07/19/26 Dr. Richard Roberts

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GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

THERE IS A SOUND THAT IS SHIFTING

AND BRINGING US INTO THE NEW.

ARE YOU READY TO STEP INTO THE FULLNESS OF GOD'S GOODNESS?

IF YOU ARE, LET ME HEAR YOU RAISE IT UP THIS MORNING, AMEN.

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WE ARE BREAKING FREE FROM THOSE SHACKLES AND THOSE CHAINS.

WE ARE NOT SETTLING FOR LESS THAN.

WE ARE DONE WITH COMPLACENCY AND PLAYING CHURCH.

IT IS TIME TO STEP IN AS THE SONS AND THE DAUGHTERS

OF THE KING ETERNAL TO TAKE BACK WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS

IN JESUS' NAME.

ARE YOU READY? LET'S GO.

JUST THE DRUMS AND BASS, COME ON.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

HEAVEN IS SCARED.

HEAVEN IS AFRAID OF YOU STEPPING INTO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN

ESTABLISHED FOR YOU THROUGH WHAT WAS DONE ON THE CROSS.

BUT IT WASN'T DONE THERE BECAUSE HE IS ALIVE AND

YOU ARE SEATED WITH HIM.

COME ON, Y'ALL.

GOD'S WAITING ON YOU. HE'S WAITING ON YOU.

COME ON.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WORSHIP YOU.

WE HONOR YOU, GOD.

NOT FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT FOR WHO YOU ARE,

YOUR CHARACTER, YOUR NATURE, YOUR HEART,

WHICH IS TO ALWAYS BRING US BACK INTO RECONCILIATION

AND THE FULLNESS OF RESTORATION WITH YOU.

YOU ARE NOT OUR OPPRESSOR.

YOU ARE ETERNAL LIFE, OH GOD.

WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS MORNING,

THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT HE IS FOR YOU.

HE IS FOR YOU.

HE IS FOR YOU.

BUT PASTOR ANTHONY, YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

COULD IT BE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING?

WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE?

IF IT'S ROOTED IN THE TEMPORARY, THEN YOU'RE LOST.

BUT THANK GOD THAT HE IS THE KING OF ETERNITY.

AND HIS WORD REMAINS.

SO PERHAPS IT'S ABOUT SHIFTING YOUR PERSPECTIVE

FROM THE TEMPORARY TO THE ETERNAL.

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE TO REMIND YOU THIS MORNING

OF WHO IT IS THAT YOU ARE.

YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE, SO YOU'RE NOT OPPRESSED.

IT'S NOT HOPELESS.

IT'S NOT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THAT'S THE MINDSET OF A SLAVE. YOU'RE NOT A SLAVE.

YOU ARE NOT A SERVANT.

A SERVANT SAYS, "WELL, I HOPE THIS WORKS OUT.

"I HOPE YOU'LL SEE ENOUGH OF MY GOOD DEEDS

THAT MAYBE YOU'LL GIVE ME SOMETHING."

GOD SAYS YOU'RE TO HAVE A HEART OF A SERVANT,

BUT YOUR POSITIONAL AUTHORITY IS THE SON

AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

GUYS, THIS IS AN OLD SONG.

WELL, FOR ME IT IS, I'M YOUNG.

BUT IT'S TIME TO STOP LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE EXTERNAL

AND ALLOW THE KING ETERNAL TO RELEASE

ETERNITY FROM YOUR HEART SO THAT YOU MAY TRULY SEE

WHAT IT IS THAT HE'S ALREADY DONE, BUT ALSO YOUR AUTHORITY

TO WALK IN THE FULLNESS OF WHAT HE'S CALLED YOU TO.

NOT ONE DAY, BUT RIGHT NOW.

YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS. IT GOES LIKE THIS. FORGIVE MY VOICE.

OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART, LORD.

OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART.

I WANT TO SEE YOU.

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WHAT DO YOU SEE?

DO YOU SEE HIM LIFTED UP ABOVE THAT SITUATION?

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HEAVENLY FATHER,

THANK YOU FOR OPENING OUR EYES

AND CAUSING US TO SEE THE WAY THAT YOU SEE,

CAUSING US TO SEE YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR MERCY,

YOUR LOVE, YOUR PEACE, YOUR FAITHFULNESS, YOUR GOODNESS.

RELEASE IT UPON THE PEOPLE, FATHER,

IN A FRESH AND UNLIMITED MEASURE.

AWAKEN THEM TO THEIR PURPOSE, BUT ALSO THEIR POSITION IN YOU.

AND RIGHT NOW, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

WE DECLARE THAT EVERY SINGLE STRONGHOLD,

EVERY FORM OF BONDAGE, INIQUITY, EVERY CASE THAT THE ENEMY

HAS BROUGHT AGAINST YOU, IT CRUMBLES, IT IS DESTROYED,

IT IS ANNIHILATED BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF

JESUS. AND WE DECLARE LIBERTY, FREEDOM, AND LIFE

IN AN IMMEDIATE DIVINE TURNAROUND OVER ALL THAT

YOU ARE FACING IN JESUS' MIGHTY, MIGHTY, ETERNAL NAME.

AMEN, AMEN.

YOU KNOW THE BEST THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT WORD

DOESN'T JUST STAY HERE.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT OUT THERE WITH YOU.

LIVE IT, CLAIM IT, RECEIVE IT, BE IT.

AMEN. TURN AROUND AND GREET

YOUR NEIGHBOR AS WE CONTINUE ON THE SERVICE, AMEN.

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I'M PASSING TO YOU RIGHT.

WELL, GOOD MORNING.

ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE TODAY?

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT'S BEEN A GREAT SERVICE SO

FAR. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE REMAINDER.

AMEN. AMEN. WELL, WE WANNA GREET

YOU TODAY. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, WANNA

MAKE SURE THAT YOU DID RECEIVE OUR GUEST BAG FOR YOU. USHERS

ARE IN THE AISLES. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, RAISE YOUR

HAND. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ONE, USHERS WILL GIVE

YOU ONE INSIDE. YOU'LL FIND GOODIES ABOUT THE CHURCH, ABOUT

OUR MINISTRY. I INVITE YOU TO PULL OUT A GUEST PACKET THAT'S

INSIDE THE BAG, AND THERE'S A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED

CARD THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO TEAR OFF AND DROP IN THE

OFFERING BASKET. AND JUST LET US KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF. AND WE JUST

WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING. IF YOU'RE JOINING US

ONLINE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHETHER YOUTUBE OR FACEBOOK OR

ROKU, ALL OF OUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE

VOICE TV, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TODAY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T

CHECKED OUT ONEVOICETV.NET, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO

THERE. IT'S OUR STREAMING PLATFORM WHERE WE CANNOT BE

CANCELED. AMEN. AND THERE IS JUST A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT,

THAT, THAT THE CHURCH HAS CREATED. THAT'S ON THERE FOR

YOU. JUST YOUR, YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE, WHETHER IT BE DAILY

DECREES OR GET REAL WITH HANK OR GAME CHANGERS OR, YOU KNOW,

PROPHETIC PULSE, ALL THE, ALL THE, ALL THE SHOWS ARE GOING TO

BUILD YOUR SPIRIT, UM, IN TIMES WHERE OUR SPIRIT NEED BUILDING.

AMEN. SO LET'S GO TO ONEVOICETV.NET WHERE WE CAN

LEARN MORE AND WE CAN STAY CONNECTED. ALL RIGHT. WELL,

LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR FIRST-TIME GUESTS HERE AND ONLINE A HAND AS

WE WELCOME PASTOR DOUG.

(APPLAUSE)

THANK YOU, PASTOR MIKE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB AT GUEST READING.

(LAUGHTER)

YEAH, I'VE HAD THIS ON MY HEART SINCE I WAS DOWN FRONT HERE. AND

SO I'M GOING TO DO- I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO DO THIS. IS THERE

SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND YOU GOT IN YOUR CAR TO COME TO CHURCH,

YOUR GAS TANK WAS ON EMPTY, AND YOU THOUGHT TO YOURSELF, I'M NOT

SURE IF I CAN EVEN MAKE IT TO CHURCH, BUT YOU CAME BY FAITH.

IS THAT SOMEONE YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW? THERE'S SOMEONE

HERE I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. WHO IS THAT? USHER'S HELPED ME,

I CAN'T SEE IF I GOT A HAND HERE. OH, OVER THERE. OVER

THERE. IS THERE TWO? OH, OKAY, COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY, COME

QUICKLY. I DON'T TAKE LONG FOR THIS.

(APPLAUSE)

COME DOWN HERE IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND. THE LORD KNOWS OUR

NEEDS. HE'S A SUPERNATURAL GOD. AND I BELIEVE, WAS IT JUST,

OKAY, I THOUGHT THERE WAS TWO HANDS. SO, SIR, HERE'S WHAT I'M

GONNA DO. I'M GONNA DO TWO THINGS TODAY. I'M GONNA PRAY FOR

YOU, BELIEVE GOD'S ORDERING YOUR STEPS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A

SUPERNATURAL BREAKTHROUGH. AND THEN EILEEN, WHERE ARE YOU AT?

SHE LEFT. OH, WOULD YOU WORK WITH LES? I WANNA GET HIM A FUEL

CARD BEFORE HE LEAVES SO THAT HE CAN GET HOME OKAY. SO, OKAY.

(APPLAUSE)

I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT NEED. FATHER, IN JESUS' NAME, I

COMMAND THE SUPERNATURAL BLESSING OF GOD ON THIS YOUNG

MAN. I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU WILL MEET EVERY NEED IN HIS

LIFE. YOU'RE ORDERING HIS STEPS. HE HAD THE FAITH TO COME HERE,

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LOW ON FUEL, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE PROVIDING

FOR HIM AND YOU'LL CONTINUE. THIS IS JUST A SIGN FROM HEAVEN

THAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR HIM AS HE MOVES ON

THROUGH HIS LIFE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE CALLED HIM TO

ACCOMPLISH ON THIS EARTH. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE PRAY,

AMEN, AMEN. PRAISE GOD, THANK YOU. BOB, WOULD YOU RUN UP HERE

REAL QUICK? BOB IS BETTER AT THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAN I AM

BECAUSE HE HAS A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT'S GOING ON. I'M GONNA LET

HIM SHARE ABOUT TWO THINGS REAL QUICK HERE WHILE I'M HERE. I'LL

JUST STAND WITH YOU.

THANKS, PASTOR DOUG. WE HAVE TWO SATURDAYS, UPCOMING SATURDAYS IN

A ROW, AND I MENTIONED THEM LAST WEEK. THE FIRST SATURDAY IS

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, PARDON, SEPTEMBER. WOW. I'M LIKE FAST

FORWARDING WAY TOO FAST. JULY 25TH, AND THIS IS FOR OUR LOCAL

CROWD PRIMARILY, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THESE

TWO IF YOU'RE ONLINE. JULY 25TH IS GONNA BE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL

SATURDAY. THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR ANY FAMILY TO COME TO TO

PICK UP SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR KIDS. AND LIKE I SAID LAST

WEEK, IF YOU'LL DONATE $20, $20 WILL GET ONE CHILD A BACKPACK,

AND IT'S A BACKPACK THAT'S FULL OF ITEMS THAT THEY'LL NEED FOR

THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR, AND IT'S FROM LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. SO IT

CARRIES AN ANOINTING WITH IT TO THAT CHILD, NO MATTER WHAT

SCHOOL THEY GO TO. IT'S SUPER POWERFUL. IF YOU WANNA DONATE

ITEMS, YOU CAN DONATE THEM IN THE CONNECT CENTER, OR IF YOU

WANNA GIVE, YOU CAN GIVE ONLINE. THAT'S $20 PER CHILD, AND YOU

CAN SELECT OTHER IN THE DROPDOWN. THE SECOND EVENT, AND

WE'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD REACTION TO THIS SO FAR. I THINK WE'VE

HAD ABOUT 80 TICKETS SOLD, AND THE STORM CHASERS HELD BACK

ABOUT 400 TICKETS FOR US. SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE ENTIRE

CHURCH BODY OUT TO FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT, WHICH IS GOING TO

BE THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST IN THE

EVENING. EXCUSE ME, OMAHA STORM CHASERS, GREAT BALL CLUB, LORD

OF HOSTS CHURCH, THE PRIMARY SPONSOR, THE ONLY SPONSOR OF

FAITH AND FAMILY NIGHT. PASTOR MATT AND THE GAME CHANGERS TEAM

LINED THIS UP. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR GAME CHANGERS TENT

THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP IN FORCE WITH LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH, SHOW EVERYBODY IN THE OMAHA COMMUNITY WHAT AN AMAZING

CHURCH WE ARE. AND GUESS WHAT? WE'LL BE PULLING THOSE CURTAINS

SOON SO WE CAN HAVE EVEN MORE FOLKS IN HERE FOR FAITH AND

FAMILY NIGHT. THANKS, PASTOR DOUG.

SO BOB, DO WE HAVE TO DRESS LIKE WE ARE TODAY FOR SUNDAY OR CAN

WE COME CASUAL TO THAT EVENT?

OH NO, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE IMPRESSIVE LIKE PASTOR DOUG,

BUT YOU CAN WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT. ACTUALLY, WE WANT YOU TO

WEAR LORD OF HOSTS GEAR IF YOU HAVE LORD OF HOSTS GEAR. AND IF

YOU DON'T, CONTACT THE CHURCH. CANDY CAN GET AHOLD OF YOU, OR

YOU CAN GET AHOLD OF CANDY. WE HAVE PLENTY OF I AM LOH SHIRTS.

WE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU.

GREAT, OKAY, THANK YOU, BOB. GIVE BOB A HAND.

AND THEN IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE GRAPHIC FOR

OPENING THE HEAVENS 2026.

(APPLAUSE)

BOY, THAT'S COMING SOON. I MEAN, WE GET PAST THE 4TH OF JULY AND

THE SUMMER GOES, UNFORTUNATELY. SO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, WE

START WITH FLASHPOINT LIVE HERE. DR. GENE BAILEY WILL BE HERE

WITH HIS CREW. FLASHPOINT, THAT'LL BE GREAT. AND THEN

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE HAVE KENT CHRISTMAS TIM SHEETS AND

OUR OWN PASTOR HANK. AND THEN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH,

THAT'LL BE PASTOR BRENDA, OUR PARTNER LUNCHEON RIGHT HERE IN

THE TABERNACLE, ROBERT LIARDON AND TONY SUAREZ, AND THAT'LL BE

GREAT. AND THEN SUNDAY WE CAP IT OFF WITH PASTOR LORENZO SEWELL.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME. MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP. WE WANNA

FILL EVERY SEAT HERE AND WE'LL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU. SO IT'S GONNA

BE A GREAT TIME HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM. SO WELL, IT'S

OFFERING TIME. LET'S GET EXCITED. IT'S OFFERING TIME.

THAT'S A TIME OF WORSHIP. WE'RE EXCITED. SO, YOU KNOW, MANY

TIMES WHEN THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT GIVING, IT SPEAKS IN

AGRICULTURAL TERMS. AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW GROWING

CORN IN NEBRASKA RELATES TO OUR GIVING. DO WE HAVE ANY FARMERS

HERE TODAY? OR PREVIOUS FARMERS, MAYBE RETIRED FARMERS? WE GOT A

FEW FARMERS HERE, OKAY? GIVE 'EM A HAND, WE LOVE OUR FARMERS. YOU

KNOW, WHEN A FARMER PUTS A SEED OF CORN INTO THE GROUND, HIS

RETURN IS FAR MORE THAN JUST ONE SEED. THANK GOD, OR HE COULDN'T

MAKE IT. WHEN HE PUTS THAT SEED INTO THE EARTH, IT STARTS A

DIVINELY ORDERED PROCESS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT WORKS.

YOU PUT A SEED IN THE GROUND AND IT GROWS INTO A STALK OF CORN.

AND THAT STALK PRODUCES SEVERAL EARS OF CORN. AND EACH EAR

PRODUCES MANY, MANY SEEDS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY SEEDS

ARE ON A, HOW MANY SEEDS, DOUG, ARE ON A EAR OF CORN? THOUSANDS,

OKAY, THAT'S A LOT. AND THAT ALL COMES FROM JUST ONE SEED THAT A

FARMER WOULD PLANT. SO THERE'S TWO IMPORTANT POINTS I WANNA

MENTION TODAY REGARDING THAT. FIRST OF ALL, THE FARMER HAS TO

SOW THE SEED BEFORE HE CAN HAVE A HARVEST. IF HE JUST LAYS IN

BED AND SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA BELIEVE THE LORD

WILL GROW SOME CORN IN MY LAND THIS YEAR. IT WON'T WORK. HE HAS

TO SOW THE SEED. THE MORE SEED THAT HE SOWS, THE LARGER HIS

HARVEST. HERE'S A SCRIPTURE. EVEN AN UNSAVED, HEATHEN,

NEBRASKA FARMER WOULD BELIEVE THIS SCRIPTURE. I'M GONNA READ

IT TO YOU. IT COMES OUT OF 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6. EVERY FARMER

2 Corinthians 9:6

ACTUALLY IN THE WORLD WOULD BELIEVE THIS SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS,

"REMEMBER THIS, A FARMER WHO PLANTS ONLY A FEW SEEDS "WILL

GET A SMALL CROP, "BUT THE ONE WHO PLANTS GENEROUSLY "WILL GET

A GENEROUS CROP." EVERY FARMER IN THE WORLD WOULD BELIEVE THAT.

THEY WOULD KNOW THAT, WOULDN'T THEY? BUT IT'S TRUE IN OUR

GIVING TOO. AND THE NUMBER TWO THING IS THIS, SIMPLY SOWING

SEED IS NOT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A HARVEST. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL

WHERE YOU SOW. IF THAT FARMER JUST GOES OUT AND THROWS THAT

SEED ON A CEMENT SLAB NEAR HIS BARN, WHAT'S THAT GONNA DO?

NOTHING. IF YOU THROW YOUR SEED ON A CONCRETE SLAB, IT'S NOT

GONNA REAP A HARVEST. WELL, AS WE LOOK AT THE PARABLE OF THE

SOWER IN MARK CHAPTER FOUR, WE SEE THIS ILLUSTRATED. IT SAYS,

"LISTEN, A FARMER WENT OUT TO PLANT SOME SEED. AS HE SCATTERED

IT ACROSS HIS FIELD, SOME OF THE SEED FELL ON A FOOTPATH AND THE

BIRDS CAME AND ATE IT. OTHER SEED FELL ON SHALLOW SOIL WITH

UNDERLYING ROCK. THE SEED SPROUTED QUICKLY BECAUSE THE

SOIL WAS SHALLOW, BUT THE PLANT SOON WILTED UNDER THE HOT SUN.

AND SINCE IT DIDN'T HAVE DEEP ROOTS, IT DIED. OTHER SEED FELL

AMONG THORNS THAT GREW UP AND CHOKED OUT THE TENDER PLANTS SO

THEY PRODUCED NO GRAIN. STILL OTHER SEED, LISTEN TO THIS, FELL

ON FERTILE SOIL. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WENT INTO GOOD GROUND. AND

THEN THE SEED SPROUTED, THEY GREW, AND THEY PRODUCED A CROP

THAT WAS 30, 60, AND EVEN A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH AS IT HAD

BEEN PLANTED. MM, PUT YOUR SEED INTO GOOD GROUND. A KEY

PRINCIPLE IN BIBLICAL ECONOMICS IS THAT WE MUST ALWAYS SOW OUR

SEED IN GOOD GROUND. THE BEST AND MOST FERTILE SOIL FOR YOU TO

PLANT IS WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FED. MALACHI 3:10 SAYS, "BRING

Malachi 3:10

YOUR TITHE INTO THE STOREHOUSE." THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FED.

IF YOU'RE COMING HERE, THIS IS YOUR CHURCH, THIS IS WHERE

YOU'RE GETTING FED. OTHERWISE, YOU NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE

WHERE YOU GET FED. BUT IF YOU'RE GETTING FED HERE, THAT'S WHERE

YOU NEED TO PLANT YOUR SEED, AMEN? YOU CAN DO OFFERINGS OTHER

PLACES, BUT PUT YOUR TITHE WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FED. AND THEN

NUMBER TWO, IT SHOULD BE A MINISTRY THAT'S CONSECRATED AND

DEDICATED TO PRODUCING A HARVEST FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IF

YOU'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO A DEAD CHURCH THAT DOESN'T EVEN

PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A HARVEST. PUT YOUR

SEED INTO GOOD GROUND. AND EVEN IF TIMES ARE FINANCIALLY

DIFFICULT AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES,

YOU'RE GONNA REAP ABUNDANTLY WHEN YOU PLANT YOUR SEED INTO

GOOD GROUND. SO AS WE HONOR GOD WITH OUR TITHES TODAY, WE'RE

BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR POSSESSIONS THAT GOD'S GIVEN US.

USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE TODAY. IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE

FOR YOUR GIVING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS WILL BE

HONORED TO SERVE YOU AN ENVELOPE. ALSO, WE HAVE GIVING

INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. IF YOU WANNA USE OUR WEBSITE, YOU

CAN GO TO LOHCHURCH.ORG AND CLICK ON THE GIVING DROPDOWN AND

YOU CAN PUT IN TITHES, OFFERINGS. WE WILL BE HAVING A

SPECIAL OFFERING AT THE END FOR OUR GUESTS TODAY. AND IF YOU'RE

USING OUR MOBILE APP, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. OR YOU CAN

TEXT TO GIVE, JUST TEXT THE WORD, THE WORDS, LORD OF HOSTS

TO 833-309-5698. SO AS YOU GIVE TODAY, REALIZE THAT YOUR GIVING

TO LORD OF HOSTS IS AN ACT OF WORSHIP TO GOD. EVEN THOUGH

YOU'RE GIVING TO THIS CHURCH, YOU'RE GIVING TO GOD. PAUL TOLD

US IN PHILIPPIANS 4:18 THAT OUR TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS ARE

Philippians 4:18

WELL PLEASING TO GOD. REPEAT THIS AFTER ME. MY TITHES AND MY

OFFERINGS ARE WELL PLEASING TO GOD. AMEN. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR

THOSE OF YOU ONLINE THAT PARTNER WITH US AND HELP US GET THE

PROPHETIC AND THE WORD OF GOD AROUND THE WORLD AND CONTINUING

TO GO FORTH FROM THIS PLACE. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR

ONLINE AUDIENCE AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND

GIVING INTO THIS GROUND. WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP WITH ME AND

HOLD YOUR OFFERING. I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU TODAY AND THEN

WE'LL DO OUR DECLARATION. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY

INDIVIDUAL HERE AND ONLINE THAT'S GIVING INTO THIS GROUND

TODAY AND WE BELIEVE IT'S GOOD SOIL THAT THEY'RE GIVING INTO

AND WE THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR PROMISES THAT AS WE SOW WE WILL

RECEIVE AND WE'LL RECEIVE IT ABUNDANTLY. WE BELIEVE THAT

TODAY, WE EXTEND OUR FAITH AS WE GIVE, WE'RE BELIEVING EVERY NEED

WILL BE MET TODAY, EVEN IN SURPLUS LORD YOU'LL HELP THOSE

TO PROSPER SO THAT THEY CAN FULFILL THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE

FOR THEIR LIVES LORD AS THEY GO FORTH AND ARE ABLE TO GIVE TO

OTHERS TO MOVE FORWARD SO BEING PROSPEROUS AND BEING A LIGHT TO

THE WORLD. WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

AMEN. LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION TODAY. REMAIN STANDING FOR A

MOMENT. 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 RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF

PEOPLE THAT CAN GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT

WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE'LL QUADRUPLE AGAIN.

WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE

EXPANDED NOW. AMEN. REMAIN STANDING AND LET'S WELCOME DR.

RICHARD ROBERTS TO THE PLATFORM. HE'S NO STRANGER TO THIS PLACE.

(APPLAUSE)

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING.

YOU TURN THE MICROPHONE OFF.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WELL, LIFT YOUR

HANDS UNDER THE LORD. FATHER, I GIVE YOU PRAISE AND HONOR AND

GLORY FOR THIS DAY, FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE.

AND WE REJOICE AND WE ARE GLAD. AND THANK YOU FOR LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY IN OMAHA. THANK

YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I PRAISE YOU AND GIVE YOU HONOR

AND GLORY. THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I

RECEIVE IT NOW, AFRESH AND ANEW IN JESUS' NAME. AND EVERYONE

SAID AMEN. GIVE A SHOUT OF PRAISE TO THE LORD, HALLELUJAH.

AMEN, GOD BLESS YOU, YOU CAN BE SEATED. I AM SO HAPPY TO BE BACK

IN OMAHA, THE HOTTEST PLACE IN AMERICA. WE'RE HAVING A HEAT

ADVISORY IN TULSA TODAY, I IMAGINE YOU'RE PRETTY NEAR

HAVING ONE HERE IN OMAHA. MY GOODNESS, IF HELL'S HOTTER THAN

THIS, I'M NOT GOING. WOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S BIBLICAL. HE SAID

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SUMMER AND WINTER, HOT AND COLD. SO GOD'S

TELLING THE TRUTH. IN THE SUMMER, WE DREAM OF THE WINTER.

IN THE WINTER, WE DREAM OF THE SUMMER. WELL, I'M DREAMING OF

THE WINTER RIGHT NOW. I AM SO HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO BE HERE

AND TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PINCH HIT ON THIS SPECIAL WEEK

WHEN PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA ARE ON VACATION. I AM SO JEALOUS.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THE VACATION FEELS LIKE. 2021 WAS

THE LAST VACATION THAT I TOOK AND YEAH, YOU CAN FEEL SORRY FOR

ME, I'M SURE. BUT I'M GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS I

THINK THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR THAT I HAVE COME UP DURING HIS

VACATION TIME, YOU KNOW. I NEVER GET TO SEE HIM, BUT I GET TO SEE

YOU. WE HAD A NICE TALK LAST NIGHT. I GOT TO KNOW PASTOR HANK

IN 2007. WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR THAT LONG. AND I THANK GOD FOR

HIS MINISTRY AND FOR WHAT HE MEANS AND WHAT HIS WIFE BRENDA

MEANS TO ME AND TO MY WIFE LINDSAY AND MANY, MANY TIMES

THAT HE HAS SPOKEN INTO MY LIFE. AND I HAVE WATCHED THE GROWTH OF

THIS CHURCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I REMEMBER WHEN IN THE OTHER

BUILDING THERE WERE JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. AND LOOK

WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. SO THANK GOD FOR IT. AND I AGREE

WITH YOU ON THAT DECLARATION WE JUST MADE. I WAS READING THAT

WITH YOU, DOUG. AND THANK YOU, PASTOR, FOR INTRODUCING ME. AND

MATTHEW, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. GO JOHN, WHEN ON AUGUST 11TH?

JOHN'S FIGHTING ON AUGUST 11TH. I REMEMBER WHEN JOHN WAS

STANDING ON A CHAIR IN THE OTHER... THAT'S HOW FAR I GO

BACK. BUT I THANK GOD FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, I'M OLDER THAN DIRT,

SO... JOHN OSTEEN USED TO SAY HE WAS OLDER THAN JOB'S OLD YELLOW

TURKEY. BUT ANYWAY, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING ONLINE, LISTEN TO ME. THERE IS NO DISTANCE IN

PRAYER. YOU'RE RIGHT HERE. HE'S RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE, AND

HE'S RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU ARE. AND THERE'S A SPECIAL WORD FOR

YOU TODAY. TWO WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAME AS PASTOR

DOUG WAS SPEAKING. FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO HAS AN ULCER

AND YOU'RE BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT

BURNING SENSATION WILL BE GONE BY THE END OF THIS SERVICE. AND

THE SECOND IS SOMEONE HAS HAD A LOSS OF FEELING ON THE LEFT SIDE

OF YOUR JAW AND YOU'RE BEING HEALED AS WELL. WHOEVER YOU ARE,

THAT FEELING IS COMING BACK NOW. IN JESUS' NAME. THANK GOD FOR

THE OPERATION OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. AND THANK GOD FOR A

CHURCH WHERE THERE IS FREEDOM. AND THANK GOD FOR THE PROPHETIC

MINISTRY THAT HAS GONE OUT FROM HERE AND IS GOING OUT EVERY WEEK

AND I THANK GOD. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES TODAY THAT ARE

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THEY HAVE NO PROPHETIC VOICE. BUT

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PLACES. I DO A SATURDAY NIGHT PHONE CALL

AND SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE, FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE ON

THE CALL EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT. I'VE BEEN DOING IT NOW FOR ABOUT

10 YEARS. I DID IT LAST NIGHT. AND I JUST FELT LAST NIGHT, AS

IN MY ROOM LAST NIGHT, THAT WHEN I MADE THAT CALL, I SHOULD TALK

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY FATHER, ORAL ROBERTS. HOW MANY HAVE

HEARD OF THE NAME ORAL ROBERTS? DID YOU KNOW HE WAS MY DAD? DID

YOU KNOW I'M HIS OFFSPRING? WELL, SO I MADE SOME NOTES LAST

NIGHT. I WAS SITTING THERE, I WAS WATCHING, FIRST OF ALL, I

WATCHED THE SOCCER MATCH. I WATCHED ENGLAND DEFEAT FRANCE.

YES. AND I WAS MAKING SOME NOTES LAST NIGHT ABOUT MY DAD, AND SO

I TALKED ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT ON MY CALL, AND I DIDN'T REALLY

KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO THIS MORNING, BECAUSE I'M AN

INSPIRATIONAL MINISTER. I DON'T MAKE PLANS THREE MONTHS IN

ADVANCE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AND I DIDN'T COME TO BRING YOU

THREE POINTS IN A POEM THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE YOU

A HANDSHAKE. I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LIVE

WITH, SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE IN AND DIGEST. AND I THOUGHT LAST

NIGHT AS I SHARED ABOUT MY DAD, AND AS I TOOK SOME OF THE NOTES

THAT I MADE LAST NIGHT, THAT I WOULD SHARE THEM WITH YOU. SO I

CALLED UP THIS MORNING, WHERE'S AMY? I HAD AMY TO GET THEM TYPED

UP FOR ME, AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME THINGS WITH YOU THIS

MORNING THAT I SHARED LAST NIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF

USE SOME OF THE NOTES, AND I'M GOING TO BE KIND OF

EXTEMPORANEOUS, OKAY? JUST TALKING, BY THE WAY, IT'S SO

GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY DEAR SISTER. GOD BLESS YOU. THANKS, MAMA.

PRAISE GOD. I REMEMBER YOUR DEAR HUSBAND. I REMEMBER WHAT

HAPPENED IN HIS LIFE. I HAD TO BE A PART OF THAT. PRAISE GOD.

WHAT MY FATHER, ORAL ROBERTS, MEANT TO ME. NOW AS YOU CAN

IMAGINE, I'M SURE, WHEREVER I GO, I'M ASKED THE QUESTION,

"WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE THE SON OF ORAL ROBERTS?" I GET THAT

WHEREVER I GO. PEOPLE TELL ME I LOOK LIKE MY DAD. WELL, JESUS

SAID, "IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.”

SO, BUT PEOPLE ASK ME, "WHAT WAS IT LIKE?" WELL, IT WAS GOOD AND

IT WAS BAD, OKAY? IT WAS BOTH. IT WAS NORMAL, YOU KNOW. MY

ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE. BEFORE THE WORLD KNEW HIM AS A HEALING

EVANGELIST, BEFORE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HEARD HIM PREACH AND TENS

OF THOUSANDS RECEIVED THE LAYING ON OF HANDS, HE WAS JUST DAD TO

ME. AND HE WASN'T JUST A GREAT PREACHER. HE WAS A MAN WHO LOVED

GOD WITH ALL OF HIS HEART. AND HE TAUGHT ME THAT JESUS IS THE

SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. AND THAT WHAT HE DID,

HE'S STILL DOING. HE HASN'T CHANGED. HE'S NOT A BYGONE GOD.

HE'S A RIGHT NOW GOD. AND HE MEETS YOU AT THE POINT OF YOUR

NEED. AND THE POINT OF YOUR NEED IS WHEREVER YOU NEED IT MOST.

THAT'S WHERE HE IS. HE'S CLOSER TO YOU THAN THE VERY BREATH IN

YOUR LUNGS. AND HE TAUGHT ME THINGS LIKE THAT. HE TAUGHT ME,

HE BELIEVED GOD WITH EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING. AND I WATCHED HIM

AS HE PREACHED, AND I WATCHED HIM AS HE PRAYED FOR THE SICK.

AND I WOULD SIT OVER ON THIS SIDE IN THAT TENT, GREAT TENT

CATHEDRAL, AND I WOULD WAIT FOR HIM TO BEGIN TO PRAY FOR THE

SICK. AND OFTENTIMES HE WOULD CALL ME AND HAVE ME COME AND

STAND BESIDE HIM. I DIDN'T REALIZE IN THOSE DAYS AS A

LITTLE BOY THAT GOD WAS PREPARING ME FOR THE HEALING

MINISTRY. I DIDN'T KNOW. I JUST LOVED MY DADDY, AND I LOVED TO

BE WITH HIM, AND I LOVED TO HEAR HIM PREACH, AND HE PREACHED

FOREVER. HE DIDN'T PREACH BY THE CLOCK, HE PREACHED BY THE

CALENDAR. HE WOULD PREACH AN HOUR, AN HOUR AND A HALF,

SOMETIMES HE WOULD PREACH TWO HOURS, AND I WOULD SAY, "WHY,

DADDY, WHY? "WHY DO YOU PREACH SO LONG?" NOW, THIS WAS IN THE

1950S, AND HE SAID, "WELL, THE REASON I PREACH SO LONG IS

BECAUSE TODAY, MANY CHRISTIANS DON'T KNOW THAT GOD IS A GOOD

GOD. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT JESUS IS A HEALING JESUS, AND THEY'VE

BEEN TAUGHT A GOSPEL OF NO POWER. AND HE SAID, "I'VE GOT TO

BUILD FAITH "BECAUSE I'M GONNA PRAY FOR THEM, "AND I'M GONNA

PRAY FOR THEIR HEALING." MANY OF THEM, THEY GO TO CHURCH, THEY GO

OUT OF GUILT, THEY GO BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE SEEN, THEY WANNA

MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION, THEY WANNA MAKE A BUSINESS

CONNECTION, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THE LORD. AND I WANT THEM TO GET

TO KNOW HIM. AND THEN I WANNA PRAY THE PRAYER OF FAITH BECAUSE

THE PRAYER OF FAITH WILL SAVE THE SICK AND THE LORD WILL RAISE

HIM UP. AND SO HE EXPLAINED THAT TO ME AND I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND

WHY HE PREACHED SO LONG, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND

I COULDN'T WAIT. I'D SQUIRM IN MY SEAT JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO

PRAY FOR THE SICK. AND I THINK THE REASON WHY HE PRAYED WITH

SUCH COMPASSION IS BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SICK HIMSELF. AND BY

THE WAY, SOMEONE WHO'S LOST HEARING IN YOUR LEFT EAR, YOU'RE

BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW. HEARING IS COMING INTO A LEFT EAR RIGHT

NOW. NOW YOU KNOW, THE LORD CAN INTERRUPT ANY TIME WITH A

HEALING MINISTRY. NOW I'VE TOLD GOD WHAT TO DO, I'VE TOLD HIM

WHEN TO DO IT, WHO TO DO IT TO. HE'S NEVER DONE IT MY WAY ONCE.

HE DOES IT HIS WAY. AND SO SOMEONE'S LEFT EAR IS BEING

HEALED RIGHT NOW. AND I'M GONNA GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER

ON IN THE SERVICE. HOPE YOU'RE NOT IN A HURRY TODAY. YOU KNOW,

I'M LIKE MY FATHER, I'LL BE THROUGH BY TWO OR THREE. BUT HE

PRAYED WITH SUCH COMPASSION BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN SICK

HIMSELF. IN 1935, WHEN HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD, THE PAPERS HAD BEEN

SIGNED TO TAKE HIM TO THE TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM, WHICH

AT THAT TIME WAS IN THE LITTLE TOWN OF TALLAHANNIE, OKLAHOMA.

AND WHEN YOU WENT INTO THE TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM, YOU

DIDN'T COME OUT. HE HAD TUBERCULOSIS. IT WAS THE SCOURGE

OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE. AND HE HAD CHOCTAW AND

CHEROKEE BLOOD IN HIM, AS DO I. THOSE PAPERS HAD BEEN SIGNED. HE

HAD BEEN IN THE BED FOR FIVE MONTHS, HEMORRHAGING, SPITTING

UP BLOOD SO MUCH THEY HAD TO RE-PAPER THE WALLS. AND BECAUSE

GOD HEALED HIM, WHEN A MAN BY THE NAME OF BROTHER GEORGE

MUNCIE LAID HIS HANDS ON HIM AND DIDN'T PRAY A PRAYER, LORD, IF

IT BE YOUR WILL.

INSTEAD, HE PRAYED, YOU FOUL, TORMENTING TUBERCULOSIS. I

ADJURE YOU BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE NAME OF JESUS, COME OUT OF

THIS BOY. AND THAT DISEASE CAME OUT AND HE WAS HEALED. BECAUSE

HE HAD BEEN HEALED AND BECAUSE HE HAD HAD A NEAR-DEATH

EXPERIENCE, HE HAD A COMPASSION FOR SICK PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW

ANYONE IN MY WHOLE LIFE THAT I HAVE KNOWN THAT HAD THE

COMPASSION FOR THE SICK. I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT HE HAD GONE

TO A LITTLE INVALID TENT, WE CALLED IT, AN EXTRA TENT THAT WE

HAD WHERE PEOPLE WHO WERE TOO SICK TO STAND IN THE PRAYER LINE

WOULD COME AND RECEIVE PRAYER AND HE WOULD ALWAYS GO IN THERE

FIRST BEFORE HE PRAYED FOR THE BIG CROWD IN THE AUDITORIUM OR

IN THE TENT. AND THERE WAS A MAN WHO HAD BEEN BROUGHT ON A GURNEY

AND HE HAD CANCER. AND HE WAS IN THE FINAL STAGES. AND THE SMELL

OF THE CANCER WAS SO FOUL THAT WHEN HE LEANED OVER TO PRAY FOR

HIM, HE JUST VOMITED ALL OVER THE FLOOR. AND HE TURNED AND

WALKED OUT OF THE LITTLE TENT AND LEFT ME STANDING THERE, AND

I'M ABOUT THIS HIGH, LEFT ME STANDING THERE BY MYSELF. AND I

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. A FEW MINUTES LATER, HE CAME RUNNING

BACK IN AND HE GOT UP ON THE GURNEY, THE HOSPITAL GURNEY WITH

THE MAN, TOOK HIM IN HIS ARMS AND PRAYED FOR HEALING. AND I

NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED. I NEVER KNEW WHAT THE STORY WAS.

BUT WHEN MY MOTHER PASSED, I FLEW OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO BE

WITH HIM AFTER THE MEMORIAL SERVICE AND HE WAS LIVING IN

CALIFORNIA AT THE TIME. AND WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A TALK OF

REMINISCING OVER THE YEARS AND WE REMEMBERED THAT NIGHT AND I

SAID TO HIM, "DAD, I NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. "I

NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAPPENED, WHY YOU LEFT AND WHY YOU CAME

BACK." HE SAID, "WELL, I LEFT BECAUSE THE PRESSURE, THE

STRESS, THE MEDIA WAS AFTER ME. IT WAS SO HEAVY ON ME. AND

WHEN I SMELLED THAT SMELL AND WHEN I VOMITED, I JUST SAID TO

THE LORD, 'I'VE HAD ENOUGH. 'I'M NOT GONNA DO THIS

ANYMORE.'" AND HE SAID, "THAT'S WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THE TENT."

I SAID, "YEAH, BUT DAD, YOU CAME BACK." HE SAID, "I CAME BACK

BECAUSE WHEN I GOT OUTSIDE THE TENT, THE LORD SPOKE TO ME." I

SAID, "WELL, WHAT'D HE SAY?" HE SAID, "SON, IF YOU'RE NOT

WILLING TO LAY HANDS ON HIM, YOU'RE NOT WORTHY TO BE MY

SON." HE SAID, "THAT'S WHEN I CAME BACK "AND I TOOK HIM IN MY

ARMS." THAT WAS COMPASSION. COMPASSION IS DIFFERENT THAN

SYMPATHY. SYMPATHY IS, I'M SO SORRY. I WISH THERE WAS

SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO. THAT'S SYMPATHY, THAT'S NOT

COMPASSION. COMPASSION IS AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO REACH IN

AND TAKE HOLD OF THE PROBLEM AND PULL IT OUT. THAT'S COMPASSION.

HE HAD COMPASSION BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT NEARLY DYING WAS LIKE.

AND I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS, I REMEMBER THOSE STORIES, I

REMEMBER ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HE POURED INTO ME. HE TAUGHT ME

THAT FAITH IS NOT WISHFUL THINKING. HE TAUGHT ME THAT

FAITH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO EVERY PERSON. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD HATH

GIVEN TO EVERY MAN, EVERY WOMAN, THE MEASURE, NOT A MEASURE, BUT

THE MEASURE OF FAITH. TODAY, YOU HAVE ALL THE FAITH THAT YOU

NEED. YOU DON'T NEED TO GET MORE FAITH, YOU JUST NEED TO USE THE

FAITH THAT YOU'VE GOT. A MAN SAID TO ME, "RICHARD, I'VE GOT

ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD." I SAID, "YEAH, THAT'S YOUR

PROBLEM. "YOU'VE STILL GOT IT." FAITH WAS NOT INTENDED TO LIE

DORMANT IN YOUR HEART. FAITH WAS INTENDED TO BE RELEASED. AND

WHEN YOU COME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, YOU DON'T JUST SIT THERE

AND GIVE THE PASTOR A GOOD HEARING. YOU LET YOUR FAITH GO.

AND YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL MOVE IN YOUR LIFE. THAT'S WHY

YOU'RE HERE. THANK GOD FOR THAT. HE TAUGHT ME THAT. HE TAUGHT ME

ABOUT FAITH. HE DIDN'T JUST PREACH. HE BELIEVED IT WITH

EVERY FIBER OF HIS BEING. AND HE OFTEN SAID THAT GOD MOVES WITH

CONFIDENCE EVEN WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES MAY SAY SOMETHING

DIFFERENT. AND MANY HAVE COME TODAY AND YOU'VE GOT

CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR LIFE. EVERYBODY HAS CIRCUMSTANCES.

EVERYBODY EITHER HAS A PROBLEM OR THEY ARE A PROBLEM OR THEY

LIVE WITH ONE. JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT CATEGORY YOU FIT IN. HE

ALSO TAUGHT ME THAT EVERY PERSON MATTERS. THAT'S WHY HE TOOK THEM

AS THEY CAME. THERE WERE NO RESERVED SEATS. FIRST COME,

FIRST SERVE. WHOEVER CAME AND CAME EARLY ENOUGH GOT TO SIT IN

THE FRONT. AND IF YOU CAME LATE, YOU'RE GONNA GET, YOU'LL BE

LUCKY IF YOU GOT A SEAT BACK IN THE BACK. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO

YOU WERE BECAUSE GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. NOW, THIS

WAS THE 1950S AND EARLY 1960S AND WE LIVED IN A DIFFERENT

COUNTRY IN THOSE DAYS. IN THOSE DAYS, THERE WAS HEAVY, HEAVY

SEGREGATION IN THIS NATION. AND THE PASTORS CAME TO MY FATHER

AND SAID, THEY CALL THEM THE COLORED PEOPLE IN THOSE DAYS.

THEY CAN'T SIT IN THE FRONT. AND MY DAD SAID, "OH, YES, THEY

CAN." THEY SIT ANYWHERE THEY WANT. AND THEY SAID, "WE'LL

BOYCOTT YOUR CRUSADE." HE SAID, "YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND TRY.

"WE'LL CARRY YOU OUT." I REMEMBER DAYS LIKE THAT. I

REMEMBER WHEN HE WOULD ALLOW, NO MATTER WHO YOU WERE, NO MATTER

WHAT YOU'D BEEN THROUGH, TO COME INTO THAT PRAYER LINE. IN THE

EARLY '70S, WE WERE MAKING OUR TELEVISION PROGRAMS OUT IN

HOLLYWOOD AT THE NBC STUDIOS. THAT WAS THE DAYS WHEN THE TOP

PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, THE VARIETY PROGRAMS WERE THE DEAN

MARTIN SHOW, AND SOME OF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH. SOME OF YOU LOOK

LIKE YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH. THAT'S WHEN THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW WAS ON

AND THE LAUGH-IN SHOW WAS ON AND THE JERRY LEWIS SHOW AND THE

ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW AND THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL WAS ON AND ALL

THOSE SHOWS WERE BEING VIDEOTAPED RIGHT THERE AT THE

NBC STUDIOS AND WE WERE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. SO

YOU NEVER KNEW. THEY HAD A KIND OF A COMBINED MAKEUP ROOM, SO

YOU NEVER KNEW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING NEXT TO WHEN YOU

GOT MADE UP FOR TELEVISION, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'D BE SITTING NEXT

TO THE STARS OF LAUGH-IN OR THE STARS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ON

THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW OR WHATEVER SHOW WAS ON. SO YOU GOT TO TALK

TO THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO

THEM. AND SO WE WERE TAPING ONE DAY OVER IN THE STUDIO AND THE

NEXT STUDIO NEXT DOOR WAS THE LAUGH-IN SET, ROWAN AND MARTIN'S

LAUGH-IN. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, GOLDIE HAWN AND ALL THE

STARS THAT WERE THERE. AND HE SAID TO ME, WE HAD A BREAK, HE

SAID TO ME, "RICHARD, LET'S GO ACROSS THE HALL "AND SEE WHAT

THEY'RE DOING IN LAUGH-IN." SO BECAUSE WE KNEW ALL THE NBC

TECHNICAL CREW, WE COULD GET IN. SO WE CAME IN THE SIDE DOOR AND

THEY WERE DOING A SKIT AND THE SPECIAL GUEST WAS SAMMY DAVIS

JR. AND SO WE STOOD THERE AND WATCHED FOR A MINUTE AND ALL OF

A SUDDEN, SAMMY CAUGHT MY DAD'S EYE. AND HE SAW THAT IT WAS MY

DAD STANDING THERE. AND SAMMY BROKE OUT OF CHARACTER, WALKED

OVER TO MY DAD CRYING, GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES, THREW HIS ARMS

AROUND MY DAD'S LEGS, AND SAID, "ORAL ROBERTS, I'VE WATCHED YOU

ALL MY LIFE. PLEASE TELL ME, IS GOD REAL?" AND MY DAD PUT HIS

HAND ON SAMMY'S SHOULDER AND SAID, "SAMMY, HE'S MORE REAL

THAN THE BREATH IN YOUR LUNGS." NOW YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN

DROP IN THAT STUDIO. THAT'S THE FATHER THAT I KNEW, HAD GREAT

COMPASSION. COMPASSION IS AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO REMOVE THE

PROBLEM, NO MATTER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT TO REMOVE IT. HE

TAUGHT ME TO HAVE PERSEVERANCE. HE TAUGHT ME NOT TO QUIT.

ANYBODY CAN QUIT. IT'S EASY TO QUIT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY

FAITH TO QUIT. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THROUGH. NOW, HE PUT A

GOLF CLUB IN MY HAND WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. I PLAYED GOLF

ALL--I'M 77. I PLAYED GOLF 72 YEARS, AND I'M PRETTY GOOD. I

WON A LOT OF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WHEN I WAS A KID.

I PLAYED GOLF IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. AND HE WAS A MERCILESS

TASKMASTER. HE WOULD NOT LET ME HOLD THE CLUB THE WAY I WANTED

TO HOLD IT. HE WOULD NOT LET ME STAND THE WAY I WANTED TO STAND.

HE FORCED ME TO LEARN PROPERLY. HE FORCED ME TO STAY DOWN AND

FOLLOW THROUGH. HE SAID IT'S JUST LIKE LIFE. IN LIFE, YOU

STAY DOWN AND YOU FOLLOW THROUGH. YOU PRAY AND YOU DO

WHAT YOU PRAYED. AND HE POURED THAT INTO ME. AND HE WORE ME

OUT. AND IF I WOULD HIT A BAD SHOT IN THE ROUND, HE WOULD MAKE

ME EMPTY MY BAG AND HIT OTHER SHOTS UNTIL I HIT IT RIGHT. EVEN

THOUGH THE GUYS BEHIND US WERE YELLING AND SWEARING AND

COMPLAINING AT US. IF I DIDN'T GET THE BALL OUT OF THE SAND

TRAP ON THE FIRST SHOT, I HAD TO EMPTY MY BAG AND PUT ALL OTHER

BALLS UNTIL I COULD GET TWO OR THREE IN A ROW OUT. HE FORCED

ME, HE SAID, "SOMEDAY YOU'LL BE GRATEFUL." AND WHEN I WAS 14, I

BEAT HIM.

FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND HE WAS MAD AND GLAD AT THE SAME TIME. I

LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, "DAD, YOU'LL NEVER BEAT ME AGAIN." AND

HE DIDN'T. BUT HE TAUGHT ME, YOU STAY DOWN AND YOU FOLLOW

THROUGH. HE SAID, "BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T STAY DOWN, "YOUR CLUB

HEAD'S GONNA OPEN UP AND THE BALL'S GONNA GO THAT WAY INSTEAD

OF GOING THIS WAY. YOU GOTTA STAY DOWN AND FOLLOW THROUGH.

IT'S JUST LIKE LIFE. THAT'S WHY GOLF IS SO MUCH LIKE LIFE,

'CAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. HE TAUGHT ME TO PERSEVERE. HE

TAUGHT ME NOT TO QUIT, BUT TO STAY WITH IT NO MATTER WHAT

PEOPLE SAID, NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT, NO MATTER WHAT

PEOPLE WROTE. HE TOLD ME TO LISTEN TO GOD AND NOT WORRY

ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU. WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE

OF THAT TODAY, DON'T WE? PRAISE GOD. I WATCHED HIM PRAY.

PROBABLY THE GREATEST EXAMPLE WAS THE PRAYER, THE PRAYER LIFE.

AND HE WOULD GET MAD AT GOD. ANYBODY HERE EVER GOT MAD AT

GOD? PUT YOUR HAND UP. THREE OF YOU, OKAY. REST OF YOU ARE

LYING. YOU KNOW YOU GO TO HELL FOR LYING. EVERYBODY GETS MAD AT

GOD. YOU GET MAD AT HIM, I GET MAD AT HIM. YOU SAY THINGS THAT

YOU WISH YOU HADN'T SAID. NOW DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. YOU

KNOW I'M TELLING THE TRUTH. I REMEMBER ONCE MY WIFE AND I WENT

UP TO HIS HOUSE AND MY MOTHER WAS IN THE KITCHEN. I SAID,

"WHERE'S DAD?" SHE SAID, "HE'S BACK IN THE BEDROOM." SO I

STARTED BACK THERE. SHE SAID, "I WOULDN'T GO BACK THERE IF I WERE

YOU." I SAID, "WHY?" SHE SAID, "BECAUSE HE AND GOD AREN'T

TALKING." AND SHE SAID, "THERE'S ALL KINDS OF SOUNDS "GOING ON

BACK THERE, "AND I KNOW HE'S SAYING SOME ROUGH THINGS. "I

WOULDN'T GO BACK THERE IF I WERE YOU." AND LINDSAY SAID, "I THINK

WE OUGHT TO GO HOME." WHICH WE DID. HE WAS LIKE THAT. GOD WOULD

TELL HIM TO DO SOMETHING, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO DO IT,

AND HE'D GET MAD AT GOD, BUT THEN HE'D REPENT AND OBEY GOD.

HE TAUGHT ME TO OBEY GOD AND STAY LITTLE IN MY OWN EYES.

DON'T GET THE BIG HEAD, DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE GREATEST THING

SINCE SLICED BREAD. HE TAUGHT ME TO STAY WITH IT AND STAY LITTLE,

STAY HUMBLE. TAUGHT ME THAT I'M NOT A STAR. I'M JUST A HUMAN

BEING. I PUT MY PANTS ON ONE LEG AT A TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I GOT THE BUCKLE ON MY PANTS ON THE INSIDE BECAUSE I LOST A

BUTTON THIS MORNING. SO I'VE GOT IT FOLDED INSIDE. YOU CAN'T SEE

IT, BUT I GOT THIS LITTLE FLAP FOLDED INSIDE BECAUSE I DON'T

HAVE A BUTTON RIGHT HERE. I'M JUST NORMAL. IF YOU DON'T

BELIEVE ME, ASK LINDSAY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BACHELOR'S

DEGREE. I HAVE AN EARNED MASTER'S DEGREE. I HAVE AN

EARNED DOCTORATE. WHEN I GOT MY MASTER'S DEGREE, I CAME HOME AND

SAID, "LINDSAY, YOU CAN JUST CALL ME MASTER." AND SHE SAID,

"WELL, MASTER, TAKE OUT THE TRASH." AND THAT WAS THE END OF

THAT. BUT I HAVE ANOTHER DEGREE, AND THAT IS SITTING AT THE FEET

OF A MODERN-DAY APOSTLE, AN EVANGELIST IN THE HEALING

MINISTRY. MY FATHER AND I HAD A ROCKY RELATIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY

AS I GOT INTO MY TEEN YEARS. I'D LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR

BY THE TIME I WAS 14 OR 15, AND I WAS SINGING IN A ROCK BAND.

AND THAT'S THE LAST THING THEY WANTED ME TO DO BECAUSE I WAS

INVOLVED IN A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WON'T DESCRIBE.

AND HE WANTED ME TO USE MY TALENT FOR THE LORD. AND I

WANTED TO GO TO LAS VEGAS. I WANTED TO SING IN THE CLUBS AND

I WAS SINGING IN A BAND AND I WANTED TO DO ALL THESE THINGS ON

MY OWN. I WAS TIRED OF THE JOKES. I WAS TIRED OF THE

CRITICISM. I WAS TIRED OF THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS AND

ALL THAT THEY DID BECAUSE I WAS ROALD ROBERTS' SON. I WAS TIRED

OF IT. AND I TOLD MY DAD, "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE." AND

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, "I'M TRYING TO GET THE HELL OUT OF YOUR

LIFE." [CONGREGATION LAUGHING] AND WE WERE ESTRANGED, AND FOR

SEVERAL YEARS, WE DIDN'T SPEAK. BUT THE DAY CAME WHEN THAT ALL

CHANGED. I HAD COME HOME FROM A TRIP WHERE I'D BEEN SINGING IN

CHICAGO, AND I WAS FLAT ON MY BACK IN THE BED BECAUSE I'D LOST

MY VOICE, I WAS RAGING WITH FEVER, AND HE CAME IN TO PRAY

FOR ME. AND SUDDENLY A WALL WAS TORN DOWN. AND HE LAID, HE

REACHED OUT TO LAY HIS HAND ON ME. AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,

SOMETHING HAPPENED WHEN ORAL ROBERTS LAID HANDS ON PEOPLE.

GOD USED HIS RIGHT HAND IN A WAY LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN. BECAUSE

THE ANOINTING OF GOD WOULD COME DOWN HIS SHOULDER AND FLOW DOWN

AND SHOOT OUT HIS FINGERS. AND WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND ON

YOU, YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD PUT YOUR FINGER IN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT

SOCKET. IN FACT, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A BOY IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, A

GROUP OF ATHEISTS CAME AND FORCED HIM TO STAND BEFORE A

DISTRICT JUDGE AND SWEAR UNDER OATH THAT HE DID NOT HAVE SOME

TYPE OF ELECTRICAL DEVICE UP HIS SLEEVE. AND HE HAD TO SIGN AN

AFFIDAVIT. I REMEMBER THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WHEN HE GOT HIS

HAND ON YOU, HE KNEW THINGS ABOUT YOU. IT WAS AMAZING. AND

HE PUT OUT HIS HAND TO PRAY FOR ME AND I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE HEALED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I'D

BEEN HEALED MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE. HE PUT OUT HIS HAND, BUT

BEFORE HE TOUCHED ME, HE DREW HIS HAND BACK. AND I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE SAID, "I HAD NO IDEA." AND I SAID, "DAD,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAD NO IDEA?" HE SAID, "I DIDN'T KNOW

THAT THE ANOINTING OF GOD FOR HEALING WAS ON YOU LIKE IT'S ON

ME." I SAID, "I DIDN'T KNOW EITHER." AND HE BEGAN TO

PROPHESY. HE SAID, "I SEE YOU STANDING BEFORE KINGS AND QUEENS

AND PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS. I SEE YOU IN CRUSADES ALL OVER

THE EARTH. I SEE YOU ON TELEVISION. HE SAID, I SEE THE

SAME POWER FLOWING DOWN YOUR LEFT ARM AND INTO YOUR LEFT

HAND. I SAID, WHY MY LEFT HAND? HE SAID, BECAUSE YOU'RE

LEFT-HANDED. HE SAID, YOU USE YOUR LEFT HAND MORE THAN YOUR

RIGHT. WELL, I WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK. I WAS HEARING THIS, I WAS

19, I WAS HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT GOT DOWN

INSIDE ME. I BEGAN TO WEEP AND THEN HE PUT THAT RIGHT HAND ON

ME AND SUDDENLY THE FEVER WAS GONE. MY VOICE RETURNED. I

JUMPED OUT OF BED, I GOT ON MY KNEES AND I GAVE MY HEART TO THE

LORD. THAT NIGHT I WAS BAPTIZED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGAN

PRAYING IN TONGUES AND MY LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED AND THE REST, AS

THEY SAY, IS HISTORY. I JOINED HIS MINISTRY, STOOD BY HIS SIDE

FOR 40 YEARS. WHERE HE WENT, I WENT. WHAT HE SAID, I SAID. WHAT

HE DID, I DID. LEARNING, GROWING, MATURING, BECOMING THE

PERSON THAT I AM TODAY. NOT BECAUSE I'M ANYBODY SPECIAL, BUT

BECAUSE HE IS SPECIAL. I THANK GOD FOR THAT.

HE TAUGHT ME SO, SO MANY THINGS. HE TAUGHT ME THAT THE SECRET

WEAPON OF A CHRISTIAN'S LIFE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE TAUGHT ME

THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID THAT WE CAN PRAY IN TONGUES AND WE

CAN STOP AND PRAY IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE. AND WHEN WE DO, WHEN

WE INTERPRET, LIKE PAUL SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS, WE GET GOD'S WORD

BACK TO US. HE TAUGHT ME THAT GOD IS A TALKING GOD. HE'S NOT

JUST SOMEONE YOU TALK TO, HE TALKS BACK. THAT HE'LL SPEAK TO

YOU. NOW HE MAY OR MAY NOT USE AN AUDIBLE VOICE, BUT YOU'LL

KNOW IT. HE'LL SPEAK IN A WAY THAT YOU'LL KNOW IT. IT MAY BE

THROUGH A WORD THAT SOMEONE GIVES YOU, IT MAY BE THROUGH A

SCRIPTURE, IT MAY BE AN IMPRESSION, IT MAY JUST BE

SOMETHING THAT FILLS YOUR HEAD AND WON'T GO AWAY, BUT YOU'LL

KNOW IT'S GOD. AND WHEN YOU PRAY IN TONGUES,

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

AND YOU STOP AND YOU PRAY IN ENGLISH, YOU GET IDEAS AND YOU

GET INSIGHTS AND YOU GET NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS OF DOING THINGS

LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HAD AND KNOWN BEFORE. HE POURED THAT INTO ME.

HE TAUGHT ME THAT GOD IS MY SOURCE. THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT MY

SOURCE. MY BANK IS NOT MY SOURCE. MY JOB, MY MINISTRY, MY

WIFE, MY CHILDREN, THEIR INSTRUMENTS, THEY'RE NOT MY

SOURCE. GOD IS MY SOURCE. WHOEVER'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR

IN THE GOVERNOR'S CHAIR, THEY'RE NOT MY SOURCE. GOD IS YOUR

SOURCE. AND HE'S A BETTER SOURCE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL LET YOU

DOWN. SO DON'T PUT YOUR FAITH IN PEOPLE, PUT YOUR FAITH IN GOD

AND ALLOW HIM TO CHOOSE WHAT PERSON COMES TO BLESS YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

HE TAUGHT ME THAT. HE TAUGHT ME, AND PASTOR DOUG, YOU WERE

TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING, HE TALKED ABOUT THE SEED THAT YOU

SOW. HE SAID WHEN YOU SOW SEED, YOU HAVE A BIBLE RIGHT TO EXPECT

GOD TO USE THAT SEED FOR HIS GLORY AND THEN MULTIPLY IT BACK,

GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING

OVER. YOU HAVE A BIBLE RIGHT, AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT BECAUSE

YOU DON'T EXPECT IT. HE SAID THERE'S CERTAIN DELIVERY SYSTEMS

IN AMERICA THAT IF YOU'RE NOT THERE WHEN THEY KNOCK ON YOUR

DOOR, THEY'LL TAKE IT AWAY. HE SAID YOU GOTTA BE EXPECTING, YOU

GOTTA BE TRUSTING. SO WHEN YOU PLANT YOUR SEED LIKE YOU DID

TODAY, YOU NEED TO SAY GOD I HAVE SOWN MY SEED AND I'M

WAITING FOR YOU TO OPEN ME MY WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR ME

OUT A BLESSING SO MUCH SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO

RECEIVE IT AND REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR MY SAKE. AND DON'T

STOP THERE, TELL THE DEVIL TO GET THE HELL OUT OF YOUR LIFE.

HE POURED THAT INTO ME TO BE A SEED FAITH PERSON. MY LOVE, MY

TIME, MY MONEY, MY PRAYERS, MY SMILES, EVERYTHING THAT I DO IS

A SEED. TODAY, I'M PLANTING A SEED. I COULD BE HOME WITH MY

FAMILY TODAY, BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M SOWING A SEED INTO

YOU. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FROM YOU 'CAUSE GOD

WILL TREAT ME BETTER THAN YOU WILL. YOU'RE NOT MY SOURCE.

YOU'RE AN INSTRUMENT, BUT YOU'RE NOT THE SOURCE. GOD IS THE

SOURCE. SO AS I'M MINISTERING TO YOU, I'M DOING IT AS UNTO THE

LORD. AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF ME. I KNOW IT. NOW, I DON'T KNOW

HOW HE'LL DO IT, BUT HE'LL DO IT. HE POURED THAT INTO ME. HE

TAUGHT ME SO MANY, MANY THINGS. HE TAUGHT ME THAT FAITH MUST BE

RELEASED. AND I'VE TOLD THIS STORY ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IT

BEARS REPEATING TODAY. WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, I HAD 22 WARTS

ON MY LEFT HAND. AND AS I TOLD YOU, I'M LEFT-HANDED. AND AS I

GREW UP, I PLAYED BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL. I PLAYED

EVERY SPORT THAT A BOY COULD PLAY. AND I WOULD COME HOME FROM

PRACTICE AT NIGHT AND MY HAND WOULD BE BLEEDING BECAUSE WITH

THROWING THE BALL OR CATCHING THE BALL, I WOULD RIP THE TOP OF

THE WARTS OFF. AND MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE ME AND MAKE A BASIN

OF WARM, SOAPY WATER, PUT MY HAND IN IT TO TRY TO GET THE

BLEEDING TO STOP AND TO SETTLE DOWN. AND YOU KNOW, THAT DIDN'T

DO A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD. AND MY DAD CAME HOME AND SHE SAID,

"ORAL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE RICHARD TO THE DOCTOR AND HAVE THOSE

WARTS BURNED OFF." 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN THOSE DAYS.

THEY DON'T DO THAT TODAY, BUT IN THOSE DAYS, THEY BURNED THEM

OFF. AND THAT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.

EXCUSE MY FRENCH. I TOLD YOU I'M JUST REGULAR. AND HE CAME IN AND

SAID, "WELL, THAT'S FINE, BUT LET'S ALSO PRAY." I SAID, "YES,

YES, LET'S PRAY, LET'S PRAY." SO HE TOOK ME IN THE BEDROOM, SHUT

THE DOOR, SAT ME DOWN ON THE BED AND SAID, "NOW I'M GONNA PRAY

FOR YOU, AND WHEN I DO, I WANT YOU TO RELEASE YOUR FAITH." I

SAID, "DADDY, HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH?" HE SAID, "YOU DO IT

THROUGH A POINT OF CONTACT." I SAID, "WELL, WHAT'S A POINT OF

CONTACT?" "A POINT OF CONTACT, RICHARD, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU

DO, AND WHEN YOU DO IT, YOU RELEASE YOUR FAITH." AND HE SAW

THAT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO HE POINTED TO

THE WALL AND SAID, "DO YOU SEE THAT LIGHT SWITCH?" "YES."

"RICHARD, THAT LIGHT SWITCH IS A POINT OF CONTACT. "IT HAS NO

POWER, BUT IT'S HOOKED UP TO THE POWER COMPANY. "SO THAT WHEN YOU

FLIP THE SWITCH, YOU TOUCH THE POWER COMPANY AND THE LIGHTS

COME ON." HE SAID, "NOW THE FAITH IN YOUR HEART "IS JUST

LIKE THAT SWITCH. "IT'S HOOKED UP TO GOD. "AND WHEN YOU FLIP

THAT SWITCH AND RELEASE IT TO GOD, "THAT'S WHEN THE MIRACLES

BEGIN TO HAPPEN." OKAY, I UNDERSTOOD. HE SAID, "NOW I'M

GONNA PRAY, AND WHEN YOU HEAR ME SAY, "'IN JESUS' NAME,' YOU LET

YOUR FAITH GO." I SAID, "OKAY." I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT I

SAID, "OKAY." AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY, AND HE CAME TO A POINT IN

HIS PRAYER WHEN HE SAID, "IN JESUS' NAME," AND I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT TO DO. NOW, I'M JUST 10 YEARS OLD. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO

DO, SO I JUST SAID THIS, "FAITH, GET UP THERE TO GOD.”

AND THE OLDER I GET, THE BETTER IT SOUNDS. FAITH IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, I RELEASE MY FAITH AND I EXPECT A MIRACLE. I LOOKED AT MY

HAND AND EVERY WART WAS STILL THERE. AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND

HE SAID SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN. HE SAID, "NOW

RICHARD, WE PRAYED AND WE BELIEVED, "NOW LET'S EXPECT A

MIRACLE." HE TAUGHT ME THAT SOME MIRACLES HAPPEN INSTANTANEOUSLY,

SOME COME OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. HE TOLD ME THAT WE'RE NOT IN

CHARGE OF THE AGENDA OR THE SCHEDULE. THE NEXT MORNING I

AWAKENED, THEY WERE STILL THERE. SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH MORNING,

THEY WERE STILL THERE. FOURTH MORNING, FIFTH MORNING, SIXTH

MORNING, THEY WERE STILL THERE. SEVENTH MORNING, EIGHTH MORNING,

NINTH MORNING, THEY WERE STILL THERE. BUT ON THE TENTH MORNING,

WHEN I WOKE UP, EVERY WART HAD DISAPPEARED. THAT WAS 67 YEARS

AGO. I'VE NEVER HAD ANOTHER WORD ON THAT HAND. BUT MORE THAN

THAT, I LEARNED HOW TO GET A POINT OF CONTACT TO RELEASE MY

FAITH. AND IN A MINUTE, WHEN I BEGIN PRAYING FOR YOU, WHEN I

BEGIN PRAYING FOR HEALING AS I ALWAYS DO, I WANT YOU TO LET

YOUR FAITH GO AND BELIEVE GOD. BECAUSE THE SAME GOD WHO HEALED

ME AND MY HANDS 67 YEARS AGO IS QUITE CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF

YOU TODAY. HE TAUGHT ME TO EXPECT MIRACLES. HE SAID

MIRACLES ARE EITHER COMING TOWARDS YOU OR THEY'RE GOING

PAST YOU EVERY DAY. AND YOU GOT TO REACH OUT AND SAY THAT'S

MINE. HE USED TO SAY RICHARD THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE. NOW

THAT'S NOT IN A MILITARISTIC WAY, NO, THAT'S TAKING IT BY

FAITH, THAT'S MINE. YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT. AND HE SAID RICHARD,

NO ONE CAN STEAL YOUR ANOINTING UNLESS YOU GIVE IT TO THEM. NO

ONE CAN TAKE WHAT GOD HAS PUT INSIDE YOU UNLESS YOU GIVE IT TO

THEM. ESAU LOST HIS BIRTHRIGHT BECAUSE HE GAVE IT TO JACOB. HE

DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE IT, BUT HE DID. IT MEANT NOTHING TO HIM, SO

HE GAVE IT TO HIS BROTHER. IT COST HIM A GREAT DEAL BECAUSE HE

DIDN'T VALUE WHAT GOD PUT IN HIM. AND GOD'S PUT SOMETHING IN

YOU. DON'T GIVE IT AWAY. IT'S YOURS. OH, ABOUT MAYBE SIX

MONTHS OR SO BEFORE HE PASSED, HE WANTED TO, I'D GONE OUT FOR A

FEW DAYS TO BE WITH HIM, AND HE WANTED, HE COULDN'T PLAY GOLF

ANYMORE, BUT HE WANTED TO GO OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE WITH ME. HE

WANTED ME TO PLAY, HE WANTED TO DRIVE THE CART, WHICH WAS DANGER

IN ITSELF. BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD EARLIER REBUKED AND WITHDRAWN

HIS ABILITY TO DRIVE. BECAUSE MY FATHER NEVER SAW A TREE HE

COULDN'T HIT. HOW MANY TIMES, I REMEMBER ONCE, HE SAID, "CAN YOU

TAKE ME TO THE AIRPORT?" I SAID, "SURE." SO I WENT UP TO HIS

HOUSE AND GOT HIS LUGGAGE AND OPENED THE TRUNK, AND HIS BUMPER

IS IN THE BACK TRUNK OF THE CAR. I SAID, "WHAT HAPPENED?" HE

SAID, "WELL, I HAD A LITTLE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT "WITH A

WOMAN OUT HERE." AND I SAID, "WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?" HE SAID,

"WELL, ALL I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT THE BUMPER IS IN THE

TRUNK." I SAID, "WHAT ABOUT HER?" SHE SAID, "WELL," HE SAID,

WELL, SHE SAID SHE WOULDN'T SUE ME IF I'D LAY HANDS ON HER

AND PRAY.”

HE WAS DANGEROUS, HE WAS DANGEROUS WHEN IT CAME TO

DRIVING. HE HIT THE SIDE OF THE, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES

HE HIT THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE PULLING IN. ANYWAY, I WAS

TELLING A STORY, I FORGOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS

IMMORTAL, I'M SURE. OH, THE GOLF CART, THANK YOU. I FORGOT WHAT I

WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO WE GO OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE. HE LIVED IN

A CONDOMINIUM ON THE SECOND TEE OF A GOLF COURSE OUT THERE THAT

HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF AFTER HE RETIRED FROM THE MINISTRY. AND

HE WANTED TO GO OUT, HE WANTED ME TO PLAY, BUT HE WANTED TO

DRIVE THE CART. HE WASN'T GONNA PLAY. HE MIGHT PUTT ONCE IN A

WHILE, BUT HE WASN'T GONNA PLAY. SO WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE

GETTING READY TO TEE OFF ON THE FIRST HOLE AND THERE'S A COUPLE

OF GROUPS IN FRONT OF US THAT WERE WAITING. AND HE PUT HIS

HAND ON MY LEG AND HE SAID, "SON." NOW, WHEN ORAL ROBERTS

SAID THE WORD "SON," WHICH HE'D SAID MANY TIMES, I KNEW HE WAS

ABOUT TO GIVE ME A WORD FROM GOD. I GOT REAL QUIET. I FORGOT

ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE FOR A MINUTE. HE SAID, "SON, I'M GOING

TO BE GONE SOON. AND YOUR NEXT CRUSADE IS GOING TO BE IN

KENYA." I SAID, "THAT'S RIGHT." IN JANUARY. HE SAID, "YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE AS I HAD WHEN I WAS IN

KENYA." AND I HAD REMEMBERED THAT IN 1968, HE HAD A CRUSADE

AND THE LAST DAY HE HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. HE

SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWICE AS MANY MIRACLES "AND YOU'RE

GONNA HAVE TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE." AND HE SAID, "YOU'RE

GONNA HAVE THAT DOUBLE PORTION "ANOINTING THAT YOU PRAYED FOR

ALL OF YOUR LIFE." AND I FELT THE TEARS BEGIN TO RUN DOWN MY

FACE. WASN'T THINKING ABOUT GOLF ANYMORE. A MONTH LATER, HE WAS

GONE. AND I WAS IN THE ROOM, AND I WATCHED THE NEEDLES ON THE

MACHINES GO DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN. AND I KNEW IT WAS A MATTER

OF SECONDS BEFORE HE'D BE GONE. AND I WATCHED ALL THE NEEDLES GO

FLAT. AND THE EARTHLY LIFE WENT OUT OF HIM. HIS EYES WERE OPEN,

LOOKING AT ME. IT WAS A MOMENT I'LL NEVER FORGET. ABOUT THAT

TIME, THERE WAS A COMMOTION IN THE ROOM. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS

THE DOCTORS AND NURSES BECAUSE THEY HAD SEEN ON THEIR MACHINES

THAT THEY NEEDED TO COME IN BECAUSE OF THE NEEDLES GOING

DOWN. BUT THERE WAS NO DOCTOR, THERE WAS NO NURSE. AND I LOOKED

UP. I BLINKED MY EYES 'CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS SEEING THINGS. AND

I SAW TWO ANGELS. THEY CAME RIGHT THROUGH THE CEILING. ONE

WAS SO TALL I COULDN'T SEE HIS HEAD. AND I WATCHED THEM REACH

IN TO HIS BODY AND PICK UP HIS SPIRIT AND BEGIN TO CARRY IT UP.

I STARTED YELLING, I STARTED WEEPING, I STARTED SCREAMING.

AND AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE CEILING WITH IT, SUDDENLY I SAW

WHAT LOOKED LIKE A MANTLE AND IT STARTED FLOATING BACK DOWN IN

THE ROOM. AND I JUMPED UP OUT OF MY CHAIR AND I GRABBED IT AND

SAID, "THAT'S MINE. AND NO ONE CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME." A

MONTH LATER I WAS IN KENYA ON THE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE

POLICE ESTIMATE, 200,000 PEOPLE. NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN

MY LIFE. OUT OF ONE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, OUT OF ONE WORD OF

KNOWLEDGE I GAVE, 4,000 PEOPLE CAME FORWARD TO GIVE TESTIMONY

OF HEALING. AND WHAT A HEALING CRUSADE THAT WAS. MIRACLES AFTER

MIRACLES AFTER MIRACLES. THANK GOD FOR THE DOUBLE PORTION. I

HONOR MY HERITAGE TODAY. YOU SHOULD NOT EVER FORGET WHERE YOU

CAME FROM. BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING UNTIL

YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU'VE BEEN. I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN. I KNOW

WHERE I'M GOING. AND I'M NOT LEAVING ANYTHING ON THE TABLE.

I'M GOING TO SHARE AND CONTINUE TO SHARE WHAT GOD HAS PUT IN ME.

AND I'M SHARING IT WITH YOU TODAY. I'M SHOWING YOU A BIT OF

MY HEART AND A BIT OF MY LIFE. AND I'M GRATEFUL. I STILL GET

ALL THE ORAL ROBERTS JOKES. THEY SAID THAT ORAL ROBERTS AND BILLY

GRAHAM DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN. AND WHEN THEY GOT TO THE GATE,

ST. PETER SAID, "I'M SORRY, BOYS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO

DOWN BELOW "FOR A WHILE, WE'RE FULL UP." AND SO HE SENT THEM

DOWN TO THE LOWER PARTS. AND AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE DEVIL

TELEPHONED PETER AND SAID, "YOU GOTTA GET ORAL AND BILLY OUTTA

HERE." AND PETER SAID, "WHY?" HE SAID, "BECAUSE BILLY GRAHAM'S

GETTING EVERYBODY SAVED, "AND ORAL ROBERTS IS RAISING MONEY TO

PUT IN AIR CONDITIONING.”

WE WERE PLAYING GOLF IN A TOURNAMENT WITH BOB HOPE. AND

BOB HOPE SAID, "I HATE PLAYING WITH ORAL ROBERTS BECAUSE WHEN

I PUTT, THE HOLE HEALS UP.”

THEY SAID THAT ORAL ROBERTS DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN. THEY GOT TO

THE GATE, ST. PETER SAID, "ARE YOU ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "ARE

YOU THE ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "WELL, COME WITH ME. JESUS, THE

SON, WANTS TO SEE YOU." HE TOOK HIM BEFORE JESUS AND JESUS SAID,

"ARE YOU ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "THE ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES."

"WELL, COME WITH ME. MY FATHER WANTS TO SEE YOU." SO HE STOOD

BEFORE GOD ALMIGHTY AND GOD SAID, "ARE YOU ORAL ROBERTS?"

"YES." "THE ORAL ROBERTS?" "YES." "ORAL, I GOT THIS PAIN IN

MY LEFT SHOULDER. I'VE HURT 'EM ALL." AND I THANK GOD FOR IT. I

THANK GOD FOR THE JOY. I THANK GOD FOR THE TEARS. I THANK GOD

FOR IT ALL, 'CAUSE ALL OF IT HAS MADE ME WHO I AM. AND I PRAISE

GOD FOR IT. I LEARNED HOW TO LIVE. AND WHEN I MET LINDSAY AND

FELL IN LOVE, I'D BEEN THROUGH A REALLY HARD TIME IN MY LIFE. AND

I'D SAID, "I'M THROUGH WITH WOMEN "FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE."

AND THEN I MET LINDSAY. AND WE HAD DATED FOR A WHILE. AND I

BEGAN FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER. AND I WANTED TO TAKE HER OUT TO

MEET MY PARENTS. THEY WERE OUT IN CALIFORNIA AT THE TIME. AND

SO WE FLEW OUT AND WE GOT THERE, IT WAS LATE, WE GOT TO THE HOUSE

WHERE THEY WERE STAYING AND MY MOTHER SAID, "COME ON IN." AND I

INTRODUCED HER TO LINDSAY AND SHE SAID, "GO ON BACK IN THE

BEDROOM, ORAL'S SITTING UP IN BED READING." MY DAD WAS A

VORACIOUS READER. AT ANY GIVEN TIME HE'D READ ALMOST ALL THE

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS, BOTH SECULAR AND SPIRITUAL. AND HE

WAS SITTING UP IN BED WITH HIS READING GLASSES IN HIS PAJAMAS

AND WE WENT BACK IN THERE AND LINDSAY SAID, "I'M NOT GOING IN

THERE WITH ORAL ROBERTS. I'M NOT GOING IN ORAL ROBERTS' BEDROOM."

I SAID, "COME ON, WE'LL GO IN." I SAID, "HE'S JUST A MAN." AND

SO WE WALKED IN THERE. HE LOOKED UP AND SAID, "SO, THIS IS

RICHARD'S BRIDE." SHE TURNED AND RAN OUT OF THE ROOM. I PULLED

HER BACK IN AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION. THE NEXT DAY WE

REALLY GOT TO KNOW HER. AND THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER, I WAS IN A

SERVICE WITH BROTHER HAGEN, KENNETH HAGEN, AND HE PROPHESIED

THAT WE WOULD MARRY, AND HE DID IT IN FRONT OF 4,000 PEOPLE. AND

I KNEW ALL HELL WOULD BREAK LOOSE IF I REMARRIED, AND IT

DID, BUT I KNEW I'D BE ALL RIGHT BECAUSE I'D HAD A WORD FROM TWO

PROPHETS OF GOD. AND THAT MARRIAGE IS NOW 46 YEARS STRONG.

AND WE HAVE THREE WONDERFUL DAUGHTERS. YOU KNOW, LINDSAY HAD

ENDOMETRIOSIS. THERE WAS NO WAY SHE COULD EVER HAVE CHILDREN.

AND WE GOT THREE BECAUSE GOD HEALED HER. SHE HAD AN OVARIAN

CYST THAT WAS ALMOST AS BIG AS AN ORANGE. AND THEY WERE TAKING

HER IN FOR A HYSTERECTOMY. BUT ON THE WAY TO THE OPERATION

ROOM, GOD HEALED HER. AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO JORDAN. AND THEN

SHE GAVE BIRTH TO OLIVIA. AND THEN SHE GAVE BIRTH TO CHLOE,

WHO WE CALL ORAL ROBERTS IN A DRESS.

LITTLE FIREBALL. THANK GOD, THANK GOD FOR MY LIFE. LINDSAY

MAY BE WATCHING ME LIVE ONLINE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THANK GOD

FOR HER, WHAT SHE HAS MEANT TO MY LIFE. SHE GAVE ME A GOSPEL OF

YOU CAN. I'D HAD A GOSPEL OF YOU CAN'T. BUT SHE GAVE ME A GOSPEL

OF YOU CAN AND I'LL HELP YOU. AND IT'S MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN

MY LIFE. THANK GOD FOR A STRONG, HEALTHY WIFE. AND I KNOW SHE'S

PRAYING FOR ME RIGHT NOW.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME THINGS IN MY LIFE, BUT DAVID SAID, "YEA,

THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY." HE DIDN'T PARK IN THE

MIDDLE OF IT. HE DIDN'T QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. HE DIDN'T

BUILD A MONUMENT. HE JUST WENT ON THROUGH. AND THE BIBLE CALLED

HIM A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART. EVEN THOUGH HE MADE MISTAKES,

GREAT MISTAKES, HE UNDERSTOOD FORGIVENESS. AND HE UNDERSTOOD

HOW TO REPENT. AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO. EVER

MADE A MISTAKE, PUT YOUR HAND UP. ANYBODY EVER MADE MORE THAN

ONE MISTAKE, PUT UP BOTH HANDS. MATTHEW, I WON'T ASK YOU TO

RAISE YOUR FEET. BUT YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS YOU

CAN REPENT. YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO DO

THAT. YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO MAKE A MISTAKE. YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO

FALL. IT'S LIKE THE YOUNG MAN WHO WENT TO THE LAKE TO FISH,

AND INSTEAD OF FISHING, HE FELL IN THE LAKE. AND A MAN CAME BY

AND SAID, "SON, HOW'D YOU COME TO FALL IN?" HE SAID, "I DIDN'T

COME TO FALL IN. "I CAME TO FISH, BUT I JUST FELL IN ALONG

THE WAY." AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO MANY OF US. WE FELL

IN, AND WE GOT CAUGHT UP, AND WE MADE MISTAKES. BUT THE BIBLE

SAYS IF YOU CONFESS THAT SIN UNTO GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL AND

JUST TO FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SIN AND TO CLEANSE YOU FROM ALL

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE GOD CALLED HIM A MAN

AFTER HIS OWN HEART, BECAUSE DAVID MADE SOME HUMONGOUS,

HORRENDOUS MISTAKES. WE ALL, WE READ ABOUT IT IN THE BIBLE. AND

YET GOD CALLED HIM A MAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART. PRAISE GOD. AND

JESUS CAME THROUGH THE LINE OF DAVID. PRAISE GOD. THANK GOD FOR

FORGIVENESS. UNFORGIVENESS IS LIKE DRINKING POISON AND

EXPECTING THE OTHER PERSON TO DIE. UNFORGIVENESS WON'T DO

ANYTHING TO THEM, BUT IT'LL KILL YOU. AND IF YOU'RE IN

UNFORGIVENESS TODAY, YOU NEED TO GET OVER YOURSELF. YOU NEED TO

LET IT GO. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH IT. FORGIVENESS IS THE ROOT OF

MUCH SICKNESS AND DISEASE. UNFORGIVENESS, I SHOULD SAY.

UNFORGIVENESS IS THE ROOT OF MANY SICKNESSES AND DISEASE.

BECAUSE IT TURNS YOU INSIDE YOURSELF. LET IT GO. I REMEMBER

ONCE, LINDSEY SAID, "I WANT YOU TO GET A PIECE OF PAPER "AND

WRITE DOWN ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE OFFENDED YOU "AND DONE

ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS "THEY'VE DONE AGAINST YOU ALL YOUR LIFE."

SO I GOT A PENCIL, I HAD TO SHARPEN IT AGAIN 'CAUSE I HAD TO

WRITE SO MANY NAMES DOWN. AND WHEN I GOT FINISHED, SHE SAID,

"NOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAPER, WRITE WHAT THEY DID."

WELL, THAT TOOK EVEN LONGER, SO I WROTE ALL THIS OUT AND WROTE

IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAPER. THEN SHE SAID, "NOW TAKE

THE PAPER AND TEAR IT IN HALF THIS WAY." I SAID, "OKAY." NOW,

THROW AWAY WHAT THEY DID AND FORGIVE THE PERSON. IT CHANGED

MY LIFE. SO IF YOU GOT UNFORGIVENESS IN YOUR HEART

TODAY, I'M TELLING YOU, LET IT GO. IT'S NOT WORTH IT 'CAUSE

JESUS SAID, "IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE, NEITHER AM I GONNA

FORGIVE YOU." WE ALL WANT FORGIVENESS, WE BETTER GIVE IT.

AND IF YOU'RE HOLDING SOMETHING AGAINST SOMEBODY TODAY, LET IT

GO. 'CAUSE IT WON'T HURT THEM, BUT IT'LL KILL YOU. PRAISE GOD.

ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING TODAY?

IS THIS WORTH YOUR TIME? WELL, I'M GIVING YOU A BIT OF MYSELF

TODAY. AND I'M TRYING TO DO THAT MORE AND MORE WHEREVER I GO. I'M

NOT ABLE TO TRAVEL NOW AS MUCH AS I WAS BEFORE BECAUSE TWO

YEARS AGO I BEGAN DOING A LIVE, FIVE DAY A WEEK, DAILY HEALING

TELEVISION PROGRAM. AND SO I'VE GOT TO BE IN TULSA A LOT MORE.

WE'RE GOING, AS SOON AS THE SERVICE IS OVER, WE'RE GOING

HOME IMMEDIATELY. 'CAUSE I'VE GOT LIVE TELEVISION. I'M SEEING

SO MANY HEALING MIRACLES. JUST THIS WEEK, I HAD THREE MEDICALLY

CONFIRMED HEALINGS OF CANCER.

AND IT'S NOT A VARIETY PROGRAM, I DON'T HAVE ANY GUESTS, IT'S

JUST ME, JUST PRAYING FOR THE SICK. AND I HAVE LIVE, I GOT 22

PRAYER PARTNERS TAKING LIVE PHONE CALLS, TAKING HUNDREDS AND

HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS EVERY DAY AND PRAYING FOR PEOPLE,

CALLING OUT THEIR NAMES ON THE AIR. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT, IT'S

ON THE VICTORY CHANNEL LIVE, OR IT'S ALSO ON OUR HEALING

NETWORK, AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE AND OUR ROKU

CHANNEL AND OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU CAN SEE IT. IT'S AT NOON, AT

NOON, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AND I GOTTA GET HOME BECAUSE I GOT

THINGS TO DO. BUT, SO I'M NOT TRAVELING AS MUCH NOW BECAUSE I

GOTTA GET THERE AND BEAT A PATH TO GET HOME IN ORDER TO DO WHAT

I'M CALLED TO DO. AND SO, AS I SAID, I'M, BUT I WAS HONORED

WHEN PASTOR HANK CALLED AND SAID, "WOULD YOU COME AND WOULD

YOU PINCH HIT FOR ME?" SO I'M HONORED TO DO THAT TODAY.

AND I'M GONNA MISS WATCHING

THE BIG WORLD CUP FINAL BECAUSE OF YOU.

AND I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT I'M GONNA MISS IT BECAUSE OF

YOU. BUT I DO HAVE A RADIO. SO, AND AT THE RISK OF OFFENDING

SOMEBODY, I'M PULLING FOR ARGENTINA. I LIKE MESSI, 'CAUSE

HE'S A MESS. ALL RIGHT. NOW, WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR BACK?

STAND UP. WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR SHOULDERS? STAND UP. WHO

NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR HIPS, YOUR KNEES, YOUR FEET? DOCTORS TELL

ME THAT 60% OF AMERICANS HAVE SOME STAGE OF ARTHRITIS. THAT'S

NOT GOOD. AND I'M GONNA PRAY. AND GOD'S GONNA BEGIN HEALING

PEOPLE. NOT BECAUSE OF ME, BUT BECAUSE OF HIM. NOW MY FATHER

USED HIS RIGHT HAND, BUT HE SAID TO ME, "SON, YOU WILL NOT USE

YOUR HAND "LIKE I HAVE. "GOD'S GONNA MANIFEST THE WORD OF

KNOWLEDGE THROUGH YOU, "AND YOU'LL SPEAK." HE SAID, "THE

POWER OF GOD WILL COME DOWN YOUR SHOULDER AND OUT YOUR HANDS,

AND WHEN YOU STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND AND PRAY, PEOPLE WILL BE

HEALED." HE SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA BE ON TV A LOT MORE THAN I'VE

BEEN, AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO LAY HANDS ON PEOPLE

LIKE I HAVE HAD." SO GOD'S GONNA USE A DIFFERENT METHOD.

IT'S NOT ANY BETTER, IT'S NOT ANY WORSE, JUST DIFFERENT. HE

SAID, "GOD USED MY HAND, HE'S GONNA USE YOUR VOICE." AND HE

SAID, "YOU'LL FEEL THE POWER COME UP "THROUGH YOUR CHEST, AND

WHEN YOU SPEAK, "THAT WORD WILL COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. "AND

YOUR PEOPLE WILL BE HEALED WHEREVER THEY'RE STANDING." IT'S

BEEN HAPPENING LIKE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. IT'S GONNA

HAPPEN THAT WAY THIS MORNING. SO LAY YOUR HAND ON YOURSELF.

FATHER, IT'S NOT BY MIGHT, IT'S NOT BY POWER, BUT IT'S BY THE

HOLY SPIRIT THAT I PRAY THIS PRAYER. AND I THANK YOU THAT

YOU'RE A HEALING GOD, AND YOU'RE THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND

FOREVER. AND WHAT YOU DID, YOU ARE STILL DOING. SO IN THE

AUTHORITY OF THE NAME OF JESUS, I COME AGAINST THIS ARTHRITIC

PAIN, THE BACK PAIN, THE NECK, THE SHOULDER, THE HIPS, THE

KNEES, THE FEET. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I SPEAK TO EVERY BONE, I

SPEAK TO EVERY MUSCLE, I SPEAK TO EVERY JOINT, I SPEAK TO EVERY

TISSUE, EVERY PAIN, COME OUT! I SEND THAT HEALING WORD TO YOU

RIGHT NOW, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE, HERE IT COMES, BE HEALED.

EVERY BACK PAIN, COME OUT. EVERY SHOULDER PAIN, COME OUT. EVERY

HIP PAIN, EVERY KNEE PAIN, EVERY FOOT PAIN, EVERY ANKLE PAIN,

COME OUT. EVERY BONE THAT'S OUT OF WHACK, EVERY JOINT, EVERY

MUSCLE, COME OUT. EVERY CELL, EVERY DISC, EVERY VERTEBRA, BE

HEALED. IN THE AUTHORITY OF, NOW HERE IT COMES. HERE COMES A WAVE

OF HEALING RIGHT NOW. NOT IN MY NAME, BUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

NOW JUST BEGIN EXAMINING YOURSELF RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU

STAND. BEGIN EXAMINING YOURSELF. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. JUST BEGIN

EXAMINING YOURSELF. PEOPLE ALL OVER LORD OF HOSTS ARE GONNA

FIND OUT HEALING'S ALREADY HAPPENING. JUST EXAMINE YOURSELF

RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. JUST EXAMINE YOURSELF. HEALING'S

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. NOT 'CAUSE I LAID HANDS ON YOU, BUT BECAUSE

JESUS IS TOUCHING YOU.

HAPPENING THROUGH THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT TODAY.

NOW, HOW MANY CAN TELL RIGHT NOW, HEALING'S ALREADY STARTED?

PUT YOUR HAND UP.

I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL IT, YOU CAN TELL IT. LOOK AT THE HANDS.

NOW, THAT'S HOW GOD USES ME.

NOW, WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR HEART

OR YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE? YOU STAND UP.

OR YOUR BLOOD SUGAR, YOU STAND UP.

YOUR HEART, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, YOUR BLOOD SUGAR.

YOUR KIDNEYS, YOUR COLON, YOUR LIVER.

YOUR DIGESTION TRACKER.

YOUR GALLBLADDER, WHO NEEDS HEALING IN THAT AREA, YOU

STAND UP. WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR VISION, YOUR EYES, YOUR

HEARING? WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR BLOOD? WHO NEEDS HEALING IN

YOUR KIDNEYS, YOUR LIVER? WHO NEEDS HEALING IN YOUR BLOOD

SUGAR, BLOOD PRESSURE? YOU STAND UP. "NOW, FATHER, IN THE

AUTHORITY OF JESUS' NAME, "I COME AGAINST THIS SATANIC

ATTACK. "SICKNESS AND DISEASE, YOU MUST BOW AT THE FEET OF

JESUS. "AND I SEND THE HEALING WORD OF GOD TO YOU. "I START

WITH YOUR HEAD. "I REBUKE THE MIGRAINE, COME OUT. "I REBUKE

THE CYST, THE TUMOR, THE GROWTH, "THE MASS, THE CANCER, COME OUT.

"I SPEAK TO THE LOSS OF VISION, THE CATARACT, "THE GLAUCOMA, THE

BLURRED VISION, "THE PROBLEM WITH THE IRIS, THE PUPIL, "THE

CORNEA, THE OPTIC NERVE, COME OUT. "THE LOSS OF HEARING, BE

HEALED. "EARDRUM, EUSTACHIAN TUBE, OPEN UP. "I REBUKE THE

BALANCE PROBLEM, THE EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEM, "COME OUT. "WHO NEEDS

HEALING IN YOUR LUNGS? STAND UP IN THIS GROUP. KIDNEY, YOUR

LUNGS, YOUR ALLERGIES, BREATHING. IN THE NAME OF JESUS,

I SPEAK TO THE ASTHMA, I SPEAK TO THE EMPHYSEMA, THE COPD, COME

OUT! AND I SEND THAT HEALING WORD TO YOU TODAY IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. THE STOMACH

CONDITION, KIDNEY, LIVER, LOWER TRACT, DIGESTION, HERNIA, ULCER,

GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS, COLON, BE HEALED, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

FUNCTION NORMALLY. EVERY ORGAN IN YOUR BODY BE HEALED. HEART

BEAT NORMALLY. I REBUKE AFIB. I REBUKE THE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. I

SPEAK TO THE PLAQUE, I COMMEND IT TO DISSOLVE. AND FOR THE

BLOOD TO FLOW THROUGH YOUR BODY UNRESTRICTED IN THE NAME OF

JESUS. HEART BEAT NORMALLY, NO MORE SKIPPING OF BEATS. HEART

THAT'S ENLARGED, COME DOWN TO NORMAL SIZE. IN JESUS' MIGHTY

NAME, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, I SPEAK TO YOU, COME DOWN. LOW

BLOOD PRESSURE, I SPEAK TO YOU, COME UP. HIGH BLOOD SUGAR, I

SPEAK TO YOU, COME DOWN. I REBUKE THE DIABETES. I REBUKE

THE HYPOGLYCEMIA, BLOOD SUGAR, COME UP INTO THE NORMAL LEVEL.

BLOOD PRESSURE BE NORMAL, BLOOD SUGAR BE NORMAL FROM THIS MOMENT

FORWARD IN THE NAME OF JESUS. UH-HUH, I'LL DO THAT. SICKLE

CELL, I TALK TO YOU IN JESUS' NAME. COME OUT. EVERY MASS,

EVERY TUMOR, EVERY GROWTH, COME OUT. ANY TYPE OF INFLAMMATION,

ANY TYPE OF INFECTION, COME OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NOW

EVERYBODY'S STANDING FOR A MINUTE. EVERYONE'S STANDING.

EVERYONE'S STANDING. RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, LIFT BOTH YOUR HANDS.

SAY THIS OUT LOUD, FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I RELEASE MY

FAITH, AND I EXPECT THIS MIRACLE, AND I'M NOT TURNING

LOOSE UNTIL IT MANIFESTS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NOW SOMEBODY JUST

REJOICE AND BEGIN TO GIVE HIM PRAISE.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. JUST BEGIN TO PRAISE HIM NOW,

HALLELUJAH. LIFT YOUR VOICE IN THE SPIRIT.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

COME ON, PRAISE HIM.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THERE'S A LEG BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT LEG BEING HEALED.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

SHOULDER BEING HEALED RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

LIFT YOUR VOICE IN THE SPIRIT.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

COME ON, PRAISE HIM.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

HALLELUJAH. FATHER, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT OUR OWN. WE WERE

BOUGHT WITH A PRICE, AND THAT PRICE WAS THE SHED BLOOD OF

JESUS. BUT HE NOT ONLY TOOK ON OUR SIN AND SHAME. NO, NO, NO,

HE DID MORE THAN THAT. HE TOOK EVERY SICKNESS AND EVERY

DISEASE, EVERY FEAR AND EVERY DOUBT. HALLELUJAH. THERE ARE

SOME HERE WHO'VE NEVER MADE A COMMITMENT OF YOUR LIFE TO THE

LORD. YOU'VE NEVER SAID, "BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER."

YOU'VE NEVER REALLY GIVEN YOUR HEART, "OH YES, YOU COME TO

CHURCH, YOU GOT A BIBLE, YOU GOT CHRISTIANS IN YOUR FAMILY."

BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW THE LORD, AND YOU'VE BEEN WAITING

FOR SOMEONE TO INVITE YOU TO RECEIVE HIM AS SAVIOR. IF THAT'S

YOU, PUT YOUR HAND UP REAL QUICKLY, I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU.

DON'T BE EMBARRASSED, PUT IT UP, HOLD IT HIGH. HOLD IT HIGH, I

WANNA SEE YOUR HAND. IF THAT'S YOU, COME DOWN TO THIS ALTAR

REAL QUICKLY. STEP OUT IN THE AISLE, QUICKLY. COME RIGHT NOW,

COME ON YOUNG MAN. COME ON, COME RIGHT NOW. COME ON, IF THAT'S

YOU, IF YOU WANT GOD IN YOUR LIFE. COME ON, RIGHT NOW,

QUICKLY, QUICKLY, QUICKLY. COME ON, COME RIGHT HERE. COME ON,

COME ON. COME ON, RIGHT HERE. COME ON. COME ON, COME ON, COME

ON, COME ON, COME ON. COME ON. THE SAVIOR'S WAITING FOR YOU.

COME ON, COME ON, ANYBODY ELSE? YOU REALLY NEED GOD IN YOUR LIFE

AND YOU KNOW IT. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

STRETCH YOUR HANDS OUT TOWARD HIM. NOW YOU HERE IN THE FRONT,

YEAH, I'LL WAIT. YEAH, YOU'RE WORTH WAITING ON.

STRETCH YOUR HANDS OUT TOWARD THEM. NOW YOU HERE IN THE FRONT,

LOOK UP HERE AT ME. NOW PUT YOUR HAND UP LIKE THIS AND SAY THIS

OUT LOUD AFTER ME. OH GOD, BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER. I

DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT I WANT TO. AND SO TODAY, IN FRONT OF THESE

WITNESSES, I REPENT OF EVERY SIN AND ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME. I AM

TRULY SORRY. I RENOUNCE THE DEVIL AND ALL OF HIS WORKS AND I

RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. COME INTO MY HEART,

SAVE ME, HEAL ME, DELIVER ME, AND SET ME FREE. FROM THIS

MOMENT, I'LL SERVE GOD FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. HALLELUJAH.

WHICH WAY ARE WE GONNA SEND HIM? WE'RE GONNA SEND HIM TO A PRAYER

ROOM? DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT, DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR

SEAT. LET'S TAKE THEM TO A PLACE OF PRAYER FOR JUST A MOMENT.

LET'S GO THIS WAY, TURN TO YOUR LEFT, MY RIGHT. FOLLOW THE LADY

IN THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DRESS. BOWS. COME ON, GIVE PRAISE AS

THEY GO. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS REJOICING IN THE

PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS WHEN SOMEONE GETS SAVED. WELL,

THEY'RE DOING A HOLY GHOST DANCE NOW. HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO GOD.

AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU COME TO LORD OF HOSTS? FOR THE POWER OF GOD

IS UNRESTRICTED. HALLELUJAH. THANK GOD FOR A PLACE LIKE THAT

IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. HALLELUJAH. OKAY, BE SEATED FOR JUST A

MINUTE. I BROUGHT SOME, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A LOBBY HERE

SOMEWHERE, ISN'T THERE? I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE BUILDING, BUT I

DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LOBBY IS. I BROUGHT SOME RESOURCES OUT

THERE. AND I BROUGHT LINDSEY'S NEW BOOK, DISCOVER YOUR TRUE

PEACE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN OFFERING ON OUR PROGRAM. THE FIRST BOOK

WAS DISCOVER YOUR TRUE WORTH, AND THE SECOND BOOK IN THE

SERIES WAS DISCOVER YOUR TRUE STRENGTH. AND NOW THE THIRD BOOK

HAS BEEN OUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS. IT'S A BESTSELLER. IT'S CALLED

DISCOVER YOUR TRUE PEACE. IT'S AVAILABLE. AND THEN I BROUGHT

ANOTHER BOOK OF MINE CALLED WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. AND I GOT

A CALL FROM A WOMAN WHO SAID, "I WANT THAT BOOK. WHAT THE HELL DO

I DO?" WELL, I THINK I KNOW WHAT SHE MEANT. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S ALSO

AVAILABLE. AND FOR EITHER BOOK THAT YOU BUY, AS MY GIFT, I'M

GONNA GIVE YOU WHAT I'VE GIVEN TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THE LAST

COUPLE OF MONTHS, IS A LITTLE BOOK CALLED WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU

NEED A MIRACLE. 'CAUSE MANY CHRISTIANS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO

SAY. SO THAT'S GONNA BE FREE, YOU GET THE OTHER. SO THOSE ARE

AVAILABLE OUT THERE. GOD BLESS YOU ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING

ME TO COME AND TO BE A PART OF LORD OF HOSTS TODAY.

(APPLAUSE)

WHEN I TALKED..

(APPLAUSE)

MIKE, THOSE ARE FOR YOU. THOSE ARE MY GIFT TO YOU. WHEN I

TALKED TO HANK LAST NIGHT, HE SAID, "IF YOU DON'T DO A GOOD

JOB, "I'M GONNA COME TO TULSA AND GET YOU IN A HEADLOCK.”

SO I HOPE I DON'T GET A HEADLOCK, BUT I BLESS YOU. I

BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND I BLESS PASTOR HANK

AND BRENDA AND THEIR DEAR CHILDREN, MATTHEW AND JONATHAN.

JONATHAN GOT A BIG FIGHT ON THE 11TH OF AUGUST, AND I HOPE HE

JUST KICKS THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THE GUY

AND I HOPE HE GETS TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. DANA, WHAT'S HIS LAST

NAME, DANA, DANA WHITE. I SAW THAT THING THEY HAD ON THE WHITE

HOUSE LAWN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT LEVEL, ISN'T IT? THAT'S

WHAT I WANT. I'M CALLING THAT THE TRUMP LEVEL. PRAISE GOD,

OKAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND

TO BE A PART OF THIS TODAY. GOD BLESS EVERY ONE OF YOU.

(APPLAUSE)

THANK YOU, BROTHER. GOD BLESS YOU.

HOW MANY OF YOU WERE BLESSED TODAY?

(APPLAUSE)

AMEN, MAN. WE HAD MULTIPLE HEALINGS, WE HAD SALVATIONS, WE

HAD CHURCH TODAY. AMEN. BE SEATED FOR A MOMENT IF YOU

WOULD, PLEASE. AND WE WANNA HONOR OUR SPECIAL GUEST. OH,

BEFORE I DO THAT, IF YOU'RE ONLINE TODAY AND YOU RECEIVED

JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, OR YOU RECEIVED A

SPECIAL SUPERNATURAL HEALING TOUCH, OUR PRAYER LINE NUMBER IS

ONLINE FOR YOU, 855-777-7907. YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER 24

HOURS A DAY, EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ARCHIVE IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER AND LET US KNOW

HOW GOD TOUCHED YOUR LIFE AND THAT YOU WERE SAVED, SET FREE,

HEALED, WHATEVER IT IS. WE LOVE TO GET THOSE REPORTS. AND WE'LL

BLESS YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU AGAIN AND BELIEVE THAT GOD CONTINUES

HIS WORK IN YOUR LIFE. SO THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR DOING

THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, CONGREGATION. IT WAS A

BLESSING. THOSE THAT WERE STILL IN BED MISSED SOMETHING TODAY,

BECAUSE IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO BE IN THE HOUSE. GOD ALWAYS SENDS

HIS BEST HERE. WE WANT TO HONOR DR. ROBERTS AND HIS MINISTRY.

WHEN YOU SOW INTO HIS MINISTRY TODAY, YOU'RE SOWING INTO GOOD

SOIL. HE CONTINUES THE LEGACY OF HIS FATHER.

IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MINISTRY.

SO USHERS, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST TO SERVE THE PEOPLE

NOW IF YOU NEED AN ENVELOPE. WE WANT TO SEND HIM OUT, SEND DR.

ROBERTS OUT BLESSED SO THAT HE CAN CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING

THAT HE'S CALLED TO DO. OUR GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE

SCREEN. AS YOU DO THE DROP DOWN FROM OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN LOOK

FOR CONFERENCE/GUEST SPEAKER IF YOU'RE GIVING ON THE APP OR ON

OUR WEBSITE, CONFERENCE/GUEST SPEAKER. WHEN YOU DO THAT, THEN

WE'LL KNOW THAT IT GOES TO DR. ROBERTS' MINISTRY, AND WE

APPRECIATE YOUR DOING THAT. THE BIBLE SAYS, "LET THE ELDERS WHO

RULE BE COUNTED WORTHY OF DOUBLE HONOR," AND THAT HONOR SPEAKING

OF MONEY DIRECTLY IN THE BIBLE. SO GIVE AS YOU FILL LEAD TODAY,

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. I'M JUST GIVING THE USHERS A

LITTLE TIME TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. OKAY, AND WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS?

STAND WITH ME. WE'LL PRAY A BLESSING OVER THIS OFFERING.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO GIVE OFFERINGS TO

THOSE THAT COME AS YOUR SERVANTS. WE PRAY A TREMENDOUS

BLESSING OVER DR. ROBERTS AND LONG LIFE OVER HIM, THAT YOU

CONTINUE TO USE HIM IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY TO BRING THE

WORD OF TRUTH, THE WORD OF FAITH TO YOUR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

AND SO WE BLESS HIS MINISTRY. I BLESS EVERY GIVER TODAY. AND

THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU WILL SUPERNATURALLY BLESS THEIR LIVES

FOR SOWING INTO THIS MINISTRY. AND WE COUNT IT AN HONOR, LORD,

TO GIVE BACK UNTO YOU. OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE DOWN HERE ALREADY IN

PLACE. IF YOU NEED PRAYER FOR ANYTHING ELSE TODAY, YOU

PROBABLY HAD EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF DURING THIS SERVICE. BUT

IF YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE, YOU WANT SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU,

THE ALDR TEAM'S HERE. AND THEY WON'T EVEN CHARGE YOU FOR COMING

FORWARD TODAY. YOU CAN COME FREELY AND GET PRAYER. SO GOD

BLESS YOU. DON'T FORGET, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR MOST SPECIAL SPEAKERS

IN THE HOUSE. NEXT SUNDAY, PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE SPEAKING.

AND SO BE BACK. AND GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL SUNDAY.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY. THANK YOU.

(MUSIC)