11/23/25 "Love and Honor" Part 5

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GOOD EVENING, OR GOOD... GOOD MORNING, IT'S EVENING SOMEWHERE,

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

AND WORSHIP HIS NAME? COME ON, ARE YOU READY TO GIVE GLORY TO

HIS NAME? NOTHING'S GONNA STOP MY PRAISE, COME ON.

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HALLELUJAH, LET'S GIVE GOD PRAISE.

WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD GOD. YES, LORD. WE HONOR

YOU IN THE HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO YOUR HONOR.

AND GOD, WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT

YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'VE DONE. AND IF YOU LOVE GOD

AND YOU'RE THANKFUL, LET ME HEAR YOU SAY... AMEN!

WOW, YOU REALLY ARE. AND I THINK EVERY ONE

OF YOU, IT'S A TIE. I THINK YOU DID GOOD.

I EVEN HEARD THIS SECTION. YOU DID GREAT.

I ACTUALLY HEARD IT. AND IT MUST BE THAT

YOU GUYS ARE GETTING READY FOR THANKSGIVING. ARE Y'ALL

GETTING READY FOR, WHO'S GETTING READY FOR THANKSGIVING?

ANYBODY GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR THANKSGIVING?

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PRAY.

ANYBODY HAVE RELATIVES COMING IN?

OKAY, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE PRAY TODAY FOR,

I GUESS IT'S SUPPOSED TO... SOMEBODY LAUGHED AT THAT.

RELATIVES, COMING. LET'S PRAY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I

TOLD YOU TO DO? YOU DO THE DELIVERANCE BEFOREHAND.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO. AND THEN YOU PRAY.

YEAH. AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE

THEM GET UP EARLY, TALK POLITICS AT THE TABLE.

AND MENTION... THAT ALWAYS GETS IT SPICY.

AND DO THE DINNER THING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS,

AND IT'LL BE ALL GOOD. BUT ANYWAY, YOU ALL

LOOK GOOD. LAST NIGHT WAS TOUGH FOR NEBRASKA FANS.

HOW MANY OF YOU, YEAH, I STARTED DOING THE DISHES

RIGHT AFTER HALFTIME AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME.

WHAT HAPPENED? I SWEAR, ANTHONY'S LAUGHING. I'M LIKE,

THAT GAME WAS A JOKE. WELL, I'M PICKING A NEW TEAM PRETTY SOON.

OKAY. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET,

I HATE TO SAY THE WORD, BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET

LIKE NEXT WEEK SOME KIND OF LIKE... WHITE STUFF?

SNOWSTORM. THEY'RE SAYING THEY CAN'T HEAR ME.

PEOPLE ARE CLAPPING, THEY'RE CLAPPING. THERE'S A MIX

OF CLAPPING. THEY'RE SAYING THEY CAN'T HEAR ME.

I'M ON. IT'S ON, IT MUST BE OUT THERE 'CAUSE I'M ON.

ARE YOU THERE NOW? CAN THEY HEAR YOU NOW?

SO YOU HEARD NOTHING THAT I SAID THIS WHOLE TIME?

THE INTERNET DID NOT. IN HERE, THEY MIGHT'VE HEARD A LITTLE.

ANYWAY, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, I'M MESSING

WITH YOU. SO ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT WAS THE MONITORS.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME. OH, THAT'S GREAT,

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, KAREN. SHE WAS GOING LIKE THIS, AND

I THOUGHT, OH, THERE'S A BUTTON UNDONE, YOU KNOW? I MEAN,

SHE'S, YOU KNOW? THAT'S AWESOME. ANYWAY, SO I WANNA DO THIS.

I DO WANNA GREET THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

ALSO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR SOUND.

I GUESS WE'VE ADJUSTED, IT'S ALL WELL. BUT ANYWAY,

LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN. WELL, NO, DON'T

SAY THAT ONLINE. YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW.

THAT WAY THEY CAN LOOK UP YOUR ADDRESS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

DON'T DO THAT, DON'T DO THAT. SECURITY. BUT LET US KNOW

IF YOU ARE GOING TO, LET'S SEE, HAVE RELATIVES FOR THANKSGIVING.

OR IF IT'S, NO, THAT'S KIND OF BORING. WHY DON'T YOU

LET US KNOW... WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO EAT.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EAT FOR THANKSGIVING.

THERE, THAT'S EVEN BETTER. HEY, TALKING ABOUT THAT.

SO, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW EVERY THANKSGIVING I SHARE A RECIPE?

BRENDA, I HAVE AN IDEA. HOW MANY OF YOU

IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

YOU KNOW, YOU EAT YOUR TURKEY, YOUR STUFFING,

YOUR MASHED POTATOES, YOUR CORNBREAD, YOUR OXTAILS,

YOUR HAM, YOUR ROAST BEEF. LAST YEAR WE HAD SPARROW.

AND YOU DON'T, 'CAUSE WE FORGOT TO GET OUR TURKEY IN TIME AND SO

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEFT, AND SO WE HAD TO EAT A BIRD.

AND ANYWAY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR DESSERT.

NO, BUT COME ON, WORK WITH ME. HOW MANY OF YOU,

YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM FOR DESSERT AFTER YOU EAT?

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S USUALLY THE CASE. SOMETIMES.

AND YOU HAVE TO JUST WAIT FOR THE PUMPKIN PIE

UNTIL THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. WELL, I GOT A SOLUTION.

BRENDA, HERE'S HOW WE CAN FIX THAT.

YOU CAN HAVE DESSERT AND YOUR TURKEY DINNER AT THE SAME TIME.

LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT.

JUST FILL THAT BABY WITH M&M'S. THAT LOOKS INFECTED.

EDDIE, JAKE, HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA?

OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DOUG. YOUR WIFE'S

LOOKING AT YOU GOING, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

ONLINE, IF YOU THINK THAT IS A GREAT RECIPE AND

BRENDA NEEDS TO DO THAT, PUT THUMBS UP. I'LL BE

LOOKING FOR YOUR THUMBS UP COMMENT, AND THEN I'LL BE

SHOWING BRENDA EVERY SINGLE THUMBS UP.

IF YOU DON'T AGREE, PUT THUMBS DOWN AND I'LL SHOW THERE'S

ONLY LIKE ONE OF YOU OUT THERE. THAT LOOKS NAUSEATING.

I THINK THAT WAS AMAZING. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE THE SERVICE.

BUT I'M GOING TO TALK, I'M FINALLY GOING TO TRY TO TALK

TODAY ABOUT MORE HONOR, RIGHT? AND WE'RE GOING

TO TALK ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND WE'RE

GOING TO TALK ABOUT NABOTH'S VINEYARD.

I THINK I SAID THAT LIKE A MONTH AGO, DIDN'T I?

YOU SAID IT EVERY WEEK. ANYWAY. BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.

LAST SUNDAY, YOU KIND OF WENT OFF SCRIPT.

YOU JUST SPOKE A PROPHETIC, YOU TAUGHT SOMETHING PROPHETIC.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE. GOOD. ALL RIGHT, I'M GLAD. SO WE DON'T

MIND. WE DON'T MIND. YOU DON'T MIND? NO, WE

DON'T MIND. SO IT WAS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO I DID HAVE ONE

MORE THING TO SAY. I HAVE A FEELING, I CAN TELL.

HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA HEAR ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE WORSHIP?

ALL RIGHT, SO YOU KNOW, AS WE GET OLDER, WE THINK ABOUT

RETIREMENT. ANYBODY THINK ABOUT RETIREMENT? THOSE OF

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. NO. OKAY. AND I READ THIS GUY, HE

JUST RETIRED AFTER 60 YEARS OF WORKING AT A MUSEUM.

YEAH, AND HE WAS A HUMAN STATUE AND HE HELD THAT

POSITION FOR 60 YEARS. BUT HERE'S THE SAD THING.

HE DOESN'T GET ANY RETIREMENT, NO 401K,

BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THEY KEPT ASKING ABOUT THE 401K.

HE SAID, "WELL, IN MY POSITION, "I'M NOT GOOD AT RUNNING RACES."

SO HE DECIDED TO... ALL RIGHT, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE THE SERVICE SPIRITUAL...

IT'S GONNA BE A LONG DAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL,

LET'S SHIFT GEARS AND WELCOME THE HOLY SPIRIT. ARE YOU

EXCITED TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD TODAY? OH, SO AM I.

WELL, IF YOU'RE THANKFUL, THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN.

SAY, LORD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE A GOOD GOD.

YOU'VE BEEN GOOD TO ME, AND I TRUST YOU.

I THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOUR GOODNESS IS GONNA FOLLOW ME

ALL THIS WEEK, ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.

AND TODAY I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU, ARE YOU READY?

MY VERY BEST PRAISE. COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU

BELIEVE IT, AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD.

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ALL RIGHT, CHURCH, YOU READY TO RAISE IT UP

THIS MORNING? ARE YOU READY TO RAISE UP A SOUND

OF VICTORY? HOW MANY FEARLESS BELIEVERS

DO I HAVE IN HERE THIS MORNING? COME ON.

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ALL RIGHT, CHURCH. I SEE SOME OF Y'ALL JUST STANDING AROUND.

COME ON. WE GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS VOICE ACTIVATED.

THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR SOMETHING,

IF YOU'RE READY TO SEE YOUR BREAKTHROUGH,

YOU'VE GOT TO LIFT UP A SHOUT, YES.

WE'RE GOING TO PROPHESY. WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OFF

EVERY SPIRIT OF COMPLACENCY, EVERY SPIRIT OF

DOUBT, EVERY SPIRIT OF REASON. WE DON'T WALK BY

REASON. WE WALK BY FAITH. Y'ALL READY?

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WE ARE FEARLESS. WE ARE FEARLESS BY THE BLOOD.

HIS BLOOD HAS SET ME FREE. HE REIGNS IN VICTORY.

HE REIGNS IN VICTORY. AND BY HIS SACRIFICE,

HE'S GIVEN ME EVERYTHING. ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY.

COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY.

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THE KING HAS SET ME FREE. THE KING HAS SET ME FREE.

HOLY IS HIS NAME. HOLY IS HIS NAME.

HE FOREVER REIGNS. HE FOREVER REIGNS.

DON'T LOOK, DON'T LOOK, DON'T LOOK AT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM. KEEP YOUR EYES ON HIM.

HE SAID IF YOU ABIDE IN ME I WILL GIVE YOU LIFE.

SO WE PRONOUNCE LIFE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. LIFE.

LIFE OVER EVERY DIAGNOSIS. LIFE. LIFE OVER EVERY PRODIGAL.

LIFE. LIFE OVER EVERY BROKEN MARRIAGE. WE SPEAK

LIFE, WE SPEAK LIFE, WE SPEAK LIFE OVER EVERY SITUATION.

WE SPEAK LIFE, OVER EVERY MENTAL STRONGHOLD.

WE SPEAK LIFE, WE SPEAK LIFE. IN HIM, THERE'S LIFE ABUNDANTLY.

THERE'S LIFE ABUNDANTLY. IN HIM, THERE'S LIFE ABUNDANTLY.

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HOLY IS HIS NAME. HOLY IS HIS NAME. VICTORY IS HIS NAME.

FREEDOM IS HIS NAME. FREEDOM IS HIS NAME.

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THANK YOU, JESUS.

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I GIVE YOU PRAISE.

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HOW MANY KNOW THAT THERE'S NO HIGHER NAME?

THERE'S NO GREATER NAME. OH, THERE'S NO NAME THAT

MEN CAN BE SAVED BY. HE'S THE GREATEST. HALLELUJAH.

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WE WORSHIP YOU. KEEP WORSHIPING. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE

WORSHIP YOU. WE AS THE PEOPLE SING. WE SING THAT YOU'RE HOLY

GOD. YOU ARE GOD. YOU'RE A HOLY LORD. WE HONOR YOU.

WE SING. HOLY ARE YOU, GOD.

KEEP WORSHIPING HIM. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. WE LIFT OUR HEARTS.

WE LIFT OUR VOICES. WE LIFT OUR HANDS IN ADORATION.

THANKSGIVING SURRENDER TO YOU, MY LORD. WE WORSHIP

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

OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU,

WE WORSHIP YOU. LOVELY SAVIOR. BEAUTIFUL GOD. MAGNIFICENT KING.

GLORIOUS GOD YOU ARE. OH, ALL HEAVEN PROCLAIMS THE GREATNESS

OF YOU, GOD. AND WE, YOUR PEOPLE, IN THIS EARTH, AT

THIS TIME, WE WORSHIP YOU. HOLY, HOLY, HONORABLE,

LOVING, GOD, WE EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO YOU.

WE EXTEND OUR HONOR TO YOU, OUR THANKSGIVING, OUR WORSHIP.

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

WE WORSHIP YOU. THANK YOU, GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU.

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

THERE'S NONE LIKE YOU. SO BEAUTIFUL. SO BEAUTIFUL.

AND LOVELY ARE YOU, GOD. I FEEL LIKE THE LORD TODAY WANTS

TO MINISTER TO SOMETHING THAT JESUS PAID FOR.

THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH 53 THAT JESUS, HE BORE OUR PAINS,

CARRIED OUR SORROWS. WE DID ESTEEM HIM, STRICKEN, SMITTEN OF

GOD. HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, BRUISED FOR OUR

INIQUITIES, AND HE TOOK THE CHASTISEMENT AND THE PUNISHMENT

OF OUR PEACE. AND IT WAS PUT UPON THE LAMB OF GOD THAT BY HIS

STRIPES WE ARE HEALED. BUT I FEEL LIKE TODAY THERE'S SOME OF

YOU AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY WHERE MAYBE THERE IS SOME

PAIN. MAYBE IT'S A PAIN IN YOUR BODY, MAYBE IT'S A PAIN IN YOUR

HEART. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JESUS ANNOUNCED WHEN HE

CAME INTO THE TEMPLE. HE SAID, "LOOK AT ME, I AM THE ANOINTED

ONE." THAT'S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIMSELF. AND HE SAID, "I'M

ANOINTED TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, RECOVERY OF SIGHT

TO THE BLIND, DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVE." SO, WHAT I WANT YOU TO

DO TODAY, IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE, YOU'RE SAYING, AND

NOBODY'S GOING TO ASK YOU, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF PAIN IN

YOUR PHYSICAL BODY, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, OR MAYBE

THERE IS A PAIN IN YOUR HEART, MAYBE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A

REALLY PAINFUL SITUATION, MAYBE SOMETHING BROKE YOUR HEART,

WOUNDED YOUR HEART, MAYBE FOR YEARS YOU'VE BEEN CARRYING THE

PAIN OF SOMETHING, THE DISAPPOINTMENT, THE HURT, THE

WOUNDING. WELL, JESUS TOOK IT. THE BIBLE REFERS TO HIM AS THE

LAMB OF GOD WHO TOOK AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. WELL, THAT

WAS PART OF IT THAT HE TOOK AWAY. HE WAS THE PROPITIATION OR

THE SUBSTITUTE FOR US THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH LIFE

WITH PAIN IN OUR HEART, OUR BODY. SO IF THAT'S YOU, AND

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK YOU QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE

SOMETHING PERSONAL THAT'S REALLY HURTING YOU OR HURT YOU. GOD

CARES ABOUT IT. MAYBE YOU'RE FEELING PAIN IN YOUR BODY,

ARTHRITIS OR JOINT PAIN. I BELIEVE TODAY THROUGH THE POWER

OF OUR COVENANT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT REMOVED. SO IF THAT'S

YOU, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND I'M GOING TO ASK BELIEVERS,

OKAY, KEEP YOUR HAND UP FOR A MOMENT. ALL RIGHT, NOW

BELIEVERS, I WANT YOU, WE HAD A LOT OF TESTIMONIES RIGHT HERE OF

PEOPLE GETTING HEALED. OKAY, KEEP YOUR HAND UP UNTIL SOMEBODY

HAS COME TO PRAY FOR YOU. NOW, BELIEVERS, I WANT YOU TO BE

BOLD. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I'M GONNA TAKE MY

PHONE OUT AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, WE'RE GONNA PRAY

OVER YOUR THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE'S. BUT I REALLY WANT US

TO COME INTO AGREEMENT AND WHY I HAVE MY PHONE OUT IS AS THEY'RE

FINDING THE PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS UP AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE

FOUND SOMEBODY, YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND DOWN SO YOU DON'T HAVE MORE

PAIN TO PRAY FOR, RIGHT, YOUR ARM? BUT THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING TODAY, I LOVE THE FACT THAT JESUS SPOKE THE WORD AND HE

DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE AND THE SERVANT WAS

HEALED. AND SO THIS REPRESENTS YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. SO I'M

GONNA PRAY, YOU PRAY FOR THAT PERSON. WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING TODAY AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THIS

ROOM. AND WE'RE GONNA BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT YESHUA PAID FOR.

FATHER, WE COME TO YOUR MIGHTY THRONE. AND WE STAND IN THE GAP

FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT WILL

WATCH, EVEN BY WAY OF ARCHIVE, BUT ALSO LORD, THOSE THAT ARE IN

THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. AND BELIEVERS ARE TOUCHING THEM. I

AM, AS AN ACT OF FAITH, LAYING MY HANDS UPON THIS PHONE FOR

EVERYBODY THAT IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW THROUGH THAT CAMERA. JESUS,

YOU ARE AND WERE THE PROPITIATION, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR

OUR SINS, TRANSGRESSIONS, INIQUITY, TRESPASSES. AND YOU

TRULY BORE OUR PAIN, OUR SORROWS, OUR GRIEFS, SICKNESSES,

DISEASES, PAIN, WHATEVER IT COMES, WHATEVER FORM IT IS,

LORD, IN THE PHYSICAL REALM, SPIRITUALLY, MAYBE IT WOUNDED

PEOPLE'S HEART, MAYBE THERE IS PAIN IN THEIR BODY. YESHUA, WE

HOLD YOU AS OUR ADVOCATE, OUR ATTORNEY, AND OUR FATHER, WHO IS

THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE. WE HOLD YOU TO THE REMEMBRANCE, THE

ENFORCEMENT OF OUR COVENANT RIGHT. THROUGH YOUR BLOOD,

YESHUA, YOUR BLOOD IS ON THE MERCY SEAT AS A WITNESS, AS A

PROOF THAT WE ARE HEALED FROM ALL PAIN, ALL SORROW, ALL

SICKNESS, ANY BROKEN HEART, ANY ARTHRITIS, LORD, ANYTHING THAT

IS TRYING TO BRING ABOUT PAIN OR AFFLICTION, JESUS, YOU TOOK THIS

UPON YOUR BODY AND LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO. WE

ARE AND HAVE BEEN REDEEMED OUT OF THE HAND OF EVERY ENEMY, OF

EVERY PAIN, EVERY AFFLICTION, EVERY BROKEN HEART, EVERY WOUND.

AND NOW WE CALL UPON THE HEALING, RIGHTS, POWER,

MANIFESTATION OF OUR BLOOD COVENANT. AND I SAY EVERYONE IN

THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, BE HEALED IN YESHUA'S NAME.

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ANY AND ALL PAIN, SUFFERING, WOUND, TORMENT,

BROKEN HEART, I COMMAND EVERY EVIL ENTITY TO LEAVE. EVERY

SCAR, EVERY WOUND TO BE HEALED. AND ALL PAIN TO GO IN BACKS,

SPINES, NERVOUS SYSTEM. LORD, WE RELEASE THE HEALING POWER OF

GOD. WE CLAIM OUR COVENANT RIGHT OF HEALING AND HEALTH, WHOLENESS

AND LONG LIFE. AND WE SAY IT IS AND IT SHALL BE WELL CONCERNING

US. FOR SURELY YOUR GOODNESS, LORD, AND YOUR MERCY IS NOT ONLY

A PART OF OUR LIFE, BUT IS FOLLOWING US THIS DAY AND ALL

THE DAYS OF OUR ENTIRE LIFE. SO WE COMMAND OUR BODIES TO LINE

UP, COMMAND OUR HEARTS AND OUR SOULS. WE BIND TO OUR SOUL THAT

HEALING, THAT WHOLENESS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. I WANT TO PRAY FOR

EVERYBODY'S THANKSGIVING. MAYBE YOU'RE TRAVELING. MAYBE YOU HAVE

PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE

SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL? IN FACT, I WANT YOU AND THOSE OF

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO TUNE IN. WHATEVER THE

SUNDAY IS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY CHRISTMAS

MESSAGE. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD TOOK ME DOWN A REALLY

INTERESTING PATH. SO I SAY THAT AS YOU KIND OF GO BACK TO YOUR

SEATS HERE AND GIVE YOU A MOMENT. AND I STARTED WORKING ON

IT. AND AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, AH, I'M GONNA SCRATCH THIS. BUT I

KEPT FEELING THE HOLY SPIRIT PRESSING ME. AND I'M GONNA TALK

ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE CONSISTENTLY IN THE CHRISTMAS

STORY AND ITS EVENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? DIVINE PRESERVATION

AND PROTECTION. WHETHER IT'S ANGELS SHOWING UP, THE PROMISE

THAT GOD SAID TO MARY OVER HER WOMB AND OVER THE CHILD WAS ALL

ABOUT PRESERVATION. WHY DID THEY HAVE JESUS AFTER EIGHT DAYS

CIRCUMCISED? IT ALL IS TIED TO PRESERVATION. AND THE SPIRIT OF

GOD SAID, "THIS IS WHAT THE PROMISE IS ALSO, A PART OF WHAT

WE RECEIVED." WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALLED HIS NAME EMMANUEL?

BECAUSE IF GOD'S WITH YOU, THERE'S PRESERVATION,

PROTECTION, RIGHT? WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO YOU? THAT'S WHAT THE

SCRIPTURE SAYS. SO WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN THAT ROAD, BUT I WANNA

SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, AND I HAVE

TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW MUCH JESUS PAID FOR. AND PSALM 103

SAYS THAT OUR LIVES ARE REDEEMED FROM DESTRUCTION. THAT MEANS NO

CAR ACCIDENTS, NO TRAGEDIES, NO CALAMITIES, RIGHT? NO TRAUMA, NO

DISEASE, IT CANNOT TOUCH US. WE'RE REDEEMED FROM THOSE

THINGS. SO HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE APPROACH YOUR THRONE TODAY,

WE REMIND YOU OF THE ONE WHO IS SEATED AT YOUR RIGHT HAND,

CHRIST OUR LORD. AND HE HIMSELF CARRIED ONCE AND FOR ALL INTO

THAT HOLY PLACE, THE COURT OF HEAVEN. AND HE WAS CARRYING HIS

OWN BLOOD, NOT THE BLOOD OF BULLS OR GOATS OR CALVES, BUT

HIS OWN BLOOD. YOU HANDED HIM THE SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND

YOU CALLED HIM GOD. AND YOU SAID, "SIT THOU AT MY RIGHT

HAND, AND ALL THE ENEMIES ARE, AND FOREVER WILL BE THY

FOOTSTOOL." AND HE, YESHUA, PLACED HIS BLOOD, HIS OWN BLOOD,

AS THE SACRIFICED LAMB OF GOD, WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE

WORLD. AND HE PUT THAT BLOOD THAT STILL SPEAKS UPON THAT

MERCY SEAT. AND HE SAT DOWN AT YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND WE ARE NOW

SEATED WITH HIM IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST. AND WE ARE

BLESSED WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING. THEREFORE, OUR GOD, WE

COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE AND WE DECLARE THAT EVERY RIGHT,

PRIVILEGE, AND PURPOSE OF OUR COVENANT THROUGH THE BLOOD OF

YESHUA IS ENFORCED. AND THAT IS OUR LIVES ARE REDEEMED FROM

DESTRUCTION. SO WE PLEAD ALL THE LEGAL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES,

MANIFESTATIONS OF OUR COVENANT UPON US, OVER OUR LOVED ONES,

OVER OUR THANKSGIVING, OVER THE DAYS LEADING UP OVER THE

THANKSGIVING DAY AND EVEN THEREAFTER. WE SPEAK TRAVEL

MERCIES. WE ARE COVERED. WE ARE SEALED IN THE LAMB'S BLOOD AND

THROUGH THE BLOOD OF SPRINKLING, WE APPLY THAT BLOOD UPON US,

UPON OUR LOVED ONES, OUR FAMILIES, OVER THOSE THAT TRAVEL

AND OVER OUR TRAVEL AND OVER THOSE WHO STAY. IT IS AND SHALL

BE A BLESSED THANKSGIVING SEASON. NO TRAUMA, NO TRAGEDY,

NO CALAMITIES, NO ACCIDENTS, NO INJURIES, NO SICKNESS, NO

DISEASE, NO HARASSMENT, NO STRIFE, NO DIVISION. WE SPEAK

THE BLESSINGS OF OUR COVENANT. WE RELEASE IT NOW. AND SAY IT IS

ENFORCED. AND THERE IS A PERMANENT COVENANT BOUNDARY LINE

ESTABLISHED UPON US, OUR LOVED ONES, OUR FAMILIES, EVEN OVER

THIS CHURCH THAT I PASTOR AND OUR E-MEMBERS. AND WE THANK YOU

FOR IT IN YESHUA'S NAME. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANGELS THAT

HONOR THAT COVENANT. AND THEY CARRY OUT AS PART OF OUR

INHERITANCE AS SAINTS OF GOD. IT IS WELL AND SHALL BE WELL.

EVERYBODY SAID? AMEN. AMEN. AND THEN SAY THIS, SAY, I THINK.

WELL, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GONNA GREET ONE

ANOTHER. AND THEN HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO. AND THOSE OF

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, SAY, "I BET I KNOW." YOU ARE

GOING TO EAT PASTOR HANK'S STUFFING SUGGESTION. ALL RIGHT,

SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA DO THAT THIS THANKSGIVING? SAY, "I

BET I KNOW." YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, "I BET I KNOW." IT'S

GONNA CHANGE YOUR THANKSGIVING. GREET ONE ANOTHER, WE LOVE YOU,

WE HONOR YOU AS WELL, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING.

ALL RIGHT, FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR STUFFING NOW.

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WELL, GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU

HERE. NOW, AFTER PASTOR HANK'S GREAT TURKEY STUFFING IDEA, I

JUST SEE M&M'S BRANDING TURKEY FLAVORED M&M'S NOW. I DON'T

KNOW. NO. NO, BUT WE'LL TRY THAT. ANYWAY, WE'RE SO EXCITED

TO SEE YOU HERE TODAY. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE AT LORD

OF HOSTS, WELL, WELCOME. I'M SORRY? THEY'RE GONNA GOBBLE

IT UP. THAT'S AWESOME. THAT WAS JUST THE GRAVY

ON TOP OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST

TIME HERE, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND. USHERS ARE IN

THE AISLES WITH GUEST BAGS FOR YOU. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

COMING. INSIDE, YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHURCH.

THERE'S SOME ITEMS THERE FOR YOU. AND INSIDE, YOU'LL ALSO

FIND A GUEST PACKET. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO OPEN THAT UP

AND TEAR OUT THE GUEST CARD. THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE

PACKET AND FILL IT OUT. AND YOU CAN DROP IT ON THE OFFERING

BASKET. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING AND JUST,

YOU KNOW, GET TO KNOW YOU. SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

COMING AND BEING PART OF OUR SERVICE TODAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU

WATCHING ONLINE, WHETHER YOU'RE ON ONE VOICE TV OR FACEBOOK OR

ROKU OR RUMBLE, ANY OF OUR ONLINE PLATFORMS, WE WANT TO

WELCOME YOU TO OUR CHURCH SERVICE TODAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T

MADE YOUR WAY TO ONEVOICETV.NET YET, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO

WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER HERE

AT THE CHURCH AND JUST ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ON THE

ARCHIVE. AND WE JUST WANT YOU TO STAY CONNECTED ON THE PLATFORM

THAT CANNOT CANCEL US. AMEN. WE HAVE NEW DIGITAL PLATFORMS THAT

YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT WE'RE BROADCASTING FROM. AND

ALSO, WHETHER YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE OR HERE, IF YOU HAVE NOT

DOWNLOADED THE NEW UPDATED ONE VOICE TV APP, WE ENCOURAGE YOU

TO DO SO. A COUPLE OF NEW FEATURES, JUST SOME GREAT CHAT

FUNCTIONALITIES AND THINGS TO STAY UPDATED. SO WE ENCOURAGE

YOU TO GO TO YOUR APPLE OR ANDROID STORE AND UPDATE OR

DOWNLOAD THAT OR DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE, EITHER ONE, BOTH. BUT WE

WANT YOU TO STAY WITH THE UP-TO-DATE, LATEST NEWS. WE WANT

TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE AND ONLINE AS WE WELCOME

BOB AND TASHA TO HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS. THANK YOU, PASTOR

MIKE. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, PASTOR HANK MENTIONED THE HUSKER

LOSS YESTERDAY. I'M A TRUE RED HUSKER FAN, BUT I'M ALSO FROM

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. AND IF YOU SAW THAT GAME, IT WAS EVEN MORE

PAINFUL. SO I WAS THRILLED THAT SUNDAY ROLLED AROUND. I DON'T

HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FOOTBALL ANYMORE. WE ARE BOB AND TASHA.

WE HAVE THE HONOR OF LEADING THE 242 MINISTRY HERE AT LORD OF

HOSTS CHURCH. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND EXPLAIN

WHAT 242 IS ABOUT. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ASK YOU TO

CONSIDER JOINING 242. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO START WITH IS, JUST

LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO IN THIS MINISTRY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS

BIRTHED OUT OF THE BIBLE. SO PASTORS YEARS AGO WITH ACTS, THE

SCRIPTURE, ACTS 2:42, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT UP. ACTS 2:42

Acts 2:42 Acts 2:42

SAYS, "AND THEY CONTINUED STEADFASTLY IN THE APOSTLES'

DOCTRINE, AND FELLOWSHIP, AND BREAKING OF BREAD, AND PRAYERS."

THERE'S FOUR THINGS THERE. "CONTINUED STEADFASTLY IN THE

APOSTLES' DOCTRINE." WE COME TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY AND

WEDNESDAY, AND WE GET TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT

GOD'S WORD. WELL, WE ALSO GET THAT OPPORTUNITY EVERY OTHER

FRIDAY NIGHT IN 242 GROUPS. 242 IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CHURCH.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT FELLOWSHIP. BREAKING A BREAD IS SHARING A

MEAL, AND IN PRAYER, SMALL GROUP PRAYER IS LIFE-CHANGING. ONE OF

THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS ACKNOWLEDGE LES AND JUDY

ARMSTRONG. IF YOU GUYS COULD STAND UP JUST BRIEFLY. LES AND

JUDY, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THEM. THEY LED THE 242 MINISTRY JUST

BEFORE US. THEY TOOK IT FROM WHERE IT STARTED TO WHERE IT IS

TODAY, AND IT'S THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS THAT IT GREW TO WHAT IT

IS TODAY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE

AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR US. IF YOU'RE A 242 LEADER AND YOU HAVE

ONE OF THESE COOL T-SHIRTS ON AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T, PLEASE

STAND UP. IF YOU'RE A 242 LEADER, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND

UP? THESE HERE ARE GOD'S SERVANTS WHO TOOK IT UPON

THEMSELVES TO LEAD A 242 GROUP. AND THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB NOT

ONLY EVERY OTHER FRIDAY, BUT THEY'RE IN CONSTANT PRAYER FOR

YOU. THEY'RE IN CONSTANT PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THEIR GROUP.

THEY ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES, THEY GET PEOPLE TOGETHER WHEN LIFE

EVENTS HAPPEN. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT LEAD PEOPLE THROUGH THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH 242 LEADERS. AWESOME. YES, WE ARE SO

THRILLED TO BE SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY. AND I JUST PERSONALLY

WANT TO INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO, IF YOU ARE NOT

CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A 242 GROUP, OR HAVE BEEN THINKING,

HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I GET INVOLVED IN A MUCH GREATER

DEGREE IN THIS WONDERFUL CHURCH? THIS OPPORTUNITY IS PRESENTING

ITSELF TO YOU TODAY. AND I WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT PASTOR

BRENDA ALWAYS DOES. I WANT YOU TO TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY,

"SELF, I HAVE A LOT TO OFFER "TO THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND I WILL

SERIOUSLY CONSIDER "JOINING A 242 GROUP." YEAH, AWESOME. YEAH,

THAT'S GREAT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU CAN'T JUST LIVE LIFE ON

SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LIFE IS LIVED 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR, AND

WE GET EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, EVERY OTHER FRIDAY NIGHT, EXCUSE ME,

242, LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. THE

FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, OUR 242 GROUPS MEET IN

HOMES ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS LINCOLN. AND THERE'S A LITTLE

BIT OF BROLL FOOTAGE HERE, YOU GET TO SEE, GET A LITTLE BIT OF

A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND WE DO THOSE FOUR THINGS, WE

FELLOWSHIP, WE BREAK BREAD, LIKE YOU CAN SEE HERE, PASTORS WROTE

AN AMAZING CURRICULUM THAT HELPS EXPLAIN MORE CONCEPTS IN THE

BIBLE THAT WE CAN LEARN TOGETHER. AND THEN WE PRAY. AND

SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRAYER I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AT LORD OF

HOSTS CHURCH HAS BEEN AT 242 GROUPS, YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY

TO REALLY EXERCISE YOUR FAITH IN A SMALL GROUP SETTING WITH

OTHERS WITH THESE AMAZING LEADERS TO CONTINUE TO LEARN HOW

TO PRAY DEEP, PRAY AND SEE PEOPLE'S LIVES SHAPED AND

CHANGED. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN 242. WE

WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER IT. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE

STOP BY THE INFORMATION BOOTH THAT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS DOOR

OVER HERE. IT'S THE CENTER INFORMATION BOOTH. WE'VE WE'VE

BORROWED THAT TODAY. STOLE WOULD BE A STRONG WORD, BUT WE'VE

BORROWED THAT TODAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY

TO MEET WITH THE 242 LEADER, ASK QUESTIONS, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR A

242 GROUP. AND THEN WHAT TASHA AND I WILL DO IS WE'LL CONNECT

WITH YOU, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET ASSIGNED. WE LOVE YOU

GUYS. WE LOVE THIS CHURCH. AND WE WANT TO SEE THIS CHURCH

CONTINUE TO GROW. AND ONE WAY IT'LL GROW EFFECTIVELY IS

THROUGH OUR 242 HOME MINISTRY. LOVE YOU GUYS. PASTOR BRENDA.

GUYS, IT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD

PEOPLE SAY OVER THE YEARS, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PASTOR HANK

HAD THE VISION FOR STARTING 242 IS SO PEOPLE CAN BUILD

RELATIONSHIPS. BUT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY OVER THE YEARS, YOU

KNOW, IF THE CHURCH GETS TOO BIG, I HAVE TO GO TO A SMALLER

CHURCH. AND YOU KNOW, I GET IT. IT'S A BIGGER CAMPUS. YOU KNOW,

THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO A CHURCH WITH A REALLY LARGE

CAMPUS, I REALIZED YOU COULD GET YOUR STEPS IN JUST GOING TO

SERVICE. JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, BUT OF COURSE, WE HAVE AN

AMAZING TEAM, PASTOR DOUG AND EILEEN, THAT JUST HELP PEOPLE IF

THEY NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE. AND WE'RE ALWAYS GROWING OUR

WAYS OF DOING THAT. BUT I WILL SAY PEOPLE SAID, "OH, I'M NOT

SURE ABOUT A BIG CHURCH." AND I ALWAYS HAVE TWO ANSWERS. ONE I

TOOK FROM PASTOR HANK, WHO SAID, "HEAVEN'S BIG, SO DON'T BE

AFRAID OF A BIG GROUP." SECONDLY, PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, I'D

RATHER HAVE A SMALLER CHURCH." THAT'S WHY WE DO 242, IS WE HAVE

SMALLER GROUPS THAT YOU CAN CONNECT TO ON VARIOUS LEVELS. SO

I JUST LOVE THE 242 EXPRESSION. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY

PERSONALLY FROM PASTOR HANK AND MYSELF, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE

GROUP LEADERS WHO WILLINGLY OPEN YOUR HOME. AND I KNOW THERE'S

PREPARATION. YOU WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT YOU LIVE PERFECTLY

WITH NO MESSES, 24/7. SO I DO THANK YOU. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU GO

OUT TO THE INFORMATION CENTER, AND IF YOU'RE NOT A PART OF A

242 GROUP, AND NO PRESSURE, JUST SEE HOW AWESOME AND REWARDING IT

IS TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. AMEN? ALL

RIGHT, WELL, BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, DO WANT TO REMIND, I THINK

IT'S CAMILA'S MEETING BAPTISM PEOPLE IN THE FOYER. OKAY, I GOT

THAT RIGHT. SO IF YOU ARE BEING BAPTIZED THERE, YOU WENT THROUGH

THE BAPTISM CLASS, THEY CAN BE PART OF THAT. SO JUST GO OUT THE

DOOR AND YOU'LL FIND CAMILA BLACKBURN OUT THERE AND JUST YOU

CAN BE DISMISSED PROBABLY AT THE CLOSE OF OFFERING. I THINK

THAT'S PROBABLY FINE. JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. THIS

WEDNESDAY IS, AND ALL OF OUR ONLINE, I'LL APPRECIATE THIS,

BUT THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR EVERYBODY HERE IN PERSON. WE

WILL BE ONLINE ONLY DOING AN OUR HEART TO YOUR HOME SEGMENT,

PASTOR HANK AND MYSELF. SINCE EVERYBODY WILL BE COOKING AND

MAKING THEIR JELLO AND THEIR ANGEL EGGS AND THEIR PIES ON

WEDNESDAY, YOU CAN TURN THE TV ON AND LISTEN TO PASTOR HANK AND

BRENDA PREACH TO YOU. AND WE'VE GOT A GOOD WORD PLAN, BUT ALSO

IT'LL BE AN ONLINE ONLY SERVICE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN

O'CLOCK CENTRAL. SO MARK THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND YOU CAN LISTEN

AND WE WOULD JUST LOVE YOU TO BE A PART OF IT. IT'LL BE VERY,

VERY GOOD. WHICH I'LL SAY, BY THE WAY, IF WE EVER HAVE A SNOW

ISSUE OR A SNOW EVENT, PASTOR HANK AND I WILL ALWAYS GO LIVE

ONLINE FROM OUR HOUSE. AND WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. PASTOR SHANE

SETS UP THESE INSTANT STUDIOS. I MEAN, HE IS LIKE THE POPUP

STUDIO KING. AND I MEAN, THAT MAN, I'M TELLING YOU. AND THEN

HE TOLD ME, I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE, OR AT LEAST SOMEBODY IN

MEDIA TOLD ME THAT IF WE'RE IN A BLIZZARD, THEY CAN MAKE IT GO

LIVE IN OUR HOUSE REMOTELY. SO I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT

HAPPENS. SO WITH THE SNOW COMING NEXT WEEK, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE

A GOOD TIME TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE

WHAT IT DOES. AND ONE THING THAT WE ARE ABOUT, AND I WILL SAY

THIS AT LORD OF HOSTS, WE DON'T LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SOME

CHURCHES, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT THE LAST STANDING PASTOR TRYING TO

DECIDE IF WE'RE GONNA CANCEL. WE'VE GOTTEN TO A PLACE WHERE WE

JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME PASTORS WILL WAIT TILL LIKE THE LAST

SECOND, AND THEIR PEOPLE ARE UP, YOU KNOW, AT SIX IN THE MORNING,

LIKE, "SHOULD I SHOVEL MY DRIVEWAY? DO I NEED TO GET THERE

OR NOT?" AND MY FEELING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, DON'T PUT PEOPLE AT

RISK IF YOU CAN HELP IT. WE HAVE INTERNET NOW, SO MANY THINGS

HAPPEN. IT USED TO BE BACK IN THE DAY, PASTORS, AND RIGHTFULLY

SO, WOULD WORRY ABOUT NOT GETTING THE OFFERING THAT

SUNDAY. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE PAYROLL TO MAKE, THEY HAVE TO

PAY THE RENT ON THEIR BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH. AND SO IT'S

THROUGH THE GOODWILL OF THE PEOPLE. BUT NOW WE HAVE

ELECTRONIC GIVING. SO IT REALLY, WE ALWAYS JUST WANT YOUR SAFETY

TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHEN WE DECIDE TO CANCEL. AND IF

THE STORM IS COMING ANYWHERE IN THAT VICINITY OF THE CAMPUS

GETTING OPEN, AND BY THE WAY, IT TAKES A SMALL ARMY TO OPEN THIS

CAMPUS. LET'S JUST, SINCE WE'RE GIVING SHOUT OUTS TO THE

ARMSTRONG, LES YOU GET HERE AT LIKE WHAT TIME IN THE

MORNING, LIKE BEFORE DAWN OR, IT'S EARLY. SOME OF OUR, HUH? I

KNOW, LES NEVER LEAVES, MOM SAID LES NEVER LEAVES.

THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT, GIVE A HAND TO LES.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

OH MY GOODNESS, I KNOW, THE OTHER DAY, HE PICKED ME UP TO GO

TO THE AIRPORT, PASTOR CHRISTY AND I, TO GO TO CHICAGO. AND I

SAID, LES, IT'S FRIDAY, ISN'T IT YOUR DAY OFF? HE GOES, I KNOW, I

KNOW, I'M LIKE, DUDE, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, YOU COULD

HAVE TAKEN A FULL DAY. BUT ANYWAY, BUT YOUR SAFETY IS SO

IMPORTANT. SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, THAT IF WE CANCEL,

THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS. IF YOU'RE ON THE LIST OR THE PHONE LIST,

WE'RE SENDING OUT EBLAST TEXT MESSAGES. AND BY THE WAY, MAKE

SURE YOU SIGN UP FOR ALL THOSE AND LOTS OF WAYS TO COMMUNICATE.

SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT AS WINTER IS COMING IN NEBRASKA.

AND WE'RE EXCITED, AREN'T WE, PASTOR MIKE? WHEREVER YOU ARE.

ALL RIGHT. PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, THAT'S JUST ABOUT ALL I

HAVE ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY. BY THE WAY, NEW YEAR'S EVE IS

AROUND THE CORNER. SO BE PART OF THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE VERY

EXCITED. PASTOR YOU HEARD HAS HIS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE READY.

THAT'S THE 21ST OF DECEMBER. AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF GOOD THINGS

PLANNED ALL THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. GAME CHANGERS HAS A

CHRISTMAS PARTY, BY THE WAY, COMING UP ON, I THINK IT'S

FRIDAY THE 19TH, AM I RIGHT? YOU HELPED ME GET THE DATES RIGHT.

SO MANY, MANY THINGS HAPPENING. GET OUT ON THE WEBSITE AND FIND

ALL THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO, AND PASTOR MATT, I

FORGOT MY GLASSES OVER THERE. DID I FORGET MY GLASSES? I NEED

THOSE. THE BIBLE IS IN SMALL PRINT TODAY. THANK YOU, SON, I

APPRECIATE THAT. GIVE A HAND CLAP TO THAT GUY WHO'S NOT A

GREEN BAY PACKER FAN AT ALL. I KNOW, WE WILL TAKE OUR NAP AND

SEE THE GAME. WE'RE A FOOTBALL CHURCH, SORRY, WE TALK ABOUT IT

A LOT. EVERY PASTOR NEEDS A HOBBY. I THINK OURS IS FOOTBALL

AND THEN FOOTBALL, AND I'M JUST AS BAD AS THE GUYS ARE, I DON'T

KNOW. HELP US, LORD, HELP US, LORD. ALL RIGHT, LET ME READ

THIS SCRIPTURE TO YOU. THIS IS ECCLESIASTES, AND I STARTED ON

THIS LAST WEEK, BUT IT SAYS, VERSE 1, "CAST YOUR BREAD ON THE

WATERS, "FOR YOU SHALL FIND IT AFTER MANY DAYS. "GIVE A PORTION

TO SEVEN AND ALSO TO EIGHT." IN OTHER WORDS, CONTINUE

COMPOUNDING YOUR GIVING. "FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHAT EVIL SHALL BE

ON THE EARTH, "FOR IF THE CLOUDS BE FULL OF RAIN, "THEY EMPTY

THEMSELVES ON THE EARTH. AND IF THE TREE FALLS TOWARD THE SOUTH

OR TOWARD THE NORTH IN THE PLACE WHERE IT FALLS, THERE IT SHALL

BE." NOW, WHAT HE'S SAYING HERE IS THERE ARE LAWS THAT GOVERN

THE EARTH, RIGHT? THERE ARE LAWS THAT ARE IN MOTION. AND OUR JOB

IS TO INVEST AND BE GIVERS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS

HAPPENING IN THE EARTH. WE NEED TO BE PREPARED. IT'S INTERESTING

THAT, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, WATCHING FOOTBALL, I SEE ALL OF

THESE COMMERCIALS ALL THE TIME ABOUT PEOPLE PLANNING FOR THEIR

RETIREMENT AND, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AHEAD IN THEIR LIFE.

HOW MANY INSURANCE COMMERCIALS DO WE NEED? I MEAN, EVERY

INSURANCE COMMERCIAL THAT IS KNOWN TO MAN COMES UP DURING

SPORTS. AND THE THING OF IT IS, IS IT'S ALL ABOUT PLANNING FOR

YOUR LIFE IN THE NATURAL. BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER AS BELIEVERS,

WE HAVE TO PLAN IN THE SPIRITUAL. AND THE WAY WE PLAN

IN THE SPIRITUAL, JESUS SAID IT IN MATTHEW 6, HE SAID, LAY UP

FOR YOURSELF TREASURES IN HEAVEN, RIGHT? DON'T JUST LAY

THEM UP ON THE EARTH, DON'T JUST GET A 401K, DON'T JUST HAVE YOUR

INSURANCE POLICY UP TO DATE, YOUR LIFE INSURANCE, DON'T JUST

GET YOUR ESTATE READY OR YOUR WILL. YOU, THAT'S, THOSE ARE

IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE NATURAL, BUT SPIRITUALLY, WE NEED TO BE

PLANNING IN ADVANCE. WE NEED TO, BECAUSE THAT IS GOD'S PLAN FOR

ENSURING YOUR WELLBEING, NO MATTER WHAT, COME ON, HAPPENS ON

THE EARTH HERE IN THIS LIFE. WE PLAN WHERE JESUS SAID, "IF YOU

LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN," RIGHT? WE ONLY GET

ONE LIFE, I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT, ONE LIFE TO INVEST IN SPIRITUAL

THINGS. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. WE CAN INVEST OUR FINANCES, OUR

TIME. COME ON, YOU SAW THESE 242 LEADERS TODAY, THEY'RE INVESTING

THEIR TIME, THEIR HOMES, IN SPIRITUAL THINGS. COME ON,

THINGS THAT WE TAKE TO HEAVEN. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING TO

HEAVEN WITH US EXCEPT WHAT WE DO FOR GOD ON THIS EARTH. OKAY, WE

DON'T GET TO TAKE OUR FAVORITE COLLECTION OF ANYTHING, WE DON'T

GET TO TAKE OUR HOUSES, YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE YOUR FAVORITE

CAR, WE DON'T GET TO TAKE ANYTHING. WE GET TO TAKE WHAT WE

INVEST IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND JESUS SAID, IF YOU LAY UP

FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN, THE DEVIL CAN'T TOUCH

THOSE TREASURES. THE EARTH, CURSE, CANNOT TOUCH THOSE

THINGS. PEOPLE SAY ALL THE TIME, WELL, WE'RE REDEEMED FROM THE

CURSE. YES, THE CURSE OF THE LAW WE'RE REDEEMED FROM, BUT THERE'S

STILL A WORKING CURSE IN THE EARTH THAT WE HAVE TO COME

AGAINST ON A REGULAR BASIS. AMEN. BY THE WAY, IF YOU WERE,

HAD SOMEBODY LAY HANDS ON YOU TODAY IN THE SERVICE FOR YOU TO

BE HEALED, THEN YOU NEED TO KEEP PRESSING TOWARD THAT HEALING.

DON'T JUST WALK OUT AND GO, WELL, I DON'T FEEL ANY

DIFFERENT. I'LL SHARE A LITTLE TESTIMONY WITH YOU. I HAD THIS

LITTLE GROWTH, THIS LITTLE SKIN TAG ON MY SKIN. IT WASN'T VERY

BIG, AND I KNEW IT WASN'T DANGEROUS OR ANYTHING. IT DIDN'T

HURT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I'M GOING TO

GET ONE OF THOSE LITTLE KITS AND TRY TO GET RID OF IT. HAVE YOU

EVER HAD ANYWAY, SO AND I'M SHARING THIS FOR A REASON. AND

FINALLY, THE LORD SAID TO ME, HE SAID, DID YOU CURSE THAT? AND I

THOUGHT, WELL, GOODNESS, LORD, NO, I DIDN'T. AND I BEGAN TO

CURSE IT. AND YOU KNOW THAT THING, AFTER I CURSE, I SAID, IN

THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU'RE ILLEGAL. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED ON

ME. YOU GET OFF OF ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I MEAN, NOT ONLY

ARE THESE LITTLE TAGS, THEY'RE UGLY, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY JUST

DON'T HAVE A RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW THAT THING SHRIVELED UP, DRIED

AND FELL OFF. AND I'M TELLING YOU, NOW, MY REASON FOR SHARING

THAT IS SOME THINGS ARE A PROCESS, OKAY? DON'T JUST SAY,

WELL, HANDS WERE LAID, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL SEE, I HOPE

SOMETHING HAPPENED. NO, YOU PRESS IN, SAME WAY WITH YOUR

FINANCES. YOU PRESS IN, YOU INVEST IN THE SPIRITUAL. IF YOU

GIVE YOUR TITHE, YOU FOLLOW IT UP AND CLAIM TITHER’S RIGHTS.

YOU CLAIM THE BLESSING, YOU DECLARE IN JESUS NAME THAT YOU

GET WHAT YOU SAY. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING OF THE CURSE THAT'S

TRYING TO COME AGAINST YOU, WHETHER IT'S YOUR HEALTH, COME

ON, WORK THE PROCESS. WORK THE PROCESS, THAT LITTLE GROWTH

DIDN'T FALL OFF IN A DAY. NO, IT FELL OFF. I SPOKE TO IT AND I

COMMANDED IT AND IT WAS A PROCESS, BUT IT LEFT, IT LEFT.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, SPEAK AND WORK THE PROCESS. THIS IS

WHAT THIS WORD IS SAYING. SO THERE'S ALWAYS A CURSE IN THE

EARTH THAT WILL TRY, RIGHT? BUT THEN LOOK WHAT HE SAYS, "BUT HE

THAT OBSERVES THE WIND WILL NOT SOW." IN OTHER WORDS, HE WON'T

TITHE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CONVENIENT TIME IN HIS OR HER

LIFE. AND HE THAT REGARDS THE CLOUDS SHALL NOT REAP. IN OTHER

WORDS, IF YOU WANT TO HARVEST, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BASE IT ON YOUR

CIRCUMSTANCE. YOU SOW, YOU SPEAK, YOU DECLARE, YOU DO, YOU

DO SPIRITUAL THINGS NO MATTER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES BEING

PRESENTED TO US. I SAID TO THE GROUP ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT

YOU CAN'T THINK AWAY A PROBLEM. YOU HAVE TO TALK TO IT. IF YOU

DON'T TALK TO THE PROBLEM OUT LOUD WHERE YOUR OWN EARS CAN

HEAR, THAT PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO ENCROACH ON YOUR LIFE. YOU

CURSE THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT FROM GOD. YOU COMMAND THOSE

THINGS TO BACK UP AND GET OUT OF YOUR LIFE. IF YOU'RE DEALING

WITH EMOTIONAL HURT, YES, TASHA, YOU LAY HANDS ON YOURSELF AND

YOU SAY, SELF, YOU BE HEALED IN JESUS' NAME. YOU BE WELL IN THE

NAME OF JESUS. YOU SPEAK TO YOURSELF AND YOU WORK THE

PROCESS. AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT WITH OUR TITHES AND OUR

OFFERINGS. LET ME READ THE REST OF THIS AND WE'LL GET PASTOR UP.

FOR YOU KNOW NOT WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT, NOR HOW THE BONES

GROW IN THE WOMB. WELL, COME ON, THERE'S A SPIRIT REALM THAT'S

BEHIND ALL OF THIS, RIGHT? WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE BONES GROW IN THE WOMB OF HER THAT'S

WITH CHILD, OR EVEN SO, THOU KNOWEST NOT THE WORKS OF GOD. WE

DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES, DO

WE? WE JUST DO WHAT THE WORD TELLS US TO DO. SO HERE'S WHAT

IT SAYS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT GOES ON BEHIND

THE SCENES, I'M PARAPHRASING IT. VERSE 6, "IN THE MORNING, SOW

YOUR SEED, AND IN THE EVENING WITHHOLD NOT YOUR HAND." IN

OTHER WORDS, LOOK FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE WORD OF

GOD INTO MOTION AND SOW YOUR SEEDS, SOW YOUR TITHES, SOW YOUR

OFFERINGS. DON'T JUST GO, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I GAVE TO THE BUILDING

PROJECT LAST YEAR, OR I GAVE TO THIS, OR I DID THAT." NO, LOOK

FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN

NEBRASKA, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE NEBRASKA FARMER SOW A SINGLE

SEED OF CORN. BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT, YEAH, A SINGLE SEED COULD

BE STAMPED OUT, OKAY? OR SOME PRODUCE MORE THAN OTHERS, RIGHT?

SOME SEEDS, WE DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS. HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT

ONE MIGHT GET TOO MUCH WATER AND ANOTHER NOT ENOUGH, SO THEY SOW

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF SEEDS ON ACRES AND ACRES AND ACRES OF

LAND BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY SOME OF THAT IS GOING TO

YIELD AMAZING RESULTS. SO YOU LOOK FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO

SOW BECAUSE MORE SEED IN THE GROUND MEANS A GREATER

OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER HARVEST. SO IN THE MORNING SOW, IN THE

EVENING LOOK FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY. DON'T LET AN

OPPORTUNITY PASS YOU BY. WORK THE PROCESS, RIGHT? FOR YOU KNOW

NOT WHAT WILL PROSPER OR THIS OR THAT, OR WHETHER THEY BOTH SHALL

BE ALIKE GOOD. AND IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH

ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE AND WHEN. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AS WE

CLOSE UP 2025 AND WE'RE COMING TO THE END, WORK THE PROCESS OF

SOWING YOUR SEEDS, WORK IT, DON'T PUT IT IN THE GROUND AND

THEN SPEAK TO IT. REBUKE THE CURSE FROM COMING AGAINST IT.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, PASTOR AND I DO. WE SAY

NO, EVERY SEED WE SOW, I HELD UP A SEED THAT I CLAIMED SOMETHING

FOR THE OTHER DAY AND I SAID, GOD, I AM GOING TO GET EVERY BIT

OF HARVEST FROM THAT SEED AND THAT OFFERING. I REFUSE TO

ACCEPT ANY LESS. I REFUSE IT. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, WORK

THE PROCESS. PUT YOUR SEED IN THE GROUND AND WORK THE PROCESS

AND DON'T BACK UP. GOD'S WORD ALWAYS WILL WORK FOR YOU. AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN.

GET PASTOR UP TO PREACH QUICKLY. PRAISE THE LORD. IT'S ALREADY

BEEN A GOOD DAY IN GOD'S HOUSE. TEXT TO GIVE, THE MOBILE APP,

WEBSITE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY ONLINE, AND THOSE OF

YOU HERE FOR CONTINUING TO HELP US WITH OUR BUILDING PROJECT.

WE HAVE SOME NEW THINGS COMING AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT

THEM. SO WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, HELP US BUILD THAT WAR

CHEST BACK UP FROM ALL THAT WE DID WITH THE TABERNACLE. AND WE

JUST SO VALUE THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT. YOU CAN

SELECT THE CAMPUS AND BUILDING FUND THERE

ON THE DROPDOWN AS YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT

YOUR SEEDS GOING INTO THE END OF THE YEAR. HERE WE ARE ALMOST AT

THE END OF 2025. AMAZING. AMAZING. SO MANY GOOD THINGS IN

STORE FOR '26. SO WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR SEED READY, STAND UP. AND I

JUST DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT USED THE MAIL.

AND WE SO VALUE AND APPRECIATE THAT. ALL OF OUR TEAM IS SO

THANKFUL. WE JUST FEEL THE LOVE FROM ALL OF YOU FROM AROUND THE

WORLD. YOU ARE A BLESSING TO PASTOR MYSELF AND ALL OF OUR

STAFF AND TEAM HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, AMEN? ALL RIGHT,

INTERNET, YOU'RE PART OF THIS. LET'S HOLD UP OUR PHONES, LET'S

HOLD UP OUR OFFERING ENVELOPES, OR IF YOU'RE MAILING, HOLD UP

THE MAIL, ALL OF YOU IN THE ROOM. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR

EVERY PERSON UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, EVERY PERSON THAT'S

GIVING TODAY, FATHER. I THANK YOU THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF

THEM, FATHER, WORKS THE PROCESS AND COMES INTO THE GREAT HARVEST

THAT YOU HAVE FOR THEIR LIFE. I THANK YOU, LORD JESUS, THAT THE

WORD IS WORKING FOR THEM. EVERY HARVEST TO EVERY SEED THAT THEY

HAVE BELIEVED YOU FOR AND PRAYED FOR, WE DECLARE IN THIS

ATMOSPHERE THAT IT COMES TO PASS IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS'

MIGHTY NAME. COME ON, SHOUT AMEN LIKE YOU BELIEVE THAT. ARE YOU

READY TO DECREE TOGETHER? LET'S SAY QUADRUPLE, SAY IT WITH ME.

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, GIVE GOD A SHOUT AS YOU GIVE. USHERS, YOU

CAN BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

GIVING. ALSO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ONLINE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

GIVING. AND WE JUST DECLARE SURPLUS OVER THE HOUSE OF THE

LORD, BUT ALSO OVER YOUR LIFE, WE DECLARE SURPLUS. HOW MANY ARE

READY FOR GREATER BLESSINGS FROM GOD SO THAT YOU COULD BE A GREAT

BLESSING? AND THAT'S THE THING I ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR IS, THANK

YOU FOR BLESSING MY LIFE SO THAT I COULD BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE

THAT ARE AROUND ME AND THAT YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH. SO HOW

MANY OF YOU FOUND OUT WHO IS GONNA MAKE MY SPECIAL STUFFING?

WHILE THE USHERS ARE SERVING YOU, I JUST THOUGHT I'D KIND OF

GET A SURVEY. THERE'S NOBODY THAT'S WATCHING, THOSE OF YOU

ONLINE, NO, NO TAKERS. I WAS GONNA REPRESENT OR RECOMMEND THE

PEANUT BUTTER M&M'S STUFFING OPTION, BUT I GUESS, SO BRENDA

AT LEAST WILL BE THE ONLY ONES, RIGHT? SHE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE,

NO! AND SO, ANYWAY, I HAVE A LOT OF FUN, BY THE WAY. HOW MANY OF

YOU WIVES, YOU'RE MOSTLY THE ONE THAT DOES THE COOKING? AND THIS

ISN'T A MALE/FEMALE THING, I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION. HOW MANY

OF YOU HUSBANDS, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT NORMALLY PREPARES THE

TURKEY? THAT'S AWESOME. BUT YOU KNOW ONE THING I LOVE TO DO,

WHETHER YOU'RE THE HUSBAND OR THE WIFE THEN, BUT THE PERSON

THAT'S DOING THE COOKING, I LIKE TO BE OUT THERE WITH BRENDA, I

REALLY DO. AND SHE MAKES A VERY AMAZING MESS. AND I GET TO, I

PEEL THE POTATOES, AND WHAT ELSE, BRENDA, I PEEL THE

POTATOES, I HELP PREPARE THE ANGEL EGGS, MAKE THE JELLO, WHAT

ELSE, DO ALL THE DISHES, DRY 'EM. I STEAL KISSES, I FLIRT

WITH THE CHEF, YOU KNOW, IT'S AWESOME STUFF. AND SHE'S LIKE,

I'M CONCENTRATING, SO AM I, ON YOU. ANYWAY. WELL, IT'S TRUE, SO

THERE YOU GO. AND I GIVE THANKS FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, I'M READY

TO GET IN THE WORD, HOW ABOUT YOU? ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN UP

OUR BIBLES TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 22. AND WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP

Matthew 22 · chapter mention

WHERE WE LEFT OFF, WHERE WE'VE BEEN LEAVING OFF. AND IT SEEMS

LIKE EVERY TIME I TRY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS MESSAGE, IT'S

LIKE THE LORD JUST KEEPS SAYING, STAY WITH IT. SO WE'RE GONNA

JUST STAY WITH IT, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING WITH WHERE GOD

WANTS US. BUT I AM EXCITED THOUGH FOR MY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.

HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT WAS KIND OF A COOL THING? WE'RE

GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH IT. SO, ALL RIGHT, MATTHEW 22:36,

Matthew 22:36

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT JESUS SAID. NOW, WE HAVE TO

REMEMBER WHAT WAS LEADING UP TO THIS. THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT

WAS ASKED TO JESUS BY AN ATTORNEY, A LAWYER, AND HE WAS

TRYING TO TRAP JESUS, RIGHT, TO GET HIM TO, YOU KNOW, TRIP UP

OVER HIS WORDS OR HIS DOCTRINE OR WHATEVER. BUT NOTICE, HERE'S

THE QUESTION, MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREATEST OR THE GREAT

COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW? AND LET'S CONTINUE TO READ. AND

JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, YOU SHOULD LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD. NOW, I

WANT YOU TO SEE THAT WORD LOVE, UNDERLINE THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE

GONNA TALK ABOUT LOVE AS WE CLOSE OUT THIS MESSAGE OVER THE

NEXT COUPLE WEEKS OR SO. BUT ALSO, YOU FIND THE WORD HONOR.

THOU SHALT LOVE OR THOU SHALT HONOR THE LORD. THAT'S WHAT

JESUS SAID EVEN TO THE DEVIL WHEN HE WAS BEING TEMPTED. HE

SAID, "NO, NO, NO, IT'S WRITTEN, "THOU SHALT HONOR THE LORD THY

GOD, AND ONLY HIM SHALL YOU SERVE OR WORSHIP." SO WE'RE

GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR

CHRISTIAN WALK. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IF MORE CHRISTIANS, MORE

PEOPLE WOULD REALLY BE GROUNDED IN HONOR. HONOR IS OF THE HEART.

THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, "MEN, HONOR ME WITH LIPS." IN OTHER

WORDS, PEOPLE CAN GIVE LIP SERVICE ALL DAY LONG, BUT IF

YOUR ACTIONS THAT REALLY COME FROM YOUR HEART DON'T SHOW

HONOR, THEN IT'S NOT TRUE HONOR. YOU CAN SAY ALL DAY LONG THAT

YOU HONOR GOD, BUT THEN YOU MISTREAT HIM. YOU COULD SAY ALL

DAY LONG THAT YOU HONOR YOUR SPOUSE, BUT THEN YOU MISTREAT

HIM. YOU COULD SAY ALL DAY LONG THAT YOU HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND

FATHER, BUT THEN YOU MISTREAT HIM. YOU COULD SAY THAT YOU

HONOR AND YOU LOVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEN YOU

DISHONOR THEM. OR THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW,

YOU LOVE AND YOU HONOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR NATION, BUT THEN, YOU

KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THROWING GARBAGE OUT THEIR

WINDOW AND LITTERING A COUNTRY THAT THEY SAY THEY HONOR, RIGHT?

AND SO WE CAN SEE WHERE LOVE AND HONOR HAS TO COME BACK TO THE

FOUNDATION. YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE CHAOS THAT'S HAPPENING, THE

STRIFE, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT MELTING POT OF AMERICA HAS

BECOME THE GREAT BOILING POT. AND THERE'S THINGS THAT TRIGGER

PEOPLE AND SET THEM OFF AND PEOPLE ARE TOUCHY. AND I THINK

IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF HONOR. I GREW UP AS A CHILD BY

MY PARENTS TO HONOR. WE WERE TAUGHT THAT YOU RESPECT THOSE

THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY, WHETHER YOU LIKED THEM, AGREED WITH THEM

OR NOT. IF THEY HAD A UNIFORM, YOU RESPECTED THEM. IF THEY HAD

A TITLE, YOU CALLED THEM BY THEIR TITLE, DOCTOR, PASTOR,

MR., MRS., RIGHT? YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ARGUE BACK WITH YOUR

PARENTS. YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO JUSTIFY YOUR POSITION, RIGHT?

TODAY, PEOPLE JUST ALWAYS GOTTA HAVE THE LAST WORD. WE GOTTA LET

PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE WRONG AND WE'RE RIGHT. AND I JUST

THINK IF WE CAME BACK TO REALLY THE UNDERSTANDING OF LAW AND

HONOR AS THE FOUNDATION OF A HEART, THERE'D BE LESS

ARGUMENTS, THERE'D BE LESS FAMILY STRIFE, LESS DIVORCES,

THERE'D BE LESS CHAOS IN OUR SOCIETY. YOU WOULDN'T SEE

BUILDINGS BEING BURNED WITH FIRE, PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND

LIVELIHOODS BEING DESTROYED. YOU WOULDN'T SEE THE CONSTANT

BICKERING AND FIGHTING THAT SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. AND

LET'S TALK, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING POLITICS, RIGHT?

BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WHATEVER SIDE THEY'RE ON, RIGHT, LEFT, OR

IN THE MIDDLE, IF THEY WOULD JUST DO WHAT IS HONORABLE FOR

WE, THE PEOPLE, AND HAVE A LOVE FOR GOD AND INCLUDE GOD? MAN,

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE? SO LET'S CONTINUE ON.

JESUS SAID THESE WORDS, "THOU SHALL LOVE, "YOU SHALL HONOR THE

LORD YOUR GOD." NOW NOTICE, WE TALKED ABOUT HONORS OF THE

HEART, SO IS LOVE. NOTICE THE FIRST PLACE THAT JESUS MENTIONS.

HE SAID, "YOU NEED TO LOVE AND HONOR GOD FROM THE HEART, "AND

WITH ALL YOUR SOUL." WHY YOUR SOUL? BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY ALL

DAY LONG, "WELL, I HONOR GOD, OR I HONOR THIS PERSON, "OR I HONOR

THIS THING." BUT IF YOU DON'T MAKE DECISIONS, IF YOU DON'T

SUBMIT YOUR WILL, THAT'S WHAT YOUR SOUL IS, YOUR MIND, YOUR

WILL, AND YOUR EMOTION, IT'S JUST LIP SERVICE. AND THEN WITH

ALL YOUR MIND, YOU GOTTA MAKE A DECISION. AND THEN IT ALSO SAYS

WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH. IF YOU DON'T PUT ENERGY AND ACTION

BEHIND YOUR DECISIONS, YOUR MINDSET, RIGHT, YOUR EMOTIONS,

YOUR WILL, YOUR HEART, IF YOU DON'T PUT ACTION, STRENGTH

BEHIND IT, THEN IT'S JUST LIP SERVICE, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR

TIME. AND LET ME SAY THIS, IF ONE PERSON IS TRYING TO WALK THE

LOVE WALK, DON'T YOU BE THE ONE THAT GETS THEM OUT OF THE LOVE

WALK. OR DON'T BE THE ONE THAT'S OUT OF THE LOVE WALK. IF MARRIED

COUPLES, IF ONE PERSON'S TRYING TO BE A PERSON OF PRAYER, DON'T

SAY, WELL, YOU'RE JUST OVERLY SPIRITUAL. I'M NOT GONNA PRAY

WITH YOU, I'M NOT GONNA READ MY BIBLE. OR IF SOMEONE'S TRYING TO

END THE ARGUMENT AND HAND YOU THE OLIVE BRANCH OF THEIR ARM OR

TRY TO END THE ARGUMENT OR THE DISAGREEMENT, FOR GOODNESS SAKE,

BE HONORABLE. WELL, BUT THEY'RE WRONG AND I'M NOT GONNA ADMIT

IT. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST DIFFUSE THE

SITUATION AND PULL IT BACK IN THE SPIRIT. AND IT'S NOT AN

ISSUE OF WHETHER YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE WRONG.

SOMETIMES WHAT'S WRONG IS CARRYING IT ON, CONTINUING TO

HAVE IT GO. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS BY NOT LETTING THE SUN GO DOWN

UPON YOUR ANGER. JUST QUIT, YOU KNOW, HASHING IT OUT. QUIT

TRYING TO KEEP PROVING IT OUT AND SEEING WHO'S RIGHT AND WHO'S

WRONG. YOU KNOW, BRENDA AND I, IN 36 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MOST OF

OUR ARGUMENTS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DON'T SIT THERE AND TRY

TO PROVE OUT WHO'S RIGHT AND WHO'S WRONG. AT THE END OF THE

DAY, WE REALLY DO HONESTLY JUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST

HAVE PEACE. IT DOESN'T MATTER, AND REALLY I'VE LEARNED THIS

AFTER 36 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, AND I KNOW SHE'LL AGREE, THAT IT'S

LIKE, WE DON'T WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT. IT'S TOO EXHAUSTING TO FIGHT

ABOUT IT. RIGHT, AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN, AND I MEAN THIS, WE'VE

NEVER BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE MADE AN AGREEMENT WHEN WE FIRST GOT

MARRIED 36 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS 22 AND I HAD JUST TURNED 23, AND WE

MADE AN AGREEMENT THAT IF WE GET MAD AND WE GET SO ANGRY, RIGHT,

WE DON'T LEAVE. YOU DON'T LEAVE THE, IF YOU NEED A MOMENT TO GO

IN THE OTHER ROOM, THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU'RE NOT STAYING THERE.

RIGHT, YOU DON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T NOT

ANSWER YOUR PHONE 'CAUSE WE'RE MAD. NO, THE RULE IS IF YOU'RE

MAD OR YOU'RE NOT MAD, IF ONE OF US CALLS, YOU ANSWER. AND MY

RULE IS IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN WITH ME AND MY WIFE CALLS, I WILL

SAY, EXCUSE ME. AND I'VE BEEN WITH SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE

AND I'VE BEEN IN SOME VERY IMPORTANT MEETINGS AND I SAID,

EXCUSE ME, MY WIFE IS CALLING AND I WANT TO HONOR HER FOR JUST

A MOMENT. I'M GONNA, JUST A MOMENT. OR HEY, MY WIFE IS

TEXTING ME, EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT, I NEED TO JUST TELL HER

THAT I'M IN A MEETING, PLEASE. AND I WILL SHOW MY HONOR. SHE'S

DONE THE SAME THING WITH ME. BUT WE MADE A DECISION THAT WE DON'T

GO STUFFING AND HUFFING AND PUFFING OUT THE DOOR. TOO MANY

MARRIAGES HAVE ENDED THAT WAY. I WAS A JUVENILE COURT OFFICER FOR

A LITTLE WHILE WHILE I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY WAY IN THE

MINISTRY. AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE LITTLE GIRL, SHE WAS

ALWAYS IN TROUBLE. SHE WAS 14 YEARS OF AGE. AND I WANT YOU TO

HEAR ME, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. AND SHE WAS A KIND

LITTLE GIRL, BUT SHE WAS JUST IN TROUBLE ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER

AND MESSING AROUND WITH BOYS AND GOING TOO FAR AND JUST CREATING

A LOT OF MESS. AND THEY WERE WANTING TO PUT HER INTO FOSTER

CARE. AND I SAID TO HER, I SAID, "LISTEN TO ME, "CAN I ASK YOU AN

HONEST QUESTION? "THERE HAS TO BE A ROOT TO WHY YOU, "YOU ARE

SUCH A NICE PERSON." AND SHE STARTED CRYING. SHE SAYS, "WELL,

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT BELIEVES THAT." AND I SAID, "NO,

LISTEN TO ME. "I WANNA ASK YOU A QUESTION. "I WANNA ASK YOU WHAT

HAPPENED TO YOU "THAT CAUSED YOU TO BE THIS WAY, "WHERE YOU CAN'T

EVEN LOOK AT PEOPLE WHEN THEY TALK TO YOU? "YOU'RE NEVER

HAPPY. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" AND SHE LOOKED UP AT ME AND SHE

SAYS, "WHAT DO YOU CARE?" I SAID, "NO, I'M ASKING YOU. "I

REALLY WANNA KNOW." SHE SAID, "WELL, IT STARTED, "AND IT WAS

JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME." YOU KNOW, SHE WAS LIKE 14, MAYBE

ALMOST 15. SHE SAID, "I HEARD MY PARENTS ARGUING, "AND THEY WERE

ARGUING AND ARGUING AND FIGHTING "AND SLAMMING DOORS AND CALLING

EACH OTHER NAMES. "AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD MY MOM TELL MY

DAD "TO GET OUT WITH AN EXPLICATIVE. "AND I WATCHED MY

DAD GET INTO THE CAR "WHICH WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND HE NEVER

CAME BACK." AND I SAID, "SO WHAT IS IT THAT IS DRIVING?" SHE

SAID, "I HATE MY MOM. "I LOVED MY DAD. "I LOVED MY MOM, BUT

THEY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ME." WE DON'T THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE

LIVE A LIFE OF DISHONOR, WE GET OUT OF LOVE, HOW IT AFFECTS

OTHER PEOPLE. WHEN WE DECIDE TO BREAK A COMMANDMENT AND COMMIT

ADULTERY, WE DON'T REALIZE WE GOT OUT OF LOVE, WE GOT OUT OF

HONOR. WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE DO TO OUR KIDS WHEN WE DECIDE

THAT IT'S OKAY FOR US TO ARGUE IN THEIR PRESENCE AND FIGHT, AND

THEN GOD FORBID, GO SEPARATE WAYS OR END THE WHOLE MARRIAGE

AND WHAT IT DOES TO CHILDREN, WHAT IT DOES TO SOCIETY WHEN WE

AREN'T NICE TO PEOPLE, WHEN WE'RE NOT KIND. I HAD A RELATIVE

THAT HAD PASSED A WHILE BACK AND I WAS JUST WANTING TO FIND OUT

INFORMATION. I SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING? ARE THEY

HOLDING A MEMORIAL? ARE THEY HOLDING A SERVICE? AND THE

ANSWER WAS, NOBODY LIKED THEM. WELL, WHY? DO WE REALLY WANT

THAT TO BE SAID ABOUT OUR LIVES, THAT WE ARE PEOPLE THAT COULD

NOT WALK IN LOVE? WE COULDN'T WALK IN HONOR? YOU KNOW,

SOMETIMES I'VE DONE THIS IN MY MARRIAGE. I WILL HONESTLY, WILL

LOOK AT MY WIFE AND I WILL SAY TO MYSELF, SELF, AM I REALLY

HONORING HER? AM I REALLY TREATING HER LIKE CHRIST TREATS

THE CHURCH AND LOVES HER? AM I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SHOWING

THAT SIDE OF LOVE AND HONOR? AND I TELL YOU WHAT, I HAVE TO HIT

MYSELF SOMETIMES BECAUSE I'M A STUBBORN PERSON. I'M AN

INDIGNANT MAN. I LIKE TO HAVE MY OWN WAY. BUT WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL

MARRIAGE BECAUSE WE WORK VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN HONOR. PEACE IS

HONORABLE. LOVE IS HONORABLE. AVOIDING STRIFE AND DIVISION IS

HONORABLE. WALKING IN LOVE. JESUS SAID IF YOU DO THAT, IT

WON'T FAIL. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHY WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HAVE TO

BE BROUGHT THROUGH ALL THE DRAMA OF OUR POLITICIANS, OF A

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN? WHAT IF THEY WOULD HAVE JUST LOVED THEIR

COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT? WHAT IF THEY REALLY

HONORED YOU THAT VOTED FOR THEM AND SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT? "WE

AREN'T GONNA SHUT THIS THING DOWN. "IF WE HAVE TO STAY HERE

AND NOT GET PAID "AND NOT HAVE TO GO AND HAVE VACATIONS," THEY

ALL DID IT, WHICHEVER SIDE IT WAS, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON VACATION. NO, GET YOUR BUTT

THERE, AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU GOTTA SEND A TENT UP IN YOUR

OFFICE. WE WANT LOVE AND WE WANT HONOR. WE WANT TO BE TREATED

FAIRLY. SO THIS IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT. JESUS SAID, "YOU

SHOULD LOVE GOD, HONOR GOD "WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR

SOUL, AND ALL YOUR MIND." NOW WATCH THIS, NOTICE WHAT HE SAID,

THE SECOND COMMANDMENT. HE DIDN'T STOP THERE, HE SAID, AND

THE SECOND IS, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR OR HONOR OTHERS AS YOU

HONOR YOURSELF. OKAY, WE PAMPER OURSELVES, WE HAVE TO GET

PHOTOGRAPHS OF OURSELVES, OUR SELFIES, WE HAVE TO PUT A CAMERA

IN FRONT OF US SO THAT WE LET EVERYBODY KNOW HOW SMART WE ARE,

HOW WISE WE ARE, AND HOW WE GOT THE LATEST REVELATION RIGHT.

MAN, IF WE WOULD JUST TREAT PEOPLE THE SAME WAY THAT WE

TREAT OURSELVES, IT'D BE A BETTER WORLD. BECAUSE LOVE AND

HONOR ARE THE FOUNDATION. AND YOU KNOW, AS I WAS SHARING THIS,

ALL OF A SUDDEN I REMEMBER WHERE JESUS SAID THIS, IN ANOTHER

EXAMPLE, HE SAID THIS, AND I THINK IT'S IN VERSE 40, HE SAID,

"UPON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS "IS ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS

FULFILLED." AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, WAIT A MINUTE, WHY DID HE

MENTION THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS? WELL, THE LAW WAS

MEANT FOR MANKIND. THAT WAS WHAT YOU CALL A HORIZONTAL THING, HOW

YOU TREAT ONE ANOTHER HORIZONTALLY. BUT THEN THE

PROPHETS WERE COMING VERTICALLY WITH A MESSAGE FROM GOD. NOW,

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CROSS, WHAT DO YOU SEE? VERTICAL, AND YOU

SEE HORIZONTAL. AND SO HE'S SAYING THE TWO COMMANDMENTS

REALLY ARE FULFILLED IN THE CROSS, AND IT WAS REVEALED BY

THE LAW, WHICH WAS THE VERTICAL SIDE OF THE CROSS, HOW YOU TREAT

ONE ANOTHER. THAT'S WHY JESUS ON THE CROSS COULD SAY THE WORDS,

FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY DO. HE WAS

DOING THE VERTICAL THING. HE THEN WENT UP TO HIS FATHER AND

SAID, FATHER, IT IS FINISHED. HE WAS DOING THE VERTICAL THING,

AND THEN THE HORIZONTAL WAS FORGIVE THEM. HE WAS MAKING THE

SIGN OF THE CROSS. AGAIN, THE PROPHETS WERE BRINGING THE

MESSAGE FROM GOD, THAT'S THAT POST, AND THEN THE HORIZONTAL

WAS HOW YOU TREAT ONE ANOTHER IN THE LAW, AND EVEN HOW YOU

TREATED GOD. BUT THINK ABOUT THE TWO COMMANDMENTS. LOVING GOD,

HONORING GOD, THE FIRST PART OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. IN FACT,

PUT 'EM UP, IT SHOWS YOU THE CROSS, IT SHOWS YOU THIS

PRINCIPLE. IN THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, THOU SHALL HONOR

GOD, THOU SHALL LOVE GOD, AND HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM.

NOT SPORTS, SOMETIMES I GET TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT SPORTS,

I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF

TIME. NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT IT IS. IF I TALK ABOUT SPORTS AND

MY TEAM AND MY HOBBY, TRAINS AND ALL THAT, MORE THAN I DO GOD,

THEN THERE'S A PROBLEM. THEN I GET INTO THE NEXT ONE. THOU

SHALL HAVE NO OTHER IDOLS, THOU SHALL HAVE NO GRAY MID IMAGES.

SOMETIMES TAKE A BREAK, TAKE A BREATH, ALL RIGHT? THE THINGS OF

THIS WORLD ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT, WHETHER IT BE CARS,

WHETHER IT BE DECORATIONS, WHETHER IT BE FISH, WHETHER IT

BE MEN, WHETHER IT BE GIRLS, WHETHER IT BE SPORTS. IT'S NOT

AS IMPORTANT AS GOD. AND IF MOST OF WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH

OR OUT OF OUR HEART IS EVERYTHING ELSE, THEN WE ARE

BREAKING THE FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS. SO ARE YOU

LISTENING, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING? BUT NOTICE IT SAYS,

"THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS. THOU SHALT NOT MAKE ANY IMAGES,

AND THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD IN VAIN." THE

FIRST PART OF THE COMMANDMENTS IS THAT VERTICAL PIECE OF THE

CROSS, YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, AND HOW YOU LOVE HIM AND

HOW YOU HONOR HIM. AND THEN NOW NOTICE THE VERTICAL SIDE OF THE

CROSS. THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS, IT'S FULFILLED. WHEN JESUS WAS

TALKING ABOUT THE TWO COMMANDMENTS, HE WAS TALKING

ABOUT THE CROSS. AND WHEN JESUS CAME TO BE FULFILLED, YOU HAVE

ACCESS TO GOD. NOW HONOR HIM, LOVE HIM. AND YOU HAVE NOW

ACCESS TO PEOPLE THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE

LOVE OF GOD, THE HONOR OF GOD WHO FLOWS IN YOU AND THROUGH YOU

TO OTHERS THAT MAKES THE CROSS. THAT'S WHY YOU'LL NEVER COMMIT

ADULTERY. THAT'S WHY YOU'LL NEVER STEAL. THAT'S WHY YOU'LL

NEVER MURDER. OH, WELL, I WOULD NEVER KILL ANYBODY. WAIT A

MINUTE, JESUS SAID IF YOU HATE YOUR BROTHER, YOU'RE A MURDERER.

SO IF YOU GOT SOME OUGHT AGAINST SOME OTHER CHRISTIAN IN ANOTHER

CHURCH OR SOME OTHER PASTOR, IT'S A FORM OF MURDER. WELL, I

WOULD NEVER COMMIT ADULTERY. HEY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR

SECRETARY, MALE OR FEMALE, OR THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, JESUS SAID

IF YOU LUST AFTER THAT PERSON, IN YOUR HEART, YOU'VE ALREADY

TOOK THAT PERSON TO BED. YOU ALREADY BROKE IT. SO WE HAVE TO

COME BACK TO THE CROSS. MY HONOR AND LOVE TO YOU, GOD, IS NOT TO

SIN AGAINST YOU, TO HONOR YOU, NOT TO MAKE MY CONDUCT, MY

SPEECH, MY ATTENTION, MY HOBBIES, MY HABITS, NOTHING IS

MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU, GOD. I WON'T MAKE AN IDOL. I WON'T HAVE

ANY GRAVEN IMAGES. HE SAID THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO COMMANDMENTS,

LOVE AND HONOR. HOW MANY UNDERSTANDING IT? NOW LET'S GO

ON. LOVE AND HONOR IS IMPORTANT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. HOW

IMPORTANT IS HONOR? I WANT TO JUST SHOW YOU A COUPLE THINGS

AND THEN I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS AT WAR

WITH US. FIRST OF ALL, AND I'VE SHARED SOME OF THIS BEFORE, BUT

I WENT AND I LOOKED AT THE WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY OF HONOR

AND I WENT BACK AS FAR AS I COULD TO SEE WHAT THE DEFINITION

OF HONOR WAS. AND YOU KNOW, THE FARTHER THAT YOU WENT BACK, 10

YEARS, 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS, 50 YEARS, THE DEFINITION

OF HONOR WAS LONG. YOU GO TO THE NEW DEFINITIONS OUT OF THE

WEBSTER DICTIONARY AND IT'S LIKE ONE SENTENCE. AND YOU CAN SEE

THAT NOT ONLY HAS HONOR DECLINED, BUT SO HAS THE

DEFINITION. MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HONOR IS. I MEAN,

I HEAR PEOPLE WHEN THEY REFER TO THEIR PARENTS, WELL, MY OLD MAN,

MY OLD LADY, IF IT'S THEIR WIFE. YEAH, IT'S MY OLD LADY. I KNOW

KIDS THAT DISHONOR THEIR MOM AND DAD, BACKTALK THEM, SCREAM AT

THEM, YELL AT THEM. COUPLES THAT FIGHT LIKE CATS AND DOGS.

CHRISTIANS THAT FIGHT LIKE CATS AND DOGS. JUST LOOK AT SOCIAL

MEDIA. IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING. IT'S CALLED

LOVE AND HONOR. NOW HOW IMPORTANT IS HONOR? HONOR IS

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND I TOLD YOU THAT THE FIRST SIN THAT WAS

EVER COMMITTED, WE'VE OFTEN SAID IT, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT,

PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S PRIDE. OH, LUCIFER HAD PRIDE. LUCIFER

HAD SELFISH AMBITION. HE WANTED TO BE GOD. NO, LOOK AT ISAIAH

Isaiah 14:13

CHAPTER 14, VERSE 13. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. IT REVEALS

SOMETHING, AND IT REVEALS THE VERY PLACE THAT THE FIRST SIN,

WHICH WAS CALLED INIQUITY, THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS,

"DEPART FROM ME, YOU WORKER OF INIQUITY," JESUS SAID, "I NEVER

KNEW YOU." WHY DID HE SAY, HE DIDN'T SAY, "DEPART FROM ME, YOU

SINNER." HE SAID, "DEPART FROM ME, YOU WORKER OF INIQUITY."

YOU'RE WORKING AT INIQUITY. THE WORD INIQUITY, THE DEFINITION IS

PURPOSEFUL SIN. YOU WORK AT PURPOSEFULLY LOVING SIN AND

DOING WHAT'S WRONG AND COMPROMISING MORE THAN YOU LOVE,

PLEASING GOD AND HONORING HIM. WHEN JESUS WALKED IN, CARRYING

HIS OWN BLOOD THAT HE JUST GOT DONE ON THE MOST BRUTAL, BRUTAL,

BRUTAL, BRUTAL, BRUTAL, BRUTAL DEATH EVER KNOWN AMONG MAN. HE'S

CARRYING HIS OWN BLOOD. I CAN SEE THE FATHER JUST SMILING, AND

THE FATHER'S EYES JUST FILLED WITH SO MUCH HONOR TO JESUS AS

JESUS IS WALKING IN. THE FATHER LOOKS AT HIM AND HE SAYS, "YOU

ARE MY SON." AND THEN THE FATHER LOOKS AT JESUS CARRYING HIS

BLOOD AND SAYS, "YOU ARE GOD." AND THEN HE LOOKS AT HIM AS A

VERY, VERY PLEASED FATHER. AND HE SAYS, "SON, YOU LOVE

RIGHTEOUSNESS. "YOU LOVE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT. "YOU HONOR ME AND

YOU HONOR OTHERS. "AND YOU HATE INIQUITY, PURPOSEFUL SIN. "YOU

NEVER WORKED AT IT. YOU NEVER WENT DOWN THAT ROAD, YESHUA, AND

I HONOR YOU." LOOK AT ISAIAH 14, VERSE 13, TALKING ABOUT SATAN,

Isaiah 14:13

LUCIFER. "FOR YOU SAID IN YOUR HEART," NOTICE IT STARTED IN THE

HEART. WHERE DOES HONOR START? JESUS SAID, "YOU HONOR ME WITH

YOUR LIPS, "BUT YOUR HEART IS FAR AWAY." LUCIFER, HE WAS

THINKING SO MANY TIMES IN HIS HEART, AND HE STARTS REVEALING,

OH, I'M GONNA EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD. THAT

RIGHT THERE, YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE PRIDE, BUT THINK ABOUT IT. IF

YOU HONORED GOD IN YOUR HEART, WOULD YOU REALLY WANNA EXALT

YOURSELF ABOVE HIM? WOULD YOU REALLY WANT TO EXALT YOURSELF

WHERE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GRANTED? JESUS TELLS THIS STORY IN LUKE

14, AND I WATCH MINISTERS DO THIS. OH, DO I WATCH MINISTERS

DO THIS. JESUS TELLS A STORY AND HE SAYS, THIS IS WHY I DON'T

CARE ABOUT TITLES. NOW, AS A PASTOR, I DO. YOU SHOULD CALL ME

PASTOR HANK SO THAT THAT GRACE WORKS FOR YOU. BUT AS FAR AS THE

PROPHETIC GRACE, I DON'T CARE IF YOU THINK I'M A TRUE OR WHATEVER

PROPHETIC VESSEL. I DON'T EVEN WANNA GO AROUND CALLING MYSELF

THAT. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, WE SOMETIMES ARE SO CAUGHT UP IN

POSITION. PEOPLE, THEY SCRATCH, THEY FIGHT. COME ON, MOST

POLITICIANS, THEY SLEEP THEIR WAY TO THE TOP. THEY SCRATCH,

THEY FIGHT. I WATCH IT IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. SOMETIMES IT'S

NOT HOW QUALIFIED YOU ARE, IT'S HOW LOOSE. HOW MUCH SEXUAL

MISCONDUCT DO YOU WANT TO BE TO GET YOUR WAY, SLEEP YOUR WAY TO

THE TOP, REALLY? BUT JESUS TELLS A STORY, HE SAYS, "DON'T YOU

DARE GO SEAT YOURSELF AT THE FRONT SEAT "OF A TABLE IF YOU

WEREN'T SEATED THERE BY THE HOST." IF GOD HASN'T CALLED YOU

TO BE A PASTOR, DON'T YOU GO OUT AND START ONE. IF GOD HASN'T

CALLED YOU TO GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH, DON'T YOU DARE PLUCK

YOURSELF UP AND SAY, "WELL, I'M GONNA GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH

"BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE SOMETHING. "YOU DON'T AGREE WITH

SOMETHING." MAN, YOU'RE GONNA GET INTO WHAT'S CALLED THE

CHURCH ROTATION. IT'S CALLED THE REVOLVING DOOR. AND YOU'LL MESS

WITH YOUR LIFESPAN BECAUSE THE BOOK OF PSALMS SAYS, "THOSE THAT

BE PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD "SHALL BEAR FRUIT IN AN OLD

AGE." BUT DON'T GO SITTING YOURSELF, TIDYING YOURSELF.

DON'T, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR JOB, TRY TO MANIPULATE YOUR WAY SO

THAT THE BOSS MAKES YOU SECOND IN COMMAND OR MANAGER OR

SUPERVISOR OR WHATEVER. I REMEMBER ONE TIME, NOW I'M GONNA

TELL A DUMB STORY, BUT I REMEMBER BENNY HINN WAS

PREACHING DOWN AT THE RED LION INN IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, AND I

WAS 20 YEARS OF AGE, I THINK I WAS, AND I WAS SINGLE, I DIDN'T

KNOW BRENDA YET, I HADN'T YET SAID, "WHOA, MAN," 'CAUSE THAT'S

HOW WOMEN GOT THEIR NAME. WHEN EVE WALKED IN, SHE WASN'T

WEARING NOTHING. ADAM SAID, "WHOA, MAN!" YEAH, AND SO I

HADN'T SAID, "WHOA, MAN," BRENDA HADN'T ARRIVED, SO I WAS LOOKING

FOR A SEAT, AND THERE WAS NO SEATS, BUT I DID NOTICE THERE

WAS A SEAT UP FRONT. YEAH, RIGHT WHERE BENNY HINN COULD SEE ME.

AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE OPEN SEAT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, BLONDE,

CURLY HAIR I HAD EVER SEEN A WOMAN WEAR. NOW YOU GOTTA

REMEMBER, THIS IS 38 YEARS AGO. THINGS HAVE CHANGED, YOU'LL HEAR

WHY. SO I TOLD MY FRIEND THAT I WAS WITH, THEY SAID, "WELL, I'LL

JUST SIT BACK HERE." I SAID, "NO, I'M GONNA SIT NEXT "TO THAT

BEAUTIFUL BLONDE UP THERE." SO I WENT MARCHING, I HAD MY GEORGE

JEFFERSON WALK. I MEAN, YOU COULD JUST SEE ME SLIDING. AND I

GETS ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT, NEXT TO THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE. I

WENT LIKE THIS, "HELLO, IS THIS SEAT TAKEN?" "YES, MY WIFE IS

SITTING HERE." THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. IT LOOKED LIKE

BARRY GIBB FROM THE BEE GEES. NOW TODAY, YOU MIGHT HEAR, "OH

YES, THE SEAT IS OPEN. I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE SUCH AS

YOU." SOME DUDE WITH THE BEARD AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL HAIR, BUT IN

THOSE DAYS, HONORABLE DAYS, IT WAS A MAN WHO WAS MARRIED, BUT

FROM THE BACK, HE LOOKED LIKE A GIRL'S HAIR. NOT BECAUSE HE WAS

TRYING TO. IT WAS JUST THE '80S. DID Y'ALL GET THAT? AND AFTER I

DID THIS, I HAD TO WALK BACK WITH EVERYBODY LOOKING AT ME

'CAUSE THEY COULD TELL BY THE WAY I STRUTTED UP THERE. I MEAN,

I COULD HEAR THE BEE GEES SONG. I'M GONNA STAY ALIVE, STAY

ALIVE, AH, AH, AH, AH. I'M GONNA GET THAT GIRL'S NUMBER. I'M

GONNA GET THAT GIRL'S NUMBER. I'M GONNA STAY ALIVE, I'M GONNA

STAY ALIVE. AND I GOT MOVED. HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK.

BUT I THANK GOD THAT HAPPENED. WHAT, YOU'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING

STUPID LIKE THAT IN YOUR LIFE? DON'T SAY NO, NOW I FEEL WORSE.

WHAT WAS MY POINT? DON'T LIVE A LIFE, DON'T SEAT YOURSELF, DON'T

TRY TO PROMOTE YOURSELF. LET GOD PROMOTE YOU. LET GOD HONOR YOU

AS YOU HONOR HIM. LET'S TALK SOME MORE ABOUT HONOR. AND I'M

JUST GONNA GIVE YOU THE REFERENCES. HOW IMPORTANT IS

HONOR? JESUS SAYS HE'S HANGING ON THE CROSS OF ALL THE THINGS

THAT HE COULD THINK OF, RIGHT? HE LOOKS DOWN AT JOHN, THE

BELOVED. HE'S THE ONLY DISCIPLE THAT DIDN'T LEAVE, RIGHT? ALL

THE OTHER ONES LEFT. AND JESUS SAYS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW WE

COULD LOOK AS HIS EYES HAD BEEN PUNCHED AND BRUISED AND BLOODY

AND THE BLOOD'S COMING IN HIS EYES AND THE SWEAT AND HE'S

TRYING TO LOOK OUT OF HIS EYES AND HE LOOKS DOWN AND FOR HIM TO

BE ABLE TO SPEAK, BECAUSE CRUCIFIXION WOULD SUFFOCATE YOU,

YOU WOULD STRUGGLE FOR BREATH. AND HE LOOKED DOWN AND HE SAID,

HE SAID, "WOMAN," SPEAKING TO HIS MOTHER, "WOMAN, LOOK NEXT TO

YOU, YOUR SON. "JOHN, LOOK AT THIS WOMAN, THIS IS YOUR

MOTHER." NOW THAT IS AN HONORABLE THING, TO MAKE SURE

THAT YOUR MAMA, WHICH I HAVE DONE FOR MY MOM AND MY

MOTHER-IN-LAW, MAKE SURE THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF. YOU HAVE TO.

THAT'S YOUR HONORABLE THING. THE SECOND EXAMPLE WE SEE IS, OKAY,

WHO'S GONNA GET JESUS'S BODY? WHO'S GONNA BE ABLE TO? BY THE

WAY, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE SHROUD OF TURAN, AND I DON'T

CARE WHAT YOU SAY, I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S THE LORD. AND

WHEN THEY DID SOME 3D IMAGING OF IT, SOMEBODY SAID TO ME,

"PASTOR, YOU'VE SEEN THE LORD." I SAID, "THAT IS PRETTY CLOSE,

"EXCEPT WHEN THE LORD APPEARED TO ME, "I'VE SEEN HIM MORE THAN

ONCE, HE'S HAD BLUE EYES." "I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HE

DID." BUT I SAID, "AND THERE'S A FEW OF HIS FEATURES ON HIS FACE

"THAT'S JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN HIS CHEEK AND HIS BONES, "BUT

HIS HAIR COLOR IS SIMILAR." I SAID, "THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

"THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE LORD AND WHAT I'VE SEEN OF HIM." THEY

STILL CAN'T PROVE IT WRONG, RIGHT? AND THEN THEY SAY, "WELL,

BUT JESUS HAD A FACE COVERING." WELL, THERE'S ALSO THE SHROUD,

ANOTHER SHROUD THAT MATCHES IT, AND THE BLOOD FROM THAT MATCHES

THE VERY ONE I'M TRYING. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE, YOU KNOW,

I JUST FIND IT FASCINATING, I LOVE IT. I JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT

IT, IT KEEPS ME THINKING ABOUT MY LORD. AND THEN IT TELLS ME,

YOU KNOW, JESUS, I WANNA SEE YOU AGAIN, COME, COME AND, I'LL GIVE

YOU THE BIGGEST KISS IF YOU COME. AND THEN I'D EVEN HOLD

YOU, AND I WOULDN'T LET GO. SO IT GIVES ME A REASON TO KINDA,

YOU KNOW, WORK ON HIM TO COME AND SEE ME AGAIN. BUT HERE'S THE

POINT. THE POINT IS I SERVE HIM BY FAITH AND BLESSED ARE THOSE

THAT HAVE SEEN NOT YET THEY BELIEVE. RIGHT? BUT HERE'S THE

POINT. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, AN HONORABLE MAN, JESUS GAVE HIS

OWN BODY TO. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? WHO DID HE TRUST HIS BODY

TO? NOW, WHAT ARE WE CALLED? WE'RE CALLED THE BODY OF CHRIST.

THAT'S WHY WHEN WE MISTREAT ONE ANOTHER, IT'S NOT SMART. YOU

KNOW, I WAS READING ONE DAY ABOUT MOSES, AND MOSES WAS

CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD. AND I'M WRITING THIS BOOK ABOUT HOW

TO BECOME THE FRIEND OF GOD, AND I'M ON THE CHAPTER, I'M WORKING,

PUTTING IT TOGETHER ABOUT MOSES. AND WHAT IS THE MOSES PRINCIPLE

OF FRIENDSHIP? AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD GOT ON ME ONE DAY AND HE

SAID, "I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SOMETHING." HE SAID, "IT'S VERY

IMPORTANT, HANK, IN FRIENDSHIP." AND I SAID, "WELL, WHAT IS

THAT?" AND HE SAID, "GO AND LOOK AT JOSHUA CHAPTER 1.” AND I WAS

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LIKE, "OKAY." AND I WENT AND I LOOKED AT JOSHUA ONE AND I READ

THE FIRST VERSE. IT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD SAID? HE SAID, "JOSHUA,

MY SERVANT, MOSES IS DEAD." HE SAID, "I DIDN'T CALL HIM MY

FRIEND THERE. "I DIDN'T SAY MY FRIEND MOSES IS DEAD, I SAID MY

SERVANT." AND HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND "A PRINCIPLE

OF FRIENDSHIP WITH ME." IT'S NOT WORKS, IT'S NOT WHAT MARY WAS

TRYING TO DO TO IMPRESS JESUS WHEN HE CAME TO THE HOUSE OF

LAZARUS, RIGHT? WAS IT MARTHA? NO, MARTHA WAS BUSY, WASN'T IT

MARTHA? YEAH, MARTHA WAS BUSY, SORRY MARTHA, YEAH. ISN'T THERE

A LADY THAT COOKS NAMED MARTHA? MARTHA STEWART, YEAH, WE DON'T

WANNA TALK ABOUT HER. I DON'T THINK SHE'S A, I DON'T THINK

SHE'S CONSERVATIVE OR ANYTHING. BUT ANYWAY, THE POINT IS, I

DON'T WANNA WASTE MY TIME ON THAT STUFF, BUT THE POINT IS,

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING BUSY. JESUS SAID THE GREATEST IN

THE KINGDOM IS THE SERVANT OF ALL. IT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS IN

AMOS 3:7, "GOD DOES NOTHING IN THE EARTH UNLESS HE REVEALS HIS

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SECRETS "TO HIS FRIENDS, THE PROPHETS, HIS SERVANTS." THERE'S

SOMETHING ABOUT YOU WANNA SERVE GOD SO MUCH AND HONOR HIM THAT

YOU'RE WILLING TO LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN. HE SAID, "THAT'S WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT, HANK, "IS THAT KIND OF SACRIFICE THAT MOSES WAS

WILLING "TO TAKE OFF HIS SHOES AND SAY, OKAY, IT'S ON YOUR

TERMS. "YOU'RE A HOLY GOD. "IF YOU WANT ME TO SAY THIS, YOU

WANT ME TO DO THIS, "YOU WANT ME TO BE THIS, "YOU WANT ME TO BE

CALLED TO MINISTRY." YOU KNOW, CAN I SAY THIS? FOR THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE CALLED IN THE MINISTRY, DON'T YOU EVER SAY TO GOD, "WHY

DID YOU CALL ME?" I DID THAT EARLY ON AND I DON'T DO IT

ANYMORE. ONE OF THE GREATEST, HIGHEST HONORS THAT YOU HAVE IF

GOD CALLED YOU, FIRST OF ALL, AS A SERVANT, OR GIVES YOU A GIFT,

WHATEVER IT IS, BUT IF YOU ARE CALLED TO A FIVEFOLD MINISTRY,

LISTEN TO ME, EVERY ONE OF YOU PASTORS, IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE

GOD IN THE MINISTRY. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, IT

IS AN HONOR. BUT HE CALLED HIM A SERVANT BECAUSE THERE'S

SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING A SERVANT, HONORABLE HEART THAT

POSITIONS YOU TO BE ENTRUSTED BY GOD WITH THE LEVEL OF INTIMATE

FRIENDSHIP. THAT'S WHAT HE TAUGHT ME ON THAT ONE. ANYWAY,

WHERE AM I? OH, BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM THAT MOSES DID. MOSES,

GOD LOVED HIM AS A SERVANT, AS A FRIEND, BUT HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO

GO INTO THE PROMISED LAND. AND IT HIT ME ONE DAY AND I SAID,

LORD, WHY? COULDN'T YOU JUST HAVE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY?

COULDN'T YOU HAVE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, MOSES, YOU'RE MY SERVANT,

YOU'RE MY FRIEND. I MEAN, HEY, YOU HAD AN ANGER MOMENT. YOU HAD

A TEMPER TANTRUM. YOU TOOK YOUR STICK THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU AND

YOU HIT THIS STUPID ROCK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. I

MEAN, WHO CARES? IT'S JUST A ROCK AND WATER FLOWED OUT OF IT.

AND GOD LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, MOSES, BECAUSE YOU STRUCK THAT

ROCK AND YOU DIDN'T SPEAK TO IT, YOU CANNOT, I KNOW IT HURTS AND

GRIEVES MY HEART, BUT YOU CANNOT GO TO THE PROMISED LAND. NOW,

LATER ON IN THE TRANSFIGURATION, HE LET MOSES STAND BY HIS SIDE

AND SEE IT, BUT HE COULDN'T, OFF OF A TEMPER TANTRUM, OFF OF

GETTING IN THE FLESH. I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, GOD

UNDERSTANDS ME." NOT IF YOU GET OUT OF THE LOVE WALK OR OUT OF

HONOR. HE'S A GOOD FATHER, HE'S GONNA HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU'RE NOT TREATING GOD RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT TREATING OTHERS

RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT TREATING YOUR SPOUSE RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT

TREATING YOUR BOSS RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT TREATING YOUR MOM AND DAD

RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT TREATING YOUR COUNTRY RIGHT, WHATEVER. YOU'RE

NOT TREATING YOUR TITHE RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT TREATING YOUR MONEY

RIGHT. GOD LOOKS AT THIS STUFF. BUT WITH MOSES, THE REASON IS,

IS BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF CORINTHIANS THAT THAT

ROCK THAT HE STRUCK, THAT THAT WATER CAME OUT OF WAS CHRIST. HE

STRUCK A FORM OF JESUS, HIS BODY. AND IT DAWNED ON ME, WHEN

WE STRIKE OUT ON OUR KEYBOARDS, OUR TEXT MESSAGES, OUR PHONE

CALLS, WE JUST GET UP AND LEAVE 'CAUSE I'M MAD. AND WE MISTREAT

ONE ANOTHER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. WE ARE DOING EXACTLY

WHAT MOSES DID. WE ARE STRIKING AT THE BODY OF CHRIST. THAT'S

WHY, CAN I TELL YOU, STAY OUT OF THE OPINIONS WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO

HAVE YOU CALL OUT THIS ONE AND CALL OUT THAT ONE. OKAY, I GOT A

CALL FROM SOMEBODY A WHILE BACK AND THEY SAID, "PASTOR, THIS

MINISTER, "I THINK YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM." I SAID, "WELL, I

REALLY DON'T KNOW HIM VERY WELL." THEY SAID, "THIS PERSON

JUST KEEPS CALLING OUT MINISTERS." AND I THOUGHT MAYBE

YOU KNEW THEM. I SAID, "WELL, I'VE MET THEM BEFORE." AND THEY

SAID, "WELL, WOULD YOU TALK TO THEM "AND TELL THEM TO QUIT

TALKING ABOUT, "THEY'RE SAYING SOME THINGS ABOUT THAT PERSON

"AND THEY'RE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT A MINISTRY FRIEND." I

SAID, "FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT HERE TO PICK "AND CHOOSE WHO

YOUR FRIENDS ARE, "BUT HERE'S WHAT I WILL DO. "I WILL TELL YOU

WHAT MARILYN HICKEY, MY MOM, "TOLD ME IN THE LORD. "SHE SAID

TO ME, SHE SAID, 'HANK,'" 'CAUSE I ASKED HER ONE DAY, YOU KNOW,

"SHE'S GONNA BE, I DON'T KNOW, 97, 98." I ASKED HER ONE TIME,

AND YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, IN HER, I'VE KNOWN HER FOR HOW MANY

YEARS, BRENDA? OVER 25 YEARS, SO SHE'S 90. SO I PROPHESIED TO HER

ABOUT HER DECADE OF HER 70S. I REMEMBER THAT AND I TOLD HER

ABOUT SHE WOULD BE LIVING IN HER 80S AND SHE'D BE LIVING IN HER

90S. AND GOD WOULD TELL HER WHAT WAS COMING. BUT I ASKED HER ONE

DAY, 'CAUSE I SAID, "MARILYN, YOU KNOW, GOD FULFILLED THOSE

PROPHECIES "AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU.

"BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ONE OF THE MISTAKES "THAT A LOT OF

CHRISTIANS OR MINISTERS MAKES?" YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID? HOLDING

GRUDGES AND TALKING AND CALLING OUT PEOPLE. SHE SAID MOST

MINISTERS THAT SPEND ALL THEIR TIME NAMING NAMES AND CALLING

OUT PEOPLE, SHE SAID YOU GO AND LOOK AT THEIR MINISTRY, MOST OF

THEM WILL END IN SHIPWRECK. GOD DOES NOT PUT UP WITH THAT STUFF.

NOW, THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE, PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YEAH, BUT PAUL

CALLED OUT CERTAIN ONES IN THE BIBLE. BUT THOSE WERE UNDER HIS

AUTHORITY, RIGHT? NOW, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY, IF ONE OF

THEM, AND GOD FORBID, ONE OF OUR LEADERS OR PASTORS DID SOMETHING

THAT WAS GRIEVOUS OR WHATEVER, I WOULD MAY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW,

COME BEFORE THE CONGREGATION AND SAY, HEY, THIS PERSON

REPRESENTED THE CHURCH. WE WENT TO THEM ALONE, THEY DIDN'T

LISTEN. WE TRIED TO TAKE THEM BEFORE OTHER WISE COUNSEL, THE

BOARD, THEY DIDN'T LISTEN, AND NOW WE HAVE TO MARK THEM. THERE

ARE THOSE CASES THAT ARE UNDER MY THROAT. BUT FOR ME TO JUST

GET UP EVERY SUNDAY AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE THINK THAT

BROTHER BIG CHURCH, WHO MAY HAVE THE BIGGEST CHURCH, WHETHER IT

BE IN WEEPING WILLOW, NEBRASKA, OR DALLAS, TEXAS, OR HOUSTON,

WHETHER WE THINK THAT THEY'RE LEGITIMATE AND WHETHER THEY

SHOULD HAVE A SMALL HOUSE, A MEDIUM HOUSE, A BIG HOUSE, A HEN

HOUSE, A DOG HOUSE. AND THEN WE SIT THERE AND WE WRITE, YOU

KNOW, PODCAST THIS AND WE GET ON IT. OH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I

THOUGHT. HE IS STEALING THE PEOPLE. HE IS FLEECING THE

SHEEP. AND YOU KNOW WHAT MARILYN HICKEY TOLD ME? SHE SAID, "HANK,

IF THEY'RE DIRTY, "GOD ALWAYS DEALS WITH HIS PEOPLE AND HIS

MINISTERS." AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, MARILYN, I AGREE WITH

YOU, "BECAUSE WHEN ELI WAS STEALING FROM THE PEOPLE, "AND

SO WAS HIS KIDS, GOD KILLED 'EM ALL." I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS

IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. AND I WAS, AND IF YOU KNOW WHO THIS

PERSON IS, DON'T PUT IT IN THE COMMENTS. AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO

TEACH A LESSON. AND SO THE DRIVER LOOKED, THERE WAS THIS

BILLBOARDS ALL OVER FOR THIS MIRACLE SIGNS AND WONDERS. THEY

WERE SHOWING CRUTCHES AND CANES AND WHEELCHAIRS AND ALL THIS

STUFF. AND HE'S LIKE, OH MAN, ARE YOU GONNA GO TO THIS, PASTOR

HANK? I SAID, WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS PERSON. OH, THIS

PERSON IS HAVING FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS WITH JESUS. AND I

DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING 'CAUSE SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. AND

HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID, PASTOR HANK, I, HE GOES, YOU'RE

AWFUL QUIET. YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING 'CAUSE YOU DON'T

AGREE WITH SOMETHING. I SAID, I'LL JUST KEEP IT TO MYSELF. HE

GOES, SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS YOU AIN'T GOING. I SAID, NO, I'M NOT

GOING. SO THEN WE SAW ANOTHER ONE. HE SAID, YEAH, BUT THIS MAN

IS SEEING JESUS FACE TO FACE. AND HE'S GOT MIRACLES. I SAID,

SO? HE GOES, WELL, I'LL TAKE THAT THEN THAT YOU DON'T THINK

THAT HE'S LEGITIMATE. I SAID, WELL, I DIDN'T SAY THAT,

BUT YOU CAN THINK THAT IF YOU WANT.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

BECAUSE I WAS HEARING THE SPIRIT OF GOD. AND THE LORD TOLD ME,

SAID, "HE'S MESSING AROUND WITH SOME WOMEN. "I HAVEN'T APPEARED

TO HIM. "I'VE APPEARED IN HIS HEART AND CONVICTED HIM "AND

TOLD HIM HE NEEDS TO QUIT HAVING SEX WITH WOMEN "AND INVITING

THEM IN. "AND THERE'S A LOT OF MANUFACTURING GOING ON "OF WHAT

IS ON THOSE BILLBOARDS, "AND I'M GONNA EXPOSE HIM AND YOU KEEP

YOUR MOUTH SHUT." I SAID, "WELL, LORD, I CAN SHARE THIS. THIS IS

DEEP." AND THE LORD SAID TO ME, "AND YOU'LL GRIEVE ME." AND SO

THEN I SAID, "WELL, WHAT IF I SAY IT AND THEN WE TALK LATER?

YOU EVER DONE THAT BEFORE?" AND I KNEW THAT WAS THE WRONG

ANSWER. AND SURE ENOUGH, MAN, THIS WAS A FEW YEARS BACK AND

ALL OVER THE NEWS IT CAME. SLEEPING AROUND, INTERCOURSE,

LYING ABOUT THE SIGNS AND WONDERS. NOW THERE'S LEGITIMATE

ONES OUT THERE. AND WE NEED TO HONOR THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M

GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE. BUT HERE'S MY POINT. I DIDN'T GO

NAMING WHO IT WAS. I DIDN'T, THIS IS LIKE NOW, I DIDN'T GO

AND, YOU KNOW, GET INTO A CONVERSATION OF WHY GOD TOLD ME

THAT MAN IS A FORNICATOR AND AN INSTIGATOR, RIGHT? JUST LEAVE

IT. BUT YOU START GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AND YOU GET INTO

DISHONOR. WHAT DISHONOR, PASTOR HANK? EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW

THAT THAT MAN'S A CHARLESTON, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THAT GUY.

WHAT'S THE WORD? A CHARLACON, OR WHATEVER. CHARLOTTE, CHARLATEN,

A CHARLATEN, A CHARLATEN. A GRIFTER, THERE, I GOT THAT WORD.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A GRIFTER IS, BUT I'VE BEEN CALLED ONE, SO

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A GRIFTER IS. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT SAY I'M A

GRIFTER, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT A GRIFTER IS. YOU GET MY

GRIFT? OKAY, SO I DON'T. BUT WHAT GOOD IS IT? AND THEN I'VE

WATCHED PEOPLE, I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE, I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE

CRITICIZE. WELL, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THAT MINISTER, HE THROWS

HIS COAT. HE BLOWS ON PEOPLE. HE WEARS A WHITE SUIT. IT'S ALL

FAKE. ALL I KNOW IS I WAS FIVE ROWS BACK WHEN THE GUY SAID,

"RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT." I WAS OUT, KUNK, LIGHTS OUT. I WAS

DRAGGED UP ON THIS STAGE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES.

COULDN'T MOVE. RIGHT? IN THE BACK ROOM, LAID HANDS ON ME MORE

THAN ONE TIME. MY WHOLE BODY'S VIBRATING. I CAN'T MOVE. YOU CAN

CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. I KNOW GOD, AND I'M TELLING YOU,

THE TIMES THAT I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH CERTAIN

INDIVIDUALS. SO BE CAREFUL, JUST BECAUSE MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T HAD.

AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT PERSON, THEN YOU DON'T FOLLOW

THEM. RIGHT, BUT TO RAIL ON THE BODY OF CHRIST AND TO GET OUT

THERE WITH YOUR PODCAST AND COMMENT SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE

RIGHT ABOUT WHO'S WRONG. NO, THE ACTION OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS

MORE WRONG POTENTIALLY THAN THE ONE THAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE

ACCUSING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THE ENEMY DOES. AND

REALLY, IT'S THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL, AND I AM NOT EVEN GONNA

TALK ABOUT NABOTH'S VINEYARD TODAY. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT

JEZEBEL DOES. JEZEBEL LOVES TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY, AND

CALL OUT PEOPLE. A LOT OF TIMES, THEY'RE INNOCENT. AND BRING UP

ACCUSATIONS, TURMOIL, DIVISION, STRIFE, SO THAT SHE CAN SNATCH

THE VINEYARD. AND EVERYBODY HAS A VINEYARD THAT THEY HAVE TO

RULE OVER. BUT THAT IS NEXT WEEK'S MESSAGE AS PASTOR DOUG

GETS READY TO COME. 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M HITTING WHAT I'M

SUPPOSED TO HIT. SO I THINK WE GOTTA GET BACK TO SOME LOVE AND

WE GOTTA GET BACK TO HONOR, RIGHT? I THINK THIS

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THIS WILL GIVE PASTOR DOUG ENOUGH TIME TO WALK.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

NOW HE'S RUNNING, HE'S BRISKLY RUNNING. OKAY. NOW, I'M NOT

SAYING THAT WE IGNORE BAD BEHAVIOR. I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

YOU KNOW, LISTEN, THERE'S A COUPLE FOLK THAT ARE A LITTLE

ORNERY OUT THERE, AND I'M LIKE, LORD, YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH

THEM. IN FACT, ONE PERSON I WAS SAYING, ONE TIME I WAS LIKE,

LORD, YOU REALLY NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT PERSON. AND THEN ONE

DAY I'M SITTING, OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS PERSON COMES IN TO ONE OF

THE MEETINGS. AND I'M SITTING THERE, I'M LIKE, MAN, I DON'T

LIKE THAT PERSON. AND GOD SAYS, YEAH, AND YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH

SOMETHING. YOU'RE GONNA TALK TO THEM. YOU'RE GONNA TALK TO THEM.

AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL THEM SUCH AND SUCH. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT,

I WAS SURPRISED. WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

AND I GOTTA BE CAREFUL HOW I SAY IT. THEY SAID, YOU ARE A TRUE

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I SAY IT TO YOU LIKE

THAT IS BECAUSE THEY SAID, GOD HAS BEEN DEALING WITH ME AND I

HAVE BEEN DISHONORING HIM. AND THEY SAID, I'M GONNA CORRECT

THAT. NOW, I WILL SAY THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE

THING. SOMETIMES, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD SOMETHING THAT

YOU'RE WORKING ON IN YOUR LIFE? NOW, UNLESS IT'S OBVIOUSLY

SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY EVIL AND WRONG,

RIGHT? AND YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC EYE, THAT'S, YOU KNOW. WE NEED

TO LET GOD WORK WITH PEOPLE. WE NEED TO LET THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK

WITH PEOPLE, SOMETIMES RATHER THAN GIVING VOICE TO IT. AND I

WAS SHOCKED WHEN I HAD TO BRING A CONFRONTATION, A WORD TO THIS

PERSON. I WAS SHOCKED, LIKE, OKAY. I DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD

RECEIVE, BUT THEY DID. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO

ON AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THEY NEEDED TO CORRECT. HOW MANY

HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING? I THINK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO HONOR GOD'S

HEART, HOW DOES HE FEEL ABOUT HIS BODY? HOW DOES HE FEEL ABOUT

THAT CHRISTIAN, THAT BROTHER, THAT SISTER, THAT MINISTER, THAT

CHURCH? WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU A

PRINCIPLE HERE. THERE IS BLESSINGS, RIGHT, TO A LIFE OF

HONOR. SAYS IN VERSE 1, IT SAYS, DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 28, VERSE 1,

Deuteronomy 28:1

"IT SHALL COME TO PASS IF YOU WILL HONOR "THE VOICE OF THE

LORD YOUR GOD, "TO OBSERVE AND DO ALL OF HIS COMMANDMENTS,

"WHICH I COMMAND THIS DAY, "THAT THE LORD WILL SET YOU ON HIGH

"ABOVE ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH." SO GOD IS SAYING, LOOK,

IF YOU JUST HONOR MY WORD, YOU HONOR MY WAYS, OKAY, IT'S GONNA

BE A BLESSING. NOW WATCH VERSE 2. AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS WILL

COME ON YOU IF YOU MAINTAIN A LIFE OF HONOR. IN FACT, IF YOU

MAINTAIN A LIFE OF HONOR, AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THIS NEXT

WEEK OUT OF THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, WHAT HAPPENS? MAN,

IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR HEALTH, IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR MONEY,

IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR LONGEVITY, IT'S CONNECTED TO

FAVOR WITH GOD, FAVOR WITH PEOPLE, HOW YOU HONOR GOD AND

HOW YOU HONOR OTHERS. HE SAYS, ALL THESE BLESSINGS ARE GONNA

COME ON YOU, THEY'RE EVEN GONNA OVERTAKE IN YOU IF YOU WILL BE A

PERSON OF HONOR AND LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.

NOW HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT SITTING DOWN GOING, (HUMMING)

I'M WAITING FOR YOUR VOICE. I'M HONORING YOUR VOICE.

I DON'T HEAR IT. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK?

NO. THIS ALSO IS THE VOICE OF THE LORD. AMEN.

OKAY, YOUR PASTOR IS PART OF GOD SPEAKING. YOUR

SPOUSE, ANOTHER CHRISTIAN, RIGHT? IF YOU DO WHAT GOD SAYS.

SEE, JESUS SAID THESE WORDS, HE SAID, "DON'T CALL ME LORD." AND

THEN YOU DON'T DO WHAT I SAY. YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD, THE REAL

DEFINITION OF LORD IS? IN FACT, WE'VE SAW THIS MOVEMENT IN THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE NO KINGS MOVEMENT. REALLY WHAT'S

THE ROOT OF THAT IS THEY DON'T WANT GOD EITHER. IF YOU LOOK AT

JESUS AND YOU SAY, YOU ARE NOT JUST MY SAVIOR, BUT YOU ARE MY

LORD. YOU ARE SAYING YOU'RE MY KING, AND I AM PART OF YOUR

KINGDOM, AND THEREFORE I LOSE MY RIGHTS. WHATEVER YOU SAY,

WHATEVER YOU WANT, HOWEVER YOU WANT ME TO LIVE, HOWEVER YOU

WANT ME TO BE, HOWEVER YOU WANT ME TO ACT, THAT'S WHO I AM. NO

ARGUMENTS, ZERO. WE ARE GONNA DO WHAT YOU SAY. YOU'RE NOT JUST

LORD, YOU'RE KING, AND THAT'S WHAT LORDSHIP IS, RIGHT? CAN'T

GO TO GOD AND SAY, WELL, NO, I DO. NOW, THERE ARE TIMES, LET ME

JUST SAY THIS. THERE ARE TIMES WITH THE FATHER, AND I DO THIS

WITH HIM, AND I DO THIS WITH JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHERE

PART OF MY RELATIONSHIP, MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME, WHERE I SAY TO

GOD, GOD, I KNOW THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY TO YOU IS PROBABLY

NOT SMART. IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS. BUT I

WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD GO TO AN ATTORNEY, YOU GET TO

PRESENT YOUR CASE. 'CAUSE JESUS IS MY ATTORNEY. AND THERE'S

TIMES I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M JUST GONNA LET, YOU KNOW, I'M A

LITTLE MAD HERE. I'M UPSET, I DON'T LIKE THAT PERSON, I DON'T

LIKE THE WAY THEY'RE TREATING ME. I REALLY WANT YOU TO SEND A

LIGHTNING BOLT AND FRY THEIR HOUSE. SO, CAN WE JUST TALK FOR

A MOMENT IN THE LEGAL COUNCIL, JESUS? AND THEN, AFTER MY

PRELIMINARY MEETING, I WILL DO WHAT YOU SAY. BUT I DO THAT, YOU

KNOW WHY I DO THAT? I WILL SET UP A MEETING WITH THE FATHER.

SOMETIMES I'VE SAID IT, BRENDA, SHE KNOWS. SOMETIMES I'M LIKE,

AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, I'M GONNA COME MEET WITH YOU.

AND I'M GONNA HAVE IT OUT, LET YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL. WANT YOU TO

FRY THEIR HOUSE. I'M TEASING. I'VE BEEN MAD A FEW TIMES. AND I

SAID, I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU, I'M GONNA GET IT RIGHT. BUT I GOTTA

HAVE IT OUT. I NEED ABOUT 15 MINUTES. AND I'M GONNA LET YOU

KNOW HOW I FEEL. I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO ME.

I'M GONNA READ ALL THE SCRIPTURES THAT DAVID READ ABOUT

HIS ENEMIES, BREAK THEIR NECKS, BASH THEIR TEETH, LET THERE BE

NO JUSTICE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW. AND THEN AFTER ABOUT

15 MINUTES, WE'RE GONNA TAKE COMMUNION. I WILL REPENT AND

I'LL GET UNDER AUTHORITY. I DO THAT SOMETIMES. AND YOU KNOW

WHAT? I'VE NEVER HAD JESUS TELL ME, DON'T YOU EVER

DO THAT. I'VE HAD HIM SAY, OKAY. I'VE HAD

HIM ONE TIME TELL ME, ARE YOU FINISHED?

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

YES, DAD, TO THE FATHER. YES, I AM, DAD. MY ATTORNEY, OH, YOU'RE

TELLING ME TO BE QUIET NOW 'CAUSE WHAT I SAY

CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST ME. OKAY, OKAY,

SO THANK YOU, ADVOCATE. FATHER, I'M HAPPY.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

PUT AWAY WRATH, MALICE, BITTERNESS FROM YOUR MOUTH. PUT

ON CHRIST. IT'S MY HONOR. YEAH, RIGHT. BUT AT LEAST I FEEL LIKE

WHEN I GO TO THAT PART OF DOING THAT, I GOT OUT THE OTHER

GARBAGE. AND THEN I CAN POSITION MYSELF TO BE BIBLE MAN. STOP,

NOBODY, YOU GUYS LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M A WEIRDO. I KNOW, DON'T SAY

IT, DON'T, YOU ONLINE, DON'T SAY IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S HELPED ME IN MY INTIMATE WALK WITH GOD

OF 40 YEARS. JUST GET IT OUT. OKAY, WHEN MY DAD DIED, WHEN

BRENDA'S DAD DIED, I WAS UPSET. EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVED LONG, NOT

LONG ENOUGH IN MY OPINION, BUT I JUST LET GOD KNOW HOW I FELT FOR

A LITTLE BIT. AND I SAID, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, NOW, THIS IS

IT. I WILL WAX SPIRITUAL. I WILL DO WHAT YOUR WORD SAYS. FROM

THIS MOMENT FORWARD, THAT I SET UP A MEETING WITH THE TRINITY OF

GOD, AND I WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW HOW I FELT. OKAY, THAT'S

JUST ME. ALL RIGHT, AND ALL THESE BLESSINGS, IF YOU HONOR,

SHALL COME UPON YOU, OVERTAKE YOU, IF YOU LISTEN, IF YOU HONOR

THE VOICE OF THE LORD. LOOK AT VERSE 3. YOU'LL BE BLESSED IN

THE CITY. YOU'LL BE BLESSED IN THE FIELD. YOU'LL BE BLESSED,

WATCH THIS, VERSE 4. YOU'RE GONNA BE BLESSED COMING IN,

YOU'RE GONNA BE BLESSED GOING OUT. AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE

IS, IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO 14 VERSES. SO THERE'S 14 VERSES OF

BLESSINGS, BUT THEN GO DOWN TO VERSE 15. THERE ARE 68, NO,

YEAH, 15 TO 68. SO THERE'S, WHAT IS, WHERE'S MIKE MCGRATH? WHAT'S

68 MINUS 15? ANYBODY KNOW? SO THERE'S 53 CONSEQUENCES, 53

VERSES OF WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T OBEY, IF YOU DON'T HONOR.

"BUT IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IF YOU'LL NOT HONOR "THE VOICE OF

THE LORD OR WHAT HE SAYS IN HIS STATUTES, "THEN ALL THESE THINGS

SHALL COME UPON THEE." WELL, I'M REDEEMED FROM THAT. WELL, BUT

YOU PUT YOURSELF, DISHONOR, CAN I TELL YOU WHAT DISHONOR DOES?

WHY DID WE EVEN NEED TO HAVE JESUS COME? GO AHEAD AND STAND

AT YOUR FEET. WHY DID WE EVEN NEED JESUS TO COME? BECAUSE WE

HAD LUCIFER, DISHONOR, IT WAS IN HIS HEART. HE TRIED TO CHALLENGE

GOD, AND THAT DISHONOR WAS SO MUCH IN HIS HEART THAT HE WENT

DOWN TO THE GARDEN, AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE SOWED THAT FIRST ACT

OF DISHONOR. WHAT DID HE DO? HE WENT TO ADAM AND EVE, OR REALLY

EVE, AND HE SAID, "OH, YOU KNOW, GOD REALLY DIDN'T SAY THAT. "GOD

REALLY DIDN'T MEAN THAT." TRYING TO GET THEM TO DISHONOR WHAT GOD

SAID. AND AS A RESULT, RIGHT, THE CURSE CAME INTO

MANIFESTATION. WHEN WE GET OUT OF HONOR, WE SET OURSELVES UP

FOR THE ENEMY TO TAKE HITS. THIS IS WHY THE BIBLE SAYS IF YOU

BREAK A HEDGE, ECCLESIASTES 10:8, THE SERPENT CAN BITE. IF

Ecclesiastes 10:8

WE JUST LIVE OUR LIVES, I'M GONNA DO WHAT I WANNA DO. THAT'S

JUST ME, IT'S MY PERSONALITY, RIGHT? GOD GETS ME. NOPE, TURN

THE CHANNEL WHEN YOU SEE THAT COMMERCIAL COME ON. HE ALREADY

GOT US. NOW HE DEMANDS THAT WE CONFORM TO HIS IMAGE, RIGHT?

HEAVENLY FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON, ME INCLUDED, THAT

WE ARE PUTTING ON CHRIST AND WE'RE PUTTING OFF THE OLD MAN.

AND FATHER, WE TAKE UP OUR CROSS. THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.

WE DENY OURSELVES, WE DENY OUR FLESH. WE DON'T ALLOW DISHONOR

TO BE A PART OF OUR LIVES, OUR PROCESS, OUR THINKING, OUR

ACTIONS. AND LORD, WE THINK ABOUT THE CROSS AND WE THINK

ABOUT THE VERTICAL POST OF OUR RELATIONSHIP AND OUR HONOR

BETWEEN US AND YOU. AND GOD, WE DO LOVE YOU AND WE DO HONOR YOU

WITH ALL OF OUR HEART, SOUL, MIND, AND STRENGTH. AND THEN WE

THINK ABOUT THAT HORIZONTAL PIECE OF FATHER, FORGIVE THEM.

AND FATHER, IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WE HAVE HONOR IN OUR HEART

TODAY, WE FORGIVE ALL MEN. WE EXAMINE OURSELVES, AND WE WILL

NOT, OH GOD, HAVE UNFORGIVENESS IN OUR HEART. BUT THAT

HORIZONTAL PART ACROSS, LORD, HELP US TO DO UNTO OTHERS AS

WE'D HAVE THEM DO UNTO US. HELP US TO LOVE OTHERS AND HONOR

OTHERS, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE A BACKBONE THAT

STANDS FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH WITH OUR FELLOW MAN. LORD,

THERE'S BLESSINGS OF HONOR, AND WE CHOOSE THIS DAY, OUR HOUSE,

THIS TEMPLE, AS IT SAYS IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, TO SERVE THE

LORD, TO SERVE OUR KING, AND TO BE PEOPLE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

AND SO, LORD, THIS DAY, WE NOT ONLY CALL YOU OUR SAVIOR, BUT WE

CALL YOU OUR KING, OUR LORD. AND WE WILL DO WHAT YOU SAY. SHOW US

THE WAY OF HONOR. AND WE'LL WALK IN IT, IN YESHUA'S NAME. AND

EVERYBODY THAT BELIEVES GOD'S WORD SAID. AMEN. AMEN. WELL, I

HOPE YOU GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT. CAN I TELL YOU, COME ON

OVER, PASTOR. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME IS I'M

TRYING TO PREACH ANOTHER MESSAGE, BUT IT'S LIKE GOD KEEPS

TAKING ME DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SO HOPEFULLY, NO, NOT HOPEFULLY,

'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S THE LORD, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A

LONG TIME. SO I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE BEING BLESSED BY IT. AND

AMEN. ALL RIGHT, PASTOR DOUG, AGAIN, REMIND HIM, THERE IS NO

IN-PERSON SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT BRENNAN AND I WILL BE COMING

TO YOU RIGHT THERE LIVE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO LOOK FORWARD

TO BEING ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT SOME THANKSGIVING STUFF.

AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR. I LOVE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. I'M GOING TO

ASK YOU JUST TO HOLD WITH ME FOR JUST A COUPLE MINUTES HERE, AND

THOSE OF YOU THAT NEED TO GET TO YOUR PLACE OF WORK IN THE FOYER

OR CONNECT CAFE OR WHEREVER YOU NEED TO BE, I'LL DISMISS YOU AT

THIS POINT IN TIME. THE REST OF YOU, IF YOU'LL JUST WAIT WITH ME

FOR JUST A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. PASTOR HANK MENTIONED THIS

MORNING, PSALM 103, ABOUT OUR LIVES ARE REDEEMED FROM

DESTRUCTION. AND THAT'S SUCH A GREAT PRINCIPLE, SUCH A GREAT

PROMISE THAT WE CAN HANG ON TO. BUT THAT ONLY HAPPENS IF WE ARE

PART OF THE COVENANT THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, IF WE ARE

CONNECTED TO JESUS. SO IF YOU'RE AN UNBELIEVER, YOU HAVEN'T

RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, THEN YOU CAN'T

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THOSE PROMISES THAT THE BIBLE GIVES.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INITIAL STEP TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO

GOD AND SAY, "LORD, I WANT YOU TO SAVE ME. I WANT YOU TO BE MY

LORD AND I WILL SERVE YOU." YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT STEP. AND HE

WENT TO THE CROSS. YOU HEARD SO MUCH GOOD. THAT WAS REALLY A

GOOD MESSAGE TODAY. HOW MANY OF YOU GAINED SOMETHING FROM THAT?

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, MAN, HONOR IS SO IMPORTANT. AND HOW DO YOU

HONOR GOD? WELL, ONE OF THE FIRST WAYS YOU HONOR GOD, IF

YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT, IS TO MAKE HIM THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. HE

CREATED YOU. HE KNOWS THE BEST PLAN FOR YOU. HE HAS A

WONDERFUL, ABUNDANT PLAN FOR EACH OF US. BUT IF WE CHOOSE TO

GO OUR OWN WAY, OUR SELF-WILLED WAY THAT MOST MEN WANT TO DO,

THAT'S JUST OUR NATURAL BENT, IS TO DO IT OURSELVES. BUT IF WE

CHOOSE THAT PATH, IT ENDS UP IN DESTRUCTION. IT ENDS UP IN

DESTRUCTION. BECAUSE THERE'S LIFE AFTER WHAT YOU'RE

EXPERIENCING ON THIS EARTH. I KNOW IT'S COMMON TEACHING TODAY

THAT WHEN THIS LIFE ENDS, YOU'RE JUST DEAD LIKE A TREE, JUST

NOTHING ELSE. IT'S NOT TRUE. THE TRUTH IS WE'RE BODIES, SOUL, AND

SPIRIT, AND OUR SPIRIT IS ETERNAL. AND WHEN YOU CONNECT

YOUR ETERNAL SPIRIT TO GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH HIM FOR

ETERNITY. IF YOU DO NOT DO THAT, IF YOU DO NOT CHOOSE TO DO THAT,

IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE CHOICE TO CONNECT WITH GOD, THEN YOU'VE

ALREADY MADE A CHOICE TO WALK WITH SATAN OR THE DEVIL. AND HIS

PLAN IS A PLAN OF DESTRUCTION. HE COMES TO STEAL, KILL, AND

DESTROY. AND THEN OUR DESTINY IS DETERMINED FOR US. WE DON'T JUST

END UP ROTTED PIECE OF WOOD DECAYING IN THE GROUND LIKE A

TREE. WE END UP IN A PLACE CALLED HELL, WHICH IS FOR

ETERNITY. AND SOMETIMES WE THINK THIS LIFE IS LONG. I THINK IT'S

SHORT BECAUSE IT'S GOING SO FAST, BUT SOMETIMES WE THINK

THIS LIFE IS LONG. BUT WAIT UNTIL YOU GET INTO ETERNITY AND

YOU'RE STUCK IN HELL AND YOU NEVER GET OUT. WHAT A TERRIBLE

TRAGEDY. WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO END UP THERE. AND I KNOW THAT

EVERY WEEK IT SEEMS WE RECEIVE NOTICE THAT SOMEONE ACROSS THE

NATION OR AROUND THE WORLD RECEIVES JESUS AT THIS TIME. SO

I JUST ASK YOU TO BE PATIENT WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. I'M GONNA

ASK YOU TO JUST BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME, AND WE'RE GONNA PRAY.

AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE IN THIS ROOM, AND YOU SAY, "PASTOR

DOUG, I'VE NEVER REALLY MADE "THAT DECISION TO MAKE CHRIST MY

LORD. "I WANNA SECURE MY ETERNAL FUTURE, "BUT I WANNA KNOW GOD'S

PLAN FOR MY LIFE. "I WANNA ENTER INTO ALL THOSE GOOD PROMISES

"THAT PASTOR HANK WAS TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T WANT TO END UP IN

DESTRUCTION. I WANT TO FOLLOW GOD. I WANT HIS PLAN AND HIS

PURPOSE. AND WHEN YOU STEP INTO THAT, YOU'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN

EVERY AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU STEP INTO HEALING. THAT'S

WHERE YOU STEP INTO PROSPERITY. THAT'S WHEN YOU STEP INTO

PROVISION. THE ANGELS WATCHING OVER YOU, HAVING HIM REBUKE THE

DEVOURER ON YOUR BEHALF. ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN

YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN. THERE'LL BE WARS AND THERE'LL BE FIGHTS,

BUT YOU'LL HAVE HIM ON YOUR SIDE. AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU

PEACE. IF YOU NEED THAT PEACE TODAY, I'M URGING YOU TO MAKE

THE DECISION TODAY. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE HAVE ON THIS

EARTH. PEOPLE GET TAKEN OUT EVERY DAY, BUT NEVER WAIT WHEN

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND GOD'S TUGGING AT YOUR HEART,

MAKE THE DECISION FOR HIM. HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. I WANT

TO PRAY WITH YOU TODAY IF YOU NEED JESUS. AND I'M GOING TO

COUNT TO THREE. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THIS

RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT, IN YOUR HOME, YOUR HOTEL ROOM, AT YOUR

PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, EVEN IF YOU'RE DRIVING IN YOUR CAR, YOU

CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. BUT WHEN I COUNT TO THREE, IF YOU SAY, "I

NEED JESUS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S THE LORD OF MY LIFE, I

WANT TO COMMIT TO HIM," I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING

VERY BOLD AND JUST RAISE YOUR HAND SO I CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.

ONE, TWO, THREE. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU NEED JESUS. YOU SAY, "I

WANT TO MAKE HIM THE LORD OF MY LIFE. I NEED TO MAKE THAT

DECISION TODAY." IS THERE ANYONE HERE? YOU SAY, "I NEED TO MAKE

JESUS THE LORD OF MY LIFE. I WANT TO DO THAT TODAY." I DON'T

SEE ANY HANDS HERE. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, IS THERE A HAND

THAT I MISSED SOMEWHERE? IS THERE A HAND OVER HERE? OKAY.

I'M GOING TO ASK THAT PERSON, I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE

HERE, YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING

ELSE. I WANT YOU TO COME FORWARD AND STAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

NOW, IF YOU WOULD. JUST GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT AND COME FORWARD

HERE. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, SIR. I'M NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS

YOU, BUT JESUS HAS A GOOD PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. COME ON UP, COME

ON UP. I SEE YOU'VE GOT A BLUE BAG. THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE?

THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. THE

REASON I HAVE PEOPLE COME UP IS EVERY TIME THAT WE LOOK IN THE

BIBLE WHEN JESUS CALLED PEOPLE, HE CALLED THEM PUBLICLY. AND

THIS WILL MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE YOU'LL

NEVER FORGET THE DAY THAT YOU CAME FORWARD AT LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH ON NOVEMBER 23RD, 23RD, 2025, AND YOU MADE A DECISION

FOR CHRIST. BASICALLY, IT'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. AND YOU'LL

NEVER LOOK BACK AND SAY, "I'M DISAPPOINTED," BECAUSE YOU'LL

KNOW AS YOU FOLLOW HIM WHERE YOU'RE GONNA END UP IN ETERNITY.

AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE ANGELS AND THOSE THAT HAVE GONE

ON BEFORE US, YOU PROBABLY HAVE GRANDPARENTS OR

GREAT-GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN HEAVEN. THEY'RE

LOOKING DOWN AT YOU NOW AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY, "THANK GOD HE

CAME TO JESUS." AND THEY'RE REJOICING, THEY'RE HAVING A

PARTY. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? MY NAME'S NATHAN. NATHAN? NATHAN,

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. OKAY, WE'LL TALK

ABOUT THAT LATER, BUT LET'S TAKE CARE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

FIRST. WE'LL HELP YOU. BUT LET'S TAKE CARE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING, AND THAT'S PRAYING TO ASK JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR HEART.

IT STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER, AND THEN AS YOU MOVE ON FROM

THERE, CHURCH ATTENDANCE, GETTING THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS,

AND STUDYING YOUR BIBLE AND PRAYING ARE ALL PART OF IT, AND

WE'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT. BUT THIS IS YOUR FIRST STEP, AND IT

STARTS WITH A PRAYER. NOW, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, YOU CAN

PRAY WITH ME. JUST REPEAT AFTER ME AS I STATE THIS PRAYER. YOU

CAN JUST REPEAT AFTER ME, NATHAN. IT'S OKAY, YOU JUST GO

AHEAD. FATHER IN HEAVEN. FATHER IN HEAVEN. I THANK YOU. I THANK

YOU. THAT YOU SENT JESUS. THAT YOU SENT JESUS. TO BE MY SAVIOR.

TO BE MY SAVIOR. I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE. HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF

CALVARY. HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY. HE DIED FOR ME. HE DIED

FOR ME. AND THE BIBLE SAYS. AND THE BIBLE SAYS. HE WAS BURIED

AND HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY. I BELIEVE THAT.

JESUS, I'M ASKING YOU, FORGIVE ME FOR ALL THE SIN IN MY LIFE.

COME INTO MY HEART. MAKE ME A NEW CREATION. AND I WILL SERVE

YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. AND BECAUSE YOU PRAYED THAT, NATHAN,

YOU'RE IN NOW. YOU'RE PART OF THE FAMILY OF GOD.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, PLEASE CALL OUR

PRAYER LINE, 855-777-7907, AND LET OUR PRAYER

COUNSELORS KNOW THAT YOU PRAYED WITH PASTOR DOUG TODAY, AND

THEY'LL MAKE SURE AND GET THE SAME INFORMATION TO YOU THAT

WE'RE GETTING TO NATHAN TODAY TO HELP HIM IN HIS WALK. AND WE

WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU RECEIVED THE LORD. IT'S ENCOURAGING TO US

THAT YOU WERE MINISTERED TO TODAY. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT

IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE. ALTAR TEAM, IF YOU WOULD COME UP HERE

QUICKLY. I MEANT TO ASK YOU TO COME UP FIRST, AND I SLIPPED UP

ON THAT ONE. I WANT SOMEONE TO GIVE NATHAN THE INFORMATION THAT

HE NEEDS, HELP HIM WITH HIS WALK. AND THEN RICK, HE HAS SOME

OTHER THINGS THAT HE NEEDS SOME HELP WITH, SO MAYBE YOU AND I

CAN WORK WITH THAT AND AFTER YOU TALK TO HIM. SO IF YOU NEED

PRAYER TODAY THE ALTAR TEAM IS UP HERE IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL

PRAYER OR MAYBE ONE MORE THING THAT'S JUST ON MY HEART MAYBE

YOU'VE WALKED IN DISHONOR AT SOME POINT AND SOMETHING THAT

PASTOR HANK SAID TODAY REALLY AFFECTED YOU. YOU KNOW THAT YOU

NEED TO REPENT OF IT AND YOU JUST NEED SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH

SO THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THAT IN YOUR LIFE. MAKE SURE YOU USE OUR

ALTAR TEAM HERE. THEY'RE WILLING TO PRAY WITH YOU AND AGREE WITH

YOU. WHATEVER THEY PRAY WITH YOU ABOUT, IT'S CONFIDENTIAL. I

DON'T EVEN FIND OUT ABOUT IT IN MOST CASES UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING

THAT PASTORS REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. SO FEEL FREE TO COME UP

AND GET PRAYER TODAY FOR THAT. WELL, TWO THINGS THAT I NEED TO

DISMISS YOU WITH. DON'T FORGET THAT IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF A

242 GROUP, FIND OUT ABOUT IT. GET INFORMATION TODAY AND GET

PLUGGED IN. AND HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS JUST DO IT.

BOB, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO

IS MAKE THIS A TEST. GO TO ONE. GO TO ONE 242 GROUP, HAVE THEM

SIGN YOU UP, GO TO ONE. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DON'T LIKE IT,

YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, TALK TO BOB, HE'LL ANSWER

IT. HE'LL HELP YOU WITH IT. BUT GIVE IT A TRY, BECAUSE I REALLY

THINK IT WILL HELP YOU IN RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING

YOURSELF UP IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, GIVE IT A TRY. AND WE

MAY HAVE, WE NEED MORE 242 GROUPS. WE NEED LEADERS. SO,

MANY OF YOU HAVE GIFTS, ABILITIES, AND CALLINGS, BUT YOU

HAVEN'T STEPPED INTO THAT YET, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT YOU

NEED TO BE A LEADER OF A 242 GROUP. WELL, HOW DO YOU START

THERE? YOU START BY ATTENDING ONE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AND IF

YOU GET OFFENDED, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU'RE GONNA GET

OFFENDED ALL YOUR LIFE. GO BACK AGAIN, AND KEEP GOING. IT'LL

BUILD YOUR STRENGTH. IT'S OKAY TO HAVE YOUR TOES STEPPED ON

ONCE IN A WHILE. IT'LL MAKE YOU STRONGER. AND THEN, THE LAST

THING I WANTED TO SAY, AND I'M GONNA DISMISS YOU IS, WE HAVE A

BAPTISMAL SERVICE HAPPENING UP IN THE SOUTH AUDITORIUM. IT'S

JUST STEP OUT OF HERE TO YOUR LEFT, UP AT THE OLD AUDITORIUM,

SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING. IT'LL HAPPEN IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM

THE TIME I DISMISS YOU. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO WITNESS THOSE

BAPTISMS OR ENCOURAGE THOSE PEOPLE, FEEL FREE TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND IT ONLY LASTS ABOUT 10 MINUTES. SO IF

YOU GO UP THERE, YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT TODAY. GOD BLESS

YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING. HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING,

AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY.

(MUSIC)