05/10/26 Pastor Hank Kunneman

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

PRAISE. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OUR MAMAS OUT THERE. BUT

WE'RE GONNA LIFT UP THE NAME OF OUR KING THIS MORNING. AMEN.

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HALLELUJAH. LORD, WE HONOR YOU. WE STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE. GOD,

WE STAND IN AN AMAZEMENT OF YOU, THE LIVING GOD. WE INVITE YOUR

PRESENCE TO BE AMONG US TODAY. WE LONG FOR YOU, OUR GOD. AND

ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY LOVE HIM SAID, AMEN!

WOW. PRETTY GOOD. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON I

DIDN'T HEAR. I THINK YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

ANYWAY, WELL, I WANT TO SAY THIS TO ALL THE MOTHERS,

GRANDMOTHERS, GREAT GRANDMOTHERS, HAPPY MOTHER'S

DAY. SO GIVE YOURSELF AN APPLAUSE. HOW MANY MAMAS AND

GRANDMAS AND GREAT GRANDMAS ARE HERE? RAISE YOUR HAND. OH, THIS

IS AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, ANY GRANDMAS? LET ME SEE GRANDMAS.

OKAY. HOW MANY, HOW MANY... MEAN, YOU'RE ALL GREAT GRANDMAS,

RIGHT? BUT HOW MANY GREAT, GREAT, WOW, GREAT, GREAT. ALL

RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO EVEN HIGHER. HOW MANY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT

GRANDMAS? ANY GREAT, GREAT, OKAY. ANY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT,

GREAT, GREAT? YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY. WELL, IT'S

GONNA BE A SPECIAL DAY, SPECIAL PLANS. ARE YOU GONNA GO OUT TO

LUNCH, RIGHT? ARE WE GONNA GO OUT TO LUNCH? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA

GO OUT TO LUNCH IN THE BACKYARD. YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? BUT

TODAY'S ALSO YOUR OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY. IT IS, AND I

APPRECIATE THAT. OFFICIALLY 60 TODAY. I KNOW, AND BY THE WAY,

LET ME JUST SAY THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR CARDS,

LETTERS, LOVE, AND THEN LAST WEEK COMING OUT FOR THE BIRTHDAY

BASH, AND THE FOOD WAS GREAT. IT WAS FUN. AND YOU KNOW, I

APPRECIATED IT WHEN PEOPLE WERE COMING UP SAYING, "PASTOR, YOU

KNOW, "60 IS KIND OF THE NEW 40." SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT

MEANS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I'M GLAD ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, AND YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN HER GETTING A MOTHER'S DAY

MEAL, SHE'S ACTUALLY MAKING ME RIBS TODAY. SO YOU CAN GIVE HER

SOME. WELL, I WAS GONNA DO IT YESTERDAY, BUT IT WAS SO WINDY,

I WAS LIKE, "THIS IS NO FUN." SO TODAY'S GONNA BE BETTER. I CAN'T

WAIT, SO. I'M EXCITED. I WANNA DO THIS, I WANNA ALSO HONOR

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILY,

E-MEMBERS. HOW MANY GRANDMAS? YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE COMMENTS.

YOU'RE A GRANDMA, YOU'RE A GREAT-GRANDMA, MOTHER. AND

AGAIN, I HAD SOMEBODY ONE TIME, GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA. SO MAYBE

YOU'RE A GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMA. AND LET'S SAY THIS, GRANDMA, IF

YOU JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT, YOU

COULD PUT THAT IN THE COMMENT TOO. BUT WE JUST WANNA HONOR YOU

TODAY. MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL PLANS AND YOU DECIDED TO

JOIN US TODAY. WELL, LISTEN, I'VE GOT A SPECIAL MESSAGE. AND

I NEVER, I DON'T NEED TO SAY THIS, I USUALLY DON'T TAILOR

MAKE A MESSAGE FOR, YOU KNOW WHAT WE WOULD CALL A HOLIDAY OR

WHATEVER, BUT I JUST KEPT FEELING STIRRED AFTER MARILYN

HICKEY, ONE OF MY SPIRITUAL MAMAS WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE

LORD. AND I JUST STARTED REFLECTING ABOUT HOW MUCH OF AN

IMPACT SHE HAD MADE IN MY LIFE. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I

WANNA GO THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE, AND I WANNA LOOK AT HOW MANY

MOTHERS OF SCRIPTURE, WHAT THEY REPRESENT, AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN

FROM IT. AND THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT JUST MY OWN EXPERIENCE.

I'M EVEN GONNA TALK ABOUT YOU TODAY. UH-OH. SO I BETTER DO A

GOOD JOB, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MY OWN MOM. MAMA, HONOR YOU

TODAY AS WELL, AND WE LOVE YOU. YOU'RE SO PRETTY.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)

AND THEN MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, YOU'RE WATCHING, I KNOW YOU'RE

PRETTY TOO, I BETTER SAY THAT RIGHT. SHE'S WRANGLING THE

GERMAN SHEPHERDS AS WE SPEAK. SO, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE A

GREAT DAY IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. YEAH, I'M EXCITED. ALL

RIGHT, WELL, HEY, BEFORE WE WORSHIP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

GUYS HAVE NOTICED. I TELL YOU, I WAS POWER WASHING. EVERYBODY'S

LAUGHING. I'VE BEEN POWER WASHING. GOT A LITTLE BLISTER, I

DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE MY BOOBOO AT HOME THERE, YOU CAN

IT'S YARD CLEANUP SEASON. YOU CAN PUT BOOBOO CONDOLENCES,

CONDOLENCES OVER THERE ON THE INTERNET. BUT ANYWAY, SO

EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE NOWADAYS. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?

EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE. I MEAN, WHEN IT USED TO BE YOU COULD GO

IN AND GET AIR FOR FREE. NOW IT COSTS YOU A DOLLAR TO PUT AIR IN

YOUR TIRES OR MORE. THAT'S INFLATION. BUT WHAT'S EVEN...

THEY'RE CLAPPING. THEY ARE CLAPPING. BECAUSE IT'S MY

BIRTHDAY AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO. BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I

REALIZED, I READ AN ARTICLE. READ AN ARTICLE. READ AN ARTICLE

THAT FUNERAL PRICES HAVE DOUBLED AND QUADRUPLED. AND THEIR EXCUSE

IS, "THAT'S JUST THE COST OF LIVING." OH, YOU DID NOT! YOU

DID NOT! EDDIE! DID YOU MAKE THOSE UP? DID YOU MAKE THOSE UP?

WE THINK 'EM UP, BRENDA. OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SURE IT'S

PROBABLY REPEATED SOMEWHERE. WHY DID YOU DO THAT? WE'RE SINGING

BUDDIES. YEAH, BUT HE'S ALSO THE JUDGE OF YOUR JOKES. SO HE SAYS

THE MAN AT THE KEYBOARD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO

SOMETHING MORE BETTER AND SPIRITUAL. LET'S WORSHIP. LET'S

WORSHIP TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT, WELL, ONE GOOD THING

IS THE SUN IS SHINING OUTSIDE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN

NEBRASKA. AND WE ARE EXCITED. SO ARE YOU, BUT MORE THAN THE

NATURAL WEATHER, ARE YOU EXCITED FOR JESUS TODAY? I AM. I BELIEVE

THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GONNA BE IN THIS ROOM. SO

THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD JESUS, MY

HEART IS OPEN. I'M HERE TO RECEIVE FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT. TEACH ME, GROW ME, HELP ME, AND I

PROMISE TO GIVE YOU, COME ON, MY VERY BEST."

YOU GOT IT, COME ON, PRAISE THE LORD.

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COME ON, CHURCH.

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COME ON. OH, WE WORSHIP YOU, JESUS!

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FILL THIS PLACE. COME AND FILL THIS PLACE, WITH YOUR PRESENCE.

COME AND FILL THIS PLACE WITH YOUR GLORY. COME AND FILL THIS

HOUSE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE WANT.

YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE WANT.

I SING HOLY, HOLY TO THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

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HE'S LONGING FOR YOUR VOICE. YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE

WORLD, YOU THAT ARE IN THIS PLACE, HE'S LONGING FOR YOUR

VOICE. OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS.

THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID. YOU LOVE HIM IN YOUR HEART, TELL HIM,

WITH YOUR LIPS. AND WITH THE FRUIT OF YOUR LIPS, GIVE HIM

THANKS. OH, WE GIVE YOU THANKS, SWEET SAVIOR. SWEET LORD GOD,

YOU CARRIED YOUR OWN BLOOD THAT YOU SPILLED AND YOU SACRIFICED

ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY AND THAT BLOOD SPEAKS TODAY AND IT SPEAKS

BECAUSE WE GIVE IT A VOICE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE POWER OF OUR

COVENANT WITH YOU. AN ETERNAL COVENANT OF PEACE, NOTHING

MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN, OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS

OF MIND, BLESSED MEMORY, STRENGTH. OH, YESHUA, JESUS, WE

WORSHIP YOU. KING OF MAJESTY AND HONOR, HIGH AND LIFTED

UP, AND WE GLORIFY YOU, O GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

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

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COME ON. PAUL SAID, "I SING WITH MY SPIRIT AND I SING WITH MY

NATIVE TONGUE." THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT,

JUST WORSHIP HIM, MAKING A MELODY IN YOUR HEART BEFORE YOUR

GOD. A PERFECT SOUND OF LOVE AND ADORATION TO YOUR KING.

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I WILL POUR OUT MY HEART TO MY LORD, MY KING.

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I CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE. I CAN FEEL

THE WHISPERING OF HIS BREATH. I CAN FEEL

THE LOVE THAT FLOWS FROM HIS HEART TO ME.

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I LONG FOR YOUR FACE. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

MY SPIRIT LONGS FOR YOU, MY GOD, MY KING, MY LORD. I LONG TO BE

IN YOUR PRESENCE. I LONG FOR YOUR LOVE.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I SING A LOVE SONG TO MY LORD, MY KING, MY GOD, MY FRIEND.

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LIVING GOD, LIVING GOD, WITH THE ANGELS I SING, WITH THE

CHERUBIMS AND THE SERAPHIMS AND THE ELDERS OF THE LAMB, I

WORSHIP YOU, MY KING. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I STAND BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. I STAND

BEFORE YOUR THRONE AND YOU ALONE I ADORE.

I GIVE MY HEART, MY LOVE TO YOU, MY KING, MY SOUL.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I GOT MORE I'M NOT SAYING. I POUR OUT MY HEART

TO YOU, MY KING. I POUR OUT MY HEART TO YOU, MY FRIEND AND MY

KING. MY GOD IN WHOM I SING, I WILL EXALT YOU. I WILL EXALT

YOU. I WILL EXALT YOU. I WILL EXALT YOU, MY LORD. I STAND IN

FEAR AND HONOR IN AWE OF THE LIVING GOD. TO YOU I SING.

YOU'RE MY CREATOR. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

COME ON, WE WORSHIP YOU. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. THIS

IS FOR YOU, GOD. MAY YOU SMILE AT OUR WORSHIP. MAY WE TOUCH THE

VERY INNER CHAMBERS AND PLACES OF YOUR HEART, OH GOD.

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

OH, HOW HOLY IS THE LORD. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. FOR YOUR NAME IS GREAT,

AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. WE TOUCHED GOD'S

HEART, MAN. I KNOW IT, I COULD FEEL IT. OH MAN, I'M

SHAKING. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE FEELING, BUT MAN, I FEEL HIM.

COME ON GOD, WOW US WITH YOUR PRESENCE. WE'RE WOWED WITH YOU.

OH, HOW WE HONOR YOU AND HOW WE LOVE YOU SO, SO MUCH. YOU KNOW,

I DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY THIS TO GOD BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY,

BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS TO GOD BECAUSE I MEAN IT. AND I WANT

YOU TO SAY IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY MAYBE OR

MAYBE IT IS OR AMY'S, MY ASSISTANT 30 YEARS, HERS IS

TOMORROW. I THINK YOU NEED TO JUST SAY TO GOD, THANK YOU FOR

CREATING ME. WE WERE INSIDE OF HIM BEFORE HE GAVE US THE HONOR

TO COME TO THE EARTH, TO HAVE BREATH TO WORSHIP HIM. AND THINK

ABOUT IT, WHAT HAPPENS THE MOMENT YOU SAY, "JESUS, COME

INTO MY HEART." THE BIBLE SAYS AT THAT MOMENT, NOT ONLY YOUR

SPIRIT, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU CRIES OUT, AND YOU

KNOW WHAT IT SAYS? "ABBA, FATHER." THAT'S DADDY, ABBA.

THAT IS OUR GOD. HE LET US COME TO THE EARTH, DESIRING THAT NONE

SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT WE WOULD ALL LIVE TOGETHER FOREVER WITH

DADDY, WITH OUR ETERNAL KING. WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE ALIVE

FOR HIM. MASTER, YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE REMAINING DECADES OF MY

LIFE WITH MY BRIDE, I WANT TO RAISE UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF

THOSE THAT WILL LOVE YOU AND HONOR YOU AND SERVE YOU.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

BEFORE WE WERE WORSHIPING GOD, I JUST FELT IN MY HEART THAT

THERE'S SOME OF YOU HERE AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE THAT

YOU'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HAVING SOME BRAIN FOG. SOME

OF YOU, BRAIN FATIGUE, YOU KNOW, MENTAL FATIGUE. SOME OF YOU, YOU

FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING MORE FORGETFUL. AND YOU'RE CONCERNED,

MAN, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY MIND? YOU DON'T HAVE TO

HAVE DEMENTIA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S. YOU DON'T HAVE

TO HAVE BIPOLAR DISEASE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

SCHIZOPHRENIA, FEAR, PARANOIA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORGET THINGS.

WHEN THEY PUT THAT BEAUTIFUL CROWN OF THORNS ON THE MASTER'S

HEAD, IT WAS SO THAT YOUR MIND AND YOUR MEMORY, RIGHT? IT'S

BEEN REDEEMED. IT'S BEEN PAID FOR. THAT YOU HAVE THE MIND OF

GOD NOW AND YOU HAVE A BLESSED MEMORY. AND SO WHETHER THAT

APPLIES TO YOU OR NOT, I WANT US TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN

PROBABLY IN MY MESSAGE AS I END IT, I'LL MAKE SURE WE PRAY FOR

ALL THE MAMAS. AND IF I FORGET, MAMA, YOU REMIND ME, OKAY?

BECAUSE I DO WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU AND BUT I JUST FEEL, YOU

KNOW, LET'S JUST ALL TOUCH OUR BRAIN OR OUR HEAD, RIGHT? SOME

OF YOU ARE LIKE, WHERE'S MY BRAIN? NO, YOU BETTER NOT SAY

THAT. I CAN'T FIND MY BRAIN. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA,

AS WE'VE COME INTO YOUR GLORIOUS PRESENCE TODAY, WHAT AN HONOR.

WE'VE TOUCHED YOU, BUT YOU'VE TOUCHED US. AND SO WHILE WE'RE

IN YOUR PRESENCE TODAY, YESHUA PAID WITH THE CROWN OF THORNS ON

HIS HEAD, THAT OUR MINDS ARE REDEEMED, OUR BODIES ARE

REDEEMED. IT'S BEEN PAID FOR THROUGH AND BY BLOOD, INNOCENT

BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF OUR SAVIOR AND LORD JESUS CHRIST. SO I

REBUKE DEMENTIA, I REBUKE ALZHEIMER'S, I REBUKE BIPOLAR

DISEASE, I REBUKE LUNACY, I REBUKE FORGETFULNESS, BRAIN FOG,

I REBUKE ANY MIND-BINDING SPIRIT, CRAZY AGE, WITCHCRAFT,

DIVINATION. I BIND ANY AND ALL ASSIGNMENTS OF THE ENEMY THAT

WOULD TRY TO ATTACK YOUR MIND, I SAY. AND I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS,

EVERYONE. SAY, "MY MIND IS BLESSED. IT'S OFF LIMITS TO

FORGETFULNESS AND TO ANY DISEASE. MY MIND IS HEALTHY. IT

WILL BE HEALTHY, WHOLE THIS DAY AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF MY

ENTIRE LIFE. I HAVE A STRONG MIND, A STRONG MEMORY, A BLESSED

MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, AND IT IS WELL. NOW I RELEASE THE

ANOINTING AND THE BLESSING OF GOD UPON MY MIND, MY MEMORY. IT

IS WELL. THANK YOU, LORD. AMEN. AMEN. SO, WOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I

LOVE ABOUT YOU? AND I WISH THAT COULD BE IN SOME OF YOUR HOMES

WITH YOU AS WE'RE WORSHIPING GOD, BECAUSE I CAN I KNOW IT'S

MY IMAGINATION, MAYBE, BUT I COULD SEE SOME OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING OR LIKE YOU'RE KNEELING DOWN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN YOUR

LIVING ROOM OR YOU'RE IN YOUR RECLINER COUCH AND YOU JUST GOT

YOUR HANDS LIFTED AND TEARS ARE JUST COMING DOWN BECAUSE GOD IS

TOUCHING YOU THROUGH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE A CAMERA AND A

LAPTOP OR A TV. IT'S JUST AMAZING. BUT CAN I TELL YOU

SOMETHING IN ALMOST 40 YEARS OF MINISTRY THAT ALWAYS I'VE NEVER

LIKED IS PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY LOVE GOD, KNOW GOD, AND THEY

DON'T WORSHIP RIGHT. THEY DON'T WORSHIP HIM. THEY DON'T ENTER

IN. YOU'RE NOT LIKE THAT. AND I'M GRATEFUL 'CAUSE IT REALLY

MAKES IT EASIER TO PASTOR WHEN YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESSED

FOR GOD. AND HE LIKES THAT. AND NOT ONLY THAT, LAST TIME

RATTLING, SO I'M GONNA QUIT RATTLING. THE MORE WE ENTER INTO

HIS PRESENCE, THE MORE THE MIRACULOUS HAPPENS. AND THERE

ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT EVERY SUNDAY OF PEOPLE'S

NEEDS, YOU KNOW. AND IN THIS KIND OF PRESENCE IS WHEN THINGS

JUST HAPPEN. PRAISE GOD. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? I WANT

YOU TO, OH, BY THE WAY, DID YOU SEE MY BANDAID HERE? SO MOTHER

STUCK. CAPTAIN MOTHER STUCK. GO AHEAD, WOULD YOU? COME HERE

FOR A MINUTE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO

TRANSITION OUT. SO HE WAS CONCERNED FOR MY BOOBOO. YOU

WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I WANT YOU TO GET THROUGH THIS RECOVERY. SO

I HAVE A BLACKSMITH SHOP, AND I'M GONNA BRING PASTORS HANK OUT

THERE TO DO SOME WORK, BUT I'M GONNA START HIM OFF WHILE HE'S

DOING RECOVERY, IS START HIM OFF WITH THIS HAMMER TO JUST GET HIM

GOING THE RIGHT WAY. YOU KNOW, THEY CALL ME HAMMER HANK, BUT

YOU KNOW, AS I DISCIPLE YOU, MOTHER CAPTAIN STUCK, IN THE

THINGS OF GOD, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A TODDLER BIBLE IN RETURN,

SO. BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU QUICK, SIR, YOU KNOW WHY I CALL HIM

MOTHER STUCK? BECAUSE ONE DAY, HE TRAVELS WITH ME FOR SECURITY

DETAILS AND FRIENDSHIP, AND HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE GOOD

RESTAURANTS ARE. BUT ONE DAY, I CALLED HIM, I SAID, "CAPTAIN,

YOU GOTTA GET HERE QUICK, I GOTTA SPEAK." REMEMBER WHEN I

CUT MYSELF? I CUT MYSELF SHAVING, AND IT WAS JUST, IT

WOULD NOT STOP. AND I SAID, I DIDN'T BRING ANY OF THAT, UM,

QUICK LOCK. COME ON, MOTHER STUCK. THE POWDER STUFF. AND I

SAID, QUICK, QUICK, QUICK STOP. SO HE, HE COMES INTO MY ROOM, MY

HOTEL ROOM, AND HE'S GOT LIKE THIS TOURNIQUET. I SAID, MAN,

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME LOOK LIKE I'M FROM INDIA. YOU KNOW, WHAT I

GO, I HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS ALL AROUND MY WHOLE HEAD, YOU

KNOW. ANYWAY, I HONOR YOU. THAT'S WHY I CALL HIM MOTHER

STUCK. LET'S GIVE IT A HAND FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, HE'S A GOOD GUY.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S A MAMA. AND IF

THERE'S A DUDE THAT'S IDENTIFYING AS ONE, PLEASE LET

ME KNOW AND I WILL BE GLAD TO TALK TO THEM. BUT ANYWAY, GREET

ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD AND SAY, "I BET I KNOW WHAT

YOUR FAVORITE GELATO TASTE IS." SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING. AND I WILL SAY AS WELL, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

TO ALL THE MOTHERS. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO THE MOTHER OF MY

CHILDREN, PASTOR CHRISTY. SHE IS A GREAT MAMA TO OUR GIRLS WHO

WERE IN HERE BUT STEPPED OUT. SO, WE CELEBRATE HER TODAY. WE

CELEBRATE ALL OF YOU WOMEN OUT THERE, 'CAUSE WITHOUT YOU, OUR

LIVES WOULD NOT BE AS GOOD AS THEY ARE, AMEN? AMEN. WELL, IF

YOU ARE VISITING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MORNING, WE WANNA MAKE

SURE TO GREET YOU. SO, IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT

BAG AS YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR THIS MORNING, PLEASE WAVE YOUR

HAND AT AN USHER. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU INSIDE

THE BLUE GIFT BAG. WE'VE TUCKED IN SOME GOODIES FOR YOU, AS WELL

AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION IN

THERE, SO PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME. IT HAS A PICTURE

OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. GO AHEAD AND PULL IT OUT. AND

INSIDE THERE, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE JUST WANT TO SEND

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

CARD. CAN'T SPEAK. ON THE LEFTHAND SIDE, GO AHEAD AND TEAR

THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT

COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANT TO SEND YOU A THANK

YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY

LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ONE

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

MAKE SURE YOU GET TO ONE VOICE TV, ONEVOICETV.NET, OR DOWNLOAD

THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES BECAUSE YOU CAN GET

ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER GREAT CONTENT, NOT JUST SERVICES, BOTH

LIVE AND ARCHIVED, BUT ALSO YOU CAN GET TO GET REAL WITH HANK,

DAILY DECREE, NEW LEVEL, AND FLASHPOINT, AND MANY, MANY MORE.

SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, BE BLESSED BY ALL THE CONTENT WE

HAVE ON ONE VOICE TV. WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EVENT

COMING UP. GAME CHANGERS WILL BE DOWN AT THE COLLEGE WORLD

SERIES. WATCH THIS. HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, EVERYBODY? GAME

CHANGERS, I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING AN AWESOME DAY TODAY. WE'RE

HAVING ACTUALLY A TOP 10 DAY HERE IN OMAHA. THE WEATHER IS

BEAUTIFUL, IT'S PERFECT, AND IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR BASEBALL. AND

LET ME JUST TELL YOU, WE HAVE AN EXCITING EVENT THAT'S COMING UP.

MORE GOOD NEWS IS ON THE WAY. AND I GOT MY GUY MATT HERE.

MATT, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? I KNOW WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA,

BUT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY IN A LOCATION THAT IS GONNA BE

HOSTING ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS, LITERALLY, OF THE ENTIRE

YEAR. HUGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IS GONNA BE HERE LITERALLY LIKE

FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY, JUNE 11TH THROUGH THE 22ND. HUGE BASEBALL

TOURNAMENT, WE'RE GONNA BE OVER IN THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG TENT OUT THERE, DOING GIVEAWAYS, TICKETS

TO THE EVENT, SELLING SHIRTS, MERCHANDISE, THINGS FOR KIDS.

REALLY JUST ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, AND I MEAN, IT'S GONNA

BE INCREDIBLE. WE'VE GOT BASEBALL-THEMED MERCH, STUFF

WITH OUR BRAND. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE SHIRTS I'M WEARING HERE

FOR ONE OF THE UNIVERSITIES THAT WE MADE. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE

SHIRTS LIKE THIS FOR THE SPECIFIC UNIVERSITIES TEAM. SO,

YOU KNOW, LIKE NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, OMAHA, CHANGE THE GAME

IN OMAHA SHIRTS, JUST A LOT OF STUFF. HOPEFULLY THE TAR HEELS.

YEAH, TAR HEELS, SO CHAPEL HILL, LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF

THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SELLING OVER DOWN IN

THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE. SHOUT OUT TO JENNY PETERS, WHO

RUNS THAT, DOES AN IMMACULATE JOB. AND GAME CHANGERS REALLY

OWES YOU FOR THAT. AND WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT YES,

COME DOWN, SEE US, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE OMAHA, LINCOLN

SURROUNDING AREAS, OR YOU'RE PLANNING TO COME IN FOR THIS

HUGE TOURNAMENT. COME CHECK US OUT. CHECK OUT PRIMETIME GAME

CHANGERS ON ALL OUR PLATFORMS. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME.

WE'RE GONNA BE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, MORNING TO NIGHT. MORNING

TO NIGHT. AND ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP. SO IF YOU'RE

WILLING TO COME VOLUNTEER AND BE A PART OF OUR AMAZING GAME

CHANGER TEAM, WE'RE GONNA BE WALKING ALL AROUND THE STADIUM,

SELLING MERCH, BUT ALSO JUST INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE. IT IS

GONNA BE AN AWESOME TIME, SO IF YOU'RE LIKE, "HEY, I DON'T WANT

TO MISS OUT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CASE OF FOMO," THEN COME.

COME JOIN US, AND ALSO CHECK US OUT ON THE SOCIAL PLATFORMS.

WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN BE

A PART. YEAH, SO WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET BEHIND US

AS WE'RE CHANGING THE GAME RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA, AND WE WANT YOU

TO COME BE A PART OF IT. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

YEAH, WE GOT EXCITING THINGS COMING. PASTOR ANTHONY, BOB, I

JUST WANTED TO BRING THESE GUYS UP HERE REAL QUICK ACTUALLY TO

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO MY MAMA, YOU ARE AMAZING. THERE'S NOT A

LOT OF MOTHERS THAT CAN CATCH A NINE ROUTE WITH A FOOTBALL OVER

HER SHOULDER WHILE MOVING LIKE YOU DID LAST WEEK. IN SANDALS,

SHE WANTED ME TO SAY IN SANDALS, I MEAN, LITERALLY, THERE'S DUDES

THAT DROP THAT AND YOU JUST RIDE OVER THE SHOULDER. AND THEN

HAPPY 60TH TO THE MAN, PASTOR HANK, WE LOVE YOU. WE HONOR YOU

GUYS, BOTH OF YOU. IT'S PRETTY COOL, A MOTHER'S DAY AND A 60TH

BIRTHDAY. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T LIKE, IT WASN'T 61, IT WASN'T

59, I MEAN, 60, LIKE THAT'S JUST SUPER SPECIAL. SO SHOUT OUT TO

THOSE GUYS. BUT YEAH, IF YOU GUYS SAW THAT VIDEO, WE'VE GOT

SOME EXCITING STUFF COMING. WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. AND

REALLY, THE WHOLE EMPHASIS ON THIS IS JUST GETTING OURSELVES

DOWN THERE AMONGST THE BIGGEST EVENT IN OMAHA EVERY SINGLE

YEAR. AND WE WANT TO HAVE OUR FEET PLANTED THERE. AND I DON'T

KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW COMING IN, WE HAD A BIG TENT OUTSIDE FOR A

SIGN UP. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE FOUR DIFFERENT TEAMS, CORRECT,

BOB, FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ON. YOU WANNA GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE

INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. YEAH, IT'S AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EVENT.

WE NEED EVERYBODY HERE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR TEAMS. I'LL

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THEM. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TEAM THAT'S GONNA

OPERATE THE TENT. SO THEY'RE GONNA SELL THE MERCH THAT WE'RE

WEARING AND THE NEW COLLEGE WORLD SERIES MERCH. THAT'S ONE

TEAM. THE SECOND TEAM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE WALKING

THROUGH THE BASEBALL VILLAGE IN THE STADIUM AREA WITH CARDS THAT

ARE DRIVING PEOPLE TO OUR TENT. SO WE'LL DO A DISCOUNT COUPON

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF RAFFLES. THERE'S A THIRD TEAM,

THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF US IN LOH WILL BE PART OF. PASTOR BRENDA

WANTS TO HAVE AN EVANGELICAL TEAM THAT'S DOWNTOWN FOR

MULTIPLE DAYS OF THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, JUST SIMPLY

INVITING PEOPLE TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, PRAYING WITH THEM,

PRAYING FOR SALVATION. YOU PROBABLY WON'T TALK AT ALL ABOUT

GAME CHANGERS AND WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN, THIS WILL BE JUST

AN LOH FOCUS. AND THEN THE FOURTH TEAM IS A LITTLE BIT

SMALLER. IF YOU'VE GOT A MEDIA SKILL, WE COULD USE YOUR HELP AT

THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. THAT'S OUR FOURTH TEAM. YEAH, WE'RE

GONNA BE DOING LIVE SHOWS. I KNOW PASTORS ARE TALKING ABOUT

COMING DOWN THERE, DOING SOME LIVE STUFF AS WELL. SO REALLY

IT'S LIKE ALL HANDS ON DECK. AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY TALKED

ABOUT AS A STAFF THAT THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT WEEK, I

BELIEVE THAT'S THE 17TH, IS AN ONLINE ONLY, 'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA

BE LITERALLY DOWN THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR LITERALLY ABOUT A

WEEK AND A HALF. SO WE'RE EXCITED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

GUYS SAW THE CHANGE THE GAME IN HATTIESBURG SHIRT I WAS WEARING.

THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SHIRTS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING. SO

FOR ALL THE TEAMS THAT MAKE IT HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WHATEVER

CITY THEIR UNIVERSITY IS IN, AND IT SAYS CHANGE THE GAME IN

WHATEVER CITY. AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER TEAMS MAYBE THAT ARE

POPULAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF NEBRASKA DOESN'T MAKE IT, OR IF

THEY DO, STILL HAVING A LINCOLN ONE IS HUGE. SHOUT OUT TO OUR

STAFF AS WELL. GAME CHANGERS, LEADERSHIP, ALL THOSE FACES. AND

ALSO THE GUY NEXT TO ME, THAT'S MY GUY KEVIN. HE'S NOT A PART OF

GAME CHANGERS, BUT HE WANTED TO VOLUNTEER HIS TIME. I'VE KNOWN

HIM FOR A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS. HE IS FROM MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,

BUT WENT TO SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN,

DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN SAYING, "I JUST WANNA BE A PART OF

THIS." AND SO SHOUT OUT TO YOU. AND SO WE'RE MAKING AN IMPACT,

WE REALLY ARE. AND ONE COOL STORY TOO ABOUT THE HATTIESBURG

SHIRT. I TALKED TO PEOPLE WITH THE SOUTHERN MISS BASEBALL TEAM

AND THIS TEAM IS LIKE MEN OF GOD. LIKE I AM SUPPORTING THEM

THROUGH AND THROUGH. THAT'S BRETT FAVRE'S ALMA MATER. AND

REALLY WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT IT, THEY'RE LIKE, MAN, WE WANT THOSE

SHIRTS FOR OUR WHOLE TEAM. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE

LIKE, CAN YOU GET A 4XL SO WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR MASCOT TO WEAR

AROUND THE STADIUM? I WAS LIKE, THAT'S AMAZING. SO, AND THEN

THEY WANT LIKE A BANNER TO DRAPE IN RIGHT FIELD OVER THE WALL.

AND SO I MEAN, WATCH THOSE GAMES AS THEY TRY TO MAKE OMAHA

BECAUSE YOU MIGHT SEE THAT GAME CHANGERS LOGO DOWN THERE AT THE

PETE TAYLOR PARK. SO, YEAH. RIGHT ON. SO GREAT STUFF GUYS.

AND LASTLY, AS PASTOR BRENDA COMES, ONE LAST LITTLE MESSAGE I

JUST HAD TO THROW IN TO THOSE SOUTHERN MISS

GUYS WATCHING. SOUTHERN MISS TO THE TOP!

SOUTHERN MISS TO THE TOP! SOUTHERN MISS!

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

OH, WHETHER YOU'RE A BASEBALL PERSON OR NOT, IT'LL BE TONS OF

FUN, SO COME BE PART OF IT. AND YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH SHOULD HAVE

FUN, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE TO DO, IS JUST BE A

LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S FUN TO

SERVE JESUS. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST AMAZING PART. WELL, VERY

QUICKLY, JUST A COUPLE REMINDERS. NEXT SUNDAY,

DEDICATION SUNDAY, NATION BEING REDEDICATED BACK TO GOD.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

BE HERE, BE PART OF THAT. WE'RE GONNA BE JOINING WITH THE

PROCLAMATION FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DEDICATE AMERICA BACK

TO THE LORD. AND SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT AND

WE'RE GONNA STAND IN AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT,

WITH THE NATION, WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST. SO BE HERE, BE PART

OF THAT. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE AN EPIC SERVICE. AND THEN

RIGHT AFTER THAT, PENTECOST SUNDAY IS AROUND THE CORNER. AND

I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CELEBRATE

THE FACT THAT WE DON'T MIND FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE

PENTECOSTAL BELIEVERS WHO BELIEVE IN THE FULL

MANIFESTATION OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT AND WHAT HAPPENED ON

PENTECOST. SO BE PART OF THAT. BOB ROGERS INVITED HIMSELF. HE'S

COMING AND HE MUST THINK WE HAVE AN AMAZING PENTECOST HERE AT

LORD OF HOSTS. BUT PASTOR AND I ARE BELIEVING IT'S JUST GONNA BE

A HOLY GHOST THROW DOWN AND WE WANNA LET THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVE

HOWEVER HE WANTS THAT DAY. I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE HEALINGS AND

PROPHETIC AND DELIVERANCE. WHATEVER THE LORD WANTS TO DO,

WE JUST WANNA MAKE ROOM FOR THAT ON PENTECOST, AMEN? ALL RIGHT,

WELL, LET ME JUST READ VERY QUICKLY OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE,

AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR IN A FEW MOMENTS FROM COLLEEN BRENNAN,

AND PASTOR DOUG WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN IN JUST A FEW

MOMENTS, BUT HERE IS THE SCRIPTURE, AND I WANNA BRING OUT

A COUPLE MORE THINGS THAT I BROUGHT OUT LAST WEEK. FOR AS

THE RAIN COMES DOWN AND THE SNOW FROM HEAVEN, COME ON, THIS IS

YOUR NUGGET TODAY AT OFFERING TIME, AND RETURNS NOT, BUT FIRST

WATERS THE EARTH. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN,

RIGHT? IF THE RAIN COMES DOWN, IT WATERS THE EARTH. RAIN ALWAYS

HAPPENS, AMEN. BUT WATERS THE EARTH AND MAKES IT TO BRING

FORTH BUD. THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS, RIGHT? NO MATTER HOW COLD THE

WINTER IS, NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER IS, IT MAY BE A DREARY

FEBRUARY, IT MAY BE A CHILLY APRIL, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO COME

INTO PICNIC AND POOL SEASON. ALL RIGHT? 'CAUSE SUMMER, WHAT?

ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE SEASON ALWAYS SHIFTS, IT ALWAYS

HAPPENS. AND YOU MIGHT BE IN THE MIDDLE IN YOUR LIFE, YOUR WALK

WITH GOD, WHERE MAYBE THERE'S A CHILLY DAY. IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE

NOTHING'S HAPPENING. MAYBE THE SEEDS THAT YOU'VE SOWN, MAYBE

SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'VE PROPHESIED,

YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING ABOUT, YOU'VE DECLARED, IT SEEMS LIKE,

WOW, THIS IS NEVER GONNA TURN, EXCEPT IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. THE

SEASON ALWAYS SHIFTS. AND THIS IS WHAT GOD SAID. HE SAID, "JUST

LIKE THE SEASONS ALWAYS HAPPEN, "NEW WEATHER ALWAYS COMES, SO

SHALL MY WORD BE." IN OTHER WORDS, GOD SAID, AS MUCH AS YOU

CAN BANK ON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVER HEAR OF A

FARMER GOING, "YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK HARVEST WON'T COME THIS

YEAR." HE MIGHT HAVE SOME CHALLENGES IN THE HARVEST. IT

MAY HAVE BEEN A DRY YEAR, BUT HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. YOU NEVER

HEAR OF ONE NEBRASKA FARMER SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK I

JUST WON'T PLANT ANY CROPS NOW, 'CAUSE I'M SURE HARVEST WON'T

COME. YET SOMETIMES AS BELIEVERS, THAT'S HOW WE THINK.

WE THINK, WELL, IT JUST MAY NEVER COME, SO I WON'T SOW.

AMEN. BUT GOD SAID, AS SURE AS THE SEASON IS GONNA SHIFT, AS

SURE AS HARVEST COMES, SO SHALL MY WORD BE. AND WHEN IT GOES OUT

OF MY MOUTH, WELL, YOU KNOW THAT BIBLE THAT'S SITTING IN YOUR LAP

TODAY? THAT IS GOD'S WORD COMING FROM HIS MOUTH. YOU CAN BANK ON

IT, YOU CAN DEPEND ON IT. HE SAID, IT WILL NEVER RETURN UNTO

ME VOID, BUT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH I PLEASE. WE TALKED

ABOUT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHY SOME HARVEST MIGHT BE A 30, SOME

ARE A 60, SOME ARE A 100. I DON'T KNOW THE REASON THAT SOME

ARE 30, OTHERS ARE 60, OTHERS ARE A 100. I DON'T KNOW THE

ANSWER TO THAT. WHAT I KNOW IS HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. AND THAT'S

WHAT WE HAVE TO TRUST. IT'LL NEVER RETURN TO GOD VOID, BUT IT

WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH HE PLEASES. THE BIBLE SAYS IN

GENESIS 8:22, IT SAYS AS LONG AS THE EARTH IS HERE, THERE WILL BE

Genesis 8:22

SEED TIME AND HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE

A SOWER. DON'T BE AFRAID TO BE A GIVER. BY THE WAY, MOTHERS, IF

YOU'RE PRAYING FOR A PRODIGAL, YOU KEEP PRAYING, YOUR HARVEST

DAY IS GONNA COME. AMEN, YOUR DAY OF ANSWER PRAYER WILL COME.

YOU JUST STAY IN THERE. OUR JOB IS TO WATER THOSE SEEDS. OUR JOB

IS TO DECLARE. OUR JOB IS TO TRUST GOD. OUR JOB IS TO SPEAK

HIS WORD, EVEN IN HARD TIMES. YOU KNOW, THE FARMERS DON'T JUST

WAIT FOR PERFECT WEATHER. THAT'S WHAT ECCLESIASTES SAYS. HE,

THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, LISTEN, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE RAIN, IF

YOU LOOK AT THE WEATHER, YOU WON'T DO IT. PROVERBS SAYS THAT.

IT SAYS, "IF YOU REGARD THE CLOUDS, YOU WON'T SOW." SO WE

DON'T BASE THINGS ON WHAT THE WEATHER FEELS LIKE. WE DO IT

BECAUSE WE KNOW HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. SO DON'T EVER FORGET

THAT. IF YOU'VE GOT SEEDS IN THE GROUND, COME ON MOTHERS, IF

YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOUR CHILDREN, YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING

OVER THEM AND YOU'VE BEEN DECLARING, YOU'VE BEEN TRUSTING

GOD, HARVEST WILL COME. SO JUST TRUST THAT AND STAY IN

CONNECTION WITH GOD. SAME WAY WITH YOUR FINANCES, YOUR TITHES,

YOUR OFFERINGS. KEEP SOWING, KEEP GIVING, KEEP TITHING.

TITHING ISN'T A SLOT MACHINE WHERE YOU DO IT ONCE AND PULL

THE LEVER AND EXPECT A BUNCH OF CHERRIES TO POP OUT. NO, THAT'S

NOT IT, THAT'S NOT IT. IT'S A LIFESTYLE OF SOWING BECAUSE WE

KNOW GOD'S WORD NEVER RETURNS VOID, IT WILL COME. HARVEST DAY

ALWAYS COMES. COME ON, GIVE GOD A SHOUT IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT.

LET'S PUT OUR GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. SO MANY

AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS. WE HAVE SOME

AWESOME THINGS UPCOMING. SO BE A SOWER, BE FAITHFUL IN YOUR

TITHES, TEXT TO GIVE, MOBILE APP, WEBSITE, SCAN THE QR CODE.

DON'T TAKE YOUR TITHE ON VACATION WITH YOU. LEAVE IT AT

THE CHURCH. THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT THOUGH. YOU CAN GO ON

VACATION, YOU CAN STILL TITHE FROM THE BEACH IN FLORIDA. ISN'T

THAT AMAZING? NEVER BEFORE IN HISTORY HAVE WE HAD THAT. YOU

KNOW, THEY SAY A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THE INTERNET. WELL, IT'S

DONE US SOME GOOD TOO. SO PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, PASTOR HANK AND

BRENDA, YOU'RE QUICK TO CLOSE THE CAMPUS IF THERE'S WEATHER IN

THE WINTER OR WHATEVER. WELL, IT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO

RUN A SHIP LIKE THIS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND WE LIKE PEOPLE TO

BE SAFE AND NOT BE OUT THERE IN AN ICY PARKING LOT TRYING TO

NAVIGATE AROUND. BUT THE GOOD THING IS WE CAN GO ONLINE AND WE

CAN HAVE CHURCH LIKE IT WASN'T DIFFERENT, AMEN? EXCEPT WE CAN'T

SEE EACH OTHER'S SMILING FACES ALL THE TIME. THAT'S WHY WE LIKE

OUR INTERNET FRIENDS. YOU GUYS PUT THOSE SMILES OUT THERE. YOU

FILL THE INTERNET WITH GOOD. THERE IS SO MUCH UGLY OUT THERE,

SO MUCH MEAN-SPIRITED STUFF. I LIKE LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND

ALL OF OUR E-MEMBERS TO BE A LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE. ALL

RIGHT, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR SEED READY, YOU HAVE YOUR TITHE,

YOUR OFFERING, LET'S STAND. I'M GONNA GIVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR

OUR GUESTS. PRAISE GOD. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE, HOLD IT UP HIGH,

HOLD UP YOUR ENVELOPE. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, DO IT WITH US.

FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT FOR ALL OF THESE THAT ARE SOWING AND

GIVING TODAY, HARVEST IS ASSURED. IT ALWAYS COMES. AND SO

WE TRUST YOU. WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR WORD COMES TO PASS. AND

WHATEVER WE SOW, WE REAP, AND IT WILL HAPPEN. AND SO, FATHER,

WHAT WE HAVE NAMED, WHAT WE'VE PRAYED FOR, WHAT WE'RE ASKING,

WHAT THESE MOTHERS ARE ASKING TODAY, I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT

EACH ONE OF THEM WILL RECEIVE ANSWERED PRAYER AS WE GIVE

TODAY. BECAUSE, SAY IT WITH ME, SAY, HARVEST ALWAYS COMES. AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, YOU WANNA DO OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER? YOU WANNA

DECLARE IT WITH ME? LET'S DO IT AS ONE. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS

AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,

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

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

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

IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND

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

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

AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE

ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE,

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

THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. SAY,

"HARVEST ALWAYS COMES." AMEN. USHER, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SERVE

THE PEOPLE. HALLELUJAH. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OFFERING TIME, SUCH

AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SERVICE. I COULD ALMOST SAY IT'S

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE SERVICE BECAUSE IT BRINGS

BLESSING TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD. HALLELUJAH. OH, PASTOR MATT

ASKED ME TO MENTION ONE MORE THING THAT HE DID NOT MENTION.

MAY 24TH AND JUNE 7TH, AFTER THE SERVICES THAT MORNING, WE WILL

HAVE TRAINING FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE FOUR AREAS. SO YOU

CAN GO TO THE, HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THE TENT OUT FRONT THAT GAME

CHANGERS HAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CONNECT CENTER? YOU CAN STOP

BY THERE TODAY. OR IF YOU FORGET, YOU CAN GO TO ONE OF OUR

INFORMATION CENTERS LATER AND SIGN UP SO THAT WE KNOW HOW MANY

WILL BE THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW, HE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET A

SANDWICH FOR YOU THAT DAY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON HIM TO SEE IF

HE CAN COME UP WITH THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW. HE'S CHECKING HIS

CHECKBOOK THERE TO SEE IF HE'S GOT ROOM TO DO THAT. SO I GUESS

HE'S GONE. OH, THERE HE IS. I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, YEAH. SO,

YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE CAN AT LEAST GET TACO JOHNS OR SOMETHING FOR

YOU, I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY, A TACO SUNDAY TRAINING SEMINAR.

SO, HEY, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE THE 2026 VOTER GUIDE? IF YOU

DIDN'T GET ONE YET, YOU'RE A LITTLE BEHIND THE GAME BECAUSE

THIS TUESDAY IS THE PRIMARY ELECTION. AND HOW MANY OF YOU

KNOW, I CAN ALMOST SAY IN SOME WAYS THE PRIMARIES ARE MORE

IMPORTANT THAN THE GENERAL ELECTION. BECAUSE IT ONLY TAKES

A FEW HUNDRED VOTES MANY TIMES TO GET THE CANDIDATE IN PLACE

DURING A PRIMARY. AND IT'S GOING TO DETERMINE WHO'S RUNNING IN

THESE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, IF

EVERYONE THAT'S A PART OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH THAT LIVES IN

THE STATE OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA, IT DOESN'T MATTER, WHEREVER YOU

LIVE, ACROSS THE NATION, WOULD SAY, "I'M GOING TO PULL OUT ALL

STOPS TO DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN DO THIS WEEK, AND

THAT'S VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION." IT WOULD CHANGE

AMERICA. IT COULD CHANGE IT. JUST A FEW VOTES. I HEARD DAVID

BARTON TALKING ON FLASHPOINT ABOUT JUST A FEW VOTES MADE SUCH

A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. I CAN'T GO INTO ALL THE

DETAILS OF THAT, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT. IT IS AMAZING.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PUT THAT ON YOUR AGENDA. GO BY THE

STAND UP FOR TRUTH TABLE. GET ONE OF THESE VOTER GUIDES. THIS

COVERS DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SARPY COUNTY. I WISH WE COULD COVER

OTHER AREAS, BUT TERRY, WHERE IS TERRY? SHE'S NOT IN HERE

ANYMORE, BUT TERRY PUTS THIS TOGETHER, TERRY BLACKBURN, AND

SHE DOES A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, GIVING US

INFORMATION ON PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT WILL HELP YOU. WE CAN'T TELL

YOU WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT IT WILL GIVE YOU THEIR STANCE ON THINGS

AND WILL HELP YOU MAKE A DECISION SO YOU GET A GODLY

CANDIDATE IN THE POSITION. AND THIS MORNING BEFORE COLLEEN

BRENNAN COMES UP, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT

HER. SHE'S RUNNING FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT 6. AND I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON WHERE

DISTRICT 6 COVERS, BUT I KNOW IT'S AROUND THE CHURCH AND KIND

OF CENTRAL OMAHA, AND I'LL HAVE HER GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON

KIND OF WHERE THE BORDERS ARE. BECAUSE SOME OF YOU, IF YOU'RE

LIKE ME, YOU DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE ALL THESE

DISTRICTS ARE. BUT DISTRICT 6 IS A VERY IMPORTANT, STRATEGIC AREA

OF DOUGLAS COUNTY TO SUPPORT A GOOD CANDIDATE, AND WE WANTED TO

BRING COLLEEN UP TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY KIND OF NEAT

THAT SHE COMES ON MOTHER'S DAY, BECAUSE I LOOKED AT HER PUBLIC

BIOGRAPHY, AND SHE IS A MOTHER THAT HAS BEEN, CAN I SAY IT?

SHE'S BEEN TO HELL AND BACK. SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT, AND

SHE'S A MOTHER OF FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. SHE LOST A CHILD IN

2015 THAT WAS BORN WITH A SEVERE DISABILITY. SHE WENT THROUGH THE

LOSS OF THAT. HER HUSBAND LEFT HER AFTER THAT HAPPENED. SHE

WENT THROUGH INCREDIBLE HARDSHIP, ENORMOUS MEDICAL

BILLS, SHE HAD TO FILE BANKRUPTCY. SHE'S GOT THIS, I'M

NOT SAYING THINGS THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE OUT THERE. THIS IS

ON HER WEBSITE. BUT SINCE THEN, SHE'S REBUILT HER LIFE. AND

AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE THINGS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD

HAVE JUST ENDED UP IN DESPAIR. SHE DECIDED TO CHANGE THE

CULTURE. SHE WAS ON THE OMAHA CITY COUNCIL. AND NOW SHE'S

RUNNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AND WE NEED PEOPLE

LIKE THAT THAT ARE TOUGH AND WILLING TO STAND UP AND SAY,

I'VE BEEN THROUGH ADVERSITY. I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF

ME. I'M GONNA STAND OUT HERE AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT. COLLEEN

BRENNAN, COME ON UP. LET'S GIVE YOU A HAND AS SHE COMES.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY?

I'M GONNA PUT ON MY GLASSES 'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING

WITHOUT THEM, SO I'M SORRY. BEFORE I CAME HERE TODAY, AS I

DO EVERY DAY, I START MY DAY IN PRAYER, AND I ASK GOD FOR HIS

WORD. AND THESE THREE BIBLE VERSES CAME TO MIND. IF GOD IS

FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? ROMANS 8:31. PUT ON THE FULL

Romans 8:31

ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL'S

SCHEMES. WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AND FEAR NOT, FOR I AM

WITH YOU, ISAIAH. I'M PROBABLY THE MOST UNLIKELY CANDIDATE THAT

YOU'LL EVER MEET IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE PUBLIC

SPEAKING. THIS IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME, AND I ALSO

DON'T LIKE MATH, AND I'M RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE THAT TAKES A LOT

OF BOTH. SO I REALLY DID PUT IT IN GOD'S HANDS BECAUSE I CAN'T

DO THIS WITHOUT HIM. I GOT INTO POLITICS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF MY

SON, MY LATE SON MATTHEW. HE HAD PROFOUND AUTISM AND EPILEPSY,

AND WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF RESOURCES

AVAILABLE. THE KIND OF THERAPY HE NEEDED IS CALLED APPLIED

BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS. IT WAS NEW TO NEBRASKA AND IT WAS NOT

COVERED BY INSURANCE. SO, I FOUGHT THE INSURANCE LOBBY. I

CREATED A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE LAWS IN

NEBRASKA SO THAT NOW IT IS COVERED BY INSURANCE. AND THAT,

THANK YOU, THAT WAS SIX HARD YEARS OF WORK AND DEDICATION,

BUT IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE. I HAD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SON IN

THE WORLD. HIS NAME IS MATTHEW, WHICH MEANS GIFT OF GOD, AND I

DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT GOD GAVE ME

MATTHEW AS A GIFT. HE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT STANDING

UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT, ABOUT BEING STRONG WHEN IT WOULD BE A LOT

EASIER JUST TO CAVE. AND HE TAUGHT ME TO PUT ONE FOOT IN

FRONT OF THE OTHER EVERY DAY AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT HE DID. THAT'S HOW HE SURVIVED FOR 13 YEARS. HE HAD

TO WORK REALLY HARD JUST TO GET THROUGH THE DAY AND I LEARNED

THAT FROM HIM. SO WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO THE COUNTY BOARD IS

SOME COMMON SENSE. WE CAN'T KEEP DOWN THE PATH WE'RE GOING. IT'S

NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE HAVE TO LEARN WHAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE

TO CUT WHERE WE CAN AND SPEND WISELY. AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE

BEEN DOING THAT. WE HAVE A JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER THAT'S

SITTING IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA. IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR THREE YEARS. THAT

WAS NOT WISE. SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE CULTURE. WE HAVE TO

BRING SOME COMMON SENSE. AND I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL PRAY

BEFORE EVERY DECISION. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GET

OUT ON TUESDAY AND VOTE. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU VOTE FOR, THAT'S UP

TO YOU. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY DISTRICT, IT STARTS WHERE

I680 AND 80 MEET ABOUT 102ND AND L. IT GOES ALL THE WAY OUT TO

ELKHORN AND WATERLOO. SO IT'S A LONG SORT OF NARROW L-SHAPED

DISTRICT. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND I'VE KNOCKED ON OVER

8,000 DOORS, AND I WILL CONTINUE WORKING HARD FOR ALL OF YOU. SO

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HERE AFTERWARDS. WOULD LOVE

TO CHAT WITH YOU AND MEET WITH ANY OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THANK YOU, COLLEEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. YOU CAN REMAIN

STANDING. AND WELCOME PASTOR HANK THIS MORNING. GOD BLESS

YOU. GIVE HIM A HAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. ALL

RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU SMILE AT SOMEBODY BACK UP IN

PARK AND LIKE THEY SAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED. MAN, I TELL YOU, I FELT

GOD IN HERE TODAY. HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS? BUT I THINK WE ALWAYS FEEL

GOD. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST REALLY SPECIAL. AND I REALLY

APPRECIATED HIS PRESENCE LIKE THAT TODAY. I DO WANT TO REMIND

YOU, I'M GOING TO BE ON ELIJAH STREAMS ON TUESDAY, AND WE'RE

GOING TO TALK ABOUT, YEAH, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE

GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT SUNDAY AS WELL AS OUR

NATION, AND THAT IS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A REDEDICATION OF

OUR COUNTRY WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE. AND AS FAR AS I

KNOW, IT'S STILL ON, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT

ON TUESDAY. I WILL NOT BE ON FLASHPOINT BECAUSE MY SON IS

TAKING ME SOMEWHERE FOR MY BIRTHDAY. SO THANK YOU, MATT.

AND I'M GONNA LEAVE MY WALLET AT THE HOUSE BECAUSE WHENEVER I GO

OUT WITH HIM, HE'S LIKE, "OH, DAD, I FORGOT MY WALLET." YEAH,

YEAH, SURE, YEAH. YEAH, ALL THESE GUYS DO THAT, YOU KNOW,

ALL THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, I TAKE SOME OF THESE STAFF GUYS

OUT AND THEY ALL FORGET THEIR WALLETS AND LEAVE ME TO PAY FOR

EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME, YEAH, I

KNOW. SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING BEFORE I GET STARTED,

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP NEXT WEEK. I WAS

THINKING, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP,

HIS MOM WAS STILL ALIVE? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M THE PRESIDENT. AND

SO I MADE A, WHAT WAS A PERFECT PHONE CALL? SUCH A PERFECT PHONE

CALL. LISTEN, I THINK IT WAS THE BEST PHONE CALL. AND SO I SAID,

CALLED HER AND I SAID, "MOM." SHE ANSWERED, SHE SAID, "SIR."

AND SO I BEGAN TO TALK TO HER AND I BEGAN TO SAY SOME THINGS

TO HER. SHE SAID, "SIR, WHAT ABOUT THESE STRANGE SIGHTINGS?"

"OH, THEY'RE SO STRANGE." I SAID, "YOU MEAN NANCY PELOSI,

ROSIE O'DONNELL, SOME OF THOSE?" ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO IT

BETTER WHEN I'M NOT STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU. "WELL, YOU KNOW,

LISTEN, PEOPLE ARE JUST SO EVIL, YOU KNOW?" AND SO I WAS, I

TRIED, I TRIED. ALL RIGHT. AND WE PRAY FOR NANCY PELOSI. WE

PRAY FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO DO THE APOLOGETIC THING

OR WHATEVER. ALL RIGHT, OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO 2 TIMOTHY 1,

2 Timothy 1:5

VERSE 5. I ACTUALLY DID IT BETTER WHEN I PRACTICED, BUT I

GOT NERVOUS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS. SO COLLEEN, THANK YOU FOR

BEING HERE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND PUBLIC SPEAKING. I DON'T LIKE IT

EITHER. YOU DON'T THINK I DO, DO YOU? IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. NO, I

DO LIKE IT 'CAUSE GOD WANTS ME TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT 2

2 Timothy 1 · chapter mention

TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1. I WANNA TALK TODAY ABOUT BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF

MAMAS. NOW, IF YOU'RE A DUDE IN HERE TODAY AND YOU'RE LIKE,

WELL, HEY, THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO ME, OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A MOM

YET, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, OR MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A MOM AT ALL,

OR A GRANDMA OR WHATEVER, I WANT THIS, THIS MESSAGE WILL APPLY TO

YOU. BUT I WANNA BRING HOPE TO MOTHERS TODAY, GRANDMOTHERS,

GREAT-GRANDMOTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S ERA. IT IS NOT EASY

TO BE A MAMA. IT'S NOT EASY TO RAISE KIDS, AND I'M A DAD, AND

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I USED TO THINK I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT

RAISING KIDS, TEENAGERS, UNTIL YOU DO IT, AND THEN YOU REALIZE,

WELL, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN TAPES AND STUFF

LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RELATIONSHIP. I'VE GOT

GREAT BOYS AND I'VE HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE RAISING THEM, BUT I

THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING. YOU DON'T. SO I WANNA GIVE SOME

LITTLE THINGS, NOT ONLY FROM THE BIBLE, BUT I ALSO WANNA TALK

ABOUT MY OWN EXPERIENCES. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME GOOD MOTHER

FIGURES AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THEM. WE'RE GONNA TALK

ABOUT, THE FIRST ONE WAS MY GRANDMA, WHICH IS MY MOM'S MOM,

HER INFLUENCE ON ME. SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WOULD PUT ME ON HER LAP

AND SING TO ME, AND SHE HAD A TERRIBLE VOICE, MOM. AND PEOPLE

IN CHURCH WOULD LAUGH AT HER SINGING, AND I WOULD BE LIKE,

"GRANDMA, JUST DON'T SING." BUT SHE LOVED GOD, AND I WOULD SIT

ON HER LAP, AND SHE'D READ ME LITTLE BIBLE STORIES, AND SHE

KEPT TELLING ME, "HANK, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE A PASTOR. I

THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE IN THE MINISTRY." AND ALL I COULD

EQUATE IT TO WAS A DUDE IN A DRESS BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE

LUTHERAN CHURCH. I WAS LIKE, "I AIN'T ONE OF THOSE GUYS, MAN.

I'M NOT, MAN. I'M NOT." AND I REMEMBER MY DAD ONE DAY, YOU

TALK ABOUT AMAZING. I WAS OVER BY A HUNDRED AND... WOULD BE

120TH AND L BY WHAT USED TO BE THAT BARBECUE PLACE THERE. AND

MY DAD ASKED ME A QUESTION AND HE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE

"WHEN YOU GET OLDER?" HE SAID, "YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER THE GAS

STATION, "SERVICE STATION?" I SAID, "NO." I SAID, HE GOES,

"WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?" I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW." I WAS IN

EIGHTH GRADE. I SAID, "I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M

GONNA BE A PREACHER." HE GOES, "WHAT THE?"

I CAN'T SAY THOSE WORDS IN CHURCH, BUT...

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

NOW HE GOT SAVED AND THEN ALL THAT. AND HE GOES, "WHY DO YOU

WANT TO DO THAT?" SO IT WAS ALREADY STIRRING IN ME BECAUSE

OF MY GRANDMA. AND THEN I THINK OF MY MOM AND THE INFLUENCE THAT

SHE HAD ON ME, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT

SHE INSTILLED IN ME. AND SO IF THERE'S THINGS

THAT YOU SEE ABOUT ME, IT'S HER FAULT.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

IT'S HER FAULT, RIGHT? AND THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY

MOTHER-IN-LAW. AND YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, LITTLE THINGS

THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM HER. I CAN SAY ONE THING, I LEARNED HOW

TO LOVE MY WIFE, BY WATCHING HER HOW SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND. AND

HE'S IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW. BUT THEN I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO SAY MY

WIFE, YOU KNOW, BRENDA IS NOT ONLY AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING, BUT

SHE IS AN AMAZING LADY AND MAMA. AND I WATCHED HOW SHE'S RAISED

THESE BOYS, BUT I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I MAY JOKE

ABOUT MOTHER STUCK OVER THERE, BUT I LET BRENDA MOTHER ME.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? GO FOR IT, RIGHT? RIGHT, IF YOU NEED

TO TAKE CARE OF MY BOOBOOS, THEN TAKE CARE OF MY BOOBOOS,

RIGHT? SHE'S AMAZING. BUT THEN I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT GERMAINE

SAUSSURE, WHO WAS MY FIRST SPIRITUAL MOTHER HERE IN OMAHA,

NEBRASKA. I WAS HER FIRST DISCIPLE. WHEN I GOT SAVED IN

1984, SHE WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME UP TO ME, AND SHE HAD THESE

PIERCING EYES, AND SHE SAID, "YOUNG MAN, I HAD A VISION OF

YOU." SHE SAID, "YOU'RE GONNA STAND BEFORE NATIONS. "YOU'RE

GONNA STAND BEFORE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE." AND SHE SAID, "YOU HAVE

A CALLING ON YOUR LIFE." AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT IN THE WORLD IS

THAT?" AND SO SHE HAD AN INFLUENCE. AND THEN MARILYN

HICKEY, WHO HAD GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD, SHE LIVED TO BE 94,

ALMOST 95. IN FACT, I REMEMBER PROPHESYING TO HER IN HER 80S.

SHE HAD JUST TURNED 80 AND SHE SAID, "HANK, WHAT DOES GOD WANT

FROM ME?" I SAID, "WELL, MARILYN, THE LORD IS TELLING ME

"THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ALIVE IN YOUR 90S "AND I SEE AROUND 93 TO

95, THAT WINDOW OF YOUR LIFE. "SO YOU NEED TO PREPARE." AND

GOD BEGAN TO TELL HER THINGS. BUT I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME

THAT I MET MARILYN HICKEY, I SUPPOSE I'VE KNOWN HER FOR,

GOLLY, HOW MANY DECADES DID WE KNOW HER? A LONG TIME, SO THE

FIRST TIME SHE CALLED, JONATHAN WAS PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT SEVEN OR

EIGHT YEARS OLD. SHE CALLED MY HOME LINE. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE

GOT MY NUMBER. AND JONATHAN GOES, "HEY, DAD." IT WAS

JONATHAN, RIGHT? MATT, OR WAS IT YOU? YEAH, IT WAS JONATHAN.

JONATHAN, YOU'RE WATCHING. AND HE GOES, "HEY, DAD, THERE'S THIS

LADY ON THE PHONE, "MARYLIN HICKEY, DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT

IS?" I SAID, "JOHN, QUIT LYING." I PROBABLY SLAPPED HIM, YOU

KNOW. I SAID, "GET OUT OF HERE, MARYLIN HICKEY, SHE,” 'CAUSE YOU

KNOW, HE GOES, "NO, IT'S MARYLIN HICKEY." SO I GET ON THE PHONE,

I'M LIKE, "COME ON, WHOEVER THIS IS, "KNOCK IT OFF." SHE GOES,

"OH, THIS IS MARYLIN HICKEY." I WENT, "HUH, WHAT? "I'M A GREAT

DAD, MARYLIN. "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE. "I'M A PERFECT, I'M

SUCH A PERFECT DAD. "PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST DADS THERE WAS.

"CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT SHIFTY SHIFT, "BUT I'M A PRETTY GOOD

DAD, I'M A PERFECT DAD." BUT ANYWAY, LET'S GO TO OUR

SCRIPTURE. I GOTTA QUIT TALKING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. NO, I GOTTA

KEEP TALKING, BUT I GOTTA DO THIS. ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN I CALL

TO REMEMBRANCE IS THE UNFEIGNED FAITH THAT IS IN YOU. SO NOW

PAUL, THE APOSTLE, WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS SPIRITUAL SON,

TIMOTHY. NOTICE WHAT HE BROUGHT ATTENTION TO, YOUR UNFEIGNED

FAITH. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPARTED INTO

YOU. SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING THAT MADE YOU WHO YOU ARE. COME ON,

HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE HAD A MOTHER, A

GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER THAT INFLUENCED YOUR LIFE? COME

ON, RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN

PUT THE HAND UP. I HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE

DIFFERENT MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, AND SPIRITUAL MOTHERS IN MY

LIFE. I CALL YOU TO REMEMBRANCE OF THE UNFEIGNED FAITH THAT'S IN

YOU, WHICH FIRST DWELT IN YOUR GRANDMA LOIS. NOW YOU'RE SEEING

SOMETHING THAT'S GENERATIONAL, AND IN YOUR MOTHER

EUNICE, OKAY? THAT'S CAROL BURNETT, REMEMBER?

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

WASN'T IT, SHE USED TO DO THAT, EUNICE, OKAY. AND I'M PERSUADED

THAT IT'S IN YOU. SO HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, A

GRANDMA AND A MAMA INFLUENCED A SON. AND TIMOTHY WOUND UP

GROWING UP TO BE AN INCREDIBLE MAN OF INTEGRITY. TIMOTHY HAD A

POWERFUL MINISTRY BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER AND

MOTHER. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX, LET'S

LOOK AT VERSES ONE THROUGH THREE. THE BIBLE ABSOLUTELY

TELLS US AND REMINDS US THAT WE MUST HONOR AND REMEMBER AND

APPRECIATE, RESPECT NOT ONLY OUR FATHERS, BUT OUR MOTHERS.

CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS AND THE LORD. NOTICE THIS, FOR THIS

IS RIGHT. NOW, EVERY CHILD THAT'S IN HERE ARE WATCHING.

NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS. GOD SAYS IT IS RIGHT, IT IS HONORABLE, IT

IS SMART TO OBEY YOUR MOM AND DAD. IT'S RIGHT. THIS GENERATION

WILL TRY TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR PARENTS DON'T HAVE A SAY. AND

THAT'S WHY A LOT OF KIDS ARE GETTING MESSED UP. IT IS RIGHT

TO OBEY MOM AND DAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO DO

WHAT IS RIGHT AND HONORABLE. NOW NOTICE YOUR LIFESPAN IS

CONNECTED TO WHETHER YOU HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER, AND

THERE WAS NO AGE PUT ON THERE. IT DIDN'T SAY CHILDREN AS FAR

AS, YOU KNOW, HEY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ZERO TO 13, OR 13 TO

21, COME ON, IF YOU ARE A CHILD OF A MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, AND

YOUR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER IS ALIVE, THIS BIBLE VERSE STILL

APPLIES TO YOU. CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD. LET'S

READ IT. FOR THIS IS RIGHT, KEEP READING, VERSES TWO THROUGH

THREE. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER. THIS IS THE FIRST

COMMANDMENT. IT'S NOT A SUGGESTION. LOOK AT VERSE THREE.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SHOW HONOR? THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU AND

THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. I AM CONVINCED TODAY,

WITH SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THIS GENERATION OF YOUTH ARE SO

MIXED UP, SO CONFUSED, IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY

TEACHERS, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY SOCIETY, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY

OUR FAMOUS ACTORS, THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT BY OUR FAMOUS SPORTS

FIGURES WHO MOST OF THEM DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, AND THEY'VE

TAUGHT 'EM HOW TO BE REBELLIOUS. AND IT'S WHY IT'S NOT WELL WITH

THE YOUNGER GENERATION, BUT HOWEVER, GOD IS VISITING 'EM.

GENERATION Z MILLENNIALS. AND NOTICE THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON

THE EARTH, THAT YOU LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. YOUR LIFESPAN IS

CONNECTED TO HOW YOU HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER. GO TO JOHN

19, LOOK AT JESUS. IF JESUS, YOU KNOW, THEY RECORDED WHAT HE SAID

ON THE CROSS. NOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT WAS SEVEN SAYINGS OF

JESUS, OTHERS SAY NO, IT WAS ACTUALLY EIGHT. BUT EITHER WAY,

THE HOLY SPIRIT, THROUGH THE WRITINGS OF THE GOSPELS AND

THOSE THAT WROTE THEM UNDER THE INSPIRATION OF GOD, THEY POINTED

OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THE SAYINGS

OF JESUS ON THE CROSS. THINK ABOUT IT. ONE OF THE THINGS HE

SAID IS, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM. "THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." HE

SAID, "I THIRST." AT ONE POINT HE SAID, "IT IS FINISHED." BUT

NOTICE THESE WORDS HE SAID, JOHN 19. HE'S ON THE CROSS AND YOU

CAN JUST IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, THE BRUTAL BEATING THAT HE WENT

THROUGH AND HOW HE HAD TO CARRY HIS CROSS AND THE WOUNDS. IN

FACT, THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, SAID

THAT JESUS, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT HIM, THE LITERAL HEBREW IS WE

HAD TO TURN OUR FACES BECAUSE WE WERE ASTONISHED AT HIM. IN OTHER

WORDS, HE WAS SO BLOODY BEATEN, HE WAS MARRED, IT SAYS, BEYOND

HUMAN RECOGNITION. THAT'S WHAT THE BOOK OF ISAIAH SAYS. IT SAYS

THEY WERE ASTONISHED, MEANING THEY THREW UP. THEY COULDN'T

EVEN LOOK AT HIM, THEY VOMITED. IT WAS SUCH GORE. AND YET JESUS

WAS ON THE CROSS. AND GUESS WHO HE HAD ON HIS MIND? NOT ONLY

YOU. HE LOOKED DOWN AND I'M SURE HIS EYES WERE SWOLLEN. THE THORN

MIGHT HAVE BEEN PIERCING PART OF HIS EYEBALL. AND HE LOOKED DOWN

AND MAYBE HE HAD TO SHAKE HIS HEAD FOR A MOMENT AND THERE WAS

SOMETHING THAT CAME INTO HIS FOCUS. IT WAS HIS MOM. AND HE

WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS

DEATH, WHEN EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS IN HONOR. NOTHING IN IT WAS

IN VAIN, AND THAT HE HIMSELF HAD HONORED HIS MOTHER AND FATHER.

AND HE EVEN SHOWED IT AS HE LOOKED DOWN. THERE STOOD BY THE

CROSS OF JESUS' MOTHER AND HIS MOTHER'S SISTER MARY, THE WIFE

OF CLEOPHAS AND MARY MAGDALENE. LOOK AT VERSE 26. WHEN JESUS

THEREFORE SAW HIS MOTHER, AND I'M THINKING, HOW DID YOU SEE

HER, JESUS? I CAN'T IMAGINE, YOUR EYES, THEY HAD TO BE BLOODY

AND BEATEN AND SWOLLEN. AND THE DISCIPLES STANDING BY HIM, HE

SAW JOHN THE BELOVED. HE SAID UNTO HIS MOTHER, WOMAN, HERE IS

YOUR SON. AND HE GAVE MARY TO JOHN THE BELOVED. BUT NOTICE

SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN SKIP OVER, AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE

AN OLDER MOTHER RIGHT NOW? MAMA NOT CALLING YOU OLD, BUT YOU

HAVE AN OLDER MOTHER. YOUR ROLES CHANGE. YOUR MOMS TAKE CARE OF

YOU, BUT THEN THE OLDER YOU GET, I'M 60, I REALIZE THAT THERE IS

AN HONOR THAT I HAVE TO BE VERY WISE ABOUT. AND THAT IS, I GOTTA

MAKE SURE THAT MOM IS TAKEN CARE OF. ESPECIALLY AFTER BOTH

FATHERS, FATHER-IN-LAW AND MY DAD DIED. WHAT AM I GONNA DO? I

DON'T WANNA JUST SHOVE 'EM OFF INTO SOME NURSING HOME

SOMEWHERE. NOW, THERE ARE GOOD NURSING HOMES, THERE'S GOOD

ASSISTED LIVING, BUT THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY, AND SOME OF YOU

NEED TO START THINKING NOW, IF YOUR MOTHER IS ALIVE, WHAT IS MY

PLAN FOR MAMA? AM I GONNA LET SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE CARE OF 'EM?

AM I GONNA SHOVE 'EM OFF AND LET THEM BE FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THAT

DOES HAPPEN? OR AM I GOING TO CARE? LOOK AT WHAT JESUS DID. HE

SAID, "JOHN, HERE'S YOUR MOM. "MOM, HERE'S YOUR SON." NOW

WATCH, LOOK AT WHAT JOHN DID. HE UPHELD THIS HONOR. THEN SAY HE

TO HIS DISCIPLE, BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER. AND FROM THAT HOUR, JOHN

THE DISCIPLE TOOK HER INTO HIS OWN HOME. I NEVER SAW THAT UNTIL

I STUDIED THIS WEEK. AND IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS. I SAID,

GOD, IT'S ONE THING I DID WHEN BOTH DADS DIED. I TOOK

RESPONSIBILITY AND WE DID THINGS WITH MY MOM AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW

TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM. AND I FEEL

CONVICTED AS I'M SAYING THIS. NOT BECAUSE I'M CONVICTED, I

FEEL THE CONVICTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU

NEED TO TAKE, "WELL, I'M NOT VERY CLOSE TO MY MOM." WHERE'S

YOUR HONOR? YOU NEED TO BRING THAT HONOR. NOW LET'S TALK FOR A

MOMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE MOTHERS IN SCRIPTURE AND WHAT THEY WENT

THROUGH. THERE WAS A MOTHER NAMED HANNAH. AND HANNAH IN THE

BIBLE, SHE COULD NOT CONCEIVE. MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE, YOU'RE A

SINGLE WOMAN, OR NOT A SINGLE, MAYBE YOU'RE A WOMAN, LET ME

JUST SAY IT THIS WAY. YOU'RE A MOTHER, OR YOU'RE A WOMAN. LET

ME SAY THIS, YOU'RE A MARRIED WOMAN. THAT'S BETTER, HANK,

BETTER, HANK. YOU'RE A MARRIED, YOU'RE A MARRIED GAL. LISTEN,

YOU'RE SO MARRIED, YOU'RE SO MARRIED, YOU'RE SO MARRIED,

LISTEN, YOU'RE SO MARRIED. YOU'RE PROBABLY THE BEST AT

BEING MARRIED, OKAY? SO, ALL RIGHT, HERE IT GOES. I WAS GOING

AHEAD IN MY HEAD ON SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE A MARRIED

WOMAN AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A CHILD AND YOU CAN'T. HANNAH

LITERALLY WAS BARREN. SHE WANTED A CHILD. LOOK AT 1 SAMUEL 1,

1 Samuel 1:12

VERSE 12. SHE SHOULD GIVE INSPIRATION AND HOPE TO EVERY

ONE OF YOU. AND IT CAME TO PASS AS HANNAH CONTINUED TO PRAY

BEFORE THE LORD. NOTICE ELI THE PRIEST MARKED HER MOUTH. DON'T

EVER THINK, DON'T EVER THINK, MARRIED WOMAN, WHO WANTS TO

CONCEIVE, THAT WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING THAT SOMEHOW YOUR HIGH

PRIEST IS IGNORING YOU. THAT WOULD BE UNJUST IF GOD LISTENED

TO ELI, WHO IS A CORRUPT PRIEST, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND MARKED, HE

MARKED HER MOUTH. HE TOOK NOTICE OF HER PRAYER. AND FOR THE HIGH

PRIEST, GOD, TO IGNORE YOUR PRAYER, UH-UH, UH-UH, UH-UH,

UH-UH. HE'S LISTENING. MARKED HER MOUTH. FATHER, I WANT YOU TO

DO THIS RIGHT NOW. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE A MARRIED WOMAN, AND

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, AND YOU ARE BARREN. MAYBE THERE'S, WHAT

DO THEY CALL, INFERTILITY ISSUES OR WHATEVER. FATHER, WE SPEAK TO

THAT RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE PRAYED, THEY HAVE ASKED, THEY

HAVE DESIRED, THEY HAVE WAITED. AND I PRAY AS YOU DID FOR

HANNAH, THAT YOU, THE ALMIGHTY GOD, WILL MARK THOSE WOMEN'S

PRAYER, THEIR MOUTH AND THEIR WORDS. AND I PRAY WITHIN ONE

YEAR FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THAT SOMETHING WILL SHIFT AND CHANGE.

AND WE CALL THAT CHILD INTO THE EARTH AND INTO THEIR WOMB, AND

THAT CHILD WILL BE BORN HEALTHY AND WILL LIVE LONG AND STRONG

UPON THIS EARTH. HOW MANY COME IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THE NEXT MOTHER EXAMPLE WE HAVE IN SCRIPTURE I WANNA TALK ABOUT

IS MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS. OBVIOUSLY, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT

IT MUST BE TO BE TOLD SOMETHING AND THEN TO HAVE TO BE WILLING

TO BE COURAGEOUS? I'M TELLING YOU, I'M LOOKING AT THE FACES OF

SOME OF YOU MOTHERS AND THROUGH THE CAMERA, SOME OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE, RIGHT? TO

DEDICATE YOUR CHILD, TO BELIEVE IN WHAT GOD SAID ABOUT YOUR

CHILD. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE RAISING

YOUR CHILD TO BELIEVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE EVERYTHING

LOOKS DIFFERENT, BUT YOU GOTTA STAY WITH WHAT YOU BELIEVE. I'M

SURE THERE WERE TIMES IN MY MOM'S LIFE LOOKING AT ME AND SHE

KNEW WHAT MY GRANDMA HAD SAID ABOUT ME, THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK

LIKE I WAS GONNA BE A PREACHER, RIGHT? IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS

GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BUT MARY GIVES US HOPE IN SOMETHING,

AND THAT IS IF GOD HAS SPOKEN SOMETHING AND YOU PUT YOUR FAITH

IN IT, MAMA, IT WILL HAPPEN. WE TALKED ABOUT LOIS AND EUNICE. WE

TALK ABOUT THE PROVERBS 31 WOMAN. LOOK AT PROVERBS 31,

Proverbs 31:1–2

VERSES 1 THROUGH 2. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT

PROVERBS 31 IS WRITTEN ABOUT. IT SAYS, "THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL,

"THE PROPHECY THAT IS WHAT HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM." AND IF YOU

CONTINUE TO READ THROUGH PROVERBS 31, YOU CAN SEE THE

GREAT ATTRIBUTES OF WHAT WAS TAUGHT HIM, OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN,

A WOMAN WHO WORKED HARD, A WOMAN WHO KNEW HOW TO CREATE A NICE

AND BEAUTIFUL HOME. THAT'S BRENDA. SO THERE'S GREAT

EXAMPLES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE. I WANNA SHARE SOME BIBLICAL

EXAMPLES OF WOMEN, MOTHERS THAT REPRESENT SOME THAT MIGHT BE

HERE TODAY. HOW ABOUT EVE? HER NAME MEANS THE MOTHER OF THE

LIVING. THE FIRST MOTHER, EVE, RIGHT? NOT STEVE. IT WAS EVE. IT

WAS ADAM AND EVE. STEVE WAS A DIFFERENT GUY. HE WAS A

DIFFERENT GUY. BUT EVE REPRESENTS A MOTHER WHO HAS A

CHILD WHO GOES AWAY FROM GOD. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, YOU'RE

GONNA GIVE UP? NO, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO SETH. IF YOU HAVE A

PRODIGAL CHILD TODAY, YOU NEED TO STAY IN THERE, MOTHER,

GRANDMAMA. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING WILL BE BIRTHED.

SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. HOW ABOUT HAGAR? HOW MANY REMEMBER HAGAR?

LOOK AT GENESIS CHAPTER 21, VERSE 14. HAGAR REPRESENTS THE

Genesis 21:14

SINGLE MOTHER. THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I WAS JUMPING AHEAD, WHOSE

CHILD AND HER BECAME AN OUTCAST. MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND

YOU'RE A SINGLE MAMA. MAYBE YOU WERE PART OF A RELATIONSHIP

WHERE YOU WERE MARRIED AND THEN YOU'RE LEFT TO RAISE YOUR CHILD

OR MAYBE YOU HAD A CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK AND NOW YOU'RE A SINGLE

MOM. HAGAR FELT LIKE AN OUTCAST, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD DIDN'T

FORGET HER. EVEN THOUGH, WATCH THIS, ABRAHAM ROSE UP EARLY IN

THE MORNING, TOOK BREAD AND A BOTTLE OF WATER, AND HE GAVE IT

UNTO HAGAR, PUTTING IT ON HER SHOULDER AND THE CHILD, AND HE

SENT HER AWAY. COME ON, ONE OF THE WORST THINGS SOMETIMES WITH

A SINGLE MOTHER TODAY IS THE FEELING OF REJECTION FROM A MAN,

ESPECIALLY THE FATHER OF YOUR CHILD. MAYBE YOU'RE A SINGLE

MOTHER TODAY BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND DID THE SAME THING LIKE

ABRAHAM OR WHATEVER. SENT YOU PACKING, DIVORCED YOU, AND

YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW AM I GONNA TAKE CARE OF MY LIFE,

LET ALONE MY CHILD? BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD CAME, IF YOU KEEP

READING THE STORY ABOUT HAGAR, AND HE FOUND HER, AND HE

REMEMBERED HER, AND HE TOOK CARE OF HER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I

WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE A DIVORCED WOMAN TODAY,

AND YOU'RE A SINGLE PARENT NOW, OR MAYBE YOU'RE JUST A SINGLE

PARENT, NEVER BEEN MARRIED, AND YOU'RE RAISING A CHILD. IF GOD

WOULD REMEMBER HAGAR, EVEN THOUGH REJECTED OF A MAN, IT

SHOWS YOU NOT ONLY THE NATURE OF THE GOD THAT WE SERVE, BUT IT

SHOWS YOU THE PROMISE THAT YOU YOURSELF CAN HAVE AS WELL. SO

DON'T GET HARD ON YOURSELF, DON'T GET DOWN ON YOURSELF. AND

DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK GOD TO HELP YOU. ANOTHER EXAMPLE, IN

THIS ONE, I WANT YOU TO LOOK TO NUMBERS CHAPTER 26, VERSE 59.

Numbers 26:59

THIS IS THE ONLY VERSE THAT REALLY MENTIONS THE NAME OF

MOSES' MOM. AND THE NAME OF, I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THESE

PEOPLE'S NAMES. WHY DON'T THEY SAY PHIL AND STUFF? THE NAME OF

PHIL'S WIFE WAS, JOKE ABED, PHIL IS THE HANK TRANSLATION VERSION.

AND THE DAUGHTER OF LEVI. HE, BY THE WAY, WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT

INVENTED JEANS. SO LEVI, LEVI JEANS, SOMEBODY, SEE THAT'S THE

HANK TRANSLATION WITH THE JEANS. AND HE HAD THE BIBLICAL BOTTOM,

YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT WAS WIDE AND THE LEVI JEANS. AND THEY

LIVED IN EGYPT AND BORE UNTO ABRAM, WHAT IS THAT GUY'S NAME,

AMRAM? CAN YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE A CAR, I DRIVE THE AMRAM. YOU

KNOW, BEAR UNTO AMRAM AARON. AND MOSES, SO NOTICE MOSES' MOM WAS

NAMED, I GUESS YOU'D PRONOUNCE IT JOCHEBED. AND HER NAME MEANS,

ARE YOU READY? WHAT DID MOSES CRY OUT FOR? GOD, I WANT TO

WHAT? SEE YOUR GLORY. REMEMBER EXODUS 33:18? HER NAME MEANS THE

Exodus 33:18

GLORY OF GOD. SO JOCHEBED REPRESENTS THE MOTHER WHO HAD TO

GIVE HER CHILD UP FOR ADOPTION TO BE TAKEN ON BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

BUT WHAT WAS BRILLIANT IS I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE,

HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, WHICH WE CALL THE FAITH CHAPTER, RIGHT?

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THE HALL OF FAME. NOTICE GOD LITERALLY CALLS OUT IN A GOOD

WAY, MOSES' PARENTS. BUT IN FAITH, MOSES, WHEN HE WAS BORN,

WAS HID THREE MONTHS BY HIS PARENTS BECAUSE THEY SAW HE WAS

A PROPER CHILD AND THEY WERE NOT AFRAID OF THE KING'S

COMMANDMENT. SO HERE, YOU KNOW THIS STORY OF MOSES' MOM, HOW

SHE PUT THE LITTLE CHILD MOSES IN THE WATER IN THE BASKET TO BE

SAVED BECAUSE AT THOSE DAYS, PHARAOH WAS KILLING ALL OF THE

LITTLE KIDS. AND WE KNOW THE STORY THAT PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER

SAW LITTLE MOSES IN THE BASKET AND RESCUED HIM. THAT'S WHAT

MOSES' NAME MEANS, TO BE DRAWN FROM THE WATER. AND THEN WHAT

WAS SO COOL IS, AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I'M RIGHT, IS

MOSES' MOM GOT TO NURSE HIM. WHICH FOR 12 YEARS, I GUARANTEE

YOU, SHE PUT SOMETHING IN HIM, NOT ONLY THE LOVE FOR GOD, BUT

THE LOVE FOR THE HEBREW GOD, RIGHT? BECAUSE NOTICE AT ONE

POINT WHEN MOSES WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS AN EGYPTIAN, HE HAD SUCH

AN HONOR TO GOD AND TO THE HEBREWS THAT HE EVEN, YOU KNOW,

KILLED A MAN OVER IT. HE GOT IT FROM HIS MAMA. I CAN IMAGINE

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WHISPERED IN HIS EARS. SHE TOLD

HIM. POWERFUL. THINK ABOUT RUTH. MAYBE SOME OF YOU ARE IN HERE

TODAY. SHE REPRESENTS THE NON-BELIEVING WOMAN AT FIRST,

BUT THEN BECOMES A DEVOTED FOLLOWER OF GOD. YOU'VE GOT

RAHAB, LOOK AT JOSHUA CHAPTER 2. RAHAB, SHE REPRESENTS A SINFUL

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MOTHER. SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE WHO HAD A POWERFUL TRANSFORMATION,

BUT GAVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING THAT LASTED FOR GENERATIONS. SO MAMA,

DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR KID. MAYBE YOU FEEL MAMA LIKE YOU, AND MAMA

THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT YOU'VE MADE SOME REALLY BAD CHOICES,

AND AS A RESULT, YOUR KIDS HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR IT. I'M TELLING

YOU, IN THE, DID THEY CALL IT GENEALOGY? IS THAT THE RIGHT,

DID I SAY IT RIGHT? GENEALOGY OF JESUS. RAHAB IS MENTIONED. SHE

LATER GAVE BIRTH. THAT LED TO OUR BLESSED SAVIOR. YOU MAY FEEL

LIKE A FAILURE AS A MOTHER TODAY, BUT HOLD TO THE PROMISE

OF GOD. LOOK AT WHAT SHE DID. SHE SAID, "NOW, THEREFORE, I

PRAY," SHE SAID THIS TO THE SPIES THAT HAD COME TO SPY OUT

THE LAND, THE PROMISED LAND, SWEAR UNTO ME BY THE LORD THAT I

HAVE SHOWED YOU KINDNESS, THAT YOU ALSO SHOW KINDNESS UNTO MY

FATHER'S HOUSE AND GIVE ME A TRUE SIGN. SO IN OTHER WORDS,

SHE'S SAYING, HEY, WHEN THESE WALLS COME DOWN AND ALL THIS

STUFF, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT MY FAMILY IS SAFE? THAT IS

PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS THAT PEOPLE CAN BRING, IS

TO BE CONCERNED OVER THEIR FAMILY. I WANNA TALK ABOUT ONE

WOMAN, LEAH, REAL QUICK. GENESIS 29, 32. THIS MIGHT BE THE

MOTHER, AND MAYBE YOU'RE HERE TODAY, DO NOT RAISE YOUR HAND,

OR YOU THAT ARE ONLINE, DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS YOU.

BUT THIS WOMAN, LEAH, REPRESENTS A WOMAN WHO WAS IN A

RELATIONSHIP, A MARRIAGE YOU COULD SAY, WHO DIDN'T FEEL

LOVED. SHE WAS IN A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP. HER HUSBAND HAD

EYES FOR ANOTHER WOMAN. AND THAT'S WHERE SOME WOMEN ARE.

MAYBE IT'S NOT ANOTHER WOMAN THAT'S WALKING, BUT MAYBE IT'S

THE PERVERSION OF WHAT SEXUAL SIN BRINGS. YOU DON'T FEEL

PRETTY. YOU DON'T FEEL LOVED. YOU DON'T FEEL VALUED. THIS IS

LEAH. HANNAH WAS THE ONE THAT, OH, HER SISTER WAS THE ONE THAT

WAS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? WOMAN, BE CAREFUL IF THAT'S YOU, THAT

YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS LOOKING AT SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF SOMEBODY TOLD YOU THAT YOU'RE UGLY OR

YOU'RE NOT, OR MAYBE YOU'VE TOLD YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TO SEE

SOMETHING WITH A DIFFERENT LENS, HOW GOD SEES YOU, BECAUSE I WANT

YOU TO SEE, LOOK AT WHAT WAS REVEALED. SO SHE NAMES HER KIDS,

VERSE 32, "LEAH CONCEIVED AND BORE A SON." NOTICE WHAT SHE

CALLS HIM. THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW THAT SHE HAD A REALLY BAD

RELATIONSHIP. SHE NAMES HIM REUBEN AND SAYS, I'M GONNA NAME

THIS GUY REUBEN BECAUSE MAYBE THE LORD HAS LOOKED UPON MY

AFFLICTION AND NOW MAYBE MY HUSBAND WILL LOVE ME. MAYBE

THAT'S SOME OF YOU, I'M SORRY. WHERE YOU DON'T FEEL LOVE IN A

MARRIAGE, IN A RELATIONSHIP. AND IT'S REFLECTED IN WHAT SHE NAMED

HER SON. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. SO SHE CONCEIVES AGAIN. SHE HAS

ANOTHER CHILD AND THE JOURNEY OF HER PAIN CONTINUES, RIGHT? VERSE

33, SHE HAS ANOTHER SON. "AND BECAUSE THE LORD HEARD THAT I'M

NOT LOVED, "HE GAVE ME THIS ONE TOO, SO I'LL NAME HIM SIMEON."

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? THAT IS A LOT OF HEARTACHE. LOOK AT VERSE

34, PAIN GETS DEEPER. "NOW AT LAST," IT SAYS IN VERSE 34, "MY

HUSBAND WILL BECOME ATTACHED TO ME "'CAUSE I'VE BORN HIM THREE

SONS," AND SHE CALLED HIM LEVI. BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THIS IS

WHY YOU DON'T GIVE UP IF YOU FEEL LIKE LEAH TODAY. AND YOU'RE

A MAMA, YOU'RE A WIFE, YOU'RE IN A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP,

MARRIAGE, RIGHT? LOOK AT VERSE 35. "SHE NAMES HER FOURTH SON.

"THIS TIME I WILL PRAISE THE LORD." AND SHE CALLS HIS NAME

JUDAH. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE REALIZED, "HEY, THE RELATIONSHIP

ISN'T GONNA CHANGE. THINGS PROBABLY AREN'T GONNA GET ANY

BETTER RELATIONALLY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA PUT MY

TRUST AND MY HOPE IN GOD. AND AS A RESULT, I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO

PRAISE HIM." AND LOOK AT ALL THE ONES THAT JESUS IDENTIFIED WITH.

HE'S OF THE TRIBE OF THE LION OF JUDAH. ALL THE PAIN, ALL THE

HURT, GAVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING BETTER. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT MY

EXPERIENCES. I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ONE, MY GRANDMA. AS I

TOLD YOU, MY GRANDMA WAS A, MAMA, SHE WAS A SHORT LITTLE

THING, BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF HAIR, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF

HAIR, AND SHE WAS ABOUT THIS TALL, ABOUT FIVE FOOT NOTHING,

RIGHT? 5'2. AND SHE WAS THE KINDEST, SWEETEST LADY. I NEVER,

IN THE YEARS THAT I KNEW HER, EVER SAW HER GET MAD. I SAW

GRANDPA GET MAD AT HER, BUT I NEVER SAW HER RAISE HER VOICE. I

SAW HER, I SAW SOMETIMES, "MAMA, GRANDPA NOT BE SO NICE." BUT SHE

WOULD NEVER RETALIATE. NOT ONE TIME, SHE WOULD NEVER RETALIATE,

NEVER RAISE HER VOICE, NEVER ARGUE, NEVER BE THE CONTROLLING

WOMAN, NEVER TRY TO JUSTIFY HERSELF. SHE WAS SUCH A WOMAN OF

CHARACTER. AND SHE WAS A SHORT LITTLE THING WHO COULDN'T SING.

AND SHE ALWAYS TOLD ME, "HANK, DON'T DRINK COFFEE. "IT WILL

STUNT YOUR GROWTH." AND I USED TO LOOK AT HER AND GO, "WELL, IT

WORKED FOR YOU, I'M NEVER." SO IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT MARRIED AT

23 YEARS OF AGE, 37 YEARS AGO TO MY GIRL, MY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. AND

BRENDA LOVES COFFEE. AND SHE GOES, "HEY, DO YOU WANT SOME

COFFEE?" I SAID, "BRENDA, NO, I DON'T WANT ANY COFFEE." SHE

GOES, "WHY?" "IT STUNTS YOUR GROWTH." SO WHEN I WAS MARRIED,

I WAS 5'3", NOW I'M 6'0", SO IT DOESN'T STUNT YOUR GROWTH. BUT

LOOK AT WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY GRANDMA. EPHESIANS 4:32, "BE YE

Ephesians 4:32

KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, "TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVE ONE

ANOTHER." THAT WAS MY GRANDMA. COME ON, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT A

MOTHER TODAY, BUT YOU'RE A DUDE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

ABOUT A MAN? DOESN'T SAY IT ABOUT A WOMAN. SAYS WHAT'S

DESIRABLE IN A MAN IS HIS KINDNESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF

ANGRY MEN. THERE ARE A LOT OF MEAN SPIRITED MEN. AND THERE ARE

A LOT OF MEN THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT A WOMAN. AND THE BIBLE

SAYS THAT WE'RE TO BE KIND. MY GRANDMA WAS A KIND WOMAN. AND AS

I SAID TO YOU, SHE WOULD PUT ME UP ON HER LAP. SHE WAS THE FIRST

ONE THAT PUT THE SEED OF GOD IN THIS PERSON'S HEART. WHERE I

WOULD SIT THERE AND I'D LOOK AT PICTURES AND I'D SAY TO GRANDMA,

GRANDMA, DO YOU THINK JESUS REALLY LOOKS LIKE THAT? AND THEN

ONE DAY SHE GAVE ME A PICTURE OF JESUS, ONE OF THOSE PAINTINGS.

AND I SAID, "DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE,

GRANDMA?" AND I WAS SO CURIOUS. AND THEN SHE'D SAY, "HANK, GOD'S

HAND'S ON YOU." AND THEN I WOULD WALK INTO GROCERY STORES WITH MY

GRANDMA AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "MA'AM, MA'AM, MA'AM, IS THIS

YOUR SON?" "NO, NO, NO, THIS IS MY GRANDSON." "GOD'S HAND'S ON

HIM." YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DID? I'M 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 YEARS OF

AGE, I WOULD LOOK OVER THINKING THAT GOD'S HAND WAS LITERALLY ON

ME THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BAD. I MEAN, I REMEMBER

GOING OUT WITH SOME OF THE GUYS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WERE

DOING DRUGS AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND THEY SAID,

"HANK, WHY NOT?" I'D BE LOOKING OVER, MAN, THERE'S HAND TO GOD

ON ME. YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND GET HIGH. WHOA, HAND OF

GOD ON YOU, MAN. WHOA, I THINK I CAN SEE IT, DUDE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I ALWAYS HAD THIS LIKE FEAR IN ME, MAN, BUT THAT WAS MY

GRANDMA. EVERYBODY LOOK AT YOUR SHOULDER, YOU GOT THE HAND OF

GOD ON YOU. BUT I THANK GOD FOR HER. WHAT DID I LEARN FROM HER?

HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED. I LEARNED TO, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA

BELIEVE ME, I LEARNED TO BE KIND. I'M WORKING ON IT, OKAY?

I'M A WORK IN PROGRESS, I'M WORKING ON IT.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I PAID YOU TO SAY THAT, SHH, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REVEAL

THAT. BUT HERE'S WHAT I DID LEARN. I LEARNED A LIFE OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM MY GRANDMA. I NEVER, I NEVER EVEN HEARD A CUSS

WORD COME OUT OF HER. I ASKED HER ONE DAY, I SAID, "GRANDMA,

DO YOU CUSS?" "NO." I'M LIKE, "WHY?" SHE NEVER CUSSED. I

CUSSED, BUT NOT GRANDMA. I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY MOM. MOM, I DON'T

WANNA EMBARRASS YOU, BUT I THANK GOD FOR MY MOM. AND MY MOM IS A

LOT LIKE HER MOM, BUT DIFFERENT. MOM, YOU'RE DIFFERENT, AND THIS

IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY MOM. MY MOM HAS A NO NONSENSE, SHE'S

STRAIGHTFORWARD. MY MOM WILL TELL YOU LIKE IT IS. AT THE END

OF THE DAY, SHE COULD CARE LESS IF YOU LIKED IT AND IF SHE SAID

IT RIGHT. YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAY IT. AND SO TODAY, ALL OF THE

STUFF THAT I SAY BEHIND THE PULPIT IS BECAUSE

OF MY MOM. SHE JUST SAYS IT LIKE IT IS.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND COULD CARE LESS. MY MOM ALWAYS TAUGHT ME TO DO WHAT'S

RIGHT. SHE ALWAYS WOULD SAY THAT TO ME AS A KID. HANK, JUST DO

WHAT'S RIGHT AND YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER LIFE. JUST DO WHAT'S

RIGHT. DON'T LIE, DON'T STEAL, DON'T, YOU KNOW, KICK CATS.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

RIGHT? BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ALSO FROM MY MOM. AND I WATCHED

HER 'CAUSE I USED TO WORK WITH HER AND MY DAD AT THEIR SERVICE

STATION. I WATCHED MY MOM NEVER COMPLAIN. AT LEAST I NEVER HEARD

IT. AND SHE WORKED SO HARD TO STAND BY MY DAD'S SIDE TO FEED

SEVEN HUNGRY KIDS, NINE TOTAL IN THE FAMILY. AND MY MOM WOULD

BRING THIS POT. DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT POT, MOM? IT WAS THIS

LIKE CAVEMAN POT. AND SHE WOULD PUT IT DOWN, AND YOU NEVER KNEW

WHAT IT WAS. SHE WOULD STIR IT, AND SOMETIMES STUFF SMELLED

REALLY BAD. AND THEN SHE WOULD PUT IT OUT, AND YOU GOT ONE

HELPING OF THE SLOP, AND THE RULE BY MY DAD WAS YOU HAD TO

EAT WHATEVER'S ON THE PLATE. AND I'D SAY, "MOM, I'M NOT REAL

HUNGRY TODAY." IT DIDN'T MATTER, SLOP. AND THERE WAS ONE TIME

THAT I HAD TO EAT THIS STUFF. IT WAS TOMATOES MIXED WITH BREAD.

WHAT IS THAT STUFF CALLED, VOMIT? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE NASTY.

IT IS SO BAD. IT SMELLS BAD. HOW MANY EVER HAD TOMATOES WITH

BREAD? IT IS LIKE VOMIT. AND SO MY MOM WOULD TAKE THIS BIG OLD

POT AND SHE'D PUT IT DOWN IN THE FRONT AND SHE'D, REMEMBER THAT,

MOM? HUH? OKAY, JUST A SPOONFUL OF VOMIT, BUT IT WAS ENOUGH

TO... SO MY MOM MADE A GREAT IMPRESSION ON ME. AND HERE'S

WHAT IT WAS. NO, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE TRUTH. EVEN THOUGH YOU

MAY NOT LIKE SOMETHING, LEARN TO JUST FLOW. IF IT AIN'T KILLING

YA, WE ALMOST THOUGHT IT DID, YOU KNOW? JUST LEARN TO FLOW

WITH THINGS. MY MOM TAUGHT ME THAT, IS HANK, DON'T GET WORKED

UP ABOUT THINGS. BE APPRECIATIVE, BE THANKFUL, BE

GRATEFUL. MOM, I THINK TODAY, BECAUSE I HAVE A GRATEFUL HEART

AND A THANKFUL, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHAT YOU

TAUGHT ME. MY HARDWORKING NATURE, WHERE PEOPLE SAY, "HANK,

YOU WORK TOO HARD." I THINK I GET IT FROM YOU, AND YEAH. SO

MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO ME NOW. I'M 60, I'M ABOUT READY TO

RETIRE. ALL RIGHT, NOW I WON'T RETIRE. YOU CAN'T AS A PREACHER,

YOU CAN'T RETIRE. BUT THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT, AND MOM,

THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK I'M SEEING YOU TEARING UP

AND I WANNA MAKE YOU CRY. BUT I DID LEARN HARDWORKING LIFESTYLE,

OUTSPOKEN. I LEARNED NO NONSENSE, STAND FOR WHAT'S

RIGHT. I LEARNED BOLDNESS, THOSE THINGS WERE IMPARTED. NOW, MY

MOTHER-IN-LAW, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, OR IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE

TO SLEEP, HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED FROM BRENDA'S

MOM. TO CREATE, IS THIS BORING? OKAY, ALL

THE LADIES ARE GOING, "OH NO, IT'S SO LOVELY."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND THE DUDES ARE LIKE, "COME ON, MAN, "I GOT A HAMBURGER

WAITING ON ME, YOU KNOW?" MOTHER STUCKS OVER THERE GOING,

"THIS IS SUCH A GREAT MESSAGE. PLEASE KEEP GOING."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

MR. BOO-BOO BAND-AID BOY OVER THERE IN THE CORNER, ALL RIGHT,

SO BRENDA'S MOM, WHEN I FIRST MET BRENDA'S MOM, YOU GOTTA

UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. BRENDA MARRIED A PIG. SHE DID. OKAY,

CAN I TELL SOMETHING? SO WHEN I MOVED OUT, THE ONLY THING I HAD

FOR BED LINENS WAS A SLEEPING BAG. AND I SLEPT IN THAT THING

FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE I GOT

MARRIED, AND I NEVER REMEMBER WASHING IT.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND IT HAD ONE PART OF THE SLEEPING BAG THAT IF I GOT MY

FOOT STUCK IN IT, 'CAUSE IT HAD A HOLE IN IT, AND I ROLLED OVER,

YOU COULD TWIST YOUR ANKLE. WE HAD MICE RUNNING OVER MY HOUSE.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GROOM VERY WELL, BUT BRENDA AND HER MOM SAW

THROUGH ALL OF THAT. AND WHEN I WOULD GO OVER TO BRENDA'S HOUSE,

I KNEW I PROBABLY STUNK, BUT HER MOM WOULD ALWAYS OPEN THE DOOR

FOR ME AND SHE WOULD FEED ME A MEAL AND I WATCHED HOW SHE

SERVED HER HUSBAND. AND I WOULD LOOK AT MY LITTLE GIRL, I CALL

HER LITTLE GIRL, I KNOW, DON'T WRITE AND SAY, "SHE'S NOT A

GIRL, SHE'S A WOMAN." SHE'S MY GIRL. I CAN SAY THAT IF I WANT

TO, SHE LIKES IT. BUT I LOOK OVER AND THEN I'D BE LIKE,

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. I WANNA TAKE

CARE OF BRENDA LIKE THAT. 'CAUSE I WATCHED HOW HAPPY IT MADE

BRENDA'S DAD. I WATCHED HOW SHE ALWAYS WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO

PREPARE HER MEAL. BRENDA DOES THE SAME THING TODAY. I WATCHED

HOW THEY KEPT A CLEAN HOUSE BECAUSE THE HUSBAND, BRENDA'S

DAD, WOULD COME HOME FROM WORK AFTER A BUSY DAY AT THE AIR

FORCE AND THE HOME WOULD ALWAYS BE TIDY, THINGS WOULD BE IN

ORDER. AND I SAID, "THAT'S THE KIND OF HOUSE THAT I WANT "AND

THAT'S THE KIND OF GIRL THAT I'VE GOT." SO I LEARNED

HOMEMAKING. I LEARNED HONORING A WOMAN WHO WANTS TO MAKE A NICE

HOME. GUYS, IF THE WOMAN WANTS TO, CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU? WE

HAVE A BLANKET AT THE END OF MY BED THAT BRENDA CALLS, WHAT DO

YOU CALL THAT THING? NO, IT'S NOT THAT, OR A FRILLY THING. IT

HAS FLOWERS ON IT THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TOUCH, USE, JUMP ON.

WHAT IS THAT ONE CALLED? YEAH, IT'S A COMFORTER. AND SHE GETS

BIBLICAL, THE HOLY SPIRIT'S A COMFORTER. I'M LIKE, YEAH, BUT I

CAN TOUCH HIM, SQUEEZE HIM, HOLD HIM, TALK TO HIM, JUMP ON IT,

YOU KNOW? BUT IF THE WOMAN WANTS TO MAKE A NICE HOME, YOU KNOW,

BRENDA, I MEAN, MY SECOND JOB IS TO BREAK DOWN AMAZON BOXES. AND

THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME MUMBLING, I CAN'T (MUMBLING)

BUT I NEVER LET HER KNOW THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO MAKE THE HOUSE BETTER, TO MAKE MY

LIFE BETTER. AND I WANNA HONOR THAT BECAUSE I LEARNED THAT FROM

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. YOU KNOW, BRENDA GETS THESE PICTURES,

OKAY, ARE THEY THE PICTURES THAT I WOULD WANT? BRENDA EVEN

CROSSED THE LINE ONE TIME, SHE DECORATED THE GARAGE. YOU DON'T

LET A WOMAN DECORATE THE GARAGE. I MEAN, IT WAS SO BAD, I'M LIKE,

BRENDA, YOU ARE FROU-FROUING THIS THING UP. IF YOU DON'T

STOP, I'M GONNA GET DUCT TAPE, I'M GONNA PUT HIS SIDE, HER

SIDE. BUT THEN IT DAWNED ON ME. I LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS LIKE,

HEY, THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY COOL. SO I LEARNED THAT FROM

BRENDA'S MOM AND FROM BRENDA. BRENDA'S MOM, I LEARNED, CREATE

A NICE HOME AND WORK WITH THOSE THAT WANNA CREATE A NICE HOME

AND A NICE ENVIRONMENT. HER MOM, I'D COME OVER, YOU KNOW, AFTER

MY JOB TO GO PICK UP BRENDA AND HER MOM WOULD HAVE CANDLES LIT.

NOW, BRENDA AND I AND CANDLES, AFTER 30 SOME YEARS, SHE NOW HAS

GONE WITH THESE FAKE ONES THAT GO LIKE THIS. THEY FLICKER WITH

THE BATTERY. THANK YOU GOD FOR SPEAKING TO HER.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM BRENDA, AND THEN

I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO MY OTHER ONES. I'M ALMOST DONE, IS THAT

ALL RIGHT? THERE IS SOME SCRIPTURES I'M COMING UP WITH

HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT BRENDA, I'VE LEARNED LOVE. I'VE

LEARNED LOVE FROM YOU, 'CAUSE I WASN'T LOVABLE. I WAS HARD TO

LOVE, AND YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE LOVED. I HAD A MAN ONE TIME

SAY TO ME, HE SAID, "HANK," HE WAS A FORMER MARINE, NAME IS DR.

MARK BARCLAY, HE SAID, "HANK, YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE A GOOD MAN

TODAY? "BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WIFED." AND I'M OKAY TO SAY

THAT, I'VE BEEN WIFED. AND THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, I DON'T

KNOW HOW OLD IT IS, IT MIGHT STILL BE OLD, THAT BEHIND EVERY

GOOD MAN IS A GOOD WOMAN, AND IN THAT CASE, IT'S TRUE. I LEARNED

LOVE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE A WOMAN. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW.

I JUST KNEW THAT I DIDN'T EVER WANNA MAKE HER MAD AT MY

EXPENSE, 'CAUSE SHE'S FEISTY, BY THE WAY, TOO. I LEARNED ORDER,

EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT MARRIED, I'D LEAVE THE

CAP OF THE TOOTHPASTE OFF, OR MAYBE I DIDN'T DO THE TOILET

PAPER ROLL RIGHT, OR THE TOILET LID. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, LIFT IT UP AND THEN PUT IT DOWN. AND I

TOLD HER, I SAID, "BRENDA, I LIKE IT UP. "IT'S LESS WORK.

"THE MAN HAS TO DO MORE WORK. "WE HAVE TO LIFT IT

UP, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT IT DOWN. "IF IT'S JUST

UP, IT'S UP. "THERE'S HARDLY ANY EFFORT."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE MY STORIES TODAY, BUT ANYWAY. BUT I LEARNED

EXCELLENCE. BRENDA KEEPS AN IMMACULATE HOUSE. YOU WOULD

THINK WITH THREE GERMAN SHEPHERDS IN A SHEET SUIT,

RIGHT, YOU'D HAVE A MESSY, NO, WE'VE GOT A VERY, VERY ORDERLY

HOUSE BECAUSE BRENDA TAUGHT ME. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THINGS

IN ORDER. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO PARTNER IN FRIENDSHIP TO WHERE

WE'RE GREAT FRIENDS AND WE ENJOY WORKING ON THINGS TOGETHER. I

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LITTLE MOTTO AND SHE HELPS ME,

BUT IS, YOU COOK THE DINNER, LET ME DO THE DISHES. I JUST LEARNED

WITH MY WIFE HOW, AND SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY HOME. I

LEARNED STRUCTURE FROM BRENDA. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY STRUCTURE. I

LEARNED STRUCTURE FROM HER. I WASN'T A DISCIPLINED PERSON,

STILL NOT REALLY. I'M VERY DISCIPLINED, BUT I'M NOT

STRUCTURALLY, BUT I'M LEARNING. I LEARNED GOD AND FAMILY AND HOW

IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE GOD AND FAMILY AND MAKING THAT A

PRIORITY. I'VE LEARNED WISDOM WITH BRENDA. I'VE LEARNED

RESTRAINT FROM BRENDA. YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE WANTED TO FAKE MY NAME AND RESPOND AS

SOME IDIOTS? AND SHE'S LIKE, "YOU CAN'T DO THAT." I'M LIKE,

"WELL, IF I JUST MAKE UP A NAME, "IT DOESN'T MATTER." "NO, YOU

CAN'T DO THAT, GOD'S WATCHING." "OKAY, I CAN'T DO THAT."

SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE LAST

TWO. MY FIRST SPIRITUAL MOTHER, GERMAINE, I LEARNED SOMETHING

FROM HER. SHE WAS ANOTHER LITTLE SHORT LADY. AND I LEARNED FROM

HER THE BIBLE. LET ME SAY THIS, IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND YOU

DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE, HERE'S WHAT SHE WOULD TEACH ME TO DO.

SHE WOULD... LITERALLY, I REMEMBER THE FIRST

TIME I SHOWED UP AT HER HOUSE, I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, THIS LITTLE

SPITBALL WOMAN, FIREMAN, SHE WALKED WITH GOD, AND I WAS FIVE

MINUTES LATE. SHE OPENED THE DOOR, THE LITTLE CHAIN WAS STUCK

TO HER APARTMENT DOOR. SHE SAID, "YOU'RE FIVE MINUTES LATE.

"DON'T EVER BE LATE AGAIN, BYE, SEE YOU TOMORROW." AND I LEARNED

TIMELINESS. AND SHE TAUGHT ME THAT IF YOU'RE A PERSON WHO'S

ALWAYS LATE, IT'S WHY BLESSINGS DON'T CATCH UP TO YOU. 'CAUSE IF

YOU'RE LATE IN THE NATURAL, YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE MISSING OUT

ON YOUR BLESSING IN THE SPIRITUAL. AND THAT'S A

PRINCIPLE OF THE FIVE WISE VIRGINS AND FIVE FOOLISH, THE

FIVE WISE WERE ON TIME. THE FOOLISH ONES WERE LATE AND THEY

MISSED OUT ON THE BLESSING. SO SHE TAUGHT ME TIMELINESS FOR THE

MOST PART, EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO HAIRCUTS, I'M ON TIME OR I'M

EARLY. I LEARNED HOW TO DO THE BIBLE. WHAT SHE WOULD DO IS

SHE'D SAY, "OKAY, HANK, GENESIS CHAPTER ONE. "WHAT'S IN GENESIS

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CHAPTER 1? "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS. "GENESIS CHAPTER 2,

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WHAT HAPPENS IN GENESIS 2?" THEN SHE GOT ON TO THE BOOK OF

LEVITICUS, AND THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS REALLY, "WHAT'S LEVITICUS

7? "I DON'T CARE, THAT'S A WEIRD BOOK." YOU KNOW, AND SO I

WOULD HAVE TO TELL HER. AND THEN I'D HAVE TO DO SCRIPTURAL

MEMORIZATION, WHERE I WOULD LITERALLY, AND MARILYN WAS

ANOTHER ONE, MARILYN COULD MEMORIZE WHOLE BOOKS OF THE

BIBLE. AND I LEARNED THE BIBLE. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT MARILYN,

THE LAST ONE, 'CAUSE I GOTTA GET READY. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN

START GOING. SO WHEN I MET MARILYN PROBABLY OVER, I MEAN,

TWO, ALMOST THREE DECADES, SHE WOULD GO OVER TO PAKISTAN,

AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, IRAN. I REMEMBER HER FIRST TIME SHE WENT

INTO IRAN. AND SHE SAID, "HANK, I'M GETTING READY TO GO INTO

IRAN. "I'M GONNA MEET WITH ONE OF THE TOP." I CAN'T SAY TOO

MUCH 'CAUSE THIS IS PUBLIC. BUT SHE SAID, "I'M MEETING WITH THE

TOP, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, "AND I NEED AN

ENTRANCE." AND I SAID, "MARYLAND, I JUST HAD A VISION.

I SAW THIS GUY AND HE'S GOT A WEIRD SCAR AND WOUND AND IT'S

ON," AND I EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. AND I SAID, "AND

THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED." AND I SAID, "IF YOU WILL SAY THIS TO

HIM, NOT ONLY IS HE GONNA OPEN UP IRAN TO YOU, BUT HE'S GONNA

OPEN UP OTHERS AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PREACH JESUS TO SOME

OF THE HIGHEST RANKING IMAMS IN IRAN." SO SHE SAID, "ARE YOU

SURE YOU'RE HEARING GOD?" I SAID, "WELL, THAT'S WHAT I SAW.

THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE." SO I SAID, "IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST ASK

A QUESTION. AND IF HE SAYS NO, THEN SAY, 'OKAY, SOMEBODY

SLIPPED ME A CARD TO ASK.'" BUT IT HAPPENED. AND SHE WENT OVER

THERE. SHE MET THIS GUY, HAD THE EXACT SCAR, EXACT THING, EXACT

LOCATION, AND IT OPENED UP EVERYTHING. AND I REMEMBER HER

TELLING ME SOMETHING. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN. SHE'D SAY TO ME, "AND

WHETHER YOU'RE A MOTHER OR GRANDMOTHER TODAY," SHE WOULD

SAY, "HANK, ASK GOD FOR HARD THINGS." I SAID, "WELL, WHERE'S

THAT BIBLICAL?" SHE SAID, "ELIJAH." REMEMBER WHEN ELISHA

ASKED FOR A DOUBLE PORTION? SHE SAID, "ASK GOD FOR HARD THINGS."

SHE GOES, "I ASK GOD, I WANNA GO TO IRAN." AND I SAID, "WELL,

MARILYN, IT'S NOT SAFE." AND SHE SAID, "WELL, I HAD TO TELL MY

HUSBAND "THAT I'M MORE SAFE BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD "IN A

HOSTILE COUNTRY WHERE WOMEN AREN'T SUPPOSED TO PREACH "THAN

I AM OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD IN MY BATHTUB." AND SO SHE ALWAYS

TAUGHT ME, AND IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY OR YOU'RE WATCHING, HOW

IMPORTANT IT IS NOT TO GET IN FEAR. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO

MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STRIVING TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD. AND WE

WOULD PRAY. AND ANOTHER THING THAT SHE TAUGHT ME, CAN I TELL

YOU WHAT SHE TAUGHT ME WHEN SHE'D GET ON THE PHONE WITH ME?

SHE NEVER WENT INTO WHAT SHE NEEDED. THE FIRST THING SHE

WOULD ALWAYS SAY TO ME IS, "HANK, HOW ARE YOU DOING?" HER

CONCERN AND CARE FOR THE WELLBEING OF SOMEBODY ELSE

BESIDES HERSELF WAS REFRESHING IN A DAY WHERE MOST PEOPLE THINK

ONLY OF THEMSELVES. SHE'D ALWAYS SAY, "WHAT CAN I PRAY FOR YOU?"

AND I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WOULD CALL ME UP AND SHE'D SAY, "LET'S

GET IN THE BIBLE TOGETHER." AND I'D SAY, "MARIYLN, YOU'RE ONE OF

THE BEST BIBLE TEACHERS "IN THE WORLD. "I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR

WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TEACH ME." AND SHE'D SAY, "OH NO, I'M NOT

TEACHING YOU. "YOU'RE GONNA TEACH ME TODAY." AND I WOULD SAY

TO HER, I'D SAY, "MARIYLN, I AM YOUNG IN THE LORD. "I DON'T KNOW

ANYTHING. "I DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE THAT WELL. "WHAT CAN I

TEACH YOU?" AND SHE SAID THIS, SHE SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DISCOVER

WHEN YOU SAW JESUS "AFTER, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE FIRST WAS

TALKING?" I SAID, "WELL, HE WAS IN THE TEMPLE." SHE SAID, "YES,

AND HE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS." AND SHE SAID, "LET ME TEACH YOU

SOMETHING. "NEVER QUESTION GOD. "IT'S OKAY TO ASK HIM

QUESTIONS." BUT SHE SAID, "NEVER PUT HIM IN A PLACE OF

INDICTMENT. "NEVER PUT HIM IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE QUESTIONING

HIM. "GOD, YOU SHOULD'VE, WHY DIDN'T YOU?" AND I LEARNED THAT,

SHE SAID, "ALWAYS BE IN A POSITION "OF BEING TEACHABLE,

ESPECIALLY WITH GOD, "BECAUSE YOU'LL GO DEEPER." FAST FORWARD,

SHE PROPHESIED A LOT OF THINGS INTO MY LIFE. BUT I REMEMBER ONE

OF THE LAST TIMES THAT WE TALKED AND I ASKED HER A QUESTION, I

SAID, "MARIYLN, YOU KNOW, THE LORD HAS FULFILLED "THE WORD OF

THE LORD OVER YOUR DAUGHTER, ISABEL, "OR GRANDDAUGHTER,

ISABEL." THAT WAS A VERY POWERFUL WORD AT THE TIME WHEN

ISABEL WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD. GOD BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT

ISABEL WOULD DO. AND I SAID, "BUT GOD ALSO, MARILYN,

FULFILLED THE WORD "THAT THE LORD SPOKE THROUGH THIS VESSEL

"THAT YOU WOULD LIVE INTO YOUR 90S, AROUND '93 TO '95." AND I

SAID, "I GOTTA ASK YOU A QUESTION. "WHAT IS THE SECRET OF

LONGEVITY? "WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, IS IT, YOU KNOW,

"PEOPLE OFTEN SAY IT'S WHISKEY AND CIGARETTE SMOKING." AND SHE

GOES, "OH, HANK, YOU DON'T THINK I'M DRINKING WHISKEY." AND I

SAID, "THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. "I'M ASKING YOU, WHAT

WOULD YOU TEACH ME?" IN FACT, I THINK THIS WAS THE LAST TIME

THAT I TALKED TO HER. HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID. CAN I GIVE YOU

QUICK POINTS? IN CLOSING, SINCE I DIDN'T GIVE YOU MUCH BIBLE,

I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU. NUMBER ONE, SHE SAID, "LIVE RIGHT AND

TALK RIGHT." LOOK AT PSALM 34 VERY QUICKLY. IT SAYS, "HE THAT

DESIRES LIFE," AND IF YOU WANNA HAVE GOOD DAYS, PSALM 34:12,

Psalms 34:12

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU WANNA SEE GOOD. ARE YOU READY?

"KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL." SHE SAID, "I NEVER SPEAK BAD

OVER MY BODY. "I NEVER SAY THAT MY BACK IS KILLING ME. "I NEVER

SAY LIFE STINKS. I DON'T SPEAK BAD. I DON'T PUT CREATIVE WORDS

OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE ABOUT MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY

MARRIAGE. I DON'T SPEAK THOSE THINGS AT ALL. I HAVE TRAINED MY

MOUTH." SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU NEED TO TRAIN YOUR

MOUTH. IT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT HAVING GOOD DAYS. AND IF YOU'RE

NOT CAREFUL, YOU'RE GONNA CUT YOUR LIFE SHORT. IF YOU WANT TO,

NOTICE WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU DESIRE LIFE, YOU WANT TO SEE

GOOD DAYS, LOOK AT VERSE 13. HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS, TALK RIGHT.

KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM SPEAKING WRONG, FROM SPEAKING EVIL, AND

YOUR LIPS FROM SPEAKING GUILE. IT SAYS, DEPART FROM EVIL. SHE

TAUGHT ME ANOTHER THING. HANK, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE KEY TO

LONGEVITY IS DEPART FROM EVIL. DO GOOD, ALWAYS IN EVERY

SITUATION, LOOK TO DO GOOD. TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT, DO RIGHT,

TALK RIGHT, LIVE AS AN HONORABLE PERSON. I LEARNED THAT FROM HER,

AND THEN KEEP YOUR TONGUE RIGHT. SECOND, SHE SAID, "CHOOSE YOUR

SUNSETS AND YOUR SUNRISES." PSALM 91, VERSE 16. I SAID,

Psalms 91:16

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" NOTICE THIS VERSE, "WITH LONG LIFE, I WILL

SATISFY HIM." GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE LONG. "AND I'LL SHOW HIM MY

SALVATION." NOW THAT WORD SATISFY HAS THE CONNOTATION IN

THE HEBREW, AS MANY SUNSETS AND SUNRISES AS YOU CHOOSE. THAT'S

WHY YOU'LL BE SATISFIED. AS YOU CHOOSE ACCORDING TO THE LIFE OF

SPAN. SHE SAID, "TELL GOD, WHAT AGE DO YOU WANT TO LIVE TO?" SHE

SAID, "I TOLD THE LORD I WANTED TO LIVE "TO BE AT LEAST 90.

"I'VE CHOSEN MY SUNSET AND MY SUNRISES." NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT

THAT. NUMBER THREE, SHE SAID, "WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE," EXODUS

Exodus 34:6

34, VERSE 6, "IF YOU WANT GOOD DAYS, "IF YOU WANT LONG LIFE,

YOU HAVE TO NEVER QUESTION GOD, "SETTLE IT IN YOUR HEART, AND

NEVER FORGET THIS. "WHEN GOD INTRODUCED HIMSELF, HE'S NOT

SCHIZOPHRENIC. "HE IS CONSISTENT, HE DOESN'T CHANGE.

"WHEN HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO MOSES, "HERE'S WHAT HE SAID, 'I

AM THE LORD AND I'M MERCIFUL. "I'M GRACIOUS, I'M

LONG-SUFFERING, "AND I'M SO ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND

TRUTH.'" SHE SAID, "ESTABLISH IT IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD IS

ABSOLUTELY 100% ALWAYS GOOD." SHE GOES, "IF YOU DON'T SETTLE

THAT "WHEN CHALLENGES RISES IN YOUR LIFE, "YOU MAY OPEN THE

DOOR TO THE WRONG THINKING, WHICH OPENS THE DOOR TO THE

WRONG." ESTABLISH THAT GOD IS GOOD. NUMBER FOUR, ARE YOU

READY? SHE SAID, "AS YOU DECLARE YOUR SUNSETS, DECLARE YOUR

ABRAHAMIC COVENANT." GENESIS 15, VERSE 15, THAT'S WHAT SHE TAUGHT

Genesis 15:15

ME. "AND THOU SHALL GO TO YOUR FATHERS." THIS IS THE ABRAHAMIC

COVENANT. NOTICE HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO IN PEACE. YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO DIE IN PEACE. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE BY A

TRAGEDY, A CALAMITY, A SICKNESS OR DISEASE. DOES THAT HAPPEN IN

LIFE? YES, BUT THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE HIGH BAR STANDARD OF

WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN YOUR COVENANT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO

IN PEACE, NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN. YOU KNOW WHAT

SHE SAID SHE PRAYED, HER AND HER HUSBAND WALLY? HERE'S WHAT THEY

PRAYED EVERY SINGLE DAY. FATHER, WE, WHEN WE DEPART THIS EARTH,

WE'LL DIE IN PEACE. NOT AS A RESULT OF A SICKNESS, DISEASE, A

TRAGEDY, A CALAMITY, NOT AS A RESULT OF A MENTAL DISORDER,

DISEASE, OR LOSS. "WE'LL GO IN PEACE AND WE'LL NEVER BE HELD

"IN THE JAWS OF DEATH, BUT WE'LL BE WELCOMED "INTO THE GATES OF

GLORY AND IN A GOOD OLD AGE." LOOK AT THAT PROMISE, GENESIS

Genesis 15:15

15:15. ALL RIGHT, NOTICE THAT'S THE PROMISE. YOU SAY, "WELL,

THAT WAS ABRAHAM." GO OVER TO GALATIANS 3, STAND TO YOUR FEET.

VERSES 13 THROUGH 14, "CHRIST HAS REDEEMED US "FROM THE CURSE,

BEING MADE A CURSE, AND IT'S WRITTEN, "'CURSED IS EVERYONE

THAT HANGS ON A TREE.'" JESUS HUNG ON A TREE, WHY? LOOK AT THE

BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM, IT'S NOW OURS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. SO,

SO, YOU COULD PUT AN SO, SO THAT THE BLESSINGS OF ABRAHAM MIGHT

COME ON US, THE GENTILES, RIGHT? THE NONJEWS, THROUGH JESUS

CHRIST. AND WE RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH

FAITH. YOU RECEIVE THE RIGHTS AND THE PRIVILEGES OF THE

ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. LOOK AT GENESIS 25, VERSE 8. LOOK AT

Genesis 25:8

WHAT HAPPENED TO ABRAHAM. HOW DID HE DIE? ABRAHAM GAVE UP THE

GHOST, HE DIED. HE DIED IN A GOOD WHAT? HE FULFILLED HIS

COVENANT RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT MARILYN SAID, THAT'S WHAT YOU

SAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU CLAIM, THAT'S WHAT YOU STAND FOR. AND

AS AN OLD MAN, FULL OF YEARS, AND WAS GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE,

HE DIED PEACEFULLY. LASTLY, HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID TO ME. ARE

YOU READY FOR THIS ONE? SHE SAID, "DO YOUR BEST TO EAT RIGHT

"AND FIND WAYS TO EXERCISE." RIGHT, BE ACTIVE, STAY ACTIVE.

HEAVENLY FATHER, AS I DID MY BEST TO SHARE SOME STORIES AND

GIVE EXAMPLES OUT OF THE BIBLE IN MY OWN LIFE, I PRAY SOMEWHERE

THAT PEOPLE RECEIVED A LITTLE NUGGET IN THEIR HEARTS THAT WILL

GROW UP INTO A BEAUTIFUL HARVEST FOR THEIR OWN LIFE. I PRAY TODAY

IN CLOSING FOR MOTHERS AND FOR GRANDMOTHERS AND GREAT

GRANDMOTHERS AND MAYBE GREAT GREAT, THAT FATHER, YOU WILL

BLESS THEM. WE HONOR THEM TODAY. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE

THEM THE FULFILLMENT OF THEIR ABRAHAMIC COVENANT, THAT YOU

WOULD EVEN GIVE THEM GREATER LONGEVITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF

LIFE, OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS, SOUND MIND. AND MAY THEIR

CHILDREN ALL RISE UP, FATHER, IF THEY'RE STILL ALIVE, AND THEIR

GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND CALL

THEM BLESSED. AND I PRAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD CAUSE, IF

THERE'S BEEN ANY HURTS OR PAINS THAT HAVE COME INTO THE HEARTS

OF THE WOMEN, THAT THIS DAY, THAT THEIR REPROACH, AND THEIR

PAINS, AND THEIR SORROW, LIKE THE STONE BEFORE THE GRAVE OF

YESHUA, WOULD BE ROLLED AWAY. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD SMILE

DOWN UPON THEM, AND CAUSE THEIR FAMILIES TO BE BLESSED, THEIR

PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED, AND WE HONOR YOU THIS DAY, OUR GOD. AND

EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. HEY, THANKS FOR JUST LETTING ME BE

KIND OF A DAD TODAY, AND JUST SHARE, SO I LOVE YOU. NEXT WEEK

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NATION AND ITS

LEADER DEDICATES ITSELF TO GOD. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT

TIME, SO I LOVE YOU. PASTOR DOUG, COME. THANK YOU, COLLEEN,

AS WELL. MAKE SURE YOU GO SEE HER AS WELL... NOW MAYBE I'M ON.

THERE WE GO, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THOSE SWITCHES CAN GET KIND OF

CONFUSING SOMETIMES. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE ASSIGNMENTS IN THE

INFORMATION CENTER OR CONNECT CAFE CAN BE DISMISSED AT THIS

POINT IN TIME. I'M GONNA ASK THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE

REMAINING, JUST BE WITH ME FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES IF YOU CAN

BE SEATED AT THIS TIME. ALTAR TEAM, YOU CAN COME UP HERE, RUN

UP HERE QUICKLY IF YOU'RE ON THE ALTAR TEAM ASSIGNMENTS TODAY.

OUR ALTAR TEAM ARE HERE TO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO OFFER

THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY FOR ANYTHING

IN YOUR LIFE. THEY'RE HERE. THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE. THEY'RE

APPROVED BY PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA TO BE ON THIS TEAM. IT'S

AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MINISTRY HERE. THEY ARE PRAYER

WARRIORS. THEY SEE ANSWERS TO PRAYER EVERY WEEK. MAKE THAT

AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED TO IN YOUR LIFE TODAY. THEY'RE HERE. AT THE

END OF THE SERVICE, YOU'RE JUST FREE TO COME ON UP AND WE'LL

GUIDE YOU TO SOMEONE THAT CAN PRAY FOR YOU. PASTOR HANK JUST

REMINDED US THAT MARILYN HICKEY SAID, "WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE

STRIVING TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD." THAT HIT ME BECAUSE THAT'S

VERY TRUE. EVEN AS CHRISTIANS, WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO DO A

BETTER JOB BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD AND FOLLOWING HIS DIRECTION.

BUT THE INITIAL STEP IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT. THE INITIAL

STEP TO BE IN THE WILL OF GOD IS WHEN YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AND

MAKE HIM YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. BECAUSE UNTIL THEN, YOU CANNOT

BE IN HIS WILL, UNLESS YOU RECEIVE WHAT HE SENT JESUS TO DO

FOR US. AND I ASKED THE TEAM TO PUT UP EPHESIANS 2:13 FOR ME

Ephesians 2:13

TODAY, BECAUSE IT TELLS US THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP

WITH JESUS, WE CAN'T BE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. IT SAYS

THIS OUT OF THE NEW LIVING, "BUT NOW YOU HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH

CHRIST JESUS "ONCE YOU WERE FAR AWAY FROM GOD." THAT'S EVERY ONE

OF US, WE'RE AT ONE TIME FAR AWAY FROM GOD. "BUT NOW YOU'VE

BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO HIM "THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST."

THAT'S HOW WE GET THERE. YOU KNOW, SIN SEPARATES EVERY MAN

THAT'S BORN IN THE WORLD. EVERY BABY, EVERY CHILD IS SEPARATED

BY SIN. AS ADORABLE AS THEY ARE, THEY'RE BORN INTO THIS WORLD

WITH A SIN NATURE. SIN SEPARATES THEM. AND ONCE THEY BECOME

ACCOUNTABLE AT AN AGE THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE JESUS, THEY HAVE TO

MAKE THAT DECISION. AND SO I WANT TO ASK YOU TODAY, HAVE YOU

MADE THAT DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST? THAT'S YOUR FIRST STEP.

IT'S YOUR ONLY STEP TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE ON THIS EARTH

AND SUCCESS IN ETERNITY. HELL IS A REAL PLACE. I KNOW IT'S NOT

POPULAR TO TALK ABOUT HELL. I KNOW THE WOKE CHURCHES AND THE

WOKE PASTORS WON'T EVEN MENTION IT TODAY. IT'S NOT EVEN A

SUBJECT THEY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE IT

COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE. BUT IT'S MY JOB AND IT'S OUR JOB AS

A MINISTRY TO TELL PEOPLE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH IS, ONCE PEOPLE

LEAVE THIS EARTH, IF THEY HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION FOR

JESUS, THEY HAVE AN ETERNITY TO FACE IN AN EVERLASTING PLACE OF

TORMENT CALLED HELL. AND LET ME GUARANTEE YOU THIS, NONE OF YOU

WOULD EVER WANT TO BE THERE. IF YOU WERE THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES,

YOU'D SAY, I NEED ANOTHER CHANCE. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE

PEOPLE MAKE THE DECISION TO GO THERE AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE

DECISION, YOU CAN'T REVERSE THAT DECISION. THERE'S NO PAROLE

BOARD IN HELL. YOU'RE THERE FOR ETERNITY. YOU KNOW, TODAY YOU

MAY GO OUT FOR A NICE MOTHER'S DAY DINNER AND YOU GET A NAP OR

YOU GO TO BED TONIGHT AND YOU LAY ON A COMFORTABLE BED AND PUT

YOUR HEAD ON A SOFT PILLOW. THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN IN HELL.

YOU'RE IN ETERNAL TORMENT. BUT IN HEAVEN WITH JESUS, THERE ARE

GLORIES FOREVERMORE. IT'LL BE A BEAUTIFUL ETERNITY. AND COMPARED

TO THIS LITTLE SHORT LIFE, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE

FOCUSING ON. ETERNITY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE NOW TO

SERVE JESUS SO THAT SOMEDAY YOU CAN BE WITH HIM AND RULE AND

REIGN WITH JESUS CHRIST? IT'LL BE WONDERFUL. SO I WANT TO DO

THIS TODAY. I WANT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO ONE HERE

THAT WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND YOU WOULD LEAVE

THIS PLACE NOT KNOWING FOR SURE, 100%, THAT HEAVEN IS YOUR HOME.

OR MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU

HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST YOUR LORD SO THAT

HEAVEN CAN BE YOUR HOME FOR ETERNITY. I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR

HEADS WITH ME IF YOU WOULD. DON'T LET ANYTHING HOLD YOU

BACK. PRIDE HOLDS PEOPLE BACK, UNFORTUNATELY. PRIDE IS THE

THING THAT HOLDS MOST PEOPLE BACK FROM RECEIVING WHAT GOD HAS

FOR THEM. PRIDE IS THE VERY THING THAT GOT LUCIFER THROWN

OUT OF HEAVEN. PRIDE. DO NOT LET PRIDE HOLD YOU BACK. IF YOU NEED

JESUS, I WANT YOU TO RESPOND TODAY. I'M GOING TO COUNT TO

THREE IN JUST A MOMENT. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK

YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY BOLD. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE

YOUR HAND IF YOU NEED JESUS. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY. THAT'S

WHERE IT STARTS, JUST A SIMPLE PRAYER. AND YOU CAN ASK JESUS TO

COME INTO YOUR HEART, AND THEN YOU START FOLLOWING HIM. MAKE

HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. IT'LL BE THE BEST DECISION YOU'VE EVER

MADE. SOME OF YOU HAVE MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS THAT ARE IN

HEAVEN. TODAY, THEY'RE CHEERING YOU ON, SAYING THEY HOPE TO SEE

YOU SOMEDAY. YOU'LL NEVER SEE THEM UNLESS YOU MAKE JESUS

CHRIST YOUR LORD. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO

RAISE YOUR HAND ALL OVER THIS AUDITORIUM IF YOU NEED JESUS.

ONE, TWO, THREE. HANDS UP IF YOU NEED JESUS TODAY AND YOU WANNA

MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. RAISE YOUR HAND HIGH. I

SEE HANDS IN HERE. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. IF

YOU'LL STAND RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT TODAY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO

BE BOLD. DON'T LET PRIDE HOLD YOU BACK. DON'T LET ANYTHING

HOLD YOU BACK. RUN DOWN HERE TO SEE ME, AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY

TOGETHER TODAY. BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT ON

MOTHER'S DAY 2026, YOU MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF YOUR

LIFE. GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT RIGHT NOW AND COME DOWN HERE,

AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND GET THIS TAKEN

CARE OF. GIVE 'EM A HAND AS THEY COME.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THOSE HANDS RAISED. COME ON DOWN HERE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN. WE'RE

WAITING FOR YOU. DON'T LET ANYTHING HOLD YOU BACK. THE

USHERS, I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTS, THE USHERS POINTED,

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT RAISED THEIR HANDS. YOU NEED TO COME DOWN

HERE NOW. DON'T LET PRIDE HOLD YOU BACK. COME DOWN HERE. GET UP

OUT OF YOUR SEAT. WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU. JUST ANOTHER MOMENT. LET'S

MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST. EVERY TIME JESUS CALLED SOMEONE,

HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. WHO IS IT HERE? YOU NEED JESUS. YOU

NEED TO COME DOWN AND MAKE THAT DECISION. OR MAYBE YOU'VE FALLEN

AWAY FROM HIM. YOU NEED TO RECOMMIT YOUR LIFE. DON'T LET

THIS OPPORTUNITY GO BY. I'M WAITING FOR JUST ANOTHER MOMENT.

IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN HERE. IF YOU'RE

WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AND YOU NEED JESUS, YOU CAN ACCEPT HIM

RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. LET'S DO

THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER AS A GROUP. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK

YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE HE WENT TO THE CROSS. HE DIED

FOR ME. HE WAS BURIED, AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY.

JESUS, I WANT YOU TO BECOME THE LORD OF MY LIFE. I WANT TO SERVE

YOU ALL THE DAYS THAT I'M ON THIS EARTH, AND I WANT TO BE

WITH YOU IN HEAVEN. SO AT THIS POINT, I ASK YOU, FORGIVE ME FOR

SIN IN MY LIFE. MAKE ME A NEW PERSON, AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU.

GUIDE ME, DIRECT ME, AND WATCH OVER ME AS I DO MY BEST TO SERVE

YOU. IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY,

YOU'VE MADE THAT INITIAL STEP TOWARDS HIM. AND IF YOU RAISED

YOUR HAND IN HERE BUT YOU DIDN'T COME DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON,

YOU CAN STILL COME DOWN AND TALK TO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE

TODAY. THEY'LL GIVE YOU INFORMATION AND HELP YOU WITH

THE FIRST STEPS THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE,

YOU CAN CALL OUR TOLL-FREE PRAYER NUMBER. IT'S

855-777-7907. 24 HOURS A DAY, OUR PRAYER COUNSELORS ARE

AVAILABLE TO MINISTER TO YOU. EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE

ARCHIVES, YOU CAN CALL IN THAT NUMBER AND RECEIVE JESUS, AND

THEY'LL PRAY FOR YOU AND SEND YOU THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE

GAVE THOSE THAT ARE HERE TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. GOD

BLESS YOU AS YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY. DON'T

FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF GOD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE'RE

STILL CONTINUING OUR MESSAGE ON AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK OF

REVELATION. WE'RE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT REVELATION AND IT'S A VERY

IMPORTANT BOOK. SO COME BACK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND

WE'LL CONTINUE THAT STUDY. GOD BLESS YOU, HAVE A

WONDERFUL WEEK, AND WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.