Sermon
02/11/26 Dr. Roberts Liardon
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Transcript
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(MUSIC)
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GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. ARE WE
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READY TO WORSHIP THE LORD TONIGHT? WE GOT THE WEDNESDAY
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NIGHT FAITHFUL, AND IF YOU'RE ONLINE, WE LOVE YOU
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JOINING US AS WELL. IT'S BETTER BEING IN THE ROOM,
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THOUGH. COME ON, LET'S LIFT UP HIS NAME TONIGHT.
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YEAH, COME ON
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OH, OH, OH, OH OUR PRAISE GOES UP, HEAVEN COMES DOWN OUR
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PRAISE GOES UP, HEAVEN COMES DOWN OUR PRAISE GOES UP,
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HEAVEN COMES DOWN OUR PRAISE GOES UP, HEAVEN COMES DOWN
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OUR PRAISE GOES UP, HEAVEN COMES DOWN
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HEAVEN COMES DOWN. HEAVEN COMES DOWN
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HEAVEN'S COMING DOWN HEAVEN'S COMING DOWN
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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COME ON, SAY HEAVEN'S COMING. WE SERVE THE LORD
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OF THE BREAKTHROUGH. WE SERVE THE LORD.
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SEE THE KING, LIFTED UP, CLOTHED WITH STRENGTH AND
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POWER. SEE THE KING, LIFTED UP, LORD OF HEAVEN'S ARMY.
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SEE THE KING, LIFTED UP, ALL THE NATIONS BOWING.
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ADONAI. ADONAI. SEE THE LORD OF GLORY.
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COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR PRAYER LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW.
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WE ARE PROPHESYING TO THE ATMOSPHERE.
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WE'RE PROPHESYING TO THE ATMOSPHERE.
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YOUR KINGDOM COME YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
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YOUR KINGDOM COME YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
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COME ON, OUR GOD IS MOVING IN THE EARTH.
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KEEP PROPHESYING. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE
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WORLD, I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO DECLARE THAT IN YOUR HOMES. COME
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ON, OVER YOUR LIFE. YOUR KINGDOM COME, GOD. YOUR WILL BE DONE ON
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EARTH. ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, WE
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SUMMON YOU, THE ALMIGHTY GOD. YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE
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DONE TO BRING DIVINE ALIGNMENTS AND SHIFTINGS THAT COME BY THE
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POWER OF YOUR HAND. THANK YOU, LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU AND
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HONOR YOU. I WANT YOU JUST TO BEGIN TO PROPHESY ON THE
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INSTRUMENTS NOW. COME ON, AS YOU DO, I WANT YOU TO LIFT UP YOUR
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VOICE AND BEGIN TO PRAY IN THE HOLY GHOST AS
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YOU RELEASE DIVINE MYSTERIES. COME ON.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, WE DECLARE THAT THY KINGDOM HAS
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COME AND THY WILL HAS BEEN DONE. AND WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR A
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DIVINE SHIFT THAT IS TAKING PLACE OVER OUR LIVES, A
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NEW SEASON. AND WE ARE BEING DIVINELY ALIGNED BY
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THE POWER OF YOUR HAND THAT IS NOT SO SHORT AT THIS
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TIME. COME ON, BEGIN TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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LISTEN, I JUST HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY SOMETHING TO ME. AND
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I NEED YOU THAT ARE AT HOME TO PRAY. PRAY RIGHT NOW. THE SPIRIT
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OF GOD SAYS, LISTEN, HE SAID, "I NEED MY PEOPLE TO PRAY NOW
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CONCERNING IRAN. FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD WILL SPEAK NOW, BUT THEN
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HE WANTS US TO PRAY IN WHAT HE REVEALS. FOR I HAVE DECLARED IN
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MY WORD, AND IT HAS BEEN SAID OF ME, THAT I SHALL ARISE WITH
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HEALING IN MY WINGS. AND SO I SPEAK AT THIS TIME THAT I AM
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ARISING. AND I AM ARISING TO BRING HEALING NOT ONLY OVER YOU,
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UNITED STATES, FOR IT SHALL BE MARKED AS YOU GATHER TO PRAY, AS
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YOU GATHER TO REDEDICATE AND EVEN YOUR LEADER WITH THE PEOPLE
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OF THIS LAND. IT SHALL RELEASE A HEALING THAT I SHALL RIDE IN.
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AND I SHALL USHER IN NOT JUST A NATURAL HEALING, BUT I WILL
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BEGIN AT THIS TIME TO BEGIN TO DEAL WITH THE DIVISIVE NATURE OF
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THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO PUSH ME OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY AND IS
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TRYING TO HINDER THE THINGS THAT I HAVE DECLARED. BUT LISTEN TO
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ME NOW, FOR YOU WILL HEAR IN THE DAYS TO COME CONCERNING IRAN,
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THAT THE EAGLE HAS LANDED UPON IRAN. I SPEAK THIS AT THIS TIME,
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SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, BECAUSE DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS THE
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MIGHT, THE MILITARY, THE MANEUVERS, AND THE STRATEGIES OF
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YOUR ARMORY. FOR YOU WILL SEE THAT THE EAGLE SHALL ARISE. I
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SPEAK OF THIS NATION, CONCERNING EVEN IRAN. DO NOT BE ALARMED, AS
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THINGS WILL FILL THE SKY, AND THERE WILL BE STRIKE, STRIKE,
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STRIKE, AND THERE WILL BE, LISTEN TO ME NOW, SAYS THE LORD,
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I NEED YOU TO PRAY. FOR THE EAGLE SHALL LAND, AND I SHALL
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RIDE UPON THE EXPRESSION OF THIS NATION CONCERNING IRAN. AND I
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WILL PLACE MY FEET, BUT I WILL USE THE EAGLE TO DIG ITS CLAW
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AND REMOVE THE ANCIENT REGIME THAT HAS BEEN IN IRAN. WHY IS
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THIS AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD? BECAUSE I HAVE COME AT THIS TIME
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TO LISTEN TO THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSED, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
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PERSECUTED, MY PEOPLE. AND I HAVE COME NOW, SAYS THE LORD, TO
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RESPOND. THE EAGLE SHALL LAND AND HIS CLAWS, THE CLAWS OF THIS
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NATION, SHALL LOOSE YOU, IRAN, FROM THE LION AND HIS SWORD OF
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IRAN, SAYS THE GOD. COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND BEGIN TO
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PRAY NOW. PRAY FOR IRAN. YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR IT IN THE NEXT
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COMING. I'M SERIOUS. SOMETHING, A MANEUVER IS BEING PLANNED. A
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RESPONSE IS BEING PLANNED AND IT NEEDS TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE
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SAKE OF THE PEOPLE. COME ON. PRAISE.
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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WE PRAY, WE PRAY, WE PRAY FOR IRAN. WE PRAY FOR THE OPERATION
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AND THE MANEUVERING OF YOUR SPIRIT OVER THIS LAND TO LIFT
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THE TYRANNY OFF OF IRAN AND TO BRING FREEDOM, LIBERTY, AND A
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RESTRAINT AGAINST BARBARIC ACTS AGAINST THE INNOCENT.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. DEEP, DEEP, DEEP, DEEP,
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DEEP. LET ME HEAR THE SOUND OF YOUR INTERCESSION.
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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WE SPEAK FREEDOM, A LIFTING, A LIFTING OF
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THE TYRANNY, THE OPPRESSION.
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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"IRAN, I SEND THE WIND UNTO YOU, IRAN. BE FREE."
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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COME ON ON THE DRUMS. COME ON, HIT IT, HIT IT, HIT IT, HIT IT,
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HIT IT. COME ON ON THE BASS. COME ON, THE BANDS OF WICKEDNESS
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ARE BEING BROKEN. THE SUPPRESSION IS BEING LIFTED AS
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THE EAGLE SHALL LAND. AND THE CLAWS OF THE LAND OF THE EAGLE
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SHALL LIFT THE TYRANNY OFF OF YOU, IRAN.
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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THANK YOU GOD. I WANT YOU, SHH, TO COUNT TO 3 . I WANT YOU TO
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SHOUT THE NAME OF YESHUA. BE STILL. 1, 2 , 3 . YESHUA! OVER
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IRAN, OVER THE PEOPLE OF YESHUA! BE FREE! BE FREE! COME ON,
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SHOUT! HALLELUJAH! I WANT YOU TO SAY, "LORD, WE COME INTO
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AGREEMENT, NOT OF OUR MIGHT, NOT OF OUR POWER, BUT BY YOUR
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SPIRIT, RIGHT INTO IRAN, AND LIFT THE TYRANNY OFF OF THE
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PEOPLE, OFF OF THE NATION, AND RESET IRAN TO A PLACE OF
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FREEDOM, AND THE CHRIST SHALL ARISE IN THE MIDDLE OF IRAN, AND
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THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA IS LORD. COME ON,
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GIVE HIM ONE MORE SHOUT OF PRAISE. HALLELUJAH! AMEN. DON'T
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YOU LIKE WHEN GOD GIVES YOU AN ASSIGNMENT AND THEN THE BEAUTY
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OF IT IS YOU GET TO WATCH IT HAPPEN? AND WHEN IT DOES, LOOK
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TO NO MAN. YOU HONOR GOD, AMEN. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? WHY
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DON'T YOU GREET SOMEBODY AROUND YOU AND SAY THIS, I BET I KNOW,
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I BET I KNOW WHEN ROBERT SLIARDON'S BIRTHDAY IS. ALL
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RIGHT, SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS. IT'S NOT HARD. SEE IF YOU CAN
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GUESS. ALL RIGHT, SEE ONLINE, WRITE ONLINE IF YOU
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KNOW ONLINE WHEN PASTOR ROBERT SLIARDON'S BIRTHDAY
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IS. WRITE IT ONLINE AND GREET ONE ANOTHER.
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(MUSIC)
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AMEN. WOO! WOW, THAT WAS LIKE A FIRE HOSE. I LIKE THAT. I DON'T
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KNOW. YOU KNOW, ROBERT SLIARDON, YOU IMPARTED THAT KIND OF CRAZY
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PRAYING IN US MANY YEARS AGO. SO, AND WE'VE NEVER STOPPED. I
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MEAN, 40 YEARS LATER, HERE WE GO. SO, WELL, ANYWAY, WE'RE
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VERY, VERY EXCITED AND WE WANNA GET ROBERT'S UP VERY SOON, BUT
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WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE OUR REGULAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT OFFERING AND SO
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YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DON'T HAVE TO PREACH A WORD TO
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YOU, DO I? YOU KNOW WHAT TO, YOU KNOW WHAT, RIGHT? SO WHY DON'T
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WE PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. WE ARE GONNA
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RECEIVE AN OFFERING FOR BROTHER ROBERT LIARDON AT THE END OF THE
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SERVICE. SO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE JOINING ONLINE, REMEMBER THAT
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AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SOW INTO HIS IMPACTFUL MINISTRY. AND I'M
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VERY EXCITED BECAUSE HE HAS SOME NEW MATERIAL OUT AND THOSE OF
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YOU THAT READ GOD'S GENERALS, HE HAS ADDED TO GOD'S GENERALS. SO
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THERE'S SOME INFO OUT THERE. BUT THERE'S THE GIVING INFORMATION,
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TEXT TO GIVE, MOBILE APP, WEBSITE, ENVELOPE, ALL THE
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DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR BEING SO
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FAITHFUL TO SOW INTO KINGDOM PURPOSES. YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY
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THIS WHILE YOU'RE PREPARING IS I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT
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THE CHURCH NEEDS TO BE UNDERGIRDED, NOT JUST THIS
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CHURCH, BUT THE CHURCH GLOBALLY, NEEDS TO BE UNDERGIRDED AND
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VALUED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE DO THAT IS
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THROUGH OUR GIVING. AND I FEEL LIKE IF CHURCHES WERE
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WELL-FUNDED, RIGHT, THE LIBERAL LUNATICS MIGHT NOT STAND A
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CHANCE. WE NEED TO STAND, PART OF THE WAY WE TAKE A STAND IS WE
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DO IT THROUGH OUR GIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ATTEND A
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CHURCH THAT'S NOT AFRAID TO GET INTO THE FRAY. AND I JUST HAVE
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AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WE'RE NOT AFRAID AT LORD OF HOSTS TO JUMP
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IN AND MAKE OUR SEAT, NOT BE INVITED NECESSARILY, BUT MAKE A
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SEAT AT THE TABLE OF THE CULTURAL CONVERSATION. AND SO
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WHEN YOU SOW INTO THE MINISTRY, YOU ARE HELPING FURTHER KINGDOM
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ADVANCEMENT ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND WE ARE VALUING THE CHURCH.
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WE WERE JUST TALKING IN THE BACK ABOUT CHURCHES GOING AWAY FROM
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MIDWEEK SERVICES, SUNDAY NIGHT KIND OF WENT OUT, A LOT OF
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CHURCHES QUIT THAT, THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF FASHION. AND THEN
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BROTHER SLIARDON WAS TELLING ME IN THE BACK, THERE ARE CERTAIN
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DENOMINATIONS NOW THAT ARE GOING TO A TWICE A MONTH SUNDAY. LIKE
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THEY'RE NOT EVEN DOING SUNDAYS CONSISTENTLY. NOW THAT IS, HOW
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MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY THAT IS NOT VALUING THE KINGDOM OF GOD?
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AND SO WE NEED TO VALUE IT BY SOWING INTO IT, BEING DILIGENT
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TO ATTEND AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN DO, AND JUST BE PART OF WHAT
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GOD'S DOING. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON A MIDWEEK SERVICE,
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AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF US THAT HAVE JOINED, ALL OF YOU, I
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SHOULD SAY, HAVE JOINED ONLINE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR GIVING
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READY, LET'S STAND UP, HOLD YOUR OFFERING, EVERYBODY STAND. TAKE
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YOUR PHONE, YOUR DEVICE, YOUR ENVELOPE, HOLD IT UP. YOU KNOW,
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COME ON, YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT. WE HOLD IT UP LIKE A SWORD IN
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THE FACE OF THE DEVIL. WHAT'S OUR SCRIPTURE FOR THE YEAR?
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PROVERBS 11:8, YOU'RE COMING OUT OF TROUBLE, RIGHT? SO
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THINK ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU HOLD THAT UP, YOU ARE COMING OUT OF A
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PLACE. IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A PLACE OF HARDSHIP, YOU JUST REMEMBER,
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NO, YOU'RE COMING OUT OF IT. AND THE DEVIL'S GONNA GET WHAT'S DUE
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HIM, BUT YOU'RE GONNA COME OUT TO A PLACE OF DELIVERANCE. SO,
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FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER THAT'S IN THE ROOM
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TONIGHT AND THOSE THAT ARE JOINING ON THE INTERNET, WE
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THANK YOU. FATHER, THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO
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EXPERIENCE THE RESULTS OF THEIR GIVING. WE THANK YOU, FATHER.
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YOU SAID, THIS IS NOT OUR WORDS, BUT YOU SAID YOU WOULD OPEN THE
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WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND THAT YOU WOULD REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR
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OUR SAKE. FATHER, THAT'S A PRETTY POWERFUL SCRIPTURE, BUT
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WE BELIEVE IT, WE BELIEVE IT, WE HAVE FAITH IN IT. SO AS WE PUT
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OUR SEEDS UP IN THE AIR, WE PUT OUR TIES UP, WE HOLD THEM UP, WE
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THANK YOU. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S COMING TO PASS IN OUR
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LIFE IN MULTIPLE WAYS, AND WE JUST WANNA TELL YOU FROM THE
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BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER, IN JESUS' MIGHTY
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NAME. COME ON, GIVE GOD A BIG SHOUT OF AMEN AS THE USHERS
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BEGIN TO SERVE YOU. AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK. AMEN, THANK
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YOU. SO PASTOR BRENDA MENTIONED THAT IT'S ROBERT'S, IT'S HIS
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FAULT THAT WE'RE LIKE THIS. SO ANYWAY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE
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SEATED AS THE USHERS SERVE YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU FIGURED OUT WHEN
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PASTOR ROBERT'S BIRTHDAY IS? IT'S SATURDAY, IT'S VALENTINE'S
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DAY. SO I HOPE HE REMEMBERED WHEN HIS BIRTHDAY IS. SO, BUT
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I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU JOINED US TONIGHT. I'M GONNA INTRODUCE
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OUR GUEST. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, PASTOR ROBERTS, DO YOU REMEMBER
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WHEN YOUR BIRTHDAY IS? IT IS SATURDAY, VALENTINE'S DAY. I
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MEAN, TALK ABOUT A KISS FROM GOD. I MEAN, COME ON, YOU KNOW,
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SO. ANYWAY, BUT HEY, THIS YEAR MY BIRTHDAY'S ON MOTHER'S DAY.
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SO THERE YOU GO. I'M GONNA HAVE TO TELL THAT TO MY MOM. I WAS
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HER GIFT. THERE YOU GO, OKAY. I'LL BE THE BIG 60.
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ROBERTS, HAVE YOU HIT 60? HE'LL BE 60 SATURDAY. ALL RIGHT, THERE
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YOU GO. BUT I WANNA JUST HONOR THIS MAN OF GOD. PEOPLE AROUND
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THE NATION AND THE WORLD HAVE OFTEN ASKED ME THROUGH THE
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YEARS, PASTOR HANK, WHERE DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE DEFINING MOMENT IN
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YOUR LIFE WAS IN THE AREA OF THE OFFICE THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU
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TO, THE EXPRESSION, THE ANOINTING? AND I ALWAYS SAY IT
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WAS ROBERTS SLIARDON. AND SOMETHING HAPPENED TO US IN
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1989. BRENDA AND I HAVE BEEN ALMOST MARRIED, AND THOSE OF YOU
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THAT ARE WATCHING, FOR 37 YEARS IN JULY. AND SO IT WAS RIGHT IN
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'89 THAT WE WENT TO A MEETING IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA. ROBERTS DIDN'T
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KNOW WHO WE WERE, CALLED US OUT, AND GOT INTO SOME VERY HEAVY
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TRAVAIL OF PRAYER. AND I STILL HAVE THE TAPE. AND HE PRAYED AND
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BEGAN TO BIRTH OVER PASTOR BRENDA AND I AND I WAS THERE TO
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GUIDE THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY MANTLE. HE SAID THERE'D BE
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CHANGES IN THE OPERATION OF THE ANOINTING, THE GRACE, THE WAY IT
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OPERATED. AND FOR A LONG TIME, I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. IT TOOK
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ME A WHILE. SO, IT'S ONE THING TO PROCESS THAT, ROBERTS, BUT
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ANOTHER THING, I SHOULD HAVE CALLED YOU AND SAID, "NOW, HOW
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DO I WALK THIS OUT?" BUT ANYWAY, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER TIME I
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WANNA SAY THIS. I REMEMBER ALEXANDRIA, MINNESOTA. WE WERE
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THERE AND THERE WAS A TORNADO. YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT WAS
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CRAZY. AND THAT'S WHEN HE LAID HANDS ON ME. AND BOB, YOU WERE
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THERE. AND BOB AND I GO WAY BACK AND WE CAME BACK PRAYING IN
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TONGUES. WE HAD NEVER PRAYED IN TONGUES THAT WILD IN OUR WHOLE
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TIME. AND WE PRACTICED THE WHOLE WAY. WE HAD LIKE 4 STRONG WORDS,
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ROBERTS. IT WAS LIKE, YOU REMEMBER THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER
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WHAT IT WAS. I THINK WE TOOK A COUPLE OF YOUR WORDS AND THEN
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PRACTICED, YOU KNOW. AND THEN, BUT THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER THING
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AND I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. WE DROVE, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN TO
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TULSA? FROM OMAHA, IT'S 6 AND A HALF TO 7 HOURS. IF BRENDA'S
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DRIVING, IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 2 DAYS. BUT I'M JUST
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TEASING, BUT ANYWAY. SO WE GOT CAUGHT IN A SNOWSTORM. PASTOR
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CHRISTY WAS WITH US. MATTHEW WAS ONE YEARS OF AGE AND WE WERE SO
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HUNGRY. AND WE WENT DOWN TO A CONFERENCE THAT HE WAS AT IN
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TULSA AND GOT CAUGHT IN A SNOWSTORM. WE JUST KEPT DRIVING
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WITH A ONE-YEAR-OLD. PASTOR CHRISTY, YOU REMEMBER WHERE
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SHE'S AT, WE PRAYED IN THOSE TONGUES THAT WE WERE TAUGHT ON
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HOW TO PRAY STRONG AND WE GOT THERE. THE NEXT DAY, ROBERTS
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CALLED BRENDA AND I OUT. AGAIN, HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW US AND HE
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SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, ROBERTS, YOU
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SAID, "THIS YOUNG COUPLE HERE, GOD SAYS, "YOUR MINISTRY, YOU'RE
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GONNA LINK ARMS "WITH THE GENERALS OF THE EARTH "AND
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YOU'RE GONNA RUN HAND IN HAND, ARM IN ARM "AS PART OF THE MOVE
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OF GOD IN THIS TIME." HE DIDN'T KNOW US, NOTHING WAS WORKING OUT
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AT THE TIME. BUT THEN HE CALLED FOR A PRAYER LINE. WE CAME UP AT
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THAT AND WE WERE HOLDING MATTHEW BECAUSE HE WAS ONE YEARS OLD.
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AND HE SAYS, "HERE, GIVE ME YOUR SON." AND HE TAKES MATTHEW AND
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HE GOES DOWN THE PRAYER LINE AND MATTHEW STARTED LAYING HANDS ON
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PEOPLE. IT WAS THE GREATEST THING. SO ROBERTS, THANK YOU FOR
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WHO YOU ARE. THANK YOU FOR OBEYING GOD IN OUR LIFE. AND
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IT'S WITH THAT I WANT YOU TO STAND AND HONOR AND WELCOME
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GOD'S SERVANT, ROBERTS SLIARDON, WHO I LOVE AND I HONOR AND I
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THANK GOD FOR YOU. WE ON? PRAISE THE LORD. AM
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I ON? ONE, 2 . CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE, GOOD. HEY,
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HEY, I LIKED YOUR BUILDING. WHEN I WAS HERE THE
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LAST TIME, YOU WERE STILL POUNDING STUFF. SO
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CONGRATULATIONS ON AN AMAZING LOOKING BUILDING. SO GREAT. AND
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IT'S IN OMAHA. IN OMAHA. AMEN. YOU MAY BE SEATED. GO AHEAD AND
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BE SEATED IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT
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TO COME AND BE WITH YOUR PASTORS AND THE FAMILY AND I
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WATCH YOU GUYS ON MY PHONE A LOT AS I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
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SO I DO KEEP UP A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU AND IT'S ALWAYS
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EXCITING TO BE HERE AND IT'S AN HONOR TO HEAR THOSE STORIES
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SO SOMETIMES YOU DO THINGS BY THE SPIRIT AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA
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THE FUTURE OUTCOME, YOU JUST STEP INTO THE PRESENT
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COMMAND AND YOU DO IT WITH YOUR FULL FORCE OF
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YOUR FAITH AND HEART AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE IT ENDS UP.
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AND SO I'M SO GLAD I WAS A PART OF THE EARLY HOURS OF THEIR
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LIFE AND THE MINISTRY AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE DOING A LOT
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MORE TOGETHER IN THE LATTER DAYS. I THINK WE'RE BOTH LEAVING
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THE 50S CLUB. I JUST GOT USED TO BEING 50 AND I'M BEING KICKED
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OUT. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THE WORD 60. IT SEEMS LIKE
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A WORD THAT SHOULD NOT BE ATTACHING ITSELF TO ME IN ANY
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WAY. AND IT GOES, I'VE BEEN PREACHING OVER 40 YEARS. I
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PREACHED MY FIRST SERMON WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. AND I PLANNED
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A CAREER PREACHERS RETIRE, CALL ONES RE-ADMINISTRATE. WRITE THAT
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DOWN. SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT. SO YOU THAT ARE YOUNG AND YOU
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THAT ARE CERTAIN AGES, CAREER PREACHERS, AND THEY DO EXIST,
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BUT THEY DO, THEY'VE CHOSEN AS A CAREER, AND THEY RETIRE. GOD
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BLESS THEM. BUT CALLED PEOPLE, THEY RE-ADMINISTRATE AND THEY GO
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ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THEIR DAYS. WHEN THEIR DAYS ARE FULL,
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THEY TAKE OFF. AND YOU DON'T GET FULL DAYS BY RESTING FOR 20
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YEARS. YOU GET FULL DAYS BY WORKING THE WHOLE TIME YOU'RE
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HERE WITH A FEW HOURS OFF HERE AND THERE, AMEN? I'VE BEEN TO
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130 COUNTRIES SO FAR. THAT'S OVER HALF THE WORLD I'VE
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PREACHED IN MYSELF. AND I JUST DECIDED I MIGHT AS WELL GO SEE
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THE REST OF IT AND GET ALL OF THEM DONE BEFORE I LEAVE. SO, AS
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I GO INTO MY 60S, I'M PLANNING FOR IT TO BE MY WILDEST AND
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FASTEST AND GREATEST DECADE I'VE EVER HAD AND GO TO A LOT OF NEW
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NATIONS. I FLEW 195,000 AIR MILES LAST YEAR. AND SO I DID
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ABOUT 10 FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND 16 STATES. YOU SAY, “DO YOU
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GET TIRED?” IF I THINK ABOUT IT I GET TIRED IF I JUST DO IT I’M
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OKAY. I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS BUT IT WORKS FOR ME. BUT
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WHEN I LOOK AT MY SCHEDULE TOO DEEPLY I’M LIKE “OH MY”. I JUST
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GLANCE AT IT, PRAISE THE LORD AND KEEP GOING, AMEN? OPEN YOUR
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BIBLES IF YOU HAVE THEM WE ARE GOING TO START IN JUST A MOMENT
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IN THE BOOK OF ACTS THE 3RD CHAPTER. A MESSAGE IVE BEEN
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CARRYING FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME I WILL START WITH AND
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SEE WHERE WE END UP I'VE WRITTEN 101 BOOKS SO FAR. HAVE YOU READ
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ALL OF THEM YET? WELL, ONE DAY I'M GONNA MEET A GUY OR A LADY
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THAT'S READ ALL OF THEM. AND THIS IS MY 7TH VOLUME IN THE
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GOD'S GENERAL SERIES. THERE'S GONNA BE 12 VOLUMES WHEN I'M
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DONE. THIS ONE IS CALLED "MOVEMENTS OF THE SPIRIT." WE
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TALK ABOUT GORDON AND FREDA LINDSAY, THAT LED THE VOICE OF
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HEALING AND REVIVAL AND BUILT CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS. WE TALK
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ABOUT DEMAS SHEKARION, THE FULL GOSPEL BUSINESSMAN AND HIS WIFE,
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ROSE. YOU KNOW, HE IS DESCENDANT OF THOSE CRAZY KARDASHIANS. DO
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YOU ALL KNOW THAT? THEY HAVE PENTECOSTAL GOOD ROOTS AND THEY
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NEED TO RETAP INTO. BUT THEY ALL CAME FROM ARMENIA. GOD GAVE
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DEMAS' GRANDFATHER, I BELIEVE IT WAS, A PROPHETIC WORD BACK IN
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THE LATE 1800S. TO LEAVE ARMENIA, THERE WAS COMING A
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GREAT PROBLEM BEFORE THE GREAT GENOCIDE. AND THEY CAME TO
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CALIFORNIA. AND ONE DAY THEY WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREETS OF
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LA AND THEY HEARD PEOPLE PRAYING LIKE THEY DID IN ARMENIA. AND IT
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WAS AZUSA STREET. AND THEY WALKED INSIDE OF AZUSA STREET.
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HEY, WE DO THIS. AND THEY HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE THAT OVER
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IN ARMENIA. THEY CAME HERE. AND THAT'S HOW THE SHECHARIAN FAMILY
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CAME INTO THE FAITH OF THE STATES. AND WE TELL YOU HIS
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STORY. HE WAS A DAIRYMAN. HE HAD DAIRY COWS. HIM AND HIS WIFE
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WOULD GO OUT TO BUY COWS. I GUESS YOU GO AND LOOK AT A HERD
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OR SOMETHING. AND THEY'D PRAY IN TONGUES UNTIL A COW GLOWED AT
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THEM. AND THE COW THAT GLOWED IS THE ONE THEY BOUGHT. AND THEY
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BUILT THIS SHECHARIAN HERD THAT EVEN TODAY IN CALIFORNIA, THE
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SHECHARIAN COWS MAKE BETTER QUALITY AND BETTER QUANTITY OF
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MILK THAN ANY OTHER HERD IN CALIFORNIA TO THIS DAY. AND IT'S
-
CALLED, "THEY PRAYED TO THE HOLY GHOST "AND LOOKED FOR GLOWING
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COWS." AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO ISN'T
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IT GREAT THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT STORIES? AND CALVIN
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KUHLMAN AND DEMAS SHEKARIAN LED REALLY THE CHARISMATIC RENEWAL,
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THE CHARISMATIC REVIVAL. AND HE WAS CALLED TO HELP BUSINESSMEN
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AND WOMEN FIND JESUS. HE WANTED TO RENT CHURCHES' FELLOWSHIP
-
HALLS, BUT THE PASTORS WOULDN'T RENT IT TO HIM. SO HE'D GO INTO
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RESTAURANTS AND HOTEL BALLROOMS, AND IT GREW SO BIG THAT NO
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FELLOWSHIP HALL WAS BIG ENOUGH. HE'D HAVE SOMETIMES 3,000 OR
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4,000 AT A LUNCHEON OR AT A DINNER AND HAVE REAL NICE FOOD
-
IN A REAL NICE PLACE AND HAVE A SPEAKER THAT WAS A BUSINESSMAN
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OR WOMAN THAT HAD GOTTEN SAVED OR HEALED OR WHATEVER AND TELL
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THE STORY AND THEN GET TONS OF THEM SAVED AND HEALED THAT WAY.
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AND IT BECAME A GREAT MOVE OF THE CHARISMATICS. YOU'LL LEARN
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ABOUT HIM. WE TALK ABOUT MR. PENTECOST. YOU EVER HEARD OF
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DAVID DU PLESSIS? OH, DAVID DU PLESSIS, MR. PENTECOST. I'LL
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TELL YOU THIS AND I'LL PREACH LATER. HE'S A SOUTH AFRICAN AND
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HE HELPED RUN THIS, ARE YOU A SOUTH AFRICAN? ONE HOLY SOUTH
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AFRICAN OUT THERE, GOD BLESS YOU. ALL RIGHT, HE WAS A SOUTH
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AFRICAN AND IN THE EARLY 30S, HE WAS HELPING THE ASSEMBLIES OF
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GOD FORM IN SOUTH AFRICA AND WAS ONE OF THEIR LEADERS. AND A
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FAMOUS MAN NAMED WIGGLESWORTH CAME TO TOUR AFRICA AND PREACH
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IN SOUTH AFRICA. HE GOT UP EARLY ONE MORNING, WIGGLESWORTH DID.
-
HE ALWAYS WAS, WHEN YOU SAW HIM, HE WAS ALWAYS HAIR COMBED AND
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FULLY DRESSED AND LOOKED GOOD. YOU NEVER SAW HIM, UGH, IT WAS
-
PERFECT. THAT'S THE WAY HE CAME OUT OF EVERY ROOM OR EVERY
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HOTEL. THAT'S THE WAY HE WAS. HE GOT UP EARLY THAT MORNING AND
-
WENT DOWNSTAIRS. HE WAS STAYING IN THE DUPLICITY HOME. AND HE
-
SCARED MRS. DUPLICITY ALMOST TO DEATH BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HEAR
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ANYBODY COMING AND HE HAD THAT BOOMING VOICE, "WHERE'S DAVID?"
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WELL, HE'S AT THE OFFICE. HE WENT EARLY TO GET ALL OF HIS
-
WORK DONE. "TAKE ME TO HIM." WIGGLESWORTH, WHEN HE HAD A
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WORD, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN TALKING MUCH. HE JUST GAVE
-
ORDERS. UNTIL HE WAS DONE, THEN HE WAS NICE. AND HE WALKED INTO
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THE BUILDING AND DAVID SAID, "I DIDN'T HEAR THE DOOR OPEN. I
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DIDN'T HEAR ANY OTHER DOORS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY OFFICE DOOR
-
FLEW OPEN AND THERE STOOD FULLY DRESSED WIGGLESWORTH SAYING,
-
"GET UP, STAND UP." HE SAID, "I WAS SO FRIGHTENED. I STOOD UP
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AND WIGGLESWORTH PUSHED HIM AGAINST THE WALL AND ALMOST
-
TOUCHED HIS NOSE, NOSE TO NOSE AND BEGAN TO PROPHESY ABOUT 3
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GREAT MOVES OF GOD THAT WERE COMING. AND HE SAID TO DAVID
-
THAT THE HOLY GHOST IN ONE OF THOSE MOVES WAS GONNA GO INTO
-
THE HISTORICAL CHURCHES, EVEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND THAT HE
-
WOULD HAVE A MAJOR PART IN THE LORD'S WORK INSIDE THE CATHOLIC
-
CHURCH. WELL, BACK THEN, THE PENTECOSTALS DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT
-
THE HOLY GHOST WOULD GO TO ANY CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAUSE THEY
-
WORSHIPED MARY AND IDOLS AND ALL THESE THINGS. BUT
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SOMETIMES YOU'RE GONNA REALIZE THE HOLY GHOST
-
GOES WHERE YOUR TRADITION SAYS NOT TO GO.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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AND YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHO YOU'RE GONNA OBEY, YOUR DEAD,
-
DUMB TRADITION, OR THE GOD OF HEAVEN, IT'S UP TO YOU. AND SO
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IT TOOK ALMOST 30 YEARS FOR THAT PROPHECY TO COME TO PASS. THE
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POPE HAD SENT 2 MEN TO AMERICA TO INVESTIGATE THE CHARISMATIC
-
RENEWALS, WE CALL IT, 'CAUSE THEY HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT DIDN'T
-
KNOW IF IT WAS OF GOD OR NOT. HE SENT 2 OF HIS GUYS, AND THEY
-
CAME BACK TO THE POPE AND SAID, "IT'S REAL, WE DON'T KNOW
-
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, "BUT FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL, IT'S A GOD
-
THING." HE SAID, "WELL, GO BACK TO AMERICA "AND FIND SOMEBODY
-
THAT CAN TELL US ABOUT IT "AND TEACH US ALL IT." WELL, DAVID
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WENT TO THIS TERRIBLE CONVENTION CALLED THE WORLD COUNCIL OF
-
CHURCHES. I THINK ONLY DEVILS GO THERE. NOT SURE, BUT POSSIBLY.
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IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT YOU WON'T FIND MUCH OF THE
-
WORD, IT'S MORE INTELLECT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND
-
DAVID WENT THERE FOR SOME REASON. HE SAID, "I DIDN'T FIT.
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"I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I WAS THERE. "AND I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE KIND
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OF, YOU KNOW. "TWO ROWS BEHIND HIM SAT THOSE 2 MEN FROM THE
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VATICAN "AND THEY MET AND THEY SAID, "'YOU'RE THE MAN WE'VE
-
BEEN LOOKING FOR. "'COME WITH US.' "THEY TOOK HIM BACK TO THE
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VATICAN "AND THE CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL EXPLODED
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"AND THE PROPHECY BEGAN TO COME TO PASS." SO YOU'LL ENJOY THAT,
-
BUT YEAH, YOU SHOULD CLAP ON THAT. THAT'S A GOOD STORY. SEE,
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WELL, I DON'T LIKE CATHOLICS, GOD DOES. WELL, CATHOLICS DO
-
STRANGE THINGS, SO DON'T YOU. GOD LIKES YOU. GOD OVERLOOKS
-
SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO WHILE WE'RE LEARNING AND GROWING
-
AND DOING THINGS, AND SO CAN'T YOU WITH OUR BROTHERS AND
-
SISTERS, AND NOT BE SO MEAN. PLEASE CHOOSE TO BE KIND.
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KINDNESS IS A GOD CHARACTER, MEANNESS IS A
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DEMON CHARACTER. WRITE THAT DOWN. THAT’S SO DEEP,
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YOU GOTTA WRITE THAT DOWN. ALRIGHT, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT
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LONNIE FRISBEE, THE JESUS PEOPLE REVIVALIST. 1960, THIS COUNTRY
-
WAS GOING THROUGH, HERE I AM GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU, CAN
-
YOU CATCH? OH. FLYING PAPER. AND UM, 1960 AMERICA WAS LIBERATING
-
SEX AND DRUGS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND GOD NEEDED SOMEONE
-
TO TALK TO AMERICA AND GET THE YOUNG PEOPLES ATTENTION. AND OF
-
ALL THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA, ALL OF THEM, THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE
-
IN AMERICA, HE CHOSE A HIPPIE. A HIPPIE. AND HE GOT SAVED, THEY
-
MADE A MOVIE CALLED THE JESUS REVOLUTION MOVIE, IT'S A GOOD
-
MOVIE. BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU EVERYTHING BECAUSE SOME THINGS
-
THEY CAN'T PUT IN MOVIES LIKE THIS STORY. LONNIE FRISBEE AND 2
-
FRIENDS WENT AND BOUGHT SOME LSD. WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA. NOW
-
IT'S CRACK OR METH OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT. AND WENT UP ON A
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SMALL HILL SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA, TOOK ALL THEIR
-
CLOTHES OFF AND TOOK THE LSD AND DANCED NAKED AND TRIPPED IN THE
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SUN THAT AFTERNOON. AND JESUS CAME WALKING ACROSS THE SKY TO
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LONNIE FRISBEE WHEN HE'S TRIPPING AND BUTT NAKED. I KNOW,
-
I KNOW, IT SOUNDS CRAZY. THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T PICK YOU. HE
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DIDN'T PICK ME EITHER. 'CAUSE I DON'T DANCE NAKED ON A
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CALIFORNIA HILL. I DON'T DO LSD AND TAKE 2 FRIENDS WITH ME
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AND... BUT OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE, HE CAME WALKING ACROSS
-
THE SKY TO THIS NAKED HIPPIE NAMED LONNIE, AND HE ACCEPTS THE
-
LORD, AND THE LORD CALLS HIM IN THE MIDDLE. I'M PARAPHRASING,
-
BUT I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO DO. AND HE GOES, "OKAY." AND HE
-
COMES BACK IN HIS RIGHT MIND THAT FAST. AND THE FIRST THING
-
HE DID WAS HE PUT HIS CLOTHES ON. IT'S REAL GOOD THAT YOU PUT
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YOUR CLOTHES BACK ON. I'M GONNA WRITE A BOOK ONE DAY, "THE NAKED
-
PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE." 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NAKED PEOPLE IN
-
THE BIBLE, AND YOU'VE GOTTA FIND OUT WHY THEY GOT NAKED AND WHY
-
THEY GOT DRESSED. THERE'S A STORY THERE. AND HE SAT DOWN
-
THERE WHILE HIS OTHER 2 FRIENDS WERE STILL TRIPPING ON THEIR
-
LSD. THEY ALL CAME BACK DOWN AND PUT THEIR CLOTHES BACK ON AND
-
THEY SAT DOWN AND LONNIE SAYS, "THIS JESUS DUDE APPEARED TO ME
-
"AND HE WANTS ME TO HELP HIM. "AND I'M GONNA HELP HIM." AND
-
THEY SAID, "WELL, DO YOU THINK HE NEEDS OUR HELP TOO?" HE GOES,
-
"IF HE'S ASKING FOR MY HELP, "HE NEEDS A LOT OF HELP." SO HIS 2
-
FRIENDS KIND OF JUMPED IN TO HELP JESUS TOO. AND THEY SAT
-
THERE AND TALKED FOR A LITTLE BIT. THEY SAID, "YOU KNOW,
-
CHRISTIANS DO STUFF WITH WATER. "WHAT DO THEY DO WITH WATER?"
-
NOW, THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT BAPTISMS. THEY DROVE DOWN TO THE
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OCEAN. THEY GOT IN THE OCEAN AND STANDING THERE IN THE WAVES, YOU
-
KNOW, THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE WATER.
-
SO ONE OF THE GUYS SAID, "WELL, SINCE THE JESUS DUDE TALKED TO
-
YOU, WHEN THE NEXT WAVE COMES IN, SHOVE ME IN IT.
-
AND AFTER THAT, SHOVE HIM IN IT." AND SO LONNIE
-
STARTED SHOVING HIS 2 FRIENDS IN THE WAVES AND THE
-
HIPPIES ON THE BEACH STARTED WATCHING THIS.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
AND THEY BEGIN TO SAY, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" AND HE TURNS
-
AROUND AND PREACHES THE FIRST SERMON OF THE JESUS PEOPLE
-
REVIVAL. AND THAT'S HOW THAT GREAT REVIVAL STARTED.
-
CAN YOU SAY AMEN? HALLELUJAH. YOU GUYS CLAPPING
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LIKE NEBRASKA PEOPLE, GOTTA CLAP LIKE HEAVEN PEOPLE.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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I KNOW IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BUT ACT LIKE IT'S SUNDAY, OKAY? ALL
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RIGHT, I GOT OTHER BOOKS BACK THERE, AND YOU GO BACK THERE AND
-
GET AHOLD OF, OH, WE'VE GOT OUR CONFERENCE COMING UP. WE'VE GOT
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YOUR PASTOR COMING TO OUR CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER. WE CALL
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IT THE NOW CONFERENCE, WHAT GOD IS SAYING AND DOING NOW. JOSEPH
-
ZEE, HANK KUNNEMAN, FLASHPOINT'S COMING, AND MY GOOD FRIEND COLIN
-
DYE FROM LONDON THAT BUILT A 25,000 MEMBER APOSTOLIC CHURCH
-
IN THE 80S AND 90S BEFORE ANY OF THIS WAS EVEN TALKED ABOUT WOULD
-
BE WITH US. SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ABOUT THAT. IN ACTS CHAPTER
-
3 , VERSE 19, LET ME TALK FAST. THE LATTER PART OF THE VERSE
-
SAYS THIS. WHEN TIMES OF REFRESHING SHALL COME FROM THE
-
PRESENCE OF THE LORD. NOTICE THAT THE WORDS TIMES IS PLURAL,
-
MORE THAN ONE. NOTICE THAT IT COMES FROM HEAVEN. IT DOESN'T
-
COME FROM HEADQUARTERS OF A DENOMINATION, OR A BOARD, OR THE
-
POPE. GOD DECIDES WHO, WHAT, WHEN, AND HOW HIS TIMES COME
-
INTO THE EARTH. THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMES OF GOD.
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I CALL THE 3 R'S. REFRESHING, REVIVAL, AND REFORMATION. WRITE
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THOSE WORDS DOWN. REFRESHING, REVIVAL, AND REFORMATION.
-
REFRESHING IS MORE A PERSONAL HAPPENING. YOU'VE SERVED JESUS
-
FOR A WHILE. I'VE SERVED THE LORD. I JOKINGLY SAY, I WAS BORN
-
BORN AGAIN. I WAS BORN IN A CHRISTIAN FAMILY. SO I DON'T
-
REMEMBER A DAY WITHOUT JESUS, PRAYER, BIBLE, CHURCH, GOD. I
-
JUST GREW UP LIKE THAT. NOW I KNOW THE DAY I GOT SAVED AND
-
ACCEPTED CHRIST, BUT I NEVER KNEW THAT HE DIDN'T EXIST. HE
-
ALWAYS EXISTED FOR ME. AND WHEN YOU WORK FOR CHRIST AND WORK IN
-
THE CHURCH, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T BACKSLIDE AND YOU JUST GET
-
TIRED. LIKE, I LOVE YOU, LORD, BUT I DON'T WANNA GO TO CHURCH
-
RIGHT NOW. I LOVE PASTOR HANK AND BRENDA, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE
-
THEIR CHILDREN'S WORKER ANYMORE. I WANNA STAY HOME. I DON'T WANNA
-
PRAY. I JUST WANNA MOAN. NOW, IF YOU'VE SERVED THE LORD ANY
-
LENGTH OF TIME, YOU FACE THAT. AND YOU'RE NOT IN SIN, YOU JUST
-
NEED GOD TO REFRESH YOU. MAKE EVERYTHING NEW AGAIN LIKE YOU
-
JUST STARTED AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHAT A REFRESHING IS. SO IF
-
YOU'RE LIKE THAT TONIGHT, DON'T GET MAD AT YOURSELF OR BEAT
-
YOURSELF UP, JUST ASK THE LORD, I LOVE YOU, BUT I NEED YOU TO
-
HELP ME. HELP MY FAMILY. MAKE EVERYTHING NEW FOR ME AGAIN. THE
-
EXCITEMENT FOR THE WORD, EXCITEMENT FOR THE CHURCH. AND
-
HE'LL DO THAT FOR YOU. SOME OF YOU ARE LIKE “WELL I JUST NEED A
-
BREAK” NO YOU NEED THE HOLY GHOST TO COME BAPTIZE YOU
-
AGAIN. BLOW ON YOU AND RAIN ON YOU AND DO ALL THOSE GOOD
-
THINGS TO YOU AND MAKE EVERYTHING NEW. AMEN. NOW
-
REVIVAL IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. WE HAVE
-
REVIVAL CULTURE. WE HAVE REVIVAL PRAYER MEETINGS, REVIVAL
-
BOOKS, REVIVAL CONFERENCES, REVIVAL, REVIVAL, REVIVAL.
-
REVIVAL IS WHEN GOD COMES TO HIS PEOPLE AND REVIVES THEM TO THEIR
-
PURPOSES OR TO TRUTHS THAT ARE FORGOTTEN OR OUT OF ORDER.
-
REVIVAL. AMERICA IS A LAND OF REVIVALS. SHE HAS NEVER HAD THE
-
THIRD R, REFORMATION, UNTIL NOW. WE ARE IN AMERICA'S FIRST GREAT
-
REFORMATION. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW. THAT IS
-
WHY SOME OF YOU HERE, SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU'RE
-
USED TO THE REFRESHING, YOU'RE USED TO THE REVIVAL, BUT THIS
-
OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW IT'S THE LORD, BUT IT DOESN'T QUITE
-
FEEL RIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR BECAUSE ITS A
-
REFORMATION MANTEL A REFORMATION SPIRIT THAT HAS COME TO OUR
-
COUNTRY. NOW I’VE READ, MY LIBRARIAN TELLS ME, 14,000
-
BOOKS. SO THAT’S WHY I WEAR GLASSES, MY EYES ARE STILL
-
TIRED. NOW NOT EVERY BOOK WAS BIG, SOME OF THEM WERE LITTLE SO
-
DON’T THINK THEY WERE ALL LIKE THIS BIG, BUT THERE WERE SOME.
-
THOSE WERE WRITTEN BY PEOPLE SO SMART THEY WERE STUPID.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THEY ARE SO SMART THEY CAN’T REALLY DO
-
NOTHIN BUT TRY TO TELL YOU HOW SMART THEY ARE. A SMART MAN
-
KNOWN HE IS AND SIMPLIFIES HIS MESSAGE SO EVERYONE CAN GET IT.
-
NOT TRYING TO MAKE SURE “IM SMART”. NO YOU’RE NOT. IF YOU’RE
-
THAT SMART YOU WOULD SIMPLIFY SO THE LITTLE UNEDUCATED PERSON CAN
-
GET AS WELL AS THE GREAT EDUCATED PERSON. THAT’S A SMART
-
PERSON. SO THEY BRING ME INTO THESE SEMINARIES NOW. I'M AN
-
AUTHORITY. ALL THESE THINGS THEY SAY, LIKE IF YOU KNEW WHERE I
-
CAME FROM, YOU WOULDN'T BE SAYING THAT. I CAME FROM TULSA,
-
FROM TULSA, NOT DALLAS, JUST TULSA. AND I WAS RAISED BY
-
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA COUNTRY PREACHERS. SO I LIKE ALL OF
-
THAT, BUT NOW I'M AN AUTHORITY BECAUSE I READ BOOKS AND TALK TO
-
OLD PEOPLE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO. I JUST TALK TO
-
THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND LEARN STUFF THAT YOU NEED TO LEARN. WHEN
-
YOU'RE YOUNG, ENJOY PLAYING GOLF WITH YOUR YOUNG BUDDIES.
-
IF YOU WANT SMARTS, FIND OLD PEOPLE AND SHUT UP AND
-
LET THEM TALK. SEE, NOTICE, NOT ONE AMEN ON THAT.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN. FIND OLD PEOPLE THAT KNOW MORE ABOUT GOD
-
AND LIFE THAN YOU AND HANG OUT WITH THEM. AMEN. THANK YOU. AND
-
IF YOU WANNA GO WATCH A BASKETBALL GAME OR DO SOME,
-
THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN DO THAT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, BUT DON'T
-
BELIEVE THEM, JUST ENJOY THEM. YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN THROUGH
-
SUFFERING. OLD PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THAT. AND
-
IF YOU LISTEN TO THEM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER SO MUCH.
-
SUFFERING NORMALLY IS ALL YOUR STUPID FAULT.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
MOST OF IT IS. AND WHEN I'D READ THESE REVIVAL BOOKS AND TALK TO
-
THESE OLD PEOPLE, I NOTICED IN THE WRITINGS OF SOME OF THE
-
HISTORICAL WRITERS AND THE THEOLOGICAL WRITERS THAT THERE'S
-
THIS THING CALLED REFORMATION. AND I THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT BE
-
GREAT? SO I READ ABOUT LUTHER AND CALVIN AND ALL THE REFORMERS
-
AND THE TIME PERIOD AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE. I THOUGHT, WOW,
-
WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT TO BE IN A REFORMATION? 'CAUSE
-
REFORMATION IS MORE FUN THAN REVIVAL. THAT NEVER GOES OVER IN
-
AMERICA. OH, REALLY? BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD ABOUT IT
-
AND HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT FEELS. THAT'S WHY A STATEMENT
-
LIKE THAT KIND OF MAKE YOU, REALLY? YES, REALLY. YES,
-
REALLY. REFORMATION IS STRONGER THAN REVIVAL. REFORMATION
-
LASTS LONGER THAN REVIVAL, AND IT HAS A DIFFERENT KIND
-
OF WARFARE THAN REVIVAL. AND WHEN IT'S DONE, IT
-
STAYS FUNCTIONING LONGER IN CULTURE THAN REVIVAL DOES.
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
-
ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. WHAT IS REFORMATION?
-
REFORMATION IS WHEN GOD FINDS A LIVING PEOPLE THAT HE HOOKS UP
-
WITH, OR THEY HOOK UP WITH HIM, TO GO INTO SOCIETY, TO BRING
-
BACK SOCIETY BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL INTENT FOR ALL THE
-
DIFFERENT POSTURES AND THINGS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY AND
-
CULTURE. IN THIS CHURCH, 7 MOUNTAINS WOULD NOT BE AN
-
UNUSUAL STATEMENT TO YOU, BUT FOR MOST CHURCHES, IT'S STILL A
-
CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE PASTORED BY DEAD, DIPPY
-
PEOPLE, AND THEIR HISTORIANS SHOULD BE FIRED BECAUSE THEY
-
DON'T TELL THE STORY THAT MOVES THE HEART FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN
-
TODAY. YOU LEARN FROM THE PAST, YOU LIVE IN THE PRESENT, AND YOU
-
REACH FOR TOMORROW THAT'S ALWAYS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN THE PAST
-
AND THE PRESENT. GOD FINDS A LIVING PERSON, A LIVING CHURCH,
-
AND GOES INTO SOCIETY TO BRING THINGS BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL
-
INTENT. ALL RIGHT? LET'S JUST TAKE ONE EXAMPLE. FAMILY IS ONE
-
OF OUR GREAT PILLARS THAT HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK FOR A LONG
-
TIME IN THIS NATION. THE ORIGINAL FAMILY, THE ORIGINAL
-
INTENT AND CONSTRUCTION IS THIS. A MASCULINE MAN MARRIES A
-
FEMININE WOMAN AND BRINGS BABIES INTO IT THAT LOOK LIKE THEM AND
-
RAISE THEM TO BE A SUCCESS WITH GOD AND MAN AND SOCIETY. AND TO
-
DO IT AT A HOME WHERE THEY ALL LIVE TOGETHER, FIGHT TOGETHER,
-
JOY TOGETHER, AND THEY'RE A FAMILY. NOW, I LIVED IN PASADENA
-
FOR 20 YEARS IN CALIFORNIA. IT'S WORSE NOW THAN IT WAS BACK THEN.
-
BUT EVERYTHING THAT IS TRADITIONAL IS CALLED BAD ON THE
-
WEST COAST. AND EVERYTHING GOOFY AND DEMONIC AND STUPID IS CALLED
-
NORMAL. GOD WANTS TO INVADE EVERY PART OF OUR SOCIETY AND
-
SAY, "HERE IS HOW MAN SHOULD BE IN LIFE AND SOCIETY." THAT'S
-
REFORMATION, OKAY? THAT'S WHAT REFORMATION IS. NOW,
-
REFORMATION, USUALLY 10, 15 YEAR, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, A
-
RUN. A REVIVAL, 5 TO 7 YEARS, AND THESE ARE JUST NUMBERS THAT
-
I PULL FROM MY STUDIES, AND THEY VARY, BUT THAT'LL GIVE YOU A
-
FEEL. A REVIVAL MAINLY AFFECTS THE CHURCH AND THE HEART OF THE
-
PEOPLE IN IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A CULTURAL BLEED INTO
-
SOCIETY. AS SOON AS REVIVAL IS OVER, IT STARTS TO WANE. THE
-
FIRST THING TO DISAPPEAR IS THE SOCIETAL INFLUENCE. THEN IT
-
LEAVES THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE CHURCH, AND IF THE PERSON WILL
-
KEEP THEMSELVES ALIVE SPIRITUALLY, IT'LL REMAIN IN
-
THEM. TULSA TODAY, WHERE I WAS BORN, SO I CAN TALK ABOUT 'EM.
-
THE REVIVAL I GREW UP IN IS NOT IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF TULSA NOW.
-
IT'S NOT REALLY IN MOST OF THE CHURCHES. IT IS FOUND IN THE
-
HEART OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN MEET AND TALK TO AND TAP
-
INTO IT, AND THEY COME ALIVE WITH IT. NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT
-
TO BE MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S A FACT. NOW, REVIVALS ARE
-
FUN. I'M TOLD THAT I'M THE TOP REVIVAL HISTORIAN, SO I'M GONNA
-
MAKE AN ARROGANT STATEMENT. IF THE TOP GUY THAT STUDIES REVIVAL
-
HISTORY AND TAUGHT MOST OF THE CHARISMATICS REVIVAL HISTORY IS
-
TELLING YOU THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN REVIVAL, YOU MIGHT
-
WANT TO LISTEN TO HIM. IF I'M TELLING YOU THAT IT'S HERE, YOU
-
MIGHT WANT TO INVESTIGATE THE STATEMENT. THE AMERICAN
-
REFORMATION HAS NOT FOUND ITS WAY HERE AND JUST WROTE, IT IS
-
HERE. IT IS WORKING AND IT'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW
-
IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND LOUDER WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE
-
TO UNDERSTAND REFORMATIONAL ACTIVITY VERSUS JUST REVIVAL
-
CULTURE. NOW, IN REFORMATION, THERE IS REVIVAL, BUT IN
-
REVIVAL, THERE IS NOT REFORMATION. ALL RIGHT, SO
-
THAT'S WHY AZUSA STREET, ALL THESE GREAT REVIVALS I'VE LOVED
-
AND TAUGHT ABOUT AND LOVE TELLING THE STORY. I LOVE THEM,
-
BUT I'M MORE EXCITED NOW ABOUT THIS REFORMATION THING THAT I
-
HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS I'VE TAUGHT FOR YEARS BECAUSE I GET
-
TO LIVE IN A REFORMATION. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO
-
BE ALIVE IN A REFORMATIONAL MOMENT. AND WE ARE HERE IN OUR
-
COUNTRY WITH OUR FIRST ONE. IT'S A BIG DEAL. IT IS A HUGE MOMENT
-
FOR ALL OF US. IT'S EXCITING. SAY, BROTHER ROBERTS, I JUST
-
WANNA BE IN REVIVAL. WELL, SHAME ON YOU. IF THERE'S ANOTHER
-
DIMENSION OF GOD'S SPIRITUAL VISITATIONS, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN
-
IT? IT'S LIKE THE RAILROAD TRACK. YOU GOT 2 RAILS. YOU'VE
-
GOT A REVIVAL RAIL AND A REFORMATION RAIL, AND WE'RE THE
-
TRAIN COMING DOWN ON THOSE 2 TRACKS. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
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WARFARE, YOU HAVE BOTH IN REVIVAL AND IN REFORMATION, BUT
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ONE'S MORE INTENSE THAN THE OTHER. OKAY? REVIVAL SEEMS TO
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START FROM THE BOTTOM UP. REFORMATION SEEMED TO START FROM
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THE TOP DOWN BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH POWERPOINTS AND
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CULTURAL PRINCIPLES, SO WE SEEM TO HAVE THE MORE OF A
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STRAIGHTFORWARD INTO THE TOP ECHELON AND WE START THE BATTLE
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IN THE TOP OF THE THING AND IT COMES DOWN THE WAY IT SEEMS.
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I'LL SUBMIT THAT TO YOU TO OBSERVE AND LEARN. SO SOME OF
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THIS I'M STILL LEARNING. REFORMATION IS A, EVERYBODY IS
-
INVOLVED. REVIVAL, NOT EVERYBODY. REFORMATION,
-
EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION BECAUSE IT IS A BATTLE BETWEEN LUCIFER
-
AND JEHOVAH, LIGHT AND DARKNESS, GOD AND GOOD AND EVIL, COMMON
-
SENSE AND STUPIDITY. AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN
-
AMERICA IS NOT A REVIVAL. THERE ARE REVIVAL ASPECTS, AND MAY
-
THEY KEEP GOING AND MAY THEY MULTIPLY. BUT THE BIGGER THING
-
THAT'S CAUSING ALL THE UNCOMFORTABLENESS IS THE
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REFORMATIONAL ASPECT THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. ALL RIGHT?
-
REFORMATION DEMANDS THAT YOU STATE WHAT YOU BELIEVE, NOT
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QUIETLY KEEP IT IN YOUR HEART. IF YOU'RE QUIET IN REFORMATION,
-
YOU AGREE WITH THE WRONG SIDE, THE DARK SIDE. SO THAT IS WHY
-
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN REVIVAL. OKAY,
-
THAT IS WHY EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION ABOUT TRUMP,
-
EDUCATION, MONEY, RELIGION, IT'S GONNA FLY FOR THE NEXT 10, 15
-
YEARS. SO THIS THING IS JUST STARTED, BABY. SO IF YOU
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THINK WHEN MR. TRUMP IS DONE IN 3 YEARS, IT'S OVER,
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(LAUGHS)
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REFORMATION CONTINUES AFTER THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY COMES TO A
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NATURAL END. SO IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO BE OVER,
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FOR THIS MOMENT TO GO AWAY, IT'S HERE FOR AT LEAST 10
-
TO 15 YEARS. SO SOME OF YOUR SOUL, YOU'LL DIE IN IT.
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SO DON'T BE QUIET IN YOUR LATTER YEARS, JUMP UP
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AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND ACT LIKE CALEB.
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(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
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ALL RIGHT, LET ME ILLUSTRATE IT LIKE THIS. I WAS BORN IN TULSA
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AND WE WENT TO A CHURCH THAT WE WERE NOT CRUISEOMATICS, WE WERE
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PROPER CHURCH PEOPLE. I'M GONNA BE 60 ON SATURDAY. ME AND MY
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SISTER AND MY FAMILY WERE ONLY MEMBERS OF 4 CHURCHES IN ALL
-
THESE YEARS. SO WE DIDN'T CRUISE AROUND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LIKE
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THE PREACHER OR THE MUSIC OR THE GUEST SPEAKER OR SOMEBODY TOOK
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OUR SEAT. YOU KNOW HOW STUFF IS. IT'S AMAZING HOW EASY IT IS TO
-
GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD. THEY SIT IN MY SEAT. WE'LL
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SIT IN ANOTHER ONE AND SHUT UP. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. AND THEN
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WE GO, "WELL, I DON'T LIKE THIS CHURCH NO MORE." STUPID, STUPID.
-
WHEN YOU CAME TO THIS CHURCH, YOUR WIFE DIDN'T LIKE YOU, YOUR
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KIDS WERE STRAIGHT ON DRUGS, AND YOUR DOG RAN AWAY WHEN YOU CAME
-
HOME. NOW YOUR WIFE LOVES YOU, YOUR KIDS ARE RIGHT, MARRIED,
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GOOD, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE THE CHURCH WHERE THE BLESSING
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CAME FROM? STUPID. JUST STUPID. I MEAN, SOME OF THIS STUFF
-
SHOULD BE SETTLED BY NOW SO YOU CAN DO A REFORMATIONAL WORK.
-
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SO LONG AND I'M
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TURNING 60 WHERE I DON'T CARE IS GETTING BIGGER. I MAY BE REAL
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DANGEROUS BY THE TIME I GET 75. I LOOK AT PEOPLE LIKE, BEFORE
-
YOU CAME TO HANK AND BRENDA'S CHURCH, WHATEVER CHURCH YOU'RE
-
FROM, AND YOUR LIFE WAS ALL MESSED UP, AND THE PEOPLE TOOK
-
YOU IN AND PRAYED FOR YOU AND LOVED YOU AND BELIEVED YOU AND
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WALKED THROUGH ALL YOUR MESSES THAT DIDN'T LOOK AT YOU WEIRD,
-
THEY KEPT BELIEVING TO WHAT YOU BECAME TODAY. AND YOU GET, "NAH,
-
YOU AIN'T GET IT. "YOU NEED YOUR BUTT SPANKED, YOUR HEAD PRAYED
-
FOR IT." THAT'S A GRANDMA QUOTE. GRANDMA USED TO SAY, "A GOOD OLD
-
SPANKING "AND SOME PRAYER WILL FIX ANY OF THIS STUFF. "MAY THE
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OLD LADIES COME BACK WITH THEIR PRAYER SHAWLS "AND THEIR
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BOARDS." I HOPE I GET INVITED BACK AFTER THIS SERMON.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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BUT IN OUR LITTLE CHURCH, WE WENT TO A PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
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CHURCH. THEY ORDAINED ME WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD, THE
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PENTECOSTALS DID. IN OUR CHURCH IN THOSE DAYS, WE ONLY HAD 2
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PEOPLE GIVE MESSAGES IN TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY.
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WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF IT. YOU PROBABLY HAD 3 MESSAGES ON THE
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WAY TO CHURCH, 4 INSIDE THE CHURCH, AND 6 ON WHEN YOU GO
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HOME. BUT THAT WAS LIKE A WHOLE 2 YEAR PERIOD FOR OUR CHURCH. WE
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DIDN'T HAVE IT. WE HAD TONGUES AND ONLY 2 PEOPLE GAVE IT. ONE
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LADY AND ONE OLD GUY. AND THE LADY SAID THE SAME STUPID THING
-
EVERY TIME SHE PROPHESIED. YAY YAY MY LITTLE LAMBS. I THOUGHT,
-
CAN I BECOME A SHEEP? CAN WE GROW OUT OF LAMB-HOOD INTO
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SHEEP-HOOD? BECAUSE FOR 40 YEARS WE'VE BEEN YAY YAY MY LITTLE
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LAMBS. I'M LIKE, PLEASE GET A NEW NAME. NOW SHE WAS NICE, BUT
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I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF HER YAY YAY STUFFS WERE REAL, BUT WE
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ENJOYED IT BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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BUT HE WAS MORE, WELL, WHEN HE SPOKE, WE GAVE BOTH EARS. SHE
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ONLY GOT ONE EAR WHEN WE LISTENED. ONE EAR FOR HER, 2
-
EARS FOR HIM. AND HE GOT UP, AND I REMEMBER THIS PROPHECY. HE GOT
-
UP AND HE HAD A VISION. HE WAS DESCRIBING THE VISION. I SEE THE
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PRESIDENT IN THE OVAL OFFICE. IT'S 1970. AND HE'S BEHIND THE
-
RESOLUTE DESK, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THAT OFFICE LAYING
-
HANDS ON HIM AND PRAYING LIKE WE DO HERE IN THIS CHURCH, WHICH
-
MEANT TONGUES AND HANDS. AND THEN HE STOPPED AND HE GOES,
-
"AND HE LIKES IT." AND HE STOOD FOR A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE,
-
AND WE WERE ALL KIND OF SHOCKED AT WHAT WE WERE HEARING, HAPPY
-
BUT SHOCKED AND HE SAID, "I HEAR SONGS THAT WE SING IN THE CHURCH
-
"COMING OUT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES ALL OVER WASHINGTON "AND
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ACROSS THE COUNTRY." HE SAID, "I HEAR THE SONGS OF THE CHURCH IN
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THE OFFICES." IN, NOT IN THE CHURCH, IN THE OFFICES. AND THE
-
PROPHECY CAME TO A CLOSE AND SINCE WE DIDN'T GET TOO MANY
-
PROPHECIES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE FOR A LONG TIME. AND
-
HERE'S HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. THEY FELT IT WAS THE LORD, BUT
-
THEY FELT THAT IT'D BE MY GRANDCHILDREN THAT WOULD SEE
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IT. THAT'S HOW THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IN A TIMETABLE,
-
THAT FAR AWAY. WHEN HE FIRST, THE ORANGE MAN FIRST BECAME
-
PRESIDENT, I SAW A PICTURE WITH SOME OF OUR FRIENDS IN
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THE OVAL OFFICE LAYING THEIR HANDS ON MR.
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TRUMP, PRAYING BEHIND THE RESOLUTE DESK.
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(SCREAMS)
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SO I CALLED HIM, I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, HOW DID YOU PRAY?" I
-
WANNA KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF THAT PRAYER. WAS THEIR TONGUES OUT
-
LOUD? YES. GOOD, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE PRAY IN OUR CHURCH. AND
-
DID HE LIKE IT? YES, HE LIKES IT. I SAID, GOOD, IT'S
-
HAPPENING. BUT NONE OF US WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THE ORANGE MAN
-
WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE THE ONE USED BY THE LORD TO DO
-
SOME OF THESE FULFILLMENTS OF WHAT HE'S DOING BECAUSE IT
-
WASN'T OUR PREFERENCE. YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IN
-
REVIVAL AND IN REFORMATION BETWEEN THE LORD AND YOU. WHEN
-
YOU PRAY, YOUR MIND GETS A PICTURE OR A FEELING. LORD, SAVE
-
OMAHA, LORD, SAVE MY COUSIN, LORD, HELP ME. WHEN YOU PRAY
-
LIKE THAT, NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT YOU GET A PICTURE
-
NORMALLY OF HOW THAT'S GONNA COME TO PASS. NOW, IN THE
-
PROPHETIC WORLD, WE'VE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BIT LOOPY, WHERE
-
EVERYTHING WE DREAM, THINK, OR SEE IS PROPHETIC. NO, IT'S NOT.
-
SOME OF IT'S YOU. AND THERE'S MORE OF YOU THAN THAT. NOW, WALK
-
WITH ME. NOW, WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE TALKING.
-
THAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE. NOW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
-
HAVING, WHEN YOU PRAY THAT YOUR MIND IS SUPPORTING YOUR PRAYERS
-
WITH GIVING YOU PICTURES, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN IT'S YOUR
-
PICTURES OR A PICTURE FROM THE LORD. BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE MISS
-
WHAT THEY PRAY IN BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ACCORDING TO THEIR
-
PICTURE. AND THEY DISASSOCIATE AND DON'T COOPERATE AND FIGHT
-
THE ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYERS. ALL RIGHT, YOU STILL WITH ME? LET ME
-
GIVE YOU ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION 'CAUSE IT'S A BIG POINT. THIS
-
SERMON NORMALLY TAKES A WEEK TO PREACH. SO YOU'RE JUST GETTING
-
THE INTRODUCTION. ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF HELSINKI, FINLAND, BACK
-
IN THE EARLY 80S, THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT MET ON A
-
WEEKLY BASIS IN A HOUSE THAT WAS PAINTED WHITE. AND THEY HAD
-
PRAYED FOR GOD TO COME AND VISIT FINLAND AND SCANDINAVIA. ONE DAY
-
GOD CAME AND TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO. CAME WITH A PROPHETIC
-
INSTRUCTION, GO TO AMERICA AND GET WORD OF FAITH AND BRING IT
-
BACK. NOW THOSE WORDS MADE NO SENSE TO PEOPLE, BUT THEY KNEW
-
IT WAS THE LORD, SO THEY WEREN'T WEALTHY PEOPLE. SO THEY SAVED
-
MONEY AND SOLD THINGS TO BUY 2 TICKETS FOR THE YOUNG COUPLE WHO
-
COULD SPEAK THE BEST ENGLISH AND SENT THEM TO AMERICA TO GET WHAT
-
THAT PROPHET SAID, GET AND BRING BACK. THEY FLY FROM HELSINKI TO
-
NEW YORK, GET OFF THE PLANE, GO THROUGH CUSTOMS, GET THEIR BAGS,
-
AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO THEY ASK A NEW YORKER, WHICH IS
-
KIND OF INTERESTING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AN ANGEL OR A
-
DRUNK NEW YORKER THAT GOD COULD USE, I DON'T KNOW.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
BUT THIS COUPLE WALKED UP TO A PERSON AT BAGGAGE CLAIM AND
-
SAID, "WE'RE HERE," AND THEY COULD TELL THEY WERE FOREIGNERS
-
BY THE WAY THEY TALKED, WITH THEIR ACCENTS AND SO FORTH, AND
-
"WE'RE HERE FOR A WORD OF FAITH, "WHERE IS IT AT?" KIND OF
-
QUESTION. AND THE GUY GOES, "I THINK IT'S IN TULSA." JUST HOW
-
IN THE WORLD DO YOU FIND A NEW YORKER THAT KNOWS THAT,
-
ESPECIALLY BACK THEN? SO I LIVED IN TULSA AT THAT TIME, AND IN
-
THOSE YEARS, THERE WAS ONLY ONE DIRECT FLIGHT ONCE A WEEK FROM
-
NEW YORK TO TULSA. IT WAS THAT DAY. AND THEY WALK UP TO THE
-
RIGHT AIRLINE, WHICH WAS AMERICAN AIRLINES THAT DID IT,
-
AND FLEW THEIR NICE LITTLE FINNISH PEOPLE THAT HAD NO IDEA
-
WHERE THEY WERE GOING, TO TULSA. GOT OFF THE PLANE, SO LET'S GO
-
TO BAGGAGE CLAIM, AND SINCE IT WORKED LAST TIME, LET'S ASK
-
SOMEBODY ELSE AT BAGGAGE CLAIM WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW.
-
SO THEY ASK, WE'RE HERE FOR A WORD OF FAITH, WHAT ARE WE
-
SUPPOSED TO DO? OH, IT'S DOWNTOWN AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
-
THAT WAS THE WEEK, IT WAS MONDAY MORNING OF KENNETH HAGIN'S CAMP
-
MEETING. GOD HAD ORCHESTRATED ALL OF THAT. SO THERE WAS NO
-
UBERS IN THOSE DAYS, YOU HAD YALA CABS, THEY'VE DISAPPEARED
-
NOW. THEY GOT IN A YALA CAB AND WENT DOWN TO THE CIVIC CENTER
-
WITH THEIR BAGS, WALKED IN AND SAW THE MAGAZINE LINE THERE, IT
-
WAS CALLED WORD OF FAITH. THEY HIT IT. WELL, CRAZIER THAN THAT,
-
THEY GOT TO MEET BROTHER HAGIN DURING CAMP MEETING. OF COURSE,
-
YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT HAGIN DURING CAMP MEETING 'CAUSE HE
-
STAYS FOCUSED ON THAT MEETING, BUT SOMEHOW THEY DID AND
-
ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE THAT 2 OF THE FIRST YEAR RAYMOND GRADS
-
WOULD GO ON A CERTAIN MONTH IN A FEW MONTHS TO FINLAND AND HOLD A
-
MEETING AT THE LITTLE PRAYER HOUSE. SO THE 2 GUYS
-
AND I KNOW THEM, THEY WENT OFF TO FINLAND, CAME
-
IN, AND WHAT IF FAITH PEOPLE DIDN'T? THEY DON'T DRESS
-
LIKE HIM, WITH BOOTS THAT GLOW IN THE DARK.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
THEY DRESS MORE LIKE ME. ONE OF MY GOALS IS WHEN I TURN 60,
-
CHANGE HOW I LOOK, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME. I NEED SOME
-
BOOTS THAT GLOW IN THE DARK, ALL RIGHT? SO I STILL DRESS A LITTLE
-
BIT OLD, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME, BUT I'VE DECIDED THAT'S ONE OF
-
MY CHANGES, ALL RIGHT? SO BACK IN THOSE DAYS, WE'RE THE FAITH
-
PEOPLE, WORE SUITS AND TIES, SHINY SHOES, AND THAT NUGGET
-
WATCH AND RING THAT WAS GOD AWFUL UGLY, BUT THEY WORE IT.
-
AND THEY WALKED INTO THE HOUSE TO HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING AND
-
80% OF THE PEOPLE AT THAT MEETING DID NOT LIKE THEM, YOU
-
WON'T BELIEVE THIS, BECAUSE THEY HAD SHINY SHOES. AH! SHINY
-
SHOES. AND THEY ACTUALLY REJECTED THEM. AND AFTER ABOUT 2
-
DAYS, THEY DECIDED IT'S NOT WORTH IT. ALL THEY DID WAS FUSS.
-
SO THEY LEFT FINLAND AND WENT TO SWEDEN TO A LITTLE SYNAGOGUE
-
CHURCH. AND THERE SAT IN THE CROWD A YOUNG VIKING NAMED ULF
-
EKMAN THAT HEARD THE WORD OF FAITH AND CAME ALL THE WAY TO
-
RHEMA AND WENT BACK AND EXPLODED WITH A GREAT REVIVAL
-
OVER THERE. BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO START IN FINLAND, BUT THE
-
FINNISH PEOPLE THERE DIDN'T LIKE IT BECAUSE THE PREACHERS HAD
-
SHINY SHOES. HOW STUPID. AND THAT'S THE WAY SOME OF YOU ARE
-
WITH WHAT GOD IS DOING TODAY. ESPECIALLY YOU THAT ARE WATCHING
-
ME. NOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT SORTED PREFERENCE FROM THE WORD
-
OF THE LORD AND THE SCRIPTURES. NOW, SHINY SHOES STOPPED FINLAND
-
FROM HAVING THE REVIVAL. SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK, THE BALTIC
-
EXPLODED ALL OVER. RIGHT NOW, WITH REFORMATION, THERE ARE
-
THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS NOT HOW YOU
-
THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE. 'CAUSE MOST OF YOU, AND YOU THAT
-
ARE WATCHING ME, PICTURED A REVIVAL HAPPENING MORE THAN A
-
REFORMATION HAPPENING. 'CAUSE YOU NEVER WERE TOLD ABOUT
-
REFORMATION. MOST PASTORS DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THEY THINK IT'S
-
LONG AGO WITH LUTHER AND THESE GUYS, AND THAT WAS ONE BACK
-
THEN, BUT THERE'S ONE TODAY THAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA AND
-
COMING TO THE WESTERN WORLD. IT IS HAPPENING NOW.
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
-
AND YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU DON'T LET YOUR PREFERENCE
-
KEEP YOU FROM ENJOYING WHAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING AND
-
PROPHESYING AS IT COMES TO PASS IN THIS COUNTRY. AMEN. CAN YOU
-
SAY AMEN? AMEN. NOW I KNOW I'M KIND OF PREACHING TO THE CHOIR A
-
LITTLE BIT, BUT I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM, WE'RE NOT IN A
-
REVIVAL. ALL THESE FLASHPOINT GUYS, THEY DON'T ADD ANOTHER
-
WORD TO THEIR LIT UP, REFORMATION, BUT THEY DON'T DO
-
IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. THEY'RE SLOWLY COMING
-
INTO IT. AND THEY'RE, YEAH, IT'S DIFFERENT, BABY. IT'S A LOT MORE
-
INTENSE. ALL RIGHT, LET ME DO 2 MORE THINGS. HEBREWS 11:33, LET
-
ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. GO OVER THERE REAL FAST. HEBREWS 11:33,
-
WE ARE OUT OF A FAITH CAMP AND I LOVE MY WORD OF FAITH ROOTS AND
-
NOT ASHAMED OF BEING A HAGANITE. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BROTHER
-
HAGIN'S BOOKS, THEN PLEASE DO SO, YOU'LL BE HAPPIER ON THE
-
OTHER SIDE OF IT. IF YOU LISTEN TO THE IDIOTS ON YOUTUBE, YOU'LL
-
BE LIKE THEM. YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU LISTEN TO.
-
HEBREWS 11:33, 11:33. WHO THROUGH FAITH SUBDUED KINGDOMS,
-
WROUGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS, OBTAINED PROMISES, AND STOPPED THE MOUTHS
-
OF LIONS. THE ONLY PART OF THAT VERSE THAT'S REAL STRONG TODAY
-
IN MOST OF OUR CHURCHES IS OBTAINING PROMISE FAITH. THEY
-
HAVE NO SUBDUING CONQUERING FAITH, NO ROT OR CHANGING FAITH
-
OR STOPPING FAITH. REFORMATION IS CONQUERING, ROTTING AND
-
STOPPING, NOT JUST OBTAINING. AND SO THE FAITH THAT YOU'VE GOT
-
HAS BEEN DEVELOPED REAL STRONG IN CLAIMING VERSES THAT BLESS
-
YOU. PLEASE KEEP THAT, BUT ADD TO IT THE OTHER DIMENSIONS OF
-
WHAT FAITH LIKES TO DO. AND THAT LIKES TO CONQUER, CONQUEST,
-
TAKE, TAKE BACK, ESTABLISH, BUILD, RULE, GOVERN. NOW NOTICE
-
THE CLAP FACTOR IN THIS ROOM. WHO CLAPS AND WHO DOESN'T?
-
BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE PARASITICAL CHRISTIANS IN THIS
-
CHURCH. YOU'RE RIDING WHAT OTHERS HAVE LABORED AND YOU ARE
-
NOT A PART, A PARTICIPATING PART AS YOU SHOULD.
-
(CONGREGATION MURMURS)
-
SOME OF YOU LIKE THE NICE BUILDING NOW. SEE, LOOK HOW GOOD
-
I LOOK UP THERE. I LOOK 30, PRAISE THE LORD.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHS)
-
NOW, HEAR ME. I'M YOUR FRIEND MORE THAN YOU KNOW. I TALK
-
HOSTILE BECAUSE I'M ANGRY ALL THE TIME IN MY HEART AGAINST
-
WHAT'S ROBBING US AND ROBBING YOU. IF WE COULD JUST MAKE
-
SMALL, NOT HUGE, SMALL ADJUSTMENTS IN THINGS, WHAT
-
COULD HAPPEN? AND SOME OF THE HINDRANCES IS NOT OUT THERE,
-
IT'S IN HERE. BROTHER ROBERTS, I JUST WANNA BE A NICE CHRISTIAN
-
WHERE I BELIEVE I RECEIVE MY MONEY, MY HEALING, AND NICE
-
LITTLE THINGS. OKAY, THAT'S NICE, BUT YOU'RE NOT A SOLDIER.
-
HE MAY BE ONE OF THOSE THAT ACTUALLY COMES AGAINST THE
-
REFORMATION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT THAT KIND OF FAITH ONLY.
-
FAITH THAT CONQUERS, CONQUEST IS REFORMATIONAL. TO WROUGHT
-
RIGHTEOUS OR BRING ABOUT RIGHTNESS IN HEART, LIFE,
-
SOCIETY, AND SO FORTH. THEN STOPPING STUFF. STOPPING THE
-
DEVIL, STOPPING THE WORK, NOT JUST TO SAVE THE PRESIDENT'S
-
LIFE, BUT TO KEEP THE IDIOTS OUT OF YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
-
TO KEEP RAGING MURDEROUS SPIRITS FROM COMING
-
INTO YOUR TOWN AND SHOOTING PEOPLE UP.
-
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
-
BROTHER ROBERT, WE DON'T DO THAT. WE WAIT FOR THE RAPTURE
-
AND YOU ARE GOOFY. GOOFY. WHY WE'RE HERE, WE'RE TO OCCUPY TILL
-
HE COMES. WHY WE'RE HERE, WE'RE TO MAKE DEVILS EAT DIRT AND
-
SUFFER. BUT MOST OF THE TIME, DEVILS ENJOY BEATING YOU UP. I
-
HAVE A SERMON I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PREACH AND I GET SCARED TO
-
PREACH IT. THE DAY OF THE PRINCIPALITY WAR HAS BEGUN. MOST
-
OF US FIGHT LITTLE MONKEY DEVILS.
-
(IMITATES MONKEY)
-
THEY JUMP ON ONE SIDE, BITE YOUR EAR OVER HERE, THEY YELL AT IT.
-
YOU THINK YOU'RE FIGHTING A BIG OLD DEVIL. I'VE BEEN OUT
-
FIGHTING PRINCIPALITIES, REALLY. IT'S WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, THE
-
LITTLE MONKEY DEVILS. PRINCIPALITIES DON'T ACT LIKE
-
THAT. YOU INVITED ME. I GOT ABOUT 6 TO 8 MINUTES, BUT I
-
GOTTA CLOSE, SO HANG ON. I'VE SAT AND WATCHED, I'LL TELL YOU
-
THIS, I'VE BEEN IN 130 COUNTRIES. THAT MEANS THOUSANDS
-
OF CITIES, LARGE AND SMALL, ALL OVER THE WORLD. BIG PLACES AND
-
SMALL PLACES. HARD PLACES TO GET TO AND EASY PLACES TO GET TO.
-
THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE. AND I'VE DEALT NOT WITH LITTLE MONKEY
-
DEVILS, I'VE DEALT WITH PRINCIPALITIES. AND REFORMATION
-
DEALS WITH PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS, HARD PLACE OPERATIONS.
-
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE THINGS IN
-
PRAYER, IN FAITH, AND IN CORRESPONDING ACTION IN THE
-
EARTH THAT GOES WITH THAT. BUT SOME CHURCHES DON'T KNOW THEY'RE
-
CONTROLLED BY THE PRINCIPALITY. BECAUSE THE PRINCIPALITY DOESN'T
-
WANT TO DESTROY THE CHURCH, HE WANTS TO CONTROL THE CHURCH. AND
-
HE REGULATES ITS AUTHORITY AND THE DEGREE OF ANOINTING THAT IS
-
ALLOWED TO OPERATE UNHINDERED. AND WHEN YOU GO ACROSS THAT
-
LINE, WAR COMES SO BAD THAT GUYS PULL BACK TO WHERE IT'S NOT
-
THERE. AND THEN THEY DEFEND THE RIGHT OF THE PRINCE TO RULE BY
-
HOW THEY TALK. THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
-
FIGHT THOSE POWERS. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE IN THE AIR, THE
-
RIGHT TO BE OVER US. WHAT BIBLE ARE YOU READING, YOU BLIND BAT?
-
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDS)
-
JUST ONE VERSE, LUKE 9:1 SAYS, "HE GAVE YOU, JESUS GAVE
-
THEM POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER ALL DEVILS." ALL DEVILS, ALL
-
DEVILS, ALL DEVILS, ALL DEVILS. LITTLE ONES, BIG ONES, UGLY
-
ONES, PRETTY ONES, ALL DEVILS. OH, WE DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH
-
THAT KIND OF DEVIL 'CAUSE YOU HAVE HIM OR HE HAS YOU. HOW DO
-
YOU WANNA SAY THAT? MOST OF OUR BIG CITIES HAS FALLEN TO THE
-
RULE OF PRINCIPALITIES. THE HOPE OF THIS COUNTRY AT THIS MOMENT
-
IS IN YOUR MEDIUM, SMALL TOWNS WITH THEIR CHURCHES AND THEIR
-
PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE TO DO MISSIONARY TRIPS TO THE BIG
-
CITIES IN THIS COUNTRY. LIKE WE GO TO AFRICA, WE GO TO ASIA, WE
-
HAVE TO START PLANNING TO GO TO BIG CITIES AND DO MISSION TRIPS.
-
PRAY, PLAN, PAY, AND DON'T DO IT BECAUSE AMERICA HAS BECOME A
-
MISSION FIELD AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT YET. I WISH THAT WASN'T TRUE.
-
PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS. YOU SAY, WELL, AND THEY GO OVER TO
-
DANIEL 10 AND THEY USE THE DANIEL STORY OF FIGHTING WITH
-
THE KINGS OF PERSIA AND GREECE AND SAY THAT THE ANGELS HAD TO
-
FIGHT IT AND DANIEL DIDN'T. HAVE YOU READ THE WORD, THE NEW
-
TESTAMENT? HAVE YOU READ WHAT CHRIST DID AT CALVARY? THE DEATH
-
AND THE RESURRECTION AND HE DESTROYED AND TOOK BACK ALL
-
POWER FROM THE DEVIL AND ALL DEMONS, NO MATTER WHAT THEY
-
WERE. AND THEY ARE POWERLESS IN THAT SENSE. AND JESUS DID
-
SOMETHING CRAZY. HE GAVE US POWER AFTER WE SCREWED IT UP IN
-
THE GARDEN. TALK ABOUT TRUST. WE MESSED IT UP SO BAD, HE CAME
-
BACK AND FIXED IT. AND BEFORE WE WENT AND SAT DOWN, HE GAVE TO US
-
THAT VICTORY, THAT AUTHORITY, AND THAT POWER, BECAUSE HE STILL
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TRUSTS US AND USES US. WARFARE IS NOT GAINING A VICTORY, IT'S
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ENFORCING CALVARY'S VICTORY ON A REBEL WHO DON'T OBEY THE
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VICTORY. AND MOST CHRISTIANS DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'VE BEEN SET
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UP IN VICTORY THROUGH CALVARY. AND THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T WANNA
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FIGHT THE DEVIL OR WE DON'T WANNA GET IN THAT PRINCIPALITY
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THING, YOU'RE ALREADY IN IT. YOU'RE ALREADY IN IT WHETHER YOU
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LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU'RE ALREADY IN IT. YOUR FAITH HAS TO LEARN
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TO CONQUER. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RISE UP
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QUICKLY BECAUSE THE DEVILS ARE LOSING AND THEY'RE GETTING MAD.
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AND WHEN THEY GET REAL MAD, THEY COME INTO THE EARTH IN A RAGING
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VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CREATION. AND YOU'RE SEEING THAT WITH THE
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SHOOTINGS, YOU'RE SEEING THAT WITH THE RIOTS THAT MAKE NO
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SENSE EVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. SOME OF THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE
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TO LABOR IN THE SPIRIT WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF PRAYER. THE KIND
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OF PRAYER THAT I BIRTHED YOUR PASTORS IN MANY YEARS AGO.
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THAT'S THE KIND OF PRAYER, NOT THIS LITTLE OOKABOOKABOO
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TONGUES. AND THESE LITTLE NICE, OOKADOOKABOO. NO. NO. AND IT'S
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NOT JUST FOR THE 3 OLD LADIES THAT ARE KIND OF WEIRD THAT
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PRAYS THAT, IT'S FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CHURCH TO DO THAT.
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EVERYBODY IN THE CHURCH TO DO THAT. WE'RE IN A REFORMATION AND
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WE'RE GOING INTO WAR AND IT IS A BATTLE TO TAKE. I'LL END IT WITH
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THIS BIBLICAL EXAMPLE. MOSES CAME AS GOD CAME DOWN IN EXODUS
Exodus 2 chapter mention
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CHAPTER 2 AND HE HEARD THE GROANING AND THE TRAVAILING OF
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THE ISRAELIS UNDER THE EGYPTIAN BONDAGE. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE
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CAME DOWN TO SEE IF THE GROAN AND THE TRAVAIL WAS WHAT HE'D
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HEARD TO SEE IT. AND HE FOUND THAT IT WAS TRUE. AND HE SAID,
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MOSES, A STUTTERING GUY THAT SMELLED LIKE A BUNCH OF SHEEP,
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DOES SET HIS PEOPLE FREE. MOSES GOT THEM OUT OF EGYPT, BUT
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COULDN'T GET THEM INTO THE PROMISED LAND. MOST OF OUR
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CHURCHES, SPIRIT-FILLED CHURCHES, CAN GET YOU SAVED AND
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GET YOU BLESSED, BUT CANNOT GET YOU INTO YOUR ETERNAL PURPOSE,
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PERSONALLY OR CORPORATELY, AS A NATION OF PEOPLE. THEY LIVE WITH
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THE WEAKNESS OF MOSES, SCARED OF YOUR REACTION WHEN HE DEALS WITH
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YOUR CARNALITIES. AND FOR 40 YEARS, 40 LONG YEARS, THEY
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WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS OUTSIDE OF GOD'S PLAN OF
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GOVERNANCE IN THE PROMISED LAND, THE LAND OF DWELLING THAT FLOWED
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WITH MILK AND HONEY. THEY HAD MIRACLES OF MAINTENANCE. HE
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MAINTAINED THEM WITH MANNA, MAINTAINED THEM WITH A CLOUD FOR
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AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT, MAINTAINED THEIR CLOTHES,
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DEUTERONOMY 29:5 , THAT NEVER WORE OLD FOR 40 YEARS. THEY HAD
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MIRACLES, THEY NEVER GOT ANYWHERE, BUT THEY HAD MIRACLES.
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THE AMERICAN CHURCH HAS MIRACLES OF THE SAME KIND AND HAS NOT
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TAKEN MUCH TERRITORY BECAUSE THEY'RE LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE
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CONQUERING. BUT THE DAY OF CONQUERING AND REFORMATION HAS
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COME AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE LEADERSHIP STYLES IN THE SPIRIT.
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THE NEXT LEADER WAS JOSHUA, A YOUNG MAN THAT HAD SERVED WELL
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UNDER THE OLD ANOINTING, THAT HAD KEPT HIS UNDERWEAR ON, KEPT
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HIS MOUTH RIGHT, HIS HEART RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH HE SAW THINGS
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THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, HEARD CONVERSATIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE
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BEEN DIFFERENT, BUT HE AND AN OLD MAN NAMED CALEB KEPT A GOOD
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REPORT, KEPT THE REPORT, "I KNOW WHAT I SAW. "I KNOW THIS HERE'S
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NOT THE HEIGHT OR THE BEST." AND MOSES FINISHED HIS LIFE AS A
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GREAT MAN, BUT HIS WEAKNESS WAS HE COULD NEVER GET THE PEOPLE
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INTO THE LAND OF PROMISE. 'CAUSE HE WOULD NEVER DEAL WITH THE
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FLESH, EVEN HIS WIFE. WHEN GOD TOLD MOSES, "CIRCUMCISE YOUR
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SON," HE WOULDN'T DO IT. AND HIS WIFE ROSE UP AND CURSED HIM AND
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SLAPPED HIM IN OTHER WORDS WITH HER WORDS AND CIRCUMCISED HER
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SON AND SAID, "THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE YOURSELF." BAH!
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JOSHUA COMES. IT'S 2 THINGS FIRST, BE STRONG AND BE
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COURAGEOUS. AND THEN HE SAYS, "PACK YOUR BAGS, BOYS, WE'RE
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LEAVING. "THERE'S NO VOTING. "THERE'S NO TIME FOR IT ANYMORE.
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"THIS 40 YEARS OF MAINTENANCE IS OVER. "LET THERE BE A COMMAND.
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"PACK YOUR BAGS, 3 DAYS WE'RE GOING." THEY WENT INTO THE LAND
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OF PROMISE. THEY WERE 40 YEARS LATE. THEY FOUND SQUATTERS WHO
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NOW THOUGHT THEY WERE OWNERS. THE AMORITES, CANAANITES, ALL
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THE ITES, ITES, ITES, ITES, AND MORE ITES. AND THEY SHOW UP AND
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SAY, "THIS IS MY LAND." NO, WE BUILT THE WALL, WE BUILT OUR
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HOMES, WE MARRIED OUR WOMEN, WE HAVE OUR BABIES, WE HAVE OUR
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GRAND-BABIES, AND THIS IS WHERE WE BELONG. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU
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ARE? I KNOW WE'RE LATE, BUT IT'S STILL OURS. AND THAT'S WHAT'S
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HAPPENING WITH REFORMATION. WE'VE BEEN ABSENT FROM SOCIETY
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SO LONG THAT WHEN WE FINALLY SHOW UP AND GO, WE'RE TIRED OF
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SEXUALIZING OUR CHILDREN WITH MOVIES, WE WANT SOME DECENT
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MOVIES. WE'RE TIRED OF YOU ABUSING OUR CHILDREN BY TELLING
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OUR LITTLE BOYS THEY'RE GIRLS AND THEN GIVING THEM PILLS
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BEHIND OUR BACK. AND WE SHOULD GO, NO, THEY GO, WELL, WHO DO
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YOU THINK YOU ARE? WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND YOU'VE NOT
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BEEN HERE. I KNOW WE'RE LATE, BUT WE'RE HERE NOW. AND THIS IS
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WHAT IT IS. AND THE REFORMATION IS THE CONFRONTATION. AND WHY
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IT'S SO DRAMATIC IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG AND
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WE'RE FINALLY SHOWING UP AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WHO DO YOU THINK
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YOU ARE?" AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TELL THEM AND MAKE THEM A
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BELIEVER BY NOT BEING PUSHED OUT, SCARED, DRIVEN OFF, BUT
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TAKE YOUR FAITH THAT CONQUERS AND ROTS AND STOPS AND TAKE IT
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TO WORK. TAKE YOUR PRAYERS OF ENGLISH AND TONGUES AND GO TO
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THE HEAVENS AND THE HEART AND MANEUVER THINGS THROUGH PRAYER
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AND DO THE RIGHT CORRESPONDING ACTIONS. IT'S NOT GONNA GET
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QUIETER. IT'S GONNA GET CRAZY. AND IT'S YOUR FAULT. MY LAST
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POINT. MY GRANDPARENTS PRAYED FOR GOD TO SAVE AMERICA. MY
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PARENTS, LIKE YOURS, PRAYED FOR GOD TO HELP AMERICA. I, AND YOU
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HAVE COME ALONG AND SAW THE WORST DECLINE IN THIS GREAT
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COUNTRY OF OURS. AND OUR CRY BECAME MORE INTENSE. HELP! HE
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CAME DOWN TO SEE IF IT WAS SO. AND HE SAW THAT IT WAS. AND HE
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IS ANSWERING IT NOT WITH REVIVAL OR KUMBAYA REVIVAL SERVICES. HE
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HAS DECIDED TO GO AS A REFORMATIONAL SPIRIT INTO THE
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EARTH, INTO EVERY MOUNTAIN, EVERY DARK CORNER OF OUR
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SOCIETY, FROM THE BIGGEST CITIES TO THE SMALLEST VILLAGES, EVERY
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PLACE, HE HAS DECIDED TO GO IN AND REMOVE THE POWERS THAT HAVE
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RULED AND DICTATED AND BRING BACK HIS PURPOSE, HIS KNOWLEDGE,
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AND SAY, "CHOOSE THIS ONE AND DON'T CHOOSE THAT ONE." AND HE'S
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GONNA DO THAT THROUGH YOU AND I. THE REFORMATION IS AFOOT, IT'S
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HAPPENING. JUST DON'T GET MAD THAT IT DOESN'T COME ABOUT HOW
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YOU PICTURED IT IN YOUR PRAYERFUL TIME AND YOUR
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PREFERENCE PICTURES. NOBODY WOULD HAVE PICKED THE ORANGE
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MAN. WE LIKE HIM NOW, BUT IT TOOK US A WHILE. NOW IT GOES
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BACK UP EVERY 6 WEEKS. DO WE LIKE HIM OR NOT? WE KEEP DOING
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ALL THIS. ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE HE'S ANSWERING
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YOUR PRAYERS, BUT NOT IN THE WAY THAT YOU PREFERRED, BUT IN THE
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WAY THAT YOU THOUGHT. DIANE, I WANT YOU TO TAKE ALL THOSE
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PICTURES OF HOW YOU THOUGHT GOD SHOWED YOU THINGS WOULD BE DONE.
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NOW, IT'S REALLY THE LORD HOLD ON TO THAT, BUT SORT THROUGH
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SOME OF THOSE PICTURES FOR YOUR FAMILY, FOR YOUR CITY, FOR OUR
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NATION, 'CAUSE YOU MAY BE CAUGHT OFF, A LITTLE OFFENDED, OR
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BOTHERED, OR IT COULD QUIRK YOU IN A WAY, AND YOU WITHDRAW IN
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SOME WAY, OR MAYBE THAT'S NOT YOU, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST
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PROBLEMS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE REFORMATION IS KNOWING THE
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT GOD IS DOING AND WHAT YOU PREFERRED HIM
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DOING IT OR HOW YOU WOULD PREFER HIM TO DO IT. I WOULD NOT HAVE
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PICKED A NAKED LSD GUY IN CALIFORNIA LADY REVIVAL.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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I WOULD HAVE DONE IT. NO. AT LEAST
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HAVE YOUR UNDERWEAR ON, AT LEAST.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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FRIENDS, HE WAS BUTT NAKED WITH 2 OF HIS FRIENDS OUT THERE
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TRIPPING AND DANCING, AND JESUS CHOSE HIM. NOT OUR PREFERENCE,
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BUT REMEMBER 1 CORINTHIANS 12:18, GOD PUTS EVERYBODY IN THE
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BODY AS IT PLEASES HIM, NOT YOU. I HAVE PREFERENCES. I'M NOT
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WEARING THE COLOR I LIKE. BROWN IS NOT MY FAVORITE COLOR, BUT I
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WORE IT TONIGHT. BLUE IS MY FAVORITE COLOR. SO I COULD SAY,
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"BLUE IS OF GOD AND BROWN IS OF THE DEVIL." NOW Y'ALL KNOW
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THAT'S WRONG, 'CAUSE IT'S MY PREFERENCE. APPLY THAT SAME
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DISCERNMENT OVER WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU PRAY AND WHAT YOU SAY,
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BECAUSE IT MAY BE A GOOD PREFERENCE, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE
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WHAT GOD'S DOING. I WANTED ANOTHER REAGAN, NOT DONALD
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TRUMP. A REAGANESQUE GUY WHOSE HAIR FITS PERFECTLY, WHO WEARS
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SUITS WITHOUT THE LONG TIE. REAGAN, A LITTLE MORE GRITTY,
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BUT NOT TOO MUCH, BUT REAGANESQUE. WE'RE NOT EVEN
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CLOSE TO REAGAN. IF THEY'RE IN THERE, THEY'RE DISTANT COUSINS.
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FROM A LONG WAYS OFF. I'M TRYING TO CLOSE, BUT THIS KEEPS COMING
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BACK AT ME. OKAY, YOU'RE PROPHETIC PEOPLE, NOW HEAR ME,
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AND YOU ARE A PROPHETIC LEADING MINISTRY. YOU'RE NOT JUST A
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PROPHETIC MINISTRY, YOU'RE A LEADING PROPHETIC MINISTRY HERE
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AND IN THE WORLD. YOUR WORLD DOMINION IS GROWING. NOT JUST
-
BECAUSE OF THESE CAMERAS, BECAUSE OF YOUR SPIRIT. IT'S THE
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING POPULAR AND FAMOUS AND HAVING DOMINION
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AND TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY. IT'S 2 DIFFERENT WORLDS. SO I BEHOLD
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YOU, NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NICE, BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING AND
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GREAT TV MINISTRY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND I APPRECIATE
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THAT VERY MUCH. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING TO. I'M TALKING TO
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WHAT WAS OVER THERE IN THAT LITTLE STOREFRONT SHACK YOU GUYS
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WERE IN A LONG TIME AGO THAT WAS DEVELOPING AND GROWING AND
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MANEUVERING AND DIDN'T GIVE UP. WHEN EVERYBODY SAID, "GIVE UP,"
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'CAUSE THIS DAY WAS COMING AND HE WANTED IT IN OMAHA. OF ALL
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PLACES, OMAHA. YOU ALL BETTER BE GLAD HE CHOSE OMAHA. HE COULD BE
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STUCK IN A DEAD LITTLE DIPPY SIMMONS OF GOD CHURCH. HE COULD
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BE STUCK IN A WORD OF FAITH CHURCH THAT DOESN'T WANNA GO ON,
-
JUST SIT THERE AND CONFESS FOR 50 YEARS. YOU'RE GONNA BE GLAD
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THIS THING SHOWED UP AND UNDERSTAND IT MORE THAN JUST THE
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BIGNESS AND THE NICE LIGHTS OUTSIDE. BUT I LIKE THEM TOO,
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THE FLAG'S REAL NICE. I DROVE IN THERE, I WAS LIKE, WOW, GOOD
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JOB. HE'S GIVEN YOU A DOMINION TO HELP DEFINE TO THE NEXT
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GENERATION THE AUTHENTICITY OF PROPHETIC MINISTRY. TO TRAIN THE
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NEXT GROUP OF PROPHETS TO BE HEALTHIER THAN THE LAST GROUP
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THAT WE'RE SURVIVING RIGHT NOW. THAT'S PART OF YOUR JOB, NOT ALL
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OF IT, THAT'S PART OF IT. BE GLAD THAT IT'S HERE. BE THANKFUL
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THAT HE CHOSE THIS CITY TO PLACE THIS MINISTRY IN, SO THAT YOU
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AND YOUR FAMILY CAN CALL IT YOUR CHURCH, BUT ALSO BE A PART OF A
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DOMINION THAT IS TAKING POSTURE IN THE NATION, IN THE WORLD.
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DON'T LET YOUR PREFERENCE GROW ANGRY, MAKE YOU GROW ANGRY AT
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THINGS. DON'T LET YOUR PREFERENCE CAUSE YOU TO MISS
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SOMETHING. OLD PEOPLE, DON'T DIE YET. WE NEED YOUR STABILITY AND
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YOUR WISDOM OF YEARS WITH GOD TO BE A PART OF THE STABILIZING
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FORCE OF THIS HOUSE AND OF THIS NATION. YOU'RE LIKE CALEB, WHO
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IS 80 SOME YEARS OLD, 85 PLUS YEARS OLD, AND GOD SAID, "I'VE
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KEPT YOU ALIVE FOR THIS DAY. SOME OF YOU, YOUR SPOUSES HAS
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GONE ON AHEAD OF YOU. YOU'LL SEE THEM AGAIN, THEY'RE HAPPY,
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THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK. WHEN PEOPLE GET A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN,
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SOME TAKE OFF. THEY LOVE YOU, BUT NOT THAT MUCH.
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(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
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IF THEY GET TO SEE HEAVEN, THEY JUST LEAVE. I MEAN, I WOULD, AND
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YOU WOULD TOO. DON'T GET MAD. I FEEL THIS IN MY SPIRIT. WHY AM I
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HERE? MY HUSBAND'S GONE. MY KIDS ARE ALL BUSY. HEY, THAT'S WHY
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YOU'RE HERE. WHITE HAIR AND ALL. SO GET IN HERE AND LIVE.
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GET IN HERE AND PUSH. GO FIND YOUR YOUNG TONGUES AND
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BRING THEM ALIVE AGAIN. THOSE TONGUES YOU HAD IN THAT
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PENTECOSTAL CHURCH WHEN YOU WERE 16, 18 AND RESURRECT
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THEM AND SHOW THESE LITTLE WHIPPER-STEPPERS HOW TO PRAY.
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BECAUSE ALL THEY DO IS DO BABBLING. THEY DON'T DO
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UTTERANCES. I NEED TO QUIT. I CAN'T FIND THE DOOR.
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(CONGREGATION CHATTERING)
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GOD HAS GOT A SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY UPON THEM AND
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YOU. IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE BECOMING KNOWN. THAT'S A
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SIDE PRODUCT OF OBEDIENCE OF THE HIGH CALL. WHEN YOU OBEY THE
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HIGH CALL, FAME COMES. WHEN YOU OBEY THE HIGH CALL, FINANCES
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COME. BUT YOU CAN'T LET THAT BE THE SIGN THAT MAKES YOU WHAT YOU
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ARE. THAT'S A BYPRODUCT. IT'S A BYPRODUCT. OBEY THE LORD. DON'T
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LET YOUR PREFERENCES CAUSE YOU TO GET MAD AND LEAVE YOUR PLACE
-
WHERE GOD PUTS YOU IN THIS CHURCH AND IN THIS GREAT
-
REFORMATION. SOME OF YOU YOUNG MEN, YOU WANNA OBEY GOD, BUT YOU
-
ARE NEGOTIATING YOUR CALLING. THE CALL OF GOD IS NEVER
-
NEGOTIATED, IT'S RECEIVED OR REJECTED. YOU DON'T NEGOTIATE
-
WITH GOD, YOU ACCEPT IT OR YOU REJECT IT. YOU CAN'T TELL HIM,
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I'LL ONLY PASS YOU IF YOU LET ME BE IN DALLAS OR BE IN NEW YORK
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OR WHEREVER YOU WANNA BE. HA, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? TO
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TALK TO THE CREATOR ABOUT HIS PLAN THROUGHOUT THE AGES THAT
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HE'S KNOWN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN AND NOW YOU WANNA REWORK IT?
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SHEESH. NO WONDER SOME THINGS ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
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BIRTHED IN THE EARTH WITH THESE ATTITUDES. IN AMERICA, YOU CAN
-
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY YOUR FAME AND HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
-
BUT THAT'S NOT THIS CHURCH, THAT'S NOT YOU. YOUR PASTORS,
-
THEIR FAMILY AND THE TEAM, SOMEONE'S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG
-
TIME, HAVE PAID A PRICE, OTHERS HAVE BEEN ADDED OVER THE YEARS.
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NOW, GREAT RESPONSIBILITY HAS COME TO YOU. YOUR PROPHETIC
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VOICE MUST BE SHARP. IT MUST NOT WAVER WITH THE FORCES OF
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OPPOSITION, CONCERN OR WORRY. YOU CAN'T ALLOW MIXTURE IN IT.
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FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US AND JUST THE DECADES
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BEHIND US, WE'RE TODAY REAPING THEM ALLOWING THE MIXTURES
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INSIDE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVE. ANYTIME YOU MIX THINGS, BRASS
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AND GOLD, FIRE AND STRANGE FIRE, THOSE THAT MIX IT AND PERMIT IT
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ALWAYS LOSE, MY FRIEND. THEY LOSE. AND SOMETIMES THEY LOSE
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FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY LOSE BECAUSE ALL THE WORK OF THE
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DEVIL KILLS, STEALS, DESTROYS. THE FIGHT TO KEEP THE STRAINS
-
FAR OUT WILL BE A FIGHT THAT WE MUST FIGHT UNTIL THE TIME HE
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COMES OR WE GO. THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT TO DESTROY THE
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CHURCH. HE WANTS TO MIX IT AND CONTROL IT AND FOOL THE PEOPLE
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THAT GOD IS BLESSING WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH MORE. HALLELUJAH.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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LET'S JUST ALL STAND UP FOR A MOMENT AND
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JUST PRAY IN TONGUES JUST FOR A MOMENT.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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YOU THERE AT HOME, PRAY WITH US AS WELL. RIGHT THERE IN
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YOUR HOME. OR ON YOUR PHONE, PRAY WITH US. JUST
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PRAY IN TONGUES OUT LOUD. IF YOU HAVE THAT
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LANGUAGE, IF NOT, JUST PRAY THE WORD AS YOU KNOW IT.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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HALLELUJAH. GLORY BE TO GOD FOREVER.
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(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
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PRAY A LITTLE BIT STRONGER. PRAY A LITTLE BIT STRONGER.
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COME ON, JUST A LITTLE BIT STRONGER.
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(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
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HALLELUJAH. GLORY BE TO GOD FOREVER. HALLELUJAH. I HAVE TO
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CLOSE. I HAVE TO COME BACK SOMETIME AND FINISH. FINISH WITH
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YOU. I BELIEVE IN YOU. I BELIEVE IN YOUR PASTORS. AND THERE'S A
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NEW SOUND COMING TO YOUR MUSIC DEPARTMENT, FOLKS. IT'S
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APOSTOLIC MUSIC, NOT JUST PROPHETIC MUSIC. THEY'LL WORK
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TOGETHER. YOU'RE USED TO THE PROPHETIC, BUT THE APOSTOLIC
-
WILL BE KIND OF NEW. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT KIND
-
OF SOUND, BUT IT WORKS TOGETHER. 'CAUSE AFTER THAT, THE APOSTLES
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HAVE BEEN RESTORED PROPERLY. THEY'LL BECOME THE GREAT
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MARRIAGE OF THE 2 . AND THE MUSIC WILL DO PART OF THAT,
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AMEN? I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. PASTOR. ROBERTS, I WANT YOU TO
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STAND OUT HERE WITH US. WE WANT TO HONOR YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT.
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THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS WORD FROM GOD. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
-
WATCHING, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. WHAT I WANT
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TO DO IS I WANT THAT TO SINK DEEP INTO MY SPIRIT BECAUSE GOD
-
HAS GIVEN US CLARITY FOR THE HOUR AND THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN.
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YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, ROBERTS, I WAS THINKING
-
ABOUT WHEN I'VE SHARED THIS PUBLICLY ON MARCH 15TH OF 2020,
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I WAS CAUGHT UP OVER THE EARTH AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE EARTH
-
AND HOW DARK IT WAS. AND THE AUTHORITATIVE VOICE DECLARED
-
DIVINE RESETS, DIVINE REVERSALS, AND THEN BEGAN TO DECLARE THAT
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THE TIME AND THE HOUR OF THE GREATS OF GOD HAD COME TO THE
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EARTH. AND I SAW LIKE A SHAFT OF LIGHT AND IT HIT, IT WENT BAM!
-
AND IT BEGAN TO HIT OVER AMERICA AND THIS DARKNESS BEGAN TO
-
DISPERSE. AND I NEVER REALIZED FULLY THAT WHAT GOD WAS SAYING
-
ABOUT DIVINE RESETS AND REVERSALS, HE WAS SPEAKING
-
REFORMATION. BUT I REMEMBER BACK IN SOME OF THOSE MCPHERSON,
-
KANSAS, WICHITA, SALINA, KANSAS DAYS WHEN WE WOULD GO DOWN
-
THERE. YOU WERE PREACHING ON REFORMATION THAT IT WAS COMING.
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AND I REMEMBER SITTING THERE GOING, I'M NOT HEARING ANYBODY
-
SAY THIS. YOU WERE FORERUNNING IT AT THE TIME. THOSE SERMONS
-
FIT TODAY. THOSE SERMONS, OH, YES, RIGHT, YOU GOT MY, NO, THEY
-
FIT, NO, MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE'S ON. THERE YOU GO.
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NO, SAY IT BECAUSE THE SERMONS FIT TODAY. AND I THINK, AND I
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JUST FEEL AS I'M STANDING NEXT TO YOU, SOME OF THOSE SERMONS
-
YOU GOTTA BRING BACK OUT AGAIN. I KNOW PEOPLE KEEP TELLING ME
-
THAT. YEAH, NO, REALLY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU,
-
I FEEL AS I'M STANDING NEXT TO YOU, BECAUSE THEY WERE SEEDS IN
-
ITS DAY TO UNLOCK WHAT WE'RE WALKING INTO. AND THAT'S WHY
-
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANNA GET
-
ON TRUMP. WHY IS HE ONE OF THE MOST ATTACKED INDIVIDUALS?
-
BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT, HE CAME OUT WITH A MESSAGE, MAKE AMERICA
-
GREAT AGAIN. DO YOU KNOW THAT MESSAGE IN ITSELF IS
-
REFORMATION? IT'S TO BRING CHANGE, GOOD CHANGE. BUT HERE'S
-
WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE. THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT REFORMATION CARRIES,
-
AND IT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN PREACHING TO YOU, THE GOD
-
FACTOR. BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT CAME TO ME AS I WAS SITTING
-
THERE, AND I WAS HEARING YOU AT THE END, YOU WERE BEGINNING TO
-
APOSTOLICALLY REALLY SET THINGS IN ORDER, EVEN IN THIS CHURCH,
-
AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR OBEYING THAT. BUT EVEN TO
-
THE EARTH AND TO THE NATION. BUT I WAS SITTING THERE AND I WAS
-
THINKING TO MYSELF, THE DAYS OF LIKE ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY,
-
RHEMA, SOME OF THESE MINISTRY SCHOOLS, WHERE'S THE NEW WAVE OF
-
THAT? IT'S REGIONAL. IT'S REGIONAL. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT
-
OF CHURCHES LIKE THIS. REGIONAL GOVERNING CHURCHES ARE GOING TO
-
HAVE THE TRAINING SCHOOLS TO LAUNCH THE MINISTRIES IN THE
-
FUTURE. I LOVE ORU. I LOVE REMA. I'M PART OF ALL THAT. BUT THIS
-
IS WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT'S COMING TO THIS
-
LEVEL, IT'S COMING. SO YOU'RE SEEING THIS, 'CAUSE I WAS
-
FEELING LIKE PART OF WHAT YOU WERE RELEASING IN THIS HOUSE IS
-
WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RAISE UP IS THAT MINISTRY EXPRESSION. I
-
WANT YOU TO HELP ME TO DO THAT. BUT I WANTED TO, ARE YOU SENSING
-
THE SAME THING THAT GOD IS GONNA BEGIN TO DO THIS? YOU'RE GONNA
-
BE A FORERUNNER OF THAT KIND OF, MANY THINGS YOU'LL HELP FORERUN,
-
BUT THAT SCHOOL, WHEN I WAS THERE THE LAST TIME I SAW IT, I
-
SAW IT AGAIN TONIGHT. THERE'S A REGIONAL SCHOOL THAT AFFECT THE
-
WORLD, BUT THERE'LL COME A DAY WHEN FOLKS WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL
-
ACROSS THE NATION. THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE CHURCH THAT'S IN
-
THEIR TERRITORY AND GET THE SAME QUALITY OF NATURAL AND SPIRIT
-
AND BE LAUNCHED, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, AND I TELL
-
YOU WHAT HE SAID, THE MISSION FIELD IS GOING INTO SOME OF
-
THESE CITIES, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK TO YOU FOR
-
THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. WE'RE GONNA DO SOME FILMING TOMORROW.
-
BUT WE WANNA HONOR YOU TODAY BECAUSE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS
-
SATURDAY. AND ROBERTS, I WANNA SAY ONE THING THAT BRENDA AND I
-
THANK GOD FOR YOU. NOT ONLY DID YOU OBEY GOD, NOT EVEN KNOWING
-
TO HELP BRING THAT MANTLE AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE
-
OPERATING IN AND WALKING IN TODAY, YOU HELPED BIRTH IT IN US
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THAT PEOPLE ARE PARTAKING OF. AND WE THANK GOD FOR YOU, BUT WE
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THANK GOD FOR THE LORD. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS
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INSPIRED US IS THAT YOU WERE A YOUNG MAN, YOU ARE ABOUT OUR
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SAME AGE, YOU'RE A LITTLE OLDER, BUT I WOULD LOOK AT YOU AND I
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WOULD SAY, "BRENDA, THERE'S SOMETHING IN HIS CALLING "THAT I
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FEEL LIKE WE'RE CALLED TO." SO I WANNA JUST THANK YOU FOR PAVING
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THE WAY FOR US. IT HELPED US GET THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFICULT
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TIMES, BUT IT ALSO YOU'RE NOT CRAZY. NO, WE'RE NOT CRAZY, NO.
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BUT IT HELPED WHEN YOU DO WHAT THEY DO, YOU GO THROUGH THAT
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THING, ARE WE NUTS? NO, NO, AND I WOULD HAVE PEOPLE IN THE
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CHURCH, THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES I DON'T LIKE THAT OSCAR STATUE,
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YOU EVER SEE IT? YEAH, YEAH. WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
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PEOPLE WOULD DO THAT WHEN I WOULD PREACH IN THE EARLY YEARS
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AND THEY WOULD JUST STARE ME DOWN AND BE LIKE, WHAT IS WRONG
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WITH ME? BUT, YOU KNOW, BRENDA KEPT SAYING, IGNORE IT, AND I
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DID AND SO FORTH. BUT WE WANNA HONOR YOU, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY ON
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SATURDAY, AND WE WANNA SING TO YOU, AND WE ALSO I WANNA PRAY
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SOMETHING. CAN WE PRAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE SING? YOU'RE CARRYING
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SOMETHING, GO FOR IT. I FEEL THERE'S SOMETHING GO FOR IT,
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BRENDA. WE NEED, STRETCH YOUR HANDS STRETCH YOUR HANDS. FOR
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THIS MAN OF GOD. THANK YOU, GOD. AND I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S
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SOMETHING THAT THE LORD IS SAYING ABOUT 60. AND THIS 60,
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IT'S THE COMPLETION OF 6 DECADES. AND I SEE IT AS IF IT
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WERE LIKE THE CREATION OF THE EARTH. AND IN THE 6 DAYS, GOD
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CREATED, AND HE CREATED, AND HE CREATED. AND THE LORD SAID,
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YOU'VE BEEN CREATING, YOU'VE BEEN MAKING, YOU'VE BEEN
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PUSHING, YOU'VE BEEN FORMULATING, AND YOU'VE BEEN A
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FORERUNNER. BUT THE LORD SAYS, YOU ARE ABOUT TO COME IN NOW TO
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THE SEASON OF THE RESULTS, THE 7TH DAY. YOU ARE ENTERING THE
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SEVENTH, AND THE LORD SAYS THAT YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF
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THINGS THAT YOU HAVE WAITED FOR, YOU'VE ASKED GOD FOR, BUT THE
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LORD SAYS, AND THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU'VE THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE
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I MISSED THAT AREA, BUT THE LORD IS SAYING THIS 7TH DAY, YOU WILL
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COME INTO THE RESULTS OF WHAT YOU HAVE BIRTHED AND PUSHED AND
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PRESSED, AND THAT WHICH YOU HAVE SPOKEN BY WAY OF THE PROPHETIC
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AND THE APOSTOLIC WORDS. SO THE LORD SAYS, GET READY FOR AS YOU
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ENTER THE SEVENTH, IT'LL BE RESTFUL, NOT THAT YOU'LL SLOW
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DOWN OR STOP, BUT THE LORD SAYS THERE WILL BE A DIVINE REST IN
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IT, AND YOU WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF 6 DECADES, AND IT'LL BEGIN TO
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COME TO PASS, AND YOU WILL SAY, SAYS THE LORD, THIS GOD IS WHAT
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I WAS WAITING FOR, AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE THE LORD IS
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SAYING OVER YOUR LIFE. I ALSO BELIEVE THIS TOO, ROBYN, 'CAUSE
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I'M SEEING SOMETHING. AS MY HAND WAS ON YOUR SHOULDER, I WAS
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FEELING SOMETHING IN THE SPIRIT, AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING
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SOMETHING ADDED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE GOVERNMENTAL APOSTOLIC
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AUTHORITY THAT YOU'VE BEEN DELEGATED BY JESUS. AND IT HAS
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TO DO WITH, BROTHER HAGEN WOULD OFTEN SAY, YOU'RE ENTERING INTO
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ANOTHER PHASE OF YOUR MINISTRY. AND THIS REALLY IS WHAT'S
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UNLOCKING, IS YOU'RE COMING INTO ANOTHER PHASE. AND EVEN YOU
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SAID, GOD, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THIS AND I'VE DONE THAT. WHAT
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ELSE DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE LORD IS
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WANTING TO REMIND YOU OF IS THE SCRIPTURE THAT PAUL SAID
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CONCERNING TIMOTHY, THE FAITH THAT WAS IN HIS MOTHER AND
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GRANDMOTHER, THAT FAITH IS IN YOU. BUT GOD SAYS, NOW THAT
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THERE HAS BEEN THE MOTHERING SPIRIT, REALLY WHAT IT WAS IS TO
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RAISE UP A MAN, THE MAN, ROBERT LIARDON, WHO SHALL STAND NOW AS
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YOU SHIFT INTO YOUR 60S INTO THE FATHERING, ANOINTING AND SPIRIT
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THAT HAS BEEN ON YOU, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT BREAK FORTH LIKE
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YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN ALABASTER BOX IS
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BEING BROKEN. ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE, ALL THE THINGS
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YOU'VE STUDIED, ALL THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN AND EVEN RESEARCHED IS
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NOW GOING TO BE BROKEN OPEN. AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME INTO A
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FATHERING DIMENSION AND AN AUTHORITY THAT COMES FROM
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HEAVEN. AND HERE'S WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING. THERE'S A DIVINE
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ALIGNMENT AND STRATEGIC ORDER THAT IS COMING TO YOU. AND WHAT
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IT WILL BE IS THIS, THAT GOD IS GOING TO ALIGN YOU WITH SOME OF
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WHAT YOU PROPHESIED TO BRENDA AND I, THAT YOU WOULD RUN WITH
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THE GENERALS OF THE EARTH. YOU HAVE, YOU'VE DONE IT, BUT GOD
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SAYS, "THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE REFORMERS "THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED
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UP, THE GENERALS OF THE EARTH." YOU'RE GONNA LINK ARMS. AND SO
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THE LORD SAYS, "BE WISE ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL, "BE WISE ABOUT YOUR
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CONNECTIONS, "BECAUSE I'M NOT CONNECTING YOU TO EVERYONE."
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THERE IS A NEW DIMENSION OF THOSE THAT ARE GONNA STAND NEXT
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TO YOU, VERY POWERFUL MEN, VERY POWERFUL WOMEN, STRATEGIC
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PEOPLE. AND THE LORD SAID, "THEY'RE GONNA BE OLDER.
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"THEY'RE GONNA BE OUR AGE. "THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF THE
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DECADES "OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, "THE '50S AND THE '60S
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AND THE '70S." AND GOD SAYS IT'S TO HELP TO MENTOR THE YOUNGER
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GENERATION THAT IS COMING. AND THE LORD SAYS, "YOU'RE GONNA
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WATCH "HOW YOUR SCHEDULE'S GONNA SHIFT." AND IT'S GONNA ALMOST BE
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LIKE WHAT WAS WITH SAMUEL, WHERE HE WAS GIVEN LIKE THE CIRCUIT
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CITIES, THERE WERE STRATEGIC REGIONS AND CITIES AND THINGS
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AND ALIGNMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS THAT GOD'S GONNA SEND YOU TO,
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THAT YOUR WHOLE SCHEDULE'S GONNA BE SHIFTED, IT'S GONNA CHANGE.
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YOU WATCH HOW THIS HAPPENS. AND THE LAST THING THAT I SEE THE
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LORD SAYING, "SON, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO BLESS YOU WITH
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STATE-OF-THE-ART TELEVISION AND STUDIO EQUIPMENT, BECAUSE I WANT
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YOU TO HAVE OTHERS, EVEN A STAFF THAT I'LL SEND, I'LL PAY FOR IT,
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I'LL PROVIDE IT, BECAUSE I WANT TO CAPTURE NOW, NOT JUST IN
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WRITTEN FORM, WHAT I SPOKE TO YOU YEARS AGO, REGARDING
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GENERALS, REGARDING RAISING UP AND MENTORING AND TRAINING, I
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WANT THE SIGHT AND THE SOUND NOW. AND SO I'M GOING TO DO WHAT
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I DID WHEN ELIJAH DECLARED AN ANOINTING IN A ROOM. I WANT TO
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CREATE A ROOM, A PLACE, A RAISING UP AND A PASSING NOW
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FORWARD OF A RESPONSIBILITY, OF A TRANSITION THAT YOU WILL DO
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MORE IN A STUDIO SETTING TO CAPTURE WHAT I'VE PLACED IN YOU.
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THANK YOU, LORD. AMEN. HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD A
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PRAISE. ALL RIGHT, DON'T GO AWAY. LET'S ALL SING. CAN WE
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SING? OKAY, YOU READY? HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SING TO
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HIM. LET'S GO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU THIS IS FOR YOU, ROBERT.
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HERE, I'LL COME OVER BY BRENDA. I GET MY BALLOON. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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TO YOU, ROBERT COME ON, ONLINE, SING TO HIM. ROBERTS, HAPPY
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BIRTHDAY TO YOU. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS, APPRECIATE
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IT. WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE TAPING TOMORROW WITH HIM. ROBERTS, ARE
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YOU DOING BOOKS OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? ARE YOU? I DON'T,
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WHATEVER, I CAN FIND BOOKS OR WHATEVER.
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OKAY. I HAVE A BIRTHDAY BALLOON, PRAISE THE LORD. YOU GOT IT ALL,
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WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO. BE SEATED VERY, VERY QUICKLY. I JUST WANNA
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RECEIVE AN OFFERING FOR THIS MAN OF GOD. THANK YOU FOR COMING
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TONIGHT AS WELL. ONLINE, IF YOU'RE THERE, JOIN US. USHERS
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ARE GONNA SERVE YOU QUICKLY AND GO OUT TO THE BOOK TABLE, WIPE
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OUT ALL OF THE MATERIAL. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, I TOLD PASTOR
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MATT WHILE WE'RE SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW, I SAID, WHEN HE
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MENTIONED KENNETH HAGIN'S BOOKS, I SAID, I THINK I READ 'EM ALL.
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HE GOES, ALL OF 'EM? I GO, WELL, HE HAD A LOT, BUT I DID WRITE,
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AND I STILL HAVE THE WHOLE, PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE LIBRARY. I
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MIGHT BE MISSING ONE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I SAID, BUT THAT'S HOW
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I GOT TO KNOW THE WORD, IS I'D READ BOOKS OF SOMEBODY AND I'D
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LEARN THE WORD. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, GO OUT AND GET ALL THE
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MATERIAL. GUEST SPEAKER IS THE WAY TO GIVE. YOU'LL SEE UNDER
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THERE, GUEST SPEAKER, THERE'S A FUND FOR THAT, OR WRITE IT ON
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YOUR ENVELOPE, AND GO OUT AND GET ALL THE MATERIAL. WASN'T
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THIS AMAZING TONIGHT? WOW. SOMETIMES WE NEED THESE, I CALL
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IT LIKE THIS, LIKE ASSIGNMENT-DRIVEN MESSAGES. THEY
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DRIVE US TO AN ASSIGNMENT, NOT JUST AN EXISTENCE. AND THAT'S
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WHAT I DON'T WANT. I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE ONLY THE
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PROMISE-DRIVEN CHRISTIAN. I WANT TO BE DRIVEN TO WHAT IS MY
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ASSIGNMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND FOR MANY OF US, IT
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REALLY IS PRAYER. I MEAN, IT'S SERVING, IT'S BEING INVOLVED,
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IT'S DISCIPLING, IT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND IT'S
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BEING INVOLVED IN THE CULTURE. BUT DID YOU NOTICE TONIGHT THE
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EMPHASIS ON THE PRAYER PART OF IT? WOW, WE GOT TO STEP IT UP,
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DON'T WE? AND IT'S ONE THING ABOUT US HERE AND ALL OF OUR
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E-MEMBERS, YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO PRAY AND GET RESULTS. AND BOY,
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AMERICA NEEDS IT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THERE IS SUCH
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AN EMPHASIS ON THE NATION, 'CAUSE OUR ASSIGNMENT HAS
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SHIFTED. IT'S SHIFTED TO SAVE A COUNTRY SO THAT THE GOSPEL CAN
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BE PREACHED AND GO ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHEN
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YOU HAVE YOUR GIVING READY, USHERS, START WORKING YOUR WAY
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DOWN THE AISLES. AND I'M NOT EVEN GONNA PRAY OVER IT. WE'RE
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JUST GONNA FINISH UP FOR TONIGHT SO YOU CAN GET HOME AND GET YOUR
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KITTIES AND SEE IF THE YOUTH HAVE GONE CRAZY DOWN THERE. I
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DON'T KNOW, BUT AMEN. OKAY, WELL, LOVE ON SOMEBODY ONCE
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YOU'VE GIVEN, MAKE YOUR WAY OUT, GO TO THE BOOK TABLE, GRAB ALL
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THE THINGS, AND WE WILL SEE YOU GUYS ON SUNDAY. ENJOY THE GOOD
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WEATHER, AMEN, GET OUTSIDE, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WE LOVE YOU,
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GOD BLESS YOU, INTERNET. WE'LL SEE YOU SUNDAY, BYE-BYE.