05/31/26 Pastor Hank Kunneman

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COME ON, CHURCH. GET UP ON YOUR FEET IF

YOU KNOW OUR GOD IS WINNING. WE'RE WINNING

IN AMERICA, WE'RE WINNING IN THIS CHURCH.

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HALLELUJAH. WE THANK YOU, LORD GOD OF HEAVEN. HALLELUJAH. THAT

YOU ARE THE LORD OF THE CONQUEST. YES. FOR YOU THE

ULTIMATE VICTOR. AND WE WORSHIP YOU AND WE BLESS YOU TODAY. YES,

LORD JESUS. AND LORD, NOT ONLY THAT, I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT

MUSIC THERE TODAY, GOD. THAT WAS AWESOME. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT

LOVED IT, EVEN THE GUITARS AND THE DRUMS, SAID AMEN. GOOD. I

MEAN, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AGAIN? WHY DON'T WE PLAY A

LITTLE BIT OF, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS, LIKE, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN.

COME ON, SCREAM THE GUITAR. LET ME HEAR THE ELECTRIC.

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OKAY. YOU KNOW, BRENDA, I HAVE THIS DESIRE. IT'S

GONNA BE HEAVY METAL, HEAVY METAL SUNDAY. YEAH, THAT WOULD

BE GOOD. I WAS ALMOST READY TO JUST LEAP OFF THE STAGE WITH AN

AIR GUITAR. I JUST FELT IT, GUYS. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT AT

HOME? ALL YOU GUITAR PLAYERS, YOU EVER JUST LEAPED OFF YOUR

STAIRS PLAYING THE GUITAR? WE DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT. MAYBE

WE DON'T DO THAT. HOW MANY WOULD NOT WANT ME TO DO THAT? NO, WE

DON'T WANNA CALL A SQUAD. HOW MANY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME DO

THAT? NO. NO, THAT'S A LONG DROP. YEAH, MAYBE. IT'S A REALLY

LONG DROP. WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY DOING GOOD?

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

I SEE SOME PEOPLE THERE. THE POWER TWIN, RUSSELL. WOO, YES!

ALL THE WAY FROM KANSAS. WAVE AT EVERYBODY. YOU GOTTA WAVE AT

EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YA? IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YA. ANYBODY

ELSE VISITING THERE FROM KANSAS? ANYBODY ELSE VISITING COLORADO?

ANYWHERE ELSE? ANYWHERE ELSE. NOBODY ELSE. OH, UP THERE. WHERE

ARE YOU VISITING? FLORIDA, WELCOME. WELCOME, GOOD TO SEE

YOU AS WELL. GOOD. YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YA THOUGH. WE GOT ONE

WAVING UP THERE. OKAY, OH, I SEE THAT WAVE. FLORIDA. FLORIDA.

EVERYBODY'S FROM FLORIDA. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO,

RIGHT? YOU GO, WHAT, YOU GO NORTH IN THE SUMMER. IS THAT

WHAT FLORIDA PEOPLE DO? ALL RIGHT, I'M EXCITED FOR TODAY. SO

I WANNA DO THIS, I WANNA WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ALSO ARE

WATCHING, PROBABLY FROM FLORIDA. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE

WATCHING FROM FLORIDA. YES, WE DO, ACTUALLY. AND PUT IN THERE

WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING. AND IT'S ALWAYS KINDA NEAT, YOU KNOW,

SOME OF THE NAMES OF THE CITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'RE HONORED THAT YOU JOINED US. AND LISTEN, I GOT A

GREAT WORD TODAY. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I REALLY DO. OKAY,

WELL, THANK YOU FOR ONE PERSON THAT'S EXCITED. IF I WOULD HAVE

SAID, NOW WATCH THIS. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WATCH

THIS, OUR E-MEMBERS. PASTOR BRENDA'S GONNA PREACH TODAY.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

YEAH, LOOK AT THAT. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE? ONE GUY CLAPS TO ME.

OKAY, YOU BAITED EVERYBODY THERE. NO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF

YOU REMEMBER ON MEMORIAL DAY, AND I WON'T GET TOO FAR INTO IT,

BUT WE WENT FOR A LITTLE WALK, WE HAD PLANNED IT. AND THE LORD

SPOKE SOMETHING TO ME THAT I WANNA SHARE. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE

STILL WAITING FOR SOMETHING BY WAY OF A PRAYER REQUEST OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO BE ANSWERED? YEAH, HOW MANY OF YOU

HAVE EVER WONDERED, WELL, COME ON, GOD, WHEN IS THAT GONNA

HAPPEN? WELL, I WAS PRAYING ABOUT SOMETHING AND THE LORD

SPOKE A SCRIPTURE TO ME, AND I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, I'M JUST GONNA

BE VULNERABLE." I WAS LIKE, "I THINK THAT'S IN THE BIBLE.

"ISN'T THAT BAD? "THAT'S BAD." I KNOW I'M A PREACHER. I'VE BEEN

READING MY BIBLE FOR 40 YEARS, AND I WAS LIKE, SO I WENT BACK,

AND SURE ENOUGH, AND SO I JUST FELT LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M

SUPPOSED TO SHARE TODAY, SO IT'LL BE A GREAT ONE. I'M

EXCITED. ALL RIGHT, WELL, BEFORE WE WORSHIP THE LORD, I'M GONNA

GIVE YOU GUYS A NIGHTTIME SLEEP TIP. ALL RIGHT, THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE RAISED TO PRAY THIS

PRAYER? NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP. YES. RIGHT, MOM? AND IF I

WAKE BEFORE I NO, IT'S IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE. OH. WELL, I'M NOT

GONNA WHICH WE DON'T DECLARE THAT. THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN

UNTIL OLD, OLD AGE, SO I DON'T PRAY THAT PRAYER, BUT I GOT, SO

HERE'S THE THING. HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA HAVE GREAT SLEEP?

ALWAYS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, NOW WATCH THIS, THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING, IS PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GAD.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD KNIGHT'S SLEEP.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

WHERE'S THE MUSIC? I MEAN, MY GOODNESS. OKAY, THAT WAS

SPECIAL. NOBODY GOT IT. I DID. ALL RIGHT, MAKE ME FEEL BETTER,

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND

E-MEMBERS. JUST PUT LIKE A THUMBS UP. OKAY. LET'S WORSHIP,

I THINK WE BETTER GO THAT DIRECTION. ALL RIGHT. FULL

NIGHT'S SLEEP. ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR AN AWESOME DAY IN THE

HOUSE OF GOD? BY THE WAY, WE HAVE BABY DEDICATION TODAY. YEP,

I'M EXCITED FOR THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA BE PRAYING OVER SOME

LITTLE ONES. NOT JUST LITTLE ONES, WE CALL IT CHILD

DEDICATION. YEAH, CHILD DEDICATION. BUT YOU KNOW, I

ALWAYS THINK THAT CHILD DEDICATION DAYS ARE A DAY TO

BELIEVE FOR THOSE IN YOUR OWN FAMILY. AS THOSE ARE BEING

DEDICATED UP HERE, WE ADD PROPHETIC AGREEMENT FOR OUR OWN.

IF YOU HAVE GROWN CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN, AND MAYBE YOU

HAVE A PRODIGAL, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BELIEVE FOR THEM

TO RETURN HOME IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT ARE

WE GONNA DO? LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP AS HIGH AS WE CAN RAISE

'EM. SAY THIS, SAY LORD. I'M NOT A TELEPHONE POLE. I'M A HUMAN

BEING. I'M A CHILD OF GOD. AND SO LORD, TODAY IN THE LORD'S

HOUSE, I'M GOING TO WORSHIP YOU. I'M GOING TO PRAISE YOU. I'M

GOING TO PRESS IN TO THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY GHOST.

NOW, HOLY SPIRIT, FILL THIS TABERNACLE WITH YOUR GLORY AND

YOUR PRESENCE. OKAY, YOU READY TO SAY IT? SAY, "AND

I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU," READY? "MY VERY BEST

PRAISE." LET'S WORSHIP THE LORD TOGETHER.

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COME ON, CHURCH. LET'S LIFT HIM UP THIS MORNING.

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OH COME ON, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED THIS MORNING.

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COME ON, LIFT UP A SHOUT THIS MORNING!

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WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU,

WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, ALL OVER THE WORLD, JUST EXALT THE

KING. WE BLESS YOU, BE GLORIFIED, O GOD. AS WE SING, AS

WE WORSHIP, AS WE EXALT YOU, OUR ETERNAL GOD AND KING. OH, YOU

ARE SEATED HIGH. YOU ARE EXALTED. OH, LORD, MOST HIGH. WE

WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE

WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. OH, HOW WE EXALT YOU. WE

EXALT YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.

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

WE WORSHIP YOU. OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. OUR ETERNAL GOD.

OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HOW WE HALLOW AND BLESS THY

NAME. THEE I AM, THE GOD ELOHIM. YAHWEH ADONAI.

WE LIFT UP OUR HEARTS AND OUR LOVE FOR YOU.

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. AND NOW IS THE TIME THAT

THE TRUE WORSHIPERS MUST COME AND WORSHIP THEIR

FATHER, THEIR GOD, IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.

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MY HEART IS LIFTED. MY VOICE IS RAISED TO MY KING. MY DELIGHT IS

TO HONOR YOU AND TO TOUCH THAT PLACE DEEP, DEEP, DEEP INSIDE OF

YOU, MY LORD. I LAY MY HEART BEFORE YOU. MY LIFE IS A

TESTIMONY OF THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR GOD AND KING. WE STAND IN

THIS MOMENT TO WORSHIP YOU AND TO LOVE YOU. MAN, I KEEP HEARING

THE SPIRIT SAY TO ME, HE SAID, "BID THE PEOPLE TO COME." I

DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN. BID THE PEOPLE TO COME. HERE'S

WHAT HE WANTS. ARE YOU READY? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO DO THE SAME. IF YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR

CHAIR, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A STEP FORWARD. BUT I WANT YOU, COME

ON, IF THERE'S SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN

JESUS SAW THE DISCIPLES AND THEY WERE IN A BOAT? AND HE WAS

WALKING OUT ON THE WATER, AND FOR SOME REASON HE SAID TO

PETER, "COME, COME, PETER, "YOU GOTTA TAKE A STEP OF FAITH."

COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU HERE, YOU'RE WAITING, YOU'RE BELIEVING

FOR SOMETHING, YOU ARE DESIRING SOMETHING, YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, AND I HEAR THE SPIRIT SAY, "BID THEM TO COME." YOU

GOTTA TAKE A STEP OF FAITH. I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN FRONT.

COME ON, SOME OF YOU THAT YOU'RE WAITING ON SOMETHING, SOMETHING

THAT YOU'RE NEEDING, YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT, YOU'RE BELIEVING

GOD. NOW, IN YOUR HOME, IF YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR, GET

OUT OF YOUR CHAIR. NOW, IF YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR,

MOVE YOUR FEET AND MOVE IT FORWARD. SAY, LORD, I'M COMING,

I'M COMING, I'M COMING. I HEAR THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAY, I BID THE

PEOPLE TO COME. COME, COME. NOW, SOME OF YOU ARE SAYING, BUT

LORD, I DON'T WANNA SINK LIKE PETER. LISTEN, KEEP YOUR EYES ON

THE LORD. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LORD. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE

LORD. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LORD. BID THEM TO COME. COME ON,

WHO WANTS A DEEPER EXPERIENCE WITH GOD? WHO WANTS TO TOUCH THE

VERY HEART OF GOD HIMSELF? LET THE PEOPLE COME, LET THE PEOPLE

COME. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. LET'S ALL WORSHIP HIM NOW AS YOU

COME. BRING YOUR NEEDS. COME ON, SAY TO THE LORD WHAT IT IS THAT

YOU NEED TODAY. COME ON, LET THOSE WHO ARE WEARY, LET THEM

COME AND FIND STRENGTH AND REST. THOSE WHO NEED HEALING, LET THEM

COME TO THE GOD WHO HEALS. THOSE WHO NEED A FRESH TOUCH, MAY THE

SPIRIT OF GOD REFRESH THEM TODAY. OH, LET'S SING IT AGAIN.

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD. MY GOD, WITH THE ANGELS, WE WORSHIP YOU.

HOSANNA. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD. COME ON, WE BID THE PEOPLE TO

COME. WE'VE COME. NOW, OH GOD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR TOUCH TODAY AS

WE WORSHIP YOU. WE MAGNIFY THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR GOD.

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HOLY. COME ON, PUT YOUR EYES ON HIM. HOLY LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

COME ON, ONLY THE LORD SAVES.

COME ON, HOSANNA MEANS THE LORD SAVES.

YOU READY? COME ON, LET IT RING.

WE HAVE COME TO RECEIVE THAT TOUCH.

COME ON, TELL HIM THAT HE'S HOLY NOW.

SING IT AGAIN, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD. ALL OVER THE WORLD SING.

HOW WE WORSHIP YOU.

HE REALLY LIKES THIS. COME ON. WE'RE TOUCHING HIM.

I WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SING IT. COME ON. EVEN

IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND WORSHIP GOD.

WE WORSHIP YOU. (WORSHIP MUSIC)

WE SING TO YOU, OUR GOD. HALLELUJAH.

THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE WAVES OF ELECTRICITY

THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT THROUGH THIS ROOM AND

INTO YOUR HOMES EVEN. COME ON. THE SPIRIT OF GOD

IS MOVING AMONG YOU LIKE WAVES OF POWER.

NOW JUST BEGIN TO PROPHESY ON THE INSTRUMENTS.

COME ON, IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU HAVE COME, LET

THE SPIRIT OF GOD TOUCH YOU. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. SPIRIT OF

GOD, I PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT HAS COME IN THIS ROOM AND

THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, NOT OF OUR MIGHT, NOT OF OUR POWER, BUT

BY YOUR SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD. TOUCH, TOUCH

WITH YOUR FIRE THAT BURNS OUT EVERY DISEASE, CANCELS EVERY

ASSIGNMENT OF THE ENEMY. MAY THE FIRE OF YOU, SPIRITS OF GOD, MAY

A BAPTISM OF FIRE, MAY THE FIRE OF GOD BEGIN TO FALL IN THIS

PLACE AND IN HOMES ACROSS THE EARTH. FIRE, FIRE, FIRE OF

REFINING, FIRE THAT BURNS UP SATANIC CURSES AND STRONGHOLDS.

FIRE THAT IGNITES A PASSION ON THE INSIDE OF YOU AGAIN,

RESTORING YOU TO YOUR FIRST LOVE. MAY THE PRESENCE

OF GOD MOVE AMONG THE PEOPLE. MAY THE

POWER OF GOD TOUCH, TOUCH, TOUCH, TOUCH.

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COME ON, JUST PLAY. RAISE IT UP, RAISE IT UP. MAY THE SPIRIT OF

GOD FLOW. MAY THE SPIRIT OF GOD COME. HAVE YOUR WAY, HAVE YOUR

WAY, HAVE YOUR WAY, SPIRIT OF THE LORD. TOUCH THE PEOPLE.

TOUCH THE PEOPLE. TOUCH YOUR PEOPLE. SPIRIT OF GOD. IN THEIR

HOMES, WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHATEVER THEY'RE BELIEVING FOR,

SPIRIT OF GOD. TOUCH. TOUCH. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,

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

YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

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

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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

COME ON, YOU CAN LIFT UP YOUR VOICE TO HIM. COME ON, SOME OF

YOU NEED TO MAKE A FRESH DEDICATION TO GOD. SAY, "LORD, I

AM YOURS. YOU ARE MINE." WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'VE BEEN

TROUBLED ABOUT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TROUBLED. SOME OF YOU NEED

TO CAST THE CARE UPON THE LORD, FOR HE CARES FOR YOU. THESE ARE

YOUR PEOPLE, THE SHEEP OF THY HAND. LEAVE THEM BESIDE STILL

WATERS. THERE IS NO WANT TO THOSE THAT FEAR HIM. YOU ARE

THEIR SHEPHERD, THEY SHALL NOT HAVE A WANT, FOR THEIR NEEDS AND

WANTS ARE BEING MET, O GOD. RESTORE THEIR SOUL, THERE'S SOME

WITH A BROKEN HEART, A WOUNDED SOUL. LEAD THEM IN PATHS OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THY NAME'S SAKE, FOR YOU ARE WITH THEM.

THESE ARE YOUR SHEEP, THE PEOPLE OF THY HAND. OH, BEAUTIFUL GOD.

FAITHFUL FATHER, DID WE MENTION, FATHER, THAT YOU ARE OUR GOD IN

WHOM WE'RE WELL PLEASED? AND TO SEE THAT WE KNOW YOU IS THE

GREATEST HONOR THAT EXISTS TO BE A FRIEND OF GOD, TO BE A CHILD

OF THE MOST HIGH, TO BE AN HEIR WITH OUR KING YESHUA, AND TO

LIVE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER WITH YOU. OUR

HONOR IS TO SERVE YOU. AND OUR HEARTS POUND FAST WITH

EXCITEMENT TO SPEAK TO YOU AND FOR YOU TO SPEAK WITH US. LORD,

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT NEED DIRECTION. AND I ASK YOU TODAY,

OUT OF THE LOVE OF MY HEART FOR YOU, BUT MY LOVE FOR THEM. OH,

GOD, LEAD THEM, LEAD THE PEOPLE, LEAD THEM INTO BLESSING. THEY

HAVE SO BLESSED YOU, BUT THEY HAVE BLESSED THIS PASTOR, THIS

VESSEL. THEY HAVE BLESSED THE HOUSE THAT WE BUILT IN HONOR FOR

YOU. NOW BLESS THEM, I ASK YOU. YOU BID THEM TO COME, THEY CAME.

NOW MAY THEY NEVER EVER EVER EVER BE THE SAME. MAY THEY NEVER

BE THE SAME. THESE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, THEY ARE THE SHEEP OF

YOUR HAND. MAY THEY NEVER EVER EVER BE THE SAME. YOU HAVE

DELIVERED THEM, YOU HAVE TOUCHED THEM, YOU HAVE RENEWED THEM, YOU

HAVE REFRESHED THEM, BUT MOST OF ALL YOU'VE EXTENDED YOUR HEART

AND YOUR HAND TO BLESS THEM, THEIR MARRIAGES, THEIR HOMES,

THEIR VEHICLES, THEIR HEALTH, THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES.

BLESS THEM. OH, BLESS THEM, I PRAY. BLESS THEM, I PRAY, ON

THIS YOUR DAY. OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN,

HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE

ON THEIR LIVES AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE THEM THIS DAY,

THEIR DAILY SUSTENANCE, WHAT THEY NEED. FOR THINE IS THE

KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY. LEAD THEM NOT INTO

TEMPTATION AND EVEN DELIVER THEM FROM EVIL. KEEP THEM FROM THE

EVIL ONE, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LIVES. AND WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND

THEM, O GOD, AND KISS THEM WITH THE KISSES OF YOUR LIPS THAT

EXTENDS FAVOR. WE WORSHIP YOU. OH, WE WORSHIP YOU. DID WE CALL

YOU ABBA TODAY? PAPA, OUR DADDY. WE ARE SO TICKLED BY YOU. YOU

BRING SO MUCH JOY. THANK YOU. HAVE WE TOUCHED YOU?

I BELIEVE WE HAVE. AND I BELIEVE IN THIS MOMENT YOU

HAVE TOUCHED THEM BECAUSE THEY CAME.

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MAN, GOD IS... I CAN'T WAIT TO LOOK EYE TO EYE, FACE TO FACE

WITH THE FATHER. I'VE OFTEN ASKED, "WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE,

FATHER? WHAT ARE YOUR FEATURES LIKE?" JESUS SAID, "IF YOU'VE

SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN MY DAD." I MEAN, HE'S THE ANCIENT OF DAYS.

DOES HE LOOK ANCIENT? FATHER, I, BUT THEN YOU'RE SO FULL OF LIFE.

BUT UNTIL THAT MOMENT, I WILL GAZE INTO YOUR EYES WITH FAITH

AND LOVE AND THANKSGIVING AND GRATITUDE AND HONOR AND

RIGHTEOUSNESS. I THINK YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING KIND TO YOUR

FATHER. WHISPER IT BETWEEN YOU AND HIM. SOMETIMES THERE'S THOSE

INTIMATE MOMENTS THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO LET EVERYBODY HEAR YOU.

BUT YOU TELL HIM, YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, LET HIM HEAR THE

WHISPER OF YOUR ADORING OF HIM. AMEN. HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE

THAT GOD TOUCHED YOU THIS MOMENT? AMEN. YOU SAY, "WELL,

PASTOR, I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING." YOU KNOW, I PRAY TO FEEL

SOMETHING. I DO. I ALWAYS ASK GOD, I WANT TO FEEL YOUR

PRESENCE. AND HE GAVE ME AN EXAMPLE ONE DAY WHEN I WAS

SHAKING IN MY HOTEL ROOM IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. I WAS

GETTING READY FOR A FLASHPOINT LIVE MEETING AND HIS PRESENCE

CAME IN MY ROOM. AND I BOWED MY FACE AS LOW AS I COULD TO THE

GROUND. AND I WAS SHAKING. I COULDN'T EVEN LIFT MY VOICE, LET

ALONE MY BODY. AND I HAD BEEN ASKING FOR ME TO FEEL HIS

PRESENCE. AND I SAID, GOD, WHY HAVE YOU COME IN THIS FASHION?

HE SAID, BECAUSE YOU ASKED, BUT IT'S ALSO A GLIMPSE OF WHAT I'M

BRINGING FORTH TO MY PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH. AND THEN HE SAID

THIS, HE SAID, WHOSE IDEA WAS IT? LISTEN CLOSELY, THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO BE ENCOURAGED. HE SAID, WHOSE

IDEA WAS IT FOR THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY AND THE FIRE BY

NIGHT? I SAID, LORD, IT WAS YOUR IDEA. HE SAID, RIGHT, BECAUSE I

WANTED MY PEOPLE TO ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY SEE, FEEL, AND

EXPERIENCE HIS PRESENCE. IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING ANYTHING, YOU

NEED TO PRESS AND ASK. WE'VE HEARD PREACHERS SAY, DON'T GO BY

FEELINGS. HEY, THAT'S TRUE. I GET IT. BUT I'M NOT TALKING

ABOUT GOING BY FEELINGS. I'M ASKING TO FEEL HIM. MY WIFE AND

I, WE TRY TO MAKE A RULE TO LET OUR LIPS KISS AT LEAST ONCE A

DAY. I LIKE MORE BUT, AND AT LEAST TOUCH IS NOT TRUE, BRENDA.

WE TRY JUST TOUCH EACH OTHER, HOLD EACH OTHER, HUG EACH OTHER.

HOW MUCH MORE GOD? SO I WANT YOU TO DO THIS LAST TIME BEFORE WE

GO BACK TO OUR SEATS. PUT YOUR HAND UP AND SAY, LORD, TOUCH ME.

I WANT TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE. YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, LORD,

TOUCH ME. SOME OF YOU ARE JUST STANDING THERE, YOU'RE NOT, AND

THEN YOU CRITICIZE THE SERVICE, YOU CRITICIZE GOD. IT'S YOUR

FAULT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PRESSING. I'M NOT HERE TO

IMPRESS YOU EITHER. I'M HERE TO PRESS YOU TO EXPERIENCE A GOD

WHO GAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOU. SAY, LORD, TOUCH ME. TOUCH ME.

THANK YOU, LORD. LET THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

TOUCH HIM. IN JESUS' NAME. ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO FIND

SOMEBODY BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO YOUR CHAIR, AND I WANT YOU TO

TOUCH THEM BY SHAKING THEIR HAND, GREETING THEM. LET THEM

KNOW THAT YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, AND YOU LOVE THEM. AMEN? WE

GREET YOU AS WELL, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WE BELIEVE

THAT YOU'VE BEEN TOUCHED IN YOUR HOME AS WELL. AMEN? PRAISE GOD.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING. AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR WAY BACK TO YOUR

SEATS, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO, THIS IS YOUR

FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING WITH US. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU

RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME IN THE DOOR. IF YOU DID

NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AT THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE

AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF

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SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME IF YOU CAN, 'CAUSE INSIDE

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GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AND ONLINE A HAND AS PASTOR BRENDA

COMES. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE BRIEF AS WE

POSSIBLY CAN, 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME YOUNG ONES TO DEDICATE

TODAY, AND SO WE WANNA HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT. DO

WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TONY SUAREZ IS

IN THE HOUSE, AND SO YOU NEED TO BE HERE. AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE

WE CALL MR. PENTECOST, SO YOU NEVER KNOW IF WE COULDN'T GET

ANY MORE HOLY GHOST, AND SO HE'LL BE HERE, SO BE HERE, SEVEN

O'CLOCK, TRY TO BE HERE AND READY TO GO ON TIME IF YOU CAN.

I KNOW WEDNESDAYS, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC, HARD TO GET HERE

ALWAYS, BUT IT'S JUST GOOD, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. AND THEN

ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, JUNE THE 28TH, THE RAGING CAJUN,

JESSE DUPLANTIS, IS GONNA BE WITH US HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH. SO, NEVER KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA DO EITHER, SO BE HERE,

WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GUEST SPEAKERS IN

JULY. PASTOR AND I USUALLY TAKE SOME VACATION TIME IN JULY. SO

GENE BAILEY WILL BE BACK IN THE HOUSE. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE

HIM. RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE HERE WITH US. AND SO JUST BE

LOOKING FOR ALL OF THOSE GREAT SERVICES THAT WILL BE COMING.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SUMMER, SO DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR. COME

IN, BE PART OF THINGS, AND IT'S GOOD. YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO BRING

IN A DIVERSE GROUP OF VESSELS TO COME AND MINISTER TO YOU FROM

ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND WALKS OF LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN

JUST RECEIVE. WE WANT YOU TO HEAR A FULL, WELL-ROUNDED TABLE

OF THE WORD OF GOD WHENEVER YOU COME TO CHURCH HERE. SO, JUST

EXCITING THINGS. SO, REAL QUICKLY, LET ME JUST PUT UP OUR

SCRIPTURE VERSE FOR TODAY. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE

THINGS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING FROM ISAIAH 55. I TOOK A BREAK LAST

WEEK. WE TALKED ABOUT PENTECOST, AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT

MORE ABOUT PENTECOST HERE IN A MOMENT. BUT IT SAYS, "FOR AS THE

RAIN COMES DOWN AND THE SNOW FROM HEAVEN AND RETURNS NOT, BUT

WATERS THE EARTH AND MAKES IT BRING FORTH BUD, THAT IT MAY

GIVE SEED TO THE SOWER AND BREAD TO THE EATER." SO YOU CAN ALWAYS

BE SURE THAT IT'S GONNA RAIN, RIGHT? YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SURE AT

SOME POINT THE SUN'S GONNA COME OUT. YOU CAN ALWAYS BE SURE THAT

WINTER'S ON THE WAY. YUCK, YUCK, YUCK. MARILYN USED TO SAY THAT.

I LOVE THAT. SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT. WELL, THOSE OF YOU WHO

LOVE WINTER, PASTOR MIKE'S ON VACATION, SO WHILE HE'S OUT, MR.

HE LOVES WINTER, WE'LL JUST SAY YUCK, YUCK, YUCK. WE'RE NOT INTO

IT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE FEELING THE SUMMER VIBES. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS

BE SURE SUMMER'S ON THE WAY, SPRING'S ON THE WAY. THERE'S

ALWAYS A CHANGE OR A SHIFT IN THE SEASONS. IT'S THAT

DEPENDABLE. AND THERE MAY BE DAYS IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE

SEASON WILL EVER SHIFT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH HERE IN

NEBRASKA WHERE IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, DAYS AND DAYS OF RAIN, AND

YOU'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE THE SUN COME OUT. BUT IT ALWAYS

WILL. AND THIS IS HOW GOD COMPARES HIS WORD. HE SAYS IN

VERSE 11, "SO SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOES FROM MY MOUTH." IT'S

THAT DEPENDABLE. IT MAY NOT LOOK IN A CERTAIN SEASON LIKE IT'S

COMING TO PASS, BUT IT'S THAT RELIABLE. "THAT GOES FORTH FROM

MY MOUTH, IT WILL NOT RETURN TO ME VOID, BUT IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH

THAT WHICH I PLEASE." WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT PLEASES GOD? WELL,

WHAT PLEASES HIM IS WHAT HE'S ALREADY WRITTEN IN HIS WORD,

WHAT HE'S ALREADY PROMISED. AND IT WILL PROSPER IN THE THING

WHERE TO I SEND IT. SO WHERE DID GOD SEND HIS WORD? WELL, HE SENT

IT INTO YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? THE PROMISES ARE FOR YOU. SO IF GOD

SENT HIS WORD TO YOU, THEN YOU CAN DEPEND, THINK ABOUT THIS,

YOU CAN DEPEND ON THAT WORD AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DEPEND THAT THE

SEASON IS GONNA SHIFT AND CHANGE. IT'LL ALWAYS HAPPEN. AND

SO BEGIN TO THINK LIKE THAT. BEGIN TO THINK IN TERMS OF GOD'S

WORD WILL NEVER FAIL ME. IT'S ALWAYS GONNA COME THROUGH. WELL,

PASTOR BRENDA, THERE'S TIMES I'VE THOUGHT THAT, AND THEN IT

SEEMED LIKE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, OR IT DIDN'T COME TO PASS. WELL,

GET UP AND CHANGE YOUR THINKING AGAIN. I LOVE WHAT BOB ROGERS

SAID LAST SUNDAY WHEN HE WAS HERE. HE SAID, "IF YOU READ THE

BIBLE REGULARLY, "YOU'LL START TO THINK LIKE GOD THINKS." AND

THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH A LOT OF BELIEVERS. THEY DON'T KNOW THE

WORD, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCRIPTURE DECLARES, SO THEY

DON'T THINK LIKE GOD THINKS. THEY WANT TO IN PERIODS OR

MOMENTS WHERE THEY NEED GOD, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IN LIFE, THEY

DON'T THINK LIKE GOD THINKS. SO, WHAT PLEASES GOD? WHEREVER HE

SENT HIS WORD IS WHERE, WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT AND YOU OPEN IT AND

YOU TRUST THOSE PROMISES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THERE, THEN YOU

KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE GOD HAS SENT HIS WORD AND IT IS SURE TO

COME TO PASS. IT WILL PROSPER IN THE THING WHERE UNTO I SENT IT.

LET ME JUST READ THIS LAST VERSE. VERSE 12, IT SAYS, AND

THEN YOU'RE GONNA GO OUT WITH JOY. YOU KNOW GOD LOVES TO

BLESS. YOU KNOW, RELIGION HAS TAUGHT US SO MUCH OF EVERYTHING

THAT GOD WILL KEEP FROM YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT? THAT ALWAYS GOD HAS SOME REASON NOT TO GIVE YOU

SOMETHING, NOT TO BLESS YOU WITH SOMETHING. THAT'S HOW RELIGION

TEACHES US SO MUCH. AND MANY PEOPLE GROW UP WITH THAT MINDSET

THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL, THE BEST BLESSING YOU CAN HAVE FROM GOD

IS JUST BUCK UP, BUTTERCUP WHEN NOTHING HAPPENS. AND THAT

SOMEHOW YOU'LL HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORST. AND YES, WE

SHOULD HAVE PEACE WHEN LIFE SEEMS LIKE IT GOES SIDEWAYS,

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST FAIR WEATHER CHRISTIANS WHERE

THE ONLY TIME THAT WE CAN PRAISE GOD IS WHEN THINGS GO OUR WAY.

BUT GOD IS NOT A GOD THAT'S UP IN HEAVEN MAKING SURE NOTHING

GOES YOUR WAY, RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE WAY RELIGION, IT PLANTS THIS

IN OUR THINKING THAT GOD, HE'S JUST HOLDING EVERYTHING FROM YOU

AND YOU BETTER BE HAPPY ABOUT IT. RIGHT? HOW MANY OF YOU EVER

HEARD SERMONS LIKE THAT? AND I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYONE IN

PARTICULAR. HALF OF THE CHRISTIAN SONGS OUT THERE ARE

LIKE THAT. OH LORD, EVERYTHING'S TERRIBLE BUT I'M HANGING ON. I

STILL BELIEVE YOU, I STILL TRUST IN YOU EVEN THOUGH MY LIFE IS A

DISASTER. AND I THOUGHT, BUT NO, THAT JUST PAINTS THE WRONG

PICTURE OF THE GOD WE JUST WORSHIPPED A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

YOU'LL GO OUT WITH JOY. OKAY, JOY ISN'T JUST ABOUT BEING

JOYFUL WHEN LIFE'S BAD. WE ALSO GET TO HAVE MOMENTS THAT ARE

JOYFUL BECAUSE GOD MADE IT GOOD. HE LOVES TO BLESS. YOU'LL GO OUT

WITH JOY AND BE LED FORTH WITH PEACE. WELL, THERE'S NO PEACE

WHEN EVERYTHING'S CHAOS, RIGHT? BE LED FORTH, THE MOUNTAINS AND

THE HILLS WILL BREAK FORTH BEFORE YOU INTO SINGING, AND ALL

THE TREES OF THE FIELDS SHALL CLAP THEIR HANDS. THAT SOUNDS

LIKE A GOOD DAY TO ME. AMEN. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS

YOU TO HAVE. SO REMEMBER THAT IN OUR GIVING. AMEN? ALL RIGHT.

WELL, PASTOR, WHY DON'T YOU COME? HE WANTS TO TALK A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT THE, WE MENTIONED THE WORD SHILOH. EVERYBODY SAY

SHILOH. SOME THINGS HAVE REEMERGED. SO WOULD YOU TALK

ABOUT THAT? I WANT YOU TO STAY WITH ME. ALL RIGHT, WELL, AND

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN, WE'VE GOT

EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE WORKS HERE. I HAVE TO BE

A LITTLE BIT MORE GUARDED IN WHAT I SAY AT THIS POINT, JUST

BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING THINGS OUT AND THAT. BUT FOR

SEVERAL YEARS, AND WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PULL OUT

MANY PROPHETIC WORDS THROUGH THE ALMOST 30 YEARS OF JOURNEY OF

THIS CHURCH, WHERE THE LORD PROPHESIED THAT WE WOULD BE A

CHURCH THAT WOULD HAVE LAND, AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE ACRES UPON

ACRES UPON ACRES UPON ACRES OF LAND. AND THAT WAS THE

REPETITIVE WORD THAT KEPT COMING FROM DIFFERENT VESSELS. THAT WAS

BEFORE THE INTERNET. PEOPLE WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW, AND VERY

TRUSTED SOURCES. AND SO FOR YEARS, I WOULD GO OUT AND I

WOULD TRY TO FIND A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND NOTHING WOULD WORK.

I WOULD TALK TO FARMERS, SIT WITH FARMERS, NOTHING WOULD

WORK. I MEAN, AND FINALLY I JUST SAID, LORD, I JUST GIVE UP. AND

A COUPLE PLACES THAT I PRAYED OVER AND DEDICATED, MAN, I'LL

TELL YOU AT THE RIGHT TIME, THERE ARE PROSPEROUS PLACES

THERE, I'M LIKE, WOW. YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, THAT ARE USED FOR

SOMETHING ELSE. BUT ANYWAY, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ALMOST FOUR

YEARS AGO, I HAD A DREAM AND IN THE DREAM, I SAW THIS LARGE

PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND I KEPT SEEING IT, I SAW SOME GATES AND

DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE PROPERTY. AND I SAW THE WORD

SHILOH THAT WAS WRITTEN OVER IT. AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE

WORD SHILOH MEANT. AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A BIBLICAL NAME,

YOU KNOW. AND I FOUND OUT THAT IT MEANT REST. AND IT ALSO WAS A

PLACE WHERE SAMUEL WAS DEDICATED UNTO THE LORD. AND SAMUEL BECAME

A MIGHTY PROPHET THAT ROSE UP OUT OF SHILOH. AND SO GOD BEGAN

TO DEAL WITH ME. AND WE WERE LED TO SOME LAND. AND HOW MANY OF

YOU REMEMBER THAT ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE REALLY, REALLY

FOUGHT HARD? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WE FOUGHT

VERY, VERY HARD. AND THE OWNER AT THAT TIME WAS NOT EASY TO

WORK WITH, AND WE'LL SHARE MORE IN THE FUTURE. HOW AM I DOING,

PASTOR DOUG? OKAY, 'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S PART OF THE BOARD. I JUST

GOTTA MAKE SURE I'M NOT BORING HIM, RIGHT? SO, BUT ANYWAY, AND

SO WE TOLD YOU THAT WE MAY NOT GET THE PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE

GONNA WORK VERY, VERY HARD. WELL, IT WAS US AND SOMEBODY

ELSE. AND THEY WIND UP BUYING IT. AND THE GUY WHO HAD OWNED IT

AT THE TIME SAID, "WELL, I WANT YOU TO PUT UP A NONREFUNDABLE

AMOUNT." AND IT WAS A LOT OF MONEY. IT WAS OUR WAR CHEST. HE

WANTED A NONREFUNDABLE WAR CHEST. AND I THOUGHT, MAN, I'M

BEING PLAYED. SO I TOLD HIM VERY KINDLY, I SAID, "I WILL NOT DO

THAT WITH GOD'S MONEY. "AND I WILL NOT DO THAT WITH THE

PEOPLE'S MONEY. AND YOU CAN GO POUND SAND." SO THAT'S

WHAT I TOLD HIM. PROBABLY WASN'T THE MOST DIPLOMATIC THING TO

SAY, BUT I'M NOT A DIPLOMAT, RIGHT? SO I WAS PRETTY

DISCOURAGED, AND I HATED COMING BEFORE YOU, THE PEOPLE, AND

SAYING THAT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, AND THE INTENT OF THE LAND WAS

NOT WHAT WE HAD BELIEVED THAT GOD WANTED FOR IT. WELL, IN THE

MEANTIME, WE JUST, I REMEMBER TELLING YOU I HAD A EXPERIENCE

WITH THE LORD WHERE I FELT LIKE THE PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY, I KEPT

GETTING POKED. AND THE WORD THAT GOD KEPT SAYING TO ME, 'CAUSE

THERE WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF FARMLAND THAT WAS KIND OF COMING

AT THE SAME TIME. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, HEY, MAYBE I JUST DO

THIS OVER HERE. AND ALL NIGHT LONG, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, LORD,

IT WAS LIKE TORTURE. BUT EVEN THOUGH GOD DOESN'T TORTURE YOU,

BUT IT WAS, OH LORD, WE WRESTLED TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT. AND HE

KEPT SAYING, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. AND I'M LIKE,

GOD, I AM NOT BRINGING THAT WORD TO THE PEOPLE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE

SUCH A GOALPOST MOVING TO SOME PEOPLE WHO CRITICIZE, RIGHT? AND

I SAID, GOD, I'LL DO IT. AND SO I TOLD YOU, AND I'VE BEEN SAYING

IT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. WELL, THEN I

WAS TOLD THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN A FLOODPLAIN, WHICH WE FOUND

OUT THAT IT WASN'T. THAT WAS AN ERRONEOUS REPORT. WE'VE ACTUALLY

DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE. NEVER BEEN IN A FLOODPLAIN, NOT IN A

FLOODPLAIN, AND IT'S GOT NOT EVEN A 1% CHANCE IN 500 YEARS OF

BEING IN ONE. SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WELL, IN THE

MEANTIME, I GOT CONNECTED WITH THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT IT, AND

SOME MIRACULOUS THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. WE'VE ACTUALLY BECOME,

CAN I SAY IT? WE'VE BECOME FRIENDS. AND THEY SAID, "THIS

LAND'S NOT FOR SALE FOR ANYBODY ELSE. "I BELIEVE I'VE HELD THIS

FOR YOU." AND I SAID, "OKAY." WELL, I SAID, "THE TIMING IS

VERY INTERESTING." I SAID, "I JUST TURNED 60, "AND I DON'T

WANNA TRAVEL MUCH ANYMORE. "I WANNA BUILD." I WAS JUST WITH

TIM SHEETS AND I SAID, "TIM, I WANNA RAISE UP A BIBLE SCHOOL."

AND HE'S LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, "THAT'S GOD." HE SAID,

"NAME THE BIBLE SCHOOLS TODAY "THAT ARE REALLY TRAINING PEOPLE

IN THE SUPERNATURAL, "THE SPIRIT OF GOD, IN THE WORD AND SPIRIT

"AND THE PROPHETIC." AND I SAID, "I WANT A PRAYER RETREAT. "I

WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND BE ABLE, SORRY, I WANT PEOPLE TO BE

ABLE TO PRAY. I WANT PLACES FOR KIDS." AND I SAID, "THIS IS WHAT

I WANNA DO." YOU KNOW, I'VE WRITTEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND I'M

STILL WAITING FOR GOD TO GET THAT TO TAKE OFF. BUT I SAID,

"LORD, I WANNA LEAVE THIS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, RIGHT? I

WANNA BUILD IT IN THE LATTER YEARS WITH MY BRIDE AND WITH

YOU." AND SO ANYWAY, MET WITH THE BOARD, THE BOARD CAME BACK

AND SAID, "HEY, WE ARE EXCITED, BUT HERE'S THE THING, HANK. "YOU

HAD SOME UNFORTUNATE SITUATIONS HAPPEN "WITH YOUR MINISTRY IN

THE SENSE OF FINANCIAL." AND IT'S THIS, ONCE WE COMMITTED TO

BUILDING THIS BUILDING, RIGHT, SIGNED THE CONTRACT, PUT THE

MONEY DOWN, DEMOLISHED THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE HERE, ALL OF

A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW THE STORY, IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT THAT

PIZZA MACHINE, WE WOULD HAVE HAD APARTMENT BUILDINGS SITTING

RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF US, NO PLACE TO PARK IN A BRAND

SPANKING NEW BUILDING. SO I CAME TO YOU, THE PEOPLE, AND YOU

ANSWERED. BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE IS AT THE TIME, WE HAD

ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAD TO DO, AND IF WE WOULDN'T

HAVE GOTTEN IT, WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ISLAMIC TRAINING CENTER

ON OUR PROPERTY. AND I HAD TO MOVE, I HAD TO GO INTO DEBT. WE

HAD NOW THIS PIZZA THING, WE HAD OTHER PROPERTIES, AND THEN WE

HAD THAT BEAUTIFUL BRICK BUILDING, I HAVE 100 EMPLOYEES,

WHAT AM I GONNA DO? WE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

PEOPLE, BUT THEY HAD TWO SERIOUS BUYERS, AND IT WAS PROVEN, I

KNEW IT, THEY WEREN'T JUST PLAYING US, AND I KNEW I NEEDED

TO MOVE, AND I CAME TO YOU AGAIN. AND EVERY TIME, WE

ANSWERED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUY IT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE

INCURRED DEBT, SO THE BOARD SAID, LOOK, YOU GUYS ARE DOING

GREAT PAYING OFF THE DEBT, AND WE ARE. I MEAN, THIS BUILDING,

WE'VE TAKEN IT FROM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST APPRAISAL WAS. I

DON'T REMEMBER, BUT IT'S BEEN DO YOU REMEMBER? SEVERAL MILLION

DOLLARS WE'VE PAID DOWN ON THIS BUILDING. I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING

CLOSE TO GETTING THIS THING PAID OFF. AND GOOD STEWARDSHIP IS,

YOU KNOW, I KNOW OTHER MINISTRIES THAT THEIR MOTTO IS

DON'T GO INTO DEBT, AND I SAID TO THEM, I SAID, "THAT'S NOT

ALWAYS THE MANDATE OF EVERY MINISTRY." GOD HAS NEVER IN

ANYTHING I'VE EVER DONE, HAS HE EVER SAID, "YOU NEED TO BUILD

THIS BY FAITH." HE'S NEVER SAID THAT TO ME. HE SAID, "GET YOUR

FOOT IN THE DOOR, "DON'T FIGURE IT OUT IN YOUR HEAD, AND I'LL

WORK IT OUT." EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE HAS BEEN A RISK.

EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE HAS BEEN A STEP OF FAITH THAT

REQUIRED ME, LIKE THE PROPHET SAYING TO THE WIDOW, GO GET A

FEW VESSELS AND BORROW. THAT'S BEEN MY MINISTRY. AND YET GOD'S

TAKEN CARE OF IT, PAID IT OFF, EVENTUALLY PAID FOR IT. AND ONCE

AGAIN, THE BOARD SAID, WELL, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO PAY CASH

FOR THIS LAND. WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE A WAR CHEST, BUT IT'S NOT

ENOUGH. RIGHT, WE HAVE THAT MONEY SET ASIDE. WE'RE GONNA

NEED, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE MILLIONS, RIGHT? NOT A WHOLE LOT

MORE, NOT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS. AND AGAIN, IT'S

AGRICULTURAL TYPE PROPERTY. BUT ONCE WE USE IT, AND I CAN'T GO

INTO DETAIL, THE APPRAISAL IS JUST GONNA SKYROCKET. SO WE'RE

GONNA GET A GREAT DEAL. GOT A WILLING AND IT'S NOT COMPLETELY

RAW FARMLAND. NO, IT'S NOT RAW FARMLAND, I CAN'T GO INTO

DETAIL. BUT THE OWNER IS WILLING TO JUST WORK WITH US. HE SAID,

"JUST WHATEVER, WE JUST WANNA WORK THIS THROUGH." SO WE'RE

MOVING FORWARD. SO HERE'S WHAT I SAID TO THE BOARD. I SAID, "ALL

RIGHT, IF YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE "IN US HAVING THIS

LAND AND YOU WANNA SEE US PAY CASH FOR IT "AND YOU WANNA SEE

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE?" AND THEY SAID, "YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST

LIKE TO SEE "THE GENERAL FUND HAVE MORE OF A WAR CHEST, "NOT

JUST A LAND WAR CHEST." SO THAT COMES BY YOUR TITHES AND YOUR

OFFERINGS, RIGHT? BUT IT ALSO COMES, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS

PENTECOST OFFERING, AND I FELT TO JUST COME TO YOU AHEAD OF

TIME AND SAY, "ABOVE YOUR," AND THIS IS ABOVE YOUR TITHES AND

OFFERINGS, "I'D LIKE TO GET A WAR CHEST OF SAVINGS "THAT HELP

WITH THE GENERAL COST OF ALL THE BUILDINGS "AND EMPLOYEES AND ALL

THE THINGS OF THE MINISTRY," RIGHT? AND I THINK THE BOARD

WOULD FEEL BETTER. NOT THAT IT'S BAD, IT'S JUST WISDOM TO ALWAYS

HAVE A SURPLUS. AND THEN WHAT MY GOAL IS WITH YOU AND GOD, WE'LL

SHARE THE STORY, WE'RE GONNA SHARE THE OWNER'S STORY. WE'LL

SHOW YOU FOOTAGE COMING UP. WE'LL GIVE YOU DETAILS AND I'LL

LET YOU MEET THE OWNER. IT'S A GREAT STORY. AND WHAT MY GOAL

IS, IS WE RAISED LIKE OVER A MILLION AND SOME DOLLARS IN LIKE

30 SOME DAYS. I THINK WE COULD DO IT AGAIN AND PAY CASH FOR IT.

YES. I WATCHED GENE BAILEY JUST DO IT WITH FLASHPOINT. MAYBE I

NEED THE FLASHPOINT ARMY TO HELP ME. I'VE BEEN FAITHFUL FOR SIX

YEARS, MAN. SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT. I JUST WANTED TO BE HONEST

AND TRANSPARENT. THIS IS YOUR MONEY AND GOD'S MONEY. AND THIS

IS A PROJECT THAT WE GOTTA DO TOGETHER. AND IT DEMANDS

INTEGRITY AS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, AND IT DEMANDS HONESTY. BUT

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN SAY WHEN YOU'RE JUST WORKING

DETAILS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT I WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT. LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE

TO HAVE A HUGE SURPLUS. NOT OF THE LAND FUND. THIS IS NOT THE

LAND FUND. DON'T GIVE THE LAND YET. THIS IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO

HAVE A GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES. BECAUSE ONCE YOU BUY

LAND, IT'S LIKE GENE BAILEY, I HEARD HIM SAY THE OTHER NIGHT ON

FLASHPOINT, WOW, NOW WE GOT TO DO SOME REMODELING AND THINGS

LIKE THAT. AND I TOLD THE BOARD THIS. GENE'S ON OUR BOARD. I

SAID, THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THIS, AND THEN WE BETTER GET

MOVING, RIGHT? I CAN PREACH MY MESSAGE FAST. BUT THIS IS WHAT I

TOLD GENE. I SAID, "I HAVE A WHOLE ARMY OF PEOPLE." WE'LL

HAVE SOME WORK DAYS. WE'LL HAVE SOME WORK DAYS. ANYBODY UP FOR

SOME YARD WORK? WE GOT SOME. SOME OF YOU GUYS THAT WE CAN GET

SOME TRACTORS AND GET SOME MOWING IN THERE. SOME OF YOU

HANDYMEN. I'M THINKING OF SOME OF YOU GUYS THAT ARE INCREDIBLE

WITH CONTRACT. YOU CAN WORK WITH PASTOR DOUG. I KNOW HOW TO WIELD

THE SLEDGEHAMMER. I KNOW YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. YOU DO? HONEY,

STOP. I DO, I DO. AND WE'LL GET SOME STUFF. AND HERE'S THE

BEAUTIFUL THING. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S JUST READY TO

STEP INTO IT. AND THEN WHAT I WANNA DO IT REALLY LOOKS GOOD.

IT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE. JUST A LITTLE, NOT MUCH

THOUGH. BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT. AND I WANT YOU THAT ARE

VISITING, EVEN THE POWER TWINS AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I

WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND ENJOY IT. I WANNA PUT SOME

SOFTBALL FIELDS IN, HAVE OUR OWN CHURCH SOFTBALL TEAM,

SO I CAN KICK YOUR BUTT. I WANNA BE ABLE TO

HAVE PICNICS WITH YOU AFTER SERVICE. IT'S SMALL OUT HERE.

IT'S SMALL. WE'RE JUST RESTRICTED. I WANNA BE ABLE TO,

AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, YOU'RE GONNA BE SHOCKED IN THE LOCATION

BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRIVE AN HOUR. YOU

WILL HAVE TO DRIVE, BUT IT'LL BE REALLY AWESOME. AND WE'LL

HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY OUTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT'LL BE

REALLY, REALLY GREAT, BUT WE GOTTA PAY FOR IT. SO WILL YOU

HELP GOD AND US TOGETHER? CAN WE DO THIS? SO LET'S DO STEP ONE,

AND I'M GONNA LET YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE. LET'S GET OUR

PENTECOSTAL OFFERING AGAIN. LET'S JUST KEEP PACKING OUR

GENERAL FUND, OKAY? LET'S KEEP OUR TITHES. AND WHEN IT'S UNDER

CONTRACT, WE'RE GONNA RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE BUILDING. YES, AND

YOU SAY, "WELL, IS IT UNDER CONTRACT." LET'S JUST SAY THIS,

IT COULD BE IF I WANTED TO JUST, BUT WE'RE JUST WORKING IT OUT

WITH THE BOARD AND THE OWNER IS JUST SO, IS THIS OKAY, DOUG?

HE'S SO GRACIOUS, HE'S ALREADY COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, SOME

THINGS, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF JUST A FEW MORE DAYS, BUT I

FELT LIKE INTEGRITY WAS BEFORE THE BOARD WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE

OUR GENERAL FUND BE RAISED, BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, EVERY ONE

OF US HAVE HAD TO FIGHT WITH JUST PUSHING THROUGH WITH A LOT

OF CHALLENGES THAT COME, RIGHT? AND I THINK THE ONLY, AND I'LL

JUST SAY THIS, IF MAYBE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG. I THINK

THE ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I'VE HAD IN ANYTHING IN THIS

PROCESS OF STANDING WITH GOD IN AMERICA IS PEOPLE LOVE YOU WHEN

YOU'RE THEIR VOICE. BUT THEN WHAT YOU PROPHESY AND SAY

HAPPENS, THEY KIND OF MOVE ON AND LEAVE YOU. AND WE SAW A

LITTLE BIT OF DIP IN OUR FINANCES. AND I'VE SAID TO GOD,

WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE? I STOOD WITH THEM, I STOOD FOR THEM.

GOD, I NEED, I NEED. SO, AND WE'RE NOT DOING BAD, DON'T GET

THAT. AND DON'T WRITE THAT. SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE A

CLICKBAIT. I CAN ALREADY SEE IT. PREACHER GETS UP AND TALKS

ABOUT, NO, I DID NOT. JUST LIKE THEY LIED ABOUT ME ASKING TO BUY

A PLANE. THEY JUST LIED AND LIED AND LIED AND LIED AND LIED. AND

I THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE TO PREACH TO THOSE IDIOTS. I CAN

TALK TO YOU WHO LOVE US. SO THAT'S WHY I'M NOT EVEN GONNA GO

DOWN THAT ROAD. SO, ALL RIGHT, IS THAT ENOUGH? ALL RIGHT, I

LOVE YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND DID I SHARE IT OKAY? I MEAN, I'M

TRYING, I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING, OKAY. PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, PASTOR,

WHAT IS THE MINISTRY "ABOUT FOR YOU?" DOING THINGS THAT YOU

DON'T ALWAYS FEEL GOOD AT, BUT I'M TRYING. SO ANYWAY, THERE YOU

GO. ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU WRAP IT UP? LET'S PUT THE GIVING

INFORMATION UP. BE LOOKING FOR PROBABLY THIS MONTH, WE WILL BE

STARTING OUR SHILOH STUFF AND REALLY MOVING FORWARD ON IT.

WE'RE GONNA KICK THAT BACK OPEN AGAIN. SO PENTECOST, IF YOU DID

NOT GIVE YOUR PENTECOST OFFERING, THAT IS GONNA BE TO

THE PURPOSE THAT PASTOR JUST SHARED. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE MISSED THAT

OPPORTUNITY, OR YOU WANNA GIVE AGAIN, OR YOU MADE A PLEDGE LAST

WEEK WITH BOB ROGERS, YOU CAN DO THAT. THERE'S ALL THE WAYS TO

GIVE. LET'S GIVE GENEROUSLY TODAY. AND I THINK WE COULD JUST

REALLY HAVE THAT GENERAL PENTECOST OFFERING UP TO WHERE

WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE TO GET THIS UNDER CONTRACT. AND SO

THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS TO GET THAT DONE. AND WE WANT TO DO IT AS

SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HOLDUP.

SO EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING AND WHO'S HERE TODAY IS OBEDIENT AND

JUST DO WHAT YOU FEEL TO DO. THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.

YOU HAVE TO FEEL WHATEVER THE LORD TELLS YOU. SO LET'S WORK ON

THAT. WEBSITE, QR CODE. THANK YOU. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

ABLE TO SEND IN PENTECOST OFFERING OR A GENERAL OFFERING

IN THE MAIL TODAY UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, GUYS, PUT THAT

IMAGE UP THAT SHOWS PENTECOST UNDER THE DROP DOWN. AND ABOVE

THAT IS GENERAL TITHES AND OFFERINGS. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO

THAT WE'RE HITTING NOW. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE

POSSESS THE LAND FUND ONCE AGAIN WHEN WE GET THIS UNDER CONTRACT.

SO TITHES AND OFFERINGS, PENTECOST OFFERING, THANK YOU

FOR HELPING. OR YOU CAN HELP WITH THE BUILDING PROJECT. THAT

GOES TO PAY OFF THOSE OTHER NOTES. SO, WHICH TWO PASTORS

POINT, WE HAVE REALLY MADE A DENT IN THAT. WE'VE WORKED

REALLY HARD. THE VERY FIRST YEAR, THAT LINE OF CREDIT FOR A

MILLION DOLLARS, WE PAID THAT OFF TOGETHER. AND THAT IS BEHIND

US, PRAISE THE LORD. SO, PRAISE GOD, WE'RE WORKING HARD. AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR GIVING READY, LET'S STAND

ON OUR FEET AND YOU JUST OBEY GOD. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T

TALK IN DEPTH ABOUT FINANCES VERY MUCH, BECAUSE WE JUST TRUST

THE LORD. WE NEVER WANT TO COERCE PEOPLE. THAT'S NEVER BEEN

OUR ROLE. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE OBEDIENT TO WHAT THE LORD

TELLS THEM TO DO. BUT WE DO HAVE TO, FROM TIME TO TIME, SHARE THE

NEED, RIGHT? PAUL DID THAT IN THE SCRIPTURE. HE SHARED THE

NEED OF WHAT HE HAD, AND THEN LET THE PEOPLE BE OBEDIENT TO

THE LORD. THANK YOU, INTERNET, FOR BEING A PART OF THAT. YOU,

OUR ECAMPUS, AND ALL OF YOU THAT JOIN IN REGULARLY, THANK YOU FOR

YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO HELP US. AND WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT PROPERTY OUT AT SHILOH WON'T JUST BE FOR

THE IN-PERSON PEOPLE. WE REALLY ARE WORKING ON LAYING OUT A

CURRICULUM FOR A BIBLE SCHOOL IN PERSON AND ONLINE. AND SO WE

WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THERE. AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST

BE AMAZING. WOULDN'T IT BE FUN TO JUST DO TENT REVIVALS AND

THINGS OUT? IT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL THE THINGS WE WOULD WANT TO

DO. AND WHILE THIS BUILDING IS AMAZING, IT IS LANDLOCKED. SO

THAT ONE WE CAN SPREAD OUT. AND THAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU

EVERYTHING. IT'S BETTER THAN THAT. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY?

ALL RIGHT, HOLD YOUR OFFERING UP HIGH. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE, HOLD

YOUR ENVELOPE, INTERNET, YOU DO THE SAME, FATHER. WE THANK YOU.

AND WE JUST SAY SHILOH IS DONE. WE PROPHESY TO IT. WE SAY THAT

WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DECLARING TODAY. THAT

FATHER, THAT EVERY NOTE THAT WE HAVE IS PAID DOWN, PAID OFF. WE

PROPHESY TO IT AND WE SAY DEBT IS CANCELED IN JESUS' NAME. I

THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST SAY OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER. YOU READY?

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT. LET'S SAY IT. WE DECLARE

THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE

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

WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, COME ON

SHILOH, 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, WOO, 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, COME ON NOW,

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

THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. COME

ON, SHOUT SHALOM, HALLELUJAH. USHERS, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SERVE

THE PEOPLE. LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK. I WANT TO STAY OUT HERE.

USHERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SERVE THE PEOPLE. I'M EXPECTING

SOME, WE'VE HAD A GOOD FLOW COMING IN, BY THE WAY, BRENDA, I

THINK WE NEED TO MENTION THAT TOO, WITH BOB ROGERS, THANK YOU

FOR ALL OF YOU WHO GAVE WHATEVER AMOUNT THAT YOU DID, BOTH ONLINE

AND IN PERSON. SO, WELL, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE WHO

ARE DEDICATING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE LORD TO BRING YOUR CHILD. WE

HAVE SOME THAT ARE OLDER AND SOME THAT ARE YOUNG. IT'S GREAT.

BUT IF YOU AND THE CHILD OR CHILDREN WOULD COME FRONT, TO

THE FRONT AND JUST FACE ME, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I'D

LOVE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL FACES OF ALL THOSE. SO YOU COULD GO

AHEAD AND COME. AND I LOVE DEDICATION. SO CUTE. NOT YOU.

NO, I'M JUST TEASING. YOU KNOW I'M ONLY MESSING WITH YOU. SO

ANYWAY, I WON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR

THIS. WHAT AN HONOR, APRIL AND MIKE. THIS IS GREAT. BY THE WAY,

MAN, THOSE ARE SOME COOL PANTS THERE, BUDDY. YOU THINK I'D LOOK

OKAY IN THEM? YOU THINK SO? YOU'RE OKAY, THANK YOU. THINK I

MAY HAVE TO GET A PAIR OF THOSE. HEARD YOUR DAD GOT A NEW TRUCK

HERE. GOTTA SEE IT, MAN. YOU GONNA LET ME DRIVE IT? IT'S ONE

OF THOSE MUNSTER TRUCKS. THE WIFE CANNOT HAVE THE BIGGER

TRUCK, MAN. THAT IS NOT RIGHT. SO HOW ARE YOU? OH, THAT'S

SWEET. YOU COME A LITTLE FORWARD. I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS

ARE SO FAR AWAY. HI THERE. SO SWEET, SWEET. ALL RIGHT, WELL,

LET ME JUST TALK TO YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT

YOU CAN DO AS PARENTS IS TO DEDICATE YOUR CHILDREN TO THE

LORD. 'CAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE GIVING BACK TO GOD

WHAT BELONGS TO HIM AND WHAT HE GAVE TO YOU THAT YOU'RE

STEWARDING OVER, AND YOU'RE JUST SIMPLY SAYING, "GOD, I'M GIVING

THEM BACK TO YOU." AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, SOMETHING REALLY

POWERFUL HAPPENS. GOD PUTS HIS HAND ON YOU, PUTS HIS HAND ON

THE CHILD, AND I THINK DIRECTS THEIR PATH AND BLESSES THEM. SO

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT. SO I WANNA ASK YOU A QUESTION

BEFORE I PRAY AND LAY MY HANDS ON YOUR CHILDREN TODAY. DO YOU

ALL, AS PARENTS, IN THE SIGHT OF ALMIGHTY GOD, DO YOU PROMISE TO

RAISE YOUR CHILDREN IN THE FEAR AND THE ADMONITION OF ALMIGHTY

GOD? WELL, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA PRAY A PRAYER, AND THEN I'M

GONNA COME DOWN. PASTOR BRENDA, IF YOU COULD JOIN ME AS WELL.

HEAVENLY FATHER, I WANNA THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE

PARENTS. MAY YOU GRANT THEM WISDOM. MAY YOU GRANT THEM

UTTERANCE, THAT THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE.

FATHER, TO SPEAK THE RIGHT THINGS, THAT MAY THEY NEVER

PROVOKE THEIR CHILDREN TO WRATH, BUT MAY THEY INSTEAD TEACH THEIR

CHILDREN, BE EXAMPLES TO THEIR CHILDREN, AND HAVE THE WISDOM

AND THE UTTERANCE THAT HELPS GUIDE THEIR PATH AND DIRECTS

THEM IN THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE CALLED THEIR CHILD TO DO. WE

PRAY A SUPERNATURAL PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OVER THE CHILD

AND CHILDREN. WE SAY NO HARM, NO EVIL. IT CANNOT AND WILL NOT

COME NEAR THEM. NO PLAGUE. FATHER, THEY'LL LIVE LONG ON THE

EARTH. NO PREMATURE DEATH. NO SICKNESSES, DISEASES, OR

TRAGEDIES, CALAMITIES, OR TRAUMA, WE SAY IT WILL NOT BE

ALLOWED UPON THESE FAMILIES, BUT UPON THESE CHILDREN. WE SAY NONE

OF THEM SHALL WALK AWAY FROM GOD AND EVER BE CALLED A PRODIGAL.

LORD, WE'RE PRAYING THAT AS THEY'RE DEDICATED BACK INTO YOUR

HANDS, THAT THEY WILL BE DEDICATED TO YOU, AND THEY WILL

LOVE YOU AND SERVE YOU THIS DAY AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF THEIR

ENTIRE LIFE. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAID? AMEN. AMEN. YOU CAN GO

AHEAD AND STAND IF YOU DON'T MIND, CONGREGATION, I JUST THINK

IT'S A, YOU'RE JUST KIND OF, IF YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN, YOU CAN,

BUT I JUST THINK IT'S JUST A SIGN OF, YOU'RE STANDING AS A

WITNESS THAT GOD IS GOING TO BLESS THESE. NOW, HEAVENLY

FATHER, WE PUT OUR HANDS UPON THESE CHILDREN. AND WHEN WE DO,

WE DEDICATE THEM BACK INTO YOUR HANDS, ALMIGHTY GOD, FOR YOUR

PURPOSE, FOR YOUR GLORY, FOR YOUR WILL TO BE ESTABLISHED IN

THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND I JUST WORSHIP YOU AND I RELEASE THAT

ANOINTING OVER THEIR LIFE AND UPON THEIR LIVES. IN JESUS'

NAME, JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU, LORD. YOU'RE GONNA BE SO TALL

AND BROAD-SHOULDERED. THANK YOU, LORD, THANK YOU, LORD. I SEE THE

GLORY OF THE LORD ON YOU, MAN, I DO. LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU. WE

LAY OUR HANDS UPON THIS ONE FOR YOUR GLORY. DEDICATE THEM BACK

INTO YOUR HANDS FOR YOUR PURPOSES AND FOR YOUR GLORY. AND

LORD, MAY THERE BE A WISDOM THAT FLOWS. SUCH A KINDNESS, SUCH A

KINDNESS, SUCH A KINDNESS, TENDERHEARTED, KINDHEARTED, AND

SUCH A GIVER. BLESS THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS AND MULTIPLY IT.

THAT FATHER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROSPER AND

TO BE RICH SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE AND BE A BLESSING. YEAH, YOU

LIKE THAT, AMEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU. WHAT AN HONOR. I GOT

TO TALK TO YOU THE OTHER DAY, MAN, AND HERE YOU ARE. SO, ALL

RIGHT, WE LAY HANDS UPON THEM. AND FATHER, WE DEDICATE THEM

INTO YOUR HANDS FOR YOUR PURPOSE, FOR YOUR GLORY. FATHER,

MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME AND MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE. FATHER, LET A

PRESERVATION AND A PROTECTION COME OVER THEIR LIFE, THEIR

HEART, AND THEIR DESTINY. I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT I JUST SAW.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE. I JUST SAW WHERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF

YOU'RE GONNA SEE 'EM, BUT AN ANGEL OF THE LORD WHO'S BEEN

ASSIGNED TO YOUR LIFE IS GONNA COME TO YOU THIS YEAR, IT'S A

VERY IMPORTANT YEAR. AND IN HIS HAND IS A SCROLL THAT IS GOING

TO REVEAL TO YOU WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR GOD. AND IT'S

GONNA CLICK AND YOU'RE GONNA KNOW IT. IT'S GONNA BE CEMENTED

IN YOUR HEART. DON'T BE DISTRACTED THIS YEAR BY FRIENDS

OR INFLUENCES. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT GOD IS

GONNA BRING TO YOUR DESTINY TO WHERE YOU ARE GONNA BE SET ON

COURSE AND ON A PATH OF GOODNESS. AND THE LORD IS

TELLING ME, SOMETIMES YOU'VE BEEN TOO HARD ON YOURSELF AND

YOU'VE COMPARED. THIS IS TO SHOW YOU THE UNIQUE GRACE THAT GOD

HAS GIVEN TO YOU THAT IS VERY SPECIAL. YOUR LIFE IS MEANT TO

BE A TESTIMONY AND IT WILL. YOU HAVE LEADERSHIP ON YOU.

SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN IN THE SHADOWS, BUT YOU'RE

A LEADER AND YOU'RE GONNA BE A GOOD ONE. SO LORD, I RELEASE

THAT OVER HIS DESTINY NOW IN YESHUA'S NAME, AMEN. LORD, I

JUST RELEASE THAT PROPHETIC GRACE OVER YOU IN YESHUA'S NAME.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU, I DON'T

KNOW IF YOU EVER SING, BUT I HEAR SINGING NOTES ALL AROUND

YOU AND YOU NEED TO PLUG IN BECAUSE I CAN SEE YOU UP THERE.

YES, I CAN, I'M GONNA GET YOU IN A HEADLOCK. COME HERE, I'M

PRE-GETTING YOU IN A HEADLOCK. YES, I CAN, 'CAUSE I SEE IT. YOU

HAVE A PROPHETIC ANOINTING ON YOU TO SING THE SONG OF THE

LORD. FATHER, WE RELEASE THE ANOINTING, WE DEDICATE THIS ONE

INTO YOUR HANDS FOR YOUR GLORY, FOR YOUR WISDOM AND THE FACT

THAT, IS THAT A GREEN BAY PACKER? OH MY GOODNESS, I FELT

GOD WHEN I TOUCHED THIS CHILD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,

LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THIS ONE IS GONNA BUILD WITH THEIR HANDS.

YEAH, A BUILDER. I SEE IT. THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE VERY

CREATIVE. A CREATIVITY AND A BUILDING GRACE IS ON THIS CHILD.

THE LORD SAID THIS ONE HAS THE SERVANT'S HEART, BUT A BUILDING

WISDOM AND GRACE IS GONNA COME. AND YOU AND THIS ONE ARE GONNA

DO SOMETHING TOGETHER. YOU'RE GONNA BUILD SOMETHING TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. I JUST SEE YOU GUYS BUILDING SOMETHING

TOGETHER. AND YOU'RE GONNA BE VERY CLOSE. AND IT'S VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT AT THIS YOUNG AGE, I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY, BUT INVOLVE

YOURSELF MORE BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INSEPARABLE BOND

BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL. I GET PASTOR

MATT TO SHOW HIM HER PRAYER. YEAH. WELL, HELLO THERE. LOOK AT

THESE LITTLE FEET. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO COME AND SPEND SOME

TIME WITH BRENDA AND I, AND WE CAN HAVE ICE CREAM AND GELATO

AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? OH, FATHER, I RELEASE THE ANOINTING.

WE DEDICATE THIS ONE BACK TO THE LORD. AND I KNOW THIS IS

OBVIOUS, BECAUSE BOTH YOU GUYS ARE MUSICALLY INCLINED, AND SO

IS THIS ONE. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE MOM AND DAD

WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT. GOD WANTS YOU TO HEAR IT. AND ONE OF

THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND I SEE

LIKE THEIR THIRD BIRTHDAY IS WHAT I KEEP SEEING, BETWEEN

THREE AND FIVE, IS THE TIME THAT YOU NEED TO SET THE INSTRUMENTS

BEFORE THEM AND TEACH TO SING AND TO PLAY. AND I JUST SEE THE

KEYS. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I JUST KEEP SEEING KEYS AND THE

SINGING AND THE WORSHIPING. I'M SERIOUS, IT'S VERY, VERY STRONG

ON THIS ONE. BUT THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A

STUBBORNNESS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WALK THROUGH. ARE YOU

ALREADY SEEING IT? A LITTLE BIT. BUT THAT DETERMINED WAY IS PART

OF AN AUTHORITY AND A BOLDNESS THAT IS ON THIS CHILD. SO I JUST

WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. SO YOU HAVE TO TEMPER IT, BUT DON'T BE

AFRAID OF IT. I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA SPEAK THEIR MIND, AND

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A DETERMINED WAY ABOUT 'EM. MAYBE SHE NEEDS

TO BE A GIRL DRUMMER. SO MAYBE A GIRL DRUMMER. ALL RIGHT, CALL

YOU BLESSED. YOU CAN TRY THE DRUMS TOO. BRENDA KNOWS I PLAY

THE DRUMS. AT HOW, I BEAT UP ON STUFF AT MY HOUSE. HOW ARE YOU,

MAN? ALL RIGHT. OH, YOU WANT, CAN I GET TWO FIVES? HOW ABOUT

ONE FIVE, DOWN LOW, UP ON HIGH? THAT'S COOL. HOW ABOUT YOU, UP

ON HIGH, DOWN LOW? OH MAN, YOU'RE NOT SLOW. FATHER, I LAY

MY HANDS UPON THESE TWO. DEDICATE THEM INTO YOUR HANDS

FOR YOUR GLORY AND FOR YOUR HONOR, FOR YOUR PURPOSES TO BE

FULFILLED NOW AND IN THIS LIFETIME IN YESHUA'S NAME. THANK

YOU, LORD. I JUST SEE, AS I'M TOUCHING THIS, THIS IS AN

ATHLETICISM AND A STRENGTH, A QUICKNESS. THANK YOU, LORD.

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

YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. I SEE LIKE THERE'S BEEN LIKE A

LITTLE THING WITH LEARNING THAT IS GOING TO BE ERASED. AND DON'T

LET THEM SAY THERE'S A CURVE THERE, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE

HEARD. AND THE LORD IS SAYING THAT'S NOT SO. THERE IS A WISDOM

AND A KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS A WISDOM AND A KNOWLEDGE UPON THIS

CHILD THAT IT BREAKS ANYTHING THAT'S TRYING TO BE A CURVE. GOD

IS REDIRECTING IT AND REALIGNING IT. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT AN

ATHLETICISM THAT'S GONNA RISE, BUT IT IS ABOUT A KNOWLEDGE AND

A WISDOM THAT IS IN THIS CHILD. AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT THERE

IS SOMETHING THAT I SEE THAT HAS TO DO WITH AN INNOVATIVE

ENTREPRENEUR TYPE WAY. AND IT'S GONNA, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALWAYS

GONNA WANNA INVENT SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING, AND THAT'S OKAY. LET

IT, LET IT GROW BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BRING OUT THE

EXPRESSION OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD HAS PLACED.

LORD, I BLESS THIS ONE. I THANK YOU AND I HONOR YOU. I LAY MY

HANDS UPON THIS ONE FOR YOUR PURPOSE AND FOR YOUR GLORY, AND

I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU, LORD. I HEAR THE LORD SAYING OVER THIS

ONE, THIS IS A STORYTELLER. THIS ONE WILL BE VERY GOOD AT TELLING

STORIES BECAUSE THE LORD SAID THERE'S A GRACE TO TELL. THIS

ONE'S AN EVANGELIST AND WILL TELL THE GOSPEL AND THE GOSPEL

STORIES. AND THE LORD SAID, YOU ARE TO READ THE GOSPELS TO HIM

EVEN NOW. AND THIS ONE IS THE LORD'S PREACHER. THANK YOU.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN BE SEATED. YOU CAN GO

BACK TO YOUR CHAIRS. THANK YOU, GOD, AMEN. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE

A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME FOR THE KIDS TODAY. I LIKE TO DO THAT

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. TO JUST, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED.

DID YOU JUST SMILE AT SOMEBODY? I'M SMILING AT YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING TODAY. SO HOW MANY HAVE SMILED AT SOMEBODY? YOU DIDN'T

SMILE? PASTOR BRENDA, CAN I GIVE THIS TO YOU SO THAT IT DOESN'T

GET CAUGHT UP IN ON THE PULPIT? I ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ROOM ON THE

PULPIT. THANK YOU, WHAT A GOOD LOOKING GIRL. ALL RIGHT, I WANT

YOU TO OPEN YOUR BIBLES, PLEASE, REAL QUICK, I WON'T MAKE THIS A

LONG MESSAGE. HOW MANY BELIEVE THAT? YOU CAN BELIEVE IT FOR ME,

BRENDA IS THE LONGWINDED PREACHER. HAVE YOU BEEN

ENJOYING, SHE'S BEEN COMING IN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. ISN'T THAT

BEEN AMAZING? AND I LISTENED TO HER LAST WEEK, AND AS I WAS

GETTING READY, AND I SAID, SHE CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND I

SAID, "BRENDA," AND MY JOB WAS TO TURN THE OVEN ON, AND I DID,

BRENDA, I FIGURED IT OUT. WE GOT A NEW OVEN, AND I DIDN'T KNOW

HOW TO FIGURE IT OUT. IT'S HARD, IT'S COMPLICATED. IT HAD LIKE

FOUR BUTTONS. AND THEN IT MADE THIS NOISE LIKE THE RUSSIANS

WERE COMING WITH IT, LIKE, "BRRR!" I'M LIKE, "OH NO, I DID

SOMETHING WRONG!" BUT THEN IT WAS LIKE, PREHEATING IS OVER.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, GO TO

ISAIAH 43, VERSE 18. HOW MANY HAVE SEEN THESE NEW ROBOTS? SO

Isaiah 43:18

PASTOR DODJI HAD GOT ME AS A LITTLE GIFT. IS IT OKAY, DODJI,

ONE OF THOSE ROBOTS THAT VACUUMS YOUR HOUSE? WEREN'T YOU THE ONE

THAT GAVE IT TO ME? YEAH, IT'S OKAY, SON, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE,

AND I TOLD BRENDA, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE GERMAN

SHEPHERDS AND STUFF, THEY SHED, I SAID, BRENDA, I'LL NEVER EVER

HAVE TO VACUUM AGAIN. SO IF SOMEBODY COULD INVENT A ROBOT

THAT DOES HONEYDEW, WE WOULD JUST WELCOME THAT IN THE WORLD

OF MADNESS. OKAY, LOOK AT ISAIAH 43, WE'RE IN A NEW SEASON. WE'RE

IN A NEW SEASON. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT FULLY,

BUT I WANNA REMIND YOU. NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS, "REMEMBER NOT THE

FORMER THINGS, "NEITHER CONSIDER THE THINGS OF OLD." STOP RIGHT

THERE. "WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT, WHAT YOU MEDITATE ON, "WHAT WE

FOCUS ON OFTENTIMES DETERMINES "IF AND HOW OR WHEN WE COME

INTO," LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE, "A NEW SEASON." IF YOU'RE

CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT ALL THE FORMER THINGS, THINGS THAT

DIDN'T WORK OUT, PRAYERS THAT WEREN'T ANSWERED, THE

FRUSTRATION OF YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? YOUR LIFE IS SO BAD. HOW MANY OF

YOU EVER DONE THAT? I'VE DID THAT A FEW TIMES BEFORE. OH,

MINISTRY'S SO BAD, MINISTRY'S SO HARD, PASTORING IS NO FUN, GOD.

I MEAN, I HAD A FEW OF THOSE PRAYERS IN MY LIFE. BUT BEHOLD,

I DO A WHAT THING? A NEW THING. NOW NOTICE VERSE 18 IS THE KEY.

YOU CAN'T MEDITATE ON ALL THE FORMER THINGS. OR YOU CAN'T DO

THIS. WELL, IT WAS BETTER, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO THAN IT IS

NOW. WELL, YOU'RE MEDITATING ON THE WRONG THINGS. AND IT'S

AFFECTING YOUR PRESENT MOMENT. VERSE 19, "BEHOLD, NEW THINGS

ARISE, "AND IT SHALL SPRING FORTH." NOW, IF YOU HAVE AN

ATTITUDE AND YOU'RE MEDITATING UPON, WELL, GOD, WHEN'S IT GONNA

HAPPEN? IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. I DON'T EVER BELIEVE IT'S GONNA

SPRING FORTH. I THINK THAT'S JUST A BUNCH OF HYPE. WELL, BE

WISE, BECAUSE IF YOU MEDITATE ON THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY EXACTLY

WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A HINDERED SEASON. OR

YOU WON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL. YOU'LL HAVE A BARREN SEASON. AND

SO IT'S EASY TO FOCUS ON THE PROBLEMS THAN IT IS FOCUSING ON

THE PROMISE OF WHAT YOU ARE BELIEVING FOR. NOW, HERE'S WHAT

I LIKE. IT'S GONNA SPRING FORTH NOW. THERE IS THE NOW MOMENT

THAT GOD IS TRYING TO GET HIS PEOPLE TO SEE IT. I WAS AT TIM

SHEETS' CHURCH AND PREACHED ON RENAISSANCE, AGAIN, TALKING

ABOUT, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, THE NOW SEASON THAT

WE'RE IN. GOD IS SAYING THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT PROLONGED.

THIS IS THE NOW SEASON, AND YOU HAVE TO POSITION YOURSELF FOR

IT. NOW, I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING. SO ON MEMORIAL DAY,

BRENDA AND I, A FEW DAYS BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, WHICH WAS JUST,

WAS IT LAST WEEK, WAS THAT MEMORIAL DAY? WE HAD PLANNED A

LITTLE OUTING. HER AND I, WE WERE GONNA TAKE OUR WALKING

STICKS. THEY'RE LIKE WALKING RODS, MAN, LIKE STAVES, AND

MINE'S LIKE REALLY TALL. I LOOK LIKE MOSES WITH IT WITHOUT A

BEARD. BRENDA LOOKS LIKE MOSETTA, YOU KNOW, THE FEMALE

VERSION OF MOSES. AND WE GET OUT THERE WITH OUR WALKING STICKS

AND WE WERE GONNA GO OUT AND LOOK FOR TRAINS 'CAUSE YOU KNOW,

SHE'S REALLY ON TRACK WITH ME AND TRAINS, MAN. AND SO WE, I

KNOW YOU CAN DO THE, OH, IF YOU WANT, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE SAID,

SHE SAID, "IT'S MEMORIAL DAY, HANK, I WOULD LOVE TO GO "AND

LOOK FOR TRAINS." AND SO WE WENT TO THIS ONE PLACE AND WE HAD

PRAYED AHEAD OF TIME. WE SAID, "NOW GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS

"THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A TRAIN. "WE'RE NOT GOING ALL THE

WAY HERE. "WE'RE NOT TAKING OUR WALKING STICKS "AND WE'RE NOT

GONNA SEE A TRAIN. "WE ASK YOU FOR A TRAIN." AND WE KEPT GIVING

THANKS, WORSHIPING THE LORD. WELL, THE DAY OF MEMORIAL DAY,

WE'RE PACKING UP A LITTLE STUFF TO GO FOR OUR OUTING. AND IT

JUST SEEMED LIKE WE COULD NOT GET OUT THE DOOR. HOW MANY OF

YOU EVER HAD THOSE MOMENTS? RIGHT? NOW, ONE THING I DO

APPRECIATE ABOUT MY WIFE IN 37 YEARS, AND I WANNA HONOR YOU,

BRENDA, SHE REALLY HAS NEVER MADE ME LATE. SHE ISN'T, SHE IS

NOT ONE OF THOSE WOMEN. I KNOW A LOT OF GUYS, IT'S LIKE, SORRY,

YOU KNOW, MY WIFE CAN'T GET OUT THE DOOR, RIGHT? AND I'M NOT

FAULTING ANY WOMAN, I'M NOT DOING THAT, BUT I JUST SAY I

APPRECIATE THAT 'CAUSE SHE MAKES ME LOOK GOOD. SHE KEEPS ME ON

TIME, I LIKE THAT. BUT YET I WAS JUST RUNNING BEHIND, MAN. SHE

WAS LIKE, "ARE YOU COMING?" I'M LIKE, "YEAH, I'LL BE RIGHT

THERE. "I'M GETTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. "I GOTTA GET ONE MORE

THING." AND I THINK I NEEDED LIKE OFF SPRAY OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT 'CAUSE I'LL BE OUT BY THE WOODS. AND SO WE WERE DELAYED

ABOUT 45 MINUTES. WE GET TO THIS PLACE AND WE'RE WALKING WITH OUR

STICK AND I WALK LIKE CHARLESTON HESTON. I WALK LIKE THIS AND

BRENDA'S LIKE, "YOU'RE WALKING WEIRD." I'M LIKE, "BRENDA, THIS

IS HOW MOSES WALKED." AND SHE'S LIKE, "HURRY UP." I'M LIKE,

"BRENDA, THERE'S AN ART TO WALKING LIKE MOSES." AND THEN

SHE'S LIKE, "I'M GONNA USE THIS STICK ON YOU." SO WE GET DOWN

THERE, NO TRAINS, NO TRAINS, NO TRAINS, AND WE SPENT, IT WAS A

LITTLE HOT, YOU KNOW, SWEATING. AND I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, BRENDA,

I THINK WE BETTER GO." AND YET, I JUST SAID, "GOD, I THANK YOU.

"I THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. "THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY. "WE

JUST MEDITATE AND HONOR YOU TODAY, GOD, "AND WE WORSHIP

YOU." AND WE STARTED WALKING LIKE MOSES AND MOSETTA UP THIS

HILL, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD, (MIMICS TRAIN WHISTLE)

THAT'S A TRAIN WHISTLE, BY THE WAY. SOMETIMES IT'S THE SOUND OF

MY STOMACH. I SAID, "BRENDA!" 'CAUSE SHE WAS ALREADY UP THE

HILL. I SAID, "COME DOWN!" I SAID, "THERE'S AT LEAST ONE

MINUTE, I BELIEVE, "AND THE TRAIN WILL BE HERE!" AND SHE

CAME FAST DOWN THERE. I THREW MY STICK DOWN JUST LIKE MOSES.

REMEMBER, WE CAST IT DOWN? AND I WENT FROM WALKING LIKE

CHARLESTON HESTON MOSES TO RUNNING LIKE TOM CRUISE. YOU

KNOW HOW TOM CRUISE RUNS? MAN, I HAD ARMS LIKE THIS. QUIT

LAUGHING, I DID TOO. I WAS RUNNING LIKE TOM CRUISE IN MY

MIND. AND I KEPT SAYING TO MYSELF, HAMSTRING, YOU WILL NOT

PULL. HAMSTRING, YOU WILL NOT PULL. AND I GOT DOWN THERE AND I

WAS ABLE TO FILM IT. GOD BROUGHT A TRAIN. HE DID. AND SO I WAS SO

EXCITED. CAN I TELL YOU ONE TIME WHEN I WATCHED THE TRAIN, JOHN,

YOU'RE A GOOFBALL, THAT'S MY SON, HE'S WATCHING FROM

COLORADO. JOHN, YOU'RE A GOOFBALL. AND I'M SAYING IT

AHEAD OF TIME OF THIS STORY. SO ONE OTHER TIME WE WENT OUT AND

IT HAD RAINED AND I WANTED TO GO LOOK AT TRAINS AND JOHN WENT

WITH ME. AND SO THE TRAIN STARTED COMING AND I RAN DOWN

THIS HILL AND HE'S LIKE, "DAD, DAD, DAD, DAD, IT'S MUDDY." I'M

LIKE, "COME ON, JOHN." AND I WAS RUNNING LIKE TOM CRUISE AND ALL

OF A SUDDEN I HIT THE MUD AND I SPUN. I LITERALLY CAME OFF, YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, I CAME OFF THE GROUND, ROLLED, AND TRIED TO

WIPE OUT IN STYLE. BUT I GOT UP, I WAS COVERED IN MUD. I WAS, MY

WHOLE SWEAT OUTFIT WAS COVERED IN MUD AND MY RIGHT ARM WAS

LIKE, LIKE I THINK I SPRAINED IT, HUH? IT WAS COVERED IN MUD

AND IT WAS HURTING, MY SHOULDER WAS HURTING. AND I LOOK UP TO

FIND JOHN. AND HE'S UP THERE, OH, DAD! THAT WAS GREAT, MAN! OH

MY GOODNESS, OH, DAD, THAT WAS SO GREAT! OH MY GOSH, DAD, YOU

SHOULD HAVE SEEN YOURSELF! IT'S AMAZING YOU'RE EVEN ALIVE! AND

THEN HE GOES, OH, MAN! HE'S LOOKING AT HIS PHONE. I SAID,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE COULD HAVE WON $100,000. I SAID, WHAT

DO YOU MEAN? HE GOES, OH, IF I WOULD HAVE FILMED IT, DAD, WE

WOULD HAVE HAD THE FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. AND I'M TALKING TO HIM,

AND THE ITALIAN COMES OUT OF ME, MOM, I'M LIKE, YO, DON'T YOU

CARE THAT I'M DOWN HERE HURTING? LIKE, JOHN, YOU ARE A DORK. HE

DIDN'T EVEN CARE. ANYWAY, JOHN, I LOVE YOU. I BET YOU'RE

LAUGHING. TEXT ME IF YOU'RE LAUGHING. I GUARANTEE YOU,

YOU'RE LAUGHING. BUT THAT WAS IN ANOTHER TRAIN STORY. BUT ANYWAY,

THERE IS A POINT. SO AS I WAS WALKING ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY

ONE, NOT COVERED IN MUD, I BEGAN TO PRAY AND THANK GOD FOR THAT

TRAIN WITH BRENDA. I SAID, "LORD, WE PRAYED AHEAD OF TIME."

NOW THAT'S THE KEY. SOME OF YOU HAVE PRAYED ABOUT THINGS, BUT

THEN YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK. YOU'VE GOTTEN DERAILED. YOU HAVE

GONE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT

WAS GONNA HAPPEN, AND YET THERE'S A TRAIN, THERE'S AN

ANSWER TO PRAYER COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN ON THE TRACK, BUT YOU

GAVE UP TOO QUICK. HAD I, I MEAN, HAD I GOT UP THAT HILL, I

WOULD HAVE BEEN UP THE HILL, HEARD THE TRAIN, AND I WOULD

HAVE BEEN SMACKING MYSELF WITH THAT STICK. THAT'S WHERE SOME OF

YOU ARE, AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WHEN IT HAS COME TO

YOUR PRAYER LIFE, THE DELIGHTS OF YOUR HEART, THE THINGS THAT

YOU'RE ASKING FOR. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S LIKE RIGHT THERE, THE

NEW SEASON, BUT YOU'VE GIVEN UP. AND SO I STARTED PRAYING WITH

BRENDA, AND WE WERE GIVING THANKS TO GOD, AND WE STARTED

PRAYING FOR THIS ONE PERSON. AND I SAID TO THE LORD, "LORD, YOU

KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. HOW COME THAT THING HAS NOT COME TO

PASS?" AND WE HAD THIS PERSON ASK US TO PRAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO

ABOUT SOMETHING. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CAME UP INSIDE MY

HEART. AND I SAID, "LORD, HOW COME?" AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF

THE LORD. HE SAID, "I'LL TELL YOU WHY. SOME PEOPLE'S PRAYERS

DON'T GET ANSWERED, OR THEY'RE DELAYED, HINDERED, OR ABORTED."

AND HE SPOKE THESE WORDS TO ME. AND AGAIN, I KNEW THE PHRASE,

BUT I HEARD THESE WORDS. HE SAID, "THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE

OF WHAT THEY'RE MEDITATING IN THEIR HEART AND THE WORDS OF

THEIR MOUTH." AND THEN I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S A

SCRIPTURE. AND SO I HURRIED AND WENT BACK, GOT IN THE CAR,

STARTED TYPING IT IN, YOU KNOW, OR AS I WAS WALKING AWAY AND

STUFF, I WAS TYPING THIS. AND I SAW THIS VERSE, LOOK AT PSALM

19. THIS IS VERSE 14, I BELIEVE IT IS. PSALM 19, VERSE 14. LOOK

Psalms 19:14

AT WHAT IT SAYS. "LET THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH," SO THIS IS WHAT

GOD TOLD ME. HE SAID, "THE REASON PEOPLE'S PRAYERS ARE

EITHER ABORTED, "DELAYED, OR HINDERED," IS RIGHT HERE. "LET

THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH "AND THE MEDITATION OF YOUR HEART BE

ACCEPTABLE "IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY STRENGTH AND MY

REDEEMER." NOW YOU SAY, WELL, OKAY, PASTOR HANK, WHAT DO YOU

MEAN? THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART, HOW COULD THAT AFFECT MY

PRAYER LIFE? WELL, WHAT WE MEDITATE ON OR WHAT WE THINK

ABOUT CAN AFFECT OUR PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE

MEDITATING ALWAYS ON THE NEGATIVE OR YOU'RE ALWAYS

MEDITATING ON THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TIMES THAT YOU PRAYED

ABOUT IT AND YOU STILL DON'T HAVE IT. OR MAYBE YOU PRAYED FOR

YOUR HEALING BUT RATHER THAN MEDITATING ON THE WORD, THOSE

SYMPTOMS OR PAIN OR WHATEVER IT IS KEEPS SPEAKING LOUD TO YOU,

SO YOU MEDITATE ON THAT. YOU'RE MEDITATING ON THE FACT THAT HOW

MANY TIMES YOU'VE GONE ON A PRAYER LINE, HOW MANY TIMES

YOU'VE HAD HANDS LAID ON YOU, HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE READ THE

SCRIPTURE AND STILL YOU DON'T HAVE THE MANIFESTATION. MAYBE

YOU'VE MEDITATED ON SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS MARRIED AND YOU'RE

NOT AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHY. WELL, GOD, WHAT AM I DOING

WRONG? THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT I

THINK PULLS PEOPLE OUT FROM GETTING THE BLESSING THAT GOD

HAS FOR THEM. IT'S I THINK WHAT ABORTS THEIR PRAYERS, HINDERS

THEIR PRAYERS, IS YOU START GETTING OVER INTO EXACTLY WHAT

THE ENEMY WANTS. AND THAT IS THAT YOU LOOK AT YOURSELF, YOU

MEDITATE ON YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING WRONG. THAT'S

EXACTLY WHAT THE ENEMY WANTS. HE WANTS YOU TO SELF-CONDEMN. ONE

THING TO SELF-EXAMINE, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SELF-CRITICIZE.

RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO BE WISE. AND SOME PEOPLE GIVE UP. SOME PEOPLE

SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M DONE. YOU QUIT, YOU SHIPWRECK. AND SO

WHAT YOU MEDITATE ON IS VERY, VERY KEY BECAUSE IT GETS IN YOUR

HEART. AND THEN EVENTUALLY, PUT UP PSALM 19, VERSE 14, SEE, IT

Psalms 19:14

COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. LET THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH, I MEAN,

WHAT ARE WE SPEAKING? ARE WE SPEAKING, OH, WELL, GOD, IT'LL

NEVER COME TO PASS. OH, I'VE PRAYED ABOUT THAT. I USED TO

BELIEVE THAT. I'VE HEARD CHRISTIANS SAY THAT. I'M LIKE,

DON'T EVER SAY THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. I USED TO BELIEVE THAT.

OR I KNOW SOMEBODY THAT IT WORKED OUT FOR, BUT IT DIDN'T

WORK FOR ME. DON'T EVER BELIEVE THAT. GOD'S NOT A RESPECTER OF

PEOPLE, RIGHT? BUT LET THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION

OF YOUR HEART, THINGS THAT YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU MEDITATE ON,

RIGHT? YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU'RE FOCUSING ON. IT COMES IN YOUR

HEART AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS, JESUS SAID, LOOK AT LUKE 6:45.

Luke 6:45

THIS IS AN INTERESTING POINT. JESUS SAID A GOOD MAN. SO YOU'RE

A GOOD PERSON, RIGHT? BUT MAYBE YOU'RE JUST SPEAKING WRONG.

MAYBE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THE WRONG THINGS. A GOOD MAN OUT OF

THE GOOD TREASURE OF HIS HEART BRINGS FORTH THAT WHICH IS GOOD.

BUT AN EVIL MAN OUT OF THE EVIL TREASURER'S HEART BRINGS FORTH

THAT WHICH IS EVIL. NOW WATCH THIS. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOWED

ME SOMETHING. FOR OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, HIS

MOUTH SPEAKS. OR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR HEART, YOUR

MOUTH SPEAKS. NOW, IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU LET WORDS FLY OUT OF

YOUR MOUTH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. OH, MUST HAVE BEEN IN

YOUR HEART, RIGHT? I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY THAT BEFORE. OH, SEE,

IT WAS IN THEIR HEART 'CAUSE IT CAME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH. NO, NO,

NO, NO. PUT LUKE 6:45. HE SAID, "OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE." IN OTHER

Luke 6:45

WORDS, IF YOU KEEP PACKING AND PACKING AND PACKING NEGATIVITY

AND THE WRONG THINGS IN YOUR HEART, EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA

FORMULATE YOUR THINKING AND IT'S GONNA FORMULATE YOUR

PERSPECTIVE. IT'S GONNA FORMULATE YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM.

IT'S GONNA FORMULATE HOW YOU DO THINGS, HOW YOU, COME ON, DO

LIFE. WELL, THE WAY YOU'RE DOING LIFE ISN'T HELPING YOU. AND

WHAT'S WORSE IS NOW HOW YOU'RE DOING LIFE IS YOU'RE SPEAKING

WRONG AND YOU'RE NOT HELPING THE DO YOUR LIFE. YOU'RE ONLY DOING

BAD IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALLOWED THE ABUNDANCE OF THOSE

THINGS TO GET INTO YOUR MIND. YOU'RE FOCUSING ON MORE EVERY

DAY. I'M NOT HEALED, WHEN'S IT GONNA HAPPEN? I'M NOT MARRIED, I

DON'T HAVE A BETTER JOB. MY FAMILY'S A MESS, MY MARRIAGE IS

A MESS, MY PRODIGAL WON'T RETURN. THE MORE YOU DO IT, IT'S

BUILDING ABUNDANCE AND IT'S GETTING IN YOUR HEART AND WHAT'S

HAPPENING IS IT'S BUILDING FAITH IN THAT, THEN THE ANSWER, THE

PROMISE. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU GOT IT COMING OUT OF

YOUR MOUTH. I USED TO, WHEN THINGS WEREN'T WORKING OUT, SO I

THOUGHT IN OUR MINISTRY, I WOULD SIT THERE AND THE ENEMY WOULD

HIT ME OVER THE HEAD AND I WOULD LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T

LIKE ME AND THEN TOLD ME HOW BAD OF A PASTOR I WAS. I'M LIKE,

WELL, WHAT'S YOUR INDICTMENT? THAT I DEMAND RIGHTEOUSNESS?

RIGHT, I ASKED FOR COMMITMENT, AND I STARTED LETTING IT AFFECT

ME. AND THEN IT WOULD COME OUT OF MY MOUTH EVERY ONCE IN A

WHILE. I WAS NOT A GOOD PASTOR. IT TOOK GOD AND MY WIFE A FEW

TIMES IN THE EARLY YEARS TO SAY, QUIT SAYING THAT, AND I'M GLAD I

DID. I'M NOT SAYING I'M THE BEST, BUT I'M SURE BETTER THAN I

WAS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. AND I DIDN'T GO DOWN THAT ROAD, THAT

WAS A TRAP, MAN. THAT WAS A TRAP. SO WHAT YOU'RE MEDITATING

ON, IF YOU DO IT IN ABUNDANCE, IT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF YOUR

MOUTH. AND WHEN IT STARTS COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, YOU GOT TO

UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT WORLD OPERATES BY WORDS AND BY FAITH.

IF YOU HAVE MORE FAITH THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET HEALED

AND YOU SPEAK THAT, YOU'RE ACTIVATING THE SPIRITS OF

INFIRMITY AND SICKNESS TO CARRY THAT INTO MANIFESTATION. RIGHT?

IF YOU'RE SPEAKING NEGATIVE OVER YOUR MARRIAGE, OR THAT YOU'RE

GONNA BE SINGLE, I GUESS THERE'S JUST NOBODY OUT THERE ANYMORE.

WOMEN TODAY, MEN TODAY, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? KEEP DOING

THAT IN ABUNDANCE AND YOU WILL BE SINGLE. YOU HAVE TO WATCH

WHAT YOU MEDITATE ON. THAT'S WHY I DON'T LISTEN TO THE NEWS ALL

THE TIME. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE LED TO BELIEVE THE NONSENSE

ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND YET THEY CONTINUE TO GET PROVEN

WRONG. ALL OF THESE INDICTMENTS, WHERE ARE THEY? I JUST READ THAT

LADY THAT SUPPOSEDLY GOT RAPED. SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER WHEN. AND

SHE WORE A DRESS THAT WASN'T EVEN, UNTIL LIKE TWO YEARS LATER

OR WHATEVER. OKAY, THE WHOLE THING WAS A LIE, BUT YOU

LISTENED TO IT, YOU MEDITATED ON IT, AND THEN NOW YOU BELIEVED IT

AND IT WAS COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. AND NOW SHE'S IN BIG

DOO-DOO. BECAUSE IT JUST SO MIGHT BE THAT SHE LIED UNDER

PERJURY. OH, IN AMERICA? YES. WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON? WHAT

ARE YOU LISTENING TO? SO WHEN A TRUE PROPHET OF GOD SPEAKS ABOUT

TRUMP BEING GOD'S MAN, YOU BELIEVE THE FAKE AND THE FALSE

AND THE STUPID AND THE IDIOTS. AND YOU'RE A NEVER-NO-TRUMPER. I

MEAN, I CAME ACROSS A SUGGESTION OF SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY WHO I

KNEW THAT WAS, SERVED IN THE MILITARY. AND I THOUGHT, "HEY, I

WONDER WHAT THEY'RE UP TO." AND I LOOKED ON THEIR PAGE AND

THEY'RE ALL, "YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH AMERICA IS

MAGA." AND I STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT THEY SUPPORT AND I THOUGHT,

"YOU ARE A UNITED STATES VETERAN. HOW DARE YOU? I GOT

MORE SOLDIER IN ME THAN YOU DO. BUCKWHEAT AND I HADN'T EVEN

SERVED." AND I COULD READ BECAUSE OF ALL THEIR POSTS, OF

ALL THE STUPID ARTICLES THAT THEY READ. AND THEN I WANTED TO

GO, "GUY, THIS IS DAVID SOMETHING OR OTHER, MAKE UP A

NAME." ALL, YOU ARE MEDITATING ON THE WRONG THINGS. MOST OF

YOUR ARTICLES HAVE BEEN PROVEN FALSE. BUT THEY NEVER WENT BACK

AND SCRUBBED IT, CLEANED IT. BUT IT'S WHY THEY'RE A DIPSTICK. I

MEAN, LISTEN, THERE'S A LOT OF HORRIBLE PEOPLE AND SOME PEOPLE,

THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST HORRIBLE, I MEAN, THEY'RE

JUST BAD PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE HORRIBLE, I THINK YOU'RE

FANTASTIC. OKAY, NOW I WANT YOU TO GO TO LUKE CHAPTER 11. I

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MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT WITH PEOPLE? OKAY, THE LADY WHO,

I'M HAVING PROBLEMS IN MY MARRIAGE, PASTOR HANK. OKAY,

WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? YOU'RE WATCHING DOPE OPERAS. RIGHT, THE

YOUNG AND THE ADULTEROUS. AS THE WORLD WOKES. WHAT WAS THE OTHER

ONE, I FORGET ALL OF MY, RIGHT? AND NOW YOUR POOR HUSBAND WHO

WORKS HIS TAIL OFF CAN'T COMPARE TO THE JACK WAGON THAT YOU'RE

WATCHING. I HOPE THESE ARE OKAY WORDS FOR THE PULPIT. DOESN'T

MEASURE UP TO THE GUY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. OH, MR.

ACTOR, YEAH, IF YOU COULD SEE HIM WITHOUT HIS MAKEUP ON, YOU

WOULDN'T BE SO IMPRESSED, RIGHT? MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE

PROBABLY NOT EVEN STRAIGHT. NO, THAT'S THE TRUTH. THERE'S A LOT

OF JACKED UP ACTORS AND ACTRESSES. I DON'T MAKE 'EM

MY HERO. EVEN SPORTS FIGURES ANYMORE, I'VE JUST

LIKE, Y'ALL, OOH, YOU, GOD THIS, GOD THAT. WELL,

WHY DON'T YOU SERVE HIM THEN? RIGHT. OKAY?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

YOU KNOW, YOUR TESTIMONY IS NO GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I BETTER GET

BACK TO MY MESSAGE 'CAUSE WE'RE ALMOST GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE

HERE TODAY. I'M IN ONE OF THOSE MOODS, MAN. ALL RIGHT, SO OKAY,

PUT UP PSALM 19, VERSE, WHAT WAS IT, 14 AGAIN, AND THEN I'M GONNA

COME TO THE LORD'S PRAYER. SO I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING THAT

JESUS TAUGHT THAT ACTUALLY IS THIS PRINCIPLE RIGHT HERE. HEY,

STEVE, HOW YOU DOING, MAN? MR. GERBER, YOU DOING GOOD? I LOVE

YOU. YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS CHURCH FOR HOW MANY YEARS? 30 YEARS.

WOW, AND HE STILL SLEEPS IN CHURCH. THIS IS GREAT. I'M JUST

MESSING WITH YOU. YOU KNOW I'M ONLY MESSING WITH, I LOVE YOU,

MAN. LOOK AT HIM, OH, WHAT DID HE SAY? YOU WANNA TUSSLE, STEVE?

OKAY, NO, I'M JUST MESSING. ALL RIGHT, PUT IT BACK UP, PSALM 19,

LOOK AT VERSE 14. ALL RIGHT, HERE IT GOES. LET THE WORDS OF

MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTABLE ON THY

SIGHT. SO WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT, WHAT YOU MEDITATE ON, WHAT YOU

FOCUS ON, YOU WILL BELIEVE. AND IF YOU DO IT IN ABUNDANCE

ENOUGH, YOU WILL PUT FAITH BEHIND IT. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW

IT, IT'LL BE COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, ACTIVATING SOMETHING IN

THE SPIRIT REALM. IF IT'S NEGATIVE, IT'S DEMONS,

D-E-M-O-N, -OCRATS. OH, DEMONS, OKAY.

SO IT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. NOW GO TO

LUKE CHAPTER 11. CAN I HAVE FUN WITH YOU? AM I JUST

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HAVING FUN? ALL RIGHT, COME ON. GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO WRITE

ABOUT, RIGHT? AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT HE WAS PRAYING IN A

CERTAIN PLACE, JESUS. AND WHEN HE CEASED, ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES

SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, AS JOHN TAUGHT HIS

DISCIPLES. NOW WATCH JESUS, HE TEACHES THIS PRINCIPLE OF

MEDITATION AND YOUR WORDS, WATCH. VERSE TWO, AND HE SAID

UNTO THEM, WHEN YOU PRAY, THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS YOU SAY,

OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. WE'RE

GONNA LOOK AT VERSE TWO HERE. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE

DONE. NOW, THE FIRST THING, IF WE ARE GOING TO GET THE

MEDITATION OF OUR HEART RIGHT, WE BEGIN WITH THIS. THE FIRST

THING, IF YOU WANNA GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED, IS YOU FOCUS

ON THE FATHER. JESUS SAID, "WHATEVER YOU ASK THE FATHER IN

MY NAME, "HE'LL DO IT." SO YOU GOTTA GET THE FATHER FACTOR

DOWN. JESUS SAID, "WHEN YOU PRAY, YOU MEDITATE, "YOU

SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS, YOU SPECIFICALLY FOCUS, "YOU

SPECIFICALLY MEDITATE ON THE FATHER, THE FATHER FIRST." WELL,

WHAT DO I MEDITATE ABOUT THE FATHER? ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT

MATTHEW 7, VERSE 11. YOU HAVE TO MEDITATE ON THIS PART OF THE

Matthew 7:11

FATHER. THAT FIRST OF ALL, JESUS, OVER 200 TIMES THAT THE

KING JAMES OR THE GREEK TRANSLATES THE WORD FATHER, IT

WAS REALLY THE WORD ABBA. HE DIDN'T JUST SAY ABBA FATHER IN

THE GARDEN. IT'S WHY THE PHARISEES GOT SO ANGRY AT HIM

BECAUSE THEY ONLY KNEW GOD AS A FATHER FIGURE CORPORATELY TO

ISRAEL, THAT GOD CALLED ISRAEL THE NATION, THEIR SON. THEY

NEVER COULD FATHOM A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A FATHER

FIGURE, A DADDY. AND SO JESUS ON PURPOSE TICKED HIM OFF BY USING

THE WORD DADDY, PAPA, ABBA, FATHER. YOU HAVE TO GET IT IN

YOUR HEART THAT HE IS NOT JUST, "I'M FATHER GOD, "AND IT IS MY

WAY OR NO WAY." AND HE'S THIS HARSH, GRUMPY, ANCIENT OF DAYS

OLD MAN. HE'S NOT IN A GOOD MOOD, DON'T COME AND BOTHER HIM

TODAY. NO. JESUS, WHEN THE KIDS CAME TO HIM, HE OPENED HIS ARMS.

AND THE PHARISEES WHO HATED THAT JESUS CALLED HIS FATHER DADDY,

THEY SAID, "JESUS, GET THE KIDS AWAY." AND JESUS SAID, "NO, NO,

LET THEM COME TO ME. "AND IF YOU'VE SEEN ME, YOU'VE SEEN MY

DADDY." THE FATHER IS LONGING FOR YOU. YOU USED TO BE INSIDE

OF HIM. HE GAVE YOU THE RIGHT AND THE HONOR TO COME TO THE

EARTH, TO BREATHE, TO HAVE HUMAN FORM SO THAT YOU COULD BE

RECONCILED BACK TO HIM AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE FIRST THING

THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SAY, "JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART,"

"YOU'RE RECONCILED BACK TO YOUR DADDY," "AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS

SO EXCITED," "HE CRIES OUT, 'NOT FATHER, ABBA DADDY.'" HE

CONNECTS YOU WITH PAPA GOD. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT REVELATION,

I LOVE TO TEASE MY DAD. I LOVE TO MAKE HIM LAUGH. I LOVE FOR

HIM TO MAKE ME LAUGH. I LOVE TO BE TENDER WITH HIM. AND HE'S NOT

SO STRINGENT AND STRICT. NOW, BELIEVE ME, THERE'S TIMES WHERE

HE HAS MANIFESTED, AND I'VE HAD EXPERIENCES WHERE I AM SHAKING,

LIKE I SAID TO YOU, AND I MEAN, IT'S HOLY AWE, BUT HE'S

APPROACHABLE. AND HE IS SO FUNNY. HE HAS AN AMAZING

PERSONALITY. YOU KNOW, I WAS TEACHING ON ELIJAH STREAMS A FEW

WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE, HE ASKED ME A QUESTION, "WHAT IS THE VOICE

OF THE FATHER, JESUS, "AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU KNOW, THREE IN

ONE? "IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?" I SAID, "YES, THERE IS." I'VE

HEARD THE VOICE OF THE FATHER. I HEAR THE VOICE OF JESUS, AND I

HEAR THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND HE SAID, "WELL,

WHAT'S THE VOICE OF THE FATHER LIKE?" AND I SAID, "LET ME TELL

YOU, STEVE, I'VE LEARNED THIS. "WHENEVER THE FATHER IS SPEAKING

TO ME, "HE'S ALWAYS SPEAKING TO ME IN TERMS OF GREAT WISDOM. I

HEAR WISDOM, I HEAR AFFIRMATION, I HEAR HIM TELLING ME

INSTRUCTIONS AND AFFIRMING THE CALL, AFFIRMING HIS LOVE TO ME."

IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE. AND SAYING WORDS THAT ARE SO HEALING

AND RESTORING AND BUILDING. SO THE FATHER, YOU HAVE TO KNOW

HIM, YOU HAVE TO MEDITATE ON WHO IS THE FATHER. NOW LOOK AT ONE

THING YOU HAVE TO KNOW, MATTHEW 7, VERSE 11. IT SAYS, "IF YOU

Matthew 7:11

THEN BEING EVIL "KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR

CHILDREN, "HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR FATHER, WHICH IS IN HEAVEN,

"GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THEM THAT ASK OF HIM?" YOU NEED TO

UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR FATHER LOVES TO BLESS YOU. ALMOST, MOST

OF THE TIME I GO TO THE FATHER, HE ALWAYS SAYS, "WHAT CAN I DO

FOR YOU?" I'M LIKE, "LORD, I DIDN'T COME FOR THAT REASON,

"BUT SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT, I MEAN, HEY." YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE

TO LOOK AT HE'S THE GOD OF MORE. HE'S THE FATHER WHO WANTS TO

BLESS YOU. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, "WHEN YOU COME TO THE

FATHER, "ASK HIM AND BELIEVE THAT YOU RECEIVE. "BELIEVE THAT

YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU ENOUGH "THAT WHEN YOU BRING YOUR

REQUEST TO HIM, "THAT HIS ANSWER IS YES AND AMEN." IF YOU'RE

QUESTIONING HIS MOOD, YOU'RE QUESTIONING HIS CHARACTER,

YOU'RE NOT ALLOTTING YOURSELF CORRECTLY TO RECEIVE OF HIM.

NOW, I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY GETS HIS ATTENTION.

HE LOVES WORSHIP. AND I WILL WORSHIP HIM. AND SOMETIMES I

WILL GO AND I'LL SAY, NOW, ABBA, MY DADDY, MY FATHER, I'M HERE,

I'M GONNA WORSHIP YOU. AND I AM NOT GONNA ASK FOR ANYTHING

TODAY. I AM JUST HERE TO HANG OUT WITH YOU. AND I'M HERE TO

WORSHIP YOU AND REMIND YOU OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'VE

DONE FOR ME. AND I HAD ONE TIME I WAS JUST WORSHIPING AND

WORSHIPING AND HE JUST KEPT SAYING, "HOW CAN I BLESS YOU?"

AND I SAID, "NO, NOPE, NOPE, FATHER, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET BY

WITH THAT TODAY. "I AM NOT GONNA LET YOU BLESS ME. "I DON'T NEED

ANYTHING." AND HE KEPT SAYING, "I WANT TO BLESS YOU." AND THEN

I WAS SMART, I SAID, "WELL, SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT." AND I

RATTLED OFF A FEW THINGS. I MEAN, I'M A SMART GUY, RIGHT?

BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. AND JESUS SAID, "HE'S THE

FATHER." NOW, WATCH THE NEXT WORD. PUT LUKE 11 BACK UP, VERSE

TWO. SO YOU GOTTA MEDITATE ON YOUR FATHER FIRST. KNOW WHO HE

IS. AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS, NOTICE HE SAID, "OUR FATHER

WHICH ART," WHERE? ART ON CNN? NO, GOD'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR CNN.

THE FAKE NEWS. I LIKE SAYING THAT, CNN. BUT OUR FATHER WHICH

ART IN WHERE? AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, SO THE NEXT THING, IF YOU WANT

YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED, WHAT ARE YOU FOCUSING ON? WHAT ARE YOU

FOCUSING ON? FOCUS ON HEAVEN. FOCUS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE,

NOT YOUR PROBLEMS. I USED TO HAVE ROOMMATES, AND IF YOU'RE

WATCHING, IT'S YOUR PROBLEM. BUT THEY USED TO TELL ME, 'CAUSE I

WOULD PRAY, I'D GET UP AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING, AND I'D PRAY AND

PRAY AND PRAY, AND I'D LOCK MYSELF IN MY BEDROOM AND PRAY

AND PRAY AND PRAY AND READ MY BIBLE, LISTEN TO TAPES, AND THEY

SAID, THEY PULLED ME ASIDE. THERE WAS TWO OF THEM PULLED ME

ASIDE. "HANK, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT YOU." NOW, YOU

GOTTA UNDERSTAND, I'M 19 YEARS OF AGE, MAYBE 18, 19. "WE'RE

VERY CONCERNED ABOUT YOU." I SAID, "REALLY? "WHAT ARE YOU

CONCERNED ABOUT?" THEY SAID, "ALL YOU DO IS TALK TO GOD. "ALL

YOU DO IS PRAY. "ALL YOU DO IS READ YOUR BIBLE." THEN THEY SAID

THIS, "YOU HAVE BECOME SO HEAVENLY-MINDED "THAT YOU'RE NO

EARTHLY GOOD." I SAID, "REALLY, I'M NOT EARTHLY GOOD? "PEOPLE

ARE GETTING SAVED SOMETIMES 50 AT A TIME "IN THE RESTAURANTS

WHEN I GO OUT. "PEOPLE ARE FALLING UNDER THE POWER AND

GETTING HEALED. "WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE ARE COMING." OKAY,

WHEN I PRAY AT THE YOUTH GROUP, WHOLE SECTIONS OF PEOPLE ARE

FALLING UNDER THE POWER. I'M NO EARTHLY GOOD. THAT IS A DUMB

SAYING. YOU ARE TO BE OF HEAVENLY THINGS MORE SO. SO LOOK

AT WHAT JESUS SAID. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO JESUS. LOOK AT WHAT

HE SAID. WELL, ACTUALLY THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKING IN COLOSSIANS.

LOOK AT COLOSSIANS 3, VERSE 2. WHAT ARE YOU MEDITATING ON? IF

Colossians 3:2

YOU'RE MEDITATING ON YOUR PROBLEM, YOU'RE MEDITATING,

WELL, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE GOD HEALS TODAY. I JUST DON'T

BELIEVE MY MARRIAGE WILL EVER BE RESTORED. AND I DON'T BELIEVE

I'LL EVER HAVE A NICER VEHICLE OR A NICER HOUSE. THAT'S FOR

SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON'T EVEN THINK I'LL HAVE A NICE LIFE.

WELL, THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT WHAT JESUS SAID. HE SAID, IF YOU

SERVE HIM, HE'S COME TO GIVE YOU LIFE, AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.

HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE AN ABUNDANT GOOD LIFE, RIGHT? HE WANTS YOU

TO MOVE TO NEBRASKA, THE GOOD LIFE. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THE

SIGN. WHEN YOU MOVE IN HERE, NEBRASKA, THE GOOD LIFE. SEE,

OUR STATE IS HEAVENLY. JUST OUR FOOTBALL TEAM SUCKS STILL, BUT

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THERE. BUT LOOK AT COLOSSIANS 3, VERSE

Colossians 3:2

2. I HOPE IT'S THE YEAR. OTHERWISE I'M GONNA GO FOR THE

(PANTING) HOT DOGS. SET YOUR AFFECTIONS ON THINGS THAT ARE

ABOVE. OH, OH, OH, LET'S GET BIBLICAL, BIBLICAL. WON'T YOU

GET BIBLICAL? LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT? WAIT A MINUTE, OUR FATHER

WHO ART WHERE? ON THE NEWS? IN THE DOPE OPERAS? IN THE BARS?

AROUND ALL MY EARTHLY FRIENDS? MY GUYS AT WORK? WHAT ARE YOU

MEDITATING? WHAT ARE YOU SPENDING THE MOST TIME AROUND?

SET YOUR AFFECTIONS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE. BECAUSE IF

YOU'RE SETTING YOUR AFFECTIONS ONLY ON EARTHLY THINGS, YOU'RE

GONNA LOVE THE WORLD MORE THAN YOU'LL LOVE GOD. YOU WILL LOVE

THE WORLD AND TV AND ENTERTAINMENT AND HOBBIES AND

WHATEVER ELSE MORE THAN YOU'LL LOVE READING YOUR BIBLE.

WHATEVER YOU SET YOUR AFFECTIONS ARE, BUILDS THE ABUNDANCE IN

YOUR HEART. AND THEN IT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND YOU MIX IT

WITH FAITH AND YOU EITHER RELEASE THE SPIRIT OF GOD OR YOU

RELEASE THE DEVIL. AND THEN WE WONDER WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING

ANSWERS TO PRAYER. SET YOUR AFFECTIONS ON THINGS THAT ARE

ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS OF THE EARTH. THAT'S THE BIGGEST

PROBLEM, IS TOO MANY PEOPLE, NOW I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO BE A

MONK, RIGHT? LOOK AT VERSE TWO, SET YOUR MIND OR MEDITATE ON

THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS. SO HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW,

VERSE ONE SAYS, "IF YOU'VE BEEN RISEN WITH CHRIST, "SEEK THE

THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE, "WHERE CHRIST SITS ON THE RIGHT HAND OF

GOD." NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WITHDRAW

YOURSELF FROM ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO

TAKE THIS TO THE EXTREME WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING

EARTHLY, OKAY? YOU DO HAVE TO LIVE LIFE, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING

IS DON'T PUT ALL YOUR AFFECTIONS, DON'T LOVE THE WORLD

AND THE THINGS OF THE WORLD MORE THAN YOU LOVE GOD. 'CAUSE HERE'S

WHAT'LL HAPPEN, LISTEN, THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. YOU KNOW,

YOU'LL AFFECT YOUR PRAYER LIFE. ALL RIGHT, GO BACK TO LUKE 11,

WE'RE ALMOST DONE. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START MAKING YOUR DONUT

RUN. AND THEN I'LL JUST PREACH, CAN I JUST PREACH THE REST OF IT

TO YOU NEXT WEEK? DO YOU WANNA HEAR PART TWO? I MEAN, PART TWO

MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE THAN PART ONE, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD,

PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR, THERE'S DONUTS

OR SOMETHING IN THE BACK, AND THAT'S WHY HE COMES

AND HE HAS TO BRUSH OFF THE SPRINKLES.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I LOVE PASTOR DOUG, DON'T YOU LOVE HIM? I THANK GOD FOR A

GREAT STAFF, PASTOR KEITH, RIGHT? PASTOR SHANE, ABOUT TO BE

PASTOR BOB. IT'S CLOSE, BOB, I'M HEARING IT, I'M TELLING YOU.

ISN'T HE A GREAT LEADER? HE IS A GREAT LEADER. PASTOR MARK, I

DON'T SEE MARK. PASTOR MARK'S AROUND THE BUILDING. PASTOR

MIKE'S ON VACATION, PASTOR ANTHONY'S ON VACATION, PASTOR

MATT'S ON A MINISTRY ASSIGNMENT. I MEAN, WE GOT A GREAT, GREAT

TEAM. DID I FORGET ONE? OH, PASTOR BRENDA, PASTOR CHRISTY,

PASTOR CHRISTY, PASTOR HANK, PASTOR HANK. I MEAN, NOBODY SAID

NOTHING FOR ME. I MEAN, THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN, I'M THE GUY

INTRODUCING MYSELF. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY, BUT ALL RIGHT, GO

BACK TO LUKE 11. WE'RE ALMOST GONNA WRAP THIS UP. ALL RIGHT,

HE SAID UNTO HIM... OH PASTOR DODJI. AND THE WAY I HAD,

DAVID, THE WAY YOU SERVE ME, BE WATCHING PASTOR DAVID. AND HE

SAID UNTO HIM, "WHEN YOU PRAY, SAY, "'OUR FATHER,'" WHICH ARE,

WE'RE? IN HEAVEN. SO IF YOU ONLY THINK ON YOUR EARTHLY SITUATION

AND NOT ON YOUR HEAVENLY PROMISE OF WHAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, THERE'S

SOME BLOOD THAT'S SPEAKING FROM A HEAVENLY PLACE CALLED THE

MERCY SEAT. AND YOU HAVE, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

YOU HAVE PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS, BUT IF YOU'RE FOCUSING ONLY ON

THE NATURAL, YOU'LL NEVER EVER GET THAT UNLOCKED. HOW IT BE THY

NAME. WE'LL PICK THAT UP NEXT WEEK. HOW IMPORTANT IS

MEDITATING, NOT ONLY ON THE FATHER, STAND YOUR FEET, BUT

ALSO UPON HEAVEN AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN HEAVEN THAT YOU CAN

BRING TO THE EARTH THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR. BUT HOW

COME HE SAID, "HOW IT BE THY NAME?" WHY SHOULD WE, IF IT

COMES TO THE MEDITATION OF OUR HEART AND THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH

IN CONTEXT TO PRAYER, WHAT DOES HIS NAME HAVE TO DO WITH IT? AH,

I'LL TELL YOU NEXT WEEK. I'LL TELL YOU NEXT WEEK. 'CAUSE IT'S

CONNECTED WHEN YOU GET WHAT'S CONNECTED TO HIS NAME AND YOU

GET THAT ESTABLISHED IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAY

THEN, "THY KINGDOM COME." OH, WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WHY IS

THAT IMPORTANT, THE WORD OF MEDITATE ON, "LET THY KINGDOM

COME." OH, BECAUSE IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH, YOU TAKE

THE PRESSURE OFF OF YOU AND YOU PUT IT ON KINGDOM BLESSINGS,

KINGDOM PROMISES. ALL RIGHT, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE HAD FUN

TODAY, WE REALLY DID. AND WE ENJOYED YOUR PRESENCE WHEN WE

ALL CAME FORWARD AND THAT WAS SO AMAZING. AND WE JUST REALLY

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I PRAY TODAY IN ALL THE SILLINESS HERE

TODAY THAT PEOPLE GET SOMETHING, AT LEAST THE SEED, DEPOSITED IN

THEIR HEART OF MEDITATING UPON THE RIGHT THINGS. MEDITATING ON

YOU AS OUR FATHER, MEDITATING OF WHAT'S BEEN PROVIDED IN HEAVEN.

AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE LORD'S

PRAYER AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR PRAYERS. WE'RE IN A NEW

SEASON, FATHER, AND WE HONOR YOU. NOW LASTLY, BLESS THE

PEOPLE, BLESS THEIR DAY TODAY. AND LET US, FATHER, THIS WEEK

SET OUR AFFECTIONS MORE ON YOU, ON YOUR WORD, AND ON YOUR

PROMISES. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAID? AMEN. AMEN. PASTOR DOUG,

AMEN. YOU KNOW, I TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT I LOVE YOU 'CAUSE I

REALLY DO, BUT LET'S GIVE IT UP. CAN YOU GIVE HIM A HAND? HE'S

AWESOME. GIVE YOU A HAND. OKAY, YOU'RE AWESOME. IT'S A GREAT

MESSAGE. REALLY, YOU LIKED IT? THAT WAS A GREAT MESSAGE. THIS

GUY, HE'S A GREAT PREACHER, ISN'T HE? HE'S A FANTASTIC,

PASTOR DOUG'S JUST A GREAT PERSON. I LOVE YOU, MAN. ALL

RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO GO EAT SOMETHING. MY WIFE IS

MAKING ME EGG SALAD SANDWICHES. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT. THAT'S

GREAT. IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LOVE YOU, MAN. DON'T

GET THE CHOLESTEROL TOO HIGH, THOUGH. OK. JUST ONE EGG. YOU

ONLY DO IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, AND IT'S SANCTIFIED BY

THE WORD AND BY PRAYER. YES. PLUS, MY WATER IS THERE, AND I

PRAY OVER MY WATER NOW, AND I TAKE IT INTO MY BODY. REMEMBER

BOB'S MESSAGE LAST WEEK? YES, AMEN. THAT'S RIGHT. I LOVE YOU.

THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER. OKAY. YOU CAN BE SEATED FOR JUST A

MOMENT. ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. IF

YOU NEED PRAYER THIS MORNING, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, THE ALTAR TEAM

WILL BE UP HERE, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND MAKE THEMSELVES

ACCESSIBLE TO YOU. AND WE HAVE A STRONG, POWERFUL ALTAR TEAM

HERE, AND WE HEAR ABOUT MIRACLES EVERY WEEK WHEN PEOPLE COME

FORWARD FOR PRAYER. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. WE'LL ALSO

GIVE YOU A PRAYER LINE TODAY IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE BEFORE

YOU LEAVE. YOU CAN HAVE THAT NUMBER AND CALL 24 HOURS A DAY

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT. BUT BEFORE

WE LEAVE TODAY, I WON'T TAKE TOO LONG, BUT I JUST WANNA ASK THIS

QUESTION AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PREPARED FOR YOUR ETERNAL

FUTURE. BEFORE I CAME OUT HERE TODAY, OR WHEN I CAME OUT, I WAS

VISITING WITH A LADY AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO

DO MY HOMEGOING SERVICE SOMEDAY WHEN I PASS ON." AND I SAID,

"WELL, IF I'M STILL HERE WHEN YOU GO, I'LL DO IT. IF IT GOES

THE OTHER WAY," SHE SAYS, "I'M NOT GOING TO DO YOUR FUNERAL." I

SAID, "OK." WASN'T REALLY A GOOD DEAL, BOB, BUT THAT WAS THE

DEAL. BUT THE THING IS, SHE ASKED ME, SHE SAID, "I WANT TO

MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU DO MY FUNERAL, THAT THERE IS AN ALTAR

CALL, THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET

RIGHT WITH GOD." AND I SAID, "THAT'S REALLY NEAT THAT YOU

HAVE THAT DESIRE." I SAID, "I LIKE TO SEE THAT TOO, BECAUSE

HERE'S THE DEAL. AS LONG AS WE'RE ALIVE IN OUR BODIES, WE

CAN MAKE A DECISION FOR GOD OR AGAINST GOD, REALLY. WE CAN

DECIDE TO SERVE GOD, OR WE CAN DECIDE TO SERVE SATAN. IF YOU

DON'T MAKE A DECISION FOR GOD, YOU AUTOMATICALLY HAVE MADE A

DECISION AGAINST HIM, REALLY. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. BECAUSE HE

GIVES YOU FREE WILL. JESUS DOES NOT EVER SEND PEOPLE TO HELL

WHEN THEY DIE. WE SEND OURSELVES THERE BECAUSE WE REFUSE TO SERVE

HIM WHILE WE'RE ALIVE. WE ARE BUILT AND MADE AND CREATED WITH

AN ETERNAL SPIRIT THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER. BUT THE ONLY TIME YOU

CAN MAKE A CHOICE FOR GOD IS WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR BODY. ONCE

THE BODY'S GONE, ONCE YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH PHYSICALLY, IT'S TOO

LATE THEN TO MAKE A DECISION. ONCE YOU'RE BURIED, IT'S TOO

LATE. THE BODY IS DEAD. YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ANYMORE.

AND THAT SPIRIT WILL EITHER BE IN ETERNAL HEAVEN, IN A GLORIOUS

FUTURE WITH GOD, TREMENDOUS THINGS AHEAD FOR YOU FOR

ETERNITY, OR IT'LL BE IN A PLACE CALLED HELL THAT WAS CREATED FOR

THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS. AND THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT YOU CAN MAKE IS TO SERVE

HIM. AND IT DOESN'T COME THROUGH RELIGION OR WORKS. IT DOESN'T

BECOME IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS WERE GOOD PEOPLE OR THEY

WENT TO CHURCH OR THAT YOU WENT TO CHURCH OR THAT YOU NEVER

ROBBED A BANK OR THE FACT THAT YOU GOT TO KNOW THE PREACHER.

NONE OF THOSE THINGS MATTER. THE ONLY THING THAT DETERMINES YOUR

FUTURE IS IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST.

AND THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU CALL ON HIS NAME, HE WILL SAVE. AND

I'M JUST GONNA ASK THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY, IF YOU'LL

BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION. I WANT

YOU TO SEARCH YOUR SOUL AND MAKE 100% SURE THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE

DECISION TO SERVE JESUS CHRIST. LOOK INTO YOURSELF, SAY, ARE YOU

REALLY SURE THAT YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, OR IS

IT JUST HEAD KNOWLEDGE? YOU KNOW THERE IS A GOD, BUT YOU REALLY

HAVE NEVER ASKED JESUS TO BE THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. THAT'S THE

DIFFERENCE. THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS THE NEW BIRTH. WHEN

YOU ASK JESUS TO BECOME PART OF YOUR LIFE, YOU ACCEPT HIM AS

YOUR SAVIOR. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION, TODAY IS THE

DAY OF SALVATION. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE

DECISION. YOU MAKE IT. IT'S YOUR FREE WILL CHOICE. BUT THE THING

TO REMEMBER IS THAT TODAY IS THE DAY BECAUSE LIFE IS SHORT.

PEOPLE ARE SOMETIMES ONLY ONE CAR CRASH, ONE HEART ATTACK, ONE

STROKE AWAY FROM ETERNITY. THAT'S THE FACT OF LIFE. WE LIVE

IN NATURAL BODIES. WE BELIEVE FOR LONG LIFE. WE BELIEVE FOR

HEALING AS CHRISTIANS. BUT LIFE GOES QUICKLY. YOU HAVE TO MAKE

THAT DECISION ON YOUR OWN. WHAT I'M GONNA DO HERE IS COUNT TO

THREE, AND THEN I'M GONNA ASK THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, IF

THERE'S SOMEONE IN THIS BUILDING OR WATCHING ONLINE, GOD WILL SEE

YOU WHEREVER YOU'RE AT. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO JUST RAISE YOUR

HAND IF THAT'S YOU, AND YOU SAY, "I NEED PRAYER. "PASTOR DOUG, I

WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HEAVEN'S MY HOME "WHEN I LEAVE THIS EARTH.

"I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I CAN KNOW "BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT

"THAT I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO

HELL. IF THAT'S YOU TODAY, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BE BOLD AND

RAISE YOUR HAND. DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK. IT

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE THINK. IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT GOD

THINKS. IT ONLY MATTERS THAT YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ONE, TWO, THREE. HANDS UP IF THAT'S YOU TODAY. ANYONE HERE?

RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME.

IF THAT'S YOU TODAY AND YOU NEED JESUS, YOU SAY, "I WANT TO COME

TO JESUS," OR MAYBE THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'VE STRAYED

AWAY, YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK. IS THAT YOU? IS THERE ANYONE

HERE TODAY? USHERS, HELP ME. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TODAY? I CAN'T

SEE ALL OF YOU, SO THE LIGHTS. YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAND UP IN THE

AIR. DO I SEE A HAND SOMEWHERE? OKAY, LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. IF

YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN JUST REPEAT WITH ME. FATHER, I

JUST THANK YOU TODAY FOR SENDING JESUS INTO THIS WORLD TO SAVE

ME. THANK YOU, LORD. YOU WOULD HAVE CAME IF I WAS THE ONLY ONE.

JESUS, I ASK YOU TO COME INTO MY HEART, BE MY SAVIOR, BE THE LORD

OF MY LIFE, AND I WILL SERVE YOU WITH THE REMAINING DAYS I HAVE

ON THIS EARTH. FORGIVE ME OF SIN. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION IN

YOU. AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. NOW

IF YOU MADE THAT DECISION TODAY AND YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU

CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907, AND OUR PRAYER

COUNSELORS WILL SEND YOU THE SAME INFORMATION WE WOULD GIVE

TO SOMEONE COMING FORWARD. EVERY WEEK WE SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE

COMING TO JESUS ACROSS THE NATION. SO TAKE TIME TO CALL.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW, AND WE CAN CONNECT WITH YOU AND GET

SOME INFORMATION IN YOUR HANDS AND HELP YOU. SO WE APPRECIATE

THAT VERY MUCH. AND BEFORE I DISMISS YOU, I JUST WANTED TO

REMIND YOU THAT YOU WILL GET A FLYER AS YOU LEAVE TODAY, AND IT

IS REMINDING YOU OF THE LOH SUMMER BASH THAT HAPPENS THIS

COMING FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH, 6:00 TO 8:00, IT'S HELD AT

MAHONEY STATE PARK, AND WE DO THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR FOR

SEVERAL YEARS NOW. WE'VE DONE IT, I BELIEVE. AND YOU CAN BRING

A PICNIC LUNCH IF YOU WANT, BUT HEARTLAND HOME MISSION IS ALSO

PROVIDING TACOS AND HOT DOGS AT THE EVENT. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE

ANY HEALTH CONCERNS AND YOU JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, EAT WHATEVER,

YOU CAN COME SUPPORT HEARTLAND HOME MISSION. IF YOU HAVE TO BE

ON A RESTRICTED DIET AND YOU WANT TO BRING A SALAD, THAT'S

FINE TOO. BUT COME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP, COME FOR THE FUN.

IT'S ACTUALLY A 240 NIGHT, HOME GROUP NIGHT ALSO. OUR 242 GROUPS

WILL BE MEETING THERE AND IT'LL BE A GREAT TIME TO DEVELOP SOME

RELATIONSHIPS. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO AN LOH SOCIAL

EVENT, JUST COME ANYWAY, GET TO KNOW SOME PEOPLE, AND IT'LL BE A

GOOD TIME. SO, GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. OH,

THERE'S A BAKE SALE TODAY. CORE YOUTH HAS A BAKE SALE. WHERE'S

IT AT? IN THE CHAPEL TODAY. SO THERE AGAIN, GO FIND SOME SWEETS

TO EAT THIS AFTERNOON. AND YOU CAN HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD

CALORIES. AND IT'LL BE GREAT. GO HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

GOD BLESS YOU. DON'T FORGET, TONY SUAREZ WILL BE WITH

US WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BE BACK HERE. AND

GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND.

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