, VERSE 11, AND VERSE 111, 112, NEW LIVING SAYS, "LORD,

YOUR LAWS ARE MY TREASURE." CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU? WE'RE LIVING IN

A GENERATION RIGHT NOW THAT HAS LET OFF OR GIVEN UP ON

TREASURING GOD'S WORD. YOUR LAWS ARE MY TREASURE. COME ON, IF YOU

HAVE A TREASURE, YOU SPEND TIME WITH THAT TREASURE. YOU FOCUS ON

THAT TREASURE. YOUR LAWS ARE MY HEART'S DELIGHT, FOR I'M

DETERMINED, COME ON, ARE YOU DETERMINED TODAY, TO KEEP YOUR

DECREES TO THE VERY END, NOT HALFWAY THROUGH, NOT A QUARTER

OF THE WAY. WE KEEP GOD'S WORD ALL THE WAY TO THE END, EVEN IF

IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT LOSE OUR LIFE DOING IT. THERE WERE TIMES,

PASTOR AND I, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT TOGETHER IN THE

MINISTRY, WE THOUGHT, GOD, WE ARE GONNA DIE IF WE KEEP GOING

LIKE THIS. THIS IS NOT WORKING. AND WE WOULD DETERMINE, I

REMEMBER MANY A TIMES, AND WE STILL DO THIS TODAY, WE'D BE

TRAVELING SOMEWHERE AND BE ON A TRIP, MAYBE IT WAS A MINISTRY

TRIP, AND HERE WE'D BE IN THE HOTEL ROOM AND EVERYTHING WAS

GOING POOR AND IT LOOKED UPSIDE DOWN, AND WE WOULD GRAB HANDS

LAYING THERE ON THE BED, LOOKING AT THE DIRTY HOTEL CEILING AND

SAYING, "GOD, WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE? WE ARE STANDING. WE ARE

PUTTING YOUR WORD TO PRACTICE." AND WE STILL DO THAT TODAY. I

MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK UP AT THE CEILING. THE CEILING AT HOME IS

CLEANER NOW, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE LOOK UP AND WE

SAY, "LORD," AND WE MADE A COMMITMENT. GOD, I AM COMMITTED,

I'M DETERMINED TO KEEP YOUR DECREES TO THE VERY END. NOW,

IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT DAVID, OF ALL THE PSALMS THAT

ARE WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, ALL THE THINGS THAT HE WROTE, ALL

THE SONGS, ALL THE THINGS, THE WORDS PUT TO MUSIC, PSALM 119 IS

ALL ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD AND KEEPING IT AND DOING IT. IN

FACT, VERSE 11 IS FAMOUS. IT SAYS THESE WORDS. IT SAYS, "YOUR

WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART THAT I WON'T SIN AGAINST YOU."

IN OTHER WORDS, I WILL MAKE IT. I WILL MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO

THE END. JESUS SAID ABOUT THE CHURCHES IN THE BOOK OF

REVELATION, HE SAID THESE WORDS AND IT JUST, IT MOVES ME EVERY

TIME. HE SAID, "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, I'LL GIVE A CROWN OF

LIFE." SO YOUR WORD, LORD. SECOND TIMOTHY SAYS THIS, IT

SAYS, VERSE, CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 15 SAYS, "STUDY." SO YOU KNOW, I

ALWAYS SAY IT LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S GOOD. I'M NOT, YOU'VE HEARD

ME SAY THIS BEFORE, A REAL FAN OF JUST TRYING TO READ THE BIBLE

THROUGH IN A YEAR. NOW IT'S GOOD 'CAUSE IT HELPS GIVE YOU A GOAL

AND IT HELPS TO FAMILIARIZE, BUT WHEN I'VE DONE THOSE, I DON'T

FEEL LIKE I RETAINED IT. I JUST REALIZED, OKAY, I GOT 15

MINUTES, I GOTTA READ FOUR CHAPTERS. AND SO YOU FIND

YOURSELF SKIMMING THROUGH. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED THAT? SO

A LOT OF TIMES WHAT I DO, I'VE STARTED KIND OF JOURNALING THE

BIBLE. I TAKE A HANDFUL OF VERSES EVERY MORNING, AND I READ

THOSE, I DIGEST THOSE, I CHEW ON THEM, AND I'VE GOTTEN MYSELF A

LITTLE JOURNAL. BACK IN THE DAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE, 'CAUSE I DON'T

KNOW, I THINK WE'VE LOST A LITTLE SOMETHING WITH CUT AND

PASTE FROM BIBLE GATEWAY, AND CUT AND PASTE IT IN. I THINK

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT, I KNOW, ALL YOU YOUNG ONES, WRITING THEM

DOWN WITH A PEN. I DON'T KNOW, IT DOES SOMETHING TO ME. I USED

TO TAKE INDEX CARDS. NOW I'VE GOT A LITTLE BOOKLET THAT I USE.

BUT I WOULD TAKE INDEX CARDS WHEN I WAS WORKING IN BANKING,

THIS WAS BEFORE PASTOR AND I WERE FULL-TIME IN THE MINISTRY.

AND I WOULD TAKE LITTLE THREE BY FIVES AND I'D WRITE DOWN VERSES

AND STICK THEM IN MY PURSE EVERY DAY. AND I WOULD PUT THEM AT MY

DESK AT THE BANK OR MY TELLER WINDOW WHEN I WAS A TELLER. I'D

CARRY THEM AROUND, I'D READ THEM AT LUNCH, AND I'D MEMORIZE THOSE

THINGS. AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR TAKING

A LITTLE PIECE OF THE WORD EVERY DAY, COME ON, AND READING IT OUT

LOUD. SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOUR OWN EARS HEAR IT, AND

SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN YOU WRITE THOSE WORDS DOWN. YOU'RE LIKE,

OH, I NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE. IT DOES SOMETHING TO YOU. SOMETIMES

I THINK WE LOSE A LITTLE BIT ON THE APPS, AND THEY HAVE THEIR

PLACE, SO DON'T GET ME WRONG. I'M JUST SAYING, STUDY TO SHOW

YOURSELF. I BELIEVE THE GREATEST THING LACKING IN THE CHURCH

RIGHT NOW IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEIR BIBLE. AND WE'RE OPEN,

WE'RE OPEN GAME FOR THE DEVIL, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH.

OKAY, YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, RIGHT? AND THE TRUTH SHALL? SET YOU

FREE. IT'LL MAKE YOU FREE. THAT TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU. IT'LL CAUSE

YOU TO WALK IN LIBERTY. OKAY, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW IT, AMEN.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT, CHEW ON IT EVERY DAY, AND

THEN DETERMINE TO BE A DOER OF IT. DETERMINE TO APPLY IT, OKAY?

DON'T JUST LET THE WORD COME IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER. APPLY

IT, RIGHT? SEE HOW YOU CAN INCORPORATE IT IN YOUR LIFE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN TAKE MOMENTS THEN WHERE YOU

DEEPLY STUDY. I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE TESTIMONY OF MYSELF THAT

COMES FROM STUDYING THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GO TO BIBLE

SCHOOL, PASTOR DID, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A BIBLE SCHOOL. I WAS GONNA

GO TO A BIBLE SCHOOL, AND THEN AT THAT TIME IN MY LIFE, WHERE

MY LIFE WAS, THIS IS WHEN I WAS STILL SINGLE, I JUST COULDN'T

AFFORD TO GO. IT WAS EXPENSIVE, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I

WANTED TO BE IN THE MINISTRY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD

PEOPLE SAY THIS, I GOT MY LEARNING FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE

SPIRIT. BUT MY TESTIMONY AND LEARNING TO STUDY THE BIBLE CAME

FROM DOING IT. AND I REMEMBER I WENT TO, MY PARENTS HAD PUT MY

SISTER, CHRISTIE AND I, INTO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. AND IT DIDN'T

TAKE LONG FOR US TO COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THE PEOPLE AT

THAT SCHOOL DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AND HERE'S THE THING, WE HAD GOTTEN SPIRIT FILLED, AND I

MEAN, MY LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVER. YOU KNOW, AT AGE 15,

16, NOBODY HAD TO TELL ME GET RID OF ALL THAT EVIL ROCK MUSIC,

DON'T HANG AROUND THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE. I GOT FILLED WITH THE

HOLY SPIRIT, AND MAN, MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER. I WAS ON FIRE

FOR GOD. I WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO KNOW GOD. I'M LIKE, AND

YOU KNOW, WE WERE RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, BUT THE KEY IS

ONCE WE GOT BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, I'M LIKE, MAN, I GOT

SOMETHING, THIS IS SOMETHING. AND I DIDN'T FULLY KNOW, JANET,

WHAT IT WAS. I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT. I JUST KNEW

SOMETHING HAD LIT UP ON THE INSIDE OF ME. WELL, WE GOT TO

OUR NON-SPIRIT-FILLED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, AND I THOUGHT EVERYBODY

BELIEVED LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, WHY WOULDN'T THEY ALL

BE THIS EXCITED? THESE ARE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. I HADN'T BEEN

AROUND THAT MANY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE BEFORE. I MEAN, WE WERE

RAISED EPISCOPALIAN. THIS IS THE CHURCH OF THE FROZEN CHOSEN. I

MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK AROUND, YOU SIT UP. I MEAN, THEY'RE

STEPS OFF FROM THE CATHOLICS. AND SO I THOUGHT EVERYBODY

THAT'S BORN AGAIN WOULD BE THIS EXCITED TO SPEAK IN TONGUES. I

MEAN, THIS WAS LIKE, UGH. AND I GET THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE,

THAT'S THE DEVIL. I THOUGHT, HOW IN THE WORLD? I SAID, YOU KNOW,

WHEN I WANTED TO SERVE THE DEVIL, I NEVER SPOKE IN TONGUES.

OKAY, I NEVER HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE ROCK BAND KISS UP THERE

SPEAKING IN TONGUES. THEY NEVER DID THAT. SO HOW CAN I BE THIS

EXCITED FOR GOD AND HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE DEVIL? WELL,

SO THEY WOULD ATTACK THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MAYBE ME,

PASTOR CHRISTIAN AND I WERE FIVE YEARS APART. WE WERE IN A SMALL

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN

WHAT, JUNIOR HIGH AT THAT TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO,

YOU KNOW, THEY ATTACKED ME. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ATTACKED THE

JUNIOR HIGH, BUT THEY ATTACKED THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I WAS GOING

TO CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WOULD

CORNER ME AT EVERYTHING. THE TEACHERS WOULD SAY LITTLE THINGS

FROM THE FRONT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE TONGUE TALKERS, KNOWING

I'M LIKE THE ONLY ONE IN THERE. AND IT WAS FUN. AND ANYWAY, AND

SO I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER THINKING, LORD, THERE'S

SOMETHING, I GOTTA FIGURE THIS OUT. AND THEY WOULD, BUT IT WAS

AMAZING TO ME. THEY NEVER USED THAT MUCH BIBLE. NOW I THOUGHT,

OKAY, THEY THROW OUT A LITTLE SCRIPTURE HERE OR THERE. AND I

THOUGHT, WELL, HOW AM I GONNA COUNTER THAT? I DON'T HAVE AN

ANSWER FOR THESE PEOPLE. AND I MADE A DECISION. I SAID, I'M

GONNA GO AND I'M GONNA SIT IN MY ROOM. I SPENT HOURS UPON HOURS.

MY DAD, THANK GOD, HAD TAUGHT US TO USE A CONCORDANCE. WE DIDN'T

HAVE THE PHONE THEN. YOU HAD TO BRING OUT THE BOOK. THAT BIG OLD

CONCORDANCE, I LUG IT OUT TO MY PARENTS' TABLE AND FLIPPED ALL

THE PAGES. I LEARNED HOW TO LOOK UP EVERY WORD IN THE HEBREW AND

THE GREEK. AND I MEAN, AND I LOVED IT. I LOVED DOING IT.

THEY'D ATTACK DIVINE HEALING. THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WELL,

WITH THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY WOULD SAY, "NO,

THAT PASSED AWAY WITH THE EARLY APOSTLES." AND I THOUGHT, "DID

IT?" I MEAN, I'M TALKING IN TONGUES. "OH, IT'S JUST MADE

UP," THEY'D SAY. "YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT UP. IT'S AN EMOTIONAL

RESPONSE." AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, IT SURE FEELS GOOD IF THAT'S ALL

IT IS." SO I DECIDED, I MADE THE DECISION MYSELF. STUDY TO SHOW

YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD. I WENT TO THE BIBLE, AND I WENT

THROUGH EVERY SCRIPTURE ON THE SPEAKING IN TONGUES, EVERY VERSE

ON THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I BEGAN TO CHEW ON IT. I

READ ACTS 2:4 PROBABLY 150 TIMES, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND

Acts 2:4

AGAIN. I'D SIT IN MY, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BE WITH PEOPLE. I

WANTED TO KNOW THE TRUTH. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE

REALLY HAD TO SAY ON THAT SUBJECT. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN

THEN I REMEMBER, SO ONE TEACHER DECIDED TO GO FOR IT IN A CLASS,

AND THIS TIME I WAS READY. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME I'M LIKE,

I'M READY. SO THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, MADE A COMMENT

ABOUT SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND THAT HOW IT HAD ALL PASSED AWAY.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF IT'S ALL PASSED AWAY AND THE BIBLE IS

SUPPOSED TO BE OUR PATTERN, BUT IT'S ALL ENDED, THEN WHAT BOOK

ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW? 'CAUSE IT DIDN'T END IN THE

BOOK. THEY SPOKE IN TONGUES. NOW HERE'S THE THING, AND THEY

DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THIS. I SAID, "PETER WENT TO THE HOUSE

OF CORNELIUS." THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW THAT THEY HAD BEEN BAPTIZED

IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS HE HEARD THEM SPEAK WITH TONGUES AND

GLORIFY GOD, MAGNIFY GOD SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES. THINK

ABOUT THAT. OKAY, THIS IS ACTS 10:46. AND THEN HE GOES ON TO

Acts 10:46

CHAPTER 11 AND HE SAYS, "WE KNEW THAT THE GENTILES WERE FILLED

WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT "BECAUSE THE HOLY GHOST FELL ON US THE

SAME WAY HE DID IN THE BEGINNING." I THOUGHT, "WELL,

HOW DID HE FALL ON THEM IN THE BEGINNING?" HE FELL ON THEM WITH

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THEY ALL BEGAN TO SPEAK IN OTHER TONGUES. THEY COUNTERED ME AND

USED TO SAY, "WELL, THEY SPOKE IN NATURAL LANGUAGES." 'CAUSE

THEY HEARD THEM, THE MEDES, THE PERSIAN, IT WAS ALL NATURAL

LANGUAGES. I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOD, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO

AND STUDY THAT." AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PHRASE CAME RIGHT

OFF THE PAGE TO ME AND IT SAYS, AND SOME OF THEM SAID, "WHAT

MEANETH THIS?" THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AND THOUGHT THEY WERE

JUST DRUNK. I THOUGHT, SO NOT EVERYBODY HEARD THEM SPEAK IN A

NATURAL LANGUAGE. COME ON, SOMEBODY. AND SO PAUL SAID, "I

PRAY IN THE SPIRIT." AND WITH SOMETIMES IN MY UNDERSTANDING,

SOMETIMES I DON'T. NOBODY, IF I'M PRAYING IN A TONGUE, MAY

UNDERSTAND ME IN THE CHURCH. I MAY PRAY OUT IN THE SPIRIT AND

THEN IT REQUIRES AN INTERPRETATION. COME ON, IF IT

WAS JUST A NATURAL LANGUAGE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERPRETED

THROUGH A SUPERNATURAL GIFT. YOU WOULD HAVE GOOGLE TRANSLATE. THE

POINT I'M MAKING, I DID THE SAME WITH DIVINE HEALING. THEY WOULD

TELL ME, I WOULD SAY, WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS CHRIST,

THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO MY TEACHER ONE TIME, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE

GOT IN THESE, I WASN'T TRYING TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE, BUT THEY CAME

AT ME, YOU KNOW. AND I SAID, WELL, I SAID, THE BIBLE SAYS

THAT JESUS CHRIST, ISAIAH 53, FOUR AND FIVE, THE SCRIPTURE

SAYS THAT WITH HIS STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED. OH, THAT JUST MEANS

SPIRITUAL HEALING. I THOUGHT, REALLY? IT NEVER MEAN PHYSICAL

HEALING, YOU CAN'T TRUST IN THAT. AND I THOUGHT, OKAY. AND

I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SEE, THIS IS WHY YOU STUDY THE WORD. THIS IS

WHY WE HAVE TO KNOW THE BIBLE. I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY

TESTIMONY. AND SO I WENT AND STUDIED, AND I WAS READING

MATTHEW, THE EIGHTH CHAPTER. AND HERE, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IT

DOESN'T SAY SPIRITUAL. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LORD SAID, NOW,

WHAT DID I, I CAME HEALING PEOPLE IN GALILEE. DID I HEAL

THEM SPIRITUALLY OR PHYSICALLY? I THOUGHT, WELL,

I THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS, LORD, YOU HEALED THEM SPIRITUALLY,

OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN, TO ME, THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING. BUT NONE OF

THEM HAD BEEN BORN AGAIN YET. HE CAME HEALING THEM IN THE FLESH.

PHYSICAL, DIVINE HEALING. OH, WELL, HE ONLY DID THAT TO PROVE

HE WAS THE SON OF GOD. I'M LIKE, WELL, THEN WHY DID HE PUT THAT

ON THE DISCIPLES IN MATTHEW THE 10TH CHAPTER, AND THEY CONTINUED

IT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS? OH, WELL, THEY SAID THAT WAS JUST TO

LAUNCH THE EARLY CHURCH. I SAID, "WELL, THEN WHAT BIBLE AM I

SUPPOSED TO EMULATE?" AND THEN, SO, I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, IS

IT JUST SPIRITUAL HEALING?" AND THE LORD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY

YOU'VE GOT TO BE IN THE BIBLE, THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON I'M

TELLING YOU THIS, IS ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M READING ONE DAY,

MATTHEW, THE EIGHTH CHAPTER, JESUS, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE

CENTURION, THE LEOPARD THAT GETS HEALED IN VERSE THREE, THE STORY

OF THE CENTURION, HE SAID, "LORD, SPEAK THE WORD ONLY, COME

ON, YOU KNOW THE STORY, "MY SERVANT SHALL BE HEALED." AND

LATER, HE COMES AND THERE IS HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW SICK OF THE FEVER.

YOU COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO VERSE 17, 18, YOU READ IN THERE,

IT SAYS, "AND HE REBUKED THE FEVER, "AND IT LEFT HER," WATCH

THIS, "THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED, "WHICH WAS SPOKEN OF

THE PROPHET ISAIAH. "HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITY AND BARE OUR

SICKNESS." I THOUGHT, THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE. GOD WANTS US

PHYSICALLY HEALED.

NOW HERE'S THE POINT I'M TELLING YOU. THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT

TO SPEND TIME IN YOUR BIBLE. DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT.

DON'T TAKE SOMEBODY'S WORD FOR IT. DON'T TAKE IT FROM THE MOST

CHARISMATIC, WELL-SPOKEN PREACHER. DON'T TAKE IT FROM

SOME STUPID MEME. LISTEN TO THE BIBLE YOURSELF. NOW LET ME READ

A SCRIPTURE TO YOU. THIS IS IMPORTANT. STUDY TO SHOW

YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN THAT NEEDS NOT BE

ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. YOU KNOW, I'VE

FOUND OUT IN MY LIFE THAT THE MORE TIME I JUST OPEN THE BOOK,

I READ THE BOOK, I STUDY THE BOOK, I MARK UP THE BOOK. COME

ON, GET A REAL BIBLE THAT YOU CAN PUT YOUR MARKS IN. SO MUCH

OF IT THAT YOUR COFFEE DRIPS ON IT ON A MORNING COFFEE. AND I

GOT COFFEE RINGS IN MY BIBLE, PEOPLE. WHERE YOU CAN MARK IT,

KNOW IT, SPEND TIME WITH IT. THINK I'M GONNA START WORKING ON

ANOTHER BIBLE. THIS ONE'S PRETTY MARKED. I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT

ONE. MY TEENAGE BIBLE, I STILL HAVE IT. IT'S COVERED IN NOTES.

THE POINT IS, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SPEND THAT TIME. THAT NEEDETH

NOT BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT

IF I JUST GET IN THE WORD IN GENERAL, OKAY, I DON'T HAVE TO

SEEK EVERYTHING. WELL, GOD, WHAT ABOUT THIS? IS THERE A BIBLE

VERSE ABOUT THAT? NO, IF YOU SPEND TIME IN IT, SOMEHOW YOU'RE

JUST GONNA KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. HEBREWS 4:12, COME ON,

Hebrews 4:12

IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR. IT SAYS THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK,

ACTIVE, FULL OF LIVING POWER. OKAY, FULL OF LIVING POWER,

QUICK AND ACTIVE. THAT'S KING JAMES, IT READS DIFFERENT IN THE

AMPLIFIED AND THE NEW LIVING. IT'S QUICK, IT'S ACTIVE, IT'S

FULL OF POWER. BUT WATCH THIS, IT SAYS IT SEPARATES ALL THE

FLESH AND THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. PEOPLE ARE GETTING

CRAFTY NOW WITH THEIR CASE ON A LOT OF TOPICS. THE DEVIL'S A

CRAFTY DECEIVER. IN FACT, WEDNESDAY WE'LL TALK A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT HOW TO BE DELIVERED FROM SOME OF THE IDEOLOGIES THAT

ARE COMING OUT RIGHT NOW. QUICK, ACTIVE, FULL OF POWER. WATCH

THIS, DIVIDING AND SEPARATING THAT WHICH IS CARNAL AND THAT

WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. OKAY. PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY ABOUT PASTOR,

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS

HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS OF PASTORING, PEOPLE

COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WELL, YOU GUYS JUST

DON'T LISTEN TO MY POINT OF VIEW. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, COME

TO ME WITH BIBLE AND I WILL. I'M NOT BEING RUDE. IF YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO PUT WORD TO IT, THEN IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF HUMAN.

OKAY. IT'S SHARPER THAN IT'LL SEPARATE THAT WHICH IS FLESH AND

CARNAL AND THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. OKAY, FLESH INCARNATE

IS A WHOLE LOT OF HUMAN NOTHING. IT'LL SEPARATE THE JOINT AND THE

MARROW, IT'LL EXPOSE OUR INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND DESIRES.

COME ON, YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT YOURSELF READING THE BIBLE. LOOK

AT JAMES 1:21 THROUGH 27. I'M GONNA GO QUICK, I'M ONLY ON ONE,

James 1:21–27

PEOPLE. JANUARY. WHEREFORE, AH, JANUARY.

WE GOT SMARTIES IN THE ROOM, I'M TELLING YOU.

I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT PASTOR HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I

DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY EVERY TIME THERE'S A SUNDAY THAT I

PREACH, KNOW THAT I'LL BE THERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHERE, VERSE

21, WHEREFORE, LAY APART OR SET ASIDE ALL FILTHINESS, THAT'S

IMMORAL WAYS, AND SUPERFLUITY, WE DON'T REALLY USE THAT WORD,

IT MEANS CONTINUAL WICKEDNESS, AND NAUGHTINESS, AND RECEIVE

WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED, OR THAT WORD ENGRAFTED MEANS TO BE

PLANTED IN YOUR HEART, WHICH IS ABLE, COME ON, WHAT DOES IT SAY?

THE ENGRAFTED WORD, THE PLANTED WORD. SAY, I'M PLANTING IN YOU

TODAY. THE PLANTED WORD WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOUR SOULS, BUT BE

YE DOERS OF IT, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY. DECEIVING, AND THIS IS THE

PART, I MEAN, THIS ONE I EVEN HIGHLIGHT IN PINK. DECEIVING

YOUR OWN SELVES. NOW, THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT MEANS YOU DON'T

EVEN NEED THE DEVIL. WE CAN DECEIVE OURSELVES BY NOT

APPLYING WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN DOING IT. AND I'VE MADE A

DETERMINATION HERE WHEN I COME HERE ON A SUNDAY, I LISTEN TO

PASTOR OR SOMEBODY ELSE PREACHING, I MAKE A

DETERMINATION, GOD, I NEED TO APPLY WHAT I'M HEARING. WE HAVE

A TENDENCY AS CHURCHGOERS, SOMETIMES THE WORD COMES OUT AND

IT'S IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER. NOW I GET IT, THERE'S A

LOT TO RETAIN, ESPECIALLY IF PASTOR BRENDA'S PREACHING, IT'S

LONG. I GET IT, THERE'S A LOT TO REMEMBER, BUT TAKE THAT WORD,

START APPLYING IT. OKAY, GET UP TOMORROW, START APPLYING IT.

SAID, "DON'T DECEIVE YOURSELF "BECAUSE IT'S IN ONE EAR AND OUT

THE OTHER. "FOR IF ANY, JUST BE A HEARER OF THE WORD AND NOT A

DOER." NOW, I FIND IT'S HARD TO JUST BE A HEARER, NOT A DOER IF

YOU DO SPEND TIME IN IT, OKAY? 'CAUSE YOU WILL START TO BE

DRIVEN BY THE HOLY GHOST TO DO IT. YOU'LL, 'CAUSE HE'LL REMIND

YOU OF IT, OKAY? YOU STUDY ENOUGH VERSES ON FORGIVENESS,

THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY MAKES YOU MAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WORD

WILL COME BACK. IT'LL COME BACK UP IN YOUR HEART. SO, BUT DON'T

JUST BE A HEARER AND A DOER LIKE THE PERSON THAT LOOKS IN A

MIRROR AND FORGETS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. FOR BEHOLD, HE

BEHOLDS HIMSELF AND GOES HIS WAY. UNDERLINE THAT, OKAY? IT'S

NOT OUR WAY, IT'S GOD'S WAY, RIGHT? AND STRAIGHTWAY FORGETS

THE PERSON THAT HE WAS, BUT WHOSO LOOKS INTO THE PERFECT LAW

OF LIBERTY OR INTO THE WORD AND CONTINUES THEREIN, HE BEING NOT

A FORGETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER OF THE WORK, THIS ONE SHALL BE

BLESSED IN HIS DEED. AND IF ANY MAN TO YOU SEEM TO BE RELIGIOUS,

OR SPIRITUAL, YOU COULD SAY, AND CANNOT BRIDLE HIS TONGUE, WE'RE

GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT DECEIVES HIS OWN HEART, THIS IS

THE THING, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW AND STUDY

GOD'S WORD. MAY I PROPOSE TO YOU THIS MORNING THAT THIS

GENERATION NEEDS TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN THE BIBLE,

PROFICIENT IN THE SCRIPTURE, PROFICIENT IN THE TRUTH. I NEVER

THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS I WOULD SEE PASTORS MARRYING

HOMOSEXUALS, PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE

HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ABOMINATIONS OF A GAY LIFESTYLE.

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE ALL OF THE SUDDEN THAT IT'S OKAY

TO BE GAY AND CHRISTIAN. AND THEY COME UP WITH GOOD

ARGUMENTS, BUT THEY COUNTER THE TRUTH. WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER

FOR EVERY ARGUMENT THAT COMES UP. NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO GET ON FACEBOOK AND ARGUE WITH EVERYBODY, THAT'S NOT

WHAT I'M SAYING. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE WILL COME MOMENTS WHERE

YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR THE HOPE THAT'S WITHIN YOU

AND BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH PROFICIENCY. OKAY, AMEN. AND DO

IT WELL. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE ON THIS. 1 JOHN 2:3-5, "AND

1 John 2:3–5

HEREBY WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, "THAT IF WE KEEP HIS

COMMANDMENTS," OKAY, YOU CAN'T KEEP WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, RIGHT

FOLKS? "IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, HE SAYS, 'I KNOW

HIM,' "AND KEEPS NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR, AND THE

TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM. BUT WHOSO KEEPS HIS WORD IN HIM VERILY IS

THE LOVE OF GOD PERFECTED." AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN

HIM. OTHER SCRIPTURES, YOU KNOW JOSHUA 1:8, "MEDITATE DAY AND

Joshua 1:8

NIGHT," RIGHT? THAT'S HOW YOU'LL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS, RIGHT? "MY

SON, GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS," PROVERBS 4:20. YOU CAN'T

Proverbs 4:20

DO OR CALL JESUS LORD UNLESS YOU DO WHAT HE SAYS, AND WE HAVE TO

KNOW WHAT HE SAYS. AND I'M TELLING YOU, I BELIEVE WE ARE AT

A CRITICAL TIME WHEN LESS PEOPLE KNOW THEIR BIBLE THAN THEY USED

TO IN YEARS GONE BY. I MEAN, IT USED TO BE QUOTED IN THE PUBLIC

SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE THAT'S COMING BACK. IT USED TO BE. BUT WE

OUGHT TO KNOW THE SCRIPTURE. AND IF WE DON'T, WE ARE PRAY FOR THE

DEVIL. CAN I JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT? THE BRIGHT LINE OF THE

BIBLE FROM BEGINNING TO END WAS KNOW GOD'S WORD AND KEEP IT.

KNOW IT, AND YOU WON'T KNOW IT IF YOU AREN'T DISCIPLINED TO

OPEN IT EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THESE WHOLE THINGS OUT

NOW WHERE WE DO LESS SCREEN TIME, YOU KNOW, SPENDING LESS

TIME ON THE SCREEN. AND IN FACT, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT A LOT WITH

SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU THAT WOULD KNOW ME KNOW THAT

I DON'T POST NEAR AS MUCH. AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA ALWAYS BE

LOOKING AT THIS, I'M BETTER TO LOOK AT THIS. COME ON, SOMEBODY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. THE SECOND, THAT'S A BRIGHT LINE

OF THE BIBLE. KNOW HIS WORD, KNOW HIS COMMANDMENTS, KNOW THE

SCRIPTURE. QUOTE THEM TO YOURSELF, WRITE THEM DOWN. READ

THEM OUT LOUD WHERE YOUR EARS CAN HEAR IT. KNOW IT BETTER THAN

YOUR NEIGHBOR. COME ON, KNOW IT BETTER THAN YOUR CRITIC. KNOW IT

BETTER THAN THOSE WITH A RELIGIOUS SPIRIT. KNOW GOD'S

WORD. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE BECOME FODDER FOR THE DEVIL. AMEN.

THAT'S GOOD PREACHING, PASTOR BRENDA. AMEN. AND YOU'LL GET THE

WHOLE COUNSEL OF IT. YOU'LL KNOW, YOU'LL JUST KNOW. AND I'VE

BEEN IN PLACES, I'LL JUST SAY THIS LAST PART. I'VE BEEN IN

PLACES WHERE SOMEBODY WAS PREACHING SOMETHING AND I

THOUGHT, "EH, THAT DOESN'T MEASURE UP." NOW, I DON'T GO IN

EVER CRITICAL. ALWAYS GO IN WITH AN OPEN HEART. OKAY, THAT WAS

THE BEREANS, COME ON, ACTS 17:11. OKAY, THEY WENT IN WITH

Acts 17:11

AN OPEN HEART, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WENT LATER AND STUDIED

WHAT PAUL WAS PREACHING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS TRUE. OKAY, SO, YOU

KNOW, GO IN OPEN-SPIRITED. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, SIT THERE LIKE

SOME PEOPLE I'VE SEEN. LET ME SEE IF I AGREE. DON'T GO IN

DEFENSIVE. OKAY, GO IN WITH AN OPEN SPIRIT. LISTEN TO THE WORD

PREACHED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TIMES WHERE I'VE HEARD

SOMEBODY PREACH SOMETHING. I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A

LOT OF GOOD CHICKEN ON THEM BONES, BUT THE BONES ARE GOING

TO GO IN THE GARBAGE. IT'S ALL GOOD. WE CAN EAT THE MEAT AND

SPIT OUT THE BONES, THEY USED TO SAY. BUT I DON'T HAVE A CRITICAL

SPIRIT, BUT BECAUSE I SPEND TIME IN THE WORD, I KNOW THE TRUTH.

WHAT IS JUST PEOPLE TALKING? AND AGAIN, NO PREACHER'S PERFECT,

RIGHT? TOUCH YOURSELF, ASK YOURSELF IF YOU'RE PERFECT.

NOBODY'S PERFECT. PREACHERS ARE GROWING UP HERE JUST LIKE WE ARE

IN THE CHAIRS. SO GIVE THEM GRACE. PEOPLE SAY STUFF AND THEN

LIKE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE PREACHED SOMETHING

AND THEN GONE HOME AND THOUGHT, MAN, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT

LIKE THAT. OKAY, SO GIVE GRACE, THAT'S THE KEY. BUT THE KEY IS

KNOW THE TRUTH. OKAY, THERE'S KEY THINGS THAT ARE TRUTH. SOME

THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT, SECOND ONE, BRIGHT LINE. FIRST

BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE IS KEEP AND KNOW GOD'S WORD, KNOW IT

WELL. NUMBER TWO IS PRAY EVERY DAY. NOW I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A

LOT OF TIME ON THIS 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GIVEN, THAT'S A

NO-BRAINER, BUT YOU SHOULD BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH GOD EVERY

SINGLE DAY ON SOME LEVEL, BECOMING PROFICIENT IN PRAYER.

THE BIBLE SAYS 1 THESSALONIANS 5 AND 17, IT SAYS TO PRAY WITHOUT

ANY CEASING. SO A REGULAR HABIT OF PRAYER, TALK TO GOD. TALK,

YOU KNOW, WE SPENT TIME ON OUR VACATION RELAXING, YOU KNOW, WE

WENT SWIMMING, WE LAID IN THE CHAIR, WE DID ALL THE THINGS, WE

GRILLED STUFF, AND I PRAYED IN THE HOLY GHOST.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT IF NOBODY CAN HEAR ME? SO I'M JUST GONNA

PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. SPEND TIME, OKAY? PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. THE

BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR THAT JESUS' PRAYER LIFE WAS DIRECTLY

CONNECTED TO HIS POWER. HE WAS TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL 40 DAYS AND

40 NIGHTS, AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN MARK, THE FOURTH CHAPTER, IT

SAYS THAT HE CAME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS IN THE POWER OF THE

SPIRIT. SO SPENDING TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS IN PRAYER, JUDE

20, BUILDING YOURSELF UP ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH, PRAYING IN THE

HOLY GHOST. SPEND TIME WITH GOD, TALK TO GOD, COMMUNICATE WITH

GOD. DON'T JUST, AND THEN TAKE IT BEYOND THAT AND SAY, NOW GOD,

THIS IS A CONVERSATION AND A COMMUNICATION, BUT NOW I NEED

MORE THAN THAT. I NEED TO TAKE UP BIBLICAL PARAMETERS FOR

PROFICIENT PRAYING. OKAY, THERE'S THINGS THAT'LL MAKE YOU

PROFICIENT IN PRAYER. I'VE TAUGHT ON THAT A FEW WEDNESDAYS

AGO, ON HOW TO ASK, HOW TO SEEK, HOW TO KNOW GOD, HOW TO TALK TO

GOD. OKAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING FROM GOD, GO, "WELL, I

DID PRAY TO GOD, "AND I TOLD HIM HOW BAD EVERYTHING IS." I GOTTA

LISTEN TO THAT A LITTLE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'LL GO,

"WELL, WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?" OKAY, SO LEARN HOW TO PRAY.

SPEND TIME IN PRAYER EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND BY THE WAY,

WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, HOW LONG DOES IT HAVE TO BE? I HEARD ONE

GUY SAY ONE TIME A LONG TIME AGO, AND HE WAS WEIRD, BUT HE

SAID, A LONG TIME AGO, HE'S, "I PRAY SIX HOURS A DAY." I'M

THINKING, WELL, YEAH, YOU. MOST OF US WORK JOBS. BUT THE POINT,

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE BIBLE'S CLEAR. YOU KNOW, JESUS

BROUGHT OUT THE COULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ONE HOUR. I THINK IT'S

GOOD TO HAVE TRAINED YOURSELF TO PUT IN AN HOUR OF PRAYER. IF YOU

DON'T DO THAT EVERY DAY, IS THAT GONNA MEAN YOUR PRAYER LIFE IS

TERRIBLE? NO, BUT THERE SHOULD BE PRAYER. PASTOR AND I, WE GRAB

HANDS, WE PRAY TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE MORNING. EVERY DAY WE

PRAY. AND WE SIT IN OUR CHAIR AND WE PRAY AND WE COVER YOU, WE

COVER THE CHURCH. WE DON'T LET A DAY GO BY THAT WE DON'T SIT DOWN

TOGETHER AND WE PRAY, OKAY? AND SO, ANYWAY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT.

SPEND THAT TIME IN PRAYER. LEARN HOW TO PRAY. THERE'S A LOT OF

GOOD BOOKS ON PRAYER, BY THE WAY. GET THOSE AND LEARN HOW TO

DO IT. ALL RIGHT, THIRD BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE. THIS IS A BIG

ONE, 'CAUSE I HAVE A FEW MORE I GOT TO GET TO TODAY, IS GUARD

YOUR MOUTH. THIS IS, OKAY, GOD, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD FORMED

THE WORLDS THROUGH HIS WORD. HE IS UPHOLDING, HEBREWS, THE FIRST

CHAPTER SAYS THAT HE IS UPHOLDING ALL THINGS BY THE WORD

OF HIS POWER. OKAY, HE'S THE ONE THAT HIS WORDS FORMULATED THIS

WORLD. IT BEGAN WITH WORDS AND HE CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE AND

GAVE US THE CREATIVE POWER OF WORDS. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE

SAYS, DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. WE KNOW

THAT, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CAN TAKE WORDS IN ALL SORTS OF

FASHIONS AND PRODUCE EITHER DEATH OR LIFE WITH IT. THAT'S

WHY I TELL PEOPLE, I HAD SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, SAID,

"DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE IT SCARED ME TO DEATH." WELL, IT'S JUST A

PHRASE. WELL, WHY SAY IT? IT'S STUPID. DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE

THAT. DON'T, EVEN IN JEST, OR IF IT'S JUST A FUNNY, PASTOR AND I,

WE'RE VERY DISCIPLINED, WE'RE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO SAY THINGS

IN FOOLISHNESS, OKAY? AND THE OLDER WE'VE GOTTEN, THE MORE

CAREFUL WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE WITH OUR MOUTH. GUARD YOUR

MOUTH. THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS THIS THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURE, THAT IT

WAS THE EVIL WORDS OF ISRAEL THAT CAME UP BEFORE GOD AND

THEY'RE COMPLAINING. COME ON, WORDS ARE A COMPLAINT. AND BY

THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST SPOKEN WORDS, IT'S ALSO POSTS, OKAY?

THAT WE'RE TO ALIGN OUR MOUTH WITH THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT THAT

ALSO MEANS OUR KEYBOARD. RIGHT? COME ON, THIS IS GOD'S POST.

THERE'S CALLED THE LOGOS, THAT'S YOUR WRITTEN WORD, RIGHT? OKAY,

YOUR WRITTEN WORD, YOUR LOGOS. AND THEN THERE IS THE RHEMA

WORD, WHICH YOU ACTUALLY SAY OUT LOUD. THIS IS GOD'S WRITTEN

POST, OKAY? SO, YOU WOULDN'T FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS IS LESS

POWERFUL THAN THE SPOKEN WORD. I THINK OUR WRITTEN WORDS ARE

OFTEN EVEN MORE, MORE EFFECTIVE. SO, THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU GO

TYPING AND YOU WRITE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE SORRY

FOR LATER. GUARD YOUR MOUTH, OKAY? GO BACK, IN FACT, PUT UP

AGAIN JAMES 1, 26. WE JUST READ ABOUT KEEPING THE WORD. LOOK AT

VERSE 26 AGAIN IF THEY COULD THROW THAT BACK UP. IF ANY MAN,

REMEMBER I READ THIS? SAID IF ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO BE

SPIRITUAL AND CAN'T CONTROL HIS MOUTH, HE DECEIVES HIS OWN

HEART. SO OUR MOUTH, THIS IS BRIGHT LINE THROUGHOUT THE

BIBLE. THINK ABOUT THIS, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME GOOD EXAMPLES. OUR

MOUTH CONTAINS THE POWER TO PRODUCE DEATH OR LIFE, WE JUST

SAID THAT. OUR WORDS CAN SET US UP FOR SUCCESS OR FAILURE. OKAY,

PROVERBS 34:12 SAYS, "WHAT IS THE MAN THAT LOVES LIFE AND

WANTS TO SEE MANY GOOD DAYS? KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL AND

YOUR LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE." SO SUCCESS OR FAILURE HAD TO DO

WITH WHAT? THE MOUTH, THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE. THIS

IS ANOTHER BRIGHT LINE OF THE BIBLE. OUR WORDS CAN SET US UP

FOR SUCCESS OR FAILURE. THE UNDISCIPLINED MOUTH IS EQUATED

WITH THE FOOL. PROVERBS 18 SAID, "A FOOL IS KNOWN BY HIS

UNDISCIPLINED MUCH SPEAKING." AND HE JUST LETS ANYTHING FLY

OUT OF HIS MOUTH. PROVERBS 18, SIX THROUGH SEVEN SAYS THAT. YOU

CAN FIND THAT AGAIN IN ECCLESIASTES 5, THREE. TOO MUCH

SPEAKING, PROVERBS 13, THREE SAYS, CAN BECOME YOUR RUIN. WOO.

OKAY. SEW MY LIPS TOGETHER, GOD. WILL BE JUDGED, JESUS SAID,

ACCORDING TO OUR WORDS. MATTHEW 12:36 THROUGH 37. EVERY IDLE

Matthew 12:36–37

WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL BE HELD TO COUNT IN THE

DAY OF JUDGMENT, JESUS SAID, FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE

JUSTIFIED AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU'LL BE CONDEMNED. THAT'S IN

THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. AND I THOUGHT ON THIS, I THOUGHT,

WELL, GOD, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO ASK

QUESTIONS LIKE THAT TO GOD. YOU SAID IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.

NOW, IS THAT THE NATURAL DAY OF RECKONING? 'CAUSE THERE CAN BE

DAYS OF JUDGMENT THAT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, THINGS COME FULL

CIRCLE, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR LIFE AT TIMES. OR DOES THAT MEAN

ON THE ULTIMATE DAY OF JUDGMENT, WHEN JESUS COMES BACK TO JUDGE,

I SAID, "JESUS, DID YOU HAVE A TAPE RECORDER UP THERE?" 'CAUSE

THE ALMIGHTY DON'T FORGET NOTHING. I SAID, "LORD, DO YOU

HAVE A TAPE RECORDER UP THERE THAT'S RECORDED ALL OF THE

THINGS THAT WE HAVE SAID OVER THE COURSE OF OUR LIFE? WILL

THERE BE A TAPE AND YOU'LL COME BACK?" AND I THOUGHT, I MEAN, I

GUESS THAT COULD BE, 'CAUSE GOD DOESN'T FORGET ANYTHING LIKE

THAT, UNLESS HE CHOOSES, IF WE REPENT OF IT, THE BIBLE SAYS

THAT HE FORGETS OUR INIQUITY. HE CHOOSES TO CAST US AS FAR AS HE.

SO I THINK THERE'S WORDS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN STUPIDLY THAT IF WE

REPENT AND WE GET IT RIGHT WITH GOD, HE CHOOSES TO ERASE IT FROM

THE TAPE. BUT THE ONES WE'RE DETERMINED TO HOLD ON TO, IT

SAID IT'LL JUSTIFY YOU. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, THAT CAN

HAPPEN IN THIS LIFE TOO. OKAY, WE CAN SAY THINGS THAT'LL EITHER

BENEFIT US AND JUSTIFY OUR POSITION OR IT'LL CONDEMN US.

AND THAT COULD HAPPEN IN JUDGMENT, IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE

WORLD TO COME, OR IT COULD HAPPEN NOW. OKAY, OUR WORDS HAVE

THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. OKAY, SO THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A

SOBERING SCRIPTURE. OUR WORDS CAN SET NATURE IN MOTION AND CAN

DEFILE OUR VERY OWN BODY. JAMES 3:6 SAYS THAT. IT SAYS, "YOUR

James 3:6

WORDS CAN DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY." I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT

MEANS IF IT'S OUR BODY, THEN IT CAN CAUSE SICKNESS IN OUR BODY

IF WE TALK WRONG. OKAY, IT CAN CAUSE DISEASE. IF YOU CONSTANTLY

TELL YOURSELF, OH, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET THAT RIGHT, YOU'RE

NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF DEBT. WELL, YOU WON'T. YOU'LL KEEP

GOING. IN FACT, YOU KNOW THERE ARE TITHING PEOPLE THAT ARE

BROKEN IN DEBT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT'S TRUE? THERE ARE

TITHING CHRISTIANS THAT ARE BROKEN IN DEBT, PASTOR DOUG. AND

IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE TITHE. SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR

MOUTH. OKAY, GOD WENT ON IN MALACHI CHAPTER THREE REGARDING

THE TITHE. THEY SAID, "WELL, LORD," HE SAID, "I'LL OPEN THE

WINDOWS OF HEAVEN "AND POUR YOU OUT A BLESSING. "THERE WON'T BE

ROOM ENOUGH TO RECEIVE IT WHEN YOU TITHE." AND HE SAID, "BUT

YOUR WORDS HAVE BEEN STOUT AGAINST ME." SO THINK ABOUT

THAT, OUR MOUTH DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY. JESUS TAUGHT THAT

WORDS CAN BE SPOKEN IN FAITH FOR THINGS WE DON'T SEE YET, OKAY?

AND THEN MANIFESTED LATER IN THE PHYSICAL REALM. HE SHOWED THAT,

WHEN I JUST QUOTED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT AGO, HE SHOWED THAT

WITH THE CENTURION AND HIS SERVANT. HE SAID, IN FACT, IT

WAS THE CENTURION THAT SAID, LORD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO

MY HOUSE. IF YOU JUST SAY THE WORD ONLY, YOU JUST SPEAK IT OUT

INTO THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ASK ME, YEAH,

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THAT STUPID DECREE STUFF? CAN

CHRISTIANS DECREE THINGS? I'M LIKE, WELL, JESUS DECREED, OKAY,

PEACE BE STILL TO A STORM. IN FACT, I'LL PROPOSE TO YOU THAT

MARK THE FOURTH CHAPTER, WHEN THEY WERE IN THE BOAT AND THE

STORM IS RAGING AND IT'S BLOWING AND JESUS WAS ASLEEP ON THE

PILLOW. I MEAN, SO MANY MESSAGES HAVE COME OUT OF THAT. BUT JESUS

IS ASLEEP AND HE COMES OUT AND THE DISCIPLES ARE SCARED. AND I

THOUGHT ON IT, I THOUGHT, LORD, RIGHTFULLY SO, IN THE NATURAL,

IT SAID THERE WAS THE SHIP AND THEN IT SAID THERE WERE OTHER

LITTLE SHIPS, GO BACK AND READ IT, NEARBY. THERE WERE SEVERAL

SHIPS, SO CHANCES ARE THESE WERE THEIR COLLEAGUES OUT THERE,

OTHER FISHER GUYS THEY KNEW. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE

WATCHED DEADLIEST CATCH? YOU KNOW, ALL THE FISHERS KNEW EACH

OTHER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SID'S BOAT AND THE OTHER GUY'S BOAT

AND I FORGET ALL THEIR NAMES NOW, IT'S AN OLD SHOW, BUT YOU

KNOW, THEY ALL KNEW EACH OTHER'S BOAT. I'M SURE PETER KNEW, YOU

KNOW, BUBBA'S BOAT AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOAT. AND SO THEY WERE IN

THE SHIP AND THEN THEY HAD SOME LITTLE SHIPS AND THEY ARE

PROBABLY LOOKING OVER THE BOAT THAT'S ROCKING AND IN FACT THE

SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH WATER, IT CAME IN THE BOAT

AND THE BOAT WAS FULL. SO THEY'RE AT THE VERGE OF SINKING

AND I'M SURE THE SHIPS THAT WERE SMALLER THAN THEIR SHIP WERE

PROBABLY IN WORSE SHAPE. NOW THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THIS AND

I WATCH THOSE DEADLIEST CATCH GUYS, I'M LIKE NOPE, GOD, THAT'S

NOT THE JOB FOR ME. FIRST OF ALL, I'D BE SEASICK. I MEAN, HOW

DO THEY DO THAT? I MEAN, THE HUMAN BODY, IT JUST PRESSES THE

HUMAN BODY FOR ALL IT CAN HANDLE. AND THEN FLYING OVER

THERE, AND WHAT IS THAT, MINUS 100 DEGREE WATER OR WHATEVER IT

IS, I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT. NOW, AND IT WAS

STRESSFUL, SO I'M SURE THIS ISN'T TOO FAR DIFFERENT IN THEIR

DAY. AND THEY'RE TERRIFIED. AND THE NATURAL HUMAN RESPONSE IS

THEY'RE TERRIFIED. JESUS DARES WALK OUT OF THE BACK OF THE

SHIP, AND HE SAID, "WHY ARE YOU AFRAID?" AND I'VE READ THAT, I

LOVE IT, I THOUGHT, "LOH!" IT'D BRING OUT MY ANGRY SIDE. WE'VE

BEEN OUT HERE TOILING, AND IN FACT, THEY DID SAY IT TO JESUS.

THEY SAID, "DON'T YOU EVEN CARE?" I THOUGHT, "OKAY, LORD,

HERE WE GO." THEY ACCUSED JESUS OF NOT CARING THAT THEY'RE ABOUT

TO DIE. I SAID, "DON'T YOU EVEN CARE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO

PERISH?" AND HE SAID, "WHERE WAS YOUR FAITH? "WHERE WAS YOUR

FAITH?" NOW, WHAT JESUS TURNS AND HE DID IS HE CALMS THE

STORM. HE USED THE DECLARED WORD. HE SAID, "PEACE AND BE

STILL TO IT." OKAY, THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS, THE FOURTH

CHAPTER, THAT GOD, THROUGH ABRAHAM, HE SAID, "THROUGH GOD,

GOD TAUGHT ABRAHAM HOW TO TAKE THINGS "THAT YOU DON'T YET SEE

IN THE NATURAL "AND CALL IT AS IF IT WERE TRUE." JESUS

DEMONSTRATED THIS AT THE HOUSE OF JAIRUS. YOU GO TO MARK, THE

FIFTH CHAPTER, HE WENT INTO THE HOUSE AND HE SPOKE UNTO, HE

SAID, "THE LITTLE GIRL, SHE NOT DEAD, "SHE'S JUST ONLY TAKING A

LITTLE NAP." AND THEY THOUGHT, "YOU CRAZY, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A

HEARTBEAT. "THAT LITTLE GIRL HAD DIED IN THE NATURAL." AND JESUS

SAID, "NO, NO, SHE'S ONLY JUST SLEEPING." AND WENT UP AND SPOKE

AND SHE RAISED FROM THE DEAD. HE USED THE DECLARED WORD. YOUR

WORDS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND DECLARE

THINGS. YOU MAY NOT SEE YOUR HEALING, YOU MAY NOT SEE YOUR

PRODIGAL HOME, YOU MAY NOT SEE IT IN THE NATURAL, BUT YOUR

WORDS CAN GO INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND DECLARE. THAT'S A BRIGHT

LINE THROUGH THE BIBLE. OKAY, GOD SPOKE TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT

AS THOUGH THEY ARE. HE MADE, IN FACT, ONE TRANSLATION SAID

THROUGH HIS WORD, HE MADE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. PAUL

SAID, PAUL SAID, GOD, ACTUALLY IT WAS GOD WHO CALLS THOSE

THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY ARE. GO BACK AND READ THAT.

LOOK AT JAMES 3:2. "FOR IN MANY THINGS WE CAN OFFEND ALL "OR

James 3:2

MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES. "BUT IF ANY MAN DOES NOT OFFEND IN HIS

WORD," OR THE WORD THERE, OFFEND, DOESN'T MEAN YOU JUST

MAKE PEOPLE MAD WITH WHAT YOU SAY. I MEAN, THAT CAN HAPPEN.

BUT THE POINT IS, IS TO ERR WITH OUR WORDS. "IF ANYONE DOES NOT

ERR IN WORD, "THE SAME IS A PERFECT OR MATURE PERSON "WHO IS

ABLE TO BRING ABOUT A BRIDLE "OR A CONTROL TO THEIR ENTIRE BODY."

THAT'S WHAT JAMES SAYS. YOUR TONGUE, THIS IS BRIGHT LINE

THROUGH THE BIBLE THAT WHAT WE SAY SETS US UP FOR SUCCESS OR

CAN SET US OUT FOR FAILURE. AND I KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE

WHO ARE LIKE, OH GOD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED AND

THAT HAPPENED, BUT WHAT WAS SPOKEN? I'VE HEARD THIS FOR

YEARS AS A PASTOR. WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. NOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT

THINKING OF ANY INDIVIDUAL. WHAT I'M TEACHING AS A PRINCIPAL IS,

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PERSON LOST THEIR JOB OR THAT

PERSON NEVER GOT HEALED OR THIS HAPPENED OR THAT HAPPENED. WELL,

I WILL TELL YOU, NOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE REASONS IN EACH

CASE. WHAT I KNOW IS IN THE BIBLE AS A WHOLE, THAT OUR WORDS

HAVE, 'CAUSE WE CAN ALL COME TO CHURCH, WE CAN DO ALL THE RIGHT

THINGS, WE CAN DANCE, WE CAN PRAISE, IT'S EASY TO PRAISE WHEN

PASTOR SHANE AND CHRISSY AND THE TEAM ARE UP HERE, EVERYTHING'S

LOOKING GOOD. BUT WHAT DO WE SPEAK STARTING ON MONDAY? WHAT

ARE WE DECLARING OUT OF OUR MOUTH WHEN WE WALK OUT THE DOOR,

WHEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T LOOK PROMISING? AND BY THE WAY,

YOU CAN'T JUST DO IT WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. THIS IS A LIFE,

AGAIN, THERE'S NO SLOT MACHINES WITH GOD WHERE YOU JUST PLOP

SOMETHING IN. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO. YOU KNOW,

THINGS HAPPEN, THINGS GO CRAZY, SOMETHING GOES ON WITH SO AND

SO, AND WE'RE LIKE, (YELLS) LIKE WE'RE GONNA LIKE MACHINE GUN

TONGUES THROUGH IT.

OKAY, AND I'M NOT SAYING GOD CAN'T USE THAT. DON'T HEAR THAT.

BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY OF IT. THE WAY IS TO REGULARLY DO IT.

SO YOU'RE READY FOR THE DAY AT HAND. YOU'RE READY FOR THE

CHALLENGE TO COME, RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING RIGHT, YOU'VE BEEN

DECLARING. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN 'CAUSE SOMEONE'S IN A BATTLE

THAT THEY HAVEN'T, OR DON'T JUDGE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. ALL

I'M SAYING, WE GOTTA JUDGE, I HAVE TO JUDGE ME. I HAVE TO KNOW

WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I'M DECLARING, WHAT I'M SPEAKING,

AMEN. SO, OUR WORDS, BRIDLE THE WHOLE BODY, CONTROL WHAT YOU

SAY, STARTING NOW. GOD, I'M GONNA PUT YOUR WORD IN MY MOUTH.

I WANT THE WORD TO BE IN THERE. YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID THAT TO

ME ONE TIME. SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT OF THINGS IN PASTOR,

AND SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME, WELL, IT JUST MAKES ME MAD. EVERY TIME

I TALK TO YOU, JUST ADD THE WORD, THE WORD, THE WORD, THE

WORD, THE WORD. I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK

ABOUT? TELL YOU HOW TO GO UPSIDE DOWN AND FAIL? THAT'S WHY PASTOR

AND I QUIT DOING, WE DON'T DO MARRIAGE COUNSELING ANYMORE. I'M

LIKE, GRAB HANDS, PRAY, AND DO THE BIBLE. HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR

WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. OKAY, WIVES, SUBMIT TO

YOUR OWN HUSBANDS AS IN THE LORD. OKAY, PRAY TOGETHER, HONOR

ONE ANOTHER, LOVE EACH OTHER. OKAY, DO THAT. WELL, I TRIED,

BUT SHE WON'T. OKAY, WELL THEN PRAY, 'CAUSE THE BIBLE ANSWERS

THAT ONE TOO. THE BIBLE SAYS TO THE UNBELIEVING SPOUSE, YOU PRAY

FOR 'EM AND PUT ON CHRIST IN FRONT OF THEM. COME ON,

SOMEBODY, IF WE WOULD DO THE BIBLE, WE WOULD SPEAK THE WORD.

COME ON, GOD CAN FIX A LOT OF STUFF. CONDEMN ME FOR QUOTING

THE SCRIPTURE. AND PEOPLE GET SO MAD. THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE

WANTED TO SHARE. I'M LIKE, WHAT? THAT YOU'RE SLEEPING IN SEPARATE

ROOMS? OKAY, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE BAD THAT SOME DEAR

SPOUSE DID TO YOU? OR DO YOU WANT THIS FIXED? OKAY, SOMEWHERE

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE BIBLE AND BE DOERS OF THE WORD.

WELL, I NEED TO GET IT OUT OF MY THOUGHTS. OKAY, BE CAREFUL,

HUSBANDS AND WIVES, OKAY? 'CAUSE WHAT YOUR SPOUSE HEARS YOU SAY

TODAY, YOU MAY BE SORRY YOU SAID IT DOWN THE ROAD. I KNOW, SHE

PREACHING TODAY. COME ON, SHE LOADED. COME ON, I FOUND OUT THE

BEST ARGUMENT, OKAY? 'CAUSE WHEN PASTOR AND I FIRST GOT MARRIED,

WE WERE PROFESSIONALS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I REALIZED? DOING THE

WORD'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER. OKAY? YOU CAN CALL UP AND COMPLAIN TO

YOUR PASTOR, YOU CAN GO TO MARRIAGE COUNSELING. MARRIAGE

COUNSELING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T, IF THEY PUT BIBLE TO

IT. OKAY? THEY'LL CHARGE YOU A LOT TO PUT BIBLE TO IT. OR YOU

CAN GET IT WITH YOUR GOD FOR FREE. OKAY, DO YOU THINK THE

BIBLE IS NOT FILLED WITH A BOATLOAD OF COUNSELING ON WHAT

TO DO ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE FOR A REASON? I ASKED GOD THAT ONE

TIME. I SAID, LORD, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE DOESN'T GIVE US A

WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO, YOU KNOW, FIGHT FAIR WITH. AND, YOU KNOW,

AND MY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING IN THE

SCRIPTURE THAT TALKS ABOUT MY FEELINGS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOD IS

LIKE, BUCK UP, BUTTERCUP. OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU A BIBLE VERSE FOR

THAT. COME ON, EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX SAYS IT PLAIN. IT SAYS,

"COME ON, PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD "THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO

STAND IN THE EVIL DAY "WHEN YOUR SPOUSE IS EVIL, THE PEOPLE ARE

EVIL, "THE GOVERNMENT'S EVIL.”

COME ON, YOUR TEACHER'S EVIL, YOUR BOSS IS EVIL.

EVERYONE EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, THAT YOU MIGHT STAND IN

THE EVIL DAY, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND. THEREFORE, HAVING YOUR

LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, PUTTING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOUR FEET SHARP WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE

GOSPEL OF PEACE. OKAY, PUT ON THE, TAKE UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH

AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD. VERSE

18, PRAYING ALWAYS IN ALL PRAYER AND IN THE HOLY GHOST. COME ON,

THAT'S HOW YOU WIN THE BATTLE.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

SO IF YOU COME INTO MY OFFICE, I'M QUOTING SOME SCRIPTURE.

WHERE WERE WE? THIS IS THE PRAYER OVER OUR MOUTH. PSALM

Psalms 141:3

141, VERSE 3. OKAY, I GOTTA GO THROUGH TWO MORE. I'M GOING

'TIL 10 AFTER, HALLELUJAH. PSALM 141:3, "LORD, SET A WATCH

Psalms 141:3

OVER MY MOUTH." NOW, ACTUALLY, THIS CONTEXT OF THIS VERSE, I

SHOULD AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THIS, IS ABOUT PRAYER. OKAY, DAVID IS

PRAYING, AND HE SAID, "LORD," AND REALLY WHAT HE'S SAYING IS,

"LORD, MAKE SURE I PRAY IT RIGHT. "PUT A WATCH, LORD,

BEFORE MY MOUTH "AND KEEP THE DOOR ON MY LIPS." THAT'S

SOMETHING YOU CAN PRAY EVERY DAY. I PUT THAT IN MY LITTLE

NOTES DURING MY VACATION. SPEAK RIGHT. SO, HIGHLIGHT OF THE

BIBLE, NUMBER ONE, KNOW THE BIBLE. NUMBER TWO, PRAY AND

BECOME PROFICIENT IN PRAYER. OKAY, YOU SHOULD NOT BE SAVED

EIGHT, 10, 12, 15, 20 YEARS AND NOT KNOW HOW TO PRAY IN FAITH.

WHEN THE BATTLE'S RAGING, BY THE WAY. OKAY, IT'S NOT FAITH WHEN

IT'S GOING GOOD. OKAY, THE GOOD WINDS OF LIFE ARE BLOWING AND SO

NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M IN FAITH. NO, FAITH IS WHEN IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.

AMEN, OKAY. JESUS SAID IN THE STORM, WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?

WHERE IS IT? LIKE, OH LORD, WHY I OUGHTA. BUBBA'S BOAT'S UPSIDE

DOWN AND YOU'RE SAYING, WHERE'S YOUR FAITH? ALL RIGHT, FOURTH

ONE. BRIGHT LINE ITEM OF THE BIBLE. AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A

LOT OF TIME ON THIS. IT'S ALWAYS TAKE ON THE POSITION OF FAITH.

THE FAILURE OF ISRAEL WAS THEY COULDN'T TAKE UP FAITH WHEN IT

DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. THEY RECOILED IN NEGATIVITY. THEY RECOILED IN

UNBELIEF. THEY RECOILED TO COMPLAINING. THEY RECOILED TO

TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRONG, NOT WHAT WAS RIGHT. OKAY,

YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE NO GARLIC AND ONIONS YET, OKAY? BUT YOU'RE

NOT A SLAVE IN EGYPT ANYMORE. AND REALLY THE WHOLE POINT TO

ALL OF THAT IS PEOPLE THAT QUIT VALUING THEIR SALVATION. THE

TYPE OF ISRAEL COMING OUT OF EGYPT WAS A TYPE OF GETTING

DELIVERED FROM HELL. IT WAS THE PROTOTYPE OF THE SALVATION PLAN,

OKAY? THAT WE WERE DELIVERED FROM THE CLUTCHES OF DARKNESS.

WE WERE SET FREE THROUGH THE DELIVERER. MOSES WAS THE TYPE OF

CHRIST, AND WE WERE SET FREE. AND ALL THEY DID WAS FIND REASON

TO GRIPE. I'M GONNA TELL YOU, GRIPING WILL DESTROY YOU. IT'S

HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SCRIPTURE. ALWAYS TAKE THE POSITION OF

FAITH. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. OKAY, COME ON, LET'S

BE REAL. 99% OF THE TIME, HOW MANY OF YOU'VE EVER, YOU'VE GONE

THROUGH SOMETHING AND NOW YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE IN VICTORY AND

YOU GO, DUH, THAT WASN'T SO HARD TO FIGURE OUT. COME ON, ANYBODY

EVER BEEN THERE? TAKE, PUT YOUR HAND UP. AND YOU'RE ON THE OTHER

SIDE OF IT NOW AND NOW YOU'RE LIKE, PRAISE GOD, THAT WASN'T SO

BAD. I MEAN, IN THE MOMENT, YOU'RE LIKE GOING THROUGH HELL.

BUT NOW YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND YOU'RE THINKING, OH, WOW.

NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING, GOD. COME ON, IN THE MOMENT IT

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GONNA WORK, OKAY? IN THE MOMENT, BUT

THAT'S WHEN YOU TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH. YOU STAND AS

IF IT'S ALREADY FINISHED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, OKAY? AND IT

MAY FEEL PAINFUL, IT MAY FEEL HARD, OKAY? I WAS TELLING

SOMEBODY RECENTLY THE OTHER DAY, COME ON, THE WHOLE STORY, I

PREACHED ON IT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, ONE, TWO SUNDAYS, I FORGET

NOW, BUT THE WHOLE STORY OF THE BOOK OF JOB. YOU KNOW, JOB WENT

THROUGH WORSE THINGS THAN ANY OF US COULD PROBABLY SUM UP. I

MEAN, HIS STORY WAS LIKE, I MEAN, YOU READ AND YOU'RE LIKE,

GOD, I MEAN, TALK ABOUT A BAD DAY GONE WORSE. AND YET, AT THE

OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK JOB'S UP IN HEAVEN GOING, YOU

KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT. I MEAN, I

JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU, GOD. DO YOU THINK HE'S UP THERE? I

MEAN, HE'S NOT UP THERE DOING THAT NOW. HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW

WHAT HE'S DOING NOW? HE'S UP THERE LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE

DOING, LORD. PRAISE GOD. MAN, THAT WASN'T SO HARD. THAT'S THE

THING. ALWAYS TAKE UP THE POSTURE OF FAITH. YOU MAY NOT

UNDERSTAND IT IN THE MOMENT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY YOU'RE FACING

WHAT YOU'RE FACING. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY THAT PERSON WALKED OUT.

YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THAT PERSON DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN,

AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER WHEN YOU PRAY. WE MAY NOT ALWAYS

KNOW THE ANSWER. WE MAY NOT KNOW EVERY ANSWER THIS SIDE OF

ETERNITY. BUT WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN, AND MAYBE EVEN ON THIS

EARTH, MAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS IT'S LIKE, SEE, GOD WILL REVEAL

TO YOU. BUT IF YOU TAKE UP THE POSITION OF COMPLAINING, IF YOU

TAKE UP THE POSITION OF DEFEAT, YOU CAN'T OPEN YOUR BIBLE

'CAUSE, "OH, IT'S SO BAD AND WOE IS ME." IF YOU TAKE THAT, YOU'LL

BE LIKE ISRAEL. AND THE BIBLE SAID THEY COULD NOT ENTER IN

BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT JUST MEANS

THE MIRACLE OR IF THAT MEANS HEAVEN, BUT IT COULD MEAN BOTH,

RIGHT? SO TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. I WOULD JUST ADVISE,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A HARD TIME OR YOU'RE EXPERIENCING

GRIEF OR YOU'RE LOST OR SOMETHING'S HAPPENED, IS JUST

SAY, "YOU KNOW, LORD, I DON'T GET IT ALL. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I

THANK YOU, YOU'RE FAITHFUL. I THANK YOU, YOU'RE FAITHFUL."

NOW, YOUR NATURAL FLESH MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT, BUT IF ISRAEL

WOULD HAVE DONE THAT, COME ON, WHEN THEY SAID, "SURELY THE LORD

IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER," THEY WERE ABLE TO COME

THROUGH. BUT WHEN THEY COMPLAINED, THEY WERE OVERTHROWN

IN THE WILDERNESS. OKAY, PICK. COMPLAINING GETS US NOWHERE,

OKAY? IT'LL ONLY GET US SO FAR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHAT'S

THE NEXT STEP, RIGHT? SO TAKE UP THE POSTURE OF FAITH. THIS IS

ABRAHAM ALL THE WAY TO HEBREWS. THE BIBLE SAYS, "THROUGH FAITH,

"THEY OVERCAME THE MOUTHS OF LIONS." THEY STOPPED THOSE THAT

CAME AGAINST THEM. ALL THE WAY THROUGH FAITH. THEY DIDN'T EVEN

SEE THE PROMISE, AND YET THEY BELIEVED IT. SO PICK UP THE

POSTURE OF FAITH. JESUS SAID IT REGULARLY TO EVERYBODY HE PRAYED

FOR. HE SAID, "YOUR FAITH." HE DIDN'T SAY, "MY POWER MADE YOU

WELL." WE THINK OF IT LIKE THAT, BUT HE SAID, "YOUR FAITH HAS

MADE YOU WHOLE." OKAY, SO TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. THAT'S

NUMBER FOUR. I'M GONNA PREACH ONE MORE. AM I HELPING YOU

TODAY? OKAY, I HAVE TO SAY THIS ONE TODAY BECAUSE WE TEND TO

HAVE A BIGGER AUDIENCE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ON

A SUNDAY THAN I DO ON A WEDNESDAY, ALTHOUGH I REPEAT

SOME OF THIS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS FOR

EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE, EVERYBODY HERE IS AFTER, IS THE

FIFTH ONE, IS PURSUE UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. NOW I'M

TELLING YOU FOLKS, THIS IS BRIGHTLINED THROUGHOUT THE

BIBLE, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS, PSALM 133, AND PLEASANT

IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. JESUS, ONE OF

HIS FINAL PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CROSS, YOU CAN READ IT IN

JOHN 17, SAID, "LORD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE ONE AS

YOU ARE ONE." GOD, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD ALL BE ONE AS WE ARE

ONE. THIS IS WHAT HE PRAYED, JESUS PRAYED. THAT WAS HIS

HEART'S DESIRE, THAT WAS HIS PRAYER. NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU

SOME SCRIPTURES, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. THIS IS

ONE OF THE MOST SOBERING THINGS OF EVERYTHING I'VE SAID TODAY.

PAUL AND THE OTHER APOSTLES THROUGHOUT THEIR TEACHING TAUGHT

US TO LOVE AND DO GOOD TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.

YOU CAN READ THAT IN GALATIANS 6, DO GOOD ESPECIALLY TO THOSE

THAT ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. PAUL WENT ON TO SAY, "WE

ARE ONE BODY MADE OF MANY PARTS." WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER,

OKAY? WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS A

ROLE TO PLAY. YOU CAN FIND THAT 1 CORINTHIANS 12, ROMANS 12. WE

ARE THE BODY MADE UP OF MANY PARTS. HE SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS

1 Corinthians 1:10

1:10, "THERE SHOULD BE NO SCHISMS AND DIVISIONS IN THE

BODY." NOW, I WILL, FAIR TO SAY THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME A

DUMPSTER FIRE OF CHRISTIANS ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER. FOLKS,

THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT BE. OKAY, PEOPLE, I MEAN, WELL, LET

ME, BEFORE I SAY ALL THAT, LET'S JUST READ THE BIBLE. "WE ARE TO

HAVE UNITY OF MIND AND BROTHERLY LOVE, TENDER HEARTS," 1 PETER

1 Peter 3:8

3:8. "WE ARE TO BE EAGER TO MAINTAIN UNITY "IN THE BOND OF

PEACE," EPHESIANS 4:3. "WE'RE TO STRIVE TO BE OF ONE ACCORD,"

Ephesians 4:3

PHILIPPIANS 2:2. HERE'S A KEY VERSE IN THE ENGLISH STANDARD

Philippians 2:2

VERSION, 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11, I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU.

2 Corinthians 13:11

"FINALLY, BROTHERS, REJOICE, AIM FOR RESTORATION." NOW, I'M GONNA

SAY A COUPLE THINGS. GIVE ME THE GRACE IF I SAY IT RIGHT OR I SAY

IT WRONG. SOMETHING IS MASSIVELY WRONG WITH ALL OF THESE WATCHDOG

GROUPS CALLING OUT ALL THE FALLEN PREACHERS. (GASPS) THERE,

SHE SAID IT. I'M GONNA SAY IT. I'M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULDN'T

BE ACCOUNTABILITY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT. DO I KNOW THE

ANSWER OF HOW TO DO ALL OF THAT? I'M NOT SAYING I DO. BUT I KNOW

THAT CRUCIFYING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHAT, WHAT? FALLEN

SO-AND-SO IS NOW A THROWAWAY FOR THE TRASH? SO WE'RE GONNA JUST

THROW 'EM IN THE TRASH NOW BECAUSE, OKAY, IF THAT'S THE

CASE, THEN DAVID SHOULD BE THROWN IN THE GARBAGE, KING

DAVID. OKAY? AND THEY CAN WRITE ME UP FOR IT, I DON'T CARE. I

HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. OKAY? WE DO IT RIGHT HERE. BUT I'M GONNA

SAY, DO I KNOW ALL OF THE PATHS OF RESTORATION FOR THE FAILED,

THE FALLEN, THE BROKEN? NO, I DON'T. I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW ALL

THE ANSWERS. BUT WHAT I KNOW IS WHAT I'M SEEING IS NOT GOD.

OKAY? PEOPLE ARE MAKING MONEY OFF PODCASTS, PRINTED ARTICLES,

PAGES, YOUTUBE. THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF PEOPLE'S PAIN, ALL IN

THE NAME OF WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. MAKE SURE YOURSELF

IS ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD AND HIS WORD. THAT NEEDS TO GET SAID

FROM EVERY PULPIT. ALL THIS CALLING OUT, AND THIS GUY'S

WRONG, AND THAT PERSON'S WRONG, AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN OVER

MORAL THINGS, OKAY? I MEAN, WE HAVE MADE IT AN ABSOLUTE PUTRID,

NOT HERE, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT HERE, BUT JUST A PIGTROFF

OF, I MEAN, COME ON, YOU CAN'T WEAR A CERTAIN JACKET ANYMORE

WITHOUT CHRISTIANS OUT THERE DESTROYING THAT. YOU CAN'T WEAR

YOUR HAIR A CERTAIN WAY. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S ALL ABOUT, I'M

JUST SAYING, WE'VE MADE IT OVER THE PETTY, SILLY THINGS. AND ALL

I KNOW IS WHAT I SEE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE MY DAY BACK

SOBER, BUT WE'VE GOT IT, I WANNA SAY IT, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT

THE BIBLE HIGHLIGHTS, I HAVEN'T EVEN READ ALL THE VERSES. "BEAR

ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. "EAGER TO MAINTAIN PEACE," EPHESIANS SAYS.

"STRIVE TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE FOR THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL." AND

IT'S AMAZING TO ME, THE MUSLIMS CAN ALL SIT THERE AND UNIFY. AND

THE BAPTISTS KINDA GET ALONG WITH THE CHARISMATICS. NO, WE

GOTTA CALL EVERYBODY OUT. WE GOTTA POST, WE GOTTA WRITE.

WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN ARTICLE, THAT PREACHER AND THIS PERSON

AND THAT OTHER. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST SINS IN THE

PULPIT, THERE IS SINS IN THE PEWS. JESUS' LAST PRAYER, GOD,

LET THEM BE ONE. NOW I'M NOT SAYING, LISTEN, I'VE LEARNED

THIS ABOUT GOD. GOD HAS A WAY WITH PREACHERS, IF THEY'RE

SINNING IN THE PULPIT, GOD KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM. OKAY?

THERE'S DEAD PEOPLE. QUIT WRITING ABOUT THEM. IT'S OVER.

STRIVE FOR THE THINGS THAT MAKE PEACE AND MUTUAL UPBUILDING,

ROMANS 14:19 SAYS. GOD GIVES LEADERS TILL WE ALL COME TO THE

Romans 14:19

UNITY OF THE FAITH. HE WHO HATES HIS BROTHER WALKS IN DARKNESS

AND IS BLIND, 1 JOHN 2:9 THROUGH 11. CONSIDER THE TEACHING OF

1 John 2:9–11

PROVERBS. GOD SAYS HE HATES THE PERSON THAT SOWS DISCORD AMONG

THE BRETHREN. CAN GOD HATE A PERSON? I DON'T KNOW, THE BIBLE

SAID HE HATED ESAU. IF YOU READ THE SIX THINGS THAT THE LORD

HATES, HATE THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, ELICIT OUT, IT CHANGES

THE VERBIAGE A LITTLE BIT ON THE LAST ONE. IT SAYS, "AND HE THAT

SOWS DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN." GOD FORBID THAT

THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN. PASTOR, BE

BACK NEXT WEEK. I'M TRYING TO HELP US. SOMEWHERE GOD GAVE US A

NATIONAL PLATFORM. I WANNA BE A VOICE.

I’M GONNA READ THIS LAST ONE. PASTOR DOUG, YOU BETTER HURRY

UP. COME. I'M ONE MINUTE PAST WHAT I SAID. FIRST CORINTHIANS,

YOU CAN STAND ON YOUR FEET. I GOTTA READ THIS SCRIPTURE. AM I

HELPING YOU? FOLKS, DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT INTERNET MESS

DESTROYING EACH OTHER. I'M NOT FOR IT. DO I KNOW ALL THE

ANSWERS OF HOW PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? NO, BUT GRACE

DOESN'T MAKE EVERYBODY A THROWAWAY. AND YOU KNOW ALL THE

NAMES OF WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. OKAY? THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE

THAT CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE BODY OF CHRIST TO GET HEALED. BECAUSE

IT'S THAT BAD. SO, THAT GRIEVES MY SPIRIT. 1 CORINTHIANS 11:27

1 Corinthians 11:27–30

THROUGH 30, NEW LIVING. TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNION MEAL. SO

ANYONE WHO EATS THIS BREAD OR DRINKS THIS CUP OF THE LORD

UNWORTHILY IS GUILTY OF SINNING AGAINST THE BODY AND BLOOD OF

THE LORD. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD EXAMINE YOURSELF BEFORE EATING

THE BREAD AND DRINKING THE CUP. FOR IF YOU EAT THE BREAD OR

DRINK THE CUP WITHOUT HONORING THE BODY OF CHRIST, COME ON,

WHEN WE TAKE THAT COMMUNION MEAL, IT'S ALSO ALL OF US. WE

ARE ONE WITH HIM, THE BIBLE SAYS. THEN YOU'RE EATING AND

DRINKING GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON YOURSELF. THIS IS WHY I FEAR FOR

ALL OF THESE THAT ARE SO QUICK TO GO TO THE INTERNET AND

DESTROY THE CHURCH. AND TO KICK THE FALLEN. HAVE SOME OF THE

FALLEN DONE EVIL THINGS? YEAH, THEY HAVE. BUT I DON'T KNOW, THE

BIBLE THAT I READ SAYS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE. I WILL

NEVER STAND IN THE PULPIT AND SAY THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE AND

FORGIVENESS AND GRACE AND ONLY MAKE IT APPLY TO SOME. IT'S

AMAZING HOW WE CAN ADD GRACE FOR OURSELF WHEN WE NEED IT, BUT NOT

FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE THIS HEAVY,

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE LORD WANTS. FOR YOU'RE EATING AND

DRINKING GOD'S JUDGMENT ON YOURSELF. AND HERE'S THE PART.

AND THAT IS WHY MANY OF YOU ARE WEAK. IT'S THE REASON WE'RE NOT

GETTING HEALED? IT'S THE REASON MAYBE WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR

PRAYERS ANSWERED? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING. AM I

ASKING FOR REAL? IT'S BECAUSE WE CRITICIZE AND DESTROY OUR

BROTHER, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OR ONLINE OR TO A FELLOW

MAN? BECAUSE WE'RE QUICK TO GET OUT AND CRITICIZE THIS PERSON

AND THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT PAUL SAID. HE SAID,

"MANY OF YOU ARE WEAK." I DON'T WANT TO BE A WEAK BELIEVER. I

DON'T. I WANT TO BE A STRONG AND A POWERFUL ONE. AND MANY ARE

SICK BECAUSE OF THIS REASON RIGHT HERE. AND SOME HAVE EVEN

DIED. I BELIEVE ONE OF THE BRIGHT LINES OF SCRIPTURE- I

DIDN'T MEAN THIS TO GO HEAVY. I PROMISE I DIDN'T. BUT I THINK

THIS IS SOMETHING THE LORD WANTS. I DO. I GRIEVE FOR THE

CHURCH. I GRIEVE FOR IT. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE ALLOWED THE

ENEMY TO USE THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO SET US ALL IN A

TRAP. I BELIEVE GOD IS GONNA HAVE A GLORIOUS CHURCH WITHOUT

SPOT OR WRINKLE. AND I'M BELIEVING THAT THOSE THAT HAVE

FALLEN, NOT SAYING THEY GET RESTORED TO THEIR PULPITS, I'M

NOT SAYING THAT. AGAIN, I TOLD YOU I DON'T KNOW ALL THE

ANSWERS, IS THAT FAIR? BUT THEY DO NEED TO, COME ON, THE MAN

THAT COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. PAUL SAID, "IF HE

DOESN'T REPENT, CAST HIM OUT AS A HERETIC." BUT IF HE REPENTS,

HE NEEDS TO COME BACK FOR HOPE. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS, I

DON'T. MAYBE I'LL WRITE A BOOK ON IT, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN I

WON'T EVEN KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS. I WON'T. THE BRIGHT LINES OF THE

BIBLE, KNOW THE WORD, PRAY EVERY DAY. ALL RIGHT. WATCH THIS

LITTLE THING. NEEDS TO BE WASHED OUT WITH SOAP SOMETIMES. ALL

RIGHT. CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY. ALWAYS TAKE THE POSITION OF THE

FAITH OVER COMPLAINING. UNIFY WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. IF YOU

DON'T AGREE WITH SOMEBODY, CHANCES ARE IF YOU JUST LEAVE

IT, THEY'LL PROBABLY GROW PAST IT. OKAY? GIVE THEM A CHANCE,

JUST LIKE YOU WANT THEM TO GIVE YOU ONE. AMEN? SO WE CAN BE

STRONG. FATHER, I PRAY FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT CAME, AND EVEN

THOUGH I WENT LONG, GOD, I ASK YOU BLESS THEM. FATHER, HELP US

TO BE OBEDIENT, TO FOLLOW YOUR WORD IN THE END TIMES. FATHER,

THESE ARE TIMES, THEY'RE DANGEROUS TIMES, AND WE NEED TO

BE ABLE TO RISE ABOVE THE DECEPTION AND THE THINGS THAT

ARE EVIL IN THE EARTH. I THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME TODAY. I DID

MY BEST. AND I ASK YOU, BLESS THESE PEOPLE AS THEY GO. KEEP

THEM COOL, LORD. AND I PRAY NOBODY'S AIR CONDITIONER WILL

BREAK, IN JESUS' NAME. BLESS THEM, LORD. I LOVE YOU. GOD

BLESS YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. WE'LL SEE YOU WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

LET'S GIVE PASTOR BRENDA ANOTHER HAND. THAT WAS WONDERFUL TODAY.

HOW MANY OF YOU LEARNED SOME THINGS? AMEN. THAT WAS A GREAT

MESSAGE. BE BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LET'S FILL THIS PLACE

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THAT. WHAT DO YOU

HAVE TO DO THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN BE BACK AND HEAR THE

CONCLUSION OF THAT MESSAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT? I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S LIFE CHANGING. HALLELUJAH. WELL, IF YOU ARE WORKING IN OUR

CONNECT CAFE OR HAVE A JOB, YOU'RE DISMISSED NOW. OTHERWISE,

I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO STAY SEATED FOR A MOMENT. IT'S NOT

THE TIME TO LEAVE YET, BUT I WILL GET YOU OUT OF HERE SO THAT

YOU CAN BE HOME FOR DINNER TONIGHT. NO, IT WON'T TAKE THAT

LONG. BUT ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WOULD COME UP HERE AT THIS POINT

IN TIME, OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE HERE FOR YOU TODAY. AND IF YOU NEED

PRAYER TODAY, THEY'RE HONORED TO PRAY WITH YOU FOR ANY NEEDS THAT

YOU MAY HAVE. AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING, I'LL JUST BASICALLY

CONCLUDE. BUT THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, PASTOR BRENDA STARTED HER

MESSAGE TODAY WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD'S WORD AND

STANDING ON GOD'S WORD AND BELIEVING GOD'S WORD. AND IT

JUST CAME BACK TO ME. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT WHILE SHE

WAS- THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD'S WORD AND THE TRUTH OF GOD'S

WORD. DID YOU KNOW THERE'S 2,500 PROPHETIC WORDS BIBLE SCHOLARS

TELL US IN THIS BOOK? ABOUT 2,500 PROPHECIES IN THIS BOOK.

2,000 OF THOSE, APPROXIMATELY 2,000, HAVE ALREADY COME TO

PASS. THAT LEAVES WHAT? ABOUT 500 THAT STILL ARE TO COME TO

PASS SOMEDAY, EITHER ON THIS EARTH OR IN THE ETERNAL AGES. SO

MY LIGHTNING FAST MIND TELLS ME IF 2,000 OUT OF THOSE 2,500

PROPHECIES HAVE COME TO PASS, THE REST OF THEM ARE GONNA COME.

THEY'RE GONNA REMAIN TRUE. WHAT ABOUT THE ONE THAT SAYS,

PASS? I THINK IT WILL. I BELIEVE IT WILL. 'CAUSE THIS WORD IS

THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD"? DO YOU THINK THAT WILL COME TO

PASS? I THINK IT WILL. I BELIEVE IT WILL. 'CAUSE THIS WORD IS

ETERNAL TRUTH. IT NEVER FADES AWAY, IT'LL NEVER LEAVE, IT'S

ETERNAL. AND SO I JUST WANNA MENTION TODAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE,

GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU'VE NEVER CONFESSED JESUS

CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT SO THAT

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PLACE WITH GOD IN ETERNITY. NOT IN THE LAKE

OF FIRE, BUT WITH GOD. YOU HAVE THAT CHOICE. MAN WAS MADE WITH

FREE WILL, HE WAS MADE WITH A CHOICE, AND YOU CAN DETERMINE

YOUR OWN DESTINY. YOU DETERMINE IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS. THE

THING THAT PROBABLY GETS IN MOST PEOPLE'S WAY IN THIS WORLD IS

PRIDE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION.

PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I CAN DO IT MY WAY. I'LL WORK OUT MY PLAN

INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE WORD, INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING JESUS. IF

WE CONFESS JESUS WITH OUR MOUTH, BELIEVE THAT HE WAS RAISED FROM

THE DEAD, ACCEPT HIM AS OUR SAVIOR, WE HAVE ETERNITY WITH

HIM. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS. AND WOULD THERE BE

SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I'M NOT 100% SURE

THAT I'M ON TRACK WITH THE LORD. I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT I KNOW

JESUS AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT HIM. YOU

MAY HAVE BEEN IN CHURCH. YOU MAY HAVE DONE MULTITUDES OF GOOD

THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU'VE NEVER HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH

JESUS. AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY AND YOU SAY, I NEED

TO MAKE SURE TODAY THAT HEAVEN IS MY HOME, THAT I'M ON THE

RIGHT PATH WITH GOD, THAT I'M WALKING IN GOD'S PLAN AND HIS

BLESSING, IF THAT'S YOU TODAY AND YOU WANT TO START, IT ALL

STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER OF FAITH, AND THEN YOU WALK IT OUT

FROM THERE. IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO

JUST RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY, RIGHT NOW, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF

YOU NEED PRAYER, YOU SAY, "I NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH

GOD," OR, "I'VE NEVER MADE THAT DECISION." IS THERE ANYONE HERE?

YOU NEED JESUS. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND. ANYONE

IN THIS PLACE? OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER SO

THAT THE ONLINE AUDIENCE CAN ALSO PRAY WITH US. YOU REPEAT

AFTER ME. WE'RE GONNA PRAY THIS PRAYER OF FAITH. FATHER, IN THE

NAME OF JESUS, I COME TO YOU TODAY. I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE THE

SIN IN MY LIFE. MAKE ME A NEW CREATURE. I CONFESS THAT JESUS

CHRIST IS LORD. I BELIEVE THAT HE WENT TO THE CROSS, HE DIED

FOR ME, HE WAS BURIED, AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY,

ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE. JESUS BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE,

AND I WILL SERVE YOU MY REMAINING DAYS ON THIS EARTH.

AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER

LINE, 855-777-7907. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY WE HAVE PRAYER

COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU MINISTER AND SEND YOU

INFORMATION. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. LET US KNOW OF YOUR

DECISION TO SERVE JESUS. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU

CAN EVER MAKE. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY BE BACK IN THE

HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, AND WE'LL

SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY WHEN PASTOR HANK IS BACK IN THE PULPIT, AND

THEN OUR ALTAR TEAM AGAIN IS HERE IF YOU NEED PRAYER THIS

MORNING. FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. GOD BLESS

YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL, COOL AFTERNOON IN JESUS' NAME.