10/22/25 A Vision for the Harvest

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- GOOD EVENING LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

GOOD EVENING LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

I SAID GOOD EVENING LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE.

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GLAD AND REJOICING IN IT?

OH, YOU'RE NOT ACTING LIKE IT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT TODAY.

BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER DAY THAT HE GAVE.

ANOTHER DAY THAT WE GET TO COME IN WITH THE BODY OF BELIEVERS

AND WORSHIP TOGETHER AND GIVE PRAISE AND GLORY TO THE KING.

LET'S GO.

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- HALLELUJAH, WE GIVE YOU GLORY IN THIS PLACE LORD.

WE GIVE YOU GLORY TONIGHT. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE.

WE MAGNIFY YOUR HOLY NAME. YOU'RE WORTHY, YOU'RE WORTHY OF

ALL PRAISE. OUR PRAYER, LORD, IS TO FLOOD OUR SOUL WITH YOUR

GLORY. WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT, LORD.

MAGNIFICENT, MAGNIFICENT IS YOUR NAME. OH, WE MAGNIFY YOU.

WE MAGNIFY YOU TONIGHT, LORD. WE THINK ABOUT WHAT A

PRIVILEGE IT IS TO KNOW YOU. WHAT A PRIVILEGE WE HAVE THAT

WE CAN CHOOSE YOU. WE CAN CHOOSE LIFE. YOU GIVE US A CHOICE.

YOU'VE MADE US FREE WILL CREATURES. WE CAN CHOOSE YOU,

LORD. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE COUNT IT AN HONOR AND

A PRIVILEGE TO MAKE A CHOICE TO FOLLOW YOU.

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

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH YOU AS THE TEAM SANG TONIGHT THROUGH

ETERNITY. THROUGH ETERNITY. PEOPLE WE DON'T HAVE A GRASP

OF WHAT ETERNITY IS. WE HAVE FINITE MINDS.

WE CAN'T REALLY FIGURE IT OUT SOMETIMES.

WHAT IS ETERNITY? IT'S SO IMMENSE.

YOU KNOW, WE THINK A BILLION IS A LOT. AND IT IS. DO YOU

REALIZE THAT, TASHA, IF YOU WERE GOING TO START TONIGHT

COUNTING TO A BILLION, IT WOULD TAKE YOU 31.7 YEARS.

AND THAT'S WITHOUT EATING OR SLEEPING. CONTINUALLY

COUNTING, ONE DIGIT PER SECOND, IT WOULD TAKE YOU 31

YEARS TO COUNT TO A BILLION. WE TALK ABOUT TRILLIONS, YOU

KNOW, OUR GOVERNMENT'S GOT A 40 MILLION, $40 TRILLION

DEBT OR WHATEVER. WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT THAT IS. DO YOU

KNOW, TASHA, IF YOU TRIED TO COUNT TO A TRILLION, IT

WOULD TAKE YOU 31,000 YEARS TO COUNT TO A TRILLION.

THAT'S HOW BIG A TRILLION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH

OUR LORD TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF

YEARS. WE CAN'T GRASP THAT. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

COIN, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS THE

FACT THAT PEOPLE THAT DO NOT KNOW JESUS ARE GOING TO BE

IN HELL FOR ETERNITY. AND THAT'S THE SAD FACT. AND

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN THIS LITTLE SLIVER OF

TIME THAT WE HAVE ON EARTH, OUR 70, 80, 90, 100, 120

YEARS, WHATEVER IT IS WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO DO ALL WE

CAN TO REACH PEOPLE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S WORTHY AND HE'S

GIVEN US A PLAN AND HE'S GIVEN US GRACE. WE COULD ALL

BE DESTINED TO HELL, BUT HE HAS A PLAN FOR US. THANK

YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, JESUS. PRAISE GOD, WE

WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. HALLELUJAH, WE

GIVE YOU GLORY IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT. WHAT AN HONOR IT IS

TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

WE ARE PRIVILEGED PEOPLE. WE COULD BE OUT IN THE BARS, WE

COULD BE IN A HOSPITAL, WE COULD BE DOING A LOT OF

THINGS, IN A GAMBLING CASINO, BUT YOU FOLKS CHOSE

TO HIRE. BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AND WORSHIP HIM.

AND THE SAME FOR YOU THAT ARE WORSHIPPING WITH US

ONLINE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. HALLELUJAH.

THANK YOU, JESUS. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. THE LORD SAID TO

ME, "ABSENT." AND I'M TRYING TO- I THINK I KNOW WHAT

THAT- WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO HERE. ABSENT IS THERE'S

SOMEONE EITHER WATCHING ONLINE OR YOU'RE HERE

TONIGHT AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN ABSENCE IN YOUR LIFE

AND THAT COULD BE A RELATIONSHIP CHANGE BECAUSE

SOMEONE BROKE OFF A RELATIONSHIP, MAYBE IT'S

SOMEONE MOVED, MAYBE IT'S A DEATH, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S

BEEN EXTRA HEAVY ON YOU RECENTLY THAT YOU'RE MISSING

THIS PERSON. YOU'RE LONELY AND FEELING SOME GRIEF MAYBE

DUE TO THIS ABSENCE THAT'S HAPPENED. AND GOD SAYS

TONIGHT HE WANTS TO RESTORE YOUR JOY AND HELP YOU TO

MOVE FORWARD IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO. IS

THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT FITS MY

DESCRIPTION, I FELT THAT ABSENCE IN MY LIFE BECAUSE

OF A CHANGE IN A RELATIONSHIP, WHATEVER IT

MIGHT BE. IS THAT ANYONE HERE? COME ON OVER HERE AND

WE'RE GOING TO PRAY. I KNOW WHAT IT IS. IN YOUR CASE,

SHE'S OUT OF TOWN. SHE'S AWAY TO SCHOOL, RIGHT?

THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU'RE FEELING

THOSE THINGS, GOD'S CHOOSING TO SAY TO YOU TONIGHT, BOAZ,

THIS IS THE NIGHT THAT HE WANTS TO JUST CALL YOU OUT

AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. I'M

GOING TO RESTORE THAT JOY. YOU MISS HER? THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S NATURAL TO HAVE THAT FEELING. WHEN YOU LOVE

SOMEONE, YOU MISS THEM. YOU DESIRE TO BE WITH THEM. BUT

YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD'S GOT A BIGGER PLAN, AND YOU'RE

GOING TO JUST PATIENTLY GET THROUGH THIS. IT'S GOING TO

MAKE YOU STRONGER. IT'S GOING TO MAKE HER STRONGER.

AND THEN, I'M NOT PROPHESYING MARRIAGE OR

ANYTHING, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WHATEVER HAPPENS,

YOU'RE BOTH GOING TO BE MUCH MORE POWERFUL. LET'S JUST

SAY IT THAT WAY. IS THAT OKAY, MOM? OKAY, OKAY. LET'S

DO THIS. PASTOR KEITH, WOULD YOU JUST LAY YOUR HANDS ON

HIM AND PRAY FOR GOD TO RESTORE HIS JOY AND HELP HIM

DURING THIS TIME OF SEPARATION. AND IF YOU'RE

WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT, AND THAT'S YOU THAT I'VE

IDENTIFIED, WE PRAY ALSO IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS

THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE RESTORED, THAT YOU'RE

FULFILLED, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT MINISTER TO YOU RIGHT

WHERE YOU'RE AT IN A POWERFUL WAY TO COMFORT YOU,

TO GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO MOVE ON THROUGH THIS

UNDERSTANDING THAT GRIEF AND SEPARATION AND LOSS CAN BE

DIFFICULT BUT GOD CAN RESTORE THAT JOY TO YOU AND

THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH AND HE WILL GIVE

THAT TO YOU AS YOU MOVE FORWARD AND PRESS INTO HIM

AND THE BIBLE SAYS AS WE DRAW NEAR TO GOD, HE WILL

DRAW NEAR TO US AND THAT'S YOUR ASSIGNMENT NOW IF

YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE IS TO DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND THEN HE

WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU AND COMFORT YOU THROUGH THIS

TIME PERIOD AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO

OTHERS AND HELP THEM IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WERE

COMFORTED. IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, THAT'S OUR PRAYER.

HALLELUJAH. THANK YOU, JESUS. GLORY TO GOD. PRAISE GOD. THANK

YOU, JESUS. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

IS THERE SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'VE GOT ARM

PAIN? I'M THINKING IN YOUR RIGHT ARM, ARM PAIN, JUST

LIKE IT'S RADIATING DOWN YOUR ARM. IS THAT SOMEONE

HERE TONIGHT? IF IT'S SOMEONE ONLINE, YOU CAN LET

US KNOW. BUT I'M GONNA PRAY FOR THAT. IS THERE SOMEONE

HERE? QUICKLY, I WANT YOU TO JUST RESPOND IF THERE IS

ANYONE HERE. THAT SEEMS TO PERSIST IN YOUR RIGHT ARM IS

WHAT I'M FEELING. OKAY, IT'S PROBABLY SOMEONE ONLINE.

FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE REACH OUT TO THAT

PERSON THAT HAS ARM PAIN, AND IF YOU'RE AT HOME OR

WHEREVER YOU'RE AT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TAKE

YOUR LEFT HAND, LAY THAT ON YOUR RIGHT ARM, AND IN THE

NAME OF JESUS, WE COMMAND HEALING BY THE STRIPES OF

JESUS INTO THAT ARM. AND WE SAY, "ARM BE WHOLE, PAIN GO,

DEVIL TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF OF THIS INDIVIDUAL." WE SAY,

"COMPLETE HEALING," AND THAT THAT ARM IS RESTORED TO

NORMAL IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN, AMEN. PRAISE

GOD. THANK YOU, JESUS. WELL, HALLELUJAH. WHY DON'T YOU DO

THIS TONIGHT? TURN AROUND AND SHAKE HANDS WITH SOMEONE

AND LET THEM KNOW IT'S GOOD TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE

LORD ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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- ALL RIGHT, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. WHAT A GREAT

LEAD-IN TO AN OFFERING MESSAGE, ALREADY THINKING

ABOUT TRILLIONS. HOW BIG IS OUR FAITH? I THINK IT JUST

EXPANDED TONIGHT. WELL, IT'S SO POWERFUL WHEN GOD SHOWS

UP. AND BEFORE I GET INTO TONIGHT'S OFFERING MESSAGE,

I WANNA MAKE A QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. AND

THIS REALLY GOES OUT TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS, THE

THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS WE HAVE ONLINE, ABOUT THE ONE VOICE

TV APP. MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT AND MAKE SURE YOU UPDATE

WHETHER YOU'RE ON APPLE OR YOU'RE ON ANDROID. AND THIS

COULD BE FOR THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM TOO, IF YOU USE THE

APP. MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT UPDATED. SO GO TO YOUR APP,

UPDATE IT, MAKE SURE IT'S UPDATED. WE HAVE, AS PASTOR

SHANE HAS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, WE'VE LAUNCHED SOME

NEW CAPABILITIES AND A NEW LOOK AND FEEL TO THE APP AND

THE OVTV WEBSITE. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU DON'T

MISS ANYTHING BECAUSE IF WE SHUT OFF THE APPS, THE OLD

APPS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON THE NEW APP. AND

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH

OUT TO US. WE LOVE YOU ONLINE VIEWERS AND WE LOVE

EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

HERE. YOU KNOW, FOR TONIGHT'S OFFERING MESSAGE,

I WANNA SPEAK TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT THINK AND FEEL A

LITTLE BIT LIKE I DID AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE.

USHERS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND STAND IN THE AISLE WITH THE

ENVELOPES, AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE PUT UP THE OFFERING

INFORMATION ON THE BOARD. THESE ARE ALL THE WAYS TO

DONATE INTO THE MINISTRY. THESE ARE ALL THE WAYS THAT

YOU CAN SHARE YOUR TITHES, YOUR GIFTS, AND YOUR

OFFERINGS. YOU KNOW, I HAD A TIME IN MY LIFE WHEN I GAVE

MY LIFE TO THE LORD, I WAS READING MY BIBLE EVERY DAY,

I WAS PRAYING FREQUENTLY, ATTENDED CHURCH EVERY WEEK,

EXCUSE ME, BUT SOMETHING WAS MISSING. SOMETHING WAS

IMPORTANT AND IT WAS MISSING, AND I GUESS I MIGHT

BE LIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM, OR

MAYBE SOME OF YOU ONLINE. THE THING THAT WAS MISSING

THAT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT, OR MAYBE EVEN MORE

APPROPRIATELY, I DIDN'T WANNA FIGURE OUT, WAS I

WASN'T TITHING. AND LIKE I SAID, EVEN THOUGH MY LIFE IN

CHRIST WAS THRIVING, SOMETHING WAS MISSING. MY

WIFE AND I, WE GAVE SOME OFFERINGS, WE EVEN GAVE SOME

BIG OFFERINGS. SO I THOUGHT I WAS DOING WHAT SCRIPTURE

TOLD ME TO DO, BUT I WAS STILL MISSING THAT TITHING.

AT THE TIME I HAD A BUDDY AND HIM AND I WERE SUPER

SPIRITUAL. SO WE BELIEVED THAT WHEN JESUS CAME AND

DIED AND WHEN HE ROSE AGAIN, HE FULFILLED THE LAW AND IN

FULFILLING THE LAW, TITHING WENT OUT THE WINDOW. SO WE

WERE EXCITED. WE HAVE MORE MONEY IN OUR POCKET, WE'RE

DOING GOOD. BUT THE REALITY IS OUR CHRISTIAN WALK, AND I

CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR TASHA'S AND MINE, WE REALIZED THE

SOLE REASON WE WERE NOT OVERCOMING, ESPECIALLY IN

FINANCES, WAS BECAUSE WE HADN'T MADE THAT COMMITMENT

YET. LIKE I SAID, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS

ROOM, THERE MIGHT EVEN BE SOME PEOPLE ONLINE THAT ARE

IN THAT SAME POSITION. AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU

BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE GOD SHOWED UP. AND IN OUR LIFE,

THERE WERE INCREDIBLE WAYS THAT GOD STEPPED IN. HE

NEVER CONDEMNED US, NEVER TOLD US WE WERE WRONG, BUT

HE WORKED ON MY WIFE'S AND MY HEART TO THE POINT WHERE

WE STARTED TO TITHE. YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I BOTH

MADE A GOOD SALARY AND OUR FAMILY WAS IN ORDER. WE WERE

IN A GOOD SPOT IN LIFE, BUT WE LITERALLY WERE STILL

DROWNING IN SOME THINGS. SO AS SOON AS WE STARTED TO

TITHE, AND I'M NOT JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU A NICE

STORY FOR A MESSAGE, I'M SHARING EXACTLY WHAT

HAPPENED, OUR DEBT LIKE LITERALLY STARTED TO

DISAPPEAR. AND IT WAS OUR FAITHFULNESS AND TITHING

THAT OPENED THAT DOOR. WE WERE ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY

FULFILLING SCRIPTURE. DEBT WAS MIRACULOUSLY PAID OFF,

LIKE I SAID. WE STARTED HAVING MORE MONEY THE MONTH.

SOMETIMES THAT'S A CHALLENGE TO WRAP YOUR BRAIN AROUND.

AND WE ALSO HAD MONEY TO SUPPORT THE THINGS THAT WE'D

NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEFORE. AND LIKE I SAID, THE

BEST PART OF THAT STORY FOR US, THE MOST HEARTFELT PART

IS GOD NEVER CONDEMNED US, HE NEVER PUNISHED US, HE

JUST WALKED US THROUGH IT. SO IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING

IN OUR LIVES TO FINALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE

SURRENDERED TO THE LORD, WE MADE THAT LAST STEP. AND I

WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY HERE IN THE SOUND OF MY

VOICE, I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE AND PEOPLE

ONLINE THAT MIGHT BE IN THAT SAME POSITION, YOU HAVEN'T

MADE THAT FINAL STEP. I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW TONIGHT,

GOD IS DOING THAT SAME THING FOR YOU. HE'S GIVING YOU

THAT CONFIDENCE AND THAT COURAGE TO STEP OUT IN

FAITH. WHETHER YOU'RE HERE IN THIS ROOM, WHETHER YOU'RE

WATCHING ONLINE, OR WHETHER LONG AFTER THIS SERVICE IS

OVER, YOU'RE HEARING THIS MESSAGE, IT'S FOR YOU. AND I

REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU WITH THAT TONIGHT. I'VE GOT

TWO SCRIPTURES TO SHARE, PROVERBS 3:9-10. IF YOU

Proverbs 3:9–10

UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORLD WAS LIKE WHEN SOLOMON PENNED

THESE WORDS, IT WAS AN AGRARIAN CULTURE, SO IT WAS

AGRICULTURE. SO THAT'S WHY THE REFERENCE IS, AS WE GET

INTO VERSE 10, VERSE NINE SAYS, "HONOR THE LORD WITH

YOUR POSSESSIONS "AND WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF ALL YOUR

INCREASE." VERSE 10, THIS IS WHERE THE AGRARIAN COMES IN,

AND SOMETIMES AS 21ST CENTURY PEOPLE, THIS DOESN'T

MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. PROVERBS 3:10 SAYS, "SO YOUR

Proverbs 3:10

BARNS WILL BE FILLED "WITH PLENTY AND YOUR VATS WILL

OVERFLOW WITH NEW WINE." I KNOW PASTOR HANK SAYS THE

NEW HT, THE NEW RBPT, ROBERT BLACK PETTIGREW TRANSLATION,

MIGHT SAY, "SO YOUR HOUSE WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY

"AND SO THAT YOUR ACCOUNTS WILL OVERFLOW "WITH NEW

FINANCES, NEW MONEY." THAT MIGHT BE A CONTEMPORARY WAY

TO LOOK AT THAT. AND IF THAT MAKES SENSE, I WOULDN'T

ENCOURAGE YOU TO REWRITE THE BIBLE AND PLEASE DON'T THINK

I JUST DID THAT. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN MAYBE

SOME MORE REAL TERMS. THE SECOND SCRIPTURE IS ONE

WE'VE HEARD A LOT. IT'S MALACHI 3:10, AND IT'S THE

Malachi 3:10

LATTER PART OF THIS VERSE. AND TRY ME NOW IN THIS.

FIRST PART OF IT SAYS, "BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO

THE STOREHOUSE, "THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE."

AND TRY ME, GOD, TRY GOD NOW IN THIS, SAYS THE LORD OF

HOSTS. "IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR YOU THE WINDOWS OF

HEAVEN "AND POUR OUT TO YOU SUCH A BLESSING, "OR FOR YOU

SUCH A BLESSING, "THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH ROOM TO

RECEIVE IT." THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE. AND IF YOU WALK

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BOB AND TASHA PETTIGREW AND YOU GET

TO A POINT IN YOUR FAITH WHERE YOU'RE NOT SURE, OR

MAYBE YOU'VE LISTENED TO SOME TEACHINGS THAT MAY NOT

BE 100% CORRECT ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT VERSUS THE OLD

TESTAMENT, I WANNA CHALLENGE YOU TO GO BACK TO GOD'S

WORD, RELY ON THOSE SCRIPTURES, PRAY THEM,

DECLARE THEM, AND STEP OUT IN FAITH AND BEGIN TO TITHE.

I THINK IT'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE LIKE IT CHANGED TASHA'S

AND MY LIFE. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PRAY NOW. IF YOU

CAN PUT BACK UP THE GIVING INFORMATION, GIVE ME A

CHANCE TO PRAY. AND IF YOU CAN JOIN ME IN PRAYER, I

WOULD APPRECIATE IT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK

YOU, LORD, FOR THIS TIME THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER

AND WE CAN WORSHIP YOU IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. LORD,

WE THANK YOU FOR THE ANOINTING THAT IS ON THIS

HOUSE, THE ANOINTING THAT'S ON OUR PASTORS, AND LORD,

THAT THAT ANOINTING FLOWS TO US. HEAVENLY FATHER, I ASK

FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT CAN HEAR MY VOICE, THE GRACE

AND THE MERCY THAT YOU SHOWED TASHA AND I, TO GIVE

THEM THE CONFIDENCE AND THE COURAGE TO TURN THEIR

FINANCES OVER TO YOU, LORD, AND THEN PUT YOUR WORD TO

THE TEST AND PUT YOU, THE LORD OF HOSTS, TO THE TEST,

THAT YOU WILL OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR

OUT A BLESSING THAT THEY CANNOT EVEN CONTAIN IT. GOD,

AS I STAND HERE TODAY, I CAN TESTIFY TO YOU IN MAN,

THAT'S WHAT YOU DID FOR US. AND LORD, I PRAY THAT THOSE

WORDS, LORD, WOULD RING IN SOMEONE'S HEART, LORD, AND

THAT THROUGH YOUR MIGHTY POWERFUL HAND, YOU WILL

ENCOURAGE THEM JUST AS YOU'VE ENCOURAGED US. LORD, I ASK THAT

YOU MULTIPLY EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT COMES INTO THIS MINISTRY TO

FULFILL YOUR WILL AND YOUR DESIRE. AND LORD, I THANK YOU

FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME, AMEN.

THANK YOU. I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO PASTOR DOUG.

- AMEN, THANK YOU, BOB. APPRECIATE THAT

VERY MUCH. YOU CAN NEVER OUT GIVE THE

LORD, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS HE WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER

ON OUR BEHALF. AND SO THAT'S WHY TITHING IS SO POWERFUL,

BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS THE DEVIL ON YOUR BACK. AND IT'S

WORTH 10% TO GET THE DEVIL OFF YOUR BACK. AMEN. I DON'T

HAVE ANY JOKES TO START WITH TONIGHT. SO I GUESS I'LL

JUST GET RIGHT INTO MY MESSAGE, AND THEN WE CAN GET

YOU OUT OF HERE A LITTLE SOONER MAYBE. I CAN'T

PROMISE I CAN GET YOU OUT BEFORE DARK, BECAUSE IT'S

JUST GETTING DARK TOO QUICKLY ANYMORE, I TELL YOU.

IT'S LIKE I LOATHE THE DAY THAT WE HAVE TO TURN OUR

CLOCKS BACK ANOTHER HOUR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DARK AT

5 O'CLOCK. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, NO. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

SPRING IS COMING. SO THAT'S GOOD. WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU

EVER HEARD OF A GUY BY THE NAME OF JOHN NELSON HYDE?

I'LL DIG DEEP INTO YOUR HISTORICAL RESERVOIRS

TONIGHT. BUT HE WAS AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY THAT

WENT TO INDIA. AND HE WAS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS

"PRAYING HYDE." YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE.

BECAUSE OF HIS PERSISTENT PRAYER LIFE, AND IT LED TO

MANY SPIRITUAL REVIVALS, HE WOULD SPEND ENTIRE NIGHTS IN

PRAYER. AND HIS MAIN FOCUS ON PRAYER WAS, "FATHER, GIVE

ME SOULS OR I DIE." THAT WAS WHAT HE WAS KNOWN FOR. AND

HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY INSPIRED THOUSANDS, AND

THERE WAS A GREAT SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IN THE PART OF

INDIA THAT HE WAS CALLED TO, AND IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO HIS

PERSISTENT PRAYER LIFE. AND SOMETIMES AFTER WE'VE BEEN

SAVED, IT'S EASY TO LOSE OUR ZEAL AND FORGET THAT WE NEED

TO BE SHARING CHRIST WITH OTHERS. AND AS CHRISTIANS, I

KNOW IT'S REALLY EASY TO FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND

WE LOVE BEING WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS. AND SOMETIMES IT'S

JUST EASIER TO HANG AROUND OTHER CHRISTIANS THAN IT IS TO LOOK

FOR WAYS TO SHARE CHRIST WITH THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW HIM YET.

AND WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE AWARE. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY

TO MAINTAIN A VISION AND A ZEAL TO REACH THE LOST. AMEN?

JESUS SPOKE OF THAT CONDITION 2,000 YEARS AGO,

AND IT'S STILL TRUE TODAY. LET'S LOOK AT MATTHEW

Matthew 9:36–38

9:36-38, FAMILIAR SCRIPTURE, I'M GONNA READ IT OUT OF THE

NEW LIVING. IT SAYS, "WHEN HE SAW THE CROWD," SPEAKING

OF JESUS, "HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM, "BECAUSE THEY WERE

CONFUSED AND HELPLESS, "LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD.

"HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, 'THE HARVEST IS GREAT, BUT

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

CHARGE OF THE HARVEST. ASK HIM TO SEND MORE WORKERS

INTO THE FIELDS." AMEN. AND IT'S GOOD TO BE REMINDED OF

THE GREAT COMMISSION THAT JESUS ASSIGNED US. IT'S OUR

PRIORITY JOB AS CHRISTIANS TO BRING THE LOST TO JESUS.

AWARENESS IS A BIG PART OF THE ASSIGNMENT. IT'S EASY TO

BECOME WRAPPED UP IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND FORGET ABOUT

THOSE THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN OUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE. AND

THREE POINTS TO DO THAT. WE NEED TO DEVELOP AWARENESS OF

THOSE THAT ARE NOT PART OF GOD'S FAMILY, THOSE THAT

HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED GOD'S GRACE, AND THOSE THAT DO NOT

HAVE THAT ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE. WE TALKED

ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE AND UNDERSTANDING ETERNITY

TONIGHT. WELL, THE TEXT VERSE THAT I HAVE FOR

TONIGHT IS A SHORT ONE. IT COMES OUT OF ACTS 16:9-10.

Acts 16:9–10

BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF CONTEXT OF HISTORY

BEFORE WE LOOK AT THAT VERSE. THIS SCRIPTURE

DESCRIBES WHAT BIBLE SCHOLARS REFER TO AS THE

MACEDONIAN CALL. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE,

THE MACEDONIAN CALL? OKAY, IT'S A VISION THAT THE

APOSTLE PAUL RECEIVED IN A DREAM. IN THIS DREAM, PAUL

SEES A MAN FROM MACEDONIA PLEADING WITH PAUL IN THIS

DREAM. HE'S HAVING A DREAM AND THE MAN IS PLEADING WITH

HIM AND HE'S SAYING, "COME OVER TO MACEDONIA AND HELP

US." PAUL BELIEVED THAT THAT DREAM WAS A DIRECT, DIVINE

INSTRUCTION FROM GOD FOR HIS LIFE. AND IT COMPLETELY

TURNED PAUL'S MISSIONARY PLANS UPSIDE DOWN. HE HAD

INTENDED, PAUL HAD INTENDED TO CONTINUE HIS MISSIONARY

WORK IN ASIA MINOR, WHICH IS MODERN DAY TURKEY. AND THE

INSTRUCTION FOR PAUL AT THAT TIME TO TAKE HIS MISSIONARY

WORK TO MACEDONIA WAS A BIG THING BECAUSE THAT WOULD

MEAN HE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO EUROPE. HE WAS LEAVING ASIA,

GO TO EUROPE SO THAT HE COULD GO FOLLOW GOD'S

COMMAND TO HELP THIS MAN IN MACEDONIA. THE MACEDONIA

REGION TODAY INCLUDES A LARGE PART OF GREECE. SO

THAT'S WHERE HE HAD TO GO FROM THE AREA THAT WE NOW

CALL TURKEY, HE HAD TO GO TO GREECE. SO THINK ABOUT THIS.

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

LIMITED TO ASIA. BECAUSE OF PAUL'S OBEDIENCE TO THE

MACEDONIAN CALL, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WHEN WE READ

THIS SCRIPTURE, THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE AND THE WESTERN

WORLD WERE THEN EXPOSED TO CHRISTIANITY. WHO KNOWS WHEN

THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF PAUL HADN'T OBEYED. LET'S

READ THE VERSE NOW THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS

ACTS 16:9-10. I'M READING AGAIN OUT OF THE NEW LIVING

Acts 16:9–10

TRANSLATION. IT SAYS, "THAT NIGHT, PAUL HAD A VISION. "A

MAN FROM MACEDONIA IN NORTHERN GREECE "WAS

STANDING THERE PLEADING WITH HIM, "COME OVER TO MACEDONIA

AND HELP US." SO, THIS IS PAUL SPEAKING. WE DECIDED TO

LEAVE FOR MACEDONIA AT ONCE, HAVING CONCLUDED THAT GOD

WAS CALLING US TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS THERE. SO, TONIGHT

MY MESSAGE IS ENTITLED, A VISION FOR THE HARVEST. I'M

BELIEVING TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE ENCOURAGED AND

RECHARGED WITH A ZEAL TO REACH PEOPLE FOR CHRIST. THE

APOSTLE PAUL'S AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF ONE

THAT HAD A VISION, AND THEN HE TOOK ACTION IMMEDIATELY

TO ACCOMPLISH HIS ASSIGNMENT. THE SCRIPTURE

PASSAGE THAT WE JUST READ SAID THAT PAUL HAD A VISION.

WE SEE THAT, THAT FIRST PART OF ACTS, VERSE NINE. THIS

WAS A SUPERNATURAL VISION OF A MAN PLEADING FOR PAUL TO

COME HELP HIM. AND EACH OF US NEED A VISION TODAY. WE

NEED TO KNOW WHAT GOD'S CALLING US TO AS

INDIVIDUALS, SPECIFICALLY WHILE WE'RE HERE ON THIS

EARTH. IN 1983, THE CHRISTIAN BAND PETRA

RELEASED A SONG CALLED NOT OF THIS WORLD. BOB REMEMBERS

THAT SONG. I LOVE THAT SONG BECAUSE IT'S A REMINDER, I

REMEMBER LISTENING TO IT IN THE 80S, IT'S A REMINDER OF

OUR DUTY AND CALLING DURING THE BRIEF PERIOD THAT WE'RE

HERE ON THIS EARTH. AND PART OF THE LYRICS IS AS FOLLOWS,

IT SAYS, "WE ARE STRANGERS, WE ARE ALIENS, "WE ARE NOT

OF THIS WORLD. "WE ARE ENVOYS. "WE MUST TARRY WITH

THIS MESSAGE THAT WE MUST CARRY. "THERE'S SO MUCH TO

DO BEFORE WE LEAVE "WITH SO MANY MORE WHO MAY BELIEVE.

"OUR MISSION HERE CAN NEVER FAIL "AND THE GATES OF HELL

WILL NOT PREVAIL." BOB, MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME UP AND

SING THAT SONG FOR US. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IT AND

IT'S LIKE, I CAN'T SING, BUT I CAN REPEAT THE LYRICS.

IT'S REALLY BETTER WHEN YOU HEAR IT WITH THE MUSIC. SO

YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK THAT UP ON YOUTUBE OR SOMETHING

AND LISTEN TO IT. IT'S A GREAT SONG. BUT IT TALKS

ABOUT WE'RE ENVOYS. ENVOYS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE

WOULD MAYBE USE THE WORD AMBASSADOR. IT MEANS THAT

WE'RE A MESSENGER OR A REPRESENTATIVE ON A

DIPLOMATIC MISSION. AND 2 CORINTHIANS 5:20 TELLS US

2 Corinthians 5:20

EXACTLY THAT. IT SAYS WE'RE CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS. GOD'S

MAKING HIS APPEAL THROUGH US WHILE WE'RE ON THIS EARTH.

AND WE'RE JUST HERE FOR THIS SHORT TIME. WE'RE ALIENS,

WE'RE NOT OF THIS WORLD. WE ARE IN THE WORLD, BUT WE'RE

NOT OF IT. WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE

THINGS THAT THE WORLD DOES, BUT WE'RE HERE ON A MISSION,

AREN'T WE? FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND WE HAVE

TO ACCOMPLISH AS MUCH AS WE CAN WHILE WE'RE HERE. AND

SOMETIMES I THINK WE GET SO INVOLVED IN ALL OF OUR DAILY

DUTIES AND ACTIVITIES, WE LOSE SIGHT OF WHY WE'RE HERE

IN THE GREAT COMMISSION. IT'S OUR MANDATE AS

CHRISTIANS TO WIN SOULS FOR JESUS, BUT EACH OF US HAVE

SPECIFIC GIFTS AND CALLINGS. GOD'S GIVEN US SPECIFIC

EQUIPMENT AND ANOINTINGS SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE

VISION THAT HE HAS FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES. THE

PERSONAL VISION FROM GOD IS A DIVINE CALLING FOR YOUR

LIFE. IT'S A UNIQUE PLAN OF HOW YOU CAN BEST FULFILL

YOUR PURPOSE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL PLAN OF GOD

FOR MAN. THE VISION THAT GOD GIVES YOU WILL LIKELY

INVOLVE BECOMING MORE LIKE CHRIST, DEVELOPING NEW

DESIRES THAT ALIGN WITH GOD'S HEART, AND USING YOUR

SPECIFIC GIFTS FOR PURPOSES LIKE WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP

AND DISCIPLESHIP, MINISTRY AND EVANGELISM. LET'S LOOK

AT ROMANS 12:6, I THINK, THROUGH 8. THIS SCRIPTURE

Romans 12:6

EXPLAINS IT VERY WELL. IT SAYS, "IN HIS GRACE, GOD HAS

GIVEN US DIFFERENT GIFTS FOR DOING CERTAIN THINGS WELL."

SO IF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE ABILITY TO PROPHESY, SPEAK

OUT WITH AS MUCH FAITH AS GOD HAS GIVEN YOU. IF YOUR

GIFT IS SERVING OTHERS, SERVE THEM WELL. IF YOU'RE A

TEACHER, TEACH WELL. IF YOUR GIFT IS TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS,

BE ENCOURAGING. IF IT'S GIVING, GIVE GENEROUSLY. IF

GOD HAS GIVEN YOU LEADERSHIP ABILITY, TAKE THE

RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY. AND IF YOU HAVE A GIFT FOR

SHOWING KINDNESS TO OTHERS, DO IT GLADLY. THAT

ENCOMPASSES A LOT. EVERY ONE OF US CAN FIND SOMETHING IN

THERE THAT WE CAN DO. AS GOD DIRECTS US TO DEVELOP THIS

VISION, WE HAVE AN INCREASED SENSE OF PURPOSE AND

DIRECTION FOR OUR LIVES. CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE NO

CLEAR VISION ARE SOMETIMES JUST ABSORBED IN THEMSELVES,

OR SOMETIMES THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO RUN WITH

SOMEONE ELSE'S VISION, AND THAT USUALLY DOESN'T WORK

OUT. THEN THEY COME TO THE END OF THEIR LIFE REALIZING

THAT THEY DIDN'T ACHIEVE GOD'S PURPOSE OR PLAN FOR

THEIR LIFE. EARL ROBERTS LEARNED EARLY IN HIS

MINISTRY THAT GOD HAD A UNIQUE CALLING FOR HIM AND

IT WAS NOT TO IMITATE OTHERS. IN THE EARLY YEARS

OF HIS MINISTRY, EARL HAD A NOTION THAT HE HAD TO

IMITATE OTHER FAMOUS PREACHERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL

IN HIS OWN PREACHING. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF FIERY

PREACHERS AND EVANGELISTS OF THAT TIME THAT EARL ADMIRED.

BUT HE SOON REALIZED THAT GOD DIDN'T CALL HIM TO

BECOME AN ECHO OF ANOTHER PREACHER. HIS CALLING WAS TO

BE A VOICE FOR GOD, NOT AN ECHO. AND THAT REALIZATION

BROUGHT A SHIFT IN THE STYLE AND THE CONTENT OF EARL'S

PREACHING. ONE DAY, EARL FELT THE LORD DIRECTED HIM

TO READ THROUGH THE FOUR GOSPELS AND THE BOOK OF ACTS

THREE TIMES IN A 30-DAY PERIOD. THE FOUR GOSPELS AND

THE BOOK OF ACTS THREE TIMES IN 30 DAYS. AND HE WAS TO DO

IT ON HIS KNEES. THAT'S WHAT THE LORD DIRECTED HIM TO DO.

AND HE FELT IMPRESSED THAT GOD WOULD SHOW HIM JESUS AND

HIS HEALING POWER IF HE WOULD FOLLOW THAT DIRECTION.

ORAL OBEYED, AND IMMEDIATELY HE FELT A CHANGE AS HE

PREACHED. AT THAT POINT, HE SENSED HE WAS STANDING ON

FIRM GROUND DOING WHAT HE WAS CALLED TO DO. AND THAT

WAS ONE OF GOD'S IMPARTATIONS THAT INFLUENCED

ORAL ROBERTS TO DEVELOP HIS UNIQUE AND AUTHENTIC

MINISTRY STYLE. OUR MISSION IS A GOAL AND A DIRECTION

FOR OUR LIVES. PROVERBS 29:18 SAYS, "WHERE THERE'S

Proverbs 29:18

NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH." AND WHEN CHRISTIANS

BECOME INVOLVED WITH A CLEAR VISION, THEY MOVE INTO

ACTION, AND OFTEN THEY CAN SEE GREAT RESULTS IF THEY

HAVE THAT VISION. WHEN THE VISION OR MANDATE IS

LACKING, IT'S EASY TO GET ABSORBED INTO OUR DAILY LIFE

OR DEMANDS AS WE'VE TALKED, AND THEN IT BRINGS US TO A

POINT THAT WE JUST DO NOT PRODUCE FRUIT. NOW, MANY OF

YOU WERE EXCITED TO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO

BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY. IT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE HAD A

PLAN AND A VISION FOR THAT DAY. IF WE'D NEVER TALKED

ABOUT IT, IF WE'D NEVER GIVEN YOU INVITATIONS, IF

WE'D NEVER PREPARED FOR IT, IF KAMALA HADN'T SET UP THE

FOOD TRUCKS, IF PASTOR MARK HADN'T ORDERED THE PICNIC

TABLES AND THE TENTS, AND WE HADN'T GOT YOU EXCITED ABOUT

INVITING PEOPLE, IT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. THOSE

HUNDRED GUESTS THAT CAME THAT DAY AND WERE EXPOSED TO

CHRIST WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE PROBABLY, BECAUSE WE

HAD A PLAN. WE UNDERSTOOD THE PURPOSE FOR THE PLAN. WE

USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE PEOPLE TO CHURCH. AND

EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP, IF YOU TRIED AND YOU TRIED

TO INVITE PEOPLE, YOU MAY HAVE PLANTED A SEED. I HAVE

A TESTIMONY THAT I CAN SHARE. THIS IS RANDY

NOVOTNY. HE INVITED A COWORKER BY THE NAME OF

JESSE, AND I HAVE PERMISSION TO USE JESSE'S NAME BECAUSE

JESSE'S STILL ATTENDING THIS CHURCH, BY THE WAY, AND

THAT'S GOOD NEWS. BUT RANDY WORKS WITH JESSE, INVITED

HIM TO ATTEND BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY. JESSE CAME THAT

SUNDAY, AND HE BROUGHT TWO OF HIS FOUR CHILDREN, AND HE

ENJOYED THE SERVICE, AND HE STAYED FOR LUNCH OUTSIDE.

THE NOVOTNYS HAD LUNCH WITH HIM. BUT THEN THE SECOND

SUNDAY, JESSE RETURNED AND HE BROUGHT HIS OTHER TWO

CHILDREN. I THINK HE HAS A SITUATION WHERE HE

ALTERNATES TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN WITH HIS EX-WIFE

PROBABLY OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE STORY,

BUT ANYWAY, HE BROUGHT THE OTHER TWO, SO ALL FOUR

CHILDREN WERE EXPOSED TO THE CHURCH. HE ENJOYED THE

SERVICE AND HE CAME BACK ON A THIRD SUNDAY. THIS TIME HE

BROUGHT ALL FOUR CHILDREN WITH HIM, SO HE MUST HAVE

HAD FULL ABILITY TO HAVE ALL HIS KIDS THAT WEEKEND. SO

THAT WAS GREAT. AND THEN RANDY HAD A CONVERSATION

WITH JESSE, AND JESSE TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD QUIT

DRINKING BEER THREE SUNDAYS PRIOR. IN OTHER WORDS, ON

BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY, THAT WAS THE DAY THAT HE DECIDED

TO QUIT DRINKING. AMEN. HE SAID HE WOULD USUALLY BUY

BEER ON THE WEEKENDS AND DRINK WHILE THE KIDS WERE AT

HOME WITH HIM. HE SAID HE WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH

MORE TIME HE HAD NOW THAT HE'S NOT DRINKING AND THAT

HE ACTUALLY FEELS GOOD WHEN HE WAKES UP IN THE MORNING.

HE ALSO TOLD US HOW HIS KIDS NOTICED AT THE STORE THE

OTHER DAY THAT SOMEONE HAD BEER IN THEIR CART AND THEY

SAID TO DAD, "LOOK, DAD, THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF BEER

YOU USED TO DRINK." JESSE SAID HE DIDN'T REALIZE HIS

CHILDREN WERE WATCHING HIM. TWO ARE IN SEVENTH GRADE,

ONE IN FIFTH GRADE, AND ONE IN THIRD GRADE. BUT HERE'S

THE CASE. THIS DAD HAS BEEN IMPACTED, PLUS FOUR CHILDREN

WERE IMPACTED, AND THEY'RE STILL ATTENDING. LOOK HOW

ONE INVITATION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. NOW I HAVE

ANOTHER THING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS STORY. RANDY HAD

INVITED JESSE TO OPEN THE HEAVENS A WEEK BEFORE. JESSE

COULDN'T MAKE THAT. BUT RANDY DIDN'T GIVE UP. HE

SAID HE DIDN'T COME TO OTH, SO I'M GONNA INVITE HIM TO

BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY. SO LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU

DON'T GIVE UP AND YOU'RE PERSISTENT. WHAT IF RANDY

HAD SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANNA COME TO

OPEN THE HEAVENS, I DON'T WANNA EMBARRASS MYSELF NOW

AND GO ASK HIM TO COME TO BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY. YOU

KNOW, I JUST LOOK LIKE A FOOL DOING THAT. IF HE'D

HAVE DONE THAT, JESSE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, HE

WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN UP ALCOHOL, AND HIS CHILDREN

WOULDN'T BE EXPOSED TO THE GOSPEL. THAT'S THE POWER AND

THE IMPACT OF US HAVING ZEAL, ENERGY, AND

PERSISTENCE, AMEN? WELL, THE TRUTH IS THE VAST MAJORITY

OF PEOPLE ALIVE ON EARTH TODAY HAVE NO IDEA THAT GOD

HAS A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THEIR LIVES. THEY'RE LOST

AND WITHOUT HOPE, AND THEY THINK THE ONLY THING THAT

THEY'RE ALIVE FOR IS WHAT THEY ACHIEVE IN THIS

LIFETIME AND WHAT THEY CAN ACCUMULATE AND THE MONEY AND

PLEASURE THAT THEY CAN ENJOY BECAUSE OF THEIR NATURAL

THINKING AND THEIR NATURAL ABILITIES. THAT'S THE

MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON THE EARTH. BUT MANY CHRISTIANS

WHO ARE SAVED AND ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN STILL HAVE A

LIMITED UNDERSTANDING THAT GOD HAS A PLAN AND A

DIRECTION FOR THEIR LIVES AND THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO

BE DOING SOMETHING WHILE THEY'RE HERE. WHY ARE WE

HERE? WHY DID GOD SPECIFICALLY BRING TOGETHER

LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH AND INCLUDE YOU AS PART OF IT?

WHAT IS YOUR MISSION? IF WE CAN'T ANSWER THOSE

QUESTIONS, THEN WE NEED TO FIND THE ANSWERS SO THAT WE

CAN ACHIEVE GOD'S PLAN FOR OUR LIVES. AT THIS POINT, I

WANT TO ASK CONTROL TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL THAT VIDEO.

TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS. I WANT YOU TO SEE AN

ILLUSTRATION OF THE IMPACT THAT YOUR LIFE CAN HAVE ON OTHERS.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

- THIS IS NATE. NATE BECAME A CHRIST FOLLOWER TWO WEEKS AGO

AND IS STILL A BIT GIDDY ABOUT IT. NOW, HE'S TRYING NOT TO DO

CARTWHEELS IN PUBLIC. NATE BECAME A BELIEVER PARTLY BECAUSE

OF KIM. YET, ODDLY ENOUGH, KIM AND NATE HAVE NEVER MET.

NOW, IS THIS POSSIBLE? WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK. KIM LOVED

JESUS FROM AN EARLY AGE, AND IN COLLEGE, SHE HAD A HUGE

IMPACT ON HER FRIENDS. WHILE MOST OF HER PEERS USED THEIR

COLLEGE YEARS TO, WELL, EXPERIMENT, KIM DIDN'T. SHE

REMAINED COMMITTED TO HER FAITH, AND IT SHOWED. IT

ESPECIALLY SHOWED TO LISA, HER ROOMMATE, WHO CONFESSED

TO KIM THAT SHE WANTED WHATEVER IT WAS THAT MADE

KIM SO STRONG. KIM SHARED HER FAITH WITH LISA, AND

LISA BELIEVED. YEARS LATER, AT LISA'S FIRST REAL JOB,

SHE MET THOMAS. THOMAS WAS HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER WHEN

HE WAS 13 AND STILL CARRIED A LOT OF ANGER AND

BITTERNESS. THOMAS AND LISA BECAME FRIENDS, AND IT

WASN'T LONG BEFORE HE STARTED GOING TO CHURCH WITH

LISA AND HER HUSBAND. AFTER A LOT OF STUDYING AND

SEARCHING, THOMAS GAVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST. FAST FORWARD

A FEW YEARS. THOMAS BECAME A PUBLIC SPEAKER AND WAS OFTEN

ASKED TO SPEAK AT LARGE EVENTS. SEE, WHEN HE BECAME

A BELIEVER, THOMAS DEVELOPED A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.

HE STOPPED RESENTING WHAT HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HIM AND

STARTED BEING THANKFUL FOR THE SECOND CHANCE HE HAD

BEEN GIVEN. ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY, THOMAS

SHARED ABOUT OVERCOMING HARDSHIP AND WHAT IT MEANS

TO CHOOSE JOY. HE WAS SO PASSIONATE THAT A NUMBER OF

PEOPLE TO SHARE A LINK TO HIS VIDEO. THE VIDEO OF

THOMAS INSPIRED JAMES TOO. AND IF ANYONE NEEDED

INSPIRATION, IT WAS HIM. JAMES HAD A TON OF ISSUES.

HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE AS A PASSIVE HUSBAND, AN ABSENT

FATHER, AND A HORRIBLE FRIEND. THAT SAID, NO ONE

DISLIKED HIM MORE THAN HE DISLIKED HIMSELF. BUT

EVERYTHING CHANGED THE NIGHT HE HAPPENED TO WATCH THOMAS

ONLINE. SOMETHING CLICKED AND HE KNEW WHAT HE HAD TO

DO. HE SURRENDERED HIS MISERABLE LIFE TO SOMEONE

GREATER, AND HE WAS FOREVER CHANGED. JAMES FOUGHT HARD

TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST YEARS WITH HIS FAMILY. AND

HE ALSO BEGAN WORKING WITH YOUNG MEN WHO WERE IN DANGER

OF THROWING THEIR LIVES AWAY. ONE OF THOSE MEN WAS

NATE. NATE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HIS OWN DAD, AND HE HAD

NO REAL DIRECTION IN LIFE, ULTIMATELY BOUNCING FROM ONE

BAD DECISION TO ANOTHER. BECAUSE OF THAT, HE OFTEN

FOUND HIMSELF IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. NO ONE HAD

EVER SHOWED HIM WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO BE A REAL

MAN. THAT IS, UNTIL HE MET JAMES. JAMES BECAME THE

FIRST FATHER FIGURE NATE EVER HAD. HE LEARNED ABOUT

HONESTY, SELF-CONTROL, HUMILITY AND INTEGRITY, AND

WHERE THOSE TRAITS COME FROM. TWO MONTHS LATER, NATE

PUBLICLY DECLARED HIS BELIEF IN CHRIST. AND OF COURSE,

JAMES WAS THERE. NOW YOU CAN SEE THE CONNECTION. NATE WAS

IMPACTED BY JAMES, WHO WAS INFLUENCED BY THOMAS. THOMAS

SAW AN UNCOMMON JOY IN LISA, WHO LEARNED OF JESUS FROM

KIM. KIM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD EVENTUALLY LED TO NATE'S.

FUNNY HOW THESE TWO PEOPLE HAVE NEVER MET AND NEVER WILL.

- AMEN. GOOD ILLUSTRATION, ISN'T IT, OF HOW THE IMPACT

CAN JUST FLOW FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. WHO

KNOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU REACH ONE PERSON? NOW,

WE HAVE THAT MANDATE TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION

FROM JESUS. FIVE TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND

THERE'S PROBABLY MORE, I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION, FIVE

TIMES JESUS GAVE US DIRECTION IN SOME FORM

CONCERNING THE GREAT COMMISSION. I WANT TO READ

THESE FIVE VERSES THAT COME OUT OF THE FOUR GOSPELS AND

THE BOOK OF ACTS. AND WE'RE GOING TO READ THOSE QUICKLY

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON HERE TONIGHT. MATTHEW 28:19-20

Matthew 28:19–20

SAYS, "GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES

OF ALL THE NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME

OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING

THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.

AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF

THE AGE." AMEN. THAT'S MATTHEW. LET'S GO TO MARK

CHAPTER 16:15. AND HE SAID TO THEM, "GO INTO ALL THE

WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE." LET'S

MOVE TO THE BOOK OF LUKE CHAPTER 24:46-47. AND THEN

LET'S MOVE TO THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 20:21. SO JESUS

SAID TO THEM AGAIN, "PEACE TO YOU. "AS THE FATHER HAS

SENT ME, I ALSO SEND YOU." AND THEN LET'S MOVE TO THE

BOOK OF ACTS, VERSE ONE, CHAPTER EIGHT, I'M SORRY,

CHAPTER ONE, VERSE EIGHT SAYS, "BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE

POWER "WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU "AND YOU

SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM "AND IN ALL JUDEA

AND SAMARIA "AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH." AMEN. SO

JESUS BASICALLY SAID THE SAME THING IN FIVE DIFFERENT

PASSAGES IN EACH OF THE GOSPELS AND THE BOOK OF

ACTS. JUST IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY, DIDN'T HE?

TOLD US TO GO. AND WHEN GOD SPEAKS SOMETHING ONCE IN THE

BIBLE, DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LISTEN? HOW

ABOUT IF HE SAYS IT FIVE TIMES, THOMAS? IT'S PROBABLY

VERY IMPORTANT, ISN'T IT? FIVE TIMES HE SAID THAT. GOD

HAS CALLED US AND ALL OF US AT LORD OF HOSTS AND THOSE

VIEWING ONLINE, YOU'RE INCLUDED TOO TO SHARE THE

GOSPEL OF CHRIST. IT'S OUR JOB TO HELP PEOPLE COME TO

FAITH IN CHRIST AND DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS,

TO BE WATER BAPTIZED AND BE DISCIPLED AND BROUGHT TO

SPIRITUAL MATURITY SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE AND HOW

TO ACT AS A CHRISTIAN, AND THEN TO BE EQUIPPED TO CARRY

ON THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH THEMSELVES. NOW, AS WE

CONTINUE LOOKING AT OUR TEXT SCRIPTURE TONIGHT, ACTS

Acts 16:9

16:9, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT REALLY QUICK. WE SEE

THAT THERE WAS A PLEADING VOICE IN THIS. IT SAYS,

"THERE STOOD A MAN OF MACEDONIA AND PRAYED TO HIM,

SAYING, 'COME OVER INTO MACEDONIA AND HELP US.'" HE

WAS PLEADING WITH PAUL AT THAT POINT. "COME HELP US."

AND SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WE

WRONGLY ASSUME THAT THEY ARE HAPPY IN THEIR LOST

CONDITION. THEY'RE NOT. THE WORLD HAS NO ANSWERS FOR

THOSE STRUGGLING WITHOUT DIRECTION OR HOPE. THE

DEVIL'S OUT TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY. THAT'S HIS

MISSION. AND THAT'S WHAT HIS MISSION IS FOR LIFE AND

THROUGH ETERNITY. PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THEIR

MARRIAGES, WITH SICKNESS AND DISEASE, WITH FINANCIAL

PROBLEMS, WITH FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND CHILDREN

THAT ARE IN TROUBLE. AND WE COULD GO ON AND ON LISTING

ALL THE THINGS, I DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE

INVOLVED IN AND HAVE ISSUES WITH. BUT IN THE OUTWARD

APPEARANCE, PEOPLE CAN APPEAR TO BE COPING OKAY AND

DOING OKAY. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, WE CAN

SEE IT'S NOT SO, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. LOOK AT THE

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO PRESCRIBED

SEDATIVES AND STIMULANT DRUGS. WE SEE PSYCHOLOGIST

OFFICES ARE JAMMED EVERYWHERE. PEOPLE ARE SAD

AND LIVE WITH TRAGEDY AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANSWERS. THE

GOSPEL THAT WE CARRY IS THEIR ONLY HOPE. PEOPLE WILL

NEVER BE FULFILLED WITHOUT GOD IN THEIR LIVES. THERE'S

A VACUUM IN EVERY PERSON'S LIFE WHEN THEY'RE BORN AND

IT ONLY CAN BE FILLED BY GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS IN

ISAIAH 57:20, BUT THE WICKED ARE LIKE THE TROUBLED SEA

Isaiah 57:20

WHEN IT CANNOT REST WHOSE WATERS CAST UP MIRE AND

DIRT. THERE IS NO PEACE, SAYS MY GOD FOR THE WICKED.

THERE YOU HAVE IT IN SCRIPTURE. THEY MAY LOOK

IMPRESSIVE. THEY MAY LOOK SUCCESSFUL. THEY MAY LOOK

LIKE THEY HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER. BUT THEY DON'T

HAVE PEACE UNLESS THEY HAVE JESUS. SO YOU'RE NEVER GOING

TO JUST ASSUME THAT SOMEONE, OH, DOESN'T NEED GOD BECAUSE

THEY LOOK SUCCESSFUL ON THE OUTSIDE. NEVER DO THAT.

THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE DEVIL'S TRICKS TO TRY AND

KEEP YOU FROM TALKING TO HIM. WE HAVE THE ANSWER.

PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND ONLY JESUS CAN IMPROVE THEIR

LIVES. WE HAVE TO TELL THEM. JESUS SAID IN JOHN 14, 27,

PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU. MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU, NOT AS

THE WORLD GIVES TO YOU. DO I GIVE TO YOU? LET NOT YOUR

HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID. AND GOD'S

PRIMARY FOCUS IS PEOPLE. IT'S HIS CREATION THAT HE'S

CONCERNED ABOUT. NOTICE, AGAIN, ACTS 16:9-10,

Acts 16:9–10

PAUL SAW A MAN PLEADING. IT WASN'T AN ANGEL, AND IT

WASN'T A VOICE OF GOD THAT PAUL SAW IN THAT DREAM. HE

SAW A MAN PLEADING TO PAUL, "COME, GIVE ME SOME HELP IN

MACEDONIA." GOD WANTS US TO KNOW THAT OUR FOCUS SHOULD

BE ON PEOPLE. OUR TIME AND ENERGY AND RESOURCES ARE NOT

PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR THE PURSUIT OF FUN AND

ENTERTAINMENT AND PLEASURE. THERE WAS A MISSIONARY THAT

WAS WAITING IN A PASTOR'S OFFICE ONE DAY, AND WHEN THE

PASTOR ENTERED, THE MISSIONARY COMMENTED, "YOU

REALLY HAVE AN IMPRESSIVE LIBRARY." AND THE YOUNG

PREACHER AGREED AND RESPONDED, "YES, IT'S A

GREAT COLLECTION, BUT THE TRUTH IS IT'S ALL GOING TO

BURN UP SOMEDAY." WELL, HERE'S THE POINT OF THAT

STORY FOR US. THE SAME THING CAN BE SAID OF OUR HOMES,

OUR AUTOMOBILES, OUR FURNITURE, OUR COMPUTERS.

JARED, OUR COMPUTERS ARE GONNA BURN UP SOMEDAY. AND

ALL THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN THE BANK. JARED SAYS,

"HALLELUJAH, I WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM ANYMORE." WE

LOVE COMPUTERS AROUND HERE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM. BUT IT

HELPS US GET THE GOSPEL OUT, DOESN'T IT? THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT IT IS ALL GOING TO BURN UP SOMEDAY. AND WHEN WE USE

THOSE MATERIAL POSSESSIONS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US, OUR

HOMES, OUR VEHICLES, OUR MONEY, TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL

AND HELP OTHERS, THEN WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR HEAVENLY

BANK ACCOUNT. WE'RE STORING UP INVESTMENTS FOR THE

FUTURE OF ETERNITY AND BRINGING PEOPLE WITH US TO

HEAVEN. AND DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. I'M NOT

SAYING THAT GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO HAVE FUN OR TO SAVE

FOR OUR FUTURE OR TO HAVE NICE THINGS. THAT'S NOT THE

POINT OF MY MESSAGE. I'M SAYING WE CAN'T FOCUS

OURSELVES ENTIRELY ON THAT. WE HAVE TO REALIZE WE'RE

STEWARDS IN WHAT WE'RE HERE TO ACCOMPLISH. WE'RE NOT OF

THIS WORLD, BOB. WE'RE ALIENS. WE'RE ENVOYS. WE'RE

AMBASSADORS. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY

FOCUS? OUR PRIMARY FOCUS SHOULD BE ON GOD AND HIS

KINGDOM AND ON REACHING PEOPLE. WHY? BECAUSE WE CAN

TAKE PEOPLE TO HEAVEN WHEN WE GO. BECAUSE GOD'S FOCUS

IS ON PEOPLE. AND BECAUSE JESUS DIED FOR PEOPLE. GOD

GAVE US A HEART OF LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE IS MY

PRAYER. GOD GIVE US A HEART OF COMPASSION AND LOVE FOR

PEOPLE. OLIVER CROMWELL WAS SERVING AS THE LORD

PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND BACK

IN THE EARLY 1600S. AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT HE

FACED DURING THIS TIME WAS A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF SILVER.

AND WITHOUT THAT PRECIOUS METAL, THE NATION RAN INTO

THE PROSPECT OF BEING UNABLE TO MAKE COINS. AND CROMWELL

ORDERED HIS ADVISORS TO SCOUR THE COUNTRY, LOOKING

FOR ANY SOURCE OF SILVER THAT THEY COULD FIND. AND

AFTER THE SEARCH OF A LOCAL CATHEDRAL, HIS MEN REPORTED,

"THE ONLY SILVER THAT WE CAN FIND IS IN THE STATUES OF

THE SAINTS STANDING IN THE CORNERS OF THE CATHEDRAL."

SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER, CROMWELL RESPONDED, "GOOD.

THEN WE'LL MELT DOWN THE SAINTS AND PUT THEM IN

CIRCULATION." WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE AMERICAN CHURCH

NEEDS TODAY, ISN'T IT? WE NEED TO BE PUT BACK INTO

CIRCULATION. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF REVIVAL AND

REFORMATION. PEOPLE ARE RIPE FOR HARVEST, AND WE NEED TO

BE IN CIRCULATION, JUST LIKE THOSE COINS. CIRCULATE AMONG

PEOPLE AND TOUCH LIVES AND HEARTS WITH OUR LOVE AND

TESTIMONY OF HOW GOD'S WORKED IN OUR LIVES. WHEN

THE HOLY SPIRIT POINTED PAUL TO HIS NEXT ASSIGNMENT, THE

PLACE THAT PAUL WAS TO SERVE, HE IMMEDIATELY

ENDEAVORED TO GO THERE. HE DIDN'T SAY, WELL, GOD, I'M

GOING TO PRAY ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE. AND MAYBE IN 30

DAYS OR 60 DAYS, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO

MACEDONIA. HE IMMEDIATELY EMBARKED ON THE JOURNEY, IT

SAID. AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY IN THOSE DAYS. HE

HAD TO TAKE A SHIP TO ONE PLACE AND THEN GO...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE STORY

ABOUT HOW DO YOU GET TO- MAYBE YOU KNOW THAT ONE,

DAN. YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT SOME TO ME. BECAUSE THEY

DIDN'T HAVE PLANES BACK IN THAT DAY. THEY COULDN'T FLY

LIKE YOU COULD, BUT THEY HAD TO GET THERE SOMEHOW. AND

TAKING SHIPS WAS ABOUT THE ONLY WAY. SO ACTS 16.10, IT

SAYS, "AFTER HE'D SEEN THE VISION, IMMEDIATELY WE

ENDEAVORED TO GO TO MACEDONIA." SO HE DIDN'T

WAIT. THAT WAS PAUL'S HEARTBEAT, TO BE WORKING,

LABORING, AND SEE A GREAT INGATHERING OF PEOPLE TO

CHRIST'S KINGDOM. HE WENT IMMEDIATELY. EACH OF US HAVE

A VINEYARD, A PLACE TO REAP, AND A MISSION FIELD IN OUR

LIVES. GOD'S PLANTED EACH OF US IN A SPECIAL PLACE WHERE

WE CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY SPEAK UP AND SHARE THE GOOD

NEWS. AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE TABERNACLE TONIGHT WERE

PLACED IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA TO WITNESS FOR CHRIST.

THIS IS WHERE GOD HAS PLANTED YOU, FOR NOW. FOR

THOSE OF YOU JOINING US ONLINE AND AROUND THE

NATION, WHEREVER GOD HAS PLANTED YOU IS YOUR

TERRITORY. THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO OCCUPY AND REAP A

HARVEST, UNLESS GOD UPRICH YOU AND DECIDES TO MOVE YOU

TO OMAHA TO BE PART OF THIS CHURCH, AND THAT'S FINE,

TOO. BUT FOR NOW, BE FAITHFUL WHERE YOU'RE AT.

GOD PUTS YOU WHERE YOU ARE SO YOUR NEIGHBORS CAN FIND

GOD'S FORGIVENESS, SO YOUR CO-WORKERS CAN SEE THE

LIGHT, SO YOUR FRIENDS CAN HEAR THE GOSPEL. GOD IS VERY

SERIOUS ABOUT US BEING FRUITFUL WHERE WE ARE

PLANTED. MANY OF US GET ALONG GREAT WITH OUR FRIENDS

AND NEIGHBORS AND CO-WORKERS. WE TALK SPORTS

WITH THEM, OR WE MAYBE TALK ABOUT OUR HOME OR OUR KIDS,

OR WE DISCUSS THE WEATHER OR POLITICS. BUT THE MAIN

QUESTION IS, HAVE WE EVER SHARED OUR FAITH WITH THEM?

SOMETIMES A SIMPLE INVITATION TO CHURCH CAN

OPEN THE DOOR OR LEAD TO A CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR

FAITH. IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY, IT DOESN'T MATTER

WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL, OR WHAT THE BEST

RECIPE IS FOR APPLE CAKE, OR HOW GOOD YOUR GOLF GAME IS.

THE VISION THAT PAUL AND HIS TEAM DESCRIBES IN ACTS

Acts 16:9–10

16:9-10 IS REFERRED TO, LIKE I MENTIONED, AS THE

MACEDONIAN CALL. WE HAVE THE LORD OF HOSTS CALL. IT

DOESN'T QUITE HAVE THE SAME RING TO IT, BUT GOD HELPED

US TO ANSWER THE CALL. EVERYONE HERE IS EITHER A

MISSION FIELD OR A MISSIONARY. THINK ABOUT

THAT. EVERY ONE OF YOU, EVERY ONE OF YOU WATCHING

CAN BE IN ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES. YOU'RE EITHER A

MISSIONARY OR YOU'RE A MISSION FIELD. THAT MEANS

YOU'RE SAVED AND ON YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN OR YOU NEED

CHRIST, ONE OF THE TWO. AND IF YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO

HEAVEN, YOU'RE PART OF GOD'S ARMY, WE NEED TO BE IN THE

MISSION FIELD WORKING THE FIELD, WORKING OUR VINEYARD.

YOU SAY, "WOW, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO

DO." OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU FIVE WAYS THAT YOU CAN

EASILY WORK YOUR HARVEST FIELD OR YOUR VINEYARD AT

LORD OF HOSTS OR WHEREVER YOU LIVE IN THE NATION.

NUMBER ONE, SIMPLY INVITE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES TO

CHURCH OR TO WATCH ONLINE. IF YOU'RE LIVING SOMEWHERE

AND YOU'RE WATCHING, YOU'RE TUNING IN TONIGHT, YOU CAN

DO THAT. YOU CAN INVITE SOMEONE TO TUNE IN JUST LIKE

YOU ARE DOING, OR MAYBE INVITE THEM OVER TO YOUR

HOME TO WATCH WITH YOU. BUT SEND THEM A TEXT AND REMIND

THEM HOW TO GET TUNED IN TO OUR- GIVE THEM OUR WEBSITE

ADDRESS. GIVE THEM OVM INFORMATION, WHATEVER YOU

NEED TO DO TO HELP THEM TO TUNE IN. JOIN OUR EVANGELISM

TEAM. ONE SATURDAY A MONTH, ONLY ONE SATURDAY A MONTH,

WE ASK PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN EVANGELISM. THEY MEET IN

OUR CENTRAL MAINTENANCE BUILDING. I THINK IT'S THE

SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH. IS THAT RIGHT, RANDY?

WHAT TIME, NINE O'CLOCK? NINE O'CLOCK. AND THEY GO

OUT, THEY TRAIN YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANYTHING.

YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP. AND THEY'LL TRAIN YOU TO GO OUT.

AND THEY WON'T EVEN PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AND MAKE YOU

WITNESS THE FIRST TIME. YOU CAN JUST GO WATCH. OR EVEN

THE SECOND TIME. BUT GO, GET INVOLVED WITH THAT. YOU

KNOW, GIVE UP A SATURDAY MORNING FOR CHRIST TO GET

INVOLVED. RANDY WOULD LOVE IT IF HE HAD 100 PEOPLE SHOW

UP AND GO OUT AND DO THAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT

TRAINING. JUST TO EVEN GO ONE TIME AND WITNESS LIKE

THEY DO AND EXPERIENCE THAT AND LEARN TO DO IT WOULD

JUST BE GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE IT HELPS

YOU THEN WHEN YOU'RE JUST IN YOUR NORMAL CIRCLE OF

INFLUENCE, MEETING AND GREETING PEOPLE, YOU'LL KNOW

HOW TO DO IT. YOU HAVE A PROCEDURE, A PLAN. THIRDLY,

DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT CAN OPEN

DOORS OF EVANGELISM. ONE OF OUR MEMBERS HERE TOLD ME

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THIS WAS JUST A SIMPLE THING SHE DID,

BUT I THOUGHT, WHAT A NEAT IDEA. AND IT'S GETTING

ALMOST TO THE TIME OF YEAR, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T DO IT A

WHOLE LOT MORE THIS YEAR, BUT THINK ABOUT IT FOR NEXT

SPRING OR NEXT SUMMER. WHAT SHE DID WAS DEVELOPED A

LITTLE FLYER SHE TOOK TO ABOUT 10 OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD

HOUSEHOLDS. AND SHE INVITED THEM TO COME ON A, I DON'T

KNOW IF IT WAS A SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR A SUNDAY

AFTERNOON, AND HAVE ICE CREAM IN HER DRIVEWAY. SHE

SET OUT FOLDING CHAIRS, SHE BOUGHT THE ICE CREAM, AND

SHE TOLD THEM TO BRING THE TOPPINGS. AND SHE BROUGHT

NEIGHBORS IN FROM ALL AROUND HER, AND THEY JUST HAD A

LITTLE SOCIAL GATHERING. SHE PROVIDED ICE CREAM, DID IT.

AND THEN SHE GOT TO KNOW HER NEIGHBORS. IT'S DEVELOPING

THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES AT

LEAST, AND THEN YOU CAN START HAVING A CONVERSATION.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? OR WHERE DO YOU GO

TO CHURCH OR WHATEVER? AND THAT'S THE START. YOU KNOW,

MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE

ANYMORE. LET'S MOVE ON. I HIT A SORE SPOT THERE, I

THINK. SO WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE ANYMORE.

LEARN HOW TO TAKE THE BIBLE AND LEAD SOMEONE TO CHRIST.

IF YOU GO TO OUR INFORMATION CENTER, I'VE GOT THEM HERE,

WE HAVE BOOKLETS THAT YOU CAN PICK UP. ONE NEW BOOK

THAT WAS JUST WRITTEN BY PASTOR BRENDA IS CALLED

BIBLE BASICS. IT'S A GREAT ONE TO HAND OUT TO PEOPLE.

AND THE LAST PAGE OF IT HAS A PRAYER FOR SALVATION. SO

YOU CAN JUST READ THIS PRAYER WITH THEM AND GET

THEM SAVED. BUT YOU'RE GIVEN THE BIBLE BASICS OF HOW TO

UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. THIS IS A GREAT ONE. IF YOU WANT

TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE, THERE'S ANOTHER BOOKLET THAT

WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF. IT'S CALLED THE NEW BIRTH,

WRITTEN BY KENNETH HAGEN. AND IT EXPLAINS WHAT THE NEW

BIRTH IS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE BORN AGAIN.

SO THOSE ARE FREE. YOU CAN PICK THEM UP RIGHT AT OUR

INFORMATION CENTER. AND LASTLY, EVERY BELIEVER

SHOULD GIVE MONETARILY TO FINANCE THE GOSPEL TO THE

REST OF THE WORLD. WE HAVE A DROP DOWN ON OUR GIVING HERE

AT LORD OF HOSTS. IT'S CALLED MEDIA OUTREACH AND

MISSIONS. AND WHEN YOU GIVE TO THAT, IT EITHER GOES INTO

REACHING PEOPLE THROUGH MEDIA OR INTO THE

MISSIONARIES THAT WE SUPPORT THAT HAVE WORK IN OTHER

PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND SOME IN THE UNITED STATES, TO WIN

PEOPLE, WIN THE LOST. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT

YOU CAN DO IS SUPPORT MISSIONS. MY PRAYER TONIGHT

IS THAT GOD WILL HELP EACH OF US TO ANSWER THE CALL TO

REACH THE HARVEST THAT HE'S ASSIGNED TO US. AMEN. IN

CONCLUSION, CHAPLAIN JEFF CONGDON TELLS A STORY THAT'S

WORTH SHARING. WHEN JEFF WAS IN BIBLE COLLEGE, HE WAS

ASSIGNED BY A PROFESSOR TO WITNESS THREE TIMES AND THEN

WRITE A REPORT ON EACH WITNESSING ENCOUNTER AND

TURN THEM IN BY A CERTAIN DATE. AND THE DUE DATE

ARRIVED AND JEFF REALIZED THAT HE WAS STILL SHORT ONE

OF HIS WITNESSING ENCOUNTERS. HE HADN'T DONE

THE THIRD ONE AND HE NEEDED TO DO IT. AND HE SAID,

"WHERE COULD I FIND SOME PEOPLE TO WITNESS TO?" HE

ASKED HIMSELF, AND THEN HE REMEMBERED THAT THE PIER ON

LAKE MICHIGAN ALWAYS HAD MANY PEOPLE JUST HANGING

AROUND, STROLLING AROUND THAT TIME OF DAY. SO HE WENT

DOWN TO THE MICHIGAN PIER AND THERE WAS A MARRIED

COUPLE SITTING ON THE BENCH. HE WALKED UP TO THEM AND HE

TOLD THEM ABOUT HIS ASSIGNMENT AND HE ASKED THEM

IF THEY COULD HELP OUT BY LISTENING TO HIS

PRESENTATION. AND THEY AGREED TO. AND THEN HE WENT

THROUGH THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS TRACT. HOW MANY EVER

REMEMBER THOSE LITTLE TRACTS THAT WERE THE FOUR SPIRITUAL

LAWS? SOME OF YOU DO REMEMBER THOSE. AND, WELL,

WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT IT JUST EXPLAINED HOW TO

HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. IF I CAN REMEMBER IT,

I THINK IT WAS GOD LOVES YOU AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR

LIFE. ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF GOD'S GLORY. JESUS IS

GOD'S PROVISION FOR US, AND YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE JESUS

CHRIST AS , FOURTHLY, TO GO TO HEAVEN.THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT

THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS WERE. SO, HE GAVE THAT TRACK TO THEM

AND ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH IT. AND SHE SAID, THE LADY GOT TEARS

IN HER EYES, SHE SAYS "I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS ALL MY LIFE.

I GO TO CHURCH SOMETIMES, BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD THE STEPS TO

SALVATION." AND JEFF CONCLUDED IN PRAYER

WITH THIS LADY, AND SHE WEPT AS SHE CONFESSED JESUS AS

HER SAVIOR. HER NAME WAS WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE,

AND HER DESTINATION THAT DAY WAS CHANGED FROM HELL TO HEAVEN. AND

ALL OF THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE JEFF WAS REQUIRED TO FULFILL AN

ASSIGNMENT FOR A CLASS. THERE AGAIN, HE WAS

DIRECTED, HE WAS ON A MISSION. AS WE CONCLUDE

TONIGHT, I WANT TO MENTION THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD

HAVE RECEIVED ONE OF THESE AGAIN. YOU THINK I'M TRYING

TO GET RID OF THESE CARDS THE WAY WE'RE HANDING THEM

OUT ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW. SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET RID

OF THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A PURPOSE BEHIND THEM. THERE'S

DIRECTION FOR THEM. BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE OF

THESE AS YOU CAME IN. AND IF YOU DIDN'T, THERE'S MORE AT

THE INFORMATION CENTERS FOR YOU TO PICK UP. EVERY ONE OF

YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE IN YOUR WALLET, IN YOUR PURSE,

IN YOUR POCKETS, OR WHATEVER. AND I WANNA

CHALLENGE YOU TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT IT UP HERE ON THE SCREEN

SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT I'M GONNA

CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THIS. PERSONALLY INVITE ONE PERSON

TO CHURCH DURING THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. CARRY A CARD

WITH YOU. AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO RUN INTO SOMEONE AT THE

BARBERSHOP, THE GROCERY STORE, YOUR NEIGHBOR WHEN

YOU'RE OUT WALKING THE DOG OR GETTING THE MAIL, MAYBE

YOU GO TO THE GAS STATION AND THERE'S SOMEONE GETTING

GAS NEXT TO YOU, YOU CAN INVITE HIM TO CHURCH. WHO

KNOWS? BUT EVERY ONE OF US, UNLESS YOU'RE ISOLATED IN

YOUR HOME AND SHUT IN YOUR HOME FOR SEVEN DAYS SOLID

AND NEVER LEAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

TO MEET SOMEONE OR SEE SOMEONE. MAYBE YOU'RE AT A

RESTAURANT AND THE WAITRESS, WHEN YOU GIVE HER THE TIP,

YOU CAN SAY, "BY THE WAY, DO YOU HAVE A CHURCH?" THINK

OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS OF YOUR NORMAL LIFE. WE JUST GO

THROUGH LIFE LIKE ROBOTS, MEETING AND DEALING WITH

PEOPLE, BUT NEVER THINKING ABOUT THEIR SOULS. AND I'M

GONNA CHALLENGE YOU THIS WEEK, USE THIS CARD FOR ONE

PERSON. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'LL COME. IT DOESN'T

MEAN THAT THEY'LL NECESSARILY GET SAVED, BUT

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT A SEED CAN

DO IN SOMEONE'S LIFE. MAYBE THEY'RE SEARCHING. MAYBE

THEY'RE SEARCHING RIGHT AT THIS POINT, AND YOU'LL BE

THE ONE THAT GOD SENDS TO GIVE THEM AN ANSWER. AMEN?

AMEN. WELL, I WANT EILEEN TO COME RIGHT NOW. SHE'S GOING

TO LEAD US IN A PRAYER FOR THE LOST. I THINK THAT'S A

GOOD WAY TO CONCLUDE TONIGHT. AND LET'S ALL PRAY

FOR A BURNING ZEAL AND URGENCY TO REACH THE LOST

THAT ARE IN OUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE. AMEN. EILEEN,

YOU'RE HERE. GOOD. - WELL, AFTER THAT LITTLE- THAT

MESSAGE AND THAT LITTLE VIDEO CLIP, HOW MANY OF US

ARE GOING TO HAVE A STORY LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN THAT

VIDEO? THAT'S A CHALLENGE. AND WE PROBABLY ALREADY DO

SOME, BUT LET'S DO IT. SO DOUG ASKED ME TO PRAY FOR

THE HARVEST. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS I'M

GOING TO HIT. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO PRAY FOR US AS THE

ANSWER TO GO OUT INTO THE HARVEST. SO JUST RIGHT NOW,

JUST THINK ABOUT THAT PERSON, OR MAYBE THERE'S A

GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

THAT YOU KNOW NEED CHRIST. SO WE'RE GONNA BE PRAYING

FOR THOSE PEOPLE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PRAYING THAT

GOD WOULD TURN THE HEARTS OF ALL PEOPLE ON EARTH. YOU

KNOW, I THOUGHT OF THE SCRIPTURE AS PASTOR DOUG WAS

PREACHING, THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, "APOLLOS WATERED." I

PLANTED THE SEED, "APOLLOS WATERED," I THINK IS HOW IT

GOES, BUT IT IS GOD WHO GIVES THE INCREASE. SO HE'S

RESPONSIBLE. WE'RE JUST RESPONSIBLE TO OBEY AND TO

PLANT SEED AND TO WATER AND TO BE ENCOURAGEMENT. WE

CAN'T FORCE ANYBODY, BUT WE ARE COMMANDED TO SHARE AND

TO GIVE OF OURSELVES. SO THINK ABOUT THAT PERSON. AND

ALSO, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, JOIN US AS WE ARE

PRAYING FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

THAT YOU KNOW NEED TO COME TO FAITH IN CHRIST. SO

FIRST, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS WE'RE GOING

TO HIT. AND I'M ONLY GOING TO PRAY A FEW MINUTES.

PASTOR DOUG SAID NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES. SO WHEN

IT'S FIVE MINUTES, LET ME KNOW. ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO

PRAY THAT GOD SOFTENS THEIR HEARTS AND THAT THEY WOULD

TURN TO JESUS FOR SALVATION, THAT THIS IS THE PEOPLE OF

THE WORLD, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR ACQUAINTANCES, AND ALL

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. EZEKIEL 11:19 SAYS, "I WILL GIVE

Ezekiel 11:19

THEM A NEW HEART, AND I WILL PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN

THEM. I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE, THE HARDENED

HEART, OUT OF THEM, AND WILL GIVE THEM A HEART THAT IS

SENSITIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE TOUCH OF THEIR GOD." SO,

FATHER GOD, WE ASK YOU NOW, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, TO

REMOVE THE STONY HEARTS FROM PEOPLE. WE GIVE THEM, GIVE

PEOPLE A NEW HEART THAT IS RECEPTIVE TO YOU. FATHER, I

PRAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE EARS TO HEAR. WE BIND UP THE

DEVIL AND THE LIES THAT ARE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE

KEPT THEM IN BONDAGE. WE BIND SATAN FROM CAUSING

BLINDNESS IN PEOPLE. FATHER, I ASK YOU TO MOVE AND WORK

IN BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOVE AND CARE ABOUT AND

THAT ARE AROUND US AND ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THIS

EARTH. OH FATHER, WE ASK FOR THAT GREAT, GREAT HARVEST,

THAT GREAT HARVEST NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND IT

STARTS BY SOFTENING HEARTS. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE

BEGUN THAT WORK IN THIS NATION AND AROUND THIS

WORLD. FATHER, WE'RE SEEING HARVEST ALREADY, BUT I'M NOT

SATISFIED. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH, AND SO WE PRAY THAT

YOU SOFTEN HEARTS, THAT YOU WOO PEOPLE, THAT YOU DRAW

THEM IN, FATHER. I THANK YOU. PLACE A LONGING IN

PEOPLE'S HEARTS FOR A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS

MEANING, THAT GIVES THEM PURPOSE AND HAS ETERNITY IN

HEAVEN WITH YOU. I THANK YOU THAT YOU SNATCH PEOPLE OUT

OF THE JAWS OF THE DEVIL. I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE

MOVING IN BEHALF OF PEOPLE'S LIVES AND MAKING THEM OPEN

TO YOU. I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT THEIR HEARTS ARE

SOFTENED TO HEAR YOUR GOSPEL, TO HEAR YOUR WORD.

POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH, O GOD. FATHER,

LIKE YOU DID IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, YOU POURED OUT YOUR

SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH. AND YOU SAID THAT IN THE LAST DAYS,

OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WOULD PROPHESY. WE WOULD SEE SIGNS

AND MIRACLES AND WONDERS. FATHER, I AM NOT SATISFIED.

I HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH. AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

SO I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE MOVING IN BEHALF OF PEOPLE'S

LIVES. I THANK YOU, FATHER. ALSO, SECOND, WE ASK THAT

YOU SEND A SPIRIT OF CONVICTION. FATHER, WE PRAY

FOR THE SPIRIT OF CONVICTION TO BE RELEASED INTO THE

HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR. ACCORDING

TO JOHN 16:8, YOU SAID YOU WOULD CONVICT THE WORLD OF

John 16:8

SIN AND ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND THE JUDGMENT THAT IS TO

COME. SO WE ASK YOU, FATHER GOD, THAT YOU POUR OUT YOUR

CONVICTION, YOUR CONVICTING SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH, AND

THAT THERE WOULD BE A REPENTANCE AND A TURNING TO

YOU. LET PEOPLE SEE, THE PEOPLE WE SEE, LET THEM SEE,

THE PEOPLE THAT WE MEET, LET THEM SEE YOU IN US. SEE YOUR

LOVING KINDNESS AND YOUR TENDER MERCIES THROUGH US.

[SPEAKING IN TONGUES] MAY THERE BE A CONVICTION, A

CONVINCING OF ETERNITY AND THE TRUTH CONCERNING HEAVEN

AND HELL AND OF THE REALITIES OF THOSE. FATHER,

I THANK YOU THAT PEOPLE COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS

CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

AND THIRD, FATHER, WE ASK YOU, GOD, TO SEND A SPIRIT

OF WISDOM AND REVELATION TO THOSE WHO NEED JESUS. OPEN

THEIR MINDS AND THEIR HEARTS TO THE REVELATION THAT THEY

NEED A SAVIOR, AND IT IS JESUS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING

FOR. FATHER, WE PRAY ACCORDING TO EPHESIANS 1,

THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM A SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND

REVELATION IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOU, THAT THE EYES OF

THEIR HEARTS, THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE

ENLIGHTENED, SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW WHAT IS THE HOPE

OF YOUR CALLING, WHAT ARE THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF

YOUR INHERITANCE, AND WHAT IS THE SURPASSING GREATNESS

OF YOUR POWER TOWARDS THOSE THAT BELIEVE. I THANK YOU,

FATHER, THAT YOU SEND A SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND

REVELATION, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH DREAMS OR VISIONS,

ANGELIC VISITATIONS, OR AS IN JOB 3:33, IN A DREAM IN

THE NIGHTTIME, YOU, I FORGET HOW THE SCRIPTURE GOES

EXACTLY, BUT YOU OPEN PEOPLE'S EARS AND YOU SEAL

THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. ACCORDING, THAT'S WHAT YOU

SAID IN JOB 33, AND I THANK YOU, YOU MOVE UPON PEOPLE,

WHETHER IT'S A DREAM, A VISITATION THROUGH SOMEONE.

FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE REAPING YOUR HARVEST AND

PULLING PEOPLE INTO YOUR KINGDOM. FATHER, I ALSO

FOURTHLY PRAY FOR A REVELATION OF YOUR LOVE FOR

EACH PERSON. FATHER, WE ASK THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL BE

OVERWHELMED WITH YOUR LOVE. ROMANS 2:4, "IT IS THE

Romans 2:4

GOODNESS OF GOD THAT DRAWS MEN TO REPENTANCE." FATHER,

I THANK YOU THAT THEY ARE DRAWN BY YOUR GOODNESS. THAT

THEY WOULD GET THEIR EYES OFF OF WHAT THEY THINK IS

GOOD IN THIS WORLD AND REALIZE THERE IS MORE TO IT.

FATHER, I THANK YOU THERE IS A DISSATISFACTION WITH THE

THINGS OF LIFE. PEOPLE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THINGS ON

THIS EARTH. FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU PLACED INSIDE

EACH PERSON THIS VACUUM THAT CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH YOU.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I PRAY THAT THE EYES OF THEIR

UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE ENLIGHTENED. THAT THEY WOULD

UNDERSTAND THAT SATAN IS THEIR ENEMY, BUT YOU, JESUS,

YOU CAME TO GIVE THEM LIFE AND TO GIVE IT TO THEM

ABUNDANTLY ACCORDING TO JOHN 10. I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND NOW, LASTLY, LORD, I PRAY ACCORDING TO MATTHEW

938. WE ASK YOU, THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, TO SEND US AND

SEND ALL CHRISTIANS AS WORKERS INTO YOUR HARVEST

FIELD. FATHER, WE ASK YOU, THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, TO

SEND LABORERS INTO THE FIELD. THIS COUNTRY IS A

RIPE FIELD FOR THE HARVEST. THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS

AT WORK, WATCHING OVER YOUR WORD AS IT GOES OUT AND YOU

DRAW PEOPLE TO YOURSELF. AND FATHER, WE ASK YOU,

ACCORDING TO ISAIAH 6, ISAIAH SAID, "WHO SHALL I

SEND?" YOU ASKED THE QUESTION OF ISAIAH, "WHO

SHALL I SEND AND WHO WILL SPEAK FOR ME? WHO WILL GO

FOR ME?" AND ISAIAH SAID, "HERE AM I, LORD, SEND ME."

SO FATHER, I ASK YOU TO RAISE UP EACH OF US IN THIS

AS A SPIRIT OF THE EVANGELIST TO GO AFTER THE

PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING AND HURTING. I THANK YOU THAT

YOU COMMISSION US NOW FOR THE HARVEST FIELD. AND WE

SAY, "HERE AM I, LORD, SEND ME." HALLELUJAH. I THANK YOU

FOR IT. SAY THIS WITH ME. "HERE AM I, LORD..." NOW SAY

IT AND THEN LET'S REPEAT IT TOGETHER. HERE AM I, LORD,

SEND ME. HERE AM I, LORD, SEND ME. THANK YOU, FATHER.

[APPLAUSE] - HOW ABOUT THAT?

AM I ON? OK. GOOD JOB. POWERFUL PRAYER, EILEEN, AND

YOU DID IT IN FIVE MINUTES, SO THAT'S GREAT. SHE'S NOT

EVEN RESPONDING. OKAY, WELL, HEY, I'M GOING TO GET YOU

OUT OF HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR

ONLINE AUDIENCE IN A MINUTE. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, WE

DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS COMING SUNDAY, JOHN

AMAKUCHU, AMACHUKWU, WHATEVER, I'LL GET IT

EVENTUALLY. I'M WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME

THERE, BOB. BUT HE'LL BE HERE, AND HE IS WORTH COMING

TO HEAR. HE'S BOLD AS A LION, AND HE HAS A GREAT

MESSAGE FOR THIS CHURCH. SO DON'T MISS SUNDAY. BRING A

FRIEND IF YOU CAN. DON'T FORGET RESCUING A

GENERATION, OCTOBER 29TH, INTERCEDING FOR CHILDREN AND

FAMILIES. THAT'S GOING ON. IT'LL BE AN ONLINE-ONLY

BROADCAST, BUT YOU'LL WANT TO TAKE PART IN THAT. AND

THEN DON'T FORGET THE OMAHA VICTORY CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 6

THROUGH THE 8TH WITH BROTHER KENNETH COPELAND AND SEVERAL

OTHER GUEST SPEAKERS. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME HERE. AND

WE WANT TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT BROTHER COPELAND. SO GOD BLESS

YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. AND DON'T FORGET, YOU

HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. AMEN? WE'RE

GOING TO GET SOME MORE PEOPLE SAVED IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.

GOD BLESS YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU SUNDAY.