8/10/25 9AM - "Shift Change" Part 3

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- COME ON CHURCH. WE'RE READY TO REJOICE IN THE LORD. THE DAY THE

LORD HAS MADE. COME ON, GET UP ON YOUR FEET.

- HALLELUJAH! COME ON, LET'S CONTINUE TO PRAISE GOD.

- ALL RIGHT. - HALLELUJAH!

- LORD, WE REJOICE IN YOU, THE MIGHTY GOD. WE REJOICE IN YOU,

THE LIVING GOD. - YES, LORD.

- IT IS OUR HONOR TO STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE.

- THANK YOU, JESUS. - WORDS COULD NEVER DESCRIBE THE

HONOR OF THY NAME. - YES, LORD.

- THE MAJESTY OF YOUR GREATNESS AND YOUR POWER.

- THANK YOU, LORD JESUS. - WE WELCOME YOU TO YOUR HOUSE

FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR WAY, YOUR SAY.

- YES, YES, YES, YES. - GOD THAT MEN WILL KNOW,

WHETHER THEY ARE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY OR IN THIS PLACE, THAT GOD

IS AMONG US. WE WORSHIP YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE HIM

SAID, - AMEN.

- AMEN. - ALRIGHT.

- MAN, I TELL YOU, AS I STARTED WALKING OUT HERE, I COULD FEEL

THE ANOINTING WAS BUILDING. I'M LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO,

GOD? - YES.

- SO LET'S JUST STAY VERY CLOSE TO HIM. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN

GOD'S GONNA SPEAK. LISTEN, I WAS IN WALNUT, IOWA, WHAT WAS IT, A

COUPLE WEEKS AGO. BY THE WAY, YOU NEED TO GO THERE, GREAT

ANTIQUE PLACE. THEY GOT ME ONE OF THOSE LITTLE FARMER WATER

POTS. - LOTS OF JUNK.

- YEAH. BUT I'M JUST WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

- AND PASTOR IS A MAGNET FOR JUNK.

- NO, I'M NOT. - YOU LOVE THAT STUFF. I MEAN,

OOH. - OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

- SO, SHANE AND CHRISTY, YOU WANNA DO THE GREETING, HER AND I

NEED TO TALK. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING, NO. NO, I'LL SAY THIS,

YOU KNOW, NOT JUNK, BRENDA, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE OF TASTE.

- EXPENSIVE JUNK. RIGHT, I MEAN, SHE GOES, NO, SHE GOES INTO AN

ICE CREAM SHOP, SHE PICKS OUT ONE FLAVOR, I'M LIKE, I'LL TAKE

'EM ALL, TAKE 'EM ALL, TAKE 'EM ALL. SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE

OF TASTE. BUT ANYWAY, I WAS IN WALNUT, I THINK I TOLD YOU THIS,

BUT I HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR ONE OF THOSE, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER

SEEN THOSE WATER PUMPS, YOU KNOW? NOT LIKE ON A CAR, BUT YOU

KNOW, WHERE YOU GO LIKE THIS WITH IT? AND I ASKED GOD, I

SAID, "GOD, I WANT ONE OF THOSE." AND I TOLD HIM HOW HIGH

I WANTED IT. AND THE GUY JUST GOT IT IN BEFORE I CAME. IT WAS

STANDING RIGHT BEFORE THE, RIGHT OUT FRONT OF THE ANTIQUE SHOP. I

SAID, "LORD, THAT'S AMAZING, BUT HERE'S WHAT MY POINT IS." I WAS

WALKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LORD SAID, HE SAID, "MAY I SPEAK

WITH YOU?" I SAID, "SURE." HE SAID, "I WANT TO TALK TO YOU

ABOUT THE MIDTERMS." AND I'M THINKING, MAN, THAT'S KIND OF

CRAZY. I MEAN, WALNUT ISLE, WHY DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT

MIDTERMS? BUT HE DIDN'T TALK TO ME THERE. HE TALKED TO ME LATER.

BUT MY POINT IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE PRESENCE

OF GOD. 'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN HE'S GONNA SPEAK TO YOU OR

BLESS YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR AND IS

STARING AT YOU RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES. AND IT ISN'T JUNK.

- I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.

- NO, I KNOW YOU CAN'T. ALL RIGHT, I WANNA DO THIS. I WANNA

WELCOME ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ALSO AROUND THE WORLD

AND AGAIN. I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT IN THE COMMENTS, PASTOR HANK

DOES NOT, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? I HAVE JUNK OR I LOOK AT JUNK.

- YOU'RE A MAGNET FOR JUNK. - I HAVE A BUNCH OF JUNK STUFF.

- YOU LOVE THAT STUFF. - NO, I DON'T. NO, I DON'T.

- I MEAN, THE WATER PUMP IS CUTE THOUGH.

- ALL RIGHT. HERE'S THE POINT. THE POINT IS WHENEVER

WE HAVE TO CLEAN THE HOUSE, IT'S ALWAYS MY STUFF THAT SEEMS TO

GO, BUT ANYWAY. BUT WE'LL TALK, BRENDA. WE'LL TALK. BUT ANYWAY,

I WANT TO DO THIS. I WANT TO WELCOME ALSO THOSE OF YOU THAT

MIGHT BE WATCHING IN THE ILLINOIS AREA, ILLINOIS, THAT'S

WHAT GOD CALLS IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE IN ROCHELLE,

ILLINOIS TONIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE A POWERFUL, POWERFUL MEETING.

GOD'S PUT A REALLY STRONG WORD IN MY MOUTH. ALONG THE SAME

LINES, WE'RE GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE SHIFT CHANGE. WE'RE

GOING TO CONTINUE THAT HERE IN THE CHURCH. AND THEN THERE IN

ILLINOIS, GOD'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT, I THINK, THE NATION

AND WHAT'S COMING. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU JOIN US. I

WILL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU, STAY

TUNED, IS I REALLY FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE SHIFTING. HOW MANY OF

YOU WERE HERE LAST SUNDAY WHEN WE KIND OF ALL CAME FORWARD? AND

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, MAN, IT WAS POWERFUL. AND THEN I

WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT, GUYS. I WATCHED

WEDNESDAY NIGHT. - AWESOME.

- WHAT I LOVED ABOUT IT IS WHEN I'M LOOKING AND I'M SEEING

OUR PASTORS ON THEIR FACE. THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW GOD WILL

SHOW UP WHEN THE LEADERS LEAD THE WAY AND THEY WANT GOD. AND

SO IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. I EVEN, GREAT JOB GUYS. I EVEN GOT

TOUCHED AND JUST THROUGH THE CAMERA. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, I CAN FEEL THAT, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE OF THE CAMERA, IT'S A

LITTLE DIFFERENT. - THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.

- BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON THAT SIDE OF THE CAMERA, MAN, IT'S AMAZING

THAT YOU CAN FEEL GOD AS WELL. SO HOW MANY OF YOU ARE OKAY WITH

THE STORM, BY THE WAY? EVERYBODY GOOD? ANYBODY HAVE ANY STORM

CLEANUP? - A LITTLE CLEAN UP SATURDAY WE

HAD. ANYBODY HAVE TO CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT AROUND THEIR HOUSE?

WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, SOME NEEDS AND THINGS.

- YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY CRAZY, AS I WAS TELLING BRENDA, I GOT

UP AT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, JUST BEFORE FOUR IN THE MORNING TO

JUST GO AND PRAY. AND I GOT DONE PRAYING AROUND FIVE, SOMETHING

JUST A LITTLE AFTER FIVE, AND I JUST FELT, IT WASN'T GOD, BUT I

JUST FELT TO LOOK AT MY PHONE, AND I WAS LIKE, "BRENDA, GET UP

OUT OF BED, "LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING." SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE

GOTTA STAY ON THIS. THIS IS ABNORMAL. THIS IS, AND SO WE

REALLY NEED TO STAY ON IT AND CONTINUE TO PRAY, YOU KNOW, NOT

JUST PEACE OVER JERUSALEM, BUT HOW ABOUT PEACE FOR OMAHA,

NEBRASKA AND THE WEATHER FATHERS. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. I'M

READY TO WORSHIP GOD. ANYTHING ELSE?

- I DO SEE A LOT OF YELLOW SHIRTS ALL AROUND THE BUILDING

TODAY. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME CORE YOUTH AT CAMP. ARE

WE GOING TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS LATER? ALL RIGHT. COME ON.

- SO ARE THE YELLOW SHIRTS? WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. OH, SO

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT VOLUNTEERING TO WORK TODAY. I

WAS GOING TO FIND SOME STUFF FOR THEM TO DO, YOU KNOW?

-BUT COME ON, WAVE AT EVERYBODY. CORE YOUTH, WAVE AT EVERYBODY.

LOOK AT ALL THESE GUYS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LITTLE

RECAP. DID YOU GUYS LIKE CAMP? WAS IT AWESOME? WELL, WE'RE

EXCITED FOR YOU. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING DAY. WE'RE

GOING TO CELEBRATE YOU A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GUYS

READY? THROW THOSE HANDS UP TO HEAVEN. COME ON, CORE YOUTH. YOU

GOT TO LEAD THE WAY. SAY THESE WORDS. SAY, LORD, IT'S GOING TO

BE A FABULOUS DAY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HERE.

YOUR PRESENCE IS HERE. AND I'M ASKING YOU, LORD, TO MOVE IN

THIS PLACE AND TOUCH MY LIFE IN JESUS' NAME. NOW, COME ON, SHOUT

LIKE YOU REALLY WANT TO GET LOUD AND LET'S PRAISE THE LORD. ALL

RIGHT. NOW, CORE YOUTH, YOU PROMISED WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE,

YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO WORSHIP STRONG BECAUSE THEY HAD, I MEAN,

I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, THEY HAD A MOVE OF GOD WHEN WE WERE OUT AT

CAMP. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT

TODAY. CORE YOUTH, I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT. YOU'RE

GOING TO SHOW THE PEOPLE HOW YOU GUYS WORSHIPPED AND BROUGHT

HEAVEN INTO THE ROOM. COME ON. COME ON. LET THERE BE A SOUND IN

THIS PLACE. LET THERE BE A SOUND IN THIS PLACE. LET THERE BE A

SOUND. COME ON. CORE YOUTH LEADERS, YOU CAN COME ON WITH

THEM. COME ON, LET'S PRAISE HIM. - COME ON, CORE YOUTH. LET'S GET

A LITTLE BIT LOUD.

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♪ I'M GONNA PRAISE YOU. I'M GONNA PRAISE YOU. I'M GONNA ♪

♪ PRAISE YOU. 'CAUSE WE WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT HEAVEN. WE ♪

♪ WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT HEAVEN. WE WANT. ♪

♪ HEAVEN WE WANT TO GO WHERE YOU SEND US. WE WANT TO GO WHERE ♪

♪ YOU'VE CALLED US. WE WANT TO GO WHERE YOU NEED US. YOU'RE ♪

♪ ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE NEED. ♪

♪ JESUS, YOU'RE ALL WE WANT. YOU'RE ALL WE NEED. YOU'RE ALL ♪

♪ WE WANT AND ALL WE NEED, JESUS. MY SAVIOR, MY HEALER. ♪

♪ OH, YOU ARE ALL I WANT AND ALL I NEED, JESUS. MY DELIVERER, ♪

♪ MY SALVATION. YOU'RE ALL I WANT AND ALL I NEED. IT'S YOU, ♪

♪ JESUS. IT'S YOU, JESUS. IT'S YOU, JESUS. ♪ COME ON, LIFT YOUR

HANDS UP ALL ACROSS THIS PLACE. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW

WE'RE MAKING A DECISION? PASTOR'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT

US SHIFTING AND CHANGING. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S

JUST A CHOICE OF US FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF OUR SAVIOR, AMEN.

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- ALRIGHT, SO TO FOLLOW JESUS, WE'VE GOT TO DO A

FEW THINGS HERE. CORE YOUTH, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

(SOFT PIANO PLAYING)

♪ WHAT A GOD (15X) ♪

- OH GOD WE WORSHIP YOU. IN THE BEAUTY OF THY NAME. OH

GOD WE COME. AND WE CHERISH THIS MOMENT

WITH A GOD THAT IS ALIVE AND IT WAS DECLARED OF YOU THAT YOU ARE

EMMANUEL GOD WITH MAN, GOD WITH US.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WE STAND IN THIS MOMENT TO DECLARE THAT YOU ARE EMMANUEL,

THAT YOU ARE GOD WITH MAN, AND THAT IN ITSELF CAUSES MY HEART

TO TREMBLE, THAT A GOD SUCH AS YOU WOULD DESIRE TO BE AMONG

MEN. THERE ARE NOT WORDS TO UTTER AT THIS MOMENT TO TELL YOU

HOW HUMBLING THAT IS. THAT EVEN THE MERE UNDERSTANDING OF MY

MIND, I CANNOT FATHOM. GOD AMONG MEN, WHY? WHEN WE WERE NOT

THERE, WHEN YOU FORMED THIS EARTH, THE STARS, AND THE

WONDERS THAT BEAR YOUR NAME, THAT YOU WOULD WALK WITH MAN.

MOST OF ALL, YOU WOULD OFFER THE GREATEST SACRIFICE EVER GIVEN

FOR MEN, FOR MANKIND, AND IT WAS THE OFFERING OF YOUR BLOOD,

YESHUA. HOW CAN WE SHOW GRATITUDE TO THE HONOR OF YOU,

EMMANUEL, GOD, WHO WALKS AND LOVES MANKIND. THEREFORE, I WILL

NOT WITHHOLD MY LOVE TO YOU. I WILL NOT WITHHOLD THE HONOR OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE HATING OF INIQUITY. FOR IN RETURN, I WILL

GIVE THE HONOR OF MY HEART TO KNOW YOU FACE TO FACE. OH GOD, I

NEED YOU, I TRUST YOU, AND I LOVE YOU. JUST WORSHIP HIM.

BEAUTIFUL EMMANUEL (2X). BEAUTIFUL GOD AMONG US. WE

WORSHIP YOU (5X). (PRAYING IN TONGUES). I WILL HONOR YOU

EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL. I WILL WORSHIP YOU IN THE HONOR OF

THY NAME. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES). I WORSHIP YOU (3X).

I WILL WORSHIP YOU (3X). (PRAYING IN TONGUES).

I WILL LIFT MY HANDS AS I LIFT MY HEART TO REACH AS HIGH AS I

CAN TO GRAB YOUR HEART. WITH MY HEART (3X), I REACH FOR YOUR

HEART, GOD. (PRAYING IN TONGUES). I WILL WORSHIP, I

WILL WORSHIP THE POWER OF THY NAME. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

WHO ART THOU, O GOD? THAT THE MOUNTAINS MELT LIKE WAX, THE

EARTH SHAKES AS YOU WALK AMONG IT, THE STARS IN THEIR

BRIGHTNESS ARE NO MATCH FOR THE GLORY OF THY NAME AND THY

PRESENCE. ALL HELL SHAKES AND TREMBLES AT THE POWER AND THE

MAJESTY OF THY BLOOD, YESHUA. BUT IN YOUR NAME THE EARTH

STANDS TO ATTENTION. THERE IS NO GOD LIKE YESHUA. THERE IS NO

ONE LIKE YESHUA. WE STAND IN HONOR OF YOU, YESHUA. WE STAND

IN A MOMENT TO DECLARE THE HONOR OF THY NAME, YESHUA. YESHUA.

YESHUA. COME ON, JUST WORSHIP HIM. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

COME ON, ALL OVER THE WORLD, PROCLAIM HIS NAME. ♪ THERE'S NO

ONE LIKE YESHUA ♪ RIGHT THERE IN YOUR HOME. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE

YESHUA ♪ DECLARE YESHUA. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA ♪

♪THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA♪ COME ON (SPEAKING IN TONGUES),

OVER THIS PLACE, WORSHIP HIM, WORSHIP HIM. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE

LIKE YESHUA ♪ OH, YESHUA. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA ♪

YESHUA. ♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR KING ♪ WE FEAR THY NAME.

♪ THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YESHUA. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE OUR KING. ♪

THANK YOU LORD. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THY NAME.

GOD I PRAY FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE YOUNG ONES THAT THE POWER

OF YOUR PRESENCE GRIPS THEIR HEARTS GRIPS THEIR LIFE THEIR

LORD THEIR DESTINIES RIGHT NOW I SPEAK DIVINE PROTECTION AND

PRESERVATION I SPEAK PROTECTION OVER RELATIONSHIPS I SPEAK

PROTECTION OVER THEIR PRESENT MOMENT AND THEIR FUTURE. NOT ONE

WILL DIE PREMATURE. NOT ONE WILL BE HARMED BY THE HANDS OF EVIL

MEN. I SPEAK GRACE, MERCY, HELP, PROTECTION. NOT ONE WILL EVER BE

KNOWN AS A PRODIGAL, FOR THEY WILL RUN FOR GOD. AND THEY WILL

NEVER BE INFLUENCED BY THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. AND I PRAY

THAT THERE IS A DEPOSIT OF A RIGHTEOUSNESS, A RIGHTEOUS SEED

THAT SHALL BEAR FRUIT THROUGHOUT THEIR TEENAGE YEARS, THEIR YOUNG

ADULT, BUT ALSO INTO THEIR ADULTHOOD AND OLD AGE. I SPEAK

THIS NOW AND IT WILL NOT BE ALTERED. FOR THERE IS A SEAL

BECAUSE OF THE WORDS DECLARED UPON THEM AND OVER THEM AND FOR

THEM AND EVEN OVER YOUR CHILDREN THAT ARE WATCHING IN YESHUA'S

NAME. IN YESHUA'S NAME. I WANT THE YOUTH TO DO SOMETHING. HOW

MANY OF YOU RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU'RE AT, YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF

SYMPTOM OR SOMETHING IN YOUR BODY THAT YOU NEED A HEALING

TOUCH? LIFT UP YOUR HAND FOR A MOMENT. SOME OF THE YOUTH DO.

HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO STAND UP, YOUTH, AND

I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HAND UP RIGHT NOW. AND I

WANT YOU TO RELEASE THAT ANOINTING THAT YOU'VE BEEN UP.

SO IF YOU NEED HEALING IN YOUR BODY, I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR

HAND UP. ALL RIGHT, NOW GO OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. GO UP INTO THE

STANDS. COME ON. COME ON. NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO PRAY JUST FOR

ONE ANOTHER. I WANT YOU GUYS. NOW LISTEN TO ME, YOUTH. YOUTH,

LISTEN. GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID. GO OUT. I

COMMISSION YOU. GO OUT. GO, GO, GO, GO FIND SOMEBODY WITH THEIR

HAND UP. RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK. COME ON, GO OUT, GO OUT,

GO OUT. LAY HANDS ON THEM AND PRAY FOR MORE THAN ONE. TELL

THEM, "BE HEALED." COME ON, KEEP YOUR HAND UP. MAKE SURE. COME

ON, YOUTH, GO. GO. SOME OF YOU CAN GO TWO BY TWO, ONE BY ONE.

COME ON, TOUCH THEM. FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THE HEALING POWER OF

THE LIVING YESHUA. JESUS, TOUCH YOUR PEOPLE. WE REBUKE SICKNESS

AND DISEASE. WE REBUKE EVERY SYMPTOM. WE SPEAK TO YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING THROUGH THAT CAMERA. WE REBUKE EVERY SYMPTOM

AND DISEASE. WE COMMAND INFIRMITY, COME OUT OF YOUR

BODY. WE BREAK EVERY GENERATIONAL INIQUITY,

GENERATIONAL INFIRMITY. WE SEVER EVERY CURSE OF DARKNESS. BE THOU

HEALED. LET THE HEALING POWER OF GOD BE RELEASED NOW. BE RELEASED

NOW. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WITH YOUR HAND UP THAT NEEDS

SOMEBODY? GO UP THERE QUICKLY. TELL THEM, "BE HEALED." BE

HEALED. WE SPEAK THAT OVER YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. BE HEALED. BE

HEALED. COME ON, THIS IS THE HOUR AND THE TIME FOR THE

CHILDREN TO ARISE. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

PRAISE GOD. PRAISE GOD. PRAISE GOD. ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? HOW

MANY OF YOU, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL? ALL RIGHT, WELL, HERE'S WHAT I

WANT TO DO. YOUTH, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR SOMEBODY,

BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IN THE AUDIENCE. I WANT YOU TO

GREET SOMEBODY, AND THEN I WANT YOU TO SAY, "I BET I KNOW. I BET

I KNOW WHAT YOUR FAVORITE PUMPKIN PIE IS." ALL RIGHT, WE

GREET ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.

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WELL GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING

WITH US. WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME. I ALSO

WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE

GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT, PLEASE

WAVE YOUR HAND AT AN USHER. THEY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR

YOU. INSIDE THAT, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE WANT TO SEND

HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. IT HAS A

PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT, SO PLEASE PULL THAT

OUT AT THIS TIME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME INFORMATION IN

THERE, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON

THE LEFT-HAND SIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US

THIS MORNING. MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE

HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY

LIVE STREAM, WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE

SURE YOU GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET. GO AHEAD AND GET CONNECTED WITH

US ON ANY OF THOSE PLATFORMS. GET CONNECTED ON ONE VOICE TV,

BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMMING OUT THERE FOR YOU.

GET REAL WITH HANK, DAILY DECREE, GAME CHANGERS,

FLASHPOINT, ALL OF THAT IS OUT THERE FOR YOU, BOTH LIVE

AND ARCHIVED AS WELL AS SERVICES. SO PLEASE GET OUT

THERE, BE BLESSED BY ALL THAT GREAT CONTENT WE'VE PUT OUT

THERE IN ONE PLACE FOR YOU. WELL, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED,

ALL THE YOUTH JUST CAME BACK FROM THEIR CORE CAMP. AND IT WAS

AN AMAZING TIME. AND JUST TO KIND OF SUM ALL, I DON'T KNOW,

WHAT WAS IT? THREE DAYS, THREE NIGHTS, FOUR DAYS, WHATEVER

IT WAS. WE'RE GONNA SUM THAT UP INTO TWO MINUTES. WATCH THIS.

- FOR YOUTH RETREAT 2025, CHOSEN IDENTITY.

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(YOUTH GROUP SINGING)

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) - WOW. WE ARE SO EXCITED. YOU

KNOW, THIS IS OUR THIRD RETREAT THAT WE'VE DONE,

AND WE WERE TALKING WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE'RE

LIKE, WE KEEP SAYING THAT IT GETS BETTER, BUT IT GOT BETTER.

NOT ONLY DID IT GET BETTER, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, GOD MOVED

FREELY, BUT WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THAT IT HAPPENED

BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUTH THAT WERE SO HUNGRY, YOU KNOW? AND

IT'S LIKE, IT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FORCE

ON THEM, AND WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE

TO HAVE SUCH A UNIQUE, INTIMATE TIME WITH GOD THAT

I KNOW, AS PASTOR WAS JUST PRAYING, DESTINIES WERE SET

IN PLACE AND CALLINGS WERE PUT IN PLACE.

- YEAH, WE HAD A SCHEDULE, BUT GOD KINDA RIPPED IT UP, WHICH

WAS FINE, AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE TOTALLY

OKAY WITH THAT. THEY WERE FINE JUST GOING WITH THE FLOW, AND

THERE WAS TIMES WHERE WE WERE WORSHIPING, AND WE JUST WERE

WORSHIPING EVEN IN THE DARK FOR HOURS, AND NOBODY WANTED TO

LEAVE. AND SO IT WAS REALLY COOL SEEING HOW HUNGRY THE KIDS WERE.

AND THEN, I MEAN, THANK YOU, PARENTS, FOR TRUSTING US WITH

YOUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US. WE EVEN HAD ONE

JOIN US FROM AFRICA. SO WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. THANK YOU SO

MUCH. - YEAH. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU

TO EDDIE AND PASTOR SHANE AND PASTOR CHRISTY FOR COMING OUT

AND LEADING WORSHIP THAT JUST TOTALLY REVOLUTIONIZED. BUT MOST

IMPORTANT, THANK YOU, PASTOR HANK, AND THANK YOU, PASTOR

BRENDA - THANK YOU.

-FOR YOUR HEARTS FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION AND FOR IMPARTING

INTO OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND REAL QUICK, IF YOU SEE ANYONE WITH A GREEN SHIRT, ASK

THEM TO TEACH YOU THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN ORDER. THERE'S A

VERY QUICK WAY, YOU'LL NEVER FORGET IT, BUT PUT SOMEONE ON

THE TEST, A HOMEWORK CORE YOUTH. ANYWAY, PASTOR BRENDA.

- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

WELL, SPEAKING OF EXCITING THINGS, WE GOT QUITE A BIT STILL

TO DO TODAY. PASTOR'S GOT TO PREACH, BUT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE

NEW MEMBERS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT,

SPEAKING OF IT, CAN EVERY YEAR GET ANY BETTER? WE SAY THAT ALSO

ABOUT OPENING THE HEAVENS CONFERENCE.

AND IT IS NOW, WE'RE LIKE RIGHT UP ON 30 DAYS AWAY. AND THIS IS

THE YEAR OF THE LORD'S FIGHT. AND IF YOU WERE HERE LAST

SUNDAY, OR IF YOU MISSED IT, GO BACK AND WATCH, PASTOR PLAYED

THAT LONG CLIP WHEN HE BREAKS OUT INTO SMOKE ON THE WATER. BUT

IT WAS POWERFUL. I MEAN, I REWATCHED THAT AND THINK, OH MY.

I MEAN, I REALLY AM CONVINCED. IN FACT, YOU CANNOT TELL ME

OTHERWISE. I AM 100% CONVINCED. THAT NIGHT, WE SHIFTED SOMETHING

IN AMERICA. I AM CONVINCED. WERE WE THE ONLY ONES? NO, BUT WE

PLAYED A GREAT ROLE IN DOING SOMETHING IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD

THROUGH PRAYER THAT NIGHT. AND IF THE YOUTH ARE SAYING, CAN IT

EVER GET ANY BETTER EACH YEAR? I'M SAYING THAT ABOUT OPENING

THE HEAVENS 2025. IS IT GOING TO GET BETTER? PROBABLY. YOU NEED

TO BE THERE. IT'S COMPLETELY FREE TO REGISTER. SO IF YOU LIVE

HERE IN TOWN, YOU HAVE NO REASON NOT TO REGISTER. I HEARD A

PREACHER SAY ONE TIME MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THERE'S AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR A COOL CONFERENCE, ESPECIALLY THIS IS A

SUPER COOL CONFERENCE. WE NEVER KNOW WHAT PASTOR HANK MIGHT

BREAK OUT AND DO, BUT THE POINT IS, IT'S AN AWESOME EVENT, AND

WHY MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN A PLACE AND JUST FOR THREE

DAYS BE SPOON-FED THE WORD OF GOD? I HEARD A PREACHER SAY THAT

ONE TIME. DON'T MISS THOSE MOMENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THINGS

THAT GOD USES TO CHANGE YOU AND RECHARGE YOU. SO IT'S COMPLETELY

FREE, INVITE SOMEBODY, GREAT LINEUP OF SPEAKERS, LOOK AT ALL

THOSE GUYS, PREACHING HOUSES, PREACHING MACHINES. DR. GENE

BAILEY IS GOING TO HELP US THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT

ALONG WITH TONY SUAREZ. TIM SHEETS WILL BE BACK, KENT

CHRISTMAS, ISAAC PETRIE, NEW TO THE CONFERENCE THIS YEAR,

LORENZO SEWELL IS NEW AS WELL, AND OF COURSE, PASTOR HANK AND I

WILL BE THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE FIRE! THOSE OF YOU ONLINE,

HOTELS ARE FILLING UP QUICKLY, AND SO GET OUT THERE TOO. HERE'S

THE SITELET, OPENINGTHEHEAVENS.ORG. GO OUT,

GET REGISTERED, BOOK YOUR HOTEL. A COUPLE OF THEM ARE SOLD OUT,

SO MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT THERE AND GET REGISTERED QUICKLY, AND

LET'S PACK THAT ARENA OUT AND DO SOMETHING EVEN MORE EPIC THIS

YEAR FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WANT TO

PUT OUR OFFERING SCRIPTURE UP. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT I

READ LAST WEEK, AND THEN I HAVE A LITTLE UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY.

REMEMBER WE WERE RAISING MONEY FOR PASTOR BARB'S, THE LOT

THERE, THREE AND A HALF ACRES BY THEIR CHURCH. AND WE LEARNED AS

A CHURCH IN 2023, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OWN THE SPACE AROUND

THE MINISTRY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED THE WRONG ENTITY SETTING UP

SHOP BESIDE YOU. AND WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE AT THAT TIME TO BUY THE WHAT WE

CALL THE PIZZA BUILDING. AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU BUY A BUILDING

LIKE THAT, YOU DO INHERIT THE TENANTS, WHATEVER THEIR LEASE

TERMS ARE. PEOPLE SAY, ARE YOU THE FIRST CHURCH THAT OWNS A

BAR? NO, WE'RE REALLY NOT. THE POINT IS, IS THERE IS A BAR

THERE THAT HAS BEEN THERE 50 YEARS OR SO, AND THEIR LEASE HAS

TO REMAIN IN FORCE UPON PURCHASE. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN

THAT THINGS DON'T GET NEGOTIATED, DIFFERENT THINGS

DOWN THE ROAD. WE'VE HAD A FEW TENANTS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW,

THAT'S A BIG OLD CHURCH OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT AFFECT

OUR BUSINESS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF THOSE

TENANTS, IT'S PAYING FOR ITSELF. AND, BUT THE KEY THING IS WE

FOUND OUT THAT IF ANOTHER INVESTOR WERE TO COME IN AND BUY

THAT BUILDING, THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT THAT

WOULD IMPEDE OUR OPERATIONS HERE, THAT WE'VE HAD A BEAUTIFUL

MINISTRY HERE FOR 28 YEARS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THAT

BUILDING. AND THEN IN THE PROCESS, I DON'T KNOW, EVERY

BUILDING CAME UP AT ONCE. HOW GOD DID THAT, I AM STILL

SCRATCHING MY HEAD. BUT ISN'T THAT THE WAY GOD IS? WHEN HE

DOES AMAZING THINGS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS BE THE ONE TO

FIGURE IT OUT. HE JUST DOES IT. IN THE PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO

BUY THE BUILDING JUST TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS WHERE CENTRAL

MAINTENANCE IS LOCATED. AND PASTOR MARK HAS TURNED A

MAINTENANCE BUILDING TO LOOK LIKE A HIGH END FACILITY. IT'S

INCREDIBLE OVER THERE. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN INTO THAT, PASTOR

MARK, YOU HAVE DONE, I MEAN, PASTOR MARK HAS DONE JUST A

REMARKABLE JOB. AND THEN OF COURSE, BACK HERE BEHIND US, WE

CALL IT THE LORD OF HOSTS HEADQUARTERS. THAT'S WHERE MOST

OF THE STAFF IS. AND REALLY WE OCCUPY MOST ALL THAT BUILDING.

WE STILL HAVE THE BANK, EDWARD JONES GOT A LITTLE SPECK UP

THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAVE JUST, THAT'S BEEN A GOD SEND.

ONE POINT PASTOR CRUZ WAS LIKE, "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH

OUR GROWING STAFF? THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE IN THE MAIN

BUILDING." AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS EMPTY SPACE OVER THERE

AND GOD SAID, "I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN YOUR LAP." SO THERE'S

ALWAYS MORE THINGS TO COME. AND BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN TELLING

YOU, THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE WORKS AND YOU WILL BE

EXCITED ABOUT, BUT LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS, SO WE CAN'T TELL YOU

EVERYTHING THAT'S UP AND COMING. DO YOU TRUST US BY NOW? DO YOU

TRUST US? AND I WILL JUST SAY, IF I WERE PASTOR HANK AND I

COULD IMITATE TRUMP, I WOULD SAY, "YOU'LL BE SO EXCITED.

YOU'LL BE SO EXCITED." SO IN THE TRUMP WORDS, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE

WOULD SAY IT, BUT IT'S VERY EXCITING. I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY,

FORGET IT. I CAN'T IMITATE HIM, BUT THE KEY IS, IS I'LL HAVE AN

UPDATE FOR YOU ON WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE'RE PAYING

OFF THE REST OF THE AVL LINE OF CREDIT FOR THIS BIG BUILD, THIS

MASSIVE, MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART EVERYTHING

IN HERE. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT LET ME GIVE THE

SCRIPTURE TO YOU. CAN I DO IT VERY QUICKLY? THIS IS 2

2 Corinthians 8:7–12

CORINTHIANS 8:7-12. YOU KNOW THESE PASSAGES, BUT THIS IS FROM

THE NEW LIVING. AND IT SAYS THIS, "SINCE YOU EXCEL IN SO

MANY WAYS." I'LL SAY THIS, LORD OF HOSTS, YOU EXCEL. INTERNET

CAMPUS, YOU EXCEL IN SO MANY WAYS. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO LIST

ALL THE WAYS YOU EXCEL. BUT HERE HE LISTS OUT THE WAYS THAT THE

CHURCH AT CORINTH WAS EXCELLING. HE SAID, "IN YOUR FAITH, IN YOUR

GIFTED SPEAKERS, IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR ENTHUSIASM, AND

IN YOUR LOVE FOR US, FROM US. AND I WANT YOU TO ALSO EXCEL IN

THIS GRACIOUS ACT OF GIVING." SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXCEL IN

HOW WE GIVE INTO THE WORK OF THE LORD. "FOR I AM NOT, I AM NOT

COMMANDING THAT YOU DO THIS, BUT I AM TESTING HOW GENUINE YOUR

LOVE IS BY COMPARING IT WITH THE EAGERNESS OF OTHER CHURCHES." IN

OTHER WORDS, HE'S SAYING, "I'M GOING TO PUT YOUR TRUE LOVE TO

THE TEST BY HOW YOU GIVE." NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS

WAS A PRINCIPLE JESUS TAUGHT, DIDN'T HE? HE SAID, "YOU CAN'T

LOVE GOD AND MONEY. EITHER YOU'LL HATE ONE AND LOVE THE

OTHER, OR YOU'LL LOVE ONE AND HATE THE OTHER. SO HE SAID, "THE

TREASURE OF A MAN'S HEART IS FOUND IN THEIR GIVING." WE CAN'T

SAY WE LOVE GOD AND THEN NEVER GIVE TO HIM OR WE AREN'T

FAITHFUL IN OUR GIVING. SO HE SAID, "JESUS, THE GRACE OF OUR

LORD JESUS, THOUGH HE WAS RICH, YET FOR YOUR SAKES HE BECAME

POOR, SO THAT BY HIS POVERTY HE COULD MAKE YOU RICH." AND YES,

BY THE WAY, THAT INCLUDES NATURAL RICHES. I DON'T HAVE

TIME TO BREAK THAT DOWN NOW, BUT NOTICE, REMEMBER, WE TEACH

CONTEXT WHEN WE TEACH THE WORD, RIGHT? THE CONTEXT IS FINANCES.

SO PEOPLE HAVE READ THAT VERSE TO SAY, "OH, IT JUST MEANS

SPIRITUAL RICHES. IT CAN'T MEAN MONEY." NO, IT'S IN A MONEY

CHAPTER. REMEMBER THAT, RIGHT? IT'S TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL

RICHES. BUT HERE'S MY ADVICE, PAUL SAYS, HE SAID, "IT WOULD BE

GOOD FOR YOU TO FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED A YEAR AGO." RIGHT? LAST

YEAR, WE WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN OUR BUILDING GIVING BECAUSE WE

HAD A TABERNACLE TO FINISH, RIGHT? THAT WAS THIS TIME LAST

YEAR. HE SAID, "YOU WERE THE FIRST TO WANT TO GIVE AND YOU

WERE THE FIRST TO BEGIN DOING IT." YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE

YOUR MOTTO IN YOUR LIFE, ALL OF OUR LIVES. I WANT TO BE THE

FIRST ONE WHEN THERE'S A NEED, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE THE ONE

THAT'S STILL DOING IT UNTIL THE PROJECT'S FINISHED. "NOW YOU

SHOULD FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED," HE SAID. "LET THE EAGERNESS YOU

SHOWED IN THE BEGINNING BE MATCHED NOW BY YOUR GIVING. GIVE

IN PROPORTION TO WHAT YOU HAVE." IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, THIS

IS VERY IMPORTANT. EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT PART. SOME PEOPLE

HAVE MORE WEALTH. SOME PEOPLE HAVE LOTS OF RESERVES. OTHERS

ARE MAYBE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK OR YOU'RE ON ASSISTANCE. BUT YOU

KNOW, NO AMOUNT OF WEALTH SEEMING NATURAL WEALTH OR LACK

THEREOF SHOULD EXEMPT ANY OF US FROM GIVING. YOU KNOW WHAT THE

BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU GIVE, GOD WILL MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND

TOWARD YOU AND THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE ALL SUFFICIENCY IN

ALL THINGS. IF WE BELIEVE THAT VERSE, THEN EVEN IF WE HAVE A

LITTLE, COME ON, THE WIDOW TAUGHT US THAT. THAT EVEN IF YOU

HAVE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT LITTLE WIDOW

AND GO, OH NO, YOU POOR LITTLE THING, PUT THAT BACK IN YOUR

POCKET. THAT'S ALL YOU'VE GOT. JUST PUT IT BACK. HE DIDN'T SAY

THAT. NO, BECAUSE JESUS KNOWS THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT EVEN IF

YOU HAVE A LITTLE, THAT'S A PLACE TO START. IF YOU'RE EAGER

WITH THAT LITTLE BIT AND YOU STEWARD OVER IT AND YOU COMMIT

YOUR PART, LIKE PAUL SAID, TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, GOD WILL

EXPAND YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL. MAKE IT YOUR MISSION. I ALWAYS

MADE IT OUR MISSION. I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN PASTOR AND I, YOU

KNOW, OUR STORY OF HOW WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING STARTING OUT

IN MINISTRY, BUT I MADE IT MY MISSION. I SAID, I AM NOT GOING

TO LIVE FOREVER IN THE 20 BUCK A MONTH CLUB. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER

EARLY AS A YOUNG WOMAN, WHEN I WAS FIRST, WHICH WAS BEFORE WE

EVEN GOT MARRIED, I WOULD GIVE THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH THAT WE

WERE IN AT THAT TIME HAD A BUILDING PROJECT. AND I GAVE $20

WHEN I, EVERY ONCE A MONTH. AND LIKE I COULD AFFORD AND YOU

KNOW, $20 FOR A SINGLE YOUNG WOMAN BACK THEN IN 1987 IS, YOU

KNOW, THAT WAS A SACRIFICIAL, AT LEAST I FELT IT WASN'T A LOT,

BUT IT WAS ENOUGH. BUT I DECIDED I DON'T WANT TO BE FOREVER IN

THE $20 A MONTH CLUB. SEE, MAKE IT YOUR MISSION TO BE EAGER,

LIKE PAUL SAID, BECAUSE YOU ARE THEN OPENING YOURSELF FOR THE

NEXT LAYER. COME ON, SOMEBODY. A BLESSING THAT GOD WANTS TO BRING

YOU INTO. SO DON'T BE SATISFIED WITH WHERE YOU ARE. SO THIS WAS

PAUL, AND THEN HE SAID THIS LAST PART, AND I'LL FINISH THIS. GIVE

A PROPORTION TO WHAT YOU HAVE. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF

THAT. AND WHATEVER YOU GIVE IS ACCEPTABLE IF YOU DO IT EAGERLY.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE EXCITED AND YOU DO IT AND GIVE ACCORDING

TO WHAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? NOT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE. LISTEN, IF

WE ALL LOOKED AT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE, LISTEN, I WOULDN'T HAVE

BUILT A BUILDING IF WE WERE BASING IT ON WHAT WE DON'T HAVE,

YOU KNOW? AND PASTOR KEPT ADDING THINGS. QUICK BACKSTORY AND THEN

WE'RE GONNA GIVE. WHEN WE DID THIS, THE SOUTH HALF OF THE

BUILDING, SOME OF YOU WERE HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT

BEFORE WE ADDRESSED THIS AREA DOWN THERE, WE WERE, HOW MANY OF

YOU GO BACK FAR ENOUGH BEFORE ANY REMODEL HAPPENED ON THE

OUTSIDE? AND IT LOOKED AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE PIZZA BUILDING

BACK THEN. THAT WAS A JOKE. AND WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE ARCHITECT

REPHASE A LITTLE SPACE ON THE FRONT. IT MIGHT'VE JUST BEEN AS

WIDE AS THESE FRONT ROW CHAIRS HERE, JUST TO SPECIFY SO PEOPLE

AT LEAST KNEW WHAT DOOR TO GO IN TO GO TO CHURCH. BECAUSE THESE

WERE BAYS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DOORS LOOKED THE SAME. WE

LITERALLY WATCHED PEOPLE GO UP LOCKED, LOCKED, AND THEN ONE

WOULD FINALLY OPEN. IT WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH. AND SO

WE HAD THIS LITTLE SPACE ALL MARKED OUT. I THOUGHT, OKAY, WE

CAN DO THAT. I THOUGHT, I'M GONNA GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO

WHERE THE THEATERS ARE. AND I THOUGHT,

(IMITATES EXPLOSION)

CHA-CHING. AND THEN HE GOES, AND I'M GONNA GO ALL THE WAY TO THE

CORNER DOWN ON THE SOUTH SO AT LEAST THAT WHOLE SECTION WILL BE

DONE. I THOUGHT, (IMITATES EXPLOSION)

AND THEN HE GOES, KEEPS GOING IN EVERY MEETING. IT KEPT GROWING.

AND THEN HE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WOULDN'T LOOK RIGHT. WE HAVE

TO GO AROUND THE CORNER 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T GO AROUND THE

CORNER, THE FRONT WILL LOOK GREAT AND PEOPLE COMING IN FROM

THE SIDE WON'T KNOW HOW GOOD IT LOOKS. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND

THE CORNER. NOW HE'S DOING THE WHOLE SOUTH END. AND THEN HE

SAID, "NO, WE GOTTA GO AROUND THAT BACK TOO, "BECAUSE IF WE

DON'T GO AROUND THAT BACK, "THAT BUILDING IS DENTED BACK THERE

AND IT LOOKS BAD." SO WE'RE GONNA GO AND PRETTY SOON THE

WHOLE OUTSIDE WAS REDONE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD DID IT.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T GO BY WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE. SO HERE'S WHAT WE'VE

RAISED. OUR GOAL IS $400,000. 50 OF THAT IS GOING TO LIVING WORD

IN SPENCER. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEIR CLOSING IS. IT'S THIS

FALL. BUT WE WANTED TO PAY FOR THAT, 3 AND 1/2 ACRES, FOR

$50,000 FOR THEM. AND THEN WE NEEDED $350,000 FOR THIS LINE OF

CREDIT THAT WE'RE FINISHING OUT FROM THE BUILD HERE. AND SO WE

RAISED $120,000 LAST WEEK. COME ON, GIVE GOD A HAND. WE ARE OVER

A QUARTER OF A WAY FROM OUR GOAL. SO WE'RE GONNA GO ANOTHER

ROUND THIS WEEK. HOW MANY OF YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA GET THERE? I

ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IT. AND WHAT A BLESSING FOR SPENCER THAT THEY

CAN PAY CASH FOR THE PROPERTY. I MEAN, AND DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUT

A LOAN AND DO ALL THE INTEREST AND ALL THE JUNK THAT GOES WITH

THAT. AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR THINGS. WE'RE GONNA GET THIS

BUILDING PAID OFF. AND THEN WE'VE GOT OTHER PROJECTS. I TOLD

YOU, PUT IT IN YOUR BRAIN, PLANT IT IN THERE. SAY, "BRAIN, DON'T

FORGET." YOU'RE GONNA REMEMBER THERE ARE SOME THINGS YET TO

COME, AND YOU ARE GONNA BE VERY EXCITED. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PUT

THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. EVERYBODY THAT'S GIVING,

TO HELP WITH THE PROJECT, WE NEED TO GIVE INTO THE BUILDING

FUND. OUR BUILDING FUND, THAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS LOWER

AND IT'S WHY WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, FOLKS. OUR

BUILDING FUND IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU OVER THIS

LINE OF CREDIT. IF IT WAS AT LAST YEAR'S PACE, THIS WOULD NOT

EVEN BE AN ISSUE. SO WE JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP. SO SEE

RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS BUILDING THE TABERNACLE. I'M

ASKING YOU TODAY TO GIVE A SACRIFICIAL SEED INTO THE

BUILDING PROJECT. NOW DON'T NEGATE YOUR TITHE. DON'T NEGATE

YOUR GENERAL GIVING. IT'S NOT GOOD TO SHIFT FROM ONE FUND TO

ANOTHER. THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ADDITION, BUT A SPECIAL BUILDING

THE TABERNACLE OFFERING AND LET'S GET ALL OF THIS KNOCKED

OUT. AND I, I'M BELIEVING WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO OPENING THE

HEAVENS WITH AN ABSOLUTE SURPLUS IN THE BUILDING FUND. HOW MANY

OF YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA? I THINK THAT'S A

GREAT IDEA. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR GIVING READY, THOSE OF

YOU THAT ALREADY GOT THAT SACRIFICIAL SEED, THOSE OF YOU

ONLINE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR THUMB ON THE BUTTON. LET'S GET READY,

LET'S STAND UP ON OUR FEET AND DO IT TOGETHER. WE'RE GONNA ALL

GIVE US ONE BODY TODAY. THAT'S WHY I LIKE US TO STAND. AND IT'S

ALSO A SYMBOL OF YOU TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ENEMY, AGAINST

ANY ATTACK IN YOUR OWN FINANCES. RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, HOLD YOUR

PHONE UP OR YOUR DEVICE, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, AND OF COURSE,

EVERYONE WITH AN ENVELOPE, HOLD IT UP. THOSE OF YOU WITH MAIL,

HOLD UP THAT MAIL ENVELOPE AND SAY THESE WORDS, SAY, LORD, I

THANK YOU. AS I GIVE INTO THIS BUILDING PROJECT TODAY, AS I

GIVE MY TITHE TODAY, AS I GIVE MY OFFERINGS TODAY, I THANK YOU,

LORD, THAT YOU ARE INVESTING BACK INTO ME EVERY SCRIPTURE

THAT THE WORD PROMISES CONCERNING MY GIVING. IT

COMES TO PASS IN MY LIFE. I WORSHIP YOU AND I THANK YOU

FOR IT. COME ON, IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. ALL RIGHT,

PASTOR MATT, LET'S DO OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER.

- THANK YOU, PASTOR BRENDA, AMEN. LET'S DECREE THIS

TOGETHER, CHURCH, AND ALSO BELIEVE SHIFT CHANGE COMES IN

OUR LIVES, AMEN? AMEN, WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY

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

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

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

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

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

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

LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE

UP MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS

WORK. WE PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE,

AND THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS

NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW.

NOW LOOK AT SOMEBODY AND TELL THEM, YOU'RE COMING INTO A SHIFT

CHANGE, AMEN? YOU ARE COMING INTO A SHIFT CHANGE,

AMEN? AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK.

- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, PASTOR MATT, AND

GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING. WOW,

WE RAISED OVER $100,000. I THINK YOU OUGHTA, AND YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING, I THINK YOU OUGHTA SAY YAY.

- YAY. - AND THEN SAY THIS. WE'RE GONNA

KNOCK THAT AMOUNT OUT. OKAY, LOOK AT

SOMEBODY AND SAY, WE ARE GONNA GET IT DONE. AND THEN

KINDA LOWER YOUR VOICE. WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE. NOW, WOMEN,

IF YOU DON'T WANNA DO THAT, HIGHER YOUR VOICE. AND I'M NOT

GONNA IMITATE THAT ONE. THERE YOU GO. BUT WE'RE GONNA GET IT

DONE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, HEY, I WANNA DO THIS BEFORE I PREACH.

WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE NEW MEMBERS INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP.

AND SO I'M GONNA GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE. SO WE'LL

LET THE USHERS CONTINUE TO SERVE. SO LET ME JUST MAKE A

COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS REAL FAST AND WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE THEM IN.

IF YOU DIDN'T SEE ME LAST TUESDAY ON FLASHPOINT, I TOLD

YOU I'D BE THERE, I WAS HERE. BUT THEY HAD TECHNICAL

DIFFICULTIES. AND I DON'T KNOW, OUR FEED WASN'T FEEDING. SO I

DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FASTING OR WHAT, BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT. SO

I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. AND THEN I DO WANNA MENTION, THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WILL NOT BE ON THIS WEEK. AND AS YOU

SAID, I TALKED TO PASTOR GENE FOR ALMOST A COUPLE HOURS

YESTERDAY, JUST TELLING HIM, YOU KNOW, HE'S IN AGREEMENT. I JUST

NEED, I NEED A DAY OFF. I THINK THAT'S WHAT, I THINK HE DOES. I

MEAN, YOU DO MORE THAN ME, BUT I NEED A DAY OFF. AND I DON'T MEAN

TO BE LIKE THAT. AND THE SECOND THING IS I HAVE TO GET CAUGHT UP

ON SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I REALLY NEED TO DO. SO I'M

NOT GONNA BE DOING MONDAYS. SO I'M GONNA HANG IN THERE WITH

TUESDAYS, BUT I WON'T BE ON THIS WEEK 'CAUSE I ALREADY HAD SOME

PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED STUFF. LIKE I SAID, I GOTTA HEAD TO THE

CHICAGO AREA HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I HAD SOME OTHER

THINGS SCHEDULED. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO OTH AND THEN INTO

OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, I MAY MISS A TUESDAY HERE AND THERE, BUT I

TOLD GENE, "HEY, YOU KNOW, I CAN SHOW UP ON ANOTHER NIGHT IF I

HAVE TO. WE'LL WORK IT ON." BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO I

DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT I'M GONNA STAY IN THERE, BUT IT MAY

NOT BE AS REGULAR AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN JUST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW

I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A SEASON WHERE I WANT TO BUILD SOME

THINGS HERE. BUT GOD SPOKE TO ME ABOUT THE MIDTERMS. I CAN'T TELL

YOU WHAT IT IS YET, BUT HE SAID AT THE RIGHT TIME, RELEASE IT.

AND I TOLD GENE, PROBABLY AROUND THE FIRST YEAR, I'M GONNA HAVE

TO HIT IT HARD AGAIN. WE GOTTA SHIFT THIS NATION AGAIN. AND WE

CANNOT LET OUR COUNTRY LOSE ANY GROUND. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO

KNOW THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT'S AT. ALL RIGHT, THEN

THE SECOND THING IS, BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE NEW MEMBERS IN, IF

THEY COULD PUT A PICTURE UP OF MY BOY. I WANNA MAKE AN

ANNOUNCEMENT. IT WAS LIKE A GUT PUNCH. JONATHAN WAS SCHEDULED TO

FIGHT. THERE'S ALL OF HIS BELTS THAT HE HOLDS IN DIFFERENT

CONFERENCES AND ALL OF HIS MEDALS. HE'S A WORLD CHAMP. HE

WAS GONNA FIGHT ON THE OCTOBER 19TH CONTENDER SERIES WITH DANA

WHITE AND ALL OF THAT. AND LAST WEEK HE WAS SPARRING, YOU KNOW,

LIKE PRACTICING AND SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS RIB AND HE GOT

INJURED. AND THEY SAID, "YOU CANNOT FIGHT." AND IT'S GONNA BE

LIKE EIGHT WEEKS. I KNOW HE'S WATCHING RIGHT NOW, LIKE EIGHT

WEEKS RECOVERY. THE UFC REACHED BACK OUT AND SAID, "JOHN, THIS

IS, MAN, WE ARE GONNA STAND WITH YOU." NOW KEEP IN MIND, HE'S A

TYPE ONE DIABETIC THAT WAS DIAGNOSED. HE WAS DIAGNOSED, I

SHOULD SAY, AT THE AGE OF 10 AS A TYPE ONE DIABETIC. AND EVEN

THE DIABETES ASSOCIATION IS SAYING, "THIS IS REMARKABLE WHAT

THIS MAN IS DOING." THEY'RE BACKING HIM. SO I WANT YOU TO

PUT UP THE OTHER GRAPHIC BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN AND THEY'VE

ASKED HOW THEY CAN HELP JOHN WITH HIS RECOVERY. HE HAS TO

TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE RECOVERY STUFF. BRENDA AND I DO

WHAT WE CAN, WE SPONSOR HIM, BUT EVERYBODY HAS THINGS THAT THEY

WANNA DO. AND IF YOU WANNA JUST ENCOURAGE HIM, IT WAS HARD

CALLING A KID WHO'S WORKED HIS TAIL OFF AND THEN HAS TO GO TO

THE RING AND FIGHT WITH BLOOD SUGAR SOMETIMES AT 400. YOU KNOW

HOW MUCH THAT HURTS IN YOUR BODY? MOST PEOPLE, YOUR BLOOD

SUGAR, IF IT'S NORMAL, IS 70 TO 100, MAYBE A LITTLE ABOVE. 400,

YOU START FEELING YOUR KIDNEYS, YOU START FEELING IN YOUR

JOINTS, YOUR MUSCLES, AND HE FIGHTS THROUGH THAT. SO IF YOU'D

LIKE TO HELP HIM, HE SAID HE WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. THERE'S

THE INFORMATION AND ANYTHING WOULD BE OF AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO

HIM. IF YOU WANNA TUCK IN A LITTLE NOTE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

CAN DO IT THAT WAY, BUT YOU CAN GO OUT TO HIS SOCIAL MEDIA

ACCOUNTS. BUT I TOLD JOHN, I ALWAYS KNOW THIS, THAT WHAT

LOOKS LIKE A SETBACK IS A SETUP. AND WHAT I AM PRAYING FOR IS THE

CONTENDER SERIES. AND JOHN, I DIDN'T TELL YOU THIS, I KNOW

YOU'RE WATCHING. MAYBE THIS IS TACKY TO SAY THIS WORLDWIDE, BUT

I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOU. AND I FEEL LIKE THE CONTENDER SERIES

WAS, IF YOU WIN RIGHT THEN AND THERE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD,

THEY SIGN YOU RIGHT THERE TO THE UFC, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE THE

NFL. IF YOU LOSE, YEAH, IT MAY BE A WHILE. I FEEL LIKE

SOMETHING WITH HIS RIB WAS ALREADY FRAGILE. AND HAD HE GOT

IN THE RING, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT TURNOUT. AND I AM

PRAYING THAT THE UFC BYPASSES ALL OF THAT AND JUST OFFERS HIM

A CONTRACT AND SAYS, "COME ON, WE GOT AN OPPONENT FOR YOU." SO,

YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND JOHN, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO

HONOR YOU. YOU'VE BEEN AN AMAZING MAN. I MEAN, WE ALWAYS

SEE PASTOR MATT UP HERE AND SO ARE YOU, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A

MOMENT TO HONOR YOU. YOU WALK WITH GOD, WHO YOU ARE AS A SON,

BUT ALSO AS A HUMAN BEING. AND WE'RE GONNA STAND WITH YOU. AND

WE LOVE YOU, GOLDEN TIGER. ALL RIGHT, I'LL TALK WITH YOU SOON.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT, I THINK THE OFFERING HAS BEEN RECEIVED. IF

YOU WENT THROUGH THE NEW MEMBER CLASS, IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND

TO STAND UP, EXCUSE ME, AND COME FORWARD, WE WANNA RECEIVE YOU

INTO OUR CHURCH FAMILY HERE. COME ON FORWARD AND JUST STAND

RIGHT HERE. BY THE WAY, I REMEMBER YOU TOO. I

REMEMBER WHEN YOU GOT SPIRIT-FILLED A FEW,

WHAT WAS IT, A FEW WEEKS AGO?

- PENTECOSTAL.

- GOOD MEMORY. I MEAN, THAT IS LIKE, THAT IS A SPECIAL MOMENT

WHEN YOU SAY PENTECOST SUNDAY. SO THAT IS REALLY, REALLY

SPECIAL. AND I'VE JUST SEEN GOD'S TOUCH ON YOU. AND THANK

YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE FAMILY. ARE YOU GUYS ENJOYING

IT? I PRAY YOU ARE. GOOD. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU AS WELL. WELL,

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO PRAY. AND THE REASON I LIKE TO DO THIS IS I

LIKE TO LAY MY HANDS ON YOU 'CAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE

SCRIPTURE THAT TALKS ABOUT PSALM 133. I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY HAVE

HEARD OF IT. HEY, THERE'S OUR FRIEND. GOD SPOKE TO YOU LAST

WEEK. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW,

THERE'S A PRINCIPLE WHERE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HOW GOOD AND HOW

PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. AND IT

IS LIKE THE ANOINTING, THE POWER OF GOD THAT COMES DOWN UPON THE

HEAD. WELL, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHO GOD CHOOSES. OBVIOUSLY THAT

WOULD BE PASTOR BRENNAN AND I AND OUR LEADERSHIP HERE. BUT

THEN IT COMES DOWN ON THE BEARD, WHICH IS LEADERSHIP, BUT THEN IT

COMES DOWN ON THE BODY. AND I REALLY ALWAYS LIKE TO PRAY THAT

WHATEVER GRACE THAT GOD HAS PUT ON THE MINISTRY WILL COME ON

YOUR LIFE. ISN'T THAT AWESOME? SO THAT YOU CAN THRIVE. NOW WE

RECEIVE YOU ALSO, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT,

I'M AN E-MEMBER, I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS AS WELL. AND NOW

HERE'S THE THING THAT I WANT TO DO IS I JUST WANT TO LET YOU

KNOW THAT WE RECEIVE YOU IN. SO PASTOR BRENDA, DO YOU HAVE A

MICROPHONE? - I DO.

- OH, I WAS LIKE, I DON'T SEE IT LIKE THIS. YOU THREW ME

OUT. COULD YOU PRAY OVER THE PRECIOUS PEOPLE THAT WE'RE

GOING TO COME DOWN AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO LAY OUR HANDS

ON YOU AND RECEIVE YOU INTO FELLOWSHIP.

- THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE JOINING ONLINE AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

IN THE ROOM, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS COMMITTING

THEMSELVES TO THIS MINISTRY THROUGH THEIR ACT OF SERVICE,

THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR DEDICATION TO JOIN THE CHURCH

FAMILY. AND FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU. LET THIS BE A NEW

CHAPTER IN THEIR LIFE. I PRAY, FATHER, THAT THIS WILL BE A

TURNING OF A PAGE. AN OLD SEASON IS GONE, IT'S PASSED AWAY. AND

FATHER, WE PRAY AS WE RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP IN

HERE AND THOSE ONLINE, WE RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS

FELLOWSHIP. AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU NOW THAT EACH ONE GROWS,

THEY FLOURISH, THEIR GIFTS, THEIR TALENTS, THEIR ABILITIES

WILL BE RIGHTED. IT'LL BE, IT'LL LOCK INTO PLACE. AND WE THANK

YOU, LORD, THAT ALL THAT YOU HAVE CALLED THEM TO DO AND TO

BECOME, IT SHALL MANIFEST POWERFULLY IN THEIR LIFE IN

JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. - THANK YOU, LORD.

- AMEN. AMEN. - AMEN. AMEN.

- WELL, WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN THERE AND WE'RE GONNA

RECEIVE YOU INTO FELLOWSHIP. BRENDA, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE

LEFT. YOU KNOW, SHE IS LEFT-HANDED, SO WE'LL GO TO THE

RIGHT. HOW MANY OF YOU, I JUST GOTTA ASK THIS.

- THE STAIRS ARE SKINNIER ON THAT SIDE.

- I GOTTA ASK THIS, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HOW MANY OF

YOU, YOU ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND ONE OF YOU IS LEFT

-HANDED, THE OTHER ONE'S RIGHT? AH, ISN'T THAT AMAZING? SO YOU

HAVE TO, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO EAT, YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE

OPPOSITE END 'CAUSE YOU HIT EACH OTHER. YOU EVER DO THAT? SEE,

WE'RE NORMAL PEOPLE. SEE, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?

FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE TWO.

- YES, LORD, THANK YOU, JESUS. - RELEASE THAT ANOINTING, WE

RELEASE THAT GRACE, AND WE RECEIVE

THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP. MAN, WHEN I TOUCH YOU,

I JUST HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST TELL ME TO TELL YOU, BE

VERY OPEN, WHERE GOD WANTS TO HAVE YOU DO SOMETHING IN

COMMUNITY EFFORTS, SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS GONNA HAVE

YOUR EFFORTS, YOUR HANDS, YOUR VOICE, THAT IS GONNA HELP SHIFT

SOME THINGS, AND WRITE SOME THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. LORD,

WE RELEASE THAT GRACE, WE RECEIVE THIS ONE INTO THIS

FELLOWSHIP. AND I THANK YOU, LORD. MAN, KEEP HITTING THE

STREETS, 'CAUSE THERE'S A GRACE ON YOU TO WIN A LOT OF PEOPLE

FOR THE LORD. FATHER, WE RELEASE THE ANOINTING, THE GRACE THAT

YOU HAVE PLACED UPON THIS HOUSE, IT STANDS UPON THIS ONE.

OVERCOMES. LORD, THERE'S A PURSUING, A RECOVERING OF ALL.

THINGS LOST, THINGS RETURNED. FATHER, I SEE THAT. AND I EVEN

SPEAK REGARDING FAMILY. FATHER, IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, WE THANK

YOU FOR THESE TWO, LEFT AND RIGHT, WORKING TOGETHER. FATHER,

I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CALLED OF YOU. AND SO WE RELEASE THAT

ANOINTING. WE RELEASE THE GRACE THAT IS UPON THIS HOUSE. FATHER,

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HELP TO BE PART OF A

STRONG DISCIPLESHIP AND TRAINING AS A COUPLE, AND THEY'RE GONNA

BE KNOWN FOR GOOD DOCTRINE. AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TEACH AND

BE UNDER GOOD DISCIPLESHIP OF THIS HOUSE THAT WILL POSITION

THEM FOR SUCH A THING. LORD, WE RELEASE THAT ANOINTING AND THAT

GRACE IS UPON THIS HOUSE AND WE THANK YOU. WOW, WOW. I USUALLY

DON'T MINISTER TO PEOPLE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE

THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE

THERE'S NO ISSUES REGARDING YOUR BODY. GOD IS JUST ALIGNING

SOMETHING OVER YOUR HEALTH AND OVER YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU, LORD.

LORD, I RELEASE THAT ANOINTING, THE GRACE THAT IS UPON THIS

HOUSE. WE RECEIVE THIS ONE INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP IN YESHUA'S

NAME. YOU'VE ASKED, NOW YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE. YOU'RE IN A

MOMENT OF RECEIVING. I CAN SEE THAT. LORD, WE RELEASE THAT

ANOINTING. WE RECEIVE THIS ONE. WE RELEASE THAT GRACE. WE

RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP IN JESUS' NAME. I SAW

THE LORD. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. AND I JUST

SEE PEOPLE TELLING YOU, NO, YOU'VE BEEN TELLING YOURSELF NO,

BUT GOD SAYS THE ANSWER OVER YOU IS YES AND AMEN. AND SO YOU WILL

SEE IT. AND SO IT WILL BE. NOW LORD, YOU ALREADY SPOKE. AND WE

THANK YOU FOR THAT THING BEING SET IN MOTION. WE RELEASE THAT

ANOINTING. WE RECEIVE THE GRACE. - YES, OH GOD.

- WE RELEASE THAT GRACE, RECEIVE THEM INTO THIS FELLOWSHIP, INTO

THIS HOUSE IN YESHUA'S NAME. - YES, LORD.

- THANK YOU, LORD. THANK YOU, LORD. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE

LAST THING. I JUST SEE YOU LIKE WITH A MEMORY BOOK AND ALL THE

THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND STUFF IS ALL GONNA BE A MEMORY BECAUSE

THERE IS SUCH A NEW SEASON THAT YOU'RE ENTERING INTO AND A NEW

CHAPTER BEING WRITTEN. LORD, I RELEASE THE ANOINTING. WE

RELEASE THE GRACE. WE RECEIVE HIM INTO THIS HOUSE IN YESHUA'S

NAME. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY HERE, THE BALM OF GILEAD IS JUST GOING

OVER YOUR LIFE AND OVER YOUR BODY AND EVEN ALL TO YOUR FLESH.

AND EVEN YOUR WORK OF YOUR HANDS ARE GONNA GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF

INCREASE AND PROSPERITY AS RESOURCES ARE GONNA FIND YOU.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO LOOK FOR IT. THEY'RE GONNA FIND YOU.

SO GOD SAYS, "GET READY, YOUR HANDS ARE GONNA BE BUSY IN

YESHUA'S NAME." ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S STAND ON OUR FEET REAL

QUICK. STRETCH. THANK YOU, GUYS. WE LOVE YOU. WE RECEIVE THEM.

COME ON, THAT'S YOUR FAMILY. AMEN. AND ALSO, WE RELEASE THAT

GRACE. YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR SEATS. WE RELEASE THE GRACE UPON

EVERY E-MEMBER AND THOSE THAT ARE BEING RECEIVED INTO THIS

HOUSE. MAY IT BE ALSO FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR HOUSE IN YESHUA'S

NAME. AMEN. PASTOR DOJI, THAT'S A PASTOR FRIEND OF YOURS THERE,

RIGHT? I JUST SAW AS I WAS WALKING BY, THERE IS A MIRACLE.

WHEN I'M TELLING YOU A MIRACLE COMING REGARDING A FACILITY,

DON'T GET COMFORTABLE, DON'T GET COMFORTABLE, 'CAUSE THERE'S

SOMETHING I SEE OF A BUILDING, A FACILITY THAT IS BIGGER THAN

WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU'VE KNOWN. THERE IS AN EXPANSION AND

A GROWTH. YOU'VE BEEN ABOUT A FEW, BUT NOW GOD SAYS YOU'RE

GONNA BE ABOUT MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY ARE COMING TO YOU. GREAT

NUMBERS, EXPANSION, MINISTRY, DISCIPLESHIP, TRAINING,

SCHOOLING, ALL OF THIS IS ABOUT TO COME. AND SO THERE'S

SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE'S EVEN A FAVOR

THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE CITY, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE

GOVERNMENT, WHERE THIS FACILITY IS GONNA COME, AND IT'S GONNA BE

MIRACULOUS. SO GET READY. THE LORD SAYS, "START THINKING

BIGGER, "START PRAYING BIGGER, AND GET YOUR EYES AND START

LOOKING," 'CAUSE I'M GONNA SHOW WHAT I HAVE. IT'S GONNA BE

REVEALED. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN QUICKLY. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL,

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED. I WANNA TALK TO YOU TODAY. OPEN

YOUR BIBLES, PLEASE, TO ISAIAH CHAPTER, WHAT IS THAT, MY

GLASSES. I WAS TRYING CONTEXT, ISAIAH 42, I WAS TRYING CONTEXT

TO READ AND THE ONES THAT THEY GAVE ME, I JUST DON'T THINK

THEY'RE STRONG ENOUGH. SO I'M LIKE, I THINK I'M GONNA, LIKE,

FOR THE FOURTH TIME, NOT DO IT. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTEXT TO

READ? YOU EVER NOTICE THAT IT MIGHT BE, BUT THEN IT'S LIKE

WHEN YOU TRY TO LOOK OUT, IT MIGHT BE BLURRY. HAVE YOU HAD

THAT YET? I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T LIKE IT. SO I'M

BELIEVING FOR MY EYES. WOULD YOU BELIEVE FOR MY EYES? LISTEN, YOU

CAN SEE HOW GOOD MY EYES ARE. LOOK AT MY WIFE, MAN. I MEAN,

DID YOU SEE WHAT, I WAS ABLE TO FIND THAT FOXY MAMA, AND IT

TAKES SOME GOOD EYES TO LOCATE THAT GIRL. BRENDA, YOUR NICKNAME

IS SURE FINE. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT ISAIAH 42. NOW, WE ARE IN A TIME

OF A, I WANT YOU TO SAY IT, SHIFT, CHANGE. NOW, THIS IS NOT

PUNISHMENT. THE ONLY WAY IT BECOMES PUNISHMENT IS IF YOU

DON'T OBEY IT, OKAY? YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE

BIT ABOUT MINDSETS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE GOTTA GET OUT OF

MINDSETS, BUT REALLY WHAT I CALL MINE-SETS, M-I-N-E, MINE-SET.

IT'S UP TO ME. I AM GOING TO DETERMINE IT. NOW, IF YOU ARE A

PERSON THAT IS BOUND BY SOCIAL MEDIA, 'CAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE, A

LOT OF TIMES, SOCIAL MEDIA IS ALL ABOUT YOU. YOU GOTTA BE

CAREFUL, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. IF YOU'RE ALL ABOUT YOUR

CAREER, YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. IF YOU'RE ALL ABOUT YOUR TIME, YOUR

RECREATION, WHAT YOU WANNA DO, YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. AND SO, IT

REALLY ISN'T, IT'S NOT THAT GOD'S TORTURING US OR WHIPPING

US, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY, LOOK, IF YOU WILL

GIVE ME YOUR WILL, IF YOU WILL OBEY WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE

LORD'S ASKING YOU, THEN YOU WILL MAKE A SHIFT THAT WILL ACTUALLY

BRING YOU INTO ADVANCEMENT. OKAY, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS.

SO, IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 42, GOD MAKES IT VERY CLEAR. HE SAYS,

Isaiah 42 · chapter mention

BEHOLD, IN OTHER WORDS, PAY ATTENTION. REMEMBER, WE'RE IN

5786. THAT'S THE HEBREW YEAR. IT'S THE CALENDAR YEAR. IT'S THE

HEBREW HEY, WHICH MEANS PAY ATTENTION. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT

YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, THAT MEANS ME.

ANYWAY, BUT PAY ATTENTION. HEY, EVERYBODY SAY HEY.

- WELL, WHAT IS GOD TRYING TO TELL US TO PAY ATTENTION TO?

LOOK AT ISAIAH 42:9. "BEHOLD, FORMER THINGS ARE COMING TO

Isaiah 42:9

PASS." IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A SHIFT CHANGE, JUST LIKE AT A

JOB. THERE'S A TIME WHEN MAYBE THE FIRST SHIFT WORK, THAT TIME

FRAME IS ALREADY OVER, IT'S COMPLETE. NOW A NEW SHIFT COMES.

HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN PART IN THE WORKFORCE OF A SHIFT

CHANGE, RIGHT? OR YOU WERE PART OF THAT? IT'S AN END OF ONE

TIME, ONE SEASON, TO NOW SOMETHING NEW, A NEW SEASON. SO

OLD THINGS COME TO PASS, AND THE MORE YOU HOLD ON TO YOUR PAST,

OR EVEN YOUR PRESENT MOMENT, YOU MAY NOT SHIFT. YOU GOTTA BE

WILLING TO SAY, GOD, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT FOR ME TO GIVE

UP, I'LL DO IT. SO THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS. THERE

IS AN END TO IT. AND A NEW THING I DECLARE. NOW THAT'S THE SHIFT.

NOW GOD'S TRYING TO TELL US, BECAUSE SEPTEMBER 22ND OF THIS

YEAR, WE ENTER INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH NEW

YEAR. THAT'S HOW GOD LOOKS AT THINGS THROUGH EVENTS, BUT HE

DOES HONOR CERTAIN THINGS ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT HE CAN TAKE

THESE EVENTS AND GIVE US A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT HE WANTS TO

DO. WELL, 5786, THIS NEW YEAR, 2026, IS ABOUT A LINE IN THE

SAND. THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE HEBREW MEANS, WHERE GOD'S

DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND, BUT SO DO YOU, SO THAT YOU CAN COME

INTO THE GREATEST THINGS THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, WHEN

I WAS TALKING WITH JOHN ON THE PHONE, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO

GIVE HIM A LITTLE SPACE. I SAID TO HIM, I SAID, JOHN, THERE'S

TWO PRINCIPLES THAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY LIFE. AND THIS IS

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE ELECTION TO SAY

THAT THINGS HAS BEEN EASY FOR THIS VESSEL, OH MY GOSH, YOU

KNOW, I'VE HAD TO, WHEW, WE'VE HAD TO GET THE PRAYER TEAM

FASTING AND PRAYING, IT'S JUST BEEN, THERE'S BEEN AN INTENSITY

OF THINGS. AND IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING, TWO

PRINCIPLES, NUMBER ONE, THE CHARACTER OF GOD. IF GOD SAYS

ABOUT HIMSELF THAT HE IS A GOD THAT DOESN'T LIE, HE SAID, "LET

GOD BE TRUE AND EVERY MAN A LIAR," THAT MEANS WHATEVER GOD

SAYS IN HIS WORD, YOU CAN BANK ON IT. WHAT GOD HAS SAID ABOUT

HIS CHARACTER, YOU CAN BANK ON IT. SO I TOLD JOHN, I SAID,

"JOHN, THE KEY IS "IS THE CHARACTER OF GOD." HE SAYS, "I'M

THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER." SO IMAGINE THIS FOR A

MOMENT. CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING MOSES? AND HERE YOU ARE, THIS

GUY THAT IS GIVING EVERY KIND OF EXCUSE UNDER THE SUN. I CAN'T, I

WON'T, I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH, I'M NOT QUALIFIED, I DON'T SPEAK

RIGHT, I DON'T DO THIS RIGHT, I CAN'T. REMEMBER MOSES? AND THEN

GOD FINALLY GETS HIM AND TELLS HIM, TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, COME

ON, THAT'S AN OLD SEASON. TAKE OFF THOSE SHOES. IT'S NOT ABOUT

YOU, MOSES, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR WALK, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR FLESH,

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR WAYS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOUR TIMING, MOSES,

IT'S ABOUT ME. NOW TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF, AND I'M GONNA SHIFT

YOU. AND THEN HE TELLS HIM, HE SAYS, HEY, TAKE THAT STICK AND

THROW IT DOWN, BECAUSE THE SHIFT THAT I'M ASKING YOU DOESN'T COME

WITHOUT THIS PRINCIPLE, SUPERNATURAL ENABLEMENT. WHEN

GOD SHIFTS YOU, GET READY, THE SUPERNATURAL IS GOING TO EXCEL

YOUR NATURAL. AND GOD SAID TO HIM, HE SAID, "AND HERE'S WHAT

I'M GONNA DO. "WHEN YOU GO, YOU TELL THEM I AM SENT YOU." AND I

SAID TO GOD THE OTHER DAY, I WAS OUTSIDE, I WENT OUTSIDE TO PRAY,

THE STARS WERE BEAUTIFUL. I SAID, "GOD, LISTEN TO ME." I

SAID, "I STAND IN THIS MOMENT OF THE AWE AND THE WONDER "OF WHAT

MY EYES SEE AS I LOOK AT YOUR PLANETS, "YOUR STARS, GOD, OF

ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD SAY TO MAN. "WHEN YOU CAME AND YOU

INTRODUCED YOURSELF, "YOU SAID, 'I AM.' "I SAID, 'GOD, I TREMBLE

IN THE HONOR OF THAT.' "THAT MEANS I AM GONNA HELP YOU. "I AM

GONNA HEAL YOU IF YOU NEED HEALING. "I AM GONNA PROVIDE FOR

YOU IF YOU NEED PROVISION. "I AM GONNA LEAD YOU IN THE WAY AND I

WON'T LET YOU DROWN. "I AM GONNA STAND WITH YOU AND I'M GONNA

HELP YOU." I SAID, "WHAT A NAME." COME ON, JUST TELL HIM

THAT. I AM. OH, GOD, WE WORSHIP AND HONOR YOU. I SAID, "THAT IS

SO AMAZING TO ME." I SAID, "I KINDA LIKE THAT NAME." BUT I

SAID, "BUT GOD, WHEN YOU CAME "AND YOU WALKED PAST MOSES, YOU

INTRODUCED YOURSELF," AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS SHARING WITH JOHN.

"YOU SAID, 'I AM THE LORD GOD. "'I AM,' THAT'S HIS NAME AGAIN,

"'I AM THE LORD GOD. "'AND I AM FULL OF SUCH GOODNESS, ABSOLUTE

GOODNESS. "'YOU CAN'T FIND ANY BAD IN ME. "'AND I'M FULL OF

MERCY, LOVING KINDNESS, AND TRUTH.'" SO NO MATTER WHAT

YOU'RE FACING OR YOU THINK IS SO DIFFICULT IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING, FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE I AM. I AM WHAT?

EVERYTHING YOU NEED. I AM ABLE TO DO IT. I'M CAPABLE OF DOING

IT. AND I AM WITH YOU. BUT HERE'S WHAT'S EVEN MORE POWERFUL

ABOUT THAT. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER GOD, YOU CAN REST.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN FEAR. BUT THEN THE SECOND PRINCIPLE I

TOLD THEM IS THIS, EPHESIANS 3:20. WHENEVER GOD DOES

Ephesians 3:20

SOMETHING WITH YOU, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP

SOMETHING OR SOMETHING HAPPENED OR SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING OUT

OR HOW MUCH LONGER, COME ON, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER PRAYED THOSE

PRAYERS? GOD, HOW MUCH LONGER? MAN, I USED TO DO THAT OVER THIS

BUILDING. HOW MUCH LONGER? I'M TIRED OF AN UGLY BUILDING. AND

THEN ONE TIME GOD TOLD ME ABOUT THE MANGER AND HOW THAT WAS

UGLY. AND ONE TIME I TOLD HIM, I TOLD YOU THIS LAST WEEK, I SAID,

"LORD, I DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT STORY AGAIN." I TOLD HIM, I

SAID, "YOU KNOW, LORD, SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE GET OLD, THEY START

REPEATING STORIES." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

HE SAID, NO, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HE SAID TO ME, HE SAID,

NO, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO ME, HE GOES, "NOW, THAT IS FUNNY,

BUT IT'S NOT TRUE." I SAID, "OKAY, THEN I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON

IT. IT'S NOT TRUE ABOUT YOU, BUT IT'S TRUE ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE

EARTH." ANYWAY, SO HE DID LIKE IT. HE THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF

FUNNY. BUT YOU KNOW, AND I WAS BEING HONEST WITH HIM, AND I

SAID, YOU KNOW, DON'T TELL ME THAT STORY, I DON'T WANNA HEAR

IT. IT'S NOT RELEVANT FOR MY PRESENT NEED. BUT EPHESIANS 3:20

Ephesians 3:20

IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE LEARNED IS THIS. GOD DOES EXCEEDINGLY,

ABUNDANTLY, BEYOND WHAT YOU COULD ASK OR THINK IF HE'S GOING

TO SHIFT YOU. RIGHT, AND I TOLD YOU THE PRINCIPLE OF HEBREWS 10,

THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE COVENANTS, GOD TAKES AWAY THE

OLD, NOT TO TORTURE YOU, BUT TO BLESS YOU. AND IF HE'S GONNA

BLESS YOU IN THE SHIFT CHANGE, IT'S GONNA BE ACCORDING TO

EPHESIANS 3:20, IT'S GONNA BE EXCEEDINGLY, IT'S GONNA BE

Ephesians 3:20

ABUNDANT, AND IT'S GONNA BE ON WHAT YOU COULD ASK OR THINK.

IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS

PLACE. THIS IS GOD'S HOUSE. I MEAN, IF I COULD HAVE SEEN, SAW

THIS, SEEN THIS, WHATEVER THE CORRECT ENGLISH IS, DON'T

CORRECT ME. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS, SO YOU FIGURE IT OUT.

IF THIS WAS REVEALED TO ME, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT

MORE, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW, BRENDA, YOU WERE WITH ME

IN THE JOURNEY. I THINK I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A

LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT. YOU UNDERSTAND?

SO GOD IS TRYING TO GET US PREPARED FOR SOMETHING THAT IS

REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GREAT IN THIS SHIFT CHANGE. I WANT YOU TO

GO TO ROMANS 12 AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA PICK BACK UP AND I WANNA

KINDA HIT SOME THINGS HERE. I GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME

SENSITIVE TODAY 'CAUSE I HAVE A FLIGHT. BUT ROMANS 12, I DIDN'T

WANNA MISS THE SERVICE, SO I WANTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU, SO I

WORKED SOME THINGS OUT. SO ROMANS 12, LOOK HERE, IT SAYS,

"I BESEECH YOU, THEREFORE, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD." SO IF YOU,

HOW MANY OF YOU WANNA COME INTO THE ALIGNMENT THAT YOU FULFILL

THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE? HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER FIELD

DAY OR TRACK AND FIELD DAY? RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OF YOU

THAT ARE WATCHING. AND THE MEDAL OR THE RIBBON THAT I HATED WAS

THE HONORABLE MENTION OR PARTICIPATE. NOW, YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD SPORT, RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU

SUCK, YOU KNOW YOU SUCKED AT IT, IT'S LIKE, WHY DEGRADE THE KID?

YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE SLOWEST TURTLE ON THE TRACK TEAM, RIGHT?

YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE ONE THAT THEY HAD TO PUT AT THE END OF

THE RELAY, THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU, BUT THEY GOTTA FULFILL THE FACT

THAT, RIGHT? IT'S FIELD DAY, IT'S SIXTH GRADE, RIGHT? BRING

THE TURTLE. GIVE YOU AN HONORABLE MENTION. I DON'T KNOW

WHAT MY POINT IS. WHAT'S MY POINT? I WAS MAKING SUCH A GREAT

POINT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POINT WAS. HUH? I WAS ON ROMANS

12, SO LET'S ROAM BACK THERE. MAYBE THEY'LL COME BACK TO ME.

LORD, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE POINT WAS. HMM, ANYWAY, JUST

RECEIVE THAT, WHATEVER THAT WAS. YOU'RE WORTH MORE THAN HONORABLE

MENTION. NOW, IT SAYS PRESENT YOUR, OH, THE GOOD, OKAY, THAT'S

RIGHT. I KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S A GREAT POINT. SO HOW MANY OF YOU

WOULD RATHER HAVE THE GOLD, THE SILVER, OR THE BRONZE? NOT THE

HONORABLE MENTION CERTIFICATE, RIGHT? WELL, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE

TO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE WILL OF GOD, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF

THE WILL OF GOD. YOU DON'T WANT THE LOW LEVEL. YOU WANT THE

HIGHEST METAL POSSIBLE, RIGHT? YOU WANT THE PERFECT WILL OF

GOD. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. YOU'VE GOT TO SHIFT IN

YOUR MIND, BUT YOUR MIND. NOW NOTICE HOW TO DO IT. THEREFORE,

BY THE MERCIES OF GOD, I PRESENT YOUR BODIES AS A LIVING

SACRIFICE. SO THE FIRST THING IS, IS A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT

ENERGY AND TIME INTO THEIR BODIES, SUPPLEMENTS, VITAMINS,

EXERCISE. KEEP DOING IT, KEEP DOING IT. DO A LITTLE EXTRA FOR

ME. AND HOPEFULLY GOD WILL GIVE ME CREDIT, YOU KNOW, WORK ON ME.

BUT HERE'S THE POINT, DON'T BE A PERSON THAT YOU PUT ALL YOUR

TIME AND ENERGY IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU EAT YOUR

SUPPLEMENTS, BUT YOU'RE NOT EATING THE WORD OF GOD. YOU CAN

GET TO THE GYM EARLY IN THE MORNING AT SIX, BUT YOU CAN'T

GET OUT OF BED TO PRAY. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

'CAUSE YOU'RE TOO TIRED. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER MORNING I GOT UP

AT LIKE 2.45 IN THE MORNING TO PRAY 'CAUSE I FELT GOD AND I

FELT LIKE I WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM. AND I WAS YAWNING

A LITTLE BIT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I, SO I PUT, SOMETIMES I'LL PUT

MY HAND ON MY HEAD LIKE THIS AND I'LL PUT PRESSURE ON IT SO THAT

MY MIND, YOU KNOW, WILL SHUT OFF AND I DON'T LET IT WANDER AND I

LET MY BODY BE REMINDED, MY BODY'S NOT IN CONTROL, NEITHER

IS MY MIND. MY SPIRIT PRAYS. AND I'LL DO THIS SO I CAN FOCUS. AND

I SAID, LORD, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU THAT I'M

TIRED 'CAUSE I STARTED TO SAY IT TO HIM, MAN, GOD, I'M REALLY

TIRED. MAYBE I SHOULD'VE STAYED IN BED. AND THEN I REMEMBERED

HOW MANY TIMES JESUS GOT UP TO PRAY AT THAT HOUR. I THOUGHT I'D

BETTER NOT EVEN GO THERE WITH THE FATHER. IT'S NOT EVEN AN

ARGUMENT. BUT JUST WE HAVE TO ADJUST IN PUTTING ALL OF OUR

ENERGY AND TIME INTO OUR BODY, OUR PHYSICAL ENERGY, THAT WE'RE

TOO TIRED OR NOT INTERESTED IN SPIRITUAL THINGS. IF YOU'RE LIKE

THAT, YOU WON'T SHIFT. YOU WON'T SHIFT IN THE WILL OF GOD. NOW

THE SECOND ONE IS THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. WELL HOW DO YOU

RENEW YOUR MIND? IT TELLS YOU, START LOOKING AT HOW THIS

CULTURE, THIS WORLD IS TRYING TO SPEAK TO YOUR HEAD, SHAPE YOUR

BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW, TALK YOU INTO THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY

DON'T NEED TO BE DOING. THE MORE YOU WANNA BE LIKE THE WORLD, BE

AROUND THE WORLD, TALK LIKE THE WORLD, FRIENDS WITH THE WORLD,

ACT LIKE THE WORLD, THE MORE IT WILL NOT ALIGN WITH THE PERFECT

WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE. IN FACT, YOU MIGHT MISS IT. SO LOOK

HERE, BECAUSE I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP. WE HAVE TO SHIFT IN OUR

PHYSICAL ENERGY. WE HAVE TO SHIFT WHERE WE DON'T LET OUR

HEAD TALK US OUT OF THINGS OR CONTROL US OR PULL US TO

WORLDLINESS, BUT BE TRANSFORMED. YOU GOTTA RENEW YOUR MIND BY THE

WORD OF GOD. BUT WATCH THIS, THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THE

GOOD, ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD. SO I'M AIMING FOR

THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD. SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T EXERCISE,

IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T USE YOUR BRAIN, IT JUST YOU HAVE TO BE

FIRST ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS. YOU KNOW WHY A LOT OF MARRIAGES

AREN'T SUCCESSFUL? BECAUSE EITHER THEY BASE IT OFF OF THEIR

PHYSICAL INTIMACY, WHETHER IT'S ENOUGH, NOT ENOUGH, OR GOOD

ENOUGH, RIGHT? OR THEY'RE EMOTIONAL, WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH,

WE DON'T CONNECT, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. YOU KNOW WHAT, IF

THAT'S THE CASE, THEN BRENDA AND I WOULD HAVE A TERRIBLE

MARRIAGE. WE DON'T, WE'RE THE MOST, TWO BORINGEST PEOPLE IN

THE WORLD. BUT WHAT MAKES OUR MARRIAGE GREAT, SPIRIT, SOUL,

AND BODY, IS WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD, EVEN WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW,

BEFORE I WAS DATING HER, AND THEN WHEN I STARTED COURTING HER

IS WE WERE PRAYER PARTNERS FIRST. WE WERE IN THE BIBLE

ALMOST EVERY DAY TOGETHER. WE WERE TALKING SCRIPTURES. BOB,

YOU KNEW US. WHERE'S BOB PETTIGREW? OH, HE'S GONE, HE

CAN'T EVEN ATTEST TO THIS. I MEAN, WHERE DID HE GO? THANKS,

TASHA, YOU WERE THERE, YOU'RE MARRIED TO HIM. YEAH, IT'S TRUE,

OKAY, THANKS. BUT THE POINT IS WE WERE PRAYER PARTNERS, MAN.

AND THEN WHEN I STARTED COURTING HER, THAT DIDN'T CHANGE. BRENT

AND I HAVE THIS SPIRITUAL CONNECTION BECAUSE THAT'S THE

PRINCIPLE OF HOW YOU MAKE A SHIFT CHANGE IS YOU HAVE TO BE

STRONG IN YOUR SPIRIT. YOU HAVE TO ALIGN YOUR SPIRIT WITH WHAT

GOD IS TELLING YOU. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS SPIRIT AND LIFE.

YOU'VE GOTTA ALIGN YOURSELF SO THAT YOUR BODY DOESN'T TALK YOU

OUT OF A SHIFT CHANGE. YOUR MIND DOESN'T TALK YOU OUT OF A SHIFT

CHANGE. WHEN YOU DO AND PRIORITIZE THE SPIRIT, IT ISN'T

HARD WHEN GOD ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING. YOU'LL JUST SHIFT.

AMEN? LISTEN, GOD'S ASKED ME TO DO A COUPLE THINGS. WE'LL LET

YOU KNOW COMING UP. AND I'VE BEEN INCREASING MY PRAYER TIME

BECAUSE I'M LIKE, WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET MY FAITH

ALIGNED A LITTLE BIT. I'M GONNA HAVE TO SHUT MY MIND OFF 'CAUSE

I WASN'T PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. SO LOOK AT

NUMBERS 13. I WANNA SHOW YOU THIS AGAIN. SOMETIMES PEOPLE LET

WRONG MINDSETS KEEP THEM FROM THEIR DESTINY. AND THIS IS

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH A WHOLE NATION, EXCEPT TWO PEOPLE,

JOSHUA AND CALEB. AND I WANNA SHOW YOU THIS. SO LOOK AT

NUMBERS 13:26-29. AND SO THE SPIES BROUGHT BACK WORD UNTO

Numbers 13:26–29

THEM AND SHOWED THEM THE FRUIT OF THE LAND. NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT

THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHO AND WHAT IS SPEAKING INTO YOU,

RIGHT? DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL PERSON, COULD BE

SOMEBODY ON TV, RIGHT? COULD BE THE BOOKS YOU'RE READING, COULD

BE THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU DO. SOMETHING IS SPEAKING TO YOU

CONSTANTLY. WHAT'S THE LOUDEST VOICE? IS IT GOD? I CAN'T HEAR

HIS VOICE. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY. WELL, I CAN'T HEAR GOD LIKE YOU.

WELL, DON'T COMPARE BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR GOD LIKE JESUS. I TRY

BECAUSE WHAT I DO IS I PRIORITIZE THE SPIRITUAL THINGS.

I PRAY IN TONGUES A LOT BECAUSE THAT'S THE SPIRIT AND SPIRIT

CONNECTION. I STAY IN MY BIBLE. I TALK TO GOD. LISTEN, IF JESUS

COULD GO UP TO THE TOMB OF LAZARUS AND BEFORE HE GETS

THERE, HE LIFTS UP HIS EYES. THAT'S ALL HE DID, HE LIFTED UP

HIS EYES, SAID, "FATHER, YOU'RE WITH ME." SEE, WHAT THAT IS IS

JESUS DEVELOPED SOMETHING. NOW, THEY WROTE A BOOK YEARS AGO

CALLED PRACTICING THE PRESENCE OF GOD. PRACTICING THE PRESENCE

OF GOD, IS THAT? I READ IT ONCE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS

ABOUT. PRACTICING THE PRESENCE OF GOD, I'M SURE, BUT ANYWAY.

BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. HOW MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY, YOU KNOW,

I LOOK UP TO GOD, I WINK AT HIM, I BLOW HIM A KISS. SOMETIMES I'M

LIKE, HEY GOD, COME WITH ME, MAN. YOU KNOW, AND I WALK LIKE,

'CAUSE HE IS WITH ME. YOU KNOW, I'LL WORSHIP HIM, I'LL LIFT UP

MY HANDS, I'LL ASK HIM QUESTIONS, HEY GOD, YOU KNOW, I

GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THIS. AND THEN I JUST, I WALK AS IF HE'S

GONNA TALK TO ME, HE'S GONNA GIVE ME THE ANSWER. IF I SEE

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, I SAY, WHOA, GOD, THAT CLOUD IS

AMAZING. YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES? IT BRINGS GOD AS IMMANUEL TO

YOU. SO THAT WHEN HE ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, YOU'RE NOT SITTING

THERE GOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LEAVE IT TO BE, OR HUH, CHEEK

GOD, YEAH, I DON'T THINK I GET IT. NEVERMIND YOUNG MILLENIALS

ARE GOING, HUH, WHO, WHAT, WHEN? NOW WATCH. BE WISE WHAT'S

SPEAKING. WHAT'S THE LOUDEST VOICE THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO

RIGHT NOW? VERSE 27, THEY TOLD HIM, SAID, "WE'VE COME INTO THE

LAND AND SURELY," IN OTHER WORDS, YEAH, GOD DIDN'T LIE. IT

IS REALLY AN AWESOME SHIFT CHANGE. "IT FLOWS WITH MILK AND

HONEY." NOW, HERE'S WHAT GOD HAD ME WRITE IN MY NOTES. HERE'S MY

NOTES RIGHT HERE. I WROTE THIS LAST NIGHT. GOD IS TRYING TO

BETTER YOU, NOT BITTER YOU. SOME PEOPLE THINK, WELL, IT'S JUST

TOO HARD. I CAN'T DO IT, GOD. DON'T YOU KNOW WHEN I GOTTA GIVE

UP? LET ME SHARE A STORY WITH YOU 'CAUSE GOD WAS TRYING TO

CHANGE THEIR LOCATION. SOME PEOPLE, THANK YOU, PASTOR MARK,

THEY MOVED HERE FROM TEXAS. SOME PEOPLE WON'T CHANGE JOBS. AND

YET THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR JOB ALL THE TIME AND GOD'S

TRYING TO SAY SHIFT. QUIT HOLDING ON TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SOME PEOPLE WON'T SHIFT, YOU KNOW. WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING

TO WORK ON MY CHRISTIAN WALK. YEAH, BUT YOU WON'T SHIFT, YOU

WON'T RELOCATE YOUR FRIENDSHIPS. YOU WON'T INVEST IN PEOPLE IN

THE CHURCH OR THE KINGDOM. SOME PEOPLE WON'T SHIFT IN THE

LOCATION OF THEIR BRAIN. YOU DWELL ON THINGS THAT TALK YOU

OUT OF YOUR FUTURE, YOUR PRESENT MOMENT. AND THIS IS WHAT

HAPPENED WITH ISRAEL. GOD'S NOT TRYING TO BITTER YOU. SO I

REMEMBER WE WERE LIVING NORTH OF HERE, 100 MILES OR SO UP NORTH

IN IOWA. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY I WAS DRIVING, WE HAD A GREEN

DODGE CARAVAN THAT WE BOUGHT THAT SOMEBODY HAD GIVEN US A

CAR. YOU HEARD THE STORY AND I WAS DRIVING IT AND I HEARD WHAT

SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD. NOW, WHETHER IT

WAS AUDIBLE, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANNA OVER-EXAGGERATE. I

JUST SIMPLY WANNA TELL YOU, IT SOUNDED LIKE GOD WAS IN THE CAR

WITH ME. AND HE SAID TO ME, "WILL YOU PASTOR?" AND I PULLED

OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I SAID, "GOD, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT,

WAIT A MINUTE. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" HE SAID, "WILL YOU

PASTOR?" I SAID, "WELL, I DON'T THINK I'M A PASTOR, "BUT IF

YOU'RE ASKING ME, I WILL DO IT." HE SAID, "THEN GO AND LAY ON

YOUR BED, "AND I'LL GIVE YOU INSTRUCTIONS." AND I DID, AND HE

BEGAN TO TELL ME THE EXACT DAY, THE EXACT WEEKEND, AND IT WAS

THE EXACT WEEKEND THAT THE HOUSE THAT WE WERE RENTING AT THE TIME

BECAME AVAILABLE, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT UP. HE SHOWED ME THE LITTLE

STOREFRONT DOOR WITH THE SIGN, AND I KNEW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS

SUPPOSED TO GO. I SAW THE WATER TOWER, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA COME

HERE. I SAID, I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. I DON'T WANNA, GOD,

ALL THAT'S GREAT. I DON'T WANT TO. I'LL PASTOR, BUT CAN I HAVE

ANOTHER CITY? WELL, RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME, SOMEBODY OFFERED US A

CHURCH OF 2,500 PEOPLE, BIBLE SCHOOL, CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, TV

SHOW. WHAT ELSE, BRENDA? IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING NOW.

I'M LIKE, THAT IS GOD. I WASN'T READY FOR THAT. I WOULD HAVE

FAILED. AND I SAID, "GOD, IT'S MINE, MINE SET. "I'M GONNA, I

DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. "SO I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, "BUT

I'M NOT COMING TO OMAHA. "I WON'T RELOCATE." AND SO I SAID,

"PLUS, YOU GOTTA TELL BRENDA." SO I TOLD BRENDA, SHE SAYS, "I'M

NOT GOING TO OMAHA." I SAID, "SEE, THAT'S WHY I TOLD GOD TOO,

BRENDA. "I'M NOT COMING." THANKSGIVING OF 1996. SO I HEARD

THIS IN LIKE OCTOBER, THANKSGIVING OF 1996. I GET A

CALL, IT WAS THE PASTOR. HE SAID, "HEY, CAN YOU COME TO THE

CHURCH? "I WANNA PRAY, I WANT YOU TO PRAY." REMEMBER THE

TADLOCKS THAT WERE HERE LAST WEEK? ONE OF THEM, HE'S IN

HEAVEN, JEFF TADLOCK. HE WAS THERE. I'VE ASKED JEFF TO COME.

YOU NEED TO MEET US. WE NEED TO PRAY. 'CAUSE I SAID, "GOD, I'M

NOT GOING "UNLESS I HAVE PROPHETIC CONFIRMATION." THEY

HAD PROPHETIC CONFIRMATION HERE, BUT THEY LET THE WRONG VOICES

TALK THEM OUT OF IT. GOD KEPT TELLING THEM HE HAD A LAND

FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. SO I GET TO THE CHURCH AND I'M

THINKING, I HAD AN ATTITUDE. HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN ATTITUDE? I

KNOW YOU GUYS LOOK AT ME, THINK, MAN, PASTOR HANK, YOU HAVE AN

ATTITUDE. WELL, PROBABLY I DO. BUT I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE

ON, OKAY, I'M JUST DRIVING. I CAN'T BELIEVE ON THANKSGIVING

I'M GONNA GET PULLED ON PROPHETICALLY. DOES ANYBODY CARE

ABOUT ME? I GOT THIS GOD WHO WANTS ME TO GO TO OMAHA AND I

DON'T WANNA GO. I DON'T WANNA SHIFT, I DON'T WANNA CHANGE. I

DON'T WANNA ADVANCE. SO I'M COMPLAINING ON THE WAY THERE. I

DON'T REALLY, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THANKSGIVING, GOD. AND SO I GET

THERE, WE GET IN THE SANCTUARY AND THE PASTOR GOES, "WOULD YOU

PRAY FOR ME, HANK?" I SAID, "NO, NO." BUT I WAS LIKE, "YES," AND

I'M DOING ONE OF THESE, IF THERE WAS A STONE, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN

IT, YOU KNOW, KICK, KICK. AND I'M HAVING AN ATTITUDE. AND ALL

OF A SUDDEN HE GOES, "WAIT, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT, "STOP

PRAYING." HE GOES, "HANK, HANK." AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TEARS ARE

COMING. HE SAID, "GOD JUST TOLD ME YOU'RE A PASTOR." HE GOES,

"YEAH, YOU STAND IN THAT OFFICE PROPHETICALLY, "BUT YOU'RE GONNA

PASTOR." I'M LIKE, "YEAH, 2,500 PEOPLE, TV STATION, ALL THAT,

YEAH." HE GOES, "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO OMAHA."

I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA! I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. I DON'T

WANNA GO TO OMAHA. I DON'T WANNA GO TO OMAHA. THANKS FOR RUINING

MY THANKSGIVING, GOD. YOU CAN KEEP THE TURKEY LEG. AND THEN

JEFF, HE'S OVER THERE. "HALLELUJAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT

GOD'S SAYING. YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A BIG ONE." I DON'T CARE HOW BIG

IT IS. I DON'T WANNA GO. "YOU'RE GONNA TOUCH THE WORLD,

HALLELUJAH. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TV." LIKE YEAH, 2,500 OVER HERE.

SO I COME BACK, I DIDN'T TELL BRENDA. FEW DAYS LATER SHE SAYS,

"GOD GAVE ME A DREAM, HANK. "WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO OMAHA."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

SO, THAT'S BAD, THEY HAD A GUEST SPEAKER THE FOLLOWING WEEK. HE

SAYS, "YOU TWO, COME UP HERE." YOU GET UP THERE. 'CAUSE

REMEMBER, I DIDN'T WANNA COME TO OMAHA, SO I PROBABLY WALKED UP

THERE LIKE THIS, WITH MY ATTITUDE.

PROPHESY TO ME! 2,500 MEMBER CHURCH, RIGHT? BIBLE SCHOOL,

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, CONFIRM IT. HE GOES, "LISTEN, GOD IS PUTTING

ARMY BOOTS ON YOU." WELL, ISN'T IT INTERESTING? WE'RE CALLED

LORD OF HOSTS. IN FACT, THAT'S WHEN THE NAME CAME. I'LL TELL

YOU, HE GOES, "GOD IS PUTTING ARMY BOOTS ON YOU "AND HE'S

CALLING YOU TO A CITY "THAT YOU DON'T WANNA GO TO." GOD, I DON'T

WANNA GO. SO HE LAYS HANDS ON ME, I FALL UNDER THE POWER, I'M

ON THE FLOOR, IMMEDIATELY GET CAUGHT UP IN A VISION. THAT'S

WHEN I SAW THE WATER TOWER ACTUALLY, AND THE SIGN. THANK

YOU LORD FOR CORRECTING THAT. AND THE LORD SAYS, AND HE KICKED

ME AND HE GOES, "AND GOD TELLS ME YOU BETTER GO TO THAT CITY

"AND OBEY HIM." AND BAM, SHUT UP ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHEN I WENT

INTO THE VISION AND SAW THE WATER TOWER AND THE LOCATION OF

WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START THE CHURCH AND THE REST IS

HISTORY. AND THEN I HEARD THE HOLY ONE SAY, "AND THE NAME OF

THE WORK SHALL BE CALLED LORD OF HOSTS. "AND IT IS AND SHALL BE A

WORLD OUTREACH." I DOCUMENT ALL THIS, YEAH, SO THAT'S ALL. BUT

IF I WOULDN'T HAVE SHIFTED MY MIND AND MY HEAD BECAUSE I HAD

MY WILL INVOLVED, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. I PROBABLY WOULD

HAVE BEEN FIRED FROM THE 2,500 MEMBER CHURCH THAT I PROBABLY

COULDN'T HAVE PASTORED. I MEAN, IF EVERYBODY CAME TO THIS

CHURCH, YOU KNOW HOW MANY MEMBERS WE HAVE? 2,000. IF

EVERYBODY CAME HERE, WE'D HAVE 2,000 PEOPLE IN HERE. THAT'S HOW

MANY MEMBERS WE HAVE. NOT COUNTING THE TENS OF THOUSANDS,

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THAT WATCH ONLINE. THANK GOD I OBEYED,

RIGHT? SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU. NOW LOOK AT

JEREMIAH 6. NOW LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING OUT OF AN NIV. I DON'T

KNOW IF THEY CAN PUT THE NIV OF JEREMIAH 6:16. I WANNA SHOW YOU

Jeremiah 6:16

THIS PRINCIPLE. AM I JUST, ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF

THIS? I HOPE YOU'RE LEARNING. OKAY. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES GOD WILL

TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANNA DO. HE'S TRYING

TO BETTER YOU, NOT BITTER YOU. I THOUGHT GOD WAS TRYING TO BITTER

ME. AND I HAD AN ATTITUDE ABOUT IT. AND THIS IS WHAT, LOOK AT

VERSE 16. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS, "STAND AT THE CROSSROADS."

NOW STOP RIGHT THERE. SOME OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU IN

THIS ROOM, YOU'RE AT A CROSSROADS, YOU'RE AT A

DECISION. YOU'RE AT, SHOULD I GO THIS WAY OR SHOULD I GO THAT

WAY? THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT DISCO. 'CAUSE WHENEVER YOU

DISCO, AT LEAST WITH ME, DISCO IS THIS WAY, DISCO IS THAT WAY.

AND ANYWAY, THAT'S A DISCO MOVE TIP FOR SOME OF YOU. OH, STOP

THE WOO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT'S THE TRUTH. BUT NOW WATCH

THIS. WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT NUMBERS 13, THEIR BIG THING WAS,

WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. NOW YOU COME TO

JEREMIAH SIX AND WATCH THIS. YOU'RE STANDING AT A CROSSROADS.

ASK WHERE THE GOOD WAY IS AND THEN OBEY. PUT ACTION BEHIND IT.

AND I KEPT DOING THAT WHEN IT CAME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

LORD, WHERE DO YOU WANT ME? AND HE WAS TRYING TO TELL ME, THAT I

WAS DIGGING IN MY HILLS. I DIDN'T WANT TO. RIGHT? YOU EVER

HAD THAT? HOW MANY OF YOU RAISED YOUR HAND, HAVE YOU EVER HAD

THAT? AND SO HE SAYS, "WALK IN IT AND YOU WILL FIND REST." YOU

WILL FIND THAT GOD IS TRYING TO ACTUALLY BLESS YOU. BUT NOTICE,

YOU SAID, "WE WILL NOT WALK IN IT." NOW, LOOK AT VERSE 17, HE

SAID, "IT'S SO BAD "THAT I'VE EVEN APPOINTED WATCHMEN OVER

YOU. "LISTEN TO THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET." YOU KNOW WHAT A

TRUMPET SPEAKS OF IN THE BIBLE? HEAVEN'S WORD TO YOU, OR

PROPHETS. A PROPHETIC WORD, A PROPHETIC SOUND. SO GOD'S

SAYING, "I EVEN WENT AS FAR AS GETTING PEOPLE "TO WATCH OVER

YOU SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE "AT THE CROSSROADS. "I

EVEN SET PROPHETIC CONFIRMATION OF TRUMPET BLASTS "THAT WERE SO

LOUD, SO OBVIOUS, "BUT YOU DUG YOUR HEELS IN WITH THE WRONG

MINDSET "AND YOU DIDN'T SHIFT." COME ON, HOW LONG HAVE PEOPLE

BEEN TELLING YOU, GET OUT OF THAT JOB. YOU'RE BETTER THAN

THAT. I REMEMBER WHEN I WORKED AT A GAS STATION, AMACO, AND I

WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE MINISTRY. AND I WENT OUT TO THE

FULL SERVICE ISLAND. NOW THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, OR YOU

IN THIS ROOM, HOW MANY REMEMBER THE OLD FULL SERVICE WHERE YOU

WOULD PULL YOUR CAR UP, AND MY DAD HAD A RULE. THERE WAS A

LITTLE HOSE THAT WENT ACROSS, AND IT WOULD GO DING DING. YOU

REMEMBER THAT? AND YOU HAD TO BE OUT THERE WHEN THAT DING DING

HAPPENED. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE 100 YARDS AWAY, YOU HAD

TO SPRINT LIKE TOM CRUISE, AND YOU HAD TO GET OUT TO THAT CAR

WINDOW BY THE TIME THAT THE WHEEL STOPPED. AND MY MOM WHO'S

SITTING THERE COULD TELL YOU THAT I WAS THE WORST ONE OF 'EM

ALL. 'CAUSE I WOULD BE BUSY EATING MY M&MS OR SOMETHING. HAD

TO FINISH THE LAST PACK, RIGHT? BUT MY DAD, HE WOULD GET MAD.

HE'D BE LIKE, "GET OUT THERE!" SO I'D GET OUT THERE. WELL, ONE

DAY I WENT OUT THERE AND I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT IN THE

MINISTRY, LIKE PROBABLY 1989, 1990. AND RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA,

THIS CARLOAD OF NUNS PULLED UP. AND THEY LOOKED AT ME ON A FULL

SERVICE ISLAND, AND THEY'RE GOING LIKE THIS.

(IMITATING CAR NOISES)

AND THEY'RE DOING THE, YOU KNOW, LORD, PLEASE HELP THIS GUY, OR

WHATEVER THE SIGNAL IS. AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HE

SAID, "LORD, CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU?" I'M LIKE, YEAH, YEAH,

YEAH, PRAY THAT JESUS GETS ME OUT OF HERE, I FEEL LIKE I'M

BEING TORTURED. THEY SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" I SAID,

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? "YOU'RE BETTER THAN

THIS." NOT THAT ANYBODY WORKS AT A GAS STATION IS BAD, BUT THEY

SAID, "YOU ARE CALLED TO PREACH," AND I'M NOT TRYING TO

MAKE IT, "TO THE MASSES. "YOU HAVE A WORLDWIDE CALLING ON YOUR

LIFE. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? "YOU ARE MISSING YOUR DESTINY."

WELL, WHAT DO I DO? THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. THEY SAID, "LET US

PRAY FOR YOU," AND THEY STARTED SPEAKING IN TONGUES. I'M LIKE,

"OH, OKAY," 'CAUSE I WAS SPIRITUAL. THEY'RE PRAYING AND

THEY'RE SAYING, "YES, LORD, "AND IT'S GOING TO COME QUICKLY." AND

THEY START PRAYING. I KID YOU NOT, A FEW MONTHS LATER, I WAS

PULLED FROM THAT JOB AND ON THE ROAD TO MINISTRY. SOMETIMES YOU

HOLD ONTO THINGS AND YOU DO IT 'CAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT TO.

AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS REALIZE, START PRAYING 'CAUSE

YOU'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. DON'T GIVE UP. DON'T

BE HARD ON YOURSELF. DON'T SETTLE FOR WHAT YOU'RE NOT

SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. START STRIVING AND MOVING TOWARDS WHAT

YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE

CALL. DON'T PLAY. IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A CALL OF GOD ON YOUR

LIFE, DON'T PLAY WITH IT. IT COULD END YOUR LIFE EARLY

BECAUSE IT'S A VERY HOLY THING. AND THEN ONCE YOU ARE CALLED,

YOU GOTTA STAND IN THE HOLINESS OF A LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD. YOU

GOTTA STAND IN THE HOLINESS AND THE HONOR OF BEING CALLED OF

GOD. WE HAVE TO REPRESENT YOUR GARMENTS, YOUR MANTLE CORRECTLY.

IT'S VERY HOLY. NOW WATCH THIS, LET'S GO. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT

NUMBERS 13:31. GO DOWN JUST A FEW MORE VERSES, AND THEN I

Numbers 13:31

WANNA SHIFT AND CHANGE KIND OF WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT ON THE SAME

CONTEXT. BUT THE MEN THAT WENT UP WITH HIM, SO THE 10 SPIES,

WRONG VOICES SAID, WE BE NOT ABLE. NOW, WHO TOLD THEM THAT?

THEY MADE THAT UP. SOMETIMES WHEN WE DON'T WANNA DO

SOMETHING, WE MAKE UP ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES, ALL KINDS OF

REASONS. I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT TOLD ME THEY WERE GONNA DO

SOMETHING, AND I RUN INTO THEM YEARS LATER, AND GUESS THE FIRST

THING THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR MOUTH WHEN I SEE THEM IN THE

STORE. "OH, HEY, PASTOR, I KNOW THAT YOU ONCE SAID THIS, "YOU

KNOW, AND THEN, AND I AM," AND THEY GIVE ME THE LIST OF REASONS

WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. HAVE YOU EVER RAN INTO SOMEBODY LIKE

THAT? I KNOW PEOPLE THAT AREN'T MARRIED THAT MISS THEIR

OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY GIVE A BUNCH OF EXCUSES. I KNOW PEOPLE

THAT ARE WORKING THEIR BUTT OFF FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEY HAVE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A STEP OF FAITH AND BEGIN SLOWLY TO

START THEIR OWN BUSINESS, BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN

THEMSELVES. THEY LET FEAR TALK THEM OUT OF IT, AND THEN YOU RUN

INTO THOSE PEOPLE 10 YEARS LATER, THEY'RE TIRED, THEY'RE

BROKE, THEY'RE FRUSTRATED, AND THEY GIVE YOU ALL THE EXCUSES.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE

LISTENED, BUT I DIDN'T. WELL, AIN'T TOO LATE TO START. AIN'T

TOO LATE TO SHIFT. NOW YOU HEAR, WE'RE NOT ABLE. WHO SAID THAT?

THEY LET FEAR DO THE TALKING. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GO UP AGAINST

THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE STRONGER THAN US. GOD NEVER SAID THAT.

NOW HERE'S THE DANGER. GOD TOOK ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT. THE PROBLEM

WAS ISRAEL WOULD NEVER GET EGYPT OUT OF THEM. WHEN THEY DIDN'T

LIKE SOMETHING, "OH, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WORLD. "I JUST

WANT TO GO EAT GARLIC AND ONIONS. "OH, WE REMEMBER THOSE

DAYS." OH, REALLY? DID YOU FORGET ABOUT THE TIMES OF HARSH

LABOR AND GETTING WHIPPED AND ABUSED AND BEING IN THE WRONG

PLACE UNDER A TASKMASTER? DID YOU FORGET THAT? I MEAN, WHEN I

CAME HERE TO OMAHA AND THE CHURCH WOULDN'T GROW, AND THEN

PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, PASTOR, WHEN DID YOU, "YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON

NATIONAL SHOWS. "WHEN DID YOU START PREACHING THE WAY THAT YOU

PREACH "AND PROPHESY?" I'M LIKE, "EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T JUST MAKE

THIS UP. "THIS IS THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS BEEN." AND YET WHEN I

FIRST PREACHED, AND I WOULD PROPHESY IN THIS CHURCH 28 YEARS

AGO, PEOPLE WOULD GET UP AND WALK OUT, OR THEY WOULD STAND

THERE LIKE, "YOU ARE A CULT LEADER, YOU'RE CRAZY." AND IT

MESSED WITH MY HEAD. AND I WOULD GO TO GOD AND SAY, "I'M SORRY,

YOU ASKED ME TO COME HERE AND I HATE IT. I'M FAITHFUL, I'M

HONORABLE, I'M DOING WHAT'S RIGHT BUT NOTHING IS WORKING.

WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG? DO I NEED TO TEAR MY GARMENTS?

'CAUSE IT'S TEARING MY HEART. I HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH

GOD. BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE WHAT GOD HAD FOR ME. AND I WAS,

AND WHEN GOD WANTED TO SHIFT ME, I STARTED WANTING TO GO BACK TO

THE MINDSET OF WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS GOOD AT. WELL, I'LL JUST BE

A CARTOONIST. I'M GOOD AT THAT. I'LL GO BACK TO TRAVELING,

REALLY? AND HAVE THE PASTORS GIVE YOU A BAG, YOU'RE OFFERING

FOR FIVE NIGHTS WITH COINS. YOU REALLY WANNA GO BACK TO THAT,

HANK? OR ARE YOU GONNA PRESS THROUGH WHEN THE CHAIRS ARE

EMPTY? PASTORS IN THIS CITY HATE YOUR GUTS AND ARE TALKING ABOUT

YOU 'CAUSE THEY SAID IT. I WENT AND WAS INVITED ONE TIME TO A

PASTOR'S CONFERENCE IN TOWN WITH A GUEST SPEAKER AND ONE PASTOR

TALKED ME INTO IT, SAID, "NO, YOU REALLY NEED TO GO." SO I

CAME, I SAT IN THE BACK, AND THE GUEST SPEAKER, NEVER MET HIM IN

MY LIFE, HE GOES, OH, HE CALLS, HE GOES, "I WANNA PRAY FOR THE

PASTORS HERE." I DIDN'T GO UP. PASTORS COME UP, HE STARTS

LAYING HANDS ON 'EM. HE STOPS, HE SAYS, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,

WHOA, WHOA, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,

WHOA. "GOD SAYS THE FATHER OF THE CITY IS HERE." I'M NOT

KIDDING, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS UP. I AM NOT SAYING THAT

I'M THAT. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT 'CAUSE NOW PEOPLE

ARE GONNA WRITE. I DIDN'T SAY THIS. HE STOPS, HE GOES, "YOUNG

MAN, ARE YOU A PASTOR?" I'M THINKING, "HECK NO.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"NOTHING AIN'T WORKING OUT. "MY CHURCH AIN'T GROWING, IT'S THE

UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. "HAVE YOU DRIVEN BY IT? "PEOPLE HATE

ME. "DON'T YOU DARE MOCK ME PROPHETICALLY." HE GOES, "GET UP

HERE." HE GOES, "MAYBE I SHOULD CLARIFY, "YOU'RE ONE OF THE

FATHERS UP HERE." AND ALL THESE PASTORS ARE LOOKING AT ME, AND

THEY'RE STANDING THERE LIKE THIS, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE

IT. AND HE GOES, THERE'S PASTORS IN THE CITY THAT ARE TALKING

ABOUT YOU, MOCKING YOU, LAUGHING AT YOU, TALKING BEHIND YOUR

BACK. BUT HE SAID, THERE'S COMING A DAY WHERE THEY WON'T BE

DOING THAT. IT TOOK 20 YEARS FROM THAT TIME, WELL, MAYBE 15,

BECAUSE IF YOU ADD THE LAST FIVE, TO GET WHERE A LOT OF THE

PASTORS HAVE COME UP TO ME IN THE SEAT AND SAID, "MAN, LOOK AT

WHAT GOD'S DONE WITH YOU." AND I'VE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I

DID. "I JUST TRIED TO OBEY. "I DON'T WANNA MAKE MYSELF OUT TO

BE ANYTHING." 'CAUSE YOU DO THAT, AND THEN YOU STEAL HONOR

FROM GOD. I DON'T WANNA DO THAT. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, I'M NOT

BETTER THAN THEM. I JUST THINK I OBEYED WHEN IT WASN'T EASY. YOU

CAN DO IT TOO. AND CAN I TELL YOU, I DIDN'T PASS EVERY TEST.

SO DON'T THINK LIKE, WELL GOLLY, MAN, HE REALLY ACED THE TEST.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHEN TEST DAYS WOULD SHOW UP IN SCHOOL, I

WOULD SHOW UP AND I WOULD TAKE THE TEST. I'D NEVER STUDIED. I

DIDN'T WANNA STUDY. I MADE UP ANSWERS. AND SOMEHOW, MOM, I GOT

THROUGH SCHOOL. NOW WATCH THIS. LOOK AT VERSE 30. SOMETIMES WHEN

GOD TELLS YOU TO SHIFT, QUIT PUTTING YOUR TIMELINE ON IT.

QUIT PUTTING YOUR TERMS ON IT. OKAY, YOU KNOW, NOW, I TOLD YOU

LAST WEEK WHEN GOD TOLD ME TO BUY THIS BUILDING, THE THIRD

TIME IT WAS LOUDER WHEN HE FINALLY SAID, "BUY THIS

BUILDING." AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I COULD TELL GOD WASN'T HAPPY

WITH ME. AND I TOLD HIM, "COME HERE, "I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE

SUPPOSED TO DO THAT." AND I SAID, "WELL, LORD, PROVIDE, MAKE

THE PLACE BEAUTIFUL." BUT ONE THING I DIDN'T TRY TO DO IS PUT

A BUNCH OF CONDITIONS ON IT. MY TERMS, BE REBELLIOUS, BE

STUBBORN. IT'S ONE THING TO SAY, WELL, HERE GOD, THIS IS WHAT I

WANT. YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO THIS, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. AND

IT'S OKAY TO PUT YOUR EXPECTATIONS OUT OR SAY, YOU

KNOW WHAT, LORD, LISTEN, AS I OBEY YOU, THESE ARE THE THINGS

THAT I'M GOING TO STAND FOR THAT YOU WILL DO 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IT.

BUT IT'S ONE THING TO DIG YOUR HEELS IN AND SAY, WELL, I'M ONLY

GONNA DO THIS. IT'S GOTTA BE MY WAY. MY TERMS, RIGHT? I DID THAT

WITH GOD WHEN HE WANTED ME TO COME TO OMAHA. IT WAS MY TERMS.

AND I HAD TO CHANGE AND REALIZE IT'S NOT ABOUT MY TERMS. I

CAN'T, I HAVE TO OBEY. EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW ALWAYS WHAT IT IS

THAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT I AM TELLING YOU THIS, BE PATIENT. BE

PATIENT, BE PATIENT. BUT HERE'S A PRINCIPLE. NOW WATCH THIS, AND

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING RECKLESS. NOW WATCH THIS, VERSE

30. AND CALEB STILLED THE PEOPLE BEFORE MOSES, AND HE SAID,

"LET'S GO UP," WHEN? AT ONCE. SOMETIMES THINGS AREN'T MEANT TO

BE DELAYED, OVERTHOUGHT, DO OVERTHINKING, OVERDISCUSSING IT.

OKAY, ONCE I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT GOD WAS SAYING, GET TO

OMAHA, IT WAS A MATTER OF DO IT NOW, WASN'T IT, BRENDA? WE HAD

TO, I MEAN, LIKE THREE MONTHS, WE PACKED UP EVERYTHING, LOADED

UP THE TRUCK. I DIDN'T HAVE A REAL SOURCE OF INCOME. THE

PASTOR WHO PROPHESIED THAT SAID, I'LL GIVE YOU $200 A MONTH. I

WENT, OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. AND I HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT

SAID, HEY, WHEN YOU GET THERE, WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MONEY.

WE HAD TO BELIEVE GOD. WHEN WE CAME HERE, I TOLD YOU, YOU KNOW,

THE LORD TOLD ME TO COME HERE MARCH 22ND, SATURDAY, MARCH

22ND, SUNDAY, MARCH 23RD. THAT WAS THE DAY THAT WHEN WE SAID TO

THE RENTERS, THE LUNDT COMPANY AT THE TIME, THEY SAID THE DAY

THAT YOU CAN MOVE IN IS SUNDAY, MARCH 23RD. YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT

UP. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT HOUSES, NOTHING WAS WORKING OUT

HERE. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. BACK IN THOSE DAYS, YOU LOOKED

AT THE NEWSPAPER. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY I GRABBED THE NEWSPAPER

AND I WAS SO FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE ALL THE HOUSES WE LOOKED AT, WE

COULDN'T AFFORD IT OR THEY SAID NO TO US. SO FINALLY I WAS MAD

AND I GRABBED THE NEWSPAPER AND I WENT LIKE THIS AND I ROLLED IT

UP IN A BALL, LIKE THIS AND I SAID, BRENDA, I SAID, AND I KEPT

GETTING MAD AT BEING IN OMAHA. I SAID, I TELL YOU, I'M TRYING TO

COME TO OMAHA. GOD TOLD ME TO COME TO OMAHA. WE CAN'T EVEN

FIND A PLACE TO LIVE AND I THREW IT INTO THE TRASH BAG OR TRASH

CAN. IT WENT PING AND IT OPENED. AND I WENT TO REACH FOR IT AND

GOD IS MY WITNESS. LORD, THANK YOU, YOU HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF

HUMOR. RIGHT LOOKING DOWN AT THE NEWSPAPER, IT POPPED OFF THE

PAGE. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ YOUR BIBLE AND IT POPS OFF THE

PAGE? IT'S KIND OF LIKE BRENDA'S PHONE NUMBER. WHEN I FIRST

CALLED IT JUST LIKE POPPED OFF THE PAGE, MAN. DIDN'T HAVE CELL

PHONES THEN, BUT IT POPPED OFF THE PAGE. AND I SAW THIS HOUSE

FOR RENT. WHAT? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE. I CALLED IT. GUY GETS

ON THE PHONE AND SAYS, WHY ARE YOU COMING TO OMAHA? I SAID,

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A TRANSITION. HE SAID,

WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED YOU. WHY ARE YOU COMING TO

OMAHA? I'M LIKE, SHOULD I TELL HIM THAT I'M STARTING A CHURCH

AND NOW HE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER NEGATIVE ANSWER. THIS IS A

STUPID SIGN. I SAID, WELL, I BELIEVE GOD CALLED ME TO COME

HERE AND START A CHURCH. PRAISE GOD, JUST A MOMENT. HEY, HONEY,

THE GUY THAT I TOLD YOU WOULD BE CALLING IS ON THE PHONE.

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

I'M LIKE, HUH? YOU REMEMBER A DIFFERENT CHURCH? WHAT ARE YOU

TALKING ABOUT, WILLIS? (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

HE GOES, YEAH, COME ON, COME ON OVER. SO WE GET THERE, HE GOES,

WELL, HEY, MAN, I NEED, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH HE SAID.

ANYWAY, I SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT. HE GOES, WELL, WHAT

CAN YOU AFFORD? SO WE TOLD HIM, HE GOES, OKAY, I'LL RENT IT TO

YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, ALL BECAUSE I SAID YES, AND I DID IT AT

ONCE. I NOTICED WHEN I DELAY THINGS, WHEN GOD TOLD ME TO BUY

THAT PIZZA BUILDING, I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE BROKER

'CAUSE I HAD A DREAM THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT APARTMENTS OUT HERE.

AND WE LOSE ALL OUR PARKING. BROOKS SAID, "NO, THAT'S NOT

TRUE." I SAID, "NO, CALL THEM. "I SEE PAPERS GETTING READY TO

BE SIGNED." HE CALLED BACK AND SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT. "THEY WERE

GOING TO PUT APARTMENTS IN HERE "AND THEY'RE GETTING READY TO

SIGN THE PAPERS." IF I WOULD'VE JUST DELAYED, OH, IT'S JUST ME.

SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA ACT ON WHAT YOU FEEL FROM GOD. PEOPLE SAY,

"WELL, PASTOR HANK, HOW DO YOU HEAR GOD?" 'CAUSE I OBEY! IF I

FEEL IT'S THE LORD, I ACT ON IT WITH WISDOM. AND I ALSO SEEK

COUNSEL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S DIRECTIVE. AND I ALSO KNOW HOW

TO WAIT ON THE LORD. I'M WAITING ON SHILOH. TOLD ME TO DO THIS

AND HE TOLD ME TO WAIT. I'M LIKE, "I HATE THAT WORD, GOD.

"OF ALL THE WORDS THAT YOU INVENTED, "WAIT IS THE WORST

ONE." (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I DON'T LIKE WAITING. BUT WHAT MY POINT IS, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA

QUIT THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO OBEY. AND DO YOU KNOW

WHAT? I COULDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. BRENDA AND I, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE

MONEY, EVEN THOUGH HE ACCEPTED IT FOR THE RENT. WE DIDN'T HAVE

IT! I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE MONEY TO RENT OUR FIRST CHURCH BAY!

DIDN'T EVEN HAVE MONEY FOR FOOD. AND I HAD A HOLD, WERE YOU,

MATT? I DON'T REMEMBER, HOLD, WAS HE, BRENDA? ABOUT THREE,

DIDN'T HAVE IT. BUT I OBEYED. AND WHEN YOU OBEY, YOU'LL EAT

THE GOOD OF THE LAND. NOW LET ME SHOW YOU ANOTHER PRINCIPLE. ALL

RIGHT, LET'S GO ON. SOMETIMES WE GOTTA GET AWAY FROM IT'S TOO

HARD. LOOK AT LUKE 5:1. GET RID OF IT'S TOO HARD. I'VE HAD

Luke 5:1

PEOPLE SAY THAT TO ME. IT'S TOO HARD. NOW, SOMETIMES IF PEOPLE

DID REALIZE SOME THINGS ARE HARD, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT

THINK THEY'RE CALLED OF GOD, IT DOES REQUIRE A PRICE THAT YOU

HAVE TO PAY. BUT SOMETIMES WE PERCEIVE SOMETHING AS BEING SO

HARD THAT REALLY IT'S EASY. RIGHT? HAVE YOU EVER PUT

SOMETHING TOGETHER? BRENDA DOES IT ALL THE TIME. I HAVE A, I

DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, I HAVE A PART-TIME

JOB. DID I EVER TELL YOU THAT? THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING. IT'S CALLED UNPACK UPS, FEDEX, AMAZON BOXES. TAKE

OUT THE CONTACTS, TENTS, SET 'EM ASIDE, AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE

DONE, BREAK 'EM DOWN, AND YOU PUT 'EM INTO EITHER THE

RECYCLABLE BIN OR IN THE TRASH. AND I PROBABLY PUT IN 40 HOURS A

WEEK ON THAT JOB, BRENDA, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S A PART-TIME

JOB. NO, NO, SHE KNOWS IT'S TRUE. HERE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE

A GREAT POINT, WHAT'S THE POINT? (AUDIENCE CHATTERING)

TOO HARD. TOO HARD, THANK YOU, YOU GUYS ARE LISTENING. ALL

RIGHT, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT. ALL RIGHT, AMAZON BOXES, TOO

HARD. HUH?

- PUTTING STUFF TOGETHER.

- PUTTING, OH, PUTTING STUFF TOGETHER, THANK YOU. SO BRENDA

GETS ALL THESE BOXES OF PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT STUFF

TOGETHER, RIGHT? AND THERE'S A REASON THAT IT'S BETTER TO BE

MADE IN THE USA, 'CAUSE THESE OTHER PLACES, THEY DON'T KNOW

HOW TO PUT STUFF TOGETHER. AND SO YOU TRY TO READ THE

DIRECTIONS, THEY NEVER MAKE SENSE, SO I NEVER READ THE

DIRECTIONS. I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE PICTURES, AND THEN THE PICTURES

DON'T MAKE SENSE, AND THEN I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT, BRENDA, WHY

IS THAT SHELF CROOKED? WHY IS THAT BOOKSHELF LOOK LIKE THE

LEANING TOWER OF BOOKSHELVES? HEY, BRENDA, LOOK AT ALL THESE

LEFTOVER PARTS, MAN. WE COULD PUT 'EM INTO THE GARAGE. BUT

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LOT OF LEFTOVER PARTS, RIGHT? I

REMEMBER WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER MATTHEW'S BABY CRIB. I CALLED

HER IN, I WAS THE PROUD HUSBAND. I WAS PROBABLY LIKE 25, 26,

RIGHT? CALL, I CALL BRENDA, COME ON IN, BRENDA. SHE GOES, DOESN'T

LOOK RIGHT, IT'S KINDA CROOKED. I SAID, WELL, IT'S OPTICAL

DELUSION. THAT'S WHAT IT IS, OPTICAL DELUSION. I SAID, WOULD

YOU HELP ME, I GOTTA PUT THE MATTRESS IN. HANK, IT LOOKS

CROOKED. BRENDA, IT DOESN'T LOOK CROOKED, I'M AN ARTISTE. I HAVE

AN ARTISTIC EYE, AND I KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS CROOKED AND THEN

SHE SAYS, WELL, I'M AN ARTIST TOO. YEAH, BUT YOU HAVEN'T COME

TO THE LEVEL OF CARTOONING ABILITY WHERE YOU UNDERSTAND

PERSPECTIVE AND, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE GETTING DEEPER, I KNOW,

YOU'RE GETTING DEEPER, YOU'RE GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO

WHATEVER. AND SHE GOES, "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PUT THAT?"

SHE'S RAISING HER HAND IN THE FRONT ROW. SHE SAID, "YOU SURE

YOU WANT TO PUT THE MATTRESS ON?" I SAID, "YEAH." "IT'S

CROOKED." "NO, IT'S NOT." WE PUT THE MATTRESS ON AND THE SIDES

FALL DOWN. AND THE THING CAVES IN. "MATTHEW, THANK GOD YOU

WEREN'T IN THERE." CAN YOU IMAGINE PUTTING MATTHEW, "OH,

LET'S JUST PUT THE BABY TO SLEEP."

SHE GOES, "THERE'S A REASON "THERE'S ALL THESE PARTS LEFT

OVER." BUT THEN WHEN YOU REALIZE, IF YOU COULD QUIT

LOOKING AT THE PICTURES AND YOU JUST READ AND FOLLOW ALONG, YOU

REALIZE IT AIN'T AS HARD AS WHAT YOU MAKE IT. IT'S BECAUSE YOU

DON'T WANNA FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. AND THEN I STARTED REALIZING,

MAYBE THAT IS A CHARACTER FLAW IN ME, WHERE I DON'T LIKE TO

TAKE ORDERS AND DIRECTION. NO, I HAD TO SEARCH MY HEART. WHY IS

IT THAT I DON'T LIKE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS? 'CAUSE MAYBE AS A

PERSON, 'CAUSE I'M SUCH A LEADER, I DON'T LIKE TO FOLLOW

INSTRUCTIONS. AND I HAD TO HUMBLE MYSELF. I BETTER WATCH

THAT AREA OF MY LIFE, 'CAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE

SPEAKING TO ME AND I AIN'T LISTENING. MADE ME DO A HEART

CHECK, LIKE, "HANK, DON'T GET SO THINKING YOU'RE LEADER "THAT YOU

DON'T NEED TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS SOMEWHERE." "QUIT

LAUGHING, DOUG, I LISTEN TO ALL KINDS OF THINGS "THAT YOU SAY TO

ME," AS ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PASTORS. HE'S OVER THERE PATTING

HIS WIFE'S SHOULDER, LIKE, "SEE, I TOLD YOU, STOP IT, DOUG."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA GET DONE, SO YOU CAN START HEADING THIS WAY,

'CAUSE I GOTTA GET A FLIGHT CHECK. OR I GOTTA GET READY.

OKAY, AND IT CAME TO PASS AS THE PEOPLE PRESSED JESUS TO HEAR THE

WORD OF GOD, HE STOOD BY THE LAKE OF, CAN YOU PRONOUNCE IT

FOR ME? OKAY, JUST LIKE YOU CAN HEAR, GENNESARET. OKAY, LAKE G.

AND SO AS HE WENT TO LAKE G, THEY SAW TWO SHIPS STANDING BY

THE LAKE, BUT THE FISHERMEN WERE GONE OUT AND THEY WERE WASHING

THEIR NETS. AND HE ENTERED INTO ONE OF THE SHIPS, WHICH WAS

SIMON. HE PRAYED THAT HE WOULD THRUST OUT IN THE LAND. HE SAT

DOWN, TAUGHT THE PEOPLE. NOW WHEN HE LEFT SPEAKING, HE SAID

TO SIMON, "HEY, SIMON, LAUNCH OUT IN THE DEEP, PUT YOUR NETS

DOWN AGAIN FOR A CATCH." AND SIMON ANSWERED, SAID, "OH,

MASTER, WE WORKED ALL NIGHT, IT'S TOO HARD. WE'VE TAKEN

NOTHING, IT'S TOO HARD, IT WON'T WORK. COME ON." JESUS WAS TRYING

TO SHIFT CHANGE HIM. LAUNCH OUT IN THE DEEP, RIGHT? AND THEN HE

GOES, "NEVERTHELESS," AND HE PROBABLY ROLLED HIS EYES, "AT

YOUR WORD, I GUESS I'LL DO IT," KICKING THE STONES LIKE I DID

WHEN I WAS TOLD TO COME TO OMAHA. AND WHEN THEY HAD DONE

THIS, THEY ENCLOSED A BREAKTHROUGH, A GREAT MULTITUDE

OF FISH, EXCEEDINGLY, AGAIN, GOD DOES EXCEEDINGLY, IF HE'S ASKING

YOU TO SHIFT AND CHANGE FOR ADVANCEMENT, IT WILL ALWAYS BE

EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY. THAT'S HIS CHARACTER, THAT'S HIS

NATURE, THAT'S THE WAY THE BLESSINGS COME. AND THERE'S

ALWAYS BREAKTHROUGH. SO NOTICE WHAT HE HAD TO DO. LORD, AT THY

WORD, I'LL LET DOWN THY NETS. NOW GO TO JOHN SIX, LOOK AT

VERSE 60, WE'RE GONNA END WITH THIS. AND THEN NEXT WEEK I'LL

PICK UP ABOUT, I'LL TALK ABOUT ELISHA, AND THEN WE'LL SHIFT

INTO SOME OTHER AREAS I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU. THIS IS REALLY

IMPORTANT. SO JESUS IS SHARING NOW IN JOHN 6, HE SAYS, "HEY, HE

THAT EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD "HAS MY LIFE IN THEM." YOU

KNOW, HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOLY COMMUNION, RIGHT? AND HE HAD 82

APOSTLES, BECAUSE REMEMBER, HE HAD 12, THE 12, BUT THEN HE ALSO

HAD 70 OTHERS. SO HE HAD A TOTAL OF 82 AT LEAST. AND 70 OF THEM

ARE LISTENING TO THIS, EAT MY FLESH, DRINK MY BLOOD, AND

THEY'RE THINKING JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT CANNIBALISM.

SOMETIMES WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS PUT OUR

INTERPRETATION ON THINGS, THAT WE MISINTERPRET IT. RIGHT, HOW

MANY OF YOU EVER PLAY THE GAME TELEPHONE? HOW MANY OF YOU EVER

BEEN ON THE TELEPHONE? AND WHAT YOU SAY IS NOT WHAT THEY HEAR.

RIGHT, MATT AND JOHN? OH, I'M SORRY, NO, I'M JUST MESSING WITH

HIM. BUT IT'S TRUE, YOU EVER HAD THAT? YOU TELL SOMEBODY

SOMETHING AND THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, I DIDN'T

SAY THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE JESUS IS SPEAKING AND THEY'RE

NOT GETTING IT. THEY'RE PERCEIVING IT'S TOO HARD. NOW

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. MANY OF HIS DISCIPLES, VERSE 60, WHEN THEY

HEARD THESE THINGS, SOMETIMES WHAT YOU HEAR, BE CAREFUL THAT

YOU DON'T PUT YOUR RULES, YOUR TERMS, YOUR MINDSETS ON IT, OR

YOU MIGHT LEAVE YOUR DESTINY AND NEVER ENTER INTO IT. HOW MANY OF

THESE THAT LEFT? MAYBE WE WOULD BE READING ABOUT THEIR EPISTLE.

YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? BUT THEY SAID THIS, "THESE ARE HARD

SAYINGS. "WHO CAN HEAR IT?" VERSE 66, "AND THEY DIDN'T WALK

WITH HIM ANY LONGER." LET ME SAY THIS LAST THING AS YOU STAND

YOUR FEET. I REMEMBER ONE DAY WE HAD SOME FOLK WHO DECIDED TO

LEAVE THIS PLACE. AND IN THOSE DAYS, MAN, IT'S LIKE IF ONE

PERSON LEFT, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE

THAT BIG OF A CHURCH. AND SO THIS WAS YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

AND AGAIN, WE WISH EVERYBODY WELL. SO IF YOU THINK I'M

THINKING OF SOMEBODY, WE WISH THEM WELL, WE'VE FORGIVEN A LONG

TIME AGO. WHY GET BITTER ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BUT IT MADE

ME A BETTER PASTOR. SO THEY HAD SAID, A FEW OF THESE PEOPLE

DECIDED TO GO ON FROM THIS WORK. THEY SAID SOMETHING, REALLY,

REALLY. AGAIN, WE FORGIVE THEM. I'M JUST USING THIS AS AN

EXAMPLE. IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE AND YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, WE

DON'T HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST YOU. IT JUST MAKES FOR A GREAT SERMON

BECAUSE IT REALLY DID BETTER ME, AND I PRAY IT BETTERED YOU. BUT

THEY SAID SOME THINGS THAT WERE REALLY, REALLY JUST, I MEAN,

BELOW THE BELT GUT PUNCHES. AND IT WAS, IN THOSE DAYS, WE'RE

LIKE, "OH MY GOD, IS THIS REALLY WHO WE ARE?" SO FOR ABOUT THREE

WEEKS, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CHURCH THAT WAS ALREADY SMALL,

BE LIKE EVEN MORE SMALLER, IS THAT A WORD, SMALLER? DWINDLING.

I DIDN'T WANNA BE IN OMAHA, IT JUST MADE IT WORSE. NOW I LOVE

BEING HERE, BY THE WAY. I WOULDN'T WANNA BE ANYWHERE ELSE,

AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. FOR THREE WEEKS, BRENDA AND I WOULD

GET UP, AND WE WOULD PRAY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HOUSE,

AND I WOULD COME DOWN TO THE LIVING ROOM, OR SOMETIMES WE

WOULD TRADE, AND SHE'D GO TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE HOUSE, AND

WE'D PRAY. AND WE WOULD JUST SAY, "GOD, IF WE'RE THESE

PEOPLE, "IF WE'RE THESE PASTORS, IF THIS IS REALLY WHO WE ARE,

"AND WE'RE NOT PERFECT." NEVER SAID WE ARE, NEVER SAID THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AREAS THAT YOU CAN GROW IN? YEAH,

BIBLE SAYS EXAMINE YOURSELF, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO

DO IN THE HONOR OF GOD, AND TO BE BETTER LEADERS. AND SO WE

WOULD PRAY, AND WE WOULD PRAY, AND WE WOULD PRAY. AND ONE

PARTICULAR DAY OR MORNING, I WAS PRAYING IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND

I WAS JUST LIKE, GOD, I'M DONE. I JUST DON'T EVEN WANNA TALK

ABOUT THIS. I'M FRUSTRATED. AND I WENT LIKE THIS. HOW MANY EVER

SAW THE SUPERMAN THING? AND I'M NOT SAYING I'M SUPERMAN, BUT I'M

GONNA GIVE YOU AN ANALOGY. I WENT LIKE THIS TO GOD. I SAID,

GOD, I PEEL MY CHEST OPEN. THIS IS MY HEART. IF I AM EVEN A

LITTLE BIT, WHAT IS BEING SAID OF ME AND ABOUT ME AND HOW I

LEAD AND HOW I PASTOR AND WHO I AM AS A PERSON. AND MY WIFE, I

PEEL MY HEART OPEN AND I BEAR IT BEFORE YOU. I'VE COME NOW THREE

WEEKS TO YOU. CHANGE ME, TAKE IT OUT OF ME. I GIVE YOU EVERY

RIGHT TO TAKE IT OUT OF MY LIFE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD GOD.

I HADN'T HEARD IN THREE WEEKS PRIOR. HE SAID, "STAND OVER

HERE, OR THERE, STAND OVER THERE." AND I'M STANDING THERE,

AND I AM OVERCOME WITH THE FEAR OF GOD. I DON'T WANNA MOVE. AND

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THERE IS, SO I KINDA MADE IT UP. AND I WENT

OVER BY THE COFFEE TABLE, AND I STOOD THERE, AND IT WAS THE

RIGHT ONE. AND I WAS LIKE, "CHING, CHING!" HE SAID, "TURN

AROUND!" AND I WAS SCARED. I WAS GONNA DROP TO MY KNEES, AND THEN

HIS VOICE CAME TENDER. HE SAID, "STAND UP." AND HE SAID, "I HAVE

YOUR BACK." AND THEN HE SAID TO ME, HE SAID, "I WANNA SHARE

SOMETHING TO YOU. "NEVER FORGET THIS AS YOU STAND BEFORE ME." I

SAID, "SPEAK." "I WANT TO BE BETTER." HE SAID, "MANY OF THE

70 THAT YOU READ ABOUT THAT LEFT," HE SAID, "DO NOT BUILD A

DOCTRINE OFF OF THIS, "BUT I WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTED." OKAY,

HE SAID, "DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN PONTIUS PILATE WAS THERE?" AND

HE SAID, "WHO DO YOU WANT ME TO RELEASE FOR YOU? JESUS WHO IS

CALLED THE CHRIST OR BARABBAS?" AND THE CROWD YELLED, "RELEASE

BARABBAS! CRUCIFY JESUS!" HE SAID, "HANK, "I LOOKED OUT IN

THE AUDIENCE, "AND MANY OF THE 70 WERE SCREAMING, 'CRUCIFY

HIM!'" BECAUSE THOSE IN YOUR LIFE, IN YOUR MINISTRY, SOME MAY

SAY, "YOU ARE GREAT, WE LOVE YOU." MAY ONE DAY BE THE VERY

ONES THAT WILL GATHER THE CROWD, AND THEY WILL CRUCIFY YOU IN

YOUR CHARACTER. BE COMFORTED. DON'T PREACH TO THOSE PEOPLE.

AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST SHIFT AND CHANGE THAT GOD HAD, IS

THERE I WOULD GO OUT AND PREACH TO THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE

HERE. I WAS A TERRIBLE PASTOR. AND IT ALMOST MADE THEM BELIEVE

THAT THEY WERE THE PROBLEM. AND THAT EXPERIENCE SHIFTED ME AS A

PASTOR. I'M NOT PERFECT, BUT I GOT BETTER. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU

KNOW YOU NEED TO DO? ALL OVER THIS PLACE. MAYBE SOME OF YOU,

IT'S TO COME OUT OF SIN, YOU NEED TO SHIFT. MAYBE SOME OF

YOU, YOU NEED TO BREAK UP WITH THAT PERSON YOU'RE SEEING,

'CAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT RIGHT FOR YOU. YOU NEED TO STOP

DATING WORLDLY PEOPLE. SOME OF YOU NEED TO START HAVING

DEVOTIONS AND SHIFTS. SOME OF YOU, YOU'RE LABORING AT THE

WRONG THINGS. SOME OF YOU ARE WASTING TIME ON THINGS IN LIFE

THAT DOESN'T MATTER. COME ON, IF I COULD STAND BEFORE GOD AND

PEEL MY HEART OPEN, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT

HAPPENED TO ME AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IT WOULD

RELATE TO THIS PRESENT MOMENT. BUT IF I CAN DO IT, AND IT

WASN'T EASY, AND SOMETHING SHIFTED IN MY LIFE AND THE WAY I

PASTOR THAT'S EVOLVED, WHAT CAN GOD DO WITH YOU AND YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING? I WANT YOU TO DO THIS. I WANT EVERYBODY TO JUST TAKE

THEIR HEART AND PEEL IT OPEN. I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS, SEARCH MY

HEART, GOD. IS THERE ANYTHING IN MY HEART THAT YOU DON'T LIKE? IF

THERE IS, REVEAL IT TO ME IN YOUR COMFORT AND IN YOUR LOVE

AND I WILL CHANGE. I'LL STOP DOING IT. I WILL MAKE A SHIFT

CHANGE. GOD, AS MY HEART IS OPEN BEFORE YOU, IS THERE ANYONE I'M

ALIGNED TO THAT I NEED TO CUT OFF? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'M

DOING THAT I NEED TO STOP DOING? IS THERE A PLACE THAT I'M

SUPPOSED TO BE THAT I'M NOT? THEN I ASK YOU TO SHIFT ME

THERE. IS THERE, GOD, ANYTHING IN MY LIFE THAT I'M OUTSIDE OF

YOUR WILL? I ASK YOU TO ALIGN ME TO YOUR PERFECT WILL. I WANT TO

SHIFT. I WILL SHIFT. I WILL CHANGE AND I WILL ADVANCE. IN

JESUS NAME. PASTOR DOUG, WOULD YOU COME? I HOPE YOU GOT

SOMETHING OUT OF THIS. NOW, I'M TRYING TO SHARE, PASTOR DOUG,

COME ON OVER. I'M TRYING TO SHARE SOME PERSONAL EXAMPLES.

NOT TO ACT LIKE I GOT IT TOGETHER OR I'M BETTER, I JUST

THINK THAT MAYBE IT MIGHT HELP SPEAK TO SOME PEOPLE, AMEN?

ALRIGHT, PASTOR DOUG, GO AHEAD. - GIVE PASTOR A HAND.

- THANK YOU, PASTOR, I LOVE YOU. I'LL SEE YOU ON THE LIVE STREAM.

- IF YOU'RE A VOLUNTEER WORKER, YOU CAN CERTAINLY GO TO YOUR

POST NOW. OTHERWISE, PLEASE STAY IN YOUR SEAT FOR JUST A COUPLE

MOMENTS AS WE WIND UP TODAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I

APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE OUR GUESTS THAT ARE

HERE TODAY. YOU CAN BE SEATED FOR A MOMENT. OUR ALTAR TEAM CAN

COME UP HERE QUICKLY IF YOU NEED PRAYER THIS MORNING. THE ALTAR

TEAM WILL BE HERE FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, AND THEY'LL BE HONORED

TO PRAY WITH YOU TODAY. AND WE SEE MIRACLES EVERY WEEK AT THE

FRONT OF THIS AUDITORIUM AS YOU COME UP FOR PRAYER. AND SO

YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. I DO WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION TO

YOU. PASTOR KIND OF SET IT UP TODAY. AND THE QUESTION I WANT

TO ASK IS, ARE YOU SOLD OUT IN SERVING GOD? ARE YOU SOLD OUT?

ARE YOU OBEYING HIM 100% IN YOUR LIFE? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHOICE

IN THIS LIFE. WE CAN EITHER SIT ON THE FENCE AND TRY AND SERVE

GOD, OR WE CAN MOVE ALL THE WAY IN TO EVERYTHING THAT HE WANTS

FOR US AND HAVE HIS PERFECT PLAN LINED UP FOR US. HE CREATED US.

HE KNOWS THE BEST. HE KNOWS THE ANSWERS. AND WE TRY AND DO IT ON

OURSELF IN OUR OWN WAY. IT USUALLY DOESN'T WORK. BUT HERE'S

THE IMPORTANT THING THAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS JESUS SAID,

IF YOU'RE LUKEWARM, YOU CAN READ IT IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

IF YOU'RE LUKEWARM, HE'LL SPIT YOU OUT OF HIS MOUTH. I'M

PARAPHRASING A LITTLE BIT. HE'LL SPEW YOU OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, OUT

OF HIS MOUTH. HE DOESN'T WANT US LUKEWARM. HE'D RATHER WE BE HOT

OR COLD. IF YOU'RE COLD, YOU'RE SERVING THE DEVIL, AND THAT'S

NOT GOOD. BUT DON'T BE RIDING THE FENCE. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. HE

HAS A WONDERFUL PLAN. PASTOR QUOTED EPHESIANS 3:20. HE'S GOT

Ephesians 3:20

AN ABUNDANT AND EXCEEDINGLY GREAT PLAN FOR EACH OF US. BUT

FOR SOME REASON, AS HUMANS, WE TRY AND DO IT ON OUR OWN WAY,

AND WE GET INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T. I WANT YOU TO

BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU'RE WATCHING

ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING RIGHT THERE. IS THERE

ANYONE HERE, FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU, IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND

YOU SAY, "I NEED JESUS IN MY LIFE. I NEED TO MAKE JESUS THE

LORD OF MY LIFE. I'M TIRED OF TRYING TO DO IT MY OWN WAY. I

DON'T WANT TO END UP IN HELL FOR ETERNITY, FIRST OF ALL, BUT MOST

IMPORTANT, I WANT TO SERVE HIM WHILE I'M ON THIS EARTH." IS

THERE ANYONE HERE, I'M GOING TO COUNT TO THREE, IF THAT'S YOU,

I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND BOLDLY SO WE CAN PRAY FOR

YOU THIS MORNING. IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU SAY, "I NEED

JESUS IN MY LIFE." ONE, TWO, THREE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF THAT'S

YOU. YOU SAY, "I WANT TO PRAY. I WANT JESUS IN MY LIFE." I SEE A

HAND OVER HERE. IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE

ELSE HERE AND YOU NEED, ARE YOU A YOUNG MAN RAISING YOUR HAND?

RAISE IT REALLY HIGH IF THAT'S YOU. OKAY, YOU NEED JESUS IN

YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I SEE ANOTHER HAND UP

HERE. YOU NEED JESUS IN YOUR LIFE. HE'LL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND

MAKE YOUR LIFE NEW AND GIVE YOU NEW DIRECTION. PLUS, YOU'LL HAVE

ETERNITY WITH HIM. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. MY SECOND QUESTION TO

YOU, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RESPOND THAT RAISED YOUR HAND IN

A MOMENT. BUT MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE, AND

YOU NEED TO REPENT FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. YOU

NEED TO GET BACK ON TRACK, AND YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I'M

WILLING TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY TO FOLLOW JESUS 100% WITH ALL MY

HEART. I WANNA GET BACK ON TRACK WITH HIM. I WANNA DO IT RIGHT.

HERE'S THE THING, YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN TO HIM. REPENT, HE'LL

FORGIVE YOU, AND YOU CAN START OVER AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE. IF

YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE TAKEN OUT, IT'S TOO LATE. THERE WERE TWO

YOUNG TEENAGERS, I CAME UPON IT THIS WEEK ON PACIFIC AND 680, A

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. TWO YOUNG TEENAGERS KILLED IN THEIR YOUNG

TEENS. THEIR LIVES WERE TAKEN FROM THEM. I HOPE THEY KNEW

JESUS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE AND YOU SAY, "I NEED TO REPENT. I

WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I WANT TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH GOD."

RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. ANOTHER HAND THERE. OKAY, I'M GOING TO

ASK EVERYONE THAT RAISED YOUR HAND TODAY TO DO SOMETHING VERY

BOLD. EVERY TIME JESUS CALLED SOMEONE, HE CALLED THEM

PUBLICLY. YOU SAY, "WHY DO YOU DO THAT, PASTOR DOUG?" I WANT

YOU TO COME UP HERE AND MAKE A COMMITMENT BECAUSE YOU'LL

REMEMBER IT. IT'LL MAKE AN IMPACT THAT AUGUST 10TH, YOU

MADE A DECISION. GET OUT OF YOUR SEAT IF YOU WOULD RIGHT NOW AND

COME DOWN HERE QUICKLY. EDDIE, LET'S RAISE THAT UP A LITTLE

BIT. I WANT YOU TO COME. THIS IS GONNA BE A NEW DAY IN YOUR LIFE,

A NEW COMMITMENT. COME RIGHT OVER HERE AND STAND IN FRONT OF

ME, YOUNG LADY. GIVE HER A HAND AS SHE COMES. THANK YOU FOR

COMING, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR COMING, LITTLE BOY. APPRECIATE

IT. THERE'S A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE COMING. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE

THEM A MOMENT TO COME. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY, YOU CAN

PRAY WITH US RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT. YOU CAN RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST

IN YOUR HEART. YOU CAN TURN BACK TO HIM IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING IN

YOUR WALK AND GET THINGS RIGHT. HERE'S THE DEAL. THE BIBLE SAYS

WE START WITH GOD THROUGH BELIEF IN OUR HEART, ACCORDING TO

ROMANS 10:10, AND THEN CONFESSION IN OUR MOUTH. SO IT

Romans 10:10

STARTS WITH A SIMPLE PRAYER. AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER

YOU'RE OFF TRACK, YOU'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE TRYING TO

FOLLOW GOD, BUT YOU'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK. YOU STILL HAVE TO

REPENT AND START OVER. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING UP. OR IF

YOU'VE NEVER RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR,

YOU STILL START WITH REPENTANCE BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS WE'VE ALL

SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. THAT MEANS NOTHING

THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR OWN CAN SAVE US. WE HAVE TO DO IT

THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR

US, GAVE HIS LIFE. AND WHEN WE RECEIVE WHAT HE DID FOR US, WE

BECOME NEW CREATURES. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WHEN YOU

REPENT AND YOU START WITH HIM. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO

DO TODAY IS JUST REPEAT AFTER ME AS I PRAY A SIMPLE PRAYER. YOU

MAY NOT EVEN FEEL ANYTHING, BUT IT'S FAITH IN YOUR HEART. YOU

BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY. YOU CONFESS IT WITH YOUR MOUTH. AND

YOUNG MAN, CAN YOU JUST FOLLOW WITH WHAT I SAY TODAY? I

APPRECIATE IT. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, BY THE WAY? ERIC? BARRETT.

BARRETT, THAT'S A GOOD NAME. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO BOLD FOR

JESUS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN A, WHAT ARE

YOU, ABOUT FIVE? YOU'RE SEVEN, OH, YOU'RE BIG. SEVEN YEARS OLD,

THAT'S PRECIOUS. COME TO THE LORD. GOD'S GOT A GREAT PLAN FOR

YOU. SO WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS TODAY, AND IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING

ONLINE, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING. JUST REPEAT AFTER ME AS I

PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN. THANK YOU FOR SENDING JESUS. I BELIEVE

HE WENT TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY. HE WAS PUNISHED FOR ME. HE WAS

BURIED AND HE ROSE AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY. I ASK JESUS, COME

INTO MY HEART, BE MY SAVIOR. FORGIVE ME FOR SIN IN MY LIFE.

MAKE ME A NEW PERSON. I BELIEVE YOU WILL SAVE ME AND GIVE ME A

HOME IN HEAVEN. BUT I WANT TO SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY

LIFE. AND I COMMIT ON AUGUST 10TH TO BE YOUR SERVANT. YOU

HAVE A GREAT PLAN FOR ME, AND I WANT TO FOLLOW IT. IN JESUS'

NAME, AMEN, AMEN. NOW I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO ONE MORE THING. IF

YOU JUST SPREAD OUT, WE'LL HELP YOU. FIND SOMEONE UP HERE,

THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SOME LITERATURE, THEY'RE GONNA HELP

YOU ON YOUR WALK, AND GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO MOVE

FORWARD IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO IN YOUR LIFE. SO, JANET,

IF YOU'LL JUST HELP THEM FIND THE RIGHT PLACE TO GO, I

APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE TODAY,

AND YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH ME, YOU CAN CALL OUR PRAYER LINE

24 HOURS A DAY, EVEN IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ARCHIVE,

855-777-7907. WE HAVE LICENSED PRAYER COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO

HELP YOU, TO SEND YOUR LITERATURE, AND HELP YOU WITH

YOUR WALK. AND SO WE'RE HONORED TO DO THAT. AND MAKE SURE YOU

MAKE A PHONE CALL AND TELL THEM THAT YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER

TODAY SO THAT WE HAVE RECORD OF IT. WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.

WELL, LET ME JUST MENTION, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT TODAY.

WOULD YOU JUST GIVE THEM ANOTHER HAND FOR BEING SO BOLD?

(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)

PRAISE GOD, THAT'S IMPORTANT. MILLARD DAYS IS COMING UP. IT'S

AN AREA THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE

WANT TO BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT

PLANS ON HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PARADE AND HAVE A TENT AND A

BOOTH AVAILABLE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME. AND IF YOU

WANT INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN HELP SERVE AT MILLER DAYS, IT

GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO TESTIFY AND HELP IN MANY WAYS, BUT IT'S

AUGUST 19TH THROUGH THE 24TH. YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE PARADE,

THE FLOAT, THE GAMES, EVANGELISM. GO TO THE CONNECT

CENTER RIGHT OUT HERE, THE CENTER CONNECT CENTER, AND LET

THEM KNOW YOU WANT TO BE A PART AND THEY'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT.

AND THEN DON'T FORGET WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MIDWEEK RECHARGE. THAT'S

SO IMPORTANT TO BE HERE. IT'LL GIVE YOU A RECHARGE, AND PASTOR

BRENDA WILL BE PREACHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DON'T MISS IT.

IT'LL BE AN ENCOURAGING AND POWERFUL MESSAGE. YOU CAN ALSO

WATCH ONLINE, 7 P.M. CENTRAL. SO GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU

FOR COMING TODAY. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, AND

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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