04/26/26 Pastor Christy Hair

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COME ON CHURCH, GET UP AND PRAISE THE GREAT

I AM THIS MORNING, AMEN? COME ON.

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OH, HE'S THE GREAT I AM, AMEN? HALLELUJAH. WELL, HOW MANY OF

YOU KNOW, PASTORS HANK AND BRENDA HAVE SOME VACATION THIS

WEEK. AND, YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK SAID, NOW HOW MANY OF YOU SAW

THE, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER LAST

NIGHT? AND I WAS CHATTING WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT. HE GOES, NOW,

HE GOES, IF I FEEL IT AND GOD TELLS ME, I'LL COME IN AND DO

FLASHPOINT, BUT HE GOES, WE JUST NEED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT

GOD SAID THERE WAS AN ANOINTING OF PRESERVATION ON PRESIDENT

TRUMP AND UPON THIS NATION. SO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, WE DON'T LIVE

IN FEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MR. EDDIE ON VACATION. AND SO WE

HAVE KING ROBINSON WITH US ON THE DRUMS, ALL THE WAY OVER HERE

FROM CALIFORNIA. SO, BUT WE LOVE KING, HE'S A BLESSING. GIVE HIM

A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. BUT ANYWAY,

HOW MANY OF YOU, I KNOW YOU AND I WERE PLANNING ON DOING SOME

WORK OUTSIDE TOMORROW, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA WORK

OUT. MIGHT NOT. AS YOU IN THE ROOM KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GETTING

SOME STORMS HERE IN NEBRASKA. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE APRIL

SHOWERS, BRING MAY FLOWERS. WE'RE STEPPING INTO MAY HERE,

BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING GOOD RAIN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

YES, WHICH WE NEEDED. WE NEEDED SOME RAIN. WE JUST DON'T WANT

ANYTHING SEVERE, NO TORNADOES OR HAIL, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF

THING. I DO HAVE, IN THE HONOR OF PASTOR HANK, I DO HAVE A JOKE

FOR YOU THIS MORNING. I HAD TO, I HAD TO. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT

YODA SAID WHEN HE SAW HIMSELF IN 4K? HDMI. OH MY GOSH, THAT'S

TERRIBLE. YES, IT'S A DAD JOKE. PASTOR ANTHONY AND I KNOW YOU

GOTTA TELL THE DAD JOKES, RIGHT ARI, YOU GOTTA TELL THE DAD

JOKES. YEAH, DAD JOKES ARE PART OF IT. THERE'S YOUR JOKE IN

PLACE OF PASTOR HANK'S DAD JOKE ON A SUNDAY MORNING. WELL NOW,

IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, TELL US WHAT THE WEATHER'S GONNA BE

LIKE WHERE YOU'RE AT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, IT'S 95%

CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW, SO OUR PLANS OF WORKING ON OUR PATIO IS

PROBABLY NOT HAPPENING. BUT YOU KNOW ONE THING I HAVE DONE, AS

I'VE GOTTEN OLDER, HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE WATERING YOUR PLANTS IN

THE HEAT OF JULY? LIKE MORNING AND NIGHT. OR AUGUST. OR AUGUST,

AND IT GETS REALLY HOT. SO I FOUND THEY HAVE THESE UV

RESISTANT FAKE PLANTS NOW. AND I'M PUTTING, MAN, I'M INVESTING

IN THOSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE PLACE. I JUST HAD A BIG

BOX COME IN FROM AMAZON. MY HUSBAND'S LIKE, "WHAT'S THIS?"

I'M LIKE, "TREES FOR OUTSIDE." AND I'M OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE,

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KEEPING UP WITH THE WATERING, AND THEN SOMETIMES

WHEN IT GETS REALLY HOT, YOU GOTTA WATER TWICE A DAY, YOU

KNOW, IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT. I'M STILL GROWING HERBS,

THOUGH. I DO HERBS EVERY YEAR. HERBS ARE FINE. YOU KNOW,

THEY'RE A SMALLER AMOUNT TO MAINTAIN. YOU HAVE TO DRAG THE

HOSE OUT FOR ALL THE OTHER STUFF. BUT WE HAVE TO PLANT THE

FAKE PLANTS SO THAT THEY DON'T BLOW OVER, AND SO THEY LOOK

REAL. I ACTUALLY PUT ROCKS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE POT, FOLLOWED

BY DIRT, THEN I STICK THE FAKE PLANT IN THERE, OR PLANTS,

'CAUSE THEN I MAKE 'EM, AND THEN I PUT ROCKS ON TOP OF THAT SO

THEY LOOK REAL. SO, ALL RIGHT, AND IF ANY OF YOU, SOME OF YOU

MIGHT BE, IF YOU'RE DOWN SOUTH, YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE PLANTING.

UP HERE IN NEBRASKA, THEY USUALLY SAY MIDDLE OF MAY, BUT

THAT'S THE OTHER THING, WITH FAKE PLANTS, I CAN DO IT IN THE

MIDDLE OF APRIL. SO MY AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN GROWING

FOR MONTHS. YEAH, IT'S AMAZING. IT'S LIKE MIRACLE-GROW ON

STEROIDS. SO ANYWAY, WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY TO WORSHIP

THIS MORNING? I'M EXCITED, WE'RE GONNA BE, I HAVE A GOOD WORD

THAT I AM EXCITED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE

WHILE SINCE I'VE PREACHED ON A SUNDAY, SO I'M EXCITED TO BE

ABLE TO DO IT. AND SO WE'RE GONNA WORSHIP GOD THOUGH FIRST,

SO WHY DON'T WE THROW THOSE HANDS UP IN THE AIR AND LET'S

TELL THE LORD, FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE COME TO WORSHIP

IN YOUR HOUSE AND WE HAVE COME TO GIVE YOU A MIGHTY PRAISE.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANOINTING THAT IS UPON THIS

SERVICE AND UPON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM, AND WE THANK

YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF

JESUS, AMEN. COME ON, GIVE A SHOUT TO THE LORD.

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ANYBODY GOT SOMETHING TO TESTIFY ABOUT THIS MORNING? COME ON.

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IF YOU'RE A CONQUEROR, GIVE THE LORD A

CLAP OFFERING THIS MORNING. COME ON.

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'CAUSE IF HE'S UNDER YOUR FEET, THEN HE'S UNDER MINE TOO.

EVERYTHING BOWS TO THE NAME OF JESUS. EVERYTHING BOWS TO THE

NAME OF JESUS. EVERYTHING BOWS TO HIS NAME. EVERYTHING BOWS TO

THE NAME ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME. EVERYTHING BOWS TO HIS NAME.

LORD, YOU ARE GREAT. YOU ARE GREATLY TO BE PRAISED.

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YOU'RE A GREAT GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU THIS MORNING.

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DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, MY GOD WILL SHOW UP.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT

FEELS LIKE. YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE ONLINE RIGHT NOW, I JUST SAW A

PICTURE OF SOMEBODY IN A HOSPITAL ROOM AND YOU DON'T FEEL

GOOD RIGHT NOW. WE SERVE A GOD THAT'S REAL AND HE CAN TOUCH YOU

WHEREVER YOU ARE. SO I DECLARE RIGHT NOW TO YOU IN YOUR

HOSPITAL ROOM, IN THAT HOSPITAL BED, THAT GOD'S MIGHTY HAND

TOUCHES YOU RIGHT NOW. IN JESUS NAME, THE HEALING POWER OF THE

ALMIGHTY GOD GOES THROUGH THAT LENS AND

MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE IN JESUS' NAME.

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IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR GOD ALWAYS SHOWS UP AND YOU HAVE SICKNESS

IN YOUR BODY, GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. COME ON. IF YOU HAVE

SICKNESS IN YOUR BODY, YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN A BAD DIAGNOSIS, GET

DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW. ‘CAUSE GOD IS SHOWING UP.

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MY GOD HEALS, HE DELIVERS, HE SETS FREE. HE SETS FREE. PASTOR

DOUG, DAD, WHY DON'T YOU GO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE. THEY'RE GONNA

COME DOWN AND GO THROUGH AND PRAY FOR YOU. I WANT THE REST OF

YOU TO STAY IN FAITH THIS MORNING. STAY IN FAITH FOR THESE

DOWN HERE. THEY HAVE A NEED. THEY NEED TO BE TOUCHED THIS

MORNING. AND MAYBE YOU NEED TO BE TOUCHED OUT THERE WHERE

YOU'RE SITTING. MAYBE YOU'RE NOT IN A HOSPITAL ROOM ONLINE. MAYBE

YOU'RE SITTING AT HOME AND YOU JUST DON'T FEEL GOOD. MY GOD

ALWAYS SHOWS UP. HE ALWAYS SHOWS HIMSELF STRONG. HE ALWAYS SHOWS

HIMSELF FAITHFUL, NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

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LORD WE THANK YOU THAT YOU FILLED THE PLACE THIS MORNING.

YOUR GLORY IS HERE, YOUR PRESENCE IS HERE. LORD WE THANK

YOU. BECAUSE THIS IS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. THIS IS A HOUSE OF

PRAISE. AND WE DO BELIEVE IN OUR UNSHAKABLE, UNCHANGEABLE GOD.

NEVER FAILS. HE NEVER FAILS. AND HE'S NEVER LOST A BATTLE. NEVER

LOST A BATTLE. NEVER NOT ONCE. SO HAVE FAITH IN GOD. AMEN.

AMEN. WELL, WE HAD CHURCH THIS MORNING, AMEN. WHY DON'T YOU GO

AHEAD AND GREET SOME PEOPLE AROUND YOU. I WON'T GIVE YOU A

CORNY MESSAGE TO TELL THEM. JUST GREET SOME

PEOPLE AROUND YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES.

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OH, GOD IS GOOD, AMEN? HOW ABOUT I SAY, GOD IS GOOD, YOU SAY ALL

THE TIME. GOD IS GOOD. ALL THE TIME. ALL THE TIME. GOD IS GOOD.

SOME OF YOU KNOW IT. MAYBE SOMEDAY WE'LL DO THAT SONG.

ANYBODY KNOW THE PHIL WICKHAM SONG? SO, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO

GOOD TO ME. HAS HE BEEN GOOD TO YOU? AMEN. WELL, IF THIS IS YOUR

FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU FEEL WELCOME

THIS MORNING. I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT

BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE

WAVE YOUR HAND FOR THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR

YOU INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG. THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE

TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. HAS

A PICTURE ON THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO IF YOU WOULD

PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME. SO I WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS

INSIDE THERE. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANNA SEND HOME

WITH YOU THAT JUST GIVES YOU ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHURCH

MINISTRIES AND HOW YOU CAN GET CONNECTED. AND THEN ON THE

LEFTHAND SIDE, THERE'S A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD THAT

YOU CAN FILL OUT, TEAR IT OFF, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET

WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU

A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING AND MAKE SURE YOU

STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE

CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVE STREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE,

ROKU, YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV, RUMBLE, ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL

PLATFORMS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET CONNECTED TO ONE OF

THEM. BUT I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET CONNECTED

TO ONEVOICETV.NET OR DOWNLOAD ONE VOICE TV APP TO YOUR DEVICES

BECAUSE YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO A LOT MORE CONTENT THAN JUST

SERVICES AND ARCHIVE SERVICES, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE OUT THERE AS

WELL. YOU CAN ALSO GET ACCESS TO DAY OF THE DECREE, NEW LEVEL,

GAME CHANGERS, FLASHPOINT, AND MANY OF OUR PARTNER PROGRAMS OUT

THERE AS WELL. SO PLEASE GET OUT THERE, GET BLESSED BY ALL THAT

GREAT CONTENT THAT WE'VE PUT IN ONE PLACE FOR YOU AND WE'RE

CONSTANTLY WORKING TO ADD MORE AND MORE TO IT. SO PLEASE BE

BLESSED BY ONE VOICE TV. WE BUILT IT FOR YOU TO BE BLESSED

BY THE WORD OF THE LORD. AMEN. WE WOULD JUST GIVE ALL OUR

GUESTS HERE AND ONLINE A HAND AS PASTOR MIKE AND ALICIA COME UP.

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WELL, GOOD, GOOD MORNING. HOW'S EVERYONE DOING TODAY? ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU TWO GUESSES

AS TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE. NO, I'M KIDDING. NO, WE WANNA

TAKE JUST A QUICK SECOND TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF AWESOME

MINISTRIES HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE

WANNA TALK ABOUT CORE YOUTH, WHICH HAS A BIG SALE TODAY,

BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR ALL OUR CORE YOUTH.

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WE'RE COMING UP RIGHT AROUND RETREAT TIME, AND WE JUST, WE'RE

SO EXCITED, 'CAUSE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, GOD JUST SHOWED UP AND

SHOWED OFF AT RETREAT FOR THE LIVES OF THESE YOUNG,

IMPRESSIONABLE, ADOLESCENT PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN A

CULTURE THAT WANTS TO TELL THEM ONE THING, BUT WE KNOW ROOTED IN

THE WORD OF GOD IS WHAT THE TRUTH IS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT

OUR RETREAT THAT'S COMING UP ON JULY 27TH THROUGH THE 30TH THIS

YEAR. AND WE JUST HAVE SO WE HAVE A BAKE SALE TODAY. IF YOU

GO DOWN IN THE CHAPEL AREA, WE'RE SET UP INSIDE THE CHAPEL

FOR A BAKE SALE. THERE'S A TON OF YUMMY TREATS DOWN THERE.

PLEASE GO DOWN THERE AND SUPPORT THE YOUTH. AND THEN ALSO COMING

UP IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS A WEEK FROM FRIDAY. A WEEK FROM FRIDAY.

SO IT'LL BE FRIDAY, MAY 8TH. WE ARE DOING ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR

CORE, AND WE'RE DOING A FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT. SO IT'LL ACTUALLY

BE OUT ON THE LAWN SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH, AND WE GOT A HUGE

30-FOOT INFLATABLE MOVIE SCREEN. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND

THEN THE YOUTH WILL BE SELLING CONCESSIONS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE

TICKETS AVAILABLE DOWN BY THE CHAPEL AS WELL. WE'LL BE SITTING

DOWN THERE SELLING MOVIE TICKETS. AND WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE

MORE BAKE SALES. SO THIS ISN'T YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY. BUT LET'S

START THIS OFF GREAT. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN MAY, ANOTHER ONE

IN JUNE. WE'LL ANNOUNCE THAT LATER. BUT WE'RE JUST SUPER

EXCITED. LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT GOD'S CHOSEN IDENTITY FOR

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US BASED OFF 1 PETER 2:9, HOW WE ARE A

1 Peter 2:9

CHOSEN GENERATION. OH, SORRY. MOVIE NIGHT. WE'RE GONNA WATCH

PRINCE OF EGYPT. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN PRINCE OF EGYPT? THAT

IS A GREAT MOVIE. AMAZING MOVIE, GREAT SCORE. IT'S TIMELESS

'CAUSE IT'S NOT THE NEWEST, BUT IT IS AMAZING. SO IT'S FOR THE

WHOLE FAMILY, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. AND AS WE'RE WRAPPING UP

OUR ANNOUNCEMENT, JUST WANNA SHOW YOU OUR THEME FOR THIS

YEAR'S RETREAT. LAST YEAR, LIKE I SAID, CHOSEN IDENTITY. THIS

YEAR, DRUM ROLL, IT'S ANCHORED. AND IT'S BASED OFF HEBREWS 6:19,

Hebrews 6:19

HOW WE HAVE THIS HOPE. AND WE'RE GONNA LET THE YOUTH KNOW

THAT THEIR HOPE IS FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST AND NOTHING ELSE.

YES. AWESOME, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING OUR YOUTH IN

OUR FUNDRAISERS AND IN OUR EVENTS. WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE

CONNECT CENTER. AND ALSO, JUST REAL QUICK, 10 SECONDS, SORRY,

PASTOR CHRISTY. WANNA REMIND YOU THAT REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR

ZION ACADEMY. THIS IS NOT A CORE ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS NOW A ZION

ANNOUNCEMENT. BUT REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE ’26-’27 SCHOOL

YEAR. WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT. BUT PLEASE MAKE

SURE TO GO TO ZIONACADEMYOMAHA.ORG. YOU COULD

REGISTER THERE, YOU COULD GET ALL INFORMATION, AND IT'S GONNA

BE A GREAT, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT YEAR. REGISTRATION COST IS

WAIVED. YEAH, WE'RE WAIVING THE REGISTRATION FEE THROUGH THE END

OF THE MONTH. SO GO GET YOUR STUDENTS REGISTERED. EVEN IF

THEY WERE IN ZION LAST YEAR, PLEASE REGISTER 'EM AGAIN THIS

YEAR. AWESOME, ALL RIGHT. AWESOME, THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. PASTOR DOUG.

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HALLELUJAH, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THE BAKE SALE

TODAY? I TOLD PEOPLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MY WIFE AND I HAVE A WAY

TO SUPPORT IT. WE'RE GONNA DONATE BAKED GOODS, THAT'S A

BLESSING. THEN WE'RE GONNA BUY SOME BACK, THAT'S ANOTHER

BLESSING TO CORE. THEN I'M GONNA GIVE 'EM AWAY BECAUSE WE DON'T

NEED THE CALORIES. SO I THINK THERE'S A THREEFOLD BLESSING IN

DOING THAT. SO MAYBE THAT'LL GIVE SOME OF YOU AN IDEA. AND

EVEN IF YOU'RE ON A STRICT DIET AGAINST SUGAR, GO SUPPORT THEM.

GIVE THE CALORIES TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. BUT THEY CAN USE IT,

EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT IT. HALLELUJAH. WELL, A COUPLE

ANNOUNCEMENTS. OH, NEXT SUNDAY ALREADY, IT'S COMING SO FAST.

HOW MANY OF YOU GOT A SPECIAL INVITATION IN THE MAIL FOR MAY

3RD, PASTOR HANK'S 60TH BIRTHDAY? OKAY, SO WHEN YOU

DRIVE IN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE LOT'S GONNA LOOK A LITTLE

DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TABLES OUT AND CANOPIES ON

THE GREEN LOT. WE HAVE FIVE FOOD TRUCKS COMING. WE HAD NO WAY TO

FEED 700 PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING, REALLY, AND MAKE IT

WORK. SO WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE A COUPON FOR A FREE MEAL AT ONE OF

THE FIVE FOOD TRUCKS. IT'LL BE A TIME OF FELLOWSHIP. THERE'LL BE

DESSERT THERE CELEBRATING PASTOR HANK. AND WE NEED TO DO

SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIS 60TH. SO YOU DON'T HAVE A 60TH

BIRTHDAY EVERY DAY. AND OUR PASTOR DESERVES IT, AND HE DOES

SUCH A GREAT JOB. SO BRING YOUR CARDS AND LETTERS. WE HAVE A

PLACE, DO WE, THE INBOXES AT EVERY INFORMATION CENTER.

THERE'S THREE OF THOSE INFORMATION CENTERS OUT THERE IN

THE FOYER. SO YOU CAN DROP YOUR CARDS AND LETTERS OFF, AND

THEY'LL ENJOY SEEING THOSE. AND JUST MAKE IT A SPECIAL DAY FOR

HIM, AND WE'RE GOING TO REJOICE AROUND HIS BIRTHDAY. SO, PRAISE

GOD. LET'S SEE, I THINK I HAD A COUPLE, HE'S NOT ON FLASHPOINT

THIS WEEK. MAY 17TH IS REDEDICATION OF

THE UNITED STATES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.

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AND DON'T FORGET, BEING HERE ON THE 17TH, IT'LL BE A SPECIAL

DAY. AND OH, BY THE WAY, LORD OF HOSTS SENT A SHUTTLE BUS WITH

SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THIS MORNING,

AND WE BROUGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT JUST CAME IN FROM SOUTH

AFRICA. I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO STAND, I SEE YOU UP

THERE, SO YOU'RE NOT HIDING FROM ME, BUT WELCOME TODAY, AND WE'RE

SO THANKFUL YOU ESCAPED THAT PERSECUTION. YOU'RE HERE, AND

YOU'RE ALIVE, AND WE BELIEVE GOD'S HAND OF BLESSING IS ON

YOU, AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU TO SETTLE IN AND GET ESTABLISHED

HERE, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL YOU'RE HERE. AND SO JUST WANTED

TO MENTION THAT. AND LET'S SEE, I THINK I HAD ONE MORE. OH,

DON'T MISS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE'RE CONTINUING GOING THROUGH

THE BOOK OF REVELATION. HOW MANY HAVE ENJOYED THAT? SO THAT'LL BE

THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEEMS LIKE I HAD ONE MORE THING.

OH, ONE MORE THING. THE HOPE AND HEALING WORKSHOP IS A ONE-DAY

WORKSHOP FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED ENCOURAGEMENT AFTER THE LOSS OF

A LOVED ONE. AND IF YOU'VE LOST A LOVED ONE, EVEN IF IT'S A YEAR

OR TWO AGO, YOU'RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME THINGS. SOMETIMES THE

GRIEF PROCESS TAKES A WHILE TO GET THROUGH. SOMETIMES IT'S

REALLY EASY. SOMETIMES IT'S MORE DIFFICULT. BUT EVEN IF IT WAS

EASY FOR YOU, YOU CAN ENCOURAGE OTHERS THAT NEED ENCOURAGEMENT.

AND IT'S A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT EVEN THE FULL

DAY. IT'S SATURDAY, MAY 2ND, FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. AND

PASTOR KEITH AND PASTOR ANTHONY HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS AND

GETTING THIS PUT TOGETHER. AND THERE'S LUNCH PROVIDED. THERE'S

NO CHARGE FOR THIS. YOU CAN SIGN UP AT THE INFORMATION CENTER. IF

YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S GOING THROUGH THAT TIME OF GRIEF AND

THEY NEED HELP OR ENCOURAGEMENT, ENCOURAGE THEM TO CALL THE

CHURCH, SIGN UP, AND BE HERE. AND WHERE ARE WE HOLDING THAT,

BY THE WAY? SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE CHAPEL

PROBABLY. BUT WHEN YOU GET HERE, THERE'LL BE PEOPLE TO SHOW YOU

WHERE TO GO. OKAY? AMEN. WELL, IT'S OFFERING TIME. THAT'S AN

EXCITING TIME OF GIVING THE OFFERINGS TO GOD BECAUSE THIS IS

A TIME THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO GOD FOR ALL THAT HE'S DONE FOR

US. AND USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE ENVELOPES NOW. IF YOU NEED AN

ENVELOPE FOR YOUR GIVING, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. THE USHERS

WILL SERVE YOU, HELP YOU WITH THAT. AND WHILE THEY'RE DOING

THAT, AS YOU PREPARE TO GIVE YOUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS, I

JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN YOU'RE GIVING, YOU'RE NOT

SIMPLY HELPING THE CHURCH MEET THEIR BUDGET, BUT YOU'RE OBEYING

GOD'S COMMAND TO GIVE, AND YOU ARE BLESSING GOD WITH THIS AND

GIVING AN OFFERING TO JESUS HIMSELF. IT'S A THANK OFFERING.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO. TEN PERCENT IS A SMALL AMOUNT

FOR ALL THAT GOD GIVES US, AND THEN HE PROMISES US A TREMENDOUS

BLESSING FOR IT. JESUS REMINDS US THAT OUR GIVING IS ULTIMATELY

TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WHO SEES EVERYTHING. AND IT REALLY

DOESN'T MATTER IF THOSE THAT ARE SITTING BESIDE YOU SEE WHAT

YOU'RE GIVING. LET'S LOOK AT MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSES 3 AND

Matthew 6:3

4 TODAY. IT SAYS, "BUT WHEN YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE IN NEED, DON'T

LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING. GIVE

YOUR GIFTS IN PRIVATE, AND YOUR FATHER WHO SEES EVERYTHING WILL

REWARD YOU." SO WHAT THAT'S REALLY SAYING IS, IT DOESN'T

MATTER IF PEOPLE NEXT TO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE GIVING OR ANYONE

KNOWS ABOUT IT, GOD SEES IT. AND HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS PROMISED

US A BLESSING TO YOU. HE PROMISED TO REBUKE THE DEVOURER

ON YOUR BEHALF WHEN YOU'RE A GIVER. SO IT PUTS YOU INTO A

PLACE OF PROTECTION WHEN YOU GIVE TO HIM. LET'S ALSO LOOK AT

PHILIPPIANS 4:18. FATHER GOD SEES OUR GIVING AND REWARDS US

Philippians 4:18

FOR OUR GIVING. AND WE CAN SEE THAT GOD'S PLEASED IN OUR GIVING

WHEN WE LOOK AT PHILIPPIANS 4:18. I'M READING IT OUT OF THE

Philippians 4:18

NEW KING JAMES VERSION. IT SAYS, "INDEED, I HAVE ALL AND ABOUND.

I AM FULL, HAVING RECEIVED FROM EPHRADITUS THE THINGS SENT FROM

YOU, A SWEET-SMELLING AROMA, AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE." AND

HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE. IT WAS WELL-PLEASING TO GOD.

AMEN? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE GIVING SOMETHING THAT'S

WELL-PLEASING TO GOD. SO AS THE PHILIPPIAN CHURCH GAVE TO PAUL

AND HIS MINISTRY, IT WAS ACTUALLY GIVING TO GOD. WHEN YOU

GIVE TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, YOU'RE PLANTING GOOD SEED.

YOU'RE GIVING TO THE CHURCH THROUGH THE CHURCH. WE'RE AN

AQUEDUCT, BUT YOU'RE REALLY GIVING TO GOD. YOU'RE GIVING TO

GOD THROUGH THAT. YOU'RE OBEYING GOD BY DOING THAT. AND THIS IS

GOOD SOIL. GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN TODAY. WE'LL PUT

THAT UP. AND AS YOU GIVE, REALIZE THAT THE CREATOR HIMSELF

PROCLAIMS TODAY THAT YOUR GIFTS ARE WELL-PLEASING TO HIM. SAY

THIS WITH ME. MY TITHES AND MY OFFERINGS ARE WELL-PLEASING TO

GOD. AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL WITH THOSE OF YOU ONLINE THAT PARTNER

WITH US AROUND THE WORLD TO BRING THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE TO

THIS WORLD AND THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT. AND

WITHOUT YOU, WE COULDN'T DO IT. SO THANK YOU, THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE HOME OR WHEREVER YOU'RE AT TODAY. THE ONLINE AUDIENCE IS SO

IMPORTANT TO OUR MINISTRY. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU

STAND UP WITH ME RIGHT NOW, HOLD YOUR OFFERING IN THE AIR LIKE

YOU ALWAYS DO, AND I WANT TO PRAY OVER YOU AS WE DEDICATE

THESE GIFTS TO THE LORD. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS

OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE TO YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE

LORD, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT OUR GIFTS TO YOU ARE

WELL-PLEASING TO YOU. THEY HONOR YOU. AND AS WE WALK FORWARD IN

OBEDIENCE AND HONOR YOUR WORD AND OBEY YOU AND ALL THE THINGS

THAT YOU HAVE COMMANDED US TO DO, IT'S A BLESSING TO DO IT.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR DIVINE PROTECTION AND ABUNDANCE IN OUR

LIFE BECAUSE WE'RE WILLING TO OBEY YOU. THAT'S AN HONOR, LORD.

WE THANK YOU FOR IT. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S GIVING

TODAY, THOSE HERE AND THOSE ONLINE. WE ASK FOR A FINANCIAL

BLESSING TO COME BACK, THAT IT WOULD COME BACK TO THEM, AND

THEY WOULD LOOK BACK AT THE END OF 2026 AND SAY, "MY, LOOK WHAT

THE LORD HAS DONE IN MY FINANCES. "DEBTS PAID OFF,

ASSETS ACCUMULATED, "JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE GOOD STEWARDS

FOR YOU." AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT NOW IN JESUS' NAME. WELL,

LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION. IF YOU'LL PUT THAT UP, PLEASE.

DECLARE WITH ME. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND THE MINISTRY OF LORD

OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT

FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY

HEAVENLY ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND BE FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE

HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE.

WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE

PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO

BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF

PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE

PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN

WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE

DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. AMEN. WELL, LET'S

GIVE PASTOR CHRISTY A HAND AS SHE COMES TODAY. I KNOW SHE HAS

A POWERFUL MESSAGE FOR US. HALLELUJAH. WELL, I MEAN, I

DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT. I FEEL LIKE WE

ALREADY HAD SOME CHURCH TODAY, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE

IT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT JUST REMEMBER

THAT OPENING THE HEAVENS IS MOVING BACK TO THE TABERNACLE

THIS YEAR. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME

PEOPLE LIKE, "OH MAN, WE'RE GOING TO MISS BEING AT THE

ARENA." BUT YOU KNOW, ONE, THE ANOINTING JUST RESTS IN THIS

PLACE. BUT TWO, I'M SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE

GOING TO HAVE A LOT LESS WORK GOING INTO THIS AND NOW WE CAN

JUST REALLY FOCUS ON THE MINISTRY. SO WE'RE EXCITED. AND

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED TO SLEEP IN YOUR OWN BEDS IF YOU

LIVE CLOSE TO THE CHURCH? NOW AND IF YOU BOOKED A HOTEL

ALREADY DOWN IN COUNCIL PLUS, YOU CAN GET THAT SWITCHED AROUND

AND PASTOR ANTHONY, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE

FOR THEM. ALL OF IT'S OUT THERE ON OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG. SO YOU

CAN GO OUT THERE AND GET THAT CHECKED OUT. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER

THING, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY BLESSED TODAY JUST WATCHING, AND

OFFICER HERRICK TEXTED ME 'CAUSE HE SAW ME. HE'S LIKE, "YOU'RE

JUST PROUD OF YOUR FAMILY "UP THERE WORSHIPING." YOU KNOW,

I'VE GOT MY FATHER-IN-LAW UP THERE, MY DAUGHTER, MY HUSBAND,

AND I WAS LIKE, "MAN, GOD, IT IS SO GOOD TO BE IN A HOUSE WHERE

MY KIDS CAN BE RAISED UNDER THE ANOINTING AND THEY'RE BEING

RAISED TO SERVE IN A HOUSE AND THEY HAVE EXAMPLES OF

GRANDPARENTS BEFORE THEM THAT LOVE THE LORD. AND SO THAT

BRINGS ME TO, I GOTTA BRAG ON OUR GAME CHANGERS. PASTOR MATT,

YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO GET A SPACE DOWN FOR GAME

CHANGERS AND FOR LORD OF HOSTS TO HAVE A SPOT DOWN THERE TO BE

DOWN AND PART OF THE CWS. AND THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING HE HAS

BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ON. AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TELLING YOU

MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD. AND SO WE HAVE SOME

EXCITING THINGS COMING AND LORD OF HOSTS GETS TO BE BOOTS ON THE

GROUND AT THE CWS THIS YEAR. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AREN'T YOU JUST

THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT GOD IS DOING? AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK

AROUND AND I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THEIR KIDS WERE BORN HERE,

OR THEY CAME HERE AT A YOUNG AGE, AND THEY'RE HERE SERVING IN

THE MINISTRY. AND I'M LIKE, GOD, THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT YOU

HAVE DONE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. SO I JUST WANNA SAY,

HEY, LISTEN, LET'S GIVE GLORY TO THE LORD, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

HE'S DOING SOMETHING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE OLDER

GENERATION, I WASN'T CALLING ANYBODY OLD. WE HAVE THE OLDER

GENERATION SERVING WITH THE YOUNG GENERATION. AND, YOU KNOW,

I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE RECENTLY THAT I KNOW THAT, YOU

KNOW, THEY'RE AGING OUT OF THEIR PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM BECAUSE,

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON THE OLDER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY THE

YOUNG IN THEIR CHURCH THAT GET TO LEAD THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, GOD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SAD BECAUSE IF THE

ANOINTING IS STILL ON THE VESSEL AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, I

MEAN, MOSES WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF A JOB. YOU KNOW, HE WOULD

HAVE BEEN TOO OLD, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO BY THAT STANDARD. BUT YOU

KNOW, WE NEED BOTH. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD IS GONNA POUR OUT

HIS SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH, OUR SONS AND OUR DAUGHTERS ARE GONNA

PROPHESY, THE OLD MEN ARE GONNA DREAM DREAMS, AND THAT'S WHEN

WE'RE GONNA SEE THE POWER OF GOD HIT THE PLANET, IS WHEN IT'S NOT

JUST THE YOUNG PERSON'S ANOINTING, IT'S NOT JUST THE OLD

PEOPLE'S ANOINTING, THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY FLOW TOGETHER

AS ONE STREAM AND WE HONOR ONE ANOTHER AND WE GET TO SEE GOD

MOVE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT GOD IS DOING AT LORD OF HOST

CHURCH, SO AMEN FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, WELL OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO

EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6. AND AS I WAS PRAYING ABOUT WHAT TO TALK

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ABOUT, I HEARD THE LORD SAY, JUST TURN OVER TO EPHESIANS

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CHAPTER 6 AND HE BROUGHT ME TO A SCRIPTURE. AND NOW I DIDN'T GIVE

THIS ONE IN MY NOTES, BUT IF YOU START AT VERSE 10, IT SAYS THAT,

IT SAYS, "FINALLY, BRETHREN, BE STRONG IN THE LORD "AND IN THE

POWER OF HIS MIGHT, "AND TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, "THAT

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST ALL THE SCHEMES," THE MODERN

ENGLISH SAYS IT AS SCHEMES, OR THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.

AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL IS BUSY SCHEMING TO

HAVE PEOPLE BE DECEIVED IN THIS DAY AND AGE. YOU KNOW, AND

MESSING WITH THEIR MINDS IN THIS DAY AND AGE. SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA

BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS WALKING IN TRUTH IN DAYS OF

DECEPTION. HAVE YOU GUYS EVER SAT THERE AND SAW SOMETHING IN

THE NEWS OR SAW SOME OF THE THINGS AND THOUGHT, AM I THE

ONLY ONE THAT'S NORMAL IN THIS WORLD? I KNOW, JUDY, YOU AND I

HAVE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS. WE'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT I

UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE BACK IN

MY DAY, WE KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE. WASN'T

HARD. IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HONOR AND DISHONOR, AND NOW, YOU KNOW,

TODAY, IT'S LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A MOVING BAR IN THE

CULTURE. NOW, IT'S NOT A MOVING BAR IN THE KINGDOM, BUT, YOU

KNOW, BUT IT'S A MOVING BAR IN THE CULTURE. SO LET'S GO TO

EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6, VERSE 13. AND IT SAYS, "WHEREFORE, TAKE

Ephesians 6:13

UNTO YOU "THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE "TO

WITHSTAND," IN WHAT, "THE EVIL DAY." WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY EVIL

DAY? IT'S WHEN EVIL IS SURROUNDING ALL OF US. AND

HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND, STAND. AND I LOVE THAT WHEN PAUL SAYS

THAT. HE'S LIKE, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND, LIKE YOU DID

EVERYTHING TO STAND, WE'LL JUST KEEP STANDING. AND HAVE YOU EVER

BEEN WITH GOD WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOD, I'VE BEEN

STANDING AND NOW I'M KIND OF TIRED OF STANDING, SO I REALLY

NEED YOU TO COME THROUGH. WHAT PAUL WAS SAYING IS EVEN WHEN YOU

FEEL LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T QUIT. RIGHT. WE DON'T STOP STANDING

BECAUSE WE THINK, OKAY, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING. DO YOU KNOW

THAT THAT'S WHY IT STARTS OUT BY SAYING, BE STRONG IN THE LORD

AND THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT, BECAUSE AFTER WE'VE DONE

EVERYTHING WE KNOW TO DO, THAT'S WHEN THE POWER OF GOD, THE

STRENGTH OF GOD KICKS IN. SO THEN IT GOES ON, IT SAYS, STAND

THEREFORE, HAVING YOUR LOINS, OR SOME TRANSLATIONS WILL SAY YOUR

WAIST, GIRD ABOUT WITH TRUTH AND HAVING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO WHAT IS IT SAYING? IT SAYS AROUND YOUR

WAIST THAT THERE SHOULD BE A BELT OF TRUTH. NOW, WHY DID HE

START OFF WITH THE ARMOR OF GOD? MOST OF US, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT

ON ARMOR, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T PUT A BELT ON FIRST. YOU'D BE

LIKE, OKAY, WELL, I NEED THE HELMET, I NEED THE LEG PIECES, I

NEED THE SWORD, I NEED THE BREASTPLATE, I NEED ALL OF THOSE

THINGS, BUT PAUL SAYS, START HAVING YOUR WAIST, HAVING ON THE

BELT OF TRUTH. WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHERE OUR CORE STRENGTH COMES

FROM? IT'S NOT OUR LEGS. IT COMES FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN HERE.

WHEN THIS BECOMES WEAK, WE BECOME WEAK AS A PERSON. SO CORE

STRENGTH, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, LISTEN, YOU NEED TO WRAP YOUR

STRENGTH, YOUR CORE STRENGTH NEEDS TO BE WRAPPED IN TRUTH.

BECAUSE WHEN WE STAND IN TRUTH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO STAND

AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL, THE BIBLE SAYS HE

GOES ABOUT AS A ROARING LION SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. IT'S

NOT AN AUTOMATIC. THE WORLD WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT WHEN

THE DEVIL COMES IN, YOU CAN'T STAND AGAINST IT, YOU CAN'T STOP

IT, GOD'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH, GOD ISN'T HEARING YOU, GOD IS LONG

SINCE FORGOTTEN AND HE'S JUST SITTING UP THERE IN HEAVEN JUST

DOING NOTHING. AND, BUT WHEN WE KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS, WE

REALIZE THAT WHEN THE DEVIL COMES IN, WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE

DEVOURED BY HIM. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN, TURN OVER IN YOUR BIBLES.

WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS GONNA GO TO MATTHEW 24:24,

Matthew 24:24

BUT, YOU KNOW, TURN OVER TO 2 TIMOTHY 3 REAL QUICK. SORRY, IN

THE BACK, I JUST DECIDED I WAS GONNA SAY THIS. PAUL TOLD

TIMOTHY IN 2 TIMOTHY 3, VERSE 1, AND I'M GONNA READ THIS OUT OF

2 Timothy 3:1

THE MODERN ENGLISH, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT TRANSLATION THIS

BIBLE IS. IT SAYS, "KNOW THIS, IN THE LAST DAYS, PERILOUS TIMES

WILL COME." NOW, THAT WOULD GO BACK TO THE EVIL DAY THAT PAUL

WAS TALKING ABOUT. IT SAYS, "PERILOUS TIMES ARE GONNA COME.

MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, LOVERS OF MONEY,

BOASTFUL, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS,

UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY, WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION." HOW MANY OF

YOU SEE TODAY THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHOUT NATURAL

AFFECTION? YOU KNOW, YOU WONDER LIKE, WHERE IS THE LOVE OF GOD

THAT WAS IN YOUR HEART? AND SOMETIMES I SEE PEOPLE, AND I'M

LIKE, WHERE WERE YOUR PARENTS WHEN YOU WERE 15 SPANKING SHORT

SOMEWHERE, AND YOU'RE GROWING UP? AND YOU KNOW, BUT SOME OF IT

IS, IT'S ALSO THERE'S A SPIRIT OF DECEPTION THAT'S BEEN

RELEASED INTO THE WORLD THAT ARE DECIEVING OUR KIDS.

SO HE SAYS, "THERE ARE GONNA BE LOVERS, OR WITHOUT NATURAL

AFFECTION, TRUCE BREAKERS, "SLANDERERS, UNRESTRAINED

FEARERS, "DESPISERS OF THOSE WHO ARE GOOD, "TRAITORS, RECKLESS,

CONCEITED, "LOVERS OF PLEASURES MORE THAN LOVERS OF GOD, "HAVING

A FORM OF GODLINESS, DENYING THE POWER THEREOF."

NOW TURN OVER TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 24. AND WE'RE

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LIVING IN A TIME WHERE IF WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUTH IS,

THEN WE STAND TO BE DECEIVED. SO THIS IS JESUS SAYING, "FOR THERE

SHALL ARISE FALSE CHRIST, "FALSE PROPHETS, AND SHALL," NOW GET

THIS, "SHALL SHOW NOT JUST SIGNS AND WONDERS," IT SAYS GREAT

SIGNS AND WONDERS, "IN SO MUCH THAT IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THEY

WOULD DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT." AND I WANT YOU TO PAUSE AND

CONSIDER THAT FOR A MINUTE. IT SAYS, "THEY WOULD SHOW GREAT

SIGNS AND WONDERS, AND IN SO MUCH THAT IF POSSIBLE." NOW,

IT'S A POSSIBLE, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT IF POSSIBLE,

"THEY WOULD DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT." NOW, TURN OVER TO

MATTHEW CHAPTER 12. YOU'RE GONNA READ A LOT OF SCRIPTURE TODAY.

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BUT JESUS SAID, ALSO IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 12, AND WE'RE GONNA

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START IN VERSE 39. BUT HE ANSWERED UNTO THEM, IT SAYS, "AN

EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH AFTER A SIGN, "AND THERE

SHALL BE NO SIGN GIVEN TO IT, "BUT THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET

JONAS. "FOR AS JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS "IN THE

WHALE'S BELLY, SO SHALL THE SON OF MAN "BE THREE DAYS AND THREE

NIGHTS IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH. "FOR THE MEN OF NINEVEH

SHALL ARISE IN JUDGMENT "WITH THIS GENERATION AND SHALL

CONDEMN IT "BECAUSE THEY REPENTED AT THE PREACHING OF

JONAS "AND BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN JONAS IS HERE." I GO TO

VERSE 42 AND IT SAYS, "THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL RISE UP IN

JUDGMENT "WITH THIS GENERATION AND SHALL CONDEMN IT, FOR SHE

CAME FROM THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH TO HEAR THE WISDOM OF

SOLOMON, BUT BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE." NOW LET'S

TAKE THAT IN FOR A MINUTE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN THE QUEEN OF

SHEBA CAME TO TEST SOLOMON, SHE DIDN'T SEE SIGNS AND WONDERS,

SHE HEARD WORDS OF WISDOM. WHEN JONAH WENT AND PREACHED TO

NINEVEH, THEY DIDN'T SEE A SIGN AND A WONDER, THEY HEARD THE

PREACHING OF THE WORD THAT JONAH WAS GIVEN BY GOD TO SAY. AND

THEY REPENTED AT THE WORD, THEY REPENTED AT THE TRUTH. AND SO WE

GET SO SOMETIMES CAUGHT UP IN WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA SEE A

SIGN AND A WONDER AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANNA CHASE AFTER

MIRACLES RATHER THAN CHASING AFTER THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GO TO, FLOCKING TO MEETINGS WHERE THEY'RE LIKE,

THESE ARE GREAT SIGNS AND THERE'S GOLD DUST AND THERE'S

THESE THINGS AND THERE'S SUPERNATURAL WEIGHT LOSS AND

THINGS THAT I DON'T SEE IN THE BIBLE. BUT FRANKLY, I QUITE

FRANKLY DON'T SEE IT IN THE BIBLE. AND SO, BUT PEOPLE GO

SEEKING AFTER SIGNS AND WONDERS INSTEAD OF COMPARING SOMETHING

TO WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS AND PEOPLE GET, OOP, I BUMPED THAT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN THEIR FEELING AND THEIR

SEEING INSTEAD OF GETTING CAUGHT UP IN WHAT DOES MY BIBLE SAY TO

THAT? AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU KEEP YOUR NOSE IN THE WORD OF GOD, A

LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE GONNA SAY, SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL QUITE

RIGHT ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL QUITE

RIGHT. AND I KNOW THERE WAS ONE THING, A PLACE THAT ALL THESE

PEOPLE WERE FLOCKING TO, AND I'M NOT HERE TO CALL OUT NAMES, BUT

I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, GOD, I JUST, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO GO TO

THAT. AND I KNOW THERE'S GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. AND BY THE

WAY, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE JUST ONE FALSE CHRIST AND ONE FALSE

PROPHET. YES, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RISE OF THE

ANTICHRIST. OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S GONNA BE, THE

BIBLE SAYS, JESUS SAID MANY, NOT ONE, MANY. SO, I'M LIKE, I DON'T

KNOW, IT DOESN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT. AND THEN OF COURSE YOU

COME TO FIND OUT THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T

FULL OF INTEGRITY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T

QUITE, YOU KNOW, QUITE ON THE UP AND UP, WHY? BECAUSE SIGNS AND

WONDERS WITHOUT TRUTH ARE NOT OF GOD. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MOSES

WENT AND STOOD BEFORE PHARAOH AND HE THROWS DOWN HIS ROD AND

IT TURNS INTO A STAKE? JANICE AND JAMBRES STAND UP AND THEY DO

THE EXACT SAME THING. SO THEY WERE SAYING, LOOK, OUR GODS ARE

JUST AS POWERFUL AS YOUR GOD. SO IN THE MIND OF THE EGYPTIANS,

WHAT WAS MOSES' GOD THEN? BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE, UNTIL WE

GOT TO A CERTAIN, A FEW OF THEM, THAT THE EGYPTIANS COULD MATCH

EVERY, JANICE AND JEROBOAM COULD MATCH EVERY SIGN AND WONDER THAT

MOSES DID. BECAUSE THE DEVIL WILL, HE'LL GET US SEEKING AFTER

A SIGN, HE'LL GET US SEEKING AFTER A MIRACLE, INSTEAD OF

SEEKING AFTER THE WORD OF THE LORD. INSTEAD OF SEEKING AFTER

GOD, WE FIND THAT PEOPLE, THEY SO WANT THE SUPERNATURAL, THEY

GO RUNNING AFTER A SIGN AND A WONDER. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S WHY

THE BIBLE SAYS WE'VE GOTTA TEST THE SPIRIT. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE

SEEING SOMETHING, WELL, YOU KNOW, AND PASTOR HANK'S TALKED

ABOUT IT. WE HAVE THE RISE OF THE PODCASTING GENERATION.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A WORD TO SAY, EVERYBODY'S GOT A CORNER. YOU

KNOW, WE'VE GOT, EVERYTHING IS SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVEN NOW, AND SO

EVERYBODY'S GOT THE INFLUENCER RIGHT, EVERYBODY'S GOT THE I'M

GONNA HAVE MY OWN PODCAST, AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALL FEEL

LIKE WE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A LOT OF

PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO NOBODY, AND THEY'RE SPEWING

OPINIONS, AND IF THEY WEREN'T FATHERED CORRECTLY, IF THEY'RE

NOT PREACHING OUT OF THE WORD OF GOD, THEN I PROMISE YOU THEY

HAVE A DECEPTIVE WORD. BECAUSE OUR FAITH IS NOT BUILT OFF OF

WHAT WE SEE. ROMANS 10:17 SAYS FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND

Romans 10:17

HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD. MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU GO BACK

TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD SAID THAT HE WAS SEEKING FOR PEOPLE

WHO WOULD HAVE THE LAW OF GOD WRITTEN UPON THEIR HEART.

BECAUSE WHEN THE LAW OF GOD IS WRITTEN UPON OUR HEART, THEN

IT'S HARD FOR US TO BE DECEIVED. WHAT DID DAVID SAY? IN PSALM

119, HE SAYS, "THY WORD, O GOD, "IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND A

LIGHT UNTO MY PATH." BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT KEEPS US OUT OF THE

SPIRIT OF DECEPTION. SO WE CAN'T BE A GENERATION THAT JUST SEEKS

AFTER A SIGN AND A WONDER. YOU KNOW, AND A MATTER OF FACT, IF

YOU'RE BELIEVING GOD FOR HEALING, DON'T LOOK AT SOMEBODY

ELSE'S EXPERIENCE WHERE IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. YOU CAN'T LOOK

AT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO CHRISTI? WHAT IS

GOD SAYING TO EILEEN? WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO JANET? MATT

DEVRIES, WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO YOU ABOUT YOUR SITUATION? IF

WE'RE NOT SEEKING THE WORD FROM GOD FOR OURSELVES, GOING AFTER

SOMEBODY'S FORMULA IS NOT GONNA WORK FOR YOU. BECAUSE GOD IS A

RELATIONAL GOD. NOW HERE'S THE THING. HEBREWS 1:1, WE SHOULD

Hebrews 1:1

KNOW THIS ONE BY HEART. IT SAYS, "NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF

THINGS HOPED FOR." HOW MANY OF YOU GOT SOME THINGS THAT YOU

HOPE FOR? OKAY, AND IT'S THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. SO

IT'S, THE EVIDENCE IS NOT THE SIGN OF THE WONDER. FAITH IS THE

EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. AND I'VE TOLD THIS STORY MANY, MANY

TIMES, BUT WHEN WE WERE BELIEVING GOD FOR A BABY AND

NOTHING WAS CHANGING, NOTHING WAS HAPPENING, AND WE WENT

THROUGH CYCLES AFTER CYCLES AND THINGS AFTER THINGS. THE DOCTOR

SAID, "IT'S ALL WE CAN DO." AND I REMEMBER SOMETIMES, AND THERE

WERE SOME THINGS THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU COULD TRY THIS." AND

YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I MADE IT A POINT TO PRAY BEFORE WE

WENT THROUGH ANY STEPS WITH THE DOCTORS. HERE'S THE THING, I'M

NOT DISCOURAGING ANYONE TO GO FORWARD WITH MEDICAL HELP. GOD

CAN BE IN IT. BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS SEEK THE WISDOM OF THE

LORD. SO THEN WE WERE PRAYING, AND I REMEMBER, I HAD THIS

LITTLE, WE DIDN'T HAVE KIDS YET. WE DID SET UP A NURSERY BY

FAITH, BY THE WAY. BUT I HAD THIS LITTLE OFFICE IN OUR FIRST

HOUSE, AND I WOULD GO IN THERE AND I WOULD PRAY IN THE HOLY

GHOST. AND I MEAN, I DIDN'T PRAY, (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

PLEASE GOD. I WAS LIKE, (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

AND I WOULD PRAY AND I SAID, GOD, YOU FILL MY

WOMB. EVEN AS ABRAHAM CONSIDERED NOT HIS OWN BODY,

NEITHER THE DEADNESS OF SARAH'S WOMB. GOD, I KNOW THAT WE WILL

HAVE CHILDREN. WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE CALLED TO THE LORD. YOU

GAVE US A WORD. WE STAND UPON THE WORD OF THE LORD. AND SO WE

BELIEVE. NOTHING CHANGED, IMMEDIATELY. OBVIOUSLY IT DID

CHANGE, AS YOU CAN SEE. I REMEMBER WE WERE GETTING READY

FOR, IT WAS A EARLY, EARLY, EARLY OTH. 2009. AND AS WE WERE,

WE HAD A SPLIT ENTRY HOUSE AT THAT TIME. MY HUSBAND WOULD

SPEND HIS PRAYER TIMES DOWN IN THE BASEMENT. I WOULD SPEND MY

PRAYER TIMES IN THE OFFICE. AND HE CAME UP AND HE SAYS, "GOD

GAVE ME A WORD THAT AROUND THE TIME OF THIS CONFERENCE, WE'RE

GOING TO GET A POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST." I'M LIKE,

"WELL, GLORY TO JESUS." YOU KNOW? CONFERENCE CAME,

CONFERENCE WENT. WE HAD NEVER HAD A POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST.

IT WAS NOVEMBER 11TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS. HE AND I WERE SCHEDULED

TO GO GET CHRISTMAS PICTURES. AND BY NOW, I HAD BEEN LATE,

LATE, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SO PULLED OUT THIS, I HAD

CHEAPO-DEPO PREGNANCY TESTS, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE ENOUGH

OF 'EM, YOU'RE LIKE, I'M NOT SPENDING THE MONEY FOR IT TO SAY

NOT PREGNANT. AND SO WE TAKE IT, AND THAT THING WAS DEFECTIVE.

I'M LIKE, HE GOES, IS IT POSITIVE? I'M LIKE, I DON'T

KNOW. LIKE, THE INSTRUCTIONS SAY THIS, BUT THIS DID THIS, SO I'M

LIKE, SO WE LIVE CLOSE TO A WALMART. I SAID, HONEY, GO TO

THE WALMART, GET THE PREGNANCY TEST FOR DUMMIES. THE ONES THAT

SAYS YES OR NO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GO OFF OF. 'CAUSE

THE FIRST ONE WE WERE LIKE, HMM. SO WE GO, WE GET THE ONE THAT

SAYS YES OR NO, AND THAT'S WHEN MISS CADENCE ENTERED INTO THE

WORLD. AND WE WENT MANY YEARS WITHOUT HAVING A BABY, BUT WE

DIDN'T QUIT IN OUR FAITH. BECAUSE THE SIGN OF THE WONDER

IS NOT WHAT IS GONNA BUILD YOUR FAITH. HERE'S THE THING, IF YOU

BELIEVE THAT SIGNS AND WONDERS BUILD YOUR FAITH, THEN THE

CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BY RIGHT, SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULL OF FAITH.

I MEAN, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU ARE STANDING AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE

CHASING YOU AND YOU SEE THIS MASSIVE RED SEA OPEN UP AND YOU

WALK ON ON DRY GROUND WHERE YOUR SHOES DON'T EVEN GET WET, YOU'D

THINK, OKAY, YEAH, GOD, NOW I'M ALL IN. THEY WENT FROM, HERE'S

THE THING, THE PROBLEM WITH SEEKING A SIGN OF THE WONDER,

IT'S LIKE THE GAMBLER OR THE ADDICTED PERSON, THEY'RE ALWAYS

SEEKING THE NEXT HIGH AND THEY NEED THAT TO KEEP THEM GOING.

OKAY, SIGNS AND WONDERS ARE THERE TO BE A SIGN. THEY'RE NOT

WHAT OUR FAITH IS BUILT ON, OKAY? SO IF YOU WANNA KEEP FROM

BEING DECEIVED, DON'T JUST GO AFTER SOMETHING BECAUSE IT SEEMS

LIKE THEY SAY SOME GOOD THINGS OR THEY PROPHESY SOME GOOD

THINGS. PASTOR HANK SAID IT THE BEST, IS WHERE'S THE LONGTERM

FRUIT? AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE LONGTERM FRUIT, THEN TAKE

SOMETHING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, WE'VE

GOT TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROVING IT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN

THAT WE GO AROUND AND WE RECEIVE NOTHING. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T

HAVE TO BE THE GUY SITTING IN CHURCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I

BELIEVE THAT, SO I'M NOT GONNA RECEIVE ANYTHING. LISTEN, THE

BIBLE SAYS THE BEREANS RECEIVED THE WORD WITH GLADNESS, THEN

THEY WENT BACK INTO STUDY TO SEE IF THOSE THINGS WERE SO. I'VE

BEEN IN SOME MESSAGES WHERE IT, BOY, IT WAS ALL FIRE AND GO, AND

YOU'RE LIKE, OH YEAH, AND THEN YOU WENT OUT LATER AND, WELL,

MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH HYPE. BUT THAT DOESN'T, I

DON'T GO INTO ANY SERVICE WITH MY ARMS CROSSED AND I'M NOT

GONNA RECEIVE 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA BE DECEIVED. I'M

NOT GONNA BE DECEIVED BECAUSE I'M GONNA GO BACK AND TEST IT

ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, AMEN? ALL RIGHT. NOW HERE'S THE

THING. TURN OVER TO MARK CHAPTER 16, VERSE 20. AND THIS IS HOW IT

Mark 16:20

HAPPENED FOR THE DISCIPLES WHO THEN BECAME THE APOSTLES. AND IT

SAYS, "AND THEY WENT OUT AND PREACHED EVERYWHERE." WHAT DID

THEY PREACH? THE WORD OF THE LORD. THEY PREACHED THE GOSPEL

OF THE KINGDOM. THE LORD WORKING WITH THEM, CONFIRMING WHAT? THE

WORD. THROUGH THE ACCOMPANYING SIGNS. DID IT SAY THAT HE

CONFIRMED THE SIGN? NO, HE CONFIRMED THE WORD. THE BIBLE

SAYS THAT WHEN THE WORD OF THE LORD GOES FORTH, IT'S NOT GONNA

RETURN VOID, BUT IT'S GONNA GO FORTH AND IT'S GONNA PROSPER IN

THE THING THAT GOD SENT IT TO DO. SO HERE'S THE THING. IF

WE'RE GONNA BE PEOPLE OF TRUTH, DON'T GO SEEKING AFTER, YOU

KNOW, WHAT WE SOMETIMES DEEM AS POWERFUL ANOINTINGS. NOW, SOME

PEOPLE, I MEAN, YES, WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A POWERFUL

ANOINTING. WE WANNA FEEL THAT IN THE ROOM. BUT DON'T JUST BASE

EVERYTHING OFF OF YOUR FEELINGS BECAUSE YOUR FEELINGS WILL

DECEIVE YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER GOTTEN IN A FIGHT WITH

YOUR SPOUSE AND YOU GOT ALL UP IN YOUR FEELINGS AND THEN PRETTY

SOON THAT BEAUTIFUL SPOUSE THAT YOU MARRIED, THAT WONDERFUL

PERSON THAT YOU WALKED DOWN THE AISLE WITH, YOU'RE LIKE, MAN,

GOD, I'M SURE I MARRIED A DEMON. I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING THIS,

THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND HUSBANDS AND WIVES, YOU GET IN FIGHTS AND

THEN YOU'RE BRINGING UP WHAT HAPPENED SIX WEEKS AGO, SIX

YEARS AGO, AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WELL, IF YOU

WENT BASED ON YOUR FEELINGS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PERSON. OKAY?

YOUR LOVE FOR YOUR HUSBAND OR FOR YOUR WIFE IS NOT BASED ON

BECAUSE YOU FEEL OOEY GOOEY. IT'S BECAUSE YOU MADE A COVENANT

AND YOU CHOOSE TO SEE THE GOOD THAT IS IN THEM. OKAY, LISTEN.

YOU CAN GO AFTER SINGLE PEOPLE, YOU CAN GO AFTER SEARCH AND

AFTER VAIN THINGS. AND I PROMISE YOU THAT THE FIRST PART OF

DATING, ROMANCE, ENGAGEMENT, IT'S AMAZING. I MEAN, YOU'RE

LIKE, OH, MAN, I'M SO IN LOVE, THIS IS GREAT. FEW YEARS IN, YOU

DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT ANYMORE. PRETTY SOON IT'S LIKE, DID YOU

PAY THE BILLS? DID YOU TAKE THE, WE GOTTA MAKE DENTIST

APPOINTMENTS, WE GOTTA DO, WE GOTTA BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,

BLAH, SHOULD WE BUY A HOUSE? BUT HERE'S THE THING, I PROMISE YOU

THAT IT DOES GROW DEEPER IF YOU JUST STAY IN THE SPIRIT. AND

DON'T POST ABOUT YOUR SPOUSE AND HOW BAD THEY ARE ONLINE. OR

DON'T GO TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS, BY THE WAY, OKAY, MAYBE

YOU DON'T POST ONLINE, BUT YOU GO, MY HUSBAND'S ALWAYS DOING

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, AND I'M DOING, YOU KNOW, AND WOMEN, WE'RE THE

WORST AT THIS. I'M DOING ALL THE... WELL, HE'S NOT WRONG. YOU

KNOW, THERE'S NOT EQUALITY, I MEAN, THERE'S EQUALITY WITH GOD,

BUT THERE'S NOT EQUALITY WITH MEN AND WOMEN, AND I'LL TELL YOU

WHY. 'CAUSE WOMEN, WE'RE NOT MEN. WE'RE CALLED TO BE

DIFFERENT. MEN AREN'T CALLED TO BE WOMEN. WE'RE CALLED TO BE

DIFFERENT. WE GET TO GIVE BIRTH TO BABIES. THEY GET TO BE THE

STRENGTH OF THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S ALL GOOD. PART OF IT

IS WE, AGAIN, WE GET DECEIVED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE

BIBLE SAYS ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO BE. YEAH, WOMEN, YOU

CAN BE DOCTORS, YOU CAN BE PREACHERS, YOU CAN BE LAWYERS,

YOU CAN BE ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING A WIFE,

YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE. AND THAT'S A ROLE OF SUBMISSION.

YES, IT IS SUBMITTING ONE TO ANOTHER, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL

THING. SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR LOVE GROWS DEEPER OVER TIME. AND

DON'T BE GOING TO YOUR FRIEND'S HOUSE GOING, I HAVE THIS, MY

HUSBAND'S ALWAYS THIS, AND HE DOESN'T DO WHAT PASTOR HANK DOES

IN TAKING CARE OF PASTOR BRENDA. WELL, IT'S NOT YOUR MARRIAGE,

BABY GIRL. SO DON'T GO COMPARING YOUR SPOUSE. PRAY FOR THEM. BUT

THEN ALSO DON'T HAVE STUPID EXPECTATIONS. MARRIAGE IS NOT A

HALLMARK CHANNEL MOVIE. THAT'S THE SAME STORY TOLD OVER AND

OVER AGAIN. AND IF YOU LIKE, THAT'S FINE. I LIKE THEIR MURDER

MYSTERIES, 'CAUSE NOBODY EVER REALLY GETS BLOODY. AND HERE'S

THE THING, ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIGHTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS FOR

TRUTH. 'CAUSE WE HAVE MEDIA THAT PAINTS NARRATIVES, WE HAVE

SCHOOLS THAT ARE DEFYING SCIENCE, AND THEN THEY'RE

TELLING THE OTHER ONES YOU'RE NOT THE PARTY OF SCIENCE. WELL,

YEAH WE ARE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SCIENCE. I SAW AN

ARTICLE ABOUT, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THIS ONE OFF

OF YOUTUBE. I SAW AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS MAN WHO THOUGHT HE

WAS A WOMAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE UK, WAS SUING THE OBGYN

BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO SEE HIM. I'M LIKE, SEE WHAT? YOU DON'T

HAVE THE PARTS TO BE SEEN, I'M SORRY. AND LISTEN, WE CAN DO

LIVER TRANSPLANTS, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN'T TRANSPLANT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE STILL GONNA NEED TO GO

GET THE PART THAT THE MAN GETS CHECKED LATER IN LIFE, 'CAUSE

YOU STILL HAVE IT. AND YOU KNOW, LISTEN, YOU CAN PUT KETCHUP IN

YOUR UNDERWEAR. I PROMISE YOU IT IS NOT THE SAME THING. IT AIN'T

THE SAME. 'CAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU PRETTY MUCH EVERY WOMAN IN THIS

ROOM IS GOING, "GOD, WHY DID WE HAVE TO GO ABOUT IT THAT WAY?"

'CAUSE NOBODY GOES, "OH, YAY, IT IS THAT TIME." I DON'T THINK

THERE'S A WOMAN IN HERE THAT HAS EVER DONE THAT EVER. SO, ANYWAY,

THAT WAS FOR FREE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE

CONSPIRACY THEORIES ALL OVER THE PLACE. SOME ARE TRUE, BUT YOU

KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS JUST A WASTE OF OUR TIME. BECAUSE IT'S

DISTRACTING US FROM WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. NOW TURN OVER IN

YOUR BIBLES TO 1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1, VERSE 3 AND 4. I WANNA READ

1 Timothy 1:3

THIS OUT OF THE AMPLIFIED. AND AGAIN, YOU SHOULD GO READ THE

BOOKS OF TIMOTHY BECAUSE THE WISDOM THAT PAUL WAS GIVING TO

TIMOTHY WHO WAS IN THE IDOLATROUS PLACE OF EPHESUS IS

ASTOUNDING. BUT HE SAYS, "AS I URGED YOU WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY

TO MACEDONIA, STAY ON WHERE YOU ARE AT EPHESUS IN ORDER THAT YOU

MAY WARN AND ADMONISH AND CHARGE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS NOT TO TEACH

ANY DIFFERENT DOCTRINE." AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TEACHING

SOME DIFFERENT DOCTRINES. "NOR GIVE IMPORTANCE TO OR OCCUPY

THEMSELVES WITH LEGENDS, FABLES, AND MYTHS, AND ENDLESS

GENEALOGIES, WHICH FOSTER AND PROMOTE USELESS SPECULATIONS AND

QUESTIONINGS, RATHER THAN ACCEPTANCE IN THE FAITH OF GOD'S

ADMINISTRATION AND THE DIVINE TRAINING THAT IS IN FAITH IN

THAT LEANING OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN PERSONALITY OF GOD IN THE

ABSOLUTE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE." SO WHAT IS HE SAYING? HE SAID,

"YOU'RE SPENDING ALL OF THESE TIMES GOING OVER HERE ARGUING

ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES, ARGUING ABOUT GENEALOGIES,

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA ALL NOW GO GET OUR DNA TESTS. AND

YOU KNOW, REALLY, AS KINGDOM PEOPLE, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED

ABOUT OUR KINGDOM DNA, NOT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WENT ON

BEFORE US, BECAUSE MY DNA CHANGED WHEN I WALKED INTO THE

KINGDOM OF GOD AND I BECAME SAVED. THE OLD MAN IN ME DIED,

AND SO NOW WHAT WAS MY PAST IS MY PAST, WHAT IS MY FUTURE IS

THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THE GOSPEL OF THIS KINGDOM IS WHAT I AM

RESPONSIBLE FOR. AMEN. AND NOTICE IT SAYS ENDLESS. BECAUSE

PEOPLE, LISTEN, THAT'S WHY PASTOR HANK AND PASTOR BRENDA

TELL YOU, DON'T GET ON THERE AND ARGUE WITH PEOPLE, 'CAUSE HERE'S

THE THING, YOU'RE ARGUING WITH A DEMON. I'M NOT CALLING THE

PEOPLE A DEMON, BUT THEY ARE BEING DECEIVED BY DEMONS, AND

DEMONS ARE NOT GONNA QUIT. OKAY? BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S THE SCHEME

OF THE DEVIL. AND EVEN IF YOU GET ON THERE AND YOU WIN THE

BATTLE, YOU DIDN'T REALLY WIN THE WAR. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES

WE'RE SO BUSY ABOUT WANTING TO GO AND BE THESE VIGILANTES OF

TRUTH, WHEN WHAT WE NEED TO BE IS ANOINTED MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD

SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS, WE CAN GO

OUT INTO OUR WORKPLACES AND WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE AT WHAT WE'RE

DOING. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE KEYBOARD WARRIORS. YOU KNOW? AND

HERE'S THE THING. SOCIAL MEDIA IS A CRUEL PLACE. IT'S JUST

MEAN. IT'S MEAN-SPIRITED. AND I BELIEVE IT'S PART OF WHAT IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE JUST READ IN 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3,

2 Timothy 3 · chapter mention

WHERE IT SAYS THEY'RE HAVING NO NATURAL AFFECTION. BECAUSE WHEN

YOU'RE HIDING BEHIND SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S EASY TO SAY ALL

KINDS OF EVIL. THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY TO

SOMEBODY'S FACE. SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN NOW WE GOT EVERYBODY

THAT HAS TO DO EVERYTHING BY AI. CHATGPT, WRITE MY PAPER,

CHATGPT. I NEED, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE ME AN IDEA. AND I'M NOT

SAYING EVERYTHING IS ALL WRONG. SO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, IF YOU'RE

USING CHATGPT AND YOU'RE USING IT GODLY-LIKE, THAT'S FINE. I

DON'T PERSONALLY FEEL CALLED TO USE IT. I DON'T WANT CHATGPT

BEING MY CREATIVITY. IF I DON'T HAVE IT, THEN I WANT, I REALLY

DO WANT IT BY THE HOLY GHOST. I'VE NEVER ONCE PULLED UP CHAT

GPT, AND I DON'T THINK I EVER WILL. AND THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT

YOU CAN'T OR YOU SHOULDN'T. THAT'S MY REVELATION. OKAY? I

DON'T WANT IT WRITING FOR ME. MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE WROTE, I

WENT BACK AND REREAD THE BOOK THAT PASTOR SHANE AND I DID, AND

I WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, WE WERE UNDER A TIME CRUNCH TO GET IT

OUT. I WAS LIKE, MAN, WE SHOULD HAVE EXPOUNDED MORE ON THIS AND

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. BUT WE WROTE THAT. CHATGPT

DIDN'T DO IT FOR US. YOU KNOW, NOW YOU CAN GET AI TO WRITE YOU

A SONG. SOME PEOPLE, AND THEY'VE WRITTEN SOME CHRISTIAN ONES, BY

THE WAY. SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, SO ANOINTED. LIKE IT DIDN'T

COME FROM AN ANOINTED VESSEL. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMETHING IS

BIRTHED OUT OF THE SPIRIT THAT GOD GAVE YOU? YOU KNOW, ALEXIS,

I'M GONNA TELL ON YOU. SHE, THIS IS WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT HER.

SHE'S A GRAPHIC ARTIST, VERY TALENTED. AND PASTOR SHANE HAD

AN IDEA FOR WHAT HE WANTED FOR THE OTH GRAPHIC THIS YEAR. SO HE

GAVE IT TO HER, AND IT DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK IT IMMEDIATELY

LANDED. I DON'T THINK SHE WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW

I'M GONNA DO THIS. SO SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, PASTOR CHRISTY, WHAT I

DID? SO I WAS IN MY OFFICE AND I PRAYED IN THE HOLY GHOST FOR

ABOUT AN HOUR. GOT ON MY FACE, LIKE GOD GIVE ME THE CREATIVITY.

SEE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE JUST RELY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT OF

TRUTH? AMEN. NOW, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES WE

HAVE HERE, FOUR WAYS THAT WE CAN MEASURE TRUTH OR HOW WE'RE GONNA

KNOW TRUTH. BY NOW I'M SURE YOU'VE GUESSED WHAT NUMBER ONE

IS. TURN IN YOUR BIBLES OVER TO 2 TIMOTHY 3, VERSE 16. THE

2 Timothy 3:16

NUMBER ONE WAY IS THE WORD OF GOD. IF IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH

THE WORD OF GOD, IT'S NOT ACCURATE. PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY

AGAIN, OR 2 TIMOTHY, DID I SAY 1 TIMOTHY? SAYS ALL SCRIPTURE,

ALL, NOT THE PARTS. OKAY, NOW I SAW THIS LADY ON INSTAGRAM, I

MEAN IT WAS PROBABLY ALL OVER, AND SHE GOT ON THERE, AND SHE

HAD SHAVED HAIR AND GLASSES. SOME OF YOU, TERRY, YOU'RE

LAUGHING, YOU PROBABLY SAW THIS, DIDN'T YOU? SHE GOES, "PARTS OF

THE BIBLE ARE PROBLEMATIC. WE NEED TO RIP THOSE PAGES OUT."

LIKE, NO, YOU'RE PROBLEMATIC. SEE, WHEN WE GET TO, LISTEN, WE

HAVE TO READ THE PARTS OF THE BIBLE THAT WE DON'T LIKE EITHER.

THE ONES THAT SAY, "DON'T GOSSIP." OOH. OH, WE HAVE A LOT

OF TAIL BEARING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BODY OF CHRIST RIGHT NOW.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO GO ANNOUNCE THE JUICY. DID

YOU HEAR THIS? DID YOU HEAR? I SAW SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO A

PREACHER, AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHO IT IS, AND I'M GONNA BE VERY

VAGUE, 'CAUSE LISTEN, I'M NOT HERE FOR ANYBODY'S DOWNFALL. I'M

HERE FOR THE RESTORATION. DO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PREACHERS THAT,

YEAH, SOME OF THEM HAVE DONE SOME WRONG THINGS. BUT IF WE

WERE TO GO BY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS SAYING, THERE WOULD BE

NO RESTORATION. KING DAVID WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED A LONG TIME AGO

BY TODAY'S STANDARD. FOR THAT MATTER, JESUS WOULD HAVE, AND

THEY DID ULTIMATELY KILL HIM. THEY JUST COULDN'T KEEP HIM

KILLED. BUT I SAW THIS PRIEST, AND THIS IS WHY IT SAYS THEY

HAVE A FORM OF GODLINESS, 'CAUSE NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE

RISING UP AND THEY'RE NOT PREACHING THE WHOLE WORD OR THE

WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD. SO THIS PRIEST, OBVIOUSLY HAVING

PERVERSION ISSUES, SAID, "OKAY, MAGA CHRISTIANS, HOW ARE YOU

GONNA TAKE THIS VERSE?" THIS IS WHY ABORTION IS LEGAL ACCORDING

TO THE BIBLE, BECAUSE GOD BREATHED THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO

ADAM. THE BABY HASN'T TAKEN A BREATH. NOW SEE PEOPLE, BUT SEE

RIGHT THERE, PEOPLE GO, OH WOW, THAT'S EPIC, LIKE I NEVER

THOUGHT OF THAT. WELL EXCEPT, YOU GOTTA PREACH THE WHOLE

COUNSEL OF THE WORD. WHAT HAPPENED WITH JEREMIAH? BEFORE

YOU WERE BORN IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB, I KNEW YOU. WHAT HAPPENED

WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST LEAPED IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB BECAUSE THE

MESSIAH WAS COMING INTO HIS PRESENCE AND HE WAS JUST A FETUS

TOO. YOU GOTTA TAKE THE WHOLE COUNSEL, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T,

DON'T JUST TAKE SOMETHING AND GO, OH MAN, THAT SOUNDS GOOD,

THAT'S MY LATEST REVELATION. YOU'VE GOT TO GO AND TAKE THESE

THINGS AND STUDY THEM OUT AS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. WE NEED TO

BE STUDENTS OF THE WORD OF GOD. AND IF YOU HAVE AN OOMPH ABOUT

IT, HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. EITHER GOD IS GONNA CHANGE YOUR

OOMPH INTO A, OH MAN, I DIDN'T SEE THAT, OR HE'S GONNA CHANGE

YOUR OOMPH INTO A, THERE'S A REASON I DIDN'T GO FOR THAT. AND

LISTEN, I'VE HAD PLENTY OF OOMPHS WHEN PEOPLE PREACH

THINGS. LIKE, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T, UH-UH-UH. I DON'T LIKE

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST TIME ROBERTS

LIARDON CAME ON THE SCENE, AND HE'S, 'CAUSE I GREW UP WORD OF

FAITH. MY SISTER AND I WOULD GO BUY ALL THE LITTLE KENNETH HAGIN

BOOKS AND THINGS. SO THE FIRST TIME I HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT

WARFARE PRAYER, I WAS LIKE, EH, NOT LIKE THAT. IT MESSED WITH MY

DOCTRINE. AND THEN, GO BACK TO THE BIBLE, I'M LIKE, IT TALKS

ABOUT ALL MANNER OF PRAYING IN TONGUES. IT DOES TALK ABOUT

SPIRITUAL WARFARE. IT DOES TALK ABOUT NOT QUITTING IN OUR

PRAYERS. NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T NAME AND

CLAIM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WORD FROM GOD. IF

GOD SAID, LISTEN, I WANT YOU TO SPEAK THIS AND NOTHING ELSE AND

WALK AWAY AND FORGET ABOUT IT, THEN THAT'S HOW YOU GO. IF IT'S

JUST THAT, LISTEN, PAUL SAID, I HAD A THORN IN MY FLESH, AND I

WENT TO THE LORD THREE TIMES. IN OTHER WORDS, HE KEPT GOING BACK

TO GOD ABOUT THE THORN THAT'S IN HIS FLESH. AND THERE'S A LOT OF

SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT IT WAS. THE BIBLE DOESN'T TRULY SAY. BUT

THEN LATER HE GOES, I SOUGHT THE LORD THREE TIMES AND HE SAID,

AND MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. AND THEN LATER HE SAYS, THE

THORN THAT WAS IN MY FLESH, IT WENT FROM BEING IN TO WAS. SO

SOMEWHERE PAUL GOT DELIVERED FROM THAT. BUT HE HAD TO WALK

THAT OUT WITH THE LORD. LISTEN, YOUR MIRACLE IS NOT A FORMULA.

YOUR MIRACLE'S GOTTA BE BASED ON FAITH AND WHAT YOU ARE HEARING

FROM THE LORD. AMEN. AND LISTEN, SATAN'S TACTICS HAVEN'T CHANGED

SINCE THE GARDEN OF EDEN. HE SAID TO EVE, "DID GOD SAY?" AND

BECAUSE THE WORD WASN'T SETTLED IN THEM, THEY'RE LIKE, "OH,

WELL, OH, THAT'S SURELY GOD DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY."

INSTEAD OF SAYING, "HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK GOD SAID

THIS, I GOTTA GO, LET ME GO BACK AND CHECK WITH THE LORD REAL

QUICK BEFORE I DO ANYTHING." THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'LL

HELP YOU. AND LISTEN, JESUS, WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED OF THE

DEVIL, HE DIDN'T TEMPT, HE DIDN'T OVERCOME SATAN BY TRYING

TO PROVE HIM WRONG. HE SAID, "IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT LIVE

BY BREAD ALONE." IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN. SEE, WHEN WE

BECOME PEOPLE OF WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE WORD OF GOD, THEN

WE HAVE A TRUE NORTH ON WHAT IS TRUTH, AMEN?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT THING IS REPROOF AND CORRECTION. NOW, WE

DON'T LIKE THIS ONE, 'CAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T

LOVE TO BE CORRECTED, BUT PROVERBS... I GAVE THEM

THE WRONG ONE, BUT I FORGET WHICH ONE IT IS, 'CAUSE I

WAS TYPING A LOT OF THIS WITHOUT MY GLASSES, SO I HAD A FEW WRONG

ONES IN THERE, BUT IT SAYS, "A WISE SON HEARS HIS FATHER'S

INSTRUCTION." A WISE SON HEARS HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. NOW,

TURN OVER TO HEBREWS CHAPTER 12, 'CAUSE THIS'LL GET YA. I MEAN,

Hebrews 12 · chapter mention

YOU PROBABLY, YOU KNOW IT, BUT. IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1,

Hebrews 12:1

IT SAYS, "AND HAVE YOU NOT FORGOTTEN THE EXHORTATION "WHICH

SPEAKS TO YOU AS TO SONS? "MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE THE

CHASTENING OF THE LORD." NOW, SEE, WE'RE BEING TAUGHT THAT ANY

FORM OF DISCIPLINE IS ABUSE. THE NEW PARENTING WAY. BUT SEE,

DISCIPLINE IS WHAT GIVES US, WELL, IN MY DAY, A GOOD SPANKING

WAS VERY THOUGHT-PROVOKING. I'LL SAY IT THAT WAY. IT WAS VERY

THOUGHT-PROVOKING. YOU'RE LIKE, OH, DON'T DO THAT AGAIN. AND

THEN IT SAYS, "MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE "THE CHASING OF THE

LORD, NOR BE DISCOURAGED "WHEN YOU ARE REBUKED BY HIM." YOU

KNOW, WE GET DISCOURAGED SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET, AND

AGAIN, OUR FLESH DOESN'T LIKE CORRECTION, RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW,

IT'S CORRECTION THAT KEEPS US IN TRUTH. YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY WHEN

YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE

STILL A BIG THING NOW, BUT THEY PROBABLY ARE. A FEW YEARS AGO,

EVERYBODY WANTED TO GO TO THE LITTLE HOME CHURCH. AND THE HOME

CHURCH PASTOR, THE PROBLEM IS, IS HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OVERSEEING

PASTOR. SO A LOT OF TIMES, IT WAS THE DOCTRINE THAT JUST FELT

GOOD TO EVERYBODY. AND THEN SEE, THERE'S NO CORRECTION. BUT SEE,

WHEN WE'RE, LISTEN, IF YOU PUT A YOUNG TREE IN THE GROUND, YOU'RE

GONNA PUT A POST IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TREE DOESN'T

JUST GET TO LEAN ANY WAY IT WANTS TO LEAN. THAT'S WHAT

CORRECTION DOES FOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT DISCIPLINE DOES FOR YOU. SO

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT VERSE. "FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES, HE," WHAT?

"HE CHASTENS," OR HE DISCIPLINES, "AND SCOURGES EVERY

SON WHOM HE RECEIVES." WHY, WHY, WHY? I MEAN, THAT JUST SOUNDS SO

NOT LIKE A LOVING GOD. SO NOT LIKE HE GETS US. WELL, THAT'S

THE PROBLEM. SEE, HE DOES GET US, AND HE SAYS THAT MAN IS BORN

LIKE A WILD DONKEY. AND SO HE DOES GET US. AND HE WAS TEMPTED

IN ALL POINTS LIKE AS WE ARE. THAT'S THE REASON THAT HE

CORRECTS US SO THAT WE DON'T GET DECEIVED BY EVERY WINDY DOCTRINE

THAT'S ALL AROUND. AND THERE'S A LOT OF WINDY DOCTRINE. YOU KNOW,

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, "WELL, THE CHURCH NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF

POLITICS." IT'S NOT IN THE BOOK. STAYING OUT OF POLITICS WAS

NEVER IN THE BIBLE. I PROMISE YOU, ALL THROUGHOUT THE OLD

TESTAMENT AND EVEN IN THE NEW, PAUL WAS CONFRONTING FESTUS,

PAUL WAS CONFRONTING NERO, JESUS WAS CONFRONTING THE RULERS OF

HIS DAY. WHY DID HE GO AND CALL HEROD THAT OLD FOX? AND BY THE

WAY, IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT HE WAS A FOXY GUY. HE WAS CALLING HIM

SOMETHING PERVERSE, BECAUSE THE MAN WAS OPENLY BY WHATEVER HE

COULD DO. HE WAS VERY PERVERSE. SO, THERE IS NO PART IN THE

BIBLE THAT DOESN'T SAY WE SHOULD STAY OUT OF POLITICS. MATTER OF

FACT, WE SHOULD BE VERY, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, "BLESSED IS THE

NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD." AMEN. AMEN. YOU KNOW, AND THEY

SAY THAT ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD.

WELL, THAT'S A BLACK EYE ON THE CHURCH. 'CAUSE WE'RE SOMETIMES,

WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY, I'M ALL, WE DON'T WANNA OFFEND ANYBODY, WE

DON'T WANNA SAY THE WRONG THING, I DON'T WANNA BE PERSECUTED, I

DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO BE MAD AT ME, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO NOT

LIKE ME, AND I'M SORRY, BABY, THAT'S PART OF IT. THAT DOESN'T

MEAN WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND AND WE HAVE TO BE MEAN AND ICKY. BUT

IF I TRULY LOVE SOMEBODY, I'M GONNA TELL 'EM THE TRUTH. RIGHT?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

WE'RE GONNA TELL 'EM THE TRUTH. BECAUSE WE CARE ENOUGH TO TELL

OUR KIDS WHEN THEY'RE NOT ACTING RIGHT, NOT BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE

KNOW THAT SOMEDAY THEY GOTTA GO OUT, THEY GOTTA GET A JOB, THEY

GOTTA INTERACT WITH SOCIETY, AND THEY CAN'T JUST THROW A TANTRUM

EVERY TIME SOMETHING DOESN'T GO THEIR WAY. AND THEY'VE GOTTA

LEARN THAT FROM A YOUNG AGE. WE LET OUR KIDS CRY, BUT THE MINUTE

YOU THREW TANTRUMS, OH, IT'S ON, BABY. MY KIDS, THEY WERE

LAUGHING AT ME, AND 'CAUSE THERE WAS THIS MEME THAT SHOWED THIS

EAGLE EYE AND SAYS, "MY MOM WHEN I'M MISBEHAVING." AND I'M LIKE,

I SAID, THEY'RE LIKE, "OH YEAH, THAT'S YOU ALL DAY LONG, MOM." I

WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE. THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

THOUGH OF GOD, THAT HE GUIDES US WITH HIS EYE. SO, YOU KNOW,

DISCIPLINE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF LOVE. ACTUALLY, IT'S PROOF OF

LOVE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU CARE ENOUGH, LISTEN, IF YOU DON'T

CARE ABOUT SOMEBODY, YOU'RE LIKE, YOU JUST GO DO YOU. BUT

WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN OR YOU CARE ABOUT

PEOPLE AROUND YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, LISTEN, THERE'S A MORE

EXCELLENT WAY. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOUR FELLOW BELIEVERS

NEED A BOOST OF FAITH. THEY NEED A BOOST OF YOUR FAITH WHEN

THEY'RE SPEAKING WRONG. AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER SOMEBODY IN MY

LIFE, THEY GOT A CANCER DIAGNOSIS, AND THEY GOT A HOLD

OF ME. THAT'S NOT THE ONE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF.

AND UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY WERE AFRAID. BUT I SAID, "NO, LET'S

HOLD FAST TO THE WORD OF GOD." AND YOU KNOW, IT PRESERVED THEIR

LIFE FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE THEY GOT BACK OVER INTO FAITH. AND

ULTIMATELY, NOW, THEY DID GO ON AND BE IN HEAVEN, BUT SOMETIMES

GOD IS JUST LOOKING TO PRESERVE YOUR LIFE. AND AGAIN, DON'T

JUDGE SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU DON'T THINK THEY GOT THEIR HEALING.

YOU DON'T, YOU AREN'T GOD. AND SO THE TRUTH OF WHAT YOU BELIEVE

ABOUT SOMEBODY'S LIFE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE HEART OF THE

PERSON. YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT PRESERVED DAVID'S KINGDOM WASN'T

'CAUSE HE DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS A

MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART. AND THAT'S WHY GOD PRESERVED HIM.

GOD'LL PRESERVE YOU JUST THE SAME. ALL RIGHT, SO GO TO 2

2 Timothy 4:1–4

TIMOTHY 4, VERSES 1 THROUGH 4. I'M GONNA TRY, I'M HOPING I'LL

GET YOU OUT OF HERE A LITTLE EARLY. BUT HE SAYS, "TIMOTHY, I

CHARGE YOU THEREFORE BEFORE GOD "AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, "WHO

WILL JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD "AT HIS APPEARING AND HIS

KINGDOM." NEXT VERSE, PREACH THE WORD. NOT PREACH A GOOD, DON'T

PREACH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA MAKE PEOPLE FEEL

GOOD. PREACH THE WORD, BE READY, IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON. SO

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE HAVE TO HAVE THE WORD IN US, IN SEASON

AND OUT OF SEASON. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, WE GO THROUGH

SEASONS IN LIFE, BY THE WAY. AND SOME SEASONS ARE GONNA BE

FLOURISHING SEASONS, AND SOME SEASONS ARE GONNA BE DRIER

SEASONS. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DRIER SEASONS, BECAUSE AGAIN,

SOMETIMES THAT'S GOD BUILDING MORE STRENGTH IN YOU. IT'S NOT

'CAUSE HE'S MAD, THAT'S THE, IT'S THE HONING OF THE LORD. SO

HE SAYS, "CONVINCE, REBUKE," THERE'S THAT WORD REBUKE AGAIN,

"EXHORT WITH ALL LONG-SUFFERING AND TEACHING," LET'S GO TO VERSE

3, "FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE "SOUND

DOCTRINE, BUT ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DESIRES, "BECAUSE THEY HAVE

ITCHING EARS, "THEY ARE GONNA HEAP UP FOR THEMSELVES

TEACHERS." BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T

LIKE, WE'RE GONNA RIP THAT PAGE OUT OF THE BIBLE 'CAUSE I DON'T

LIKE IT. WELL, THAT'S THE SUREST WAY TO GET DECEIVED. BECAUSE THE

BIBLE WILL CORRECT YOU. IF YOU HAVE FATHERS AND MOTHERS IN YOUR

LIFE THAT ARE GODLY, THEY WILL CORRECT YOU. AND YOU NEED TO BE

CORRECTABLE. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE GONNA GO, "WOW, I GOT

CORRECTED TODAY, I'M SO HAPPY." YOU'RE A DIFFERENT KIND OF

PERSON IF YOU KNOW YOU, I MEAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO BE WITH

JESUS 'CAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE ARRIVED. BUT MOST

OF US DON'T LOVE GOING, "HEY, I GOT CORRECTED TODAY, THAT'S MY

FACEBOOK POST, "MAN, I GOT CORRECTED." GOD SURE LOVES ME, I

GUARANTEE YOU DON'T SEE THAT AS A FACEBOOK POST. BUT IT SAYS THE

TIME IS GONNA COME WHEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE.

SO NUMBER TWO, NUMBER ONE IS THE WORD OF GOD, NUMBER TWO IS

REPROOF AND CORRECTION THAT WILL KEEP US FROM BEING DECEIVED.

NUMBER THREE IS A HEART OF HONOR. NOW, OVER IN EPHESIANS

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CHAPTER 6, I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE, BUT IT'S INTERESTING HOW

EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 GETS TO, OR STARTS BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO

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PUTTING ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD. SAYS, "CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR

PARENTS "AND THE LORD FOR THIS IS RIGHT. "HONOR YOUR FATHER AND

MOTHER." THEN IT SAYS, "SERVANTS, BE OBEDIENT TO YOUR

MASTERS, "NOT WITH EYE SERVICE." BUT REALLY, SO IT'S TALKING, THE

WHOLE FIRST CHAPTER, OR FIRST PART OF EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 IS

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TALKING ABOUT HONOR. AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE HONOR IN OUR

HEARTS. 'CAUSE WHEN WE LEARN HONOR, HONOR WILL KEEP US FROM

VEERING FROM THE TRUTH. IT'S DISHONOR, WHEN WE BECOME

DISHONORABLE, THEN REALLY, SOMETIMES WE BECOME

SELF-FOCUSED. DO YOU KNOW SELF-FOCUS AND DISHONOR GO HAND

IN HAND? 'CAUSE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BUT ME AND MINE. AND WE

LIVE IN A DAY WHERE IT'S LIKE, I'VE GOTTA DO MY SELF-HELP AND I

HAVE TO DO MY SELF-CARE. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T DO THINGS

TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, BUT WHEN YOURSELF BECOMES YOUR IDOL

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT NUMBER ONE BEFORE IT'S ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE,

THEN HONEY, YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT, TURN OVER TO

MALACHI CHAPTER 1. WE'RE GONNA GO TO VERSE 6. AND IT SAYS, "A

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SON HONORS HIS FATHER "AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER. "IF THEN I

AM THE FATHER, WHERE IS MY HONOR?" THIS IS GOD TALKING TO

THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. "AND IF I AM A MASTER, WHERE IS MY

REVERENCE?" SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. "TO YOU PRIESTS WHO

DESPISE MY NAME." I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PRIESTS THAT ARE

DESPISING THE NAME OF THE LORD IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE. "YET YOU

SAY, IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE DESPISED YOUR NAME?" LET'S GO TO

VERSE 7. "SAYS YOU'VE OFFERED DEFILED FOOD ON MY

ALTAR, "BUT SAY, IN WHAT HAVE WE DEFILED? "BY SAYING THAT THE

TABLE OF THE LORD IS CONTEMPTIBLE." IN OTHER WORDS,

THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO BRING AN OFFERING INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD

IS CONTEMPTIBLE. LET'S GO TO VERSE EIGHT. AND WHEN YOU OFFER

THE BLIND AS A SACRIFICE, IS IT NOT EVIL? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE

GIVING ME YOUR WORST. AND WHEN YOU OFFER THE LAME AND THE SICK,

IS IT NOT EVIL? OFFER IT THEN TO YOUR GOVERNOR. WOULD HE BE

PLEASED WITH YOU? WOULD HE ACCEPT YOU FAVORABLY, SAYS THE

LORD. SO WHAT HE'S SAYING, LISTEN, YOU WANNA BRING ME ALL

OF YOUR CASTOFFS, BUT YOU WANNA GO BEFORE MEN AND OFFER THEM THE

VERY BEST. THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP IN MALACHI CHAPTER THREE,

WHERE IT SAYS, "BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE "THAT

THERE MAY BE MEAT IN MY HOUSE," SAYS THE LORD, "AND PROVE ME NOW

HEREWITH, "IF I WILL NOT OPEN UP A WINDOW OF HEAVEN BLESSING."

WHY? BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE'S

YOUR HEART GONNA BE ALSO. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE HONOR IN YOUR

HEART, THEN YOUR TREASURE IS SOMEWHERE ELSE THAN THE KINGDOM

OF GOD. AND OUR MONEY IS PROOF OF THAT. AND YEAH, IT'S A HARD

WORD. AND LISTEN, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH THE TITHE,

FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE. AND ASK OF THE LORD. HE'S NOT A HARD

TASKMASTER. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO OVER TO PROVERBS 9, VERSE 10.

Proverbs 9:10

AND IT SAYS, "THE FEAR OF THE LORD "IS THE BEGINNING OF

WISDOM." WHAT IS THE FEAR OF THE LORD? IT'S THE HONOR AND THE

REVERENCE OF WHO GOD IS. IN OTHER WORDS, I FEAR GOD, NOT

BECAUSE WE SIT THERE AND GO, "OH MY GOSH, IF I DO WRONG, GOD'S

GONNA STRIKE ME DOWN." NO, I DON'T WANNA HURT GOD'S HEART.

THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE HONOR AND THE REVERENCE, AND I

CAN'T DEFILE, I DON'T WANNA DEFILE MY GOD. SO, AND THAT'S

THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. WELL, WHAT HAVE WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT?

PRESERVING OUR TRUTH. SO IF THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE

BEGINNING OF WISDOM, HONOR AND TRUTH GO TOGETHER. IF WE DON'T

HAVE HONOR IN OUR HEARTS, LISTEN, IF YOU HAVE A BOSS

THAT'S NOT HEARING YOUR GRAND IDEA AND YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S FROM

THE LORD, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, PRAY ABOUT IT. BUT

TREAT THEM HONORABLY. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW

THAT YOU DON'T. CONSIDER THAT. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW

THAT THEY DON'T, BUT HERE'S THE THING, BY BEING DISHONORABLE,

YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIX IT. HONOR WILL FIX IT. NOW, I'M GONNA

REFERENCE THIS, I'M NOT GONNA READ IT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.

BUT OVER IN REVELATION CHAPTER SIX, IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN THE

LAMB, WHEN THE SKY RECEDES, WELL, WE'LL JUST READ IT, THEY

HAVE IT UP, I'LL READ IT. IT SAYS, "THEN THE SKY RECEDED AS A

SCROLL "WHEN IT WAS ROLLED UP AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND

"WAS MOVED OUT OF ITS PLACE." I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE

COMING OF JESUS. HE'S NOT COMING ALL QUIET LIKE. ALL RIGHT, GO TO

THE NEXT ONE. IT SAYS, "AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH," GET THIS,

"AND GREAT MEN, THE RICH MEN, "AND THE COMMANDERS AND THE

MIGHTY MEN, "EVERY SLAVE AND EVERY FREE MAN," DID WHAT? "THEY

HID THEMSELVES IN CAVES "AND IN THE ROCKS OF THE MOUNTAINS. "AND

SAID TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ROCKS, "FALL ON US AND HIDE US

FROM THE FACE OF HIM "WHO SITS ON THE THRONE FROM THE WRATH OF

THE LAMB. "FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH HAS COME "AND WHO IS

ABLE TO STAND IT." WHY DID THEY RUN AWAY? BECAUSE THEY

DISHONORED GOD AND THEY KNEW WHEN HE CAME, THEY WEREN'T GONNA

REPENT. THEY STILL WANTED TO DO EVIL. WHY WERE THEY THAT

DECEIVED? I MEAN, YOU'D THINK THAT WAS A NO-BRAINER. JESUS

JUST CAME BACK, OH GOD, FORGIVE ME, I WAS WRONG. NO, BECAUSE THE

BIBLE SAYS, WHEN SIN IS CONCEIVED, IT BRINGS FORTH

DEATH. SO THEN, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, SOME PEOPLE ARE LIVING

IN A HELL ON EARTH. THEY CAN'T EVER BE HAPPY 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T

EVER GET FREE OF THE DECEPTION. SO, YOU KNOW, AND DON'T GO

AROUND AND THINK, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, THEY'RE

JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOT A PLAN FOR EVERYBODY. SOME

PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED GOD AND THEY INTEND TO REJECT GOD AND

THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF REPENTING. AND THAT'S WHERE THE

BIBLE DOES SAY THAT YOU LEAVE THEM OVER TO THEIR EVIL DESIRES.

IT'S NOT THAT WE GO AROUND, YOU KNOW, WISHING HELL AND DEATH ON

SOMEBODY. BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT HAVE CHOSEN

ON PURPOSE TO DEFY GOD. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE DECEIVED.

ALL RIGHT, NUMBER FOUR. TURN OVER TO EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6,

Ephesians 6:18

VERSE 18. I'M SORRY TO THE BOOTH, I DIDN'T GIVE YOU GUYS

THIS ONE. BUT EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6, IT'S VERSE 18. WE'LL GIVE

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THEM A MINUTE TO CATCH UP. NUMBER FOUR IS PRAYER. SO I'LL

RE-LIST THEM FOR YOU. NUMBER ONE, IF YOU WANNA STAND TRUTH,

BE BOUND TO THE WORD OF GOD. NUMBER TWO, RECEIVE REPROOF AND

CORRECTION. NUMBER THREE, HAVE A HEART OF HONOR. NUMBER FOUR, BE

A PERSON OF PRAYER. PAUL SAID TO THE EPHESIANS, "PRAYING ALWAYS

WITH ALL PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION "IN THE SPIRIT, BEING," WHAT?

"WATCHFUL TO THIS END." WHAT WAS HE REFERRING TO? "TO THE EVIL

DAY, WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE "AND SUPPLICATION FOR ALL SAINTS."

HERE'S THE THING, WE HAVE GOT TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE PEOPLE OF

PRAYER. HERE'S THE THING, IF WE AREN'T PEOPLE OF PRAYER, IF

YOU'RE A PERSON OF HONOR, YOU'RE A PERSON OF WORSHIP. HONOR AND

WORSHIP GO HAND IN HAND. PEOPLE OF PRAYER, PRAYER KEEPS US FROM

GETTING ALL RELIGIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE READ IN THE BIBLE. THAT'S

WHAT KEEPS THE PHARISAICAL SPIRIT OFF OF US. SOMETIMES

CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE WORST AT SHOOTING DOWN THE

WOUNDED. AND THAT'S A SAD DAY. AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO.

I'M SO CONFIDENT THAT JESUS IS THE LORD OF HIS CHURCH THAT IF

SOME PREACHER, SOME PERSON GETS IT WRONG, GOD IS GONNA DEAL WITH

IT. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO HAVE TO BE THAT PERSON. HE DIDN'T ASK ME

TO DO THAT. HE ASKED US TO PREACH THE WORD. HE ASKED US TO

BE MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL. HE ASKED US TO GO INTO THE HIGHWAYS

AND THE BYWAYS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF SOME SAINT GOT OFF AND

THEY GOT IT WRONG, WELL, YOU PRAY FOR THEIR RESTORATION AND

YOU MOVE ON ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. AMEN. YOU KNOW, LISTEN. SINCE I

DID THAT, I SKIPPED A VERSE. TURN OVER TO PROVERBS CHAPTER 6.

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OKAY, YOU GOT THE FOUR, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A

MINUTE. LET'S GO TO PROVERBS CHAPTER 6. VERSE 16. AND SEE,

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THIS IS THE THING. TO ALL THESE WATCHDOG GROUPS AND ALL THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE JUMPING ALL OVER THE GOSSIP, YOU KNOW, THE GOSSIP

TRAIN, AND WHO DID WHAT, AND WHO BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. IT SAYS THESE SIX THINGS DOES THE LORD HATE.

HATE, NOT, IT KIND OF IRRITATES HIM. HE SAID HE HATES IT. AND IF

GOD HATES SOMETHING, I WOULD BE A LITTLE AFRAID OF TOUCHING IT.

JUST SAYING. THAT'S THE VERSION ACCORDING TO CHRISTY. IT SAYS,

YES, SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION. SO HE HATES SIX OF THEM, BUT THE

SEVENTH ONE IS AN ABOMINATION. LET'S READ THEM. A PROUD LOOK, A

LYING TONGUE. WE GOT A LOT OF LYING TONGUES. HANDS THAT SHED

INNOCENT BLOOD. HELLO, ABORTION. YOU FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE,

RIGHT? A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS. FEET THAT ARE

SWIFT TO RUNNING TO EVIL. A FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES.

AND THE LAST ONE, AND ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG THE BRETHREN.

WHEN YOU COME AND YOU SEEK TO DIVIDE THE CHURCH, YOU'RE NOT

FIGHTING FOR THE KINGDOM, YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST THE KING. AND

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING

THAT WE GET TO LIVE UNHOLY. WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T GET TO LIVE

UNHOLY. WE HAVE TO WALK HOLY ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, BUT WE

DON'T GET TO GO AND TELL ALL OVER THE INTERNET EVERYONE'S

SINS. AND IF IT GETS EXPOSED, THAT'S ON THE PERSON BEFORE THEM

AND GOD. BUT IT'S NOT MY JOB TO GO PUBLISH IT AND SHARE IT ALL

OVER FACEBOOK. OH, DID YOU HEAR? I SAW SOMEBODY. SAYS, "NOW, I

DON'T BELIEVE THIS, "BUT THIS IS WHAT'S BEING PUBLISHED "ABOUT

SOME PREACHER THAT HAD A." I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT DID YOU SHARE

IT FOR? TO BE HONEST, I WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN ABOUT IT IF YOU

HADN'T SHARED IT, SISTER. YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT, STAND TO YOUR

FEET. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN BEGIN TO COME. THEY CAN COME TO THE

PIANO. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I'M JUST DETERMINED, THE OLDER I GET

IN MY LIFE, THE LESS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TIME TO SIT AROUND AND DO

CHILDISH THINGS. AND I WANNA BE A PERSON OF TRUTH, I WANNA BE A

PERSON OF WISDOM, AND I DON'T WANNA BE A PERSON THAT TAKES

WHAT I WANT OVER THE HEART OF MY FATHER. BECAUSE AS PASTOR HANK

ALWAYS SAYS SO MANY TIMES, GOD'S HEART DOES MATTER, AMEN. ALL

RIGHT, THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR FOR A MINUTE, LET ME

JUST PRAY A BLESSING OVER YOU. FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU RIGHT

NOW THAT THIS WORD THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY GOES DEEP IN OUR

HEARTS, THAT FATHER, WE ARE A PEOPLE THAT ARE A PEOPLE OF

HONOR. WE ARE A PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GLORIFY YOUR NAME. AND I

THANK YOU THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS BLESSED. AND HERE'S THE

WORD OF THE LORD, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, LORD GOD. AND

FATHER, I PRAY THAT WE WOULD, IN THESE EVIL DAYS, FATHER, BE A

LIGHT IN THE DARK PLACE. THAT, FATHER, WE WOULD BE JOY WHERE

THERE IS SORROW. THAT WE WOULD BE THE ARM OUTSTRETCHED TO THOSE

IN NEED. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING THAT IS UPON US, LORD

GOD ALMIGHTY, IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN? AMEN, WELL, WHY

DON'T YOU GIVE A SHOUT TO THE LORD AS PASTOR DOUG COMES. AMEN,

YES, GIVE PASTOR CHRISTY A HAND. THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE. I WANT

TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THAT, BUT BEFORE I DO, IF YOU'RE

WORKING IN THE CONNECT CAFE TODAY OR THE BAKE SALE, YOU'RE

DISMISSED AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO ASK IF

YOU'LL JUST STAY SEATED FOR A MOMENT AND THAT WE WON'T KEEP

YOU LONG TODAY. BUT IT'S ONLY 11:01, SO IT'S EARLY. YOU CAN

BEAT THE BAPTIST TO LUNCH TODAY. IF OUR ALTAR TEAM WOULD COME AT

THIS POINT IN TIME, I WANT TO MENTION OUR ALTAR TEAM IS UP

HERE EVERY SUNDAY, AND THEY'RE HERE FOR YOU. SO IF YOU NEED

PRAYER FOR ANYTHING, PERSONAL PRAYER, OUR PRAYER TEAM IS HERE,

AND THEY WILL CONFIDENTIALLY PRAY WITH YOU AND AGREE WITH

GOD. AND THERE IS POWER IN THE PRAYER OF AGREEMENT. SO IF YOU

NEED PRAYER TODAY, THEY'RE UP HERE AND READY AND WAITING. WHEN

WE CONCLUDE AND DISMISS, YOU CAN JUST WORK YOUR WAY UP HERE AND

WE'LL FIND A PRAYER TEAM FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, PASTOR CHRISTY

SAID, SHE MENTIONED 2 TIMOTHY 4:3, "THE TIME WILL COME WHEN

2 Timothy 4:3

PEOPLE "WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE." AND IT MADE ME THINK,

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN CHURCH SERVICES, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A

REGULAR THING FOR A PASTOR TO TALK ABOUT HELL AND ETERNITY AND

WHAT WE MIGHT CALL FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. AND PEOPLE COMPLAINED

ABOUT TOO MUCH OF THAT TYPE OF PREACHING. THEY GOT UPSET WITH

IT. AND THE CHURCH BECAME LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE AND NO

LONGER WANTED TO HEAR THOSE THINGS. IT'S JUST LIKE PASTOR

CHRISTY SAID, THEY WANTED TO TEAR THOSE PAGES OUT. AND THEN

THE PASTORS BECAME MOTIVATED BY THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T

WANT TO LOSE THE CONGREGATION AND THEY NEEDED THE TIES TO KEEP

THE CHURCH GOING. AND SO THEY ACQUIESCED TO THE PEOPLE'S

DEMANDS AND STOPPED PREACHING THE FULL GOSPEL. YOU KNOW, IN

1741, JONATHAN EDWARDS PREACHED A SERMON AND IT WAS TITLED,

"SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD." HE WOULD NOT BE

ALLOWED TO PREACH THAT IN MOST CHURCHES TODAY, EVEN THOUGH

THERE'S MUCH TRUTH IN IT. AND HIS SERMON WAS TRUE. YOU KNOW,

AND GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE. I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT. HE IS A GOD OF

LOVE. HE LOVES EVERY PERSON. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOOK OF

REVELATION, WE SEE WE'RE ALL LEARNING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

THAT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BOOK OF REVELATION, GOD IS USING

DIFFERENT METHODS TO REACH PEOPLE. EVEN DURING THAT TIME

WHEN HIS WRATH IS POURED OUT, HE'S THERE REACHING THEM THROUGH

SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. 144,000 JEWISH EVANGELISTS COME ON THE

SCENE. AN ANGEL ENCOMPASSES THE WORLD AND PROCLAIMS THE GOSPEL.

THERE ARE TWO WITNESSES RAISED FROM THE DEAD THAT PROCLAIM THE

GOSPEL AND EVERYONE WILL SEE THEM. GOD'S FULL OF LOVE AND

MERCY, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST SHAKE THEIR FIST AND

ARE NOT WILLING. BUT GOD'S NOT WILLING THAT ANYONE WOULD

PERISH. HIS DESIRE IS THAT EVERYONE MAKE IT TO HEAVEN. AND

I SAY THIS OVER AND OVER. YOU'VE HEARD IT SO MUCH, YOU'RE

PROBABLY TIRED OF ME SAYING IT, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO BE

SUCCESSFUL ON THIS LIFE ON EARTH OR DURING THIS LIFE ON EARTH AND

HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ETERNITY, WHICH IS IN HEAVEN WITH GOD, IS

WHEN YOU SERVE JESUS CHRIST AND WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION TO MAKE

HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. SO MY POINT TODAY IS, IF YOU HAVE NOT

MADE A DECISION FOR JESUS CHRIST, THAT'S THE INITIAL

STARTING PLACE. IT'S CALLED THE NEW BIRTH IN THE BIBLE. WHEN WE

CALL ON THE LORD AND CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS GRACIOUS AND HE'S

ABLE TO FORGIVE THAT SIN BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR US ON

THE CROSS OF CALVARY. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY

TODAY. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE OR IF YOU'RE HERE IN THIS PLACE,

AND YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES, MAYBE THIS IS

YOUR FIRST TIME HERE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. MAYBE YOU'RE EIGHT YEARS

OLD OR MAYBE YOU'RE 90 YEARS OLD, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU HAVE

GRACE AND MERCY BECAUSE YOU CAN TURN TO GOD RIGHT NOW. IF YOU

WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE ONLY HAVE A SHORT TIME ON THIS EARTH, AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE

A DECISION BEFORE YOU LEAVE. THE GOOD NEWS IS GOD DID NOT CREATE

US AS ROBOTS. HE GIVES US FREEDOM OF CHOICE. WE CAN CHOOSE

TO SERVE HIM BECAUSE WE ARE WILLING. BUT IF WE SAY NO, THEN

HE'S DONE ALL HE CAN DO. GOD NEVER SENDS ANYONE TO HELL. WE

SEND OURSELVES TO HELL. SO IF YOU END UP IN HELL, AND I PRAY

YOU DON'T, BUT IF YOU END UP THERE, IT'S YOUR FAULT, BECAUSE

TODAY YOU'RE HEARING THE MESSAGE THAT CAN TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND,

SAVE YOU FROM ETERNAL DESTRUCTION, AND PUT YOU ON A

LIFE OF ABUNDANCE WITH GOD. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO

SOMETHING TODAY. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME.

AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I NEED TO

MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY." DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

IT'S ONLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHAT GOD THINKS. AND I'M GONNA

ASK YOU IN A MOMENT JUST TO RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO

THREE, IF THAT'S YOU, AND YOU SAY, "I NEED JESUS. "I NEED TO

MAKE A DECISION. "I WANNA GET MY LIFE RIGHT. "I WANNA LIVE

RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY. "I WANT THAT ABUNDANT LIFE "THAT PASTOR

CHRISTY TALKED ABOUT, "BUT I NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION

TODAY." DO IT TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS THE DAY OF SALVATION, THE

BIBLE SAYS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER WE WILL HAVE ON THIS

EARTH. WE BELIEVE IN LONG LIFE, BUT PEOPLE GET TAKEN OUT EARLY

ALL THE TIME. IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, I'M

GONNA ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING VERY BOLD. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO

RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'M GONNA LOOK FOR IT. HEADS ARE BOWED,

EYES ARE CLOSED. I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE THAT SEE IT, BUT I WANT

YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR JESUS TODAY. IF YOU'RE IN YOUR

HOME, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING. WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, JUST

RAISE YOUR HAND QUICKLY. ONE, TWO, THREE. RAISE YOUR HAND IF

YOU NEED JESUS. YOU SAY, "I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION FOR JESUS

TODAY." DON'T LET THE DEVIL TALK YOU OUT OF IT. RAISE YOUR HAND

IF YOU NEED JESUS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THIS PLACE? YOU

SAY, I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST. DO I SEE A HAND? OK,

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. EVERY TIME JESUS

CALLED PEOPLE, HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. AND I THINK IT'S

IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE A PUBLIC DECISION IN CONFESSION. AND I'M

GOING TO PRAY WITH YOU RIGHT HERE. I WANT TO MEET YOU, SHAKE

YOUR HAND, AND PRAY WITH YOU. IF YOU'D GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT

RIGHT NOW AND COME DOWN HERE, I WANT TO MEET WITH YOU. JUST GET

UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT, THOSE THAT RAISED THEIR HANDS. COME RIGHT

DOWN HERE NOW. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU. EVERYONE HERE WILL WAIT.

WE'RE NOT IN A HURRY. THIS IS AN INTERNAL DECISION THAT YOU NEED

TO MAKE FOR GOD. IF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND TODAY, JUST COME RIGHT

DOWN HERE NOW. OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE RESPONDING. LET'S DO

THIS. LET'S PRAY TOGETHER IN AGREEMENT. YOU PRAY WITH ME AND

REPEAT AFTER ME AS I SPEAK THESE WORDS. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK

YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST WENT TO THE CROSS.

HE DIED FOR ME. HE WAS BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD

DAY. AND JESUS, I'M ASKING YOU, BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. FORGIVE

ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE. PUT ME ON YOUR PATH FOR MY LIFE. AND I

WILL LIVE FOR YOU UNTIL SOMEDAY I REJOICE IN HEAVEN WITH YOU.

AMEN. AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY, THAT'S YOUR

INITIAL START. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, IF YOU PRAYED THAT

PRAYER TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU DIDN'T COME FORWARD, YOU

STILL WANT INFORMATION, THIS ELDER TEAM WILL GIVE YOU THE

INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO HELP YOU IN YOUR NEXT STEPS WITH

CHRIST. IF YOU'VE DONE THAT IN YOUR HOME LIKE WE HAVE EVERY

WEEK, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907. 24 HOURS A

DAY, OUR PRAYER LINE WORKERS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THEY'LL SEND YOU

INFORMATION TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD.

HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, PASTOR MATT WANTED ME TO

BRING UP ONE MORE THING. HE WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE NCAA IN

OMAHA BASEBALL VILLAGE. AND THIS YEAR, GAME CHANGERS SECURED A

CONTRACT TO HAVE A TENT THAT THEY'LL BE SELLING MERCHANDISE

AND MINISTERING TO PEOPLE DOWN THERE. DURING THIS POINT OF

TIME, IT'S DURING AN 11-DAY NCAA TOURNAMENT. IT GOES YES, AMEN.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. IT GOES FROM JUNE 11 THROUGH THE

22ND. IT'S A BIG EVENT WITH EIGHT MAJOR UNIVERSITIES COMING

INTO OMAHA. THEIR FANS WILL BE HERE AND EXPECTING GAME CHANGERS

TO BE THERE. AND SO WE NEED SOME LOH PEOPLE TO HELP US WITH THAT

AND THE TIME IN THE TENTS. YOU'LL BE GETTING MORE

INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. PASTOR KEITH AND PASTOR ANTHONY AND BOB

AND MYSELF WILL ALL BE HELPING TO COORDINATE SOME VOLUNTEERS TO

BE DOWN THERE. AND WE'LL WORK WITH 242, WE'LL WORK WITH ASK

PRAYER. WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN AND MAKE AN IMPACT ON

PEOPLE'S LIVES, OKAY? SO IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WELL,

THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU. WE JUST PRAY FOR A

WONDERFUL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE

HOUSE OF THE LORD THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GO AND

ENJOY YOURSELF. AND BE BACK AGAIN. AMEN.

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