06/21/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman

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GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. COME ON, LET'S GIVE THE

LORD PRAISE. AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF OUR DADS OUT

THERE. BUT MOST OF ALL, FATHER GOD,

WE HONOR YOU THIS MORNING. HALLELUJAH.

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HALLELUJAH! LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. YES, LORD. AND WE

STAND IN THE HONOR OF YOU, THE GREAT I AM. YES, LORD. AND IT IS

OUR PRIVILEGE TO DECLARE THAT YOU ARE GOD, OUR GOD. AND SO WE

WELCOME YOU TODAY. AS ALWAYS, YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT. AS I

WALKED OUT TODAY, ONCE AGAIN, YOUR PRESENCE MET ME. NOW MAY IT

TOUCH THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN A WAY, GOD, TODAY THAT'LL BRING A

DIVINE LIFT AND BLESSING UPON THEM AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT

THEY'RE PRAYING FOR, I PRAY. YOU ARE THE GREAT I AM AND EVERYBODY

THAT BELIEVES THAT SAID, AMEN. AMEN. WOW, IT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR

A RAINY MORNING. YEAH. I THINK SO. IT IS A NICE RAINY MORNING.

DID YOU LIKE WANT TO SLEEP IN OR WHAT? HOW MANY WANTED TO SLEEP

IN? NO, I'M SORRY, I WAS EXCITED TO COME TO CHURCH, BUT YEAH. I

MEAN, RAIN DOES MAKE YOU WANT TO SNUGGLE UP. HOW MANY IS THAT THE

CASE? SO IS IT GOING TO RAIN FOR NAP TIME FOR ANYBODY? MAYBE,

MAYBE. THEY'RE SAYING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THREE INCHES OF

RAIN. DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? IT'S BEEN PRETTY DRIPPY

OUT THERE. YEAH, YEAH. SO, WELL, I'M SO HONORED THAT YOU CAME.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE

TIME AND COME TO CHURCH AND GATHER TOGETHER. AND SO WE NEVER

TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE MEETING PEOPLE OUT IN THE

HALL AND THE COFFEE CENTER AND ALL OF THAT. AND TELLING SOME OF

THE DADS A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE

MEN OUT THERE. HOW MANY DADS IN THE HOUSE, GRANDPAS,

GREAT-GRANDPAS, LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. AWESOME. FANTASTIC.

EXCITING. SO EXCITING, THAT'S WONDERFUL. ANYBODY GOING OUT TO

LUNCH IN THE RAIN TODAY? A FEW OF YOU, THAT'S GOOD. NICE, NICE,

NICE. HOW MANY ARE GONNA SPOIL YOUR HUSBAND OR FATHER TODAY?

(LAUGHING)

I GOT AN IDEA. NO, NO. I'LL FLUFF YOUR PILLOW FOR THE NAP.

HOW DOES THAT SOUND? THE EPIC SUNDAY NAP. AND SCRATCH THE

BACK. AND GIVE YOU A BACK SCRATCH. THERE YOU GO. OFFICIAL

ONE. SHE'S KIND OF RETIRED FROM THAT. SHE GOT ME ONE OF THOSE

BACK SCRATCHER THINGS THAT ARE LIKE THAT. SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO

DO THIS. I WANT TO GREET ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE

WORLD AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THE DADS AND GRANDPAS AND

GREAT-GRANDPAS AND MAYBE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPAS. LISTEN,

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO HONOR FATHERS AND EVEN GOD HAS

DECLARED HIS FATHER. SO WE HONOR YOU TODAY AND WE SPEAK A

BLESSING NOT ONLY OVER THESE THAT ARE HERE, BUT ALSO OVER

YOU. AND TELL US WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING FROM. IT'S GONNA BE A

GREAT DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE RAINING IN YOUR WORLD OR

SUNNY, BUT THIS LITTLE GIRL, YOU GOT A PART TWO COMING. I DO,

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AMEN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERRUPTIONS TO

ANSWERED PRAYER. AND SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF JUST NAVIGATE OUR

WAY THROUGH IT TODAY. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TEACHING

TOPIC, BIBLICAL. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED,

RIGHT? VERY IMPORTANT. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT THE BIBLE HAS

TO SAY ABOUT THESE THINGS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M EXCITED. WELL,

HEY, TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE WERE MENTIONING RAIN. THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, I SAW THE RAIN, BRENDA, COMING

DOWN SO FAST LAST NIGHT. AND I THOUGHT, THAT WATER IS MOVING SO

FAST. HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WATER MOVING? AND

I REALIZED THAT WATER IS NOT THE FASTEST LIQUID ON EARTH. I DON'T

KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. NO, WE HAVE NOT. NO,

MILK IS BECAUSE IT'S PASTEURIZED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, SO.

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I NEED SOME HELP FROM THE BAND. I MEAN, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I

MILKED THAT FOR EVERYTHING I COULD, SO.

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ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU WAIT EVERY SUNDAY FOR PASTOR'S WEEKLY

PUNS? OKAY, WAIT, I GOTTA SAY THIS. SO THIS LADY, MAYBE YOU'RE

WATCHING, DOWN AT FLASHPOINT LAST WEEK, LIVE, AND SHE COMES

UP TO ME, "PASTOR HANK, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR

SERVICES." AND THERE'S ONE PART OF THE SERVICE THAT I REALLY

LOOK FORWARD TO, I THINK SHE'S GONNA SAY, "WORSHIP," YOU KNOW,

THE MESSAGE, THE TRANSITION. SHE GOES, "YOUR DUMB JOKES AT THE

BEGINNING." I SAID, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT DURING THE MESSAGE?" SHE

GOES, "NO, THOSE ARE NEVER FUNNY." I'M LIKE, "OKAY, OKAY,

SO HERE YOU GO." SO, I DON'T KNOW.

(LAUGHING)

PEOPLE ARE TRUTHFUL. I THINK WE BETTER, SHE'S TRUTHFUL. ALL

RIGHT, WELL, ARE YOU EXCITED TO PRAISE THE LORD TODAY?

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IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD. AND WHEN IT'S POURING RAIN OUTSIDE, THIS

IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS IN, LEAN INTO GOD, WHATEVER YOU

WENT THROUGH DURING THE WEEK. COME ON, JUST CAST THAT OFF.

MAYBE JUST DO THIS AS A PROPHETIC ACT. THROW IT OVER

YOUR SHOULDER, PUT IT BEHIND YOU, PUT IT OUT OF YOUR MIND, TO

MAKE IT ABOUT YOU AND JESUS, RIGHT? COME ON, LIKE THERE'S

NOBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM, BUT YOU AND GOD. COME ON, PUT THOSE

HANDS UP TO HEAVEN, SAY, "LORD, IT'S MY DISTINCT HONOR TO TAKE

THIS MOMENT TO PRAISE YOU, TO WORSHIP YOU, TO LOVE ON YOU. I

ASK YOU TO IMPART UNTO ME TODAY, EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE ROOM AND

ONLINE, MAY THEY RECEIVE A TOUCH FROM HEAVEN. AND LORD, TODAY,

EVEN THOUGH IT'S RAINING, COME ON, SAY IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S

RAINING, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU. TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST PRAISE.

COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT. LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

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COME ON, CHURCH. I WANT YOU TO BE LOUD THIS MORNING.

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HALLELUJAH.

OUR HONOR IS TO YOU. OUR GRACIOUS, BEAUTIFUL,

FORGIVING, FULL OF LOVING KINDNESS, GOODNESS, MERCY, AND

TRUTH. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID WHEN YOU CAME TO MOSES

AND INTRODUCED YOURSELF. AND LORD, TODAY WE SAY NICE TO MEET

YOU. WE ARE HONORED TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND TO

CONNECT HEART TO HEART, FACE TO FACE, AND TO LOVE ON YOU.

BECAUSE THERE WAS NO GREATER LOVE EVER DEMONSTRATED THAN THE

LOVE, FATHER, THAT WAS DEMONSTRATED IN JESUS AND YOUR

LOVE FOR THIS WORLD THAT YOU GAVE HIM. AND WITH THAT, WE

HONOR YOU THAT WHEN YOU SAW THAT MAN HAD SINNED AND FELL SHORT OF

YOUR GLORY AND THAT THERE WAS NO ONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE, YOU

DIDN'T JUST LEAVE US IN A LOST STATE, BUT LIKE WITH THE

PRODIGAL SON, YOU RAN TO US AND SAID, I HAVE A PLAN, AND I WILL

BRING IT THROUGH THE SEED OF THE WOMAN. AND THIS ONE THAT WILL

ARISE WILL CRUSH THE HEAD OF SATAN. THAT IS LOVE. AND BECAUSE

OF THAT, MY HEART CRIES, ABBA, DADDY, PAPA, GOD, HOW WE LOVE

YOU. TEACH US TO HOLLOW THY NAME. TEACH US HOW TO FEAR YOU.

NOT TO BE AFRAID OF YOU, BUT TO REVERENCE YOU. TO LOVE WHAT YOU

LOVE AND TO DESPISE WHAT YOU DESPISE. THIS FATHER'S DAY, WE

HONOR YOU. WE LOVE YOU. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU, AND WE ARE

THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US AND HAVE DONE FOR US.

AND THE LEAST THAT WE COULD DO IS OPEN OUR MOUTHS, OUR HEARTS,

AND HONOR YOU. I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL THE FATHERS THAT ARE HERE

TODAY, GRANDPAS OR WHATEVER, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST COME

FORWARD FOR A MINUTE. I WANNA DECLARE THE FATHER'S BLESSING ON

YOU. WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN UP FRONT. I JUST FEEL REALLY STRONG

LIKE WE JUST NEED TO PRONOUNCE A BLESSING ON YOU. AND THEN I'M

GONNA PREPARE YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT I WANT YOU TO DO IN RETURN,

THAT I FEEL INSTRUCTED BY GOD. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING THAT ARE FATHERS AND STUFF, WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THIS.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IS JESUS ALREADY KNEW THAT THIS DAY

WOULD BE UPON US. BUT WE COULD SPEAK RIGHT THERE INTO YOUR HOME

AND INTO YOUR HEART BY THE ANOINTING WITH TECHNOLOGY. AND

THE CENTURION SAID, "SPEAK THY WORD," AND MY SERVANT WILL BE

HEALED." YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME TO MY HOUSE. AND THEN

ISAIAH CHAPTER 2, VERSE 2, SAYS THAT THERE'LL COME A DAY WHERE

Isaiah 2:2

THEY'LL SAY, LET US GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. AND THE

MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE SHOULD BE ABOVE ALL OTHER

MOUNTAINS. AND THIS IS WHAT ONE TRANSLATION SAYS. AND THEY WILL

SAY, ALL NATIONS SHALL STREAM INTO IT. SO YOU'RE PART OF THAT,

YOU'RE PART OF THAT FULFILLMENT OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. AND SO WE

WELCOME YOU AS FATHERS AND GRANDPAS AND DADS. AND I WANNA

PRAY THE BLESSING OVER YOU AS WELL. NOW, HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA

ASK YOU MEN TO DO. IN JUST A MOMENT, I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU,

BUT THEN I'M GOING TO EXTEND SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY,

VERY IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU'RE IN THIS BUILDING AND YOU CAN HEAR

MY VOICE AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY APPLIES TO YOU, BUT MAYBE

YOU'RE IN THIS BUILDING IN JUST A MOMENT WHERE YOU'RE MARRIED,

OR MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING, AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S

JUST MY HEART. 'CAUSE I'M A DAD, I'M A PROUD DAD OF TWO GREAT

BOYS. THERE ARE SOME FATHERS, OR MEN OUT THERE WHO ARE MARRIED,

THEY'RE SAYING, I WANNA BE A DAD. AND MAYBE THERE'S A

INFERTILITY OR BARRENNESS OR SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING. AND

YOU GUYS ARE UNABLE TO CONCEIVE. WELL, IN JUST A MOMENT, I'M

GONNA HAVE YOU GUYS COME, WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND WE'RE

GONNA HAVE THE MEN PRAY FOR YOU. THAT WHERE THEY STAND TODAY, YOU

WILL BE ABLE TO STAND, AND I'M GONNA BELIEVE ONE YEAR FROM NOW.

THAT WE'RE GONNA CALL YOU UP HERE ON FATHER'S DAY, AND YOU'RE

GONNA SAY, YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT DADDY IN HEAVEN DID THIS FOR

YOU. NOW, MEN, HERE'S THE GREATEST PRAYER THAT I WANT TO

PRAY OVER YOU. SOMETIMES AS MEN, WE ARE TOO INTELLECTUAL. THE

BIBLE SAYS THAT A CARNAL-MINDED MAN IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD, AND

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE AS MEN HAVE GOT TO STOP BEING IS

MEN WHO GET IN OUR HEADS THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO TOUCH GOD. WE

DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS HEART TO HEART WITH GOD BECAUSE WE'RE

TRYING TO FIGURE HIM OUT. YET WE HAVE NO PROBLEM FIGURING OUT

SPORTS AND THINGS THAT WE ENJOY WITH EXUBERATION, EXCITEMENT,

EXPRESSION. BUT SOMEHOW WITH GOD WE BECOME LOCKED. AND IT'S NO

COINCIDENCE THAT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, THE FIRST RECORDED MIRACLE

WAS A LAME MAN WALKING. BECAUSE IF THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE A

RECAPTURING OF A GENERATION, IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO PUSH BACK

THE EVIL OF TRANSGENDER MOVEMENTS AND HOMOSEXUALITY AND

MORAL DECLINE, WE GOTTA HAVE MEN WHO AREN'T LAME.

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AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, A LOT OF THE PROBLEM WITH US AS

MEN IS WE DEAL WITH REJECTION AND WE DEAL WITH PRIDE. I'M TOO

GOOD TO LIFT MY HANDS TO GOD. IT'S NOT MY WAY. WELL, IF YOU'RE

GONNA SERVE GOD, IT CAN'T BE YOUR WAY, IT'S GOTTA BE YAHWEH.

GOD TELLS YOU TO LIFT YOUR HANDS, THEN DO IT. GOD TELLS YOU

TO ENTER INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE, THEN DO IT. BUT HERE'S

THE THING THAT THE ENEMY ALWAYS DOES, IS HE WANTS TO REDUCE YOU

TO WHERE HE HAS BEEN REDUCED. THE SERPENT WAS REDUCED TO HIS

BELLY. DON'T EVER BE A CHRISTIAN MAN, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, WHO YOU'RE LAME IN YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK, YOU DON'T

KNOW HOW TO LEAP AND DANCE AND PRAISE AND ENTER INTO THE

PRESENCE OF GOD OR IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT? BUT YOU ALSO

DON'T WANNA BE A SERPENT, YOU DON'T WANNA BE A SNAKE, WHERE

YOU ALLOW THE ENEMY BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF TO

MAKE YOURSELF THINK THAT YOU'RE JUST A LOW BELLY, NO GOOD,

WHATEVER. COME ON, I HAD PEOPLE IN MY LIFE, MEN THAT TOLD ME I

WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. I HAD A LOT OF MEN SPEAK INTO MY LIFE

SAYING, WELL, YOU'RE NOT THIS AND YOU'RE NOT THAT, AND YOU'LL

NEVER DO THIS, YOU'LL NEVER DO THAT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, MY

FATHER DID? BECAUSE I OPENED MY HEART TO HIM, HE DEFIED EVERY

ONE OF THEIR WORDS. SO I WANT TO TELL YOU, I LOVE YOU, AND I'M

HERE AS A PASTOR, AS A MAN OF GOD, A MAN WHO IS DEEPLY

PASSIONATE ABOUT BEING A STRONG MAN OF GOD, AS A REPRESENTATIVE

OF GOD, BUT ALSO REPRESENTATIVE OF YOU. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO

KNOW, AS TO SOME, I MAY BE A SPIRITUAL FATHER OR MENTOR TO

SOME OF YOU, OR YOUR PASTOR, OR JUST A GOOD GUY, BUT I'M PROUD

OF YOU. BECAUSE I DO LOOK OUT THERE, AND I SEE YOUR FACES

WORSHIPING GOD, AND TEARS STREAMING DOWN YOUR FACE, AND

YOUR EYES CLOSE, AND I WATCH HOW YOU LOVE YOUR WIVES, AND HOW YOU

LOVE YOUR KIDS, AND I LOVE HOW YOU SERVE GOD, AND YOU STAND FOR

THE THINGS THAT ARE TRUTHFUL AND RIGHT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY AS A

MAN OF GOD, I AM PROUD OF YOU. I'M PROUD TO SERVE BEFORE YOU AS

MEN TO MEN, MAN TO MAN. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING

OUR FAITHFUL MEN, YOU'RE VERY FAITHFUL TO THIS MINISTRY, AND I

WANNA HONOR THAT AS WELL. AND SO WITH THAT, IT IS MY HONOR AND

PRIVILEGE TO GO TO GOD ON YOUR BEHALF, ALL RIGHT? ARE YOU

READY? HEAVENLY FATHER, THESE MEN, THEY STAND IN THIS MOMENT

WITH YOU ON FATHER'S DAY, AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, AND I

PRAY THIS DAY FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART THAT YOU WOULD EXTEND

YOUR HAND, O GOD, OUR FATHER, TO THEM AND REST UPON THEM, GOD,

SOMETHING THAT WILL LIFT THEM OUT OF ANYTHING, MAYBE ABUSE,

MAYBE THERE WERE WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN EVEN AT THE TIME OF THEIR

YOUTH THAT TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULD NEVER ARISE, THAT THEY

WOULD NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING, THAT THEY'RE NO GOOD, AND LORD

IT IS, IT IS SHAPED SOMETIMES THE WAY THEY THINK AND DO THINGS

IN LIFE. AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD BREAK THE

STRONGHOLD OF THAT, THAT THESE MEN SHALL ARISE TO A PLACE OF

STRENGTH AND HONOR AND SPIRITUAL MIGHT AND POWER THAT SHALL HELP

TO RECAPTURE A GENERATION. FOR YOU HAVE DECLARED IN THE BOOK OF

MALACHI THAT IN THE LAST DAYS YOU WOULD RESTORE THE HEARTS OF

THE FATHER TO THE CHILDREN LEST THE EARTH BE SMITTEN WITH THE

CURSE. AND I SAY NOT IN THIS DAY. FATHER LET THESE MEN AND

THE MEN THAT ARE WATCHING THEM WILL WATCH. LET THEM ARISE AND

LET THERE BE A RESTORATION OF SPIRITUAL MEN WHO STAND STRONG

IN HONOR TO GOD, HONOR TO THEIR WIVES, HONOR TO THEIR CHILDREN,

HONOR TO THEIR CULTURE. AND LORD, MAY THERE BE A RESTORATION

BETWEEN THE HEARTS OF THESE MEN TO THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR

CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS. AND I PRAY OVER THEM AND THESE THAT

STAND HERE THAT THERE WILL BE A HUNGER AND A THIRST THAT WILL

ARISE. THAT THEY WILL SAY, "OH GOD, I CANNOT LIVE A MOMENT

WITHOUT YOUR PRESENCE." AND MAY THEY GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL NOW.

NOT JUST ANKLE DEEP WATER OF SERVING YOU, LOVING YOU,

PURSUING YOU, BUT MU'LOMAHANE KISE FRAI. MAY THEY SWIM IN THE

PLACES OF INTIMACY WITH YOU, THAT THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERS WITH

YOU, THAT GOD WE HAVE MEN IN THIS HOUSE WHO CRY BEFORE THE

LORD. WE HAVE MEN IN THIS HOUSE AND THOSE THAT WATCH THAT WILL

LIFT UP THEIR HANDS IN THE SANCTUARY UNTO GOD, THAT THEY

WILL BE MEN IN THIS HOUSE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING THAT

SHALL NOT ALLOW THE ENEMY TO MAKE THEM SPIRITUALLY LAME OR

NATURALLY LAME BUT GOD THEY WILL RISE TO A NEW PLACE OF SPIRITUAL

PURSUIT AND STRENGTH. NOW I PRONOUNCE HEALTH OVER THEM,

EVERY ONE OF THEM, HEALING TO ALL THEIR FLESH. FATHER, NONE OF

THESE MEN OR ANY MAN IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE WILL HAVE ANY

PROSTATE ISSUES. IT'S NOT PART OF GROWING OLDER. NO, IT'S NOT.

THAT'S UNDER THE CURSE. THEY'RE BLESSED. I SPEAK WHOLENESS. I

SPEAK HEALTH TO ALL THEIR FLESH, A QUICKENING OF THEIR MORTAL

BODY, AND I SPEAK LONG LIFE AND LONGEVITY OVER THEM, AND AN

ACCELERATED GRACE THAT COMES TO ALL OF THESE. NOW, I WANT YOU TO

LOOK AT ME, MAN. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. IS THERE ANYBODY

HERE THAT YOU'RE MARRIED AND YOU WANNA STAND HERE A YEAR FROM NOW

WITH YOUR CHILD AND YOU'VE BEEN UNABLE TO CONCEIVE, I WANT YOU

TO COME. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? I THINK, IS THAT YOU? IS THAT

YOU? ELDER STATESMAN? DOUG, I'M MISSING. PASTOR DOUG, SO THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, PASTOR DOUG'S BEING A WISE GUY. HE'S

TRYING TO TAKE A MAN LIKE ABRAHAM AND MAKE HIM A FATHER OF

MANY SONS. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET HIM IN A HEADLOCK.

SO I'M PROUD OF YOU, MAN. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME PRAY FOR YOU.

HI GUYS. ALL RIGHT, ALL THREE OF YOU, ANYBODY ELSE? THERE'S ONE

MORE COMING. HEY BUDDY, COME ON DOWN. COME ON DOWN. ALL RIGHT,

MAN, I WANT YOU TO TOUCH THE SHOULDERS OF THESE. ARE YOU

READY? NOW I'M GONNA ASK GOD TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT

WAS IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE PROPHETS THAT WOULD PROPHESIED

LIKE WITHIN ONE YEAR THAT THEY WOULD CONCEIVE. SO THIS ISN'T A

PROPHECY, THIS IS A PROPHETIC DECLARATION AND THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING AS WELL AND YOU'RE

LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR IF I WAS THERE I WOULD COME FORTH.

WELL YOU JUST, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, JUST TAKE LIKE A

PROPHETIC STEP IF YOU'RE WATCHING AND MAYBE JUST EITHER

GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR IF YOU CAN AND JUST STEP FORWARD AS IF YOU

WERE TO COMING FORTH JUST LIKE THESE OR IF YOU CAN'T THEN JUST

MAYBE DO THIS, MOVE YOUR HAND FORTH AND STRETCH IT TOWARDS THE

CAMERA AS LIKE A PROPHETIC ACT SO THAT WHAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR

HERE INCLUDES YOU AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA WRITE ME. YOU SAY,

NOW LOOK AT ME FOR A MINUTE. I WAS IN A CHURCH, OFFICER HERRICK

IS HERE. YOU REMEMBER THIS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. I CALLED A

COUPLE OUT AND I SAID, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD'S TELLING ME

THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONCEIVE. IS THAT CORRECT?

AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH. AND I SAID, WELL, THE LORD'S TELLING

ME YOU'RE GONNA CONCEIVE. THEY SAID, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

REMEMBER THEY TRIED TO STOP ME AND I SAID, NO, NO, NO. DON'T,

DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. THEY TOLD,

DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. I'M TELLING YOU WITHIN ONE YEAR, YOU

WILL HAVE A SON. THAT'S WHAT GOD IS SAYING. AND THEY WERE TRYING

TO TALK ME OUT OF IT. AND I SAID, NO, I AM HEARING GOD.

DON'T, NO, NO, YOU, AND THEN THEY TOLD ME AFTERWARDS, AND I'M

GLAD THEY DIDN'T SAY IT. THEY SAID IT WAS MEDICALLY

IMPOSSIBLE. AND LIKE, OH, AND THE DEVIL BEAT UP ON ME AND BEAT

UP ON ME AND BEAT UP ON ME AND BEAT UP ON ME. AND THEN

SOMETIMES WHEN I WOULD PRAY, THE ENEMY WOULD BEAT UP ON ME,

CALLING ME FALSE, CALLING ME THIS AND CALLING ME THAT. AND

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF THE BLUE, YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING, I

GET THIS CARD IN THE MAIL, AND THERE'S THIS LITTLE BABY BOY.

AND HE SAID, I SHOWED IT IN CHURCH ONCE. Y'ALL REMEMBER

THAT? I SHOWED IT ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I SAID, DON'T TELL ME IT'S

NOT POSSIBLE. DON'T TELL ME IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, DON'T TELL ME, DON'T TELL ME. OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, WE PRAY FOR THESE AND THOSE THAT

ARE WATCHING WHO WANT TO STAND HERE ONE YEAR FROM NOW. I COME

AGAINST ANY INFERTILITY. I COME AGAINST EVEN A BARREN WOMB IN

THE WIFE OR WHATEVER IS OF THE CURSE. I BREAK THAT CURSE! AND

IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT OF HEAVEN, YESHUA, YOUR BLOOD IS ON

THE MERCY SEAT THAT HAS GIVEN THEM THE RIGHT TO HAVE A CHILD

FOR THEIR WIVES TO CONCEIVE. THEREFORE, I CALL IT INTO THE

EARTH. I CALL IT FORTH THAT CHILD ONE YEAR FROM NOW INTO THE

WOMB OF THEIR WIFE. AND I BREAK EVERY AND ALL CURSES OF DARKNESS

AND THE CURSE, ANY ASSIGNMENT. AND I RELEASE LIFE, LIFE. NOW, I

LAY MY HANDS UPON YOU AND I RELEASE THAT ANOINTING. LIFE, TO

CONCEIVE LIFE. LIFE, TO CONCEIVE LIFE. LIFE, TO CONCEIVE LIFE.

LIFE, TO CONCEIVE LIFE. AND I MOVE FORWARD HERE SO I DON'T

HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT MY OWN LIFE. I RELEASE LIFE, TO

CONCEIVE LIFE. THANK YOU, LORD. I RELEASE LIFE, TO CONCEIVE

LIFE. I'M TELLING YOU, I FELT

UP HERE SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TWINS.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THANK YOU, LORD. AND I RELEASE THAT ANOINTING, FOR YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING AS WELL, IN YESHUA'S NAME. NOW, MAN, I WANT YOU TO DO

THIS. GRAB HANDS WITH SOMEBODY. I'M NOT GONNA CALL THESE PEOPLE

FORWARD, BUT MAYBE THERE ARE MEN IN THIS HOUSE THAT YOU'RE LIKE,

YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANNA BE A DAD SOMEDAY, BUT I'M NOT MARRIED. I

CAN'T FIND A WIFE. THERE ISN'T ANY GOOD GIRLS OUT THERE.

SOMETIMES WOMEN, I LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'M LIKE,

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GOOD GIRLS OUT THERE ANYMORE, 'CAUSE THEY

CAN'T KEEP THEIR CLOTHES ON. THEY CAN'T STOP MAKING

EVERYTHING, I WOULD NEVER WANNA BE MARRIED TO THE GIRLS ON

SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE EITHER THEY'RE NOT DRESSED CORRECTLY,

AND EVERY MAN GETS TO LUST AFTER THEM BEFORE I GET TO SEE THEM ON

THE HONEYMOON, OR THEY'RE SO INTO THEMSELVES, HOW ARE THEY

GONNA LOVE ME? THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. SO MEN, I WANT YOU TO

PRAY, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME MEN IN THIS HOUSE, AND THERE'S SOME MEN

THAT ARE WATCHING THAT WANT TO BE MARRIED. I'VE PRAYED FOR YOU

NOW, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS, AND I WANT THE MEN OF

THIS HOUSE AND THE MEN AROUND THE WORLD TO HEAR YOU THAT ARE

SINGLE, THAT ONE DAY THEY'RE GONNA MARRY A GODLY WIFE SOON,

AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A CHILD TOO, AND RAISE THEM IN THE FEAR

AND THE ADMONITION OF GOD. ALL RIGHT, MAN, LET ME HEAR YOUR

VOICE. PRAY FOR THEM, PRAY, PRAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, I'M NOT GONNA PRAY FOR YOU,

I WANNA HEAR YOU PRAY. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD.

THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK

YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME INTO

AGREEMENT WITH THESE MEN AS THEY CONTINUE TO PRAY. FATHER, AND

THERE ARE MEN, GODLY MEN, THAT ARE IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND

WILL WATCH LATER BY ARCHIVE, OR MAYBE THEY'RE PRESENT IN THIS

ROOM THAT ARE SAYING, "GOD, I WANT A GODLY WIFE." FATHER, WE

SPEAK NOW AND WE SAY, "MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH. RELEASE FROM

YOUR THRONE." YOU SENT ANGELS TO FIND, LORD GOD, A WIFE. I

BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER ISAAC OR JACOB. I CAN'T REMEMBER. I

BELIEVE IT WAS ISAAC, LORD, THAT YOU SENT AN ANGEL TO GO AND TO

PREPARE AND TO BRING FORTH A WIFE. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD

DO THE SAME. THAT NOT ONLY SHALL THESE GREAT MEN OF GOD, WHO ARE

GODLY, WANT A GODLY WIFE, LORD, THEY WILL, AND I PRAY, SUDDENLY,

ACCELERATE THEIR PURPOSE, ACCELERATE THEIR PATHS, AND MEET

THE DESIRES OF THEIR HEART, THAT THEY TOO, EVEN A YEAR FROM NOW,

LET THEM REJOICE AND SAY, "WELL, I'M MARRIED, AND NOW I'M IN

POSITION," OR, "I'M ABOUT TO BE MARRIED," OR, "I FOUND THE ONE

WHO I'M GOING TO MARRY. NOW I'M IN POSITION WHERE I CAN BE SOON

A FATHER." AND LORD, WE COMMIT THIS INTO YOUR HANDS NOW IN

YESHUA'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I LOVE YOU. THANK

YOU FOR COMING FORTH, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME LOVE ON YOU

AS WELL. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT MEN, SO GIVE ONE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW

WHAT, WE DON'T, MEN DON'T, WE DON'T HUG, WE BEAR HUG. GIVE A

MAN A BEAR HUG, YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM A KNUCKLE TOUCH, RIGHT?

RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, WE LOVE YOU. WE LOVE YOU, YOU CAN GO BACK TO

YOUR SEATS. ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU, LADIES, AND DIFFERENT ONES

OUT HERE, WHY DON'T YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH ONE ANOTHER, GREET

ONE ANOTHER IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD, AND SEE IF SOMEBODY KNOWS

HOW MUCH LONGER 'TIL CHRISTMAS.

(MUSIC)

WELL, GOOD MORNING. I WILL WISH MY DAD A HAPPY

FATHER'S DAY. HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, HE'S ON VACATION THIS

WEEK, BUT HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAD. SO I WILL DO THAT REAL

FAST. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING, WE WANNA MAKE

YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE

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

WAVE YOUR HAND IN A NUTSHELL. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR

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

TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, SO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GOT ONE.

THERE'S ALSO A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET IN THERE, AND I'D LIKE

YOU TO TAKE IT OUT AT THIS TIME IF YOU CAN, 'CAUSE THERE'S A

PICTURE ON THE STAGE, OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, JUST

SO YOU KNOW WHICH PACKET IT IS IN THERE. GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT

OUT, FLIP IT OPEN, AND THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND

HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED

CARD ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF. FILL IT

OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST

A FEW MOMENTS. 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, ONE

VOICE TV, WE WANNA WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. I WANT

YOU TO GET TO ONEVOICETV, ONEVOICETV.NET, OR GO TO YOUR

APP STORE, DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES.

WE'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN GET ACCESS

TO A GREAT CHAT AREA WHERE LOTS OF OTHER VIEWERS ARE WATCHING AS

WELL. AND IT'S OUR PLATFORM, SO WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT CONTENT

OUT THERE FOR YOU AS WELL, LIKE NEW LEVEL, DAILY DECREE, GAME

CHANGERS, GET REAL WITH HANK, AND MANY, MANY MORE. SO PLEASE

GO WATCH ALL OF THAT GREAT CONTENT AND BE BLESSED BY IT.

WELL, WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT COMING UP HERE. VBS, WE HAVE A

ONE DAY VBS THAT IS COMING UP HERE IN JUST, WHAT, A WEEK OR

TWO HERE? NEXT SATURDAY, NEXT SATURDAY. SO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE

YOU GET ALL YOUR KIDS TO VBS. SO, TO GET YOU EXCITED, TO BRING

YOUR KIDS, WATCH THIS.

(MUSIC)

AH, MAN, HOMEWORK, CHORES, JOBS, LIFE IS HEAVY.

LUCA, THAT'S NOT A REAL BACKPACK.

IT FEELS REAL.

HI, LUCA. IF I TRIED TO CARRY MY WORRIES LIKE THAT, I'D BE

SHORTER THAN A ZUCCHINI.

WAIT, I DON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT ALL?

NOPE, YOU CAN LEAN ON JESUS. HE HELPS CARRY WHAT'S TOO HEAVY.

THAT'S WHAT OUR ONE DAY VBS IS ALL ABOUT.

BIBLE LESSONS.

WORSHIP.

CRAFTS.

GAMES.

LUNCH.

AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN.

FOR KIDS AGES 4-11, DROP OFF STARTS AT 8:45 A.M. AND VBS GOES

FROM 9:00 TO 2:30.

BIBLE STORIES, MUSIC, FRIENDS, AND LEARNING TO LEAN ON JESUS.

AH, I FEEL LIGHTER ALREADY.

COME JOIN US FOR

LEAN ON JESUS VBS. SATURDAY, JUNE 27TH. SEE YOU THERE.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. HOW MANY OF

YOU EXCITED FOR THAT? AND IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. NEXT YEAR, WE'RE

GONNA EVEN CHANGE IT EVEN MORE. WE'RE GONNA CALL IT VCBS. YEAH,

Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS? I JUST THOUGHT OF IT. VACATION CELL

PHONE BIBLE SCHOOL. VBS VACATION BIBLE, MOST PEOPLE'S BIBLES THEY

USE ON THEIR CELL PHONE. NOBODY. THAT WAS REALLY DUMB, WASN'T IT?

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY STUPID, BUT

ANYWAY. WELL, BEFORE WE RECEIVE TODAY'S OFFERING, AND THOSE OF

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANNA DO TWO THINGS. I WANNA GIVE YOU

JUST A COUPLE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THEN I WANNA

GIVE YOU A SHALLOW UPDATE. THAT'S OUR LAND PROJECT. AND

THEN WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT INTO THE OFFERING AND GIVE MAMA

PLENTY OF TIME TO PREACH. BUT DON'T FORGET, THIS NEXT SUNDAY,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE JESSE DUPLANTIS, THE RAGING CAJUN. AND

IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL TIME. HE'S HILARIOUS. I'M GONNA SEE IF

I CAN GET HIM TO PLAY THE BASS, JAKE. HAVE YOU SEEN HIM DO IT

YET? YEAH, HE USED TO PLAY FOR SANTANA, I THINK IT WAS, THE

BAND. SO I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET HIM TO PLAY AND I MIGHT SING

WITH HIM, YOU KNOW. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE TO SING

WITH JESSE DUPLANTIS. WE'LL SEE, YEAH, I SANG WITH PHIL DRISCOLL

ONCE, SO WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A ONE. BRENDA, I MIGHT

SING. BUT ANYWAY, HE'S GONNA BE HERE NEXT SUNDAY AND IT'S GONNA

BE A GREAT TIME. ALSO TUESDAY, DON'T FORGET, I'M GONNA BE ON

ELIJAH STREAMS AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED. I FEEL LIKE

GOD'S BEEN USING THAT DOOR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR

OTHER WAYS TO JUST GET OUT WITH A LOT OF THE PROPHETIC CONFUSION

AND DIFFERENT THINGS. STEVE IS SUCH A GOOD MAN, AND HE'S GIVEN

ME AMPLE TIME TO REALLY GO OVER PROPHECIES AND TO KIND OF TEACH

AND MENTOR. AND SO BE LOOKING IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND EVEN IN

JULY, I'M GONNA DO SOME PROPHETIC MENTORING ON THE SHOW

WHERE WE'RE GONNA KIND OF START MOVING TOWARDS WHAT MY NEXT

ANNOUNCEMENT IS. AND THAT IS I

WANNA RAISE UP A MINISTRY SCHOOL.

ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

BUT, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT

ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

HOW MANY WERE HERE, OR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

WHERE YOU WERE PART OF WHAT WE CALLED A SHILOH PROJECT?

SHILOH IS THE NAME OF LAND.

AND FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS,

WE HAD PROPHECIES THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACRES UPON ACRES

UPON ACRES OF LAND.

AND I LOOKED FOR YEARS AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, COULDN'T

NOTHING EVER WORKED OUT.

WELL, THEN FOUR YEARS AGO, WE ALMOST WERE ABLE TO BUY

THIS LAND, BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE HAD A SELLER AT THAT

TIME THAT REALLY DID NOT, LET ME JUST SAY THIS, BUSINESS

PRACTICES WERE NOT SOMETHING THAT I, AS A PASTOR THAT

REPRESENTED GOD OR YOU, FELT COMFORTABLE WITH. AND SO

OBVIOUSLY THE DEAL WENT THROUGH, THEY WANTED ME TO PUT UP AN

EGREGIOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY, NON-REFUNDABLE, UPWARDS OVER A

MILLION DOLLARS, AND I SAID, "I WILL NOT DO THAT WITH GOD. "I

WILL NOT DO THAT TO THE PEOPLE'S MONEY. "YOU, SIR, CAN GO POUND

SAND." WELL, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. AND I DON'T MIND. AND IF

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ROOM, I MIGHT HAVE POUNDED SOMETHING

ELSE BESIDES SAND, BUT I DECIDED IT WAS BEST THAT I DIDN'T DO

THAT. SO THE DEAL FELL THROUGH. SOMEBODY ELSE HAD BOUGHT IT AT

THE TIME. THEY HAD INTENTIONS TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. AND

ANYWAY, I FELT REAL STRONG THAT GOD WAS GONNA RECIRCULATE THIS.

THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS JUST WAIT. IN THE MEANTIME, WE GOT

BACK IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, PROBABLY WHAT, SIX MONTHS AGO,

IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? FOUR MONTHS AGO? YEAH, A HANDFUL OF MONTHS

AGO. IN THE MEANTIME, THE PERSON GOT SAVED. THEY ARE ON FIRE.

THEY BECAME MY FRIEND. AND WE MET ON FRIDAY JUST WITH THE

STAFF, WITH THESE OWNERS, TO PULL THIS THING TOGETHER, TO

STRUCTURE IT RIGHT TO WHERE THE BOARD WILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

AND HERE'S THE THING. I THINK THE WISDOM AND PRUDENCE IS, THIS

LAND IS, IT'S NOT REALLY FOR SALE. THEY'RE SELLING IT TO US.

SO I THINK THAT'S, SO YOU CAN'T FIND IT OUT ON THE MARKET, SO

DON'T GO SEARCHING, YOU WON'T FIND IT. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT FOR

SALE, THEY'RE SELLING IT TO US BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT. AND ONLY

GOD COULD DO THAT. NOW, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IT WOULD BE IN

WISDOM THAT WE PAY CASH FOR IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN, IF NOT ALL OF

IT, AND THAT'S WHAT MY GOAL IS. I SAY, GOD, THIS IS YOUR IDEA, I

WANNA PAY FOR THIS THING. AND THEN I WANNA BE ABLE TO PUT A

RETREAT CENTER THERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO DO SO. THERE'S

A LOT OF GREAT STUFF THAT WE CAN DO, AND WE CAN DO IT QUICKLY,

CHURCH PICNICS, SOFT, WE CAN RAISE UP SOFTBALL. I COULD BEAT

CRAIG IN SOFTBALL. HE COULD BE ON THE OPPOSITE TEAM. HE COULD

BE ON THE WOMEN'S TEAM, I COULD BE ON THE MEN'S. AND WE COULD

HELP MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS. I MEAN, WHY NOT, RIGHT? I MEAN,

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING NOW, MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS. I MEAN,

WHY NOT? NO, CRAIG, WE KNOW YOU'RE A PATRIOT. YOU'D NEVER GO

FOR THAT. SO THE UPDATE IS THIS. EXPECT AT THE, SOMEWHERE IN THE

MONTH OF JULY, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A

LETTER. THEN IN AUGUST, HUH? WE'RE GETTING FOOTAGE. WE'RE

GETTING DRONE FOOTAGE, FOOTAGE, AND WE'RE GONNA START ROLLING IT

OUT. I DO TAKE VACATION IN JULY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALMOST 30

YEARS, SO AS YOU KNOW, I DO TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS OR SO IN JULY.

AND THEN ONCE, I'M NOT GONNA FOOL WITH THIS ON JULY, I WANNA

BE ON VACATION. AND THEN WHEN WE GET BACK, WE'LL HAVE SOME

FOOTAGE AND WE'RE EVEN INVITED THEM TO THE SERVICE AND THEY'RE

GONNA TELL THEIR STORY AND YOU'RE GONNA BE BLESSED AND

SHOCKED AND AMAZED AS YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AND THEN WE'RE

GONNA ROLL. WE'RE GONNA GET THIS THING PAID FOR AND WE'RE GONNA

GET MOVING FORWARD. SO I JUST WANNA PREPARE YOU, BE LOOKING

FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS WE ROLL THIS THING OUT AND ALL OF

THAT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANNA JUST SHARE

ONE SCRIPTURE, IT'S OFFERING TIME. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU MATTHEW CHAPTER 2, VERSE 11. AND

Matthew 2:11

THIS HAS BEEN IN MY HEART FOR A LONG TIME, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU

REMEMBER MAY 17TH, WE JUST GOT DONE DEDICATING THE NATION WITH

OUR PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND WE REDEDICATED

IT TO GOD. AND I REALLY FELT LIKE ONE OF THE PROPHETIC

EXAMPLES THE LORD GAVE OUT OF SCRIPTURE WAS THE STORY ABOUT

THE PRODIGAL SON, HOW THE SON DIDN'T DESERVE, JUST LIKE

AMERICA, A SECOND CHANCE. BUT GOD GAVE THE PRODIGAL A SECOND

CHANCE. HE'S GIVEN AMERICA A SECOND CHANCE, AND THE FATHER IN

THE STORY RAN AND KISSED HIS SON WHO DIDN'T DESERVE IT. AND I

FEEL LIKE GOD HAS KISSED OUR NATION. THIS IS WHY THE MIDTERMS

ARE COMING. YOU NEED TO GET OUT AND VOTE. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN,

AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, YOU GET A DEMOCRATIC, LIBERAL HOUSE

AND SENATE, AND THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO IS GO AFTER THE

PRESIDENT THAT YOU LOVE AND APPRECIATE, AND THEY'RE GONNA

SEEK TO IMPEACH HIM. SO THE ONLY THING THAT CAN GIVE THEM ANY

KIND OF SUCCESS IS A LACK OF CONSERVATIVE VOTER TURNOUT. WE

HAVE ENOUGH CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO DON'T WANT THE

FOOLISHNESS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH. THE PROBLEM IS

CHRISTIANS ARE THE WORST ONES. THEY DON'T VOTE, THEY DON'T

STAND FOR ANYTHING. AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, GOD

HAS KISSED US, WE NEED TO RECIPROCATE. AND ONE OF THE WAYS

THAT YOU DO THIS IS MATTHEW 2, VERSE 11, "WHEN THE WISE MEN

Matthew 2:11

CAME," NOTICE THE THING IT SAYS IN THE SCRIPTURE IS THEY FELL

DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM. AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID IN JOHN

4, IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF WORSHIP IS WHEN YOU LITERALLY

KISS OR YOU BOW DOWN TO A PLACE OF INCREDIBLE HUMILITY AND

REVERENCE AS IF TO KISS THE FEET OF THE ONE YOU'RE WORSHIPING.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. NOW NOTICE THE EXPRESSION OF THEIR

WORSHIP BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, THE BIBLE SAYS GOD

LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I THINK

GRIEVES THE HEART OF GOD AND IT'S GRIEVED ME AS A PASTOR

THROUGH THE YEARS IS WHEN OFFERING TIME COMES, PEOPLE LOCK

UP. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SOME BAD, I HATE TO SAY IT,

MINISTERS THAT REPRESENT THE OFFERING THAT HAVE MANIPULATED

PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS. AND I'M NOT HERE, DON'T WRITE NAMES

THAT YOU THINK, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. BUT THERE ARE

PEOPLE THAT MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS OF MINISTRY AND

MANIPULATED YOU, THE GOOD PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN HONOR TO GOD. YOU HAVE

AN HONOR WITH YOUR TITHES AND YOUR OFFERINGS TO KISS YOUR GOD.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU DO IT IS KEEP READING. THEY OPENED

THEIR TREASURES. WELL, YOU CAN'T OPEN YOUR TREASURES UNLESS YOU

FIRST OPEN YOUR HEART. THAT'S WHAT THE BOWING DOWN AND THE

WORSHIPING AND THE KISSING WAS. AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TODAY IS

TO OPEN YOUR HEART AND YOUR TREASURE AND KISS YOUR GOD IN

WORSHIP. I SHOWED YOU LAST WEEK, 1 KINGS 19:18, ONE OF THE

1 Kings 19:18

THINGS THAT GOD SAID IS THERE ARE 7,000 THAT I'VE HID THAT

HAVEN'T KISSED AND WORSHIPED BAAL. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING

THAT I THINK HAS GRIEVED GOD IS WE PUT OUR MONEY TOWARDS ALL THE

OTHER THINGS THAT SUPPORT WHAT HAS MADE OUR CULTURE AS CORRUPT

AS IT IS, AND IT'S BEEN FINANCED A LOT BY CHRISTIANS AROUND THE

WORLD. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING TO GOD, THEY HAVEN'T

KISSED HIM. AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE US TO STEP UP, NOT

THAT WE AREN'T, I'M JUST ENCOURAGING. STEP UP, SHOW MORE

LOVE TO GOD BY KISSING HIM, BY GIVING YOUR FINANCES, BUT ALSO

YOUR TIME, YOUR LOVE, YOUR ATTENTION, ALL OF THAT. ALL

RIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN GO AHEAD

AND BEGIN TO FILL OUT YOUR OFFERING INFORMATION. I LOVE

THIS, I GUESS THEY'RE STILL SNAIL MAIL, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S

PRETTY SLOW. THERE'S THE WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT2GIVE,

OR YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE. ISN'T THAT AMAZING THAT YOU CAN

DO OFFERINGS LIKE THAT TODAY AND YOU CAN KISS GOD AND BE A

CHEERFUL GIVER? AND SO, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS, THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING AS WELL, I DO APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING AND ALSO IN THIS ROOM, HOW YOU HAVE UNDERGIRDED THIS

MINISTRY. AND I JUST, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS VERY

HONORABLE TO GOD. IT'S BEEN VERY HONORABLE. LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE

DONE WITH THE LORD. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS BUILDING AND

CAMPUS. AND I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE GOD A HAND CLAP. OKAY,

STAND TO YOUR FEET. I'M GONNA PRAY A PRAYER OVER YOU. AND THEN

BRENDA'S GONNA COME AND DO THE DECREE BECAUSE SHE NORMALLY

DOES. AND I THINK SHE DOES IT BETTER THAN ME. SO LET'S GIVE IT

UP FOR PASTOR BRENDA AS SHE COMES. AND SHE'S GONNA DO THE

DECREE AND I'LL PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE

PEOPLE TODAY. WE THANK YOU. THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL TIME

TOGETHER. I PRAY THAT AS YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD, WHEN THEY

TITHE, YOU WOULD REBUKE THE DEVOURER, SO WE EXPECT THAT. YOU

SAID YOU WOULD OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT BLESSINGS

THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE WHEN THEY TITHE, WE EXPECT THAT

IN HONOR. AND LASTLY, YOU ALSO SAID WHEN WE GIVE, THAT YOU, YOU

WILL GIVE BACK TO US, GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN

TOGETHER, EVEN RUNNING OVER, SO YOU OUR GOD GIVE BACK TO US

THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN. OCUS.ORG. YOU WILL PROVIDE EVERY

NEED AND THAT'S WHAT WE ASK AND EXPECT IN HONOR AND

THANKSGIVING. BLESS THE PEOPLE'S OFFERING. BLESS THEIR GIVING AND

WE THANK YOU FOR THAT IN JESUS' NAME. AND EVERYBODY SAID AMEN. -

AMEN. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY TO DO OUR DECLARATION? YOU'RE GOING TO

MEAN IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART? ALL RIGHT. LET'S SAY IT TOGETHER. WE

DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE

INCREASED, EXPANDED AND DEBT FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN

WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT BE BUILT UP

AND FINISH. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE

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

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

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

AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE

ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL

QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE

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

AMEN. ALL RIGHT. GIVE SOMEBODY A HIGH FIVE AS YOU FIND YOUR WAY

TO YOUR SEAT. PRAISE THE LORD. I'M GOING TO BE EXCITED NEXT

WEEK FOR THE RAGING CAJUN TO BE HERE. JESSE, IT'S GOING TO BE A

GOOD TIME. SO MANY GOOD THINGS WILL BE HAPPENING. SO A LOT OF

THINGS GOING ON AT LORD OF HOSTS. OF COURSE, WHILE WE'RE

VACATING ON THE 12TH OF JULY, WE'LL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT

COUPLE SUNDAYS. AND THEN ON THE 12TH OF JULY, GENE BAILEY WILL

BE IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE

HERE. SO BE HERE FOR ALL THOSE THINGS. I THINK IT'LL BE

WONDERFUL. AND SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND OF COURSE,

OPENING THE HEAVENS IS AROUND THE CORNER. IF YOU'VE NOT

REGISTERED, GET REGISTERED. WE HAVE WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE

ALREADY. AND WE'RE DOING IT HERE AT THE CAMPUS. WELL, PASTOR

BRENDA, I WANT TO GIVE A HAND CLAP TO GOD FOR THE CONFERENCE.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

YOU MIGHT SAY, IS THERE GONNA BE ROOM FOR US IN THE CAMPUS HERE

AT LORD OF HOSTS? WE ARE GONNA MAKE IT WORK. AND I THINK IT'S

GONNA BE A GOOD TIME. AND I MEAN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

LOVING ABOUT THAT IS JUST BEING ABLE TO GET IN HERE WHERE THE

ANOINTING HAS BEEN JUST SATURATED IN THIS ROOM. I DON'T

HAVE TO DRIVE OUT THE DEVILS FROM THE CONCERT THE WEEK

BEFORE. RIGHT, AMEN, ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S GET INTO THE WORD

TODAY. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY, FIRST OF ALL,

LET ME JUST ASK EVERYBODY TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU BELIEVE

THIS, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED? RAISE

YOUR HAND. YOU WANT YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED, YES OR NO? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SPRINGBOARD

OFF OF WHAT A PASTOR HAS BEEN SHARING ABOUT THE MEDITATION OF

OUR HEART, ALLOWING OUR MOUTH AND THAT TO ALIGN TOGETHER,

PSALM 19:14, WHAT'S THAT? WEDNESDAY, I'LL CONTINUE. OH,

Psalms 19:14

YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY. OH, THAT'S GOOD,

PASTOR'S GONNA PLAN TO BE IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

GIVE HIM A HAND FOR THAT.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO HE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS WAS JUST A

SPRINGBOARD, THEN PASTOR CHRISTY KIND OF PICKED IT UP A WEDNESDAY

AGO, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO, THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT I HAD PUT

TOGETHER YEARS AND YEARS AGO CALLED 12 INTERRUPTIONS TO

ANSWERED PRAYER. I'M NOT NECESSARILY TRYING TO DETAIL

EACH ONE OF THEM, BUT, AND I'M HOPING TO KIND OF PUT A BOOK

TOGETHER. I ACTUALLY DID START A LITTLE MANUSCRIPT, BUT I KEEP

GETTING SIDETRACKED WITH OTHER THINGS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL

ONE DAY COME TOGETHER AS A BOOK WRITING. AND SO SOME OF THESE

THINGS, ALL 12 OF THEM, I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK WE ONLY COVERED

ONE, AND SO SOME OF THESE WILL BE A QUICK MENTION, SOME I'LL

DETAIL A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO JUST WRITE THEM

DOWN. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, AND THEN YOU CAN, WHERE WHAT WE

DON'T GET TO, YOU CAN GO AND DO YOUR OWN STUDY. BUT

INTERRUPTIONS TO ANSWER PRAYER, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NEVER MEANT

TO NECESSARILY BE AN ALL-COMPREHENSIVE LIST. THERE

COULD BE MORE THINGS, OR YOU COULD COMBINE A FEW TOGETHER, OR

SOMETHING COULD SPRING OFF OF THAT, SO I'M CERTAINLY NOT

PRETENDING TO KNOW ALL THE REASONS. AND THE OTHER THING I

ALWAYS SAY WHEN YOU TEACH MESSAGES LIKE THIS IS TO

ENCOURAGE YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS WHY

SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE WE'VE LOVED AND KNOWN, DIDN'T GET A PRAYER

ANSWERED. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW. CERTAINLY NOT FOR US TO USE A

WAY TO JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE, RIGHT, IT'S FOR US TO LOOK IN

OUR OWN LIFE. AND EVEN IN OUR OWN LIFE, WE MAY NOT ALWAYS KNOW

THE REASONS OUR PRAYERS DIDN'T GET ANSWERED. NOT EVERYTHING IS

GOD OBLIGATED TO SHARE WITH US. I'VE LEARNED THAT. THAT WAS THE

BIG LESSON OF THE BOOK OF JOB, THAT JOB HAD TO LEARN TO TRUST

GOD EVEN WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW EVERYTHING. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOD, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE NEVER

GONNA KNOW EVERY SINGLE THING THAT GOES ON IN THE HEART OF THE

MIND OF THE DIVINE. AND TO ACT AS IF GOD SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO

TELL US EVERY SINGLE THING IS TO SET OURSELVES UP TO BE SMARTER

THAN GOD. AND WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. AND GOD FINALLY HAD TO

COME TO JOB, IF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY. I DID A WHOLE TEACHING ON

THAT. CAME TO JOB AND FINALLY SAID, WERE YOU THERE WHEN I PUT

THE STARS INTO THE SKY? NO, GOD, I WASN'T. SO WE'VE GOTTA KNOW

THAT GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND WE'VE GOTTA TRUST HIM, AMEN?

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET INTO IT. LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT

ONE OF THE KEY AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT,

THE FIRST COUPLE OF THESE, WHEN IT COMES TO INTERRUPTED PRAYER,

LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF. AND THIS WAS

OFF OF MATTHEW 17:20, WHEN THE DISCIPLES COULD NOT CAST A DEMON

Matthew 17:20

OUT OF A YOUNG DEMON-POSSESSED BOY. NOW WE KNOW FOR A FACT,

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAST THE DEMON OUT. JESUS HAD

SENT THEM OUT IN MATTHEW THE 10TH CHAPTER WITH THE ABILITY

AND WITH POWER, WITH HIS POWER AND HIS AUTHORITY AND HIS

ANOINTING TO CAST OUT DEMONS. THEY SHOULD HAVE WELL BEEN ABLE

TO DO IT. AND ALSO WE KNOW THEY DID DO IT. THEY CAME BACK WITH

TESTIMONIES OF PEOPLE BEING HEALED AND DELIVERED. AND IF

THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY COULD HAVE CAST THE DEMON OUT,

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TRIED. THIS YOUNG FATHER WHO CAME WITH A

DEMON POSSESSED SON OR THE SON IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE MIGHT

CALL IT SOME SORT OF MENTAL ILLNESS. BUT BACK IN THAT DAY,

IT WAS LUNATIC. THAT WORD LUNATIC IN THE GREEK IS A WORD

THAT SPEAKS ABOUT MENTAL DISORDERS, AS WE MIGHT CALL THEM

IN MORE MODERN TERMS. BUT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL

HIMSELF. AND IF THE FATHER DIDN'T THINK THAT THE DISCIPLES

COULD HAVE CAST THE DEVIL OUT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO THE

DISCIPLES. SO OBVIOUSLY IT HAD GOTTEN AROUND THAT THEY HAD BEEN

ABLE TO PERFORM MIRACLES UNDER JESUS' POWER AND AUTHORITY. SO

WHEN THEY COULDN'T CAST THE DEMON OUT, IF YOU GO BACK AND

READ THE STORY, WE DETAILED IT LAST WEEK, WHEN THEY COULDN'T

CAST THE DEMON OUT, THEY DID WHAT A LOT OF US DO, RIGHT?

LORD, WHY? WHY THEY PULLED JESUS APART AND SAID, COULD WE NOT

CAST OUT THIS DEVIL? AND JESUS, AND HERE'S THE HIGHLIGHT, THIS

IS VERSE 20, THEY'LL PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN. HE SAID, LOOK

WHAT HE SAYS THERE, BECAUSE OF WHAT? BECAUSE OF WHAT? SO THERE

IS THE ANSWER UNDERLINED. WE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT A

SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF. THERE'S TWO KINDS OF UNBELIEF IN THE BIBLE.

ONE OF THEM, IT USUALLY IT STARTS OUT AS A FEARFUL

UNBELIEF, AN UNBELIEF, WELL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT SOMETHING, MAYBE

I'M APPREHENSIVE, NOT SURE IF I BELIEVE THAT. AND THAT ISN'T,

THERE ISN'T ANYTHING SO MUCH WRONG WITH THAT INITIALLY, BUT

IT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH, OKAY? FEAR AND UNBELIEF, WHEN THEY ARE

MIXED TOGETHER, WILL CAUSE A PERSON NOT TO TRUST GOD, THEY'LL

NEVER LAUNCH OUT IN FAITH. BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS, UNBELIEF,

IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH IT YOU MIGHT BE FEARFUL, SUCH AND SUCH

WILL NEVER HAPPEN. YOU MIGHT BE AFRAID YOUR PRAYERS AREN'T GONNA

GET ANSWERED. COME ON, WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE, HAVEN'T WE? WE

HAVE SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE, WE'VE ALL BEEN, WELL, GOD, IS

THIS GONNA WORK OUT THE WAY THAT I PRAYED? EVERY PERSON HAS HAD

TO DEAL WITH THAT AT SOME LEVEL. BUT JESUS, NOW, HE WAS VERY BOLD

IN HOW HE WANTED THEM TO DEAL WITH THAT SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF.

BUT UNBELIEF, FEARFUL UNBELIEF, I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK,

IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH IT, EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES

STIFF-NECKED UNBELIEF. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN

OF ISRAEL. THEY STARTED OUT FEARFUL WHEN THEY WERE BEING

PURSUED BY PHARAOH'S ARMY. THEY WERE FEARFUL AT THE SIDE OF THE

RED SEA. THEY WERE FEARFUL WHEN THEY GOT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND

THERE WAS NO WATER. AND THEY WERE OUT THERE WITH A BUNCH OF

BROWN ROCKS AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WAS COMING

FROM. THEY WERE FEARFUL FOR THEIR LIVES. BUT THEN

EVENTUALLY, GOD FINALLY SAID TO ISRAEL, HE SAID, "YOU HAVE

PROVOKED ME NOW." COME ON, IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE ON THE SIDE OF

PROVOKING GOD. "YOU HAVE PROVOKED ME NOW, THESE," AND GOD

COUNTED IT, BY THE WAY, "THESE 10 TIMES." 10 TIMES, "YOU HAVE

PROVOKED ME." BECAUSE NOW, THEN WHEN YOU GET LATER, THE BIBLE

DESCRIBES ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS AS STIFF-NECKED. AND

IF YOU GO BACK AND READ HEBREWS CHAPTER THREE AND FOUR, IT SAID

THEY COULD NOT ENTER IN. IN FACT, CHAPTER FOUR, IT CHANGES

THE WORD UNBELIEF. IT STARTS WITH THE FEARFUL, APPREHENSIVE,

UNSURE UNBELIEF, AND THEN IT SHIFTS SOMEWHERE. AND IN HEBREWS

CHAPTER FOUR, IT'S A DIFFERENT WORD FOR UNBELIEF, AND IT MEANS

TO BE STIFF-NECKED AND REBELLIOUS, REFUSALS, I REFUSE

TO BELIEVE IN GOD. AND I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH

THIS WITH HEALING. THEY DIDN'T SEE SOMEONE GET HEALED, AND SO

RATHER SAY, WELL, GOD, TEACH ME. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT

HAPPENED IN THAT SITUATION, BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO REVEAL AND

SHOW ME, AND KEEP THEIR HEART TENDER. NO, THEY PUT THEIR FIST

UP AND SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT ANYMORE. THAT'S CALLED

STIFF-NECKED UNBELIEF. JESUS SAID THE REASON YOU COULDN'T SEE

THE MIRACLE WAS BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF. IS THAT NOT WHAT HE

SAID? NOW LATER HE SAYS THIS KIND GOES OUT BY PRAYER AND

FASTING, BUT IT'S NOT THAT THAT WAS NOT THE REASON THEY COULDN'T

CAST THE DEMON OUT. PRAYER AND FASTING SOMETIMES IS JUST

REQUIRED TO MOVE CERTAIN OBSTACLES. AND SO WE HAVE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK AND HOW THE WAY

WE DEAL WITH UNBELIEF IS TO GROW OUR FAITH. JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'D

HAVE FAITH "LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, "YOU WOULD TAKE

THE SEEDS LIKE WHAT I'M PREACHING TODAY, "AND YOU WOULD

GO DO SOMETHING WITH IT." COME ON, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CHURCH

SERVICE OR EVERY TIME THERE'S A SERMON PREACHED ANYWHERE, THERE

WILL ALWAYS BE THREE HEARERS. THERE WILL BE THOSE THAT WILL

JUST CAST IT DOWN AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT SURE I AGREE

WITH THAT." THERE'LL BE THOSE THAT'LL INVESTIGATE AND THINK,

"OH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD, I CAN RECEIVE THAT." AND YEAH,

MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'LL DO SOMETHING WITH IT. THEN THERE'S

THOSE THAT DO SOMETHING WITH IT. BE THE PEOPLE THAT TAKE THE WORD

THAT WE PREACH THAT MIGHT JUST BE A SEED TODAY AND GO DO

SOMETHING WITH IT. HALLELUJAH.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO JESUS SAID, "THE SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF." SO WE TALKED ABOUT

THAT. IF YOU WANNA GO BACK TO LAST WEEK'S AND LISTEN, THIS IS

ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASON PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR PRAYERS

ANSWERED. SO LET'S GO TO THE SECOND ONE. I DON'T WANNA CAMP

ON THAT TOO LONG, BUT I DO WANNA DETAIL THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT. BY

THE WAY, TOUCH YOURSELF. SAY, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A SPIRIT OF

UNBELIEF. I REBUKE UNBELIEF FROM MY MIND. COME ON, IN JESUS'

NAME. NOW, THE SECOND REASON THAT PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T GET

ANSWERS TO PRAYER IS EITHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T PRAY ABOUT

THINGS. I KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER HAD

SOMETHING YOU THOUGHT, MAN, I SHOULD HAVE PRAYED ABOUT THAT?

RATHER THAN DELVE HEADLONG, HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT A CAR THAT WAS A

LEMON, AND YOU REALIZE I SHOULD HAVE PRAYED, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED

THE LORD, AND YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT'S TOO LATE, YOU ALREADY

BOUGHT THE CAR. AND SO, AND THERE'S TIMES IN RETROSPECT, YOU

THINK, WELL, I SHOULD HAVE PRAYED. BUT THEN EVEN WHEN WE DO

PRAY, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

PRAY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO PRAY.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T RECEIVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER BECAUSE THEY

DON'T ASK IN CONFIDENCE. IT'S LIKE, WELL, I SURE HOPE SO. YOU

KNOW, I RUN INTO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, PASTOR AND I DO, IN ALL OF

OUR YEARS OF MINISTRY, AND YOU'LL PRAY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I

BELIEVE GOD'S GONNA BLESS YOU WITH THAT NEW JOB. WELL, I SURE

HOPE SO. THAT'S NOT A CONFIDENCE, OKAY? THAT'S NOT A

CONFIDENCE. YOU KNOW, I LOVE, IN FACT, TODAY, PASTOR WAS PRAYING

OVER THE MEN AND I JUST, I LOVED THE BOLD CONFIDENCE FOR THOSE

THAT WERE BELIEVING TO CONCEIVE CHILDREN. COME ON, THAT'S THE

KIND OF PASTOR YOU WANT AROUND YOUR LIFE THAT'S GONNA PRESS FOR

THE MIRACLE, OKAY? PASTOR BRENDA, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS?

OR WHAT IF THAT? WELL, WE DON'T GO WITH THAT. IT'S LIKE

BORROWING TROUBLE BEFORE, THAT'S THE WAY A LOT OF BELIEVERS LIVE.

WE JUST BELIEVE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND SO NOT ASKING. SO

LET ME TALK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT ABOUT HOW JESUS SAID WE ARE TO

ASK. AND THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE PASTOR DEMONSTRATED A FEW

MOMENTS AGO. JOHN 14:14, LOOK AT THIS SCRIPTURE. JESUS SAID THESE

John 14:14

WORDS, "IF YOU ASK," OKAY, SOMEBODY SAY, "ASK." SO YOU'RE

GONNA HAVE TO GO TO GOD ABOUT IT, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO

GO TO THE LORD AND ASK HIM. BUT IT'S NOT JUST, "WELL, GOD, WILL

YOU PLEASE DO THIS?" NOW, THERE ARE TYPES OF PRAYER WHERE WE DO

PRAY THAT WAY TO GOD. GOD, I AM ASKING YOU TO SHOW ME MY NEXT

STEPS. I'M ASKING YOU TO SHOW ME THE NEXT JOB I'M SUPPOSED TO

TAKE. THOSE ARE PRAYERS OF CONSECRATION. THERE'S DIFFERENT

TYPES OF PRAYER. BUT THIS TYPE OF ASK IS NOT FORMULATED IN A

QUESTION. THIS TYPE OF ASK, IN THE GREEK, LITERALLY, YOU CAN GO

LOOK IT UP, IS TO PLACE A DEMAND ON SOMETHING ALREADY DUE. SO IN

OTHER WORDS, JESUS SAID, IF YOU WOULD COME PLACE A DEMAND ON

SOMETHING ALREADY OWED TO YOU, THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING UP

TO GOD AND YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, GOD, YOU OWE ME." NO, GOD HAS

ALREADY LAID OUT NUMEROUS PROMISES THAT HE HAS PUT BEFORE

US, THAT HE WANTS US TO PLACE A DEMAND ON THOSE THINGS AS IF

THEY ARE ALREADY SO. IN OTHER WORDS, GOD HAS DECLARED THOSE

THINGS SO. IF THE BIBLE SAYS THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR

STRENGTH, AND YOU NEED STRENGTH TODAY, THEN YOU TRUST THAT

PROMISE AS IF SOMEBODY WALKED UP TO YOU AND THEY SAID, "I'M GONNA

GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS." MOST PEOPLE, IF SOMEBODY WALKED

UP TO YOU TODAY AND SAID, "I'M GONNA HAND YOU A MILLION

DOLLARS," YOU'D RUN UP AND DOWN MILLARD AVENUE, YOU'D SCREAM,

YOU'D YELL, YOU'D MAKE A SCENE. I MEAN, IF THEY TOLD YOU THAT

THEY'D GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS, IF YOU'D WEAR A CLOWN

NOSE INTO MCDONALD'S, YOU GO IN WITH A CLOWN NOSE AND A RUFFLED

COLLAR, YOU WOULD DO, YOU WOULD REACT ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT

YOU BELIEVE WHAT WAS TOLD YOU. COME ON, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN,

SOMEBODY, IF WE WOULD TAKE GOD'S WORD THE SAME WAY AND EXHIBIT

THAT KIND OF ASKING IN FAITH AND EXCITEMENT THAT BELIEVES, COME

ON, THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE YES AND AMEN.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

AND WHAT HE HAS SPOKEN, HE WILL FAITHFULLY DO. WELL, I HAVEN'T

SEEN IT YET, PASTOR BRENDA. WE'LL CHANGE YOUR ASKING. AND

THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS GET UP AND GO AGAIN. ASK AGAIN. ONE

SCRIPTURE, THEY SAID, WELL, I HEARD ONE PREACHER SAY ONE TIME,

IT SAYS, "IF YOU ASK, ASK." THAT WORD ASK MEANS GET UP AND ASK

AND KEEP ON ASKING. DON'T, COME ON. JESUS TAUGHT THE PRINCIPLE

WITH THE WOMAN WHO WAS A WIDOW THAT WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE AND

SHE WOULDN'T QUIT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. THE FRIEND WITH THE

THREE LOAVES WOULDN'T QUIT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. HE KEPT ON

ASKING AND JESUS SAID, "IF YOU ASK, YOU WILL RECEIVE." NOW, IF

YOU ASK KIND OF GUESSING, "I'VE ALREADY ASKED BEFORE." WELL,

STAY EMPTY THEN. THAT'S UNBELIEF COMING OUT. SO, JESUS SAID, "IF

YOU ASK," PLACING A DEMAND ON SOMETHING THAT'S DUE, HE SAID,

"I WILL DO IT." CAN I TELL YOU, JOHN 14:14 IS NOT A HARD VERSE

John 14:14

TO MEMORIZE. YOU CAN TEACH IT TO A KINDERGARTNER. IF YOU ASK

ANYTHING IN MY NAME, I'LL DO IT. SO YOU JUST MEMORIZED IT TODAY.

PUT A DEMAND, MARK 11:23, THIS IS FROM THE MEV. WE'VE HEARD

Mark 11:23

THIS SCRIPTURE PASSAGE MANY TIMES. JESUS ANSWERED THEM AND

SAID, "HAVE FAITH IN GOD." SO I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK, IF YOU'RE

GONNA GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED, YOU MUST ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS

TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO

DO. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE POSITION OF FAITH

WHEN YOU HAD FAILURE. OR WHEN YOU DIDN'T SEE IT COME TO PASS.

BUT IN THE NEXT CASE, TAKE UP THE POSITION OF FAITH. ALWAYS

HAVE FAITH IN GOD, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. DOESN'T

MATTER WHAT HAPPENED TO SO AND SO. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SOMEBODY

ELSE'S TESTIMONY OR STORY WAS. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. JESUS SAID,

"FOR AS OF A TRUTH I SAY TO YOU, "WHOEVER SPEAKS OR SAYS TO THIS

MOUNTAIN," ANYBODY GOT A MOUNTAIN, AN OBSTACLE THAT

YOU'RE SPEAKING AGAINST RIGHT NOW? THAT YOU'RE TAKING ON,

RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S YOU. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED

TO OVERCOME IN YOUR LIFE. JESUS SAID, "IF YOU SAY IT TO THE

MOUNTAIN, BE REMOVED." NOW, IN MATTHEW 17, JESUS USED THE SAME

PRINCIPLE. IF YOU GET RID OF THAT UNBELIEF AND YOU REPLACE IT

WITH THE SPIRIT OF FAITH, YOU WILL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, "BE

REMOVED AND BE CAST INTO THE SEA." AND IF YOU REFUSE TO DOUBT

IN YOUR HEART, LISTEN, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBT IN

YOUR HEART. THERE'S ALWAYS A NAYSAYER. THERE'S ALWAYS A

CIRCUMSTANCE THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA COME TO PASS.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT'LL TELL YOU, "OH, GIVE IT UP.

"YOU'VE TRIED THAT, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. "YOU'VE BELIEVED."

DON'T YOU KNOW NOBODY CAN GET HEALED OF THAT? IF YOU DON'T

DOUBT IN YOUR HEART, COME ON, HOW DO YOU NOT DOUBT IN YOUR

HEART? MAN, YOU HAVE TO RESIST THAT. BUT BELIEVE, HERE'S HOW

YOU OVERCOME DOUBT IN YOUR HEART, JESUS SAYS IT, "BUT

BELIEVES THOSE THINGS WHICH HE SAYS." WE'LL TALK ABOUT WORDS IN

A MOMENT. "WHATSOEVER THING YOU ASK," OR THAT'S THE SAME WORD,

"PLACE A DEMAND ON WHEN YOU PRAY, "WHATEVER YOU TAKE AS YOUR

OWN, "THOSE PROMISES THAT GOD HAS SPOKEN, YOU ALREADY TAKE

THEM. "IF YOU, WHATEVER THINGS YOU ASK WHEN YOU PRAY, "BELIEVE

YOU WILL RECEIVE THEM AND YOU'LL HAVE THEM." NOW, PASTOR BRENDA,

THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY MEAN ANYTHING. I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

THAT. BECAUSE THE BIBLE GOES ON TO TEACH US, 1 JOHN, LOOK AT

THIS, 1 JOHN 5:14. WELL, DOES IT REALLY MEAN ANYTHING WE ASK,

1 John 5:14

PASTOR BRENDA? WELL, LET'S EXPLAIN IT. THIS IS ALSO FROM

THE MODERN ENGLISH VERSION, VERSE 14. THIS IS THE

CONFIDENCE, HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA HAVE CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU

PRAY, THAT WE HAVE IN HIM THAT IF WE ASK, SOMEBODY SAY ASK

AGAIN. IF WE ASK ANYTHING, SAY ANYTHING. SO WE'RE ASKING

ANYTHING, BUT OH, HERE WE GO. THERE'S A LITTLE PHRASE IN

THERE. ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. WELL, SEE, THAT'S JUST IT,

PASTOR BRENDA. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS WILL IS. SAYS IF WE ASK

ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US. NOW, LET ME JUST

SAY IT. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CLEARLY HIS WILL IN THIS

BOOK. OKAY, THERE ARE CLEARLY THINGS. IF YOU DON'T, ARE

CONFIDENT THAT DIVINE HEALING BELONGS TO THE CHURCH, IN FACT,

I'D ENCOURAGE YOU, GO GET MY DAILY DECREES ON HEALING. I DID

A TEACHING IN THERE ABOUT THERE'S ALWAYS A CASE THAT GOD

HAS ALWAYS MADE A PROVISION FOR DIVINE HEALTH. ALL THE WAY BACK

FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND THE REASON THAT JESUS HIMSELF

HEALED PEOPLE IN GALILEE WAS NOT TO JUST PROVE HE WAS THE SON OF

GOD. OTHERWISE, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN THAT SAME POWER TO THE

DISCIPLES AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CARRIED IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE

EARLY CHURCH. JESUS DIDN'T DO IT TO PROVE, HE CAME, WATCH THIS,

JESUS SAYS, "I DO MY FATHER'S WILL." OKAY, AS YOU'VE SEEN ME,

YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER. IN OTHER WORDS, THE WAY THAT I'M HEALING

PEOPLE IS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S HEART FOR PEOPLE TO BE WELL. AND

SO IF WE JUST CAN UNDERSTAND THAT ALONE, JESUS, HE CAME TO

DEMONSTRATE GOD'S HEART. GOD'S ALWAYS HAD A HEART FOR PEOPLE TO

BE WELL. AND I DON'T WANNA CAMP DOWN IN THE WEEDS ON THAT, BUT

GO GET THE BOOK, DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING, AND YOU CAN

SEE THERE'S A TEACHING IN THERE TO TALK ABOUT DIVINE HEALTH. BUT

IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, WELL, IF HIS WILL IS

HEALING, IF HIS WILL IS FINANCIAL PROVISION, COME ON, DO

YOU REALLY THINK GOD IS UP IN HEAVEN HOPING YOUR BUSINESS WILL

FAIL? GOD IS NOT UP THERE JUST WAITING. NOW, I MEAN, IF IT'S

ANTI HIS WORD AND OUT OF LINE WITH GOD TYPE OF BUSINESS, I'M

LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU HAVE A GOOD

QUALITY BUSINESS, YOU'RE A PAINTER, YOU'RE A PLUMBER,

WHATEVER IT IS, MAYBE YOU'RE AN ELECTRICIAN, IS GOD REALLY

WANTING YOUR BUSINESS TO GO UNDER? NO, GOD WANTS YOU TO

PROSPER. THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT PROVISION. AND SO IF HIS WORD, I

MEAN, COME ON, WHAT'S THE WAY, GOD WILL PROVIDE ALL MY NEEDS,

PHILIPPIANS FOUR. WELL, IF HE'LL PROVIDE ALL MY NEEDS, THEN I CAN

TAKE THAT AND I CAN ASK GOD TO BLESS MY BUSINESS. THAT IS

ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. AND IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING, COME ON

SOMEBODY, ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US. WOO! I

LOVE THAT. THAT MEANS GOD'S EARS ARE OPEN TO WHATEVER YOU'RE

PRAYING. SO IF WE ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, WE KNOW THAT HE

HEARS US AND IT GETS BETTER, VERSE 15. AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE

HEARS WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THEN THAT WE HAVE, IF HE HEARS

WHATEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE WHATEVER WE ASKED OF

HIM. WOO! AMEN. YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF BELIEVERS, THEY

DON'T MAKE THE LIFELONG HABIT OF SEEKING OR ASKING GOD FOR

THINGS, SOMETIMES UNTIL THEY'RE IN A CRISIS. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA

TRY TO GET ANSWERS TO PRAYER ONLY AT TIMES THAT YOU'RE

FRUSTRATED OR IN A CRISIS, YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME

UNBELIEF AND COME TO FAITH. 1 JOHN 3:22, "AND WHATSOEVER WE

1 John 3:22

ASK," OKAY, HERE'S THE OTHER CATCH TRUTH IN IT, WHATEVER WE

ASK WE RECEIVE FROM HIM BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. NOW IF

YOU'RE NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN PLEASING GOD AND YOU'RE JUST

GONNA LIVE YOUR LIFE TO YOURSELF AND DO THINGS WILLY NILLY, THEN

YOU MIGHT NOT GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED. GOD SAID IF YOU DO

THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING TO GOD, NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN

THAT WE'RE PERFECT, BUT WHAT IT SIMPLY MEANS IS THAT WE LIVE A

LIFE THAT IS DRIVEN TO PLEASE THE LORD. THAT I WANT MY CHOICES

AND MY DECISIONS TO PLEASE GOD. I WANT GOD TO BE SMILING WHEN I

MAKE MY CHOICES AND I MAKE DECISIONS. THE THINGS THAT I DO,

MY LIFESTYLE, MY HABITS. IF WHATEVER WE ASK, WE RECEIVE FROM

HIM BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENT AND DO THOSE THINGS

THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT. AMEN, SO WE LIVE OUR LIVES TO DO

THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT BEFORE GOD. SO ONE OF THE REASONS

PEOPLE DON'T RECEIVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY

DON'T ASK IN BOLD, CONFIDENT FAITH. THEY'RE FILLED WITH

UNBELIEF, AND THEY DON'T SHIFT THAT OVER INTO CONFIDENCE IN

GOD'S PROMISES. JESUS SAID IT, AND I'LL GIVE THIS LAST

SCRIPTURE ON THIS POINT. ON THAT DAY, HE SAID, "YOU'LL ASK ME

NOTHING. "TRULY I SAY TO YOU, WHATSOEVER YOU ASK THE FATHER

"IN MY NAME, HE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU." AMEN. "AND NOW YOU HAVE

ASKED NOTHING IN MY NAME, BUT ASK." COME ON, HE IS ENCOURAGING

US TO ASK IN A BOLD, CONFIDENT WAY. HEBREWS 4 SAYS, "COME

BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE," VERSE 16, "THAT YOU MAY OBTAIN

MERCY AND HELP "IN THE TIME OF NEED." SO ASK, AND HE SAID THAT

YOUR JOY WOULD BE MADE FULL. AND BY THE WAY, I'LL JUST SAY IT

LIKE THIS, GOD LOVES TO ANSWER PRAYER. SO JUST GET THAT RIGHT

DOWN IN YOUR HEART. DON'T LET THE DEVIL TELL YOU OTHERWISE.

DON'T LET SOME NEGATIVE, NILLY PREACHER TELL YOU THAT GOD

DOESN'T LOVE TO ANSWER PRAYER. GOD LOVES TO SAY YES, YES, YES,

AND YES. GOD LOVES TO BLESS. HE IS DISPOSED TO SHOW FAVORS. COME

ON, WE CANNOT SING ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND THEN

EVERYTHING GOD GIVES US IS NEGATIVE. AND I HONESTLY, YES,

THERE ARE TRIALS IN THIS LIFE. THIS LIFE HAS HARDSHIPS AND

CHALLENGES. BUT JESUS SAID IT LIKE THIS, YEAH, THE WORLD IS

FULL OF TRIBULATION, BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER. I HAVE OVERCOME THE

WORLD. I'VE GIVEN YOU A WAY TO BE DELIVERED. HALLELUJAH, I'VE

GIVEN YOU A WAY TO OVERCOME IT. I'VE GIVEN YOU A WAY TO RISE UP.

I'VE GIVEN YOU A WAY TO HAVE VICTORY OVER THE DEVIL IN THE

NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN THE THIRD AREA OF

INTERRUPTIONS TO ANSWERED PRAYER, AND WE'LL JUST BE BRIEF

ON THIS 'CAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT, IS OUR MOUTH.

PASTOR'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT THE THINGS WE SAY

WILLY NILLY, DEATH AND LIFE, PROVERBS 18:21, IT BEARS

Proverbs 18:21

REPEATING. IT'S GOOD FROM THE MODERN ENGLISH. IT SAYS IN THE

MODERN ENGLISH, DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF OUR MOUTH.

AND THOSE WHO LOVE IT OR LOVE SPEAKING WILL EAT ITS FRUIT.

AMEN. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS EVEN A FOOL IS CONSIDERED WISE

IF HE CAN CLOSE HIS TONGUE UP. IN FACT, A FOOL IS KNOWN BY THE

UNDISCIPLINED WAYS OF THEIR LIPS, YOU KNOW THAT. THEY JUST

SAY WHATEVER COMES TO MIND. THAT'S WHY SOCIAL MEDIA IS SUCH

A DISASTER. AND WE SHOULDN'T GET CAUGHT UP IN JUST SAYING

WHATEVER COMES TO MIND, YOU KNOW. WE'VE ALL HAD THINGS WE

THOUGHT, WELL, I WISH I POSTED THAT, AND THEN, OR WROTE

SOMEBODY THAT NOTE, OR TEXT, OR SENT, AND HOW MANY OF YOU EVER

SAID YOU REGRET IT LATER? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE CAN'T DISCIPLINE

OUR MOUTH. LET ME READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU TO PROVE THAT

POINT. JAMES 3, YOU KNOW THIS. IN FACT, THE BIBLE SAYS IN THAT

CHAPTER, WE WON'T READ IT, VERSES ONE, TWO, RIGHT THERE AT

THE BEGINNING, IN JAMES IT SAYS THAT IF A PERSON CAN CONTROL

THEIR WORDS, OKAY, THIS IS HARD TO DO, PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN A

TALKY TALK GENERATION. EVERYBODY'S GOT AN OPINION IN A

SOAPBOX. IF A PERSON CAN CONTROL AND PUT A BRIDLE ON THEIR MOUTH,

THE SAME AS A MATURE PERSON, IN FACT, THE KING JAMES CALLS IT A

PERFECT MAN. AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PERFECT, IT MEANS A PERSON

THAT'S PERFECT. HE SAID, AND THAT PERSON IS ABLE TO BRING

UNDER CONTROL THEIR WHOLE LIFE. IT ALL STARTS WITH WHAT WE'RE

BLABBING OUT. OKAY? IF YOUR HABIT IS TO SPEAK NEGATIVE, WHEN

THE BILL COMES IN THE MAIL, "OH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M PAYING IT."

WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW HOW TO PAY IT. AND YOU'LL BELIEVE

THAT. YOU'LL ULTIMATELY BELIEVE THAT. WE BELIEVE WHAT WE HEAR

OURSELVES SAY. VERSE 6 OF JAMES 3 SAID, "THE TONGUE IS

A FIRE, A WORLD OF EVIL. IT'S AMONG THE PARTS OF THE BODY THAT

IT DEFILES OUR WHOLE BODY." YOU KNOW, THAT HIT ME ONE DAY. I WAS

MEDITATING ON THIS VERSE AND I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE, NOW IT

SAYS IT DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF WE

SPEAK NEGATIVE WORDS, WE CAN INVITE SICKNESS INTO THE BODY?

'CAUSE WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF YOUR BODY'S DEFILED? IT'S NOT JUST

LIKE IT'S MORALLY, SEXUALLY DEFILED. COULD IT BE THAT WE

DEFILE OURSELVES WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD BOB ROGERS TALK ABOUT

THE MIRACLE OF WATER. THE THINGS THAT WE SAY, CAN IT DEFILE OUR

BODY TO WHERE IT TAKES ON A PLACE OF ILLNESS? I THINK SO. I

THINK WE CAN, IT SAYS THE TONGUE WILL DEFILE THE WHOLE BODY, AND

THEN THIS IS THE SECOND PART THAT GOT ME. IT SAID, AND IT

SETS, IT SETS THE COURSE OF NATURE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, I

GUESS I WOULD PHRASE IT THIS WAY, IT WOULD SET NATURE IN

MOTION. THINK ABOUT FOR A MOMENT, HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE

YOU'RE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD? BIBLE SAYS THAT, THAT'S

TRUE. WE ARE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE. THE FIRST THING THAT GOD

DEMONSTRATED OUT OF HIS CREATIVE POWER WAS HIS WORDS. WE HAVE

BEEN GIVEN IN GOD'S IMAGE, CREATIVE POWER WITH OUR MOUTH.

THAT'S WHY DEATH AND LIFE ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. THE

TONGUE CAN CAUSE DEATH TO FRIENDSHIPS. IT CAN CAUSE DEATH

TO FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, OR IT CAN CAUSE LIFE TO THOSE THINGS.

IT CAN CAUSE LIFE TO YOUR BODY. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I LOVED ABOUT

PASTOR NATE. HE'S SPEAKING LIFE OVER PEOPLE. AREN'T YOU GLAD

THAT YOU COME TO A CHURCH WHERE A PASTOR'S NOT GONNA TELL YOU

ALL SERVICE HOW YOU WON'T GET AN ANSWER, BUT HOW YOU GET AN

ANSWER. COME ON, IN ALL THESE 40 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN IN THE

MINISTRY, PASTOR AND MYSELF, I ALWAYS SAY, ERR ON THE SIDE OF A

MIRACLE, ERR ON THE SIDE OF LIFE, ALWAYS SPEAK LIFE. COME

ON, IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE DEATH. IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IT CAN'T HAPPEN.

IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THAT PRODIGAL'S NEVER COMING BACK,

BUT SPEAK LIFE!

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

YOU KNOW, HUSBANDS AND WIVES SPEAK LIFE OVER EACH OTHER. IF

YOUR SPOUSE DOES SOMETHING GOOFY, WELL, THERE YOU GO AGAIN.

WELL, IF YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE DOING THAT AGAIN, THEY'LL DO IT

NEXT MONDAY TOO. RIGHT? AND NEXT TUESDAY. AND IF YOU SAY, "THERE

YOU GO AGAIN," THEY'LL DO IT NEXT WEDNESDAY TOO. COME ON, WE

GET WHAT WE SAY. MATTHEW CHAPTER 12, JESUS SAID IT, VERSE 35,

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"GENERATION OF VIPERS, HOW CAN YOU BEING EVIL SPEAK GOOD

THINGS? FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS."

PASTOR SPOKE THAT. NOW I LOVE HOW HE EXPLAINED IT. IT'S NOT

JUST THAT WE OCCASIONALLY LET SOMETHING WRONG OUT IN A MOMENT,

ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD DISCIPLINE AGAINST THAT

BY THE WAY. BE VERY CAREFUL, OKAY?

BECAUSE THE WORDS ARE STILL THE WORDS. SO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU

JUST FLIPPANTLY LET COME OUT. BECAUSE JESUS GOES ON TO SAY

THAT, HE SAID, "A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE GOOD TREASURE OF HIS

HEART BRINGS FORTH GOOD THINGS, AND AN EVIL MAN OUT OF THE EVIL

TREASURE BRINGS FORTH EVIL." IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAID, "WHAT YOU

KEEP PACKING IN YOUR HEART IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO FORMULATE

THROUGH WORDS." OKAY? PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT YOU'RE

PUTTING IN YOUR HEART BY THE THINGS YOU SAY. THAT'S JUST,

THAT'S A FACT. OKAY, YOU THINK JESUS IS LYING? OKAY. AND I

DON'T WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE, EVERYTHING THAT I SAY, WELL, I

DIDN'T MEAN THAT. I WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAY BEFORE

IT'S SAID. BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT ELSE JESUS SAID, "BUT I SAY TO

YOU THAT EVERY IDLE WORD," THAT WORD IDLE, "IS USELESS." IN

OTHER WORDS, NO WORD IS USELESS. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S POINTLESS.

'CAUSE EVERY WORD HAS A VALUE TO IT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT TALKING

ABOUT THAT. JESUS ISN'T SAYING THAT. HE'S NOT SAYING, WELL,

SOME WORDS DON'T MATTER. NO, HE IS SAYING EVERY IDLE WORD THAT

YOU SPEAK, IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN FLIPPANTLY,

RIGHT? THAT YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION OR GIVE THOUGHT TO,

OKAY? YOU GOTTA CUSS THE GUY IN TRAFFIC. I MEAN, WHAT GOOD DOES

IT DO TO CURSE THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU GOING TOO SLOW? SO

YOUR EARS HEARD YOU CURSE, AND THAT LITTLE OLD MAN OR WOMAN WHO

CAN BARELY KEEP THEIR HEAD ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL HAS NO CLUE.

OKAY, WHAT A WASTE OF WORDS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE NO IDEA YOU

MAD. THEY'RE STILL GONNA GO 25 IN A 45. THEY'RE GONNA KEEP ON

DOING IT, AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA EXASPERATE YOURSELF AND RAISE UP

YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE FOR NO REASON, WHILE THAT PERSON IS

JUST SITTING THERE, AND THEY'RE CLIPPING ALONG, AND JUST HAVING

THE TIME OF THEIR LIFE. THEY'RE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, AND SHE'S JUST

SITTING THERE, DRIVING THE CAR, AND YOU ALL UPSET, PUTTING OUT

WRONG WORDS, AND THE ONLY PERSON IN EFFECT IS YOURSELF. BUT WATCH

WHAT JESUS, SO FLIPPANT WORDS, THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY'LL

GIVE AN ACCOUNT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. WELL, WHY IS THAT,

PASTOR BRENDA? WHY IS THAT? FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU'LL BE

JUSTIFIED, AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU'RE CONDEMNED. IN OTHER

WORDS, HERE'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT THAT IF YOU SPEAK SOMETHING,

YOU CAN'T REPENT, AND GOD'S LIKE, AH, THAT'S GOING ON THE

LIST. OKAY, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE NOW. I MEAN, IF THAT'S, YOU

KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S SAYING. JESUS IS SAYING, HERE'S

THE THING, THE REASON OUR WORDS JUSTIFY OR CONDEMN US, BECAUSE

YOU WILL ULTIMATELY LIVE WHAT YOU SAY. AND THAT IS WHO YOU'LL

BECOME. YOU'LL LIVE OUT THE THINGS YOU SPEAK. AND THAT IS

WHAT JUSTIFIES OR CONDEMNS YOU. IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY SPEAKING

WORDS OF FAITH, YOU'LL BEGIN TO REACT IN FAITH. IF YOU SPEAK

WORDS OF LOVE, YOU'LL BEGIN TO REACT IN LOVE. IF YOU SPEAK

NEGATIVE WORDS, HATEFUL, HURTFUL, ANGRY WORDS, YOU'LL

LIVE OUT AND BECOME THAT PERSON. AND ULTIMATELY, THAT WE WILL BE

JUDGED FOR IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. SO WORDS CAN PREVENT

US FROM RECEIVING ANSWERED PRAYER. JESUS, OR DAVID SAID IT

LIKE THIS, HE SAID, PSALM 141, SAY, "PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT AM I

GONNA DO? I GOT SOME UGLY WORDS OUT THERE." WELL, THERE IS HOPE.

ALWAYS REMEMBER, BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS, THERE IS HOPE.

PSALM 141, VERSE 3. WE CAN PRAY THIS PRAYER. IN FACT, LET'S

Psalms 141:3

SAY IT TOGETHER. CAN WE DO THAT? PUT THE VERSE UP, PSALM 141:3

Psalms 141:3

EVERYBODY LOOK AT THE SCREEN OR AT YOUR BIBLE AND SAY

THIS, LET'S SAY IT. YOU REPEAT IT AFTER ME. SAY, "SET A WATCH,

O LORD, "BEFORE MY MOUTH. "KEEP THE DOOR OF MY LIPS." NOW LET'S

DO IT ONE MORE TIME. PUT YOUR HANDS NEAR YOUR MOUTH. SAY,

"LORD, SET A WATCH BEFORE MY MOUTH. "LORD, KEEP THE DOOR OF

MY LIPS." I HEARD A PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, "IF YOU'LL PRAY THAT

ON A REGULAR BASIS, "YOU WON'T BE SO QUICK TO JUST LET STUFF

FLY OUT." AMEN. PRAY IT REGULAR. THAT'S HOW WE TAKE CONTROL OF

OUR TONGUE. ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT. SO MANY

DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD BRING IN ON THAT, BUT LET ME

JUST PACK IN A FEW MORE HERE. ANOTHER REASON PEOPLE DON'T

RECEIVE ANSWERS TO PRAYER, AND I DON'T THINK I REALLY HAVE TO

CAMP ON THIS ONE AS MUCH, IS BECAUSE OF SIN AREAS. NOW, WE

OBVIOUSLY KNOW SIN CAN BLOCK GOD'S POWER FROM OPERATING, BUT

I DON'T WANNA JUST SAY JUST SIN. I REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT

PURPOSEFUL SIN BECAUSE OUR CULTURE NOW, WE'RE IN WHAT

THEY'VE TRIED TO CALL PRIDE MONTH. WE'RE TAKING THAT BACK

AND CALLING IT LIFE MONTH. WE'RE CALLING IT GOD MONTH. BUT

SOMEBODY ASKED, I SAW A THING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS WAS A COUPLE

WEEKS AGO, SOMEBODY WROTE A THING AND SAID, WELL, HOW'S THE

SIN OF HOMOSEXUALITY ANY DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER

SINS PEOPLE DEAL WITH ON THE FRONT ROW? AND I SAID, WELL,

IT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS. WELL, TWO THINGS I'LL SAY. NUMBER ONE,

THE AVERAGE SIN OF A PERSON SITTING IN THE PEW, THEY'RE NOT

TRYING TO LEGALIZE IT. OKAY, NOBODY'S OUT THERE TRYING TO

HAVE CASE FOR ADULTERY. OKAY, A MONTH TO PROMOTE FORNICATION. A

MONTH TO PROMOTE THIEVERY, RIGHT? A MONTH TO PROMOTE AND

LEGALIZE LYING. A MONTH TO PROMOTE GOSSIP AND CHEATING. BUT

WITH THIS ONE, THIS AND ABORTION IS ANOTHER ONE, THEY WANT TO

LEGALIZE SIN. THIS HAS BECOME A THING IN THE CULTURE NOW WHERE

SIN IS CONSIDERED IN VOGUE. WHERE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS

WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN INTERRUPTION TO ANSWER PRAYER IS WORLDLINESS.

I'LL HIT ON THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT HERE'S WHAT GOD SAID, PSALM

Psalms 66:18

66:18. THIS IS ALSO FROM THE MEV. IF I REGARD INIQUITY OR I

REFUSE ANY CHANGE, OKAY. PASTOR BRENDA, COULD A HOMOSEXUAL

COUPLE COME INTO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH? YEAH, YOU CAN COME IN,

BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA PARADE THAT IN HERE. YOU'RE GONNA REPENT.

YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT THE LAW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE FOR

GAY MARRIAGE GOES AGAINST THE BIBLE. IF YOU CAN'T TAKE UP THE

POSITION OF THE TENANTS OF FAITH OF THE CHURCH, THEN YOU NEED TO

FIND ANOTHER CHURCH THAT'LL PUT UP WITH THAT.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

AMEN. OH, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO CLAP LOUDER THAN THAT.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

WE'VE GOT TO GET BOLD. SO, SIN, IF I REGARD INIQUITY IN MY

HEART, THE PSALMIST SAID, THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR ME. AND SO,

PROVERBS 28:13, "HE WHO COVERS HIS SIN WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT

Proverbs 28:13

WHOSOEVER WILL CONFESS AND FORSAKE THEM." COME ON, THIS IS

WHAT GOD IS ASKING PEOPLE TO DO. IF THEY WALK IN THE CHURCH AND

THEY'RE IN SIN, AND IT'S AN OPEN, EGREGIOUS SIN, GOD SAID

THAT THEY ARE COMMANDED TO CONFESS AND FORSAKE THOSE

THINGS, OKAY? FORSAKE SIN. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE

SAVED. IT MEANS I FORSAKE THE THINGS THAT GOD CALLS WRONG.

AMEN, AND BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN SIN AREAS OF THE

BIBLE WAS SEXUAL SIN, SEXUAL SIN. GOD SAID, HONEY, HELP ME

WITH THIS, GOD SAID TO ISRAEL THAT HE WOULD VISIT THE SINS OF

THE CHILDREN FROM THE FATHERS DOWN TO FOUR GENERATIONS, BUT

SEXUAL SIN WAS DOWN TO 10 GENERATIONS. THAT IF THEY DID

NOT REPENT OF IT, OKAY, GOD TALKED ABOUT THE WHOREDOMS. BY

THE WAY, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF ON THIS, BUT MORE SCRIPTURES

COME TO MIND. IT'S LIKE POPCORN UP HERE. REVELATION 21, TALKS

ABOUT EIGHT TYPES OF SINNERS THAT WILL MAKE THEIR WAY INTO

THE LAKE OF FIRE. ONE OF THOSE IS THE WHOREMONGER. THE WORD

WHOREMONGER IN THE NEW TESTAMENT COMES FROM A GREEK WORD PORNOS.

IT MEANS TO SELL AND BUY SEX. AND SPECIFICALLY, AND IF YOU

LOOK IN THE CONCORDANCE, IN THE VINES, IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY A

MALE PROSTITUTE. AND SO GOD CALLED THOSE THINGS. GOD ALSO

SAID THAT IN COLOSSIANS THAT NO EFFEMINATE PERSON WILL MAKE

THEIR WAY INTO HEAVEN. OKAY, NOW EIGHT TYPES OF PEOPLE, YOU CAN

GO LOOK IT UP. IT SAYS THE FEARFUL, NON-BELIEVING, WON'T

FIND THEIR WAY INTO HEAVEN. OKAY, THE LIARS, LIARS WILL

HAVE, YOU'VE HEARD THIS PHRASE COINED, LIARS WILL HAVE THEIR

PART IN THE LAKE OF THE BURNS WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. SO SIN

WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD. AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET PRAYERS

ANSWERED IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT GOD IN A, YOU'RE GONNA LOCK HIM OUT

BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT HE CALLS WRONG THAT

YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MADE A

COMMITMENT OUT OF THIS PULPIT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW

THE CIVIC LAWS OF THIS LAND TO ENCROACH ON THE CHURCH AND MAKE

THE CHURCH NOW HAVE TO ACCEPT THINGS THAT THE BIBLE CALLS

EVIL. OKAY? WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. SO SIN WILL OBVIOUSLY

SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD. ANOTHER ONE, VERY QUICKLY, I'M NOT GONNA

CAMP ON THIS. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN FACT, HOW DO WE

OVERCOME THAT? LET ME PUT UP VERY QUICKLY PSALM 139:23 AND

Psalms 139:23

24. CAN I HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES? I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT

LUNCH PLANS FOR FATHER'S DAY. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS, IT'S

VERY IMPORTANT. PSALM 139, HOW DO YOU GET, BECAUSE THIS

GENERATION, A LOT OF PASTORS, LEADERS ARE BECOMING DECEIVED ON

WHAT'S SINFUL AND WHAT ISN'T, RIGHT? HAVE YOU NOTICED IT?

OKAY, AND THE WATERS JUST GET MUDDY. THIS IS WHAT DAVID

PRAYED. HE SAID, "SEARCH ME, GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART. TRY ME

AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS," VERSE 24, "AND SEE, LORD, IF THERE BE ANY

WICKED WAY IN ME." YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A REGULAR PRAYER

FOR EVERY PERSON. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S EASY. PEOPLE

TAKE UP THE IDEOLOGIES OF THIS WORLD AND THINK THAT THEY'RE

DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN THEY'RE LISTENING TO AN ANGEL OF

LIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL. ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH SAID

ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE GOT THAT PART. ANOTHER INTERRUPTION

ANSWER PRAYER IS DOING DUMB THINGS. YOU'VE HEARD ME TEACH ON

THIS. FOOLISH CHOICES, PROVERBS 15:21. FOLLY BRINGS JOY TO THE

Proverbs 15:21

ONE WHO HAS NO GOOD SENSE. BUT WHOEVER HAS UNDERSTANDING WILL

KEEP A STRAIGHT COURSE. AND IT DOESN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING, YOU

CAN'T EXPECT TO HAVE YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED IF YOU LIVE

LIKE AN IDIOT. WE WERE JUST TALKING AGAIN, AND I'VE SAID

THIS FOR YEARS, THAT EVERY YEAR, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIE

ON THE GRAND CANYON BECAUSE THEY GET TOO CLOSE TO THE END AND

THEY FALL IN. NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE GRAND

CANYON? IF YOU GO THERE, THERE'S A NICE WALL THAT TELLS YOU,

"DON'T GO PAST HERE." OKAY? I MEAN, IT JUST, "DON'T CLIMB

OVER." AND THEY PUT THAT WALL THERE FOR A REASON. AND

INVARIABLY, IF YOU GO TO THE GRAND CANYON, THERE'LL BE SOME

DINGALING OUT THERE PLAYING A FLUTE ON THE EDGE, TRYING TO GET

THEIR PICTURE. AND SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. DON'T DIE

DUMB. YOU WON'T GET ANSWERS TO PRAYER. OKAY, THERE'S A REASON.

THE SPEED LIMIT SAYS A CERTAIN AMOUNT. IF IT SAYS 45, DON'T

WHIP THROUGH THERE AT 75. NOT ONLY WILL YOU PROBABLY GET A

$350 TICKET THAT YOU DON'T WANT. HEY, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT IF

YOU ALREADY CAN'T PAY YOUR BILLS? NOW HOW UNBRIGHT IS THAT?

OKAY, I CAN'T PAY MY ELECTRIC BILL, BUT LET ME GO GET A

SPEEDING TICKET FOR 400 BUCKS. LET'S JUST... AND BY THE WAY,

THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS NICE AS THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. THEY WILL MAKE

YOU PAY. YOU'LL GO TO COURT OR YOU WILL PAY. AND YOU WILL SIT

DOWN AT A DRIVING CLASS WITH OTHER PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU THAT

DID DUMB THINGS. OKAY? NOW, I MEAN, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET,

LISTEN IN TO GOOD WORSHIP MUSIC AND GO OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. IN

FACT, THAT HAPPENED TO PASTOR CHRISTY AND I ONE DAY. I DON'T

KNOW WHERE PASTOR WAS, BUT HER AND I WERE, I DROVE, WE DROVE

TOGETHER HOME FROM CHURCH. THIS WAS YEARS AGO, THIS, BACK WHEN

WE STILL USED TO DO SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE. AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY

WHIPPING DOWN THE STREET. WE HAD PRAISE, WE HAD A GREAT SERVICE

GOING. MAN, THE WORSHIP IS BLARING AND GOING. I THINK THAT

WAS BACK IN THE DAY WE HAD TAPES. I DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT

ANYWAY, WE WERE, BUT THE CHURCH WAS REAL NEW AT THAT TIME, AND

WE WERE JUST PRAISING ALONG, AND SURE ENOUGH, WHOOP, AND I GET

PULLED OVER, AND THE POLICE OFFICER GOES, "YOU'RE GOING A

LITTLE FAST IN HERE. "WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM?" I'M LIKE,

"WELL, CHURCH."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SERVICE, AND OFFICER, I THINK I

WAS GOING JUST A LITTLE TOO FAST. HE SAYS, "WELL, IF YOU

WERE COMING FROM CHURCH, GO ON AND GET OUT OF

HERE. JUST SLOW DOWN." SO DON'T DO STUPID THINGS. I THINK THAT'S

GOOD. TEXT AND DRIVE. COME ON, WE KNOW ALL THE STUFF THAT'S

DUMB. DON'T DO DUMB THINGS. THAT WILL KEEP YOU. YOU CAN PRAY ALL

DAY FOR SOMETHING TO COME TO PASS AND YOU GO OUT AND ACT THE

FOOL. COME ON, THINK. TEXT AND DRIVE. POOR HABITS, BAD TIME

MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THAT CAN UNDO YOU. OKAY, ANOTHER INTERRUPTION

TO ANSWERED PRAYER IS WORLDLINESS. I'LL JUST SAY THAT.

WORLDLY CHRISTIANITY HAS BECOME AS STYLISH NOWADAYS. BUT LOOK

WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID. HE SAID 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17. HE

2 Corinthians 6:17

DIDN'T SAY BLEND AND TRY TO LOOK LIKE THEM. OKAY, THERE'S PASTORS

THAT ARE PREACHING THAT EVERY SUNDAY. IT'S CALLED THE

SEEKER-FRIENDLY MOVEMENT. AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T BE

FRIENDLY. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING. I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T

HAVE SOME COFFEE. WE LOVE COFFEE. BUT IT CAN'T REPLACE THE

ANOINTING. IT CAN'T BE THE ADVERTISEMENT. AMEN. MAN, I LOVE

THE OLD DAYS OF THE RWS SHAMBOX. MAN, HE WAS BOLD. I HEARD

STORIES ABOUT THAT MAN WOULD SEE HIS CHURCH MEMBERS IN LINE AT A

MOVIE THAT HE SAID WAS BAD, AND HE'D GO AND KICK THEM RIGHT OUT

OF THE MOVIE LINE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT

DIDN'T GO TO HELL BECAUSE THEY HAD A BOLD, STRONG PASTOR THAT

SAID, "STOP DOING THAT.”

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

2 CORINTHIANS 6:17 AND 18, THIS IS THE APOSTLE PAUL. HE SAID,

2 Corinthians 6:17

"THEREFORE, COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM,

AND BE YE SEPARATE, SAYS THE LORD. "DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS

UNCLEAN, AND THEN I WILL RECEIVE YOU." IN OTHER WORDS, I'LL

ANSWER YOU, AND I'LL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU'LL BE MY SONS

AND MY DAUGHTERS, SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY. JAMES 4:3, NOW THIS IS

James 4:3

AN IMPORTANT SCRIPTURE ABOUT WORLDLINESS. JAMES 4, THREE

THROUGH FOUR, OR JAMES SAYS, "YOU ASK, BUT YOU DO NOT

RECEIVE." BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO ASK, YOU DO IT TO CONSUME IT ON

YOURSELF. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE AN ALIGNMENT OR AN ALLIANCE

WITH THE WORLD. SO WORLDLINESS, NUMBER SEVEN, I'M GONNA GO

THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. DISOBEDIENCE WILL INTERRUPT YOUR

PRAYERS, OKAY? ISAIAH 119, IF YOU'D BE WILLING AND OBEDIENT,

YOU WHAT? EAT THE GOOD, OKAY? SO DISOBEDIENCE, REMEMBER WE READ

THE SCRIPTURE, 1 JOHN 3:22, "WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE RECEIVE,

1 John 3:22

BECAUSE WE DO THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING TO GOD."

DISOBEDIENCE WILL UNDO YOUR PRAYERS. NOW HERE'S THE LAST

ONE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT I'M GONNA REALLY GET TO TODAY. THIS

IS VERY IMPORTANT, FOLKS. IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME ON ANYTHING ELSE

THAT WILL UNDO ANSWERED PRAYER, THIS ONE IS PROBABLY AT THE TOP.

IT'S CALLED STRIFE AND UNFORGIVENESS. STRIFE, THIS IS

PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE. IN FACT, JESUS SAID IT, MARK 11:24,

Mark 11:24

3 AND 4, WE READ IT, "WHATEVER YOU ASK, YOU RECEIVE. IF YOU

BELIEVE, YOU RECEIVE." BUT THEN HE GOES ON IN VERSE 25, "BUT

WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING, FORGIVE. IF YOU HAVE OUGHT AGAINST

ANYONE, THAT YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHICH IS IN HEAVEN MAY

FORGIVE YOU. BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING,

NEITHER WILL YOUR FATHER," VERSE 26, "IN HEAVEN FORGIVE YOU."

THAT'S THE WORDS OF JESUS. WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY WHERE STRIFE

IS LIKE A CANCER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. THESE WATCHDOG GROUPS

OUT TRYING TO EXPOSE EVERYBODY, AND BY THE WAY, THE VERY

PREACHERS, AND I'M GOING TO GET BOLD NOW, THE VERY PREACHERS

THAT THEY GET UP AND CRITICIZE FOR HAVING A HOUSE OR A CAR OR

WHATEVER THEY CRITICIZE, AND THEY STAND THERE AND HOLD

CHURCHES AND PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHILE THEY RAPE PEOPLE OF MONEY.

THEY THEMSELVES ARE MAKING MILLIONS OFF OF GOSSIP AND SMUT

AND TRASH TO TRY TO RUIN SOMEBODY'S NAME. AND I'M TELLING

YOU, I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART. OKAY, THE BIBLE SAYS IN

PROVERBS 6 AND 19, "SIX THINGS DOES THE LORD HATE. "HE THAT

SOWS DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN." COME ON, HE THAT SOWS

IT. STRIFE, SQUABBLING. THE BIBLE SAYS IN 1 PETER 3,

HUSBANDS AND WIVES, IF YOU'RE FUSSING, IF YOU'RE ARGUING WITH

EACH OTHER, IT'LL HINDER YOUR PRAYERS. WELL, DO YOU THINK THAT

STRIFE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST ISN'T HINDERING THE SUPERNATURAL

FROM OPERATING IN THE CHURCH? ALL OF THE FUSSING ONLINE, YOU

KNOW, AND THE VERY PEOPLE THAT SIT THERE, HOW EVERYBODY NEEDS

TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. THEY THEMSELVES AREN'T ACCOUNTABLE.

HEY, YOU BE ACCOUNTABLE. WHO'S YOUR PASTOR? BE ACCOUNTABLE.

STRIFE, FUSSING, YOU KNOW, ANYMORE PEOPLE CAN'T SAY

ANYTHING. AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT PREACHERS, I'M

TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANS ONLINE. YOU PUT OUT SOMETHING LIKE, OH,

GOD BLESSED US AT THE BEACH. OH, YOU SHOULDN'T GO TO THE BEACH.

THERE'S SHARKS DOWN THERE. DIDN'T YOU PRAY BEFORE YOU WENT

TO THE BEACH? I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. I'M LIKE SITTING

THERE THINKING, REALLY? STRIFE, UNFORGIVENESS, HOLDING OUGHT,

PUTTING SOMEONE DOWN, DISCREDITING PEOPLE. MY FEELING

IS IF I, AND THIS IS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH, I'M

NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD. HE THAT SOWS DISCORD AMONG

BRETHREN. OKAY, THAT'S OUR HOMES. COME ON, WITH OUR

FAMILIES, WITH OUR CHILDREN, HUSBANDS, WIVES TOGETHER,

SIBLINGS, COME ON, BROTHERS, SISTERS, HE THAT CONTINUES WITH

STRIFE, IT'LL UNDO YOUR PRAYERS. IN FACT, LET'S TAKE IT ONE MORE.

WHEN YOU TAKE THE COMMUNION MEAL, 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11,

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HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE SCRIPTURE? AND PAUL TAUGHT IT.

AND HE SAID THAT WHEN YOU GET READY TO RECEIVE THE COMMUNION

MEAL, DON'T DO IT UNWORTHILY. AND IT SAYS, AND FOR THIS

REASON, MANY THAT ARE AMONG YOU DIE PREMATURE. SOME ARE SICKLY.

SOME OF YOU ARE WEAKENED. WHY? BECAUSE YOU DON'T DISCERN THE

LORD'S BODY. AND I HEARD A PASTOR TEACH THIS ONE TIME.

PASTOR DOUG WOULD REMEMBER THIS. HE'S A PASTOR WE KNEW VERY WELL.

AND HE SAID, EVERY TIME HE TOOK COMMUNION, HE SAID, FOLKS, DON'T

JUST SEE THE BODY AND THE BLOOD IN THE ELEMENTS, THAT IS THAT,

BUT HE'S SAYING YOU ALSO NEED TO SEE THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST IS

THE CHURCH. AND IF YOU DON'T DISCERN IT, AND OUR ATTITUDE IS

I CAN JUST SAY AND BE IN UNFORGIVENESS, YOU KNOW, LISTEN,

IF YOU CAME TO LORD OF HOSTS AND YOU WERE FROM ANOTHER CHURCH AND

THAT PASTOR YOU FELT LIKE MISHANDLED YOU, FORGIVE HIM, LET

IT GO, AMEN. AND BY THE WAY, FORGIVENESS IS NOT NECESSARILY

REALIGNING WITH PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT MEANS. WHAT IT

MEANS IS GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEAD. GET IT OUT OF YOUR HEART.

IF YOU STILL HAVE TO CALL THREE MORE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT

PASTOR, THEN YOU HAVE NOT FORGIVEN THAT PASTOR. AMEN. AND

SHE'S SHOOTING THEM TODAY. BUT I MEAN, MY SPIRIT'S ALARMED AT THE

LEVEL OF STRIFE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. STRIFE AND

UNFORGIVENESS. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HEALED, START A

GOSSIP COLUMN. THAT'S THE WAY I KNOW HOW TO SAY IT. START A

PODCAST. TALK ABOUT ALL THE CHRISTIANS THAT ARE OUT OF LINE.

BY THE WAY, I HAVE A FEELING HALF THE PEOPLE THAT PROMOTE ALL

THAT, WHETHER THEY BE CHRISTIANS, PODCASTERS,

COLUMNISTS, MEDIA, WHOEVER, PASTORS, PREACHERS, TEACHERS,

BELIEVERS, GRANDMAS, I HAVE A FEELING PROBABLY NOT THE

GRANDMAS AS MUCH. BECAUSE USUALLY BY THE TIME PEOPLE CROSS

THAT 60-YEAR-OLD LINE, YOU START TO SIT BACK AND GO, I WISH I

WOULD HAVE DID IT DIFFERENT. MOST PEOPLE AREN'T SITTING THERE

AT 85 YEARS OLD GOING, I'M GOING TO TAKE DOWN BROTHER SO-AND-SO.

NO, YOU'RE REFLECTING ON YOURSELF AND HOW YOU COULD HAVE

MADE BETTER CHOICES. WE'VE WATCHED WHOLE FAMILIES RECENTLY

GET STRIPPED APART IN CHRISTIAN MEDIA. AND I'LL JUST SAY IT,

NOBODY WINS IN THE END. AND WHEN WE CROSS OVER THE THRESHOLD OF

DEATH INTO ETERNITY, ALL OF THAT, I WAS RIGHT, PROBABLY NOT

GONNA MATTER. SO THINK, THINK BEFORE YOU TAKE UP THE SWORD

AGAINST SOMEBODY.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

AMEN. OH YEAH, PASTOR DOUG'S COMING, THAT'S MY CUE TO FINISH.

VERY QUICK, YOU CAN ALL STAND, I THINK I'M ABOUT DONE. A COUPLE

OTHER ONES VERY QUICKLY, KEEP YOUR PRAYERS FROM BEING

ANSWERED, NOT CONNECTING YOUR FINANCES TO THE KINGDOM. OKAY,

YOU CAN GO READ THIS AS YOUR FATHER'S DAY HOMEWORK. HAGGAI

Haggai 1:6–10

1:6-10 SAYS, GOD SAID THE REASON THAT PEOPLE SO MUCH, NOT TALKING

ABOUT OFFERINGS, IT'S TALKING ABOUT WORK HARD IN LIFE, BUT

THEY NEVER CAN SEEM TO GET AHEAD. THEY ALWAYS FEEL LIKE

THEY HAVE POCKETS WITH HOLES. IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T

PRIORITIZE GOD'S HOUSE. AND GOD SAID, "YOU BUILD YOUR OWN STUFF,

BUT YOU'RE NOT BUILDING MY HOUSE." SO CONNECTING, THERE'S

SO MUCH, I COULD PREACH A WHOLE SERMON ON CONNECTING OUR

FINANCES TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND FORGET WHAT PEOPLE SAY, "I

GOT SO INTO A CHURCH." THAT'S THE DEVIL TALKING, OKAY? THEY

DON'T GO TO CHURCH, SO WHY DO THEY CARE? MAKE THE CHURCH A

SUCCESS, RIGHT? RATHER THAN SO-AND-SO THAT CURSES GOD AND

SHAKES A FIST AND PUTS BRICKS OUT FOR THE RIOTERS TO USE.

ANOTHER, LAST COUPLE QUICK ONES. DISORDER AND LAZINESS. CAN I SAY

IT? I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT, RIGHT? THAT'LL INTERRUPT

ANSWERED PRAYER, 'CAUSE MOST PEOPLE THAT ARE LAZY, THE BIBLE

SAYS THAT THEY WON'T HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO STAY WITH IT IN

FAITH. THEY WON'T WAIT TO SEE THE SEED PRODUCE AND MANIFEST.

SO I ALWAYS SAY, IF YOU NEED TO WORK ON AREAS OF DISORDER IN

YOUR LIFE, START IN THE GARAGE. GET OUT THERE, OPEN IT UP, PUT

ALL THE STUFF IN THE DRIVEWAY, RIGHT? COME ON, PASTOR, I'VE

DONE THAT. MAN, WE DO IT IN A BIG WAY. WE HAD NEIGHBORS GO BY

AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU CLEANING THE GARAGE? LIKE WHAT DOES IT

LOOK LIKE? EVERYTHING'S IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND PASTOR'S

DETERMINED, HE GOES, WE WILL GET THIS DONE AND THE CARS WILL GO

BACK IN BY THE TIME WE GO TO BED. AND BOY, I'M TELLING YOU,

IT'S ALL MY STUFF. IT'S FATHER'S DAY, I'M GOING TO LET THAT ONE

GO. NUMBER 11, RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN

WHAT THEY BELIEVE, AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU LAY OUT IN THE WORD,

THEY DON'T WANT IT. THEY'RE GOING TO STICK WITH WHAT THEY

KNOW AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT GRANDMA SAID OR WHATEVER.

RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS WILL KEEP YOU. LAST ONE, AND THIS IS, I'LL

CLOSE IT WITH THIS, I DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME, IS

PEOPLE DON'T WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY DON'T WANT

TO STICK IT IN WITH A PASTOR. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, AND

ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT CONTROL. STOP THAT. IT MEANS THAT, YOU

KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN HERE, A PASTOR AND I ARE UNABLE

TO INTERACT INDIVIDUALLY WITH ALL OF YOU. WE DON'T KNOW

EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE. BUT BY BEING HERE,

SEE KATHLEEN'S SITTING WITH JANET, YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR

STUFF, RIGHT? YOU GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. THERE'S AN

ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE CHURCH,

OKAY? A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT RUN OUT OF A CHURCH DO IT, CLAIMING

THAT THE CHURCH MISHANDLED THEM, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY JUST

WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE ANOINTING. SO BE ACCOUNTABLE. IF

YOU WANT YOUR CHURCH, OR YOU WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO BE

ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT, THEN BE ACCOUNTABLE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU

CAN HAVE PEOPLE YOU CAN BE WITH THAT AREN'T GOING TO JUST STROKE

YOU, BUT ARE GOING TO TEACH YOU TO GO BACK TO GOD. AMEN? ALL

RIGHT, YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? BE HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

FOR PASTOR HANK. I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. WELCOME, PASTOR DOUG.

GIVE PASTOR BRENDA A GREAT HAND FOR THAT. THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE MESSAGES THAT WOULD BE WORTH REVIEWING

AND REVIEWING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT'S GOOD, BASIC STUFF.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU SIT DOWN TODAY, BECAUSE THIS WAY

I'LL GO A LITTLE SHORTER. AND SOMETIMES MY WIFE SAYS I GO TOO

LONG. SO I DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU FROM YOUR FATHER'S DAY MEAL.

BUT LET ME JUST CONCLUDE OUR SERVICE TODAY WITH THIS. YOU

KNOW, THIS IS FATHER'S DAY, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. THE

MOST IMPORTANT DECISION A PERSON COULD EVER MAKE IS TO CHOOSE TO

HAVE THE LORD GOD AS YOUR FATHER. THAT'S THE BEST DECISION

YOU CAN EVER MAKE, BECAUSE THAT NOT ONLY GIVES YOU AN ABUNDANT

LIFE THAT'S PROMISED IN THE WORD OF GOD, BUT IT GIVES YOU A

FUTURE ETERNITY WITH GOD. WHEN YOU CHOOSE HIM, YOU'RE MAKING

THE BEST CHOICE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY, AND THAT'S

WHAT I'M CLOSING WITH TODAY. YOU KNOW THE BOOK OF JOHN 10:10, WE

John 10:10

KNOW THAT SCRIPTURE SO WELL. THE DEVIL, OR SATAN, OR THE THIEF,

COMES TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. HE WANTS TO TAKE

EVERYONE TO HELL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT WHEN YOU CHOOSE

JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU'RE AVERTING THAT PLAN OR

YOU'RE GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. YOU'RE GOING WITH GOD

INSTEAD OF WITH THE THIEF, AND THEN YOU CAN WALK ABUNDANTLY

THROUGH THIS LIFE AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM. YESTERDAY

I OFFICIATED AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR PATRICIA LENTON, AND

SHE WAS THE BEAUTIFUL MOTHER OF KEN LONG AND DONNA SANDERS, WHO

ARE MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH. AND SO IF YOU KNOW THOSE FAMILIES,

YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THEM AND OFFER YOUR SUPPORT TO THEM. THEY'RE

WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE PART OF THIS CHURCH, AND WE

SUPPORT THEM. BUT THE EXCITING THING, THE WONDERFUL THING, WHEN

YOU DO A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE FOR SOMEONE THAT YOU

KNOW IS FAITHFUL TO GOD. PATRICIA WAS FAITHFUL. SHE'S IN

HEAVEN NOW REJOICING BECAUSE SHE WALKED WITH GOD. THOSE ARE EASY

TO DO. AND THERE'S NO FUNERAL THAT'S EASY BECAUSE IT'S A LOSS,

AND WE EXPERIENCE LOSS IN THIS LIFE. BUT IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO

DO A FUNERAL MESSAGE OR SERVICE IF I KNOW THAT PERSON HAS SERVED

GOD AND IS IN HEAVEN. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOOD

NEWS. IT'S NOT EASY, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE

TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD, THAT THERE'S JUDGMENT, AND THERE'S A

HELL WAITING FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT CHOOSE GOD. SO I'M GONNA ASK

YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME TODAY ON THE OPPORTUNITY THAT

THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE WATCHING TODAY OR MAYBE YOU'RE EVEN HERE

TODAY, AND YOU WOULD SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I NEED JESUS. I

NEED TO MAKE 100% SURE THAT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST

IS SECURE." PASTOR BRENDA TALKED ABOUT THE VICTORY THAT WE CAN

HAVE WHEN WE CHOOSE LIFE, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. YOU

CAN'T DO IT THROUGH RELIGION OR WORKS. YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON YOUR

OWN. ONLY THROUGH JESUS. ONLY JESUS CAN SATISFY YOUR SOUL. THE

WORD TELLS US THAT. SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO EXAMINE YOUR HEARTS

TODAY. IF YOU'RE HERE IN THIS PLACE AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG,

I WANT PRAYER TODAY, I NEED TO KNOW 100% THAT I'M ON MY WAY TO

HEAVEN, I'M TALKING TO YOU. DON'T LEAVE THIS PLACE WITHOUT

MAKING THAT DECISION. LIFE CAN BE SHORT. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE

YOU'RE GOING IN YOUR FUTURE AND YOU NEED TO HAVE GOD'S GUIDANCE

AND WISDOM AND DIRECTION WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH. SO

IMPORTANT. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE TODAY, IF THAT'S YOU OR YOU'RE

WATCHING AND WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, YOU CAN DO THIS RIGHT IN YOUR

HOME, I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW

AND I'LL PRAY FOR YOU TODAY. THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. THEN YOU

CAN HAVE THAT NEW LIFE WITH JESUS CHRIST. WHEN I COUNT TO

THREE, IF THAT'S YOU, YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY. ONE,

TWO, THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY HANDS? IN THIS AUDITORIUM, YOU

SAY, I NEED JESUS, I WANT PRAYER TODAY. IS THERE A HAND OVER

HERE? ONE OVER HERE? I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST TO KEEP YOUR HAND

UP FOR A MOMENT. ANYONE ELSE? I WANNA SECURE MY FUTURE. I WANNA

MAKE SURE. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE. DOESN'T MATTER IF

THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE OR YOUR 50TH TIME HERE. YOU'VE BEEN

HERE FOR 10 YEARS. KEEP YOUR HANDS UP FOR A MOMENT. HERE'S

WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO. THOSE WITH YOUR HANDS UP, JUST

GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT AND COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. WE'RE GONNA

PRAY AND MAKE THIS DECISION TODAY TO MAKE LIFE RIGHT WITH

GOD. YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THAT DECISION. THANK YOU FOR COMING,

GIVE HER YOUR HAND. THERE'S ONE UP HERE, COME ON DOWN. COME ON

DOWN, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO BOLD. COME ON DOWN HERE

QUICKLY. I'M WAITING FOR YOU, WE'LL WAIT. WE DON'T CARE IF

IT'S FATHER'S DAY AND THE ROAST MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT

DARK. THAT'S OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR YOU. BECAUSE IT'S MORE

IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE HEAVEN THAN WHAT WE HAVE FOR LUNCH. I

KNOW THERE WAS A HAND UP HERE, JUST COME ON DOWN. COME ON DOWN

QUICKLY. MA'AM, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU JUST COME RIGHT UP HERE.

THANK YOU, LONNIE. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

ISIS? THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAME. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. YOU

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SMILE. IS THERE ANOTHER THAT I'M WAITING FOR?

THERE WAS A HAND OVER HERE SOMEWHERE. OH, SHE'S COMING.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU TIME, MA'AM. JUST TAKE YOUR TIME TO

COME RIGHT ON DOWN HERE TO ME. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME JESUS

CALLED SOMEONE, HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY, AND I DON'T DO IT TO

EMBARRASS ANYONE. COME ON UP, MA'AM. I DON'T DO IT TO

EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE A DAY THAT YOU WILL

REMEMBER BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO JESUS CHRIST THAT

WILL LAST ALL WHILE YOU'RE ON THIS EARTH, AND THEN SOMEDAY

YOU'LL BE IN HEAVEN WITH HIM. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM? MARLA.

MARLA? THANK YOU FOR BEING SO BOLD, MARLA, TO COME FORWARD

TODAY. WE HONOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO DO THAT. AND AS YOU TWO

REPEAT AFTER ME THIS PRAYER, THIS IS GOING TO BE--OH, WE HAVE

ANOTHER ONE HERE. OKAY, COME ON UP, MA'AM. MARLA ISIS, AND WHAT

WAS YOUR NAME, MA'AM? HALEY. HALEY? YEAH. OKAY, HALEY, THANK

YOU FOR COMING. GOD BLESS YOU. SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO,

YEAH, YOU CAN HOLD HANDS, THAT'S GREAT. YOU'RE SOON GONNA BE

SISTERS IN CHRIST BECAUSE ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION TO SERVE

HIM, IT STARTS WITH A PRAYER. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, AND

AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU TO WALK WITH GOD. IN

FACT, WE HAVE A CLASS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT FOR NEW

BELIEVERS, JUST LIKE YOURSELF, THAT HAVE COME FORWARD JUST TO

HELP YOU TO START. WHERE DO I START? I'M GONNA START WITH GOD

AND WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT. AND OUR ELDER TEAM, I'M JUST

GONNA HAVE YOU COME ON UP TOO NOW AND STAND BEHIND THESE

BECAUSE I FORGOT TO CALL YOU. I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT FATHER'S

DAY. SO WE'RE GONNA PRAY THOUGH. AND FATHER GOD'S GONNA HEAR YOUR

VOICE TODAY AND GONNA HEAR YOUR PRAYER TODAY. YOU JUST REPEAT

AFTER ME AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME

THING WHEREVER YOU'RE AT. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR SENDING

JESUS. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS OF

CALVARY. HE SUFFERED AND DIED ON THAT CROSS. HE WAS BURIED, AND

THE BIBLE SAYS HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. I BELIEVE THAT.

AND TODAY, JESUS, I ASK YOU, FORGIVE ME FOR ANY SIN IN MY

LIFE. COME INTO MY HEART AND MAKE ME A NEW CREATURE. MAKE ME

NEW FOR YOU, AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.

AMEN. AND BECAUSE YOU PRAYED THAT TODAY, YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE ON

YOUR WAY TO A WONDERFUL LIFE WITH GOD. OUR ALTAR TEAM IS

GONNA HELP YOU TODAY AND GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION. AND THANK

YOU AGAIN FOR DOING THAT, AND WE'LL GET YOU INFORMATION AND

LET YOU GO FORWARD. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, YOU CAN

CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER. WE'LL PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN. OUR

PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE THERE 24 HOURS A DAY TO HELP YOU, TO PRAY

WITH YOU, AND GUIDE YOU, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE SAME

INFORMATION WE GAVE THESE THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY. WELL GOD

BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK

IN THE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HAVE A WONDERFUL FATHER'S DAY

CELEBRATION AND A GREAT SUNDAY, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN

WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE.