05/06/26 Pastor Brenda Kunneman

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HALLELUJAH, WELL HOW MANY OF YOU

ARE READY TO WORSHIP THE LORD ON THIS

MIDWEEK RECHARGE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT?

AMEN? IT'S THE DAY, THIS IS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, SO

IT SENDS US RIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND, AMEN? IT'S A GOOD

DAY TO PRAISE THE LORD. COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM PRAISE.

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ALL RIGHT, COME ON NOW, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN. YOU GOT TO SHAKE

OFF THE DAY, SHAKE OFF THE PREVIOUS HALF OF THE

WEEK, AND TELL YOURSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M

GOING TO THE END OF THE WEEK IN THE GLORY

AND VICTORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD. AMEN.

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FOR THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. HE

HAS REDEEMED OUR LIFE FROM DESTRUCTION. HE HAS POURED

OUT HIS MERCY. HE SATISFIES OUR MOUTH WITH GOOD THINGS

SO THAT OUR YOUTH IS RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE. COME ON,

GIVE HIM GLORY 'CAUSE THERE'S NOBODY LIKE OUR GOD.

THERE'S NOBODY GOOD LIKE HIM. THERE'S NOBODY WORTHY

LIKE OUR GOD. THERE'S NOBODY HOLY. THERE'S NOBODY HOLY.

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COME ON, SHOUT TO THE LORD. SHOUT! SHOUT! HE IS HIGH AND

LIFTED UP. HE IS HIGH AND LIFTED UP. AND THE TRAIN OF

HIS ROBES FILLS THE TEMPLE. THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE FILLS THE

TEMPLE. ALL THE EARTH IS FILLED WITH THE GLORY OF THE LORD.

THAT MEANS MY LIFE IS FILLED WITH THE GLORY OF THE LORD.

DO I LIVE IN THIS EARTH? AND IF THE EARTH IS FILLED WITH

THE GLORY OF THE LORD, THAT MEANS I'M WALKING IN THE

GLORY OF THE LORD. THERE'S NOBODY THAT CAN STAND

AGAINST THE LORD OUR GOD. NO SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY. NO

SPIRIT OF DEBT AND LACK. I DECLARE OVER YOU RIGHT NOW

THAT THE SPIRIT OF DEBT AND LACK IS BROKEN. THE SPIRIT

THAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN IS BROKEN.

CAUSE HE'S CLOTHED IN MAJESTY. AND WHEN THE KING

STEPS IN, AND WHEN THE KING MAKES A JUDGMENT, IT IS

DONE. COME ON, LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "WHEN THE

KING STEPS IN, AND HE MAKES A JUDGMENT, IT IS DONE."

LOOK AT YOUR OTHER NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "I'M WALKING FREE.

I'M WALKING WHOLE, AND I'M WALKING HEALED." ALRIGHT,

GIVE THE LORD A SHOUT AND A HUG SOMEBODY.

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SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA LET

LOOSE. AMEN. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO THROW OFF THE WEEK. I

DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A JERICHO MARK OR IT WAS JUST

A PARADE. I'M GOOD WITH BOTH. HOW ABOUT YOU? AMEN.

MAN, DO YOU FEEL GOD IN HERE? SOME OF YOU WENT ALL

THE WAY BACK TO YOUR TBN DAYS WITH THAT SONG. HOW

MANY OF Y'ALL REMEMBER SO MANY YEARS AGO? IT WAS JUST

GOOD. WELL, TOUCH SOMEBODY, BE SEATED. WE'RE GONNA GET

INTO THE WORD. I'M GONNA RECEIVE THE OFFERING. LET'S

PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. PRAISE THE

LORD. OH, JUST GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. I LOVE THE HOUSE OF

GOD. I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US

ONLINE TONIGHT. YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT CHURCH ON A

WEDNESDAY, AND HOPEFULLY YOU MARCHED YOUR LIVING ROOM.

THAT'S GOOD. THE PASTOR WOULD SAY, IF YOU'RE

DRIVING, KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL. WHICH BY THE WAY,

PASTOR SENDS HIS LOVE. AND HOW MANY OF YOU SAW HIM

YESTERDAY? ELIJAH STREAM'S FLASHPOINT. WOW, THAT WAS

FIRE. WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM. AND SO I TOLD HIM, I SAID,

NOW HONEY, YOUR REAL BIRTHDAY IS THIS WEEKEND. SO

STAY HOME, GET YOUR MESSAGE DONE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE

BARBECUED RIBS ON SATURDAY AND YOU'LL ALREADY BE READY

FOR CHURCH. SO HE'S HOME GETTING HIS MESSAGE

TOGETHER. HE'S GOT THIS REALLY GOOD MOTHER'S DAY

MESSAGE. SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR IT. AND ANYWAY, SO IT'S

AWESOME, AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, GIVING INFORMATION ON THE

SCREEN, TEXT TO GIVE, MOBILE APP, ALL THE WAYS. I DON'T

KNOW IF I EVEN NEED TO SAY IT. I'LL CATCH MY BREATH TO

PREACH AFTER ALL THAT MARCHING. BUT ALL THE PEOPLE

IN THE AISLE, INTERNET, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS JOINING

US AND BEING A PART OF THE OFFERINGS. WE'VE GOT BIG

THINGS HAPPENING THIS YEAR, AND IT'S JUST AN EXCITING

TIME. WE KEEP TELLING YOU THAT, BUT THERE ARE THINGS

IN THE WORKS. SO BE FAITHFUL. YOUR TITHES, YOUR

OFFERINGS, CONTINUE TO BE PART OF WHAT GOD'S DOING.

AND I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE WORLDLY PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE

MONEY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY, "OH, THAT CHURCH, ALL

THEY EVER WANT IS YOUR MONEY." AND THEY'LL, BUT

THEN THEY'LL GO HAND IT OFF TO SATAN'S KINGDOM AT DISNEY

WORLD OR SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, TO PAY FOR THEIR KIDS

TO SEE WITCHCRAFT SPELLS AND ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER SEE IT GO INTO THE THINGS OF

THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AMEN. WOULDN'T YOU? SO ALL RIGHT.

WELL, USHERS, I'M GOING TO KEEP IT BRIEF TONIGHT. SO

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IF THEY

HAVE THEIR PHONES OR THEY'RE OFFERING ENVELOPES READY.

AND ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US ONLINE.

I WANT TO GET INTO THE WORD TONIGHT BECAUSE I'VE GOT

SOMETHING THAT I REALLY JUST WANT TO PREACH. I'M GONNA

LIKE GO A FULL ON BROTHER COPELAND AS ALEX SAID. I

DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S AT, BUT ANYWAY, HE'S FLOOR

DIRECTING TONIGHT. BUT I GAVE HIM MY SCRIPTURES, HE

GOES, "OKAY, IT'S A BROTHER COPELAND SERMON." I SAID,

"WELL, I DON'T THINK I'D HAVE AS MANY GOOD STORIES,

"BUT WE CAN GET INTO IT. "WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT

SOWING AND REAPING TONIGHT, "BUT NOT SO MUCH FROM THE

FINANCIALS, SO DON'T GET NERVOUS." I THINK A LOT OF

TIMES WE READ MARK 4 AND WE READ IT MORE, A LOT OF

TIMES, AS A SEED PRINCIPLE FOR GIVING, AND I THINK

THAT'S RIGHT, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO THE SEED

PRINCIPLE, AND I JUST WANNA REALLY BRING IT OUT, AND

I'LL KINDA TALK THROUGH THIS AS TO WHY I FEEL THIS IS SO

IMPORTANT IN THIS CURRENT CULTURE. AND SO LET'S GO TO

GALATIANS, IF YOU'RE READY, YOU'VE SOWN, USHERS ARE

DOING THEIR THING. GIVE A HAND CLAP TO THE USHERS. ALL

2 OF THEM OVER THERE. THAT'S GOOD, OH, SO GOOD. BY THE

WAY, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, PASTOR MATT AND

OTHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE OUTREACH EVENT

AT THE CWS, AND SO BOB THERE WILL GIVE US ALL THE, HAS

ALL THE INFO ON IT. IT'S JUST GONNA BE, I FEEL LIKE,

ONE OF THE MOST MASSIVE CITYWIDE OUTREACHES WE'VE

BEEN A PART OF AS A CHURCH, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO BE

PART OF THAT. IN FACT, IT'S SO MUCH SO THAT DURING THE

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, WE'RE JUST BECAUSE WE WANNA GET AS

MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT'LL HELP, WITNESS, DO DIFFERENT

THINGS. AND IT'S NOT JUST AT THE BASEBALL PARK THAT WE'RE

GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITNESSING TEAMS ON THE

GROUND DOWNTOWN. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF LOST

PEOPLE, A LOT OF THEM. AND SOMETIMES I FOUND OUT IF YOU

WALK UP TO PEOPLE AND TALK TO THEM, YOU'D BE SURPRISED

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST WILLING TO RECEIVE PRAYER.

IF YOU JUST SAY, "HEY, CAN I PRAY FOR YOU?" AND YOU PRAY

A BRIEF PRAYER. I'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY SAY, "GET AWAY

FROM ME," OR, "NO, I WON'T." YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS

LIKE, "WELL, I COULD RECEIVE A PRAYER." SO ANYWAY, SO

IT'S GONNA BE JUST AN AMAZING TIME. WE'RE GONNA

PROBABLY DO SOME ONLINE WEDNESDAYS DURING THE CWS SO

WE CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO

BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND JUST LET'S REACH PEOPLE.

LET'S BE A LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE, AMEN. GIVE GOD A HAND

FOR THAT. SO ALL THE INFORMATION, BOB, WILL BE

OUT AND ABOUT AND YOU'RE STILL PUTTING THINGS

TOGETHER, I KNOW THAT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. ALL

RIGHT, GALATIANS 6, AND I'M GONNA ACTUALLY START IN THE

NEW LIVING. SO LET ME READ THIS TO YOU. I WANNA READ IT

IN CONTEXT AND THEN KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT,

BUT IT SAYS IN VERSE 10, THOSE WHO WERE TAUGHT THE

WORD OF GOD SHOULD PROVIDE FOR THEIR TEACHERS, SHARING

ALL GOOD THINGS WITH THEM. NOW, I READ THAT BECAUSE

THAT GIVES CONTEXT TO THE CHAPTER. I WOULD ENCOURAGE

YOU, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR BIBLE TIME, YOUR STUDY TIME TO

SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME GETTING CONTEXT TO

SCRIPTURE. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU READ 2 CORINTHIANS 10

AND 4, WHERE IT SAYS THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE

NOT CARNAL. OKAY, WE QUOTE THAT A LOT. MIGHTY THROUGH

GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS, WE QUOTE THAT.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU REALLY STUDY THE CONTEXT, I'M NOT

TAKING AWAY OUR WARFARE SCRIPTURE, I'M JUST SAYING

IF YOU STUDY THE CONTEXT, PAUL, WHAT HE SAID IS THE

WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE, THAT WORD WARFARE THERE MEANS OUR

APOSTOLIC CAREER. YOU CAN GO LOOK IT UP. OUR APOSTOLIC

POSITIONAL AUTHORITY IS NOT CARNAL, AS SOME HAVE SAID.

NOW YOU GO READ THIS IN OTHER TRANSLATIONS, AND

YOU'LL PROVE OUT THAT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THE

TRUTH. AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED, PAUL WAS REALLY

DEFENDING HIS APOSTOLIC POSITION AT THAT POINT TO

GOVERN THE CHURCH. AND SO, NOW, THE PRINCIPLE IS TRUE,

OKAY? THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL. THEY

ARE MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF

STRONGHOLDS, BUT WHAT PAUL WAS TEACHING THERE IS THE

PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS THAT HAVE BLINDED PEOPLE'S

MINDS TO THE AUTHORITY THAT GOD GAVE HIM TO GOVERN THE

CHURCH. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO STUDY THAT. MY POINT

IN SAYING THAT IS NOT TO TAKE AWAY OUR WARFARE

SCRIPTURE, BUT TO REMIND US, 'CAUSE IT'S STILL TRUE, YOU

STILL GOTTA CAST OUT THOUGHTS. YOU STILL GOTTA

GET RID OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT YOU

SHOULDN'T BE THINKING ABOUT AND CAST THOSE THINGS OUT OF

YOUR MIND. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS IT'S

IMPORTANT TO GAIN CONTEXT. IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT, SAY

AMEN. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GAIN A LITTLE CONTEXT IN

GALATIANS. GALATIANS 6, THOSE WHO ARE TAUGHT THE

WORD OF GOD SHOULD PROVIDE FOR THEIR TEACHERS, SHARING

ALL GOOD THINGS WITH THEM. SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT

PLANTING GOOD SEEDS TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN A BLESSING IN

YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? AND I BELIEVE IT'S DEEPER THAN

JUST YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTORS. I

BELIEVE IT'S EACH OTHER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. WE

RECEIVE, LOOK HOW YOU RECEIVE FROM ONE ANOTHER IN

THE ROOM TODAY. SO THE CONTEXT IS THAT WE ARE

PLANTING THE RIGHT SEEDS TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN A

BLESSING TO US. THAT'S THE CONTEXT, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET

BROADER THAN THAT. SO THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, "DON'T BE

MISLED. "YOU CANNOT MOCK THE JUSTICE OF GOD." IN OTHER

WORDS, GOD KEEPS AN ACCOUNT OF EVERYTHING, DOESN'T HE?

SO DON'T EVER FORGET THAT. GOD SEES IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN

MISTREATED, ANYBODY'S MISHANDLED YOU, MAYBE YOU

FEEL LIKE YOU GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STICK AT WORK OR

SOMETHING HAPPENED. JUST REMEMBER, GOD KEEPS ACCOUNT

OF EVERYTHING WE DO, BUT ALSO WHAT OTHERS DO. AND

THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE PASTOR HANK IS SO CONFIDENT ABOUT

AMERICA. LISTEN, YOU KEEP SOWING RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU

KEEP DOING WHAT'S RIGHT, YOU DEDICATE A NATION TO GOD,

COME ON SOMEBODY. AND THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THOSE THAT DO EVIL, IT ALWAYS COMES TO LIGHT,

DOESN'T IT? SO YOU CANNOT MOCK THE JUSTICE OF GOD. NOW

WATCH THIS PART. YOU WILL ALWAYS, SOMEBODY SAY ALWAYS.

HARVEST, SAY HARVEST. NOW YOU LOOK HOW MANY TIMES IT

USES THE WORD HARVEST HERE. YOU WILL ALWAYS HARVEST WHAT

YOU PLANT. THOSE WHO ONLY LIVE TO SATISFY THEIR SINFUL

NATURE OR THEIR FLESH WILL HARVEST, SOMEBODY SAY

HARVEST, DECAY AND THEY'LL HARVEST DEATH FROM THAT

SINFUL NATURE. BUT THOSE WHO LIVE TO PLEASE THE SPIRIT

WILL HARVEST EVERLASTING LIFE FROM THE SPIRIT. SO 3

TIMES NOW WE'VE SEEN THE WORD HARVEST, OKAY? SO

WHATEVER YOU SOW, YOU CAN'T MOCK THE JUSTICE OF GOD,

WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO, WHAT YOU SOW IN LIFE IS

DETERMINES, RIGHT, THE HARVEST THAT YOU RECEIVE. SO

LET'S NOT GET TIRED, VERSE 9, OF DOING THE RIGHT

THINGS, AMEN. SOMETIMES HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU'RE

TRYING TO DO ALL THE RIGHT THINGS AND EVERYBODY ELSE

FEELS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER AND YOU'VE

BEEN DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND OTHER PEOPLE SEEM TO BE

GETTING ALONG JUST FINE AND THEY CUSS LIKE A SAILOR AND

DO ALL THE WRONG THINGS AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, LORD,

I'VE STAYED THE COURSE. WELL, DON'T EVER GET TIRED

OF DOING THE RIGHT THING. OKAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT, THE

BIBLE TEACHES, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE WICKED IF THEY

SEEM LIKE THEY PROSPER. JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU KNOW TO

DO. COME ON, NUDGE YOUR NEIGHBORS, SAY, "STAY THE

COURSE." OKAY, NUDGE SOMEBODY ELSE, SAY, "HARVEST

DAY'S ON THE WAY." HALLELUJAH. SO DON'T GET

TIRED OF DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT. AT JUST THE

RIGHT TIME, WE WILL REAP A HARVEST. COME ON, I LOVE

THAT. THE 4TH TIME IT USES THE WORD HARVEST. WE WILL

REAP A HARVEST OF BLESSING IF WE DON'T GIVE UP. I MEAN,

THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR LIVES WE'VE TITHED,

WE'VE GIVEN OFFERINGS. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, "WELL,

IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE THINGS OF THE KINGDOM AND YOU START

TITHING, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A JACKPOT MACHINE. YOU

DON'T PUT THE TITHE IN THE OFFERING PLATE AND PULL THE

LEVER AND, YOU KNOW, EXPECT MONEY TO FLY OUT." IT'S A

HABIT THAT WE GET INTO THAT WE DO ACCORDING TO GOD'S

WORD, KNOWING THAT IT IS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT. OKAY?

YOU DIDN'T GET SAVED AND THEN DECIDED TO BE UNSAVED.

IF YOU DO THAT, THAT'S STUPID. YOU MADE, WHEN YOU

GAVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS, YOU MADE A LIFELONG

COMMITMENT IN WHAT HE SAYS YOU'LL DO. AND THE SAME WAY

WITH TITHING AND GIVING OFFERINGS, WE MAKE THE

COMMITMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T GIVE UP. THEREFORE,

WHENEVER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, SO THE CONTEXT

HERE IS REALLY ABOUT BLESSING OTHER PEOPLE,

PLANTING SEEDS OF GOOD IN SOMEBODY ELSE. WHENEVER WE

HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WE SHOULD DO GOOD TO EVERYONE,

ESPECIALLY THE FAMILY OF FAITH. BOY, DON'T WE NEED

THAT REMINDER RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, THE FAMILY OF FAITH THAT WE DO

RIGHT BY PEOPLE. WE DON'T GET ONLINE AND ARGUE AND

BICKER AND FUSS AND PUT PEOPLE DOWN AND, WELL, DON'T

YOU KNOW THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? MAYBE THEY

DO, BUT LAST I REMEMBER, GOD'S ALIVE AND HE KNOWS HOW

TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE. GOD KNEW HOW TO BRING PEOPLE UP

AND PUT PEOPLE DOWN BEFORE THERE WAS FACEBOOK. PRAISE

THE LORD. OKAY, HE DIDN'T ALWAYS NEED OUR HELP. SO,

WHAT WE LEARNED HERE IS THAT THERE IS THE SEED PRINCIPLE.

IF WE CONTINUE TO SOW CERTAIN CHOICES, THOSE

CHOICES BEAR A HARVEST IN OUR LIVES. AND THAT'S WHAT I

WANNA CAMP ON TONIGHT. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PARABLE

OF THE SOWER. BUT HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER

BECAUSE IN THIS CURRENT CULTURE, PEOPLE ARE, THEY'RE

JUST RASH. PEOPLE JUST DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THINKING

ABOUT IT. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, EVERYTHING IN OUR

LIFE NOW IS A SEED. IT'S A SEED. EVERY CHOICE, THINK

ABOUT IT. EVERY WORD WE UTTER, JAMES 3 SAYS THAT OUR

TONGUE SETS ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE. IN OTHER

WORDS, IT SETS NATURE IN MOTION. EVERYTHING WE SAY IS

A SEED. EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE, THINK ABOUT THAT.

EVERY ATTITUDE, BECAUSE ATTITUDES LEAD TO ACTIONS,

DON'T THEY? EVERY ATTITUDE, OKAY, EVERY NEGATIVE

THOUGHT, JESUS TALKED ABOUT THAT. ALL OF OUR CHOICES,

THEY ARE SEEDS, ACTIONS, ATTITUDES. EACH SEED, IF

IT'S CULTIVATED AND IT CONTINUES, IT WILL BEAR A

HARVEST. AND THIS WORKS IN THE NEGATIVE WAY, RIGHT? BUT

IT WORKS IN THE POSITIVE WAY. WE'LL TALK TONIGHT

ABOUT HOW TO CULTIVATE THE RIGHT SEEDS. BUT WE NEED TO

TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT NOT CULTIVATING THE WRONG

SEEDS. 'CAUSE THE CULTURE RIGHT NOW, YOU THINK ABOUT

THE WAY IT IS, PEOPLE DO THINGS MORE TODAY WITHOUT

THINKING THAN WE'VE EVER, EVER SEEN BEFORE.

PEOPLE JUST RASHLY GO OUT THERE. IN FACT, I GOT A TEXT

FROM A MINISTER JUST THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY SAID,

"I DON'T KNOW. "I GOTTA GET SOME ADVICE."

AND THEY SAID, "I PUT OUT, I WROTE A

POST TWICE "TO DELETE IT AT TWICE."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD THOUGH, 'CAUSE WE'RE

THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IN

THE SOWING OF SEED, YOUR MOUTH, WHAT WE SAY, OUR

ATTITUDE. AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS GONNA BE THE

ULTIMATE HARVEST THAT'S GONNA COME FROM IT. YOU

KNOW, I CAN LOOK BACK ON MY LIFE, AND I'M NOT QUITE 60,

PASTOR'S THERE. HONEY, YOU GOT A YEAR ON ME. AND IF

YOU'RE WATCHING, THEY SAID WOO. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW.

BUT HERE'S THE REALITY. I CAN LOOK BACK ON MY LIFE AND

I CAN THINK ABOUT THERE WERE THINGS AT THE TIME THAT I

MADE DECISIONS. I'M NOT TALKING SINFUL THINGS. I'M

TALKING EVERYDAY THINGS THAT WE CHOOSE TO DO. THERE WERE

THINGS THAT I DID AND AT THE TIME I THOUGHT, THIS IS A

GREAT IDEA. I GOTTA CALL THAT, I GOTTA DO THAT, I'M

GONNA WRITE THAT, I'M GONNA SAY THAT. YOU THOUGHT AT THE

TIME, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. AND HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD

A GREAT IDEA, AND THEN 2, 3, 4, 8 YEARS LATER, YOU'RE

LIKE, THAT WAS THE DUMBEST THING I EVER DID. I WISH I

WOULD HAVE NEVER CALLED THAT PERSON. I WISH I WOULD HAVE

NEVER SENT THAT LETTER. COME ON, SOMEBODY. I WISH I WOULD

HAVE NEVER WENT TO THAT PLACE. I WISH I NEVER WOULD

HAVE SCREAMED AT THEM. COME ON, I WISH I NEVER WOULD

HAVE YELLED LIKE THAT. OH, COME ON, WE'VE ALL BEEN

THERE. AND SO WE SOW THE SEED IN THE MOMENT. BUT WE

DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM GOAL.

COME ON, HUSBANDS AND WIVES. NEXT TIME YOU WANNA GET IN

AN ARGUMENT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE IMMEDIATE HARVEST

IS YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET NO SLEEP THAT NIGHT. OKAY, IF

YOU'RE GONNA FIGHT, RIGHT? SO THINK ABOUT IT. YOU GOTTA

THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM GOAL? YOU KNOW, A

LOT OF PEOPLE, REALLY THE REASON PEOPLE END UP IN

DIVORCE IS THEY MAKE DECISIONS AND CHOICES

BECAUSE WHERE THEY DID NOT THINK ABOUT THE OUTCOME.

THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT WHAT HARVEST DAY WAS GONNA BRING.

HARVEST DAY ALWAYS COME. THE BIBLE SAYS THE WAGES OF SIN

IS DEATH. AND THAT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ETERNAL

DEATH, THAT CAN BRING DEATH NOW. OKAY, DEATH TO

RELATIONSHIPS, DEATH TO JOBS, DEATH TO BUSINESSES.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR WHOLE

FAMILY AND THEIR CAREER BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT IN THE

RASH OF THE MOMENT AND COMMITTED ADULTERY. AND

THEIR LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME, NEVER THE SAME. THEY

DID NOT THINK ABOUT THE HARVEST THAT WAS TO COME.

AND THIS IS WHAT PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT. BE NOT

DECEIVED, GOD'S NOT MOCKED. IF WE SOW TO OUR FLESH,

WE'LL LOVE THE FLESH, REAP THE RESULT. AND SO I THINK

MORE THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY, WE NEED TO THINK

ABOUT THE SEEDS THAT WE SOW FOR THE HARVEST THAT WE

RECEIVE. AND IN THE LONG TERM, YOU ONE DAY, I MEAN,

HERE'S THE THING, SOME PEOPLE, AND I DON'T KNOW

WHAT HAPPENS, BUT WE'RE GONNA READ MARK 4, BUT THE

REALITY IS, HOW MANY TIMES, SOME HARVESTS THAT COME ARE

LIKE A DANDELION. THEY COME UP OVERNIGHT AND THEY'RE

INSTANT. OTHER ONES ARE LIKE AN OAK TREE. THEY TAKE

FOREVER. NOW I'M TALKING HARVESTS ON BOTH SIDES. I'M

NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD ONES. YOU KNOW, SOME

PEOPLE THINK THEY GOT AWAY WITH SOMETHING. AND ALL OF A

SUDDEN, X AMOUNT OF YEARS LATER, DECADES LATER,

SOMETHING COMES UP, SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND ALL

OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF IT CAME OUT AND IT HAPPENED. OKAY,

WE'VE SEEN THAT LATELY, HAVEN'T WE? WHERE PEOPLE'S

CHOICES THAT WERE MADE YEARS AGO, ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW,

HERE IT IS, ALL OUT IN THE FOREFRONT. SAME WAY WITH THE

OPPOSITE SIDE. WE MAKE CHOICES, SO TO THE SPIRIT.

IT MAY NOT THINK, AND I KNOW THIS IS PREACHING TO

SOMEBODY, IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE YOU'RE GETTING ANY

HARVEST. YOU STILL LIVE IN THE SAME DUMPY APARTMENT,

RIDE THE SAME OLD CAR, FEEL LIKE YOU'LL NEVER GET AHEAD,

TOOK A PAY CUT LAST YEAR, AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL GOD, I

TITHE. I'VE BEEN SOWING, I'M DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. I'M

MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE I'M

GETTING ANYWHERE IN THIS SITUATION. I FEEL LIKE I'M

JUST RIDING THE SAME OLD STATIONARY BICYCLE GOING

NOWHERE. I MEAN, YOU'LL LOSE WEIGHT IF YOU DO THAT, BUT

I'M JUST TELLING YOU. AT LEAST YOU GOT SOMETHING OUT

OF IT. BUT THE REALITY IS, EVEN ON THE POSITIVE SIDE,

SOME SEEDS, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY TAKE FOREVER TO

MANIFEST. AND I DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU KNOW,

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT IN MARK

4, THAT IT'S GOD THAT DETERMINES THE HARVEST TIME,

HE DETERMINES THE SEASON. BUT IT CAN GO BOTH WAYS.

SOME THINGS HAPPEN INSTANTLY. IT'S LIKE THAT

UGLY DANDELION, IT JUST COMES UP. OTHER THINGS TAKE

TIME. BUT THE KEY IS, IS WHAT SEEDS WE'RE SOWING ARE

WHAT MATTERS. KEEP CHOOSING. THAT'S WHAT GALATIANS IS

TELLING US. KEEP SOWING THE RIGHT SEEDS. KEEP SOWING.

DON'T GET WEARY IN WELL-DOING. DON'T QUIT AND

JUST GIVE UP 'CAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE DID. AMEN. OR JUST

BECAUSE THE WHOLE CULTURE'S ON ITS EAR DOESN'T MEAN THAT

YOU HAVE TO BE. SO WHAT WE SOW, WE REAP IN THIS LIFE.

SO THE WHOLE CULTURE IS JUST RASH NOW. AND I THINK WHAT I

WANNA DO IN 2 WAYS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW TO

CULTIVATE A GOOD HARVEST, BUT I THINK IN BOTH WAYS,

WHAT I WANNA REMIND US OF, WE'RE IN A CULTURE RIGHT NOW

WHERE EVERYTHING IS ENCOURAGING US TO JUST DO

WHAT YOU FEEL IN THE MINUTE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT

SCRIPTURE TODAY, 2 TIMOTHY 3, IT SAYS, "IN THE LAST

DAYS, "DANGEROUS TIMES SHALL COME, "MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF

THEMSELVES, "LUSTFUL, BOASTFUL, PROUD, DISOBEDIENT

TO PARENTS." AND ONE OF THE WORDS IN THE KING JAMES, I

DON'T KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT READ ANOTHER

TRANSLATION OR MAYBE THE NEW LIVING, IN THE KING JAMES IT

SAID, "THEY'LL BE HEADY." THE WORD HEADY THERE MEANS

RASH. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT RUN OUT ON

THE STREETS, THESE NO KINGS MARCHES, AND SOME DUMB-DUMB

RUNS OUT THERE AND TRIES TO TAKE ON A POLICE OFFICER AND

GETS SHOT DEAD. NOW, DANDELION CAME UP THE DAY HE

DID IT. BUT I THINK TO MYSELF, NOW HOW STUPID WAS

THAT? YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE DANGER OF GOING OUT

THERE. YOU WENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY TOLD YOU TO, NUMBER

ONE. YOU WENT OUT THERE BECAUSE, AND YOU DEVELOPED

AN ATTITUDE, BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL

EVEN, FOR THE RESULT THAT COULD COME FROM DOING

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU

KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE WHEN I PREACHED THE

DON'T DIE DUMB TEACHING? YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE REASON

PEOPLE DIE EARLY, THEY DO DUMB THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T

THINK ABOUT THE HARVEST. THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THE

FACT THAT THEY GO FLYING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON A

MOTORCYCLE AT 95 MILES AN HOUR, ZIPPING THROUGH

TRAFFIC, THAT SOME CAR COULD NOT SEE THEM AND POTENTIALLY

MAKE A MISTAKE AND THEY WOULD BE IN ETERNITY IN A

MOMENT. THERE ARE COUNTLESS PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ETERNITY

THAT DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HARVEST DAY. SO IT'S

IMPORTANT IN THIS CURRENT CULTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I

WAS THINKING OF THAT SCRIPTURE. I THINK IT'S IN

EPHESIANS THAT SAYS THAT WE WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY. IN OTHER

WORDS, MAKING A FULL, WELL-ROUNDED CHOICE ON THE

THINGS THAT WE DO. AND ESPECIALLY THE THINGS, I

THINK REALLY, IT'S ESPECIALLY THE THINGS THAT

WE CHOOSE TO SAY. OUR MOUTH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST

CULPRITS. JAMES 3 SAYS THAT A PERSON COULD JUST BRIDLE

THE THINGS THEY SAY, OKAY? IF THEY COULD JUST CONTROL

THEIR MOUTH, THE SAME WOULD BE A PERFECT PERSON. WELL,

OR A PERFECT PERSON MEANS A MATURE PERSON OR A PERSON

THAT HAS MATURITY ABOUT THEM. BUT IF WE COULD JUST

CONTROL THE THING THAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH, MATTHEW 12

SAYS, "WE'RE BEHELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE

WORD "THAT WE SPEAK." NOW, IT'S NOT BECAUSE GOD IS

NECESSARILY UP THERE GOING, OH, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT. I

DON'T THINK THAT'S THE WAY THE LORD IS. HE'S NOT JUST

UP THERE SAYING, "I HEARD YOU, "AND I'M," WRITE THAT

DOWN. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A GOOD FATHER. HE LOVES US.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT. IT'S NOT THAT GOD IS UP THERE

HOLDING US TO TASK, EVEN THOUGH HE DOES REMEMBER,

'CAUSE WHEN WE REPENT, THE BLOOD OF JESUS WILL COVER US

AND CLEANSE US. BUT THE PROBLEM IS SOMETIMES WHEN WE

SAY THINGS, WE CAN'T TAKE BACK THE EFFECT IT HAD

SOMEWHERE ELSE. OKAY, THAT'S WHY IT SAYS YOU'LL BE HELD

ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY IDLE WORD THAT COMES FROM YOUR

MOUTH. THAT INCLUDES GOSSIP, AMEN, TALKING BAD ABOUT YOUR

FELLOW BELIEVER, POSTS, OKAY. WELL, BUT THEY NEED TO

LEARN A LESSON AND I'M GONNA WRITE ABOUT IT ON INSTAGRAM.

OKAY, WELL, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT, BUT ONCE IT'S

OUT THERE, IT'S OUT THERE. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER POSTED

SOMETHING YOU WISH YOU DIDN'T POST? OKAY, I'M LIKE,

WHY DID I PUT THAT OUT THERE? I KNOW MY HAIR DIDN'T

LOOK GOOD. IT'S THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD. OR YOU

SAY SOMETHING STUPID. COME ON, SOMEBODY. THE SEEDS WE

SOW, EVERY IDLE WORD THAT COMES FROM OUR MOUTH. NOW

THIS IS WHY GALATIANS SAYS, GOD'S NOT MOCKED. WHATEVER

WE SOW, WE REAP IT OUT. HARVEST DAY ALWAYS COMES.

NOW WE CAN AVOID, LISTEN, IF YOU SOW A BAD SEED, HUSBAND

AND WIFE SAY YOU HAD A BAD ARGUMENT, I'LL JUST USE THAT

AS AN EXAMPLE. EVERYBODY SAID MEAN STUFF, EVERYBODY

FEELS BAD, EVERYBODY GO TO BED CRYING, YOU KNOW,

WHATEVER IT IS. KIDS UPSET, WHOLE FAMILY'S MAD. Y'ALL

LAUGHING 'CAUSE IT'S REAL. OKAY, WE ALL MAD. I SAW THAT

FUNNY LITTLE MEME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, OR IT WAS

A REEL, I FORGET ABOUT THE REELS NOW. IT CAME UP AND IT

SAYS, IT SHOWS THIS HUSBAND AND THIS WIFE AND THEY

GOT THESE THINGS HOLDING THEIR EYELIDS UP LIKE

THIS, LIKE PUSHED UP THEIR EYE. AND IT SAYS,

"MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED "TO NEVER GO

TO BED MAD. "WE'VE BEEN UP FOR 3 DAYS."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I'M LIKE, OKAY, FINE. SEE, I DON'T HAVE THAT

KIND OF ENDURANCE. I'M LIKE, LET'S JUST

APOLOGIZE AND GET A GOOD NIGHT'S REST.

YOU KNOW, YOU GET OLDER, YOU'RE LIKE, I DON'T HAVE

THAT ENERGY NO MORE. ANYWAY, BUT WHAT WE SAY, THE

OUTCOME, THE EFFECT, AFTER THE LONG TERM OF IT, YOU

THINK DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT WE SAY TO SOMEBODY WITHOUT

INGEST OR WE SAY TO SOMEBODY THAT, TO US, IT DIDN'T SEEM

TO BE A BIG DEAL, BUT MAYBE TO THEM IT WENT IN THEIR

HEART. WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE HARVEST OF HOW IT

AFFECTS PEOPLE. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S WHY THE

BIBLE SAID LOVE NEVER FAILS. OKAY, SOMETIMES THE BETTER

WAY TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING IS JUST LET GOD WORK ON IT,

RIGHT? LET GOD DEAL WITH IT. SO THAT'S THE NEGATIVE SIDE

OF SEED SOWING. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT

BECAUSE IN THIS CURRENT CULTURE, PEOPLE AREN'T

THINKING. THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME

OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN AND WILL HAPPEN. NOW, JESUS

TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO IT, BUT

LET'S UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT EVERYTHING IN THE EARTH NOW,

EVERY SINGLE THING IS BUILT ON A SEED, LIFE AND HARVEST

CYCLE. GENESIS 129, GOD SAID THESE WORDS, HE SAID, "I

HAVE GIVEN UNTO YOU EVERY TREE WITH HERB BEARING

SEED." IN OTHER WORDS, GOD STARTED IT IN THE BOOK OF

GENESIS. EVERYTHING WAS BUILT ON A SEED AND A LIFE

CYCLE, A SEED TIME AND A HARVEST TIME. EVERYTHING IN

THE EARTH IS BUILT ON A SEED PRINCIPLE. WE'RE GONNA TALK

ABOUT, JESUS TAUGHT THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

AND AGAIN. AND SO THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WANT ALL

OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, TO RECEIVE IN EVERYTHING I DO,

A GOOD HARVEST, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS AN ENEMY.

NOW, WHEN GOD TOLD ADAM AND EVE TO, YOU KNOW, HE SAID,

"I'VE GIVEN YOU EVERY SEED, IT'S GOOD FOR FOOD, "I'VE

GIVEN YOU ALL OF THESE THINGS," THERE WAS STILL AN

ENEMY OUT THERE CREEPING AROUND, TRYING TO STEAL OR

GET THEM TO GIVE IN TO A NEGATIVE HARVEST. SO THIS IS

VERY IMPORTANT. THEN AFTER THE FLOOD OF NOAH, WE FIND

THAT NOAH GETS OFF THE ARK, AND GOD REEMPHASIZES THE

IMPORTANT VALUE OF UNDERSTANDING SEED AND

HARVEST. HE SAYS THAT AS LONG AS THE EARTH REMAINS,

RIGHT, GENESIS 8:22, THERE'LL BE SEED, TIME. I

Genesis 8:22

LIKE HOW PASTOR HANK PREACHED THAT. HE PREACHED

IT THIS WAY. HE SAID, WHILE THE EARTH REMAINS, THERE'LL

BE SEED. YOU COULD ALMOST PUT A SLASH IN BETWEEN THAT

WORD, THAT THERE'S A SEED AND THEN THERE'S A TIME. AND

LIKE I WAS SAYING A FEW MOMENTS AGO, THERE COULD BE

A SHORT TIME, RIGHT? OR THERE COULD BE A LONGER

TIME. THERE'S SEED TIME AND THEN EVENTUALLY THERE'S A

HARVEST. SO EVERYTHING IN LIFE, THAT'S THE THING.

OKAY, TOUCH YOURSELF, SAY YOUR NAME, AND THEN JUST SAY

EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE IS A SEED, THERE WILL BE A TIME,

AND THEN THERE'S A HARVEST. OKAY, SO AS LONG AS THERE IS

AN EARTH HERE, WE ARE LIVING IN THE SEED AND HARVEST

PRINCIPLE. SO EVERY CHOICE, EVERYTHING WE DO, EVERYTHING

WE SAY, GOOD AND BAD, GOD IS NOT MOCKED, WHATEVER A

PERSON SOWS, EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GONNA REAP. SO

REALIZE THAT. NOW THAT SHOULD ALSO GIVE YOU JOY.

DON'T SIT THERE AND BE, OH MY GOODNESS, I'VE DONE SOME

STUPID THINGS IN MY LIFE, MY HARVEST IS GONNA, WELL YOU

GO TO GOD ABOUT IT. NOW HERE'S THE THING, THERE MAY

BE CONSEQUENCES FOR CERTAIN THINGS WE DO THAT MAYBE

CAN'T BE UNDONE IN SOME CASES, BUT ALSO THERE ARE

THINGS THAT CAN BE UNDONE, OKAY? WE'VE DONE AND SAID

STUPID THINGS THAT YOU REPENT OF IT AND YOU WALKED

AWAY FROM IT, THAT GOD'LL FORGIVE YOU AND GIVE YOU A

BRAND NEW START. SO THAT'S THE THING ABOUT GOD. THE KEY

IS STAY CLOSE TO HIM. WE STAY CLOSE TO HIM, IF WE SOW

TO THE SPIRITUAL, GALATIANS, WE READ IT, WE WILL RECEIVE

A GOOD HARVEST. SO AS LONG AS THE EARTH REMAINS, WE'RE

IN SEED TIME AND HARVEST, COLD AND HEAT, SUMMER,

WINTER, IT'S FAITHFUL, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THE CASE. SO

THIS IS WHAT I WANT US TO SEE TONIGHT, AND IT WORKS IN

THE NEGATIVE, AND IT WORKS IN THE POSITIVE. SO LET'S GO

TO MARK 4, AND LET'S SEE, HOW CAN WE CULTIVATE THE

RIGHT HARVEST IN OUR LIFE? THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER. IN A

CULTURE THAT A LOT OF BAD HARVESTS ARE BEING SOWED,

RIGHT? WE WANT TO CULTIVATE THE RIGHT THINGS. SO LET'S

TALK ABOUT THIS. ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF IT

ALREADY TONIGHT? JESUS TEACHING, MARK 4:13, "AND

Mark 4:13

HE SAID TO THEM, 'IF YOU KNOW THIS PARABLE.'" NOW

THIS IS THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, YOU'VE READ IT

BEFORE. IF YOU KNOW THIS PARABLE, YOU WILL THEN KNOW

ALL PARABLES. AND NOW HE GOES ON TO TEACH HERE THAT

EVERYTHING IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKE SEED AND

HARVEST, EVERY SINGLE PART OF IT. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT

FOR US TO REMEMBER. IF YOU KNOW THIS PARABLE, IF YOU

UNDERSTAND THE TRUTHS OF SEED AND HARVEST, THEN YOU

WILL UNDERSTAND ALL THE OTHER PARABLES. NOW THAT'S

POWERFUL. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. IF WE GET THIS ONE

DOWN, THAT'S WHY I THINK WE OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT IT

TONIGHT. IF WE CAN GET THIS ONE DOWN, THE OTHER ONES ARE

GONNA COME TO US NATURAL. IF YOU CAN SAY THAT THESE ARE

MY GLASSES AND EVERYTHING I SEE THROUGH THEM IS SEED AND

HARVEST BASED. IF I CAN LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM THAT

PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE IT WOULD HELP US MAKE BETTER

DECISIONS. I THINK IT'LL HELP US TALK DIFFERENT,

RIGHT? IF WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE YOUR TITHE OR YOU

GIVE YOUR PENTECOST OFFERING, IT'S OFFERING TIME

AND YOU GIVE IT AND THEN YOU GO ON TO, OH, YOU NEVER KNOW

WHAT I'M GONNA DO ABOUT MY MONEY, MY FINANCES ARE STILL

A MESS AND I DON'T KNOW. WELL, YOU'RE UNDOING, OKAY?

YOU'RE DISRUPTING, THAT'S JUST AS GOOD AS PLANTING

SEED AND THEN GOING OUT AND DIGGING IT UP AND THROWING

IT IN THE GARBAGE TO GO OUT WITH THE GARBAGE MAN ON

WEDNESDAY. SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS. SO EVERYTHING

IN THE KINGDOM IS BUILT ON A SEED PRINCIPLE. IT'S NOT

JUST FINANCES, ALTHOUGH FINANCES IS HIGHLY INCLUDED

IN THAT. SO WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE KEY TO THE

SEED PRINCIPLE. THE SOWER, VERSE 14, SOWS THE WORD.

WELL, OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, HE

SOWS THE WORD, IT SAYS THAT THE WORD IS GOD, OR THE WORD

OF GOD, HE SOWS THE WORD, JESUS SOWS THE WORD. YOU

KNOW, BY THE WAY, HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO GET A GOOD

SEED INTO YOUR HEART. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SO

IMPORTANT WHEN WE COME TO CHURCH, WE DON'T JUST GO

THROUGH ROUTINE. EVERY SERVICE, TRY TO LEAN IN AND

GROW FROM SOMETHING, NO MATTER WHAT THAT IS. TREAT

IT AS, "GOD, YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME." THE PASTOR'S

TEACHING SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TO YOU. DON'T JUST GO,

"I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE THAT." OKAY, YOU MIGHT NOT

BE SURE YOU BELIEVE IT, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT THE

BEREANS WENT HOME, THEY TOOK THE SEED, AND THEY STUDIED

IT. PAUL SAID, "STUDY IT." AND THEY MADE SURE IT WAS

TRUE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN GO THAT FAR. THEY'LL

JUST, AGAIN, LET INSTAGRAM BE THEIR TEACHER. AND SO HE

SAID, "THE SOWER SOWS THE WORD." SO GOD IS ALWAYS

TRYING TO GET A GOOD SEED IN YOUR HEART. DON'T EVER

FORGET THAT. THE HOLY SPIRIT, THANK GOD FOR THE

HOLY SPIRIT. HE'S ALWAYS THERE. HE TALKS TO US, HE

HELPS US. HE'S ALWAYS THERE WHISPERING. THAT'S WHY YOU

WANNA FELLOWSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. TALK TO THEM.

PASTOR HANK AND I WERE MAKING A DECISION ON

SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY, AND WE WERE SITTING THERE AND

JUST PRAYING AND TALKING IT OUT, AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW,

THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD BEEN TALKING TO ME "ABOUT THAT,"

AND I THOUGHT, MAN, IT WAS SO TIMELY. I MEAN, I CAN'T

TELL YOU WHAT IT IS NOW, BUT YOU MIGHT KNOW SOON ENOUGH.

IT'S GOOD STUFF. AND HE SAID, "BUT THANK GOD FOR THE

HOLY SPIRIT. "YOU KNOW, HE LEADS YOU, HE TELLS YOU

THINGS." OH, I'LL TELL YOU, OH, I KNOW, WELL, THERE'S 2

OF 'EM. I'LL TELL YOU ONE, THIS IS A GOOD ONE. CAN I

TELL YOU A STORY? I GOTTA GET THROUGH THE WHOLE

PARABLE OF THE SOWER, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. SO WE

HAD A CONTRACTOR AT OUR HOUSE, AND ANYWAY, WE FOUND

THAT THEY HAD A, ACTUALLY, THEY WERE TYPE ONE DIABETIC.

AND WE HAPPENED TO KNOW THAT, 'CAUSE WE'VE KNOWN

THEM FOR A BIT. AND ANYWAY, AND OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU

KNOW THAT OUR SON JONATHAN'S TYPE ONE DIABETIC, AND SO HE

WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE AGE OF 10, AND WE NAVIGATED HIM

THROUGH ALL THAT PERIOD OF HIS LIFE. WELL, ALL OF A

SUDDEN, PASTOR HANK, HE WAS IN THE HOUSE, AND THIS GUY

WAS OUT THERE WORKING AWAY ON SOMETHING OUTSIDE, AND

PASTOR HANK SAID, "I HEARD IN MY HEART, GO GIVE THAT

MAN A GIFT CERTIFICATE AND GIVE HIM A $100 VISA GIFT

CARD." HE GOES, "LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ONE."

HE SAID, "I SAID, GO OUT AND GIVE HIM THIS $100 VISA GIFT

CARD." SO HE WENT TO THIS LITTLE BASKET WHERE WE HAVE

SOME GIFT CARDS AND THE ONE RIGHT ON TOP IS A $100 VISA

GIFT CARD. HE SAID, "HOLY SPIRIT, YOU MUST BE SAYING

SOMETHING." SO HE SAID, "I SAID, 'GET OUT THERE AND GO

RIGHT NOW.'" HE SAID, "WELL, LORD, I'M TRYING TO DO IT."

HE SAID, "GO OUT THERE AND GIVE THE MAN THE GIFT CARD."

NOW, THIS IS WHERE YOU SAY, "THANK GOD FOR THE HOLY

SPIRIT." OKAY? HE'S THERE TO GUIDE US AND HE'S ALWAYS

TRYING TO PUT THE RIGHT SEED IN US. SO HE GOES OUT THERE

AND THIS MAN IS STANDING THERE AND HE'S PALE, HE

DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. AND PASTOR HANK SAYS TO HIM, HE

SAYS, "ARE YOU DOING OKAY?" AND HE WAS NOT VERY

COHERENT, COULDN'T TALK RIGHT. AND NOW WE KNEW HE

WAS TYPE ONE. HE SAID, SO PASTOR HANK HAD ENOUGH

KNOWLEDGE. HE SAID, "WHAT IS YOUR BLOOD SUGAR?" AND HE

SAID, HE WAS NOT ANSWERING RIGHT. AND AND WE'VE TALKED

DIABETES WITH HIM BEFORE, BUT HE WEARS A CGM, WHICH IS

A GLUCOSE MONITOR. SO HE SAID TO HIM, HE SAID, "TELL

ME WHERE YOUR PHONE IS." WELL, HE POINTS AT THE CAR

OR SOMETHING. HE WAS JUST OUT OF IT. SO PASTOR HANK

RUNS OVER THERE, FINDS HIS PHONE ON THE BUMPER OF HIS

TRUCK, COMES OVER THERE AND SURE ENOUGH, SEES ON THE

PHONE HIS BLOOD SUGAR IS 57. WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE

WORKING OUTSIDE, THAT THING'S GOING DOWN. AND, YOU

KNOW, SO, OF COURSE, WE IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHAT TO DO.

OKAY, TREATED A FEW 57S IN OUR LIFE. AND TREATED IT AND

GOT HIM SETTLED, GAVE HIM A BANANA AND SOME ORANGE JUICE

AND GOT HIM SITUATED AND HE SAT THERE FOR A FEW HOURS. I

SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO HOME FOR THE

NIGHT. HE SAID, NO, I GOT A FEW MORE STUFF TO FINISH. AS

SOON AS I'M 100, I'M GOING BACK. BUT THE FUNNY THING

IS, IS THIS IS THE THING, THE HOLY SPIRIT'S ALWAYS

TRYING TO PUT A SEED IN YOU. THE LORD SAID TO PASTOR

HANK, GET OUT THERE AND DO IT RIGHT NOW AND GIVE HIM

THAT GIFT CARD. NOW, I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU'LL

LISTEN TO GOD, OKAY, THE SOWER SOWS THE WORD. SO IT'S

OUR JOB TO CULTIVATE IT AND REACT AND SOW THE RIGHT

SEEDS. YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO

THAT MAN HAD WE NOT GONE OUT THERE AND BEEN OBEDIENT

TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE COULD HAVE BEEN LAID OUT

UNDER THE TRUCK AND WE'D NEVER SEEN IT. SO ANYWAY,

JUST A GOOD STORY. LISTEN TO THE HOLY

GHOST. THANK GOD FOR THE HOLY GHOST.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

OH, I LOVE THAT. SO HE SAID, "THESE ARE THEY THAT ARE BY

THE WAYSIDE "WHO WHEN GOD IS TRYING TO SOW A WORD IN

THEM, "THEY, WHERE THE WORD IS SOWN, "THEY HAVE HEARD

AND SATAN COMES IMMEDIATELY "AND TAKES AWAY THAT WORD

THAT'S SOWN IN THEIR HEART." NOW THIS IS, CAN ALSO REFER

TO PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST REBELLIOUS, THAT REFUSE,

RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE JUST REFUSAL TO LISTEN, THEIR

REFUSAL TO RECEIVE. BUT IT CAN ALSO BE, AND I WOULD

JUST SAY IT LIKE THIS, I ALSO THINK IT COULD BE US IF

WE GET IN A ROUTINE. OKAY, ANOTHER PRAISE AND WORSHIP,

IT'S ANOTHER SUNDAY. WE JUST KIND OF GET USED TO THE

PATTERN, WE GET USED TO THE FLOW, AND WE'RE NOT IN

RECEIVING MODE. COME ON, I'VE BEEN THERE. I'VE BEEN

THERE, I'M LIKE, OH WELL, WE'RE JUST GONNA GET THROUGH

THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GO ONE MORE TIME. I USED TO

THINK ABOUT THAT THE SECOND SERVICE, MAN, WE'D GET DONE

WITH THE SERVICE NUMBER ONE, I WENT, WELL, WE GOTTA GO

OUT THERE AND DO THAT ALL OVER AGAIN. AND THEN GOD

WOULD MOVE MIGHTILY, AND THE 9 O'CLOCK, WE WERE LIKE,

HOLY SPIRIT, COME TO THE 11:30. WOO! BUT YOU KNOW, THE

KEY IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THE ROUTINE. SO SATAN COMES

IMMEDIATELY. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE COULD BE KEY NUGGETS,

THERE COULD BE A KEY HEALING. I THINK SOMETIMES

THAT HAPPENS WITH CHURCH ATTENDANCE. YOU KNOW, GOD

WILL HAVE A WORD FOR SOMEBODY, BUT THEY DIDN'T

SHOW. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO SATAN COMES

IMMEDIATELY TO TAKE AWAY THAT SEED THAT WAS SOWN IN

THEIR HEARTS. NOW WATCH THIS. AND THESE ALSO ARE

THOSE THAT WERE SOWN ON STONY GROUND. SO THE FIRST

GROUP JUST DIDN'T RECEIVE. IT NEVER WENT ANYWHERE. AND

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AS CHRISTIANS, THAT

WE MAKE SURE THAT WORD IS GOING SOMEWHERE. THESE ARE

THEY WHICH WERE SOWN ON STONY GROUND, WHO WHEN THEY

HAVE HEARD THE WORD, IMMEDIATELY THEY GET

EXCITED. I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF PENTECOSTALS.

HONESTLY, THEY RECEIVE IT WITH GLADNESS. THEY'RE

PUMPED. THEY'RE EXCITED THAT THERE'S PASTORS PREACHING ON

AMERICA. OKAY, THEY'RE EXCITED THAT THERE'S

PASTORS STANDING UP. RIGHT? THEY'RE PUMPED ABOUT IT.

OKAY, BUT HERE WE ARE 6 YEARS LATER AT THE

MIDTERMS AND FLASHPOINT'S UP TALKING

ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU GET OUT TO VOTE.

RIGHT, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A GIVEN BY NOW. WE

WOULD BE LIKE, OKAY, AFTER WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN 2016,

2020, CRAZY STUFF'S GONE ON, YOU WOULD THINK. BY THE WAY,

HOW MANY OF YOU SAW FLASHPOINT WHEN THEY SHOWED

THAT LITTLE CLIP OF DAVID BARTON LAST NIGHT THAT

TALKED ABOUT HOW ONE CHURCH, ONE CHURCH, YOU KNOW, SOME

OF THESE IDIOTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN INTO OFFICE, GOT IN

THERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW A CHRISTIAN

CAN VOTE IN A BABY KILLER, OKAY, OR PEOPLE THAT ARE

STANDING FOR GENDER MUTILATION OF CHILDREN. IT'S

UNFATHOMABLE TO THINK, BUT THEN THEY'LL GET INTO

OFFICE, AND SOMETIMES JUST BY THIS TINY LITTLE FRACTION

OF VOTES, AND IF THE CHURCH IN THAT AREA WOULD HAVE JUST

RISEN AND GOT OUT THE VOTE AND WENT TO THE POLLS AND

VOTED, THEY WOULDN'T BE THERE. RIGHT? SO, ANYWAY,

IMPORTANT, IT'S GOOD. SO, BUT THESE ARE THEY, SO IN

OTHER WORDS, ANYWAY, THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE SOWN ON

STONY GROUND WHEN THEY HEARD, IMMEDIATELY RECEIVE

IT WITH GLADNESS. RIGHT, THEY GET EXCITED, BUT THEN

THEY GET IN THE ROUTINE. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF

SAYING THAT. THEY GET EXCITED, BUT THEY GET IN A

ROUTINE, SO THERE'S NO REAL HARVEST. IN OTHER WORDS,

THEY'RE JUST GOING UP IN THE PRAYER LINE AGAIN BECAUSE

IT'S HABIT, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT IN RECEIVING MODE. WE'RE NOT

PRESSING TO RECEIVE. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO TAKE IT

ANOTHER LEVEL. SO THEY RECEIVE IT WITH GLADNESS AND

HAVE NO ROOT IN THEMSELVES. SO ENDURE BUT FOR A TIME.

THIS IS A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW

WITH THE CONSERVATIVE VALUES. THEY ENDURE FOR A

LITTLE WHILE, BUT WHEN AFFLICTION AND PERSECUTION

ARISES, FOR THE WORD'S SAKE, WELL, OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA

BE PERSECUTED IF YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS,

OKAY? I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY FAMILY

MEMBERS TOLD PEOPLE, OH, WELL, YOU SHOULDN'T TITHE.

NOW, THAT'S TITHING IS A CULT, OKAY? THAT TITHING

STUFF, THAT'S JUST CHURCHES TRYING TO GRAB YOUR MONEY.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU OUGHT TO SAY TO THEM? WELL, DON'T GO

ON A CRUISE, THEY JUST GRABBED YOUR MONEY. DON'T

YOU DARE, DON'T YOU DARE GO OUT THERE WITH MICKEY MOUSE.

DISNEY JUST TOOK YOUR MONEY, OKAY? DON'T YOU GET ON THE

ROLLER COASTER, THEY JUST TOOK YOUR MONEY. SO

THINK ABOUT, SO CHOOSE TO INVEST WHERE YOU WANT

TO, BUT I'M GONNA INVEST IN THE THINGS

OF GOD, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I STAND.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS NAYSAYERS, THERE'S ALWAYS

PERSECUTORS. I MEAN, SOME OF THE PERSECUTORS ARE

CHRISTIANS. SO HE SAID, "HOW DO THEY THINK CHURCHES

SURVIVE?" I MEAN, REALLY. IT TAKES, THEY DON'T WANT TO,

THEY DON'T WANT THE CHURCH TO SURVIVE. I MEAN, THERE'S

BELIEVERS THAT GO TO CHURCH, I DON'T THINK THEY WANT

THEIR CHURCH TO SURVIVE. IF YOU CHECK THEIR GIVING, THEY

DON'T WANT THE CHURCH TO SURVIVE, OR THEY JUST WANNA

LEAVE IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT HE SAID, "SO WHEN

AFFLICTION AND PERSECUTION COMES "BECAUSE OF THE WORD."

SO IF THERE'S A SEED SOWN, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

SOW THE RIGHT SEED. OKAY, TREAT SOMEBODY THE RIGHT

WAY. WHATEVER THE SEED IS IN YOUR LIFE, THERE'S ALWAYS

GONNA BE A DEVIL THERE TO TRY TO PUSH YOU BACK. THERE

WILL BE AFFLICTION AND PERSECUTION FOR THE WORD'S

SAKE. THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS THERE TO TRY TO GET US TO DO

THE WRONG THING INSTEAD OF THE RIGHT THING. RATHER

THAN, I MEAN, HONESTLY, DON'T SKIP BACK TO THE TOPIC

OF WORDS. IN THIS CULTURE, IT'S EASY TO BE DRAWN IN. I

MEAN, THE KUNNEMANS ARE SLIGHTLY CONFRONTATIONAL. I

MEAN, PASTOR HANK, I'M TELLING YOU, THAT MAN WAS A

BORN CONFRONTER. I'M LIKE, "HONEY, WAIT TILL TOMORROW."

BY THE WAY, BY THE WAY, SOME OF THE STUFF HE SAYS ON

FLASHPOINT, I'M LIKE, "THAT IS IT!" I DO LOVE IT. BUT

THE THING OF IT IS, SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PAUSE.

WE HAVE TO SAY, "OKAY, "THEIR AFFLICTION AND

PERSECUTION WILL ARISE "BECAUSE OF THE WORD'S SAKE.

"WE NEED TO EXPECT IT." JESUS SAID, "THE WORLD HATES

ME, I'LL HATE YOU TOO." OKAY, IT'S GONNA COME, AND

THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS THERE TO TRY TO GET YOU TO BACK UP

FROM SOWING THE RICE SEED. HE'LL TRY TO STOP YOU FROM

TITHING. HE'LL TRY TO STOP YOU FROM SPEAKING OUT

POLITICALLY. HE'LL TRY TO DISCOURAGE YOU. HE'LL GET

THEM TO WRITE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IN THE NEWSPAPER.

HE'LL TRY TO STOP YOU AT YOUR FAMILY REUNION. HE'LL

TRY TO PREVENT YOU. HE'LL USE PEOPLE THAT'LL JUST BE

THERE TO PUSH YOU BACK IN A CORNER. AND HE'LL, HE ALWAYS

HAS IT. HE ALWAYS HAS A NAYSAYER. BUT THANK GOD, NO

WEAPON FORMED AGAINST US CAN PROSPER. EVERY TONGUE OR

MOUTH THAT RISES AGAINST US IN JUDGMENT, GOD SAID, YOU

HAVE THE INHERITANCE TO CONDEMN IT. SO, THINK ABOUT

IT. AFFLICTION AND PERSECUTION WILL ARISE FOR

THE WORD'S SAKE. THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, I'M JUST

GONNA SAY THIS AND I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE. THAT'S WHY,

IT'S A NO-BRAINER TO ME WITH DONALD TRUMP. DOES HE SAY

SOME CRAZY STUFF? YEAH, IT'S FUNNY SOMETIMES.

YEAH, THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER

IS, NOBODY HAS BEEN MORE HATED, OKAY? YOU DON'T SAY

THAT THE MOST AMAZING AND FAMOUS PERSON TO BE HERALDED

IN THE EARTH IS JESUS CHRIST AND WANNA DEDICATE A NATION

BACK TO GOD. AND PEOPLE SAY, "YEAH, BUT HE CUSSES LIKE A

SAILOR." WELL, YEAH, HE MIGHT CUSS LIKE A SAILOR, SO

DID THE OTHER ONES, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT, HE JUST HAS TO

DO IT PUBLICLY. YOU KNOW, THEY CUSSED IN PRIVATE. YOU

KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THEY CAUGHT BARACK OBAMA SAYING

FOUL THINGS ON TAPE, BUT THEY JUST, THE MEDIA DOESN'T

PUBLISH THAT ONE. THEY'LL ONLY PUBLISH TRUMP, OKAY?

BUT THOSE VIDEOS ARE OUT THERE TOO. THEY ALL SAID BAD

STUFF. OKAY, IT'S OUT THERE. IT'S JUST TRUMP JUST PUTS IT

OUT THERE AND THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA KNOW

WHAT I'M LIKE, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT IS BEHIND THE

SCENE. I'M NOT GONNA MAKE, BUT NOT ANY OTHER TIME IN

OUR HISTORY HAVE WE HAD A PRESIDENT THAT SAYS, THIS

NATION BELONGS TO JESUS CHRIST, AND HE IS THE ONE

THAT NEEDS TO BE REVERED IN OUR LAND. THIS IS A

CHRISTIAN NATION. COME ON NOW, HE HAS EMBOLDENED SOME

CONGRESSMEN. THERE'S CONGRESSMEN THAT ARE

STANDING UP NOW AND SAYING, "WE ARE OPENING THESE

SESSIONS IN PRAYER. "WE ARE GONNA PUT JESUS' NAME.

"WE'RE NOT GONNA LET JESUS SIT BEHIND BUDDHA "AND

MOHAMMED OR ANYTHING ELSE. "WE ARE GONNA PUT IT OUT

THERE." WELL, THAT IS CALLED SOWING GOOD SEED, AND THERE

WILL BE A HARVEST FOR IT, OKAY? BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH

AFFLICTION AND PERSECUTION. SO IF YOU DO THE RIGHT

THINGS AND YOU SOW SEED IN YOUR LIFE, JUST EXPECT THAT

THERE WILL BE PERSECUTION. DON'T UNDO THE SEEDS BECAUSE

YOU'RE PERSECUTED. ALL RIGHT? PRAISE THE LORD. KEEP

STAYING WITH IT. KEEP YOUR WORDS ALIGNED WITH THE SEED

THAT YOU SOW. IT SAYS, "AND WHEN AFFLICTION AND

PERSECUTION COMES, "IMMEDIATELY THEY ARE

OFFENDED." JUST LOOK AT THE CULTURE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE

HAVE JUST GONE IN FULL REVERSE FROM STANDING UP FOR

ANYTHING. "AND THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE SOWN AMONG

THORNS," THIS IS THE FIRST GROUP, "SUCH AS HEAR THE

WORD "AND THE CARES OF THIS WORLD." THIS IS POWERFUL.

"THE CARES OF THIS WORLD, THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES,

"THE LUSTS OF OTHER THINGS, ENTER IN AND CHOKES OUT "THE

GOOD SEED THAT YOU TRY TO SOW." NOW, THAT'S A WHOLE

LAUNDRY LIST THAT COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN A

HANDFUL OF WORDS. EVERYBODY HAS DEALT WITH SOMETIME THE

CARES OF THIS WORLD. THAT CHOKES OUT OUR SEEDS. OKAY?

YOU THINK THE CARES OF THIS WORLD KEEP US FROM SOWING

OUR SEEDS AND OUR FINANCES? THE CARES OF THIS WORLD

SOMETIMES KEEPS PEOPLE FROM COMING TO CHURCH? THE CARES

OF THIS WORLD GET OUR MINDS IN A PLACE OF WORRY AND FRET

SO THAT WE CAN'T TRUST GOD. SO THE CARES OF THIS WORLD

ARE HUGE IN KEEPING US FROM RECEIVING GOOD SEED OR A

HARVEST FOR GOOD SEED. AND THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES,

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WORK 80 HOURS A WEEK AND CAN NEVER

GET AHEAD ON YOUR BUSINESS, RIGHT? WORK AND WORK AND

WORK AND WORK AND WORK AND WORK, OKAY, BUT UNTIL

THERE'S NO TIME FOR GOD OR FAMILY, RIGHT? THE LUSTS OF

OTHER THINGS ENTER IN, OKAY? IN OTHER WORDS, WE GET

DISTRACTED AND IT CHOKES OUT THE GOOD SEED THAT GOD IS

TRYING TO PUT IN OUR LIFE, RIGHT? NOW, THIS GROUP IS

PARTICULARLY CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE THIS WAS A GROUP

THAT REALLY MATURELY RECEIVED GOOD SEED. I WOULD

SAY THIS IS THE GROUP THAT KNEW THE BIBLE. I WOULD SAY

THAT THIS IS THE GROUP THAT WAS WELL-VERSED IN CHURCH.

THEY KNEW SCRIPTURE. THEY WERE INTERCESSORS. THEY WERE

PRAYER PEOPLE. THEY WERE SPIRITUAL, BUT THEY DIDN'T

FORESEE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE TO TRY TO

TAKE AWAY A GOOD HARVEST FROM THEIR LIFE. SEE, GOD

ALWAYS HAS A GOOD OUTCOME. JESUS SAID, "I CAME TO GIVE

YOU LIFE AND LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY." I WANT YOU TO

HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE. I WANT YOU TO LIVE BLESSED,

BUT WHAT WE SOW, WE REAP. AMEN. SO, THE CARES OF THIS

WORLD, THE LUSTS OF OTHER THINGS, CHOKE THE WORD. NOW,

I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS PART. AND THESE ARE THEY WHICH

WERE SOWN ON GOOD GROUND, SUCH AS HEAR THE WORD.

EVERYBODY SAY HEAR. HEAR. THEY HEAR THE WORD. SO THAT

WORD HEAR THERE, IT LITERALLY IN THE REAL

CONTEXT OR IN THE ORIGINAL, MEANS TO BE IN A PLACE OF

CONSTANT LISTENING. NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE RIGHT

NOW OUR PHONES ARE FILLED WITH ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT

WE ARE CONSTANTLY LISTENING TO. IN FACT, YOU KNOW,

EARLIER THIS, WELL, ACTUALLY IT WAS LAST YEAR, I FELT

LIKE THE LORD PUT ME ON A JOURNEY AND SAID, I DON'T

WANT YOU CONSTANTLY OPENING SOCIAL MEDIA. NOW, I'LL BE

HONEST WITH YOU, I CANNOT THINK OF THE LAST TIME I

OPENED INSTAGRAM. I'VE OPENED SOME FACEBOOK. LAST

NIGHT I USED FACEBOOK TO WATCH FLASHPOINT BECAUSE I

HAD DECORATING OR COOKING GOING ON YOUTUBE ON THE TV,

AND I WANTED TO LISTEN TO RECIPES AND PASTOR HANK AT

THE SAME TIME. THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS A GIFT THAT I HAVE.

I CAN LISTEN TO FLASHPOINT AND POLITICS OUT OF ONE EAR,

THAT'S ALWAYS MY RIGHT EAR. AND THEN I CAN LISTEN TO

DECORATING AND COOKING ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO ON

THE BIG CHANNEL, ON THE BIG SCREEN, LOOK

WHO'S IMPORTANT, I HAD COOKING GOING AND THEN

OVER THERE IN THE KITCHEN WITH THE FRY PAN ON

MY LITTLE TINY PHONE, I HAD PASTOR HANK.

HONEY, I WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE YOU SMALL, YOU WERE ON

THERE. BUT I DIDN'T WANT THE TV TO GET CONFUSED WITH MY

YOUTUBE 'CAUSE IT'LL SAY, ARE YOU TRYING TO PUT IT UP

THERE? I'M LIKE, NO, I WANNA LISTEN TO THAT OVER THERE

AND THIS HERE. SO I WENT TO FACEBOOK, YOU KNOW, AND

EVERY TIME THEY SAID SOMETHING BOLD, IT WOULD

BUFFER. I THOUGHT, OH, I BIND YOU IN JESUS' NAME AND

HIT YOU WITH A SPATULA. BUT THE WORD THERE, TO HEAR,

MEANS TO BE IN A PLACE, NOW YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I DO ON

TUESDAY NIGHTS. BUT THE WORD THERE, TO HEAR, LITERALLY

MEANS TO BE IN A PLACE OF CONSTANT LISTENING. AND THE

LORD HAD JUST REMINDED ME, HE SAID, YOU CAN'T BE IN A

CONSTANT PLACE OF LISTENING TO THE RIGHT SEEDS IF YOU'VE

ALWAYS GOT THOSE APPS OPEN. BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA FEED

YOU WITH THE WRONG STUFF. WE GET INUNDATED SO MUCH. AND

THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE THAT IS NOT GOD. AND IT HAS

CHRISTIAN LABEL TO IT. BUT IT'S NOT GOD, IT'S NOT FAITH

DRIVEN, AMEN? IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T HAVE BIBLICAL TRUTH

TO IT. AND I WANNA CULTIVATE A HARVEST IN MY LIFE THAT

BRINGS FORTH THE GOOD WORD OF GOD. I WANT GOD RESULTS.

AND SO THE LORD JUST SAID, I WANT YOU TO CLOSE IT. YOU

KNOW, I FOUND OUT THAT JUST LESS TIME SEEING, ESPECIALLY

PEOPLE'S COMMENTS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE DUMPSTER FIRE

OF JUNK. IT'S JUST SEWAGE, SO MUCH OF IT. AND

CHRISTIANS ARE JUST SWOOPED UP INTO IT NOW. YOU KNOW,

EVERYBODY ON THERE ARGUING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S WRONG

AND WHO'S RIGHT, AND THAT PERSON IS THIS AND THAT'S

THAT. AND I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT, THEY PUT OUT

SCRIPTURES AND HATE ON PEOPLE WITH THE WORD. AND

IT'S JUST CRAZY. AND SO I FELT LIKE, AND I'M NOT

SAYING I'VE GOT MY HEAD IN THE SAND, I'M NEVER LOOKING

AT ANYTHING AND I DON'T SEE A HEADLINE, THAT'S NOT THE

CASE. BUT I KIND OF MIGHT SEE A LITTLE RUNDOWN WHAT'S

GOING ON FOR THE DAY, THE LATEST HATE ON TRUMP OR

SOMETHING. BUT I GET A LITTLE QUICK REVIEW, BUT I'M

TRYING TO SPEND LESS TIME. AND YOU KNOW, I FOUND OUT

THAT I HAD MORE PEACE. AND I WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET

THE, KIND OF CLEAR THE FILTER A LITTLE BIT AND

LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MORE. AND YOU

KNOW WHAT, I FEEL LIKE GOD GETS A CHANCE. IT'S LIKE

ALMOST, WE'VE GOT OUR PHONES OPEN SO MUCH, GOD CAN'T GET

A WORD IN EDGEWISE. AND SO, THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO JESUS

SAID, ON THE HEARING, IT MEANS TO BE AT A CONSTANT

PLACE OF LISTENING. SO LISTENING MEANS THE RIGHT

STUFF. THOSE THAT BEAR GOOD, THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE

SOWN ON GOOD GROUNDS SUCH AS HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND

HERE AND HERE AND HERE AND CONSTANTLY HERE. SO I FEEL

LIKE NUMBER ONE, IF WE'RE GONNA SOW THE RIGHT SEEDS

AND RECEIVE THE RIGHT HARVEST IN OUR LIFE, WE DO

HAVE TO CUT OUT SOME OF THE OUTER INTERFERENCES SO THAT

WE CAN HEAR AND HEAR AND HEAR AND HEAR AND HEAR. SO

I'M JUST TRYING TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED WITH MY PHONE.

MY KIDS THINK I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DISCIPLINED WITH IT

BECAUSE I NEVER ANSWER IT. SO I'M LIKE, AND MY TAGLINE

IS, "IT WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM." AND THEY'RE LIKE,

"SURE, IT WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM. "YOU JUST HAD IT ON

SILENT." AND I SAID, "WELL, THAT TOO." BUT IT WAS IN THE

OTHER ROOM. BUT I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO JUST

SET IT ASIDE. AND IF YOU DO HAVE IT OPEN, JUST TELL

YOURSELF, "YOU KNOW, I USED TO, I MEAN, IT'S BAD." AND

WE HAVE FINGER HABITS. DO YOU KNOW THAT? YOU OPEN YOUR

PHONE AND THERE'S CERTAIN STUFF YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY

GO TO. THINK ABOUT, WE GET UP IN THE MORNING, CALENDAR,

BANK ACCOUNT, COME ON SOMEBODY, WEATHER, AMAZON,

WAYFAIR. I KNOW, RIGHT? I KNOW, PASTOR'S BEEN LOOKING

AT ALL THESE LITTLE STUFF HE WANTS TO BUY FOR HIS TRAINS

ON WAYFAIR. I'M LIKE, OH HONEY, DON'T START. IT'S A

BLACK HOLE ONCE YOU GO DOWN IT. YOU KNOW, BUT I SAID,

WELL, HE SHOULD HAVE EQUAL AMOUNT OF PACKAGES TO

UNPACKAGE THAT HAS HIS NAME ON IT. BUT WE HAVE WHAT I

CALL THE FINGER HABITS. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A FINGER

ROUTINE IN THE MORNING? YOU CHECK ALL THE STUFF, OKAY?

WELL, AND I LIKE BIBLE APPS. MY PROBLEM WITH THE BIBLE

APP IS THE WORDS ARE TOO SMALL, SO I HAVE TO GET A

BIGGER ONE. AND SO I LIKE A BIG OLD BIBLE TO SIT THERE

AND LOOK, AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID

FOR A LEGITIMATE BIBLE. THEY'RE CHANGING SOME OF

THOSE APPS, BY THE WAY. WE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL WITH

THAT AGAIN. BUT I STARTED MAKING THE DECISION, YOU

WILL NOT TOUCH FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM. AND YOU KNOW

WHAT, I FOUND OUT MY LIFE WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR

IT. SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE THAT CHOSE NEVER TO

GET SOCIAL MEDIA. AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, DID YOU SEE THAT

ON INSTAGRAM? I SAID, I DON'T KNOW, MY STAFF POSTS

MINE. SO THERE IT'S OUT, EVERYBODY KNOWS. PASTOR

BRENDA CANNOT PUT OUT THOSE GOOD VIDEOS, I SAID IT. JUST

KNOW, ALL RIGHT? SO HEARING, HEARING, HEARING, HEARING.

WE GOTTA HEAR AND HEAR AND HEAR. AND I THINK WE DON'T

DO ENOUGH HEARING OF THE RIGHT THINGS. I THINK THIS

IS SO IMPORTANT, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY TODAY, WHEN

THERE'S EVERYTHING ELSE THAT TALKS TO US THROUGH A TOUCH

OF A FINGER. SO HEAR, THESE ARE THEY THAT HEAR THE WORD,

WATCH, AND THEY RECEIVE IT. THAT WORD RECEIVE MEANS TO

BE IN CONSTANT DELIGHT AND EXCITEMENT. IT NEVER GETS

OLD FOR YOU TO READ THAT SAME SCRIPTURE LIKE YOU READ

IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. I MEAN, IT'S JUST AS EXCITING

TO OPEN THE BIBLE AND READ IT LIKE IT WAS WHEN YOU

FIRST GOT BORN AGAIN AND SOMEBODY TOLD YOU, YOU

SHOULD START WITH THE BOOK OF JOHN. IT'S JUST AS

EXCITING. IN OTHER WORDS, A CONSTANT PLACE OF DRIVE AND

EXCITEMENT TO BE IN THE WORD. SO THESE THAT ARE SOWN

ON GOOD GROUND ARE CONSTANTLY LISTENING, AND

THEY'RE CONSTANTLY IN RECEIVE MODE. GET IN RECEIVE

MODE. I THINK A LOT OF REASONS WE DON'T GROW IS WE

DON'T SIT THERE AND JUST RECEIVE. RECEIVE FROM THE

WORD ON SUNDAY, AND NOT JUST HEAR IT, BUT RECEIVE, AND

PUT THAT INTO MOTION, AND GO, WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN

I APPLY THAT? HOW CAN I GROW FROM THAT? HOW CAN I GET

BETTER FROM THAT? I ALWAYS TRY TO AT LEAST TAKE A

NUGGET AWAY FROM PASTOR'S SERMONS ON SUNDAY. YOU KNOW

WHAT IS ONE THING I CAN DO? AND BY THE WAY, I WRITE ALL

THE PARTNER LETTERS AND I DEVELOP THEM FROM HIS

SERMONS. I PUT THOSE TOGETHER FOR ONE VOICE AND I

SIT IN THERE AND RACHEL, YOU'VE HELPED ME MAKE

PICTURES WITH MINE NOW. AND THERE'S LITTLE PICTURES AND

I PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT I PUT THOSE ALL FROM HIS

PREACHING. AND SO DOES IT SOUND LIKE HIM? I HOPE IT

DOES. HE READS IT AND APPROVES IT EVERY TIME. BUT

I WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM IT. I WANT TO

APPLY IT. I DON'T WANT TO JUST TAKE NOTES THAT GO IN A

DRAWER. I WANT THERE TO BE SEED AND PRODUCTION FROM IT.

SO THOSE THAT RECEIVE OR DEVELOP A GOOD HARVEST, THEY

HEAR AND HEAR AND HEAR AND THEY'RE ALWAYS RECEIVING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME INTO CHURCH, DON'T JUST BE LIKE,

YOU KNOW, WALTZING IN LATE. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IF

THERE'S A LINE AT THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN THE

BATHROOM, AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, AND MAYBE

THE SHUTTLE BUS WAS BEHIND, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW

WHAT GOES ON OUT THERE EVERY MINUTE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING,

TRY TO GET HERE EARLY AND BE READY. AND WHEN THE

CLARION CALL OF WORSHIP COMES, BE IN THE MODE TO RECEIVE

AND HEAR AND KNOW, 'CAUSE GOD MAY TALK TO

YOU. THERE COULD BE A VISION THAT HAPPENS,

YOU DON'T KNOW. THERE COULD BE A PARADE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AH, OH MY GOODNESS, I TOLD STUCK AS I WAS LEAVING, I

SAID, "I HAVE NO FILTER, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT."

THEY'RE LIKE SECURITY MELTING, WHEN WE'RE ALL LIKE

RUNNING ALL AROUND BACK HERE, I'M LIKE, "YEAH,

LISTEN, YOU KNOW, "THIS IS THE WAY I STARTED CHURCH,

"AND THIS IS THE WAY I ALWAYS WILL DO CHURCH."

(LAUGHING)

GOOD LORD. ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME READ THE REST OF THIS.

ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING TONIGHT? THEY HEAR THE WORD

AND RECEIVE, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY HEARING, VERSE

20, CONSTANTLY RECEIVING, AND THEY BRING FORTH FRUIT,

SOME 30, SOME 60, SOME 100. PASTOR BRENDA, WHY IN THE

WORLD ARE SOME HARVEST 30, SOME 60, I DON'T KNOW. I'LL

BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW. NOW, I MEAN, I THINK

HOW WE CULTIVATE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, YOU

KNOW, HONESTLY. YOU THINK ABOUT A REAL FARMER, JESUS

IS LIKENING THIS TO REAL FARMING. PASTOR KEITH WAS IN

FARMING IN HIS LIFE. YOU KNOW, THE HARDER YOU WORKED

AT THE FARM, THE BETTER IT WAS, RIGHT? PLEASE TELL ME

YES. RIGHT, SO, BUT YOU KNOW, IF A FARMER'S

NEGLECTFUL, THEN MAYBE HIS HARVEST IS THE 30-FOLD. BUT,

SO I DO THINK WHAT WE PUT INTO SOMETHING, THE LEVEL,

'CAUSE JESUS GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT IT, SOME 30, SOME 60,

SOME 100. MY ATTITUDE IS, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GET A

SMALL HARVEST, PRESS IN FOR BETTER, OKAY? YOU MAY, MAYBE

YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR A HEALING IN YOUR BODY, YOU'RE

SOWING IT, YOU'RE SPEAKING IT, YOU'RE DECLARING IT,

YOU'RE PUSHING FORWARD WITH THAT, YOU'RE GROWING YOUR

FAITH FOR DIVINE HEALING TO HAPPEN IN YOUR BODY, AND

MAYBE YOU SAW A LITTLE BREAKTHROUGH IN YOUR

PHYSICAL PERSON, BUT GO FOR THE 60-FOLD NEXT TIME. KEEP

GROWING. THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY, PRESS YOUR FAITH TO

ANOTHER PLACE. SO, SOME 30, SOME 60, SOME 100. NOW, LOOK

AT VERSE 21. JESUS IS STILL TALKING. THE PRINCIPLE HERE

IS THE SAME. MINE GIVES A LITTLE, WHAT DO YOU CALL

THESE, SUBTITLES, PARABLE ABOUT LIGHT, BUT JESUS

DIDN'T CHANGE THE TOPIC. HE SAID, "AND HE SAID UNTO

THEM, 'THERE IS A CANDLE BROUGHT TO BE PUT UNDER A

BUSHEL OR UNDER A BED AND NOT TO BE SET ON A

CANDLESTICK.'" RIGHT? MY HONEY'S PREHEATING THE OVEN.

THANK YOU. HE'S GETTING SUPPER READY. MY WIFE JUST

NOTIFIED ME. DON'T YOU LOVE WIFI APPLIANCES NOW? YOU

KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE UP TO. YOU KNOW WHEN THEIR

LAUNDRY'S GETTING DONE. I'M TELLING YOU, IT COMES TO

YOUR WATCH. THANK YOU, SWEETHEART. SAID, "OVEN IS

PREHEATING." GIVE PASTOR HANK A HAND. FOR

PREHEATING. OH, GLORY BE TO GOD. HE WASN'T SURE HE

REMEMBERED HOW, BUT WE GOT IT. IT'S WORKING. HONEY,

IT'S WORKING. AND HE SAID, "IS A CANDLE BROUGHT TO BE

PUT UNDER A BUSHEL?" NOW, THE TOPIC HERE IS THE SAME.

IT'S STILL SEED AND HARVEST. IS IT BROUGHT TO BE PUT

UNDER A BUSHEL OR UNDER A BED AND NOT ON A

CANDLESTICK? FOR NOTHING IS HID WHICH SHALL NOT BE

MANIFESTED, NEITHER WAS THERE ANYTHING KEPT SECRET

THAT SHOULD NOT COME ABROAD. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU MAY

THOUGHT NOBODY NOTICED THAT YOU GAVE THAT PERSON THAT

$100 VISA GIFT CARD. YOU MAY THOUGHT NOBODY PAID

ATTENTION. IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LITTLE SEED. YOU MAY

THOUGHT NOBODY EVEN NOTICED YOU GAVE THAT LITTLE 20

BUCKS IN YOUR PASSOVER OFFERING, OR YOU WENT OUT

AND GAVE A GIFT TO SOMEBODY IN THE HOSPITAL. YOU MAY

THOUGHT NOBODY NOTICED IT. AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S

JUST THIS LITTLE THING, BUT NOTHING IS HID THAT DOESN'T

EVENTUALLY COME ABROAD. THIS IS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING.

EVERY LITTLE SEED THAT IS SOWN, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE,

RIGHT, WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO THE SURFACE. OKAY,

HARVEST TIME ALWAYS COMES. THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE. THIS

IS WHAT JESUS IS TEACHING. THE RESULT ALWAYS IS OUT

THERE. IT WILL MANIFEST. SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T GIVE UP

WHEN WE ARE SOWING RIGHTEOUS SEEDS. DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR

CHILDREN. IF YOU'RE SOWING RIGHTEOUS SEED, YEAH, THERE

MIGHT BE SOME TERRORS OUT THERE TRYING TO DRAG YOUR

KIDS AWAY FROM GOD, BUT DON'T GIVE UP SOWING THE

RIGHTEOUS SEED. STAND ON THE WORD FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

OKAY, COME ON, ZAMBONI. KEEP SOWING THE RIGHT THINGS. IT

WILL EVENTUALLY MANIFEST. THAT'S WHAT VERSE 22 IS.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S KEPT SECRET, GOOD OR BAD, BUT

THAT IT SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE SEEN BY OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S

GONNA BE NOTABLE. IT'LL BE NOTABLE. SOMETIMES, YOU

KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SUDDENLY NOTICE, MAN, JANET, I'M NOT

SAYING YOU GOT IT, BUT JANET GOT A NEW CAR. OH, WOW,

NICE, JANET GOT A NEW VEHICLE. WOW, HOW DID, WELL,

SHE MIGHT BE WALKING IN A HARVEST THAT SHE SOWED A

LONG TIME AGO. NOBODY KNEW. NOBODY KNEW. IF SHE WAS

SITTING THERE SOWING FOR A CAR AND BELIEVING GOD AND

HAD IT ON HER PRAYER LIST AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY

IT MANIFESTS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY DON'T GET

CRITICAL OF SOMEBODY'S BLESSING. "WELL, HOW CAN

THEY HAVE A NEW CAR? YOU KNOW, HOW COME THEY HAVE

THAT? HOW COME THEY HAVE THAT BLESSING?" WELL, I

ALWAYS SAY, YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE SEEDS THAT THEY

SOWED AND CLAIMED. IN FACT, MOST OF THE SEEDS OF HARVEST

THAT PASTOR AND I HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS WERE

YEARS AFTER. I'M TELLING YOU, THEY WERE YEARS LATER.

WE DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE, I MEAN, A FEW OF THEM WE SAW

IN A MOMENT. THEY JUST CAME RIGHT UP. AND YOU KNOW, WE

SOWED, I TOLD YOU THE STORY WHERE WE WERE AT A MEETING,

MANY, MANY, THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO, MATTHEW WAS A

BABY. AND PASTOR CHRISTY, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS,

A LOT OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS STORY, BUT I'LL SAY IT

AGAIN. AND WE WERE AT A MEETING, IT WAS A MINISTER'S

CONFERENCE, AND IT WAS OFFERING TIME AND

EVERYBODY'S GIVING AND WE HAD LIKE JUST A LITTLE MONEY

IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT AND WE HAD $357 TO OUR NAME. AND

THAT SEEMED LIKE A LOT BACK THEN, BUT OUR RENT WAS 700

BUCKS AND I WAS LIKE, LORD. AND I'M IN THERE AND I HEARD

THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY, "EMPTY YOUR ACCOUNT AND SOW IT."

AND I THOUGHT, AND SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AND SO I

THOUGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT TO CHECK WITH MY HUSBAND, LORD.

SO I LEANED OVER AND I SAID, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD SAID,

HE SAID, "THE LORD SAID, EMPTY IT AND WRITE A CHECK

FOR 357 BUCKS." THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOME CHANGE IN

THERE. I SAID, "WE'RE GONNA DO IT?" HE SAID, "YEAH,

WE'RE GONNA DO IT. WE'RE GONNA DO IT. I MEAN, FIRST

WE BOUND IT, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA DO IT. YEAH, WE'RE

DOING THAT. NOW, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL THE WAY IN

CALIFORNIA. PASTOR CHRISSY WAS BACK HOME. SO WAS IT

THAT NIGHT OR THE NEXT DAY THAT WE CALLED YOU? OR THE

NEXT DAY, AND I DON'T EVEN THINK WE HAD CELL PHONES

THEN. I THINK WE HAD TO USE THE HOTEL PHONE. OOH, WHO

DOES THAT ANYMORE? AND ANYWAY, AND YOU HAD TO PUT

PLUS 9 AND THEY CHARGE YOU. ANYWAY, WE GOT ON

THE PHONE AND SHE SAYS, "YOU GOT THIS ENVELOPE FROM

SOMEBODY, IT'S A BUSINESS PERSON." AND SO WE SAID,

"WELL, OPEN IT. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE." AND

INSIDE IS A CHECK FOR $3,300. NOW THIS BUSINESS

PERSON, AND I THINK IT WAS MAYBE THE NEXT DAY, NOW GOD

KNEW THAT THING WAS ALREADY COMING IN THE MAIL, BUT HE

WAS TESTING OUR FAITH. ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE ME? AND

ARE YOU GOING TO SOW? NOW, NOBODY KNEW EXCEPT FOR THE

ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AT THAT CHURCH THAT WE SOWED

THAT SEED. AND THAT BUSINESS PERSON SAID, GOD TELLS ME

THAT I AM SUPPOSED TO SOW INTO YOUR MINISTRY. WE WERE

JUST FLEDGLING MINISTERS, WE WERE JUST STARTING. HE SAID,

AND WE WERE BELIEVED THAT THE LORD HAD CALLED US TO

TRAVEL AND PREACH. AND HE SAID, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD

SAID, I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU $3,300 A MONTH. I MEAN,

WE WERE SO BROKE, WE KNEW HOW TO SPELL THE WORD

FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS. I SAID, HE SAID, 3,300 A

MONTH, THE LORD TOLD ME TO GIVE THAT AND BUY YOU A

HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY SO THAT YOU COULD RAISE YOUR

SON AND YOU COULD GO ON THE ROAD AND PREACH AND NOT

WORRY ABOUT MONEY. NOW I'M TELLING YOU, GOD ASKED US TO

SOW A SEED THAT NOBODY KNEW. AND OUT OF THAT, WE WERE

ABLE TO GET A BRAND NEW CAR AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT, I

MEAN, OUR LIFE CHANGED. AND IT WAS A DYNAMIC TURNAROUND.

NOW, ANYBODY COULD LOOK AT THAT AND GO, WELL, HOW DID

THAT HAPPEN TO YOU? YOU AREN'T YOU THOSE PEOPLE

THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD NOTHING, YOU COULD NEVER,

YOU COULDN'T EVEN GO OUT TO EAT, YOU CAN'T EVEN BUY

MCDONALD'S, YOU CAN'T DO, BUT NOBODY KNEW THAT THAT

WAS THE SEED THAT WE SOWED SECRET. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT

THAT. SEE, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, REJOICE IN SOMEONE'S

SEED BECAUSE THEY MIGHT, OR SOMEONE'S HARVEST. IF THEY

HAVE A HARVEST, REJOICE IN IT BECAUSE YOURS IS ON THE

WAY. IF YOU'VE BEEN SOWING, IT'S ON THE WAY.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

OKAY, GOD IS FAITHFUL. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE.

HE'LL BE FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD. OKAY, LET'S READ THE

REST OF THIS AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE. I GOTTA LET THE OVEN

PREHEAT, SO I GOTTA GO A LITTLE LONGER. ALL RIGHT. IF

ANY MAN, WATCH THIS, VERSE 23, "IF ANY MAN HAS EARS TO

HEAR IT, LET HIM LISTEN CAREFULLY." OKAY, IF YOU

HAVE EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR. NOW, HE'S NOT SAYING

JUST HEAR THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. HE'S SAYING, IF

SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE COMING TO YOU, TURN ON A SPIRITUAL

EAR, OKAY? AND HE SAID TO THEM, "TAKE HEED," WATCH

THIS. THIS IS WHY I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA SOMETIMES NEEDS

TO BE SET ASIDE. I MEAN, UNLESS YOU'RE WATCHING LORD

OF HOSTS AND YOU'RE AN E-MEMBER, THEN YOU COME ON.

BUT ARREST, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL. I CALL IT THE

DEMONIC SCROLL. THE DEVIL'S JUST FEEDING US WHILE WE

SCROLL SOMETIMES. AND HE'LL HELP YOU SPEND MONEY ON

STUFF YOU DON'T NEED ON INSTAGRAM. I MEAN, I'VE

ORDERED SOME DUMB STUFF. I SAW THIS ONE THING, OH, THIS

FRANKINCENSE OIL WILL DO ALL THIS STUFF. AND I THOUGHT, I

NEED SOME FRANKINCENSE OIL. I CLICKED ON THAT WEBSITE,

AND THEY SENT ME 9 BOTTLES OF THAT. AND I THOUGHT, NOW

HOW IN THE WORLD DID I GET? WELL, IT SAID IF YOU ORDER

ONE, IT AUTOMATICALLY HAD THE BOX CHECKED. SEE, THIS

IS WHAT THEY DO TO YOU. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

YOU'RE ON A MEMBERSHIP. ANYBODY EVER BEEN THERE? I'M

LIKE, I GOT 9 BOTTLES OF FRANKINCENSE OIL. THEY'LL BE

OUT IN THE FOYER ON SUNDAY. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, I

DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THOSE. AND I'M LIKE, AND HERE'S THE

THING, OH MY LORD. I GOT IT IN THE MAIL, THE PASTOR'S

LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD? I'M LIKE, IT'S FRANKINCENSE. I

COULDN'T, I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHY IN THE WORLD I

ORDERED IT. I HAD TO GO ON INTERNET AND FIGURE OUT GOOD

USES FOR FRANKINCENSE. I'M LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD,

DO YOU WEAR IT? YOU PUT IT ON YOUR FEET, I

FORGOT WHAT IT WAS FOR. AT SOME POINT, OH BOY.

OH LORD, HELP US WITH THE INTERNET, WE NEED TO

GROW. BUT YOU KNOW, IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO SPEND MONEY, DO

ALL THE WRONG THINGS, RIGHT? SO TAKE HEED, THAT'S THE

POINT, WHAT YOU HEAR. OH LORD, WE NEED TO FINISH, THE

OVEN'S PREHEATED NOW. TAKE HEED WHAT YOU HEAR AND WATCH

THIS, WITH THE MEASURE THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. OKAY, YOU

MIGHT GET 9 BOTTLES. THE MEASURE, COME ON, WHAT YOU

PUT, OH, HOLY SPIRIT, COME BACK. I MEAN, I'M HOLDING

THAT BOX. WITH THE MEASURE THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. BY THE

WAY, PASTOR CHRISTY, I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU SOME

FRANKINCENSE, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

OH, LORDY, I'LL BRING IT TOMORROW. WITH THE MEASURE

THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. COME ON, IF YOU LEAN IN HARD TO

IT, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, YOU'RE GONNA RECEIVE THE

RESULTS. HEY, YOU LISTEN TO STUPID NEWS TOO MUCH, THE

MEASURE YOU MEET, THAT'S WHAT'S COMING BACK TO YOU.

FEAR AND ANXIETY, OKAY, THE MEASURE OF THE SCROLL, OKAY?

YOU MAY END UP WITH 9 BOTTLES OF SOMETHING YOU

DON'T NEED. AND HE SAID, SO THE MEASURE YOU PUT IN,

THAT'S HOW IT'S COMING BACK, GOOD OR BAD, PLAIN AND

SIMPLE. AND UNTO YOU THAT HEAR THAT GOOD WORD, THAT

GOOD SEED SHALL MORE BE GIVEN. I USED TO THINK,

WELL, THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE, LORD. 'CAUSE JESUS GOES ON

IN VERSE 25, HE SAYS, FOR HIM THAT HAS, OR ALREADY

HAS, TO HIM SHALL BE GIVEN. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT YOU

ALREADY HAVE POSSESSED IN YOUR SPIRIT BY WAY OF SEED.

IF YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT, YOU CULTIVATE IT, YOU WORK

IT. COME ON, THAT'S WHY DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR

HEALING. IF YOU WORK IT, IF YOU STAY AFTER THAT, YOU SOW

THAT SEED, SPEND MORE TIME READING HEALING SCRIPTURES

THAN INSTAGRAM SCROLLING, AMEN, RIGHT? SHALL MORE BE

GIVEN. FOR TO HIM THAT HAS SHALL BE GIVEN, AND HIM THAT

DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING, IT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY, EVEN

THAT WHICH HE HAS. THIS IS ALL BASED ON HEARING AND

RECEIVING. THIS IS ALL SEED AND HARVEST. NOW LET ME READ

THE LAST OF IT, WE'LL CLOSE UP WITH THIS. AND HE SAID,

SO IS THIS KINGDOM OF GOD. THE SAME PRINCIPLE IS THE

KINGDOM. AS IF A MAN SHOULD CAST SEED IN THE GROUND, THE

WHOLE KINGDOM IS SEED AND HARVEST. EVERYTHING, OKAY?

SOW IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AS IF SOMEONE SHOULD CAST

SEED IN THE GROUND, SHOULD SLEEP AND RISE NIGHT AND

DAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY HARVESTS SOMETIMES WORK THE

WAY THEY DO. OKAY? SOMETIMES THEY JUST DO. HE SAID, HE

DOESN'T KNOW HOW IT GROWS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, IT'S

UP TO GOD TO BRING THE HARVEST. IT'S US TO SOW THE

SEEDS, TO SOW THE RIGHT SEEDS, TO SOW THE RIGHT

WORDS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU DEAL

WITH YOUR PRODIGAL IS QUIT SEWING LECTURES INTO THEM

AND JUST PRAY FOR THEM. OKAY, LET GOD TALK TO THEM.

SOMETIMES AGAIN, GOD CAN'T GET A WORD IN BECAUSE OF OUR

JABBING. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE

HARVEST, BUT IT GROWS UP OVERNIGHT. HE DOESN'T KNOW

HOW FOR THE EARTH BRINGS FORTH FRUIT OF HERSELF,

FIRST THE BLADE, THE EAR, THE FULL CORN IN THE EAR,

EVENTUALLY HARVEST COMES. BUT WHEN THE FRUIT IS

BROUGHT FORTH IMMEDIATELY, HE PUTS IN THE SICKLE

BECAUSE THE HARVEST HAS COME. VERSE 30, AND WHERE

SHOULD WE LIKEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD? OR WHAT COMPARISON

SHALL WE COMPARE IT? NOW I COULD TEACH A WHOLE THING ON

VERSE 31. JESUS SAID IT'S LIKE A GRAIN OF A MUSTARD

SEED. I USED TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY, "OH, IT ONLY TAKES JUST

A TINY BIT OF FAITH." "OH, IT'S JUST A LITTLE GRAIN OF

MUSTARD SEED." NO, THE SEED IS THE BEGINNING. YOU DON'T

EAT THE MUSTARD SEED. OKAY, IT'S LIKE A GRAIN OF A

MUSTARD SEED, IT STARTS. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE GRAIN OF

A MUSTARD SEED THAT WHEN IT IS SOWN, SO YOU HAVE TO DO

SOMETHING WITH IT, RIGHT? IT MAY START OUT AND LOOK LIKE

NOTHING. THAT GIFT YOU GAVE, THAT THING YOU DID, THAT

$100 VISA GIFT CARD, IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING, BUT

SOMEWHERE A HARVEST IS GONNA COME. AND WHEN IT GROWS, YOU

KNOW, THIS WAS THE THING THAT JESUS SAID, YOU CAN

STAND TO YOUR FEET, I'LL CLOSE NOW, OFFICIALLY. THE

OVEN IS DEFINITELY HOT ENOUGH. JESUS, WHEN THEY

COULDN'T CAST THE DEMON OUT OF THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS

DEMON POSSESSED IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 17, YOU REMEMBER

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THAT? AND THEY SAID, "WELL, LORD, WHY COULDN'T WE CAST

IT OUT?" AND HE SAID, "BECAUSE OF YOUR UNBELIEF,

FOR IF YOU HAD FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED." THE

KEY THERE IS FAITH LIKE A GRAIN. IN OTHER WORDS,

THAT'S A SEED. YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE SEED. YOU

KNOW, WHEN WE GET UP HERE AND PREACH OR A PASTOR SAYS

SOMETHING OR YOU GET HANDS LAID ON YOU IN CHURCH,

THAT'S THE SEED, THAT'S THE START. THIS IS THE KINGDOM.

AND SO IT'S OUR JOB, IF WE WANT A GOOD HARVEST, TO

CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE THE RIGHT THINGS SO WE RECEIVE

THAT HARVEST. CULTIVATE IT IN OUR FAMILY. YOU KNOW, IF

YOU SOW LOVE INTO YOUR LOVED ONES ENOUGH, "WELL, LORD,

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW MY HUSBAND. HE'S DOING ALL THIS

AND THAT, AND HE'S THIS AND SAID THAT." YEAH, BUT YOU

KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DIDN'T SLAP BACK AND SOW

THE RIGHT SEEDS? YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED THE HARVEST

THAT COULD COME. SO THE KEY IS, IS SOW, RECEIVE, SOW THE

RIGHT SEED. AND JESUS SAID, EVENTUALLY THAT LITTLE GRAIN

IS GONNA GET SO BIG, IT'LL DROWN OUT EVERYTHING ELSE.

THAT HARVEST WILL GET SO LARGE. LAST THING I'LL SAY,

WE STARTED THIS CHURCH, I MEAN, I WAS TELLING

SOMEBODY, IN FACT, IT WAS PASTOR MARK, WE WERE TALKING

ON THE PHONE ABOUT HOW GOD GETS YOU FROM ONE PLACE TO

ANOTHER, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE NEVER

THOUGHT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WE RENTED THAT LITTLE BAY

HERE IN THE MILLARD PLAZA, IT WAS SMALL. WE THOUGHT,

WELL, NOBODY WOULD COME HERE, IT WAS THE WORST, HOW

WOULD THEY EVEN KNOW ABOUT US? WE DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET,

NOBODY HAD, THERE WAS NO SOCIAL MEDIA, OKAY? PAUL AND

KAMALA CAME AT THOSE YEARS, RACHEL WAS THERE. RACHEL

KNEW US BEFORE. AND HERE WE HAVE THIS LITTLE TINY THING

AND WE JUST KEPT SEWING. I STOOD OUT IN FRONT OF THIS

CHURCH AND PAINTED THE FIRST CHURCH SIGN IN THE PARKING

LOT OUT HERE. THEY HAD A LEFTOVER SIGN UP THERE. I

ASKED A CONTRACTOR, I SAID, "CAN YOU GET THAT DOWN? "I

WANNA PAINT THAT. "AND I'M GONNA WRITE LORD OF HOSTS ON

IT." I SURELY DID IT. AND IT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD TOO FOR

HAND PAINTING. I DID USE A PROJECTOR. REMEMBER THOSE

THINGS? BUT THE KEY IS YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP SOWING

THE RIGHT SEEDS. AND EVENTUALLY A HARVEST TIME

WILL COME. DON'T EVER FORGET THAT. EVERYTHING IN THIS

LIFE, NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE, IS BASED ON A SEED

PRINCIPLE. GET THE RIGHT HARVEST. GET THE KINGDOM

HARVEST. JESUS PROMISED IT IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. I LOVE

YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS YOU. DID YOU GET SOMETHING FROM THAT?

ALL RIGHT, WELL, LOVE ON SOMEBODY, GO HOME

AND SOW SOME SEEDS IN YOUR STOMACH OF SOME GOOD

FOOD. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA

EAT, BUT I'M ABOUT TO. LOVE Y'ALL, BYE-BYE.

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