06/14/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman

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LET’S BLESS HIS NAME THIS MORNING.

HOSANNA, HOSANNA

COME ON, LET'S GIVE GOD HONOR AND PRAISE. WE WORSHIP

YOU. HOSANNA, HOSANNA TO YOU, THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THE LORD

SAVES. AND WE THANK YOU THIS DAY FOR OUR SALVATION THAT HAS BEEN

PROVIDED BY YOU, OUR GOD, OUR KING, OUR LORD, YESHUA. AND SO

WE DEDICATE NOT ONLY OUR HEARTS TO YOU, BUT WE DEDICATE THIS

SERVICE TO YOUR MAJESTY, TO YOUR GLORY, AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT

REALLY LOVE GOD SAID, AMEN! WOW! ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

I ACTUALLY HEARD FROM WAY UP YONDERVILLE. IT WAS SO LOUD, I

HEARD FROM THE INTERNET. HEY, THAT'S REALLY GOOD. BRENDA, THAT

WAS A REALLY, I THINK SHE DESERVES A HAND CLAP. THAT WAS A

REALLY GOOD ONE. AND OUR USUAL QUIET SECTION WAS NOT QUIET

TODAY. NO, YOU KNOW I'M ONLY PICKING ON YOU, RIGHT? IN FACT,

AS I LOOK OVER THIS WAY LOOK AT TAMMY OVER THERE. SHE'S LIKE

MAKING A BIG DEAL. YEAH, THEY DID GOOD. SO PAUL, KAMALA, HOW

DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN MARRIED OFF?

THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL. AWESOME, SO EXCITING. THAT'S EXCITING. SO

WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY DOING GOOD? YOU

ENJOYING THE COOLER TEMPERATURES? YES, HALLELUJAH,

IT'S LOVELY. COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, ANYBODY GONE DOWN TO THE

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES? LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS. WE'RE GOING TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TONIGHT. SO WE'D LOVE TO IN FACT, WE'LL HEAR FROM

THE GAME CHANGERS A LITTLE BIT LATER. THEY'VE BEEN DOWN THERE.

WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN AND HAVE ICE CREAM AND GREET YOU. UH-HUH. SO

HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE ICE CREAM? OH MAN, I CAN'T WAIT. HESTER

ALWAYS SHOWS UP FOR THE ICE CREAM. YEAH, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT

TO WHERE THE TENT IS, SO. SO DON’T I WONDER HOW DID THAT WORK

OUT? I DON'T KNOW, BRENDA. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I

DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A SWEET DEAL. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I KNOW I

WILL SAY THIS. SO WHEN YOU DO COME, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SAY WHEN,

'CAUSE I REALLY DO WANNA SAY HELLO TO YOU AT THE TENT, DON'T

JUDGE ME AS I EAT ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM

AFTER ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM AFTER ICE CREAM. THE 42 SCOOP

OPTION. IT'LL BE LIKE THIS, MAN. IT'LL BE LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, LISTEN, I WANNA WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING

TODAY AROUND THE WORLD. TELL US WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING IT. IF YOU

LIKE ICE CREAM, PUT ONE OF THOSE LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO

THEY CALL THOSE LITTLE EMOJI. EMOJO, OR WHATEVER THEY ARE. YOU

PUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THERE WITH THE ICE CREAM AND THEN I'LL

KNOW THAT YOU'RE WITH US EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT THERE AT THE

TENT, YOU'RE KIND OF THERE WITH US IN HEART AND EVERYTHING. BUT

LISTEN, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SERVICE TODAY BECAUSE MY LITTLE

LADY, YOU ARE GONNA PREACH TODAY. I AM, WE DID IT.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SWITCH UP. YEAH. SO I'M EXCITED. IT'S

BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE ON A SUNDAY. YEAH, AND

YOU'RE GONNA TAKE TWO WEEKS. SO ACTUALLY SHE'S GONNA PREACH ON

FATHER'S DAY. SHE'S GONNA GIVE ME A BREAK 'CAUSE SHE KNOWS I'M

WORKING HARD WITH ALL THE HONEYDEW STUFF, AND EVERY GUY

WELCOMES FATHER'S DAY TO FINALLY GET A BREAK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

OH, IS THAT A VIOLIN? OKAY, THERE YOU GO. SO ANYWAY, ALL

RIGHT, WELL LISTEN, SO WHAT ARE YOU PREACHING ON AGAIN? TELL US

FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, REAL QUICK. WE'VE KINDA, HOW MANY OF

YOU HEARD PASTOR CHRISTY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT? SHE TALKED,

WE'RE JUST PIGGYBACKING A LITTLE BIT OFF OF, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING

ABOUT PSALM 1914, THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH, THE MEDITATION OF OUR

HEART, AND HOW IT RELATES TO GETTING BREAKTHROUGH ANSWERS TO

PRAYER. SO TODAY I THOUGHT I WOULD KIND OF PULL BACK OUT AN

ANCIENT MESSAGE, I CALL IT ANCIENT, THAT I PREACHED YEARS

AGO ON, BUT I'VE REFORMULATED A LITTLE BIT, TALKING ABOUT

INTERRUPTIONS TO ANSWERED PRAYER. THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO

MITIGATE, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED. AND SO I

THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD TODAY. WE'RE GONNA JUST KIND OF GO

THROUGH IT, NAVIGATE THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT. ALL

RIGHT, WELL, BEFORE WE WORSHIP THE LORD, I ALSO WANNA DO THIS

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AS WELL. I PUT MY FLAG

ON BECAUSE TODAY IS FLAG DAY WHERE WE CELEBRATE OUR GOD. WE

REDEDICATED THIS COUNTRY TO HIS HONOR, BUT WE ALSO CELEBRATE OUR

COUNTRY. AND YOU KNOW, THEY TRY TO TELL YOU NOT TO DO THAT,

RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE LOVE GOD AND WE LOVE THE COUNTRY THAT HE

GAVE US. YES, WE DO. AND WE KNOW WHO OUR GOD IS, JESUS CHRIST

OVER THE LAND OF THE UNITED STATES. AND WE LIVE IN THE

GREATEST NATION THERE IS. SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO, WOULD

YOU LEAD US AND THE PEOPLE IN THE I WILL, AND BY THE WAY,

PASTOR MATT, I KNOW PASTOR MATT AND ANTHONY ARE DOWN. BY THE

WAY, BAILEY ROCKING THE GAME CHANGERS JERSEY OUT THERE. SHE

SINGS ON THE WORSHIP TEAM, BUT I'M ACTUALLY GONNA WEAR ONE

TONIGHT, BRENDA. HE SENT US, YEAH, WE WILL. HE SENT US A

WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT? PASTOR, WHAT'S THAT? WHAT WAS SO

FUNNY? OH, SHE'S, AND THERE SHE IS OVER ON THE SIDE THERE.

THERE SHE IS.

(APPLAUDING)

SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS. PASTOR MATT HAD SENT US A VIDEO THAT

OVER THE STADIUM THE OTHER NIGHT, THEY PUT UP AND PLAYED

GOD BLESS AMERICA OVER IN THE SKY. DID ANYBODY SEE THAT? AND

IT JUST WAS A REMINDER TO ME THAT PEOPLE IN THIS NATION WANT

GOD. YES, THEY DO. THEY WANT GOD, OKAY? AND EVEN IN A VERY

SECULAR ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE STILL WANT GOD'S NAME EXALTED IN

THIS NATION. SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY THE PLEDGE. SO LET'S JUST

PUT OUR HAND ON OUR HEART. THEY GOT THE FLAG UP THERE. AND LET'S

JUST SAY IT TOGETHER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND

JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE GOD A PRAISE FOR THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO WORSHIP?

LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, WAVE THEM A

LITTLE BIT. SHOW SOME EXCITEMENT. SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD

JESUS, IT'S GOING TO BE FIRE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. I'M GOING TO

BE BLESSED TODAY. I'M GOING TO BE CHANGED TODAY. YOU'RE GOING

TO TOUCH MY LIFE TODAY. AND LORD, I THANK YOU THAT THE

ANOINTING IS DESTROYING YOKES AND UNDOING HEAVY BURDENS. AND

NOW LORD, I PROMISE, ARE YOU READY? TO GIVE YOU MY VERY BEST.

PRAISE. COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT.

LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.

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NOW IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE'VE DONE

THIS ONE TIME. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE ON A WEDNESDAY

NIGHT, YOU'RE MISSING OUT. WE'RE GETTING READY TO RAISE UP THE

KING OF GLORY, AMEN.

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WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, CONTINUE TO WORSHIP HIM. EVERY

HEART OPEN. ALL OF YOU AROUND THE WORLD, LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS.

YOUR HAND, YOUR VOICE TO GOD. YAHWEH. ELOHIM.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

IN THE HONOR OF YOUR MAJESTY, WE SING TO OUR KING, EXALTED GOD,

WE WORSHIP YOU. YAHWEH.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WE WORSHIP YOU, MANIFEST YOURSELF IN YOUR PRESENCE, O

GOD, AS WE STAND IN WORSHIP, ADORATION. COME ON, IN YOUR

HEAVENLY LANGUAGE, JUST BEGIN TO WORSHIP HIM.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

OF THE WHOLE WORLD. HONOR AND GLORY, WISDOM AND STRENGTH,

BELONG TO GOD. THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU. KING ETERNAL, JUST

BEGIN TO PLAY ON THE INSTRUMENTS AS WE WORSHIP YOU.

WE’VE COME HERE TO PRIORITIZE THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR

KING. THE ROYAL GOD, FULL OF AWESOME MAJESTY. TO YOU WE EXTOL

THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR GOD. BEAUTY. OH, SO BEAUTIFUL IS OUR

GOD. AND HOW BEAUTIFUL YOUR PRESENCE AMONG MEN. HOW WE HONOR

YOU AND LOVE YOU AND WELCOME YOU AND NEED YOU AND TRUST YOU. OUR

GOD. YOU ARE THE LOVE OF OUR LIFE. THE GREATEST LOVE OF THE

VERY BREATH OF OUR BODY, THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR VERY BEING IS

TO LOVE YOU, O GOD, ETERNAL, FOREVER WE WILL DWELL IN YOUR

SIGHT, IN YOUR ARMS, THAT WE COULD BE KISSED WITH THE KISSES

OF YOUR LIPS. AND WELCOME, AND MEET YOU IN LOVE. O GOD, WE'RE

O GOD, O GOD.

THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS,

THE KING ETERNAL WAS NOT RAISED IN DEFEAT, BUT IN

CONQUEST AND IN VICTORY. SO KNOW THIS DAY AND BE REMINDED, HE HAS

NEVER NOR WILL HE SUFFER DEFEAT. AND SO FROM THE THRONE THE WORD

TO YOU AND TO THOSE WHO WOULD HEAR, IS THERE HAS BEEN GREAT

DAMAGE DONE TO THE FORCES OF DARKNESS. AND EVEN AT THIS TIME.

FOR YOU WILL SEE IT, BECAUSE GREAT CONQUEST HAS HAPPENED IN

THE SPIRIT REALM. IN THE HIGH PLACES WHERE PRINCIPALITIES AND

SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS, WHERE THEY SEEK TO DWELL. THEREFORE WATCH

WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND IS HAPPENING IN THE SPIRIT SHALL

NOW BE MADE KNOWN AND MANIFESTED IN THE EARTH IN GREAT VICTORIES

AND CONQUESTS AS THERE WILL BE AS SOME WILL GET INTO THEIR OWN

ANALYTICAL IDEAS OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS ABOUT

TO TRANSPIRE. BUT THERE WILL BE WARS THAT YOU SEE TODAY THAT

WILL QUICKLY END. AND THERE WILL COME AN UNUSUAL PEACE AND

HANDSHAKES, AGREEMENTS, TREATIES THAT SHALL ARISE IN THE MIDDLE

EAST AND IN UKRAINE AND IN OTHER HOSTILE PLACES. FOR NIGERIA, I

AM COMING FOR THOSE WITH TEETH WHO HAVE SUNK THEIR SWORD INTO

MY PEOPLE UNJUSTLY. THERE SHALL COME A DEVOURING OF MY HAND AND

A LIBERATING OF THE PEOPLE. AND THIS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE

EARTH AS LAWS CRUMBLE, MEN CRUMBLE, LEADERS CRUMBLE,

KINGDOMS AND REGIMES CRUMBLE. AND THERE WILL BE A GREAT RESET.

THE MEN WILL SAY, WHAT IS THIS? IT IS THE LORD WHO HAS

CONQUERED, WHO HAS COME AT THIS TIME, SO THAT THE HONOR SHALL BE

RIGHTLY GIVEN TO THE KING OF ALL KINGS AND THE LORD OF ALL LORDS.

THEREFORE WATCH, THERE WILL COME A STRANGE AND UNUSUAL THING AS

FORMER LEADERS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE EARTH AND THERE WILL BE

A FORMER PRESIDENT IN THIS NATION THAT SHALL REPRESENT A

SEASON WHERE THE ENEMY RULED THROUGH THEM, WITH THEM, FOR

THEM, TO ENSNARE THIS COUNTRY FOR A GENERATION AND

GENERATIONS. BUT THIS SHALL COME TO AN END. AND WHEN THIS

HAPPENS, LOOK TO THE NEWS, FOR THERE WILL COME A GREAT RULING,

BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF DEATH IS BEING BROKEN OFF OF THIS NATION,

AS IT WAS DEDICATED TO ME. THAT THERE WILL BE A REPORT OF A

GREAT VICTORY IN REGARDS TO THE PROTECTION AND THE LIFE OF THE

UNBORN. AND THEN ON RECORD IN THE EARTH, THEY WILL SAY, THE

YOUNGEST ONE BORN PREMATURELY LIVES AND HAS LIVED. AND IT WILL

BREAK RECORDS, SHATTER RECORDS, AND CAUSE MEN TO SCRATCH THEIR

HEAD AND SAY, IS THIS POSSIBLE THAT ONE COULD LIVE OUTSIDE THE

WOMB? AND I WILL SHOW THE EARTH, I CONQUERED DEATH, HELL AND THE

GRAVE. AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE BLOOD SPEAKS THROUGH YOUR

REDEMPTION OF NOT A CULTURE OF DEATH, NOT A GENERATION OF

DEATH, BUT LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY. AND YOU WILL SEE IT

AS OIL IN THE NATURAL WILL BE RELEASED FOR A SPOIL. BUT THIS

SHALL MARK THE SIGN THAT THE OIL OF GLADNESS OF MY SPIRIT IS

BEING POURED OUT EVEN GREATER UPON THE EARTH, SAYS THE LIVING

GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU AND HONOR YOU. COME ON, GIVE HIM PRAISE.

YOU ALL OVER THE WORLD, GIVE HIM PRAISE. GIVE HIM PRAISE,

ADORATION, AND HONOR TO YOUR KING, TO YOUR GOD. COME ON, LIFT

UP YOUR VOICE UNTO GOD.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WE HONOR HIM. I THINK WE'RE ALL OUT TO BLOW HIM A KISS AND TELL

HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM. TO YOUR HONOR, OUR GOD. NOW PUT

YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART YOURSELF. FATHER, AS A

REPRESENTATIVE, I'LL SAY THIS FOR YOU, I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT

TO BLESS YOU. I WANT GOD TO BLESS YOU. I'VE LEARNED WHEN

YOU'RE IN HIS PRESENCE LIKE THIS, HE ALWAYS WANTS TO RETURN

A BLESSING. AND SO AS A REPRESENTATIVE, I WANT TO DO

THAT FOR YOU, OKAY? FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, FATHER, I PRAY FOR

THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE. NOW YOU WOULD REACH YOUR HAND TO THEM,

FOR THEM, AND REMEMBER THEM. WHATEVER NEED THAT THEY HAVE,

WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, THEY'RE GOING

THROUGH AND THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT. THE GOD WHO BRINGS US OUT

TO BRING US IN, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BRING THEM INTO BLESSING

NOW, INTO HEALTH, TOTAL HEALTH, RESTORED HEALTH, A MORE QUALITY

OF LIFE, BLESSINGS, FAVOR, PEACE, ALL THAT HAS BEEN

ENTRUSTED INTO THEIR HANDS, I CALL IT BLESSED. AND I PRAY THAT

THE PEOPLE WILL EMBRACE THE NEW SEASON. NO MORE SORROW, NO MORE

PAIN, FEAR, FRUSTRATION. BUT LIKE WAVES OF GLORY, TOUCH HIM,

I PRAY. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, SAY AMEN. ISN'T GOD MORE THAN

AMAZING? ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. THE BIBLE SAYS

THAT THE WORLD WILL KNOW THAT WE ARE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE.

HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO GREET SOMEBODY, SAY,

"HEY, I WILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME CHANGERS TENT THIS AFTERNOON."

IF THEY SAY, "WELL, I'M NOT GOING." IF THEY SAY, "WHY NOT?"

THEN FIND OUT. GET NOSY WITH THEM. ALL RIGHT. WE LOVE YOU. WE

CALL YOU BLESSED.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST

TIME WITH US, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG

WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR

HAND. I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE

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

FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST PACKET. SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE

THAT OUT AT THIS TIME, IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE

FRONT OF IT. INSIDE THERE, 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 IT OFF,

FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES

BY. IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU

FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY

CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE

CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE,

ROKU, YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL

PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, WE WANNA WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE

AS WELL. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET. I

KNOW I SAY IT EVERY WEEK, BUT THAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH

US, BOTH FOR SERVICES AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT,

NEW LEVEL, DAILY DECREE, GAME CHANGERS. AS THEY'RE DOWN AT

CWS, YOU WANNA BE CONNECTED 'CAUSE THEY ARE DOING SOME LIVES

DOWN THERE, SOMETIMES A COUPLE TIMES A DAY. SO PLEASE GET

CONNECTED TO ONE VOICE TV, DOWNLOAD THE APP TO YOUR

DEVICES. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL ON THERE. WELL, IF YOU WOULD

JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AND JOINING US ONLINE A HAND AS

PASTOR MIKE COMES TO TALK ABOUT ZION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR SHANE. PASTOR CHRISTY, LET'S GIVE

IT UP FOR PASTOR CHRISTY. WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK

MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, ZION ACADEMY

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GONNA SAY

THIS, 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH, WOW. SO YEAH, WOW, TIME'S

FLYING BY. BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR WANNA KNOW MORE

ABOUT ZION ACADEMY, PLEASE VISIT US ONLINE AT

ZIONACADEMYOMAHA.ORG. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE A

HOMESCHOOL HYBRID WHERE WE ENJOY PARTNERING WITH PARENTS FOR A

WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION, NOT A ONE-SIDED INDOCTRINATION. DID

YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID? VERY WELL SAID. BUT WE LOVE

PARTNERING WITH YOU TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE PRECIOUS

TREASURE. I MEAN, LEARN FROM THE WORD OF GOD, KNOW WHAT THEIR

CALLING IS, AND HOW TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE IN BEING WHO GOD HAS

CALLED THEM TO BE. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU, AGAIN, IF YOU

HAVEN'T CHECKED OUT THE WEBSITE, CHECK IT OUT. IF YOU HAVE MORE

QUESTIONS OR INTERESTED IN REGISTERING YOUR STUDENTS,

PLEASE GO TO THAT WEBSITE, ZIONACADEMYOMAHA.ORG, GET AHOLD

OF US. YOU CAN EMAIL US AT [email protected]. WE

CAN SET UP TOURS AND ANYWAY, WE'D LOVE TO. AND IF YOU DON'T

HAVE CHILDREN, YOU CAN ALSO, UH, YOU CAN SPONSOR SOMEBODY, UH, TO

BE ABLE TO COME AND BE A PART. SO WE HAVE SPONSORSHIPS OUT

THERE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY DONATE TO ZION ACADEMY. THERE IS A

DROPDOWN ON THE DONATION PAGE. BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT

WE'RE DOING AT ZION ACADEMY AND WE'VE BEEN GROWING AND GOD'S

BEEN ADDING TOO. AND SO WE DO A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS. ONE OF MY

FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE DO IS PERSONAL FINANCE CLASS. YOU

DON'T HAVE THAT IN HIGH SCHOOLS ANYMORE. AND WE EVEN DO A LITTLE

HOME ECONOMICS. I THINK WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME COOKING THINGS

NEXT YEAR. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING, AMEN?

AMEN, WELL, THE OTHER REASON THAT I CAME UP IS, NOT ONLY DO

WE HAVE ZION ACADEMY, BUT WE LIKE TO REACH OUT TO OUR

COMMUNITY, PASTOR MIKE, AND WE ARE DOING, WE'RE BRINGING BACK

OUR BACK TO SCHOOL SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS

GONNA BE ON JULY 25TH. WE HAD TO CANCEL DOING IT FOR A WHILE

BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO IT WASN'T EVEN

SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BE HERE. BUT WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK AND, YOU

KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIRE TRUCK HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE

POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, NOT TO GET ANYBODY IN TROUBLE, BUT JUST

SO THE KIDS CAN SEE THE POLICE CAR. BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU

THE OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

WE'LL HAVE A SPOT FOR YOU TO BRING THOSE AND YOU CAN DONATE

SCHOOL SUPPLIES. YOU CAN ALSO JUST DONATE FUNDS TO THAT AND

WE'LL BUY ALL OF THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR YOU AND ALL OF THE

PACKETS. BUT WE HAVE THAT COMING BACK AND WE WANTED EVERYBODY TO

MARK THEIR CALENDARS SO THAT IF YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER AND BE A

PART OF THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE CHURCH OFFICE BECAUSE

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE REACHING OUT AGAIN TO OUR

COMMUNITY. THAT'S BEEN A VERY SPECIAL PART OF WHAT WE DO. YOU

CAN FIND MORE ABOUT THAT OUT ONLINE ON THE WEBSITE, AND YOU

SHOULD HAVE FLYERS. DID THEY HAVE THEM IN THEIR SEATS, PASTOR

DOUG? THEY HAVE THEM TODAY, SO YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION OUT

THERE FOR THAT. AND THE FINAL THING I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY,

NEXT WEEK IS OUR ONE DAY ONLY VBS. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED

YOUR KIDS, THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY

FUN STUFF, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY JUST

REMEMBERS THAT WE HAVE OUR VBS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK, SO GET OUT

THERE AND GET YOUR KIDS REGISTERED TODAY.

AMEN. THANKS, PASTOR CHRISTY.

SOUNDS EXCITING. ONE DAY OF VBS, MAN, THAT IS AMAZING. I REMEMBER

VBS AS A KID. HOW MANY OF YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT? YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING VBS. AND I USED TO LIKE THE CANDY THAT YOU GET AFTER

VBS. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HAD THOSE, WHAT ARE THOSE

LITTLE SUGAR THINGS THAT WERE IN IT? CHUCKLES? REMEMBER THOSE? IS

THAT WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, CHUCKLES? YEAH, THEY WERE, MOM,

THEY WERE AMAZING. I MEAN, I WENT FOR THE CHUCKLES. SO, ALL

RIGHT, WELL, HEY, BEFORE WE RECEIVE TODAY'S OFFERING, I DO

HAVE A LITTLE MESSAGE I WANNA SHARE ABOUT THAT. BUT I HEARD

THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY'S ON THE PHONE. SO WE

CAN GO FOR IT. LET'S SEE WHO'S ON. I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE IT MIGHT

BE THE PRESIDENT SOMETIMES. LISTEN, THOSE GUYS ARE FANTASTIC

GUYS. WELL, WELCOME. YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR FAVORITE PASTOR. HEY,

GUYS, HOW ARE YOU DOING? YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE YOU'RE BUMMING

DOWN THERE. LOOK AT YOU GUYS. ARE THOSE BUM CHAIRS OR WHAT ARE

THOSE? IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT BY OUR SET RIGHT HERE. THERE'S

PEOPLE WALKING BY. IT'S KIND OF QUIET RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE THAT

FIRST GAME IS UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK AND THEN THE NIGHT GAME IS AT

SIX. SO PEOPLE ARE KIND OF STARTING TO TRICKLE IN A LITTLE

BIT. BUT YEAH. OKAY. EDDIE IS OVER HERE PLAYING MUSIC FOR YOU.

YEAH. I TOLD HIM TO DO THAT.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

I TOLD HIM, WE DISCUSSED THAT A COUPLE DAYS AGO JUST TO SURPRISE

YOU ALL. THAT WAS A PLANNED THING RIGHT THERE. YEAH, ALL

RIGHT. SO LET ME DO THIS BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE HERE

OR WATCHING ONLINE ARE LIKE, WHO ARE THOSE TWO GOOD LOOKING GUYS?

WELL, THAT IS PASTOR MATT, OUR SON. HOW DO I DESCRIBE IN THE

GOLDEN SUNGLASSES? HERE, THIS IS ME. THERE YOU GO, MATT. THERE

YOU GO, NOW YOU CAN TAKE THEM OFF. I'M NOT HIDING ANYMORE.

THAT'S OUR SON, MATT. HI, MATT. AND THEN NEXT TO HIM IS ANOTHER

GOOD LOOKING GUY, PASTOR ANTHONY WITH, WHAT DOES THAT SAY? GLORY

ON HIS HAT. SO HOW'S IT BEEN GOING DOWN THERE? CAN YOU GIVE

US AN UPDATE? IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. I MEAN, ANTHONY, I THINK

WE'VE HAD A GOOD TIME JUST MEETING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, YOU

KNOW, A LOT OF FANS DOWN HERE, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY LIKE WEST

VIRGINIA, IT'S THEIR FIRST YEAR HERE. SO I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY

INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF MOUNTAINEER FANS, AND THEY HAVE

A HUGE GAME TONIGHT AGAINST OUR TAR HEELS. SO, YEAH. I WATCHED

THAT TEXAS GAME, GUYS. WHO WON LAST NIGHT? I KIND OF FELL

ASLEEP. GEORGIA. I KNEW GEORGIA WAS GONNA SMOKE TEXAS LAST

NIGHT. YEAH, IT WAS LIKE SEVEN TO ONE. ALL RIGHT, SO I YEAH,

ATLANTA PLAYED REALLY WELL. WELL, YOU WERE GONNA SAY

SOMETHING, I INTERRUPTED YOU, GO AHEAD, WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY?

OH, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY REFRESHING TO SEE SO MANY

FAITH-BASED VENDORS HERE. ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S BEEN A

LOT OF VENDORS HERE IN THE BASEBALL VILLAGE JUST SHARING

THE MESSAGE AND THE GOSPEL THROUGH THEIR CLOTHING,

BRANDING, THROUGH SOME OF THEIR ARTISTRY, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY

COOL TO SEE THE TAKEOVER OF JESUS HERE. WELL, I'M PUTTING A

JERSEY ON TONIGHT. I'M PUTTING A JERSEY ON TONIGHT, GUYS. I DON'T

WEAR HATS. WE DON'T WEAR HATS. I'M GONNA WEAR A HAT. YOU'RE

GONNA WEAR A HAT. SHE LOOKS GOOD LOOKING WITH A HAT. ARE YOU

GOING WITH THE BLACK OR THE TAN JERSEY TONIGHT? I'M GONNA WEAR A

TAN JERSEY. OKAY. YEAH. BREAKING THAT ONE OUT. OKAY, I LIKE IT.

JUST DON'T SPILL THAT ICE CREAM ALL OVER IT. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD

EARLIER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 42 SCOOPS. SO NOW THAT YOU'RE ON A

HOLY SUBJECT, WHAT DIRECTION IS THAT ICE CREAM COMING? THIS IS

CRAZY, Y'ALL. POINT, POINT TO THE DIRECTION OF THE, HOW FAR

AWAY IS IT? LIKE RIGHT, LIKE NEXT DOOR, BASICALLY. OH, BUT

THERE'S A RUN DOWN LIKE-- NEXT DOOR, YOU KNOW ANY TRIPS I'M

GOING OVER THERE? OKAY, SO HERE'S THE THING I WANNA ASK.

YOU'RE GONNA SELL OUT RIGHT THERE AND THERE. WHY, WHY, GOOD

TO SEE YA. MAKE SURE, SO LAST NIGHT, SO LAST NIGHT-- THAT'S A

TAR HEEL FAN TOO, I LOVE IT. HEY MATT, WHILE WE'RE ON THAT, I

WATCHED THE LIVE AND SOMEBODY CAME BY AND SAID A WORD THAT WE

PROBABLY SHOULD NOT USE, AND YOU GUYS REALLY HANDLED THAT WELL.

HOW REAL WAS THAT THOUGH? I MEAN, WASN'T THAT JUST LIKE AS

REAL AS IT CAN GET? I MEAN, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE AN EPIC,

REMINDED ME OF LIKE A CHARLIE KIRK SHOW. WE CALL IT BEING OUT

IN THE WILD. YEAH, YEAH. OH, OKAY. SO WHY SHOULD WE COME DOWN

THERE? GIVE US A REASON. WHY SHOULD THE PEOPLE COME DOWN AND

SEE EVERYBODY? I THINK IT'S AMAZING. LIKE, THIS IS LITERALLY

LIKE BASEBALL HEAVEN IN JUNE. I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT'S AMAZING

WHAT THIS CITY PULLS OFF. THERE'S A HALF A MILLION PEOPLE

THAT COME THROUGH HERE, AND MOST OF IT IS ON OPENING WEEKEND. I

MEAN, TODAY AT ONE O'CLOCK IS THE FIRST ELIMINATION GAME, SO,

YOU KNOW, EIGHT TEAMS COME HERE. WE'LL HAVE SEVEN BY THIS

EVENING. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRULY AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF

PEOPLE THAT COME AND JUST FLOCK TO OMAHA. AND YOU KNOW, THIS WAS

STARTED, I MEAN, REALLY, THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HAS BEEN IN

OMAHA SINCE 1950. IT'S BEEN LIKE 60, 70 YEARS. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN

A LONG TIME. I'M NOT GOOD AT MATH, Y'ALL. BUT I MEAN, BY THE

WAY, THERE'S SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU IN BUNNY RABBIT EARS. NO. OH,

YEAH, IT WAS THERE. SOMEBODY BEHIND YOU. IT'S BY ONE OF NO,

I'M TEASING. SO WE SO LEGITIMATELY OMAHA GOT THIS

WHOLE PLAN AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN TAKE THIS OVER IN

WICHITA. IT WAS FAILING IN WICHITA, KANSAS, FOR A COUPLE

YEARS THAT IT WAS THERE. AND OMAHA JUST TOOK OVER AND JOHNNY

ROSENBLATT HAD THIS GREAT IDEA, LIKE, LET'S BRING THIS TO OMAHA.

AND THAT'S WHEN ROSENBLATT STADIUM WAS GOING. BUT THEN THIS

HAS BEEN HERE AT THIS STADIUM NOW FOR 16 YEARS. AND I THINK

WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT DOWNTOWN OMAHA IS THERE'S A LOT OF

AMENITIES AROUND. WHEREAS ROSENBLATT, IT WAS JUST ABOUT

YOU WENT TO BASEBALL GAMES, BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF OTHER

STUFF AROUND. AND NOW IT'S LIKE, YEAH, LOOK AT THE CHANGE OF GAME

IN OMAHA. YEAH, YOU GOT TO BUY OUR MERCH. SO GUYS, YOU NEED TO

GO GET ONE OF THOSE SHIRTS. LIKE, PLEASE. THAT'LL BE

AWESOME. THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THE FANS. LIKE, WE WANT AS WELL,

LOH TO COME DOWN AND SAY, "HEY, LIKE, I WANT TO REPRESENT. I

WANT TO BUY SOMETHING." LIKE, WE GOT STUFF FOR KIDS. WE GOT STUFF

FOR LADIES. WE GOT STUFF FOR THE MEN. WE HAVE AN ICE CREAM TRUCK

NEXT TO US. SO, DAD, YOU KNOW, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THAT. BUT WE

EVEN PARTNERED WITH ONE OF THE ICE CREAM TRUCKS AND GAVE HIM

SOME OF OUR MINI BASEBALL HATS TO SERVE SOME ICE CREAM IN. SO,

MAYBE YOU CAN ASK HIM TO GET THAT SERVED. ALL RIGHT. SO, MOM

HAS A QUESTION. REAL QUICK. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO, WHAT, YOU

KNOW, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE GOSPEL IN A FRESH WAY. WHAT HAS

BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING THAT THE TWO OF YOU HAVE FELT IN

JUST BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A NEW VERSION OF KIND OF AN

EVANGELISM IN A DIFFERENT WAY? WHAT HAS BEEN, I WANT TO JUST

VERY QUICKLY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, THAT'S A

GREAT QUESTION, PASTOR BRENDA. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. IT

WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THIS. SO ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES, ONE OF

THE FIRST DAYS THAT WE WERE HERE, THERE WAS A GROUP OF

PEOPLE, PROBABLY GEN ZERS THAT WALKED BY, NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE,

BUT THREE TIMES, AND FINALLY THEY STOPPED AND SAID, "OKAY,

WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU GUYS? "THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS

TENT." AND WE SAID NOTHING. SO IT IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD THAT

WE CARRY THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS. AND WE

SAID NOTHING. AND SO WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT

WITH THEM AND FOUND OUT THEY WERE FROM TENNESSEE AND THEY

WERE PART OF ALSO A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION. BUT IT'S JUST YOUR

PRESENCE BEING SOMEWHERE THAT MAYBE NEEDS THE LIGHT. AND SO

WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU CARRY THAT LIGHT AND IT CAUSES PEOPLE TO

STOP AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU? AND YOU CAN SHARE

YOUR TESTIMONY. SO THAT'S BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING. I

THINK FOR ME, IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO WHAT MOM'S

QUESTION WAS, IS WHY SHOULD PEOPLE COME DOWN? AND I THINK

IT'S EXACTLY THAT. IT'S GETTING OUT OF THE FOUR WALLS OF NOT

JUST THE CHURCH, BUT COMFORTABILITY. I THINK WE'RE SO

TAUGHT IN SOCIETY TO, OH, STAY IN THE FOUR WALLS OF OUR HOUSE,

STAY IN THE FOUR WALLS OF OUR SCHOOL, OUR CLASSROOMS, OUR

OFFICES, OUR CHURCHES. AND IT'S LIKE, YOU GOTTA BRANCH OUT AND

SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M WILLING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE, OR

COMFORTABLE AND BEING IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. AND I

THINK THAT'S HONESTLY THE MESSAGE IS, WHAT BETTER WAY THAN

COMING DOWN HERE? YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE BASEBALL, YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE LOVE SPORTS. SPORTS, WE TALK ABOUT IT ON OUR SHOW ALL

THE TIME, REALLY UNIFIES THIS COUNTRY. I MEAN, LOOK AT NEW

YORK LAST NIGHT, THEY JUST CELEBRATED A 53 YEAR DROUGHT

WITH THE KNICKS WINNING THE NBA FINALS. I MEAN, THEY HAVEN'T WON

IT SINCE 1973 AND THAT CITY WENT CRAZY LAST NIGHT IN NEW YORK AND

NOTICE WHERE OUR PRESIDENT IS ALSO FROM. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. I

JUST FIND IT VERY INTERESTING. WE ARE, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

LASTLY, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, I THOUGHT I SAW CAPTAIN STUCK DOWN

THERE. HE IS OVER HERE. HE HAD LIKE FOUR HAMBURGERS IN HIS

HAND. CAPTAIN STUCK, COME HERE, CAPTAIN. CAN YOU SAY HI TO

EVERYBODY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE? I SAW YOU WITH FOOD. WHY

DID YOU PUT IT DOWN? HE SAID, WHY DO YOU HAVE FOOD? WE GOT AN

EARPIECE. ALL RIGHT. FOUR? THAT'S JUST TO START OFF. THAT'S

AN APPETIZER. SO, CAPTAIN, ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE TONIGHT

WHEN I COME? YES, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE. OKAY,

CAPTAIN, FIND ME A HAMBURGER GRILL. I'M TESTING OUT ALL THE

ICE CREAM FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT, REMEMBER, YOU'RE ONE OF MY

MOTHERS.

(LAUGHING)

ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU THERE. THE HATS, THOSE SMALL HATS. SO

PASTOR HANK, WE'RE GONNA PUT YOUR SCOOP OF ICE CREAM IN THE

FOOTBALL HELMET. SO THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA BE. HEY, I LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, CAPTAIN, I WON'T MAKE FUN OF YOU ANYMORE. ALL RIGHT,

SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT, DON'T YOU LOVE THOSE GUYS? THAT WAS

FUN. ALL RIGHT, WELL LISTEN, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE QUICK

ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WANNA HONOR ANGIE FROM ELIJAH STREAMS. THANK

YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR IN-LAWS AND KIDS COMING

HERE. AND THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT. YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE ON

TUESDAY AS WELL. SO CAN YOU STAND AND WAVE AT EVERYBODY REAL

QUICK? SO WE JUST HONOR YOU. IF THEY COULD ALSO SHOW ELIJAH

STREAMS, I'LL BE ON ON TUESDAY. I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING IT. STEVE,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR OF ALLOWING THE HEART OF GOD IN

THIS VESSEL TO HAVE A MOMENT TO REALLY GO OVER DIFFERENT

PROPHETIC WORDS AND TEACH AND MENTOR. AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME

MORE MENTORING. AND YOU KNOW, THE LORD KEPT DEALING WITH MY

HEART. HE SAID, "I WANT MY VOICE TO BE HEARD." AND I SAID, "WELL,

LORD, I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN." AND I KEPT FEELING ELIJAH'S

SCREAMS KEPT COMING UP IN MY HEART. AND THEN STEVE WAS

GRACIOUS TO OPEN THE DOOR. I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING IT AND I LOVE

IT. SO THANK YOU, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND LET'S GIVE A

HAND CLAP FOR THAT AS WELL. SO, WELL, LET'S GET RIGHT INTO MY

OFFERING. THIS IS, I WANNA GIVE MAMA PLENTY OF TIME. THERE'S

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU COULD FIND OUT ON THE WEBSITE

AND STUFF. BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT MATTHEW 2, VERSE 11. YOU

Matthew 2:11

KNOW, WHAT WAS REALLY ON MY HEART TODAY IN CONTEXT OF

OFFERING IS WHAT HAPPENED ON MAY 17TH OF 2026. WE REDEDICATED

WITH OUR LEADER, OUR PRESIDENT, THIS NATION BACK TO GOD. AND I

SOUGHT THE LORD AND I KEPT ASKING HIM AND HE DIDN'T TAKE A

LONG TIME, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE HEART OF

GOD AND WHAT HE'S THINKING RIGHT NOW. AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID,

"GOD, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS? "I GOT TO KNOW TO TELL THE

PEOPLE." AND HE GAVE ME THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON THAT

CAME TO AN END OF HIMSELF FINALLY, RIGHT? REPENTED AND

REDEDICATED HIMSELF BACK. THE FATHER RUNS, WHICH REPRESENTS

FATHER GOD. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, IT SAYS THE

FATHER KISSED HIM. AND THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART, "I'VE KISSED

THIS NATION." WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? IT MEANS EVEN

THOUGH WE DESERVE JUDGMENT, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF BAD THINGS

BEFORE GOD AS A PEOPLE. GOD HAS KISSED US, WHICH MEANS NOW HE'S

MINISTERING IN HIS COMPASSION. THERE'S JUDGMENT OBVIOUSLY

COMING TO THOSE WHO HAVE SET THEMSELVES AS ENEMIES OF GOD,

BUT FOR US, THE PEOPLE, WE'RE IN A TIME OF REWARD. AND SO I WANT

YOU TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. I WANT YOU

TO LOOK AT PSALM 2. LET ME GO THERE FIRST AND I'LL GO VERY

QUICKLY. WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE IF GOD HAS KISSED OUR NATION? WELL,

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO KISS GOD BACK. LOOK AT THIS VERSE, PSALM

Psalms 2:12

2, VERSE 12. KISS THE SON LEST HE BE ANGRY AND YOU PERISH FROM

THE WAY. IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE DON'T RECIPROCATE BACK TO GOD

AND STAY CONSISTENT, YOU CAN LOSE A LOT OF GROUND THAT YOU

GAINED. AND SO I'VE BEEN ASKING GOD, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT I CAN

KISS YOU MORE? AND THE LORD SPOKE TO MY HEART, ENTER IN,

ENTER IN. AND ENTERING IT ISN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, WORSHIPING.

ENTERING IN IS ALSO BY THE WAY OF YOUR GIVING. IT'S A GREAT WAY

TO GIVE ENTRANCE TO GOD'S BLESSING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING IN YOUR LIFE. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ALLOW GOD'S

BLESSING TO ENTER INTO A COUNTRY BECAUSE PSALM 33, 12 SAYS,

BLESSED IS, SO THAT MEANS THERE IS A BLESSING WHOSE NATION THE

LORD IS THEIR GOD. SO WHEN WE ENTER IN, WHETHER IT BE BY OUR

WORSHIP, OUR DEDICATION TO GOD, OUR GIVING, OUR TITHING, WHAT

WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE LITERALLY KISSING GOD BACK. NOW LOOK AT

MATTHEW CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 11. NOTICE WHAT THE WISE MEN DID.

WHEN THEY CAME IN AND THEY SAW JESUS, IT SAYS THEY FELL DOWN

AND THEY WORSHIPED HIM. WHY DOES IT SAY FELL DOWN AND WORSHIP?

BECAUSE JESUS TAUGHT IN JOHN FOUR THAT NOW IS THE TIME THAT

TRUE WORSHIPERS ARE CALLED TO WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND

IN TRUTH. AND WHAT THAT LITERALLY MEANS, SPIRIT AND

TRUTH, IS TO LITERALLY BOW DOWN AS IF TO KISS THE FEET OR KISS

THE EARTH. THAT'S HOW MUCH HONOR YOU HAVE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT

THEY DID. THEY BROUGHT THEIR OFFERINGS AND NOTICE WHAT THEY

DID. THEY BROUGHT A KISS. THEY BROUGHT THEIR OFFERINGS AND THEY

BROUGHT A KISS. DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU TITHE AND YOU GIVE TO YOUR

KING A 10% THAT REPRESENTS YOUR HEART AND YOUR EARNINGS, YOU'RE

DOING EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WISE MEN DID. YOU'RE KISSING GOD,

YOU'RE POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR HIM TO BLESS YOU AND FOR YOU TO

BE BLESSED. SAME WAY WHEN YOU GIVE AN OFFERINGS, IT'S AN ACT

OF WORSHIP. IN FACT, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE THAT IT WAS

OF ANCIENT TRADITION. PEOPLE KNEW THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT

YOU SHOWED YOUR HONOR AND YOUR WORSHIP TO YOUR GOD WAS THROUGH

AN OFFERING AND A KISS. THEY WOULD OFFER BLOOD OF ABORTED

BABIES OR BABIES THAT HAD BEEN MURDERED, AND THEY WOULD KISS

THE STATUE AS THEY WOULD CAST THE BABIES IN THE FIRE. CAN YOU

IMAGINE THAT? SO IN LUKE CHAPTER SEVEN, I'LL JUST REFERENCE IT.

IT'S THE STORY ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO COMES IN TO THE PLACE WHERE

JESUS WAS MEETING WITH THE PHARISEES. AND SHE BRINGS THIS

COSTLY OIL. AND SHE COMES IN AND IMMEDIATELY SHE GOES DOWN BY HIS

FEET. AGAIN, IT'S A PLACE OF WORSHIP. AND SHE OFFERS HER

OFFERING WITH A KISS. SHE KISSES FEET, SHE ANOINTS WITH HER HAIR

WITH OIL, AND SHE BEGINS TO WASH HIS FEET. AND THERE IS A

PHARISEE THERE, WHICH ALWAYS REPRESENTS THOSE WHO HATE WHEN

PASTORS OR GOOD PASTORS, GOOD CHURCHES, TALK ABOUT TITHES AND

OFFERINGS. OH, I DON'T NEED TO HEAR THAT. IT'S THE SAME THING

THAT THE PHARISAICAL SPIRIT DOES IN CHURCHES TODAY, DID IT IN

LUKE 7. BEGAN TO REBUKE THE WOMAN AND TOLD HER NOT TO DO

THAT. AND JESUS SAID, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, UH-UH-UH. "SHE

UNDERSTANDS THE PRINCIPLE OF WHEN YOU BRING AN OFFERING,

"IT'S A KISS TO YOUR GOD. "SHE OFFERED ME A KISS, SHE PRESENTED

OIL, "AND SHE WASHED MY FEET." AND THEN HE POINTS, JESUS POINTS

TO THE PHARISEE, 'CAUSE GOD WATCHES

OUR OFFERING, WHETHER WE OFFER OR WE

DON'T, OR THE SPIRIT BEHIND.

THAT'S WHY IT SAYS, "DON'T GIVE GRUDGINGLY."

GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER, 'CAUSE THERE'S A KISS

CONNECTED TO YOUR OFFERING, TO YOUR TITHING.

AND HE SAID TO THE PHARISEE, "YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME A KISS.

"YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME ANY OIL.

"YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME ANY WATER."

I THINK IT'S TIME WE GOT A KISS TO THE FACE OF THE SON. I THINK

ESPECIALLY, HOW MANY YEARS DID WE PRAY OVER THE LAST FEW FOR

GOD TO BLESS OUR NATION WITH OUR PRESIDENT? TO BRING AMERICA BACK

TO GREATNESS. HE'S DOING IT. WE NEED TO SUPPORT CHURCHES LIKE

THIS, WHO ARE KISSING THE FACE OF GOD, THROUGH THE OIL AND THE

ANOINTING OF HIS POWER, JUST LIKE THAT WOMAN, AND THE WASHING

OF FEET, WE ARE SERVING GOD. WE NEED TO KEEP GIVING SO THAT WE

CAN CONTINUE TO SHOW HONOR TO GOD. I WANNA SHOW YOU ONE LAST

SCRIPTURE AS YOU ARE PREPARING YOUR OFFERING. LOOK AT 1 KINGS

1 Kings 19:18

19, VERSE 18, JUST TO PROVE TO YOU. SO NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS TO

ELIJAH, WHO THOUGHT HE WAS ALL ALONE. HE SAYS, "I'VE LEFT 7,000

IN ALL ISRAEL, ALL THE KNEES WHICH HAVE NOT BOWED UNTO BAAL."

SO BAAL WAS THE FALSE GOD. "AND EVERY MOUTH WHICH HAS NOT KISSED

HIM." SO THEY WOULD GO UP AND LITERALLY KISS AND OFFER

SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS TO BAAL. AND THEY'D FOLLOW IT UP

WITH A KISS. WILL YOU KISS THE LORD TODAY WITH YOUR TITHE? YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, WILL YOU KISS THE LORD WITH YOUR CONSISTENT

GIVING? I DO EVERY WEEK. AND I WANT TO KISS THE FACE OF THE SON

TODAY. YOU SAY, WELL, HOW DO YOU DO IT? WELL, LET ME SHOW YOU THE

DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE TODAY. THEY'LL PUT THAT UP ON

THE SCREEN. THERE'S THE ENVELOPE, THE WEBSITE, MOBILE

APP. YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE, YOU CAN SCAN. AND I WANNA THANK YOU

FOR YOUR GIVING TODAY. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO GOD, YOU'RE KISSING

THE LORD. AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE ABOUT TO GET KISSED BY GOD. ON

FRIDAY, WE ARE MEETING WITH THE OWNER, CURRENT OWNER, ABOUT TO

BE THE FORMER OWNER OF OUR LAND, SHILOH. AND TERRIFIC GUY. IN

FACT, IT WAS SO FUNNY, I HAD TEXTED HIM 'CAUSE WE WERE TRYING

TO SET UP A MEETING TIME AND I GOT DISTRACTED SO I WASN'T ABLE

TO TEXT HIM BACK TO SET UP A TIME THAT DAY. SO HE CALLS ME

BACK, LEAVES A MESSAGE WITH THE DONALD TRUMP VOICE. I STARTED

LAUGHING SO HARD. AND BRENDA GOES, "OH MY GOSH, "THAT SOUNDS

JUST LIKE DONALD TRUMP." I SAID, "BRENDA, IT DOES." SO THEN WHEN

I TALKED TO HIM, I SAID, "I'M NOT IMITATING DONALD TRUMP

ANYMORE." AND HE GOES, "YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR HANK, "YOU DO, YOU

CAN GO AHEAD AND STAND AT YOUR FEET." HE GOES, "YOU DO THE

INTERVIEW TRUMP." HE GOES, "I KINDA DO THE RALLY GUY. "YOU

KNOW, I KINDA DO THE REAL, YOU KNOW, "IT'S, LISTEN, THERE'S

SOME HORRIBLE PEOPLE, JUST SO HORRIBLE, BUT NOT YOU, YOU'RE

FANTASTIC." BUT HE DOES THE OTHER RASPY KIND OF ONE. BUT

ANYWAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH HIM ON FRIDAY AND WE'RE

GONNA START GOING OVER CERTAIN THINGS TO, TO, HOW DO WE SAY IT,

DOUG? LIKE CONTRACT IT RIGHT, TO, YEAH, SHOW UP DETAILS. AND

THEN HERE'S WHAT I'VE ASKED GOD. I WANT GOD TO KISS US SO MUCH,

BUT I WANT TO KISS HIM IN RETURN. CAN I BE HONEST WITH

YOU? I WANT TO PAY CASH FOR THIS. I DON'T WANT ANY DEBT ON

IT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME, AWESOME TESTIMONY. IT'D

BE LIKE SPOILS OF WAR FOR HOW HARD WE'VE STOOD AND FOUGHT. SO

CONSIDER THAT, PRAY ABOUT THAT AS WE GET READY. ALL RIGHT,

WELL, YOU GOT YOUR OFFERING IN YOUR HAND, YOUR CELL PHONE,

WHATEVER, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO JOIN ME.

ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY? I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. HEAVENLY

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GIVEN. WE

COMMAND THE BLESSING UPON THEM. ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD THAT SAYS

WHEN WE TITHE, YOU OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, YOU COMMAND

THE BLESSING. YOU REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR THEIR SAKE. THAT'S

EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO. AND TO THOSE THAT ARE GIVING TODAY, YOU

HAVE PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD RETURN BACK TO THEM GOOD

MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, EVEN RUNNING OVER. YOU

ARE GOD. GIVE BACK TO US THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN. WE BLESS YOU

TODAY. BLESS THE OFFERING. BLESS THIS MINISTRY. KEEP GIVING US

FAITHFUL PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN KISS YOU IN RETURN. AND ALL THE

PEOPLE SAID, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, USHERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND

BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. I'M GOING TO HAVE PASTOR BRENDA COME

AT THIS TIME. OH, WE HAVE TO DO THE DECREE. OH, BRENDA, YOU CAN

DO THE DECREE. SHE DOES IT EVERY WEEK. I'M AFRAID THAT I'LL NOT

DO IT QUITE LIKE SHE DOES. DOES SHE DO A GREAT JOB?

DO IT WITH ME. ARE YOU GUYS READY? 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 THAT EVERY

HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE

HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE.

WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE

PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO

BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF

PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE

PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN

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

DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. GIVE PASTOR HANK A

GREAT BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU, PASTOR CHELSEA, WHO

IS VERY RICH WITH CHILD. SHE SAID, "I'LL BRING YOUR BIBLE

UP." AND PASTOR MATT WOULD USUALLY HANDLE THIS THERE

DOWNTOWN. AND I THOUGHT I ALMOST FELT BAD, A PREGNANT WOMAN

COMING UP AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS EFFORT. BUT

ANYWAY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR, DAVID, ARE YOU EXCITED TO HAVE A

BROTHER? YEAH, ANOTHER BROTHER? OKAY, ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GONNA

TREAT HIM RIGHT, RIGHT? GOOD, ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE JUST VERY

EXCITED FOR THE SALAFOU FAMILY AND THANKFUL. SO, WELL, LET'S

GET RIGHT INTO IT TODAY. I WANNA MAKE THE MOST USE OF A LOT OF

TIME THAT WE HAVE. ACTUALLY, GRAB YOUR BIBLES. WE'LL GET INTO

THAT TODAY, AND I'M GONNA GO TO MATTHEW, THE 17TH CHAPTER. SO

LET ME PREFACE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY WHEN WE TALK

ABOUT THINGS THAT INTERRUPT ANSWERED PRAYER. WHAT I WANNA

MAKE CLEAR IS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A, HEY,

WHY? I'M LOOKING AT A SITUATION THAT MAYBE ALREADY HAPPENED, A

PRAYER THAT DIDN'T GET ANSWERED, SOMETHING THAT I PRAYED FOR, IT

DIDN'T GO THE RIGHT WAY. MAYBE IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T GET

HEALED OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A JOB THAT WAS LOST, A BUSINESS

THAT CLOSED, SOMETHING WITH A FAMILY MEMBER, AND YOU PRAYED A

CERTAIN WAY AND, LET'S BE REAL, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. YOU JUST

THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD, WHAT HAPPENED? AND WHAT

INTERRUPTED THAT? WHAT KEPT IT FROM COMING TO PASS? NOW, WHAT I

WANT TO LOOK AT TODAY ARE THINGS THAT CAN DISRUPT PRAYER, BUT

IT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE MORE PREEMPTIVE, NOT AN AFTER THE

FACT, OKAY, WHY DID SOMETHING HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE

DO LEARN FROM SCRIPTURE IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD

DOESN'T ALWAYS TELL US, OKAY? AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO PREFACE

THAT, THAT THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES, SITUATIONS THAT

TAKE PLACE THAT IN THE WISDOM AND THE MIND OF GOD, WE MAY NOT

KNOW THE ANSWER TILL WE GET TO HEAVEN SOMEDAY. THIS LIST OF

ITEMS IS REALLY MEANT TO BE MORE OF A, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A

LIFESTYLE, RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO AS A WAY OF LIVING ON A DAILY,

ONGOING BASIS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT GETS OUR

PRAYERS ANSWERED? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MEANT TO BE,

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT APPLIES TO OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S NOT MEANT TO

BE SORT OF A LAUNDRY LIST OF, WELL, THIS OR THIS OR THIS OR

THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT. AND THEN

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD WON'T EVEN TELL US ABOUT OUR

LIFE WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, FACE AN UNANSWERED PRAYER THAT, OR IT

SEEMED LIKE IT WAS INTERRUPTED AND IT DIDN'T GO THE WAY THAT WE

HAD PRAYED OR SPOKE OR DECLARED OR PROPHESIED. AND SO THERE ARE

THINGS GOD WILL NOT ALWAYS SHARE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, TO BE

REAL, HE'S NOT OBLIGATED TO. GOD IS GOD. AND HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW

HE'S GOD? AND IN HIS WISDOM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT GOD MAY

NOT TELL US. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, I THOUGHT OF ACTS THE

FIRST CHAPTER WHEN HERE JESUS IS GETTING READY TO ASCEND BACK UP

INTO HEAVEN, ACTS THE FIRST CHAPTER. AND THEY SAID, WELL,

LORD, IS THIS THE TIME THAT YOU'RE GONNA RESTORE THE KINGDOM

OF GOD TO ISRAEL? AND LOOK AT JESUS' ANSWER. HE SAID, YOU

KNOW, IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES OR THE SEASONS. NOW,

WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECOND COMING OF THE LORD, THE BIBLE

SAYS CLEARLY WE'RE TO KNOW THE TIMES AND SEASONS AND TO HAVE A

READINESS FOR IT, THAT WE KNOW WE CAN LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS IN

THE SIGNS AND KNOW THAT THE TIME IS NEAR. BUT JESUS THEN ALSO

TURNS AND SAYS, "IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES AND

SEASONS," WATCH THIS PART, "THAT GOD HAS PUT IN HIS OWN POWER."

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GOD PUTS IN HIS OWN POWER. HOWEVER,

AT THE SAME POINT, THE BIBLE TEACHES US THERE ARE THINGS WE

CAN AVOID THAT KEEP OUR PRAYERS FROM GETTING ANSWERED. AND

THAT'S MY GOAL TODAY. I'M GONNA GO OVER THESE FOR THE NEXT

COUPLE SUNDAYS. I'LL PROBABLY CAMP OUT TODAY, I THINK, ON THE

FIRST COUPLE OF THEM, 'CAUSE I WANNA REALLY DO AN EXHAUSTIVE

OUTLINE OF SOME OF THESE TOPICS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST GET

THROUGH 'EM. I HAVE 12 ALTOGETHER. SOME OF 'EM I JUST

GET A QUICK MENTION. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT I REALLY WANT

TO LAY OUT SOME TRUTH THIS MORNING. AND THE SECOND THING IS

I'LL JUST SAY, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN ALL EXHAUSTIVE LIST.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PRETENDING TO BE UP HERE AND KNOW EVERYTHING.

CERTAINLY, THAT'S GOD'S BUSINESS, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE

AS MANY THINGS OUT OF SCRIPTURE AS WE CAN. SO LET'S GET INTO IT

AND JUST BASICALLY TALK ABOUT THE VERY FIRST, AND I THINK IT'S

THE MOST PROMINENT, OR ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT, BECAUSE ALL

OTHER THINGS SEEM TO FEED THIS ONE AREA, OF THE REASON THAT

PEOPLE DO NOT GET THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED. SO IF YOU ARE TAKING

NOTES, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, OR AT LEAST GO BACK

AND LISTEN TO IT IF YOU DIDN'T BRING A NOTEBOOK, IS THE SPIRIT

OF UNBELIEF. NOW LET'S BREAK THIS DOWN. I'M GONNA GO TO

MATTHEW THE SEVENTH CHAPTER, OR 17TH CHAPTER, AND I WANT TO READ

A LITTLE BIT HERE. IT SAYS IN VERSE 14, "AND WHEN THEY WERE

COME TO THE MULTITUDE, "THERE CAME TO HIM A CERTAIN MAN,

"KNEELING DOWN TO HIM AND SAYING, 'LORD, HAVE MERCY ON MY

SON, FOR HE'S A LUNATIC.'" WHICH MEANS HE HAD SOME FORM OF A

MENTAL DISORDER AND HE'S VEXED AND OFTEN FALLS INTO THE FIRE

AND INTO THE WATER. IN OTHER WORDS, HE COULDN'T CONTROL

HIMSELF. "AND I BROUGHT HIM TO YOUR DISCIPLES AND THEY COULD

NOT CURE HIM." SO THAT SAYS TO ME IMMEDIATELY THAT THEY MUST

HAVE ATTEMPTED TO. THEY MUST HAVE TRIED TO LAY HANDS. NOW WE

KNOW THAT THE DISCIPLES, MATTHEW THE 10TH CHAPTER, WE KNOW THAT

THE DISCIPLES WENT OUT IN POWER HEALING THE SICK AND CASTING OUT

DEVILS. JESUS GAVE THEM POWER TO DO THOSE THINGS, MATTHEW THE

10TH CHAPTER. THEY HAD SUCCESS. IN FACT, MANY OF THEM CAME BACK

AND SAID, LORD, WE SAW SATAN FALL, OR WE SAW ALL OF THOSE

THAT WERE HEALED AND DELIVERED. AND JESUS SAID, YEAH, I SAW

SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING. THEY SAW RESULTS, RIGHT? BUT ON THIS

OCCASION, THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE WOULD CALL IT A BIG

SITUATION, THEY WERE UNABLE. SO THEY MUST HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CAST

THE DEVIL OUT, AND THEY COULD NOT DO IT. AND SO JESUS TURNS,

NOW, HIS RESPONSE, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA GET OFF TRACK IN

SAYING THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, CULTURE NOW HAS PAINTED, A LOT

OF THE CHURCH HAS PAINTED A PICTURE OF JESUS AS THIS, HE

ADAPTS TO EVERYTHING THAT WE WANNA BELIEVE AND DO, AND IF WE

MESS UP OR MAKE A MISTAKE, THAT HE'LL NEVER BE MAD AT YOU. NOW,

I'M NOT SAYING JESUS IS WALKING AROUND WITH A STICK READY TO

WHIP YOUR BACKSIDE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE JESUS WE READ ABOUT

IN SCRIPTURE WAS VERY BOLD, OKAY? AND HE WAS NOT TOLERANT OF

BEHAVIORS THAT HE TAUGHT OTHERWISE. HE TURNS TO THE

DISCIPLES AND DOESN'T GO, "OKAY, GUYS, MAN, YOU TRIED, YOU TRIED.

"LET ME HELP YOU AGAIN." NO, BY THIS POINT, HE EXPECTED THEM TO

HAVE RESULTS, EVEN IN A SITUATION THAT FELT TO THEM

BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. AND HE TURNS TO THEM AND HE SAYS, "OH,

FAITHLESS AND PERVERSE GENERATION." NOW THAT WORD

PERVERSE THERE MEANS THAT THEY TOOK ANOTHER PATH. IT MEANS THEY

WENT OFF THE PATH THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON. "HOW LONG DO

I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH YOU?" HOW WOULD YOU LIKE

THE LORD TO SAY THAT TO YOU?

I THOUGHT, LORD, AND HE SAID IT IN A GROUP. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET

UPSET IF A PASTOR, YOU KNOW, TELLS HIS CONGREGATION ON

OCCASION TO BUCK UP. BUT JESUS ON A REGULAR BASIS REBUKED HIS

DISCIPLES. AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW RIGHT THERE, IT WAS IN FRONT OF

PEOPLE. 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE CROWD THERE. IF YOU READ,

WE'LL READ HERE, MAYBE HOPEFULLY WE'LL GO TO MARK'S ACCOUNT IN

MARK 9, BUT THERE WAS A GROUP COMING TOGETHER THERE. AND HE

SAID, "HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS? "HOW LONG DO I

HAVE TO SUFFER WITH YOU? BRING HIM HERE." YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T

SAY IT IN KING JAMES. HE'S LIKE, "BRING HIM OVER HERE. BRING HIM

TO ME." AND JESUS REBUKED THE DEVIL, VERSE 18, AND HE DEPARTED

OUT OF HIM, AND THE CHILD WAS CURED FROM THAT HOUR. AND THEN

CAME THE DISCIPLES LATER. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE BAFFLED BY THIS.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN JESUS, THEY ARE IN THE

STORM IN THE BOAT IN MARK 4, AND JESUS SAYS, "HOW IS IT THAT YOU

HAD NO FAITH?" THERE CAME A POINT WHERE JESUS' EXPECTATION

OF US IS TO BE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOLD, STRONG, UNRELENTING FAITH.

AND I'LL SAY THAT ABOUT AMERICA. IF THE PROPHETS HAVE BEEN

PROPHESYING, IF GOD IS SHOWING THE SIGNS THAT WE NEED TO NOT BE

ROLLING UP OUR, WRINGING OUR HANDS, THROWING IN THE TOWEL,

OH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. NO, WE

NEED TO BE PEOPLE OF BOLD, STRONG FAITH THAT BELIEVE GOD

CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. SO THEY CAME TO JESUS AND THEY SAID, YOU

KNOW, LORD, WE'RE A LITTLE SHOCKED. YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT

DID WE DO WRONG? WHAT WAS THEY DO WITH A LOT OF CHRISTIANS? HOW

COME THIS WAS INTERRUPTED? HOW COME OUR PRAYER DIDN'T GET

ANSWERED? WHY DIDN'T IT WORK OUT THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS

SUPPOSED TO? NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT HERE IN DETAIL WHAT JESUS

SAID. HE TEACHES A WHOLE LESSON ON PRAYER IN ONE VERSE. AND

JESUS SAID TO THEM, BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF. NOW, I JUST WANT

TO SAY THIS, THAT THE DISCIPLES AT THAT MOMENT WERE NOT TRYING

TO EXHIBIT UNBELIEF OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PRAY

FOR THAT YOUNG MAN. THEY WERE TRYING TO LAUNCH OUT IN THE

FAITH THAT THEY HAD BEEN TAUGHT. BUT UNDERNEATH SOMEWHERE, OKAY,

BECAUSE THEIR ACTIONS, THINK ABOUT US IN CHURCH ON A SUNDAY,

WE HAVE A PRAYER LINE, PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER, WE'RE

BELIEVING GOD, WE GET TOGETHER, WE PRAY, WE DO ALL THE THINGS

THE DISCIPLES DID, RIGHT? WE ACT OUT IN FAITH, WE STEP OUT IN

ATTEMPT TO BELIEVE GOD AND SEE AN ANSWER COME TO PASS. BUT

JESUS RECOGNIZES THAT SOMEWHERE UNDERNEATH, HE SAID THERE WAS

UNBELIEF AT WORK. SO WE GOTTA BREAK IT DOWN. NOW LET ME JUST

SAY A COUPLE THINGS. THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF UNBELIEF IN THE

BIBLE. MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE IS AN UNBELIEF OF A FEARFUL TYPE OF

UNBELIEF. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR UNBELIEF DEAL WITH FEAR.

THE OTHER TYPE OF UNBELIEF, WELL, THE TYPE OF UNBELIEF THAT

COMES UNDER THAT GREEK WORD FOR UNBELIEF THAT YOU SEE IN THE NEW

TESTAMENT, MOST, ALMOST ALL ACCOUNTS ARE THIS TYPE, ARE

PEOPLE THAT ARE APPREHENSIVE, RIGHT? THEY DEAL WITH FEAR, COME

ON, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER FELT THAT? YOU KNOW, THE DOCTOR GIVES

A REPORT, YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO PRAY ABOUT SOMETHING AND THERE'S

FEAR THAT TRIES TO HIT YOUR HEART, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THEY

TELL YOU, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA CUT BACK WAGES AT WORK." AND SO

THERE'S A FEAR, YOU'RE TRYING TO STAND AND BELIEVE GOD, BUT

THERE'S A FEAR THAT COMES. OFTEN WITH THIS TYPE OF UNBELIEF IS AN

APPREHENSION THAT PEOPLE HAVE. WELL, I HOPE IT WORKS OUT. YOU

KNOW, WE DON'T SAY THAT NECESSARILY, BUT DEEP IN THE

BACK OF OUR MIND, WE'RE JUST THINKING, WELL, BUT PASTOR, I'VE

BEEN IN THAT PRAYER LINE FOUR TIMES AND THE SYMPTOM HASN'T

CHANGED. SO IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD, THERE'S THIS LITTLE

SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, RIGHT?

COME ON, HAVE WE ALL BEEN THERE? THAT'S TELLING THEM THAT THIS IS

NOT GONNA SHIFT. IT'S GONNA STAY THE SAME WAY. AND THIS IS THAT

TYPE OF FEARFUL UNBELIEF. IT'S AN APPREHENSION. IT WAS THE SAME

TYPE OF UNBELIEF THAT THEY HAD AT NAZARETH WHEN THEY WERE LIKE,

WELL, JESUS COMES TO NAZARETH IN MARK 6, AND THEY WERE LIKE,

WELL, IS THIS NOT JUST MARY AND JOSEPH'S SON? WE'VE KNOWN HIM

SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY. HOW CAN HE DO THESE KIND OF

MIRACLES? AND BY THE WAY, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE SAW JESUS DO

MIRACLES, THEY STILL STRUGGLED TO BELIEVE IT. THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO SEEING SOMEONE GET OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR DOES NOT FIX A

PERSON'S UNBELIEF. JUST SEEING SOMEONE ELSE GET A MIRACLE,

LISTEN, WE KNOW OF PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH ALONE, PEOPLE THAT

WRITE IN ONLINE, WHO GET MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE, WHO HAVE

BREAKTHROUGHS AND ANSWERED PRAYER, AND I COULD SIT UP HERE

ON A SUNDAY MORNING AND READ THEM OUT, AND SOMEBODY WOULD SIT

THERE AND GO, "WELL, I WISH IT HAPPENED FOR ME."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

NO AMOUNT OF SEEING FIXED THE PHARISEES. SO THIS, SO THERE'S A

TYPE OF UNBELIEF IN THE BIBLE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS MOSTLY WHAT

THE CHURCH DEALS WITH, WHERE THERE'S AN APPREHENSION. AS MUCH

AS WE'RE TRYING TO, "OH GOD, I BELIEVE YOU, I BELIEVE YOU, "I

BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA DO IT," IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD, THERE'S

LIKE, "BOY, I SURE HOPE IT WORKS OUT." AND THIS IS THE KIND OF

UNBELIEF WE FIND. THEN THERE'S A SECOND KIND OF UNBELIEF IN THE

BIBLE, WHICH IF YOU DON'T DEAL WITH THE FIRST ONE, CAN

ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE SECOND ONE. THE SECOND ONE IS A TYPE OF

UNBELIEF IN THE GREEK WORD THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO

PRONOUNCE GREEK. YOU KNOW, PASTORS STAND UP AND SAY ALL

THESE GREEK WORDS AND PRONOUNCE IT ALL, YOU KNOW, PHONETICALLY

PERFECT. I LOOK AT IT AND GO, I TALK IN TONGUES. SO YOU GO LOOK

IT UP IN YOUR VINES OR YOUR STRONGS YOURSELF. BUT THE SECOND

ONE IS A TYPE OF UNBELIEF THAT WHEN IT RELATED TO THE CHILDREN

OF ISRAEL, IT WAS AN OBSTINATE REFUSAL TO BELIEVE. NOW IF YOU

DON'T DEAL WITH THE FIRST ONE, COME ON SOMEBODY, THAT FEARFUL

ONE, THAT'S WHAT ISRAEL HAD WHEN THEY FIRST LEFT EGYPT. THEY WERE

AFRAID OF THE WILDERNESS. THEY WERE AFRAID THERE WAS NO WATER.

THEY WERE AFRAID OF THE PURSUING ARMY OF THE EGYPTIANS. BUT THEN

ULTIMATELY, GOD KILLED OFF A WHOLE GENERATION BECAUSE THEIR

FEARFUL UNBELIEF UNCHECKED MADE THEM EVENTUALLY STOP BELIEVING.

AND I HAVE BUMPED INTO COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW,

I USED TO BELIEVE IN HEALING, BUT NOW I DON'T." YOU KNOW, I

RECENTLY HEARD OF SOME PEOPLE THAT SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, WELL,

YOU KNOW, WE LIKE ALL THE CHARISMATIC GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER BEING AROUND IT A LITTLE WHILE, WE'RE

NOT SURE ABOUT IT." YOU KNOW, AND THEN I KNOW PEOPLE THAT NO

MATTER WHAT A PERSON SAYS, YOU CAN LAY OUT THE BIBLE, YOU CAN

PRESENT SCRIPTURE AFTER SCRIPTURE. SOME PEOPLE WILL

ABSOLUTELY SAY, "I CATEGORICALLY WILL NOT BELIEVE THAT." I SAW A

RECENT ARTICLE OF A MAJOR DENOMINATION THAT JUST VOTED IN

A NEW PRESIDENT OVER THE WHOLE NATIONAL DENOMINATION. AND THEY

SAID, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE IDEA "THAT WOMEN CANNOT

BE PASTORS." I KNOW SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT. WOMEN CANNOT

BE PASTORS. AND THEY HAVE DUG THEIR HEELS IN ON SOME SCRIPTURE

THAT, HERE'S THE THING, EVEN IF SOMEBODY SAT DOWN AND SAID, "YOU

KNOW WHAT, CAN WE HAVE A GOOD DIALOGUE? CAN WE TALK THROUGH

THESE SCRIPTURES ON WOMEN IN MINISTRY? CAN WE GO THROUGH SOME

TOPICS HERE AND YOU SHARE YOUR POINT AND WE'LL SHARE OUR

POINT?" BUT NO, THERE HAS COME A POINT WHERE THERE'S A REFUSAL TO

BELIEVE. I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU TELL THEM,

FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPEAKING IN

TONGUES, THEY CATEGORICALLY REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT. AND THEY

WON'T LISTEN TO ANY REASONABLE DIALOGUE ABOUT IT. OKAY, SAME

WAY WITH DIVINE HEALING. THEY JUST REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT. SO

THERE'S TWO KINDS OF UNBELIEF. ONE IS THAT FEARFUL ONE, THAT

HMM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S OKAY TO HAVE

QUESTIONS. LISTEN, IF YOU, THE PASTOR OR I ARE PREACHING

SOMETHING OR ANYONE IS PREACHING SOMETHING, IT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE

TO TAKE IT TO THE BIBLE AND EXAMINE IT. BUT DON'T JUST GET

OBSTINATE AND GO, WELL, I REFUSE IT. THAT'S REALLY WHAT A LOT OF

PEOPLE DO. WELL, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT, AND THEY NEVER GO

LOOK UP A SCRIPTURE. THEY NEVER TRY TO STUDY IT. I REMEMBER WHEN

I WAS JUST YOUNG, EARLY FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND I

BEGAN BELIEVING IN DIVINE HEALING. I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN

HIGH SCHOOL AT THAT TIME THAT DID NOT BELIEVE IN DIVINE

HEALING, AND THEY WERE ADAMANT ABOUT IT, AND THEY KNEW THAT I

WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE SCHOOL THAT DID. AND SO THEY

WENT FOR IT. I MEAN, WE HAD BIBLE CLASSES AND THEY SAT THERE

AND TALKED UP ONE SIDE AND DOWN THE OTHER. YOU KNOW, AND OF

COURSE I'M 16, I'M LIKE DOODLING ON MY NOTEBOOK THINKING, HOW IN

THE WORLD DOES, CAN GOD JUST TRANSPORT ME? AND, BUT WHAT IT

DID FOR ME, IT DROVE ME TO THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT,

WELL, I'M NOT GONNA JUST TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT. I'M NOT GONNA

TAKE BROTHER HAGIN'S WORD FOR IT. I'M NOT GONNA JUST TAKE

BROTHER COPE. I'M GONNA READ THE SCRIPTURE FOR ME. BECAUSE I

DON'T WANNA BE TEETERING BETWEEN FAITH AND UNBELIEF. AND SO IF WE

DON'T DEAL WITH THE APPREHENSION SIDE OF UNBELIEF, THE FEARFUL

SIDE, THE I'M NOT SURE SIDE, THE HMM SIDE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DID

AT NAZARETH. AND WHEN THEY DIDN'T DEAL WITH IT, THE BIBLE

SAYS IN MARK THE SIXTH CHAPTER, THEY BECAME OFFENDED AT JESUS.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL. SO, THIS IS

WHAT JESUS IS TELLING THEM. SO BACK TO MATTHEW 17. AM I HELPING

YOU THIS MORNING ALREADY? JESUS SAID TO THEM, "IT WAS THE

REASON." THIS WAS THE REASON. EVERYBODY SAY, "IT WAS THE

REASON." THE REASON YOU COULD NOT CAST THE

DEVIL OUT WAS BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF. ANALYTICAL, FEARFUL,

WHATEVER IT WAS. FOR TRULY I SAY TO YOU, IF YOU HAVE FAITH, AS A

GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED. SO IF YOU HAVE WHAT? FAITH. SO IF YOU HAVE

FAITH, IF YOU HAVE FAITH, THERE'S THE BIG QUESTION, IF YOU

HAVE FAITH. NOW, IN THE SAME STORY, WHAT THIS ACTUAL ACCOUNT

LEAVES OUT, IN FACT, LET'S GO OVER TO MARK 9. I WANNA SHOW

THIS TO YOU. I JUST WANNA TEACH THIS TODAY. MARK 9, THIS IS THE

SAME STORY. VERSE, WELL, LET'S START AT VERSE 19 BECAUSE THE

DISCIPLES CAN'T CAST HIM OUT. MARK 9:19, HE SAYS, "O

Mark 9:19

FAITHLESS GENERATION, "HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH YOU?"

SAME THING, BRING HIM HERE. THAT PART MUST HAVE STOOD OUT 'CAUSE

IT MADE BOTH STORIES.

AND THEY BROUGHT HIM UNTO HIM, AND WHEN THEY SAW HIM

STRAIGHTWAY, THE DEMON TORE HIM AND HE FELL ON THE GROUND AND

WALLOWED AND FOAMED AND HE ASKED THE FATHER, OKAY, MATTHEW DIDN'T

TELL THIS PART, HOW LONG HAS HE HAD THIS? AND OFTENTIMES, AND

THE FATHER SAYS, WELL, SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY, AND OFTEN THE

SPIRIT HAS CAST HIM INTO THE FIRE AND INTO THE WATER TO

DESTROY HIM, BUT WATCH. LORD, THIS IS HOW A LOT OF US PRAY. IF

YOU COULD DO ANYTHING, HAVE COMPASSION ON US AND HELP US.

AND LOOK AT JESUS' RESPONSE. AND THIS WAS HAPPENING IN MATTHEW

17, IN BETWEEN THE DISCIPLES TALKING TO JESUS. HE SAID, BUT

IF HE, NO, NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT IF I CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU.

THIS IS A LOT OF THE TIMES WHERE WE LIVE IN OUR FAITH. GOD, STEP

IN, HURRY UP, DO SOMETHING. I'M SUFFERING, I'VE GOT PAIN. MY

CHILDREN. GOD, DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH? JESUS SAID,

NO, NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT IF I CAN DO ANYTHING. HIS WORDS ARE IN

VERSE 23, IF YOU, SO WHERE DID THE RESPONSIBILITY COME? IT CAME

BACK ON US. IT CAME BACK TO THE MAN. NOW, THIS CHILD'S FATHER, A

LOT LIKE THE DISCIPLES, WAS ALSO DEALING WITH SOME UNBELIEF.

OKAY? SO THE DISCIPLES HAD SOME UNBELIEF THAT JESUS HAD TAUGHT

THEM NOT TO HAVE. AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO MATTHEW 17. BUT

THIS FATHER ALSO WAS DEALING WITH SOME UNBELIEF. AND JESUS

SAYS, COME ON, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, OKAY, THIS IS THE REAL

KEY THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET TO TODAY. IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, IF

YOU CAN DEVELOP YOUR FAITH IN SUCH A WAY TO GET RID OF

UNBELIEF. NOW, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME HOW-TO'S ON

THAT. THAT'S WHY I WANNA CAMP ON THIS TOPIC THIS MORNING. IF YOU

CAN BELIEVE, HE SAYS TO THE FATHER, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.

NOW I LOOKED AT THAT AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, LORD, 'CAUSE A LOT OF

US DEAL WITH SITUATIONS THAT LOOK CATEGORICALLY IMPOSSIBLE,

CATEGORICALLY. WHETHER IT'S HEALTH OR FINANCES, BY THE WAY,

I DON'T APOLOGIZE, PEOPLE SAY, OH, THAT HEALTH AND WEALTH

GOSPEL, WELL, THAT'S THE THING MOST PEOPLE DEAL WITH. WE MIGHT

AS WELL TALK ABOUT IT REGULAR. IF YOU CAN BELIEVE, ALL THINGS

ARE POSSIBLE. NOW PEOPLE WILL CUT THAT AROUND AND TRY TO SAY,

WELL THAT'S REALLY NOT IT, BUT JESUS SAID IT. ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT HAS SOMEWHERE THE ABILITY TO

OVERCOME THIS HURDLE OF UNBELIEF AND CROSS OVER INTO DIVINE

FAITH. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVES. NOW LOOK

AT WHAT THE FATHER SAYS. HE SAYS, "OH LORD, I BELIEVE." NOW

CAN I TELL YOU, FAITH STARTS RIGHT THERE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN

OPEN HEART. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN OPEN HEART TO BELIEVE. I LOVE

WHAT PASTOR'S BEEN SAYING. HE'S BEEN SAYING, "ENTER IN." DON'T

BE OBSTINATE. "OH, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. "I TRIED THAT." CAN

I TELL YOU, THAT IS ONE OF THE WORST WORDS YOU CAN SAY TO GOD.

TALK TO PETER AND THE FISHERMEN WHEN JESUS SAID, "THEY TOILED

ALL NIGHT." WELL, WE ALREADY TRIED. DON'T GO THAT ROUTE.

THAT'S UNBELIEF AT WORK. AMEN. BUT HE SAID, "LORD, I BELIEVE."

HAVE THE ATTITUDE. TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH. IT MAY NOT

LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. IT MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA

HAPPEN. IT MAY NOT FEEL LIKE A PRESIDENT CAN COME BACK FOR A

SECOND TERM AFTER THE ONE WAS STOLEN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE

COMES BACK. YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HEARD PEOPLE TELL PASTOR

HANK, "OH, PASTOR HANK, JUST GIVE IT UP." JUST GIVE IT UP.

TRUMP'S NEVER COMING BACK. HE'S NEVER GONNA BE BACK. JUST QUIT.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD. EVERY TIME YOU GET

UP AND KEEP SAYING THAT EVERY SUNDAY, YOU'RE DIGGING THE HOLE

DEEPER. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR HISTORY LIKE THIS. WELL, WHO

SAYS THERE'S NOT A FIRST? OKAY? WHO SAYS THERE'S NOT A FIRST

TIME. AND YOU KNOW, HE DID NOT RELENT. THANK GOD FOR THAT.

THANK GOD FOR THAT. BUT IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT. BUT ALWAYS

TAKE, AT LEAST IF YOU WANNA OVERCOME UNBELIEF, TAKE THE

POSITION OF FAITH. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE FACING ADVERSITY AND IT

LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE, BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T THROW OUT THOSE

WORDS, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I HEARD A PREACHER SAY

ONE TIME, QUIT SAYING THE WORD, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU

HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND IN YOU IS THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT TO

DO. YEAH, IT MAY TAKE SOME WORK TO TAP INTO THAT, BUT DON'T SAY,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THE

GREATER ONE LIVES IN US. SO LORD, HE SAYS, "I BELIEVE." SO

START WITH THAT. "PLEASE HELP MY UNBELIEF." NOW, I THOUGHT THAT

WAS AN INTERESTING PRAYER. HELP ME, LORD, TO OVERCOME MY

UNBELIEF. AND YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T REBUKE HIM FOR SAYING

THAT. SO MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE A PRAYER. LORD, I BELIEVE, HELP ME

OVERCOME MY UNBELIEF. AND I DON'T SEE ANY PLACE IN THE

SCRIPTURE WHERE JESUS REBUKED THIS FATHER. NOW, HE WAS A

LITTLE HARDER ON THE DISCIPLES 'CAUSE I THINK THEY KNEW BETTER.

AND SOME OF US ARE IN A PLACE WHERE WE SERVE GOD FOR A LONG

TIME, SO I THINK WE KNOW BETTER. AND THERE COMES A POINT WHERE IN

OUR MATURITY AND THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM OR THE SPIRITUAL

THINGS, THAT GOD DOES EXPECT US TO KNOW BETTER. THAT'S WHY I

JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT UP. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW,

PASTOR TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT ENTERING INTO WORSHIP. AND I

UNDERSTAND FOR PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NEW. IT'S THE

FIRST TIME THEY EVER CAME IN A CHURCH. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S

MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND AT LIGHTS

AND PROPHESYING AND, YOU KNOW, SINGING AND DECLARING AND PEOPLE

MARCHING AROUND WITH FLAGS AND ALL OF THIS, DIFFERENT, YOU

KNOW. BUT WE DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR DIFFERENT. HEY, THE HOLY SPIRIT,

HOLY SPIRIT DIDN'T APOLOGIZE ON PENTECOST THAT IT WAS DIFFERENT

TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LISTENING. THAT'S WHERE

USER-FRIENDLY GETS IT WRONG. AMEN. BUT, BUT, SO I UNDERSTAND.

BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHERE FOR THOSE OF US THAT KNOW

BETTER, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CHURCH 30 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN IN

THE KINGDOM 40 YEARS, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE KINGDOM 10 YEARS, 5

YEARS, THAT AFTER BEING MENTORED INTO SOMETHING FOR A PERIOD OF

TIME, THAT LIKE JESUS EXPECTED WITH THE DISCIPLES, WE GOT TO

STEP INTO IT. OKAY? DON'T JUST BE THE WORSHIPER THE SAME OLD

WAY. STEP INTO IT. PRESS IN A LITTLE DEEPER. WELL, PASTOR

BRENDA, IT'S NOT MY PERSONALITY. WELL, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE

SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS IT'S OUR PERSONALITY. AND I LEARNED A

LONG TIME AGO, IT'S GOD'S WAY OR THE HIGHWAY.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

OKAY, WE DON'T, HE DOESN'T ADAPT TO US. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT THE

CULTURE TEACHES. GOD DOESN'T ADAPT TO US, WE ADAPT TO HIM. WE

ADAPT TO HIS WAY. AMEN, WE ADAPT TO HIS WORD. NOT HIM COME DOWN

AND, YOU KNOW, ADAPT TO OUR WILL AND OUR PURPOSES. SO, THAT HE

EXPECTED MORE OF THE DISCIPLES THAN HE DID THIS FATHER, THAT'S

HOW I READ THAT. SO, WHAT DID HE DO? HE REBUKES THE DEVIL. WHEN

ALL THE PEOPLE WERE GATHERED AND HE WAS, HE WAS, THE LITTLE BOY

WAS HEALED, EVEN THOUGH THE FATHER HAD AN ELEMENT OF

UNBELIEF IN HIM. BUT THE DISCIPLES, HE DIDN'T GIVE SUCH A

MEASURE TO. NOW LET'S GO BACK TO THE DISCIPLES. JESUS IS TEACHING

THEM. AM I, ARE YOU STILL TRACKING WITH ME? JESUS IS STILL

TEACHING THEM ABOUT DEALING WITH THIS SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF. AND I

BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE REASONS WE DON'T GET

ANSWERS TO PRAYER. HE SAID, "IF YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN," AND

WATCH THIS VERY CLOSELY. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT EVERY LITTLE WORD.

THIS IS LIKE THE TEACHING UP HERE. EVERY LITTLE WORD, BECAUSE

OF YOUR UNBELIEF. SO WHAT WAS THE REASON THEY DIDN'T GET AN

ANSWER? UNBELIEF, OKAY, MARK THAT DOWN, UNBELIEF. THEN HE

GOES ON TO TEACH THEM HOW TO OVERCOME IT. HE SAYS, "IF YOU

HAD FAITH," EVERYBODY SAY FAITH. NOW WHAT IS FAITH, DO WE KNOW

IT? COME ON, HEBREWS 11, ONE, FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE

THINGS WE HOPE FOR, RIGHT? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SOMETHING

YOU'RE HOPING FOR TODAY? OKAY, YOUR HOPE IS THAT YOUR PRODIGAL

CHILD WILL TURN AROUND. YOUR HOPE IS THAT YOUR BUSINESS WILL

FLOURISH. YOUR HOPE IS FOR HEALING. YOUR HOPE IS FOR

FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH. YOUR HOPE IS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM

FEAR, OPPRESSION. THIS IS THE THINGS WE HOPE FOR. FAITH PUTS

EVIDENCE TO IT. IT SAYS FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE OF THE THINGS WE

HOPE FOR. RIGHT? IT IS THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS WE CANNOT SEE

YET. SO FAITH, ACTUALLY ONE TRANSLATION SAYS FAITH IS YOUR

PROOF. NOT THAT THE DOCTOR ACTUALLY WROTE OUT A NEW REPORT.

FAITH IS THE PROOF OF THE THINGS WE HOPE. JESUS SAID IF YOU HAD

FAITH, LIKE JUST A LITTLE GRAIN. NOW, I HEARD PEOPLE PREACH FOR

MANY YEARS. THEY PREACHED IT THIS WAY, ALL IT TAKES IS A

LITTLE BIT OF FAITH. ALL YOU NEED IS A TINY BIT OF FAITH AND

YOU WILL GET A BREAKTHROUGH. THERE WERE WHOLE SONGS WRITTEN

ABOUT IT. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH AND YOU WILL GET A

BREAKTHROUGH. IT IS NOT A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH, OKAY? JESUS

REBUKED PEOPLE SAYING, OH, YOU HAVE LITTLE FAITH. JUST LET THAT

SINK FOR A MOMENT. IT'S NOT A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH THAT GETS IT

DONE. JESUS SAID, IF YOU HAVE FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD

SEED, YEAH, IT'S LITTLE, IT STARTS OUT. RIGHT NOW TODAY, I'M

GIVING YOU A LITTLE MUSTARD SEED. AND HE SAID, IF YOU HAVE

FAITH LIKE A GRAIN, WHAT DOES A GRAIN DO? A GRAIN WILL GROW,

OKAY? AND IT GOES FROM SEED TO PLANTS. COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU

PLANTED? PASTOR AND I, WE DROVE ON OUR WAY HERE, PASTOR

KORNFIELD, AND HE SAYS, "ISN'T KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY?"

REMEMBER THAT? THAT'S A SAYING IN NEBRASKA. AND I DON'T KNOW, I

ALWAYS THINK IT'S LIKE NOSE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY, BUT YOU

KNOW. I MEAN, THE REALITY IS IF YOU PLANTED ANY PLANTS THIS

YEAR, YOU BABYED THOSE SEEDS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW, I ALWAYS JUST

GO TO LOWE'S AND GET THEM HALFWAY DONE. I THINK IT'S

EASIER, YOU KNOW. WELL, HERE I COME. I'M THE PERSON, I WANT THE

FLOWERS ALREADY BLOOMING BY THE TIME THEY MAKE IT TO MY HOUSE.

BUT SOME OF YOU ARE ADVENTUROUS, AND YOU START OUT WITH THE SEED

PACKETS, AND YOU PUT IT IN THE LITTLE POTS, AND YOU START OUT,

AND YOU, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SEED PACKET PEOPLE? I JUST GOTTA

KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO IN THE ROOM. BY THE WAY, I READ AN

INTERESTING SCRIPTURE YESTERDAY. THIS IS POWERFUL, SIDE NOTE.

PASTOR RABBIT TRAILS ALL THE TIME, SO I CAN DO IT. YESTERDAY,

I READ A SCRIPTURE, BY THE WAY, IT'S IN EPHESIANS 3, AND YOU

KNOW THAT, IN FACT, YOU'VE HEARD PASTORS SAY THIS, WHEN WE PREACH

TO YOU, WE PREACH TO YOU, BUT WE DON'T JUST PREACH TO YOU, WE

PREACH TO THE HEAVENLY HOSTS, AND WE PREACH TO THE DEMONS OF

HELL. WE PREACH TO THREE REALMS. I ALWAYS SAID, LORD, I NEED A

SCRIPTURE FOR THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE

YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT I FOUND IT. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT

THE CHURCH IS TO MAKE KNOWN THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD TO THE

UNSEEN REALM AND THE PRINCIPALITIES AND THE POWERS.

SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE SPEAK, WE PREACH, WE PROPHESY. SO IF

YOU SEE PASTOR GETS STIRRED UP IN THE PULPIT, HE MAY NOT BE

TALKING TO YOU. HE MAY BE TALKING TO A DEVIL THAT IS

SITTING OVER A REGION, THAT'S SITTING OVER A NATION. JUST GET

IN AGREEMENT WITH IT, HALLELUJAH.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO THESE LITTLE SEEDS, IF YOU HAD FAITH JUST AS A GRAIN, AND

YOU COULD CULTIVATE IT, AND YOU COULD WORK IT, AND YOU COULD

DEVELOP THAT SEED, AND YOU COULD WATER THAT SEED. YOU'VE HEARD

PEOPLE COIN THAT PHRASE BEFORE. IF YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN.

NOW, JESUS TALKED ABOUT THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, THAT THE

SON OF MAN, MARK 4, IS THE ONE WHO DOES WHAT? COMES TO SOW THE

WORD. LISTEN, THE LORD IS ALWAYS TRYING TO SOW A SEED IN OUR

HEART WITH SOMETHING. THAT'S WHY WHEN PASTORS UP HERE PREACH, YOU

KNOW, I FURIOUSLY TAKE NOTES. I WANT TO GO BACK AND I WANT TO

RE-EXAMINE WHAT I'M LEARNING. I CERTAINLY WANT TO APPLY IT. WHAT

WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL CHURCH

GOERS. SO WE HAVE THE HABIT, WE GO TO CHURCH, WE LIFT OUR HANDS,

WE SIT DOWN, WE GIVE OUR OFFERING, WE HEAR THE PREACHING,

AND THEN WE GO HOME AND GET A HOT DOG. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S

CHURCH HABIT. AND I GET THAT, WE ALL HAVE IT. AND PASTOR IN MY

CASE, IT'S GO HOME, GET A HOT DOG, TAKE A NAP, SUNDAY NAP, YOU

HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE THE HABITS. AND WHAT WE HAVE TO BE

CAREFUL IS WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT'S TRYING TO PUT THE SEED

IN US THROUGH THE PREACHING OR THE MINISTRY THAT'S TAKING

PLACE, THAT IT'S NOT LIKE IN ONE EAR, OUT THE OTHER, AND THEN

NEXT WEEK WE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT PASTOR PREACHED. SO JESUS SAID

IF YOU HAVE FAITH LIKE A GRAIN AND YOU WORK IT, YOU CULTIVATE

THAT, YOU FOCUS ON THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M NOT ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF,

YOU KNOW, READ THE BIBLE IN A YEAR. AND I'M NOT SAYING DON'T

DO IT. IN FACT, THE BACK OF MY BIBLE HAS A WHOLE PLAN ON HOW TO

READ THE BIBLE IN A YEAR. I'M A FAN OF TAKE TWO OR THREE VERSES

EACH DAY AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS AND THINK ABOUT HOW TO

APPLY IT SO THAT THAT SEED HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW. WE'RE

NOT JUST SKIMMING LEVITICUS, SKIMMING THROUGH EPHESIANS AND

DON'T HALF KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. PASTOR AND I USED TO PLAY A

GAME, WHICH WE NEED TO GET BACK TO. WE USED TO PLAY THIS LITTLE

GAME, BIBLE GAME, AND HUH? I ALWAYS WON AND I KNOW WHAT

YOU'RE GONNA SAY. I KNOW YOU DO, BUT WE WOULD SAY, LIKE, TAKE A

BOOK OF THE BIBLE, MAYBE THE BOOK OF MATTHEW OR GENESIS, AND

WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, TELL ME WHAT IS IN GENESIS 1. TELL ME THE

WHOLE GIST OF GENESIS 2. AND WE WOULD GIVE AN OVERVIEW. WHAT IS

IN MATTHEW 1? WHAT'S IN MATTHEW 2? WHAT'S IN EPHESIANS 1? WHAT

DOES EPHESIANS 2 TALK ABOUT? AND TRAIN YOURSELF TO CULTIVATE THE

SEEDS OF GOD'S WORD IN YOUR HEART. AND SO WE DO THAT, BUT

WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN, THAT

WOULD BE SO GOOD. I'M GONNA WIN, YOU KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW THAT.

ALTHOUGH MY HUSBAND ANYMORE PULLS OUT REVELATION FROM

SCRIPTURE THAT JUST DROPS MY JAW ON THE FRONT ROW ANYMORE. I'M

TELLING YOU, HOW DID YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH

THAT? IT'S INCREDIBLE. BUT I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE

NEED TO DO IS JUST CULTIVATE. TAKE A FEW VERSES AND JUST SAY,

YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA READ THAT, I'M GONNA APPLY THAT, I'M

GONNA TRY TO LIVE THAT, I'LL MEMORIZE THAT. AND IF YOU WOULD

TAKE THE SEED OF THAT, JUST THAT, AND CULTIVATE IT TILL IT

HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FLOURISH A LITTLE BIT AND SPROUT SOME

LEAVES, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE DOING WHAT JESUS SAID. IF

YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, YOU WOULD SAY TO

THIS MOUNTAIN, NOW WE KNOW MOUNTAINS REPRESENT, I ACTUALLY

DID A TEACHING ONE TIME THAT THE MOUNTAINS IN THE BIBLE, REALLY

IF YOU GO BACK TO JEREMIAH, IT CALLED BABYLON A DESTROYING

MOUNTAIN. JESUS POINTED TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE CURSE, AND HE

SAID, "YOU WILL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, "'BE THOU REMOVED.'"

NOW, WE LOOK AT MOUNTAINS IN THE BIBLE ALLEGORICALLY AS OBSTACLES

THAT WE FACE IN PRAYER, RIGHT? THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE COME UP

AGAINST IN PRAYER. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T WANNA SHIFT. JESUS

SAID, "IF YOU CAN DEVELOP AND SPROUT THAT FAITH "LIKE A GRAIN

DOES." COME ON, GRAINS ARE MEANT TO GROW. YOU DON'T EAT THE SEED

AND IT DIES. BRAINS GROW AND EVENTUALLY BEAR FRUITS. FAITH IS

NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. PEOPLE TRY TO

GROW, COME ON, HUGE SIZE FAITH BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S NOW IN THE

HOSPITAL. AND YET THE REST OF OUR LIFE, COME ON, AM I

PREACHING TO ANYBODY IN THE ROOM? COME ON, FAITH CAN'T BE

GROWN WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRISIS. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE. THIS IS A

HABIT. WE HAVE TO MITIGATE UNBELIEF ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE

WON'T MITIGATE IT BEING STUCK HERE. COME ON, I'M PREACHING TO

SOMEBODY. THIS IS THE REAL CULTURE, THE REAL WORLD WE LIVE

IN, WHERE THESE PHONES TALK TO US EVERY SINGLE DAY. YOUR BANK

ACCOUNT TALKS TO YOU, YOUR SOCIAL, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, I'M

PREACHING TO MYSELF. I OPENED MY PHONE THIS MORNING, THIS MORNING

GETTING READY TO COME PREACH TO YOU. I OPENED MY PHONE AND IN

LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS, I THOUGHT, SAW THREE NEGATIVE

HEADLINES. I THOUGHT, YOU DUMB DEVIL, I TAKE AUTHORITY OVER

YOU. IN FACT, I'M SO INTO IT, MY FLASHLIGHT TURNED ON. I'M

TELLING YOU, YOU DONE DEVIL, I SAW THE LIGHT.

HALLELUJAH, I'M TRAPPED.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

I FEEL THAT, BROTHER. IN LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS, THE DEVIL

TRIED TO COME IN. OKAY, IT'LL FORMULATE UNBELIEF IN YOU. IT'LL

FORMULATE A NEGATIVE IN YOU. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'LL SEE THAT

STUPID MEME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE IF YOU DO THESE FOUR

THINGS. I MEAN, THESE THINGS OUGHT TO BE BANNED FROM THE

INTERNET. AND ALL OF IT'S MEANT TO SELL A STUPID PRODUCT. OKAY,

I BOUGHT NINE BOTTLES OF FRANKINCENSE OFF OF AN AD. I

MEAN, AND AGAIN, STUPID PHONE, SCROLL, SCROLL, SCROLL. OH, AND

IT SAYS, AND YOU KNOW, YOUR PHONE KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED. YOU

NEED A LITTLE HELP WITH YOUR JOINTS? OH, HALLELUJAH, YES.

LET'S, FLASHLIGHTS ON AGAIN. HOLY SPIRIT'S CONFIRMING,

CONFIRMING THE WORD WITH SIGNS FOLLOWING.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I LOOKED AT THAT STUPID THING, AND I'M LIKE, AND I DIDN'T SEE

ALL THE BOXES THAT WERE CHECKED. I THOUGHT I WAS ORDERING ONE

BOTTLE, BUT WAIT, YOU GET TWO FOR, AND I ENDED UP WITH NINE

BOTTLES OF FRANK, I DON'T KNOW HOW I ORDERED NINE. I DON'T EVEN

REMEMBER WHAT I PAID FOR IT. I WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN IT CAME IN.

PASTOR'S LIKE, "WELL, WHAT ARE THESE?" I'M LIKE, "WELL, IT'S

SOME FRANKINCENSE."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"WHAT'S IT FOR?" I DON'T REMEMBER, TO BE HONEST. I HAD TO

GO TO GOOGLE AND LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT YOU USE FRANKINCENSE OIL

FOR. I'M LIKE, "WELL, YOU APPLY IT ON YOUR ELBOW "AND PUT IT ON

YOUR KNEES AND YOUR ANKLE "AND IT'LL DO ALL THIS AND THAT." AND

I MEAN, I HAD TO GO LOOK IT UP. THIS IS HOW WE ARE SUCKERED IN

TO A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF SOMETIMES. WE DON'T CULTIVATE

FAITH. WE CULTIVATE, NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING YOU

DON'T SPEND YOUR TIME IN YOUR BIBLE, BUT COME ON, LET'S DO THE

RATIO OF THE MATH HERE OF HOW MUCH WE TAKE IN EVERY SINGLE DAY

THAT IS FILLED WITH A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF COMPARED TO WHAT WE DO

TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF FAITH. AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN

JUST BECAUSE NOW WE'RE IN A CRISIS AND A LOT OF TIMES, AND

HERE'S HOW YOU KNOW PEOPLE HAVE UNBELIEF. PEOPLE WILL GO TO

HEALING MEETINGS. THEY'LL COME UP IN EVERY PRAYER LINE. NOW,

I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH COMING UP IN A PRAYER

LINE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, AND WE FIND THIS WITH JESUS. HE

DIDN'T PUT THE PRESSURE OF FAITH ON HIMSELF. HE SAID TO THAT

YOUNG BOY'S FATHER, "IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT." OKAY, HOW MANY

TIMES DID JESUS GO TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME TO HIM FOR A

MIRACLE, AND HE WOULD SAY, "IF YOU CAN BELIEVE ACCORDING TO

YOUR FAITH, SO BE IT UNTO YOU." "SEE, BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM,

PASTOR BRENDA. IF IT'S LEFT UP TO MY FAITH, I'M IN TROUBLE."

THAT'S IT, THOUGH. SEE, THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT. PEOPLE WILL

BELIEVE IN THE HEALING EVANGELISTS, BUT THEY CAN'T HAVE

FAITH IN THEIR FAITH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVEN'T DEVELOPED

THAT FAITH. OKAY, I'M TELLING YOU ONE THING THAT WON'T DEVELOP

YOUR FAITH. OH, SEE, I HAVE THIS ELBOW CONDITION. AND THE DOCTOR

SAID IT'S THE WORST I'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S THE WORST. I'VE

NEVER, NOBODY I'VE EVER TREATED HAS BEEN THIS BAD. AND IF YOU

GLORIFY UNBELIEF, YOU WILL LIVE IN THE REALM OF IT. BUT IF YOU

CULTIVATE FAITH, COME ON, PASTOR AND I, WE HOLD EACH OTHER

ACCOUNTABLE. AND WE WORK VERY HARD AT HOLDING EACH OTHER

ACCOUNTABLE NOT TO SPEAK NEGATIVE WORDS OVER THINGS AND

PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU'RE HELPING.

COME ON, DON'T LOOK AT YOUR PRODIGAL CHILD AND BE LIKE,

"WELL, SHE'S JUST BEEN LIKE THIS FOREVER. IF SHE WOULD JUST

CHANGE WHAT SHE DOES, I GET SO FRUSTRATED AS HER MOTHER THAT

SHE'S STILL LIKE THIS AND LIKE THAT AND DOES THAT. AND YOU

KNOW, COME ON, IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT THAT OUT THERE, YOU'RE NOT

CULTIVATING ANY FAITH FOR THEM. WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHAT

THEY'RE DOING, PASTOR BRENDA. THEY'VE BEEN IN JAIL FOUR TIMES.

WELL, BAIL THEM OUT AND QUIT SPEAKING UNBELIEF. SOMEWHERE WE

HAVE GOT TO PUT THE POSTURE OF FAITH IN FRONT OF WHAT DOESN'T

LOOK LIKE IT'S HAPPENING. IF YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN, LET'S

GET BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE. I TOLD PASTOR ON THE WAY HERE, I'M

ONLY GETTING THROUGH THE FIRST ONE. HE PRAYED FOR ME THIS

MORNING. HE SAID, "LORD, HELP HER NOT GET STUCK UP ON ONE

POINT." I THOUGHT, I'M GETTING STUCK UP ON ONE POINT. I KNOW

IT. I CONFESSED MYSELF IN THE CAR ON THE WAY. IF YOU HAVE

FAITH, THERE'S A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED. YOU'LL SAY TO THIS

MOUNTAIN, NOW, WHAT DID JESUS, MARK 11, WE KNOW THIS. WE KNOW

IT. COME ON, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. HAVE FAITH IN GOD. BUT LET'S

JUST START WITH THAT, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. THE DOCTOR MIGHT HAVE

SAID THAT. SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU. YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT

MIGHT HAVE SAID, HAVE FAITH IN GOD. TAKE UP THE POSITION THAT

YOU BELIEVE, NOT THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE. THANK GOD FOR THE

LITTLE BOY'S FATHER. OH LORD, I BELIEVE. I MEAN, HE'S SHAKING IN

HIS LITTLE, YOU KNOW, JEWISH SHOES. BUT HE TOOK UP THE

POSITION THAT I BELIEVE. NOW DEAL WITH MY UNBELIEF. JESUS

SAID, "HAVE FAITH IN GOD. "IF YOU'LL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, 'BE

REMOVED,' "BE CAST INTO THE SEA AND NOT DOUBT IN YOUR HEART,

"BUT BELIEVE THOSE THINGS WHICH YOU SAY." NOW I WILL TELL YOU,

WE'LL TALK ABOUT WORDS ON ANOTHER ONE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU

OUR WORDS FORMULATE, PASTOR'S BEEN SAYING IT, FORMULATE SO

MUCH OF WHAT WE BELIEVE AND HOLD TO. AND WHEN YOU HEAR YOURSELF

SAY SOMETHING, THIS IS WHY OUR WORDS, WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL.

THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT KEEPS PRAYERS FROM BEING

ANSWERED, IT'S A BIG ONE. OUR WORDS SET ON FIRE, JAMES 3 SAYS,

THE COURSE OR SET NATURE IN MOTION. WHEN YOUR EARS HEAR YOU

SAY A THING, OKAY, IT GOES IN YOUR HEART, AND YOU'LL BEGIN TO

FORMULATE AN OPINION ON IT, YOU'LL BEGIN TO BELIEVE IT,

YOU'LL ACT OUT ACCORDING TO IT, OKAY, AND WHAT YOU HEAR YOURSELF

SAY. THAT'S WHY I WILL TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME UP TO THE

FRONT TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, I'LL TELL PEOPLE, PRAY

IN TONGUES LOUD ENOUGH THAT YOUR OWN EARS HEAR YOU. OKAY, AND IT

TAKES A LOT TO DO IT ABOVE THE BAND. AMEN. BUT DO IT WHERE YOUR

EARS CAN HEAR YOU, 'CAUSE THE MOMENT YOUR EARS HEAR YOU SAY

SOMETHING, YOU ARE FORMULATING A PLACE OF FAITH. SO JESUS SAID IF

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

WOULD SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, BE REMOVED, CAST INTO THE SEA, AND

IT WILL HAVE TO OBEY YOU. AND WATCH THIS, HE SAYS IT, AND

NOTHING, EVERYBODY SAY THE WORD NOTHING. COME ON, DO WE BELIEVE

THE BIBLE? DO WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE? HE SAID IT, NOTHING,

NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING, SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO

YOU. COME ON, THAT IS WRITTEN IN RED. IT'S THE WORDS OF JESUS. HE

SPOKE THAT WORD. COME ON, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE A CHURCH,

WOO, WITH A PEOPLE FULL OF FAITH, WITH THE ATTITUDE EVERY

SINGLE WEEK, EVERY SUNDAY, EVERY MORNING, EVERY NIGHT. COME ON,

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME.

NOTHING IS, COME ON, JUST SAY IT, TOUCH YOURSELF. SAY NOTHING.

NOTHING. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ME. SAY IT AGAIN, NOTHING IS

IMPOSSIBLE TO ME. NOW GIVE GOD A SHOUT AND

SHOW HIM YOU BELIEVE IT.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

WOO HOO! NOTHING. I MEAN, THAT IS A STRONG WORD, BUT IF JESUS

SAID IT, COME ON, WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE IT. NOTHING SHALL BE

IMPOSSIBLE TO YOU. WELL, YEAH, BUT PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT ABOUT

VERSE 21? HOW BE IT THIS KIND GOES NOT OUT, BUT BY PRAYER OR

FASTING. NOW, THAT WASN'T THE REASON THEY DIDN'T GET THE

ANSWER. OKAY, THAT WASN'T IT. 'CAUSE JESUS SAID THE REASON YOU

DIDN'T GET IT WAS THERE WAS UNBELIEF THERE. SO WHAT DOES THE

PRAYER AND FASTING HAVE TO DO? THERE ARE SOME ISSUES. I HEARD

MY DEAR FRIEND, I'LL GIVE HIM CREDIT, HE'S IN HEAVEN NOW,

HARRY JACKSON, TEACH IT LIKE THIS. HE SAID THERE ARE SOME

THINGS, SOME AREAS, THAT IF IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NOT MOVING,

THAT IT WILL REQUIRE A SEASON OF SOME DEDICATED, HEIGHTENED,

INCREASED PRAYER AND FASTING. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE SOME

AREAS YOU CAN SAY, WELL, FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS, THIS,

THIS, AND THIS. IT COMES TO PASS, AND I BELIEVE IT, AND ALL

OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD THOSE? YOU JUST

HAD, IT WAS LIKE AN INSTANT MIRACLE. YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET

AMEN OUT, AND IT HAPPENED. BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS, HE

SAID IT THIS WAY, THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING,

ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN MOTION FOR A LONG TIME, OKAY,

THAT'S WHY THIS, NOTICE JESUS SAID THIS LITTLE BOY HAD THIS

SINCE HE WAS A CHILD. IT HAD BEEN IN MOTION FOR A REALLY LONG

TIME. AND HE SAID THIS KIND, IN OTHER WORDS, THINGS WERE LIKE

THAT, WILL REQUIRE SOMETIMES A DEDICATED SEASON OF FASTING AND

PRAYER FOR YOU TO DEAL A, WITH THE UNBELIEF THAT IS PRESENT OR

LIKES TO ALWAYS RAISE ITS HEAD, AND BUILD THE KIND OF FAITH WITH

FRUIT, COME ON, WITH FRUIT, THAT'S THE KEY. MARK THE FOURTH

CHAPTER, THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, REMEMBER? OKAY? IF YOU GO

ALL THE WAY, DON'T JUST STOP AT THOSE FOUR THINGS, READ THE

WHOLE CHAPTER. JESUS SAID EVENTUALLY WHEN YOU SOW, SOW,

SOW, SOW, SOW SOMETHING, YOU WORK SOMETHING, TAKE HEED WHAT

YOU HEAR, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU HEAR. IT WILL ULTIMATELY

FORMULATE HOW YOU BELIEVE, HOW YOU ACT, AND WHAT YOU RECEIVE.

AND HE SAID IF YOU'LL CULTIVATE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MUSTARD SEED

GROWS, RIGHT, INTO A FULL FRUIT BEARING TREE. IT WILL GROW UNTIL

IT NOW HAS FRUIT. THIS IS THE KEY. SO WE WORK THAT, AND

SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES FOR US TO BUILD THAT TREE, IT REQUIRES US

TO TAKE A SET ASIDE TIME TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA PRAY

ABOUT THIS EVERY DAY, I'M GONNA FAST MY BREAKFAST, I'M GONNA

SEEK GOD ON THIS ONE ISSUE. NOT ALWAYS IS IT A LONG PRAYER LIST,

FOLKS. SOMETIMES, CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE ARE ONE

OR TWO THINGS IN YOUR LIFE THAT IF YOU COULD GET JUST THAT TO

MOVE, IT CHANGES THE PLAYING FIELD COMPLETELY. CAN I BE

HONEST WITH YOU? AND SO SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA HONE IN ON

THE ONE ITEM, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, AND BUILD THE FAITH

NECESSARY IN THAT ONE AREA. IF YOU'RE A PERSON THAT HAS A LOT

OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, THERE MAY BE OTHER STUFF TIED TO YOUR

FINANCES, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT SOMETHING, IT'S

EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY. YOU CAN GO AND GET A BOX OF

PROCESSED MAC AND CHEESE, SORRY HONEY. FOR, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT

DO THEY COST NOW? I BOUGHT THE, HE BOUGHT THE LAST ONES ON

AMAZON, IT WAS A FOUR PACK. THEY'RE LIKE A BUCK OR

SOMETHING. OKAY, YOU GO GET LETTUCE. YOU GO GET LETTUCE IN

THE PACK. IT'S FOUR, FIVE, SIX BUCKS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY TELL

YOU GET THE ORGANIC. I'M LIKE, AND IT THE ORGANIC IS TWICE THE

PRICE. AND THEN YOU GO GET IT AND IT DIES IN TWO DAYS. I'M

LIKE, LORD, I BUY SPRING SALAD MIX SO IT CAN COME TO THE FRIDGE

AND DIE. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS. I READ

A THING ONLINE THAT SAYS, OH, EAT BLUEBERRIES, THEY WILL HELP

WITH INFLAMMATION. SO I BOUGHT A BIG THING OF BLUEBERRIES AND I

WENT OUT A FEW DAYS, I ATE A FEW THE FIRST DAY, RIGHT? AND THEN I

FORGET EVERY DAY. I'M LIKE, EVERY DAY I FORGET. I FORGOT MY

HANDFUL OF BLUEBERRIES AND THEN BY NOON I ATE POTATO CHIPS.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

GOD, WE'RE TRYING. IT'S EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY. ALL

THE STUFF THEY TELL YOU TO EAT DOESN'T LIVE LONG. I LIKE STUFF

THAT LASTS AT LEAST TO NEXT WEEK. I DON'T KNOW, WHAT'S MY

POINT ON THAT? HELP ME, LORD. I DON'T KNOW. FRANKINCENSE. OH,

LORD. ANYWAY, BUT THEN I GO OUT AND I FIND THE BLUEBERRIES ARE

MOLDY NOW BECAUSE I FORGOT TO EAT THEM. YOU KNOW, HUH? THERE'S

NO PRESERVATIVES IN IT. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. OH, THAT WAS THE

WHOLE POINT. SO IT'S EXPENSIVE TO EAT HEALTHY, RIGHT? AND SO,

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS. I KNOW, I'M GONNA GO BUY

BLUEBERRIES ON MONDAY. I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO. AND I'M

EATING THEM THIS WEEK, JESUS, I REALLY AM. BUT THE POINT OF IT

IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL FACE THAT THAT AREA

YOU GOTTA HONE IN ON IT. YOU HAVE TO HONE IN ON IT WITH

PRAYER, HONE IN ON IT WITH FASTING, SEEK GOD, AND IF, OH

THAT WAS MY WHOLE POINT ON THAT, IS MAYBE YOU'RE A PERSON THAT

DEALS WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES. SO THEN YOU THINK, WELL GOD, YOU

KNOW I'M NEVER GONNA DIG OUT OF THIS DEBT, I'M NEVER GONNA

OVERCOME THIS, I'M NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF THAT, I'M JUST ALWAYS

DEALING WITH THIS, SO LORD I HAVE TO EAT BOX MAC AND CHEESE

BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'D LOVE TO GET HEALTHY BUT MY BUDGET IS NOT

ALLOWING ME TO GO GET THE ORGANIC SECTION AND BUY OUT

STUFF. THE REALITY IS, IS IF THERE'S ONE AREA THAT'S HOLDING

YOU, THAT'S AN AREA TO GO AND SAY, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THIS

AREA. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME UNBELIEF AT WORK. I HEARD A

PREACHER, PASTOR DOUG, YOU BETTER START COMING. PASTOR

ALWAYS SAYS THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST CLOSING. IT'S WHEN PASTOR

DOUG COMES, IT'S CLOSING NUMBER ONE. GIVE, YEAH, SEE YOU IN 30

MINUTES. I HEARD THAT, I HEARD THAT. I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT'S,

UH-HUH, WHOOP, GO AHEAD, GIVE IT TO 'EM. AND SO, IF THERE'S THIS

ONE AREA THAT YOU GOTTA HONE INTO, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH, YOU

GOTTA FACE, YOU GOTTA GO AFTER IT, IS TAKE THAT TIME TO SAY,

YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA BREAK THE BACK OF THIS. I HEARD THIS

PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, THEY SAID, WHEN SOMETHING ISN'T

MOVING, SOMETHING ISN'T SHIFTING, SOMETHING SEEMS STUCK,

QUIT POINTING YOUR FINGER UP AT GOD AND START PUTTING IT ON

YOURSELF. NOW THAT IS NOT SELF-CONDEMNATION. YOU KNOW,

THESE STUPID PHRASES PEOPLE COME UP WITH NOW, SELF-SHAMING. OH,

STOP IT. NO, SELF-EXAMINING. COME ON, IMAGINE WHERE WE'D BE

IN CULTURE IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST LOOK AT THEIR SELF FOR A CHANGE

AND SAY, "HOW CAN I BE BETTER?" NOT WHAT EVERYBODY CAN DO FOR

ME. AND SO THIS PREACHER SAID, YOU KNOW, "QUIT. YOU CAN STAND.

I BETTER STOP." THAT'S CLOSING NUMBER TWO, ONCE YOU STAND.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) HE SAID, "DON'T EVER PUT IT OFF ON GOD

THAT SOMEHOW IT WAS HIS FAULT." TO LOOK AT GOD AND SAY, "GOD,

WHY DIDN'T YOU?" PUTS US ABOVE THE DIVINE. MEANS THAT WE KNOW

MORE THAN GOD, APPARENTLY. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US MEANS TO

DO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE GO AND SAY, OKAY GOD, THIS DIDN'T

HAPPEN. WHAT AREA OF UNBELIEF DO I NEED TO DEAL WITH? WHAT AREA

CAN I ADDRESS? NOW NEXT WEEK, OH LORDY, I GOT THROUGH ONE OF 12,

BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE. THE NEXT WEEK WE'RE

GONNA TALK ABOUT THE REASON THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET ANSWERS TO

PRAYER IS THE, WE DON'T PRAY AND WE DON'T ASK CORRECTLY. SO

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HIT THAT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMEWHERE, MAYBE

I'LL JUST KEEP THIS SERIES GOING ON AND OFF FOR THE REST OF MY

OPPORTUNITIES TO PREACH. I'LL PICK UP A WEDNESDAY MAYBE. YOU

CAN COME TO THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT CULTURE, GETTING IN AND

FORMULATING HOW WE THINK. I LOVE WHAT BOB ROGERS SAID A FEW

SUNDAYS AGO WHEN HE WAS HERE. HE SAID, "IF YOU READ THE BIBLE

EVERY DAY, YOU'LL THINK HOW GOD THINKS." THAT WAS GOOD. AND I

THOUGHT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. A LOT OF US DON'T THINK HOW GOD

THINKS. WE THINK LIKE THE NEWS SAYS. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO SHIFT

THAT, BUT DEAL WITH THIS AREA OF UNBELIEF. AND I BELIEVE THAT

PASTOR SAID IT SO WELL, THE CHURCH, MORE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE

HEALED THAN ARE SICK. MORE PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE FINANCIALLY

PROSPEROUS AND BLESSED THAN BROKE. WE ARE THE BLESSING. WE

ARE THE ONES THAT LIVE IN THE ABUNDANT LIFE THAT JESUS

PROMISED. SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU THIS WEEK, GOD, IF THERE'S

ANY UNBELIEF IN ME, LIKE THE FATHER, SHOW ME HOW TO ADDRESS

IT, BE HONEST WITH MYSELF, AND GO TO DEVELOPING SOME FAITH OVER

THAT THING. AND IT MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE THING, BUT I WOULD JUST

FOCUS ON ONE OR TWO AND DEAL WITH THAT. AND I BELIEVE IF WE

COULD DEAL WITH UNBELIEF, WE'LL SEE IT. BUT NEXT FEW WEEKS,

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT

ASKING, AND THEN I WANNA DEAL A LITTLE BIT WITH THINKING LIKE

CULTURE. BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'LL KEEP YOU FROM

DEALING IN AN AREA OF UNBELIEF IS SIN. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, AND

I'M NOT TALKING JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A

MISTAKE, I'M TALKING ABOUT PURPOSEFUL REFUSAL TO CHANGE

THINGS. I SAW AN ARTICLE, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS, THIS IS THE

FINAL CLOSING FOR REAL.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

I SAW AN ARTICLE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S OUT CELEBRATING

PRIDE RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SAY

IT. AND SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A GAY MAN WHO

WAS OUT ADVOCATING FOR HIS CHURCH TO ACCEPT HE AND HIS

PARTNER AS A GAY COUPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATED FOR THAT.

AND, OF COURSE, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE READ THE

COMMENTS, BUT I DID. AND ONE PERSON WROTE IN THE COMMENT,

THEY SAID, "WELL, HOW IS BEING GAY "ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY

OTHER SIN? "GREED, ANGER, YOU KNOW, OTHER AREAS,

UNFORGIVENESS?" AND I THOUGHT, HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE. THE

DIFFERENCE IS WHEN A SIN IS PURPOSEFUL. WE'RE NOT ADVOCATING

FOR PEOPLE TO BE GREEDY IN THE CHURCH. PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING US

TO ACCEPT THIEVES IN THE CHURCH. PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING US TO

RECEIVE ADULTERERS AND TELL THEM THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR

ADULTERY. PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING US TO RECEIVE MURDERERS AND TELL

THEM THEY CAN KEEP KILLING PEOPLE. BUT THIS ONE AREA,

THEY'RE ASKING THE CHURCH TO CHANGE ITS BIBLICAL POSITION,

WHICH GOD HASN'T, BY THE WAY. THEY'RE ASKING THE CHURCH TO

CHANGE. YEAH, IF YOU COME IN AND YOU'RE A HOMOSEXUAL, THAT'S

FINE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE EXPECTED TO REPENT LIKE ALL

OTHER SINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REPENTED FROM.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T COME IN WITH ANOTHER PARTNER OF

THE SAME SEX AND CALL YOURSELF MARRIED. 'CAUSE THEN I WOULD BE

SAYING IT'S OKAY TO HAVE SIN IN THE CHURCH. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL

LEAVE IT AT THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. AMEN. WHAT? COLLEGE

WORLD SERIES TONIGHT. PASTOR I'LL BE DOWN THERE. GUYS, GO BUY

SOME OF THE GAME CHANGERS MERCH. YOU'RE HELPING THEM AS THEY

RAISE THOSE FUNDS TO GO OUT AND DO OTHER THINGS ON CAMPUSES AND

WHATNOT. SO, GO BUY UP THEIR STUFF, WIPE OUT THEIR TENT, TELL

THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE IN FORCE AND COME EAT ICE CREAM

WITH PASTOR AND I. WE'LL SEE YOU DOWN THERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT,

GOD BLESS. PASTOR DOUG.

LET'S GIVE PASTOR BRENDA A HAND. THAT WAS GREAT TODAY. IF YOU ARE

WORKING IN A CERTAIN AREA IN THE CHURCH LIKE THE CONNECT CAFE OR

AN INFORMATION CENTER, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED AT THIS TIME.

OTHERWISE, IF YOU'LL JUST HANG ON WITH ME FOR A COUPLE MINUTES.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, IF YOU'D HANG

ON WITH ME FOR A COUPLE MINUTES AND NOT TUNE ME OFF YET, I WOULD

APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANT TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT

TODAY. AS WE CLOSE TODAY, YOU CAN BE SEATED FOR JUST A MOMENT

IF YOU WANT TO. YOU CAN STAND IN FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I'M

JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAY WITH ME FOR A COUPLE OF MOMENTS.

FEEL LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTED ME TO GO A LITTLE

DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IF YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS CHRIST TODAY AS

YOUR SAVIOR AND YOU'VE NEVER MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO SERVE

HIM, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO BECAUSE THAT'S

A STARTING POINT. THAT'S WHERE YOU DETERMINE THAT YOU'RE GOING

TO USE YOUR FREE WILL TO CHOOSE JESUS. AND IF YOU REACH OUT TO

HIM, THOSE THAT CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED. AND

IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, ALTAR TEAM, YOU JUST RUN UP HERE

RIGHT NOW. STAND UP HERE IF YOU WOULD AND BE READY. BUT IF YOU

HAVE NOT MADE THAT DECISION FOR CHRIST YET, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU

TO COME IN A MOMENT AND JUST MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. IF YOU

ARE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU'VE NEVER MADE CHRIST YOUR LORD, YOU

WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING HIM. YOU WANT TO MAKE

SURE YOU HAVE A PLACE IN ETERNITY IN HEAVEN WITH HIM.

IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU CAN MAKE. WE'LL PUT THE

NUMBER ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IF YOU WOULD, FOLKS, AND LET'S

USE THAT NUMBER. YOU CAN CALL THAT 24 HOURS A DAY. THERE'S

PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY. IF YOU CALL IN, YOU

CAN GET HELP. THEY'LL PRAY WITH YOU AND THEY'LL SEND YOU THE

SAME INFORMATION THAT IF YOU WERE HERE, YOU WOULD RECEIVE

WHEN YOU RECEIVE JESUS. BUT WITH WHAT PASTOR BRENDA WAS PREACHING

TODAY, I WAS THINKING A LITTLE BIT, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THE

HOLY SPIRIT PROMPTED ME, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF

SIN MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. THERE ARE SINS OF COMMISSION. WE

KNOW THAT. THOSE OF US THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ROBBING BANKS OR

STEALING OR SEXUAL IMPURITY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. MAYBE IT'S

A LACK OF FORGIVING SOMEONE THAT'S HURT YOU. ALL THOSE

THINGS THAT GOD SAYS ARE EVIL AND NEED TO BE FORGIVEN, THAT'S

ONE THING. AND IF YOU NEED REPENTANCE TODAY FOR THAT, GOD

SAYS THAT WHEN YOU ASK HIM FOR FORGIVENESS, HE WILL FORGIVE

YOU. BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT SIN OF OMISSION. IT TALKS ABOUT IT

IN JAMES 4:17. IT SAYS, "IF ANYONE KNOWS THE GOOD THAT THEY

James 4:17

OUGHT TO DO "AND THEY DON'T DO IT, IT'S SIN." THAT MIGHT BE

JUST NOT WALKING IN THE FAITH THAT PASTOR BRENDA WAS TALKING

ABOUT TODAY. YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO BE STRENGTHENING YOUR FAITH.

YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO BE READING YOUR WORD EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW

YOU NEED TO PRAY EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO DO THINGS TO

STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH. MAYBE YOU NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN

SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS SHOWN YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN. I'M GONNA ASK

YOU TODAY, IF THAT'S YOU, AND YOU SAY, I NEED TO GET INVOLVED,

I NEED TO CHANGE MY LIFE, MAYBE YOU NEED TO FORGIVE SOMEONE,

WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WE'RE GONNA JUST PRAY A PRAYER OF

GENERAL REPENTANCE TODAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT I'M SPEAKING TO

SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, I NEED TO MAKE IT RIGHT, I NEED

TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT THING THAT GOD'S GOT FOR ME,

BECAUSE IF YOU JUST REMAIN WHERE YOU'RE AT AND DON'T CHANGE,

YOU'RE NOT PLEASING GOD. WE HAVE TO MOVE CONTINUALLY TOWARDS HIM,

AMEN? IT ISN'T JUST THAT INITIAL STEP OF SAYING, JESUS, SAVE ME

FROM HELL, BUT IT'S MOVING FORWARD IN WHAT GOD'S DIRECTING

YOU TO DO FOR YOUR LIFE. BECAUSE SOMEDAY IN ETERNITY, WE'RE GONNA

BE JUDGED. CHRISTIANS WILL BE JUDGED BASED ON WHAT WE DO ON

THIS EARTH. HOW FAITHFUL WERE YOU ON THIS EARTH? AND I'M GONNA

ASK YOU RIGHT NOW, JUST STAND UP, GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT IF YOU

NEED TO PRAY WITH ME TODAY, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT

YOU NEED TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU OF. A SIN OF COMMISSION OR A

SIN OF OMISSION. COME FORWARD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND

GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S GONNA BE A NEW START. WE'RE

GONNA FINE TUNE OUR ARMY TODAY. WE ALL NEED FINE TUNING AT

TIMES, AMEN? PASTOR BRENDA'S MESSAGE WAS SO STRONG. IF YOU

NEED TO BE FINE TUNED TODAY, YOU NEED TO START OVER WITH GOD AND

SAY, "GOD, FORGIVE ME, I WANNA START FRESH." COME UP HERE RIGHT

NOW. COME UP HERE RIGHT NOW. JUST STAND UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT,

COME UP HERE RIGHT NOW. YOU SAY, "THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMEONE HERE

"WHO'S GONNA BREAK THE ICE AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S ME.

"HE'S TALKING TO ME TODAY. I'M GIVING YOU A MINUTE HERE. IF YOU

NEED TO JUST ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU AND GIVE YOU A FRESH START

IN SOMETHING, GIVE HER A HAND, SHE'S COMING. I KNOW THERE'S

MORE OF YOU. I'M WAITING FOR A MOMENT. HOLY SPIRIT WORK.

CHRISTIANS PRAY. MICHELLE, JUST COME RIGHT ON UP HERE. WE'RE

GONNA PRAY TODAY. YOU'VE GRIEVED THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE'S

SOMETHING HE'S SPOKEN TO YOU IN YOUR HEART TO DO AND YOU HAVEN'T

DONE IT. COME UP HERE. LET'S FINE TUNE OUR LIVES AND GET IT

RIGHT WITH HIM. I'M SPEAKING TO MYSELF. THERE'S THINGS THAT I'VE

DONE THAT HAVEN'T PLEASED GOD OR THAT I NEED TO STEP INTO LINE.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THERE'S MORE. I'M

WAITING FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE. AND IF YOU'RE

WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, YOU CAN PRAY ALONG WITH ME. THERE'S MORE

HERE. I'M WAITING FOR A MOMENT. THERE'S ANOTHER YOUNG PERSON

HERE. YOU NEED TO BE UP HERE. DON'T BE EMBARRASSED, BECAUSE

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT WHAT GOD THINKS THAN WHAT ANYONE ELSE IN

HERE THINKS. I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK. IT'S ONLY WE'RE

HERE TO PLEASE HIM. THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE. YOU NEED TO STEP

OUT OF YOUR SEAT. DON'T BE ASHAMED. I'M GIVING YOU ANOTHER

TIME. HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

BE EAGER TO PLEASE GOD. BE EAGER. SHOULD BE THE MOST

IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR MIND, I WANNA PLEASE GOD. AND IF YOU

REPENT AND YOU REALLY DON'T NEED TO, THAT'S OKAY. I'D RATHER BE

ON THAT SIDE OF IT. ANYONE ELSE? WE GOT THREE BRAVE PEOPLE UP

HERE THAT SAY, HEY, I'VE MADE SOME MISTAKES, I NEED TO GET IT

RIGHT. AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY WITH ME AND REPEAT AFTER ME. AND

THEN THOSE ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WHEREVER YOU'RE

AT. JUST REPEAT AFTER ME TODAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN.

I THANK YOU. THAT WHEN JESUS CAME.

HE CAME. TO FORGIVE ME.

AND GET ME BACK ON TRACK. AND

WHETHER THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.

OR THIS IS MY HUNDREDTH TIME. IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHEN I

CONFESS MY SIN, THE BIBLE SAYS, HE WILL FORGIVE ME AND REMEMBER

IT NO MORE. AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, HE WILL FORGET

IT AND FORGIVE ME. SO TODAY I RECEIVE THAT FORGIVENESS.

FATHER, FORGIVE ME. PUT ME ON TRACK AGAIN. HELP ME TO SERVE

YOU WITH ALL OF MY ABILITY. BRING TO REMEMBRANCE THE THINGS

THAT I NEED TO DO TO FOLLOW YOU. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FAITH

WITHOUT ACTION DOES NOT PLEASE YOU. SO I'M DETERMINED TODAY TO

STEP INTO MY PLACE AND WALK FORWARD PLEASING YOU IN THE TIME

THAT I HAVE REMAINING ON THIS EARTH. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY,

AMEN. AND GIVE THESE A HAND THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY. NOW IF YOU

GUYS WANT MORE PRAYER FOR ANYTHING, THE ELDER TEAM'S HERE.

OTHERWISE YOU CAN RETURN BACK TO YOUR SEATS AND I'M GONNA DISMISS

EVERYONE HERE. WHY DON'T YOU STAND WITH ME IF YOU WOULD. ONE

MORE THING I WANTED TO MENTION, YOU GOT A FLYER TODAY FOR THE

BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE. DON'T FORGET THAT. GET INVOLVED

IN THAT IF YOU CAN. IF YOU CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO GOOD IN

THAT AND HELP WITH THAT, MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. DON'T FORGET

THAT THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS ONLINE ONLY. DON'T SHOW UP

AND TUG AT THE DOOR BECAUSE YOU WON'T GET IN. SO TUNE IN. IT

WILL BE A GREAT ONLINE BROADCAST TONIGHT AS WE'RE INVOLVED WITH

THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO

APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY?

FORGET ANYTHING, JANET? WELL, GO AND BE BLESSED. IF YOU NEED

PRAYER, THE ALTER TEAM'S HERE TO PRAY WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR

COMING AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK NEXT SUNDAY AND

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ANOTHER POWERFUL WORD FROM PASTOR

BRENDA. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TODAY.