03/15/26 “7 Biblical Principles That Apply to Social Media” Pastor Brenda Kunneman

(MUSIC)

COME ON, CHURCH. GET UP ON YOUR FEET. COME ON,

LET'S SING THIS MORNING. HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD

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AMEN. THE WHOLE WORLD WILL SEE HOW GREAT YOU ARE, GOD. YES,

LORD. WE HONOR YOU TODAY. WE WELCOME YOU IN THIS PLACE. YES.

AND OUR LOVE FOR YOU, MY LORD, IS PURE. YES, LORD. IT'S

HONORABLE. AND LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. THANK YOU,

JESUS. AS OUR GOD. AND EVERYBODY THAT LOVES HIM SAID. AMEN! WOW,

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR AN ALMOST SNOWY SUNDAY. DID YOU HEAR THAT

OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, NOT

THAT MY NIECE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S 15 OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? ARE YOU

15? THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. NOW LET ME SEE IF ADULTS CAN HAVE THAT

CHILDLIKE FAITH. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY LOVE GOD

SAID. AMEN. THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, GREAT JOB. AND EVEN

THIS SECTION I NEVER HEAR IS GREAT. SO ANYWAY, GOOD MORNING.

HOW MANY OF YOU, YOU WOKE UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO

SNOW LATER. DID YOU NOTICE I SAID LATER? SO WE'RE GONNA BE

FINE, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU VENTURED OUT. YOU GOT

YOUR, I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU GET YOUR HUSKY DOGS AND

YOUR SLEDS READY? NO. NO, NO? THIS'LL ALL BE BEHIND

US IN 2 DAYS. THAT'S ALL WE'RE FOCUSED ON.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

I THINK THAT'S THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS WINTER IS I'VE

NEVER SEEN IT SO WARM, BUT I MEAN, I'M NOT COMPLAINING,

BELIEVE ME. BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST LIKE, GETS LIKE

SNOW AGAIN. I MEAN, WE JUST NEED SOME NORMALCY. WELL, LISTEN, I

WANNA WELCOME THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, ESPECIALLY IN A

SUNNY PART OF THE WORLD. WE HONOR YOU TODAY AND WE'RE

THINKING ABOUT YOU, BUT HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE. FOR YOU THAT

LIVE IN THE SUNNY CLIMATES, BRENDA, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

IT ALWAYS HAS SNAKES, ALWAYS HAS SPIDERS, SCORPIONS, ALWAYS HAS

SWEAT AND HUMIDITY, ALWAYS HAVE HEAT. RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. SO...

SEE, I LIKE NEBRASKA. EVERYTHING WITH 8 LEGS DIES IN NOVEMBER.

IT'S ALL GOOD. WE GOT POSITIVES HERE. THERE YOU GO. SO WE GREET

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE'RE SO HONORED THAT

YOU JOINED US. TELL US WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE

YOU'RE AT. IN FACT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE PRETTY STRONG WINDS

HERE TODAY. MAYBE IT'S NICE, SUNNY. LET US KNOW, I ALWAYS

LIKE TO READ THOSE COMMENTS. BUT YOU ARE PREACHING TODAY, SO YOU

WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE. YEAH, SHE'S MY

FAVORITE PREACHER, BY THE WAY. OH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT

THAT. BUT HERE'S THE THING, I'M GONNA SHARE A MESSAGE TODAY. YOU

KNOW, WE'VE GOT SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, BUT I JUST FELT SO

PASSIONATE ABOUT. IT'S KIND OF A TOPIC THAT WE DON'T TEACH ON IN

CHURCH, I THINK, THAT MUCH, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD. AND WE'RE

GONNA TALK ABOUT BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES THAT APPLY TO THE

INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WOW, I'M EXCITED. AND THE REASON I

WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT IS, DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE THE CHURCH SHOULD

BE THE GUIDE, NOT THE WORLD? I DO, I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED, IF

WE LEARNED ANYTHING IN THE LAST 6 YEARS, IS THAT THE CHURCH

SHOULD BE THE FORERUNNER, THE FOREFRONT, NOT THE WORLD

STANDARD BEING THE NORM. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT

THAT. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I

THINK THAT'S A GREAT MESSAGE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T

THINK OF IT, BRENDA, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WELL,

LISTEN, I GOT BACK FROM IDAHO. HOW MANY WERE ABLE TO SEE

FLASHPOINT LIVE? IDAHO. OKAY, A FEW OF YOU DID. THERE WERE A LOT

OF HANDS. I SAW A LOT OF HANDS. BEFORE WE WORSHIP THE LORD, I

GOTTA TELL YOU, WE WENT INTO A COFFEE SHOP. SO THIS WAS A

COFFEE SHOP, IDAHO, WENT INTO A COFFEE SHOP, AND EVERYBODY'S

WEARING A MASK. AND SO WE GET UP TO THE COUNTER TO GET READY TO

ORDER SOME COFFEE. AND THEY SAID, "BEFORE WE GIVE YOU THIS

COFFEE," THEY HANDED ME A MASK. I SAID, "WHAT'S THIS FOR?" THEY

SAID, "THIS IS A COUGHING FILTER."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

COUGHING. IT'S A COUGHING FILTER. THAT SOUNDED LIBERAL.

DID YOU HEAR ALL THE MUSIC'S GOING DOWNHILL? ALL RIGHT, AND

WITH THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE CHURCH. WE SHOULD HAVE

CHURCH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE LAST, LET'S PROPHESY THE LAST

COLD, SNOWY DAY OF THE WINTER IN NEBRASKA. I'M SPEAKING

IT AND BELIEVING IT. SO LET'S THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO

HEAVEN. SAY, LORD, IT'S AWESOME TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. I

THANK YOU, LORD, YOU'RE GONNA MOVE IN THIS PLACE,

LET YOUR ANOINTING FILL THE ROOM, AND I ASK YOU, LORD,

TO TOUCH MY LIFE. AND I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU,

ARE YOU READY? MY VERY BEST PRAISE. LET'S PRAISE THE

LORD THIS MORNING. COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM A SHOUT OF

PRAISE THIS MORNING. OUR GOD IS IN CONTROL, AMEN.

(WORSHIP MUSIC)

NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE,

WE KNOW HE'S STILL ON THE THRONE.

(WORSHIP MUSIC)

OUR GOD IS IN CONTROL

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OH OUR GOD IS IN CONTROL

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WHOA-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH-OH. SO WE SAY. LET GOD ARISE

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OH GOD, YOU REIGN. OH GOD, YOU REIGN. OH GOD, YOU REIGN. YOU

REIGN, YOU REIGN, YOU REIGN. YOU REIGN, YOU REIGN, YOU REIGN.

(WORSHIP MUSIC)

NOBODY LIKE YOU. NOBODY LIKE YOU.

(WORSHIP MUSIC)

IS ANYONE WORTHY? IS ANYONE WHOLE?

(WORSHIP MUSIC)

NOBODY LIKE YOU JESUS. NOBODY

LIKE MY KING. NOBODY LIKE MY LORD

(WORSHIP MUSIC)

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

ALL OVER THE WORLD. WORSHIP HIM. WE SING TO YOUR HONOR, KING OF

KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE LIFT UP OUR

HEARTS OF ADORATION, MASTER. YOURS. WE SING TO BRING

EXALTATION TO YOU, GOD. WE LIFT OUR HEART OF HONOR, OF WORSHIP,

OF LOVE. WE SING TO YOU, OUR GOD, OUR KING, BOWING OUR HEARTS

BEFORE YOU, MASTER. YESHUA, YESHUA. OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU. HOW

WE WORSHIP AND HONOR YOU. HOW WE HONOR YOU, GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

WE WORSHIP YOU. OH, GOD, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. WE LOVE YOU AND

HONOR YOU. FOR THERE IS NO ONE WORTHY AMONG MEN, AMONG THINGS

CREATED BOTH VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, OR THAT HAS EVER BEEN

CREATED. THERE'S NO, NOTHING, NO ONE AS WORTHY AS YOU, OUR GOD

AND OUR KING. HOW WE LOVE YOU. LORD, WE BRING OUR HEARTS TO YOU

TODAY. A FRESH COMMITMENT TO NOT JUST DECLARE THAT YOU ARE LORD,

BUT TO LIVE AS YOU, OUR GOD IS LORD. WITH SURRENDER, WITH

SACRIFICE, WITH HONOR, OBEDIENCE, AND WITH GREAT LOVE

IN OUR HEARTS TO YOU. GOD, WE MAKE A FRESH COMMITMENT, NOT OUR

WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE. WE COME WITH A FRESH COMMITMENT TO

GIVE ALL OF OUR HEART TO YOU AND ALL OF OUR SOUL, MIND, AND OUR

STRENGTH TO PURSUE YOU WITH GREAT PASSION AND AN HONESTY IN

OUR HEART OF GREAT HONOR TO YOU OUR GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. OH HOW

WE WORSHIP YOU. OUR GOD AND OUR KING. I WANT YOU TO PLACE YOUR

HAND IF YOU NEED HEALING TODAY. SOMETIMES JESUS WOULD LAY HANDS

ON THE SICK AND OTHER TIMES HE WOULD JUST SPEAK THE WORD. HE'S

THE HEALER, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE

FACING TODAY. HE'S THE ONE THAT HEALS. HE'S THE ONE THAT IS

WORTHY. AND THERE IS A VOICE THAT SPEAKS. IT'S THE VOICE OF

HIS BLOOD, YESHUA'S BLOOD. AND IT SPEAKS MERCY AND GRACE AND

HELP. IT SPEAKS HEALING AND WHOLENESS AND LONG LIFE. BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT HE PAID FOR. THROUGH HIS DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND

ASCENSION TO BE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. OUR FATHER,

HIS FATHER. SO LORD, I PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON NOW IN THE SOUND OF

MY VOICE. MAYBE THEY'RE STANDING, LORD, IN THE GAP FOR

SOMEBODY, OR MAYBE IT'S THEIR OWN LIFE. WE REMIND YOU, YESHUA,

OF THAT PRECIOUS BLOOD THAT YOU CARRIED INTO THE HOLY PLACE ONCE

AND FOR ALL. AND IT WAS NOT THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND GOATS OR

CALVES, BUT YOUR OWN BLOOD THAT YOU SACRIFICED. AND THE FATHER

SAW YOU AS YOU ENTERED IN, CARRYING YOUR BLOOD THAT YOU

GAVE SO WILLINGLY. AND HE LOOKED AT YOU, YESHUA, WITH YOUR BLOOD,

AND HE CALLED YOU GOD, AND HE HANDED YOU A SCEPTER, A SCEPTER

OF KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, A SCEPTER OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SAID, "SIT THOU AT MY RIGHT HAND, AND ALL

THY ENEMIES FOREVER WILL BE AND SHALL BE THY FOOTSTOOL." AND

YESHUA, YOU SAT DOWN AND YOU ESTABLISHED AN ETERNAL COVENANT

OF PEACE. NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN OF THAT COVENANT.

EVERYTHING WAS PROVIDED. IT'S WHY YESHUA, YOU SAID IT IS

FINISHED. AND NOW THAT COVENANT HAS BEEN SEALED AND RATIFIED.

AND LET THE REDEEMED, I AM THE REDEEMED, AND I SAY SO ON BEHALF

OF THE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE REDEEMED THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE IN THE

SOUND OF MY VOICE, OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY, DESTRUCTION,

SICKNESS, DISEASE, PAIN, TRAGEDY, CALAMITY. LORD, EVEN

YOU'VE REDEEMED THEM OUT OF THE HANDS OF WITCHCRAFT AND

DIVINATION. THEY'RE BLESSED. NOW I CLAIM ON THEIR BEHALF, ALL

THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, BENEFITS, MANIFESTATION OF OUR

COVENANT TOGETHER. AND MAY IT BE ENFORCED AND THROUGH THE BLOOD

OF SPRINKLING, LET IT BE APPLIED UPON THEM AND FOR THEM AND TO

THEM. THAT DRIVES OUT ANYTHING THAT IS OF SICKNESS OR DISEASE,

ANY SYMPTOMS, ANY PAIN. AND LORD, IT ESTABLISHES A PERMANENT

COVENANT BOUNDARY LYING UPON THEM, FOR THEM, AROUND THEM,

EVEN THEIR VEHICLES, THEIR HOMES, THEIR LIVES, THEY'RE

COMING IN, THEY'RE GOING OUT, THEY'RE IN BETWEEN, THEY ARE

BLESSED AND PRESERVED. NOW I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS, SAY, GOD,

I RECEIVE THAT. I'M BLESSED. YOUR COVENANT IS ENFORCED IN MY

LIFE, AND I HONOR YOU. AMEN. WOW. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY

THIS TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, DON'T EVER LOSE HOPE.

DON'T LOSE HOPE. BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR COVENANT

IS VICTORY. SO THAT MEANS YOU CAN SUCCEED IN LIFE, YOU CAN BE

BLESSED IN LIFE, AMEN. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU

GREET SOMEBODY AROUND YOU, AND SAY, "I BET I KNOW WHAT NEXT

SUNDAY'S FORECAST IS, AND I BET IT'S BETTER THAN THIS."

(LAUGHS)

ALL RIGHT, WE GREET YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY. WE SEND OUR LOVE

TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR FRIENDSHIP. E-MEMBERS, WE

CALL YOU BLESSED AS WELL, AND WE DECLARE THAT THE GOODNESS OF GOD

IS SMILING DOWN ON YOU, AND THE KISS OF GOD HAS RELEASED

BLESSINGS ABUNDANT UPON YOU AND FOR YOU.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING THIS MORNING?

HOPEFULLY YOU ONLINE ARE WARM WHEREVER YOU ARE, AND IT'S NOT

WINDY IN YOUR LIVING ROOM. BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF WINDY HERE.

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET A LITTLE SNOW LATER.

(SIGHS)

BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, LIKE, 80 BY TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, SO

SHORT-LIVED. IT'S THE BEAUTY OF, UH, OMAHA IN MARCH. THE WEATHER

JUST CHANGES, LIKE, ON A DIME. AND I'M SURE IT DOES IN A LOT OF

THE PLACES OUT THERE THAT YOU'RE WATCHING, SO. WELL, IF THIS IS

YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING WITH US, I'M GLAD YOU BRAVED THE

WEATHER. IF IT IS YOUR FIRST TIME, MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE A

BLUE GIFT BAG. THEY HAVE, THE USHERS HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR

YOU. IF YOU WOULD JUST WAVE YOUR HAND AT ONE OF THEM, THEY WILL

GET YOU ONE. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S SOME GOODIES

WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY

PACKET. HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. SO

PLEASE PULL THAT OUT AT THIS TIME. AND THERE'S A

STATE-CONNECTED CARD ON THE LEFTHAND SIDE. TEAR THAT OFF,

FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY

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

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

LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK.LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, ONE VOICE TV,

WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. ANY OF THOSE

PLATFORMS UP THERE YOU CAN WATCH US ON, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO

GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET OR DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APP TO

YOUR DEVICES BECAUSE YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO ALL THIS OTHER GREAT

CONTENT, NOT ONLY SERVICES, BUT YOU CAN WATCH GET REAL WITH

HANK, DAY OF THE DECREE, NEW LEVEL, GAME CHANGERS, AND MANY,

MANY MORE. WATCH ALL THOSE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER

FOR YOU OUT THERE. SO BE SURE TO GET CONNECTED WITH US THERE. YOU

CAN ALSO CHAT WITH ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WATCHING ON ONE VOICE TV,

EITHER ON THE WEBSITE OR ON THE APP. SO PLEASE GET CONNECTED

WITH US ON ONE VOICE TV. IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR

GUESTS HERE AN ONLINE HAND. AS PASTOR HANK COMES. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WANNA

START OFF BY NEXT SUNDAY, WE HAVE OUR GUEST SPEAKER, PASTOR

CHE AHN IS HERE. HE'S NEVER BEEN TO THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S

EVER BEEN TO OMAHA, BUT YOU KNOW, HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR

OF CALIFORNIA. SO THAT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE HIM COME. ALSO,

FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE HOUSTON AREA, I'LL BE MINISTERING FRIDAY

NIGHT AT JOAN HUNTER'S CONFERENCE. COME ON OUT AND

CHECK IT OUT. IT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER

TOGETHER. HOW'S THAT SOUND? AND THEN I ALSO WANNA REMIND YOU ON

TUESDAY, I'LL BE ON ELIJAH'S STREAMS, AND WE'RE GONNA BREAK

DOWN SOME MORE PROPHETIC WORDS, SO THAT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN. AND

THEN THAT NIGHT, FLASHPOINT. AND WEDNESDAY, I KNOW THAT PASTOR

SHANE AND CHRISSY ARE GONNA KINDA DO PART 2 OF THEIR

TEACHING THAT THEY HAD LAST TIME, AND THAT'LL BE REALLY GOOD

AS WELL. ALSO, I WANNA MENTION, HOW MANY OF YOU LADIES ARE

ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

THAT IS REALLY GOOD. THERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU CAN REGISTER

TODAY, APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH. THERE'S THE SPEAKER

INFORMATION. REGISTRATION IS FREE. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT

YOU'RE COMING. AND I HEARD THAT YOU ALL ARE GONNA HAVE LUNCH

TOO, SO ISN'T THAT AMAZING? YEAH, WE FOUND SOME BREAD BOXES

THAT WE HAD THAT WERE LEFT OVER FROM THE 2006 WOMEN'S

CONFERENCE, AND SO WE'RE JUST GONNA PRAY OVER 'EM. NOT REALLY,

SOME OF YOU ARE GONNA THINK ONLINE THAT I'M TELLING THE

TRUTH ON THAT. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. I AM. ALL RIGHT, HOW

MANY MEN, MEN'S CONFERENCE MEN DO I HAVE? LET ME HEAR YOU.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

MAN, THAT WAS WEAK. WHEN THE WOMEN OUTDO YOU, IT MEANS

YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN GOING. DOUG, GO AHEAD AND

CANCEL THE MEN'S MEETING. I MEAN, I MEAN, ALL RIGHT. LET

ME, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE. HOW MANY OF YOU

KNOW, MEN? MARCH 28, 2026, MEN'S MINISTRY MEETING.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

ALL RIGHT, THE MEN'S MINISTRY MEETING IS BACK ON.

(LAUGHING)

HERE YOU GO. WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH BREAKFAST AND THEN

WE'RE GONNA MOVE RIGHT INTO THE AUDITORIUM HERE AND WE'VE

GOT A LITTLE DANCE FLOOR WITH SOME LIKE DISCO CAN LIGHT. IT

ROTATES THE DISCO BALL. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME NONWORD

MUSIC, BUT WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT? NOT INSTRUMENTAL IN

DISCO, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, SHANE?

(AUDIENCE MUMBLING)

OH, YOU WERE RIGHT, WHO WAS RIGHT? WHO SAID IT? YOU WERE

RIGHT, WILLIE. OKAY, INSTRUMENTAL SOUNDTRACK, HOW'S

THAT SOUND? AND SO GET YOUR BEST DANCE MOVES OUT. WE DO HAVE A

CHIROPRACTOR IN THE CHURCH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND HE'LL HELP

US OUT. AND THEN I'M GONNA PREACH A GREAT WORD. IT'S GONNA

BE FANTASTIC. YOU'RE GONNA REALLY LIKE IT. WE'LL MINISTER

TO YA, AND WE SHOULD HAVE YA OUTTA HERE BY NOON SO YOU CAN

TAKE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON OFF WITHOUT HONEYDEW FROM THE

WIFE. SO WE'LL BE SENDING A LETTER OUT TO ALL THE LADIES.

JUST GIVE YOU THE AFTERNOON OFF. HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS COULD GRUNT

AT THAT? ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL SEE YOU THERE. CRAIG, ARE YOU

COMING? GOOD, SEE CRAIG WILL BE THERE. HE'S GONNA DANCE TOO.

THAT'S WORTH COMING FOR. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU

READY? IT'S OFFERING TIME. NOW THAT'S NOT BAD. ARE YOU READY

ONLINE? PUT THE LITTLE HANDS TOGETHER, IT'S OFFERING TIME. I

WANNA SHARE A SCRIPTURE, I WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH SOMETHING THAT

PASTOR BRENDA HAD TAUGHT. AND I HAVE BEEN SERVING GOD SINCE 1984

AND BEEN IN THE MINISTRY ALMOST 40 YEARS. I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE

YOU MY RESUME, IT'S JUST I HAD NEVER, I NEVER SAW, NEVER SEEN,

WHAT'S THE CORRECT ENGLISH, ALL YOU ENGLISH PEOPLE? NEVER SAW,

THANK YOU, I NEVER SAW. ME AND GRAMMY DIDN'T DO WELL IN GRAMMAR

SCHOOL. BUT ANYWAY, I NEVER SAW THIS BEFORE. LOOK AT LUKE

Luke 6:38

CHAPTER 6 , VERSE 38. THIS IS SO POWERFUL. NOTICE THE FIRST

THING, IF YOU WANNA ALIGN YOURSELF FOR BLESSING, GIVE.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING IN THIS VERSE BECAUSE SOMETIMES

WE WAIT ON GOD TO BLESS US. BUT HOW MANY KNOW THAT THE BLESSING

COMING INTO GREATER BLESSING, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

ISN'T ALWAYS DEPENDENT ON GOD ALONE? HOW MANY KNOW YOU HAVE TO

DO SOMETHING TOO? RIGHT? I KNOW PEOPLE THAT WANT GOD TO BLESS

THEM, BUT THEY DON'T EVEN DO THE FIRST PART. THEY DON'T EVEN

GIVE, THEY GET MAD. THAT'S ALL CHURCH IS TALKING ABOUT IS

MONEY. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. HOW DO CHURCHES

FUNCTION WITHOUT IT? IT CAN'T JUST BE FREE ZONE, RIGHT? I

MEAN, IT'S GOTTA HAVE SOME KIND OF SYSTEM OR ECONOMY THAT HELPS

TO KEEP IT OPERATING. THAT'S WHY WHEN GOD WAS BUILDING THE

TABERNACLE WITH MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS, HE PUT A FINANCIAL

SYSTEM IN PLACE, RIGHT? BRING YOUR BEST, AND WHERE DID THEY

GET THEIR ECONOMY? REMEMBER THAT BEFORE THEY LEFT, THEY WERE

SLAVES IN EGYPT. THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOORS AND DEMANDED FROM THE

EGYPTIANS THAT THEY RELEASE THEIR STUFF. AND GOD KNEW IF HE

WAS TO HAVE AN ECONOMY, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTION OF

THE CHURCH FOR THE PEOPLE, THERE HAD TO BE A FINANCIAL FLOW.

SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE. I WANNA SHOW YOU

SOMETHING REALLY POWERFUL. GIVE, AND I LIKE WHAT MY WIFE

POINTED OUT, IT SHALL BE, UNDERLINE THOSE 3 WORDS, IT

SHALL BE. YOU CAN SAY IT THIS WAY, THE HTL

TRANSLATION, HANK TRANSLATION, GIVE, AND IT'S A FACT, JACK.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

IS IT THE WEATHER THAT NOBODY'S LAUGHING TODAY? GIVEN, IT SHALL

BE GIVEN UNTO YOU. IN OTHER WORDS, IT SHALL BE, IT'S A FACT,

JACK. MARK IT DOWN, TAKE IT TO THE BANK. IT WILL BE GIVEN, BUT

NOTICE WHAT IS THE STIPULATION. YOU GOTTA GIVE, YOU GOTTA GIVE

CONSISTENTLY. NOW, NOBODY'S TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT GIVING

IS. THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND GOD. GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN. AND

THEN GOD SAYS THIS, JESUS IS SPEAKING, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD

MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, RUNNING OVER, SHALL

MEN GIVE BACK INTO YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE, WATCH

THIS, THAT YOU MEET, IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AGAIN. NOW STOP

RIGHT THERE, WHAT'S JESUS TRYING TO TELL US? IF WE VIOLATE NUMBER

ONE, WE'RE STINGY, WE DON'T GIVE, WE GIVE SPARINGLY OR

SCARCELY, THEN IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE LAST PART OF THE VERSE. IT'S

GONNA AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF RETURN, THE AMOUNT OF BLESSING

IN RETURN. SO HOW MANY OF YOU SEE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO

WITH THE MEASURE OF BLESSING? YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH

WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA HAVE GOOD MEASURE PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN

TOGETHER, OR A LITTLE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE. "OH,

LOOK AT THAT CAR, LOOK AT THAT HOUSE, "LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT

THIS, LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THAT. "YOU KNOW, I'M JUST

TELLING YOU." WELL, CHECK THEIR TITHE RECORDS. CHECK THEIR

GIVING. I NEVER GET MAD AT PEOPLE. I'M NOT THERE TO ARGUE

OVER SOMEONE'S BLESSING. I JUST KNOW MY OWN LIFE. I KNOW MY OWN

LIFE. WHEN BRENDA AND I WERE MARRIED 37 YEARS AGO, HOW MUCH

WE HAD TO TAKE THAT AND PRACTICE THAT WORD. WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE

ANYTHING, WE FOUND SOMETHING TO GIVE. WASN'T ALWAYS MONEY. IT

WAS SOMETIMES FOOD, SOMETIMES CLOTHING, SOMETIMES IT WAS OUR

TIME, BUT WE DID WHATEVER WE COULD TO KEPT GIVING AND GIVING

AND GIVING. I GAVE CARS AWAY, FOOD AWAY, RIGHT? WENT AND FOUND

COINS ANYWHERE I COULD AND GAVE THEM AWAY IF I DIDN'T HAVE

ANYTHING. NOTICE WHAT JESUS SAID, "THE MEASURE THAT YOU

GIVE." NOW, IT'S NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I JUST DON'T HAVE

MILLIONS. WELL, IF YOU'RE A MILLIONAIRE AND YOU ONLY GIVE A

DOLLAR IN THE OFFERING, JESUS POINTED THAT OUT. THAT'S WHY HE

DIDN'T STOP THE WOMAN WHEN SHE HAD 2 MITES. 'CAUSE HE REALIZED

THROUGH THE MEASURE THAT YOU GIVE, IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO

YOU AGAIN. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. HE KNEW

THAT IF HE GAVE THE LAST THAT SHE HAD, THAT THE MEASURE BACK

TO HER WOULD BE THAT SHE PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE IN THAT

SITUATION AGAIN. IT WOULD BREAK SOMETHING AND RELEASE A WHOLE

NEW MEASURE. HOW MANY ARE READY TO COME INTO THAT KIND OF

BLESSING? ALL RIGHT, BUT IT SHALL BE. AND I'LL SAY THIS LAST

THING, IT'S CALLED THE LAWS OF GIVING AND RECEIVING, JUST LIKE

THE LAWS OF GRAVITY. THERE'S NATURAL LAWS IN THE EARTH,

RIGHT? YOU PLANT A SEED, SOMETHING WILL GROW. IT'S THE

SAME WAY IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM. IF YOU GIVE ACCORDING TO JESUS,

IT WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU. GOOD MEASURE, PRESS DOWN, SHAKE

IT TOGETHER, RUNNING OVER. AND THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU GIVE,

IF YOU GIVE NOTHING, YOU'RE GONNA GET NOTHING. IF YOU HAVE A

LOT AND YOU GIVE LITTLE, YOU'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BACK. IF YOU

DON'T HAVE A LOT, BUT YOU GIVE A LOT, YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT IN

RETURN. GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND INCREASE YOU,

AMEN? ALL RIGHT, THE GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN.

THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE, ENVELOPE, WE GOT WEBSITE,

MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, MAILING. THEY GOT A SCAN QR CODE

WHERE YOU COULD SCAN ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TITHES AND YOUR

OFFERINGS. YOU KNOW, I SAW MANY OF YOU AS I WAS OUT IN THE

HALLWAY AT IDAHO THIS LAST WEEK, AND YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE

TABERNACLE HERE BECAUSE YOU HELPED TO BUILD IT THROUGH YOUR

TITHES AND YOUR OFFERINGS, SAME WITH YOU. AND I JUST WANNA SAY

THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF BRENDA AND I AND THIS MINISTRY, BUT

ALSO WE WANNA HONOR GOD. AND I TELL YOU, WHEN PEOPLE COME

TOGETHER AND THEY'RE OBEDIENT TO GIVE, LOOK AROUND. LOOK AT THE

BLESSING OF WHAT GOD AND THE PEOPLE DO IN OBEDIENCE. AND SO

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR

GIVING. AND WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO DO. WE'RE WORKING ON A

LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT WE'RE JUST PRAYING IT

THROUGH. WE'RE WAITING, WE'RE TRUSTING GOD. WE'RE ASKING GOD A

LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND I'LL TELL YOU, I HAVE IN MY HEART, MAN, I

REALLY WANT TO RAISE UP SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN, I'VE

BEEN SAYING TO GOD, I WANNA MENTOR THE NEXT GENERATION. AS I

GET READY TO HIT 60 IN MAY, I SAID, GOD, I WANNA SHIFT OVER

INTO TRAINING MINISTERS. THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO. AND SO WE'RE

GONNA KEEP WORKING HARD FOR THAT VISION. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL,

BEFORE YOU STAND AND PRAY, HOW MANY OF YOU STILL FILLING OUT

YOUR OFFERING AND ALL THAT AND THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, HOPEFULLY

YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME. I DO WANNA DO THIS, SO MAKE SURE THAT

YOU'VE GOT, HOW MANY OF YOU'VE GOT YOUR REGULAR TITHES AND

OFFERINGS IN, YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN WAVE YOUR HAND ONLINE. I DO

WANNA DO THIS, IN FACT, IN THIS AUDITORIUM, I WANNA GIVE YOU

ANOTHER ENVELOPE BECAUSE I WANNA RECEIVE ANOTHER OFFERING FOR

SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY, OR THURSDAY THAT I WANNA

BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOUR HELP FOR

SOMETHING. SO WHAT YOU'RE GIVING TO NOW, THE GIVING INFORMATION

IS THERE, THE APP. THIS IS ONE VOICE MINISTRIES. THIS IS FOR

ALMOST 40 YEARS. THIS IS BRENDA'S AND MY TRAVELING

MINISTRY THAT STARTED BEFORE WE HAD A CHURCH, RIGHT? THIS IS THE

CHILDREN'S BOOK MINISTRY THAT STARTED WITH THE BOOKS. IT'S THE

MEDIA MINISTRY, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S OVTV. AND WE ARE LOOKING

FOR PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP WITH THE VERY THINGS THAT I TALKED

ABOUT. WE NEED SOME HELP TO GET THE REST OF THE ANIMATION DONE.

WE NEED HELP GETTING, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING CARE OF YOUR OWN

NETWORK. IT'S NOT CHEAP, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO KEEP THIS GOING.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD FUNDS HERE. BUT WHAT I

WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO START, AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ON

THURSDAY, I WANT TO START A TRAVEL THE WORLD FUND. AND I

WANT TO SPEAK TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND

THE WORLD. I'M GONNA ASK FOR YOUR HELP, AND YOU CAN GIVE

WHATEVER YOU WANT. I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING IN THE MINISTRY FOR 40

YEARS. I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF MILES ARE ON

THESE BONES. I'VE BEEN TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NATIONS, I'M

NOT GONNA TRY TO IMPRESS YOU WITH HOW MANY I'VE BEEN TO, BUT

I HAVE TRAVELED AND TRAVELED AND TRAVELED BY CAR. YEAH, I'VE BEEN

ON BOAT. I'VE BEEN ON LITTLE PLANES, BIG PLANES, BEEN THROUGH

THE PLAINS. I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE. THEY WROTE A SONG

ABOUT MY TRAVEL. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO PLAY A

VIOLIN. I'M JUST SAYING THAT I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING FOR A LONG,

LONG TIME. WELL, IN THE MEANTIME, GOD HAD ASKED ME TO

PASTOR. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TO JUGGLE WITH MY SCHEDULE

ON HOW DO I, 'CAUSE MY HONOR IS TO YOU, THE PEOPLE AND TO YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT'S WHY I DON'T GIVE VERY MANY SUNDAYS UP.

I TRY VERY HARD TO BE HERE. BUT FOLKS, AS YOU KNOW, I'M JUGGLING

A LOT. AND I THINK YOU SEE THE FRUIT OF WHAT WE'RE JUGGLING BY

THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU, THAT MINISTERS

TO YOU IN VARIOUS FORMS, WHETHER IT'S FLASHPOINT, WHETHER IT'S

MIDWEEK SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S PROPHETIC PULSE, PROPHETIC

SCHOOL, THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, BOOKS FOR ADULTS, SUNDAY

MESSAGES, BEING YOUR PASTOR AND INVOLVED, BEING INVOLVED IN THE

COMMUNITY, AND THE LIST GOES ON. WELL THURSDAY, I WAS SCHEDULED

OUT OF EPLEY AIRFIELD TO FLY TO BOISE, IDAHO, AND AS I WAS

GETTING READY TO GO TO THE AIRPORT, I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT

SAY TO ME, "HANK, CHECK YOUR PHONE." AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T

NEED TO CHECK MY PHONE. AND I HEARD IT AGAIN, "CHECK YOUR

PHONE." AND I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, JANET, I

THOUGHT YOU HAD HANDED ME THE BOARDING PASSES. AND SO, BUT SHE

HANDED ME THE ITINERARY, SO I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CHECKING

IN. SO ANYWAY, I GET ON, I CHECK IN TO THE FLIGHT, AND IT'S

DELAYED 10 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES. AND THE HUB, IT WOULDN'T EVEN

GET ME INTO BOISE, IDAHO UNTIL LATE. WE STARTED CHECKING AROUND

OTHER AIRLINES. IT WASN'T A MATTER OF AIRLINES, IT'S THE

MATTER, OR ONE PARTICULAR AIRLINE, IT'S A MATTER OF THE

AIRLINES. THEY ARE CRAZY, THE LINES ARE LONG, THE AIRLINES ARE

IN A MESS. AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN FLYING LATELY, AND YOU

CAN RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, EITHER

YOUR FLIGHT'S BEEN DELAYED, YOUR FLIGHT'S BEEN CANCELED. HOW MANY

HAS HAD THAT HAPPEN, LONG LINES? THE DIFFERENCE IS I CAN'T AFFORD

WITH MY SCHEDULE AND WHAT I'M DOING TO BE YOUR PASTOR HERE, TO

BE YOUR PASTOR, TO FIGHT WITH GOD, TO FIGHT, I'M NOT FIGHTING

WITH HIM, BUT TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE WITH GOD, TO FIGHT FOR YOUR

CHILDREN ALONGSIDE OF YOU, TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY ALONGSIDE

OF YOU, TO BE STUCK IN AN AIRPORT SOMEWHERE AND BE GONE

FOR 3 , 4 DAYS, OR NOT GET BACK FOR SUNDAY. AND SO I STARTED

CHECKING AROUND AND THINKING, HOW AM I GONNA GET TO

FLASHPOINT? IT HAD ME ARRIVING AT 1130 AT NIGHT, BOISE, IDAHO.

AND I SAID, BRENDA, I'M GONNA MAKE AN EXECUTIVE DECISION. SHE

SAID, WHAT'S THAT? I SAID, I'M GONNA HAVE AMY CALL, I'M GONNA

CHARTER A JET. BECAUSE I AM SO DEDICATED TO GOD, AND I AM SO

DEDICATED TO YOU, THE PEOPLE, AND I AM DEDICATED TO THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA AND TO FIGHT FOR IT. I SAID, BRENDA, I FEEL

LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AT ALL COSTS. I KNOW WE'RE PAYING A

LOT OF MONEY HERE, BUT BRENDA, I AM PRESSED. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,

WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS WAS PRESSED TO GO TO JERUSALEM, I

FELT PRESSED THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS. I DON'T NEED ANOTHER THING

TO DO. THAT'S NOT WHY I DO IT. IT'S BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO BE

OBEDIENT ALONGSIDE OF YOU AND WITH YOU. AND IF YOU KNOW ME,

THERE'S NO QUIT IN ME. I HAVEN'T QUIT. I KEEP PRESSING. SO I

CHARTERED A FLIGHT, BUT THANK YOU. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. AND

YES, I LOVED IT. I GOT THERE, AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THURSDAY

NIGHT, AND THEN FRIDAY MORNING, AND THEN FLY BACK. AND I WAS

VERY APPRECIATIVE. FOLKS, WE GOT TO GET A TRAVEL FUND TOGETHER.

SO I HAD A TALK. I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.

THEY SAID, NO, HANK, IT'S TIME. NOW LET ME JUST TALK A COUPLE

THINGS OUT, BECAUSE I WANT TO RECEIVE AN OFFERING TO START A

TRAVEL FUND. IS THAT GOOD? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. BECAUSE I

GOTTA BE READY AT ANY TIME, AND I'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO MAKE GOOD

STEWARDSHIP DECISIONS, OKAY, ON WHAT IS BEST FOR THE SCHEDULE

AND WHAT IS BEST TO GET ME THERE AND GET ME BACK THE QUICKEST.

NOW, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE SAYING, WELL, PASTOR HANK, I'VE

HEARD PROPHECIES THAT THIS MINISTRY IS SUPPOSED TO GET

THEIR OWN JET. HOW COME YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT? LET'S BE

HONEST, HAVING YOUR OWN JET IS VERY EXPENSIVE. YOU GOTTA HAVE

PILOTS, YOU GOTTA HAVE A HANGER, YOU GOTTA HAVE MAINTENANCE, YOU

GOTTA BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE JET, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO PAY TO

KEEP IT UP. IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I WELCOME THAT PROPHECY, I BELIEVE

THAT PROPHECY. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, "WITH WISE COUNSEL MAKE

WAR." SO I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OTHERS WHO OWN AIRPLANES, I HAVE

BEEN LOOKING AT IF IT'S REALISTIC OR NOT, IF THIS IS

SMART, AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS. THE REASON I WENT BY A JET IS

BECAUSE IF YOU GO WITH OTHER AIRPLANES, AND I SEE A PILOT OUT

THERE, YOU KNOW THIS, YOU CAN'T FLY WHAT'S CALLED A FAIR WEATHER

PLANE. THAT'S BASED ON WHATEVER THE WEATHER IS. JETS CAN FLY

ABOVE THAT STUFF AND GET YOU THERE QUICK AND GET YOU THERE

BACK. AND SO I SAY THAT, I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT

GETTING WITH HAVING YOUR OWN AIRPLANE. I RECEIVED THOSE

PROPHECIES, BUT IT ALSO SAYS THIS, BEFORE YOU BUILD

SOMETHING, YOU NEED TO COUNT THE COSTS. AND I'VE BEEN COUNTING

THE COSTS. IN FACT, I'VE BEEN LOGGING FLIGHTS AND FIGURING

OUT, I'VE CALLED DIFFERENT PILOTS, I'VE CALLED A PARTICULAR

PERSON I KNOW THAT WORKS FOR THE FAA AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT,

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO TRY TO

GAIN WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, AND TO KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT WE'RE TO DO WHEN WE'RE TO DO IT. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA WRITE

IN COMMENTS OR WHATEVER, WE'RE EXPLORING IT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT

TIME. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S STEWARDSHIP YET, I JUST DON'T.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, HEY, I KNOW A GUY, PASTOR HANK.

I APPRECIATE YOUR GUY. I DON'T KNOW HIM. I DON'T KNOW YOUR GUY.

JUST, WELL, YOU MIGHT SAY, YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE PILOTS

THAT ARE FLYING YOU. YEAH, THE DIFFERENCE IS I KNOW THE COMPANY

THAT I USED. THEY'RE A REPUTABLE COMPANY THAT ARE HELD TO VERY

HIGH STANDARDS OF MAINTAINING THEIR AIRCRAFT AND MAINTAINING

CERTAIN STANDARDS OF WHEN TO FLY, NOT TO FLY, THAT KIND OF

THING. AND THEY ALSO HAVE 2 PILOTS. I'VE HAD PEOPLE OFFER ME

A PLANE AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON. WELL, HEY, I AIN'T

FLYING IT IF YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GONNA THROW UP OR SOMETHING AND

YOU CAN'T FLY. WELL, WE GOT AUTOPILOT. SOMEBODY STILL NEEDS

TO LAND, IT AIN'T GONNA BE ME. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S

JUST NOT THERE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAVEL CHALLENGES. I'VE GONE

THROUGH TSA AND I'VE HAD OTHERS THAT SAY, "HEY MAN, I DON'T NEED

A CID, "THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR AMERICA." AND

THEN I'VE HAD OTHERS THAT TELL ME THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT I'M

DOING. AND THEY LOOK FOR EVERY WAY THEY CAN. I KNOW THEY

SHOULDN'T DO THIS TO TRY TO MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT. AND SO WE'RE

TRYING TO ROLL WITH IT, BY THE WAY, THE OTHER FLASHPOINT

GUESTS, THEY HAD THE SAME BOTTLENECK OF STUFF. SOME OF

THEM ALMOST DIDN'T GET THERE EITHER. SO I WANNA KEEP DOING

THIS. IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS VESSEL AT THE

DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GOING, THEN I'M GONNA CONTINUE

TO, LET'S PUT UP THE INFORMATION THERE. I WANNA START A TRAVEL

FUND. YOU SAY, WELL, HOW DO I DO THAT, PASTOR HANK? HOW CAN I BE

A HELP? LISTEN, YOU TALK TO GOD IN YOUR HEART. IF YOU FEEL

STIRRED, THERE'S AN ENVELOPE RIGHT HERE ON, CAN I ASK YOU TO

PICK UP THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE? EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND I ASK YOU

TO GIVE TODAY. IS THAT ASKING TOO MUCH? AND YOU SAY, WELL, I

DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GIVE, PASTOR HANK. WELL, THEN WILL YOU

TAKE IT WITH YOU AND PRAY OVER IT AND SEE IF GOD WOULD SPEAK TO

YOU DURING THE WEEK? I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT AS YOUR PASTOR.

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU DON'T HAVE AN

ENVELOPE, BUT YOU HAVE OUR WEBSITE, ONE VOICE MINISTRY,

MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE. I WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE

IT. NOW, HERE'S WHAT I ALWAYS DO. I WENT BEFORE GOD, PASTOR

BRENDA, COME ON. I WENT BEFORE GOD AND I SAID, LORD, JUST GIVE

ME A SCRIPTURE SO THAT I CAN SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE SOMETHING

OUT OF THE WORD THAT IS TRUE, THAT I CAN SHARE WITH THEM THAT

SOMETIMES A MINISTER DOES HAVE TO HAVE, WATCH THIS NOW, A

TRAVEL PLAN AND A TRAVEL VEHICLE THAT'S DEPENDABLE. LAST FEW

TIMES I'VE TRIED TO MAKE TRIPS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DEPENDABLE.

AND I ALMOST COULD NOT GET BACK HERE IN TIME OR I GET STUCK,

SOMETHING GETS DELAYED. HOW MANY KNOW THE STORY THERE? BUT I

WANNA SHOW YOU MARK CHAPTER 3 , VERSE 9 OUT OF THE NIV. NOTICE

Mark 3:9

WHAT JESUS INSTRUCTED, NO, IT'S NLT, EXCUSE ME. JESUS INSTRUCTED

HIS DISCIPLES TO WHAT? HAVE A BOAT, WHAT? SO THE CROWD WOULD

NOT CRUSH HIM. SO EVEN JESUS WAS CONCERNED ABOUT GOING TO CERTAIN

PORTS AND AIRPORTS AND THINGS. HE HAD TO HAVE SMARTS BECAUSE OF

WHERE HIS MINISTRY WAS AT AND HOW IT AFFECTED PEOPLE AND HOW

IT AFFECTED HIM AS A VESSEL, OKAY? I'VE HAD TIMES WHERE, BOY,

GO, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS JET, I WAS THERE, I WAS REFRESHED. I'VE

HAD OTHER TIMES THAT I HAVE TO GET UP, WAIT FOR GOD TO REFRESH

MY BODY AND STUFF AND MINISTER. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU A

SOFT SPOT, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE REALITY. JESUS REALIZED THAT

THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HE HAD TO CONSIDER. HE HAD TO HAVE A

BOAT READY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HAVE A VEHICLE READY, A METHOD

OF TRAVEL, AND HAVE A TRAVEL PLAN. AND THAT'S WHAT I FELT

INSTRUCTED TO DO. AMEN. CAN I SHARE SOMETHING WHILE YOU'RE

STILL HERE? IN FACT, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU. WELL,

YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT. AND YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY AND THEN START

YOUR MESSAGE. WELL, LET ME SAY THIS, BUT I WANT YOU TO STAY

HERE FOR THIS PART. I WANT TO TELL HIM ABOUT WHAT SOMETHING

BROTHER COPELAND SAID. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. NOW, WE HAVE FLOWN

SOME CHARTER FLIGHTS BEFORE, BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE. AND SO PASTOR

IS FRUGAL. SO THEN HE'S LIKE, WELL, I'D RATHER TAKE THIS

COMMERCIAL. IT COSTS A LOT. AND WE'VE TRIED TO GO BACK TO DOING

THAT, BUT BROTHER COPELAND HAD GIVEN US A WORD. WHAT WAS IT,

20? IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS AGO NOW. IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE COVID.

RIGHT BEFORE OR DURING, I FORGET NOW. WE WERE HAVING LUNCH WITH

HIM. WE WERE HAVING LUNCH AND HE STANDS UP, YOU KNOW HOW BROTHER

COPELAND IS, JANET, AND HE'S GOT THAT GRUFF VOICE. HE GOES, "HEY,

KUNNEMAN, I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING." AND HE STANDS UP AND

POINTS HIS FINGER. YOU KNOW, WHEN BROTHER COPELAND POINTS HIS

FINGER, YOU BETTER LISTEN, RIGHT? AND HE SAID, "YOUR DAYS

OF FLYING COMMERCIAL ARE OVER." AND THEN OF COURSE AND I FELT

THE SPIRIT OF GOD ON THE WORDS. I DID, I DID. BUT YOU KNOW, THEN

WE'RE LIKE, "WELL, HOW DO WE DO THAT, "LORD?" WELL, CHARTERING

IS A STEP TOWARD OWNING A PLANE. AND SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS KEEP

PASTOR ON THE PRIVATE JET AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND I BELIEVE

THAT. I'M GONNA START BELIEVING FOR IT ACTIVELY. I APPRECIATE

THAT, THANK YOU. I NEED YOU BACK HERE ON SUNDAY. I DIDN'T WANT

YOU STUCK IN AN AIRPORT SATURDAY AND MISS TODAY'S SERVICE. AND SO

I DON'T WANT HIM GOING COMMERCIAL BECAUSE HE CAN'T, IT

TAKES 2 DAYS ON EITHER SIDE. WELL, AND WE'RE NOT A HUB CITY.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. NO, OMAHA IS NOT. SO IT MEANS WE

HAVE TO GO TO THE HUB CITY. WE'RE JUST AN OUTPOST. SO NOW

YOU'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE HUB CITY IF THAT SCHEDULE'S ON TIME.

AND YOU GET IT. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE EDITED. SO HOW MANY

OF YOU WOULD BE HONORED TO HELP THE TRAVEL FUND? LET'S GET THAT

GOING AND HELP US OUT. AND BRENDA, I'M BELIEVING FOR A

LARGE AMOUNT TODAY SO THAT WE CAN JUST LOOK AT IT AND THEN

KIND OF DETERMINE BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND CHARTERING AND

HOW THINGS FLOW. WE'LL HAVE THE FUND READY AND WE'LL USE IT

WISELY. WE'LL BE SMART AND BE GOOD STEWARDS. AMEN. RIGHT?

GOOD, GOOD, LET'S DO IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. CAN YOU

PRAY OVER THE PEOPLE? LET'S STAND WITH OUR OFFERINGS.

HEAVENLY FATHER, FIRST OF ALL, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THOSE

THAT ARE TITHING AND GIVING THEIR OFFERINGS UNTO THE HOUSE

OF THE LORD, THAT THERE MAY BE MEAT IN YOUR HOUSE. AND LORD,

YOU SAID WHEN WE DO THAT, THAT YOU, OUR GOD, WOULD OPEN THE

WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, THAT YOU WOULD POUR BLESSINGS OUT UPON

THE PRECIOUS PEOPLE, AND THAT GOD, YOU WOULD EVEN REBUKE THE

DEVOURER OF GOD, THAT THEY WOULD COME INTO BLESSING AND

PROVISION. NOW, FATHER, I TRIED TO SHARE MY HEART IN ALL

INTEGRITY AND PURITY AND TRANSPARENCY. AND I BELIEVE THAT

YOU SHARED THE SCRIPTURE WITH ME, MARK 3, TO SHOW THAT JESUS

EVEN HAD CERTAIN CHALLENGES. AND I KNOW THAT, LORD, THAT HE HAD

TO HAVE A TRAVEL PLAN AND HAVE A TRAVEL VEHICLE READY. AND I FELT

INSTRUCTED AS THAT SCRIPTURE CAME TO ME TO PRESENT THAT TO

THE PEOPLE. AND I PRAY THAT THOSE THAT HAVE A WILLING HEART

AND THOSE THAT HEARD MY HEART, AND I BELIEVE EVEN HEARD YOUR

HEART, WILL RESPOND, LORD, THAT THEY'LL GIVE AS YOU DIRECT THEM,

AS YOU LEAD THEM. AND LORD, WE'LL HAVE A TRAVEL FUND AND

WE'LL BE GOOD STEWARDS OVER THAT FUND AND WE'LL BE WISE, LORD,

WITH THE GENEROSITY OF THE PEOPLE. AND THE GOODWILL OF YOU,

OUR GOD, WILL ALWAYS UPHOLD HONOR BEFORE YOU AND THE PEOPLE.

NOW LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE FOR THAT FUND. I'M

ASKING YOU TO FILL IT TO SURPLUS, THAT LORD WE CAN COME

AND GO AND BE REFRESHED AND BRING, LORD, I BELIEVE YOUR

PRESENCE AND YOUR WORD THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM YOUR HEART.

IT IS OUR HONOR TO SERVE YOU. THANK YOU GOD, AND I THANK THE

PEOPLE FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AMEN, AND

AMEN. ALL RIGHT, CAN WE DO OUR DECREE QUICKLY? ALL RIGHT, POP

IT UP ON THE SCREEN. LET'S GO. I THREW THEM OFF. THEY DIDN'T PUT

IT THERE. YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE IT READY. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS

AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,

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

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

FINISH. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED, EVEN IN THE

TRAVEL FUND, 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 THAT

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

DECREE MINISTRY, TRAVEL FUND, AND CAMPUS BE BUILT NOW. COME

ON, GIVE GOD A SHOUT AS HE ALSO SERVE YOU.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

AND OF COURSE, I'M MAKING THE EXECUTIVE DECISION WHEN PASTOR

GOES FRIDAY DOWN TO JOAN HUNTER'S EVENT, HE'S TAKING THE

PRIVATE JET. THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO THAT. I'M MAKING THAT, WE'RE

DOING IT, WE'RE DOING THAT. 'CAUSE HE NEEDS TO BE HERE NEXT

SUNDAY FOR CHE AHN, NOT IN HOUSTON, RIGHT? THAT'S GOOD. ALL

RIGHT, PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, THAT WAS GOOD, HONEY. THANK YOU

FOR SHARING THAT. AND YES, YOU GUYS ARE SUCH A BLESSING. WE'LL

GET IT DONE FOR GOD AND DO ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO. YOU

KNOW, GOD ALWAYS NEVER GIVES ASSIGNMENTS THAT HE DOESN'T

PROVIDE FOR. DON'T EVER FORGET THAT. GOD ALWAYS HAS PROVISION,

JUST BECAUSE, AND YOU MAY NOT THINK THE PROVISION IS THERE AT

THE MOMENT HE ASSIGNS IT. ISN'T THAT HOW GOD WORKS? BUT HE WILL

ALWAYS PROVIDE. SO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IN YOUR LIFE. AND

AREN'T YOU GLAD THOUGH THAT PASTOR CAN GO ON A WAY AND NOT

FINAGLE WITH THOSE AIRLINES? AND WE HAVE TO LET HIM KNOW. COME

ON, LET'S JUST LET HIM KNOW. WE LIKE YOU HERE ON SUNDAY. WE DO.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

YEAH, GIVE YOUR PASTOR A GREAT BIG HAND. TELL HIM

THANK YOU FOR BEING COMMITTED AND OBEDIENT.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

WE LOVE YOU. WE ALL LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT

YOU DO FOR GOD. I MEAN, I STAY HOME FROM THESE FLASHPOINTS

EVENTS AND PRAYING TONGUES, BUT HE'S OUT THERE BEATING THE

PAVEMENT AND I KNOW. SO, WELL, ANYWAY, WELL, LET'S GET INTO IT

TODAY. GUYS, KEEP ME POSTED A LITTLE BIT ON THE WEATHER. IT'S

STILL HANGING OUT GOOD OUT THERE. WE'RE ALL GOOD. I JUST

WANT EVERYBODY TO GET HOME SAFELY. AND IT MIGHT BE WINDY,

BUT WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SEND YOU OUT IN BLOWING SNOW. SO

KEEP ME POSTED IF THERE'S ANYTHING CRAZY. BUT LET'S GET

INTO IT TODAY. I WANT TO TALK THIS IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT

WORD. BUT I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.

NOW, SOCIAL MEDIA WELL, AND I GUESS WE COULD LUMP THE INTERNET

INTO. WE CAN LUMP INTERNET INTO IT. BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A

THING THAT'S KIND OF OVERTAKEN CULTURE. NOW, WE'RE NOT EVEN

LOOKING AT THE MAJOR NETWORKS TO GET OUR NEWS, WE'RE GETTING NEWS

THROUGH SOCIAL APPS. THINK ABOUT THAT. WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA FIRST

CAME OUT, FOR ME, I JUST REMEMBER IT BEING FACEBOOK, I

THINK THAT, AND THEN I THINK TWITTER CAME A LITTLE BIT AFTER

THAT, OR KIND OF THEY CAME RIGHT AT THE SAME POINT. AND I

REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME, IT WAS JUST KIND OF FUN.

YOU KNOW, SORT OF A LITTLE PASTIMEY THING. Y'ALL REMEMBER

THAT? AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WOULD GO ON AND PUT IN SHARE

RECIPE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF JUST A FUN THING. AND

THEN SLOWLY OVER THE YEARS, MORE APPS CAME OUT, INSTAGRAM CAME

ALONG. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL.

FOR ME, IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FACEBOOKERS YOU'RE

FACEBOOKER. YOU'RE JUST KIND OF HUNG BACK THERE. IT'S LIKE

TIKTOK. WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S KIND OF THE WORLD THAT I LIVE IN, YOU

KNOW, SO SNAPCHAT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS. TRUTH OF THE

MATTER. SO I'M KIND OF IN THAT, YOU KNOW, OLDER GENERATION

VERSION OF SOCIAL. BUT YOU KNOW, IT STARTED OUT AS JUST KIND OF A

FUN HOBBY THING. AND THEN SOCIAL BECAME A THING WHERE IT'S HOW

WE'RE GETTING NEWS, IT'S HOW WE'RE OBTAINING INFORMATION.

IT'S LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE GO ANYMORE A LOT OF TIMES TO A

COMPANY OR A MINISTRY'S PHYSICAL WEBSITE? THINK ABOUT IT. USUALLY

THE FIRST THING WE CHECK IS THEIR FACEBOOK OR THEIR SOCIAL

APPS, OR WE LOOK ONLINE AT THEIR, WHAT DID THEY POST? WITH

WEBSITES, YOU'RE NOT POSTING. SO IT'S JUST CHANGED HOW WE THINK

ABOUT SO MANY THINGS, AND IT'S BECOME MORE THAN A PASTIME, IT'S

BECOME MORE THAN JUST A HOBBY OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, YOU DO A

LITTLE BIT AFTER WORK OR ON THE WEEKENDS. IT'S LIKE PEOPLE GET

UP IN THE MORNING, SCROLL THEIR FEED. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF

THE DAY, THEY CHECK IT LIKE THEY CHECK THE NEWS. I FEEL LIKE

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME SOMETHING WHERE WE CHECK IT LIKE

YOU WOULD THE OLD DAY WHEN THE FIRST THING YOU DID WAS READ THE

NEWSPAPER. AND NOW, A LOT OF IT IS JUST FILLED WITH NEWS, NEWS

PIECES, NEWS ARTICLES. AND THE TROUBLE IS, IS WE DON'T KNOW HOW

MUCH OF IT'S TRUE. RIGHT? BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD, AND YOU COULD THROW YOUTUBE IN THAT, I

GUESS THAT'S A PART OF IT, BUT ALL OF IT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S

TRUE, WHAT'S FALSE, WHAT'S MANIPULATED, AND OF COURSE THEN

JUST LET'S TOPPLE AI ONTO THAT. AND AI, I MEAN YOU CAN'T EVEN

TELL HARDLY, I MEAN SOME OF THEM ARE CLEARLY OBVIOUS, BUT IT'S

HARD TO TELL ANYMORE WHAT'S EVEN A REAL PHOTO OF SOMEBODY. YOU

KNOW I SAW THAT, IT WAS A MEME YEARS AGO. THERE WAS A MEME THAT

CAME OUT AND IT SHOWED A POLICE OFFICER SITTING IN A SQUAD CAR

IN HIS UNIFORM AND HE SAID, "LADIES, QUIT FILTERING ALL YOUR

PHOTOS, OKAY? BECAUSE YOU CHANGE YOUR HAIR, YOUR TEETH, YOUR

FACE, YOUR CHEEKS, YOU CHANGE YOUR BODY SIZE, YOUR HAIR,

YOU'RE BLONDE BUT YOU TURN IT BLACK, AND YOU PUT ON BIG RED

LIPS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THESE HUGE EYELASHES." AND HE

GOES, "IF YOU GO MISSING, WE'D NEVER BE ABLE TO FIND YOU

"'CAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE." I THOUGHT, LORD HAVE

MERCY, THAT'S A TROPE. SO I FEEL LIKE HALF OF THE PHOTOS OUT

THERE, THEY'RE DOCTORED, THEY'RE MANIPULATED, THEY'RE NOT REAL.

IT USED TO BE YOU'D HAVE TO GO TO A PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE BEST

THEY COULD DO WAS JUST TAKE A SMOOTH A FEW WRINKLES AND WHITEN

YOUR TEETH. AND NOW YOU LOOK LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON. YOU CAN

BE 70 YEARS OLD AND MAKE YOURSELF LOOK 20. SO SOCIAL

MEDIA HAS, BUT I FEEL LIKE AT SOME POINT NOW, THE CHURCH NEEDS

TO MAKE SOME GUIDANCE FOR SOME OF THIS. WE ARE NOT, IF WE

LEARNED ANYTHING SINCE 2020, WE LEARNED THE FACT THAT THE CHURCH

CANNOT TAKE THE BACK SEAT IN THE SOCIAL CONVERSATIONS. RIGHT,

COME ON SOMEBODY. WE ARE TO SET THE STANDARD, AMEN. WE ARE TO

LEAD THE WAY AND NOT ALWAYS BE BEHIND AND THEN FOLLOWING THE

TRENDS OF HOW THE WORLD DOES THINGS. AND THE WORLD IS SETTING

A LOT OF THE TRENDS WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL MEDIA. SO TODAY,

WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, YEAH, SOCIAL MEDIA IS

GOOD WITH SOME BALANCES IN THERE. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT THOSE. ALSO, THERE'S A LOT OF DANGERS. AND WHEN I TALK

ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SOCIAL, I'M NOT JUST TALKING PARENTAL

CONTROLS FOR TEENAGERS AND BECAUSE OF PREDATORS OUT THERE.

THERE'S DANGERS THAT GOOD AND WELL-MEANING PEOPLE, I FEEL

LIKE, AND THE CHURCH ESPECIALLY, THAT WE FALL INTO UNAWARES

BECAUSE WE GET DRAWN INTO THIS DUMPSTER FIRE, THIS CONUNDRUM OF

A MASS OF INFORMATION. LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THAT. EVEN IF

SOCIAL MEDIA IS USED WELL, THEIR INFORMATION IS SO MASSIVE. I

MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT, RIGHT? SO MUCH OF IT THAT IT'S

ALMOST BECOME NOISE. EVEN GOOD POSTS. COME ON, I'M GUILTY.

SOMEBODY PUTS OUT A NICE SCRIPTURE, IT'S POWERFUL, I'M

GONNA SCROLL, SCROLL, SCROLL, THUMB GO. ALL RIGHT, YOU JUST

SCROLL PAST. WE ALMOST HAVE LIKE A HALF A SECOND ATTENTION SPAN

ANYMORE BECAUSE WE SCROLL THINGS. AND SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW

TO PAUSE AND ABSORB AND DISCERN AND THINK AND PRAY, RIGHT? COME

ON, SOMEBODY. EVERYTHING IS SO QUICK. IT'S LIKE, I MEAN, I JUST

THINK WE HAVE FALLEN INTO, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, OR WE COULD

FALL INTO BEING A PREY TO THE ENEMY ON ALLOWING OURSELVES TO

FALL INTO DECEPTION. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

AND ALSO REMEMBER, SOCIAL MEDIA, WHETHER WE'RE A RECIPIENT OF

WHAT'S BEING POSTED OR WE'RE POSTING, EVERYTHING THAT COMES

ACROSS IT, ALTHOUGH THERE'S GRAPHICS, MOST OF IT IS WORDS.

THINK ABOUT IT, POSTED WORDS, POSTED SCRIPTURES WRITTEN OUT,

PEOPLE'S COMMENTS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE COMMENT SECTION.

MOST OF IT IS ALL POSTED INFORMATION AND JESUS SAID

SOMETHING ABOUT WORDS. NOW HERE'S THE PRINCIPLE NUMBER ONE,

I JUST WANT TO TALK THIS OUT, IS LOOK AT, IN FACT, LOOK FOR A

MINUTE AT MATTHEW, LOOK AT MATTHEW CHAPTER 12, AND LET ME

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READ THIS TO YOU. 'CAUSE I WANT US TO JUST TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK

AT ALL OF THIS. MATTHEW 12:36 THROUGH 37, JESUS SAID, "BUT I

Matthew 12:36–37

SAY UNTO YOU," NOW ABSORB THIS SCRIPTURE WITH ME FOR A MOMENT,

IN LIGHT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INTERNET. CAN WE DO THAT? "THIS

I SAY TO YOU, EVERY IDLE WORD," NOW, I DID A LITTLE DIGGING INTO

THAT. EVERY IDLE WORD MEANS EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN

CARELESSLY, WORDS THAT ARE UNPROFITABLE. COME ON, AND THAT

INCLUDES WRITTEN WORDS, WORDS THAT ARE WRITTEN OR SPOKEN. YOU

KNOW, WE ALWAYS THINK EVERY IDLE WORD MEANS WE'RE ACTUALLY

SPEAKING IT. NO, WE CAN TYPE IT, RIGHT? WE CAN TYPE OUT WORDS

WITHOUT THOUGHT. AND ANYMORE, IT IS EASY TO DO. IN FACT, YOUR

PHONE WILL FILL THE WORDS IN FOR YOU. AND I FOUND OUT THAT APPLE

IS NOT SAVED. IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY'LL ADD IN AND CHANGE A WORD

THAT YOU TRY TO TYPE IN THERE. EVERY IDLE, CARELESS,

UNPROFITABLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, AND I'M GONNA JUST SAY

IT, OR TYPE, OR PUT IN THE COMMENTS, OR POST, COME ON, ANY

WORD WE PUT OUT THERE. IF THE WORD IDLE MEANS CARELESS, IT

MEANS UNPROFITABLE, IT SAYS WE SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT,

THEREFORE, IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. NOW THESE ARE JESUS

WORDS. WE'VE GOT TO THINK, FOLKS, IN THE SEA OF WORDS AND

COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET HAS MADE IT A BREEZE TO

JUST POST ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND IN A MOMENT. WE'LL TALK A

LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. BUT CARELESS, UNPROFITABLE WORDS,

THINGS THAT WE JUST, AND I GUESS YOU COULD PUT TEXTING IN THERE,

TOO, 'CAUSE WE PUT IN THERE, LOOK AT, MANY PEOPLE HAVE TEXTED

THINGS TO PEOPLE THEY WERE SORRY ABOUT LATER, RIGHT? SO ANYTHING

YOU PUT IN WRITING, ANYTHING WE SPEAK, WHAT WE COMMUNICATE, OUR

WORDS, JESUS SAID, WE WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF

JUDGMENT. I BELIEVE WE CAN REPENT OF THOSE THINGS IF WE'VE

USED IT POORLY, BUT JESUS IS SAYING, THERE'S AN

ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES WITH WHAT WE COMMUNICATE. COME ON,

THE CHURCH HAS TO KNOW THIS IN LIGHT OF SOCIAL MEDIA. FOR BY

YOUR WORDS, YOU WILL BE JUSTIFIED. OR BY YOUR WORDS,

YOU'LL BE CONDEMNED. AND I THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT,

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS THAT IS IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT,

RIGHT? THAT IS ON JUDGMENT DAY, WE'RE JUSTIFIED OR CONDEMNED BY

THE THINGS THAT WE SAY, POST, TEXT, TALK, ALL OF THAT. BUT I

ALSO THINK THAT WORKS IN THE NOW. OKAY, YOU REAP WHAT YOU

SOW. IF YOU'RE GONNA USE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS POORLY, THEN IT'S

GONNA COME BACK TO YOU POORLY. AT SOME POINT, WE PAY THE PRICE.

COME ON, SOMEBODY. WE PAY THE PRICE FOR POOR USE OF THE WORDS

THAT WE SHARE. AND WHETHER THOSE BE POSTED, TEXTED, OR PUT

ESPECIALLY OUT ON THE INTERNET. NOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE I STAY

WITH TIME ON THIS 'CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I WANT TO COVER.

SO IDLE WORDS, IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES, YOU CAN PUT THIS DOWN,

ARE WORDS THAT, ARE CARELESS, UNPROFITABLE WORDS, ARE WORDS

THAT DON'T BENEFIT ANYBODY, OKAY? THEY DON'T EDIFY. AND EVEN

IF SPOKEN IN TRUTH, ARE USED WITHOUT CAREFUL THOUGHT. THINK

ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT WE SAY. I MEAN, THE COMMENTS ARE FILLED.

AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME

OF THIS AS WE GO ALONG, THE COMMENT SECTIONS. LISTEN, JUST

BECAUSE A PLATFORM MAKES A COMMENT SECTION DOES NOT MEAN

THAT IT SHOULD BE USED FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING, ANY WAY

WE WANNA USE IT. THE BIBLE'S STILL THE BIBLE. WE'RE STILL

REQUIRED TO USE BIBLICAL ATTITUDE AND APPROACH TO

EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE. IT'S AMAZING TO ME.

PEOPLE WILL PUT IN THE COMMENTS WHAT THEY WOULD NEVER SAY TO

SOMEONE IN PERSON. WE CAN HIDE BEHIND A KEYBOARD WITH A FAKE

NAME ONLINE, CREATE FAKE ACCOUNTS. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT

HAVE 4 OR 5 ACCOUNTS, CREATE FAKE ACCOUNTS, FOLLOW, STALK, DO

ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS. AND THEN THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GO TO

THE MINISTRY PAGES, MINISTRY AFTER MINISTRY AFTER MINISTRY

AFTER MINISTRY, AND ALL THEY DO IS CREATE DIVISION. AMEN. SO

CARELESS, UNPROFITABLE, WORDS THAT ARE NOT USED WITH CAREFUL

THOUGHT. NOW, WE DON'T EXPECT THE WORLD TO GET IT RIGHT, BUT

WE, THE BODY OF CHRIST, SHOULD HAVE RESTRAINT ONLINE. WORDS,

HERE'S ANOTHER WAY OUT OF WORDS ARE DEFINED. IT COULD BE WORDS

USED WITH EXCESS. COME ON, YOU CAN OVER SAY SOMETHING AND OVER

SAY SOMETHING AND AT SOME POINT SHUT UP. WORDS IN WRONG TIMING.

YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT WORDS THAT COME IN THE RIGHT

TIMING ARE LIKE APPLES OF GOLD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE

DON'T USE GOOD TIMING. WE JUST PUT IT OUT THERE 'CAUSE WE FEEL

IT. WORDS IN WRONG TIMING, WORDS WITH A WRONG SPIRIT. COME ON,

THE COMMENTS ARE FILLED WITH THAT. AND UNTIL EVEN IN THE

CHURCH, FOLKS, THIS IS THE PART THAT GRIEVES ME THE MOST. EVEN

IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S OKAY TO

SHAME PEOPLE ONLINE. NOW, I'LL TALK TO YOU IN A FEW MINUTES

ABOUT THE FACT THAT JESUS CONFRONTED THINGS. I'M NOT

SAYING WE DON'T CONFRONT THINGS ON THE INTERNET. I'LL GET TO ALL

OF THAT. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CROSS

OVER INTO BECOMING LIKE THE WORLD. BECAUSE THE WORLD WILL

SHAME. MAN, THEY SET UP TROLLS. THEY'RE NOT EVEN REAL, THEY'RE

BOTS. AND NOW WE GOT CHRISTIANS FOLLOWING A BOT. THIS IS CRAZY.

WELL, THEY CAN SAY IT, WE SHOULD SAY IT. AND THEY SAY JUST AWFUL,

AWFUL THINGS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE LOOK, ABOUT THEIR APPEARANCE,

ABOUT ANYTHING. THE FAULT FINDING HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.

AND I'M JUST GONNA COIN THE PHRASE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

WHEN HE SAID IN JAMES, THE THIRD CHAPTER, HE SAID THESE

WORDS. HE SAID WHEN IT CAME TO SWEET AND BITTER WATER

COMING OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH, HIS PHRASE IN THE KING

JAMES WAS, "BRETHREN, THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT BE."

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO WE'RE, COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU AGREE TODAY WE NEED TO SET A

NEW STANDARD ON THE INTERNET? THE BODY OF CHRIST MUST TAKE THE

LEAD, AMEN. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT A FEW BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES WHEN

IT COMES TO USING THE INTERNET, DOING IT WELL, DOING IT

ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT GOD WOULD HAVE US DO. NUMBER ONE,

SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE USED, WATCH THIS, FOR KINGDOM REASONS.

NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T POST YOUR PIE. LISTEN, THAT

STUFF'S FUN, IT'S OKAY. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE'RE HERE ON

THIS EARTH. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY NEIGHBOR, YOU ARE

ON THIS EARTH FOR ONE KEY PURPOSE, AND THAT IS TO FURTHER

THE GOSPEL. WE ARE HERE TO SHARE JESUS. LET ME READ A SCRIPTURE

TO YOU. MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 , I'M GONNA PROVE MY POINT ACCORDING

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TO THE WORD. MATTHEW CHAPTER 5:13 THROUGH 15, JESUS SAID IT.

HE SAID, "YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH, "BUT IF THE SALT HAS

LOST ITS SAVOR, WHEREWITH SHALL IT BE SALTED? IT IS THEREFORE

GOOD FOR NOTHING." COME ON, TOUCH YOURSELF, SAY, I DON'T

WANNA BE A GOOD FOR NOTHING. "BUT IT IS TO BE THEN CAST OUT

AND TRODDEN UNDER THE FOOT OF MEN. FOR YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF

THE WORLD, A CITY SET ON A HILL THAT CANNOT BE HID." SO WE'RE TO

BE A LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE. "NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE

AND PUT IT UNDER A BUSHEL." YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S BELIEVERS

ONLINE THAT ARE USING THEIR SOCIAL PAGES FOR SO MUCH OTHER

THAN KINGDOM THINGS. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T POST YOUR

BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND ALL OF THAT, BUT THEN IT'S CROSSED OVER

INTO CARNAL THINGS. YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I'LL BE REAL. I THINK

THERE'S NO PLACE FOR A BELIEVER TO BE ONLINE, MEN WITHOUT YOUR

SHIRTS, WOMEN IN YOUR BATHING SUITS. THERE'S NO REASON, COME

ON, SOME THAT DESERVES A GREAT BIG AMEN. THE BIBLE STILL HAS A

LOT TO SAY ABOUT MODESTY. AMEN. WE HAVE TO BE THINKING, YOU

KNOW, COME ON, YOU KNOW, LET'S BE CHRISTIANS. RIGHT? BESIDES

MEN, DON'T LET YOUR WIFE BE OUT THERE IN HER BATHING SUIT ON THE

BEACH AND POSTING IT. NOBODY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HER BUT

YOU. AND LADIES, IF YOU'RE SINGLE, COME ON, NO MAN NEEDS TO

LOOK ON YOU EXCEPT THE MAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY SOMEDAY.

THERE'S NO REASON SOME OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE POSTED ONLINE.

AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THAT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT

GETS POSTED THAT BELIEVERS, COME ON, LET'S BE REAL FOLKS. IF WE

KNOW THE WORDS OF JESUS AND THE WORD OF GOD, THERE ARE THINGS

ONLINE THAT SHOULD NOT BE POSTED BY A CHRISTIAN. HOLINESS,

RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE ARE, IF THE SALT HAS LOST ITS SAVOR, IF THE

LIGHT IS UNDER A BUSHEL, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT COMPOSE CARNAL,

SECULAR THINGS MORE THAN THEY CAN POST ABOUT JESUS. SO LET

YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN SO THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD

WORKS. WELL, WHAT IS SALT AND LIGHT? I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

SALT, USUALLY THEY SAY A SALTY CONVERSATION MEANS, YOU KNOW, IT

WAS A LITTLE BIT CHOICE WORDS. WE GOT INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A,

YOU KNOW, SORT OF THAT. SALT ADDS HEALING TO THE INFECTION.

WE SHOULD BE SALT OUT THERE. OKAY? IF THERE'S COMPROMISE,

WE'RE THE DIFFERENCE. I BELIEVE THE REASON THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN

SO BEHIND IN WHAT'S GONE ON IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS

'CAUSE THE CHURCH WAS AWOL. FROM THE CONVERSATION, WE CHECKED OUT

OF THE POLITICAL TOPICS. AND WE WEREN'T THE LIGHT, COME ON, WE

WEREN'T THE SALT. OKAY, AND HONESTLY, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT

WE, IN SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT WE DON'T SPEAK OUT. AND WE'LL TALK

ABOUT THAT. BUT WE NEED TO BE SALT. IF THERE'S EVIL OUT THERE,

I'M NOT SAYING YOU GO OUT AND DIG OUT EVERY EVIL POST AND

START COMMENTING. NO, YOU PUT OUT THE SALT, OKAY? YOU DEFINE

WHAT IS TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE ONLINE. YOU DEFINE WHAT'S RIGHT.

WE DEFINE WHAT'S RIGHT. WE PUT THE WORD OUT TO THE CULTURE.

COME ON, HALLELUJAH. IF WE DON'T PUT RIGHTEOUSNESS ONLINE, WHO'S

GOING TO? IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GONNA COME FROM THE DEVIL'S

CROWD. WHAT IS THE LIGHT? WELL, THAT'S THE TRUTH. THE BIBLE SAYS

IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 4 , I BELIEVE IT'S VERSE 16, JESUS WENT INTO

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THE REGION CALLED GALILEE. THE WORD GALILEE MEANS, IF YOU LOOK

IT UP IN THE GREEK, IT MEANS HEATHEN CIRCLE. JESUS WENT INTO

THE HEATHEN CIRCLE AND THE SCRIPTURE SAID HE SHINED A LIGHT

IN A DARK PLACE. I LOVE THAT. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES

IN THE BIBLE. JESUS, HE SHINED THE LIGHT. THOSE THAT SAT IN

GRAY DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT. SO WE'RE TO BE A LIGHT ONLINE,

AMEN. PUT OUT THE TRUTH, PUT OUT THE WORD, PUT OUT WHAT'S RIGHT.

AMEN. AND PUT OUT SCRIPTURE TO TEACH AN ILLITERATE GENERATION

WHAT THE TRUTH IS. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT

THAT AS WELL. SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE ALL OTHER FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY,

SHOULD BE TO THE CHRISTIAN A TOOL TO ADVANCE GOD'S AGENDA

AGAINST THAT OF EVIL. NOT JUST TO BENEFIT OURSELVES. NOW, YOU

KNOW, I LOVE TO COOK, AND I LIKE TO PUT SOME FOOD OUT FROM TIME

TO TIME AND CUTE LITTLE THINGS. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE

KIND OF MADE A LITTLE DECISION IN OUR FAMILY. AND, OKAY, CAN I

JUST SPEAK? THIS IS MY OPINION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH MY

OPINION. BUT WE KIND OF JUST QUIT DOING THE BIRTHDAY POSTS.

NOW THE MINISTRY PAGES DO THEM, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF HELP.

HOLLY, WAVE YOUR HAND, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WENT, BUT SHE WAS

BACK THERE A MINUTE AGO. HER AND HER TEAM DO AN AWESOME JOB AND

MAKE US LOOK REALLY GOOD, AND MY TEETH ARE WHITE.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. BUT FINALLY I TOLD PASTOR, I

SAID, DO WE HAVE TO HONOR OUR LITTLE PAGE? I HAVE TO GET OUT

THERE AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE LOVE EACH OTHER. AND I SAID, I

DON'T, I, EVERY YEAR, AND I HAD THE SAME TALK WITH OUR BOYS, I

FEEL THE PRESSURE. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, IF YOU WANT TO

POST, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE. I'M JUST SAYING WE ALLOW

SOCIAL MEDIA TO FORMULATE EVERYTHING WE DO. WE ALLOW IT TO

PRESSURE US SOMETIMES. I SAID, "HONEY, I ALWAYS, EVERY YEAR,

I'M LIKE, "OKAY, LET ME FIND A NEW PICTURE OF PASTOR HANK, "AND

THEN I GOTTA MAKE SURE IT'S ONE HE'LL LIKE, "AND THEN I WANNA,

'CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO LOOK STUPID ONLINE, "AND I SAID, SO

THEN I GOTTA FIGURE OUT," AND I SAY THE SAME FLOWERY, COME ON,

THE SAME FLOWERY BIRTHDAY MESSAGE EVERY SINGLE MAY 10TH,

EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND I FINALLY SAID, SO PASTOR HANK, HE QUIT

POSTING A LONG TIME AGO. HE JUST SAID, I'M DONE, I CAN'T TYPE IT.

HALF THE TIME I CAN'T FIND MY GLASSES ANYWAY. I'M JUST

NOT PUTTING IT OUT THERE. AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T FEEL

BAD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME. PASTOR DOUG

HAS NEVER BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE'S SO OLD

SCHOOL, THERE'S NO SOCIAL MEDIA IN HIS PHONE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND I PROMISE YOU, IT'S LIBERATING. AND SO I SAID,

LISTEN, PASTOR AND I WERE LIKE, CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO THE OLD

FASHIONED HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DO I HAVE TO PUT OUT? AND I SAID, NO,

IT STOPS TODAY. I TOLD OUR BOYS, IF I DON'T PUT, YOU KNOW I LOVE

YOU, I'LL BUY YOU A PRESENT. I'LL SEND YOU A BANK TRANSFER

FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, BUT I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO WRITE THE SAME

BIRTHDAY. OH, YOU'RE AMAZING. OH, I'M SO GLAD I GAVE BIRTH

TO YOU. OH, IT'S SO WONDERFUL. I MEAN, YOU CHANGED

MY LIFE FOREVER. THE DAY YOU CAME INTO THE WORLD.

FOLKS, WE HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO CONTROL OUR LIVES. I

MEAN, YOU COULD BE BAKING THEM A BIRTHDAY CAKE, BUT

NO, YOU'RE OVER THERE SWEATING OVER A POST.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

COME ON, CAN I GET AN AMEN IN THE HOUSE?

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

NOW, IF YOU WANT A POST, AND THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO YOU,

DON'T HEAR THIS IN THE WRONG SPIRIT. THIS IS WHERE THE

KUNNEMAN FAMILY IS. WE'RE JUST LIKE, WE JUST GOT DELIVERED FROM

IT. I JUST, I NEEDED A DELIVERANCE. I'D BE UP, AND THEN

WE GOT ALL THESE FAMILY BIRTHDAYS. SEE THIS FRONT GROUP

OVER HERE? WE GOT THE SPRING BIRTHDAYS, THE SUMMER BIRTHDAYS,

AND THE FALL GROUP, AND I'M SITTING THERE, I'M LIKE, "OH,

IT'S SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY, "I DON'T HAVE A PHOTO!" I MEAN,

COME ON, COME ON, SOMEBODY! NOW, TERESA, SHE'LL POST 8 TIMES A

DAY, SHE'S OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, THAT'S

HER. BUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS ALLOW THE SOCIAL CULTURE TO

CONTROL HOW WE OPERATE BECAUSE WE FEEL THE PRESSURE. AM I

HELPING SOMEBODY ALREADY? ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA GET THROUGH THIS

BEFORE THE BLIZZARD. PASTOR MATT LEANED OVER TO ME ON THE FRONT.

HE SAYS, "ARE YOU TRYING TO DO THIS ALL IN ONE SERMON?" I SAID,

"YES, SIR, I AM." I HAVE ONE DAY. WE GOT CHE ON NEXT WEEK. SO

HERE'S THE THING. SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE FIRST, FIRST, USED FOR

KINGDOM REASONS, FOR KINGDOM BENEFIT. WE ARE HERE ON THIS

EARTH. GOD IS NOT GONNA BLESS YOU FOR YOUR PICTURES OF YOUR

PIES, YOUR CAKES, YOUR BEACH TRIP, YOUR CRUISE, YOUR KISSY

PHOTOS WITH YOUR SPOUSE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET TO HEAVEN ONE DAY

AND GOD'S GONNA GO, WOW, YOU LOVED YOUR WIFE, YOU POSTED

ABOUT HER. DO YOU REALLY THINK GOD IS UP THERE JUDGING OUR

LIVES BASED ON THOSE THINGS? NO, HE IS LOOKING AT OUR LIVES BASED

ON OUR DRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE PUT OUT ONLINE HAS

A KINGDOM RIGHTEOUSNESS TO IT. WE'RE USING IT FOR KINGDOM. NOW

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T POST A PIE. I'M NOT SAYING I

MIGHT POST SPAGHETTI ONE DAY. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT MY FIRST

OBLIGATION IS TO USE THE INTERNET AS A TOOL TO ADVANCE

THE GOSPEL. COME ON, THAT DESERVES A GREAT AMEN RIGHT

THERE. IT'S TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL. AND WE'LL, WELL, WE'LL

TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE WORLD'S WATCHING. SO, AND OF

COURSE WE CAN RECEIVE ONLINE. WE CAN RECEIVE. IT'S GOOD TO

RECEIVE THINGS, BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEING

CAREFUL WHAT WE RECEIVE, 'CAUSE NOT ALL OF IT'S TRUTH. THE

INTERNET CAN'T BECOME YOUR BIBLE. SOCIAL, JUST 'CAUSE

PEOPLE POST SCRIPTURE, JUST 'CAUSE THEY POST SOMETHING THAT

SOUNDS CHRISTIAN. JESUS SAID, "TAKE HEED THAT NO ONE DECEIVES

YOU." SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. IN FACT, MY LITTLE

NIECE, ONE OF MY LITTLE NIECES OVER HERE, WE WERE HANGING OUT

THE OTHER DAY, AND I WAS TELLING THEM WHAT I WAS PREACHING. I

WANTED TO SEE IF THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GENERATION YOU GUYS

ARE, X, Y, Z, FORGET Y. WHAT? ALPHA. ALPHA. THEY STARTED THE

LETTERS OVER? OKAY. THE PASTOR SAID TO SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE

THE OTHER DAY, HE GOES, "WHAT GENERATION AM I?" I SAID, "I

DON'T EVEN KNOW. I QUIT COUNTING. I THINK WE'RE

GENERATION X, BUT WHO KNOWS? WHO CARES? WE'RE THIS OLD. BUT I

WANTED TO KIND OF GET SOME INPUT FROM SOME OF THE YOUNGER. AND

ONE OF THEM SAID TO ME, THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I DO LIKE

TO RECEIVE FROM THE GOOD ONES ONLINE." AND THEY'D FOLLOWED

SOMEBODY FOR THEIR MUSIC. AND THEY SAID, BUT THEN THEY WERE

OUT CRITICIZING OTHER PREACHERS. AND I'D SAID TO ME THAT IF THEY

CRITICIZE PREACHERS SO EASILY ONLINE, THEY MIGHT CRITICIZE MY

UNCLE. SO I UNFOLLOWED HIM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW

SOMEBODY THAT'S OUT THERE PUTTING SHADE ON EVERYBODY. AND

SO IT'S GOOD TO RECEIVE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE DISCERNING. SO NUMBER

ONE, I SAID A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE, BUT NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE

TO REMEMBER, USE THE INTERNET FOR KINGDOM REASONS. THAT'S YOUR

FIRST PRIORITY. THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OUR FIRST

OBLIGATION IS TO BE WHAT? SALT AND LIGHT. OKAY, THE SECOND ONE

IS, AND BOY, OH BOY. NUMBER 2 IS WE SHOULD USE SOCIAL MEDIA

WITHOUT POINTLESS, ENDLESS DEBATES, AND MEAN SPIRITED

COMMENTS. NOTHING IN GOD'S WORD ENDORSES ENDLESS ARGUING AND

DEBATES ONLINE. NOW I'VE SEEN MINISTRIES GO AT IT WITH EACH

OTHER ON THE INTERNET. AM I THE ONLY ONE? AND ARGUE AND FIGHT,

AND THEN THE BODY OF CHRIST JUMPS IN, AND BUT THIS PERSON

SAID THAT, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING HOW PEOPLE

THROW AROUND THE WORD FALSE NOW. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT

PREACHER'S FALSE. I WOULD SAY, WHAT SAID WHO? YOU AND YOUR

COMPUTER? I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR OPINION DOESN'T MEAN

IT'S THE RIGHT OPINION. SO, OR THE PODCASTERS THAT ALL HAVE A

PODCAST, I GUESS PODCASTS IS SOCIAL TOO, I GUESS, RIGHT? IT'S

ALL THE SAME MIX. EVERYBODY GOT A STAGE. WITHOUT POINTLESS

ARGUING, FOLKS, I BELIEVE IN ALL MY HEART, WE ARE GONNA BE HELD

ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE JESUS FOR THE DIVISION IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.

THE ONE THING JESUS SPOKE THE MOST ABOUT BEFORE HE WENT TO THE

CROSS WAS THIS. HE SAID, "FATHER, MY PRAYER IS LET THEM

BE ONE "AS WE ARE ONE." MY PASTOR OF MANY, MANY YEARS

TAUGHT US THAT WHEN YOU TAKE THE COMMUNION MEAL, WHEN IT SAYS

THAT HE THAT DRINKS THIS UNWORTHILY AND DOES NOT DISCERN

THE LORD'S BODY, HE SAID THE LORD'S BODY IS ALSO, REMEMBER,

THE BODY OF CHRIST. NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA SAY EVERYTHING

RIGHT, OKAY? NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA PREACH THE PERFECT THING,

OKAY? NOT ONE OF US, EXCEPT ONE, WHO'S WORTHY, WE SANG ABOUT

TODAY, IS GONNA GET IT RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME. WE ARE BROKEN

VESSELS, GROWING, FOLLOWING GOD. YOU'RE FOLLOWING GOD, YOUR

NEIGHBOR'S FOLLOWING GOD, YOUR SPOUSE IS TRYING TO FOLLOW GOD,

AND WE CANNOT LIVE OUR LIVES LOOKING FOR EVERY LITTLE FAULT.

SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I'M GONNA JUST SAY IT, HAS BECOME A DUMPSTER

FIRE OF DIVISION. COME ON, SOMEBODY. IT HAS BECOME, IT'S A

DISASTER. AND THE CHURCH HAS BECOME THE WORST. AND I GRIEVE

IN MY HEART SOMETIMES. WELL, LET ME READ SOME SCRIPTURES TO YOU.

CAN I READ, 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT THESE THINGS

ARE IN THE BIBLE, NOT JUST PASTOR BRENDA'S OPINION. TITUS

Titus 3:9–11

CHAPTER 3 , VERSE 9 THROUGH 11, BUT AVOID FOOLISH CONTROVERSIES

AND GENEALOGIES AND STRIFE, AND STRIFE, AND STRIFE, AND STRIFE,

AND STRIFE. COME ON, AND STRIFE. I MEAN, WHAT WE DISPLAY, AND

REMEMBER, THE WORLD IS WATCHING. THERE WAS A BIG THING THAT

HAPPENED ON THE INTERNET SOME YEARS AGO. EVERYBODY WAS ARGUING

ABOUT TRUE, FALSE, AND THE OTHERWISE. YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT.

I'M NOT GONNA CALL OUT. LET'S NOT RIDE WHO IT IS. BY THE WAY,

WE GOTTA GROW IN THAT TOO. WHICH INTERNET FAMILY, YOU GUYS ARE

AMAZING. I WANNA GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE YOU COME HERE,

YOU'RE SO GRACIOUS, YOU'RE WONDERFUL, YOU'RE HONORABLE. ALL

OF OUR, GIVE A HAND TO OUR E-CAMPUS. YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF

YOUR FELLOW BELIEVERS HERE AND ONLINE. THAT'S WHY WE PUT OUT A

STREAM, IS TO BE A BLESSING. I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO A

CHURCH PAGE, A MINISTRY PAGE, AND YOU WRITE SOMETHING MMMM AND

MEAN, AND I DISAGREE WITH THAT, TO ME IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN

STANDING UP IN A CHURCH SERVICE AND HECKLING THE PREACHER.

THERE'S PEOPLE IN THERE THAT MIGHT NOT BE SAVED. WE HAD,

PASTOR DOUG TOLD ME, WAS IT LAST SUNDAY? LAST SUNDAY, LAST

SUNDAY, 4 PEOPLE ONLINE, ON OUR STREAM, GAVE THEIR HEARTS TO

JESUS. FOR THE FIRST TIME. COME ON, WE GOT TO MAKE THE INTERNET

AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. SOULS WERE ON THE LINE! SO ENDLESS

STRIFES, DISPUTES, THEY'RE USELESS AND WORTHLESS, PAUL

SAID. REJECT A DIVISIVE PERSON. AFTER THE FIRST AND SECOND

WARNING, KNOWING THAT SUCH A PERSON HAS DELIVERED, HAS

DEVIATED, I'M SORRY, DEVIATED FROM WHAT IS RIGHT AND IS

SINNING, BEING SELF-CONDEMNED. 2 TIMOTHY 2, VERSE 23 THROUGH 26

2 Timothy 2:23–26

SAYS, REFUSE FOOLISH AND IGNORANT SPECULATIONS, KNOWING

THAT THEY ONLY PRODUCE QUARRELS. CIRCLE THAT WORD AGAIN. THE

LORD'S BONDSERVANT, WE'RE ALL BONDSERVANTS OF CHRIST, ARE WE

NOT? MUST NOT BE ARGUMENTATIVE, RIGHT, OR QUARRELSOME, BUT BE

KIND TO ALL, SKILLFUL IN TEACHING, PATIENT WHEN WRONGED,

(LAUGHS)

OH, WITH GENTLENESS CORRECTING THOSE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION IF

PERHAPS GOD MAY GRANT THEM REPENTANCE. AND THAT'S TALKING

EVEN ABOUT THE LOST, OKAY? IT'S NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE

FELLOW CHRISTIAN THAT ACCIDENTALLY TYPED THE WRONG

WORD. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. I'M PEOPLE WHO SAY, USE A

WRONG WORD IN A SENTENCE AND SOMEBODY RIGHT THERE IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE SERVICE WILL TYPE IN AND GO, YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID,

YOU SHOULD HAVE WORDED IT. YOU'D BE SURPRISED. I KNOW ALL OF YOU

THAT WATCH ARE AMAZING. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO

DELETE. THAT'S JUST DUMB, DUMB. NOBODY NEEDS TO READ

FOOLISHNESS. COME ON. THE WORLD CAN DO THAT, BUT WE'RE THE

CHURCH. COME ON. WE ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD, THE BIBLE SAYS,

RIGHT? AMEN. SO, QUARRELS, AND THAT THEY MAY COME TO THEIR

SENSES AND ESCAPE FROM THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL BEING HELD CAPTIVE

BY HIM TO DO HIS WILL. I MEAN, THE DEVIL GETS PEOPLE TO DO HIS

WILL WITH JUST THE INTERNET, RIGHT? SO THESE PASSAGES, I'LL

JUST SAY THIS, I PUT THIS IN MY NOTES, THEY'RE NOT TELLING US WE

SHOULD NEVER CHALLENGE THE WRONG. JESUS CHALLENGED THE

WRONG IN GOVERNMENT. HE CHALLENGED THE HEROD'S, RIGHT?

HE CHALLENGED THE WRONG LEADERS OF THE DAY, AMEN. SO DID THE

APOSTLE PAUL. HE CHALLENGED ON MARS HILL, HE CHALLENGED THE

FALSE CULTURE. HE CHALLENGED, SO IT'S NOT SAYING DON'T CHALLENGE,

BUT WHAT WE ARE TO DO IS DO IT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD,

ARMED WITH THE WORD OF GOD, AMEN, ARMED WITH THE TRUTH, DO

IT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. YES, WE SHOULD CONFRONT, COME ON, THE

EVIL ILLS OF ABORTION. WE SHOULD ONLINE AND IN PERSON AND EVERY

MEANS WE HAVE TALK ABOUT THE DEVIATION FROM TRADITIONAL

MARRIAGE. WE NEED TO BE BOLD WITH THE TRUTH. BUT WHAT WE

DON'T DO IS GET IN AND NITPICK, ARGUE ABOUT FOOLISH LITTLE

THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER. WE HAVE GOT TO SET A NEW STANDARD

IN THESE AREAS. AND SO THE CHURCH, I THINK, SHOULD BE

LEADING THE WAY. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS

THAT JUDGMENT WILL FIRST BEGIN IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. IT MUST

BEGIN IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. WE CAN'T EXPECT THE WORLD TO

REPENT IF WE DON'T CHANGE. AMEN. AM I HELPING YOU OR AM I SCARING

YOU? WE HAVE TO CHANGE. AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S TIME, COME ON,

FOR THERE TO BE AN OVERHAUL FROM THE BODY OF CHRIST ONLINE. AND

I'LL SAY AMEN TO THAT AND AMEN TO THAT. AND BY THE WAY,

SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN, IN FACT, I WAS TALKING TO PASTOR

MATT ONE DAY, WE WERE TEXTING SOMETHING AND I SAID SOMETHING,

ONE OF US, I SAID SOMETHING JUST KIND OF BLUNT. AND HE GOES, "ARE

YOU UPSET?" OR MAYBE YOU SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IT

WENT." AND I SAID, "NO?" HE GOES, "YEAH, IT JUST COMES OFF

DIFFERENT IN A TEXT." AND HERE'S THE THING, YOU FORGET THAT IN

THE COMMENTS. YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING IN A COMMENT AND YOU

DON'T REALIZE IT JUST SOUNDS HARSH. OKAY, YOU HAVE TO FLOWER

UP A COMMENT TO MAKE IT SOUND KIND. DON'T EVER FORGET THAT,

'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE YOUR EXPRESSION. THEY DON'T SEE

YOUR FACE, OKAY? I MEAN, YOUR PROFILE PICTURE IS WHEN YOU WERE

IN THE 6TH GRADE. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HALF THE TIME HOW

PEOPLE LOOK, RIGHT? RIGHT? SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. OR YOUR

PROFILE PHOTO IS WHEN YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, 30 POUNDS LIGHTER. BUT

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS IT COMES OUT HARSH IN COMMENTS. WE

HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. SO, MEAN-SPIRITED, THAT'S NUMBER

2 , I GOTTA GO QUICK. MEAN-SPIRITED COMMENTS,

ESPECIALLY TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA

GET TO HEAVEN ONE DAY AND GOD SAID, "HOW DO YOU TREAT MY

PEOPLE?" I DO, I DO. IT'S BROUGHT SOBERNESS TO MY OWN

HEART. AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTA TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST

WELL. HERE'S THE THIRD ONE. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE FOR THE USE

OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS DO IT WITH WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. SEEK

WISDOM IN WHAT YOU READ AND WHAT YOU POST. I SAW A MEME ONE DAY,

THIS WAS MANY YEARS AGO, THIS IS ON FACEBOOK 'CAUSE I'M SO OLD,

THAT'S THE ONE I USE. AND I SAW IT ON FACEBOOK AND AT A GLANCE,

I'M LIKE, OH, THAT'S GOOD, OH, THAT'S GOOD. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

CAUGHT ME, HE SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT MY WORD. THAT'S A POST THAT

SOUNDS GOOD, IT SOUNDS MEANINGFUL. SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT

POSTS AND WE LIKE THEM BASED ON WHAT RESONATES, OKAY? THINK

ABOUT THAT. WE THINK ABOUT IT BASED ON, WELL, THIS IS HOW I

FEEL, THIS WAS HOW I WAS RAISED, BUT DO WE EVER MEASURE IT

AGAINST THE BOOK? JESUS SAID IN THE LAST DAYS, 3 TIMES IN

MATTHEW 24. COME ON, ARE WE IN THE LAST DAYS? I MEAN, THIS IS

THE LAST OF THE LAST OF THE LAST. THERE'S THINGS THAT I'M

LIKE, OH LORDY, HOW CAN IT GET ANY WORSE? JESUS SAID IN THE

LAST DAYS, TAKE HEED THAT NO ONE DECEIVES YOU. AND OBVIOUSLY THE

INTERNET IS LIKE THE DEVIL'S HOLE OF DECEPTION. IT IS FILLED

WITH CLICKBAIT, IT IS FILLED WITH THINGS TO DRAW US IN. I

MEAN, EVEN THESE LITTLE, WHAT DO THEY CALL THESE THINGS? THESE

ADS FOR PRODUCTS, YOU KNOW, IT'LL MAKE YOUR HAIR THICKER. I

MEAN, OKAY, I'M GONNA TELL HIM MYSELF. I SAW ONE. I MEAN, AND

THEN PASTOR ANTHONY, YOU KNOW, YOU WORKED IN THAT FOR A LONG

TIME WHERE ONCE YOU CLICK SOMETHING, IT'LL GIVE YOU 8

PAGES OF THE SAME THING. YOU CLICK IN HOW TO THICKEN YOUR

HAIR, AND I'M TELLING YOU THERE WILL BE, I MEAN, IT'LL BE

EVERYTHING. YOU COULD GO TO YOUR IPAD, YOUR LAPTOP, YOUR

COMPUTER. IT IS, IT'S FINE. AND SO I'M TELLING YOU, WE CAN BE A

SUCKER FOR THESE THINGS. I LOOKED IN SOME ONE DAY, I

THOUGHT, OH, I WANNA THICKEN MY HAIR. YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LITTLE

OLDER AND SOME FALLS OUT. AND I THOUGHT, I WANNA THICKEN UP MY

HAIR. I WANNA FIND, AND THEY HAD THIS OIL. OH, BUY THE OIL, COME

ON. NOW DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT NEVER GOT

SUCKED IN BY SOME AD ON INSTAGRAM. AND I'M THINKING, OH,

AND THEN THE WAY THEY'RE SHOWING IT, YOU KNOW, THE LADY STARTS

OUT, SHE LOOKS LIKE A DOG, AND THEN WHEN IT'S OVER, HER HAIR,

TERESA, HER HAIR ALL STICKING OUT, SHE LOOKS LIKE A, I MEAN,

JUST, WHEW, I'M LIKE, OH, MAN, I'M ORDERING THAT, BOOM, BOOM,

BOOM, PUNCHING MY APPLE, APPLE PAY, HERE WE COME. AND IT COMES

THERE WITH THE DIRECTION, IT SAYS, NOW DON'T HESITATE TO USE

THIS. YOU USE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IT'LL EVENTUALLY

THICKEN YOUR HAIR. NOW THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT PART. I THOUGHT,

OKAY, EVERY DAY I GOT A COMMITMENT NOW. I'M GONNA USE

THIS. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH I PAID FOR IT. IT WASN'T A LOT,

HONEY, I PROMISE. IF YOU WOULD'VE ASKED ME, I WOULD'VE

SAID DON'T BUY IT. YEAH, RIGHT. MISTER, I'VE NEVER BOUGHT

ANYTHING ONLINE, I SHOULDN'T. BUT ANYWAY, SO.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

ANYWAY, SO I PUT THIS STUFF IN MY HAIR. TEA, I'M EMBARRASSED TO

TELL IT. AND IT WAS OILY, OILY, LIKE OILY. I LOOKED AT MYSELF IN

THE MIRROR, I LOOKED LIKE I JUST CAME IN OUT OF A RAINSTORM. I'M

LIKE, I'M SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THIS EVERY DAY? I MEAN, FORGET

THE THICK HAIR, I LOOK LIKE I HAVEN'T WASHED MY HAIR IN A

MONTH. SO I THOUGHT, I TRIED IT ONE TIME, MY HAIR WAS SO OILY

AND SO GREASY, IT WENT STRAIGHT IN THE GARBAGE. MY HAIR IS WHAT

IT IS. IT IS WHAT IT IS, PEOPLE. BUT THE POINT IS, IS THEY KNOW

HOW TO DRAW YOU IN. AND IT'S NOT JUST THOSE THAT ARE SELLING

THINGS, IT'S THOSE THAT ARE PRODUCING A MESSAGE. THAT THEY

WANT TO PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT WILL DRAW YOU IN. THE BIBLE SAYS

IN CORINTHIANS THAT THE DEVIL HIMSELF POSES AS AN ANGEL OF

LIGHT. THAT MEANS IF HE'S AN ANGEL OF LIGHT, THERE'S ENOUGH

TRUTH MIXED IN WITH THE LIE TO DRAW YOU IN. AND CAN I BE HONEST

WITH YOU? THE Y, Z, ALPHA, ALL THE WAY DOWN WHERE THE LETTERS

START OVER, THEY ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. THE BARNA STUDY

GROUP SAID THIS IS A GENERATION NOW WHERE PEOPLE IN THIS AGE

GROUP ARE BIBLICALLY ILLITERATE. THEY HAVE NO GUIDE, NO BOOK OF

WISDOM TO COMPARE TRUTH TO. SO NOW ALL OF THE THINGS ON THE

INTERNET IS TRUTH IS RELEVANT. EVERYTHING'S A CONVERSATION,

RIGHT? EVERYTHING IS A LET'S DISCUSS THIS. I WANNA HEAR YOUR

SIDE. NOW, LISTEN, I'M NOT SAYING CHARLIE KIRK DID A

WONDERFUL THING BY GETTING OUT THERE AND MAKING IT A

CONVERSATION, BUT HE MADE SURE IT WENT ONE WAY. WHAT WE CAN'T

DO IS BALANCE IT OUT. SOMEBODY TOLD ME A STORY OF SOMEBODY

RECENTLY THAT HAD CONFESSED AND SAID THAT THEY HAD A PROBLEM

WITH LUST. AND THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLE WITH THIS,

"AND I STRUGGLE WITH THIS, "AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FALL INTO

IT AGAIN, "AND I FALL INTO SEXUAL SIN AGAIN." WELL, I

WANTED TO SAY, AT SOME POINT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A BELIEVER

THAT'LL TELL YOU, THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. I HEAR YOUR HEART.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE STRUGGLING. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE

FIGHTING THROUGH, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO END UP IN HELL. AND

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL YOU WITH A BOLDNESS, REPENT FOR THE

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. HALLELUJAH. IN FACT, IF WE WANT

TO REALLY PUT BIBLE TO IT, JESUS' VERY FIRST SERMON WAS

REPENT. TURN FROM YOUR WICKEDNESS. TURN FROM YOUR EVIL.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LAY HANDS ON THAT YOUNG MAN AND SAY, "LISTEN

TO ME, I LOVE YOU. "I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE DEALING WITH A LUST

PROBLEM." MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY WITH AN ISSUE WHERE THEY WERE

TRAUMATIZED AND THEY'RE LEANING TOWARD GENDER CONFUSION. BUT AT

SOME POINT, A WELL-VERSED AND EDUCATED BELIEVER NEEDS TO TELL

THEM, "DON'T LET YOUR SIN SEND YOU TO HELL." SOMEWHERE

YOU GOTTA TURN FROM IT, YOU GOTTA PUT THE FOOT ON

IT, YOU GOTTA TAKE AUTHORITY OVER IT, BECAUSE THE DEVIL

WANTS TO DRAG YOU DOWN TO JUDGMENT IN HELL FOREVER.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

AMEN, PASTOR BRENDA, PEOPLE WON'T LIKE US IF WE'RE THAT

BOLD. WELL, THEY DIDN'T LIKE JESUS EITHER. HEY, JESUS SAID,

"IF THE WORLD HATED ME, THEY'RE GONNA HATE YOU. THEY'LL HATE YOU

ALSO." THEY REJECTED JESUS, THEY'RE GONNA REJECT US. BUT

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CHANGE THE MESSAGE. OUR MESSAGE STILL NEEDS

TO BE RESOLUTE. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GOD, AND THAT IS

REPENT OF OUR SINS. WE DON'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT

OUR HOLINESS. NO, WE DON'T LET GOD ADJUST TO US 'CAUSE

HE GETS US. NO, WE ADJUST TO HIM. JESUS DIED AND

NOW WE CHANGE OUR WAYS TO MATCH HIS WAYS.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

HALLELUJAH. REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND.

SOMEWHERE WE GOTTA KNOW. EVERY ONE OF US CAME THE SAME WAY. WE

HAD TO RECOGNIZE WE'RE A SINNER. AND IF WE KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE

DOING, WE WILL NOT GET TO HEAVEN. WELL, WHAT IF I GO THAT

BOAT, PASTOR BRENDA, THEY'LL REJECT JESUS. YOU'D BE SHOCKED.

I HEARD A PREACHER TELL A STORY ONE TIME ABOUT A PASTOR, OR HE

WASN'T A PASTOR, BUT HE WAS A MAN OF GOD, MAYBE HE WAS A

MINISTER, I DON'T KNOW. BUT HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE SAID,

ACTUALLY IT WAS BROTHER COPELAND, HE SAID, "BROTHER

COPELAND, WOULD YOU TALK TO MY SON? "HE'S OUT ON DRUGS AND, YOU

KNOW, "HE'S JUST RUNNING CRAZY IN THE WORLD, "AND WOULD YOU

TALK TO HIM? WOULD YOU JUST SHARE WITH HIM?" AND HE THOUGHT,

"WELL, OKAY." SO HE WENT IN WITH THIS YOUNG MAN AND HE SAID, HE

LOOKED AT HIM AND THE YOUNG MAN'S LIKE, HE GOES, "YEAH, I

WANNA TALK TO YOU." AND YOU KNOW, BROTHER COPELAND, HE'S

LIKE, "LET'S JUST GET TO THE POINT. I'M NOT HERE TO MESS

AROUND. WE'RE NOT GONNA STAND IN HERE FOR 3 DAYS." SEE, I THINK

THAT'S THE MISTAKE WE MAKE. WE DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE ANYMORE. SO

BECAUSE WE HAVE NO SCRIPTURE TO BACK UP, WE CONVERSE WITH

DECEPTION. WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH DECEPTION. WE ACCEPT THINGS

AND PUT LIKES BEHIND THINGS WE SHOULDN'T PUT LIKES BEHIND,

'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE TRUTH FROM A LIE, RIGHT? COME ON, THIS

IS A COMMON THING IN THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T KNOW THE

TRUTH, THEY DON'T READ THE BIBLE. OKAY, JESUS SAID, "IF YOU

DON'T FORGIVE SOMEBODY, "YOU'RE GOING TO HELL." JESUS SAID THAT!

I MEAN, THAT'S CRAZY. AND WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND TELL PEOPLE,

"WELL, YOUR HAIR'S UGLY, I DON'T LIKE YOUR OUTFIT." YOU KNOW,

"YOU MADE ME MAD." YOU KNOW, MEAN-SPIRITED THINGS. BUT WE'VE

GOT TO GET BACK TO THE BOOK. THE BOOK IS WHAT'LL SEND PEOPLE TO

HEAVEN. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT OF THIS, 'CAUSE NOW EVERYTHING'S

BECOME, OKAY, I'M GETTING OFF MY MESSAGE, BUT LET ME JUST,

THERE'S NO SNOW YET, SO I CAN KEEP PREACHING FOR A MINUTE.

HERE'S THE THING. I ASKED THEM TO PUT IT OUT THERE. I SAID,

"JUST KEEP ME POSTED ON THE WEATHER." THEY SAID, "IT'S GOOD,

NO SNOW YET. "KEEP PREACHING." THAT'S WHAT THEY WROTE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

SO, BUT THE POINT, LET ME FINISH THE BROTHER COPELAND STORY. SO

HE SAID, "I WALKED IN WITH BOLDNESS, "AND I JUST SAID, 'YOU

KNOW WHAT? "'THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT MY WORD SHALL NOT RETURN

VOID.'" AND THE YOUNG MAN KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING WITH IT. HE

SAID, "WELL, BYE, THANK YOU FOR COMING." AND HE LEFT. LIKE HE

DIDN'T WANT TO RECEIVE WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. SEE, THIS IS THE

IDEA THAT WE HAVE SOMETIMES. WE THINK, WELL, UNLESS I PACKAGE IT

THE WAY THEY CAN RECEIVE IT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA RECEIVE IT. I

DON'T READ ANYTHING IN THE BIBLE. NOW, JESUS SAT WITH

SINNERS. HE SAT WITH THE SINNERS. BUT HE ALSO WENT IN AND

SAID, "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND." HE DID NOT

HAVE A CONVO WITH THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY. HE SAID,

"I'M NOT GONNA CONDEMN YOU, BUT YOU STOP SINNING."

(CONGREGATION MURMURS)

OKAY, HE HAD A VERY BOLD MESSAGE. JOHN HAD A BOLD

MESSAGE. THE APOSTLES HAD A BOLD MESSAGE. JESUS STOOD UP IN ACTS,

THE SECOND CHAPTER, AND HE SAID, "THIS CHRIST WHOM YOU

CRUCIFIED." AND THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART AND SAID,

"WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?" AND THE CHURCH GREW. WE HAVE THIS IDEA

THAT THE WAYS OF THE BIBLE ARE ANTIQUATED, THAT SOMEHOW WE

GOTTA COME UP WITH A NEW METHOD FOR THE NEW GENERATION, 'CAUSE

THEY AIN'T GONNA GET IT, SO WE GOTTA DO A HE GETS US, AND TURN

JESUS INTO A PHILANTHROPIST, AND SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, LET'S

HAVE A CONVERSATION, I GET YOU, YOU GET ME. THERE'S NOTHING IN

THE WORD THAT DESCRIBES THAT. NOTHING IN THE WORD. 3 THINGS

JESUS TAUGHT THE CHURCH TO DO. PREACH THE KINGDOM. THAT'S GOD'S

WAY OF DOING THINGS. HEAL THE SICK AND CAST OUT DEVILS. I

MEAN, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEBODY PUT A HAND ON SOMEBODY

AND SAID, INSTEAD OF, "WELL, LET'S JUST TALK. I KNOW YOU WENT

THROUGH." DON'T HEAR ME THAT I'M NEVER SAYING ANYBODY CAN'T TALK

WITH PEOPLE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, WE HAVE REPLACED BIBLE WITH

DISCUSSIONS AND CONVERSATION. GIVE A LITTLE, TAKE A LITTLE.

THIS IS, COME ON, AM I TALKING ABOUT THE SAME CULTURE? THIS IS

THE CULTURE WE'RE LIVING IN. EVERYBODY WANTS A LITTLE BIT OF

PEACE OF UNDERSTAND ME. OKAY? WE'RE NOT GONNA BE SAYING THAT

ON JUDGMENT DAY WHEN WE GET UP TO THE GATE. JESUS IS GONNA SAY,

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY WORD? DID YOU REPENT OF YOUR SINS?

OKAY, THERE ARE TERRIFYING SCRIPTURES, COME ON FOLKS,

WRITTEN IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT TALK ABOUT THOSE THAT WON'T MAKE

HEAVEN, THOSE THAT DO SUCH THINGS WON'T INHERIT ETERNAL

LIFE. REVELATION CHAPTER 21 SAYS ALL LIARS, FORNICATORS, THOSE

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THAT COMMIT SEXUAL SIN, THOSE THAT DO EVIL THINGS, THEIR NAME

WILL NOT BE FOUND IN THE BOOK. COME ON, OUR JOB IS TO GET

PEOPLE'S NAMES WRITTEN IN THE BOOK.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO THIS YOUNG MAN, BACK TO BROTHER COPELAND, THIS YOUNG

MAN, I'M NOT GETTING THROUGH ALL THESE, IT IS WHAT IT IS, I'VE

SAID IT. I'LL, HUH? WE'LL DO A PART 2 , I DON'T KNOW WHEN,

BUT WE WILL. HERE'S THE POINT, LET ME JUST SAY THIS,

HUH? PALM SUNDAY, OKAY, YOU'RE NOT PREACHING

ON PALM SUNDAY? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT HOME.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

OVER EGG SALAD, I MADE EGG SALAD TODAY. SO HERE'S THE DEAL,

HERE'S THE REAL DEAL. SO BROTHER COPELAND, HE COMES BACK, THIS

YOUNG MAN, AND HE WAS AT A MEETING, AND HE SAID, THIS

PERSON RUNS UP TO ME, BROTHER COPELAND, BROTHER COPELAND,

BROTHER COPELAND. DO YOU REMEMBER? HE GOES, YEAH, BEEN A

FEW YEARS, HE DIDN'T. AND HE GOES, I'M THAT YOUNG MAN THAT

THE GUY ASKED YOU TO COME TALK TO. AND YOU SAID THESE WORDS,

YOU SAID THAT MY WORD DOES NOT RETURN VOID. AND I COULDN'T HEAR

IT AT THE TIME. BUT DO YOU KNOW I COULD NOT GET THOSE OUT OF MY

MIND? EVERYWHERE I WENT, GOD'S WORD WON'T RETURN VOID.

EVERYWHERE I TRY TO DO DRUGS, GOD WON'T RETURN VOID. AND I TRY

TO DO SINFUL THINGS, GOD'S WORD WON'T RETURN. WE DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH TRUST IN THE WORD TO SAY IF I JUST PREACH THE

WORD UNADULTERATED, THAT GOD TAKES CARE OF THE REST.

COME ON, SOMEBODY, THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT, WHO CAN GET TO THAT PERSON'S HEART, RIGHT?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

WHAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF, WHETHER IN PERSON, BUT THIS IS

ESPECIALLY AN ISSUE ONLINE, THAT WE AREN'T CONVERSING SO MUCH

THAT WE ARE GIVING PEOPLE EXCUSES OUT OF HEAVEN. YOU KNOW,

I WAS READING THE SCRIPTURE. WE'RE DOING, OUR FAMILY'S DOING

A CHALLENGE READING THE BOOK OF MATTHEW, MATTHEW 7. JESUS SAID

IT, I MEAN, THIS IS STAGGERING. HE SAID, "NARROW IS THE WAY THAT

LEADS TO LIFE, "AND FEW THERE'LL BE THAT FIND IT." WIDE IS THE

CONVERSATION. WIDE IS THE WAY. WIDE IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO

DESTRUCTION, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE, AND I'M

JUST MAKING A DECISION, GOD, I'M NOT GONNA BE ONE OF

THOSE PEOPLE THAT HELPS SOMEBODY BECAUSE I DIDN'T

HAVE THE BOLDNESS TO TELL THEM THE TRUTH. HALLELUJAH!

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

ALL RIGHT, WHERE WAS I? GETTING FIRED UP. OH YEAH, WE'RE ONLY

NUMBER, WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. OKAY, WE NEED TO BRING BIBLE.

I'M NOT SAYING THIS, I'M NOT JUST TALKING POSTSCRIPTURES. WE

NEED TRUTH. AND IT NEEDS TO BE UNADULTERATED WITHOUT DECEPTION.

WE NEED TO KNOW IT. FOLKS, LISTEN TO ME. IF YOU CAN DO

ANYTHING, AND I CAN IMPLORE YOU AS A PASTOR, KNOW YOUR BIBLE.

OKAY, JESUS DIDN'T SAY IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS

WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW THE WORD. NO, HE

GREW UP KNOWING. SO HE HAD A COUNTER FOR EVERYTHING THAT CAME

DECEPTIVELY. AMEN. AND I LIKE WHAT ONE PREACHER SAID, THOSE

TEMPTATIONS THAT JESUS WENT THROUGH, IT WASN'T JUST THE 3 OF

THE BIBLE NOTES. HE WAS 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS IN COMBAT WITH THE

DEVIL, BEING COUNTERED AND HE CAME WITH THE WORD. THE WORD IS

WHAT KEPT HIM. NUMBER 4 , I'LL JUST SAY THIS QUICKLY, USE

SOCIAL MEDIA, NO SNOW YET, I CAN KEEP PREACHING. OH, THE STREAM

ENDS AT 1:10, I'M GONNA HURRY. ALL RIGHT, IN MODERATION, YOUR

LIFE SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED BY SOCIAL MEDIA. I THINK WE TALKED

ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, FOLKS, I STARTED SOMETHING, I WROTE ABOUT

THIS IN THE BOOK CALLED COMMANDING PEACE. I STARTED

TAKING DAYS WHERE I DIDN'T OPEN A SOCIAL APP. CAN YOU KNOW WHAT

SET ME FREE? WHAT? I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SET ME FREE. I'M STILL

DOING IT. I'M OPENING MY PHONE, I'LL CHECK MY BANK, RIGHT? SEE

WHAT'S COMING IN FROM AMAZON FOR THE DAY.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

SO THE PASTOR CAN BREAK THE BOXES DOWN. AND THEN, IT'S HIS

PART-TIME JOB, HE SAID. I SAID, "WELL, HONEY, I COULD BE GONE

SHOPPING, BUT NOW I'M HERE. AND IT COMES TO US." SEE, IT'S

GREAT. YOU KNOW, THE DOG FOOD COMES TO YOU NOW. IT'S AWESOME.

I LOVE IT. BUT HERE'S THE POINT. THE POINT IS, I JUST STARTED

TELLING MYSELF, "DO NOT OPEN INSTAGRAM." NOW, IF YOU WORK IN

IT IN A PROFESSIONAL SENSE, WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM HERE. I

WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, KEEP IT TO YOUR BUSINESS. SOME OF YOU

THAT RUN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESSES, EVERYBODY, IF YOU

HAVE TO POST FOR YOUR COMPANY, EVERY HUMAN BEING CAN CHOOSE TO

AVOID THE SCROLL. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE POSTING, DO YOU HAVE TO

BE SCROLLING? AND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE POSTING, DO YOU HAVE TO

GO CHECK COMMENTS EVERY TIME? SOMETIMES POST WHAT YOU GOT TO

POST, PUT YOUR PRODUCT OUT THERE AND WALK OFF. I'M TELLING YOU, I

BELIEVE IT'S STOLEN OUR PEACE TO HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE. AND I

LIKE WHAT PASTOR MATT SAID TO ME. HE SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE,

SOCIAL HAS MADE US LOSE HEART. RATHER THAN CARE ABOUT GOD'S

HEART, ALL WE CARE ABOUT IS HOW MANY LIKES DID I GET? OKAY? HOW

MANY PAGE LIKES AM I RECEIVING? HOW MANY COMMENTS DID I GET?

COME ON, ARE WE BETTER THAN THAT? I MEAN, AND I'VE CAUGHT UP

IN IT, SO I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING IN A CONDEMNING WAY.

I'VE LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW, MY PAGE IS

THIS." WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE THINKING? DO WE NOT NEED TO GROW

BETTER THAN THE AMOUNT OF LIKES? WHAT ABOUT, LIKE WHAT YOU SAID,

WHAT DOES GOD LIKE? DOES HE ENDORSE WHAT I'M DOING? IS HE

PLEASED? BECAUSE WE SURE KNOW THAT A MILLION FOLLOWERS DOES

NOT MEAN YOU HAVE PLEASED THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF

LORDS. COME ON SOMEBODY. ALL RIGHT, LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS.

AM I HELPING YOU? I DON'T WANT TO BARK AT YOU. LISTEN, I'M JUST

AS GUILTY OF MANY OF THESE THINGS, BUT FOLKS, DON'T YOU

THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE CHURCH TO MAKE A SHIFT IN HOW WE HANDLE

THE INTERNET AND HOW WE HANDLE THE BODY OF CHRIST? OKAY, TAKE

SOME DAYS OFF SOCIAL. I CHALLENGE YOU. CAN WE MAKE A

CHALLENGE IN THE CHURCH? JUST COME ON, SOME OF YOU. YOU CAN DO

IT. FAST IT, RIGHT? SOME OF YOU ARE LIKE, "OH, REALLY? THAT'S

THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO READ MINDS." JUST DO IT. YOU'D BE

SURPRISED HOW FUN IT IS TO WORK IN THE GARDEN, GO OUT, GUYS, IN

THE GARAGE AND PLAY WITH THE CAR, DO WHATEVER. DO SOMETHING

ELSE. AMEN. WE TELL THE KIDS TO DO IT. BREAK DOWN BOXES LIKE

PASTOR. IT'S SO FUN. BUT CAN I TELL YOU, WE TELL THE CHILDREN

TO DO IT, DON'T WE? OH, WE NEED TO GET THEM OFF THEIR SCREENS,

AND YET WE'RE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'M LIKE, WE'RE JUST

AS BAD. I MEAN, WALK THE AIRPORT ONCE. EVERYBODY. RIGHT? IT'S

CRAZY. IT'S CRAZY. SO JUST I CHALLENGE YOU, TAKE A DAY OFF

SOCIAL OR 2 , HAVE, YOU KNOW, MONDAY, NO SOCIAL DAY OR

WHATEVER IT IS. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET ME GIVE YOU THESE

LAST REALLY FAST, 'CAUSE I AM NOT PREACHING PART 2 ON PALM

SUNDAY, I AM NOT. ALL RIGHT, I HEARD THAT. NUMBER 6 , I THINK

WE TALKED ON IT, HOLINESS AND PURITY. GALATIANS 5:19 THROUGH

Galatians 5:19–26

26, IF YOU FOLLOW THE DESIRES OF YOUR SINFUL NATURE, COME ON,

SOCIAL SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR SELF-GRATIFICATION, RIGHT? HEY,

THAT IS NOT WHERE WE'RE JUST GONNA GO MEET PEOPLE. WELL,

YEAH, BUT WE'RE GENERATION WHATEVER. NO, LISTEN, THERE'S

SOMETHING TO DO WITH STILL IN-PERSON COMMUNICATION. NOT FOR

SELF-GRATIFICATION, HOLINESS, PURITY. BIBLE SAYS IN LEVITICUS

Leviticus 27:30

27:30, BE HOLY AS HE IS HOLY. I WON'T READ ALL OF GALATIANS, THE

WORKS OF THE FLESH, IDOLATRY, SORCERY, HOSTILITY, QUARRELING,

JEALOUSY, OUTBURSTS OF ANGER. I MEAN, THIS IS SOCIAL MEDIA JUST

LISTED IN THE BIBLE. DISSENSION, DIVISION, ENVY, DRUNKENNESS,

AMEN. ALL OF THESE SCRIPTURES, HOLINESS, USE IT IN A HOLY WAY

THAT PLEASES GOD. AND LAST I'LL SAY, DO IT WITHOUT REACTION.

THIS IS A RASH GENERATION. SECOND, TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3 TALKS

ABOUT THEIR HEADY IN THE LAST DAYS, MEANING THEIR RASH. THEY

JUST DO THINGS WITHOUT THINKING. I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA HAS SUCKED

US INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, WHERE WE JUST DO THINGS WITHOUT

THINKING. WE SEE SOMETHING, WE THINK, "OH, I GOTTA WRITE ABOUT

THAT." NO, WE DON'T PRAY, RIGHT? COME ON, 'CAUSE I'VE DONE IT,

MAN. I CAN BE A LITTLE HOT-TEMPERED. I READ SOMETHING,

SOMETHING BAD, SOMEBODY WRITES, I'M LIKE, "OH, I'M GOING." AND

THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL SAY, "DELETE IT." SO WE DON'T PRAY,

AND THE LAST IS PRAY. PRAY, PRAYERFULLY, PRAYERFULLY. YOU

KNOW WHAT KEPT JESUS OUT OF TROUBLE? HIS PRAYER LIFE WAS

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I THINK WE OUGHT TO MAKE ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

PRAY BEFORE YOU POST. AND THEN GET A SECOND OPINION. ASK YOUR

SPOUSE. ASK WHAT THEY THINK. HEY, SHOULD I POST THIS, HONEY?

AND IF THEY SAY NO, LISTEN, SINGLE PEOPLE HAVE AN

ACCOUNTABILITY BASE. LET'S BE PART OF THAT. LET'S INCREASE

MODESTY, RIGHTEOUSNESS, TRUTH. WE'RE THE BODY OF CHRIST. LOVING

THE BRETHREN ONLINE, RIGHT? DO GOOD TO THOSE THAT ARE THE

HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH ONLINE. YEAH, YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE PREACHER'S

PREACHING. YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE PASTOR'S STARTED A TRAVEL FUND.

WELL, THEN GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PAGE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A TRAVEL

FUND. IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. WE CAN LIVE TOGETHER AND LOVE

EACH OTHER, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, STAND TO YOUR FEET, PRAISE THE

LORD. I WANNA GET YOU OUT AT A GOOD TIME. STREAM ENDS IN 3

MINUTES. SO IF YOU DO NEED PRAYER, PASTOR DOUG, I'LL HAVE

THE ALTAR. PEOPLE CAN BE AT THE FRONT IF ANYBODY DOES NEED

PRAYER FOR A FEW MOMENTS. BUT THANK YOU, FOLKS, JUST FOR

HEARING THIS HARD. I WANT US TO DO BETTER. WE'RE THE BODY OF

CHRIST. LET'S BE THAT TO THE WORLD. LET'S BE THAT TO THE

WORLD. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? ALL RIGHT. I'M

GONNA PROPHESY SOMETHING. I BET YOU WON'T HAVE TO SHOVEL TOO

MUCH SNOW. IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD AFTERNOON. GO TAKE YOUR NAP, EAT

YOUR EGG SALAD. I LOVE YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU ONLINE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I PRAY

YOU WERE BLESSED IN JESUS' NAME. LOVE Y'ALL, BYE-BYE.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)