12/10/25 "A Vision for the Harvest" Part 2

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GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

IT IS SO AWESOME TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD THIS EVENING.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LIFT UP A PRAISE, GIVE GLORY TO

HIS NAME, BECAUSE HE'S GREAT, HE'S AWESOME,

HE'S WONDERFUL, HE'S MAGNIFICENT. HE'S THE KING

OF KINGS, HE'S THE LORD OF LORDS, HE'S THE GOD OF GODS.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GIVE HIM GLORY! WHOO! COME ON!

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COME ON!

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COME ON, THROW THOSE HANDS UP AND TELL HIM.

HALLELUJAH. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE, FATHER. YOU ARE SO

GREAT. YOU'RE AN AWESOME GOD. WE MAGNIFY YOUR HOLY NAME TONIGHT.

YOU'RE SO GOOD. YOU NOT ONLY CREATED US, BUT YOU SUSTAIN US.

YOU SUSTAIN US, YOU SUSTAIN THIS WORLD. YOU KEEP US MOVING. YOU

KEEP US ALIVE FOR YOU. OH, REIGNITE IN US A FIRE FOR YOU

THAT WE PRAY. THANK YOU, LORD. WE MAGNIFY YOUR NAME TONIGHT. WE

COUNTED AN HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU TO MAGNIFY YOUR NAME AND GIVE

YOU GLORY. OH, HALLELUJAH. YOU GIVE US THE ABILITY TO MOVE AND

BREATHE. HAVE LIFE YOU GIVE US THE ABILITY TO WORK TO DO THINGS

FOR YOU TO REACH OTHERS FOR YOU. WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. AND

WE GIVE YOU HONOR TONIGHT IN THIS PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR

YOUR DIVINE PRESENCE. THANK YOU, LORD. THE FACT THAT A HOLY GOD

WOULD INDWELL US WOULD MEET OUR NEEDS WOULD SACRIFICE HIS LIFE

FOR US. WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT,

FATHER. WE WORSHIP YOU. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

PRAY IN YOUR HEAVENLY LANGUAGE. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THANK YOU, JESUS. OH, HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU,

JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE. HERE'S WHAT

I'M FEELING IN MY SPIRIT TONIGHT, THAT THERE'S

SOMEONE, YOU MIGHT BE HERE, OR MAYBE WATCHING, BUT

YOU LOVE CHRIST, YOU LOVE THE LORD. YOU LOVE CELEBRATING

CHRISTMAS AS WE MOVE INTO THIS SEASON. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT,

BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU FELT THIS MONTH THAT YOU'RE NOT

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS DAY. AND IT'S NOT

BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOVE GOD AT ALL. IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR

CURRENT SITUATION, YOU FEEL ISOLATED, LONELY, WITHOUT BEING

AROUND THOSE THAT YOU LOVE FOR WHATEVER REASON. MAYBE IT WAS A

LOSS. MAYBE IT'S A SEPARATION. WHO KNOWS WHAT IT COULD BE?

THERE'S SO MANY REASONS FOR THAT. BUT IF THAT'S YOU AND

YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, GOD HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS TO DO FOR YOU

TONIGHT TO HELP YOU MOVE THROUGH THAT WITH PEACE, BECAUSE HE'S A

GOD OF PEACE. YOU KNOW, JESUS EVEN EXPERIENCED LONELINESS. SO

THAT'S NOT A SIN. THINK ABOUT IT WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS AND HE

WAS DESERTED. THAT HAD TO BE THE LONELIEST TIME OF ANYONE'S LIFE.

THINK ABOUT IT THE NIGHT THAT HE WANTED THE DISCIPLES TO PRAY

WITH HIM AND THEY FELL ASLEEP. I'M SURE HE FELT LONELY AND

DESERTED AT THAT TIME. SO THERE MAY BE, THERE'S SOMEONE HERE AND

I WANT YOU TO RUN UP HERE NOW IF THAT'S YOU AND YOU'RE HERE. IS

THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU'RE SAYING, "I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED

A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET THROUGH THESE HOLIDAYS WITHOUT

WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE MISSING." YOU NEED PRAYER.

ANYONE ELSE? MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE. GOD WILL

MINISTER TO YOU IN THAT WAY TOO. THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH.

THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, LORD. EILEEN, I'M GOING TO GIVE

YOU THE MIC AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PRAY OVER THESE TWO AND THEN

WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE TOO.

SO WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

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FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE AT WORK IN HER

LIFE, THAT YOU'RE MAKING HER WHOLE AND THAT ALL IS

WELL. FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU SURROUND HER WITH YOUR PRESENCE,

WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE HER. ENCOURAGE HER HEART NOW, I PRAY.

FATHER, YOUR WORD SAYS THAT YOU'LL STICK CLOSER THAN A

BROTHER, AND I THANK YOU AS SHE WALKS THROUGH THIS TIME, YOU ARE

STICKING CLOSE TO HER. SHE IS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, BUT EVEN

MORE THAN THAT, I THANK YOU THAT YOU SURROUND HER WITH PEOPLE

THAT LOVE HER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND NOW THIS ONE, FATHER,

I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE AT WORK IN HIS BEHALF AS WELL. IN JESUS'

NAME, (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) I COME AGAINST EVERY PLAN

OF THE ENEMY TO HARM HIM, TO DISCOURAGE HIM.

I SAY NO, THERE IS GREAT JOY IN WALKING WITH YOU

AND IN LOVING YOU, AND SO I THANK YOU. NOT ONLY DOES HE

HAVE THAT JOY BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU, BUT BECAUSE OTHERS SURROUND

HIM THAT LOVE HIM. I THANK YOU FOR IT. I BLESS HIM IN THE NAME

OF JESUS. HALLELUJAH. AMEN. AMEN. AND FOR THOSE WATCHING

ONLINE THAT THAT MIGHT BE YOU, WE EXTEND OUR FAITHS TOWARDS YOU

TONIGHT, AND WE SAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE BLESSED, BE

ENCOURAGED, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO YOU

TONIGHT, THAT THIS WILL BE ONE OF YOUR BETTER HOLIDAYS EVER,

BECAUSE THE LORD WILL BE WITH YOU, AND WE PRAY FOR OPEN DOORS,

FOR FRIENDS, RELATIVES, ACQUAINTANCES, THAT YOU CAN BE

WITH TO MINISTER LIFE UNTO YOU, AND THEN THAT YOU ALSO

RECIPROCATE BY MINISTERING TO THEM, AND THEN YOU'LL FIND JOY

AS YOU SHARE CHRIST WITH OTHERS, AND YOU HAVE A MEANINGFUL

CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR CELEBRATING CHRIST. AND WE JUST PRAY IT IN

THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU,

JESUS. PRAISE GOD. ONE OTHER THING QUICKLY. THERE'S SOMEONE

THAT YOU'RE A GIVER TO THIS CHURCH. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A

CALLING TO GIVE. YOU HAVE A MINISTRY OF GIVING. AND YOU

KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GOD, I BELIEVE, SETS IN THE EARTH THAT

HAVE THAT DESIRE THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE MORE THAN JUST AVERAGE.

THEY WANT TO DO MORE. AND THERE'S SOMEONE HERE, OR MAYBE

WATCHING ONLINE AGAIN, AND YOU'RE IN THAT POSITION WHERE

IT'S YOUR HEART THAT, AS YOU LOOK OVER 2025, WE'RE DRAWING TO

THE CONCLUSION OF IT, AND YOU SAY, "FATHER, I WANTED TO DO

MORE. I WANTED TO GIVE MORE TO THE GOSPEL. I WANTED TO BE A

BETTER STEWARD OF WHAT I HAD, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE

YEAR'S NOT OVER YET, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU HAVEN'T

ACHIEVED WHAT WAS IN YOUR HEART TO DO. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT

YOU'RE NOT A TITHER. I'M NOT SINGLING YOU OUT. I'M SAYING

MAYBE YOU HAD IT A GOAL TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WAS EVEN

ABOVE THE TITHE, BUT YOU HAVEN'T ACHIEVED THAT YET, AND YOU'RE

FEELING A LITTLE BIT DISCOURAGED ABOUT THAT, AND YOU SAY,

"FATHER, HOW AM I GONNA DO THAT? BECAUSE I HAD IT IN MY HEART TO

DO THAT FOR GOD." AND SO YOU HAVE A GOOD HEART. YOU JUST

HAVEN'T QUITE GOT TO WHERE YOU BELIEVED IN. MAYBE YOUR GOAL WAS

HIGHER THAN WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, OR MAYBE THE DEVIL'S TRIED

TO HOLD YOU BACK FROM ACCOMPLISHING EVERYTHING AND

RECEIVING THE BLESSING. BUT I WANT TO PRAY FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO

IF THAT'S YOU AND I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE HERE, RUN UP HERE RIGHT

NOW. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE,

THE SAME THING. WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE GOD FOR A MIRACLE

FINANCIAL TURNAROUND IN JESUS' NAME SO THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH

EXACTLY WHAT GOD HAS PUT IN YOUR HEART TO DO FOR HIM. FATHER, I

PRAY FOR THESE TWO. I PRAY FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE.

I PRAY FOR THESE THREE TONIGHT THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS

CALL. AND I SAY, YOUR HAND OF BLESSING IS UPON THEM FOR GOOD.

AND THE SEED THAT THEY HAVE SOWN WOULD MIRACULOUSLY SPROUT, AND

THEY WOULD RECEIVE A DIVINE HARVEST ON IT, AND EVEN

UNEXPECTED BLESSING DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, SO THAT THEY

CAN UPDO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY'VE EVEN DONE SO FAR. SO I

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AS I LAY MY HANDS ON THEM TONIGHT, I'M

GONNA ASK FOR A DIVINE IMPARTATION OF GRACE SO THAT

THEY CAN RECEIVE, BECAUSE THEIR HEARTS ARE GOOD AND THEY'RE PURE

FOR YOU, LORD. AND THEY WANT TO DO MORE, AND YOU WILL PROVIDE IN

JESUS' NAME. BE BLESSED. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BE BLESSED, BE

BLESSED. IN JESUS' NAME, BE BLESSED. THANK YOU, LORD.

HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THANK YOU, LORD. PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) IS THERE SOMEONE HERE, YOU

HAVE A RIGHT FOOT, A RIGHT FOOT THAT'S CAUSING...

MY WIFE JUST SAID, "HOPEFULLY WE ALL HAVE A

RIGHT FOOT." BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS, YOU HAVE A

RIGHT FOOT THAT'S CAUSING YOU PAIN. WHEN YOU STEP ON IT, IT'S

CAUSING YOU PAIN. MAYBE THAT'S SOMEONE THERE AGAIN ONLINE. IS

THAT ANYONE HERE? COME UP HERE, YOUR RIGHT FOOT. THANK YOU,

JESUS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I COMMAND THE HEALING POWER OF GOD

INTO THAT FOOT. FATHER TOUCH HER IN JESUS' NAME. MOVE UPON HER.

IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. MOVE UPON HIM LORD. HEALING IN

THAT FOOT. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. MIRACULOUS TOUCH OF GOD.

THANK YOU LORD. HALLELUJAH. YOUR HEALING POWER IS JUST FLOWING

THROUGH YOUR WHOLE BODY. THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE

ADJUSTED AND THEY'RE BEING ADJUSTED RIGHT NOW. JESUS MAKES

WHOLENESS, WHOLENESS IN YOUR ENTIRE BODY. IN JESUS' NAME WE

SAY. HALLELUJAH. OH, HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. THANK

YOU JESUS. WELL, GOD IS GOOD. TURN AROUND, SHAKE HANDS WITH

SOMEONE AND SAY IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE

HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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WELL, GLORY TO GOD. GLORY TO GOD. HALLELUJAH. IT IS OFFERING

TIME. WHAT A GREAT CROWD WE'VE GOT IN HERE TONIGHT. YOU GUYS

ARE EXCITED TO GET AROUND AND SEE EACH OTHER. THAT'S AWESOME.

I WANNA GET RIGHT INTO IT TONIGHT SO WE CAN GET PASTOR

DOUG BACK UP HERE TO PREACH. I KNOW HE'S GOT A POWERFUL WORD TO

SHARE TONIGHT ABOUT THE GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS THAT'S COMING.

AND I BELIEVE HE'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO

BE BOLD IN WITNESSING TO PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANNA SPEAK FOR A

MOMENT ABOUT BEING BOLD ABOUT GIVING. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST

ISSUES, AS WE KNOW, THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS OUR GIVING IS

FEAR, NEGATIVE FAITH, FEAR. AND PEOPLE OFTENTIMES DON'T QUITE

FULLY TRUST GOD TO BE THEIR PROVIDER. HE'S JEHOVAH JIREH,

BUT THAT DOESN'T GET DOWN INSIDE OF EVERYONE. AND THEY TRUST MORE

IN THEIR MONEY, MORE IN THE WORLD SYSTEM THAN IN THE KINGDOM

ECONOMY. AND THE BIBLE INSTRUCTS US NOT TO DO THAT. IN FACT, IF

WE LOOK AT TONIGHT'S SCRIPTURE, WHICH IS ALREADY UP, HEBREWS 13,

5, AND 6 INSTRUCTS US NOT TO DO THAT. IT SAYS, I'LL READ IT

FIRST IN THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD, IT SAYS, "MAKE SURE

THAT YOUR CHARACTER IS FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY, BEING CONTENT

WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. FOR HE HIMSELF HAS SAID, "I WILL NEVER

DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU." SO THAT WE CAN

CONFIDENTLY SAY, "THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID.

"WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?" AND I LIKE THIS A LOT TOO IN THE

AMPLIFIED CLASSIC, IF THEY CAN THROW THAT UP. IT SAYS, "MAKE

SURE THAT YOUR CHARACTER," WELL, LET'S SEE, MAYBE AMPLIFIED

CLASSIC DO WE HAVE? "IF NOT, LET YOUR CHARACTER OR MORAL

DISPOSITION BE FREE FROM LOVE OF MONEY, INCLUDING GREED, AVARICE,

LUST, AND CRAVING FOR EARTHLY POSSESSIONS. AND BE SATISFIED,"

I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN READ THAT ANYWAY, "BE SATISFIED WITH

YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. FOR HE, GOD

HIMSELF, HAS SAID, 'I WILL NOT IN ANY WAY FAIL YOU, NOR GIVE

YOU UP, NOR LEAVE YOU WITHOUT SUPPORT. I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT,

I WILL NOT IN ANY DEGREE LEAVE YOU HELPLESS NOR FORSAKE NOR LET

YOU DOWN, RELAX MY HOLD ON YOU, ASSUREDLY NOT. SO WE TAKE

COMFORT AND ARE ENCOURAGED AND CONFIDENTLY AND BOLDLY SAY, THE

LORD IS MY HELPER. I WILL NOT BE SEIZED WITH ALARM. I WILL NOT

FEAR OR DREAD OR BE TERRIFIED. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?

INTERESTING QUESTION. SOME YEARS AGO, I WORKED MY WAY INTO A

PRETTY DECENT REMOTE JOB MANAGING NATIONAL SALES FOR A

FAIRLY LARGE CHRISTIAN FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS AND I SOLD

THINGS LIKE OUTDOOR DIGITAL SIGNS, WEBSITE DESIGN, WEBINARS

ON HOW TO GROW THE CHURCH, THIS KIND OF THING. A LOT OF STUFF

THAT WAS NOT IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE WAS GIVEN OVER TO ME. AND WHEN I

WENT REMOTE, WE MOVED ACROSS THREE STATES. BUT ABOUT FOUR

WEEKS INTO THAT REMOTE ASSIGNMENT, HOW MANY KNOW WHEN

YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE KINGDOM, YOU GET THE DEVIL'S

ATTENTION AND HE'LL COME FOR YOU. ABOUT FOUR WEEKS INTO THAT

ASSIGNMENT, WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN ROAD, PEAK TRAVEL TIME,

TOURIST TOWN, AND THE TRANSMISSION QUIT IN THE

AUTOMOBILE. WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT WAS KIND OF AN

UNTIMELY EVENT. I WASN'T ALL THAT EXCITED ABOUT TAKING ON A

NEW CAR PAYMENT JUST THEN, BUT MY ALTERNATIVE WAS NOT A GOOD

INVESTMENT EITHER TO POUR A LOT OF MONEY INTO THAT OLDER

VEHICLE. SO OFF WE DECIDED TO GO CAR SHOPPING AND DECLARING OUR

TRUST IN THE LORD. WE ARE GIVERS, AND SO WE KNEW THAT THE

LORD WASN'T GOING TO LEAVE US WITHOUT. SO WE WENT TO TRY OUR

HAND. BUT NOW IN THAT TOWN, TO FINANCE A NEW VEHICLE, YOU HAD

TO SHOW LOCAL RESIDENCY FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, AND YOU HAD TO BE

IN YOUR PRESENT POSITION AT WORK FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. THESE WERE

KIND OF SOME PROBLEMATIC CRITERIA AT THAT MOMENT, SINCE

OUR ENTIRE LIVES HAD CHANGED JUST FOUR WEEKS PRIOR. NEW

LOCATION, NEW RESIDENCE, NEW EMPLOYMENT STATUS. ONE OF THE

MAIN ISSUES WAS THAT I BECAME AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND CAME

OFF THE COMPANY'S PAYROLL. AND SO I KNEW FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MY INCOME WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY LEVEL.

BUT YOU CAN'T SAY THAT AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR TO A

FINANCE MANAGER IN A AUTO DEALERSHIP TYPICALLY. THEY DON'T

REALLY RECEIVE THAT. SO AS PREDICTABLE AS I THOUGHT IT WAS,

HE SAID WAY TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY. SO THE ONLY TOOL

THAT I HAD LEFT IN MY TOOLKIT, THE POINT OF THIS, WAS MY

PERSONAL CREDENTIALS. I HAD MY RESUME AND MY PROMISE OF FUTURE

EARNINGS. DIFFICULT OFTENTIMES TO BUY A CAR THAT WAY. WE HAD TO

GO A FEW ROUNDS, BUT AFTER SEVERAL NEGATIVE REACTIONS, AND

WHEN IT JUST SEEMED LIKE I WAS GONNA HAVE TO PULL BACK AND

DEVELOP PLAN B, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FINANCE MANAGER CAME BACK TO

THE FLOOR, HE TURNED AROUND COMPLETELY FROM HIS PRIOR

STANCE, AND HE SAID, "I'M GONNA DO THIS DEAL." HE SAID, "I DON'T

KNOW WHY, BUT I'M GONNA DO THIS DEAL." WELL, WE KNOW WHY, RIGHT?

HE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD, WHETHER HE RECOGNIZED IT OR NOT.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT HEBREWS IS SAYING HERE IS WHAT CAN MAN DO

TO ME? WELL, IF I'M A GIVER AND I'M IN COVENANT WITH THE LORD,

IS MAN GONNA STOP ME FROM OBTAINING WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME?

IS HE GONNA STOP GOD'S PROVISION? IS HE GONNA TAKE THAT

AUTOMOBILE AWAY FROM ME WHEN I NEED IT TO GO EARN A LIVING? NO.

AND IN THAT SITUATION, THAT MOMENT, GOD WAS NOT GONNA

ABANDON US. HE WAS NOT GONNA FORSAKE US. HE WAS NOT GONNA

LEAVE US WITHOUT HIS SUPPORT. HE WAS GONNA INTERVENE IN WHATEVER

WAY NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT DEAL OCCUR. AND GUESS WHAT? HE'S NO

RESPECTER OF PERSONS. IF HE'LL DO THAT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY,

HE'LL BLESS YOUR FAMILY. HE'LL BLESS YOUR SOCKS OFF. AND YOU

DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE PLANNING ON IT. THESE THINGS ARE NEVER

EXPECTED, BUT GOD ISN'T CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. HE'S GONNA PROVIDE

FOR YOU. SO TONIGHT, WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO IS NOT BE

TIMID, NOT GO IN FEAR. DON'T DRAW BACK WHEN IT COMES TO

GIVING, BUT LET'S HONOR THE LORD TONIGHT WITH OUR VERY BEST AND

EXPECT TO RECEIVE UNCOMMON, ASTONISHING, MIRACULOUS

BLESSINGS. CAN WE DO THAT? LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION ON

THE SCREEN. THERE IT IS. THERE'S MANY WAYS TO GIVE. WE GO OVER

THEM ALL THE TIME. I LIKE THE MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE, A

WEBSITE, SEND YOUR ENVELOPES IN. IF YOU STILL DARE TO DO THAT

WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE, MAY WANNA GO TO ANOTHER COURIER, I

DON'T KNOW. GOT A QR CODE, I THINK I SAID, MAYBE NOT. AND AS

PASTOR BRENDA WAS MENTIONING ON SUNDAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE A

QUICK MENTION OF THIS BEFORE I WELCOME PASTOR DOUG BACK. AS SHE

WAS MENTIONING ON SUNDAY, WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

THAT ARE WAITING IN THE WINGS. WE WANNA BE PREPARED TO DO THAT.

WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO REPLENISH THAT CAMPUS AND

BUILDING FUND. AND I THINK THEY'VE GOT A SLIDE THAT THEY

CAN SHOW UP. SO IT'S IN THE DROP DOWN MENU THERE. IT'S A LINE

ITEM. SO IF YOU'RE GIVING TONIGHT AND YOU CHOOSE TO DO

THAT, THAT'S FABULOUS. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT OUT THERE, ONLINE

AUDIENCE. WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. YOU ARE AMAZING IN

YOUR RESPONSE TO US AND WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. NO MATTER WHAT WAY

ANYONE HERE ONLINE CHOOSES TO GIVE OR WHAT FUN YOU'RE GONNA

GIVE INTO, LET'S JUST SOW BIG TONIGHT. LET'S GIVE BOLDLY.

LET'S TRUST IN THE LORD COMPLETELY FOR EVERYTHING THAT

WE NEED WHENEVER WE NEED IT AND BELIEVE FOR MIRACLES. AND HOW

ARE WE DOING? WE GOT EVERYBODY? IF EVERYBODY'S READY, LET'S HOLD

UP OUR OFFERINGS OR OUR DEVICES, OUR ENVELOPES, DEVICES,

WHATEVER. AND WE'LL PRAY OVER THIS REAL QUICK. FATHER, IN THE

NAME OF JESUS, I SPEAK BLESSING OVER EVERY GIVER AND EVERY GIFT

IN HERE AND ONLINE. AS A PEOPLE PLACE THEIR FAITH ABOVE THEIR

FEAR, WE KNOW THE LORD WILL NEVER DESERT THEM. HE'LL NEVER

ABANDON THEM. HE'LL NEVER LET THEM DOWN. YOU WILL ALWAYS LORD

PRESERVE THEM AND HOLD THEM UP WITH YOUR VICTORIOUS RIGHT HAND

IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND IN EVERY TIME OF NEED. AND AS THEY

TRUST IN YOU, LORD, AND SO INTO YOUR WORK, YOU WILL BRING THE

INCREASE AND BLESS THEM IN ASTONISHING WAYS. AND WE AGREE

FOR THIS NOW, AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF

JESUS. AND ALL WHO AGREED SAID, "AMEN." LET'S WELCOME PASTOR

DOUG. THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. HALLELUJAH.

WE'RE ALL MOTIVATED TO GIVE AFTER PASTOR MARK SHARES WHAT HE

DOES WITH US, PRAISE GOD. HALLELUJAH. WELL, IT'S WEDNESDAY

NIGHT AND I WON'T KEEP YOU PAST MIDNIGHT, I PROMISE YOU, 'CAUSE

I KNOW YOU HAVE THINGS TO DO. I DID WANT TO JUST KINDA GO BACK

TO SOMETHING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE FIRST PART OF MY

MESSAGE WAS IN OCTOBER AND SOME OF YOU WERE HERE, SOME OF YOU

MIGHT'VE MISSED IT, BUT I JUST WANNA RECAP A COUPLE THINGS AS

WE FLOW INTO WHAT I FELT LIKE THE LORD WANTED ME TO SHARE

TONIGHT. LAST TIME WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE HARVEST, WE SHARED THE

SCRIPTURE OUT OF ACTS CHAPTER 16 VERSE 9, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO

Acts 16:9

PUT THAT UP TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECAP THIS A LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS A STORY ABOUT PAUL HAVING A VISION, AND THIS NIGHT HE HAD

A VISION. A MAN FROM MACEDONIA IN NORTHERN GREECE WAS STANDING

THERE PLEADING WITH PAUL, "COME OVER TO MACEDONIA AND HELP US."

THAT WAS HIS PLEA. SO IT WAS A SUPERNATURAL VISION THAT PAUL

HAD DURING THE NIGHT, AND THIS MAN WAS PLEADING FOR PAUL TO

COME HELP GET THE GOSPEL TO MACEDONIA. AND THEN ACTS 16:10

Acts 16:10

SAYS, "AFTER PAUL HAD SEEN THE VISION, IMMEDIATELY WE

ENDEAVORED TO GO TO MACEDONIA." AND THAT WAS PAUL'S HEARTBEAT,

TO BE WORKING AND LABORING TO SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME TO

PASS, TO SEE PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST. AND WHEN HE HAD THAT

VISION THAT HE KNEW AND DISCERNED WAS FROM GOD, HE

IMMEDIATELY MADE PLANS TO GO TO MACEDONIA. AND WE MENTIONED THAT

UP TO THAT POINT IN HISTORY, THE GOSPEL MESSAGE HAD BEEN LIMITED

TO THE CONTINENT OF ASIA. AND BECAUSE OF PAUL'S OBEDIENCE TO

GO TO MACEDONIA, THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE AND THE WESTERN WORLD

WERE EXPOSED TO CHRISTIANITY BECAUSE HE WAS OBEDIENT TO THAT.

WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT EACH OF US, AS GOD HAS

PLANTED US, WHEREVER WE'RE AT, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE

OMAHA AREA, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU, BUT THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN

OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE NATION OR AROUND THE WORLD, I'M SPEAKING

TO YOU. WHEREVER GOD HAS PLANTED YOU, HE'S GIVEN YOU A VINEYARD.

HE'S GIVEN YOU A PLACE TO REAP THE HARVEST. HE'S GIVEN US ALL A

MISSION FIELD, WHEREVER WE'RE AT. THOSE OF YOU, I SEE SOME

LINCOLN PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A MISSION FIELD WHERE

YOU'RE AT. WHERE YOU'RE AT. HALLELUJAH. NOW, WE DON'T HAVE

THE MACEDONIAN CALL ALONG, PROBABLY, THAT PAUL HAD. NOT ALL

OF US ARE CALLED TO GO TO MACEDONIA, BUT WE'RE CALLED TO

MINISTER TO SOULS WHERE WE'RE AT. AND IF YOU'RE PART OF THIS

CHURCH, YOU HAVE THE LORD OF HOSTS' CALL. AMEN? GOD'S PLANTED

US EACH IN A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE WE CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY SPEAK UP

AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS. YOU'RE NOT IN THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE AT

BY ACCIDENT. IF YOU'RE OUT OF GOD'S WILL, THEN START SEEKING

HIM TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. BUT IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE

TO BE HERE, AND YOU'RE BELIEVED TO BE IN OMAHA OR WHEREVER

YOU'RE AT WATCHING ONLINE, THEN BE EFFECTIVE WHERE YOU'RE AT,

BECAUSE TIME GOES TOO FAST TO PLAY GAMES. OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE,

YOU'RE PLANTED WHERE GOD HAS PLACED YOU TO REACH THE PEOPLE

IN YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK JUST

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN THIS AUDITORIUM TONIGHT. WHEREVER

YOU'RE AT, YOU CAN INVITE OTHERS TO KNOW CHRIST. MAYBE YOU DO A

SIMPLE THING LIKE HAND THEM AN INVITATION TO WATCH ONLINE AND

JOIN IN ON A SERVICE, OR GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION OF HOW THEY

CAN WATCH AN ARCHIVE OF LORD OF HOSTS. MAYBE YOU FEEL

COMFORTABLE ENOUGH WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU CAN INVITE THEM

INTO YOUR HOME AND HAVE THEM OVER FOR COFFEE AND WATCH AN

ARCHIVE SERVICE, OR HAVE THEM COME AT 9 O'CLOCK ON SUNDAY

MORNING AND WATCH THE SERVICE WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR

SITUATION IS. I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO DO THAT, BUT I'M TELLING

YOU TO REACH OUT WHERE YOU'RE AT. BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO DO

THAT. WE ALL NEED A LITTLE KICK SOMETIMES TO DO WHAT WE'RE

CALLED TO DO. AMEN? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET TONIGHT IS

A LITTLE KICK. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE UP FOR A KICK? DID ANY OF

YOU WEAR STEEL-TOED SHOES? 'CAUSE I MIGHT STEP ON SOME TOES

TONIGHT, SO JUST BE READY. OH, YOU'VE GOT 'EM? OKAY, YOU'RE

GOOD. SOME PEOPLE COME PREPARED, YOU KNOW. SO SAY, "IF PASTOR

DOUG'S PREACHING, "I'M GONNA WEAR STEEL-TOED SHOES." SO

ANYWAY, I DON'T THINK I'D BE ANY HARDER THAN PASTOR HANK WAS LAST

SUNDAY. HE WAS PRETTY STRONG LAST SUNDAY. THAT WAS GOOD

THOUGH. DON'T YOU LOVE BOLD TEACHING? AMEN. HALLELUJAH. WE

WERE AT LUNCH WITH A MAN, EILEEN AND I WENT TO LUNCH WITH A

COUPLE TODAY, NOT TODAY, IT WAS YESTERDAY. I GUESS IT WAS

ACTUALLY BREAKFAST, BUT THE GUY SAID, "I TOLD PASTOR HANK, "IF

YOU EVER STOP PREACHING BOLDLY, I'M OUT OF HERE." BUT ANYWAY,

THERE WAS A CHINESE MAN THAT WAS FOLLOWING THE TEACHINGS OF

CONFUCIUS AND HE WAS CONVERTED TO CHRIST. AND HE EXPLAINED WHY

HE DECIDED TO FOLLOW CHRIST WITH THIS STORY. HE SAID, "A MAN FELL

INTO A DARK, DIRTY, SLIMY PIT "AND HE TRIED TO CLIMB OUT, BUT

HE COULDN'T GET OUT. AND CONFUCIUS CAME ALONG AND SAW THE

MAN IN THE PIT, AND HE SAID TO THE MAN, 'POOR MAN, IF YOU'D

HAVE LISTENED TO ME, YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER FALLEN INTO THAT

PIT.' NOW BUDDHA CAME ALONG, BUDDHA SAW THE MAN IN THE PIT,

AND HE SAID, 'POOR MAN, IF YOU COME UP HERE, I'LL HELP YOU.'

THEN JESUS CAME ALONG, HE SAW THE MAN, AND HE SAYS, "POOR

MAN." JESUS JUMPED DOWN INTO THE PIT AND LIFTED HIM OUT. THAT'S

WHAT JESUS DOES FOR US. HE EXCHANGED HIMSELF ON THE CROSS

FOR US, FOR OUR SIN. HE TOOK IT, HE CARRIED IT, DIDN'T HE? AND

THAT'S WHY FALSE RELIGIONS CLAIM TO SAVE US BY OUR GOOD WORKS,

AND IT CAN'T BE DONE. THE TRUTH IS THAT NO ONE BY THEIR GOOD

WORKS. EVERYONE BORN ON THIS EARTH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS A SINNER. ONLY THROUGH JESUS CAN WE BE

SAVED. AND HE BORE OUR SINS AND DIED FOR US ON THE CROSS. AND NO

OTHER PERSON EVER DID THAT FOR US. SO THERE'S NO ATONEMENT, BUT

THROUGH JESUS. IN FACT, JOHN 14:6 SAYS, I REPEAT THIS A LOT

John 14:6

WHEN WE DO AN ALTAR CALL, BUT I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE

LIFE. NO ONE CAN COME TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. JESUS

MADE THAT STATEMENT IN THE BIBLE, SO IT'S TRUE. THERE'S NO

OTHER WAY. PEOPLE CAN BE DECEIVED BY FALSE RELIGIONS, BUT

THEY WON'T MAKE IT TO HEAVEN. THEY WON'T RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE

IN HEAVEN UNLESS THEY DO IT THROUGH JESUS. AND BECAUSE WE

HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF THAT TRUTH, IT'S

IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US TO SPEAK OUT AND REACH SOULS FOR

CHRIST WHILE WE HAVE TIME TO DO IT. IT'S A GREAT TIME OF

OPPORTUNITY FOR US. WE HAVE FREEDOM. WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM

OUR GOVERNMENT AND AUTHORITIES AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE HAVE

COMMUNICATION GREATER THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. WE HAVE SOCIAL

MEDIA AND WE HAVE SATELLITES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO WITNESS TO

PEOPLE HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, PASTOR TONY

SURESH SHARED ON OCTOBER 29TH WHEN WE WERE DOING THE RESCUING

A GENERATION EVENING, HOW THE NUMBER OF BIBLE TRANSLATIONS

HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE. AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT OF ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE, THE FACT THAT BIBLE TRANSLATIONS COULD BE

COMPLETED SO MUCH QUICKER. AND NOW MORE PEOPLE ON EARTH THAN

EVER HAVE ACCESS TO THE WORD OF GOD IN THEIR OWN NATIVE LANGUAGE

BECAUSE OF THAT. AND IT'S EXPANDING AND GROWING QUICKLY.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS IS GOING TO RESULT IN MORE PEOPLE

BELIEVING, MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THE TRUTHS OF THE

GOSPEL, AND MORE PEOPLE BEING SAVED. PASTOR ANTHONY SENT ME A

TEXT A MONTH OR TWO AGO, AND IT MADE ME AWARE OF A PEW RESEARCH

POLL. AND I BELIEVE THE POLL RAN FROM FEBRUARY TO MAY OF '25, BUT

IT WAS COMPLETED IN MAY OF '25. SO IT'S A FAIRLY RECENT POLL

THAT WAS DONE BY PEW. AND IN MAY OF '25, THIS SURVEY INDICATED

THAT 31% OF U.S. ADULTS SAID THAT RELIGION WAS GAINING

INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE. NOW THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE KIND OF A

SMALL FIGURE. 31% OF AMERICANS SAID THAT RELIGION WAS GAINING

INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE, BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST FIGURE THAT

WE'VE SEEN IN 15 YEARS. JUST A YEAR BEFORE, WHEN THE POLL WAS

DONE IN 2024, IT SHOWED 18% OF ADULTS SAID THAT RELIGION WAS

GAINING INFLUENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE. SO IN A ONE-YEAR PERIOD,

IT WENT FROM 18 TO 31%. THAT'S A BIG JUMP IN A YEAR. IT'S GOING

THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO INCREASE.

AND SINCE THEN, SINCE THAT'S HAPPENED, SINCE THAT PEW

RESEARCH POLL, CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER HAS HAD A NATIONAL IMPACT

ON AMERICA, AND EVEN AROUND THE WORLD IN SOME CASES, TO BRING

PEOPLE TO CHRIST AND TO BRING THEM TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF

MORAL VALUES. AND I BELIEVE THE HUNGER FOR THE GOSPEL WILL

CONTINUE TO INCREASE. TODAY WE WERE VISITING WITH PASTOR BARB

DEAN OF LIVING WORD CHURCH IN SPENCER, IOWA. AND SOME OF YOU

WILL REMEMBER THAT LORD OF HOSTS DONATED $50,000, AND YOU WERE

PART OF HELPING US TO DO THAT SO THAT THEY COULD BUY AN ADJACENT

LOT TO THEIR CHURCH THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED TO EXPAND. IF YOU

REMEMBER THAT, THAT'S THE CHURCH I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT ANYWAY,

THIS WAS REALLY EXCITING. SHE SHARED HOW REVIVAL AND INCREASE

HAD HIT THEIR CHURCH OVER THE LAST YEAR. IN FACT, WE HAVE A

PICTURE OF LIVING WORD NOW. THEY JUST WENT THROUGH A MAJOR

EXPANSION. AND IN, I THINK, JUNE OR JULY, I WAS UP THERE FOR THE

DEDICATION OF THAT. THEY BUILT ON IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT SIDE

OF THE CHURCH, THAT WAS A NEW FOYER, AN OVERHANG DROP OFF.

THEY'VE HAD LIKE 16 INCHES OF SNOW IN SPENCER. IT'S COLDER

THAN IT EVEN IS IN OMAHA. AND SO THEY NEEDED A DROP OFF AREA FOR

PEOPLE. SO THEY HAVE THAT OVERHANG DROP OFF, A NICE BIG

FOYER. AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH BUILDING NOW. BUT ANYWAY,

I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. SPENCER, IOWA IS A TOWN OF ABOUT

11,000 PEOPLE. IT'S NOT A LARGE TOWN. BUT A YEAR AGO, THEY HAD

APPROXIMATELY 110 AVERAGE ATTENDANTS AT THEIR SUNDAY

MORNING SERVICES. 110 PEOPLE. NOW, A YEAR LATER, THEY ARE

AVERAGING 190 PEOPLE. THAT'S A 70% GROWTH OVER A YEAR. AND I

ASKED PASTOR BARBARA, I SAID, WAS IT MAINLY YOU THINK DUE TO

YOU DID THE BUILDING AND PEOPLE WANTED TO COME SEE IT AND CHECK

YOU OUT. SHE SAYS, I THINK IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE A HOLY GHOST

CHURCH. THAT WAS HER ANSWER. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE

THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPENING WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING TOUCHED WITH

THE GOSPEL. AND THE EXCITING THING ABOUT THAT, AND I HAVE

NOTHING AGAINST OLDER PEOPLE WITH WHITE HAIR. YOU KNOW, YOU

MIGHT HAVE THAT, FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT THE NICE THING

ABOUT, THE EXCITING THING ABOUT WHAT SHE TOLD US WAS THE

MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN ARE YOUNG PEOPLE,

YOUNGER COUPLES, TEENS. THEIR YOUTH GROUP NOW IS AVERAGING 45,

AND I BELIEVE THE YOUTH PASTOR HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR

AGO THEY WERE RUNNING IN THE 20S OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO

THEY'VE ALMOST DOUBLED IN THEIR YOUTH MINISTRY ALSO. SO SEEING

THE YOUNG PEOPLE COME TO CHRIST LIKE THAT, YOUNG FAMILIES, YOUNG

ADULTS, YOUNG COUPLES, THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE THAT'S THE

FUTURE OF THE MINISTRY. AMEN. WELL, JUST THIS PAST MONDAY, I

SAW SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS KIND OF EXCITING TO ME AND I WANTED

TO SHARE THIS. I WASN'T EVEN GONNA INCLUDE IT IN THE MESSAGE,

BUT I SAW IT IN THE NEWS ON MONDAY AND I THOUGHT, I'VE GOTTA

TALK ABOUT THIS. IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS AND I THINK A FEW YEARS

BACK, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT

VOWED TO EXPAND CLUB AMERICA CHAPTERS INTO EVERY TEXAS HIGH

SCHOOL. TPUSA, WHICH IS CHARLIE KIRK'S ORGANIZATION THAT HE

FOUNDED, CALLS ITS HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTERS CLUB AMERICA. THE CLUB

AMERICA CHAPTERS TEACH AND PROMOTE CONSERVATIVE, POLITICAL

AND MORAL VALUES AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEY SET THESE

UP IN HIGH SCHOOLS. BUT ANYWAY, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT VOWED

MONDAY TO EXPAND TURNING POINT USA'S HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTERS INTO

EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT A

GOVERNOR WOULD STAND FOR THAT. NOW THIS WAS JUST REPORTED.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK I WAS MISLEADING YOU, SO I PUT IT UP

THERE. GREG WEHNER FROM FOX NEWS PUBLISHED THIS ON DECEMBER

8, 2025 AT 3:45 PM. SO IF YOU WANT TO CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT

I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, PASTOR MARK,

JUST VERIFY THAT I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. BUT ANYWAY, GOVERNOR

ABBOTT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN PATRICK SPOKE OF THE TPUSA

CLUB AMERICA CHAPTERS AS AN IMPORTANT VALUES-DRIVEN EFFORT

TO SHAPE THE NEXT GENERATION. THE GOVERNOR SAID THE GROWTH OF

CLUB AMERICA REFLECTS WHAT HE SEES AS A REVIVAL

OF FOUNDATIONAL VALUES ON HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING, THAT'S REALLY NEAT.

AND THEN HE FOLLOWED THAT MESSAGE WITH A FORCEFUL WARNING

THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHO PUSH BACK AGAINST

CLUB AMERICA CHAPTERS RISK STATE INTERVENTION.

HE SAID ANY SCHOOL THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF A CLUB

AMERICA PROGRAM IN THEIR SCHOOL SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY

TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. I EXPECT MEANINGFUL DISCIPLINARY

ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR ANY STOPPAGE OF TPUSA IN THE GREAT

STATE OF TEXAS. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. WE NEED MORE GOVERNORS

LIKE THAT. THAT'S A STRONG STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

I REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT HE DID SOME THINGS AND I

THOUGHT THAT REALLY WASN'T THAT GREAT OF A DECISION. BUT MAN,

I'M GAINING MORE RESPECT FOR THAT MAN AS TIME GOES ON. AND WE

NEED MORE GOVERNORS LIKE THIS. WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A GOVERNOR

ABBOTT OR A TIM WALZ? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, THAT'S WHY LOCAL

POLITICS ARE SO IMPORTANT. THAT WE DO NOT NEGLECT. JUST BECAUSE

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PASTOR HANK HAVE SAID THIS, I DON'T WANT TO

JUST TAKE A LOT OF TIME ON THAT, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE

PRESIDENT TRUMP IN OFFICE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GET

THINGS FIXED LOCALLY. WE HAVE TO DO OUR SHARE. AND BY THE WAY, I

WILL MENTION THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT FITS. A FEW, I DON'T

KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE HAD PEOPLE COME FORWARD THAT

WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OUR

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. AND WE HAVE A HAMMER AND SWORD TRAINING

MEETING SET UP NOW FOR JANUARY 6TH FOR THE, WE'VE HAD LIKE 20

SOME PEOPLE FROM THIS CONGREGATION THAT WANTS TO BE

INVOLVED AND LEARN HOW TO DO THAT. HOW TO GO SPEAK AT A CITY

COUNCIL MEETING. HOW TO GO SPEAK AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND

LOOK PROFESSIONAL, LOOK ARTICULATE, SOUND ARTICULATE, I

GUESS IS BETTER THAN LOOK ARTICULATE, BUT WHATEVER. YOU

UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. TO DO IT IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY THAT

WOULD REPRESENT THE BODY OF CHRIST WELL, BUT ALSO MAKE A

STAND FOR MORAL VALUES. IF YOU DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THAT AND

YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT TRAINING, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT

ARE EXPERIENCED IN GOING OUT AND DOING THIS, YOU CAN GO TO THE

INFORMATION CENTER TONIGHT OR EVEN SUNDAY, AND THERE'S A SIGN

UP SHEET AT THIS CENTRAL INFORMATION CENTER RIGHT OUTSIDE

THE DOORS HERE, AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THAT. AND THAT DOESN'T

MEAN YOU'RE COMMITTED TO GO EVERY MONDAY NIGHT OR EVERY

MONTH OR WHATEVER. IT'S GET SOME TRAINING AND LET'S SEE WHERE YOU

GO WITH IT. TAKE ONE STEP. AND THE TRAINING WON'T HURT YOU EVEN

IF YOU NEVER DO IT. IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU. SO JANUARY 6TH FROM

6:30 TO 8PM WE'VE GOT THAT TRAINING. AND IT'S PASTOR HANK'S

HEART THAT THIS CHURCH GET MORE INVOLVED WITH LOCAL POLITICS. WE

NEED TO DO IT, WE NEED TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE, AMEN? OKAY,

LET'S GET ON WITH OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT 'CAUSE I WANNA GET YOU

OUT OF HERE FAIRLY SOON. IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE LEADERSHIP

TAKING A STAND FOR CHRISTIANITY. AND MY WHOLE POINT IN BRINGING

THIS UP WAS WE HAVE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES SPEAKING

OUT FOR CHRIST, BOLDLY NOW, ACROSS THIS NATION IN SO MANY

AREAS, THAT IT JUST OPENS UP THINGS EVEN EASIER FOR THE BODY

OF CHRIST TO BE VOCAL. WE CAN FAN THE FLAMES OF REVIVAL. OUR

TEXT VERSE FOR TONIGHT COMES FROM MATTHEW CHAPTER 9, VERSES

Matthew 9:35–38

35 THROUGH 38, AND THEN CONTINUES ON WITH MATTHEW

Matthew 10:1

CHAPTER 10, VERSE 1. I WANT TO READ THAT TO YOU QUICKLY. JESUS

TRAVELED THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF THAT AREA,

TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUES AND ANNOUNCING THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT

THE KINGDOM. AND HE HEALED EVERY KIND OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS.

WHEN HE SAW THE CROWDS, HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM BECAUSE THEY

WERE CONFUSED AND HELPLESS, LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD. HE

SAID TO THE DISCIPLES, THE HARVEST IS GREAT, BUT THE

WORKERS ARE FEW. SO PRAY TO THE LORD WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE

HARVEST, ASK HIM TO SEND MORE WORKERS INTO HIS FIELDS. AND

LET'S CONTINUE ON WITH MATTHEW 10:1. JESUS CALLED HIS 12

Matthew 10:1

DISCIPLES TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM AUTHORITY TO CAST OUT EVIL

SPIRITS AND TO HEAL EVERY KIND OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS. SO WHEN

JESUS SAW THE MULTITUDES, HE WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION ON THEM.

HE HAD DEEP CONCERN FOR THEM. HE WASN'T INDIFFERENT AND

UNCONCERNED FOR THEM. HE HAD GENUINE LOVE, NOT CONDEMNATION.

AND JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME COMPASSION

FOR THE LOST THAT JESUS SHOWED. I WANNA TALK ABOUT FIVE THINGS

THAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THE LOST TONIGHT. NUMBER ONE, I WANNA

EXAMINE, THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF THEM. NUMBER TWO, THERE'S AN

INFINITE VALUE IN THEM. NUMBER THREE, THEY ARE IN DANGER OF NOT

BEING HARVESTED. AND THE MULTITUDES ARE ACCESSIBLE. AND

THEN FIFTHLY, WE ARE EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO REACH THE LOST.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE FIVE POINTS TONIGHT. JESUS MADE

A PARALLEL BETWEEN THE LOST AND A GIANT FIELD OF GRAIN AWAITING

HARVEST. HE TOLD US THERE WERE MULTITUDES THAT ARE WAITING TO

BE SAVED. THERE'S MULTITUDES OF THEM. THE LORD JESUS SEES THE

BILLIONS THAT NEED SALVATION AROUND THIS WORLD AS A GREAT

FIELD OF GRAIN WAITING TO BE HARVESTED. JUST LIKE THE PICTURE

THAT SHOULD BE UP THERE NOW, THERE'S A BILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT

THERE, JUST LIKE YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT FIELD OF GRAIN AND

YOU THINK HOW MANY PLANTS ARE THERE? HOW MUCH IS TO BE

HARVESTED? THAT'S WHAT JESUS WAS DESCRIBING. THEY'RE OUT THERE

WAITING. THESE PEOPLE MUST BE REACHED OR THEY WILL PERISH. THE

TITANIC WAS A LUXURIOUS BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP THAT SANK IN THE

NORTH ATLANTIC ON APRIL 15TH OF 1912. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE ALIVE

AND REMEMBER THE TITANIC SINKING? PASTOR MARK, WEREN'T

YOU AROUND WHEN... I GOT HERE IN TIME FOR THE MOVIE. OH, THE

MOVIE. HE SAW THE MOVIE ABOUT THE TITANIC AND THAT'S ALL HE

SAW. OKAY. SO NONE OF YOU WERE AROUND WHEN THE TITANIC WENT

DOWN. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF THE TITANIC? OKAY. MOST

OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE TITANIC. WELL, IT'S NOT A

LAUGHING MATTER BECAUSE 1,500 PEOPLE DROWNED THAT NIGHT. THE

GOOD NEWS IS THAT 700 DID SURVIVE. ALTHOUGH 20 LIFEBOATS

WERE LAUNCHED FROM THE TITANIC AS IT WAS SINKING, THESE

LIFEBOATS TRAGICALLY ENDED UP ONLY PARTIALLY FILLED WITH

PASSENGERS. MOST OF THE LIFEBOATS PADDLED AWAY FROM THE

SINKING SHIP, TRYING TO GET TO SAFETY, AS PEOPLE WERE IN THE

WATER SCREAMING. AND THE PEOPLE IN THE BOATS WERE AFRAID THAT A

BUNCH OF SURVIVORS THAT WERE REMAINING IN THE WATER WOULD

SWAMP THE LIFEBOATS AND CAPSIZE THEM. SO RATHER THAN TRYING TO

SAVE THEM, THEY ESCAPED FURTHER OUT INTO WHAT THEY FELT WAS

SAFETY TO SAVE THEMSELVES. ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT

THE TITANIC IS THAT EVERY LIFEBOAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A

WINDPROOF LANTERN. AND INVESTIGATIONS DETERMINED THAT

MOST OF THE BOATS EXTINGUISHED THOSE LANTERNS SO THAT THE

DESPERATE PEOPLE COULDN'T FIND THESE LIFEBOATS. THEY DIDN'T

WANT THEIR BOATS TO BE FOUND. THEY WERE ALIVE, AND THEY DIDN'T

CARE IF THE OTHERS DROWNED. THAT'S LIKE CHRISTIANS WHO SAY,

I'M IN THE BOAT GOING TO HEAVEN, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I CARE

ABOUT. GOD, HELP US TO HAVE COMPASSION THAT JESUS HAS FOR

THE LOST. IT'S SELFISH OF US TO HIDE OUR LIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE

DROWNING ALL AROUND US. IT'S AN INSULT TO JESUS WHEN HE GAVE HIS

LIFE AND SUFFERED SO MUCH FOR THE SALVATION OF MANKIND. NUMBER

TWO, THERE'S INFINITE VALUE IN THE LOST. THINK OF THE VALUE OF

A SOUL. THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS ETERNAL. IT'S NOT CAPABLE OF

EXTINCTION. OUR BODIES ARE GONNA GROW OLD, WE'LL EVENTUALLY GET

WHITE HAIR, EVENTUALLY THE BODY DIES. THAT'S JUST A FACT OF

LIFE. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT. IT'S APPOINTED UNTO MAN ONCE TO

DIE, RIGHT? UNLESS WE GO IN THE RAPTURE BEFORE, SOMEDAY THIS

PHYSICAL BODY WILL DIE. THAT'S FACT. BUT MAN'S ETERNAL

EXISTENCE WILL EITHER BE IN HEAVEN SERVING CHRIST, OR IT

WILL BE THE OTHER OPTION, WHICH IS ETERNAL DAMNATION IN HELL.

PAUL SPEAKING TO CHRISTIANS, PAUL SPEAKING TO CHRISTIANS

AGAIN, HE SAYS, "TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT

WITH THE LORD." IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8. SO IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN

2 Corinthians 5:8

AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE ACCEPTED JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU'RE

SERVING HIM, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH, WHEN THIS BODY DIES, YOU

ARE NOW PRESENT WITH THE LORD. IT'S AUTOMATIC. THAT'S WHAT

HAPPENS. IT'S A TRANSFERENCE OF YOUR SPIRIT. AND JESUS ALSO SAID

IN MARK 8:36, "WHAT WILL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAINS THE

Mark 8:36

WHOLE WORLD AND LOSES HIS OWN SOUL?" WHICH IS ANOTHER TERM FOR

SPIRIT. AND HE POINTS OUT THAT OUR ETERNAL HUMAN SPIRITS ARE

MORE VALUABLE THAN THE RICHES OF THIS WORLD. THE REAL MEASURE OF

OUR WORTH IS MEASURED BY THE HIGH PRICE THAT GOD ALLOWED

JESUS TO PAY TO REDEEM US. JESUS WAS TORTURED, BEATEN,

HUMILIATED, AND DIED FOR US. GOD THOUGHT WE WERE THAT VALUABLE.

AND WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, DO WE LOOK AT PEOPLE AROUND US AS

WORTH THAT MUCH? DO WE SEE PEOPLE AS VALUABLE AS GOD SEES

THEM? WE NEED TO HAVE THE EYES. IF YOU DON'T, THEN PRAY FOR

THAT. GOD, HELP ME TO SEE OTHERS AS VALUABLE. BECAUSE I

UNDERSTAND, I DEAL WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, PROBABLY MORE THAN

SOME OF YOU DO. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN RUB YOU THE WRONG

WAY, SOMETIMES THEY CAN IRRITATE YOU, SOMETIMES THEIR MANNERISMS,

THEIR CHARACTER, THEIR APPEARANCE, WHATEVER IT IS, CAN

JUST BE A LITTLE BIT OBNOXIOUS OR WHATEVER. BUT GOD SEES

THROUGH THAT AND HE SEES SOULS, ETERNAL SOULS THAT NEED HIM. AND

THE TRUTH IS PEOPLE CAN CHANGE IF THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

RECEIVE CHRIST AND CHRIST WORKS WITHIN THEM. THERE'S A BAPTIST

PREACHER, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ADRIAN ROGERS, HE

PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS BACK, I BELIEVE, BUT HE SAID SOMETHING

VERY POWERFUL. HE SAID, "YOUR SOUL WILL BE IN EXISTENCE

SOMEWHERE WHEN THE SUN, THE MOON, THE STARS HAVE GROWN COLD,

EITHER IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL. YOU COULD NEVER CEASE TO EXIST ANY

MORE THAN GOD HIMSELF COULD CEASE TO EXIST. "THEREFORE, WE

MUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH OUR SOULS. "TO EXCHANGE THEM FOR

THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD "WOULD BE A FOOLISH TRANSACTION." THOSE

ARE POWERFUL WORDS. PEOPLE EXCHANGE THEIR SOULS FOR A

LITTLE SPECK OF TIME ON THIS EARTH. COMPARED TO ETERNITY,

IT'S NOTHING, BUT THEY EXCHANGE THAT FOR SOME MONETARY GAIN OR

FOR SOME PLEASURE ON THIS EARTH AND SAY, "OH, I DON'T WANNA

SERVE CHRIST. OR I DON'T WANNA BE RELIGIOUS," OR WHATEVER THEIR

REASON IS, BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.

THEY DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY'RE SACRIFICING FOR THAT LITTLE

SPECK OF TIME ON THE EARTH OF PLEASURE, OR WHAT THEY CONSIDER

PLEASURE. THEY'VE NEVER ENTERED INTO THE ABUNDANT LIFE ON THIS

EARTH THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH JESUS, PLUS THE BENEFIT OF

ETERNITY WITH HIM. THE TRUTH IS THAT AFTER DEATH, WE DON'T GET A

SECOND CHANCE, AND TO LOSE OUR SOUL IS A TRAGIC, IRREVERSIBLE

LOSS. NUMBER THREE, THE LOST ARE IN DANGER OF NOT BEING

HARVESTED, JESUS SAID. IMAGINE THAT NEBRASKA CORN FARMER WITH

1,000 ACRES OF CORN READY TO HARVEST, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN

HE'S READY TO HARVEST AND HIS COMBINE BREAKS. HE'S UNABLE TO

GET THE PARTS TO REPAIR THE COMBINE. MAYBE IT WAS DURING

COVID, YOU KNOW, AND HE COULDN'T GET PARTS. BUT HE SEARCHED

AROUND AND EVERY FARMER IN THE AREA HAD THEIR COMBINES HARD AT

WORK. THERE WAS NONE AVAILABLE FOR HIM TO BORROW. A THOUSAND

ACRES OF CORN, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO HARVEST IT. AND DOING IT

BY HAND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. WHERE ARE YOU GONNA FIND THE

LABORERS TO HARVEST A THOUSAND ACRES TODAY? THIS FARMER WOULD

BE IN A DESPERATE SITUATION. THAT'S AN ILLUSTRATION OF SOUL

WINNERS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE

IMPORTANCE OF EVANGELISM. THE JESUS FILM PROJECT CONDUCTED A

SURVEY ON EVANGELISM, AND THEY ASKED OVER 1,600 CHRISTIANS THIS

PARTICULAR QUESTION. WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM TALKING ABOUT

SPIRITUAL MATTERS WITH OTHER PEOPLE? 30% OF THE RESPONDENTS

SAID FEAR OR FEAR OF REJECTION KEPT THEM FROM SHARING THEIR

FAITH. WHEN IT CAME TO TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THE

GOSPEL, FEAR WAS BY FAR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DETERRENT. THEY WERE

AFRAID OF LOSING RELATIONSHIPS AND WANTED TO AVOID THE TENSION

THAT IT MIGHT BRING IF THEY TALKED ABOUT JESUS OR THE GOSPEL

OR WHATEVER. MANY PEOPLE RESPONDED, SAID, "I'M AFRAID

THAT I'LL COME ACROSS AS PUSHY, OR I'M SCARED TO START AN

ARGUMENT." AND SOMETIMES THESE FEARS EVAPORATE WHEN WE REALIZE

THAT A PERSON'S SALVATION ISN'T DEPENDENT UPON OUR PERFORMANCE.

GOD'S AT WORK IN EVERYONE'S LIFE, WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT.

HE'S LOVING, HE'S REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE, HE'S DRAWING THEM TO

HIM. AND OUR SMALL CONVERSATIONS ARE PART OF A PROCESS. YOU MIGHT

INITIATE THE FINAL WORDS THAT GOD USES TO ENCOURAGE A PERSON

TO TRUST IN JESUS. OR MAYBE YOUR CONVERSATION IS ONE THAT THE

HOLY SPIRIT USES TO SOFTEN THEIR HEART SO THAT THE NEXT PERSON

THAT TALKS TO THEM FINDS THAT THEY'RE READY TO MAKE A DECISION

FOR CHRIST. YOU MIGHT BE WATERING. MAYBE YOU'RE JUST

PLANTING A SEED. AND MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IS GONNA REAP THE

HARVEST. THAT'S OKAY, GOD SEES IT ALL, IT'S ALL PART OF HIS

PLAN. PAUL ADDRESSES THIS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 3, VERSES 6 AND 7.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I'M NOT GONNA PUT THE SCRIPTURE UP TONIGHT, BUT HE SAID TO THE

CORINTHIAN CHURCH, "I PLANTED THE SEED, APOLLOS WATERED IT,

"BUT GOD HAS BEEN MAKING IT GROW. "SO NEITHER THE ONE WHO

PLANTS NOR THE ONE WHO WATERS "IS ANYTHING BUT ONLY GOD WHO

MAKES THINGS GROW." AND EXPLAINS THAT WE HAVE A PART. YOU MIGHT

WATER WITH YOUR ACTION OR YOUR WORDS. YOU MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT

INVITES THEM TO CHURCH. YOU MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT LEADS THEM

TO CHRIST AND PRAYS THE SINNER'S PRAYER WITH THEM. EVERY PART OF

THE PROCESS IS KEY, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. DEALING

WITH REJECTION IS PART OF THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. WE JUST

NEED TO ACCEPT THAT AND REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE WE TALK TO IS

GOING TO JUST SAY, "OH, SURE, "I'LL COME TO CHURCH WITH YOU,"

OR, "OH, SURE, "LET'S JUST PRAY THE SINNER'S PRAYER TOGETHER

RIGHT NOW." THEY AREN'T ALL GOING TO SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S

OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. YOU ARE DOING YOUR PART BY SHARING. DEALING

WITH REJECTION IS PART OF THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. SAY THIS

WITH ME. DEALING WITH REJECTION IS PART OF THE CHRISTIAN

EXPERIENCE. I WANT YOU TO GET IT IN YOURSELF, IN YOUR SOUL, IN

YOUR BRAIN, THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE REJECTED. THEY'RE NOT GONNA KILL

YOU. THEY'RE NOT GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF. NOW MAYBE IN SOME

COUNTRIES THEY WOULD. BUT RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA, I CAN ALMOST

GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR HEAD CUT OFF IF YOU SHARE THE

GOSPEL WITH SOMEONE. SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE? ISAIAH

PROPHESIED, ISAIAH 53:3, THAT THE COMING MESSIAH WOULD BE

Isaiah 53:3

DESPISED AND REJECTED BY MANKIND, A MAN OF SUFFERING AND

FAMILIAR WITH PAIN, LIKE ONE FROM WHOM PEOPLE HIDE THEIR

FACES, HE WAS DESPISED AND WE HELD HIM IN LOW ESTEEM. JESUS

PROMISED THAT HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD EXPERIENCE REJECTION TOO.

WE JUST NEED TO REALIZE THAT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS JESUS

ENCOURAGED US TO FOCUS ON THE REWARDS. MATTHEW 19:29, HE SAID,

Matthew 19:29

"EVERYONE WHO HAS GIVEN UP HOUSES, OR BROTHERS, "OR

SISTERS, OR FATHERS, OR MOTHERS, OR CHILDREN, "OR PROPERTY FOR MY

SAKE, "WILL RECEIVE A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH IN RETURN, "AND

WILL INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE." MY WIFE LIKES THAT SCRIPTURE.

EILEEN QUOTES THAT ONCE IN A WHILE, BECAUSE SOME OF HER

SISTERS DO NOT BELIEVE LIKE SHE DOES, IT'S CAUSED SOME, I DON'T

KNOW, SHOULD I EVEN SAY THAT? PROBABLY NOT, SHE SAYS. WELL,

BUT SHE'S GOT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DON'T BELIEVE EXACTLY LIKE

YOU BELIEVE. THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING, BUT HEY, I'M BOLD. YOU

KNOW WHAT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA CUT MY HEAD OFF, EILEEN. THEY'VE

HEARD IT BEFORE. MY POINT IS, YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE MEMBERS OF

YOUR FAMILY THAT SAY, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, I REJECT YOU,

THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU, MAYBE THEY'RE WOKE, MAYBE

THEY'RE LIBERAL, MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY

CONVERSATION ABOUT CHRIST, I DON'T KNOW. WHATEVER THE CASE,

YOU STILL HAVE TO SHARE TRUTH WITH THEM. YOU STILL HAVE TO BE

BOLD FOR THEM. WE DON'T WANT THEIR BLOOD ON OUR HANDS. AND IF

YOU DO YOUR PART, THEN YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR CHRIST.

IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO RECEIVE IT, THAT IS THEIR CHOICE. THAT'S

THEIR CHOICE. SOMETIMES FOLLOWING IN JESUS' FOOTSTEPS

MEANS TAKING A CHANCE THAT OTHERS COULD TURN AWAY FROM US

OR REJECT US. JESUS TOLD US IN LUKE 10:16, "WHOEVER LISTENS TO

Luke 10:16

YOU LISTENS TO ME. "WHOEVER REJECTS YOU REJECTS ME." SO

THAT'S ANOTHER COMFORTING SCRIPTURE. IF YOU GIVE OUT THE

GOSPEL, YOU SHARE SOMETHING WITH PEOPLE AND THEY REJECT IT,

THEY'RE REALLY REJECTING JESUS, THEY'RE NOT REJECTING YOU. IF

YOU JUST TOOK THEM A PLATE OF CUPCAKES AND TOLD THEM HOW NICE

THEY WERE, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T REJECT YOU. THEY'D JUST

SAY, "OH, THAT'S REALLY NICE "THAT YOU DID THAT FOR ME." BUT

THEN YOU SPEAK GOSPEL, MAYBE THEY WILL REJECT YOU, BUT

THEY'RE REALLY REJECTING JESUS. SO REMEMBER THAT AS YOU DO THAT.

IF YOU PRESENT THE GOSPEL AND THEY REJECT IT, THEY'RE NOT

REJECTING YOU. WE NEED TO BE REMINDED TO NOT BE PREOCCUPIED

WITH THE TEMPORARY THINGS OF THIS EARTH. SO WHAT IF THEY

REJECT YOU FOR THE SHORT TIME THAT WE'RE ON THIS EARTH? WE

HAVE ETERNITY TO THINK ABOUT. WE ARE DRIVEN BY ETERNITY. ARE WE

CHOOSING THINGS OVER SOULS? ARE WE CHOOSING THE TEMPORARY OVER

THE ETERNAL? THE LOST ARE IN DANGER OF NOT BEING HARVESTED.

THE DEVIL IS THE ENEMY OF THE HARVEST. THE DEVIL WILL DO

ANYTHING HE CAN TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. HE'S OUR ENEMY, AND

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE AN ENEMY FIGHTING AGAINST

WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO. SATAN IS USING EVERY MEANS TO

DECEIVE, TO SIDETRACK, TO MISLEAD, AND LIE TO THE IGNORANT

MASSES. THINK HOW MIXED UP PEOPLE ARE TODAY. HOW MANY

MENTALLY DISTURBED PEOPLE, CONFUSED PEOPLE, HELPLESS

PEOPLE, ADDICTED PEOPLE THERE ARE. AND THAT'S SATAN'S PLAN, TO

GET THEM OFF TRACK AND TAKE THEM TO HELL. THERE'S ONLY ONE HOPE

FOR THEM AND ONLY ONE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, AND THAT'S JESUS

CHRIST. THAT'S THEIR ONLY ESCAPE. ONLY HE CAN SET THEIR

HEARTS AND THEIR MINDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER AND SHOW THEM THEIR

PURPOSE FOR LIFE. THE MULTITUDES ARE ACCESSIBLE, NUMBER FOUR.

JESUS SAID IN JOHN 4.35, "YOU KNOW THE SAYING, FOUR MONTHS

BETWEEN PLANTING AND HARVEST, BUT I SAY, WAKE UP AND LOOK

AROUND. THE FIELDS ARE READY, ALREADY RIPE FOR HARVEST." WE'RE

IN THE REDEMPTION BUSINESS. NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN

RESCUING PEOPLE FROM A DESTINY OF HELL. REACHING PEOPLE FOR

CHRIST IS A VITAL MINISTRY OF EVERY CHRISTIAN. IF WE MISS OUR

OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETIMES THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR A DO-OVER.

AND THIS IS OUR FINEST HOUR. THERE'S OPENNESS NOW, LIKE I

MENTIONED. AMERICA IS READY FOR THE HARVEST. PEOPLE ARE MORE

OPEN TO THE GOSPEL THAN THEY'VE BEEN IN TWO GENERATIONS. WE HAVE

TO BE AWARE THAT THE HARVEST IS ALL AROUND US. AND NUMBER FIVE,

WE ARE EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO REACH THE LOST. AS WE LOOK AT

VERSE 38 OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 9, AND THEN ALSO VERSE 1 OF CHAPTER

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10 THAT WE READ, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT JESUS MOVES

DIRECTLY FROM THE DISCUSSION OF WINNING THE LOST INTO MAKING

SURE THAT THE DISCIPLES WERE EQUIPPED WITH THE AUTHORITY TO

DO MIRACLES. HE WENT RIGHT FROM THE HARVEST IS RIPE, IT'S TIME

FOR YOU TO REAP THE HARVEST, IT'S TIME TO MAKE DISCIPLES, HE

WENT FROM THAT RIGHT INTO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AUTHORITY

TO DO MIRACLES. MIRACLES ARE A TANGIBLE DEMONSTRATION OF

SPIRITUAL TRUTH. JESUS USED EARTHLY MIRACLES TO DEMONSTRATE

SPIRITUAL REALITIES. WHEN JESUS HEALED THE PARALYZED MAN, HE

FIRST SAID, "YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN." JESUS LINKED THE

SPIRITUAL FORGIVENESS OF SINS TO PHYSICAL HEALING. JESUS

DEMONSTRATED THIS AND HIS AUTHORITY AS THE LORD OF THE

HARVEST. HE DID THIS WITH MIRACLES AND SIGNS AND WONDERS.

MIRACLES ARE A SIGN OF THE HARVEST. THE MIRACLES OF JESUS

WERE A GREAT PART OF WHY THE PEOPLE WERE A RIPE HARVEST. YOU

KNOW, YOU LOOK AT, I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS RIGHT NOW, I

HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE, BUT LIKE WHEN REINHARD BONNKE

MINISTERED SO POWERFULLY OVERSEAS, THERE WERE SO MANY

MIRACLES THAT HAPPENED AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD COME TO CHRIST.

MIRACLES ARE THE SIGN OF THE HARVEST. THE MIRACLES OF JESUS

WERE A GREAT PART OF WHY THE PEOPLE WERE A RIPE HARVEST. THEY

WERE SEEING GOD'S POWER AND ACTION, MAKING THEM MORE OPEN TO

HIS MESSAGE. AND THAT'S WHY THE DISCIPLES WERE EMPOWERED WITH

THE AUTHORITY TO HEAL THE SICK AND TO CAST OUT DEVILS

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY WERE GIVEN THE COMMISSION TO GO AFTER

THE HARVEST AND MAKE DISCIPLES. AND LET'S FACE IT, INDIVIDUALS

ARE MORE OPEN TO RECEIVE THE GOSPEL IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF

MIRACLES. AS WE SEE, THE CHURCH HAD BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY FROM

CHRIST TO GET THE SICK HEALED AND THE DEVIL CAST OUT OF

INDIVIDUALS' LIVES. IT'S ALL PART OF THE HARVEST. JESUS

EMPOWERS LABORERS FOR THE HARVEST. THE LORD OF THE HARVEST

EQUIPS US WITH EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE

MINISTRY. HE EMPOWERS HIS WORKERS WITH THE HOLY GHOST.

ACTS 1:8 SAYS, "BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY

Acts 1:8

SPIRIT COMES UPON YOU, AND YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES, TELLING

PEOPLE ABOUT ME EVERYWHERE IN JERUSALEM, THROUGHOUT JUDEA, IN

SAMARIA, AND TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH." MIRACLES GO HAND IN HAND

WITH WITNESSING AND REACHING THE LOST. EVANGELISM WITHOUT THE

HOLY SPIRIT IS POWERLESS. THE SPIRIT GIVES BOLDNESS,

CONVICTION, AND SUPERNATURAL RESULTS. AND AS WE SHARE THE

GOOD NEWS OF JESUS, WE SHOULD EXPECT SIGNS, WONDERS, AND

MIRACLES TO FOLLOW YOU. YOU ARE EMPOWERED FROM HEAVEN. BELIEVE

THAT GOD WILL MOVE AS YOU STEP OUT IN FAITH AND PRAY FOR

OTHERS. SOMETIMES IF YOU JUST OFFER TO PRAY FOR OTHERS AND

THEY RECEIVE A TOUCH, THAT WILL MAKE THEM OPEN TO ASK, "WHY DID

YOU PRAY FOR ME LIKE THAT?" "HOW DID YOU PRAY FOR ME LIKE THAT?"

OR "HOW COULD I GET WHAT YOU HAVE?" OR WHATEVER. IT CAN OPEN

THE DOOR FOR IT. IT'S A GOOD WAY TO INTRODUCE OTHERS TO CHRIST. I

REMEMBER PEOPLE SHARING IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN IN A

LINE AT A GROCERY STORE AND THEY'VE HEARD SOMEONE TALKING

ABOUT MAYBE A FINANCIAL NEED AS THEY WERE PAYING FOR THEIR

GROCERIES, OR MAYBE THEY WERE HAVING A PHYSICAL NEED, OR

SOMEONE STANDING THERE WITH A CANE OR A WALKER, OR WHATEVER.

YOU JUST OBSERVE AND OFFER TO PRAY FOR THEM. AND IF THEY SAY,

"NO, I DON'T WANT PRAYER," YOU DIDN'T LOSE YOUR HEAD. IT'S

OKAY. BUT OFFER TO PRAY WITH THEM. ASK GOD FOR OPPORTUNITIES

AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY LIFE. DON'T MISS OPPORTUNITIES THAT

GOD HAS FOR YOU. YOU MIGHT BE IN A RESTAURANT AND YOU HAVE A

LITTLE DISCUSSION WITH THE WAITRESS AND ASK HER HOW HER

DAY'S GOING AND THEN SHE STARTS OPENING UP TO YOU, WELL, I'VE

GOT A PROBLEM WITH MY BOYFRIEND. WELL, THERE'S AN OPENING RIGHT

THERE, WHATEVER IT IS. JUST MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE HER A TIP IF

YOU'RE GONNA WITNESS TO HER, BE A GOOD WITNESS. BUT ASK GOD FOR

OPPORTUNITIES EVERY DAY. JESUS OPENS DOORS FOR MINISTRY AND

GRANTS HIS SERVICE THE RIGHT WORDS TO SPEAK AT THE RIGHT

TIME. AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT GONNA TEACH ON THIS TONIGHT, WE

DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT EVERY TIME THAT I FIND IN SCRIPTURE, OPEN

DOORS MENTIONED, PEOPLE PRAYING FOR AN OPEN DOOR, IT WAS FOR THE

PURPOSE OF PRESENTING THE GOSPEL. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING YOU

CAN'T PRAY FOR AN OPEN DOOR FOR A JOB, OR YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR

FAVOR, YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR AN OPEN DOOR TO DO SOMETHING THAT

YOU NEED TO DO OR THAT YOU FEEL GOD'S DIRECTED YOU TO DO. I AM

JUST SIMPLY STATING, BIBLICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, EVERY TIME I

FIND A PRAYER FOR AN OPEN DOOR, IT WAS IN REGARDS TO SHARING THE

GOSPEL MESSAGE. SO TAKE THAT FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH. IT'S JUST A

LITTLE EXTRA THAT I'M THROWING IN TONIGHT. SO IT DOESN'T MEAN

YOU CAN'T PRAY FOR AN OPEN DOOR IN YOUR LIFE. I'M NOT SAYING

THAT. GOD CAN HONOR THAT PRAYER. I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE'RE USING

THE BIBLE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR US, THAT'S ALL I SEE IN THE BIBLE.

OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. COLOSSIANS 4:3, AMPLIFIED

Colossians 4:3

BIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME, PRAY FOR US TOO, THAT GOD WILL OPEN A

DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US, OR EXCUSE ME, TO US, FOR THE WORD,

TO PROCLAIM THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST. WELL, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE

FOR YOU, ISN'T IT? IT WASN'T ASKING FOR AN OPEN DOOR FOR A

NEW CADILLAC. NOT THAT YOU CAN'T ASK GOD FOR A CADILLAC. DON'T

SAY, PASTOR DOUG SAID, DON'T ASK FOR A CADILLAC. I'M JUST SAYING

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. TO PROCLAIM THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST, FOR WHICH

I'VE BEEN IMPRISONED. GOD STRENGTHENS US AS WE WALK OUT

HIS PLAN FOR US TO REACH SOULS. JESUS RENEWS STRENGTH AND KEEPS

HIS SERVANTS GOING WITH DIVINE ENERGY. LET'S KIND OF CONCLUDE

HERE TONIGHT. ISAIAH 49:29, EXCUSE ME, 40:29-31. GOD WILL

GIVE US STRENGTH TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. HE'S NOT LEAVING US

POWERLESS TO DO WHAT HE'S CALLED TO DO. THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH

40, HE GIVES POWER TO THE WEAK AND STRENGTH TO THE POWERLESS.

EVEN YOUTHS WILL BECOME WEAK AND TIRED AND YOUNG MEN WILL FALL IN

EXHAUSTION, BUT THOSE WHO TRUST IN THE LORD WILL FIND NEW

STRENGTH. THEY WILL SOAR HIGH ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES. THEY WILL RUN

AND NOT GO WEARY AND THEY'LL WALK AND NOT FAINT, AMEN? AND

THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE AND I DECLARE OVER YOU TONIGHT AND YOU

WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT. BRANDON, YOU CAN COME ON. OH,

YOU'RE HERE, THANK YOU, BRANDON. BOY, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE, YOU'RE

EVEN FASTER THAN EDDIE. THAT'S FUN. BUT EDDIE DOES A GREAT JOB.

I'M GETTING IN TROUBLE TONIGHT. I'M IN TROUBLE WITH MY WIFE, I'M

IN TROUBLE WITH EDDIE. I DON'T KNOW, I BETTER JUST GO TO THE

DOGHOUSE. BUT OUR OBEDIENCE DOES MATTER. WALTER KNIGHT WROTE A

BOOK ENTITLED, "CHANGED BY A DREAM." A MAN HAD A DREAM, AND

IN THIS DREAM, THE MAN ENTERED HEAVEN. AND THE BRIGHTNESS AND

THE ANGELS AND THE SINGING AND REJOICING AND THE HAPPINESS THAT

HE FELT, AND MOST OF ALL, SEEING GOD IN ALL OF HIS GLORY, JUST

FILLED THIS MAN WITH WONDER AND JOY. AND DURING THIS DREAM THAT

HE HAD, AN ANGEL CAME UP TO THE MAN AND SAID, "COME, I WANT TO

SHOW YOU SOMETHING." AND HE LED HIM TO ONE OF THE BALCONIES OF

HEAVEN. AND HE SAID, "LOOK DOWN THERE." AND THE MAN SAW A DARK

WORLD. AND HE EXCLAIMED, "THAT'S THE EARTH. THAT'S WHERE I CAME

FROM." THE ANGEL SAID, "WHAT DO YOU SEE?" AND THE MAN SAID, "I

SEE MULTITUDES OF BLINDFOLDED PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM GOING OVER

A CLIFF TO THEIR DESTRUCTION." AND THE ANGEL ASKED, "WILL YOU

STAY HERE AND ENJOY HEAVEN? OR WILL YOU RETURN TO EARTH FOR A

LITTLE LONGER AND TELL THEM ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE

CALLED HEAVEN? AND ON THIS EARTH, THE MAN HAD BEEN A

DISCOURAGED CHRISTIAN, NOT WANTING TO SHARE HIS FAITH. BUT

THE MAN AWOKE FROM HIS DREAM, AND HE SAID, "I'VE NEVER WISHED

THAT I WAS DEAD SINCE." AND HE BECAME AN ARDENT WITNESS TO THE

LOST. JESUS, THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, CALLS US TO BE INVOLVED

WITH THE GREATEST ASSIGNMENT ON EARTH, AND THAT'S THE HARVEST OF

SOULS. THE HARVEST IS VAST, THE NEED IS URGENT, AND THE FIELDS

ARE RIPE. HE INVITES US TO SEE AS HE SEES, SEE WITH HIS EYES,

TO FEEL AS HE FEELS, AND TO LABOR AS HE EMPOWERS US TO DO

IT. AND OUR RESPONSE DETERMINES THE DESTINY OF THE MULTITUDES

THAT ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION. AS WE

YIELD OURSELVES TO HIS CALL, HE WILL STRENGTHEN US. HE'LL GIVE

US DIVINE POWER. HE'LL GIVE US WISDOM AND COMPASSION. AND THIS

IS THE HOUR TO PRAY AND TO GO AND TO REAP THE HARVEST WITH

JOY. THE LORD OF THE HARVEST IS CALLING US TO ACTION, AND IT'S

UP TO US TO RESPOND. AND AS WE CONCLUDE TONIGHT, I WANT TO

MENTION THAT AS YOU CAME IN, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH INVITATION CARD JUST TO HAVE IN YOUR

POCKET. I THINK THOSE ARE HANDY. WE SHOULD HAVE ONE. I GUESS

THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED. BUT DID YOU GET ONE AS YOU CAME IN

THE DOOR TONIGHT? THAT'S THE BACK SIDE. OK. THAT'S THE BACK

SIDE. ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT SAYS YOU'RE INVITED TO BE OUR SPECIAL

GUEST. DID YOU GET ONE OF THOSE? IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE, YOU CAN

GO TO THE INFORMATION CENTER RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND GET

AS MANY AS YOU WANT TO CARRY WITH YOU. THEY'RE GREAT TO HAVE

AS A WITNESSING TOOL WHEN YOU INVITE SOMEONE TO CHURCH. YOU

MIGHT JUST SIMPLY INVITE THEM TO CHURCH. CHRISTMAS SUNDAY IS

COMING UP DECEMBER 21ST. PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES THINK, "MAYBE I

SHOULD GO TO CHURCH AT EASTER AND CHRISTMAS." THEY'LL HAVE

THAT MENTALITY. WELL, INVITE THEM TO LORD OF HOSTS. DECEMBER

21ST, I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE

CHRIST. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GET THEM HERE. AND IF THE HOLY

SPIRIT MOVES IN THEIR LIVES, THEY'LL GET SAVED. MAYBE YOUR

INVITATION WILL ACTUALLY OPEN A DOOR FOR YOU TO WITNESS AND PRAY

WITH THEM RIGHT ON THE SPOT. BUT IF NOTHING ELSE, MAYBE IT CAN

GET THEM TO CHURCH. AND TONIGHT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE

DIFFERENT. WE'RE GOING TO, IT'S 8:20. I'M GOING TO GET YOU OUT

OF HERE IN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MINUTES. BUT IF YOU FELT NUDGED

BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TONIGHT, YOU FELT LIKE, I NEED TO DO MORE. I

NEED TO BE EMPOWERED BY GOD TO TOUCH SOME LIVES. I NEED TO

REACH SOME PEOPLE. I NEED TO START THINKING MORE ABOUT MY

HARVEST FIELD. I NEED TO THINK MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD'S CALLED ME

TO DO IN THAT AREA. IT'S SO EASY TO GET PREOCCUPIED. EVEN THOSE

OF US IN THE MINISTRY, THE PASTORS HERE WILL ALL TELL YOU,

WE GET SO PREOCCUPIED WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CALLED TO

DO, THAT OUR MINISTRY AND OUR SO GOOD, THAT SOMETIMES WE FORGET

ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WE RUN INTO THAT NEED CHRIST, THAT WE NEED

TO BE A STRONGER WITNESS. SO I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. I DON'T DO

EVERYTHING I SHOULD DO IN REACHING PEOPLE FOR THE LORD IN

MY SPEAR OF INFLUENCE. SO WE ALL CAN HAVE A NEED FOR THAT. BUT

WHAT I'M GONNA ASK TONIGHT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'M GONNA

ASK IF YOU WERE NUDGED, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN AREA, MAYBE

YOU NEED TO REPENT TO GOD AND SAY, "GOD, FORGIVE ME, I HAVEN'T

DONE MORE." OR MAYBE YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO MAKE A

COMMITMENT TO GOD TONIGHT TO SAY, "I'M GONNA DO MORE "DURING

THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS OR THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER "TO TRY

AND BE A BETTER WITNESS." DO WHAT YOU CAN. FIRST PLACE WOULD

BE START BY PRAYING AND ASKING GOD TO OPEN A DOOR FOR YOU TO

SHARE. THAT'S BIBLICAL. WE ESTABLISHED THAT TONIGHT, DIDN'T

WE, JANET? IT'S BIBLICAL TO ASK FOR AN OPEN DOOR TO PRESENT THE

GOSPEL. SO ASK FOR THAT. AND BELIEVE ME, AND I BELIEVE THAT

GOD WILL GIVE YOU AN OPEN DOOR TO DO THAT. YOU'LL FIND SOMEONE

IN A GROCERY STORE, YOU'RE OUT SHOPPING AT WALMART, YOU'RE AT

THE GAS STATION PUMPING GAS, AND THE GUY NEXT TO YOU IS AN

OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS. YOU'RE AT A RESTAURANT, YOU'RE AT YOUR

NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME, YOU'RE AT

CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH YOUR RELATIVES. I COULD GO ON AND ON

AND ON, BUT THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU PRAY AND

ASK GOD. SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK TONIGHT, EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT

FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN NUDGED TO DO THAT, TO MAKE A COMMITMENT,

TO REPENT FOR NOT DOING MORE, OR TO JUST BE A BETTER WITNESS, I

WANT YOU TO RUN UP HERE NOW AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRAYER FOR

THOSE OF YOU THAT COMMIT TO THAT TONIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE'S

SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF YOUR SEAT, COMING FORWARD AND

COMMITTING THAT WILL SOLIDIFY IT IN YOUR HEART SO THAT YOU'LL

REMEMBER IT BETTER AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT ON DECEMBER, WHAT IS

THIS? THE 10TH, DECEMBER 10TH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, YOU MADE A

DECISION TO DO MORE FOR CHRIST. AND AS YOU PLAY, BREN, I'M GONNA

GIVE PEOPLE A COUPLE MINUTES TO COME FORWARD AND THEN WE'RE

GONNA HAVE A CLOSING PRAYER. IF THAT'S YOU TONIGHT, YOU SAY, "I

WANNA DO MORE FOR CHRIST. "I WANNA REACH MORE PEOPLE. "I

WANNA BE A WITNESS FOR YOU, LORD. "AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN

DOING IT, BUT I WANNA DO MORE. "I WANNA MAKE A COMMITMENT. "I

WANNA REPENT FOR NOT SHARING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST "WITH MY

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND ACQUAINTANCES." WHATEVER IT

MIGHT BE, IF THAT'S YOU, COME FORWARD. IF YOU FEEL CONFIDENT

THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WHAT YOU CAN DO, THAT'S FINE, JUST REMAIN

SEATED. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERYONE HERE. SOME OF YOU ARE

DOING ALL YOU CAN DO FOR CHRIST RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE REACHING

PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. BUT

THERE'S SOME OF US THAT NEED TO JUST REFOCUS. REFOCUS ON IT IN

JESUS' NAME. THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING THIS WAY. PRAISE GOD.

DO YOU KNOW A GROUP OF THIS SIZE, IF YOU JUST EACH WERE TO

REACH ONE PERSON, AND THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO CHURCH HERE,

WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO OUR NUMBERS? LESS YOU'D HAVE TO ADD

A COUPLE MORE ROWS OF CHAIRS. IF PEOPLE WANT TO SIT ON THE FLOOR.

I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE ROOM IN THE STADIUM SEATS, BUT IF YOU

WANT TO BE ON THE FLOOR, WE'D HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER ROW. IF YOU

JUST REACHED ONE, WHAT AN IMPACT. AND THEN JUST TO THINK,

IF YOU WERE TO REACH SOMEONE THAT HAD A DESTINY OF HELL FOR

ETERNITY, AND YOU TURNED THAT AROUND BECAUSE OF THE WORDS THAT

YOU SPOKE, DAN, AND DAN'S A WITNESS FOR CHRIST. HE'S OUT

THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. AND HERE HE IS UP FRONT

HERE. HE'D BE THE LEAST LIKELY PERSON THAT I'D THINK WOULD BE

UP FRONT BECAUSE HE'S GOT BOOKS AND TRACKS AND IS TALKING TO

PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. BUT WE CAN ALL DO A LITTLE MORE. LET'S

PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT,

I FORGOT TO MENTION, YOU CAN JOIN US WITH THIS PRAYER, AND I

PRAY THAT YOU WILL REACH YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE WHEREVER IT

MAY BE FOR CHRIST, AND THAT YOU HAVE A VINEYARD, AND YOU CAN

JUST BE INCLUDED IN THIS PRAYER JUST AS I'M PRAYING FOR THESE.

FATHER, I PRAY FOR THESE THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TONIGHT, THAT

THIS BE A TURNING POINT IN OUR LIVES, THAT THIS IS AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EVALUATE OURSELVES AND SAY, "FATHER, I

WANT TO BE A BETTER WITNESS FOR YOU. I WANT TO HAVE THE

COMPASSION OF JESUS. I WANT TO HAVE THE EYES OF JESUS. I WANT

TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOVE AND DISCERN PEOPLE THAT NEED YOU.

LORD, OPEN THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO WITNESS

FOR YOU." I PRAY FOR OPEN DOORS FOR EVERY PERSON HERE WATCHING

ONLINE AND EVERY PERSON THAT'S COME FORWARD HERE AND THOSE THAT

DIDN'T COME FORWARD THAT ARE ALREADY DOING WHAT YOU'VE CALLED

THEM TO DO. I SAY, LORD, DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY OPEN. THEY CAN BE

A WITNESS FOR YOU IN STRONG, POWERFUL WAYS TO SEE PEOPLE COME

TO CHRIST. AND THEY MIGHT PLANT A SEED, THEY MIGHT WATER A SEED,

THEY MIGHT EVEN REAP THE HARVEST, LORD, BUT THEY'RE DOING

THEIR PART TO SHARE THE GOODNESS OF GOD, THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD

WITH OTHERS. SO WE BLESS THEM TONIGHT. I THANK YOU FOR THEM.

AND WE DECLARE THAT AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, YOU WILL EMPOWER THEM

WITH SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THAT YOU'VE

CALLED US TO DO IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK

YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR WATCHING TONIGHT AND JOINING US.

I PRAY YOU WERE BLESSED AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND DON'T

FORGET TO BE BACK IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. I KNOW PASTOR HANK HAS A

MORE POWERFUL MESSAGE SET FOR SUNDAY. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

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