Sermon
05/03/26 Pastor Hank Kunneman
Publisher transcript
Transcript
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(MUSIC)
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COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS
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MORNING. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD, AMEN.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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HALLELUJAH. WE WORSHIP YOU, AND WE STAND IN ABSOLUTE
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ADORATION TO YOU, OUR GOD. AND LORD, I CAN FEEL YOUR
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PRESENCE HERE THIS MORNING. YES, LORD. AND SOMEHOW I SEE
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IN MY HEART THAT YOU ARE STANDING OVER THIS
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CONGREGATION TODAY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING.
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AND I CAN SEE YOUR ARMS LIKE THIS TOWARDS YOUR PEOPLE.
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YES, LORD. AS IF TO BLESS. AND LORD, IN RETURN, WE LIFT
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OUR ARMS TO YOU. YES, LORD JESUS. TO BLESS YOU, TO LOVE
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YOU, AND TO HONOR YOU, AND TO WELCOME YOU IN THIS
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PLACE. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID. AMEN.
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AMEN. MAN, I FEEL HIS PRESENCE IS MESSING WITH ME.
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WELL GOOD MORNING. I ACTUALLY HEARD, I MEAN, I
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DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY QUIET SECTION. NO. WE'RE A
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LIVELY GROUP. HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN COMING IN DURING THE
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WEEK AND PRACTICING OR WHAT YEAH. WELL ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD
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TO BE BACK. WE WERE ON A LITTLE, WELL, WE WERE ON A
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BIRTHDAY BREAK. YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. PASTOR BRENDA. AND I
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HEARD THAT PASTOR CHRISTY, WHERE'D SHE GO TORE IT UP.
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HOW MANY WERE HERE FOR THAT WASN'T THAT WONDERFUL
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YES, IT WAS GOOD. BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN
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THE HOUSE. AND I HEARD WE HAD QUITE A FEW VISITORS
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HERE TODAY AS WELL. HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU'RE
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VISITING FROM SOMEPLACE BESIDES IOWA, SOUTH DAKOTA,
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KANSAS, MISSOURI NO, I'M JUST TEASING. IS THERE
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ANYBODY I DON'T KNOW. IF YOU'RE FROM KANSAS OR
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SOMEWHERE, IOWA'S FINE. ANYBODY OUT OF TOWN WHERE
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ARE YOU FROM COLORADO, WELCOME. HOW ABOUT YOU YOU
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HAD YOUR HAND UP RIGHT THERE. WHERE ARE YOU ALL
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FROM WHERE CZECH REPUBLIC. WOW. WELCOME. OH, MY
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GOODNESS. I HOPE WE GET TO MEET YOU AFTER. THAT'LL BE
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SO SPECIAL. ANYBODY ELSE YES, RIGHT THERE. ALASKA,
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WISCONSIN. OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID ALASKA. I WAS LIKE,
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THERE'S ALASKA AND WISCONSIN. ALL RIGHT,
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SOMEBODY ELSE. WHERE ARE YOU AT YES. NORTH CAROLINA.
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NORTH CAROLINA, WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, WELCOME. ARE YOU A
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TAR HEEL FAN OR DUKE BOTH DON'T SAY TAR HEELS. THAT'S
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MATT'S TEAM. OK, ANYBODY ELSE THERE'S ONE UP THERE.
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YES, WHERE ARE YOU FROM SOUTH AFRICA. YOU KNOW, I
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LOVE THE SOUTH AFRICAN WHAT'S THAT I LOVE SOUTH
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AFRICAN ACCENT. WAY UP AT THE TOP. YES, WHERE ARE YOU
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FROM HEY, WELCOME FROM PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
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ARE YOU A MIGHTY STEELER FAN HOW ABOUT THE PACKERS NO.
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OKAY. WHERE ARE YOU FROM OH, YOU'RE A PACKER FAN. ALL
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RIGHT. HOW MANY PACKER FANS ARE THERE HOW MANY DON'T
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CARE FANS ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WANT TO DO THIS. I'M A FAN
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OF THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY AS WELL, OUR
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E-MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE
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WORLD. PUT IN THE COMMENTS WHERE YOU'RE FROM, AND
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IT'S ALWAYS SO I LOVE TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE
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WATCHING FROM AND I AM JUST AMAZED. IT'S AWESOME.
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AND I LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
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WE JUST ALWAYS WANT TO DO IS BRING OUR ONLINE
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CAMPUS IN TO MAKE YOU FEEL PART OF THE SERVICE
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AND THAT YOU'LL FEEL THE ANOINTING JUST LIKE
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ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. AND WE ARE KIND
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OF EXCITED TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING
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TO CELEBRATE SOMEBODY'S 60TH BIRTHDAY.
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(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
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WHICH, OKAY, TECHNICALLY HIS BIRTHDAY IS NEXT SUNDAY, BUT
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WE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH MOTHER'S
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DAY. SO, YOU KNOW. WELL, I DID 'CAUSE I WAS BORN ON
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MOTHER'S DAY. HE WAS. NO, HIS MOM SAID OH, NO, I
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WASN'T BORN ON MOTHER'S DAY. MY BIRTHDAY FALLS ON
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MOTHER'S DAY. IT TENDS TO FALL ON MOTHER'S DAY. BUT
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO ALL GO
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OUTSIDE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PIZZA AND THERE'S FOOD
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TRUCKS. WELL, THANK YOU. AND LET YOU, YOU KNOW, ONE OF
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THE THINGS I KNOW YOU DO LIKE TO DO IS GREET PEOPLE.
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I DO. GET TO SAY HELLO. SO, BUT YOU'RE PREACHING ON YOUR
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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TODAY. TELL US WHAT YOU'RE
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PREACHING. OH, ALL RIGHT. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
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WATCHING AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY. SO I'M
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GOING TO CONTINUE ON RENAISSANCE AND I HAVE SEEN
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A PATTERN IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 9 THAT IS THERE AND IT'S
Matthew 9 chapter mention
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REALLY WHERE WE'RE HEADING. IT'S REVIVAL, AWAKENING,
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IT'S REFORM, AND IT'S RENAISSANCE, THE NEW. SO I
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WANNA ROLL THAT OUT TODAY. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY
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EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I REALLY AM EXCITED TO MEET
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YOU TODAY. MAN, IT'LL BE GREAT IF YOU COULD HANG OUT
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FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND WHERE I CAN AT LEAST SAY HELLO TO
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YOU. AND WE GOT GOOD WEATHER FOR IT TOO. SO IT'S GONNA BE
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AMAZING. AND I WANNA SAY THIS, THANKS FOR ALL THE
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HARD WORK. I ROLLED IN HERE TODAY AND I SAW THESE TENTS
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AND THEY SAID, "PASTOR, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SING",
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SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING SOME OF MY SONGS
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WITH YOU." ALL RIGHT, BUT HEY, BEFORE WE WORSHIP, I
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GOTTA TELL YOU THIS. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE YOU'RE
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WAITING FOR FOOTBALL SEASON SO THERE'S NOT A LOT TO
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WATCH SO, YOU KNOW, THE KENTUCKY DERBY WAS ON, SO
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THERE WAS KIND OF STUFF ABOUT ANIMALS AND HORSES.
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BUT I WATCHED SHOWS ABOUT THE OCEAN, BRENDA. AND I
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DISCOVERED SOMETHING, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
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WATCHING THAT, I NEVER KNEW BEFORE ABOUT WHALES AND
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DOLPHINS. YOU KNOW HOW THEY HAVE THAT AIR THAT COMES OUT
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OF THE BACK YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS THAT'S THEM
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SNEEZING. AND THEY'RE SALT WATER, BUT WHENEVER THEY GET
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AROUND PEPPER IN THE WATER WITH THE SALT, IT MAKES THEM
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SNEEZE, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE. I JUST I DON'T WANT TO
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TOO MUCH PEPPER IN THE WATER, THE DOLPHINS AND THE
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WHALES CAN'T HANDLE IT, SO THEY SNEEZE. NOTE TO SELF.
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THAT WAS ONE OF THE WORST ONES I'VE EVER TOLD, MAN.
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NONE OF YOU THAT ARE VISITING OR ANYTHING ELSE,
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YOU'RE LIKE, "I DON'T WANNA MEET THAT GUY." THAT'S OKAY,
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SO WE'LL NEVER PUT PEPPER IN THE OCEAN, OKAY I'LL
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REMEMBER THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO. I'M READY TO
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WORSHIP. OH, WE GOT COMMUNION TODAY TOO. YES, IT
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IS COMMUNION SUNDAY, SO THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, GET
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YOUR ELEMENTS READY, AMEN ALL RIGHT, THROW THOSE HANDS
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UP TO HEAVEN. SAY, "LORD JESUS, IT IS GONNA BE AN
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AMAZING DAY IN THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP. LORD, FILL THIS
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ROOM. TOUCH MY LIFE. LET THE ANOINTING DESTROY EVERY
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YOKE AND UNDO EVERY HEAVY BURDEN. AND LORD, I PROMISE
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TO GIVE YOU," YOU READY "MY VERY BEST PRAISE."
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COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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COME ON LET'S GIVE HIM PRAISE THIS MORNING.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD. THERE’S NOBODY
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LIKE YOU. YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD. THERE'S NOBODY
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LIKE YOU. THERE'S NOBODY LIKE YOU. THERE’S NOBODY LIKE
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YOU. THERE’S NOBODY LIKE YOU, JESUS. OH, JESUS,
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COME ON, SAY THE NAME, BUT IT'S ABOVE EVERY OTHER
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NAME. THE NAME OF JESUS IS HIGHLY EXALTED THE LAMB UPON
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THE THRONE IS WORTHY. THE LAMB UPON THE THRONE.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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NOTHING COMPARES. THERE’S NOBODY ELSE. THERE’S NOBODY
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ELSE. THERE’S NOBODY. THERE’S NOBODY.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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THE LORD GOD, WE HONOR YOU. THE FEAR OF YOU IS IN OUR
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HEART. THE AWE, THE ADORATION OF YOUR MAJESTY IS
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IN OUR HEARTS. WE COME BEFORE YOUR PRESENCE, BOWING
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OUR HEART AND OUR SPIRITS BEFORE YOU. OUR EYES ARE
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UPON YOUR EYES AND OUR HEARTS ARE LONGING FOR YOUR
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HEART, GOD. HOW WE HONOR YOU, OUR GOD, THE LIVING
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GOD. OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP
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YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE LIFT UP OUR ARMS.
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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MY MASTER AND MY SAVIOR, MY GOD AND MY KING, MY
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SPIRIT EXALTS YOU ON HIGH, AND I GIVE YOU THE
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EXALTATION, THE ADORATION THAT YOU DESERVE.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES )
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SUPREME KING AND GOD, WE HONOR YOU. WE STAND IN AWE
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AND FEAR OF YOU, THE HOLY GOD. BLESSED BE THY NAME. O
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KING, WE WORSHIP YOU. THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST SAID TO ME
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SOMETHING. AND HE GAVE ME AN EXAMPLE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
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THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. HE SPOKE
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IN JUST A QUICK MOMENT, THE STORY OF, HOW MANY REMEMBER
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KING HEZEKIAH AND THERE WAS A DECREE, AN ASSIGNMENT OVER
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HIS LIFE. BUT THE PROPHET ISAIAH COMES AND SAYS, "SET
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YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER." AND HE BEGINS TO PRONOUNCE THAT
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THERE WAS DEATH THAT WOULD COME TO HIM. BUT GOD STEPPED
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IN BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS OF THE MAN. AND SOMETIMES WHEN
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YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A TRIAL, IT'S NOT TIME TO TRY
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TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU DID WRONG, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
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RIGHT, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS WHAT HEZEKIAH DID. HE
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SAID A SIMPLE PRAYER THAT SAID, GOD, REMEMBER THE
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GOOD. SEE, THE ENEMY ALWAYS WANTS YOU WHEN YOU ARE UNDER
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A TRIAL OR A SITUATION TO GET INTO CONDEMNATION AND
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FOCUS ON YOURSELF. WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, WHAT
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YOU DID WRONG, WHAT YOU THINK YOU DID WRONG, WHAT
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THE ENEMY WANTS TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU DID WRONG. YET
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NONE OF THOSE THINGS MOVE GOD. WHAT MOVED GOD WAS WHEN
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THE MAN WAS HONEST WITH HIMSELF AND SAID, "GOD, YES,
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I MIGHT HAVE BLOWN IT, BUT SOMEWHERE IN ALL OF THE MESS
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AND THE MUD AND THE CRUD AND THE SLIME AND THE GRIME,
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SOMEHOW YOU SAW THE GOOD OF THIS MAN. THAT'S WHY WHEN
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THE PROPHET SAMUEL COMES TO THE HOUSE OF JESSE AND HE'S
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ANOINTING ALL OF THE SONS, GOD HAS TO STOP THE PROPHET
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AND SAY, "HEY PROPHET, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
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OUTWARD, BUT I, GOD, KNOWS THE HEART OF MAN." AND ONLY
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YOU AND GOD KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR HEART, BUT
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HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED. BECAUSE HE TOOK A MOMENT AND
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HE SAID, "REMEMBER THE GOOD THAT I HAVE DONE." GOD
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BROUGHT A DIVINE REVERSAL. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE NEEDING,
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MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF DIAGNOSIS, MAYBE THERE'S
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SOME KIND OF REPORT, MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF, REALLY
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A SEASON THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH. WE'RE IN
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RENAISSANCE, WE'RE IN THE SEASON OF NEW, AND YOU NEED
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A DIVINE REVERSAL. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT PASTOR
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HANK CAN PRAY YOUR WAY OUT. SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOTTA STAND
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IN THE MOMENT LIKE THIS, AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WHERE
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YOU SAY, FIRST OF ALL, IF I'VE SINNED, PSALM 103 SAYS,
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THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR
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INIQUITIES. THEN HE HEALS YOU OF YOUR DISEASES. HE
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REDEEMS YOUR LIFE FROM DESTRUCTION AND CROWNS YOU
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WITH TENDER MERCY AND LOVING KINDNESS. SO I WANT YOU IN
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THIS MOMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PLAY, AND
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THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION, BUT I WANT
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YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT, IF YOU'RE IN A CHALLENGE AND
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YOU NEED A DIVINE REVERSAL, AND I FEEL THAT FOR SOMEBODY
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THAT'S WATCHING EVEN ONLINE, YOU'RE SAYING, MAN, I NEED
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SOMETHING TO TURN IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE
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TRIALS THAT I'M IN. I WANT YOU TO STAND IN THIS MOMENT
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AND SAY, GOD, REMEMBER THE GOOD THAT I'VE DONE. NOT
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THAT IT'S ABOUT YOUR WORKS, NOT ABOUT YOUR
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RIGHTEOUSNESS, IT'S FILTHY RIGHTS. BUT THERE ARE
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MOMENTS WHERE GOD, HE LONGS TO BE REMINDED OF THE GOOD
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THAT HE'S DONE. SOMETIMES HE WANTS US TO ALSO REMIND HIM
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OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN HONOR TO HIM AND TO
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OTHERS. LET'S BEGIN TO PLAY AND TAKE A FEW MOMENTS JUST
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TO REFLECT WITH GOD. AND THEN I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU,
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AND WE'RE GONNA ASK GOD FOR DIVINE REVERSAL OF WHATEVER
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IT IS THAT YOU'RE FACING. IS THAT FAIR THAT'S WHAT I FEEL
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FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD TODAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S
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WORSHIP HIM. NOW LET HIM BE YOUR FOCUS, AND THEN WHISPER
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UNDERNEATH YOUR BREATH THAT THE MOMENT THAT YOUR HEART
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FEELS THAT RELEASE, TO ASK GOD TO REMEMBER THE
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HONOR THAT YOU HAVE WALKED IN, THE GOOD THAT
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YOU HAVE DONE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S WORSHIP HIM.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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WE SING TO OUR KING, WORTHY, WORTHY, WORTHY ARE YOU, LAMB
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OF GOD. WORTHY, YOU'RE SO WORTHY. SO WORTHY ARE YOU,
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OH GOD, OH GOD, OUR KING. GOD, WORSHIP HIM, WORSHIP
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HIM, WORSHIP HIM, WORSHIP HIM. WORTHY, WORTHY
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KING. WORTHY, EXALTED ONE. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR
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HEARTS AND YOUR VOICE TO GOD. WORTHY,
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SO WORTHY, WORTHY, WORTHY, WORTHY.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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SO WORTHY ARE YOU OUR GOD OUR GOD OUR KING. FIRST AND
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FOREMOST, AS WE'RE IN THIS MOMENT, WE BRING OURSELF IN
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REMEMBRANCE OF THE GOOD THAT YOU HAVE DONE. WHERE YOU,
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THE WORD, BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US. WHERE THE
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JOY SET BEFORE YOU, YOU ENDURED THE CROSS. WHERE YOU
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WERE LIFTED UP, CRUCIFIED. AND YOU DREW ALL MEN UNTO
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THYSELF. AND YOU CARRIED YOUR OWN BLOOD THAT YOU
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SACRIFICED UPON THAT CROSS INTO THAT HOLY PLACE, NOT
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THE BLOOD OF BULLS OR GOATS OR CALVES, BUT YOUR OWN BLOOD.
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AND YOU SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER.
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AND WE REMEMBER. AND IT'S WHY YOU HAVE A NAME WRITTEN
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AND DECLARED ABOVE ALL NAMES. YOU ARE YESHUA. YOU
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ARE GOD, OUR GOD, THE GOD, AND YOU RULE OVER ALL
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THINGS. AND WE LOVE YOU. NOW AS WE STAND IN THIS MOMENT
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WHERE WE'VE HONORED YOU, I ASK YOU TO LOOK UPON THE
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PEOPLE, YOUR PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN,
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THAT YOU'VE ENTRUSTED TO THIS VOICE, TO THIS
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MINISTRY. AND I PRAY AS AN INTERCESSOR ON THEIR BEHALF,
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AND I ASK YOU THIS DAY TO REMEMBER THE GOOD THAT THEY
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HAVE DONE. I ASK YOU TO REMOVE, O SPIRIT OF GOD, ANY
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CONDEMNATION, GUILT, PAINFUL MEMORIES, HURTS, SCARRING,
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STRUGGLES. I ASK FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION TO COME NOW AND
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A DIVINE REVERSAL. LORD, IF THEY NEED HEALING IN THEIR
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BODY, REVERSE THE SICKNESS AND CAUSE THEIR BODY TO BE
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MADE WELL. IF THEY HAVE HAD DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AND
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FEAR, I SPEAK A DIVINE REVERSAL AND LET PEACE COME
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AND JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY. IF THEY'VE HAD
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FINANCIAL, FATHER GOD, STRUGGLES, I PRAY FOR A
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DIVINE REVERSAL THAT YOU WILL SET THEM IN A PLACE AND
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A ROAD OF BLESSING AND PROSPERITY. WHERE THERE HAS
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BEEN WITCHCRAFT AND DIVINATION, IT IS BROKEN AND
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IT CANNOT AND WILL NOT EXACT UPON THEM. FOR THEY STAND
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NOT IN THE CURSE, BUT THEY WALK AND LIVE AND BREATHE IN
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THE BLESSING OF YOU AND THEIR COVENANT. AND I PRAY
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FOR IMMEDIATE MANIFESTATIONS AND I CALL FOR A SETTING
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BACK OF THE CLOCK, THAT THERE WILL BE DIVINE RESETS
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AND REVERSALS, AND THAT THEY WILL EMBRACE THE RENAISSANCE
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AND THE NEW SEASON THAT YOU HAVE PROMISED. AND THEY WILL
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TESTIFY AND THEY WILL SAY, "GOD IS A GOOD GOD," BECAUSE
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THEY WILL SEE IT. THEY WILL EXPERIENCE IT. AND THEY WILL
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SEE THAT THE HAND OF GOD HAS GOTTEN THEM VICTORY AFTER
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VICTORY. AND I SPEAK THIS OVER THEIR LIFE, THEIR BODY,
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THEIR HEALTH, THEIR FINANCES, THEIR FAMILY,
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THEIR MARRIAGES, THEIR CHILDREN. I SPEAK IT OVER
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ALL THAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO THEM. NOW LASTLY, LORD,
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AS WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, I PRAY, REMEMBER THE GOOD THAT
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DONALD TRUMP AND THIS NATION HAS DONE. WE ARE JUST A FEW
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MOMENTS AWAY FROM A DEDICATION, A REDEDICATION
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TO THE HONOR OF OUR GOD AND OUR KING TO THIS LAND. AND I
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PRAY FOR THE ENEMY WOULD DESIRE GREATLY TO BRING
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ABOUT THAT WHICH CAUSES SORROW AND MOURNING AND
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TERRORISTIC ACT TO DELAY AND TO DIVERT AND TO MAKE MEN
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FEAR THEM THAN GOD. BUT I SAY NAY TO THE WORKS OF
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DARKNESS AND TO THE ATTEMPTS OF THE EVIL ONE. AND I PRAY
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FOR THE RESTRAINING HAND OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO
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RESTRAIN THE HAND OF MAN AND DEMONS AND DEVILS. WHETHER
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IT BE OUR DEDICATION OR OUR 250TH YEAR, IT SHALL BE MET
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WITH CELEBRATION AND THE BREAKING AND THE DISMANTLING
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OF EVIL FORCES. AND REMEMBER THE GOOD WE HAVE DONE, I
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PRAY. HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE WITH THAT LORD, WE AGREE
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WITH THAT NOW IN THE NAME OF YESHUA.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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LET'S CONTINUE, MAN, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS ANOINTING. I
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COULD ALMOST PROPHESY, BUT WOW. THANK YOU, HOLY ONE. I
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WAS JUST PICKING SOMETHING UP HERE AS I WAS STANDING
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HERE. LET'S DO THIS. USHERS, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND
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BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE
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SEATED, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU
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CAN JOIN US. WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION,
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AND LET'S CONTINUE TO WORSHIP GOD. LET'S STAY IN
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AN ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP. PRAISE GOD, AND
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WE'LL COME AND WE'LL PARTAKE TOGETHER.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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OH GOD, YOU'RE HERE. TOUCH YOUR PEOPLE.
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BLESS THEM. THANK YOU, LORD. I WANT US TO TAKE THAT WHICH
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JESUS SAID, THIS IS HIS BODY, WHICH WAS GIVEN FOR
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US. WE'RE TO DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF HIM. ONE OF
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THE THINGS WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS IS SO
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IMPORTANT. IN EXODUS 12, IT SPEAKS OF THE FIRST PASSOVER
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WHERE THEY ATE THE LAMB. AND THEN YOU READ OVER IN THE
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BOOK OF PSALMS WHERE IT SAYS THAT GOD LED THEM OUT OF
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EGYPT WITH SILVER AND GOLD AND THERE WAS NOT, WATCH
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THIS, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, NOT ONE FEEBLE,
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NOT ONE WEAK, NOT ONE SICK. OLD PEOPLE HAD RENEWED
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YOUTH, THOSE THAT WERE SICK WERE INSTANTLY MADE WELL.
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HOW DID IT HAPPEN IT HAPPENED WHEN THEY ATE OF A
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PHYSICAL LAMB AT THE PASSOVER MEAL. TODAY, YOU'RE
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NOT EATING A PHYSICAL LAMB. YOU'RE EATING WHAT JESUS
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SAID, "THIS IS MY BODY." JOHN CHAPTER 6, THOSE OF YOU
John 6 chapter mention
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THAT ARE CONNECTING WITH US. AND HE SAID THIS IN JOHN 6,
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"IF YOU EAT MY FLESH AND YOU DRINK OF MY BLOOD," WATCH
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THIS, "YOU HAVE MY LIFE IN YOU." AND THAT LIFE THAT HE
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SAID WAS JOHN 10, LIFE, LIFE MORE ABUNDANT. HOW MANY WANT
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A MORE ABUNDANT LIFE IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR COVENANT
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RIGHTS. SO I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS AND SAY, "LORD, AS
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I RECEIVE OF YOUR BODY, "I AM NOT FEEBLE. "I AM THE
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HEALED OF THE LORD. "I AM THE BLESSED OF THE LORD. "IT
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IS WELL WITH ME. "EVERY CELL, EVERY FIBER, EVERY
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ORGAN, EVERY BONE, EVERY PARTICLE OF MY BODY, MY
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BLOOD, MY IMMUNE SYSTEM, RECEIVES THIS LIFE. AND I
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WILL LIVE LONG, I WILL LIVE STRONG, IN HEALTH, HEALING,
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WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND. I RECEIVE OF MY
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COVENANT RIGHT." AND THE SAME NIGHT, HE TOOK UP THE
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CUP AND HE SAID, THIS IS MY BLOOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S
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SOMEBODY HERE, MAYBE YOU'RE ALSO ONLINE, WHERE WHEN YOU
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DRINK OF THIS, THAT HE SAID IS HIS BLOOD, THAT GOD'S
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GONNA DO SOMETHING IN YOUR BLOOD. MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME
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KIND OF BLOOD CONDITION. MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A DOCTOR'S
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REPORT WITH SOME KIND OF BLOOD READING THAT MAYBE
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YOU'VE GOTTEN AFRAID, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE, AND I WANT
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YOU TO TESTIFY BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL THAT I'M HEARING
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FROM THE INSPIRATION OF THE LORD IN MY HEART AND TO YOU
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THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN
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SIGNIFICANT IN YOUR BLOOD BY WAY OF HEALTH AND WHOLENESS
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AND A RESETTING, THAT EVEN THE DOCTORS ARE GONNA BE
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AMAZED AND THEY'RE GONNA ASK FOR ANOTHER TEST BESIDES THE
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ONE THAT YOU GOT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY
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DIFFERENT. SO JUST BE OPEN AND WATCH GOD SHOW YOU THAT
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YOU'RE HEALED. WE DRINK TO THAT COVENANT RITE OF
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HEALTH, PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, LONG LIFE, AND
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ALL THE OTHER PRIVILEGES OF OUR COVENANT. THANK YOU,
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LORD. AMEN. AND WE'VE HAD A POWERFUL SERVICE SO FAR. WE
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WERE PRAYING, PASTOR BRENDA AND I, BEFORE WE HAVE YOU
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GREET ONE ANOTHER THIS MORNING, AND ONE THING THAT
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WE PRAYED IS, YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE PILLAR OF
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CLOUD BY DAY AND THE FIRE BY NIGHT IT WAS GOD'S IDEA. AND
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WE REMINDED HIM OF THAT. WE SAID, "LORD, THAT'S HOW MUCH
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YOU WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL, "SEE, EXPERIENCE YOUR
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PRESENCE." AND WE ASKED FOR HIM TO DO THAT TODAY, AND
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I THINK HE'S ANSWERED THAT, HASN'T HE SO, ALL
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RIGHT, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS WHY DON'T YOU
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RISE UP I WANT YOU TO STAND YOUR FEET. IF
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YOU CAN, BRING YOUR SHOES TO YOUR HANDS.
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(LAUGHING)
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THAT'S ONE WAY OF TOUCHING YOUR TOES, RIGHT ALL RIGHT,
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BUT I WANT YOU TO GREET ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE
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LORD, AND THEN SAY THIS, SAY, "I BET I KNOW, I BET I
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KNOW HOW MANY MORE DAYS "UNTIL THE 4TH OF JULY."
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(MUSIC)
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WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE
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BUILDING WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I
-
ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG
-
WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE
-
WAVE YOUR HAND. I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE
-
FOR YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S SOME
-
INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND HOME WITH YOU. IT'S IN A
-
PACKET THAT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF
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IT. SO I WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS INSIDE THERE.
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THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINISTRIES WE HAVE HERE
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AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY
-
CONNECTED CARD 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
-
WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS
-
MORNING. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK
-
LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV, OR RUMBLE, ANY OF
-
THOSE DEVICES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET TO
-
ONEVOICETV.NET, GET CONNECTED WITH US THERE
-
BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR BEST WAY TO NOT ONLY WATCH US
-
LIVE, WATCH US ARCHIVED, BUT ALSO WATCH ALL THESE OTHER
-
GREAT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE UP HERE, NEW LEVEL, DAILY
-
DECREE, GAME CHANGERS, AND MANY, MANY MORE FLASHPOINTS
-
OUT THERE AS WELL. SO BE SURE TO GET CONNECTED TO ONE
-
VOICE TV. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV
-
APP TO YOUR DEVICES. SO IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF
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OUR GUESTS HERE AN ONLINE HAND AS PASTOR BRENDA AND
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ALL RIGHT, DON'T LEAVE, DON'T LEAVE, 'CAUSE
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Y'ALL KNOW WHAT'S COMING, RIGHT THE MAN CELEBRATING A
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60TH BIRTHDAY, TECHNICALLY MAY 10TH, BUT, COME OVER
-
HERE, QUIT TRYING TO SIT IN THE SHADOWS. OH, NOW. COME
-
ON OVER. THE BIG 6-0. BIG 6-0, COME, COME, COME, COME.
-
YOU'RE TRYING TO EMBARRASS ME I KNOW, THAT'S WHAT
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EXACTLY WE INTEND TO DO. IT'S INTENTIONAL. MY
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BIRTHDAY'S NEXT WEEK, BUT IT'S GREAT. THAT'S
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OKAY, BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOU.
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(APPLAUSE)
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AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
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WE ARE 30 YEARS INTO THIS CHURCH, AND YOU'VE
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BEEN FAITHFUL. YOU'VE STAYED THE COURSE. YOU'VE BEEN
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MORAL. YOU'VE BEEN FULL OF FAITH. YOU'VE BEEN FILLED
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WITH THE WORD. YOU'VE STOOD FOR AMERICA WHEN IT WOULD
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HAVE BEEN EASY TO HIDE IN THE SHADOW. AND I JUST WANT
-
TO SAY WE'RE THANKFUL, ALL OF US, ME TOO, AND WE
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CELEBRATE YOU TODAY. WE CELEBRATE YOU.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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SO I THINK, OH, LOOK WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE. OH MY
-
GOODNESS. SOME LITTLE GOODIES. IS THAT A CAKE OR
-
WHAT IS THAT THERE IS A CAKE. I'M NOT GONNA EAT IT,
-
IT LOOKS TOO NICE. NOW THOSE OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHERE
-
YOU'VE BEEN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT PASTOR HANK IS A
-
HUGE MODEL RAILROADER. I AM. AND HAS BEEN. AND SO, THAT
-
LOOKS LIKE A UNION PACIFIC. SINCE I WAS 10. GET A
-
CLOSEUP. CAN THEY GET A CLOSEUP SO THE ONLINE... SO,
-
BRENDA, 50 YEARS I CELEBRATE UNION PACIFIC. THAT'S WHEN I
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GOT MY FIRST TRAIN, MOM. REMEMBER THAT THAT'S A CAKE.
-
WOW. I'M GOING TO PUT THAT IN A TIME CAPSULE AND HAVE
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THAT WHEN I'M 80. YEAH, RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL
-
SURVIVE, BUT WE'LL SEE. AND THEN YOU GOT SOME OTHER
-
LITTLE GOODIES OVER THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME
-
SHOES. SOME SHOES THOSE LOOK LIKE PENTECOSTAL PREACHING
-
SHOES IN THERE. NO ACTUALLY WHAT IT IS, IF YOU GUYS
-
NOTICE, NOW THAT I AM 60, I TOLD DOJI, I SAID, "BOOTS
-
AND I, I HAVE TO GO WITH KIND OF THE TENNIS SHOE LOOK
-
NOW." WE FEEL IT. WE FEEL IT. I FEEL IT. IT JUST FEELS
-
BETTER ON MY FEET. YEAH, I KNOW. THAT IS OKAY. WE STAND
-
A LONG TIME WHEN WE ARE UP HERE. BUT I THINK IT WOULD
-
BE IN ORDER. DO NOT YOU THINK WE SHOULD SING NO, YOU
-
CAN DO THAT NEXT WEEK. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
-
LET'S SING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
-
TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PASTOR HANK. HAPPY
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BIRTHDAY TO YOU. LET'S STRETCH OUR HANDS. HEAVENLY
-
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MAN OF GOD. 6 DECADES
-
OF LIFE, 3 DECADES OF, ALMOST 4 DECADES OF
-
MINISTRY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING THAT
-
CONTINUES TO GET STRONGER ON HIS LIFE. FATHER, EVERY
-
SUNDAY I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HIS PREACHING. WE'RE
-
SO GRATEFUL, WE'RE SO THANKFUL. SO FATHER, WE ASK
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THAT YOU BLESS HIM AS YOU ALREADY HAVE. STRENGTHEN HIS
-
BODY. WE PROPHESY LONG LIFE OVER HIM, 3 MORE DECADES
-
PLUS. FATHER, WE DECLARE IT, WE SPEAK IT, ACCORDING TO
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OUR ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. WE SAY IT'LL BE IN WHOLENESS
-
AND HEALTH AND STRENGTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WE ASK,
-
LORD, THAT YOU WOULD INCREASE HIS ANOINTING IN
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THE ASSIGNMENT WHEREWITH YOU HAVE CALLED HIM. AND WE
-
HONOR YOU AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER. BLESS HIM ON THIS
-
SPECIAL DAY, FATHER, AND THIS SPECIAL BIRTHDAY MONTH.
-
LET IT JUST BE FILLED WITH SURPRISES, AND WE THANK YOU
-
FOR IT, IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. COME ON, GIVE PASTOR
-
HANK A GREAT BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ALL RIGHT,
-
I LOVE YOU. LOVE YOU TOO. THANK YOU. MAN, THAT IS
-
HEARTWARMING. I ALWAYS LIKE TO SING TO OTHER PEOPLE, NOW
-
I KINDA KNOW WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT. AMEN, ALL
-
RIGHT, WELL GIVE HIM ONE MORE BIG HAND. THANK YOU
-
EVERYBODY, AND THANKS FOR THOSE THAT CAME FROM OUT OF
-
COUNTRY AND STATE AND EVERYTHING TO CELEBRATE
-
TODAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. PASTOR MATT COME, WE’RE
-
GONNA GET INTO OFFERING IN A FEW MOMENTS, BUT BEFORE WE
-
DO THAT, YOU HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT YOU
-
WANNA TALK ABOUT FOR JUST A COUPLE MINUTES THAT'S GOING
-
ON WITH THE OLD GAME CHANGERS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE
-
ANYTHING TO DO WITH BASEBALL, BUT JUST TELL US
-
WHAT IS HAPPENING. YEAH, SO I KNOW LAST WEEK, PASTOR
-
DOUG HAD SAID THAT GAME CHANGERS HAD GOTTEN A
-
CONTRACT WITH THE NCAA FOR THE CWS FOR US TO BE ON
-
GROUNDS AT THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE. SO
-
THAT ACTUALLY WAS SLIGHTLY A STEP OF FAITH THAT HE SAID
-
LAST WEEK, BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A CONTRACT
-
LAST WEEK, BUT I HAD TOLD HIM TO SAY THAT.
-
(LAUGHING)
-
SO WE'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA GET INTO
-
SOMETHING REAL QUICK, AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT.
-
BUT IT'S REALLY A TOTAL GOD THING, BECAUSE LAST YEAR, I
-
REMEMBER TELLING YOU GUYS, AND PA WAS UP HERE WITH ME,
-
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW THAT, IT'S PASTOR ANTHONY,
-
SORRY, I CALL HIM PA. AND WE WERE UP HERE AND WE
-
ANNOUNCED TO EVERYBODY THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD GOTTEN A
-
CONTRACT FOR THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE THROUGH THE
-
NCAA AND THAT WE WERE GONNA BE DOWN THERE. AND HOW IT
-
ALL KIND OF HAPPENED IS BOB PETTIGREW, WAVE YOUR HAND,
-
HIM AND MYSELF HAD GOT CONNECTED TO A CONTACT
-
THROUGH THE NCAA AND THE OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE AND
-
THEY WERE LIKE, MAN, WE REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS DO
-
WITH GAME CHANGERS AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE
-
YOU GUYS DOWN HERE. WELL, WE HAD GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM KIND
-
OF LAST MINUTE AND IT JUST, WE COULDN'T GET THE
-
NEGOTIATIONS TO WORK AND SO LAST YEAR WE LITERALLY LIKE
-
JUST MISSED BEING ABLE TO GO THERE DURING THAT TIME AND
-
SO WE WERE LIKE SUPER DISAPPOINTED 'CAUSE I'M
-
LIKE, WELL SHOOT, I TOLD THE WHOLE AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE
-
GONNA BE DOWN THERE. I'M LIKE, MAN, I WAS LIKE, PA,
-
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO SO WE ENDED UP NOT DOING IT. YOU
-
WERE SPEAKING BY FAITH. I WAS, WELL, FAST FORWARD, IN
-
2025, LATER, CLOSER TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. WELL,
-
IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, AND MOM, YOU KNOW THIS, DAD, YOU
-
KNOW THIS, THAT'S WHY DAD, THANK YOU FOR STANDING AND
-
WE CELEBRATE YOU ON YOUR 60TH, TRULY, WE REALLY DO.
-
AND THANK YOU NOT JUST FOR 60 YEARS THAT YOU'VE STOOD
-
AND 30 YEARS OF BEING A PASTOR OF THIS GREAT CHURCH,
-
BUT REALLY JUST ALMOST 33 YEARS BEING MY FATHER. AND
-
I'M VERY HONORED FOR THAT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I
-
ALWAYS TREASURE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE
-
WHEN THE MEDIA IS HITTING YOU LEFT AND RIGHT AND
-
THEY'VE UNFAIRLY ATTACKED THIS FAMILY, ATTACKED THIS
-
CHURCH FAMILY. AND REALLY, JONATHAN AND I, WE LEARNED
-
OUR TOUGHNESS FROM FOOTBALL, FROM FIGHTING, FROM LIFE IN
-
GENERAL BECAUSE OF YOU. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
-
THAT. SO ON THIS 60TH, YOU KNOW, HEY, AND I'M GONNA
-
TELL YOU ONE MORE THING TOO. WE GOT MORE PRESENTS COMING
-
FOR YOU. AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S
-
BETWEEN YOU AND ME, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
-
SO YEAH, SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE FIGHTING TOGETHER ON.
-
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW. BUT SO LAST YEAR, REALLY
-
AROUND THIS EXACT TIME, I WENT THROUGH THE HARDEST
-
SEASON IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING I
-
HAVE EVER FACED TO DATE. AND YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU
-
KNOW PEOPLE REALLY ARE JUST NOT GOOD SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW
-
AND SO I FOUGHT AND I FOUGHT AND I FOUGHT, AND I'M LIKE,
-
MAN, THIS IS LIKE THE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER GONE
-
THROUGH, GOD, LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON AND THEN ON TOP OF
-
THAT, THAT COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NEWS, NOT BEING ABLE
-
TO GET ON THERE, AND I WAS LIKE, I WAS SO EXCITED FOR
-
GAME CHANGERS, I WAS LIKE, MAN, WE REALLY NEED THIS.
-
AND THEN I'M LIKE, IT'S JUST NOT BREAKING THROUGH. AND I
-
REMEMBER DURING THE CWS LAST YEAR IS WHEN PA AND I GOT
-
THE IDEA TO WRITE THAT BOOK THAT WE RELEASED AT OTH
-
ABOUT BREAKING CYCLES. AMAZING BOOK, BY THE WAY,
-
AMAZING BOOK. AND SO IT WAS EXACTLY THIS TIME LAST YEAR
-
THAT I WENT THROUGH THE HARDEST SEASON, MAY
-
1ST THROUGH THE 3RD. AND MAY 1ST THIS YEAR, WHICH
-
WAS FRIDAY, 2 DAYS AGO, I GOT THE EMAIL THAT
-
WE SECURED THAT CONTRACT DOWNTOWN.
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
-
SO, I FIND IT INTERESTING TOO, ON MAY 3RD, WE'RE
-
CELEBRATING DAD'S 60TH YEAR AT THE CHURCH, AND I'M
-
MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS THAT WHOLE
-
WEEKEND LAST YEAR, 2025, THAT I REALLY WENT THROUGH
-
THE HARDEST THING I EVER FACED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. BUT
-
YOU KNOW, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO GOD'S YEAH, IT CAME FULL
-
CIRCLE. AND IT REALLY DAWNED ON ME THIS WEEKEND. I
-
COULDN'T SLEEP ALL WEEKEND 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, MAN,
-
LIKE, EXCITEMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN I COULDN'T SLEEP
-
BECAUSE OF LIKE, JUST WHAT DAWNED ON ME. AND I WANNA
-
JUST SAY THIS TOO. ANYONE IN HERE, IF YOU ARE A PART OF
-
THE GAME CHANGERS LEADERSHIP TEAM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND
-
UP I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU'RE SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE.
-
EVERYBODY THAT IS A PART OF THOSE MEETINGS, PA,
-
EVERYBODY. YOU HELP OUT. A LOT OF YOU ARE IN THE BACK,
-
I KNOW THAT. I WISH I COULD NAME EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
-
YOU. THERE'S LIKE 20SOMETHING OF YOU, BUT...
-
SO, I'M GONNA TELL YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW, THAT TEAM OF 20
-
IS NOT ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING DOWN THERE. I'M
-
TELLING YOU RIGHT HERE AND NOW, IT IS NOT ENOUGH. SO,
-
COVERING JUST SOME HOMEWORK, SOME GROUND RULES HERE, WE
-
NEED YOUR HELP. WE ARE GONNA BE DOWN THERE THE ENTIRE 11
-
DAYS, MORNING TO NIGHT. I MEAN, IT OPENS EVERY DAY, 9
-
O'CLOCK. I THINK THE FIRST GAME IS ALWAYS AT ONE
-
O'CLOCK AND THE NIGHT GAME IS USUALLY AT 6. AND WE'RE
-
THERE ALL THE WAY TILL LIKE 9, 10 O'CLOCK. AND WE'RE
-
GONNA HAVE DAY TEAMS, NIGHT TEAMS. THERE'S 4 DIFFERENT
-
TEAMS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE GC TENT, WHICH IS SELLING
-
MERCH THERE FROM GAME CHANGERS. ME AND PA, MAN,
-
WE'RE LIKE BOB ROGERS OUT HERE, OR NOT BOB, BOB ROSS,
-
I'M SORRY. BOB ROGERS IS COMING TO THE CHURCH, THAT'S
-
WHY I SAID THAT. BOB ROSS, WE'RE OVER HERE LIKE BOB
-
ROSS, DESIGNING DIFFERENT MERCH FOR KIDS, WOMEN,
-
MALES, EVERYTHING, AND JUST LIKE GETTING IT ALL READY
-
FOR THIS EVENT, AND WE NEED A HELP. CAN I HONOR
-
SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID JUST THE PURPOSE OF BEING DOWN
-
THERE, FOLKS, IS A NEW FORM OF EVANGELISM. IT'S NOT JUST
-
WALKING DOWN AND HANDING OUT TRACTS. IT'S JUST BEING A
-
LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
-
LOST, THERE'S TRAFFICKING THAT GOES ON IN THESE
-
PLACES. WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY THE SECOND MOST TRAFFICKING
-
SPORTS EVENT UNDER THE SUPER BOWL IN THE COUNTRY. THERE'S
-
PEOPLE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT GOD'S PEOPLE NEED TO BE
-
PLANTED EVERYWHERE. AND SO YOU'VE HAD THIS VISION.
-
WELL, YEAH, AND SO, AND YOU MIGHT ALL BE WONDERING WHY
-
I'M WEARING A SOUTHERN MISS BASEBALL SHIRT, BECAUSE
-
THAT'S BRETT FAVRE'S ALMA MATER, AND THAT TEAM IS A
-
BUNCH OF GODLY MEN THAT ARE, THEY'VE BEEN RATED AROUND
-
THE TOP 10 ALL YEAR, AND THEY REALLY LOVE GAME
-
CHANGERS TOO. SO I'M LIKE, MAN, I'M GOING TO
-
HATTIESBURG FOR THE REGIONAL. I'M LIKE, I AM
-
100% LIKE PRAYING THEM TO OMAHA THIS YEAR. LIKE I NEED
-
THEM TO COME HERE. SO, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT
-
JUST, WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE
-
GAME CHANGERS TEAM, THE MARKETING TEAM THAT'S GONNA
-
BE WALKING AROUND THE STADIUM, AROUND DOWNTOWN,
-
INVITING PEOPLE TO THE TENT TO COME GET MERCH. WE'VE
-
GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL TOO, WITH CERTAIN THINGS ON WHAT
-
WE'RE ALLOWED TO SAY AND DO, BECAUSE THE NCAA IS PRETTY
-
STRICT ON THE RELIGION STUFF AND ALL OF THAT. LIKE, YOU
-
KNOW, IF IT'S TOO CHRISTIANITY, THEN ISLAMIC
-
GETS MAD AND BUDDHA GETS MAD. IF IT'S TOO BUDDHA,
-
THEN CHRISTIANS GET MAD. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY
-
STRATEGIC AND WE'VE GOT SOME WAYS ON HOW WE CAN DO THINGS
-
AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY STRATEGIC.
-
HOWEVER YES, 100%. IS A MIRACLE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE QR
-
CODES THAT PEOPLE CAN SCAN WITH THEIR MERCH, AND WHEN
-
THEY CLICK ON IT, THERE'S A WAY THAT THEY CAN COME BACK
-
NOW AND GET CONNECTED TO GAME CHANGERS AND LORD OF
-
HOSTS CHURCH. BASICALLY, REALLY GOOD FALLBACK
-
OPTIONS. SO-AND THEN-BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
-
THIRD TEAM, BECAUSE THE THIRD TEAM IS THE
-
EVANGELICAL LOH TEAM, AND WHAT THAT TEAM'S GONNA BE
-
DOING IS GOING AROUND DOWNTOWN FROM THE STADIUM TO
-
OUTSIDE THE BASEBALL PERIMETER. FROM THE CAPITAL
-
DISTRICT ALL THE WAY EVEN UP TO OLD MARKET, AND THEIR JOB
-
IS BASICALLY JUST GONNA BE, I MEAN, WE'RE EVEN GONNA
-
HAVE THE SHUTTLE DOWN THERE, LIKE THE CHURCH SHUTTLE,
-
LIKE REALLY JUST MARKET THE CHURCH, AND THEIR JOB IS
-
TRULY JUST GONNA BE TO GET PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ON
-
SUNDAYS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA
-
BE DOWN THERE, AND I KNOW YOU AND DAD ARE GONNA RECORD
-
SOME VIDEOS THAT ARE PLANNING TO JUST WELCOME
-
PEOPLE THAT, HEY, IF WE CONNECTED WITH YOU AT THE
-
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN DOWNTOWN OMAHA, WE JUST
-
WANNA WELCOME YOU TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AND SO REALLY
-
IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, AND WE'LL HAVE CARDS WHERE
-
PEOPLE CAN COME HERE, GET A FREE DONUT, WHATEVER, BUT
-
AND THEN ALSO SHOUT OUT TO OUR MEDIA TEAM, THAT'S OUR
-
4TH TEAM. SO WE NEED JUST NOT EVEN PAID STAFF, WE NEED
-
LEGITIMATELY VOLUNTEERS. SO YOU'LL BE SHARING IN THE
-
WEEKS TO COME HOW PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED. SO BOB, THERE
-
SHOULD BE A SIGNUP SHEET STARTING TODAY, CORRECT, FOR
-
PEOPLE AT THE INFO CENTER. SO THERE'LL BE THAT, AND I
-
KNOW PASTOR DOUG, PASTOR KEITH, AND BOB, YOU GUYS ARE
-
WORKING REALLY HARD WITH VOLUNTEERS. I BELIEVE WE'RE
-
GONNA TRY TO DO A VOLUNTEERS MEETING AFTER SUNDAY THE
-
24TH WHEN PASTOR BOB IS HERE, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE
-
ON THE 7TH OF JUNE, BECAUSE THE VILLAGE OPENS DOWN THERE
-
ON JUNE 11TH, AND THE GAMES START THE 12TH. BUT SO LIKE,
-
WE HAVE TO BE LIKE SET UP ON LIKE THE 9TH AND 10TH,
-
BECAUSE WE'RE SELLING ON THE 11TH. SO, AND I THINK IT
-
GOES ALL THE WAY TO MONDAY THE 22ND, DEPENDING IF THE
-
CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO A THIRD GAME. SO IT'S LIKE 11
-
STRAIGHT DAYS. I MEAN, IT'S HUGE. WELL, I DO WANNA SAY
-
SOMETHING. WE'RE EXCITED. HONOR YOU, WE'LL GET PEOPLE
-
TO START SIGNING UP, FOLKS. IS YOUR VISION TO EVANGELIZE
-
IN A NEW, FRESH WAY. BUT ALSO SOMETHING YOU SAID TO
-
ME, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE GOING THROUGH A HARD
-
SEASON, NOT JUST ME. 100%. AND WE MIGHT BE THERE AND BE
-
THE PERSON THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THAT HARD
-
SEASON. I MEAN, I LITERALLY JUST SHARED AN EXAMPLE OF
-
HOW THINGS CAME FULL CIRCLE TO THE DAY, 365 DAYS LATER.
-
AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE PROCESS OF GOD. I MEAN, I'M
-
NOT EVEN MAKING THIS UP. FOR THOSE IN THIS ROOM THAT
-
REALLY KNOW ME, YOU KNOW I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. IT'S
-
INCREDIBLE. IT IS. IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO, YEAH. WELL,
-
THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME PRAY. FATHER, I PRAY FOR
-
THIS EVENT. I PRAY, FATHER, ALREADY THAT IT WOULD BEGIN
-
TO BE FILLED WITH SUCCESS. LIVES WILL BE CHANGED.
-
HURTING PEOPLE WILL BE HEALED. FATHER, THOSE THAT
-
NEED JESUS, THEY WILL RECEIVE A TOUCH AND GET
-
THEIR LIFE SET BACK ON COURSE. WE THANK YOU,
-
FATHER, EVEN AS PASTOR MATT MENTIONED, COMING FULL
-
CIRCLE THIS DAY. FATHER, LET THERE BE THE FRUIT OF THOSE
-
THAT'LL BE BROUGHT FULL CIRCLE IN THEIR LIFE
-
INTO THE BLESSING OF HEAVEN. AND WE THANK YOU
-
FOR IT IN JESUS. THANK YOU, SON. GOD BLESS
-
YOU. GIVE PASTOR MATT A GREAT BIG HAND.
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
-
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO SHARE WHEN WE GO THROUGH
-
HARD TIMES UP HERE, BUT WHAT A BLESSING TOO. THANK YOU
-
FOR YOUR VULNERABILITY AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, WELL VERY
-
QUICKLY I WANT TO GET INTO THE OFFERING. AS YOU'VE BEEN
-
HEARING ALL MORNING, 17TH, REDEDICATION SUNDAY. DON'T
-
STAY HOME IF YOU CAN. LET'S GET HERE AND ALL OF YOU
-
ONLINE, WE'RE GOING TO JUST JOIN THE NATION IN
-
REDEDICATING AMERICA AND OUR LIVES TO GOD. AND THEN OF
-
COURSE FOLLOWED UP RIGHT AFTER THAT, I THINK IT'S NO
-
COINCIDENCE, PENTECOST SUNDAY, PASTOR HANK AND I
-
ARE BELIEVING FOR A GOOD OLD HOLY GHOST THROW-DOWN
-
WEEKEND. I MEAN IT'S GOING TO JUST BE, LET'S LET THE
-
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT FLOW. AND ACTUALLY WE HAD TO
-
ORIGINALLY BRING BOB ROGERS, I CALL HIM MR. PENTECOST,
-
BUT HE GOES, "WELL I'M NOT COMING FOR PENTECOST." I'M
-
LIKE, "WELL, WE WERE, SO HE'S HERE, HE'S COMING." I
-
MEAN I THINK HE WAS GONNA COME NO MATTER WHAT. SO HERE
-
WE GO. THAT'S IT. PENTECOST SUNDAY, BOB ROGERS WILL BE
-
BACK. WE'RE GONNA BE MINISTERING. LET'S JUST LET
-
GOD FLOW THAT DAY. WHATEVER THE HOLY GHOST, LET'S NOT BE
-
SCRIPTED. WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO, HE CAN DO. ALL RIGHT.
-
I WANNA GET PASTOR UP TO PREACH. LET ME SHARE A VERY
-
FAST OFFERING MESSAGE. I HAVE A GOOD ONE, BUT I'M
-
GONNA EDIT IT REALLY QUICKLY. ISAIAH 55:10
-
THROUGH 12. LET ME READ THIS TO YOU REAL QUICK. CAN I DO
-
THAT FIRST, THE RAIN COMES DOWN AND THE SNOW FROM
-
HEAVEN AND RETURNS NOT, BUT EXCEPT THAT IT WATERS THE
-
EARTH. IN OTHER WORDS, IT NEVER RETURNS WITHOUT FIRST
-
WATERING THE EARTH AND MAKES THE FLOWERS BLOOM THAT IT
-
MIGHT GIVE SEED TO THE SOWER AND BREAD TO THE EATER. SO
-
SHALL MY WORD BE. IN OTHER WORDS, GOD IS COMPARING THE
-
RELIABILITY OF HIS WORD TO THE FACT THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS
-
ACCOUNT THAT IF THERE'S A WINTER, SPRING IS ON THE
-
WAY. I WAS, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN MY HOUSE THE
-
OTHER DAY, LOOKING OUT AT SOME OF THE TREES. THIS WAS
-
A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND I THOUGHT, "EVERYTHING'S SO
-
BROWN." AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A FEW WEEKS LATER,
-
NOW WE'RE SEEING GREEN ON THE TREES AGAIN. WE'RE
-
LOOKING OUT. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS FAITHFUL.
-
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IN NEBRASKA, I THINK WE'RE
-
NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF WINTER. I MEAN, THAT'S UNTIL
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I TALK TO JOHN, AND THEN HE'S UP IN SNOW AND SNOW AND
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MORE SNOW. BUT I ALWAYS THINK WE'RE NEVER GONNA GET
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OUT OF WINTER. BUT SPRING IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL. BUT HERE'S
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THE THING, SOMETIMES IN THAT PROCESS, YOU'RE GOING
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FORWARD, AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE BACK IN
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THE 50S, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE 70S, AND NOW WE'RE BACK
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IN THE 40S. OKAY, MAYBE AN 80 DEGREE DAY PEAKED IN, BUT
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THEN WE'RE GOING BACK. AND IT CAN FEEL LIKE THAT,
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RIGHT, IN THE PROCESS. BUT THE SEASON IS FAITHFUL. AND
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GOD SAID, THIS IS HOW MY WORD WILL BE. IT WILL
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HAPPEN. YEAH, IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A
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THING AND SOMETIMES IT'S IN THE 40S AND THE 60S. AND
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YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS THE BREAKTHROUGH.
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WE'RE AT 80 DEGREES AND SUNNY, AND THEN THERE'S A
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STORM. AND THEN, AND YOU KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH. BUT
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NEVER FORGET THAT THE SEASON PROGRESSING IS FAITHFUL. SO
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SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOES FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH. IT
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WILL NOT RETURN VOID. NUDGE YOUR NEIGHBORS, SAY, "SPRING
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IS COMING. SUMMER'S ON THE WAY. GOOD DAYS ARE AHEAD."
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LOOK AT SOMEBODY ELSE THAT SAID, "THERE'S A
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BREAKTHROUGH. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN." COME ON, IT'S
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FAITHFUL. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S FAITHFUL. NAME
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ME ONE YEAR, EVEN IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, WHERE SPRING
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DIDN'T SHOW UP. BOY, IT SURE FELT LIKE IT DIDN'T IN
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FEBRUARY, BUT IT SHOWED UP. IT CAME. AND THAT'S WHAT GOD
-
COMPARES HIS WORD TO. "SO SHALL MY WORD BE." IT IS
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THAT FAITHFUL. IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE IT'S COMING. IT
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MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT. IT MAY SEEM IN THE MOMENT LIKE IT
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IS 40 DEGREES WITH WIND AND RAIN. BUT GOD SAID IT'S
-
COMING. AND HE SAID, "IT SHALL PROSPER." I LOOKED UP
-
THAT WORD PROSPER. IT MEANS A CONSTANT PUSH FORWARD. SO
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EVEN THOUGH SOME DAYS MAY NOT LOOK LIKE A
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BREAKTHROUGH, IT'S LIKE I HEARD THAT VIDEO. HOW MANY
-
OF YOU EVER SAW THAT VIDEO WITH THE NAVY ADMIRAL GIVING
-
THE SPEECH TO THE GRADUATING CADETS AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY
-
AND HE TALKED ABOUT 4 OR 5 REASONS OR HOW TO HAVE
-
SUCCESS. AND THE FIRST THING OUT OF HIS MOUTH IN HIS VERY
-
AUTHORITATIVE VOICE, HE SAYS, "THE FIRST THING YOU
-
DO EVERY DAY IS MAKE YOUR BED." HOW MANY OF YOU SAW
-
THAT AND YOU KNOW, IT HIT ME. I THOUGHT, BECAUSE IT'S
-
A STEP TOWARD SEEING THAT YOU'RE PUSHING TOWARDS
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SUCCESS. HE SAID, "AND IF YOU POSSIBLY MIGHT HAVE A
-
MISERABLE DAY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING DIDN'T GO
-
RIGHT, YOU'LL COME HOME AND YOUR BED WILL BE MADE. AND
-
YOU'LL FEEL LIKE AT LEAST SOMETHING WENT RIGHT.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
RIGHT OKAY, FOR ALL YOU NON-BED-MAKERS, THAT'S A NUDGE.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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OOH, YEP. BUT THE POINT IS, GOD SAID IT'LL PROSPER. IN
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OTHER WORDS, IT'S THE CONSTANT PUSH. IT'S A PUSH
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FORWARD THAT SPRING IS COMING. AND THERE MIGHT BE
-
SOME UPS AND DOWNS ON WHAT THE DAYS AND THE WEATHER
-
EACH DAY FEELS LIKE, BUT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO COME
-
INTO THE SEASON. YOU'RE STILL GOING TO MOVE INTO
-
SUMMER. YOU'RE GOING TO STILL MOVE INTO HARVEST
-
SEASON. COME ON SOMEBODY. SO SHALL MY WORD BE. AS
-
FAITHFUL AS SPRING AND SUMMER IS TO COME, AS
-
FAITHFUL AS HARVEST IS TO COME, MY WORD
-
IS THAT FAITHFUL AND IT WILL PROSPER TO
-
WHEREVER I HAVE DECLARED IT. HALLELUJAH.
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE
-
TO SHARE, BUT THAT IS, AND THE GOOD RESULT, IF YOU GO
-
ON TO VERSE 12, IT SAYS YOU ARE GONNA GO OUT WITH JOY.
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YOU'RE GONNA BE CLAPPING. YOU'RE GONNA BE DANCING.
-
YOU'RE GONNA BE LED FORTH WITH PEACE. IT WILL COME. SO
-
TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY, "SELF." IT WILL COME. YOU
-
WILL PROSPER IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN, WASN'T THAT GOOD ALL
-
RIGHT, LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN
-
AS PASTOR GETS READY TO COME, ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS
-
TO GIVE. AND BY THE WAY, CONTINUE TO DECLARE PAYOFF,
-
RIGHT AS YOU GIVE TO THE TABERNACLE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE
-
BEEN IN FEAST SEASONS. PENTECOST IS AROUND THE
-
CORNER. THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE THE
-
BLESSINGS AND THE PROMISES OF GOD. SO ALL OF THE
-
DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE, AND WE HAVE SOME EXCITING
-
BUILDING THINGS TO BE SHARING COMING UP VERY, VERY
-
SOON. I TOLD YOU, STUFF'S COMING, SO BE FAITHFUL,
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RIGHT TEXT TO GIVE, THE MOBILE APP, WEBSITE, QR
-
CODE, AND OF COURSE, THE BEAUTIFUL U.S. MAIL. AND SO
-
WE ARE SO THANKFUL, YOU KNOW. WELL, WE NEED TO PRAY
-
FOR THE POST OFFICE, DON'T WE I'M TELLING YOU, I KNOW.
-
WE STILL USE THEM. I STOPPED IN A POST OFFICE THE OTHER
-
DAY, AND IT WAS LIKE DISMAL. THE CEILING TILES ARE
-
FALLING IN, THE FLOORING LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PUT IN IN
-
THE 40S. YOU GO TO UPS AND IT'S LIKE TRENDY. IT'S LIKE
-
UP AND COMING. SO I'M LIKE, WHERE'S, OKAY, IT'S A
-
SEPARATE TOPIC. ALL RIGHT, WHEN YOU GOT YOUR GIVING
-
READY, STAND UP. AMEN. SO LOOK AT YOUR PHONE OR YOUR
-
ENVELOPE, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, YOUR MEANS OF
-
GIVING, WHATEVER IT IS, AND SAY, "IT SHALL BE." GOD'S
-
WORD IS OVER THIS, AND IT SHALL PUSH FORWARD. IT SHALL
-
PROSPER. AND EVEN ON COLD, WINDY DAYS, IT'S STILL
-
MOVING FORWARD. IT'S STILL AT WORK. IT'S STILL GOING.
-
SO FATHER, I THANK YOU. NOW FATHER, BLESS EVERY PERSON
-
THAT'S GIVING TODAY AND THOSE ONLINE, AND I THANK
-
YOU THAT YOUR WORD IS CAUSING PROSPERITY. AND
-
FATHER, WE ARE PUSHING TO THE HARVEST SEASON, MANY
-
HARVESTS AS THE WORD DECLARES, AND WE THANK YOU
-
FOR IT IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO
-
OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER. COME ON, CHURCH. SAY IT WITH
-
ME. WE DECREE, OR WE DECLARE. LET'S GET IT UP
-
THERE, GUYS. SORRY. LET'S GO. DO WE GOT IT NO NO,
-
THERE WE GO. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD
-
OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED AND DEBT FREE. WE
-
DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO
-
EVERY HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE
-
SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD
-
IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS
-
AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER.
-
WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH
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HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF
-
PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE
-
PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND
-
THAT WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS
-
NOW, WE DECREE, COME ON, MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE
-
EXPANDED NOW. COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG SHOUT AS
-
PASTOR HANK COMES. ALL RIGHT, GOD BLESS YOU. YOU
-
CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING
-
TODAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ONLINE AS WELL. WE'RE SO
-
GRATEFUL, AND AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
-
BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUTS, ALL THE KIND COMMENTS AND PRAYERS,
-
AND IT'S JUST, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING PEOPLE, AND I'M
-
LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE DECADES WITH YOU, AND
-
SERVING GOD, SERVING THE PEOPLE, AND SO THANK YOU. I
-
DO WANNA MENTION NEXT WEEK IS GONNA BE MOTHER'S DAY.
-
WE'RE GONNA HONOR THE MOTHERS, AND I'VE KIND OF
-
BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH AN IDEA AS YOU, I WANT YOU TO
-
OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO ISAIAH 43 AS THEY'RE SERVING YOU.
-
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WAS THINKING
-
ABOUT PREACHING ABOUT, I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT LIKE 6
-
MOTHER FIGURES THAT HAVE IMPACTED MY LIFE. ONE, MY
-
MOM. 2, BRENDA'S MOM. 3, BRENDA AS A MOTHER FIGURE.
-
I'VE HAD 2 SPIRITUAL MOTHERS. I'VE HAD GERMAINE
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SAUCIER, WHO I WAS HER FIRST DISCIPLE HERE IN OMAHA, SHE
-
LIVED TO BE 100 YEARS OF AGE. SHE WAS WHAT GOT ME TO
-
PRAY AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO PRAY AND HOW TO HEAR GOD AND
-
CAST DEVILS OUT AND THINGS. AND THEN ONE OTHER ONE WHO
-
JUST WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD, WE WERE VERY
-
CLOSE, WAS MARILYN HICKEY. AND I SPENT A LOT OF HOURS
-
ON THE PHONE WITH HER, PRAYING WITH HER, TALKING
-
WITH HER, PROPHESYING SEVERAL DECADES INTO HER
-
MINISTRY. AND I WANNA TEACH YOU SOME THINGS THAT SHE
-
TAUGHT ME. AND SO THEN THE OTHER MOTHER, I
-
WOULD THINK IS CAPTAIN STUCK OVER THERE. HE TRIES
-
TO MOTHER ME SOMETIMES, AND SO I WAS JUST
-
TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HONOR HIM.
-
(LAUGHING)
-
WHY DON'T YOU WAVE AT EVERYBODY, MOTHER STUCK
-
(LAUGHING)
-
I'M ALWAYS RAZZING HIM, IT'S GOOD FOR HIM, KEEPS HIM HUMBLE.
-
(LAUGHING)
-
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
-
IN THE BACK ROOM, I BETTER RUN.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO ISAIAH
-
43. I JUST THOUGHT I'D JAB AT HIM. IT'S KIND OF ONE OF
-
THOSE DUDE THINGS. HOW MANY OF YOU DUDES DO THE SAME
-
THING IT IS KIND OF, YEAH, ALL RIGHT. BUT I WANT YOU TO
-
LOOK AT ISAIAH 43 BECAUSE WE ARE IN A NEW SEASON. WE ARE
-
IN WHAT IS CALLED RENAISSANCE. RENAISSANCE,
-
THE DEFINITION OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW. IT
-
MEANS SOMETHING THAT IS BIRTHED, SOMETHING THAT IS A
-
NEW ERA. ANOTHER DEFINITION OF IT, HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD
-
THE PHRASE GOLDEN, GOLDEN ERA, GOLDEN AGE AND
-
OBVIOUSLY NEW AGE HAS COUNTERFEITED THAT TO TRY TO
-
MAKE IT ABOUT THEM AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO
-
PERVERT THE WAYS OF GOD. BUT THIS IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
-
FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AND YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY
-
TO EMBRACE THE NEW. AND IT'S THE NEW THAT'S GONNA
-
MANIFEST IN YOUR LIFE. YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE NEW
-
MANIFEST, I THINK WITH YOUR CHILDREN. YOU'RE GONNA SEE
-
THE NEW MANIFEST IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE
-
PRAYED, YOU HAVE DESIRED, YOU HAVE LONGED FOR, YOU
-
HAVE WAITED TO MANIFEST YOUR HEART'S DELIGHT. WE'RE GONNA
-
SEE THE NEW IN GOVERNMENTAL FIGURES AND LEGISLATION AND
-
THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TO COME. AND THAT'S WHY THE
-
FIGHT HAS BEEN SO GREAT, IS WHY THE BATTLE, IT SEEMS
-
LIKE, HAS RAGED OUT OF CONTROL AT TIMES, IS BECAUSE
-
IT'S NOT JUST A RESET, IT'S NOT JUST A REVERSAL, BUT IT
-
IS THE HAND OF GOD THAT IS BRINGING RENAISSANCE AT THIS
-
TIME TO SHOW THE EARTH THAT HE IS THE LORD. AND SO THERE
-
ARE GOING TO BE NEW FACES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
-
ARISE, AND NEW PLACES IN OUR NATION. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN
-
TO SEE AND KNOW THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW YORK AND
-
PLACES THAT BEAR, EVEN NEW ENGLAND, ARE GOING TO HAVE
-
THE NEW. THERE'S GOING TO COME NEW THINGS THAT ARE
-
GONNA RISE OUT OF THE GOLD OF CALIFORNIA, WHERE MEN
-
WILL EVEN SAY, "CALIFORNIA, IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT YOU
-
ARE SHIFTING AND CHANGING, AND THAT THERE IS A TAKING
-
AWAY OF THE OLD AND ESTABLISHING THE NEW" AND WE
-
ARE SHOCKED THAT THIS TIME THEY COULD NOT MANIPULATE
-
IT, THEY COULD NOT CONTROL, THEY COULD NOT GET IN THE
-
WAY OF THE LEGAL PROCESS AND THAT WHICH IS THE RIGHT OF
-
MEN TO VOTE. THEY CANNOT, FOR THEY WILL BE
-
INTERRUPTED, DISRUPTED, FOR GOD OVER THIS NATION SHALL
-
RESET IT IN SUCH A WAY. BUT THERE IS A FRAGILE, THERE IS
-
A FRAGILE HOUSE, THERE IS A FRAGILE HOUSE, YOUR
-
CONGRESS, THAT MUST REQUIRE YOUR FASTING AND YOUR
-
PRAYER. FOR THERE IS THAT WHICH I DESIRE TO DO, TO
-
BRING A THREAD, A CORD OF 3 STRANDS THROUGH THE HOUSE
-
AND THE SENATE AND EVEN YOUR EXECUTIVE BRANCH, NOT JUST
-
THAT YOU SHALL SEE COMING UP, BUT IN FUTURE ELECTIONS
-
THAT I DESIRE TO SPAN A DECADE AND EVEN LONGER, IN
-
THAT WHICH YOU WILL SEE THAT I WILL TAKE AWAY THE FIGHT,
-
I WILL TAKE AWAY THE BATTLE, I WILL TAKE AWAY THE
-
STRUGGLE, I WILL TAKE AWAY THE VOICES WHO SEEM TO BE
-
LOUD, FOR THEIR VOICE WILL GROW DIMMER AND DIMMER AND
-
DIMMER, WHERE YOU WILL STAND AND YOU'LL SAY, I REMEMBER
-
THOSE DAYS, BUT IT WILL SEEM SO ODD, IT WILL SEEM SO
-
STRANGE, BECAUSE OF THE REALM OF THE NEW, THE
-
EXPRESSION OF THE NEW THAT SHALL BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE.
-
YES, I SPEAK THIS OVER AMERICA, I SPEAK THIS EVEN
-
AS IT'S COMING, AS IT BREAKS FORTH IN THE UNITED STATES,
-
IT WILL SPILL OUT OVER THE EARTH, AND CANADA WILL HAVE
-
A NEW EXPRESSION, AND CANADA WILL HAVE, FOR IT WILL LOOK
-
LIKE A BREAKING AWAY, BUT THE BREAKING AWAY WILL
-
ACTUALLY CAUSE A SHAKING, AND THOSE WHO WILL STAND AND
-
SAY, WE CANNOT BE A DIVIDED COUNTRY, THAT SHALL
-
ULTIMATELY UNITE THEM IN BROTHERHOOD, AND IN UNITY,
-
AND IN TRANQUILITY, THAT SHALL COME UNTO THE NATION
-
OF CANADA. BUT THEN, THEY SHALL SAY, THIS IS BECAUSE
-
WE HAVE EXPOSED THE CORRUPTION, WE HAVE TOOK
-
AWAY THE OLD, WE HAVE REMOVED THAT WHICH SAID THAT
-
IT WOULD NOT BE REMOVED, FOR I WILL DO IT IN CANADA AND I
-
WILL SHOW THE EARTH THAT EVERY, EVERY SEAT OF
-
LEGISLATION IS FRAGILE IN THIS TIME AND IN THIS HOUR.
-
FOR I WILL WALK ABOUT THE EARTH WHERE THE GOVERNMENT
-
RESTS UPON MY SHOULDERS. THE KINGDOMS REST UPON MY
-
SHOULDERS. THEREFORE, I WILL SHOW THOSE WHO THINK THAT
-
THEY CAN PICK A FIGHT WITH THEIR GOD THAT THEY WILL
-
LOSE. FOR THIS IS THE TIME AND THIS IS THE SEASON OF
-
RENAISSANCE AND REWARD. AND I AM GIVING IT TO THE
-
SUFFERING, TO THE HURTING, TO THE OPPRESSED, TO THE
-
AFFLICTED, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH. THIS
-
IS NOT THE TIME OF THE ENEMY'S BOAST, BUT THIS IS
-
THE TIME OF THE HONOR TO THE KING THAT SHALL SET FREE THE
-
CAPTIVES AND LET THE OPPRESSED GO FREE. IN THE
-
MOMENT AND THE HOUR, AND YOU WILL SEE THIS AS THE
-
DEDICATION AND THE HONOR COMES UNTO GOD OVER THIS
-
COUNTRY, BUT THEN A CELEBRATION OF 250 YEARS.
-
IT'S NOT JUST A CELEBRATION OF DATES AND MONTHS AND
-
YEARS, BUT IT SHALL BE A CELEBRATION OF A BREAKING
-
FORTH OF A RENAISSANCE ERA OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. AND
-
JUSTICE FOR ALL, SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
-
THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU AND WE
-
HONOR YOU. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU,
-
LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. MAN, I AM SEEING
-
AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW. AND I AM SEEING, YOU KNOW HOW
-
YOU'RE SEEING LIKE GATHERING OF MASSES AMOUNT OF PEOPLE I
-
SEE IT LIKE WHAT YOU SAW IN IRAN AND DIFFERENT, I SEE
-
THEM RISING BY THE MASSES IN AUSTRALIA TO SAY, WE WANT TO
-
TURN OUR NATION UPSIDE DOWN AND RIGHT SIDE BACK UP, AND
-
WE WANT TO SET IT BACK IN ORDER. AND GOD SAYS, IT
-
SHALL BE, THERE SHOULD BE A GROUP, A SMALL GROUP OF
-
YOUNG REFORMERS THAT SHALL HAVE AN OLD MAN AND WOMAN
-
WHO SHALL BE AT THE HELM OF THIS MOVE. AND IT WILL SHAKE
-
AUSTRALIA TO BRING THEM RIGHT SIDE BACK IN ORDER
-
AGAIN. IT'LL BE ON THE BEACHES. IT'LL BE THROUGHOUT
-
THEIR LAND. YOU WILL SEE IT. AND THEY WILL SAY, "WE'VE
-
HAD ENOUGH." THANK YOU, LORD. WE HONOR YOU FOR THE
-
RENAISSANCE AND THE MOVE OF YOUR SPIRIT AT THIS TIME.
-
THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU AND
-
HONOR YOU. JUST TELL GOD, SAY, OVER MY LIFE, SPEAKING
-
OF YOUR LIFE, SAY, LORD, I'M ASKING FOR THAT RENAISSANCE.
-
I'M ASKING FOR THAT NEW. I'M ASKING YOU TO REST YOUR HAND
-
OF FAVOR AND BLESSING OVER MY LIFE AND OVER ALL THAT I
-
PUT MY HANDS TO. I'M ASKING FOR THAT FAVOR TO BE
-
EXTENDED, THAT YOU MIGHT BE HONORED AND GLORIFIED AND
-
THE NEW WILL MANIFEST QUICKLY IN MY LIFE AND
-
THROUGH IT. HOW MANY ARE READY ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK
-
AT ISAIAH 43 AND THEN I WANT TO SHOW YOU A PATTERN. I
-
WON'T GO REAL LONG 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU CAME OUT OF
-
THE COUNTRY, I REALLY RESPECT THAT, AND OUT OF THE
-
STATE, AND EVEN THAT YOU GOT OUT OF YOUR BED
-
(LAUGHING)
-
TO COME HERE AND TO CELEBRATE WITH ME. AND I
-
WILL SAY THIS, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO GOD A LOT AND I
-
SAID, "LORD, YOU KNOW, YOU HIT," I REMEMBER PROPHESYING
-
TO BENNY HINN, I REMEMBER PROPHESYING TO GENE BAILEY,
-
I REMEMBER PROPHESYING TO MARILYN HICKEY, AND
-
DIFFERENT ONES WHEN THEY WERE HEADING INTO, MAYBE NOT
-
MARILYN IN HER 60S, BUT IT WAS IN HER 70S, BUT
-
DIFFERENT MEN, TUDOR BISMARCK, WHEN THEY WERE
-
GETTING READY TO HIT 60, AND THEY WERE ALL KIND OF AT THE
-
SAME PLACE THAT I'M AT RIGHT NOW IN MY LIFE, WHERE I'VE
-
DONE THAT, I'VE WORN THE T-SHIRT, I'VE BEEN THERE,
-
I'VE PREACHED IN FRONT OF MULTITUDES, WHO CARES, I'VE
-
PREACHED IN FRONT OF LITTLE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS
-
NUMBERS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, IT DOESN'T MATTER,
-
I'VE DONE THIS, DONE THAT, WROTE THIS, WROTE THAT. AND
-
YOU JUST GET TO THE POINT, YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, WHAT ELSE
-
DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU AND SO I STARTED CRYING OUT
-
TO GOD AND I SAID, GOD, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE
-
THINGS AND I'LL KEEP DOING IT AND I'LL BE OBEDIENT, BUT
-
HERE'S WHAT I WANT, GOD. I WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING. I
-
WANT MY SHILOH. AND I WANT A RETREAT CENTER. I WANT A
-
MINISTRY TRAINING CENTER. I WANT A BIBLE SCHOOL. I WANT
-
A 24-HOUR PRAYER CENTER. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
-
PEOPLE COME AND WALK THE GROUNDS AND PRAY AND
-
WORSHIP. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A TENT UP AND HAVE
-
REVIVAL IN THE CORNFIELDS. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE,
-
GOD, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND EXPERIENCE YOUR
-
PRESENCE. AND WE CAN HAVE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL AND GO
-
DOWN. AND I SAID, "GOD, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. "THAT'S WHAT
-
I WANT, THAT'S WHAT I WANT." AND HE HEARD ME, AND I'M
-
READY. HOW ABOUT YOU SO WHEN IT HAPPENS, I NEED YOU TO
-
GET ON BOARD, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. AND I
-
SAY, GOD, WE'RE GONNA PAY CASH FOR IT. HOW MANY ARE
-
GONNA PAY CASH FOR IT REMEMBER THE LAST WORD GOD
-
TOLD ME WAS TO WAIT. BUT I THINK IF WE'RE IN
-
RENAISSANCE, WE BETTER GET READY, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S
-
GONNA HIT US UPSIDE ITS HEAD. ARE YOU READY THAT'S
-
WHAT I WANNA DO. THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. AMEN. AND THEN
-
KENT, YOU'RE GONNA BE COMING AND BEING MORE OF A FATHER.
-
I'M LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. SO JUST PRAY
-
FOR ME. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO IT. SO WE'LL JUST
-
FIGURE IT OUT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. SO I'VE
-
DONE IT FOR 30 YEARS. SO I GUESS MAYBE I'M DOING OKAY,
-
I GUESS. SO WE'RE TRYING. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT ISAIAH
-
43, VERSE 18. "REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD."
-
THAT'S THE FIRST THING, IF YOU'RE GONNA EMBRACE A
-
RENAISSANCE OR YOU'RE GONNA EMBRACE THE NEW. AND I
-
APPRECIATE YOUR VULNERABILITY, SON. IT HAS
-
BEEN MY HONOR TO BE YOUR PASTOR AND YOUR FATHER
-
WALKING THROUGH A VERY HARD AND DIFFICULT SEASON. AND
-
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC EYE, YOU CAN'T SAY
-
EVERYTHING. YOU CAN'T SHARE EVERYTHING WHEN YOU'RE
-
WALKING THROUGH THINGS AS A FAMILY, AS A FATHER AND A
-
SON. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, WE STAND WITH YOU. AND IT TAKES
-
A LOT TO BE TRANSPARENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WHATEVER YOU
-
SAY IS GONNA BE USED AGAINST YOU. WE STAND WITH YOU AND
-
WE HONOR YOU. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE UNDERSTANDS
-
IS YOU HAVE TO NOT LIVE IN THE OLD. YOU CAN'T LIVE IN
-
THE PAST, YOU CAN'T REHEARSE THE PAST. HOW MANY OF YOU
-
THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, AND MAYBE YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM,
-
YOU CAN HONESTLY SAY SOMEWHERE IT WOULD BE REALLY
-
EASY TO BRING UP HOW SOMETHING DIDN'T WORK OUT.
-
HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WAITING. WHEN AM I GONNA GET
-
THIS WHEN AM I GONNA SEE THIS HOW MANY OF YOU COULD
-
REHEARSE A PAIN, A HEARTBREAK, A DISAPPOINTMENT
-
ALL OF US COULD, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE GOD WANTS US TO
-
BE. HE DOESN'T WANT US TO REMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS
-
OF OLD. HE SAID, "DON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT." SO WHAT ARE WE
-
CONSIDERING IT FOR WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR WHY
-
ARE WE REHEARSING IT 'CAUSE IT MAKES US FEEL BETTER. I
-
THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE TRY TO HOLD ON TO IT, HOPING THAT
-
SOMEHOW WE CAN DETERMINE THE OUTCOME. NO, NOW LOOK AT
-
WHAT VERSE 19 SAYS. IT TELLS US, "BEHOLD, I WILL DO A NEW
-
THING, "AND NOW IT SHALL SPRING FORTH, AND SHALL YOU
-
NOT KNOW IT." SO WHAT GOD IS SAYING WITH THE RENAISSANCE,
-
WITH THE NEW THING, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE WORD NEW,
-
IT'S RENAISSANCE. GOD IS SAYING, IT'S GONNA BE
-
OBVIOUS, IT'S GONNA SPRING FORTH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ONE
-
OF THOSE, WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN, THAT PROPHETIC
-
VESSEL, WHOEVER THEY ARE, RIGHT, IF IT'S THIS MINISTRY
-
OR ANOTHER MINISTRY, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR HOPES
-
UP, DON'T DO THAT, 'CAUSE THAT'LL DISQUALIFY YOU IN
-
YOUR UNBELIEF OF ENTERING INTO WHAT IS BEING
-
PRONOUNCED FROM HEAVEN. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY,
-
NOW IT'S GONNA SPRING FORTH, THIS IS THE TIME OF THE
-
MANIFESTATION OF THE FULFILLMENT OF THE HEART'S
-
DESIRES, THE THINGS THAT I'VE PRAYED, THINGS THAT
-
I'VE LONGED FOR, MY LONG LISTS OF THINGS THAT I'VE
-
SAID BEFORE GOD. COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
-
THERE THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
-
AS I'M HITTING 60 AND 40 YEARS OF MINISTRY, I'M
-
LOOKING AT SAYING, GOD, THESE THINGS I STILL WANNA
-
DO FOR YOU. AND I WANNA DO IT FOR THE SAKE OF YOU AND
-
FOR THE PEOPLE. BUT IT SAYS THIS, YOU'LL KNOW IT, IT'S
-
GONNA BE OBVIOUS. IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOME KIND OF
-
MYSTERY WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, NOW WHERE'S THE
-
RENAISSANCE WHETHER IT BE UNITED STATES, CANADA,
-
AUSTRALIA, YOUR LIFE. YOU'RE GONNA SEE A SIGNIFICANT
-
DIFFERENCE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN
-
GOD IS DOING SOMETHING IN A NATION THAT HAS TO DO WITH
-
THE GOD FACTOR. IN EXODUS CHAPTER 8, GOD BEGINS TO SAY
Exodus 8 chapter mention
-
THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO A NEW THING. IN FACT, HE FIRST
-
SAID, I'M GONNA DEAL WITH THE WITCHCRAFT, I'M GONNA
-
DEAL WITH THE FALSE, I'M GONNA DEAL WITH THE FAKE,
-
RIGHT BECAUSE THE FINGER OF GOD SHOWED UP AND THE
-
MAGICIANS THAT WERE TRYING TO EMULATE THE FIRST 2
-
PLAGUES, REMEMBER, OF MOSES AND AARON, THEY TRIED TO
-
EMULATE IT, THE FALSE, THE FAKE MAGICIANS. BUT THE
-
FINGER OF GOD GOT INVOLVED AND THE MAGICIAN SAID, "WE
-
CANNOT." WHEN RENAISSANCE BEGINS TO HAPPEN, THERE'S A
-
BREAKING AND A RESTRAINING OF THE ENEMY'S HANDS TO
-
WHERE HE WON'T AND HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO DO WHAT HE'S BEEN
-
DOING IN A PREVIOUS SEASON BECAUSE OF THE FORCE AND THE
-
WEIGHT OF THE NEW. AND GOD SAID AFTER THEY DECLARED IT
-
WAS THE FINGER OF GOD, GOD SAID, "I'M GOING TO PUT A
-
DIFFERENCE. YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW IT. IT'S GOING TO BE SO
-
UNIQUE. IN FACT, THERE'S GOING TO BE DOGS THAT ARE
-
GOING TO BARK IN EGYPT, BUT IT ISN'T GOING TO BARK IN
-
ISRAEL." HOW MANY ARE TIRED OF THE BARKING DOGS HOW MANY
-
ARE TIRED OF THE LOUD LOONY LIBERALS HOW MANY ARE TIRED
-
OF THE REPUBLICAN RHINOS HOW MANY ARE TIRED OF THE VOICES
-
THAT ARE WOKE AND THAT ARE ON TV AND THE FAKE NEWS
-
OKAY, THERE COMES A POINT WHERE ALL THAT BARKING GETS
-
SHUT UP BY THE HAND OF GOD, AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU,
-
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE VOICE, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE
-
SOUND, RIGHT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN GOD SAID, "I'M
-
GONNA PUT A DIFFERENCE, AND THE DIFFERENCE IS GONNA BE
-
WHERE THERE IS GONNA BE SO MUCH LIGHT IN YOUR WORLD, IN
-
YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA KNOW
-
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT. RIGHT NOW, THEY
-
TRY TO MIX EVERYTHING, RIGHT LET'S JUST BRING THE WORLD
-
INTO THE EXPRESSION OF THE CHURCH AND LET'S KEEP THE
-
CHURCH OUT OF THE EXPRESSION OF THE WORLD, THAT'S WHAT
-
THEY SAY. BUT NO, NO, IN THE RENAISSANCE OF GOD, WHEN THE
-
NEW COMES, THE LIGHT OVERCOMES DARKNESS. THAT'S
-
WHAT WE'RE IN, AND THAT'S WHY FOR YEARS, GOD KEPT
-
PROPHESYING THROUGH THIS VESSEL, WE'RE COMING INTO A
-
REVOLUTION OF LIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT A DEFINITION OF
-
REVOLUTION IS A PURPOSEFUL OVERTHROW. THAT'S WHAT
-
REVOLUTION IS, IT'S A PURPOSEFUL OVERTHROW. WELL,
-
WHAT'S A REVOLUTION OF LIGHT IT'S A PURPOSEFUL OVERTHROW
-
OF DARKNESS. SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING. NOW,
-
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT RENAISSANCE.
-
HOW MANY REMEMBER THE RENAISSANCE ERA IN HISTORY
-
YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT IT WAS ALSO PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED
-
THE DARK AGES. SO SOMETIMES WHEN RENAISSANCE IS TRYING
-
TO BE EXPRESSED OR IT'S COMING TO MANIFESTATION THE
-
NEW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE IT LIKE THIS
-
VERSE, SHALL YOU NOT KNOW IT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT
-
THE DARKNESS OR THE EXPRESSION OF DARKNESS IS SO
-
GREAT THAT THEY CAN'T RECOGNIZE OR SEE THE NEW
-
THAT IS TRYING TO EMERGE. BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
-
THAT THERE WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT MARKED THE
-
RENAISSANCE ERA. IT WAS NOT JUST DARKNESS OR THE DARK
-
AGES, THERE WERE WARS. THERE WAS GREAT WAR BETWEEN
-
ENGLAND AND FRANCE. LATER ON, THERE WAS THE ITALIAN
-
WARS THAT LASTED OVER 100 YEARS THAT TRIED TO MESS
-
WITH THE RENAISSANCE EXPRESSION. THERE WERE
-
CONFLICTS AND WARS, RIGHT BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
-
SOMETHING BUSTED AND THE NEW EXPRESSION CAME. THIS IS WHY
-
I'M SAYING TO YOU, DON'T GET MIXED UP OR DON'T GET IN
-
FEAR WHEN YOU'RE SEEING WARS AND CONFLICTS IN THE EARTH.
-
BECAUSE WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS THAT THERE IS THE NEW
-
THAT'S TRYING TO EMERGE. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
-
PEOPLE OFTEN QUOTE MATTHEW 24 WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT
-
THE END TIMES. THEY SAY, JESUS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, VERSE
-
3, MATTHEW 24, JESUS, THIS IS THE DISCIPLES, WHEN IS
-
THE END OF THE WORLD WHEN IS THE END OF THE AGE, THEY
-
SAID. AND JESUS SAID, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, YOU'RE GONNA
-
HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS, RIGHT EARTHQUAKES IN
-
VARIOUS PLACES. BUT THEN HE SAID SOMETHING. THE END'S
-
NOT YET. THEN HE GOES ON, HE SAYS, AND THEN THERE'S GONNA
-
BE NATION THAT'S GONNA RISE UP AGAINST NATION, RIGHT
-
KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE CONFLICTS.
-
THAT'S ALL PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OR PART OF
-
THE TRANSITION OR THAT MANIFESTS BEFORE. THEN YOU
-
KEEP READING AND JESUS SAYS, "WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS
-
WITH THESE CONFLICTS, "IT'S THE BEGINNING OF BIRTH
-
PAINS." RIGHT PAINFUL MOMENTS, TRAVAIL. BUT HOW
-
MANY OF YOU WOMEN, YOU WOULD NOT TRADE THAT BEAUTIFUL
-
CHILD THAT WAS BORN UNTO YOU. IT WAS WORTH THE PAIN.
-
IT WAS WORTH THE TRAVAIL, RIGHT THERE WAS THAT
-
BIRTHING PAINS. THERE WAS THAT CONFLICT, RIGHT BETWEEN
-
YOU AND THE BODY AND THAT BABY. BUT ULTIMATELY IT
-
BROUGHT FORTH SOMETHING NEW. IT BROUGHT FORTH A NEW
-
CHILD. IT BROUGHT FORTH THE NEW EXPRESSION OF YOUR LIFE,
-
RIGHT AND IT'S THE SAME WAY AS YOU READ MATTHEW 24 WHEN
-
JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT THE END TIMES. HE GOES DOWN TO
-
VERSE 14, HE SAYS, "BY THE WAY, SOMETHING NEW'S
-
COMING." HE SAID, "THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, "THE
-
GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PROMOTED "AND IT
-
WILL BE DEMONSTRATED AS A WITNESS. "THE GLORY OF GOD
-
WILL BACK UP MY GOODNESS, "THAT THEN THE END WILL
-
COME." THERE'LL BE THIS NEW EXPRESSION, THERE'LL BE
-
THESE NEW MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD IN THE EARTH. YOU'RE
-
GONNA SEE IT. BUT THE CONFLICTS AND THE WARS ARE
-
JUST TO REVEAL THAT SOMETHING NEW IS TRYING TO
-
EMERGE. COME ON, WHEN JESUS, WHEN THE ANGELS ANNOUNCED
-
PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN IN LUKE CHAPTER
Luke 2 chapter mention
-
2, WHAT IMMEDIATELY HAPPENED THERE WAS GREAT CONFLICT.
-
THERE WAS GREAT WAR IN THE HEAVENS. THE ENEMY CAME
-
DOWN, TRIED TO KILL ALL THE BABIES, TRYING TO GET AT
-
WHAT WAS TRYING TO EMERGE. IT'S WHY WHEN GOD ANNOUNCES
-
A RENAISSANCE SEASON AND YOU EMBRACE IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
-
IT SEEMS LIKE THE WAR FIELD LEVEL, FOR A MOMENT, ARISES
-
IN YOUR LIFE OR ARISES IN THE EARTH WHEN THE PROPHETS
-
DECLARE IT BECAUSE THE ENEMY CHALLENGES THE RENAISSANCE.
-
HE TRIES TO KEEP, JUST LIKE WITH MOSES, ALL THE BABIES
-
THAT WERE KILLED, HE TRIES TO KEEP THE NEW FROM COMING.
-
YOUR JOB IS TO BELIEVE GOD AND BELIEVE WHAT HE SAID.
-
NOW LET'S GO TO MATTHEW 9. I WANNA SHOW YOU THIS PATTERN.
-
SO WHEN YOU GO TO MATTHEW 9, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT VERSES
-
18 THROUGH 35, AND I WANT YOU TO WRITE THESE WORDS
-
DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S PLAYING OUT RIGHT NOW ON THE
-
EARTH. AND I WANNA SHOW YOU IN MATTHEW 9, WHAT WE ARE
-
TALKING ABOUT AND THE PATTERN IN WHICH TO GET
-
THERE. SO WHEN YOU'VE HEARD PRESIDENT TRUMP SAY OUT OF
-
HIS MOUTH, YOU MAY THINK I'M ENDORSING, I'M NOT
-
ENDORSING, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, HE'S MAKING A PROPHETIC
-
STATEMENT, WHETHER HE REALIZES IT OR NOT, WHEN HE
-
SAYS THAT WE'RE IN A GOLDEN ERA. LET'S MAKE AMERICA
-
GREAT AGAIN, OKAY THERE'S, HOW MANY BELIEVE THAT
-
THERE'S SOME NEW THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, LIKE, YOU
-
KNOW, ONE THING THEY NEED TO DO IS MAKE THOSE GAS PRICES
-
GO DOWN, RIGHT MAN, I FILLED UP MY VEHICLE THE OTHER DAY,
-
I WAS LIKE, WHAT THAT IS CRAZY. CRAZY. I'M GONNA HAVE
-
TO START GOING OUT ON AMAZON AND GETTING SOME
-
COSTUMES AND GOING OUTSIDE THE MALL AND
-
YOU'LL START SEEING ME WITH MY SIGN, YOU KNOW
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
JUST TO PAY FOR MY GAS. NO, I WILL NEVER DO THAT. ALL
-
RIGHT, LOOK AT VERSE 33. I WANNA GO BACKWARDS, OKAY,
-
'CAUSE I WANNA SHOW YOU WHERE WE'RE HEADING AS A
-
NATION, AS A PEOPLE, WHERE WE'RE HEADING. IT'S CALLED
-
THE NEW. YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT, MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER
-
EXPERIENCED IT. OKAY, MATTHEW 9, "AND WHEN THE
-
DEVIL WAS CAST OUT, "THE DUMB SPOKE." WE'RE HAVING A
-
LOT OF DUMB SPEAK RIGHT NOW, AREN'T WE
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
AND THE MULTITUDES MARVELED, AND WHAT DID THEY SAY
-
"HERE'S YOUR RENAISSANCE. "WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS
-
BEFORE. "THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING IN OUR GOVERNMENT,
-
"IT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING IN OUR LEGISLATION, "IN OUR
-
SCHOOLS, OUR UNIVERSITIES, "IT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING IN
-
YOUR LIFE, "WITH YOUR PRODIGALS, WITH YOUR
-
MARRIAGE. "COME ON, THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS ON HIS HEART,
-
"IT'S WHAT HE'S SPEAKING, AND IT'S WHAT I COME IN
-
AGREEMENT WITH." NOTICE THE PATTERN THOUGH. HOW DO YOU
-
GET TO THE RENAISSANCE NOTICE THERE HAS TO BE A
-
BATTLE. THERE HAS TO BE WAR. THERE HAS TO BE CONFLICT,
-
RIGHT IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A CONQUEST. JESUS HAD TO
-
COME INTO THE EARTH, AND WHAT DID HE HAVE TO DO HE
-
HAD TO LITERALLY BE INVOLVED IN A CONFLICT WITH THE
-
FORCES OF DARKNESS AND WITH THE PHARISEES AND THE
-
SCRIBES AND THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW THAT CRUCIFIED HIM,
-
RIGHT TO ULTIMATELY BE CRUCIFIED, ASCEND, AND BE
-
RESURRECTED AND ASCEND, AND THEN TAKE AWAY FROM THE
-
ENEMY IN THAT PROCESS THE KEYS TO DEATH, HELL, AND THE
-
GRAVE SO THAT HE COULD ESTABLISH, WATCH THIS, A
-
RENAISSANCE, A NEW COVENANT. SO YOU SEE THE PATTERN, THE
-
DEVIL ALWAYS HAS TO BE DEALT WITH. THIS IS WHY SOMETIMES
-
IN YOUR LIFE, WHEN GOD RAISES UP A STRONG LEADER,
-
LIKE WE'RE SEEING WITH OUR PRESIDENT AND OTHERS WHO ARE
-
SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT TO REPRESENT SOME
-
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, MAYBE IT COULD BE ON A LOCAL
-
LEVEL, RIGHT, DISTRICT LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVEL, NEW
-
VOICES ARISE, BUT THEN THE WARFARE ARISES WITH IT. IT'S
-
BECAUSE THE ENEMY, IF GOD'S GONNA BRING THINGS THAT
-
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, WHETHER ON A PERSONAL LEVEL
-
OR GLOBALLY, HE HAS TO DEAL WITH THE DEVIL BECAUSE THE
-
DEVIL IS THE ONE THAT DESIRES TO LORD OVER THINGS,
-
RIGHT AND HE'S NOT EASILY GONNA LET UP GROUND. THE
-
DEVIL WAS CAST OUT. THERE'S GONNA BE WARS, THERE'S GONNA
-
BE CONFLICT. BUT THEN NOTICE THE DUMB SPOKE. IN OTHER
-
WORDS, THERE'S A SEASON WHERE THE LOONIES SPEAK.
-
THERE'S A SEASON WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE WHO MAKE NO
-
SENSE ARE DOING THE TALKING, WHILE THEIR RATINGS DROP,
-
WHILE THEIR VIEW BECOMES THEIR REAR VIEW, AND
-
WHOOPTY-DOO BECOMES WHOOPTY-DOO. NOBODY GIVES A
-
DO ABOUT WHOOPTY-DOO AND WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY, RIGHT
-
AND JIMMY KIMMEL SAYS DUMB THINGS, RIGHT 'CAUSE THE
-
DUMB SPEAK. IT'S PART OF THE DEMONIC THAT HAS TO BE DEALT
-
WITH SO THAT GOD CAN RESET IT AND BRING SOMETHING NEW.
-
BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING BEGINS TO HAPPEN
-
WHEN GOD BRINGS THESE CONFLICTS AND THESE WARS AND
-
IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL AND YOU HEAR ALL THIS FAKE NEWS
-
AND ALL THE LIES THAT THEY REFUSE TO REPORT WHAT THE
-
GOOD THAT'S REALLY HAPPENING. IT'S BECAUSE
-
RIGHT NOW IT'S THE DEVIL, IT'S THE DUMB THAT'S
-
SPEAKING, IT'S THAT MANIFESTATION. BECAUSE IT'S
-
TRYING TO KEEP THE REVELATION OF THE NEW AND
-
THE RENAISSANCE THAT'S TRYING TO EMERGE. THAT'S WHY
-
THEY DON'T COVER 90 SOME PERCENT OF WHAT IS REALLY
-
HAPPENING. BECAUSE THE ENEMY IS ON NOTICE. THERE'S GREAT
-
WAR AND CONFLICT HAPPENING BECAUSE OF YOUR PRAYERS AND
-
BECAUSE OF THE GOD FACTOR INTERVENING. SO DON'T GET
-
MOVED BY THE DUMB THAT'S SPEAKING OR THE LEVEL OF
-
CONFLICT THAT'S HAPPENING. BECAUSE IT'S GONNA LEAD TO
-
THE NEXT THING, VERSE 33. THERE'S A MARVELING THAT'S
-
GONNA BEGIN TO HAPPEN. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A SHIFT
-
WHERE IT'S NO LONGER THAT THE DEVIL OR THE DUMB ARE
-
GONNA HAVE THE EXPRESSION, THE VOICE, THEIR AGENDA,
-
RIGHT THEIR WAY, IT SHIFTS AND THEN THERE BECOMES A
-
MARVELING BECAUSE GOD FACTOR INTERVENES AND HE DEALS WITH
-
THE DEVIL AND HE DEALS WITH THE DUMB. AM I ONLY
-
PREACHING TO MYSELF HERE TODAY NOTICE THE NEXT THING.
-
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT LEADS TO A MANIFESTATION OF
-
RENAISSANCE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE. NOW LET'S BACK
-
UP TO MATTHEW 9. NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE PATTERN. LOOK AT
-
VERSE 18. I WANT YOU TO WRITE THESE WORDS DOWN
-
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE EXPRESSION.
-
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE IN WHAT I CALL A PROPHETIC
-
NARRATIVE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE VERSES, IT'S A
-
LITERAL EXAMPLE OF A STORY THAT HAPPENED. BUT IT'S ALSO
-
A PROPHETIC NARRATIVE, MEANING YOU CAN APPLY IT TO
-
WHAT GOD IS SAYING, BOTH ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, BUT ALSO
-
WHAT GOD IS DOING ON A CORPORATE LEVEL IN THE EARTH
-
SO THAT THE VEIL CAN COME OFF OF YOUR EYES AND YOU CAN
-
SAY, OH, NOW I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PATTERN
-
TO GET TO VERSE 33. THERE'S A PROCESS TO GET THROUGH
-
CERTAIN THINGS SO THAT I CAN HAVE THE RENAISSANCE MOMENT.
-
OH, THIS EXPLAINS WHY WE SAW THE LUNACY OF THE LAST 4
-
YEARS AND WE'RE STILL SEEING THE DUMB SPEAK. RIGHT AND
-
WE'RE SEEING CONFLICTS IN THE EARTH. LOOK AT VERSE 18.
-
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE WORDS. WRITE DOWN THE WORD REVIVAL.
-
DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THE WORD DEFINITION OF REVIVAL
-
IS MEANS LIFE AGAIN, TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO
-
LIFE. MOST REVIVAL HAPPENS IN THE CHURCH HOUSE, RIGHT
-
IN THE 4 WALLS, RIGHT THE CHURCH, REVIVAL IS NOT FOR
-
THE WORLD OUT THERE, EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD CAN COME IN
-
AND EXPERIENCE REVIVAL, BUT REVIVAL IS FOR A CHURCH THAT
-
NEEDS TO BE AWAKENED OR A CHURCH THAT'S GONE DEAD,
-
FALLEN ASLEEP. COME ON, THESE ARE KEY WORDS. DEAD,
-
FALLEN ASLEEP, THAT NEEDS TO BE AWAKENED AND BROUGHT BACK
-
TO LIFE. PAY ATTENTION, THAT'S WHAT REVIVAL IS. IT'S
-
THE FIRST EXAMPLE YOU'RE GONNA SEE. THEN THE NEXT
-
THING IS THE WORD REFORM. REFORM IS WHERE GOD COMES
-
AND DEALS WITH, WATCH THIS WORD, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT IN
-
THE NEXT EXAMPLE WITH THE WOMAN. GOD COMES AND DEALS
-
WITH ISSUES. IN THE CASE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE
-
IS A WOMAN WHO HAD AN ISSUE OF BLOOD FOR 12 YEARS, BUT
-
SHE HAD ISSUES. THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES. SO GOD WILL
-
BRING WHAT'S CALLED A REFORMATION, A CHANGE, A
-
REFORM. NOW, LOOK AT JEREMIAH 1:10. IN THAT
-
REFORM, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
-
NOW, NOTICE THE RATIO 4 TO 2 IN THIS VERSE. A LOT OF
-
PEOPLE QUIT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE WHEN GOD COMES TO
-
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL AND DEAL WITH THE DUMB, TO BRING
-
RENAISSANCE, RIGHT FIRST THING HE HAS TO DO IS HE SET
-
YOU OVER THE NATIONS TO ROOT OUT. ROOTING SOMETHING OUT
-
IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. HOW MANY EVER DUG UP A TREE HOW MANY
-
EVER TRIED TO PULL A DANDELION RIGHT HOW MANY
-
EVER TRIED TO GET YOUR WALLET BACK OR CREDIT CARD
-
FROM YOUR WIFE I MEAN, IT TAKES A LOT OF UPROOTING.
-
IT'S HARD, IT'S NOT EASY. OH, STOP! I WAS ONLY GONE
-
FOR ONE WEEK. BUT HERE'S THE POINT, HOW MANY EVER HAD A
-
ROOT TAKEN OUT OF LIKE YOUR MOUTH WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT
-
THING, A ROOT YEAH, A ROOT CANAL. I MEAN, I BET THAT'S
-
PAINFUL, RIGHT HOW ABOUT TO PULL SOMETHING DOWN IT'S NOT
-
ALWAYS EASY, ESPECIALLY IF THE WEIGHT OF IT IS, IF IT'S
-
BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME, IT'S NOT EASY TO PULL DOWN,
-
RIGHT HEY, I'M 60 AND IT'S GETTING HARDER TO PULL DOWN
-
MY SHIRT OVER THE TOP OF MY HEAD. SO I CAN RELATE, BUT
-
HERE'S THE POINT. PULL DOWN, IT TAKES EFFORT. QUIT
-
LAUGHING, YOUNG MAN, ANTHONY.
-
TO PULL DOWN, IT TAKES EFFORT, IT DOES. IT TAKES
-
ACTION, IT TAKES SOME WORK, SOME SWEAT. NOW, WHAT'S THE
-
NEXT ONE TO DESTROY. DESTROYING IS A PROCESS,
-
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA
-
DISMANTLE IT PIECE BY PIECE, YOU GOTTA DISMANTLE IT
-
STRATEGICALLY. THROW DOWN, TO THROW DOWN IS LIKE, HOW
-
MANY OF YOU WATCH WRESTLING THE THROW DOWN. HOW MANY EAT
-
A LOT OF FOOD THAT'S A THROW DOWN. AND SOMETIMES THERE'S
-
A FIGHT, RIGHT NOT TO EAT AT ALL. HOW MANY GO TO THOSE
-
BARBECUE PLACES AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, IT'S LIKE, OH,
-
I'LL TAKE ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THOSE, AND
-
THEN THEY WEIGH IT. THAT'S 62 POUNDS YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT
-
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 18 BRISKETS, 35 SAUSAGES. AND
-
I'M LIKE, BRENDA, I CAN'T EAT ALL OF THIS. IT'S LIKE,
-
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN
-
PUT IT IN MY SUITCASE. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I DO THAT
-
WHEN YOU GO TO THOSE BARBECUES ON THE ROAD.
-
YOU'VE BEEN THERE. AND I'M LOOKING AND I'M LIKE, "I
-
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS. "I CAN'T EAT
-
ALL THIS." BUT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN I WAS
-
PICKING ALL THE STUFF OUT AND THEN I HAD TO WEIGH IT.
-
OKAY, I'M THE ONLY ONE. BUT ANYWAY, THERE IS A THROW
-
DOWN. SOMETIMES THIS MET WITH CONFLICT IS WHAT MY
-
POINT IS. THAT WAS MY CONFLICT. I DON'T KNOW HOW I
-
WAS GONNA EAT IT ALL. YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT THAT WAS A
-
GREAT POINT. NEVER-MIND, I'M JUST GONNA KEEP PREACHING
-
AND BE IN MY OWN WORLD. BUT NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS. YOU
-
GOTTA HAVE THOSE 4 THINGS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. IT'S
-
NOT ALWAYS ENJOYABLE. BUT MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR EYES
-
ON THESE THINGS. OH, I DON'T LIKE THE ROOTING OUT, OH, IT
-
HURTS. I DON'T LIKE THE PULLING DOWN, IT'S
-
DIFFICULT. I DON'T LIKE THE DESTROYING, WE HAVE TO BE
-
NICE. OH, I DON'T LIKE THE THROW DOWN. I DON'T LIKE
-
CONFRONTATION. REMEMBER BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OR WHATEVER THAT
-
IS YOU GUYS HAVE THE SPIRIT OF THE T-REX. I DON'T LIKE
-
CONFRONTATION. REMEMBER TOY STORY, OKAY, I LIKE THAT
-
ONE, OKAY. BUT NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, BUILD AND
-
PLANT. THE NEW, THE NEW, THE BUILDING AND THE PLANTING,
-
BUT NOTICE WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO GET TO THAT
-
RENAISSANCE OF SOMETHING THAT'S BUILT AND SOMETHING
-
THAT'S PLANTED THAT WILL GROW IN A NEW EXPRESSION AND
-
A NEW SEASON. SO THAT'S THE WORD REFORM. NOW THE OTHER
-
ONE IS AWAKENING. 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS
-
EXAMPLE. AWAKENING IS WHEN BLIND EYES ARE OPEN AND ALL
-
OF A SUDDEN, THEY'RE LIKE, WHOA, NOW WE SEE. HOW MANY
-
GET THIS REVIVAL, LIFE AGAIN, IN THE HOUSE, TO BE
-
AWAKENED, REFORM, DEALING WITH ISSUES, AWAKENING,
-
BLIND EYES OPEN. LET'S LOOK HERE AT THE PATTERN. MATTHEW
-
9, VERSE 18, I'M GONNA CLOSE WITH THIS, PASTOR DOUG, YOU
-
START HEADING THAT WAY 'CAUSE WE GOT STUFF TO
-
DO. I GOTTA SING, THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME. SING
-
OUT THERE. I'LL BE GIVING AWAY MY BIRTHDAY CDS.
-
YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR ME SING, NO YOU DON'T.
-
I CANNOT SING, ALL RIGHT. I EVEN TELL THAT TO GOD, I'M
-
LIKE, I'M TRYING, BUT HERE WE GO. WHILE HE YET SPOKE
-
THESE THINGS UNTO THEM, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A CERTAIN
-
RULER AND WORSHIPED HIM, SAYING, "MY DAUGHTER IS EVEN
-
NOW DEAD." NOW, THAT DAUGHTER WAS 12 YEARS OF
-
AGE, SO THAT MEANS IT'S A KINGDOM ISSUE. WHEN YOU SEE
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THE NUMBER 12, 12 IS THE NUMBER OF THE KING, THIS IS
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A KINGDOM ISSUE. "MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD, THE CHURCH
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IS DEAD, "THE CHURCH HAS LOST ITS LIFE, RIGHT "BUT
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COME AND LAY YOUR HANDS UPON HER "AND SHE SHALL LIVE OR
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BE REVIVED." AND SO JESUS AROSE AND FOLLOWED HIM, AND
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SO DID HIS DISCIPLES. ALL RIGHT, NOW, WHAT'S GONNA
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SUSTAIN REVIVAL FOLLOW JESUS, NOT MAN. FOLLOW
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JESUS, NOT THE REVIVAL. FOLLOW JESUS, AND ALSO
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DISCIPLESHIP. YOU CAN HAVE THE EXPRESSION OF REVIVAL,
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BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WAY TO KEEP IT BY DISCIPLESHIP,
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IT FALLS THROUGH. SO THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE, VERSE 19.
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SO THAT'S THE EXPRESSION OF REVIVAL. BUT NOW LOOK AT
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REFORM. BEHOLD, VERSE 20, THERE WAS A WOMAN WHICH WAS
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DISEASED WITH ISSUES FOR 12 YEARS. COME ON, WE HAVE BEEN
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BATTLING FOR HOW MANY YEARS ISSUES IN OUR COUNTRY EVER
-
SINCE LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND PROBABLY BEFORE. AND WE HAVE
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BEEN DEALING WITH ISSUES, CAME BEHIND JESUS AND
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TOUCHED THE BOTTOM OF HIS GARMENT. FOR SHE SAID WITHIN
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HERSELF, "IF I MAY JUST TOUCH HIS GARMENT." AND
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THAT'S KEY FOR REFORM. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO
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ALL THIS, I'LL DO IT AGAIN. I SHALL BE MADE WHOLE. SEE,
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WE GOTTA TOUCH A CERTAIN EXPRESSION OF GOD. WE HAVE
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TO TOUCH HIM SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE THAT HEALING FOR OUR
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ISSUES. THAT'S WHY THIS REDEDICATION THAT'S GONNA
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HAPPEN MAY 17TH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND PRAY
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THAT NOTHING CAN DELAY IT, DISTRACT IT, OR DIVERT IT.
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BECAUSE ONCE YOU TOUCH SOMETHING OF JESUS,
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CONCERNING JESUS, THE ISSUES AND THE THINGS THAT NEED TO
-
BE REFORMED GET SET IN INSTANT ORDER. THAT'S WHERE
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WE'RE HEADING. THIS IS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. SO SHE
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CAME, LOOK AT HERE WHAT HAPPENED. VERSE 22, SHE
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TOUCHED HIS GARMENT, JESUS TURNED AND SAW HER, SAID,
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"DAUGHTER, BE OF GOOD COMFORT. "THY FAITH HAS MADE
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THEE WHOLE." WHAT IS THAT THAT'S CHANGE, THAT'S
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RENAISSANCE. SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEW HAS JUST
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HAPPENED TO YOUR ISSUES, WOMAN. YOU HAVE JUST
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SUCCESSFULLY GONE THROUGH CHANGE. YOU'VE GONE THROUGH
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REFORM. RIGHT YOU'VE COME INTO A NEW SEASON NOW.
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YOU'RE NO LONGER, YOU READ THE ACCOUNT, SHE SPENT ALL
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OF HER MONEY, SHE WENT TO ALL THE DOCTORS, NOBODY
-
COULD HELP HER. BECAUSE THERE COMES A POINT WHERE
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YOU CAN LOOK AT LEGISLATION, POLITICIANS, YOU CAN LOOK
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AT, RIGHT, SOMEBODY ELSE, THE PASTOR TO FIX
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EVERYTHING. BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE ISSUES THAT
-
REQUIRE YOUR PRESSING IN, YOUR VOTING, YOUR PRAYING,
-
RIGHT, YOUR ADVOCATING OUT THERE IN GOVERNMENT, IN YOUR
-
SCHOOL BOARD, RIGHT, IN YOUR COMMUNITY, DOING YOUR PART
-
THAT BRINGS THE GOD FACTOR THAT MAKES THE CHANGE. THAT
-
PEOPLE WILL GO, "WHOA, WHOA, WOW, GOD DID THIS." THAT'S
-
WHERE WE'RE HEADING. NOTICE THE NEXT ONE NOW. SO THAT'S
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REFORM. NOW LET'S GO BACK TO VERSE 23. JESUS CAME INTO
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THE RULER'S HOUSE. NOTICE THAT'S WHERE REVIVAL IS.
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IT'S CONTINUING THE FIRST PART OF VERSE 18. "AND SAW
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THE MINSTRELS AND THE PEOPLE MAKING NOISE. "AND HE SAID
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TO THEM, "'GIVE PLACE FOR THE MAID IS NOT DEAD, SHE'S
-
SLEEPING.'" COME ON, HOW MANY CHURCHES ARE ASLEEP
-
RIGHT NOW HOW MANY CHURCHES NEED TO BE AWAKENED AND
-
REVIVED AGAIN "BUT THEY LAUGHED HIM TO SCORN."
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THERE'S THOSE THAT ARE GONNA LAUGH. THEY LAUGH AT
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PREACHING LIKE THIS, THEY LAUGH AT STUFF LIKE THIS,
-
THEY DON'T LIKE IT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT DOESN'T
-
MATTER. BUT WHEN THE PEOPLE WERE PUT FORTH, HE WENT AND
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TOOK HER BY THE HAND AND RAISED HER AND REVIVED HER.
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NOW WATCH WHAT IT LEADS TO, VERSE 20. IT LEADS TO WHAT
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DOESN'T JUST IMPACT THE CHURCH HOUSE OR A FEW ISSUES
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OF REFORM. NOW YOU GET SOMETHING BIGGER. YOU
-
ACTUALLY GET WHAT'S CALLED AN AWAKENING, WHERE IT
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BEGINS TO BE SPILLED OUT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, ON A
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GLOBAL LEVEL. WATCH, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS IN VERSE 26.
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AND THE FAME WENT OUT ABROAD INTO ALL THE LAND. SO IN
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OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOW A MOVEMENT THAT'S STARTING TO
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HAPPEN, A JESUS MOVEMENT. THERE'S AN AWAKENING
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BEGINNING TO HAPPEN AFTER YOU SEE THE EXPRESSION OF
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REVIVAL, YOU SEE THE EXPRESSION OF REFORM. AND
-
NOTICE THE NEXT THING, 2 BLIND MEN SHOW UP. WHAT
-
HAPPENS WITH AN AWAKENING THE VEIL GETS TAKEN OFF,
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RIGHT NO LONGER DO PEOPLE BELIEVE THE STUPID. NO
-
LONGER DO PEOPLE BELIEVE THE DUMB. NO LONGER DO PEOPLE
-
BELIEVE THE FAKE. NO LONGER DO PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
-
MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN 2 MEN AND 2 WOMEN. NO LONGER DO
-
THEY BELIEVE THAT A DUDE PUTTING A WIG ON WITH A
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BEARD AND A MUSTACHE AND SHAVES HIS LEGS IS SOMEHOW A
-
WOMAN BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE IT AND HE DEFINES HIMSELF
-
LIKE THAT. OR VICE VERSA. RIGHT, THERE COMES A MOMENT
-
WHERE THE BLINDNESS, THE STUPIDITY, THE DUMBNESS, THE
-
DECEPTION, ALL OF A SUDDEN GETS LIFTED. IT'S CALLED AN
-
AWAKENING. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHURCHES AND
-
EXPRESSIONS OF REVIVAL WHERE THE PRESENCE OF GOD, JESUS,
-
COMES INTO THE HOUSE LIKE THAT LITTLE GIRL AND REVIVES
-
IT, AWAKENS IT, SO THERE'S THAT EXPRESSION OF THE GOD
-
FACTOR. REVIVING A CHURCH, PREACHERS, SO THEY CAN STAND
-
AND BE A VOICE, A CONGREGATION THAT CAN COME
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ALIVE. THEN GOD CAN EFFECTIVELY HANDLE THE
-
REFORM. YOU CAN'T JUST SAVE A NATION BY REVIVAL ALONE
-
BECAUSE IT ONLY DEALS WITH THE HOUSE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE
-
THE EXPRESSION OF THAT POWER THAT ACTIVATES THE CHURCH,
-
ACTIVATES THE PEOPLE TO SPILL OUT NOW OVER INTO THE
-
ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING THE LIFE SOURCE, HERS WAS BLOOD,
-
THE WOMAN, RIGHT TO BE CHALLENGED. BUT IT LEADS TO
-
AWAKENING. NOTICE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 2 BLIND
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MICE. SOUNDS LIKE THE 2 BLIND MEN, MICE, 2 BLIND
-
MEN. 2 BLIND MEN FOLLOWED HIM CRYING, SAYING, "THOU
-
SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY." UNDERLINE THAT. WHEN AN
-
AWAKENING HAPPENS, IT'S GOD NOW, AFTER HE'S EXPRESSED
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HIMSELF THROUGH A REFORM AND REVIVAL, TO BRING WHAT'S
-
CALLED A GLOBAL AWAKENING, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE GOD
-
FACTOR OF MERCY. WHERE THE MERCY OF GOD IS SO GREAT
-
THAT HE COMES IN AND HE LOOKS AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW
-
WHAT, THE CUP OF INIQUITY IS FULL. I'M GONNA DEAL HARSHLY
-
WITH THE INJUSTICE, THE CORRUPTION, AND I'M GOING TO
-
BRING MY RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MY JUSTICE, BUT MY MERCY'S
-
COMING FOR THE SAKE OF THE AFFLICTED, THE SAKE OF THE
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HARASSED, THE SAKE OF THE OPPRESSED. AND NOTICE WHAT
-
THEY CRIED OUT FOR, HAVE MERCY ON US. NOTICE WHAT
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HAPPENS, VERSE 28, "AND WHEN HE WAS COMING TO THE HOUSE,
-
"THE BLIND MAN CAME TO HIM, AND JESUS SAID, "YOU BELIEVE
-
THAT I'M ABLE TO DO THIS" THEY SAID, YES, LORD. AND
-
NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS, LET'S KEEP READING. OKAY, HE SAID,
-
"TOUCH THEIR EYES, "SAY, 'BE IT DONE ACCORDING TO YOUR
-
FAITH.' "AND THEIR EYES WERE OPENED." THAT'S AN
-
AWAKENING, RIGHT "AND JESUS STRAIGHTLY CHARGED THEM,
-
"SEE THAT NO MAN KNOWS IT. "BUT WHEN THEY WERE
-
DEPARTED, THEY SPREAD ABROAD HIS FAME." NOTICE WHO THE
-
FOCUS WAS. NOTICE THE FOCUS WAS JESUS. THAT'S WHAT A
-
MOVEMENT, A JESUS MOVEMENT DOES. THAT'S WHAT AN
-
AWAKENING DOES, RIGHT IN A REFORM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN
-
ONLY SEE ALL THE ISSUES AND ALL THE PAIN AND THE
-
STRUGGLES. IN REVIVAL, ALL THEY CAN SEE IS, YEAH, OH,
-
THE BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT IN THE HOUSE, BUT YET WHEN
-
JESUS DOES SOMETHING ON A BIGGER SCALE, IT BEGINS TO
-
GO OUTSIDE OF YOUR TERRITORY, YOUR SPHERE OF
-
INFLUENCE. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING. THAT
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ULTIMATELY LANDS US NOW TO VERSE 32 AND 33, RENAISSANCE
-
AS WE CLOSE. I WANT YOU TO STAND TO YOUR FEET. AS THEY
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WENT OUT, BEHOLD, THEY BROUGHT TO HIM A DUMB MAN
-
POSSESSED WITH THE DEVIL. SO HOW MANY UNDERSTAND THAT
-
THERE WAS THE DEMONIC THAT HAD TO BE DEALT WITH THERE
-
HAD TO BE A CONFLICT AGAINST THE DEMONIC, AGAINST THE
-
DARKNESS, AND NOTICE THE RENAISSANCE. ALL OF THAT LED
-
TO THIS. THE DEVIL WAS CAST OUT, THE DUMB SPOKE, AND THE
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MULTITUDES BEGAN TO MARVEL, AND NOTICE WHAT THEY SAID.
-
WE HAVE NEVER SO SEEN IT LIKE THIS. IN MY LIFE, MY
-
MARRIAGE, MY CHILDREN, MY FINANCES, MY JOB, MY
-
BUSINESS, MY MINISTRY, MY NATION, THE NATIONS OF THE
-
EARTH. WE'RE WATCHING ALL OF THIS PLAY OUT. WE'RE SEEING
-
GOD BRINGING REVIVAL. WE'RE SEEING HIM DEALING IN
-
REFORM. AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING HIM BEGIN TO AWAKEN,
-
LIFTING THIS VEIL. THAT'S WHY THE WOMEN'S VEILS COMING
-
OFF IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S A
-
PROPHETIC OVERSHADOWING OF WHAT GOD IS DOING. I'M GONNA
-
LEAVE YOU WITH ONE VERSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S
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MATTHEW 23:37. WE CANNOT LIVE, WE NEED TO LIVE IN
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RENAISSANCE. WE NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM A PHRASE THAT I
-
WANNA SHOW YOU IN THIS VERSE. MATTHEW 23:37, I'M
-
GONNA CLOSE WITH THIS. OH, JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM, YOU
-
KILL THE PROPHETS. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DON'T LISTEN TO
-
WHAT THE PROPHETS ARE SAYING. YOU STONE THEM WHICH
-
ARE SENT TO YOU. AND THAT COULD BE MANY DIFFERENT
-
EXPRESSIONS OF VESSELS, RIGHT AND HOW OFTEN I WOULD
-
HAVE GATHERED YOU. SO NOW YOU SEE THE INTENT OF GOD. I
-
WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU A BETTER OUTCOME IN YOUR
-
MIDTERMS. BUT YOU DIDN'T VOTE. YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP AT
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THE PRIMARIES. I WOULD HAVE. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THE
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WOULD HAVE, GOD. YOU KNOW, WE REDEDICATED OUR NATION TO
-
YOU. AND GOD, WELL, I WOULD HAVE, BUT YOU GUYS DIDN'T
-
SHOW UP. BUT WATCH THIS. I WOULD HAVE GATHERED YOUR
-
CHILDREN TOGETHER, EVEN AS A HEN GATHERS HER CHICKENS.
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BUT NOTICE THE LAST PART OF THIS VERSE. IF WE WANT
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RENAISSANCE, WE WANT REVIVAL, REFORM, AWAKENING,
-
WE HAVE GOT TO NOT LIVE IN THE WOULD NOT.
-
WE CANNOT BE STUBBORN, STIFF-NECKED,
-
REBELLIOUS, ASLEEP, RIGHT LET IT BE SOMEBODY ELSE'S
-
BURDEN, LET IT BE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT SHOWS UP AT THE
-
SCHOOL BOARD, LET IT BE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT FIGHTS
-
FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKING PORNOGRAPHY OUT OF THE
-
LIBRARIES OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. WE WOULDN'T GET
-
INVOLVED, WE WOULDN'T VOTE, EH, LET OTHER PEOPLE VOTE.
-
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO REDISTRICT
-
EVERYTHING ANYWAY, SO WHY VOTE THEY CHEAT IN
-
ELECTIONS, SO WHY VOTE NO, YOU WOULD NOT. AND AS WE
-
HEAD INTO THE NEW SEASON, GOD IS SPEAKING, NOT JUST
-
OF, WE KEEP LOOKING AT THE MIDTERMS. GOD IS LOOKING AT
-
HIS TERMS. HIS TERMS ARE HE WANTS TO CAPTURE THE NEXT 3
-
GENERAL ELECTIONS AND ALL THE MIDTERMS IN BETWEEN.
-
THAT'S WHAT HEAVEN'S LOOKING AT. HE'S LOOKING AT 12 YEARS
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OF WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, SHOULD HE TARRY. I WANT GOD
-
TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, BUT WE HAVE TO STAY OUT OF
-
THE, YOU WOULDN'T DO IT. YOU WOULDN'T GET INVOLVED. YOU
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WOULDN'T EMBRACE THE RENAISSANCE. WELL, I DON'T
-
LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP. WELL, HE'S A LOT BETTER. LET ME
-
ASK YOU WHO YOUR CHOICE IS. GIVE ME YOUR CHOICE AND TELL
-
ME WHY. KAQUELIN HAMAS, TAMPON TIM, GRUSOM NEWSOM,
-
HAKEEM MUHAMMAD JEFFRIES OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS, ACROK,
-
THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. WE STAY SICK WHEN WE DON'T RECOGNIZE
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THE GOOD. I WANT RENAISSANCE, BUT I WANT TO
-
STAY OUT OF THAT WE WOULD NOT. SO I WANT US TO LIFT
-
OUR HANDS UP AND SAY GOD, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, I ASK
-
YOU TO REACH YOUR HAND TOWARDS ME AND PLACE A
-
STRONG ANOINTING, WISDOM, GRACE, FAVOR, PRESERVATION,
-
THAT I WILL DO YOUR WILL, I WILL BE A VOICE, I RECEIVE
-
YOUR BOLDNESS TO DO WHAT YOU WANT, TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT,
-
SO THAT RENAISSANCE CAN COME UNTO THIS NATION, THE
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NATIONS OF THE EARTH, AND TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
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AMEN, PASTOR DOUG, THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU.
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(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
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LOVE YOU. PRAISE GOD, WELL YOU CAN BE SEATED FOR JUST A
-
MOMENT. IF YOU ARE WORKING AT THE INFORMATION CENTERS
-
TODAY OR YOU NEED TO BE IN THE CONNECT CENTER, YOU'RE
-
DISMISSED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO
-
ASK YOU IF YOU'LL JUST REMAIN SEATED FOR JUST A
-
SHORT FEW MINUTES. BY THE WAY, THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE
-
HERE, BUT THEY PROMISED ME THEY'LL KEEP EVERYTHING HOT.
-
EVEN IF YOU SAT HERE FOR ANOTHER HOUR WITH ME, YOU'LL
-
BE OKAY. BUT I PROMISE YOU, WE WON'T. IT'S GOING TO BE
-
SHORT TODAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WANT
-
TO COME UP HERE, IF YOU'LL NEED PRAYER AT THE END OF
-
THE SERVICE FOR ANY REASON, THE ALTAR TEAM WILL BE IN
-
PLACE UP HERE, AND THEY'RE READY TO PRAY WITH YOU.
-
THEY'RE HONORED TO PRAY WITH YOU AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
-
THAT. IF YOU NEED THAT TODAY OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
-
PRAYER OF AGREEMENT, THERE'S POWER IN THE PRAYER OF
-
AGREEMENT. PRAYER OF FAITH CAN DO MIRACLES, AND WE SEE
-
IT EVERY WEEK HERE WITH OUR ALTAR TEAM MINISTERING TO
-
PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK STARTED WITH THAT
-
VERSE, ISAIAH 43:19, "BEHOLD, I DO A NEW THING."
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AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT IN PREPARING FOR ALTAR
-
MINISTRY TODAY, AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST
-
IMPORTANT NEW THING THAT GOD CAN DO IN A PERSON'S LIFE IS
-
WHEN HE BECOMES OUR SAVIOR, OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR. WE ALL
-
NEED TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. WE
-
ALL NEED A JESUS MOVEMENT WITH GOD IN OUR PERSONAL
-
LIVES. PASTOR MENTIONED THAT, AND THE BIBLE TELLS US
-
THAT THE PATH IS WIDE TO DESTRUCTION, IT'S VERY
-
NARROW TO GOD. AND THERE'LL BE FEW THAT FIND WHAT THE
-
BIBLE SAYS. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A
-
SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT MAKE IT TO HEAVEN SOMEDAY. AND
-
THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES, BECAUSE OF PRIDE,
-
PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN DO IT THEMSELVES. DECEPTION FROM
-
THE DEVIL. THEY CAN DO IT THEMSELVES AND MAKE THEIR
-
OWN WAY TO HEAVEN. WELL, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT IT
-
WORKS. WE HAVE TO BOW OUR KNEE TO CHRIST WHILE WE'RE
-
ON THIS EARTH. BECAUSE HE TELLS US THIS, EVERY KNEE
-
WILL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS THAT JESUS
-
CHRIST IS LORD. SO THAT MEANS SOMEDAY, EVEN THOSE
-
PEOPLE THAT SHAKE THEIR FIST AT GOD ARE GONNA MAKE THE
-
DECISION THAT THEY HAVE TO BOW. BUT IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
-
YOU HAVE TO DO IT WHILE YOU'RE ALIVE. JESUS NEVER
-
SENDS ANYONE TO THAT TERRIBLE PLACE OF ETERNAL
-
DAMNATION CALLED HELL. WE SEND OURSELVES THERE BECAUSE
-
WE DON'T LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE DON'T ACCEPT
-
JESUS, WE WALK IN PRIDE INSTEAD. AND I JUST WANT TO
-
EXTEND AN INVITATION TODAY TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
-
ONLINE, AND THERE MAY BE SOMEONE EVEN HERE IN THIS
-
PLACE, MAYBE THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, OR MAYBE
-
YOU'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THE MOST
-
IMPORTANT DECISION YOU'LL EVER MAKE IS GETTING YOUR
-
LIFE RIGHT WITH CHRIST AND MAKING SURE THAT HEAVEN IS
-
YOUR ETERNAL HOME. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU
-
CAN DO. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE LIGHTS AND BE GOOD
-
WITNESSES TO OTHERS, SHINE OUR LIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A
-
SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH TO LIVE. IN A MATTER OF
-
ETERNITY, IT'S VERY, VERY SHORT, BUT WE'RE ALL CALLED
-
TO REACH PEOPLE FOR CHRIST. BUT IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND
-
YOU SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT IF I WAS
-
TO LEAVE THIS EARTH, HEAVEN WOULD BE MY HOME. I'M NOT
-
100% SURE THAT IF I GOT TO STAND IN FRONT OF GOD, HE'D
-
SAY, 'WELCOME, SON OR DAUGHTER. COME ON IN. ENJOY
-
HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY WITH ME.'" IF YOU'RE NOT 100%
-
SURE OF THAT, YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THAT TODAY BEFORE
-
YOU LEAVE OR BEFORE YOU TURN OFF YOUR TELEVISION, YOUR
-
DEVICE, WHATEVER YOU'RE WATCHING ON TODAY, YOU CAN
-
BE 100% ASSURED. THAT'S BECAUSE ROMANS 10:9 TELLS
-
US, THOSE THAT CALL ON THE LORD, IF YOU CONFESS WITH
-
YOUR MOUTH AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART, YOU WILL BE
-
SAVED. THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE TELLS US. AND IT STARTS WITH
-
A SIMPLE PRAYER. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS,
-
IF YOU WOULD, WITH ME TODAY. EVERY HEAD BOWED, EVERY EYE
-
CLOSED, NO ONE LOOKING AROUND. AND I WANT TO ASK
-
YOU THIS QUESTION. TAKE A MOMENT. DON'T EVEN THINK
-
ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCKS RIGHT NOW. JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT
-
YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH THE LORD. WOULD YOU GO TO
-
HEAVEN IF YOU LEFT THE EARTH TODAY AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE
-
HERE AND YOU SAY, I WANT PRAYER, I WANT TO MAKE 100%
-
SURE THAT I WOULD HAVE HEAVEN AS MY ETERNAL
-
DESTINY, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY
-
BOLD TODAY. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN
-
I COUNT TO 3. AND THEN I'LL ASK YOU TO PRAY WITH ME, AND
-
WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF TODAY SO THAT
-
YOU CAN HAVE THAT ASSURANCE. AND WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HEAD
-
ON YOUR PILLOW TONIGHT, YOU'LL KNOW THAT HEAVEN IS
-
YOUR FUTURE HOME. WHEN I COUNT TO 3, YOU RAISE YOUR
-
HAND. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE AROUND YOU OR WITH
-
YOU. THEY'LL WAIT FOR YOU. IF YOU MAKE THIS DECISION
-
TODAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINK. IT'S
-
ONLY IMPORTANT WHAT GOD THINKS. AND IF YOU'RE
-
WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT WHERE
-
YOU'RE AT AND GOD WILL SEE YOU. WHEN I COUNT TO 3,
-
RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY TOGETHER. 1,
-
2, 3. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU NEED JESUS. I SEE ONE HAND
-
UP HERE. YOUNG LADY, ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND OKAY.
-
ANYONE ELSE IS THERE ANOTHER ONE ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE
-
OKAY, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME. EVERY
-
TIME JESUS CALLED SOMEONE, HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. AND
-
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME STAND, BE BOLD TODAY, COME
-
STAND RIGHT DOWN IN FRONT OF ME. AND I WANT YOU TO COME
-
FORWARD RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AND GET THIS
-
TAKEN CARE OF. THOSE OF YOU THAT RAISED YOUR HANDS, COME
-
FORWARD. LET'S LIFT THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, EDDIE. COME ON
-
DOWN HERE, GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY COME. YOUNG LADY, I
-
SAW YOUR HAND. WE'LL GIVE YOU TIME. IF YOU'RE WITH
-
SOMEONE, THEY'LL WAIT. YOU JUST STEP RIGHT OUT OF YOUR
-
SEAT AND COME RIGHT DOWN HERE. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
-
THIS DECISION TODAY IN FRONT OF THESE HERE AS WITNESSES
-
AND IN FRONT OF CHRIST. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING.
-
THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY UP HERE IN THE ROW. YOU CAN
-
COME ON DOWN. COME ON DOWN, YOUNG LADY. MAKE A DECISION
-
FOR CHRIST. DON'T BE ASHAMED. BE BOLD. THIS IS
-
YOUR DAY. I KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE. THANK YOU,
-
MA'AM, FOR COMING. ANYONE ELSE LET ME EXTEND THIS TO
-
YOU TODAY. I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT APPLY. IS
-
THERE SOMEONE HERE, AND YOU'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN, YOU
-
MADE THE DECISION FOR CHRIST IN THE PAST, BUT YOU'VE
-
GOTTEN OFF TRACK. YOU'VE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN WRONG
-
RELATIONSHIPS. PEOPLE HAVE PULLED YOU THE WRONG WAY.
-
YOU KNOW. YOU FEEL THE CONVICTION IN YOUR HEART
-
YOU'RE NOT SERVING GOD LIKE YOU SHOULD BE. AND YOU WANT
-
TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO COME BACK TO HIM. IS THAT
-
SOMEONE HERE I WANT YOU TO RUN DOWN HERE AND BE WITH
-
THESE 2 BRAVE PEOPLE THAT CAME FORWARD TODAY. AND
-
WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. THE BIBLE
-
SAYS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS MAKE A TURN. CONFESS YOUR
-
SIN, REPENT, AND YOU CAN COME BACK TO HIM. IF THAT'S
-
YOU, COME ON DOWN HERE AND JOIN THESE PEOPLE TODAY, AND
-
YOU WILL HAVE A NEW START, A NEW LIFE, TO MOVE FORWARD
-
WITH GOD. IS THERE SOMEONE HERE OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PRAY.
-
THANK YOU, TOO, FOR COMING. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, MA'AM
-
ASHLEY, ASHLEY, AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR RICHARD,
-
RICHARD OKAY, ASHLEY AND RICHARD, TODAY, MAY 3RD,
-
2026, IS GOING TO BE A NEW DAY FOR YOU. WE'RE GOING TO
-
PRAY. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO REPEAT AFTER ME, AND IF
-
YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU WANT TO RECEIVE CHRIST,
-
YOU REPEAT THE SAME THINGS THAT ASHLEY AND RICHARD ARE
-
GOING TO REPEAT WITH ME TODAY RIGHT HERE AT LORD OF
-
HOSTS IN THE AUDITORIUM, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW
-
DAY FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO HAVING
-
ETERNAL LIFE WITH CHRIST AND A GREAT FUTURE OF ABUNDANCE
-
AND THE ABUNDANT LIFE. YOU REPEAT AFTER ME AS I PRAY.
-
FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS INTO THIS
-
WORLD TO SAVE ME FROM MY SIN. THANK YOU THAT YOU WENT
-
TO THE CROSS. YOU DIED FOR ME. YOU WERE BURIED. AND THE
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BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU AROSE FROM THE DEAD ON THE THIRD
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DAY. NOW YOU'RE IN HEAVEN, INTERCEDING FOR ME. I
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BELIEVE THAT. FATHER, FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY
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LIFE. WHATEVER I'VE DONE IN THE PAST, YOU'VE FORGIVEN ME
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OF. TODAY IS A NEW DAY, AND I WILL SERVE YOU ALL THE
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DAYS OF MY LIFE. AMEN. AND BECAUSE YOU PRAYED THAT
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PRAYER TODAY, YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE ON A TREMENDOUS WALK
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WITH GOD. IT'S OKAY. LET THE TEARS COME BECAUSE IT'S A
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SPECIAL DAY IN YOUR LIFE. WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR YOU 2.
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AND JANET, WOULD YOU HELP GUIDE THEM WE WANT TO GIVE
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YOU SOME INFORMATION, HAVE YOU SIGN UP A CARD SO WE CAN
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SEND YOU INFORMATION. WE HAVE A CLASS COMING UP
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THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU CALLED IT'S A NEW BELIEVERS
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CLASS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. IF
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YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU MADE THAT DECISION AT
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HOME OR WHEREVER YOU'RE AT AT WORK, IN A HOTEL ROOM,
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YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE 24 HOURS A DAY, EVEN IF
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YOU'RE WATCHING THIS ARCHIVE. IT'S 8557777907.
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AND EVERY WEEK WE HAVE PEOPLE CALL IN FROM AROUND
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THE WORLD THAT HAVE RECEIVED JESUS. AND WE'LL SEND YOU
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THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GIVING ASHLEY AND
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RICHARD TODAY IF YOU JUST CALL THAT NUMBER AND PRAY
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WITH OUR COUNSELORS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT
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OPPORTUNITY. AND THANK YOU, CONGREGATION, FOR BEING SO
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PATIENT TO WAIT ON THESE 2 TO COME AND THE OTHERS. I
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HAVE A COUPLE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I JUST
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WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T FORGET IT. ONE OF THEM IS
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THIS. DID EVERYONE THAT'S SITTING IN HERE NOW RECEIVE
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YOUR LUNCH TICKET WHEN YOU CAME IN THE DOOR IS THERE
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ANYONE, RAISE YOUR HAND, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A LUNCH
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TICKET FOR A FREE LUNCH AT THE TRUCKS OKAY, A COUPLE OF
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YOU. OKAY, JUST GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTERS, ANY
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INFORMATION CENTER, AND TELL THEM, I WANT A FREE LUNCH.
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AND THEY'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. AND YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
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PAY, COLE. THEY'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. SO THAT'S GREAT. AND
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WE'RE CELEBRATING PASTOR HANK'S BIRTHDAY. SO THEN YOU
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CAN GO TO ANY FOOD TRUCK THAT'S OUT THERE, AND
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THERE'S PREPLANNED MEALS FOR YOUR TICKET. SO FOR THAT
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TICKET, YOU MAY HAVE A SELECTION OF 2 OR 3 THINGS,
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BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL GET. DON'T TELL THEM YOU WANT 10
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TACOS AND 5 COKES, BECAUSE YOUR TICKET WON'T BUY THAT.
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BUT THEY HAVE A PLANNED MEAL FOR YOU SO THAT WE CAN SPEED
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THIS UP. SO WITH 5 FOOD TRUCKS IT'S GOING TO GO VERY
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FAST, BUT GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER IF YOU
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NEED ONE. BOB SAID HE WANTS TO HAVE 2 MEALS, SO I DON'T
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KNOW IF HE CAN GET BY WITH... I DON'T KNOW IF THE
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INFORMATION CENTER WILL GIVE IT TO YOU OR NOT, BOB. OH,
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ONE MORE THING. WE ARE HONORED TODAY TO HAVE
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COLLEEN BRENNAN WITH US. SHE'S CURRENTLY RUNNING AS A
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REPUBLICAN FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF
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COMMISSIONERS, DISTRICT 6. COLLEEN, WOULD YOU STAND,
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PLEASE WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE HER WITH US. AND
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COLLEEN LOVES THE LORD, AND I KNOW SHE'LL DO A GREAT
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JOB. I THINK, WERE YOU PREVIOUSLY ON THE CITY
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COUNCIL SHE WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY. NOW
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SHE'S RUNNING FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF
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COMMISSIONERS. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION. WE NEED
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TO GET THAT BOARD MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I'LL JUST
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PUT IT THAT WAY. SO, COLLEEN, WOULD YOU MIND JUST
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KIND OF STAYING AROUND THERE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME
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MEET YOU OR TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE OR 2 OKAY. AND THEN
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ARE YOU STAYING FOR LUNCH TODAY TERRY ASKED YOU TO
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STAY, SO YOU'LL BE OUT THERE. AND IF SOMEONE WANTS
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TO, SHE'S GOT HER T-SHIRT ON, EVEN WITH HER NAME ON
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IT, SO YOU WON'T FORGET IT. SO, SEE COLLEEN. AND, YOU
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KNOW, THE PRIMARIES ARE COMING VERY SOON, SO DO WE
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HAVE ELECTION GUIDES READY YET THEY'RE OUT THERE
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ELECTION GUIDES ARE OUT, WHAT AT THE STAND UP FOR
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TRUTH TABLE, THERE ARE ELECTION GUIDES. TERRY HAS
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WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER THAT WILL
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HELP YOU IN DETERMINING WHO TO VOTE FOR. SO TAKE
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ADVANTAGE OF THOSE. SO EILEEN SAYS, "I HAVE TO MOVE
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QUICKER BECAUSE EVERYONE'S HUNGRY." AND I THINK THAT'S
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IT. JUST BE BACK IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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PASTOR BRENDA WILL BE MINISTERING THIS COMING
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THEN WE'LL PICK UP REVELATION
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PART 3 AFTER THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. IF YOU
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WANT PRAYER, THE ELDER TEAM IS UP HERE READY AND
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WILLING TO PRAY FOR YOU. THANK YOU. GO HAVE FUN AND
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CELEBRATE PASTOR HANK'S BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU,
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ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US TODAY.