Sermon
04/18/26 - WYAA 2026 | Pastor Karen Wheaton
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Transcript
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(MUSIC)
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(CONGREGATION MURMURING)
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ALL RIGHT, LADIES. WE COMING BACK, WE COMING BACK? OKAY, SO
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THIS SONG HERE, THIS ONE ISN'T STRAIGHT SCRIPTURE, BUT IT'S
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SCRIPTURALLY BASED. AND IT SIMPLY SAYS, "HEY GIRL, YOU'RE
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SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL. AND YOUR FRAME IS WONDERFUL. WHETHER 35 OR SIZE
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2. FROM YOUR HAIR DOWN TO YOUR BABY TOE. GOD HAS MADE
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YOU VALUABLE. AND CAN'T NOBODY ROCK IT LIKE YOU. ALL
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RIGHT, HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.
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Y'ALL READY? YEAH. UH-HUH. YEAH, IT SAYS,
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(MUSIC)
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AND NOW STRAIGHT SCRIPTURE FROM PSALM 139, “FOR YOU CREATED MY
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INMOST BEING YOU KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB I
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PRAISE YOU, FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.”
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THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT YOU. HERE WE GO
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
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THAT WAS A MASHUP. Y'ALL, I LOVE THE LORD AND I KNOW YOU LOVE HIM
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TOO. I LOVE THE LORD, HE HEARD MY CRY. AND HE IS MY STRENGTH
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AND HE IS MY SONG. I DRAW STRENGTH FROM HIM AND THE WORDS
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THAT HE HAS PUT INTO SCRIPTURE. YOU CAN BE SEATED RIGHT NOW. AND
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I LOVE THE STORY OF JOB AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME SPEAK
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ABOUT JOB. AND I'M NOT GONNA LIE. THERE ARE TIMES I'M JUST
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GONNA, HANG ON... YOU EVER FELT LIKE JOBETTA. I MEAN, YOU KNOW
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I'M SAYING I MEAN, YEAH, AND I LOVE THE STORY BECAUSE GOD
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SHOWED THE REAL HUMANITY OF JOB BUT HE ALSO SHOWED THE
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SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH OF HIMSELF. AND HE PEELED BACK THE
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CURTAIN FOR A MOMENT AND HE ALLOWED US TO SEE SUPERNATURAL
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THINGS AND TO GLIMPSE SUPERNATURAL CONVERSATIONS THAT
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WE'RE NOT NORMALLY PRIVY TO. AND SO IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK
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OF JOB YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT GOES ON IN HEAVEN AND YOU
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HAVE ALL THE ANGELS, THEY COME AND THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES TO
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GOD AND ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE GOOD
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ANGELS BUT YOU HAVE THE NOT SO GOOD ANGEL, THE DEVIL, HE
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PRESENTS HIMSELF AND GOD TURNS TO THE DEVIL AND HE SAYS TO HIM
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HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB? HE'S BLAMELESS, THERE'S
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NONE LIKE HIM NOW THE DEVIL DIDN'T SAY TO GOD, HOW ABOUT
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JOB? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. GOD SAID TO THE DEVIL, HAVE YOU
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CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB? GOD'S BRAGGING ABOUT THE MAN OF GOD.
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AND THE DEVIL SAID, YEAH, I CONSIDERED HIM. BUT SEE, YOU GOT
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THIS BIG OLD HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND HIM. NOW LIFT THAT HEAD
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AND STRIKE HIM. I GUARANTEE YOU, HE'S GONNA CURSE YOU TO YOUR
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FACE. AND GOD SAID BASICALLY, BOOM, BETS ON. YOU CAN DO
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WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH JOB. SO HE ALLOWS THE
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DEVIL TO GO DOWN AND DESTROY ALL THAT JOB HAS. AND ONE DAY HE
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GOES WHERE JOB'S ANIMALS ARE MINDING THEIR BUSINESS, EATING
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GRASS, STRIKES THE ANIMALS, THEY'RE GONE. THE SERVANTS KILL
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THEM, THEY'RE GONE. HE GOES TO THE HOME WHERE ALL 10 OF JOB'S
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KIDS ARE PARTYING, ENJOYING A BIRTHDAY PARTY. SO HE SENDS A
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WHIRLWIND AND THE HOUSE FALLS IN AND ALL 10 OF HIS KIDS ARE DEAD.
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THEY RUN BACK TO THE HOUSE AND THEY TOLD JOB. AND JOB, THE
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BIBLE SAYS HE IS GRIEVING. HE TEARS OPEN HIS CLOTHES. HE FALLS
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TO THE GROUND. HE PUTS ASHES ON HIS HEAD. AND JOB SAID, "NAKED,
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I CAME INTO THE WORLD. AND NAKED, I'M GONNA LEAVE." THE
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LORD HAS GIVEN, AND THE LORD HAS TAKEN AWAY. BUT BLESSED BE THE
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NAME OF THE LORD. AND THEN THIS THE BIBLE SAYS JOB DID NOT SIN
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AND SO THERE CAME ANOTHER MEETING THE ANGELS AND THE DEVIL
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PRESENTED THEMSELVES TO GOD AND GOD SAID AGAIN TO THE DEVIL HAVE
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YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB? HE PROBABLY HAD A BIT OF A YOU
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KNOW, CHUCKLE IN HIS TONE LIKE YEAH, YOU THOUGHT YOU'RE GONNA
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DO SOMETHING HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB? THE DEVIL SAID
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YEAH HE SAID BUT AGAIN YOU HAVE THIS BIG OLD HEAD OF PROTECTION
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AND HE SAID I'M TELLING YOU HE ONLY SERVES YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE
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GIVEN HIM ALL THIS STUFF. YOU'VE MADE HIS LIFE EASY HE SAID BUT
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IF YOU STRIKE HIS FLESH HE'S GONNA CURSE YOU STRIKE HIM WHERE
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IT HURTS THE MOST AND SO GOD SAID YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU
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WANT, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE HIS LIFE. HE COMES DOWN TO EARTH HE
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STRIKES JOB'S FLESH. NOW HE'S COVERED IN SORES FROM THE TOP OF
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HIS HEAD TO THE BOTTOM OF HIS FEET HE PICKS THINGS UP OFF THE
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GROUND. HE BEGINS TO SCRAPE HIMSELF. THE PAIN WON'T GO AWAY
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HE'S TRYING TO TAKE HIMSELF OUT. HE CAN'T EVEN DIE HIS FRIENDS
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COME FROM OUT OF TOWN AND INSTEAD OF ENCOURAGING HIM,
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THEY'RE ACCUSING HIM. THEY'RE SAYING I JOB NAH YOU MUST HAVE
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DONE SOMETHING WRONG. YOU MUST HAVE SINNED AGAINST GOD. THIS IS
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PROBABLY PUNISHMENT FOR WHAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY DONE NOT KNOWING
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THAT GOD SAID HE WAS BLAMELESS. THERE'S SOME SITUATIONS WE'RE
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GOING TO GET OURSELVES IN. THERE'S SOME OTHER SITUATIONS.
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THERE MAY BE A BET WITH OUR NAME ON IT. AND SO, HERE WE ARE. JOB
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IS LIKE, "OKAY." HIS WIFE IS TELLING HIM, "CURSE GOD AND DIE.
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EVEN YOUR VERY BREATH IS OFFENSIVE TO ME." AND IN THE
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MIDDLE OF JOB'S DEPRESSION, HE BEGINS TO CURSE THE DAY THAT HE
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WAS BORN. HE'S GRIEVING HARD, Y'ALL. HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
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HE'S THINKING, "GOD, YOU AND ME, WE HAVE THIS THING. I WOULD
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SACRIFICE FOR MY KIDS. I DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, LORD." HE
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FEELS LIKE HE'S BEEN GIVEN AN OKEY-DOKE. HAVE YOU EVER FELT IN
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YOUR FEELINGS THAT THERE WAS AN OKEY-DOKE? IT WASN'T, BUT DID
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YOU EVER FEEL LIKE IT? AND IN THE MIDST OF IT, JOB BEGINS TO
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CURSE EVERYTHING AROUND HIM. HE DIDN'T CURSE GOD, BUT HE'S LIKE,
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"I WISH I HAD AN AUDIENCE." HE'S MAD. HE'S UPSET. HE'S SAYING
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THINGS THAT HE SHOULDN'T SAY, LIKE WE'VE SAID THINGS WE
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SHOULDN'T SAY. BUT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE. SMACK DAB IN THE
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MIDDLE. YOU GOT 42 CHAPTERS AND THEN YOU GOT THE FIRST 38 AND
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GOD LETS THE MEN JUST SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY. AND
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THEN CHAPTER 38 GOD SHOWS UP ON THE SCENE AND HE'S LIKE, "IT'S
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MY TURN." BUT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 38, YOU GOT
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CHAPTER 19. IN THE MIDDLE OF JOB'S NIGHT SEASON, JOB SAYS,
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BASICALLY, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I'M NOT SURE, LIKE, I
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WISH SOMEBODY WOULD JUST WRITE THIS ON A SCROLL FOR ME TO BE
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REMEMBERED. AND THEY DID. HE SAID, "BUT I DO KNOW THAT MY
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REDEEMER LIVES. AND IN THE LAST DAY, HE'S GOING TO STAND UPON
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THE EARTH. AND THOUGH MY BODY BE DESTROYED, IN MY FLESH, I'M
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GONNA SEE GOD." I REMEMBER ONE DAY SITTING IN MY LITTLE ROOM,
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READING THIS STORY OF HOPE, THIS STORY OF REDEMPTION IN MY OWN
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NIGHT SEASON. AND I THOUGHT, "IF JOB COULD PRAISE GOD IN THE
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MIDST OF HIS, HOW MUCH MORE COULD I?" IT SEEMED THAT I
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HADN'T EVEN GONE THROUGH AN END, JUST EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
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JOB HAD GONE THROUGH. AND IF HE COULD PRAISE GOD, HOW MUCH MORE
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COULD I? AND SO I BEGAN TO PICK UP MY LITTLE
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GUITAR AND I UTTERED A SACRIFICE, A SACRIFICE
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OF PRAISE. AND THE SONG CAME OUT LIKE THIS.
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(MUSIC)
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IN SPANISH FIRST.
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(SINGING IN SPANISH)
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HE SPEAKS OUR LANGUAGE.
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(MUSIC)
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YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! CAN I GET A WITNESS, ANYBODY?
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YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. CAN I GET A WITNESS? YES! YES! YES!
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(MUSIC)
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ALL RIGHT, PUT YOUR ARMS UP LIKE THIS. HERE WE GO.
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Y'ALL KNOW THE DRILL. YOUR HAND'S GOING TO GO LIKE THIS.
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PUT YOUR ARM OUT, SWING IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
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NOW A LITTLE BIT OF OLD SCHOOL. PUT IT TOGETHER.
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OH, YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU SHELLY FOR JOINING ME. THANK
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YOU JOSH, PASTOR OVER HERE. THANK YOU PASTOR JOSH, WHOEVER
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BEEN HERE. THANK YOU, QUINTAVIOUS. AND THANK YOU
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KEITH, WHO BEEN MY MUSIC DIRECTOR. AND THANKS TO
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YOUR WONDERFUL BAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES.
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THANK YOU PASTOR BRENDA, PASTOR CHRISTY.
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TURN IT OVER TO YOU. BE A WITNESS, Y'ALL.
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(MUSIC)
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YOU GUYS WRECKED ME.
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(MUSIC)
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THEY'RE BAITING ME RIGHT NOW.
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(MUSIC)
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IT'S NOT WORKING.
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(MUSIC)
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ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS GOT ONE MORE DANCE LEFT IN YOU? ALL RIGHT,
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LET'S DO IT. I GOT A LOT OF DANCE IN ME. WHERE'S
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MY ELECTRIC SLIDE PEOPLE? COME UP HERE.
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(MUSIC)
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COME UP HERE, WHERE'S T? COME UP ON THE PLATFORM.
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GET UP HERE. IT'LL TAKE THEM A MINUTE TO
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GET KAREN OVER HERE. WHERE'D NICOLE GO?
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(MUSIC)
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ALL RIGHT, GIVE JESUS ONE LAST HAND CLAP OF PRAISE.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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WOO! I ALWAYS FIGURED LIKE THIS, WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DANCE IN
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THE HOUSE OF GOD. CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN, TOO. PLUS, I
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LIKE TO MAKE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE AND RELIGIOUS DEVILS NERVOUS. I
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GET GREAT JOY OUT OF THE SHOCK ON PEOPLE'S FACES. LOOK AT THAT
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60-YEAR-OLD, ALMOST. I'M NOT QUITE 60. OLD LADY UP THERE. YOU
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KNOW, YOU LOSE YOUR FILTER WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT. BE SEATED
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FOR A MOMENT. WE'RE JUST GOING TO RECEIVE THE OFFERING VERY
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QUICKLY. AND I WANT TO GET SISTER KAREN UP TO MINISTER AT
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THE END OF THE SERVICE. I BELIEVE SOME OF OUR SPEAKERS
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WILL BE OUT AT THE BOOK TABLES. I'LL BE OUT THERE TO GREET SOME
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OF YOU. LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN.
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GOT TO CATCH MY BREATH. THAT WAS EASIER AT 30. TEXT TO GIVE ALL
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THE WAYS. THIS IS OUR FINAL OFFERING. REMEMBER, HELP US.
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THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US THIS WEEKEND. WE WANT TO SEND THESE
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MINISTERS OF GOD HOME BLESSED IN A POWERFUL WAY. TEXT TO GIVE,
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ENVELOPE, MAIL. THANK YOU INTERNET FOR ALWAYS
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PARTICIPATING. YOU COME HERE TO FEED AT THIS HOUSE OF FEEDING
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AND YOU DON'T JUST TAKE, YOU GIVE BACK. AND SO I WILL JUST
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SAY THANK YOU, E-CAMPUS, ALL OF YOU THAT ARE CONNECTED OUT
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THERE. AND I FOUND OUT TODAY, THE MAJORITY OF YOU WATCH ON
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OVTV. WAS THAT A REVELATION TO Y'ALL THAT WE'RE AT THE
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LUNCHEON? I WAS AMAZED BY THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, WE STARTED
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PROMOTING, OVTV WAS THE PLATFORM, IT WAS ACTUALLY A
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BRAINCHILD OF PASTOR CHRISTY, THAT WHEN WE WERE GETTING
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CENSORED AND CANCELED BY FACEBOOK, EVERY SUNDAY ALMOST,
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WE SAID, "WELL, WE'LL JUST START OUR OWN OTT NETWORK." AND IT IS
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NOW THE BIGGEST PLATFORM FOR HOW PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN. PRAISE
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GOD. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR FAITHFULNESS THAT HAS MADE THAT
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HAPPEN, AND SO FOR THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL. BUT THANK YOU FOR
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INTERNET FOR SUPPORTING AND TUNING IN ON OVTV, AND YOU CAN
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CHAT OUT THERE NOW. IT HAS THE CHAT FEATURE, AND WE LEARNED
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TODAY AT THE PANEL WE USE THE CHAT FOR GOOD, RIGHT? TO UPLIFT
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PEOPLE AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. SO, WELL WHY DON'T YOU,
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WHEN YOU DO HAVE YOUR OFFERING READY, LET'S STAND. AND I'M
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GOING TO GET MISS KAREN OVER TO TEAR IT UP AND HAVE HER LIBERTY.
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HAS THIS BEEN NOT A GOOD TIME? NOW DON'T FORGET TOMORROW WE
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STILL HAVE, OKAY I HAVE TO SAY THIS ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND, MISS
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CANDY. HE'S THE ONLY MINISTER THAT I KNOW THAT COULD PROPHESY
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HIS WHOLE SERMON. I THOUGHT PASTOR HANK WAS THE LONGWINDED
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PROPHET. OKAY, HE HAS PROPHECIES WHERE HE GOES AROUND THE GLOBE
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ON A SUNDAY AND HITS LIKE ALL THE NATIONS. BUT YOUR HUSBAND, I
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HAVE, MY GOODNESS, WHAT A GIFT. AND SO HE'S GONNA BE WITH US
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TOMORROW. SO HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, NINE O'CLOCK,
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REGULAR SUNDAY. HOW MANY OF YOUR LADIES ARE ARE SOME OF YOU
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STAYING? GOOD. GOOD. WELL, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. SO, WE'LL HOLD
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YOUR OFFERING UP HIGH. SAY THIS, SAY LORD, I TRUST YOU. MY NEW
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PHRASE IS, WON'T HE DO IT? AS I GIVE, IT SHALL BE. AND I THANK
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YOU FOR IT. WELL, USHERS, GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO SERVE THE
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PEOPLE. STAY STANDING AS THEY BEGIN TO SERVE YOU. AND OH, BY
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THE WAY, I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU, NOW THAT THE WOMEN'S
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CONFERENCE IS ABOUT TO BE IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR, FOLKS, THIS IS
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A TIME IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED FOR OPENING THE HEAVENS,
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SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE 13TH, I MEAN, WE'RE COMING UP ON
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MIDTERMS. THIS CONFERENCE IS PIVOTAL AND IT'S GOING TO BE
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FIRE. SO HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER PASTOR HANK'S FAMOUS
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SMOKE ON THE WATER MOMENT? KAREN, YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT
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WE TOOK THAT SONG BACK FROM THE DEVIL. AND I DON'T KNOW, PASTOR,
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HUH? ARE YOU ASKING THEM TO PLAY IT? OKAY. SORRY, WE'RE WE ARE A
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CRAZY BUNCH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, A QUICK ONE. I'M NOT DOING
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ANYTHING. THEY'LL PLAY IT. WE PRAYED IN TONGUES TO THIS. AND I
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BELIEVE, CANDY, WE SHIFTED THE ELECTION PRAYING INTO THE HOLY
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GHOST ON A SONG WRITTEN BY DEEP PURPLE, BUT WE TOOK IT BACK OUT
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OF THE HANDS OF THE DEVIL AND WE MADE IT A SONG ABOUT THE
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ANOINTING THAT SHIFTS NATIONS AND GLOBES. COME ON SOMEBODY. I
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BELIEVE OPENING THE HEAVENS THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE FIRE. YOU
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NEED TO BE THERE. WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO
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SHIFT THE NATION. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AND WE'RE
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GOING TO CALL UPON THE GOD OF FIRE. COME ON. THE LORD THAT
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HAS CONQUERED IS GOING TO SHIFT THIS NATION FOR HIS GLORY IN
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JESUS NAME. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THE WEBSITE TO
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REGISTER, OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG, GO OUT THERE. ALL THE INFO, THE
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HOTELS ARE THERE. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, BEFORE THIS DAY ENDS,
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ONE OF THE BEST PREACHERS, AND THEY USED TO SAY WOMAN PREACHER.
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I DON'T SAY THAT NOW. YOU ENDED THAT TODAY. ONE OF THE BEST,
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PASTOR HANK IS A HUGE FAN OF THIS WOMAN. FOR YEARS, HE WAS
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LIKE, "THAT WOMAN CAN PREACH AND PROPHESY AND SING." AND HE SAID,
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"SHE STIRS MY SPIRIT." AND IT WAS ACTUALLY HIS IDEA. HE SAID,
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"YOU NEED TO GET HER TO ONE OF YOUR WOMEN'S EVENTS." WE'RE HUGE
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FANS OF KAREN WHEATON AT LORD OF HOST CHURCH. YOU HAVE A FRIEND
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HERE. SO LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC
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PREACHING VOICES IN THIS NATION. GIVE IT UP FOR KAREN. WOULD YOU
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GIVE JESUS THE BEST PRAISE YOU'VE GIVEN HIM YET? COME ON,
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LIFT IT STRAIGHT UP TO HEAVEN IF YOU WILL. OH COME ON, ONE MORE
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TIME, JESUS THIS IS FOR YOU. THIS IS FOR YOU JESUS, THIS IS
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FOR YOU. OH LORD, EVERY CLAP, EVERY BREATH. COME ON, ONE MORE
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TIME, JESUS. JESUS. OH JESUS, WE LOVE YOU JESUS. WE LOVE YOU
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JESUS, WE LOVE YOU JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU FATHER. WE THANK YOU
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LORD. LIFT UP BOTH HANDS STRAIGHT IN THE AIR. LORD, HERE
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WE ARE, YOUR GIRLS, PLUS A FEW OF YOUR BOYS. BUT LORD, HERE WE
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ARE, HERE WE ARE. JUST FOR YOU FATHER, LOOK AT US RIGHT HERE. I
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KNOW YOU DO JESUS, AND WE LOOK AT YOU AND FATHER, YOU ARE LIFE
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TO US. YOU ARE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE. OH HOLY SPIRIT, I'M SO GLAD
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YOU'RE HERE. YOU ARE THE REASON THAT WE CAME TO THIS BUILDING.
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LORD, YOU ARE WHY WE DROVE HERE, WE FLEW HERE, BECAUSE WE WANTED
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TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE. WE WANTED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. WE
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WANTED TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. I PRAY THAT
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TODAY YOU DO THE SPEAKING AND JUST MAKE EVERY WORD RHEMA TO
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EVERY DAUGHTER IN THIS ROOM. JESUS, YOU ARE EVERYTHING.
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YOU'RE THE REASON YOU DID IT. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT DID IT.
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YOU'RE THE ONE WORTHY OF THE GLORY. AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE
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HIM PRAISE ONE MORE COME ON. JESUS. JESUS GETS THAT. COME ON,
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JESUS. EVERY CLAP, EVERY PRAISE, EVERYTHING. HE'S THE ONE THAT
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DID IT. HE'S THE ONE THAT DID IT. WE LOVE YOU, LORD. WE LOVE
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YOU, LORD. WE LOVE YOU, LORD. WOW. THANK YOU, JESUS. I GUESS
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YOU CAN SIT DOWN. WE JUST NEED TO STAY RIGHT THERE FOR THE REST
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OF THE SERVICE. WE COULD JUST GO INTO A JERICHO MARCH. THAT'D BE
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GOOD WITH ME. HAD THE JERICHO MARCH. WHAT IS TODAY? TODAY IS
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SATURDAY. SO THURSDAY NIGHT, RIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT HAMILTON TO
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FLY HERE, I WAS AT THE PRAYER MEETING AT THE RAMP WITH OUR
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STUDENTS. AND WE HAD A HUGE JERICHO MARCH. WERE Y'ALL RAISED
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IN THAT CHURCH? NO. Y'ALL WERE NOT. I CAN TELL YOU, LOOK AT IT,
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BUT LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WELL, YOU JUST IN THE
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MIDDLE OF WORSHIP, YOU JUST GOT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU DON'T KNOW
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WHAT TO DO. SO YOU JUST START MARCHING AROUND THE BUILDING ON
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THE INSIDE. AND THEN THERE WAS A FEW TIMES I TOOK IT OUTSIDE. IN
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FACT, THURSDAY NIGHT, THEY TOLD ME THURSDAY NIGHT, HE SAID, WHY
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DON'T YOU LEAD THE MARCH? MS. KAREN, THE GUY THAT'S OVER OUR
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SCHOOL OF MINISTRY, HE SAYS, MS. KAREN, COME UP HERE AND YOU LEAD
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THE MARCH. I'M LIKE, GAME, YES. SO I'M LEADING IT AND I'M
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MARCHING. WE'RE MARCHING ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. THEN WE
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MARCHED AROUND THE FRONT DOORS OF THE RAMP. WE'RE ON THE INSIDE
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OF THE FOYER. I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE TALKING
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ABOUT US ANYWAY. WE'LL GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT. SO WE
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JUST BUSTED THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS, MARCHED ALL THE WAY
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THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, CAME BACK IN THE BUILDING. BECAUSE
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GOD'S WORTHY OF ALL OF IT. DO YOU THINK HE'S WORTHY OF ALL OF
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IT? RIGHT? OF COURSE HE IS. IT'S SO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. I LOVE
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THIS CHURCH. I'VE ONLY GOTTEN TO BE HERE ONE OTHER TIME, BUT YOU
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KNOW SOME PLACES YOU JUST FEEL CONNECTED WITHIN THE SPIRIT. AND
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THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES. I LOVE TO BE WHERE PEOPLE LOVE THE
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PRESENCE OF GOD. AND LORD OF HOST CHURCH LOVES THE PRESENCE
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OF GOD. THAT'S EVERYTHING TO US, ISN'T IT? IT IS. IT IS TO YOU
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AND ME BOTH THIS AFTERNOON. IT'S LIKE, LORD, YOU JUST COME IN
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HERE AND DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO TODAY. I CAN PREACH OR NOT
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PREACH. IT'S IRRELEVANT TO ME. I JUST WANT TO DO WHATEVER HE
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WANTS. AND YOU ARE HIS CONCERN. AND HE BROUGHT YOU
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HERE AND I'M SO GLAD THAT HE DID. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
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IN PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA'S PULPIT. I DON'T TAKE
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THIS LIGHTLY. I DO LOVE THEM DEEPLY. AND IT IS THAT SPIRIT
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CONNECTION WHERE IT GOES DEEP IN THE SPIRIT. YOU JUST KIND OF
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HAVE THOSE ETERNAL FRIENDS THAT IT'S LIKE CANDY SAID, I THINK IT
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WAS CANDY THIS MORNING THAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING, SOME FRIENDS
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ARE JUST DEEPER THAN NATURAL FAMILY. AND I FEEL THAT, I FEEL
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THAT WITH HANK AND BRENDA, I FEEL THAT WITH CANDY AND KENT.
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AND THEY ARE JUST THE FAMILY OF GOD. AND WE'RE GONNA GET TO BE
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BEST FRIENDS FOREVER AND ETERNITY. WON'T THAT JUST BE
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WONDERFUL? AND CANDY AND I ARE GONNA EAT CAKE IN ETERNITY AND
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NEVER GAIN A POUND AND A LOT OF IT. IT'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL. I
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LOVE THEM AND I MEAN THAT, BRENDA, THANK YOU. AND I'LL CRY
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IF I SAY IT, BECAUSE TEARS ARE SITTING LIKE ON THE BRIM RIGHT
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NOW. BUT IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW, I'VE NEVER APPRECIATED TRUE
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FRIENDS MORE. AND I FEEL THAT WITH YOU, AND I FEEL THAT WITH
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YOU, CANDY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT. AND NICOLE C.
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MULLENS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. YOU KNOW, I WAS WATCHING
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YOU SING, AND I WAS THINKING, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD HAS NO
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RESPECT OF PERSON. AND I LOOK AT HER SING AND THE WAY SHE LOOKS
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AND I'M THINKING, "NOW GOD, I WONDER ABOUT THAT." WHEN I FOUND
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OUT SHE WAS 59, THAT CLOSE TO MY AGE, AND SHE LOOKS LIKE THAT,
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AND SINGS LIKE THAT, AND SHE IS A GIFT TO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
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AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, NICOLE, THAT YOU HAVE
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NOT COMPROMISED WHO YOU ARE. YOU HAVE STOOD THROUGH THE FIRE. YOU
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HAVE STOOD WITH A STANDARD. AND AREN'T YOU THANKFUL THAT SHE
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JUST BELONGS TO THE BODY OF CHRIST AND SHE HAS SPENT HER
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LIFE MINISTERING TO THE LORD AND TO US. AND I HONOR YOU FOR THAT
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AND I LOVE YOU DEEPLY. AND I WISH I COULD LOOK LIKE THAT WHEN
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YOU SING, I DO. I WAS WATCHING YOU AND I'M THINKING, WHY DO I
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JUST, WHEN I MOVE LIKE THAT, IT IS SO WHITE. I DON'T KNOW HOW
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ELSE TO SAY IT, IT'S JUST AWFUL. IT'S AWFUL. BUT WHEN I GET TO
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HEAVEN, Y'ALL ARE GONNA HEAR SOMEBODY SINGING AND LOOKING AT
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LIKE IT'S GONNA BE ME AND IT WON'T EVEN, IT'LL BE ME. AND I
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LOVE YOU, I MEAN THAT, THANK YOU. DO I HAVE FRONT PORCH
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FRIENDS HERE BY ANY CHANCE? OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY GOODNESS
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GRACIOUS, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. WAVE AT ME ONE MORE TIME 'CAUSE
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I, OH I FEEL BETTER ALREADY, THANK YOU. I LOVE THEM, I LOVE
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THEM AND I SEE YOUR SHIRT, YES I DO AND THEY KNOW I LOVE THEM AND
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FRONT PORCH FRIENDS, THEY ARE JUST, IT'S A GROUP OF
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INTERCESSORS AND Y'ALL ARE ALL FRONT PORCH FRIENDS, YOU JUST
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DIDN'T KNOW IT YET BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL INTERCESSORS AND
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WE'RE JUST A GROUP. WE MEET ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT NINE O'CLOCK
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CENTRAL TIME ON MY FACEBOOK, THAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER GOOD
-
THINGS ON THE INTERNET IS YOU CAN WATCH, JUST GO TO MY
-
FACEBOOK, JUST FOLLOW ME ON KAREN WHEATON AND JUST BECOME A
-
FRONT PORCH FRIEND, THAT'S ALL YOU GOT TO DO. ALL WE DO IS
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SHARE THE WORD OF THE LORD FOR WHAT WE ARE HEARING AND I FEEL A
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STRONG ASSIGNMENT THAT I CARRY DEEP IN MY HEART. IT IS AN
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ASSIGNMENT THAT WAS UNEXPECTED IN MY LIFE FROM THE LORD TO
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RAISE UP INTERCESSORS, AN ARMY OF INTERCESSORS. I HAD RECEIVED
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A WORD FROM THE LORD IN 1998, UNEXPECTED. AFTER 20 YEARS OF
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MINISTRY AT THAT POINT, I THOUGHT I WAS JUST, I WAS A
-
SINGER AND I THOUGHT I'D JUST BE SINGING UNTIL JESUS COMES. DON'T
-
EVER THINK YOU'VE GOT THE PLAN OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE FIGURED
-
OUT. YOU DO NOT, DO NOT. AND DON'T EVER THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
-
RETIRE, EVER, IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. IF
-
YOU'RE BREATHING, YOU'RE NEEDED ON THE EARTH. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
-
HERE. AND HE'S GOT SURPRISES UP HIS SLEEVE FOR YOU. BUT FOR YOU,
-
YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT. IN 1998, I WAS CALLED TO WORK WITH YOUNG
-
PEOPLE. NEVER DREAMED IT, IN THE WILDEST DREAMS OF MY MIND, THAT
-
I'D WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. ME, I WAS ALMOST 40 WHEN HE CALLED
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ME. AND I WAS LIKE, GOD, I AM TOO OLD TO WORK WITH YOUNG
-
PEOPLE. AND I'M NOT COOL. I MEAN, I'M NOT. AND I'M BUSY IN
-
MINISTRY. BUT HE HAD CALLED ME TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH AND IT
-
ENDED UP BEING A PLACE CALLED THE RAMP. AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
-
COME AND THEY STILL COME TO HAVE THEIR LIVES CHANGED IN THE
-
PRESENCE OF GOD. BUT IN 2015 AND 1415, I EXPERIENCED A JOURNEY OF
-
INTERCESSION FOR MY DAUGHTER, BELIEVING FOR MY DAUGHTER'S
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RETURN TO THE LORD THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. AND OUT OF THAT CAME A
-
DESIRE IN MY HEART. I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PRAYING MOTHERS
-
AND WOMEN THAT ARE GRANDMOTHERS AND WIVES AND MEN TOO, FATHERS
-
AND GRANDPAS AND HUSBANDS THAT ARE BELIEVING FOR THE PEOPLE
-
CLOSEST TO YOU IN YOUR LIFE. AND STANDING IN THE GAP FOR PRAYING
-
FOR PRODIGALS. THAT SEASON OF MY LIFE CHANGED ME. BUT I
-
EXPERIENCED GOD LIKE I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED GOD, NEVER KNEW HOW
-
CLEARLY HE WOULD SPEAK. DOES HE JUST BLOW YOUR MIND? DOES OUR
-
FATHER BLOW YOUR MIND FOR HOW LOUD AND CLEAR HE WILL SPEAK?
-
AND IN THAT SEASON, I SAW HIM AND I HEARD HIM GIVE ME PROMISES
-
AND THEN I WATCHED HIM KEEP EVERY ONE. AND IN THAT TIME
-
BELIEVING FOR LINDSAY TO COME HOME, I JUST WANTED SOMEBODY TO
-
TELL ME, EVEN THOUGH I'D KNOWN GOD MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT I WANTED
-
SOMEBODY TO TELL ME THAT THEY PRAYED FOR REAL AND THAT GOD
-
ANSWERED AND THAT HE BROUGHT BACK THEIR CHILD OR HE BROUGHT
-
BACK THEIR LOVED ONE FROM THE IMPOSSIBLE PIT OF THE PIGPEN. I
-
JUST WANTED SOMEBODY TO TELL ME THAT IT WORKED. WELL I FLEW FROM
-
ALABAMA TO OMAHA, NEBRASKA TO LOOK AT YOU IN THE FACE TO SAY I
-
PRAYED, GOD ANSWERED, IT WORKED AND YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP PRAYING
-
FOR YOUR PRODIGAL, YOUR SON, YOUR DAUGHTER BECAUSE THEY'RE
-
COMING HOME AND YOU CAN'T GIVE UP IN JESUS NAME. DO YOU BELIEVE
-
THAT? WOULD YOU TURN MY MIC UP UP HERE PLEASE? IT'S MY JOY TO
-
BE ABLE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU MATTER IN INTERCESSION. THIS IS
-
NOT WHAT I'M PREACHING ON, BUT I'VE JUST GOT TO GIVE YOU JUST A
-
LITTLE MOMENT BECAUSE I FEEL IT. BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THAT
-
CAME HERE FOR THIS CONFERENCE BECAUSE YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR A
-
PRODIGAL. AND I JUST NEED TO TELL YOU, YOU MATTER IN THIS
-
THING MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER FATHOM HOW MUCH YOU MATTER,
-
PRAYING MOTHER. AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T QUIT. AND THE ENEMY
-
WILL DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO GET YOU TO QUIT BECAUSE OF
-
HOW EFFECTIVE YOUR PRAYERS ARE. HE WILL EXHAUST YOU. HE WILL
-
HURT YOU. HE WILL GET YOU SO HURT BY THE ONE THAT YOU'RE
-
PRAYING FOR THAT YOU'LL BE SO HURT. YOU'LL JUST SAY, I'M NOT
-
GOING TO KEEP PRAYING ANYMORE BECAUSE IT HURTS TOO BAD TO KEEP
-
PRAYING. THEY CAN JUST LIVE THEIR LIFE BY THEIR OWN CHOICE.
-
I'LL JUST LET THEM GO THEIR OWN WAY BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP THIS
-
HOPE IN ME BECAUSE HOPE IS HURTING TOO BAD. BUT I'M TELLING
-
YOU THAT TODAY YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP PRAYING BECAUSE SOMETIMES
-
HOPE HURTS AND NOBODY CAN PRAY. NOBODY'S GOING TO PRAY FOR YOUR
-
DAUGHTER LIKE YOU WILL. AND NOBODY'S GOING TO PRAY FOR THAT
-
BOY LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR THEM. YOU CAN TELL YOUR
-
PASTOR TO HELP YOU PRAY. YOU CAN TELL YOUR BEST FRIEND TO HELP
-
YOU PRAY. AND THEY'LL TELL YOU, AND YOU SHOULD TELL THEM TO HELP
-
YOU PRAY. BUT NOBODY IS GOING TO PRAY FOR YOUR DAUGHTER THE WAY
-
YOU PRAY FOR HER. BECAUSE LOVE PRAYS DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S WHY
-
THE DEVIL FEARS YOUR PRAYERS. IT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU PRAY, YOU
-
ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN PRAYING FOR THEM.
-
BECAUSE YOUR LOVE IS WHAT MOVES HEAVEN AND MOVES EARTH. IT WILL
-
MOVE ANGELS. IT WILL CAST OUT DEMONS. AND IT WILL BREAK THE
-
HEAVENS OPEN. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? AND THERE'S NOTHING TOO
-
HARD FOR GOD AND NOBODY. NOTHING. SO SOME OF YOU JUST
-
CAME TO THIS CONFERENCE JUST FOR ME TO TELL YOU THAT PART. YOU
-
CAN'T QUIT. I WAS SPEAKING A FEW MONTHS BACK AT A CHURCH IN
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, AND I HAD JUST FINISHED THE MESSAGE. I'D
-
ACTUALLY GONE BACK TO THE BACK, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS LITTLE
-
WOMAN GOT BACK THERE. SHE WAS A FRONT PORCH FRIEND. I DIDN'T
-
KNOW HER. SHE WAS SO CUTE, AND SO SHE WAS SITTING IN THE HALL.
-
I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE HALL, AND SHE COMES UP TO ME IN THE
-
HALL. SHE WAS JUST SO SWEET, AND SHE WAS JUST SHAKING. SHE WAS
-
JUST SHAKING, ALL STIRRED UP, AND SHE COMES UP, AND SHE SAYS,
-
I WAS WALKING BY, SHE SAYS, "CAN I SAY SOMETHING? CAN I ASK YOU
-
SOMETHING?" SO I STOPPED, I SAID, "OF COURSE." SO SHE SAYS,
-
"I CAME HERE, I DROVE FIVE HOURS TO BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MY
-
DAUGHTER," AND SHE JUST STARTED TELLING ME THIS AWFUL STORY
-
ABOUT HER DAUGHTER, THIS, HER DAUGHTER'S IN A BAD PLACE. SHE
-
SAYS, "I'VE JUST BEEN BELIEVING FOR MY DAUGHTER," AND SHE SAID,
-
"IT'S JUST BEEN SO AWFUL LATELY. I'VE BEEN SO DISCOURAGED," SHE
-
SAID, "TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I JUST QUIT. I JUST QUIT, AND I
-
DROVE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS SO DESPERATE TO HEAR A WORD FROM
-
GOD." SHE SAID, "AND AFTER THIS WORD TONIGHT, I..." SHE DIDN'T
-
KNOW WHAT TO SAY. SHE WAS KIND OF SHAKING. SHE SAID, "AFTER
-
THIS WORD TONIGHT, I... I UN-QUIT. I UN-QUIT.” COME ON. I
-
BELIEVE TONIGHT, THIS AFTERNOON, GOD WANTS YOU TO SAY TO THE
-
DEVIL, "I UN-QUIT. I WAS DISCOURAGED AND DOWN FLAT ON MY
-
FACE, BUT DEVIL, I'M BACK UP AND I'M YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE. I
-
UN-QUIT.” YOU NEED TO TELL SOMEBODY SITTING BY YOU, SAY, "I
-
UN-QUIT. I UN-QUIT.” I THINK I'M GOING TO MAKE A T-SHIRT AND WEAR
-
IT MYSELF. RIGHT NOW! THANK YOU JESUS THAT SAYS I UN-QUIT. SO
-
HALLELUJAH. I ALREADY FEEL THE HOLY GHOST. SO THIS MORNING I
-
WOKE UP. I CAME HERE WITH A WORD AND I WAS PREACHING. I WAS
-
PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT, STIRRED UP ABOUT IT. WAKE UP THIS
-
MORNING AND THE LORD SAYS, "THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE
-
PREACHING." LIKE CANDY SAID, IT'S AMAZING, DON'T YOU JUST
-
LOVE IT WHEN HE CHANGES YOUR WORD LAST MINUTE. SO THIS ONE'S
-
NEW, FRESH, AND BUT I'LL JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU. THIS ONE IS
-
WHERE I'M LIVING. AND I MAY CRY PREACH IT. IS THAT OKAY? BECAUSE
-
THE TEARS ARE ON THE BRINK AND IT MAY JUST BE THAT WAY TODAY,
-
BUT IT'S A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND I CAN GET BY WITH IT. AND I
-
NEED YOU TO HELP ME PREACH. CAN Y'ALL HELP ME? Y'ALL MAKE THIS
-
EASY FOR ME TODAY, ALL RIGHT? JUST TALK BACK OR SOMETHING AND
-
HELP ME PREACH IT. BUT THIS IS WHERE I LIVE AND THIS IS, SO I'M
-
JUST GOING TO PREACH, I'M GOING TO PREACH TO YOU BECAUSE I LOVE
-
YOU, I LOVE HIM, I LOVE YOU AND I NEED ENCOURAGEMENT AND I'M
-
GOING TO ENCOURAGE MYSELF IN THE LORD. I WATCHED PASTOR BRENDA'S
-
MESSAGE LAST NIGHT FROM THE HOTEL. I GOT SAVED, SANCTIFIED,
-
AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. I TEXTED HER AND SAID THAT WAS
-
MY WORD. IT WAS MY WORD, IT WAS TO ME AGAIN. LORD IT'S SO GOOD.
-
BUT THIS ONE IS WHERE I'M LIVING AND IT'S A FAMILIAR PASSAGE. YOU
-
ALREADY KNOW THE STORY. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO IT
-
WITH FRESH EARS. YOU KNOW IT, BUT HEAR IT NEW. AND THAT'S WHAT
-
I LOVE ABOUT THE WORD. DON'T YOU LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU CAN READ
-
THE SCRIPTURE AND THIS BIBLE? YOU CAN READ A VERSE THAT YOU
-
HAVE READ YOU KNOW 463,000 TIMES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY YOU
-
READ THAT SAME VERSE AND IT'S JUST LIKE WHOA! LIKE YOU JUST
-
SEE IT JUST POPS OFF THE PAGE. LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU READ
-
THAT SAME VERSE YOU GO WOW I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE IN MY
-
WHOLE LIFE. IT'S BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS LIVING. IT'S A VOICE.
-
SPEAKS. REVEALS THE STORY. I WANT YOU TO HEAR IT LIKE THAT
-
TODAY. AGAIN, 2 CHRONICLES 20TH CHAPTER. YOU KNOW WHERE
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WE'RE GOING? YES. 2 CHRONICLES 20. OH, HERE WE GO,
-
LORD. WE'RE GONNA START WITH VERSE 1 AND THROUGH UNTIL
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WE'RE FINISHED. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING ONE THROUGH TILL
-
WE'RE FINISHED. AFTER THIS, THE ARMIES OF THE MOABITES, HELP ME
-
HOLY GHOST, LORD I JUST THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME
-
TODAY IN JESUS NAME. AFTER THIS, THE ARMIES OF THE MOABITES, THE
-
AMMONITES AND SOME OF THE... Y'ALL I WAS PREACHING THIS ONE
-
TIME, WELL ACTUALLY I WAS READING IT THIS MORNING AND I
-
LOOKED AT THAT WORD AND I READ IT LIKE THE ARMIES OF THE
-
MOABITES, EMANITES AND MENNONITES. BUT IT'S NOT THE
-
MENNONITES. IT'S NOT THE MENNONITES. WE LOVE MENNONITES.
-
WE LOVE THE MENNONITES. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT. THE
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MOABITES, IT'S THE "ITES" THING. IT'S THE MOABITES, EMANITES AND
-
MENUITES. WHATEVER. AND THEY DECLARED WAR ON JEHOSHAPHAT.
-
MESSENGERS CAME AND TOLD JEHOSHAPHAT, A VAST ARMY FROM
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EDOM IS MARCHING AGAINST YOU. GOING DOWN. THIS IS ANOTHER,
-
THIS WAS ANOTHER NAME FOR EN GEDI WHERE THEY WERE.
-
JEHOSHAPHAT WAS TERRIFIED BY THIS NEWS AND HE BEGGED THE LORD
-
FOR GUIDANCE. HE ALSO ORDERED EVERYONE IN JUDAH TO BEGIN
-
FASTING. WE'LL JUST STOP RIGHT THERE FOR ONE SECOND. BECAUSE
-
THAT'S PRETTY, THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. AND YOU JUST HEARD A
-
BUNCH. SO RIGHT THERE YOU'VE GOT THREE ARMIES. HERE WE GO. WE'VE
-
GOT THREE ARMIES AND THEY'RE VAST AND THEY'RE BIG. AND
-
THEY'RE ALL COMBINED INTO ONE ARMY. THREE IN ONE. AND THEY'RE
-
HEADING TOWARD JUDAH. SO JUDAH IS ALREADY VASTLY OUTNUMBERED BY
-
THIS MASS ARMY THAT'S HEADING TOWARD THEM. RIGHT? NOW THE
-
TRUTH IS, OBVIOUSLY JEHOSHAPHAT IS KING OF JUDAH. AND IT'S
-
INTERESTING BECAUSE EVEN HERE, IN REALITY IT'S A NATURAL WAR,
-
BUT IN REALITY THIS IS A SPIRITUAL WAR THAT EVEN
-
JEHOSHAPHAT IS FIGHTING. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN A SPIRITUAL WAR
-
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS BOOK, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A
-
SPIRITUAL WAR UNTIL THE END OF THIS BOOK. EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE
-
DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY IN THE SPIRIT REALM.
-
THAT'S WHY EPHESIANS 6 AND 12 SAYS, WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST
-
FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST POWERS AND PRINCIPALITIES,
-
AGAINST RULERS OF DARKNESS. SEE, YOU NEED TO, I KNOW THAT YOU
-
KNOW THAT AND YOU HEAR IT, BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT. THE
-
REASON I HAVE TO SAY THIS, BECAUSE I NEED TO HEAR MYSELF
-
SAY, THIS IS A SPIRITUAL WAR. I NEED TO HEAR MYSELF SAY, KAREN,
-
YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING FLESH AND BLOOD. YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE
-
TODAY TO REMIND YOURSELF, I'M NOT FIGHTING FLESH AND BLOOD. IT
-
JUST HELPS MY PERSPECTIVE. I'M NOT FIGHTING FLESH AND BLOOD.
-
COME ON, YOU NEED TO KNOW IT. I'M NOT FIGHTING MY
-
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. I'M ACTUALLY NOT FIGHTING MY SON-IN-LAW. I'M
-
ACTUALLY NOT FIGHTING THE PEOPLE AT THE OFFICE. I'M ACTUALLY NOT
-
FIGHTING THE CHURCH PEOPLE. I'M ACTUALLY NOT FIGHTING MY FAMILY.
-
I'M ACTUALLY NOT FIGHTING MY NEIGHBORS. I'M NOT FIGHTING
-
FLESH AND BLOOD. SO DON'T PUT A FACE ON EVIL. YOU'RE FIGHTING
-
POWERS AND PRINCIPALITIES AND RULERS OF DARKNESS AND
-
WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES. YOU NEED TO KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF
-
YOUR FACE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE REMINDED OF IT
-
BECAUSE WE SEE IN THE NATURAL REALM ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S
-
SOMEBODY'S FACE. OR WE'RE HEARING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING OR
-
WE'RE READING WHAT THEY SAID ON FACEBOOK. AND WE LOOK AT IT AS
-
PEOPLE. THESE ARE DEMONS THAT ARE USING PEOPLE LIKE A PUPPET
-
IN A PAWN. SO JEHOSHAPHAT REALIZES I'M DEALING WITH
-
SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ME COMING TOWARD US. AND FOR JUDAH, THIS
-
IS A DEATH SENTENCE. IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE FOR EVERYBODY. SO
-
THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS HE CALLS A FAST. GATHERS EVERYBODY
-
TOGETHER. AND I MEAN THE BIBLE SAYS HE ORDERS THE PEOPLE TO
-
START FASTING. THEY'RE DESPERATE. I MEAN THAT'S PRETTY
-
IMPORTANT. YOU CAN'T JUST RUSH BY THAT LITTLE WORD, FAST. I
-
DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. I'M NOT THE BEST FASTER. COMPARED TO
-
SOMEBODY LIKE LOU ENGLE? WHO COULD COMPARE TO LOU ENGLE? WHAT
-
IN THE WORLD? BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS. WITH FASTING IN MY
-
LIFE, THE TIMES, AND YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
-
IT IS ABOUT FASTING, BUT IT OPENS UP THE HEAVENS. IT JUST
-
OPENS UP A PORTAL IN THE SPIRIT. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO FAST AND KILL
-
YOUR FLESH AND SHUT OUT THIS WORLD, MAYBE WE SHOULD FAST THE
-
PHONE. I THINK IT'D BE EASIER TO FAST FOOD THAN TO FAST THE
-
PHONE. WE NEED TO FAST THE PHONE. SHUT OUT THE VOICES OF
-
THIS WORLD. SHUT OUT THE FLESH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT YOU
-
CAN JUST HEAR FROM HEAVEN. AND Y'ALL, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM
-
HEAVEN. JEHOSHAPHAT KNEW, IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM HEAVEN, WE'RE
-
DEAD. SO THEY STARTED FASTING. GO ON. SO THEY BEGAN TO FAST AND
-
THE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE TOWN OF JUDAH CAME TO JERUSALEM
-
TO SEEK THE LORD'S HELP. JEHOSHAPHAT, NOW WATCH THIS,
-
JUST IMAGINE IT WITH ME. JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD BEFORE THE
-
COMPANY OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM. IN FRONT OF THE NEW COURTYARD AT
-
THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD. AND WATCH, TWO WORDS, HE PRAYED. NOW
-
JUST STOP RIGHT THERE ONE SECOND, JUST SELAH. SAY IT OUT
-
LOUD, SAY HE PRAYED. HE PRAYED. YEAH. THOSE TWO WORDS ARE ABOUT
-
TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE NARRATIVE OF THIS STORY AND THEIR
-
SITUATION. SAY IT AGAIN. HE PRAYED. HE PRAYED. I LOVE HIS
-
PRAYER. LET'S JUST READ HIS PRAYER 'CAUSE IT'S SO GOOD. NOW
-
YOU GOTTA IMAGINE, Y'ALL, IMAGINE HERE WE ARE, HE'S
-
STANDING AT THE COURTYARD. THE ENEMIES THEY KNOW ARE OUT THERE
-
COMING TOWARD HIM FROM SOMEWHERE. THAT'S THEY'VE GOT
-
THE WORD. HERE HE IS, JEHOSHAPHAT, ALL OF JUDAH AND
-
JERUSALEM, ALL THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THEY'RE STANDING THERE.
-
EVERYBODY FASTING. EVERYBODY'S STANDING THERE WITH JEHOSHAPHAT.
-
HE LIFTS UP HIS EYES AND HE SAYS, "OH LORD, GOD OF OUR
-
ANCESTORS." I LIKE THAT PART TOO. BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE
-
HE JUST STOPS AND SAYS, "WE GOT A HISTORY WITH YOU." COME ON.
-
GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS. YOU ALONE ARE THE GOD WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
-
YOU ARE THE RULER OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH. YOU ARE
-
POWERFUL AND MIGHTY AND NO ONE CAN STAND AGAINST YOU. OH OUR
-
GOD. DID YOU NOT DRIVE OUT THOSE WHO LIVED IN THIS LAND WHEN YOUR
-
PEOPLE ISRAEL ARRIVED? AND DID YOU NOT GIVE US THIS LAND
-
FOREVER? WATCH TO THE DESCENDANTS OF YOUR FRIEND
-
ABRAHAM. OH I JUST LOVE THAT HE JUST THREW IN A LITTLE BIT OF
-
SENTIMENT. HEY DIDN'T YOU GIVE US THIS LAND? THAT THE
-
DESCENDANTS OF YOUR FRIEND? IN OTHER WORDS, DO YOU REMEMBER THE
-
COVENANTS YOU MADE WITH YOUR FRIEND? JUST IN CASE YOU FORGOT
-
WHAT YOU PROMISED HIM LORD ABOUT HIS DESCENDANTS. THAT'S US. AND
-
DIDN'T YOU GIVE THIS LAND FOREVER TO US? YOUR PEOPLE
-
SETTLED HERE AND BUILT THIS TEMPLE TO HONOR YOUR NAME. AND
-
THEY SAID WHENEVER WE ARE FACED WITH ANY CALAMITY SUCH AS WAR,
-
PLAGUE OR FAMINE, WE CAN COME AND STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE
-
BEFORE THIS TEMPLE WHERE YOUR NAME IS HONORED. AND WE CAN CRY
-
OUT TO YOU TO SAVE US AND YOU WILL HEAR US. NOW WATCH THIS.
-
NOW LOOK, I LOVE VERSE 10. NOW GOD, AND NOW SEE, CAN YOU SEE
-
WHAT THE ARMIES OF AMMON AND MOAB AND MOUNT SEIR ARE DOING?
-
YOU WOULDN'T LET OUR ANCESTORS INVADE THOSE NATIONS WHEN ISRAEL
-
LEFT EGYPT SO THEY WENT AROUND THEM AND THEY DIDN'T DESTROY
-
THEM. NOW SEE, SEE GOD, SEE HOW THEY REWARD US? FOR THEY HAVE
-
COME TO THROW US OUT OF YOUR LAND THAT YOU GAVE US AS AN
-
INHERITANCE. OH OUR GOD, WON'T YOU STOP THEM? WE ARE POWERLESS
-
AGAINST THIS MIGHTY ARMY THAT'S ABOUT TO ATTACK US. AND WE DON'T
-
KNOW WHAT TO DO. BUT OUR EYES ARE ON YOU. THAT'S EVERYTHING
-
RIGHT THERE. GOD, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT OUR EYES ARE ON
-
YOU. SOME OF YOU CAME TO THIS CONFERENCE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
-
YOU ARE. I AM TOO. SOME OF YOU ARE IN THIS CONFERENCE BECAUSE
-
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE. YOU DON'T KNOW
-
WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT
-
YOUR SON. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOUR GRANDCHILD. YOU
-
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
-
DO ABOUT YOUR FINANCES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT YOUR
-
FAMILY. YOU FLEW HERE, YOU DROVE HERE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
-
YOU'RE LIVING. NOT ONLY DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, YOU DON'T
-
EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRAY ANYMORE. YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
-
TO DO. YOU'VE PRAYED EVERYTHING YOU KNOW TO PRAY. BUT GOD'S HERE
-
TO MEET YOU. NOT ONLY IS HE GOING TO MEET YOU TO KNOW WHAT
-
TO DO, AND TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT TO DO, HE'S NOT ONLY
-
GOING TO DO THAT, HE'S NOT ONLY GOING TO HELP YOU KNOW WHAT TO
-
DO, HE'S GOING TO HELP YOU PRAY. OH, I FELT THIS IN MY HOTEL ROOM
-
TODAY. I HAD CHURCH THIS MORNING EARLY. I GOT TO READING THIS. I
-
DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY. I'VE BEEN THERE LATELY AND I LOVE IT.
-
ROMANS 8, COME ON 26. AND THE HOLY GHOST HELPS US. COME ON.
-
THERE'S A REASON HIS NAME IS THE HELPER. AND THE HOLY GHOST HELPS
-
US IN OUR WEAKNESS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS US
-
TO PRAY FOR. BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRAYS FOR US WITH GROANINGS THAT
-
CANNOT BE EXPRESSED OR UTTERED IN WORDS. AND THE FATHER WHO
-
KNOWS ALL HEARTS KNOWS WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING. FOR THE SPIRIT
-
PLEADS FOR US BELIEVERS IN HARMONY WITH GOD'S OWN WILL. I
-
CAN'T HARDLY STAND IT. DID YOU GET WHAT HE SAYS? WHEN YOU DON'T
-
KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS YOU OUGHT, THE HOLY GHOST PRAYS THROUGH
-
YOU. WITH ALL GROANINGS THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED. IT'S THE KIND
-
OF PRAYER THAT GOES BEYOND UNDERSTANDING. IT GOES BEYOND
-
YOUR MIND. THAT'S WHAT THE HOLY GHOST IS FOR INSIDE OF YOU.
-
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED THE HOLY GHOST. WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
-
TO PRAY AS YOU WANT AND YOUR MIND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT, PAUL
-
SAID, "I PRAY WITH MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I ALSO KNOW
-
HOW TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT." YOU CAN PRAY FIRST IN TONGUES. THE
-
HOLY GHOST WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER LANGUAGE. WHEN YOU START PRAYING
-
IN A HEAVENLY LANGUAGE, YOUR MIND DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. BUT THE
-
SPIRIT OF GOD IN HEAVEN UNDERSTANDS. WHERE THE HOLY
-
GHOST ON EARTH IS INTERCEDING THROUGH YOU IN HEAVEN. AND WHEN
-
YOU RUN OUT OF TONGUES, YOU JUST LIFT UP A GROAN. SPIRIT OF GOD.
-
HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED LIKE THAT? SOME OF YOU DO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
-
HANTIN'. LIKE I'M THINKING I'M A LITTLE WEIRD. IT'S OKAY. YOU
-
NEED TO LEARN TODAY BECAUSE SOMEDAY YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO
-
REMEMBER IT. THERE'S A DAY COMING WHERE YOU MAY NOT BE
-
THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO SOMEBODY THAT'S IN A
-
PLACE OF GROANING, AND YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PRAY WHEN YOU
-
DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY. I LOVE WHAT HE SAYS HERE. IT SAYS, I'M
-
GOING TO READ IT AGAIN JUST TO GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT. AND THE
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FATHER WHO KNOWS ALL HEARTS, KNOWS WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING.
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FOR THE SPIRIT PLEADS FOR BELIEVERS IN HARMONY WITH GOD'S
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OWN WILL. THAT'S JUST SO HUGE I CAN'T ALREADY STAND IT. OH MY
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JESUS, WHOA. OH MY GOD. WATCH, YOU GOT TO GET THAT. YOU KNOW
-
WHY? LOOK, YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING HERE? HE'S SAYING LOOK,
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"AND THE FATHER WHO KNOWS ALL HEARTS." WHAT'S HE SAYING? HE'S
-
SAYING HE KNOWS ALL HEARTS. THE FATHER KNOWS ALL HEARTS. OKAY,
-
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS, OKAY, THE FATHER KNOWS EVERY
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SITUATION IN THIS ROOM. HE KNOWS EVERY, LIKE IN YOUR HEART YOU'VE
-
GOT STUFF GOING ON. NOBODY ELSE HAS. AND THEN YOU DO. AND IN
-
YOUR HEART YOU'VE GOT STUFF NOBODY ELSE KNOWS ABOUT. GOD
-
DOES. HE KNOWS, HE KNOWS EVERY HEART. HE KNOWS ALL HEARTS. SO
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ALL OF OUR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT. BUT THE SPIRIT IN US IS THE
-
SAME. SO THE FATHER KNOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT HEARTS. BUT THEN
-
THERE'S THIS HOLY GHOST IN US. WHOA! AND HE MINGLES WITH THE
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NEED IN EACH ONE OF OUR HEARTS. AND WATCH THIS, THE HOLY GHOST
-
THAT'S IN US. ALSO, NOT ONLY IS HE MINGLING AROUND THESE
-
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT. THIS HOLY
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GHOST THAT'S IN US, THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE
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THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY, HE ALSO KNOWS THE MIND OF THE
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FATHER. YOU DON'T KNOW THE WILL OF GOD. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
-
DO ABOUT IT. YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT THE SPIRIT IN YOU KNOWS. YOU
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KNOW HOW I KNOW HE KNOWS? HEY NOW, LET ME JUST KEEP
-
GOING. WE'RE GONNA RABBIT TRAIL FOR HALF A SECOND, BUT WE'LL END
-
UP BACK. WATCH THIS, THAT'S HOW I KNOW HE KNOWS. LOOK, EYES NOT
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SEEN, EARS NOT HEARD, NO MIND IS IMAGINED WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED.
-
BUT IT WAS TO US THAT GOD REVEALED THESE THINGS BY HIS
-
SPIRIT. WATCH, FOR HIS SPIRIT, HOLY SPIRIT, SEARCHES OUT
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EVERYTHING AND KNOWS GOD'S DEEP SECRETS. NO ONE CAN KNOW A
-
PERSON'S THOUGHTS EXCEPT THAT PERSON'S OWN SPIRIT. AND NO ONE
-
CAN KNOW GOD'S THOUGHTS EXCEPT GOD'S OWN SPIRIT. WHAT DOES THAT
-
MEAN? IT MEANS ONLY YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW.
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IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ME.
-
ONLY YOU KNOW, YOUR SPIRIT KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW.
-
YOUR SPIRIT KNOWS WHAT'S IN YOUR MIND. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD
-
IS THINKING RIGHT NOW, BUT GOD'S OWN SPIRIT, HIS SPIRIT IS THE
-
ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S THINKING. MY LITTLE MIND DOESN'T
-
KNOW WHAT HE'S THINKING, BUT HIS SPIRIT KNOWS WHAT HE'S THINKING.
-
WHERE IS HIS SPIRIT? IT'S IN ME. AND IT'S IN YOU. AND I DON'T
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KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PRAY.
-
I DON'T KNOW GOD'S WILL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE MESS.
-
BUT THE HOLY GHOST IN ME KNOWS THE MIND OF THE FATHER. AND HE
-
TAKES MY SITUATION AND HE BEGINS TO PRAY AND WEEP THROUGH ME AND
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GROAN THROUGH ME. AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT IS IT SAYS, "AND
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THE HOLY GHOST ALWAYS PRAYS IN HARMONY WITH THE PERFECT WILL OF
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GOD." DOES THAT BLOW YOUR MIND? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS
-
YOU NEED TO LET THE HOLY GHOST PRAY MORE. YOU NEED TO LET THE
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HOLY GHOST PRAY MORE. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF
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UNDERSTANDING REALLY QUICK. WE FACE STUFF TODAY WE HAVE NO
-
ANSWERS FOR. AND WE DON'T NEED TO JUST GO SIT DOWN AND QUIT.
-
SIT DOWN AND QUIT. AND GO BELLYACHE OVER HERE. AND GET
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DEPRESSED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND WE THINK GOD'S
-
NOT ANSWERING. WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS WE OUGHT,
-
START PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST. START GROANING IN THE HOLY
-
GHOST. GO GET IN YOUR CAR AND PRAY OUT LOUD. COME ON. THERE'S
-
ALL KINDS OF PRAYER. I KNOW THERE'S COFFEE PRAYER AND PRETTY
-
PRAYER AND ALL THAT AND SWEET LITTLE SOFT PRAYER. BUT HONEY,
-
WHEN YOU'RE FACING THREE ARMIES COMING TOWARDS YOU, AND SOME OF
-
YOU ARE FACING THREE THINGS AT ONE TIME, YOU GOT A HEALTH
-
CRISIS, YOU GOT A FAMILY CRISIS, YOU GOT A FINANCIAL CRISIS, YOU
-
GOT THREE THINGS COMING AT YOU AT ONCE. AND BABY DOLL,
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SOMETIMES COFFEE PRAYERS DON'T CUT IT WHEN IT'S DO OR DIE.
-
HONEY, WHEN IT'S GOTTA, I GOTTA HAVE AN ANSWER OR I'M NOT GONNA
-
MAKE IT PAST TODAY. COME ON, COME ON, YOU CAN'T PRAY LITTLE
-
PRETTY PRAYERS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO PRAY, FOR YOU
-
DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS ABOUT YOU. SO THAT'S
-
WHERE JEHOSHAPHAT WAS. I LIKE YOU SITTING OVER THERE, SO JUST
-
STAY CLOSE. THERE WE GO. OH, THAT'S NOT NICE. I DON'T KNOW
-
WHAT TO DO. MY EYES ARE ON YOU. SO WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
-
DO, YOU KNOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRAYERS TO PRAY? IS TO LOOK AT
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GOD AND SAY THIS, AND THIS I'M TELLING YOU, I PRAY THIS ONE A
-
LOT. I SAY, GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. DO IT. NOW GET READY. HE
-
STARTS DOING IT. BECAUSE IT MAY BE MORE THAN YOU EXPECTED. BUT
-
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET TO PRAYING FOR A PRODIGAL, AND
-
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW TO DO, HONEY, YOU'LL GET TO
-
WHERE YOU'RE WILLING TO SAY GOD, IF IT TAKES THE PIG PEN. TO
-
BRING THEM HOME TO GOD. I DON'T WANT THEM TO GO TO THE PIG PEN.
-
I CAN'T IMAGINE THEM GOING TO THE PIG PEN. BUT IF THAT'S GOING
-
TO BE WHAT IT TAKES FOR THE HUSK OF THIS WORLD TO BECOME SO
-
DISGUSTING THAT THAT'LL GET THEM HOME, WHATEVER YOU GOT TO DO
-
GOD, DO IT. JUST DO IT GOD. COME ON. OKAY, I DON'T NEED TO DO IT.
-
OKAY, I'VE GOT TO GO. WATCH. ARE Y'ALL WITH ME? ARE YOU STILL
-
WITH ME? ARE YOU OKAY? IF YOU'RE PRAYING THE HOLY GHOST LIKE
-
THAT, WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE AN UNDERSTANDING, HE'LL
-
GIVE IT TO YOU. BY THE WAY, I JUST NEED TO THROW THAT IN
-
THERE. YOU WON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT YOU DON'T
-
KNOW HOW OR WHAT TO DO. THE HOLY GHOST, WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO
-
FINALLY RECEIVE WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE NEEDING TO KNOW, HE'LL
-
TELL YOU. BUT UNTIL THEN, YOU PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. OKAY, I'VE
-
GOT TO MOVE. WATCH. OKAY, KAREN, HERE WE GO. WE'RE STANDING
-
THERE. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO OUR EYES ARE ON YOU. NOW, THIS
-
IS FUN. WATCH THIS. VERSE 13. AS ALL THE MEN OF JUDAH STOOD
-
BEFORE THE LORD WITH THEIR LITTLE ONES, WIVES AND CHILDREN,
-
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON ONE OF THE MEN STANDING THERE.
-
HIS NAME WAS JEHEZIEL. HE WAS A LEVITE. NOW LOOK AT VERSE 15.
-
AND HE SAID, "LISTEN ALL YOU PEOPLE OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM.
-
LISTEN KING JEHOSHAPHAT, THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS." NOW STOP
-
RIGHT THERE. I WAS THINKING THIS MORNING, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
-
JEHOSHAPHAT HAS JUST FINISHED HIS PRAYER, RIGHT? THE NEXT
-
WORDS THAT WE HEAR, ACTUAL WORDS BEING SPOKEN, IS JEHOSHAPHAT
-
SAYING, "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO OUR EYES ARE UPON YOU."
-
NOW Y'ALL LOOK, NOW LOOK AT ME, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING. LOOK,
-
WATCH. HERE'S THE NEXT AUDIO. THUS SAYS THE LORD. WHY IS THAT
-
IMPORTANT? BECAUSE GOD DIDN'T TALK UNTIL THEY DID FIRST. GOD
-
DIDN'T ANSWER UNTIL THEY PRAYED FIRST. I'M JUST TELLING YOU,
-
IT'S JUST IMPORTANT. THEY DIDN'T GET A "THUS SAITH THE LORD"
-
UNTIL THEY PRAYED. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE JEREMIAH
-
33:3, JEREMIAH 33:3 SAYS, "YOU CALL ON ME AND I'LL ANSWER."
-
THAT'S, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT. YOU'VE GOT A PART TO PLAY IN
-
THIS TOO. YOU CALL ON ME AND I WILL ANSWER. I JUST FIND THAT
-
FASCINATING. THAT GOD WAS SITTING THERE IN HEAVEN WATCHING
-
ALL THOSE THREE ARMIES MAKING THEIR PLANS AND DIDN'T DO ONE
-
THING ABOUT IT. HE DIDN'T GO TELL JEHOSHAPHAT, "HEY, YOU NEED
-
TO GET PREPARED. HEY, THE DEVIL'S PLANNING SOMETHING UP."
-
GOD'S JUST WATCHING IT. GOD'S JUST LOOKING AT THOSE ARMIES
-
MAKING THEIR PLANS AGAINST JUDAH. HE'S JUST WATCHING THEM.
-
HE CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THEY'RE SAYING. HE AIN'T DOING NOTHING.
-
DIDN'T DO ONE THING ABOUT IT. UNTIL JEHOSHAPHAT PRAYED. YOU
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KNOW WHAT IT REMINDS ME OF? IT REMINDS ME, AND I DON'T HAVE
-
TIME TO GO HERE, BUT NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO. IT REMINDS ME
-
OF HEZEKIAH. REMEMBER HEZEKIAH? WHEN HE HAD THAT ENEMY NAMED
-
SENNACHERIB. WHAT A NAME. AND SENNACHERIB IS GOING TO COME
-
AGAINST HEZEKIAH AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WITH THE
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ASSYRIAN ARMY. AND TO CUT THE LONG STORY REALLY SHORT,
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SENNACHERIB IS SENDING LETTERS TO HEZEKIAH, THIS KING OF
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ASSYRIA. AND SO HE'S SENDING THESE LETTERS TO HEZEKIAH TO PUT
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FEAR IN HEZEKIAH. AND ONE OF HIS LAST LETTERS, HIS LAST LETTER
-
ACTUALLY TO HEZEKIAH, HE SAYS, "WE'RE COMING IN TO JERUSALEM."
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AND SENNACHERIB SAYS, "JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE ALL THE OTHER
-
NATIONS." AND HE STARTS NAMING OFF ALL THE OTHER NATIONS. HE
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SAYS, "HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT WE DID TO THE OTHER NATIONS?" HE SAID,
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"WE'VE DESTROYED THEM ALL." HE SAID, "WE JUST LAID THEM WASTE."
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AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALL OF THEIR GODS, ALL OF THEIR GODS
-
FELL BEFORE US. AND NONE OF THEIR GODS WERE ABLE TO SAVE
-
THEM AGAINST US. AND YOU THINK YOUR GOD, HEZEKIAH, IS GOING TO
-
BE ABLE TO SAVE YOU AND ISRAEL AGAINST US? AND HE SENDS THAT
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LETTER TO HEZEKIAH. THE BIBLE SAYS, AND I LOVE THIS, WHOA, THE
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BIBLE SAYS HEZEKIAH TOOK THE MAN'S SCROLL. HE TOOK THE LETTER
-
FROM SENNACHERIB. AND HEZEKIAH MARCHED HIMSELF TO THE TEMPLE OF
-
THE LORD. AND THE BIBLE SAYS HEZEKIAH TOOK THE MAN'S LETTER
-
AND HE JUST SPREAD IT OUT BEFORE THE LORD. AND HE LAID OUT THE
-
SCROLL, THE LETTER FROM SENNACHERIB. AND THEN HEZEKIAH
-
DID THE SAME THING JEHOSHAPHAT DID. HE SAID, "GOD, GOD, YOU
-
ALONE ARE THE ONLY GOD IN THE HEAVENS." FIRST HE WORSHIPS FOR
-
A WHILE. THEN HE SAYS, "GOD, CAN YOU SEE?" GO READ IT FOR
-
YOURSELF. "SEE, GOD? SEE HERE WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT YOU? CAN
-
YOU SEE THEIR LETTER? LOOK WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT YOU." HE ENDED
-
HEZEKIAH AND SAID, "GOD, IT IS TRUE THAT THEY DESTROYED THOSE
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OTHER COUNTRIES AND THAT THEIR GODS FAILED BEFORE THE
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ASSYRIANS." THAT IS TRUE. HE SAID, "BUT THE TRUTH IS, THE
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REASON THOSE GODS FAIL IS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T EVEN GODS
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AT ALL. YOU'RE THE ONLY AND NOBODY CAN STAND UP AGAINST YOU
-
GOD. NOBODY CAN STAND UP AGAINST YOU. YOU KNOW THE NEXT VERSE,
-
THE NEXT PART OF THE AUDIO OF THAT STORY, HEZEKIAH CLOSES HIS
-
PRAYER TO GOD. HEZEKIAH WRAPS UP THE PRAYER AND AFTER HE WRAPS
-
HIS LAST LINE, THE NEXT AUDIO IS THIS. "THUS SAYS THE LORD."
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THREE WORDS. "BECAUSE YOU PRAYED." GO READ IT FOR
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YOURSELF. HEZEKIAH, BECAUSE YOU PRAYED. I HAVE SOME WORDS TO SAY
-
TO SENNACHERIB. AND THEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT NIGHT THE LORD
-
SENT AN ANGEL THAT DESTROYED 189,000 OF THE ASSYRIANS. COME
-
ON. WHY DID IT HAPPEN? BECAUSE HEZEKIAH PRAYED. NOTHING WOULD
-
HAVE HAPPENED IF HE HADN'T PRAYED. ASSYRIA COULD HAVE COME
-
INTO JERUSALEM AND DID WHAT THEY WANTED TO. BUT WHEN THINGS
-
CHANGE, IT'S BECAUSE SOMEBODY PRAYS. THAT'S WHY JOHN WESLEY
-
SAID IT LIKE THIS YEARS AGO. HE SAID, "GOD DOES NOTHING IN THE
-
EARTH EXCEPT IN RESPONSE TO PRAYER." THAT'S THE TRUTH. WHAT
-
AM I SAYING? I'M SAYING PRAYING MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER,
-
GRANDMOTHERS, WHEN YOU PRAY IT MATTERS AND WHEN YOU DON'T PRAY
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IT MATTERS. WHERE WAS I? I WAS SAYING THAT THINGS CHANGE AFTER
-
THEY CALLED FIRST. OKAY, I'M GOING TO WRAP UP HERE. THIS IS
-
MY WRAP. Y'ALL WATCHING ME SAY I'M STILL LISTENING. OKAY, THIS
-
IS WHERE IT GETS SO FASCINATING TO ME. SO JEHOSHAPHAT, THUS SAYS
-
THE LORD. KING JEHOSHAPHAT IN ALL JERUSALEM. HERE'S WHAT THE
-
LORD SAYS. DO NOT BE AFRAID. DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THIS
-
MIGHTY ARMY. FOR THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS BUT GOD'S. YOU KNOW
-
WHY I LOVE THIS? IT'S BECAUSE NOW THAT GOD HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED
-
AND HE'S SAYING, "OKAY, NOW YOU'VE PRAYED AND I'VE GOT
-
SOMETHING TO SAY." IT'S SORT OF LIKE THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL PART
-
ABOUT THIS NEXT PASSAGE THAT I'M GOING TO WRAP WITH. WATCH. THIS
-
MATTERS TO YOU. BECAUSE IN GOD'S ANSWER TO JEHOSHAPHAT, IT'S SORT
-
OF LIKE GOD REVEALS TO JEHOSHAPHAT A PLAN FOR THE AGES,
-
A WAR STRATEGY FOR THE AGES, A SPIRITUAL WARFARE STRATEGY FOR
-
THE AGES. NOT JUST FOR JEHOSHAPHAT AND THEM THEN, BUT
-
IT WAS ACTUALLY A BATTLE STRATEGY THAT COULD BE TAKEN
-
FROM THE TIME OF WHATEVER TIME IT WAS WHEN THEY WERE LIVING ALL
-
THE WAY TO 2026. AND THE PASSAGE I'M GOING TO READ WITH YOU RIGHT
-
NOW IS IT'S SORT OF LIKE GOD ANSWERS JEHOSHAPHAT'S PRAYER BY
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SORT OF OPENING THE DOOR TO HEAVEN'S WAR ROOM AND SAYING
-
JEHOSHAPHAT, JUDAH, ALL THE WOMEN IN 2026 AT THE LORD OF
-
HOSTS CHURCH CALLED WOMEN'S CONFERENCE. Y'ALL ALL COME ON IN
-
HERE. I'M GONNA SHOW Y'ALL SOMETHING. COME HERE. THIS IS
-
YOUR, THIS IS THE, AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE WE AS THE ARMY HAVE COME
-
IN HERE AND SAT DOWN WITH JEHOSHAPHAT AND JUDAH. IT'S KIND
-
OF LIKE WE ALL GOT TO JUST SIT IN THE ROOM AND BE PARTICIPANTS
-
AND SPECTATORS. ALL RIGHT? AND JEHOSHAPHAT'S IN THERE WITH ALL
-
OF ISRAEL WITH US TOO. HERE THEY ARE. HERE'S JUDAH AND EVERYBODY
-
IN HERE WITH US. WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING? AND UP HERE YOU'VE
-
GOT, YOU'VE GOT GOD. IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE HE IS PRESENTING
-
HIMSELF AS SORT OF LIKE THE GENERAL. HE IS THE GENERAL OF
-
HIS ARMY, RIGHT? HE'S THE, HE'S THE ONE IN CHARGE AND IT'S LIKE
-
HE'S GONNA CALL US INTO HIS WAR ROOM IF HE COULD JUST SORT OF
-
SEE HIS BIG OLD BOARD UP HERE AND HE'S GONNA LAY OUT THE
-
BATTLE STRATEGY AND SO HE HE CALLS US IN HERE AND HE SAYS TO
-
JEHOSHAPHAT THEN AND TO US NOW CONCERNING OUR BATTLES. HE SAYS
-
OKAY HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE GOT SOME ENEMIES COMING
-
TOWARD US BIGGER THAN Y'ALL ARE. ALRIGHT. HE SAYS, BUT HERE'S
-
WHAT FIRST OF ALL Y'ALL GOTTA KNOW IN THIS WAR. FIRST OF ALL,
-
DON'T BE AFRAID. FIRST, DON'T BE AFRAID AND DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
-
HE SAYS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS BATTLE IS NOT YOURS. YOU NEED TO
-
GET THAT. BECAUSE THE SOONER YOU CAN GET THAT AND QUIT FIGHTING
-
IN THE FLESH, WHAT HAS TO BE FOUGHT IN THE SPIRIT, YOU'LL GET
-
YOUR STRENGTH BACK. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING IN THE FLESH,
-
SPIRITUAL WARS, IT'LL JUST DRAIN YOU, EXHAUST YOU AND MAKE YOU
-
THINK YOU'RE CRAZY. COME ON, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
-
IN THE FLESH WHAT'S GOT TO BE FOUGHT IN THE SPIRIT. AND THE
-
LORD CAME TO TELL YOU TODAY, THIS BATTLE IS NOT YOURS SO STOP
-
FIGHTING IT. THIS BATTLE IS MINE. WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING
-
DEMONS, STOP TRYING TO REASON AND ARGUE WITH THEM. YOU CAN'T
-
REASON WITH A DEMON. AND THEY TALK THROUGH PEOPLE. AND
-
SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO US. AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
-
CONFUSION AND CHAOS IN YOUR FAMILY, AND THEY CAN'T HEAR
-
REASON, AND THEY CAN'T HEAR TRUTH, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU
-
TRY TO SPEAK IT TO THEM, SWEETHEART, GET UP FROM THE
-
TABLE, JUST BLESS THEM, AND JUST SAY, "THANK YOU FOR LUNCH
-
TODAY." AND YOU GET OUT OF THAT HOUSE ABOUT AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
-
AND YOU GO TO YOUR PRAYER CLOSET, AND YOU DEAL WITH IT IN
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THE PRAYER CLOSET. QUIT ARGUING WITH DEMONS, AND LET THEM WEAR
-
YOU OUT AND DRIVE YOU CRAZY. AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE,
-
THEY'LL BE ALRIGHT. THEY MAY BLOCK YOU ON EVERYTHING. THEY'LL
-
BLOCK YOU ON INSTAGRAM, THEY'LL BLOCK YOU ON THEIR FACEBOOK,
-
THEY'LL BLOCK YOU ON THEIR PHONE, THEY'LL BLOCK YOU FROM
-
CHRISTMAS, THEY'LL BLOCK YOU FROM THANKSGIVING. BUT HONEY,
-
THEY CAN'T BLOCK YOUR PRAYER CLOSET. THEY CAN'T BLOCK YOUR
-
PRAYER CLOSET. HEY! THEY CAN'T BLOCK YOUR PRAYER. HEY! THEY
-
CAN'T BLOCK YOUR FAITH. THEY CAN'T BLOCK YOUR LOVE. COME ON!
-
YOU'VE GOT AN AUTOMATIC ADVANTAGE OVER THE ENEMY IF
-
YOU'LL JUST TAKE IT. THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS. IT'S MINE, GOD
-
SAYS. SO HE SAYS, "HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO." AND HE SAYS,
-
"Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW THIS. FIRST OF ALL," AND YOU CAN GO READ IT
-
FOR YOURSELF LATER. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HURRY BECAUSE OF TIME.
-
WATCH ME. I'M ALMOST DONE. HE SAYS, "FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SHOW
-
YOU SOMETHING." YOU CAN GO READ IT. HE SAYS, "THE ENEMY, THEY'RE
-
COMING UP THROUGH THE ASCENT OF ZIEZ AT THE END OF THE VALLEY
-
THAT OPENS UP INTO THE WILDERNESS OF JERUEL." NOW, WHY
-
IS THAT IMPORTANT? I JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT GOD STARTED OFF BY
-
SAYING, "FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHERE THE ENEMY IS.
-
HE'S COMING UP AROUND THE VALLEY, UP AT THE ASCENT OF
-
ZIEZ, AND HE'S COMING AROUND HERE BY THE VALLEY OF JERUEL." I
-
LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY THE LORD SAYING, "THE DEVIL
-
CAN'T HIDE FROM ME." I KNOW WHERE YOUR ENEMY IS. COME ON,
-
THOSE ENEMIES THOUGHT THEY WERE OVER THERE HIDING, AND GOD WAS
-
LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THEY WERE DOING, EVERYTHING THEY WERE
-
PLANNING. THE DEVIL CAN'T HIDE FROM GOD. HE'LL TELL YOU
-
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE ENEMY IS
-
DOING, BUT GOD KNOWS WHAT THE ENEMY IS DOING. AND IF YOU'LL
-
GET IN YOUR PRAYER CLOSET AND PRAY TO THE HOLY GHOST, THE LORD
-
WILL START REVEALING TO YOU ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER. HE'LL START
-
SAYING, "HEY, THERE'S AN ENEMY. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS." TRY
-
TO GET IN YOUR HOUSE. AND ACTUALLY, THERE'S SOME FRIENDS.
-
YOU KNOW THAT GIRL SHE'S HANGING OUT WITH? I'VE BEEN GIVING YOU
-
CHECKS ABOUT HER. WELL WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT IN PRAYER
-
AND WE NEED TO GET THAT INFLUENCE MOVED RIGHT OVER HERE.
-
COME ON I NEED YOU TO START PRAYING THAT. I NEED YOU TO
-
START PRAYING THAT I'LL JUST MOVE BY THAT. PRAY, PRAY. COME
-
ON AND OVER HERE YOUR SON HE'S BEEN BATTLING A SPIRIT OF
-
SUICIDE AND THAT SPIRITS COMING INTO YOUR HOUSE AND THERE'S AN
-
ENEMY IN YOUR HOUSE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT. AND SOME OF YOU NEED
-
TO KNOW YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER SHE'S ACTUALLY BOUND TO PORNOGRAPHY
-
AND I NEED YOU TO START PRAYING. SEE THE LORD WILL JUST PULL THE
-
CURTAIN ON THE DEVIL AND REVEAL TO YOU WHAT HE'S DOING BECAUSE
-
HE WANTS YOU TO PRAY. OKAY. NOW, SO NOW GOD SAYS THIS. SO, HE
-
SAYS FIRST, DON'T BE AFRAID. DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. THE BATTLE
-
IS NOT YOURS. HERE'S WHERE THE ENEMY IS. NOW, NEXT PART,
-
IMPORTANT PART FOR Y'ALL. HERE'S THE STRATEGY FOR WHAT'S COMING.
-
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. IT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE
-
THIS. FIRST OF ALL, TOMORROW, MARCH OUT AGAINST THEM. OKAY. IN
-
ISRAEL, YOU CAN HEAR THEM RUMBLING AMONG US. YOU CAN HEAR
-
JUDAH AND JEHOSHAPHAT WERE TALKING. MARCHING. YES. WE'RE
-
GOING TO MARCH OUT AGAINST THEM. WE'RE GOING TO MARCH OUT AND
-
GOD'S WITH US. Y'ALL GOT YOUR ARTILLERY? YEAH, CHECK. YOU GOT
-
YOUR BOWS AND ARROWS? CHECK. Y'ALL GOT SOME GRENADES OVER
-
THERE? CHECK, CHECK. Y'ALL GOT SOME BOMBS? A LITTLE EXTRA FEW
-
BOMBS RIGHT THERE? CHECK. YOU GOT YOUR GUNS? CHECK, CHECK. YOU
-
GOT YOUR SWORDS? EVERYBODY GOT YOUR SWORDS, RIGHT? CHECK,
-
CHECK. EVERYBODY GET YOUR ARMOR READY. WE'RE GETTING READY TO
-
MARCH. WHAT'S NEXT? GOD SAYS, "FIRST OF ALL, TOMORROW YOU'RE
-
GOING TO MARCH OUT AGAINST THEM." NEXT, NEXT THING YOU DO,
-
IN MARCH, THEN YOU TAKE YOUR POSITIONS AND BE STILL AND WATCH
-
THE LORD'S VICTORY. NOW THE TRUTH IS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
-
SHOCKING. TOUCH DEVASTATING. BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WHAT? MARCH
-
OUT. TAKE OUR POSITIONS AND BE STILL? WHAT? IT'D BE SO MUCH
-
BETTER AND FAR MORE EPIC IF WE CAN USE OUR SWORDS. BUT BE
-
STILL? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HOW IN THE WORLD? Y'ALL,
-
IT TAKES A LOT MORE FAITH TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF AN ENEMY
-
THAT IS MARCHING TOWARD YOU IN VAST NUMBERS AND YOU STAND THERE
-
AND YOU JUST REACH, YOU STEP UP, YOU TAKE A POSITION AND THEN YOU
-
JUST... IT'D BE FAR BETTER TO JUST MAKE IT A MOMENT LIKE A
-
BILL GIBSON PATRIOT WHERE YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "WHOA! NO! RETREAT!"
-
AND JUST GO FOR IT! WE JUST WANT TO HELP GOD. I WANT TO HELP YOU.
-
I WANT TO FIGHT IT OUT. GOD, WATCH ME FIGHT. OH, WATCH ME
-
FIGHT, GOD. I CAN JUST... I CAN CUT THE TONGUE OUT OF THEIR
-
MOUTH. IT'D BE SO MUCH BETTER. GOD, PLEASE! GOD, LET ME FIGHT
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IT. LET ME DO SOMETHING, GOD! DO YOU HEAR WHAT THEY SAID? DO YOU
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READ WHAT THEY SAID ON FACEBOOK? GOD, I CAN PLEASE GOD, PLEASE.
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YOU CAN READ WHAT THE ENEMY SAYS ON FACEBOOK. IT'S LIKE... I WANT
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TO FIGHT IT! I WANT TO FIGHT IT! I WILL SAY EVERYTHING I WANT TO
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SAY. GOD, I WANT TO COME BACK. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A WHOLE
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PAGE OUT OF THE NEWSPAPER AND JUST TELL THE TRUTH! Y'ALL LOOK
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A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT ME, I KNOW. Y'ALL SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD
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ME COME THIS WEEKEND. Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE WAITED. I COULD HAVE
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COME NEXT YEAR AND I'D HAVE BEEN A MUCH BETTER PLACE. IT'S SO
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MUCH EASIER TO FIGHT OURSELVES. IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO GET ON
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FACEBOOK AND JUST SAY EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY. IT'S SO MUCH
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EASIER. HOW CAN YOU STAND IT WHEN DEMONS ARE ACCUSING YOU AND
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LYING ABOUT YOU AND TWISTING IT? HOW CAN YOU STAND IT? GOD, DO
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YOU SEE BOMBS ARE GOING OFF EVERYWHERE? AND HE'S LIKE, TELL
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ME, JUST PLEASE, GOD. AND HE SAYS, NOT A WORD. HE SAYS, YOU
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KAREN, YOU MY SWEET FRIENDS, YOU. NOT A WORD. YOU BE STILL.
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YOU KEEP YOUR EYES RIGHT HERE. HE SAYS...
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I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT IN THIS MESSAGE.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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MARCH OUT AGAINST THEM. MARCH OUT AGAINST THEM. AND THEN YOU
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BE STILL AND THEN YOU WATCH THE LORD'S VICTORY. AND THIS IS
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WHERE THE STORY ENDS. IT'S AN EPIC ENDING. THAT'S THEY LEAVE
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THE BATTLE ROOM. DON'T BE AFRAID. DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
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THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD. WE'LL MARCH OUT AGAINST THEM.
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WE'LL TAKE OUR POSITIONS. WE WON'T BE STILL. GOD, MY GOD.
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GOD. GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS IT. YOU CAN READ IT FOR YOURSELF. I
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AIN'T GOT TIME. THE BIBLE SAYS THE NEXT MORNING, THEY DID
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EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID. THE BIBLE SAYS THEY MARCHED. THEY GOT UP
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THE NEXT MORNING EARLY. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WERE MARCHING
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TOWARD THE ENEMY. NOW, THEY CAN'T SEE THE ENEMY YET. THEY
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HAVEN'T PEAKED THE WATCH POINT. THEY HAVEN'T PEAKED THE HILL
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YET. THE BIBLE INDICATES A WATCH POINT. SO ALL OF JUDAH AND
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JEHOSHAPHAT ARE JUST DOING WHAT HE SAID. SO THEY'RE JUST
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MARCHING. CAN YOU IMAGINE? HERE THEY GO. THEY KNOW THIS ENEMY
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HEADING TOWARD THEM IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THEY ARE. SO THEY
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KNOW EITHER HE'S WITH US OR WE'RE DEAD. AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE
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LIKE A BIG VISITATION. IT WASN'T LIKE THEY HAD AN ANGEL COME IN
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PERSON AND EXPLODE THE PLACE IN A BURNING BUSH OF FIRE. THEY HAD
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A HANK KUNNEMAN OVER THERE PROPHESYING, "THE LORD IS WITH
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US!" THAT'S ALL THEY HAD. THEY JUST HAD A MAN THAT WAS GOING TO
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PROPHESY THE WORD OF THE LORD. THAT'S ALL THEY HAD TO GO ON. A
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PROPHET. THEY JUST HAD A PROPHET. THAT'S IT. THEY DIDN'T
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HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THAT WAS JUST A MAN THAT GOD WAS USING TO
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GIVE A PROPHETIC WORD. AND THIS IS THE DEAL. MOST PEOPLE, WHEN
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THEY'VE TOLD THIS STORY, SAYS, AND THE LORD TOLD THEM TO PUT
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OUT THE SINGERS FIRST. NO, HE DIDN'T. HE DIDN'T. IN FACT,
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AFTER THAT RIGHT THERE, GOD DIDN'T GIVE THEM ANY MORE
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STRATEGY PLANS. THAT WAS IT. THAT'S ALL GOD SAID. HE DID NOT
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TELL THEM TO PUT THE SINGERS OUT FRONT. GO READ IT FOR YOURSELF.
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YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? HE TELLS THEM, "YOU GO BE STILL AND WATCH
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MY VICTORY." AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. THE NEXT MORNING,
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ISRAEL'S UP AND THEY'RE OBEYING. THEY'RE MARCHING, HEADING TOWARD
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AN ENEMY THEY KNOW IS HEADING TOWARD THEM. THEY JUST CAN'T SEE
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HIM YET. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JEHOSHAPHAT ON THE WAY, THAT'S A
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QUOTE, ON THE WAY AS THEY'RE MARCHING, JEHOSHAPHAT TURNS
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AROUND TO THE PEOPLE AND HE GOES, "BELIEVE THE LORD YOUR
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GOD! BELIEVE THE PROPHET AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!" NOW WHY DID HE DO
-
THAT? BECAUSE JEHOSHAPHAT KNEW. HE KNOWS THESE PEOPLE. HE KNOWS
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IN THE NATURAL REALM, IF THEY PEAK THIS HILL AND THEY LOOK IN
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FRONT OF THEM AND THEY SEE THIS MASSIVE ARMY COMING TOWARD THEM,
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IF THEY'RE LOOKING IN THE NATURAL, THEY'RE GOING TO FREAK
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OUT AND THIS THING'S GOING TO BE OVER. JEHOSHAPHAT KNEW, IF THEY
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SEE THIS THING IN THE NATURAL REALM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE
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IT. IF THEY LOSE SIGHT OF THE PROMISE, WE'RE GONERS, EVERY ONE
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OF US. SO JEHOSHAPHAT'S THINKING THAT WHILE HE'S MARCHING, "OH
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GOD, OH GOD, IF WE LOOK AT THIS IN THE NATURAL." SO HE JUST
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SWIRLS AROUND AND SAYS TO JUDAH, "BELIEVE! BELIEVE THE WORD!
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BELIEVE YOUR GOD!" AND THEN HE, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND HE GOES AND
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HE CONSULTS WITH THE PEOPLE. "COME HERE, I NEED SOME LEADERS
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OVER HERE. I NEED YOU. WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK WE OUGHT TO DO
-
BEFORE THEY SEE THIS ARMY?" AND THOSE LEADERS SAY, "GATHER THE
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WORSHIPPERS. GATHER THE SINGERS. GET SOME SINGERS OUT FRONT AND
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GET ISRAEL WORSHIPPING." AND JEHOSHAPHAT'S LIKE, "BRING ME
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THE SINGERS. BRING THE WORSHIPPERS. GET THEM OUT FRONT.
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ALL THE WORSHIPPERS FIRST." AND THEY GET OUT FRONT. AND
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JEHOSHAPHAT'S LIKE, "EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, LIFT UP YOUR EYES AND
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BEGIN TO SING TO THE LORD." AND ALL OF JUDAH LIFTS UP THEIR EYES
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TO THE GOD THAT SAID, "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. OUR EYES ARE ON
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YOU." JEHOSHAPHAT KNEW WE CAN'T LOOK AT THE NATURAL. WE'VE GOT
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TO KEEP OUR EYES ON YOU. SO WHILE THEY MARCH, THEIR EYES ARE
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UP AND THEIR HEARTS ARE SINGING, THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY
-
ENDURES FOREVER. THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES
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FOREVER. THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. THE
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LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES. AND THE BIBLE SAYS
-
THAT, THIS IS MY FAVORITE, AT THE MOMENT, THEY BEGIN TO SING.
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THEY AIN'T EVEN SEEN THE ARMY YET. THEY HADN'T EVEN PEAKED THE
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HILL. COME ON, I NEED SOME SINGERS UP HERE RIGHT NOW. AT
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THE MOMENT, LOOK HERE, WHOA, HOLY GHOST. I'M GOING TO READ IT
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RIGHT THERE. I'VE GOT IT CIRCLED IN MY BIBLE, 22. AT THE VERY
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MOMENT, THEY BEGIN TO SING AND GIVE PRAISE. THE LORD, THE LORD
-
CAUSED THE ARMIES OF AMMON, MOAB AND MOUNT SEIR TO START FIGHTING
-
AMONG THEMSELVES. LOOK HERE. THEY FOUGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER
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AND THEY KILLED EVERY ONE OF THEM. THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND AFTER
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THEY DESTROYED THE ARMY OF MOUNT SEIR, THEY BEGAN TO ATTACK EACH
-
OTHER." SO WHEN THE ARMY OF JUDAH ARRIVED AT THE LOOKOUT
-
POINT IN THE WILDERNESS, ALL THEY SAW WAS DEAD BODIES LYING
-
ON THE GROUND AS FAR AS THEY COULD SEE. NOT A SINGLE ONE HAS
-
SURVIVED. GET UP ON YOUR FEET. NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THE ENEMY
-
SURVIVED. DID Y'ALL HEAR THAT? TALK ABOUT WHEN GOD FIGHTS THE
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BATTLE. THIS THING TAKES A DIFFERENT OUTCOME. JUDAH DIDN'T
-
LOSE ONE. AND WITH THE ENEMY'S CAMP, NO ONE SURVIVED. AS FAR AS
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THEY COULD SEE WAS DEAD CORPSES. BECAUSE WHY? GOD KEPT HIS WORD
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TO THEM. HE SAID, "THIS BATTLE IS NOT YOURS." WHY JEHOSHAPHAT?
-
BECAUSE HE PRAYED. HE PRAYED. WHEN YOU PRAY, HE GETS INVOLVED.
-
AND IF YOU'LL KEEP YOUR EYES OFF WHAT'S COMING AT YOU, AND GET
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YOUR EYES UP, UP, UP, UP, UP, UP, UP, UP, UP. NOW I'M TELLING
-
YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA LIVE BY BEING SWAYED AND MOVED BY WHAT
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YOU HEAR ABOUT YOUR KID, WHAT THEY SAID, THEY GOT ARRESTED,
-
THIS HAPPENED TO 'EM, UNTHINKABLE, THEY'RE ADDICTED,
-
YOU KNOW, ALL THIS CRAZY STUFF, HITTING HER FROM YOUR CHILD IN
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THREE YEARS, ALL THIS CRAZY STUFF, IF YOU GET SINKING IN
-
THAT, YOU GET TO LOOKING AT ALL THAT, YOU'RE GONNA SINK. BUT IF
-
YOU LIVE RIGHT HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. MY EYES ARE ON
-
YOU. AND JUST BRING THE SINGERS ON OUT. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU
-
THE LAST THING AS A FRIEND TO A FRIEND. BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW
-
THIS. WHEN YOU FIRST GET YOUR WORD, BECAUSE WHEN YOU PRAY,
-
GOD'S GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU. PERIOD. YOU PRAY, HE'S GOING TO
-
ANSWER. IT'S HIS WORD AND HE CAN'T FAIL IT. YOU CALL ON ME,
-
I'LL ANSWER. SO YOU START PRAYING, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A
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WORD FROM GOD. AND IF YOU SAY, "WELL, I'VE BEEN PRAYING, I
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AIN'T HEARD NOTHING YET." START FASTING. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
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FROM GOD. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO. YOU WILL. HE WILL SPEAK.
-
ONCE YOU GET YOUR WORD, THAT'S LIKE THE HIGH DAY. HONEY, ONCE I
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GET A WORD, IT'S LIKE, "WHOA." AND I WANT TO TELL YOU
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SOMETHING. FROM A FRIEND THAT KNOWS, FROM EXPERIENCE, A LITTLE
-
BIT ABOUT A BATTLE. BECAUSE I'M IN THE MOST FIERCE BATTLE I'VE
-
EVER BEEN IN, IN MY 65 YEARS OF LIVING. RIGHT NOW. AND I CAN
-
TELL YOU THIS. THE DAY YOU GET YOUR WORD, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE,
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"WHOA!" THAT'S THE DAY YOU MARCH THE BEST. YOU KNOW, THE DAY YOU
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GET A WORD, IT'S LIKE, "OH, GOD! THANK YOU, GOD!" I USUALLY THINK
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HE'S GOING TO DO IT RIGHT THEN. IF I GET A WORD, I'M EXPECTING
-
IT LIKE RIGHT THEN. AND SOMETIMES HE'LL DO THAT. BUT
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IT'S NOT HIS FAVORITE. IT'S MY FAVORITE, NOT NECESSARILY HIS.
-
YOU GET A WORD, IT'S LIKE, "YES, GOD!" OH, BUDDY, YOU'RE MARCHING
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IN THAT BATTLE, IT'S LIKE, "WHOA, GOD!" RUN THROUGH A
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TROOP, LEAP OVER A WALL, IT'S LIKE, "GLORY! GOT A WORD! OH,
-
JESUS! WHOO!" OH, GOT A WORD! AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU
-
SOMETHING, YOU LET SOME TIME GET ON THAT MARCH. YOU LET THE HEAT
-
GET HOTTER, THE BATTLE GET FIERCER. SOME DAYS I JUST DON'T
-
WANT YOU TO BE SURPRISED IF YOUR MARCH DOESN'T QUITE LOOK LIKE IT
-
DID AT THE BEGINNING. OKAY? SOME DAYS YOUR MARCH MAY NOT QUITE BE
-
AS FAST AND STRONG AS THE FIRST DAY YOU GOT YOUR WORD. WHAT'S
-
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING? YOU CAN'T LAY DOWN YOUR WORD.
-
BECAUSE SOME DAYS, YOU MARCH MAY LOOK LIKE THIS.
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I'VE BEEN MARCHING FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. I'VE BEEN
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MARCHING ABOUT 10 YEARS. BUT I'VE STILL GOT MY WORD. I STILL
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BELIEVE IN MY WORD. AND I'M STILL IN THIS FIGHT BECAUSE I'M
-
STILL MARCHING. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW TOO, THERE'S SOME DAYS,
-
AND I'VE BEEN HERE THIS WEEK, WHERE YOUR MARCH IS MORE LIKE
-
THIS RIGHT HERE. THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES
-
FOREVER. THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. THE
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LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER. THE LORD IS
-
GOOD. THE LORD IS GOOD. THE LORD IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES
-
FOREVER. SOME DAYS SWING FOR HIM. YOUR MARCH IS JUST INCH BY
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INCH. BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT, AS LONG AS YOU KEEP MOVING IN THE
-
RIGHT DIRECTION. THERE'S SOME LADIES HERE I WANNA PRAY FOR
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YOU. WE'VE HAD THREE ALTAR CALLS IN THIS CONFERENCE. BUT I WANT
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ONE MORE, WELL WE'VE HAD TWO, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD. I WANNA
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PRAY FOR YOU ONE MORE TIME. CAN WE PRAY TOGETHER ONE MORE TIME?
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IF YOU'RE IN A BATTLE, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME PRAY FOR THOSE OF
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YOU THAT ARE IN A BATTLE OR YOU GOT ONE COMING TOWARDS YOU.
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YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR A PRODIGAL THAT'S NOT HOME. YOU'RE
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EXHAUSTED, TIRED FROM THE WEARINESS OF IT. MAYBE SOME OF
-
YOU ARE JUST BATTLING SOMETHING THAT ONLY GOD CAN DO. JUST COME
-
ON DOWN. WOULD YOU SING OVER THEM SOMETHING
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WHILE THEY WALK? JUST SING ANYTHING, BABY.
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(MUSIC)
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EVEN IF YOU CAN'T GET ALL THE WAY DOWN
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IT'S OKAY. BECAUSE IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE A
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MOVE. I MEAN IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE JUST
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STANDING IN THE AISLE. YOU'RE JUST BACK WHERE NOBODY CAN EVEN
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SEE. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IF YOU JUST MOVE, HE'LL SEE YOU MOVE.
-
SING IT AGAIN. LIFT UP BOTH HANDS AND SING IT TO HIM ONE
-
MORE TIME. COME ON. LIFT UP YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT HIM. COME ON,
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LET'S JOIN WITH JUDAH TODAY. JOIN WITH JEHOSHAPHAT AND JUDAH.
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LIFT UP OUR EYES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. MY EYES ARE ON YOU.
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GOD. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) COME ON. COME ON. GOD.
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GOD. COME ON. LIFT IT UP ONE MORE TIME. WITH
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ALL YOUR HEART. COME ON. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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OH, YOU'RE ENOUGH FOR ME GOD. YOU'RE ENOUGH
-
GOD. OH GOD. YOU'RE ENOUGH FOR ME GOD. I DON'T
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KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ENOUGH. COME ON.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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(MUSIC)
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COME ON. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GOD OF JEHOSHAPHAT.
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YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GOD OF ISRAEL. AND HE'S HERE
-
WITH US JUST LIKE HE WAS WITH THEM. YES HE IS. YES HE IS.
-
NOW, JUST KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM. DON'T EVEN
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LOOK UP HERE. KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM. KEEP YOUR
-
EYES ON HIM. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE
-
STANDING BEFORE YOU. JUST LIKE JEHOSHAPHAT AND JUDAH DID. WE
-
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT OUR EYES ARE ON YOU. FATHER, IN
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JESUS' NAME, I THANK YOU THAT WE KNOW YOU ARE THE GOD TO WHOM
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NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT THERE'S NOTHING
-
IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING THIS CHILD HOME. FATHER, THIS PRODIGAL
-
DAUGHTER, IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE RESTORED. IT IS
-
NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MY SON TO BE RESTORED. IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE
-
FOR MY FAMILY TO BE PUT BACK TOGETHER. COME ON, CAN YOU PRAY
-
THAT RIGHT NOW? IN THE NAME OF JESUS. FATHER, NOTHING IS TOO
-
HARD FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
-
DO ANYMORE. COME ON RIGHT NOW FOR SOME OF YOU. YOUR CHILDREN
-
ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER. BUT IN JESUS NAME I'M DECLARING
-
RESTORATION OVER YOUR FAMILY. RESTORATION OVER YOUR CHILDREN.
-
IN THE NAME OF JESUS, ISAIAH SAID IT. ALL OF MY CHILDREN WILL
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BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD. AND GREAT WILL BE THE PEACE OF MY
-
CHILDREN. COME ON, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, PRAY THAT WITH ME.
-
ALL OF MY CHILDREN AND ALL OF MY GRANDCHILDREN. I'M NOT LEAVING
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ONE OUT. I'M NOT LEAVING ONE OUT. NOT ONE. ALL OF THEM. ALL
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OF THEM. ALL OF THEM. ALL OF THEM. I'M NOT LETTING HER GO.
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I'M NOT LETTING HIM GO. COME ON. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) I PRAY
-
RIGHT NOW, GOD, THAT YOU WILL BREAK EVERY WRONG INFLUENCE.
-
COME ON. BREAK EVERY WRONG INFLUENCE IN THEIR LIFE. MOVE
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AND SILENCE THE VOICE OF DECEIVERS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
-
SILENCE THE VOICE OF PERVERSION, SEXUAL PERVERSION, SEXUAL
-
CONFUSION. FATHER, I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, RIP IT UP FROM THE
-
ROOT. TEAR DOWN THE TREE OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. THOSE
-
RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT BEFORE GOD. AND SEND THEM GODLY
-
VOICES AND GODLY FRIENDS. THAT WILL SPEAK TRUTH TO THEM IN THE
-
NAME OF JESUS. COME ON RIGHT NOW, LET'S AGREE RIGHT NOW. OUR
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LOVED ONES, WE SPEAK TO THEM WHETHER IT'S A HUSBAND OR A
-
CHILD OR A SIBLING. RIGHT NOW WE DECLARE, YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH
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AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. SAY IT OUT LOUD. YOU WILL KNOW
-
THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. IN JESUS NAME. NOW WE
-
AGREE RIGHT NOW THE SPIRIT OF WITCHCRAFT IS BROKEN. COME ON I
-
WANT SOMEBODY TO AGREE WITH THAT. WOULD YOU LIFT YOUR HANDS
-
AND AGREE WITH ME FOR THAT? THE SPIRIT OF WITCHCRAFT. COME ON
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Y'ALL. MY MY MY. THAT JEZEBELIC SPIRIT IS NOT STRONGER THAN THE
-
BLOOD OF JESUS. I SAID THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER. THE BLOOD
-
IS STRONGER. THE BLOOD IS STRONGER. THE BLOOD IS STRONGER
-
THAN THAT SPIRIT OF DECEPTION AND THAT SPIRIT OF WITCHCRAFT.
-
IN JESUS NAME. I DECLARE SCALES ARE FALLING OFF YOUR LOVED ONES
-
EYES RIGHT NOW. SCALES LIKE PAUL. COME ON, WHEN SAUL TURNED
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TO PAUL, SCALES FELL. SCALES OF RELIGIOUS BONDAGE. WHOA, LIKE A
-
RELIGIOUS DECEPTION. LIKE AN ARROGANT DECEPTION. LIKE A
-
SPIRIT OF ARROGANCE AND A SPIRIT OF RELIGION THAT'S TWISTED
-
IN THE MIND OF SOMEBODY YOU LOVE. IN JESUS'
-
NAME, THOSE SCALES ARE FALLING OFF THEIR EYES.
-
IF THAT'S YOU, GIVE GOD PRAISE RIGHT NOW.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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(MUSIC)
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BRENDA, COME ON.
-
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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I FEEL IN MY HEART SOME OF YOU NEED TO BEGIN
-
TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. MISS KAREN STARTED IT, BUT I FEEL
-
LIKE WE NEED TO JUST OBEY THAT WORD OF PRAYING IN TONGUES. COME
-
ON, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME INTERCESSION IN THE SPIRIT. WHEN
-
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY AS YOU OUGHT, THE SPIRIT
-
MAKETH. MAKETH. HE'S MAKING THE INTERCESSION.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
COME ON. USE YOUR RIVER. USE YOUR RIVER IN THE SPIRIT.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
COME ON. THERE'S A ROOM OF INTERCESSION.
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A DOORWAY IN THE SPIRIT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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COME ON. PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. PRESS, PRESS,
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PRESS, PRESS, PRESS, PRESS, COME ON, PRESS.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
COME ON. YOU'RE WAGING WAR AGAINST THE FORCES OF DARKNESS.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
COME ON, WE'RE CALLING THE PRODIGAL BACK. WE'RE CALLING
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THAT PERSON THAT'S GOTTEN OFF TRACK BACK.
-
WE'RE BREAKING THE SPIRIT OF THE ACCUSER.
-
THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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COME ON, IT'S COMING DOWN. IT'S COMING DOWN.
-
IT'S COMING DOWN, DOWN. IT'S COMING DOWN.
-
COME ON, KEEP PRAYING. KEEP PRAYING. KEEP PRAYING. WE'RE
-
GOING TO PULL THROUGH TO ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
IT'S COMING DOWN. IT'S COMING DOWN. THE STRONGHOLDS ARE COMING
-
DOWN. COME ON, EVERY ACCUSING VOICE. NO WEAPON
-
FORMED. NO WEAPON FORMED SHALL PROSPER.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
WE BREAK THE POWER OF EVERY HEX, EVERY VEX. WE BREAK THE POWER OF
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EVERY WITCHCRAFT CURSE, EVERY ALTAR OF SATAN WHERE YOUR NAME
-
HAS BEEN MENTIONED. WE PULL IT DOWN.
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WE PULL IT DOWN. WE PULL IT DOWN.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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WE PUSH IT BACK.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
OH, THE GROANING. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
COME ON, SOME OF YOU ARE BRINGING ABOUT A SHIFT.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
COME ON, THERE'S A GROANING IN THE ROOM.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
COME ON, THERE'S A BREAKING AGAINST THE
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REALM OF THE OCCULT. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THAT'S AN OCCULT
-
SPIRIT. IT'S AN OCCULT SPIRIT. THAT IS COMING AGAINST THE BODY
-
OF CHRIST. THAT IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE PIT OF HELL. I
-
JUST HEARD THAT BY THE SPIRIT. HE'S SAYING, "DON'T BE AFRAID TO
-
GO AFTER." COME ON, THERE ARE WITCHES AND WE TOUCHED ON THAT
-
IN THE PANEL TODAY. THE WITCHING HOUR. THERE HAS BEEN CURSES. I
-
KNOW THIS IS WHAT GOD IS SAYING. THERE ARE CURSES FROM THE
-
WITCHES THAT NEED TO BE BROKEN OVER SOME OF YOU. AND WHAT YOU
-
TAUGHT TODAY, THAT BY DOING IT IN THE SPIRIT, DOING IT IN THE
-
SPIRIT WITH THE GROANINGS, WE CAN'T UTTER IT. SO THIS IS A
-
WITCHCRAFT SPIRIT AND THAT'S WHAT'S COME AGAINST YOU AND US
-
AND YOU AND WE ARE BREAKING THAT RIGHT NOW. HEY HEY HEY.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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TAKE IT DOWN. WE PULL IT DOWN. WE PULL IT DOWN.
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WE PULL IT DOWN. WE PULL IT DOWN.
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COME ON IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PULL IT DOWN.
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WE PULL IT DOWN IN. THE NAME OF JESUS.
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WE PULL IT DOWN. WE PULL IT DOWN.
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COME ON SATAN YOUR POWER IS BROKEN.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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COME ON, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. SOMETHING IS SHIFTING.
-
COME ON, SOMETHING IS SHIFTING. GO!
-
COME ON, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING.
-
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
-
I WANT US TO PRAY A PRAYER OF STRATEGY RIGHT NOW TOGETHER.
-
REAL QUICK, THIS IS VERY SHORT, BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU
-
SOMETHING BECAUSE THERE'S A KEY IN IT I FEEL TO SHARE WITH YOU
-
RIGHT NOW TO PRAY OVER THIS THING WITH WITCHCRAFT. I'VE BEEN
-
DEALING WITH A SILENCE THING FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS. IT MAKES NO
-
SENSE. IT MADE NO SENSE. DOCTORS DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR IT,
-
WHATEVER. BUT MY SISTER WENT ON A THREE-DAY FAST FOR ME, FOR US
-
TO KNOW WHAT IS THIS. WHAT IS THIS INFIRMITY THAT I'VE BEEN
-
DEALING WITH IN MY BODY? AND SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING
-
WITH LIKE AN INFIRMITY WITH NO ANSWERS OR THIS THING IN YOUR
-
FAMILY THAT'S JUST WEIRD. IT'S JUST, IT'S OTHER, IT'S NO
-
UNDERSTANDING. IT'S CRAZY. AND SO THE THIRD NIGHT OF MY
-
SISTER'S FAST, SHE WAS PRAYING FOR ME. THE THIRD NIGHT OF HER
-
FAST, I HAD A DREAM AND I DREAMED THAT I WAS WALKING INTO
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MY BEDROOM AND WHEN I WALKED INTO MY BEDROOM, I OPENED THE
-
DOOR AND WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR, THE DOOR WENT INTO A PERSON
-
STANDING BEHIND THE DOOR. AND SO I, IN THE DREAM, I FELT THAT
-
PERSON, SO I PULLED THE DOOR BACK AND I LOOKED AND IT WAS A
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WOMAN, LIKE A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, STANDING THERE, SORT OF A NICE
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DRESSED WOMAN, AND I HEARD THE WORD "WITCHCRAFT." AS SOON AS I
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LOOKED AT HER, I HEARD THE WORD "WITCHCRAFT." AND WHEN I HEARD
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THE WORD, SHE GRABBED MY RIGHT ARM IN THE DREAM AND SHE BEGINS
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TO PULL MY HAND TOWARD HER MOUTH. AND SHE WAS TRYING TO GET
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HER TEETH IN MY BLOOD VEIN. AND SO IN THE DREAM, I'M PULLING
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AWAY FROM HER, SHE'S PULLING IT TOWARD HER MOUTH, AND IN THE
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DREAM I BEGIN TO GO, THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER, THE BLOOD
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OF JESUS IS STRONGER, THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER, AND IN THE
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DREAM, IF I FOCUSED ON HER, SHE WAS EMPOWERED. IF I LOOKED AT
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HER AND WAS AFRAID, SHE WAS EMPOWERED. I HAD TO NOT JUST SAY
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THAT AS A CHANT, I HAD TO BELIEVE IT. SO IN THE DREAM I
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HAD TO FOCUS ONLY ON WHAT I WAS SAYING. THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS
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STRONGER. THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER. AND WHEN I WOULD DO
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THAT, SHE WAS WEAKENED. AND I WOKE UP FROM THE DREAM OUT LOUD
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IN THE BED GOING, "THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER. THE BLOOD OF
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JESUS IS STRONGER." TWO HOURS LATER AFTER THE DREAM I WOKE UP
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AND I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM AN INTERCESSOR IN ST.
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LOUIS, MISSOURI WHO HAD NO IDEA WHAT I JUST HAD EXPERIENCED. AND
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SHE SENT ME A TEXT AND IT SAID THIS, SHE SAID, "KAREN, I'VE
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FELT TO SEND YOU THIS WORD THIS MORNING. HIS BLOOD WORK IS DOING
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HIS WORK IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM." WHY AM I SAYING THAT? BECAUSE
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WHAT'S COMING AGAINST YOUR BODY IN INFIRMITY, THE ONLY WAY YOU
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CAN COME AGAINST WITCHCRAFT IS WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. THE
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BLOOD OF JESUS IS THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN THAT SPIRIT
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BUT IT IS MORE POWERFUL. COME ON IT IS STRONGER IT IS STRONGER IT
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IS STRONGER LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AND BEGIN TO PRAY OVER YOUR
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FAMILY. BEGIN TO PRAY THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER. THE
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BLOOD, BELIEVE IT, IS STRONGER. THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER.
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THE BLOOD OF JESUS IS STRONGER. JESUS, I PLEAD THE BLOOD.
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(WORSHIP MUSIC)
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COME ON, OVER YOUR PRODIGALS.
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I HEARD ONE MORE THING FROM THE HOLY GHOST.
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ON THE COUNT OF THREE RIGHT NOW, I HEAR THE LORD
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SAYING, TO RELEASE THE GROAN. I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING
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BEYOND WORDS, IT'S BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING, BUT I HEARD THE
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HOLY GHOST SAY, I WANT HER TO RELEASE THE GROAN OF THE HOLY
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GHOST. AND YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE, SOME
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OF YOU. BUT THIS IS GOING TO OPEN A WELL OF INTERCESSION THAT
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YOU'VE NEVER KNOWN IN YOUR LIFE. THIS IS GOING TO OPEN UP A LEVEL
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OF INTERCESSION YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED FOR YOUR FAMILY.
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COME ON, THIS IS FOR YOUR CHILDREN. THIS IS FOR YOUR
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GRANDCHILDREN. THIS IS FOR GRANDCHILDREN YET
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TO BE BORN. COME ON RIGHT NOW, MOTHER,
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GRANDMOTHER, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE. 1, 2, 3, GO!
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(CONGREGATION SHOUTING)
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AND SOMETHING HAS BROKEN IN THE SPIRIT.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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NOW, MY FATHER, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS TO THE LORD. I WAS ALWAYS
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TAUGHT IN INTERCESSION THAT YOU ALWAYS END IT WITH THANKSGIVING
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TO GOD. WHENEVER YOU ENTER A ROOM OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE. SO
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LORD NOW WE THANK YOU FOR THE VICTORY. THANK YOU FOR THIS
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TIME. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO FORGE A BREAKTHROUGH.
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THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US TO TRUST YOU. NOW LORD WE LAY
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EVERYTHING AT YOUR FEET. AND WE THANK YOU THAT YOU THE LORD GOD
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GOES BEFORE US. TO BRING US INTO TRIUMPH. WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN
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JESUS NAME. EVERYBODY THAT AGREES SAID? WOW! WELL, FEW
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THINGS. WHERE'S BOB? ARE YOU COMING OUT? HE'S GOING TO TELL
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US WHAT TO DO. THERE'S GOD AND THEN THERE'S BOB. WHAT A GOOD
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TIME THIS HAS BEEN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS JUST THE
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SEED. NOW IT'S OUR JOB TO ALL GO WATER IT AFTER THIS. TAKE WHAT
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WE'VE LEARNED AND GO WITH IT AND RUN WITH IT. WE'RE GOING TO WORK
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OUR WAYS OUT TO THE BOOK TABLES. IT MAY TAKE US A FEW MINUTES,
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BUT GO OUT TO EVERYBODY'S TABLE AND HANG A LITTLE BIT. LOVE ON
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EACH OTHER. AND DON'T FORGET, TOMORROW MORNING, 9 O'CLOCK,
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LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. WE'LL LET THE MEN BACK IN THE BUILDING
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TOMORROW. AMEN. I LOVE YOU, INTERNET. WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE
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GOING TO SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS, 9
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O'CLOCK. AMEN. KENT CHRISTMAS. GOD BLESS YOU. BYE-BYE. LADIES,
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GIVE IT UP FOR JESUS ONE MORE TIME.
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(CONGREGATION CHEERING)