8/13/25 - Governing the Soul Realm

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- GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

ARE YOU READY TO PRAISE THE HOLIEST NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES,

THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE KING OF KINGS, YOUR EVERYTHING?

ALL RIGHT Y'ALL, WE GOT TO GET INTO SOME MASSIVE PRAISE

AND WORSHIP TONIGHT, OKAY? YOU READY TO RAISE IT UP?

COME ON, I'M GONNA NEED Y'ALL TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT.

HOW MANY KNOW WE'RE COMING OUT OF AN OLD SEASON AND STEPPING

INTO THE NEVER-SO-SEEN? WE ARE SHIFT-CHANGING INTO THE FULLNESS

OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD. AMEN? WHO WILL AGREE WITH GOD TONIGHT?

COME ON.

♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY ♪

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SOME OF Y'ALL AREN'T CONVINCED ENOUGH. DO YOU KNOW WHO IT IS

THAT YOU SERVE? COME ON. WE'RE MARCHING INTO OUR PROMISED LAND.

COME ON, COME ON. SURRENDER THOSE OLD MINDSETS AND ACCEPT

THE PROMISES OF GOD AND WATCH BREAKTHROUGH AFTER BREAKTHROUGH

AFTER BREAKTHROUGH COME. COME ON.

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WE'RE GONNA DO A PROPHETIC ACT. WE'RE STEPPING, COME ON.

STEP! COME ON. ♪OH YEAH. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪ HEY, HEY, YEAH. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. A ♪

♪DEFTLY FRUITFUL SEASON. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪PEOPLE OF GOD RISE. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪I TELL ME FRUITFUL SEASON. STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪PEOPLE OF GOD RISE. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪PEOPLE OF GOD ARISE. I'M STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪PEOPLE OF GOD ARISE. YOU TOOK THE KEYS OF DEATH, HELL AND THE♪

♪ GRAVE. JESUS, YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO SAVE. YOU'RE ALIVE, ♪

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♪STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON♪

♪STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. PEOPLE OF GOD RISE♪

♪ STEPPING INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON INTO A FRUITFUL SEASON. ♪

♪ OHH, PEOPLE OF GOD ARISE (X2). WE SERVE A GOD WHO'S ♪

♪ NEVER LOST A RACE . BECAUSE HE WINS WE WIN. HALLELUJAH. OH ♪

♪ HAVE YOUR WAY. (X9). ♪

♪ HAVE YOUR WAY (X2). ♪

- COME ON, I WANT YOU TO SING THAT ONE MORE TIME. AND HOLY

SPIRIT, WELCOME HIM IN YOUR LIFE. COME ON, LET'S WORSHIP

HIM. SING IT ONE MORE TIME. LET'S WELCOME THE HOLY SPIRIT.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP SINGING THAT FOR A MOMENT,

BUT I WANT YOU TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLES AND PUT YOUR HAND ON

SOMEONE'S SHOULDER. MAYBE GRAB THE HAND OF SOMEBODY BESIDE YOU

TONIGHT. MAYBE THEY NEED TO FEEL A SPECIAL TOUCH FROM THE HOLY

SPIRIT AND THEY NEED TO FEEL THE BOND OF THE BODY OF CHRIST

AROUND THEM. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD

YOU THAT YOU WILL FEEL THE IMPACT AND THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT. FILL YOUR ROOM. FILL THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE

SEATED. TOUCH YOUR LIFE. TOUCH YOUR HEART. TOUCH YOUR MIND.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS. COME ON, SING IT. AS HANDS ARE JOINED,

PRAY FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR. PRAY FOR THAT PERSON, LET THEM FEEL THE

TOUCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

♪ GOD IS WHAT OUR HEARTS LONG FOR. TO BE OVERCOME BY YOUR ♪

♪ PRESENCE, LORD. HOLY SPIRIT, YOU ARE WELCOME. COME FLOOD ♪

♪ THIS PLACE AND FILL THE ATMOSPHERE. YOUR GLORY, GOD, ♪

♪ IS WHAT OUR HEARTS LONG FOR. TO BE OPENED UP BY YOUR ... ♪

- OH, WE WORSHIP YOU, HOLY SPIRIT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT

EVEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, MAYBE YOU DON'T SPEAK IN

TONGUES. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPEAK IN TONGUES RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE

STANDING. RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE STANDING, YOU CAN START SPEAKING

IN TONGUES, RIGHT? YOU CAN JUST SAY, "HOLY SPIRIT, FILL ME."

IF YOU'RE ONLINE TONIGHT AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN

FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, I SENSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE

ONLINE AND YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY

SPIRIT AND SPEAK IN TONGUES. WELL, IT'S THAT EASY. YOU SAY,

"HOLY SPIRIT." COME ON, LET'S ALL SAY IT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE

BELIEVING FOR THAT. HOLY SPIRIT, FILL ME RIGHT NOW. I FULLY

EXPECT WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH, I'M GOING TO SPEAK OUT IN OTHER

TONGUES. NOW START SPEAKING IN TONGUES FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND

YOU. IF YOU NEED IT, IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE

NEVER SPOKEN TONGUES BEFORE, WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE AROUND

YOU SPEAKING TONGUES, OPEN YOUR MOUTH WITH BOLDNESS.

GET NEAR SOMEBODY, LET IT RIP OFF ON YOU.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, JUST BEGIN TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH

AND MOVE YOUR TONGUE. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) AND BY THE WAY, I FEEL VERY

STRONG. THERE IS SOMEONE ONLINE. YOU KNOW NOBODY'S IN THAT ROOM

WITH YOU? JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH. YOU THOUGHT, 'CAUSE I JUST HEARD

A THOUGHT, AND YOU SAID, "WELL, I MIGHT SOUND KINDA SILLY."

WELL, WHO'S GONNA HEAR YOU BUT YOU AND THE HOLY GHOST? AMEN.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) IT'S SO LOUD IN HERE. IF YOU'RE

IN HERE AND YOU'VE NEVER PRAYED IN TONGUES, JUST START TO MOVE

YOUR MOUTH. NOBODY'S GONNA THINK ANYTHING. THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU

ANYWAY. COME ON, LET'S ALL PRAY IN TONGUES.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

OH, IN FACT, USE YOUR PRAYING IN TONGUES TO WORSHIP THE LORD.

WORSHIP THE HOLY SPIRIT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORSHIP HIM IN ENGLISH, WORSHIP

HIM IN OTHER TONGUES, IN THE HOLY GHOST. (SPEAKS IN TONGUES)

SOME OF YOU ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

AND YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW

TO PRAY AS WE OUGHT, THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES

GROANINGS WITHIN US THROUGH UTTERANCES THAT WE CAN'T

EVEN ARTICULATE IN OUR NATURAL LANGUAGE, ROMANS 8:26.

Romans 8:26

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

IF YOU'RE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO

MAKE TONIGHT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I JUST, I HAVE TO SPEAK THIS OUT. TERESA, I DON'T KNOW, YOU

WERE STANDING THERE WORSHIPING, LOOKING ALL BRIGHT. IT CAME IN

MY SPIRIT. I WANT TO BRING A DOUBLING TO YOUR CLIENTS.

AND THE LORD SAID, HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN WHAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE

WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT? THE LORD SAID, BE

PREPARED. LET YOUR FAITH BE THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE COMING INTO.

AND THE LORD SAID, MAKE ROOM FOR IT IN YOUR MIND.

BELIEVE FOR IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

I WANT TO BRING A DOUBLING TO YOUR CLIENTELE. AND

THERE'S SOME CLIENTS THAT I DON'T KNOW, AND WE HAVEN'T

TALKED. SHE DOES MY HAIR, AND WE TALK ABOUT HAIRDOS.

SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR CLIENTS. YOU HAVEN'T TOLD

ME THIS EVER. BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME CLIENTS THAT WENT

AWAY. AND THE LORD SAYS, "I'M REPLACING THOSE, BUT I'M GOING

TO DOUBLE THE ONES THAT LEFT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THE

DOUBLE PORTION. AND THE LORD SAYS, THE FINANCIAL STATE OF

YOUR BUSINESS, WHAT IT IS NOW IS NOT WHAT IT WILL BE.

SO GOD SAYS, GET READY FOR THE DOUBLING AND THE INCREASE. FOR

YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL, AND YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL

WHEN AT TIMES IT WAS HARD AND YOU WERE STILL SMILING.

AND NOBODY AROUND YOU KNEW THE TURMOIL AND THE

CHALLENGES AND THE THINGS THAT YOU WALKED THROUGH.

AND NOBODY KNEW IT BECAUSE YOU JUST KEPT JOY ON YOUR

FACE, BUT INSIDE YOU WERE FIGHTING THROUGH. AND THE LORD

SAYS, "WATCH WHAT I DO FOR YOU." BECAUSE YOU WERE FAITHFUL

AND YOU GAVE TO OTHERS, BELIEVING THAT I WOULD GIVE TO

YOU. AND WHEN YOU HANDED TO OTHERS YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENT,

YOUR ENERGY, YOUR LOVE, THE LORD SAYS, "WATCH, THERE IS

A REWARD SEASON COMING FOR YOU, AND I'M ABOUT TO DO

SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SHOCKING TO YOU.

BUT JUST STAY IN THERE," SAYS THE LORD, "FOR EVEN THIS

SEASON THAT SEEMS SO LONG, AND IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING,

AND THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS YOU PRAYED FOR AND BELIEVED,

AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING SHIFTED."

BUT GOD SAYS, "I AM THE LORD THAT DOES GOOD FOR MY CHILDREN.

AND AM I NOT THE LORD WHO IS GOOD?"

SO, THE DOUBLING, THE DOUBLING AND THE DOUBLING

OF THAT WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO HOVER OVER,

GOD SAYS, "I'M GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU.

JUST HANG IN THERE, DAUGHTER OF GOD,

FOR IT IS ABOUT TO COME AND BREAK FORTH ON EVERY SIDE."

COME ON, HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH.

I DIDN'T PLAN THAT, BUT BOB AND TASHA, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD

IS SAYING THESE WORDS OVER YOU, FOR THERE'S SOME MOMENTS THAT

YOU THOUGHT YOU LOST TIME. YOU TOOK STEPS BACK AND

YOU SAID, "LORD, HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN? HOW DID

IT SEEM LIKE WE WENT FORWARD AND THEN TWO STEPS FORWARD AND

SOME BACK?" AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS LITTLE BELT,

I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THEY HAVE THOSE BELTS IN THE AIRPORT

AND THEY GO ONE DIRECTION, BUT YOURS FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING BACK

AND FORTH. SOMETIMES IT'S FELT LIKE, "GOD, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE

WE GOING TO CATAPULT TO THE NEXT PLACE AND THE NEXT LEVEL?"

BUT THE LORD SAYS, "YOU'RE DOING FINE. I'M JUST REWORKING SOME

THINGS. AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'M UNDOING IN

THE BOTH OF YOU. AND IT'S A GOOD THING FOR I'M A GOOD FATHER

AND I UNDO THINGS IN ALL OF MY CHILDREN.

SO THE LORD SAID, SO THAT YOU CAN STAND IN THE PLACE

THAT I'VE CALLED YOU TO STAND INTO, THE LORD SAID,

THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'M ROOTING OUT AND I'M PULLING OUT

FROM YOU. I'M TAKING OUT OF YOUR LIFE, NOT BAD THINGS,

NOT LIKE THEY'RE SINFUL THINGS, BUT JUST THINGS THAT I WANT

TO REMOVE SOME MINDSETS AND SOME PARADIGMS AND SOME WAYS

OF THINKING STEP INTO THE GREAT ANOINTING THAT I HAVE CALLED YOU

TO TOGETHER FROM THE BEGINNING OF YOUR MARRIAGE. AND SO THE

LORD SAYS IT'S NOT LOST TIME, IT'S BEEN INVESTED TIME. AND

SO GET READY FOR THERE IS A GRADUATION THAT YOU WILL BEGIN

TO STEP INTO. BUT THE LORD SAID, BE PATIENT, I WILL DO MY WORK.

AND WHEN THE TIME IS THERE FOR YOU TO STEP FORWARD

IN THAT NEXT PIECE, THE LORD SAID, YOU'LL KNOW IT AND I'LL

KNOW IT AND EVERYBODY AROUND YOU WILL KNOW IT, YOU'LL COME

INTO IT. SO THE LORD SAYS, AND IT'LL BE A GOOD THING FOR YOU,

SAYS THE LORD, HALLELUJAH. COME ON, GIVE GOD A HAND.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

OFFICER HARMON, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST SAW YOU STANDING THERE

WITH YOUR BIG OLD BRIGHT, I AM L-O-H.

THIS MAN AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, WAVE YOUR HAND, WAVE

YOUR HAND, BOTH OF YOU, SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU.

ARE YOU RETIRED YET? DID YOU RETIRE YET? FULLY, SHE RETIRED.

HOW MANY YEARS WERE YOU A POLICE OFFICER?

HIS WIFE, THEY'RE BOTH COPS, YOU KNOW.

25 YEARS, THAT'S AMAZING. ON THE STREET, KEEPING US SAFE.

I TOLD HER WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO LORD OF HOSTS,

I SAID, "YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE A COP.

"YOUR HUSBAND DOES, BUT YOU DON'T." SO I'M JUST TEASING.

SHE'S SO PRETTY AND SHE'S SO CUTE.

BUT YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD SAYS

THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS YOU HAVE BOTH PRAYED FOR

AND YOU'VE ASKED GOD TO DO, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THERE

HAVE BEEN SOME THINGS YOU'VE SEEN COME THROUGH,

BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT FELT LIKE

THEY'RE JUST HELD BACK AND HELD UP,

AND THINGS THAT YOU'VE ASKED GOD.

YOU EACH KNOW INDIVIDUALLY THAT WHAT YOU'VE ASKED ME FOR,

BUT THE LORD SAYS THERE'S THINGS YOU'VE ASKED TOGETHER.

AND SO GOD SAYS, DON'T GIVE UP ON THOSE. DON'T

GIVE UP ON THOSE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU THOUGHT,

"OH NO, THERE'S NO WAY THAT CAN HAPPEN NOW."

COME ON, ANYBODY EVER FELT LIKE THAT?

YOU'RE LIKE, "WELL, THAT SHIP HAS SAILED."

BUT THE LORD SAID, "THERE'S SOME SHIPS STILL IN THE DOCK

"AND THEY HAVE YET TO MANIFEST "AND COME OUT TO WHERE I WANT

THEM TO BE." BUT THE LORD SAID, "I NEED YOUR WORDS

TO COME IN A LINE WITH WHAT I WANT TO DO."

SO GOD SAID, "DON'T GIVE UP ON THOSE DREAMS,

THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE PRAYED FOR."

AND I JUST SEE AS IF IT WERE LIKE A LITTLE CLOUD

OF DISCOURAGEMENT THAT'S JUST TRYING TO HIT.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD MOMENTS WHEN YOU FELT LIKE

JUST THAT LITTLE THING JUST TRYING TO HIT YOU A LITTLE BIT?

BUT THE LORD SAYS, "I'M REBUKING THAT TONIGHT.

DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, FOR IT'S THE TIME OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO

COME UPON YOU." AND THE LORD SAYS, "EVEN IN THIS TIME,

FINANCES SHALL BE ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT AND IT'LL

BE WELL FOR YOU." BUT THE LORD SAYS, "YOU HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL."

AND YOU STUCK IN THERE AND TOOK A STAND, OFFICER HARMON.

AND I KNOW THIS BY NATURAL KNOWLEDGE,

BUT YOU TOOK A STAND WHEN IT COULD HAVE MEANT A LOT OF

THINGS FOR YOU AND IT COULD HAVE GONE THE OTHER WAY.

BUT THE LORD SAYS, "THANK YOU," THIS COMES FROM THE

HOLY ONE, "FOR TAKING A STAND FOR THE SPIRIT OF GOD." AND THE

LORD SAYS, "DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T REWARD THOSE THAT STAND

FOR ME." FOR JESUS SAID, "IF YOU CONFESS ME BEFORE MEN, I'LL

CONFESS YOU BEFORE MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." SO THE

LORD SAYS, "GET READY, FOR THE REWARD TIME FOR THAT STAND HAS

COME UNTO YOU." HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND TOWARD EVERY PERSON.

WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AT THE END, BUT

I JUST HAD TO DELIVER THOSE SO FATHER, I STRETCH MY HAND

TOWARD EVERY PERSON HERE AND ONLINE, WHATEVER THEY'RE IN,

WHATEVER THEY FACE, FATHER, WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING THROUGH,

WHATEVER THEY'RE BATTLING AGAINST, I'M ASKING YOU, HOLY

SPIRIT, TO MOVE IN THEIR LIFE, TO MOVE IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCE.

AND GOD, I PRAY TONIGHT THAT THERE WOULD JUST BE A BREAKING

OF ANYTHING IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR MIND

THAT SEES THAT IT JUST, THAT SEASON IS NEVER GONNA SHIFT,

THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA CROSS OVER INTO THAT BREAKTHROUGH.

I JUST REBUKE THAT. I SAY THAT THEY SHALL SEE IT AND IT WILL

COME TO PASS. AND WE THANK YOU, GOD.

AND EVERY PERSON ONLINE THAT RECEIVES THAT AS WELL,

WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

ALRIGHT, WELL, GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH FIVE.

TELL THEM IT IS SO GOOD TO BE HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

BEST PLACE TO BE IN ALL OF TOWN. LOVE ON SOMEBODY.

I'M GONNA SWITCH MICROPHONES AND PASTOR MATT'S GONNA BRING

ME UP ALL MY STUFF. ALL RIGHT. PASTOR HANK SENDS HIS LOVE.

HE'S BEEN GETTING CAUGHT UP. IN MR. GONE MOST NIGHTS,

FLASHPOINT, TRAVEL. HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVEN CHILDREN'S

BOOKS CONTRACTS. AND I'VE CONCLUDED SOMETHING. I THINK

IT'S HARDER TO WRITE CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAN IT IS GROWNUP

BOOKS NOW. AFTER LISTENING TO HIM AND NORRIS ON THE PHONE

CACKLING ABOUT WHATEVER THEY COME UP WITH, IT'S SUPER FUN.

BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO, SO HE SENDS HIS LOVE AND

EVERYBODY'S GETTING READY FOR OTH. SO, YOU

KNOW, EVERYBODY BUT PASTOR MATT, MY WHOLE FAMILY DESERTED ME. AND

I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING. LISTEN, I KNOW WHAT

IT'S LIKE. LAST MINUTE, PASTOR HANK, PROPHETIC PULSE,

AND I'VE BEEN HOME TRYING TO GET A MANUSCRIPT TURNED IN AND

IT'S ALL GOOD. BUT ANYWAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET IN THE WORD

IN A FEW MOMENTS AND I'M DOING THE OFFERING, THE

PREACHING, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, HERE SHE IS AGAIN. SHE DOES

PRAYER AND THEN I KNOW, WHAT IS THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT

NORMAL HERE. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO KEEP THE OFFERING

SIMPLE TONIGHT. USHERS, GO AHEAD AND BE IN THE AISLE. AND THOSE

OF YOU ONLINE, THEY'RE GONNA PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP

ON THE SCREEN. AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU GIVE, ALWAYS CLAIM

TITHERS' RIGHTS. AND BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT JUST TITHERS' RIGHTS,

IT'S TITHERS' AND OFFERINGS' RIGHTS.

OKAY, THAT SCRIPTURE WE QUOTE IN MALACHI

IS TITHES AND OFFERINGS. SO IT'S BOTH. SO ALWAYS DO THAT

EVERY TIME YOU GIVE AND YOU TITHE OR YOU GIVE AN OFFERING.

AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU ONLINE THAT

HELPED US RAISE THIS PAST WEEKEND OVER $100,000.

WE'RE WELL TOWARD OUR GOAL TOWARDS KNOCKING OUT THAT

$400,000. I DON'T HAVE A TOTAL FOR THIS WEEK YET,

BUT I WILL ON SUNDAY. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY.

AND BY THE WAY, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, I KNOW SOME OF

YOU WILL BE HERE AT OPENING THE HEAVENS.

HOW MANY OF YOU ARE EXCITED FOR THE CONFERENCE? I'M PUMPED,

PUMPED. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINING

ONLINE, THERE'S JUST NO WAY YOU CAN GET HERE. WE

HAVE A WAY FOR YOU TO GIVE INTO THE CONFERENCE IN ADVANCE. BY

THE WAY WE PAY FOR THE CONFERENCE AHEAD OF THE

CONFERENCE. DID YOU KNOW THAT? EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR MONEY

BEFORE. IT'S AMAZING HOW THAT WORKS. SO ALL OF THE VENDORS

AND THE VENUE. EVERYTHING, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING INTO IT

AHEAD OF TIME. THERE'S A PLACE ONLINE WHERE YOU CAN SOW INTO

OPENING THE HEAVENS 2025. AND JUST DO THAT. LET'S GET IT DONE

FOR GOD. WOULDN'T IT BE AMAZING IF BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED WE

RAISED ALL THE MONEY? I WOULD LOVE THAT. WE WOULDN'T EVEN

WORRY ABOUT THE REST. WE WOULD JUST GET IT DONE AND NOT EVEN

THINK ABOUT IT. SO IT'D JUST BE SO GOOD. ALRIGHT, YOU GOT YOUR

OFFERING READY? TOLD YA IMMA BE QUICK. I HAVE A LONG PREACHING

TONIGHT, YES THE LONG-WINDED PREACHER IS HERE ON A WEDNESDAY.

I PROMISE THOUGH, SINCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED, WE'LL BE DONE

BEFORE TEN O'CLOCK. ALRIGHT IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR OFFERING READY

LET'S STAND. HOLD IT UP HIGH. HOLD IT UP LIKE YOU EXPECT

TITHER'S RIGHTS. AMEN. FATHER, I THANK YOU

FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S GIVING TONIGHT. FATHER, WE

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE THAT FATHER, THE 400,000 WE

NEED, WE'VE KNOCKED DOWN 100. WE THANK YOU,

WE HAVE THE REST. IT'S ALL HERE AND THE CONFERENCE IS PAID FOR

AND IT'S DONE. SAY IT'S DONE. IN JESUS NAME.

NOW SAY THESE WORDS OVER YOURSELF.

SAY, "AND LORD, IT'S DONE OVER MY LIFE. IN JESUS NAME."

GIVE GOD A SHOUT AS YOU GIVE. USHERS, GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.

THANK YOU ONLINE FOR GIVING AS WELL.

I WANT TO GET INTO THE PREACHING TONIGHT

BECAUSE MY HOPE IS WE'LL HAVE A FEW MOMENTS TO PRAY

FOR SOME PEOPLE AT THE END PERTINENT TO WHAT I'M

GONNA PREACH ABOUT. AND I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY GOOD.

AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO

WHEN WE WERE PLANNING OUT THE SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

IN AUGUST. I KNEW I WANTED TO PREACH ONE OF THESE.

AND ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT KEPT TURNING AROUND IN MY SPIRIT IS

I BELIEVE, WELL, IT'S CALLED THIS,

IT'S CALLED GOVERNING THE SOUL REALM. AND

I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE I REMEMBER, IN

FACT, WE WERE JUST IN THE BACK, I WAS WITH KATE,

AND WE WERE REMINISCING WHEN WE FIRST MET OR

INTERACTED DOWN IN FORT WORTH AT KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES.

HOW MANY OF YOU WATCHED OR REMEMBERED THAT EVENT

WHERE IT WAS 115 DEGREES AND WE WERE OUT ON THE FLIGHT LINE

IN 2020? ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT MOMENT AND PASTOR AND I FLEW

DOWN THERE? WAS ANYBODY AT THAT EVENT? ANYBODY GO DOWN?

I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF YOU ONLINE MAY HAVE,

BUT WE WERE THERE AND I DON'T KNOW,

IT WAS LIKE WE WERE STEPS AWAY FROM HADES, IT WAS SO HOT. AND

PASTOR HANK WAS LIKE, "I'M JUST GOING IN A

SHORT-SLEEVED T-SHIRT. "I CAN'T BE OUT THERE.

"I MEAN, I'M LIKE THE WHITE TD JAKES, I CAN'T."

AND THEN WE FOUND OUT BROTHER COPELAND'S WEARING A SUIT.

AND HE'S LIKE, "WELL, IF HE'S WEARING A SUIT, "HE'S IN

HIS 80S." AND HE GOES, "I GUESS I'M WEARING A SUIT.

"I CAN'T GO DOWN THERE AND BROTHER COPELAND BE IN A SUIT,

"AND I'M IN A T-SHIRT." SO OF COURSE WE WERE OUT THERE, BUT WE

WERE JUST REMINISCING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE TIMES.

AND I REMEMBER ALL OF THESE PROPHETIC WORDS

THAT PASTOR HAD HAD, AND I KINDA JUST NOTICED

THIS CONSISTENT THEME, IF YOU WILL, WHEN

HE TALKED SO OFTEN ABOUT IF THE PEOPLE WON'T GET IN FEAR. HOW

MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? THAT WE CANNOT FEAR.

WE CAN'T LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD

AND HAVE FEAR OVER THE NEWS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING,

AND IF WE GET IN FEAR, WE'LL MISS GOD.

AND SO I KEPT HEARING THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THE REASON WE GET IN FEAR

OR WE HAVE ANXIETY ABOUT THINGS, 'CAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE,

LET'S RAISE OUR HANDS. EVERY ONE OF US HAVE HAD MOMENTS WHERE,

WHETHER IT'S PERSONAL OR IT'S SOMETHING

THAT WE SEE ON THE NEWS OR WHATEVER,

IT'S WHY I TRY TO BE SO CAREFUL NOT TO,

YOU KNOW, I'M OPENING MY SOCIAL MEDIA LESS AND LESS,

BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO FLASH AT ME AND

TALK TO ME. HOW MANY OF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO, BUT, AND YOU KNOW, JUST BEING CAREFUL

ABOUT WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE LET COME INTO OUR SOUL REALM.

BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THE REASON SO MUCH OF US GET

INTO THIS PLACE OF FEAR AND ANXIETY AND CONCERN

IS WE DON'T GOVERN OUR SOUL. WE DON'T DEAL WITH IT. AND

SO THIS HAS BEEN THE CONSISTENT THEME. AND

SO I KNEW FROM THE LORD THAT I WANTED TO JUST DELVE

INTO THIS TOPIC AFRESH SO THAT WE PUT OUR MINDS IN CHECK.

AMEN, WE PUT OUR THOUGHTS, WE ARREST THOSE THOUGHTS.

SO LET'S JUST GET INTO A LITTLE BIT. I'M GONNA GO TO

LUKE 21:19. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST, WELL, AT LEAST IT'S ONE

Luke 21:19

OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES IN ALL OF THE BIBLE.

BUT IT SAYS IN THIS, NOW JESUS IN THE PASSAGE IS PREACHING.

HE'S PREACHING ON THE END TIMES, RIGHT?

AND HE SAYS THIS, HE SAYS, "IN YOUR PATIENCE,"

NOW THAT WORD PATIENCE, IT'S THE WORD COMMITTED ENDURANCE.

SO IF YOU CAN'T ENDURE ANY HARDSHIP,

LISTEN TO ME EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME.

IF YOU CAN'T ENDURE ANY HARDSHIP,

YOUR STRENGTH IS SMALL, THE BIBLE SAYS, PROVERBS.

SO IN YOUR PATIENCE, IT'S GONNA TAKE ENDURANCE, RIGHT?

COMMITTED ENDURANCE IS THE WORD PATIENCE. POSSESS YE YOUR SOUL.

IN OTHER WORDS, THAT WORD POSSESS MEANS TO OWN WHAT

GOES ON UP HERE. OWN IT, BE IN CONTROL OF IT. DON'T

EVER USE A PHRASE LIKE, "WELL, I'M LOSING MY MIND. "I'M SO

CRAZY." YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE LITTLE CATCH WORDS

AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY. DON'T PICK UP ON THOSE.

NO, BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN MIND.

THERE IS NOTHING, NOT EVEN THE DEVIL,

HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTROL WHAT GOES ON UP HERE.

NOT PEOPLE, NOT, LISTEN, NOT PEOPLE, NOT FEAR, NOT NEWS

CHANNELS. NOTHING SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT YOU THINK

ABOUT. "WELL, I CAN'T HELP IT, PASTOR BRENDA,"

BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT. I'M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT.

'CAUSE WE HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OF OUR OWN MIND,

OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TALK TO WHAT

GOES ON UP HERE. WE ARE CONTROLLING OUR OWN THOUGHTS.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S ALWAYS EASY TO DO,

BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO IT TONIGHT.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN MIND.

TOUCH YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW AND SAY, MIND, I'M IN CHARGE OF YOU.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO JUST THINK ANYTHING.

YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT I TELL YOU TO THINK

AND WHAT GOD TELLS YOU TO THINK. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, SO IN YOUR PATIENCE, OWN OR BE IN CONTROL OF YOUR

OWN SOUL OR YOUR OWN THOUGHTS, YOUR OWN MIND. WE'RE GONNA BREAK

THIS DOWN. NOW THE REASON IS, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW GALATIANS

TALKS ABOUT THE WORKS OF THE FLESH

AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.

GO TO GALATIANS 3, I WANNA READ THIS TO YOU.

I THINK THIS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU.

GALATIANS 5, NOW I WANT YOU, JUST IN LIGHT OF

WHAT I JUST SAID ABOUT BEING IN CONTROL

OF OUR OWN THOUGHTS AND OUR OWN MIND AND WHAT

GOES THROUGH OUR BRAIN, LET'S LOOK AT THESE WORKS OF THE

FLESH. NOW, I READ THIS THINKING, MAN, THIS IS THE

EXAMPLE OF WHEN SOMEONE CANNOT CONTROL THEIR THINKING. THINK

ABOUT IT. LOOK AT THIS, VERSE 13. THIS IS THE KING JAMES.

"FOR BRETHREN, YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED UNTO LIBERTY,

"ONLY TO USE NOT YOUR LIBERTY FOR AN OCCASION

"OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACT IN THE FLESH.

"BUT BY LOVE, SERVE ONE ANOTHER."

NOW, THE REASON WE ACT OUT IN THE FLESH

IS 'CAUSE WE DON'T TAKE POSSESSION OF OUR MIND.

OKAY, SO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, MOMENTARY FEELING

OR FLEETING FEELING PEOPLE HAVE, THEY ACT ON IT.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T CONTROL WHAT GOES THROUGH THEIR MIND.

I HEARD A PREACHER SAY ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T COMMIT

ADULTERY IN ONE MOMENT, THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT.

OKAY, IT HAD TO GO AND PASS THROUGH THAT BRAIN

A WHOLE LOT OF TIMES BEFORE THEY FINALLY WENT OUT AND

ACTED ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ON. THOUGHTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

VERSE 14, "FOR ALL THE LAWS FULFILLED IN ONE WORD,

"EVEN IN THIS, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. "BUT

IF YOU BITE AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER," SOUNDS LIKE SOCIAL

MEDIA, "TAKE HEED THAT YOU BE NOT CONSUMED OF ONE ANOTHER."

I'M TELLING YOU, THAT OUGHT TO BE AT THE HEAD

OF EVERY FACEBOOK PAGE IN AMERICA.

BUT THIS I SAY THEN, COME ON, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR MINDS AND OUR THOUGHTS.

THIS I SAY THEN, WALK IN THE SPIRIT.

OR I LIKE TO SAY IT LIKE THIS, DO SPIRITUAL THINGS.

IF YOU DO SPIRITUAL THINGS, WATCH THIS,

YOU WILL NOT, SOMEBODY SAY WILL NOT, YOU WILL

NOT FULFILL THE LUSTS OF YOUR FLESH.

FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE SPIRIT

AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE FLESH,

AND THESE ARE CONTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER.

SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS BATTLE GOING ON UP IN

OUR MIND THAT'S TRYING TO GET OUR FLESH TO BE FLESHY, RIGHT?

AND DO EVIL THINGS, AND THEN THERE'S THIS BATTLE

ALSO IN OUR MIND TO TRY TO PUSH US TOWARDS SPIRITUAL THINGS.

FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE SPIRIT,

AND THESE ARE CONTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER,

SO THAT YOU CANNOT DO THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD,

OR THE THINGS THAT YOU WANNA DO, YOU FIND YOURSELF NOT DOING.

PAUL TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS.

BUT IF YOU BE LED OF THE SPIRIT, YOU ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW.

NOW, HERE'S THE PART I WANT YOU TO SEE.

NOW, SEE THIS IN LIGHT OF LUKE 21:19,

Luke 21:19

"FOR THE WORKS OF THE FLESH ARE MANIFEST" OR THEY'RE OBVIOUS.

YOU COULD SAY IT LIKE THAT, THEY'RE OBVIOUS. AND THEY ARE

THIS, OKAY? THIS IS, SEE THESE WORKS OF THE FLESH.

THESE ARE PEOPLE ACTING OUT WHAT WENT THROUGH THEIR MIND

FOR A LONG TIME, WOULD YOU NOT AGREE?

ADULTERY, I JUST USED THAT EXAMPLE. FORNICATION, OKAY?

PEOPLE THINK ABOUT FORNICATING, SO THEN THEY DO IT, RIGHT?

UNCLEANNESS, LASCIVIOUSNESS, IDOLATRY, WITCHCRAFT,

WHICH IS ALSO WHERE YOU GET ILLICIT DRUGS FROM.

WITCHCRAFT, THE WORD IS PHARMAKIA,

AND IT MEANS TO PARTAKE, AND IT'S NOT JUST

SPELLS AND THAT, IT MEANS POTIONS, IT

MEANS DRUGS, HATRED. YOU KNOW, HATRED IS A BIG DEAL.

WE SEE THAT BEING DISPLAYED ALL OVER THE INTERNET.

ALL THESE PEOPLE LASHING OUT THAT SAY,

"WELL, WE WANT PEACE, WE WANT PEACE."

AND I'M LIKE, "AND YOU'RE BURNING DOWN STUFF."

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY LET HATRED GO THROUGH THEIR

BRAIN A LOT. YOU KNOW, THEY GET ONLINE AND THEY DON'T LIKE

SOMEBODY OF ANOTHER COLOR SO THEY WANNA GO KILL THOSE

PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND SO HATRED IS A FRUIT OF AN UNCONTROLLED

THOUGHT LIFE. VARIANCE, THAT WORD VARIANCE MEANS TO DEBATE.

NOW, LET ME JUST STOP AND SAY THIS.

I'M ALL FOR GOOD DIALOGUE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SHARE IDEAS

WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THE SCRIPTURE TALKS A LOT

ABOUT ARGUING OUT POINTS OF VIEW,

ESPECIALLY DOCTRINAL ONES, WHERE WE JUST ARGUE

AND ARGUE AND ARGUE. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING.

PEOPLE WILL COME INTO A CHURCH SERVICE,

GOD COULD MOVE, POWER OF GOD'S THERE, IT'S AMAZING,

AND THEN ONE LITTLE THING THEY DON'T AGREE WITH,

AND THEY'LL THROW THE WHOLE THING OUT

AND MISS ALL THE GOOD THAT GOD DID. YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

I REMEMBER I WAS INVITED TO A CONFERENCE MANY YEARS AGO,

AND A MINISTER, A LADY MINISTER THAT I KNEW PRETTY WELL

INVITED ME, IT WAS UP NEAR ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.

AND SO I WENT THERE, AND ACTUALLY, PASTOR

LET ME FLY ALL BY MYSELF AND RENT A CAR AND DRIVE THERE. HE

WOULD NEVER DO THAT. HONEY, YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT NOW.

HE'D BE LIKE, "SHE'LL GET LOST IN THE BATHROOM." SHE'D

NOT DO IT. SO I'M NOT THE MOST DIRECTIONALLY GOOD PERSON,

BUT I DID IT AND THAT WAS BEFORE I GOT A MAP OUT

AND READ IT AND STUDIED MY ROUTES. AND WE DIDN'T

HAVE CELL PHONE IN SYRIA AT THAT TIME. AND SO IT WAS A LONG

TIME AGO. AND I GOT TO THE MEETING AND IT WAS POWERFUL.

I MEAN, THE POWER OF GOD WAS THERE.

AND I HEARD THE PREACHER, YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE

YOUNGER THEN. I'VE LEARNED TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW,

CHEW THE CHICKEN AND SPIT OUT THE BONES.

AND I REMEMBER THIS LADY SAID SOMETHING

AND I THOUGHT THAT IS NOT BIBLICAL.

AND I STRUGGLED WITH IT AT THE WHOLE TIME. AND IT REALLY

WASN'T BIBLICAL. BUT I WAS JUST READY TO SAY, "WELL, THIS IS

A STUPID MEETING, I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE."

AND THE REALITY WAS, RATHER THAN BE LIKE THE BEREANS,

WHO THEY RECEIVED THE WORD IN THE MOMENT. AND THEY THOUGHT,

"YEAH, MAYBE." BUT THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE FOUND OUT

THAT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE,

AND THEN I FOUND OUT LATER I DID.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) AMAZING! WE CAN GROW.

WE DON'T, I GOT A NEWS FLASH FOR YOU.

WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. ISN'T THAT A SHOCK? SO

DEBATE, AND WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL

WITH THE ARGUING THAT GOES ON IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.

I THINK IT'S A MOCKERY, IT'S A TRAVESTY THAT

THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE LIBERAL LEFT THAT

CAN JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE DEVIL'S PURPOSES,

AND YET WE JUST HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING.

SO THAT'S NOT GOOD, RIGHT? SO VARIANCE, WATCH THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT ARGUING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. GOD,

IT JUST DOESN'T PLEASE GOD. OKAY, BUT THESE ARE ALL ACTIONS

OF A MIND THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO SUBJECTION.

EMULATIONS, WRATH OR ANGER, STRIFE, RIGHT? I JUST CAN'T

FORGIVE THAT PERSON. STRIFE, SEDITIONS, HERESIES, ENVYINGS,

MURDERS, DRUNKENNESS, REVELINGS, ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND ALL

THE THINGS THAT ARE LIKE IT, THE BIBLE SAYS, OF

WHICH I TELL YOU BEFORE, AS I HAVE ALSO TOLD

YOU IN TIME PAST, THAT THOSE WHO DO SUCH

THINGS, CHECK THIS OUT, SHALL NOT INHERIT

THE KINGDOM OF GOD. SO NOW THAT'S A SCARY STATEMENT.

BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS

COULD BE PREVENTED IN THE LIFE OF ANY PERSON

IF THEY WOULD BRING THEIR MIND UNDER SUBJECTION,

IF THEY WOULD POSSESS AND OWN THEIR SOUL. SO LET'S TALK

ABOUT THAT, AMEN? LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE SCRIPTURE HERE.

OKAY, SO HOW DO WE TRANSFORM THE WAY WE THINK?

'CAUSE I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE ALL DIDN'T LIKE COME

FROM HOLIER THAN THOU ENVIRONMENTS, OKAY?

SOME OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT, EITHER HERE

OR ONLINE, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN A

DYSFUNCTIONAL HOUSEHOLD, SO YOU DIDN'T LEARN HOW TO ACT LIKE A

CHRISTIAN. IT'S AMAZING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA KNOW HOW TO

ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN, READ THE BIBLE.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT'S IN THERE THAT TELLS US HOW TO BEHAVE

AND HOW TO TALK AND HOW TO BE, RIGHT? IT'S AMAZING.

HOW DO WE BEGIN TO TRANSFORM THIS THING WE CALL OUR SOUL?

ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT ROMANS 12, AND THEN I'M GONNA BREAK THIS

DOWN A LITTLE BIT. ROMANS 12, AND THIS IS GOD'S WORD

TRANSLATION. I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THAT.

DO YOU HAVE, OH, YOU DO HAVE THAT ONE?

I SEE IT UP THERE, OKAY. SO ROMANS 12:1.

Romans 12:1

SO THEN MY FRIENDS, BECAUSE GOD'S GREAT MERCY TO US,

BECAUSE OF GOD'S GREAT MERCY TO US, I APPEAL TO YOU.

OFFER YOURSELVES AS A LIVING SACRIFICE TO GOD. SO WE ARE

A LIVING SACRIFICE. THAT MEANS EVERY CHRISTIAN HERE AND ONLINE,

EVERYWHERE WE ARE TO LAY OURSELF ON OUR OWN CROSS OF CRUCIFIXION.

IT'S NOT MY WAY. COME ON, SOMEBODY. IT IS GOD'S WAY.

AND IF HE SAYS SOMETHING IS EVIL, THEN WE SAY IT'S EVIL.

IF HE SAID THAT'S NOT HOW YOU ACT,

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT HOW YOU

GO ABOUT, OKAY? YOU DON'T GO ABOUT BEING ON THE INTERNET

WITH YOUR CLOTHES HALF OFF. OKAY, NO CHRISTIAN OUGHT TO BE

OUT THERE POSTING A BIKINI PHOTO. "WELL, BUT I LOST

WEIGHT." WELL, YAY, YOU, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT IT.

PUT SOME CLOTHES ON AND DO A BEFORE AND AFTER, BUT BE

DRESSED, BE DECENT. AND THAT, BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT JUST FOR

THE GIRLS, THAT'S FOR THE GUYS TOO, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE EVERY

MAN OUT THERE WITH HIS SHIRT OFF.

AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND THERE'S SOME PREACHERS

THAT GOT TO GROW IN THAT TOO, THERE I SAID THAT. WE'RE A

LIVING SACRIFICE TO GOD, DEDICATED TO HIS SERVICE AND

PLEASING UNTO HIM, FOR THIS IS THE TRUE WORSHIP THAT YOU

SHOULD OFFER. DO NOT CONFORM, HERE WE GO, YOURSELVES TO THE

STANDARDS OF THIS WORLD, BUT LET GOD TRANSFORM YOU.

SOMEBODY SAY, "TRANSFORM ME, LORD." HOW DOES HE DO IT?

HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS, "INWARDLY, BY A COMPLETE CHANGE OF YOUR

MIND." SO THAT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF IDEOLOGIES WE ALL TAKE

IN. COME ON, EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM

AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING TONIGHT, WE GROW UP WITH BIASES.

OKAY, WE HAVE IDEAS ON EVERYTHING. OKAY, PEOPLE HAVE

BIASES. I MEAN, WOMEN HAVE BIASES ABOUT MEN. MEN HAVE

BIASES ABOUT WOMEN. THAT'S WHY WE SEE ALL THE JOKES, RIGHT?

OH, YOU KNOW, I SAW THIS ONE, PASTOR CHRISTY SENT ME A

FUNNY ONE FROM INSTAGRAM, AND IT HAS THIS GUY ON THERE

AND GOES, "GUYS, QUIT ACTING LIKE WOMEN ARE ALL GOLD

DIGGERS." HE GOES, "THEY'RE ALL EXPENSIVE.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

"JUST PICK ONE IN YOUR BUDGET AND ROLL WITH IT."

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

OOH, AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, HE GOES,

"YEAH, YEAH, AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE SAYING,

"OH, MY WIFE'S LOW MAINTENANCE, "SHE DOESN'T WEAR A BUNCH

OF MAKEUP AND CREAMS "AND EXPENSIVE PERFUME AND JEWELRY."

HE GOES, "YEAH, BUT SHE'S THE ONE

"THAT WANTS TO GET THAT LAND ROVER."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"BRAND NEW, ALL DECKED OUT, SO NO, "JUST PICK ONE

IN YOUR BUDGET AND ROLL WITH IT." THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

(LAUGHING) BUT WE HAVE BIASES, RIGHT? WE HAVE THESE IDEAS

ABOUT THINGS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT CONFORMED TO CHRIST.

THERE IS STUFF, I PROMISE YOU, THAT GOD IN ALL OF US,

PASTOR'S BEEN PREACHING ON A SHIFT CHANGE.

WE CAN'T LOOK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO MAKE THE SHIFT.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THE SHIFT AND WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE.

WE'VE GOT TO ASK GOD TO GROW US.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TO ME,

IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW PEOPLE AROUND US

CAN SEE WHAT WE GOT TO GROW IN AND WE'RE THE LAST ONES TO KNOW.

COME ON ISN'T THAT WHAT MARITAL ARGUMENTS ARE ABOUT? YOU THINK

YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOUR MATE. I'M TELLING YA. "HOW DARE YOU

YOU AND I, AND I, BLAH BLAH, I FEEL." NO AND THAT'S NO. GOD,

WE HAVE TO GROW OURSELF. WE HAVE TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND

SAY "SELF, YOU GOTTA GROW." AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE

ANYTHING THAT'S GLARING AT YOU THAT YOU GOT TO FIX AND CHANGE

I PROMISE YOU IF YOU ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SHOW IT TO YOU.

OH! I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE FIRST STARTING IN THE

MINISTRY AND I SAID, "LORD," WE WERE IN A CHURCH SERVICE.

THAT'S WHERE GOD WILL ALWAYS GET YOU.

THAT'S WHY YOU GOTTA GO TO CHURCH. GOD WILL GET YOU IN

CHURCH. AND I'M IN THE SERVICE AND THE WORSHIP IS GOING.

PEOPLE ARE PRAYING, THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR CRYING.

THERE'S PRAYING IN TONGUES AND PROPHESYING. I MEAN, THE ROOM

WAS THICK. AND I REMEMBER I SAID, "OH GOD, "ANYTHING YOU

WANNA DO IN MY LIFE, "ANYTHING YOU WANT,

"ANYTHING YOU SEE IN ME, LORD JESUS, "CHANGE ME."

OOH, I'M TELLING YOU, THAT IS A DANGEROUS PRAYER.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

GOD WILL RIP THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER YOU

AND YOU WILL WONDER WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON UP IN

HERE. AND I'M TELLING YOU, THAT WAS THE YEARS,

PASTOR AND I, WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE HARDEST THINGS,

BUT THERE WERE THINGS GOD HAD TO UNDO.

SO TRANSFORM, A COMPLETE, UNDERLINE THIS OR WRITE IT,

IF YOU'RE READING FROM ANOTHER TRANSLATION,

ASK GOD, JUST PUT IN THERE, GOD HELP ME HAVE A COMPLETE

CHANGE OF MIND. SHOW ME THE AREAS WHERE I'VE GOT TO SHIFT

CHANGE. AND THEN WATCH WHAT IT SAYS HERE. ARE

YOU READY FOR THE NEXT PART? AND THEN, SOMEBODY SAY THEN.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW, I JUST READ THIS TODAY

FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M LIKE WHAT?

THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD.

HOW MANY OF YOU NEED TO KNOW GOD'S WILL ABOUT SOMETHING?

OH, ALL OF US, COME ON EVERYONE, ALL OF US IN HERE AND

ALL OF YOU WATCHING, WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING.

ALL RIGHT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD

AND WHAT IS GOOD AND IS PLEASING TO HIM AND IS PERFECT.

SO HOW'S IT GONNA HAPPEN? WE GOTTA MAKE A CHANGE OF MIND.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AREAS OF

OUR SOUL. AND THEN I WANNA PRAY OVER OUR MINDS TONIGHT.

I FEEL VERY STRONGLY, PASTOR, JUST IN HIS

PREACHING ON SHIP CHANGE, I THINK WE OUGHT TO TAKE AUTHORITY

OVER SOME THINGS. SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM, MAYBE YOU'RE IN HERE

AND YOU'RE WATCHING AND YOU'RE IN A BATTLE GOING ON UP HERE.

MAYBE SOMEBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT AND OTHERS DON'T,

BUT LET'S DEAL WITH SOME STUFF TONIGHT. CAN WE DO THAT?

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S FIVE AREAS OF THE HUMAN SOUL.

AND I WANNA BREAK THESE DOWN SO THAT YOU CAN HONE IN ON THOSE

AND SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON THESE AREAS.

BUT THE FIRST AREA OF THE HUMAN SOUL IS YOUR WILL. OKAY, YOUR

WILL. THIS IS THE AREA OF YOUR BRAIN WHERE YOU MAKE ALL THE

CHOICES, THE DECISIONS, RIGHT? YOU CHOOSE SOMETHING.

IT'S THE MOST DOMINANT FORCE OF THE HUMAN SOUL.

IT HAS THE FINAL SAY IN EVERY DECISION.

AND MANY PEOPLE, I WROTE THIS IN MY NOTES,

DON'T GO ANYWHERE IN LIFE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW

TO POSSESS THEIR SOUL IN THE AREA OF THEIR WILL.

THEY CAN'T MAKE A CHOICE AND STAY WITH IT. THEY

BOUNCE FROM JOB TO JOB, OKAY? THEY DON'T STICK INTO SOMETHING.

IF THEY COMMIT, THEY BOUNCE OFF TO THE NEXT THING. THEY'RE

UNSTABLE. THEY CAN'T JUST MAKE A DECISION.

ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER OVER YOUR WILL.

YOU KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT EVEN VIOLATE YOUR WILL?

HE WILL LET PEOPLE GO TO HELL. THINK ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE THEY WILL TO DO IT. HE WILL

ALLOW THEM TO MAKE STUPID MISTAKES

THAT COULD BE LIFE-ALTERING FOREVER BECAUSE THEY WILL TO DO

IT. SO, GOD WON'T EVEN VIOLATE OUR WILL.

IF WE CHOOSE TO PUT OUR FOOT DOWN,

THAT'S WHAT GOD HAD THE PROBLEM WITH ISRAEL. THEY

WERE STIFF NECKED. THEY WERE NOT GONNA CHANGE THEIR WAYS

NO MATTER WHAT GOD DID FOR THEM. THEY WERE STIFF, THAT'S WHAT

THE BIBLE MEANS, STIFF NECKED. IT MEANS THAT THEY WEREN'T

GONNA MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS. WE ALL HAVE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE. IT

DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A TERRIBLE CHRISTIAN IF YOU EXAMINE

YOURSELF. THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN EVERY TIME WE TAKE THE COMMUNION

MEAL, WE SHOULD LOOK IN OURSELF AND ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO

REVEAL THINGS TO US. AMEN, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST PRAYERS

WE CAN PRAY. THE DEVIL DOESN'T EVEN HAVE POWER OVER YOUR WILL,

BUT NOW HERE'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER

TO CHANGE YOUR WILL, OKAY, ANY MORE THAN GOD DOES, BUT

YOU KNOW, HE'LL TRY TO USE OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF YOUR SOUL TO

GET AT YOUR WILL. YOU THINK ABOUT EVE.

HOW DID HE GET HER TO EAT THAT FRUIT?

OKAY, "OH, IT'S GOOD FOR FOOD." HER EMOTIONS NOW CAME INTO

PLAY. RIGHT? HER REASONING CAME INTO PLAY. WE'RE GOING TO

TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE, LIKE BE ABLE TO FORCE

HER TO DO THAT AND EAT THAT FRUIT. ANYMORE THAN HE CAN DO

THAT TO YOU. OKAY? BUT OUR WILL IS OUR DECISION MAKER.

WE'LL SAY, "PASTOR BRENDA, HOW DO WE KEEP THAT WILL "IN

LINE WITH GOD?" WELL, ONE OF THE BEST PRAYERS YOU CAN EVER PRAY,

BROTHER HAGIN TAUGHT THIS MANY YEARS AGO,

HE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRAYER,

AND HE SAID ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PRAYERS,

AND EVERY CHRISTIAN SHOULD PRAY IT,

EVERY SINGLE DAY, HE SAID, "PRAY AND ASK GOD AND SAY,

"LORD, I SUBMIT MYSELF TO YOU. I SUBMIT MY PLANS. I SUBMIT MY

WILL. GOD, I'M NOT GONNA GO AGAINST WHAT YOU SAY. I'M

NOT GONNA RESIST YOU. I'M ASKING YOU, LORD, SHOW ME HOW TO BEND

MY WILL INTO YOUR HAND." YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T GO INTO

THE WRONG CAREER DOING THAT. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I

REMEMBER YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE FIRST STARTING THE MINISTRY,

I CAN TELL HIM MYSELF, I THOUGHT, "PASTOR HANK, YOU KNOW,

"I MEAN, HE'S SOME KIND OF PROPHET." AND HE'S

BEEN THIS WAY HIS WHOLE LIFE, BY THE WAY. I JUST WANNA TELL

YOU. I MEAN, CRAZY THINGS, HE WOULD GET PROPHETIC WORDS.

AND WE WERE JUST DATING, I'D BE LIKE,

"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE?"

I MEAN, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, DETAILS.

WE WERE PREACHING ON THE STREET ONE TIME AT A STREET THING,

AND THERE WAS THIS LADY THAT WAS THERE,

AND SHE WAS LIKE, "I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT JESUS."

AND HE SAID, "WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT JESUS."

AND SHE GOT MAD, AND HE GOES, "WELL, I JUST HEARD THE LORD

SAY TO ME "THAT YOU JUST HAD AN ABORTION." AND SHE SCREAMS,

AND FALLS TO THE GROUND CRYING. SHE GOES, "HOW DID YOU KNOW

THAT?" SHE GAVE HER HEART TO GOD AND HAD NO IDEA.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S ALWAYS HAD THESE UNCANNY KNOWS,

PROPHETIC KNOWS, LIKE NOBODY I'VE EVER KNOWN.

AND I'VE LIVED WITH HIM ALL MY LIFE. AND SO I WANTED TO

BE LIKE THAT. I'M LIKE, "GOD, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PROPHETIC?"

I'M LIKE, "I WANNA HAVE WORDS LIKE THAT. "I WANNA PROPHESY

LIKE THAT." NOW, I PROPHESY, BUT I'M NOT APT TO PROPHESY LIKE

THAT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THERE COMES A POINT.

YOU EVER SEE THOSE RACES WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL

AND THERE WAS THE FRONT RUNNER THAT WAS ALWAYS WAY OUT AHEAD

OF EVERYBODY? I'M LIKE, "HE WAS THE HARE AND I WAS THE TURTLE.

"I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW." AND I SAID, "LORD, HOW COME I?"

AND SO I WANTED TO BE IN THE PROPHET'S OFFICE. NOW, GOD

USED ME PROPHETICALLY. I'M NOT SAYING HE DOESN'T, BUT PRIMARILY

I'M A TEACHER. BUT I DIDN'T WANNA BE A TEACHER. IT'S

NOT EXCITING. IN FACT, THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHER PREACHERS,

THEY'RE BORING. OH MY GOD, YOU GAVE ME THE MOST BORING

ANOINTING IN ALL OF THE BIBLE.

BUT THERE CAME A POINT WHERE I HAD TO SUBMIT MY WILL.

AND THE LORD SAYS, "YOU CANNOT TRY TO BE SOMETHING YOU AREN'T.

AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SUBMIT YOUR WILL."

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO THIS IN THE CHURCH ALL THE TIME.

THEY TRY TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT GRACED FOR.

AND IT COMES OFF SQUIRRELLY. IT'S GOOFY, RIGHT?

SO, SUBMIT YOUR WILL AND ASK GOD.

SAY, GOD, IF THERE'S ANY AREA WHERE I'M STIFFENING UP

MY NECK AND MY BACK, THEN I'M ASKING YOU TO SHOW IT TO ME AND

REVEAL IT TO ME. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE EASY TO BEND, RIGHT?

REMEMBER GIVING THOSE BABIES A SPANKING WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE?

YOU KNOW, AND THEY'D BE LIKE. ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA

TELL ONE MORE STORY. STORIES COME TO ME WHEN I'M UP HERE.

BUT ANYWAY, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS REAL LITTLE

AND MY MOM SAID I HAD A WILL, I HAD A WILL.

AND SO I WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE DAY

MY MOM WAS GONNA DISCIPLINE ME ABOUT SOMETHING.

SHE USED TO STAY HOME WITH PASTOR CHRISTY AND I

WHEN WE WERE LITTLE AND DAD WAS IN THE MILITARY.

HE WAS OFF AT THE BASE AND HE'D BE GONE ALL DAY

AND I DID SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS,

BUT SHE WAS GONNA SPANK ME. SO SHE TOOK ME IN THE ROOM.

AND I SAID, "MOTHER, I KNOW IF YOU'RE WATCHING TONIGHT,

"YOU WOULD REMEMBER THIS VERY WELL."

AND SHE TOOK ME OFF IN THE BEDROOM.

AND I WAS KIND OF STRONG FOR MY AGE, YOU KNOW,

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD.

AND I JUST DECIDED I AIN'T GETTING NO SPANKING.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

AND I TURNED AROUND AND FOUGHT MY MOTHER. I WAS SEVEN.

AND I'M LIKE, "UH-UH, YOU'RE NOT." AND I

DON'T REMEMBER HOW THAT HAPPENED. AND MY MOM AT THAT

TIME PROBABLY WEIGHED ALL BUT 105 POUNDS AND SHE COULDN'T HOLD

ME. AND I DON'T KNOW, I'VE HAD THE DEVIL CAST OUT OF ME SINCE.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

BUT I WAS GONNA NOT GET THAT SPANKING.

AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, IT WAS ABOUT 4:30.

AND I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF TIME AT SEVEN AND DAD

WAS ABOUT TO COME HOME. AND THE DOOR OPENS IN

THE LITTLE APARTMENT WHERE WE LIVED, THE BASE APARTMENT.

AND MY MOTHER WAS LIKE, (PANTING)

HE'S LIKE, "WHAT IS A MATTER WITH YOU?

"I TRIED TO SPANK HER, AND SHE FOUGHT ME."

MY DAD'S LIKE, "OH." HE WAS ONLY 6'2", MILITARY FATIGUES,

COMBAT BOOTS, WALKS IN THAT HOUSE, I MEAN, HE WAS NO ONE

TO BE TRIFLED WITH, PICKED ME UP BY THE BACK OF MY NECK,

AND SAID, AND TOOK, HE HAD MADE A PADDLE BACK THEN. YOU

KNOW, THIS WAS BEFORE WOKE. HE HAD A PADDLE THAT HE CARVED,

PEOPLE. CARVED A PADDLE. MY DAD WAS A VERY GOOD DAD.

HE WAS NOT ABUSIVE IN ANY WAY, BUT DON'T MESS UP. AND IF YOU'RE

GONNA DO WRONG, YOU'RE GONNA GET DISCIPLINED ACCORDING TO

THE BIBLE. AND HE LISTENED TO TAPES ON HOW TO DISCIPLINE YOUR

CHILDREN ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD.

AND HE TOOK THOSE SCRIPTURES LITERALLY, OKAY?

IF YOU DON'T SPANK YOUR CHILDREN,

DON'T GIVE UP BECAUSE THEY'RE SCREAMING AND THROWING A FIT.

THE BIBLE SAYS, "DON'T SPARE 'EM FOR THEIR CRYING."

SO HE PICKED ME UP BY THE BACK AND HE GRABBED THAT

PADDLE THAT HE MADE AND ON IT HE WROTE IN BLACK

MARKER, "MOM'S HELPER." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

HE SPANKED MY BACKSIDE AND I SCREAMED MY, (SCREAMING)

THERE WAS NO FIGHTING, DAD, OH NO. AND

MOTHERS, BY THE WAY, LET DAD'S DISCIPLINE.

IT'S IMPORTANT. MY MOTHER WAS CRYING TOO. "DON'T HURT

HER." IF DAD WOULD SPANK US, MOM WOULD BE IN THE LIVING

ROOM CRYING. AND SO, AND HE SPANKED ME THE FIRST THING,

HE GOES, "THAT IS WHAT, FOR WHAT YOU DID, WRONG."

WHATEVER IT WAS, HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

WHATEVER IT WAS YOUR MOTHER SAID WAS WRONG, THAT'S FOR

DOING IT. AND I'M LIKE, "AH, I'M SCREAMING."

AND THE NEXT THING, HE PICKS ME UP AGAIN

AND GRABS MOM'S HELPER AND SPANKS ME A SECOND TIME,

THREE, FOUR, FIVE HARD WHACKS, AND HE SAID, "AND THAT'S FOR

FIGHTING YOUR MOTHER, AND DON'T YOU EVER FIGHT YOUR MOTHER

AGAIN." I'M TELLING YOU, GOD, THROUGH MY DAD THAT DAY,

BROKE MY WILL. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

SO, DON'T LET GOD GET TO MOM'S HELPER WITH YOU.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

'CAUSE THE BIBLE DOES SAY HE DISCIPLINES US.

SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUR WILL? PRAYERS OF SUBMISSION.

THE SECOND AREA OF OUR WILL IS CALLED, OUR SOUL IS OUR

EMOTIONS. NOW EMOTIONS KIND OF DO GET A BAD RAP, BUT THEY

ARE BIBLICAL. THEY HELP US SEE THE COLOR OF LIFE.

THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING GRIEVED.

GOD HAS, GOD CREATED COLOR, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY GIVE

US JOY. EMOTIONS, JOY IS AN EMOTION, RIGHT?

AND SO HAPPINESS IS AN EMOTION. SADNESS IS AN EMOTION.

AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, GOD HAD SADNESS WHEN ISRAEL SINNED.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL PLACES WHERE EMOTIONS

HAVE EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE, AND THOSE EMOTIONS ARE GIVEN

BY GOD. NOW HERE'S WHAT EMOTIONS CAN BE.

THEY CANNOT BE USED TO CONTROL YOU AND LEAD YOU.

THEY ARE NOT THE GUIDING VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

OH, 'CAUSE I FEEL GOOD, IT MUST BE OKAY.

OKAY? AND SO EMOTIONS, LET ME READ IT,

PUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT I PUT IN MY NOTES HERE.

EMOTIONS ARE GOD-GIVEN, THEY ADD COLOR. THEY ADD

PERSONALITY. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT HOW WE'RE IN THIS ROOM,

WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, GOD LIKES IT.

HE GETS GREAT JOY WHEN HE LOOKS AT ALL OF US, SOME MORE THAN

OTHERS. SOME OF US, HE JUST DOWNRIGHT LAUGHS AT US, BUT

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT EMOTIONS CAN SHOW, IF THEY'RE LED BY

THE SPIRIT, THE JOY OF THE LORD. THEY CAN SHOW THE GRIEVANCE

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEY CAN SHOW, COME ON, DON'T THINK GOD

DIDN'T HAVE EMOTION WHEN HE WAS ANGRY AT ISRAEL. OKAY, THE WRATH

OF GOD, THAT'S AN EMOTION. GOD HAS EMOTIONS. BUT HERE'S

WHAT EMOTIONS ARE. SO THERE'S A BIBLICAL SIDE OF EMOTIONS.

WHAT EMOTIONS ARE NOT IS THEY CAN'T BE USED TO FIND GOD'S

WILL, OKAY? REMEMBER, I REMEMBER YOU WERE HERE WITH SUNDAY,

PASTOR TALKED ABOUT THE STORY WHERE HE WANTED TO GO TAKE OVER

THIS BIG CHURCH. YOU KNOW, A MOTION WOULD HAVE SAID,

"MAN, THAT FRUIT'S GOOD TO EAT." OKAY, BUT WE COULDN'T BE LED

BY THAT. AND BY THE WAY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I REMEMBER

THIS. I HOPE, HONEY, I'M NOT SAYING THIS WRONG. I THINK

THEY NEEDED A PASTOR 'CAUSE THE PASTOR LIKE KILLED HIMSELF

OR SOMETHING. IF I REMEMBER THAT RIGHT, WE FOUND THAT OUT LATER.

I'M LIKE, BOY, I'M SO GLAD WE DIDN'T GO TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT CHURCH.

ANYWAY, WOO HOO HOO. DON'T GO BY EMOTIONS, PEOPLE.

EMOTIONS ARE NOT PROOF OF THE WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

JUST 'CAUSE SOMETHING MAKES YOU HAPPY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S

GOD, RIGHT? EMOTIONS ARE NOT A BASIS FOR TRUE LOVE OR LACK

THEREOF. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET INTO CRAZY RELATIONSHIPS.

OKAY, THEY'LL FEEL EMOTIONAL ABOUT SOMETHING OR SOMEONE

AND THEN THEY GO CONNECT TO THE WRONG THING.

OKAY, AND THAT'S NOT JUST ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS,

PEOPLE DO IT WITH FRIENDS ALL THE TIME.

OKAY, I LIKE THAT PERSON, THEY LIKE THE SAME FOOTBALL TEAM I

DO. AND THEN WE MAKE ALLIANCES WITH PEOPLE

WE SHOULD HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING WITH, RIGHT? AT LEAST ON

THAT LEVEL. OKAY? EMOTIONS ARE NOT A BASIS FOR TRUE LOVE OR

LACK THEREOF. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE USED TO CONTROL AND

MANIPULATE OTHERS. THAT'S ANOTHER BIG ONE.

YOU CAN RECOGNIZE, NOW HERE, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THIS.

HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE WRONG EMOTIONS?

THIS IS WHY WE GOTTA BE IN THE WORD.

WRONG EMOTIONS ALWAYS FEEL OPPOSITE THE WORD OF GOD.

OKAY? SO, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT 'EM.

YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER KNOW

THAT YOU'RE ACTING IN THE FLESH BEFORE? YOU KNEW IT.

OKAY, IF YOU SPEND ENOUGH TIME WITH GOD

AND YOU ACT OUT IN THE FLESH, GOD WILL TALK TO YOU.

HE'LL GO, "STOP SAYING THAT. "STOP ACTING LIKE THAT."

WELL, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH EMOTIONS WHEN THEY'RE OUT

OF CONTROL? STUDY GOD'S WORD. THE BIBLE SAYS, "STUDY."

STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF WHAT? APPROVED UNTO GOD, RIGHT?

A WORKMAN THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ASHAMED,

WHO CAN RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRUTH.

AMEN. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE THIRD ONE. THAT'S EMOTIONS.

I MEAN, WE COULD SPEND A WHOLE NIGHT

TALKING ABOUT THOSE CRAZY THINGS.

AMEN. DRINK WATER, IT'LL HELP YOUR EMOTIONS.

THE THIRD ONE IS THE INTELLECT. GODLY, THIS IS YOUR

INTELLIGENCE. YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SAY USE YOUR BRAIN,

GODLY INTELLIGENCE IS DESIGNED TO WORK ALONG

WITH YOUR SPIRIT TO CAUSE UNDERSTANDING AND HELP YOU USE

WISDOM, RIGHT? IT HELPS YOU KNOW THAT DRIVING 90 MILES AN HOUR IN

A 45 IS NOT SMART, RIGHT? IT'LL HELP YOU KNOW HOW TO DO

THE RIGHT THINGS. NATURAL INTELLIGENCE CAN HELP US.

NOW, THIS IS OUR INTELLIGENCE THAT GOD GIVES US HELPS US TO

KNOW GOD. CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO IN TOUGH TIMES THAT ARE GOING ON

IN THE WORLD IS KNOW GOD'S CHARACTER. OKAY, GET TO KNOW

GOD. THAT'S ANOTHER THING I LOVE ABOUT PASTOR HANK.

HE KNOWS GOD. HE TALKS TO GOD.

OKAY, HE SITS AND HAS CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD.

HE SAID BY GETTING TO KNOW GOD, YOU KNOW HIS WAYS.

YOU KNOW WHAT HE'LL DO AND WHEN YOU HIT A TOUGH SPOT,

YOU KNOW THAT NOW THIS IS THE WAY GOD DOES THINGS.

AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE. WELL, THAT'S YOUR

INTELLECT. IT'S DECIPHERING THROUGH THE WORD.

CAN I TELL YOU, BE A STUDENT OF THE SCRIPTURES. IT IS

SO IMPORTANT. I SEE MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE,

I WOULD SAY MILLENNIALS, MAYBE, AND BACKWARDS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE NEW ONES ARE NOW,

Z AND O AND ALL THESE NEW GEN Z, WHATEVER THEY ARE.

MILLENNIAL AND YOUNGER. LET'S KNOW NOW HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE.

IN FACT, I WROTE A LITTLE MINI BOOK. DID WE PRINT THAT YET?

I DON'T KNOW. THE LITTLE MINI BOOK.

PASTOR MATT ASKED ME TO WRITE IT.

IT'S A LITTLE MINI BOOK ON HOW TO STUDY GOD'S WORD.

IS THAT PRINTED OR DONE? IT'S NOT DONE?

OH, LET'S GET IT DONE. WE GOTTA GET THAT DONE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THAT IN PRINT.

LET'S GET IT FINISHED IF WE CAN. SOON, IT'S SMALL.

3,000 WORDS, 4,000, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW DON'T KNOW HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE.

THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BASICS FOR READING THE WORD.

AND SO I WOULD SAY, BECOME A STUDENT OF THE SCRIPTURES.

IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR INTELLECT STRAIGHTENED OUT,

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW

BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE

AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT THINGS.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S PEOPLE THAT THINK IT'S OKAY FOR A

MAN TO MARRY A MAN, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE WORD.

NOW, SOME PEOPLE WANNA JUST CHANGE THE WORD,

BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THE SCRIPTURES.

SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD.

SO YOUR INTELLECT, NATURAL INTELLIGENCE, HOWEVER,

HAS A RESISTANCE FOR GOD BECAUSE IT EXALTS ITSELF OVER HIM.

THAT'S WHERE HUMANISM COMES FROM.

IT BELIEVES ITSELF WISER THAN GOD

AND CREATES THEORIES AND RULES TO PROVE IT.

A WRONG INTELLECT USUALLY NEEDS AN INTELLECTUAL ANSWER

FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE RELIGIOUS SPIRITS COME

FROM. RELIGIOUS RITUALS COME FROM THAT. IT'S AN INTELLECT

GONE AWRY. YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR INTELLECT IS UNDER ATTACK

BECAUSE YOUR LOGIC BEGINS TO OVERRIDE THAT INWARD WITNESS.

OKAY, YOU'LL SAY, THIS IS WHAT EVE DID.

SHE SAID, OH NO, THAT FRUIT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD, MAN, IT'S GONNA MAKE, WELL, THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S GONNA

MAKE US LIKE GOD. I SAW A FUNNY MEME THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,

WHEN THE SERPENT CAME UP TO EVE AND HE SAID,

YEAH, THAT FRUIT WILL MAKE YOU LIKE GOD.

SHE SHOULD HAVE SAID, REALLY, REALLY?

WELL, IF SO, WHY DON'T YOU EAT IT FIRST?

EVE, WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO GOOD.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER, 2020, MAN.

LET ME THINK OF IT AFTER THE FACT. SO LET'S GO BACK HERE.

RELIGIOUS RITUALS COME FROM AN INTELLECT GONE AWRY.

YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR INTELLECT'S UNDER ATTACK

BECAUSE YOUR LOGIC OVERRIDES YOUR INWARD WITNESS.

YOU KNOW DOWN HERE SOMETHING'S WRONG, BUT YOU REASON WHY IT'S

OKAY. SOMETHING DOWN, COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER HAD IT?

YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KNEW, DON'T DO THAT. DON'T GO TO THAT PLACE.

I KNEW A PREACHER FRIEND OF MINE,

HE SAID HE WENT TO A CAR LOT AND HE WAS GONNA BUY THIS

VEHICLE. AND HE THOUGHT, "OH, IT'S A GOOD CAR."

AND TEST DROVE IT AND WENT IN ALL THESE THINGS

AND EVERYTHING DOWN IN HIS GUT IS SAYING,

"DON'T BUY THAT CAR, DON'T BUY THAT CAR."

AND HE HAD LOGIC, HE REASONED HIMSELF INTO IT.

AND HE FINALLY TOLD THE GUY, "I'M GONNA BUY THE CAR, I'M

GONNA BUY THE CAR." AND WELL, BEFORE HE EVEN GOT TO THAT, HE

SAID, "WELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL WAIT ON IT,

BUT I'LL COME BACK AND BUY IT TOMORROW."

THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD HIM. HE SAID, "I'LL BUY IT TOMORROW."

AND HE SAID, "WELL, BECAUSE I COMMITTED TO THE GUY

"THAT I'D COME BACK AND BUY IT TOMORROW,

"ALL NIGHT LONG, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ALL OVER ME,

"DON'T BUY THAT CAR, DON'T BUY THAT, IT'S NOT A GOOD CAR."

I SAID, "LORD, IT'S BLUE." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"IT'S A GOOD CAR." AND HE SAID, "AND BECAUSE AS A CHRISTIAN,

"I COMMITTED MY WORD, I WENT BACK AND BOUGHT THAT STUPID CAR.

"THAT THING WAS A LEMON, IT PRACTICALLY FELL APART "BEFORE I

GOT RID OF IT." AND HE SAID, "HAD I JUST LISTENED DOWN HERE

"AND NOT JUST USED ALL MY LOGIC."

COME ON SOMEBODY, OOH, LORD TALK TO US.

"ALL OF MY LOGIC TO TALK ME INTO STUPID THINGS." WELL, HOW DO

YOU DEAL? HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH YOUR INTELLECT?

WELL, AGAIN, YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO THE WORD,

BUT IT SAYS HERE IN PSALM, PSALM 111, 10 SAYS,

"FOR THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.

AND A GOOD UNDERSTANDING HAVE ALL THOSE THAT DO HIS

COMMANDMENTS." SO THE WAY WE DEAL WITH OUR INTELLECT

ON A RIDE, WE KNOW THE WORD, WE KNOW THE TRUTH. WE KNOW WHAT'S

TRUE FROM A LIE. SAME WAY WITH OUR EMOTIONS, YOU DEAL WITH THE

EMOTIONS AND THE WORD. BY THE WAY, LET ME GET BACK

TO SOMETHING ON EMOTIONS I JUST THOUGHT OF AGAIN.

DAVID WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL MAN, BY THE WAY. IF YOU LOOK

AT THE PSALMS, HIS EMOTIONS AT TIMES WERE ALL OVER THE

PLACE. HE WAS A MAN THAT WENT THROUGH A LOT AND HE

CRIED IT OUT IN MUSIC. BUT YOU KNOW, HE TURNED THAT AROUND

AND ALWAYS BROUGHT IT BACK TO HIS MEDITATION BEING ON GOD.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR EMOTIONS ARE GOING CRAZY, QUIT JUST

LETTING THEM RUN. WOMEN HEAR ME.

YOU CAN SIT THERE ALL DAY LONG, OH YEAH.

AND WOMEN ARE WORSE AT THAT THAN MEN, I THINK.

BUT MEN CAN HAVE OTHER KINDS OF EMOTIONS.

SO I'M NOT, DON'T BE EXCUSED, GUYS.

I'M JUST SAYING, WE CAN SIT THERE

AND LET OUR HEAD CHURN AND GO, AND I'M SO HURT.

STOP IT. WE GOTTA STOP THAT. YEAH, MAYBE YOU WERE HURT.

GET UP, PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL BREECHES,

GO COMB YOUR HAIR, AND GET OVER IT.

AMEN. BUT PASTOR BRENDA, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT'S BEEN.

OH, BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING HARD.

PUT THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS BACK IN THE CABINET, AND LET'S GO.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

HEY, LISTEN, THAT'S HOW GOD DEALS WITH ME.

SOMETIMES WHEN I AM VERY EMOTIONAL

AND I JUST WANT TO SIT THERE AND DWELL,

COME ON, DWELL. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN THERE?

YOU WANT TO DWELL, I FEEL LIKE THIS.

THEN THAT'S WHEN GOD SAID, GET UP AND STOP

FEELING LIKE THIS. WE CAN POSSESS OUR OWN SOUL.

IN YOUR COMMITTED ENDURANCE, OWN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT.

IF YOU'RE UPSET, GO DO SOME CHORES.

I PROMISE YOU, YOU GET OVER YOUR HURT EMOTIONS,

YOU RUN A VACUUM, IT'S NOT HARD. YOU CAN DO IT.

JUST VACUUM, I'M SUCKING UP ALL THOSE EMOTIONS,

I'LL BE OKAY. AND IN MY HOUSE, IT'S EASY TO DO,

'CAUSE THERE'S DOG HAIR ROLLING EVERYWHERE.

I JUST GET OVER WHERE THERE'S A BIG PILE,

AND WATCH IT GO, AND I'M LIKE, AH, THAT FELT BETTER.

IT'S ALL GOOD. INTELLECT, THE NEXT ONE, LET ME GO QUICKLY,

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR SOME PEOPLE.

THE IMAGINATION, NOW THIS IS A BIG ONE.

GODLY IMAGINATIONS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE, RIGHT?

COME ON, SOMEBODY HAD TO IMAGINE THIS TABERNACLE, RIGHT?

GOD IMAGINED THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS. GOD IMAGINED

AND USED SOLOMON TO IMAGINE THE TEMPLE, RIGHT? IMAGINATIONS

ARE AMAZING. GOD GIVES US THE CREATIVE ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING

FOR HIM. EVIL IMAGINATIONS CREATED THE TOWER OF BABEL.

OUR IMAGINATION CAN BUILD VISIONS AND DREAMS,

BUT IMAGINATIONS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLAN OF GOD.

THERE'S NO SELF-EXALTATION IN IMAGINATIONS.

OKAY, WE CAN HAVE ASPIRATIONS THAT EXALT SELF,

WE CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS WHY PEOPLE GET IN PRIDE,

IT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, LUCIFER DID. HE WAS IMAGINING THAT

HE WAS ON GOD'S THRONE AHEAD OF GOD. WHERE DID THAT GET HIM?

EVIL IMAGINATIONS GET US TO EXALT AND GRATIFY SELF.

YOU KNOW, THE FIRST BOOK I EVER PUBLISHED,

SEE GOD HAD TO HUMBLE US IN OUR PUBLISHING.

I DON'T KNOW, WE PUBLISHED, I DON'T KNOW HOW

MANY BOOKS WE HAVE. RACHEL, I NEED A LIST NOW.

SOMEBODY ASKED ME, HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU PUBLISHED,

SELF-PRINTED AND PUBLISHED? I THOUGHT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

PASTOR WRITES A CHILDREN'S BOOK EVERY NIGHT IN HIS SLEEP.

SO, AND HE LOVES DOING THAT, BY THE WAY. AND SO,

BUT YOU KNOW, SO MY FIRST BOOK THAT I PUBLISHED, I HANDED TO

THE PUBLISHER AND I WANTED TO WRITE IT ON SPEAKING IN TONGUES.

IN FACT, IT'S CALLED "LIVING FROM THE WELL OF YOUR SPIRIT,

"THE SUPERNATURAL YOU." AND WHEN THEY FIRST SAID IT, THEY SAID,

"YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A FIRST-TIME AUTHOR,"

AND THAT'S NO CRITICISM TO THE PUBLISHER, THEY

JUST SAID, "WE JUST DON'T THINK "THAT'S GONNA GO OVER VERY WELL.

"NOBODY KNOWS YOU, AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD WRITE SOMETHING "A

LITTLE LESS PENTECOSTAL." OKAY, SO I WROTE A BOOK,

"WHEN YOUR LIFE'S BEEN TAMPERED WITH."

THAT WAS THE FIRST BOOK THAT CAME OUT,

AND THEN IT WAS "THE SUPERNATURAL YOU,"

AND I MEAN, IT WAS A DISMAL SALES, I MEAN DISMAL.

I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND SO LATER I CAME BACK OUT

AND I SAID, "CAN WE PUBLISH THE SUPERNATURAL?"

AND THEY SAID, "YEAH, ALL RIGHT, "BUT YOU GOTTA BUY

THE FIRST 3,000 COPIES "'CAUSE WE DON'T THINK IT'LL SELL." AND

YOU KNOW, IT SOLD CIRCLES AROUND THE OTHER ONE THAT DIDN'T SELL

AT ALL. BUT WHEN I WENT THROUGH THAT, I REMEMBER JUST CRYING

MY EYES OUT. I SAID, "LORD, I WROTE 140,000 WORDS "AND NOBODY

BOUGHT IT!" RIGHT? AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

CAME AND HE SAID, "WHO DID YOU WRITE

IT FOR, YOURSELF?" "WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I WANTED PEOPLE TO LIKE IT." LORD SAID, "WELL, I LIKED IT.

SO IF THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS, YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU."

AND YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR I THINK, "OH, I'M GONNA GET A

BESTSELLER. I'M GONNA GET A BESTSELLER. I'M

GONNA HAVE A BESTSELLING BOOK." AND

EVERY BOOK, BUT THEY DID ALL RIGHT,

BUT THEY WEREN'T BESTSELLING BOOK

'CAUSE THERE WAS STILL SELF IN THERE.

AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, LORD, I JUST, I DON'T CARE.

I'LL WRITE IT FOR FIVE PEOPLE. NOBODY LIKES IT AND YOU LIKE IT.

I LIKE IT 'CAUSE I MADE IT. I'LL JUST, I'LL WRITE IT."

YOU KNOW, WHEN I QUIT CARING, I WROTE,

I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA WRITE THESE DECREES." 'CAUSE WE HAD

SOME ONLINE. I USED TO BE THE SOCIAL MEDIA BACK THEN.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

AND SO I WROTE ALL THESE LITTLE DECREES,

"WE DECREE, WE DECREE," AND I PUT 'EM ON FACEBOOK.

AND SO FINALLY THE PUBLISHER SAID,

"YEAH, I THINK WE OUGHT TO PUT THIS IN A BOOK."

WE STARTED DOING 'EM ON THE INTERNET.

I THOUGHT, "WE OUGHT TO PUT THESE IN A BOOK. "LET'S DO SOME

WE DECREES." AND I WROTE THE DAILY DECREE, AND I DIDN'T CARE

IF IT SOLD FIVE COPIES. YOU KNOW, THAT BOOK BECAME MY

FIRST BESTSELLER WHEN I DIDN'T CARE, IT WASN'T ABOUT ME.

IMAGINATION'S GONE AWRY, YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE WRONG WHEN

IT'S ABOUT YOU. AND GOD WILL JUST LET YOU SIT THERE AND GO

IN CIRCLES. HE SAID, "WELL, EIGHT BOOKS LATER IS WHEN IT'S

NOT ABOUT YOU." COME ON SOMEBODY, I'M PREACHING TO

SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM. (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

SO WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THESE THINGS?

IMAGINATIONS, LET ME READ THIS LAST PART

AND IF THE BAND COULD COME AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR

SOME PEOPLE. THE DEVIL ALWAYS TRIES TO USE OUR IMAGINATION

IN THE AREA OF FANTASY, OKAY, FANTASIZING,

YOU KNOW, THOSE HALLMARK CHANNELS,

EVERYBODY HAS A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP.

BY THE WAY, OKAY, CAN I TELL ONE MORE STORY? I

PROMISE I WON'T BE LATE. I WAS AT THE NAIL SHOP THE OTHER DAY

AND THEY WERE PLAYING THE SOAPS AND I DON'T WATCH SOAPS, I

PROMISE YOU. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW THESE PEOPLE ARGUE.

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT I'M SITTING THERE,

SHE'S DOING MY NAILS, I'M LIKE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE IN YEARS.

I COULD HARDLY HEAR IT, THEY JUST HAD 'EM

PLAYING UP ON THE SCREEN. MY HANDS ARE UP THERE.

AND I THOUGHT, SO THIS LADY GETS MAD AT THIS GUY

AND THEY'RE ARGUING AND SHE'S LIKE,

AND YOU JUST, AND HE'S JUST STANDING THERE.

I'M LIKE, YEAH, PEOPLE IN TV ARGUE

WITHOUT INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER, YOU EVER NOTICE THAT?

THEY ACTUALLY LET PEOPLE FINISH THEIR SENTENCE.

IF I'M GONNA BE IN AN ARGUMENT, I'M LIKE,

NO, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.

ALL SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IS GET OUT THE HALF OF A SENTENCE

AND THEN SOMEBODY'S THERE TO CUT IT OFF.

I'M LIKE, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOVIES.

THEY'RE NOT REAL. PEOPLE ALWAYS FIGHT FAIR.

IN REAL LIFE, THEY GET OUT THE FRYING PAN

AND THE ROLLING PIN. COME ON. OH, LORDY, LORDY.

FANTASY, THE MOVIES, THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT.

THE WORLD USES FANTASY AS AN ESCAPE TO THE PRESSURES OF LIFE.

OKAY, ALL FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT OFFERED ARE FILLED WITH IT.

OKAY, IT'S NOT REAL. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO TAINT A GODLY

IMAGINATION. THE DEVIL WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE IT AS A WAY

OF ESCAPE. YEAH, IT'S OKAY TO HAVE FUN, BUT WE HAVE TO BE

REAL, RIGHT? 2 TIMOTHY 4, 4 IN THE AMPLIFIED SAYS,

"AND TURN ASIDE, THEY WILL TURN ASIDE FROM HEARING THE TRUTH

AND WANDER OFF INTO MYTHS AND MAN-MADE FICTIONS."

SO WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR IMAGINATIONS IN CHECK

BY KEEPING OUR HEART RIGHT, RIGHT?

SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE, PASTOR BRENDA?

WHAT DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE IMAGINATIONS?

COME ON, MAYBE FOR YOU, IT'S A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

YOU THINK, WELL, I'M GONNA LOSE MY HOUSE

OR I'M GONNA LOSE MY JOB. WHAT DO WE DO?

WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4, CAST DOWN,

2 Corinthians 10:4

RIGHT? OK, I HAVE ANOTHER STORY. I CAN'T HELP IT.

YEARS AGO, BEFORE I MET PASTOR HANK, I WAS WORKING IN A BANK.

I WAS A TELLER. AND IT WAS MY FIRST BIG JOB.

I FELT REALLY IMPORTANT. I GOT TO DRESS UP TO GO TO WORK.

AND I MADE A WHOPPING $4 AN HOUR.

AND THAT WAS ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE. THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

AND I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.

AND SO I WAS AT WORK AND I WAS A PRETTY GOOD TELLER,

AND I'M PRETTY DETERMINED TO DO A GOOD JOB.

AND YOU KNOW, THE TELLERS, IF THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN

IN BANKING WILL KNOW THIS, BALANCE OUR TELLER

DRAWERS EVERY DAY. NOW THIS WAS BEFORE COMPUTERS.

ALL WE HAD WAS AN ADDING MACHINE.

OKAY. AND WE WROTE EVERYTHING BY HAND.

AND AT THE END OF MY WORK DAY, I GOT OFF AT SIX O'CLOCK,

THE BANK WAS GETTING READY TO CLOSE. IT WAS

A FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I CAME UP SHORT IN MY DRAWER $5,000. NOW

THAT'S TWO STRAPS OF FIVES, I GUESS I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE

STRAPS ARE NOW. AND I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL,

IT'S AN EVEN AMOUNT. SURELY I MISWROTE SOMETHING OR WHATEVER.

AND MADE A MISTAKE AND I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT.

$5,000, THAT'S LIKE 15,000 A DAY. SO THAT WAS A CHUNK OF

MONEY. AND THEY WENT DOWN, SO MY SUPERVISOR CAME OVER, WE

RECOUNTED THE DRAWER TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES, AND STILL

5,000 SHORT. AND THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'LL GET DOWN TO THE

PROOF DEPARTMENT, "SEE IF THEY CAN RUN ALL THE WORK

PILE THROUGH PROOF." ANYWAY, BANK TALK. AND STILL CAME UP

5,000 SHORT. AND I'M LIKE, "I'M GONNA GO TO CHURCH NOW."

BY THEN, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME KIND OF FUNNY. AND I'M

THINKING, I MEAN, AND MY BRAIN AT THIS POINT, I'M LIKE,

"THEY'RE GONNA FIRE ME." AND I WAS JUST TERRIFIED.

AND I'M THINKING, THEY PROBABLY THINK I EITHER STOLE IT,

BUT THEN I THOUGHT, "WELL, THE CAMERA'S RIGHT

"ON THE TELLER WINDOWS, SURELY THEY'LL SEE SOMETHING."

AND THE CAMERAS WERE A LITTLE ROUGH BACK THEN.

AND I'M JUST LIKE, LORD, WHAT IS GOING ON? AND I HAD A

LUMP IN MY THROAT. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE I TURNED MY

BACK AND SOMEBODY IN THE WINDOW SWIPED TWO STRAPS.

EVERYTHING IS RUNNING THROUGH MY BRAIN.

AND I HAD JUST WATCHED BROTHER HAGIN

DO A TEACHING ON CASTING ALL YOUR CARE ON THE LORD.

AND I WENT HOME, DROVE HOME FROM WORK.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I TOLD MY PARENTS.

I STILL LIVED AT HOME AT THAT TIME, AND I DON'T REMEMBER.

AND I HEARD THE LORD SAY TO ME ON THE WAY HOME, PUT IT OUT OF

YOUR HEAD. "LORD, I'M GONNA LOSE MY JOB ON MONDAY."

I HAD TO LIVE WITH THAT ALL WEEKEND.

YOU KNOW, COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN TUESDAY?

AND I WENT HOME, AND I SAID, OKAY.

AND I OPENED THE SCRIPTURE, 1 PETER 5:7,

1 Peter 5:7

CASTING, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE, WHICH IS WHERE THAT

IMAGINATION COMES IN. OKAY, I AM PICTURING MONDAY.

I MEAN, I HAVE KNOTS IN MY STOMACH.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW

IF THEY'LL REPORT ME, IF THEY THINK I STOLE IT,

I COULD GO TO JAIL. I WAS JUST TERRIFIED.

AND I WENT AND I KEPT SAYING, NO, OKAY, LORD,

YOU SAID CAST THE CARE. I KNEW I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG,

AT LEAST NOT INTENTIONALLY, AND CAST THE CARE,

CAST THE CARE, CAST THE CARE, CAST THE CARE.

AND IT WOULD TRY TO COME UP IN MY MIND

AND I WOULD PICTURE MYSELF WALKING OUT WITH A PINK SLIP.

AND I'D PICTURE, SEE THIS IS THE IMAGINATION,

THIS IS HOW THE DEVIL WORKS SOMETIMES. HE GETS

YOU TO PICTURE A WORST CASE SCENARIO. COME ON, THAT

DIAGNOSIS. HE'LL BE THROWING PICTURES OF COFFINS UP ON

THE SCREEN TO SHOW YOU, "AH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT."

OKAY? PICTURES OF YOUR CHILDREN AND THINGS HAPPENING AND THE

WORST CASE SCENARIO. COME ON, THE DEVIL'S THE MASTER OF THE

WORST CASE SCENARIO. AND I SAID, "WELL, NO, I'M NOT GONNA

THINK ABOUT THIS." ALL WEEKEND, MY PARENTS HAD SOME FUN

THINGS PLANNED. I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE

ZOO OR SOMETHING. AND I THOUGHT, "NO, I'M NOT

GONNA THINK ABOUT IT. I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS."

CAN I TELL YOU, I HAD TO SAY THAT TO MYSELF LIKE

40 TIMES ALL WEEKEND. IT WOULD COME UP IN MY SPIRIT. I REMEMBER

DOING THAT IN THE ICU WHEN MY DAD, THEY SAID HE WAS GONNA

DIE. AND THEY PAINTED THE WORST EVERYTHING.

AND I SAID, "NOPE, I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT IT."

I'D LAY IN THE BED, KNOTS IN MY STOMACH.

"NOPE, NOPE, THE BIBLE SAYS WHATSOEVER THINGS I DESIRE, WHEN

I PRAY, BELIEVE I RECEIVE THEM AND I SHALL HAVE THEM."

I'M TELLING YOU, I DIDN'T FEEL IT.

I DIDN'T FEEL IT, BUT I WAS SAYING IT.

I SAID, "MIND, I'M IN CONTROL OF YOU.

"YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO IMAGINE YOUR FATHER DYING.

"BRENDA, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO IMAGINE YOURSELF "BEING FIRED

FROM THE BANK. "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO IMAGINE IT.

"YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED. "BRAIN, NO."

AND EVERY TIME THAT THOUGHT WOULD COME UP, "NOPE, GET OUT."

ALL WEEKEND, THAT THOUGHT WOULD COME, "NOPE, GET OUT."

THOUGHT WOULD COME UP, "NOPE, GET OUT, OUT, OUT, OUT, OUT."

AND I WOULD CHANGE WHAT I WAS DOING.

I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS HOW TO GET VICTORY

OVER POSSESSING YOUR SOUL. "NOPE, NOPE."

COME ON, THAT PERSON THAT OFFENDED YOU,

I'M GONNA IMAGINE, HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS?

I'M GONNA IMAGINE WHAT I'M GONNA SAY TO THEM.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A HABIT, WE CAN GET INTO IT.

AND THINK, I'M GONNA SAY, I'M GONNA DO, I'M GONNA PLAN. "NOPE,

GET OUT." YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK ABOUT IT. SUNDAY NIGHT,

I GO TO BED, AND I'M STILL SAYING, "NOPE, GET OUT OF

MY BRAIN. "GOD'S GOT THIS, CAST ALL YOUR CARE."

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT CAME UP IN MY SPIRIT.

THIS IS BANK TALK, YOU WON'T GET IT.

YOU SOLD TWO STRAPS OF FIVES TO THE ATM.

NOW, ATMS WERE NEW BACK THEN, AND THE WAY THEY DID IT,

IT WAS ON A DIFFERENT BANK DAY, AND I COULDN'T WRITE

A TICKET FOR IT. I DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT. IT WAS A

REAL THING. AND I'M LIKE, "OH, THE ATM IS $5,000 OVER." AND

IT HIT ME. I'M LIKE, "SEE, GOD IS LAST MINUTE, SUNDAY NIGHT."

I'M LIKE, "GOD, YOU COULD TOLD ME THAT ON FRIDAY. YOU CAN'T

TOLD ME THAT." HE GOES, "I COULDN'T HAVE TOLD YOU IF YOU

WERE IN FEAR." IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS,

IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHTS,

COME ON, IF YOU DID NOT POSSESS YOUR SOUL, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.

I RAN INTO THE BANK, I'M LIKE, "HI!"

8:30, THE DOOR, I TOOK MY KEY, I WENT IN THERE, I WAS

STILL LOOKING AT ME, I'M LIKE, "I KNOW WHAT

IT IS, BALANCE THE ATM, HERE'S $5,000 OVER THERE." I'M LIKE,

"OKAY." WENT OUT THERE, SURE ENOUGH. IT WAS ALL FINE.

WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE WENT THE OTHER WAY?

THERE WAS REALLY NEVER ANYTHING WRONG, PEOPLE.

THAT WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY BEEN DISCOVERED. I COULD

HAVE GONE THE OTHER WAY, CAUSED STRESS, ANXIETY,

HEALTH ISSUES. COME ON, THE DOCTORS WILL TELL YOU

THAT MANY HEALTH ISSUES ARE THE RESULT OF PEOPLE

THAT CAN'T GET THEIR HEAD STRAIGHT.

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OUR IMAGINATION. THE LAST ONE, STAND TO YOUR FEET.

I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. IS OUR MEMORY. HOO.

THE MEMORY IS THE ARCHIVES OF THE SOUL. OH, I REMEMBER WHAT

THEY DID. OR YOU REMEMBER THAT ABUSE OR THAT PERSON THAT HURT

YOU. OKAY, PASTOR TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS

WE WENT THROUGH IN THE START OF THE MINISTRY

AND SOME OF THOSE HARD TIMES AND HAVING TO,

YOU KNOW, HARD TIMES HAVE COME TO EVERYBODY.

THAT'S A NEWSFLASH FOR YOU. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? OKAY,

YOU COULD CHURN IT OVER. THE BIBLE SAYS, "REMEMBER NOT THE

FORMER THINGS." OKAY, YEAH, IT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

IT MIGHT BE REAL. YEAH, BUT PASTOR BRENDA, I FEEL IT THOUGH.

IT'S SO REAL. SO THE LORD TOLD ME ONE TIME, HE GOES,

YOU KNOW, WE HAD HAD SOMEBODY THAT PRETTY MUCH STABBED US

IN THE BACK ONCE. I REMEMBER, WELL, PROBABLY A FEW,

BUT THIS IS ONE PARTICULAR ONE THAT STOOD OUT AND IT WAS

VERY PAINFUL. AND I THOUGHT, LORD, AND I REMEMBER.

AND SO FINALLY GOD SAID ONE DAY, HE SAID, THE MORE YOU

KEEP GOING OVER WHAT HAPPENED, THE MORE I CAN'T HEAL YOU.

IF YOU KEEP PICKING THAT BANDAID OFF AND THAT SCAB,

GOD SAID, "I GAVE THE HUMAN BODY SCABS FOR A REASON."

YOU KNOW I GAVE SCABS TO THE HEART. AND

I'M TRYING TO SCAB THAT OVER, BUT YOU KEEP PICKING AT IT.

IF YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.

AND THEN THE SCRIPTURE HIT ME. JESUS SAID IT LIKE THIS.

HE SAYS, "WHOSOEVER SINS YOU RETAIN, THEY'RE RETAINED."

NOT TO THEM, THEY'RE RETAINED TO YOU.

YOU HOLD THEM UNTIL YOU'RE NOT FREE. I MEAN, WHAT GOOD

IS IT? GO TO YOUR GRAVE BITTER AND ANGRY? SO I

SAID, "ALL RIGHT, LORD, I PROMISE I WON'T TALK ABOUT IT

ANYMORE." SOME OF THESE MEMORIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LIFE, GOD

IS SAYING, "GET RID OF THEM. QUIT GOING OVER IT AND PLAYING

THE TAPE AGAIN AND AGAIN." OKAY, I PROMISE YOU, HAD PASTOR

AND I NOT RELEASED SOME OF THOSE HURTS IN THE EARLY YEARS, WE

WOULD NOT BE STANDING IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW. I PROMISE

YOU, I PROMISE YOU. AND THE LORD TOLD ME, HE SAID, "YOU KNOW

WHAT? "I CAN TAKE MEMORIES THAT DO CAUSE PAIN,

"AND YOU'LL REMEMBER THE EVENT, RIGHT?

"BUT IT WON'T STING ON YOU LIKE, "IT'LL ALMOST BE LIKE IT

HAPPENED TO SOMEBODY ELSE." AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRUE.

I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN. SO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH A MEMORY?

WELL, GOD SAID IT. HESAID, "REMEMBER NOT THE FORMER

THINGS." QUIT TALKING ABOUT IT, QUIT THINKING ABOUT IT, OKAY?

IF YOU SEE THAT PERSON'S PICTURE ON FACEBOOK, JUST

LAUGH AND GO, "HA, HA, HA." FACEBOOK HAS A WAY TO BRING UP

THE ARCHIVES, LET ME TELL YOU. I'M LIKE, "I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT

PERSON SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. "WHY IN THE WORLD ARE THEY COMING?

"HOW DOES FACEBOOK KNOW I EVEN KNEW THEM?

"I DIDN'T EVEN TELL THEM, "I FORGOT I KNEW THEM

UNTIL THEY CAME." GET FREE FROM IT.

THAT MEMORY, QUIT PLAYING THE TAPE.

QUIT GOING OVER IT. GOD'S TRYING TO HEAL IT.

HE'S TRYING TO GET RID OF IT IN YOUR LIFE. IN YOUR PATIENCE,

POSSESS, OWN WHAT GOES THROUGH THIS NOGGIN OF YOURS AND MINE.

LIFT YOUR HANDS TO HEAVEN, LET ME PRAY FOR YOU.

IF YOU'RE IN HERE AND YOU NEED YOUR SOUL HEALED,

JESUS CAME TO HEAL THE BROKEN HEARTED, NOT GOING

TO CALL YOU OUT. I BELIEVE THE WORD DID ITS WORK TONIGHT.

HEAVENLY FATHER, I PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON,

THE BAND, EVERYBODY BEHIND ME, EVERYBODY IN

HERE, EVERYBODY IN THE BACK, THOSE ONLINE, CHILDREN,

EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING IN THE AREA OF THEIR

SOUL. WHETHER IT'S THATWILL, THAT DETERMINATION, AND THEY'RE

NOT SUBMITTED OR FATHER, THEIR EMOTIONS ARE ALL OUT OF WHACK.

THEIR INTELLECT IS CONFUSED, NEEDS SOME ADJUSTMENTS, SOME

TEACHING, SOME TRAINING. FATHER, THAT IMAGINATION THAT JUST

CAN'T QUIT SEEING THE PICTURES OF THE WORST OR THOSE MEMORIES

THAT HURT SO MUCH. GOD, WE PRAY NOW THAT THE HEALING OIL OF YOUR

HANDS TOUCH EVERY MIND UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. FATHER,

GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH. IN FACT, LAY YOUR HAND ON YOUR MIND

IF THAT APPLIES TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STILL WITH US ONLINE, YOU DO THE SAME

THING. THOSE THOUGHTS THAT JUST KEEP WANTING TO COME UP

AND UP AGAIN AND AGAIN, I PRAY A HOLY SPIRIT DISTRACTION

FROM THAT, THAT IT'LL COME AND IT'LL SHIFT YOU,

IT'LL CHANGE YOU, IT'LL TURN YOU IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

AND I'M ASKING, FATHER, NOW, GIVE SOME MEMORY,

FATHER, NOT IN A PHYSICAL SENSE, BUT IN A SPIRITUAL WAY,

A MEMORY ERASING, A RESETTING OF ALL THAT IS DEMONIC IN EVERY

PERSON'S MIND. EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T PLEASE YOU, EVERYTHING

THAT THE ENEMY JUST KEEPS DRIVING AND HAMMERING AND

PUSHING. FATHER, I'M ASKING YOU TO HEAL MINDS TONIGHT.

I BREAK THE POWER OF EVERY MIND-BINDING SPIRIT.

I COMMAND THE CLAMP ON YOUR THOUGHTS,

THE CLAMP ON YOUR EMOTIONS, THE CLAMP ON YOUR FEELINGS.

I BREAK THE POWER OF EVERYTHING THAT WOULD RESIST GOD IN YOU

AND I SAY YOUR MIND IS WIPED CLEAN BY THE POWER OF THE

LIVING GOD IN JESUS NAME. WE THANK YOU FOR IT LORD

NOW TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY LORD TEACH ME

HOW TO POSSESS MY SOUL IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE.

I SAY THIS NOW SAY THIS LORD. I CAST MY CARE UPON YOU. YOU'RE

GONNA FIND THE STRAPS OF FIVES. DO IT GOD!

COME ON, YOU NAME YOUR OWN THING.

YOU NAME YOUR OWN AREA UNDER YOUR BREATH.

GOD, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT.

NOW TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY YOUR NAME.

YOU CAN SAY IT QUIET, SAY "SO AND SO."

BRENDA, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK BACK ON THIS ONE DAY. YOU'RE

GONNA LAUGH. DON'T GET UPSET ABOUT IT NOW.

OWN YOUR SOUL. GOD'S GOT IT. IN JESUS' NAME.

GIVE JESUS A GREAT BIG HAND. TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM.

DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF THAT TONIGHT? GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US ONLINE.

WE LOVE YOU. OWN AND POSSESS YOUR SOUL IN JESUS' NAME.

GOD BLESS YOU EVERYBODY. GOOD NIGHT.

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