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01/18/26 "Conflict to Conquest"

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  1. (MUSIC)

  2. COME ON CHURCH, LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE. WE SERVE THE LORD

  3. OF THE BREAKTHROUGH. LET ME HEAR YOU GIVE HIM SOME GLORY.

  4. (MUSIC)

  5. AMEN. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH, GOD, WE HONOR YOU TODAY. YOU ARE

  6. THE LORD. YES. YOU'RE THE LORD OF THE BREAKTHROUGH. AND GOD, WE

  7. LOOK TO YOU AS OUR ROCK, OUR FORTRESS, OUR HIGH TOWER, OUR

  8. DELIVERER. YES, LORD. BUT MOST OF ALL, OUR GOD AND OUR FRIEND.

  9. HALLELUJAH. AND WE INVITE YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY TO TOUCH THE

  10. PEOPLE. YES, LORD JESUS, YES. AND WE BLESS YOU AND WE HONOR

  11. YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD, INCLUDING THIS SECTION

  12. OVER HERE, SAID? AMEN! THAT'S PRETTY LOUD. AMEN, THAT WAS

  13. REALLY GOOD. BUT I THINK THIS SECTION, YOU GUYS ROCKED IT

  14. HERE. I COULD KINDA HEAR IT OVER HERE, YOU DID GOOD. SO, AND SO

  15. GOOD. WASN'T THAT I WAS TRYING TO SINGLE YOU OUT TODAY, BUT YOU

  16. KNOW, LAST COUPLE WEEKS, NO, YOU'RE ALL GOOD. SO, EVERYBODY'S

  17. STAYING WARM? WE'RE WORKING ON IT. YOU'RE WORKING ON IT? YEAH,

  18. IT'S CHILLY OUT THERE. YEAH, THIS IS WHEN I JUST, I PRAY

  19. THAT, WELL, I CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

  20. NEBRASKA, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'VE HAD 40, 50 DEGREE WEATHER

  21. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN, RIGHT? THAT'S TRUE. I DON'T

  22. THINK WE'VE GONE REALLY BELOW ZERO YET, SO THAT'S A PLUS.

  23. THAT'S GOOD. THAT IS GOOD. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ENTERING,

  24. THOUGH, IN WHAT IS CALLED THE REMOTE PART OF THE YEAR. HOW

  25. MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE REMOTE PART OF THE YEAR IS? YOU DON'T

  26. HAVE ANY IDEA? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE REMOTE

  27. PART? SO BRENDA, TELL US PLEASE. I'M GONNA GREET THE PEOPLE

  28. ONLINE AND SEE IF THEY KNOW. SO I WANNA DO THIS. I WANNA GREET

  29. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD. I PRAY

  30. IT'S WARMER. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOWN IN FLORIDA. WELL,

  31. MAYBE THE SANDS BE COLD IN THE WATER TOO SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND

  32. WHAT WE DEAL WITH HERE. BUT WE'RE ENTERING INTO A REMOTE

  33. PLACE. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE

  34. COMMENT. IT MEANS THAT TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE NATIONAL

  35. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND THEN IN A COUPLE

  36. WEEKS IS THE SUPER BOWL. AND THEN BRENDA GETS THE REMOTE FOR

  37. MONTHS UNTIL KICKOFF. SO IT'S, UH, HOW MANY GOT THAT? D, YOU

  38. ACTUALLY, D, YOU ACTUALLY LAUGHED. OKAY, LET ME HEAR SOME

  39. ORGAN MUSIC OF CELEBRATION. OH, LOOK AT THAT. NO, YOU NEED TO

  40. HEAR IT ON THE MICROPHONE. I GOTTA HEAR HIS VOICE. GO AHEAD,

  41. GET HIM ON THERE. HE'S GOT A DEEP VOICE. LET ME HEAR ONE

  42. MORE, I LIKE THAT. OH, THERE'S NO SOUND OUT THERE. HOW ABOUT

  43. JAKE, THE BASS? CAN WE HEAR, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, HE LIKED THAT.

  44. THAT WAS GOOD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY.

  45. WE'RE GONNA KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE SEASON THAT WE'RE IN. AND

  46. I'M JUST REALLY CONVINCED IN MY HEART THAT WE'RE GONNA START

  47. SEEING NOT ONLY THE SHIFT CHANGE, BUT A SWIFT CHANGE. HOW

  48. MANY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT? SO WE'RE GONNA BREAK IT

  49. DOWN. BUT BEFORE WE WORSHIP, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE OTHER THING.

  50. YOU KNOW, I PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF

  51. YOU GUYS KNOW IT, GROUNDHOG DAY IS GETTING READY TO COME. HOW

  52. MANY ARE READY FOR GROUNDHOG DAY? HOW MANY OF YOU THINK AHEAD

  53. OF TIME THAT SQUIRREL IS GONNA SEE HIS SHADOW? LET ME SEE YOUR

  54. HAND. I DON'T KNOW. NO, NO, NO. WELL, I'M A STUDIER AND I'M A

  55. RESEARCHER, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. AND I FOUND OUT

  56. THAT NOT ONLY IS GROUNDHOG DAY, GROUNDHOG DAY, BUT IT'S ALSO

  57. NATIONAL SHOVEL DAY. DID YOU KNOW THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

  58. WELL, IT DIDN'T REALLY CARRY ENOUGH WEIGHT TO WHERE PEOPLE

  59. REALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL DAY OF THE DISCOVERY OF

  60. THE SHOVEL BECAUSE THE DAY AFTER THE BROOM WAS DISCOVERED AND IT

  61. SWEPT THE NATION. SO WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE

  62. DAY OF IT. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S TWO THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD

  63. TODAY. SO I THINK WITH THAT, WE NEED TO HONOR THE LORD FOR

  64. HUMOR. WE NEED TO WORSHIP GOD AND THANK HIM FOR, I DIDN'T SAY

  65. MINE, I SAID HUMOR. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD WORSHIP THE LORD THERE.

  66. OKAY, WELL, BEFORE WE DO, I DO WANNA SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF

  67. US AND THOSE OF YOU ONLINE SENT SUCH NICE COMMENTS. OUR LITTLE

  68. DOG, CHICA. OH YEAH. REMEMBER I LEFT AND WE TOOK HER TO PET

  69. EMERGENCY OR URGENT CARE. IT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM THE CHURCH. AND

  70. WENT HOME, GOT HER. SHE GOT A LITTLE NOSE SEWN BACK UP, AND

  71. SHE'S BEEN DOING GOOD. SHE HAS TO WEAR THAT CONE. SHE HATES IT.

  72. SO WE GOT THERE, AND THE VET GOES, I KNOW YOU. SHE HAS BEEN

  73. CONNECTED TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, DR. EMILY. SO SHE AND

  74. HER PARENTS COME HERE. DAVE, IS HE HERE TODAY? OR SOMETIMES HE

  75. WATCHES ONLINE AS WELL? WELL, IT'S CHILLY OUT. MAYBE NOT. IT'S

  76. CHILLY OUT, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME

  77. AMAZING THINGS. WELL, AND SHE GOES, HEY, WE KNOW YOU GUYS. AND

  78. SHE SAID, I WOULD COME TO THE CHURCH MORE. BUT SHE SAID, I

  79. MANAGE THIS PLACE. SHE'S THE VET OVER THERE ON SUNDAY. AND THEN

  80. SHE GOES, CAN WE PRAY? AND YOU TALK ABOUT DR. EMILY. SHE PRAYED

  81. A HOLY GHOST PRAYER OVER OUR DOG. I'M LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S THE

  82. KIND OF DOCTOR AND SURGEON YOU NEED. SO YOU KNOW, GOD ORDERS

  83. YOUR STUFF. RIGHT BEFORE SHE DID SURGERY, SHE PRAYED. AND IT WAS

  84. AMAZING. IT WAS AMAZING. SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL. AND OUR LITTLE

  85. GIRL IS DOING TREMENDOUS. SHE'S ALL BETTER. SHE'S STILL IN THE

  86. CONE OF SHAME, BUT SHE'LL BE OUT SOON. SO ALL RIGHT, WELL, ARE

  87. YOU EXCITED TO PRAISE GOD IN THE HOUSE OF GOD THIS MORNING? THIS

  88. IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. COME ON, JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SHED OFF

  89. ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR WEEK AND FOCUS ON THE LORD. BY

  90. THE WAY, I JUST SAW JUDY ARMSTRONG. BRENNAN AND BAILEY

  91. HAD THEIR BABIES, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND IT WAS,

  92. SHE WAS BORN ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY. COME ON,

  93. GIVE HER A GREAT BIG GRANDMA, CONGRATULATIONS, HOW EXCITING.

  94. SO WE ARE SO EXCITED. I MEAN, YOU GOTTA GROW THE CHURCH ONE

  95. WAY OR ANOTHER, RIGHT? THAT'S A GOOD WAY. ALL RIGHT, THROW THOSE

  96. HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. SAY, LORD. I'M GONNA PRESS IN TODAY. I'M

  97. GONNA GROW. I'M GONNA LEARN. AND I THANK YOU. I'M GONNA RECEIVE

  98. THE TOUCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND LORD, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU,

  99. ARE YOU READY? MY VERY BEST PRAISE. COME ON,

  100. SHOUT LIKE YOU'RE EXCITED. LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

  101. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

  102. (MUSIC)

  103. (MUSIC)

  104. COME ON, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.

  105. (MUSIC)

  106. COME ON, GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE!

  107. LET'S OPEN UP THE GATE. HERE WE GO!

  108. (WORSHIP MUSIC)

  109. WE LIFT YOU UP, JESUS. WE LIFT YOU UP, JESUS. OH OH OH. WE GIVE

  110. YOU GLORY, LORD. WE GIVE YOU GLORY, LORD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE

  111. YOU. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU. NO ONE

  112. LIKE YOU IN ALL OF HEAVEN. NO ONE LIKE YOU IN ALL THE EARTH.

  113. NO ONE ABOVE YOU. OH, JUST GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING.

  114. GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND

  115. GIVE HIM SOME HONOR. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND GIVE HIM SOME

  116. PRAISE. OH, GLORY. OH, WE GIVE YOU HONOR. OH, WE GIVE YOU

  117. HONOR. OH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY. THERE’S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD.

  118. THERE’S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD. OH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY. OH, WE GIVE

  119. YOU PRAISE. OH, WE GIVE YOU HONOR. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR

  120. GOD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD. THERE'S NO ONE

  121. LIKE OUR GOD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR GOD.

  122. (MUSIC)

  123. (WORSHIP MUSIC)

  124. OH, YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED. OH, YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED. ABOVE

  125. ALL ELSE. ABOVE ALL THRONES AND DOMINIONS. ABOVE ALL POWERS.

  126. YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED. YOU ARE HIGHLY EXALTED.

  127. (MUSIC)

  128. COME ON NOW, JUST THE VOICES. JUST THE VOICES.

  129. COME ON NOW, SING IT WITH ALL YOUR

  130. HEART. I EXALT THE KING OF GLORY.

  131. WE WORSHIP YOU. COME ON, LET'S CONTINUE TO SING TO THE KING OF

  132. KINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE WORSHIP YOU, GOD. YOU ARE WORTHY

  133. OF IT ALL. LET THAT BE THE SONG THAT YOU SING. WE WORSHIP YOU.

  134. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, KING JESUS. YOU DESERVE THE

  135. GLORY. WE WORSHIP YOU, ONE SOUND. YOU ARE WORTHY OF IT

  136. ALL. WE BRING ADORATION AND HONOR TO YOU, GOD.

  137. COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM. WORSHIP HIM. WE WORSHIP

  138. YOU. WE LIFT UP OUR VOICES, OUR HEARTS, OUR HANDS TO

  139. YOUR MAJESTY. TO YOUR MIGHT AND YOUR DOMINION.

  140. ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO REALLY SING TO HIM AGAIN. COME ON,

  141. LET'S RAISE IT UP. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE. YOU'RE WORTHY OF IT ALL,

  142. GOD. SO MIGHTY AND GLORIOUS ARE YOU GOD.

  143. COME ON, SAY IT WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. COME ON, LET GOD SEE

  144. THE SMILE OF ADORATION TO HIM. COME ON SING IT WITH A SMILE AND

  145. GLADNESS IN YOUR HEART TO GOD. LET HIM HEAR YOU. COME ON AS YOU

  146. SMILE TO GOD, MAY HE SMILE AND RETURN UPON US. WE WORSHIP YOU.

  147. NOW I WANT YOU JUST TO BEGIN TO SAY IT. COME ON, SAY JESUS,

  148. JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS,

  149. JESUS, JESUS, YOU ARE LORD, JESUS. COME ON, SAY THE NAME,

  150. JESUS. COME ON, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA, YESHUA

  151. IS LORD OVER THE EARTH. YESHUA, YESHUA IS LORD OVER MY LIFE.

  152. YESHUA. SOME OF YOU NEED TO SAY IT, YESHUA. YESHUA. YESHUA!

  153. YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA!

  154. YESHUA! YOU ARE KING! YESHUA! YESHUA! YESHUA! OUR LORD, OUR

  155. GOD! WORTHY, WORTHY ARE YOU, JESUS! YESHUA! OUR CONQUERING

  156. KING! OH HOW WE HONOR YOU TODAY, HOW WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU,

  157. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WAS

  158. THINKING AS WE'RE WORSHIPING HERE TODAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT

  159. ARE WATCHING, I THINK OF TWO SPECIFIC THINGS TO ILLUSTRATE

  160. WHAT I BELIEVE GOD WANTS TO DO IN YOUR LIFE AT THIS MOMENT AND

  161. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. THE ONE EXAMPLE IS THERE WAS A

  162. WOMAN THAT WAS BENT OVER, I THINK IT WAS FOR 13 YEARS IF I'M

  163. NOT MISTAKEN, AND SHE COULDN'T WISE GET HERSELF STRAIGHTENED

  164. OUT. SO YOU COULD SAY THAT HER LIFE, SHE COULDN'T GET IT

  165. STRAIGHT. AND SOMETIMES SOME THINGS ARE NOT YOUR FAULT. THE

  166. BIBLE SAYS IT WAS A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY. SO IT WAS AN ATTACK

  167. OF HELL THAT SOMETIMES ATTACKS PEOPLE'S LIVES WHERE YOU'RE JUST

  168. TRYING TO GET YOUR LIFE STRAIGHT, BUT IT'S LIKE ONE

  169. THING AFTER ANOTHER OF THE ENEMY'S ASSAULT AND ASSIGNMENT

  170. AND ATTACKS AGAINST YOU. THE SECOND I THINK OF IS PETER WHO

  171. WAS SINKING. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S OUR CHOICES, RIGHT? NOW

  172. HE DID STEP OUT IN FAITH, BUT WHAT DID HE DO? HIS CHOICE, HE

  173. TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF GOD. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HE GOT

  174. IT ON THE STORM. THE BAD THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT

  175. MOMENT. SOMETIMES WE DO THAT. WE CREATE A SINKING, WE CREATE

  176. PROBLEMS BECAUSE WE GET OUR EYES OFF OF JESUS AND WE TRY TO

  177. FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT IN OUR OWN INTELLECTUAL REASONING. SO MAYBE

  178. YOU'RE HERE, THE ENEMY IS HITTING YOU HARD, MAN. YOU'RE

  179. JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR LIFE STRAIGHT, AND YOU'RE LIKE THAT

  180. WOMAN BENT OVER, AND YOU NEED A DIVINE LIFTING. YOU NEED A

  181. DIVINE STRAIGHTENING. YOU SAY, IS THAT POSSIBLE? LISTEN, THE

  182. PROMISE OF THE MESSIAH WAS THAT HE WOULD MAKE CROOKED THINGS

  183. STRAIGHT. SO GOD DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO STRAIGHTEN THINGS

  184. OUT. IN REGARDS TO PETER, WHO WAS SLIPPING, HE NEEDED A DIVINE

  185. LIFT. AND HE PRAYED PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIMPLE, MOST

  186. PROFOUND PRAYERS, AND I'VE PRAYED THAT PRAYER MANY TIMES IN

  187. MY LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS? HELP. MAYBE YOU NEED A DIVINE

  188. LIFT BECAUSE YOU NEED SOME HELP. WELL, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE IS

  189. HEBREWS CHAPTER 4, "YOU CAN COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE."

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  190. AND IT SAYS YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY?

  191. THERE'S BLOOD ON THE MERCY SEAT THAT HE HIMSELF, YESHUA ONCE AND

  192. FOR ALL, CARRIED INTO THAT HOLY PLACE, NOT THE BLOOD OF BULLS OR

  193. GOATS OR CALVES, BUT HIS OWN BLOOD. AND HE PUT THAT BLOOD ON

  194. THE MERCY SEAT SO THAT TODAY YOU'VE OBTAINED, IT'S ALREADY

  195. MADE AVAILABLE. ARE YOU READY? IF YOU NEED YOUR LIFE

  196. STRAIGHTENED OUT, IF YOU NEED TO BE DIVINELY LIFTED, THE BIBLE

  197. SAYS YOU'VE ALREADY OBTAINED GRACE, MERCY, AND WATCH THIS.

  198. WHAT DID HE PRAY? LORD HELP ME. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'VE RECEIVED

  199. HELP. SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. IF YOU NEED A DIVINE

  200. STRAIGHTENING, I WANT YOU TO STRAIGHTEN UP AS AS TALL AS YOU

  201. CAN. YOU SAY, "YEAH, BUT I'VE GOT A BACK INJURY." NO, EVEN IF

  202. YOU'RE LIKE THIS AND THIS IS ALL YOU CAN DO, I'M GOING TO DECLARE

  203. AND PROPHESY A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING, NOT ALL OVER YOUR

  204. PHYSICAL BODY, BUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE FACING IN YOUR

  205. LIFE. MAYBE YOU NEED TO BE LIFTED. WE'LL PRAY ABOUT THAT

  206. PART AFTER WE PRAY THIS. SO IN THE NAME OF YESHUA RIGHT NOW,

  207. FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING,

  208. LORD, LIKE THE WOMAN, A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY HAD ATTACKED HER

  209. BODY, AND SHE NEEDED A DIVINE LIFTING, A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING.

  210. MAYBE THE ENEMY, LORD, IS ATTACKING THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW

  211. IN THE AUTHORITY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US IN THE NAME THAT IS

  212. HIGHER THAN ALL NAMES, THE NAME OF JESUS, YESHUA. WE HAVE THE

  213. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND WHATEVER WE BIND UPON THIS EARTH

  214. SHALL BE BOUND AND PACKED IN THE COURT OF HEAVEN. SO RIGHT NOW I

  215. BIND EVERY AND ALL SATANIC ASSIGNMENTS, WITCHCRAFT,

  216. DIVINATION, INCANTATION, SATANIC CONTRACTS, COVENANTS, WHERE YOUR

  217. NAMES ARE BEING MENTIONED, WE BREAK IT, WE BIND IT, WE SEVER

  218. IT, WE SAY NO MORE TO THE SPIRITS OF INFIRMITY OR THE

  219. SPIRITS OF DARKNESS WHO HAVE CAUSED YOUR LIFE TO BE BENT OVER

  220. AND OPPRESSED. WE PROPHESY UNDER THE UNCTION OF GOD, WE SAY

  221. WHATEVER IS LOOSED ON EARTH SHALL BE LOOSED OUT OF THE

  222. HEAVENS. WE LOOSE THAT DIVINE STRAIGHTENING. WE LOOSE THAT

  223. ANOINTING THAT LIFTS YOU UP, HEALS YOUR BODY, AND CAUSES

  224. OPPRESSION TO BE SET FREE. HE HAS CAUSED THE OPPRESSED TO BE

  225. SET FREE, EVEN THE DEPRESSED. AND GOD, I SPEAK A DELIVERANCE

  226. OVER THE PEOPLE NOW. NOW, FATHER, MAYBE THERE ARE THOSE

  227. THAT NEED A LIFT. THEY NEED HELP. I WANT YOU TO DO THIS.

  228. JUST REACH YOUR HAND OUT TO GOD. IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, REACH

  229. YOUR HAND OUT TO GOD. REACH YOUR HAND OUT TO GOD AS A POINT OF

  230. CONTACT. COME ON, THAT'S WHAT THE WOMAN WITH ISSUES FOR 12

  231. YEARS OF BLOOD, MAYBE YOUR ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A

  232. WHILE, AND SHE REACHED OUT HER HAND LIKE PETER, AND THERE WAS

  233. VIRTUE AND POWER TO HEAL, TO DELIVER, TO PROTECT. LORD, WE

  234. ARE SPEAKING NOT ONLY FOR A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING BY THE

  235. POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT, BUT GOD, WE ARE CALLING UPON OUR COVENANT

  236. RIGHT THROUGH THE BLOOD. WE SPEAK YOUR GRACE. WE SPEAK YOUR

  237. MERCY. WE ARE EXPECTING THE SAVING RIGHT HAND OF GOD TO

  238. BRING HELP AT THIS TIME. HELP US GOD. PULL US UP IN A DIVINE

  239. LIFTING NOW. AND MAY THAT VIRTUE THAT CAME FORTH YESHUA OUT OF

  240. YOUR GARMENTS, MAY THAT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE

  241. RELEASED TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL SEE A DIVINE SHIFT CHANGE,

  242. A SWIFT CHANGE, A LIFTING AND AN ACCELERATION OF THE THINGS THAT

  243. THEY'VE BEEN BELIEVING FOR. AND WE ARE DECLARING THIS NOW. NOW

  244. SAY THIS, SAY, LORD, I RECEIVE A DIVINE STRAIGHTENING, LIFTING,

  245. AND I RECEIVE YOUR MERCY. I RECEIVE YOUR GRACE. I RECEIVE

  246. YOUR HELP. AND I SAY I'M ON A COURSE AND A PATH OF A BLESSED

  247. SEASON, A NEW SEASON THAT IS FILLED WITH DIVINE HEALTH,

  248. DIVINE HEALING, DIVINE LIFE, DIVINE PROTECTION, DIVINE

  249. PRESERVATION, BLESSING IS IN MY LIFE. AMEN. THANK YOU, LORD.

  250. THANK YOU, LORD. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. THANK YOU, LORD.

  251. AND LORD, WE ALSO PRAY THAT YOU WOULD EXTEND THAT TO OUR LOVED

  252. ONES. THAT GOD, YOU WILL DO THE SAME OF WHAT WE'VE PRAYED AND

  253. WHAT WE'VE BELIEVED FOR. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. NOW,

  254. GIVE HIM GRATITUDE. GIVE HIM THANKSGIVING. LORD, I BLOW YOU A

  255. KISS. I HONOR YOU, I THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WAS PRAYING ONE

  256. MORNING, THIS WEEK I GOT UP AND I WENT DOWN TO PRAY EARLY IN THE

  257. MORNING, AND I WAS PRAYING AND I KEPT SAYING, GOD, I PUT YOU IN

  258. REMEMBRANCE, I PUT YOU IN REMEMBRANCE, I PUT YOU IN

  259. REMEMBRANCE, I PUT YOU IN REMEMBRANCE. AND I KEPT QUOTING

  260. WHAT IT WAS THAT I WAS PUTTING IN REMEMBRANCE OF SOME OF THE

  261. THINGS I PRAYED, BUT THEN OF HIS WORD. AND I STOPPED AND I SAID,

  262. "NOW LORD, I'M NOT PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE "BECAUSE YOU HAVE

  263. A SHORT MEMORY. "OR AM I INSULTING YOU LIKE YOU ALREADY

  264. DON'T KNOW "OR YOU DON'T REMEMBER?" AND THEN I HEARD THE

  265. HOLY SPIRIT SAY, "KEEP DOING IT." BECAUSE HE SAID, "WHEN YOU

  266. PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE, "YOU'RE BRINGING HONOR TO ME. "AND IN

  267. RETURN, I DO THE VERY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN HONOR BROUGHT

  268. BEFORE ME." IT MANIFESTS OVER YOUR LIFE. SO DON'T THINK THAT

  269. GOD'S FORGETTING YOU. YOU GOT TO PUT HIM IN REMEMBRANCE. "LORD,

  270. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT I'M HEALED. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD

  271. THAT I AM THE BLESSED OF THE LORD. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD THAT

  272. GOODNESS AND MERCY FOLLOWS ME THIS DAY. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD

  273. I PUT YOUR REMEMBRANCE THAT YOU MEET EVERY ONE OF MY NEED

  274. ACCORDING TO YOUR RICHES AND GLORY. YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD

  275. THAT YOU ARE A GOD OF LOVING KINDNESS AND MERCY AND LONG

  276. SUFFERING. AND SO LORD I HOLD YOU TO YOUR WORD AND I HONOR YOU

  277. AS I PUT YOU IN REMEMBRANCE. AND AS A RESULT GOD SAYS YOU'RE

  278. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE'S TWO THINGS I CAN'T DO. I CAN'T LIE

  279. AND I CAN'T CHANGE. AMEN. PRAISE GOD. WELL, DO THIS. GIVE

  280. SOMEBODY AROUND YOU A HANDSHAKE, A HIGH FIVE, AND SAY, "I BET I

  281. KNOW, I BET I KNOW HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL GROUND SQUIRREL DAY." AND

  282. THEN DON'T FORGET TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL SHOVEL DAY. ALL RIGHT?

  283. GOD BLESS YOU. GREET SOMEBODY, SHARE YOUR NAME, AND SEE IF YOU

  284. KNOW HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL GROUND SQUIRREL DAY.

  285. (MUSIC)

  286. COME ON, CHURCH. WE'RE GONNA WORSHIP A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.

  287. (WORSHIP MUSIC)

  288. (WORSHIP MUSIC)

  289. JESUS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE THIS MORNING. WE LIFT UP YOUR NAME.

  290. WE GIVE ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO YOU. AMEN? AMEN. WHOO!

  291. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

  292. JESUS. AND AS I OFTEN SAY, THAT'S HOW WE DO CHURCH.

  293. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

  294. AMEN, WE JUST FOLLOW HIS HOLY SPIRIT WHEREVER IT WANTS TO GO.

  295. WELL, IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE, WELCOME TO

  296. CHURCH. ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT BAG WHEN

  297. YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND

  298. AT AN USHER, THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE

  299. BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE

  300. FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD

  301. INSIDE THERE. PLEASE TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE

  302. OFFERING BASKET WHEN IT COMES BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS. JUST

  303. WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING.

  304. AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON

  305. AT THE CHURCH. SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING MY LIVE STREAM,

  306. FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU, YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER

  307. DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE OUT THERE, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO

  308. THE SERVICE AS WELL. IF YOU'RE ON ONE VOICE TV, YOU'RE ON THE

  309. RIGHT PLATFORM. IF YOU'RE NOT, GO AHEAD AND GET ON

  310. ONEVOICETV.NET. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD ONE VOICE TV APP TO

  311. YOUR DEVICES. THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GET CONNECTED. YOU

  312. CAN GET ACCESS TO CHAT. YOU CAN ALSO GET ACCESS TO LOTS OF OTHER

  313. GREAT CONTENT THAT'S OUT THERE. ALL OF THOSE ARE LISTED THERE

  314. FOR YOU IN NEW LEVEL. PRIMETIME GAME CHANGERS, FLASHPOINT,

  315. INSIGHT WITH JAMES WARD, YOU CAN ALSO GET THAT. AND YOU CAN WATCH

  316. OUR 24/7 WORSHIP CHANNEL. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT LAST SONG WILL

  317. BE ON THERE JUST YET, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHEN WE DO IT IN

  318. ACTUAL SERVICE. WE'LL SEE. SO IF YOU WOULD, JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR

  319. GUESTS HERE AN ONLINE HAND AS BOB PETTIGREW COMES. SHANE, WOW,

  320. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS. WHEN PASTOR SHANE DOES THE

  321. GREETING AND WE'RE NOT DONE WORSHIPING, WE'RE GONNA KEEP

  322. WORSHIPING. WASN'T THAT INCREDIBLE? WELL, YESTERDAY WE

  323. HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. I'D LIKE

  324. TO THINK WE OPENED INDEPENDENCE HALL OF OMAHA YESTERDAY. AND WE

  325. HAD PATRIOT ACADEMY REBUILDING LIBERTY CLASS. AND IF YOU WERE

  326. IN THAT CLASS, WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? YEAH, LOOK

  327. AROUND. WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE YESTERDAY. WE HAD A

  328. GREAT MIX OF LORD OF HOSTS FOLKS AND FOLKS FROM OUT OF TOWN.

  329. THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND WE INVITED ANYBODY THAT WASN'T FROM

  330. LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH TO COME BACK BY AND SEE US. WE MADE IT

  331. CRYSTAL CLEAR TO THEM THAT THIS IS A CHURCH THAT STANDS FOR OUR

  332. NATION. WE HAVE PASTORS THAT ARE ANOINTED IN THIS TIME TO HELP

  333. BUILD OUR COMMUNITIES. AND YESTERDAY, WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY

  334. TO HEAR FROM RICK GREEN, TIM AND DAVID BARTON, AND MANY OTHER

  335. THOUGHT LEADERS. LANCE WALLNAU WAS ON. AND THE REBUILDING

  336. LIBERTY CLASS THAT WE DID IS KIND OF THE NEXT PHASE OF WHAT

  337. PATRIOT ACADEMY IS DOING. AND THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS

  338. IT WAS AN ACTIVATION PHASE. SO THERE WAS MORE EDUCATION ABOUT

  339. THE FOUNDING OF OUR NATION. BUT THEN WHAT RICK DID AT THE END OF

  340. ALL FOUR OF THESE MODULES THAT WE WATCHED IS HE GAVE STEPS THAT

  341. ALL OF US CAN DO, CONCRETE STEPS, TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR

  342. COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT CONTINUE TO

  343. TRANSFORM. WHAT PASTOR HANK JUST DID AT THE END OF THE WORSHIP

  344. SERVICE IN LIFTING UP AND STRAIGHTENING OUT, YESTERDAY

  345. WERE CONCRETE WAYS THAT WE CAN, WITH THE LORD'S POWER, LIFT AND

  346. STRENGTHEN THIS NATION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE GOT AN

  347. OPPORTUNITY TO DO YESTERDAY. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN. WE'RE

  348. GONNA HAVE ANOTHER REBUILDING LIBERTY CLASS AT SOME POINT. I

  349. WANNA THANK OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM AND OUR MEDIA TEAM FOR COMING IN

  350. ON A SATURDAY AND DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE'RE GONNA DO

  351. THAT AGAIN. I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO PASTOR BRENDA.

  352. WELL, THANK YOU, BOB, FOR THAT. AND JUST ALONG THOSE LINES, I DO

  353. WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT PASTOR HANK WILL BE THIS WEEK

  354. WITH FLASHPOINT OUT AT PATRIOT ACADEMY. AND SO BE WATCHING THAT

  355. FLASHPOINT LIVE. IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING NIGHT. AND HONEY,

  356. YOU'RE THERE FOR BOTH NIGHTS, RIGHT? SO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

  357. SO MOST OF THE TIME HE DOESN'T DO FRIDAY BECAUSE HE WANTS TO

  358. GET BACK AND BE PREPARED FOR SUNDAY. SO BUT HE WILL THIS WEEK

  359. AND SO BE SURE TO JOIN IN FOR THAT. AND WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH,

  360. YES. AND THEN NEXT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT BEFORE WE

  361. GET TO THAT, I HAD A LITTLE LIST HERE, SWEETHEART. THIS WEEK, I

  362. KNOW, RIGHT? OKAY, WHATEVER. SO CUTE. OH, YEAH, WE GOT THIS. WE

  363. GOT THIS. BUT REAL QUICK, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THIS

  364. SATURDAY, I'LL BE SPEAKING OVER AT THE IOWA LIBERTY FEST IN

  365. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. I THINK THEY GOT A LITTLE INFO CARD ON

  366. THAT. GUYS, IF YOU HAVE A SLIDE, CAN YOU POP IT UP THERE? JUST

  367. WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I THINK YOU DO

  368. HAVE TO REGISTER. DO WE HAVE A GRAPHIC? THERE WE GO. SO IT IS

  369. CROSSROADS CHURCH IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. THEY ARE HOSTING THIS

  370. AND I WILL BE THERE AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MY

  371. DAILY DECREES FOR GOVERNMENT BOOK. THEY WANTED ME TO COME AND

  372. SHARE ON HOW TO PRAY FOR AMERICA AND THINGS THAT WE CAN BE

  373. DECLARING. FOLKS, WE ARE IN MIDTERM SEASON ALREADY. WE ARE

  374. RIGHT THERE AND THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO BE REALLY PRAYING

  375. THROUGH. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF DAILY DECREES FOR

  376. GOVERNMENT, THIS IS THE TIME TO HAVE ONE, BE USING IT. AND IT'S

  377. NOT JUST GOVERNMENT, THIS IS A BOOK THAT COVERS ALL THINGS, ALL

  378. THINGS PERTINENT TO CIVIC ISSUES. IT COVERS THE FIRST

  379. RESPONDERS. THERE'S ONE IN HERE CALLED PEACE IN THE STREETS.

  380. BOY, DO WE NEED TO BE PRAYING THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S ONE

  381. THAT WE CAN DECLARE. SO MANY DIFFERENT ONES. THERE IS A

  382. DECLARATION OVER ISRAEL, MANY OF THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH, THINGS

  383. THAT PERTAIN. THERE IS A PRAYER IN HERE, A DECLARATION FOR

  384. TRUSTED AND ELECTIONS, FAIR ELECTIONS. WE NEED TO PRAY FOR

  385. THAT, THAT THERE'S NO FRAUD, ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND SO JUST A

  386. TON OF DIFFERENT PRAYERS. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A HOLD OF

  387. IT. AND I'M GONNA GIVE ONE AWAY TO ANYBODY THAT'S HERE IN THE

  388. BUILDING TODAY. SO RAISE YOUR HAND RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

  389. YOU WERE THE FASTEST ONE. AND THEN BOB, COME TELL US HOW WE

  390. CAN GIVE A DAILY DECREES FOR GOVERNMENT TO EVERYBODY ON,

  391. SOMEBODY ONLINE, NOT EVERYBODY. WE'D HAVE THOUSANDS. SO, OH

  392. YEAH, NO, GO AHEAD. AND IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH OUR 21

  393. DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING, MANY OF THESE DECLARATIONS ARE IN

  394. THIS YEAR'S 21 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING. THEY'RE VERY

  395. POWERFUL. PASTOR BRENDA, I'M ON YOUTUBE. GOOD. AND I FOUND, WHO

  396. DID I FIND? I FOUND 3D MINISTRY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ONLINE.

  397. WE APPRECIATE YOU, WE LOVE YOU, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET A COPY OF

  398. PASTOR BRENDA'S DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING. AMEN, YES,

  399. YES, YES, YES. AND I DO HAVE, I GIVE 'EM ONE OF GOVERNMENT TOO.

  400. LET'S JUST GIVE ONE OF EACH, 'CAUSE I'M GONNA GIVE THIS AWAY

  401. TOO, BOB. AND THIS IS DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING. AND

  402. IF YOU'VE NOT GOTTEN THIS BOOK, I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET A HOLD

  403. OF IT. I'LL BE COMING OUT WITH DAILY DECREES FOR COMMANDING

  404. PEACE. BUT I FEEL LIKE THE HEALING ONE NEEDS TO BE IN

  405. EVERYBODY'S HANDS. AND I DID THIS ONE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN

  406. SOME OF THE OTHER DECREE BOOKS. I ACTUALLY DID A SHORT TEACHING

  407. ON HEALING IN HERE. AND THEN JUST KIND OF WHAT IS GOD'S

  408. COVENANT OF HEALING. AND EVEN IF YOU'VE READ BEFORE, OR YOU THINK

  409. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT BECAUSE

  410. WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUR REVELATION AND

  411. IT WILL HELP YOUR FAITH. AND THEN I COVERED, I WORKED WITH

  412. DR. AVERY JACKSON. I RAN THIS BY A BRAIN SURGEON. I WANTED TO

  413. MAKE SURE, I DIDN'T TRY TO SOUND TOO MEDICAL, BUT I WANTED TO

  414. MAKE SURE MY STUFF WAS ON TRACK. I COVER PRAYERS IN HERE FOR ALL

  415. KINDS OF PHYSICAL AILMENTS AND CONDITIONS, AND CHANCES ARE,

  416. JUST A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING IS SPRINKLED IN. AND SO THERE'S A

  417. BUNCH OF DECREES IN HERE. I MEAN, I SPEAK AGAINST CANCERS,

  418. BLOOD DISORDERS, BLOOD DISEASES, PAINS, ACHES, ARTHRITIS IS ONE

  419. THAT'S IN THERE. MANY, MANY THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE,

  420. EMOTIONAL DISORDERS, PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, I HIT ON

  421. THAT. SO LET ME GIVE ONE TO SOMEBODY. ALL RIGHT, I SAW A RED

  422. JACKET RIGHT THERE, FIRST ONE. IT'S JUST CORNER OF MY EYE. AND

  423. THEN BOB, LET'S GIVE ONE TO SOMEBODY ONLINE. WE'RE GONNA

  424. GIVE ONE TO VERNIA BROWN, 4925. THANK YOU ALSO FOR WATCHING ON

  425. YOUTUBE. OUR MODERATOR WILL PUT INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CHAT ON HOW

  426. YOU CAN CONTACT US, AND WE'LL GET YOU THOSE BOOKS THIS WEEK.

  427. ALL RIGHT, GIVE EVERYBODY A HAND. SO JOIN ME, IOWA LIBERTY

  428. FEST. IT'LL BE SUPER FUN. GO OUT AND REGISTER AND COME ON OUT.

  429. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND THEN NEXT SUNDAY, I'VE BEEN

  430. TALKING ABOUT AMERICA. NEXT SUNDAY, ANDREW SEDRA IS GONNA BE

  431. HERE IN THE HOUSE AND MINISTERING, SO YOU WANNA BE

  432. PART OF THAT. DON'T MISS OUT NEXT WEEK. THIS IS BRAND NEW. WE

  433. JUST BOOKED JESSE DUPLANTIS FOR JUNE THE 28TH, RIGHT HERE IN THE

  434. TABERNACLE, JUNE THE 28TH. THAT'S NOT YOUR DAY TO MISS AND

  435. GO ON VACATION. YOU'LL BE SORRY. AND, BUT, WHAT DO THEY CALL HIM?

  436. THE RAGING CAJUN. HE'S GONNA BE HERE IN PERSON. AND SO YOU WANNA

  437. BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, WOMAN, YOU

  438. ARE ANOINTED IS AROUND THE CORNER. APRIL 17TH THROUGH THE

  439. 19TH, LADIES, GET REGISTERED. COME ON OUT. WE'RE GOING TO DO

  440. IT RIGHT HERE ON CAMPUS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING

  441. TIME. THEN, OF COURSE, OPENING THE HEAVENS IS COMING. AND I

  442. DON'T KNOW, THIS IS, NOW, MANY OF YOU DO NOT KNOW, YOU ONLY

  443. REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED GOING TO THE ARENA. WE STARTED,

  444. ACTUALLY, WE DID A VERY FIRST, I NEED TO, I HAVE THAT FLYER ON MY

  445. PHONE, OUR VERY FIRST OPENING THE HEAVENS WAS ACTUALLY IN

  446. 1999, AND I MADE THE FLYER FOR IT. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT, TASHA?

  447. I MADE THE FLYER. I THINK I NEED TO SHOW THAT NEXT WEEK. SOMEBODY

  448. REMIND ME. I'M GONNA BRING IT, WE'RE GONNA PUT IT UP. IT WAS A

  449. VERY FIRST, AND I MADE IT IN MICROSOFT PUBLISHER. IT WAS

  450. IMPRESSIVE. AND SO, IN AGENCY, WE GO WAY BACK. BUT WE'VE BEEN

  451. DOING THESE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW, AND IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

  452. SO GET THE DATES ON. THEY'LL PUT THE DATES FOR OTH UP THERE SO

  453. YOU CAN GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. WE'LL BE BACK DOWN AT

  454. THE MID-AMERICA CENTER. IT'S GONNA BE AN AWESOME TIME, AMEN?

  455. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA CALL AN AUDIBLE ON OUR SCRIPTURE TODAY.

  456. PUT UP, I GAVE THEM OTHER SCRIPTURES, BUT OUR SCRIPTURE

  457. FOR THE OFFERING. JUST AFTER WHAT PASTOR WAS MINISTERING UP

  458. HERE, PASTOR SHANE WAS SINGING, WE ARE GONNA GO TO ISAIAH 41 AND

  459. VERSE 10. CAN YOU GUYS THROW THAT UP? I JUST FELT LIKE THE

  460. HOLY SPIRIT PROMPTED ME OVER THERE. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP IN MY

  461. PHONE TO MAKE SURE I HAD THE RIGHT VERSE. BUT HERE'S WHAT IT

  462. SAYS. IT SAYS, "FEAR THOU NOT." AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT

  463. CAN CAUSE US TO BE AFRAID, AREN'T THERE? A LOT OF THINGS

  464. THAT COULD GIVE YOU ANXIETY IF YOU LET IT. BUT IT SAYS, "FEAR

  465. THOU NOT." SO THAT'S A CHOICE, RIGHT? IS THAT A CHOICE? THAT'S

  466. SOMETHING WE ARE TOLD BY GOD TO DO. "FEAR THOU NOT, FOR I AM

  467. WITH THEE." ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT. GOD IS WITH YOU. SO IF

  468. YOU'D HONE IN ON THAT, I WOULD HONE IN ON THAT. WE WOULD

  469. REMEMBER THAT THE LORD IS THERE WORKING FOR US. SO I'M WITH YOU.

  470. SO REMIND YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR WHEN YOU'RE

  471. WALKING OUT AN ISSUE OR WALKING OUT A PROBLEM, KNOW GOD, YOU'RE

  472. WITH ME. YOU ARE WITH ME. BE, AND I LOVE THIS PART, BE NOT

  473. DISMAYED. YOU KNOW, TO BE DISMAYED MEANS TO BE IN A PLACE

  474. WHERE YOU JUST FLAT DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU ARE JUST IN A

  475. PLACE WHERE GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IF I SHOULD GO TO THE

  476. RIGHT OR THE LEFT OR GO STRAIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T

  477. KNOW THE ANSWER OF THE NEXT DECISION I'M GONNA MAKE. AND

  478. GOD, IT SEEMS LIKE, AND IT'S JUST WHAT PASTOR WAS SAYING UP

  479. HERE, YOU'RE IN A PLACE JUST LIKE PETER, YOU'RE LIKE, LORD, I

  480. NEED HELP, RIGHT? OR THE WOMAN THAT COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN

  481. HERSELF. OKAY, DON'T BE DISMAYED. DON'T GET TO A PLACE

  482. WHERE YOU'RE JUST LIKE THROWING UP YOUR HANDS AND THROWING IN

  483. THE TOWEL. HE SAID, "FOR I AM YOUR GOD. "I WILL," AND I'M

  484. WRITING ON THIS PART IN THE COMMANDING PEACE BOOK RIGHT NOW,

  485. "I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU." YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A NEWSFLASH

  486. THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK ALL THE TIME TO STRENGTHEN OURSELF.

  487. WE DON'T HAVE TO STRENGTHEN OURSELF. NOW, THERE'S THINGS THE

  488. BIBLE COMMANDS US TO DO, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU

  489. CAN'T JUST LAY THERE AND, YOU KNOW, SQUALL AND BALL AND EAT

  490. ICE CREAM AND POTATO CHIPS AND HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD'S GONNA

  491. COME THROUGH. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TO BE, THAT'S NOT THE

  492. POSTURE OF MINE WE'RE TO BE IN. BUT SOMETIMES HAVE YOU EVER BEEN

  493. FIGHTING AND YOU JUST THROW UP YOUR HANDS? I HEARD A STORY OF A

  494. MINISTER ONE TIME. HE HAD BEEN BELIEVING GOD. HE WAS WANTING TO

  495. BE HEALED OF CANCER. AND HE BELIEVED AND HE SPOKE AND HE

  496. CONFESSED AND HE SOUGHT GOD AND DID ALL THE THINGS THAT HE WAS

  497. SUPPOSED TO DO AND THAT THE WORD COMMANDS US TO DO, RIGHT? AND IT

  498. JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WASN'T BUDGING AND IT WASN'T GETTING

  499. BETTER. AND HE FINALLY, ONE DAY HE SAID, HE SAID, "LORD, I DON'T

  500. KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO." THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT? HE JUST SAID, "GOD,

  501. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I KNOW. NOW IT'S UP TO YOU." AND HE THREW

  502. HIS HANDS UP AND SAID, "GOD, I JUST GIVE THIS OUT TO YOU." AND

  503. HE GOT HEALED AFTER THAT. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO

  504. TAKE THE POSTURE OF FAITH, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ALL THE THINGS,

  505. SPEAK THE RIGHT WORDS. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S

  506. ALSO GOD'S DEAL, AND WE NEED TO TRUST HIM. MAYBE IT'S YOUR

  507. FINANCES TODAY AS YOU GET READY TO GIVE. YOU KNOW, GOD, I'VE

  508. BEEN TITHING. I HAVE BEEN GIVING. I'VE SOWED SEED. GOD, I

  509. NEED TO SEE SOME HARVESTS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS VERSE IS ABOUT.

  510. BE NOT DISMAYED, FOR I'M YOUR GOD. YOU KNOW, LET GOD DO IT.

  511. THERE'S THAT OLD SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET GO AND LET GOD. WE

  512. HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE SAYINGS THAT PEOPLE USE. LET GO, LET

  513. GOD, JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL, YOU KNOW. ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT

  514. IS MEANT TO SAY, GOD, IT'S IN YOUR HANDS. YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE

  515. CARE OF IT. HE SAID, I'LL STRENGTHEN YOU. IN OTHER WORDS,

  516. STRENGTHEN YOU SO YOU CAN STAND. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE'S

  517. INTERESTING. ON ONE SIDE, EPHESIANS SIX WILL SAY, WELL,

  518. STAND, STAND THEREFORE. AND YOUR LEGS ARE SHAKY. STAND, STAND

  519. THEREFORE. AND THEN GOD TURNS IT AROUND AND SAYS, I'LL STRENGTHEN

  520. YOU SO YOU CAN KEEP STANDING. AND I AND THIS IS THE PART THAT

  521. HIT ME WHEN PASTOR WAS TALKING I WILL HELP YOU. COME ON, SOMEBODY

  522. JUST SAY IT RIGHT NOW. SAY, LORD, HELP. MAYBE YOU NEED HELP

  523. WITH YOUR MONEY, YOUR FINANCES. YOU NEED GOD TO HELP YOU. YOU

  524. FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SWALLOWED UP IN DEBT. MAYBE YOU'RE IN A PLACE

  525. WHERE YOU CANNOT PAY ALL THE BILLS, OR YOU'RE VERY DESTITUTE,

  526. AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL'S COMING FROM. THAT'S

  527. A GOOD PRAYER TO PRAY RIGHT THERE. LORD, HELP. COME ON, SAY

  528. IT ONE MORE TIME. LORD, HELP. LORD, HELP. AND HE SAID, "I WILL

  529. HELP YOU AND UPHOLD YOU "WITH THE RIGHT HAND OF MY RIGHTEOUS."

  530. ONE TRANSLATION SAYS, "MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND." YOU KNOW

  531. WHAT THE RIGHT HAND IS? THAT'S WHY I COULD NEVER BE ON THE LEFT

  532. POLITICALLY, JUST FOR WHAT IT REPRESENTS IN SCRIPTURE. OKAY,

  533. EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON GOD'S RIGHT HAND WENT TO HEAVEN. THE

  534. ONES ON THE LEFT WERE CAST INTO OUTER DARKNESS. I JUST WOULDN'T

  535. WANNA BE THAT. I HAD A CHRISTIAN ONE TIME THAT POSTED ON THE

  536. INTERNET, THEY SAID, "I'M A LEFT LIBERAL AND I'M A CHRISTIAN." I

  537. SAID, "WELL, YOU BETTER READ YOUR BIBLE, CHICK, "BECAUSE

  538. THAT'S NOT A GOOD SPOT TO BE, "IS IN GOD'S LEFT HAND." THE

  539. RIGHT HAND OF FAVOR. YOU KNOW YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND OF

  540. FAVOR TODAY. THAT'S A REASON TO REJOICE. SO WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW

  541. IS NOT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA LAND. YOU'RE GONNA LAND IN A BETTER

  542. SPOT, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I JUST FELT TO GIVE THAT TO YOU,

  543. ENCOURAGE YOU WITH THAT. AND REMEMBER, OUR SCRIPTURE FOR THE

  544. YEAR HAS BEEN PROVERBS 11:8, YOU'RE COMING OUT OF

    Proverbs 11:8

  545. TROUBLE. SO BE ENCOURAGED WITH THAT TODAY. LET'S PUT OUR GIVING

  546. INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. I WANT TO GET PASTOR UP HERE TO

  547. SHARE WHAT HE'S GOING TO SHARE. AND ALL THE INFORMATION'S OUT

  548. THERE, THE MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, AND IT'S SO FRIENDLY

  549. TO USE. SO USE ALL THOSE PLATFORMS. AND THANK YOU FOR

  550. THOSE OF YOU THAT SEND THINGS IN THE MAIL, YOUR OFFERINGS, YOUR

  551. GIFTS, YOUR TIES. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN SO VERY COMMITTED AND

  552. GENEROUS. AND WE NEED REGULAR SUPPORTERS. WE NEED MONTHLY

  553. PEOPLE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO. AND SO THANK YOU FOR

  554. ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE SUPPORTING OVTV AND THE

  555. BUILDING PROJECT. I KEEP SAYING WE HAVE MORE STUFF TO DO THAT'S

  556. ON THE RUNWAY. SO LET'S GET THAT BUILDING FUND UP AND GET IT

  557. FILLED. AND LET'S JUST HAVE THE WAR CHEST READY FOR WHENEVER GOD

  558. COMES CALLING. AND BY THE WAY, THOSE OF YOU THAT MAYBE MISSED

  559. LAST WEEK, I TALKED ABOUT THE CALL CENTER, NOT OUR CALL

  560. CENTER, BUT THERE WAS A CALL CENTER THAT WAS IN OUR

  561. HEADQUARTERS BUILDING BACK HERE, THE BRICK BUILDING WHERE U.S.

  562. BANK IS. THEY HAVE MOVED OUT AND IT WAS THE END OF THEIR LEASE.

  563. THEY CHOSE NOT TO RENEW, WHICH BY THE WAY, AND I DON'T HAVE TO

  564. SAY THIS OFTEN, WE HAVE DONE SO WELL BY OUR TENANTS THAT HAVE

  565. BEEN IN OUR BUILDINGS THAT WE INHERITED REALLY ALL OF THEM.

  566. THEY CAME WITH THE BUILDING. IF YOU BUY THE BUILDING, YOU GET

  567. THE TENANT. AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT, IN REAL ESTATE.

  568. AND, BUT WE JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BLESS SO MANY OF

  569. THEM. SOME OF THEM WE, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, SHIRLEY'S, WHEN THEY

  570. WERE HERE, ANYBODY GO BACK TO REMEMBER WHEN SHIRLEY'S WAS IN

  571. OUR BUILDING? I MEAN, THAT WAS THE OLD DAYS. AND THEY WERE IN

  572. THAT SKINNY LITTLE SPACE, WHICH IS NOW OVER BY THE STUDIO. AND

  573. THEY, WE PRAYED FOR THEM TO GET AN UPGRADE AND THEY GOT AN

  574. UPGRADE AND PASTOR FELTON, HIS SPIRIT, HE GAVE THEM FOUR MONTHS

  575. OF FREE RENT FOR THAT TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. AND WE WERE

  576. ABLE TO HELP SO MANY, BUT THEY HAVE GONE. AND SO THANK YOU.

  577. YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING AND THE CAMPUS HELPS MAKE UP FOR

  578. THAT RENT THAT LEFT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND WE ARE

  579. SO GRATEFUL. AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB AS TENANTS. THEY ALWAYS PAID

  580. ON TIME. WE HAVE HAD GOOD TENANTS THAT HAVE DONE GOOD

  581. THINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AS THAT GOES. AND YOU

  582. KNOW WHAT? GOD'S BUILDING ANYWAY. GOD'S GOT TO PLAN IT.

  583. PASTOR BRENDA, ARE YOU GOING TO RENT IT OUT? THE LORD MAY HAVE

  584. NEED OF IT, JUST LIKE HE DID THOSE DONKEYS IN THE DAY OF

  585. JESUS. SO LET'S SEE WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO. IF WE'RE GOING TO

  586. REMODEL IT, WE NEED THE FUNDS. SO GIVE TO IT. AMEN. ALL RIGHT,

  587. WELL, LET'S JUST SAY, STAND UP IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR OFFERING

  588. READY. HOLD UP YOUR PHONE. IF YOU'RE GIVING ELECTRONICALLY OR

  589. YOUR ENVELOPE. AND IF YOU'VE NOT DONE YOUR FIRST FRUITS OFFERING,

  590. THAT IS STILL OUT THERE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN GIVE TO THAT, BUT

  591. HOLD IT UP HIGH. AND I WANT YOU TO NOT BE DISMAYED TODAY. DON'T

  592. BE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU WONDER HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO TURN OUT.

  593. YOU JUST STAND THERE AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOING TO HELP YOU

  594. AND STRENGTHEN YOU. SO FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER UNDER

  595. THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. I THANK YOU YOU'RE HELPING THEM. EVEN

  596. WHEN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S AN END TO THE LONG ROAD,

  597. I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE GOD THAT PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD

  598. STRENGTHEN US AND HELP US. SO LORD, WE LEAN INTO THAT TODAY.

  599. WE PULL ON THAT TODAY AS WE GIVE, AND WE JUST SAY THANK YOU,

  600. LORD, FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS TO UPHOLD US AND BRING US THROUGH

  601. AS WE GIVE TODAY IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, LET'S

  602. DO OUR DECLARATION, MINA, WITH ALL YOUR HEART. WE DECLARE THE

  603. CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED,

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

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

  606. FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE

  607. LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND

  608. OVERFLOW. AND LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE

  609. CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE

  610. AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE

  611. ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE PROPHESIED THAT WE SHALL

  612. QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE

  613. DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE

  614. EXPANDED NOW. SHOUT REAL BIG AS YOU GIVE, AND LET'S WELCOME

  615. PASTOR HANK. HALLELUJAH. ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN BE SEATED,

  616. USHERS, YOU CAN USH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING ONLINE AS

  617. WELL. WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS AS WELL. SO GOT A

  618. LOT HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE EXCITED. I AM FOR NEXT WEEK AS

  619. WELL WHEN ANDREW SEDRA AND HIS WIFE, NOLEEN, ARE GOING TO BE

  620. HERE. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO STAY FOR A COUPLE DAYS, AND

  621. WE'RE GOING TO FILM SOME NEW LEVEL SHOWS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

  622. AND THEN ON TUESDAY NIGHT, HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE STUDIO WITH

  623. ME TO DO FLASHPOINT. SO THAT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN, AND WE'RE GOING

  624. TO COVER A LOT OF GROUND. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY WEEK, AND

  625. NEXT WEEK TOO. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS. AND THEN LAST I

  626. HEARD, PASTOR BRENDA, YOU ARE PREACHING AND MINISTERING ON

  627. WEDNESDAY, CORRECT? WOW, CAN'T WAIT. DIDN'T SHE DO A FANTASTIC

  628. JOB LAST WEEK? AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE

  629. GRACE. SHE'S ON A BOOK DEADLINE, AND I AM TOO, WHERE I GOTTA GET

  630. THIS BOOK, BECOMING A FRIEND OF GOD, DONE. AND THAT'S THE ONLY

  631. THING IS, YOU KNOW, IS I HATE THE DEADLINES OF IT, 'CAUSE YOU

  632. WANNA BE ABLE TO WRITE, BUT THEY'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO

  633. SCHEDULE IT, THE PUBLISHER. SO I GET ALL OF THAT, BUT IT'S COMING

  634. ALONG. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING

  635. ELSE? I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED.

  636. OH, I DO WANNA SAY THIS. PASTOR DOUG, HE WAS LETTING ME KNOW

  637. THAT IN MARCH, MAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR MEN'S DAY CONFERENCE.

  638. OH, YEAH, LET ME HEAR THE MEN GRUNT. SORRY, LADIES. YEAH,

  639. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BREAKFAST. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS

  640. WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK SOMETHING. WE ARE GOING TO

  641. BRING, AND I'M GONNA JUST SEE HOW MANY OF YOU MEN REMEMBER,

  642. AND THOSE OF YOU ONLINE. DO YOU ALL REMEMBER LIKE 20 YEARS AGO,

  643. WE DID A STAYING ALIVE MEN'S CONFERENCE, DANCE CONFERENCE.

  644. YOU REMEMBER THAT? WE GOT TO, AND YOU WEAR DISCO, 70S OUTFIT.

  645. HOW MANY REMEMBER THAT? YEAH, AND SO, YEAH, SO WE ARE GOING TO

  646. BRING THAT BACK. AND SOME OF US THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 20

  647. YEARS AND OLDER, INSTEAD OF STAYING ALIVE, IT MIGHT BE

  648. CALLED STILL ALIVE OR SOMETHING. SO WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE THAT

  649. THEME, STAYING ALIVE FOR SOME OF THE MEN, STILL ALIVE FOR US THAT

  650. WERE THERE. AND HERE'S THE THING, WE HAD A DANCE CONTEST

  651. BACK THEN. SOLOMON, I THINK YOU AND LES AND DODJI, YOU GUYS WERE

  652. ROCKING IT. I WASN'T ALLOWED TO ENTER, BUT THIS YEAR I AM. THIS

  653. YEAR I AM. AND WE'RE GONNA PUT A DANCE FLOOR UP HERE, A DISCO

  654. BALL. HOW DO YOU HANG A DISCO BALL UP HERE? AND LAST YEAR WE

  655. HAD OUR BEST DISCO MOVES BECAUSE DISCO WAS IN THE BIBLE. PEOPLE

  656. DON'T REALIZE THAT BECAUSE WHEN MOSES WAS UP BEFORE GOD AND THE

  657. PEOPLE WERE CORRUPTING THEMSELVES, DISCO'S HEAVENLY

  658. BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR OWN MUSIC AND GOD SAID, "MOSES, GET DOWN."

  659. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

  660. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, "GET DOWN." AND MOSES WENT, "WHAT?" HE GO,

  661. AND THEN GOD GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS. DISCO THIS WAY,

  662. DISCO THAT WAY, AND GET DOWN. AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS THAT MOSES

  663. GOT DOWN. SO THAT'S THE DISCO REVELATION. BUT WOULDN'T IT BE

  664. GREAT? SO ANYWAY, I GOTTA GET BACK TO THIS. SO REAL QUICK,

  665. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I'LL PREACH IN JUST A MINUTE. SO

  666. WE HAD A DANCE FLOOR, WE HAD A DISCO BALL, AND THE GUYS WERE

  667. BUSTING THEIR MOVES, DOING THEIR STUFF. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SOME

  668. OF THEM THAT BUST THEIR MOVES. THEY MAY BUST SOMETHING ELSE,

  669. BUT WE'LL PRAY OVER ALL THE MEN THAT ARE A LOT OLDER. MY WIFE

  670. SAID, "PLEASE DON'T DO ANY BREAK DANCING "AND STUFF LIKE THAT."

  671. BUT WE FORGOT TO PUSH RECORD, AND SOME OF THE MEN HAVE BEEN,

  672. LIKE ALMOST ON A YEARLY BASIS, "PASTOR HANK, I WANT TO REDO MY

  673. DANCE MOVES." SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM THE

  674. OPPORTUNITY. HOW MANY THINK THAT WOULD BE FUN?

  675. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

  676. HOW MANY THINK OFFICER HERRICK NEEDS TO COME AND BUST THE BEAT?

  677. ALL RIGHT, ANY OF YOU GUYS GONNA TRY IT? YEAH, SO BRING YOUR BEST

  678. OUTFITS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME. OH, IT'S MARCH 14TH, SO

  679. YOU GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO WATCH SOME OF MY PREACHING WHERE I

  680. DANCED, AND YOU CAN DEVELOP YOUR OWN, OKAY? BRENDA, I AM GONNA

  681. ENTER THE CONTEST. HOW MANY WOULD LIKE THAT? OKAY, MAYBE I

  682. SHOULDN'T BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE NERVOUS THAT YOU MIGHT LOSE. MY

  683. WIFE SAID JUST BE SMART, ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A VIDEO OF ME

  684. DISCO DANCING? NO, YOU DO NOT. DO YOU REALLY? WHO IS BEHIND

  685. THAT? IS THAT THE FAKE NEWS? IS THAT A HACKER? WHAT IS THAT? PUT

  686. UP ON THE SCREEN. IS IT OF ME OR WHO IS IT? WHO

  687. IS IT OF? TYPE IT UP. I WANT TO SEE IT. OKAY. OH.

  688. (MUSIC)

  689. ALL RIGHT, CUT IT! CUT IT! CUT IT! CUT IT! CUT IT! ALL RIGHT.

  690. (APPLAUSE)

  691. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, I STILL HAVE IT. DID YOU ALL SEE THAT? HOW

  692. MANY OF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS JOHN TRAVOLTA?

  693. THAT WAS PASTOR SHANE DOING THAT.

  694. BUT HOW MANY OF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS JOHN TRAVOLTA,

  695. THAT WAS WALKING THE SIDEWALK THERE, YOU KNOW?

  696. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

  697. WE'RE GONNA REDO THAT. OH MY GOODNESS.

  698. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

  699. DID YOU LIKE THAT? IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU LIKED

  700. THAT. HOW MANY THOUGHT THAT WAS JOHN TRAVOLTA

  701. THERE, HUH? OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO ISAIAH 43. I FEEL

  702. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LORD WANTS TO INTERRUPT THAT, YOU KNOW.

  703. BUT I GOT SOME SPECIAL PLAN, MEN, MARCH 14TH. OKAY, I MIGHT

  704. PRERECORD MY DANCE MOVES. HOW'S THAT SOUND? IT'S LIKE I CAN'T

  705. EVEN SAY ANYTHING NOW AFTER THAT. IT'S LIKE HOW DO I PREACH?

  706. WHAT'S THAT, LADY T? YOU LIKE, THAT WAS OKAY. I MEAN, LADY T

  707. LOOKED OVER AT SOLOMON AND SAID, "DON'T ENTER AFTER THAT." HE WAS

  708. JUST, Y'ALL NERVOUS OVER THERE, AREN'T YOU SOLOMON? OKAY, ISAIAH

  709. 43. HOW MANY BELIEVE WE'RE IN A NEW SEASON? AFTER THAT VIDEO, I

  710. AM. BUT HOW MANY BELIEVE WE'RE IN A NEW SEASON? I REALLY

  711. BELIEVE IT. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, I WAS COUNTING HOW

  712. MANY DAYS UNTIL SPRING, 'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE WINTER. AND I STARTED

  713. THINKING TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, WE'RE ENTERING INTO A

  714. NEW SEASON IN A FEW WEEKS, YOU KNOW, SPRING, BUT I SENSE THAT

  715. THAT SEASON OF SPRING, OF THINGS BEGINNING TO BLOSSOM, MANIFEST,

  716. COME TO PASS, ARE AMONG US. AND SO LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED

  717. IN HIS WORD. ISAIAH 43, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, REMEMBER

  718. NOT THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD. STOP RIGHT THERE. THERE'S A

  719. REASON THAT JESUS SAID, DON'T PUT YOUR HAND TO THE PLOW AND

  720. LOOK BACK, OR YOU'RE NOT FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. HOW MANY OF

  721. YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN A CAR WITH A TAXI DRIVER THAT KEPT LOOKING

  722. OVER THEIR SHOULDER? I DID IN NEW YORK CITY, I'LL NEVER FORGET

  723. IT. AND HE KEPT LOOKING OVER AND HE KEPT, NO, ACTUALLY IT WASN'T

  724. NEW YORK CITY, IT WAS ARIZONA. EXCUSE ME. AND I HAD FLOWN DOWN

  725. TO WATCH NEBRASKA PLAY IN THE, IS IT THE FIESTA BOWL? IS THAT

  726. WHAT'S DOWN THERE? AND HE KEPT LOOKING BACK BECAUSE I HAD TAKEN

  727. A STEP OF FAITH WITH ANOTHER GUY IN THE CHURCH, AND WE DECIDED

  728. THAT WE WERE GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND WE WERE GONNA GET TICKETS.

  729. IN FACT, IT WAS LITERALLY ON Y2K. AND IT WAS JUST HIM AND ME

  730. THAT WERE THE ONLY TWO PASSENGERS THE NIGHT OF Y2K. WE

  731. HELD A PRAYER SERVICE. I WENT TO THE AIRPORT, NOBODY WAS IN THE

  732. AIRPORT. AND WE WERE TOSSING A NERF BALL DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE

  733. AIRPLANE. AND THEY WERE ALL SCARED AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

  734. BUT ANYWAY, WE GET THERE, WE GET IN THE TAXI AND THE TAXI DRIVER

  735. GOES, "WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?" WE SAID, "WE'RE HERE FOR A

  736. GAME." "OR DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY?" "NOPE, WE DON'T HAVE A

  737. PLACE TO STAY." AND HE KEPT TURNING AROUND AND HE KEPT

  738. SAYING THIS, "MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME THAT YOU MAKE GREAT BAD

  739. MISTAKE. ALL THE HOTELS ARE FILLED UP IN THE AREA." I SAID,

  740. "JUST DRIVE. WE'RE GONNA FIND A PLACE. I WANT ONE, TAKE ME BY

  741. THE STADIUM." "ALL RIGHT, MY NEIGHBOR, MY COMMON SENSE TELLS

  742. ME THAT YOU ARE MAKING BAD MISTAKE, EVEN WORSE MISTAKE,

  743. GOING TO A PLACE THAT IS NEXT TO THE STADIUM. THERE ARE SO

  744. ROUTE." I SAID, "WELL, DRIVE." "MY COMMENTS?" I SAID, "DRIVE."

  745. SO THEN HE SAYS, "NOW, ARE YOU GOING TO THE GAME?" I SAID,

  746. "YEAH." "OH, MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME." AND HE'S GOING ALL

  747. OVER THE PLACE. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK, THE POINT IS, IF YOU LOOK

  748. BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT OTHERS AND YOURSELF IN DANGER

  749. POTENTIALLY. SO HE SAYS TO ME, HE SAYS, "DO YOU HAVE TICKETS?"

  750. "NO." "OH, MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME YOU WASTED MONEY. NO HOTEL,

  751. NO TICKETS, NO GOOD, NO GOOD. YOU MAKE GREAT MISTAKE, MY

  752. COMMON SENSE." I SAID, "WELL, YOU CAN KEEP SAYING YOUR COMMON

  753. SENSE, BUT I PRAYED AND I'M GONNA HAVE TICKETS ON THE 50YARD

  754. LINE." AND WHEN IT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH, I'M LIKE, "WHAT DID

  755. YOU JUST SAY?" AND SO I STARTED WITNESSING JESUS. "OH, I DON'T

  756. BELIEVE IN THAT." I SAID, "WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE JESUS GET ME

  757. A HOTEL, "AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE ME GET 50 YARD LINE TICKETS.

  758. "MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME THAT YOU ARE PRAYING "TO THE WRONG

  759. GOD." I SAID, "MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME YOU NEED TO BE QUIET

  760. "BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT JESUS ANSWERS PRAYER, "AND THAT

  761. I ALREADY PRAYED ABOUT IT, "AND GOD'S GOT SOMETHING PLANNED."

  762. ORDER MY COMMON, I SAID, "BE QUIET AND DRIVE." I DID. SO WE

  763. GET TO THE HOTEL, ACROSS FROM THE FIESTA BOWL, AND HE'S

  764. CARRYING OUR BAGS IN, AND HE'S SAYING, "EVERYONE, MY COMMON

  765. SENSE TELLS ME "THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE

  766. ALTAR ROOM, "AND HE THINKS HE'S GOING TO GET TICKETS," AND HE'S

  767. MOCKING ME. HE SAYS THAT HE'S A CHRISTIAN, AND HE'S DOING BLAH,

  768. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. FINALLY, THE GUY BEHIND THE COUNTER GOES,

  769. "HEY, HEY, HEY, WHAT'D YOU SAY? "YOU NEED A ROOM?" I SAID,

  770. "YES." HE SAID, "YOU NEED TICKETS?" "YEAH." HE GOES, "YOU

  771. WON'T BELIEVE THIS." I SAID, "MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME "WE'RE

  772. ABOUT TO GET A BLESSING." AND THE MAN IS LOOKING AT ME GOING.

  773. AND I SAID, "TELL ME WHAT?" HE GOES, "WE JUST HAD A

  774. CANCELLATION "LIKE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAME IN." HE GOES,

  775. "NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A ROOM," HE GOES, "BUT I'LL GIVE IT," HE

  776. GOES, "IT'S ONE OF THE BEST ONES HERE." HE GOES, "I'LL GIVE IT TO

  777. YOU FOR A REGULAR ROOM." MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME, DUDE,

  778. YOU'RE PRAYING TO THE WRONG THING. AND HE GOES, AND BY THE

  779. WAY, IT COMES WITH 50 YARD LINE TICKETS.

  780. (AUDIENCE CHEERING)

  781. SO THE GUY GOES, "OOH, OOH, OOH."

  782. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

  783. AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND I SAID, YOU SEE, SOMETIMES YOU JUST

  784. GOTTA KNOW HOW TO PRAY TO THE RIGHT GOD.

  785. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

  786. BUT I HAD A HOTEL ROOM, 50 YARD LINE TICKETS, YEAH. PASTOR,

  787. WOULD YOU DO THAT AGAIN? PROBABLY NOT, I'VE GOTTEN

  788. SMARTER. NO, BRENDA WOULDN'T LET ME DO THAT AGAIN. BUT YOU

  789. REMEMBER WHEN I CALLED? IT WAS GREAT. BUT ANYWAY, MY COMMON

  790. SENSE TELLS ME. SO MY COMMON SENSE TELLS ME, REMEMBER NOT FOR

  791. THE MANY THINGS OF OLD. OKAY, DON'T BE LOOKING BACK. DON'T GET

  792. IN YOUR HEAD AT ALL, I JUST HAPPEN TO COME INTO A SENSE THAT

  793. YOU DON'T HOLD ON IN FAITH IN YOUR SPIRIT TO WHAT GOD HAS

  794. SAID. NOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE LORD SAYS. DON'T REHEARSE FORMER

  795. THINGS. THERE COMES A POINT, QUIT TALKING ABOUT THAT JOB THAT

  796. YOU WISH YOU HAD, THE HOUSE THAT YOU COULD HAVE HAD, THE

  797. RELATIONSHIP YOU'RE STILL HEARTBROKEN OVER. WELL, THERE'S

  798. A REASON. GOD'S TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING BETTER IN THE

  799. HOUSE, IN THE CAR OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. SOMETIMES WE

  800. ARE SO BUSY REHEARSING THE FORMER THINGS AND WHAT DIDN'T

  801. WORK OUT, WHAT SHOULDA WORKED OUT, WHAT COULDA BEEN, SHOULDA

  802. BEEN, MIGHTA BEEN, MY ACHY, BREAKY HEART, WHATEVER IT IS, MY

  803. DISAPPOINTMENTS, MY FRUSTRATIONS, RIGHT, THAT WE

  804. AREN'T RECOGNIZING A NEW SEASON. WE HAVE TO BE READY IN SEASON

  805. AND OUT OF SEASON. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN GOD IS

  806. SAYING, YOU ARE IN A NEW SEASON. QUIT LOOKING BACK. QUIT HOLDING

  807. ON. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA TAKE THE WINTER COAT OFF AND GET READY TO

  808. PUT ON A NEW ONE, A NEW NOT COAT, BUT A NEW GARMENT. BLIND

  809. BARTIMAEUS, THE ONLY WAY HE WAS GONNA GET FREE IS HE HAD TO GET

  810. RID OF THE OLD GARMENT, THE FORMER THING, SO HE COULD SEE

  811. CLEARLY. SOME FOLKS, THEY CAN'T SEE BECAUSE THEY KEEP HOLDING

  812. ON. THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, DISCUSSING IT, RIGHT? REHEARSING

  813. THE PAIN, REHEARSING THE FRUSTRATION. LOOK AT THE

  814. SCRIPTURE, BEHOLD, I WILL DO A NEW THING. SOMEONE SAY NEW

  815. THING. NEW THING. BECAUSE FORMER THINGS HAVE COME TO PASS. NOW,

  816. NEW THINGS I DECLARE, AND BEFORE THEY SPRING FORTH, AND EVERY

  817. TIME I KEEP SEEING THAT WORD SPRING, I FEEL LIKE GOD IS

  818. SAYING SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IS ABOUT TO SHIFT AND HAPPEN IN THE

  819. EARTH, SPRING INTO SUMMER. I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME

  820. CONFLICTS ARISE, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH NATURAL

  821. GLASSES, YOU ARE GONNA THINK THAT WE ARE NOT IN A NEW SEASON.

  822. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I SENSE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THAT JULY 4TH,

  823. THE 250TH YEAR OF AMERICA'S REIGN, THAT SOMEHOW GOD HAS

  824. DETERMINED, AT LEAST FOR THIS COUNTRY AND THE UNITED STATES,

  825. THAT SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT IS GOING TO BEGIN TO SHIFT. AND WE

  826. ARE GOING TO SEE IT, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT IN YOUR LIFE. I

  827. SENSE THAT AS WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR INDEPENDENCE AND OUR

  828. FREEDOM, THAT IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE UNITED STATES. GOD'S NOT

  829. RESTRICTED TO THE UNITED STATES. BUT I SENSE THAT THERE IS A

  830. MIDDLE MOMENT, THERE'S A MIDTERM MOMENT, THERE'S A INDEPENDENCE

  831. MOMENT, WHERE THE THINGS THAT HAVE STRAPPED YOU IN THE PAST

  832. ARE GONNA SUDDENLY, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, IT'S LIKE I'M FREE. IT'S

  833. LIKE I DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE THINGS ANYMORE. I DON'T CARE

  834. ABOUT WHETHER I GOT THAT JOB, WHETHER I GOT THAT HOUSE, OR

  835. WHATEVER THE DISAPPOINTMENT IS. YOU'RE GONNA BE SO KNOWING THAT

  836. SOMETHING HAS SHIFTED IN A NEW SEASON, AND YOU'RE GONNA START

  837. SEEING IT, IT'S GONNA BE MANIFESTED, THAT YOU'RE GONNA

  838. REJOICE IN THAT DAY. AND I SENSE IT IS STIRRING IN THE SPIRIT.

  839. YOU SAY, WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW. ASK ELIJAH HOW HE

  840. KNEW THAT HE HEARD THE SOUND OF AN ABUNDANCE OF RAIN AND THERE

  841. WAS NO PROOF OF RAIN. ASK NOAH WHAT MOTIVATED HIM FOR 120 YEARS

  842. TO KEEP BUILDING WHEN THERE HAD NEVER EVEN ON EARTH, NOBODY KNEW

  843. WHAT RAIN WAS. THERE WASN'T EVEN A DROP OF RAIN. AND YET NOAH HAD

  844. THE DETERMINATION IN HIS FAITH TO KEEP BUILDING EVEN WHEN IT

  845. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT. HE SENSED SOMETHING WAS STIRRING. IN FACT,

  846. YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO CRAZY? THE WHOLE WORLD EXCEPT EIGHT PEOPLE

  847. MISSED THE BOAT. YOU KNOW HOW YOU HEARD THE SAYING, "MISSED

  848. THE BOAT?" GOD GAVE THEM SEVEN DAYS OF GRACE BECAUSE

  849. METHUSELAH, HIS NAME MEANT WHEN THE FLOOD COMES, THEN THE

  850. JUDGMENT, OR WHEN HE DIES, THEN IT COMES, THEN THE JUDGMENT, THE

  851. FLOOD COMES. HE WAS A SIGNPOST, THAT'S WHY GOD GAVE 900 AND SOME

  852. ODD YEARS, I THINK IT WAS 69, 964, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT

  853. METHUSELAH LIVED FOR 900 YEARS, ALMOST 1,000 YEARS, ALMOST A

  854. MILLENNIUM. GOD GAVE THE WHOLE WORLD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET

  855. READY, TO PREPARE THEMSELVES, THAT THEY WOULDN'T MISS THE

  856. BOAT, THAT THEY WOULDN'T MISS THE SHIFT AND THE CHANGE THAT

  857. WAS GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE GOD WAS GONNA DEAL WITH CORRUPTION, HE

  858. WAS GONNA DEAL WITH EVIL, AND HE WAS GONNA RESET THE EARTH LIKE

  859. HE'S BEEN SAYING AND START OVER AND THERE WOULD BE A SMELL OF

  860. SOMETHING CLEAN IN THE AIR AGAIN. CAN YOU IMAGINE CLEAN

  861. MEDIAS, CLEAN REPORTING, CLEAN ELECTIONS? YES. YES. COME ON,

  862. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING. AND YET, WHEN METHUSELAH DIED, THE

  863. TRADITION WAS YOU GIVE SEVEN DAYS OF MOURNING. AND PEOPLE

  864. SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, UH-OH, THE SIGNPOST JUST DIED. WE GOT SEVEN

  865. DAYS TO GET IT RIGHT, TO GET ON THE BOAT, BUT THEY MISSED IT.

  866. DON'T MISS YOUR SHIFT CHANGE, YOUR SWIFT CHANGE. DON'T MISS

  867. THE NEW SEASON BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DISCERN THE TIMES. THAT'S WHAT

  868. JESUS SAID. YOU CAN DISCERN THE FACE OF THE SKY, BUT YOU CAN'T

  869. DISCERN THE TIMES. LOOK AT ISAIAH CHAPTER 42, THIS IS

    Isaiah 42 chapter mention

  870. POWERFUL. ISAIAH CHAPTER 42, LOOK AT THIS, VERSE 9. I LOVE

    Isaiah 42 chapter mention

  871. THIS. ISAIAH 42, VERSE 9, "BEHOLD, NEW THINGS, "BEHOLD,

    Isaiah 42:9

  872. THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS." AGAIN, YOU GOTTA LET GO.

  873. EVERYONE SAY LET GO. SOMETIMES WE SAY LET GO AND LET GOD, BUT

  874. THAT'S THE TRUTH. YOU GOTTA LET GO AND LET GOD. DON'T JUST LET

  875. GO. I NEVER DID LIKE THAT SONG, JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL. HE

  876. SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TAKING THE WHEEL ANYWAY. SHOULD HAVE BEEN

  877. THE CAPTAIN. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. RIGHT,

  878. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TRYING TO BE IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING ALL THE

  879. TIME? "BEHOLD," LOOK, "PAY ATTENTION, "FORMER THINGS ARE

  880. COMING TO PASS. "A NEW SEASON IS BEFORE US, IT'S MANIFESTING.

  881. "AND NEW THINGS I DECLARE, AND BEFORE THEY SPRING FORTH," I

  882. TELL YOU, WELL, THAT'S WHY GOD'S BEEN PROPHESYING IT. PEOPLE GET

  883. MAD WHEN CERTAIN VESSELS ARE ANOINTED BY GOD TO BE A

  884. PROPHETIC VOICE THAT COMES ALONG AND SAYS, "THIS IS WHAT THE LORD

  885. IS SAYING. "IT MAY LOOK LIKE THIS IN THE EARTH, "IT MIGHT BE

  886. HAPPENING IN THE EARTH. "THIS IS THE WAY THINGS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE

  887. HEADING." BUT THEN GOD COMES ALONG AND SAYS, "BUT WAIT A

  888. MINUTE, "I'M GONNA TELL YOU HOW THIS IS GONNA END UP. "I'M GONNA

  889. TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A DIVINE INTERRUPTION "IN THE MIDDLE OF

  890. THE CHAOS." AND THAT'S WHAT GOD'S TRYING TO GET THROUGH OUR

  891. HEADS. HE'S THE ONE DOING THIS. THIS IS WHY THE LORD SAID LAST

  892. YEAR, LOOK AT VERSE 13. GOD SAID, "THIS IS MY FIGHT, I AM

  893. THE LORD OF THE FIGHT." NOW, WHAT WE DON'T WANNA DO IS FIGHT

  894. AGAINST HIM THROUGH OUR IDEOLOGIES OR OUR RELIGIOUS

  895. SPIRIT, WHERE WE START DETERMINING HOW GOD SHOULD DO

  896. THINGS. AMEN? THE LORD SHALL GO FORTH AS A MIGHTY MAN. YEP, THIS

  897. YEAR, HE ALREADY STARTED LAST YEAR. HE SHALL STIR UP JEALOUSY

  898. LIKE A MAN OF WAR. SO HOW MANY KNOW THE LORD IS A WARRIOR? THE

  899. LORD IS HIS NAME, EXODUS 15. "HE SHALL CRY, HE SHALL ROAR, "HE

  900. SHALL PREVAIL AGAINST HIS ENEMIES." THIS IS THE SEASON

  901. THAT WE'RE IN. AS WE WERE PRAYING ABOUT THIS NEW YEAR, I

  902. SAID, "LORD, TELL ME, I JUST WANNA KNOW, "KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR

  903. THE PEOPLE, "BUT TELL ME, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD SAY TO THE

  904. PEOPLE?" AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY HE SPOKE TO ME, JUST

  905. RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. HE SAID, "I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT

  906. THIS SEASON "AND THIS COMING YEAR." HE SAID, "IT IS REVEALED

  907. IN TWO CS." I SAID, "WELL, LORD, WHAT ARE THEY?" HE SAID, "THE

  908. FIRST ONE, YOU'RE NOT TO BE MOVED BY, "YOU WON'T LIKE IT."

  909. BUT HE SAID, "IT HAS TO HAPPEN "WHEN I WILL REVEAL TO YOU THE

  910. SECOND ONE." SO THE FIRST ONE, GOD HAS IT HAPPENING SO THAT HE

  911. CAN MANIFEST THE SECOND. YOU SAY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

  912. WATCHING, WHAT IS THE FIRST ONE? THE FIRST C IS THIS. IT IS THE

  913. WORD CONFLICT. THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAID THERE WOULD BE MANY

  914. CONFLICTS THAT WOULD ARISE, AND SOME OF THE CONFLICTS WOULD BE

  915. THAT GOD IS COMING TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN CONFLICTS IN YOUR LIFE,

  916. CONFLICTS IN THE EARTH, CONFLICTS OVER THE NATIONS.

  917. THINK ABOUT HOW GOD RELEASED THAT WORD EVEN ON NEW YEAR'S,

  918. AND THEN WHAT, TWO DAYS LATER, ALL OF A SUDDEN, VENEZUELA'S IN

  919. THE NEWS, AND ALL OF THESE NATIONS, CUBA, IRAN, AND WE'LL

  920. VISIT SOME OF THOSE PROPHECIES IN THE COMING WEEKS, BUT HERE'S

  921. THE POINT. EVERYTHING, THESE CONFLICTS ARE STARTING TO ARISE.

  922. IT'S SO THAT THE NEXT WORD CAN MANIFEST, AND IT'S THE WORD

  923. CONFLICT. THINK ABOUT HOW THERE HAD TO BE A CONFLICT WITH THE

  924. ENEMY IN ORDER FOR JESUS TO GRAB A HOLD OF THE KEYS TO DEATH,

  925. HELL, AND THE GRAVE, AND BE THE CONQUERING KING. SO DON'T THINK

  926. THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IN THE FORMER

  927. SEASON, THAT SOMEHOW GOD DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY, THE GRACE, THE

  928. POWER, OR THE WHEREWITHAL TO BRING IT TO CONQUEST. THIS IS

  929. WHERE HE'S HEADING. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO

  930. HAVE BATTLES AFTER BATTLES AFTER BATTLES. AND WHEN I WAS PRAYING

  931. INTO IT, I SAID, "LORD, TELL ME ABOUT THIS CONQUEST." HE SAID,

  932. "DID I NOT TELL YOU BEFORE THE DECADE?" 2018, 2019, THOSE OF

  933. YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, DOCUMENTED PROPHECIES, GOD SAID

  934. THAT THE DECADE WOULD START OFF HARSH, IT WOULD BE DARK, BUT

  935. THEN IT WOULD COME INTO WHAT? REST, AND PART OF THAT REST IS

  936. IN THE SCRIPTURE, I THINK IT'S IN THE BOOK OF SAMUEL, WHERE IT

  937. SAYS THAT GOD GAVE REST TO DAVID, RIGHT? FROM ALL OF HIS

  938. ENEMIES. ALL OF THOSE CONFLICTS, GOD GAVE HIM REST THROUGH

  939. CONQUEST. GOD IS TRYING TO SHOW US WITH THE NATIONS IN AN

  940. UPROAR, THINGS CRAZY IN MINNESOTA, RIGHT? THAT THESE

  941. CONFLICTS ARE TO BRING A CONQUEST THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE

  942. THIS NATION TO COME INTO REST. IT IS TWOFOLD REST. IT'S A REST

  943. FROM OUR ENEMIES. IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE THIS WAY. YOU

  944. SAY, WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, THE WATERS

  945. RETURNED IN THE DAYS OF NOAH AND THE WATERS RETURNED IN THE

  946. PARTING OF THE RED SEA. SOMETIMES THINGS DO COME BACK IN

  947. A PLACE OF DIVINE ORDER, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. BUT

  948. IT HAS TO HAVE, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS, THE GOD FACTOR.

  949. THE GOD FACTOR IS THE ONE THAT DETERMINES ALL OF IT. AND SO

  950. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADING. WE'RE HEADING FOR THIS RESET.

  951. WE'RE HEADING FOR THIS REST, REST FROM OUR ENEMIES. THE

  952. SECOND THING THAT THE REST IS, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

  953. IS GOD IS RESTING HIS CASE IN THE CONTEXT OF CONQUEST AND THE

  954. COURT OF HEAVEN. THERE IS NO HIGHER JUDGE THAN GOD. I WAS

  955. PRAYING THIS WEEK AND I SAID TO GOD, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT

  956. I'VE BEEN CONTENDING FOR, PRAYING FOR, MY PETITIONS HAVE

  957. BEEN BEFORE HIM. AND I SAID TO THE FATHER, I SAID, FATHER, AS I

  958. AM BEFORE YOUR MAJESTY AND YOUR HONOR, THERE IS NO GREATER GOD

  959. THAN YOU. THERE IS NO HIGHER THRONE THAN YOURS. AND AS I

  960. STAND BEFORE YOU, I COME BEFORE YOU IN FEAR AND IN HONOR AND IN

  961. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT HUMILITY IN MY HEART THAT I AM NOT AS GREAT

  962. AS YOU, NOR WOULD I THINK SO. BUT GOD, MY FATHER, I DO ASK

  963. THAT YOU WOULD LOOK, LOOK BENEATH YOUR FEET. WHAT DO YOU

  964. SEE, FATHER? I SAID, I KNOW WHAT YOU SEE. BENEATH YOUR THRONE,

  965. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, IS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE. AND I

  966. SAID, NOW IS THE TIME, NOT ONLY IN MY LIFE, BUT OVER THE EARTH

  967. AND OVER THE PEOPLE, OVER THE NATIONS, THAT THEY SEE THE GOD

  968. THAT ABRAHAM DECLARED AND SAID, "SHALL NOT THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE

  969. OF THE EARTH DO WHAT IS RIGHT?" THERE IS NO GREATER JUDGE THAN

  970. GOD. AND SO I SAID, LORD, WE NEED YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND

  971. JUSTICE. WE NEED YOU TO BRING THINGS TO PROSECUTION. IT'S ONE

  972. THING TO EXPOSE, BUT NOW, GOD, IT'S TIME THAT YOU HONOR WHAT

  973. YOU SAID. AS YOU LOOK BENEATH YOUR FEET AND YOU SEE THAT

  974. JUSTICE IS WHAT YOUR THRONE IS SET UPON, AS WELL AS

  975. RIGHTEOUSNESS, IT'S TIME. AND IT'S TIME IN YOUR LIFE TOO, THAT

  976. THINGS ARE RIGHTED. THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE ENEMY HAS

  977. TRIED TO DO TO YOU, THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY IN GOD'S

  978. JUSTICE. HOW MANY SAY, I'LL TAKE THAT? SO SOME OF THE CONFLICTS

  979. ARE BEING BROUGHT INTO CONQUEST. AND GOD IS THE ONE THAT'S

  980. RESTORING. NOW LET'S GO ON BECAUSE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS.

  981. NOW THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE. LOOK AT THE SHIFT CHANGE IN

  982. VERSE 16 OF ISAIAH 42. "AND I WILL BRING THE BLIND BY THE WAY

  983. THAT THEY KNEW NOT. "I WILL LEAD THEM IN PATHS THAT THEY DIDN'T

  984. EVEN KNOW, "AND I WILL MAKE DARKNESS LIGHT BEFORE THEM. "AND

  985. I," OH, HERE IT IS, "I'LL MAKE CROOKED THINGS STRAIGHT," THAT

  986. DIVINE STRAIGHTENING. "THESE THINGS WILL I DO UNTO THEM, "AND

  987. I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU." NOW THINGS ARE STARTING TO SHIFT,

  988. RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO SAY TO US. NOW, ONE

  989. THING THAT WE LEARN IS WE LEARN THE PRINCIPLE OF ECCLESIASTES

  990. CHAPTER THREE. I WANT US TO GO BACK THERE BECAUSE I WANT US TO

  991. SEE THIS. IF THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN IN THE EARTH HAVE TO

  992. HAPPEN IN THIS THREEFOLD CHORD, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IT

  993. SAYS TO EVERYTHING, UNDERLINE THE WORD EVERYTHING. THE MOST

  994. WISE MAN IN THE EARTH, EXCEPT WHEN IT CAME TO WOMEN, RIGHT?

  995. THAT GUY WAS MESSED UP. BUT TO EVERYTHING, THERE IS A SEASON.

  996. SO TO EVERYTHING IN THE EARTH, THIS IS THE WISDOM OF GOD BEING

  997. SPOKEN IN UTTERANCE TO SOLOMON, TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON.

  998. AND TO EVERYTHING, THERE IS A PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN. NOW, I

  999. LIKE WHAT IT SAYS IN THAT VERSE. IT SAYS, FIRST OF ALL, TO

  1000. EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON. AND I'VE BEEN SAYING IT, THE

  1001. SEASON THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN, THAT WE'RE COMING OUT OF. NOW,

  1002. IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE ISN'T GONNA BE SHAKINGS, DOESN'T MEAN

  1003. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE SIFTINGS, RIGHT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS

  1004. THAT HAPPENS WHEN GOD BEGINS TO VISIT SOMETHING, THINK ABOUT THE

  1005. BIBLE. WHEN JESUS WOULD VISIT A CITY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

  1006. MULTITUDES WOULD COME. WELL, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT IN OUR

  1007. STADIUMS, IN OUR STREETS. WE'RE GONNA SEE PEOPLE WORSHIPING.

  1008. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING IT. WE'RE SEEING NATIONS, IRAN, THEY'RE

  1009. WANTING YESHUA. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THEY WANT FREEDOM. THEY

  1010. WANT CHRISTIANITY. IT'S PROVEN. AND THERE'S THIS CRY IN THE

  1011. EARTH, AND GOD IS SHAKING, HE'S SHIFTING, HE'S SIFTING. HE'S

  1012. BEEN DOING IT ON PURPOSE SO THAT HE CAN MOVE US INTO THE NEXT

  1013. WORD, AND THAT IS TIME. WELL, WHAT TIME IS IT? IT'S SHIFT

  1014. CHANGE. IT'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR OF THE SPRING INTO SUMMER.

  1015. THE LORD IS SAYING, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOUR LIFE.

  1016. THIS IS WHAT I'VE CHOSEN FOR THE EARTH. IT'S NOT JUST TO BRING

  1017. YOU OUT OF THIS SEASON, BUT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THIS

  1018. TIME NOW WHERE THE HARSHNESS AND THE SHAKINGS AND THE TROUBLE,

  1019. THE CONFLICTS, I AM DEALING WITH IT AT THIS TIME, AND I AM

  1020. SHIFTING THINGS, MOVING THINGS INTO CONQUEST. THAT IS THE

  1021. PURPOSE, IS TO BRING IT INTO CONQUEST. BRING IT INTO VICTORY.

  1022. SOMEONE SAY, LORD, I'LL RECEIVE THAT VICTORY. I RECEIVE THAT

  1023. VICTORY. IT'S VICTORY, WE'RE GONNA SEE VICTORY. SOMETIMES I

  1024. HEAR PEOPLE TALK SO MUCH DEFEAT OVER THE EARTH RIGHT NOW, OVER

  1025. THE NATION, OVER THEIR OWN LIFE, AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU

  1026. LISTENING TO? THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS SAYING. HE

  1027. IS SAYING I AM TAKING YOU AND MOVING YOU INTO A SEASON, A TIME

  1028. OF A SHIFT CHANGE SO THAT I CAN BRING A PURPOSE. I CAN BRING A

  1029. CONQUERING, A CONQUEST TO YOUR CONFLICTS. I CAN BRING A VICTORY

  1030. TO THE AREAS THAT YOU FEEL DEFEATED. I CAN BRING THE

  1031. MANIFESTATION OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DESIRED AND THE THINGS

  1032. THAT YOU HAVE CRIED OUT FOR. I CAN BRING THE MANIFESTATION OF

  1033. HOPE DEFERRED FOR IT WILL SPRING, THERE'S THE WORD SPRING,

  1034. IT SHALL SPRING FORTH AND BECOME A TREE OF LIFE. SOME OF YOU,

  1035. RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT YOUR 2025, 2024, 2023, RIGHT, 1988,

  1036. WHATEVER IT IS, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR AND SAY IN THE

  1037. SPRING, IN THIS SEASON, THIS IS THE TIME OF SHIFT, THIS IS THE

  1038. TIME OF CHANGE, AND THIS IS THE TIME OF SWIFT CHANGE. THAT'S THE

  1039. PURPOSE, ACCELERATION THAT ONLY GOD CAN DO. ONLY GOD CAN DO.

  1040. COME ON, THINGS THAT SEEM LIKE IT TOOK A LONG TIME, ALL OF A

  1041. SUDDEN YOU'RE GONNA LOOK OVER NEXT TO YOU AND GO, WHOA, I

  1042. THOUGHT I'D NEVER HAVE A HOUSE. I THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE MARRIED

  1043. AGAIN. I THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE MARRIED AT ALL. I THOUGHT I

  1044. WOULD NEVER HAVE A BETTER JOB. I THOUGHT I NEVER WOULD SEE MY

  1045. KIDS RETURN TO GOD. I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE HEALED. YOU WILL

  1046. IN THE SEASON OF CONQUEST, BUT YOU GOTTA BELIEVE. YOU CAN'T GET

  1047. OVER INTO DOUBT. WELL, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. DIE IN YOUR

  1048. WILDERNESS THEN. OF YOUR CONSTANT NEGATIVITY,

  1049. COMPLAINING, WANDERING. NO, I REFUSE. BEFORE THE NEW YEAR

  1050. CAME, I WENT OUT INTO MY LITTLE SUNROOM ONE NIGHT, AND I SAID,

  1051. "GOD," I SAID, "WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A NEW YEAR. "AND I,

  1052. THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT, THROUGH THIS MOUTH, "HAVE BEEN DECLARING

  1053. THAT WE'RE IN A TIME "OF A SWIFT CHANGE, A SHIFT CHANGE." AND I

  1054. SAID, "GOD, I CANNOT WAIT, BECAUSE 2025," AND I SAID, "NOW

  1055. I'M GONNA JUST SHARE SOME THINGS "WITH YOU VERY QUICKLY, MY

  1056. FATHER. "WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS "THAT I DID

  1057. NOT LIKE, SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS." YES, PASTOR HANK HAD SOME HURTS

  1058. IN 2025. THINGS THAT WERE PAINFUL TO ME. BUT YOU KNOW

  1059. WHAT, I SAID, "GOD, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU "ABOUT THESE VERY

  1060. QUICKLY. "I'M NOT GOING TO CAMP UPON THEM "BECAUSE YOU HAVE

  1061. DECLARED THAT FORMER THINGS "HAVE COME TO PASS AND NEW

  1062. THINGS. "SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. "I'M GOING TO TELL

  1063. YOU THESE THINGS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO PUT IT UNDER MY FOOT.

  1064. I'M GOING TO NOT KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, THINKING ABOUT IT,

  1065. DISCUSSING IT. I'M LOOSING IT FROM MY SOUL. AND WHEN I WALK

  1066. OUT OF THIS ROOM, I'M GONNA GO INTO THE OTHER ROOM AND I'M

  1067. GONNA WORSHIP YOU. AND ALL I'M GONNA DO IS LIFT UP THE MAJESTY

  1068. OF THY NAME AND THE HONOR OF YOUR WORD AND WHO YOU ARE. AND

  1069. I'M GOING TO THANK YOU FOR THE NEW SEASON. AND MY EXPECTATION

  1070. IS GREAT BEFORE YOU, MY GOD AND MY FRIEND AND MY KING. AND SO I

  1071. GOT UP, AFTER I SAID IT, I HAD KIND OF A MOANING SESSION, AND I

  1072. WENT OUT AND I BEGAN TO WORSHIP GOD. AND I HEARD HIM WHEN I GOT

  1073. DONE, HE SAID, "THANK YOU." AND I SAID, "WELL," AND I BOWED LIKE

  1074. THIS, SO I SAID, "THANK YOU, BECAUSE WHAT I'VE WORSHIPED YOU

  1075. ABOUT "AND I'VE ASKED YOU, YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING

  1076. IT. "AND I THANK YOU AND I HONOR YOU "FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY

  1077. HEART, AMEN." SO THAT'S HOW YOU POSITION YOURSELF. NOW THIS IS

  1078. VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY,

  1079. VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. YOU SAY, "WHY?" I'M

  1080. GONNA SHOW YOU WHY. LOOK AT EXODUS CHAPTER 8, VERSE 23.

    Exodus 8:23

  1081. EXODUS 9:4, AND EXODUS 11:7. 8:23, 9:4, 11:7, HUT! ALL RIGHT,

    Exodus 9:4 Exodus 11:7

  1082. OH, WE'RE ENTERING INTO A REMOTE SEASON, GOD. OKAY, BUT LOOK AT

  1083. EXODUS CHAPTER 8. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. NOW, YOU SAY, "YEAH,

    Exodus 8 chapter mention

  1084. BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL. "YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OLD

  1085. TESTAMENT." THOSE THINGS, ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF

  1086. CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10, IT SAYS, "DID THEY NOT PASS THROUGH

  1087. THE RED SEA?" WE'VE ALL PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA. AND THEN IT

  1088. GOES ON IN 1 CORINTHIANS, I THINK IT'S 1 OR 2 CORINTHIANS, 1

  1089. CORINTHIANS. IT SAID, "THOSE THINGS ARE WRITTEN FOR OUR

  1090. EXAMPLES." FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION, WHAT HAPPENED TO

  1091. ISRAEL WAS WRITTEN FOR OUR EXAMPLE SO THAT WE DON'T MAKE

  1092. THE SAME MISTAKES OR WE LEARN FROM THEM OR WE SEE CERTAIN

  1093. PRINCIPLES OF HOW GOD DEALT WITH THE PEOPLE, HIS PEOPLE, AND

  1094. DEALT WITH THE NATION. THAT'S WHY ECCLESIASTES 1:9, THOSE OF

    Ecclesiastes 1:9

  1095. YOU THAT ARE TAKING NOTES, IT SAYS, "WHAT HAS BEEN IS GONNA BE

  1096. AGAIN." ECCLESIASTES 3, VERSE 15 SAYS, "GOD SEEKS WHAT PASSES BY

    Ecclesiastes 3:15

  1097. AND WHAT HAS BEEN IS NOW." IT'S NOT JUST WE'RE WAITING ON IT,

  1098. WE'RE HOPING. WE HAVE THIS FALSE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN,

  1099. IT'S A NEW YEAR, SO WE GOT OUR CLICHES. NO, DON'T DO THAT.

  1100. DON'T POSITION YOURSELF THAT WAY OR YOU'LL MISS OUT. ECCLESIASTES

  1101. 3 ALSO SAYS THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. SO THAT'S THE CYCLE OF

  1102. THINGS THAT REVISIT ITSELF, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE

  1103. OLD TESTAMENT, YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL, THAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL.

  1104. THAT HAPPENED TO A NATION. GOD DID IT WITH HIS PEOPLE. WOW,

  1105. IT'S EVEN GREATER IN THE NEW COVENANT BECAUSE OF JESUS BEING

  1106. INJECTED INTO THE EARTH AND BRINGING THAT GRACE AND THAT

  1107. MERCY AND THAT HELP. ECCLESIASTES 7, VERSE 8 SAYS

    Ecclesiastes 7:8

  1108. THAT, "AN END OF A THING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN BEFORE." SO

  1109. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ISRAEL, THAT'S OUR EXAMPLE. UNDER THE

  1110. NEW TESTAMENT, WE ARE THE CONGREGATION OF GOD. IT IS

  1111. BETTER. SO LOOK AT WHAT HE DID IN EXODUS 8, VERSE 23. THAT IS

    Exodus 8:23

  1112. NOW BETTER. IF GOD DID IT AND WHAT HAS BEEN IS GONNA BE AGAIN,

  1113. THEN LOOK AT THIS. GOD, THIS IS THE LORD SPEAKING, I AM GOING TO

  1114. PUT A DIVISION. I AM GOING TO PUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY

  1115. PEOPLE AND THY PEOPLE. TOMORROW SHALL THIS SIGN BE. I'VE BEEN

  1116. WORKING ON MY BOOK, BECOMING A FRIEND OF GOD, AND SOMETHING

  1117. THAT I'VE DISCOVERED IS EVEN THOUGH WE COULD BE AND WE ARE

  1118. GOD'S PEOPLE, THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN GOD'S PEOPLE THAT

  1119. GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS, BUT HE RESPECTS THE

  1120. PERSONS WHO HAVE A DEEPER HUNGER AND PURSUIT FOR HIM THAT CAUSES

  1121. A GREATER FAVOR EVEN IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE. I

  1122. DON'T WANNA JUST BE, GOD, YOU'RE BRINGING A DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR

  1123. PEOPLE. FROM THE MIDST OF YOUR PEOPLE, I WANNA BE SINGLED OUT

  1124. AND CALLED OUT BECAUSE OUT OF THE PEOPLE, I AM NOT A LUKEWARM

  1125. CHRISTIAN. I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN THAT WILL COMPROMISE. I'M NOT A

  1126. CHRISTIAN LORD GOD WHO IS PLAYING GAMES. I LOVE THE LORD

  1127. THY GOD. I AM AFTER YOUR HEART. I HONOR YOU FOR YOU HANDED THE

  1128. KING THE SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FATHER, AND WHEN

  1129. HE CAME INTO THE COURT OF HEAVEN, YOU SAID, "SON, YOU ARE

  1130. GOD, AND YOU LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YOU HATE INIQUITY. MAY THAT

  1131. BE SAID OF US." SEE, IT'S ONE THING TO BE SEPARATED AND BE

  1132. AMONG GOD'S CHURCH, HIS SONS, HIS DAUGHTERS, BUT THEN AMONG

  1133. THOSE, I WANT TO BE MARKED. THAT IS MY BOY IN WHOM I'M WELL

  1134. PLEASED, BECAUSE HE GOES THE EXTRA MILE. HE DOES THINGS IN

  1135. HIS LIFE THAT ALIGNS HIMSELF. LISTEN, I'M NOT SO INTO ALL OF

  1136. THE THINGS THAT THE EARTH HAS, THAT'S NOT MY INTEREST. MY

  1137. INTEREST IS I'VE GOT TO CAPTURE SOMETHING. I HAVE TO CAPTURE THE

  1138. HEART OF GOD. AND AS I CAPTURE HIS HEART, I'VE GOT TO CAPTURE

  1139. HIS VOICE. I'VE GOT TO FEEL THE PRESENCE OF HIM. I WANT TO KNOW

  1140. WHAT IS HE THINKING. WHAT IS HE LIKE? WHAT DOES GOD, WHAT DOES

  1141. HE HATE, HE DESPISE? THEN I WANT TO ALIGN MYSELF THAT WAY. GOD,

  1142. THIS IS, YOU PUT A DIVISION WITH YOUR PEOPLE, BUT THEN WITHIN

  1143. YOUR PEOPLE, THAT'S WHY GOD ALWAYS HAD A REMNANT. WITHIN THE

  1144. PEOPLE, THERE WAS ALWAYS A SMALL GROUP THAT WOULD DO WHAT

  1145. EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE DOING. YOU SAY, WELL, I DON'T THINK

  1146. THAT, I THINK GOD, HE JUST CARES ABOUT US ALL. SURE HE DOES, BUT

  1147. WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? YOU SAY, WELL,

  1148. I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA DO A SHIFT HERE. LOOK AT

  1149. THE BOOK OF JUDE. WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? OKAY, I'M GONNA ASK

  1150. YOU. ALL RIGHT, LOOK HERE, JUDE VERSE 14, JUDE 14, LOOK HERE. SO

  1151. THIS IS AN INTERESTING ANALOGY HERE THAT I WANT YOU TO SEE FOR

  1152. A MOMENT. SO IT SAYS IN VERSE 14, ENOCH ALSO THE SEVENTH FROM

  1153. ADAM PROPHESIED OF THESE THINGS SAYING, "LOOK, THE LORD COMES

  1154. WITH 10,000 OF HIS SAINTS "TO EXECUTE JUDGMENT AND TO CONVINCE

  1155. ALL THAT ARE UNGODLY "AMONG THEM OF ALL THEIR UNGODLY DEEDS

  1156. "WHICH THEY'VE UNGODLY COMMITTED "AND OF ALL THEIR HARD SPEECHES

  1157. "WAS ON GODLY SINNERS HAVE SPOKEN." SO THIS PROPHECY IS

  1158. BEING FULFILLED RIGHT NOW. NOW NOTICE SOMETHING THOUGH THAT YOU

  1159. SEE IN CONTEXT HERE, AND I NEED TO PUT THIS IN MY BOOK, IS GO

  1160. BACK TO VERSE 14. I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE

  1161. TO SEE THE SPIRIT OF GOD UPON ME IS WANTING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO.

  1162. ALL RIGHT, IF GOD IS SEPARATING THINGS WITH

  1163. HIS PEOPLE FROM THE WORLD. LET ME ASK

  1164. YOU A QUESTION. WHERE ARE YOU NUMBERED? IF GOD IS SEPARATING

  1165. AND BRINGING THIS KIND OF SHIFT CHANGE AND SWIFT CHANGE, AND

  1166. HE'S TRYING TO BRING THIS KIND OF FAVOR, WHERE ARE YOU

  1167. NUMBERED? ARE YOU MARKED AMONG THE MASSES OF THE BODY OF

  1168. CHRIST? NOTICE THE FIRST THING, ENOCH. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY

  1169. ABOUT ENOCH? WHAT DID ENOCH DO? THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF

  1170. GENESIS, HE WALKED WITH GOD. SO HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP, A

  1171. PURSUIT, AN INTIMACY THAT WAS FAR ABOVE THOSE THAT WERE IN THE

  1172. EARTH. HOW DO WE KNOW? BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS,

  1173. I THINK IT'S CHAPTER 5 OR 6, IT'S RIGHT IN THERE, WHERE ENOCH

  1174. WALKED WITH GOD, KNEW GOD AND WAS NOT, GOD TOOK HIM, RIGHT?

  1175. THERE WAS SOMETHING IN ENOCH AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AMONG

  1176. ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE EARTH THAT WAS UNIQUE, MARKED. AND GO BACK

  1177. TO THAT VERSE IN VERSE 14 OF JUDE. SO THERE'S SOMETHING

  1178. SPECIAL ABOUT THOSE WHO WALK WITH GOD, HOW YOU WALK WITH GOD.

  1179. ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HOW IS

  1180. MY WALK WITH GOD? AM I ON FIRE? AM I ZEALOUS FOR GOD, OR HAS

  1181. EVERYTHING ELSE GOT MY ATTENTION? YOU KNOW BY WHAT

  1182. COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, WHAT YOU DISCUSS MORE THAN ANYTHING,

  1183. MORE THAN GOD, YOU GOTTA WATCH, BECAUSE OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF

  1184. YOUR HEART, YOUR MOUTH SPEAKS, AND WHAT YOU'RE CONSTANTLY

  1185. SPEAKING ABOUT, TALKING ABOUT, INTERESTED IN, REVEALS A LOT

  1186. ABOUT YOUR WALK, AND HOW DEEP YOU ARE, AND HOW COMMITTED. NOW,

  1187. I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERY TIME YOU TALK, YOU KNOW, OH, THANK

  1188. GOD FOR THE TOAST. THANK GOD FOR MY SHOESTRING, OOPS. I ALMOST

  1189. TRIPPED OVER MY SHOESTRING. THANK YOU, GOD, THE LORD WHO

  1190. TIES MY SHOES. OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A WEIRDO. RIGHT,

  1191. DON'T BE A WEIRDO. BUT NOTICE ENOCH, HE WAS A MAN. IT HAD TO

  1192. DO WITH HIS WALK, BUT NOTICE IT SAID THE SEVENTH FROM ADAM. NOW

  1193. IS THAT THE SEVENTH PERSON? NO, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE

  1194. ENOCH WAS BORN IN GENESIS 5 AND YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AT THE

  1195. GENEALOGIES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE EARTH WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE. HE

  1196. WASN'T THE SEVENTH PERSON BY WAY OF NUMBERS. HE WAS THE SEVENTH

  1197. BY THE WAY OF ALL MILLIONS OR BILLIONS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY

  1198. THERE WERE, HE WAS SEVEN. HE WAS MARKED, ONLY SEVEN SINCE ADAM

  1199. WERE MARKED AMONG THE PEOPLE AT THAT LEVEL. THIS IS WHAT I WANT

  1200. IN MY LIFE. I DON'T WANNA JUST BE, YOU KNOW, THE BODY OF

  1201. CHRIST. I DON'T WANNA JUST BE A SON OF GOD, A CHILD OF GOD. I

  1202. WANNA BE MARKED, SINGLED OUT, CALLED OUT, BECAUSE MY WALK,

  1203. LIKE ENOCH, IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GOTTEN GOD'S ATTENTION. AND

  1204. THAT OUGHTA BE OUR DESIRE, OUR PASSION, OUR PURSUIT. THE LORD

  1205. IS TAKING MY MESSAGE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. ALL RIGHT,

  1206. EXODUS 8, VERSE 23, LET'S GO BACK THERE. LET'S LOOK AT 9:4,

    Exodus 8:23

  1207. 11:7. SO WE GO BACK TO EXODUS 8. WE'RE IN A TIME OF THIS SHIFT

  1208. CHANGE. WE'RE IN THIS TIME WHERE DON'T REHEARSE. I IMPLORE YOU,

  1209. ALL OF THE NEGATIVE, THE BAD, THE FRUSTRATION. YOU KNOW, MY

  1210. WIFE, SHE TAUGHT ME SOMETHING. DON'T USE THE WORD I'M

  1211. FRUSTRATED. BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU SAY IT, THE DEFINITION OF

  1212. FRUSTRATION IS HINDERED. SO EVERY TIME YOU SAY I'M

  1213. FRUSTRATED OVER MY JOB, I'M FRUSTRATED OVER THIS. WELL, YOU

  1214. MIGHT BE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE EMPOWERING BECAUSE THE

  1215. SPIRIT REALM OPERATES BY WORDS. THAT'S HOW GOD CREATED THE

  1216. HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. JESUS CREATED BY THE WORDS OF HIS

  1217. POWER. THEY'RE SUSTAINED, THEY'RE UPHELD BY THE WORDS OF

  1218. HIS POWER, RIGHT? SATAN AND DEMONS OPERATE BY WORDS AND

  1219. THAT'S HOW THEY ENTRAP YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS IN PROVERBS 6, "WE

  1220. ARE SNARED, WE'RE TRAPPED BY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH." THE WAY

  1221. THAT THE ENEMY TRAPS US IS BY THE THINGS COMING OUT OF OUR

  1222. TRAP. AND HE TRAPS US WITH OUR TRAP. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO

  1223. LEARN TO DO IS SPEAK RIGHT, SPEAK GOD'S WORD, SPEAK YOU'RE

  1224. THE PROPHET OVER YOUR OWN LIFE. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING OVER YOUR

  1225. LIFE? GOD PUT A DIVISION, HE PUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY PEOPLE

  1226. AND THY PEOPLE. I MEAN, PEOPLE STOP RIGHT THERE, OH, THAT'S

  1227. GREAT, GOD'S GONNA FAVOR HIS PEOPLE. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT, BUT

  1228. I WANT TO BE FAVORED AMONG HIS PEOPLE. AMEN. AMEN. GOOD. I'M

  1229. DETERMINED TO WALK IN A HIGHER LEVEL OF BLESSING AND INTIMACY.

  1230. WELL, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE BETTER THAN US. LET GOD DECIDE

  1231. THAT. MY PURSUIT IN DETERMINATION. NOW LOOK AT

  1232. EXODUS 9. LOOK AT WHAT GOD SAYS, EXODUS 9. THIS IS VERY POWERFUL.

  1233. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START COMING. AND THE LORD SHALL

  1234. SEVER, OR HE'LL PUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CATTLE OF ISRAEL AND

  1235. THE CATTLE OF EGYPT, AND THERE SHALL NOTHING DIE OF ALL THAT IS

  1236. IN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. SO GOD EVEN HAD SUCH A PRESERVATION

  1237. THAT THERE WAS A SEPARATION THAT WAS, YOU COULD SAY IT THIS WAY,

  1238. IT WAS SO OBVIOUS. THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. DON'T GET

  1239. INTO NEGATIVITY AND DOUBT. WELL, I'VE HEARD ALL THIS BEFORE. I

  1240. REMEMBER BACK IN 2006 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE YEAR OF THE

  1241. FIX, AND NOW 20 YEARS LATER, NOTHING'S BEEN FIXED. AND I LIVE

  1242. DOWN IN TEXAS, AND WE'RE FIXING TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT GOD HASN'T

  1243. FIXED MY 2006, LET ALONE MY ’26. WELL, YOU'RE GETTING

  1244. WHAT YOU SAY. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTEN OVER

  1245. INTO NEGATIVITY. YES, SIR. YEAH. I AM DETERMINED

  1246. IN MY LIFE. I AM NOT LETTING GO OF YOU, GOD, UNTIL YOU BLESS ME

  1247. IN THESE AREAS THAT I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR. AND THAT'S THE WAY

  1248. WE ALL HAVE TO BE. I'M NOT BETTER. I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP

  1249. YOU GET TO THAT PLACE. IF GOD IS SAYING I'M GONNA BRING A DIVINE

  1250. SEPARATION, WELL, THEN DON'T GET IN HIS WAY. AMEN. HAVE AT

  1251. IT, MY FATHER. I MEAN, IF YOU GOTTA SPEAK KING JAMES BACK TO

  1252. HIM, HAVE YOUR WAY AND YOUR SAY, OH GREAT GOD. I MEAN, I DID SAY

  1253. IT TO THE LORD ONE DAY, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE ONE OF MY

  1254. PRAYERS WOULD BE AN ANSWER, I SAID, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? TALK

  1255. KING JAMES TO YOU? YOU SAID I COULD HAVE WHAT I SAY. I'VE BEEN

  1256. SAYING IT, GOD. AND I HEARD, AND I'M NOT KIDDING, I HEARD THE

  1257. SOUND OF LAUGHTER. AND I SAID, I'M NOT TRYING TO

  1258. MAKE YOU LAUGH, I'M TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.

  1259. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

  1260. HE WAS LAUGHING REALLY HARD. I KNOW, YOU SAY, "PASTOR, YOU'RE

  1261. STRANGE." NO, I'M TELLING YOU, HE WAS LAUGHING. AND IT MADE ME

  1262. LAUGH, AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA CALM DOWN, I'M GONNA

  1263. GET RIGHT HERE. BUT I SAID, "LORD, I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE, YOU

  1264. KNOW, "IF I SAID THE KING JAMES, YOU KNOW, "IT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE

  1265. OF A DIFFERENCE HERE." ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT EXODUS 11, VERSE

    Exodus 11:7

  1266. 7. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS POWERFUL. NOW, EXODUS 11, VERSE SEVEN.

  1267. WHAT DOES IT SAY? "BUT AGAINST ANY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL

  1268. "SHALL NOT A DOG MOVE ITS TONGUE." HOW MANY OF YOU TIRED

  1269. OF THE ENEMY BARKING IN YOUR EAR? RIGHT? PEOPLE, SOME OF THEM

  1270. HAVE TAKEN ON THE SPIRIT OF THE DOG.

  1271. (IMITATES DOG BARKING)

  1272. YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, AMERICA IS GOING TO BE SAVED.

  1273. (IMITATES DOG BARKING)

  1274. RIGHT? RHINO DOGS, THE LIBERAL DOGS, RIGHT? START BARKING.

  1275. (IMITATES DOG BARKING)

  1276. YOU SAY, I'M GONNA BE HEALED, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF IT.

  1277. (IMITATES DOG BARKING)

  1278. OH, GOD HEALS SOME AND GOD HEALS OTHERS.

  1279. (IMITATES DOG BARKING)

  1280. BE CAREFUL FOR THE SOUND OF THE DOGS, RIGHT? THAT ALWAYS GOTTA

  1281. BARK AND TELL YOU THAT IT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S HUMAN

  1282. BEINGS OR DEMONS. THEY START BARKING TO MAKE THINGS ROUGH IN

  1283. YOUR LIFE. THAT WAS VERY, VERY PROFOUND. I FELT LIKE I WAS

  1284. LOSING, I HAD TO THROW SOMETHING IN THERE, RIGHT? BUT SHALL NOT A

  1285. DOG MOVE HIS TONGUE AGAINST MAN OR BEAST, THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT

  1286. THE LORD DOES PUT A DIFFERENCE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

  1287. YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS THAT THOSE VOICES, THEY DON'T HAVE A HOLD

  1288. ON YOU ANYMORE. IT'S A NEW SEASON. SOMEONE SAY IT'S A NEW

  1289. SEASON. ALL RIGHT, NOW, I WANNA SHOW YOU A COUPLE OTHER THINGS

  1290. BEFORE WE END. ROMANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 8. LET ME SHOW YOU THIS

    Romans 5:8

  1291. PRINCIPLE. YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD ME SAY THE GOD FACTOR, RIGHT? ALL

  1292. RIGHT. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE BEFORE, I'LL BE LIKE, I'M LIKE, WELL,

  1293. YOU KNOW, I REALLY BELIEVE THE LORD'S GONNA PULL YOU THROUGH

  1294. THIS. WELL, I'M HANGING ON FOR DEAR LIFE, BUT GOD. HOW MANY

  1295. EVER HEARD OF THE, BUT GOD? BUT GOD NEEDS TO. NO, GOD ALREADY

  1296. DID. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TO JESUS'S BODY AS THE PROPITIATION

  1297. OR THE SUBSTITUTE OF OUR SINS, THAT'S WHY WE CAN DO WHAT PSALM

  1298. 107 SAYS, LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO. NOTHING WAS

  1299. LEFT OUT, NOTHING WAS MISSING, NOTHING WAS BROKEN IN THE

  1300. COVENANT. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID IT'S FINISHED. IT WAS NOT ONLY

  1301. TO DECLARE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN,

  1302. EVERYTHING WAS FULFILLED, BUT IT WAS ALSO A LEGAL TERM SAYING,

  1303. DEVIL, NOTHING WAS LEFT OUT. I PAID FOR EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.

  1304. I PAID FOR IT. AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO WHATEVER YOU NEED.

  1305. ROMANS 5, VERSE 8, LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS. BUT GOD, I LOVE THAT

    Romans 5:8

  1306. WORD, BUT GOD, UNDERLINE IT. THAT'S THE GOD FACTOR. GOD

  1307. COMMENDS HIS LOVE TOWARDS US. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF GOD WOULDN'T

  1308. HAVE HAD THE GOD FACTOR, IF GOD WOULDN'T HAVE INTERVENED IN

  1309. AMERICA, IF GOD WOULDN'T HAVE INTERVENED IN YOUR LIFE, IF GOD

  1310. WOULDN'T HAVE DETERMINED THAT 2025 WAS THE YEAR OF THE FIGHT

  1311. AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO DEAL WITH CONFLICTS, IF IT WASN'T FOR

  1312. GOD, WE WOULDN'T SEE THE BUT GOD, THE GOD FACTOR THROUGH HIS

  1313. LOVE THAT WHAT CHRIST DIED, THAT'S THE CONQUEST. AREN'T YOU

  1314. GLAD FOR THE BUT GOD? NOW GO TO EXODUS CHAPTER THREE, 'CAUSE I

  1315. SAID, LORD, SHOW ME ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GOD FACTOR. AND

  1316. AS PLAIN AS DAY, I HEARD THE LORD SAY, IT IS IN MY NAME. I

  1317. SAID, IT'S IN YOUR NAME? HE SAID, YEP. AND IT WAS WHAT I

  1318. FIRST INTRODUCED MYSELF TO MOSES. LOOK AT EXODUS 3, VERSE

    Exodus 3:14

  1319. 14. THIS IS POWERFUL. ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS?

  1320. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOU SIX PEOPLE THAT AGREE. AND GOD SAID

  1321. UNTO MOSES, BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT MOSES SAID, HE SAID, "GOD, WHO

  1322. ARE YOU?" I ASK THAT TO THE LORD ALL THE TIME. "WHO ARE YOU?

  1323. "REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME. "I KNOW I CAN READ IT IN MY BIBLE, "BUT

  1324. I WANT TO SEE YOU. "WHO ARE YOU? "I DON'T WANNA KNOW FROM ANYBODY

  1325. ELSE'S REVELATION. "I WANT MY OWN. SOME SAY YOU'RE LIKE THIS,

  1326. BUT I WANT TO KNOW FOR MYSELF." I WANT TO KNOW FOR MYSELF. AND

  1327. GOD SAID TO MOSES, AFTER MOSES SAID, "WHO ARE YOU?" HE SAID

  1328. UNTO MOSES, "I AM THAT I AM." THAT'S THE GOD FACTOR. WELL,

  1329. PASTOR, HOW IS THAT THE GOD FACTOR? BECAUSE GOD WAS SAYING

  1330. THROUGH HIS NAME, I AM. ALL RIGHT, YOU NEED HEALING? HERE'S

  1331. THE GOD FACTOR, I'M YOUR HEALER. YOU NEED PROTECTION? OH, HERE'S

  1332. THE GOD FACTOR, I AM YOUR PROTECTOR. HMM, I AM LONELY.

  1333. WELL, THE GOD FACTOR, I AM YOUR HUSBAND. I AM YOUR FRIEND. I AM

  1334. YOUR SHEPHERD. SO THE I AM IS TO REVEAL THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU

  1335. NEED, HE'S AVAILABLE WITH THE BUT GOD, THE GOD FACTOR, TO MEET

  1336. WHATEVER YOU NEED, TO SHOW UP IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN? TO MANIFEST

  1337. THAT SHIFT CHANGE, THAT SWIFT CHANGE. NOW, IT'S AMAZING TO ME,

  1338. AND I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH THIS, GO AHEAD AND STAND ON YOUR FEET.

  1339. IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT IN THE BOOK OF JOHN ALONE, THE I AM

  1340. SHOWS UP. AND IN FACT, WHEN, I THINK IT WAS JOHN, I THINK IT

  1341. MIGHT HAVE BEEN JOHN 6 OR 5, BUT JESUS IS HAVING A

  1342. DISCOURSE WITH THE PHARISEES, REMEMBER? THEY SAY, "WHO ARE

  1343. YOU? "TELL US PLAINLY, ARE YOU THE SON OF GOD? YOU'RE GOING

  1344. AROUND DOING ALL THESE THINGS. TELL US PLAINLY. WHO ARE YOU?"

  1345. AND JESUS, I IMAGINE HIM JUST LEANING BACK, CHEWING ON A PIECE

  1346. OF, I DON'T KNOW, JERUSALEM STRAW. AND HE SAYS THESE WORDS

  1347. AND THEY MISSED, WELL, THEY DIDN'T MISS IT, WE MISS IT. HE

  1348. GOES, "BEFORE ABRAHAM, I AM." IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S SAYING, "I WAS

  1349. BORN BEFORE ABRAHAM. "I'VE ALWAYS EXISTED." AND THEN HE

  1350. USED THE NAME OF GOD, I AM. THEY WERE SO MAD, THEY IMMEDIATELY

  1351. WANTED TO KILL HIM AT THAT MOMENT. AND THEN HE HAS MORE

  1352. DISCOURSE WITH THEM. IN JOHN 6, AFTER FEEDING THE

  1353. MULTITUDES, "WHO ARE YOU?" HE SAID, "I AM, IN THE NAME OF GOD,

  1354. THE BREAD OF LIFE." JOHN EIGHT, "WHO ARE YOU?" "I AM THE LIGHT

  1355. OF THE WORLD." DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY DARKNESS YOU HAVE, THE

  1356. GOD FACTOR WILL LIGHT IT UP. "WELL, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE

  1357. ANYTHING'S HAPPENING FOR ME. "I'VE BEEN PRAYING A LONG TIME."

  1358. OH, JOHN 10, THE GOD FACTOR, "I AM THE DOOR, "AND I OPEN DOORS

  1359. THAT NO MAN CAN SHUT, AND I SHUT DOORS THAT NO MAN CAN OPEN. I'M

  1360. SO LONELY. I'M IN THIS TRIAL ALL BY MYSELF." OH, JOHN 10, HERE'S

  1361. THE GOD FACTOR. "I AM YOUR SHEPHERD, AND I LEAD YOU BESIDE

  1362. STILL WATERS. I RESTORE YOUR SOUL. I JUST NEED TO SEE GOD'S

  1363. POWER MANIFEST OVER MY HEALING. OH, JOHN 11, THE GOD FACTOR. I

  1364. AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. AND BECAUSE I'VE

  1365. RESURRECTED AND ASCENDED, I HAVE ENOUGH POWER THAT I'VE PAID FOR

  1366. TO TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING. OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE

  1367. TODAY. WELL, QUIT WATCHING THE NEWS. BUT JOHN 14, THE GOD

  1368. FACTOR. I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH. DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T KNOW

  1369. WHAT TO DO. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE. HE'S THE TRUTH. I'M

  1370. CONCERNED OVER MY LIFE. THE GOD FACTOR AND THE LIFE. NOW HERE'S

  1371. THE OTHER ONE. I DON'T KNOW. I'VE BEEN PRAYING A LONG TIME

  1372. AND I JUST DON'T SEEM TO GET ANSWERS, PASTOR. OH, THE GOD

  1373. FACTOR, JOHN 15. I AM THE VINE. YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. SO DON'T

  1374. SAY YOU CAN'T OR YOU'RE NOT BEARING FRUIT OR SEEING ANSWERS.

  1375. AS LONG AS YOU STAY CONNECTED TO THE VINE, YOU BE IN THE

  1376. BRANCHES, YOU WILL SHIFT, YOU WILL CHANGE, YOU WILL SEE FRUIT,

  1377. ANSWERED PRAYER, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN, SAY I

  1378. AM, SAY I LOVE YOU, I AM. NOW THANK HIM FOR THE GOD FACTOR.

  1379. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GOD FACTOR. WE THANK YOU, BUT GOD,

  1380. THE GOD FACTOR, AND WE ASK YOU TO INTERVENE IN OUR LIVES. WE

  1381. LOOK TO YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO SHIFT US, TO BRING

  1382. THE GREAT CHANGES, THE GOD CHANGES, THE GOD FACTOR CHANGES,

  1383. AND THEN TO BRING THE SWIFT CHANGES OF ACCELERATION AND

  1384. MANIFESTATION THAT WE MAY HONOR YOU AND LOVE YOU AND SERVE YOU

  1385. WE DECLARE YOUR GREATNESS AND WE THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME

  1386. SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. IN FACT,

  1387. I FEEL LIKE THE LORD SAID END WITH ONE LAST VERSE I KNOW YOU

  1388. WANT TO GET GOING PSALM 84 LOOK AT VERSES 5 THROUGH 6 WHAT JOY

  1389. FOR THOSE WHOSE STRENGTH COMES FROM THE LORD. THAT'S THE GOD

  1390. FACTOR. WHO HAVE SET THEIR MINDS ON A PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM.

  1391. THAT'S WHAT PASTOR BRENDA IS TALKING ABOUT. THE WAY OF PEACE,

  1392. JERUSALEM. PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. WHEN THEY WALK

  1393. THROUGH THE VALLEY OF WEEPING, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH A

  1394. REALLY HARSH SEASON. BUT NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO

  1395. COME TO A PLACE. YOU KNOW, LISTEN, GOD IS ABOUT A PLACE.

  1396. GOD'S ABOUT PLACES. WHAT DID HE TELL MOSES? MOSES, MEET ME AT A

  1397. PLACE CALLED THERE. MOSES IS LIKE, WHERE'S THERE? MEET ME UP

  1398. ON THE MOUNTAIN. SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS

  1399. ALWAYS ABOUT A PLACE. WHAT DID JESUS SAY IN JOHN 14? HE SAID,

  1400. IT IS EXPEDIENT, OR MAYBE IT WAS JOHN 16, THAT I GO AWAY. FOR

  1401. UNLESS I GO AWAY, THE SPIRIT OF GOD CANNOT COME, BUT I PREPARE A

  1402. WHAT? A PLACE FOR YOU. AND SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT OUR MINDS

  1403. AND OUR SPIRITS SO SET ON THE HEAVENLY PROMISE, WE DON'T THINK

  1404. THAT GOD CAN SET A PLACE OF AN EARTHLY PROMISE TO MANIFEST

  1405. SOMETHING IN OUR LIVES THAT IS SO POWERFUL, THAT DOESN'T COME

  1406. BY OUR MIGHT OR OUR POWER, BUT BY THE POWER OF HIS SPIRIT TO

  1407. MANIFEST IT, RIGHT? SO LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS. IT SAYS, "I'VE

  1408. COME TO BRING YOU "TO A PLACE OF REFRESHING SPRINGS." NOW THIS IS

  1409. TALKING ABOUT LITERAL SPRINGS, RIVERS, WHATEVER. BUT WHAT ABOUT

  1410. THE SPRING? WHAT ABOUT GOD BRING US TO A PLACE OF A REFRESHING

  1411. SPRING THAT DOES HAVE THE FLOW OF HIS SPIRIT IN THE SPRING?

  1412. THAT BY THE TIME WE GO THROUGH SUMMER, WE'RE NOW INTO AUTUMN

  1413. THIS YEAR, AND IT'S GONNA RAIN, THE RAIN OF HIS BLESSING, THE

  1414. RAIN OF HIS SPIRIT WILL CLOTHE US WITH BLESSINGS. AND THEN NOW,

  1415. HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, PUT YOUR HAND UP, THOSE OF YOU

  1416. THAT ARE WATCHING UNLESS YOU'RE DRIVING, AND SAY, I TAKE THAT.

  1417. MY SPRING IS SHIFTING INTO CHANGE, INTO REFRESHING, INTO

  1418. MANIFESTATION, THAT BY THE TIME I GO THROUGH SUMMER, INTO

  1419. AUTUMN, THINGS HAVE SHIFTED TO WHERE IT'S SWIFT, IT'S

  1420. ACCELERATED, AND THIS AUTUMN, I WILL TESTIFY OF YOUR BLESSING,

  1421. OF YOUR PRESENCE, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF THE THINGS THAT

  1422. I HAVE DESIRED AND PRAYED FOR. AND WITH THAT, I SALUTE YOU AND

  1423. SAY THANK YOU, FATHER. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAID, "AMEN." AMEN.

  1424. DID YOU LIKE THAT? ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AS

  1425. PASTOR DOUG COMES, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PASTOR DOUG. I LOVE YOU,

  1426. MAN. AMEN. GOOD, PASTOR HANK. A HAND FOR THAT. WASN'T THAT A

  1427. GREAT MESSAGE THIS MORNING? GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING

  1428. TODAY. THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR TUNING IN. IF

  1429. YOU'RE WORKING IN ONE OF OUR INFORMATION CENTERS OR THE

  1430. CONNECT CAFE, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED AT THIS TIME TO

  1431. PREPARE FOR THE PEOPLE. I WON'T KEEP YOU LONG THIS MORNING, BUT

  1432. IT KIND OF STRUCK ME WHEN PASTOR HANK WAS TALKING ON THE ALTAR

  1433. TEAM, YOU CAN COME UP HERE QUICKLY RIGHT NOW. I ALMOST

  1434. FORGOT THAT. IF YOU NEED PRAYER THIS MORNING, THE ALTAR TEAM

  1435. WILL BE UP HERE AT THE END OF THE SERVICE WHEN I DISMISS, AND

  1436. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND RECEIVE PRAYER FROM THEM. IT'S

  1437. ANOINTED AND POWERFUL. AMEN. AMEN. BUT WHEN PASTOR TALKED

  1438. ABOUT JUNE 14TH AND WHERE WE'RE NUMBERED AMONG THE PEOPLE AND

  1439. THE FACT THAT ENOCH WAS SINGLED OUT TO SAY THAT HE WALKED WITH

  1440. GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY OR HAVE GOD SAY, "I WALKED WITH

  1441. GOD"? THAT'S WHAT WE ALL DESIRE. WE SHOULD BE DESIRING. AND THE

  1442. TRUTH IS WE HAVE THIS LIFETIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION, TO BE

  1443. SINGLED OUT TO BE SOMEONE WALKING WITH GOD. AND THE BIBLE

  1444. ACTUALLY TELLS US THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT MAKE THAT

  1445. DECISION, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE IT'S A BROAD PATH TO

  1446. DESTRUCTION. IN FACT, I WANT THEM TO PUT UP QUICKLY, AND I'M

  1447. NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU LONG AT ALL, BUT MATTHEW 7:13, BECAUSE I

    Matthew 7:13

  1448. THINK IT EXPLAINS IT SO WELL. IT SAYS, "YOU CAN ENTER GOD'S

  1449. KINGDOM ONLY THROUGH THE NARROW GATE." THE HIGHWAY TO HELL, OR

  1450. IT MEANS THE PATHWAY TO HELL, IS BROAD. IT'S A BROAD PATH, AND

  1451. THE GATE IS WIDE FOR THE MANY, CATCH THIS, WHO CHOOSE THAT WAY.

  1452. THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A CHOICE. YOU CAN TAKE YOURSELF TO THE

  1453. PATH OF DESTRUCTION, OR YOU CAN TAKE YOURSELF TO GOD'S PLANNED

  1454. HEAVEN FOR YOU. HELL WAS NOT CREATED FOR MANKIND, BUT IT'S

  1455. WHERE PEOPLE WILL END UP IF THEY DON'T MAKE A DECISION FOR HIM.

  1456. JESUS SAYS, "I'M THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN

  1457. COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT BY ME." AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF SIN

  1458. ENTERING THE WORLD. HE'S OUR ONLY WAY TO HAVE THAT SIN

  1459. COVERED. I WANT YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME TODAY, IF YOU

  1460. WOULD, QUICKLY. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, I WANT YOU TO

  1461. PRAY WITH ME TODAY. MAYBE THERE'S SOMEONE IN THIS

  1462. CONGREGATION I BELIEVE THERE'S MOSTLY BELIEVERS HERE BUT MAYBE

  1463. THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TODAY, AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I'VE NEVER

  1464. MADE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE. I DON'T WANT TO GO THE WAY

  1465. OF DESTRUCTION. I WANT TO BE IN HEAVEN. I WANT GOD'S PLAN OF

  1466. ABUNDANCE FOR MY LIFE. I WANT THE GOOD THINGS THAT PASTOR HANK

  1467. WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND IF THAT'S YOU TODAY AND YOU SAY, I NEED TO

  1468. REPENT AND MAKE TODAY MY DAY TO FOLLOW GOD AND TO CHOOSE HIM, TO

  1469. CHOOSE THE PATH OF LIFE, IF THIS IS YOUR DAY, WE'RE PRAYING FOR

  1470. YOU TODAY THAT YOU MAKE THAT DECISION. DON'T THINK ABOUT

  1471. OTHERS AROUND YOU AND WHAT THEY MAY THINK. ONLY THINK ABOUT WHAT

  1472. GOD IS THINKING ABOUT YOU NOW. ARE YOU NUMBERED AMONG HIS

  1473. PEOPLE, AMONG THE CHOSEN PEOPLE? THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU NEED TO

  1474. ASK YOURSELF. OR MAYBE YOU FOLLOWED HIM AT ONE TIME, BUT

  1475. NOW YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF. YOU'VE GOTTEN IN THE WRONG CIRCLE OF

  1476. RELATIONSHIPS OR YOU'VE GOTTEN ON A WRONG PATH. THAT HAPPENS TO

  1477. PEOPLE. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN. BUT YOU CAN

  1478. COME BACK TO HIM. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK

  1479. YOU A QUESTION TODAY. IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU'D SAY,

  1480. PASTOR DOUG, I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO COME BACK TO

  1481. GOD, OR I WANT TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE. IS

  1482. THERE ANYONE HERE THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT? I'M GOING TO COUNT TO

  1483. THREE, AND IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR HAND, THEN I CAN SEE YOU.

  1484. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU. ONE, TWO, THREE. ANYONE HERE

  1485. TODAY, YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND BOLDLY AND SAY, I NEED PRAYER. I

  1486. NEED TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OF MY LIFE. MAYBE YOU'RE

  1487. SITTING IN YOUR HOME OR YOUR PLACE OF WORK, WHEREVER YOU'RE

  1488. AT. GOD CAN SEE YOUR HAND. IS THERE A HAND THAT I SEE UP HERE?

  1489. OR IS THAT JUST SOMEONE ITCHING THEIR EAR? MAYBE NOT. OK. I WANT

  1490. TO MAKE SURE I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND. THE LIGHTS ARE SOMETIMES

  1491. HARD TO TELL. USHERS, HELP ME IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE. AND YOU

  1492. SAY, I NEED PRAYER TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION FOR CHRIST.

  1493. I'M BOLD. I'M NOT AFRAID TO DO THAT. I NEED TO DO THAT TODAY.

  1494. YOU NEED TO DO THAT TODAY. OK. I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. LET'S PRAY

  1495. TOGETHER. AND IF YOU'RE AT HOME WATCHING US OR WHEREVER YOU'RE

  1496. AT, YOU CAN AGREE WITH ME. REPEAT AFTER ME. FATHER, I COME

  1497. TO YOU FOR YOUR MERCY. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL SAVE ME

  1498. TODAY. I DESIRE TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF MY LIFE. COME INTO

  1499. MY LIFE. CHANGE ME. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION, AND I WILL SERVE

  1500. YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN, AND PUT ME

  1501. ON YOUR PATH TO GOODNESS AND OVERCOMING. I WANT TO BE COUNTED

  1502. AMONG THE CHOSEN OF GOD. AMEN. AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER

  1503. TODAY, YOU MADE THAT DECISION, YOU'RE ON THE PATH OF

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  1510. WELL, IF YOU NEED PRAYER TODAY, DON'T FORGET THE ALTAR WORKERS

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