11/30/25 "Love and Honor" Part 6

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- GOOD MORNING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. ARE YOU READY TO PRAISE?

NOW, IF YOU'RE WONDERING, MY HUSBAND'S HERE.

HE'S ON VOICE REST TODAY, BUT I'VE GOT MY DAUGHTER

HERE HELPING TO FILL IN, AND THEN WE'VE GOT WONDERFUL

EDDIE OVER HERE ON THE KEYS. EDDIE, TAKE IT AWAY.

- Y'ALL KNOW THIS ONE, SAY IT. THE ENEMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED.

- HALLELUJAH. LET'S GIVE HONOR TO GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

- AMEN. - LORD, WE BLESS YOU.

- YES, LORD.

- AND GOD, IT MAY NOT BE THANKSGIVING

DAY, BUT WE GIVE YOU THANKS.

- YES, LORD JESUS.

- WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT

YOU HAVE DONE. AND LORD, WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND WE LOOK TO YOU, OUR GOD, OUR FAITHFUL GOD, WHO'S SO

FULL OF GOODNESS AND KINDNESS AND MERCY AND TRUTH.

AND SO WE WELCOME YOU TO YOUR HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN

DEDICATED TO YOUR HONOR. WE LOVE YOU. AND ALL THE

PEOPLE THAT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE GOD SAID, AMEN.

AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HATE SNOW SAID, AMEN.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF WEAK, YOU KNOW?

- YEAH, BUT I GOT TO ADMIT SOMETHING.

- WHAT'S THAT?

- I DO LIKE SNOW IN DECEMBER, BECAUSE AT CHRISTMAS,

LOOK IT, WE GOT TREES. IT JUST, I HATE SNOW IN MARCH.

SEE, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN IT COMES. IT DEPENDS,

PASTOR MIKE. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW.

- DON'T EVEN GO BACK THERE. WE DON'T CARE.

HOW MANY OF YOU WERE BUSY CLEARING SNOW AND ALL THAT?

I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A SNOW DAY TODAY.

- IT WAS CLOSE. I KNOW. WE WERE WATCHING.

- I'M REALLY HONORED THAT YOU ALL TOOK THE TIME TO COME.

ESPECIALLY, I SAW SOME LINCOLN FOLKS OUT THERE.

- WOW. - AND SOME OF THE, LIKE, WAY

DOWN SOUTH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, DOWN THE HIGHWAY...

- HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU GUYS TO GET UP HERE?

- ALL OF YOU. - 40 MINUTES?

- 40 MINUTES? THAT'S BECAUSE CRAIG SPED, RIGHT?

ANYBODY ELSE COME FROM AFAR? WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?

TEXAS. YOU DROVE FROM TEXAS? OR YOU COULDN'T LEAVE

BECAUSE OF THE STORM? YOU GOT DELAYED. BEHIND YOU, YES.

COLORADO? YOU COULDN'T GO BACK. THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? YOU CAME... WELL, WE HAD A...

- RIGHT HERE.

- OH, WHERE, WHERE? NORTH DAKOTA. YOU

COULDN'T GET BACK UP THERE EITHER.

- WELL, WE GOT, I KNOW BOB AND TASHA GOT KIND OF STUCK

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORM AND...

- OH, THEY'RE HEADING BACK. THEY TOOK A SNOWMOBILE, BRENDA.

- OKAY, THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE THAT, WE'RE A THIN GROUP TODAY,

IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE. NOW, THE ONLINE ARE SURE ALL THERE.

- WELL, LET'S GREET 'EM. WE WANNA GREET ALL OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE AND SOME OF OUR CHURCH FAMILY.

LISTEN, WE ARE SO HONORED THAT YOU JOINED US AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE AT A POINT WHERE YOU JUST DON'T

FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING OUT, WE LOVE YOU, WE UNDERSTAND.

AND THAT'S THE POWER OF REALLY THE ABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY

TO STILL COME TO YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE A PERSON

THAT THIS IS YOUR CHURCH WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME

OR YOU'RE ONE OF OUR ONLINE. AND I WOULD LOVE TO READ THE

COMMENTS. SO LET US KNOW HOW MUCH SNOW YOU GOT. I MEAN...

- OR DIDN'T. - OR DIDN'T, YEAH.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT ON THE BEACH, AND I SAY

THIS FOR OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS THAT ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE

TO GO TO FLORIDA, MAY THE WATERS BE COLD AND

THE SAND CLING TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET. SO ANYWAY.

- THAT'S CUTE.

- ANYWAY, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU HAD A GOOD THANKSGIVING?

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE WATCHING. OH, DID YOU HAVE A

GOOD THANKSGIVING? BRENDA, YOU ABSOLUTELY SPOILED ME.

SHE MADE INCREDIBLE FOOD. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A REAL TURKEY

THIS YEAR. I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK, OR LAST YEAR, WE HAD TO

GET A SPARROW BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BIG TURKEYS LEFT.

- THAT BIRD WAS HUGE.

- YES, AND BRENDA, MAYBE YOU SHOULD LET THE PEOPLE KNOW...

- I COULDN'T EVEN LIFT HIM OUT OF THE OVEN.

- OH NO, I DID IT FOR YOU, HONEY. I GOT IT. BUT LET 'EM

KNOW. SO I WATCHED THIS VIDEO OF THIS GUY, AND HE'S

A CHEF, AND HE SAID, "HEY, DON'T CUT A TURKEY LIKE US CHEFS."

HE GOES, "I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO CUT A TURKEY LIKE

ONE OF YOU HOME PEOPLE," OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT,

HOME PEOPLE. MAYBE YOU DIDN'T USE THAT WORD.

- HOME COOK. - HOME COOK GUY.

SO I WATCHED IT AND WATCHED IT. BRENDA, THAT

WAS THE BEST SLICED TURKEY I'VE EVER DONE.

- YES, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. YOU DID A GOOD JOB.

- I WILL DO IT. AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR I'LL PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO

WITH A CHEF'S HAT AND SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. HOW'S THAT SOUND?

- I DON'T KNOW. THE TURKEY CARVING, I DON'T KNOW.

IN OUR HOUSE, IT'S AN EPIC THING. THERE'S TWO CUTTING

BOARDS, PAN, EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE

CUT THOSE AT THE TABLE. IT'S A DISASTER.

- I KNOW, I KNOW. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE SO HONORED THAT

YOU JOINED US AGAIN ONLINE, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU

THAT CAME TODAY, AND I BELIEVE GOD'S GONNA SHOW UP, RIGHT?

BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT HONOR. I

JUST SEEM LIKE I CAN'T GET OFF OF IT, AND SO

WE'RE JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD...

- BUT EVERY WEEK YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T FINISH YOUR NOTES.

- YEAH, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, AND WE'LL GO FROM

THERE. BUT I DO WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW, HOW MANY OF

YOU PARTICIPATED? THEY HAD A HUGE EVENT IN OMAHA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A NECKWEAR

CONTEST. DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT AT THE MALL?

ANYBODY PARTICIPATE IN THE NECKWEAR CONTEST?

- NO.

- WELL, IT'S OVER. IT ENDED IN A TIE.

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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY TO... OUR PEOPLE FROM

COLORADO LIKED IT. I MEAN, THEY LOVE THAT.

- THAT'S GOOD, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IT

MIGHT BE CHILLY OUTSIDE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S

ABOUT TO GET HEATED UP IN GOD'S HOUSE. ARE

YOU READY TO PRAISE THE LORD THIS MORNING?

ALL RIGHT, THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN.

SAY THIS, SAY, LORD, IT'S A GREAT DAY TO GIVE THANKS.

YOU HAVE BLESSED ME SO MUCH. I HAVE SO MANY

THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. AND SO LORD, FILL

THIS HOUSE, FILL MY LIFE, CHANGE ME, MOVE ON

MY HEART ANY WAY YOU DESIRE. AND I PROMISE,

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

SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

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- HALLELUJAH! COME ON, SOMEBODY SAY, "NO ROCK

IS GONNA CRY OUT IN MY PLACE." WE BLESS

YOU, LORD. WE BLESS YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH.

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- COME ON SOMEBODY GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE THIS MORNING.

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- THE KING IS IN OUR MIDST. THE LORD OF GLORY.

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- COME ON, WHATEVER YOU'RE FACING, WHATEVER HAS

A NAME, SPEAK THE NAME OF JESUS OVER THAT THING.

'CAUSE EVERYTHING HAS TO BOW TO THE NAME OF JESUS.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT

FEELS LIKE. THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE

EVERY OTHER NAME AND THAT IS THE NAME OF JESUS.

COME ON, CAN YOU SAY AMEN THIS MORNING?

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- COME ON, DO YOU BELIEVE IT THIS MORNING? DO YOU

BELIEVE IN HIS PROMISES? LORD, YES, THEY ARE, AMEN. IT IS

FINISHED BECAUSE HE SAID IT. HIS WORD IS TRUE, IT WILL NOT FAIL.

- GONNA SEE A MIRACLE. GONNA SEE A MIRACLE.

'CAUSE YOU ARE GOOD. YOU ARE GOOD.

YOU ARE GOOD AND YOUR MERCY NEVER FAILS.

YOU ARE GOOD AND YOUR MERCY NEVER FAILS.

YOU ARE GOOD. YOUR MERCY WILL NOT FAIL.

YOUR MERCY WILL NOT FAIL. I BELIEVE IN YOUR WORD.

I BELIEVE IN YOUR PROMISES. 'CAUSE I KNOW IN WHOM

I HAVE BELIEVED THAT HE IS ABLE. MORE THAN ABLE.

YOU'RE MORE THAN ABLE. TO DO ALL THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO.

DO ALL THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO. 'CAUSE WE'RE

BELIEVING FOR MIGHTY THINGS. BELIEVING FOR MIGHTY THINGS.

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IT IS DONE. IT IS DONE. IT IS DONE. IT IS DONE.

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- COME ON, JUST TAKE A MOMENT.

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YOUR PRESENCE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME.

YOUR PRESENCE IS EVERYTHING I'LL EVER NEED.

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- THANK YOU GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. YOUR PRESENCE, COME ON, LET THAT

BE THE DESIRE OF YOUR HEART TODAY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING ONLINE, AND IF YOU'RE IN THIS PLACE, THERE IS NOTHING

AS GREAT AS THE PRESENCE OF GOD. THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS HE

HIMSELF THAT COMES AND MANIFESTS IN OUR MIDST. MOSES KNEW THE

IMPORTANCE OF GOD BEING WITH US, HIS PRESENCE. EVEN GOD DECLARED,

HE SAID, "WHEN I SEND MY SON YESHUA, "HE SHALL BE KNOWN AS

EMMANUEL." GOD WITH US, HIS PRESENCE WITH US. AND MOSES

SAID, "UNLESS YOUR PRESENCE GOES WITH US, GOD, "MAY YOUR

PRESENCE," OH GOD, FILL THIS SANCTUARY. "MAY YOUR PRESENCE

FILL OUR HOMES, OUR CITIES, LORD, OUR GREAT NATION AND THE

NATIONS OF THE EARTH. MAY YOUR PRESENCE FILL THE HOMES OF THOSE

THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY. THAT GOD WE SENSE NOT ONLY YOUR

GOODNESS, BUT YOUR LOVE, YOUR MERCY, YOUR TRUTH. YOUR

PRESENCE, YOUR PRESENCE IS WHAT WE LONG FOR, WHAT WE DESIRE, AND

THAT IS TO BE WITH YOU. THERE IS NO HIGHER HONOR THAN TO BE WITH

GOD, OUR FRIEND, OUR COMPANION, OUR FATHER, YESHUA, OUR LORD.

HOLY SPIRIT, OUR COMPANION, COMFORTER, GUIDE. OH, AND SUCH

FULL OF GRACE, SPIRIT OF GOD. I STAND HERE TODAY, AND I NEED

YOUR GRACE. COME ON, MAYBE THAT'S YOU TODAY, AND YOU NEED

GOD'S GRACE. YOU KNOW WHAT A GOOD DEFINITION IS? I CAN'T,

GOD, THEREFORE YOU MUST. I DON'T NEED GRACE BECAUSE ANYTHING'S

WRONG. I JUST NEED GRACE BECAUSE, HOW MANY UNDERSTAND

THAT BEAUTIFUL GRACE THAT COMES, THAT UNMERITED BLESSING AND

FAVOR OF GOD'S HAND AND HIS TOUCH? IN FACT, THERE'S A

GENTLEMAN RIGHT UP THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M DRAWN TO YOU

RIGHT THERE. YOU RIGHT AT THE WAY TOP WITH THE GLASSES, YOUR

HANDS ARE LIKE THIS. AND I SEE A LIGHT SHINING OVER THE TOP OF

YOU. AND THE REASON THERE'S A LIGHT SHINING OVER THE TOP OF

YOU IS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A PATH THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON AND IT

HASN'T BEEN BY YOUR CHOICE. BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES

AS OF RECENT AND SOME CYCLES THAT TRY TO RE-COME BACK UP TO

BRING DIFFICULTY AND HARDSHIP, FRUSTRATION, AND THINGS HAVE

BEEN HARD. BUT GOD IS TELLING ME TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS

ANOTHER STREET. THERE IS ANOTHER PATH, ANOTHER ROAD, AND IN FACT,

WE KNOW THAT GOD DOES SPEAK ABOUT STREETS BECAUSE HE SAID TO

ANANIAS, "THERE IS A STREET CALLED STRAIGHT." AND GOD SAYS

THERE IS A STREET THAT HE'S ESTABLISHING BECAUSE HE'S

REALIGNING YOU. THIS IS WHY THAT LIGHT IS SHINING OVER YOU. IT'S

HIS BLESSING. GOD'S GONNA TAKE YOU FROM THE HARD STREET TO THE

EASY STREET. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE THINGS BEGIN TO COME A LOT

MORE EASIER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE GOD DOING

SOMETHING IN YOUR BODY, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIVINE

BLESSING OF THE LORD THAT TOUCHES YOU IN YOUR PHYSICAL

BODY, BUT I ALSO SEE THE LORD ENLARGING YOUR HANDS FOR

BLESSING. BECAUSE YOU'RE ON A PATH NOW THAT HAS SHIFTED YOUR

PRESENT MOMENT BUT YOUR DESTINY TO THE EASY STREET. YOU WATCH AS

GOD'S GRACE COMES ON YOU, MAN. ALL RIGHT? KNUCKLE TOUCH IN THE

SPIRIT. I LOVE YOU. I DON'T, I LOVE YOU, MAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK

YOU, GOD. THANK YOU, GOD. THANK YOU, GOD. THOSE PEOPLE FROM

COLORADO, I JUST HEAR THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAY TO ME THAT MANY

PEOPLE TALK ABOUT NATURAL INVESTMENTS AND THAT YOU SHOULD

INVEST IN THIS AND YOU SHOULD INVEST IN THAT GOD IS SAYING YOU

HAVE INVESTED IN ME AND YOU HAVE TAKEN SOME VERY HARD CHOICES

HARD DECISIONS IN FACT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A DECISION THAT YOU

GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PRAYING ABOUT THAT IS VERY

IMPORTANT AND I SEE THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM COMING OVER YOU TO

GUIDE YOU IN YOUR DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU'VE INVESTED IN GOD.

NOW GOD'S GOING TO INVEST IN YOU AND PART OF THAT INVESTMENT IS

THERE'S TRANSITIONS THAT THE LORD IS GOING TO REQUIRE OF YOU,

SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING CURRENTLY THAT HE'S GOING TO ASK

YOU TO STEP OUT IN FAITH AND TRUST HIM AND IT HAS TO DO WITH

SOME MAJOR DECISIONS BUT BLESSINGS AND THEY'RE GOOD

THINGS. THEY'RE NOT LIKE HARDSHIP DECISIONS. IT'S JUST

DECISIONS TO COME INTO GREATER BLESSING, DECISIONS THAT

TRANSITION YOU IN FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. BUT WHEN YOU,

BECAUSE YOU'VE INVESTED IN GOD, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S INVESTMENTS

EVEN IN THE NATURAL THAT ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO BREAK FORTH,

BE MADE KNOWN, AND BE SHOWN TO YOU. AND THE LORD IS GOING TO

BLESS YOU WITH AN INCREASE OF PROSPERITY. I SEE IT VERY

STRONGLY. I ALSO SEE THE LORD IS ALSO ALIGNING SOME THINGS WITH

FAMILY AND DIFFERENT ONES AROUND YOU THAT IS PART OF HIS

INVESTMENT AS WELL. AND I JUST SEE SOMETHING ABOUT GOD BRINGING

YOU INTO A NEW PLACE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT

THE LORD IS SAYING, "OPEN UP YOUR EYES WIDE BECAUSE I'M GOING

TO SHOW YOU THE NEW." AND THE NEW, I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO,

THAT'S PART OF THE DECISIONS IS GOD IS GOING TO ASK YOU TO STEP

OUT SO THAT HE CAN BLESS YOU WITH THE NEW. THAT MEANS A HARD

THING SOMETIMES IS SENTIMENTALITY, BEING AT A

PLACE, DOING THINGS BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE IT. NOTHING

WRONG WITH THAT, BUT GOD WANTS TO RELEASE YOU INTO THE NEW

BECAUSE HE'S INVESTING IN YOU. AND AS A RESULT, YOU'RE GOING TO

SEE INVESTMENTS THAT COME AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO

BE WITH HOUSES, LAND, RELOCATING, FAMILY ALIGNMENTS

AND BLESSINGS AND AND I SEE AN INCREASE OF YOUR ACTUAL WEALTH,

IF I COULD JUST SAY IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU LORD. THANK YOU LORD.

THANK YOU GOD AND I HONOR YOU AND I BLESS YOU AND WE BLESS

THEM. THANK YOU LORD. THANK YOU LORD. THERE'S SOMEBODY RIGHT IN

THIS AREA HERE, YOU'VE BEEN HAVING SOME HEART ARRHYTHMIA, IS

THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT? ARRHYTHMIA. I COULD HEAR IT, BUT

IT'S SOMETHING IN MY MOUTH, I TRY TO PRONOUNCE IT. ARRHYTHMIA,

IS THAT CORRECT? ARRHYTHMIA. AND I JUST SEE THE HAND OF GOD

TOUCHING A WOMAN'S HEART. AND I SEE ANOTHER, A MALE. SO THERE'S

A WOMAN AND A MAN, BOTH OF YOU. GOD IS TOUCHING YOUR HEART AND

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THIS THING IS BEING ALIGNED IN YOUR

LIFE. I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR

HAND UNLESS YOU WANT TO. IT'S NOT FOR ME. IT'S YOU. YOU KNOW

WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T NEED THE AFFIRMATION OR WHATEVER. I JUST

KNOW GOD IS DOING IT. ALSO, THERE'S SOMEBODY WATCHING,

YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU ARE POISED FOR A WEEK OF

INTERVIEWS AND I SEE THE THE LORD GETTING INVOLVED IN THESE

INTERVIEWS AND THE LORD IS SAYING YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE

THIS. HE SAID WAIT ON ALL OF THEM BECAUSE WHEN YOU WAIT ON

ALL OF THEM, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. I MEAN GO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S

GONNA HELP YOU, BUT IT'S GONNA LEAD TO SOMETHING. THERE IS A

THERE'S A WINDOW OF ABOUT SEVEN TO TEN DAYS THAT I SEE WHERE THE

LORD IS SAYING THAT WHAT REALLY IS GOING TO MANIFEST IS GOING TO

HAPPEN AND I SEE IT AROUND WITHIN TWO WEEKS. I'M NOT

USUALLY ONE THAT LIKES TO PUT TIME ON THINGS BUT I'M JUST

SHARING WHAT I'M HEARING. DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. YOU JUST KEEP

MOVING BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS ABOUT YOU SAY WELL

SHOULD I GO TO THOSE INTERVIEWS? I THINK YOU NEED TO TO HONOR

THAT AND IT'S GOING TO HELP YOU AND IT'S GOING TO ALIGN YOU.

IT'S GOING TO PREPARE YOU FOR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO

MANIFEST AFTER THAT VERY QUICKLY AND IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WHAT

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND AND IT'S ALL GOING TO LINE UP AND

YOU'RE GOING TO GO, MAN, I'M SO GLAD THAT I LISTENED AND I

WAITED BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER BENEFITS THAN WHAT

YOU WOULD HAVE HAD HAD YOU TAKEN SOME BECAUSE YOU GOT A LITTLE

BIT OF ANXIETY ABOUT IT. IT'S OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT GOD

HAS PROVIDED AND HE IS GOING TO PROVIDE. THERE'S ANOTHER PERSON

ONLINE, I SEE YOU TODAY. IN FACT, IT'S STRANGE, STRANGE

THINGS. I SEE A FAMILY WEARING, YOU'RE ALL WEARING YOUR PAJAMAS.

THAT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE PICKED PACKER ONES,

BUT I SEE LIKE THESE, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE A MAUVE PURPLE

COLOR. AND THE REASON THE LORD IS SHOWING ME THIS PURPLE AND

THIS COLOR IS BECAUSE THERE'S A ROYALTY OF GOD, THE KING'S

BLESSING THAT IS COMING ON YOUR FAMILY. AND I SEE THIS WHERE

YOU'VE BEEN IN A SEASON WHERE THERE HAS BEEN WITH YOUR FAMILY.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU CAN'T GET A BREAKTHROUGH. AND MAYBE THAT'S

SOME OF YOU IN THIS ROOM WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, PASTOR

HANK, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME BREAKTHROUGHS. WELL, AS I

STRETCH MY HANDS TOWARDS THIS FAMILY, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME

FAMILY BREAKTHROUGHS THAT ARE COMING. IN FACT, THIS FAMILY

ALSO THAT I SEE WITH THE PAJAMAS, I ALSO SEE THAT THERE

IS SOMETHING OF A MEDICAL NEED THAT YOU NEED A BREAKTHROUGH IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT

HAD JUST RISEN, IT CAME ABOUT, AND GOD IS SAYING, I'M DEALING

WITH THAT NOW. SO FATHER, IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, WHETHER THEY

BE THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE HERE TODAY, OR THE ONES THAT ARE

WATCHING ONLINE, YOU HAVE BEEN DECLARED AS THE LORD OF THE

BREAKTHROUGH. AND SO, MY LORD, WE THANK YOU AND WE HONOR YOU

TODAY FOR EVERY PERSON IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND THOSE THAT

ARE WATCHING, THOSE THAT ARE HERE, THOSE THAT WILL WATCH,

THAT LORD, YOU ARE CAUSING A BREAKTHROUGH TO COME IN AN

ACCELERATED WAY. AND WE REBUKE EVERY AND ALL DEMON POWERS,

WITCHCRAFT, DIVINATION, THE SPIRITS OF DELAY, ANY SPIRITS

THAT COME TO STEAL, KILL, OR DESTROY. WE PUT A RESTRAINT ON

THEM IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT OF HEAVEN. WHATEVER IS

BOUND ON EARTH SHALL BE BOUND IN THE HEAVENS. WE BIND EVERY AND

ALL MANEUVERING OF ANY SATANIC ACTIVITY OR DEMONIC RESTRAINT OR

ANY DEMONIC HINDRANCES THAT COME TO THE PEOPLE. WE BIND IT. AND

LORD, WE LOOSE NOW AS IT'S BEEN DECLARED. WE LOOSE IT ON EARTH.

IT WILL BE LOOSE OUT OF THE HEAVENS. WE LOOSE A BREAKTHROUGH

AT ACCELERATION. WE LOOSE, LORD GOD, MANIFESTATIONS OF DIVINE

BLESSING IN THE NAME, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA. THANK YOU, LORD.

THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THANK

YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. THERE'S SOMEBODY, OKAY, I GOTTA

SAY THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM OR WATCHING, BUT

GOD SAID, "TELL THEM THIS." THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU HAD LAID

DOWN ON YOUR PILLOW, AND YOU KIND OF WERE JUST IN YOUR

PILLOW, AND YOU NOTICED KIND OF ON THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD, DOWN

INTO THE LOWER PART OF YOUR NECK, LIKE A LUMP. AND YOU'RE

LIKE, OH NO. AND GOD IS SAYING, IT'S OKAY, IT'S A CYST. AND IT'S

NOT LIKE MALIGNANT CANCER, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, IT'S LIKE, YOU

KNOW WHAT YOU CALL LIKE AN OVERSIZED ZIT? IS THAT A CYST,

IS THAT LIKE? A BOIL, A BOIL, LIKE A BOIL. AND THE ENEMY

IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO PULL YOU INTO FEAR. IT'S OKAY, DON'T GO

THERE IN YOUR HEAD. IN FACT, EVERYBODY JUST PUT YOUR HAND ON

THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD AND SAY, I WILL NOT FEAR. I WILL NOT HAVE

ANXIETY. I AM IN HEALTH. ALL MY FLESH IS HEALTHY. EVERY ORGAN,

EVERY CELL, MY BONES, MY BLOOD, MY BLOOD PRESSURE, MY IMMUNE

SYSTEM, MY HEART, MY ORGANS ARE FILLED WITH THE ZOE LIFE, THE

LIFE OF GOD THAT DRIVES AWAY ALL SICKNESS, ALL DISEASE, ALL

SYMPTOMS. GO! YOU CANNOT TOUCH ME. NOW LIFT YOUR HAND UP AND

SAY I'M BLOOD-BOUGHT. I'M THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD. I'VE BEEN

REDEEMED OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY AND I SAY SO. MY BODY'S

REDEEMED. MY LIFE IS REDEEMED. MY HEALTH IS REDEEMED. I AM

WELL! I WILL LIVE LONG, STRONG, UPON THIS EARTH, IN HEALTH,

WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND, AND A BLESSED MEMORY, AND

STRENGTH, ALL THE LONG DAYS OF MY LIFE. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU,

LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. I WORSHIP AND HONOR YOU, GOD. ALL RIGHT,

MAMA, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I

WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY IN THIS ROOM, AND I WANT YOU TO

SAY, "I BET I KNOW, "I BET I KNOW THAT YOU WENT SLEDDING."

THEY MAY NOT HAVE SLED YESTERDAY, BUT MAYBE WHEN THEY

WERE A KID. FIND OUT. ALL RIGHT, WE LOVE YOU.

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- WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY? ON A

LOVELY, COLD, SNOWY DAY. OH, WE ARE SO EXCITED. PASTOR SAID,

"GIVE THEM THE HOOK." WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'VE JOINED US

TODAY. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, WE WANNA GIVE YOU A BIG,

WARM WELCOME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. USHERS ARE IN THE AISLE

AT THIS MOMENT WITH A GIFT BAG FOR YOU. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND

SO THAT WE KNOW TO GET YOU ONE. ABOUT THE CHURCH. THERE'S ALSO A

GUEST PACKET IN IT. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLDED PERFORATED ORANGE

CARD, THE GUEST CARD. WE ASK THAT YOU FILL THAT OUT. YOU CAN

DROP THAT OFF IN THE OFFERING BASKET. WE JUST WANT TO GET TO

KNOW YOU MORE WHERE YOU'RE FROM AND SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING AND

JOINING US TODAY. IF YOU'RE JOINING US ONLINE, IF YOU'RE ON

ONE VOICE TV, WELCOME. IF YOU'RE IN ANY OTHER ONE OF OUR

PLATFORMS, RUMBLE AND ROKU AND YOUTUBE AND ANY OF THE OTHERS,

WE INVITE YOU TO CHECK OUT ONE VOICE TV, WHERE IT'S OUR

PLATFORM THAT WE CAN'T GET CANCELED. CAN WE SAY AMEN TO

THAT? AMEN. ONEVOICETV.NET, MAKE SURE TO GO THERE. IN IT, YOU'LL

FIND ALL THESE ARCHIVE PROGRAMS DIRECTLY FROM THIS HOUSE,

WHETHER IT BE GET REAL AND DAILY DECREE AND PROPHETIC PULSE, ALL

THE SHOWS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. MAKE SURE ONEVOICETV.NET. IF YOU

HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, MAKE SURE TO GO TO YOUR APP STORE OR

GOOGLE PLAY STORE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION OF THE

ONE VOICE TV APP. WE FIND SOME AMAZING FEATURES LIKE CHAT,

WHICH I KNOW HOLLY AND TERRY WERE TALKING BEFORE SERVICE. BUT

WE WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, THOSE OF

YOU WATCHING ONLINE AND THOSE OF YOU HERE. JUST DON'T LOG ONTO

THE APP WHILE YOU'RE IN CHURCH, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF, I MEAN,

UNLESS YOU WANT TO. BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST APP.

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU. LET'S GIVE ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AND

ONLINE A HAND AS PASTOR CHRISTY COMES.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND REMIND

EVERYBODY, HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO WE

TALKED ABOUT THE HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION, DIAPER DRIVE, AND THEN

ALSO ADOPT A FAMILY. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL ARE TAKING PART IN THAT.

NOW I KNOW, PASTOR DODJI, WE DO HAVE THE TRUCK. IS THE TRUCK

THERE TODAY? NOT TODAY, BUT IT WELL IT SNOWED TODAY, SO THAT'S

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEY WILL BE HAVING THAT TRUCK

SHOWING UP TO TAKE ALL OF YOUR DONATIONS LISTEN THE MISSION

REALLY NEEDS OUR SUPPORT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE THE THE LARGE

INFLUX OF ALL OF THE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED SERVICES SO LISTEN IF

YOU CAN DO DIAPERS FORMULA DIAPER WIPES ANY OF THOSE THINGS

THEY HAVE A LIST OUT AT HEARTLANDHOPEMISSION.ORG.

THEY HAVE THE SLIDE UP THERE RIGHT NOW SO YOU

CAN GO TO ADOPTAFAMILY.NET OR HEARTLANDHOPEMISSION.ORG

TO GET MORE INFORMATION BUT WE REALLY ASK THAT YOU

WOULD GET ON BOARD AND HELP US SUPPORT THE MISSION

DURING THIS TIME BECAUSE CHRISTMAS IS ONE OF THE TIMES

THEY GET THE HARDEST HIT. SO ANYWAY THANK YOU TO PASTOR DODJI

AND PASTOR CHELSEA FOR ALL OF THEIR GREAT SERVICES TO OUR

BEAUTIFUL CITY. AMEN. ALL RIGHT LET'S WELCOME PASTOR BRENDA.

- ALL RIGHT PRAISE THE LORD. PUT THAT UP ONE MORE TIME JUST WANT

TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAPTURE THAT QR CODE ONLINE AND OF COURSE

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FROM AROUND THE NATION, AROUND THE

WORLD, ALL OF OUR ECHURCH FAMILY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY

SUPPORT HEARTLAND HOPE FINANCIALLY, AND THAT WILL HELP

THEM GET ALL OF THOSE SUPPLIES. AND I JUST SAID TO PASTOR MATT,

I NEED TO LIKE, IT'S BEEN 20 SOME YEARS SINCE I EVER BOUGHT

BABY FORMULA OR A DIAPER, SO I WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT

AGAIN. SO I GOT TO GET THOSE. ANYWAY, PRAISE GOD. WELL, REALLY

QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET INTO THE OFFERING, JUST WANT TO REMIND

EVERYBODY, OF COURSE, OUR CHRISTMAS SERVICE IS COMING

DECEMBER THE 21ST. PASTOR SAID HE ALREADY HAS HIS MESSAGE

TOGETHER FOR THAT, AND HE'S VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

BEAUTIFUL. HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE THE TREES AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL

DECORATIONS? AND YOU GOT TO LOOK AROUND, THEY'RE IN THE BACK TOO.

AND SO I KNOW WE'RE A THINNER GROUP TODAY WITH THE SNOW, BUT

HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GETTING A FEW, A LITTLE VIEW OF THOSE. SOME OF

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE

WEATHER. BY THE WAY, ECHURCH FAMILY, ALL OF THE INTERNET, YOU

GUYS ARE THERE AS BIG, AS STRONG AS EVER. AND WE ALL LEARN THAT,

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN STILL JOIN ONLINE NO MATTER WHAT THE

WEATHER IS. SO WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE. SO

CHRISTMAS SERVICE, THE 21ST, NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND

WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FESTIVITIES. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT

OF FUN AND A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE. SO COME BE PART OF THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN NEW YEAR'S EVE AT LORD OF HOSTS IS RIGHT AROUND THE

CORNER, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. NOW, IF YOU'RE NEW HERE,

AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL WITH NEW YEAR'S EVE AT LOH?

WELL, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THE LORD TOLD US TO DO A NEW YEAR'S

EVE SERVICE. YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WE'RE A PROPHETIC

HOUSE? AND WE BELIEVE IN PROPHESYING IN THE NEW YEAR, NOT

JUST LETTING IT COME, BUT SPEAKING OVER IT, DECLARING OVER

IT, AND LETTING IT BE LITERALLY WHAT PASTOR'S BEEN PROPHESYING,

A SHIFT CHANGE. AND SO YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST DID IT, SOMEBODY

TOLD US, THEY SAID, "OH, NOBODY WILL EVER COME TO A NEW YEAR'S

EVE SERVICE. YOU WON'T HAVE ANYBODY COME THERE." AND IT'S

TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY SECOND TO OPENING THE HEAVENS, OUR

BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR. EVERYBODY COMES, WE HEAR THE

WORD OF THE LORD. AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S A CRAZY HOLY GHOST PARTY. BUT WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IS WE

ALSO PRAY OVER ALL YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS FOR THE BEGINNING OF

THE YEAR. SO THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, GO TO HANKANDBRENDA.ORG,

GET THOSE PRAYER REQUESTS IN. AND IF YOU'RE MAILING THEM, GET

THEM SENT IN, SEND THEM IN BY MAIL, AND WE WILL EITHER PRINT

THEM IF YOU SUBMIT IT ELECTRONICALLY, OR IF YOU MAIL

THOSE IN WITH YOUR, LET'S SAY, YOUR LAST YEAR, END OF THE YEAR

GIFTS AND OFFERINGS, WE WILL GET THEM ALL UP HERE ON THE TABLES,

AND WE'RE GONNA SPEAK, AND WE'RE GONNA DECLARE, AND WE'RE GONNA

PRAY, AND THEN JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, WE ROLLED OUT THE RED

CARPET, HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? IT'S, RED CARPET IS

ROYALTY, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO SO WE

DON'T GET OIL ALL OVER THE NEW CARPET, SO THERE IS A METHOD TO

OUR NON-MADNESS, BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS PASTOR MARK'S IDEA.

THEY'RE OUT ON VACATION, BUT YOU KNOW, HE TAKES GOOD CARE OF THE

BUILDING. BUT ANYWAY, WE LINE UP EVERYBODY, WALK THROUGH, AND WE

ANOINT EVERY PERSON THAT ATTENDS IN PERSON WITH OIL. AND THEN

WE'LL ALSO HAVE BOTTLES OF OIL UP HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW

YOU AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO REQUEST ALL OF THOSE AND

WE'LL SEND THOSE OUT AS WELL. SO HOTEL BLOCKS ARE OPEN AND

AVAILABLE IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE. THEY'VE GOT INFORMATION

UP THERE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND GET ALL THAT INFO AND GET HERE.

NEW YEAR'S EVE IS GOING TO BE FIRE. I'M EXCITED. AMEN? ALL

RIGHT, LET'S PUT OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP FOR TODAY. ISAIAH

Isaiah 55:12–13

55:12-13. THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE I CALL, I GET SOME OF THE BEST

SCRIPTURES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE THERE WITH

ME? I DON'T KNOW. I'LL GET UP AND I'LL THINK, WELL, I CAN'T

SLEEP. I MIGHT AS WELL GET UP AND READ THE WORD OR PRAY OR DO

SOMETHING. YOU EVER HAVE MOMENTS YOU JUST, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

LAY THERE AND TOSS AND TURN AND WAKE UP THE WHOLE FAMILY.

OKAY I HEARD "HMMM", I THOUGHT GOD WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK. THAT'S

GOOD. GOOD EDDIE, THANK YOU. BUT YOU GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF

THE NIGHT AND, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THE MOMENT SOMETIMES

YOU JUST TALK TO THE LORD, YOU PRAY, PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. AND I

RAN ACROSS THIS SCRIPTURE, AND I KNEW IT BY HEART. THAT'S

WHAT'S SO FUNNY. SOMETIMES, CAN I GIVE YOU A LITTLE

TIP? SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA OPEN THE WORD EVEN TO

RUN ACROSS THE SCRIPTURES YOU ALREADY KNOW.

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MIC DROP. OPEN THE WORD. OPEN THE

WORD. AND SO THIS WAS THE SCRIPTURE. IT SAYS, "FOR YOU

SHALL GO OUT WITH JOY AND BE LED FORTH WITH PEACE." SOMEBODY SAY,

"PEACE." THAT'S A BOOK I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. THAT

YOU'RE LED FORTH WITH PEACE. THAT IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOT

GOING TO BE CHAOS IN THE JOURNEY. "THE MOUNTAINS AND THE

HILLS SHALL BREAK FORTH BEFORE YOU INTO SINGING," HALLELUJAH,

"AND ALL THE TREES OF THE FIELD SHALL CLAP THEIR HANDS." NOW

THIS IS THE NEXT VERSE. THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANT YOU TO SEE.

GO TO VERSE 13. "INSTEAD OF," NOW SOMEBODY SAY, "INSTEAD OF."

"INSTEAD OF THE THORN SHALL COME UP THE FIR TREE AND INSTEAD OF,"

IN OTHER WORDS, SAY INSTEAD OF AGAIN, "IN PLACE OF THE BRIAR

SHALL COME UP THE MYRTLE TREE." NOW, I LOOKED AT THAT AND THE

LORD REMINDED ME, AND HERE IN THE MARGIN OF MY BIBLE, THIS IS

WHY YOU WRITE IN YOUR BIBLE, IN THE MARGIN OF MY BIBLE, I SAW

THE WORDS THAT I HAD PENNED OUT AT SOME POINT, AND IT SAID,

"EXPECT DIFFERENT." AND IT REMINDED ME THAT NO MATTER WHAT

YOU'RE DEALING WITH, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR FINANCES, THAT

IF YOU'VE BEEN, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY, LET'S FACE IT, GOES

THROUGH CHALLENGES. JESUS SAID, "IN THIS WORLD, YOU WILL HAVE

TROUBLED TIMES. "YOU WILL FACE THINGS." OKAY, EVEN WHAT PASTOR

PRAYED OVER PEOPLE THIS MORNING, PEOPLE GO THROUGH THINGS,

THEY'RE BATTLING THROUGH SOMETHING IN THEIR OWN LIFE,

WITH THEIR FAMILY, IT COULD BE FINANCIAL, IT COULD BE THEIR

HEALTH, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR FINANCES, RATHER THAN JUST

SEE A SEASON AGAIN OF MAYBE IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S LACK, 'CAUSE

EVEN THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID IT, HE SAID, "I KNOW HOW TO BE

ABASED, AND I KNOW HOW TO ABOUND." IN OTHER WORDS, I CAN

NAVIGATE WITH CLARITY AND STABILITY BOTH KINDS OF SEASONS.

I CAN GO THROUGH A SEASON WHERE THERE'S ABUNDANCE, THAT I CAN

NAVIGATE THE TIMES JUST AS WELL WHERE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE

THERE'S ENOUGH. AND WHAT I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY IS EXPECT

DIFFERENT. HOW MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM AND YOU WATCHING

ONLINE, YOU HAVE SEEN GOD BLESS YOU, ANSWER A PRAYER, OR DO A

MIRACLE AT SOME POINT? SO THE REMINDER FOR US IS GO BACK TO

THAT. INSTEAD OF EXPECTING MORE DISAPPOINTMENT, EXPECT FRUIT.

AMEN. EXPECT A BLESSING. SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, IT MIGHT LOOK

LIKE I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA GET THROUGH THIS. I DON'T KNOW

HOW I'M GONNA NAVIGATE THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA PAY

THAT BILL. CAN I TELL YOU, I'VE SEEN GOD PAY SO MANY BILLS I

DIDN'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE GETTING PAID AND GOD DID IT.

COME ON SOMEBODY. PASTOR AND I WERE REFLECTING JUST THE OTHER

DAY ABOUT HOW WE GOT STARTED IN THE MINISTRY. AND WE WOULD GET

OUR OLD CAR OUT. AND I MEAN, FOR US, IT WAS NEW, BUT IT WAS

ALREADY LIKE SIX YEARS OLD. AND WE WOULD TRAVEL AROUND, MAYBE

SEVEN. A NEW CAR WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND WE

WOULD DRIVE. WE DIDN'T FLY IN A JET TO GO PREACH. WE WOULD DRIVE

ACROSS BARRON, NEBRASKA AND GO PREACH IN LITTLE CHURCHES. AND

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO FIVE STAR HOTEL. WE'D STAY IN THE PASTOR'S

GARAGE. AND LITERALLY, I MEAN, AND BELIEVE GOD FOR EVERY DOLLAR

AT THAT TIME. AND WE HAD BILLS AT THAT TIME. I THOUGHT, GOD, WE

ARE DOOMED. I MEAN, WE ARE DOOMED. WE THOUGHT WE WERE

DOOMED. AND WE THOUGHT IF WE TITHE AND GAVE OFFERINGS THAT WE

WERE GONNA GO UNDER AND BE ON THE STREET AND SLEEPING UNDER A

BRIDGE. I MEAN, IT FELT LIKE THAT SOMETIMES. ANYBODY EVER

BEEN THERE? YOU THOUGHT, GOD, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAT HERE HOW MANY TIMES AND LOOK BACK ON

THAT SEASON, AND I'M SITTING HERE GOING, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD,

WE'RE STILL HERE. COME ON, YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, YOU'RE

ALIVE, YOU'RE STILL HERE. YOU'RE STILL HERE, GOD MADE IT THROUGH

FOR YOU. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE STARVING. WE'RE ON THE OTHER

SIDE. SO INSTEAD OF THAT THORN AGAIN, EXPECT TO SEE SOMETHING

NEW. EXPECT TO SEE YOUR HARVEST. WHEN YOU GIVE THAT OFFERING,

COME ON, WE'RE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'RE GETTING THOSE FINAL

OFFERINGS OF 2025 IN THE DOOR. WE'RE PUTTING IN THOSE FINAL

TIES. WE'RE HITTING THE FINISH LINE, MAN, COME ON. AND YOU KNOW

WHAT? WHEN YOU PUT THAT IN, DO IT BY FAITH AND SAY, I'M GOING

TO SEE THE BLESSING OF A FRUITFUL HARVEST IN THE NAME OF

JESUS. I'M NOT GOING TO SEE MORE DISAPPOINTMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO

SEE FAILURE. I'M NOT GOING TO SEE BARRENNESS. NO, I REJECT IT

IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IN FACT, LET'S GET THE OFFERING UP. I

WANT TO DECLARE THAT TODAY. LET'S PUT THAT UP THERE. WE'RE

GOING TO DECLARE. I REJECT, I REJECT ANY DEVOURER. IN FACT,

THAT WAS THAT AS YOU'RE GETTING YOUR GIVING READY. THAT WAS THE

REMINDER THE LORD GAVE ME TOO. HE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS

YEAR, I TOLD YOU, I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR YOUR SAKE WHEN

YOU GIVE. SO IF GOD WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER, WHATEVER'S TRYING

TO DEVOUR WHEN YOU'RE TITHING AND YOU'RE GIVING YOUR

OFFERINGS, GOD SAID HE'LL REBUKE ANYTHING THE DEVIL TRIES. HE'LL

REBUKE IT. IT CAN'T DEVOUR. SO NO MORE EXPECTING, NO

MORE EXPECTING THE THORN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT,

WHEN YOU GET YOUR OFFERING READY, STAND UP. MAN,

I'M EXCITED. WE'RE GONNA DECLARE THIS IN JESUS' NAME. TEXT TO

GIVE WEBSITE, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT TO DO. IF YOU'RE NEW, THERE IS

THE QR CODE. AMEN. I'M TELLING YOU, FINISH BIG THIS YEAR,

FINISH HARVEST BIG. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE GIVING ALONE. IT'S

FAITH IN WHAT YOU DO. AMEN. OKAY. GOD SAID, WELL, YOUR WORDS

CAN'T BE STOUT AGAINST ME. TALK FAITH. EVERY TIME YOU PUT THAT

TITHE IN YOUR HAND, TREAT IT LIKE IT'S A NUCLEAR BOMB AGAINST

THE DEVIL. IN FACT, I GOT SO EXCITED AT ONE POINT IN

NOVEMBER. I SAID, "LORD, I AM DETERMINED ABOUT THIS. I'M

ENDING THIS YEAR IN HARVEST.” I AM ENDING IT IN HARVEST. THE

DEVIL HAS TRIED A LOT. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE DEVIL TRY

SOME STUFF IN 2025? I AM ENDING THIS IN HARVEST. AND SO I SAID,

"YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GIVING MY DECEMBER TITHE EARLY." I WAS

LIKE, "I'M DOING IT, I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE. WHATEVER,

I'M PUTTING IT IN THERE.” AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GONNA SEE THE

HARVEST. NO THORNS, COME ON, NO LACK, NOTHING. WE ARE GONNA

EXPECT A FULL, ABUNDANT BLOOM OF WHAT GOD HAS. PUT YOUR HAND UP,

SAY THESE WORDS. I REJECT ALL FINANCIAL BARRENNESS. I REJECT

ANY DEVOURING SPIRIT. I SAY IT CANNOT TOUCH ME. I REBUKE YOU.

THIS TITHE, THIS OFFERING, IT IS A WEAPON TO OPEN THE WINDOWS OF

HEAVEN. AND GOD, YOU SAID YOU WOULD POUR OUT BLESSING THAT I

DON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE. SO I THANK YOU THAT MY HARVEST IS

RIGHT NOW. I EXPECT IT TO COME UPON ME. NOW, THE LAST THING

I'LL SAY IS GOD SAYS, "AND IT SHALL BE FOR THE LORD A NAME."

PRAISE GOD AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SPEND IT PRAISING AND

THANKING HIM FOR ALL HE DID FOR YOU. IT SHALL BE FOR THE LORD A

NAME. YOUR TEST WILL BECOME A TESTIMONY. HALLELUJAH. IN JESUS'

NAME, AMEN. ARE YOU READY TO GIVE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, RIGHT

BEFORE THE USHERS SERVE YOU, OR AS THEY BEGIN TO SERVE YOU,

LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER. LET'S ALL SAY IT AND

MEAN IT WITH ALL OUR HEART. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY

OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND

DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO

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

THAT WE HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING

THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH EXCESS AND OVERFLOW.

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

LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP

MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE

PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THEN

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

DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. COME ON,

SHOUT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT. USHERS, SERVE THE

PEOPLE, AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK.

- ALL RIGHT, AMEN. HOW MANY WENT SLEDDING? YOU CAN GO AHEAD,

USHER, SERVE THE PEOPLE. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE,

DID YOU GO SLEDDING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOWN IN FLORIDA OR

WHEREVER, YOU KNOW? ANYBODY, HOW MANY OF YOU USED TO SLED? DID

YOU, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO DO SOME CRAZY STUFF AS KIDS THAT

I'D BE LIKE, I'M NOT GOING DOWN THAT HILL NOW, NO. YOU KNOW, BUT

YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THOSE STUFF. I REMEMBER GOING DOWN A

HILL ON A SLED OVER BY 72ND STREET BY WHERE THOSE TOWERS

ARE. THERE'S SOME REALLY NICE BIG HILLS. AND I GOT ON ONE OF

THOSE, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, SLOBOGANS OR, OR TOBOGGAN,

TOBOGGAN, SLOBOGGAN, NO, NO. THERE'S A, NO, THERE'S ANOTHER

ONE THAT WAS A, A S-L, SLIDE. ANYWAY, WHATEVER IT WAS,

WHATEVER IT WAS, WE GOT ON THAT, I GOT ON IT, AND, AND THEY GAVE

ME A PUSH, AND I WENT SO FAST. YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY THIS AS

YOU'RE WATCHING THAT. I HIT THIS BUMP, AND I WENT OFF TO THE

SIDE, BUT I STILL MAINTAINED, AND I WENT, AND I WENT OFF

COURSE, AND I WENT THROUGH A PART OF A CORNFIELD, AND ALL OF

THOSE OLD STALKS, I DIDN'T HAVE GLOVES ON, WE'RE GOING, WHOOSH

THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT MUSCLE IS TOUGH, YOU KNOW, SO. ANYWAY,

Y'ALL REMEMBER THOSE DAYS? ARE Y'ALL WITH ME? I MEAN, YOU KNOW,

I MEAN, THOSE WERE GREAT TIMES, SO. ANYWAY, ANYBODY GET OUT AND

SCOOP SNOW OVER THANKSGIVING AND ALL THAT TOO? YEAH. ANYBODY TAKE

TWO OR THREE NAPS ON THANKSGIVING? HOW MANY OF YOU,

IF YOU'RE WATCHING, PUT YOUR HANDS UP. I'LL TELL YOU, OUR

DOGS, MAN, I WAS SPOILING THEM. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO

DO THAT, I GUESS, RIGHT? BUT I SPOILED THEM. I KEPT FEEDING

THEM TURKEY WHEN BRENDA WASN'T LOOKING, AND THEN I EVEN GAVE

THEM ICE CREAM. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL LIKE THIS. BUT WE

HAD SOMEBODY, ONE OF OUR FAITHFUL E-MEMBERS,

SEND ME A GELATO MACHINE. YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN

PUTTING IT TO GREAT USE. NOT ME, BUT KATE, SHE'S ON VACATION. SHE

MADE ME GELATO. IT TASTES LIKE IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE GELATO

STORE. AND SO I HAD GELATO AND I TOLD KATE, I SAID, "DON'T MAKE

ME ANY MORE." NOT FOR A WHILE, 'TIL I, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I MEAN,

I'M GONNA EAT IT AND THEN WE GOTTA FAST. AND SO I CAN'T BE

LIKE ON THIS FAST AND I HEAR THESE VOICES, OPEN THE FREEZER.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

YES, LORD, I WILL OBEY THAT AND TAKE THAT AS PART OF MY FAST. I

WON'T HAVE GELATO IN THE MORNING, I'LL HAVE IT AT NIGHT.

THERE YOU GO, SO WE CAN DO ALL THAT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN OUR

BIBLES, LET'S GET INTO THIS. AND WE'LL HAVE SOME FUN HERE, AMEN.

PASTOR BRENDA, ARE YOU STILL PREACHING YOUR MESSAGE ON

WEDNESDAY? ALL RIGHT, SHE'S GONNA CONTINUE ON THE MESSAGE OF

THE SEVEN CHURCHES. HASN'T THAT BEEN AMAZING? I MEAN, SHE HAS

PREACHED MY NOTES SO INCREDIBLE. NO, SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. ON

HER OWN, SHE'S, OH, STOP. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN DO THAT,

WARM YOURSELF UP. YOU GUYS ARE ACTING LIKE THE FROZEN CHOSEN IN

YOU, YOU KNOW, NO, YOU'RE NOT, OKAY. I WANNA TALK AGAIN ABOUT

REALLY TWO PRINCIPLES THAT I THINK ARE THE FOUNDATION OF

EVERY CHRISTIAN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A GOOD REMINDER, NOT

ONLY FOR THIS VESSEL, BUT I THINK FOR ALL OF US. AS

CHRISTIANS, ONCE YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO GOD, TO JESUS, AND YOU

SAY, "JESUS, COME INTO MY HEART," HOW DO WE CHOOSE TO

LIVE? HOW DO WE CHOOSE TO ACT? WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR CHOICES? DO

WE CHOOSE TO STILL BE KINDA LIKE THE OLD GRUMPY, ANGRY, TOUCHY

PERSON THAT WE USED TO BE? ARE WE A PERSON THAT'S GOTTA HAVE

EVERYTHING OUR WAY SO WE NEVER CAN SUBMIT TO YAHWEH? ARE WE ALL

ABOUT OUR WILL THAT WE CAN'T PRAY PRAYERS LIKE LET THY

KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE IN MY LIFE AS IT IS IN HEAVEN?

WE SKIP OVER THAT PART OF THE LORD'S PRAYER. WE JUST GET OVER

INTO THE PART ABOUT GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD. AND I THINK THAT

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY AND THAT IS, YOU

KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AS A PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY IN

AMERICA, WE'VE GONE THROUGH WHAT WE WOULD CALL A SIFTING OR A

SHAKING AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND GOD TOLD

US THAT THE DECADE WOULD START OFF HARSH AND THEN WE WOULD COME

INTO REST. HOW MANY REMEMBER THAT? AND SO WE KNOW THAT'S

WHERE WE'RE HEADING AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DEMANDING FROM THE

THRONE OF GOD IS LISTEN, YOU SAID FOR THE PEOPLE, YOU SAID

FOR THIS NATION, AND I WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER AND I'M

NOT. AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO BE RESPECTFULLY AND HONORABLY IN

THE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PRESENCE AND FACE OF GOD 'CAUSE

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. I'M GONNA HOLD HIM TO IT. AND SO AS WE

STARTED OFF WITH THE SHAKING AND THE SIFTING, WE WENT INTO WHAT

GOD SAID WAS A SHIFT CHANGE, AND THAT'S WHAT IS UPON US NOW.

THAT'S WHY WE SAW SUCH A GREAT THING THAT CAPTURED THE NATION

IN SOMETHING THAT IS JUST KIND OF A DIFFERENT NAME, TURNING

POINT. I MEAN, IT GOES RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE BIG PICTURE OF

WHAT GOD IS SAYING. YEAH, HAS IT COME WITH SORROW? HAS IT COME

WITH PAIN? HAS IT COME WITH CHALLENGES, DISAPPOINTMENTS? YOU

KNOW, I WAS PRAYING THE OTHER NIGHT AND I SAID TO THE LORD, I

SAID, LORD, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS HONESTLY TO LOOK BACK AT 2025

AND I WENT OUT INTO MY SUNROOM, WE HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SUNROOM,

AND I WENT OUT THERE AND I SAID, NOW I'M GONNA JUST SPEND ABOUT

15 MINUTES IN THIS SUNROOM HERE. AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW

THAT I THINK SOME OF 2025 HAS NOT BEEN THAT ENJOYABLE. AND I

JUST WANNA SAY THAT TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THAT IN MY

SOUL. I DON'T WANT THE ENEMY TO THINK THAT HE HAD ANY ADVANTAGE

OVER ME OR THAT HE THINKS IN ANY WAY THAT I'M GOING TO BRING AN

INDICTMENT AGAINST THE HONOR OF YOU, MY GOD. BUT I JUST GOTTA

LET YOU KNOW, HERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT

THIS YEAR AS I'M PREPARING FOR A NEW YEAR. AND I JUST KIND OF

TOLD HIM THAT. AND THEN I SAID, ALL RIGHT, NOW I'M DONE. I'VE

GOT 10 MINUTES HERE. NOW I'M GONNA GO IN AND ALL I'M GONNA DO

IS WORSHIP YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF

2025. AND GOD SPOKE SOMETHING TO ME. HE SPOKE THE SCRIPTURE,

EPHESIANS 3:20, AND I WANNA START WITH THIS, I GUESS. I

Ephesians 3:20

DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. BUT GO TO EPHESIANS 3:20, AND WE

Ephesians 3:20

OFTEN PRAY THIS. AND IT SAYS, "TO THE GOD, NOW UNTO HIM," NOW

THIS IS TALKING ABOUT GOD, "WHO'S ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY

ABUNDANTLY "ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, "ACCORDING TO THAT

POWER THAT WORKS WITH US." NOW KEEP THAT VERSE THERE, AND THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, SO WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO US AS

WE'RE HEADING INTO, WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE SIFTING, THE SHAKING,

WE'RE IN A SHIFT CHANGE, AND NOW HE'S SAYING AS WE'RE HEADING

INTO 2026, WE'RE COMING INTO THE SWIFT, WE'RE COMING INTO THE

ACCELERATION OF WHAT GOD HAS BEEN SAYING AND WHAT HE IS GOING

TO DO AND WHAT HE DESIRES. NOW IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE ENTER IN

TOMORROW, DECEMBER 1ST, WE'RE 31 DAYS AWAY FROM THE CALENDAR YEAR

SHIFTING OVER, TURNING, THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. DON'T

DO WHAT I DID FOR LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES. TALK ABOUT ALL THE BAD

AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WISH WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT ABOUT

2025 AND YOU REHEARSE YOUR PAIN, YOU REHEARSE YOUR FRUSTRATIONS,

YOU REHEARSE YOUR DISAPPOINTMENTS, YOU REHEARSE

THE WHAT DIDN'T, THE WHAT SHOULD'VE. BUT INSTEAD WE NEED

TO REHEARSE OUR VICTORIES AND PREPARE FOR THE SWIFT. PREPARE

FOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN CONTENDING AND BELIEVING FOR. NOW, WHEN I

HAD READ THIS VERSE, THE SPIRIT OF GOD SPOKE THIS TO ME. HE

SAID, "HANK, MOST PEOPLE THINK "THAT THAT IS JUST AN EARTHLY

VERSE." AND I STOPPED AND I THOUGHT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY

THAT? NOW UNTO HIM THAT'S ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ON

ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK. NOW, IS THAT JUST LIMITED TO THE

EARTH? NO, I STARTED THINKING, WAIT A MINUTE, I'VE GOT A

MANSION UP IN HEAVEN. I'VE GOT STREETS OF GOLD. I GET TO BE

WITH GOD FOR ALL ETERNITY. BRENDA AND I, WE'RE LIVING

TOGETHER IN HEAVEN WITHOUT THE MARRIAGE STUFF, BUT YOU ALL GET

THAT G-RATED HERE, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE MY MANSION, SHE'S GONNA

HAVE HERS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BREEZEWAY BETWEEN THE TWO OF

THEM. AND WHEN I NEED TO TELL HER, DON'T DECORATE MY MANSION,

THIS IS MINE, I FINALLY HAVE OWNERSHIP, YOU NEED TO GO TO

YOURS, SHE CAN JUST WALK RIGHT THROUGH THE BREEZEWAY, AND SHE

CAN BE AND DECORATE AND HAVE AS MUCH TREES AND PLANTS AND FISH

AND ANYTHING ELSE SHE WANTS. BUT I STARTED REALIZING THIS, I

SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS ISN'T JUST A NATURAL VERSE THAT GIVES

US HOPE ABOUT GOD THAT DOES EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND

ALL WE COULD ASK. THIS IS GOD, THIS IS WHO GOD IS. GOD IS A

GOD, NO MATTER IF IT'S IN HEAVEN OR THE EARTH, OR YOUR LIFE, YOUR

MARRIAGE, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FINANCES, YOUR HEALTH, HE WILL

ALWAYS, BECAUSE OF HIS NATURE, DO EXCEEDINGLY ABOVE AND BEYOND

ALL WE ASK OR THINK. SO LET THAT BE IN YOUR HEART. LET THAT BE IN

YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS YOU CONTEND IN THE FAITH. FOR

WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE ASKING, THINKING, DESIRING GOD,

IT IS GONNA BE BETTER THAN ANY DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I HAD TO

DEAL WITH. IT'S GONNA BE BETTER THAN ANYTHING THAT I HAD TO

OVERCOME, ANY CHALLENGE, COME ON, ANY FRUSTRATION. YOU KNOW,

TRY NOT TO USE THE WORD FRUSTRATION. YOU KNOW WHAT

BRENDA TOLD ME? SHE SAID SHE DID A STUDY ON THE

WORD FRUSTRATION AND IT MEANS WHAT, BRENDA?

- IT MEANS TO BE HINDERED.

- IT MEANS TO BE HINDERED. SO DON'T SAY, I'M FRUSTRATED,

'CAUSE THEN ALL WE'RE DOING IS RELEASING LOW-LEVEL DEVILS ABOUT

THE SIZE OF THAT GECKO CHAMELEON AND THEY HINDER YOU. DON'T SAY,

I'M FRUSTRATED. START LOOKING AT THE NATURE OF GOD THAT DOES

EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL WE ASK FOR. AND I SAY IT

BECAUSE I TOLD BRENDA, I SAID, "STARTING TOMORROW, DECEMBER

1ST, "WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE COMMUNION TOGETHER EVERY DAY.

"AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THANKS AND REHEARSE OUR VICTORIES.

"WE'RE GONNA GET OUT OUR PRAYER SHEETS, WHICH WE DO ANYWAY, "BUT

WE'RE GONNA DO IT FOR 31 DAYS, SOLID. "AND WE ARE GONNA

CONTINUE TO SAY, "LORD, YOU HEAR OUR PRAYERS, "YOU HAVE ANSWERED

OUR PETITIONS, AND WE ARE NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER, AND

THIS IS WHAT WE CELEBRATE AND HONOR YOU, OUR GOD, WHO DOES

EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL WE COULD ASK FOR." SO I'M

JUST CHALLENGING YOU IN THAT. NOW, WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IS

BECAUSE IF YOU GET INTO A PLACE WHERE YOU REHEARSE YOUR

DISAPPOINTMENTS, YOUR FRUSTRATIONS, YOUR PAIN, WHAT

ISN'T WORKING OUT, WHAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, IT WILL START

AFFECTING THE WAY YOU VIEW GOD. YOU'LL START PUTTING HANDCUFFS

ON GOD. YOU WILL, YOU'LL START LIMITING HIM BECAUSE YOU DON'T

THINK THAT HE'S FOR YOU. AND GOD SAID, IF I AM FOR YOU, WHO OR

WHAT CAN BE AGAINST YOU? IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, IF WE FOCUS

ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T GET, DIDN'T HAVE, SHOULD HAVE

HAD, IT WILL ALTER YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. AND IF

YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, WHEN YOU GO BEFORE HIM, YOU WILL NOT BE IN

POSITION TO ACCESS WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK FOR. YOU DON'T

HAVE TO ASK WHEN YOU COME TO THE THRONE ROOM FOR GRACE. YOU DON'T

EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR MERCY. YOU REALLY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK

FOR HELP. IT SAYS YOU ARE TO COME BOLDLY BECAUSE YOU ALREADY

KNOW THE NATURE OF GOD, WHAT YESHUA PAID FOR, AND WHEN YOU

COME, EXPECT WHATEVER IT IS, GRACE, WHATEVER IT IS, MERCY,

AND WHATEVER IT IS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET HELP. YOU HAVE TO

APPROACH GOD THAT WAY. IF YOU HAVE A OOMPH INSIDE YOUR HEART,

IT WILL RESTRICT YOUR ABILITY TO BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL DO IT, OR

THAT HE WANTS TO DO IT, OR THAT GOD IS A GOOD GOD. AND THE

REASON HE WANTS TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO EPHESIANS 3:20, AND

Ephesians 3:20

GOD'S TAKING MY MESSAGE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AT THIS

POINT, IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT JUST AN

EARTHLY SCRIPTURE, IT'S NOT EVEN JUST A HEAVENLY SCRIPTURE, IT IS

GOD'S SCRIPTURE OF HIS CHARACTER, HIS HEART, HIS NATURE

OF WHO HE IS. AND WHEN YOU SETTLE THAT, YOU POSITION

YOURSELF FOR THE BLESSING. I'VE HAD TIMES IN MY LIFE WHERE I'VE

HAD TO GET THAT STUFF OUT OF MY SOUL. BECAUSE WHEN I COME TO

GOD, I WILL NEVER COME TO EVER MAKE IT LOOK LIKE OR NEVER IN MY

HEART WILL I EVER BE BROUGHT TO A PLACE WHERE I BRING AN

INDICTMENT BEFORE GOD. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? YOU DIDN'T. WHY

DIDN'T YOU? WHY DID THIS? EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM

THE FATHER OF LIGHTS. WHEN YOU APPROACH GOD, YOU HAVE TO

POSITION YOURSELF IN HONOR. THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. GOD

ALREADY TOLD YOU HIS NATURE. HEY, I WILL DO ABOVE WHAT YOU

EVEN ASK OR THINK. THERE'S THINGS LIKE PASTOR BRENDA TAUGHT

US THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN ASK, YOU THOUGHT IT. HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO

HAVE THIS OR BOY, I WANT THIS. AND GOD HEARS IT AND IN HIS

GOODNESS AND IN HIS NATURE, HE BRINGS IT TO PASS. AND THEN

YOU'RE LIKE, WHOA, HOW DID THAT GET HERE? WOW, THIS IS SUCH A

BLESSING. BUT IF YOU POSITION YOURSELF IN THE NEGATIVITY, YOU

WILL MISS OUT ON BLESSINGS. YOU KNOW, I'M LEARNING SOMETHING.

AND I SAID THIS TO SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY. I SAID, LET ME TELL

YOU HOW TO KEEP DOORS OPEN IN YOUR LIFE. THEY SAID, HOW? I

SAID, WELL, LOOK AT MY LIFE. I AM A VERY BLESSED MAN AND I AM

NOT ARROGANT. I'M A BLESSED MAN. YOU MEAN PASTOR, YOU GOD, ALL

THIS, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT STUFF. I'M TALKING ABOUT, I'M A

BLESSED, I KNOW GOD. GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH AN AMAZING WIFE,

AMAZING CHILDREN, AMAZING PETS, AMAZING, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL

PEOPLE TO PASTOR, A MINISTRY THAT REACHES AROUND THE WORLD.

HE'S GIVEN US A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. HE'S GIVEN ME A NICE

VEHICLE TO DRIVE IN, AND I'M GRATEFUL, I AM SO THANKFUL, I AM

BLESSED. AND I SAID, "BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS "THAT

BRINGS THE BLESSING." THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD IS A REWARDER TO

THOSE THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. IF I CAN SAY ANYTHING IN 40

YEARS, I HAVE HONORED GOD, 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOVE

AND HONOR, I'VE LOVED GOD AND HONORED HIM IN MY DILIGENCE. I

HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO SEEK HIM, TO LOVE HIM, AT GOOD TIMES, BAD

TIMES, CHALLENGING TIMES, TIMES WHEN I WANTED TO QUIT, AND I

HAVE LOVED HIM AND STAYED IN THERE NO MATTER WHAT. NO MATTER

WHAT, I'VE HONORED HIM. BUT I SAID, LET ME TEACH YOU A

PRINCIPLE OF HOW TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AND HOW TO OPEN

DOORS. HOW MANY REMEMBER THE STORY IN MATTHEW 25 OF THE FIVE

WISE VIRGINS AND THE FIVE FOOLISH? THE REASON THE DOOR WAS

CLOSED WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIKE THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS.

THEY GET SO CAUGHT UP IN HONORING EVERYTHING ELSE,

FOCUSING ON EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? BEING BUSY WITH THE CARES

OF THIS WORLD, DISTRACTIONS, COME ON, THE LOVE OF OUR FLESH,

THE LUST OF OUR EYES, COME ON, IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, THAT

VACATION HOME OR WHATEVER, WHICH THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

BUT IF IT'S ABOVE YOUR LUSTING OF, IN A GOOD WAY, YOUR DESIRE

TO BE WITH GOD, TO LOVE GOD, TO HONOR GOD, TO SERVE GOD, TO WALK

IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN HIS SIGHT. IF THAT

VACATION HOME EXCEEDS THAT, THEN IT'S AN IDOL AND IT BREAKS THE

COMMANDMENT OF GOD. YOUR CAR CAN'T BE YOUR PRIZED POSSESSION.

YOUR GOD HAS TO BE YOUR PRIZED POSSESSION.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

YOUR HOBBY CANNOT BE YOUR FOCUS, YOUR ATTENTION, YOUR TALK, YOUR

SPEECH, WHAT YOU PUT ALL YOUR EFFORT INTO, OR IT'S AN IDOL.

AND THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS, THAT'S ALL THEY DID, IS THEY

DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THAT SACRED ANOINTING. THE ANOINTING IS THE

PRESENCE OF GOD. THE ANOINTING IS THE POWER OF GOD. THE

ANOINTING IS WHAT ENABLES YOU. THAT'S WHY JESUS IN LUKE 4, HE

WALKED INTO THE TEMPLE AND THE FIRST THING HE DID, HE GOT UP,

HE OPENED THE BOOK OF ISAIAH AND HE BEGAN TO READ AND HE SAID,

"LOOK AT ME, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME. "NOW LET ME

TELL YOU THAT HIS ANOINTING IS UPON ME." COME ON, NOW WATCH,

THE ANOINTING WORKS FOR YOU. HE SAID, "I'M ANOINTED AND HERE'S

HOW I'M GONNA WORK FOR YOU. I AM ANOINTED TO OPEN THE SIGHT OF

THE BLIND. I'M ANOINTED TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED. I'M ANOINTED

TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE." BECAUSE THE ANOINTING WORKS FOR

YOU. AND THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS WERE ALL ABOUT WHAT

PASTOR BRENDA'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE SEVEN CHURCHES.

CULTURE, CAREERS, FLESHLY LUSTS, ENTERTAINMENT, PHILOSOPHY,

EXERCISE. AND THEY DIDN'T REALIZE, YOU DIDN'T FILL YOUR

LAMP. AND THE DOOR SHUT. I'M TELLING YOU, THE REASON WHY

PROPHETS OF GOD, VESSELS WHO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF GOD. I

REMEMBER WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAID TO ME, HE BROUGHT ME TO

BLIND BARTIMAEUS AND HE SAID, TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT I SAID TO

BLIND BARTIMAEUS. THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WHAT DO YOU

WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU? AND IN DROVES, PEOPLE WROTE ON SOCIAL

MEDIA, HOW DARE YOU, PASTOR HANK, DEMAND OR ASK GOD WHAT HE

WANTS TO DO FOR YOU. IT ISN'T ABOUT US. I THOUGHT, MY GOD,

PLEASE TELL ME YOU DON'T GO TO MY CHURCH 'CAUSE I DON'T TEACH

THAT WAY. YOU'RE JACKED UP. EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS AND DOES

IS ABOUT YOU, OR HE WOULD HAVE NEVER SACRIFICED HIS OWN SON AND

HIS ROYAL INNOCENT BLOOD. GOD SO LOVED AND HONORED US WHEN WE

WERE FILTHY, WRETCHED, BLIND, AND NAKED. AND HE GAVE HIS ONLY

SON AND IT HASN'T STOPPED, AND HE'S THE GOD THAT WILL DO

EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL WE ASK OR THINK. GOD SAID,

"TELL THE PEOPLE I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM." BUT YOU

KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DID? THEY WERE LIKE THE FIVE FOOLISH. WELL, I'M

NOT GONNA INVEST MY FAITH INTO THAT. I'M NOT GONNA FILL MY

LAMPS. I'M NOT EVEN GONNA PRAY THAT. I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BELIEVE

IT. I'M JUST GONNA WRITE ON SOCIAL MEDIA 'CAUSE WE'VE

LEARNED THAT COMMENT SECTIONS, YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANNA

SAY. GOTTA HAVE AN OPINION. AND IF YOU GO BACK AND INTERVIEW

THOSE PEOPLE, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING THAT YEAR.

THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, BUT WHY DID THE FIVE WISE GET AN ANSWER TO

THEIR DESIRE? WHY WAS THE DOOR OPEN FOR THEM, REMAINED OPEN FOR

THEM? BECAUSE THEY INVESTED IN THE ANOINTING. THEY INVESTED IN

SPIRITUAL THINGS. JESUS TAUGHT US THAT IN MATTHEW 6:33. HE

Matthew 6:33

SAID, "SEEK FIRST, HONOR FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD." NOT THE

KINGDOM OF THE NFL. NOT THE KINGDOM OF HOME, OH, WAIT A

MINUTE, I'M COMING AFTER YOURS. THE KINGDOM OF HOME AND GARDEN.

THE KINGDOM OF YOGA. I'D STAY AWAY FROM THE KINGDOM OF YOGA,

MAN. THEY LOOK LIKE A LOT OF HINDU WEIRD STUFF. THE KINGDOM

OF WHAT'S THE NEXT LATEST MOVIE? THE KINGDOM OF SELF. JESUS SAID,

"SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD." HONOR ME, LOVE ME, LOVE MY

KINGDOM, INVEST IN SPIRITUAL THINGS AS THE TOP PRIORITY, AND

THEN PUT IT UP, ALL OTHER THINGS. EPHESIANS 3:20,

Ephesians 3:20

"EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL YOU ASK OR THINK WILL BE

GIVEN TO YOU." THE REASON THAT DOOR WAS OPEN AND NOT SHUT IS

BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING IN MY LIFE OF HONOR AND LOVE TO

GOD. GOD IS A REWARDER TO THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.

DILIGENCE AND HONOR HAVE TO GO TOGETHER. YOU CAN'T JUST SAY OUT

OF YOUR MOUTH. JESUS SAID IT IN MATTHEW. LOOK AT WHAT HE SAID

ABOUT THOSE WHO THINK THEY HONOR. HE SAID IN MATTHEW 15:8,

Matthew 15:8

HE SAID, "DON'T GIVE ME LIP SERVICE. "DON'T SAY THAT I'M

YOUR LORD, "BECAUSE PEOPLE DRAW NIGH WITH THEIR MOUTH. "I'M A

CHRISTIAN." IF YOU ASK PEOPLE, CHRISTIAN AMERICA, CAN I TELL

YOU WHAT I'M TIRED OF AND I'M GONNA SAY IT. I LOOK AT THE

LANDSCAPE SOMETIMES OF CHRISTIANS. I LOOK AT THOSE THAT

ARE IN THE SPORTS WORLD. I LOOK AT THOSE THAT ARE PART OF THE

MAGA FAITHFUL. I LOOK AT PART OF THOSE THAT ARE THE TURNING POINT

REVIVALISTS. I LOOK AT EVANGELICALS AND PRACTICING

CATHOLICS. I LOOK AT THE STATE OF MANY IN THE CHURCH, AND THERE

IS WAY TOO MUCH OF HONORING GOD WITH LIP SERVICE. BUT YOU GO

DOWN TO SOME OF THESE GATHERINGS OF CHRISTIANS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE

SOME SECULAR PARTY. WOMEN DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRESS, BUT IT'S A

COCKTAIL PARTY. AND YOU LOOK LIKE AN ESCORT. AND DUDE, YOU

LOOK LIKE A GIGOLO. I'M TIRED OF, WELL, I JUST WANT TO GIVE

ALL, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE GUY UPSTAIRS AFTER I, YOU KNOW, HAD

TWO TOUCHDOWNS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL, YOU KNOW, I

KNEW I WAS GOING TO HAVE A BREAKOUT DAY. OH, YAY YOU. AND

IT AIN'T THE GUY UPSTAIRS. HE'S CHRIST WITHIN ME, THE HOPE OF

GLORY. CAN YOU SAY HIS NAME? CAN YOU SAY JESUS? I GET TIRED OF

PEOPLE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA GIVE HONOR TO GOD. WELL,

WHO'S YOUR GOD? OKAY, WE GOT PEOPLE MARCHING IN DEARBORN.

DEARBORN, WHERE IS THAT, MICHIGAN. OKAY, IN THE NAME OF

IRAN AND ISLAM. THEY THINK ALLAH IS GOD. I BELIEVE ALLAH IS THE

PRINCE OF PERSIA. WHERE IS YOUR GOD? MEN HONOR ME WITH THEIR

LIPS. OH, I'M A CHRISTIAN. BUT YOU CAN OUT-CUSS EVERYBODY AT

YOUR JOB. YOU LAUGH AT THE SAME DIRTY JOKES. WELL, I JUST DON'T

KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE IT PUTS ME IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. HOW

DO YOU THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT FEELS? WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL

'EM? MAN, I USED TO HAVE, WHEN I WORKED AT THE SERVICE STATION,

MAN, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, AS A CHRISTIAN, MAN, YOU TALK ABOUT,

THEY MAKE UP CUSS WORDS IN SERVICE STATIONS. AND THEY TELL

DIRTY JOKES, AND I WOULD SIT THERE AND SAY, I'M NOT LISTENING

TO 'EM. AND I'D TELL 'EM, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'D

APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULDN'T SHARE THAT IN MY PRESENCE. WHY, 'CAUSE

SOMETHING INSIDE ME DOESN'T LIKE IT. WHAT INSIDE YOU? YESHUA,

JESUS DOESN'T LIKE IT. AND THEY WOULD SIT THERE AND LAUGH AT ME,

MOCK ME, AND I'D TELL 'EM, I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT. AND THEY'D

SAY IT IN MY PRESENCE, AND THEN I'D SIT THERE AND I'D SAY, ALL

RIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I LOVE YOU, JESUS. I HONOR YOU.

I'D LIFT UP MY HANDS, I WOULD PRAY IN TONGUES, AND THEY WOULD

SAY, "WE DON'T..." THEY WENT TO THE BOSS, "HEY, HEY, THAT GUY'S

SPEAKING IN STRANGE LANGUAGE. HE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT JESUS." AND

THE BOSS CAME AND SAID, "HANK, YOU GOTTA TONE IT DOWN." I SAID,

"NO. IF THEY'RE GONNA TALK TRASH, TALK ABOUT WOMEN AND ALL

THE SEXUAL STUFF IN MY PRESENCE WHEN I TOLD THEM NOT TO, THEY

ARE GONNA HEAR WHAT I LOVE AND WHAT I WORSHIP. AND UNTIL YOU

CORRECT THEM AND TELL THEM NO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIRE ME. HE

SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE BETTER THAN

THEY ARE. I SAID, WELL, THEN GO CORRECT THEM. BUT HE DIDN'T DO

IT. BUT I REMEMBER ONE DAY, I HEAR, "OW!" AND ONE OF THE MAIN

MECHANICS, THE MANAGER, HAD SLIPPED ON GREASE WORKING ON A

CAR. AND HE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREASE LIGHTNING. YOU SEE THAT

SANTA CLAUS COMMERCIAL? GO GREASE LIGHTNING. YOU KNOW JOHN

TRAVOLTA? I DON'T REMEMBER JOHN. ANYWAY, AND HE SLIPPED AND HIS

KNEE WAS JUST, I MEAN HIS LEG WAS JUST DANGLING. AND HE FALLS

TO THE GROUND AND HE YELLS, "HANK!" I'M LIKE, "WHAT? "YOU

WANT ME TO CALL THE POLICE?" "NO, DO THAT THING!" WHAT THING?

YOU KNOW, TALK TO THAT GOD. I SAID, OKAY. AND I PRAYED IN

TONGUES IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I COMMAND YOUR NEED TO ALIGN. I AM

TELLING YOU, GOD IS MY WITNESS. HE SAID, HE LITERALLY SAID, OH

MY GOODNESS, I FELT A JOLT OF ELECTRICITY. I SAID, WELL, STAND

UP. GOD RIGHT THERE, HEALED THAT PERVERTED...

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

MEN HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS. LIP SERVICE, I'M A CHRISTIAN.

BUT WHERE'S YOUR LEVEL OF HONOR? DO YOU REALLY HONOR GOD? DO YOU

HONOR OTHERS? LOOK AT THE CROSS FOR A MOMENT. LET'S READ MATTHEW

Matthew 22 · chapter mention

CHAPTER 22. BUT THE HEART IS FAR AWAY, THAT'S WHAT MATTHEW 15

SAYS. IT'S ABOUT THE HEART, YOU CAN SAY ALL DAY LONG, I LOVE

GOD, I SERVE GOD. YEAH, BUT WHAT IS YOUR HEART ACTIONS? WHAT IS

YOUR HEART CHOICES, YOUR HEART LIFESTYLE? WHAT IS IT THAT IS

THE PASSION OF YOUR HEART? IS IT GOD? LOOK AT MATTHEW CHAPTER 22,

Matthew 22 · chapter mention

LET'S GO HERE. MATTHEW 22, I LIKE VERSE 35, I THINK WE NEED

TO GO TO MATTHEW 22:35. I KEEP QUOTING IT, BUT LET'S READ IT.

Matthew 22:35

SO THEN ONE OF THEM, WHICH WAS A LAWYER, ASKED HIM A QUESTION,

TEMPTING HIM SAYING, "MASTER, WHAT IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN

THE LAW?" AND JESUS DIDN'T EVEN MISS A BEAT. HE SAID, "THOU

SHALL HONOR/LOVE YOUR GOD "WITH ALL YOUR HEART." NOTICE HE'S

TELLING YOU, "I DON'T WANT LIP SERVICE. "I DON'T WANT A ONE

NIGHT STAND. "I DON'T WANT WHERE YOU SAY, JESUS, COME INTO MY

HEART, "AND THEN WE NEVER SPEND TIME TOGETHER. "I NEVER HAVE A

SAY IN YOUR LIFE. "I DON'T LIKE WHERE YOU'RE SLEEPING, "WHAT

YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH. "I DON'T LIKE WHO YOU'RE SPENDING TIME

WITH. "I HAVE NO SAY." JESUS WANTS OUR HEART. YOU KNOW WHAT

YOUR HEART IS? THAT'S YOU. YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR DECISIONS, YOUR

PASSIONS, YOUR PERSONALITIES, YOUR LIKES, YOUR DISLIKES. THERE

NEEDS TO BE THAT MUTUAL RESPECT WITH YOU AND GOD OF YOUR HEART.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT. NOW WATCH. WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL

YOUR SOUL, GOTTA GET YOUR MIND, YOUR WILL ALIGNED. AND WITH ALL

YOUR MIND AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH. AND THEN HE SAID, THIS

IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. NOW, KEEP READING. HE TELLS YOU THE

SECOND COMMANDMENT. THE SECOND IN VERSE 38, THIS IS THE FIRST

AND GREAT COMMANDMENT. AND THEN THE SECOND IS LIKENED TO IT. YOU

SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. AND THEN HE GOES ON IN

VERSE 40 AND HE SAYS, THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ON ALL THE LAW

AND THE PROPHETS. NOW, REMEMBER THE LAW WAS HOW YOU WOULD TREAT

ONE ANOTHER. AND THERE WAS THINGS IN THE LAW THAT HAD TO DO

WITH HOW YOU TREATED GOD. BUT WHEN THE PROPHETS CAME, THEY

WERE BRINGING MESSAGES FROM GOD. SO YOU COULD SAY IT THIS WAY,

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT WHEN JESUS DIED

ON THE CROSS AND THERE WAS THE VERTICAL PIECE OF THAT WOODEN

CROSS, IS THAT REPRESENTS OUR CONSTANT HONOR AND LOVE TO GOD.

THAT GOD, I WILL SACRIFICE JUST LIKE YESHUA DID, EVERYTHING. AND

I WILL HONOR YOU, AND I WILL LOVE YOU, AND I WILL SERVE YOU,

AND I WILL DO WHAT YOU SAY. I MAY NOT LIKE IT, I MAY HAVE AN

ATTITUDE FOR A MOMENT, BUT ULTIMATELY I WILL SURRENDER TO

YOU. THAT VERTICAL RELATION, THAT CONSTANT COMMUNICATION,

WHERE GOD, I TALK TO YOU EVERY DAY. I TALK TO YOU AS MUCH AS I

CAN EVERY DAY. I DON'T FORGET ABOUT YOU, I DON'T PUSH YOU TO

THE SIDE, I DON'T DISRESPECT YOUR FEELINGS, I DON'T

DISRESPECT YOUR HEART, I'M AWARE OF YOUR PRESENCE, I ACTUALLY

WELCOME YOU INTO MY CONVERSATIONS, I WELCOME YOU

INTO MY ATTITUDES, I WELCOME YOU INTO MY ACTIONS AND WHAT I'M

DOING. YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THAT WITH THE LORD, WITH MY TRAIN

LAYOUT. AND I HAVE BEEN DOWN WORKING ON MY TRAIN LAYOUT, AND

THERE'S THINGS THAT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT. OKAY, LORD, HOW DO I

DESIGN THIS? AND I INVITE HIM, I JUST WANNA SPEND TIME WITH YOU,

GOD. SOMETIMES I GET UP FROM MY DESK AND I WOULD WORSHIP GOD IN

FRONT OF MY LITTLE RED CHAIR, AND I WOULD WORSHIP HIM AND

HONOR HIM. AND I SAID, "LORD, I'M DOWN HERE WITH MY HOBBY,

"BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW "THAT I LOVE YOU MORE THAN I DO

MY TRAINS, "AND I HONOR YOU." AND I'VE HAD JESUS WALK IN

BEHIND ME, AUGUST OF 2020, TOLD ME THAT PRESERVATION WAS ON

PRESIDENT TRUMP, UPON THE NATION, YOU ALL HEARD IT. TOLD

ME, HE TOLD ME THAT THE ELECTION, THAT THEY WOULD SEEK

TO STEAL IT THROUGH A PLANNED CHAOTIC THING. I WAS WORSHIPING

RIGHT BEFORE A RESURRECTION SERVICE IN MY RED CHAIR 'CAUSE I

INCLUDED GOD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M WORSHIPING AND I'M

WORSHIPING AND I'M WORSHIPING. I HAD MY EYES CLOSED AND I OPENED

IT UP AND TWO BEAUTIFUL FEET APPEARED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AS

I WAS KNEELING. I TELL YOU, I TRIED TO LOWER MYSELF AS MUCH AS

I COULD. I'M LIKE, I HAVE TO BE LOWER THAN THOSE FEET. I LOVE

THAT GOD WHOM I SERVE. JESUS AND I HAVE SPENT BEAUTIFUL TIMES

TOGETHER 'CAUSE I INVITE HIM IN MY WORLD. HE INTERRUPTS ME, HE

TALKS TO ME. I WAS IN AN ANTIQUE STORE BACK IN OCTOBER AND I HAD

BEEN PRAYING. I SAID TO THE LORD, I SAID, "GOD, I WANT ONE

OF THOSE RED PUMPS." WHAT ARE THEY CALLED, THOSE THINGS? THOSE

WATER PUMPS. AND I SAID, "LORD, I DON'T WANT MINE TO BE NEWLY

PAINTED. "I WANT SOME OF THE ORIGINAL RED PAINT ON IT. "I

WANT ONE OF THOSE BIG HANDLES. "I WANT IT TO BE ABOUT THIS BIG.

"LORD, I'D REALLY, REALLY LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING "THAT YOU JUST

WOW ME WITH." I SAID, "I CAN JUST IMAGINE JUST A LITTLE PUMP,

YOU KNOW, "AND A LITTLE BUCKET OR SOMETHING." I SAID, "LORD,

THAT WOULD JUST BE AMAZING. "I WANT ONE OF THOSE." 'CAUSE I

KNEW I WAS GOING TO THE HARDWARE STORE. WE PULL UP AT THE

HARDWARE STORE, OR NOT THE HARDWARE STORE, THE ANTIQUE

STORE IN WALNUT, IOWA. AND I GO IN, I SAID, "DO YOU HAVE ANY OF

THOSE WATER PUMPS?" THEY SAID, "OH, NO, THEY'RE EXTREMELY HARD

TO FIND." I SAID, "OH, OKAY." SO THEN I'M WALKING DOWN THE

SIDEWALK AND I HEARD THE LORD SAY, HE SAID, "I WANNA BLESS

YOU." I SAID, "WELL, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT. "CAN I GIVE YOU

MY LIST?" HE SAID, "GO INTO THAT STORE OVER THERE." AND SO I WENT

BACK IN, I SAID, "BRENDA, I'M GONNA HEAD OVER TO THIS STORE

"OVER HERE ON THE CORNER." SHE GOES, "OKAY, I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

"I'LL BE DOWN IN JUST A MINUTE." I WALK UP TO THE STORE AND RIGHT

IN THE FRONT OF THE STORE IS THIS RED WATER PUMP WITH AN OLD

BUCKET. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? AN OLD PAIL. LIKE A METAL PAIL. I

SAID, "MY LORD GOD, THIS IS IT. "THIS IS EXACTLY THE LOOK AND

WHAT I WANT." SO I WENT INSIDE AND I SAID TO THE DUDE, I SAID,

"HEY, THAT RED WATER PUMP OUT THERE." HE GOES, "YEAH." HE

GOES, "YOU LIKE IT?" AND HE GOES, "WE JUST GOT IT IN." I

SAID, "YOU KIDDING?" HE GOES, "OH YEAH, THEY'RE EXTREMELY HARD

TO FIND. "YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA FIND ANY AROUND HERE." I

SAID, "WHEN DID YOU GET IT?" HE SAID, "WELL, WE WEREN'T OPEN,

"BUT WE JUST DROPPED IT OFF YESTERDAY "AND WE JUST LAID IT

OUT HERE. "DO YOU WANT IT?" I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY, LOAD THAT

HEAVENLY GIFT UP." NO, THAT MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU, BUT

YOU KNOW WHAT IT DID FOR ME? IT'S HONOR THE LORD GOD. HE

REWARDS THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. DILIGENTLY SEEKING IS

PART OF THE HONOR THAT YOU GIVE HIM IN YOUR HEART WHERE YOU'RE

DISCIPLINED, YOU'RE DETERMINED. LISTEN, WE ARE JUST A FEW DAYS

AWAY OF A NEW YEAR WHERE PEOPLE START SETTING RESOLUTIONS. WHERE

YOU START SAYING, OKAY, I NEED TO DO THIS MORE, I NEED TO PRAY

MORE. WELL, START WITH GOD. START WITH GOD. THAT'S WHY THE

FIRST FOUR WORDS OF THE BIBLE IS IN THE BEGINNING, GOD. IF YOU

WANT THAT DOOR TO STAY OPEN OR SOMETHING TO OPEN OF BLESSING,

WORK THE SPIRIT OF GOD REALM, WORK THE KINGDOM. PUT GOD FIRST,

HONOR THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH,

AND THE DOOR WILL OPEN. COME ON, THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT

MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU'RE LIKE

FRUSTRATED. AND YOU'RE LIKE, GOD, WHEN AM I GONNA GET THIS?

JUST ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION, AM I PRESSING IN? NOW, DON'T

JUST GIVE A WEAK ANSWER. AM I TRULY PRIORITIZING WITH PASSION,

DETERMINATION, DILIGENCE, CONSISTENCY, THE KINGDOM OF GOD,

BUT MOST IMPORTANT, GOD? IF YOU ARE, YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK

OF THE BRIDEGROOM TO COME AND TO SAY, "COME WITH ME NOW. "THE

DOOR IS OPEN AND I'M GONNA CLOSE IT "WHERE THE ENEMY CANNOT TAKE

FROM YOU." YOU'RE COMING INTO THE FULFILLMENT, TO THE

BLESSING. THIS IS WHAT HONOR DOES. NOW I WANT YOU TO GO OVER

TO PROVERBS CHAPTER 3. I WANNA SHOW YOU THE POWER OF HONOR. YOU

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SAY, "WELL, YEAH, BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, "WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES

IT MAKE?" I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, LOOK AT PROVERBS CHAPTER 3.

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LET'S LOOK AT VERSES 1 THROUGH 11. AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT

IN THE CONTEXT OF HONOR, AND IT SHOWS YOU. HONOR IS OF THE

HEART. JESUS SAID, "DON'T JUST GIVE ME LIP SERVICE. "DO IT FROM

YOUR HEART." HONOR IS A CODE OF CONDUCT, WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, "NO

MATTER WHAT, "I AM GONNA DO WHAT'S RIGHT. "NO MATTER WHAT, I

AM GONNA HOLD MY POSITION OF INTEGRITY. "NO MATTER WHAT, I

WILL NOT GRIEVE THE LORD." LIKE JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHY JOSEPH

ULTIMATELY GOT TO BE SECOND IN COMMAND? IT'S BECAUSE OF A

DECISION OF HONOR. WHEN NOBODY WAS AROUND AND POTIPHAR SHOWED

UP, NOT POTIPHAR, POTIPHAR'S WIFE SHOWED UP IN HER OUTFIT AND

WHATEVER ELSE SHE MAY OR MAY NOT BEEN WEARING. AND SHE REALLY

WANTED TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER PHYSICALLY WITH JOSEPH. AND

JOSEPH SAID SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST

WORDS THAT YOU NEED TO GET IN YOUR HEART IF YOU WANT TO BE A

PERSON THAT HONORS AND LOVES THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR

HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. SHE SAID, "COME LIE WITH ME." HE

SAID, "NO." FIRST OF ALL, YOU GOTTA LEARN TO SAY NO. LET YOUR

NO BE NO AND YOUR YES BE YES. HE SAID, "I WILL NOT SIN AGAINST

THE LORD MY GOD." IF YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF STANDARD OF HONOR

IN YOUR LIFE, WAIT A MINUTE, BEFORE I DO THIS, BEFORE I GET

MAD AT THIS PERSON IN MY TEXT MESSAGE, I'M ABOUT TO SIN, MY

VOICE MESSAGE I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE, MY NASTY EMAIL I'M ABOUT

TO SEND, MY SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENT. BEFORE I DECIDE TO HUFF

AND PUFF AND GET MY WAY AND CREATE MARITAL STRIFE, HOW DOES

THIS AFFECT GOD? I WILL NOT, WHAT? SIN, HURT, MISS THE MARK,

OR GRIEVE GOD. I WON'T DO IT. I WAS DEALING WITH A BUSINESS

SITUATION THE OTHER DAY. PASTOR DOUG, YOU WERE THERE, AND THEY

WERE TRYING TO BE VERY, LET'S JUST SAY, I'LL JUST SAY, THERE

WERE SOME THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE. AND I SAID, YOU LISTEN TO ME

VERY CAREFULLY. AND I SAID IT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY THERE. I

SAID, YOU LISTEN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY. I FEAR GOD, AND I

SERVE HIM IN HONOR. I WILL NOT DO WHAT GOD DOES NOT WANT. YOU

CAN'T BUY ME AND YOU CAN'T BUDGE ME. EITHER YOU'RE GONNA AGREE

AND WE'RE GONNA MEET AND WE'RE GONNA GET THIS THING RIGHT OR

POUND SAND. WAS THAT NOT THE MESSAGE? BASICALLY, I'M BEING

VERY CAREFUL. ARE YOU HERE? GOD AND HIS HONOR IS EXTREMELY

IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HOW HE MANIFESTS IN YOUR LIFE, BUT

IT'S IMPORTANT OF HOW HE BLESSES. THAT'S THAT VERTICAL

SIDE OF THE CROSS. THE OTHER HORIZONTAL PIECE IS HOW YOU

TREAT OTHER PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST WANTING TO BE FAIR. I

STILL WANNA BE FAIR. I WAS BRINGING MY HONOR BECAUSE I LIVE

BY THE CROSS. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, LISTEN, IF YOU WANNA BE MY

DISCIPLE, YOU REALLY WANNA BE MY CHRISTIAN COMPANION AND SERVE ME

WITH YOUR HEART, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE UP THAT CROSS. YOU

HAVE TO DO IT DAILY. AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DENY YOURSELF OR

YOU CAN NEVER, NEVER HONOR THE LOVE AND THE HONOR OF THE

VERTICAL PIECE OF THAT BEFORE GOD. IF IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU AND

YOUR NEEDS, YOU NEVER CAN PRAY A PRAYER, "MY KINGDOM COME, THY

WILL BE DONE." YOU NEVER WILL BE, WELL, IT'D BE HARD FOR YOU

TO PRAY PRAYERS OF SURRENDER AND SUBMISSION. EVERY DAY YOU GOTTA

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS, THAT VERTICAL PIECE. GOD, I'M HERE TO

HONOR YOU, I'M HERE TO SERVE YOU. I'M HERE TO DO WHAT YOU

SAY. SECOND, HOW DO I TREAT PEOPLE? HOW DO I HONOR MY BOSS?

IF I'M A BOSS, HOW DO I HONOR PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME? I MEAN,

THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US, WE HAVE ALMOST

100 EMPLOYEES, THEY'LL TELL YOU THEY GOT THE

GREATEST BOSS. THEY LOVE PASTOR BRENDA.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

THEY JUST LOVE HER, THEY JUST LOVE HER.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

- AMEN.

- AND THEY LOVE ME TOO. BUT HOW DO YOU TREAT PEOPLE? I MEAN,

I'VE SEEN MINISTERS AND MINISTERS. BY THE WAY, A COUPLE

WEEKS AGO, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A JOKE, AND I

SAID TO THE PERSON JUST TRYING TO DO THE GRAPHIC, I SAID,

"GREAT, YOU RUINED IT." BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I DID? I IMMEDIATELY

WENT TO OUR MANAGER, RYAN. I SAID, "PLEASE TELL THAT PERSON

"THAT WAS HANDLING THE GRAPHICS I DIDN'T MEAN THAT." I HONOR

THEM AND I THANK GOD FOR THEIR HARD WORK. AND EVEN THOUGH THE

JOKE DIDN'T MAYBE GO RIGHT, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SAYING.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS SETTING IT UP AND JUST LET THEM

KNOW I'M COOL. AND WHEN HE TOLD ME WHO IT WAS, HE SAID, "OH,

PASTOR," THEY JUST LAUGHED. I SAID, "OKAY, JUST AGAIN, RYAN,

"AS A LEADER WHO REPRESENTS GOD, "WE DON'T MISTREAT PEOPLE." WE

HONOR THEM, WE HONOR GOD. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ON. MY SON,

FORGET NOT MY WORD. SO THE FIRST PLACE, YOU NEED TO HONOR GOD.

JESUS HAD A SHOWDOWN WITH THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL COMES TO HIM

AND SAYS, IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 4, VERSE 1, JESUS WAS DRIVEN BY THE

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SPIRIT OF GOD INTO THE WILDERNESS. THE DEVIL SHOWS UP

AND JESUS HUNGERED, VERSE 2 OF MATTHEW 4, AFTER MANY DAYS. THE

DEVIL SHOWS UP, SAYS, "IF YOU BE THE SON OF GOD, "HEY, TURN THESE

STONES INTO BREAD." STOP RIGHT THERE. THE FIRST THING THE DEVIL

DOES IS HE CHALLENGES YOUR DILIGENCE. HE CHALLENGES YOUR

HONOR. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE JESUS FOLLOWS UP TO HIM AND

SAYS, "AH, EXCUSE ME, BUT MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE,

"BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD. "AND

THOU SHALL ONLY HONOR THE LORD, AND ONLY HIM SHALL THY SERVE."

SO THE DEVIL WAS TRYING TO DO THE SAME DISHONORABLE THING THAT

HE DID NOT ONLY IN HEAVEN, BUT ALSO WHAT HE DID IN THE GARDEN.

CHANGE YOUR SPIRITUAL APPETITE. 'CAUSE JESUS WAS HUNGERING FOR

GOD. AND THE DEVIL COMES AND TRIES TO PRESENT SOME KIND OF

ROCK. OH, LET ME PRESENT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'LL GET YOUR

DISTRACTION, RIGHT? THAT YOU'LL HUNGER FOR, YOUR FLESH WILL

LUST FOR. YEAH, COME ON, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS. AND YOU START

FEEDING OFF OF IT AND FEEDING OFF OF IT AND HUNGERING FOR IT,

AND YOU START LOSING YOUR HONOR TO GOD. YOUR HUNGER TO GOD.

YOUR PURSUIT OF GOD. YOUR DILIGENCE TO SEEK HIM FIRST SO

THAT HE CAN REWARD YOU AND DO EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY BEYOND

ALL THAT YOU COULD ASK OR THINK. HE CHALLENGED IT.

SO GOD TELLS US IN PROVERBS 3, HE SAYS,

"HERE'S HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT. "IF YOU WANT ME TO BLESS YOU,"

AS WE MOVE INTO THE SWIFT, HE SAID IN PROVERBS 3, HE SAID,

"HONOR MY WORD, DON'T FORGET IT." NOW YOU KNOW WHAT FORGET

MEANS? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER FORGOT YOUR KEYS? SOMETIMES

FORGETTING YOUR KEYS IS BECAUSE YOU'RE DISTRACTED. RIGHT, YOU'RE

NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU'RE BUSY, YOU'RE IN A HURRY, RIGHT?

SOMETHING ELSE GOT YOUR ATTENTION THAT YOU FORGOT WHERE

YOU PUT YOUR KEYS. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT PURPOSEFUL. I

DON'T PURPOSELY, I THINK I'M GONNA PURPOSELY FORGET MY KEYS.

NO, IT'S CALLED A LACK OF FOCUS, A LACK OF DISCIPLINE. PUT YOUR

KEYS WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. I MEAN, THE OTHER DAY, WE

WERE LOOKING FOR ONE OF OUR CAR KEYS AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT,

COULDN'T FIND IT. AND I SAID, "HOLY SPIRIT, I HAVE

LOOKED EVERYWHERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE

THEY'RE AT. AND I KNOW BRENDA LOST THEM."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

NO, NO, SHE KNOWS I'M MESSING WITH HER. AND I HEARD HIM SAY,

"LOOK IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. "LOOK IN THE BACK OF THE CAR."

AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY WERE THERE. AND WHAT HAD HAPPENED IS

WHEN WE WERE GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THE CAR, THEY FELL OUT.

AND SO GOD, "FORGET NOT MY WORD." NOW, JOSHUA 1:8, LOOK AT

Joshua 1:8

JOSHUA 1:8, VERSES 1:8-9. GOD SAYS, "HOW DO YOU HONOR HIS

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WORD?" OKAY, TOMORROW'S DECEMBER 1. WE'RE HEADING INTO A NEW

YEAR. NOW'S A GREAT TIME TO START. FOR THIS BOOK OF THE LAW,

OKAY, NOT YOUR PHONE. WELL, THEY DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES BACK

THEN. WELL, EVEN IF THEY DID, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT PICKING

UP A PHYSICAL BOOK, GETTING IT IN YOUR HANDS, PUTTING IT BEFORE

YOUR EYES. I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO DO SO. GET YOUR BIBLE OUT,

EVEN IF IT'S ONE SCRIPTURE, FIVE MINUTES BEFORE YOU BRUSH YOUR

TEETH. GET YOUR BIBLE OUT, PUT YOUR BIBLE NEXT TO THE SINK IF

YOU HAVE TO, READ A SCRIPTURE BEFORE YOU JUMP IN THE SHOWER. I

WAS NAKED AND UNASHAMED, WHATEVER THE SCRIPTURE WAS. BUT

READ A SCRIPTURE. IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE AND YOUR WIFE'S GETTING

READY TO GO IN THE SHOWER, YOU PRAY THE ADAM SCRIPTURE. WHOA,

MAN, SHE WAS CALLED. YEAH, YEAH, OKAY. AM I HELPING ANYBODY

TODAY? OKAY. THIS BOOK, THIS BIBLE SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF

YOUR WHAT? GOTTA SPEAK GOD'S WORD, NOT YOUR NEGATIVITY, NOT

YOUR FRUSTRATION. AGAIN, YOU WANT GOD TO DO EXCEEDINGLY

ABUNDANTLY AND BEYOND ALL YOU COULD ASK OR THINK. THAT'S

CALLED HONORING HIM. HONOR WHAT HE SAID HE WANTS TO DO AND WHO

HE IS. HE REWARDS YOU. ADD HONOR TO THE DILIGENCE OF YOUR

PURSUIT. THE BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF YOUR

MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT. OKAY, OPEN YOUR

BIBLE, TAKE ONE SCRIPTURE. THINK ABOUT IT, PRAY IT, TALK IT, TAKE

EACH WORD. WHEN I STUDY SERMONS, FOR SERMONS, I READ EVERY SINGLE

WORD VERY SLOWLY AND LIKE 30 TIMES, ONE SCRIPTURE, ONE

SCRIPTURE. AND I WAIT FOR SOMETHING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO

POP OFF OUT OF THAT SCRIPTURE. IF YOU DO, IT IS WRITTEN, HE'LL

MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS. OH, THERE'S A SWIFT. THERE'S

EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL YOU COULD ASK OR THINK AND

THOU SHALL HAVE WHAT? SEE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO CLIMB THE

CORPORATE LADDER. PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THE SUCCESS OF YOUR

MINISTRY? I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY. WHAT'S

THE SUCCESS OF YOUR MINISTRY? GOD. YEAH, BUT YOU HAD TO DO

SOMETHING. AND I SAID, OH, I'M NOT GOOD AT IT. I'M NOT THE

SMARTEST GUY, MAYBE, OF HOW TO BUILD A CHURCH. I DIDN'T READ

HOW TO BUILD A CHURCH MANUAL. I DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH GROWTH

SEMINARS. I JUST READ THE BOOK OF ACTS. I READ ABOUT MOSES AND

HIS PURSUIT OF GOD IN HIS PRESENCE. AND GOD BLESSED HIM

AND BLESSED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CALLED TO HIM. AND THAT'S WHAT

MY PRAYER IS. I JUST WANT YOU, GOD, TO BLESS ME. AND I WANT YOU

TO BLESS THE PEOPLE. BUT I WANT YOU, GOD, MORE THAN ANYTHING.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO BACK. PROVERBS CHAPTER 3. WHAT HAPPENS

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IF WE PUT THIS BIBLE, THIS WORD AS A PRIORITY IN OUR LIFE? IF WE

HONOR IT, IF WE DON'T JUST PUT THE BIBLE ON OUR PHONE, SEE,

HERE'S THE THING. WE ARE SO USED TO BEING ON OUR PHONE, ON OUR

COMPUTERS, ON OUR DEVICES, THAT I THINK OUR BRAIN GETS IN

OVERDRIVE. AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN RETAIN, I MEAN, YEAH, YOU

MIGHT BE ABLE TO RETAIN IT 'CAUSE I STUDY A LOT ON MY

COMPUTER AND I DO USE MY PHONE FOR SCRIPTURES QUICKLY THAT I

WANNA MAKE CROSS REFERENCES. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING? I

GOT MY OLD BIBLE. IT'S ABOUT THIS THICK AND IT'S FALLEN

APART. TERESA, LADY T, HER MOM PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT'S FALLEN

APART AGAIN. THE PAGES ARE WORN OUT, THE INK IS SMEARED, BUT I

GOT IT RIGHT DOWN BY MY CHAIR, MY RECLINER. I GOT RECLINERS

NOW. AND I PICK IT UP AND I CRACK IT AND I OPEN IT. DO IT

EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. FIND A HEALING SCRIPTURE, READ IT. READ

THE BOOK OF PSALMS, PRAY THE SCRIPTURES. "MY SON, FORGET NOT

MY WORD. "LET YOUR HEART KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS." NOW WATCH, WHAT

WILL HAPPEN IF YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF HONOR? FOR YOU'RE GONNA

HAVE LENGTH OF DAYS AND LONG LIFE. OH, WAIT, WAIT, PASTOR, DO

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT THE LONGEVITY OF MY LIFE IS

CONNECTED TO MY HONOR OF GOD'S WORD? YES, YES, LENGTH OF DAYS,

LONG LIFE AND PEACE. WELL, WHY DO SOME FOLKS NOT HAVE PEACE?

'CAUSE THEY TALK THE PROBLEM. THEY REHEARSE THE DEFEAT RATHER

THAN THE VICTORY. WE DON'T WANNA REHEARSE THE DEFEATS, WE WANNA

REHEARSE THE VICTORIES. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

VERSE 3, LET NOT MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE YOU. OKAY, SO BE A

PERSON OF MERCY. DON'T MISTREAT PEOPLE, YOU WANT MERCY, RIGHT?

YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE MERCIFUL AND KIND TO YOU. REMEMBER, JESUS

TOLD THE STORY ABOUT THE BOSS WHO WANTED TO BE FORGIVEN AND

ALL THIS STUFF, BUT YET HE MISTREATED HIS EMPLOYEE AND

PRACTICALLY THREW HIM IN JAIL AND MADE IT HARSH. AND JESUS

SAID, "DON'T DO THAT. "LET MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE YOU." KEEP,

NOW WATCH IT, BIND THEM ABOUT YOUR NECK. WHY YOUR NECK? NOW

EVERYBODY LOOK UP HERE. MAYBE YOU CAN'T SEE MY NECK 'CAUSE MY

HIGH DODJI COLLARS HERE. SO HERE'S THE THING. AND THE REASON

I WEAR THESE, BY THE WAY, IS I DON'T WEAR TIES. AND WHEN YOU DO

TV, THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN WHEN YOU WEAR LOW COLLARS AND

THEY DO THIS. I JUST THOUGHT I'D SAY IT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT

THINK I WEAR HIGH COLLARS 'CAUSE I'M INTO MYSELF. NO, I'M INTO

HAVING A GOOD PRESENTATION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE 'CAUSE

MY COLLAR'S DOING THIS. AND WHEN YOU DO AS MUCH TV AS I DO, IT

JUST HELPS TO HAVE 'EM LIKE THIS. ALL RIGHT, LET MERCY AND

TRUTH NOT FORSAKE YOU, BUT WHERE ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO WEAR YOUR

HONOR? WELL, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT IN YOUR HEART, BUT IT

NEEDS TO BE ABOUT YOUR NECK, BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW YOUR NECK

CONTROLS THE MOVEMENTS OF YOUR HEAD? WHAT'S YOUR HEAD? YOUR

DECISIONS, YOUR WILL, YOUR AUTHORITY, RIGHT? YOUR HEADSHIP.

AND IT ALSO STARTS MAKING YOUR BODY MOVE. YOUR NECK IS PART OF

YOUR MOVEMENTS. HE'S SAYING, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO COME INTO

BLESSING, FIRST OF ALL, THE WORD, SECOND OF ALL, LET NOT

MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE YOU. KEEP INTEGRITY AND HONOR AT A

VERY HIGH POINT. HONOR GOD, HONOR OTHERS. LOVE GOD, LOVE

OTHERS. AND WRITE THEM ON THE TABLE OF YOUR HEART. IN OTHER

WORDS, YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE ACTIONS WITHOUT HEART

CONNECTION, RIGHT? YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU LOVE YOUR WIFE, YOU CAN

DO ALL THE NICE THINGS FOR HER OR FOR HIM, BUT IF IT'S NOT

CONNECTED WITH HEART, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD SOMEBODY DO

SOMETHING NICE FOR YOU AND YOU'RE LIKE, COME ON, MAN, YOUR

HEART WASN'T EVEN ADDED TO IT? JUST KEEP YOUR GIFT, KEEP YOUR

STUPID GIFT. I'VE SAID THAT A FEW TIMES WHEN I'VE GOTTEN

STUFF, RIGHT? OKAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, NOBODY

HAS RESPONDED HERE FOR THE LONGEST TIME. I THINK THEY WANNA

LEAVE, I'M ALMOST DONE. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN START GOING THIS

WAY. VERSE 4, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF INTEGRITY?

AND PASTOR DOUG WILL NOT HAVE A LONG ALTAR CALL. THOU SHALL FIND

FAVOR AND GOOD UNDERSTANDING IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MEN. SO DO

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT I CAN HAVE A FAVOR COME OVER MYSELF?

IN OTHER WORDS, GOD WILL PASS OVER HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OR

WHATEVER AND BLESS YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE NOT ONLY YOUR

ACTIONS BUT YOU'VE CONNECTED THEM WITH YOUR HEART, YOUR HEART

FOR GOD, YOUR HEART FOR PEOPLE. AND AS A RESULT, WOW, GOD SAYS,

"I'M GONNA CAUSE YOU TO HAVE," ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? "A FAVOR

WITH ME AND WITH PEOPLE." LOOK AT VERSE 5. "TRUST IN THE LORD

WITH ALL YOUR HEART. "LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING." SO

PART OF THAT IS HONORING RATHER THAN ALWAYS TRUSTING GOOGLE AND

WHAT YOU CAN TYPE IN ON GOOGLE AND FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH

YOU OR WRONG WITH THE SITUATION, OR WHAT THAT PERSON NEEDS TO DO

ACCORDING TO DEMONIC AI AND CHAT PQ OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED. WHAT

ARE YOU TALKING TO THAT STUFF ANYWAY FOR? IT'S NO DIFFERENT

THAN WHEN SAUL WENT TO THE WITCH OF ENDOR AND CONSULTED THAT

WITCH FOR DIVINE INSPIRATION AND INFORMATION. IT'S NO DIFFERENT

THAN GOING TO THE GUY DOWN THE STREET THAT READS HANDS. BE

CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU'RE TYPING IN. NOW, IF I NEED TO FIGURE

OUT, AND LISTEN, I TYPED UP IN SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY, I WAS

TRYING TO STUDY ABOUT DAVID AND BENJAMIN AND THE BENJAMITES, AND

THEY CAME BACK, AI CAME BACK WITH SOME REALLY INACCURATE

INFORMATION. AND I WAS LIKE, HOW DID AI EVEN GET IN HERE? MOST OF

THE TIME, I DON'T EVEN CLICK ON IT. BECAUSE AI WAS ONE OF THE

TOWNS THAT NEEDED TO BE CONQUERED, THE SECOND TOWN,

RIGHT? AND THERE WAS AN ACCURSED THING ATTACHED TO IT. AND I

THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF CHRISTIANS, I KNOW WOMEN THAT

SEEK CHAT GPT OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR WHAT THEY NEED IN A SPOUSE.

NO, YOU NEED TO GO TO YOUR BIBLE. MEN, DON'T GO TO AI. AND

THEN CAN I TELL YOU ANOTHER THING, WOMEN QUIT USING AI TO

MANIPULATE YOUR FACE AND YOUR FEATURES AND YOUR BODY SO THAT

WHEN THAT SPOUSE DOES SHOW UP, THEY LOOK AT YOU AND GO,

"WHERE'S YOUR SISTER? "WHERE'S YOUR SISTER?" AND I'LL JUST SAY

IT, THEY GOT A PICTURE OF ME OUT THERE THAT I'M LIKE, IT WAS AT

OTH, I'M LIKE, "WHO IS THAT GUY?" THAT'S YOU, PASTOR HANK. I

SAID, "TELL THEM TO QUIT PHOTO WHATEVER THEY, THAT'S NOT ME. I

HATE IT." LET'S JUST KEEP IT REAL. 'CAUSE AI CAN BE AN

ACCURSED THING IF YOU LET IT. TRUST IN THE LORD. LEAN OUT HERE

AND UNDERSTAND, LOOK AT VERSE 6. "IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE

HIM." THAT'S HONOR, COME ON. THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

"SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD." HONOR GOD IN EVERYTHING. HOW

DOES GOD FEEL? LORD, WHAT DOES YOUR HEART THINK ABOUT THIS?

LORD, DO YOU EVEN HAVE A SAY? I MEAN, I'VE HAD GOD SAY SOMETHING

TO ME 'CAUSE I HAD SOMETHING ONE TIME THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT AND I

WAS REALLY MAD. AND I SAID, "GOD, I PRAYED ABOUT THIS. "AND

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN "AND I'M JUST HERE TO

TELL YOU I'M A GRUMP." IT DIDN'T WORK AND HE SAID, "WELL, YOU

PRAYED ABOUT IT, "BUT YOU DIDN'T LISTEN." HE SAID, "THERE WERE

SEVERAL TIMES "WHEN YOU WERE PRAYING ABOUT IT, "I TRIED TO

INTERRUPT YOU AND TELL YOU THAT THAT WASN'T IT." AND HE SAID,

"YOU WERE SO BUSY MOVING YOUR MOUTH "AND YOUR LIPS THAT YOU

DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE MY VOICE." I SAID, "WHEN?" AND THEN HE SAID,

"AND THEN," HE SAID, "MY MERCY KICKED IN AND I SENT MY PEACE."

AND WHEN YOU WERE PRAYING ABOUT IT, YOU KNEW IN YOUR HEART YOU

WEREN'T FEELING MY PEACE. OH, OKAY, YEAH, I DO REMEMBER THAT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ON. IN ALL YOUR WAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND

WHAT'LL HAPPEN? YOU'LL GET DIVINE DIRECTION. YOU KNOW WHY

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO MOST OF THE TIME? 'CAUSE THEY

DON'T SEEK AND WAIT FOR GOD. THEY GO TO OTHERS, THEY GO TO

GOOGLE, THEY GO TO THE CELL PHONE, THE TEXT MESSAGES, SOCIAL

MEDIA, THEY GO TO CHAT PGP OR WHATEVER, AI, AND THEY LOOK FOR

ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, AND WHERE'S GOD? AND THEN THEY

WONDER WHY EITHER THEY'RE OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD OR THEY'RE AT

THE LOW LEVEL. ROMANS TALKS ABOUT THE GOOD, THE ACCEPTABLE,

AND THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD, THANK YOU. I WANNA LIVE IN THE

PERFECT WILL OF GOD. SO IF I WANT TO, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE

HIM. I HAVE TO HONOR HIM IN ALL MY WAYS, ALL MY DECISIONS. ALL

RIGHT, LOOK AT VERSE 7. DON'T BE WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES. GET THE

FOCUS OFF OF YOU. QUIT MAKING SO MUCH HONORING OF YOURSELF,

MYSELF. OKAY, IT ISN'T ABOUT HOW GREAT WE ARE, IT'S ABOUT HOW

GREAT HE IS. BE NOT WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES. FEAR THE LORD AND

DEPART FROM EVIL. ALL RIGHT, SO YOUR ACTIONS, YOUR LIFESTYLE,

YOUR DECISIONS ARE CONNECTED TO WHEN YOU HONOR GOD BY DEPARTING

FROM EVIL. WELL, HOW DO I DEPART FROM EVIL? THE BIBLE SAYS IT, IT

SAYS, "SOW TO YOURSELF IN RIGHTEOUSNESS." WELL, HOW DO YOU

SOW? SEEDS. EVERY DAY YOU MAKE DECISIONS. HEY, I DID THAT SIN

YESTERDAY, I REPENTED, AND I AM MAKING A SEED DECISION. I AM NOT

GONNA HAVE THAT ATTITUDE. I AM NOT GONNA WALK IN UNFORGIVENESS.

I'M NOT GONNA TREAT THAT PERSON THAT WAY. I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT

SIN. I AM CHOOSING THIS DAY TO SERVE THE LORD. I WILL NOT, LIKE

JOSEPH SAID, THE JOSEPH PRINCIPLE, I WILL NOT SIN

AGAINST MY GOD. DEPART FROM EVIL, GET IT OUT OF YOUR LIFE.

WHY? IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR HEALTH. IT SHALL BE HEALTH TO

YOUR NAVEL AND IT'LL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO YOUR BONES. DO YOU

KNOW THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE BITTER, AND THIS

ISN'T ANYBODY THAT HAS ARTHRITIS OR BONE CONDITIONS, BUT THEY

HAVE PROVEN THERE IS A CONNECTION. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS

IT, THAT BITTERNESS GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BONES. SO DEPART

FROM BITTERNESS, DEPART FROM EVIL. AND YOU SAY, YEAH, BUT I'M

SO, I DID SO BAD THAT I CAN'T BE HEALED. PSALM 103 IS YOUR

ANSWER. IT TELLS YOU NOT TO FORGET YOUR BENEFITS. SO THEN IT

LISTS OUT YOUR BENEFITS. AND THEN IT SAYS, THE FIRST THING,

HE FORGIVES YOU OF INIQUITIES. YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, WHAT IS

INIQUITIES? PURPOSEFUL SIN. YOU DIDN'T JUST SIN, YOU WORKED AT

SINNING. AND THEN THE NEXT THING IT SAYS IS HE'LL HEAL YOU OF

EVERY DISEASE. NOTICE FORGIVENESS OF SIN, HIGH LEVEL,

PURPOSEFUL SIN IS MENTIONED FIRST IN THE REDEEMING BLOOD OF

YESHUA AND YOUR RIGHTS. SO IF YOU HAVE SINNED, JUST DEPART.

ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU. ARE YOU IN THIS ROOM? AND THEN SAY,

LORD, NOW I POSITION MYSELF. NOW LET ME JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY THIS. NOWHERE IN

SCRIPTURE, WHEN THEY WERE ARGUING OVER, I THINK IT WAS A

BLIND MAN, THEY SAID, JESUS, TELL US WHOSE SIN, THE FATHER,

THE MOTHER OF THIS KID. JESUS NEVER ENTERED INTO DISCUSSION

AND PRE-QUALIFIED. OH YEAH, OH, THE PARENTS, MAN, THEY

FORNICATED AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THAT'S WHY THAT DEVIL SHOWED

UP. OH NO, THAT KID, HE'S A MESS. OKAY, HE NEVER CAME TO THE

MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA THAT WAS LAYING THERE 38 YEARS. WELL,

IF YOU WANNA QUIT EATING ALL OF THE KOSHER FOOD, THAT WAS, OR

NO, NON-KOSHER. IF YOU WANNA STAY AWAY FROM THE BARBECUE PIGS

AND ALL THE SAUCE AND THE CHOCOLATES OF JERUSALEM, Y'ALL

WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THIS CONDITION. NO, THE ONLY THING HE

EVER SAID IS DON'T SIN ANYMORE AFTER HE HEALED HIM, AFTER HE

HEALED HIM. BUT HE NEVER SAID, HEY, YOU HAVE TO BE

PRE-QUALIFIED. YOU WERE EATING TOO MANY POTATO CHIPS. YOU

DIDN'T EAT ENOUGH HERBS AND YOU DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH GARLIC IN

YOUR DIET. HE JUST SAID, MAN, I ALREADY HEALED YOU. AND IF YOU

BELIEVE THAT I ALREADY HEALED YOU, YOU ARE HEALED, ISAIAH 53,

YOU WERE HEALED, 1 PETER 2:24, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S ALL

1 Peter 2:24

YOU NEED TO DO IS BELIEVE THAT. AND YOU'LL SEE THE

MANIFESTATION. AND IF YOU SIN, ASK FORGIVENESS. ALL RIGHT, LAST

ONE, STAND YOUR FEET. VERSE 9, ARE YOU READY? HONOR THE LORD

WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE. TITHING, MALACHI 3:10, BRING HONOR ME,

Malachi 3:10

SAY IT THE LORD IN THY TITHES AND THY OFFERINGS. HE SAID WITH

THE SUBSTANCE, WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCREASE.

WELL, THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCREASES, YOU TITHE. YES

OR NO? THE FIRST FRUITS, NOT THE SECOND FRUITS. THIS IS WHY WHEN

PEOPLE START GOING DOWN THE SUBJECT OF TITHING AND THEY

START SAYING, IT'S NOT BIBLICAL, IT'S NOT THIS, IT'S NOT THAT,

I'M LIKE, OOH, YOU'RE MESSING WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF FIRST

FRUITS, MAN. YOU'RE MESSING WITH, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT'S IN

CONTROL OVER YOUR FINANCES, NOT GOD. YOU KNOW WHAT, I COULD GIVE

A ROYAL RAT'S CAMEL OR A CAMEL HUMP OR WHATEVER, IF IT'S OLD

TESTAMENT, NEW TESTAMENT, BEFORE THE LAW, AFTER THE LAW, IS THE

LAW, ISN'T THE LAW. ALL I KNOW IS THE BIBLE SAYS, HE'LL OPEN

THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, HE'LL REBUKE THE DEVOURER. AND HERE'S

THE OTHER THING, I KNOW FROM SCRIPTURE, THE INCREDIBLE

BENEFITS OF HONORING GOD WHEN THEY HONORED GOD WITH THEIR

TITHE, WHAT HAPPENED. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY OF

HONORING GOD WITH MY FINANCES. AND THE BLESSING THAT COMES,

LOOK HERE. IT SAYS IF YOU HONOR GOD AND YOU GET YOUR FINANCIAL

LANDSCAPE CORRECT, LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS. YOUR BARNS WILL BE

FILLED WITH PLENTY. ALL RIGHT, STOP RIGHT THERE. WELL, I DON'T

HAVE ANY MONEY IN MY SAVINGS ACCOUNT. IN FACT, MY INVESTMENT,

MY BITCOIN GOT DRAINED. AND NOW I GOTTA TRY TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT

I CAN DO WITH MY ARETHA, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THAT THING,

COIN. AND SO MY BARNS ARE FILLED WITH PLENTY. THAT'S YOUR

SAVINGS. THAT'S YOUR PANTRY. THAT'S YOUR REFRIGERATOR. THAT'S

YOUR FREEZER, RIGHT? THAT'S YOUR STOREHOUSE. THAT'S NOT HAVING AN

EMPTY CHECKBOOK. CAN'T PAY THE BILLS. NOTHING LEFT OVER AT THE

END OF THE BILLS. HONOR GOD WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE, WITH THE FIRST

FRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCREASE. IT'S NOT HARD. WELL, PASTOR, I

CAN'T AFFORD 10%. CAN YOU AFFORD 1%? DO IT, SAY GOD BY FAITH, 1%.

NOW I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT, I JUST BELIEVE. BRENDA AND I NEVER

PRACTICED THAT, WELL JUST DO 1%. BUT AT LEAST LET'S DO SOMETHING.

WE ALWAYS TITHED 10% EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T

HAVE IT. AND EVERY SINGLE TIME, 100% GOD

TRACK RECORD, HE BLESSED US AND WILL CONTINUE.

AND NOW WATCH THIS, AND YOUR PRESSES WILL BURST OUT WITH NEW

WINE. LORD, WE NEED A NEW PRESS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, WE NEED SOME

NEW WINE, WE NEED SOME NEW PRESSES, WE NEED SOME NEW... I

JUST SAW, YOU KNOW, LIKE A MEDIA VERSE THERE. HOW MANY OF YOU SAW

THAT MEDIA? BUT WE NEED... OH, LET'S... OKAY, BUT ANYWAY, IF

SOMETHING IS BURSTING FORTH, THAT'S BREAKTHROUGH. HOW COME

SOME FOLK DON'T EVER SEE BREAKTHROUGH IN THEIR FINANCES?

BACK UP TO VERSE 9. IT'S AN ISSUE OF HONOR. HONOR THE LORD.

HONOR HIM WITH YOUR STUFF AND WITH THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ALL

YOUR INCREASE. I HAVE A 1928 FORD MODEL A WOODY THAT WAS

GIVEN TO ME BY CLINT, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,

STEVE, YOU REMEMBER PULLING THAT CAR UP HERE FOR ME DOWN IN TEXAS

25 YEARS AGO. AND THEY ONLY MADE A HANDFUL OF THEM. AND I HAD A

GUY THAT I SHOWED ONE TIME AND HE SAYS, "OH, WELL, HONOR THE

LORD. I GUARANTEE YOU, GOD'S GOING TO ASK YOU TO GIVE THIS

THING UP." THAT'S WHAT HE DOES WITH ME. AND I SMACKED HIM. I

SAID, "GOD TOLD ME THIS WAS A GIFT FROM HIM "AND IT WAS HIS

BLESSING." NOW, IF HE ASKED ME, I WILL. BUT HE TOLD ME NOT EVEN

TO THINK ALONG THOSE LINES. SOME THINGS ARE KEEPERS. OKAY, GOD

DIDN'T JUST BLESS ME WITH BRENDA. RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE A

DUMB ONE. THAT'S A REALLY STUPID ONE. WELL, SOME THINGS ARE

KEEPERS IS WHAT MY, DID YOU SEE THAT, SOME THINGS ARE KEEPERS?

YEAH, THEY'RE A KEEPER. OKAY, JUST SAY HE MEANT KEEPER, HE IS

A KEEPER. ALL RIGHT, FATHER, I GOTTA BE DONE, BUT BREAKTHROUGH.

WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT HONOR, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT LOVE, AND GOD, I'M

ASKING, STARTING WITH THIS VESSEL, AND LET IT SPILL OUT

OVER THE OTHERS. GOD, WE COME INTO A PLACE WHERE WE HONOR THE

LORD. YOU ARE GOD, WITH ALL OF OUR HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND

STRENGTH. LORD, WE HONOR YOU WITH OUR BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE

GIVEN TO US, EVEN OUR FINANCES. WE HONOR YOU WITH OUR WORDS. WE

HONOR YOU WITH OUR ATTITUDES, OUR ACTIONS. AND LORD, I JUST

ASK THAT AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE THIS WORD, THAT THE HOLY

SPIRIT OF GOD WOULD CONTINUE TO MARINATE IT IN OUR HEARTS. AND

IF THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED, IF THERE'S THINGS

THAT, LORD, WE'RE DOING RIGHT, WE DO ASK FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT

IN THAT. BUT WHAT WE WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING IS TO HONOR AND

LOVE YOU AND TO HONOR OTHERS. TEACH US, AND WE ARE DETERMINED

TO PUT ON CHRIST. IT'S NOT WORKS. LORD, IT'S A SPIRITUAL

POSITION AND REVELATION OF WHO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHO WE

ARE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND DOUG IS COMING WITH A VERY,

VERY QUICK ALTAR CALL SO YOU GUYS CAN GO.

AMEN? AMEN. I LOVE YOU AND I HONOR YOU TOO.

- GREAT MESSAGE TODAY. - THANK YOU, LORD. AMEN.

- AMEN. - ALL RIGHT, GOD BLESS YOU.

- PRAISE GOD. ALTAR TEAM, YOU CAN RUN UP HERE. THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WORKING IN AN AREA IN THE FOYER LIKE THE CONNECT CAFE

OR A PARKING LOT OR INFORMATION CENTER, FEEL FREE TO BE

DISMISSED NOW. THAT IS, IF YOU'RE SAVED. IF YOU'RE NOT

SAVED, DON'T BE DISMISSED. NO, I'M JUST, CAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK

ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE, BUT BOY, WASN'T THAT A GREAT

MESSAGE? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE JUST TO KEEP IN YOUR

ARCHIVES, GO BACK AND LISTEN TO ONCE A MONTH OR SOMETHING, JUST

TO KEEP US ALL ON TRACK, AMEN? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS

THINKING ABOUT IS HONORING GOD. ARE WE HONORING GOD? THE

GREATEST WAY THAT ANY HUMAN BEING CAN HONOR GOD IS ACCEPTING

JESUS AS SAVIOR. BECAUSE WE REALLY DISHONOR GOD IF WE DON'T

RECEIVE JESUS AND HONOR THE SACRIFICE THAT WAS GIVEN TO KEEP

US OUT OF HELL. SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN HONORING GOD,

REALLY. BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION TODAY, AND WE'LL DO

THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY, I HOPE I DON'T WANT TO DISHONOR MY PASTOR

AND GO TOO LONG. SO I GOT TO WATCH THIS, I'M GOING TO MOVE.

BUT JUST STAY WITH ME FOR A MOMENT IF YOU WOULD. IS HEAVEN

IN YOUR FUTURE? I'M ASKING THOSE THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE

WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, AND WE THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR

STICKING WITH US AND TUNING IN. ONE SCRIPTURE I WAS THINKING

ABOUT EARLY THIS MORNING WAS REVELATION CHAPTER 21, VERSE 27.

Revelation 21:27

AND I WANT TO READ IT TO YOU. IT SAYS, "NOTHING EVIL WILL BE

ALLOWED TO ENTER, NOR ANYONE WHO PRACTICES SHAMEFUL, IDOLATRY,

AND DISHONESTY." THAT'S TALKING ABOUT ENTERING INTO HEAVEN. BUT

LISTEN TO THESE WORDS. "BUT ONLY THOSE NAMES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN

THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE." SO THERE'S A BOOK THAT GOD HAS

CALLED THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE. AND WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE HIM AS

SAVIOR, ACCEPT CHRIST AND WHAT HE'S DONE, THEN THEIR NAMES ARE

WRITTEN IN THAT BOOK. AND I WANNA ASK YOU A QUESTION TODAY.

IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THAT BOOK? ARE YOU 100% SURE? IN

FACT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT BELIEVE ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS

SAVED, THAT I COULD NEVER LOSE MY SALVATION FOR ANY REASON,

I'VE GOT A WAY TO DISPROVE THAT BECAUSE IN REVELATION CHAPTER 3,

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JESUS HIMSELF IS SPEAKING, AND HE SAID, "I WILL NOT BLOT YOUR

NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE "IF YOU'RE AN OVERCOMER." SO THAT

TELLS ME IF YOUR NAME COULD BE WRITTEN IN OR COULD BE BLOTTED

OUT, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT PEOPLE COULD LOSE THEIR

SALVATION IF THEY GO WAY OFF AND THEY DON'T OVERCOME. ARE YOU AN

OVERCOMER? ARE YOU FOLLOWING GOD 100%? IT'S NOT BASED ON WORKS,

IT'S BASED ON REPENTANCE AND GRACE AND MERCY. WE CAN'T WORK

OUR WAY THERE. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO IN OUR OWN FLESH TO

GET TO HEAVEN. BUT I JUST WANT US TO KNOW THAT IT'S SO

IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT YOUR ETERNITY. BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME

IF YOU WOULD. PASTOR HANK MENTIONED THE FIVE FOOLISH

VIRGINS. THEY WERE CAUGHT UP WITH IDOLS, FLUSH, LUST,

CONCERNS WITH MONEY AND PLEASURE IN THE WORLD. THAT'S WHAT GETS

US OFF. AND WE ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK TO HIM. SO TODAY I

WANNA ASK YOU TO JUST EXAMINE YOUR HEART. ARE YOU 100% SURE

THAT YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR HOME IN HEAVEN AND NOT IN HELL IF YOU

LEFT THIS EARTH? PEOPLE GET TAKEN OUT EVERY DAY, ALL AGES,

FROM LITTLE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE 90. THEY GO INTO

ETERNITY EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. MOVE ON TO ETERNITY. YOU HAVE TO

MAKE A DECISION TODAY. JESUS NEVER SENDS ANYONE TO HELL. WE

SEND OURSELVES THERE BY NOT RECEIVING HIS SACRIFICE. IS

THERE SOMEONE HERE TODAY, MAYBE IN THIS AUDIENCE OR MAYBE

WATCHING ONLINE TODAY AT HOME, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR DOUG, I

WANT PRAYER. "I WANT TO MAKE 100% SURE TODAY THAT I HAVE

HEAVEN IN MY FUTURE. I WANT THAT ABUNDANT LIFE THAT JESUS

PROMISED. I WANT TO KNOW THAT HE HAS A PLAN FOR MY LIFE AND A

GOOD FUTURE FOR ME IN STORE, NOT ONLY ON THIS EARTH, BUT IN

HEAVEN. AND IF THAT'S YOU TODAY AND YOU SAY, I WANT PRAYER, I

NEED TO MAKE SURE OF THAT DECISION. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU

TO BE VERY BOLD AND RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN I COUNT TO THREE. THIS

WON'T TAKE LONG, BUT IT STARTS WITH A PRAYER. WE'RE GOING TO

PRAY, AND GOD WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR HEART. IF YOU NEED

JESUS TODAY, BE BOLD AND JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. ONE, TWO,

THREE. RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE IN THIS

PLACE. IF YOU'RE AT HOME WATCHING FROM WORK OR YOUR HOTEL

ROOM OR SOMEWHERE, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. GOD WILL SEE YOU

RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU'RE AT. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY TOGETHER,

AND GOD WILL CHANGE YOUR HEART AND YOUR LIFE. IS THERE ANYONE

HERE? USHERS, HELP ME. I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE TODAY. LET'S

PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE

THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR ME. HE WAS MY SACRIFICE. AND

THEN HE WAS BURIED. AND HE ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO

THE BIBLE. I BELIEVE THAT. I ASK YOU, JESUS, BE THE LORD OF MY

LIFE. FORGIVE ME FOR ANY SIN IN MY LIFE. PUT ME ON TRACK WITH

YOU, AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. IN JESUS'

NAME I PRAY THAT, AMEN. AND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER TODAY,

WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907.

24 HOURS A DAY, THERE'S PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE, AND

THEY'LL SEND YOU INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD GIVE SOMEONE HERE

IF YOU WERE HERE IN PERSON. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN TO

WALK OUT YOUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. THANK YOU, JESUS, THANK

YOU, JESUS. THERE'S SOME, I GOTTA ADD ONE MORE THING. THIS

JUST, I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. AND IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE

WATCHING ONLINE, MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE HERE. AND THE WORD

HOPELESS COMES TO ME. YOU HAVE FELT LIKE YOU'VE BEEN IN A PLACE

OF DESPAIR AND HOPELESSNESS TO THE POINT WHERE YOU SAY, I JUST

DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING WRONG IN MY

LIFE. MY JOB, MY RELATIONSHIPS, MY FINANCIAL CONDITION, I FELT

HOPELESS. IS THAT SOMEONE HERE? AND YOU NEED TO JUST STEP OUT

RIGHT NOW FOR PRAYER. IF THAT'S SOMEONE, THERE'S SOMEONE EITHER

WATCHING OR HERE, AND THAT'S YOUR SITUATION, BUT JESUS HAS

THE ANSWER. GO BACK AND RE-LISTEN TO THIS MESSAGE TODAY

AND JUST FOLLOW GOD WITH ALL YOUR, IS THAT YOU, YOUNG LADY?

COME ON DOWN HERE. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T WANNA DELAY THIS, BUT I

FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. JESUS HAS A PLAN IF YOU'RE IN

DESPAIR OR HOPELESSNESS, AND IF YOU GIVE YOUR HEART TO HIM

AGAIN, TURN BACK TO HIM, AND FOLLOW HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART,

HE WILL GIVE YOU OIL FOR THE SPIRIT OF DESPAIR. HE'LL GIVE

YOU HEALING. HE'LL GIVE YOU A NEW PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. AND DEB,

I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TO MINISTER TO HER TODAY, SO I WANT YOU TO

DO THAT TODAY, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO USURP OUR ALTAR TEAM

HERE, BUT I JUST FELT THAT DEB HAS THE ANOINTING FOR THAT. AND

SHE'S GOING TO PRAY WITH YOU TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS

TAKEN CARE OF. YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK ON TRACK. AND ALL THESE

THINGS ARE GOING TO EVEN OUT FOR YOU. THE CROOKED PATHS ARE GOING

TO START TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. AND I BELIEVE BY JANUARY 1, YOU'RE

GOING TO TURN BACK AND SAY, THOSE LAST 30 DAYS HAVE BEEN A

MIRACLE TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE. JESUS' NAME, AMEN. THANK

YOU FOR RESPONDING. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, AND THAT MIGHT

HAVE BEEN YOU ALSO, CALL OUR PRAYER LINE. THEY'LL PRAY WITH

YOU, THEY'LL AGREE WITH YOU, AND GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF IN JESUS'

NAME. WELL, AMEN. WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY? OH, ONE MORE THING

BEFORE I DISMISS YOU. MEN, HOW MANY MEN DO WE HAVE HERE? OH, WE

GOT QUITE A FEW. CAME OUT IN THE SNOW. OKAY, MEN, JUST WANNA

REMIND YOU, TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:30 P.M. IS OUR MEN'S FELLOWSHIP AND

PRAYER TIME, BUT IT'S A SPECIAL TIME BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A

CHRISTMAS PARTY, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FELLOWSHIP, THERE'LL BE A

PRAYER TIME THERE ALSO. IT'S A GREAT TIME IF YOU'VE NEVER

ATTENDED ONE OF THOSE PRAYER MEETINGS TO COME OUT, MEET SOME

MEN, RELATIONSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT. DON'T HANG AROUND

WITH WORLDLY MEN. HANG AROUND WITH MEN THAT ARE GONNA SHARPEN

YOU. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS IRON SHARPENS IRON. HANG AROUND

WITH GOOD MEN THAT KNOW GOD, THAT WILL PRAY WITH YOU AND HELP

YOU IN YOUR WALK. SO DON'T FEEL EMBARRASSED, THERE'LL BE NEW

PEOPLE HERE. COME ON IN TO OUR CONNECT CENTER, CONNECT CAFE

AREA, 6:30 P.M. TOMORROW NIGHT. THERE'LL BE REFRESHMENTS AND

THEY'LL HAVE A FUN TIME OF JUST ENJOYING EACH OTHER IN

FELLOWSHIP AND THEN SOME TIME FOR PRAYER AT THE END. AND I

THINK IT PROBABLY LASTS, WHAT, MAYBE AN HOUR AND A HALF? IS

THAT RIGHT, JANET? SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YEAH. SO JANET GOES

EVERY MONDAY NIGHT TO THE MEN'S PRAYER JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY DO

IT RIGHT. SHE'S OUR PRAYER LEADER IN THE HOUSE. SHE JUST

HAS TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT. I'M JUST GIVING JANET A

HARD TIME. SHE'S SUCH A BLESSING. WELL, GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. DON'T FORGET TO BE BACK FOR

PASTOR BRENDA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BE A GREAT MESSAGE ON THE

SEVEN LETTERS TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION, IN JESUS' NAME.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK. DRIVE HOME SAFELY.

THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US.

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